The Straits Times, 20 May 1980

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    17 1 The Straits Times I Estd. 1845 TUESDAY, MAY 2f, 188* JO CENT£ M.C.(P) No. 1 1 1/1/80
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    TRANSPORT CLAIMS BLOW
    531 1  -  SOH TIANG KENG Allowances fully taxable from 1981 By THE government will scrap from next year tax relief for transport allowances paid by companies to staff who need to travel on business. This move, a rude shock to motorists, is part of the government's strategy to curb
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    Differences remain after Thai-Viet talks
    382 1  - Differences remain after Thai-Viet talks LEE KIM CHEW By Our Bangkok reporter BANGKOK, Mon. Differences between Thailand and Vietnam on the settlement of the Kampuchean conflict remained after their first round of talks today. Thai Deputy Foreign Minister Arun Banupong told reporters at the end of today's session that Vietnam
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    Mandel starts jail term
    51 1 FI-ORIDA. Mon. Former Maryland Governor Marvin Mandel toda> began serving a three-year prison term for nts Federal racketeering and mail fraud conviction The once- powerful poUticUn reported to EI.(jin An Hon.' Bim, a country cM>" FMci al prison early this morning, said assistant superintendent Dave Swvhart
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    Nixon's 'trick'
    54 1 Moscow. Mon Fanner US president Richard Nixon's now book. The Real War. Rot a sra'hing review today from Pravda, and the editors n( the communist part) n<'ws|>a|>«'i said the work was "one more trick from tricky Dick. intended to amouflaK' 1 his enduring desire to return to the
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    31 1 CAIRO. Mon fr.-sKl.-nt Anwar Sadat today ordered a ban on unauthorised demonstrations, political and religious activities inside schools and the use of places of worship for political purposes UPI.
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    Lock icon On the alert in burning Miami
    223 1 A NATIONAL Guardsman, armed with an MIfi rifle modified to fire tear gas bombs, caverIng an area yesterday in riot-torn Miami, Florida, where firemen were battling fire started by rioters. The rioting, sparked off by the acquittal of fonr Miami policemen charged with beating
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    Lock icon 50,000 battle South Korean troops
    552 1 50,000 battle South Korean troops SEOUL, Monday FIFTY thousand students and residents of z major south-western South Korean town battlec fully armed paratroopers with rocks and sticks ir street demonstrations that raged throughout tht day today. It was the second day in a row that students and town residents supporting
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    Lock icon Hope is 77
    32 1 COLORADO, Mon. Singers Diana Ross, Andy (Jibb and Barbara Mandrrll helped Bob Hope celebrate his 77th birthday yesterday in a special television taping attended by about 40,000 people UPI.
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    Lock icon Italy joins boycott
    51 1 ROME, Mon. The government decided today that Italy will not send an official team to the Moscow Olympics. The decision was taken at a special Cabinet meeting and was supported by the government's three coalition partners the Christian Democrats, the Socialists and the Republicans. UPI. SEE PAGE
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    Census starts today
    81 1 Census starts today SINGAPORE'S population head count starts today as census officer* are sent throughout the island from 9 a.m., In the first of three stages to collect information for the census. Households will be numbered and the number of persons In each home counted. Officers will also note the
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    Lock icon Weathering the storm
    59 1 STOCKHOLM. Mon. Swedish television will gear its schedules to the weather this summer, showing feature films on afternoons when rain is predicted. A Swedish television HlTtrfl man said today the weekly film schedule would be broad cast on Mondays during the national holiday month of July, at
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    More die in campaign
    37 1 NKW OKI. HI. Mon Al least 14 people have been killed and 100 injured, some critically, in growing election campaign violence in several Indian states, news reports said today ijpi BKK PAtiK 3
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    105 th road death
    75 1 MOTORCYCLIST Tay Chin Pene, 27, became the 105 th road accident victim this year on Sunday. Mr Tay was riding his machine along Telok Ayer Street when it went out of control, skidded and rammed into two stationary v«-.iicles He suffered serious injuries and died in
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    Lock icon Giscard calls for world summit
    376 1 PARIS, Monday FRENCH President Valery Giscard d'Estaing today proposed to Soviet leader Leonid Brezhnev a summit meeting next year of the world's major powers, according to French Presidential spokesman Jacques Blot. Speaking to newsmen at the end of the one-day Giscard-Brezhnev talks, Mr Blot did
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    Lock icon India's bid to help solve Afghan crisis
    323 1 India's bid to help solve Afghan crisis NEW DELHI, Mon. INDIAN Foreign Secretary Ram Das Sathe said today the Afghanistan crisis is "(tearing a solution." He refused to elaborate but commented that a solution would soon reach "take-off stage." Mr Sathe flew to Kabul on Friday in response to a
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    Lock icon ENGLAND SACK 10 PLAYERS
    55 1 LONDON, Mon. England manager Ron (ireenwood has sacked all but one of his side beaten 4-1 by Wales yesterday for tomorrow's British soccer champion ship match against Northern Ireland here. Announcing his side today Greenwood announced only lieeds defender Trevor Cherry survives from the 1 1
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      167 1 40 pages today MODIFIED OMO SCHEME FOR TRAVELLERS Pag* 11 IRAN puts Afghan guerillas on its team 2 SOVIET move to split Western allies? 3 CHINA will (ire more test missiles 4 LONGEST and costliest news stake-out 5 SIX months for accidental shooting of military cop I HOTEL room boy
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      Lock icon Egypt to wait for better political climate
      157 2 Egypt to wait for better political climate JERUSALEM, Mon. President Anwar Sadat told Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin today that Egypt would agree to renew the suspended Palestinian autonomy talks only after the political climate became more suitable for negotiations, Israeli officials said. Egypt, Israel and the United States have
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      Lock icon Poor farmer wins $6b land too late to reap benefits
      215 2 AFTER a 21-year court battle, a poor Filipino farmer has been declared owner of a US$2.B billion (about Ss6 billion) tract of suburban land where scores of government and private ouildings now stand but he is not around the reap
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      Lock icon BIRTHDAY CAKE FOR PONTIFF
      52 2 BIRTHDAY CAKE FOR PONTIFF POPE John Paul II blowing oat the candle on a massive foar-tier cake honouring his filth birthday last Sunday at a suburban Home Roman Catholic parish. Earlier in the day, the Pontiff received birthday greetings from more than IN,M 9 yoang people in St. Peter's Square.
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      Lock icon Iran puts Afghan guerillas on its team
      442 2 IRAN headed strong anti-Soviet sentiment at the 11th Islamic conference yesterday by including eight Afghan guerilla representatives in its official delegation. The Soviet-installed Afghan re- gime of Babrak Karmal was expell- Ed from the Islamic conference at a special session in January called
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      Lock icon Police end trio's dynamite siege in hotel
      175 2 Police end trio's dynamite siege in hotel JOHANNESBURG, Mon. Police ended a six-hour j siege on the 15th floor of a Johannesburg hotel when they lured a dynamitecarrying man from his room and then stormed the room and overpowered his two companions. A police spokesman said the three men, two
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      Lock icon Election win
      30 2 VIENNA, Mon. Austrian President Rudolf Kirchschlaeger, 65, was yesterday reconfirmed in office for another six years in what was an unprecedented election triumph in this neutral nation. AP
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      29 2 MANILA, Mon. A military panel has recommended a military trial for former Philippine President Diosdado Marapagal and nine others on charges of rumour-mongprinK and inciting sedition. AFP.
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      Lock icon Iran will not hit back at EEC says Qotbzadeh
      286 2 ISLAMABAD, Monday IRAN'S Foreign Minister Sadeq Qotbzadeh said today that Iran would not retaliate against European Economic Community countries for imposing economic and military sanctions in an effort to secure the release of the American hostages. The people of Iran did
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      Lock icon Islamic call for sanctions against Israel
      124 2 Islamic call for sanctions against Israel ISLAMABAD, Mon. Islamic countries today recommended swift action by the IN Security Council to impose sanctions on Israel If It goes ahead with plaiw to strengthen Its hold on Jerusalem. The outlines of a tough Muslim response to toe Israeli move were approved by
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      Lock icon $172 m frozen earnings
      69 2 WASHINGTON, Mon. Iranian assets held by the Federal reserve have earned more than USSBO million (5J172.8 million) interest since President Jimmy Carter imposed a freeze last November, said Federal Reserve officials. Although none of the interest accrued has been passed on to the Iranian government, the
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      Lock icon A HUMBLE HOUSE FOR THE AYATOLLAH
      53 2 TEHERAN, Mon. Iranian revolutionary leader Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini moved to a humbler house last night because he considered his former residence too grand, a member ol his entourage said. He had come to the capital from the holy city of Qom in January for
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      Lock icon Strike in Nepal
      64 2 KATHMANDU. Mon. A strike by industrial workers yesterday and a pledge of continued political agitation by Nepal's outlawed communist party followed last week's referendum endorsing the oneparty Panchayat political system in Nepal. Workers in the Balaju industrial district went on strike yesterday, forcing 25 plants to close
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      Lock icon Two pilots steal jet
      88 2 LAGOS, Mon. A U*****.00( (SJI.4 million) executiv jei belonging to a Nigerian firnwas stolen from I.igos Airpori two weeks ago by two British ilots and is now being flowr around Europe, the state owned New Nigerian news paper said yesterday. The plane's owner, Victoi Vanni, head
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      Lock icon 3 executed
      33 2 TEHERAN, Mon A firing squad yesterday executed three men accused of robbing a bank and killing its manager in the northwestern city of Tabriz, the official Pars News Agency reported. UPI
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      Lock icon The choice 'country club' in China is
      277 2 The choice 'country club' in China is BEIJING, Mon. The coziest country club for foreigners in China pffers its members a jogging track, swimming pool, soccer field and a flock of tame geese as pets and mascots. To be a member, one must speak Russian and work for the Soviet
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      Lock icon Iran and Japan to resume work on $7m project
      197 2 TOKYO, Monday IRAN and Japan have agreed to resume work on a joint petrochemical project despite Tokyo's preparations to toughen sanctions against the Islamic country, reports from Teheran said today. Japanese news reports said work on the project in Bandar Khomeiny,
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      Lock icon We should be told, angry EEC officials say
      279 3 We should be told, angry EEC officials say NAPLES, Mon. The Soviet aim of initiating the Giscard-Brezhnev talks in Warsaw In split the Western alliance may have already seen fruition. European Economic Community observers said today following outbursts of anger by EEC ministers that Paris should have informed thorn of
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      108 3 THE pre-conference banter at the GiscardBrezhnev talks in Warsaw' inevitably touched on the weather. But the weather-talk, although half-serious, half ironic, was also symbolic. Journalists caught snatches of it: Soviet Foreign Minister Andrei Gromyko to Mr Giscard (Jokingly): Western Europe has been slow In giving spring a
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      Lock icon SECURITY NET OVER BONN POLLS CONGRESS
      152 3 SECURITY NET OVER BONN POLLS CONGRESS WEST BERLIN, Mon. West Germany's opposi tion Christian Democrats opened a national election congress under heavy police guard here today after the city's worst leftist violence in a decade. Police said the conference, which will map out campaign strategy for elections on Oct 5.
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      Lock icon 'Brezhnev owes it all to Black Sea holiday'
      173 3 'Brezhnev owes it all to Black Sea holiday MOSCOW, Mon. In undertaking a third foreign trip In 12 days, Soviet President Leonid Brezhnev is defying Western speculation that ill health has made him unfit for the demands of high-level diplo- macy. His two days of talks with French President Valery
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      Lock icon Russian move to split Western allies?
      450 3 GISCARD-BREZHNEV TALKS IN WARSAW PARIS, Monday TODAY'S surprise meeting in Warsaw between French President Giscard d'Estaing and his Soviet counterpart Leonid Brezhnev was a diplomatic victory for Moscow because it was arranged entirely on Russian terms and was consistent with Russian efforts to split
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      Night assault
      40 3 TOKYO, Mon Radical foes of Tokyo's Narita Airport assaulted a night watchman and sabotaged a jet fuel pipeline today in what police called a politically-motivated guerilla action" timed to coincide with the second anniversary of the airport's opening.
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      Lock icon MP quits Indira party in protest against Sanjay's role
      233 3 MP quits Indira party in protest against Sanjay's role NEW DELHI, Monday FORMER Indian Finance Minister Hemwati Bahuguna today quit Premier Indira Gandhi's Congress (I) Party, saying he objected to her son Sanjay's role in party and government affairs. Mr Bahuguna, who also resigned his seat in parliament, told reporters
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      Lock icon Congress youth shot dead
      126 3 NEW DELHI, Mon. A young supporter of Prime Minister Indira Gandhi's Congress (I) party was shot dead in the central Indian state of Uttar Pradesh yesterday when he tried to hoist a party flag atop a house, published reports said today. In two other incidents, a
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      Lock icon GADDAFI SAYS EXECUTION CHARGES UNTRUE
      185 3 GADDAFI SAYS EXECUTION CHARGES UNTRUE WASHINGTON, Mon. Libyan leader Col Muammar Gaddafi said yesterday charges that he wanted to liquidate Libyan opposition figures abroad stemmed from a misunderstanding. Colonel Gaddafi, in an interview with a US television network, said he had simply warned opponents overseas that he could not guarantee
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      Lock icon Heading for victory
      53 3 LIMA, Mon. Fernando Belaunde Terry, Peru's last constitutional president, today headed towards a landslide victory in the country's first elections in 17 years. With nearly half the votes counted, unofficial returns gave Mr Belaunde and his middle-of-the-road Accion Popular Party between 38 and 40 per cent of
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      Lock icon Quakes hit Yugoslavia
      188 3 THOUSANDS of people were camping out In southern Yugoslavia today after a series of tremors, one of them the strongest In the region for 51 years, had caused dozens of injuries and brought buildings tumbling down. The first and strongest tremor shook the Kmunt-Kopaonlk area, 181 km
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      Lock icon Indonesia ups oil prices by $4 per barrel
      169 4 Indonesia ups oil prices by $4 per barrel JAKARTA, Monday INDONESIA will increase its prices for crude oil exports by an average US$2 (SR32) per barrel, effective tomorrow, the state-owned oil company Pertamina said -i today. Pertamina said the new oil hike was "linked to the world market situation." The
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      Lock icon More arms for Indonesia's defence forces
      93 4 More arms for Indonesia's defence forces JAKARTA, Mon. Indonesia is building up its armed forces by purchasing new war planes and ships, Defence Minister General Mohammad Jusuf announced today. "Another 100 battalions of crack troops will be added to the army, the air force will get new bombers and fighters
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      The air is alive with sound of laughter
      124 4 SAN FRANCISCO, Mon. Artist Judith Auda is convinced a good laugh will lighten the load of life's burdens. She dreamed up the Idea of "the Pacific Ha," a one-minute burst of laughter broadcast on more than M radio stations on the West
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      Lock icon China will fire more test missiles
      474 4 After first experimental success BEIJING, Mon. China will conduct up to three more rocket tests into the central Pacific Ocean before June 10 after the success of its first long-range experimental firing yesterday, Western diplomatic sources said today. It announced on May 9 that
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      Lock icon DK govt confident of people's support
      118 4 DK govt confident of people's support BEIJING, Mon. The Democratic Kampuchean government claimed today that they would win I about 86 per cent of votes j in free elections held; under United Nations supervision. This figure is part of an estimate supplied by the presidency of the ousted regime on
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      Lock icon Cop is head of guerillas
      28 4 BILBAO. Mon. Police have I broken up three squads of Basque separatist guerillas, including one headed by a policeman, authorities said today AFP.
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      Lock icon 'Viets' problems will take a long time to solve'
      271 4 'Viets' problems will take a long time to solve' HANOI, Monday THE Vietnamese people were faced with many difficulties which can only be overcome in the long-term, the president of the Vietnamese National Assembly Mr Truong Chinh said today. He was speaking at an official commemoration ceremony in honour of
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      Longest and costliest news stake-out
      304 5 Longest and costliest news stake-out Press coverage of Tito's illness INTERNATIONAL news coverage of President Tito's prolonged illness was among the longest and costliest stake-outs in the history of journalism. The first of hundreds of reporters descended on Belgrade in early January. They did not get their "story" until four
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      Lock icon FRAUD CASE ITALIAN BANKER IN 'CRITICAL CONDITION'
      140 5 FRAUD CASE ITALIAN BANKER IN 'CRITICAL CONDITION' NEW YORK, Mon. Michele Sindona, 60, the Italian financier convicted of fraud in the biggest bank failure in US history, was reported in "critical and unstable" condition today. A spokeswoman for the Beekman hospital said his condition "has not worsened" despite reports quoting
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      Lock icon 'Send a force to Uganda'
      198 5 FORMER Conservative cabinet minister Geoffrey Rippon yesterday called for a "token" British military force to be sent to Uganda to protect ousted president Godfrey Binaisa and ensure that free elections were held next December. The force should work with a planned Commonwealth observer team "in
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      Lock icon Copter crasht 7 marines die
      56 5 HONOLULU, Mon. A US marine corps CH-53 Sea Stallion helicopter crashed and burned yesterday on the Hawaiian island of Molokai Police said seven marines were killed and two were injured. The crashed helicopter is similar to the model used in the failed attempt to rescue
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      25 5 MANILA, Mon. Armed men believed to be Muslim rebels killed 28 people in rampages in southern Philippines last week, reports said today. UPI.
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      123 5 MONTREAL, Mon. Quebec Premier Rene Leyesque says he is increasingly confident that tomorrow's referendum on partial independence for Canada's French-majority province will result in a 'yes' vote. In his last statement of a gruelling five-week campaign, Mr Levesque said yesterday, he felt increasmgly
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      Lock icon 8 killed as St Helens blows its top
      266 5 8 killed as St Helens blows its top VANCOUVER, (Washington state), Mon. Seven motorists and a crop-dusting pilot were killed when Mount St Helens volcano erupted in dense clouds of ash, flames and black smoke. "The motorists were fried by the intense heat, a state policeman said. They died while
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      Lock icon New book recounts sexy side of White House
      155 5 New book recounts sexy side of White House WASHINGTON, Mon. President Johnson had regular trysts at the White House and Leonid Brezhnev had a Russian stewardess marched into his bedroom while visiting President Nixon in San Clemente, according to the latest White House memoir. Mr Warren Gulley, who managed the
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    Driving instructor gets year's ban
    113 6 Driving instructor gets year's ban A DRIVING instructor, Yong Kok Choo, 40, was disqualified from driving all classes of vehicles for a year and fined $600 by a magistrate's court yesterday after he pleaded guilty to drunken driving. The court heard that Yong was incapable of having proper control of
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    Bridge closed for repairs
    61 6 THE Public Works Department wiU carry out repairs on Nee Soon Bridge over the Seletar River, lasting a week starting today. During this period, the bridge wiU be closed to traffic. But. a temporary' footbridge will be provided for pedestrians. Motorists heading for Nee Soon Road
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    DANGER DRIVING RAP
    93 6 AN SAF captain, Joseph Hugh Oliverio, 37, was yesterday charged in a magistrate's court with causing the death of a motorcyclist by driving dangerously along Ayer Rajah Road last Nov 7. He was alleged to have cut across the path of Mr Gunasekaran Arumugam Pillay, 27, causing
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    Harvard Club gives awards
    45 6 THE acting permanent secretary (Education), Mr Goh Kirn Leong, will attend the Harvard Club of Singapore Book Prize presentation ceremony at Shangri-la Hotel today at 7.15 p.m. Two awards will be made to students with outstanding "A" level results in economics.
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    328 expected to die in mishaps this year: Police
    615 6 A TOTAL of 328 people are likely to die on the roads this year the highest in four years unless road users heed the advice given by the Traffic Police for greater road discipline and safety. This is the grim figure
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    'Preach evil of drinking at remedial class'
    467 6 'Preach evil of drinking at remedial class' A DON yesterday called for more stringent measures against drunken driving and suggested that such drivers undergoing remedial courses be told the adverse effects of alcohol. Professor Phoon Wai- 1 On, head of the University I of Singapore's Department of Social Medicine and
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    Wait a second and ROY will give you the info
    404 6 Wait a second and ROY will give you the info MOTORISTS who may need to check up on the expiry dates of their road tax discs or renew vocational licences at the Registry of Vehicles can now do this In a matter of moments. Thanks to two visual display unite,
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    TIPPED TO HEAD SBS IF DRTAN 'QUITS'
    183 6 TIPPED TO HEAD SBS IF DRTAN 'QUITS' THE deputy chairman of the Singajxjre Bus Service, Mr Patrick Yeoh J Khwai Ho\ is tipped to be the next chairman of the bus company if its present chairman, Dr j Tony Tan, relinquishes his I post. Dr Tan, *ho is also Senior
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    Mosque elects committee
    52 6 THE new An-nur Mosque in Woodlands has elected a 25member administration committee at its first general meeting. Thrw of the elected members are •emporarily appointed to specific posts in the committee. They are Mr Jaafar Abdul I Rahim. committee chairman; Mr Abdullah Maarof, secretary; and Mr Mohammad
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    Mount Ophir trip
    37 6 THE Adventure Club of Serangoon Garden community centre will organise a threeday trip to Mount Ophir starting. Aue 8. The fee is $45. Entries close on Sunday. For details, telephone *****69 after 2.30 p.m.
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    Work on manhole closes this road
    67 6 HOTORISTS are advised o avoid a shor section of <oh Sek Lim Road which j vill be closed from today or the construction of a nanhole. Construction york will take five months and motorists should use the New Link Road from New Changi Road
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    'No' to job led to fatal stabbing, court told
    322 6 'No' to job led to fatal stabbing, court told A LABOURER told the police that he stabbed his former foreman to death for refusing to re-employ him, the High Court heard yesterday. I^ee Ah Kang, 55. made this confession in his cautioned statement read out in court after Mr Justice
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    Centenary buffet
    87 6 A POOLSIDE buffet dinner will be held at Hotel Premier in Nassim Hill on June 14 to celebrate the centenary year of St Francis Institution. Malacca. Rev Brother Theodore Michael, the Brother VisitorGeneral for Malaysia. Singapore and Hongkong will attend the get-together, which will begin at 7.30 p-m
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    Six months for accidental shooting of military cop
    630 7 Dead NS man was a close friend A LIGHT-HEARTED conversation between two national service military policemen on the dangers of toying with firearms ended with one of them being fatally shot as a result of negligence. Yesterday, Lance Corporal Tay Sin Seng,
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    First Asean-Australia trade dialogue
    111 7 THE first Asean-Australia trade dialogue will be held in Kuala Lumpur on June 24 after a series of meetings by the Asean Chamber of Commerce and Industry, The Singapore Federation of Chambers of Commerce and Industry's council will meet today to select the leader of its
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    Neptune Restaurant won't dose down
    85 7 THE Mandarin Singapore which manages and operates the Neptune Theatre Restaurant has had a change of mind and will not close down the restaurant after all. Reports earlier this month, confirmed by its spokesman, said the restaurant will be clesed down at the end of
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    PRICE OF KWAY TEOW MAY RISE
    79 7 PRICE OF KWAY TEOW MAY RISE MANUFACTURERS may raise the price of kway teow because of the recent price increase of broken rice imported from Thailand and China. Broken rice now costs 65 cents a kilo, an increase of seven or eight cents. Its price went up last month. The
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    'Develop art of human know-how'
    298 7 YOUNG Singaporeans need to develop the art of human know-how. They should cultivate an awareness and appreciation of the various sensitivities and sometimes even idiosyncracies of the various peoples with whom they nave to live. This advice came yesterday from the Senior Minister of State
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    Labour college report soon from team
    134 7 Labour college report soon from team A FOUR-MEMBER NTUC team, which has returned home after studying more than 20 labour colleges in Europe and Israel, is now preparing its recommendations on the proposed labour college for Singapore. The leader, Mr Lew Syn Pau, assistant director (labour development), NTUC Research Unit,
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      186 7 Straits Times Crossword Hi H W ~H 1 ACROSS 6 Afternoon painting is bark on lAn upright aim for the Job' (4- f on 0- pi.,K,: «c 9 K^ oUnty O^ nf- 10 H STaX J£u,o ensure 12 rxjetor found *H*r a. church w &&hp& ht p t £V 9
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    Quicker registry action on errant firms
    210 8 Quicker registry action on errant firms THE Registry of Companies has given its prosecution section more muscle with the appointment of five lay prosecutors to allow the registry take faster action against errant firms. The lay prosecutors are drawn from the registry's enforcement section to assist, from this week, the
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    Art contest for kids
    47 8 THE Telok Blangah community centre management committee is holding this year's spot-art competition for children at the Tiong Bahni Park on Sunday between 9 a.m. and noon. Mrs Rohan bin Kamis, wilb of the MP for Telok Belangah. will be giving away prizes.
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    Woman addict
    31 8 A WOMAN druß supervisee, Wei Lay Tin, 18, was yesterday Jailed three years by a district court when she admitted taking morphine while under supervision, in August last year.
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    Hotel room boy admits $700,000 fraud bid
    264 8 A HOTEL room service boy yesterday admitted trying to cheat two banks of more than $700,000 by using forged cheques. His case was transferred to the High Court for sentencing at a date to be fixed. At a preliminary inquiry held at j
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    CNB man posing as addict nabbed trafficker
    156 8 CNB man posing as addict nabbed trafficker A DISTRICT court yesterday heard that a drug trafficker was arrested in Orchard Road by officers who posed as addicts. James Fernandez, 24, unemployed, was jailed i three years and ordered to be given three strokes of the rotan for trafficking 1.85 grams
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    Move by PSA to take over two sites
    191 8  - Move by PSA to take over two sites J. D. INORAN By THE Port Authority is to take over the land now occupied by the National Maritime Board and Neptune Orient Lines' building in the Tanjong Pagar area for port development. Negotiations among the three are going on, sources said
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    Man dies after fall on barge
    91 8 A JURONG Shipyard worker, Mr Vasal bin Omar Alkhatlb (»hovr), 25, fell IS metres while working on a barge on Saturday aad died at the Alexandra Hospital the 1 next day. His wife, Shamslah blnti Mokrl said she last saw her husband on Saturday
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    Date for blood donors
    101 8 Date for blood donors THE Singapore Blood Transfusion Service receiv- > ed 1014 units of blood durlag the past week. The j number of blood transfu- sions given during the < i same period was 894 units, j A public blood donation session will be held at the j Goldhill
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    TELLING TIME IN PORT'S COURTESY DRIVE
    143 8 THE Port Authority will invite the public to comment on the courtesy of its staff in a survey next month. The exercise is part of the PSA's courtesy campaign. A PSA spokesman said about 5.000 forms will be I placed on all its counters
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    Car curbs: HK takes a leaf from Singapore
    481 8  - Car curbs: HK takes a leaf from Singapore TOH THIAN SER By Associate News Editor mmm HONGKONG, Monday THIS colony has taken a leaf from Singapore's approach to traffic problems under its transport policy which applies "fairly severe' fiscal restrictions to control private car ownership and usage. Speaking at the
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    For the birds
    38 8 THE Minister for the Environment and MP for Cairnhill, Mr Urn Kirn San, will present prizes at the 14th bird singing contest to be held at the Cairnhill community centre on Sunday at 8 p.m.
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    Farrer Court's bridge of fear
    84 9 RESIDENTS Bl»ck 3 at Fairer Ourt fear the possibility of this concrete bridge ceUapalM every time they walk along It. The bridge connecting the Mock to the pavement has rank silently and cracks rnn diagonally across It. Arrowed la one of the cracks. According to
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    Four hurt as 747s gas cylinder goes off
    149 9 Four hurt as 747s gas cylinder goes off 'OUR workers were injured in an explosion yesterday aboard a Singapore Airlines Jumbo jet parked along the run bay of a hangar at Paya Lebar Airport, he SLA 747 Jumbo was undergoing routine checks when a gas cylimder connected to one of
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    Charged with cheating
    50 9 KOH THIAN SZE, 29, appeared before a magistrate yesterday on nine charges of cheating which involved hardware equipment worth $13,596. The offences were allegedly committed between April and May this year. No plea was taken. His case will be mentioned again on June 2. Bail was allowed.
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    3 nominated for bravery award
    425 9 THREE Singaporeans have been nominated for the Deeds of Bravery Award and their intrepid acts are now being assessed by a committee as to who Is the bravest of all. One went to rescue two dance hostesses and got himself stabbed. Another, a seaman, dived
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    Man fined $80
    63 9 A COMPANY driver. Abdul Mutalib bin S. A. Hamid, 30, was fined $80 by a magistrate's court yesterday after he was found guilty of preventing a Public Utilities Board technician from cutting off the electricity supply to his Mei Ling Street flat on Jan 2. Mutalib had
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    Labour force survey by ministry
    138 9 Labour force survey by ministry THE Ministry of Labour yesterday started a survey on the labour force involving a random sample of about 25,000 households. The survey is to collect data on employment and unemployment to formulate plans and policies on the supply and demand of manpower. Letters informing chosen
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    Worker shortage: Factories woo the wives
    550 9 Worker shortage: Factories woo the wives SOME Singapore factories are zeroing in on housewives in their recruitment drive to meet the shortage of production 1 workers. In an advertisement In The Straits Times yesterday, a factory in the Ayer Rajah Industrial Estate called out for housewives particularly to join their
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    Five electrical items must get PUB approval
    237 9 FIVE types of electrical accessories have been gazetted as prescribed articles which must bear the Public Utilities Board seal of approval before they can be sold. This control comes in the wake of a number of poorly-designed electrical items such as plug-tops, socket
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    Six civil suits are settled
    160 9 SIX civil suits by Goldhill Investments (Pte) Ltd against Goldhill Properties (Pte) Ltd all listed for consolidated hearing in the High Court yester- day have been settled between the parties concerned Their counsel saw Mr Justice Choor Singh in chambers yesterday and had the settlement
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      Lock icon Saudi mission
      38 10 KUALA LUMPUR, Mon. A 10-member trade mission from Saudi Arabia will arrive here tomorrow for a six-day visit to look into ways of promoting trade ties with Malaysia, a Trade Ministry spokesman said here today. Reuter
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      Borneo road
      40 10 KUCHING, Mon. A transBorneo highway linking Sabah, Sarawak, Brunei and Kalimantan has been proposed by the Chief Ministers of Sarawak and Sabah when they met in Kurhing last week, the latest issue of the Borneo Bulle tin reported.
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      Lock icon Lock up child kidnappers for life, says Umno branch
      216 10 THE government has been urged to impose life imprisonment on child-kidnappers This was one of the 25 resolutions passed at the delegates' meeting of the Jelutong Umno division here last night. The resolution was put forward by the division Wanita Umno
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      Lock icon Rubber office in Seoul
      72 10 KUALA LUMPUR, Mon. Malaysia is to establish a rubber technical advisory service office in Seoul to promote closer ties between the rubber industries of the two countries, Primary Industries Minister Datuk Paul Leong said yesterday. He said that South Korea was one of the fastest expanding
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      Lock icon S pore hotelier claims trial to $1.4 million cheating charge
      413 10 S pore hotelier claims trial to $1.4 million cheating charge JOHORE BARU, Monday A SINGAPORE hotelier, Tan Tow Keh, 35, claimed trial here to a charge of attempting to cheat a bank of $300,000 and HK$2.5 million ($l.l million) on Saturday. He was alleged to have, jointly with two others,
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      Lock icon Plan for assn of Asean Railways
      87 10 KUALA LUMPUR, Mon. An Asean Railways' Association is being planned to foster closer cooperation between countries in the region on railway transportation. Malayan Railways general manager, Datuk Ishak Tadin, said details of such an association would be discussed at the third annual conference of
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      Lock icon Extension for timber exporters
      103 10 Extension for timber exporters JOHORE BARU, Mon. Regulations allowing Malaysian timber exporters to export ungraded timber to unspecified countries through Singapore have been extended to June 30 this year, Malaysian Timber Industry Board sources said today. The regulations, which were to nave expired on April 30 this year, were extended
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      Transport Minister couldn't get seat home
      142 10 Transport Minister couldn't get seat home KUCHING, Mon. EVEN Malaysia's Transport Minister has problems getting a seat en Malaysian Airline System aircraft tram Kochlng to Kuala Lumpur, the Berne* Bulletin reported In Its latest Issue. Late last month Datuk Lee San Choon made his first official Sarawak visit as holder
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      Love beach receding
      59 10 KUALA LUMPUR, Mon. The beach at Pantai Chinta Berahi in Kota Baru known as the Beach of Passionate Love is eroding at an alarming rate of five metres a year. University Kebangassan lecturer M.J. Jamaluddin, said here on Friday. He said the beach had receded by more
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      Lock icon Kidnappers grab wrong person
      115 10 Kidnappers grab wrong person PENANG, Mon. Police have detained four men in connection with an abortive kidnapping. On April 24, kidnappers who planned to abduct a woman doctor in Butterworth picked up her assistant instead. The next day, when they rang the doctor's husband to demand a $2 million ransom,
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      Lock icon KNIFEMAN GRABS $67,000 FROM TWO WOMEN
      181 10 KNIFEMAN GRABS $67,000 FROM TWO WOMEN KUALA LUMPUR, Mon. Two women accounts clerks were held-up by a man armed with a knife and robbed of a $67,700 payroll while gome to their office in Jalan Loke Yew today. The hold-up occurred on the stairway of the floor below their office
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      Another hit by pellets
      62 10 IPOH, Mon. A 57-year-old woman, M. Govinadamal, was seriously injured in Parit Buntar near here when she was hit by pellets from a dogshooter's gun on Friday, the Star reported yesterday. She is the second person in two days to be wounded by dog-shooters On Wednesday,
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      252 10 Bringing Up Father By BUI Kavanagh Hal Camp X REALLY? I I DOES OROQVEP CARRY MISS GRACE fl SHOULD DID YOU kNOW W KNEW THAT YOUR BOO^S HOAAE > FULLY IS /1/ 1 HAVE THAT ©ROOVER A\ LAD HAP PROW SCHOOL, 'NO -HE I MY KNOWN.' /MEETS DIMPLES > S
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    Modified OMO scheme to benefit short distance riders
    612 11  -  EDMUND TEO By THE Singapore Bus Service will introduce a modified system of one-man-operated service, running side by side with the normal services along four routes from Sunday for the benefit of short-distance travellers. Under the modified OMO system, known as 'Step
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    School's joy
    29 11 THE Senior Minister of State (Foreign Affairs) and MP for Kallang, Mr S. Dhanabalan. will attend Whampoe English School's 30th anniversary celebration tomorrow at 4 30 p.m.
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    Council will keep using maths to fix Puasa month
    297 11 Council will keep using maths to fix Puasa month THE Singapore Muslim Religious Council will continue using mathematical calculations to determine the beginning of the fasting month, Ramadhan, and of Hari Raya Puasa which marks the end of the fast. This will be in line with the decision made in
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    SINGAPORE 'LION' WINS TOP 10 AWARD
    164 11 SINGAPORE 'LION' WINS TOP 10 AWARD A MEMBER of the Lion's Club of Singapore, Mr Hole Yook Loon (above), 45, has been selected for the 1978-71 Top Ten International t nderstandlng and Cooperation Award. The award Is given annual I > by Ihe I Jon's Huh International board of directors
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    No bail for man on $100,000 charges
    187 11 No bail for man on $100,000 charges THE prosecution yesterday successfully opposed bail in the case of Goi Jiak Hong, 26, who faced a number of charges of theft and armed robbery involving motor vehicles, cash and valuables worth over $100,000. He was charged yesterday on another two counts of
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    A prof's money saving mix for builders
    298 11 A prof's money saving mix for builders A UNIVERSITY don has proposed builders here use a combination of timber and concrete for beams in Housing Board flats, which could save building materials costs by as much as one-third. This is valuable saving as building materials costs have risen by as
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    MP's date
    41 11 THE Parliamentary Secretary (National Development) and MP for Bukit Paniang, Mr Lee Yiok Seng, will officiate at the ground-breaking ceremony of Travenol Laboratories Pte Ltd on Saturday at Unit 22 24. Block 12, Marsiling Industrial Estate, at 9.30 a.m.
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    LAWYER IS GRANTED A DECREE NISI
    99 11 LAWYER C. S. Wu was granted a decree nisi in the High Court yesterday, dissolving his marriage to Madam Helen Lok Pong En*. Mr Wu, married six years ago, had sued his wife for a divorce on grounds of adultery. "The other man" was
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    Japan keen to buy 3,000 types of S-E Asia goods
    144 11 ABOUT 570 Japanese companies are interested in buying 3,000 types of goods from Singapore and South-east Asia, according to the Japan Trade Centre here. Products listed in a directory, Exporting to Japan 1980, are based on the findings of a
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    The Straits Times TUESDAY, MAY 20, 1980 STAYING PUT
    772 12 The Straits Times TUESDAY, MAY 20, 1980 STAYING PUT RECENT letters in the Forum page relating to the Rent Control Act bear an uneasy similarity to readers' comments published some 10 years ago. They lament the plight of landlords who are hampered by law from getting fairer returns and from
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    Reviving hopes for a unified Thai union
    675 12  - Reviving hopes for a unified Thai union LEE KIM CHEW By Our Bangkok Reporter THE idea of bringing trade unions in Asean under one umbrella body is to get another hearing again when labour leaders from the five countries meet here tomorrow. The Asean countries are reviving the proposal of
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  • ASEAN NOTES
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      Portuguese in Malacca: Still sleepy hollow
      422 12 MALACCA: At 11.30 on an ordinary morning, there is little to see at the Portuguese Settlement, listed as a "place of historical interest in the Malacca tourist guidebook The place is peaceful and breezy. Two groups of men play carroms at an open drinks-and-fruits
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      Thailand's railways on right tracks
      257 12 BANGKOK: About 13,000 people travel aboard trains of the State Railways of Thailand every day because they find it cheaper, safer and more relaxing than other methods of public travel, SRT officials said. The south-bound routes are moie popular than the north-bound. According to the
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    Lock icon Raw materials: Third World tries hard line
    707 12 Raw materials: Third World tries hard line The Third World countries feel their economies are being damaged and their development held back by the way many commodities are priced on world markets. But no visible headway has been made in their efforts to adopt a tough line. By GEORGE SHORT
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    Lock icon Stormy years ahead for Middle East
    655 12  -  MOHAMMED HEIKAL By former editor of the authoritative Egyptian daily Al-Ahram CAIRO, Egypt THERE are many signs that stormy years lie ahead for the Middle East. Because of the region's intrinsic and global importance, serious efforts to anticipate the shape of things to come
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      58 13 LETTERS to the Editor must include the writer's full name and address to be considered for publication. You may add a pseudonym if you wish. If possible, put down your telephone number and type the letter, double-spaced, on one side of the paper. Brevity is an advantage. We reserve the
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      A vehicle for our national identity
      347 13 THERE SEEMS to be a lot of putting down of the idea of a national costume so I thought of presenting my view, which is for the idea of course. Firstly, there is this talk about a national costume being one that is evolved
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      The story behind that picture
      96 13 YOUR REPORTER could have written something more newsworthy than "Spirit of enterprise lives on (ST, May 2), which was totally undescriptive of its accompanying, photograph and vice versa. More diligent searching could have revealed that the business of the Kho Sing Restaurant in Ann Siang
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      Allow Parf benefits to be swapped
      239 13 MR A IS the registered owner of two cars of similar make, model and engine capacity. One of them is not eligible for preferential additional registration fee (Parf) benefits. He scraps the other one (although it is in better condition) for its Part benefits.
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      Poly course for arts students?
      92 13 I AM an arts student who passed in one 'A' level with good grades. While science students in a similar position could opt for a part-time course at the Polytechnic, arts students have found no courses open to them. In accordance with the recent drive
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      Let us do the well known, easier authors
      263 13 WILL the Vocational and Industrial Training Board kindly consider changing the English Literature syllabus at GCE 'A' level? Presently, student.-, taking this subject have to offer Paper 4. For this paper, students are required to study four books. Considering that certain schools
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      Soon there will be no wild birds left...
      331 13 ON APRIL 29, The Straits Times printed a picture of birds on display at Marine Terrace. The statement below the illustration stated that the birds were either bought or trapped. How could such a statement be published? It suggests that the government's
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      Put up bird-tables in HDB estates
      244 13 WK REFER to "Charity or littering?" (ST. April 29). We agree with "Bird Ix>ver" as to the preservation of our "leathered friends." Since food scraps thrown to birds are normally cleared up by them without much ado, I do not think we need worrv
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      Are Indonesians an endangered species?
      85 13 I READ with interest in \our AP report ("Down by Still," ST, May 3) that "Indonesia's population has decreased by about M million people daring the last decade thanks to Intensive Implementation of family planning programmes throughout the country-.." This does of coarse mean that
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      Why France is pushing the British breakfast
      272 13 Why France is pushing the British breakfast ALTHOUGH I have only recently arrived back in Singapore after an absence of eight years and am just getting acquainted again, may I briefly comment on Alexander Macleod's article on the British breakfast ("The decline of the only joy in the English fooa
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      Taxi drivers have to undergo a course
      115 13 I WISH to thank "Hopeful Traveller" for his comments and compliments about Singapore taxi drivers and taxis ("Taxi drivers who don't know their way around," ST, April 12.) Before taxi drivers are licensed, they have to undergo an intensive training course to familiarise
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      To identify drugs of addiction would be unwise
      190 13 IT IS CLEAR from his reply (ST, May 7) that Mr Tan Kok K'ng, Chief Pharmacist, had missed the main point of my letter, "Labelling of all drugs may be harmful" (ST, April 18). I expressed concern, among other things, about the
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      Dabblers turn more cautious
      324 14 SHARE prices finished mixed to steady at the Singapore stock market yesterday, but trading was relatively quiet. The low volume suggested that traders were generally cautious and were awaiting fresh leads. Featuring bullishly In the property sector, Malayan Credit surged ahead on active buying to close
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      Kuala Lumpur
      318 14 SELECTED counters fea- tured bullishly in an otherwise quiet and hesitant mar- i ket at the Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange yesterday. Traders were generally j cautious following the recent sharp appreciation in share prices and were reuctant to commit them I selves at current levels. However this does
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      Money and exchanges
      126 14 THE US Sine dollar opened at U58.1630 40 and cl«ed a. Cl6lO 20 in the Singapore forex market yesterday. The dollar was traded in a range of C 1600,70 Buying interest in the morning sent the US dollar to a high of 12.16(5/75. However, selling pressure in
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      Prime lending rates
      24 14 IHE avenge rate at which major Singapore banks are ronroUy prepared to lend to their best customers is 1 J.l.per cent
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        H'Kong
        267 14 HONGKONG: Stocks were traded quietly on reduced volume throughout the day, with the Hang Seng index losing 2.49 points to close yesterday at 897.80, dealers said. They said there were no new factors to affect trading, although Saturday's decision of the Exchange Banks' Association (EBA) interest rates subcommittee not
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        Sydney
        205 14 I SYDNEY: Stocks recovered from a hesitant start and closed generally firm yesterday, brokers said. Industrials were quiet with developers the most favoured, but BHP and CSR both moved down under selling pressure, with BHP closing at A513.30 for a fall of IS cents and CSB down four cents
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        Tokyo
        112 14 TOKYO: Share prices closed sharply lower yesterday, but above its lows, following the successful no-confidence resolution against the government last Friday, dealers said. The Dow Jones average fell 96 67 to close at 6,634.33 points, after being 182.72 points down at one stage, with a volume of 360 million
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        Produce prices
        146 14 CHINESE Pr«4ice Exrftaagc. Stagaparf. mm rMa« prim per r<nHl «U: Bulk fob $137 50 sellers, old drum (in second hand drum) fob $147 50 s*Uerv new drum fob $154 00 sellers. C»pra: Mixed (loose) $79 00 buyers Pepper: Muntok while pepper fob Asia NLW $500 00 sellers. Sarawak
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        GOLD
        102 14 THE KILOBAR market (or gold deliverable in Singapore opened at $35,962 and closed at 535.9U yesterday. In the Far East, gold opened at USJSI3 75 515.25 and moved up on some local buying support to $516.50 518.00. The market, however, remained very quiet and eased gradually back in the
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        STRAITS TIN
        34 14 THE STRAITS tin price edged $2 higher to $2,178 per picul (equivalent to $36.01 per kilo, up three cents) in Penang yesterday, on an official offering up 12 tonnes to 172 tonnes.
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        RUBBER
        428 14 PRICES in the Singapore rubber market closed slightly lower yesterday, with p June RSS One buyers quoted at 287.50 cents per kilo. down three cents on last Friday's close, dealers said. The afternoon session was i quiet and featureless and j values eased about one cent on lack of
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        43 14 d..ki—. m—, m Rubber May 19 Singapore: "00-r 28~*°c v <down 3.00 cents) Malaysia: June: 290.50 cents (down 3.50 cents) Tin: M 52,178 (up $2) (equivalent to $36.01 per kilo) (up 3 cents) Official offering: 172 tonnes (up 12 tonnes) I
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      419 14 ASIAN currency deposit Interbank rates as at close on May 19: Closing Asian dollar certificates of deposit for prime names: Source: Merrill Lynch International (Asia) ft Co. Discount RANGE of prices offered by discount houses on May 19 Overnight 7 CaU deposits 6'. 7 1 Ckxiaf Buyiif Sclliaf
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        21 14 M Credit 875.00C Magnum 361,000 UOL 336.0W Anting 312.00(1 Total turnove. 5.77m Total value: $19 37m Source: SES
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        35 14 BT.Ind'cator: Indust'ials: Finar.je: Holf .s: Prrperties: M' dings Plantations: OCBC: S.E.S.Ind: May 16 May 19 4688.62 4817 43 503.09 505.29 890.91 887.79 443.92 445.24 373.14 375.86 290.66 290.46 864.65 863.55 499.63 499.33 450.21 450.81
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      1525 15 mt: last transartrd ready sale al Ihr ckar ■I businna on the Stork Exituntr o( Mnx.i xmt yowrday omparwi with the previous lay'i prtcn togrthrr with I9K hi(h and lo» Ad)un«l lor scrip rights taaur) Hi|b I ..mp.o- S«k <or 8INGAPORK IMT TR18T IMutitn' prim It May The
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      1530 15 Bin and offer prices officially listed and business in an reported to the Stork (exchange o( Singapore yesterday with the number of shares traded shown in brackets in lots of 1.000 units unless otherwise specified All Times Settlement Contracts arc quoted after the word "sett". Big Board
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      1758 15 BID and offer prices officially listed and business in and reported to the KuaU Lumpur Stock exchange yesterday with the number of shares traded shown in brackets in lots of 1.000 uniti unless otherwise specified IM'l STKIM.V AcaB»(3 00B3 20S)cd Mean (2 18B2 2OS) xd Uei BaM I132B
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      503 16 UIC chairman makes bid for company A NEW $100 million takeover bid for United Industrial Corporation has been made by the company's chairman, Mr Lee Kim Yew (Dennis Lee). First indications are that the offer has a fairly good chance of success. The bid, to be made through a company
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      318 16 Bolton Properties plans to acquire Campbell Complex BOLTON Properties Bhd has reported disappointing results but has spiced up the announcement with its plan to acquire the Campbell Complex in Kuala Lumpur and two pieces of land in Jalan Ampang. The company has also declared a one-for-two bonus issue. The move
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      262 16 THE boardroom scene at Malayan Credit Ltd (MCL) has undergone yet another change with the resignation of three of its members. The three are Mr Chris Chua Kung Siew (managing director), his father Mr Chua Boon Guan (deputy chairman) and brother Chua Poey Siew
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      1007 16 THE Cold Storage group is examining new opportunities for growth in the 1980s. Following improvements made in its various divisions and a strengthening of its management during the year reviewed, Cold Storage is now in a position to expand further. The recent revaluation of
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      994 14 In the current issue of FORECAST the most reliable investment letter in South-East Asia AN INVESTMENT STRATEGY THAT MAKES SENSE Do you make decisions to buy or sell shares, commodities or other assets haphazardly, without any real attempt to quantify the odds against success or failure? If so, you owe
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      1682 15 SIN CHEW JIT POH (SINGAPORE) LIMITED (Incorporated in the Republic of Singapore) The Singapore Police invites applications tror NOTICE OF EXTRAORDINARY GENERAL MEETING Singapore Citizens tor the following appointments Sp^ny^^^ A Male Constables ?9»^^ B Male Young Recruits ny for the purpose of considering and, if thought fit passing the
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      614 16 Accountant mcs ***** FOR SPURWAY COOPER INDUSTRIES PTE LTD (CIRCA $24,000 PER ANNUM) BSpurway Cooper Industries Pte Ltd, a large Australian based multi-national corporation engaged in manufacturing activities wishes to appoint an Accountant. Based in Jurong, he will report to the General Manager and will be responsible for the financial,
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      509 16 BULLION BROKER/BUSINESS EXECUTIVE A Broker Member of the Gold Exchange of Singapore invites applications from suitable candidates. Applicants must:A) Have several years of working experi- ences B) Be age above 25 C) Have minimum GCE 'O' Level or above This is a challenging job with high remuneration. Applicants with the
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      631 16 We are a subsidiary of a large international corporation and we are expanding our audio production facilities in Penang. We invite applications from suitably qualified Malaysians for the following:PURCHASING MANAGER Reports directly to the Materials Manager, the selected candidate will be responsible for the entire purchasing function of the company
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      443 17 AT YOUR SERVICE RATES SECTION INDEX t Telephone Service *****22 Att^ P_ t^ Mondoy F.,<Jo» 8 30om -SOOpm Or<tnory 70 els p*> -ord ln»i TIO VJ I FOR SALE SHOPPING GUIDE Times Centre 900 o m SOOpm (M^ 549 Ibl Suodoy I^es VII TRAVEL RESTAURANTS v^fm-'Tdopm 80. Chwge. $500.««*c,..l VIH
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      4662 17 I FOR SALE .SHOPPING GUIDE II EMPLOYMENT II EMPLOYMENT II EMPLOYMENT TATUNG ELECTRONICS (S) PTE 31 Situations Vacant LTD Immediate vacancy lor =s^ =s^—SSSm^mmm^m^m^m^ Cot controller c Requirements: Diploma or University Degrees a) Professional preferably in Accountancy or and Executive Business Administration c Salary: Depending on qualifications and i experience
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      472 18 II EMPLOYMENT II EMPLOYMENT II EMPLOYMENT ill II EMPLOYMENT II EMPLOYMENT I 31 Situation* Vacant b) Secretarial and Clerical LEADING TOUR OPERATOR requires I) Account Clerk with LCC Bookeepmg certificate 2) Costing Clerk 3i Tour Administration Clerk Interested applicants call *****22 for an appointment LEGAL FIRM HAS vacancies for Stenographers
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      685 18 Newly eelabttshed company requires: 1) FEMALE SECRETARY 2) FEMALE RECEPTIONIST Qualification. OCI O level with credit In English c Typing speed 35 wpm Minimum Ito 2 years' working experience Ir.iereated applicants pleaee call Mmoi/MMOti NIGHTCLUB REQUIRES EXPERIENCED Female Administrative AssisUnt Call ***** between 10a m and 5p m for interview
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      1257 18 Required by well established Ply- TOUR COMPANY wood factory in Jurong r#9(j)r#t MALE/FEMALE FEMALE CLERKS/TYPISTS PERSONNEL CLERK Applicant should possess a good Requirements: OCE <) level Certificate with a (iCKO' level with knowledge credit in Mathematics and Pllof Chinese rllin ■<■'*■' '>pi»K 'ertlflcate c Minimum 1 year working ex- Able
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      2207 18 W J **"»**eWJ OOOONEWS H FOR LADIES 1 GENTLEMEN FXPFPIPMPPn AN OPPORTUNITY C.IMUCU TO EARN $1,000 MONTHLY SALES ft SALESMEN at your time MANAGEMENT I He a Part-time Sales Executive TRAIMFPQ 7 required by an established for an esUbl.shed brand of im- IHAINfcfcS I bu,.d,n, ma,.,,.,, comply %£^J£^T£?!k ,'referab.y app,,canu
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      690 18 d) Technical EtECTRICIAN k Apprentice Write with full i jarticulars. salary expected and •ontact telephone to The Adveriser. 56 A Niven Road. Spore ■B. URCONDITIONING FIRM lEQUIRES Technicians and Apprentices Please call *****66 mmediately for an appointnent. URCONDITIONING COMPANY RE WIRES immediately Apprentice 0 repair and maintain plants md systems
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      608 18 I Leading Engineering Company invites applications to fill aeveral poaitio it a* CNC MACHINE TRAINEES Candidates mtst have I minimum of VlTBprade 3 Certificate I theory and prictlcal) on Metal Machining Successful applicants will be trained to ope-ate the most modren computer numerical i ontrolled metal rutting machine tools Cell
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      523 18 I PORUS KROME We are a precision engineeri ing corn p Any p a y i n y good fringe benefits and salary having immediate vacancies for: GENERAL MACHINISTS c Applicants should possess VITB Trade Certificate In Metal Marhimng a Have relevant working experience of at least 2 years and
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      864 19 II EMPLOYMENT M M"M M A pointing FIRM in .lurong re31 Station. V.en. EHS'Su^HH (>lus ahlfl allowance $1 80 InIeraaBBBBBBBBBBBaBBBBBaaBBBBBBaaBBBBa^B e sled i all iK-rsonally to 103. Ney- thai Hnaii Spore 2282 Bus 248 from Interchange d) Technical MGEE co N IIIgp N CAL Established ntemational juiuwy qualified candidates to
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      430 19 II EMPLOYMENT BENSONS METAL PRODUCTS PTE LTD 24 GUL AVENUE JURONG SINGAPORE 2262 has vacancies lor: TOOLROOM MACHINISTS With several years experience in Ihe manufacture ol high precision pre.ss tool Component! and spar.' parts Recofnlaed Technical qualifteaUoni are preferred, but applicant! with extensive practic.il experience only \»ill also he considered
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      278 19 Join Del Mar [Furniture "r^qfl LbbbbM'^bbbb^^^^s'A^l TaaßaZ Free transport at pick-up points Attendance bonus 13th Month pay Annual Productivity Bonus Productivity incentive Canteen facility, etc. Please apply in person with identity card on Mondays to Saturdays from 9.00 am to 4 00 pm at The Personnel Dept Del Mar Furniture
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      488 19 II EMPLOYMENT A well rstahllshed IMaslu I'.nkaging Industry rr<|inre.s (A)PRODUCTION SUPERVISOR (Citizens and Non Cilibbbbb) c Completed full-lime National Service c Industrial Technician Certificate in Mechanical Engineering. Production Engineering or full OCE A' level (Science Stream) c To work permanent night shift from II pm lo 7 am (B)MALE EXTRUDERS
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      420 19 I Da An American company has vacancies lor FEMALE QC INSPECTOR Between 17-25 years of age Sec. 4 education and above Willing to work on 3 rotating shift Commencing gross salary of $290/- p.m. (inclusive of transport allowance, shift allowance, attendance incentives) Free shuttle bus service provided for 2nd 3rd
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      210 19 II EMPLOYMENT W% MUSTAD Norwegian manufacturing company in Jurong requires FEMALE PRODUCTION WORKERS lor normal working hours/shift rotation. c 16 years and above. a Singapore/Malaysian Citizens c No experience required c Training will be provided MALE PRODUCTION OPERATORS lor our Heat Treatment M. chine Department. c Completed National Service. c
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      415 19 I •> FOSTER urgently requires STORE HAND i Mm secondary education Must possess class 3 4 driving licence j Preferably with some experience in store background Must be hardworking and able lo work under pressure Age 20-25 years Completed N.S. Interested applicants please apply personally with your I.C. and one
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      179 19 II EMPLOYMENT B'ltMpa«aa|Alsii^l I gaVTrf^f^ftfr'^gaal I ft'^j^Vfiff I mmitJ^t^r^f^mm t I Hls23Ju aaaaar'ffiTP^T*Hßaaaaaaaaafi BSB^kattjasWiPssMMJ eVaaj»*aiaj IV*j4paiMsßUsUß^Uaaajaj i Manufacturer of Metal Products in Jurong has immediate vacancies for the following (A) JUNIOR CHARGEHANDS Preferably with NTC Qrade 3 in sheet metal fabrication and/or welding I (B) PRODUCTION WORKERS Over 16 years
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      412 19 It 4 «1 B MAE MAINTENANCE SUPERVISOR A leading and wen-established developer has vacancy for Ihe above post for one of its office building. Applicants should peaa following (1) Relevant Trade Certificate in Electrical and aircondillon works from recognised Institutes 12) Minimum of 3 years experience in maintenance works of
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      412 20 II EMPLOTMBIT II EMPtOTMtHT II EMPLOYMENT |l' EMPLOYKgNT liaiPlOYHICIIT I 31 Situations Vacant I) Production WANTED FEMALE WORKERS Light Precision sharpening tools Preferably Vocallo School or Technical backgrou Training provided Aircon Honed workshop at Bu Tlmah. near Beauty World S ary $300 to $350 according to perlence Please write In
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      662 20 Firm in Jurong haa immediaM vacancies lor:- 1) PER3ONNEL ASSISTANT c GCE A' level (Eng) Preferably with some knowledge of payroll and personnel work. mat Work with little supervlmd slon. ki/ 2) PRODUCTION CLERK life he c OCE A' level (Eng). !l a Work In production offlee. c Willing to
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      752 20 auMaN Etactrtc haa vacanciaa tor 1) CAR STEREO SERVICEMAN 2) WASMNO MACHINE SERVICEMAN J) DEMONSTRATOR Hama «ppManrn Km<fty apply pvrson lo MELCO SALES (S) PTE LTD 70, Skianton Way Singapora 01 08 teL main. BAN CHU AN COFFEE HOUSE WAITRESSES We provide free meals, service charge, tips and other benefits,
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      547 20 Doa lo tha meant axpanalon m on vacanctaa tor tha toNowtng poata: QUALITY CONTROL CLERK a Completed Secondar Education English stream a Ability to type a Must be prepared to wor under pressure QUALITY CONTROL INSPECTORS a Must be prepared to work rotating shifts a Able to understand am write
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      395 20 [<Pollei Invites application from Singapore/Malay slan Citizens an Permanent Resident for the following posl tions: TOOLROOM MILLING MACHINIST Minimum NTT (Milling) Minimum 2 years' ex perlence in operatln the milling marhlni Be able to read blue print and work t close tolerance. SECURITY GUARDS (Male/Female) Singapore Citizen with previous Securl
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      755 20 1 CYCLE CARRIAGE d GROUP a I- Our Company Is expanding rapidly and Is now looking for suitably qualified personnel to fill the following positions A) KEY PUNCH OPERATOR I (FEMALE) Mln 3 OCE O' level with at least 3 credits Including English 2to 3 years' experience In a similar
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      388 20 ■Mi ■jNakona SINCOI TECHNICAL STORE ASSISTANTS Completed GCE 'O' Able to work 2 rotatim shifts (morning and afternoon) Preference given to ex National Servicemen especially in Technics Storeman Vocation. Successful candidates will be responsible for keeping inventory of spare parti tools and materials DRIVER/ DELIVERY ATTENDANT Above 21 yean Possess
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      641 20 require, (A) OFFICE ATTENDANT (B) DESPATCH RIDER (C) GENERAL WORKER Raquiramant* Male Singapore citizens Above It years of age Completed Primary SI: education f' Have a working knowledg of English Possess a valid Class II Drlv Ing Licence (For Post (B only) Please call for Interview toda during office hours
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      534 20 Raanlrad: MALE FEMALE FACTORY WORKERS a Age above 16 lo 35 Interested please call at: Tom Alk Plaattc Factory Pto LI 171 Eunoa Ava. 7. Blk 107*. S 'pc 1440 REQUIRED OFFICE BOY ar weighing clerk Singapore Cll zens Apply personally a 11-A. Cecil Street. Spore 01 after 4 30pm
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      815 20 Experienced/Inexperienced Delivery Clerks and Labourers Interested parties, call personally at Rm 5361-F. 2nd floor. Woh Hup Complex. Beach Road. Spore 071S REQUIRED GENERAL WORKERS with molorcvcle licence and Hv ing in Toa Payoh Please ring JJj *****36/*****45 for appointment URGENTLY REQUIRED MALE Apprentices, age above 16. No ex- perlence required
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      930 21 111 VEHICLES BOATS 111 VEHICLES 4 BOATS 111 VEHICLES 4 BOATS 111 VEHICLES BOATS 111 VEHICLES 4 BOATS mm^m%r\^B^^+».m\\mmW\\ I OOOOOOOOOOCK 43 Vehicles For Hire L—^a^BW J I I I I FREE electronic Tyret boloney I ll* Am P*« c <" f ki EttKient I Senncei I rVELCOME TO BUKIT
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      851 21 JULY 1*77 BMW i.ii exrellen .umlition wilh airrond. radio ne Price $38.0000n0 Rln *****91 from 9am to 4 pm MID- 1*74 BMW 520 Excellen condition with many arressorle .me! private reglslratiun Cnntac MM MINILITE MAGNESIUM RIMS !u BMW 320. 220 13 Ins x 7 1/2 in deep dished New Unused.
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      962 21 ll JAN. 1*77 FIAT MIS. cassette 1/ radio. Micheim lyres, sport! g runs rust-proofed, excelleni condition Price $21,500. Tel lt *****11 ext 28 View: 37. Quallt] s Road.Jurong t LADY OWNER. 1*72, Flat 12' Sport Excelleni condition New r paint, aircond. radio, cassette Price negotiable View 9. Loronf 107. Off
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      902 21 I*7* HONOA CIVIC .-(lour Showroom condition Airrond cartridge, tuff koted. etc $18,301 negotiable Contact Michael *****54 after II 00 am I*7* 3 DOOR HONDA Accord Automatic. 1 owner. $29,500 Call Gary *****65 IMO APRIL HONOA Prelude Automatic, aircond. low mileage One owner Tel: *****31. 5 MONTHS OLD Honda Prelude Automatic,
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      781 21 I*7* MERCEDES 200 Automatic owner, done 9.500 k m Ihowiuui condition Asking $69,000 om Tel *****28 I*7* MERCEDES BENZ 200 I owner, aircond. radio and cas I sette. done 4.500 k m In ver good condition Owner leavini Interested call *****59 Steven Mitsubishi Colt ALMOST 1*73 COLT Galant \M OS
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      766 21 1 I tat £lal*^ I Pa^^^aeVaj 1 I I*7l TOYOTA COROLLA 1200. very good condition Tax 7/80. PARF eligible. M.BSO ono Tel: *****96 1*72 TOYOTA CORONA MXII PARK eligible Aircond. radio, tip top condition J10.500 ono Phone *****95 1*73 MOOEL TOYOTA Cellca. Aircond sports rims, road tax/ insurance, cassette radio.
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      652 21 PACIFIC MOTOR CREDIT PTE LTD Known For Top Quality Used Cars Plot C Used Cars Centre Kampong Java Fringe Carpark Oft Bukil Timah Rd/ Cavenagh Rd Tele: 335*353/ 735*343 I I*7* Dalsun 130Y GL a/c Colt Sigma I*oo GS a/c Coll Lancer 1400 SL a/c I*7* Datsun 16OJ SSS a/c
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      1480 21 1973 AUST;N 1300GT SaOTt rMM DEC I*7* TOYOTA Road Ux 8/80 Wry good condi- t ion wagon i blind van lion v owner Reasonable offer *****14 1*73 JAGUAR KM 4 2 Automatic. N eligible (or PARK, road Ux Au- FORO ESCORT VAN Wv Irisurg.ist Askn.g 525.000 ono Vie* \2 Florida
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      965 22 IV ACCOMMODATION PROPERTIES IV ACCOMMODATION PROPERTIES IV ACCOMMODATION A PROPERTIES IV ACCOMMODATION A PROPERTIES IV ACCOMMODATION A PROPERTIES til r>*l UA FOR LEASE PIL Building Prime office building at Cecil Street scheduled for completion in end 1960 Ist floor office of 961 s m at $32 30 psm/mth (excluding service
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      1073 22 [WL&^slaW& I^^ Luxurious 2-stor»y i^^JtfW^ W^^ terrace units Wo^^ Pasir Parting Road h 7 3 bedrooms, living room, kitchen, 2 bathrooms, store. Children's playground Car park, recreational facilities Freehold land Showroom opens daily from 9 am 5 pm. Enquiries and Bookings: Q*| GOOOLAND (PTE) UMTTED 21 New Bridge Road, Singapore
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      725 22 "««VIIPUI APARTMENT Ir town facing sea 2 bedrooms tastefully furnished, central air cond. fully carpeted Avallablt immediately $1,800 Chelsea Homes *****23/4/5 A BEAUTIFUL 2-BEDROOMEC apartment, swimming pool facilities Fully furnished. $2,100 Available immediately Calrnhll Mansion, executive apartment near Ooodwood Hotel. $2,300 Richard Low Housing. *****81 A BEAUTIFUL APARTMENT DM 10
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      867 22 Sherwood Towers ;i bedrooms with swimming pool, squash court and shop (acuities High 1 floor, let furnished or unfurnished (Ol Hlllcrest Arcadia. 2 bedrooms with swimming pool, squash and tennis courts High floor, fully furnished (C) Ridge- wood 3 bedrooms with swimming pool, fully furnished (D) unfurnished walk-up apartment. Novena
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      733 22 PACIFIC MANSION APARTMENT for 3 months lease Aircondilioner fully furnished $1,100 Conlid Joe Chua ***** before spm PASIR PANJANG 3-BEDROOMED Apartment. 3 bathrooms, furnished $1,800/ unfurnished $1,500 Swimming pool *****82. No agents Room Road -Seng Manuona' (10). Walk-up. 4 bedrooms Ridg.wood 'Kalakaua Rot (10). High floor. 3 bedrooms. Pandan Villey
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      810 22 ORCHARD TOWERS APARTMENTS wanted urgently Company ■imiriau- staff Unfurnished or furnished. Also Wanted Houses Any budget in Selelar Hill vicinity Owners, contact *****55/*****25 WANTED HOUSES AND Apartments In any dlsl-lcl for Immediate occupation by expatriates Saturn *****55 b) Flats APARTMENTS WANTED IN any feasible districts Hudget $500 lo $600 *****79
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      767 22 BRAND-NEW SPRINGLEAF GAR DEIiS two-storey semi-detachei land 3.700 sqft Built-in 2.50 sqft 3 bedrooms study room Victor It Morris Tel: *****7 *****6 CAPTTaI PARK 1690.000 CIEMENTI PARK 5480.000 DEOAP ROAD 1270.000 FAKR TERRACE $285 000 HOLLAND ROAO 63 5 000 HONG LEONG GDN J295.000 HULCREST ROAD 1220.000 JALAN UMAU BALI
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      593 22 1- 585 SBSRealty Services\PtE) Ltd (a wholly owned subsidiary ol Smgapura Building booetv Lmtedl Tet *****1-3 Offers the following ROSYTH ROAD modern 2-storey Detached S bedrooms. 4 bathrooms, matured garden, fruit trees, etc. Land: 12.190 sq ft $600,000/ PASIR PANJANG COURT 2nd floor Flat 3 bedrooms. 2 bathrooms, swimming pool,
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      801 23 IV ACCOMMODATE k PROPERTIES IV ACCOMMODATION A PROPERTIES IV ACCOMMODATION PROPERTIES V SERVICES A RUSINESS |I V SERVICES BUSINESS 54 Properties For Sale b) Flats A BRAND NEW St Patrick's Oar dm apartment 3 rooms with various facilities al $220,000 Fields *****' ***** ***** ACE Of>ER»: (irangeford. low floor apartment.
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      773 23 N..U.1 walk up apart man MM sqft $16fl.iMi ,Pr.>|>ert\ Agency *****551 DIST 11 SHEIFORD APARTMENT rant's lully carpeted and furnished .'.OOO si) fl $3>iii > sea Homes *****23 4 5 1 1 v.uglas DIST 12. OFF BALESTIER. ItH-.l r.M. inert apartment near IDeatrei shopping complex, eusl4o,ooo .i t Housing Associates
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      875 23 I Ino nij ft sellniK tfi4o.(Mo Inlereslefl rail (ather me *****53 PACIFIC MANSION selling price »*****0 Interested partita call Miss Inn *****.5J PANOAN VALLEY: mid floor 4 be.lr.x.med luxury apartment Owner occupied Ist class furnishings, morning sun $420,000 ..no ;i***** *****8 PANOAN VALLEY DIST. 10 1.700 sq II bodrOOCßa, well
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      1263 23 DENTIAI land minimum I acn, GENTLY tooting for a DOMOn any district Vacant possession M( re Ptoue ling tMgta preferred Immediate purchase. subject v. contract I'lease call *****88 MST 1544 MARINE PARADE lIDH 58 Off ICC SpaCß 5/ 4-roomed flat wanted Dial u_»._. *****47 Vacant GENUINE BUYERS WANT Industrial R.
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      809 23 61 Shops To Let/For Sale/Wanted AVAILABLE IMMEDIATELY. MODERN aircondltioned shop units wilh good frontage in central prestlgeous localities, area from 250 so, ft onwards Sale/ renlal al reasonable rales For details MeU Properties: *****88 AN EXCLUSIVE SHOP at Kalong Shopping Centre for sale Area approximately 768 sq ft Ist floor,
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  • IX OBITUARIES |
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      140 Acknowledgements
      190 25 THE FAMILY OF THE LATE •Mm Tay Swa« Poh wiah lo npitii lhair rwarttelt gratituda to ralalima. trwnds, eelST.:^?^?^' ?a!£££r ™C#°l THE FAMILY OF THE LATE KONG MUN WAI THANK THE SURGEONS. DOCTnoc mn CTltc nt wlßnc 11 M. IPt.S T^lt e?L"!sf»iT»i FOR THEIR TENDER CARE AND ATTENTION
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      The family of the late
      52 25 WILLIAM LIMHAI SWEE aiproaa thmr haartlalt thanks to ralativaa. Irwndt. collaaguat and condotancai. kind assislanc*. •rraath,. •crolli. donations and attondanc* during thair raconl boraavamanl Also gratalul thanks to Doctors and Nursas ol Wards 3 and 6 ol Sing. pora Ganaral Hospital lor tha madi cal
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      Tha Family of the Late
      123 25 MADAM KWAN HA CHENG (Mrs Can Khak Bang) wish to thank Van-Sack Kong Poh. Prasidant a Committa* Mambars ol Tha Buddhist Union and thair mamb»rs Mambars ol Tha Singapora Buddhist Lodga. Mambars ol Th* Atalamsa Lodga. doctor* and njrsas ol Ward 43 Tan Tock S.ng
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      142 Deaths
      132 25 nTeSeuoSe^e HH l TeVjSoo''l OO a L ng peeceMl, on Ma, 19. igeOtoa.mg SONS: TAY CHENG WAN (DECEASED) TAY CHIN MKNIi TAY CHIN 1.1 ANCi TAY CHIN HONG XXV FR PAUL TAY DAUGHTERS TAYCHWKK lIONIi SISTKR CAMILL.K TAY CHIJ. TAY CHWEE CHOO TAY CHWEE KEE DAUGHTERS-IN-LAW: LOW KIIKNC.
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      21 25 ALOYSIUS E FERNANDEZ 3rd Anniversary today. May 20th. Sadly missed but always rememberrd by wife Edna and loved
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      In everloving memory of
      55 25 our balovad lathar M j. p. i>/jabii MH. M. HAJAUUrAL Dop«l«d on 20th May. 197» jjr«^djugM«|^o^o«^ bbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbsbbbbbbbbbbbbbbl i n Evarloving Momory ola Daarly B«iovad Frwnd and Unckt M. Raiagopal O«p«rtad 20/5/79 Sadly mtaaod by tha lamil»at ol char, Chaa Wang. Capl. E.H.R. Davm, lha Wong lamily
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      In Loving Memory Of
      76 25 SERGEANT V.K. KANESAN Born: 2/2/S6 Departad 19/5/7* -Slid anil sudden was his call. Mi'l<l<*n death surprised us .ill. t>r.iutilul life came a sudden end. ll>- diol U lif lived everyone's Wend. Up had a nature you could not \\r\p loving A hearl lar purer than ((old.
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      In memory ol
      39 25 th. L.I. MR. LEO HEE WAH Departed: 20.5 79. Ag«d 54. It Hal trrn year you icll lls A thuuiEhl of you bririi! us t.irs You r always rtmtmbtrtd by *>■<• lorn, daughlart. grandchildr«n and b«tov»d onti
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      10 25 'In Memoriam is for the loved ones whom you remember
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  • TIMESPORT PAGE ONE
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      Lock icon THOMPSON SETS WORLD RECORD, DESPITE LAY-OFF
      221 26 (iOKTZIS, Mon. Britain's Daley Thompson, 21, set a world record in the decathlon here yesterday his first full competition ia more than a year. Thompson, whose progress to the summit has been relentlessly sure since i his first decathlon In Wales i five years
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      Lock icon Reutemann triumphs in Monaco
      584 26 From protector to victor MONTE CARLO, Mon. Argentinian veteran Carlos Reutemann calmly claimed his 10th Formula One triumph by winning one of the most dramatic Monaco Grand Prix motor races on record here yesterday. The 38-year-old Williams driver ended an 18month spell among the also-rans as
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      Lock icon Madrid, Nantes capture league titles
      394 26 Madrid, Nantes capture league titles PARIS, Mon. Two more football league titles were decided in Europe during the weekend. Real Madrid won their 20th championship in Spain, their third in consecutive years, before a singing, dancing crowd of 120,000 at their Santiago Bernabeu Stadium, while Nantes won their second French
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      Lock icon Bribery charges against officials
      243 26 SALONICA, Mon. Security police are holding the president and a board member of the Iraklis First Division football club over bribery allegations. Constantine Pertsinides, 45, the president, and Nicholas Nikolaides, 34. are alleged to have bribed a player of Salonika's First Division club Paok, a rival
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      Khalid is Malays u-21 champion
      158 26 Khalid is Malays u-21 champion FORMER F and N trainee Khalid Ismail emerged the Singapore Malays national under-21 singles badminton champion when he beat Hasbi Abu Bakar 15-8, 15-10 in the final at Telok Kurau Secondary School. The finals of the senior men's singles and doubles, the mixed doubles and
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      Johari is stretched
      153 26 JOHARI JONIT was the only player to be fully stretched before beating Steven Wong 63, 6-7, 7-5 in the first qualifying round of the Fila Open tennis ranking championship at the Singapore Tennis Centre last night. Other results: First raua: K. B. Kwa bt A. Koh 6-0,
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      Lock icon Dull affair
      20 26 ADDIS ABABA. Mon. Zambia and Ethiopia drew 0-0 here yesterday in a pre-World Cup soccer match here. AFP.
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      Lock icon Arsenal receive heroes' welcome
      135 26 LONDON, Mon. Thousands of fans gave Arsenal a heroes welcome home here yesterday, despite the team losing the English F. A. Cup eight days ago, at Wembley and the European Cup Winners' Cup final to Valencia on penalties, in Brussels. About 100,000 cheering north Londoners turned
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      Lock icon China win five titles
      387 27 CALCUTTA. Mon. China underlined their superiority in Asian table tennis when they swept the board, winning the coveted men's and women's singles and doubles and mixed doubles titles in the competition finals here yesterday. Third-seeded Shi Zhihao became the Asian men's singles champion after he beat
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      BRIEFS
      174 27 SEOUL, Mon. Japan's Shoji Oguma, a former world champion, knocked out South Korean champion Park Chan-Hee to win the world Boxing Council flyweight title here last night TTie fight ended after 53 seconds of the ninth round of a scheduled 15-round match at the Metropolitan Changchung gymnasium. Oguma. 28.
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      481 27 useppe Saronni added the 243kilometre third stage of the Italian tour, from Turin to Parma, to his first and second stage wins. In Paris, Belgium Herman Van Springel won the 77th Bordeaux-Paris professional road race for a record sixth Van Springel, 36. clocked 12 hr. 46
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      Lock icon Connors beats rival Dibbs in straights sets
      182 27 LOUISVILLE. Mon. Jimmy Connors beat fellow American Eddie Dibbs in straight sets in the final of the US$lO4,OOO ($224,640) tennis tournament here yesterday. Connors, whose service looked better than in recent matches won 6-2. 6-3. In Florence, local idol Adriano Panatta won the
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      Lock icon Warwicks top the League
      296 27 LONDON, Mon. Unregarded Warwickshire settled in at the top of England 's 40-over Sunday Cricket League when they clinched their third win in-a-row yesterday one more than last season when they finished bottom of the 17 counties. Sussex were their victims at Edgbaston. After teenager Gladstone
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      Lock icon Lietzke triumphs by one stroke
      361 27 FORT WORTH, Mon. Bruce Lietzke holed a 7 62-metre birdie putt on the final green yesterday to edge out Ben Crenshaw by one stroke in the US$3OO,OOO ($648,000) invitational golf tournament. Lietzke finished at nine-under-par 271 to earn a U5554,000 first-place cheque. Crenshaw earned U5532,400.
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      Why not master English ?
      261 27 Why not master English A GOOD COMMAND OF ENGLISH can ensure snecess in your present job improve your chances of promotion and increase your earning power. Yon can acquire it quickly and easily. When you can talk fluently and effectively write clearly and concisely, you impress your boss your customers
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      A dramatic Cup day for racegoers
      397 27  -  FAIRWAY Hi IT was a dramatic Cup day over the weekend at Bukit Timah. The races had to a shocking start when a rank -outsider took the first event. Following this, two horses fought to a thrilling deadheat. Veteran jockey Podmore then rode the
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      Cricket officials up in arms
      399 28  -  ERNEST FRIDA By LOCAL cricket officials are up in arms against Singapore captain S. Muruthi's decision not to declare the second innings of the inter-port match against Hongkong on the Padang last weekend. The three-day match ended in a farcical draw when Muruthi decided to
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      Lock icon Richards, Lloyd hit centuries for WI
      180 28 Richards, Lloyd hit centuries for WI MILTON KEYNES, Mon. Clive Lloyd and Viv Richards hit centuries as they led a West Indian run spree against Northamptonshire nere yesterday. The visiting cricketers reached 369 for a lead of 109, leaving time for Northants to chip 29 off their deficit by the
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      Nair to state Singapore's case as hosts
      311 28  -  PATRICK BABTIANS By HARRY NAIR, secretary of the Singapore Squash Rackets Association, will fly to London in September to state Singapore's case for hosting the world junior championships in 1962. The SSRA will be gambling on hosting the expensive tournament with a chance
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      Bee Khim leads the field
      164 28 Bee Khim leads the field KEE BEE KHIM took the first step towards winning the Singapore Island Country Club women's golf championship for the 11th time at the New course yesterday, reports ERNEST FRIDA. She led a pack of eight players in the first round with a six-over-par 78. Diane
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      Boon Lay upset
      40 28 BOON LAY created a big upset when they beat the defending champions and favourites, Changi. 2-1 to win the Singapore inter-constituency sepak takraw title at Gay World Stadium Marine Parade finished third after defeating Kampong Übi 2-1
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      SAFRA whip SIA Group
      47 28 SINGAPORE Armed Forces Reservists' Association whipped Singapore Airlines Group 5-0 in the men's National Squash League E Grade aham pionship at Toa Payoh yesterday. In a C Grade women's match at the Singapore Cricket Gub, the hosts were beaten 3-1 by Tanglin Club
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      Lim wins all his singles matches to stun critics
      338 28  - Lim wins all his singles matches to stun critics BERNARD PEREIRA By DANIEL LTM, fresh on the tennis comeback trail, stunned his critics at the recent trials to select Singapore's Chua Choon Leong Cup squad when he won all his three singles matches even upsetting national champion Patrick Loh. Urn,
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      Mahader is top seeded
      94 28 MAHADER HASSAN has been top seeded for the Fila Open tennis championship at the Singapore Tennis Centre on Saturday and Sunday, reports BERNARD I'KRKIKA. He is drawn to meet national champion and arch-rival Patrick Loh in the final. The other top contenders are Hassan Bohari, seeded
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      Semi-final abandoned
      68 28 THE Singapore Women's Hockey Association Winners' Pool knockout semi-final match between Singapore Cricket Club A and Theresians A at the Padang yesterday was abandoned with the score at 1-1 because of failing light. Monica I-oy netted for SIX and Melanie Martens for Theresians In a Singapore Hockey Association
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      THE MURDER OF CRICKET
      270 29 CRICKET In Singapore isnt dying It's being murdered! Singapore skipper S. Moruthl committed cricketing euthanasia on Sanday aa sarely aa a frustrated doctor pulls out the plug on aa incurable patient kept alive by a machine. Munithl was the hero •n Friday, the opening day of
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      All smiles for takraw, bowling
      282 29  - All smiles for takraw, bowling VILFRED YEO By V CHNG SENG MOK, a man not normally given to outbursts of any sort, was just short of ecstatic yesterday. But Chng's joy had nothing to do with personal gain or success. He was reacting, as the president of the Singapore Tenpin
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      Singapore bowlers lead
      275 29 Singapore bowlers lead SINGAPORE bowlers strengthened their grip on the Golden Bowl championships in Johore Bahru yesterday, shooting to the top of another two events to lead in 13 of the 14 major events at stake, reports WILFRED YEO. Narissa Prateep dislodged Malaysia's Doris Koo from her 1,054-pinfall perch in
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      TODAY'S EVENTS
      153 29 TO DAY' S EVENTS BADMINTON Singapore Sports Council national intrazone final: Thomson v Serangoon Gardens (Serangoon Secondary school, 130) BASKETBALL National championships (Peoples Association. 7 3D) GOLF SI.GA league: Keppel v Sembawang (Sembawang). Jurong v Seletar Jurong) HOCkRY SHA Div One league SCC B v Jansenites B (SCC, 5 15).
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      WALKING THE PLANK
      648 29 ...under lots of pressure COULD you walk 100 metres along a plank a half-metre wide, say without faltering? You could? Then there it is placed across a 500-metre deep ravine! Now walk! Yes, it takes on a rather different significance in those circumstances, doesn't it? I mean,
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      Serangoon Gardens sacked from NFL
      549 29  -  JOE DORAI By SERANGOON GARDENS have been thrown out of the National Football League. The Football Association of Singapore's Tournament Committee found them guilty of cheating in League and President's Cup matches. Gardens, founder-mem-bers of the League in 1975, allegedly fielded an unregistered player under
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      Abu Bakar and Yacob called up
      216 29 SINGAPORE'S intermjdiate team striker Abu Bakar Saad and goalkeeper Yacob Hashim have been invited to join the Malaysia Cup reserves for their friendly soccer match against South Korea at the National Stadium tomorrow (8 pm), reports JOE DORAI. Tney were called up by national
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      CUP-TIE
      31 29 TODAY Forces v Sarawak (Merdeka Stadium, 7.30). mediates' 2-0 victory over Irian Jaya, of Indonesia, at the National Stadium last Thursday. Jita wants to test Abu Bakar and Yacob along
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      Lock icon Guna paves way for Pahang in home victory
      113 29 Guna paves way for Pahang in home victory PAHANG 2 SABAH 0 KUANTAN, Mon. S. Gunasegaran, who played poorly last week, sparked Pahang to a 2-0 victory over Sabah in tonight's Malaysia Cup soccer match at the Darulmakmur Stadium here. Despite the ever-threat-ening ways of Sabah striker Hassan Sani, Pahang
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      Sepak takraw tournament
      52 29 Sepak takraw tournament THE Bukit Panjang Community Centre's fifth intra-constitu-ency sepak takraw tournament for the Lee Yiok Seng Chal lenge Trophy starts on June 10. Entry forms are available at the community centre, and the closing date for registration is Saturday week. The draw will be made on Sunday week
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      Wong among 51 for ASEAN schools' trials
      275 29  -  ERNARD PEREIRA ByBI WONG SHOON SOO, who has been nominated for next month's badminton training stint in Ragunan, Indonesia, has also been shortlisted for this year's ASEAN schools' championship trials at New Town Secondary, starting on Monday week. The 18-year-old younger brother of
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      Shuttle final
      30 29 NATIONAL coach Wee Choon Seng will lead Thomson in tonight's Singapore Sports Council's national intra-zone badminton final against Serangoon Gardens at the Serangoon Secondary School hall (7/30 pm)
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      Lock icon Telok Blangah in youth final
      198 29 TELOK Blangah qualified for the final of the national youth under-19 soccer competition with an upset 2-0 victory over Cairnhill at the Jalan Besar Stadium last night. They meet Changi United, who beat Mountbatten 5-4 on penalty kicks after a 1-1 draw at full-time, in
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    Lock icon Ohira dissolves Parliament
    235 30 TOKYO, Monday PRIME Minister Masayoshi Ohira, defeated in a surprise no-confidence vote, dissolved Japan's Lower House of Parliament today to pave the way for the nation's second general election in eight months. Svemment has set for nation-wide to elect a new ouse, of which its 511 members
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    Lock icon Prime rate lowered
    63 30 NEW YORK, Mon. Morgan Guaranty Trust today cut its prime interest rate by half a percentage point to 16 per cent, continuing an interest rate slide as the economy weakens. Morgan Guaranty, the fifth largest US bank, was soon followed by several smaller banks, including the First
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    Lock icon Tying it up
    37 30 NEW DELHI, Mon India will send a top ranking diplomat to China on June 3 to do the spadework for the normalisation of relations between the two countries, official sources confirmed here today. AFP.
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    Lock icon Cyrus tomb is new target
    49 30 TEHERAN, Mon Ayatollah Sadeq KhaUthali said today he hoped Iranians will demolish the pre-Islamic tomb of Cyrus the Great in Central Fare province. The former roving Islamic prosecutor was unsuccessful in his recent attempt to destroy the monument of the deposed Shah's father AFP
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    Lock icon IT'S 'NO' AGAIN TO 1069
    168 30 WASHINGTON, Mon. Mr Michael Herbert Dengler lost out at the Supreme Court today on his effort to change his name to 1069. Without comment, the court rejected Mr Dengler's appeal claiming that he should be allowed to change his name to anything he wishes, so
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    Housing Board tests car park ticketing machines
    246 30 Housing Board tests car park ticketing machines THE Hearing Board yesterday tested the coin-operate ticketing machines It has Installed at selected car parks. Four have been pat up at Outram Park and all are now In black plastic cover until they are commissioned. The machines are easy to operate. Drivers
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    Lock icon Journalists to keep striking
    61 30 SYDNEY, Mon. A strike by newspaper journalists which has slowed or stopped production of major newspapers across the country, will continue until at least the end of the week, the strikers decided today. The journalists have been on strike since May 13 when 29 members in
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    Lock icon Dow Jones
    40 30 NEW YORK, Mon Dow Jones average of 30 industrials, which registered gains in each of the past four sessions, dropped back 2.82 to 824.06 in the first half-hour of trading on the New York Stock Exchange today. AP.
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    Lock icon US move to cut refugee shuttle
    171 30 KEY WEST (Florida), Mon. United States officials have thrown up a sea blockade between here and the Cuban port of Mariel to cut off the continuing sea shuttle of Cuban refugees between the two countries. Since Saturday, a dozen patrol boats, several helicopters and
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    Lock icon Three-stage plan for solving hostage crisis
    550 30 PARIS, Mon A PLAN to free the American hostages in three stages will be submitted to Iran's new parliament when it sits on May 28, a week earlier than originally scheduled, sources close to mediators in the crisis said today. They said the solution
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    Late CLASSIFIED Death
    40 30 Late CLASSIFIED Death SAKALOCO SIMON aged S9 dearly called to be with Ood on 19 5 1980; leaving behind wife, sons, daughters, son-ln-laws. and grandchildren Cortege leaves No. 03 Lor 25 Qeylang Road on 20 580 for Mount Vernon Crematorium
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      224 30 The old man of the river He's the old man of Singapore River. He lives among an assortment of discarded things, under the Malacca Bridge, in a home put together with planks and driftwood collected from the river. Why is he there? What does he do? Feature writer RICHARD LIM
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      419 30 BUSINESS TIMES Singapore's financial Dally Co<K Pnc« tot Annuol Subtci^lion t/SS (X »üb«r*>tK>n. T.ITIHIII h TODAY'S HIGHLIGHTS. Companies and car owners may not be pleased by the tax authorities' new ruling on car allowances. Business Times examines the significance of the move and raises questions as to its implementation. Other
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      184 30 nnnnManal UP TO 1 p.m. TODAY: Showers with thunder in several places.TEMP. (C) up to 6 a.m. tomorrow: 31 max., 24 mln. SUNSET today: 6.31 p.m.; SUNRISE tomorrow: t.tt a.m. GLOBAL weather Amsterdam 7-23C Clear Las Angeles 15-23C Cloudy Athens 17-25 C Cloudy Madrid 8-21 C Clear Bahrain 23-34C Clear
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        MANDARIN BY RADIO
        524 1  -  LIN SHAN t!b:~:~Compil«d by This 15-mlnnte programme will be broadcast over the English Service of Singapore Broadcasting Corporation tonight at 7.45 p.m., and the coming Sunday at Mi a.m. Lesson 21 or this series will be repeated on Thursday at 8.45 p.m. over the FM stereo. Lesson
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        35 1 ft**SftJE*)t** Wicked men, far the most part, delight In false pleasures, bat good men in the tine pleasures. Plato »£t*5fcaifi*tt±»*t*5fcWA£ A life of pleasure Is therefore the most nnpleasIng life in the world. Goldsmith
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        132 1 x^&i£ sJ Be This essay will be broadcast today at M.3t a.m. and 9.45 p.m. and on Friday at 11. 31 a.m. and 9.45 p.m. over the Chinese service of Singapore Broadcasting Corporation. .tftft-*fe(D° •i£(D7-JA tt#S ft .±*«*W£ at* *>f+^«# 0( qtfng ren iS/l *©(z5o)i«JDT^ zhud zhuAng o
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        Fables The ghost is in him
        127 1 Fables The ghost is in him THERE was a man by the name of Juan Shuliang, who was foolish as well as cowardly. Once, he was travelling hastily on a moonlit night. The sheen of pale moonlight shone on him and cast a shadow on the ground. Every step he
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        534 1 Is New Nation a news paper, v-ml a sports paper, a fashion magazine, j£mmm a business paper or a home journal? y^iv GOOD N EWS I FROM 1 Yes, it's all these and more I TEXOLIN I Singapore is now the manufacturing and technological centre for: "TEXOUN PRODUCTS" GUARANTEED FUEL
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        96 1 INSIDr Fashion Designers of Singapore 'PuUm la my foremost Jab, art Is only a sideline.' So says Tan Yoong, who has made It as one of Singapore's top designers. Read what he has to say on Controsproad Pagot6, 7 A glimpse of art from the past snM 4V fl If
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      PICK of the DAY
      548 2  - PICK of the DAY DANA LAM By SBC TV DETECTIVE Earl Elsehled (Ch 5, 8.30 p.m.) continues his battle with police upper echelon for men to form his special squad. At the same time, he tracks down a psychotic killer in the second part of Only The Pretty Girls Die.
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      Polygram is showbiz without the show
      684 2  -  JOHN GEDDES By in HAMBURG I THE Polygram group, one of the world s largest record companies, with growing interests in films, television and music publishing, is show business without the show. The corridors in its headquarters here are not lined with gold discs.
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        124 2 PLAYS AND DANCE DRAMAS by Nanyang Junior College at the Victoria Theatre at 7.30 p.m. Tickets: $1 and $2. On till tomorrow. SCANDINAVIAN FILM FESTIVAL Next of Kin (Norway), a suspense thriller, at the DBS auditorium at 8 p.m. Tickets: $2. On till tomorrow. FRENCH FILM: Et Dieu Crea La
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        1089 2 TV and Radio SBC 5 3.00 PM Opening folowed by Gl(an's 7.25 Cultural Diary (English) Island The Kidnapper (r) 7.30 News (Malay) 3.30 Diary of Events (English) 7.45 Juara '80 (3rd Semi-final) 3.35 Afternoon Matinee Way Blue 8 30 Ei$chied M V Th Pretty Girts Yonder (Part 2) D* IB)
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        437 3 r, -ir*" r "'BC! Komatsu Total Service System begins here and extends throughout Southeast Asia Whether you are operating a To fly you the parts by Komatsu Singapore fleet of logging machines deep helicopter when your need is X Regional Centre for in the tropical jungles of greatest fr Parts,
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        394 4 19th DAY at LIDO (*****14) 4 SHOWS daily: 1 1am. 2.30, 6 9.00pm Admium. CIKOI J4 il»a> U $2 No Free List 3 oars ipwwct c»m x>u mm t $300 only 'Z—H \fi DOtgYSTIREOn PRINT ijl Francis Ford (Godfather) Coppola s m \th 75Wilhon epic on thejietnamWar M^% Haf JADE
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        143 4 Anewtrend in time m J WATCH REF. ***** AC Automatrc Day/Date. Water Res»tant X kiaiatOn UGuarantaaCardU n With m ji Rjrchaaa' J( Ricoh service centres SINOAPOM: 3- B Chow Houaa. Robmaon ßoad KUALA LUMPUR: 39Jaton PaUfng JAKARTA 105 Pa»ar Baru HONOKONO Lap Hmg Houaa. Crouod Fkx>r 50 Gk>ooa«a. ftead BANGKOK
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        258 4 mM £Ukm PUBllc UTILITIES \r\7 boprd ~£k UIHTER J^ lIITERRUPTIOn S NOTICE TO CONSUMERS C The PUB wiM be connecting a new 700 mm water main to the water supply system serving Lim Chu Kang Road. To facilitate this work, it is necessary to shut down water supply to Lim
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        447 4 ODEON: LAST 2 DAYS! 5 (321 1 16) 5 Shows I I am, I 30, 4, 7, 9 1 5pm ]< Mo Fr— Ll«t JURONG DRIVE-IN/BROADWAY/BEDOK I if OPENS THURSDAY! 1 J I Tllatt <m CantOneSe) |!i t Magnificent S I 8 tfj Butcher |2% o hung <|> >' KUAN
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        606 4 !^CS\ CATHAY \^Jry ORGANISATION V LAST 2 DAYS) I|l 11am. 1 30. 4. 7. 9 15pm 5 f 'MAGNIFICENT i*% tUTCHEI OPfNS rMURSDAY' I I -H4l" D«»ni:rv.iam»fctpi.M< I NOW SHOWING' !l 11am, 1 30. 4. 8 30. 9 15pm V I I Kul. Oouglo»/Ann Marqf«t I i N«»t Chonge 1
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    • LEISURE
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        Maori art of making a house into a home
        683 5 Tangata The Maori Vision Of Man National Museum Art Gallery Until June 2, 10.30 a.m. to 7 p.m. daily Review by RACHEL BARNES TODAY, the Maori in New Zealand are probably the best-liked and most admired inheritors of primitive culture. The
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        Pride and dignity in college concert
        289 5 Pride and dignity in college concert Lord Mountbatten memorial concert May 16 Reviewed by DELISLE SCHWARTZ THE United World College of South-east Asia paid its tribute to Lord Mountbatten with a memorial concert in the Singapore Conference Hall last Friday night. The solemnities included prayers, recitations, hymns and songs for
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        25 5 I m i i a wj wA II flr I m LWt mmi 1 XrM A •rtrtt The better bond A Wiggins Teape Fine Paper
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        384 5 RUBBERIHAS'BO THE FIRST INTERNATIONAL RUBBER AND PLASTICS EXHIBITION AND CONFERENCE FOR ASIA. World Trade Centre. Singapore 26-30 May 1 980 Time: 1000am-7.00pm 1 Over 180 international manufacturers and suppliers to the world s rubber and plastics industry will gather in Singapore for RUBBERPLAS 80. the largest exhibition of its kind
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    • OUTLOOK
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        What will the the nation wear?
        884 6  - What will the the nation wear? WONG LAI WAH By These four young designers have all been invited by the Ministry of Culture to design our national costume; and we have invited our readers to translate their ideas onto paper and send us their sketches. We have received several promising
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        Thomas Wee
        718 6 An original look and an original emblem too THOMAS Wee, 32, one of the 10 finalists in the 1978 Young Designers' contest wants to create something new and original for the national costume. "Perhaps something along the lines of a tunic dress, a bit like the baju kurong.
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        BEAUTY BUZZ
        230 7 Swimwear to beat the heat, smart shirts for Mr Casual and delicious candy colours A SWIMWEAR show is really what we need right now in this sweltering weather. For glorious ideas of what to wear on the beach to beat the heat, F.J. Benjamin and Sons will be
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        Simple, clean-cut, uncluttered lines
        645 7  -  WEE BEE LIM By 6To capture the essence of the Singapore girl will be a real challenge for me. You do not design for a particular client in this case, you have to come up a with a design to please a whole nation. If the
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        Versatile mixture of East and West
        570 7 ALAN Chai clears his throat, goes into a fit of coughing and emerges from it with a thousand apologies. "I'm sorry but I just got back from Hongkong and the weather there is terrible. No, I haven't come up with the national dress yet;
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        147 6 New minty-fresh Freshens your breath, helps protect your teeth m hL^ New I istcrmint mouthwash with j lilt fluoride has a real minty-fresh S i t<^f*f HE** taste that gives your mouth a cool, mv ...*~**><** o**>0 **> »~il 3W*»^^| tingling sensation. A rinse and a I n\OwFW^Sjf9k gargle leaves
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        253 7 AOvertisiment (Si Enhance your complexion loveliness Keeping your complexion looking more youthfully beautiful is a promise that can be fulfilled, thanks to the scientific development of a tropically moist oil blend. Wf\ A OVER ihc M -km care actually helps restore and mainicieniutl have learned a peat tain the natural
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        420 7 TODAYS Dry Dry Skin Astringent QUESTION: Would a skin rinse be too strong for me? I've got dry skin ESTEE lAJDERS ANSWER: In choosing a skin rinse, it is important to take note of the alcohol content in the formula Alcohol, while having the ability to cool and tone skin,
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        1844 8 A Leading Hotel in Singapore—— A leading Malaysian Bank with a well established network of branches in Singapore seeks an experi.nv.tes applicants for the pos.t.on of enced senior FX/ACU dea|er 0 7 ssume the po St of DIRECTOR OF PERSONNEL CHIEF DEAF PH FY/ACU INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS CMIM IILALLK, FX/AtU The
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        563 8 A well established and progressive organisation has vacancies for its newly relocated food processing tactory at lurong Executive d tertiary education above 30 years ot age initiative and leadership qualities tact and skill in dealing with people able to plan and organise work procedure responsible lor marketing and sales of
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        320 8 DEPARTMENT OF CIVIL AVIATION TENDER NOTICE Tenders are invited from established cleaning contractors for th« daily cleaning of the Departure Building, Paya Lebar Airport, Singapore, 1953 for a period of one yea.- from 1 Aug 80 or, until the closure of Paya Lobar Airport, whichever is earlier. Tenderers must have
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        857 9 SjaJ! COMMUNICATIONS PROFESSIONAL A major high-technology, multi-national U.S. corporation requires an experienced reporter writer editor to conduct all phases of its public affairs and communications programs Press Relations Publicity Advertising Promotion Employee and Management Communications Candidates should have a University degree, be fluent in spoken and written English and have
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        535 9 Due to rapid expansion of our organisation, we invite Singapore/Malaysian citizens to apply for the following positions:- A technical qualification in refrigeration and aircondit ioning from any recognised institution Applicants without! the above qualification but have previous working experience in refrigeration trade may also apply Must possess a class 111
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        419 9 Wt are on established and expanding firm dealing with motor vehicles and invites applications, from male Malaysian citizens, Bumiputra preferred, for the post of ACCOUNTANT ThejJob:Responsible for the preparation of Monthly Management Reports, cost ond financial accounting, internal control ond supervision of accounting staff. Qualifications A recognised accounting qualification with
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        728 9 **v^^" Thachinery" ™a^ WANTED Client, an International Construction Company in Joint venture with a leading local company is looking for the following a 20 Units Reconditioned Rear dump trucks with heavy duty steel bodies of payload 25 to 30 I tonnes for quarry work Please specify make and details of
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      Roche's 'beautiful times' with Valium are over
      1982 10 At pharmaceutical giant Roche the 'beautiful times' are over for Valium the controversial tranquilliser that's left the manufacturer with a decidedly tarnished image. With the patent expiring on its invention and some 700 imitations on the market, what does the future hold for
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      Lock icon Holiday in Hawaii the condo way
      423 10  -  GUY STEVENS By daily the island of Maui have gone condominium crazy. There are condos all along almost every beach in the islands. On Maui they do an effective job of cutting off views from small individual homes that were in place long before
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        59 10 I 111 i ■fSLp I Illy *^^^sjsj*^^— bk >1 1 c m HB^R^ 1 ill w SB w^^Stmm Kl^^K Step out in style. The Lanvin Boutique. The Lanvin Boutique Ground Floor, Hyatt Hotel, Scotts Road, Singapore 0922. Telephone: 2354 039. Published by The Straits Times Pres^ 1975) Ltd. and Printed
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