The Straits Times, 29 October 1979

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    14 1 The Straits Times Estd. 1845 MONDAY, OCTOBER 29, 1979 30 CENTS M.C.(P) No. 142/1/79
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    Lock icon PARK'S KILLING 'NOT ACCIDENT'
    1265 1 Martial law command: It was planned SEOUL, Sunday THE death of South Korean President Park Chung-Hee was a premeditatedassassi nation by his intelligence chief and was not an accident as previously announced, the martial law command said today. The announcement ended nearly 48 hours of speculation
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    A great leader who put nation's interests above self: Lee
    404 1 A great leader who put nation's interests above self: Lee MR LEE KUAN YEW yesterday described the late Sooth Korean President, Mr Park Chnng-Hee, as a great leader who pot the interests of his country and his people above himself. The Prime Minister paid this tribute In a condolence message
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    Strike call
    39 1 NEW DELHI. Sun Union leaders called a general "solidarity" strike in the New Delhi area today after an inquiry commission yesterday accused police of killing up to 65 people during an earlier strike 11 days ago. AW
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    Lock icon Don't meddle, warns US
    175 1 WASHINGTON, Sun. Immediately after news of President Park Chunghee's assassination reached the White House, the US Government got in touch with China, the Soviet Union and Japan to i express the position that outisde interference would not be tolerated by Washington. Revealing this yesterday, the State
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    Lock icon KIM IS THE CHAMP OF CHAMPS
    91 1 KIM IS THE CHAMP OF CHAMPS WITH an impish smile, champ of champs Kirn Marie Martin (right) shows off some of the prises she won yesterday. They Included two crowns both a hit small for her head and three trophies. Kirn, two, won them at the Peoples Association baby championship
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    Lock icon Grouping of Gulf states?
    120 1 KUWAIT, Sun. Gulf states are studying the possibility of forming a federation based on the US system, Kuwait's Foreign Minister and Deputy Premier Sheikh Sabah AlAhmad Al-Sabah told a press conference here yesterday. Kuwait was against any intervention in the region, he said, adding that Iraq
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    Lock icon Ohira's call to step up defence forces
    94 1 TOKYO, Sun. Prime Minister Masayoshi Ohira today called for steppedup Japanese defence build-up in the 1960s under the Japan-United States security treaty to cope with the changing international situation. He made the remark after reviewing a parade of 5,200 ground, maritime and air
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    Lock icon Carter accuses Heng Samrin of 'genocide'
    389 1 WASHINGTON, Sunday PRESIDENT JIMMY the Phnom Penh regi "genocide" and said total population of X, CARTER has accused me of Heng Samrin of at least a third of the ampuchea has already 1 died. In an interview with US newspaper editors, released by the
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    Giscard for W. Berlin
    69 1 WEST BERLIN, Sun. President Valery Giscard d'Esta'ng flies to West Berlin tomorrow for the first visit to the city by a French head of state since Napoleon. The President's one-day trip is aimed at underlining France's continued commitment to its role in Berlin as one of
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    Lock icon Blast at Cuban mission in UN: Two hurt
    181 1 Blast at Cuban mission in UN: Two hurt NEW YORK, Sun AN explosion ripped through a steel-door grating of the Cuban mission in the United Nations last night, injuring two policemen and causing heavy damage to the building's interior, officials said. Police and FBI agents said it appeared the blast
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    Look to productive lifetime jobs, not pay rises
    1077 1  -  GEORGE JOSEPH UNIONS URGED By A RADICAL transformation of the role of trade unions in Singapore from one of getting wage increases to that of ensuring employment for union members during their productive lifetime has been suggested. It will be in this
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    Lock icon Viets accuse China
    50 1 HONGKONG, Sun. Vietnam today accused China of killing two of its border guards and wounding many others during border clashes last week. The Vietnam News Agency said Chinese troops made several raids into its northern Ha Tuyen province last Wednesday, inflicting casualties and destroying many houses. Reuter.
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    Lock icon Tokyo jolted
    31 1 TOKYO. Sun. A fairly strong earthquake measuring 5.6 on the Richter Scale jolted Tokyo and neighbouring provinces today but there were no immediate reports of casualties or damage. UPI.
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    LATEST FIRE CAUSES BLACKOUT
    60 1 LATEST FIRE CAUSES BLACKOUT FIREMEN tram two Ore eaglae* were early tkla morning flghtiag Ore which brake wit at about midnight in the meter r**m «f Black 83, Lorong 2, T«* Payoh. The Ore canned a short eircnlt which resitted In a blackout affecting nearly M flata In tke btock.
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      109 1 42 pages today UNIONS TOLD: SET UP CO-OP BANK Page 8 la.Nt crack troopers guard capital 2 BRUTAL year for 10 absolute rulers 3 EXTRADITE Shah or face oil cut, US warned 7 SAVE power drive a success it's now a habit 9 SINGAPORE may be a crucial refugee aid
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      28 1 The weather UP TO 1P.M. TODAY: Isolated sh«wera trvond mldd»>. TEMP. (C) op Mi ».m. tomorrow: SI max.; 24 mil. SUNSET Udfty: •.2tp.ni.; SUNRISE Um»r row (.11 ».m.
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  • AROUND THE WORLD
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      Lock icon 15,000 crack troopers guard capital
      562 2 SEOUL, Sunday A FULL division of 15,000 crack troopers guarded the South Korean capital today and thousands more soldiers converged on other major cities as the country's new leader urged the nation to unite to meet any threat from North Korea after the shock assassination
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      40 2 4 IT'S inconceivable that KCIA director Kirn has gone mad. I don't know if he did that for what he thought was good for his country or not. Japanese Foreign Ministry's Asian Affairs Bureau Director, Kensuke Yanagiya.
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      Lock icon Opposition party leader Kim regrets slaying
      385 2 Opposition party leader Kim regrets slaying SEOUL, Sunday THE leader of South Korea's opposition political party, Kirn Youngsam, issued a statement yesterday regretting the death of President Park Chung-Hee. Kirn, a vocal Park critic whom the national assembly expelled for that very opposition, said: I cannot but be surprised to
      Reuter  -  385 words
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  • AROUND THE WORLD 2
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      Lock icon Brutal year for 10 absolute rulers
      392 3 Brutal year for 10 absolute rulers FOR 10 of the world's absolute rulers, 197! has been a brutal year. The latest victim South Korean President Park Chung-hee. The fallen have ranged from Mr Park, who oversaw a prosperous and generally stable nation, to the bizarre and blood-thirsty Idi Amin of
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      Both her parents met violent deaths
      243 3 Both her parents met violent deaths THIS is a daughter who suffered the trauma of having both parents die violently within five years of each other. Park Keun-hae, 27, President Park Chung-hee's eldest child acted as his hostess after her mother died in an assassination attempt on Park. On Saturday
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      51 3 I/ Was the United States in the ple- tare? If so, was it to remove President Park. ..lf not, then the United States position in South Korea is considerably weakened. 7 Filipino commentator Teodoro Va!enria in his "Over A Cup Of Coffee" column in the Daily Express
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      Indonesian MP says: It's a lesson for all
      174 3 Indonesian MP says: It's a lesson for all JAKARTA, Sun. A leading member of parliament has called on the Indonesian government to take as a lesson the shooting dead of South Korean President Park Chung hee. Whatever the motive of the killing was, the peof >le's discontent was surey the
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      Lock icon No comments from North Korean media TOKYO, Sunday
      324 3 No comments from North Korean media TOKYO, Sunday NORTH Korean newsI papers, often a blatant accuser of President Park Chung-Hee, today reported his death without comment. According to a Pyongyang radio broadcast, the workers' party daily Rodon Shinmun and other I papers in the North Korean capital reported only the
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  • AROUND THE WORLD 3
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      Lock icon 30,000 Khmer refugees choose to return home
      424 4 BANGKOK, Sunday NEARLY 30,000 Kampucheans have returned to their embattled homeland rather than move to refugee camps further inside southeastern Thailand and away from the frontier, Thai Supreme Command sources said today. Most of those returning were young men and women, presumably including
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      Lock icon A joint Asean film to be made
      174 4 A joint Asean film to be made JAKARTA, Sun. Film producers from Asean countries have decided to produce for the first j time on record an Asean joint film production. This first Asean joint production will be shot on an Indonesian scenario written by j Asml Sani and titled "Song
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      Lock icon Moderates and radicals clash over martial law
      195 4 Moderates and radicals clash over martial law MANILA, Sun. Radical and moderate Roman Catholic lay leaders clashed in heated discussions yesterday over a proposal on whether or not to ask President Ferdinand Marcos' government to dismantle martial law. Moderates headed by Supreme Court Justice Antonio Barredo fought the proposal, saying
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      Lock icon Dead Filipino on homicide charge
      190 4 MANILA, Sun. Police have indicted a dead Filipino with double homicide and damage to property in an accident in which he and his friend died in his car. A lawyer for Manuel Mendoza, a 26-year-old engineer, protested the police action in a published report today,
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      Lock icon HUA IN LONDON TO MEET THE 'IRON LADY'
      224 4 HUA IN LONDON TO MEET THE 'IRON LADY' LONDON, Son. Chinese leader Hna (Juofeng arrived In Britain today and. for the lint time on his European tour, can speak out against the Soviet I'nion without embarrassing his hosts. Chairman Hna diplomatically bent his antlSovlet remarks to a minimum during his
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      Lock icon Bokassa's estates
      57 4 NEW YORK, Sun. French businessman Bernard Tapie has bought the huge French estates of deposed Central African Emperor Bokassa, the New York Times reported yesterday. Mr Tapie told the paper that he intended to re-sell the estates, including four, chateaux and 15 farms, and donate the profit to
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      Lock icon Gang of Four held in 'splendid isolation'
      291 4 Gang of Four held in 'splendid isolation' HONGKONG, Sun. Where are the Gang of Four held in China? How do they react to their fall from the top? And how are they living today? These are questions constantly asked by many people now that Chairman Hua Guofeng has personally confirmed
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  • AROUND THE WORLD 4
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      Lock icon All dressed up to go polling on pollution
      79 6 THIS appears to be an alien from anter space hitching a ride on a Las Angeles freeway. But It la actually independent pollster Christopher Harris of the famous Harris Polls Interviewing motorists Inching their way through a typical LA freeway traffic Jam.
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      Russia lures kids away from capital
      352 6 MOSCOW, Sunday SOVIET authorities planning to remove all schoolchildren from Moscow during the 1980 Olympic Games the first such city-wide evacuation since World War Two are apparently luring profit-minded youths to the country-side with promises of summer jobs. "My daughter said she is looking
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      Lock icon Two top Britons spied for Soviets' claim
      190 6 Two top Britons spied for Soviets' claim LONDON, Sun. Two distinguished Britons, both still holding top positions in British society, were important Soviet agents during World War II and the cold war that followed, author Andrew Boyle claimed today. The astonishing claim was made in the first instalment of Boyle's
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        Lock icon Dancing in a loophole
        96 6 THE OWNER of a nude dancing club in Rutland, Vermont has sidestepped a judge's order against stage shows by removing the stage. A spokesman for owner John Gray said, "the girls are dancing right on the floor so that we don't get grabbed for contempt or
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        Lock icon Discount on dying
        92 6 A SOUTH AFRICAN discount chain's plan to sell cutprice coffins faced a grave hurdle when Durban's largest funeral parlour warned that it would not provide services for people bringing their own coffins. "Discount king" Tony Factor said he would soon sell cut-price coffins, including do-it-yourself kits, in
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        Sleeping on the job
        88 6 IT IS A dream come true. Now there is a way to be paid for sleeping. The Boston Museum of Science will pay some sleepers and their cats US$l5O ($325) a week to catch 40 winks behind glass. The sleepers will be hired from 9 a.m.
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        Lock icon Suicide made easy
        98 6 A SOCIETY which advocates mercy-killing agreed today to publish a book advising members how to commit suicide. A spokesman for the Voluntary Euthanasia Society said the booklet, "describing how best one can end one's life if one has decided to do so," would be sent to any
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      Pope and postal strike pose baby boom problem
      210 6 DUBLIN, Sun THE pape and the past ofßce eaild cause a pair af baby booms la Irelaad soon. Officials said yesterday they expected uaaaally high birth rates la Ireland this Christmas aid next rammer because af a rour-monta postal strike earlier this
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      Lock icon Brightest children sent to Cuba
      238 7 Brightest children sent to Cuba NAIROBI, Sun The Marxist Congo Republic Ls sending hundreds of its brightest schoolchildren to Cuba for years of intensive military and political training to mould them into the country's new ruling elite, diplomatic ea said yesterday. At least 600 children, select ed following a nationwide
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      208 7 WORLD BRIEFS PROLONGED factional strife of Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party (I.DP) following the party's electoral setback continued, leaving further efforts for a settlement to a series of meetings tomorrow. hive executives of the party decided yesterday to meet today and hold two expanded executives' meetings, including a special meeting
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      Lock icon EXTRADITE SHAH OR FACE OIL CUT, U. S. WARNED
      452 7 TEHERAN, Sun IRANIAN oil industry employees yesterday threatened to cut crude exports to the United States unless Washington agreed to extradite the former Shah. A statement from the joint syndicate of oil industry employees, published in the afternoon newspaper, Ete.a'at, said
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      Lock icon US rejects South Africa's N-sub mishap theory
      359 7 PRETORIA, Sunday SOUTH Africa's navy chief suggested yesterday that an accident aboard a Soviet nuclear submarine could have been the cause of a possible nuclear explosion detected near southern Africa last month by an American reconnaissance satellite. Vice-Adm J.C. Walters, in a statement
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      Lock icon Khomeiny agrees to twin steps for Kurd peace
      166 7 Khomeiny agrees to twin steps for Kurd peace TEHERAN, Sun. Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeiny today agreed to recall revolutionary guards from Kurdistan and to abolish Islamic courts there as part of an eventual negotiated settlement with Kurdish rebels, reliable sources said. The moves were proposed by a four-man ministerial team empowered
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      Lock icon Smallpox wiped out forever
      118 7 Smallpox wiped out forever NAIROBI, Sun. Mankind was declared free of smallpox on Friday and specialists said the disease which killed millions of people throughout the centuries would never return. "Smallpox has finally been crushed, not only in Africa but throughout the world," said Dr Halfdan Mahler, director-general of the
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      487 7 i The dangers of pollution are all around us. Due to urban congestion, our intake of air includes smoke, carbon dioxide, pollen, sulphurous gas, lead and soot particles. Scientist Sees Health Danger in Loss of Air lons Daily Gazette lons Can Do Strange Things To You Reader's Digest Our lives
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    Unions told: Set up co-op bank to channel funds
    1001 8 A MINISTER of State, who is also a union adviser has called for the formation of a cooperative investment bank as part of the labour movement's plan to consolidate and modernise its cooperatives and other economic ventures. Such a bank could
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    Top speakers to address seminar
    428 8 Top speakers to address seminar THE National Trades Union Congress has lined up a string of "the men of Singapore to address over 200 delegates next month on the prerequisites for labour's strategy 1 for the 80s. The Deputy Prime Minister and Educaton i Minister, Dr Goh Keng Swee, will
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    SES plans viewdata system for trading room
    237 8 SES plans viewdata system for trading room j THE Stock Exchange of Singapore is considering the introduction of a view- data system for its trad- ing room. This is part of the exchange's second five-year i plan to modernise its fa- cilities. It has already set I up a computerised
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    Senior US official to chair meeting in S'pore
    257 8 UNITED Stafs Assistant Secretory of State for Consular Affairs, Miss Barbara Watson, Is In Singapore for a week to chair a consular conference for US officers from East Asia and the Pacific. The conference, to be held at the Holiday Inn, will
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    On safety
    41 8 THE Minister of State (Defence), Mr Bernard Chen, who is also advisor to the Keppel Shipyard workers' union, will open a two-day seminar on joint productivity and safety at the shipyard's training centre on Nov 6 at 10.30 a.m.
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    Dance course
    19 8 THE Roehore community centre youth group wiL start a two-month course on social dancinß from Nov 8.
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      147 8 BHAKATA NRITHYAN a dai.ce recital by Padma Subrahmanyam at the Victoria Theatre at 7.30 §.m. Proceeds to the ingapore Cultural Foundation. Tickets: $5 to $25. FLOWER ARRANGEMENT a talk in Mandarin and a demonstration by Miss Chew Eng Lay at Upper Serangoon community centre at 8 p.m. ART EXHIBITION in
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    'Jealousy may be behind acid attack'
    229 9 'Jealousy may be behind acid attack' 'I rSY over Mis-s Vijeyama Nanapan's rommg marriage to a machine operator could be the motive behind ;in add attach on her last Wednesday, according to a family member. Hut despite severe iniwries on her face ;ind fx><ly and the possibility of losing her
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    Show date
    35 9 THh. Minister-in-charge of vocational training. Dr Ahmad Mattar. will open Printpack Asia '79, a South-east Asian international exhibition of Kiinting and packaging, at the /orld Trade Centre on Nov 5 at 11 a.m.
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    Save power drive a success — it's now a habit
    539 9  - Save power drive a success it's now a habit WONG MOH-KEED By THREE months have passed since the Save Electricity campaign ended. And all is well. In fact, Singaporeans have saved even more electricity, which goes to show that not all campaigns are gone and forgotten once they are over,
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    The name of the game is persistence for two winners
    422 9  -  PAUL JANSEN By PERSEVERANCE la too long word to be used In a Scrabble contest Bat It was perseverance which made assistant Primary Production Officer Wong Poh Him and Straits Times Journalist Lai Yew Kong winner and runner-up of the
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    Membership campaign
    45 9 DELTA community centre youth group will hold a series of outdoor activities like camping and hiking, and courses on swimming, social dancing, folk dancing and photography in conjunction with its membership campaign. Those interested should ring *****0 between 3 p.m. to 10 p.m.
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    CHOK TONG TO LEAD TEAM TO CHINA
    93 9 I THE Minister for Trade and Industry, Mr Goh Chok Tong will lead a Singapore delegation to China to sign a trade agreement with the country soon, according to the Far Eastern Economic Review. The review last week reported Prime Minister Lee Kuan
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    Work begins on largest VITB institute
    249 10  - Work begins on largest VITB institute TANCHEETEIK By W< >XX has tx-Kiin on the ion "f the former Singapore Polytechnic workshops in Ayor Rajah Into the largest VITB training institute Scheduled t<> !><• opera luinal in January, the $1305 million Ayer R-ijah \ik atlonal Institute will help to m<H>l the
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    M CYCLIST PILLION RIDER HURT IN PILE-UP.
    142 10 M CYCLIST PILLION RIDER HURT IN PILE-UP. A MOTORrVCUNT and hLs pillion rider were Injured In a five vehlcle plle-ap along Leonle Road yesterday. The couple, believed to be htsWnd and wife, were admitted to To* Payob Honpltal. Pallet said a pirk-ap was travelling along Leonlr Road towards Thomson Road
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    Singapore may be crucial refugee aid base
    882 10  -  EVELYN NG By SINGAPORE has, in recent weeks, been used as a base by organisations to channel relief supplies to Kampuchea, and indications are that it may emerge as the second most important base after Bangkok. Two of the four international aid organisations
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    Finger prints on car led to arrest
    145 10 Finger prints on car led to arrest FINGER prints taken from a car from which $500 was stolen led to the arrest of the thief, a magistrate's court heard. Teng Poh Kuan, 23, a delivery boy, was found guilty and Jailed three months on Saturday for stealing from Mr Tang
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    CC looking for tutors
    65 10 THE Mountbatten community centre youth group needs volunteers to give tree tuition to Primary 6 students from the lower income group in Mountbatten constituency, starting in January. English-educated and Chinese-educated tutors are needed to coach these students for at least an hour a week in Science,
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    Art contest
    30 10 AN on-the-spot art competition for children will be held at Haw Par Villa on Nov 18 at 8.30 a.m. It is organised by the Princess Elizabeth community centre.
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    $250,000 raised for new CC at Telok Blangah
    266 10 A TOTAL of $250,000 has been collected for the Telok Blangah community centre's building fund, the MP for the constituency, Mr Rohan bin Kamis, said yesterday. Opening the Telok Blangah community hall at Telok Blangah Drive, he said the People's Association has,
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    Champion of Champions — all poise and smiles
    435 11  - Champion of Champions all poise and smiles WONG KWAI CHOW WORDS: CHRISTINA RODRIGUES PICTURES: IT WAS a wail of a time (or many tired, drowsy and bawling babies taking part In the People's Association's national baby championship at the Conference Hall yesterday. But American-Chi-nese Kim Marie Martin, aged two (see
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    Conversion course teachers talk to the 'Bard'
    526 12  - Conversion course teachers talk to the 'Bard' TAN CHEE TEIK By AN imaginary television interview with "Shakespeare" is part of a conversion course for Chinese-medium teachers of history and geography now being conducted by the British Council. The part of the Bard is played by Mr Mike Nicholls, the council's
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    Legal aid
    20 12 A LEGAL aid counselling service will be held at the Queenstown community centre on Nov 15 and 19.
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    Oratorical contest
    71 12 THIRTY-FIVE secondary school students from 17 schools from both the English and Chinese stream will participate in the Speak More Mandarin Oratorical Contest at the Nanyang Siang Pau Conference Room on Nov 4 at 10 a.m. Dr Ow Chin Hock, the MP for Lens Kee, will present the
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    'More will fail new-style English paper initially'
    388 12 'More will fail new-style English paper initially' SEVERAL secondary school teachers interviewed yesterday predicted that initially, the number of passes in English at "O" level will drop with the introduction of the question and answer type of paper in place of the multiple-choice type. But they added that when the
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    Combined sale
    31 12 THE First Lady, Mrs Sheares, will open the combined sale of welfare handicraft at the Singapore Council of Social Service building at Penang Lane on Friday at 11 a.m.
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    Study team looks into the role of language centre
    211 12 Study team looks into the role of language centre THE study team, appointed by the Ministry of Education to look into the role of the Language Project Centre in Portsdown Road, has started work. The team consists of three members from the Regional Language Centre and one from the University
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    Health film
    46 12 TWO film shows, a national health campaign documentary film and a Chinese film, will be screened by the Delta community centre national health campaign working committee at the open space between Blocks 66 and 67, Prince Charles Crescent at 7.30 p.m. on Oct 31.
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    The Ang story — from bags to riches
    375 12 The Ang story from bags to riches AT 17. same 41 years ag*. Mr Ann K<n>nn Uui had to carry aboot IN ban of rlre everyday to help keep his father's gr»oery shop golnc. Today, at U, be carries a heavier harden on his bark. Bat the weight U of
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    On handling
    33 12 THE Institute of Materials Handling (Singapore Division I mil hold a seminar on materials handling at the Regional Language Centre on Nov 23 and 24 from 9 am. till 5 p.m.
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      219 12 Bringing Up Father By Bill Kavanagh Hal Camp I'M ONLY MAKING) IT STUPID! SO THAT'S VVHV I THINK SOU DO TW IS WOULD HAPPEN WORSE IF SOMEBODY YOU DIDN'T ANSWER THE I TUE-SE T MiN&S JUST I JUST WWEM I'M J DOESNT HELP ME SOON, 7 PHONE 1 iTO AMKCVME!
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    Students' art to go on display every month
    277 13 MONTHLY workshops and exhibitions are bring planned for next by the National Museum to exhibit the arts and crafts of Singapore students. The museum's Young s Gallery is dis- ussing the project with I clubs of several A monthly programme of workshops-rum-dis-will
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    Dr Toh: Spare patients the diagnosis mill
    234 13 Dr Toh: Spare patients the diagnosis mill PATIENTS should be diagnosed using well-con- and properly executed techniques instead of being put through "the mill of different diagnostic procedures." j— MHHBB^H The Health Minister, Dr Toh Chin Chye, said this when he opened the third Asian Oceanian Congress of Radiology at
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    Constant exposure vital: Khoon Choy
    175 13 CREATING a conducive atmosphere and constant exposure to Mandarin will enable non-Mandarin speaking people to learn the language, said the Senicr Minister of State (Prime Minister's Office), Mr I-ee Koon Choy, yesterday. Mr Lee, who is also MP for fcraddell Heights was speaking at the
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    'Mandarin drive linked to past efforts'
    329 13 THE current Speak More Mandarin, Less Dialects campaign is tied up with efforts to standardise the language, the acting director of Nanyang University's Chinese Language and Research Centre, Mr Loo Shaw Chang, said. Mr Loo was speaking on Mandarin standardisation in Singapore for the
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    Trip to Pulau Ubin
    30 13 THE Adventure Club of Cairnhill community centre youth group is organising a weekend trid to Pulau Übin on Nov 17 and 18 For details, telephone *****37.
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    Road run
    27 13 THE MP for Boon Teck, Mr Phey Yew Kok. will flag off a road run from the Boon Teck community centre on Dec 2 at
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      103 14 I Heartiest I Congratulations to The Daiwa Bank Ltd on the official opening of their Singapore branch The Nipsea Group of Companies Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia, Thailand, Hong Kong, Japan, South Korea, Taiwan, Philippines, USA. Goh Cheng Liang Pte Ltd Liang Court Pte Ltd Singapore Daimaru Pte Ltd Mount Elizabeth Hospital
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      Lock icon 'Smo-Soviet battle for factions will increase'
      617 15  - 'Smo-Soviet battle for factions will increase' RAHMAN ADNAN By LONDON, Sun. A STUDY of the current security situation in Malaysia suggests that the Soviet Union and China will intensify their competition to influence disaffected groups within the country. "The danger of substantial foreign support for Malaysia's communists Ls always present,"
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      Lock icon Couple believed drowned in mining pool
      333 15 KUALA LUMPUR, Sunday A CAR is believed to have plunged into a disused mining pool at Tasek Ampang in Ulu Klang near here last night with two people in it. The two, a supervisor and his wife-to-be are feared drowned. Selangor Chief Police Officer,
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      TV shows to be made in regional centres
      247 15 TV shows to be made in regional centres JOHORE BARU, Sun. The production of television programmes will be decentralised from Kuala Lumpur to the five regional centres of Penang, Kota Baru, Johore Baru, Kuching and Kota Kinabalu soon. Information Minister Datuk Mohamed R a lima t said on Friday, that
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      Lock icon 1.1m people
      38 15 KUCHING, Sun. Sarawak's population stood at 1.1 million at the end of 1977, according to the figures released by the Statistics Department here Close to half the population were 19 years of age and below Bernama
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      Lock icon RELIGIOUS STUDIES A 'MUST' SOON
      82 15 RELIGIOUS STUDIES A 'MUST' SOON IPOH, Sun. The government will soon make religious and moral studies compulsory in all schools for Muslim and non-Mus-lim students, Education Minister Datuk Musa Hitam said here on Friday. It is understood that this iuling is to be enforced next year. Datuk Musa said the
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      Lock icon Miners held for ransom
      51 15 KANGAR, Sun. Three tin miners, kidnapped by gunmen at Kampung Wan Klian, near the Malaysian-Thai border on Saturday, have been relased unharmed after a ransom of $3,000 was paid. The kidnappers, armed with euns and believed to be Thais, had demanded $15,000 but later accepted $3,000.
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      14,000 wanted
      24 15 I BUTTERWORTH. Sun. The police force is short of 14,000 I uniformed men, its Director of Management. Datuk Borhan Kunton. said yesterday.
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      Lock icon Wedding cere-monies from govt coffers
      135 15 PENANG, Sun. Some vonUu have been spending moaey given I* finance their basineuaes on wedding ceremonies, the Director of Youth In the Ministry of Culture, Youth aad Sports, Mr Mohamed Waaiduddin bin Abdul Wahab said. He said these youths were good at preparing project papers
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    Across the Causeway...
    664 16 EXCERPTS of editorial comment from Malaysian newspapers this week. M in CONCERNED over the rate of drug addictIon In their districts have frequently suggested their own solutions the latest being an Island rehabilitation centre. Few of these suggestion* seem to comprehend that the rehabilitation process Involves three
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    The Straits Times MONDAY,OCTOBER 29, 1979 ONLY THE BEST
    369 16 The Straits Times MONDAY,OCTOBER 29, 1979 ONLY THE BEST IMR LEE Kuan Yew is seeking for Singapore 1 of both worlds East Asian values and work ethics to counter the less desirable of the Western influences that come with technology transfer and an open society. He believes this can be
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    PROFITS YES. BUT...
    368 16 THE future of co-operatives and other economic enterprises started by trade unions should concern a wider spectrum of people than fee-paying members and provision shop owners who feel threatened by supermarkets. Their success or failure affects Singaporeans in many ways, from the rice they eat to the
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    Thatcher changing welfare state to working system
    1516 16  -  TOH THIAN SER By Straits Times Deputy News Editor 6 While the Labour Party likes to view Mrs Thatcher as the ogress killing the destitute with one fell swoop of legislation, it is more realistic to see Mrs Thatcher trying to reduce the
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    Tough times ahead for Ohira even if he could ride out present crisis
    795 16  -  TERUO TSUTSUMI By by special arrangement with the Japan Economic Journal THE Ohira administration is now in a serious crisis because of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party's poor showings in the latest Lower House general election. This
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      204 16 Daiwa Bank's newest branch jjN opens in Singapore today, Vm\ October 29th. "/A J Daiwa Bank, one of the jmm Mom,) a a j largest commercial banks in f Japan, has been represented h& mm nw in Singapore for many years. 7^** ■■■■■i m J A contributing to local and
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      SBS isn't catering to the older part of Ang Mo Kio
      229 17 SBS isn't catering to the older part of Ang Mo Kio ■vim iicw lown aiv m-ing unfairly penalised by SBS. lYcviously, we were provided with two semi-expi-ess services, 138 and 168, to the Orchard and Shenton Way area With the opening of the Marymount Road direct access route to Thomson
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      My power bill up by 38 pc
      106 17 MY MONTHLY electricity bill has always been about $18 but my last September bill showed $25.38. Thinking that this could be an error, I enquired about this but was told that it was due to the conversion of the charge to a flat
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      Noise around my block of flats is driving me half mad
      420 17 HIGH-RISE NOISE TOLERABLE I Stud? in-uitihl housing rstate blocks IT IS indeed ironical that, the sound level survey carried out by a University of Singapore lecturer (Dr Raymond B.W. Heng, of the Department of Mechanical and Production Engineering) should
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      Resettlement grants
      92 17 WE REFER to the letter by "Equity" (ST, Sept 12) concerning resettlement grants for shopkeepers of rent-controlled premises in the Central Area. Under the present scheme the sole tenant-occupier of premises exceeding 200 sq metres is entitled to $40,000 cash grant in lieu of alternative accommodation. However, in
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      Don't compare domesticated birds with human prisoners
      501 17 I REFER to the letter "Let us set free all wild birds held in captivity" by "Genuine Bird Lover". (ST, Oct 18). Let me start off by qyoting W.A. Blackston, author of "The Illustrated Book of Canaries and Caged Birds" published by Cassell
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      Third year course
      106 17 Third year course I AM glad to learn that University of Singapore has opened the door to graduates from the Singapore Polytechnic and Ngee Ann Technical College to upgrade their technological skills. However, I do not understand why the so-called deserving graduates who obtained a certificate of merit or its
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      Traffic at hotel worries residents
      159 17 NOW that the Cairnhill Hotel is nearing completion it is obvious that the steps to the hotel lobby lead down almost directly to that portion of Cairnhill Circle which is at present a narrow road allowing the simultaneous passage of only one vehicle in each
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      Reason why few are vying for vets study grant
      292 17 Reason why few are vying for vets study grant I REFER to your report, "Twice as many vets needed for the 80s" (ST, Oct 26). Dr Choy Thoong Loke, president of the Singapore Veterinarians Association says this is necessary because of the greater need for efficient food production, improved techniques
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      WEEKLY SHARE ANALYSIS
      1288 18 -nails Times publishes wecklj a detailed analysis of snares on the Stock high and low. are followed bj th.' u<vk\ movement In prices, thr di\i diTid the m md the volume of busim Mslan Ctalners Utlan FmllU 472 2SO mi iron O U Securities IM* Oriental Hldgs
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        237 18 IHK IS ilnllar continued to trade stia.iily in ihe Singapore fore« mar-ki-i l.i.st ueek while sterling weak ened after the British Rovernment ihoiisheil M exchange controls. Opening slightly higher at 2 1650 the IS unit made daily gains against the Singapore dollar, rising to 2.1740 SO on Wednesday. 2
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        44 18 TOR THE week ended Saturday, Oct 27, the range of call rate received from the Short Deposits (M) Bnd was as follows Baa* hiMi: 15 to 5 per cent. l.wnl ,-ud: 3 to 4.25 per cent. Mxreateots of funds totalled 1553 million.
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        DISCOUNT
        341 18 THK INTERBANK overnight rate last week shut up to 10 per cent on Wednesday's closing after opening easy at 5" I per cent 5 per cent level Subsequently, overnight funds were traded higher at 7 per cent 6 per cent but gradually finished lower at 4 per cent 4
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        Local money market
        334 18 THE lint three days, of last week saw an easy overnight interbank market with trading done around 5 per cent. The exception was Wednesday. Oct 24. when the ove- night rate hit an all-time high of 10 per cent during clearing hours. However, the mode for that
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      Banks' Prime Lending Rates
      330 18 BANK'S prime lending rates as at the close of business on Friday, Oct 26. BANK'S tPLB Algemene Bank 9'« American Express 99 1 2 Asia Commercial 9 Asien-Pazifik 9.< Ban Hin Lee Bank 9 Banca Commerciale 9' Banco Do Brasil 8 4 Bangkok Bank 9' 4
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      LONDON STOCKS
      579 18 LONDON. Fri. Share prices, fell across the board in moderate trading dealers said and at 3 pm, the FT index was down 6.9 at 440.2, a new low for the year. Operators were still concerned about the effects of the abolition of UK exchange controls, dealers added. Industrial
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      Amsterdam
      218 18 AMSTERDAM, Fri. Share prices closed mixed to lower with generally small movements both ways in quiet trading, dealers said. Boyal Dutch rose 1.50 and nUever finished unchanged in otherwise easier Dutch internationals. State loans were lower where changed. K*. I £O AHN Ahold Akzo AMKV Amroi Bank BfTRUSN Berk
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      176 18 I- ran. At linns sutsses Alusuls&e Br Alusulvv Krii Brown Bovrn llr (ill., i..-ik> Br <ib;i < irlsy P C lib., (irljy Hi-k (.Trail SuU.tr Br Credit Suuse Reg Eleklrowatt Br Ueorgr Klscher Br G'obus ft Hero Br Rochr 1/10 Holdrrbank Br Inlerlood Br Jrlmoll Br Motor-Columbus NrsUe Br
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      S'pore produce
      403 18 FOR the best part of last week, produce dealers in Singapore adopted a wait-and-see attitude in the light of slack overseas demand, particularly from the big buyers in the West. The stock position for certain commodities also affected sentiment to a large extent. It should be quite obvious
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      PRODUCE PRICES
      121 18 CHINESE PRODUCE EXCHANGE, SNGAPOBE, NOON CLOSING PUCES PEB PICIX 8 ATI 'BO* V: riiml til: Bulk 1109 seller*, old drum tU4 sellers, new drum 1119 seller*. Cfn: Mixed iUxme) UK/Coat $62.00 buyers. Pepfcr: Muntok ASTA white fob iar NLW 1340.00 wllera. Sarawak white fob W* NLW $322 50
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      378 18 TOKYO. Sat. Share prices closed sharply higher, led by export-orientated issues, following the overnight recovery on Wall Street, dealers said. The market average rose 84.48 points to close at 6.292.37. with volume totalling 170 million shares. The Tokyo Stock Exchange index closed at 441.42, up 5.20. South Korean President
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      New York
      151 18 Allied Chem Cp Allls-Chalmer;. Am Tel t Trl BriMehem .sil Boeing Co Burroughs Cp CilTiolur I" Chase Manhln Chrysler Cp Cmcara Cons Nat Gu Consul Ed NY Contl Oil CPC Inlernall Dow Chemical Du Pont h-ii Kaslman Kodak Enon Cp r'airchlld Camr Kord Motor Gen Elmrlr Ceil Instrument
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      GOLD
      170 18 IN the Far East, gold opened at U*****.50 376.00 on Saturday. Trading was featureless, with gold trading quietly between U*****.00 and US$396 50 ahead of a long weekend in Hongkong. Gold closed steady at U*****.00 396 00. Gold was fixed in London on Friday morning at U*****.80 after having
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        Tin price up M$9
        164 18 THE STRAITS tin price in Penang on Saturday rase MS9 per ptcul to MJ2.011. MJ6I above the International Tin Agreement celling Total turnover fell to 171 tonnes from 194 1 tonnes on Friday. LONDON: Standard on Friday was up £5 for Cash and down £25 for
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        COPPER
        30 18 LONDON: Copper price* on Friday (previous in brackets). Wirebar Spot CJU (1314). sellers £917 (E915); Three Month buyers UK (1323). sellers £927 (C9M). Market Ism: Steady Sales: 1.000 tonnes
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        Prices slightly up
        315 18 SEE-SAW and active conditions marked the week's trading which saw good turnover and a net gain of 2 cents on the week, says HolMay, raller, Balk Cwaaaay In its review for week ended Oct 25 The reduction in Malaysian rubber duties, some 16 cents at current prices,
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        Rubber easier
        176 18 LONDON. Fli Rubber futures ended a quiet day with on-balance losses of 0.80 to 0 45 pence against an average morning decline of 0 70 pence. Turnover was 131 lots of 15 tonnes Including one option Traders said weekend booksquar ing helped the afternoon market to rally slightly
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      S'pore exchange
      512 18 SKNTIMKNT remained generally depressed at the Singapore stock market last week. But for intermittent bouts of short-covering the market weald have finished much lower. Losses, on the average, ranged up to 2.5 per cent. During the early part of the week the selling, at- j tiibuted mainly to
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      TOP TEN STOCKS
      105 18 THK following list of stocks gives the II most traded nn the Stock Exchange of Singapore last week. It gives the turnover In thousands of units, closing prices on Friday and the high and low for 1979 ■Mt Ort» im Haw Par Sime Darby Holi UOB X
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      Kuala Lumpur
      318 18 and other leading stock markets, following the Fed's decision to raise interest rates continued to be a dampener on local sentiments. Investors nerves are still frayed and it would just take a single and relatively minor development to spark off a new wave of selling, said an observer.
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      LOCAL STOCK INDICES SINGAPORE
      82 18 LOCAL STOCK INDICES SINGAPORE Orta OrtZ4 OrlH •-BT Index: 'Industrials <» Finance: ••Hotels Proper! ies Minings: •Plantations :<>CBC :SES Ind 2567 93 ***** 742 92 299 06 251.93 237 02 713.26 384.37 350 81 2548.06 396 77 737 12 298.22 251.93 235.50 704 56 379.86 348 32 2585 73 399.58
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      81 18 MM ocia OetM Oel» Orl2C -BT Index: 3631 72 •Industrials: 436.81 in Finance: 653 06 ••Hotels: 275.87 •Properties: 241.16 •Tins: ***** •{Rubbers 825.90 3592.62 432 61 648.40 275 66 239 01 233.38 815.79 3624.89 3610.66 433.12 430.83 ***** ***** ***** ***** ***** 238.05 232.85 231.04 ***** 812.02 3610 M
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      551 18 LONDON: Prices moved sharply lower last week with the biggest losses occurring after the announcement of the abolition of exchange controls, dealers said. Sentiment was depressed by fears that institutional investors would divert funds abroad following the currency relaxation. The Financial Times index closed the week at the
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      345 20 II EMPLOYMENT 31 Situations Vacant c) Sales SALES EXECUTIVE ttliactive salary and transport iltowance wilt be provided to the lucceeafvi applicants The Manager 1407. Golden Mile Tower •each Road Singapore 0719 SALESGIRLS REQUIRED FOR SALESGIRLS WANTEO URGENTLY SALESMEN AND SALESGIRLS I. PROJECT EXECUTIVE port allowance anil frlngi fits Only suitable
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      344 20 rOUNO FEMALE SALESGIRLS re mv 16 MALE/FEMALE .ellinn d) Technical SENIOR CIVIL ENGINEER lephom The Manager. Room 121? Manhattan Houee. Chin Swee Road. Singapore 0318 An established concern specialising in the construction of off-shore structures requires: SEVERAL TECHNICIANS (Mechanical And Machinery) FOREMEN .■lli-iii t 111 rig building and pi rei
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      290 20 II EMPLOYMENT A Subs-diary ol ELECTRONIC COMPONENTS ASSOCIATES PTE LTD Manufacturer of Electro-Me-chanical Components for the Electronic Industry offers the appointment of MALE PRODUCTION SUPERVISOR hnKlan Cerl Ideate In production mechanical engineering or equivalent llonal experience manufaclunnfj a M.iiur. and .ibl>- ti. iiianKMi Initiate workers indard ol per- quality Salary
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      535 20 W Experienced required j I for the above posts I Must be able to work I independently Salary I I will commensurate with H I experience and I qualifications I Preferably draughtsmen^! H or draughtswomen I (All applications will H be treated in strict I confidence) I Apply personally or
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      408 20 II EMPLOYMENT S^ write to The Personnel Manager Marjiling P.O. Box No. 7 Singapore 9173. MASTEC EQUIPMENT DESIGNER Below 28 years of age c University or Technical College graduates c .Singaporean or Malaysian citizens c Must complete N S Interested applicants are requested to write in giving details, salary expected,
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      492 20 TOKYO BYOKANE (S) PTE LTD NO. 10 FIFTH LOK YANG ROAD JURONG TOWN SINGAPORE 2262 urgently invites MALE TECHNICIANS c Must have completed Secondary 2/ Trade CerUflcate a singaporeans must have completed N.S. c Able to work on 3 shifts by rotation c Preference to those In dists 5. 11.
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      565 20 II EMPLOYMENT production of high deulty polyethylene Rlaa reqalrea: A) FEMALE CLERK/ TrtMST Rcqaireaaenta: Age 18 to 27 years GCE level with 3 credits in English, Chinese and Mathematics Typing speed of 35 wpm is < essential Able to commence work immediately I Salary: $250 00- $300.00 per month with
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      473 20 AMALGAMATED UNION OF PUBLIC EMPLOYEES n«ites applications lor the post ol: INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS OFFICERS Qualifications Minimum GC.E passes at A' level In 2 subjects and at 'O' level In 2 subjects (which must Include General Paper) obtained at one sitting > Fluent in English and be able to read and
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      523 20 II EMPLOYMENT ass^^^^a^^^^a^^^HsS^^^^a^^^^l^^^Bl COUNTER SALESGIRLS/ SALESMEN required to promote a leading brand of slacks at departmental stores Working hours In shifts 9.30 am to 6p m lp in to 9 30pm Sales experience an advantage and those without must have the aptitude to learn. Must have pleasant personality, tidy and
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      197 20 FACTORY WORKERS (Males Females) required for lmiliecll.it. employment c flood starting salary c shirt Allowance c Malaysians are Invited to apply Please, c all personally to Mr. Adam Oth man Magnolia Dairies Factory, 227. Upper Bukit Timah Road 8 m.s., Singapore 21S8. )nl'f'|\fa\^ I tft^P^ a>(ir\> Production Operator Earn up
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      567 21 I EMPLOYMENT I EMPLOYMENT II EMPLOYMENT II EMPLOYMENT II EMPLOYMENT 31 Situations Vacant f) General FIREMAN SHELL invites suitably qualified Singapore citizens to apply for the above position based at Pulau Bukom •■ry Complex. THE JOB involves shift work and duties include: attending to all fires and related emergencies: operating
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      266 21 HITAChI ELECTRONIC DEVICES (SINGAPORE) PTE. LTD. invilf, applicants lo fill the fullowinf: position for thrir Nf* factori in Jurong. MALE PRODI'CTION OPKRATORS < ompltted Prinarj Six I ducal Mm tbove 16 (can ol eft Experience not iiiiiimij .iv training Mill he provided Wiling to work on 3 routing shiits Saajaponara
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      551 21 JOIN Opportunities tor: FEMALE MACHINE OPERATORS trhO are at least 16 years of age We provide: a Atlrariive salary for 5 work day week plus 3 hour.-, bonus allowance per wwn -.Infus to C boost for your convenience c other Incentives and fringe benefits including social and recreation activities APPLY
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      497 21 Nestle An International Food and Beverage Company invites suitably qualified candidates for the following positions in its affiliated Manufacturing Company in Jurong: MALE PROCESS OPERATORS c Secondary Education c Preference to be given to candidates who have completed full-time National Service MALE FEMALE OPERATORS c Minimum Primary Education ELECTRICIAN c
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      411 21 J BUS DRIVERS We Invite you to Join our Company as a Bus Driver and be assured of a secure and rewarding future. REQUIREMENTS: 21 years old and above Class 4 driving licence SALARY: $1400 per day $2000 per day PLUS an incentive allowance of $1.50 per day. FRINGE BENEFITS:
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      671 21 i GENERAL CLEANER Established International manufacturing company requires person for cleaning and maintenance of factory office and grounds Applicants must be: c Over 21 years of age c Physically fit c Have completed national c Able to understand English Working hours 8 00 am. to 4 30 pm. weekdays. 8
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      264 21 aM A SECURITY GUARDS Male/Female Requirements: c Passed Sec. II c Singapore Citi/en c Age 21 -35 years old c Completed National Service full-time (Male) c Shift duties 8 hours c Previous Police and Military working experience Fire prevention and protection experience an advantage c Good physique and eyesight. Fringe
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      434 21 SUMIDEN SINGAPORE PTE LTD 15 GUL WAY SINGAPORE 2262 IS FAST EXPANDING We invite applications for the posts oh 1) GENERAL OPERATOR (Male/Female) Payments Salary: (Male) you can earn up to $340 pm al 5954 per day starting After confirmation, you can earn up to 5360 p.m at $10 10
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      484 21 Munta Electronics is one of the largest electronic component manufacturers in Japan. The Singapore factory is fasl expanding and looking for suitable candidates to Till the following SOKMJLAIt (Materials) The material schedular will exercise control 01 of materials from store and supervise work of stock clerk and ensure accurate upkeep
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      409 21 feollei We have a place for you! FEMAIf PRODUCTION OPERATORS NO SCOPE WORK Minimum Requirements: Age: 16 30 years Singapore/Malaysian citizens and Perma nent residents Primary Education in any language. In addition to good wages and benefits, we offer: Alternate Saturday for rotating shift. Normal shift 5 days week Service
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      652 22 II EMPLOYMENT 31 Situations Vacant SIEMENS Siemens AG, t) General Germany, one of the AmmWmaaaamWmm^ 10 largest r^ electronic SECURITY companies In GUARDS the world with over 300,000 employees Is rapidly expandlna In A w Am Singapore. TEMPORARY 4, A 4M PEST CONTROL A. s&*AM OPERATORS Z&AmM \W\ **aWL Please
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      648 22 II EMPLOYMENT TAIYO VUOEN (1) ELECTRONICS/TECHNICIAN (MALE) Mechanl- al I- numbering c Minimum 2 years working ■itINS i Dove 22 to 26 (2) MAINTENANCE FITTERS nal education c Mm 2 years working experl- ill and maintain IMdilstri.il machines c Must prepared ti. do shift ■Anrk c i ompleted N 8
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      594 22 I w ANTED DELIVERY PERSONNEL S«i Male Ag. between n ss Driving licence Clali 3 and 2 I'M i Salary: $250 to 5350 Must l>e :\ble to speak or write lltnple English with previous expertenct advsntafaova Call personally to 9* JcllKo* Road Singapore o*2o. WANTED DRIVER FOR a Tour company
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      868 22 111 VEHICLES BO PLAZA AUTO AIR-CONDITION specialise In all brands of auto air-con Also repair/ Installation room/ rental/ package aircondltloners Tel *****83/ *****12 SPECIAL OFFERS ON all brands sette player. Available at Eastern Radio. 216. Blk 126 Buklt Merah Lane 1 (opposite Alexandra Hospital I 2791 194 45 Vehicles For
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      723 22 lATS LATE 1973 CITROEN 1)20 Super Immaculate condition Seeing Is believing Eligible tor PARF. Highest offer secures Please call *****3 Vincent Low LATE 1974 MERCEDES 230 6 PARF eligible, power steering, aircond.. cassette Tyres new. Good running condition 51 1732 LATE "74 MERCEDES Benz 280 S. In tip top condition
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      890 22 111 VEHICLES 80/ 1971 FIAT 124 Sports, well maintained, sports rims, road tax March 1960, new tyres, aircond radio $12,800 Call *****25' *****3 1971 MERCEDES 2*oB PARK air cond.. new tyres, excellent condllior $13,500 negotiable Contact Chang. *****7 1971 MERCEDES 200 with airrond. PARF eligible New paintwork, lyres and Interior
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      849 22 US 1»77 FORD CORTINA 1 6 Q I. Alrcond In excellent condition Road tax March 1980 One owner Price SIB.SOOO no *****3 1977 HONOA CIVIC ISOO. 4-door. aircond. new paint, new tax. cassette $17,600 Tel *****35 1977 HONOA 3*o Pickup. In good condition Offers above $4,000 secures Cull *****97 1977.
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      555 22 IV ACCOMMODATION PROPERTIES ■lE.nSaMai FOR LEASE OCBC Centre Singapore's finest commercial landmark now substantially leased. Rental from $25 30 psm/mth. Tuan Sing Towers Strategically located at Robinson Road/ Market Street Current rental of $23 70 psm/month for typical whole floor area of 411 sq m with possible subdivision Ready for
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      892 23 IV ACCOMMODATION PROPERTIES TENANTS AND OWNERS let me 0,.l .ItrKli*. luiunout equiremeiiLs with me «p«ltn«il with swimming THOMSON GARDEN 3BED- ramic'Tlew"'. 7 "bedrooms" Namly Drive attractive 4-bed E.«:ulr« .p.Mm.n, <---"<--en,1.700 lur-;:-£p..rWl-r te garden R>ch.t<J 10. TEL:2»434iI TOP QUALITY NEWLY furnished *nh ss fftatoffl with servantsamenit.es. swimmlng pool, tennis courts $2,800
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      988 23 IV ACCOMMODATION PROPERTIES A tingl.-.tor.y d.t.ch.d 52 Accommodation Bunortow In top residential Wanted 4 bedrooms^'separ^ti "hvacant po»«.lon Ho||4eJ S^l.n, $4«.OOO ono D... I«P el «no». ■pwtnwnt. fully carpeted. IIWf HAVE IMMEDIATE CLIENTS 7in X rt ,n, n lng. 3 large bedLooking Fo. Buoo^o-. 8w»-dt- n..ms study and m..st mddrEm.n ss^jjssj"'"-^
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      1142 24 IV ACCOMMODATION ft PROPERTIES V SERVICES ft BUSINESS PEACE CENTRE RENDERING PART-TIME BOOK- FOOO STALLS U> let Prefer. K1 Qhnni Tn I «I/Fnr SHOPS KEEPING A. 1 .1 v let for specialists Interested r •i snopt ToLei/i-or kiosks MMmBuwmamMM u« *****77/*****171 Kom Sale/Wanted <» urnus each 23 s, t typing
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      1157 24 V SERVICES BUSINESS •nee i so Hairdressmg Gentlemen d relax after a m- peter ooYs. on«- or the biggest hard day's work son- halrdresslng school In Singapore We no., ha ve better facilities •otls now at 1st ti 2nd Floor Koalim 1 ..„„„,.«< fur- Building offer shampoo/ bio* I at
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      2210 24 VI EDUCATION TRAINING VII TRAVEL RESTAURANTS MIDLAND COMPUTER r I TRAINING COURSES f"^T™^ 1^ U.mglBM-STOCompu,.,. US AHA EXPRESS 'prc^mi^T^^. TRANS UNIVERSAL PTE LTD TT^fx SrSy^.TIL III IATA APPR OVFD AGENTS V7IKL9! Duration: 12wksS0hr s /$200 Tirirrrc Joos are oecom.ng hardeMo get STRUCTURED COBOL 5tU ALL AlKUNtb IILKETS T^To^c^tro/cZnlce p^"?**!^ ARRANGE
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  • IX OBITUARIES
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      140 Acknowledgements
      48 25 CHAN ENG KIT and sons Bernard Chun Hon Heng and Edward Cha.n Hon Weng thank doctors, nurses and staff of Singapore General Hospital and first alders, friends, colleagues and relatives for their kind assistance during their recent bereavement arising from the accident on 20/10/79 at Woodlands
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      68 25 MDM. TAY AH HIANG Departed 29-10-78 SADLY MISSED AND FONDLY REMEMBERED BY: SONS. DAUGHTERS. IN-LAWS. GRANDCHILOREN, RELATIVES AND FRIENDS. MR GOH CHENG CHUAN Departed on 29.10.73 Always remembered by wife, children, sons-in-law, daughter-in-law and grandchildren. SARA CHEE NEE Sara Paul Eternal rest O Lord grant unto Thy
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      304 25 VII TRAVEL RESTAURANTS 114 Tours US A. -CANADA-MEXICO JAPAN -HONGKONG 19 Drvs. Adult 53. 655/Child $2 450/DEP: 11/11 20/11 2S/11 9(12 MAKIU- TAIWAN -H KONG SUNG DYNASTY v Days 5 1755 OEP: Evary Friday TAIWAN -H KONG-BANGKOK SUNG DYNASTY 14 Days ,***** OEP: Ev*ry Monday MAMLA-TAIWAN— KOREAJAPAN- H KONG- SUNG
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      463 25 MODERN POPULAR TOURS N l-.k II )HA $4HO S DAY HKK 4 PATTAYA VVVi I MXCi HDTPE HK(i HKK Modern Travel Service (TA 275) Blh 23. 391. OutramPark. S(031«) Tel: *****11 *****79 *****81 Golden Mile Branch Tel *****36. 292M76 NAM HO TRAVEL Bervll pore) Pte Ltd B.T P i II
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      810 25 VII TRAVEL RESTAURANTS SHENTOURS PTE LTD.. Gl. Qround Floor. Marina Houaa. Smtn- »n« iowis lon Way. S.ng.po.. 0207. Tal: m*33l *****39 STPB No 170 a 3 days LANOKAWI tSWOO Our MO.I T.l.ad About *****0 AMERICAN TOURS -20 DAYS 4 rfa?s I'enane Sam WEST COAST/ M OAVS .adJEafSSn ROUND THE WORLO/
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      1178 25 /^^^^B^Malaysian Tobacco Company Bhd. y(I H r* WIa ---.t-*.*-<».P-- GOVERNMENT OF BRUNEI VACANCIES IN THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT ST PN O R A PHFR Applications or* invited from suitably qualified candidates to fill the following vocanoes in th< Krxj *V/*» I* Technical ond Vocational School Saction, Education Deportment. Brunei. THE JOB
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    Accidents while travelling by bus on the rise
    329 26 Accidents while travelling by bus on the rise TWO bus commuters died and 559 were injured in the first eight months this year, all because of carelessness In most cases, according to the Traffic Police. The trend, Traffic Police say appears to he that more commuters are getting hurt. In
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    159 26 THE Commonwealth Association of Tax Administrators, which aims to improve tax administration in member countries, has approved a work programme for the next three years which will initiate "a more dynamic and viable phase" in its development. The programme includes the holding of a second technical meeting
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    PA corporate members to help promote CC schemes
    448 26 CORPORATE members of the People's Association will help in community services through greater cooperation with the PA. Programmes for retired people and their families will be conducted from selected community centres. Corporate members will be asked to publicise these services while individual
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    40 held in raids to crack down on gambling
    160 26 40 held in raids to crack down on gambling POLICE picked up more than 40 people in a recent series of raids throughout the island to suppress bookmaking and organised gambling activities. The raids were conducted by the CID's Gambling Supression Branch and other land divisions. Ten bookmakers were picked
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    On defensive driving
    31 26 THE National Safety Council of Singapore will hold courses on defensive driving next month for commercial and industrial firms. For details, ring the council at *****5 or *****4
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    Stone-laying
    25 26 DR Runme Shaw will lay the foundation stone of the Dr Runme Shaw gymnasium at St Patrick's School on Nov 9 at 11.15 a.m.
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    SOME OF THE WAYS TO BOOST TIES
    139 26 SPECIAL project committees, periodic meetings and sharing of facilities are some ways to boost ties between the People's Association and its corporate members. This point was made at the end of the seminar for PA corporate members yesterday, and participants stressed that for
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      298 26 POWER IS SAFETY! Race-bred technology and performance combine with Italian elegance to make the Alfasud 1.3 your ideal safety car. The all new Alfasud 1.3 is every- inch an Alfa Romeo in the glorious Alfa tradition. Bred from technological expertise gained on race tracks around the world. Proven time and
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      210 26 Straits Times Crossword LF nY HP BbT HaT LnflT H ACKOftt c One hearing set in liner at 8 Dialikes tranHatioo. (9. 8). 7 Sm^ang about to twirl 9 Royalty charges (7, 6). 13 AbmH-mlnded British ttar 10 Betrayed firm (4. 5). surpringly performed (10). U Amendment Interchange 16 A
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    IN MEMORIAM
    49 27 THAIMAUNOAM t/o A AIUMUOAM Ex-twttwtfl btata, l«nfng Piptit 39.10.1*77 Stonily two oponiiing yean hat pnmrl tine* you Wt u« in Won TnoUQII QOn*. nt# SW**t "HinOfKl of you wiH oh*/oy% r#n>otn n our h*ofts. D**ply nwwd by bwo^wo poi witi, wttort, Druttioi ~m tow ond lov*o onvt.
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    IN MEMORIAM
    19 27 MM CHUA SKW MONO Depltd J9.10.7S A year ho* gone but *o« forever D*> r*f?>#fT>b#rs)d by trwjoot
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      584 27 CHARTERED INDUSTRIES OF SINGAPORE PTE LTD PROFESSIONAL ACCOUNTANCY CAREER CIS is a leading manufacturer of sophistii) ordnance and engineering products Jtilisinq the latest technology in its field. Our exacting industry offers challenging career opportunities for an accountancy graduate in our Budget Department. The appointee will be responsible to the Departmental
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      767 27 Unique regionol coreer opportunity in mochinery soles REGIONAL SALES EXECUTIVE Copobilities ond bockground: Mm 3 5 years experience in polymer/ metal working industry specifically aligned to manufacturing process Such experience should include production or maintenance, preferably both 2 3 years experience in technical sales Tertiary technical qualification essential Age 25
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      315 27 PARTS MANAGER A well established heavy equipment company invites applications for the post of PARTS MANAGER. Applicants should possess tertiary qualification and a sound knowledge of spare parts for heavy equipments. He should have at least 5 years of relevant experience. Essential personal qualities include initiative, drive, tact, an ability
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      460 27 CHANGE OF TELEPHONE NUMBERS 1571-2071 Ing«r»oll-Rand (M) Sdn. Bhd., ENo. lA,Lorong223A. P.O. Bex 125, Petaling Jaya. MM Please note that with immediate effect, our Petaling Jaya phone numbers have been changed to: 03- *****9 *****8 *****5 77 1476 (as before) IN THE HIGH COURT IN MALAYA AT KUALA LUMPUR (COMMERCIAL
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      519 27 Panbtcfcen Act 81 ItTX Unredeemed pledged food* and jewellery from the follow lag pawnshop* In the state of JOHOR. Thye Ley. *6. Jalan Ah Fook. Johor Baru. Thye Onn. IF. Jalan Ah Fook, Johor Baru, Thye Cheong. 12, Jalan Raya, Scudal. Loonf Fatt, 117, Main Road. Kulal, Nam Sun. 76.
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      473 27 KERETAPI TAWAH MELAYU PERTADBIRAN KERETAPI TANAH MELAYU Tondor-tonder odaloh dipelawa danp-ido pembuatpem buat/ pemb«kal'pemb«kal yang berpengoloman bogi pembekalan dan pematongon olot-alot berikut: (i) Satu yunit 20 Ton Imperial kerin gerak atas berkuasa letrik dengan itruktur tumpangnya (one unit electric overhead travelling crane of capacity 20 imperial tons with support ing
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  • TIMESPORT PAGE ONE
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      Harris boots home four more winners
      2089 28  -  FAIRWAY By IPOH, Sun Noel Harris has done it again, this time booting home four winners here today Rigoletto II ($56), Pasir Puteh II ($25), Katoomba ($2B) and Huat Tat ($23). He now takes over the lead in the jockey championship with 45 winners,
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      1420 28 STIPE'S REPORT The stipendiary steward's report on yesterday's races in Ipoh: State of track: Yielding. RACE 1: Monlisa (Millinfton) was restless and missed the jump. On jumping away. Proud Moment n (Harris) rolled out, bumping Buzzy Buzzy (C H Ooi) across the heels of Raregem (K.W. Tan). Soon
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      299 28 Heartiest Congratulations and Best Wishes to The Daiwa Bank Limited on the official opening of its Singapore branch at DBS Building, Shenton Way From: P.T. Song Jaya Electronics Toko Song Brothers Jakarta, Indonesia (itiM** wwm iiiiiii iiiiiHiug Hi liiSSmiitMß "^"^Bctj^jMO a > iuH ktflkMflHteM HlMlflU*fc.^M i lltilil EBB WtP v
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      40 28 1st No: ***** ($2,351) 2nd No: ***** ($1,175) 3rd No: ***** ($589) STARTERS ($55 each): *****, *****, *****, *****, *****, *****, *****, *****, *****, *****, *****, *****. CONSOLATION ($45 each): *****, *****, *****, *****, *****, *****, *****, *****, *****, *****.
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      Lock icon Barbarians end tour on losing note
      172 29 NEWPORT (Wales), Sun. The South African Barbariani rugby team ended their British tour on a losing note when they were beaten 21-15 by Welsh club side Newport here yesterday. The Barbarians scored through second-row forward Villiers de Visser, centre Gawie Visagie and right-wing Bridgeman
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      Lock icon Wallabies beaten
      40 29 BIENOS AIRES, Son The Argentine I'uma.s beat Australia's Wallabies 24-13 in friend h rugby International here yesterday. Argentine fly-half and skipper Hago Porta virtually won the match single-handed for the Pnmas, scoring IS points with his boot. AFP.
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      47 29 JUBILANT Wllfredo (iomez (above) is all smiles after tying boxing's all-time record for a consecutive knook-out In title defence with his fifth ronnd knock-out of Nicky Peres at Madison Square Garden on Friday. The victory enabled Gomez to retain his World Boxing Council super-bantam-weight title. UPI radloplrture.
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      Lock icon Miller is close to Lancome title
      301 29 PARIS, Sun. American Johnny Miller put himself 18 holes away from his first major golf victory, since he won Britain's Open three years ago, when he fired a thirdround 69 for a 210 total and a one-stroke lead in the US$5O,OOO ($108,500) Lancome Trophy
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      Lock icon Graham in late rally
      56 29 ADELAIDE, Sun. Australian David Graham, the 1979 U.S. Professional Golfers' Association champion, overtook a faltering Bob Shearer over the last two holes to snatch a two-stroke win in the US$65,000 ($141,050) West Lakes Classic at the Grange here today. Graham's final-round 71 gave him a 72
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      Lock icon It's Silvia by two strokes
      90 29 MANILA, Sun. Argentine Silvia Bertolaccini shook off strong finalround pressure and fired a one-under-par 72 today, winning the US$llO,OOO ($219,170) Colgate Far East Open women's invitational golf championship by two strokes. She had a 54 hole total of 213 for the U5516,500 ($35,805) first prize.
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      Lock icon 'The Ashes' won't be at stake in Test
      285 29 LONDON, Sun. England will not place "The Ashes" at stake during their threematch Test series in Australia this winter, the Test and County Cricket Board anI nounced here yesterI day. George Mann, chairman of the board, said: "The TCCB have given further
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      Lock icon SCOREBOARD
      58 29 AUSTRALIA lit INNS: 44? INDIA Ist INNS: GavMkar lbw Hogg 14 Chmahnn c Border b Higgs 39 VeagMrkar ret.(Ul) 89 Vlshwaaatk not out 43 Sharma not out 13 Extra* 23 T»UI (for 2 wkts i 221 Wlcketo fell at IS, IK. Bawttag: Dymack 18-7-S4, H*gg 17-Ml-1, V»rd ley 14-8-4
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      Lock icon India make solid reply
      167 29 CALCUTTA, Sun. India made a slow but solid reply of 221 for two to Australia's total of 442 on the third day of the fifth cricket Test here today. India's hero was Dilip Vengsarkar, who hit 89 before he was forced to retire because of cramp
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      292 29 VIENNA, Sun. Former Wimbledon champion Stan Smith, of the United States, plays Poland's Wojtek Fibak in today's final of a Grand Prix tennis tournament here. Smith, the top-seed, beat ninth-seed Ivan Lendl, of Czechoslovakia, < in straight sets 6-4, 6-2 in I
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      54 29 OLDSMAR (Florida), Sun. Evonne Cawley, of Australia, beat United States Open champion Tracy Austin in straight sets 6-4, 6-1 yesterday to enter the final of a US$lOO,000 ($217,000) women's tennis tournament today against Chris Evert Uoyd, of the United States, who received a walkover from an ill Virginia
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      32 29 OSAKA (Japan), Sun Shuzo Arita's two-run homer capped a four-run seventh inning rally today and the Kintetsu Buffaloes blanked the Hiroshima Toyo Carp 4-0 for In^hf^, S, traight V ctory
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      343 29 Koreans will capture more titles BANGKOK, Sun. The South Korean junior tennis Juggernaut rolled towards a number of individual titles in smooth fashion on the penultimate day of the ninth Asian junior tennis championships at the Hua Mark hard courts yesterday. Winning both the girls' doubles and the mixed doubles
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      643 30 *>N. Sun. English Football league champions Liverpool, who have stuttered Along in uncharacteristically uncertain form this season, have come alive at last. Th<- iM'rennial Knglish powerhouse, Kuropean (nil champions in 1977 and 197H, were knocked out of this year's Euro|x\in season in the first round
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      1416 30 FIRST DIVISION Holt on 1 Crystal Palace 1, Brighton 2 Norwich 4, Bristol 0 Arsenal 1, Everton 0 Manchester United 0, Ipswich 1 Mid dlesbrough 0, Manchester City 0 Liverpool 4. Southampton 1 I>eeds 2, Stoke 3 Derby 2, Tottenham 1 Nottingham Forest 0. West Bromwich 4 Coventry
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      766 30 TOKYO, Sun Th~ Soviet Union clinched two gold medals yesterday by winning the pair skating and ice dancing championships in the 1979 international free skating competitions. The Soviet pair of Irina Vorobieva and Igor Lisovski gained 55.70 points in free skat •nf> for an
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      453 30 i LONDON, Sun. The president of the European Athletics Association, Arthur Gold, said yesterday that European track and field athletes were not able to compete against their American counterparts fairly, because the Americans were not being tested for drugs. Gold, commenting on the
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      346 30 HAMBURG (West Germa- ny), Sun. Borussia Dortmund kept their lead in the West German League yesterday despite a 1-2 loss against Bayer Leverkusen. Hamburg's star attacker Kevin Keegan helped last year's champions retain second spot, scoring the equaliser for a 2-2 draw against top league
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      63 30 AKITA (Japan), Sun. Champion Royal Kobayashi, of Japan, retained his OrientPacific Boxing Federation featherweight title by defeating Yoon Sukpe, of South Korea, by an unanimous decision in a 12-round title match today. It was Kobayashi 's third de fence of the title he won from Bok Soon Hwang,
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      Rising star Loo upsets to take Seletar title
      575 31  -  ERNEST FRIDA By JOSEPH I.<H), 26, a for iddy, may not be iho Singapore champion but he «i.s certainly a rising golf stai iday, h«> upset a star-studded field, which included four internationals, to win the Seletar <;olf Club championship. Loo, a
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      36 31 ADEI.AIDE, Sun. New York Cosmos completed their AusIralian tour with a 2-0 win over Adelaide City today. Scorers lor Cosmos were Dennis Tueart in the first half and Giorgio Chinaglia in the second Reuter.
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      Tang, Fok are outstanding
      398 31  -  KEN JALLEH Jr. By SOUTH-EAST Asia Games athletes Tang Ngai Kin and Fok Keng Cnoy shone like stars against a bleak horizon when they dominated, as expected, the Amalgamated Union of Public Employees' annual athletic meet at Farrer Park yesterday. For decathlete Tang, it was like
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      Lock icon Triumph for Dubois on his third try
      367 31 BANGKOK, Sun. Philippe Dubois, of France, today captured the 1979 Bowling World Cup, defeating Thailand's Montree Vipitsinee 567-549 in the three-game grand final. Australia's Chris Batson ended up third. Fourth was Sweden's Kurt Lundquist. For Dubois, a Paris businessman, the victory ended a
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      371 31  -  PATRICK BASTIANS By AN assorted 22 players entered the Anchor Singapore Open squash cham- pionship proper, which starts tomorrow after an uneventful last round of qualifying matches at the Kallang complex yesterday. In the only impressive tie of the day, F grade individual champion
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      Walkovers for two
      56 31 CHARLIE TAN and Sum Yee Sing were conceded walkovers by their opponents, Richard Lim and Mood Farid respectively, in the Singapore senior four-ball billiards championship at the Katong Billiards Saloon last night. Tonight, Lav Weng Yew will meet Teo Eng Huat and Gan Hwa Tiong will play
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      408 31  -  JOE DORAI By BUSINESS HOUSES S CIVIL SERVICES SINGAPORE Business Houses Football League last night achieved their season's target of a Cup double when they beat Singapore CivU Service 3-0 to win the Hon Sui Sen Cup at the National Stadium. Two weeks
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      198 31 Gardens go on a goal-spree SERANGOON GARDENS loomed as a possible threat to the top contenders of this year's interconstituency soccer tournament when they trounced newcomers Braddell Heights 8-2 at Tanglin yesterday, reports JOEDORAI. The score was the highest recorded in yesterday's 20 matches, which included some postponed from last
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      65 31 JAKARTA, Sun. Singapore, represented by National Football League Division One Club Kakl Bukit, emerged champion* of the three-nation ASEAN youth soccer competition which ended here yesterday. Indonesia, who were earlier defeated by Singapore 14, finished second. Singapore drew 2-2 with Malaysia on ThursYesterday, Malaysia were beaten
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      50 31 BRISBANE, Sun. Queensland are in a strong position to win the Sheffield cricket match against Victoria after the third day's play here today. victoria in their second innings are four wickets for 131 but their combined total is still 42 runs short of Queensland's first-innings figure of 407.
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      CSC are k.o. champions
      180 31 CEYLON Sports Club completed a "double" when they beat Singapore Recreation Club by 10 wickets in the Singapore Cricket Association s senior knock-out 25-overs competition for the Barker Shield at Balestier Road on Saturday. They won tne league title last month. SRC, who batted first, were
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      354 31  -  PETER SIOW By THE wind swung around in circles and forced yesterday morning's race in the Asian Fireball trials, off Changi, to be abandoned. But, at times, there was hardly any wind and the yachtsmen found it difficult to make much headway. Because
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      133 31 Mut China will soon return to world tennis TOKYO, Sun Mv Zuoyun, vice-president of the Tennis Association of the People's Republic of China, today said here that his association would shortly be able to rejoin the International Tennis Federation. Mv said his association wanted to return to the international body
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    57 32 LONDON, Sun. The British Government is studying whether the Royal Air Force should be given US Cruise nuclear missiles, reliable sources at Whitehall said today. If the idea is approved, a total of 57 "Tomahawk" missile launchers would be located at RAF bases in England to reinforce
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    43 32 BELFAST, Sun. Terrorist gunmen disguised as doctors shot and wounded a British soldier in a hospital here, police said yesterday. The soldier, standing guard outside a sick colleagues room, was wounded in the arm in the incident on Friday nieht AFP.
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    37 32 LUSAKA, Sun. Black nationalist guerillas said here today they had shot down four Zimbabwean war planes, destroyed three troop carriers and three tractors and killed at least 20 Zimbabwean soldiers in the past month. AFP.
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    115 32 TEO CHOOM BEE passed away peacefully on 21-10-78. leaving behind sons: Seng Kok, Seng San. Seng Hal. daughter: Kirn Tee. daughters-in-law: Kee Ming Chlng, Blow Peh Bee. See Wan Peng, son-in-law: Chew Qeok Kuay. 10 grandchildren and 6 great grandchildren. Cortege leaves 472 Chang! Road. Singapore on 30.10 7S
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    160 32 HONGKONG, Sun. Foreign visitors may new, far the first time, bay selected Chinese artifacts dating back thousands of years. Previously, only Items less than two centuries old were on sale, the Xinhua news agency reported today. The artifacts will be available in a
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    35 32 TOKYO, Sun. A map of the stars dated 1005, the oldest such map found in China, has been discovered in a temple pagoda in Suzhou, China's official Xinhua news agency reported today. AP.
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    310 32 BANGKOK, Sunday SEVERAL Kampucheans were killed or wounded today when Vietnamese shells landed on a crowded open market inside Thai territory near the border village of Ban Koke Soong, Thai Supreme Command sources said here. They could not immediately give the precise
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    42 32 UPPSALA, Sun. The Soviet Union today exploded a powerful nuclear device at its underground site near Semipalatinsk in western Siberia, the National Seismological Institute said. The blast registered 7.0 on the Richter Scale, the equivalent of a powerful earthquake. Reuter.
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    35 32 DON'T BE SHY! IF YOl' ran speak Mandarin and are about to use dialect again, stop yourself and start in Mandarin. The other person may know Mandarin but may also be shy. Be the initiator!
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        389 1 Qiu Jin the female revolutionary who fought the Manchurians Series on famous personalities THE REVOLUTIONARY martyr Qiu Jin n outstanding figure in Chinese WVOhh tionary history. She had lived for only 33 years, but her life achiovemenls had been pas ed from mouth to moLth by many people, written into
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        405 1 Qiu Jin first set up a held a meeting to find pen, she wrote: the wind the city of Shaoxing one newspaper for women in ways 0 seek vengeance and rain in autumn sad- early morning. China catering mainly for on xu's death. At this den everyone
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        135 1 INSIDE Sex-role conditioning m mmmmm >~*' *mV ~^mT The l»tcst United Nations report on the state of the world's women Includes an Ironic piece on sexrole conditioning, or how parents slot their children Into male/female stereotypes and make It so difficult for them to be Independent, open-minded Individuals. PageC Profile
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      PICK of the DAY
      792 2  - PICK of the DAY DANA LAM By SONG BY Song on channel 5 at 10.50 tonight is going to be lovely entertainmet with some of the memorable songs of Oscar Hammerstein II, the American librettist and songwriter who collaborated with composer Richard Rodgers to give us musicals like South Pacific
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        1167 2 TV and Radio SINGAPORE 5 3.00 PM Opening fdowed by IKaya Tha- 6.35 The Fabulous Taking Time Machine laimurai (Tamd) 7.00 Superfriends 3.25 Diary of Events (EngSsh) 7.30 News (Malay) 3.30 Afternoon Matinee The Big Night 745 S ndlw ra a Mala V to™ (Part 1) Cacat Lermy Kevin s
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        180 3 ]g 4M The new image of Synthetic Resins (Malaysia) Berhad The everyday common 'plastic' that you know, in all its various and versatile form, is manufactured from synthetic resin which is a petroleum by-product. Synthetic Resins (Malaysia) Berhad produces this resin. The year 1973, we introduced the plastic industry to
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        317 4 5 BROADWAY AMG r E r^: E6 i PREMIERE: TOMORROW at 9.15 pm It MIDNIGHT ii Season from Wednesday 31st Oct ii THE OLD mflSTEß^vi hMMfI 1....C JOUPH KUO ijl A Mwten F«mh ConrScaac witk E«iish Saktitks i i BROADWAY "VZtZZ" 1 1 1 SPECIAL MORNING SHOW ;>; WEDNESDAY at
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      What is 'modern art'?
      767 5 Time to move away from conventional images REVIEWS Exhibition of the Modern Art Society National Museum Art Gallery Oct 25 to Oct 28 Reviewed by Rachel Barnes WHAT do you understand by the frequently used term, "modern art"? Well, naturally it is the art of the
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      Music for Everyone drawing in the young
      232 5 Music for Everyone drawing in the young MORE than half of the audience who attend the Ministry of Culture's Music for Everyone series an between If and 35 years and most of the concert-goers have at least a secondary school education. These are mom of the findings of a threemonth
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        1332 6 Guns for boys, dolls for girls may be child's play but it's... From their earliest years girl children are shaped and patterned for subordinate status. Dolls' nappies and tiny kitchen sinks give way before long to the real things. In school, girls are steered away from maths
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        177 6 SCHOOL SUBJECTS Many schools still have 'girls' subjects' and 'boys' subjects' In most countries boys do woddwork and metalwork girls do home science and needlework ?ter SuUivan SUNDA V TIMES (London nil J» II mmKTTWm J (Mane's 821 Line has captured 21 elements essential far your skin Your skin is
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        61 6 ILLITERACY RATES 30% Nearly two people out of every three illiterate in the world A today are women. Resistance by Third World women to 25* X other opportunities of raising their quality of life is very closely associated with illiteracy. 111 U Mm latin WOMEN li AMERICA O mmm 66%
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      1432 7 llHHßßßHßaiUl^&^^^ H^^^H b Yflllß Bflfin D lI KJ OR Medical reporter BENG TAN joined the People's Association/Singapore Cancer Society stop-smoking coarse last Monday. Since then she's made so much progress she feels better, looks better, smells better. Armed with a
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      756 7  -  RUTH YOUNGBLOOD By in Hongkong HONGKONG narcotics officials are gearing up to fight an impending avalanche of heroin sparked by erratic mother nature. A drought in the "Golden Triangle,'" the area straddling Thailand, Burma and Laos, combined with government crackdowns, dealt a
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      821 8  -  JASON CRISP By in London YOU all know about semi-skilled worker stress. You don't? What about clerk stress or professional person stress? Or how about labourer stress or unemployed schoolleaver stress? I see. So you only know about executive stress; one
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