The Straits Times, 8 May 1980

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    16 1 The Straits Times Estd. 1845 THURSDAY, MAY 8, 1980 30 CENTS M.C.(P) No. 1 1 1/1/80
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    Lock icon SUMMIT TIME IN BELGRADE
    571 1 World leaders gather for Tito funeral r BELGRADE, Wednesday PRESIDENT Josip Tito's funeral has drawn one of the biggest gatherings of world leaders in history and produced a golden opportunity to begin the fulfilment of his deathbed wish that growing international tension should be defused by
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    Female gang boss jailed
    64 1 TOKYO. Wwl A fini.il. gang ixiss received 1 five \>-ai j.iil ■Mitel >■ lodaj foi hei un in *h.ii is believed to Japan s larmt ill us; 1 ase riHlit aulhoi ihes said Ayako Fukuda. v. avail w. led D) Hie Osaka dlslM. iimil ol it.iflu
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    MESSAGE FROM SHEARES
    82 1 MESSAGE FROM SHEARES THE late President Josip Tito's influence and contribution will be sadly missed in this turbulent world, said President Sheares in his condolence message to the Presidency of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia yesterday. 'President Tito's efforts in safeguarding Yugoslavia's independence and his contribution to the non-aligned
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    Lock icon Opec meeting on strategy
    57 1 TAIF (Saudi Arabia). Wed Oinanisation of Petroleum Export inn Countries lOpeci minislers today l<e»;an their meeting to determine a longlei m strategy to ensure st.tbil iiy in world oil supplies and |>mes. But Iranian Oil Minister Ali Aktui Molllf.ll said he saw no |>ios|mvi of agreement
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    34 1 LONDON. Wed. Britain has waned LHqraa leaders >hat leninism will not be tolerated on British soil, following the (Went assassinatioas of two Libyans in London, a Foreign Office spokesman said today AFP
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    Fewer deaths, but road campaign to be stepped up
    327 1  -  EDMUND TEO By TRAFFIC police are stepping up enforcement from today despite a drop in the number of road deaths since April It when the rrarkdown on errant motorists began. The death toll, which averaged 27 a month for the first
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    Lock icon The Great Refugee Sleep-in
    75 1 SOME 7M Cuban refugees are packed in a hangar at Elgin main base in Florida on Tuesday as they await processing and housing before they go on to a "tent city." A growing wave of Cuban refugees was still arriving in Florida yesterday and IS immigration
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    Lock icon Qotbzadeh turns down suggestion
    320 1 Free US hostages? TEHERAN, Wed FOREIGN Minister Sadeq Qotbzadeh has rejected suggestions that Iran might take a lesson from the rescue of the hostages at the Iranian Embassy in London by freeing the 50 American hostages held here for the last six months. In a television
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    Lock icon BONN: WHY LETTER FROM CARTER DELAYED
    163 1 BONN: WHY LETTER FROM CARTER DELAYED BONN, Wed. The West Cerman Government has admitted a letter on the Iran crisis from President Jimmy Carter to Chancellor Helmut Schmidt was delayed because Bonn officials did not realise it was important. A government spokesman said the letter, giving notice that Mr Carter
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    Obote's date
    53 1 OAK a SAI.AAM. Wcl Former l'K<inilan I'iesiileni Millon Obote siiiil today he would lelin n hort t on M,i;. L. I" pailn i|Kiti- in nexl PtCtW ber'i Parliamentary and I'lesidenlial eleelions Dr Obote has been liMn« in Tanzania itnri he *as overthrown by Idi Amin in lanu ai
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    National dress: Here's your chance ...
    620 1 National dress: Here's your chance STRAITS Times readers with a flair for designing clothes are invited to submit sketches of what they think Singapore's national dress for both men and women ought to look like. We are doing this to complement the Culture Ministry's current quest for attire which will
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    Poly starts study by post
    389 1 Poly starts study by post I THE Singapore Polytechnic has, for tht J first time, started a correspondent course as well as extensive part-time and extra-mural courses for industria workers who want to continue theii education. The correspondence course, to be con ducted by a special unit, will initially be
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    China protest over oil
    68 1 BEIJING, W.,l China iikl.i> protested to Japan ovei ill dcc Won to siai i .ni driilii g ami Mil i'xploiialii>n with S<niih Korea on ihc continental shelf of the East China Sea over uhi. h it reaffii n rn'se sovereignty The protest »as made m .1
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    LATEST MASS ARREST OF STUDENTS
    62 1 LATEST MASS ARREST OF STUDENTS NKH OKI. III, Wed. More than I, KM >ludi-iito havr (wen .irrrsi.'d h> t hi' Soviet-barked \i Khan (iovrrnmrnt in the last few da\>, thi> I'ri'ss Trust of India reported titda> l'h'e agencs said the students Mere arrested after of them mart'hed last »e»■ U
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      150 1 42 pages today KENNEDY TOLD: TIME FOR YOU TO QUIT Back Page KXODI'S of Viols still goes on. say UN reports PRIDE runs high after the rescue 3 PROTESTS erupt again in South Kon-.i t SON Sann to Asean Accept KPNLK 5 PACIFIC Basin IdN needs fourth revolution: Fraser t>
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      Lock icon Camp to be short-term refugee processing centre now
      156 2 Camp to be short-term refugee processing centre now HONGKONG, Wed. The United States has changed its policy on the movement of Vietnamese refugees to a new camp in the Philippines. It will now use the Philippine camp as a shortterm processing centre, refugee officials said here today. The Bataan refugee
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      Lock icon Exodus of Viets still goes on say UN reports
      483 2 UNITED NATIONS, Wednesday FOUR thousand people still flee Vietnam each month in small boats, and they continue to be subjected to murder, rape and robbery in the Gulf of Siam, according to unpublished United Nations i-eports. The accounts disclose that one
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      Lock icon Rape victim, 16, dies in Thai hospital
      262 2 Rape victim, 16, dies in Thai hospital BANGKOK, Wednesday A 16- YEAR-OLD Vietnamese refugee girl died in a provincial hospital, apparently the victim of repeated rape on the high seas by Thai fishermen, police reported today. Truong Thi Chanh was one of six girls and women admitted to Songkhla Province
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      Lock icon SEED FOR CRUCIAL KHMER RICE CROP
      72 2 BANGKOK, Wed. The Vteteamcae-bmcked government to famine-threatened Kampuchea haw seat B.MI tonnes of rice seed to the provinces In preparation for this year's crucial harvest, the Vietnam News Agency reported today. Western relief agency officials said the Phnom Penh administration would need Bt,Mt-M,(M tonnes
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      Lock icon Tug-of-power in Manila
      71 2 MANILA. Wed. The Philippine labour movement has become a battleground of various great power spheres of influence and millions of pesos in foreign funds have been flowing into labour coffers, some without proper accountability, reports said today. Labour Minister Bias Ople said he has ordered a study
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      Lock icon New moon found
      61 2 WASHINGTON. Wed A scientist at the jet propulsion laboratory in California has discovered a 15th moon circling Jupiter, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration said yesterday It said Dr Stephen Synnoll of the Voyager Optical navigation team found the new satellite while trying to confirm the existence
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      Son Sann greets Muslim leader in jungle
      112 2 Son Sann greets Muslim leader in jungle MR SON SANN, president of the antlcommunlst Khmer People's National Liberation Front, greeting one of his Muslim leaders at the recent congress of the Kampnehean nationalist movement in the jungles of the embattled country. The KPNLP claimed more than Sjm delegates from 17
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      Lock icon Thais ask three US newsmen to leave
      170 2 Thais ask three US newsmen to leave BANGKOK. Wed. Three American newsmen one a joint winner of this year's Pulitzer Prize for Journalism have been asked to leave Thailand after an argument with security guards at a restricted Tnai-Kampuchean border camp. The three, Rod Nordland of the Philadelphia Inquirer and
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      Lock icon US support for new talks on Kampuchea
      364 2 US support for new talks on Kampuchea WASHINGTON, Wed A CONGRESSIONAL foreign affairs subcommittee yesterday approved a resolution calling for an international conference aimed at ending the fighting in Kampuchea and restoring a representative government there. The resolution also calls for the immediate withdrawal of all foreign forces from Kampuchea.
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      Lock icon Dog's life in HK: Beijing Daily
      191 2 BEIJING, Wednesday READERS of The People's Daily were told today that there are "dog restaurants" in capitalist Hongkong where pampered pets can get a meal. It said many dogs belonging to rich people also have nannies "who look after them as carefully as they
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      Lock icon Pickpockets stage big comeback
      118 2 JAKARTA, Wed. Pickpockets and robbers staged a massive comeback in Bandung, West Java, shortly after the end of the historic \fro- Asian Conference celebrations laat week, Antara news agency reported today. Their comeback shocked bus .passeimrrs and pedestrians as they appeared to be more daring than
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      Lock icon Fireball caused pullout say generals
      297 3 Fireball caused pullout say generals WASHINGTON. Wed. The men who commanded the ill-fated effort to rescue the American hostages in Teheran told the United States Congress yesterday that they beat a hasty retreat from the Iranian desert because "the sky was ablaze" after a helicopter and a transport plane collided.
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      Lock icon Hostages told of US flop and get death threat
      185 3 Hostages told of US flop and get death threat DAY 188 TEHERAN, Wednesday THE American hostages in Iran have been told about the ill-fated US commando attempt to rescue them, press reports here said today. They were also told ol the Iranian militants threat to kill them if President Jimmy
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      Lock icon No birthday joy for Khomeiny
      75 3 No birthday joy for Khomeiny TEHERAN, Wed. Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeiny made a conscious effort not to celebrate his 80th birthday yesterday, a source close to the Iranian leader said today. He was determined to avoid wasteful celebrations on the lines of the ex-Shah's legendary birthday feasts and spent the day
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      Lock icon Pride runs high after the big rescue
      443 3 Pride runs high after the big rescue Saturation coverage by media LONDON, Wednesday BRITISH national pride ran high today as mass media coverage of the Iranian embassy drama brought more details of Monday's commando operation which ended the six-day siege with the freeing of 19 hostages. The rescue operation "has
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      195 3 In other words... BBC SOUNDMAN Sim Harris was one of the hostages rescued by SAS commandos in the storming of the Iranian Embassy. Here is his graphic account: THERE was a f> crashing of glass f alia wed by total darkness and two crackling explosions. I didn't know what the
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      Lock icon Editors hit out at trend to curb news
      255 3 Editors hit out at trend to curb news FLORENCE, Wed. Editors from leading noncommunist newspapers yesterday deplored the growing trend of their governments to suppress news in the name of national security. On the second day of the annual conference of the International Press Institute, press leaders from the United
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      Lock icon Britain and Iran both want to try terrorist
      160 3 LONDON, Wed. Iran will seek to extradite the only surviving terrorist of the Iranian embassy siege, a spokesman in Teheran said today. Britain is, however, reported to be "determined" to try the gunman in London Mr Hasan Habibi, spokesman for Iran's Revolutionary
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      IT'S NO CRIME TO FOOL A WIFE
      102 3 NKW YORK, Wed. Charles Brigglns may "have cashed cheques using an assumed name but the only person he Intended to fool was his wife, and that, the New York State Court of Seals ruled yesterday, oes not constitute forgery. The court, the state's
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      Lock icon Russia's reasons for having soldiers on isles
      146 4 Russia's reasons for having soldiers on isles TOKYO, Wed. Tht Soviet Union has milita- rised Japanese-claimed islands off the northern Japanese coast because of changes in the geopolitical structure of East Asia, the Soviet ambassador to Japan said today. Ambassador Dmitry Polyansky said the Soviet decision to send troops to
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      Lock icon Protests erupt again in South Korea
      433 4 FRESH RALLIES IN FIVE CAMPUSES SEOUL, Wednesday STUDENT rallies and demonstrations erupted again today on campuses in Seoul and provincial towns to push demands for lifting of martial law, in effect since last October. About 5,000 students at Yonsei University and four other universities
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      Lock icon Hua first to arrive for funeral
      50 4 Hua first to arrive for funeral CHINA'S Chairman Hua Guofeng (left) being greeted by Mr Laitr Kollsevskl, Yugoslavia's president of the Presidency, in Belgrade on Tuesday. Mr Hua was the first world leader to arrive In Belgrade for the state funeral of the late President Josip Broz Tito. AP picture.
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      Police bust gang of idol smugglers
      80 4 Police bust gang of idol smugglers NEW DELHI, Wed. Police in Indian-held Kashmir today busted a gang of idol and antique smugglers which is also suspected to be having links with contraband dealers in Europe. A Nepalese national was among seven arrested during raids conducted by police in several places
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      Lock icon Bus crash
      34 4 NEW DELHI, Wed. Thirtyeight people were killed and 18 injured last night when a bus overturned and caught fire near Indore in central India. the Press Trust of India said today. Router
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      Lock icon JAPANESE SUED FOR WORKING TOO HARD
      184 4 JAPANESE SUED FOR WORKING TOO HARD ROME. Wed. Mr Giovanni Agnelli, chairman of Italy's car giant Fiat, has often quipped, in his diagnosis of Italy's industry problems, that the productivity of Japanese workers is at least 50 per cent higher than that of Italians. Now he has a real case
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      French cops nab gun-toting Baader-Meinhof woman
      176 4 PARIS, Wed FRENCH police have arrested one of the last of West Germany's dreaded Baader-Meln-hof terrorists a 34-year-old woman wanted lor murder in a raid on an ammunition-filled apartment in the city's Latin quarter. Slegllnde Hoffmann i and four other suspected woman terrorists arrested
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      Lock icon Hunt's $7.7 m libel suit
      66 4 MIAMI. Wed Convicted Watergate burglar E. Howard Hunt Jr filed a US$3.5 million ;Ss7 7 million) libel suit in a federal court yesterday against a fellow ex-CIA employee who claimed Hunt was involved in the assassination af President John F. Kennedy. The defendants are Liberty
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      Lock icon China-Pakistan pledge to check Russia
      242 4 China-Pakistan pledge to check Russia BEJING, Wednesday CHINA and Pakistan have agreed to cooperate more closely to oppose the Soviet Union's invasion of Afghanistan, the official Xinhua News Agency said It issued a review of Pakistan President Mohammad Zia Ul-Haq's visit to Beijing this week. Gen Zia left China yesterday
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      Germans in no-oxygen conquest of Annapurna-1
      137 4 Germans in no-oxygen conquest of Annapurna- 1 KATMANDU. Wed. Four West Germans have made a rare achievement in mountain climbing when they succeeded in scaling the 8,840-metre Mt Annapurna-1 in the Himalayas without the use of oxygen tanks, the Ministry of Tourism said today. The West German team scaled Annapurna-I's
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      Lock icon Copters drop food to millions in drought-hit India
      298 4 NEW DELHI, Wed. The drought in India has reached such severe proportions that air force helicopters have been pressed into service to drop food supplies, reports said today. India's Food and Agriculture Minister Birendra Singh told re- porters in Calcutta that at
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      39 4 HKKZI.IA. Wed. Israel. Egypt in<l iho Knifed States concluded ihcir latest round of talks on I'aleslinian autonomy today and said that little pragNH had boon mado They agreed t» continue the talks in Egypt next week. Reut.r
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      Lock icon US plans massive airlift for Cubans
      292 5 US plans massive airlift for Cubans WASHINGTON, Wed. The United States is considering a massive airlift to bring the flow Of thousands of Cuban refugees into the US under its control and to end the use of the dangerous Florida sea route. US officials discussed contingency plans yesterday shortly after
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      Lock icon New missile to protect South Africa's oil lanes
      349 5 New missile to protect South Africa's oil lanes JOHANNESBURG, Wednesday THE South African Navy unveiled a long raage ship-to-ship missile today, greatly en- j hancing the country's ability to protect the i critical oil shipping lanes skirting its coast- line. Navy spokesmen said the missile gave the nation's new fast
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      Senate passes draft plan
      71 5 WASHINGTON. Wed President Jimmy Carter's draft registration plan passed a major test yesterday when the IS Senate Appropriations Committee refused to make <vis in the US$l3 3 million (SJ29 1 million) needed to •arry out the programme H> a 17-9 vole, the panel refused to reduce
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      Teenage hijacker gives up
      87 5 LISBON, Wed. A teenage gunman, who is a flying saucer fan, surrendered meekly to police today after a wild seven-hour escapade in which he used his father's car insurance payment to seize a Boeing airliner, take 89 hostages and demand US$ll million (5J21.5 million) in ransom.
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      Lock icon U.S. ABANDONS 'RACE-TRACK' MISSILE PLAN
      188 5 WASHINGTON, Wednesday THE Defence Department said yesterday it has abandoned the planned "race track" deployment of the MX missile system in the southwestern United States and will opt for a stretched-out "linear" version to save money and land. "If you wish to say the race
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      Scientists seek 'aye or neigh' answer over Clever Hans
      237 5 NEW YORK, Wad SCIENTISTS said yesterday that after 75 years of research, they still cannot agree on whether It is possible for a horse to talk. The scientists were attending opening sessions on "the Clever Hans" phenenomon sponsored by the New
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      78 5 HONGKONG, Wed. The Hongkong and Shanghai Bank (Trustee) Ltd is suing the Nugan Hand Bank of the Cayman Islands for the recovery of US$5OO,OOO (511.07 million). According to a writ filed in the Supreme Court, the trustee company, on the instructions of its clients,
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      39 5 AMMAN. Wed The deposed Shah of Iran has re-entered Meadi Hospital in Cairo following the spread of cancer to his lymphatic system, the Jordanian newspaper Al Rai reported yesterday, quoting informed sources in the Egyptian capital. AFP.
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      42 5 NKW YORK. Wed. A 56ye.ii old dental surgeon. Dr l^ester Cohen, convicted of fondling the breasts of four women patients while they were under anaesthesia was yesterday sentenced to 105 days in jail and fined US$5OO (SSI .095). UPI
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      Lock icon Pacific Basin idea needs a fourth revolution: Fraser
      268 6 SYDNEY, Wad. PRIME Minister Malcolm Fraser said today it could well take a psychological revolution to make the concept of a Pacific economic community turn into reality. He spoke at a meeting of a private group, known as the Pacific Basin Economic
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      114 6 Mrs B objects to probe COLOMBO, Wed. Former Sri Lankan Prime Minister Sirimavo Bandaranaike said today she would not take part in an investigation into alleged abuses during her seven years in power. Mrs Bandaranaike withdrew from the inquiry after making a lengthy statement to a three-man criminal justice commission
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      Lock icon Killing in real life after radio drama
      110 6 MANILA, Wed. After listening to a radio drama about a woman killing her twiKtiming lover, a 84-year-old woman here fatally stabbed her commonlaw husband who had earlier confessed to having an affair with another woman. orina Conception, of nearby Pasay City, told police
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      HUANG IN BANGKOK 'TO BOOST FRIENDLY TIES'
      146 6  -  LEE KIM CHEW By Our Bangkok reporter BANGKOK, Wed. Chi nese Foreign Minister Huang Hua arrived here today for a four-day offi- cial visit, pledging to promote and maintain friendly ties with Thailand. In a brief arrival statement, he said the purpose of
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      152 6 POPE John Paul II bends over to kiss a young Kenyan girl on Tuesday after his arrival In Nairobi on his pilgrimage to Africa. The Pope, pursuing his attack on repressive regimes* and toe spread of atheistic ideologies In Africa, yesterday urged the continent's 2M
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        50 6 Seeing green A WOMAN, furious because her husband neglected her in favour of playing pool, "cracked" him with a billiard ball and rammed her car into the poolroom, police in Honolulu reported. They said she told officers her husband had been spending too much time over the green felt. -UPI.
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        68 6 BUYERS won't say why, but cow gallstones have been fetching up to 182 rand (Ss4bB.7) every 28.35 gm at recent slaughterhouse auctions. Interest has been so intense bids have been coming in by telex telephone and letters, the South African Press Association in Johannesburg said. It
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        69 6 I AUTHORITIES in Papua New Guinea are using I cats, pythons and canni- bal rats to combat a I plague of rats on an off- shore island. Six cats, two pythons, and a number of rats trained to eat other rats, have been brought in to
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        95 6 A MAN who says he has lived as a woman since his 18th birthday filed a sexual discrimination lawsuit against Marc's Big Boy restaurant because he was not hired as a hostess by the establishment in Milwaukee. Ronald Francis Terry, 31. who said he
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        66 6 AN 18th-century bronze figure of an Indian monkey god, described by authorities as a priceless, unique work of art. has been stolen from San Francisco's Asian Art Museum in Golden CJa t c Park, museum officials said The 13-cm bronze figure, depicting Hanuman the Monkey Cod with hands
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      Lock icon We are ready anytime for talks, Brezhnev tells US
      227 6 We are ready anytime for talks, Brezhnev tells US BONN, Wednesday SOVIET leader Leonid Brezhnev declared today that Moscow was keeping its door open for disarmament talks despite what he said was a drive by the United States to achieve military superiority. The pledge that Moscow was ready for any
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      95 6 Soldier hurt in demo dies BREMEN (West Germany), Wed. A West German soldier died today of injuries sustained during leftwing demonstrations against a swearing-in ceremony for army recruits, in Bremen last night. More than 250 riot police and about 40 of the estimated 5,000 demonstrators were reported injured during clashes
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      Lock icon Cost of fuel in Indonesia the highest in Asean
      215 6 Cost of fuel in Indonesia the highest in Asean JAKARTA, Wed. Domestic fuel oils are more expensive in Indonesia than in the other Asean countries after taking into account their average per capita income, the director of a research institute said here. Mr Adi Sasono, director of the Development Study
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      34 6 THIS sign in English was displayed by a hotel in Helsinki: In the hotel restaurant, the waitress will pay you a bill and you may sign her on the back side.
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    'WARRANTY DIDN'T SPECIFY TYPE OF SURVEY ON SHIP'
    329 7 A WARRANTY in a marine insurance policy issued for a 160-tonne vessel, which later sank off Iran five years ago, did not specify the type of "satisfactory condition survey" required by the underwriter. Captain William Peter Clark, a master mariner, agreed to
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    For the young
    23 7 THr. Henderson community rrntiv will hold a youth gathering at its premises on Saturday al 6p.m For details, ring *****6K
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    Alleged CBT: Police officer cleared
    426 7 Alleged CBT: Police officer cleared POLICE inspector Oh Chye Bee, 34, was yesterday cleared by a district judge of a charge of misappropriating part of the total money seized by the police during the gold bar triple-murder investigations in 1972. In acquitting Insp Oh, Senior District Judge Michael Khoo said
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    'SENIOR MAS OFFICIAL TO QUIT'
    124 7 'SENIOR MAS OFFICIAL TO QUIT' THE Insurance Commissioner, Mr Tan Guan Aik, will leave the Monetary Authority of Singapore to take up an appointment with a local bank. Financial circles said yesterday Mr Tan's departure from the MAS is imminent. Since he became Insurance Commissioner in 1977, Mr Tan has
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    HDB to go ahead with coin operated ticketing scheme
    180 7 HDB to go ahead with coin operated ticketing scheme THE Housing Board yesterday said It planned to go ahead with a pilot scheme to try oat coin-oper-ated ticketing machines at selected car parks. A board spokesman said the removal of "Pay at machine" signboards at Ootram Park, a« reported in
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    CC classes
    34 7 THE Mountbatten community centre will hold classes in restaurant rooking, flower arrangement, jelly making, dress making, cake making, table tennis and basketball. For details, ring *****7 between 3 p.m. and 10 p.m.
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    Woman fined for tricking doctor
    213 7 AN UNEMPLOYED woman, Lee Ah Chan, 34, tricked a doctor into giving her a $250 loan after she claimed over the telephone that she was his friend. A magistrate's court heard yesterday that when Lee telephoned Dr ALan Ho Chok Chan at the Kai Clinic
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    Chameleon's stars to hold charity shows
    83 7 A GROUP of Hongkong's Rediffusion Television stars who have been appearing in the Cantonese TV serial. Chameleon, will be here for charity shows at the National Theatre from May 20 to 22. Proceeds of the shows, which are being organised by the Kreta Ayer
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      280 7 Straits Times Crossword imin« I <'<>urmand starts on grass: there's Khmony' (5) 1 Santu s target involves doctor undertak e n b y a king and in providing rlc.thes for beg- a opper up a, w (9) K arsl4 3 7 1 on.- spoiling 18* (7) X queen of the
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    'Good reason to expand your stakes in the country'
    455 8 A LEADING Singapore businessman yesterday urged investors with vested interests in Malaysia to expand their operations there in view of its strong economic growth last year. These may be industrial, agricultural or other economic activities such as banking, housing development, servicing
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    Investors tell of problems in dealing with departments
    444 8 Investors tell of problems in dealing with departments SINGAPORE manufacturers and investors have complained about the problems they encounter when dealing with various Malaysian government departments, especially at the Causeway. This came to light yes terday at the seminar. Mr Jamil Jan, chairman of the Malaysian Industrial Development Authority, said:
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    'Great way to fly' story
    67 8 THE success story of advertising for Singapore Airlines will be presented to 1.200 delegates at the 12th Asian Advertising Congress in September. The advertising manager of SIA. Mrs Lily Chan, will s|hmK on SlA's positioning WMt, the application of eOMMcncy in SlA's advertising worldwide and
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    Explosives terminal on island
    70 8 THE Port Authority has embarked on a $4.5 million project to build a storage terminal for commercial explosives on Pulau Terkukor, south of Sentosa. It will be for explosives used for offshore exploration work in this region, a PSA spokesman said. The contract also calls for
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    On engines
    26 8 THE Singapore Science Centre wiil screen films on the twostroke engine and the diesel engine at its lecture hall on Sunday at 3 p.m.
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    Two science talks put off
    90 8 Two science talks put off TWO of the science talks in the series for pre-universi- ty students at the Science Centre have been post- j ported. The discussion by Prof Saw Swee Hock, head of Nantah's Department of Economics and Statistics, on the Dynamics of Zero Population Growth scheduled to
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    Carrom at CC
    27 8 THE IJedok community centre youth group will hold a carrom competition for its members. For further information call at the centre or phone ♦*****7.
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    Training ship
    28 8 THk MimsliM fin <>mrmini< a lions. Mr dnx long CheonK, will open the short- bUM training ship. Singapore, in 'Vmhawang on May 17 at 11 a.m.
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    LEARNING MANDARIN THE HOKKIEN WAY
    117 8 FIFTEEN dialectspeaking Singaporeans mainly farmers, taxi drivers, businessmen and housewives have started a three-month Mandarin course with llokklen as the medium of Instruction. The course, which began on Monday at the Kampong San Teag community centre, to the People's Association's latest move to make Mandarin
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    KL team armed with brochures in Chinese
    180 8 KL team armed with brochures in Chinese MALAYSIAN officials who are here for the seminar on Investment Opportunities in Malaysia, probably mindful of Singapore's efforts to promote the use of Mandarin, have come armed with a special brochure in Chinese. They were distributed to seminar participants in the hope of
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    Four charged with theft
    71 8 THREE men and a youth were charged in a magistrate's court on Tuesday with stealing cigarettrs and liquor worth $336 from the Casino Lounge Bar in Seah Street on Monday They were Subramaniya Thevan Rajagopalan. 52; (Jovindaraju Pack iri thevan, 19: Sulthan Ibrahim. 22; and a
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      328 8 ft to eat relates to food in H general It is formed of (chi) to collect and V (hsiang). boiled gram the sweet smell of theft (fani It is a picture of the bowl and H^^^| its contents and a (pi), spoon to ladle it out Thus ft gather the
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    16 schools picked as night study centres
    152 9 16 schools picked as night study centres SIXTEEN M'htNils have been picked as Bight study crntrcs, two fewer than last year. These srhiMiis, near densely populated hous Ing estates, are to be ,^11!"^ JiUJ inconvenient. The rhoiee of srhoois is under review rontinu onsly as the demand Samuel, assistant dircc-
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    'Priority should be to improve morale of our teachers'
    308 9 WHEN trying to improve the quality ol education, priority should be given to solving i the problem of low teacher morale, Urging this, Grow magazine's latest editorial warns tnat tne long-term effects of poor morale can be very serious. Though it
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    Tennis at Boon Teck, anyone?
    91 9 Tennis at Boon Teck, anyone? THE Boon Teck community centre management committee will hold a table tennis tournament at the centre from May 26 to June 1. There will be individual competitions for lesidents or workers in the constituency and team competitions with other centres. The committee will also hold
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    Jail for theft of a man's handbag
    106 9 Jail for theft of a man's handbag LEE AH KOW, 19, a drug supervisee, was yesterday jailed 15 months by a I magistrate's court when he pleaded guilty to steal- ing a handbag containing 1 US$2,OOO (554,800), US$5,000 worth of traveller's cheques and $300 from a male tourist. I^ee, who
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    President of fund assn
    52 9 MR HERBERT Sunn was elected president of the Ka tone Catholics Uenevolent Kuriil Association. Other officials are M. Cilbcit Rodrigues vice iik-si ileni i. Mr Joseph I. Chltty (hon sw ii'tary). Mr Wilted Chew Ki'uk Yong (hon treas.iii'i i mm Mi Clement Tan Kirn Ing (asst
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    Plant talk
    34 9 IHE TaMlia ommuniiy i i > n 1 1 c mi!] hold a I. ilk on QttHtm ('Lints Kiom (I'd lomomw .ii xjim Poi (m I ih<M ilel.iil.s lelephoiH- *****22 I after 3p.m
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    Cadet parade
    20 9 A COMMISSIONING parade of officei cadets will be held at the Pasir I.aba camp tomorrow at 5.30 p.m
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    The Keppel plan for better relations
    117 9 THE Union of Keppe) Shipyard Employees of Singapore plans to form a joint committee with Keppel Shipyard officials in a move to improve relations. This was disclosed by the union president, Mr M KA. Jabbar, at the union's May Day celebrations at the Radin
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    WE DON'T MIND THE RAIN..
    72 9 WE DON'T MIND THE RAIN.. THK rain did not dampen the spirits of these Singapore Polytechnic fresh eea at their welcome convention at the National Theatre yesterday morning. In fact, they even seem to be waving at the sky and saying: "This is oar big day. Go on, rain, see
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    60 pc of 108 inmates passed their 'O' levels
    239 9 60 pc of 108 inmates passed their 'O' levels SIXTY-four inmates from four prisons and a drug rehabilitation centre, who took their GCE 'O' level examinations last year, passed with three credits and above. They make up 60 pi r cent of 108 inmates who took the examinations last year.
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    Exercises by army
    49 9 THE Singapore Armed Forces is conducting military exercises daily in Marsiling. Mandai. Tampines. I.im Chu Kane, Chua Chu Kang, Pulau llbin and Pulau Tekong areas between 7 a.m. to midnight till Sunday. Blanks and thunderflashes will be used. The public is advised not to be alarmed.
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    Temple tour
    25 9 THE Geylang Bast community centre will organise a Chinese temple tour on Sunday from 9a.m. to 4 p.m. For further details, telephone *****5
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    'Viet refugee' couple selling fake rings, warn police
    353 10 'Viet refugee' couple selling fake rings, warn police POLICE are looking for a couple posing as Vietnamese refugees and selling imitation stones as diamonds. So far three victims have reported to police. The man, according to poHot, is in his late 30s, *ith tanned complexion. bout 1.66-metre tall and medium-built.
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    EX-MANAGER OF NTUC TRAVEL AGENCY ON CBT RAP
    189 10 EX -MANAGER OF NTUC TRAVEL AGENCY ON CBT RAP PHAY YKW JAN, 31, former manager of NTUC Travel Services Pte Ltd, waa charged In a magistrate's court yesterday with 13 counts of criminal breach of trust and cheating involving a total of $13>n. No plea was taken and ball of
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    Singapore, Egypt seal air services pact
    244 10 SINGAPORE and Egypt yesterday ratified a 10-year-old air services agreement which would help pave the way for flights between the two countries and other places. The agreement, initialled on Nov 26, 1970, provides three flights a week by narrow-bodied aircrafts of the Boeing 707
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    OFFICER'S ALLEGED THREAT TO OPEN FIRE: PROBE ON
    181 10 OFFICER'S ALLEGED THREAT TO OPEN FIRE: PROBE ON JOO CHIAT police are investigating an incident on Saturday in which a senior police officer allegedly drew his service revolver and threatened to break open the door lock of his woman friend's flat in Chai Chee Estate after she refused to allow
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    Less scope for designing a national dress for men
    23 10 INDONESIA: Choice of provincial costumes MALAYSIA: BaJnMeUyu PHILIPPINES: Barong Tagalog THAILAND: Recent national attire
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    Sana's 10km walk or jog
    46 10 THE Sports and Recreation Committee of the Singapore Anti-Narcotics Association will hold its second walk or jog on May 25 (Sunday) at 7 a.m. The lOkm-route will start at the Food Centre, Lagoon Fitness Centre, and end at tie National Stadium.
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    'Ripple effect of changing status of lightermen'
    316 10 'Ripple effect of changing status of lightermen' SINGAPORE'S shipping industry will face higher operational costs if the lighterman's independent status is changed to that of an employee of a lighter owner. The secretary of the Singapore Lighter Owners' Association (SLOA). Mr Ow Chio Kiat, said this in the Industrial Arbitration
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    CC courses
    23 10 QUEENSTOWN community centre will conduct courses on guitar playing, social dancing, folk dancinß. swimming and badminton. For further details, ring *****0
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    Ping pong contest
    50 10 BOON Teck community centre will hold a table tennis tournament at its premises from May 26 to June 1. Twenty community centres will be invited for the team competition. The individual competition is open to residents and workers of Boon Teck constituency. For further details, phone *****01.
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    Annual buffet dinner
    47 10 THE Singapore District of the Institute of Administrative Accounting and Data Processing i UK) will hold its annual buffet dinner on June 14. Members of the London Institute who are interested should write to the hon secretary, Colombo Court. PO Box 439. Singapore 9117.
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    Default sentence in graft case set aside
    288 10 A FORMER clerk, ordered on his conviction in a corruption case to pay a penalty of $15,000. yesterday questioned "the rights" of the trial judge to jail him for nine months if he failed to pay the penalty. Goh Eng Leong, 35, formerly
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    CC Mandarin
    29 10 THE Tanglin community centre will organise Mandarin classes on Thursdays at 7.30 p.m. soon. Those interested in enrolling for the classes can ring *****22 for further details.
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      167 10 Slum's the word Mother's Day at the Hilton! The secret surprise shell remember all year. What a delightful surprise for mum! And we'll have some special gifts waiting for her, t00. Family Buffet Lunch A treat for mum and all your family —a delicious buffet lunch at Hin's Cookhouse! What
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    168 Thai callgirls held this year
    541 11 168 Thai callgirls held this year A TOTAL of 168 Thai women have been detained this year for prostitution, mostly in hotels and private apartments in the city. It is understood that most, if not all, of these women, who are in their twenties, were here oni tourist visas and
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    Ex-services association
    39 11 MAJOR Derrick J. Coupland i was elected president of the I Ex-Services Association of Singapore at its annual meeting. Other officials are: Major I Chooi Leone Fye, vice-presi-dent; Mr W. Russel Solomon, secretary; Mr Koh Baba, treasurer.
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    Six-year ban for causing woman's death
    259 11 A MOTORCYCLIST was yesterday jailed a day, fined $4,000 and disqualified from driving all classes of vehicles for six years for killing a pedestrian through negligent riding. Abdul Kahar bin Abdul Karim, 24, a despatch clerk, was found guilty by a magistrate of causing
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    Appeal court allows two to drive cars
    207 11 Appeal court allows two to drive cars TWO men, who were originally disqualified from driving or applying for all classes of driving licences for a year, had their disqualification orders varied on appeal yesterday. Tong Bock Huat, an oil mill employee, and Ng Eng Lock, a car mechanic, successfully pleaded
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    To highlands
    29 11 QUEENSTOWN community centre youth group will organise a tour to Genting Highlands from June 6 8. The fee is $89 a person. For further details, telephone *****0.
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    CC yoga course
    32 11 CC yoga course lUX kam|M>nn <;i;im community cenln- youth map will hold a thicv month Yoga rant twry Friday from May 16. ApaMcattOM lor- on Sun day Koi nion- details, telelihonv *H«IO?>7
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    Appeal for witnesses to two accidents
    102 11 POLICE are appealing for eyewitnesses to two accidents on Tuesday in which two people were injured, to contact them. In a 7.50 a.m. accident at Newton Circus, motorcyclist Yong Wan Yew, 55, was involved in an accident with a car. He was warded with
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    Day hotel guests made do with candlelight
    236 11 Day hotel guests made do with candlelight Guests and staff of a Cavenagh Road hotel had to make do with candles and torchlights when Tuesday morning's downpour caused a power cut-off In the hotel. Water from a nearby monsoon drain flowed into the Hotel Grand Central's basement car park and
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    For more accurate psychological tests
    224 11 THE Singapore Psychological Society has sent questionnaires to its members to identify the psychological tests they use in a move to make them more reliable and accurate. All psychological tests used here are foreign ones, such as the intelligence test which the Ministry of Education
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    NOT HER SON
    77 11 THE Straits Times re-! ported on Saturday that I Mrs Alta Maria Gibbs was I the mother of Donald Alexander Kabel who was fined (400 and disqualified from driving Class Three vehicles for a year by a magistrate after he plead- ed guilty to careless driving, driving
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    Gearing publishing for the Eighties
    96 11 Gearing publishing for the Eighties A FOUR-DAY regional seminar on publishing trends for the eighties will be held at the Regional Language Centre from Monday. It is organised by the Singapore Book Publishers Association and the National Book Development Council of Singapore, and will be attended by executives and senior
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      Lock icon Reason for Johore's big growth
      247 12 Reason for Johore's big growth No. 2 behind Selangor in getting investments JOHORE BARU, Wednesday WHY does Johore rank second after Selangor in securing foreign investment and setting up industries? The answer was given here yesterday by the Malaysian Industrial Development Authority's regional officer for Johore, Mr Abdul Rahman bin
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      Lock icon Visiting general sees HQ
      79 12 KUCHING, Wed. Thailand's Chlef-of-vStaff of the Supreme Command, </en Saiyud kerdphol, today visited East Malaysia's army headauarters here and was briefed on the security situation in the area. The Thai general arrived la Malaysia last night with a delegation to attend the MaUysl*Thai border committee meeting,
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      Lock icon Nine cases
      47 12 JOHORE BARU. Wed. State Medical Director Datuk Dr Tow Slang Yeow said here yesterday that Johoi e was not completely free of dengue fever. He said that since the begining of this year, there were nine cases of dengue fever in Johore Bani alone. NST.
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      Lock icon Thach due today for talks with Rithauddeen
      257 12 Thach due today for talks with Rithauddeen KUALA LUMPUR. Wad. VIETNAMESE Foreign Minister Nguyen Co Thach is to have two rounds of talks with his Malaysian counterpart Tengku Ahmad Rithauddeen on ways to ensure peace and stability in South-east Asia. They will meet at the Foreign Ministry after Mr Thacn's
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      Lock icon Businessman abducted in Muar
      75 12 MUAR. Wed. Businessman Tan Jin Soong, 41. was kidnapped by two youths armed with daggers before the eyes of his family just as he was leaving his textile shop here yesterday. Police said the two youths Ktabbed Mr Tan from his car. in which were his
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      Higher taxi fares ?
      85 12 Higher taxi fares KUALA I.IMIMH Wed. I l'.ixi ipHSMn ue s>>«'kinf; government appioval (or a 40 ccnl fair in< ic.i.v for the Oral 16 km for mMnd taxis i>|>cialing in towns They want the fare to be i.iimsl from the pnWM Wl cents to $1 A s|xiki'Miian for the Selan
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      Lock icon THINGS ROSY AGAIN FOR TOMATO FARMERS
      160 12 THINGS ROSY AGAIN FOR TOMATO FARMERS KUALA LUMPUR, Wed. The tomato glut in the Cameron Highlands has passed its peak and the price of the glossy red fleshy fruit has gone up. During the glut last month, the price plunged to as low as five cents for 605 gm and
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      Lock icon Grenade rap
      45 12 IPOH. Wed A trooper of the Commando Unit in Sungei Udang. Malacca. Hasan bin Mat. 22, was charged in a Sessions Court yesterday with possession of a hand grenade at the Tube Rose Massage Parlour in Jalan Che Tak on March 12. NST.
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      Lock icon Shock for traders
      61 12 LABUAN, Wed Scores of traders here had a shock when they went to renew their trading licences at the District Office here on Monday. Unlike previous years, this year's trading licneces were only issued on the condition that applicants had fire extinguishers on their business premises. Many
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      Lock icon Media talks
      51 12 JAKARTA. Wed Malaysian Information Minister Datuk Mohammad Rahmat arrived here today for a one week visit. He will hold talks with his Indonesian counterpart Mr Ali Murtopo on ways of stepping up the media flow between Indonesia and Malaysia, and visit television and radio stations in the region.
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      CROWS TURN UP TOO LATE FOR SHOOT
      70 12 BUTTERWORTH, Wed. The Municipal Council's crow shoot last weekend netted only about 800 birds far below the 1,000 crows bagged during a previous shoot, the Star reported yesterday. The birds failed to return to their roost, as they normally do between 6 and
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      Was it the heat that bothered the princess?
      202 12 PRINCESS Margaret pausing for a rest when she went rubber tapping at the Rubber Research Institute station just outside Kuala I.umpur on Monday. She put her head wg^iiwj a rubber tree momentarily when she appeared to be bothered either by the heat
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      Lock icon Customs men for navy
      36 12 MALACCA. Wed. The Customs will send 20 of its officers for an intensive one-year training with the Royal Malaysian Navy, its director general. Datuk Abdul Rahim bin Datuk Tak. said yesterday NST
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      Lock icon S'pore is in
      34 12 PENANG, Wed. Tourist Development Corporation Director Datuk Baharuddin Musa said yesterday that Singapore, Hongkong. Hawaii and Australia had agreed to take part in the international boat festival here in July. NST.
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      272 12 Bringing Up Father By Bill Kavanagh Hal Camp I THE PHONE I I JIGGS, I DON'T THINK" f I'LL PRETEND I 'M /MAKING HAS BEEN OUT J THE NEW BUTLER IS WORTH TOO/ 1 A DATE WITH SIR OF ORDER OH, THE BIG SALARY YOU'RE I X J TANLYNOT POR
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    Govt zooms in on the Japanese camera firms
    543 13 THE government is zooming in on Japanese camera and precision equipment manufacturers to attract them to set up manufacturing facilities in Singapore. Sources said the latest Japanese company the Economic Development Board is courting is the Canon Company. They said EDB officials
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    Jailed for having drugs at checkpoint
    111 13 Jailed for having drugs at checkpoint WONG Poh,Dieh. 17, was yesterday sentenced to a years' jail when he pleaded guilty to an amended charge of possessing 2.36 gm of dia morphine at Woodlands checkpoint on April 1. He had earlier been charged with drug trafficking. The customs prosecutor, Mr Tay
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    $3m African deals
    52 13 SINGAPORE firm* secured IS million worth *f r*ntrmeta with five African cmtriM. Moat of them were for eMsamer goods sach m foodstaffs aad keroMM stove*, the leader of the mlMloaj, Mr Ng Choag Ch* said on his return on Tuesday Bight. Contracts worth another lIS million are
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    Giving blood
    37 13 THE Singapore Blood Transfusion Service will hold a public blood donation session at the Goodwood Park Hotel today from 9.30 a.m. and at the Singapore Airport's old arrival hall on May l 5 at 10a.m.
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    SAF saves $180,000 with ideas from its men
    327 13 SAF saves $180,000 with ideas from its men BRAINWAVES from servicemen have saved the Ministry of Defence $180,000 since the SAF Suggestion Scheme started three-and-a-half years ago. The savings were from reduced operating and maintenance costs. The nine-man selection committee, comprising senior officers from various branches in the three services
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    Singapore to sign economic pact with France
    176 13 Singapore to sign economic pact with France SINGAPORE and France will sign an economic agreement covering trade, investment and cultural cooperation, in the next few months. A French Embassy official said yesterday that this would be first pact of its kind between the two countries. Government officials of both nations
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    International fishing exhibition
    93 13 International fishing exhibition SINGAPORE will host the first international exhibition on fishing in Southeast Asia from June 1 to 5 next year. Asian Fishing '81, organised by ITF Pte Ltd, will be held at the World Trade Centre. The exhibition will cover the whole spectrum of commercial fishing from ships
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    Live-firing
    29 13 THE Marine Police will conduct live-firing exercises on Pulau Senang on Sunday from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. The public is warned to keep clear of the area.
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  • The Straits Times THURSDAY, MAY 8, 1980 NEW VISTAS
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      INFORMAL TOUCH
      393 14 THE Singapore Council of Women's Organisations (SCWO) plans to go on a blitz, its target being the setting up of a Family Court. The council's action arose from its forum on the Women's Charter Amendment Bill held over the weekend. The main aim of such a specialist court
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    Lock icon Rose garden antics
    671 14 *EW YQRK: Presidential lews conference: I hi' President: I have mi statement today. We will «o straight to questions »{urstiiin: Sir, you have nnw tx'on in Ihe rate Karil m for the past six months and Answer: Thai is not cor red I am now out of
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    Curbs fail to put the brakes on Hongkong's rent spiral
    1007 14  -  RODNEY HOBSON By our Hongkong reporter THE RENT spiral here is far from finished despite recently-imposed government controls on domestic property that limit increases to 10 per cent per annum on renewed leases. In the business and industrial sectors, rents
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    The EEC way towards consensus
    1512 14  - The EEC way towards consensus TAN LIAN CHOO Discord precedes accord By our Paris reporter THIS WEEK, while leaders of the European Economic Communities (EEC) speculate on what may happen in Yugoslavia following pvSnt Tito°s death !r^ f«liil ™-n-!?i EEC foreign ministers are busy grappling with the tricky consequences of
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      A reputation for cultural piracy will be harmful
      541 15 WITH PIRATED records and cassettes swamping the music industry in Singapore, it is not altogether surprising that Singapore' should be labelled the "pirate centre of the world" (ST, April 30). The acute situation in the music industry has resulted in substantial losses
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      Merchants and STPB had talks
      266 15 WE REFER to the letter, "Business is still bad at Handicraft Centre" (ST, April 26) from S. Dressier. We would like to briefly put a few facts on record in response to Mrs Dressier. On expiry of the initial tenancy on June 30, 1979, the
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      Poolside 'picnic'
      120 15 I HAD the opportunity on Labour Day to utilise the Delta Swimming Pool. To my utter disgust, I actually saw children as well as adults wearing footwear along the path loading to the pool. Making it even more deplorable, these children ate food (such as sandwiches) by the
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      Pranakan are letting part of their musical heritage die out
      225 15 THOSE WHO love and keep at heart the heritage of Dondang Sayang are usually Pranakan. Why the present generation of Babas and Nonyas fail to take strong hold of their golden heritage is largely due to a lack of the
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      Were tests on baby powder done here?
      53 15 Were tests on baby powder done here? WITH reference to the recent report. "Don't use baby powder warning to parents" (Sunday Times, April 27), I would like to ask whether any tests like those in Kuala Lumpur were conducted in Singapore. We Singapore parents would also be concerned. K. L.
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      Run-down state of customs post
      262 15 IT IS sad for me to have to point out that the manner in which the customs offices are maintained in Singapore is very shocking. I am a foreigner posted to Singapore officially. I sent my personal effects by ship. I wanted to remove some
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      654 fined for insecure loading
      142 15 654 fined for insecure loading I REFER to the letter, "Make covers a must on earth-carrying lorries" (ST, April 22) from "Unknown Genius." Lorry drivers/ operators carrying sand, mud, grit, rocks, etc., have been requested by us: NOT TO LOAD their vehicles with sand and gravel to the extent that
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      Ashes from urns fly around
      81 15 THKRE are a number of residents in the Housing Board estates hanging their little urns outside the windows. While we respect their religion, the burning joss sticks send ashes into the flats below. When the strong winds come anything can happen, like ashes living all
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      Same treatment
      128 15 I KKKER to my letter to you which was publ'shed under the heading. "No difference in health care" IST, May 7). In the last paragraph of the reproduced letter you omitted part of the last sentence, which therefore made the paragraph incomplete and ambiguous I would be grateful
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      Narco dogs need 'live' training
      191 15 Narco dogs need 'live' training I REFER to the letter "Drug Dog Tests At C ustoms from Shock" (ST. April 19) and would be obliged if he could furnish the date, approximate time and the car number of his vehicle by letter to the undersigned at Custom House, Maxwell Road,
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      S'pore flu?
      86 15 SCIENTISTS WARN OF THE NEW KILLER FROM SINGAPORE WMscy MpfMt N9p#OSf THI FLU vim* which hu killed 83 peoplt in EQfUnd »na Scotland U t n«w alntn from 8lng»per*. u*dletl «el*!rttett tomxtt -\1» VMiiint Uwt night: TU klllfr could iffiu tarwfcwt in Sunday Kxpress, April 13 I WAS
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  • TIMES CITY DESK
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      CLOSING PRICES
      1734 16 THE last transacted ready sale al the close of business on the Stork Exchange of Singa pore yesterday compared with the previous day's prices together with 1979 high and low i Adjusted lor scrip rights Issue) Closing tone: Steady. Turnover: Official figures supplied by the Stock Exchange of
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      BUSINESS DONE (Singapore)
      1616 16 BID and otter prim officially listed and business In an reported to the Stock Exchange of Singapore yesterday with the number of sharw traded shown la brackets in lots of 1.000 units unless otherwise specified All Times Settlement Contracts are quoted after the word "sett". Big Board
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      KUALA LUMPUR
      1917 16 BID and oHer prices officially listed and business in and reported to the Kiwi* Lumpur Stark Exchange yesterday with the number of shares traded shown in brackets in Ms of 1000 units unless otherwise apeciM IMIIMKUIJ ATM 1 2 «B 3 10S i \JImowU (3 lOH> il r
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    • OVERSEAS MARKETS
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        H'kong
        372 16 HONGKONG: The market closed easier in quiet trading on a lack of fresh factors yesterday, and with the Hang Seng index losing 6.25 points to close at 861.56. dealers said. Some operators here think the overheated Hongkong economy is not yet ready to follow the US prime rate cut
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        Tokyo
        369 16 TOKYO: Share prices closed mixed in moderate trading yesterday, with increased profit-taking in resources-relat-ed issues and big capitals offsetting early gains, dealers said. The Dow Jones average lost 21 24 to 6.834.84 points, with a volume of 300 million shares. The New index was 469 46. up 0.33 point.
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        Treasury Bill tender
        39 16 THE MONETARY Authority of Singapore (MAS) invites banks and discount houses to tender for a total of $60 million 91-day Treasury Bills to be issued on May 9 Each tender must not be less than $250,000
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        Subdued session in Sydney
        297 17 SYDNEY. Wed A stronger sugar sector and US$7B.6 million bid by Dunlop Australia for rival tyremaker Olympic featured in an otherwise subdued session, brokers said. The Dunlop bid, which could result in one of the biggest industrial mergers in Australian history, saw Olympic shares finish 24
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        Small gains in New York
        223 17 NEW YORK. Tues. Late profit-taking trimmed earlier strength but the stock market still managed small price gains over a broad front in the heaviest trading in two weeks. Analysts said pi ofit-taking set in after traders took a negative view of a further hydrocarbon discovery
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        Amsterdam prices mixed
        224 17 AMSTERDAM. Tues. Share prices closed mixed with only limited changes from early afternoon level, though Unilever and Royal Dutch fell further to show losses of 3 10 and 1.60 guilders, respectively, dealers said. ABN closed nine guilders lower at 290. ex its 7.50 cash or 5 50
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        Zurich generally easier
        267 17 ZIRICH. Tues. Prices i dosed generally easier, despite 1 easing Kurodollar rates and < oiher potentially positive market factors, dealers said Bank l-eu and t'nion Bank Bearer shares eased in otherwise barely steady banks and Pirelli fell in slightly easier finam i.ils leading industrials, including Nesile eased
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        London market closes higher
        458 17 I-ONIX)N. Tues The market dosed higher in response to the lower trend in US interest rates and the ending of the siege at the Iranian embassy in l/indon At 3 pm the Financial Times index wa.s up one (mini at 444 6. (Jovernment bonds recovered Irom
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        Selected indices
        63 17 FINANCIAL TIMKS INIJI STKIAI.K Tuesday 444.8 Mc.nci.iy closed Week Ago 438.7 DOW JONES AVKKAi.h VIII STRIAI.S Tuesday 816.04 Monday ***** Week Ago 811 09 h.khanc; UNO Wednesday Htil frfi I m ml. i.v 867 81 Week Ak<> 861 90 SVIINKV INIX STKIAI.S W<rllHlll«I MM (IS Tuesday mxi n
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        Produce prices
        136 16 < HINKSK Pradace Excfcaagr, Slagaparc, mm elwiag prlee* prr IM kg yesterday: Cacwrat ail: Bulk fob $140 50 sellers, old drum (in second hand drum) fob $150.50 sellers, new drum fob $157.00 sellers. Capr»: Mixed (loose) $81.00 buyers. Pepper: Muntok white pepper fob Asia NI.W $505.00 sellers. Sarawak
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      Closing prices
      41 16 Rubber: May 7 Singapore: May: 296.00 cents (down 5.00 cents) Malaysia: June: 308.00 cents (down 5.50 cents) Tin: M 52.300 (down $20) (equivalent to $38.03 per kilo) (down 33 cents) Official offering: 176'-i tonnes (down 74 1 2 tonnes)
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        Falls
        37 16 Sunnei Br»i Str.il. TmdinK Mrtro Hid*. Bou.le.d Mi-kh h.m MM Iron [•rntinicii lK»nu Drv him Ind Fonn Meat 1350 1150 310 494 184 MO 510 171 160 120 -10 -10 -10 -5 -5 -5 -5 -5
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        Indices
        34 16 BT. Indicator: Industrials: Finance: Hotels: Properties: Minings: Plantations: OCBC: S K.S.Ind: Apr 6 May 1 4348.59 4368.02 480.43 483.36 847.4? 848.20 415.98 417.96 346.49 ***** ***** 280.45 851.00 854.17 472.80 474.62 432.20 *****
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        Most active stocks
        20 16 Inrhoape 202.00! S;>.uhy 181,000 Haw PPar 160.00C Total turnover: 4 46m Total value: $13 47m Source: SES
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        Rises
        35 16 Krmpatt F N M Propertiri Nothm.n. Um C Symrs I) her. mat Ksso Inland A Pen 635 865 M 450 420 440 1360 590 S20 35 30 20 20 20 18 10 10 10
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      Spotlight on properties
      356 16 THE PROPERTY arc tar I wm ft centre at keen ac tivity at the Singapore stock exchange yesterday with priors Hosing steady to firm. Moving ao gaad velume, Selaagar Properties »as (arced to as high as fI.M at one stage, bat safteaed later to M.M, still 21
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    • COMMODITIES
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        TIN
        157 16 THE STRAITS tin price fell another $20 to $2,300 per picul (equivalent to $38.03 per kilo, down 33 rents) in Penang, yesterday on an official offering down 74 1 tonnes to 176 tonnes. The overnight London mar ket was steady at lower levels with forward buyers slipping £45 to
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        COPPER
        31 16 LONDON: Copper prices on Tuesday (previous in brackels). Wirebar Spot £887 (£890); sellers £889 (£892); Three Month buyers £913 (£913), sellers £913.50 (£914). Market taae: Barely steady. SaJea: 7.600 tonnes
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        RUBBER
        564 16 PRICES in the Singapore rubber market closed lower yesterday, with May RSS One buyers quoted at 296.00 cents per kilo, down five cents on Tuesday's close, dealers said. Afternoon prices recovered slightly on reports of Chinese acceptances from both sectors coupled with local and upcountry buying. Opening prices were
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        SSR and SMR
        72 16 MM IN Mtg AS IM ■mi •mi Mai l< arrril Mill. hnil N.-llrr. tmm It-uroard Midi Hu>rrm Srllrr> ami ii turn Jyl« .Mm V •Mil I ■\lli Mil I.I' •Mil I" .Mil Mil 'I I I..H. M II pill. I I Mllrli ..JI.I. H InH t I
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        GOLD
        209 16 THE KILOBAR market for gold deliverable in Singapore opened at $35,755 and closed at $35,930 yesterday In the Far East, gold opened at US$5O9 00 512.00 and made up to $512.50 514 50 at one stage on short -covering before closing on a dull note at $513.00 515.00. Gold
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      Kuala Lumpur
      317 16 SHARE prices fluctuated in erratic trading to close mixed to slightly higher on the Kuala Lumpur stock market yesterday. The New Straits Times industrial ordinary share index finished the day 3.57 points higher to 560.86 while the Business Times index rose 8.06 points to 7,496.66. Industrial lower-liners continued
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      Money and exchanges
      201 16 THE IS Sing dollar opened at $2 1610 20 and was traded to a high of 12.1660 70 in the Singapore forex market yesterday The market eased in the afternoon on long liquidation to close at S2 1590 2 1610 Interbank rates at 3 p m 1
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      NOMINAL RATES
      368 16 ASIAN currency deposit interbank rates as at close on May 7: Closing Asian dollar certificates of deposit for prime names: s ij\ i r.KiJAiNR rates ai j.uu pm Cumncw* Nominal r»t» SmithMnwi P»re«ni»g. quoted y««i»rd»» (crost)paritr Chang* Lax-al dollars to «ae inlt of forrlfcn currency: LJS dollar 2.1590
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      Money market
      35 16 ('ldsimr interbank rates for Singapore tfoltan on May 7 Offer Bid iK.-rniKlit M 14 1 month 10 9 16 10 7 16 2 months 10 10 I months 10 10 Overnight mode IS
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      Discount
      47 16 KANCF of prircs nClerwl t» el i mint (vnisr-. nn Ma> 7 Ovi-rr.iuhl pat lU..in« Hum>( SrlliDK I ■■nth Treasury bills 7 1 16 6IS 16 JmonUi Bunk bills II U .Imonlhsfl) 10 7 16 105/16 (montluCD in. i ik 101 is Sourrr: National Diarounl l'<
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      Prime lending rates
      24 16 THE average rate at which major Singapore banks are cnrrentlv prepared to lend to their best customers Is 12.2 per cent.
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      Encouraging rise in Datuk Kramat earnings
      496 17 Encouraging rise in Datuk Kramat earnings IMPROVEMENTS in trading conditions and its planned operations have enabled tin smelter Datuk Keramat Holdings to achieve an encouraging rise in profit last year. The group's pre-tax profit for the financial year to Jan 31, 19S0. rose by 14 per cent to a new
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      Sealion Hotels' profit surpasses forecast
      243 17 Sealion Hotels' profit surpasses forecast SEALION Hotels has surpassed expectations with a good 32.5 per cent rise in earnings last year. For the financial year ended Dec 31, 1979, operating profit at Sealion, owner of Hyatt Hotel, increased to $5.38 million, compared with $4.06 million previously. With continued emphasis on
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      Sea View Hotel expects 25pc growth
      260 17 Sea View Hotel expects 25pc growth SKA View hotel, now asking for more cash from shareholders, is forecasting a 25 per cent growth In net profit for the current financial year. In its convertible loan stock issue document released recently, the hotel company said that barring unforeseen circumstances, "the net
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      602 17 I MARKETING MANAGER I A well established local Company requires a I dynamic and innovative Marketing Manager. THE JOB: The position involves the manage- I ment of an existing sales force, seeking new I outlets to ensure proper distribution of the I I Company's products and also looking into pros-
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      543 17 EXECUTIVE OFFICER HOTEL DEVELOPMENT If you have worked in the development of a new First Class Hotel before, and have had several years experience in the activities connected with such development in the areas of decorations, equipping, furnishing and supply procurement, and know your way around in these matters and
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      763 17 SALES REPRESENTATIVES ESTABLISHED MOTOR FIRM Dealing in best selling Japanese vehicles requires iggrtalvc and hard working Sales Representatives Earn attractive commission and incentives Apply in own hand-writing enclosing non-returnable passport size photograph toI UK ADVKKTISKR S.T. BOX NBI7U 1, NEW INDISTKIAL ROAD, S'l'OKK U53 THE INSTITUTION OF INDUSTRIAL MANAGERS INDUSTRIAL
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      1041 18 AT YOUR SERVICE RATES SECTION INDEX t Telephone Service *****22 m^^ Monday Fridoy 830om .-00pm O*nor» 70 ci 4 per «ord (rrwi TIO bOi I FOR SALE SHOPPING GUIDE T<n«Crnli« 900 o m 5 CHJ p m IM»i %*9 15) Sundov T<n«» VII TRAVEL RESTAURANTS l^X'^rj 1 fuSfm'-'Mlopn, 80.cr.0,^ »5
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      415 18 ]> BEAUTY <► JAPANESE Hoirstyling Salon J Alt**** perMneKy by SsecW ritt Nr SM cm tbtt i Business Hours: Mon to Set i 9.30 am to Spm Km 204 Ordure Shapes* Csntre 7 I OrdUTdls*d O (Ma above Metal j i > I 1 DwarwiiaW Start) A Fer AaailwlwiM. TaL
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      431 18 Mainly forl tourists _J 157 Photographic Equipmant/ WatchM BEST VALUE, MikonM AT SINGAPORE'S NO. 1 PHOTOGRAPHIC SPECIALTY STORE. BBar^^^Hß BBaaa^Bßa^* LsV^b^Bbh BaV^BBaB LsaaT^BaassT V*tsF~' BLaaß^ Nikon EM with Sommlf/I.H> Wr h lens only. N v t^-~^ OPTIONAL ACCESSORIES: SBE FLASH $100 MDE MOTOR DRIVE $150 CFI I SEMI-SOFT CAMERA CASE
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      350 18 15 Musical Instruments I ROSENBERG PIANO (ENGLISH) almost like new, offer above $2,200 secures. Michael Chan, *****1/*****9. YAMAHA S3OAR ORGAN for sale. Excellent condition Interested please contact Mr. S. Kato after 7 p.m *****30 16 Office Equipment I Supplies FOR SALE: CASH register NCR Oood condition Tel. *****60 RICOH PHOTO
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      510 18 II EMPLOYMENT ACCOUNTS CLERK REQUIRED GCE O1O 1 level, able to keep full s«t of accounts and type. Malay- i slan citizens also accepted Interested, please call at 198-B. Jalan Jurong Kechll, tel: *****5 j ACCOUNTS CUM OENERAL CLERK c HSC qualifications and/or LCC Intermediate Bookkeeping c Experience preferred Able
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      651 18 AMERICAN REPRESENTATIVE OF- i PICE requires Male Clerk. Com- i pleted N.S Please apply with < I contact telephone number to I I ST Box A***** 1 AN ESTABLISHED FINANCIAL INSTITUTION requi.es PERSONNEL/ i PAYROLL ASSISTANT a At least 5 'O' levels or HSC with credits In Eng- llsh Maths
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      795 18 II EMPLOYMENT CHEMICAL FACTOIIV IN Jrrong requires Female Oeneral Clerk with knowledge of typing, filing and simple Accounting Inter- < esled applicants please write to P.O Box 1380. Spore 9027 enclosing a non-returnable passport size photograph. CHINESE FEMALE CLERK. Inter- I view 231, Coronation Shopping I Plaza. Buklt Tlmah. (after
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      727 18 FEMALE ACCOUNTS CLERK with •ipof t#oc# r#^uif*d ufQ#filty c OCE 'O' level c LCC Intermediate Bookkeeping c good knowledge of Malay and able to handle full set of Accounts up to balance sheet Interested applicants, please write with complete resume, salary expected, enclosing 1 non- I returnable photograph and con-
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      424 18 GENERAL CLERK REQUIRED Independent working ability with knowledge of Book-keeping and typing. Apply tel *****37 IMMEDIATE VACANCY FOR Telephone Operator. Secondary school education Knowledge of typing essential Please call *****33 (Doreen) for appointment INTERNATIONAL COMPANY IN Town requrles a Female Clerk Salary around S2OO pm Please apply In own handwriting
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      432 19 II EMPLOYMENT 31 Situation* Vacant m) Secretarial and Clerical Well eetabMehed Eiclusrve Japen#s«9 MeMnoofS CNio roQMiwt mi EXPERIENCED FEMALE ACCOUNTANT KlfMty COttteKt: *****3 MISS WONG between t 3Oa m and 1J Mp m to MALE/FEMALE COUNTER Oeneral Clerk required Knowledge of home appliances an advantage Must be bilingual and able
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      605 19 PRIMARY MOUaTMES FNTERPWSE PTE LTD requires A) ACCOUNTS CLERKS OCE O' level LCC Book-keeping certificate OFFICE SOY Primary 8 education Able to understand simple English PImh writ. Mi with run defeats and a contact tslsphon. number lo 2 KM CHU AN AVENUE OFF UPPER PAVA LE» AR ROAD SINGAPORE 1SU
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      719 19 II EMPLOYMENT TELEPHONE OPERATOR CUM Typist required by a manufacturing concern In Jurong Appll rants should possess (UK O Level Certificate Able to type 40 w p.m and have at least 1 year experience In similar rapacity Please apply to S T Box AtOMU THE BARON CLUB Pte Ltd requires
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      663 19 An #9tsblißn#d Oirffwd #4)uipfn*>nt manufacturer in Jurong requiree a SALES COORDINATOR c Age 23 years or older. c Completion of NS preferred. c Technician Diploma In Mechanical Engineering or equivalent. c Alternatively a diploma ln Business Study or equivalent c Oood oral and written command of the English Language Experience:
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      642 19 II EMPLOYMENT A leading Fashion Wear Organisation haa immediate vacancies for hardworking Singaporeans SALES PROMOTERS c 16 years of age. c Conversant In English c Have a pleasant personality c Willing u> work on weekends and shift duties, c Experience Is not necessary as training will be provided Average income
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      703 19 Marketing company requiree MALE/FEMALE TRAINEE SALES PROMOTERS/ REPRESENTATIVES to market new hearth products c Applicants must be between 17 27 c Hardworking and willing to learn c Successful applicants can expect a monthly average Income of S4BO and above Interested appHcenre, call personally today a tomorrow, at: 37-C. 3rd floor
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      543 19 II EMPLOYMENT d) Technical A large manufacturing company hat vacancies lor: 1) MACHINISTS 2 to 3 years' experience on lathe and shaper machines NTC 111 In metal machining 2) ELECTRICIAN 2 years' experience on electrical control circuit and electrical fittings. NTC 111 In electrical Installation and fittings. 3) FORKLIFT DRIVER
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      1795 19 II EMPLOYMENT A well established manufactur- Ba>V ing company ln Jurong Invites r r qualified persons to Join Its elec- a troplatlng section as "t^ ELECTROPLATING SUPERVISOR A^^^^\ aaVaT al^\ I I bGb B Reouirem*,!. J c Diploma In Chemical VHsxesssaV Engineering or minimum GCE O' level from Science 1
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      460 20 II EMPLOYMENT 31 Situations Vacant d) Technical ELECTRONIC 5 TECHNICIAN Jf i> iM iik radio a n<i X 9 Please apply in writing to: J THE PERSONNEL DEPT Jk NEW SOUND V ELECTRONICS PTE LTD. V 2nd floor Teck Chiang Industrial Building if 1 1S-D Paya Letoar Road Singapore 1440.
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      499 20 SCIENCE CENTRE BOARD The following temporary itarl ara required tor challenging new •ihibit protects al the Science Centre GRAPHIC ARTISTS ASSISTANT PHOTOGRAPHERS Picas* call at 10.00 a.m. daily with full particulars lor an SINGAPORE SCIENCE CENTRE SCIENCE CENTRE ROAD OFF JURONG TOWH HALL ROAD SINGAPORE 2260 Malaysians or citizens ol
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      280 20 II EMPLOYMENT 1^ Bonex Industries Pte Ltd. requires FEMALE PRODUCTION OPERATORS Good starting wagM (Stt day* work with 6 days pay). Attendance allowance $20 p.m. Transport allowance SIS p.m. A free toy car after confirmation in three months. Apply personally with HIH I C 2 photographs Hto 67, Aye* Rajah
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      288 20 s^J lallia ■aaaaaaaaaßßafl Ij Interested applicants please call personally with your Identity Card to: COPAL SINGAPORE PTE. LTD. 79, Ayer Rajah Industrial Estate. Singapore, 0513 Service: 33, 1 76, 183, 185, 196. 197, GENERAL ELECTRIC (USA) < TELEVISION APPLIANCE PTE LTD. F FEMALE m OPERATORS I We hav/e vacancies for
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      290 20 II EMPLOYMENT A well established food factory In Jurong requires Immediately: MALE FACTORY WORKERS a 16 years and above a Malaysians are Invited to apply a 5 days week Good starting salary and Transport Allowance Salary plus incentive Allowance Please apply personally totProduction Manager, Gourmet Food* Factory, i 18 Chin
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      251 20 O"D"n Sp< 3D O > C -< m M BmLa^BBBm^BBBBBBVBMB««J ■aCCaa>r~' l^H aH S fleB^K&TaH ■BaaCMeCafffjaflH ■Bull HE9 saa aaaaaal /\mco WeldinG Products (An Independent Divtalon of Akcolnc.) Invites applications for the following positions: 1) ACCOUNTS CLERK (Female) a GCE O' level preferably aHh some accounting knowledge a Experience not
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      381 20 II EMPLOYMENT A well established Plastic Packaging Industry requires: (A) MALE QUALITY CONTROL ASSISTANTS a Possess Secondary education a Completed NS a Prepared to work on rotation shifts (B) MALE FEMALE MACHINE OPERATORS a Age 16 and above a Primary education WeoMsr a High Starting salary a Annual Increment a
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      399 20 Applications are Invited to fill the post ofMALE MACHINE OPERATORS Commencing Salary: $262 p m. preferably have completed NS or currently serving part-time. Education: Have completed Prl 6 A good Incentive payment of up lo $100/- per month Is paid in addition to basic salary In addition we provided the
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      594 20 II EMPLOYMENT SUMIDEN ELECTRONICS PTE. LTD. A subsidiary of Sumitomo Electric Industries Ltd Japan invites applications for: MALE/FEMALE GENERAL OPERATORS Requirements: a Must be Singapore Citizens/ Permanent Residents a Minimum age IS years and above a Male applicants must have completed N.S We provide: c Attractive starting salary a Free
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      313 20 PHILIPS requires FEMALE PRODUCTION OPERATORS Applicants should be: c In age. 16 years old and above. c In education. Primary 4 to Secondary 4 (any language stream). You will be happy to work for PHILIPS since we offer the following benefits: a Good starting pay $210 p.m. c Increment on
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      368 21 II EMPLOYMENT 31 Situations Vacant g) Tutorial t) Production i MALE/FEMALE PRODUCTION OPERATORS required for toy manufacturing company Pteeee ceH personally at Blk 4. SJF BOON KENG ROAO KALLANO INDUSTRIAL ESTATE SINGAPORE 1233. JVC I requires SALARY FROM $220 I II II Call personally at JVC EMt*Mtcs [SI Pit. LM.
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      603 21 Part time tutors In teaching Science Arts Commerce subI Jects at all levels Interested call personally at 818. Bth Floor. People's Park Centre at 6 p m h) General requires A) COFFEEHOUSE WAITRESSES Must have Primary 6 education. Must be prepared to work 3 shifts. Training provided. B) COCKTAIL LOUNGE
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      534 21 II EMPLOYMENT A manufacturing concern In Jurong urgently requires (1) DESPATCH RIDER a Must possess own motorcycle c Salary between S3SO/- to 1400/- p.m c Those without motorcycle but possess Class II driving licence will be considered (2) ACCOUNTS CUM DESPATCH CLERK Salary plus allowance: S4OO/- to SSOO/- p.m a
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      709 21 CLASS 4 DRIVER required Oood salary, preferably staying near Sembawang. Marslllng and Nee Soon area Interview at: 70 tt 95, Jalan Kedal. Spore 2775. CLINIC NEAR TOWN requires Nurses Experience preferable Please reply to: ST Box A***** with particulars and telephone number Salary $250 to $350 or commensurates with experience
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      720 21 II EMPLOYMENT Due to expansion, we urgent), require a total of 10 mates or females SEMI-SKILLED S GENERAL WORKERS in our ftbreglees dlvtelon c Oood salary c Transport provided a Malaysian Citizens can apply 2SSSTJS/2SSSTSS tor Mr. Richard Koh or Madam Jenny Chla The manufacturing company Is situated In district
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      2188 21 II EMPLOYMENT II EMPLOYMENT DRIVER REQUIRED Apply person- MANDARIN/ENGLISH-SPEAKING ally: 23. 2nd Floor. Holland Road B»im^^». Male Storekeeper with driving Old established firm requtree tmShopplng Centre. Hollanr A ye- jfl»V HSANYO licence and stock taking/check- mediately foreign staft:nue.S'pore 1027 Tel *****27 M-Vf. Ing experience Age between 25 0.,,,.., B»MMM^B.MMB»B,M.^, >
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      640 22 II EMPLOYMENT 31 Situations Vacant h) General MALAY DMVER REOUMED Age above 30 Singapore Cltlaen Preparatory rasldlng KaMng araa Interested please call personally at 117. SOUTH BRIDGE ROAD SB4OAPORE OMS. MALE FACTORY WORKERS and Welders required Factory workers starling $280 to $280 pm Welders starting salary $16 to $18 per
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      653 22 U.S. Company ki KaMwtg BaaM raqvtra* STORE ASSISTANT a Sec 2 education wllh Technical background an advantage a Completed National Service a Owns motorbike with Class 3 driving licence a Ito 2 years' experience a Between 21 -25 yean old Can Slaphan/J*34j** tar koarvtax. 1 VISUALWER/F A ARTIST required by
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      620 22 II EMPLOYMENT WANTED OFFICE ASSISTANT, v starting salary $200 pm. and Cargohands. starling salary $200 >' pm. Willing lo work staggered sr hours Call personally at: Naku- "< freight (S) Pie Ltd. Third Cargo M Complex. Paya I.ebar Airport. p Spore 1963 WANTED UNOENTLV DESPATCH I Rider, with or without
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      629 22 ROENTLV REQUIRED RAFTSMAN wllh minimum 5 •ars of working experience In a Hpyard Write, giving name and ddress. telephone conUct and tlary expected to Queen Street 0 Box 113. Singapore 91 18. 'ORKERS WANTEO FOR Packing nd General duties. Call personlly at 142. Boat Quay. Spore 0105 lear Havelock Road
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      974 22 111 VEHICLES BOATS DECEMBER 1*72 DATSUN 1200 3 E private owners Good condition nr Cassette, taxed till 11/80. $8,200 U o.n 0. Phone *****81 Chiam el ENO I*7l DATSUN 1200. In very *f good condition Radio cassette $6,850 Tel *****4 GOOD OATSUN 100A. 1971. Road f Ux till August. 1980
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      959 22 ND 1*72 CORTINA 1300. OXL lodel. beautiful perfect condlon. alrcond. amplifier, cassette, irlrldge. radio fur cushions, jorts rlms/tyres No PARF Call fter 3 p m *****25 Selling $6,350 no. NO 72 CORTINA 1600 OT. radio/ usette/ alrcond. sports rims, ew tyres, very good condition llglble PARF Selling $B.son onuct *****22/
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      919 22 111 VEHICLES BOATS OCTOBER -7* MERCEDES 200. Ist owner, radio/ cassette and alrcond, road Ux/ insurance till Sept rip top condition Selling $61.3000 no Tel ******3 REGISTERED SEPT I*7* Mercedes 230. eligible for PARF. new Ux/ insurance $35,000 Tel: *****0 SEPT 1*72 MERCEDES 230 Auto Tax till Sept Original paintwork
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      768 22 I*7* COLT SIGMA 1600 GS One careful owner, alrcond. radio cassette, sports rims. Rust proofed *****32 J) Toyota ALMOST 1*72 TOYOTA Corolla 1200. New tax. beautiful condition. $7,700 negotiable Loan $6,500 arrangeable. *****2 ALMOST I*7* TOYOTA Corolla, alrcond, 2 owners, many accessories. $15,300 negotiable. ConUct *****19. BEAUTIFUL METALLIC EA4230 ToyoU
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      655 22 111 VEHICLES BOATS EXPATRIATE DEC. I*7S Alfa Romeo AlfetU 1 8. 2nd Owner (Ex-Company's Registration) Tax March 1981 Concealed Alrcon Radio Cassette Velvet upholstery Done 45,000 miles. Showroom condition $18,500 negotiable Tel: *****86 Bj^uujjf^S [jL APPROVAi 11 f)Ziebart •VSr ***** 12/3 or AA *****44 JANUARY I*7l AUSTIN 1300 GT. Tax/
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      880 22 I»7S VOLKSWAGEN 1200. tax August. 2nd owner, original paintwork, excellent condition Tel: *****50 Vincent. MM HOLOEN STATrONWAGON Contact American Embassy. ***** ext 212 i»7«. VOLVO 144. Ist private owner Alrcond. new tyres. paintwork Beautiful condition *****2 TIONG CHOON CO PTE LTD S'pora Uaad Cart Cantr* Plot B Kampong Java Fringe
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      868 23 I a A beautiful eiecutive detached bungalow in quiet flrsl class residential location Beautilul interior layout with 3 i bedrooms and a study, large 1 living room, separate dining, kitchen and servant's room. matured private garden Kent depending on terms of a Datac h a d/ aeasi-detachad bungalows available ln
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      895 23 I DIST 5 SINGLE STOREY DETACHED huniEalov. tally furnlstn-d vim nn c garden Contact. *****07 *****56 DIST. BEAUTIFUL DOUBLESTOREY setni-detached with 4 bedrooms study room and servant's room Fully alrcond Fully furnished $3,000 Tel *****67/ 8 DIST. S, V 3 bedrooms Townhouse within 5 minutes walk to Orchard Road Immediate
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      867 23 I A LUXURIOUS APARTMENT in > .list '.1 with swimminK pool len j nis court 4 bedrooms, servant's rixuii Fully furnished Central alrcond al Balmoral Towers. l.uiky Towers $5,000 Tel *****67/8 A MERE $2. *00 for penthouse level view from spacious luxurious apartment within walking distance to Orchard Road Swimming
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      786 23 I FABER HILLS DIST. 5 well turj nMMd t-hedriKimed apartment with swimming pool, tennis court Available immediately $2,400 furnished Regional *****31/ *****54 FOR RENT. 2-BEDROOMED apartment at 79D. Cavenagh Road. Singapore 0922 Interested please call *****11 FURNISHED ONE BEDROOMED APARTMENT AT MERLIN PLAZA Meal tor single poreon Amenities include swimming
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      801 23 I CONTINENTAL APPRAISAL CO PTE LTD Real Eate.e Ag.nti 1 Valuer IleqLires LUXURIOUS APARTMENTS/ DETACHED/ SEMI-OETACHED BUNGALOWS lor our enpatrtete clients from ••tablnhed firmr Budget $1,200 to $•000 Tanancy on company leaee For prompt rental services, owners please call: MM (PROPERTY MANAGER) ESTABLISHED CONCERN Rrqjlres PRESTIGEOUS HOUSES/ APARTMENTS IN DISTS.
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      881 23 54 Properties For Sale a) Houses A BEAUTIFUL 3-STOREY detacr ed, off Holland Road 5 bee rooms, servant's. Split-level ll\ Ing/ dining 11.000 sq ft $780.00 *****2 A BEAUTIFUL DOUBLE-STORE Terrace DUt. 11 Unlversll Road Vacant possession. $238 000 General Properties *****! *****8 A BEAUTIFUL DETACHED wit own design at
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      977 23 I I DIST 11 MODERN CALIFORNIA link bungalow with 4 spacious bedrooms split-level living/ dinIng, servant's room Freehold land Area approx 4.000 sqft I Selling $395,000 Call Mldfield B Really *****66 I OIBT. 11 RENOVATED DOUBLE STOREY detached approx 6.300 sq ft 3 bedrooms/ study/ servant's Excellent location $695,000 Practical
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      837 23 i SEMBAWANO HILLS DIST. 20 sHiKl^-storey i all forn l.iii terrace 3 bedrooms. 2.200 sq ft well > renovated. $155,000 Regie nal j *****00/*****54 SOMMERVILLE ESTATE TOWNHOUSE 2.582 sq ft 4 bedrooms, Type B for sale foreigners can buy Principals call: 4:***** b) Flats RtDOEWOOO APARTMENT KUHIO RISE 111 1
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      867 24 IV ACCOMMODATION PROPERTIES 54 Properties For Sal* b) Flats APARTMENT IN DIST. o*2] Luxuriously furnished and renovated with many extras Tenanted at $1,800 p m Selling $205,000 8 n o Fields *****/ *****/ ***** APARTMENTS GALORE: Peace Mansion $420.000/ St Patrick's Oarden Type 'C $163,000 Hang Tat Oarden $230,000/ Faber
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      799 24 KAMEHAMEHA RISE RIDGEWOOO, 3-bedroomed apartment on high floor 1.600 sq ft Panoramic view Completion September 1880 $330,000 Call *****66 LUXURIOUS APARTMENT FOR sale Only 1 unit left In dlst. 113 bedrooms with bathrooms atUched Split-level living/ dining with balcony Complete with swimming pool, covered carpark snd security guards service. Within
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      3162 25 VI EDUCATION I TRAINING 1 1 1 VII TRAVEL TOURS VII TRAVEL A TOURS VII TRAVEL A TOURS VII TRAVEL TOURS STOKES MANAGEMENT 4 Inven- tory Control commencing 20 5 80. I __^^^^^__T^^^_^^___i i 102 EduCBtlon z^ I ■TTrnTsL?! PifTirinrn^WM _P___** lAI 111 q l T^'^'mL^ai'Tr^nTng I I l^nnr^^n^nr^i^Vv^V_l ___k
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  • IX OBITUARIES
    • Obituary
      140 Acknowledgements
      139 26 MX ANO MRS. Nan Swee Kang and family of the late Mrs Nah nee Llm Seah Cheng (aged 91) wish to express their heartfelt thanks to friends, relatives and colleagues for their kind assistance, condolences, donations, scrolls, wreaths and attendance during their recent bereavement. Th« family ol tha
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      70 26 ONOSENQKOK AgadSl pHHd away pMKwtHy at J. 30 «.m on 7th M j y i9OO mcvhiq D9ntno Son: Ong Hwee Khoon Daughter*: Ong Hui Llan (Mrs Pamela Koh) Ong Hut Blau fwi 111 lan Phillip Koh Night Sanrteaa wW b* haM an S-S-•0 p.m. at ALL SAINTS MEMOMAL
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      101 26 MOM. TANG AH TA Departed S-S-7S Dearly mraaad by MM, dsyohlart, sona-in-law, daugMara-M-iaw. grandcMidren and great grendch*- IN LOVING MEMORY OF (NANA) LUCY ETTA TAVE DEPARTED ITH MAY 1t77 NOT JUST TODAY BUT EVERYDAY IN SILENCE WE REMEMBER BY LOVED ONES. MR. J.B. JE Y ARETNAM AND
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      30 26 BHOG CEREMONY MR. NAJIR SINGH PUHIA (TEACHER) p»»d away paacotuHy on JOAJO. BHOG Ceremony will b. h*M •< Sin Guru Singh Sabha on 9 5 SO al 1200 hre.
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      782 26 VII TRAVEL TOUBS 1 M^^^ M SIOANE COUNT HOTEL. 17. BalmonU Road. Orchard Area Dally 117 WhtrttoStay gMS""" >■■ M£W MAVFAM MOTEL, No 40 to 44 CtaSMnBO Ads. Armenian SUrft. Spore 0817 27 TlU Original Departmental alrcondltloned. carpeted rooms Store Tel 32S4O5 (3 lines)/ 324M2 (3 VIII ANNOUNCEMENTS PERSONAL LOVED
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      343 26 LEMBAGA LETRIK NEGARA \^J TANAH MELAYU >i4'13lAj national electricity board i£§^?!g& OF THE STATES OF MALAYA SUPPLY DELIVERY OF POWER TRANSFORMERS AND CONTROL EQUIPMENT TENDER NO. ***** Tenders are .nvited for the Supply and Delivery of Power Transformers ar Control Equipment as follows: 2 off 90 MVA 132/33 kV Transformers
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      644 26 I SEC I carreer with NEC MALAYSIA SDN. BERHAD. We are one of the leading manufacturer of semiconductor components and ore looking for dynamic Malaysians to join our fast expanding company. We have for immediate employment, I several vacancies in each of the following positions: 1. PROCESS FOREMAN Preferably BUMIPUTRA;
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      678 26 GUTHRIE SENDIRIAN BERHAD (Guthrie Engineering) I The Construction Equipment and Compressed Air Division I I (CECAD) is proud to announce the recent acquisition of sole I I distributorship of two major agencies in wheel loaders and I I hydraulic excavators and with this expansion, we invite I I applications for
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  • TIMESPORT PAGE ONE
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      Lock icon Fibak ousts Amaya in first round
      223 27 NEW YORK, Wed. Poland's Woitek Fibak saved four match points yesterday before defeating eighth-seeded Victor Amaya, of the United States, 6-2, 345, 7-5 to reach the second round of the US$5OO,OOO ($1.09 million) Tournament of Champions at the West Side Tennis Club in Forest
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      155 27 Chris and Laura crash out PERUGIA, Wed. Former world No. 1 Chris Evert Lloyd, of the United States, was surprisingly beaten in her first-round doubles match in the Italian women's tennis championships here yesterday. Chris, returning to international tennis after a three-month rest, and her compatriot Laura Dupont were beaten
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      Lock icon Bowler Doshi steers Warwicks to victory
      291 27 LONDON, Wed. Veteran Indian bowler Dilip Doshi took four wickets (or 36 runs yesterday to steer Warwickshire to victory over Hampshire in an English county championship cricket match at Southampton. Doshi's fine spell helped Warwickshire dismiss j Hampshire for just 142 in the second
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      375 27 MOENCHENGLADBACH, Wednesday HOLDERS Borussia Moenchengladbach set off in search of their third European Football Union Cup success in five years today in the first leg of the allWest German final against Eintracht Frankfurt here. Borussia, contesting their fifth European soccer final in eight
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      Lock icon Middlesbro' beat the champions
      300 27 LONDON, Wad. LIVERPOOL, already assured of the title, lost their last English League soccer match of the season last night, when they went down 1-0 at Middlesbrough. David Shearer scored Middlesbrough's lastminute winner that left Liverpool with a final tally of 60 points, two more than
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      Lock icon 'Doc' quits QPR by mutual consent
      113 27 'Doc' quits QPR by mutual consent LONDON, Wed. Tommy Docherty, English soccers most controversial manager, has left Second Division club Queen's Park Rangers by mutual consent after just one year, the club announced here yesterday. QPR were the seventh League club Docherty managed in a colourful career that has seen
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      Lock icon Rossi likely to miss European finals
      288 27 ROME, Wed. The Golden Boy of Italian soccer, Paolo Rossi, will almost certainly miss next month's European Nations' finals because of his Involvement la the Toto Nero matchfixing scandal, the Italian Press reported here yesterday. They based their claims oa a statement by Italian
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      Lock icon 'Der Kaiser' to return home next season
      148 27 HAMBURG, Wed. Former West German soc- i cer team captain Franz Beckenbauer is returning home after reigning over New York Cosmos for I three seasons. Beckenbauer, known in Germany as 'Der Kaiser' (The Emperor) announced last week that he wanted to join West
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      Lock icon Wales' boss drops two
      95 27 WREXHAM, Wed. Wales' new soccer manager, Mike England, dropped two of his most experienced defenders Byron Stevenson (Leeds) and Bob Berry (Wolves) for the opening match in the British championship, against England, here on Saturday week. The iqaaa': Dai Davies (Wrexham). Joey Jones (Wrexham). David Jones
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      Lock icon Champions defeated
      71 27 JAKARTA. Wed Reigning champions Burma were last night defeated 2-1 by Holland in the Marah Halim Cup cham- Kinship in Medan, North umatra. Watched by 8.000 fans, the Dutch led 2-0 in the first half, in which the Burmese looked a bit slow. But. five minutes before the
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      BRIEFS
      466 27 AUH.ENK. Wed One Littler and J C Snead each shot a handful of birdies on the Fairway Oaks Golf And Racijuet Club course to lead in the second round of the U*****,400 < WHO. 136) l-i Jet Classic with six-under par 6fa> I .inlet had his best putting round
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      392 27 8 BAYS SINGAPORE/BANGKOK/SINGAPORE 25th MAY 2nd JUNE 1980 Specially Brought to you during the School Holidays Welcome on board our much talked -about liner KOTA BALI. Fares include all meals, both Western and Eastern, and accommodation. The vessel will be docked at scenic Bangkok wharf and you can come and
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      Badminton giants for clash in Republic
      360 28  -  BERNARD PEREIRA By SIX of the world's top badminton stars including Indonesia's Liem Swie King and China's Han Jian will meet at the Singapore Badminton Hall for a series of badminton matches later this year as soon as plans are finalised. The other four
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      Lee survives
      324 28 TOP-SEEDED Lee Ah Ngo had to go through a sweaty 45-minute battle before overcoming Fraser and Neave Scheme trainee Yong Tet Sen 11-15. 152, 15-4 in the third round of the men's singles of the Yonex-F and N national badminton championships at Guillemard Road last night, reports BERNARD
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      Neptune Sapphire set to enter winning list
      594 28 TRACKWORK.By FAIRWAY NEPTUNE SAPPHIRE should shine his way into the winning list at Bukit Timah on Sunday. The St. Chad four-year-old has been "knocking at the door" this season with two placings and a fourth from four starts so far. He spoiled his
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      Consistent Major Rox should do well on circuit
      474 28 MAJOR ROX should do well on the SingaporeMalaysian racing circuit if he can reproduce his British form, reports FAIRWAY. A three-year-old bay Irish gelding by Wishing Star- Inkf lash, Major Rox (late Rox) was a consistent sort last year, scoring two wins,
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      Seeded Yan out
      323 28  -  PATRICK BASTIANS By HENRY TOH. 18, who will miss the Singapore squash team's tour of New Zealand later this month, struck the first blow in the Milo national squash championships at the Kallang complex yesterday, toppling sixth-seeded Van Heng Chok 9-4, 6-9. 9-5, 2-9, 9-5 in a
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      Kiwis' no to eighth man Toh
      179 28 THE Singapore Squash Rackets Association had to disappoint Henry Toh yesterday. They told him he could not be included in the Republic's squash team to tour New Zealand from May 27, reports PATUICK BASTI \NS. This is because the New Zealand Squash Rackets Assoc
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      541 28 SENT Sfl SENTOSA DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION invites applications tor the posts of A) OPERATIONS ASSISTANT QUALIFICATIONS A University Oegree in Arts, maiored in History preferred, OR GCE 'A' level SALARY SCALE $290 x 1 5 320/400 x 25 650/675 x 25 825 (Commencing salary will commensurate with qualifications and experience) The
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      339 28 Bayer invites applications for the post of 9U5 REPRESEffIirnVES for: (A) Chemicals used in Paint Industries (B) Chemicals for Polyurethane Foam Applicants are expected to have the following qualificationsEducation: Bachelor of Science (Chemistry or Chemical/Mechanical-Engineering), or Diploma in Chemical Process Technology from the Singapore Polytechnic or other technical institutes. HSC
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      71 28 AO a j^ Ci/e£c*f»6 \—f we ARE^f-i J OUK\^ if NOW New Orchard Road Branch at w? II 115, FAR EAST SHOPPING CENTRE J|L BUSINESS^ ORDERS PROMPTLY EXECUTED PRICES MOST REASONABLE [SI BAX MEXG i\ 5. Btncoolan Street. Singapore 0718. Tel: *****1 ORCHARD BRANCH BUKIT TIMAH BRANCH: G4O. Bukit Tim.h
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  • TIMESPORT PAGE THREE
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      SOKKh on the move again
      169 29  - SOKKh on the move again PETER SIOW By THE Singapore Oyama Kyokushinkai Karate-do are on the move again. Only last year, they had to shift their premises from Haig Road to St. Francis Road. Recently, they had to move house again. This time to Dunman Road, in Katong, as the
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      Republic for Swedish meet
      54 29 THE Singapore Orienteering Federation will take part in the O-Ringen competition, one of the biggest sporting meets in the world, from July 21-25 in Sweden Last year, about 16,000 participants from 25 countries competed in the competition. The SOF have agreed, in principle, to send two
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      Fila Open
      24 29 THE Fila Open tennis championship will be held at the Singapore Tennis Centre on May 24 (2 p.m.) Entries close on Monday
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      Elegant Bygate in Hongkong squad
      335 29 By ERNEST FRIDA JOHN BYGATE, the elegant Hongkong batsman, who tore apart the Singapore attack with a blistering 112 runs in the 1977 inter-port cricket match on the Padang, will be in action in the Republic again next week. He and four other players have
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      Singapore are world airlines champions
      330 29  - Singapore are world airlines champions WILFRED YEO By SINGAPORE are the world champions the world airlines bowling champions, that is. A six-member Singapore Airlines sauad, including reserve Sandy Yong, returned this week from Mexico City, where they captured the Julio Noriega Cup And one of them captain G. T. Tan
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      Scouts are expected in force at meet
      147 29 Scouts are expected in force at meet TALENT scouts from the Singapoe Table Tennis Association will, no doubt, throng the Poi Ching School, in Toa Payoh, at the end of the month when the national age-group and junior table tennis championships begin, reports PETER SIOW. For, very often, the cream
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      118 29 TODAY'S EVENTS BADMINTON Yonex Fraaor and Neave national individual championships (SUA Hall. 7.30). HtH'KKY Ml X limsn.n Tw* !**gar: Singapore Crick *>i Club C v Seletar SC (Pa.lang. 5 .15). SKPAk TAKKAW Inter constituency lournament (various venues, 7 S4M< KR Trlrrrr Inirrdlvlslen tournament IMvlnlm Tw*: Swilrl nn Maintenance li v
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      840 29 COMMENT.By OEREK WILD FINNY game, cricket! Australians live for it, F.ngli.shmen die for it, Indians riot over it and West Indians even seem to enjoy It! Americans, on the other hand, cant make head or tail of the sport. Which,
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      383 29 LIM KHENG CHOON, Habibah Shah and Valeric Yong, all with three victories, were the best performers at the Temasek Junior College's fourth annual track and field meet at the TJC Stadium j yesterday, reports WILFRED YEO. But Yang Tuck Meng had the honour of registering
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      212 29 STRIKER Somoo Manoharan is out of Sunday's Malaysia Cup-tie against Sarawak in Kuching because of a nasal operation, reports JOK DORAI Manonaran has been told to take a week's rest, following Monday's operation. He has been having nasal trouble since the pre-Olympic Games competition. Though not
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      Jitta appointed the team boss
      438 29  -  JOE DORAI By JITTA SINGH will be Singapore's soccer manager as well as coach in future. This was decided by the newly-appointed Football Association of Singapore Council at their first meeting at the Jalan Besar Stadi- üm last night. Jitta's appointment I deviates from the
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      SMMWU 4-1
      38 29 SINGAPORE Manual and Mercantile Workers Union beat Public Utilities Board 4-1 in the National Trade Union Congress' soccer tournament at nmi Park yesterday. In another match at the same venue, PUBSC drew 1-1 with SMMWC A
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      80 29 NEW YORK, Wed. Jockey J.u-inlo Vasquez suffered a sprained left hand when he was thrown from a mount at Aqueduct yesterday, but he should be fit to ride Genuine Risk if the filly starts in the Preakness Stakes on Friday week, medical officials said today Vasquez.
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    47 30 TEL AVIV, Wed. Police have warned restaurants throughout Israel not to buy bargain-price lobsters following the theft from an oceanographic institute at Elat of 20 radioactive lob-stei-s and a duck. The stolen lobsters had been given injections during experiments and were dangerous, police said. AFP
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    230 30 Bishop's son shot dead in kidnap TEHERAN, Wed. The 24-year-old son of the Anglican Bishop of Iran was shot dead yesterday after being abducted by gunmen in central Teheran. :Mr Bahram Dehgani, an oxford graduate working for foreign news networks, was found slump- I ed in the front seat of
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    100 30 ROYAL Malaysian Navy men stand guard over a group of fishermen who were caught fishing Illegally in Malaysian waters on Sunday, 13S km off the coast of Trenggaau In the South China Sea. RMN's XI) MutUra and Xl) Hang Tuah found this trawler and another fishing illegally,
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      112 30 HP TO 1 p.m. TODAY: Cloudy with thundery showers in several places after mid-morning. TEMP. (C) up to 6 a.m. tomorrow: M max., 84 mln. SUNSET today: S. 38 p.m.; SUNRISE tomorrow: 6.2$ a.m. GLOBAL weather Amsterdam IMSC Clear Athens I6-23C Cloudy Bahrain 25-30C Clear Bannkok 30-35 C Clear Beirut
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        The making of a calligrapher
        989 1 TO the Chinese, calligraphy is as much an art as painting. Calligraphy is not mere handwriting. It must show originality, style, strength and personality. Writing may be neat and even ornate but that does not necressarily make it calligraphy. Like a good painter, a competent
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        Let's learn Hanyu Pinyin
        193 1 Let's learn Hanyu Pinyin mzmim^ This series is broadcast over the English radio service of Singapore Broadcasting Corporation every Thursday at 7.45 p.m., and repeated every Sunday at 1.45 p.m. LESSON 9 of "Let's learn Hanyu Pinyin" will discuss the first of six groups of consonants. This group of consonants
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        92 1 INSIDER BJiiBBM How-to Winning Wraps This week yon can learn how to make your own gift wrapping paper with two simple methods. And if yonr handiwork is good enough, yon can even frame and hang It up la your home. Pago 6 Women of Asia This photo exhibition appears to
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      PICK of the DAY
      793 2  - PICK of the DAY DANA LAM By SBC TV THE LOVELY, curvy Raquel Welch who first made her mark in the world of movies with One Million Years B.C. flaunts her fulsome figure along side Miss Piggy's in the New Muppet Show on eh 5 at 7 p.m. this evening.
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      Skills competition starts today
      183 2 DRESSMAKING and Plastic Mould Making are the two trades featured for the first time in Top Of The Trade W, the skills competition series starting today on Ch 8 at 7.10 p.m. Last seen about two years ago, the competition will also feature the following trade:
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        33 2 SLIDESHOW by The South-East Asia Photographic Society at the National Library lecture hall from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. On till tomorrow. Free admission. EXHIBITION by The South-East Photographic Society at the Chinese
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        37 2 Chamber of Commerce exhibition hall from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. On till Sunday. WOMEN OF ASIA a photographic exhibition at the National Museum Young People's Gallery from 10.30 a.m. to 7 p.m. On till May 18.
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        350 2 TV and Radio 3.00 PM Opening folowed by Rag Trade 3.25 Diary of Events (Chinese) 3.30 The Vagabond Swordsman (Chinese) 4.20 Intermission 6.05 Opening folowed by The Haunted West (Pt 1) 6.30 News in Brief 6.35 Adventures Of Superman 7.00 The New Muppet Show 7.30 News In Malay 6.00 PM
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        363 2 SBC 5 7.45 New Adventures Of Wonder Woman Phantom Of The Roller Coaster (Pt 1) 8.45 Science Report 8.55 Cultural Diary (English) 9.00 Taii 9.30 News and Newsreel 10.00 Weather Report (English) 10.05 Thursday Feature Special Swan Song 11.45 Camera Of Life Movement 12.15 Close SBC 8 8.20 Afice Vera's
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        308 2 4.15 Tea Break (s) 5.M News in Brief 5.15 Prog Summary $.11 Music On The Move (s) CM News in Brief and Public Announcements MS Daily Digest S.2I Sunset Serenade (.35 Financial And Share Market Report 7.M News and Weather Forecast 7.1$ Consumer's Guide Light And Bright 7.45 Let's Learn
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        Study of women old and new
        1016 3 Women of Asia, photography exhibition National Museum, Young People's Gallery Until May 18, Review by RACHEL BARNES THE modern and traditional lifestyles of Asia's women form visual, thought-provok-ing contrasts in this Unesco exhibition. It is the organisation's fourth travelling photo exhibition. More than 3.000
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        Gigi's back in town
        240 3 Gigi Galon at the Belvedere Supper Club 10.30 p.m. nightly till Sunday; review by JOHN DE SOUZA TV when she was asked to do The Tonight Show on the rival NBC TV. And then, "they sort of asked me to resign, but I took it as
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      If you want to avoid paying taxes — barter your way out
      644 5  - If you want to avoid paying taxes barter your way out BRAD KNICKERBOCKER By in SAN FRANCISCO JAMES McKenna has a deal for you. In exchange for your services as a printer or perhaps a week at your vacation place in Florida, he'll swap you golf or karate lessons in
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      Lock icon Laker's skytrain: Not so great a way to fly after all
      658 5 Laker's skytrain: Not so great a way to fly after all The change in Lakers all-stand-by skytrain to a series of scheduled flights with triple-structured fares has led Sir Freddie's rivals to call the skytrain a failure. But his prices are still cheaper than all his rivals. LEX FRERE in
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      Clearing mists of Japan's news media
      771 5 Japan has a reputation for being enigmatic and never more so than in its system of news dissemination. To the frustration of foreign correspondents, briefings are held at reporters' clubs so if you're not a member you don't get briefed. But there's growing liberalisation
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        Wrapping up in your own style
        748 6 With a bit of imagination and a neat hand for artwork you can fashion your own gift wrap paper, book jackets or even wall paper. This week's How-to shows you the different methods of doing this and the results, as you can see on
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        483 7 vVv WORLD TRADE CENTRE SINGAPORE is proud to announce the formation of the unique mwl J M very own custom-made sets. At the same time ym I mA\ ml 1^ In B I find out about the general interior consultation J IM\ I wJ j\ JB R^ Hppi services and
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        145 8 PHI gi IP r NOW n GNGG HONG... ADDS ANOTHER SHOWROOM IN WORLD TRADE CENTRE See the latest arrivals of China Art Pottery, Rosewood Furniture and Carpets. All are welcome. Emi^^^^^ c llk f^^H P m GN€€ HONG CO (PTe) LTD. SUITES 101-102, 15 T. FLOOR. WORLD TRADE CENTRE. SINGAPORE
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        466 8 j^ Please test and compare our quality products. id W V Position 1 Sitting in a comfortable position Position 2 Reading newspapers or magazines Position 3 Watching T.V. in a relaxed position Position 4 Having a short nap. It can help you to sleep quicker than on a bed. It
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        145 9 S 1 RACK DISPLAY LOUNGE SUITE SYSTEM ~J- Model 90 LOUNGi SUITE Model 50 TELEPHONE TABLE l lounge suite HHhJVT lounge suite I I oT^^ I Genuine Leather TELEPHONE w L| l*i>»4 *S P^ytiipV^SPjtt^ i TABLE CUM STOOL Ak P^^ *P AND MANY j OTHER TYPES OF DISPLAY STANDS See^Asean's
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        530 10 £k NATIONAL j£ffi)± PRODUCTIVITY 4^l^ BOARD Applications are invited from citizens/per manent residents of Singapore and other ASEAN citizens, who are bilingual, for the posts of (A) INDUSTRIAL ENGINEER Requirements: A recognised University Degree (or equivalent pro fessional qualifications) in Industrial, Production, or Systems Engineering with 1 or 2 years'
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        643 10 Qolleia^u^i Rollei Singapore (Pte) Ltd an established inter- ll national manufacturer of cameras, slide projec- I tors, flashguns and other high precision pro- I ducts, invites applications from suitable candi- I dates for the following position:UNIT HEAD (Part* Production) This position will be responsible to the Division Heod for the
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        559 10 Confidential Secretary cum Assistant ieswsd A leading German bank with an offshore operation in Singapore invites applications from suitably qualified candidates for the position of Confidential Secretary cum Assistant to the Chief Executive. Applicants should have: a recognised secretarial diploma or equivalent; the ability to communicate effectively in English and
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        678 10 BhbbbSblXvl'M'''*^— "~\J ■SfifiSßi •:•:■:> fy.\-y^mSSSSBSS^^^^ from steady growth and increasing activities, SIBER HEGNER (S.E.A.) PTE. LTD. wish to recruit an experienced ELECTRONIC SERVICE ENGINEER for the maintenance of the full range of METTLER precision balances and associated equipment. THE COMPANY is a member of a multi-national group with more than
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        976 11 PERNAS CHARTER MANAGEMENT SON. BERHAD KUALA LUMPUR Outputs of tin concentrates for the undermentioned companies under the management of Pernas Charter Management Sdn Berhad and its associates for the month of April 1980 are as follows: Malaysia Mining Corporation Berhad Group of Companies Piculs Ayer Hitam Tin Dredging Malaysia Berhad
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        2477 11 FOLEX INDUSTRIES BERHAD 1st Floor, Straits Trading Building, 4, Leboh Pasar Besar, Kuala Lumpur. CIRCULAR TO SHAREHOLDERS New Ordinary PROPOSED REVISED SCHEME OF CAPITAL RECONSTRUCTION Shares of $1 ■MM 1. In my statement of February 22, 1980 included in the Annual Datuk Chan Tak Cheung 1,100,000 Report of your Company
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        646 11 IN THK II H. H DOUBT OP SINI.U'OKh ompanifs Winding Ip No. :.n c( ISM. In thr MalU-r of thr ompmjilrs Art (f'haplrr I8i) tmt In thr Mattrr u( SINC, AI'OKK I NITKI) CONTRACTORS PRIVATK I IMI I Mi ADVKRTISKMKNT W PKTTTION NOTICE is hereby given lhat a Petition for
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        331 11 NOTICE NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT MR HERBERT CHIA SIN BIN IC NO. *****42, 1 has left the employment and ceased to be a Director wef Ist May 1980 and is no longer authorised to transact any business or collect any monies on our behalf. CALEB ASSOCIATES PTE LTD t.OVKKNMKNTOKTHK
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      US presidential candidates and their 'shadows in dark suits'
      1208 12  - US presidential candidates and their 'shadows in dark suits' FRANK LIPSIUS By in New York The US presidential primaries are in full swing in the traditional atmosphere of high rhetoric and showbusiness style razzmatazz. But there is a darker side to this starstruck populism. The candidates are open and vulnerable
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      US to test Britain's open varsity plan
      424 12  -  THIS September, the idea of Britain's 11-year-old open university will be tested throughout the United States for the first time. Seven colleges and universities and 11 television stations will inaugurate America's first coast-to-coast system of television-assisted college courses leading to a bachelor's degree.
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        A big showcase of the timber industry
        781 7 A PERMANENT showcase for Singapore's furniture and timber industry will be unveiled for the first time at the World Trade Centre when the Furniture and Timber Mart announces its opening today at 10 a.m. Located on the ground and first floors of the
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        Business that grows with the expanding building industry
        566 7 Business that grows with the expanding building industry FURNITURE making in Singapore is fast becoming big business and it has been predicted that it will rise substantially in the wake of the expanding building industry. As more and more people are provided with increasing opportunities to own homes, it is
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        More than just objects to use in home or office
        866 8 FURNITURE nowadays are better designed with improved quality finish and provide extra comfort irrespective of whether they are meant for the home or the office. Despite rising costs, expectations of furniture buyers have also gone up with growing affluence. And
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        Exports hit $1.1b mark last year
        660 9 Exports hit $1.1b mark last year Increase of 50 per cent in value over 1978 THE Republic exported a total of 2.1 million cubic metres of timber products worth $1.15 billion last year. Compared with 1978, this represents an increase of 11 per cent in volume and 50 per cent
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