The Straits Times, 10 December 1979

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    14 1 The Straits Tunes Estd. 1845 MONDAY, DECEMBER If, 1171 30 CENTS M.C.(P) No. 142/1/79
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    FIRST STEP TO PRIDE IN WORK
    748 1 Standards for workers plan by NTUC WORKERS in Singapore may soon be given a clearer picture of what is expected of them in their jobs under an NTUC-initiat-ed scheme to create pride in work and increased productivity. Disclosing this last night, NTUC secretary-general Mr
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    Aswan date
    35 1 JERUSALEM. Jun Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Hegin will pay a three working visit to Egyptian I'n-sideni Anwar Sadat in the Egyptian utv of Aswan beginning on Jan i, t »'•"> oWVially announced today Refer
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    Lock icon Four who got rich on foreign goods jailed
    126 1 MOSCOW, Sun. An enterprising Muscovite and three accomplices, who opened a shop in a flat selling almost unobtainable items like foreign-made radio sets, tape-recorders and stereo equipment, have been sentenced to a total of 44 years' detention for being ■'speculators." Reporting the
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    Hunt beats Zaman
    67 1 WORLD champion GeoH Hunt of Australia beat Pakistan's No. 1, Qatnar Zaman. 9-1, 9-4, 9-4 yesterday to win the Singapore leg of the PIA World Series of Squash competition at Kallang Complex It was an anti-climax as the expected opposition from the Pakistan 1 did not come.
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    Lock icon PLO warns Gaddafi to stop meddling
    328 1 PLO warns Gaddafi to stop meddling Beirut, Sunday RELATIONS between the Palestine Liberation Organisation and Libya took a turn for the worse yesterday when the PLO warned Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi to stop meddling in Palestinian affairs. Tension between the Palestinian commando movement and Libya has been mounting for several
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    Lock icon Strike over no pay
    53 1 TEL AVIV, Sun. Several thousand municipal employees went on strike here today because they have not received their November wages. Employees in several other large Israeli towns have also threatened industrial action (or the same reason. The strike here affected all municipal services including hospitals, schools
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    Trawler held
    28 1 WELLINGTON. Sun. A New Zealand navy frigate today detained a Soviet fishing trawler south of New Zealand for violatfng the nation's fishing regulations, government sources «-.id
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    NO HIKE IN BUS FARES THIS TIME
    107 1 SINGAPORE Bas Service will ateorb any Increase In oil priwa arising from tke meeting of the Organlsatlon of Petroleum Exporting ChiMm (OPEC) in Caracat>, Venezuela, this month. The SBS chairman and MP for Sembawang, Dr Tony Tan, said this yesterday after tearing (hong
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    Lock icon Beijing ads for goods not on sale
    192 1 Beijing ads for goods not on sale BEIJING. Sun. A leading Beijing newspaper yesterday carried a quarter-page a d v c r t i s emcnt for Japanese radios and television sets that are not on sale in China. The idea was to get Chinese to have their better-off relatives
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    Lock icon 'Beijing's henchmen' held in Vientiane
    168 1 VIENTIANE, Sun. Several Laotian officials have been arrested hexe either because of their sympathy for China or because their attitude is deemed too cautious towards Vietnam, press reports said here today. The reports quoted Information Minister Sisana Sisane as saving that only four high-ranking officials
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    Lock icon Zimbabwe jets hit guerilla targets
    151 1 SALISBURY, Sun. Zim- I babwe combat jets today attacked Patriotic Front guerilla targets in neigh- bouring Zambia despite ceasefire talks underway at the London settlement talks, according to a military communique. The strikes against unidentified locations "just inside Zambia had been prompted by intelligence reports
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    Lock icon Khomeiny forces retake rebel positions
    477 1 Khomeiny forces retake rebel positions TENSION heightened in northwestern Iran today after about 20,000 supporters of revolutionary leader Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeiny recaptured the radio and television station in Tabriz, seized by armed dissidents last Thursday. The demontrators, shouting "Long live Khomeiny" and "We will not neglect you, Khomeiny," opened their
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    Lock icon Seven die in blast
    55 1 BOGOTA. Sun Seven people died and four were injured after a man carelessly lit a match in kiosk selling fireworks, Colombian police said yesterday. They said they were looking for the man, who left shortly before the kiosk exploded in flames at Baranquilla on the Caribbean
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    Lock icon To heal rift
    41 1 TOKYO. Sun. Japan Communist Party leader Kenji Miyamoto will leave here next Saturday for talks with Soviet President Leonid Brezhnev in an attempt to end 15 years of strained relations between their parties. JCP sources said today. Reuter
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    'OPEC RIFT TOO WIDE'
    89 1 NICOSIA, 8aa. The authoritative Middle East Ef*a*mlc Sarvey «ayu member* at the Orgaalsattea tt Petr»te«ra Exp*rtl>x C*antrles moch to* far apart la their tbiaklafr to rtmek axreemeat •teadardl*lag tkeir «fflelal prices wkea tfcey meet )b Carami Dee 17. la Ito latest edltlM, to be paMished here
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      102 1 §2 pages today THE MAN WHO LED A DOUBLE LIFE Pag* 12 OHIKA visit boosts ties despite differences Z RUSSIANS spell out terms for normal China ties S MANDARIN: Ask govt to clarify. Malay bodies urged 7 lHt one of the most fiery years 8 PA looks into parttime jobs
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      Lock icon Ohira visit boosts ties despite differences
      397 2 BEIJING, Sun. THE so-called SinoJapanese axis has teen strengthened by Japanese Prime Minister Masayoshi Ohira 's talks here despite differences over the issues of Vietnam and Korea. The main result of Mr Ohira s three-day talks with Chinese leaders was a firm Japanese commitment
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      Lock icon 'British 'no' to Pol Pot will boost Hanoi'
      186 2 BANGKOK, Sun. Britain's decision to withdraw recognition of the ousted Pol Pot government in Kampuchea would give support to Hanoi and its expansionist plans in Indochina. Pol Pot radio monitored here said today. The Voice of Democratic Kampuchea, believed to be broadcasting
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      Lock icon Ex-KCIA chief: I killed Park to restore democracy
      260 2 Ex-KCIA chief: I killed Park to restore democracy SEOIX, Sun. Former South Korean intelligence chief Kim JaeKyu said today he killed President Park ChungHee in the hope of restoring liberal democracy In South Korea and not out of political ambition to become President himself. "I know I will become a
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      Lock icon DISSIDENT KIM CAN REVISIT TOKYO
      137 2 DISSIDENT KIM CAN REVISIT TOKYO TOKYO, Sun. The Japanese Government has no objection to former South Korean presidential candidate Kim Dae-Jung re-visiting Tokyo, the Foreign Ministry here said today. Mr Kim, kidnapped from a Tokyo hotel to Seoul by a group of unidentified Koreans in August 1973, was freed from
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      Lock icon Impasse over bill will not stop election plans, warns Jakarta
      390 2 JAKARTA, Sun i i THE Indonesian Government has reached a deadlock in its debate with parliament over the election bill and warned that it will go ahead with preparations for the coming general election in 19%. The warning was given
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      Lock icon WAVE FROM FREED PRIEST
      61 2 CATHOLIC priest Hahm Se-woong nvtt to a crowd ontslde Anynac Prison, Math of Seoul, early on Saturday shortly after his release. Father Hahm was one of (8 political prisoner* (reed after the Soath Korean Government lifted an emergency decree banning all dissidents. The decree was assassuated
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      Lock icon Recordings swop
      72 2 CHICAGO, Sun. The Chicago Symphony Orchestra will be the first United Slates orchestra to be heard over Soviet radio waves, according to an agreement to take effect next year, an orchestra spokesman said yesterday. The agreement, reached on Friday, specifies that recordings by the Chicago symphony will be
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      Lock icon WORLD BRIEFS
      271 2 WORLD BRIEFS CHINA will further promote peasant education to wipe out illiteracy in the country by the year 2,000, the official Xinhua News Agency reported yosterday. The igency, monitored in Hongkong, quoted Mr Hu Yaobang, a Politburo member, as saying that education among the peasants should be broken down into
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      Lock icon Russians spell out terms for normal China ties
      467 3 MOSCOW, Sunday CHINA has refused to discuss a Soviet plan for normalisation of relations until all differences between them are j ironed out, official! sources said here yesterday. Hut the Chinese move did not deter the Kremlin from making public its plan
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      Lock icon Pakistan protests Afghan bombing
      111 3 ISLAMABAD, Bu. Pakistan lodged a strong protest with Afghanistan yesterday against an Afghan air force bombing attack Its territory last Thursday, a Farelgn Office spokesman gala. The spokesman said a protest note was handed to Afghan Ambassador to Pakistan Abdul AzU Arlan at the foreign office.
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      Lock icon Jumbo's death ends 10-year tussle
      121 3 MADRAS, Sun A 10-year-long and still unresolved legal battle about which caste marks should adorn an elephant's head has ended with the death of the animal. The elephant belonged to the Kanchipuram Varadaraja Hindu temple in southern Tamil Nadu state where two rival brahmin sects
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      We'll go ahead with nuclear research: Zia
      215 3 ISLAMABAD, Sunday PAKISTAN'S military Hag, yesterday attacks of the developed count was determined to coni peaceful nuclear resean He emphasised that Pakistan's decision to carry out nuclear re- search was not only an issue of independence and sovereignty but also involved a moral
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      Lock icon Janata and Lok Dal trying to eliminate me: Indira
      199 3 Janata and Lok Dal trying to eliminate me: Indira NEW DELHI, Sun. Former Prime Minister Indira Gandhi said yesterday that her life would be in danger if the Janata Party or the ruling Lok Dal Party came back to power in next month's national elections. At a news conference near
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      Lock icon 33 arrested
      32 3 HONGKONG, Sun. Police have arrested al least 33 people in a major crackdown on syndicates suspected of running illegal immigrants into Hongkong from China, a spokesman said here yesterday. Reuter.
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      Lock icon Emissaries arrive in Iran to work out a package deal
      381 4 I DAY 36 WASHINGTON, Sunday Iran wants Shah's abdication KUWAIT, Sun. The Iranian Government had demanded the abdication of the deposed Shah as a formal condition for the release of US hostages, a Kuwaiti newspaper said today. Al-Qabas, quoting wellinformed
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      Lock icon Tapers in safe place'
      60 4 Tapers in safe place' KUWAIT, Sub. The US Embassy la Beirut has removed all Its documents to "a safe place antoide Lebanon," the Kuwaiti dally AJ Aabaa said here yesterday. The embassy had "taken exceptional security measures" fearing Its diplomats could suffer the same fate as their compatriots In Teheran,
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      Lock icon US tightens security for Shah after Paris slaying
      322 4 US tightens security for Shah after Paris slaying SAN ANTONIO (Texas). Sunday THE United States has stepped up security measures here for the deposed Shah of Iran after the assasination of his nephew in Paris on Friday. US officials said yesterday the extra measures were also taken because they had
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      Lock icon Unhappy lot
      33 4 DUSSELDORF, Sun West German police expressed unhappiness about their lot when officers from 30 towns turned out yesterday to demonstrate their grievances about unsocial hours shift work and extensive overtime Reuter.
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      Lock icon Turmoil may worsen heroin problem
      198 4 Turmoil may worsen heroin problem ATLANTA (Georgia). Sun. Turmoil in Iran threatens to intensify the heroin problem in Europe and the United States, according to President Jimmy Carter's former adviser on drugs. Dr Peter Bourne, 40, resigned as White House aloe in July, 1978, amid controversy about disclosures that he
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      Lock icon War unlikely says French minister
      88 4 War unlikely says French minister TOULOUSE (France), Sun. French Foreign Minister Jean FrancoisPoncet last night dismissed as unlikely an international war over the current Iranian crisis, and said France's policy of detente would help keep the situation from deteriorating. The foreign minister did not elaborate. His comments were in response
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      Lock icon Mistaken identity leads to stabbing
      66 4 CHICAGO, Sun. An Arab, apparently mistaken for an Iranian, was stabbed by a group of youths in an alley in Lincoln Park here yesterday. Police said the youths apparently attacked Mr Akran Farhan, 23, because of the hostage situation in Iran. Mr Farhan was in
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      Lock icon Industrialised nations act on US call to cut oil imports
      241 5 Industrialised nations act on US call to cut oil imports PARIS, Sunday LEADING industrialised nations, acting on the request of the United States, will announce a further reduction of their oil imports at a ministerial-level meeting tomorrow, diplomats said yesterday. The ministers, attending the one-day conference of the 20nation International
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      Lock icon KUWAIT WONT RAISE OIL OUTPUT'
      205 5 KUWAIT WONT RAISE OIL OUTPUT' KUWAIT, Sun. Iranian Oil Minister Ali Akbar Moinfar has said Kuwait will not increase its oil production of two million barrels a day to offset the loss of US oil shipments from Iran, the daily Al Qabas reported yesterday. The newspaper said Mr Moinfar made
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      Villages hit
      45 5 BEIRUT. Sun. The staterun Beirut Radio said Israeli and I>pbanese rightist militia gunners yesterday shelled several villages in southern Lebanon, causing some rivil ian casualties and hitting fringes of the United Nations hufftM /one. The radio said no UN troops were hurt I'PI.
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      Drug haul
      48 5 MALAGA (Spain). Sun. Customs officials yesterday seized 100 kilos of hashish on ihe beach of Tarifa on the Strait of Gibraltar, bringing to i wo tonnes the amount of nashLsh seized this year by Malaga based customs officials alonj^ Ihe southern Spanish coaotMM, police said. AFC
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      Lock icon 25-storey fall woman alive
      65 5 SAN FRANCISCO. Sun. A 25-year-old woman jumped 25 stories from a hotel fire escape, smashed into the roof of a car and survived the fall, police said yesterday. The woman was conscious but listed in critical condition with multiple fractures and internal injuries at Mission Emergency
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      Lock icon Can Santa Claus be a woman?
      146 5 TORONTO, San. A Human Rights Commission in Ontario U looking Into a burning sea- I sonal question can Santa Clans be a I woman? The issue arose when drama student Nancy Kulford was fired after only two days as Santa Clans at a shopping
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      Lock icon All league members urged to join Arab Common Market
      159 5 All league members urged to join Arab Common Market AMMAN, Sunday ALL Arab League members were urged yesterday to join the Arab Common Market and to enter into multilateral trade pacts to increase the volume of trade in their region. Dr Fakhri Qaddouri, secretary-general of the Arab Economic Unity Council,
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      Lock icon Hungary fails to reach its targets
      63 5 Hungary fails to reach its targets BUDAPEST, Sun. Hungary failed to attain key economic targets this year, Budapest newspapers reported today. National income, agriculture and industry all failed to meet planned goals and prices and average wages far overshot their official targets, they said. Hungary's national income the communist version
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      Lock icon LINOWITZ IN CAIRO FOR TALKS
      58 5 LINOWITZ IN CAIRO FOR TALKS MR SOL LINOWITZ, the newly appointed US Middle East envoy, making statement on arrival In Cairo on Saturday tor talks with Kcyptian officials. Mr Unowlti, who racceeded Mr Robert Strauss as President Jimmy Carter's Middle Kant envey laat month, said his talks with Egyptian officials
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      Lock icon Talks stall after PF refuses to reveal army size
      440 5 Talks stall after PF refuses to reveal army size LONDON, Sun. THE three-month-old Zimbabwe peace talks came to a standstill last night because Patriotic Front guerillas refused to reveal the strength of its army a condition Britain insists is essential to arrange a ceasefire. At first Salisbury's biracial government, headed
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        67 5 THE Soviet Union yesterday announced a record cotton harvest of 9.1 million tonnes, one of the few briirht spots in what has been an otherwise bleak year for Soviet agriculture. The cotton yield represented a three per cent increase on the planned target of 8.8 million tonnes
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        Ship record in sight
        62 5 EAST German shipbuilders are heading for a record 410,000 tonnage output this year, assistant director-general of East Germany's shipbuilding combine, Mr Alfred Reinhardt, predicted in East Berlin yesterday. Of the 58 sea-going vessels built in East Germany's five shipyards, 50 had been ordered t>y foreign firms,
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        Lock icon $45m owing to Pelita
        113 5 FOREIGN oil contractors and the Indonesian Government owe Pelita Air Service, a Pertamina subsidiary, a total of 12.9 billion rupiahs (nearly SJ45 47 million), company director Mr W Mulyono said in Jakarta on Friday. He said foreign oil contractors owed 8.1 billion rupiahs while the Indonesian
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      Lock icon US puzzled by inaction of Soviet fleet
      670 6 WASHINGTON, Sunday THE comparative inaction of the Soviet navy in the face of the largest United States navy build-up in the Indian Ocean since World War Two is an enigma to American staff planners. One theory put forward here at the naval headquarters
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      Lock icon N-missiles plan: France gets jittery over future role
      364 6 PARIS, Sunday WHILE North Atlantic Treaty Organisation leaders prepare to decide next week whether to restore the Warsaw Pact-Nato balance of power by deploying 572 new nuclear missiles in western Europe, France is getting nervous about its future role Should the monprnisatinn
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        Lock icon Blood cell separator
        47 6 Blood cell separator CHINA has developed its first blood cell separator, which can also clean blood and treat blood diseases. Xinhua reported yesterday. Xinhua, monitored In Hongkong, said the device separates red blood cells, white cells, platelets and plasma from whole blood for blood component transfusion. AFP.
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        Lock icon Age of the Peking Man
        73 6 CHINESE scientists believed "Peking Man." said to be the earliest evidence of a link between apes and humans, lived 200,000 to 600.000 years ago. the official Xinhua news agency reported yesterday. Xinhua monitored in Tokyo, said this was disclosed in a paper by research professor
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        Lock icon Russia's bad marriages
        68 6 LACK of sexual education was responsible for 900,000 divorces, out of 2,000,000 marriages annually, the daily sovietskaya russia reported in Moscow yesterday. It regretted that since sex education was started in the soviet union 15 years ago, there was a lack of aim and method. There was
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        71 6 A WOMEN'S rights group in Los Angeles has gone to court to stop a drug stoic chain from maintaining separate displays of toys for boys and girls. The suit filed on Friday by the women's equal rights legal defence and education fund on behalf of seven
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        Lock icon Whether in Britain
        61 6 AMID some of the warmest December weather for a century, Britons are starting to wonder when winter will arrive. Temperatures in London for the past two weeks have averaged 12 degrees Centigrade. Public health officials say that instead of winter flu, there's a minor epidemic of summer
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    Chee Onn gets the message across
    196 7 THE MP (er Bsklt Merah, Mr Urn Cher linn, yesterday fonnd "good response" when he went round the market and feed centre In Redhill Lane to promote the use of Mandarin. Wearing a "I can speak Mandarin" badge, he mingled with the Sunday mornlnc
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    Prof invited by India
    47 7 PROFESSOR Urn Chong Yah. of the University of Singapore's economics department, I has been invited by tne Indian I Economics Association to deliver a keynote address on "Human Capital and Economic Development" at the association I annual < onference in Bombay latei mis month
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    On Japanese
    27 7 THE Serangoon Garden community centre youth group will organise a Japanese language class this month. For details, ring *****69 between 2.30 p.m. and 9.30 pm
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    Research unit for co-op union urged
    247 7 THE Singapore National Cooperative Union was yesterday asked to look into the feasibility of setting up a research and training unit to help raise the management standards of officials and affiliates. It is also urged to maintain liaison with training institutions such as the
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    Five-day military exercises
    97 7 THE Singapore Armed Forces will nold military exercises at Marsiling and Mandai between 8 a.m. today and 11 p.m. on Friday, and at Lim Chu Kang today between noon and 11.59 p.m. Blanks and thunderflashes will be used. Military exercises involving the movement of troops will also
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    Xmas party for kids
    59 7 THE Ghim Moh community centre youth executive committee and Pen-pal Club will jointly organise a Christmas party (or children between the ages of six and 12 at the Ghim Moh Secondary School on Sunday at 2 p.m. Meanwhile, it will hold a Christmas buffet and dance
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    Hon: Adopt Pinyin for names of children
    104 7 Hon: Adopt Pinyin for names of children THE Finance Minister, Mr Hon Sui Sen, yesterday urged Chinese Singaporeans to adopt the Hanyu Pinyin spelling for the names of their children. He said that in the long term, it is better for Chinese Singaporeans to have Hanyu Pinyin names. Mr Hon,
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    267 7 Mandarin and its impact on other races 'Ask govt to clarify' call by Malays AFFILIATES of the Central Council of Malay Cultural Organisations yesterday urged it to ask the government to clarify the impact of the Speak More Mandarin and Less Dialects campaign on the other races. They also urged
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      211 7 Straits Times Crossword H~ I pi i 5 I i 4 I 5 I ACROSS 3 Actors wandered and got 1 Modify a tree supporter further scolded (8) across misdirected balls: con- 4 Insincere <JC? (10,4) ductors' stock-in-trade (10) 5 Title of the French game 7 6 Uve compliance farewell,
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    $2.5 million police station coming up
    166 8 POLICEMEN paaadlac tte baay Orchard K*ad area beat will be haaaetf In a aew, nudera atatlti at Napier K~ad aext Aagturt. The fe.s mUltea ataU»b with a Miwh c*art will replace fee existing dtvtstoaai headaaartori bailalag »t the WtUa af Orchard and PaterAeearalag U
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    1979 one of the most fiery years
    336 8  -  GERALD PEREIR A AVERAGE OF 20 BLAZES A DAY By AN INCREASING number of kitchen fires caused by careless housewives is helping to make 1979 one of the most fiery years in recent times. Fire chief Arthur Lim Beng Lock said last night
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    Culture must be nurtured, says Devan
    255 8 Culture must be nurtured, says Devan THE NTUC president, Mr C. V. Devan Nair, slid last night that culture cannot be "created by fiat or decree" it has to be carefully nurtured. Political and economic foundations by themselves, he stressed, do not contribute to the quality of life in Singapore.
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    Postal advice
    46 8 ENVELOPES with dark, gl»rUg ar dantlag calatra >kwM Ht be Mat durlag the Christmas scum, argea the Pastal Servteea DepartnMat. Otter reaaeata are that eavetepca mmM m! ke ■mailer taaa N by IU mm, and that Ckristmaa cards afcaaM be pasted by Dee 18.
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    LI TAKES CLEAR LEAD AFTER ROUND SIX
    203 8 U ZUNIAN of China took the clear lead with six straight wins in the Singapore Christmas Chess Championship after round six played yesterday. Li surprised his opponent Eddie Handoko of Indonesia with a combination that won an important pawn. Handoko defended the ensuing
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    Food gift
    20 8 THE Kallang community centre will distribute foodstuff to old folks at Lavender Estate on Saturday at 2.30 p.m.
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    Pre-war house blaze
    41 8 A FIRE broke out at a twostorey pre-war house, which was due for demolition. In Canning Lane yesterday morning. Two fire engines put out the blaze. No one was Injured. The cause of the fire is not known.
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    Charity film show
    47 8 THE Serangooo Garden com- 1 munity centre youth group will organise the screening of a film. The Majesty Cat, at the Cathay cinema on Dec 30 at 8 30 a.m. to raise funds. Tickets at $1.50, $2.50 and $3.50 are available at the centre.
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    Nearly lm visited Southern Islands
    134 8 Nearly lm visited Southern Islands THERE were nearly a million visitors to the Southern Islands in the financial year ending Mar 31, 1979, according to Sentosa Development Corporation statistics. The MP for Telok Blangah, Mr Rohan Kamis, said this at the opening of the Sentosa canoeing carnival yesterday. "With the
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    Scholarships for 13
    52 8 MR N. TANGAVELU has been elected chairman al the Customs and Excise Co-operative Thrift and Loan Society. The other officials are Mr A. Paramar.athan (secretary) and Mr M. Janarthanan (treasurer). A 12 member committee was also elected. Thirteen scholarship awards worth $100 to $300 were given to
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    Second US plane fails to enter Kampuchea
    150 8 Second US plane fails to enter Kampuchea A SECOND United States Air Force C-5 Galaxy cargo plane, loaded with trucks for relief work in Kampuchea, arrived here yesterday after (ailing to get clearance to fly to Phnom Penh. The aircraft is expected to return to Clark Air Base. 80 km
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    Thieves get away with cash, goods
    91 8 THIEVES broke into a rest aura nt-cum-nightclub in High Street Centre and escaped with $650 and goods yesterday. The theft was discovered by a restaurant servant who reported for cleaning work at about 6 am Besides the cash 10 bottles of Uqour and 10
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    Turning on car headlamps — a query for Chua
    183 9 Turning on car headlamps a query for Chua THE MP for Mountbatten, Mr Eugene Yap, will ask the Home Affairs Minister. Mr Chua Sian Chin, at tomorrow's Parliament sitting, if he will consider making it compulsory for motor vehicles' headlamps to be lit after a certain time of the day.
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    PA looks into part-time jobs for retired
    449 9 PA looks into part-time jobs for retired THE People's Association is studying a scheme under which retired people with some skills may be offered part-time jobs in their own neighbourhood. The association is now conducting a survey among about 10.000 households to assess if there are enough jobs around for
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    NPCC tour to Philippines
    49 9 THE National Police Cadet Corps will organise an eightday educational tour to the Philippines for teacher-officers from Wednesday. The tour is organised under the Educational Travel Scheme sponsored by the Education Ministry. The tour group comprises 32 teachers. 13 of them women, and six spouses
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    Kids' party
    24 9 A CHILDREN'S Christmas party will be held at the Lowland Road community centre or. Dec 21 at 7.30 p.m All are welcome.
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    NEW POSB BRANCH
    65 9 THE Post Office Savings Bank will open its Telok Blangah East Branch at 155, Block 10, Telok Blangah Crescent, today. The new brapch will replace the present counter at Block 22. The bank will be open from 8.30 a.m. to 4.30 p.m. 6n weekdays and from 8.30
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    Pre-war house blaze
    41 9 A FIRE broke out at a twostorey pre-war house, which was due for demolition, in Canning Lane yesterday morning Two fire engines put out the blaze. No one was injured. The cause of {he (ire is not known.
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    Earthly move to future city
    361 11 A FIYK-KM-LONG conveyor belt spannine a Tamnin^ <.lt*> and a jetty at the East Coast Parkway will be set in motion next month to carry ii million conic me- tres of earth for recinmiHnn lamatlon. Sail will be taken from the site near the Reformative
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    Quiz duo clinch top prize without trying
    170 11 Quiz duo clinch top prize without trying THEY were winners without even trying. For the other six participants in a quiz never showed up and nobody knew why. Alfred Alphonso and Junaidah Johari, preuniversity one students of Gan Eng Seng School, were the only team members who turned up for
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    Kusu tour
    25 11 QUEENSTOWN community centre will organise a tour to Ku.su Island and St John's Island on Dec 16 from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m.
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    Accused tried to run after falling into trap: Witness
    319 11 ONE of two women who I allegedly walked into a trap set by the Shangri-La Hotel to nab call girls who > steal from Japanese guests after offering their i services, tried in vain to run away after they were detained
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    Bus stamps on sale today
    147 11 THE Singapore Bus Service will seU its bus concession stamps for January from today. Although the student concession passes for next i year will be issued next month, schoolchildren who have not left school can still use their current passes for the pasting of j
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    THE MAN WHO LED DOUBLE LIFE
    1381 12 YONG Kwee Kong, 27, Malaysia's top gangleader and gunman, shot himself in the temple after police wounded him In a stationary bus at the Tiong Bahrn/Kim Pong Roads junction on Nov 29. Earlier, he had taken a woman hostage from his besieged flat in
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    Village m-cyclist often waved to cops, who later learnt he was vicious killer
    788 12 motorcyle on the outskirts of Malacca town. The owner of the chicken questioned Yong about the incident. It is claimed that Yong became angry, drew out a revolver and with his friend, shot dead four people the
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      386 12 I Wife of former > magistrate > r gunned down p r in house GUNMAN shot Mrs. Lucy Yap. SO. wife of n a former magistrate, in the back when tried to hide In her bedroom here this morning. j Aj Mn. Yap collapsed In the iltUnt room, her aMUkCCA.
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    Two-year grace period too short, says report
    583 13 A TWO-YEAR grace period to reduce the Overall Thermal Transfer Value of existing buildings to 45 watts per sq m to conserve energy is too short, a report of a workshop at the Conference on Energy Conservation and Management in Buildings said on
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    CC talk
    21 13 A TALK on National Productivity will be held at the Geylane East community centre on Friday at 8 p.m.
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      175 14 Not all copiers are created equal. Nor is the paper they copy on. What kind of paper Can it copy on things How does it manage What about copy cantheSF-740 that aren't paper? to do what other sizes? COPy On? Yes. Even on materials NKeacetates, COpierS Can't? A k Lan
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  • ACROSS THE CAUSEWAY
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      Lock icon Task force set up to check on statutory corporations
      276 15 KUALA LUMPUR, Sunday A TASK force has been set up in the Malaysian Finance Ministry to look into the investments of statutory corporations, particularly those at state level, Finance Minister Tengku Razaleigh Hamzah said today. He told newsmen after opening the
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      Lock icon Woman gets life term
      49 15 ALOR STAR, Sun. A.24-year-old woman was today sentenced to life imprisonment under Malaysia's drug laws for trafficking in 389.2 g of cannabis. Mariatn Awang, the Sessions Court heard, was found in possession of ;he drug when she was arrested on Dec 1 last year Reuter.
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      Lock icon Scheme under study
      48 15 JOHORE BARU. Sun. A house ownership scheme for estate workers is under con- siikration by the state govern- ment. Sources said yesterday estate managements interested in starting the scheme had submitted plans to the Labour Department for certification that their workers were bona fide. NST
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      Lock icon Asean to meet this week on pact with EEC
      142 15 Asean to meet this week on pact with EEC KUALA LUMPUR, Sunday ASEAN will this week consider adoption of the Jraft cooperation agreement with the European Economic Community, a senior Malaysian official said today. He said the EEC Council is expected to meet later this month to consider the agreement
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      Lock icon RESIDENTS WARNED: BEWARE OF 'LAND AID' SYNDICATE
      173 15 RESIDENTS WARNED: BEWARE OF 'LAND AID' SYNDICATE TANAH RATA, Sun. Cameron Highlands residents were yesterday warned to be on their guard against a syndicate whose members offered assistance in obtaining land. State Assemblyman for Cameron Highlands, Mr M. S. Lingam, appealed to the residents not to fall prey to the
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      Lock icon Housing woes
      44 15 KUALA LUMPUR, Sun.. Selangor's housing problems are expected to decrease with the advent of the Fourth Malaysia Plan and the larger intake of technical staff into the state government service, Selangor Mentri Besar Datuk Hail Hormat Rafei said here on Friday. NST.
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      Lock icon Five shot after challenge at wedding dinner
      229 15 JOHORE BARU, Sun. FIVE men received gunshot wounds after a quarrel over challenges as to who could drink most liquor at a wedding dinner at Uln Tlraiu, near here on Friday night. They sustained eye, head, face and body inJuries caused by shot-
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      Lock icon Power link with Thais from next year
      173 15 Power link with Thais from next year KUALA LUMPUK, Sun. Malaysia and Thailand will begin powersharing from the middle of next year, Deputy Energy, Telecommunication and Posts Minister Datuk Najih bin Tun Abdul Razak said yesterday. The power link, between Bukit Petri in Perils and Sadao in Thailand, would initially
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      Lock icon Army chiefs visit
      36 15 KUALA LUMPUR, Sun. Sri Lankan army chief MajorGeneral Denis Perera arrived here today for a five-day official visit, during which he hopes to discuss matters of mutual interest with his Malaysian counterpart. Reuter.
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      Lock icon Meeting on proposed commodity exchange
      284 15 Meeting on proposed commodity exchange KUALA LUMPUR, Sunday THE Primary Industries Ministry will soon call a meeting of international brokers, dealers and potential members of the proposed Kuala Lumpur Commodity Exchange which is expected to be operational by the middle of next year. Primary Industries Minister Datuk Paul Leong said
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    Anxiety over influx of 1,000 students at Kent Ridge
    686 16  - Anxiety over influx of 1,000 students at Kent Ridge JUNE TAN By THE sudden influx of about 1,000 Joint Campus students at Kent Ridge campus on Monday has created anxiety among some students there. Though it is still too early to ascertain the actual impact of the new arrivals, students
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    Reward for cabbie who turned in bag left in taxi
    151 16 THE old proverb, honesty is the best policy, may sound trite but taxidriver, Mr Chan Boon Heng, 38, was rewarded for believing in it. On Saturday night, he found a clutch bag on the back seat of his cab and
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    Don't push children too hard
    127 16 parents told AN MP yesterday hit out at parents who drive their primary school children to do well in their studies, regardless of their innate ability to cope with the demands. Dr Ang Kok Pens, MP for Buona Vista, speaking at the Buona Vista kindergarten
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    Bidding for EL series
    68 16 car numbers THE Registry of Vehicles is inviting bids from the public for car registration numbers in the EL series from 6001 to 9999The numbers can only be used for first registration of new cars. The minimum bid is $250 and all bids must be made
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    Childhood games
    44 16 SOME forgotten childhood games which were popular in bygone years are being reintroduced by the National Museum. Those interested can watch these games daily from 10.30 am to 7pm at the National Museum Young People's Gallery till the end of this month
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    LETTING ALL THE FUN GOTO HIS HEAD
    214 16 IT WAS Telef on all over again yesterday the playdeck at Waterloo Centre when children from three c ommnnln centres competed in a Pan-O-Rama. The children came from Rochore Centre, Manila Street rommunl ty centre and Rochore rommunlty centre. Thev competed against each
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    Rope in family for community work: Mansor
    299 16 COMMUNITY service in the next decade for Kampung Kembangan constituency should feature more family participation rather than individual contributions. Suggesting this at a seminar for community leaders at the DBS auditorium yesterday, Mr Mansor Sukaimi. MP for the constituency, said he hoped that
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      268 16 JBringing Up Father By Bill Kavanagh U Hal Camp "N i[ r KCNEW YOU A I I I ANTICIPATED I I THANKS )fYOU DIDN'T SAY WHERES ThE BOTTLE OP X j WOULD, NITWIT/ I YOU'D QOOF OFF FOR ANYTHING ABOUT MILK I ASKED YOU To >V- > 1 YOU ALWAYS
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      363 17 Economy Best Value •Reliability DATSUN 120Y Strong, reliable, spacious. Lowconsumptbn. Excellent roadholding. ll'J w 8 f Sporfrinfis and tyres are optional. VSMCH3 ffI^ ]y DATSUN 120Y Datsun air-conditioner for $575/- or 500 liuTsupersrS^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Tan ChOng SOOS MotOT CO (S) Re Ltd ifflh,, Wfj (Vaudtiii Feb. 15, 1980) Dotsun's extra effort
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    The Straits Times MONDAY, DECEMBER 10, 1979 THE RIGHT MIND
    374 18 The Straits Times MONDAY, DECEMBER 10, 1979 THE RIGHT MIND THERE is a familiar ring to Mr Chai Chong Yii's description of the Singapore scholar. According to the Senior Minister of State for Education, our students are as bright as any in the advanced countries and are prepared to work
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    GROWING DISCORD
    357 18 THE SEIZURE by opponents of Ayatollah Khomeiny of Tabriz city is a stark reminder of the internal frissures which have been threatening to split Iran apart since the success of the anti-Shah revolution. These surfaced almost immediately after the Shah was toppled and, clearly, have not gone away.
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    Will Brezhnev be first to organise orderly succession?
    795 18  - Will Brezhnev be first to organise orderly succession? HELLA PICK Il in LONDON LEONID Brezhnev's out-spoken criticism of the Soviet Union's economic performance coupled to his demand, made to make 1960 a year of "shock work," contained not the slightest hint that he was contemplating early retirement. Thus he has
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    Across the Causeway
    605 18 B?b%2S& A.? l?S cent development seminar that he always found it difficult to digest some of the academic writing on development evaluation. He urged writers to use only straight-for-ward, concise and practical language. Good advice indeed. especially in development planning, where any misunderstanding of a project's aim
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    Japan: Reflecting on the new image
    546 18  -  ABBY TAN By A GLOWING public survey in the five Asean countries has given the Japanese Government encouragement that its policy to- wards South-east Asia has been on the right track. The latest of these periodic surveys which have no analysis nor commentary on
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    Survey shows Asean people admire the Japanese
    305 18 Survey shows Asean people admire the Japanese a superiority complex towards other Asians exists reinforced in the Japanese since the Meiji era. A deliberate policy of Datsua-Nyuo (To disassociate from Asia) made sure that Japan emulated the technology of Europe, and later the US, so that it would not be
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      13 18 Rado Jji§| Quartz Waterproof J W M%. M\ U O 2010 Switzerland A
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      590 18 s HEY, WHAT ABOUT ME? IT WAS MY BIRTHDAY, REMEMBER? M PROFIT FROM AUSTRALIAN fe a MEDICAL EQUIPMENT Q Listed below are products from Australia, products made with great skill and ex- Epertise. They have been made to sell in discriminating international markets and Jj" particularly, Singapore. Check these through
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      There's no need to pressure students on this
      326 19 I AGREE with the Prime Minister, Mr Lee Kuan Yew, that Mandarin should replace dialects so that we do not develop a frcole-type patois i>i our tvBut what Ido not see is the need to pressure our students to achieve second language
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      Give workers chance to prove worth
      205 19 Give workers chance to prove worth PERSONNEL officer M.T. Leong in Jurong ("Do some doctors grant sick leave too readily?" ST, Dec 4) is troubled with employees taking frequent sick leave and infers that doctors have been liberal in granting such leave. Come, come, Mr Leong. On the contrary, I
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      Set the General Paper here from next year
      613 19 Set the General Paper here from next year AS A retired teacher who was in the education serv- ice for about 30 years, I would like to comment on the setting of this year's 'A' level General Paper examination and the 'O' level Literature-in-English paper. I would also like to
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      NO REPLY FROM AUTHORITIES
      157 19 SO MUCH has been said about the escalation of property prices, yet the authorities concerned have not commented. The following is an example of an advertisement which has been appearing in the newspaper classified advertisements column almost daily for the past month or so: "Indonesian businessmen
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      Lift motor giving us sleepless nights
      174 19 WILL the Housing Board please help us? The HDB flat which I am living in is situated next to the room i housing the lift motor. After 10 years of constant use, it is not surprising that the motor has become increasingly noisy. The
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      Use solid bricks for the wall
      112 19 Use solid bricks for the wall I AM a resident of a HDB flat in Jalan Teck Whye. I would like to support the complaints of poor workmanship at Block 12. Because of the heavy rain in recent days, rain has seeped through the poorly constructed hollow wall blocks. As
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      Posters lack this
      44 19 THE posters for the "Senior Citizens Week" leave much to be desired. Though they are by courtesy of private organisations, it is the duty of the organisers to see that they have national appeal, reflecting a Singaporean outlook. SINGAPOREAN, BUgtp.ro mi.
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      Inhuman to deny right of
      101 19 Inhuman to deny right of sick leave WE WISH to comment on the letter "Do some doctors grant sick leave too readily?" (ST, Dec 4). Sick leave Is granted when a patient Is ton sick to work. It would be Inhnman to deny a worker this right. In essence, we
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      121 19 BUSINESS TIMES Singapore's Financial Dally Co.n PtKf not Annuol Subversion SISS For wbscnption. cmll *****11 Ext 231 TODAY'S HIGHLIGHTS. AIRCARGO agents are up in arms about proposed available space and rental rates at Changi. But the DCA says all is in order and forwarders should gripe less. Business Times brings
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      305 19 CONGRATULATIONS and VERY BEST WISHES to MOUNT ELIZABETH HOSPITAL on their official opgning We are proud to be the appointed agent for all forms of transportation for Mount Elizabeth Hospital Ng Transport Tourist Service G2/6, Hotel Royal, Newton Road, (1 130) Tel: *****18, *****98 i ne bargain rush is on
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  • TIMES CITY DESK
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      WEEKLY SHARE ANALYSIS
      2036 20 AS A serVi.-o to readers. Straits Times publishes weekly a detailed analysis of shares on the Stock Kxrhange of Singapore. The year's high and low, are folio weii by the week's movement in prices, the dividend, the net price earnings ratio and the volume of business. Ml
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      Banks' Prime Lending Rates
      332 20 BANK'S prime lending rates as at the close of business on Friday. Dec 7 BANK'S tPUt Algemene Bank 9 American Express 9'j Asia Commercial 9 Asien-Pazifik 9' i Ban Hin Lee Bank 9 Banca Commerriale 9' I Banco Do Brasil 9 Bangkok Bank 9 Bank Negara
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      LONDON STOCKS
      602 20 LONDON. Fri Share prices closed quietly mixed with dealers noting short -covering and light new time buying in the firmer issues, dealers said. Other stocks drifted on lack of interest, they added. The FT index was up 3 9 at 415.6 points at the close. GBC rose 5p
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      New York
      258 20 NEW YORK, Fri The stock market gave up strong early gains to finish mixed in heavy trading amid profit-taking in recently strong oil and aircraft issues. Early strength came on a prime rate cut to 15' < per cent from 15' i by most major banks but concern
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      Amsterdam
      236 20 AMSTERDAM, Fri Share prices closed firmer in line with Wall Street, amid more active trading, with B»y»l Date* u|i 1.50. Callever 1.10 and Ha«g«veaa unchanged in Dutch internationals, dealers said. Shippings firmed strongly with V»« Ommerea seven guilders higher. KN8M two and NeaUaytf 1.50. while kXM rose 2.50. DEC
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      DIVIDENDS ANNOUNCED
      53 20 Caneat Date T»UJ tor T.UJ tor pjnmt payable Ike year preview year KakHyrf Dec 11 40"; 5.6', (a) TtaWka 15r<TE(b) Dec 14 15%TE 15WTE P M H.ld 7.5%1 Dec 17 7.5% 12.5% rsa«»r» 10% Dec a 15%12% (a) Adjusted (or scrip issue (b) First and Final I Interim.
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      S'pore produce
      172 20 TRADING in the Singapore produce market last week was generally light on continued withdrawal of buying interest from Europe and America. Currency uncertainties and differences in price ideas were restraining (actors This was particularly true in the coffee sector where dealers were asking for much higher prices for
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      Prices
      120 20 CHINESE PRODUCE EXCHANGE, SINGAPORE, NOON CLOSING PRICES PER PltTL ON SATURDAY: Carnal all: Bulk till sellers, old drum $117 sellers, new drum 1121 sellers. C*fn: Mixed (loose) UK Cool *S6 00 buyers. Pepaer: Munlok ASTA white fob 10O-. Nl.W $335.00 sellers. Sarawak white fob 96'. NLW J317 50 sellers.
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      Zurich
      244 20 ZURICH, Fri.— The market turned mixed on late selling after opening very steady with the strong rise of the dollar having little effect, dealers said Small gains and losses were about balanced among banks with only luk Ln rights falling sharply on profit-taking The Credit Suisse index closed a
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      Tokyo
      193 20 TOKYO. Sat- Share prices closed higher in active trading, in reaction to the sharp (all on Friday, dealers said. The Dow Jones average rose 11.41 to close at 6,472.75 points, with a volume of 180 million shares and the New index closed at 450.10, up 0.98 point. Hitachi LU
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      Indices
      50 20 FINANCIAL TIMES INDUSTRIALS Friday «15.6 Thursday 411.7 Week Ago 420 7 DOW JONES AVERAGE INDUSTRIALS Friday 833.18 Thursday ***** Week ago 822.35 H.K.HANG SENG Friday 783.02 Thursday 77*73 Week ago 7*2.45 SYDNEY INDUSTRIALS Friday 551.87 Thursday 549.55 Week ago 541.82 ALL ORDINARIES Friday 896.37 Thursday 993.47 Week ago 679.35
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      184 20 In ihe Far East, gold opened at l'S*426 50 427.50 on Saturday Some buying interest lifted the price up to KB 50 429 50 where it close. Trading was extremely quiet. Gold was fixed in London last Friday at US$*****. In the afternoon, the metal climbed to the second
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      390 20 point were SembawajiK Shipyard, Iaekeape, HookFar Kant, Gatkrte Berhad Md HtwPu. Malayan Credit proved to be Me of Ike few s»re spots, tke share moving tower feltowlHg tke dla*pptlatUg report tk«t tke RT*ap mflered m Iww. Bea and C*mpuy keeaine tke sakject M acme uperulattoa wtien it mi
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      103 20 THE Uat *f stocks give* the II mast tr»d«J on tke Stock Exchaage *f Slag»p»re last week. It give* the (■never la ft»iwi<« M ulta, clwdng pric«t m Friday »nd Um- hlgb and far 1I7S ■M aver Prim w Lh UOL FMtrlin Slim D*rby Holdings Spore Land
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      456 20 ALTHOUGH conditions remained dull and slugghish, the past week saw the Kuala Lumpur stock market striking a more cheerful note. Share prices were marked moderately higher on the board with support apparently from the spells of bargain hunting and squaring activities. Isolated spurts of speculative activity, when helped
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      191 20 SINGAPORE Owl DK4 Dm( Dot* DkI ••BTlndei 2654 95 2647 46 2635 78 2(73 37 •lndustrUls: 404 S3 406 43 404 40 405 39 ttFlourt 757 64 758 06 756 HI 757 44 ••Hoi... ***** 323 53 322 94 323.96 •Properties J6126 J61.56 260 41 ***** •Mtainp
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      368 20 LONDON: Share prices generally drifted lowr on the week with sentiment depressed by operators concern over the economic outlook last week, dealers said. The FT index was down 5.1 on the week at 415.6. Most laading equities were mainly 2p to 8p lower Government bonds lost up to
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        297 20 QUIETLY steady condJ'lons marked trading in the week ended Ok 6 as prices improved some 5' h cenU, and more so in forwards, taking the January position through the S3 00 mark. lays Mm, CWter, Cwfuy in iu weekly review of the Singapore and Malaysian rubber market*
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        101 20 LONDON Rubber Futures closed quiet on Friday, mostly 0.15p up to 0 05p per kilo down from yesterday. Turnover was 23 lots of five tonnes and 277 lots of 15 tonnes including 82 Kerb trades and 12 Options, four of which were traded during the afternoon Dealers said
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        124 20 THE STRAITS tin price eased $4 to 12,110 per picul in Penang yesterday on an official offer ing up 15 tonnes to 202 tonnes. LONDON: Tin on the day was down £22 for Cash and up £2 for Three Months for both standard and High Grade on
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        29 20 LONDON: Copper prices on Friday (previous In tnckeu). Wtrebtr Spot 1378 <£1.01S> selleri £379 iLl.OEl). Three Month buyer* CM (Cl.UD). «Uen 1381 (U.0S1) KulMUK: Easier Saks: 17,500 tonnes
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        384 20 THE IS dollar staged a turnaround in the Singapore (oreign exchange market last week in what operator* said reflected its recover}- from an oversold position II has fallen to record lows .i^.unst major currencies in early M .1 result o( i-oncern over the I- inuin iruis. but as it
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        118 20 INTERBANK market rate* last week were (irmcr u compared lo ptwious week, due to seasonal factors Overnight rales remained above 9 pt>r cent, except on Thursday and Knday Term rales firmed t» i per rent lor One Month and 5 1« per cent (or Two and Three Months Although
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        220 20 THE DOMESTIC interbank over mght rait last week opened at 7'. to 7 per cent. Trading during the week, eicept Friday, firmed with most business done al 9 per rent The rate peeked on Wednesdays clearing hour where the highest done was 10 per rent A relatively
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        47 20 H)K THE week ended Saturday Uer 8. tlie nip of call rate received Iran from Short Deposits (Ml Bbd was u follows Baa* Immt: 1 75 per cent to 6 per (ieaeral tmmt: U per rent to 4 per cent MavMurata o( funds toulled 1808
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        190 20 ASIAN eirreiry avertge drpwdt rales (*r tkc week eadedDee7: I SI iBidprktil Hifb Low 7 days 14 1/16 133/16 1 month HI 13 2 months 148/16 13. 3 months 141 13 6 months 14 7/16 13 9 months 13 129/16 12 months 13- 127/16 8wiu Frue* Hifb
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      598 21 Due to expansion and diversification, a large international company manufacturing hasic building materials has the following vacancies for suitably qualified Singapore Citizens. SALES REPRESENTATIVES Technicai background preferred. Diploma in Building Science an advantage. Minimum 3 years experience in marketing building materials or industrial products. Able to work with the minimum
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      517 21 a^nl Apprenticeship with the BUB Economic Development Board Earn as you Learn The'EDß offers 2 years full-time training at the Rollei-Govcrnment Training Centre followed by 2 years in-plant attachment with an approved factory leading to nationally recognised craftsman certificate at the end of 4 years' apprenticeship. All apprentices will serve
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      641 21 AC COUNT ANT (Gross: $21,000 $28,000 per annum) I A newly-established, fast-growing $15 million factory in Jurong H has an immediate vacancy for a qualified accountant to join its I management team. I He will report to the General Manager and will be responsible for: I overall accounting function of
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      258 21 NOTICE OK WIMHM.-I I' ORDKR la the matter af CaUa laleraattoaal C*rpsrattea (Pte) Ltd. Wlnding-Up Order made the 30th November, 1979. Name and address of Liquidator: The Official Receiver, Supreme Court Building, Singapore. DREW NAPIER Solicitors for the Petitioner 888 Advance Automobile Pte. Ltd. CITRO&NA are pleased to announce that
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      248 21 Oil ~1^K* AUCTION SALE SENIOR MECHANICAL ENGINEER PWD KALLANG. SINGAPORE Auction of 65 Lots of 1'sed Motor Vehicles, Plants and Stores will be held on the 17th December 1979 commencing at 10.00 am at the premises of Messrs Cheong Koon Seng Co (Pte) Ltd, 58 Market Street, Singapore 0104. 2
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      171 21 OFFICIAL NOTICE PROPOSAL TO < HAMiK W SHIP'S NAME We. Ng Company of Suite 1604. !6th Floor. Shenton House. Shenton Way. Singapore 0106. hereby p've notice that In consequence of our clients' purchase of the vessel 'OFFSHORE GOLD" we have applied to the Registrar of Singapore Ships, under Section 417
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      602 22 t AT YOUR SERVICE RATES SECTION INDEX -f(h Telepctone Service: *****22 jw ■>w f^ i I li- \J~\J~ r S*\ Monday Fr«loy 830om— 500pm Ordnorv 70 ctt per word <m« VIO 50) I FOR SALE SHOPPING GUIDE 284*4422 J^S!?*" o «00 om 500 pm irvw, MyTs>ws3!, f™ VII TRAVEL RESTAURANTS
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      497 22 FUN'S FLORISTS MS Hong Leong Building. Oet a free Management or pocket-wallet diary for every order of flower arrangement now Telephone *****07. 9 For Sato I CHRISTMAS I 'r We offer a lam suggestions J V for Christmas 1 jl FOR MEN: Bar sets, silver goblets. whls-W «key glasses, crystal
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      526 22 I FOR SALE A SIH FOR SALE BY TENDER Senitary Were. Plumbing 1 other Frttinga such ss Bathroom Cabinets Water Closets Wash Basins Cast Iron Pipes Chrome ti Brass Fittings, etc. 1112.1979 st 81, X ALL ANG ROAD SINGAPORE irs CLOSING i DOWN SALEI ONLY FEW DAYS LEFTt 1 HURRY
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      457 22 PPPIN6 GUIDE Avwwwvwwyw SI HP MINT JUST ARRIVED J USA OT York Waffle Rubber Underlay 90.38 psf Price negotiable for large < orders < Supply L Installation: < MATCMALL 60 pel Ps»UUe»ls onwards > Carpets/ toss psf <■ P Pet onwards Vinyl WeS- SABS pel coirertnge onwards Also welcome enquiries
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      529 22 II EMPLOYMENT II EMPLOYMENT 11 31 Situations Vacant a) Professional and Executive AM FREIGHT EXECUTIVE Established Transport/ Frelgh Forwarding Company require! i an experienced man to laki charge of their Air Freight De i partment in January 1980. 111.1 1 1. Must be Independent In al 111 1 aspects, i
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      646 22 A leasing 4 tun lllililnlml Engineering Company In Jurong re ACCOUNTS CLERK I OCE O' Level with 3 credit In- eluding English li Maths, i Preference will be given to 'A' Level holders. L.C.C. Intermediate Bookkeep I ing Certificate preferred 1 2 years' working experience desired but not essential Able
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      634 22 ASSISTANT TELEPHONE/ TELEX OPERATOR required by Shipping company Only Female applicants consld ered. Must be able to type. Please apph; m writing with pas* port photo non. returnable lo S.T. BOX ASOS2S C.T. BOWRING SINGAPORE PTE LTD INTERNATIONAL INSURANCE BROKERS require A JUNIOR SECRETARY wtth:e Full LCC-PSCCertlfl-cate c Full OCE
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      360 22 requires: (A) ACCOUNTS/GENERAL CLERK c At least 5 years' experience In Accountancy/ Book-keep-ing c Knowledge of Costing and y Shipping Documentations. c Ability to type (B) RECEPTIONIST/CLERK c At least 3/5 years' experle Pleaiuant personality c Typing ability c Ability to handle PMBX To start work In January DO for
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      593 22 I ONLY 15 DAYS TO CHRISTMAS There's still time to earn and I buy your lovel oner that spe:lal gUI this X'ma-v I We have In O'ir X'mas storking lots of plum Jets (or you We need c SECRETARIES c TVPIBTS c TELEX OPERATORS c RECEPTIONISTS c ACCOUNTS "LERKS Call
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      693 23 II EMPLOYMENT 31 Situations Vacant b) Secretarial and Clerical Urgently required tiv, Dff-SMuri- Surve> Company OPERATIONS ASSISTANT Re^mrementa:* 1 Similar previous experience I for at least 2 v 2 Ability lo type neatly and accurately at 45 w.p m 3 Knowledge of riling qrattmi desirable 4 Willingness to work long
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      640 23 Electrolui. a rapidly ••pending 1 International Group ol Company with subsidiaries A offices throughout the world invilet applications tor the poet of A) SALES REPRESENTATIVES (Male/Female) B) SALES DEMONSTRATORS in its (••l •ip*»fvdtf>«j MwinQ machine division Protpectt lor advancements are excellent tor thot* who ara inieretted in moving ahead in
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      569 23 II EMPLOYMENT alfro AIR ft SEA FREIGHT FORWARDERS require immediately SALES REPRESENTATIVES Minimum qualifications: Secondary 4 Own a car a At least 1 year's sales expertRemuneration: a (iood basic salary a Transport allowance a 13th month pay a Medical benefits a Annual increment a (iood prospects. Interetted applicants pltata tubmil
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      540 23 A large International Marine Engineering and Conttructton Company invites application* Irom Singapore Citizent tor the position ot PROCESS PIPING/ STRUCTURAL DRAFTSMAN Duties a Preparation of piping and structural shop drawings Requirements c Minimum 3 years' experience c Preference will be given lo applicants with petrol-chemical piping experience, and some knowledge
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      370 23 II EMPLOYMENT COOLING SYSTEMS FLEXWLES I PTE. LTD. invites applications from suitably qualified persons for: APPRENTICESHIP TRAINING IN GENERAL FITTING, METAL FABRICATION, TOOL ft DIE MAKING approved by VITB Qualifications a Singapore Citizens a Completed NS. or about to complete < a Possess NTC Grade 3ln the above trade i
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      539 23 IMR.OKK. NIPPON ROKKI (S) PTE LTD. (Makar ol Car Starao Radio*) invites suitably qualified person? to Join them as: TECHNICIANS (Mat*) > Preferably holders of ITC NTC Orade 3 or Diploma ir Electronic Engineering Experience Is not essentla but will be advantageous i On-job-tralning will be provided > Must have
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      327 23 II EMPLOYMENT i c) Domestic EUROPEAN FAMILY REQUIRES ex1 perienced amah Immediately 1 1 I.ive-m English speaking. general household duties. laundry and cooking nisi 10. near Bukli Tlmah Race Course Phone *****85 EXPERIENCED ENGLISH SPEAK- ING Cook/General Amah requlr- ed for British household In Spore 10. Preferably to live in.
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      161 23 Established American I International Ca^ I S6GKS ■■■■>. J t«a»t»r^»^ t^K_*«fik^^| BBBBaV^^P^^vXl^l^BßaV^^^l $295 $545 S3 National Semiconductor NS ELECTRONICS (PTE)LTD 1100 Lower Delta Road Singapore 0316 HYMOLD PTE. LTD. requires: SPRAY PAINTERS a No shift a Good starting pay a Painting allowance from $65 $105 according to trade testing a
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      624 23 II EMPLOYMENT GENERAL WORKERS REOUIREO. Possess a driving licence. Call personally between 12pm 5 pm at: 149. Blk 138. Alexandra Road. Spore 0315 Tel: *****1 Motor firm with workshops in Bukit Merah a Sin Mm Estate requires 1) LABOURERS lo ditmanlle panala, Hi panda and clean cart Basic salary $250
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      509 23 Company hat immediate vacancies lor: STORE ASSISTANTS c Secondary education c Preferably with at least I year working experience In a store Can personally at: APPLIED ENGINEERING PTE LTD II BENOI PLACE JURONG INDUSTRIAL ESTATE SINGAPORE 226? TEL: ***** 1 (3 lines) CONTACT MR SHUM Y.H. From Jurong Interchange SBS
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      572 24 II EMPLOYMENT 31 Situations Vacant h) General CASHIERS wanled lor a Restaurant. Kxfirr\rnif ti..i r. quire I lin mediate vacancies V %alary plus benrf 11 Can between 11a.m 3pm and •a.m. 10pm at ******7 433(1* MISS IN* CLASS 1 I Drivers wanted Please call personall) at 18 Ji.l.in Kilang Barn.
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      510 24 Figure Consultant m I WOfiK HM JOANNt DREW» I have been with Joanne Drew for eight years and have worked m all sections of Joanne Drew Figure Salon since I iomed. I now advise clients and design their slimming programme and arrange for their contracts. I take an interest in
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      431 24 II EMPLOYMENT HOTEL ASIA PTE. LTD. requires immediately: A) DUTY MANAGER o OCE <)■ level or equivalent and having the relevant certificate from hotel and catering school will be an advantage I o Thoroughly familiar with the front office procedures and possess the leadership qualities a Completed or are exempted
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      476 24 1) SECUVTY OUAROS Gross monthly salary $35*/On confirmation $371/- S'porean. aged 25-40 years Completed/ Exempted N S Mln height 1.60 m English speaking MALAY 2) MALE OOP-JOBBERS Oross monthly salary $260/- 5 day week S'porean. aged 20 -30 years English speaking MALAY FOR 1) arTERVKW 1 pm 5 pm 2nd
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      551 24 II EMPLOYMENT National [7] MESA You Can Make A CAREER VVITH MESA Telex Operator The person will be involved in full-lime operations of telex machine GCE O1O 1 level a Type st 45 wpm. 2 years' relevant expe rience in operating various telex machines (preferably SAC.KM machines). Store Clerks Purchasing
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      563 24 S^Bs»B»swa»sssss*^Ba»Ba»Bsm We are an Inlai national Brttieh Organisation with headquar Being aipansran m South East MEN/WOMEN a* TRAINEE EXECUTIVE PROMOTION OFFICERS This is net a direct eases Hnl. Experience not essential as all successful applicants will be trained through company's procedures from Square One. AntiliL iM» tntral po###tts Mm eoCE
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      512 24 II EMPLOYMENT VWCA JURONG CENTRE Invites applications for: KINDERGARTEN TEACHER ft HELPER Applicants, preferably Christians must be Singapore clUsens with O' Level and knowledge of Mandarin. Basic training is essential for Teacher Sand camplsli resume wrtti telephone number. ,f an, to YWCAHOUSC BLK 78. VUNO AN ROAD SINGAPORE 22*1 by
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      638 24 TRANSPORT COMPANY REQUIRES Delivery Clerk with class 3 driving licence Must have PSA experience Please write to: PO Box 451. Tanglln Post Office. Spore 9124. VACANCIES FOR WAITRESSES and Cashiers Malaysians and GCE School Leavers may apply Experience Is not necessary Interested, please call personally to: Tlvoll Coffee House. 290.
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      882 24 111 VEHICLES BOATS I*7* FIAT 131S Miration. One prf vale owner 12.000 miles, alrcond radio/ cassette. Tuff koted Guaranteed accident free Original showroom condition Road tax till 7/80 $29,000. Call *****22. 4 Oxley Road 1 I*7* FIAT 132 2000 automatic, showroom condition. Tel: *****55 I Ford LATE 1*73 FORO Escort
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      732 24 ALMOST 1*75 TOYOTA Corona 1600. alrcond. showroom condition View 112. Towner Road. Spore 1232 FOR SALE BY American school teacher leaving Singapore lat* 1972 Toyota Corolla 1200 c.c. Deluxe, alrcond. cassette, radio, new paint, new battery, new tyres Excellent running condlUon ROY March. 1080 $10,000 ono Phone *****75 or *****33.
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      1087 25 111 VEHICLES BOATS A GOOO OFFER lor eN PAPJF acres care 1000 rr below $3,700 1001 cc above $5,550 1601 re above $9,000 2001 i above $10.(100 3001 r i' above $10,500 Also required Mercedes, any model and good used cars above KONG BENG MOTOR CO. 124. Prineec Street Tel:
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      1331 25 IV ACCOMMODATION I PROPERTIES ??>SS -*e> c Located on elevated rear private gardens land in Katong Moderate price c Luxurious split level Prompt handing over houses of houses c Overlooking the sea Freehold land c Individual front and Easy loans available Enquiries LUCKY REALTY CO. LTD. 15th Fir. Far East
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      714 25 IV ACCOMMODATION PROPERTIES .aeaVjsafaflßefl L^BeaaaaaViaX BRAODELL HEIGHTS Single storey detached bun Qalow with large ground. 3 bedrooms, study. 3 bath rooms, split level living/ dinmg/patio Modern kit chen and servant's amenities. Rental 53.000 fully furnished. DIST 10 DUKE'S ROAD Modern double storey de tached bungalow in good re sidential locality.
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      870 25 CAMNHH.L PLAZA modem and I luxurious apartment. 2/3 bed- I rooms, centrally alrcondltloned. swimming pool Furnished/ unfurnished $2,600 $4,000 Liberty Housing *****1/ *****72/ j i •*****83 I I I CAIRNHILL PLAZA, dial. top most floor with exciting views, i luxuriously furnished. 3 large I bedrooms, spacious living/ dining area, well
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      574 25 IV ACCOMMODATION PROPERTIES WST 1025 TASTEFULLY FURNISH ED alrcondltloned room with bathroom attached Access to all > facilities Ideal for respectable foreigner Call *****5 MST 1334. SEPARATE ENTRANCE. Self-contained quiet furnished room bathroom attached, kitchenette, carpark $250 *****3 FULLY FURNISHED ROOM in Telok Kurau to let at $250 Singles only
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      542 25 LOCAL/ FOREIGN RCSPECTABLI ous districts bungalow, semi -de tached, terrace, apartment (loni lease) 2541U23 URGENTLY REQUIRED HOUSES apartments In popular district for our clients Good budget Call *****49 Comprehenslvi Realty URGENTLY REQUIRED DETACHEI or Semi-detached. Terrace Ir Thomson Area Preferably It Thomson Hills Estate. Ring Kamest Enterprises *****36/ for details
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      655 25 IV ACCOMMODATION PROPERTIES E OIST. 10. OREENLEAF PLACE, double-storey semi-detached, 3 bedrooms' servants. lerraSßl It I parquet flooring 3.300 so ft Freehold $275,000 Neg I'rosperl- ty *****8 s OIST. 10. JALAN MUTIARA. L Double-storey semi-detached p 3.000 sq.ft. freehold 3 bedrooms 2 bathrooms, servant's. $270,000 j No Agents Enquiries *****1/
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      587 25 RENOVATED 2-STOREY SEMI-DE-TACHED in ltinj;<! Park I Bedrooms .mil J balliriK.ii, possession Call *****43 No agents SELETAR HILLS. Double-storey Semi. detached with 3 bedrooau imi bsUmbbbm I. sli.i|>erl hvinK .inrl rtllilliK. silting on 3 SOU sq ft of I Harden SeWna with vacant possession al $165,000 on o. KNQL'IKIKS.CAI I
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      916 26 IV ACCOMMODATION PROPERTIES Mll»»w»liaiai KrOpOfitvl For Sal* b) Fiats A LUXURIOUS APARTMENT Hlllcrest Arcadia. 2.000 sq fl beautifully renovated wllh centralised alrrondlllonlng. 4-bedroomed fully wall-to-wall carpeted, furnished, panoramic view $340.000 o no Richard Low Housing *****81 APARTMENTS: HONG LEONG OARDEN. Ist floor IIfIO.OOO Dlst 2. Spoltlswoode Apartments. Ist floor $129,000:
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      759 26 DIST S. PACIFIC MANSION, Block A 3 bedrooms/ 2 bainroom*. I servant's room/ toilet Block B 3 bedrooms/ 2 bathrooms. 5135.000 Meng Housing *****49 EUNOS MANSION JalenEufMM I uxumms new flat 1.400 sq ft 3 rooms with attached bathrooms. all facing big landscaped garden. Ready September 1960 Foreigner* can purcheee
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      606 26 IV ACCOMMODATION PROPERTIES A OftOUP OF Foreign Buyers re- quire properties In Dlsts. 5/ 9/ 10/ > 11/ IV 20/ 21 Budget ($200,000 I $500,000). (taoo.ooo no minion) Richard Low Housing *****81 1 APARTMENTS/ HOUSES/ LAND required by Local and Foreign Buyers with different burlgets s Owners please call *****04
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      629 26 ATTRACTIVE OFFICE SPACE. iq ft Partitioned rooms' el wted for rent. Takeover wi urnlture and fittings ORI iulldlng (next to Roxy Squar Sasl Coast Road Tel: *****18 MANO NEW OFFICE space f ale In prestigious building >ell Street High floor. Area. qft. Completion January 19 all: *****8/ *****8 Andn <eong
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      824 26 IV ACCOMMODATION PROPERTIES 567 ajja— L h 61 Shops To Let/For Sale/Wanted to. an ACE OFFERS: C4VE Orchard I w mezzanine floor 340 sq.ft. shop for sale. $260,000 Mr Koh *****22 AC! OFFERS: Lucky Plaza mezzanine floor. 396 sq.fl. shops I for sale. $290,000. Mr. Koh *****22 j BASEMENT SHOP
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      700 26 KIOSKS FOR RENTAL An you looking tot an •deal TEL: *****16. ORCHARD TOWER, SHOP for rent 354 sq.ft. on 2nd floor. 937 sq ft on 3rd floor For further details. contact *****44 OWEN ROAD DOUBLE-STOREY Pre-war Shophouses, $154,000 Suitable hardware line. Tel: *****0/***** PARKLANE GROUNDFLOOR SHOP 446 sq.ft. good position.
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      952 26 V SERVICES BUSINESS WALL PLASTER, OVffl 1.000 bags I to bt cleared below cost. Contact lg2 i 85 Photography I 77 Car Pool* SECONOHANO CAMERA CENTRE We buy. sell and trade In for used or new cameras. High offer for i COMPANY HA* VACANCIES in L c cameras Singapore hired
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      434 26 VI EDUCATION TRAINING O ATT language centre SCHOOL OF LINGUISTIC SKILLS Longuoqe courses ond privote tuition for school examinations and for business, travel pleasure ENGLISH LANGUAGE CLASSES daily at all levels Registration is open until 3rd January 1980 for term commencing 7th January 1980 AFTERNOON ENGLISH CLASSES FOR CHILDREN twice
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      673 27 VI EDUCATION A TRAINING VI EDUCATION TRAINING |VI EDUCATION A TRAINING 1 1 VII TRAVEL RESTAURANTS VII TRAVEL RESTAURANTS STAMFORD COLLEGE GROUP I Largest independent resouce centre in Business Education) STAMFORD CENTRE Courses available for professional Adminßtratrve Careers: 1 Institute of Administrative Management (UK) Parts 1 2 (part tine six
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      537 27 BEGINNERS' SHORTHAND COURSE by Mr Song commencing *****9. Morning 800 am or 9 30 am Afternoon 2 00 pm Days Monday/ Wednesday/ Friday Evening 7.30 pm 900 pm every Friday Enquiries: Peace Centre Commercial School the shorthand specialists 226. 2nd floor. Peace Centre (322M0) BEGINNERS TYPEWRITING lor workers. Dally (Including
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      1195 27 FRENCH. JAPANESE. GERMAN. Mandarin Knftksh, Shorthand. Typewriting Boudville Language I'liinniiTcial School. 433 435 4th Floor Peninsula Plaia Mtja FULL TIME COURSES FOR SCHOOL LEAVERS For Both Singaporean at Foreign Student, Morning. Afternoon or Evening Sessions a GCE A 1 a -O' Bclence, Art. Commerce Classes 1 commencing on 2-1-80 JUNIOR
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      44 28 In Lovtofl MiMVtofy of Maunc* Urn Poh Yam who w»ot to b« with ttw Lo»d oo 10-H-Tt. "In the sweet by-and-by we shall meet on that beautiful shore." I Fondly romomborod by wife, cMtlc*n, tistftf t)roth#f sod bM lovod i on—
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      Lock icon Velasquez dazzles with hat-trick
      350 30 EAST RUTHERFORD (New Jersey). Sun. Panamanian-born Jorge Velasquez won all three races to lead a United States team to victory Over Europe last night in the international jockey challenge- championship at the Mradowlands rare track. Velasquez, 32, won with two long shots and a favourite to
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      197 30 LONDON, Sun. The design of modern, ocean-racing yachts is criticised in the official report on the Fastaet race disaster la England, last summer, In which 15 yachtsmen died. The report, disclosed yesterday, also blames crews for abandoning their boats i too soon and for falling to
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      366 30 PORT WORTH, Sob. Nelli Kirn, with her chief competitor Nadia Comanecl lying In ft hospital bed recovering from minor surgery, withstood the challenge of any Bast German Max! Gnanck to win the allaround individual gold medal at the world gymnastics championship*
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      107 30 POST WORTH, Sun. Leading International gymnasts went shopping for Wild West clothing before last night's women's world championship Individual finals, from which del ending champion Elena Mokhlna, of the Soviet Union, and favourite Nadla Coman«ci, of Rumania, were missing. Many competitors sported cowboy hats, boots aad spore
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      290 30 SPLJT (Yugoslavia), Sun. Mate Parlov, of Yugoslavia, and American Marvin Camel fought a 15round draw here last night which left the newly-formedcruiser-weignt boxing division without a world champion. Former world lightheavyweight title-holder Parlov and southpaw Camel earned the first crack at the category after winning
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      Lock icon Japan win third judo gold medal
      234 30 PARIS, Sun. Japan won a third gold medal in the world judo championships when Kyoto Katsuki decisively defeated Italian Ezio Gamba in the lightweight final. The Japanese scored four times against the European silver medallist with throws and a brief hold down. He suppressed
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      Double bogey costs Mosey the SA title
      220 30 JOHANNESBURG, Sun. An agonising double bogey on the 18th hole by overnight leader lan Mosey, of Britain, handed veteran South African Gary Player his country's Open golf championship here yesterday. Mosey went to the final tee 10 shots under, with Player already in
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      246 30 NEW DELHI. Sun. Indian Prime Minister Charan Singh indicated yesterday that he would annul a decision to hold the 1982 Asian Games here, if returned to power at next month's general elections. Charan told an election meeting in Sasaram that the Games would cost India 320 million rupees (S86.8m).
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      350 30 Nov. 23, but the International Handball Federation instructed them to play China, following China's readmission to the Olympic movement. ICE HOCKEY United States' National League results: New York Rangers 7 Hartford Whalers 4, Pittsburgh Penguins 5 Washington Capitals 3, Montreal Canadiens 5 Los Angeles Kings 2.
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      611 31 I -A I ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT BOARD SENIOR OFFICERS FOR MANPOWER AND INDUSTRY DIVISIONS As part of our continuing recruitment programme, the Board would like to invite applications from candidates interested in joining EDB's team of young professionals who are responsible for varied job functions in the many facets of the
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      811 31 EUROPEAN STANDARD ELECTRONICS PTE. LTD. I (A subsidiary of THOMSON-BRANDT. French Leaders in High TechI nolOQy Electrontce and Household Appliances) I We hove recently expanded our manufacturing capacity in Singopore I and are currently embarking on a major computerisation programme I with the installation of a large ICL 2903/4 Computer
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      537 31 Civil 5gV I I Engineer Vacancies exist for registered professional engineers with preferably ten years experience in highway design, detailing and construction for assignment to construction contracts tn Malaysia and Thailand. On site living conditions are comfortable with transport provided. Good command of English language and of civil engineering contract
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      566 31 UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE Caterer for Hill of Residence A new Holl of Residence in the Kent Ridge Campus of the University of Singapore, Clementi Road, Singapore 051 I will open on I January 1980 with possibly 450 students in residence Persons wishing to cater for meals at dinner time only
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      2631 32  -  FAIRWAY By 1st No: *****9 ($4,838) 2nd No: *****5 ($1,382) 3rd No: *****3 $691) STARTERS ($150 each): *****7, *****9, *****3, *****3, *****6, *****3, *****2, *****2. CONSOLATION ($100 each): *****0, *****2, *****4, *****2, *****3, *****2, *****3, *****4, *****6, *****2. Tai Tong is placed first after successful
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      214 32 JOCKEY Nawari was fined $100 by the Singapore Turf Club stewards for snowing no consideration whatsoever for Muscles, who had broken down in Race 2 on Saturday. The stipendiary steward's report on yesterday's races at Bukit Timah Race 1: Jockey Podmore reported that one of his near side
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      376 32 rider of Battle Toll, had to ease momentarily. Race Saas Fee (L.Francis) reared as the gates were released and was slow to move. Jockey P. Ngiow (Ratu Bay) reported that his saddle slipped back, placing him at a disadvantage. Race 7: Hopefully (A.Razak) was slow into stride. After
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      545 32 Race 1: Before the start, Jockey Harris replaced apprentice YK Ton on Jet Pilot, who was wrongly nominated for the mount. Trainer Daniels was advised to show more care in future when nominating riders. Neck and Neck (L. MJfiington) proved difficult to be placed in the stalls and Triumphant
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      66 33 LONDON, Sun. Jack Solomons, once Britain's top boxing promoter, died today aged 77. During his colourful career, tke former fishmonger from London's Bant EM promoted 2* world Htle-flghte and was closely associated wltk British world champions Freddie Mills and Randolph Turpin. His first bIK-tlme promotion was In IMS,
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      35 33 WEST BERLIN, Sun. The West German First Division yesterday welcomed its first Thai soccer player when Vithaya Laohakul came on as a second-half substitute in Hertha Berlin's 3-0 victory over Fortuna Duesseldorf. Reuter.
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      1393 33 FMHtUm Arsenal 3 Coventry City 1. Aston Villa 1 Liverpool 1 Bristol City l Tottenham Hotspur 3. Crystal Palace 1 Nottingham Forest 0. Derby Country 0 Norwich City 0. Everton 2 Brighton and Hove Albion 0. Ipswich Town 4 Manchester City 0, Manchester United 1 Leeds United 1.
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      25 33 ADELAIDE, Sun. The tourIng Yugoslavian soccer side Spopje Vardar narrowly beat a South Australian team 4-3 in a friendly match here yesterday. -AFP.
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      709 33 LONDON, Sun. Manager Brian Clough appears to have lost his magic touch at least temporarily as Nottingham Forest, the club he raised to the heights, continue to flounder in the English Football League. Forest's 1-0 defeat by Crystal Palace yesterday leaves them with
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      111 33 LONDON, Sun. A Nottingham Forest fan who threw a dart at goalkeeper Pat Jennings, of English First Division loccer clnb Arsenal, la a recent league encounter between the two side* has been banned from his favoorlte team's stadium for life. Forest chairman Stuart Dryden said
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      286 33 ATHENS, Sun. Greece's professional soccer players went on strike yesterday demanding social welfare benefits, fewer club restrictions and the right of appeal to civil courts in soccer disputes. More than 500 players from 18 clubs in the National Division of the Greek soccer league have asked
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      354 33 MONTREAL, Sun. Jimmy Connors, of the United States, and Bjorn Borg, of Sweden, will meet in the finals of the U*****,000 ($694,400) world championship tennis Challenge Cup here today. In yesterday's semifinals, Connors defeated Hans Gildemeister. of Chile, 4-6. 64. 6-3 and Borg advanced with
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      80 33 LONDON, Sun. Queens Park Rangers' manager Tammy Dacherty was taken to hospital early today after a fight with football fans at a railway station. The Incident happened at Edgeley Station, Starkport, Manchester, and Docherty had to have one stitch for a head wound. Docherty,
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      343 33 cxDngnatulations best wishes to MOUNT ELIZABETH HOSPITAL on the occasion of its official opening from Mr. C.V.Lee MissSopaS. Mrs. PrasertC. Mr. Suvich P. Mr. PrasongT. Mr. A. Yashiki Mr. Suthin R. Mr. Puk P. Mr. Ajin S. Mr. Dechoß. Mr. K. Sekiguchi Miss Daranee N. Mr. Boonmee V. Mr. SomkidC.
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      Lock icon Richards spearheads WI victory
      465 34 Richards spearheads WI victory MELBOURNE, Sun An unbeaten 153 by star batsman Vivian Richards spearheaded a convincing HO-run West Indian victory over Australia in the oneday Benson and Hedges World Series Cup match here today. Richards, who was in devastating form, led the West Indies to a matchwinning total of
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      Aloysius returns to set scene alight
      367 34 By ERNEST FRIDA MICHAEL ALOYSIUS, who was on the brink of giving-up Kolf eight months ago because of a heart ailment, yesterday set the scene alight at the Bukit Chermin course. He won the Keppel Club A Division monthly bogey competition, from 45 other
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      230 34 Frazier's son to fight in tournament YOKOHAMA, Sun. The first world junior amateur boxing championships begin here tomorrow with 96 teenagers from 21 countries. United States heavyweight Marvis Frazier, son of the former heavyweight boxing champion Joe Frazier. is among those competing in li classes from light-fly-weight to heavyweight. Marvis.
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      57 34 NATIONAL Junior College won the Senior League Challenge Trophy in the Sentosa canoeing carnival, off Sentosa, yesterday. Port Authority Recreation Club finished runnersup, with St. Andrew's Junior College behind Balestier Hill Technical School clinched the Junior league Challenge Trophy, followed oy Serangoon Gardens Technical School and
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      292 34 NEW DELHI, Sun. The second cricket Test between India and Pakistan ended in a draw here today, and India must thank 24-year-old Dilip Vengsarkar for saving them from possible defeat. He defied resolutely all that the Pakistan skipper, Asif Iqbal. could throw at him to remain
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      1259 34 UNIVERSlTI TEKNOLOGI MALAYSIA KENYATAAN TAWARAN Tawaran tawaran adalah dipelawa daripada syarikat syarikat yang berdaftar I sahaja dengan Universiti Teknologi Malaysia bagi membekalkan alat-alat I be-iku! TARIKH RUJUKAN ALAT-ALAT YANG TUTUP NO. PETI TENDER DIPERLUKAN TAVVARAN TAWARAN I B 82/79 AL LATHE ACCESSORIES 24 180 1 Workshop Laboratory' Fakulti Kejuruteraan Jentera.
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      587 34 A. THARMALINGAM CO. CHARTERED SURVEYORS, CHARTERED AUCTIONEERS, V.KUMAR THARMALINGAM B.SC. F.R.1.C.5., M.I.S. (M) VALUERS, ESTATE AGENTS PROPERTY MANAGERS. ANNOUNCEMENT A. THARMALINGAM COMPANY are pleased to announce the opening of our branch office in Penang as of the 1 st December 1 979. Our branch office is sited at the address
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      449 34 RUBBER RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF MALAYSIA The RRIM is organising al O month Diploma Course in Natural Rubber Processing commencing from 3rd March 6tti December 1 980. The venue will be al the Processing Instructors' School RRI Experiment Station Sg. Buloh, Selongor. Interested participants should have at least MCE qualification or
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      196 34 DALAM MAHKAMAH TINGGI TANAH MELA YD Dl JOHOR BAHRI DALAM PERKARA KEBANKRAPAN NO: 45 TAHI'N 1979 Ber: Liau Ljong Choon, t/a Uau Liong Choon Trading Co., No: S-188. Ulu Tiram. Johore Bahru. Johore. Notis adalah dengan mi dlbert bahawa Mahkamah pada 24hb: Jun, 1979, telah membatalkan Perintah Penerimaan dan Perintah
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      Lock icon Hunt turns hunter as he stalks prey without mercy
      672 35  -  KEN JALLEH Jr By GEOFF HUNT, stalking his prey over the past five days, caught up and bagged his $9,460 prize yesterday. But what a letdown it turned out to be! In what was supposed to be a "big balloon" heading
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      896 35  -  JOEDORAI By SINGAPORE B i MALAYSIA A 1, MALAYSIA B 4 BRUNEI I, BAHRAIN t INDIA SAUDI ARABIA S INDONESIA IRAQ 2 8. KOREA 1, THAILAND HONGKONG I. WHEN Australia beat Malaysia A 5-0 on Saturday night at the National Stadium, almost everyone
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      Ahmad receives offer
      270 35 AHMAD SAPIEE, the Singapore Intermediate team sweeper, has received an offer to turn professional from Mitra, the Indonesian Division One club, who won the Aga Khan soccer tournament in Bangladesh on Friday, reports JOE DORAI. Ahmad was outstanding in all of Singapore's matches, including that against Mitra,
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      18 35 DIXON Dynamos beat Rochore Constituency 4-1 in a friendly soccer match at the Woodbridge ground yesterday.
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      70 35 BASKETBALL Inter-con-stituency tournament (various venues. 7.30). KUGBY PriMdlv: Singapore Combined Schools v Combined State of Victoria Schools (Pailaiw, 5). SOCCER Un CKy Cip Iwuimt: Singapore B v Bahrain, Indonesia v Singaore A (National Stadium. 6.30. 8); Malaysia B v Thailand. South Korea v Australia (Jurong Stadium. 6 30.
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      Emergence of new badminton body is wishful thinking
      334 35  -  BERNARD PEREIRA By "WISHFUL THINKING" that's the way Indonesia regards the generallyheld view that a new body could emerge from Saturday's talks in Hongkong between the International Badminton Federation and the World Badminton Federation. The concept of forming this body which will
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      169 35 NAGOYA, Sun. Singapore outplayed Bahrain &6-71 for their second win in the consolation round of the Asian men's basketball championship here today. Meanwhile, China and Japan scored their third straight win in the final round to match South Korea. Defending champions China, led by Ma Zhanfu
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    102 36 HOLDING a candle each, these youthful members of the SI Francis Church rholr (pictured above) express their Yale tide Jo> through song. (iulded by rhotrmat.ter Mr Richard I'hua, the group sang sorb «ld favoaritea as Oh, Come AU Ye Faithful and Ru d»lf the Red-Msed Reindeer.
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    35 36 DON,T BE SHY! IF YOU can apeak Mandarin and are about to 084, dialect again, stop yourself and start In Mandarin. The other person may know Mandarin hot may also be shy. Be the Initiator!
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    168 36 HYDERABAD Pakistan), Sun. One of Pakistan's new municipal councils, elected under General Zia ul-Haq's plan to re-establish democracy in his country, today openly defied the military government by calling for five minutes' silence to honour the death of executed Prime Minister Zulfikar All Bhutto.
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    32 36 BEIJING. Sun. China's electronics industry will produce a new record of well over one million black and white television sets this year, the Beijing central radio said today. UPI.
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    286 36 Russian call for end to US shows of force MOSCOW, Sun THE Soviet Defence Ministry newspaper today called for an end to "dangerous shows of force" by American warships in the vicinity of Soviet coastlines. Krasnaya Zvezda (Red Star), quoted by the Tass news agency, said American warships, some armed
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    71 36 BEIJING, Sun. A conference of more than 400 lawyers, judges and senior policemen has called for increased efforts to combat murder, robbery, rape and arson in China's cities, the official Xinhua news agency reported yesterday. It said speakers at the national urban order and security conference
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    444 36 THE United States has accused the Soviet Union of railing to use its influence with its allies in South-east Asia to help millions of starving Kampucheans. It was the sharpest criticism yet of the Soviet Union in the controversy over international relief efforts for
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    Late CLASSIFIED DEATH
    35 36 Late CLASSIFIED DEATH GMOSSC. 83 yrars. beloved father o( Ruth Uuicie. Kenny. Bernlce. Cruiivillr and Anthony, passed away peacefully on »127». ConUcl tel *****4 or 11. Woo Mun Chew Road. Singapore IM6, for funeral arrangements
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    Nato 4's biggest disarm package
    343 36 LONDON, Sunday FOUR leading members of the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation have j drawn up the "biggest package of disarmament proposals ever conceived for Western Europe since the beginning of the cold war', the Sunday Times said here today. The package will be revealed to
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    41 36 KAMPALA, Sun. Ex-Presi-dent Idi Amin. the Ugandan tyrant who was ousted in April, is living under virtual house arrest in his political refuge in Libya 136 km outside Tripoli. Internal Affairs Minister Paul Muwanga said today AP
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    36 36 TOKYO, Sun The Soviet Union wIU conduct a five-day military drill in waters off Etorofu island, one of the Japanese-claimed four Kurile islands, starting next Tuesday, the Japanese maritime safety agency reported today AFP
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      257 36 Anna, King o£ Siam and Spore The saga of Anna and the King of Siam has been told and re-told (with many variations) many times. Now there is a Singapore angle to it too. Our For the Record column tells how Singapore played a part in the selection of the
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      165 36 UP TO 1p.m. TODAY: Fair. TEMP. (C) up to a.m. Umofrvw: SI max., 24 mln. SUNSET today: 8.29 p.m.; SUNRISE tomorrow: (.21 a.m. <— trriii 710C Cloudy LiiIib 9-13C Cloudy Alkn. 10-21C Clear Lm Aageiei 14-2TC Oar Bakraia 17-24C Oar Maaila 2<W0C Oar Bufbk Z1-31C Oar MotraU -IMC Cloudy Beirat
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        Battle over words clouds real issues
        844 1  -  FONG WENG FATT TV Debates By GROSS injustice was done to the motion by the competing teams, the panel of judges and the ever-inspiring Radio-Television Singapore at the first quarter-final of the Inter-Varsity Debate last Thursday. Telecast over Channel 8, the debate motion was
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        88 1 THE second quarterfinal of the 1979 InterVarsity Debate will be telecast on Thursday, 7.10 p.m. over Channel 8. The competing teams, Nanyang University and University of Singapore, will debate on the motion "That moral education can be conducted only in the mother tongue." The Nanyang team comprises Lim
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        Fun with Chinese Chavackers
        53 1 Mm £3&^>st£ TWO spears breaking gold Into pieces means "monej ■":•s*. And money, taking on the vicious character of spears, means power. So, when money talks, man listens In silence and whispers: "If yon are rich, you speak the truth; if you are poor, your words
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        Chinese without tears
        36 1 QIAN qirfnbl com juonqion donate money frfey^j For example, you may qidnboo wallet, purse yjv Zhege shoubiSo duoshao qilncoi wealth $fe wm n zhuonqidn earn money tt e *™fr r HH W mUCh
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        Tongue-twisters
        57 1 Rao kon ting Bai mao mao YT zhT bai mao mao, Yfding bai mao mao, Bai mao mlo wan bai mao mho, Bai maY) mao gai zhu le bai mao mao, fi^s&#tt7i^p Bai mao mao chong chu le bai mao mao, Xian le bai mao mao, Pao fin le
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        78 1 THE illustrated word is It has been reduced to pronounced /in, meaning only eight strokes from its to obstruct, prevent, hin- regular form, in brackets, der or stop. of 19. Here are some common combinations of the word: gtt Idnjie intercept gift kin lv block the way Id'nkai
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        235 1 nnin mm m Btt^^Bi I December 1979, January laX^^ I and Februar y l9Bo luck y draw every month for 3 months. If your entry does not win, it is automatically 4)^^k^% for the next month's draw. >^dV Just enclose 5 empty Twisties wrappers, First Prizes of Matchbox *&jf^^ describe
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        206 1 dalil pgH 1 TV /f t -HH It guides you to the direction of the Holy I W\\ Ka'aba with the same precision as the Swiss VC^ timepiece it is built in. l\v^**S For generations, Muslims in this part of the world have JI^B Be** liK)ked to the setting sun
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        135 1 INSIDER Gourmet Male chauvinism at the club Woman members are tarred from the verandah and pool room •or writer takes a swipe at local clubs that still retain rales and regulations that discriminate against women. Also a preview of the British spring summer fashion scene. Attempts to revive the mini
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        TV SINGAPORE
        320 2 THE FIRST part of the RTS' three-part documentary, The Refugees From Indochina, will be telecast at 8.30 p.m. over Channel 5. Filmed in Singapore, Pulau Bidong ana Kuala Lumpur, Part one, The Jetsam of Liberation focusses on the tragedy of the boat people and of those still left
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        TV MALAYSIA
        91 2 IN SEARCH Of, on Channel 10 at 6.45 p.m., asks What Is Hypnosis? The programme also discusses, among other items, the case of a woman who needed a breast biopsy and had to be hypnotised into feeling no pain because she had an allergy to anaesthetics. In Tke
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        RADIO S'PORE
        90 2 IT's AM all the way today, mostly later on in the evening. listen To A Song starts off at 9.30 and features songs about children like watching Scotty Grow, Nobody's Child and He's A Part Of Us. At 10, it's The International Scene with a discussion on franchising,
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        BBC
        110 2 THE Reith Lectures at 5.30 p.m. continue with Professor Ali Mazrui talking on Africa's Cult of Acculturation. African countries are westernising more than ever and, says Prof Mazrui, the continent is controlled by a disproportionate n v m l> c r of westernised Africans. Anthony Hopkins in Talking Abont
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        REDIFFUSION
        137 2 TWO topical programmes, tne first being The International Money Programme at 8.45 p.m. which talks about the large reserves of Soviet oil, the economic crisis in Zambia, the aluminium smelter project in the Caribbean islands of Trinidad and Tobago, and the highly organised trade of maritime fraud! The second
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        151 2 TAKE CARE OF YOUR EYES Do no( regard Closes it 'rticUs or commerce Pro AWmW^^Fjf^m ra»»ion»l eye cart calls for diajnoin and precise Pr^^rt^r measurement. W|, JL We kavt Hi* newest equip E^vy^ "••lit to diagnose your eyesight Jb objectively and accurately PIN PIN OPTICAL CO., 160, First Floor, Capitol
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        298 2 SPECIAL HOLIDAY SALE of Borneo and In BABES IN THE FILM SHOWS FOR donesian antiques and WOOD a Christmas OTimFim at thp Na objets d'art at Marco pantomime by The ?i m«L L«™ Polo's presidential suite Stage Club at the Cultional Museum every from rf a m t0 8 pm
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        1211 2 TV and Radio SINGAPORE 5 3.00 PM Opening folowed by llaya Tha- 6.35 The Fabulous Talking Time Machine laimurai (Tami, repeat) 700 Superfriends (A cartoon series) 3.35 Diary of Events (Enffsh) 7.30 News (Malay) 3.40 Afternoon Matinee True Grit 745 5"™ Puten Gunun 8 le /Part (ran o (rm l}
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        Songs and dance for a grand fiesta
        959 3  -  GERALDINE TANG By CHRISTMAS and the approaching year-end could mean only one thing to many it's time for another big revelry! It is that happy time of year again when people feel rich, (never mind about being very much poorer later) and the
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        Stark but sensitive
        532 3 The Refugees from Indochina Channel 5, RTS 8.31 p.m., tonight, tomorrow and Wednesday Reviewed by John De Souza THAT the RTS team took a lot of time, trouble and patience to film their documentary, The Refugees From Indochina, is immediately obvious. But by far the most impressive
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        58 3 Easy to handle. Easy to use. mmmwmmmwmmmr^ mmmmm mmwmmmT X /mmm Easy to store. it 's drip-proof. if L^inlTidL *hr^ L. MM m^Jti^&^f'^* r^ I&. mW B TV ■V .^aVaW HaWJI W■ fl M v y li. I C^ flt Lm. aw J *^H t i a^Bfc««^ 3! a^alk. s
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        273 4 6l6 l THE FRUITION OF A SUCCESSFUL MUSIC EDUCATION JUNIOR ORIGINAL CONCERT After experimenting with a revolutionary approach to muse education for 3 years, Singapore children can now acquire the ability to simultaneously compose, arrange and perform their own music instantaneously A TEST OF SKILL AT INSTANT COMPOSITION HBB^_ Audience
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        271 4 **jP3housi Tofrosevlooo^ AND BWCKWOOD FURNITURE J r |r)| Imported v lltl Directly from Shanghai '> EXHIBITION SALE (17/11/79- 16/12/79) BBBk-^^^"'" Antique Stands, Bonsai Stands, Screens, Chinese Art Goods, Antiques, Pottery Ceramic Goods, Ivory, Cloisonne, Bonsai and Old Porcelain. I Importers A Exporters I SAM TAT AGENCIES (PTE) LTD *****-L 216-220.
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        537 4 8 cejsvQe-oßome rnemße S Q STADIUM WALK KALI»NGP*RK(TeM4BI7F2 2| <|> (ADMISSipN PRICES J I 50, $2 50 453 50) <l lj MOW SHOWING! 1.30. 4.00. 6.45. 9.15pm C 0 J JaND WANWYNrj S ORCHARD: 12th BIG DAY! PtoM* Not* Timas: 11AM, 2.00, 545 A 8.45PM CASH BOOKINGS ONLY NO FREE
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        468 4 NOWSHOWINOI4 Bhowi>t V M 130. 4 00. 6 45. 9 15pm Cl l!l FOHBIt <MtC i nun I NOW SHOWING' > I Jurong Dnva-tn Cinama v 1.1 2 Showl 7 0019 15pm Cl I f Broadway: 4 Showa at ftf t 1.3 C. 3.45. 7.00. 9.15pm: > JS THESIIINTC 4
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        412 5 W H M WfV Wl r^ ~r bA. m^** o**"^^ i^fel^fl V S»—» >. I Vj vH ftttAajh^^^M I X No. It s not magic. It's Max Factor* And mm- you ux>can learn tok' your own make up artist in less than 2() minutfs at Max Factor's Face to Face
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        313 5 +Xi J% ijt unior model #4|W T ,l(Ar withthesame I \i/ M-i U J U /JMJ Built-in Lifetime P R < R Qualit V NA-SD. 11/ |U U U L| R v Hu^ NA-7D with extension/ I 1 I retracting operation either with the I auto-radio's op/off or its own
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        Male chauvinism is alive and well in the club
        1003 6  -  P.K. GOH By WHEN Margaret Thatcher became leader of the Conservative Party in Britain, she made history in more than one way. That plucky lady turned the faces of the custodians of the venerable Carlton Club, that bastion of male chauvinism,
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        Oriental spring for Britain's fashion scene
        687 6  - Oriental spring for Britain's fashion scene PHYLLIS FELDK AMP By in London ALTHOUGH Paris is agog over the bornagain mini, in Britain the mini's motherland designers are not having any, thank you. Few new fashion collections include super-short skirts. Designers who raised hemlines at recent openings here could be counted
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        575 6 tii BTWUBB 366 delightful stories and rhymes one for every mu*s\nTCQ ™H' t of the year, each one richly illustrated in hM ff OiLAmX/lU*'^^ colour and ideal for bedtime readnj. Stories about b J^^AcnTTME it children, about cuddly animals and naughty animals, CDR Bfcr if about mm l X and
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      Pioneers in the brains-business
      1396 7  -  MILTON CHASE By Our Washington Correspondent THREE American corporations with operations in Singapore have played a leading role in fostering the "brainsbusiness" collaboration with Stanford tyThis helped transform Santa Clara County, In the peninsula south of San Francisco, into the world's densest concentration of producers of
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        139 7 r^^^r *w 0/SiiltMm n™o Jj>Lw2ond JDouikjUE 3rd Floor Lucky Plaza. Orchard Road. Singapore 0923 T«H *****33 Open 7days a week 9 30am 10 00pm GOLD COAST QUEENSLAND AUSTRALIA MORTGAGEE SALE ESTABLISHED RESIDENTIAL SUBDIVISION Recent market analysis highlights that residential land production on the Gold Coast is falling behind building commencements
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        503 7 Christmas Bargains at Bukit Timah Plaza ■■BHHHB Pre-Chnstmas sales of household *^a©^ c I^^^ appliances and all electrical goods from m 10 December to 23 December I^^HIIhI Our gas-cookers are from Italy equipped with the latest features and fully covered by a 2 year jM guarantee In 5 grand colours
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        153 8 fc^^H <> ti iiti Nb& -w -»^■^■■v^^kdl rW .«.#jii^W JraeL* l^^ta:' KsS^ ..aJm^BMNW^ X^^** There are pleasures that t^J fe^^ can't be matched. Tastes i i flj 5^^^5^^^E£s^??f^^^MH^^^H! H good just by itself, with lots jji I of ice and a twist or two of fv JU> &^3i course someone
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        184 8 The river todaj Words by IV OLD MAN River can tel lOykm long tale if he ha mind to. Of boats, in days of yi laden with sandalwood, < phant tusks, pepper, gamb cloves, raw silk and china Of floating corpses i furtive illegal immigrc and other sinister goings-( Of
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      Lock icon Old man river rolls along
      412 9 Old man river rolls along The times have changed for Singapore's most famous waterway The river today picture by ANTHONY WYE Words by IVAN FERNANDEZ OLD MAN River can tell a 10-km long tale if he has a mind to. Of boats, in days of yore, laden with sandal wood,
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        231 9 V I Jl A For $50 purchase Mary Quant Brush I Pouchette in black and silver I containing Face Brush, Eyeshadow I W^ \W Brush and Eyeshadow Applicator. For $30 Purchase Mary Quant H Heartshaped Ceramic Box. Klasse 10th 16th December r RIDGID /^^^J^ Pipe Bolt threading machine. pipe 3
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      Lock icon Here's Peter and his principles
      821 10  -  FRANK GREEN By Declining standards are especially evi- dent in education. Teachers are becoming more incompetent. But this isn't necessarily their fault. Any teacher armed with just a piece of chalk and a chalkboard is going to have problems getting the attention of a kid
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      Let your car computer do the driving
      505 10  -  NIKKI JOSEPH _ByJ If yon get too close to the car in front, a red light will flash on your dashboard and a bleepr will sound. And If yon are too slow hitting the brakes It will change to a whine. A NEW
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        59 10 r I 1 A-* y I i\l MB \u iic:i I i>i7 "II rl^>l I lll> 1 I The ne<t^ave of up-to-the-minute colors created especially for thec||jog party girl to dazzle and hold her captive audi^ke spellbound with a wink of an eye. »v*^l /^■k\ s~ i i nv /^v
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      Lock icon Exploratory trip to our nearest star
      1299 11  -  JOHN UNDERDOWN By. IN 1983 two spacecraft will be launched destination Son. And, for the first time, we will learn what Is at the poles of oar nearest star. Mission Solar Polar will be a breakthrough in space technology. Bat what are the secrets
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      Lock icon Poor countries press claim to satellite space
      458 11  -  WILLIAM HATFIELD By in Geneva JUST 21 years since Sputnik launched the space age, satellites have revolutionised global communications and have now come to dominate the developing world's thrust for greatercommunications power. Nowhere was this more evident than at the world radio summit
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        206 11 I Maintenance Kit t Usual Price $297 00 B-^Sh| c v )e p pee" cc 5237 Other Special Offer Items include: 5b32 7306 Circular Saw 5631 Jigsaw Kit Usual Pncf $90 00 Usual Price $***** Usual Price $125 00 OtteiPnce $72 00 OtterPr.ce $128 00 OtferPr.ee $100 00 X^VW FREE
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        617 11 Vw W. %l few i i Date: Ist to 31st Dec 1979 While Stocks Lust' NEW YORK MILANO TOKYO SHISEIDO THE SUPERB NEW GROOMING SYSTEM FOR TODAY'S INTERNATIONAL MAN Gifts for The Man On The Go' Available at: ISETAN Orchard YAOHAN Thomson METRO Golden Mile ROBINSONS Specialists' Centre ISETAN Havelock
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      Matchmaking man and machine
      2190 12  -  MALCOLM PELTU B, Awareness now that users have rights too IN SPITE of the remarkable expansion of computers into every aspect of corporate life, many people still find them objects of mystery or even fear. At one time, the reaction of both senior managers and computer
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        260 12 f^ YIPPEE! magazine with /S\~ I A<M&C^/^\ CT^^^w NHOUTEN (im^^S 1 jy^^^^hTO J\^^ In commemoration of the IT^i International Year of the Child P^F^M Yippee! Magazine with co-sponsor Van Houten will be bringing \^9 Io lHlr readers an evening of excitement and sheer delight to "LACE: CONFERENCE II ML welcome
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      One-child families in China by 1985?
      717 13  -  LAN STEELE By at the United Nations AT home and abroad Beijing has been working on a package to rein in the forces which gave China its unenviable reputation as the most populous nation on earth. Through Chinese representations, the United Nations Fund for
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      Lock icon Computer criminals' nemesis
      593 13  - Computer criminals' nemesis RONALD CLARKE By in Lob Angeles RACECOURSE employees working with gamblers programmed a computer to accept bets on all the horses in a race. When the horses approached the winning post the computer was instructed to cancel all the losing tickets and to produce only the winning
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        564 13 ENTERTHE ICI PAINTS 4s/ "GET THE VALUE RIGHT'tOMPETITION! /fc 1 1 /\/\aft N 1 1*" ANI) OTHER SMMfljVr vr \3 ATTK ACTm prices to be wok It 9 s exciting, it's fun, it's easy. Just guess how much it cost to furnish this room! $1,000- $2,000 $2,001 $3,000 $3,001 $4,500
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      What happens when hyperactives grow up?
      1212 14  -  DAVA SOBEL By in NEW YORK 6 After years of being unable to concentrate in school many of these children fell so far behind that they lost the motivation to keep trying. Now, as adults, their self-esteem is low. Sometimes being the class clown
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      Lock icon A computer with ear for cry babies
      612 14  - A computer with ear for cry babies SUE THOMAS By A COMPUTER has been listening to babies crying and doctors are hoping that it can pick out a pattern that will save young lives. For thousands of years, mothers have been able to tell instinctively when something is wrong from
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        566 14 WORLDS DECI979 W Christmas \Jr O LJdI^CT m iHHk. jdk oumpcr K&Hi^^^^HsSl led i£* w~^ He was a fishmonger's boy, then he I *MW IhAOTI IYV-^^ tt^Lj J? became an unsuccessful fisherman. Today |fl 1 VCltLil VO .<?j» V»V*%' f hcisbossof Khcng Luck, the hottest spot M Some girls who've
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        571 15 invites applications for the post of TRAINEE SALES EXECUTIVE Salary: S$ 10,000 S$ 13.000 pa. The Company: ANGLO-SWISS TRADING CO PTE LTD is marketing fast expanding Swiss, German and American Food and Beverage lines in Singapore South-East Asia and Hongkong. The Job The ideal candidate will have some experience in
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        763 15 Nutri Metlcsfl the world's leader in the field of Pure T^^s^\.^ Nutritious Skin Care Beauty Aids. S"^?^3^l\ I In view of our expansion programme, offers £Cp£?>O§^y exciting, challenging and fulfilling career opportunity to suitable Male or Female as: ti Public Relations Promotional Co-ordinator We need someone with boundless energy, a
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        602 15 4331 COMPUTER PERSONNEL An international marketing company emDarking on a program of upgrading its quarter megabyte System 3 with TOTAL Data Base and on line applications with remote lob Entries to a one megabyte 4331 requires (a) A Systems Programmer (b) A Systems Analyst with experience in on line applications
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        534 15 —CIS" CHARTERED INDUSTRIES OF SINGAPORE PTE LTD ENGINEERING ASSISTANTS CIS is o leading manufacturer or sophisticated ordnance and engineering products utilising the lotest technology in its field. We offer prospective engineering careers ond require energetic ond ombitious diploma holders to undertake these coreers in our various departments Production Plants Production
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