The Straits Times, 13 December 1979

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    14 1 The Straits Times Estd. 1845 THURSDAY, DECEMBER IS, ISM 30 CENTS M.C.(P) No. 142/1/79
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    Lock icon MARTIAL LAW CHIEF SEIZED
    465 1 Night gun battle in Seoul, then... SEOUL, Wednesday SOUTH KOREA'S martial law commander, General Chung Seung-Hwa, was arrested tonight and taken to the Army Security Command, informed sources said. He was arrested after sporadic shooting erupted near his official residence. Informed sources said Gen Chung might
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    Lock icon Extremists shoot 10 during raid on school
    315 1 Extremists shoot 10 during raid on school TURIN, Wad A SCORE of masked leftwing extremists laid siege to a business school here today, then at gunpoint selected 10 company executives from a postgraduate course, herded them into the lavatories, and shot them all through the legs. The commando later identified
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    Lock icon Nine killed in quake
    49 1 BOGOTA, Wed. A violent earthquake measuring 8.1 on the richter scale hit the Colombia-Ecuador border area before dawn today, killi ing at least nine people and 1 injuring 32 and sending thou- sands of others rushing from i their beds in panic, officials reported. AP.
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    Lock icon Up there today: What the Wise Men saw?
    224 1 Up there today: What the Wise Men saw? CHICAGO, Wed. Mars will be positioned directly above Jupiter in the sky tomorrow in an extremely rare astronomical event which, many scholars believe, was similar to the Star of Bethlehem seen by 'he Wise Men nearly 2,000 years ago. When two planets
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    Lock icon Love for dog
    37 1 JOHANNESBURG, Wed. Mrs Irene Truter was so attached to her dog that she killed herself after it died, an inquest court near here found yesterday. Mrs Truter, 42, gassed herself in her car. Reuter.
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    Lock icon Canada to sell 1m oz gold
    273 1 OTTAWA, Wed. The government plans to sell 1 million ounces of gold on the foreign exchange markets to reduce Canada's reserves In the exchange fund, Finance Minister John Crosbie announced in his budget speech last night. Federal officials said the Royal Canadian Mint, chartered
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    Lock icon CAMPAIGN TO GET S-E ASIA TO EXERT PRESSURE
    152 1 CANBERRA, Wed. Australia today began a diplomatic drive to persuade South-east Asian nations to pressure Iran to release the 50 American hostages in Teheran. This was started at the request of the United States, a Foreign Ministry official said. The countries to
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    Lock icon Reds kill 3 soldiers
    73 1 BANGKOK, Wed. Thai communist guerillas today killed three government soldiers and wounded one when they counter-attacked troops advancing on their jungle base in an eastern border province, military sources said. They said government forces sent to destroy a guerilla base at Nadee district of Prachinburi province
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    Lock icon GEN CHUNG WOUNDED
    65 1 SEOUL, We*. General Chang Seug-Hwa. Sooth Knm'i martial law Mmmurier, wka mi arrerted toalcht fw poml Me Unka wftfc the amaid natUn «f ei-PiwIim Park Ckus-Hee, dan been bMpttaUMMl alter ke was wmiM In the ■■••t-*at at kit resldfnff, Bircnfirmrd Mmrctm said. TV-y U4t4 that kc wm
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    Asean unlikely to discuss move on Pol Pot
    655 1  - Asean unlikely to discuss move on Pol Pot SEAH CHIANG NEE and FELIX SOH Our position is very clear, say officials By of the Straits Times Foreign Desk KUALA LUMPUR, Wednesday ASEAN Foreign Ministers are unlikely to discuss the possibility Asean derecognition of the Pol Pot regime in Kampuchea when
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    Thais seek solution to the crisis
    480 1 Thais seek solution to the crisis KUALA LUMPUR, Wed Thai offiials today painted a grave picture of the situation on the ThaiKampuchean border and called on its Asean partners to come out with concrete solutions to defuse the crisis. The Thai view was put forward on the first day of
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      98 1 48 pages today NEW LAWS FOR ALL-METRIC TRADE NEXT YEAR -Page 9 CHANGE hits Japan's 'Jobs for life' system 2 MISSILES won't tip the balance, says Nato CORONER told: Girl might not have suffered post-surgery complications if... 7 FOUNDATION aid: 'Lone applicant got it on merir 11 'SELFISH and arrogant'
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      Change hits Japan's 'jobs for life' system
      540 2  -  JACK RUSSEL By Ova ToAyo correspondent TOKYO, Wed. Japan's extraordinary economic success is often attributed to its life-time employment system, but Japanese companies think it is now too costly and inefficient. And they are modifying it drastically. Before World War One, Japanese workers
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      Lock icon Canada makes two-prong attack on its problems
      260 2 Canada makes two-prong attack on its problems OTTAWA.Wednesday CANADA'S new Conservative government has announced plans to tackle the country's economic problems through a sharp rise in oil prices and tight control of public spend- Finance Minister John Crosbie, delivering his first budget last night, forecast a deficit of C 59.9
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      Lock icon Czech party leaders admit major setbacks
      116 2 Czech party leaders admit major setbacks PRAGUE, Wed. Czechoslovakia's Communist Party leaders conceded major economic setbacks yesterday and said there was growing public unhappiness over shortages and other problems. One immediate step ordered was a cut in administrative workers by one per cent. In a report issued on the second
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      Lock icon Crash kills 13
      31 2 JAKARTA, Wed. Thirteen people were killed in a collision between an express train and a mini-truck at Bangodua about 210 km east of Jakarta! polire said today. AFP
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      Lock icon ECONOMIC SNIPPETS
      241 2 ECONOMIC SNIPPETS THE state-owned British Steel Corporation yesterday announced plans to cut its 152,000-strong workforce by a third to stop losses now running around £300 million (S$l,410 million) a year. BSC chairman, Sir Charles Villiers, told reporters in London that 32,000 more men would lose their jobs in addition to
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      Lock icon Tourist flight to Beijing
      56 2 BEUING. Wed. Tourists will soon be able to fly direct from Hongkong to Beijing once every eight days, the official Xinhua News Agency announced today. A General Administration of Civil Aviation of China (CAAC) plane will carry 100 to 150 people on chartered flights between Dec
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      Lock icon Japan quake
      34 2 TOKYO, Wed. A strong earthquake measuring between six and 6.7 on the openended Rirhter Scale shook coastal areas of southern Japan today but there was no word of casualties or damage. Reuter
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      Lock icon Father Xmas stands for Parliament
      148 2 LONDON, Wed. Father Christmas is standing for election to the British Parliament this week much to the annoyance of some political rivals. University student Nigel Quenttn, 23, dressed In red robes and false white beard, is contesting a Parliamentary by-election on tomorrow as the "Father
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      CAR THAT RUNS ON WOOD
      66 2 CAR THAT RUNS ON WOOD AN EXPERIMENTAL ear burning wood for fael Ls seen here la Riverside, California, oa the last leg ofa test ran. The coatraptlon on tke back of the car turns solid wood fuel into a gawous substance which faeb tke ear a late model Chevrolet station
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      Lock icon 'Opec floor price to go up to current ceiling'
      158 2 TOKYO, Wad. THE Opec oil cartel is expected to boost its floor price of crude oil to the current ceiling of U5523.50 (Sssl) per barrel at its general meeeting in Venezuela next week, Japanese Foreign Ministry sources said today. In addition,
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      50 2 Straits Trading Building, Z-^^ Battery Road, Singapore 0104. Shopping Hours: a Mon to Sat: 9.30 am to 6 pm Closed on Sunday. John Little is closing down their V Gallery branch, Straits Trading Building as the space requirements are too limited for John Little branch store expansion. Everything must go!
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      Lock icon Growing US-Soviet strain over Khmers
      461 3 WASHINGTON, Wad RELATIONS between the United States and the Soviet Union are getting worse by the day, not only over the control of strategic weapons and the emplacement of new US missiles in Western Europe, but also over the desperate human tragedy in Kampuchea. The
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      Lock icon Beijing urged to develop N-energy
      177 3 BEIJING, Wed. One of China's leading nuclear experts has urged an immediate programme to develop nuclear power, if necessary using foreign assistance. An article yesterday in the Guangming daily by Mr Zuo Hu. deputy chief engineer of the Nuclear Power Bureau of the Second Ministry
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      Lock icon 2 SOVIET SHIPS SEEN OFF JAPAN
      152 3 2 SOVIET SHIPS SEEN OFF JAPAN TOKYO, Wed. Two Soviet naval vessels believed to be turned over to Vietnam were cruising south in the East China Sea today, Defence Agency sources said. They said the vessels a 400-tonne minesweeper and a 650-tonne survey ship carried no names and registration numbers.
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      Lock icon Black market thriving in two Chinese cities
      355 3 BEIJING. Wed A FLOURISHING black market has developed in two of China's major cities, Shanghai and Guangzhou, where the official press has criticised illicit transactions" in luxury goods and foreign currency. Guangzhou Radio reported that the public security bureau at the end of
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      'Buying with foreign currency banned'
      77 3 GUANGZHOU, Wed. The Chinese authorities la GuaefcM have Imaed a directive forbidding local people from making purchases with foreign emrreaey from the beginning of next year, nwcm here aald today. The miww said the directive had been Issued In an attempt to curb the Increasing
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      Lock icon 'Love letters on exam papers'
      167 3 SOME Filipino marine deck and engineer officers have been passing examinations by writing prayers, love letters and even songs, according to government investigators into exam fraud allegations. A Presidential Palace statement yesterday said members of the Examination Supervisory Board had been called in by the
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      150 3 Invest in a Rolex When you think how rapidly our world is changing and how few things are made to endure, you will understand why buying a Rolex might be the most sensible investment you could make this year. A Rolex is an investment because it is made by people
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      Lock icon REBELLION AGAINST BRITAIN ENDS
      467 4 SALISBURY, Wednesday ZIMBABWE'SParliament dissolved itself last night, ending 14 years of rebellion against British rule. A bill to revert to colonial status under a Uritish governor was passed unanimously by the lower, law-making. House of Assembly. Jovial MPs laughed and patted each other on the back
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      Lock icon US vote to lift sanctions
      141 4 WASHINGTON, Wad. i he noose of Kepresentatlves' Foreign Affairs Committee yesterday approved a BUI requiring removal of US trade sanctions against Zimbabwe when a British governor Is installed or by Jan 31 at the latest. Approved by It to two, the measare bow goes to
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      Lock icon Satellite that went missing
      50 4 Satellite that went missing THIS is RCA CorparatUn's US$2l million (5543.4 million) satellite which was launched by racket Into space an Dec C without problem*. But faw days later, the satellite was rePirted last la space, he satellite was designed to feed cable television statlans with programme material. AP picture.
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      Lock icon Deadlocked over seat
      70 4 UNITED NATIONS, Wed. Cuba and Colombia remained deadlocked after 12 more ballots yesterday in their contest for a seat on the UN Security Council. The sixth day of General Assembly voting to elect a Latin American successor to Bolivia brought the total number of ballots to 70.
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      Lock icon Opposition boycott as Shin is made PM
      201 4 Opposition boycott as Shin is made PM SEOUL, Wed The National Assembly today unanimously approved the nomination of Mr Shin Hyon-hwack as Prime Minister, with the opposition boycotting the session. Mr Shin, 59, Deputy Prime Minister and Economic Planning Minister, was named to the No. 2 post by President Choi
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      Lock icon 'No contest outside Manila'
      110 4 MANILA, Wed. President Ferdinand Marcos today forecast that his New Society Movement (KBL) would face almost no opposition outside Manila when the Philippines holds its first local elections since martial law was imposed seven years ago. "I do not see any serious opposition," he told reporters
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      Lock icon Outcry over idea of taxing Mother Teresa's prize
      377 4 Outcry over idea of taxing Mother Teresa's prize i NEW DELHI, Wed. Outraged jurists, tax analysts and editorial writers leapt to the defence of Mother Teresa today over suggestions that the "Saint of Calcutta" should be taxed for her U*****,000 (5J416.640) Nobel Peace Prize. "Aberration or worse," j screamed the
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      Lock icon China ties: Japan assures Marcos
      201 4 MANILA, Wed. Japan has assured Philippines President Ferdinand Marcos that Asean had nothing to worry about over the deepening friendship and cooperation between Japan and China. The assurance was siven in a letter from apanese Prime Minister Masayoshi Ohira on his talks last week with
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      US keeps up naval buildup inM-E
      269 5 US keeps up naval buildup inM-E WASHINGTON, Wednesday THE United States is still strengthening its naval forces in the Middle East and Pentagon officials said today at least 300 American carrier-based planes were within striking distance of Iran. The officials said the arrival of a navy repair ship in the
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      FIJI P.M. OFFERS SHAH ISLE AS REFUGE
      125 5 FIJI P.M. OFFERS SHAH ISLE AS REFUGE SUVA (Fiji), Wed. The Prime' Minister of Fiji, Ratu Sir Kamisese Mara, said today he would allow the deposed Shah of Iran to buy one of Fiji's islands as a refuge. Speaking at a press conference after a cabinet meeting, Sir Kamisese said:
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      Lock icon Judge: Review of student visas unconstitutional
      214 5 Judge: Review of student visas unconstitutional WASHINGTON, Wednesday I A FEDERAL court judge today declared unconstitutional a Carter administration programme to conduct a special review of visas of Iranian students in the United States. The White House, which devised the programme in retaliation for the seizing of American hostages in
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      Lock icon Ted's move to meet Khomeiny denied
      98 5 Ted's move to meet Khomeiny denied TEHERAN, Wed. Iran's official radio said yesterday Sen Edward Kennedy asked to meet Ayaiollah Ruhollah Khomeiny. but a Kennedy aide denied the report as "totally false." Official Iran Radio broadcast the contents of a letter it said the Massachusetts Democrat wrote to Khomeiny on
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      Lock icon 'Iran may move towards a federal govt'
      341 5 'Iran may move towards a federal govt' TEHERAN, Wednesday A MEMBER of the ruling Revolutionary Council said today Iran, troubled by regional revolts, might move towards federal government. Ayatollah Mohammad Beheshti, secretary of the council, told reporters: "We will try to create such a system in Iran as soon as
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        Lock icon 'He doesn't — speak for us'
        83 5 'He doesn't speak for us' THE students holding 50 American hostages in Teheran say they know nothing about foreign observers interviewing their captives, as promised by Foreign Minister Sadegh Qotbzadeh, and that Mr Qotbzadeh doesn't speak for them. "We are not here to confirm or deny anybody's statement. We have
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        Lock icon Shah money: Suits filed
        76 5 IRAN has started court proceedings to try to prove the Shah and his family embezzled US$lO billion (5J21.7 billion) of their country's money. Central Bank governor Ali Reza Nobari told a press conference in Teheran last night a petition to freeze an initial US$6OO million of
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        Lock icon Students are spies claim
        58 5 THE director of the California Institute of International Studies said yesterday the Iranians holding the US Embassy in Teheran are probably Soviet agents. Prof Ronald Hilton, emeritus professor of languages and director of the institute, said there "is evidence of the existence of an international terrorist
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        Lock icon 'We're right behind you...'
        74 5 PAKISTAN expressed solidarity with the Iranian people yesterday and said it opposed the use of force or intervention in solving the hostage crisis in Teheran. A Foreign Office spokesman said: "Pakistan, as a neighbour of Iran with overriding concern for regional peace and stability, is of
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        Lock icon Bikini ban on bargirls
        58 6 PHILIPPINE authorities have banned the wearing of bikinis by waitresses and bar girls in the liberty town of Angeles adjacent to the US Clark air base. The move was taken yesterday after concerned citizens in Angeles, 96 km north of Manila, lodged complaints that prostitution is
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        62 6 A MAGNETIC-FLOATED train of the Japan National Railways hit a new world speed record on rail of more than 500 km/h yesterday afternoon during a test run in the southern Japanese city of Hyuga. The new speed record means the train, known as linear motor car, can
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        71 6 FIFTEEN centimetres of snow (ell in Moscow yesterday after a week of mild weather, catching snowclearing teams apparently off guard and bringing an unusual official warning for motorists to stay home. A police captain appeared on Moscow Television in mid-evening to urge motorists to stay off the roads
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        38 6 Pollution in Beijing SOOT and polluted water continue to plague Beijing despite some recent improvements in the Chinese capital's environment, the Beijing Environmental Protection Bureau said in a report carried by the official Xinhua news agency yesterday. AP.
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      Lock icon Missiles won't tip the balance: Nato
      276 6 Missiles won't tip the balance: Nato BRUSSELS, Wed. The head of the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation's highest military authority said yesterday that the basing of new nuclear missiles in Western Europe would not tip the military balance in the West's favour. General Herman Zeiner Gundersen of Norway made the statement
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      Lock icon Salt pacts have not curbed arms race, says Jane's
      242 6 Salt pacts have not curbed arms race, says Jane's LONDON, Wednesday THE Salt treaties have not led to any limitation or meaningful reduction in armed forces, an aviation expert said. Far from reducing strategic attack forces, Salt n will allow an increase in US nuclear missiles and bombers, while nuclear
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      Lock icon $43b arms bill hike?
      64 6 WASHINGTON, Wed. President Jimmy Carter plans to announce today an increase of billions of dollars in his military budget in a move to win Senate approval of the Salt II treaty with the Soviet Union. Officials said they believed the increase could be as large as
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      Lock icon State Speaker shot
      75 6 NEW DEXHI. Wed Two Em shot and seriously in the Speaker of the Legist t Assembly in India s troubled north-eastern state of Manlpur early today, police said. The gunmen rode up on bicycles to the home of the Speaker. Mr R K. Rantxr Singh in the
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      Lock icon Blast at Soviet mission: 7 hurt
      113 6 Blast at Soviet mission: 7 hurt NEW YORK, Wed. A bomb went ttt •ntsidr the Soviet ml— U tke United Nattaas last sight, Injuring f»or Ru»sUitt Inside the boilding and three police nurds. Aboat M minntfN Utor, <wll«r u VwtttA Ptch IatenwttowU who said he km with Omegft 7 Ml
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      234 6 Fatah urges Arab nations to deal with Gaddafi BEIRUT, Wednesday THE Fatah movement, main component of the Palestine Liberation Organisation, has called for a conference of Arab countries to deal with anti-PLO moves by Libya. Fatah's central committee held a special meeting here yesterday a few hours after a startling
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      60 6 WASHINGTON. Wed. The National Aeronautics and Space Administration awarded two IJSSI.IS million (Ss2.« millior contract; yesterday for thr design at .1 solar-eler-tric engine for spa vehicles. The contracts, covering 12 months, went to Hoeing Aerospace and Lockheed Missiles and Space Co. Their work will provide Nasa
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      37 6 BELGRADE Wed Two convicted murderers were executed today at the Pozarevac Prison in East Yugoslavia. Avdija Seferaj and Mustafa Milajim h.id been convicted of killing four other prisoners during a prison riot in 1977. AFP
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    PTA team: Unfair to bar these students
    229 7 PTA team: Unfair to bar these students A COMMITTEE of a parent-teacher association feels It Is unfair to baa Primary Three and Pre-unlverslty One students from academic studies If they fall their second language. This Is the view of a rial committee, apEted by the St Aar's Parent-Teacher Association to
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    Society's first general meeting
    69 7 THE Singapore Microcomputer Society will hold its first general meeting at the New Lecture Theatre 3, University of Singapore, at 7.30 p.m. today. The society's aims are to develop and encourage a wider understanding and general use of microcomputers and related systems. Membership is open to
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    12 nights
    28 7 THERE will be 12 consecutive nights of carolling, by various Christian organisations, at Cortina Department Store from today to Christmas Eve from 7to 7. 45 p.m.
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    Girl might not have suffered post-surgery complications
    790 7  -  GLORIA CHAN if doctors had not delayed operation because of differing views, coroner told By A CORONER'S court yesterday heard how a six-year-old girl might not have suffered postsurgery complications that led to her death had her brain operation not been delayed because
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    English courses for those going to varsity
    227 7 English courses for those going to varsity THE Education Ministry will hold courses to improve the English of students who are expected to qualify for admission to the university next year. The two courses are a special English course for non-English medium students and another for English-medium students. The 18-week
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    Ministry's directive on cadet officers
    140 7 SCHOOL principals have been told by the Education Ministry to encourage graduate teachers to be cadet corps officers. An Extra-curricular Activities Centre official said at a press briefing yesterday that the response from graduate teachers had not been as good as expected. However, he said
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    New laws for all-metric retail trade next year
    386 9 LEGISLATION will be introduced next year to ensure that all retailers conduct their business in metric. This was announced yesterday by Mr Baey Lian Peck, chairman of the Metrication Board, at a prize-giving ceremony of the NTUC Welcome Fair Price Shop Display
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    S'poreans urged: Don't slacken
    204 9 THE MP for Alexandra, I Mr Tan Soo Khoon, yes- I terday reminded Singaporeans not to slacken and to give off their best for economic prosperity. Speaking at the opening of Nichias Singapore Pte Ltd in Jurong, he said: "With a very large young population that
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    Presentation of certs at Merlin
    104 9 Presentation of certs at Merlin THE Singapore branch of the Institution of Works Managers will hold a students' evening and certificate presentation at Hotel Merlin tomorrow at 7.30 p.m. The chairman of the Singapore Manufacturers' Association, Mr Ong Leng Chuan, will present the certificates to candidates who have successfully completed
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    M-cycle theft charge
    57 9 TWO men were jointly charged in a magistrate's court yesterday with stealing a $2,000 motor-cycle belonging to Mr Nigel Tessensohn Terrone from a car park in East Coast Parkway on Nov 4. Chua Boon Tang and Teh Wan Teck were remanded in Central Police Station pending further
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    Heart Week: Driving the point home to children
    282 9 Heart Week: Driving the point home to children ABOUT half «f the p»tieate •permtod at the Tv Turk Seug HaspiUl for heart dlseasm are brio* 2* yean •14, »nd ronncnlUl heart disease rantrib■tod te 72 per rent at all deaths rr»m heart disease in children op to the age tt
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    Guidelines on use of skills fund may be out soon
    299 9 GUIDELINES for the use of the Skills Development Fund are expected to be announced soon. This follows its formulation by the 12-member advisory council appointed by the government last month. The council will probably reveal initial guidelines for processing applications
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    Kids' camp
    26 9 THE MP for Kampong Kembangan, Mr Mansor Sukaimi. will officiate at a three-day children's camp at Block 14, Eunos Crescent, tomorrow at 9 a.m.
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      82 10 SINGER invitesyou to a display of the Singer range of products at The Grand Ballroom, Singapore Hilton 13 14 December 1979 10 am. to 7pm B kjß iZiiflS I f jilii^ COLOR T.V. 188 B^ Jl B machines fridgis flVa BLACK WHITE T.V. V < =^^^^>- B JMfclSKt \Wtwk ™^^^^^"^^^^^"^"""^Ti
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    Foundation aid: 'Lone applicant got it on merit'
    560 11 ONLY one person has to date applied to the Singapore Cultural Foundation for financial assistance and she art teacher Miss Chng Seok Tin yesterday received it. Acting Culture Minister Mr Ong Teng Cheong lamented at the presentation ceremony that too few people
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    Talks on more SIA flights to Britain, HK
    269 11 Talks on more SI A flights to Britain, HK SINGAPORE will seek an increase in its national airline's flights to Britain and Hongkong in talks with the British Government in London next week, a Singapore Airlines spokesman said today It is believed that British Airways and the Hongkong-based Cathay Pacific
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    Japan school annex
    41 11 Japan school annex THE Senior Minister of State (or Education, Dr Toay Tan, will open the Japanese School s secondary school annex and attend the school's 10th anniversary celebrations at its premises in Clementi Road on Dec 21 at 2 p.m.
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    The sky may soon be the limit for paraplegics
    219 11  - The sky may soon be the limit for paraplegics JUNE TAN By THE skies may open up for more handicapped and disabled people if aircraft manufacturers and airlines give the go-ahead to making flying more convenient for paraplegics. For a start, planes must be modified to enable more handicapped people
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    S'pore French Institute: Decision soon?
    293 11 S'pore French Institute: Decision soon? THE FRENCH Government is expected to approve oefore the end of this month the setting up of the proposed SingaporeFrench Institute. The decision will be based en a report filed by two French officials after a feasibility study. The institute will train high-level technicians in
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    Manager on CBT charge
    81 11 Manager on CBT charge A MARKETING! manager i was charged in a magisj trate's court yesterday with committing criminal breach of trust of $9,900 belonging to his former company. Scow Teck Leong, 35, allegedly committed the offence at the China Airlines Ltd in Lucky Plaza on Oct 13 last year
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    'Too rigid an attitude towards cooperation'
    616 12 Asean civil servants rapped MALAYSIAN business leader, Tungku Abdul Aziz, yesterday lashed at civil servants of Asean for their "rigid, uncompromising and hopelessly impractical" attitude towards closer regional cooperation. Tungku Abdul Aziz, chairman of the Asean Chamber of Commerce and Industry working group on
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    Health drive
    26 12 THE MP for Buona Vista. Dr Ang Kok Peng, will open the National Health Campaign at the Queenstown community centre tomorrow at 7.30 p.m.
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    Housing co-op's bid against closure fails
    199 12 Housing co-op's bid against closure fails THE acting Minister for Social Affairs, Dr Ahmad Mattar, haw rejected the Slniaporr Government Officers' (^-operative Haaslng Society's appeal against closarr. It was learnt yesterday that the society was told of this In a letter It received over the weekend. A liquidator. In this
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    Xmas treat
    32 12 THE management committees and women's sub-committees of the Taniong Pagar and Duxton Plain community centres will hold a Christmas Rhapsody at Duxton Plain community centre tomorrow j at 7.30 p.m.
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    Asean furniture plant on Batam?
    191 12 SINGAPORE and other Asean partners may set up a furniture plant on Batam, Asean business sources saio -sterday The sources added that discussions are already going on among Asean furniture manufacturers to build this plant on the Indonesian island 19km south of Singapore. It is
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    Coroner told of short cut that led to death
    312 12 THE last dramatic minutes of a woman who was killed by a train were recounted by her 12-year-oid daughter to a coroner's court on Tuesday. Thng Cheow Tin, a Primary 5 pupil of Bukit Silat Primary School, said her mother. Madam
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    Two on theft charges
    92 12 LEE KHIAM Kill. 36, was charged in a Magistrate's court yesterday with stealing an $8,000 Datsun pick-up at Burn Rosd will) two persons from Messrs Ban Sine Engineering C o Pte Ltd on March 7 at about 11.30 p m In another case. Mohamed Sudirman B.
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    S'PORE BANDS IN PENANG FIESTA
    129 15 THK hands of Crescent Girls School and Hua Vi Primary School will perform in the Pesta Pulau Pinang, a music festival. The 17»-member contingent, under the charge of the Inspector of Schools (Music), Mr David Lim, leaves for Penang this morning by train. The Crescent
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    Why she opted for emergency ambulance service
    285 15  -  EVELYN NG By IT WAS a wish for merr excitement wfck-h led Staff Norse Ml» Tv Meow Hal, M, to opt for the emergency ambulance service v April im, after nine years of hospital narsThat was when the ambulance service under the Ministry
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    More cargo handled
    48 15 THE Port Authority handled nearly 22 million tonnes of cargo in the first 9 months of this year. This is about 20 per cent more than for the same period last year. Containerised cargo handled also rose by 23 per cent to 7.5 million tonnes.
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    'Selfish and arrogant' Japanese investors
    454 15 'Selfish and arrogant' Japanese investors -BY STORE ENVOY A SINGAPORE envoy has spoken out against the "selfish and arrogant" attitudes of Japanese investors who, he said, had created some uneasiness and even threat to entrepreneurs here. Mr Wee Mon-Cheng, Singapore's Ambassador to Japan, said the "uneasy feeling" was especially felt
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    Joint firm set up to build 180 flats at Ulu Pandan
    148 15 Joint firm set up to build 180 flats at Ulu Pandan THREE companies, one each from Japan, Hongkong and Singapore, have jointly set up a company to build 180 luxury apartments at the junction of Ulu Pandan and Clementi Roads. The $25 million project known as Himiko's Habitat condominium, will
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    Man falls to death
    43 15 A 22- YEAR-OLD Jobless man, Ong Yong Chin, fell to his death from the eighth floor of Block 79, Toa Payoh Central at 2 p.m. yesterday. According to his relatives. Ong, from Johore, came here to seek medical treatment.
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      234 15 Straits Times Crossword ACROSS 4 Hypatia's heart It WH on 10's orderly privileges (7). 1 A ceUi iMprung in friendly s„* 'ponSi »«1. I be4 Without court Judg^revolu- 6 -n^fLL for 1 down tionair peer gives introduction y in^^Son (6.3,9). jj^-, 7 Once out of tune, nobody re10 li to
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  • The Straits Times THURSDAY, DECEMBER 13, 1979
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      CLOSER TAB
      406 16 THE speech by the Minister for National Development, Mr Teh Cheang Wan, to the Singapore Institute of Valuers, is a timely reminder to all concerned in the building industry. With the proliferation of highrise buildings in Singapore in the last decade, we must give high priority to the
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      PLO'S WINNING WAYS
      374 16 THE LIBYAN decision to suspend financial contributions to the Palestine Liberation Organisation (PLO) and to expel its representative from Tripoli should hardly cause Mr Yasser Arafat any surprise. It is not the first time that he has come under pressure, both from his fellow Palestinians and their
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    Future of our yards is in shiprepairing
    1227 16  -  TAN EE GEK By of the Asia Research News Analysis Team (ARNAT) NEWLY developing shipyards in Saudi Arabi and the Gulf states are a problem to Singapore. They take away some of our valuable skilled workers by offering them higher wages. Plans to
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    A US view of how Taiwan and the PRC could ultimately work together
    1008 16  -  MILTON CHASE By Our Washington correspondent A FORMER top US intelligence official and now leader of an influential and articulate pro-Taiwan group believes that in the "long distance" there will be some kind of reunification of Taiwan
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    Mistake of lunching at desk
    794 16 NEW YORK: A strange story was buried in the whatever happened to column of last month's Executive Digest. It concerned one Pringle Sideshaft who had been quietly let go by a large eastern corporation after shooting his desk. What made this remarkable was that Sideshaft
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      Need for classroom training for drivers
      729 17 How to achieve courtesy and safety on our roads I REFER to your editorial "Death Drivers" (ST, Dec, 7) and agree that the Traffic Police need help from every road user to reduce the carnage on our roads, that deterrent sentences be imposed on
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      Nothing is cheap — from a flat to a plate of mee
      503 17 Nothing is cheap from a flat to a plate of mee SO MANY letters have been written regarding the rise in property prices now prevailing in Singapore with complaints directed at the high prices now fetched by many residential properties and some of these complaints also directed at estate agents.
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      Now they'll be able to reach homes
      95 17 FOLLOWING publication of "Swiss Club Resident's" letter ("Residents who can't get to or from homes on race days" ST, Oct 19), the Public Works Department Roads Branch has held discussions with Traffic Police on traffic arrangements for Swiss Club Road residents on race
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      Will one year re-entry permits be available
      106 17 Will one year re-entry permits be available next year? I RKFER to my letter, "Reducing those pobllr qaeocw" (ST, Jnae 14, lf») In respect *f lamlag one year re-entry permits to permanent retddenta of Singapore when they go abroad Instead of the current six months permit. Thr Controller of Immigration
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      Everything may look all right on paper, but in practice it's not
      411 17 ALMOST every day we read letters from commuters regarding the bus services in Singapore and one of the areas which is the subject of many complaints presently is Ang Mo Kio New Town. Last week Singapore Bus Services
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      132 17 BUSINESS TIMES Singapore's Financial Dally Covf i Ptk* Me Annuol Subtcivlnn $155 %üb«ripion cmII *****11 Ett 231. TODAY'S HIGHLIGHTS. A Hongkong bank has become the first foreign corporation to take more than the permitted 20 per cent stake in a local finance company. LEE YOKE MENG has the details on
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    392 18 The retail prices for market iter is are provided below for general guidance only. ITEM I UNIT PRICE ARIA MARKET SENG POH/REDHU 1 1 PORK lean Meat 6O5*g $3 6O-$3 8O 1 kg $5 95 $6 25 TweeBak 605g $3 00 -$3 20 1 kg $4 95
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    WTC computer trade directory plan shelved
    197 18 WTC computer trade directory plan shelved BUYERS and sellers hoping to meet through MarketMatch a proposed computerised trade directory service face an indefinite wait as the World Trade Centre has suspended the project. A WTC spokesman yesterday said: "At present the number of inquiries we receive from local businessman does
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    Handicrafts show opens on Dec 18
    106 18 Handicrafts show opens on Dec 18 THE Senior Minister of State (Foreign Affairs), Mr Rahim Ishak, will officially declare open the Handicrafts 79 exhibition at the National Museum Young People's Gallery on Dec 18 at 5.30 p.m. Mr Rahim will also present prizes to winners of the national handicrafts competition
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    No govt stake in joint venture
    205 18 CAPITAL for a SingaporeIndian joint venture proposed by Hindustan Computers of India to make computers and software here will come only from the private sector, and the Singapore Government will not have any shares in the project. The Economic Development Board yesterday denied earlier
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    Carol singers at Filipino Xmas party
    75 18 THE Filipino Association of Singapore will hold its annual Christmas party at 20, Evans Road on Saturday from 4 p.m. to 9.30 p.m. There will be a presentation of trophies and prizes to winners of sport* ana games organised by the association during the
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    Englishstream girl wins Chinese talentime
    382 18 Englishstream girl wins Chinese talentime AN English-stream pre-university one student, Miss Yip Pui Fung, and technician, Mr Chong Kim Chan, last night beat 10 other finalists to win this year's RTS Chinese Talentime. Seventeen-year-old Miss Yip, of Outram Secondary School, was the winner in the female vocalist section and Mr
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    HK bank link with S'pore firm to tap Asean mart
    144 18 A HONGKONG bank has taken a 30 per cent equity in Great Pacific Finance of Singapore as its first overseas venture to tap the Asean market. Ka Wah Bank, essentially a domestic bank in the British colony, aims to get
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    Contradictions so drug case ex-inspector acquitted
    474 18 Contradictions so drug case ex-inspector acquitted FORMER police station inspector Tan Kah Hock, charged with trafficking in a total of eight straws of heroin, was yesterday acquitted by District Judge Chandran Mohan, who ruled that the prosecution's material evidence was contradictory. He added that the material aspects of the case
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    Xmas party
    34 18 THE management committee of the HUDC Flat Owners' Association of Farrer Court will hold a children's Christmas party on Saturday at the court s children's playground from 3.30 p.m. till 6 p.m.
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    Gold prices up again
    49 18 THE Singapore Chinese Gold and Silver Merchants Association yesterday announced that the price of cold will Increase by IS* (ram today. The new prices air $14N per Uhll for 24 cant (told, $l,2J* per tahll far 22 cant gold and $l,l« per Uhil far P*udg«U.
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      Lock icon Offers of adoption for this unclaimed baby boy
      172 19 SK\ VMM. MkUyslaM are InUrested In adopting this fl ve -month-old boy who Is waiting (or his mathrr to claim him from thr (irnrral Hospital In Koala l.nmpur. hospital social workrr said yesterday that the hahy wan not up for adoption \et.
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      Lock icon Abortion laws 'too strict'
      71 19 MALACCA, Wed. Termination of a pregnancy because of an abnormal foetus should be legalised, the Deputy Dean of University Kebanesaan's Medical Faculty, Dr Monamed Sham Kassim, told a seminar here yesterday. He said one of the snags in the advancement of genetic counselling in Malaysia is
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      Lock icon Early Malays
      47 19 KUALA LUMPUR, Wed. A detailed study into the early history, way of life and culture of the Malay community all over the world is to be carried out soon by officers of the Ministry of Culture, Youth and Sports with help from Muzeum Negara. NST.
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      Lock icon Johore Govt acts to take back BBC land
      201 19 Johore Govt acts to take back BBC land JOHORE BARU, Wednesday THE state government has acted to take back the British Broadcasting Corporation land at Plentong. Chief Minister Tan Sri Haji Othman Saat said here. i Announcing this at the State Legislative Assembly on Monday, he said: "We had three
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      Lock icon Varsity to set up legal aid clinic
      132 19 Varsity to set up legal aid clinic KUALA LUMPUR, Wed. The University of Malaya's Law Faculty is to set up a clinic next year to provide legal assistance to the poor. At the same time, the clinic will provide lecturers and students training in "real practice," the faculty's Associate Professor,
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      Lock icon Fishermen warned
      27 19 MALACCA, Wed. Fishermen in Malacca have been warned not to encroach into Indonesian waters as they are liable to be detained by authorities there. NST.
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      Lock icon Sarawak will not give up powers over immigration
      321 19 Sarawak will not give up powers over immigration CM: Federal Govt can't act unilaterally KUCHING, Wednesday SARAWAK has no intention of giving up its constitutional powers over immigration, acting state Chief Minister Datuk Amar Sim Kheng said today. He told the state legislature that at least for some time to
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      Lock icon Soviet offer to build ports
      61 19 PENANG, Wed. The Soviet Union has offered Malaysia aid in construction of ports, power stations, telecommunications and industrial yen- I tures, its ambassador to Malaysia, Mr Boris Koulik, said here yesterday. Further cooperation between the two countries could also be extended to unexploited fields such
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      Lock icon 37,000 applied
      32 19 KUALA LUMPUR, Wed. About 37,000 people applied to join the police force this year 13,000 as inspectors and 23,700 as constables. Home Minister Tan Sri Ghazalie Shafie said yesterday. AFP.
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      Lock icon $112,000 TAPS SEIZED, 3 MEN DETAINED
      149 19 JOHORE BARU, Wed. About $112,000 worth of water taps were seized and three men detained when customs officers stopped a lorry at the customs exit point here for a check this afternoon. The Senior Assistant Director of the Preventive Branch here, Mr Mohamed Sany
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      Lock icon Muslim views
      35 19 KUALA LUMPUR, Wed. The Federal Territory Religious Department is conducting a monthlong census of the Muslim population in the Federal Territory to determine the attitude and views of Muslims towards Islamic teachings. NST.
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  • TIMES CITY DESK
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      CLOSING PRICES
      1389 20 THE last transacted ready sale at the close ol business on the Stock Exchange of Slnga pore yesterday compared with the previous day's prices together wtth 1971 high and low < Adjusted (or vrlp rights Issue) 1979 Last High l.ow rompeay Sale or- Mi IMI ONE MM RIHl
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      Unit trusts
      327 20 Closing tone: Slightly steady. Turnover: Official figures supplied by the Stock Exchange of Singapore Including odd lots "Ready" totalled: 3,907,000 units valued at $9,430,000 Industrials accounted for 2.02\000. finance 747,000, hotels 477.000. properties 380,000, debentures, loans and bonds nil, plantations 247,000, minings 35,000. "Settlement" contracts totalled: 400,000 units
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      BUSINESS DONE (Singapore)
      1535 20 BID and offer prices officially listed and business In an reported to the Stock Exchange of Singapore yesterday witn the number of shares traded shown In brackets in lots of 1.000 units unless otherwise specified All Times Settlement Contracts are quoted after the word "ant". Big Board
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      KUALA LUMPUR
      1627 20 BID and offer prices officially listed and business in and reported to the Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange yesterday with the number of shares iraded shown In brackets in lots of 1.000 units unless otherwise speci M 1SIM STKHl.s Amb»(2 4OS> ()mmU (2)3 04 AleMB(lES) (1) IN Ales H«Mll2kB)
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        42 20 Sunnri Br.i K K.mp.r B Sui« r> Miag Court 3 Ceramic* Dunlop Ind Kr.m.l r h s m.i. K I Krponi 1 160 482 300 188 344 270 180 438 900 388 374 •I* 32 *20 13 10 10 10 8
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        30 20 H.w Par UOI Sf« View Simr Darby Hnn( I. rung UOL C Sugar* Katwr Mrrlin K 1 Kepoaf 292.0 130.0 103.0 100.0 100.0 83.0 84.0 83.0 83.0
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        29 20 B.T.Index: Industrials: Finance: Hotels: Properties: Minings: Plantations: O.C.B.C: Nov 11 Nov 12 2771.29 2768.45 412.56 412.94 761.38 759.82 ***** 332.79 ***** ***** 235.84 238.59 713.80 714.86 398.55 398.49
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        369 20 HONGKONG. Stock prices eased with late profit-taking erasing earlier gains yesterday, and the Hang Seng index closing 2.14 points down at 797.90, dealers said. The results of the latest land auction where prices reached record levels had no effect on the market which is treating the outcome with considerable
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        422 20 TOKYO: Share prices rose sharply in moderate trading on increased buying interest over a wide front yesterday, dealers said. The Dow Jones average rose 57.26 to 6,501.24 points, with a volume of 310 million shares. The New index was 453.56, up 3.58 points. Petroleums, trading houses and other resources-related
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        66 20 KUALA LUMPUR: Batu Kawan Berhad announced a consolidated net profit of MS 5.78 million ($3.50 million), for the year ended August 31, on gross sales of $59 1 million ($38.4 million) A final dividend of 10 per cent (7.5), making a total of 15 per
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        Treasury Bill tender
        40 20 THE MONETARY Authority Of Singapore (MAS) invites banks and discount houses to tender for a total of MO million 91 -day Treasury Bills to be issued on December 14. Each tender must not be less than $250,000.
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        122 20 CHINESE PRODI '('E EXCHANGE, SINGAPORE, NOON CLOSING PRICES PEB PICUL YE8TKRDAY: CmhI sll: Bulk $110 sellers, old drum 1116 sellers, new drum $U0 sellers. Cfn: Mixed < loose I UK Coin $65 00 buyers. Pepper: Munlok ASTA white fob lOfCV NI.W $327 50 sellers. Sarawak white fob 96'
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        222 20 THE KILOBAR market for gold deliverable In Singapore opened al 131.***** per kilo and closed at $31,197.00 yesterday In the Far East, gold opened at US$45O 50 452 00 and with local selling interest, the market moved down to $447.00 448 00 It slipped further to $***** 443 50
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        Index clears 700 barrier
        252 21 SYDNEY, Wed. The All Ordinaries index passed the 700-point barrier today, gaining 8.48 points to set a record high of 706.08 as speculators bought resource stocks in hecii< trading, dealers said. Buying centred around the Ashton Diamond consortium partners with CRA gaining 14 cents to A53.90
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        New York retreats
        238 21 NEW YORK, Tues. Ths stock market retreated in active trading on concern about further dollar weakness and record gold prices, though news of new well find boosts a clutch of oil issues. The market was also hurt by a comment from Opec secretary general Rene Ortiz that
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        Zurich ends barely steady
        249 21 ZURICH, Tues. Prices closed barely steady in slow turnover, with industrials gaining towards the close, dealers said The strong recovery of Bank Leu rights on their last day of trading, after two days of heavy losses, may have underpinned the market, they added Other banks closed
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        Amsterdam prices lower
        267 21 AMSTERDAM, Tues. Share prices closed lower over a broad front in quiet trading owing to uncertainties about Iran and the Dutch government's future, and the lower dollar, with Hoogowns and Royal Dutch down 0.40 and 2 10 guilders in Dutch internationals, dealers said. Shares with losses between
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        London gold shares sharply higher
        473 21 LONDON, Tues. Gold mining shares were sharply higher in moderate trading following record bullion fixings, dealers said. Other equities closed firmer with the UK banking figures having little initial effect on prices. At 3 pm, the FT index was up 3.5 points at 422.7. Heavier-priced
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        53 21 FINANCIAL TIMEB INDUSTRIALS Tuesday 422.9 Monday *192 Week Ago 423.3 DOW JONE3 AVERAGE INDUSTRIALS Tuesday 833 70 Monday 833.87 Week ago 824.91 H.K.HANG SENG Wednesday 797.90 Tuesday 800 04 Week ago 772.12 SYDNEY INDUSTRIALS Wednesday &55.03 Tuesday 550.87 Week ago 547.86 ALL ORDINARIES Wednesday 705.08 Tuesday 996.80 Week
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        TIN
        121 20 THE STRAITS tin prif-e fell $13 to $2,110 per picul in Penang yesterday on an official offering up 4 tonnes to 237 tonnes. The overnight London market was easier with forward buyers slipping £60 to £7,430 per tonne. LONDON: Tin on the day was up £72 for Cash and
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        CLOSING PRICES
        33 20 Rubber Dec 12 Singapore: January: 294.50 cents (up 0.50 cent) Malaysia: January: 294.50 cents (up 0.25 cent) Tin: Ms2,l 10 (down $13) Official offering: 237 121 2 tonnes (up 4Vx tonne*)
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        COPPER
        30 20 LONDON: Copper prices on Tuesday (previous in brackets). Wirebar Spot £1.008 (£984); sellers £1,009 (ES9S). Three Month buyers £1.008.50 (£994). sellers £1.009 (£995) Market tear: Firm Sates: 17.500 tonnes
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        RUBBER
        458 20 PRICES in the Singapore rubber market closed slightly higher yesterday, with January RSS One buyers quoted at 294.50 cents per kilo, up 0.50 cent on Tuesdays Cose. detU- "'d Prices rose 0.50 cent during the morning on higher London and Japanese advices. The afternoon market was rt.,ii »nrf fMturelPss
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        56 20 NOON SSR ad SMF p»«" »u*4*r ■AH J«»u»rs tCarrral Mlkl B«r.r. B*lkr> SSR 20 uwidW 3HOO 2MOON MKELB 2mb 10 I1U»I«U*<) ***** 268 00N SMR2O UmUuxi 2" 00 VW (Forward Mlkl B.y.r. S»ll.t. X7U 2WSON ***** 2M9ON ***** *****N «rso aotsoN UNO UNO 2*3 SO 2ttioN WOO
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      310 20 SENTIMENT at the Stock Eichaage of Singapore yesterday m still fallowlag the dictates of the Haagkaag market. Prices finished with small Icaes following a tattle attempt at a rally daring the drat hear of trading. The closing toae m jut toaeh aad go with trading volame
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      300 20 LIGHT profit-taking set in and forced the Kuala Lumpur stock market to tend slightly lower yesterday. Losses were marginal in most cases. The selling was quite pronounced among the lowerliners which ended the day with declines of one to three cents. The New Straits Times industrial ordinary share
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      183 20 THE US dollar opened lower at $***** 90 in the Singapore forex market yesterday, short-covering and commerrial buying pushed the unit higher to $2 1696 06 before It closed at $***** 95 in moderate i n-jjlng Inlerbank lorward rates at 3 p.m One t» Six months 2
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      368 20 ASIAN currency deposit interbank rates as at close on Dec 12: Closing Asian dollar certificates of deposit for prime names: Source: Merrill Lynch laternalion.l (A.i.l Co. NOTE: These rates may differ slightly from those quoted by banks to their customers. H IP. 1 ckbank raies ai j uu
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      48 20 RANGE of prim offered by <lis count houses on Dpr 12 Overnight 3 to S. Call deposit!. 6 Source: N.,i0n..,,i.co Un,«o Buyiif S»ll,.« 3-month Treasury bills 6 a 3 month Bank bills h Hi 3 months CD 8 8/16 8 7/16 6 months CD 811/16 8 9/16
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      Money market
      30 20 Closing interbank rates f Singapore dollars on Dec 12 Offer Bid Overnight 7 7 1 month 8 8 2monlhs 87/16 85/16 3 months 8 8 Overnight mod* 6
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      Prime lending rates
      24 20 THE average rate at which nujar Singapore haalu are rarreaUy prepared U lend to their hest ruNUtmere b 9.1 per cent.
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      Wearnes' profit falls by 20pc
      439 21 A BIG setback in the second half, caused by increased costs and competitive pressures, pulled Wearne Brothers' overall pre-tax profits down by about a fifth last year. The motor group earned pre-tax profits of only $24 86 million for the year ended Sept 30, 1979
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      SSA drops acquisition plans for Ben subsidiary
      260 21 SSA drops acquisition plans for Ben subsidiary THE proxy tattle between Singapore Shipping Agenda (BSA) and Ben and C* b aver. SSA haa decided not to preoeed with formal offer far Ben's sakaMUry, Warebeaalßg and Transportation (WAT) tv pUnaed. The company made the following aa-Mtucemeat aa Taeaday: "PaUawiag SSA'a earlier
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      158 21 Computer to police insider trading THE chairman of tke Americas SwiriUn and Exckange Commission, Harold WUUama, said the agency Is now testing a oew computer system designed to finance fdgnlflcaatly Its anility to police Insider-trading. Mr Williams said In Washington that tke new computerised market surveillance system, being designed by
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      762 21 [AUCTION SALE Of Valuable Properties To Be Held In Our Sole-Room No 58 Market Street, Singapore ON WEDNESDAY, 19TH DECEMBER 1979 At 2.30 P.M. 1) Vacant Land at Stavana Road/ Orange QrovaRoad Lot 604 T.S. XXV Area: 4,440.1 sq m or thereabouts Title: Freehold Solicitors: M/s S M Wong Lim
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      652 21 m^ BEN AND W r+r\mMr%A a#ix 45 Spottiswoode Park Road L^^— C UIVIHMnI V Singapore 0208 mm M i-rr-r\ Telephone *****1 1/221 7511 k^mW Llivll ItU Telex RS ***** Dear Stockholder, PROPOSED SALE OF WAREHOUSING TRANSPORTATION PTE.LJD.(W&T) We would like to draw your attention to the Extraordinary General Meeting of
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      4086 22 AT YOUR SERVICE RATES SECTION INDEX yv* Telephone Servke: *****22 rf *4) r 1 mm^ M Mondoy Fridoy 830om -500pm OoVwry 70 en per word (rron flO So> I FOR SALE SHOPPING GUIDE IJ—ll T«neiCentr« 900 o m —500 pm (Mm U*7s) lundoy Jmi VII TRAVEL RESTAURANTS "••t'ejal** I New
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      523 22 FEMALE CLERKS REOUIREO. Knowledge of Accounts. Preferably living In dlsts 17. 18. 19 Tel: *****80 FEMALE CLERK REQUIRED. Applicants should possess a GCE 'O' level cert Must have a good command In English and able to communicate ln Mandarin. Able pendently. Interested please apply with non-returnable photograph to 38 Kallang
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      582 22 I Twff*Kofc 1 VDirtoiy requires SALES RECEPTIONIST CLERKS Bukit M.r.h (new Tutl-Kole Centre) end Sin Mm Estate (Heedquarien) a Qualification! c Minimum O.C.E. 'O' level c Able to converse well In Fng^ lish c Pleasant and active persqa T ally- ou. Good proepecls ol advancement tor tne right candidate Hardworking
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      707 23 II EMPLOYMENT II EMPLOYMENT II EMPLOYMENT |~ti EMPLOYMENT II EMPLOYMENT 31 Situation* Vacant m) Secretarial and Clerical SHIPPING ASSISTANT I ppll cations from Male Singapore 'ilnens ere invited to (ill Ihe above p.»sitK>n with a leading Inter nation al company located in the city eree. Requirements. c Age 22 to
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      704 23 A leading consumer Magazine is loo* ing tor a SALES EXECUTIVE uertisemenLs The salary is between $1,000 to $1500 p m with commission and allowance. A|)i»iu \iniv sbooM tend la resume with a recent photograph l non returnable I lo S.T. BOX A9lOlO. An established hrm requires MEDIA REPRESENTATIVES We
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      677 23 ENGINEERING SALES REPRESENTATIVES Must be Aggressive and hardworking, part-time can be considered apply to P.O Box I Tiong Bahru 677 EXPERIENCED FULL/PART -TIME C.armenLs Sales Representatives required Preferably bilingual and with own vehicle Ring: *****8 for appointment after 10 LIFE ASSURANCE AS a career or part-lime Male/ Female above 1H
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      553 23 STELLA BEAUTY HOUSE requires Ladles/Housewives as FULL/PART-TIME BEAUTY ADVISORS Local /overseas training will be provided and certificates will be awarded to successful applicants who earn $700/- to $800/- per month Interested please call Stella 320*07; Parklene Shopping Mad. Unit 304. SHOWROOM GIRL WANTED* Please call personally from 12 noon to
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      594 23 APPLICATIONS ARE aWTED for Alrcondltlonlng Design Draughtsman Only those with experience in designing similar types of works and site experience need apply stating salary required to: ST Box A***** ARCHITECTS FIRM REOUIRES Senior/ Junior Draughtsmen Attractive terms and 5-day week. Applications staling qualifications experience and telephone number for contact to:
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      720 23 PftOOUCTION SUPERVISOR/ TECHNICIAN Manufacturing Company t f-j—^9 h#t vacancies lor y PRODUCTION SUPERVISORS H^L^^ I with the following qualifications I^^-gsJH I 3to 5 years working experlI s Some knowledge of engineering. s Ability to control Female minimum supervision I' ffllkl33;il?rtlaassal a Those with formal quallflca-■WpT^ff^WTfT-fjl lions will be considered for
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      390 23 LIVE-IN AMAH FOR American fa.-nily with 2 teenage children .^F^siiP^^^^sW. and cats Qualification Muent English, several years of house- a^^Bßass^^vßaar^Baa^m keeping experiences. Cooking a m mWwM Wml axxxVm wide range of local and western m Ml/JB V dishes Willing lo learn new f^y^eHll methods, cooking, etc Top sal- sit y^BTl
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      392 23 oPlacc f6r you We are expanding.. We need PRODUCTION OPERATORS for our new factory at ANG MO KIO You will enjoy a secure job and a higher starting salary. Place Ang Mo Kio Community Centre, 639A/643A. Block 2268. Ang Mo Kio Avenue 1 Singapore 2056 Date: December 12 to 15.
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      4753 24 II EMPLOYMENT II EMPLOYMENT |j| II EMPLOYMENT |~VEHICLES BOATS 111 VEHICLES BOATS *ll a jm G~ aff^aMßßßßßaß^en^f/wW* i RENT A OATSUN Pickup from Hlap Hoe Trdg. Co. Pie Ltd I*7*BMWS2O Please tel. *****15 AuU)mallc transmlMlon RENT AIRCONO CAR/ pickup. j van/ lorry from Slang Hock 8 cylinders i *****66/ *****69
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      681 24 1*73 DATSUN 20OL tax/ insurance one year Very new condition PARF. (11.800 negotiable 532 D. Balestler Road '<•!. *****45. I 1*73 DATSUN 1400 re Oood condition. (9.000 View West Coast Park Tel: *****47 1*73 DATSUN 14OJ Sports rims, alrcond. cassette. Prlre (10.200 < negotiable Tel 4471 806 or *****00 I*7l
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      655 24 FORD ESCORT IJOO XL !973Sept model Road tax till 2/80 Selling (7.600 Call Raymond *****1.1 FORO ESCORT STATIONWAGON Price $2,800 View IHfIH Joo Chlat Place LATE 1*77 CORTINA 1 ft OL One private owner, with alrrond radio cassette Vinyl top New Mlrhelln tyres, etc Highest offer secures Tel: *****70 LATE
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      5292 25 111 VEHICLES BOATS 111 VEHICLES A BOATS 111 VEHICLES 4 BOATS 111 1 IV ACCOMMODATION ft PROPERTIES IV ACCOMMODATION ft PROPERTIES EXCLUSIVELY FURNISHED rooms, alrcond. built-in kitchen cabinets/ wardrobes, split-level of[ Whltley Road $2,200 ConUct *****83 FABER HSU.S 2 1/2-storey semidetached. 6 bedrooms/ servant's split-level. Ideal for Jurong company $2,000
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      501 25 ACE OFFERS Mimosa Park. Newly completed apartments with swimming pool, squash courts. $1,700 to $1,900 fully furnished Mr Koh *****22 ACE OFFERS randan Valley Beautiful terrace apartment with swimming pool, squash/ tennis courts $3,000 fully furnished Mr Koh *****22 ACE OFFERS Paterson Tower maisonette with swimming pool Tennis court. 4
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      551 25 DIST. 11. JALAN NOVENA Barat. walk-up 3-bedroomed apartment, alrcond. furnished $800 *****/ *****8 CaplUus. DIST. 11 LUXURY APARTMENT 3 bedrooms, fully furnished, on high floor. $2,000 *****82 a'ter Ipm No agents DIST. 11 3 BEDROOMEO APARTMENT with swimming pool $2,000 Liberty Housing 25*9771/ *****72/*****83 DIST. 13. AMBER TOWER maisonette 3
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      595 26 IV ACCOMMODATION PROPERTIES IV ACCOMMODATION PROPERTIES IV ACCOMMODATION 4 PROPERTIES IV ACCOMMODATION PROPERTIES V SERVICES A BUSINESS 51 Accommodation Vacant Rooms MST FURNISHED ROOM to let Suii.ixk for respectable t *****7 I After I pm) FEMALE ROOM MATE required Furnished flat at Dover Road ludenti working girls Call *****60 FURNISHED
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      727 26 COMPANY GENERAL MANAGER requires furnished unfurnished retrace Homt In Bennetl .•r tl-Mroy :ireas rllst 13 Please 1)***** FRIENDLY OOCTOR REOUIRES nation House rial Furnished unfurnished Rental $4«i $900 Preferred Ang Mo rei Park Hr.icMell View :,Mder other areas Ap:iiik. Mr I.ye HH3429 GIANT INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION requires several $700 to $4,000
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      661 26 DIST. 1* ARCHITECTURAL DESIGNED Hungalow On Elevated (■rounds With landscaped Garden I Spacious Bedrooms With 1 j Cosy study Sunken Living. For- I mat Dining. Beautiful Kiuhmi Servant's Amenities. Profession- j ally Renovated Area 1 1 15 Sq M Must See To Appreciate Selling *****8 MST. 20 SEMBAWANG HILLS Fstate.
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      855 26 b) Flats SUPER APARTMENTS a Draycott Tower 5540.000 a Bauhima Penthouse $520,000 a Balmoral Towers $4*0.000 a F.qualorlal $310,000 a Hilltops $300,000 a < iranneford $310,000 $2*4.000 |v:ir!hank $200,000 $2*0.000 GENERAL PROPERTIES *****3/ (*****/ 910SM A BEAUTIFULLY LOCATED apartment within walking distance to Hotels and Shopping Centre. About 1 .800
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      746 26 GRANGEFORO BOTH 2 and 3 bedrooms available Rldgewood. various blocks and designed Call *****77 HILLCOURT APARTMENT BLOCK B. 7th floor, area: 2.100 sqft 3 bedrooms and partly furnished Tenanted at $2,400 on monthly basis Price: $370,000 Interested ring *****38 principals only HH.LCREST ARCADIA Maiaonarla. In Eanna Block. Floor area approximately
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      762 26 NEEDED TERRACE. SEMI DE TACHEO or bungalow house In Serangoon Gardens Dlst 19. 13 or 15. Contact: *****01/ *****73 OVERSEAS BUSINESSMEN LOOKING for luxurious Apartments Budget unlimited Willing to offer good prices for right properties F.BC *****16/ *****41 OVERSEAS/ LOCAL PURCHASERS require Houses/ Apartments/ Land Dlsts 5/ 9/ 10/ 11/
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      607 26 BUKIT TIMAH PLAZA shop. Ist floor. 280 sq.ft to let or for sale Tel *****75 Mrs Guan. MST 1440 JALAN AFIFI One row of 5 post-war shop units Total area: 898 sq m (9.662 sq ft tor *at* 5550.000 Fof vt#wtn*2 of psftaCvtofv DIST. 9. PARKLANE SHOPPING Mall beside Peace
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      665 26 PENBtSULA PLAZA SHOP unit 410. floor area 351 sq ft for sale or rent. Please contact Richard Tan *****00 PENINSULA SHOPPING CENTRE. 2nd floor. 360 sq ft Rental $1,000 Enquiries: tel *****1/*****7 PEOPLE'S PARK CENTRE basement shop, area 452 sq ft excellent location Facing escalators Asking SSI .000 ps f.
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      690 26 SMALL BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES available for Malaysians on Joint venture basis Discussions *****3/ *****6 (Llm Boon Tong Associates) STOCK LOTS PERFUMES from France available for sale, at very low prices Interested party contact Abldln/ Omar *****69. *****06 WE BUY USEO gold, sliver, diamond ornaments Call *****34 41. Tanjong Pagar Road (near
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      741 26 86 Special Treatments NEW HAIR CLINK. (1-48 Peace Centre. Spore 0922 Tel: *****0 Weekdays:- 900 am 600 pm. Sundays 900 a m 12 p.m. 87 Steambath/ Massage ATTENTION LADIES. SCIENTIFIC slimming and spotreduclng at Louise Klerk's Salon. 22 Ngee Ann Building, telephone *****82 BALI HEALTH CENTRE. Ist Floor. Hotel Tal
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      69 27 Our Condolence To Mr Paul I.im Teck Cheong And Family On the recent bereavement of his father MR. LIM GAY SENG who paeaed away on 9th December From:NGA NGOI a LIM With daapmt sympathy to the family of S.S. Hardip Singh a Brothers on the luddin damn* of
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      148 27 j The fan- iiy ol the late 1 MR. JOSEPH LIM SWEE HONG wiahea to expreae their aincere thanks and appreciation lo Monugnor Wea Peter. Mother Provincial, all solars, staff and inmatea of Little Smart Ol The Poor, all relative*. friends, management and staff far their kind assistance,
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      56 27 AGED 76 YEARS 12.12.7* AT 12.30 A.M. LEAVING BEHIND BELOVED WIFE MDM. CHUA GEOK POM AND CHILDREN JANETTE. LEONG WILLIAM, OOROTHY AND SUSAN TO MOURN HIS LOSS. < CORTEGE WILL LEAVE CHURCH OF ST. JOSEPH'S FUNERAL PARLOUR 143. VICTORIA ST.. SINGAPORE 7 AT 3PM IS-12-79 (SATURDAY) FOR MT.
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      94 27 IN LOVING MEMORY OF Dspartod Wl2/77 Two years have passed since you left us so suddenly. But sweet memories of you still linger on Doofty fntaOvM Mil totwot nt^mmK* bifid by lovino wMc S+ofc Moo, ch#l- In Lo.mo Mamory ol MR SMG TECK YAM Departed: 13 12
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      754 27 VI EDUCATION TRAINING I VI EDUCATION TRAINING VII TRAVEL RESTAURANTS VII TRAVEL RESTAURANTS VIII ANNOUNCEMENTS PERSONAL ATT language centre SCHOOL OF LINGUISTIC SKILLS Lonquoge courses ond private tuition tor school e>ammations ond for business, travel pleasure ENGLISH LANGUAGE CLASSES daily at all levels Registration is open until 3rd January 1
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      913 27 INTENSIVE TELEX OPERATION INTENSIVE COACHING BY rellCourse on OKI/SAGFM Practl- able, experienced bilingual ral trainlnx provided, including tutors for all subjects and conUpe reading Tel *****2' *****0 versatlon *****3/ *****00/*****03. mmm^ m PIANO LESSONS BY experienced lady tutor at pupil's home. Please ring *****51 (900 am to i 103 Tuition
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      830 27 CITKENTER TOURS H 2I)3N(iKNTINGS9O/$79 V-^HbbVb^Bb\ <N<<w<'., sum Hotel) f V ~J Wfl \W 21HN FRASER HILL $90 aW i 1 UJ 1 4 Days Kl. KRaAF.R GENT I lit 111 *"«5 29/12 l^HaV I Sj !M SDaysOT/ PEN/ CAM $155 lT~_/_-fM_f OT ;M I Day Desaru $15 25/12 II 3
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      359 27 San v kin Thailand 5 days 4 nights in Bangkok/ Pattaya for $620 Departing every Wednesday Saturday. lot Jcuils call your travel SJM ,n <^Thai Smmich wlk Tel: *****.7/***** SCHOOL HOLIOAV SPECIAL SIKiT PEN CHS $170/ $215 DEP SUN/ MON/ TUE/ WED SDGT PEN HDY $249 24/12 3D4N PEN IPOH
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      614 27 1 SIAKSON EXPRESS 26 Pnnsep /^fl B^ Street. Spore 7 Tel: *****8/ *****1 1)0 line) 7 Days Malaysia V V rr!«) C 0». n b lip C e a «Tr'y rO SS U nn O day nl 2 I One »<>u can have .omething for I Days 3 Nights fraser
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      554 28 LEMBAGA PADI DAN BER AS NEGARA JAWATAN KOSONG Pemohon-pemohon odoloh dipelowo dor.podo worgonegoro Moloysio untult nwigm jawatan kosong di Lembaga Podi dan B»ro» Negora soperh berikul 1. I. Jawatan: AKAUNTAN 2 Tonggogaji: A16— $1)65x60 1785/1*05x60 158V 705 x 100 2205 3. Umur (a) CoKm<alun lontikon terus hendokloh berumur tidak melebehi
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      479 28 SURUHANJAYA PELABUHAN PULAU PINANG JAWATAN KOSONG 1 (i) Jawatan: Juruanalisa Sistem Tonggogoji: A 2O $865 x6O 985. 1 105 x 60- 1345/1465 x6O 1705 x 100-2205. (in) Kumpulon: 'A' (iv) Nama Badan Barkanun: Suruhoniaya Pelobuhan Pulau Pinong. 2. Taraf Karakyatan: Warganegara Malaysia 3. Umur: Colon-colon lontikon terus hendokloh berumur tidok
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      411 28 MAJLIS PERBANDARAN PETAUNGJAYA KENYATAAN TAWARAN Tawnran tawaran daripada Pemborong-Pemborong Khos (Specialist Contractor) yang berdaftar di Jabatan K«rja Raya adalah dipelawa member i tawaran untukSUPPIY, DEUVERY TO SITE AND FIXING OF SUSPENDED CEIUNG AND TIMBER GRIIiES UNTUK CADANGAN MEMBINA DAN MENYIAPKAN SABUNGAN PEJABAT MAJUS PERBANOARAN PET AUNG JAVA DI JALAN YONG
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    Dhana— hits out at 'go-go' bankers
    311 30 IRRESPONSIBLE merchant bankers who suffer no loss when they fumble in their advice to clients on mergers and acquisitions were warned by the Senior Minister of State (Foreign Affairs), Mr S. Dhanabalan, yesterday. Mr Dhanabalan, who was opening the forum on Mergers and Acquisitions
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    MP to open factory
    46 30 THE MP for Mountbatten. Mr Eugene Yap, will open the Singapore Cnemi-Con Pte Ltd factory at Jurong on Wednesday at 3 p.m. The factory will make aluminium electrolytic capacitors. A cocktail l-eception will be held at the Mandarin Hotel at 7 p.m.
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    SINGING PRAISES OF MANILA MUSIC COURSE
    180 30 SINGING PRAISES OF MANILA MUSIC COURSE MOST of the 60 music teachers who attended a government-sponsored music education course in Manila said on their return that the two-week programme was invigorating and very useful. The leader of the contingent, Mr Alex Abishiganaden, who returned on Tuesday, told the Straits Times
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    Liang is champ in night of upsets
    161 30 LIANG Jinrong of China took the first prize in the Singapore Christmas Chess Championship last night when his opponent Qi Jingxuan resigned. Liang and another Chinese player, Chen De, shared the lead, each with even points from eight games, as the final round
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    336 30 Hair-raising, but it gets energy concept across live' DISDAINING the chalk and blackboard method of learning the principles of energy can be quite a shocking experience as this teacher discovered yesterday. Wisps of her hair stood on end and sparks flew between her and her colleagues nearby when she used
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    Traders show interest in fair's exhibits
    236 30 SOME manufacturers have expressed interest in a number of exhibits at the Technology Fair at Singapore Science Centre which ended yesterday. According to the centre's director, Dr R. S. Bhathal, some businessmen have asked him for the specifications of exhibits during the fiveday fair.
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    Man who 'promised' to get flats jailed for cheating
    164 30 A MAN was jailed for 18 months by a magistrate's court yesterday for cheating two men of a total of $900 by deceiving them into believing that he could obtain a driving licence and flats for them. Wong Ngow Fook alias
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      Raymond: Discipline is the way
      412 31  -  FAIRWAY By ENGLISH rider Bruce Raymond believes discipline can make or break a jockey. Raymond, 33, currently guest-riding in Malaysia and Singapore, attributes his success to the strict supervision he received from Willie Stephenson, his master during his apprentice days. Says Raymond: "Stephenson instilled both
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      Worldwide lays claim to Cup
      233 31 WORLDWIDE should have a strong claim on the $30,000 Stewards' Cup at Bukit Timah on Sun- i day, reports FAIRWAY. The Bahroona gelding has been running good sprints of late, but failed I in a couple of Cup attempts. However, the 1,600metre trip this time
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      PENANG ENTRIES
      1212 31 A TOTAL of 371 hones has been entered for the Gold Cup race meeting in Penang on Dec. 22 and 23, and Dec. 29 and 30. They comprise 111 in Class 1, 164 in Class 4, 84 in Class 6 and 12 for the closed race for Malaysian-breds
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      139 31 Dec. Zt (Nine races): Class 1, DlvlstoM J Md 3 iJm metres. Class 4, Dlvlslmi 2 1,7 M metres. DivlsiMis 4, 5 and C 1,2 M metres. Class C, Div 1 IJ* metres and 1/JH metres. Dlvislon Z IJM metres. Dee. a (Nine races): Class 1, Dlvlsl»n 1
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      284 31 Bringing Up Father By BUI Kavanagh Hal Camp 11U c Kr ILL PUT IT ON 1 \/NSBCr/UOW VDORE I I PARLIN', THE BOWL UNCCUTU OAF/ USING MY J THE /H4NTBL WHERE USING MV RU& AS AN ISN'T VERY SAFE PRICELESS CQYSTAL »-7 IT'LL BE SAFE ,-J ASHTRAY/- t^s-^-, *~i r
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      Lock icon Swindon knock out Gunners
      399 32 LONDON, Wed. Andy Rowland scored four minutes from the end of extra-time to give Third Division Swindon a memorable 4-3 re-play win over First Division Arsenal in the quarter-finals of the English Football League Cup last night. Swindon, who beat the London giants in the final
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      Lock icon Facelift soon for Merdeka Stadium pitch
      337 32 Facelift soon for Merdeka Stadium pitch MAJOR repair work may soon be carried out on Kuala Lumpur's Merdeka Stadium pitch, which has rapidly turned into a footballer s nightmare during the rainy season. A consultant, specialising in building playing fields and laying golf courses, has been engaged by the Stadium
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      Lock icon Frazier floors Goguen in second round
      244 32 Frazier floors Goguen in second round YOKOHAMA, Wed. Marvis Frazier, of the United States, son of former world heavyweight boxing champion Joe Frazier, knocked out Canada's Daniel Goguen in the heavyweight division of the first world junior amateur boxing championships here yesterday. i The end came after 29 seconds into
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      Lock icon Finnegan to fight Minter
      84 32 PARIS, Wed. Kevin Finnegan, of Britain, will fight France's Gratien Tonna here on Jan. 17 for the European middleweight boxing championship vacated by another Briton, Alan Minter. Finnegan asked for the fight, originally scheduled for Monday, to be postponed because an eye injury suffered in his
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      Lock icon Knock-out
      34 32 BLETCHEY. Wed West Indies-bom Welshman Pat Thomas kept his British lightmiddleweight boxing title here last night when he knocked out challenger Dave Proud in the seventh round of a scheduled 15-round contest. AFP.
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      30 32 HALIFAX. Wed. Canadian heavyweight champion Trevor I Berbick used a relentless body attack to gain a fourth-round technical knock-out victory over Ngozika Ekwelum. of Nigeria, here last night. AP
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      Lock icon Paraguay win
      101 32 BUENOS AIRES, W«d. Paraguay won the Sooth America soccer Cap yesterday for the second time, playing out an untidy goallem draw with Chile to win the final on aggregate Paraguay »on the first leg of the filial la Asuncion J-i and lost the second In Chile l-». Despite
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      Lock icon SPORT IN BRIEF Miller triumphs
      428 32 SPORT IN BRIEF Miller triumphs FORT LAUDERDALE, Wed. Johnny Miller, of the United States, birdied two of the last three holes to score a onestroke victory in a US$lOO,OOO ($217,000) invitational tournament, which he hosted, here yesterday. Miller carded 65 for a 134 total to edge Grier Jones and Sandra
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      138 32 This was a plate of Reair Jelly We could not show the'Reall' Jelly on the plate because we were unable to keep it on the plate long enough to be flfc photographed The problem was everyone wanted to taste it and could not stop rC^ r~^~\ after the first taste.
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      Battle on for Master's final
      230 33 THE battle to get to the starting Use in Sunday's Masters finals of ike Kallang All-star bawlIng championships continued In earnest at tke Kallang Bowl yesterday, bat no He managed to break Into tke top II lists In both tke men's and women's sections, reports
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      Murray ends his ties with SICC to go freelance
      528 33  -  ERNEST FRIDA By ALAN MURRAY, the Singapore Island Country Club's head golf professional, is leaving the Republic This was confirmed by James I,oh, the club cap lain, yesterday, who said that Murray had handed in his resignation and would end his
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      Poh to play in Taipeh tournament
      187 33 Poh to play in Taipeh tournament POH EING CHONG, one of Singapore's most experienced golfers, is among the 168 competitors who have entered for the $126,000 Taiwan Professional Golfers Association championship, which starts in Taipeh today, reports ERNEST FRIDA. Lim Kian Tiong and I.im Swee Wah, both professionals attached to
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      Pakistan invited
      48 33 COLOMBO, Wed. Sri Lanka has invited the Pakistan cricket team, now in India, to make a brief tour of the country. The visit has been scheduled from Jan 1-10, when the Pakistanis will not have any matches in India because of the general elections there. AFT?
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      Squash entries
      51 33 THE SAF Reservists Association will hold a squash individual graded championship at its Toa Payoh courts from Jan. 2-25. The championship is open to SAFRA members and SAF reservists. Registration will be open I from Monday and closes on Dec. 30. Entry forms are available at the SAFRA
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      S'pore, Iran in same group
      254 33 SINGAPORE have been grouped with Yemen, Iran and South Korea in the week-long second Asian volleyball championships in Manama, Bahrain, starting on Sunday, reports BERNARD 1 PKREIRA. The quadrennial tournament has attracted 15 teams, bunched into four groups Group A: hosts Bahrain, Australia, Kuwait and
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      Bedok lose
      17 33 SEMBAWANG beat Bedok 3-0 in an inter -constituency soccer match at Jalan Besar yester day.
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      China stands on threshold
      206 33  -  BERNARD PEREIRA By IF an wticle in October's Issue of Badminton, the Badminton Association of England journal, holds true, then China Is on the Uireshold of yet another "golden age". The article, under the heading "China builds and waits", traces Bellng's past progress, slide and subsequent
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      Beware! Desperado at Kallang All-star
      405 33  -  WILFRED YEO By IF the Master's title of the Kallang All-star bowling championships were to be awarded for desperation alone, the Philippines' Paeng Nepomuceno would collect it with his huge hands down. For the 22-year-old Nepomuceno, the 1977 Kallang champion, this year's title will mean
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      Lock icon Withdrawal of Taiwan solves major problem
      441 34  -  P'NG HONG KWANG By KUALA LUMPUR, Wed. Taiwan have withdrawn from the Asian Group Two Olympic qualifying soccer tournament, thus removing a complex problem for competing countries, including Malaysia, drawn in the same group. Most countries are reluctant to play with Taiwan, which carries
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      $5 million CSC complex opens in style
      597 34  -  KEN JALLEH Jr. FROM ONLY NINE TO 8,000 MEMBERS IN 70 YEARS By IN ANCIENT Chinese folklore, during the days of the majestic dynasties, of temples, dragons and sabres, it was said that wondrous works of sculpture could be carved only by the
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      Lock icon Dilley the only new cap in England's Test side
      407 34 PERTH, Wed. England will field only one new cap in the first Test against Australia starting here on Friday. The new man in England's attack is 20-year-old Kent fast bowler Graham Dilley, who has made impressive progress on his first tour
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      Lock icon Board wants Aussies to play six Tests
      444 34 LONDON, Wed. Australia will be asked to play six Tests during a tour here in 1981, a spokesman for the Test and County Cricket Board said yesterday. The spokesman said, after the TCCB winter meeting at Lord's, that the tour should be another
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      Woon enters SWCA race
      216 34  -  PETER SIOW By REMEMBER Albert Woon, the hefty windsurfer, who challenged international Lock Hong Kit in a Laser to a round-Pulau Ubin race last month? Just to refresh your memory, Woon lost the race and had to plant trees in the vicinity of the Changi Yacht
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      Lock icon Sarfraz ruled out as Test reinforcement
      240 34 Sarf raz ruled out as Test reinforcement KARACHI, Wed. General Azhar Khan, chairman of Pakistan's cricket control board, has ruled out the possibility of sending Sarfraz Nawaz to reinforce the injury -hit Pakistani team touring India. Azhar told newsmen on his return home last night that seam bowler Sarfraz was
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      278 34 FMC increases its commitment to Southeast Asia with a new regional off ice in Singapore. m nSfcsKi j Hill .^L^l *^jy^S1 mmm~ ■Wtf" J* J 3MK H I mmmm^mK^mm^mmimmir an^na J J I Hit I OT^n^nfl >■* IMHTnf IVI V nf IB P^'H'fl 4» BfTfr i hi' rJ iaoil HB^BJRe
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      Mattar must make changes
      755 35  -  JOE DORAI Comment By NO-ONE is likely to question the decision of Dr. Ahmad Mattar, the Acting Minister for Social Affair*., to extend the term of the Football Association of Singapore Council until April. Not because the decision has been made by a government official, but
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      Four-ball champion for Malaysian Open
      219 35  -  PETER SIOW b: SINGAPORE'S four-ball champion. Loo Yap Long, will take part in the Malaysian Open billiards tournament in Penang from Dec. 27-30. The tournament, organised by the Penang Government Services Sports Council, in conjunction with the Pesta Pulau Pinang, will also feature champions from
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      Today's events
      55 35 Today's events BADMINTON Civil Service inter-ministry team championship (Guillemard Rd, 7). BOWLING KaUang Allstar championships (Kallang Bowl. 1.30). Rl GUY Combined State of Victoria Schools v Combined Singapore Schools (Padang. 5). &CCER Lion City Cup tournament: RKST DAY. Friendl> Port Authority Recreation Club v Farrer Park (Bukit Chermin. 5.15). Ilochore
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      ORA moves into gear
      264 35  -  KEN JALLEH Jr. By THE newly-formed Old Rafflesians Association rugby football club, the latest addition to the local rugby club scene, plans to strengthen its base of players. Formed only a few months back, it has already elected its officebearers and three matches have been arranged
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      Singapore juniors move closer to semi-finals
      636 35  -  JOE DORAI -L STORE B S INDIA t UNRATED Singapore took an encouraging step nearer to the semi-finals of the Lion City Cup soccer competition with another upset win last night, when they beat India at the National Stadium before more than 5,000 fans.
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      198 35 KUALA LUMPUR, Wed. The Malaysian RugbyUnion is seeking sponsors who ran contribute $10,000 to support its Open invitation tournament and meet the expenses of its national team in the competition. The MRU Open will begin on Dec. 29, with Malaysia. Singapore, the Australian Forces North and the
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      Lock icon India flay Pakistan
      53 35 POONA. Wed. Pakistan were 76 for one in their second innings at close on the second day of the three-day cricket match against India's West Zone here today. Earlier West Zone declared at 344 for three in reply to the tourists first innings total of 310 for
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    Lock icon Back to British rule in Zimbabwe
    81 36 I'RKSIDKNT Jon! (iamede «C Zimbabwe signing a proclamation at Government House lnsallsbury on Tuesday, ending the six-month life of the country's first majority rale Parliament and paving the way for a return to British role until the elections. Mr Gumode, seated beneath a portrait
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    Lock icon British arms sale to China report
    206 36 MOSCOW, Wed. The Soviet Government newspaper Izvestia. reporting yesterday an alleged arms deal between Britain and China, warned that Britain's Conservative Government is dangerously encouraging Chinese "aggressive aspirations." The newspaper said, "it has become known in recent days" that Britain has reached a contract
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    Lock icon More arms for Saudis?
    69 36 WASHINGTON, Wed. The Pentagon today announced its intention to sell Saudi Arabia about USJI2O million (5J264 miUion) of sophisticated military equipment which "will contribute to the stability of the Arabian Peninsula." In a tetter to Congress, the Defence Department said it wants to sell the Saudis
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    33 36 NEW YORK, Wed. The Dow Jones industrial average, which surrendered 0 17 point yesterday, was off 0.25 point to 833.44 around 11 am today on the New York Stock Exchange. UPI.
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    Lock icon Khmers seize village from Viets
    337 36 Khmers seize village from Viets ARANYAPRATHET. W#on#so#y ABOUT 500 Khmer Rouge guerillas last night attacked a Vietnameseheld village about 500 m inside Kampuchea and took control after an hour's fierce fighting, Thai military sources said today. The Pol Pot supporters laid down a heavy mortar barrage on Baan Kralor before
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    Lock icon Japan tries to calm down US anger
    309 36 Japan tries to calm down US anger TOKYO, W«d. THE Japanese government today pledged to do everything possible to help restore US confidence in Japan following stinging criticism of high-priced deals concluded by domestic companies for Iranian oil. Officials at the Interna- tional Trade and Industry Ministry said the government
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    Lock icon US and allies may seek UN help
    472 36 I Worldwide sanctions against Iran BONN, Wad THE United States and its Western allies are considering whether to ask the United Nations Security Council to impose worldwide economic sanctions against Iran, a high US official said yesterday. If such a strategy is adop'ed,
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        851 1  -  KWAN ZI By IT'S resurrection time for the 400-year-old Teochew opera after revolutionary operas stole the limelight for a decade. Old scripts which escaped destruction during the Cultural Revolution are now being collected. Meanwhile, artistes also experiment on the ancient art with modern setting.
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        35 1 DON'T BE SHY! IF YOU can speak Mandarin and are about to use dialect again, stop yourself and start In Mandarin. The other person may know Mandarin bet may also be shy. Be the initiator!
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        212 2 PHOTOGRAPHY AS A OF THE DEAF at the HOBBY AND A CAREER Victoria Theatre at 2.30 a talk in Mandarin by p m and 8.30 p.m. TickMr Kono Shane Wei, a ets: $2, $8, $10 and $15. professional photogra- Student concessions at $1 pher, at the Marine Pa- and $2.
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      868 8 TOKYO, Osaka and other big cities in Japan present a dramatic sight that seems symbolic of the nation's economic prosperity. Construction of highrise buildings, expressways and subways continues in high gear day in and day out, while projects opening up more residential
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        469 8 LA GERMANIA A name that we are all proud of in household appliances for DESIGN La Germania rs SINGAPORE'S most popular household wotd because of our Quality. Design and After -sates service La Germania offers you quality gas cookers, with over 30 models in 6different colours (beige, brown, green, blue,
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      129 10  - YMCA's children's day camp It's all just for £un TAN SUAN ANN Pictures by HOLIDAYS are for fun. And these children are having lots of it. They are some of the 105 kindergarten children at the YWCA's day camp this week. For six days, the children are being treated with
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        347 10 The Singapore Experience An There was a razor sharp and keen Audio-Visual presentation condensed look about them, the look of fine into 45 minutes of images, music soldiers. But these were not ordinary and words. soldiers. They were too young. 'f Tf* C 'U I I jr^ I 'T /f~T^f*
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        715 11 #B\ NTUC COMFORT invites applications for the posts of: 1) ASSISTANT ACCOUNTANT Qualifications/Experience A degree in accountancy or a recognised accountancy qualification with a minimum of 2 years experience Job Specification Preparation of budget and budgetary control Preparation of cash flow and other monthly reports Other general accountancy duties as
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