The Straits Times, 21 December 1979

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    15 1 The Straits Times I Estd. 1845 FRIDAY, DECEMBER 21, 1179 30 CENTS M.C.(P) No. 142/1/79
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    Lock icon HANOI SLAMS DOOR ON ASEAN
    871 1 'Interference in Kampuchea's affairs' BANGKOK, Thursday VIETNAM appeared today to have slammed the door on direct talks with the Asean countries aimed at reaching a political settlement in Kampuchea. Its Foreign Ministry said in a statement quoted by the Vietnam news agency that a communique
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    Raja takes a look at the past and the future
    4214 1 AN INSIGHT late why clvUlsatteM rlie and tali and the critical rale played by human will was given by Foreign Minister S. Kajaratnam when be spake yesterday at a seminar on Singapore Towards the Year MM. He had same help
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    Lock icon Gold price tumbles
    61 1 LONDON. Thurs. The price of gold tumbled sharply on bullion markets today while the US dollar made tiny gains. (Jold rose close to US$5OO iStI.OB) an ounce at midweek, but by this morning the opening price in Zurich was US$476 50 an ounce. This represented an overnight
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    Search goes on for missing planes
    389 1  -  ABBY TAN By Our Manila correspondent MANILA, Thurs. The weather was "extremely bad" and visibility poor at the time three Skyhawks of the Republic of Singapore Air Force were reported missing yesterday. The fighter jets, with four Singaporean pilots aboard, took off from Clark
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    On the job stints for medical candidates
    318 1 On the job stints for medical candidates CANDIDATES shortlisted for the University of Singapore's medicine course next year will have to spend seven weeks working in hospital wards including night stints under a vocational assessment scheme. This scheme, which aims to expose would-be medical students to the realities of a
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    Lock icon Death for Park's killer
    127 1 Death for Park's killer SEOUL, Thurs. A South Korean army court martial today sentenced to death former intelligence chief Kirn JaeKyu and six others for their part in the bizarre assassination of President Park ChungHee and five bodyguards. The five-member military panel said that although Kirn Jae-Kyu claimed he wanted
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    PMO to co-ordinate national campaigns
    172 1 THE Prime Minister's Office is to co-ordinate the timing of the various na- tional campaigns to increase their effectiveness when serviced by the j media and to avoid unnecessary overlapping. This decision, published in the latest issue of the Mirror, a Culture Ministry fortnightly bulletin
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    Pol Pot replaced by Khieu Samphan
    430 1  -  THEH CHONGKHADIKIJ -SAYS REPORT By of the Bangkok Post Special to the Straits Times BANGKOK, Thurs. The People's Congress of Democratic Kampuchea has named Mr Khieu Samphan to replace Mr Pol Pot as Prime Minister in the first major move to improve its world
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    URA bid to check land speculation
    1065 1  -  CHRISTINA RODRIGUES By THE Urban Redevelopment Authority, in a bid to curb speculative rises in property prices, yesterday introduced a new tender system for the development of a prime piece of land in Orchard Boulevard. Under the new system, a developer must submit two
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    Lock icon S'PORE SHIP SINKS
    52 1 LATEST S'PORE SHIP SINKS BREST (Prance), Thurs. A earg* gat loose In rough weather and punctured the hall at the tM-toanc Singapore-registered freighter, Lerk, causing It to sink today off this French part, Maritime officials said. The five crewmen were picked up by a French Navy helicopter before the Lerk
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      175 1 70 pages today CORONER: SURGEON WAS NEGLIGENT Pag* 9 US Senate backs Thailand 2 CARTER postpones plans to seek UN curbs against Iran 4 PUTTING meat to new skeleton education system 7 CALL to review policies to avoid decline in population 12 MYSTERY over death in CID lock-up 17 Causeway
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      Lock icon US Senate backs Thailand
      699 2  -  MILTON CHASE By Our Washington correspondent Russia and Vietnam criticised for 'monstrous crimes' WASHINGTON, Thurs. The US Senate today pledged continued US support to the Thai Government and commended Bangkok for its humanitarian assistance to Kampuchean refugees. The Senate action was the result of a resolution
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      Marriage coming back into fashion
      151 2 LIVING In sin is becoming leas popular In Brltaln, a government report said yesterday. Although marriage seems to be coming back Into (avow, divorce la also becoming more popular. A survey by the Office of Population Censuses and Surveys said the number of marriages went
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      Lock icon Japan team for trade talks in Phnom Penh
      215 2 A JAPANESE mission will visit Phnom Penh next March to discuss resumption of trade between the two countries, the Japan-Kampuchean Trade Association said today. The unofficial mission consisting of about 10 representatives from trading houses, manufacturers, banks and shipping firms will hold
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      Lock icon Viet-led offensive expected north of Poipet
      226 2 Viet-led offensive expected north of Poipet BANGKOK, Thurs. Thai military authorities today predicted that a major Vietnamese-led offensive anticipated later this month would be concentrated in the area north of the Kampuchean town of Poipet bordering Thailand! Supreme Command spokesman Lt-Gen Som Kattapan noted recent mobilisation of troops, expansion of
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        71 2 TV therapy for gorillas BALTIMORE zoo officials are betting that daily doses of television shows will improve the personalities of two of their gorillas, who are becoming neurotic in their cage. The gorillas a 226-kg male and a 113-kg female penned in a 6 by 4.5 m cage will watch
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        Lock icon Kung Fu squad to the rescue
        60 2 POLICE in Sao Paulo have a new ally fighting crime in the city's bustling downtown area it's the 'Kung Fu squad." That's what residents here call a group of 11 karate club members including two black belts who volunteered to help police fight pickpockets
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        Lock icon School of blind gamblers
        56 2 POLICE this week broke up a card gambling school and arrested seven men all of them blind. The occasion was the birthday of Panas Sac Tang, a blind man who makes his living selling lottery tickets and chewing gum on the street. They gambled with the
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        Lock icon Nuclear-free suburb
        65 2 A SYDNEY suburb has formally declared itself a nuclear-free zone and said it would bar the transportation of uranium ore through it to a shipping terminal. The Labour Party-domi-nated council of Leichhardt said the municipality was prepared to erect barricades across the street to halt shipments, opposed by
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        Lock icon Golden Gate survivor
        61 2 A 17-YEAR-OLD youth who jumped from the Golden Gate Bridge on Wednesday has survived the 70 m plunge into San Fransisco Bay. The youth, Todd Sherrett, is one of 12 people in the span's 42-year history to survive such a leap, authorities said. The bridge has claimed
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      Lock icon Aussie energy sources for Japan
      105 3 Aussie energy sources for Japan TOKYO, Thurs. Australian Prime NJnister Malcolm Fraser slid his country will supply Japan with stable supplies of energy sources such as uranium, coal and natural gas, according to an interview published here today. Mr Fraser, speaking to Japanese correspondents in Canberra, said be was looking
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      Lock icon Hunt for 13
      38 3 MANILA, Thurs Police were today hunting 13 prison detainees, some of them facing murder and rape charges, who broke out of a jail in tar southern Davao city after attacking a guard, police said. Reuter.
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      Lock icon Mao gets blamed for juvenile crime wave
      277 3 BEIJING, Thurs. China today blamed the alarming increase in juvenile delinquency squarely on the late Chairman Mao Zedong who preached that "rebellion is justified". While the present crackdown on young delinquents has begun to yield results, the rate of juvenile delinquency was now
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      Lock icon Indira greeted by cheers, not jeers, in polls drive
      368 3 Indira greeted by cheers, not jeers, in polls drive RAE BARELI (India), Thursday lira Gandhi is no longtrn Indian constituency y defeated in the 1977 FORMER Premier Ind er booed in this northei where she was soundlj election. r Thirty-three months ago the mere mention of her name evoked angry
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      Lock icon Blasts rock tanker
      82 3 NEW ORLEANS, Thurs. A series of explosions late yesterday rocked an oil tanker loaded with 1 million litres of crude, setting off a fire that engulfed the entire vessel. Flames shooting up to 100 m in the air lit up the night-time sky like a massive fireworks
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      Lock icon Korchnoi's son jailed
      34 3 MOSCOW, Thurs Soviet Chess grandmaster Viktor Korrhnoi s son Igor WtM sentenced to two and half years in a labour camp by a Leningrad court today for evading military call-up. Reuter
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      SOVIET 'NO' TO VISITS NEAR IRAN, AFGHAN BORDERS
      172 3 SOVIET 'NO' TO VISITS NEAR IRAN, AFGHAN BORDERS MOSCOW, Thurs. I nit« 4 SUtee mlUUr> attaches have been dfnled permission U travel to areas of the Soviet Union near the sensitive borders with Iran and Afghanistan, IS embassy personnel < nnflrmed yesterday. No reason was given 1»r the Soviet refusal
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      Lock icon New defamatory law gags Pakistan press
      154 3 ISLAMABAD, Thurs. A huge chunk of press freedom was formally eliminated in Pakistan as the Criminal Law (Amendment) Ordinance 1979 banning publication of "defamatory matter" took effect yesterday. The government said the new law aims at "protection of citizens against publication of defamatory matter."
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      Lock icon Court rules he can drive tank in town
      165 3 CINCINNATI, Thurs. An Ohio appeals court says Mr John Coyne may drive his tank on Cincinnati streets. The First Ohio District Court of Appeals ruled yesterday that Cincinnati's ordinance banning vehicles not equipped with inflatable rubber tyres is unconstitutional. Mr Coyne, 35,
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      Lock icon Carter postpones plans for UN curbs against Iran
      278 4 WASHINGTON, Thurs. Despite its growing impatience over the continued detention of 50 US hostages in Teheran the Carter administration has postponed plaas to seek. United Nations sanctions against Iran. The White House said last night that the delay for just a few
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      Lock icon 'Seize alln m-cycles'
      86 4 'Seize all m-cycles' TEHERAN, Thurs. Oil industry workers today I called for the impounding of all two-cylinder I motdrcycles in Iran "to put an end to the mur- ders of the country's I religious leaders," the newspaper Ettelaat reported. Pour religious leaders have been assassinated since the February revolution, and
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      Lock icon ANTI-SHAH DEMO ERUPTS IN PANAMA
      152 4 ANTI-SHAH DEMO ERUPTS IN PANAMA PANAMA CITY, Thow. Riot p»Uce cUohed In Panama City yesterday with MM-tkrawiag students pretesting against the presence m the drpMed Shah of Iran In Panama. Eye-witnesses said at least II people j were Injured. It was the want autbreak of violence In this Central American
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      Lock icon Iran 'likely' to break off diplomatic ties with Iraq
      249 4 Iran 'likely' to break off diplomatic ties with Iraq TEHERAN, Thurs. Iran is "likely" to break off diplomatic relations with neighbouring Iraq, the daily Kayhan reported yesterday. The pro-government newspaper said the Revolutionary Council discussed the possible move yesterday evening as a result of reported border attacks by Iraqi forces
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      Lock icon 'Entezam dealing with CIA' charge
      132 4 TEHERAN, Thurs. Iran's former deputy premier, Mr Abbas Amir Entezam, has been charged with maintaining contacts with the US Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), a spokesman for the Islamic revolutionary Prosecutor's Office said today. The spokesman said the charges related to documents discovered at the US
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      Lock icon US praises Saudi role in arms aid for N. Yemen
      191 4 US praises Saudi role in arms aid for N. Yemen WASHINGTON, Thurs. The State Department yesterday praised Saudi Arabia's role on behalf of North Yemen's security, and denied a report about alleged Saudi interference in US arms supplies to the Yemeni Government. A report in the New York Times said
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      Lock icon 70 HURT AS GUNMEN CLASH AT MEETING
      137 4 70 HURT AS GUNMEN CLASH AT MEETING TEHERAN, Thurs. More than 70 people were injured when rival gunmen clashed at a public meeting in the Baluchistan capital of Zahedan today, a provincial official said. He quoted an unconfirmed report that two people were also killed when shooting broke out at
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      Lock icon Iran recalls Morocco staff
      91 4 Iran recalls Morocco staff TEHEIIAN, Thurs. Iran has di'Cided to recall all staff f.*om its embassy in Morocco except one diplomat because King Hassan allegedly suggested American occupation of Iran, the Iranian news agency Pars reported today. It quoted Foreign Minister Sade^n Ghotbzaden as complaining that the King said in
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      'Zbig made suggestive remarks to woman reporters'
      238 5 WASHINGTON, Thurs. The Washington Post published a profile on Zbigniew Brzezinski yesterday that said he made suggestive remarks to two women reporters. When asked for comment, the White House said President Carter still has confidence in his national security affairs adviser. The Post
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      Lock icon Dissidents stave off vote on Nato missiles
      271 5 Dissidents stave off vote on Nato missiles THE HAGUE, Thur* DISSIDENTS returned to the ranks of the Netherlands' Government today in time to stave off a crucial vote over Natos plans to modernise its nurlear missile force. Prime Minister Andreas van Agt won a suprisingly comfortable victory for his qualified
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      Lock icon Jakarta frees last of '65 coup bid prisoners
      360 5 THE Indonesian Government today released the last prisoners held without trial since the abortive communistbacked coup attempt in 1965. The group of 105 political detainees, including the well-known novelist Pramudya Ananta Tur, was released in the central Java provincial capital of Semarang.
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      Lock icon Docking in space
      55 5 MOSCOW, Thurs. A modified, unmanned version of the Soyuz spacecraft which was launched on Sunday docked with the Salyut-6 space station yesterday, Tass news agency reported. Tass said the Soyuz-T craft, which contains new radio and guidance equipment and a computer, would now be tested as part
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      Lock icon Golkar rejects protest over campus policy
      184 5 Golkar rejects protest over campus policy JAKARTA, Thurs. The ruling Golkar Party today rejected a draft by the minority Muslim and Democratic parties challenging the government's tough policy on universities, officials said. The draft attacked President Suharto's cabinet for continuing to apply heavy pressure on campuses thoughout the country following
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      Lock icon 'Near zero growth with oil price hikes'
      426 6 PARIS, Thursday THE latest round of oil price increases will almost completely stifle economic growth in the industrial democracies next year and aggravate inflation and unemployment, the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development forecast yesterday. OECD chief economist John Fay said the new
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      Lock icon BIG JUMP INJAPAN EXPORTS FORECAST
      112 6 BIG JUMP IN JAPAN EXPORTS FORECAST PARIS, Thurs. Japan's exports should increase considerably next year because of an improvement in its trade competitiveness, the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development said yesterday. The forecast was contained in the OECD's halfyearly economic outlook. Japanese export prospects had been improved by the
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      Lock icon Vote-buying charge
      63 6 TOKYO, Thurs. For the first time in 18 years an active Member o( Parliament has been charged with vote fraud. Prosecutors in Chiba district east of Tokyo yesterday indicted 55-year-old Toru Uno, a member of the conservative ruling Liberal Democratic Party, on charges of paying an estimated 100
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      32 6 HONGKONG, Thurs Bail totalling HKWOO.OOO (5J176.000) was granted to Walter James Boxall, former property manager of the Hongkong Telephone Company, when he appared in court today on 19 charges. AFP.
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      Lock icon Congress rushes to bail out stricken Chrysler
      277 6 Congress rushes to bail out stricken Chrysler WASHINGTON, Thurs The United States Congress rushed today to approve an unprecedented bail-out operation for the stricken Chrysler Corporation. Chrysler, the 10th largest US industrial firm, has said it will go bankrupt in a few weeks without the massive financial assistance contemplated by
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      Lock icon Shelling 2,000 eggs an hour
      78 6 PARIS, Thurs.— A young French inventor has come up with an egg-shelling machine that could save thousands of manhours in restaurants and cafeterias and force fowl into laying overtime. Jerome Frechou. 32, an industrial designer, won a gold medal and the FrancoSwiss Chamber of Commerce
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      153 6 Rockefeller to quit as Chase's chief exec on Jan 1 NEW YORK, Thursday MR DAVID Rockefeller, the banker who played a key role in getting the deposed Shan of Iran into the United States, today said he was stepping down as chief executive officer of the Chase Manhattan Bank. Mr
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      Tieless lawyer jailed for contempt of court
      218 6 FORT LAUDERDALE (Florida), Tnurs. Attorney Ray Sandstrom Is going to Jail tomorrow. His crime: hailing to wear a tie to a hearing before Judge Robert Tyson five yean The lawyer was given I li hours to pat on a necktie, vat Mr Sandstrom
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        Lock icon Inflation hits Beijing
        80 6 INFLATION has limited the rise of the Beijing resident's purchasing power, according to a recent poll of 1,740 families in the Chinese capital. The official Xinhua news agency reported yesterday that the average per capita income of the workers' families looked into in creased 69.22 per cent
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        Lock icon 'Violated pricing rules'
        55 6 THE US Government yesterday charged seven major oil reginers with 40 violations of federal oilpricing rules totalling about US$l billion (552.2 billion). The Department of Energjp said violations by Taxaco, Shell, Standard Oil of Ohio, Arco, Marathon, Conoco and Chevron USA resulted In overcharges of several million
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        Lock icon 'Goods talks too slow'
        54 6 THIRD world states have criticised slow progress in more than three years of talks on a UN programme for stabilising markets and prices of important commodities. In Geneva yesterday, Mr Prem Kumar of India, complained that some industrialised states were reluctant to agree to international action
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        64 6 THE Australia Government announced yesterday it has rejected proposed air fares to and from Japan because the prices were not low enough. Transport Minister Ralph Hunt said in Canberra that Japan had wanted to work through the International Air Transport Association (lATA) in negotiating new
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    Putting meat to new skeleton education system
    744 7 MINISTRY YES' TO MOST BRITISH PROPOSALS THE Education Ministry has accepted most proposals made by two British curriculum experts here recently at the invitation of Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Education Dr Goh Keng Swee on how to put flesh to the
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    Club's dinner
    25 7 THE International V's Men's Club of Singapore, Beta Chapter, will hold its 21st anniversary dinner and dance at Ambassador Hotel tonight at 7.30.
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    Public warned to stay away from worksites
    398 7 CONSTRUCTION rites are Kleatlal ■eathtwpi for uwary aad the pabUe ■nut retrala tram taking short eata throagh them, the Singapore Contractor* Annriinia warned. The secretary-general of the HMriatin, Dr iUlaad Nee, nM the pakUe mart observe the '*Ne Entry" signs pat ap at
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    ! YMCA Xmas
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    'FESTIVE EXTRA' FOR 14,000 SIA STAFF
    133 7 'FESTIVE EXTRA FOR 14,000 SIA STAFF ABOUT 14,000 employees of the Singapore Airlines Group of compaI nies will enjoy a "Christmas Extra at the end of this month, when they get their 13th j month pay together with j six months' arrears of i NWC pay increases. 1 The company
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    Surgeon was negligent for not spotting blood clot
    611 9  -  GLORIA CHAN OPEN VERDICT ON GIRL WHO DIED FROM COMPLICATIONS By THE State Coroner yesterday found surgeon Choo Jim Eng negligent for failing to spot a blood clot inside the skull of Agnes Teo Kia Kei, who later died from post-surgery compli'
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    New class
    22 9 THE Serangoon Garden Youth Group will start a Japanese class soon. For details, ring *****69 between 2.30 and 9 p.m.
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    Library hours
    85 9 THE National Library and its branches at Queenstown, Toa Payoh and Marine Parade will close at 6 p.m. on Christmas Eve and New Year's Eve. The children's sections at the libraries will close at 5.30 p.m. The Chai Chce and Siglap branch libraries will be opened from 2
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    Talks next month on air pact with Turkey
    208 9  - Talks next month on air pact with Turkey JANIE KHOO By TALKS between Stagav pare and Turkey will be beM next menth In A*kv» far bUmterml »lr services agreement. Thf talks, hMiM U Ukr pU<* frera ita 8 U It, will mv that Mtagaperr AlrtiiKw wUI to «Mr U Mill
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    447 9 FRENCH Prime Minister Raymond Barre has suggested that his country and Singa- 1 pore draw up objectives for economic coop-! eration to be achieved in the next five years. This suggestion was welcomed by Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew. As a result both
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    The 11th industry
    44 9 A STRAITS TIMES report on j Tuesday on the 11 industries pinpointed by the Economic Development Board as targets in the 80s mentioned only 10. The Hth industry which was not reported is "Specialty chemicals and Pharmaceuticals". The omission is regretted.
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      Lock icon Man held after 110 km/h bus chase
      224 11 Man held after 110 km/h bus chase KLANG, Thurs. Police yesterday detained a man suspected of trying to steal a bus after a 110 km h chase along the I Klang-Kuala Selangor I Road. Officials of the bus company and a police pa- :r<:l car had chased the bus fur
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      Lock icon 4 trade tours planned
      51 11 KUALA LUMPUR. Thurs. The Malaysian Trade and Industry Ministry is planning to send four trade missions overseas next year. Deputy Minister Datuk Lew Sip Hon said yesterday. The missions will visit several European countries. Papua New Guinea, the South Pacific Islands and member countries of Asean.
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      Lock icon Woman disappears into Muar river
      117 11 MUAR. Thurs. An unidentifiea woman jumped off the Sultan Ismail bridge here and disappeared into the Muar River early yesterday morning. According to witnesses the woman was earlier seen quarrelling with a man in a Mercedes in Muar town at 12.55 a.m. When the car
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      Air unit takes off
      58 11 KUALA LUMPUR. Thurs. Malaysian police chief Haniff Omar yesterday launched an air unit of the iHilice force to combat smuggling and piracy along the borders with Thailand and Singapore. At a simple ceremony, he accepted two Cessna 206 planes from the manufacturer's agent and presented "wings"
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      Lock icon Big theft of blast material from quarry
      217 11 Big theft of blast material from quarry JOHORE BARU, Thurs. Several thousand kilograms of explosives, including detonators and gelignite, worth more than $30,000 have been reported stolen from a quarry, near Gelang Patah, about 25km from here. It is believed that the explosives were stolen cany this week from the
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      Lock icon Man chained in room rescued
      76 11 PENANG, Thurs.— Police yesterday rescued a man who had been chained in a room and forced to sell illicit samsu at a house in Brick Kiln Road. j The man, a 43-year-old tri I shaw rider, had been kept there for about 21 days. A
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      Lock icon Call to raise oil royalty
      81 11 I KUALA TRENGGANU, Thurs The federal government and Petronas have been urged to raise by 10 per cent the rate of royalty paid to the Trengl ganu Government on the pe- troleum produced in its terriI xor XState assemblyman Haji Abdul Rashid Mohamed told the
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      Lock icon 49,577 Viets
      32 11 KUALA LUMPUR. Thurs. A total of 49,577 Vietnamese refugees landed in Malaysia from January to September this year, Deputy Home Affairs Minister Syed Ahmad Shahabuddin told the Senate yesterday AFP
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      Assembly's new uniform makes its debut
      95 11 NEURI SemMUn's It State Assemblymen and two Assemblywomen turned out for the Budget session last Monday la Seremban In their new uniforms far the first time. Hajjah Katimah Ibrahim, the State Assemblywomen for Pantal, Is shown here wearing her new uniform. The new uniforms
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      Lock icon Govt rejects request for rise in oil prices
      329 11 KUALA LUMPUR, Thursday THE Malaysian Government has rejected a request by three oil companies for price increases. Deputy Trade and Industry Minister Datuk Lew Sip Hon said today that Esso, Shell and Mobil had informed the ministry they wanted an increase as
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      Lock icon Tourist killed by robber
      57 11 HONGKONG, Thurs. A Malaysian tourist was killed here on Tuesday night when he [ought with a robber who had snatched his wife's gold necklace, police reported today. Police identified the victim as Cheuk Yun Wo, 55, who was stabbed in the chest and stomach during the
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      Lock icon Mining code
      38 11 KUALA LUMPUR. Thurs. The Primary Industries MinisI try is formulating a national mining code aimed at harmoi nising the various mining laws made at state and federal levels, its minister Mr Paul Leong said yesterday. AFP.
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    Chee Onn tells workers: Give of your best
    146 12 Chee Onn tells workers: Give of your best THE NTUC Secretary(jeneral, Mr Lim Chee Onn. has urged workers to give of their best to their employers. And those who have been in service for more than 15 years need not worry which of two camps they belong to, ho said.
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    The decision that faces Singapore workers
    292 12 The decision that faces Singapore workers THE Singapore worker must choose whether he wants enjoyment now or gratification later, for the nation's success in restructuring her economy rests on his decision. The only stumbling block in achieving such success is inadequate skill right across the board, whether it is in
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    Call to review policies to avoid decline in population
    338 12  -  PAUL JANSEN By PRESENT population control policies have gone beyond their aims and a review is needed if Singapore is to avoid a declining population in the years ahead. This warning was given by Professor Saw Swee j Hock, head of
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    Doctors urged to focus on prevention not cure
    292 12 Doctors urged to focus on prevention not cure THE rapid rate «f advance in medical science has highlight ed the need for occurs to concentrate an health rather than on disease. Professor Wong Hack Bo«n, presenting bin paper on "Limits to Medicine" said there are still limits despite the rapid
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    Sunday date
    41 12 CAIRNHILL citizens' consultative committee and the Cairn hill community centre man agement committee and youtli group members will visit Cuppage Centre and Newtor Circus hawker centre or Sunday at 10.30 am ir connection with the Speak More Mandarin campaign.
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    It will be a beautiful tomorrow, say HDB officers
    358 12 SINGAPORE city unique in identity and with character. This is the vision of the future as seen by two Housing Board executives yesterday. Mr Liv Thai Ker, chief executive and Mr Lav Woh Cheong, senior planner, outlined the future Singapore in
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    The high cost of nuclear energy
    149 12 A NUCLEAR plant which will meet roughly half our present electrical energy requirements will cost each person an average of more than $1,000. This was revealed by the general manager of Development Resources Pte Ltd, a subsidiary of the PUB, Mr Tay Sin Van
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    Dynamic hub of S-E Asia in the making
    242 12 Dynamic hub of S-E Asia in the making THE Renaissance Venice of South-east Asia that is what Singapore will be in the year 2000, according to the director of the Science Centre, Dr R. S. Bhathal He said the last two decades had seen an influx of technology and the
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    Classes at centre
    50 12 THE Cairnhill community centre will hold classes on cake-making, Padane curry. Chinese tim-sum. fashion designing, copper tooling, bersilat (Malay art of self defence). dancing, guitar playing and karate next month. Details can be obtained from the centre at tel. *****37 between 3 p.m. and 10 p.m p.m.
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    Laying stone
    39 12 THK MP for Boon Lay, Mi NgCO* Pack Hua. »ill attend the ni>* Uocm Lay <,immunity .critic's foundation stone lay ing ceremony at the junction of Boon Lay Avenue and Boon Lay Plan <>n Sunday, at 5
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    Used force on PC
    44 14 KRISHNASAMY Pakrisamy, 22, was given a 12-month conditional discharge by a magistrate yesterday aiter he pleaded guilty to using criminal force on a police constable. The court heard that he pushed PC Martin De Rosario hi Anson Road on Monday.
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    Disorderly: $70 fine
    38 14 L AROKIASWAMY. 45, was fined $70 by a magistrate yesterday when he pleaded guilty to behaving disorderly along Bukit Timah Road on Tuesday. He had shouted at the top of his voice and acted "aggressively."
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    Average of 42 cars scrapped a day
    433 14 Average of 42 cars scrapped a day AN AVERAGE of 42 cars were scrapped a day last year to make way for new [ones under the Preferential Additional I Registration Fees scheme, and unlike previous years, many of these were in fairly good condition. This was disclosed by the chairman
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    CC's tour
    23 14 KEAT Hong community centre will organise a tour to Peninsula Malaysia for its Chinese orchestra group on Sunday at 8 a.m.
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    THREE COURSES SOON AT B. TIMAH CAMPUS
    156 14 THE University of Singapore's Department of j Extramural Studies will start three courses at the Bukit Timah campus early in the new year. An eight-lecture course on Business Correspondence and a nine-lecture course on Engineering Mathematics will begin from Jan 3. The correspondence
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    HOUSEWIVES' MARKETING GUIDE
    375 14 The retail prices of market items are provided below for general guidance only. Dale 20 Dec 79 Prepared By Department ol Trade Singapore ITEM UNIT PRICE Area M rket: Al exandi jeenst a/ Pork "5 I can Meat 605g i k« 605g lkg 605g lkg 605g lk£
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    HK rent control and its impact: Mixed views
    706 14  -  CHRISTINA RODRIGUES By DIVIDED views were expressed yesterday on whether proposed rent control for Hongkong's domestic rented property will affect Singapore's property market. Some of those in the building, property development and finance industry interviewed felt that this would speed up the
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    Easier, cheaper bus travel in Telok Blangah
    364 14 Easier, cheaper bus travel in Telok Blangah RESIDENTS in Telok Blangah can look forward to more convenient and cheaper bus travel through a comprehensive set of feeder services and increased trunk services to be introduced by the Singapore Bus Service.. Stage One of the new plan for the estate includes
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      406 14 •"•ass-fi BARON'S TABLE GARDEN BALLROOM 24 December 25 December CHRISTMAS EVE GRAND DINNER CHRISTMAS DAY FAMILY BUFFET DANCE $$65.00" per person 11.30 am -3.00 pm Includes a delectable 5-course •**xm?m^* P®* o o^ dinner, a pint bottle of Pommery 5516.50 per Child under 12 Greno champagne per couple, Includes a
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      337 16 m Our congratulations and best wishes to A Tan Chong Sons Motor Co (S) Pte Ltd on the occasion of the DATSUN €t The Chartered Bank ffV A member of Standard Chartered Bank Group TUC DAyif AC TAI/VA I TIN big' Strong.friendly tme bank of Tokyo, ltd. European Asian Bank
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    Lock icon Death plunge father and children are buried
    391 17 A THREE-IN-ONE funeral yesterday rang the curtain down on the tragedy of a father who allegedly threw his two young children down 15 floors and then plunged after them in Ang Mo Kio on Monday. «bmhhbhb The father, formerSingapore Airlines technician Chua Chye
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    Dog licence reminder
    59 17 DOG owners are reminded that licences for their dogs expire on Dec 31 and may be renewed at the City Veterinary Centre, Kampung Java Road, district offices, certain post offices and the Primary Production Veterinary extension centre. The Thomson Primary Production extension centre at Kampung Sin Teng
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    Jaycees' study on day care centres ready soon
    141 17 Jaycees' study on day care centres ready soon THE Singapore Jaycees are studying the possibility of setting up day care centres for children, to be staffed mainly by senior citizens. According to Jaycees spokesman, Mr Eugene Lim, the group could work on the idea suggested by Mr Rohan Kamis, MP
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    They are now specialists
    59 17 KWE doctors have passed the Masler of Medicine (Obsterics and Gynaecology) examination conducted by the School of Postgraduate Medical Stndfef, ''niversity of Singapore, this month. They are: Dr Kee Wei Heong." Dr Lee Chee Wan. Dr Ooi Koon Hean. Alex. Dr Micha.-l Teo Yu Keng. Dr
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    Comex date
    33 17 COMEX Singapore will hold its seventh annual dinner and dance at the Garden Ballroom. Holiday Inn. tomorrow at 7.30 p.m. Those who are interested in attending can ring *****29 for details.
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    Music joy
    20 17 THK Si Andrew's Junior College band will visit the Si Johns Home for the Aged today al !>3oa.m.
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    Exchange was robbery in this case
    181 17 Exchange was robbery in this case FRIENDSHIP was caver for robbery when ft man thrr«tened a yoath with an Iron rod and farced him to swap rlathee. Insp A. Masllamanl, profteootlng, told ft district court yesterday how Supplah Govindftsftmy, 2Jt, robbed Jftohftrl bin Bailrns, 15, ft day after befriending him
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    Mystery over death in CID lock-up
    361 17  -  PAUL WEE By MYSTERY shrouds the dcatti of a 19-year-old youth who said he wanted to turn over a new leaf and was then found hanged in the CID lock-up two days later. He was identified as Tan Mm Kwang, a painter of Lorong
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    Change of numbers
    56 17 ABOUT 4,500 telephone subscribers in and around the MacPherson Housing Estate will have their telephone numbers changed today at about 11 a.m. Numbers beginning with 80, 88. 282, 283, 284 and 285 will be changed to 746xxxx. The last three or four digits of the old telephone
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    More firms took part in courtesy drive
    265 18 A SCUSTANTIAIXY larg ci number of KTVlce .«r.d tourism-related industries took part in this ytar'i courtesy campaign compared with last year. Th<> Singapore Tourist Promotion Board, organiser of the campaign. said there was an 80 per cenl increase in the number of restaurants,
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    COMMERCIAL SCHOOLS' ACTION PLANS.
    102 18 SEVERAL commercial and secretarial schools have drawn up action plans for next year's courtesy campaign. The Culture Ministry's latest publication. Courtesy News, said these plans include preparation of a training manual pn courtesy, the inclusion of courtesy topics in their syllabus and the introduction of questions
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    2 shipping assns' NWC plea settled
    137 18 2 shipping assns' NWC plea settled THK appeal by two shipping associations to the National Maritime Board for "acceptable" NWC recommendations has been settled, a board spokesman said yesterday. The spokesman said that alter discussions with the Labour Ministry, the board decided to pay the seamen $32 plus 4 per
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    Sobering thought for drivers who drink
    465 18 Sobering thought for drivers who drink REVELLERS who drink and drive during the festive season should bear this sobering thought in mind: One in every three car drivers who died on the roads over the past three years had traces of alcohol in their blood. And for the first 10
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    Cantata by choir
    57 18 CHRIST Methodist Chinch Choir will present a Christmas Cantata at its premises in East Coast Road on Sunday at its 10.15 a.m. service The cantata, entitled "Down From His Glory," was inspired by J.W. Petersen from a song of the same title. The church will also conduct
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    Traffic cop chief confirmed as supt
    142 18 Traffic cop chief confirmed as supt THE officer-in-charge of Traffic Police and the Security Branch, Mr Ong Seng Chye, 36. has been confirmed in his rank of police superintendent. Supt Ong's confirmation takes effect this month. He was promoted to this rank on a year's trial last December. He joined
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    Spiders spared but not Kaki Bukit CC
    211 18 Spiders spared but not Kaki Bukit CC FOUR teenaged boys who set out to catch spiders near the Kaki Bukit community centre decided to break into the centre and steal property, a magistrate's court heard on Wednesday. All four pleaded guilty to housebreaking and causing mischief. After two of them
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    Man out on bail commits 2 similar offences
    198 18 Man out on bail commits 2 similar offences A MAGISTRATE'S court on Wednesday heard how Govinda Ras, a labourer, who was released on bail after he was charged with outraging the modesty of a woman, committed two similar offences within 10 minutes about a fortnight later. Govinda, 22, faced three
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      264 18 Straits Times Crossword ACROSS 3 or tibia, broken about Nn Hampshire pronle (7) 1 Firm feature that might be 5 Twenty »rnt without ror' double layer (6). awkward (6 4 Patience s forte (6K 6 K^trj,.,^ ii M urv (rf mjs M 9 Noted heroine at The Arabian j^,, j
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    Specialised English courses: More planned next year
    221 19 Specialised English courses: More planned next year THK British Council here will offer more specialised English language courses for statutory boards, commerce and industry from next year. The courses called English For Special Purposes or English For Occupational Purposes were designed to meet specific needs in the commercial and industrial
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    Stevedores' union bursaries
    55 19 THE Singapore Stevedores' Union will award 30 bursaries to its members' children next year. Fifteen bursaries of $60 each will be given to primary school pupils and another 15 of $120 each to secondary school pupils. Application forms are available at the union premises in Amoy Street.
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    A campfire
    31 19 THE Canberra community centre youth executive committee will hold a campfire night for its members as well as Sembawang Canoe Club members at 7.30 p.m. tomorrow at its premises.
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    SINGAPORE CADET GETS QUEEN'S MEDAL
    114 19 SINGAPORE CADET GETS QUEEN'S MEDAL CORPORAL Poo Jong Ai (above), of Singapore Armed Forces, has bet-n awarded the Queen's Medal for the most distinguished performanre in military and academic studies at the 1979 graduation parade at the Australian Royal Military College, Dun troon. Cpl Koo was also one of four
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    Entries for national chess contest
    97 19 THE Singapore Chess Federation is inviting entries for the Ist National Chess Championship which will be held in two stages. Participation in the qualifying tournament commencing on Jan 21 *ill be limited to 50 of the top rated entries. Seven qualifiers will join five seeded
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    Exports give a fillip to trade with South Asia
    294 19 Exports give a fillip to trade with South Asia SINGAPORE'S trade with Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, India and Pakistan has increased by two-and-a-half fold in two years thanks to the Republic'sjump in export to the region. This is stated in the Singapore Manufacturer. the journal of the Singapore Manufacturers Association It
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    Two women robbed of gems in lift
    123 19 TWO women were robbed of their jewellery worth $H3O by two men, one armed with a knife, in a lift at Block 128, Lorong 1, Ida Payoh on Wednesday night. Police said Miss Normah binti Kivi, 21. a secretary, was returning to her
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    NURSES FAIR
    58 19 THE Permanent Secretary (Health) and Director of Medical Services. Dr Andrew G.K. Chew, will open a nurses fait at the School of Nursing. Sinnai«>re General Hospi- tal, tomorrow at 10 .a.m. Items on sale at the fair will include food, consumer goods, garden produce and handicraft. There will
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    More accident witnesses coming forward now
    459 19 MORE people are now coming forward as witnesses of road accidents and this public-spirited-ness has contributed immensely to the prosecution and conviction of offenders. Unlike in the past when the Traffic Police were often frustrated by a wall of silence, despite appeals in the
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    Car thefts — why need for deterrent sentence...
    428 19 Car thefts why need for deterrent sentence A DISTRICT court yesterday heard how the "systematic stealing" of motor vehicles has sent known theft cases up to 213 this year compared with 170 last year. The point was made by Asst Supt Derrick de Souza in pressing the court for a
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  • The Straits Times FRIDAY, DECEMBER 21, 1979
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      HEDGING BETS
      399 20 THE North Yemeni decision to resume military ties with the Soviet Union may or may not have been provoked by Saudi Arabia. At this stage it is impossible to judge between the New York Times story and its denial by the State Department. It is, however, probably safe
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      UNHOLY HASTE
      379 20 JAPAN is reportedly preparing to resume its aid programme to Hanoi. The speculation comes hot on the heels of the recent decision of Asean Foreign Ministers to open a dialogue with Vietnam over Kampuchea. The reported move, according to a Japanese press report, is Tokyo's gesture to show
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    Borrowing against the future
    746 20  -  COLIN BICKLER By in Manila THE Philippines Government is determined to maintain an expanding economy in 1980, despite an ever-increasing oil bill and a substantial balance of payments deficit that seems unlikely to decline to any great extent, if at all, in the coming year. For
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    45 20 IN thinking about the future we should approach It more like a chess player than a gambler. The chess player plans his every move by thinking many steps ahead. A one-move chess player is out by the time he makes his second «m move.
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      35 21 DON'T BE SHY! IF YOi; can speak Mandarin and are about Ui use dialect again, stop yourself and -tart in Mandarin. The ather person may know Mandarin hut may also he shy. Be the Initiator!
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      Keep firm grip on shopping baskets at this time
      159 21 THIS is the time of year when many pick-pockets are on the rampage. One of course has to be wary about them. But recently there has been a spate of "pick-bas-kets' at the Toa Payoh !^>rong 2 market, one of the
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      Show those Mandarin films earlier in evening
      70 21 WE are an English-speak-ing family and we wholeheartedly support the promotion of the Mandarin language. We urge RTS to show Mandarin films at an f-arlier time. At present most Mandarin films are shown after 9 p.m. and some even end about 11 p.m.
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      Vendors behind runaway property prices
      807 21 Vendors behind runaway property prices Discontent over sellers who renege on word THE prices of landed properties and prime choice sites have skyrocketted to new heights since March this year. Many economic and monetary factors have accelerated this move as good, sizeable privatelyowned sites become scarce. The scramble for private
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      Unanswered point is courts are grossly under-used
      365 21 I REFER to the letter by Professor Richard H. Schippers (ST. Nov 6) and the reply on behalf of the Permanent Secretary (Education). This reply was not satisfactory. First, on a minor error of fact: The Dover Road sports facilities were not "Duilt
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      Is this in keeping with equal rights for women?
      132 21 Is this in keeping with equal rights for women? MAY I congratulate P.K. Goh on her fine article, "Male chauvinism is alive and well in the club" (ST, Dec 10). I could not agree with her more. As a working female spouse of a husband who is a member of
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      Plans to send more Tamil teachers to more schools in future
      179 21 I REFER to the letter, "They eagerly await a teacher to support their society," by I.S. Raj (ST, Dec I »>'. There were only N pupils taking Tamil as their second language In Gaa Enc Seag School, and not
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      Guarantee period for repairs needs extending
      229 21 THE letter, "Why should flat owners have to bear cost of such repairs?' by "Flat Owner" (ST, Dec 8 has prompted me to write this. As the owner of a 4roomed flat, I too had a leaky ceiling in the two toilets. I wrote
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      Car pool stand
      25 21 I WOULD like to suggest a car pool stand for Bedok residents like the one at Ang Mo Kio. RESIDENTS, Singapore 1«M.
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      Frustrating to watch OMO buses drive by
      57 21 SINCE Singapore Bus Service's Service No ICI has been converted to one-man-ope ration (OMO), commuters have to wait as long as 25 minutes for Service No 1(4 to go to the Sembawang end. It is frustrating to see at least three OMO bases
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    76 23 It is incredible that this 14th century man should have anticipated ideas about man and society, about jurisprudence, geopolitics, power, religion, war and peace and many of the great themes about the rise and fall of civilisations centuries before thinkers like Vico,
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      Market trend turns better
      310 24 SELECTIVE stocks, particularly those MalaysiM-hMtid companies, were riagled out for bullish treatment at the Stock ExchMge of Singapore yesterday. Gains la extreme eases ranged up to II per cent or more. It was a spernlatlve market In which the balk of trading volume was heavily eaaeentrated
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      304 24 THE BULLS returned in force to the Kuala Lumpur stock market, boosting a number of the speculative lower-liners yesterday. Trading was again hectic. Buying interst was especially strong in the first hour. The mad scramble was most pronounced in current favourite. Central Sugars which surged from $4.50 to
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      24 24 THE average rate at which major Singapore hanks are currently prepared to lend to their bent customer, Is 1.2 per cent.
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      44 24 I(ANi;K of prim offered by ills ounl houses on Dei 20 iwrniKht 6. Call deposits 6. Clotiag Ruviaf Sellial Treusury bills 63/16 61/16 3 month Bunk bills Ji 9 3 months CD 9 9H 6 months (I) 9 9 Sourer: National Discount v
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      328 24 SIXMPOKK I NIT TRI ST (Maaagen' prices far Dee 21) The Commerc? 217 2» Th.'S.nin([Kuni! 143 152 Spore Proit Fund 0.9! 1.02 Spore Sec Fund 174 l.» Spore Invest Fund 1 32 1 40 Spore Equity Fund 098 1 OBxd WIIMIIKIM (Maaanera- arteea tar Dee tl) Mai Invest
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      1877 24 BID and offer prices officially listed and business In an reported to the stock Exchange of Singapore yesterday with 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 "sett". Big
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      1669 24 BID and offer prim offu-iaUy listed .md business In and reported to the Kuala Lumpur Stork Exchange yesterday with the number of shares traded shown in brackets in lots of 1000 units unless otherwise speri Bjd IMll STKUi.v lJhw»la(3 70S) \lra« (1 HOI) 1 85S) (3) 1 83
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        76 24 Mil 400 +103 PMC 492 46 Trmerloh 51S 45 C SuK»r» 488 +44 Hoag l.ronß Ind 294 +36 Magnum C'orpn 464 +22 Tmtrk I'rjirnl 430 +22 H Royal 217 +21 Sh«n«ri-I.« 7M +20 M Brcwrrio 730 +20 M Flour 203 +17 0 C B C 720+15 A Knlrrpn.r. 380
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        13 24 Rahman Hyd 640 -15 X K.mp.r 470 -12 C C M 800-10
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        Most active stocks
        31 24 Kaber Mrrlin 274.000 Haw Par 262.000 C fUr 215.000 Tuanu Dry 190.000 H Royal 140.000 PMC 140.000 Inchcapr 125.000 M.nnum Corpn 102,000 Tan hona 96.000 .1 Omrnl 96.000
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        38 24 Dec 19 Dec 20 B.T.lndex: 2842.14 2967 49 Industrials: 428.06 432 14 Finance: 763.55 766.77 Hotels: 338 42 345 23 Properties: 265 76 266.30 Minings 240 92 240.73 Plantations: 723.15 729.06 0.C.8.C.r 404.71 408.12 S.E.S.Ind: 376.82 *****
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        300 24 HONGKONG: Stock prices rose on selective buying of leading shares yesterday, almost recovering Wednesday's lasses with the Hang Seng index rising 25.36 points to 824.84, dealers said. The morning session saw strong buying of Hongkong Wharf which lead gains by o'her leading shares including Hongkong Bank, Hutchison Whampoa and
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        357 24 TOKYO: Share prices closed sharply higher in active trading yesterday, on fresh buying following the decline over the pasi three sessions, dealers said. The Dow Jones average rose 49.02 to close at 6.526.13 points, with a volume of 520 million shares. The New index closed at 456.52, up 3.43
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        266 24 From column 5 Kaekal (2 4OS) (2) 2 25 (5) 2 30 (1) 2 26 (2) 2 22 (2) 2.23 (3) 2 35 (4) 2 40 L Perak 13 428 3 50S) (1) 3.40 Malayaa 1 23 OOli 24 50S xd Mister (7 10B7.20S) Paaaag Caa (1308 1
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        88 24 THE MALAYSIAN Minister of Finance has fixed these rates for the period from December 20, until further notice: Rubber: 293 I cents a kilo; C»pr»: MJ1.083.02 a tonne; Palm kerael: $355.75 a tonne; White pepper: J4.588.87 a tonne; Black pepper: $3,070.16 a tonne; The rates of duty payable
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        122 24 CHINESE PROW CE EXCHANGE, SINGAPORE, NOON CLOSING PRICES PER PICI L YEBTERDAV: Caeaaat all: Bulk (109 sellers, old drum (115 sellers, new drum (119 sellers Caam: Mixed (loose) UK Cont (64.00 buyers. Pepper: Muntok ASTA white fob 10» NLW (325 00 sellers. Sarawak white fob 96' r NLW
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        222 24 THE KIIX)BAR market for gold deliverable in Singapore opened at 533.366 and closed at 133.437 yesterday In the Far East, gold opened at 15J474 00 ***** Buying lifted the market up immediately to 1483 00 485 00 before profit taking set in The lunch closing was MBOOO up Gold
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        268 25 SYDNEY. Thurs Stock prlCCi firmed led by resources Model pailii ulaiiy diamond issues, dealers said. Ashton rose 10 cents to A52.72. CRA 10 to 4.50 and Northern Mining Corp 45 to 2.85. BHP rose 15 cents to $10.75 Woodside Petroleum added six cents to $2 16 while
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        233 25 NKW YORK, Wed The ■to< k market retreated in heavy trading although prices were firming late in the session following a bout of profittaking in gold bullion Selling continued in many of the energy stocks that have soared on rising energy prices and some precious metals
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        268 25 ZURICH, Wed. Prices closed steady in slow turnover with business focussed on banks where the registered shares of I'nion Bank and Bank Leu rose while Bank Corp Bearer eased slightly, dealers said. Insurances were narrowly mixed while in partly higher financial^. Landis and CYR, Sika and Forbo
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        269 25 AMSTERDAM. Wed. Share prices closed mixed to lower in moderate trading, with Royal iiiti h losing 1.10 and HoogovE>ns 0.70 guilders as the internationals index fell to a new low for the year, dealers said Shippings were sharply highn-. with Van Ommeren up six. ABN V.il! rose
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        London gold issues firmer
        575 25 I i)\IX)N. Wed. Gold shares were firmer in moderate trading as the bullion price continued to rise and other equity leaders were quietly mixed At I pm thi- FT index was up 0.2 at 421.5. Among the heavyweight gold IMUM Amgold and Vaal Reefs were over
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        Selected indices
        54 25 FINANCIAL TIMES INDUSTRIALS Wednesday 422.1 Tuesday 421.3 Week Ago 423.6 DOW JONES AVERAGE INDUSTRIALS Wednesday 838.91 Tuesday 838 85 Week ago 835.87 H.K.HANG SENG Thursday 828 84 Wednesday 799.48 Week ago 790 02 SYDNEY INDUSTRIALS Thursday 557.25 Wednesday 555.68 Week ago 557.38 ALL ORDINARIES Thursday 716.68 Wednesday 713.17
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        RUBBER
        262 24 PRICES in the Singapore rubber market closed slightly higher yesterday, with January RSS One buyers quoted at 296.75 cents per kilo, up 0.75 cent on Wednesday's close, dealers said. Bogged down by conflicting reports from the Opec oil ministers meeting in Caracas, afternoon trading was practically grounded to a
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        32 24 1 Rubber Dec 20 1 Singapore: January: 296.75 cents (up 0.75 cent) I Malaysia: January: 296.00 cents (unchanged) Tin: M$ 2,161 (down $5) Official offering: 168V4 tonnes (up 11*4 tonnes)
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        COPPER
        32 24 LONDON: Copper prices on Wednesday (previous in brackets) Wirebar Spot L1.001C994). sell ers £1.002 (1995). Three Month buyers L 1.005. 005 (1.999). sellers u.oo6<r.i,oDo) Market lea*: Barely steady Sain: 13.250 tonnes
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        116 24 THE STRAITS tin price slipped another $5 to $2,161 per picul in Penaag yesterday on an official offering up 11 tonnes to 158 tonnes. The overnight London market was firmer with forward buyers gaining £20 to £7,475 per tonne. LONDON: Tin ended the day down £20 for Cash and
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      627 25 ARBUTHNOT Securities Asia Ltd, managers of the Singapore Growth Fund, has announced the distribution of income for the year ended Nov 5. 1979. Holders of Group One units, acquired before Nov 6. 1978 which have seen earnings income for the full twelve months to Nov
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      309 25 Inquiry into St Piran's affairs THE IK Department Trade has rondarted a confidential Inquiry Into Saint liran, the British based mining and building group. The Inquiry was made under section ll* of the Companies Art IK7, which empowers the department to demand documents and explanation of the documents from officers
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      555 25 Applications are invited from suitably qualified candidates for the position of.— LABORATORY SUPERVISOR The Job: Responsible to the Plant Superintendent tor the I operation and administration of the quality control laboratory of the Blending Plant in Jurong Requirements: Applicants should possess a recognised degree m I Chemistry or equivalent At
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      591 25 I THE NEW STRAITS TIMES I PRESS (MALAYSIA) BERHAD (Incorporated In Malaysia) NOTICE OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING Notice is hereby given thot the Eighth Annuol General Meeting ot the Company will be held in the Theotrette of the Company, Balai Berita, 31 Jolan Riong, Kuala Lumpur, on Saturday. 9th February,
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      546 26 AT YOUR SERVICE Telephone Service *****22 fj 1 .^aaw m p^^ Mondov Fridoy 830 o m 500pm m m 4 t■» T«ne» Centre 900 o m 500pm XB4-44Z* I New Indujtriol Rood otf (Mondoy Fridoy > 1 1 Upper Poyo Lebor Rood 900 on 100pm (Saturdoy* T«i$Hil!IH.T, [7^ T If
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      680 26 I FOB S*Lt t SHOPPIH6 6UIDE Own a twin-door fridge for only $115 down $42 per month SINGER DURACQDL222 ■■■BBS WCfaVMafl f^aP tS bBSI Q^attif^i W SINGER SALES CENTERS: Room 5126 Golden Mile Shopping Center, Beach Road, *****71 a Block 88, 153 Bedok North Street 4, *****02 a TCB Building,
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      452 26 ATTENTION!! SPECIAL X'MAS OFFER: 30 UNITS EACH DEMONSTRATION SETS a GEC 5.2/ 7 3 cult Refrttjeretora model C-4V C-a. PRICE: From $350 (Uaual Pnce: SWO) c GEC Fully Automatic Waahing Machine, model Super Dekiie 14 complete with hot and cold water waahing. PRICE: From $450 All umta complete with guarantee
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      997 26 BGLORY8 GLORY CO. 445. too Chut Roid. Sinfapore 1542 Factory: 12. Swan* Cmctnt Sexapore 1441. I Sole Agent: Wk "Sun-Light" #t rti Vertical Blind WMIMM also available Ui" 111 [H ARE ITALIAN |l£jj-— pvc FOLDING Call us for free estimate without obligation TEL: *****9, *****81. Telex RS *****, drl^ BFGA
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      1817 26 RATES SECTION INDEX Ordmory 70 CH per -ord lrr«n 110 SO. I FOR SALE SHOPPING GUIDE Sem,D*pk,y $12 00 per column cm EMPLOYMENT ■iitio 33 00l$ 'X^ Tinl VEHICLES BOATS (m,r»39 »S^doTT^» IV ACCOMMODATION PROPERTIES Deploy $1500 p., cotann cm V SERVICES BUSINESS (Mm »45 00) St,»ts Tm, VI EDUCATION
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      427 27 II EMPLOYMENT 31 Situations Vacant b) Secretarial and Clerical An estebfcshed Firm in Jurong re quires the following personnel 11) Rt EPTIONIST CUM TCIEPHONf OPERATOR (7) FEMALE CLERKS (Seles and Shipping Depart- ments) (3) FEMALE STOCK CLERKS hs-i (4) MALE SALES CLERKS with i rr.ins m t write Kiiklisli handwriting
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      653 27 ESTABLISHED LOCAL AOVERTISun si eneral tin| ***** M lor EXPERIENCED RECEPTIONIST/ TYPIST urfentl) needed Mist be ihiet,.t. hboard irt vu. rk immediately r-nds. 223.13*2/ EXPERIENCED SECRETARY REOUIPED Shorthand speed 100 to 120 p.m Iypinfi speed 40 lo reply with teleiii' I lo Box 908. Ocean itiiiidiiiK Collyer vuay B*pon EXPERIENCED
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      629 27 FIRST CLASS STENOGRAPHER with perfect command of Engtypewrltlng speeds, minimum 100 and SO respectively required urgently Remuneration commeruniraMs with qualifn ations and experience will nol he less than $8.450 p a please apply with contact telephone number to SST Box A91J61 FOREIGN BANK GENERAL CLERKS Requirements: OCfO Level c Typing
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      692 27 t U BLOND ASIA PTE LTD SUBSIDIARY OF LEBLOND INCORPORATED THE WORLDS LARGEST MANUFACTURER OF A COMPLETE LINE OF LATHES invites applications for the following vacancies: (A) SENIOR COST CLERK (B) ACCOUNTS CLERK Poet (A): c LCC Higher Costing or IU equivalent a Minimum 2 years' relevant working experience In
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      694 27 Newly established manufac- luring Company in Jurong requires: (A)MANAGER/ ACCOUNTANT (B)PURCHASING CLERK (OGENERAL CLERK Qualifications/Experience Post (A): c A mature person who can make full contribution to the Management c A Degree of Professional qualification In Management and Accountancy. c Able to communicate effectively with all levels of Personnel c
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      663 27 VACANCIES IN PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS FIRM (I) SENIOR AUDIT ASSISTANTS c Bachelor of Accountancy Degree or equivalent. c 2 years relevant working experience c Able to supervise and to work independently (II) INTERMEDIATE/ JUNIOR CLERKS c Completed ACCA or LCC Higher Accounting c Relevant experience in keeping full sets of books
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      663 27 EXPERIENCED FEMALE SUPERVISORS and sales K irls wanted for Buklt Timah and Orchard Road areas Please call personally to Unit 132. Plata Singapura. Orchard Hn.id EXPERIENCED SALESMEN REOUIRED to sell industrial household detergents Basic and transport S32S. commission 20% 50A. Room 7. Armenian Street *****9 FEMALE/MALE SALES Representatives wanted to
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      623 27 MEN a LADIES required for insurance sales. Life and general Training provided Call Patrick Ng. ****** OUTDOOR SALESGIRLS AND Salesmen wanted by office supplies ciimpany. Must complete NS Experience not necessary Please write with full particulars and non-returnable photograph to: Maxwell Road PO Box 3316. Spore 9053 SALES EXECUTIVES (Mates
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      549 27 d) Technical < An American International Lilt mediate vacancies 1) ESTIMATOR Minimum O level (terhnleal stream) with passes in Mathematirs and tel Dnvtna t xpeneiue in or related lo eslimatinK in .liU.Mll.mr t'omplet. tional Serin 2) MECHANICS (Service) Minimum completed Secondary School At least L' w-.irs' experience in lilt serv-
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      579 27 Civil Engineering Construction requires: SITE FOREMAN i Hiiititfu.tl vi English .mil Chinese > Minimum 2 yeara experience m road supervision ,md sur-■..-yniK wen CALL: *****6e7294»M lor ippoinunenl or apply penonall) it ENTERPRISE BLDG IS2A-1. JALAN BESAR SINGAPORE 0)20 COLOUR TV TECHNICIANS panding company marketing •ell known brand ol colour t.v.
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      481 28 II EMPLOYMENT 31 Situations Vacant d) Technical llMllllllK ELECTRICAL t MECHANICAL DESIGN DRAUGHTSMEN I \ib ill he Kivcn mkti and drafunf "f M i I ■urnerclal l-!|lleX>-S Application!, KivitiK full particulars, quallflca i ion-- .'iiid Hxperlerne should he tc. The Partner. Preece. Cerdew a Rider <S E Asia). ■-421 GoMen
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      456 28 I R/IPENMEIEP SINGAPORE PTE. LTD. has vacancies for (1) MILLER iprefenihly with experience in linriziinlal boring ma(2) WELDERS (3) SHEET METAL WORKER Please apply personally or wrne to: 11. Gul Slreat 1. Jurong Town, Singapore 2262. not later than 28 Dacembar 197» SINGATRONICS (S) PTE. LTD QUALITY CONTROL TECHNICIAN I'nsM-ss
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      571 28 Mult, N.lioosl Company in Construction equipment requires for its rapidly eipanding manufacturing facilities in Jurong ASSEMBLY FOREMAN Candidates should be qualified Mechanic witb several years of experience In Assembly of Mobile Construction equipment. Successful candidates will be given special training In Canada on the equipment assembly of the company's equipment
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      316 28 A wen eetebfcshed paml factory in Jurong invites suitably queblied candidates for the following positions ASSISTANT CHEMISTS c Preference to be given lo candidates who have expert anca in paint manufacturing and quality control, c Age 22 to 35 GENERAL FACTORY ASSISTANT/ CO-ORDINATOR c Minimum qualifications Secondary 4. c Possess
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      129 28 W SCHOOL LEAVERS... I I IF YOU HAVE I JUST LEFT I SCHOOL AND I STARTING YOUR CAREER START IT WITH I US GENERAL WORKERS wanted c $300 pm plus shift/ out c We provide free transport. quarters, meals, medical benefits, year-end bonus, workman's compensation and recreational facilities Malaysians are
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      426 28 MUSTAO Norwegien Manufacturing company in Jurong requires MALE PRODUCTION OPERATORS a Completed National Service a Secondary or Vocational education a At least 1 year's industrial working experience preferable. a Willing to work weekly routing shift. Starting pay 5270 lo S3OO We oner: Attractive shift allowFree uniforms Dental benefit's. Merit awards
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      617 28 HMECSI A highly technological Company invites applicants for the position of MALE PRODUCTION STAFF Suitable candidate must: Possess secondary school education Have completed National Service Be interested in operating and simple repairing of semiautomated/ automated machinery/ equipment. Kindly call personally between 9.00 a.m. and 5.00 p.m. for an immediate interview.
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      722 28 ASSISTANT CAR PARK SUPERVISOR Hequiramants Minimum 5 years' experience in similar position. Completed GCE '0' Level Examination. Applicants should write to: The Advertiser Killirwy Road P.O. Box 24. I Singapore 0923. A Well Established Cocktail Lounge requires STEWARDESSES a 2 shifts 3.30 7pm, 8-11 45pm c Total Income In the
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      590 28 Established firm requires: I FULL-TIME STAFF WRITERS Applicants are invited to send m full details and resume stating sal cry eipected end a contact telephone number enclosing photograph (non-returnable) lo: THE ADVERTISER P.O. BOX 3090 SINGAPORE 90S0 E stablished Company tea immediate I MALAY DESPATCH RIDERS > Completed or exempted
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      531 28 ESTABLISHED COMPANY RF QUIRES a Messenger Boy Must be able to ride motorcycle For interview contact 329:t A wall established foundry in Jurong manufacturing iron and ste*l product* urgently requires 1) FORKLIFT DRIVERS 2) MALE PRODUCTION WORKERS Requirements: c Age above 21 years old c SniKa|M>reans or Malaysians c Completed
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      471 29 II EMPLOYMENT 31 Situations Vacant h) General Ella > MPORIUM HOLDINOB (8) Immediate i for position ol SECURITY OFFICER $400 per month Qualification/ Eiperience ml ability to ri-a.i and ■rite simple English nld t Police Military experience preferred Thoa* inter. .led. to write in with full person.) particulars, details ot
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      659 29 vw mill suiuhl) qualified personnel to rill the follow Inc positions A) GENERAL CLERKS (FEMALE) Mln :i OjC E levels mi ludlng English Must be able to type at a r :is 40 wpm 1 vi 1 years experience m Millar capacity B) STORE CLERK Mln (KE O' level with
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      612 29 MESSENGER c Minimum Primary Six Education Poises* a valid Class 2 Licence II have own motor -cycle an allowance will be given. A good starting salary plus 2 months bonus will be offered. Phase apply with personal parlu ulars and contact telephone number to: S.T. Box A***** by 28 12
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      660 29 STATE REGISTERED NURSE required by well established company for olfshore project on rr contract Transport will be provided Working hours: Bam to tip in 6-days week Apply to B T Box A***** TAT LEE BANK LIMITED Invites applications from suitably qualified Singapore Citizens for the following positions. 1) MALE CLERKS
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      1245 29 SINGAPORE CHILDREN'S SOCIETY Convalescent Home requires sin gle female live-in qualified as sist.mt nurses Singapore citizens only Call Matron at *****72 for an appointment 1) ESTIMATOR SUPERVISOR 2) ESTIMATOR a SUPERVISOR For aircondltiomng contracts. Polytechnic Diploma or VITA certificate with 3 years experience in similar line For the right candidate
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      936 29 117f OATSUN PICKUP *ood condition Interested contact Clara *****2 1977 OATSUN 100A. .uri-onii s rims. 1 ciwniT Metallic paint 514.3000.n0 Tel ***** 1977 DATSUN HOB. I private owner, aircond radio/ cassette Showroom condition. Tel: *****97 1971 AUGUST OATSUN I2OY. OL. aircond.. cassette. Insurance/ tax 6/80 Good condition Selling $19,200 ono
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      919 29 I*7*. HONDA ACCOM) Hondani alii Radio, cassette, airrond 3-door 1 lady owner $25,500 ono Tel: *****44 g) Mazda JAN. 1*77 MAZDA 1600 Good condition with alrcon Contact Mr Koh *****53 during office MAZDA 121 LATE 1977 1300 c c Beautiful condition Low mileage 18. Ownen Road. Spore 8 OCTOBER I*7l
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      994 29 JUNE 1(73 COLT (ialanl 141. New tax. Insurance, airrnnd .mil good condition $10,300 Tel *****56 JUNE 77 COLT Oalant 2000 Coupe iisK private registration, alrcond.. radio/ cassette, sports rims. etc. Beautiful condition Tel: *****77 Robert I»TE 1*74 COLT Lancer 1200 cc. 2 1 private lady owners, low mileage, brand new
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      688 29 1*77 TOYOTA COftOLLA 1200 air- con Sporl rims Radio Cassette Tuft-kote Well maintained »17.rW0ono eMMU k) Others ISUZU GEMINI $17,300 PARF (4SPEED) Great fuel economy, 1584 cc engine giving 12km/ litre. Test drive one today. You can't go wrong. Contact 294-9435 AIK HONG MACHINERY (S) PTE LTD 32* Bukil Timah
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      822 30 111 VEHICLES BOATS 45 Vehicles For Sale k) Others I lAN HCNC MOTOR TRADING PTL LTD 242 MiJdK Rom) Smgapora 7 Ml 32inc/ 31M1/ 3291*0 197* M.i/d.i Cl ItmilllllWMl H7S .ixl 1 Pickup 1800 Mu7<in 323 1000 „it Celeste IMOam ond IOOA HI I runs UilMin IOOA HI alrci ,1
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      507 30 1*77 PORSCHE 924 (Automatic) 1975 JAGUAR E TYPE V l2 ROADSTER (Con»»rtibt»> 1974 FIAT IJO COUPE (Automatic) aii can tr< ■•tlealevily m untamed b> one owner, very |O« nnkair very mint eondiuon .V-cipata only. MiMM Patrick -ck 197«. MWM VAN. BDOVnon condition A., id-m free New tax. insurance $5,200 n
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      570 30 A secondhand (197} onwards; rod Mni can in maki .w\ wanted High pr:c« ..(f.-r.-cl T.'l Knife: ATTENTION CAR SELLERS Alt) iiWiju.tle finance insurance fa- IllUel we sell your car fast Conlad T2OOOI ATTRACTIVE OFFER tor all PARF scrap cars BaJtaj lOoo cr J3.600 Helow 1600 c c J5.600 Helow 2000
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      763 30 51 Accommodation Vacant a) Houses A BEAUTIFUL DOUBLE-STOREY DETACHED BUNGALOW Spacious interior with 3 bedrooms, study, large living/ dining, kitchen. Rental $4,900. FOR DETAILS. PLEASE CALL: UNIVERSAL REALTY PTE LTD Real E state Agents VallMrs 540 Cuppage Centra SS Cuppag* Road Singapore 0(22 TEL: 215M33 (5 LINES) A BEAUTIFULLY DESIGNED
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      773 30 EXCLUSIVE 2-STOREY DETACHED in the vicinity of A) Blnjal ParK. (Bl Victoria Park Unfurnished May consller furnished. Ring *****47. No agents Please FABER CRESCENT, 2-storey terrace, fully furnished. 2 alrcons. 3 bedrooms. 1 servant's room. Available February 1980 Rental $1,800 Call *****7 GREENLEAF PLACE. DOUBLESTOREY semi-deiached Furnished, newly painted $1,900
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      831 30 BACHELOR REQUIRES URGENTLY room with bathroom attached and private entrance or flat for ownself or share with another Preferably (lists 20. 19. 10. 11 or 12 Tel *****56 BEAUTIFULLY FURNISHED LUXURY high floor apartment overlookniK tin- sea. RenUl: *1.900 Fields .***** :)1956/ ***** CAIRNHILL COUNT/ Futura. dl.st 9 3 bedrooms
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      608 31 NEWLY ESTABLISHED COMPANY situated al Ore liar.l Road Shopping Centre for complete takeover with -.locks owner has other commitments Interested genuine buyer please contact *****86 SOLE AGENCIES AVAILABLE taf ennmeerinii medical, consumer. phone Mr Khin *****6 SOLE AGENCIES AVAILABLE for swimwear. garment acc-essones elc Telephone: *****22 or write to Crawford
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  • IX OBITUARIES
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      162 32 PASSED AWAY PEACEFULLY ON 2* DECEMBER 1979 LEAVING BE HINDSONS: RICHARD TAN PENG KOON KHANCIS TAN PENG SEAH PATRICK TAN PENG HOE GERARD TAN PENCi XI AT I.ARRYTAN PENG LIANG DAUGHTERS:TAN SIEW CHOON DOROTHY TAN SIEWKENG MARY CAROL SIEW IMM SON-IN-LAW: I.H- HKKSENG DAUGHTERS IN LAW KIM TIAN
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      38 32 WISHES TO EXPRESS THEIR SINCERE THANKS TO DOCTORS AND NURSES OF SGH WARD 49. ALL RELATIVES AND FRIENDS FOR ANCE. CONTRIBUTIONS AND WREATHS DURING THEIR RECENT BEREAVEMENT THE FAMILY OF THE LATE MR. TAN JOO KIM
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      33 32 wiithet to e«pr»»« their tincore thanks to Pastors, relatives and friends for their prayers, condolence, assistance, attendance and donation! during lhair raranl oe- T ha family of tha lata MADAM LEE GUEK KIM
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      102 32 Rosle Tay Kirn Huay sincerely Ih.ink relatives, mends and business tanesMM for their kind attendance, donations, their recent bereavement on the Death <>f their lather the late Tay Wee Teck THE FAMILY OF late Mr Nmsj Knu (Juan wish to express their limn thanks to Key and Mrs LaU. Key
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      67 32 Mr. Henry Joseph Chia Soo Leong, aged S3. paaaad away peacefully on 20.12.7* leaving behind beloved: Wife: M.idam HellgUeoK kllK Son: Jerry Swee Tlong Daughter: In,. Kirn Kee and relatives to mourn hie loss Cortege leaves 24 Jalan Khairuddin. Opera Estate. Singapore IS4S al 2 p.m on Saturday. Dec 22.
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      63 32 Madam Lim Sai Ngoh. Age *0 years passed away on Tuesday 19th December 1979 leaving behind, husband:- Tan Kwan Poh. Son:- Tan Eng Lim. Daughters-in-law. Ng Poh Suan. Daughter:- Tan Kwee Lan, Son-in-law- Lim Ah Sai. 1* grandchildren and 11 great grandCortege leaves Blk 32. S*l-F, Lower Delta Rd, (031*)
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      61 32 Aged 89 Departed 20.12.7* Leaving behind: Sons Tan Seng Kee. William Tan Kok Hui. Henry Tan Kok Seng. Steven Son-in-law Chan Chee Wah Grandchildren Tan Sung Kirn Chan Hong Wai Daughters Tan Ah Kiew Tan Yeow Ileng Agnes Daughter-in-law Seah Soh Yong Cortege leaving Blk. 34. No. 406. Circuit Road
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      521 33 SPA NOTIS NO. 53/79 KEKOSONGAN JAWATAN KERAJAAN NEGERI SABAH Permohonon-permohonan adalah dipeiawa dori Wargonegara Malaysia untuk mengisi jawatan kosong seperti berikut di Kementerian Pembangunan Perindustrian dan Luar Bandar, Sabah: JAWATAN: Jurulatih. TANGGA GAJI: Skel B 8 $685x40 765/805x40 1.045/ 1,125x40- 1,285x60-1,405. KELAYAKAN: Calon-calon hendaklah memiliki kelayakan seperti berikuti) Diploma dalam
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      602 33 KENYATAAN TAWARAN RISDA Tawaran daripada Pemborong-Pemborong yang berdaftar di Jabatan Kerja Raya di dalam Kelas "A 1 sahaja di bawah Kepala II Kepala Kecil 2 akan diterima di Pejabat Pengerusi/Ketua Pengarah RISDA. Tingkat 2. Bangunan Getah Asli. Jalan Ampang, Kuala Lumpur hingga pukul 12.00 tengah hari pada 29hb. Januari 1980
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  • TIMESPORT PAGE ONE
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      Four-year-old gelding Vino-San is consistent
      798 34 VINO-SAN is a four-year-old bay Australian gelding by Selhurst Stackaway. He was consistent as a two-year-old, winning twice and placed twice in five starts. All these runs were at Adelaide, reports FAIRWAY. He took a 1.000 metres race in 59.4 on a fast track and
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      27 34 FTTZPATRICK Food Supplies edged out Hughes Tools M on penalty kicks after drawing 11 in the quarter-final of the Jurong inter-company knockout soccer tournament yesterday.
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      SIA triumph
      28 34 SIA GROUP trounced Shell W) in a Business Houses badminton match at the Badminton Hall last night. Hongkong Bank thrashed Keppel Shipyard by the same margin.
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      1800 34 RAPP 1 1.45 CLASS 6, DIV 2 1,200 m IVAV^ L ($B,OOO -$5,600 to winner) 1 0066 liwty J»di II k < Pulau I Tan 3 57 i -3Mi 1.200 m SF Rajoo 13 2 0864 InttWgwic* M a SI. Teoh J Bmikelm 7565( 3) 1.200 m r
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      Regal Song rehearses on a winning note
      591 34 PENANG, Thurs. Regal Song underlined his chances in Race Three here on Saturday with a dashing workout yesterday morning. Paced by Chinese Crys- tal (George Podmore) and Cornwall Gardens (Larry Francis), the Regalis II four-year-old was striding out best and the trio clocked
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      405 34 (arc Cosmetics containing only Amfioai Elements^ natural clement extracts are naturally «>f^ll 9 Tm kind and soft to your skin and highly effective tor keeping your skin healthy 4mm and young looking. Natural Elements f IREE free I with every purchase m with every purchase of $120.00 \jf^&o&^^\ ofs9oo Luj^fc.
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      281 35 Make it a season of good food and good cheer with a La Germania has a wide range of gas cookers, cooker hoods and washing machines to suit the needs of any household. With a La Germania you get the best of Italian design and quality backed by prompt after
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      Lock icon India beat Pakistan
      357 36 BOMBAY, Thurs. India won the third cricket Test today when they defeated Pakistan by 131 runs. Set to score 321 runs, Pakistan were all out in their second innings for 190, 10 minutes before close of play on the fourth day. India are, thus, one-up in the
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      Unexpected bonanza for captain Brearley
      210 36 PERTH, Than. England cricket captain Mike Brearley has received an unexpected bonanza from the special gold coin he was given after winning the toss last Friday in the just-completed first Test against Australia. Des Foynes, a director of the Gold and Silver Bullion Sales of
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      Lock icon Australia drop Thomson
      354 36 SYDNEY, Thurs. Pace bowler Jeff Thomson has been dropped from the Australian team for the second Test against the West Indies starting in Melbourne on Saturday week. The former World Series of Cricket star is the only casualty from the team that trounced England by 138 runs
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      Lock icon Imran out
      40 36 BRIGHTON, Thurs. Sussex's Pakistan Test all-round-er. Imran Khan, will not play full-time cricket for the county next season. Sussex manager Tony Buss said Imran does not want to play a full season because he wants a rest. AFP.
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      19 36 LEEDS, Thurs. The Yorkshire cricket team will tour Dubai in March and play two two-day matches AFP.
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      255 36 I IN THK MATTKR OK THK f'OMPANIKS ACT (CHAPTER 185) AND IN THK MATTKR OK MENU I.OONU (PTE) LTD. (lnr«rporau-d In thr Rrpubllr of Singapore) (In Uquldad.n* MEMBERS' VOLINTARY WINDING-liP NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN pursuant to Section 272 of the Companies Act. (Chapter 185) that the final 1 General Meeting
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      391 36 < SEARCH Management Recruitment Specialists CONTRACTS MANAGER Applications are invited from suitably qualified Malaysian citizens for the above position based in Kuala Lumpur. Responsibilities: successful candidate will have full technical, commercial and administrative responsibility for the implementation of mechanical handling, pumping and water treatment contracts. Requirements: Tertiary qualification in Mechanical
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      207 36 Bringing Up Father By Bill Kavanagh Hal Camp H'MM- I SEE YOU AND NEW CARPETIN©/ THESE LETTERS ARE 111 THAT ANSWERS AAY L. BOU6UT A HEW DESK-- -JUST WHC ARE YOU READY TO ~'<3N, MR f (QUESTION --YOUR NEW AH EXPENSIVE ONE > TRYINS TO IMPRESS JI&SS /f^_^ j, q^
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      Lock icon Referee Said dies
      58 37 KOTA BAHRU, Thurs. Malaysia Cup referee Said Hassan, who is secretary of 'he Johore Bahru District Football Referees' Association, died here at the age of 46. He was accompanying the Johore Malays team to the King's Cup soccer final against Kelantan when he suffered a stroke. He
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      32 37 LISBON, Thurs. Sporting Lisbon went to the top of the Portugese First Division Football League when they beat Vitoria Setubal 4-1 last night. In another match Boavista beat Estoril. AFP.
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      Lock icon Ali to train Chinese boxers for the Olympics
      221 37 BEIJING, Thurs. Muhammad Ali, former world heavyweight boxing champion, said China wanted him to train a squad of boxers for the 1984 Olympic Games. All, who conferred with senior Chinese officials in Peking during a sixhour visit, told Reuters that he planned
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      Lock icon Belgian goal blitz humbles remodelled Scots
      343 37 GLASGOW, Thurs. Scotland's remodelled team crumbled to a 3-1 defeat here last night against decisive finishing, which earned Belgium a place in the European soccer championship finals in Italy in June. The Scots began brightly, but squandered several tempting chances before the skilled Belgians
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      Lock icon 'Lions will go ahead with tour' report
      340 37 LONDON, Thurs. The British Lions rugby union tour of South Africa next year will go ahead even if it means Britain's expulsion from the Moscow Olympics, a British, national newspaper forecasts today. Under the heading "Tour and be damned Lions" Terry O'Connor wrote
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      University, unanimously
      42 37 UNIVERSITY of Singapore swept past their opponents in the inter-varsity-college engineering societies Games in four sports yesterday. They trounced the Polytechnic 97-65 at basketball and 4-1 at table-tennis and beat Ngee Ann 15-13, 15-7 at volleyball and 3-2 at badminton.
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      26 37 GENOA. Thurs. West Germany edged out Italy 2-1 in a B international soccer match here last night The Germans led 1-0 at half-time. Reuter
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      Lock icon Red Star's Jovanic and other internationals on the move
      339 37 BKLGRADK, Thorn. Manchester I nitcd, of the Kngllsh Hirst Division, will have the first chance to negotiate the transfer of defender Nikola Jovanovic, from Yugoslav First Division soccer side Red Star Belgrade, club officials said here yesterday. Jovanovic, 71, a tall
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      FAS' dinner treat
      49 37 OFFICIALS and players ot the U teams competing In the Lion I City Cup soccer tournament I attended a dinner at the NTUC R'-st.-ira int. given by th€ Foot- ball Association of Singapore. The (tupsi -of-honour was the > Acting Minister for Social Affairs, Dr. Ahmad Mattar
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      Lock icon Real triumph
      33 37 MADRID, Thurs. Top Spanish First Division side Real Madrid beat British counterparts Manchester City 5-2 in a friendly soccer match here last night. The Spanish team led 3-2 at half-time. Reuter
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      Lock icon Battle of giants is holiday highlight
      428 37 LONDON, Thurs. A battle of the giants is expected in the English Football League Christmas season, with First Division champions and leaders Liverpool play- ing 'heir main title rivals, Manchester United. The clubs are currently level on 28 points, but Liverpool head the table
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      335 37 Now you can get up to 50% discount on top fashions from Melwani's Discount Corner. Designer shirts, shoes, ties, belts and accessories. The ideal gifts for Christmas. At all Melwani's Men's Shops, until 31st December 1979. ogS^^ For better clothes at lower prices G5 Clifford Centre Tel: 9141 73 •86
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      Lock icon Selangor show progress in Cup preparation
      319 38 KUALA LUMPUR, Thurs. Selangor's Malaysia Cup soccer preparation has made encouraging progress, giving the defending champions reason to feel optimistic. We're having well over 20 from the 39 players selected attending training," said coach Chow Kwai Lam yesterday. "More important, most of our key
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      Lock icon China's second string rout Malaysians
      281 38 HONGKONG, Thurs. China last night chalked up a 5-0 victory over Malaysia, who are competing in the Hongkong invitation badminton tournament without a sanction from the International Badminton Federation. China, a founding member of the rival World Badminton Federation, fielded only their second string players
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      Though a motley crew, they may chart a new course
      335 38 Though a motley crew, they may chart a new course A FORMER navy captain turned insurance executive, a no-non-sense goldsmith, a sales manager with a deep voice, an accountant with infectious laughter, a serious-minded draughtsman and a smiling director of a construction firm. A motley crew, by any standard. This
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      Youngsters back with three titles
      148 38  -  PETER SIOW By THERE were smiles all round when Singapore's tennis youngsters, products of the Cando and Jackson training scheme, returned from Indonesia with three titles in the bag. Albert Teo was the local star. He won the under-18 title and partnered Tan Ah Peng
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      761 38 SYDNEY, Thurs. Tennis star Tony Roche decided to end his international career after losing to fellow Australian Ross Case 6-3, 3-6. 6-3 in the second round of the Nabisco New South Wales Open yesterday. Once heir apparent to Rod Layer's Australian tennis crown, Roche, 34, showed only
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      139 38  -  HOO YEW GEE By SWIMMERS Marc Tiy, Ang Peng Siong, Richard Quek and Mavis Ec left yesterday for Hongkong, optimistic of doing well in Saturday and Sunday's Hongkong invitational meet. They do not expect to be affected by the Hongkong winter, because the Morrison
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      Evans will say goodbye in March
      418 39  -  PATRICK BASTIANS By RICHARD EVANS, president of the Singapore Squash Rackets Association, and the man who did more than anyone to make the Republic the top Asian squash-playing country per capita, will leave Singapore for good in March next year. He will take up
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      Lim plays steadily to triumph at Warren
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      Australians easily smother Singapore's Cup final hopes
      525 39  -  JOE DORAI By AUSTRALIA easily smothered Singapore's semi-final challenge in the Lion ♦City Cup Under-16 soccer competition before more than 35,000 fans last night at the National Stadium. It was an expected victory for the Australians, who will take on Iraq in the
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      332 39 IRAQ 3 THAILAND 1 IRAQ, with a brilliant display of fast, attacking soccer, last night recovered from a goal deficit 14 minutes before fulltime to force Thailand into extra time and then beat them 3-1 to qualify to meet Australia in the final
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      193 39  -  PETER SIOW By SINGAPORE finished 10th of 13 nations in the recent Asian Basketball Confedera t ion men's champion- j ship in Nagoya, Japan, but Quek Hiang Chiang, j the Basketball Association of Singapore secretary, is j not displeased with the team's performance. Says
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    276 40  - Sihanouk gets invitation to visit Singapore LESLIE FONG By News Editor SINGAPORE has extended a formal invitation to the former Kampuchean Head of State, Prince Norodom Sihanouk, to visit the Republic. The invitation letter in the name of the Prime Minister, Mr Lee Kuan Yew, is expected to reach him
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    56 40 LONDON, Thurs. A sixth letter bomb was delivered to yet another top British industrialist today and Scotland Yard warned of more, in what it said was the Irish Republican Army's growing wave of Christmas mail terrorism. The latest device was sent to Sir Charles Villiers, chairman of
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      252 40 Li Li Hwa's secrets She is Asia's answer to Elizabeth Taylor. Like the Hollywood star, Li Li Hwa is in her 50s and is still the rave of many filmgoers MARGARET CHAN had lunch with the ageless beauty of the Hong Kong film world earlier this week. And, as expected,
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        1036 1 Chinese Newspaper By LI LIENFUNG ONE morning in China, having swallowed a bowl of noodles for breakfast to the accompaniment of Ren Mm Ri Bao \K iitt the only newspaper I had the good fortune to encounter in my threeweek sojourn, I sat there musing on how appreciative
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      767 2  - PICK of the DAY JOHN DE SOUZA By TV SINGAPORE ANIMALS are always favourites, but there are some whose looks do not endear them to anyone but who need to be cherished nevertheless, like the American bison, for instance. The great bison was nearly made extinct by mass slaughter both
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        805 3 By GERALDINE TANG EVER seen or heard of an animal called the "horbra"? If you think it is some strange, distant relative of the reptilean cobra, then your guess is just as remote. This freak animal is actually a cross beteen a horse and a
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        2189 3  - An understanding look at schizophrenia JOHN DE SOUZA By IT IS a song about a bird in captivity, sung in happy abandon, without much thought for tune or timing. The singer is a young man, and his song Is an expression of his existence, of his illness. He suffers from
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        130 4 Now Showing! ■No Fraa Liaf GoMan City 1 45. 4. 7.00 9 30 Galaiy: 115 3.10. 7.00 9.10 DfofT>o evpr ir>od»? wdh f ngltsh, Malay Chn*M subtitles Lrm Chm Hs.a. Chm Han. Hsio Lm Lm Ma Yona Lm TilliX> To-Morrow Midnita Shows 1 Sunday Morning Shows at both thaatras both
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        155 4 LEY'S This Christmas, give them something they'll love. Gift Sets from the elegant range of the Best Names in Perfumes and Toiletries at CATCH THESE ULTRA SPECIAL^^^ a^K^ I Ba^BaT^'^'C'l^l^B a^BaPftl h^»ltl mm "I l\i3wH^Mr f L'"9JVI BbUJKI/'H Ys* i r *w 1 1 lP i Revlon 2PII Shampoo 200
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        97 4 KAWAI ELECTRONIC ORGAN DEMONSTRATIONS By: INbOf "^^^^B HAYASAKA PRESENTED BY: MORISHITA ROBERT PIANO CO PTE LTD Venue:G:l9 PEACE CENTRE. Tel: 361 176 21st. Dec. 79 12.00 p.m. 2.00 p.m. G:57. BUKIT TIMAH PLAZA.TeI: *****51 22nd Dec. 79. 4.00 p.m. 5.30 p.m. 22nd Dec. 79 7.00 p.m. 8.30pm. 23rd Dec. 79
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        424 4 11, Change Alley HURRY HURRY! DEMOLITION SALE NOW ON From 17 December all goods must go at FANTASTIC DISCOUNT PRICES From 30 to 60 LADY'S H BAGS LADY'S BEADED H BAGS LADY'S MESH H BAGS AGENT'S SHIRTS JEANS LADY'S UNDERWEARS LEATHER BELTS, BAGS WALLETS ATTACHES CASES TRAVELLING BAGS 1 SUITCASES
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        537 5 COMFORT AND ELEGANCE AMID A THROBBING CITY KM Hi miii OAO/ Pre-Opening Discount n mU/0 on our room rates I Singapore's newest luxury hotel, has 183 beautiI fully appointed rooms including a Presidential I Suite, Doubles and Twins all tastefully furnished. B|3 For your convenience and pleasure there is a
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        197 5 Make it with Cointreau in the Apollo and make it t0... 6 days in the Philippines or 5 days in Bangkok/ Pattaya or 3 days on Genting Highlands It all begins Ist December Cointreau and the lon Bar You order Cointreau in the will feature exciting dance lon Bar, Apollo
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      364 6 enemy. They can command him to attack the "enemy", or even to commit suicide, and without treatment the schizophrenic is unable to resist such commands. Visual hallucinations will seem just as real to the schizophrenic, and very often he'll interpret
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        210 6 Downlights Unlimited Downlights, Eyeballs and Surface mounted Spotlights are A fe designed to give an infinite variety of lighting effects. They shed light in many different jA locations; from international hotels to the modern kitchens. ''I 1 SHOWROOMS: 47, Cuppaga Road, Singapora 0922. Tal: *****49 339 3rd Flr -> pl
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        668 7 The 0 Hagemeyer Christmas Fair 1979 Contest (K)th to 24th December 1979) at Thomson Plaza Over 1 1,000 worth of prizes must be won! b»«»w~5!t^I^»I' > B^B^Bs^^ ~~!J I JVC video cassette recorder HR-3330 and National 3<loor refngerator NR-3002MV worth Technics Sigma 1 1 MX 2hi fi system worth $1,340
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      3017 8  -  NANCY CHNG By IN the 1980s, gadgets for leisure and for freeing people so they have more time for leisure will be increasingly popular. A five-day working week is going to be a reality for most, but Singaporeans will not be spending their increased leisure
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        475 8 Take time this season to share with //i\^r Jj^^t your loved ones, the joy of Christmas. n4 <%f W5W 5 .N. N As the festive mood pervades X f cj^^ii^^ the year through, let Faber and k/ i^\M Elba take care of your household \^^GrHf v v chores and routines.
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      71 9 At the other end of the population spectrum, the problems of the aged will not be exacerbated. University Sociologist Dr Peter Chen says this will be "a real problem." At present those over 55 years constitute 9.7 per cent of the population. In the next decade, this will increase
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      766 10  -  JANE BRODY By in New York THE tree, an aromatic fir, is trimmed and lighted, with the beautifully wrapped presents arranged beneath it. Mistletoe hangs from the doorway and a poinsettia and candles form the centrepiece on the dinner table. The bar
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        479 10 (ittSSIP Gossip is big business. Magazines and newspapers make fortunes from it and public curiosity is endless. King of the gossip-merchants is British-born journalist Robin lan D'Arcy of the New York Journal-Herald. No one is safe from his poisonous pen. But now he has a rival, Burt Anthony, a young
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        489 12 X NOW! X a new Cafeteria is in town overlooking the blue sea beaming benignly on Sentosa smiling down on the boats and crafts DOLPHIN CAFETERIA At World Trade Centre V 1 m^K. Am Exquisitely delicious local end Western lunches. k desserts, ice-cream and tropical drinks amidst ft cool, cosy,
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        311 13 SINGAPORE, Friday Who says a B^^^^^^^ H|HM is expensive? You would be convinced after x^2S^ttl I reading this ad, that it needn't I^hJP^ m necessarily be so. Wr \ST, THE ROXY Colour TV is one Jlfl aff^r^i such example. **A |r^* The price is way down below And inside every
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        351 16 VISITORS to Singapore's first fleamarket can now haggle over the second-hand curios and knick-knacks they wish to collect in cool comfort, and without ominous-looking clouds overhead during not too sunny weather. Also solved is the problem of parking, for the organisers of Fleamart
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        595 16 Straight from the world's diamond centres be sold on the jpen market to diamond merchant.' or retailers. Diamonds, said Mr Bruce Taylor, managing director of Mondial, have appreciated in \alue by more than 300 per cent over the last four years. He said all diamonds weighing one carat and above
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        230 18 Singapore's top secretaries, from Secretarius. &€M&ta>/e6/€McO7t t j again ?^P9^ ml mT^ 3 The girls in the photographs > f W\ carried off the top three places '>S F /7^, *ss7t/A STA^syS m this year's LCCI examinations C^ JftWC' cpeecc€> lot Private Secretaries' Certificates. We trained them. ,jp t&& Last
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        131 18 Swiss Restaurant Christmas Eve Dinner Gourmet Set Menu $60.00 (inclusive of tax novelties) Christmas Day Lunch Santa's Buffet Spread Adults: $25.00 Children (under 12 yrs): $16.00 (inclusive of tax novelties) Christmas Day Dinner Regular Ala Carte Menu New Year's Eve Dinner Gourmet Set Menu $70.00 (inclusive of tax novelties) Ballroom
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        135 21 I i#^ lIP AT I _M 4M 4 %-P^ m «l _____B^____l__. I >nuNsiNG\NE4R-^Qrandslams u.s.a. THE SYMBOL OF QUALITY C > V^3^^___!"** *****11 > _^f_ When you wear Munsingwear, ■^_w m >J L,,^ V^* You know you lool< 9 ood I W Anyway you wear it, IV K>^,^^^NBi Everywhere you
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        172 21 BOU IS ITOUAN FOR BEAUTY, STYLE. THE ARISTON NOVA INOX IS BELLASSIMA! When the Italians see a matte black programming panel Energy efficient: The Nova good looking woman or a great and very large oven window. Inox is Thermoair* ventilated so work of art, they exclaim: Functional: Four burners heat
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        975 22  -  CHRISTINE SUTTON By in London THIS year marks the 25th anniversary of a project that has proved to be a remarkable tribute to cooperation in Europe, in addition to providing facilities unique in the world. On a site straddling the French-Swiss border, CERN, Europe's
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          297 23 TWO scientists at the California Institute of Technology have found that Los Angeles' smog problems are more complicated than they seem. Their tests showed that an occasional single winter rain could reach a PH level of 2.8, only slightly less acidic than
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          226 23 A CAREFUL study by researchers at a Boston hospital for women has confirmed some longsuspected benefits of estrogen supplements after menopause: That they can improve a woman's sleep and her general sense of wellbeing. But the significance of such benefits must be weighed against the fact
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        719 24 Separate tenders are invited for any one or all of the following (1) ERECTION AND COMPLETION of 1 Blork of 11 -Storey 4/5- Room Apartments, 1 Block of 11/9-Storey 3/4-Room Apartments, 1 Block of 11/10/5-Storey 3/4Room Apartments (Total 549 Units) 1 Children Playground Type G. 1 Badminton Court, General Sitework
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        796 24 #PWD TENDER NOTICE Tenders are invited from PWD Registered Controctors tor the following (A) Term Contract for the Supply, Delivery ond Paving of Aspholtic Concrete ot Chongi Airport Contract f. Eligibility: Civil Engineering or Roads $500,000/- and above •Site Showround: 22 12 79 ot 10.30 am. Meet at Tenders Section,
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        1021 24 PUBLIC UTILITIES BORRD TENDER NOTICE 1) Laying ond welding of 800 mm dio steel pipe along Lavender Street from Crawford Street to Kallang Bahru SHOWROUND: Meet at Crawford Bridge at 9 30 am on 27/ 1 2/79 2) Supply of 440,000 pieces of Circulor Lead Seal (Rapid) 3) Supply of
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        686 24 TENDER NOTICE I Tenders are Invited from registered con- I tractors for the following projects:B A ERECTION AND COMPLETION OF 14 I UNITS OF NEW "T4" STANDARD TER- I RACE FACTORIES WITH BIN CENTRES, 1 I UNIT OF 6.6 XV AND 2 UNITS OF COM- PACT ELECTRICAL SUB STATIONS OFF
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        575 24 IN THK Mil. ll (IdKT OK THK KK.IM RI.K OF SINGAPORK i.nipanlf. Winding-) p Na. lit »l lf» In tor Matter «f The CMnpaair* Art (Cap. IKS) Imt In the Matter af Pad kwaag Klm-triral Kaßlum-rlng (Ptr) Ltd. ADVERTISEMENT OF PETITION Notice Is hereby given that a Petition for the
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        632 24 FULBRIGHT HAYS GRADUATE SCHOLARSHIP. USA 1980 A Fulbright-Hoys Scholarship is available, commencing in the 1980 academic year, for postgraduate studies in ECONOMICS (International Economics, International Trade, International Monetary Affairs, or any other similar field in Economics). The scholarship will be tenable at a University in the USA and will lead
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        654 25 HOLIDAY RESORT APPOINTMENTS A leading holiday resort in Malaysia invites applications for the following positions: i Security Qualifications: a. Good health/disposition b. Ex-member of Armed Forces or Police preferred c. Conversant in English ii. Cashier Qualifications: a. Minimum MCE b. Willing to work shifts iii. Ticket Seller Qualifications: a. Minimum
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        728 25 BNOC is involved in every aspect of the positioned vessel working in deep search for and the production of oil on water. the U.K. Continental Shelf and is You wM| requjre a cornprenensive committed to an ambitious programme knowledge of deviation techniques of exploration and development which sub sea we||
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        403 25 Qualifications Technician Diploma in electronics and telecommunications or City Guilds Technician Certificate in telecommunications or Industrial Technician Certificate in industrial electronics or equivalent Apprenticeship in electrical/ electronic engineering or equivalent practical training or at least 2 years experience in servicing electro-mechanical equipment Personality Good communication and social skills Mature and
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        699 25 M HCIKIHN ATK CM KIS SINGAPORE lt.( Summon-. No. )J*3 .•I 1975. Between iiik i.iaii Tee, Urn Administratrix or the Estate Ol Urn Sen*; Yonff,. deceased Plaintiff And Malcolm Arthur I(r;in<lforrl 1 lefendanl notii y ni ADVKKTISKMKN I To Malcolm Arthur Hrandford, late or No ra. lalan Lojrang Besar, Singapore.
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      40 26 MRS MARY ANN TEH LEAN QU AN D«port«d: 20.12.79. Vary todly misMd but fondly r—wmbcrad by lored ones. RequMffl mou 70 12 79 6 30 o.m. Ourch of Our lody of Perpetuol Help. Ipoh Gordem. Ipoh.
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        1197 26 IN THE HIGH COURT IN MALAYA AT KUALA LUMPUR (COMMERCIAL DIVISION) IN CIVIL SUIT NO: ISM OF If7B BETWEEN Malaysia Galvanlaed Iron Work! Limited Plaintiffs AND Loh Lconf Wah Tay Guat Pit both partnen trading aa Syaiikat Perplagaan Buml Pusat Defendants NOTICE To: Loh Leaag Waa A Tay Gaal PM
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        316 26 I v TENDER NOTICE Tender No. PT/220/79(Y) Tenders are invited for the supply of FACSIMILE EQUIPMENT FOR CHaNGI INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT:ITEM 1 ONE (1) UNIT OF FM TO AM FACSIMILE CONVERTER ITEM 2 THREE (3) UNITS OF WEATHER FACSIMILE TRANSMITTERS ITEM 3 SEVEN (7) UNITS OF WEATHER FACSIMILE RECORDERS ITEM 4
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      53 27 IN EVERLOVING MEMORY OF MADAME YAP YOKE FOONG Deported 20 12 1978 Though one painful /ear has passed, there has never been a day without your presence in our hearts. Memories of your devoted love towards u$ shall always be remembered forev- Deorfy missed by children, ions in Ictw, doughters
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        584 27 gfjiJL Apprenticeship with the I lii Economic Development Board Earn as you Learn DB offers 2 years full-time training at the Rollei-Government Training I by 2 years in-plant attachment with an approved factory nationally recognised craftsman certificate at the end of 4 years' hip. All apprentices will serve a bond
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        454 27 I FIELD SALES MANAGER I A Dynamic International Marketing OrgomzoI tion is looking for an ambitious marketer to I handle a wide range of Toiletry/OTC proprie- tary products THE JOB: To implement promotional camI paigns, control the sales force (4men) ensure I proper distribution of company's products I THE OPPORTUNITY:
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        445 27 An international Electronics Company invites suitably qualified applicants to apply for the position of: MANUFACTURING ENGINEER Responsibilities: Responsible for the adequacy, effectiveness and planned use of production equipment, tools, facilities and manpower. Provides detailed planning, operating instructions, methods, processes and assists in training the workforce to manufacture the product in
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        237 27 Fenders are invited for the I 'ollowlng:I Klectrical InHtallation for the Precision Ma- chining Training 1 Centre at the Jurong Vocational Institute. Tender No VITB/JVI/ 47/79 Tender Deposit: $500.00 Showround Date: 28 December 1979 at 1000 hours Meeting Place: Jurong Vocational Institute 245 Jaian Boon Lay Singapore 2261 Repair and
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        625 27 rm TENDER NOTICE Tenders are invited forI BUILDING a) Tender No. AMB/T/79/061 Construction and completion of proposed Telecom* Tampines Telephone Exchange Building at Tampines New Town. Eligibility: Registered Contractors Class D Non-Registered Contractors Deposit 552,000 00 Closing Date: 4 January 1 980 b) Tender No. AMB/T/79/062 Nominated subcontract lor the
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        1455 28 |JB PJ -v 1 This advertisement is not a prospectus nor an invitation to any person to subscribe lor or purchase any securities ot Consolidated Plantations Berhad Consolidated Plantations Berhad (incorporated in Malaysia under the Companies Act, 1965) Explanatory statement in connection with the issue of 456.823.454 Shares of 50
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        1000 28 B. Balance sheet The following is a pro forma consolidated balance sheet of the Company and its subsidiaries as at 30th June. 1979. based on the published audited accounts ot Limited for the year ended on that date, on the basis that the Scheme had become,ef lective on 30th June.
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        2541 29 G Accountants' report The following is the text of a letter from Price Waterhouse Co to the Directors of the Company, which was included in the document relating to the Scheme The Directors. Consolidated Plantations Berhad. 3rd Floor. President House. 54A Jalan Imbi. Kuala Lumpur sth November, 1979 Dear Sirs
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        2918 29 Ib) To exercise Subscription Rights a holder of Warrants must complete and sign the form of application on the reverse of the relative certificate and lodge it with the Registrars of the Company during a Subscription Period, together with a remittance for the subscription moneys In addition, compliance must be
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        563 30 ■p v^o tSI^L aSHI^K ~~"^JB Corningware goes directly from the coldest freezer tothe hottest flame. It's made from a very special glass ceramic with a full warranty which states that we promise to replace any glass ceramic part of your Corningware cookware that ever breaks from hot or cold temperatures.
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