The Straits Times, 25 December 1979

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    14 1 The Straits Times Estd. 1845 TUESDAY, DECEMBER 25, 1979 30 CENTS M.C.(P) No. 142/1/79
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    Lock icon U.S. PLANS NEXT MOVE
    400 1 Sanctions alone 'not enough' WASHINGTON, Monday PRESIDENT Jimmy Carter has indicated that economic sanctions alone against Iran would not be sufficient to free the 50 American hostages being held in the US Embassy in Teheran, a member of the Senate foreign relations committee said yesterday. Senator
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    Singapore may pull out of Malaysia Cup
    482 1  - Singapore may pull out of Malaysia Cup JOE DORAI By SINGAPORE may pull out of the Malaysia Cup. Football Association of Singapore Council members will attend a special Boxing Day emergency meeting tomorrow night to discuss the possibility. The FAS is upset with the Singapore Sports Council and the Football
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    Lock icon Gold goes up again
    58 1 LONDON, Mon. The price of gold went up sharply again today and was "fixed" at U*****.90 (5J*****) a troy ounce, by the regular morning meeting of leading London bullion dealers. The price compared with U*****.10 at the last morning meeting on Friday and with Friday s
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    Lock icon Thai army holds manoeuvres on the border
    477 1 Thai army holds manoeuvres on the border BANGKOK, Mon THAI troops held field manoeuvres with live ammunition at the Kampuchean border today amid reports of a planned offensive which Vietnam denied. "We respect the independence, sovereignty and territorial integrity of Thailand," a spokesman for the Vietnamese Embassy here said. "It
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    Lock icon British move
    37 1 LONDON. Mon. Britain will launch a major diplomatic offensive next month within the European Economic Community designed to bring about a compromise on the country's contribution to the community budget, press reports said today. AFP.
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    Lock icon Store plays Santa to sweeper's family
    185 1 CHERAW (South Carolina), Mon. The "magic" of Christmas has transformed an impossible dream into bountiful reality for an impoverished South Carolina family. Ray Sansberry, a 33-year-old street sweeper, was arrested last week for having broken into the Cheraw municipal dump. The father of seven
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    The Straits Times wishes its readers a Merry Christmas
    33 1 The Straits Times wishes its readers a Merry Christmas There will be no publication of the Straits Times tomorrow. Publication will be resumed on Thursday. New Nation will be published as usual tomorrow.
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    Lock icon Clean-up of island beaches after sea collision
    298 1  -  J. D. INDRAN By CLEAN-UP operations were carried out yesterday to clear the beaches of Kusu and St John's islands of oil pollution following a collision between two ships in the Eastern Anchorage on Sunday night. The public is advised to avoid the
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    Lock icon Ankara riotst One killed, three hurt
    96 1 ANKARA, Mon. Fighting erupted between security agents and leftwing students here today. First reports said that one youth was killed and three others wounded. The clashes were prompted by student attempts at various high schools to stage demonstrations marking the first anniversary of incidents
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    Lock icon 132 rescued
    30 1 HONGKONG, Mon. Hongkong marine police have resrued 132 Chinese illegal immigrants from two sinking sampans as the exodus of people from China continues unabated, police said today. Reuter
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    From Mr Lee
    11 1 The Prime Minister wishes all a Merry Christmas
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    Lock icon Gaddafi helping to develop Muslim N-arms
    214 1 PARIS, Mon LIBYAN leader Muammar Gaddafi indicated that he was financing the development of atomic weapons for use by the Muslim world. In an interview with the magazine Figaro published yesterday, he said Muslims were "terrorised" by the nuclear powers "and it is natural
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    Lock icon Man stakes $10,000 bet on quake
    156 1 LAS VEGAS, Mon. A man who bet US$5,OOO (SJ10.850) that a major earthquake will destroy Los Angeles next week can collect only if the disaster claims one million lives, a betting agent says. "It's got to be a devastating earthquake that will kill one
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    Lock icon Ballot boxes for sale
    75 1 ISLAMABAD. Mon. Zimbabwe may be interested, in fact any country thinking in terms of going to the polls should note that the election commission of Pakistan is asking for bids on 135.086 "first class" ballot boxes. The boxes were imported by the government for the scheduled
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    $167 m LOSS IN SPACE?
    86 1 LONDON, Mm. The loss la sparr ef a oommunlratlon satellite •perated by the K*diu erperation ef America could mean a USfTI million <Sslf7 million) payant by Insurance rompankw, and I S$C2 million of this would Involve the l^ndon Insurance mart, Uojd's list said today. The
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      102 1 30 pages today TWO-DAY TV GUIDE Section 2 Page Two PARK killing: Seoul j to try ex -chief of staff t NEW Beijing aid for all' move 3 PANAMA may move Shah to jungle hideout THREE out of five worry about jobs while at school 8 BOOSTING dances with Singapore
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      Lock icon Park killing: Seoul to try former chief of staff
      333 2 SEOUL, Monday FORMER South Korean army Chief of Staff Gen Chung Seung-Hwa, arrested in a bloody Shootout on Dec 12, will be prosecuted for involvement in President Park Chung-Hee's assassination, the Defence Ministry said today. At the same time of the
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      Lock icon 700 fighting bushfire
      149 2 SYDNEY, Mon. More than 700 (ire-fighters today struggled to control a huge bushfire sweeping down from mountains towards heavily-populated towns west of here. The firemen, many weary after battling the fierce flames without sleep, used bulldozers to gouge firebreaks in the path of the fire advancing on
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      Lock icon Airline gives in, so sit-in ends
      127 2 LONDON, Mon. Passengers of an Aeroflot airliner disembarked from the plane at Heathrow Airport yesterday after a sit-in during which Aeroflot agreed to pay for their flights with other airlines. The sit-in was staged by the passengers in protest against the failure of Aeroflot
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      Lock icon 'NO ROOM FOR REDS IF ASEAN IS PROSPEROUS
      94 2 MANILA. Mm. The British Ambassador to the Philippines today said he foresaw no expansion of communism into Aseaa provided each memberstate acted to develop economically and Industrially. "Koonomlc prosperity Is the key to Muting the communist move- meat Into the are*", said
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      Lock icon Credit card for fines
      77 2 NEW YORK, Mon. Credit cards pay for a good many things in life why not parking fines? Last Sept 18 the New York City Council passed a bill authorising this, and it became local law 63 of 1979. Deputy Finance Commissioner Jay Butler, who is "thrashing
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      Lock icon 'Soviets using computers for Backfires: Probe on'
      239 2 'Soviets using computers for Backfires: Probe on' NEW YORK, Monday THE United States has ordered an investigation into reports that Soviet scientists are using American computers to improve their Backfire bomber, Newsweek magazine reports. In its latest edition, the magazine said US national security adviser Zbigniew Brzezinski ordered the probe
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      Lock icon Yamani: Fear forcing oil prices up
      343 2 Yamani: Fear forcing oil prices up NEW YORK, Mon. Fear rather than demand Ls forcing op the price of oil, Saudi Arabian (HI Minister Sheikh Ahmed Zakl Yimul said in a television interview broadcast today. Asked on a CBS news programme way oil prices keep rising while at the same
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      Lock icon 'S'pore open to Filipino barter traders'
      222 2 LABUAN, Mon. Southern Philippine traders, who for the past 20 years had confined their barter trade to this island, have at last got approval of authorities in the Philippines to extend the trade beyond this point, it was learned here today. The traders can
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      Lock icon Art collector dies at 81
      76 2 VENICE, Mon Peggy GurKonheim, 81. the American millionairess who presided over one of the world's greatest private collections of modern art, died in a hospital outside here yesterday, hospital officials said Mrs Guggenheim had been ill for some weeks and recently suffered a stroke. She
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      Lock icon Jakarta's oil exports to drop this year
      95 2 JAKARTA, Mon. Indonesia's oil export is expected to drop this year due to the decreasing demand abroad, a Mining Ministry spokesman said today. This year's export was expected to reach only between 400 and 410 million barrels while last year it totalled 472
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      65 3 In other words... Sihanouk laughs W a good deal as he talks, but his words are not fanny. The laughter, I would guess, is an expression of frustration. The man who held his country together for so long and then saw It devastated now talks of guerilla war as Khmer
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      Lock icon Indians form group to protect democracy
      540 3 NEW DELHI. Mon. A group of prominent citizens has started a movement in India designed to "protect democracy" and avoid any repetition of the emergency rule of the type carried out by Mrs Indira Gandhi in the last 20 months of her tenure as
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      New Beijing 'aid for all' move
      214 3 Weapons and money to anti-Viet forces regardless of ideology PARIS, Monday CHINA, previously a staunch supporter of Pol Pot's Khmer Rouge, has widened its support for antiVietnamese Khmer guerillas and is now supplying noncommunist nationalist Kampucheans with weapons, ammunition and money. This new Chinese
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      Lock icon Housing loans for the sterilised
      84 3 NOT DKLHI, Mon. The Indian Government is offering an additional inrentive to civil servants who volunteer for sterilisation. A new government order says employees who accept sterilisation will be required to pay half per cent less I interest on h*ase building loans, the 1 Press
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      Lock icon MOCHTAR HOLDS TALKS WITH THAI OFFICIALS
      83 3 BANGKOK, Mon. Indonesian Foreign Minister Mochtar Kusamaatmadja held talks with senior Thai (■overnment officials hoars before his departure to Jakarta today. He met Thai Foreign Minister I pad It Parhartyangknn and Prime Minister Krlangsak homanan. The discussions were believed to have centred on the
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      Lock icon Quake south of Mindanao
      58 3 Hongkong, Mon. The Hongkong Royal Observatory recorded an intense earthquake early this morning about 2.300 km southeast of here, an observatory spokesman reported today. The spokesman said the epicentre of the quakp was in tne Celebes Sea to the south of Mindanao The magnitude was estimated
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      Lock icon OH DEAR, NO DEER
      31 3 SANTA Class plays a different role as he flashes through the Meadawlands race track in New Jersey on Saturday, much to the delight of patrons. AP picture.
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      Lock icon Take command of police, Marcos tells mayors
      140 3 Take command of police, Marcos tells mayors MANILA, Monday I PRESIDENT Ferdinand Marcos has ordered town mayors in troubled zones to assume command of police forces as a step towards j political normalisation. In a nationally broadcast speech during the 44th anniversary of the Philippine Armed Forces at the weekend,
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      Lock icon Ex-chief of Pakistan army freed
      104 3 Ex-chief of Pakistan army freed ISLAMABAD, Mon. Retired General Tikka Khan, former chief of the Pakistan Army and SecretaryGeneral of the now-ban-ned Pakistan Peoples Party, has been released from detention. He was detained after a ban on political parties and indefinite postponment of the general elections. He was freed because
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      Lock icon Ops to coax 15,000 from bush hideouts
      420 4 SALISBURY, Mon. The Commomnwealth force supervising the ceasefire in Zimbabwe has launch- ed a unique military operation to persuade 15,000 armed insurgents to come out of their bush hideouts and move to various rendezvous points around the country. Senior officers of the ceasefire
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      Cuban debate deadlock puts spoke in Salim's wheel
      268 4 Cuban debate deadlock puts spoke in Salim's wheel UNITED NATIONS, Monday SALIM Ahmed Salim, the affable, chunky, young Tanzanian career diplomat who presides over the General Assembly, likes to make trains run on time and in his direction. Last week, he was derailed. As assembly president, Mr Salim was determined
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        Lock icon Fidelio hits Hanoi
        59 4 BEETHOVEN'S opera "Fidelio" was performed yesterday for the first time in the Vietnamese language on the stage of the Hanoi city theater, East Germany's Adn news agency reported. Adn, in a dispatch from the Vietnamese capital, said the performance was under the direction of Wolfgang Kersten and
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        Lock icon Police finds buried loot
        60 4 WEST German police have recovered nearly more than US$l million (Ss2 million) buried in plastic sacks and strongboxes at highway interchanges. A police spokesman said yesterday the cash was discovered under wooden markers after the arrest of the former manager of a security firm wanted in
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        Lock icon Fatal third try
        66 4 A PRIVATE detective playing Russian roulette shot himself dead on the third pull of the trigger at an office Christmas party in Sydney, police said yesterday. Mr Anthony Chick, 29, placed the six-shot revolver to his right temple and twice the hammer clicked on an empty chamber.
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        Lock icon On China's history
        57 4 CHINA recently began editing work on the first comprehensive dictionary of Chinese history, the official Xinhua news agency reported yesterday. The dictionary, which will have over 30,000 entries amounting to some 10 million words, will give a brief account of historical figures and events in China from
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        Lock icon Her 118 dogs must go....
        68 4 WEST German dog lover Walburga Trunzer, a 79-year-old widow, had two dogs 12 yeas ago. But she decided that she would like more and today she has 120. Farmers claim that the dogs are running wild killing their sheep, and the authorities have decided that
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        Lock icon 'The yeti' lives
        53 4 A BRITISH mountaineer just back in Shrewsbury from the Himalayas said yesterday he had firm evidence that the fabled abominable snowman really exists. Mr John Edwards, leader of an expedition to Nepal, said he had photographs of the mysterious creature's foot-prints and he had also heard its
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      Lock icon Layoffs make it a gloomy Christmas
      222 4 DETROIT, Mon. With nearly 190,000 car workers jobless and one of the biggest manufacturers on the verge of bankruptcy, it's a gloomy Christmas in Detroit. Car sales have fallen sharply in the last few months. Chrysler, the No. 3 car company, is fighting for
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      In other words...
      94 4 A shopper in Warsaw waiting in a long meat line is driven beyond endurance. He stalks off, announcing to a Mend that he is going to find the official responsible for Poland's economic problems and assassinate him. Several hoars later he returns, crestfallen. "What's the matter?" asks
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      Lock icon CRUSADE' FOR MORE OUTPUT IN IRAN
      136 6 CRUSADE' FOR MORE OUTPUT IN IRAN TEHERAN. Mon Iran is to launch a "cruaade' to step up production and will start by streamlining its banking system, Finance Minister Abolhassan Hani Sadr said today. All banks nationalised in June would be merged into two chains: A commercial bank to deal with
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      Lock icon Khomeiny's Xmas call
      64 6 AYATULLAH Ruhollah Khomeiny called on (.'hi is tians in a Christmas eve message broadcast in Teheran yesterday to support the cause of the deprived nations of the world. Iran's Muslim leader urged Christian priests to back the poor against oppressors, adding: "Ring the bells in support of
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      Lock icon 'No early solution'
      58 6 FORMER Irish Foreign Minister Scan Macbride came out of talks in Teheran yesterday on the American Embassy hostage crisis and said he was not optimistic that an early solution would be found. Mr Macbride said after a working lunch with Iranian Foreign Minister Sadeq Qotbzadeh: "There are
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      Lock icon Sent to kill Shah?
      33 6 INTKRPOL is searching Central America for six men and two women it belives might have been sent to kill the Shah of Iran. Mexican police sources said yesterday. Reuter.
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      Lock icon Panama may move Shah to jungle hideout
      319 6 Panama may move Shah to jungle hideout PANAMA CITY, Monday PANAMA, paying a high price for its hospitality to the deposed Shah of Iran, may move out to a secret jungle hideout near the Costa Rican border. A week after doing President Jimmy Carter a favour and giving the Shah
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      Lock icon US revokes ex-CIA agent's passport, orders him home
      336 6 WASHINGTON, Monday THE United States today said it had revoked the passport of Philip Agee, author of exposes about the Central Intelligence Agency and had ordered him to return home. The State Department said Secretary of State Cyrus Vance issued the order
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      Lock icon Two top arms traffickers arrested
      224 6 Two top arms traffickers arrested NEW YORK, Mon. Two top international arms traffickers, known to have supplied former Ugandan dictator Idi Amin and the Palestine Liberation Organisation, have been arrested on a variety of charges stemming from the alleged sale of 10,000 machine-guns to police posing as revolutionaries, the Manhattan
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      Lock icon 3 taken on one-way ticket to theft
      168 6 TEL AVIV, Mon. Three Israelis were taken for a ride last week but the ride was a one-way ticket to theft. All three had put advertisements In the newspaper to sell their cars. Each was answered by a trickster who, after turning up
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    GETTING INTO THE YULETIDE SPIRIT...
    423 7 GETTING INTO THE YULETIDE SPIRIT... 11th hour rush before festivities begin SHOPPERS made a last-minute dash to supermarkets and a few stores yesterday for presents, food and drinks just hours before the Yuletide festivities began. Supermarkets especially were packed with people making purchases for the dinner table, and roads were
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    Withdrawing your cash in a hurry
    238 7 PEOPLE caught in the Christmas rush found assistance from the automated tellers at the Post Office Savings Bank and the Chartered Bank yesterday. For clerk Miss S. Susheela, the cash-on-line teller, was a sure way to beat the queue of people waiting to withdraw
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    Historian to write book on S'pore in the 1980s
    266 7 HISTORIAN KG. Tregonning returned to Singapore after 12 years to gather material for his latest book, not about the past but the future. Singapore in the Eighties will be the theme of his book, which he hopes to complete by the
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    Geylang East CC courses
    37 7 THE Geylang East > ommunity centre will organise a series of courses next month. These include courses on swimming, Japanese language, photography, children's ballet, hair-dressing, beauty culture and social dance. Ring *****5 for details
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    Plea over stolen temple 'lions'
    146 7 Plea over stolen temple 'lions' TWO bronze lions have been reported stolen from the Palelal Buddhist Temple In Bedok Road on Thursday. The theft Ls believed to he the work of a gang of professional curio hunters, who prised off the statues which were cemented to the floor at the
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    Lecture on cheques
    52 7 I A LECTURER in business law and banking, Ngee Ann Technical CoUege, Mr CliHord Abayasekara, will conduct a 16-lecture course on Cheques in Law and Practice, at the National Museum theatrette on Tuesdays and Fridays, from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. from Jan 4. The course (cc
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    Search for lost planes again called off
    230 7  - Search for lost planes again called off ABBY TAN By Our Manila correspondent MANILA, Mon. Cloudy weather today again disrupted the search for the three Republic of Singapore Air Force Skyhawks feared to have crashed on the Sierra Madre mountains on Dec 19. The United States Air Forco at Clark
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    CC classes
    31 7 THE Mountbatten community centre youth group will organise tuition classes for Primary Three and Six students from the English and Chinese streams li\ing in the constituency, from next month
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    15 houses razed
    95 7 ABOUT 15 wooden houses, most of which had been vacated to make way for urban development, were destroyed in two fires on Sunday and yesterday. No one was injured in the blazes which broke out in Silat Road, and in Lorong Engku Aman. off Geylang Road. The
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    3 out of 5 worry about job while at school
    526 8  -  EVELYN NG By THREE out of every five young Singaporeans worry about getting a job while still in school. This applies especially to those from the lower income group. Their worry about future employment stems from the belief that it
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    Road works in Jurong: Advice to motorists
    92 8 A STRETCH »f I pper Jurone Road from the junction at Jalan Ahmad Ibrahim to the junction at (iul Circle extension will be closed from Jan 2 to facilitate the construction of Teas Road. Motorists travelling along I pper -tuning Road towards Tnas
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    Payment of bills
    62 8 CONSUMERS will soon be able to pay their PUB bills at the Oversea-Chi-nese Banking Corporation's Raffles Place branch. The bank will accept payments of utility bills on behalf of the PUB from Jan 2. A PUB statement said yesterday that payments can be made during normal banking
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    School band
    19 8 C'RKSC'ENT Girll* School band will perform at Singa- [Kire Conference Hall on Sun (lav at 7.30 D.m.
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    Cannabis: 2 years
    67 8 ABDUL Majid bin Abdul Ghani, 42, was jailed two years by a district court yesterday when he pleaded guilty to two charges of having 5,618.5 grammes of cannabis at his Ang Mo Kio flat on Nov 14. Abdul Majid, a despatch rider, was jailed SIX months on
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    Broker called to make his defence
    390 8 Broker called to make his defence Failed to hand Hies to CPIB charge IN a test case yesterday, stockbroker Yong Teck Lian was called to make his defence in a district court to a charge of not handing over two files to a Corrupt Practice Investigations Bureau officer during a
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    Thief 'helped' to look for ring
    128 8 A CLERICAL assistant, Wu Siew Yang, 26, was yesterday jailed one day and fined $900 after she pleaded guilty to stealing a diamond ring belonging to a former colleague. The court heard that Wu went to Madam Noor Jannah's flat in Lorong 5, Toa
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    CC courses
    31 8 THE Buona Vista community centre youth group will hold courses in swimming, social dance, folk dance, harmonica, and canoeing. For details, ring *****3 from 3 p.m. to 10 p.m.
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    Cabbies told: Don't mar image
    82 8 Cabbies told: Don't mar image THE MP for Telok Blan ih. Mr Rohan bin Kamis, has urged taxi drivers to dissuade each other from actions that would mar their image and that of Singapore's. He was speaking at the first anniversary dinner of the Telok Blangah taxi stand at Block
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    MP to attend dinner
    47 8 THK AnR Mo Kio residents' committee zone "G will hold a buffet dinner for its members al the Ang Mo Kio Secondary School on Saturday at 7 30 p.m The MP for Ang Mo Kio. Mr Veo Toon L'hia. will attend the (linnet
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    Boosting dances with S'pore flavour
    456 9  - Boosting dances with S'pore flavour NGIAM TONG HAI By A SCHEME to encourage local artistes and art groups to produce creative dances with a Singapore flavour is now on the drawing board, Mr Lee Wai Kok, the Culture Ministry's director of culture division, said yesterday. "They should be able to
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    Schizo questions: Ministry clarifies
    190 9 THE Ht-alth Ministry yesterday clarified that Section Two of its questionnaire on schizophrenia was meant also for those who had seen the television documentary on the subject Those receiving the questionnaire should therefore not forget to answer questions in this section. Some of those interviewed for
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    Big influx of merchant, offshore banks
    231 9 SEVEN merchant and eight offshore banks were officially opened in Singapore this year the highest since 1973 when seven merchant banks and nine offshore banks were set up. Offshore licences were first granted in 1973 and there was a rush by foreign banks then
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    $4.6 m NEW SCHOOL IN ANG MO KIO
    138 9 AN ARTIST'S Impression 9t the $4.« million secondary school at Ang Mo Kio Avenoe 8 handed «ver to the Mlni»tr> of Education on Friday moraine by the Public Work* Department. Situated on a S.4S hectare site, the school Is to be named
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    Asean CCI move to boost regional development
    252 9 Asean CCI move to boost regional development I THE Asean Chamber of Commerce and Industry has written to the ecoI nomic ministers of the five Asean member-coun- tries, asking for formal communications and regular consultations to boost economic developments in j the region. Sources yesterday said the Asean CCI Council,
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      194 9 Straits Times Crossword 1 bY ACBOBB (IT). 1 Dnuius In ran miinlr? (7). Attempt to make a report* (4). 5 Its an unusual' Uttl* book 7 T** 0 "P Publicity work, gets md in a second (7). into troubte (8) 9 The shade of a Iwiikw flg- 8 Court P«-o»ecu
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      75 10 Congratulations to GEMS CHILDREN'S WEAR on the occasion of their 10th Anniversary Official Opening of their Longbeach Shoes at Peninsula Plaza i^S^C GOLDIG f(Q> GARMENTS \££r ENTERPRISE lbl-B. Amber Road. Singapore. 1543 Tel: *****59 Congratulations to GEMS CHILDREN'S WEAR on the occasion of their 10th Anniversary Official Opening of their
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      119 10 Congratulations to GEMS CHILDREN'S WEAR on the occasion of their 10th Anniversary Official Opening of their Longbeach Shoes at Peninsula Plaza PAMELA The Leather Fashion People fp/VDI CARL JEINER IFINFR <FE)PTELTD JCiniCnj Tel: *****4, *****/9, *****21 Congratulat In GEMS CHILDREN'S WEAR on tht> occasion of their 10th Anniversary Official Opening
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    'S'pore child has high ideals'
    447 11 THE Singapore child has high aspirations by any standard. Certainly his aspirations are much higher than those of his British counterpart. And what is more surprising to two British specialists, who were recently in Singapore to examine curriculum development here is that he is so
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    Edwin opens the door to a better future
    165 11 Edwin opens the door to a better future IF YOU are an enthusiastic 14-year-old with not much skill but wanting a Job, what sort of work do you want? Talk to a dozen lads, you ate likely to get 12 different answers. For Kdwln Tan Hong Leng, It opening doors
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    Industrial control
    49 11 A LECTURER from the Singapore Polytechnic, Mr Them I.win, will give a 10-lecture course on Industrial Control, at Nissen Hut 9A, at the University of Singapore's Buklt Ttmah campus every Thursday from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. from Jan 3. The fee for the course is tm
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    SPCA party
    30 11 THE annual children's party given by the Society for the I Prevention of Cruelty to Animals will be held at the British Council at Collyer Quay, on Friday.
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    Magazine hopes to stimulate social awareness
    329 11 Magazine hopes to stimulate social awareness A GROUP of young concerned citizens have pooled their resources and published a quarterly, Breakthrough, which aims to stimulate social awareness among Singaporeans. The magazine hopes to share its views on current events and social issues through its indepth features and analytical articles. It
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    Attempt to pick wallet foiled
    74 11 Attempt to pick wallet foiled AN ATTEMPT by an Indonesian tourist, Machmud, 47, to pick a wallet from a Christmas shopper was foiled by the sharp eyes of the law. Unknown to him. a woman police sergeant, Lim Sui Huah. was shopping at the Cold Storage Supermarket when she saw
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    EXPRESS POST TO GREECE, CANADA FROM JAN
    169 11 EXPRESS POST TO GREECE, CANADA FROM JAN THE Express Delivery Service will be introduced with Canada and Greece on a reciprocal basis from Jan 1. The service, which provides for special delivery at the request of the sender, will be confined to ordinary and registered letter-post items. It will be
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    Stole chocs
    37 11 A DOMESTIC servant. Lee Peek Chum. was jailed a day and fined $200 yesterday when she pleaded guilty in a magistrate's court to stealing two bars of chocolates from Holland Village Fitzpatrirk Supermarket on Saturday.
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    The StmitsTinies TUESDAY, DECEMBER 25, 1379 GIVE AND TAKE
    394 12 The StmitsTinies TUESDAY, DECEMBER 25, 1379 GIVE AND TAKE SINGAPOREANS appear more discriminating when buying gifts this Christmas, preferring to spend more on themselves and their children than on others. Apparently, some either go for gold, diamonds and other items likely to appreciate in value, or expensive electronic toys of
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    ULTERIOR MOTIVE?
    387 12 THE press in Singapore has received its share of brickbats. And in many cases deservedly so. No doubt a list of weaknesses and deficiencies can easily be drawn up by a discerning reader over a period of time. But despite their numerous shortcomings, all the three major newspapers
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    Prosperity — thanks to a disaster
    560 12  - Prosperity thanks to a disaster RAZAK LEE By in Kota Kinabalu SIX hundred and twenty families of rice farmers from the Luhan valley. 140-km from the state capital, are on the road to prosperity thanks to the flooding of Malaysia's only copper mine in 1977. The Sabah Government has recently
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    Lock icon How sisters saved Silent Night
    807 12  -  ROBERT BARR By in New York A CAROL is a song with a burden. A "burden," in that sense, is a refrain repeated after each verse. "Oh come let as adore him," for example, is the burden of "O come, all ye faithful." Hut Christmas
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    Lock icon US textile industry aiming at new export markets
    729 12  -  LEONARD CURRY By in Washington THE TEXTILE industry, which long has complained of unfair import competition, has begun an export campaign that already has cut the United States Textile deficit by 20 per cent this year. Mr Morris M. B-yan Jr., President
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    Moral education
    573 12 PRESS COMMENT THE following is an editorial from the Dec 21 issue of the Sin Chew Jit Poh, headlined Mass Media and Moral Education. Moral education should no doubt start at school when the children and teenagers are at an impressionable age and their minds are most malleable.
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      That ruling on second language proficiency for students is unfair
      271 13 That ruling on second language proficiency for students is unfair THK spwlal commit W appointed by the St Andrew's Parent Teacher Association U study the Goh Keng Swee Report on Kduratlon most be congratulated fo voicing what many ronrerned students, parents and teachers have thought regarding the unfairness in banning
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      The whole subject of speed limits should be reviewed
      372 13 Put up more I i speed s Straits Times, Dec THE letter form D.J. Lim, "Put up more speed limit signs," (ST, Dec 6) prompts me to write to you on the subject of speed limits. While it is obviously not
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      Why penalise the man who uses his commonsense and initiative?
      302 13 Why penalise the man who uses his commonsense and initiative? RECENTLY, my father was booked and fined for crossing a road at a pedestrian crossing when the red light was on, and, when there was no vehicular traffic on the road at the time of crossing. There were no vehicles
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      Does this mean that only five primary schools will offer Tamil?
      160 13 I REFER to the reply by the Ministry of Education to a letter by "Anxious Parents" (ST, Dec 5) which stated that of the registration for children offering Tamil as a second language, only 81 primary schools registered a
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      Our children will get used to new spelling system
      320 13 Our children will get used to new spelling system I REFER to the letters, "That call to use Hanyu Pinyin spelling opposed," by "Churnunder and "Ijet advocates of change set the lead" by "Being Provoked" (ST. Dec 14). I fail to see any intended infringement of the rights of parents
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      169 13 Parents free to choose how to name children I REFER to the letter, "I^et advocates of change set the lead" by "Being Provoked" (ST, Dec 14). "Being Provoked" is being emotional and irrational in his outburst against Mr Lee Kee Ming, Mr S.B. Lee and Dr T.J. Cheng for advocating
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      CLOSING PRICES
      1295 14 THE I*m iramurtnl rrady ulr »l Ihr ckmr .< huslnrv. on Ihf S«nrk Exrhancr o( Sinj» ynlrrday .-omparfd wtlh thr prrMnu* I"* pn<« lonnlwr with UTS hl|[h and low AdjusM lor rip ri^tiu uaur i 1979 I ..I II. tch I (oinpiiv S.lf *orMcnoM am 61 V! 12S110
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      337 14 SIX.tPOKK I MTTRIST (ManM^rV prire* f»r IW M) TV Coma 2 17 2.30 lht'S:i\ ing Fund 143 1 52 s pan I'ioc Kuml 0 97 1.02 S pan Br Kuml 1 74 IK S pa* hnM Fund 1.32 1.40 S |»n.- K,|uil> Kurxi 0* lOOxd »SU I MTTRIST
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      BUSINESS DONE (Singapore)
      1302 14 HID and offer prices officially listed md business in an reported to the Stork Exchange of Singapore yesterday with thf number of shares traded shown in brackets in lots of 1000 units unless otherwise specified All Times Settlement Contracts tie quntpd after the word "sett". Bir Board
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      Lock icon Malayan Breweries l-for-2 bonus
      102 14 MALAYAN Breweries announced an unaudited group net profit of $24.46 million for 15 months ended September 30 ($17.83 million), for the year ended June 30, on a turnover of $407.38 million ($294.88 million) The parent company's net profit was $19.31 million ($20.37 million). A bonus issue
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      Tractors Malaysia
      115 14 Tractors Malaysia Bhd (TMB) said it has agreed to purchase 2.30 million $1 nominal shares or 51 per cent of the issued capital of H. and R. Johnson (Malaysia) Sdn Bhd (HRJM) from l^embaga Tabung Angkatan Tentera and Koperasi Polis di Raja Malaysia Bhd on a share exchange
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        Rises
        28 14 Shanxril.a Traclora Taipinf Textile N.ny.ng Pre.. Spore Bus Lien Hoe Slr«il« TradinK M Breweriea FAN Temerloh 770 63S 1M 342 324 186 770 735 806 S20 111
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        Falls
        49 14 Kurhai II on* I. run* Ind Magnum Corpn PMC P M R I W Jacks 0 C B C Sugari ODE A Enterpriser 1 C B 250 290 456 476 340 172 710 470 390 378 364 -15 -13 -10 H ■fi -6 4 -4 -4 -4 -4
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        31 14 B.T Index: Industrials: Finance: Hotels: Properties: Minings: Plantations: 3.C.B.C.: S.E.S.Ind: *****4 *****1 ***** ***** ***** 765.94 346.11 346 63 266.22 267.37 241.80 241.57 728.21 728.07 407.58 408.06 380.10 379 92
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        Most active stocks
        34 14 Haw Par KhH.t Merlin Hon« l.ronf Ind I) T B B Ray* ■iirae Darby LOB raiping Textile lien Hoe Su«.r» 157.UHU 146.000 132.000 «7.000 62.000 55 000 52.000 45.000 36.000 34.000
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        H'kong
        399 14 HONGKONG: The market closed tho half day session generally firmer yesterday, but below its highs, with the Hang Seng index rising 9.28 to H4O 29 points, dealers said Interest again centred on Hongkong and Kowloon Wharf, which touched a high of HK$74 00 before falling back to close 50
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        375 14 TOKYO: Share prices closed higher yesterday, led by elert.onlcs, nonferrous metals and some trading houses, with investors anticipating a further rise towards the year-end, dealers said. The Dow Jones average rose 14.98 to close at 6,522.87 poults, with a volume of 250 million shares. The New index closed at
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        344 14 SYDNEY: Trading in the Ashton diamond partners was the main feature of a quietly mixed half-day session yesterday, dealers said. Aiatoo closed 10 cents higher at As 2 95. Elsewhere BHP fell five cents to $10 85, Wood■Me Petroleun lost one cent to $2.20 and Ampol ExptmttM was steady
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        Another two banks raise rates
        293 14 Another two banks raise rates ANOTHER two domestic banks, the United Overseas Bank ((JOB) and the Industrial and Commercial Bank (ICB). have joined in the latest round of prime lending rate (PLR) increases by raising their PLRs by a quarter point to 9.25 per cent The new prime for ICB
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        59 14 M Cement pays 12 pc KUALA LUMPUR: Malayan Cement Bhd announced an unaudited uncomoUdated pretax profit of MJ6.25 million ($5.33 million), for the year ended November 30. A second interim dividend 12.5 per cent gross (same), payable on February 8, to shareholders registered on January 11, making a total of
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        GOLD
        32 14 Mm 8m Hongkong «7008 4WOOB *****S 4M.MS Singapore 1 1 1 clued «7 008 «2 75S 4W.00S Export prim in non sterling arras in US dollar per ounce 1 Average prior
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        STRAITS TIN
        22 14 THE STRAITS tin price recovered $5 to $2,106 per picul in Penang yesterday on an official offering down 84 tonnes.
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        B Kawan makes record profit
        375 14 BETTER palm oil and rul>ber prices combined with improved harvests have enabled Batu Kawan to achieve a record profit for the year ended August 31 1979. Group pre-tax profit jumped by 57 per cent to M 52 3.01 million on a54 per cent rise in
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      Interest drops in market
      492 14 PRICKS finished mixed la subdued trading- at the Stack ExehMge ot Slag*p»rr yesterday. Oae af the reaMos far the lower turnover was the shcrter trading hours Jut before the Christina* hallday. Another was the lark of follow-through Interest by Koala Lumpur operator*. The Kuala Lumpur market
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      Money and exchages
      206 14 THE US dollar closed lower against most major currencies but strengthened slightly against sterling in quiet trading in the Singapore forex market yesterday, ahead of Christmas, dealers said. It weakened to 238.40 80 yen in line with the trend in Tokyo, against a 240.30 50 opening and
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      Prime lending rates
      25 14 THE avenge rate at which major Singapore bMks are currr ntly prepared to lead to their beat customers b 1.3 per eeat.
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      Malaysian tin mines high on safety records
      549 14 DESPITE the growing number of accidents in tin mines, Malaysia has one of the best safety records among tin producers in the world. This is the opinion of an International Tin Council delegation reported in the latest issue of Tin International, which devoted
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      Pahang Con pays 3.5 pc
      51 14 KUALA LUMPUR PahanK Consolidated Lid has ihTlared an interim dividend ol v.5 pet rent i samp) on the 100.000 sewn pet tent < urr. jlative ineferin... shares, tor trw half ye.ii HaM January 3. p.,. able on January 31. to aftaM holders registered on Juaan
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      Central Sugars, Hong Leong battle looms
      1011 15 THE BATTLE lines between business personalities appew to have Ixhti drawn as the share prices of the companies they control or have considerable influence ovei surged ahead <m s whole train of speculative buying. Investment circles were talking of a likely $100 mil li<m
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      Malayan Cement earnings increase
      372 15 THANKS to a flrst-tinn conirihution from its wholtynwnrd subsidiary, Malayan Oraenl's unaudited net profit before tax and consolidation Increased 17.8 per rent to IC.9) million (or the year ended Nov M, 1979. The contribution, in the form of dividends from Cement Marketing Company (Singapore), amounted to
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      Profitability at NST soars to a new height
      488 15 THE New Straits Times Press (Malaysia) Berhad (NST) has soared to a new (H.ik in profitability during the financial year just ended Aug 31. 1979 building up firmly on the momentum clearly established in the first half of the year. Group pre-tax
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      Shareholders to make decision on transfer
      515 15 SHAREHOLDERS of William Jacks and Co Malaya uill Iv i;iven s chance !o vote approval for the transfer' of domicile the company from Malaysia to Singapore This uill tv the first time that shareholders' decisions will be used to seek transfer of domicile of
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      188 14 FINANCIAL ACCOUNTANT H This is an opportunity tor i young qualified Accountant (malt or H tcmalc) to K>m a substantial group ot companies engaged m H property development hotel finance etc This position has arisen Has a result ot eipansion and reorgannalion w ,tn,n the Manage H rnent Group Oorston
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      53 14 I NOTICE OF REMOVAL I I OTIS ELEVATOR I I COMPANY I As from 24th December, 1979 we are Unit 1205-1210. 12th floor Jalan Sultan Centre Jalan Sultan/Beach Road Singapore 0719 Our postal address remains as follows: Maxwell Road Post Office I Singapore 9005 Our telephone numbers remain as I
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    Lock icon 8 found guilty of causing deaths at temple
    157 15 KLANG, Mon.— Eight men charged with causing the deaths of four men in Kerling last year were found guilty by the sessions court here today. Court President Mr Moharned Ali bin Abdul Aziz deferred sentence to Jan 2 pending probationary reports on
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    Lock icon Editor retires
    48 15 KUALA LUMPUR, Mon. Bernama's special functions editor, Mr Tan Tock Saik. has retired and will join Eric White Associates as a public relations consultant Mr Tan, 55, who has been a journalist since 1948. worked for the Straits Times in Britain, Singapore and Kuala Lumpur. NST
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    DISC-O! WHAT A DANCE!
    97 15 THEY didn't dance away with the prize, bat these two contestants In a disco dancing contest In Sabah recently certainly enthralled the audience with their energetic variations a la Travolta even If It meant getting a split In the seat of the man's trousers. The girls
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    Tin ore found in car tyres: Man fined
    94 15 Tin ore found in car tyres: Man fined JOHORE BARU, Mon. Customs officers found tin ore hidden inside four tyres of a car, the magistrate's court was told yesterday. The court was also told that the car had been cleared after a routine check but was later pulled up. Driver
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    82 Viets land
    31 15 TUMPAT, Mon. Eighty-two Vietnamese illegal immigrants in a boat landed at Kampong Pantai Tujoh, three kilometres from here on Friday. They were sent to the Kemumain refugee centre.
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    Lock icon The 'Ali Baba' problem
    58 15 KUALA LUMPUR. Hon. An entrepreneurial development research has revealed that the 'Ali Baba' practice among Bumiputra businessmen is still a problem and is cause for concern. The research conducted by the Socio-economic Research Unir in the Prime Minister's Department identified the wholesale trade and construction sectors
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    Lock icon Body found
    23 15 JOHORE bARU. Mon. A man was found dead on Lido Beach here this morning. He was dressed in woman's clothes. NST.
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    Lock icon Cops hurt in bike chase crash saved from blaze
    183 15 K. LUMPUR, Mon. PEOPLE dragged two policemen to safety seconds before their patrol car burst into flames yesterday. They had crashed into another car white chasing two men on a motor-cycle in Jalan Segambut at 3 p.m. The men, believed to
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    Lock icon Dacing to be banned from 1981
    99 15 KUALA LUMPUR, Mon. The use of the dacing wil be banned from Jan 1 1981, acting Trade anc Industry Minister Tan Sr Kadir Yusof said. The ban will not apply however, to the 'liteng oi small dacing used ir traditional Chinese mcdi cine shops
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    Lock icon Attacked at dusk by black-clad 'Samurai' swordsmen
    234 15 KUALA LUMPUR, Mon. Nine masked men armed with Samurai swords swooped down on a group of dinner-bound people and wounded seven of them at Taman Intan in Jerantut at the weekend. The masked men fled in two cars In the confusion following the
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      161 15 This year we did not send Christmas cards but gave a donation to charity instead. BUREAU VERITAS SINGAPORE (Nobel) wish their customers friends A Merry Christmas A Happy NNcrw r Year Xobcl Enterprises FMe Ltd Tokyo Optics Parklanc Shopping Mall (iroiuul Floor (i 18 86Sde0eRo«d Tel: *****2 jJK INDONESIAN RESTAURANT
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      569 16 i^^ujc^^^^^+vc+vc. S W4^4^e«^«^4^^«xew«j The Management Starr or WORMALD SECURITY Wishes to extend their Christmas Greetings to all clients "A Marry X'mas A A Happy New Yaar" MERRY CHRISTMAS A HAPPY NEW YEAR to all cuenta, friends a aaeocietee LOVER MARRIAGE AID BIMEAU you to get suitable friends, marriage partners privately.
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      354 16 a¥//V^T^^^BarV WHEELS ENTERPRISES ■k (PTE) LTD 4, ROOM 2OS. 2ND FLOOR HOTEL ROYAL NEWTON ROAO 1 130) TEL: 2SMIM, 2SM7W, 2SSMOO. 254a7«0, 254M70 4r wishes all business assoclM ates. clients fc friends X A MERRY CHRISTMAS ANOA •k HAPPY NCW YEAR. umwmxnsammxziismmM MammmmsMmwanamm *s»@r> '^mor* <*9m@rv Tha Manaoamant ft Staff
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      309 16 i* i* A MERRY CHRISTMAS 4 si J Jfc 4 J* A VERY HAPPY NEW 4 to all friand* and 4 •aaocialaa 4 «E 4.^ -May 1960 hail iuccmi and J goodcrwar' t* ALLAN ONG 4 4 I I -w t ~^r -mm x xxx'X-x^xv y-vy -v Cj^J We wish
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      57 16 J DAVID ONG i AIK HONG MACHINERY (S) PTE LTD 4. M» Aik Hong BuHding a Bukit Timah Road 7 Tat 25J7711/ 2SST7II 4 > wishes all business assocl- 7 V at«s, clients ft friends not T targeting Reglna L Karen of J J CATS Dept. 4 +t A MERRY
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  • IX OBITUARIES
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      140 Acknowledgements
      247 21 The family of the late Mr Henry Joseph Chia Soo Leong who passed away peacefully on Dec 20. 1979. would like to express their gratitude to relatives, friends. Father Tan and church members of the Church of Our Lady ol Perpetual wreaths, scrolls, prayers, condolences and attendance during
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      21 21 The Management and Staff of Raines Hotel express their deepest sympathies to the family ol the late MrP.K Vayloo
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      362 21 MRS AGGIE WOODFORD PASSED AWAY PEACEFULLY ON 23/12/79 IN PERTH AUSTRALIA LEAVING BEHIND SON HAROLD. DAUGHTERS CARMEN. YVONNE. SISTER ALICE. 2 SONS-IN-LAW. DAUGHTER-IN-LAW. BROTHER-IN-LAW. 14 GRAND CHILDREN. 2 GREAT GRAND CHILDREN. Aged (2 Passed away peac. fully on 23/12/1971 At 4 OS am i eavtni behind Sons Ng
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      181 21 IN FVEBtOVING MEMORY OF MDM. NG AH KA Dopartad 25.12.7S Sadly mittad by husband. 7 sons. 3 daughtart-tn-law, 1 daughlar. 1 •on-in-law. 8 grandchildren and all lowed ones INSERTED BY: LILY GOH (Dtughlar) DAVID SIM (Son-in-law) LAWRENCE GOH (Youngaal Son) IN EVER LOVING Memory of AilKilsllnr Teo
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      33 21 NO it's not something from outer spare it's Houston Rockets' Allen Leavell having bWn photographed a split second after he had passed the ball in their match against Philadelphia in Philadelphia. AP Kadinpir.
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      148 21 Viver wins exciting final MIAMI BEACH. Mon. Raul Viver, of Ecuador, won the Orange Bowl under- 18 international tennis championships here yesterday when he defeated Pablo Arraya. of Peru, 7-6, 6-4 in an exciting final. Viver. a tall, slender 17-year-old from Guyaquil. who was seeded No. 7 for the tournament,
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      Lock icon B. Netahfu triumphs
      51 21 CHIBA. Mon. Baroh Netahfu. a seven-year-old horse sired by British-bred Bounteous, won the 65 million yen i J5» million) Nakayama steeplechase here yesterday. Baroh Netahfu. ridden by Yasuhiro Netnoto. covered the 4,100-metre jumping race in i mm. 43.7 sec. to win by four lengths from Tekisasu Waipon,
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      56 21 HONGKONG. Mon. English jockey Brian Taylor was injured in a mishap in the first event of Saturday's racing card, when his horse ran wide at a bend near the stable and he had to jump off before it crashed into the wall. Taylor suffered concussion and was
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        486 21 BAHRAIN. Mon China beat South Korea 3-0 here yesterday to win the men's Asian volleyball championship anil the right to represent Asia in the sport at next year's Moscow Olympic Games After taking the first set in only 12 minutes the Chim-sr maintained their superiority
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      624 21  - Olympic decade of problems Geoffrey Miller By Associated Press sports writer THE Olympic movement came through more troubles in the 1970's than in any other decade in its history. Terrorism and murder, bitter political quarrels, mounting financial problems all threatened to undermine the Olympic Games. But they sur.vived. The man
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      342 21 LONDON, Mon. England international footballer Kevin Keegan will leave West German club Hamburg at the end of his season to possibly join Italian club Juventus, of Turin, the Sunday Mirror newspaper reported here yesterday. Keegan said: "I want to play in Italy. I
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      78 21 I "Merry Christmas!" "Froehliche "Selamat JS "God Jul!" I JB "Joyeux Noel!" "Omedeto "Tessakaiehaeng tB "E ku odun eku /jH "Merry Christmas!" IM "Preethi "stßs!" cMerry Christmas from the world's most popular stout From around the world, real stout drinker^ JH say "Merry Christmas" with the goodness of Guinness Stout.
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      Teh draws away from Allan in trainers' race
      700 24  -  FAIRWAY By PUNTERS, who had looked forward to an exciting duel between arch rivals Teh Choon Beng and Ivan Allan at penang over the weekend, were deeply let down. Disappointed, because Allan could manage only a win and three placings while Teh
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      311 24 HONGKONG, Mon Singapore's Tan Eng Han and Lee Ah Ngo yesterday routed Hongkong's Sze Yu and Chan Chi-Choi 15-16, 15-9 in a men's doubles match on the final day of the six-day Hongkong badminton Invitation tournament here. Tan,26,four-time Singapore doubles champion, and Lee,
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      1519 24 WEIGHTS for this weekend's races at Peru ng: Saturday Clm* 1 Dfr.2 1.200 m 6 Madam Butterfly 57 0 2 Vino-San 54.0 16 Raise Your Glass 54.0 12 Willshine 535 10 Caesar's Palace 53.5 3 Sinar Harapan S3 0 11 Pulau Mutiara 53.0 5 Camberly 530 17 Ranad
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      Lock icon Jack of Trumps fancied
      285 24 LONDON, Mon. Jack of Trumps, the sparkling young Irish-trained steeplechaser, looks likely to underline his championship potential in the rich King George VI Chase at Kempton Park, near here, on Wednesday. Last season, when only five years old. Jack of Trumps finished second in the race.
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      Lock icon Tennis now more millionaires club
      420 24 WAS it really only 10 years ago? Rod Layer was defending his Wimbledon title in 1970 and going for a prize of USJ7,OSb ($15,190). Cliff Richey won the Grand Prix and made U5525,000. Professional tennis was just beginning to get into its stride. But there
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      584 24 d SHIP MANAGEMENT I I Position: I Far-Eastern based competitive ship manage- I I ment organization requires a qualified person I I to manage its existing organization which is I I presently operating bulk carriers and tankers I I trading on a worldwide basis. I Responsibilities I The person selected
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      612 24 VENEER PRODUCTS LIMITED NOTICE OF MEETING Further to the Extraordinary General Meeting of the company held on 20th December 1979 NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the adjournment will he held at its registered office, Suite 271 6, 27 th Floor, International Plaza, Anson Road, Singapore, on Thursday, 27th December 1
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      321 24 BAILIFF'S SALE In the Subordinate Courts of the Republic of Singapore Writ of Seizure Sale No. 2400 Of 1979 In the cause of Travelmore Pte Ltd Plaintiff versus Tawat Trading Co Pte Ltd Defendant auction sale of Office furniture, typewriters, etc. to be held at No.G-203.G01dh11l Plaza. Thomson Road On
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      98 24 The Times CalendarTropical Flowers and Birds I ft* \/\H/ I ISls fv I The Times calendar 1980 comprises 12 magnificent reproductions from eminent artist, See Hiang To's Chinese-brush paintings. The paintings of tropical flowers and birds are some of Mr. See's best works. Mr. See's masterstrokes combined with professional printing
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      705 25  -  ERNEST FRIDA By and unveils proposals for the improvement of hockey in the Republic THE Singapore Hockey Association s Task Force, whirh was given six weeks to come up with a comprehensive report on the state of hockey over the last decade and to make
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      'Santa' Nicholas' X'mas gifts for sportsmen
      830 25 'Santa' Nicholas' X'mas gifts for sportsmen Timesport wishes all readers a Merry Christmas "SANTA CLAUS is coming to town so the carollers chorused last night. But they weren't singing the truth, really, because, as far as I know, he has been in town for several months now. You probably haven't
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      China, Australia in list for Merdeka tourney
      262 25 CHINA, Morocco, Australia and the West German national amateur team can certainly give the waning Merdeka soccer tournament a big boost next October if they accept the Football Association of Malaysia's invitation. The FAM Council yesterday included these four teams in the list
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      Lock icon Top Thai beaten
      67 25 MANILA, Mon. Dansayarm Mahachai, Thailand's No. 1 junior welterweight and Orient No. five, lost a 10-round fight to Filipino Ruben Rabago when the referee stopped the fight last night in the central Philippine city of Cebu. The Thai tried very hard to put down Rabago, but the
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      Friendly
      16 25 Singapore outplayed Selangor Chinese Recreation Club 6-1 in their friendly billiards tournament in Kuala Lumpur.
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      Old Mother Hubbard won't find it bare
      529 25  -  WILFRED YEO By WHEN Old Mother Hubbard (who, in case you didn't know, has kept with the times and gotten involved with sports) goes to her Singapore cupboard for her annual stock-tak-ing, she won't find it as bare as her Mother Goose one.
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      Stewart is raring to have a go at his first love
      808 25 JIMMY STEWART, the schoolboy who took Singapore golf by storm In the mid-605, is back in the Republic for good after six years' studying in the United States. Stewart, 24, who turned professional two years ago, returned on Friday,
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      CHRISTMAS DAIRY
      49 25 CHRISTMAS DAIRY TODAY No events. TOMORROW GOLF Singapore Professional Golf Association pro-am tournament (Bukit Course). SOCCER SLA Group interdepartment league: Div. 2A SIA Town Office A v Engine Overhaul Centre; Div. 3B Ground Services v Engine Area 4 B, Technical Supplies B v Flight Operations B (Tanglin grounds, 5.15).
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      Dream trip to Jurong
      82 26 We don't publish today. We will be back tomorrow with BHARATHI MOHAN taking you on a Disneylike trip into Tomorrowland a breath-taking journey from Changi International Airport, past the scenic East Coast Parkway, across the Kallang River over Singapore's largest and highest bridge, a peep into
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      37 26 Tomorrow, we also present all the local, world and sports news you didn't get to read because of the non-publication of the Straits Times for the Christmas holiday. Happy holiday and Merry Christmas!
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    207 26 Somalia won't be used as base paper BAHRAIN, Mon. Somalia won't allow its territory to be used as a foreign base, a Saudi Arabian newspaper reported today. Al-Jezira quoted a responsible Somali source as saying "Somalia will under no circumstance allow its territory to be used as a base by
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    HOTELS TRIM XMAS DECOR
    516 26 In line with thrifty m00d... HOTELS have trimmed their Christmas decorations in a thrifty move reflective of the Singaporean mood this year. Some hotels have done away with the extravagance of lavish lighting, live trees or garish decorations. But this has not been done at the
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    Tokyo police quiz two S'pore woman hostages
    299 26  -  JACK RUSSELL By Our Tokyo Corresponden TOKYO, Monday POLICE today are questioning two Singaporean women, who were held hostage at gunpoint by a Japanese gangster for 34 hours, to find out if they were illegally working in Japan. But the investigation is moving
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    52 26 TEL AVTV. Mon. Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begins popularity has dropped to an all-time low, according to a public opinion poll published today. II showed that only 28.7 per cent of the people interviewed this month were satisfied with his performance compared with 30.8 per cent in
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    Lock icon 3.5 m jobless
    34 26 JAKARTA. Mon The num ber o( unemployed grew to 3.5 million people this year, or 6.3 per cent of the total work force, the Manpower and Transmigration Department said today. UPI.
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    Lock icon June summit in Venice
    71 26 TOKYO, Mon. The next summit of seven Western industrialised nations is tentatively set for June 22-23 in Venice, Italy. Vice Foreign Minister Hiromichi Miyazaki said today. Foreign Ministry sources said Mr Miyazaki reported to Prime Minister Masayoshi Ohira on the outcome of a meeting held in
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    67 26 BEIJING. Mon. A man in Beijing has been convicted of driving his father to suicide by beating and cursing him and denying him food and heat, the Beijing Daily reported today. The paper said during the trial that Wang Shin shun confessed the offence and was
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    Jungle hunt
    34 26 MANILA, Mon. A Japanese mission will begin a threemonth search operation starting next January (or three Japanese World War IT stragglers hiding in a Central Philippine jungle, the military said today. i
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    38 26 At-FATEHA FNCIK S M RASMEED talhat ol Mw •ditcx ol B*ri» Hanan. Zamul Abtd>n Abdul Rasiwad. paaaad tmvi paacaMty ymlardar 24 12.7* at c IS p.m. Janazah will laa«a no 17. Lang••i Road today al 11.4S m
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    67 26 ANKARA, Mon. Only 11 of the 39 bodies taken from the wreckage of a Turkish airliner which crashed near Ankara yesterday have so far been identified, officials said today. Three passengers and a stewardess were rescued from the burning wreck of the Fokker F-28 Turbofan airliner after
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    468 26 TEHERAN, Mon. IRAN has promised to release three American hostages within days, a visiting French politician said today. It was the latest in a series of reports that at least some hostages would be freed soon. French Senator Brigitte Gros, one of three members
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    120 26 1 NEW DELHI, Mon. Bandit chief Maikhan Singh shot dead three men for kidnapping a young boy in his name near the Taj Mahal city of Agra in northern India, the United News of India news agency reported today. The gang leader ordered
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      98 26 BUSINESS TIMES Sirißapore's Financial Dally Co«n Pnct VV Anouol Subversion $ISS Foe tutncriptKxi. csll *****11 Kif 231 TODAY'S HIGHLIGHTS. HONGKONG and Singapore are the twins of loan syndications in Asia with the colony much in front. Well, Singapore is putting up a good showing at closing the gap, says Colin
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  • The Straits Times SECTION 2
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      Masthead
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        267 1 readings => > $ra This essay will be broadcast today at 11.31 a.m. and 9.45 p.m. and on Friday at 11. 31 a.m. and 9.45 p.m. over the Chinese service of Radio Singapore. I ii B A ifuU., f ffHiftK*(i tA fi'jU'l: rWiiiflPH «fi'ifi';lif'L ft* g S ffi J' -ft
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        MANDARIN BY RADIO
        586 1 lHz:z::z:compiiod by lin shan ::-:^lJ This 15-minate programme will be broadcast over the English Service of Radio Singapore tonight at 7.45 p.m. and the coming Sunday at I.M a.m. Lesson 14: Learning Mandarin by Radio DIALOGUE: Sf&ii!l*£2s£ $^UB 1) Ge ge qian nian 25 sin jui nian
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        Rock-deep skill
        210 1 Historical profiles LI GUANG was agile and also skilful in archery. One evening, he went hunting in the mountains and saw, in the dim moonlight, a tiger crouching in the bushes. Quickly, he shot an arrow which hit the bull's eye. As it was too dark to see
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        Chinese sayings
        32 1 Qiao chi bu ni zhuo sii. The skilful bat slow is inferior to the unskilful but quick. Guang yTn zhe bai dai zhTgub ke. Time is ever a passing guest.
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        117 1 INSIDfA Christmas talk We got hold of some of the journalists here who could squeeze some breathing spare into the Christmas rash for news, and threw them one more assignment: Write a Uttle pieoe earh on what Christmas means to them. So in Outlook today you'll find that Christmas is
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      PICK of the DAY
      735 2  - PICK of the DAY JOHN DE SOUZA By AS THE song goes, "Though it's been said many times, many ways. Merry Christmas, Merry Christmas To You." To which may I add, "And A Very Happy New Year." TV SINGAPUR IT'S Holiday Time and our little goggle-boxes are in danger of
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        33 2 IF YOl ran speak Mandarin and are about to use dialect again, xlop yourself and start In Mandarin. The other person may know Mandarin but may also be shy. Be the Initiator! SLBOBOE
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        2394 2 SINGAPORE 5 SINGAPORE 5 10.00 AM Opening followed by Raggedy 4.15 The Nutcracker Christinas Ballet i 3.00 PM Opening followed by Please 7.00 Kidsworld Ann and Andy The Great Santa 5.05 Christmas Special '79 (r) Don't Eat The Daisies (r) The 7.30 News and Newsreel (Malay) Claus Caper 6.05 The
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          A new world
          130 3 Christmas is frustrating. Yon tear around half the town's shopping centres bnt find none of the presents you have listed down, and end up with something you don't know whom to give to. Christmas is tiring. You marinate the ham and rhop the nuts, put up the
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          Peace and family
          87 3 Christmas was. ..innocence, yesterday, Santa, dreaming of snow, tinsel-covered gifts, looking forward to, toys, love and caring, a green tree with flashing lights, carol choirs, family lunch, opening presents, party hats. Christmas is. ..rush, nostalgia, shopping, crowds, Dad as Santa, experience, New Year resolutions, advertising, crumpled gifts,
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          Commercial Xmas?
          194 3 I remember the time when I was six years old and attending a private school in Newton. With the approach of the year end, our class of boys and girls would spend an hour or so singing carols, including Away In a Manger, While Shepherds Watch... And our
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          Hot punch and florid faces
          292 3 Christmas was when I first discovered that life doesn't wnrfc like the> tell it In children's fables. It wasn't so much bring woken at 2 a.m. by heavy footed, slightly Inebriated parents playing sanU that destroyed my childish Illusions'. One task those tilings In one's
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          The gift of love
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