The Straits Times, 1 May 1980

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    16 1 The Straits Times Estd. 1845 THURSDAY, MAY 1, 1981 30 CENTS M.C.(P) No. 1 1 1/1/80
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    THE CHANGING OF THE GUARD
    2112 1 PM: Why old NTUC leaders must g0... THE OLD guard of the NTUC, some of whom are unhappy about being overtaken by younger men for top positions in the labour movement, have been told by Mr Lee Kuan Yew why they have been bypassed. These
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    Lock icon CARTER'S PEACEFUL EFFORTS PLEDGE
    447 1 WASHINGTON, Wednesday THE United States has told its allies that! President Jimmy Carter will work with them on peaceful efforts to end the Iranian hostage crisis, US officials said yesterday. The assurance appeared to be a signal to its allies as well as Teheran that no
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    Lock icon Longer life
    31 1 BEIJING, Wed. The average life span in China has jumped by 36 years over the past three decades to 68.2 years, Public Health Minister Qian Xinzhong said today. Keuter.
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    S'pore held to draw
    76 1 JJOHORE BARU, Wed. A capacity crowd of 20,000 I watched Johore hold Singapore to a 2-2 draw in a Malaysia Cup soccer match at Larkin Stadium here tonight. Tukamin Bahari shocked Singapore, last year's runner-up, with a 31st minute goal. But Mohamed Noh equalised for the
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    Lock icon Kuwait envoy shot
    63 1 TEHERAN, Wed Kuwaiti diplomat Mohmad Al-Adwani was shot in the back and seriously wounded late last night after being halted at a revolutionary guard road block, diplomatic sources said He had halted when waved down by the guards and his papers were checked but was shot in
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    Team to provide training of new skills
    387 1 THE NTUC has set up a committee to draw up programmes and courses aimed at providing additional or new skills to workers employed by companies which are indifferent to retraining them. This was disclosed by NTUC secretary -general Lim Chee Onn during a
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    Lock icon Ordered 'on the wagon'
    44 1 SYDNEY. Wed. Steel worker Peter James Lennon, 24, was ordered "on the wagon" for three years by a magistrate here today Lennon had pleaded guilty to a charge of drunken driving while already under disqualification on a similar charge Reuter.
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    Lock icon Muskie a surprise choice to succeed Vance
    465 1 WASHINGTON, Wed. President Jimmy Carter yesterday unexpectedly appointed Democratic Senator Edmund Muskie as his new Secretary of State. Mr Muskie, 66, replaces Mr Cyrus Vance who resigned on Monday in opposition to the ill-fated effort to rescue US hostages in Iran. Mr Muskie
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    Lock icon Demos in Denmark
    82 1 COPENHAGEN, Wed. Much of central Copenhagen was cordoned off today after violent demonstrations by residents protesting against plans to build apartments in a recreation area. Police said 119 people were arrested in street fighting and 15 charged with assaulting the police. They added that eight people were
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    Lock icon Red pledge
    44 1 BANGKOK, Wed. Vietnamese leaders today marked the fifth anniversary of the communist victory in the south with a pledge to defend the purity of Marxism-Lenin-ism and to make worthy contributions to the people's revolutionary cause throughout the world. Hanoi Radio said. Reuter
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    Lock icon New crater
    32 1 CATANIA (Sicily), Wed. A new crater opened last night in Europe's biggest active volcano, Etna, close to the site of a major eruption in 1971 which caused widespread damage. AFP.
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    Road death toll rises to 96
    105 1 A It-YEAR-OLD pedestrUn, Madam \k Mol Mcc, died in hospiUl about three hours after she wait knocked down by pick-up in Holland Koad on Tuesday »t 11.45 p.m. With her death, the toll on the roads so far this >r»r has none up to
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    Lock icon Gunmen hold 20 Iranians hostage
    285 1 LONDON, Wednesday AN UNKNOWN number of gunmen seized the Iranian Embassy in London today and held about 20 Iranians as hostages. Also held was a British policeman guarding the embassy. The gunmen threatened to kill the hostages and blow up the building if any rescue
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    Lock icon HITCH, master of film suspense. dies
    202 1 HITCH, master of film suspense. dies LOS ANGELES, Wed. Sir Alfred Hitchcock, the master of film suspense who directed such spinechillers as Psycho and Spellbound, died here yesterday at the age of 80. His wife of 53 years, the former Alma Reville. their daughter, Patricia, and their three grandchildren were
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    Red tide' off Brunei
    85 1 BANDAR SERI BECAWAN Wed. The "red tide. a *aye of minute sea oricanism-s arable >( killing fish r ish. has been bighteo II the oast of the oil-nch Sultanate >f Brunt State authorities said there vas no immediate danger to ish and prawns but warned jeople
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    LATEST In 'severe shock'
    38 1 LATEST In 'severe shock' LONDON, Wed. The woman hostage released from the seiie-d Iranian Embassy here t<Mta> is suffering from "severe shark," Scotland Vara said. She Is now reeupe rating la a Leadon hisspiUl. \V SEE THIS P\t.t*:
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      212 1 CSC-BSOF THE GIANT OF STEREO RADIO CASSETTE s.'^-. mm BIGSTON GL6CTRONICS (S) PTG LTD. 36 pages today PLEA TO EXTEND PARF REJECTED Pag* 7 SEOUL'a generals warn of crackdown t VIETS seek nod for refugee flights to Bangkok 3 'ALL agents involved in rescue bid have left Iran' 5 AFGHAN
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      Lock icon Seoul's generals warn of crackdown
      250 2 AS UNREST IN COUNTRY GROWS- SOUTH Korea's major military commanders issued a strong warning today against campus violence, labour riots and political agitation, and vowed to crack down on any acts disrupting law and order. Key commanders of the three armed services comprising the martial
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      Lock icon Reshuffle in S. Korean intelligence agency
      282 2 Reshuffle in S. Korean intelligence agency SEOUL, Wed. The South Korean Central Intelligence Agency (KCIA), whose former chief assassinated authoritarian President Park Chung-Hee last October, today announced a major reshuffle affecting most of its senior officials. Thirty-three of the agency's 40 section chiefs and bureau directors were replaced, said acting
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      Lock icon China plans to set age limit for leaders
      166 2 China plans to set age limit for leaders TOKYO, Wednesday CHINA is considering setting an age limit at which communist and government leaders should retire, in order to prevent aging of its leadership and this is expected to contribute greatly to the modernisation of the Chinese politics, Japan's Jiji Press
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      Lock icon The great waltz of China
      64 2 The great waltz of China UNIVERSTTY students, l«*king somewhat stiff, waltiing to Western mule In a May Day celebration In Bdjtag on Monday. Chinese authorities are not known to encourage dancing with Western music, neither are they known to frown on ii. Bat such dancing has virtually "waltzed" Its way
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      Lock icon Call for damages award from drug firms
      121 2 Call for damages award from drug firms GENEVA, Wad. JAPANESE sufferers from a nerve disease, which can cause paralysis and blindness, yes- wide compensation from companies which produced the anti-diarrhoea drug, Clioquinol. The call, backed by international medical experts, was made at a news conference of the International Organisation of
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      Thai air crash survivor takes another plunge
      251 2 NIKHUM took the plunge on Wednesday and married his childhood sweetheart. It was his second plunge in few days. Mr Nikhem Polcha, 21, a private In the highway patrol police, was among 52 people aboard a Thai Airways turbo-prep struck by a belt
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      Lock icon GENG BIAO TO MEET BROWN AND VISIT U.S. BASES
      250 2 GENG BIAO TO MEET BROWN AND VISIT U.S. BASES WASHINGTON, Wednesday CHINESE Vice-Premier Geng Biao will visit the United States in late May for talks with Defence Secretary Harold Brown and visits to US military facilities, the Pentagon announced today. Mr Geng, who is Secretary-general of the Chinese Military Commission,
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      Lock icon China's envoy back in Moscow
      112 2 MOSCOW, Wed. For the first time in nearly a year, China is represented in Moscow by an accredited ambassador. But the arrival in the Kremlin and formal presentation of credentials yesterday by Mr Yang Shourneng, 65. did not stop the war of words between the
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      New deal for troops
      72 2 >ONDON, Wed. Britain s irmed forces were today ■warded pay increases of beween 14 5 and 20 per cent, ishering in the era of the LlOO *****.6 l a week private. The increases, which will ■ost the government £290 milion are in line with the Conservative
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      Lock icon 'Millions died'
      38 2 KARACHI. Wed Over fifteen million children died throughout the world last year, most of them from malnutrition and povertyrelated causes. Mr James Grant, executive director of the I'mted Nations Children's Fund (Unicei). said here yesterday AFP
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      57 2 CONGRATULATION! >* Trant-PacHlc Special Mr Michael Lua E L. has qualified for the Trans-Pacific Special in 1979 Michael joined A I A in March 1970 and in 1979 was accredited The Trans-Pacific Special Awaro is an award which comes with a trip to New York Best withes to you, Michael
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      Lock icon Viets seek nod for refugee flights to Bangkok
      413 3 Viets seek nod for refugee flights to Bangkok BANGKOK, Wednesday THAILAND'S Commercial Aviation Agency confirmed today it had been approached by Vietnam for permission for one flight per week from Ho Chi Minh City to Bangkok with 50 refugees aboard. There was no indication whether the move by Hanoi was
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      Lock icon Look who's swining with the Boston Pops
      51 3 Look who's swining with the Boston Pops A BIG hand for condoctor See-Threeplo, after the Star Wars robot conducted the Boston Pops at Boston's Symphony Hall on Tuesday. The orchestra's new director, John Williams (right), leads the applause at the final rehearsal for the Boston Pops' opening night concert. AP
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      Lock icon NO FREE ENTRY OF VITAL GOODS INTO CAMPS
      160 3 NO FREE ENTRY OF VITAL GOODS INTO CAMPS BANGKOK, Wed. The Thai military has issued a list of restricted goods that may not be taken into two large refugee camps for Kampucheans in eastern Thailand without official permission, a military spokesman said here today. According to a list distributed to
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      Lock icon Viet gunboats seize three Thai boats
      104 3 BANGKOK, Wed. Vietnamese gunboats seized three Thai fishing vessels manned by more than 70 crewmen near the Pulo Wai Island off the Kampuchean seaport of Kampong Som last Sunday, the Thai Fisheries Association reported today. The association's president, Mr Tuenj? Sukhonthaman, said Vietnamese authorities
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      Lock icon Another 3,000 Khmers flee into Thailand
      249 3 Another 3,000 Khmers flee into Thailand BANGKOK, Wednesday MORE than 3,000 Kampuchea rts have fled into Thailand from south-west-ern Kampuchea after a series of attacks on their jungle village by Vietnamese forces. Thai military sources said today. They said the refugees fled the village, some five km from the border
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      Lock icon Phan Hien gets new job in cabinet
      108 3 Phan Hien gets new job in cabinet BANGKOK, Wed VIETNAMESE Deputy Foreign Minister Pktt Hien has been named to the new past of Minister of Information and Cultural Relations with Foreign ountries, the Vietnam News Agency (VNA) announced today. Vietnamese embassy officials here said the new post would complement and
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      Lock icon Gunbattle leaves 3 defenders dead
      110 3 Gunbattle leaves 3 defenders dead BANGKOK. Wed. Communist guerillas have killed three armed defence volunteers and wounded one in an hour- > long gunbattle in northeast Thailand, military sources said today. They said a 26-man volunteer unit at Nam Som district of Udon Thani province, 560 kilometres J from Bangkok,
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      Lock icon Refugee baby born in plane is British, says Home Office
      203 3 A VIKTNAMKSK baby girl, bom aboard a British Airways let In IS airspace, arrived here this morning with her refugee parents where the Home Office Immediately ruled she Is British, not American. The baby's mother, Mrs Mai Ing Ly, 42,
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      Thai Govt gets tough on firms which flout the law
      251 3 Thai Govt gets tough on firms which flout the law THE Thai Government sever business contact commercial firms whi I ignoring the law, espec In a speech to be delivered tomorrow, Prime Minister Prem Tinsulanonda said he also hoped that labour would relinquish all thought of using its collective power
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      Lock icon BUSMAN WALKED OFF AFTER BEING BOOKED
      190 3 BUSMAN WALKED OFF AFTER BEING BOOKED CALIFORNIA, Wed A GREYHOUND bus driver, angry about being booked for speeding, deserted his bus and passengers during the weekend, telling the bewildered traffic officer that he had "just bought a bus full of people." California highway patrol officer Robert Christiansen said the bus
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      Lock icon Thai nod for rice plan
      55 3 BANGKOK. Wed. The Thai Cabinet yesterday approved the ratification of the agreement on rice security for emergency of Asean, a government source said. The agreement, initialled by Asean member countries in New York last year, proposes the setting up of a rice stock for use
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      34 3 BANGKOK. Wed Vietnam has a population of nearly 53 million people, more than :i million higher than in May 1975 according to the results of Vietnam's latest national census announced today. Renter
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      Lock icon ADB faces crisis as no funds flow in from US
      260 3 ADB faces crisis as no funds flow in from US MANILA, Wed POLICY-MAKERS of the Asian Development Bank meet here today in i an atmosphere of helplessness with the bank facing its worst crisis ever, created by the United States' refusal to meet its financial commitments. Bank sources admitted yesterday
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      408 3 m~ -X If Pictured The Rolex /A. We invite you to see our fine collection of Rolex watches It takes Rolex craftsmen a year to make each Rolex. They start with a solid block of 18ct. gold or surgical stainless steel and by 162 separate operations, turn it into a
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      Lock icon All agents involved in rescue bid have left Iran
      304 5 l [iiV^M WASHINGTON, Wednesday American military officials disclosed yesterday that all the paramilitary agents infiltrated into Teheran to aid the rescue of American hostages have quietly slipped out of Iran the same way they entered early this year posing as European
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      Lock icon Israeli who tuned in on the raid
      198 5 Israeli who tuned in on the raid THE United States has expressed concern to Israel about an Israeli radio monitor who publicly revealed details of the aborted US rescue mission in Iran before the White House did, US and Israeli officials said yesterday. US officials verbally expressed concern twice to
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      Lock icon Equipment for US brigade being readied
      237 5 Equipment for US brigade being readied CAMP PENDELTON (California), Wed TONNES of American military equipment including tanks, artillery, medicine and food are being assembled near here for shipment to a staging post on Diego Garcia island in the Indian Ocean, according to published reports. The equipment can support a 16.000-man
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      Lock icon 3 in Qotbzadeh party hurt in car mishap
      151 5 3 in Qotbzadeh party hurt in car mishap KUWAIT, Wed. Three Iranian officials were injured when a driver lost control of his car and ran into members of the delegation accompanying Foreign Minister Sadeq Qotbzadeh, the Iranian embassy said today. The embassy said the driver of an official car put
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      Two, not one, incidents
      92 5 Two, not one, incidents WASHINGTON, Wed. US wk) Iranian aircraft had tw« e«c*utera aver the Uuß yesterday, b«t skate were fired in either caae, the PeatagM said today. In the first Incident, reported yesterday, two US F-14 Tameat lighten Intercepted aa Iranian C-l» transport plane flying about 18* km from
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      Lock icon Arab vessels thwarting that planned embargo
      368 5 Arab vessels thwarting that planned embargo THE Western world's planned trade embargo on Iran is already being undermined by a fleet of Arab dhows operating from this ancient smuggling centre. Even before economic sanctions imposed by the nine European Economic Community nations begin to operate on May 17, cargoes from
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      Lock icon FBI: Spies among refugees
      274 6 WASHINGTON, Wed. Federal Bureau of Investtgftttoii director William Webster mvs bureau agents have discovered a small number of Intelligence agents, criminals and prostitute* among the Cuban refugees flooding Into Mr Webster said a team of FBI agents has been screening the refugees who were offered a
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      Lock icon Afghan troops open fire in demo by schoolgirls
      230 6 SAY EYE-WITNESSES NEW DELHI, Wednesday AFGHAN troops fired above the heads of schoolboys yesterday to prevent them from joining about 200 schoolgirls who marched through Kabul shouting "death to the Soviets," travellers from the Afghan capital who witnessed the incident said. There
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      122 6 Economic indicator plunges WASHINGTON, Wed. The government's barometer of future economic trends plunged 2.6 percent in March the third largest fall in the indicator s history and the sharpest drop in five and a half years, the Commerce Department said today. The index of leading indicators a mixture of economic
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      Lock icon China's huge payroll
      73 6 HONGKONG, Wed. China has not only a huge manpower about 100 million working people but also a huge payroll, about 64,700 million yuan (SsBs billion), official statistics showed today. By the end of 1979, the total number of Chinese workers and staff members came to 99.6 million,
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      Lock icon Coffee theft MPs freed
      55 6 NAIROBI. Wed. Two former members of Kenya's Parliament who were Jailed five years with one stroke of the cane for stealing coffee were yesterday pardoned by President Daniel Arap Moi after serving 26 months, it was learned here last night. The two were Jesse Mwangi Gachago
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      37 6 KAMPALA, Wed. At least 59 prisoners have died from starvation at Uganda's I.u/ira Central Prison near here, and many more will die soon unless food is rushed there, the daily newspaper Munno reported yesterday. AFP
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      167 6 Teargas scatters Durban demo students JOHANNESBURG, Wed. South African police dispersed demonstrating black students with teargas in Durban today soon after Zulu chief Gatsha Buthelezi accused the government of using sabrerattling tactics against coloured (mixed race) pupils demanding educational equality. White students at Cape Town University staged a protest march
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      Lock icon Swedish workers 'no' to final pay offer
      189 6 Swedish workers 'no' to final pay offer STOCKHOLM, Wed. Representatives of private sector workers said today they will not accept a final offer from negotiators for a wage increase, practically guaranteeing the outbreak tomorrow of Sweden's worst industrial crisis in history. At midnight tomorrow, the Employers Association will lock out
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      96 6 MALE, Wed. The Maldives Government today ordered the temporary closure of two tourist resorts in the string of Indian Ocean coral Islands following disclosure in Parliament on Monday of a foiled coup. The government said the resorts on Vaavu Atoll and Kaaf AUU were clwed
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      Lock icon Juliana says goodbye amid 'bomb' fumes
      333 6 AMSTERDAM, Wednesday QUEEN Juliana, 71, said goodbye to her people here today amid fumes from a smoke bomb, the shouts of hecklers and whistles of disapproval after signing an act of abdication. The ex-queen tapped nervously on microphones set up on the palace balcony
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      542 6 Before you buy a watch, hold a Universal Geneve in your hand. Just hold it. conforms to the landscape of the back of your wrist, avoiding See if it doesn't begin to communicate its the accidental blows that might strike a higher face, personality to you. Notice that despite its
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    Woman news readers: 'Personal look' from today
    272 7 Woman news readers: 'Personal look' from today VIEWERS watching SBC news programmes from today can expect to see more colourful dressing if the news reader happens to be a woman. Woman newsreaders no longer have to wear their beige-and-brown uniform, but clothes of their own choice. The change, according to
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    Heroin sentence: Appeal dismissed
    132 7 Heroin sentence: Appeal dismissed LABOURER Lai Soon Liang, 30, serving a fouryear Jail term for possessing 19.06 gm of heroin, lost his appeal against the sentence yesterday. The Chief Justice, Mr Wee Chong Jin, dismissing the appeal in the High Court, held there were no merits in the grounds raised
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    M-cyclist takes a spill
    75 7 THE motorcyclist above took painful tumble when his machine went •at of control la the middle of buy Jalan Ahmad Ibrahim on Tuesday. Straits Times cameraman, WONG KWAI CHOW, who was travelling behind the motorcyclist and took this picture, said the rider somersaulted two or three
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    FIVE FINED FOR 13 TRAFFIC OFFENCES
    183 7 FIVE FINED FOR 13 TRAFFIC OFFENCES FIVE men were fined a total of $4,600 and jailed a day each for committing a total of 13 traffic offences, which include driving while under disqualification. SelvaratM s/o M. Alagaa, was fined (1,750, jailed a day and disqualified from driving all classes of
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    Prof elected
    18 7 ASSOCIATE Professor Charles Ng has been elected president of the Obstetrical and Gynaecological Society of Singapore.
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    Govt rejects plea to extend PARF
    518 7  -  IT WOULD DEFEAT OBJECTIVE' THE government has rejected a joint memorandum by the Automobile Association of Singapore and the Singapore Cycle and Motor Traders Association to extend the Preferential Additional Registration Fee value of cars from 10 to 15 years. The memorandum was drafted
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    CC tour
    27 7 THE MacPnerson community centre management committee will organise a KnowY our -Singapore tour on Sunday starting at 8 a.m. Participants will visit places of interest.
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    Traffic flow along Nicoll Highway
    80 7 TRAFFIC flow on the central carriageway along Nicoll Highway will be as follows from today: From 1 a.m. to 11 a.m., the carriageway is reserved for city-bound traffic. From 11 a.m. to midnight, the carriageway is reserved for suburban- bound traffic, that is, vehicles travelling
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    Margaret in today for official visit
    177 7 Margaret in today for official visit PRINCESS Margaret is due here today for a fourday official visit at the invitation of President Shea res. The princess will be met at the airport by the Minister for National Development, Mr Teh Cheang Wan. who will accompany her to the Istana guest
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    Ban increased to two years
    183 7 THE HIGH Court, in allowing an appeal by the Public Prosecutor yesterday, increased the period of disqualification against a motor-cyclist, Jamil bin Ahmad, 19, from a year to two years. The disqualification covers all classes of vehicles. The two-year ban is from Aug 28 last
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    Police seek this man
    71 7 THE police would like to interview Azizan bin Saad, 31, of Kedah, whom they believe could assist them in their investigations into the murder of Ali Din Abdul Rahman, 31. who was murdered in Jalan Buey on Jan 12. Those who know him are requested to
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    Give relief to these parents, says Chee Onn
    711 8 TAX RELIEFS should be given to parents who leave their children in day-care centres as one of the incentives to attract married women into the workforce, NTUC secretary-gener-al, Mr Lim Chee Onn, suggested last night. He said the NTUC could sound out
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    Letter from US regrets move to join union
    195 8 THE vice-president of the Illinois-based General Telephone Directory (International) has, in a letter to the General Telephone Directory Company here, expressed "overwhelming disappointment" over the unionisation of the Singapore company's sales department. Mr G.A. Lilley said in the letter: "I intend on
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    DBS opens agency in New York today
    168 8 DBS opens agency in New York today THE Development Bank of Singapore opens its agency at the World Trade Centre in New York today. The opening of the agency is part of the bank's continuing effort to expand further its international banking operations. In addition to this agency, it has
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    Art show open to students
    38 8 THE Singapore Youth Festival art and crafts exhibition will be held at the National Museum Art Gallery from Aug 2 to Aug 10. Entries from schools preprimary to junior college level are invited.
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    Pride in work crucial to growth in Eighties
    358 8 Pride in work crucial to growth in Eighties UNIONS, workers, professionals, as well as bright young Singaporeans must take pride in their work and have the vision to see the opportunities and pitfalls ahead. They must adapt to them if Singapore is to achieve continued economic growth anci the targeted
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    FORWARD CALLS IT A DAY IN PRINT
    176 8 FORWARD CALLS IT A DAY IN PRINT THE Forward, a joint publication of three trade unions, and NTUC's Labour News will not be printed anymore with the launching of NTUC's new fortnightly, the Singaporean. Thirty-five thousand copies of the new paper, at 30 cents a copy, will be distributed to
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    SIA halts cheap flights to KL from today
    308 9 SIA halts cheap flights to KL from today REPAIRS TO RUNWAYS SINGAPORE AIRLINES has temporarily suspended its economy flights to Kuala Lumpur in the mornings and evenings for six months. An SIA spokesman said yesterday that this was due to resurfacing to be done on the runways and taxiways at
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    Land value appeal settled for $373,034
    118 9 Land value appeal settled for $373,034 THE Collector of Land Revenue has agreed to pay the trustees of the estate of millionaire businessman, Mr Loke Wan Tho, and United Selatan Pte Ltd a total of $373,034 for acquiring their properties in Handy Road in 1977. The agreement was made under
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    CC picnic
    20 9 KIM SENG community centre youth group will organise a picnic at Mitsukoshi Garden on Sunday at 8.30 a.m.
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    Police are seeking his help
    73 9 POLICE weald like to contort Ang Lye Ann (mbove), 4t, who they believe ran help In in \esti a Moris In t a rase of fraud Involving cheques for more than $7M,IM. Ann's last known address is It, Amoy Street. Anyone who knows his whereabouts
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    GIRL, 15, CLAIMS SHE WAS RAPED
    135 9 GIRL, 15, CLAIMS SHE WAS RAPED A 15- YEAR-OLD girl has reported to police that she was raped in a hotel last week after she agreed to go out with a man. Sources said the girl accompanied her social escort friend to an escort agency in Orchard Road. There, a
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    Bird lovers park in Toa Payoh?
    232 9  - Bird lovers park in Toa Payoh? POON KEEN MUN By A BIRD Lovers' Park, complete with benches, stands, metal grills and trees for hanging bird cages, may be sited in Lorong 1, Toa Payoh. It is the idea of the Kuo Chuan Citizens' consultative committee in response to a recent
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    Open today
    32 9 THE Singapore Experience will remain open to the public today. As there will be no Instant Asia Cultural Show, a morning show in Mandarin will be screened at 11.15 a.m.
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    $25,000 damages for loss of rice
    159 9 THE owner of a lighter, which sank in the Singapore River while carrying 1,000 bags of rice in 1977, was ordered by the High Court yesterday, to pay $25,000 in damages, for the loss of the rice. Under a consent judgment made by the
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      290 9 Bringing Up Father By Bill Kavanagh Hal Camp T***»^ MA3GIE IP YOU "V^ WHAT ARE YOU SURE RESIDENTS ARE VVARNeo I J DIONT WANT ME ARE YOU YDUB6 ALL RKSHT^ \TO STAY INDOORS TILL I TO QO OUT VVHV yLTALX'IN© I THINK YOU THE WINDS ABATE AND UM. DIDNT >tXJ
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    Ventures: 80 pc vetted within 4 weeks
    357 10 MORE than 80 per cent of applications to incorporate joint ventures are processed by the Registry of Companies within four weeks. Refuting press reports that incorporation of companies with foreign interests can take up to three months, the Registrar of Companies, Mr Chiam
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    Two fined for helping to sell a 'hot' rod
    172 10 LEONG Kam Onn, 21, and Chen Swee Keong, also 21, were both fined $1,000 or four months' jail for voluntarily assisting in disposing of a stolen motorcycle valued at $2,800 belonging to Mr Chian Don Hee. The motorcycle was stolen on
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    7 police officers confirmed as Deputy Supts
    251 10 7 police officers confirmed as Deputy Supts DEPUTY Supt George Palmer, who helped set up the CTD's crime prevention branch, has been confirmed in his rank after a one-year trial period, along with i six others. ;The others are deputy superintendents Ong Eng Say, V. E. Jacobs, j Yap Kok
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    $745,000 set aside for Pre-U study awards
    71 10 THE Education Ministry will be awarding an open number of pre-oni-I verslty scholarship* and bursaries on a budget of n\i,m this year. Last year, M such scholarships aid 23* bursaries were awarded. This was disclosed by the assistant director of secMMlary schools, Mr
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    Nine books to give local English stories a boost
    267 10 Nine books to give local English stories a boost THE Ministry of Education is urging more schools to buy a series of nine books to encourage the reading of local literature in English by schoolchildren. Although the books by local writers have been included in the list of reading materials
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    Principals wish sets off chain of transfers
    149 10 Principals wish sets off chain of transfers A PRINCIPAL recently asked for "a change of duties" to be a teacher instead and set off a chain of transfers. This was revealed at a press briefing called yesterday by Mr Chen Tze Perm, assistant director of staff placement in the ministry,
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    Seminar on personality
    41 10 MR Henry Meyer will conduct a seminar on Personality Development for receptionists at the YMCA. Orchard Road The two-Saturday seminar will begin this Saturday. The fee is $35 for members and $40 for others. For details, telephone *****8.
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    Not his sis
    31 10 IN yesterday's picture on the Sentosa song-wrting contest, the caption wrongly identified Eugenie Villanueva as Mr De Souza's sister She is Leonida Villanueva's sister. The error is regretted.
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    Monty's son wages his wars in the world of business
    278 11 Monty's son wages his wars in the world of business TO HIS tetker, Field Mankall M«atg«mery of Www War U tame, the battles that he waged agaiast the Germans were the high points of Us life. But this Is not the case for his son, VlsroDßt Montgomery of Alamela, who
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    Spent stolen money on wedding
    103 11 Spent stolen money on wedding HAWKER Tay Lian Hual, 26. spent all $1,300 he got for his part in a theft on his wedding, a district court heard on Monday. Tay, with I.im Kirn Siah. 26, and two others, broke into the premises of Eng Heng Food Manufacturers at Quality
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    Know S'pore tour
    45 11 Know S'pore tour BRICKWORKS community centre will hold a Know Your Singapore Tour on Sunday from 830 am to 4 p.m The charges are $5 for adults and U for children Places to be visited will inrlude Singapore Experience. Mandai Zoo and Van Kleef Aquarium
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    Court told of 'noble son' ordered to be detained
    343 11 A JUVENILE Court's decision, ordering a "noble" 15-year-old boy to be sent to a place of detention, was questioned before the Chief Justice, Mr Wee Chong Jin, in the High Court yesterday. Mr S. K. Isaac, ar guing the boy's appeal
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    Call on stock mart to boost competition
    258 11 Call on stock mart to boost competition AMERICAN money manager, Mr Richard Williamson, yesterday called on the Stock Exchange of Singapore to strengthen the securities market here by opening its doors wider to foreign competition. He said that foreign securities firms like Merrill Lynch and Nomura of Japan, which have
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    Stage Club officials
    51 11 MRS SUSAN E. GERRELLS has been elected president of the Stage Club, Miss Maureen Clarke, treasurer and Mrs Sandra T. Denny Laws, secretary. The club's next production will be The Chalk Garden by Enid Bagnold which will be staged at the Cultural Centre from June 18 to
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    Police looking for robbed woman
    69 11 POLICE would like to contact a Chinese woman, aged about 40, who was robbed of her handbag in Nicoll Highway, opposite the SAFE Supermarket, on Tuesday at about 5.10 p.m. A passer-by who heard her screams chased and detained a suspect and recovered the handbag.
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    Live-firing exercises
    37 11 THE Marine Police will conduct live-firing exercises at the Southern bland range on Pulau Senang on Sunday between 9 am and 2 p.m. Members of the public are asked to keep clear of the area.
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    Man was arrested day after he got married
    284 11 LABOURER Hanafi bin Abu Bakar, 21, was arrested by the police for robbery, housebreaking and theft involving over $58,000 in property and cash, less than 24 hours after he got married. He was yesterday jailed three and a half years and ordered
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    Jail and rotan for two-knife robber
    151 11 TAXI driver Ahmad bin Mohamad, 42, was cruising along Cross Street shortly after midnight on Jan 11 when two men hailed his taxi. He stopped and the two, Yeo Huay Beng, 28, and I.im Kheng Hual, boarded They told Mr Ahmad to drive them
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    Brain damage girl
    47 11 NG GEK Lin. the eight-year-old girl who suffers from brain damage, is being looked after at home by her aunt, and not by her mother as incorrectly reported in The Straits Times on Tuesday. Her mother died four years ago. The error is regretted.
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    Smooth shuttle soon with big seaters
    295 12 Smooth shuttle soon with big seaters COMMUTERS using the Singapore Shuttle Bus Service can look forward to riding in bigger and more comfortable buses when the SSBS acquires a new fleet of Japanese-made buses in October. It has ordered 50 of these 46-seaters, costing some $4 million, to impro'"* Uo
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    Measure of Rollers quality control
    123 12 Measure of Rollers quality control ROLLEI Singapore has installed a $600,000 com-puter-controlled measuring machine to boost quality control. In a demonstration at the Rollei factory in Chai Chee Road yesterday, Mr Guenter Steinhagen. head of the quality control unit, said that normally it takes hours to perform precision measurements of
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    Saudi prince on visit here
    68 12 PRINCE Abdullah bin Abdel Aziz, commander of the Saudi Arabian National Guard and his country's second Deputy Prime Minister, is in Sineapre for a week-long private visit The prince, the third most powerful man in Saudi Arabia after King Khaled and Crown Prince Pahd, has
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    Learn to stop cheating, judge tells man
    185 12 Learn to stop cheating, judge tells man A JUDGE yesterday chided a man, who has a string of previous convictions for cheating, for not taking on proper employment. District Judge Tan Lian Ker told Omar bin All: "You must learn to stop cheating." When Omar promised to stop, Mr Tan
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    Promotion for five CPIB men
    56 12 Promotion for five CPIB men MR KOH Hung Meng, a senior special investigator with the Corrupt Practices Investigation Bureau has been promoted to chief special investigator from today. Four other special investigators were promoted to senior special investigators last month. They are Raymond Ng E. Joo, Yeo Peng Soon, Vincent
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    Ow to open photo show
    47 12 THE Parliamentary Secretary (Culture). Dr Ow Chin Hock, will open the Singapore His ri<i i.i l Photographs Exhibition organised by the Ministry of Culture and the National Archives and Records Centre at the Singapore Conference Hall on May 9 at 5.30 p.m.
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    Zoo tour
    30 12 THE Mountbalten Zone 1 Residents' Committee is organisinK a lour to the Singapore Zoological Gardens, the (hi MM (Jarden and Jurong Hill on Sunday from 9a.m. to spm
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    SHEDDING LIGHT ON ATTITUDES TO BLIND
    169 12 SHEDDING LIGHT ON ATTITUDES TO BLIND ONE could s»y that Mr Ibrahim Abdul Karim, 3», was groping In the dark whea be undertook a research project U study people's attitudes and reactions towards the blind In everyday situations shopping, boarding bases or crossing roads. Bat Mr Ibrahim, himself Mind, managed
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    Certificates of origin a must for imports from 8 African states
    278 12 IMPORTERS of products from eight African countries must produce documents to prove the countries of origin of the imported goods to avoid contravening regulations prohibiting the purchase of goods from South Africa. Importers here, however, are finding it difficult
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    Put his name to cert he found on road
    166 12 LEONG WENG KEE, 33, was fined $I,JM or four months' Jail by a magistrate yesterday, for forging a Singapore Cambridge General Certificate of Education. The court heard that Leong, a second lieutenant with the Singapore Armed Forces, picked up a photostat
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    Don gets ticked off for one-man campaign
    179 12 Don gets ticked off for one-man campaign A NANYANG University don has been ticked off by his department for writing to several local newspapers and individuals to gather support for the inclusion of Nantah's Mass Communications programme as one of the courses at the National University of Singapore. Dr Lorin
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    Night tour on Saturday
    51 12 WHAMPOA community centre will hold a night tour on Saturday, starting at 9 p.m. Places to be visited will include Bugis Street, Mount Fiber, a vegetable market and a newspaper office. The charges are *5 for members of the women's and youth clubs and $6 for
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    CC show
    25 12 THE MP for Delta. Mr Yeo Choo Kok. will open an antidrug abuse exhibition at Delta community centre on Friday at 8 p.m.
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  • ACROSS THE CAUSEWAY
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      Lock icon Greater rapport hope in May Day message
      257 13 KUALA LUMPUR, Wed. The government envisages greater rapport between employers and: workers with the recent amendments to the labour laws. ■This greater degree of rapport between employ- ers and workers should consolidate further to the j much desired industrial relations harmony," said Labour
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      Lock icon MTUC's 'Black Day' rally
      60 13 KUALA LUMPUR, Wed- to celebrate the occasion. The Malaysian Trades How ey e j- the MTUC Union Congress, which Su y < hS? tomor^ow""^ has dubbed May 1 "Black Day in protest against bers to continue their the recent amendments to agitation against the lathe labour
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      Birds with steel nests to crow about
      123 13 Bl TTKRWORTH, Wed. Tlay fortresses «f steel may s—m d*t the trees la Prml m the ervwa hen there are IMM «f them have apparently taken to bnlldinc their nesta with steel wire*. A team «f iMtofdsts from the University af Malaya, led
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      Lock icon 'Asean spirit can help resolve disputes'
      235 13 MINISTER ON THAT 320 km ZONE KUALA LUMPUR, Wednesday DISPUTES arising out of the 320 km economic zone can be settled through negotiations in the Asean spirit, Deputy Law Minister Datuk Abdullah Abdul Rahman said today. It could also be settled in accordance with
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      Lock icon Gift of narco dogs
      67 13 KUALA LUMPUR. Wed. The Australian Government presented three narcotic detector dogs to the Customs Department here today as part of Australia's aid to fight drug traffic. Deputy Finance Minister Mali Hon Kam, who received the dogs, told reporters that the three were among 15 dogs that
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      Lock icon MINISTER'S SON DENIES SHOOTING BOY
      290 13 MINISTER'S SON DENIES SHOOTING BOY PETALING JAVA, Wed.— The 10-year-old son of Public Enterprises Minister, Datuk Abdul Manan Othman, today denied in a coroner's court that he had held a revolver or fired the weapon one afternoon in November, last year. He made the denial when asked by the coroner,
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      Lock icon 'Raped by pirates'
      57 13 KUALA LUMPUR, Wed Five Vietnamese girls aged six to 17 told reporters today that a gang of 15 to 20 Thai pirates took turns raping them until they fainted. Thirty-three refugees, including the girls, left Vietnam in a small wooden boat on April 23 and landed on
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      285 13 "Travelling economy on Lufthansa is lice travelling first class on other airlines." This is an authentic passenger statement Pt k i l iaimflni mV dfl I tL. L. XJm ftij HI Val nTfl Lai' W l l l f Max Wm*>M *«/>»■- ttttt^^^^ all i -mm«vJr\ mm iMlum i 11
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  • The Straits Times THURSDAY,MAY 1,1960
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      COOLING IT
      386 14 IN THE aftermath of the US hostage rescue fiasco America's Western allies have come out publicly in support of President Carter. They have no choice really but to stand behind Mr Carter. They did this for the same reason they responded to US requests for help in agreeing
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      POOR RECORD
      376 14 THE music industry has been harping on the discordant theme of record piracy for several years. In an effort to wipe it out, it has been urging tighter copyright legislation, stiffer penalties and stricter enforcement by the authorities. Piracy, the industry says, is responsible for the decline of
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    Lock icon Not by TV alone is peace achieved
    694 14 MOHAMMED HEIKAL is a former editor off the authoritative Egyptian daily Al-Ahram. This article is reported from CAIRO. THE bitter complaint of Eliahu Ben-Elissar, Israel's ambassador to Egypt, that his embassy is being snubbed by the Egyptians brings to mind the famous tale
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    Lock icon Fervour without power for Son Sann
    930 14  -  BERNARD MELUNSK Y By in Sroch Srang, KAMPUCHEA A TALL, frail man, stooped and bespectacled, walks around a dusty clearing on a precarious edge of Kampuc hea and reviews a small group of guerillas. By their own admission, the soldiers do not have enough
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    Lock icon Standing taller
    552 14 EDMUND S. Muskie. who was named by President Carter as successor to former Secretary of State Cyrus Vance, was given the middle name Sixtus after a famous Roman Catholic pope because a father saw greatness in his first son. Now, the craggily handsome two-metre tall Yankee from Rumford,
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    Lock icon No smoking please, we're cabbies
    813 14 B.A. Cornell, an Australian visitor to New York, complains in a letter to the editor published last Thursday in the New York Times that he was bilked by a cab driver who charged him US$4O (SsB7) for transport from the East Side Airlines terminal to
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  • FORUM
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      Wanted: A fair deal for tenants
      365 15 HAVING been the tenant of a rent-controlled property for the past 20 years, I would like to respond to "Progressive's" letter (ST. April 11). I live with my aged parents and a widowed relative, all of whom I have to support. My hopes of
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      When land is a burden
      109 15 THE rise in income ceiling to $6,000 a month was indeed a welcome gesture by the Housing and Urban Development Company. What has been overlooked is those who earn less than $6,000 a month but inherited land which they have no means to develop. Some
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      Hardship faced by 40 pc of HUDC applicants
      272 15 I READ with interest Mr Teh Cheang Wan's speech ("Complaint of long waiting list groundless," ST, April 21) which mentioned that 40 per cent of HUDC applicants are single. I am sure many of these applicants do not earn more than $2,500.
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      Old flats' onerous leases
      252 15 Old flats' onerous leases I REFER to the Ministry of National Development's answer, "Strata titles law being prepared" (ST, April 17) to the writers of "There are even longer waits for strata title" (ST. March 14) and "No strata titles yet for URA project over 10 years old (ST, Feb
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      And while we are waiting...
      88 15 And while we are waiting... WOULD the HDB JTC consider allocating flats for rental to applicants on the HUDC waiting list? If so, this would at least be a temporary solution for many young couples wishing to settle down or to raise families. The rental agreement would of course automatically
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      Some more good news?
      53 15 THE announcement of the income ceiling being raised fom $4,000 to $6,000 is certainly welcome news to those who eagerly want to purchase HUDC flats. I wonder whether thought has been given to raising the income ceiling, from $2,500 to say, $4,000, for HDB executive flats.
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      Merge HDB and HUDC under one name
      226 15 Merge HDB and HUDC under one name IT APPEARS that the Housing Board's so-called executive apartments have been conveniently left out of discussion despite the outcry of so many registered applicants in the press. No news whatsoever has come from any official of the HDB or the minister concerned. I
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      Better service for all is our aim
      208 15 I REFER to your editorial, "Sales Pitch" (ST. April 8). The Vocational and Industrial Training Board would like to thank the Straits Times for the publicity and support given to the first VITB SRMA Retail Sales Training Programme launched on April 7 We
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      I had a pass but was turned away
      148 15 I WAS given two complimentary visitors' passes to the Food Asia HO exhibition at the Hyatt Hotel. Being very much interested, I took time off to have sufficient time to view the exhibits thoroughly. However. I was rudely turned down by a
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      We lost priority after change
      198 15 We lost priority after change WE applied for a fourroom Housing Board flat in Telok Blangah it was a New Town then) on July 18, 1973, after paying the $3,000 deposAfter waiting for almost five years, we decided to change to the Central Zone and paid an additional $3,400 thinking
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      No protection from greedy landlords
      226 15 No protection from greedy landlords THE government generally tries to keep the prices of certain items at a reasonable level but what about rentals? Especially those paid by non-Singa-poreans. Not all of us are highranking executives who get their rents paid by the company, in which case the amount of
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      Tardy transfer by Legal Aid Bureau
      174 15 WE HAVE had a very frustrating experience with the Legal Aid Bureau. My father passed away more than a year ago, and we applied for the bureau to help us transfer the Housing Board flat from my father's name to my mother's. It is
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      I was no way involved in murder plot
      293 15 I REFER to the item, "Ex-president is masterI mind of plot to kill Maldive chief" (ST, April 28). "Ex-president" is a refer- ence to me. I was President of the Republic of the Maldives from November, 1968, to November, 1978. I was
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      Park in lots, not on roadside
      131 15 WE REFER to the letter, "Too few URA lots for motorcyclists" by "Disgusted Biker" (ST. April 3). We would like to clarify that there are in fact 31 motorcycle parking lots at the Taman Serasi car park and not 15 lots as stated by
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      Call the PUB
      42 15 YOUR correspondent, "Pressurised" ("Water, water everywhere...well, not quite." ST. April 19), is kindly requested to provide the undersigned (tel. *****88 ext. 125) with his address to enable investigation. Miss SANDRA JOY VAZ, Public Relations Officer, Public I tillties Board.
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      31 15 m i^Bf JB^^^fc^ The look to go far. OG Building. lOOUpper Cross Street, Singapore 0105. I g Plaza Singapura, Ground Floor. Orchard Road. Singapore 0923. Mm l^m a/W S^^Jf Jw m
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  • TIMES CITY DESK
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      Shares end on easier bias
      302 16 SHARE prices teaslea tawards m easier Mas alter a firm ■prnlag at the Staftapare «Uek market yesterday. Light selling f»rc*d prices .slightly «ff their day's best levels as praflt-takers aad stale hulls emerged. With speculators taking a greater Interest la the market, Uwer-llaers saw sahstaatlal
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      Kuala Lumpur
      307 16 SHARE prices turned slightly easier at the Kuala Lumpur stock market yesterday, after two consecutive sessions of steady gains. Buying support was discerned in the market during the first hour, but thereafter, sellers made j their presence felt, especial- j ly among the volatile lowerliners Reflecting the softer
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      Money and exchanges
      232 16 THE US Sing dollar opened at C 1810 X and was bade up to a high of C 1960 80 on short-covering and month-end closing in the Singapore forex market yesterday. The US unit encountered resist anre at the C 20 level and eased to rioted at
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      NOMINAL RATES
      389 16 ASIAN currency deposit interbank rates as at close on April 30: IS Dollars! Saot i Offer Bid 7 days 13 12 1 month !3 > 13 2 months 13 15/ 16 13 13/ 16 3 months 14 3/16 14 1 16 6 months 13 13 I 9 months
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      Discount
      49 16 RANGE ot prices offered try discount houses on April 30 iHerruKhl A Call deposits 6 Osseins Bayias Sellia« 3-month Treasury bills 7 7 3 month Bank bills 10 5.16 10 3,16 3 months CD 10 10 6 months CD 10 15/16 10 13 16 Source: National Discount Co
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      32 16 Closing interbank rates for Singapore dollars on April 30 Offer Bid Overnight 6 5 1 month 10 10 2 months 10 10 3 months 10 i 10 Overnight mode PAR
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      29 16 I THE average rate at which inajar Singapore I I teaks in rimiUv prepared U lend t* Urelr best 1 I risUmfn la 12.2 per ceat.
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      448 17 Advice for Harper Gilf illan Bhd shareholders i I Ml unrf MINORITY shareholders of Sharikat Harper Gilfillan Bhd (SHGB) are being advised to accept the takeover offer of $5.25 per share by Harper Gilfillan (Netherlands Antilles) NY In an offer document released on Tuesday, independent advisors lIDA Merchant Bankers Bhd
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      256 17 Response to C&C Bintang shares good THE 3.12 million Cycle and Carriage Bintang (CCB) shares which were opened for general subscription re i cently, from a total of 7.35 million shares offered byCycle and Carriage Ltd (CCL), have been oversubscribed 4.7 times. Chartered Merchant Bankers, one of the main underwriters
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      Killinghall Tin(M) prospects bright
      246 17 Killinghall Tin(M) prospects bright PROSPECTS lor KMinghall Tin (M) Bhd this year are favourable In view of the strong price of tin and the company's starting of opencast operations to complement its dredging operations. But Killinghall chairman Raja Tan Sri Zainal bin Raja Sulaiman in his latest review cautions that
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      1412 16 ME la« tuwM ready Mir at the cloae 4f kaataaai on tfcr Sue* frwaaagi o( St«a MR jumih) ,-Mnptml wtta the previous Say's prtrca lofMher »iih WT» Ugh mad km I AdJiMWd lor scrip rlftkts Haw) IMM Un tliffe lxi« loafaii <«k *M TIliN Hi I MX STRIAL
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      316 16 BINOAPOBE UNIT imUST (Mmiiri' pries* far May t) The Commerce 2.41 2.53 The Savings Fund 152 160 Spore Prog Fund 1.08 1 15 S pore Sec. Fund 1 90 2 00 S pore Invest Fund 1 46 153 S pore Equity Fund 108 1 16 AHA UNIT TRUST
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      1486 16 BID and offer prices officially listed and Nirinrm in an reported to the Stock Exchange of Singapore yesierda]r with the number of shares traded shown In brackets in lots of 1.000 units unless otherwise specified All Tunes Settlement Contracts *re quoted after the word ■sett" Big Board
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      1748 16 BID and offer prices officially listed an* business in and reported to the Kuala Uimpur Stork Exchange yesterday with the number of chares traded shown in bracket! In lots of 1 not units unless otherwise specified. IMHMTRIALK teaa»(3loSi Us«ai(2 158)(*****rd •JexßaM I132B) 4 Ckar (1 228 1 24S
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        706 16 HONGKONG: Stocks closed easier yesterday, on profit-tak-ing following yesterday's rise, with the Hang Seng index losing 7.95 points to close at 867.90. dealers said Among active issues, Caeang Ksag fell 40 cents to close at HK$l4.OO and Saa Hang Kal Properties 80 to $20.60, they said. HMikMR Baak fell
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        54 16 TOKYO: Share prices closed mixed in fairly active trading yesterday, with late profit-tak-ing and other selling in leaden and incentive-backed issues offsetting early gains, dealers said. The Dow Jones average fell 10.10 to 6.865 65 points, with a volume of 430 million shares. The New index was 467 81
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        Treasury Bill tender
        41 16 THE MONETARY Authority of Singapore (MAS) invites banks and discount houses to tender for a total of $40 million 91-day Treasury Bills to be issued from May 5 to 9. Each tender must not be less than $250,000
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        118 16 CHINESE Praaar* Exchange, Sing* sit, noon elaslag prices per ptrai yesterday: Coconut oil: Bulk $89 sellers. old drum $95 sellers, new drum $99 sellers. Cosra: Mixed (loose) UK Cont $52 00 buyers. Pepper: Muntok ASTA white j fob IOP* NLW $305.00 sellers. Sarawak white fob 96. NLW $290.00
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        236 16 THE KILOBAR market for gold deliverable in Singapore opened at $37,082 and closed at $36,604 yesterday. In the Far East, gold opened at U*****.00 525 00 and. with light buying interest moved lower to $519.00 521 00 in quiet market conditions. The market re-opened the afternoon session at $*****
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        311 17 SYDNEY. Wed. News of what could prove to be a major gold find in central Western Australia provided one of the few diversions for an interest-rate dominated market, dealers said. Project operator, Consolidated Exploration added AH cents to 32 cents, but prorittakers moved in to trim the
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        228 17 NEW YORK. Tues. The stock market moved higher with help from the car and steel sectors but the moderate turnover left the gain suspect. The Dow Jones industrial aver- age rose six points and advances led declines three to two as turnover slowed to 28 million
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        Zurich quietly steady
        221 17 ZURICH. Tues. Prices closed quietly steady in low volume, dealers said. Bonds, however, rose sharply in (airly active trading following a reduction of interest rates on time deposits by four major banks, bond dealers said. Domestic as well as foreign bonds rose. Bank Corp eased slightly while
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        180 17 AMSTERDAM. Tues Share prices closed mixed with t'nilever down 0.70 guilders and Philips down 0.30 among lower Dutch internationals, dealers said Banks were mostly firmer, with ABN gaining 2.50 guilders. NMB up 1 70 and WUH up 2 50. although FGH lost 140 Elsevier climbed five guilders
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        London market ends firm
        587 17 I/)NDON. Tues The market ■lnsed firm a.ier fluctuating narrowly in thin trading during the afternoon, dealers said Ai 3 pm. the FT index was up 4 2 at 436 3 Government bonds and leading equities moved higher initially on the bark of the latest falls in
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        66 17 FINANCIAL TIMKS INDUSTRIALS Tuesday 436 7 Monday 432 1 Wefk Ago 434 3 Dow JONM AVBBAGI INDUSTRIAL* Tuesday ***** Monday HO5 46 Week A*" 78U85 ii k ii an<; skn<; Wednesday 867 90 Tuesday ***** Week A«" 844 88 SYIINKV IMII STKIAI.S Wednesday 598 93 I iifsday 601
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        TIN
        144 16 THE STRAITS tin price was unchanged at $2,288 per picul (equivalent to $37.83 per kilo, unchanged) in Penang yesterday, on an official offering up 115 tonnes to 294. tonnes. The overnight London market was irregular with forward buyers slipping C 25 to £7,535 per tonnes. LONDON: Tin on the
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        Closing prices
        39 16 Rubber: April 30 Singapore: May: 302.50 cents (up 2.50 cents) Malaysia: May: 309.50 cents (up 3.00 cents) Tin: M 52.288 (unchanged) (equivalent to $37.83 per kilo) (unchanged) Official offering: 294 V, tonnes (up 115 V« tonnes) 1
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        COPPER
        31 16 LONDON: Copper prices on Tuesday (previous In brackets). Wirebar Spot CSO7 <£*2I): sellers £901 (ES24I. Three Month buyers £934. 50 (£940). sellers £938(£943) Mwart ks<: Steady, quiet .SaJea: 13,325 tonnes
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        RUBBER
        584 16 PRICES in the Singapore rubber market closed slightly higher yesterday, with May RSS One buyers quoted at 302 50 cents per kilo, up 2.50 cents on Tuesday's close, deal- ers said. Afternoon prices advanced initially on upcountry buying and later fluctuated towards the close in thin, quiet trading. Opening
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        SSR and SMR
        98 16 SI KPN SSK >nd SMK prim vnurdav UAB Mar J»»« It •rr.al Mill (Forward Mill Buytn B*ll*ra Buyers S»ll»r. SSK .11 II kin pallet 1 l*\ 00 '2830 UN all cm HMOM Bifi I t.«i palfen 2TSCU MIIWN Miirn MKM H May JUOJ >VKU i] cm p«lbci
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        53 16 Slhn kinla 1100 <• 60 Kinso 400 »26 Aver Hitam Tin 1360 20 Brrjunloi 830 4 15 Tractors 715 10 Dah Yung 135 rl Perok Carbide 74' r-6' Hume M 360 r 6 Husae Ft 258 6 OCBC 825 r 5 Sel Properties 605 +5 Nal Iron 555 *5
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        25 16 H Moia 295 -45 M Banking 890 -10 Melal Box Spore 332 -8 M Glaaa 237 -7 Rothmans 436 -6 Sin Chew 390 -6
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        Most active stocks
        24 16 M Credit 270,000 P Carbide 269.000 City Dev 235.000 F Merlin 214.000 Total turnover: 4.15m Total value: $10 07m Source: SES
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        40 16 Apr 29 Apt 30 B.T. Indicator: 4194.83 4208 07 Industrials: ***** 471.30 Finance: 843.99 843.35 I Hotels: 417. 11 415.71 Properties: 339.52 340.72 Minings: 280.36 281.65 Plantations 846.31 846.65 1 OCBC: 467 46 468 58 S.E.S.Ind: 426.22 426 64
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      769 17 Q3SIESES.^HIH!ii Our client, an Asean Bank with a rapidly expanding international operation, invites suitably qualified candidates to Till the following positions in its Singapore offshore operation: (a) Accountant ($l B,OOO $24,000 p.a.) Reporting directly to the Branch Management, the successful candidate will supervise the operation of the Accounts Department and
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      1049 17 WNjJ C\cle&: Carnage Limited I«l irportttd m Sngtport INTERIM REPORT TO SHAREHOLDERS tor the six months ended 3 1 st Morch 1 980 The Board of Directors announces that the unaudited results of the I Group and Holding Compony tor the halt year ended 31st March 1980 ore I os
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      2153 18 H A Message From Classified On B r^VS3B*^lll>lfr^^Hil Singapore is increasingly successful partly because of the skill and efforts of its r^x ™H WmlmWmlm^r mmm^m\ \jj r\r\s ore t y L^Sftv H Bw T^ BaKl^T^illl Chances are that you found your career through the Straits Times h\ J L M
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      283 18 FOR YOUR CONVENIENCE C.A.T.S. WILL BE OPEN TODAY FROM 9.00 a.m. 1.00 p.m II EMPLOYMENT 31 Situations Vacant I a) Professional and Executive Our company, a vegtlable oil processing and refining company invites suitably qualified and experienced Singaporeans for the position of ACCOUNTANT He will be responsible for the operations
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      318 18 A wfHI *«tab4i»h*d organ. Mhon •n Mw tfKvict industry invittM »pp4*cantt for th« position of ACCOUNTING OFFICER Raquiramanls Candidates should possess minimum ACCA Professional Part 1 and have al least 1 year working experience Must be able to keep complete set of accounts and completed (ulltime National Service or exempted
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      704 19 II EMPLOYMENT 31 Situations Vacant "^-*»xe»-»x««sssssss«BS> I >- b) Secretarial and Clerical m i^^^—^^^— i An established rompany invites suitably qualified Singaporeans to apply for the post of SENIOR ACCOUNTS CLERK The successful candidate must possess good QCC results with strung credits in English and Maths and Higher LCC in
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      744 19 EXPERIENCED CLERK REOUIREO AMe t rres.iond tn KiiKlish and Chines* Interested rontact 4nH>t>H from Ua m to lpm Factory in Jurong requires an Kxpenenced FEMALE ACCOUNTS CLERK Minimum 2 years of experience in keeping full set of books in a manufacturing concern Able lo type 1 Pleasant personality and able
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      1358 19 II EMPLOYMENT i »s A JUNIOR STENOGRAPHER a) Shorthand 90 to 100 w p tn b I Typing 36 wpm 1 1 level and good command of English B. CLERK -TYPISTS I (Male/Female) a I O' level j hi Typmg3swpm Apply with lull particulars m1 eluding non. returnable pass port
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      558 19 I II EMPLOYMENT ENGINEERING FIRM requires 1) MECHANICAL ENGINEER c I'ossess a recognised Knglneenng Degree Preferably with some experience in Project Man2) TECHNICAL SALES REPRESENTATIVE Experienced In sales of material handling equipment or related products Preferably have own transport 3) JUNIOR DRAUGHTSMEN Experience in structural or mechanical drafting Writ* with
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      524 19 PHILIPS requires MACHINISTS MODEL MAKERS Hue to expansion, vie h.i i I numerous jot) vacancies and vie are Interested to intervlea candid. Hes who are experienced in blue-print reading and Ihe operation ol nulling, laihe and precision machines Specific experience in in.ikinii either handmade uuKlels or tools and jigs *lH
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      453 19 II EMPLOYMENT BABY AMAH. PREFERABL middle-aft and Maying al dist: 'I II or 12 required NiriK 2A***** BABY-SITTER REOUIRED TO *M liter J-ve.ir old bOJ al Ser.ui fOOH (ianlen Tel ho:J7:W EXPAT FAMILY WITH 3 liihlrei requires experienced ►ngiisi speaking Live-In Amah fo Kcneral household duties am rooking Tel 2.'>.«174
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      666 19 *(Kf^i^^i«S r i d T A IMMEDIATE opening. a.ailaM* I »or: I I EXPERIENCED GENERAL f PRODUCTION OPERATORS r (Male* Female) Minimum starting salary of: $300 p.m. (Som* of our workers earn close to S4OO pm I PLUS BENEFITS c ALLOWANCES unie INCENTIVES attend- ance and special promotional (a MEDICAL
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      1240 19 II EMPLOYMENT j Well established Company H quires the services of a DRIVER (Malay Only) Candidate must have eon pleted at least Primar education Ability lo understand simpl Knidish I Must hold a Class 3 drmn licence and have a clea driving record. a ha in i liar with Singapor
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      1221 20 111 VEHICLES I BOATS I 43 Vehicles For Hire SUNRtSE Brand N9wlat9st Modal An Conditioned Cars -MarcMtasßaniXK) Coll Stgnv 2000 GU Lancai Cattut ViOO Coup* •ColUatKtfQOO&S Wafon •MrtJubßhi Con 1200 NO MsLE AGE CHARGE *****6/***** 107 BUKIT TIMAH ROAD k 2 kmi SINGAPORE 0°22 j 45 Vehicles For Sale L
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      671 20 111 VEHICLES it BOATS 1979 DATSUN 120 V BUB* one radio casselle Showroom condition Tel 1979. DATSUN 120 V. coin|>.inv registered 1 owner s|mrts run casselte Tel 8H6261 1979 DATSUN 120 V. 1 owner soorls runs aircond Showroom condition Tel *****87 1979 DATSUN 2B9ZX I 2 lolnplete accessories in superb
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      962 20 1977 FIAT 131 Mlrallon One private owner aircond cassette ihowToom rondlUon View ll Kill.- Terr. i, c oil Blglap Koad 1977 FIAT 132 (iI.S I him Air, on, l casselle Tip top condition $18,000 ono Call *****4. Mrs Kumar 1979 FIAT 131S Miration Aircond radio cassette Koad lax 9 HO
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      1864 20 111 VEHICLES BOATS 1974 COLT GALANT I(8L Cum San) registered radio assette iir, 011,1 sporls runs k.,,,,1 „,,,,Ii UOll (all *****33 after SJOa 111 1974 COLT LANCER ISM llinu.i, illate, original condition View Bukit Tun.ih Kire station l.ikm. Upper Bukll riin.ih Road 1974 lancer 1400 s s |M -ed aircond
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      1658 20 111 VEHICLES BOATS Polymer at* I al™ Sealant The paint protector that keeps your car showroom bright for years. No other wax or polish shines like it. Qua TOT ETiTOPMSE 38 Dhoby Ghaut Singapore 0922 Tel *****2 13 lines) VAUXHALL VIVA SL. \>*,'.t lIM c c Khglhle PARK itiHOOono Tel
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      1123 20 111 VEHICLES BOATS AA ACCOUNTANT REOUIRES AA MEMBER REOUIRES A BUSINESSMAN REOUMES otiA.ir.i I mediah M.< Bob A BUSINESSMAN REOUIRES Mlt sublshl Sigma > ..nw ir,: A LADY TEACHER Require* one vehicle A SALESMAN REOUIRES Cellca cars Tel [.im aMJHI EXOTIC CARS WANTED' I- ll her Mercedes Bell/ BMW GENUINE
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      1309 21 IV ACCOMMOOATION PROPERTIES 51 Accommodation Vacant c) Rooms FURNISHED ROOM al Mai IS for MiiKlr girl Udv Rent $180 King *****16 FURNISHED ROOM WITH private tfatraajet for single male at River Vale*) $200 Available immedi- .itely *****68 FUMNMHED ROOM for rental near i Girls S<hool .list :t*K> Henlalslso Tel *****0
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      402 21 IV ACCTWMOPATION A PROPERTIES 55 Properties Wanted A GROUP OF h.ireiKiirrs It. .in In aocttata. lli.uk Kong .in.) Malayi. looking lor luxurious jpart mrnts lur imestmenl and occupalloa in Singapore OwaMri plr.ise >a*****988ext 3 i Friday I APARTMENTS WANTED ALONG Holland Bukit Timah Taman ■•rasl between 5200.000 10 *300.0UU Tel
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      511 21 I WANTED TO PURCHASE terrace :.i. lor) H.-.H Hiiitirv. Avenue PtaaM »rile »ith offer to I'O ■oa M.tu m.ixuwi Road BtnsaporetaaV 58 Office Space Vacant PEACE CENTRE Baal olflre. I H5O sq It partitioned room, vaulll possession 5255 MM neKutlanle Tel *****51 2/1 FURNISHED OFFICE space at Woh Hup Complex
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      585 21 VI EDUCATION 4 TRAINING 100 Dancing BEGINNERS ROCK AND Hull (lass rommrncing 7 00 p m (Thurslaj i Latest Disco "Mpm I Friday). 200 pin (Sunday) (ir.mil Dancing Studio (airconaataaajaikaMM SOCIAL OANCE FOR Ueginners iiiiiiinencing tonight 7 00 p m Latest Disro Hock and Disco (ha (ha for Beginners commencing
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      563 21 B.iiikiiiK OrtfcUip Maaagraatnl Bet«>c«« ion i Administr.il iv c M .i n.i kcBttll Inl'Tprrtatliili ill Ai i uinls Fo< brocnure*. phone *****1/2 MF Markei Street («th Floor) RAJA'S COLLEGE OFFERS: BBCla lari.il BlKMtnand. Bookkrrping. Typewriting, (drrespondence KcKistrr rarly RaM'S. .O3E North Hriiluc Road 1 *****0 %2403 l IMPORT. EXPORT PROCEDURES
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      783 21 VII TRAVEL li TOURS AMERICA 'BO THE AMBUCAN EXPERIENCE (North-Soutti-East-Wes') Hbjni Umm Nbmbi Amaa ir Casraai SM a* WMaajki'Baai $M Bi Nm T«» hftl 81 Ijaava FMi Mat CaMa OaM* Man* Ha.) Km, 28 Days S$5390/K*****0 mn.wi.fn. 1/6 10/8 U/9 26/10 16/11 By SiA S Jurndo Super B WEST COAST
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      490 21 VII TRAVEL 4 TOURS ARRANGEMENT TOURS PENANG raJ airfares c.iii pervm:iil> Hoiidayinn LaHeur Travel T A_fi7 Tel *****31 7H4<ai i BEST DEAL for the BIGGEST DOWNUNDER 7 ISLAND^ First class Travelodges Breakfast each morning Unlimited sightseeings Optional extensions to TASMANIA'S CASINO GREAT BARRIER REEF GOLD COAST AAIMSETT ongLO-fißnch fcrovei 9th
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      430 21 Mho TIME! SEDUCE (I) PTE LIB STPB. LIC NO: 140 Head Office: Gl4--6-18, Peaif s Centre. Eu Tong Sen St. (Yangtze Theatrei Singapore 0105 Tel: *****33(7 Lines) Branch Office: 1 1 9. People s Par* Complex, Ground Floor, New Bridge Road. Singapore 0105 Tel: 911 661/91 1662/ 91 1 663/91
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  • IX OBIIUARIES
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      140 Acknowledgements
      251 22 II Founder Managing Director of THE PEOPLE'S I INSURANCE COMPANY LTD and THE PEOPLE'S I I INSURANCE CO. (MALAYSIA) SDN. BHD. who departed 1/5/65 Your undying love it with us always I Remembered by wile. son. daughter* ft sons-in-law ft I grandson. MOM TAN HO BUN AgadM paaaad
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      71 22 paaaaa away paacanmy on <w«/«v Mournad by aon, adoptad daughters, daughtar-m-iaw and grandCorlaga well laava JSSJ Sameawang Road at 10 am on 1-S-M. TAV LEA SUN passed away peacefully on 28.4.80 leaving behind wife. 2 sons. 2 daughters. 1 son-in-law, 2 daughters-in-law and 4 grandchildren Cortege will leave
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      144 In Memoriam
      68 22 NEVILLE TAN Departed Ist May 79 Sadly mtaaad by ar ila. aon and tamthf. but minoim of you wiH always ramawi m oar haarta. MR FOO SENG KOW DEPARTED 1/5/79 In cherished memory of a husband father whom we dearly love and miss who left us suddenly
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    OBITUARY
    134 22 W]F£: Modam Goh Cheon i SONS: DAUGHTERS-IN-LAW Lou Boon Shu Ng Kirn Ching Or. Low Bin Tick Regina Lee Kirn Mooi Low Boon Chin SeowMunKit Danny Low Thau Kau Angelina Yeo Geek Bee low Lai Hang Dorothy Chuah Swee Choo DAUGHTERS: SONS-IN-LAW Low Sow Choo SeahSehEng Lou So© Ying
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      605 22 VII TRAVEL I TOUBS 114 Tour* IL > v I USA/EUROPE rTigrifTiage v o yBC piul ss2<moos $2<moo Tour vv wlnd r Jkoly Land. Rome. 1 8 D.y, Europeen 3.***** k Ljourdos. Paris London l rionoey 20 Days European 3.346 00 Jfl Viewtinder iilMßafc. fjßa-»J. 21 Days European 3.380 00
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      189 22 s"JBBHBalB*aB>BMBB^BS>BlB>B>B>BBl (A member of the Times Organisation SALES EXECUTIVES (Advertisement Department) We are looking for young and aggressive sales personnel to reinforce our expanding sales team for our group of newspapers. This is a challenging job which gives excellent exposure and requires a person who can perform and sell at
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      185 22 CJi MIOVMOMMMKYOr <$•*,. r.k— fg (L Bom: 6.7. 19M J I) "AnMmV Caramony .IbiUdn I.J.1980. \\3 ,O of Ne. 8. Lerong Arou. Ott C\\ Man M«v. ICiana at I) Vb 11.00 a.m. aftar «Wch fj) FmndV and nlothw era II UnSf flUAmNa «o o— nd. V \3 /ft Inwlwl by
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      868 22 Bata (Malaysia) Berhad m^ mm (Incorporated in the Federation of Malaya) NOTICE OF MEETING NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN thai the Twenty-Fourth Annual General Meeting of the Company will be held at the Board Room of the Malaysian Industrial Development Finance Berhad, Ground Floor, Bangunan MIDF, 195- A, Jalan Pekeliling. Kuala
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      539 23 I TzeTl [spej SINGAPORE PETROLEUM CO. PTE. LTD invites applications for INTERNAL AUDITOR Qualifications Experience: Degree in Accountancy and or ACA or equivalent qualifications Candidates would have at least two or more years experience in having established and implemented an effective Internal Audit Program for various cost -centre accounting areas,
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      634 23 A well established engineering Company in Jurong invites suitably qualified candidates for the following positions (A) Production Manager Condidote must have at least 5 years experience m the same capacity and have tertiary education preferably in Mechamcol/Production Engineering Medium to light industry environment would be suitable. He will be responsible
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      508 23 KUWAIT AIRWAYS TRAINING CENTRE Has immediate opening for three (3) ENGINEERING INSTRUCTORS Experienced on any of these two Aircraft BOEING 707, 747 727 To conduct training programmes on:Powerplant (1) Electrical/Instrument (1) Radio (1) CONTRACT Tax free salary of single/double Licenced CAT. Free furnished accommodation with free electricity and water. 40
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      314 23 I SENIOR TRADERS A large American Fertilizer and Commodity Trading House with offices throughout the world and regional office in Singapore has two vacancies for experienced and aggressive senior traders. The Job/ Requirements Minimum five years' experience Trading in any or several of the following listed product groups Fertilizer 111
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      2164 24 TO BRING YOUTH I I A lVn RF A I TT V f MESSMiE 1 M W WWmJ ./m \^J J. J from The Managing Director of A^^ Deariand International Pte. Ltd. TO THE SOCIETY. As the living standard has im- By advertising heavily to get DEARLAND INTERNA- Consumers' Deariand
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      250 25 LONDON, Wed. Arsenal, who are deadlocked with Liverpool in the English Football Association Cup semi-final, still undecided after 5115 1 1 hours' play, want the final postponed from May 10 to 31. Arsenal secretary Ken Friar said yesterday: "I'm sure I'm speaking for Liverpool as well
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      158 25 Boyer's goals end Bristol's stay in first division LONDON, Wed. Phil Boyer ended Bristol City's four-year stay in the English First Division last night. The Southampton striker scored three goals for the third time this season in a 5-2 victory which ended Bristol's fight against relegation. All seven goals were
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      57 25 THE HAGUE, Wed. League champions Ajax Amsterdam and their arch-rivals Feyenoord Rotterdam last night qualified for soccer's Dutch Cup final. Ajax. who also head this year's First Division, drew 1-1 at home with PSV Eindhoven in the semi-finals for a 3-2 winning aggregate. Feyenoord beat Sparta
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      37 25 MALMO. Wed The Soviet Union re-established their standing as one of Europe's leading soccer nations with a 5-1 win over Sweden in a friendly international here last night. The Russians led 4-1 at halftime. AFP.
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      41 25 NANTES. Wed Nantes, who reached the European CupWinners' Cup semi-finals, topped the French League table after a 4-1 win over Metz at home yesterday. The victory was just enough to enable them to overtake Sochaux on goal difference. AFP
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      71 25 MONTREAL. Wed Sugar Ray Leonard has been offered CSS3 5 million ($7.6 million) to defend his World Boxing Council welterweight title against former lightweight world champion. Roberto Duran. of Panama, at the Montreal Olympic Stadium on June 20. the Olympic installations manager Jean Yves Perron said yesterday
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      459 25 CHICAGO, Wed. A Federal judge yesterday threw a hitch into Muhammad Ali's US$l2 million ($26. 16 m) comeback fight against World Boxing Council heavyweight champion Larry Holmes when he issued an injunction that could force Ali to take on Mike Weaver first. The judge gave Wisconsin
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      180 25 BOSTON, Wed. The Boston Athletic Association yesterday stripped Rosie Rail off her Boston marathon women's division victory. Kacp director Will (loney awarded the No. 1 spot to Montreal's Jacqueline Carean, who was at the Press Canference to accept Claney's congratulations. Claney said Investigations shewed
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      184 25 Rossi one of seven Italians suspended ROME, Wed. The idol of Italian soccer, First Division Perugia striker Paolo Rossi, faces an agonising wait to see whether or not he can take part in June's European Nations' finals following his suspension by the Italian Football Federation yesterday. The 23-year-old international was
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      188 25 I SPLIT, Wed. Ruth Fuchs. of I East Germany, broke her own women's world javelin record with a throw of 69.96 metres at an international athletic meet- ing here in Yugoslavia yesteri day The Olympic champions previous best was 69.52 metres, set in Dresden. East Germany, last June. ATHLETICS
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      199 25 NEW YORK, Wed. This year's World Cup golf tournament will be played in Bogota, Colombia, from Dec. 11-14, the International Golf Association announced here yesterday. Two-man teams from about 50 countries will compete in the 28th edition of the Cup at El Rincon
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      53 25 Holes-in-one for Kentwell and Wessel CANBERRA, Wed. Major Peter Kentwell haled oat with a four Iron at the Mi-metre seventh hale at the Royal Military College golf Mine here. He was congratulated by his partner, chaplain John Weasel, who then stepped up to the tee and haled in one with
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      170 25 Green for Japan's Chunichi Crowns NAGOYA, Wed. A field of 120 golfers, including 23 foreigners from eight countries, tee off tomorrow in the U*****,000 ($566,800) Chunichi Crowns, one of Japan's richest tournaments. The four-day event, which will be held at the 5,396-metre, par-70 Wago Country Club course, outside Nagoya, Central
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      364 25  -  FREDDIE KEE By IPOH, Wed. Amazed I has been running good races and deserves a winning break in the Class 3, Division Two sprint here on Sunday. The four-year-old New Zealand gelding by Bahroona finished on the I board in three of his five
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      35 25 OSAKA, Wed. Nichido Taroh, a four-year-old horse sired by Argentine-bred El i fin.mi... won the 114 million yen ($1 million (Emperor's Cup here in a record time of 3 nun 18.7 sec Reuter
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      278 25 tm4t4 yesterfey: Al Oxford Somerset bt Oxford University by 98 runs. Somerset 343-7 dec and 1224 dec. (S. Sutcliffe 318). Oxford University 172 and 195 (J Duracks 45. J Orders 42). At OunbrMgr: Cambridge University v Essex match abandoned as a draw. Cambridge University 277
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      Time to throw sport Open
      637 26  -  DEREK WILD Standards will rise and cheating by 'amateurs' eliminated almost overnight COMMENT.By SOCCER is a gentleman's game played by hooligans; rugby Is a hooligans' game played by gentlemen. Doubtless, whoever coined that neat, oft-quoted adage to sum up the difference between football's two different
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      Daring Naidu the star
      148 26  -  ERNEST FRIDA By THE Singapore Armed Forces Boys School brought off the biggest upset in the national schools hockey tournament when they won the secondary title by beating favourites Hwi Yoh by five penalty flicks to four, after the match had ended in a scoreless draw,
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      Regained title
      123 26 St. Theresa's Convent regained the girls' secondary title, which they lost to Crescent last year, by beating Crescent 1-0 in the final yesterday. Lanky Goy Soon Lan made no mistake from a perfect right-flank pass to send a sizzling shot past a crowded goalmouth for the winning goal.
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      PARC 4-1
      22 26 PORT Authority Recreation Club beat Prisons 4-1 in a Singapore Hockey Association League Division Two match at Balestier Road yesterday.
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      Gurkhas in
      28 26 GURKHAS UNIT beat Warders B 34 yesterday to enter the final of the Prisons interunit volleyball tournament. They meet Officers A in the final on Monday.
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      Coaches Smith and Rice to conduct clinics
      295 26 Coaches Smith and Rice to conduct clinics COLIN SMITH, a former Commonwealth Games javelin champion, is one of two Australian athletics coaches who will be conducting clinics in Singapore from May 26-June 6, reports ERNEST FRIDA. Smith, 45, who is president of the New South Wales Track and Field Coaches'
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      Tuan is Thomson hero
      91 26 Tuan is Thomson hero TUAN KAN HAN was Thomson's hero in yesterday's national schools' table tennis boys' secondary final at Goodman Road. He gave Thomson the title when he won the deciding match against Jurong Secondary's Peh Choon Hwee 21-19. 2119 after the teams were level at 2-2. In the
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      Chung Ghee triumph
      66 26 CHUNG GHEE beat Thomson Oh Kio 59-40 in a national basketball league match at the People's Association last night. Other results: Ministry o( Defence 68 Hong Kah 46. Gay Sim 81 Black Shadow 49, 170 Squadron 73 Wah Teck 44. Tong Whye 53 Tai Seng 35, Lotto
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      It's on! Spore leg of circuit
      262 26  -  WILFRED YEO By THE postponed Singapore leg of the Asian bowling circuit will be on next month, but the Indonesian leg, which was to have followed it, has been cancelled. The dates of the Singapore leg, though, will depend on when the national championships,
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      Open skeet shoot to serve as trials
      166 26  -  PETER SIOW By THE Singapore Open skeet shooting competition at Rifle Range Road this weekend will serve as trials for the Pesta Sukan tournament from Aug. 2-7. The six shooters with the highest individual scores will automatically qualify to represent Singapore. In the
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      Junie pulls out of Asian meet
      248 26  -  KEN JALLEH Jr. By JUNIE SNG, Singapore's top swimmer, will not be representing the Republic at the Asian invitational championships in Jakarta from May 14 to 17. This was confirmed by the Singapore Amateur Swimming Association secretary Woon Sui Kut, who also revealed that
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      Anchor League: 28 out
      231 26 Anchor League: 28 out WITH the first round of qualifying matches almost over in the Anchor Business Houses Squash League, 22 men's teams and six women's are out licking their wounds for another year, reports PATRICK 6.4STIANS. The 44 men's teams playing off for the 12 available slots in the
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      Mahader faces uphill task
      297 26 Mahader faces uphill task KUALA LUMPUR. Wed. Singapore's Mahader Hassan, the seventh seed in the Malaysian Open tennis championships, which began at the Selan:or Club yesterday, faces an uphill task when he resumes his first round singles match tomorrow. Mahader, bugged by countless double faults, trailed Indonesia's B. Nahor 6-2,
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      Ballard sweeps into final
      264 26  -  PATRICK BASTIANS By STEWART BALLARD, 17, as expected, swept his way into the under-19 boys final of the Milo national squash championships, trouncing Peter Wee 9-1, 9-1. M in the semi-finals at the Kallang complex last night. But Anthony Tan, 16, who rose from the Pepsi
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      Superior Singapore on the run of play in draw
      463 27 JOHORE 2 SINGAPORE 2 JOHORE BAHRU, Wed. TO SAY that Singapore were lucky to return with a point from tonight's Malaysia Cup-tie against Johore at the Larkin Stadium here would be an injustice to the Republic side, reports JOE DORAI. In
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      167 27 Pahang far from impressive ARMED FORCES 0 PAHANG 3 KUALA LUMPUR, Wed. Pahang may have won this Malaysia Cup soccer match and moved one step higher to third spot in the table, but they were far from impressive at Merdeka Stadium tonight. Certainly, Pahang manager Ibrahim Taib's claim that "the
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      Lock icon Perak let fans down
      103 27 PERAK 1 KEDAH 1 IPOH, Wed. The result of this Malaysia Cup soccer match at the Stadium Perak here tonight must have come as a big letdown to the Perak fans, who had expected their team to tear Kedah apart after their magnificent 3-0 victory over
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      WHEN THE SAINTS GO MARCHING OUT
      238 27  -  KEN JALLEH Jr B> CONTROVERSY clouded the opening match of the national schools post-sec-ondary rugby tournament between St. Andrew's Junior College and Anglo-Chi-nese Junior College at Dover Road yesterday. SAJC, who were trailing 0-6, staged a walkout in the 50th minute in protest against
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      ACS master shuttles and Bukit Ho Swee
      308 27  -  BERNARD PEREIRA By ANGLO CHINESE SCHOOL mastered two types of shuttlecocks arid swept Bukit Ho Swee off their feet 4-1 in the final to capture the national schools secondary boys' badminton title for the fourth sucessive year at Guillemard Road yesteday. ACS, who
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      Tears of sorrow, not joy, for Choo
      352 27  -  JOE DORAI By JOHORE RAHKI, Wed Former Singapore soccer coach Choo Seng Qnee broke down In tears at the Larkln Stadium tonight after his new side, Johore, held the Republic to a 2-2 draw In their Malaysia Cup-tie. But they were not tears
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      VIEWPOINTS
      132 27 JOHORE SINGAPORE RESULT 2 2 Scorar/a (with goal-timei) Tukamin Bahari 31st Mohamad Noh 73rd and 77th and 78th Shots on target 2 B Shots off target 3 4 Cornar-kicks 6 9 Fr— -fctefct I6(off»lda1) IS(offa<da4) Maksom Abidm (7) Edmund Waa (6) Wan Jamak (7) Hash Ibrahim (7) (Zamal Amir
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      Referee almost assaulted
      256 27 MALACCA, Wed. Referee Meor Abdul Rahman was nearly assaulted by a Negri Sembilan player, seconds after the final whistle in this Malaysia Cup soccer match at the Kubu Stadium today. However, prompt action by Negri officials prevented the incident from turningsour. The ungentlemanly conduct by the Negri
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      TABLE
      134 27 ielangor II 11 IS 1 1 Singapore 9 7 1 1 B 6 15 >ahang 10 6 3 1 12 9 :5 CelanUn 10 5 4 1 17 5 14 Malacca 12 5 4 3 16 9 14 iabah 10 4 4 2 15 14 1 lohor* 10 4
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      Cairnhill win
      18 27 C airnhill win C'AIRNHILL under-21 beat Henderson FC 1-0 in a friendly soccer match at Delta Complex yesterday.
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      59 27 (JOLF SICC Open day championship (New, Old courses. 7); Chang! Club May Day competition (Changi Club. 7.30). SOCCER Chua Chu Kang Constituency seven-a-side tournament (Tengah Air Base, 8); friendly: Kim Keat Resident's Committee Zone A v Chai Chee Constituency (Kaki Bukit Secondary School. 4). SQI ASH Milo national championships (Kallang
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    173 28 TEHERAN, Wed. Iran's air force, on edge since last week's undetected United States incursion and a mid-air encounter with American jets yesterday, sent its planes swooping low over Teheran early today in search of UFOs. An air force operations commander said the planes were called
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    36 28 MONROVIA, Wed. Liberia's new government, which last week put to death 13 key officials after short show trials, will no longer carry out executions, Head of State. Master Sergeant Samuel Doe said yesterday. UPI.
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    509 28 THE Asean countries yesterday spearheaded a proposal for a ministerial conference in Geneva in late May on the situation in Kampuchea. The Vietnam-backed Heng Samrin regime, which the United Nations does not recognise, immediately served written notice through Hanoi's UN delegate that it
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    40 28 NEW York, Wed. The Dow Jones averages on the New York Stock Exchange at U a.m. today: 30 indus 804.01 off 7.08, 20 trans 239.87 off 0.68. 15 utils 108.56 off 0.10. 65 stocks 288.37 off 1.64. UPI.
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    132 28 KUALA LUMPUR, Wed. The first official dialogue on economic cooperation between India and Asean will begin in Kuala Lupmur on May 15, it was learned here today. An Indian delegation, headed by Mr Eric Gonsalves, secretary-general of the External Affairs Ministry, will arrive
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    54 28 BANGKOK, Wed. Living costs in Bangkok this year will soar by about 30 per cent more than last year, government economists forecast yesterday. Two government departments, the Business Economics Department and the' Division of Statistical Techniques, both warned of the galloping inflation that was overtaking
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    37 28 MR NAJIR SINGH PURIA. l» "I t-O Hlk II M.irMlmn Drive, timd awaj Maetfulli ai General Hospital on .mi mi at ii«h> Mr-, i- or cremation arrant*-iTii-ais nnj sin cum smuh n.,1 m.i 1.1 *****1 1000a in
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      119 28 Out of the frying pan and into the can Char kway teow out of a can? This will become a reality if officials of the Singapore Institute of Standards and Industrial Research have their way. GERRY DE SUVA reports on the Sisir scheme to marry hawker food with modern production
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      353 28 BUSINESS TIMES Singapore's Financial Dally Cover Ptk* sOt Annual SiAtcnption $l.V> For uibKnption. nil MUM TODAY'S HIGHLIGHTS. Credit POSB has raised lending rates for housing loans and other leading finance companies are likely to follow suit soon. Does this fore- shadow a downturn in the property market? LEE YOKE MENG
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      194 28 UP TO 1p.m. TODAY: Showers in a few places around mid-day. TEMP. (C) up to I a.m. tomorrow: 31 max., 25 mln. SUNSET today: S. 37 p.m.; SUNRISE tomorrow: C.27 a.m. GLOBAL weather Amsterdam 4-11 C Cloudy Uhen.s 14-24 C Cloudy Bahrain 26-33C Cloudy Bangkok 3O-35C Clear Beirut 13-18C Clear
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        Let's learn Hanyu Pinyin
        197 1 This series is broadcast over the English radio service of Singapore Broadcasting Corporation every Thursday at 7.46 p.m., and repeated every Sunday at 1.45 p.m. LESSON 8 of "Let's £c learn Hanyu Pinyin" will discuss the second chuon weor group of "head com- p*ud voweto" which
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        DONT BE SHY
        35 1 IF YOU can speak Maadarln and arc about to use dialect acala, stop yourself aad start la Mandarin. The other person may know Mandarin bat may also be shy. Be the Initiator!
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        Chinese sayings
        40 1 Fu mv en qing si hXi shen. The love of parents is even deeper than the fathomless sea. Shin yu yu lai feng man lou. Sadden gusts of wind, the harbinger of coming shower, break Into the room.
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        Contemporary fiction of China before 1945
        1059 1  - Contemporary fiction of China before 1945 NG TEIK HENG By SINCE the Literary Revolution of 1917, fiction has been the most popular form of Chinese literature. The development of modern Chinese fiction can be roughly divided into two stages. THE first stage is from 1917 to 1937. when the Sino-Japanese
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      PICK of the DAY
      565 2  -  JOHN DE SOUZA By SBC TV DON'T be too dazzled < by today's specials and forget about the regular programmes, because there's a lot of viewing over SBC yet. In The New Adveatares Of Wonder Woman on Ch 5 at 7.45 p.m., our friendly Amazon works
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      Time to relax and enjoy yourself
      562 2  -  JOHN DE BOUZA By GONE is the waiting the May Day holiday is at last here. And if you don't feel like frolicking around some imagined maypole, then relax in front of the goggle-box for the day and enjoy yourself. Settle down and switch
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        276 2 YOUR CHILDREN PASS THIS/1 YEAR'S EXAMINATION? I The vital years in your children's first 10 years at school are at Primary 3. Primary 6 and Secondary 4 when they sit for the Streaming Examination. PS L E and GC E O level crucial examinations which determine their entire future As
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        85 2 MAY DAY PHOTOGRAPHIC EXHIBITION at the Singapore Conference Hall concourse from 9 a.m. to 8 p.m. On till tomorrow. S A I'D A (Hindi) a film show at the Victoria Theatre at 6.30 p.m. and 9.15 p.m. Admission: $1.50. $2.50 and $3.50. ART EXHIBITION at the Chinese Chamber of Commerce
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        1222 2 TV and Radio SBC 5 10.00 AM Opening folowed by Gufvef's 5.40 Antara Dub Dan Sekaranj (Malay Travels documentary) 10.50 The Escape Of A One-Ton Pet 6 30 News Brief 11 50 Circus 6 35 Adventures Of Superman 12.40 Hoiday Matinee Sayonara. Star- Show ring Marlon Brando. Mfto Taka, Jf^f^
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        835 3  -  GERALDINE TANG Interview by Pictures by GIAN BEE YOON YOU may remember her in Mandarin movies 30 years ago as the sex bomb in cheongsam, looking alluring, with that unmistakable coquettish smile, and famous hairstyle swept over to the right. In her prime, she was
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        Sunday treat for chamber music fans
        282 3 CHAMBER music lovers are in for a treat this Sunday. Fulbright-Hays professor David Lewis, coprincipal clarinettist of SSO, and Professor of Clarinet and Theory at Ohio University, will start the evening with Paul Ben-Haim's Pastorale Variee. Ben-Haim is a Munichborn composer whose major influence
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        SSO poised to make its first concert tour overseas
        351 3 WITH maestro Choo Hoey at the helm, and Scow Yit Kin as the concerto soloist, the Singapore Symphony Orchestra is poised to make its first concert tour. The 56-strong orchestra will perform one concert each in Kuala Lumpur (June 23), and
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      691 5  -  FOREIGN businessmen at the Canton trade fair have been amazed to find the different Chinese provinces cutting prices and competing with each other for business. Traders at the monthlong fair, where a large slice of China's foreign commerce is still conducted, previously had to
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      806 5  - A tribute to... HITCHCOCK VINCENT CANBY By IT was the great good fortune of Alfred Hitchcock, who died on Wednesday at the age of 80, to be enormously successful throughout his long career, so much so that he wasn't recognised as a master film maker until comparatively late in life.
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