The Straits Times, 30 December 1979

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  • 13 1 The Sunday Times No. 2275 DECEMBER 30, 1979 35 CENTS M.C.(P) No. 143/1/79
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  • 616 1 TWO CHEERS FOR THE SEVENTIES TODAY, as the decade draws to a close, the Sunday Times looks back on the 10 years that made up the Seventies. Nearly the entire newspaper is devoted to documenting the extraordinary course of the decade in words and pictures.. .mainly pictures. What stood out
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  • 332 1  -  J. D. INDRAN THE government has accused the Singapore Pork Merchants' Association of "price fixation" following the association's call to members not to undercut each other with the introduction of a waste pollution charge on each pig slaughtered. Pork will cost 30 cents more
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  • 279 1 VIETNAM warned the United States today against joining China to support the Khmer Rouge guerillas in Kampuchea in their fight against the Hanoi-backed regime in Phnom Penh. Mr Dinh Nho Liem, a Vice-Premier and Vietnam's chief delegate to the deadlocked ChinaVietnam peace
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  • 136 1 Hon signs trade accord with Beijing BEIJING. Sat CHINA and Singapore signed a trade agreement today and Beijing's Senior VicePremier Deng Xiaoping said it was a significant step in the development of relations between the two countries. The agreement was signed in the Great Hall of the People by Singapore
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  • 40 1 TOKYO, Sat. Japans Inter national Trade and Industry Minister Yoshitakc Sasaki wiil vxsit Indonesia and Singapore from Jan IS to 20 (or talks with government leaders of the two ountrwv the Japanese news agency Kyodo said today. Ki'UU-r
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  • The Sunday Times Worldwide
    • 251 2 BANGKOK, Saturday THAI Foreign Minister Upadit Pachariyangkun said the door was still open for Vietnam to hold talks with Asean, Radio Thailand reported last night. Mr Upadit said Asean was ready for discussions with Hanoi, whenever it wanted them on the Kampuchea
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    • 33 2 LONDON, Sat. The ambulance service in Liverpool reports it has taken 12 men to hospitals this week suffering from torn muscles after using chest developers they got as Christmas gifts. UPI.
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    • 185 2 Japan okays austere budget for 1980 TOKYO, Sat THE Japanese Government today approved an austere budget for fiscal 1960, excluding tax cuts for wage earners and calling instead for sharp increases in prices of staple grain rice, railways and postal charges, and cigarette and tobacco, in order to put public
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    • 371 2 UNITED NATIONS, Saturday THE Third World bloc in the UN Security Council was expected to propose a compromise resolution today that would give Iran 10 to 15 days to release its American captives, but ignores US demands for immediate economic sanctions. In TOKYO,
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    • 347 2 PRESIDENT Jimmy Carter accused the Soviet Union yesterday of "gross intervention" in Afghanistan's internal affairs and said the United States plans urgent consultations with its allies to discuss how the world community might respond. In a nationally televised broadcast from the White House, Mr
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    • WORLD BRIEFS
      • 104 2 PHILIPPINE opposition leaders yesterday announced their creation of a new political grouping that will contest seats in the Jan 30 local elec- tions called by President Ferdinand Marcos. The group called the National Union for j Liberation was organised "in response to
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      • 79 2 THAI police shut down Bangkok's, Tawan Siam, a Thai-language daily, yesterday for publishing a I front-page story misquoting a high-ranking officer i which could cause a breakoff of relations between I Thailand and Vietnam, a police spokesman said. Bangkok chief press officer Gen Monchai Phankongchuen signed an
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      • 73 2 BEIJING'S "China Youth News" yesterday selected the establishment of diplomatic relations between China and the United States on Jan 1 as the top international news event of 1979. The official Xinhua News Agency said among China Youth News' other 10 top news events were the seizure
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      • 71 2 I PRESIDENT Anwar Sadat said yesterday that Egypt would be ready to provide facilities for United States troops if they were sent to defend Arab countries. In an interview with Cairo's weekly magazine, October, Mr Sadat said the Arab states in the Gulf were facing various
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      • 68 2 THE US Federal Aviation Administration has ordered all American airlines to carry out urgent inspections of the jet-engine mounts on their Boeing 747 jumbo jets. The FAA order followed an incident on Thursday night when a Pan American 747 cargo plane had to make a forced landing
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      • 53 2 TUNISIAN Premier Hedi Nouira warned last night that agitation by Islamic fundamentalists in Tunisia "could degenerate sooner or later into a kind of civil war." He told Parliament that a "serious situation" had been created by fundamentalists who, by their speeches were fermenting division by attacking secularism and
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      • 57 2 LEADERS of Britain's 150,000 steelworkers have ordered a strike following the collapse of pay talks with the management of the nationalised British Steel Corporation, which is running up losses of nearly LI million (SJ4-83 million) a day. The strike, due to begin on Jan 2, could starve
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      • 44 2 ITALY'S largest anti-mafia operation since World War n led to the arrest of 90 suspects yesterday, the public prosecutor in Rome said. The charges include kidnapping, murder, theft, extortion and criminal association. The arrests followed several months of investigation. AFP.
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    • 135 2 Seoul puts up 'great wall' to foil attack SEOUL, Sat. South Korea has built a massive ferro-concrete defensive wall north of Seoul designed to block any possible North Korean military attack against the South Korean capital, it was officially revealed today. President Choi Kyu-Hah inspected the site this morning accompanied
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    • 158 2 'Oman raises crude prices by 16.5 pc' BAHRAIN, Sat. Oman has increased the price of its crude oil by 16.5 per cent and Kuwait is to announce a new price for its oil soon, the Saudi press agency reported today. The agency said in a dispatch from Muscat that Oman
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    • 89 2 WASHINGTON, Sat. Smokers have got so used to the health warning on cigarette packages that the US Federal Trade Commission thinks it is time to make them even stronger. The commission recommended that new and even more specific warnings a be drawn up and used interchangeably
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    • 76 2 NEW YORK, Sal. Rev C. B. Woodrich, a firm believer in advertising, runs the only church in Denver, Colorado, which displays prominently a sign which reads: "A Place To Pray." "It's just that in recent years there has been a great increase in people downtown, with
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    • 135 2 UNMARRIED village glrLs In China's Guangdong province "sold" themselves like pork to their potential husbands. A reader's report carried by the Ming Pao dally yesterday said that In several Guangdong villages, girls priced themsevea at some IS yuan (about Ss2») per katl
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  • 390 3 THE Seventies began on a sad and solemn note for Singapore. Encik Yusoff bin Ishak, 60, passed away at dawn on Nov 23, after having been independent Singapore's first president. During his 11-year term he had been
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  • LOCAL NEWS
    • 388 4 Poly students unhappy over move to dissolve their union THE Singapore Polytechnic students are unhappy over the recent Singapore Polytechnic (Amendment) Bill introduced in Parliament by the minister in charge. Dr Ahmad Mattai The Singapore Polytechnic Students' I'nion (SPSU) has written to the minister seeking a forum to discuss the
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    • 160 4 THREE senior |x>lice offi- crs will (>• transferred to other divisions from Wednesday as part of the force's career development programme aimed at giving officers all-round training in administrative and field duties. Deputy Supt Too Hong (Juan, an authority on se- xioty matters
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    • 318 4 FEDERAL Publications, the books division of the Times OrganisaI tion, will launch a second series of bilingual books that bring out the essence of Asian culture through folk tales from its Times Heritage collection. The latest is a series of four volumes of
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    • 37 4 LILI Juliani Haryati. 28. an Indonesian, was jailed for a day and fined $600 by a magistrate yesterday when she pleaded guilty to stealing $96.45 worth of goods from Robinson's Departmental Store on Friday afternoon
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    • 494 4 THE staffs of two Chinese dailies, Shin Mm and Mm Pao, were last night awaiting the outcome of an appeal to the government to allow their newspapers to continue publication on Jan 1. But with two days left before their printing
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    • 284 4 Why HDB can best provide flats for workers: Chee Onn THE Housing Board plans to have 450,000 flats built by 1985, housing some 75 per cent of Singapore's population, the NTUC secretary-general, Mr Lim Chee Onn, said yesterday. He said that since the early Sixties, the HDB had built some
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    • 459 4 Clear skies ahead: Fine arts academy THE Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts, which has been in the red for years, hopes to be out of its financial straits by the middle of next year. This picture of optimism was painted yesterday by the new management committee which has been formed
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    • 63 4 SHOPHOUSE DAMAGED IN FIRE A la-MIMTK blaze damaged part of the upper floor of a goldsmith's shop In a rou of two-storry shophouses In Arab Strret last night. No one was Injured in the fire, tint spotted at about II p.m. on the upper floor of Khlang Heng Goldsmith. Firemen
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    • 84 4 TOURIST Kasue Watanabe, 26. pleaded guilty in a magistrate's court yesterday to stealing two blouses worth $374 at Robinson's department store on Friday. She was jailed a day and fined $1,000. The rourt heard thai Watan.ihe took three blouses into tnc store's chancing room twice
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    • 51 4 TWO men were vestenlay fined $300 each when they pleaded guilty to fishing in Sclrtar Reservoir on Christmas Day Won« Ah Vow, 50. and Wong Kok .<hee. 26, were found nun six fisies, einht rows of fishing lines, a wire I utler and a knife that
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    • 34 4 TMK Ouiram Park community cntri- will hol<l I New Yi'.u gettoßcthpr for rcsidrnis of Block 21 Outr.im Park uxi.n .11 the KiskciUii: < ouri of Outrun l'.nk lommumly centre today al 7 30 p.m.
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    • 131 4 MANIKAM bin Ganeshan, 24, was jailed four months by a magistrate's court yesterday for stealing a briefcase containing various currencies totalling $8,529 and property valued at $500. Manikam pleaded guilty to committing the offence together with three other men in Chulia Street on
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    • 180 4 THE assistant general secretary of the Pioneer Industries Employees' Union, Mr Lawrence Kwek, last night called on the government to introduce an annual model workers' award in recognition of outstanding workers. Speaking at the second annual dinner and dance of the PIEU
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  • 267 5 THE Vocational and Industrial Training Board director, Mr Lim Jit Poh, yesterday hit out at people who had said that trainees are young and cannot take the strain of working long hours and said such people were making mental blocks to Singapore's advancement.
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  • 139 5 FINANCE Minister Mr Hon Sui Sen. will <>|x'n the lMh conference of Southeast Asian Central Hankers (Seacen) here on Jan 16. More than 30 central bank governors and monetary expert! from 11 nations will attend this annual meeting at Shan-Kii-I-i Hotel. They
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  • 226 5 IT HAS death on the second suicide attempt for an 81-year-old man who felt he was not respected by his son's family, a coroner's court heard on Friday Peh Hong It was beside student Quek Seng Kirn when he jumped into
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  • 74 5 HUSNI bin Dahlan and Yahya bin Ismail were charged in a magistrate's court yesterday with stealing a handbag from Miss Ken Iwai in front of I.iat Towers, Orchard Road on Friday afternoon. The handbag contained $900, 10.500 yen (Ssll7), two Japanese passports, two Japan
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  • LETTER
    • 689 5 I REFER to your Sunday Times report "Don't sensationalise, Dr Ow tells paper" (Deo 23) and the Straits Times editorial "Ulterior motive?" on Christmas Day. The report refers to my speech on Dec 22 at the commissioning of the new
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    • 257 5 (7ROCP EDITOR: We owe Dr Ow an unreserved apology. The Sunday limes report was based on our reading of the text of Dr Ow's speech. The Straits Times editorial was written after a further examination of the speech. We now realise that the pertinent part of hi:, ■peeck divs
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  • 259 6 1971 A proud start as Singapore plays host to Commonwealth Heads of State THE year breezed in with a very proud moment for the Republic. Singapore played host to the Heads of State of all the Commonwealth countries in January. Never before had so many Very Important People graced the
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  • 318 7 1972 also saw... THE supersonic Concorde prototype 002 jetliner touched down at Paya Lebar Airport on June 7. Mark Spitz splashed his way to seven gold medals and slashed seven swimming records at the Olympics in Munich. Liza Minnellis starring role
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    • 208 7 Why Singapore willbecome the centre of the world's attention this week. v 'j? |l^-i i which will be read by people in more than it ittttfp^ A »i«« 160 countrie s'— g^g^^^HL ▼^•W ne surve y w examine Singapore's 71 am.., .'f« dramatic climb through the 1970s to its y
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  • TV highlights
    • 809 8 WELCOME '80 SEES IN NEW YEAR A HAPPY New Year to you all, and let's hope for lots of happy i viewing times like those promised for the New Year holiday RTS ushers in 1980 tomorrow night with, Welcome '80, at 11.40 p.m. on Ch 5. This includes artistes like
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    • 707 8 9-Q---Xsy^l^L gg g rM 10.00 AM Opaint and M New Popeye Show j 6.30 News in Brief 10.25 G*tan's Wand Beauty is as Beauty 6.35 Soiderman (Cartoon series) Does (repeat) 7.00 Circus 10.50 Wonderful World of Disney The 725 Cultural Diary m CltS e Of """I. 6 7^30 News and
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    • 108 8 TODAY: Singapore 2 a.m. (1.3 m), 8.12 a.m. (2.6 m), 2.56 p.m. (0.7 m), 9.38 p.m. (2.5 m). Sedill Kechil 12.48 a.m. (1.5 m), 5.56 a.m. (2.2 m). 1.22 p.m. (0.6 m), 8.26 p.m. (2.2 m). Port IHrkson 4.03 a.m. (2.6 m), 10.52 a.m. (0.7 m), 4.31 p.m. (2.1 m),
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  • TV highlights 2
    • 230 9  -  JOHN DE SOUZA D Excellent Good Fair Poor A HAI'I'Y New Year ini)o<ml with lots of films that arc either good and or entertaining, so, good people, without further add. here are very brief details of all the delights. SI NII.U MVTINKK THK SINGING Nt
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    • 731 9  - SPOTLIGHT ON CHINESE PROGRAMMES LEONG WENG KAM Ml I'KOGRAMMKS ON CHANNKL 8: TODAY: LOVE IN THK SI'NSKT (3.30 p.m San San's mother has promised Su Tien that her daughter will marry him. But San Sail's father knows she will not agree. Jia Na has .igain wanted to divorce her husband,
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    • 167 9 SI'NDAY AKTKKNOON MOVIE OVERLORD (Ch 3. 3.08 p.m.) An IN-year-old youngster is called up in early 1944 and is killed in the D-Day landings. Brian Stirner, Davyd! Harries. Nicholas Ball and > Julie \eesam star in this semi-documentary and inter- esting historical-type film. THIRSDAY LATK MIHIK DOWN:
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  • 298 11 73 SAW the stock market boom reach its peak in Singapore. Nearly everyone seemed to catch the share fever and become ensnared by the get-rich-quick dream. But 1973 also saw the Stock Exchange crash and shares take a mighty tumble. Within weeks, the frenzy on
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  • 283 13 DRAMA ushered in 1974, when February started with four men hijacking a ferry, the Laju, after failing to bomb the Bukom oil refinery. For eight days, negotiations went on between the authorities and the hijackers, one of whom is seen on the far right.
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  • 141 14 THE Vietnam war, that had dragged on since 1956, simmered to an end in 1975 and this picture tells it all. The myth that America was all mighty was shattered. This was one of the last flights out
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  • 285 15 1975 also saw PRESIDENT Suharto of Indonesia visit Singapore and sign an agreement on economic and technical cooperation. THE Haw Par saga of unofficially channelled funds and other corporate breaches began. SHIPS began moving through the Suez Canal for the first
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  • 203 16 THE above picture shows the historic meeting between Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew and the late Chairman Mao Zedong during Mr Lee's visit to China. Chairman Mao passed away later in the year, mourned by millions in China. The picture
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  • 192 17 IT was election time again in Singapore and the PAP won another landslide victory. Here Mr Lee Kuan Yew stops to shake hands with some of his Tanjong Pagar constituents. The first Asean summit was held in Bali. Mr Lee is seen inspecting the guard-of-honour
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  • 142 18 The humanoid from outer space From Bill to the Hulk There are superheroes who fly and there are superheroes who beep. And now there is a superhero who turns green when he is enraged. Standing tall over the villains, he is a
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  • 130 18 THE FADS THAT CAME AND WENT IN THE 705... TWO forms of skating that proved very popular with young Singaporeans were ice-skating and roller-skating which took Singapore by storm in the Seventies. So popular was roller-skating that a slight drizzle could not dampen the young lady's spirits as she roller-skated
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  • 239 18  - Superman leads in hi: super friends eads in his KHOO HOW SAN KHOO HOW SAN and WONG VIM HARN SUPERMAN (Christopher Reeves) soars through the air, and Into the heart of Daily Planet reporter Lois Lane (Margot Kidder), as well as capturing the hearts of millions who went to see
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  • Article, Illustration
    47 19 We remember remarkable personalities whose imprint stay on despite their passing away in the *****. These are among the statesmen, musicians, stage and film stars who in their time brought laughter and tears, music, romance, leadership and even the brink of war, to the world...
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  • 90 19 Two great jazz men THESE are two of the greatest Jazz exponents of this century. Louis Armstrong (right), the King of Jazz with the generous mouth and exEssive feature*, deted fans with hits Blueberry Hill and Hello Dolly until illness silenced his horn and voice forever in 1971. Duke Ellington
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  • 224 20 77 SAW the world's worst airline disaster. Two jumbo jets collided on the runway at Tenerife in the Canary Islands, killing 573 people. The picture on the left shows the wreckage after the aircraft crashed. THE bigger picture
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  • 258 21 Soccer craze hits many S'pore fans SINGAPORE Airlines went supersonic. Here SlA's first Concorde lands in Singapore, with lion dancers prancing to greet the fast steel bird of the sky. The year marked another Asean summit held in Kuala Lumpur, where the portraits of the
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  • 290 23 IT WAS the year of the big Hoods in Singapore. This picture on the right shows the scene around Lorong Chuan after the rains had come and gone. Everything was a sea of water. The roads were flooded, the cars were stranded and muddy
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  • SUNDAY TIMES SPORT 1
    • 69 26 THE Perak Horkey Assooialion is keen lo invite Singapore to the Malaysian under-20 hockey mM|i next ycai Other foreign competitors will be Thailand. Indonesia and Hiuni'i The organisers will send I their invitations Ihrough the 1 Malaysian Horke> Federation I to the national associations of the
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    • 478 26  -  ERNEST FRIDA By THE STAGE is set for a showdown today between the "Mighty Two" defending champion Chang Chung Fa, of Taiwan, and his fellow countryman, Hsu Chi-San in the final round of the $20,000 Cycle and Carriage-sponsored Singapore Professional Golfers' Association championship
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    • 196 26 211 Chang Chung Fa 72-70-69; 213 Hsu Chi-San 7^68-71. 215 Poh Eing Chong 75-70-70; 21( M. Ramayah 75-72-69; 211 Nazamuddin Yusof 77-69-71. i Lim Swee Chew 69-73-75; 218 Sukree Onrham 73-71 74; 21* Urn Swee Wah 72-74-73; 22« M. Sidik 76-73-71. 224 V. Sopon 76-74-74. Teo Chin Hoe
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    • 257 26 MELBOURNE, Sat. The West Indies rocked Australia with both bat and ball to seize the initiative on the first day of the second cricket Test here today. At the close, the tourists had raced to 103 for one after bundling Australia out for 156 in
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    • 128 26 AISTRALJA Ist Inns Wetaer Ibw Garner 40 ljUrd r Lloyd b Holding 16 Banfcr r Richards b Garner 17 happrll c Murray b Garner 19 Higkea c Rowe b Holding 4 Ttahey c Roberts b Holding 10 Marsh <• Kalli b Holding 0 lUlrr r Lloyd b CYoft 12
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    • 261 26 KANPUR, Sat. India made slow progress against an accurate pace and spin attack by Pakistan on the fourth day of the fourth cricket T l^^* U...... ..1... lest here today. India were 193 for two when bad light stopped play 70 minutes early today,
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    • 63 26 INDIA lat Ins: let PAKISTAN Ist Ims: 241 INDIA .'nd Ins Uavmskar c Mudassar b Ehtesham 81 > ChMbu c Sadiq Md b Wasim 61 Vragsarkju 1 not out 16 Vbmaaala not out 17 Kxtnii 18 TeUI 1 for 2 wkts. 193 WkU. fell at: 125. 168 Bewlini;: Sikander
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    • 103 26 MORE THAN WHAT'S IN A NAME BRISBANE. Sat. Batsmen Wayne Morgan and Wayne Broad had more than their first names in common here this evening. Both had hit 50 's for Queensland against England and both had interrupted honeymoons to do so. Morgan, in his first class debut, reached 50
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    • 40 26 BRISBANE. Sat. England's young fast bowler Graham Dilley was sent to bed with suspected tonsilitis here today. Dilley. 30. returned to the hotel immediately he was out to end the England innings i agdinst Queensland. Reuter.
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  • SUNOAYTIMES SPORT 2
    • 365 27  -  KEN JALLEH Jr By Singapore lose out on soggy pitch in face of bulldozers WHAT A way to start a season and a New Year! Against bad refereeing, a soggy pitch and human bulldozers, all Singapore could do was to prevent the New Zealand Forces from widening
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    • 74 27 CALCUTTA, Sat. Former heavyweight boxing champion Muhammad Ali will arrive in New Delhi on Jan 24 for a two-week tour of India, a sponsor said here today. Businessman Jit Paul said Ali, accompanied by his wife. Veronica, will be in Calcutta on Feb 4 after a
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    • 213 27 MALAYSIA, fielding an under-strength side, needed more than 70 minutes to secure a 12-4 (a goal and two penalty goals to a try) win over RAAF Butterworth in their opening Malaysian Rugby Union invitational match here yesterday. With eight minutes to go and the score
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    • 291 27  -  JOE DORAI POLICE dispersed more than 500 angry Singapore soccer fans threatening to take the law into their own hands after a few Malaysian Ho Ho Cup players had assaulted Singapore referee Sebastian Yap. The players and an official had attacked Yap, following
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    • 238 27 Liverpool Continue Their March LONDON, Sat. David Johnson enhanced his claims for an England recall by scoring the goals today which earned Liverpool an away win over west Bromwich and kept them at the top of the English First Division. KIKXT IMVINIOS Brighton 4 Man City 1 Bristol C 1
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    • 284 27  -  PATRICK BABTIANS By PETER HILL, whom the Singapore Squash Rackets Association nominated for the British amateur championships from Jan. 26-Feb 4, has decided to withdraw from the tournament to concentrate on his examinations. Says Hill: "I am going to lay off squash completely as I want
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    • 216 27 r MUSIE—> fol Sveiuone I (7 TWO-PIANO RECITAL by Pamela Tan and Elizabeth Wong Sunday 6 Januaryl9Bo spm Singapore Conference Hall GERMAN ACADEMIC CHAMBER ORCHESTRA Wednesday 9 January 1980 -8 pm ThursdaylO January *****pm Singapore Conference Hall Presented in association with the Goethe Institut ifr^^fl AUSTRALIAN CHAMBER ORCHESTRA Saturday 12
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    • 288 27 The Festive Season's Royal^debrations Qjme and celebrate vf^ij^ the New Year in Royal Style V Royal New Year's Eve '2sws*@ h Dinner 535 (including novelties) Royal New Year's Day Lunch: I. $15 (adults) SlO (children) £j*3sk?^*s h EMPEROR'S ROOMW _Si_3i_sl 1/ Vly Reservations tel: *****1 1 gggg Hotel Royal |^J^^?^|
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  • Page 27 Miscellaneous
    • 65 27 GOLF SPGA championship (Bukit course). BOWLING Charity bowl Jurong, 10). MOTOBBPOKT Castrol driving riding tests (NSPT, 8). SOFTBALL Carabella v SRC Pelicans (King's Rd, 4). Carabella v Yio Chu Rang Reds (Jalan Teck Whye School). BOCCES Ho Ho Cup: Hongkong v Singapore (National Stadium. 7.30). Tlong Bahru seven-aside tournament. Kallang
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  • Page 28 Miscellaneous
    • 683 28 \OUK bIKTHDAV FORECAST W It's your birthday who have been yonr Intoday...AS yon go (or- structor* In the past, ward Into another NM >ou will gain both In o( life, you most think experience and flaanserionsK about what rlally If yon cultivate Mrs ahead. Maybe you old ties, have thought
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    • 282 28 TJt RD9M l(1Cm IvJO^UCAUOOTtoOOUTMJDPLWWTWkT '^BOV.UXXWITCOwe DOuu MI PW« WI3U. -jm V FE^co)o jPOL^ F^vll^MTr fe^s^ ir "O' t ,Ii 1 .-JlLl— MJfj 1 1 |lM»|I.; iV '?''gAlk..RA^ N 1 I t I ''ScnWr, U*.\k\ "t\ I— ,^7'^OrCAXJfaO^i j I "'w 00 sj II 1"1.I 1 1 .Awowfcß. AwowfcR j |""U""
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    • 512 28 MODESTY i/'v not letting you RIAICr I DUMP ME HEBE WMHE l| > J^^^^^LVV^L; Dl_AiaC A YOUGOBftCKTO /■jf^. M*>- TV^b^^P^ JJ^>^»M«" I^. TACKIE THREE J ?\ytf)C f* s~£r J*4 Jfc^l I .-tv^"^-^^ MIV.ED UP IN WHftT X iETi E G°O N MoOfSTY STRIKES I 1 /IV I K.H ftPPCNS NtXT^/^
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    • 109 29 The freshness of I lavender all day is yours I Air Fresh gives I pleasanter, fresher, sweet-smelling I surroundings. For homes, offices and t. hotels. *T Kgr S*ck't&L MQ, Hi Sole Agent I Fen Brothers Co Pte Ltd JNQ B^ BL _a^^^^^^^^^ J- e inventor o* tnc Rolling Writer and
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    • 1458 31 111 VEHICLES BOATS CONTINENTAL CARS 45 Vehicles For Sale FO ALt 1972 MERCEDES BENZ 300 SEL 1973 MERCEDES SPORTS 350 SL 1973 MERCEDES SPORTS 350 I) Mitsubishi Colt slc 1974 FIAT 130 COUPE 1974 BMW 5» 1974 BMW 525 1974 COLT IANi I 1975 BMW 2Oo?Tii I 1979 PEUGEOT 305
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    • 1247 31 111 VEHICLES BOATS 1977. AUSTIN 1300. I OWIWI < I KAWASAKI ZlOOO SELLING $1,400 !rr> on instalment Con- HAlo.ConUct4l_ia t.i. I Ronnie *****5 ST Nno JaVP-S G5400MM, 9 7, One ■zj?r TSUssssi 1972 MINI 127S QT 1972 RENAULT It IS I'AKf eIIKI- SU2UKIGSSSO ble $6.0500n0 Tel M44:)l« be B «l
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    • 1005 31 IV ACCOMMODATION PROPERTIES IMMEDIATE SALE. SINGLE- ■■B~B~B~P~^~B~BW~I STOREY corner terrace. 8. Jalan lplf~u' |H~> 1 cheriKkek 1336 freehold 6 100 BMBsT«KVUiiBsfW^K a, 1 Isq ft $160,000 negotiable Apply BWaWkfilUaaßl Hox A9I3.VS FTTft v>Vv_l ONE UNIT TERRACE House under llk aV^BB&IrL^H construction. ci[f Sixth Avenue E_MC~~ ~K V_~B~*~^ I Approx 2.200
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    • 669 31 VI EDUCATION TRAINING O ATT language centre SCHOOL OF LINGUISTIC SKILLS Languogt courses and private tuition for school examinations and for business, travel pleasure ENGLISH LANGUAGE CLASSES daily at all levels Registration is open until 3rd January 1 980 for term commencing 7th January 1980 AFTERNOON ENGLISH CLASSES FOR CHILDREN
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    • 1038 31 VI EDUCATION TRAINING ADDITIONAL MODERN. ELEMEN JB— TA«». general Mathematlr f— a level) Physical Science *_B r h|t .ji^ A OUALIFIED BILINGUAL (iradu /?ttC€ ate provides tuition in Chines, Is RADIO SERVICING (BEG) WMiMMr Ong MondavT-'Mnn- EFFECTIVE TUITION IN Sen,. i i,e' i ,v h M v X )< S
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  • IX OBITUARIES
    • 33 32 THE FAMILY OF MM M.im KO-..1 Lconf ()l lsn l ifunk ;iii friends arid relatives for 'h. ir prayers doruttoiu, condolencet, 1 mull! wsits and assistance rendered during thell r. Tit
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      29 32 MR RAM JAGINDAR SINGH KAIRON PASSED AWAY SUDDENLY ON 25.1279 DAUGHTERS. SONS. BROTHERS! IN-LAWS. PHOG CEREMONY ON SATURDAY 5.1.50 FROM 3 TO SPM AT SEMBAWANG SIKH TEMPLE
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      45 32 MR LEE POM MENG S3 YEARS PASSED AWAY PEACEFULLY ON 28-12-79 LEAVING BEHIND BELOVED WIFE LIAN HSIANG. SON MELISSA. SON-IN-LAW ROBERT DAUGHTER-IN-LAW MOLLY. GRANDCHILDREN CHARLOTTE. VICTORIA. GARY. NICHOLAS TO MOUHN HIS LOSS CORTEGE LEAVES SINGAPORE CASKET 12 NOON ON 30-12-79 FOR MT. VER NON CREMATORIUM
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      72 32 IN EVERLOVING MEMORY OF OUR DEAREST MOTHER MRS. KOH CHONG HOCK Nee Catharine Tan Soo Ngoh Sad memories of three years have Rone by today. Though we have all missed you but the thoughts of your tender love, understanding Will remain and cherished to all eternity by
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      17 32 MOM THERESA TAN CHOWNEO Departed 30th Ok. 1971 AjturtmMjmmmt wr> much Inserted by daughter and grand •ona
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    • 283 32 VII TRAVEL RESTAURANTS JET THE SIA GIANT 747 SUPER B WEST COAST PANORAMA USA Canada Mexico Hongkong 17 days $3490 /KLS3S9O THE AMERICAN EXPERIENCE All USA Canada Mexico Hongkong 28 days *****0 /KLSS49O CHINESE NEW YEAR SPECIAL! All West Coast/USA/ Hawaii /Mexico/ Hong Kong' 15 Days *****G7KL***** BONUS FOR USA
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    • 263 32 SCHOOL HOLIDAY SPECIAL U>|\ I'l N IPOI !D3N t HASH, I Itnlt-ll I li V IiIMINI, Alii NEW ITEAR MOUERM TRAVEL BERVICI I .r.s i IH IHI *****29. *****29 GOLDEN Mil r HI, \NCII Tel SPECIAL WEEKENO TOURS ■p m I TBAVEI LAIRE TOURS (TA/070) I'll HKK PTT li I
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    • 369 32 VIII ANNOUNCEMENTS PERSONAL mmmmm DATING LEADS TO Kuril n< Introduce frit-mi- nir part123 Announcement! z»h«- Bright Moon Agency (l 0 30am to ...t0,,,., i JULIE SERVICE CENTRE liUri)ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS duCCI I'artnerv h rn-rirls prlv.itetrlephone *****1 11 you want help I) confidential!) (iuurantrr vi nh .i .lrmking problem iful I' O
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    • 433 32 e=s_ SINGAPORE m^m SHIPBUILDING VKvm ENGINEERING W&X) LIMITED specialises in the construction of fast patrol boats and sophisticated commercial vessels. We invite applications to fill the following vacancies to meet our new project requirements: (A) PROJECT SUPERVISORS (B) FOREMEN (PIPING/PAINTING/HULL) (C) TECHNICAL ASSISTANTS (MARINE/ SHIP CONSTRUCTION/ELECTRICAL) (D) CHARGEHAND (PIPING/HULL) (E)
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    • 849 32 PERBADANAN KEMAJUAN PELANCUNGAN MALAYSIA JAWATAN KOSONG Pemohon adalah dipelawa danpada Warga negara Malaysia yang berkelayakan untuk mengisi kekosongan iawatan benkut 1 PELUKIS GERAFIK Kumpulan C (Tetap) Gap Bersih CS $845x40 1045 UMUR: (D Calon calon oagi lantikan terus tidak melebihi danpada 30 tahun. (m) Caloncalon danpada pegawai pegawai yang sedang
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    • 722 32 BOSCH INVITES Suitably qualified Malaysian Candidate* (or an excellent opportunity to establish a career with the BOSCH Fomiry to fill HSe vacancies of: PROCESS PLANNING OFFICERS The Candidate: Should posses* a Degree or Diploma in Mechanical or Electronic Engineering Must be technically competent m process planning and problem solving ond
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  • SUNDAY TIMES SPORT 3
    • 272 33  -  LONE RANGER By AGASAM STABLES have three candidates Western I nl»n 111, Oklahoma Jor, mad Sunlight Wonder far the Peaang (ioveraer's G*ld Cap race today. ObvloiMly, all eyes will he on Western Union. The faar-year-old gelding by Saver-<-lgn Path crached the I, CM metres recard at Bukit
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    • 161 33 RACE RACE E FAIRWAY FAIRWAY L. BANGER L. RANGER SCRUTINEER H 1 rtonfjy isip Spring Water Elite Art EliU Art Bronco Spring Water Ming Darby Elite Art Sea Charm 2 Tlnyßubbtaa Riverbanks Tungesh ChokaDaa Tungesh Mas Tin! Tiny Bubbl«« Riverbank Mas Tin! 3 Mighty Gray Xantho ■ajfea. Mighty Gray
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      • 685 33 RAPF 1 1.30 CLASS 6, DIV 2 1.200 M iv/av^l. x ($B,OOO $5,600 to winner) 1 -l"l Spring Walar \ondon Hrid>v. NixirilinG:*"" •25i X Ooi 4 'uki'len liiSfn t-O.S) Kjtmjn 12 I MingDarh»ll f Dorr*!, 7 4 OW' Lightning 111 I laafar 653 5 (ud same) IM 5 5 I*o.l
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      • 644 33 5 7808 Thtom Hoc* a (Cwns) Teh 552 51u2-4.5) Itrmad 7 1553 Acquisition II a (Auric) Teh 452 5 (dd •2) 8F Hunts 3 7 0767 Phantom Ac* a (William) R Breukelen 6 51.5 (u2 4) Mm 6 RArF fi 4.0 GOVERNOR'S GOLD CUP iw\^r, o CLASS D|y 1 2
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    • 2701 33 RACING ...with FAIRWAY HOLD 'HUNTER should collect another trophy when he lines up for the $80,000 Governor's Gold I'up (Race Six, 4.0) in Penang today. The Rocky Mountain five-year-old has had a first season, winning four races over variOUS distances After setting a record
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  • SUNDAY TIMES SPORT 4
    • 1859 34 RACING. ..with FAIRWAY JADE DRAGON proved a shade too good for his six rivals in Race Five in Penang yesterday when he snatched a last-stride win from the odds-on favourite Malaysian Glory 11. There was false start iust as Jade Dragon was brought
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    • 332 34 MANILA. Sat. Lita de La Rosa, who won the ninth World tenpin bowling championships earlier this month, has been voted the Philippines' "Athlete of the Year The i hoic-e was made by the National Sportswriters' Association of the Philippines, who pave no award for any player in basketball, the
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    • 181 34 AMANAH SAHAM PAHANG BERHAD (ASPA) A wholly owned company of the Pahang State Government dealing mainly in forestry and wood-based industries invites suitably qualified Malaysians for the positions of MANAGERS/EXECUTIVES/SUPERVISORS in the following fields 1. Forest Management 6. Kiln Drying Woodworking 2. Mill Management 7. Company Secretaryship 3. Engineering (Civil
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  • Page 34 Miscellaneous
    • 224 34 SUNDAY TIMES CROSSWORD \CKOSS: I S(Kit (5) 7 IMIWN: 1 Confidracc Test i .">) 8 Colic (5) 111 (5) 2. Replete (5) 3 Dive I'ntform coat 5 I 12 (6) 4 Fashionable (4) 5. o r> i ,t. OtHMation (7) 6 Charm Mineral i.ti l.i _l'ale 5) y IlTi(a|(> ;jl
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  • SUNDAY TIMES SPORT 5
    • 238 35 THi 5 strains of M a.jullah Slngapnra pierced the thin, dry Teheran air at the Aryamehr Stadium during the 1974 Asian Games after Singapore athlete Chee Swee Lee (picture A) scored a stirring victory in the women's 4W metres. Swee Lee did the Republic proud
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  • 40 35 NEO KENG SENG Deported on 30-12 77 Two years had passed smco you led us without saying a word but memories of you always strike us wherever we are Dearly missed by brother. sister and parents
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  • Page 35 Advertisements
    • 219 35 r FURTHER STUDIES IN ENGLAND FULL TIME PROFESSIONAL COURSES AVAILABLE FOR INTAKE IN JANUARY APRIL AND SEPTEMBER 1980 WITH LEADING COLLEGES IN LONDON FOR THE FOLLOWING EXAMINATIONS INDUSTRIAL MANAGEMENT: DIPLOMA IN INDUSTRIAL MAN AGEMENT BANKING THE ASSOCIATESHIP OF THE IN STITUTE OF BANKERS ACCOUNTANCY THE ASSOCIATION OF CERTIFIED ACCOUNTANTS GCE
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    • 590 35 RIGHT XOW; YOUR SON NEEDS ALL THE HELP YOU CAN GIVE HIM. yS3^jf& i-"*j It's the only school in Singapore sLJ^SHk M Ql'l 1 that will pay him whilehe is learninga S&QB^Bp -J- -M Wt i I trade. And as a fully-trained B B^^H P rol ess ona| .hewill eventually
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  • SUNDAY TIMES SPORT 6
    • 211 36 GOING DOWN INTO PAGES OF SPORTING HISTORY "THE GREATEST" this tag is the sole property of former world heavyweight boxing champion Muhammad Ali (picture C) who gave the sport a new dimension not only with his fists but also his mouth. Ali will be remembered for coming back twice to
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  • 101 36 Late CLASSIFIED DEATHS 08. MANUEL Aged 7U IMII MM ed any peacefully 29 12 79 leaving behind wife Irene Manuel ■nil I. mil.- .mil V.uhew daunhit. Pamela Lily Bet Jacinla I.ydia Ann Patricia, daughter-in-law Dreshe Manuel Cortege leave) Block 4. Apartment 133-J Jalan Batu. Spore 1543. 30 12.79. 2 oOpm
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  • Page 36 Miscellaneous
    • 204 36 UP TO 1 p.m. TODAY: Mainly faIr.TKMP. (C) up to t a.m. tomorrow: 31 max., 24 mln. SUNSET today: 6.39 p.m.; SUNRISE tomorrow: 6.36 a.m. GLOBAL weather Amsterdam 1-5 C Kam Landon 4-7 C Sunny Athena 6-14 C Goudy LwAl|dM 9-21 C Gear Bahrain 16-22 C Gear Manila 21-32 C
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    • 1310 1  -  JOHN TAN main y motorists planning long trips up Peninsula Malaysia fail to realise just how important it is to be suitably prepared, toe of the most critical factors to consider before leaving is the stale of thp tyres
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    • 348 1 SINGAPOREANS are generally going for cars in the smaller range because of the world-wide fuel crisis, higher prices of petrol and expected increase in road tax. But despite these disincentives, car sales are expected to grow because of better financing available. Many motorists are also
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      • 217 2 Vps ti n February 15,1980 With every Datsun 120Y,120A0r 140J you buy, B original Datsun air-conditioner for just $575/ OR 500 litres Supershell l"^G S^^^HriHl B^^^^^aS«— HZ^^k W^^^^ Datsun 120Y Datsun 140J Datsun 120A 500 litres Supershell* with any other Datsun model! 800 litres Shell Diesoline with any diesel vehicle
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    • 1151 3 New Lancer mixes the best of Mitsubishi heredity and technology THE Mitsubishi Lancer, which was Introduced in Singapore roads during the |wst few months, promises to ho the "in" cai in the new year. With the samo Indomitable dependability old Lancer, the now mi'mhet <>f the Mitsubishi family now comei
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    • 528 3 The Gemini a 'gem' in Isuzu's new range ISUZU Motors, Jipan's oldest automobile manufacturer, has not only gone full force into the manufacturing of passenger cars but will also be producing exclusive, premium cars in the 1980s. Uist month, at the 23rd Tokyo International Motor Show in Japan, it unveiled
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      • 197 3 The Motor Accessory Specialist:seat covers alloy wheels HER TECLU PRIVATE LIMITED JJ nil THE AUTO ACCESSORY SPECIALISTS -O\ Showroom: Unit 322. Parklane Shopping Mall. Selegie Road. C\\\ Singaporeo7lB Tel *****, *****. liir v v^*"^ Wj^s yr h~r**^\ wr^ t *^T^'^~-- /Sb 7 |^k bbbvx^b^bW fy, L rr 'L^4 Wjj^^ ftfyfl
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    • 1880 4 FROM the sale of just one car in 1958, DATSt'N has today become the country's number one bestseller Since 1970, Datsun has become the market leader and in Singapore it holds 36 per cent, the largest share of the market.
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    • 342 4 Porsche high performance cars with posh look PORSCHE are sports car specialists producing no other type of car. Hence they are masters of their craft. Each individual type in the wide 4, 6 and Xrylinder model range is tailored to the particular requirements of the most perceptive motorist. It is
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      • 540 4 s^Q^A<Ly/ Isk "a S*{ v\ s' Ism sM TmIP O yT Sy' CSK-332 yr*- Auto reverse Cassette AM FM Stereo mono pre-set ff_ 3 y\^Bm kssssssW ~^H il^^^H *T%*^ V'^bbbbbbb! *A*V '^M bbbbbbL^^^bblll •CSK-312 J CSK-302 Auto Reverse Player with AM FM Stereo Radio Cassette Car Stereo Player with AM
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      • 57 4 EXJOY A 1001 IM5 l I IN THE HOT Sl'X OX COMFY CAR-SEAT COVERS COSH Van Bjwcia/^ COM standard of wred materials i >us /uxurv meet 100 COOL to rtabte matt rtquirtd Thcthapeol COM) thing suits all motor ivhic/r>. FofTrode Vibel Singapore Pte Ltd Enquiry Wfjl 226 Ba>esner Hoad Singapore
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    • 1700 5 Oil crisis and emission tests put pressure to use fuel injection system THERE IS no doubt about it. that car engines for the future will have to make more efficient use of fuel than they are allowed to today. RumoLrs are abound that cars both commerce! private will have to
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      • 518 5 Your new car is a vaiuaoie investment it snoma give you many years of trouble free motoring and a good resale value But in our humid, corrosive climate, rust can start in your car even before you buy it. Unseen, it eats away at the inside unprotected metal and underbody
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    • 1017 6 Rust proofing a shield against the elements THE greatest problem faced by the car owner is the daily battle against corrosion. The sheet steel bodywork of cars, though initially protected by layers of paint, cannot withstand the ravages of the combined forces of water and oxygen. Before long, streaks of
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    • 175 6 CAR stereo systems today have advanced tremendously to rival many home hi-fi systems. These systems, which today Include components like equalisers, boosters, top quality tape decks and matching speakers, present some technological problems. Besides having to produce an equally superior sound, tnese systems have to
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    • 536 6 'Beauty salon' to restore that brand-new look SINGAPORE boasts of a large car population with practically all makes and models available on the market. Yet, until now, no one has come up with a car "beauty shop" no one, that is, except Autocare Singapore, the firm handling Ziebart rustproofing. Its
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      • 301 6 Tap a growing market! Meet your buyer. See your products move expand your market at the Ird ASIAN AUTOMOTIVE ACCESSORIES EXHIBITION Hyatt Hotel, Convention Centre, Singapore. October 9th- 12th 1980. A professional 4 -day show brought about by professionals for professionals in the motoring trade and the general public as
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    • 813 7  - Rewards of maintaining car well savings and safety WINSTON LEE By MICH HAS been written about car maintenance but the message seems to have been largely unheeded by quite a significant proportion of oar owners here. Many literally just drive the car until it breaks down, curse it, and then
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    • 380 7 CARAMBA Insect remover Is the result of entensive research work and is an effective product to avoid all undesired side effects. Spray the foamy product onto the glass, chrome or varnished areas affected by insects. After* two minutes of soaking wipe the treated
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    • 447 7 Electronic alarms can play 'Police, 'Murder!' to 'Amazing Grace' MANY devices are available today which help protect vehicles. These range from simple, mechanical steering wheel and handbrake locks to sophisticated, automatic intruder and vandal alarm system. Electronic alarm systems consist of three principal parts the detectors, the control units and
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      • 235 7 JOIN the M M FESTIVE MEMBERSHIP DRIVE a^B^BTal Ist Dec 1979 29 Feb 1980 I i^P^l Entrance Fee: $20/- Waived a/T ■^■^■7^ Ai-rrc»N*ooH-f ABSoaxnoN OF BrNOAPORC A A SERVICES Onl 36 PP r cor Emergency Breakdown Service Reciprocal Services of A A orgoniiations overseas Towoge Service Tronsfer of Cor Ownership
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      • 114 7 HamThe Paris Stereo CR from Blaupunkt m^ I Dolby-System N^ > v y Autoreverse System (Autorr.jtK noise suppression I'nit) is a LOUCineSS hichlv sophisticated new circuit feature built -pi r\ /^D into all new Blaupunkt stereo radios It FreqUeHCy ReSpOnSe CX reads' outside noise interference passing IRVC^firt through the normal
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    • 1457 8  -  POON SEOW MENG By NEW CARS in Singapore are so often a terrible waste of money. Within two or three years, perhaps by the time you finish paying the monthly installments for a brand new car, the value of your
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    • 813 8 Don' t waste a fortune on accessories, buy only what's useful IF YOU own a car, you will also own accessories as well. It might range from $1,200 worth of stereo equipment to just a miserly $12 worth of clipon sun shades for your spectacles. Accessories can usually be categorised
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    • 167 8 CYCLAIR, the ronrealed car alr-oonditioner that Is speciall) engineered for Mitsubishi cars, was introduced by Cycle and Carriage on N*v 1. Cyrlair Is built with an advanced !•-<■> lindrr rotary compressor for a cooler, smoother and more comfortable ride. The horizontally op posed design of
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      • 407 8 y 2nd Generation Daihatsu Charade NOW SO far In 1978, Daihatsu launched in Singapore the Charade adVanCGO!, a matCh 1000, an ultra modern city car powered by the first even against bigger CC ever 3-cylinder 4-stroke engine. Competition I n 1 979, c Charade vindicated its innovators to prove its
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      • 359 8 $¥f\tX\ yC^^W^W CADULAC S c^JS^^t/C#s a name y° u can t rus t'X 1 1 t.^©^ >/ MWSSk CPI^HPn'^'B command performance over rust because S r conNC laVk I CADULAC cracks-up the rust connection with boa n>lQ& <r7M B its unique 3-chemical method that only i-, aiata rteeon p^^ CADULAC
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      • 403 9 If you're wonder ing why so many motorists choose the Lancer, look beneath the skin Many people are impressed by the new Mitsubishi Lancer's handsome design. This is quite understandable, since, to a lot of people, the most captivating feature of a new car is its exterior design. However, beauty
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    • 765 10 BRIDGESTONE has com piled a tyro maintenance manual to help techni ians. salesmen and driven ensure maximum mileage and performance Among other things the manual advises di i mi pKMUK tt [east wee* anil this should be done with luges while
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    • 974 10 WHEN your car does not start properly, there could be many reasons for it. According to an Automobile Association engineer, run-down or weak batteries are the most common cause. To determine if the battery is run-down, test it
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    • 264 10 A NEW diesel-powered flatbed that has 30 per cent more space than other flatbeds and offers the owner fuel cost savings of over 50 per cent has just been introduced on the Singapore market. The Isuzu KBD2S flatbed is also the
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    • 260 10 Now electronic device in car radios can cut off interference A WIDE range of radios and cassettes are now available in the market to cater to the discerning tastes of motorists. One of them is the Blaupunkt Car radio system, made to measure and to tit the standardised dash board
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      • 254 10 CAR STEREO NEVER SOUNDED SO^OOD ■II U'3;_^-^^^| ul^H W^ pwshpp oo i SSkflSSl xvi 30 w &v* iCi i 100 200 500 IW< ■> |f****^Hi Frequency (Hz) cpi Hsu wl l n I m MEIAI TAPE GIVE YOU THE ULTIMATE SOUND FOR THE FIRST TIMEEVER. Here at last, A Hi-Power
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