The Straits Times, 14 February 1980

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    16 1 The Straits Times Estd. 1845 THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 14, 1981 30 CENTS M.C.(P) No. 1 1 1/1/80
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    Lock icon OLYMPICS – IT'S ON
    813 1 OLYMPICS IT'S ON IOC rejects US demand Games must be held as planned, says Killanin LAKE PLACID (New York), Wed. THE 1980 Olympic Games in Moscow this July is ON. The International Olympic Committee yesterday unanimously rejected a United States' demand that the Games be moved from Moscow or cancelled
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    'Still at it'
    30 1 BKIJINC. Wed Chin; today accused Vietnam o rountinuing the •■persecution' Df its citizens of Chinese origii in order to force them to see* ■efuge in China AHT
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    Lock icon No bid by Fraser to stop athletes
    149 1 CANBERRA, Wed. Prime Minister Malcolm Fraser tonight made no attempt to prevent Australian athletes from competing at the Moscow Olympic Games following the International Olympic Committee decision to press ahead with the Games. Mr Fraser was making a nation-wide television address after his
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    Lock icon Carter orders Marines to Gulf Antique antics Spares plea
    541 1 Carter orders Marines to Gulf Antique antics Spares plea WASHINGTON, Wednesday PRESIDENT Jimmy Carter has ordered an amphibious assault force, including a marine landing team, into the Arabian Sea next month to demonstrate American ability to project ground forces into the Persian Gulf region, administration officials said yester- day. The
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    Lock icon Electric shock for two kite-flyers
    75 1 Electric shock for two kite-flyers KUALA LUMPUR, Wed. Two brothers flying their I kites were badly burnt when the string of the kites touched some overhead high tension electrical wires near Setapak Gardens yesterday. The two, Siew Tham Weng, 11, and Siew Tham Seng, 10, have been admitted to the
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    Lock icon F-15s for Cairo
    44 1 CAIRO. Wed. President Jimmy Carter has decided to sell Egypt the latest United States K15 fighters and a Pentagon team is expected here soon to discuss delivery I of the planes, the daily Al i Akhbar reported today from Washington. AFP.
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    Lock icon Russia takes note of India's view
    294 1 NEW DELHI, Wed. Soviet Foreign Minister Andrei Gromyko today ended two days of talks with Indian leaders without any sign that New Delhi had been able to persuade Moscow to withdraw its troops from Afghanistan. India had hoped that the Soviet Union would pull
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    WIDOW'S $2m SUIT FOR CASKET 'FALLOUT'
    86 1 NEW YORK, Wed. A woman has sued a funeral director and a coffinmaker for US$l million (552.15 million), claiming their negligence caused her husband s body to fall through the bottom of his casket as it was carried to his grave. Mrs Mary Bates,
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    Lock icon Business as usual
    74 1 BELGRADE, Wed. Despite 87-year-old President Josip Tito's dramatically worsened health condition, Yugoslav Prime Minister Veselin Djuranovic left on a two-day official visit to East Germany today and the government appeared to make every effort to conduct business normally. A government source privately said Marshal Tito's condition was
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    Air talks take sudden turn for the worse
    697 1  -  JANIE KHOO: By Kuala Lumpur, Wed. THE current Singapore-Malaysia air talks, which were virtually wrapped up yesterday, took a last-minute turn for the worse today after Malaysia reversed its expressed position on certain key issues and instead delivered a "counter" memorandum of
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    Readers' letters: What you wrote
    210 1 Readers' letters: What you wrote LAST year. Straits Times readers wrote SJM letters to tke F*run Pace. Today, we pablish the first ot a two-part report on what oar readers had to say (See Page II). Mast of tke writers dealt with local Issaes, airing grievances or expremlag views on
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    Lock icon Doctors back at work
    45 1 COLOMBO, Wed. About 800 Sri Lankan doctors returned to work today after a two-day protest against the cancellation of foreign medical degree examinations. The protest in which doctors stayed home from work and sent in sick notes, paralysed IK hospitals. Reuter.
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    Lock icon CARTER PRESS CONFERENCE
    50 1 WASHINGTON, Wed. President Jimmy Carter will hold a press conference at 8 tonight (B.M a.m. Singapore time tomorrow), the White House announced. It will be Mr Carter's first since Nov 28, and will follow a statement S" i the President, White ouse spokesman Jody Powell said. AFP.
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      133 1 46 pages today STUDENTS TO BE TAUGHT MORALITY OF SEX Pag* 7 DEMOCRACY runs into a blank wall 2 THAIS ban traders from camps S 2MN troops for Nato exercises 4 WARNING to Japanese car makers 5 SOAMES can now stop thousands from voting t SEVEN senior teachers made viceheads
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      Lock icon Thousands flee in fear of 'eclipse quake'
      162 2 Thousands flee in fear of 'eclipse quake' NEW DELHI, Wednesday THOUSANDS of people have abandoned their homes in Northeast India, fearing an earthquake during a total eclipse of the sun on Saturday. Small traders in Nagaland State, a seismic zone, have sold out or shut down business, the United News
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      Lock icon GERM TEST KILLED 1,000 SAYS PAPER
      125 2 GERM TEST KILLED 1,000 SAYS PAPER HAMBURG, Wed. The mass circulation daily Bild Zeitung reported today that more than 1,000 persons died a painful death last April 3 in the Soviet Union after an explosion in a bacterial warfare laboratory east of the Urals liberated a cloud of lethal germs.
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      Lock icon The mark of a model
      38 2 MARK the model. The son of Britain's Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, Mark, poses with Isabelle Rosellini, daughter of actress Ingrid Bergman, in this advertising photo for Kanebo, a Japanese textile firm. AP picture.
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      Lock icon Seeing is believing' display for scientists
      160 2 Seeing is believing' display for scientists HONGKONG, Wed. To convince those who do not believe its 10 successive reports on Chinese "prodigious children" who can read with their ears and armpits, China's Nature magazine staged a public demonstration in Shanghai on Feb 4 and 5. The 400 scientists, technicians, medical
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      Lock icon Democracy runs into a blank wall
      420 2 HUMAN RIGHTS MOVEMENT ON ITS LAST LEGS TWO months after the communist authorities closed Beijing's Democracy Wall, China's small human rights movement appears to have come nearly to an end. A sign of this was given here last week when the editor of the
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      Lock icon No public trial tor Gang?
      104 2 BEIJING, Wed. The widow of Chairman Mao Zedong and other members of China's Uppled "Gang of Four" apparently will not be put to public trials under a decision announced by China's National People's Congress yesterday. At the conclusion of a weeklong meeting, the congress's IM-member
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      Lock icon Crime chiefs call off big meeting
      290 2 Crime chiefs call off big meeting NEW ORLEANS, Wednesday CHIEFS of organised crime were planning a summit meeting to establish, among other things, new boundaries for their territories, but they cancelled it when they learned that federal agents knew of the plans, government sources have said. The agents believed the
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      Lock icon Redefinition of overseas Chinese rights?
      315 2 Redefinition of overseas Chinese rights? THE standing committee of Chinas parliament ended a session today after deciding on several government changes, a new citizenship law draft and the holding of direct county level elections throughout the country. The Xinhua news agency said the com- BEIJING, Wod mittee approved the establishment
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      34 2 JERUSALEM, Wed. The Israeli Parliament's finance committee today approved a US$l.3 million (SS2.T million) appropriation for the government to buy land for Jewish settlements in the occupied West Bank of Jordan UPI.
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      Lock icon Where the world's top wages are paid
      195 2 Where the world's top wages are paid ZURICH. Wed. Switzerland pays the world's highest salaries. Saudi Arabia has the highest prices, but the I United States remains the country where people have to work the least to make a living, according to a survey compiled by the largest Swiss commercial
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      A tearful earful from dee-jay's dentures
      171 2 KIVKRHEAD, Wed. Town police have solved the case of a man who reported hearing the music of a Connecticut radio station Inside his head. Local resident Mr George Dlllard, 45, phoned police at 4 a.m. on Monday about his problem. Police listened patiently and
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      Lock icon Bangkok bans traders from camps
      299 3 Bangkok bans traders from camps BANGKOK, Wed. Thai military units along the Thai-Kampu-chean border have placed the huge kampuchean settlements at None Mak Mun and Nong Samet off-limits to Thai traders in yet another attempt to stamp out the flourishing frontier black market trade. The Thai Supreme Command explained that
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      Sihanoukwaiting for more 'receptive' clime
      294 3  - Sihanoukwaiting for more 'receptive' clime TAN LIAN CHOO By our fans coi respondent PARIS. Wed. Former Kampuchean head of state Prim c Nonxlom Sihanouk today said he will visit Singapore next year when he thinks the political climate wiU be i more "receptive" to aim. Thailand is still fervently opposed
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      Lock icon Dispute at Garuda flares up again
      140 3 Dispute at Garuda flares up again JAKARTA, Wed. The end of the strike by pilots of the Indonesian national airline, Garuda Airways, appears to have failed to settle the dispute, for 28 pilots and engineers gathered at Parliament House today to express their grievances. The pilots were received by Deputy
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      Lock icon Thailand gets more anti-tank missiles
      214 3 Thailand gets more anti-tank missiles BANGKOK, Wed. Mare Dram antitank mlasOes were flown Into Thallaad yesterday ending the first delivery phase of the sophisticated weapon* bought to beef np troops at the Thal-Kampachean harder. An American embassy spakeamaa today said f-131 military transrt planes on Peb 1, and yesterday delivered
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      Lock icon New Thai govt faces tough times
      317 3 BANGKOK, Wad. PRIME Minister Kriangsak Chomanan's new cabinet is heading towards rough sailing today when four major opposition parties announced a plan to call a no-confidence Parliamentary debate on the government. Parliament sources said the four opposition groups, commanding about two-thirds of the seats
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      Lock icon Time IS money!
      25 3 THIS diamond-studded Swiss watch "KallLsta" costs $9 million and is currently on display at an international trade fair In Mulch. AP picture.
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      Not just so much trash -it may be cash
      292 3 DON'T turn up your nose at the household trash bin because it could contain a gold mine of raw materials, including fuel. The Japanese Government has just completed a US$4O million (SsB6 million) experiment to show that putrefying fish heads, bones,
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      The lottery' teacher
      79 3 his »ch««l la Saratov: "Ban «re like a lottery hat can he fixed a* that everyone wins." He charged 41 roubles (S$l») a month to Ignore misbehaviour aad SM roubles far an exam eTlftpPape'repart- MOSCOW, Wed. A Soviet ack— lttmehtx has been seataaceJ t» 7 yean' Jail
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      Lock icon Gold steady
      39 3 Hongkong, Wed. Gold prices remained steady on the Hongkong market today, closing at US$696 (Ssl,496)an ounce, just slightly below last night's New York close at US$69B and yesterday's local price of U*****.5. Dealing was fairly quiet. Reuter.
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      Lock icon Yachts meet at Jakarta to try beat 1860 record
      180 3 Yachts meet at Jakarta to try beat 1860 record JAKARTA, Wed. Modern ocean-going yachts are assembling here to pit themselves against the famous clippers of the last century In a 20,000 km race from Indonesia to Europe round the Cape of Good Hope. The "spice race," orga- I nised by
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      28 3 Hongkong. Wed. Marine police today intercepted two boats with a total of 231 illegal immigrants from China in the western approaches to this British colony. Reuter.
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      308 3 Invest in a Rolex When you think how rapidly our world is changing and how few things are made to endure, you will understand why. buy ing a Rolex might be the most sensible investment you could make this year. A Rolex is an investment because it is made by
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      Lock icon 20,000 troops for Nato exercises
      318 4 US planning arms depots in Scandinavia OSLO, Wed. About 20,000 troops from seven countries of the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation will take part in military manoeuvres in Norway between Feb 28 and March 27, the government announced here today. The announcement came amid reports that
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      Lock icon Jets scramble as Soviet spy plane nears
      134 4 Jets scramble as Soviet spy plane nears TOKYO, Wed. Two F-4 Phantom Japanese fighters scrambled when a Soviet TU-95 electronic reconnaissance plane flew over the Pacific Ocean about 200 km south-east of Tokyo today, the Defence Agency said. The plane appeared off Japan s northernmost main island of Hokkaido at
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      Mammoth discovery
      71 4 MOSCOW, Wed. A herd of mammoths that lived 17 centuries age has been found buried deep beneath a river bank in Byelorussia, Tass news agency reported yesterday. The dispatch from Minsk did not say how many of the tusked animals were discovered. The herd was found buried in
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      Lock icon Pay-off denied
      104 4 ICKYO, Wed. A former executive of Marubeni Corporation today denied a prosecution allegation that he had delivered 500 million yen (5J6.25 million) to then-Prime Minister Kakuei Tanaka in return (or his favour In the sale of Lockheed Jetliners in Japan. Hiroshi Ito said at the 33rd hearing of
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      350 4 A LEADER of the powerful West German opposition party, the Christian Democratic Union, has said that western Europe cannot survive if the Persian Gulf area falls to the Soviet Union. "Once' the Gulf region falls... Europe is open to the Soviet Union," said Dr Alfred
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      Lock icon MOSCOW TOBUV INDIAN GRAIN?—
      104 4 MOSCOW TOBUV INDIAN GRAIN?— NEW DELHI, Wed. The Soviet Union has requested India to sell it an unspecified amount of grain, the newspaper The Statesman reported today. The paper said the quantity was to be discussed today during Soviet Foreign Minister An- drei Gromyko's continuing talks with his Indian counterpart.
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      In other words...
      48 4 THERE are few crises lately they have not predicted one way or another. Some of them are bound to be right. Wry comment by Carter Administration officials on Central Intelligence Agency efforts to make sure there are no more lapses like its failure to predict
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      296 4 'Afghans down Soviet helicopter' ISLAMABAD, Wednesday AFGHAN Muslim rebels claimed they have shot down a Soviet helicopter gunship and raided the airport at Jalalabad, 100 km east Df Kabul, the Pakistan Press international news agency reported today. Rebel gunners brought down the MI-24 assault helicopter near Kandahar, about 300 km
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      Lock icon Need for Tokyo car plants in Britain
      181 5 Need for Tokyo car plants in Britain LONDON, Wed. The British Government should encourage Japanese motor firms to set up plants in Britain as a means of helping revitalise the British car industry, a government advisory body said yesterday. The National Economic Development Council said in a report that such
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      Lock icon Warning to Japanese car makers
      362 5 *Cut exports to US or else.J TOKYO, Wednesday I UNITED Auto Workers president Douglas Fraser has warned Japanese car makers that Congress may take "imminent action" to restrict their exports to the United States unless they limit themselves and open assembly plants there. Mr Fraser
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      80 5 TOKYO. Wed. Japanese Prime Minister Masayoshi Ohira may visit Washington daring the nation's annual (ioldea Week holidays between April 29 and May S for talks with President Jimmy Carter. Their talks are likely to centre on bilateral Issues ranging from car exports to military matters, Kyodo
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      302 5 'Formula' for EEC to rival Japan, US STRASBOURG, Wednesday THE European Economic Community must conserve energy and adapt themselves to new technology so that it can compete with the United States and Japan. In a gloomy speech to the European parliament yesterday, Roy Jenkins, President of the Common Market Commission,
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      Lock icon HK's $2.4 b metro link big hit with commuters
      238 5 THE US$l. If billion (S$2.4S billion) metro system Unking Hongkong island with Kowloon peninsula has proved a big hit. Since It opened yesterday afternoon, 2M,•M commuters have ased thin undersea link to cross the harbour that separates the two places. Commuters
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      Lock icon Call for action to avert economic crisis
      188 5 Call for action to avert economic crisis UNITED NATIONS, Wed. THE world is facing an "economic catastrophe" that threatens world peace unless emergency action is taken, an International commission said yesterday in a report ending two years of study. In the bleak report to the United Nations, the commission of
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      155 5 'Eat more kangaroo meat' call CANBERRA, Wed. The world should be eating kangaroo meat rather than beef and mutton, an Australian painter, conservationist, and former kangaroo shooter, Mr Jack Absolom, said today. Mr Absolom said it was a "crime" that Australia was not exporting kangaroo meat for human consumption and
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      98 5 Money gives new life to mystery PORTLAND, Wed. Decomposing ransom money found in a sandbank has revived the mystery of a hijacker who parachuted from an aeroplane over north-west United States. The hijacker, who called himself D B. Cooper, was never seen again after he bailed out of the rear
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      29 5 MOSCOW, Wed. Mr Jacob Malik, one of the Soviet Union's most polished diplomats, died on Sunday at the age of 73, Tass News Agency reported yesterday. Reuter.
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      77 5 SAN SALVADOR, Wed. Left wing militants occupying the Spanish Embassy here last night released Spanish Ambassador Victor Sanchez Mezas, a spokesman for the militants said. The spokesman for the popular league of February 28, which occupied the building on Feb 5 to demand the release of imprisoned
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      Arms credit for Oman: Okay sought
      255 6 Arms credit for Oman: Okay sought WASHINGTON, Wad. members and the same amount in economic aid for dam and irrigation projects. Department representatives asked US$2O million in credits for arms purchases by Lebanon and US$7 million in economic aid. Subcommittee members criticised the US$l6.4-mil-lion request for economic aid to North
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      160 6 BEIRUT, Wed. A H,m nun exodus ha§ sUrted in sooth Lebanon after heavy shelling of PalrsUnUn camps by Christian conservative militia. Field rr port* said the exodus came a day after artillery Ore hart IS people and wrecked Mim M hvosee In Tyre, about 21km
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      210 6 with equal nithlessness," Mr Mugabe told Lord Soames in a written memorandum. Mr Mugabe delivered his complaints shortly after Lord Soames signed an ordinance giving himself powers to exclude districts or parts of districts from the Feb 27 to 29 vote unless there was a marked decrease in violent intimidations,
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      71 6 ADDIS ABABA, Wed. The Organisation of African Unity is giving US$ll million (Ss2l.sm) to Zimbabwe's nationalist leaders Robert Mugabe and Joshua Nkomo to finance their election campaigns, informed sources said today. The sources said the money would be divided equally between the two leaders who were linked
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      216 6 McHenry looks forward to Cairo talks CAIRO, Wed. Mr Donald McHenry, the American ambassador to the United Nations, arrived today from talks in Kuwait and Saudi Arabia, which he described as "useful," and said he was looking forward to a "substantial" exchange of views with President Anwar Sadat on comprehensive
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      38 6 HOLLYWOOD, Wed.— Rocky 11, the favourite film of American moviegoers last year, and Alan Alda and Sally Field, their choice as the best actor and actress, have been awarded the first annual American movie awards. UPI.
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      122 6 Israel urged to stop torturing Arab captives GENEVA, Wed. Communist countries and most of the developing states in the United Nations human rights commission today voted for a resolution demanding that Israel stop torturing Arab prisoners. The resolution also said that Israel's failure to apply Geneva war rules, in the
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      187 6 Iraq warming towards US report JEDDAH, Wednesday IRAQ is moving away from the Soviet Union and making steps to restore diplomatic ties with the United States The newspaper Arab News reported today that a recent secret meeting between Mr Zbigniew Brzezinski, President Carter's national security adviser, and Iraqi officials, was
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      61 6 ROME. Wed. Millions of Italian workers have decided to go on strike today in protest against the latest murder by the Red Brigades urban guerillas. Professor Vittorio Bachelet. 53. a leading Kalian magistrate and law professor at Rome University, was gunned down on the campus yesterday
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      50 6 RIO DE JANEIRO, Wed. They'd been going topless on Rio's beaches (or several weeks bat yesterday a girl at Ipanema really drove the men wild. When her boyfriend tried to protect her, the crowd turned on him in fury and he had to Hee for his life. AFP.
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      64 6 ISTANBUL, Wed. A pre-dawn explosion rocked the offices of the left-of-centre Republican People's Party here today while martial law authorities announced the capture of 56 leftist terrorists accused of killing four Americans two months ago. Authorities said there were no injuries in the explosion at the promises
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    Students to be taught morality of sex
    256 7 Students to be taught morality of sex SECONDARY school students will be taught the moral aspects of sex as part of the moral education programme. This subject, which comes under the family life and population education programme, will be introduced because there has been a marked increase in abortion cases
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    SPECIAL TEST FOR ASPIRING MERIT SCHOLARS
    168 7 SPECIAL TEST FOR ASPIRING MERIT SCHOLARS A SPECIAL examination to select candidates for merit scholarships and for officer-cadet training; in the Ministry of Defence will be held in May for Pre-university Two students. The Education Ministry's examinations division has made provisions for about 1,200 candidates for this examination, which was
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    Teachers sought to lecture at IE
    106 7 Teachers sought to lecture at IE THE Education Ministry is inviting applications from suitably qualified teachers to lecture at the Institute of Education. At present, there are 38 seconded officers from the ministry at the institute. Successful candidates are expected to assume duties at IE some time in July. The
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    New Year appeal from the blind
    93 7 THE Singapore Association for the Blind is appealing for donations from the pub- lie with two messages. These are "A brighter New Year with a bigger ang now for the blind" and "Ena or begin the year with an ang pow (or the blind."
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    CJ: My learned friend' is here Ho stay
    270 7 CJ: My learned friend' is here Ho stay LAWYERS should address one another in court as "learned friend" in keeping with the traditions of the Bar, the Chief Justice, Mr Wee (hong Jin, said in the High Court yesterday. He gave this advice after observing that three of the five
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    Cops in alleged molest case: Files go to AG
    260 7  - Cops in alleged molest case: Files go to AG GERALD PEREIRA By THE Attorney-General's Chambers has received police investigation files on a case in which a young married woman alleged she was molested by two police constables at her Toa Payoh flat. Police investigations into the case followed a report
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    Propeller thief caught in chase
    191 7 Propeller thief caught in chase A DISTRICT court heard on Tuesday how four friends tried to use a sampan to steal two motorboat propellers. Kamia bin Bujang, 17, with three friends (whose names were not disclosed in court) went in the sampan to a store fronting the sea in Elias
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    Time and tides in the two straits
    95 7 MORE accurate predictions of tides and currents in the straits of Singapore and Malacca are now available to facilitate safe navigation of both waterways. The governments of Indonesia, Japan, Malaysia and Singapore agreed in April 1977 to conduct joint tidal and current studies
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    I was so tipsy I didn't know what had happened, says accused
    610 8 FOOD CENTRE MURDER TRIAL A LABOURER, accused of fatally stabbing a man at a food centre during a drinking session, claimed yesterday he was so drunk that morning he did not know what had happened. Lim Meng Huat,
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    Temptation at the toilet tap
    106 8 WHEN a delivery worker saw a handbag hanging from a toilet tap in a house in Clementi West Street, he opened it and stole a $200 gold ring. Tan Mah Teck, 25, had gone to the house on Feb 5 to deliver a kitchen cabinet.
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    Refugees: US to spend S96m this year'
    171 8 Refugees: US to spend S96m this year' THE United States is expected to spend $96.8 million this year in its resettlement and relief programme for IndoChinese refugees in Asean countries. Resettlement of refugees in the US is also expecti ed to double, from 7,000 to 14,000 each month, the US
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    Getting set for the big day
    64 8 SPENDING to an old practice for a new year. It to a tradition many people observe to the letter. So yesterday, many literally went to Chinatown Just to splurge to herald in the new lunar year. It to two days to the Mg day
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    Special festive treats for zoo visitors
    163 8 THE Singapore Zoological Gardens has several treats in store for its visitors over the Chinese New Year holidays. A slide show on Why a Zoo will be shown five times daily at the zoo's theatrette at 10 a.m., noon, 1 p.m., 2 p.m. and
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    Sentosa tour by youths
    24 8 MARINE Parade youth group will organise a tour to Sentosa on Feb 24. For details, rine *****33 from 3 p.m.
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    7 senior teachers made vice-heads instead
    190 8 No confirmation for acting principals SEVEN senior teachers who have been acting as principals since early last year at the Education Ministry's behest have been denietl confirmation by the Public Service Commission and made vice-principals instead. According to a Berita Harian report yesterday, disillusionment
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    Two super schools expected to move out of city
    168 8 Two super schools expected to move out of city J TWO super schools are cxi pected to move out of I their city premises to residential areas. St Nicholas Girls School will move from Victoria Street to the outskirts of Ang Mo Kio. Piling will begin this year. Catholic High
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    General Paper classes
    32 8 THE YMCA will conduct evening and afternoon lessons in General Paper for A-level students. The fee is $35 for members and $40 for non-members. For more details, call *****8.
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    Cologne mime shows
    38 8 THE West German Mime Theatre Cologne Milan Sladek will give performances at the Victoria Theatre on Feb 25 and 26 at 8 p.m. The shows are presented by the Culture Ministry and the Goethe Institut.
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    At Bt Merah
    34 8 THE Bukil Merah conmunity centre will hold a Mandarin course every Saturday from 3 p.m. to 6 p.m. at its premises The fee is $30. Please call *****7 for more details
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    YOUTHS FATAL JOG
    47 8 TAN Chee Wan, 16, a student of Kirn Seng Technical School collapsed and died at Macßitchie Reservoir while jogging in the school's cross country race at about 4.50 p.m. yesterday. He was running in the reservoir's jungle track when he fainted without regaining consciousness.
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    EDB-backed aid scheme for industries bears fruit
    350 10 A FINANCIAL aid scheme backed by the Economic Development Board to help Singapore industries make new and better products has borne its first fruits. Chan Ho Engineering, which received a $20,000 grant under the Product Development Assistance Scheme, recently became the first company
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    Date set for hearing
    85 10 THE case of Jamaludin bin Ibrahim, 25, an employee of Philips Singapore Pte Ltd in Toa Payoh, will be mentioned again in Magistrate's Court No. 26 on Feb 26. He was accused of misappropriating television and radio electronic parts worth over $800 last August. Bail of
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    $500,000 cane furniture deals at fair
    324 10 $500,000 cane furniture deals at fair A CANE furniture manufacturer, who was among six Singapore companies which took part in an international furniture fair in Cologne, West Germany, has clinched deals worth $500,000. i Mr Koh Teng Kwee, general manager of Jata Furniture Industries Pte Ltd, said his firm received
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    Colour photo course
    24 10 Colour photo course THE YMCA Orchard Road is conducting a colour photography course on Mondays and Thursdays from 7 p.m. For information, ring .*****8
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    Charged with robbery
    70 10 NG Hee Uan, 19, was yesterday charged in a magistrate's court with robbing an lftyear old girl of jewellery worth a total of $3,000 He allegedly robbed Miss Lucy Koh of a gold chain with pendants, a gold ankle chain, and two gold rings in a house
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    Falling pipes rolled over man, coroner 11—told
    314 10 Falling pipes rolled over man, coroner 11 told A PORT Authority labourer died as a result of injuries sustained when a wire cable carrying 14 steel pipes snapped. Govind&samy Nadeson, who suffered a spine injury after being rolled over by two pipes which had fallen at Godown 31 last April
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    A safe way to dispose of worksite debris
    187 10 MANY people walking aJoDK Keek R*ad mast have wendered about the long cylinder-shaped pipe made oat *f oil drams Joined end-to-end together (above). Installed at the back portion M Orchard Plata- Shopping Com- j piex, now aider construction, It provides a safe
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    Distinctive designs for new residential shopping complexes
    302 11 THE H*__g Board's ■ew reaMea—»l-cam-(wmplexe* la tkf dtv Mlk Will have (Mr «latlaetlve characters, jMtulliM* fUto aod estate* for the MMiwUl. Albert Ceatre to •me «f the HDB't uw 4e_gm. It will break away tram the e«avetlUl plaia faeafe •f the HDB'i old
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    Charged with $2,816 CBT
    58 11 SIM Geok Hock, 23, was charged in a magistrate's court yesterday with committing criminal breach of trust of $2,816 belonging to the Singapore Sports Council while employed as a physical instructor from Jan 24 to Oct 16 last year. He claimed trial, and the case will
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    Oil exhibition
    27 11 SENIOR Minister of State (Foreign Affairs), Mr S. Dhanabalan, will open the Offshore South-East Asia exhibition at Hyatt Hotel on Feb 26 at 10 a.m.
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    TWO FACE BREAK-IN, THEFT CHARGES
    152 11 TWO FACE BREAK-IN, THEFT CHARGES NEN BIN KASIM, 16, and AH bin Array, 28, on Tuesday faced three charges of house-breaking and one of theft involving property totalling $1,392.40. The first charge alleged that they broke into map Shine Company in Elias Road on Jan 11 and stole a 400
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    Dud cheques rap
    89 11 LOW Chan Seng, 41, was yesterday charged in a magistrate's court with using five dud cheques to buy five cars worth a total of $48,000. The cheques, for $42,000, were drawn on the Development Bank of Singapore. Low allegedly cheated Mr Teo Jok Chang, Mr Ong Siew
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    HDB may raise rent on reverted properties
    485 11 THE Housing Board is believed to be planning to raise the rent on 1,700 of its 2,776 reverted properties. It is now offering for tender rental some of these properties located in choice disticts. The response to the tender system by applicants for
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    Man charged with opium trafficking
    65 11 TAY Jack Hoe, 73, was charged in a magistrate's court on Tuesday with trafficking in 784.43 grammes of opium the afternoon before at the Woodlands Checkpoint. He was also charged with possessing G49.1l grammes of opium, and opium-smoking utenSUs at an unnumbered hut at Bah
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    Biggest floating ship repair dock
    181 11 Biggest floating ship repair dock SEMBAWANG Shipyard will have the biggest floating ship-repair dock in the region when its $47 million dock is built by the middle of next year. The contract (or the dock, which can handle ships of up to 150,000 tonnes, has been awarded to Kawasaki Heavy
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    Date extended
    27 11 THE Board of Commissioners of Currency has extended the collection date of the uncirculated $50 silver coins for successful applicants from tomorrow to Feb 22.
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    15 saved after 2 hours adrift on rafts
    288 13  -  J.D. INDRAN By FOUR lifebuoys and two rafts were all that stood between life and death for 15 Indonesian seamen after their wooden 175-tonne freighter and a ship collided outside Singapore waters on Tuesday night. I When their vessel, built only six
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    MADE IN SINGAPORE SURGICAL TOOLS FOR WORLD
    117 13 MADE IN SINGAPORE SURGICAL TOOLS FOR WORLD THE first made-in-Singa-pore surgical instruments will fina their way into the world market when a pioneer surgical/medical manufacturing plant comes on stream in 1982. The plant is believed to be the first offshore manufacturing facility of the Japan Medical Supply Company of Hiroshima.
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    Ties with Reds caused her children to suffer
    284 13 Ties with Reds caused her children to suffer A MOTHER of two gave up her belief in communism after she realised how her involvement with the Malayan National Liberation Front had caused her children to suffer. Writing in Chern Sieh Pao, a publication of the Singapore Ex-political Detainees Association, Madam
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    Rackets for export
    93 13 SINGAPORE'S first sports goods factory has begun operations in Jurong. The $4 million plant, Yamaha Manufacturing (S), makes tennis rackets for export to the United States, Japan and Europe, according to a Singapore Broadcasting Corporation news report on Tuesday night. In an interview with SBC, its assistant
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    A larger ticket office
    90 13 SINGAPORE Airlines' j ticketlag «nee In SIA Building, R»bln§on Road, la being extended to cope with more enstomera. An SIA spokesman said yesterday that the office will be extended to where the present A and W Restaurant Is. He said the lease for the resUorant expired
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    HOUSEWIVES MAKETING GUIDE
    343 13 I he retail prices of mar ems are provi ow or genera guidance only. ITEMS UNIT PRICES ITEMS UNI I PRICES I AREA/MARKET Lim Tua low/ Ser nfoon Garden VEGETAH.ES: ftGfTW.ES: Bayam 605g 1 kg 605g lkg 605g lkg 605g lkg 605g lkg 605g lkg 605g lkg
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    Jail, rotan for bogus cop who robbed and raped girl
    355 13 Jail, rotan for bogus cop who robbed and raped girl A SHOP assistant, posing as a police officer, lured a teenage girl away from her friends on the pretext of conducting an investigation and later raped and robbed her. Four months later, one of the girl's friends who was present
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    VITB's lunch
    39 13 THE Vocational and Industrial Training Board will hold a lunch to mark the first term of office of the Shipbuilding and Repairing Trade Advisory Committee at its Ayer Rajah Road boardroom on Feb 26 at 1 p.m.
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      Customs freeze $lm air-con parts
      150 14 Customs freeze $lm air-con parts KUALA LUMPUR, Wednesday CITY Customs officers raided an air-condi-tioning company in Petaling Jaya today and seized about $1 million worth of air-condi-tioner parts. The seizure followed two months of painstak- ing investigations. A Customs spokesman said later that the premises had been sealed. "It was
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      Lock icon 13th suspect arrested
      61 14 PENANG. Wed. Police have arrested a suspect in connection with last month's smashing of car windscreens in a two-hour operation on known thug hideouts early today. It brought to 13 the number of people detained in connection with two incidents where thugs smashed the windscreens of 43
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      Lock icon USAF chief in
      43 14 KUALA LUMPUR, Wed. The Commander-in-Chief of the US Air Force in the Paci/ic, Lieutenant-General James Hughes, arrived here yesterday from Hawaii for a fiveday visit during which he will have talks with Malaysian military leaders and tour air bases. Reuter.
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      Lock icon No proper latrines
      53 14 KOTA BARU, Wed. The Kelantan State Government has been urged to discourage "floating latrines" along Sungai Keladi in Kelantan Beriasa Youth leader for Kota Bam. Mr Ismail Taib. said most houses on the banks of Sungai Keladi had no proper latrines and people resorted to huts on
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      Lock icon Move by S'pore University in right direction'
      189 14 Move by S'pore University in right direction' KUALA LUMPUR, Wed. Education Minister Datuk Musa Hitam today described a move by the University of Singapore to consider admitting Malaysians with the Bahasa Malaysia Higher School Certificate as "most" appropriate because the certificate has been recognised by Cambridge as on par with
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      Blind faith in the commodity mart
      163 14 KUALA LUMPUR, Wed. Blind Joseph Soon, a Bachelor of Commerce from the University of Melbourne, appealed for a job last month and the one offer he got floored him. Reporting this yesterday, the Star newspaper quoted Mr Soon as saying: "A businessman told me
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      Paper's new look
      58 14 A NEW heads tart for the Malaysian tabloid National Echo. The paper recently shifted Its headquarters from Penan* to Koala Lumpur and yesterday's edl- tion introduced the new manthead and an entirely new typeface family. The tabloid, which sells at M cents a copy, competes with two
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      Phone blasts puzzle for Telecoms
      239 14 MALACCA, Wednesday THE Telecoms Department is baffled by the explosions of two phones in a house in Jalan Tun Tan Cheng Lock last week, the Star newspaper reported yesterday. One phone exploded in the face of a disbelieving Telecoms technician. Feedmeal factory supervisor Ang Tiam
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      Lock icon MISSING BOAT PEOPLE' PUZZLE POLICE
      138 14 MISSING BOAT PEOPLE' PUZZLE POLICE BESUT (Kelantan), Wed. Police here are puzzled by the disappearance of a group of Vietnamese refugees who are believed to nave landed at a beach 16 km from here on Monday night. An unknown number of boat people were reported to have landed on the
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      Lock icon 3 sisters charged in 'unusual' khalwat case
      172 14 3 sisters charged in 'unusual' khalwat case KUALA TRENGGANU, Wed. An "extraordinary" khalwat (close proximity) involving six people including three school-going sisters was mentioned in the Syariah Court here yesterday. The sisters were charged with committing the offences with three men at the waterfall area in Sekayu about 11 p.m.
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      Lock icon 'Punish the parents'
      55 14 KIAI.A LUMPUR. Wed. The Federal Government ha: heen urged to consider impos ing penalties on parents oi gumrdia.ni who (ail to report t< authorities if they know theii children or wards are takinf Jrugs. The call was made by ttn president of the Malaysia! Community Service Organisa
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      Lock icon More for Australia
      54 14 PENANC, Wed. Australia will be taking in 1.200 private Malaysian students this year, the outgoing Australian High Commissioner here, Mr G. B. Feakes, said yesterday. He added that contrary to press reports, his country was not cutting down on the now of local students into their varkwi
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      5 14 IV old and the new
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      175 14 Bringing Up Father By Bill Kavanagh U Hal Camp I'M SURE f I W/SH I I KNOW HOW. SHE HVHILE YOU ""N WELL, THE \l THAT WOMAN KNEW HOW KICtCS HIM AS A |l NEVER MB6/ J s*&SS DOUBLETDNS SHE SIGNALS/ SK3NALTOBID/ V! /=3&£sr TOOK OS OVER /S^-,^-— r HIM/
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    Club for computer buffs to start at CC
    482 15 A COMPUTER hobby club using micro-com-puters that can process information ranging from cookery recipes to first aid knowledge will be started at the Marine Parade community centre next month. The first of its kind at a community centre here, the club will
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    5 years and cane for heroin pedlar
    170 15 5 years and cane for heroin pedlar A HOUSE {winter, Ye* Guaag Hu, wm tailed five yews with live strokes of the cane by district e«ut yesterd»y when he was found guilty of trafficking a straw of heroin weighing Ml gram. Yes, tt, was charged with trafficking the drag in
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    CPF Board's notice valid, says judge
    293 15 THE High Court ruled yesterday that the Central Provident Fund Board had issued a "valid" notice on Oct 25, 1974, to general contractor Ho Bock Kee who had then contracted to build the $37.5 million CPF Building in Robinson Road. Mr Justice A. P.
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    Kota Tinggi, Desaru trip
    50 15 MARINE Parade community centre'! social sub-committee will organise a tour to Kota Tinggi and Desam on March It will also organise a midnight tour of Sin Chew Jit Poh. Jurong Central Fish Market. Bugis Street, Mount Faber and a visit to the cinema on April 12
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    Library talk on interviews
    36 15 THERE will hi- a talk on Interviews; How to make the most of them, at the National Library on Feb 22 at 2.30 p.m. The speaker is from the Public Service Commission.
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    VITB to recruit more officers
    303 15 THE Vocational and Industrial Training Board is stepping up its staff recruitment programme and may get foreign teachers if it is unable to get enough local staff. A VTTB spokesman told New Nation yesterday that 100 more training officers in the commercial and industrial areas
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    Tuning in to English the Ngee Ann College way
    323 15 NEARLY 300 'O' level students, mostly from nonEnglish streams, are learning English the Ngee Ann Technical College way. Novel teaching materials and methods developed at the college are being used in the course, which is run by the Vocational and Industrial
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    Centre open
    24 15 THE Singapore Science Centre will be open to the public during the Chinese New Year holidays from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.
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      494 15 ONCE UPON A TIME... the name for l° x I Ceylon used to be Serendip about which D many legends and myths, adventures n^ and fairy tales were spun. "The Three h—Ao* L-Ji Princes of Serendip" was one such J 1 Persian fairy tale wherefrom the word, r— i s
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      324 15 More news on Page 25 Straits Times Crossword ACROftS volvng a hundred shimmering 1 Governmental dialogue con- corning everybody (8) Work lanl ln an attempt to 2 Prohibit any change in the dis- lose wel nt <7) position of the tree (6) 7 Longed for time and motion 9 Fragrant
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  • The Straits Times THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 14, 1980
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      OLYMPIAN JOKE
      368 16 IF THE Olympic movement awarded medals for stamina, blindness and inconsistency, the first golds for these qualities must surely be handed to the International Olympic Committee for its latest statement on the Moscow Games. The 73 gentlemen who unanimously agreed to reject the American proposal to postpone, cancel
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      IMPASSE AGAIN
      386 16 THEY appeared to have enjoyed a fairly smooth run. A Malaysian newspaper even headlined its report: "Happy end to air talks." But the Malaysia-Singapore air talks have now run into an 11th hour air pocket. Regrettably just when the two sides seem close to agreement, events have taken
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    Fairness and pragmatism
    518 16  -  MASAHIKO ISHIZUKA By THE recent rapid increase in Japanese car sales to the United States is threatening a renewed trade war between the two countries. US government officials, car industry executives and trade union leaders are all warning Japan about possible grave consequences of an unchecked expansion
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      1639 16  -  BILL CAMPBELL Top issues are those that affect people's daily lives By JUST what moves our readers to take the time and trouble to write to the Forum page? A detailed analysis of the 5,094 letters addressed to the Forum page last year tells the story. Mostly our
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      Identifying child who needs special help in classroom
      401 17 How specialist educational psychologists can assist the teacher THE letter by the president of the Singapore Psychological Society, Mr F.Y. Long (ST, Feb 7) highlights a most important problem that of providing an adequate number of specialist educational psychologists to assist the
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      Doctors and nurses have to cope with inflation also
      348 17 THE Deputy Director of Medical Services (Hospitals), Dr J.M.J. Supramaniam, has mentioned doctor shortage as a problem in dealing with the congestion in Accidents and Emergency Departments (ST, Feb 6). I also note the points brought up in the letter by
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      Perhaps HDB can provide floor finishings instead
      445 17 THE Housing Board's announcement, "New exec flats to form part of HDB estates (ST, Jan 14) that HDB executive flats will be built within HDB housing estates instead of on choice lands was indeed gratifying to note. For those applicants who are forced
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      Factors on which taxi fare structure based
      132 17 Factors on which taxi fare structure based PLEASE refer to the letter, "Something wrong with fare structure," by your correspondent "Simple Solution" (ST, Jan 26). Our present taxi fare structure is based on a number of considerations. Amongst other things, it must adequately cover the cost of running the taxi
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      260 17 WE REFER to the office shopping complex at Beach Road known as Golden Mile Tower which is a Urban Renewal Authority project and which was developed by Chong Gay Theatres Limited. We are purchasers of some of the units
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      165 17 I WISH you will stop printing letters from readers who so unfairly criticise our excellent Singapore Broadcasting Corporation (SBC) newsreaders. I refer to "Take some ideas from US news telecasts and prime time series," by Manuel Gutierrez (ST, Jan 19). If the correct pronunciation
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        86 18 Rises Ayer Hilam Tin Sunun Be*i I) Krnm.l M HankinK Inch K.-nn.th I'td Malacca High A Low Kfmpn SlraiU Trading Brrjunlai Inland A Pen Aokaro NS O P X I. Kepong Rothmann I I C Kulim Msia 1530 1380 1230 910 1380 975 540 695 930 850 645 490
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        86 18 Rises Ayer Hilam Tin Sunun Be*i I) Krnm.l M HankinK Inch K.-nn.th I'td Malacca High A Low Kfmpn SlraiU Trading Brrjunlai Inland A Pen Aokaro NS O P X I. Kepong Rothmann I I C Kulim Msia 1530 1380 1230 910 1380 975 540 695 930 850 645 490
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        74 18 Most active stocks Sime Darby 499.000 H»w Par 428.000 Con. Plant 391.000 City Dcv 355,000 Srmh Shipyard 348.000 I'.h.ng ton. 280.000 X L Kepoof 224.000 I I Securities 204,000 U I 195.000 Faber Merlin 177.000 Indices Feb U Feb 13 B.T Index: 3959.50 4065 36 Industrials: 470.67
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        72 18 Most active stocks Sime Darby 499.000 H»w Par 428.000 Con. Plant 391.000 City Dcv 355,000 Srmh Shipyard 348.000 I'.h.ng ton. 280.000 X L Kepoof 224.000 I I Securities 204,000 U I 195.000 Faber Merlin 177.000 Indices Feb U Feb 13 B.T Index: 3959.50 4065 36 Industrials: 470.67 473.42 Finance:
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        H'kong
        347 18 HONGKONG: Stocks closed mixed in quiet rfloderate turnover yesterday, with the Hang Seng index rising 3.21 points to reach a new six-year high of 937.24, dealers said. They commented that the index rise was attributable largely to the performance of bank shares ahead of the endyear results season after
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        354 18 TOKYO: Share prices closed slightly higher in fairly active trading yesterday, although late profit-taking in petroleums pared early gains, dealers said. The Dow Jones average rose 7.94 to 6,835.99 points, with a volume of 400 million shares. The New index was at 471.97 up 0.31 point. Ajinomolo Akai A-jln
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        GOLD
        238 18 THE KILOBAR market for gold deliverable in Singapore opened at U5548.540 and closed at $48,340 yesterday In the Far East, gold opened at USJ696 00 700.00 and with some sell ing was traded down to a low of 1691 00 695 00 where it cloaed for the j morning
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        TIN
        115 18 THE STRAITS tin price recovered $1 to $2,181 per picul (equivalent to $36.06 per kilo, up one cent) in Penang yesterday on an official offering up 45 tonnes to 325 tonnes. The overnight London market was steady with forward buyers falling £50 to £7,400 per tonne. LONDON: Tin on
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        CLOSING PRICES
        38 18 Rubber: Feb 13 Singapore: March: 405.00 cents (up 15.50 cents) Malaysia: March: 410.00 cents (up 17.00 cents) Tin: M 52,181 (upfl) (equivalent to $36.06 per kilo) (up one cent) Official offering: 325 tonnes (up 45 tonnes)
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        COPPER
        32 18 LONDON: Copper prices on Tuesday previous in brackets Wirebar -'Spot L 1.371 (L 1.350); sellers t1.373 (t1.352): Three Month buyers £1.376 (E1.355). sellers 1:1.377 1L1.356) Market laae: Firm Sales: 1.1.550 tonnes
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        RUBBER
        440 18 PRICES in the Singapore rubber market closed sharply j higher yesterday, with March RSS One buyers quoted at 405 00 cents per kilo, up 15.50 cents on Tuesday's close, dealers said. Afternoon prices gained fur- ther ground on nervous covering and reserve of sellers before profit-taking emerged to I
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        SSR and SMR
        99 18 NOON -M< and SMH prina vmUrday HAS Marck ICmfa Mlkl Mu> f.i Srllrr MB .11 II 1..n palktl 144 1«. B M H t.«i inlku MLM MUtN MKKI.H M.r.h >Ml< (V il loniaallrll 41.MK1 *****N >\ll( I 'I lon pallrti *i: m MuOOM ■Bar <i Hafdfau unq
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      322 18 RUBBER and tin stocks were among the actively traded counters at the Singapore Stock Exchange following the turther Increase In physical prices. Plantation shares oa the whole remained strong. Brokers noted the strengthening Interest, particularly In Consolidated Plantations and Kuala Lumpur-Kepoog, both of which have seea active
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      283 18 THE plantation sector scored another big win on the Kuala Lumpur stock market yesterday. This was the third consecutive session of dizzy increases for plantation issues. The New Straits Times plantations index, reflecting the firmness, surged 22.04 points higher to 1063.51. Highlands and Lowlands was among the best
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        NOMINAL RATES
        359 18 ASIAN currency deposit Interbank rates as at close on Feb 13: Closing Asian dollar certificates of deposit for prime names: Source: Merrill Lynch International i Asia) A Co. BkJ (J UlTcr month months months months months months 14 36 14.5S 14.70 14.70 14.70 M7O 142! 14.4! 14.61 14«
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        Discount
        48 18 RANCE of prices offered by dii count houses on Feb 13 Overnight: 6 Call deposits: 6 to 6 Closiag Baying Selliaf 3-month Treasury bills 6 6) 3 month Bank bills 10- 10 3 months CD 10 10 6 months CD 10 3/16 101/16 Snurte: National Discount Co
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        34 18 CtMtnf interbank ral.'s for Singapore dollars on Ker 13 Offer Eld Overnight 8 7 1 month 10. 101. 2tn<inlhs 10 10 .(month- 10 10 Overnight mode 10 slightly from those quoted b
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        Prime lending rates
        24 18 THE average rate at which major Singapore banks are currently prepared to lend to their best customers Is 11.5 per cent.
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      1624 18 THE last transacted ready sale at tne nose of business on the Stork Xxi hanite of Singapore yesterday compared with the previous day s prices together with 1979 high and low Adjusted (or scrip rights issue) lINM i..»i Hi(h Lot Company Sale roeSMTIdV ONI IM)l STKUL a W—KBI
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      BUSINESS DONE (Singapore) –
      1942 18 BUSINESS DONE (Singapore) BID and offer prices officially listed and business in an reported to the Stock Exchange of Singapore yesterday with the number of shares traded shown in brackets in lots of 1.000 units unless otherwise specified. All Times Settlement Contracts are quoted after the word "sett". Big Board
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      KUALA LUMPUR
      2188 18 BU) and offfi prices officially Hsted ami business in and reported to the Kuala Lumpur Stork Exchange yes tenlay with the number of shares traded shown in brackets in lots of 1.000 units unless otherwise specified Mil MKHi.s Ajlaxnata 3 308 3 50S) (2) 2 98 Aleam (2
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      UE discloses R. Valley plan
      507 19 THE UNITED Engineers group has definite plans for the redevelopment of its large and valuable property at River Valley Road into a commercial residential complex. The company disclosed on Tuesday that its board of directors has been examining three alternative plans for the development, one
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      New York moves higher
      229 19 NEW YORK, Tues. Hopeful developments in the Iranian crisis and a shift in leadership into glamours and blue chips pushed the stock market higher in active trading. Traders were also encouraged when the market refused to give much ground to profit-taking that developed on Monday on
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      Zurich closes mixed
      271 19 ZURICH. Tues. Share prices closed mixed in lower volume, influenced by the faster wholesale price index rise in January and higher unemployment figures, dealers said. In mixed banks, Credit Suisse. Swiss Volksbank and National Bank gained while Swissair held steady in transports. Utilities met strong demand featured
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      Amsterdam prices lower
      273 19 AMSTERDAM, Tues Share prices closed lower with Royal Dutch losing 6.10 guilders, after rising sharply yesterday, and Unilever 1.30 lower in Dutch internationals, dealers said. Van Ommeren fell 4.50. DeU 3 40. Amev and KLM 2.60 and Nationale Nederlande 1.80 guilders NMB and Fokker, which rose 2.50
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      Profit-taking in Sydney
      302 19 SYDNEY. Wed. Major shares closed mixed as profittaking dented Tuesday's record levels, brokers said. However, the pause is likely to be shortlived in the light of spiralling world commodity prices and continuing overseas demand for Australian resource stocks, they said. CSR. Australia's biggest sugar producer, dropped 40
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      London equities end mixed
      567 19 LONDON, Tues. Government bonds and golds closed lower while equities were mixed, dealers said. At 3 pm. the FT index was down 0.3 at 469.6 News that BL manual workers had voted to reject a company pay offer left government bonds with closing losses ranging to
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      Selected indices
      55 19 FINANCIAL TIMKS INDUSTRIALS Tuesday 469.3 Monday 469.9 Week ago 447.8 DOW JONKS AVERAGE INDUSTRIALS Tuesday 898.98 Monday 889.59 Week ago 876 62 H X.HANG SENG Wednesday 937.24 Tuesday 934.03 Week ago 914.95 SYDNEY INDUSTRIALS Wednesday 667.57 Tuesday 671.91 Week ago 638.78 ALL ORDINARIES Wednesday 924 86 Tuesday 934
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      Harinco extends offer for CHL shares
      236 19 Harinco extends offer for CHL shares HARINCO Holdings' total stake in Consolidated Hotels has now gone well beyond the 90 per cent mark and acceptances in respect of 12.45 million CHL shares have been received. Shareholders of CHL have been informed that the offer period, which expired yesterday, will be
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      UIC takes Morgan Grenfell as adviser
      152 19 UIC takes Morgan Grenfell as adviser UNITED Industrial Corporation (UIC) has officially appointed Morgan Grenfell (Asia) Ltd as independent adviser to its shareholders on the takeover offer by United Industrial Overseas Holdings (UIOH). The announcement, dated three days ago, came barely a week after UIC chairman, Mr Lee Kirn Yew,
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      No longer a DBS unit
      55 19 THE Development Bank of Singapore has informed the Stock Exchange of Singapore that Raffles Holdings (Pte), parent company of Raffles City Pte, has ceased to be a subsidiary of the bank. The subsidiary was incorporated on April 11 with an authorised capital of {25,000 and
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      426 19 UNION CARBIDE SINGAPORE PTE. LTD. a member of Union Carbide Singapore Group of Companies invites applications from Singapore citizens for the position of I INDUSTRIAL ENGINEER reporting to the Industrial Engineering Manager in our Manufacturing Division. The incumbent is expected to undertake plant layout; plant cost reduction programme; the development,
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      798 19 rssKSsrJb J SIA invites applications ioi the position of:- SUPERINTENDENT. FLIGHT OPERATIONS %> 4, SECURITY (DESIGNATE) A ex/ gig A REQUIREMENTS: The selected candidate is likely to be a a? mature person of between 30 and 45 year, 21? A of age, with at least 2— 3 years' experience a
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      664 19 THK BANKKI PTC «T ((lIAITKK IH) TAKE NOTICE thai i.. i Recertlnf am) Adjudication Order* were made against the following deht orxnn Ist February 1980 In Bankrupt^ Nej Sun Hoik Ghee I Kirn Leong Hwa Trading ]<■ lion Contractor of Blk 12. No *****). EunOl Crescent Singapore 1440 331/79 Chu
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      515 20 yj AT YOUR SERVICE RATES SECTION INDEX ty \<-_| Telephone Service: *****22 i'VSla AtAfmtml %>a*^ ISoturdoirl JI6 3B per column cm »»4'44*X Ti S <L!T"' c 900 om -500 pm (Mm*****l$ u ndorT«nes VII TRAVEL RESTAURANTS I rj»>w Iriuustriol Rood oft (Mondov Fridavi Upper Po, o Lebo, Rood 900 o
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      208 20 VEGE ABIAN FOOD FOR BETTER HEALTH. Happy Realm Vegetarian Food Centra. 216. Pearl* Centre. Eu Tong San Street, Tel: *****41 (WE ARE OPEN ON FEBRUARY ISFROM 11AM TO BPM) EXCELLENT VEGETARIAN FOOD. K;ist service, alrconditioned. BBS) parking 1000 am. to 830 p.m Kwan Im Vegetarian Restaurant. l»i Waterloo Street Tel:
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      597 20 iß^ cosmetics ifrom v s a i t^j £^0 To be beautiful, learning staying young at any age. fjfajj BKjl we offer friendly services, a fantastic range of wßj PJ cosmetics courses r*w |^^V~) Personal skin care make-up C /\I ftbjiTn.n Bridal Make-up rvrJa IfSgi^r-*' Intermediate Beauty Culture O^cJSSI C^r
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      429 20 Rega THE BEST LOOKMG TURNTABIE YOU'VE EVER SET EMS ON I IH( Hill SPf CWIST PTE ITD ?M PU;i S«t*pgra. 68 Oiclmd Road Z^^M lel 333M6 14 Machinery For Sato/Hire/Wanted 20 AND 40 Ft. Steel Cargo Containers for sale. Phone: *****60 for details 15 Musical Instruments JAPAN MADE FOLK/ Classical
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      529 20 II EMPLOYMENT r NTUC COMFORT invites applications lor the posts ol 1. ASSISTANT ACCOUNTANT A degree in accountancy or a recognized accounting qualifications with a minimum of 2 years experience 2. ACCOUNTS ASSISTANT GCE A Level with a pass In General Paper or Its equivalent Should be pursuing professional parts
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      523 20 A diesel angina company in Jurong j urgently requires CREDIT ASSISTANT The candidate should possess a OCE 'O' Level a Male, completed National Service a LCC Advanced Accounting Certificate a Some experience In credit control an advantage Interested applicants are requested to submit their applications with full resume stating salary
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      466 20 II EMPLOYMENT APPLICANTS REPLYING lo Hox numbers of vacancies are requested not to enclose original copies of testimonials of reference with tlvir applications. No responsibility can be accepted for their loss. Applicants are also advised lo write lo Box Numbers correctly and check them before posting A RECEPTIONIST/TYPIST raquirad. Typing
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      557 20 ESTABLISHED COMPANY IN Jurong requires Accounts Clerk/ Typist. Able to handle full sets of accounts up lo balance sheet Preferably with 2 years' experience Also wanted Messenger/ Despatch Boy. Able to ride scooter. Interested, please write In to Jurong Town P O Box 446 ESTABLISHED COMPANY REQUIRES Female Typist for
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      524 20 II EMPLOYMENT HERMANN LUOWIG SEA PTE LTD GENERAL CLERK/ TYPIST (icK-O 1 level a 110 2 years' working experience Preferably someone Interested in accounting or shipping We ollar eicellent ramunaration and good working environment > within a young laam. Apply wilh full particular*, contact i talaphona numbar (essential) i present/
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      579 20 SI 3ELCO urgently requires FILING CLERK/ ,1 TYPIST UCE O' level Certificate Typing 35 w.p.m 1 year's clerical experience preferred 5-day week, free transport apply giving lull niuni including contact telephone num- b«f to: THE PERSONNEL a OFFICER, SELCO (S) PTE. LTD., 1, JALAN SAMULUN, SINGAPORE 2282. or I TEL:
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      649 21 II EMPLOYMENT 31 Situations Vacant b) Secretarial and Clerical REOUIRED BY A small office experienced ilerk Typist, able lo operate telex machine advantage and only those now unemployed need apply to P O Box SMI. Spore ton REQUIRED URGENTLY CLERK/ Typist for immediate appointment Must be able to type minimum
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      570 21 ESTABLISHED COMPANY REOUIRES Malt -v Ptmatt s.ues Executives lo promote their distinguish range .it sanitary wares and bathroom tiles landidates must bavc fen years relevant sales experience suitable Technical qualifications and good contacu with architects and developers Please apply with comprehensive resume and passport size photograph (nonreturnable) with contact phone
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      521 21 II EMPLOYMENT aa An established and fast expanding manufacturer ol electrical switchboards lias an Immediate vacancy (or ihe poeJ of FOREMAN ELECTRICAL SWITCHBOARDS SALARY: *****.00 S$ 1,000.00 Requirements: Minimum of 5 years experience In manufacture or repair and troubleshooting of electrical svutchgears and controls Must be able to read and
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      442 21 Required lor BIG. LOCAL REFINERY CONSTRUCTION on a PROJECT BASIS SAFETY SUPERVISORS (2 or 3) required from now to the end of this year Must finish secondary education possess the Safety Supervisor Certificate a IMCeSßtty Must have at least 1 to 2 years experience In construction works, concrete, excurvation. rebar,
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      357 21 II EMPLOYMENT j^mWfa^^ Go into the '80s confidently with N.S. 1 We are a Multi-National Semi-Conductor Manufacturer with a I sophisticated test centre in Singapore. Due to rapid expansion, we* require j more k op eta A START EARN UP TO $295 PROGRESS' pm IN SERVICE TO $545 pm I
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      267 21 Production Operator Earn up to $288 on confirmation $305 after another 6 months (including allowances) NO NIGHT SHIR NO SCOPE WORK Seeuswithyourl.C.and 2 photog r aphs at: EUROPEAN BSS. STANDARD&& ELECTRONICS^ PTE. LTD. Unit IF-29F, Block 3,6 th Floor KaDang Way. Singapore 1334 FEMALE PRODUCTION OPERATORS urtfently required. Must speak
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      391 21 II EMPLOYMENT A well established food factory in Jurong requires mimed lately:MALE FEMALE FACTORY WORKERS 16 years and above c Malaysians are invited to apply Good Starling aalary and Transport Allowance. Salary plus incentive Allowance. i Pleaae apply personally totProduction Manager I Gourmet Foods Factory. 18 Chin Bee Avenue Jurong
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      489 21 An established multi-national company which provides financial services In the process ol expanding its organisation seeks an ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT Salary SJIO.OOO $15,000 pa. Qualification! Preferar'y HSC or good OCE level 2 Minimum 3 years working experienc Preference will be given to those with banking experience Speaks and writes good English
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      385 21 II EMPLOYMENT DESPATCH RIDERS Able to read .mc! write simple English. Possession of scooter and POL class 2 licence. Picas* call personally: Ist floor Inchcape House 450/2 Alexandra Road Singapore 0511 DESPATCH RIDERS REOUIRED immediately by established company Molding class 2 licence Completed N.S Understand English with 1 or 2
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      349 21 IKM EL I'lloi MX has immediate vacancies lor: 1) DRIVER 2) COFFEE SERVICE MAID 3) CHAMBERMAIOS KITCHEN HELPER 5) TOILET ATTENDANTS Pleas* apply personally with recent photograph and rdevanl documents, between 9 00a m and 4.00 pm at: THE PERSONNEL OEPT HOTEL PHOENIX ORCHARD/SOMERSET ROADS SINGAPORE 0923 JUNIOR FINISHED ARTIST
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      922 22 II EMPLOYMENT II EMPLOYMENT 31 Situations Vacant h) General •SANYO CICCTHOmcS (S) PTE. ITO. FACTORY CLEANERS needed urgently! 5 WORKING DAYS PER WEEK ONLYI Age between 30 45 years Please apply personally with, identity card to: ISO Kallang Way Singapore 1334 lnt#fY*#**v tim#. 9.00 a.m. 11.90 a.m. 2.00 p.m. 4.00
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      296 22 SUPA-SAVE DISCOUNT STORE 1. Yua Ching Road Smgapof. M«1 (form** Jurong le* Skating Rink) require 1) Counter Cashier* 2) Slor* D*l*clivm. Male •F* mat* 3) General Cl*rk 4) Mat* Aiaiatanl Stor*-K**p*r i») Sal** A**l*tant(, lull-lim* b) Sat*. Auitlsnla. part-Nm* pm 10 pm) Please apply personally at the store. MALAY DRIVER
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      1376 22 II EMPLOYMENT ct^ra^o E rTn ,3rw "I" «'<.-ed Urgently m3 We c n th 9B fToor: P^p,,?, 1 Pa'^ SECURITY GUARDS Centre. 101. Upper Cross Street. Spore 0105. 'or ,^*y a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a *a B
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      1776 22 111 VEHICLES A BOATS LATE 1*73 DATSUN 160J alrcond.. 1 77 FORD CORTINA 2000 Ohla new sports rlms/ tyres (10.400 automatic Alrcond. radio, casVlew: Blk 161. 1616A. Lor 1 Toa sette Showroom condition Payoh throughout (21.500 (new (40.000) LATE 1*77 DATSUN 120Y One prl- Loan a a *****4 vate owner,
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      1582 22 HI VEHICLES BOATS 7 c 4 ed C X"d LAI cTsX S New OU if* tax Fll«iWe for' PAm- «i2«in n >odel Beautiful .ondluon ux Eligible for PARK J12.800. fully automatic Central locking system Power windows Factory 1174 COLT OALANT S-speed Air- alrcond Radio and cassette cond., metallic paint, good
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      1294 23 111 VEHICLES BOATS 197S VOLKSWAGEN VAN I i,wner. tax July Well maintained. Very k) Others i beautiful condition Tel *****87 Vehicle. Wanted an loan $6,000 Tel *****03 Blk I l-l 114 B*ndeineer Koad lonact I im 1573. VAUXHALL VIVA KWO Tape. BANI( EXECUTIVE requires any SS.TffihLJE C .OO. BUYER reoulres
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      1393 23 IV ACCOMMODATION PROPERTIES APARTMENT DIST. 10 full) ftl r m^^ nished. 3 bedrooms. 3 airnmcls fuiiy arpned. $i7oo can 52 Accommodation Wanted BEAUTIFUL TERRACE APARTMENT mi Pandan Valley. 4 Bedrooms. Spanous Living Dining ************************* I'.irtlally Kiirnislied Swimmilni Pool. Tennis' Squash CourUs Rental $3,300 Available March/ April 1980 Inter-Home *****8 a
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      1192 23 IV ACCOMMODATION PROPERTIES DIST 19 ARCHITECTURAL DE- HIN SENG GARDEN lllulMinrllP 1 SIGNED HiiiiKalow on Klevated bedrooms. M<ire-roi>m. atlarl.eil Ground With I.aiidM-api-d Oar- balhroonu earpetlng. IWlmilen I Spanous Hedrooins. WHh ming pool and ieiun> i..url 1 COM Study Sunken living. Stanley Hirhard *****01 h..,,, ,I n.mng Beautiful KIU-h- HONG LEONG
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      1025 23 IV ACCOMMODATION PROPERTIES OUTSIDE CBD A ox 2.000 sq.ft Carpeted office space with parllr lions available at mezzanine rcUTD«I 'floor Eng Cheong Tower North CENTRAL Bridge Road Tel *****77/ BUILDING *****78 "X'^.r- 0- Ef^iETT PRIME OFFICE SPACE OuUlde Available from 600 <-Bl) for rent Area approx 1.300 soft SSdi F
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      533 23 V SERVICES BUSINESS EASE AWAY ALL lefMon U UM SPECIALIST HEALTH SALON 2nd i Cockpit Health Centre 7 Oxley lloor next to Robinson's 22P230 'Rise Singapore 092;! Tel *****11 Specialist Centre Tel *****39 extension 222. *****10. b> ex[>eri- 7:t7»666 ext 145. Massage Sauna 'enced masseuses Open daily Hath I from
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      839 24 VI EDUCATION TRAINING Cily School ol Coniintrct (A member of the Stamford Col100 Dancing legeoroup) 211 Ouam Stt«*t Sinoapor«o7lt l Shorthand (thaory) A BEGINNERS ROCK and Roll Tuesday/Thursday 9 30am Class commencing 7 Ot pm (to- 1100 am night) Latest Disco 7 00 p m Course commences 21^80 (Tuesday/Friday); 8.00
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      623 24 VI EDUCATION A TRAINING PEOPLE'S PARK COMMERCIAL SCHOOL ift T^iti.™. (A Ministry ol Education 1U I UIIKWI Registered School) O.C.E. A- LEVEL (Art* a Cemnwrc*) Morning/ Evening session commencing 10/3/80 RaliaMa bilingual taachara giving a BOOKKEEPING (Baglnrwn) I," 11 0 local 'orelgn stu1) Friday 600■7 30 p m dents In
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      1042 24 VII TRAVEL it TOURS 111 Air Travel feL Wmm^^^^M^^V ffl ALWAYS CAREWAVS TRAVEL for I H^ffa 7 I |3f competitive fares London, USA. fty f >4N A Australia India Indonesia Also Mi^mtWQK^BKr At Inclusive lours to Philippines. TWT W Bangkok. Orient, New Zealand B *W^ .---^^H Reliable service 129- A.
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      75 24 THE FAMILY OF THE LATE CUTMBERT JEFFREY DE SOUZA WISH TO THANK PROFESSORS; DOCTORS AND STAFF OF WARDS 12 16 SGH; REVS. BATA. FRANCIS VIM; DIRECTOR. PRINCIPAL TIVES. AND FRIENDS FOR THEIR ASSISTANCE. CONDOLENCES. DONATIONS i WREATHS DURING I THEIR RECENT BEREAVEMENT. T h. Family Of The I
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      38 24 Th* F amily ot III* d*arly b«iov*d Mn Emily (Lily) EMzabath Jm»n n— PmIioi with lo sincerely thank friends and relatives lor their kind prayers, condoUncx, donations, Inlcrflora wreaths, cables and t»laphone calls lo Malbourna during
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      230 24 BHOG CEREMONY MADAM CHANO KAUR W/O LATE MR. RANJEET SINGH PABMAN, 5H, Bik 7*. Lorong Limau. S'pora 1232 paaaad away paacalullir at 4.30 I pm on 6 2 80 at Tan Tock Sang Hoapital taavmg behind two aona, 4 daughters, lour aona-in law, 2 daughi«r»-m-taw and 10 grandehildran
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      85 24 IN EVERLOVIMG MEMORY OF OUR 8ELOVE0 MOTHER MOM. KWA KIM CHIAM DEPARTED 14-2-7S DEEPLY MISSED AND ALWAYS REMEMBEREO BY SONS. DAUGfTEfi-IN LAW RELATIVES AND FRIENDS In Loving Memory of our b*lov*d cot l«*gu« and ftrnd AYADURAI MAHATHEVAN Departed 14.2 71 A beautiful life came to an end.
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      33 24 MADAM K. SINNAMAL Departed 14.2.79 Of all the love In this world. Your love for us has no end; And our love (or you Is forever. Always rtmimlMitd by *»mily
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      29 24 DR. M. CHOTTA SINGH 9TH ANNIVERSARY In nonoured memory of the late Dr. M. Chotta Singh departed 14/2/71. Sadly muted by ion, niece, grand-nephews A loved onei
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      28 24 OUR DEEPEST SYMPATHIES 10 the Iwreaved family of Mr Yup Boon Kim on the itrim.se of his mother, from the Staff of T>lok Kurau Primary School
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    189 25 BOTH have emerged tops on different occasions bat come March M, the two champions will cram each other's path and pit their skills aid Judgment at the World Monopoly Championship in Bermuda. One is a Singaporean, Mr Kwa Cheng Seng, the reigning world monopoly champion who won
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    51 25 THE Kirn s«>nK community centre will provide tree tution in mathematics, BCience, Knu hsh ami Chinese (01 P Six pupib in the const from April to October Application form are avail able from the centre's Indus Square premtoei bcmivn 1 w p in and 10
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    31 25 UK Ckona Put community cnlic *iil hold ;i 13-week niiiM' on Mandarin for Knush s(»'.ikiMs I) rom B p m 10 M p m Th<' oniM' fee \s $30
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    293 25 $900,000 aid for S'pore based network THE International Development Research Centre of Canada has pledged a grant of C$500,000 (S$920,000) over the next three years to support Technonet Asia, an international network of information centres which moved its headquarters to Singapore recently. The network provides industrial and technical information to
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    Man accused of hold-up on ship
    77 25 Man accused of hold-up on ship CHIO CHYE GAY, 40, was charged in a magistrate's court yesterday with committing armed robbery on board a vessel while armed with a revolver. He allegedly robbed Mr Ali Suleman of three water pump impellers, eight brass bars and two pressure gauges valued altogether
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    77 25 THE Singapore Bus Service has set up a property division to design new facilities, development projects and improve existing facilities such as new depots, interchanges and terminals. It will also supervise construction works and maintain existing facil ties, and building nuuwgi ment. The
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    392 25 Company tax 'unlikely' to be reduced THE Singapore Government is unlikely to reduce company tax in this year's Budget despite widespread rumours in financial circles that such a cut would take place, a government source said yesterday. The rumours were sparked off by the recent hint by the Minister of
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    206 25 Anti-pilfer doorways installed at SBS workshop THE SBS has installed two metal detector doorways costing $42,000 at its Braddell workshops complex as a anti-pilferage measure. The Heinmann metal detector doorways airfreighted from West Germany are the latest on the market. This highly sensitive gadget can screen up to 200 people
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    33 25 A DEMONSTRATION of I equipment at the Sin>;ap< S|K)its Couacil'l nvv. film coiner, located nea: t h<> swi ming lagoon at Ka.xt On Park, will be hclil on Keh J4 K.3oa.m.
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      532 27 Forest in League Cup final Liverpool's Clemence gives away penalty LIVERPOOL, Wed. A last-minute goal by substitute David Fairclough yesterday saved Liverpool's two-year unbeaten home-record, but could not prevent Nottingham Forest from qualifying for their third straight League Cup soccer final by virtue of a 2-1 aggregate victory. A first-half
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      80 27 I.iiMmis, Wed. RraultN of Mtorrr matrhr* played last night: Kuropean under-21 Cop ?uartrr-flnal first leg :nKland 1 Scotland I. Serrad Division Qyeens Park Rangers Orient t (postponed Dee. tt). Third Division MUlwall I Southend 2 (postponed Jan. I); Wimbledon 1 (.111ingham I (postponed Oct. 2>Fourth Division Crewe
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      230 27 SOUTHAMPTON, Wed. Pakistani Mohibullah Khan clinched a final place in the International Squash Players' championship at the Gaumont Theatre here yesterday. Mohibullah, fully justified his rating as the No. 2 seed by beating his compatriot Gogi Alauddin 9A. 9-3, 9-5 in the semifinals last night. The match
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      250 27 COVENTRY, Wed. A brilliant goal by West Bromwich Albion's Bryan Robson cancelled out a blunder by goalkeeper Gary Bailey to give England 's under-21 soccer side a 2-1 victory over Scotland here last night. The victory put them half-way to a second successive appearance in the
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      283 27 RANCHO MIRAGE, Wed. Fourth-seeded Guillermo Vilas, of Argentina, was pushed to the limit in scoring a 2-6, 6-2, 7-6 men's singles victory over Bob Lutz in the first round of a 115J250.000 ($537,500) tennis tournament at the Mission Hills Country Club here yesterday. Other remits:
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      604 27 r^Dv PERBADANAN MEMAJUKAN IKTISAD 3/ NEGERI TRENGGANU JAWATAN KOSONG Permohonan daripada wargonegara Malaysia yong berkelayakon adalah dipelowa untuk mengisi kekosongan dalam jawatan jawatan berikut (permohonan daripada pegawoipegawai dalam Perkhidmatan Awam yong hdak dibuat melalui ketua jabatannya tidak akan dilayan): JAWATAN DAN KUMPULAN 1. AKAUNTAN KUMPULAN A lO 2. ARKITEK AlB
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      303 29 DUNEDIN, Wed. In a tense and totally absorbing final day, New Zealand defeated the West Indies by one wicket in the First cricket Test of a three-match Series in Caris brook, Dunedin. New Zealand required 104 runs to win after the West
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      53 29 A horn Newer from F*rt Tto«a4er*g», weU-kMwa tattle obiee of the American wear a traditional colonial drem m he Mews the hen during the rehearsal for the opening cerem— y of the whiter Olympics. la the rear are the torch holder aad (right) the torch hearers at the eatraaee of
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      94 29 WEST INDIES: 14* ud 212 New ZeauuHi Ist INNS 241 New Zealand tmi INNS Wright b Holding 11 Edgar c Greenidge b Holding 6 Hawarthc Greenidge b Croft 11 Parker c murray b Garner 5 (^•ey lbw Croft 2 Wekfe lbw Gamer 5 Lees lbw Garner 0 Ha4lee b
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      Lock icon Antigua to host a Test
      103 29 PORT-OF-SPAIN, Wed. The Caribbean island of Antigua will be the venue for one of five Test matches when England tour the West Indies' next year, it was announced here yesterday. This is the first time a Test will be played in Antigua. The move by
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      Another Chapter set for a good season
      367 29  -  FREDDIE KEE By ANOTHER CHAPTER, winner of three races over distances last year, looks poised for another good season. The six-year-old New Zealand gelding by Oown Lease has been consistent. He rose to the top class following two smart wins in Class Three
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      Siti Payong II looks the best among newcomers
      658 29 SITI PAYONG n (late Flame And Fortune) heads the list of 18 newcomers entered for the Selangor (Tunku Gold Cup) meeting on Sunday and Monday, and Saturday and Sunday week, reports FREDDIE KEE. A four-year -old bay English gelding by Royal And
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      378 29 SYDNEY. Wed. Bobby Symonette, of the Bahamas, won the world 5.5 metre yacht ing championships off Palm Beach, north of here, when he j skippered his yacht, John B, into second place in the sev- enth and final heat today. With his worst placing tils- carded, Symonette
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      Norway stands in way of US clean sweep
      415 29 LAKE PLACID, Wed. In the "Eric Heiden v the world" struggle, which Olympic Games speed skating may become, Norway has the best chance of preventing a clean sweep by the powerful American. The 21-year-old Heiden admits he can possibly win all five
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      Lock icon Russians, Czechs, Canadians impress
      448 29 LAKE PLACID, Wed. The Soviet Union, Czechoslovakia and I Canada scored impressive victories, while j Rumania and Poland and the United States to a lesser degree recorded minor upsets on the opening day of hockey competition at the 1980 winter Olympic Games. The top-seeded Russians overwhelmed
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      305 29 LAKE PLACID, Wed. The seven-event Olympic Games cross-country skiing programme starts tomorrow with 58 entries from 19 countries but without defending Olympic and world champion Sergei Saveylev, of the Soviet Union, who failed to qualify. After the starting order draw, it appears that any one
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      Lav — champion on a billiards mission
      374 30  - Lav champion on a billiards mission WILFRED YEO By LAU WENG YEW must be one of the most anonymous national champions in Singapore. Outdoors of the people who indulge in the indoor game and, even then, not all purveyors there are more billiard saloons in the Republic than there are
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      Charlton mesmerises
      70 30 NOBODY weald be surprised if Singapore's leading billiards players, Lao Wen* Yew and Lee Yap Long, complained of aching feet last night, report* PETER SIOW. For they had te wait long periods for their tarns as world champion Eddie Charlton mesmerised them and a packed crowd at the
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      He seems totally equipped for the job
      108 30 ing the last laugh, because last night and tonight the Singapore champion was not watching, but PLAYING with Charlton! And that had nothing to do with the matches being held at the Singaporean's saloon in Lav's Arcadia... Co-owner But the fact that Lav
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      Tham — a youth with conscience
      298 30  - Tham a youth with conscience By PATRICK BASTIANS IN weightlifting circles, I they call teenage lifter Tham Tuck Seng "The gentleman boy." It's in Singapore parlance, a term officials, Tham's fellow-lifters and fans use because Tham, 16, has voluntarily given up the chance to travel to the Commonwealth weightlifting championships
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      Ong, Ismail to act as liaison officers
      373 30  -  By BERNARD PEREIRA ONG POH LIM and Ismail Marjan, Singapore's world doubles maestros of the '50s, have been invited to take charge of the Chinese and Indonesian badminton teams repectively during their stay in the Republic for the friendly match at the Singapore
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      Rahim to play in KL series
      347 30 NATIONAL squash coach Rahim Gul will play either Fahim or Jamshed, his younger brothers, in a four-stage exhibition series in West Malaysia, from Feb. 20-23, reports PATRICK BASTIANS. Under a contract with Sustagen, a health food manufacturer, and Ascot, a sports goods maker, Rahim
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      Coach Jitta plans crash course on goalkeeping
      286 31  -  JOE DORAI By ONE of the 22 Singapore players now training for the pre-Olympic Games soccer tournament will be given a crash course on goalkeeping. National coach Jitta Singh is not likely to recruit another goalkeeper to replace Lim Chiew Peng, who on
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      Wong bitter... but makes a vow
      240 31 SINGAPORE striker W*q Kok Choy is bitter about the three-match suNprnidcn Imp—nd on him by the FmMmOI Ass*cUttMi at Malaysia MaclpUaary Committee, reports JOF. DORAI. Bat be baa vowed not to become involved in any mlscMHlaet la fatare matches. Said Wo*K yesterday: "I'm disappointed
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      139 31 ZURICH, Wed. Singapore is among the 49 countries that have entered so far for the 1981 world youth soccer chamoionship, the International Football Federation (FIFA), who organise the event, said yesterday. The under-19 tournament's final series will be held in Australia from Oct. 3-18 next
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      Singapore 'yes' to Asian swim meet
      333 31  - Singapore yes' to Asian swim meet KEN JALLEH Jr. By SINGAPORE has accepted an invitation to take part in the Asian swimming championships in Jakarta from May 14-17. The meet, an invitational event, will be one of the glamour competitions on the local swimming calender, and the Singapore Amateur Swimming
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      Ticket sales postponed
      74 31 TICKETS for the IndonesiaChina badminton match at the Singapore Badminton Hall on Friday and Saturday week will NOT be sold to the public today, the Singapore Badminton Association announced yesterday. Said an SBA official: "Tickets wih not yet be sold to the public as originally scheduled Badminton
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      The favourites advance
      153 31  -  PETER SIOW By NEE SOON, Ang Mo Kio, Tanjong Pagar and Radin Mas, the early favourites, are among 16 teams who have advanced to the second round of the interconstituency table tennis championship. The others are Aljunied, Toa Payoh, Kirn Keat, Kreta Ayer, Thomson, Kampong Glam, Jurong,
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      SJI triumph
      51 31 st Joseph's iNSTmrnoN beat Anglo-Chinese School 3-0, while Gan Eng Seng drew 1-1 with Sw.ss Cottage in the Secondary Schools' boys South Zone hockey tournament at University ground yesterday In the Lower Secondary boys division, Raffles Institution beat Swiss Cottage 1-0 and Monk's Hill defeated Gan Ene Seng
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      'Early bird' Bee Khim catches 'the worm'
      266 31 'Early bird' Bee Khim catches the worm' KEE BEE KHIM, the "early bird", as expected, yesterday caught "the worm" the Changi women's golf championship with six strokes to spare, reports ERNEST FREDA. The 26-year-old stock broking remisier, who had to wake up at 5.45 a.m. to take part in the
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      STTA's message is loud and clear
      319 31  -  COMMENT ..By "STOP monkeying around with us," seems to be the Singapore Table Tennis Association's message to players two days before the Year of the Monkey begins. Apparently, most players have token the STTA's kindness for weakness. For, despite repeated warnings, the walkovers in
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    260 32 TEHERAN, Wed. Ailing religious leader Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeiny had to read a second statement last night to reassure anxious Iranians he was well after he rhetorically commented earlier that he was in the last days of his life. In his first
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    68 32 Majlis polls postponed TEHERAN, Wed. Elections to Iran's new Majlis (Parliament) have been posi|oned for a week and will nw take place on March 14, Revolutionary Council spokesman Hassan Habibi said tonig >*. The official Pars n ws agency quoted Mr Habibi as saying after a meeting of the ruling
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    105 32 Victory says Moscow MOSCOW, Wed. The International Olympic Committee's vote In favour of the Moscow Games Is being Interpreted here as the first Dig Soviet victory on the propaganda front since the Afghanistan affair. The Soviet news Agency Tarn, in a repert from Lake Placid, Immediately welcomed the unanimous lOC
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    452 32 Nkomo and Mugabe fail to heal the rift BRITISH governor Lord Soames has given himself the power to bar thousands from voting in this month's preindependence Zimbabwen elections in another effort to stamp out what he calls political intimidation by Mr Robert Mugabe's guerillas. The move, promptly rejected by a
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    35 32 JAKARTA, Wed. Indonesian Finance Minister Ali Wardhana today squashed speculation of a possible devaluation of the rupiah when he announced that his government will not change its internal monetary policies this year. AFP
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    41 32 NEW YORK. Wed. Dow Jones averages on the New York Stock Exchange at 11 a.m. today: 30 indus 907.00 up 8.02, 20 trans 300 11 up 2.88. 15 utils 113 29 up 0.37. 65 stocks 330.80 up 2.69. UPI.
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    102 32 LEOHG FOOM CHEW aged 65 went home to be with Ihe Lord Jesus on 13/2/80 leaving behind beloved wife Kok Ho Chun, sons Keng Wai Raymond. Keng Yew Vincent. Keng Choong Joe. daughters Irene, Maureen, daughlrrs-ln-law Yong Scow Lilian. Kirn Mcl Mary, Sally, sons-in-law Ng Thlam Chua. V Mahadevan.
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    383 32 Russia pours in more troops into Afghanistan to permit 'cosmetic' pullout, says Newsweek THE Soviet Union may be pouring more troops into Afghanistan than they really need to permit Moscow to make "cosmetic" withdrawals, Newsweek magazine reported in its latest issue. According to Newsweek, Moscow will pull back unessential troops
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    Rubber prices continue upward surge
    187 32 Rubber prices continue upward surge RUBBER prices in Singapore and Kuala Lumpur yesterday hit their highest level since the 1951 Korean War when March One RSS shot past the $4 mark. March One RSS opened at i 403 cents a kilo yester- day and closed strongly at 405 cents, up
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    103 32 U.S. TO REJOIN ILO GENEVA, Wed. The United States has decided to rejoin the International Labour Organisation which it quit in 1977 because of what it considered too much involvement in outside political issues, the ILO said today. It said President Carter announced the US decision in Washington today, saying
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      179 32 B JSINESS TIMES Singapore's Financial Dally Co»« P'Kt tot Annual Sut»cr«>tK>n SKi fo< u»<i«t«n. call *****11 til 231 TODAY'S HIGHLIGHTS. BUYERS of strata title properties can be vulnerable if developers fail to pay off their financiers to secure releases from their mortgages. A legal dispute has brewed up between shop
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      326 32 What will the taxmait bring? Budget Day is round the corner. And in the light of Minister for Trade and Industry Goh Chok Tong's recent speech on income tax, GERRY DE SUVA talks to a number of tax experts and tries to separate fact from fantasy. A case £or and
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      183 32 UP TO 1 p.m. TODAY: Generally fair and windy. TEMP. (C) up to 6 a.m. tomorrow: 31 max., 24 min. SUNSET today: 6.51 p.m.; SUNRISE tomorrow: (.47 a.m. GLOBAL weather Amsterdam 1-9C Cloudy London 6-12C Clear Vthriis 7-18C Cloudy Lm Angeles 8-20C Cloudy I Bahrain 10-18C Cloudy Manila 20-31 C
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        Jade in Chinese culture
        469 1 two complete jade funeral suits were found in Hebei, China. Prince Liv Sheng's jade suit was made of 2,690 pieces of jade stitched together by gold threads. The princess's suit was made of 2,156 pieces of jade, also stitched with gold threads. The Chinese estimated it
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        472 1  -  GRACE WONG By JADE has occupied the same position in Chinese culture as have gold and precious stones, such as rubies and diamonds, in the West. In China, it was used for sacred objects, for treasures, and for decoration and ornaments. The Shang and Zhou dynasties have left
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        The sticky stuff for blessings and bribes
        635 1  -  KWAN Zl By WHETHER a symbol of wealth or of bribery, the Chinese new year cake, or nian gao t 1" appears only once a year. But unlike the mooncake which also has a one-month season, nian gao is neither widely advertised in
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        DON'T BE SHY
        12 1 Make Mandarin the common tongue of the Chinese community.
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        245 1 The Straits Times (A MEMBER OF THE TIMES ORGANISATION) i J invites <J IIC BILINGUAL V \A for Appointments In Journalism In line with developments on the and a flair for writing, and be with ease in both Chinese and W social, cultural and educational effectively bilingual in written and
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        113 1 IHSIDfA ■■■■■■I How to Make Super Stencils Take a second look at clothes and furnishings before discarding them. Maybe all they need is a spot of stencilling a simple art that just needs basic tools and a bit of imagination. For inspiration see Page 8 Rocking the Vie Next week
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      PICK of the DAY
      682 2  -  JOHN DE SOUZA By C SBC TV IMAGINE a nuclear explosion 37 years before the first manmade one. And that implies that the event was not engineered by any man. So what was it? In Search Of The Siberian Fireball, on Ch 8 at 7.30 p.m.,
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      Rediffusion's new series on mothers and babies
      259 2 Rediffusion's new series on mothers and babies MUM'S not the word in the new Rediffusion series, Are Mothers Necessary? The subject is actually babies and the scientific research done into their psychology Comprising five 45minute programmes, the series is presentedl by Dr Martin Bax of the Thomas Coram Research Unit
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        400 2 You don't have lo go to England to get ?k RrStS&h aP^Wi irvif inn jTy^CollierMa^illMS^ob.^__ '"""m'-^'i'L V/^EHHy N ii rn a i ionai si v; \pori one >>l ku' counn -ni.l without lr«tui|C \our own home you grl the bcntlit ol out yMn ol eMCTWIKC in nukm* Ic4in.ii|t intcicMin(t plus
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        28 2 SSMatinnal Danacmtir 1 0-Band Radio Receiver Mil^dUvH Id I rcnlCKMJrilV with digital frequency display Hear worldwide "i -^»5 r news musk s «|u w^l m% Id dominant male
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        129 2 SWISS PHOTO- EAT AND DRINK a GRAPHERS FROM science talk for pre-uni-184« UNTIL TODAY versity students by Dr an exhibition featuring c *}*>ng Kam Khow at raphers at the Nation- EXHIBITION OF al Museum Art Gal- LANTERNS AND lery from 10.30 a.m. to PHOTOGRAPHS at the 7 p.m. On till
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        1263 2 TV and Radio SBC 5 3.00 PM Opening and I Dream Of Jeannie 7.30 News (Malay) 3.30 Diary of Events (Chinese) 7.45 New Adventures of Wonder Woman 3.35 Over The Rainbow Time Bomb 4.25 Intermission 8.45 Sports Magazine 6.00 Opening and The Indians (Pt 2) 9.00 WKRP In Cincinnati (Malay)
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        A Heritage worth waiting £or
        264 3  - A Heritage worth waiting £or DANA LAM By THE Heritage, one of Singapore's most successful rock bands, will be performing at the Victoria Theatre on February 22, the seventh day of the Chinese New Year. The five-man band which has stuck to jazz, blues and rock despite the money and
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        Tribute to a music critic and teacher
        482 3 Our music critic, Urn Peng Ann, died last Friday morning. Here, his friend and predecessor as our critic, Victor Doggett, pays tribute to his broad musical knowledge and positive opinions. THE recent sudden death of Lim Peng Ann at the age of 36
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        94 3 I NewfromDresdnerßank O I FINE GOLD BARS The purest grade of g01d— 999.9 fine— in 5 gram and *'*$itNr 110I 10 gram bars I Suitable not only as a solid investment but also as an lexclusive gift and as jewellery ornament. \J^P^2^^^P^' es 3nd re P urcnase prices are based
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        162 4 LIDft: "fiPENS" TdMIJRRdW MOST DARING CRIME OF THE CENTURY! 'i KbV 'm... tWv \JB ■B T >aCSaw a '*>■! BhLI w Hi^w- v DINODt LAURENTlkSptesenls' 1 d %Sjr3 $3^' W 4 m A MICHAEL CRICHTON FILM I !,*j|p I SEAN CONNERY g^T*^ donald JRa^-'V. J SUTHERLAND a^^'Vj I LESLEY-ANNE DOWN
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        571 4 HOTEL TAI-PAN j Cocktail Lounge wishes all friends patrons GONG XI FA O\l Down a few rounds with us to welcome £KP the Year of the Merry Monkey l Opening Hours for the Festive Period: jj^ |V Friday 15 Feb 7.30 pm 2 am JSJ Saturday/Sunday 16/17 Feb. -^^jyv-d^w DAILY
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        267 4 CATHAY ORGANISATION THE FIRST WITH THE BEST FOR YOU NOW BRINGS THE WONDERFUL... THE FANTASTIC DOLBY STEREO] Your new kind of Cinematic Experience I holma IbW^m j AX >j *^lv I BURT LANCASTER PETER OTOOLE I SIMON WARD-aSEwH&euatQrn- JOHN MILLS ODEON (With DOLBY STEREO) LEISURE-DROME THEATRE [OPENS TOMORROW! l Tt?rS
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        660 4 5-?^--lili-Z. J <? A w SATI IOWl 0W jj» Prem,e,eron, 9 h,S,'sp m (5 Simullaneouil xilh C PANTHER STRIKES AGAIN S JURONG DRIVE IN CINtMA JH[ «Jf?T^7^^Br \f MURDER MOST FOUL J|([ m X I|l 'mrsrs^fmTTm X NOW SHOWING! IK '[-i ill 8 11 n C.n,on.,.A, IS Bli*illtt'Hß'+TSH'.B li*illtt'HB'+TSH'. P
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        436 5 H^^ Hr jfttrons and Friends Uy KONG HEE FAH ffl(jj\j« I.> celebrate the Chinese New f 'S^ *^^Cllll|tJefc*/lC^ > ear we will be closed trom 15th (l i r\ Vlll^ «H]M/«* I- 18th February. 1980 and will V*> Vf K. .Jpiifa JMU resume businesson Tuesday 19th /*v^* r 3' iir'
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        233 5 hh^hW I v in love in a^joliki dmss. I J Hr^ 'Hfc I I m jA ml I 1^ If HHM i VAI \vi mmmW j I HhV V Mpi R M FASHION SPECIALTY STORES HT JBBStJ^'iT^S^fc^B GBO. Lucky Plaza. Grd Fir 122A. Plaza Singapura Ist Fir 822. Orchard Towers
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      Jurong Town
      541 6 THE idea of having an industrial town in the south-western part of Singapore island was mooted as far back as 1952. The first earthmover started clearing the land in September 1961, and since then Jurong Town has grown into the booming heartland of the Republic's industries. Starting today,
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      Jurong: The good old, bad old days
      952 6 JURONG-bound travellers who complain about traffic jams along Jalan Ahmad Ibrahim should think about the perils earlier commuters faced. Looking at the broad tree-lined dual carriageway leading to Jurong, it is hard to believe that 1 visitors to the area used 'to have
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      Cheers (hie!) to the JD Turning jungle, swamp into a new town... the JDC
      721 6 Cheers (hie!) to the JD Turning jungle, swamp into a new town... the JDC Turnir jungle swamj into a new town WHILE the JTC (Jurong Town Corporation) was busy preparing land and factory space for industrialists in Jurong. a "JDC" was helping new arrivals to the industrial estate overcome their
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      JTC'S FIRST SITE OFFH office
      115 6 JTC'S FIRST SITE OFFH office THE first Jurong Town Corporation site office was housed in a most appropriate place the first factory in Jurong. The building was part of the business holdings of Mr Chew Boon Lay, who owned vast stretches of land in Jurong in those days. It was
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        134 6 I^. t s r '.%sbs^'" j Mm fc^^^s, (0 jm \j A m ■■^■%V l t l^ I VH%| V #An unbeatable price ot $9,700 nett. 11 IHI MAf mg Hi %k|^^ mm Lh A down-paymentw n-payment requirement of Mil I%l%Eimfli#l mmJm. onl y lt> 2oo «f balance m^m \m^
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        84 7 I NITE-CLUB 1 I *mL Tome on over" L What a great place to let your hair down jM and make new friends. Enjoy the music of our guest artists. Jm Do whatever pleases you, because the evening is yours. Come along together or come alone. .j| We'll take care
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        290 7 m Ik m "'JffYKx t m Lw aW >S S Just the two of us alone V^3 Sharing beautiful feelings together J Cherished moments all our own Sealed on Valentine with love so tender (Please drop in at any PJ dealer to g,! a /><< vijt today) Jf PETER BttNM
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        Putting new life onto old fabrics
        1002 8  -  By FOO WAI LIN Pictures by NGHAI CHEE WAH IF you have an eye for colour and an urge for creativity, stencilling will provide wide-rang-ing opportunities for making changes in your home. The possibilities are infinite and the technique is quick and easy. A
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        451 8 nrucujELCome SUPERMARKETS Only 2 days left for your New Year shopping! Hurry! Holiday Trading Hours Open: Lunar New Year's Eve at 9.00 am 5.00 pm (1 5th Feb.'BO) Close: 16th, 17th, 18th Feb. 1980 Business as usual 19th Feb. 1980 Wishing All Our Members and Customers A Happy Prosperous Lunar
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        132 8 kw w^tWi toaster with your Toshi ba AW-2720E/ EG I R^tSj^S^^ automatic washing machine. A great toaster free with this great washing machine. i**Jl TOSHIBA %J^mWmWtUm\ AW-2720E/EG Right now, we're giving away a toaster absolutely free when you buy the ik_ Toshiba AW-2720E/EG. This offer is on only while stocks
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      Putting the brakes on old vehicles with M-O-T tests
      1246 9  -  By EDMUND TEO Our London reporter MENTION "M-O-T test' to a British motorist and chances are ho is likely to wince at the thought. He might even let out a (juiet moan if the ear he drives, or motorcycle he rides,
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      Lock icon High silver prices hit lensmen
      928 9  - High silver prices hit lensmen THE explosion in the price of silver still at stratospheric levels despite recent declines is doing more than making it hard for the newly married to afford table service for eight. Higher silver prices mean more expensive photography, from iastamatic snapshots to finely detailed medical
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        164 9 A 44- watt punch. From the slimmest set in the market. With Super LTM head for metal tapes DP-644 is a one unit high power Separate bass and treble controls set in DIN size With 44 watts (RMS) One unit in DIN size of solid power for clear, rich, and
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        663 10 Qollei^sL^ Roller Singapore (Pt«) Ltd an estobhshed inter national manufacturer ot cameras, slide proiect.ns flashguns and other high precision products, invites applications from suitable candidates to' the following positions ASSEMBLY PROCESS PLANNER ELECTRONICS The person is to undertake the following responsibilities Assembly-line baloncing Electronics problem-solving Design assembly fixtures Updotmg production
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        337 10 EH Goh, Tan Co. requires TAX ASSISTANTS Minimum 2 years' experience in income tax or estate duty matters Preference will be given to those pre paring for accountancy examinations TAX CLERKS GCE A' Level or its equivalent Preference will be given to those who are preparing for accountancy examination TYPISTS
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        277 10 are proud to annouce the appointment of f^JUfmi&« mm M J ENTERPRISES 1 No. 194-A. Ja.an Br,ckf,elds, Kuala Lumpur. Malaysia 7'7 Stan^ %XlS!3%?£ Tel: 03-*****2/*****9 Telex: MA ***** AMS c «^<*J<w/<^iyi.J4 as their Exclusive Distributors as their Exclusive Distributors in East West Malaysia Brunei in Singapore Marine Industries v y^
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        755 10 UNITED INDUSTRIAL CORPORATION LIMITED (Incorporated in the Republic of Singapore) ANNOUNCEMENT Takeover Scheme by United Industrial Overseas Holding (Pte) Ltd I'UIOH') to acquire all of the issued ordinary shares of $1.00 each fully paid in UIC other than those already owned by UIOH and those shares agreed to be purchased
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        90 10 HI KM-: SHIPPING CO. M.\. "SWH!" Arrived: 7.2 80 at Godown Nos: 35/6 General Survey on damaged cargo ex above vessel will be held on 15th February, 1980 as from 9.00 a.m. to 12.00 p.m. No further survey will be held Agents: Slngaparr Sovirt Shipping VU. Ltd., Trl: Wim NOTICE
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        736 11 I TOOLROOM VACANCIES 1 1 A. TOOL DIE MAKING SUPERVISOR (Circa $30,000 pa.) Responsible to the Manager Manufacturing Engineering tor all activities related to the manufacture ot new and replacement tools He has functional responsibility for the B\ use of one of the best Toolroom facilities and equipment in the
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        669 11 A leading organization that provides Engineering and Project Management services to international clients relating to both offshore as well as onshore projects has immediate vacancies for:a) STRUCTURAL ENGINEERS b) MECHANICAL ENGINEER THE POSITIONS The successful candidates will be responsible for the design, development of engineering specifications, and for co-ordinating and
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        739 11 Chief Executive (C&L) $120,000 plus per annum (MCS *****) l J This is an important board appointment for a major Singapore based property group. Responsibility will include corporate planning, investment and acquisition scheduling and chairmanship of key decision making bodies which will ensure a central role in the management of
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        303 11 GENERAL 0 ELECTRII U.S.A. Service Engineer Applications are invited from Malaysian and Singapore citizens with a University degree in Electrical or Mechanical Engineering. Applicants must have at least 2 years' experience working in the service and repair of electrical or mechanical systems involving products such as marine engines, gas and
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      843 12  - Aspirin old drug with new tricks KEVIN McKEAN By IT USED to b.« simple you had a headache, you took two a pirin. But today, m; ny people are increasingly reaching for the aspirin bottle for the ounce of prevention rather than th pound of cure and for some unexpected
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      Japanese firms hit by old age
      1187 12  -  TERUO BANDO Problem of aging employees growing in size By in Tokyo Senior Staff Writer Japan Economic Journal ONE out of every three enterprises in Japan are being troubled with problems connected with the aging of their employees, such as difficulty in carrying out
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      260 12 The 'problem of aging of em- ployees' already has become a reality for 30 per cent of the enterprises surveyed. If firms which replied that they will be confronted with the problem from now on are taken into account, some 80 per cent of the firms will be faced
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        99 12 HongKong. Daily. Fly with the airline of the generous Malaysians. Bi ZJIH BBH^HBRM l^^^^lft^B *^^BB^ mttft~ w* J^rZ* Everyday of the week, I >ii B to Hong Kong with convenient !u y^ V connections at Kuala Lumpur. m^^ Offering you Golden Service Eji all the way. Golden Service I Malaysia's
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        79 12 IF YOU'RE PLANNING TO TRADE WITH EUROPE, WE SPEAK YOUR LANGUAGE. European Trade is our business. Our special European Trade Division, staffed by experts, is ready to help you with up-to-date facts, figures and information on all aspects of doing business in or with Europe. For all European Trade enquiries,
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