The Straits Times, 25 August 1979

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    14 1 The Straits Times Estd. 1845 SATURDAY, AUGUST 25, 1979 25 CENTS M.C.(P) No. 142/1/79
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  • YOUR WEEKEND READING
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      The Sunday Times 'GREEN' LOOK: MORE THAN MEETS THE EYE
      96 1 The Sunday Times 'GREEN' LOOK: MORE THAN MEETS THE EYE SINGAPORE is well known for its "green" look. But there is much more to the trees and shrubs all over the island than meets the eye. The trees have a purpose and the Sunday Times tells you what it is
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      WHAT IS YOUR SUCCESS RATING?
      71 1 WHAT is your "S" rating? In this case the "S" stands for SUCCESS. Are you the type who will one day find yourself in the boardroom of the company you work for? Tomorrow, the Sunday Times brings you a test that will give you some
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      FAST-FOOD SERVICE – AND IN COMFORT
      69 1 FAST-FOOD SERVICE AND IN COMFORT DID you know you can eat the best of what street hawkers serve in air-conditioned comfort four floors up? Your favourite food writer VIOLET OON takes you on an eating visit to the fast-food centre that provides all the comforts of a hotel and the
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      BEDROOM SECRETS
      34 1 HAVE you ever wondered what Asean girls sleep in? The answer is In the Sunday Times tomorrow In a special fashion spread on' nightclothes bringing the secrets of the bedroom to yon.
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  • Sunday Nation
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      FOUR WHO MADE ONE BIG MISTAKE
      158 1 FOUR desperate men who murdered, bombed and ruthlessly planned to terrorise London are now behind bars. They made one vital mistake: They pitted their wits, guts and skill against those of New Scotland Yard. The four Irish terrorists failed disastrously and the Yara notched
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      OTHER HIGHLIGHTS
      86 1 CHANG KAI MING reflects on the Prime Minister's National Day speech. PAIK CHOO on the things she did when she felt like an addressless envelope. A MERLJON building? Chuck the idea, says our If You Ask Me writer this week. LAT more hospital laughs. EDGAR KOH reveals what
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    STAFF CUTBACK: NEW CRITERIA
    458 1  -  GEORGE JOSEPH 'Last in, first out' practice to g0... By EMPLOYERS contemplating retrenchment will in future take into account the positive work attitudes of each worker, instead of seniority in service, when considering who must go. Consideration will also be given to an employee's specialised training,
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    Lock icon ILO: 400m children not attending school
    211 1 ILO: 400 m children not attending school MANILA, Fri ABOUT 400 million children in the world do not attend school and half of them work in degrading jobs from an early age, the International Labour Organisation (ILO) said today. The report was given during a discussion here of child exploitation
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    Home razed after Hari Raya outing
    122 1 Home razed after Hari Raya outing A FAMILY of six who went out to visit relatives during Hari Raya yesterday returned to find their house in Foo Kirn Lim Road, off Jalan Eunos, destroyed by fire. Mr Mohamed Salleh bin Supat. 40, a storekeeper, saiil he had just drawn $3,000
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    Lock icon Exams come first for Mohamed
    229 1  -  By ALICE WONG ATTIRED In his festive best, Mohamed bin Rlzal, eight, yesterday headed first not far the homes of his relatives or friends, bnt the examination hall of Hammond Music Centre. His Hart Raya Pnasa cheer, "dampened" by the morning's rank 18 organ examinations,
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    Lock icon Visit over
    28 1 TOKYO, Fri. Kampuchea's Prince Norodom Sihanouk and his wife returned to Beijing today from a visit to North Korea, the official Xinhua news agency reported. AP.
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    Lock icon 644 refugees arrive in a day
    296 1 A TOTAL of 644 Vietnamese refugees arrived in Hongkong during the past 24 hours the highest figure recorded this month, the government said today. A spokesman said the bulk of them arrived in a junk packed with 354 refugees, which was intercepted by a
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    Lock icon Five Reds caught
    69 1 BANGKOK, Fri. Five communist insurgents were captured early today in the southern province of Nakhon Si Thammarat, 1,165 km south of here. Police said they were part of a group of 10 insurgents who had gathered to stage a propaganda session in the province's communist-infested district of
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    Lock icon $11 billion US arms for Iran?
    616 1 THE United States has started high-level talks with Iran on the resumption of large-scale arms shipments to Teheran authorities who are anxious to get more weapons because of political unrest in the country. Defence Department officials here said the rebellion in the Kurdish WASHINGTON.
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    POLICE PUT UP ROADBLOCKS
    70 1 POLICE roadblorks were set up late last night to track dawn a getaway blue Colt Galant In which four robbers, three uf them armed with daggers, were fleeing after holding up the family of Mr Ong Lam Bok in their Jalan Chichau home in Jurong. The
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      115 1 NO SLACK IN DRIVE FOR FACTORY WORKERS Page 7 OHIRA likely to settle on Oct 7 for elections 3 CHINA finds high grade oil in sea off Hainan 5 ZIMBABWE resumes raid on black bases 8 'COME to Sri Lanka' call to builders 9 YOUNG Musicians' 10th anniversary celebrations II
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      27 1 The weather UP TO 1 P.M. TODAY: Isolated showers la late morning. TEMPERATURES DP TO (a.m. tomorrow: Max. SI C; mln. 25 C. SUNSET TODAY: «.29 p.m.
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  • AROUND THE WORLD
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      Lock icon Stress on ties with Third World
      363 2 Stress on ties with Third World Japan's economic strategy for 80s TOKYO, Friday JAPAN today sketched an economic outlook for the 1980s that stresses greater cooperation with Third World countries and development of alternate energy resources. In a draft report on the nation's "trade and industry policy vision" for the
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      Lock icon Aussie industry to move into high technology
      304 2 CANBERRA, Friday THE Australian Government committed itself today to steering the nation's manufacturing industry into high technology to make it more export-oriented and less reliant on tariff and quota protection. Industry and Commerce Minister Philip Lynch announced the policy outlines to the House
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      Lock icon 'China may borrow from World Bank'
      120 2 'China may borrow from World Bank' TOKYO, Fri. China is expected to seek loans from the World Bank as part of its ambitious modernisation drive, a Japanese newspaper said today. Quoting Japanese government sources, the Ninon Keizai Shimbun, a major financial newspaper, said the Chinese may try to borrow from
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      Lock icon DC-10 engine on fire
      61 2 GREAT FALLS (Montana), Fri. The engine on a Northwest Airlines DC-10 jetliner caught (ire on take-off last night, but it made a safe landFlight 71, carrying 168 passengers from New Jersey, landed in Chicago and Minneapolis before arriving in Great Falls. It was to go on
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      Lock icon RUSSIAN DANCER DEFECTS
      58 2 ALEXANDER (iodunov, 29, principal dancer with Moscow's famous Bolshol Ballet, has been granted political asylum In the United States only hours after defecting" to the West. (iodunov, considered by some critics to be one of the Bolshol's most talented performers, sought asylum on Thursday in New York
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      Lock icon The Mini is 20 and still going strong
      264 2 The Mini is 20 and still going strong LONDON, Fri BRITAIN is celebrating a love affair with a shopping basket on wheels that became one of the best-loved cars in British motoring history. The Mini is 20 years old on Sunday, recalling past triumphs and looking to the future, the
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      Lock icon 'No' to talks
      43 2 LONDON. Fri. The British Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, Mr Humphre> Atkins, today rejected New York State Governor Hugh Carey's invitation to go to the United States for a proposed meeting on the Ulster problem, official sources said. AFP
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      Lock icon Astronomers find double quasar
      162 2 Astronomers find double quasar WASHINGTON, Friday ASTRONOMERS at the National Science Foundation yesterday said they have discovered a double quasar which they first thought was a double star. Quasars are believed to be the most distant objects in the universe which can be observed through earth's telescopes. They look like
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      Lock icon The 'I want to go to jail' robber
      158 2 SAN FRANCISCO, Kri. A man who said be wanted to go to Jail stole I'SSM (S$lJ3.5«) from a bank toller and then tried to deposit the money 1b a savings account at the same bank, police said. "I've Jost robbed the bank
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  • AROUND THE WORLD 2
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      Lock icon FIRST 24 TO TEST OPEN FRONTIER
      50 3 FIRST 24 TO TEST OPEN FRONTIER MEMBERS of the first organised group of Israeli tourists to test the "Open Border" policy with Hsypt pose in front of a pyramid and sphinx in Ginza on Thursday. The group of 24 tourists arrived in Cairo on Tuesday night via Athens. AP picture.
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      Lock icon Rightist and Israeli guns pound Tyre
      83 3 BEIRUT, Fri. Israeli and Lebanese right-wing gunners bombarded the biblical port of Tyre today, killing at least two civilians and laying waste to much of the city's ancient Christian quarter. Residents said 18 people were wounded and 16 buildings in the Christian quarter were
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      Lock icon Two killed
      37 3 MANILA, Fri. Two pi-ople were killed and another ».,:irii(\) by an unidentified gunman last night near a Manila universii,, in what police believed was the result of a long war between riva! school groups. Reuter.
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      Lock icon Ohira likely to settle on Oct 7 for elections
      353 3 TOKYO, Fri I JAPANESE Prime Minister Masayoshi Ohira has virtually settled on Oct 7 as the date for general elections to boost his party's strength in the I Diet (Parliament), two cabinet ministers said I here today. Home Affairs Minister I
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      Lock icon Mystery radiation
      56 3 LONDON, Fri. City officials said today that they were baffled by a mysterious radiation leak apparently coming from the Israeli embassy. Firemen traced the leak early today during a routine test of equipment at a West London fire i station, but police checked the building and could I
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      Lock icon Admiral warns of Soviet naval buildup
      210 3 Admiral warns of Soviet naval buildup WASHINGTON, Fri THE Soviet Union is building its fourth Kievtype aircraft carrier which will be one of the most powerful warships in the world, US naval operations chief Admiral Thomas Hayward said yesterday. The admiral stressed the build-up in the Soviet fleet in a
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      Lock icon Mexico to be asked to pay
      80 3 WASHINGTON, Fri. The United States indicated yesterday it would ask Mexico to pay for at least some of the clean-up costs and damage caused by the runaway oil well in the Bay of Campeche. Ambassador Robert Krueger, US coordinator for USMexico relations, said the
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      Lock icon Robbers take the day off
      70 3 NEW YORK, Fri. Five bank robberies on Monday. Ten bank robberies on Tuesday. Three bank robberies on Wednesday. And on Thursday? Zero. After 18 bank robberies in three days, and 594 since the beginning of the year, bank robbers in New York City took a
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      Lock icon On Palestinian rights: Veto if vote is taken
      281 3 UNITED NATIONS, Fri. I A resolution affirming 1 what it calls Palestinian rights to national independence is expected to be introduced in the Security Council today (early Saturday, Singapore time) and if voting takes place, a United States veto is certain. Ambassador
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      Lock icon Male heads turning to hair pieces
      162 3 TOKYO, Fri. Hair on the heads of Japanese men may or may not be getting thinner, bat the hair piece business Is doing well In modern Japan. "I cannot say that Japanese men have developed a tendency to have thinner hair," said Mr Kazuhlko
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  • AROUND THE WORLD 3
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      Asia the favourite region for visits from congressmen
      245 4 ASIA appears the favourite region and refugees one of the most significant areas of interest for US congressmen who journeyed abroad at taxpayer expense during the August recess. Twenty-two members of Congress were reported to have visited Southeast Asia, 12 others went
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      Petition seeks to remove Charan
      114 4 MADRAS, PH. A petlttoa ealllag far the removal «f laila'a caretaker Prime Milliter, Mr ("harm Singh, tram office was today admitted by the High Cmtl here. Lawyer Cho Ramaswamy challenged Mr Charan Singh's authority to continue aa Prime Minister after resigning last Monday. ne opposition
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      Lock icon Chinese fort a monument
      40 4 HONGKONG, Fri. A 162-year-old Chinese fort on the northern coast of Hongkong's Lantao Island was today designated a national monument. Called Tung Chung, the fort was built in 1817 and is still relatively well preserved. AFP.
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      Lock icon AUSTRALIAN PLANS FOR A MAJOR DEFENCE BUILDUP
      349 4 SYDNEY, Fri AUSTRALIA is undertaking a significant defence buildup, even though defence strategists say the nation faces no military threat in the foreseeable future. Defense Minister James Killen, in a statement to Parliament yesterday, said the 1979-80 defence budget would be increased by
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      Lock icon Thai panel to vet all foreign TV news
      196 4 Thai panel to vet all foreign TV news BANGKOK, Friday THAILAND'S Public Relations Department has introduced a news control measure requiring all foreign television news to be reviewed and edited by a government-ap-pointed committee before going on the air. A spokesman of the PRD's radio and television administration committee said
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        Lock icon Wealthy beggar held
        58 4 POLICE in Soviet Georgia > arrested a beggarwoman I who was carrying 10,500 roubles (5J33.860) sewn into her skirt, an official newspaper reported today. The Communist Party daily Zarya Vostoka quoted the case of Maria Georgadze in an article calling on people to beware of wealthy beggars
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        Lock icon Sleepless record bid
        59 4 A FORMER police constable, Mr Ananda Upali, 24, is attempting to break the world record of keeping awake for 373 hours. Mr Ananda, now a mercantile clerk, will have to keep awake till 3.45 p.m. on Sept 5 if he is to break the record, said to
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        Lock icon Earthquakes: Solar cause?
        48 4 EARTHQUAKES may be touched off by solar activity, says a Soviet scientist. Tass news agency quoted Leningrad seismologist Alexander Sytinski as saying his researches had led him to believe that strong quakes were triggered by sharp changes in atmospheric conditions resulting from solar activity. Reuter.
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        Lock icon Disgruntled 40 per cent
        47 4 MORE than 40 per com of Tokyo's citizens are dissatisfied with their housing conditions, according to a survey conducted by the Construction Ministry. The main complaints are that the houses are small and that they are sited at places with |x>or sunshine. AFP.
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        Lock icon Hannibal's march
        71 4 TWO elephants and a three-member team headed by an American, Mr Jack Wheeler, will set out on Monday to retrace .he march of Carthagin an General Hannibal, who led an army of 46,000 iren and 37 elephants through the Alps in 218 B.C. Accompanying Mr Wheeler will be
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      Lock icon Crash that turned
      173 4 woman into an addict MELBOURNE, Fri. A supreme court judge yesterday awarded a 22-year-old woman A572.500 (5J175.450) damages because a motorcycle accident turned her into a heroin addict. Justice William Starke ruled that the addiction was caused by her injuries. The judge said the case of Wilma
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      118,000 litres petrol 'in his briefcase'
      159 4 MOSCOW, Fri. When I Moscow police finally I caught up with Soviet Georgian wheeler-dealer Goga Chatnriya, he had 118,Wt litres of blackmarket petrol In his briefcase. He was sen- I tenced to five yean Jail. In the Soviet Inlon, I petrol can be obtained
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      78 4 Let your bank pay your phone bills Telecoms extends to you another method to pay your telephone bills by making use of your savings or current account. Contact our Finance Directorate or any of the following banks for details: Post Office Savings Bank The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation United
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      Lock icon China finds high grade oil in sea off Hainan
      417 5 BEIJING, Friday CHINA has discovered high quality oil in a field off Hainan island, American Senator Henry Jackson said today. He told a press conference at the end of a three-week visit that he believed China might have reserves of 100
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      Lock icon WORLD BRIEFS
      231 5 WORLD BRIEFS A MAN who hijacked a Libyan airliner with 66 passengers on board yesterday surrendered to police at I^arnaca airport in Cyprus, diplomatic sources said. Thi 1 Libyan Arab Airlines Boeing 727 was seized while on a flight from Tripoli to Benghazi. The identity of the hijacker and his
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      Lock icon New Western food restaurant opens
      123 5 BKIJING, Fri. A new restaurant serving Western food to only the locals opened in Beijing today, attracting several hundred customers within the first five hours. The restaurant, one of only three in Beijing where local Chinese can eat Western food, is in a section of
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      Lock icon Mao doctrine a mistake, says Beijing paper
      300 5 HONGKONG, Friday MAO Zedong s key political doctrine of class struggle has been called a mistake for the first time by an official Beijing newspaper, published Chinese reports said today. Class struggle or the theory of a continuing revolution to keep the reins
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      Terrorist held
      36 5 SAN JOSE (Costa Rica). Fri. Italian terrorist Franco Freda, convicted of the 1969 bombing of a Milan bank in which 16 people were killed, was raptured by Costa Rican security forces yesterday, authorities said.
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  • AROUND THE WORLD 5
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      Lock icon Zimbabwe resumes raids on black bases
      399 6 Zimbabwe resumes raids on black bases SALISBURY, Fri GOVERNMENT troops and war-planes have resumed attacks on black guerilla bases in Zambia after a monthlong lull, worsening the prospects of success at talks on Zimbabwe Rhodesia in London next month. The Military High Command here said in a brief communique that
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      Lock icon Whites will be welcome to stay: Nkomo
      222 6 NAIROBI, Fri. Black guerilla leader Mr Joshua Nkomo today said whites would be welcome to stay in a Zimbabwe Rhodesia ruled by his Patriotic Front guerilla alliance. Of the breakaway British colony's 240,00Q white minority he said: "It is their country, they have
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      Lock icon -SHOCK AND TERROR OF MASSACRE ORPHANS
      74 6 HUGGING each other in shock and fear In Matepatepa in Zimbabwe Rhodesia on Thursday are these children who were orphaned on Wednesday night after black gunmen attacked a farm labourer's camp in which black workers who worked for a white farmer lived. The gunmen
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      Lock icon US under pressure at foreign aid talks
      206 6 US under pressure at foreign aid talks VIENNA, Fri. The United States and other industrial powers today came under intense pressure at a major UN conference here to embark on a big, new foreign aid programme. But, worried by signs of global recession, they infuriated the "Group of 77" developing
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      Lock icon Minister wins 'right of reply5 case
      262 6 Minister wins 'right of reply 5 case BRUSSELS, Fri BELGIAN Defence Minister Paul Vanden Boeynants today won a court case against a magazine which he said failed to grant him the right of reply to criticisms. Mr Vanden Boeynants took the current affairs weekly, Knack, to court after it published
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      Lock icon Stay home and be counted, Kenyans told
      199 6 Stay home and be counted, Kenyans told NAIROBI, Fri. President Daniel Arap Mol ordered all bars, restaurants, nightclubs and cinemas closed tonight and asked Kenyans to stay at home and be counted. Most of the population will be counted for the national census wherever they are at midnight tonight. Special
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      Lock icon Rhoodie held in custody as trial is postponed
      225 6 PRETORIA, Friday FORMER propaganda chief Dr Eschel Rhoodie was remanded in custody after his trial on charges connected with South Africa's "slush funds" scandal was postponed today. The hearing of the trial will resume on Sept 5 to enable his lawyer more
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      Lock icon Nicaragua's economic future looks bleak
      136 6 NEW YORK, Fri. Nicaragua's economic future is gloomy, and the country faces "enormous problems" in rebuilding its economy, a United Nations specialised agency says. A report by the Economic Commission for Latin America (Ecla) said the new Nicaraguan Government inherited a foreign debt of US$l.5
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      Lock icon Tusks riddle
      48 6 NAIROBI, Fri. Kenyan police confiscated 114 elephant tusks worth about U*****,000 (*****,025) at Nairobi Airport after they had been loaded onto a plane bound for Frankfurt, police said today. The ivory, packed in boxes and weighing 650 kg, had no documents to indicate its ownership. Reuter.
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    Broaden your views, engineers urged
    183 7 Broaden your views, engineers urged THE president of the Institution of Engineers, Singapore, Mr Tay Sin Van, has urged newlygraduated engineers to broaden their view for a well-rounded development. Speaking at the University of Singapore engineeting graduates ball at the Shangri-La Hotel on Thursday, Mr Tay said they could achieve
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    Chairman to head team
    58 7 THE chairman of the Singapore Association of the Institute of Chartered Secretaries and Administrators. Mr I^ee Kcxik Hong, and its secretary. Mr Philip Loong, will head the Singapore delegation to the ICSA 1979 International Convention in Hongkong from Sept 3 to 7. The theme of the
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    Wage savings with JTC streamlining
    110 7 JIIRONG Town Corporation's fi per rent staff reduction last year has halved its wage bill increase arising from the recent National Wages Council recommendations. A JTC spokesman said the wage guidelines which were accepted and Implemented In full resulted in a 15.5 per cent increase
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    No slack in drive for factory workers
    436 7  - No slack in drive for factory workers PAUL JANSEN By Our Jurong Reporter ENTREPRENEURS in Jurong are continuing their mass recruitment of workers despite mutterings about the impact of the recent National Wages Council recommendations on their wage bills. Signboards and banners outside factories, and newspaper advertisments still sound their
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    Cheaper eggs again as exports decline
    252 7 Cheaper eggs again as exports decline EGG PRICES have drop- ped by two and a half cents in the last 11 days. A major wholesaler, the Singapore Egg and Poultry Trading Ltd formed by some farmers, said yesterday that the company reduced its prices to enable more people to celebrate
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    Where to register for ITC courses
    124 7 Where to register for ITC courses REGISTRATION of applicants for full-time and part-time Industrial Technician Certificate courses at the Singapore Techni- i cal Institute commencing on Sept 24, will be carried out at the institute from Aug 29 to 31. The full-time courses being offered are airconditioning and refriger- I
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    Library week activities at school
    57 7 Library week activities at school TELOK Kurau Primary School will hold its library week from Monday to Friday. Among the activities planned are an essay competition, a book-mark making competition, a book quiz, a storytelling contest and a costume parade. To round off the week's programme, a film Chitty, Chitty,
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    PANEL TO STUDY ELECTROPLATING
    97 7 THE Science Council of It will look into the new Singapore has formed a methods and processes, committee headed by a problems of pollution and university lecturer to waste treatment, manstudy the different aspects power requirements and of electroplating and other relevant issues, metal finishing. The
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      218 7 TALK-CUM-DEMON- Pagar community centre STRATION on Environ- from 3 p.m. to 10 p.m. mental Sculptures by Miss Ends tomorrow. Eva Yuen Man-Wan from 1*» NATIONAL DAY Hong Kong at the Nation- ART EXHIBITION at the al Museum at 11 a.m. and National Museum Art Gal- 2.30 D.m lery from 10.30
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    SARI AND ORCHIDS A PERFECT MATCH...
    68 9 THE wife of Sri Lankan Premier, Mrs Rema Premadasa, must have felt that she wore the right sari to the Botanic Gardens on Thursday morning. Repeatedly, she exclaimed that the colours of the orchids in the orchid enclosure matched her white-and-purple sari. "Look, it
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    Prefab method: Builders are keen
    105 9 MANY big local and foreign contractors are interested in registering for the pre-qualification exercise conducted by the Housing Board for its in'iustrialised housing system, the president of the Singapore Contractors Association Ltd, Mr Lim Kon£ Eng, said. The HDB is reactivating its pref abdication plant
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    Come to Sri Lanka, call to builders
    362 9  - Come to Sri Lanka, call to builders SOH TIANG KENG By SRI LANKA'S Prime Minister, Mr R. Premadasa yesterday invited Singapore developers and contractors to invest in his country which is building 100,000 homes in the next four years. Mr Premadasa, who is also Minister for Housing and Local Government,
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    Premadasa on course open to Vietnam
    349 9 ALL countries that have violated the principles of non-alignment will have to revert to their original policy, the Sri Lanka Prime Minister, Mr Ranasinghe Premadasa, said yesterday at a press conference at the Istana Villa yesterday.. He said this in reply to a question
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    Joint drama festival
    45 9 THE Ministry of Culture and Sin Chew Jit Poh will jointly hold a drama festival at the Victoria Theatre and the Cultural Centre from Sept 7 to Oct4. The drama festival will include Mandarin, Cantonese, Malay, Peking (Beijing), English and Indian dramas.
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    Kids' party
    50 9 A CHILDREN'S party will be held at Block 174 Lorong 1, Toa Payoh, from 1.30 p.m. on Sept 2 to celebate the International Year of the Child. The MP for Kuo Chuan, Mr P Selvadurai. will attend the party organised by the Kuo Chuan Residents Committee Zone D.
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    Talk on GP
    42 9 A TALK on how to write a good General Paper, to be conducted by Mrs Catherine LJm at the National Library, Central Young People's Section, will now be held an hour later at 3.30 p.m. today, the library said.
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    Half a million within easy call
    196 9 TELEPHONES installed on the island crossed the half-million mark last September. The Telecommunication Authority of Singapore's (Telecoms) 1978/79 annual report said ownership of telephones rose from 20.4 per 100 population in March 1978 to 23.9 per 100 population for the year under review. Demand
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    Cultural night to raise funds
    158 9 TOH Tuck Secondary School and Woodsville Secondary School will hold a cultural night to raise funds for the Singapore Cultural Foundation (SCF) and to celebrate Teachers' Day. The cultural night is on Aug 30 at 7.30 p.m. at the Victoria Theatre. The Parliamentary Secretary (Culture),
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    Songs and dances but the cake takes centre stage...
    270 10 Songs and dances but the cake takes centre stage... Young Musicians* Society's 10th anniversary IT WAS a concert with a sweet difference. A huge birthday cake, complete with lighted candles, was the star attraction of the show at the Victoria Theatre on Tuesday night. But there was good reason for
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    Speech day
    29 10 THE Parliamentary Secretary (Culture). Dr Ow Chin Hock, I will attend the 19th speech day of Cedar Girls' Secondary School at its premises tomorrow at 10 a.m.
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    Motorcyclist killed
    77 10 A MOTORCYCLIST, Mr Foo Moo Say, 20, died when his machine and an army jeep collided at Mandai Road at 6.30 p.m. on Thursday. The jeep, which had earlier broken down, was being pushed by two soldiers when the mishap occurred. Mr Foo's machine hit the side of
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      206 10 Straits Times Crossword ACROSS 6 Puts out a riotous set ibiiui the main (7) ,n tuwn strike eaniti on 5 Late manufacturer in question on perhaps rich' (7). possibly i n 10 Run in a jumper, say' (4) f J^ lb J6 12 Nap for poor Tessa about one Transpor
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    Was this caused by firecrackers?
    127 11 THIS Ore In the Eastern Construction Company in Leng Kee R«M on Hart Ray» Pom* eve is pMsibie result of the leraag off of fireworks. A taxi-driver, Mr Mohan Singh, told poUee that he saw fireworks being let off la the vicinity shortly before the
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    FORMER STPB MAN MADE DEPUTY DIRECTOR
    136 11 FORMER STPB MAN MADE DEPUTY DIRECTOR THE Singapore Tourist Promotion Board has appointed one of its former employees, Mr Joseph Kong, to its newly-created post of deputy executive director. Mr Kong, 36, will be board director K. C. Yuen's second-in-com-mand. He will help lighten Mr Yuen's workload. Mr Kong's appointment
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    Public urged to let in meter-men
    78 11 Public urged to let in meter-men THE Public Utilities Board is appealing to the public to allow meter readers into their homes even during late hours. This month PUB meter readers will be working overtime to read all 1.2 million meters in service. Meter readers can be identified by their
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    Three-day seminar on process controls
    118 11 A THREE-DAY seminar on process controls and instrumentation will be held with the Industrial Process Controls Exhibition at the US International Marketing Centre in Malayan Credit House from Tuesday. Eight papers will be presented covering the various aspects and applications of selected equipment. On the
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    Banned crackers brought in from Malaysia
    385 11  -  GERALD PEREIRA By THE ILLICIT crackers and fireworks that were used to usher in Hari Raya Puasa on its eve came mainly from Hongkong and Taiwan via West Malaysia, the Straits Times learnt yesterday. Sources said these were imported into West Malaysia, despite a
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    Balloting for flats
    77 11 THE MP for Tiong Bahru, Mr Ch'ng Jit Koon. attended the balloting ceremony for the sale of 192 Housing Board units of four-room Improved Fiats at Tanjong Pagar Plaza on Thursday. The selling price of the flats Ls {29,800 each. It was the 10th ballot for the
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    New CC for Cairnhill
    60 11 CAIRNHILL constituency will build a new community centre at the junction of Clemenceau Avenue and Peck Hay Road, its MP and Minister for the Environment, Mr Lim Kirn San, said on Tuesday night The new centre, to cost )1.5 million, will be ready by National Day
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    Prize-giving
    33 11 THE Parliamentary Secretary (Culture), Dr Ow Chin Hock, will attend the prize-giving ceremony for the most courteous coffee-shop and restaurant employees competition at Nanyang Siang Pau's auditorium on Tuesday at 2.30 p.m.
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  • The Straits Times SATURDAY, AUGUST 25,1979
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      DIESEL CHASE
      395 12 AGAINST a backdrop of the recent courtesy campaign, we have ironically been witnessing ugly scenes at many petrol stations because of the current diesel shortage. It is perhaps understandable when people's livelihood in this case the taxi driver's is threatened. Things are made worse by allegations of malpractice
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      A QUEEN AGAIN?
      388 12 POOR Jagjivan Ram. A minister in every Indian cabinet since independence, he was denied his chance to become prime minister in 1977 when his arch-rival Charan Singh threw his support to Morarji Desai. And now Mr Singh has done it again by recommending to President Sanjiva Reddy,
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    Attempt to forestall Asean move
    397 12 THE charade being enacted in Hanoi this week has an obvious motive to forestall Asean's move to seat a representative of Democratic Kampuchea at next month's Havana summit conference of non-align-ed nations. Vietnam's game lacks all subtlety. First, Heng Samrin, Hanoi's appointee in Phnom Penh,
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    T.F.Hwang takes you down memory lane
    446 12 Oops! It's Opium! CHESTS of it for older minds. My first fill of it came in a Straits Times report from Kuala Lumpur on Friday last week. Mr Justice Harun Hashim, hearing an opium appeal, went down Memory Lane to the bad old pre-war
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    Across the Causeway
    621 12 EDITORIAL comment in Malaysian newspapers this week. LESS than three months ago the headlines were full of landings by "boat people"; now they are full of departures. No refugees landed this month; but B,tM have left for third countries. Vietnam has stemmed the flow responding to international
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    Game that Hanoi is playing lacks all subtlety
    1090 12  -  By ARNAT THIS week the Asia Research News Analysis Team (ARNAT) discusses Hanoi's attempts to legitimise the Heng Samrin regime; America's inability to introduce an acceptable resolution on the Palestinian problem; Mrs Indira Gandhi's return to prominence amid political turmoil in India;
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    Mauritius has reached the crossroads that will determine its future
    1738 13  -  Too many languages proving a drag on development ROWS and rows of sugarcane stood uncut in the sun. As our car headed into the interior, I began to feel like a prisoner; sugarcane to the right and to the left,
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    QUOTE
    46 13 4 At least one official in Mauritius admitted to us that the learning of a multitude of languages had diluted his knowledge of all and that he was only 70 per cent proficient in French, English, Creole and Hindi at the best of times. 7
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    Day brings out best from everyone
    623 14 HARI RAYA ROUNDUP- WORDS: DANA LAM PICTURES: TAN WEE HIM, ALBERT SIM and TAN SUAN ANN THOUSANDS gathered at all the mosques in town as early as eight o'clock yesterday morning the first stop for Muslims on Hari Raya Puasa, a day of reverence,
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    A STRAITS TIMES PHOTO SPECIAL
    23 15 Mr Vusof with Faisal still overcome with fear and clutching his piggybank which was overlooked by the robbers
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    Hari Raya eve joy turns to shock as robbers raid flat
    232 15 Hari Raya eve joy turns to shock as robbers raid flat HARI Raya eve preparations for the Yusof family turned from revelry to trauma when four robbers held them up at knife-point and ransacked their Housing Board flat In Marine Drive. During the hold-up on Thursday, in which the gang
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    Camp for children
    49 15 THE People s Association will hold a three-day camp for children between eight and 11, at the Pasir Ris holiday complex from Sept 4. The fee is $5 for each child and the closing date for registration is Aug 30. For details, tel. *****2? ext 156.
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    Education for automation
    253 15 WHO can be considered "adequately educated" in the next five to 15 years when automation gets into full swing here? According to the director of the Singapore Science Centre, Dr R. S. Bhathal, he must at least understand some science and develop an interest in the humanities
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    Shortage of diesel likely to get worse
    333 15  -  NGIAM TONG HAI By THE diesel shortage is likely to be acute today and taxis and other die- sel users may also feel the pinch in the next two days. This is because a number of petrol station operators, whose stations have run
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    Lunch talk on economy
    69 15 THE director of the University of Singapore's School of Accountancy and Business Administration Dr Lee Soo Ann. will speak on the "Implications of a high technology economy of Singapore for the rest of South-east Asia," at a luncheon at Hotel Phoenix on Tuesday. The lunch is
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    New marriage registry still a pipe dream
    272 15  -  CHRISTINA RODRIGUES By THE 1975 promise of a new-styled Registry of Marriages complete with music and band playing remains to date but a pipe dream. The hope for such a registry first came to mention in March 1975 when the then Parliamentary Secretary
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    AAS chief hits out at selfish motorists
    207 15 AAS chief hits out at selfish motorists THE president of the Automobile Association of Singapore, Mr Milton Tan, has hit out at selfish motorists who waste petrol. "It is selfishness on their part if they take the attitude that, because they can afford to pay, they can use as much
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    Accounting course
    48 15 Accounting course THE extramural studies department, University of Singapore, will hold a 14-session course on Management Accounting at the New Lecture Theatre 5, beginning Sept 3. The course will be on Mondays and Wednesdays from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. The fee is $65. For details, tel. *****76.
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    NZ films at museum
    33 15 NZ films at museum THE National Museum will screen two New Zealand colour films at its premises today at 10 45 a.m. They are Northland: An Impression, and Wild Life in the Mountains.
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  • TIMES CITY DESK
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        LONDON STOCKS
        721 16 LONDON, Thurs -Share prices closed generally easier, alihough many were above the days lows after second-quar-ti>r figures from I C I, dealers said I C I closed 6p higher on balance at 346p. after beins *P lower ahead of the results Other leaders reduced earlii't falls made due
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        H'kong
        421 16 HONGKONG: Stock prices closed steady in thin lacklustre dealings yesterday, with the Hang Seng index easing 0.32 of a point to close at 572.71. dealers said. The market eased in the firs} hour of morning trading but recovered its early losses toward the lunchtime close and traded steadily thereafter.
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        Sydney
        284 16 INDUSTRIALS A. C. 1 2M 4 A. M. I. 18S +5 A. P M 140 -3 Ampol Pel 100 unch B. H. P. 872 unch Bank NSW 300 unch BormJ Brambles im 1 C. B. A MO C S R «t +1 Coal Allied 710 Dunlop 10 +1 Ek
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        Tokyo
        408 16 TOKYO: Share prices closed lower yesterday, led by energy-related and big-capital issues, in the absence of fresh factors, dealers said. The Dow Jones average fell 12.35 to close at 6,384.49 points, with a volume of 230 million shares. The New Index closed at 450.90, down 0.10 point. Oils continued
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        London forex market
        67 16 LONDON: Sterling fell in afternoon trading on selling from New York on Thursday, to close at $2.2230 40, above yesterday's closing of $2.2180/ 85, but below the day's high in morning trading of $2.2340; 45. The US dollar continued to trade narrowly in a quiet market but
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        GOLD
        53 16 Thin Wed Melbourne (1) 275.00 272 30 London 309.008 309.008 *****S 309.50S Zurich *****8 309.758 309.75S 310.50S Paris ***** 327.73 PH Than Hongkong 313 TOB 308.208 314.10S 308.80S Sint?apore(2) closed 309.208 closed 309 60S Export prices in non-sterling areas in US dollar per ounce. 1 Australian dollars per ounce.
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        COPPER
        33 16 I .mm on Copper prices on Thursday (previous in brackets) Wirebar Spot £882.50 (1886.50). sellers 1383 50 (£888.50); Three Month buyers £883 (£885), sellers £883.50 (£885.50). Market Iw: Steady. Sale*: 7.050 tonnes
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        New York
        435 16 NEW YORK, Thurs chips and glamour stocks led the market lower on profittaking in moderate trading. Analysts said blue chips and glamours had led the summer rally and profil -tak ing had been expected. They also noted that some investors may have grown eautious a head of the
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        Indices
        60 16 FINANCIAL TIMES INDUSTRIALS Thursday 4«3.1 Wednesday 465 -7 Week Ago 479.7 DOW JONES AVERAGE INDUSTRIALS Thursday 880.38 Wednesday 885.84 Week ago 884.04 LONDON DOLLAR PREMIUM Thursday 29. to 30. Wednesday 30. to3o'i H.K.HANG SENG Friday 572.72 Thursday 573.03 Week ago 614.08 SYDNEY INDUSTRIALS Friday 517.78 Thursday 516.21 Week ago
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        Amsterdam
        264 16 AMSTERDAM. Thurs.— Share prices closed mixtJ lo higher, with Philips down 0 10 guilders while HMK«\rns recovered yesterday's loss with a 2.10 gain in generally higher Dutch internationals, dealers said. Shippings were over one guilder turner, with NrdlUyd 1.20 up, ahead of its first-half results. Pakkaed put on one
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        OVERSEAS TIN
        163 16 LONDON: Tin finished £22 per tonne down (or Cash and £25 lower for Three Months standard metal. High Gråde was £22 per tonne down for both Cash and Three Months on Thursday. The metal was modestly traded at generally steady rates in rather featureless afternoon dealings. Three Months
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        RUBBER
        194 16 LONDON: Rubber Futures closed quiet on Thursday, wiih losses from yesterday o( most ly one pence to 0.55p per kilo. Turnover was 348 lots of 15 tonnes inrluding lour Kerb trades and six Options. Late dealers' seiling at the close extended earlier losses after the market had held quietly
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      Good news from Sime's stable
      666 16 KEMPAS, BENTA, TAIPING SIME Darby holdings yesterday released the results of three more companies within its fold Kempas (Malaya), Benta Plantations and Taiping Consolidated whose profits for the year ended June 30 approximate the forecasts of analysts. The results of the three companies reflect gains
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      Intraco set for record profits this year
      641 16 Intraco set for record profits this year FIRST-HALF performance at Intraco was lifted by a successful breakthrough into new overseas markets and a general improvement in its various divisions. This has placed it in a firm position to achieve record profits this year. Group profits (before minority interests) were 82
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      Pacific Chemicals earnings up 44pc
      186 16 FOR THE second year running. Pacific Chemicals (an associate of Dow Chemicals Company), has chalked up a creditable interim performance despite chairman Mr Colin Goodchild's initial reservation of slower profit growth this year. Unaudited pre-tax profit for the first half-year ended June 30 rose by
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      United Motor Works offers bonus issue
      398 16 United Motor Works offers bonus issue UNITED- Motor Works (Malaysia) Holdings has come up with pleasing news for shareholders in the form of much brighter interim earnings, resumption of interim dividend payment and a one-for-three bonus issue. Group pre-tax earnings for the six months to June 30, 1979 nearly trebled
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      2250 19 II EMPLOYMENT II EMPLOYMENT IF IV ACCOMMODATION PROPERTIES a^a^*^ V Next to Yio Chu Kang Shopping Centre Built-in area over 2000 sq. ft. Garden area over 4000 sq. ft. Economic pricing. Luxurious fittings. Freehold land. Book Now! INSTALMENTS AVAILABLE. PROMPT DELIVERY. For enquiries and bookings: Thomson Hill Ltd. 15th Fir.
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  • IX OBITUARIES
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      140 Acknowledgements
      79 21 who was called to the Lord on 22nd. August. 1979 wishes to thank Ray. Father Fosion of the Church Of The Holy Spirit and Ray. Father j Campos, doctors and nursing atari of Toa Payoh General Hospital. Ward 1. relatives and >nends lor their prayers attendance, condolences, assistance
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      39 21 Aged 67. passed away peacefully at S.G.H. on Thursday, 23rd August, lylng-ln ut ST. JOSEPH CHURCH, PARLOUR OF REPOSE, QUEEN STREET, SINGAPORE. Cortege will leave for Mt. Vernon Crematorium at 3.00 p.m. on Saturday, 25th August. 1979.
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      134 21 Five yaart have glided by but the painful memory ol your loaa ia atill troeh in our heart* wife, aona, daughter*, daughter ••in-law and grandchildren. IN MEMORY OF 21X Kong Cher Kean who passed away on 25.8 7H Deeply missed by friends especially the sth JKAOC. Singapore
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      693 21 VIII ANNOUNCEMENTS PERSONAL 127 Lost Found BErOE POODLE named "Eh»e" lost in vicinity of Ang Mo Klo. Reward $JOO offered for finder Piece* contact owner at *****00 or ***** M 129 Miscellaneous BE TALLERI AMAZING Results Sure, new scientific method Details write Sprlngcharm. Uepl. HX-2 OP O Box 1733. Singapore
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      568 21 111 VEHICLES BOATS WESTERN MERMAIO for adven- TRANSFERRED. 17' BOSTON turf swimming, diving crew on Whaler Boat, convert top. 85 h.p 60' sloop. Southeast Asian 1969 Johnson, 18-gallon gas tank. waters Tel David. *****85 trailer Excellent for skiing. fishIng, local waters Phone *****02. WANTED A USED steel-tongkang. P"" ono capacity
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      546 21 AT SUZUKI TS2SO, insurance till i April 1980 Selling $2,100. Contact Mr Tan *****04 on Saturday or j Monday during office hours. AUGUST 1978 SUZUKI TS 250 C Scrambler Cash $2,400, H.P. ar- rangeable Call *****6. after I 1.30pm BEAUTIFUL REGN. "SU7OO7A" 1 cheap sale for Immediate transfer Tel *****5
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      906 21 times Saturday car mart END It7i, OPAL Manta. 1900 c c PARF eligible Can be driven for 1 another 2 years Asking for $9,200 r 0.n.0. Contact Larry: *****11 L 9a. m 130p.m. > after 4p.m. END 1973 DECEMBER Subaru 1400 c.c 2nd owner, eligible for PARK. Aircond., radio/ cassette,
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      831 21 r SINGAPORE USED CAR (PTE) LTD THE NAME FOR QUALITY USED CARS" HEAD OFFICE: 29 OOLDHILL PLAZA SPORE TEL: *****1 1******90 BRANCH OFFICE: 154. ALBERT STREET SPORE j TEL: *****4 It *****4 (OPEN TILL *.OO PM.) 1*7»: Kord Cortina 1 .6 OL (AC.) Mazda 323 Auto (A.C.) Honda Civic 2
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      684 21 I*7l CORTINA GXL 2000 In tip top condition, complete with alr- cond. radio/ cassette Road tax expires end Nov.. eligible for PARK. Price: $9,200 ono Contact tel: *****21 (morning) *****3 (afternoon) Mr Peter Low. I*7l DATSUN 1200. Salon. New Tyres Tip-top condition. $7,100/o.n o. *****51 1971 DECEMBER MERCEDES 200. 2
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      611 21 1978 TOYOTA COROLLA 1200. with I 1 aircond and cassette, 1 owner I Selling $16,500 ono. Tel: *****7/ *****52 I»7S VOLVO 144S 2 owners, alri cond.. cassette. Tyres, paintwork j new Showroom condition *****2 I»7t VOLVO 144S Aircond. stereo. 2nd owner, guaranteed showroon condition. View 143. Braddell Rd 1977 COLT
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      542 21 1975 COLT LANCER 1400 Aircond. radio/ cassette. 2 owners, new paint Immaculate condition JM.lflf) •rnwldell Rd (opposite GE Kactorv) Ah Mciik 1975 SEP MERCE*DES 230!e 1975 Aprtt VohrO 14« B [WIHH) Both cars 1 Co Owner Aircon Mitsubishi Radio Cassette New tyres Company mi Intalned Low mileage Director's car. Chauffeur-driven
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      301 21 I La. fc\^ay Am I B\^^m a^F^ 'IISIIJIIH Ullll ICE Tenders are lnvr the servicing of the following categories of hospital equipment at various government hospitals for a I period of one year- I X-Ray equipment and accessories II Respirators and Anaesthetic machines 111 Mortuary Cabinets IV Blood Bank Refrigerators
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    Flautist saves day with solo recital
    304 22 Flautist saves day with solo recital WHAT do you do when your fellow musicians cannot arrive in time for a concert and you are the only one present? Rather than call off the concert and disappoint the audience, flautist Thomas Pinschof decided that the show must go on. That night
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    Woman fined $2,000 for false statement
    214 22 Woman fined $2,000 for false statement A CLERK who incriminated a man for illegal betting in her statement to the police, suddenly turned hostile when called to testify in court, a district court heard on Thursday. Clerk Chia Bong Bong, 21, was jailed for one day and fined $2,000 for
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    SLEEPY HOLLOW FOR ONE?
    68 22 THIS was once a cosy little Indian restaurant in Killiney Road. Yesterday's picture shows it as it is today cardboard boxes piling high at its front porch, providing bedding for a weary passerby. It is also used as a convenient parking space for some. A neighbour
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    'Not enough push by Singapore producers'
    455 22  - 'Not enough push by Singapore producers' CHRISTINA RODRIGUES By SINGAPORE manufacturers who have been taking part in the Singapore Fair held annually for the past six years at the Isetan store in Tokyo are being strongly criticised for not pushing hard enough into the Japanese consumer market. A president of
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    Sisir plans tie-up to funnel in technology
    422 22  -  LEE KIM CHEW By THE Singapore Institute of Standards and Industrial Research (Sisir) plans to bring in new technology and production methods for local industries by tying up with a British engineering research association. A consultant from the Production Engineering Research Association (Pera),
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    MORE CONFIRMATIONS
    75 22 MORE organisations and companies have confirmed their participation in the Singapore Fair "79 at the World Trade Centre from Oct 5 to 14. Among them are the Singapore Institute of Standards and Industrial Research, I^amipak Indus- tries (Pte) Ltd and Presco Pte Ltd. In addition, the Northern Territories
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    Pros and cons of hypnosis — by doctors, dentists
    328 22 Pros and cons of hypnosis by doctors, dentists SINGAPORE doctors and dentists are divided on whether hypnosis should be taught to dental and medical students. Some say that hypnosis still smacks of "black magic," that it has yet to be established as a scientific discipline and that its treatment results
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    BUILDING ON SPEC
    84 22 BETHLEHEM Shipyard in Sembawang has started building two jack-up oil rigs on speculation to keep its 700 workers busy. The yard recently delivered a rig to a Brazilian firm. A shipyard spokesman said yesterday that besides keeping the workers occupied, the rigs are built in speculation of
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  • ACROSS THE CAUSEWAY
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      Lock icon Detention of youth without trial ruled lawful
      302 23 Detention of youth without trial ruled lawful KUALA LUMPUR, Fri. The Federal Court here yesterday held that the detention without trial of a 17-year-old youth under the Emergency (Public Order and Prevention of Crime) Ordinance was lawful. Lord president Tun Monamed Suffian, in allowing the appeal of the superintendent of
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      Lock icon Avoid extremism, urges Hussein
      143 23 KUALA LLMPIIR, Fri. Prime Minister DatDk Hussein Onn today urged Malaysia's majority Muslim Malays and non-Muslim Chinese and Indian minorities to avoid religions extremism. In a message to mark the end of toe Muslim fasting month, Datnk Hussein said religion was a sensitive matter which conld
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      Economic boom adds to holiday joy
      323 23 brate Hari Raya tomorrow against the backdrop of a booming economy. For the first time, the country's five main commodities rubber, petroleum, palm oil, tropical hardwood and tin are enjoying record prices. The moon was not sighted last night and Hari Raya was officially
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      Lock icon Bahasa test not needed for passport seekers
      241 23 Bahasa test not needed for passport seekers KUALA LUMPUR, Fri. There is no provision requiring a passport applicant to take a Bahasa Malaysia test, the Immigration Directorgeneral, Haji Amir Yakut), said yesterday. He said the questions asked by passport officers did not constitute a Bahasa Malaysia test but were to
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      200 23 KUALA LUMPUR, Friday THE Malaysian Airline System (MAS) has bought three A***** Airbuses to replace smaller Boeing 707 aircraft flying on international routes, MAS general manager Saw Huat Lje said. Mr Saw said a bank loan of $72.6 million towards the cost of an Airbus with
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      244 23 Bringing Up Father By Bill Kavanagh Hal Camp JUST I -\"7 YES, 1 1 HOPE MAG61E If I JIGGS.COME AND -I VDU DIDN'T BUV V A DID V SME'S ALL PICKED OUT A >. SEE MY /^fcr^ \~~M VERY MUCH /V BIKINI.' MOTHER I READY SENSIBLE BATHING i MOTHER- C/^WL—
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  • TIMESPORT PAGE ONE
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      Stick with Bill Collector today
      927 24 Stick with Bill Collector today Collect a handsome payout STICK with Bill Collector for a handsome return in Race 6 (5.20) at the Bukit Timah races today. The Five Arrows seven-year-old was running on strongly when fourth to Template over 1,200 metres last week and will definitely appreciate today's longer
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      Today's card
      705 24 RAPF 1 245 Class 6, Div 3 1,200 m IVA^I^ 1 ($lO,OOO $7,000 to winner) 1 3800 FeiChieng (Lees) Yap 757 (dd 2.5) "ealri 2 2 4900 Mahmouhg(GiUian) Daniels 555 (dd »1.5) *S8 Tan 8 3 0275 Singapore Princess a (Juicy Fruits) Buang 6 54 (dd 2.5) SF
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      997 24 DApr 1 2.30 Class 6, Div 2 1,200 m lvnV/£/ x ($lO,OOO $7,000 to winner) 1 6097 C.I.A. a (HT Wee) Daniels 10 57 Idd same) 'I* 1 2 0008 Sunny Stunner g (YCI.) Samsuri 7 55.5 (dd same) Nfiow 5 3 3352 Pakxna Blanca a Kapitan Bougoure
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      SELECTIONS
      549 24 RACE FAIRWAY TET SCRUTINEER Ming Darby S. Prince** Imen* 1 Bazaari Ming Derby S PftUCf Imens C Champ C Champ Roilynt Love Mulia Regal Bank 2 Mulia Roslyn's Love Roslyn's Lowe Regal Bank Jackson's Jet F. (Jont 800 Heroes Entertainer Frond 3 Out of Danger 800 Heroes lot of
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      Lock icon Sonnen Gold triumphs in Gimcrack Stakes
      391 24 YORK, England, Fri. Owner Pat Muldoon and Yorkshire trainer Peter Easterby completed a bigrace double at the York meeting when Sonnen Gold won the Gimcrack Stakes yesterday to follow up the victory of Sea Pigeon in Wednesday's Ebor j handicap. Sonnen Gold, ridden by
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  • TIMESPORT PAGE TWO
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      Lock icon Coventry defence won't be able to stop Forest
      335 25 THREE CLUBS SHOULD KEEP 100 PER CENT RECORD- LONDON, Fri. Four days after the English Football League season began only three First Division clubs boast two victories and all three could extend 100 per cent records into next week with home matches
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      Lock icon Row over Francis
      143 25 NOTTINGHAM, Frl Star striker Trevor Francis has returned to England for the British soccer season and may already be involved in a row between his English and American clubs. Francis, (or whom Nottingham Forest paid 1 million earlier this year, arrived home with a grain injury suffered
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      BRIEFS
      168 25 NEW YORK. Fri. Sweden's Bjorn Borg has an easy task at the start of his campaign for the major title that has always eluded nim. The four-times Wimbledon champion was paired with little-known California!) Matt Mitchell in yesterday's draw for the first round of the United States Open tennis
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      Lock icon Springbok tour of France is on, say officials
      253 25 Springbok tour of France is on, say officials AGEN (France), Friday FRENCH and South African rugby union officials said here yesterday that they were continuing with plans for a controversial tour of France by the South African Springbok team later this year. French Rugby Federation president Albert Ferrasse and his
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      Lock icon EASY TITLE TASK FOR BJORN BORG
      218 25 His fellow American John McEnroe, ranked third, will play Pavel Slozil, of Czechoslovakia. Borg. if he clears the easy first hurdle, is in the same end of the draw as Britain's Mark Cox, and Tom Okker, of the Netherlands. In Klags Island, Ohio, topseeded
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      Lock icon Quigley ahead by four strokes
      233 25 PINEHURST, (North Carolina), Dana Quigley, who changed his putting style to compensate for injuries he suffered in a near-fatal boating accident, stroked an eight-under-par 63 and establish a four-stroke lead yesterday after the first round of the U*****,000 ($537,500) Hall of Fame golf classic. His
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      Indian first
      46 25 MOSCOW, Fri. India's hockey team will be making their first-ever appearance in the Soviet Union when they take part in an international tournament here from today. The tournament is to mark the tenth anniversary of the Soviet Union's admission to the International Hockey Federation.
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      297 horses entered for Ipoh meeting
      1170 25 11'oH. Thurs A total of 297 henM has boon entered for the IViak Turf Club's Sultan's Gold Vase meeting here on Sept 12 and 8-9. The Vase race over 1,100 metres straight has attracted U cnlties .Seventy-one of the entries lie from Singapore. They
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      Lock icon Chen pitches perfect game
      133 25 WILLIAMSPORT, Pennsylvania, Fri Taiwan pitcher Chen Chao-An pitched a perfect game yesterday and struck out all 18 batters he faced as Pu Tzu town defeated Aviano, of Italy, 18-0 in the semi-finals of the Little League baseball World Series. Eight batters struck out swinging and 10
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      Lock icon Trouncing
      35 25 TOKYO, Fri. Henry A. Garrett belted a two-run homer, his 20th of the season, and Tomehiro Kaneda collected his second win as the Hiroshima Coyo Carp trounced the Chunichi Dragons 11-2 here yesterday. UPI.
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      Lock icon E. German sports' success formula
      206 25 E. German sports' success formula LAKE PLACID (New York). Fri. Dr. Robert Arnot, a renowned physician, thinks he knows why East Germany, with 17 million people, produces more Olympic Games' gold-medal winners than the United States, with 220 million. He believes it is their intcasive sports medicine programme and in
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      727 25 SPECIAL OFFER Limited period only. While stocks last. Open on Sunday. 26th August 1979 Komura 100 mm F2.5 lens wlcase USUAL PRICE $340 00 NOW $150.00 39-85 mm F3.s macroZoom lens wlcase USUAL PRICE $555 00 NOW *****0 Komura 135 mm F2.5 lens w/case USUAL PRICE $355 00 NOW $150.00
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      Lock icon Pakistan's juniors take firm grip on World Cup
      639 26 IT WILL NEED A SUPERLATIVE EFFORT TO STOP THEM PARIS, Fri. On the evidence of the first day's play yesterday, it will need a superlative effort on some teams' part to halt the progress of Pakistan in the first Junior World Cup
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      Results at a glance
      86 26 GROUP A Malaysia beat India 2-1 (1-1) Scorers: Malaysia: Foo Keat Seong (25th), Colin Sta Maria (56th); India: Jalaluddin Syed (18th). France beat Chile 3-1 (2-1) Scorers: France: Frank Said (24th and 59th), Christophe Ecochard (31th); Chile: Claus Harz (14th). GROUP B Pakistan beat Ireland M
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      Lock icon Canada need a draw now
      254 26 VANCOUVER, (British Columbia), Fri. Canada beat Bermuda 6-0 in the women's world field hockey championship here but, now need at least a draw against Ireland to reach the quarter-finals. The victory was the first of the tournament for the Canadians after one defeat and leaves
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      European All-stars and US are favourites
      364 26 THE European All-stars and the United States, boasting of world record-holders Edwin Moses and Renaldo Nehemiah, have been rated cofavourites for the men's team title in the World Cup meet, which starts here tonight at the Olympic Stadium. East Germany led by MONTREAL, Fri.
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      Record entries
      96 26 IMPETUOUS (right) will be a starter In the Sydney to Hobart yacht race starting on Dec. ML A record 18* to 2M yachts from 14 countries will contest the race the 35th In the series. More international flavour will be added by 7N yachting fans, who will follow
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      Lock icon Japan spend $9.9m to host football tourney
      205 26 Japan spend $9.9 m to host football tourney TOKYO, Fri. The second world youth soccer tournament, opening in Japan tomorrow, will be the biggest football tournament in the country since the 1964 Tokyo Olympic Games. Japan are spending about one billion yen ($9.9 trillion) on accommodation of some 430 officials
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      Lock icon China's best in Asia's Cup team
      353 26 ASIA'S team for the second World Cup athletics championships here represent something of a breakthrough in world sports. For with six Chinese athletes included, it will be the first time since China were admitted to the International Amateur Athletics Federation that China's best will
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      Lock icon A hop, step, jump to recognition
      315 26 A hop, step, jump to recognition MONTREAL, Fri. China are expected to explode on the world track and field scene with a hop, step and jump. One of the few worldclass athletes from China, is triple jumper Zou Zhenxian, a physical education student at Peking University. With China's admission to
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      Lock icon Stones may make comeback for next Games
      366 26 MONTREAL, Fri. Dwight Stones, the flamboyant former world high jump record-holder, suspended after taking part in an event involving prize money, could be back in action in time for next year's Moscow Olympic Games. Stones, 25, was banned by the American Athletic Union
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      Lock icon Tokyo meet
      49 26 TOKYO, Fri Virginia Wade Billie Jean King and 30 other women tennis players will take part in a US$l5O,OOO (5322.500> tournament here next month. Japanese sponsors said today. The tournament, from Sept 11-16, has been sanctioned by the International Tennis Federation and the Women's Tennis Association. UPI.
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  • TIMESPORT PAGE FOUR
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      Seok Hui powers her way to final
      316 27 By PAT RICK BASTIANS LIM SEOK HUI, 11, Singapore's top female squash potential, and the sensation of the Pakistan International Airlines squash closed championships, powered her way into the final of the girls' under-19 event, defeating the talented Corinna Lim 7-9, 9^, 94,
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      Loo cards 78 for best gross title
      122 27 Loo cards 78 for best gross title JOSEPH LOO. with a 78 was the best gross winner in the A Division of the Seletar Golf Club's monthly medal competition yesterday. Urn Choo Benß (72) was the best nett winner. Other results B Division: Best gross: Vincent Wee (80). Best nett:
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      Lock icon Sprinter Syed withdraws
      245 27 KUALA LUMPUR, Fri Malaysia's talented schoolboy sprinter, Syed Nahar, has reluctantly decided to withdraw from the South-east Asian Games in favour of studies. The 17-year-old Syed said: "It was a hard decision because it would have been my first full international. "But, after consulting my teachers and
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      134 27 RAPID SHOOTERS. Singapore's newest darts team, have become the first in the country to be sponsored commercially as they prepare to draw their darts in the Gallon knockout tournament starting on Sept. 7, reports PATRICK BASTIANS. Their sponsors, an insurance broking firm. will provide training expenses.
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      343 27 Coach plans Asian tours as build-up for World Cup By JOE DORAI SINGAPORE are one of the Asian countries Australia's newly-ap-pointed soccer coach Rudolph Guntherdorf has selected to assist in his team's World Cup preparations. Guntherdorf, a West German and former coach of SV Hamburg, wants
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      Singles win sixes meet
      33 27 SINGLES beat the Married men 2-0 to win the Indian Association's annual six-a-side hockey tournament yesterday. In another match. Veer Singh's team beat Joginder Singh's team 3-2 on penalty
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      212 27 PORT OF SPAIN, (Trinidad), Fri. Trinidad and Tobago beat Australia 4038 in the fifth world netball championship here last night and moved closer to becoming the first host nation to win the title. Tt was Australia's first defeat in the competition. Trinidad and
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      Thai Army to meet Singapore XV
      220 27  - Thai Army to meet Singapore XV GODFREY ROBERT The Blacks, the other Singapore team taking part in the Haadyai tournament scheduled for next weekend, will release their players for the match against the Thais as they will be leaving only on Friday. Singapore coach Natahar Bava has arranged for a
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      FAS SOCCER BALL IN OCTOBER
      104 27 FAS SOCCER BALL IN OCTOBER THE Football Association of Singapore's annual dinner arid dance Soccer Ball 1979 will be held at Shangri-la Hotel on Oct. 13. Hghlights of the ball will be the selection of the Player of the Year, a beauty Queen contest and a lucky draw. Unlike previous
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      43 27 MOSCOW, Fri. Results of yesterday's Soviet First Division soccer matches: Neftchi Baku 1 Dynamo Tbilisi 2, Lokomotiv Moscow 1 Central Army Sports Club Moscow 1, Ararat Yerevan 3 Pakhtakor Tashkent 1, Army Sports Club Restov-On-Don 0 Kairat Alma Ata 0. Reuter.
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      72 27 Today's events BASKETBALL Harlem Downs v Philippines (Gay World Stadium). RUGBY National team v Under-23 (Police Academy, 5). SOCCER NFL DhfUai I: Tampines Rovers v Toa Payoh (Jurong), Ponggol v Cairnhill (Jalan Besar Stadium), matches at 8; Whampoa Constituency seven-a-side tournament (Toa Payoh Stadium, 8 a.m.); Friendly: Singapore Cricket Club
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      23 27 GENOA, Fri. Giuseppe Meazza, the idol of Italian football during the 1930's died here yesterday at the age of 69. AFP.
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      343 27 RANGOON, Fri. Sprint queen Than Than has come out of retirement from competitive sport to help boost the gold medal prospects of Burma's track and field squad at the South-east Asia Games in Jakarta next month. Than Than announced her "retirement" after representing Asia in
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    101 28 A JANATA party member is seen on Thursday in New Delhi collecting donations from people at a 3MM-strong rally called by the party to protest against President Sanjiva Reddy's decision to call for fresh elections. The donations are for fighting the elections. The Janata party
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    61 28 NEW DELHI, Fri. An ancient Hindu temple in south India is being transplanted to save it from drowning in dam waters, the Archaelogy Department said today. The 779-year-old Temple of the God of Destruction (Siva) in Andhra Pradesh state's Mahboobnagar district is being taken apart brick by
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    263 28 HANOI, Friday VIETNAM slammed the door to a United States call to convene an international conference on Kampuchea when it announced last night that the situation in the war-torn country was "irreversible." Speaking at a banquet here in honour of Vietnamese-backed
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    190 28 Marcos orders arrest of priest MANILA, Friday PRESIDENT Ferdinand I Marcos, using the carrot I and the stick, ordered the arrest of a priest on subversion charges while telling the armed forces to be friendly to churchmen critical of his martial law j regime, it was announced i today. A
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    38 28 UNITED NATIONS, Fri. The United States said yesterday that South Africa must accept a UN peace settlement for Namibia, on the grounds that violence will worsen unless an international solution is soon put into effect. AP.
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    119 28 KHMERS ACCEPT $215 m U.S. AID' WASHINGTON, Fri. The pro-Vietnamese government of Kampuchean leader Heng Samrin has accepted a United States offer of US$lOO million (SJ2IS million) in humanitarian aid, the Washington Post reported today. Under tfce aid programme, provisions are made for direct flights between Bangkok and Phnom Penh
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    149 28 MADAM MARY TEO SUAT NEO, aged 80, passed away peacefully on 24.8.79 at 3.10 pm at Mt. Alvernla Hospital, leaving behind sons Llm Chin Heng, Llm Chin Leong, daughters Llm Beng Neo, Llm Chin Neo, Llm Hoh Neo, Teresa Llm Van Neo. daughlers-In-law Low Choon Neo. Choong Ah Ylng
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    49 28 BEIRUT, Fri The West German embassy here was the target of a bomb attack last night the second in a week. The explosion caused slight damage. West German Foreign Minister Hans Dietrich Genscher is due here on Aug 28 on a Middle East tour. AFP.
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    31 28 BANGKOK, Fri. Twenty people, including five foreign tourists, were Killed and 24 severely injured early today when their bus collided with a lorry in northern Thailand, police reported. Reuter.
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    280 28 SAQQEZ (Iran), Fri. Waves of helicopter gunships firing rockets and with machine-guns blazing today launched a fresh dawn attack on this Kurdish mountain town. First reports said 168 people were killed. Columns of dost rose from Knrdlsh emplacements In the hills
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    36 28 NEW YORK, Fri. Dow Jones averages, based on first hour of trading on the New York Stock Exchange: 30 indus 876.28 off 1.10. 15 utils 109.68 up 0.07. 65 stocks 312.43 off 1.42. UPI.
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    298 28 First public warning by Japanese defence chief TOKYO, Friday JAPANESE Defence Agency chief Ganri Yamashita has warned the United States and its Western allies about Soviet military reinforcement in the Pacific during a two-week world tour he has just completed. For the first time, he
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    48 28 PARIS, Fri. Chinese Communist Party Chairman Hua Guofeng will begin an official three-day visit to France on Oct 15, French Presidential spokesman Pierre Hunt said today. Mr Hunt said the Chinese leader will stay in France on a private visit until Oct 22. Reuter.
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      439 28 BUSINESS TIMES Singapore's Financial Dally Cover Ptk« .We Annuol SubKrvhon $155 For MibKnption. all *****11 Kit 231 TODAY'S HIGHLIGHTS. THE Government's encouragement for local companies to break new ground is finding some interested takers. Some, at least, ore looking into traditionally foreign-dominated fields and are asking themselves why they too
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      Third World news: How strong is the Western slant?
      998 1 Third World news: How strong is the Western slant? Whose News? Politics, The Press and The Third World By ROSEMARY RIGHTER. published for The International Press Institute by Burnett Books. 1978 272 pages Reviewed By LEE GEOK 801 ARE WE seeing the world through Western eyes? If we are, is
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      Book that should be useful to serious investors
      667 1  -  JOHN KOH Reviewed By Investment Analysis In Singapore Edited by: SAW SWEE HOCK and LIM CHOO PENG, published by Singapore University Press for the Singapore Securities Research Institute 546 pages with glossary READERS IN Singapore are such that when it comes to
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        Singapore troupe for HK fest
        325 2  -  GERALDINE TANG By LEAVING IN OCTOBER FOR FESTIVAL OF ASIAN ARTS THE Singapore National Dance Company will be flying off to Hongkong at the end of October to take part in the fourth Festival of Asian Arts. Cultural troupes from 11 Asian countries will convene
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        Cartograving —hobby that's easy to pick up
        247 2 CARTOCRAVING is Mr Ng Yak Whee's newest hobby, which he claims is easy to learn. But don't mistake the word with cartography they are not the same. Cartograving is the art of etching on glossy cardboard- The finished work, for want, of a
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        PICK OF THE DAY
        218 2 THAT scintillating Hollywood star couple, Paul Newman and Joanne Woodward, team up with Robert Wagner and Richard Thomas in Ch s's Midnight Movie at 10.55 called Winning. A racing driver marries a divorcee and adopts her teenage son who idolises him. Later, he becomes disillusioned when
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      Maverick producer who'll champion untried talent...
      1198 3  -  DAVID STERITT Film magnate Roger Corman is equally at home with low budget and imported 'art' films By in New York "PEOPLE ask me, what does a producer do? The answer is simple. A producer thinks." If the producer is Roger Corman, some of
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      620 3  - HK £ilm makers stick to Asian markets where the money is CHAN HOK-KEUNG By in Hongkong HONGKONG, the "Hollywood of the East' should hire big name stars and make films with international appeal instead of concentrating on Asian audiences, according to veteran Australian producer Charles Wolnizer. Mr Wolnizer has worked
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        743 6  -  JANE BROD Y By in NEW YORK MOST athletes, whether they play for fun or compete for titles, are quite naturally interested in eating to win. Certainly it's reasonable to assume that the kind of food your body gets could make a difference in how well it
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        LETTERS
        197 6 I WAS indeed happy to read about the dangers of sugar in the well-written article by Ivy Goh-Nair. The warning is timely as the consumption of white refined sugar and its byproducts like chocolate, ice cream, and biscuits are increasing daily; not forgetting tea, coffee, aerated water and so-call-ed
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        Figureitout
        141 6  - itout IVY GOH-NAIR A BEAUTIFUL back and equally attractive shoulder with muscle tissue to cover bony prominences and adequate fat to smooth the contour curves is such a valuable asset for a woman. Remember how much we used to admire this asset in the younger Elizabeth Taylor who had almost
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        Honey, I love you
        724 6 carbohydrates would illustrate the point. The following is from Dr Aman's Medicinal Secrets Of Your Food. "The sacharide group of carbohydrates is sub-di-vided into monosacharides, polysacharides and disacharides. Monosacharides: (C 6 Hl2 06) Monosacharides contain one group of sacharides and they are the most highly soluble
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        Exercising towards a beautiful back and shoulders
        469 6 a minor postural defect known as round-back. While a rich dowager may be able to get away with her hump by hiding it with strings of diamonds to distract the eye, not every woman can afford such embellishments. The alternative is straightforward simply
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      908 2 TV and Radio SINGAPORE 5 1.00 PM Opening and Sesame Street 6.35 Young Ramsay Yellow Dog 2.05 Saturday Matinee Justice 7 25 Cultural Diary (English) Holmes, starring Louise Calhern 7 30 News (Malay) Ann Harding 7.45 Donny And Marie Show 3 30 Follow Me 8 30 The Eddie Ca P
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      98 3 AVkVAV.V.V.ViVAWAVMWAWAV.'.V.V.W.'AVkS Congratulations and Best Wishes to the Government of the Republic of Singapore on the occasion of the laying of the Foundation Stone for the Passenger Terminal Building, Changi Airport by the Honourable Mr Ong Teng Cheong Minister for Communications from OMNIDEALS (PTE) LTD. OMNIDEALS SUPPLIES SERVICES Unit 804, Tan
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      362 5 CONGRATULATIONS TCAIV. MOBELEC! 1979 Castrol-Pesta Sukap Autocross Class 2 Ist Place Kenneth Mcc (Austin A4O Special) Class 4 2nd Place Albert Goh (Toyota Trueno) Class 9 2nd Place Kenneth Mcc Rally Cross Ist Place Albert Goh 3rd Place Kenneth Mcc RESULTS OF PESTA SUKAN MOTOR SPORTS EVENTS PROVE MOBELEC'S RELIABILITY
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      116 5 Cockpit Hotel presents Charlie D Love Birds Charlie D Love Birds, direct Don't miss Charlie and 0 from the Philippines and the Love Birds! international nightclub circuit. Season ends August 29. Entertainment galore every Showtimes: night of the week with two top 9pm at Dragon Palace bands in attendance- Downtown
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      Passenger Terminal Building, Changi Airport Terminal building planned to serve 15,000 people per hour
      902 7 Passenger Terminal Building, Changi Airport Terminal building planned to serve 15,000 people per hour THE Passenger Terminal Building is planned to achieve simplicity in layout, flexibility in operation and maximum convenience for the passengers. The building has been sized to handle the peak-hour passenger load. This 220,000 sq metres complex
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      Message from Minister for Communications, Mr Ong Teng Cheong
      258 7 Message from Minister for Communications, Mr Ong Teng Cheong THE decision to build an international airport at Changi marked the beginning of a new era in the history of civil aviation in Singapore. Since the late sixties, air traffic through Singapore has grown remarkably. In 1968, one million passenger movements
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      Message from the Civil Aviation Director, Mr Tan Kwang Hung
      260 7 THE existing airport at the environmental polluPaya Lebar has been tion and aircraft operacontinuously expanded tional safety viewpoints, to cope with growing as the flight paths of traffic. However, it is no aircraft will be predomilonger economical and nantly over
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      Message front Director of Public Works, Mr Yap Neng Chew
      291 7 THE foundation stone-lay-ing for the Passenger Terminal Building at Changi is an important event in many respects. Firstly, it marks the successful completion of one stage and the beginning of the next in the construction of the Airport. The Passenger
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      Modular concept allows airport to be developed according to needs
      688 8 TO AVOID over-plan-ning, planners have adopted the modular concept and develop the airport in phases according to demand. Phase I of the airport will cater for 10 million passengers per annum the projected traffic in 1983/84. This capacity will be
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      Changi Airport (Masterplan Layout)
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      Diversion canal
      68 8 A CANAL was constructed to divert water from three streams Sungei Tanah Merah Besar. Sungei Ayer Gemuroh and Sungei Mat a Ikan which were affected by the airport development project. It is 4,100 m long with a width varying from 8 m to 36 m. It will provide
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      Flight information display system will help both passengers and staff
      198 8 THE Passenger Terminal Building at Changi will have a modern and comprehensive computerised Flight Information Display System (FIDS). Arriving,dep»rting and transit passengers will be guided by the FIDS through the Passenger Terminal Building. Besides displaying latest flight arrival and departure
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        627 9 Section of the Passenger Terminal Building at Changi Airport i i 1 -E PLANT «OOM Sophisticated long See p^^^ international's Pakistan on your way "W* O"M€f O O OV* "i" tO tnP^ IAAP^t Pakistan International Airlines invites you to stop A dIIWV X dtldl l/Vl l^ U'^ V v^v-11- over
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        450 10 1 2 instrument landing IliiJjJ -'i-i.. J I' 1 u^fFf^^^^fflj systems per runway l: dp *sr jIHi: f f V SUNK£N P*RK •<Trah-Hr- -3- -4-- J x f B;i* 3 w !.:i"ti;l V V GRourl floor ku If your girl can't meet you R^^^p^^S^S^^S at tne airport, our girl can.
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        432 11 fiNG«« ntn hold rooms j p—t T^ ~I 1 1 y H>—l 1 jT^^ I_T" lowering landmark z^=^^^^^ fctmtmyij over the airport v ONE of the landmarks of runways to give air traffic veillance Detection Equip- :=;r- r XZTTrMfTIl —I r I ♦k rh,«n- Arirv^r* «,jh k« controllers a bird's
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      Fire-fighting network includes sea rescue operations
      334 12 Fire -fighting network includes sea rescue operations FOUR Super Foam Tenders, one Rapid Intervention Vehicle, one Domestic Fire Tender, one Command Car and one Hydraulic Platform which form the back-bone of the fire-fighting and rescue fleet will be purchased for Changi Airport. Each of these gigantic Super Foam Tenders (10
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      A comprehensive telecoms network to ensure higher reliability
      357 12 A VERY High Frequen- within a range of m cy radio transmitting kilometres, station and a receiving The transmitting and station have been built reC eiving equipment at Wing Loong Road have tranlistorised and and Changi Hi 1 respec- integrated components lively
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      Latest computerised radar system for weather forecast
      297 12 CHANGI Airport will have the most up-to-date meteorological facilities. A main meteorological centre, located in the Passenger Terminal Building, will collect and send out meteoroj logical information, not i only to all air traffic I control, airline and meteorological units based in Singapore,
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        204 12 Congratulations and Best Wishes to the Government of the Republic of Singapore on the occasion of the laying of the Foundation Stone for the Passenger Terminal Building, Changi Airport. V jk .JM w Wr 2 j. iff 'fc j .^b^bV* \i* Jm M 2 4am r'TvL^al \,ww llbt am I
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      Training staff to man new facilities
      277 13 THE efficient operation of the new facilities at Changi Airport calls for theimmediate training of specialised staff as well as retraining of a large number of existing operational personnel of the Department of Civil Aviation (DCA). The department conducts in-service training for air traffic
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      PUB gives a boost to power supply
      364 13 PUB gives a boost to power supply I UK existing PUB's 6,622 kilovolt (kv) substation along Upper Changi Road will be upgraded to serve (hangi Airport. The existing 31.25 MVA 6,622 kv transformer at the 6,622 kv substation is being replaced by two 75 MVA 6.622 kv transformers. In addition,
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      Changi to have one of world's largest refuelling systems
      188 13 CHANGI Airport will have one of the largest and most efficient aircraft refuelling systems in the world. In keeping with modern airport planning, Changi will have a single aviation fuel distribution system. However, individual oil companies will be responsible for servicing
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        169 13 Behind Kthe Scene. JT /filjn fflff 'i t^M fluJßj r^^^bb^l ™^^bt* ~^r~ r m -^r^ JBvAl^^^i^^^BM I ftitflß^ti > ~^r a^Pnßfl By* i_ m) aT _i 1 aaai b^ f^Hß^fc B *"*^^^^^B^Bl m^~^w m m sKk '^HHil B^MP* 1 a^BM |C!!— BSifC^^l^^ .^b\ aT* 'W Construction of Changi Airport, which
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      Runway I nearing completion
      93 14 THE first runway at Changi Airport will be 4, Hi m long and M m wide. It can withstand loads up to 68* tonnes. The pavement consists of three main layers, namely, the original ground highly compacted, a 9M mm layer of compacted crushed stones and
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      Approach roads will offer scenic views of airport
      259 14 THE East Coast Parkway and the Pan-Island Expressway will be the main approaches to Changi Airport. Visitors travelling along the East Coast Parkway and the Airport Approach Road will have a magnificent and breathtaking view of the airport. The centre divider will
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        129 14 Congratulations and Best Wishes to the Government of the Republic of Singapore on the occasion of the Laying of Foundation Stone for the Passenger Terminal Bui/ding of Changi Airport by the Honourable MR. ONG TENG CHEONG Minister for Communications We are proud to be entrusted as the main contractor for
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      Airport shops for your last minute shopping
      340 15 Airport shops for your last minute shopping PASSENGERS using Changi Airport will be able to do their last minute shopping at two dusters of first-class shops in the Departure Hall. One cluster will be in the West Departure Hall while the other in the Kast Departure Hall. In each cluster,
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        201 15 CONGRATULATIONS to THE GOVERNMENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF SINGAPORE on the occasion of the laying of foundation stone for the passenger terminal building of Changi Airport by the Minister for Communications, Mr. Ong Teng Cheong Hock Sing Construction Yew Hup Contractors, Engineering Pte. Ltd., 179-E, Jaian übi, 37, Paya Lebar
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        242 15 ASEA-IDMAN CONGRATULATE THE GOVERNMENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF SINGAPORE ON THE OCCASION OF THE LAYING OF FOUNDATION STONE FOR THE PASSENGER TERMINAL BUILDING OF CHANGI AIRPORT BY THE HONOURABLE MR ONG TENG CHEONG MINISTER FOR COMMUNICATIONS WE ARE PROUD TO BE ENTRUSTED WITH THE COMPLETE AIRFIELD LIGHTING SYSTEM CONTRACT FOR
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        172 16 "^f)ejfirgt^toneillust?ielatb Jji pefore^JjefalaceCan^cCompltteb'' nSf Old Proverb I VTI/ I 'WtigßMMnm to H| the Government of the Republic of Singapore ICjtflil on the occasion of the Laying of fcjsaSl Foundation Stone for the Passenger Terminal Building MA of Changi Airport by the honourable yk I If Mr. Ong Teng Cheong, Minister
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      Keeping time at Changi Airport
      220 17 SEIKO MASTERMINDS TIME AT CHANGI Accurate time-keeping is a crucial factor in the running of any airport. At large international airports, which handle hundreds of flights every day, precise split-second timing is critical. Therefore, one of the major decisions facing the planners at Changi was
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      The airport of the future
      289 17 When the first phase of the Changi Airport is declared open in 1981, it will be the culmination of decades of planning and four years of construction work. The development of Changi as Singapore's second, but premier, international airport will reinforce the nation's future at
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      THE MASTER CLOCK: Maintaining time on the wOrld Standard of Accuracy
      338 17 THE MASTER CLOCK: Maintaining time on the wOrld Standard of Accuracy The master clock consists of two major functional units, the radio receiver and the time base. The radio receiver receives a regular synchronizing signal from Japan, the JJY, which goes through the automatic synchronizing circuit, thereby calibrating the master
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        527 18 FLY TO HONGKONG VIA THE PHILIPPINES. AND DISCOVER THE WJEm MA NT I A* MEANING OF HOLIDAY. ONLY ON PHILIPPINE AIRLINES. M GUunorou.. lxcitin^etro For a little more than an ordinary return ticket to Hongkong, we give you four glorious days in Manila. 1 hrobbing with lifr t the Philippines
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        906 19 fly ear/v /9£/, Philips will have helped make flying in and out of Singapore, easier for pilots, safer for you. Philips in Aviation Touchdown into the 21st Century >> processing, navigational and land- Completely equalised to allow 1/ v m 8m 8 To name but a few. maximum speech audibility
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        361 20 The fastest jumbos to Europe. Lufthansa flies to Europe four times a week. Faster than any other airline flying wide-bodied aircraft. So if you take Lufthansa tonight, you will be in Europe before breakfast tomorrow morning. Talk to Lufthansa or your travel agent. Lufthansa German Airlines Contact your travel agent
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        81 20 E Changi Airport Fuel Hydrant i nstallaton PTE LTD CONGRATULATE THE GOVERNMENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF SINGAPORE on the occasion of the LAYING OF FOUNDATION STONE FOR THE PASSENGER TERMINAL BUILDING OF CHANGI AIRPORT by the honourable MR. ONG TENG CHEONG fit Minister for Communications J F Tj Temenggong Airport
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        131 21 HEARTIEST CONGRATULATIONS to The Government of the Republic of Singapore on the occasion of the Laying of Foundation stone for the Passenger Terminal Building of Changi Airport by the Honourable MR. ONG TENG CHEONG, Minister for Communications Ipi^ i f i ■'pbp^^b pbp*^^^^l-^pbbl BflUk^^ iim^l i&mm"***^^ BBBBB^BbI S(Hfc»'Bp^^^\!»-- "^^^^PjpP"** 1^
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        423 22 Kuwait Airways SILVER SERVICE is one step away from Singapore. It's our 25th Anniversary, our SILVER JUBILEE year, and we're proud to celebrate by introducing our new SILVER SERVICE to and from Bangkok and the Gulf. In our 25 years, we and our travel agents have learnt a great deal
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        119 22 igrTL OCBC is solid and secure. So every dollar you place with us is guaranteed safe. OCBC. For current accounts, savings, /T\ fixed deposits l&iAOB^ ancl^ u rar| g e °f banking facilities. Confidence through security. 5g The Government 55$ the Republic of Singapore jpj &ft on the occasion of
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        352 23 cmGMTwww THE SINGAPORE AIRCAR6O AGENTS ASSOCIATION is honoured to be associated with the development of Changi Airport and extends its congratulations to THE GOVERNMENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF SINGAPORE on the occasion of the laying of the foundation stone for the Passenger Terminal Building Changi Airport by the Minister for
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        131 23 I [We are proud to be always insists on entrusted with the supply timir^SSS^lßro and installation of metal METRACO PRODUCTS. roo fing and cladding ti m )\w\\ sheets for the Main Passenger Terminal /I Building at the Ml \\Wv Changi Airport. RIB -ROOF M— pi ad J a^ltor^P *9i «^Li
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        687 24 r HEARTIEST CONGRATULATIONS 1 to the Government of the Republic of Singapore on the occasion of the LA YING Of FOUNDATION STONE for the PASSENGER TERMINAL BUILDING OF CHANGI AIRPORT IMf 'SLAMD CONCRETE (PTE, LTD With Compliments REG. OFFICE: PLANT: TEL 24th floor, Hon 9 Leong Building, 632, Aljunied Road,
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        235 25 Congratulations Best\ Wishes HH HHH^ShPV /t> Government of the Republic of Singapore lfKKßKtKtS^SSi^^Sm^mSm^mm on the occasion of the laying of the Foundation Stone for jjOlUi C» //z^ Passenger Terminal Building of Changi A irport SS B^l flU^H^fll^A^A^BdlHH fcfc-^^ Dimension: A^^ Till Q fS ii 1 599x353 x 145 mm Bk
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        385 26 YmFbrtner on the Ground W^LjkJJLjf CIAS, the world's first airlines-port venture gives you the Sr^^^. combined expertise of seven international airlines PLUS fe^ _^W tne Port of Singapore Authority, the world's third busiest 1 port. lll 'SEEi^ xw^i Cargo handling. Ramp services. Passenger handling. You get the best from CIAS.
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        279 26 to THE GOVERNMENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF SINGAPORE on the occasion of the laying of foundation stone for the passenger terminal building of Changi Airport by the honourable Mr. One Teng Cheong Minister for Communications COSMETICS PERFUMERIES SHOP NO 2 27, PAYA LEBAR AIRPORT, SINGAPORE 1953 APM PHARMACY PTE LTD
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      Amsterdam: Choked by too many cars
      840 27 A tale of two cities' woes By CHARLES BATCHELOR in Amsterdam AMSTERDAM is in the throes of a controversial five-year traffic plan designed to deal with pressures which threaten to choke the city's business and social life. Few of the world's large cities have
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      43 27 The business community has long complained that the difficulty of getting into the city centre is forcing companies to move out of Amsterdam. The department stores, too. say that the traffic problem is depriving them of business and leading to closures. 7
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      Copenhagen: How to save energy
      642 27  -  TOM KENNEDY By in Copenhagen ENERGY conservation is very much a way of life in Denmark, a pauper in terms of indigenous fuel supplies. The Danes are determined to reduce oil imports from present levels by about 30 per cent by the middle of the
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        63 27 Look us up for the full range of heavy-duty tiles with exciting designs. Importer Exporter of Full Range of Italian Ceramic Tiles and Marble |W| PolybuildingCSJPte.Ltd. I^H^J Urn I 340 3rd Floor Praia Smgapura 68 Orchard Road Singapore 0923 Tel *****4 (3 linesl Cable Polytouilds Telex Poly RS ***** t
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        302 27 BALD TYRES ARE DANGEROUS! DON'T DRIVE WITH BALD TYRES! Jp W- tit IL-TaflakW m r^Baßi^Baa^^^ i DCv^l 1 P WEAR INDICATOR DvTv^j M BRIDGESTONE RADIAL TYRES are |V'~ NN Y W 1 embossed with wear indicators in 6 R^~"\A\~/^Byj i different locations. When the tread fLr-^\ mm A wears down
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      S. Africa's young whites are packing their bags
      738 28  -  GARY THATCHER By in Johannesburg HE IS a young white South African with a promising career in high finance ahead of him. And his biggest goal? To leave the country of his birth— quickly, and on a permanent basis. He is one
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      841 28 Brain and brawn drain that is highly lucrative for Manila The Philippines is faced with an exodus of workers attracted by higher wages in areas such as the Middle East. DANIEL NELSON reports from Manila on the value to the country of this export of labour and on efforts by
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        380 28 S Pan Boolg. The JfiK s D h £Sl. V6llt from the author of m* THE GODFATHER ni m fA maria puzos '^■Mam* FOOLS r "T~"l| die C^^r^W*"^ 111 1111 Fame and wealth skulduggery rl I lli L^sP 111 i and c ieatin 8 and pimping, love I Pi 1
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        606 29 JUNIOR TECHNICIAN TRAINING SCHEME If you are between 18 and 25 years of age at I Oct 79 a Singapore Citizen or Permanent Resident of Singapore, Possess a National Trade Certificate Grade 3in Motor Vehicle Mechonics, or Heavy Duty Diesel Mechanics, Electrical Fitting Installation or Air-conditioning Refrigeration you are invited
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        689 29 We are a leading gas manufacturing company with an expanding systems department and now require a DATA PROCESSING SUPERVISOR This challenging position calls for a suitably qualified Singaporean in the age group of 25 30 years with initiative and drive to work in the Systems Department. The person we seek
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        579 29 GUTHRIE SINGAPORE PRIVATE LIMITED Applicotions ore invited from experienced and suitably qualified candidates for the following positions SYSTEMS ANALYST This position is open to candidate with demonstrated skills and experience in systems design, presentation and implementation The successful candidate should be a University graduate with more than 3 years' experience
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        437 29 SINGAPORE SHIPBUILDING ENGINEERING LIMITED specialises in the construction of fast patrol boats and sophisticated commercial vessels. We invite applications to (ill the following vacancies to mee,t our new project requirements. (A) NAVAL ARCHITECTS/MARINE ENGINEERS/ELECTRICAL ENGINEERS (B) TECHNICAL ASSISTANTS (MARINE/ MECHANICAL/HULL/ELECTRICAL) (C) MATERIAL PLANNING/PURCHASING ASSISTANTS (D) FOREMEN (PIPING/GENERAL FITTING/PAINTING) (E) DRAUGHTSMEN
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        684 30 I^H Warehousing A Transportation Pte. Ltd. has challenging opportunity for a GENERAL MANAGER We are Singapore's leading transport, warehousing and distribution company and a member of the Straits Steamship Group. We seek a new General Manager as the incumbent has been promoted to another position within the Group. THE JOB
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        601 30 3 rd K. J jk mvites applications for the following positions fc 3 SUPERVISOR (FINAL INSPECTION) K. im A level or eQU™^ 6o &"Q 2-3 yrs experience in inspection or QC work in an tt£ 2fl electronic manufacturing plant preferably at a superffT ju visory level. l>- >^j Able to
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        584 30 —PHILIPS— We have immediate vacancies for the following positions DEVELOPMENT ENGINEERS An honours degree in Electronics/Communications Engineering Some experience in FM/Stereo Multiplexing, cassette recorder and electronic clock radio design. Experience in microprocessors and digital electronics will be an advantage Successful candidates will be part of a team of engineers whose
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        537 30 ft W Fqxboro ill FOXBORO, a leading worldwide manufacturer of instruments and systems for Process Management and Control invites applications from suitably qualified candidates to take up challenging responsibilities in various departments for its fast-growing operation in Asia. a)SINGAPORE BRANCH SALES Basic requirements: Degree or Diploma in Engineering preferably Electrical/Electronic,
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        747 31 I CAREER Or^RTUNITIEsTI MERCHANT BANKING 1 Smgopore Internotional Merchant Bankers Limited (SIMBL) is :|9 seeking high calibre and well auadtied persons to till the following :'.fl I positions 9 SENIOR EXECUTIVES (MS/8/69) The successful candidates will assume a key role in the develop- ;|9 ment of SIMBL 's Corporate Finance
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        605 31 An international manufacturing and trading Company invites applications from suitably qualified and eiperienced persons to till the position of: MANAGER (Consumer Durables/Building Materials Dept) Remuneration negotiable up to $40,000 p.a. Dutits/ltaporaMties Will be responsible for achieving the departments sales objectives Will be responsible for the department's overall profitabi lit y
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        378 31 Win: Akkermans Pre. Lrd. We are Singapore's leader in precision engineering with over 4 decades of experience in Marine, Electrical, Turbine and general industrial engineering. As a •result of the promotion of the incumbent a vacancy has been created for the post of: BILLING AND COSTING ASSISTANT This is an
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        659 31 SALES EXECUTIVE The Singapore office of a French Petrochemical Group invites suitably qualified candidate to promote the sale of the company's chemical and plastic products locally. The successful candidate should have the following qualifications 1. A recognised degree or diploma in chemistry, chemical engineering or rubber and plastic technology. 2.
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        458 32 SALES EXECUTIVE AKZO CHEMIE OVERSEAS BY wishes to appoint a Sales Executive for the development of the Company's business in the Plastic Rubber Industries. The successful candidate must be trained in rubber and plastic technology or polymer science and have at least two years of sales expert ence. He must
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        446 32 I GENERAL|p)ELECTRIC USA invites applicants tor the following positions:' REPAIR SET-UP MAINTENANCE MEN B Applicants should posses a Trade Certificate in metal machining with 2 years experience in toolsetting. mainte nance repair ot production machine Those who do not possess a Trade Certificate but have equivalent experience will also be
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        546 32 TENDER NOTICE Tenders ore invited for:I SUPPLIES a) Tender No. PT/143/79(Z) Supply of 400 plus an option of 200 units of Operator Headaet. Eligibility: Registered Contractors Class B C D Non-Registered Contractors Deposit SSSOOOO Closing Date: 2 1 September 1 979 b) Tender No. PT/145/79(X) Supply 01:Item 1 800 nos.
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        467 32 We wish to inform all clients, business associates and suppliers/contractors that the following persons are no longer employed by MESSRS BUILD-MATS SDN BHD BILL KOAY KIM SUI (w.e.f. 16.7.79) Federation I/C *****45 MISS SUSIE PHANG CHUI PAIK (w.e.f. 3.8.79) Federation I/C *****27 STEVEN YIP AH KONG (w.e.f. 21.8.79) Federation I/C
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        483 32 IN THE HIGH COURT OF THE REPUBLIC OF SINGAPORE Suit No. 3579 of 1978 Between Asia Commercial Banking Corporation Limited Plaintiffs And Tng Cheng Chua now and formerly trading as THYE YAP SENG TRADING I COMPANY. Defendant NOTICE OF ADVERTISEMENT I TAKE NOTICE that an action has been commenced against
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        691 32 IN THK HltiH CO! XT OF THK KKI'I BMC OK SINtiAPORE Companies Wlndlng-Hp No. iii of int > In the Matter of the omp»nles Art (Cap. 185) Aad In lite Matter at OMAC HOLDINtiS PRIVATE LIMITED ADVERTISEMENT OP PETITION Notice is hereby given that a Petition for the Winding-Up of
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        647 32 IN THK MATTKR OF THK COMPANIES ACT (CHAPTER 185) AND IN THK MATTKR OK NKW SI'KIM. (PRIVATK) LIMITED (Inrorporalrd In thr RrpaMlr ol Slnumporr) (In IJqaldiUon) MKMBRRS' VOLUNTARY WINDINti IP NOTICE IS HfcREBY GIVEN pursuant to Section 272 of the Companies Act. (Chapter 185) that the Final General Meeting of
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