The Straits Times, 31 May 1980

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    17 1 The Straits Times Estd. 1845 SATURDAY, MAY SI, 1 980 30 CENTS M.C.(P) No. 1 1 1/1/80
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  • YOUR WEEKEND READING
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        Diary of Terror — by gunman's hostage
        218 1 Diary of Terror by gunman's hostage BBC sound recordist Sim Harris, who was one of 2C people seized by gunmen and held hostage in the Iranian Embassy in London early this month, kept an astonishing diary throughout the six-day siege. He described the drama in graphic detail and wrote of
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        Trees help us to cool off
        69 1 DO yea know that one tree in the city cools as effectively as five air conditioner* running tt hears a day r And that on a hot day, at SI degrees Centigrade, a M-metre tree transpire* into the atmosphere AH litre* of water, and
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        Other highlights
        50 1 ALSO in your Sunday Times tomorrow, read WHERE In Singapore yon cm eat the beat ef MisUm feed all In eae place, Including an exotic ArabUadish; WHAT My Week has to say about the Singapore Girl, a bag named Sam, acae, a detergent and a great new car.
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        Test your tutor's competence
        117 1 A PRIVATE tuition epidemic may be on us, but the prospect of any control by the authorities is as good as hoping for the price of oil to fall. There's no reason why, however, a parent should take the tutor's word for it that he or
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        Our biggest little island
        68 1 SHAPED like v arrowhead la the far nertk-eact corner ef Stagaaere to our biggest ItUe inland, Pnlaa Tekeng Beaar. Uncrowned palm-lined beachea, giant meaiter Ibards that taste Uke chicken, winseme girls tearing ever the island's ealy metalled read on ever■ised motorcycles, a hat spring... Tekeag to
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        How good are TV dinners?
        74 1 IN AMERICA TV dinners are accepted as a convenience food, but Singaporeans have given them a wide berth. Their advantages for a working couple too tired to cook, however, are obvious: A full meal in the comfort of the home, quick cooking and washing up
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    Lock icon REFUGEES FLEE INTO PAKISTAN
    651 1 As fighting spreads in Aghanistanooo ISLAMABAD, Friday WIDESPREAD fighting between Soviet troops and Afghan guerillas has triggered a fresh wave of refugees from Afghanistan into Pakistan. Insurgent reports, which were confirmed by United Nations officials, said the most intense fighting involving Soviet-piloted helicopter gunships and bombers
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    Lock icon Toyota for Hua
    61 1 TOKYO, Fri. Chairman Hua Guofeng, on a tour of western Japan before flying home, was presented with an expensive car during a visit to the Toyota motor plant today. Mr Hua received a Toyota Crown Royal from Toyota president Eiji Toyoda. who was given a traditional Chinese
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    Lock icon 600 flee fire in hospital
    53 1 MONTREAL, Frl. More than half of the city's Fire Department was battling a fire raging in a major hospital today that has forced patients to be evacuated. Fire-fighters began the evacuation of 600 patients from Notre Dame Hospital shortly after the fire was reported at
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    Lock icon Mock funeral
    43 1 NEWCASTLE-UPON-TYNE, (England), Frl. Fishermen s wives dressed in black carried a coffin through this northern port today In a mock funeral for what they see as the death of the British in shore fishing industry, killed off by cheap imports. Reuter
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    Lock icon $66,000 for a bottle of wine
    61 1 SAN FRANCISCO. Frl. A bottle of French red wine was sold here yesterday for what auctioneers said was a record wine price ot US$3l,OOO (5J66,030). The t ttle of 1822 Chateau Lafite, from the Bordeaux region, was sold at a Heublein wine auction to
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    Now it's 113
    97 1 A MOTORCYCLIST, Mr Abdul Rahman bin Rahman, 18, died In Tan Teck Seng Hospital en Thursday, bringing the death toll en Singapore roads so far this year to 113, compared with 1M for the first five months ef last year. Mr Abdul Rahman was Involved In an
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    The two types of engineers S'pore needs
    706 1 THE National ■> University of Singapore should not start all with Its degrees devalued. They most be equal to the best la the Commonwealth. N'l gradaates who sit tor MS degrees mast be measured by NUS standards. 7 -Mr Lee Kuan Yew EXCERPTS
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    Lock icon More teeth for Thai Navy
    51 1 BANGKOK, Fri.- Three Italian-built assault boats toda" landed at Saflahip naval base in the Gulf of Thailand, bringing added seapower to the Royal Thai Navy. The boats, equipped with radar-guided missiles, were built by the Breda Company under a 1,700 million baht (SslBo million) contract.
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    27 1 OSLO, Fri. Pope John Paul 11, Spanish King Juan Carlos and President Jimmy Carter are among those nominated for this year's Nobel Peace Prize. UPI.
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    Lock icon Carter on the campaign trail
    132 1 PRESIDENT Jimmy Carter, sherdlng his eeat and clln-btng onto the reef ef his ear. waves to the crowd aleng his metorcade rente through Colnmbns, Ohio where be te campaigning tor next Tuesday's final reand ef Democratic primaries. At tower left to Senator John Glenn 4
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    Lock icon Dispute over Malaysian j navy post on island
    231 1 Dispute over Malaysian j navy post on island MANILA, Fri. The Philippines Foreign Ministry said today the Malaysian Navy had set up a guardhouse on a South China Sea reef claimed by Manila and that Malaysian navy personnel had been accosting Philippine fishing boats in the area. It said Acting
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    Lock icon LATEST BLACKS JOIN STRIKE
    61 1 JOHANNESBURG, Frl. Three schools in the giant Mack township of Soweto on the outskirts of Johannesburg have joined the strike for the tint ttme by thousands •f ettloarMi high sch«*l stodeato mtm Sonth Africa against racist and inferior edacatl*n. This has raised fears of farther serlons
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      173 1 50 pages today 5,000 XL AND PJ CABBIES ON 'STRIKE' Page 10 JOINT chiefs want more money (or defence t 'SEOUL'S military giving US the snub' S MOSCOW and Bonn agree on pact of cooperation 4 IMM and more refugees to come S YOU take the high note and I
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  • AROUND THE WORLD
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      Lock icon Search for racial motive in leader's -shooting
      205 2 Search for racial motive in leader's -shooting PORT WAYNE (Indiana), Fri. Authorities today tried to discover if there was a racial motive to the shooting of prominent American black civil rights leader Vernon Jordan, ambushed yesterday by a sniper and badly wounded. President Jimmy Carter said last night that he
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      Joint chiefs want more money for defence
      350 2 IN DISSENT WITH CARTER WE HAVE 9 traded the tyranny of the crown far the tyranny of A the turban. 7 A disillusioned Iranian comparing lite in Iran under Ayatollah RuhoUah Khometny with that under the Shah. WASHINGTON, Friday IN A rare public
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      Lock icon House votes out defenceheavy budget
      168 2 House votes out defenceheavy budget WASHINGTON, Fri. The House of Representatives, backing President Jimmy Carter, last night defeated a 1961 Federal Budget bill which he said contained too much money for defence. The vote was 242 to 141 against the budget shaped by negotiators from the House of Representatives and
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      Lock icon Sharp rise in price index
      67 2 TOKYO, Fri. Inflation tightened its grip on the powerful Japanese economy last month, due mainly to massive increases in domestic power charges following the higher cost of Imported oil. Japan s consumer price index rose steeply by 1.7 per cent In April from March to
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      257 2 WASHINGTON, Friday THE billionaire Hunt brothers said yesterday they may sue commodity exchange chiefs over their spectacular silver crash. Mr Nelson Bunker HunN testifying to congressmen with his brother Mr W. Herbert Hunt, charged that moves by two commodity exchanges ostensibly to cool the
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      Lock icon 4 cops hurt
      38 2 SAN SEBASTIAN. Fri. Four policemen were seriously injured in a suburb at this Basque city late tonight when bombs were thrown at their vehicles, police said. They were then machine-gunned by several unidentified men. AFP.
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      Lock icon Reagan and Carter fire first shots
      298 2 RACE WASHINGTON, Friday PRESIDENT Carter and Republican challenger Ronald Reagan have fired the opening shots in their 1980 campaign for the White House, with the former cowboy actor loosing off a few rounds directly at the chief executive. When they appeared yesterday at rival
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      Lock icon Hua returns compliments from the Japanese
      134 2 CHINESE Chairman Hoa Gaefeng retains applause after deliverlaga tetevtsed address In Tokyo aa Thursday. Mr Haa, who Is on a visit to Japan, told the Japanese that China Is developing weapons of strategic capability to break the "stranglehold" at the superpowers. Chiaese officials aeeompanylng
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      Lock icon A $31 mil ROUNDTHE-WORLD FLOP
      143 2 A $31 mil ROUND-THE-WORLD FLOP WASHINGTON, Fri. A weather satellite designed to replace a two-year-old storm watcher was launched into the wrong orbit yesterday by a rocket that suffered engine trouble shortly after takeoff from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California. Project officials feared the US$l5 million (5531.9 million) spacecraft
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        Lock icon Courtesy gets a medal
        51 2 THE phrase "You deserve a medal" is taking on new meaning in London. Officials have decided to honour those who are extra polite to tourists. The Burlington Arcade Association, a group of businessmen in London's swank Mavfair District, will start giving out the medals this fall.
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        Lock icon End of the fat profits
        69 2 AFTER 10 years and 10,000 cars, police finally caught up with Fat Charlie in Rio de Janeiro. Jose Carlos de Carvalho, 32, or Carlinhos Gordo (Fat Charlie) is known throughout Brazil as the king of the car thieves. They raided his apartment in the fashionable
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        Lock icon Growing ties with cabbage
        48 2 PING-PONG diplomacy? Now Chinese cabbage is playing a role in getting the rival Taipeh and Beijing governments together. The official Xinhua News Agency reported in Beijing yesterday that agriculture experts from both China and Taiwan attended a cabbage growing seminar in Japan recently. UPI.
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        Lock icon Courtroom up for sale
        61 2 THE courtroom where Britain's great train robbers were arraigned after their daring 1963 grab, which netted them £2.6 million (5J13.1 million), is up for sale. Authorities have decided to close down Linslade Magistrates' Court, 80km northwest of London, and move local cases to the nearI by
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        No more monkeying
        70 2 EXOTIC dancer Linda Bngette of Colorado now only uses a 4.2-m python (or her bumps and grinds routine. Police took her monkey away because he bit an unruly (an on the nose. Although both snake and monkey normally take part in Ms Brigette's on-stage I performance, the
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      Lock icon Who shot J. R.T — New York Post solves the Dallas poser
      225 2 Who shot J. R.T New York Post solves the Dallas poser NEW YORK, Fri OIL-INDUSTRY villain JR. Ewlng af thr IMIM tefevMMi aeries want sb«t by his f«v tker, iMUwr, bnther *r alster-la-Uw In the series' last eptMde thla mm. Viewers were parpaaely left In mupemt bat the New Yerk
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  • AROUND THE WORLD 2
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      Lock icon Wooing of voters begins in Japan
      285 3 Wooing of voters begins in Japan TOKYO, Fri CAMPAIGNING began today for a Japanese general election on June 22, which could herald the end of 25 years of singleparty rule by the Conservative Liberal Democrats. Prime Minister Masayoshi Ohira dissolved Parliament on May 19 after the main legislative Lower House
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      Lock icon 'Seoul's military giving US the snub'
      306 3 MARTIAL LAW COUNCIL TO BE FORMED SEOUL, Friday MARTIAL law authorities today spurned pressure from the United States, forging ahead with plans to formalise their military rule over South Korea, sources reported. They said the decision to create a powerful martial law council would
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      Lock icon Rightist puts a stain on party chief
      120 3 Rightist puts a stain on party chief JAPAN'S Socialist Party chairman Ichiro \suk»U wipes Us face an Ms Munpalgw vehicle In Tokyo on Friday after he was sprayed with Indian Ink by a rightist In his early thirties. The SacUUlst Party was lastnuneatal In winning a ns-eonfldenoe vate on Premier
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      26 3 SALISBURY, Fri. The Zimbabwean Parliament yesterday unanimously agreed to rejoin the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association after being excluded from it (or 15 years. AFP.
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      Censors cut out US statement, say editors
      243 3 Censors cut out US statement, say editors SEOUL, Friday SOUTH Korean martial law authorities today censored a United States embassy statement issued to local newspapers, according to local editors. The statement, saying that the US embassy was not given prior information by the South Korean authorities on many events that
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      Lock icon ASSAM VIOLENCE LEADERS REFUSE TO GIVE UP
      206 3 ASSAM VIOLENCE LEADERS REFUSE TO GIVE UP NEW DELHI, Friday LEADERS of religious and ethnic violence in India's explosive north-east defied government orders to surrender today and set a new deadline for further agitation unless their demands are met. All-Assam Students Union president P.K. l Mahanta and general secretary Bharat
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      Lock icon Six jailed for $3.4 m fraud
      63 3 MANILA, Fri. A Philippine court imposed prison terms on six education and treasury officials ranging from 129 to 573 years for defrauding the government of 12 million pesos (553.4 million) worth of construction materials. The long prison terms stemmed from 32 fraud cases that
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      Lock icon Lived 2 days longer
      69 3 TOKYO, Fri. A fist-sized artificial heart kept a housewife in her SO's with irreparable heart failure alive for two days, her doctors at the Mitsui Memorial Hospital here said today. They said Japan's first recipient of a man-made heart died of kidney failure last week after
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      Lock icon 20 killed
      39 3 SAN SALVADOR, Fri. Twenty people were killed when left wing guerillas attacked peasant farmers east of here today, bringing to 32 the number of deaths in political violence in El Salvador in the past 24 hours. Reuter.
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      Lock icon Mao's image gets a knock from paper
      295 3 BEIJING, Fri. A SWINGING new blow against the image of late Communist Party Chairman Mao Zedong was made today in a very I negative assessment of his role in the last 19 years of his life in the official press. The Guangming Daily
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      France greets Pope with prickly disrespect
      233 4 France greets Pope with prickly disrespect PARIS, Fri. Prance's welcome to Pope John Paul n, who begins his four-day visit here today, is studded with prickly, gallic irreverence. Commuters were greeted at subway exits this i morning by vendors of the newspaper, La Lutte Ouvriere, bearing the headline, "The holy
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      Lock icon 'Iron Lady' meets her match
      51 4 v v» iui |*i cooru perkip, by British f>Aine Minister Margaret TTiateher's "Iron Lady" Image, sculptor lan Bimh f*rg*t how well she e*uld smile. A bemnsed Mrs Thatcher pases with her "w»x" model at L«ndtn's Madame Tn«SMd's, which iMaaea wax nMdels M the famous. AP
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      Lock icon Moscow and Bonn agree on pact of cooperation
      365 4 BONN, Fri. TH?CDT rrir T'XJT? •UEjOMTL IJL 1 lIEj -rifrtr a citav af IIN V AoIUIN \Jt AFGHANISTAN DESPITE the shadow cast on East-West trade by the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan, members of a joint West German-Soviet economic commission agreed yesterday to
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      Lock icon Slowest growth rate by Soviet economy
      245 4 Slowest growth rate by Soviet economy MUNICH, Friday THE Soviet economy grew last year at its slowest pace ever, the West German Institute for Economic Research reported yester- aay. In a detailed analysis of official Soviet statistics, the institute said the development could be traced to a large degree to
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      Lock icon Draft plan to reduce British payments
      177 4 Draft plan to reduce British payments BRUSSELS, Fri. European Common Market foreign ministers today put the finishing touches to a draft settlement of Britain's demand for a cut in its net EEC budget contribution, sources said. After an all-night session, they broke for over an hour to consult their governments.
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      Lock icon Record $13m for painting
      80 4 NEW YORK, Fri. 19th Century British artist J.M.W. Turner's painting, Juliet And Her Nurse, yesterday fetched a record US$6.4 million (5J13.6 million) at an auction almost a million dollars more than the record price for a work of art. Five bidders at the Sotheby Parke Bemet
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      Lock icon EEC pays $127,000 to bribes case witness
      273 4 EEC pays $127,000 to bribes case witness BRUSSELS, Fri. The European Common Market Commission is to pay US$6O,OOO (5J127.000) to a man who helped it convict the Swiss pharmaceutical giant, Hoffman La Roche, of illegal trade practices, it announced today. Mr Stanley Adams, 52, a Maltese living in Italy, is
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      In memoriam
      34 4 BEIJING, Frl. A memorial service for Pu Vi, the last Emperor of China who died in 1967 during the Cultural Revolution, was held here yesterday, the official Xinhua news agency reported today.
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      Lock icon TIPPED OFF BY VICAR'S WIFE
      96 4 TIPPED OFF BY VICAR'S WIFE LONDON, Fri. Police today captured an escaped convict with a reputation for attacking clergymen after he had stopped at a vicarage and asked the vicar's wife if he could wash the family car. The vicar's wife became suspicious and alerted the police. The man was
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      Bardot bites back
      162 4 ACTRESS Brigltte Bardot, once the Preach cinema's most publicised sex symbol, to no toothless old lady, her lawyer told a Paris court today. Miss Bardot to suing the satirical month! v, Hara Klri, for ISt.tii francs (557f.875) for faking a photograph shewing her openmouthed with only one
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      Lock icon Muldoon ends Jakarta visit with pledge
      182 5 Muldoon ends Jakarta visit with pledge JAKARTA, Fri. New Zealand Prime Minister Robert Muldoon concluded a four-day visit to Indonesia today by stressing his country's close ties with Asean. He told reporters New Zealand Intends to develop trade relations with Asean as a whole and with each of its members.
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      Lock icon Marcos orders more export zones
      111 5 Marcos orders more export zones MANILA, Fri. President Ferdinand Marcos today ordered the immediate development of three more export processing zones in the Philippines, with nine more to pc set up within the next five years. The Philippines already has three such zones for the exclusive manufacture of export goods
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      More Viet refugees are coming say reports
      422 5  -  ALAN DAWSON By of the Bangkok Post BANGKOK, Fri. Boat and land people from Vietnam are likely to total more than 10,000 this month and the number continues to grow, refugee sources said. The apparently unstoppable flow of refugees, which Hanoi has blamed
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      Lock icon China selling Thais enough oil to see this year through
      205 5 BANGKOK, Friday CHINA has contracted to supply Thailand with enough oil to see the kingdom through the end of this year the most Thailand has ever bought from any country. China has also agreed to sell it at Singapore posted
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      Lock icon Shopping in S'pore came to nought
      113 5 Shopping in S'pore came to nought JAKARTA, Frl. Aetharlttea soiled bandies «f g««ds ntMlrtlßg of video casetto deck, garmeßta and toys brooch t 1b from Siajttvpore by a group of me hiiimttttm National Yooth Committee < KNPI foUowlng a tow of Maiayri* m? Singapore lan week. KNPI chairman Akbar Tanjonx
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      Lock icon Higher fees for planes using Kai Tak airport
      184 5 Higher fees for planes using Kai Tak airport HONGKONG, Fri. Increases in landing and parking charges for airlines using the local Kai Tak International Airport will be implemented on July 1, it was officially announced today. The percentage rise, varying with maximum authorised rate of individual aircraft, will be 15
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      Lock icon Student demo
      44 5 NEW DELHI, Frl. A group of students today staged a demonstration before the American Embassy here, protesting against the publication of a map in the current issue of Newsweek, showing the north-eastern Indian states of Assam and Sikkim as separate nations. AFP.
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      260 5 Straits Times Crossword ACBOH 6 Mean affable' Good heavens' (8) 1 Cheap pathos produces tears' 7 People In TNT caae break laws (3-51 (10) S It's a vice admitted (6) 8 Prudence put the record right 1 Playeri precede poet, the on achool containing one (10) cheeky things! (4-5) 10
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    Fines on 79 food makers
    217 6 SEVENTY-NINE food manufacturers were fined last year for using prohibatives or excessive preservatives in food. Of these, 28 were prosecuted by the Ministry of the Environment for using preservatives in food such as in kway teow and cakes, which cannot take preservatives Thirty were fined
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    You take the high note and I take the low note...
    177 6 HARK the children sing! A sing-a-long with tambourines, castanets, triangles, piano and most Important of all the sound of music from children, s Not forgetting, of coarse, the backdrop of the merry mood that comes with school holidays. The
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    Apprentices vie for titles today
    113 6 Apprentices vie for titles today A TOTAL of 133 entrants from six trades will vie for the "Apprentice-of-the-Year" titles in their respective contests at various vocational institutes. The trades are arc welding, metal machining, automotive mechanics, offset printing, fur-niture-making and plumbing cum pipe fitting. Except for metal machining, a series
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    Sales training: Target set
    189 6 THE Singapore Retail Merchants Association and the Vocational and Industrial Training Board plan to train 1,200 sales assistants annually. This was disclosed by the association's chairman, Mr Teo Cheng Peow, at the graduation ceremony of the retail sales training course at the Development Bank of Singapore
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    Live-firing exercises
    67 6 REPUBLIC (A Singapore Air Force aircraft will conduct live tiring exercises in the Pulau Pawai live tiring range from Monday to Friday between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m. daily Meanwhile, the Singapore Armed Forces will also hold military exercises in Mandai. Mantling, Lim Chu Kang, Pulau Übtn, Pulau
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    TEMASEK SCHOOL IS BEDOK'S LATEST
    103 6 TEMASEK SCHOOL IS BEDOK'S LATEST THE $3.8 million Temasek Secondary School at the junction of New Upper Changi and Bedok South roads was handed over to the Education Ministry yesterday. With the completion of this school, the Public Works Department has built a total of three primary and three secondary
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    Six-day tour
    27 6 DELTA community centre will organise a six-day West Malaysian tour of Penang, Genting Highland and Fraser s Hill from July 5. For details, ring *****0.
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    HK law firm may set up branch here
    303 7 HK law firm may set up branch here A HONGKONG law firm, specialising in corporate and finance practice, has been making official inquiries here with a view to set up a branch in Singapore. the firm, it is understood, has also notified the Law Society of its intention to seek
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    Conference on moral duties
    50 7 THE Senior Minister of State (Education), Dr Tony Tan, will open a conference on Youth. Moral Responsibility and the Aged at the Sree Narayana Mission Home for the Aged tomorrow at 9.30 a.m. The parliamentary secretary (Culture), Dr Ow Chin Hock, will give the closing addwaa.
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    Experts from abroad to assess NUS depts?
    445 7 Experts from abroad to assess NUS depts? Overseas experts may be invited to review the National i University of Singa- < pore departments on a regular basis with a view to assessing academic staff. In this way, staff members would have an independent opinion as well as assessment by faculty
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    Oil 'spill' that will benefit Singapore
    323 7 SINGAPORE will enjoy the spillover benefits of China's increased oil exploration and production, and there is a possibility of some Chinese crude being refined here. Sir David Steel, the chairman of British Petroleum, who is now on a three-day visit here after a short
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    Fans can still buy tickets
    74 7 FANS can still buy $50 tickets for the Osmond show, said a spokesman for the promoters. He said many fans misunderstood a Tuesday report in The Straits Times which stated that $50 tickets were sold out at Cold Storage and C. K. Tang. He clarified
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    Calligraphy exhibition
    65 7 THE chairman of the Singapore Hainanese Clan Association, Mr Wee Tin Teck, will open the calligraphy exhibition by Mr Wong Kok Liang at the Singapore Chinese Chamber of Commerce and Industry on Wednesday at 5.30 p.m. The exhibition is organised by the Chinese Calligraphy Society of Singapore. Mr
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    Children's art show
    42 7 THE Singapore Jaycees (Qty Chapter) In conunctlon with the 1980 JCI Conference will hold a chJdren's art and handicraft exhibition at Hyatt Hotel today. The Parliamentary Secretary (Culture), Dr Ow Chin Hock, will open the exhibition at 12.30 p.m.
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      236 7 1 nil i^l Takeawalk, down memQiy lane. The weekend of Friday, 30th May Sunday, Ist June 19M. 11 a.m. 6 p.m. Singapore Handicraft Centre, Internal Plaza. Come and take a nostalgic stroll with us. Watch an opera mask-maker pain. Be entranced by a snake-charmer Have your name written by a
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    Police plea over two mishaps
    116 8 Police plea over two mishaps THE Traffic Police are appealing for eye-wit-nesses to two accidents in which a motorcyclist and a pedestrian were injured. Motorcyclist Abdul Jafar bin Said, 40, was injured when his mn^hino rammed into the rear of a van in Nicoll Highway at 12.30 p.m. on Thursday.
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    PO to reopen
    27 8 THE Fairer Road port office will reopen for counter business on Monday. New PO boxes are available for rent at 130 each a year.
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    BURGLAR ALARM AMONG ITEMS RECOVERED
    118 8 BURGLAR ALARM AMONG ITEMS RECOVERED POLICE have detained two boys, aged 10 and 14, believed to be behind a recent spate of thefts from parked cars near the Toa Payoh swimming complex. A police spokesman said yesterday Toa Payoh police had received several reports from car owners that their vehicles
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    Course to bring out the best in enlisted men
    302 8 Personality, aptitude and fitness THE Basic Military Training course is to be modified to bring out the intangible qualities of enlisted men. Their performances, balanced against educational, medical and physical attributes, will be used as the selection criterion for officers and
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    Best adverts display
    68 8 THE best newspaper and magazine advertisements from several Asian and Pacific countries will be displayed for the first time here at the 12th Asian Advertising Congress at Mandarin Hotel from Sept 15 to 19. The exhibits from Malaysia Hongkong, Indonesia, the Philippines, Israel, New Zealand, Australia and
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    Three banned a total of 17 years
    415 8 GOI WEE HUAT, 20, who drove a stolen car in a rash manner, was fined $1,000 and disqualified from driving all classes of vehicles for seven years by a magistrate's court on Thursday He was also fined a total of $660 for failing
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    Cabbie who beat red light
    103 8 Cabbie who beat red light A TAXI-DRIVER who beat a red light was yesterday fined $500 and banned from driving all classes of vehicles for a year by a magistrate's court. Cheong Siong Koon, 49, admitted driving dangerously at the Junction Tot Victoria and Arab streets last Nov 9, col-
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    Refugee camp visit
    39 8 THE Mountbalten Zone '9' residents' committee will organise a social visit to the refugees' camp and Kranji War Memorial tomorrow at 9 a.m. The assembly point is at Block 34, Dakota Crescent. All residents are welcome.
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    Breastfeed mother wins special award
    245 8 Breastfeed mother wins special award MRS Maria Cfcia yesterday won a special award far being the sale volunteer U appear la a Him on areMtfeedlag. Waal made the day all the more special tor her waa aa unexpected pat on the back from her husband, Mr Chna Kirn Hack, 34.
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    Religious teachers' visit
    52 8 Religious teachers' visit A GROUP of 29 trainee teachers from Brunei's Sri Begawan Religious Teachers' College yesterday visited the Muslim Religious Council as part of their four-day study tour in Singapore. The group, accompanied by two lecturers and three administrators, also visited the Institute of Education. They will visit Johore
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    Errant cabbies lose their licences
    188 9 Errant cabbies lose their licences THREE taxi drivers lost their licences and 394 others others were suspended by the Registry of Vehicles following complaints by commuters. One of them had his licence revoked for molesting a woman passenger, while the other two lost theirs for persistently ignoring warnings to check
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    Back from 'hell' where they tended the sick and dying
    368 9 By RAYMOND MOSES THE Thai gawparheaa harder hi Bet exactly the Ideal spat far a yaeattaa, bat this wa* when fear fflaiiaaiii naraes speat their threemaath leave letieatlj aa Bed Crass vataateen to help nfaceea* Aad what they aaw wfll
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    Census moves into second stage
    189 9 Census moves into second stage THE Census of Population '80 moved into its second stage yesterday as census officers began detailed questioning of residents. They retraced their steps and went back to the same households they had numbered in the first stage this time to ask more questions listed in
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    Children's society head
    65 9 MR Koh Choon Hui has been elected chairman of the Sinnpore Children's Society. iSe secretary is Miss Susan Vershese, assistant secretary, Mr Leslie Yong and treasurer, Mr Chung Chew Yee. Committee members are Mr Safdar Hussaln, Dr Koh Eng Kheng, Mr Urn Slew Cheng, Dr Ruth Wong,
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    Man crawled back to cell, court told
    402 9 Man crawled back to cell, court told A CRIMINAL law detainee at the Moon Crescent Centre, alleged to have been beaten up severely by a prison rehabilitation officer, had to crawl back to his cell, a district judge heard yesterday. This was the testimony of (our other detainees at the
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    Annual meet
    21 9 THE Institute <A Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Singapore Section, wUlhold iv third annual meeting at the Holiday Inn today.
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      169 9 Bringing Up Father By Bill Kavanagh U Hal Camp ou vnn o^,n/-u-rV' v ES C>eAR I MASSIE /MUST OWN I 111 1 COULD ARRANGE A~\ i U/--I STILL BELIEVE one nc ?Lom I IT OOES EVERY HOUSEHOLD DEMONSTRATION^ *-> M \N WASHING JZUZ I EVePV- MACHINE ON THE IN OUR
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  • ACROSS THE CAUSEWAY
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      Railway death toll hit 43 last year
      164 10 KUALA LUMPUR, Fri. Forty-three people died ftnd M .then, were Injured la various mishaps ajaac the 1,745 km of railway tracks In toe country last year. The Malayaa Railway deputy director of operations, Mr Omar Abdullah, aald on Wednesday he had asked the
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      Lock icon Govt rejected MTUC nominee for ILO talks
      216 10 Govt rejected MTUC nominee for ILO talks KUALA LUMPUR, Friday THE Malaysian Trades Union Congress (MTUC) will not be represented at next week's meeting of the International Labour Organisation (ILO) because its sole nominee, Secretary-General V. David, has been rejected by the Malaysian Government. Labour and Manpower Minister Datuk Richard
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      5,000 cabbies start five-day 'strike'
      286 10 5,000 cabbies start five-day 'strike' KUALA LUMPUR, Friday ABOUT 5,000 city cabbies in Kuala Lumpur and Petaling Java began the first day of their planned five-day lay-off in protest against alleged harassment by the Road Transport Department. The Kuala Lumour Taxi Drivers Association here said the strike will continue for
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      Lock icon $6,000 snatch from cashier
      120 10 $6,000 snatch from cashier KUALA LUMPUR, Fri. Two men on a motorcycle snatched a handbag containing $6,000 from a woman cashier who was on her way to the bank in Jalan Ipoh this morning. It was the latest of a rash of snatch thefts involving more than (100,000 so far
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      Lock icon Union move on charter
      51 10 PETALING JAVA, Fri. The Malaysian Trades Union Congress may appoint a committee to tighten and streamline its constitution so as to create a cohesive organisation. Its president, Dr P. P. Narayanan, said yesterday that this matter would be raised at its general council meeting in mid^August.
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      Lock icon Babies hit
      36 10 IPOH, Fri. An outbreak of gastro-enteritis has hit yearold babies In the Tapah and Teluk Anson areas. A number of babies have been admitted to hospitals in the two towns, officials confirmed here. NST.
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      Lock icon 'STIFEER PENALTIES FOR THESE ACTS' CALL
      167 10 KUALA LUMPUR, Fri. Abductors may face stiffer penalties if the present punishment under the laws pertaining to child kidnapping, illegal adoption and falsifying birth certificates is found to be inadequate. The director of CID, Datuk Abdul Rahman Ismail, said today: "The Welfare Ministry officials
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      Lock icon Step up your output now: Mahathir
      202 10 Step up your output now: Mahathir KUALA LUMPUR, Fri. Deputy Prime Minister Datuk Sen Dr Mahathir Mohamad, after announcing pay increases for civil servants yesterday, called on them to increase their productivity and show more dedication. He also advised them to put the extra dollar to work and not spend
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      Hello to sun power
      54 10 KUALA LUMPUR, Fri. About 200 people of Pulau Aman, 32 km south of Butterworth, are making use of sunlight to talk to the mainland, the Star newspaper reported yesterday. And they are proud too because they are the first in Malaysia to use a public phone
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    A peek into the past
    250 11 these eutNj speeteUn peeped ttwaagk every epenac to tee whaf th« udMt peek aa*w had for them. It wh a* we tfce peek aaw k*i gaae aal •f MUIaMW yCMUTB ftC9* Apd Ita mm, Mr cW Mt Mile to •toarnl Mmple&ly *tml. "Gee, I cm
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    Rubber parts ventures with Aussies?
    108 11 Rubber parts ventures with Aussies? THE Rubber Industries Association of South-east Asian Nations plans to look into possible Joint ventures with manufacturers of rubber parts and components in Australia. This was one of the agreed points reached at the association's four-day plenary conference at Hotel Equatorial. A statement issued yesterday
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    Tamil show for funds
    55 11 THE Kallang community centre'! Indian cultural group wID hold a fund-raising Tamil film stow, Suvarillatha Chitirangal, at midnight tonight at the Rex Theatre. Mr S. Dhanabalan, Senior Minister of State (Foreign Attain) aad MP for Kallang, is the patron. Tickets at $2. X IB and HO
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    Collection of old clothes
    44 11 THE Tanjong Pagar Plaza residents' committee will collect old newspapers and clothing from residents tomorrow from 9.30 a.m. to 10 a.m. Proceeds will go to finance activities for the residents who are asked to leave the articles outside their doorways.
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    SMALLPOX: DECISION ON JABS SOON
    57 11 THE Health Ministry will soon decide whether to stop the compulsory vaccination against smallpox for babies. This follows recommendations by a committee on immunisation. A ministry spokesman told the SBC the eightmember committee met hi response to an appeal by the World Health Organisation that
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    Talks by Chinese writer from US
    181 11 Talks by Chinese writer from US AN American Chinese woman writer, Yu LJ-hua, will give a series of talks on contemporary literature and writing during her one-week visit to Singapore. Born in Shanghai but educated in Taiwan, she later got her Master degree in journalism from the University of California
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    SICC calls for more flexible, realistic approach to problems
    694 11 THE Singapore International Chamber of Commerce yesterday called for a more flexible and realistic approach to the problems faced, particularly by the trading and service sectors, in Singapore's efforts to restructure its economy. Its chairman, Mr D. M. Brown, said: "There
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    Dhana speaks up for local businessmen
    431 11 THE Senior Minister of State (Foreign Affairs), Mr S. Dhanabalan, yesterday spoke up for local entrepreneurs who feel threatened by foreign' firms and investors. He said that a balance must be struck between the need (or an inflow of foreign firm* and the need
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    How will Singapore fare in a recession?
    1625 12 John Drysdale. Director of Asia Research a member of The Times Organisation considers the likely effects of the oncoming recession on Singapore's economy and concludes that complacency, rather than the looming recession, might be the worse of the two evils. THE sixth session
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    T.F. Hwang takes you down memory lane
    431 12  - T.F. Hwang takes you down memory lane YONDER TREE BY YONDER group of trees in historic Empress Place. Last Saturday I featured two from the group. First: The old apple tree, a name I gave to the tree under which Mr David Marshall some 25 years ago held his major
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    Lock icon Belfast — a city without a future
    679 12  - Belfast a city without a future MICHEL MARTIN ROLAND in BELFAST By ELEVEN years after centuries-old sectarian strife in the self-governing British province of northern Ireland finally developed into a virtual war situation, its capital, Belfast, is today a city without a future. What in 1968 began ostensibly as a
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      Keep military and civilian jobs separate
      553 13 ON MAY 21, Defence Minister Howe Yoon Chong said that top posts in civilian life will, in time to come, be closely linked to top military ranking ("When top Jobs will be linked to military ranks," ST May 22). Throughout his speech (as it
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      Will parity of status mean commisions for shirkers?
      377 13 I REFER to Mr Howe Yoon Chong's speech at the commissioning ceremony at the Istana ("When top Jobs will be linked to military ranks," ST, May 22). The Defence Minister was reported to have portended the day when "the military rank that
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      To prevent such mishaps, take instant action
      163 13 I REFER to the report ("Six months for accidental shooting of military cop," ST, May 20) concerning the fatal accidental shooting of a military policeman. It is alarming that two such tragic incidents should have occurred within a short space of time. It
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      Changing policy affects basis of promotions
      314 13 Changing policy affects basis of promotions THE government's intention to base a person's chances of promotion in civilian employment on his performance during his military reservist training is laudable but unjust and impracticable. Mr Goh Chok Tong ("Making NS stints count," ST. May 24) appeared to be unaware of the
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      And where do we part-time NS men now stand?
      240 13 And where do we part-time NS men now stand? IT'S ENCOURAGING to read in your report ("Making NS stints count," ST, May 24) that our Minister for Trade and Industry, Mr Goh Chok Tong, has proposed that military training will be a factor In determining a person's chances of promotion
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      Pensioners the worst hit by hikes
      230 13 THE NEWS that the government intends to increase medical rates for civil servants must have been a shock to them. The worst hit will be the pensioners, who already have difficulty in maintaining themselves on their meagre pensions. Now, their medical bills will go
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      Killer virus at Pulau Tioman?
      111 13 I WRITE on behalf of myself and a few friends who are planning to visit West Malaysia on vacation soon; specifically, Pulau Tioman and environs. We have heard rumours unsubstantiated as yet, but nonetheless disquieting of a water-borne virus prevalent in the waters of Pulau
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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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    The Straits Times SATURDAY, MAY 31, 1980
    750 14 The Straits Times SATURDAY, MAY 31, 1980 SET TO WORK WHAT Dr Goh Keng Swee said recently of the academically handicapped can equally be said of the physically handicapped. They too can be an asset to the country. Many of them are already working successfully on assembly lines, behind sales
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    Choosing students: When the points don't add up to the right people...
    4497 14 Choosing students: When the points don't add up to the right people... 4 WITHOUT Imported high-level muptwer we would not have made the grade. At the moment, there are approximately 2*,IM employment pass holders, Caucasians aid Asians. Of these, Sjm are engineers. Others are managers, bankers, accountants, architects, etc. If
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    PLANNED UNIVERSITY UNDERGRADUATE INTAKES (1980-90) TABLE 1
    412 14 Notes Figures in brackets are the intake requirements protected by the Ministry of Trade Industry (Mil) and approved by the Council on Professional and Technical Education, based on a GOP Growth Rate of 8% pa. and a Productivity Growth Rate of 6% pa
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    JUST LIKE A GOLF SWING
    234 14 JUST LIKE A GOLF SWING 61 ONCE discussed the problem of teaching with a retired German General. He had reviewed omr troops on Held exercises. He explained vividly haw you teach a soldier, Indeed anybody. He said lecture to a man aid be will absorb It per cent. Provide aadto-vlsBal
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  • TIMES CITY DESK
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      ST index still going higher
      320 16 INITIAL slgas of wavering were qalckly overcome as bayers rallied durlag the afternoon trading session at the Slagaporr stack market yesterday. By the closing mtaatoa, the balls had regained control of the market aad share prices Oalsbed oa a steadier note. As blur chips galaed
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      Kuala Lumpur
      283 16 THE BULLS firmly reestablished themselves in strong afternoon trading at the Kuala Lumpur stock market yesterday, after two sessions of mixed trading. The key barometer, the New Straits Times industrial ordinary share index, reflecting the strong upsurge, advanced 6.08 points to 601.99. The Malaysian Business Times index also
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      Money and exchanges
      212 16 THE I S Sing dollar opened at 12.1380 20 aad closed at C l3BO 2.1400 In the Singapore torn market yesterday. After the opening, the dollar eased to a low of O 1350 60 before commercial buying at the low level together with month-end short covering took
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      NOMINAL RATES
      425 16 ASIAN currency deposit Interbank rates as at close on May 30: Closing Asian dollar certificates of deposit for prime names: Source: Merrill Lynch International (Asia) Co. Discount RANGE of price* offered by dls count house* on May X: Overnight: V, -73/1W Call deposits: 6V. 7'.% Clotiaf Buyimf S«Uu|
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      Prime lending rates
      27 16 I THE avenge rate at which major Singapore I banks are cunrntly prepared U lend to their best I easterners Is 12.1 per cent.
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        FallS
        28 16 I V E f Breweries i I. Indmtrir. > U T t B 8 lya RmIu 555 906 281 190 400 314 -5 -5 -5 -5 -4 -4
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        Most active stocks
        19 16 Sea View 333,000 Gentings 318,000 Perils Pit 246,000 Total turnover: 7.52m Total value: J24.67 Source: SES
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        Indices
        32 16 B.T.Indicator: Industrials' Finance: Hotels Properties: Minings: Plantations: OCBC: S.E.S.Ind May 29 May 30 4946.18 5143.63 515.88 520.21 907.09 908.49 455.30 457.16 379.06 383.14 290.69 ***** 866.05 867.52 503.61 508.75 464.52 474.80
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        TIN
        147 16 THE STRAITS tin price rose another $11 to $2,202 per picul (equivalent to $36.41 per kilo, up 18 cents) in Penang yesterday, on an official offering down 4' 2 tonn?s to 303' i tonnes. The overnight London market was steady with forward buyers gaining £55 to £7.355 per tonne.
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        CLOSING PRICES
        40 16 Rubber May 30 Singapore: June: 287.50 cents (up 8.50 cent*) Malaysia: June: 293.00 cents (up 8.50 cents) Tin: M 52.202 (up $11) (equivalent to $36.41 per kilo) (up 18 cents) Official offering: 303 V* tonnes (down 4Vi tonnes)
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        COPPER
        30 16 LONDON: Copper prices on Thursday (previous in brackets). Wlrebar Spot £902 (C9l4i. sellers £903 (£915); Three Month buyers £924 (£934). sellers £925 (£935). Market toae: Irregular Sales: 11.600 tonnes
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        RUBBER
        475 16 PRICES in the Singapore rubber market closed higher yesterday, with June RSS One buyers quoted at 287.50 cents per kilo, up 8.50 cents on Thursday's close, dealers said. Afternoon prices eased slightly in quiet trading conditions, they added. Opening prices were marked up five cents on higher London advices
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        89 16 NOON SSR ud SMR pncn yMUnUr ■AH J..« (Carnal Mtki Rayrra S«|l.r. SSR2O 11 Impalbtl ***** *****N SSR5O (lunpallM) ***** 27I0ON MKBLB Jam* SMRCV II tocipalbtl 33S.M) 330 SON SMRL llloniwllMI 31S00 *****N SMR 5 UIMipaUMI »10O 2»3.00N SMR OP lltonpaUrtl UNO UNO SMR 10 llloapallM) 275M
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      1741 17 THE last transacted ready tale at the ckar <X Nidi— on the Stork Exchange of Singapore yasttrday compared with the previous day's prices together with Iff* high and low I Adjusted for scrip rights Issue) Closing tone: Firm. Turnover: Official figures supplied by the Stock Exchange of Singapore
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      1747 17 BID and offer prices officially listed and business in an reported to the Stock Exchange of Singapore yesterday with the number of shares traded shown In brackets in lots of 1.000 uniu unless otherwise specified. All Times Settlement Contracts are quoted after the word "sett" Big Board
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      1881 17 BID and offer prices officially listed iid business la and reported to the Kui. > umpur Stock Exchange yesterday wi u> > number of shares traded shown In bra< k>»* In lots of 1,000 uniu unless othrr*-.- •necifled INIMffTEJALH Alaeasete (3.245) Aieess (2.128 2.145) (4) 2.14 xd Aha
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        372 16 HONGKONG: Share prices closed firmer across the board yesterday, with dealers attributing no specific (actors behind the late advance, dealers said. The Hang Seng index gained 10.89 points on the day to close at 894.32, after losing 1.65 points at one stage in the morning session. Turnover was moderate
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        403 16 TOKYO: Stocks closed higher with speculatives continuing to advance yesterday, dealers said. The Dow Jones average rose 14.30 to close at 6855.70 points, with a volume of 320 million shares. The New index closed at 466.48. down 0.12 point. The stock exchange tightened margin trading controls on Japan Wool
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        141 16 CHINESE Preface Exeaaagr, Wagspin, —m eJastag prlee* per INkgyestoraay: Cacawt all: Bulk rob $137.50 sellers, old drum (in second hand drum) fob $147.90 sellers, new drum fob $154.00 sellers. Ceara: Mixed (loose) $79.00 buyers. Peaaer: Muntok white pepper fob Asta NLW $482.00 sellers. Sarawak white pepper fag fob
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        58 16 PAPER Products (Malaysia) Ltd announced a consolidated net profit of MJ3.04 million ($1.93 million), for the year ended December 31, on a turnover of $64.11 million ($48.56 million) A first and final dividend of 10 per cent gross (same), payable on July 25, to shareholders
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        253 16 THE KHOBAR market (or gold deliverable bi Singapore opened st $36,287 and closed st $36,493 yesterday. In the Far East, gold opened at USSSX.OO/527.00 and eased In quiet conditions to close the morning at 5525.75' 526.50. In the afternoon gold re-opened st 5525 00 526.00 and with good buying
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        283 18 SYDNEY, Fri. In a generally slightly easier market, selected miners moved ahead sharply, dealer said. Poseidon, a large special sale and firmed five cents to AJ2.90. Aberfoyle added SO cents to $7.20 and Pan Continental 44 cents to $6 50. Peko gained ten cents to $760, WMC.
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        215 18 NEW YORK, Thurs. An afternoon rout abruptly ended the market's four straight trading days of gains. Oil issues, which led the market to a late afternoon rally yesterday, brought prices down today. The Dow Jones industrial average fell 14 points and declines outdistanced advances two to
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        272 18 AMSTERDAM. Thurs. I Share prices closed mixed to lower, with Royal Dutch gaining 0.70 and KLM 3.60 while Unilever fell 1.20 in mixed Dutch internationals, dealers said. ABN fell four in lower banks and mortgage banks. Investment funds were narrowly mixed, and Amev, which announced higher first
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        249 18 ZURICH, Thurs. Share prices showed little reaction to the Swiss government's proposal yesterday for a 5 per cent withholding tax on fiduciary deposits and a planned energy tax, but domestic and foreign bonds reacted favourably to the rejected tax on Swiss franc denominated foreign bonds, dealers said.
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        621 18 LONDON, Thur. The market J closed mixed after a moderate- i < ly active session, dealers said. Al 3pm, the FT index was up j 0 9 at 417.5. Equity prices were tending j i to drift across the board before j results from Beechams and
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      652 18 PROPERTY developer Singapore Land, which recently turned in an unexciting set of interim results, is unlikely to see a dramatic spurt in earnings (or its current year ending Aug 31. While rental income from its properties will be bolstered in the second
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      274 18 Hang Fine fails in bid for UIC ANOTHER salUr f.r ('ulted IndutrUU C.rpermtUn (UIC) has fallen •at, fiHuwnkg the tanemwnt» I4>DR tussle betweea three parties far control af the group's flagship property at Sheatea Way and ita chemical Imulmw. Hang Fine Co, a sahsldUury of the Hongkongbued Haag Lug Development
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      301 16 Carl Zeiss congratulates Soon lee Optical on their official opening and installation of Dioptronll. Dioptron 11, a second generation mini-computer for diagnostic eye tests, gives highly accurate information about near and far-sightedness, astigmatism and many other problems of the human visual system in less than two minutes. As eye care
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      266 17 N f'- ff f fM "M SinaOICT. 4in Flop. Q.c>u»l Boja S.ngjpo.eOP3 Op«n H»l» _V/y«C^^7 m^mj WMt Ir^^r t tMOM SntmonWjy Singapw* OtOt MooioSj' %V —Ha^^r SpxiMtit c«m. O'trwoiv« s>n%«xy»o9?) J /^^^^^^^V^r Mn t/11l dr [m B ntfi Sunday 9 45«mr,,-ic,m(T^ t > t( <tt I V^^ vtVJy '^>4 vl
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      672 18 MCOBMIOTT ENGINEERING PTE. LIMITED We are the South East Asia Engineering Division of J. Ray McDermott Co., Inc. which has operations extending all over the world. Our work involves both offshore and onshore projects, particularly in oil and gas facilities. Our aggressive expansion program has created the need to fill
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      741 18 Whh ttw recent establishment of th« Far East Area Sorvic* Center in Singapore. Hewlett Packard is seeking an experienced and well qualified professional to heed this new operation as: FAR EAST INSTRUMENT SERVICE MANAGER The successful candidate will be in complete charge of the Instrument product group service policies throughout
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      1610 19 tAT YOUR SERVICE RATES SECTION INDEX Telephone Service: *****22 _P% _^B-_^^ _^_B-__^ h- n Mondov FrKloy 830 o m —500pm Of*nory 70 at per word (m« DO Ml I FOR SALE SHOPPING GUIDE T—iCs-as 9 00am -500pm (Mm %4s7i) Sondoy T^e» VII TRAVEL RESTAURANTS I N«w Induttrtol Rood off (Mondov
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      845 19 "Mainly forl b, TOURISTS J FREE GIFTS *NO good offer for buying came as and a< cessorles 157 PhOtOOraphlC at Ekco Phoo Enterprises. G36. Fnumment Parklane Sht pplng Mail. Selegle equipment/ RouJ Te| 3, i17 j 2 Free a bums Watches for colour processing. Open Mondays/Saturdays 10 30 a.m. to
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      1334 19 I FOB SALE SHOPPING GUIDE MORPNY RICHAROS top loading automatic washing machine. .2 Tf_!_-._. Parklnwn-Cowan cooker and MOOEL DO-24 TURNTABLE fvearlold' Can S" viewed Satur" Dlrecl drlw wltn h h '"'O"* c years oia. can De viewea ?>aiur- with IX* «_prvn mntnr Her.hL U^ a yy n al 9 S°_mTn
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      1097 20 I FOR SALE I SHOPPING GUIDE mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm s WEEKS OLD Male/ Female Black/ Tan Dachshund Puppies It Pats for s 1 to I* oo l homes Dewormed/ Vaccinated. Interested phone *****2 SKC confirmed WANTED TO BUT large-boned, M Puhlieationa fierce dogs with pedigree, weigh- rUDMCBIKHIS ing approx SO lbs upwards,
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      1382 20 II EMPLOYMENT I A rapidly expanding American Engineering Decign Services A monnf orturinn Company invite* application* for ft mailUldClliring tnepoeittomol: raquirasfor *^r~«... immediate ck;e ve| w|tn "«u* m English and Mathematics aPPOintfTient LCC Intermediate Book- keeping ni IDruAOttir 2 y» ar Accounting and rUnUHAbINO Clerical experience KARDEX CLERK -ur£y type4S
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      1351 20 II EMPLOYMENT E*tabNehed Trading Company ra- Fee, Kon ft Tan quire* a has vacancies for the position of: FEMALE SENIOR CLERK AUDIT ASSISTANT r.nrtin.i.. c B.Acc. or A.C.C.A. or equlvabenoneiee anoura poeeeee: enL OCE 'A' Level Certificate or c At least 2-3 years expertother business study quail- ence In a
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      1076 20 II EMPLOYMENT afafj TRAVENOL LABORATORIES M^Tm^^LmW- PTE. LTD American Optical hee vacancy tor iiimiod SENIOR ACCOUNTS STENOGRAPHER c OCE 'O' Level Certificate with 3 credits c LCC Higher Accounting or American Optical invltas Costing application* from Junior At leut 2- 3 years' experiatanographara. Candldataa OTCosung" 1 Accounllnß muat hava good
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      1155 20 II EMPLOYMENT IMMEDIATE VACANCY FOR Olrl Friday with 1 good command of TAT LEE BANK riSSSSS LIMII "D number, expected salary and reBBBBBeaa b»b* Cfnt pnotograpri (non-return-has vacancies for able) to: 12°) Yen San Building. Orchard Road. Spore 0923. PERSONNEL WANTED <1) OFFICE Olrl Friday f%, cditc QCE or A'
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      1186 21 II EMPLOYMENT 31 Situations Vacant B] facit C) SttioM <* member ol the Electrolui Group of Companies) reaulre ALBERT PHOTO M requires SALES Assistants* REPRESENTATIVES SUrting Salary KSO Per Month Experience Not Necessary for the Sales and ptee*. write to- Promotion of a compre121 Orchard Tower henslve range Of office
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      978 21 II EMPLOYMENT A Large Commercial Complei requires BM 4> 1 I fatSSsi 1) ELECTFttCIAN Banfffel7^HnS%77aV BHsuaiilSiiyispaa-^papVpllfl VITB National Trade Cer- I tlflcate (Orade W) In Electrl- I T!W cal Fitting and Installation pfJMHWljHiMMlMsilipffl (Domestic and Industrial) HaaaMMli LlleUlLl-i] 2) PLUMBCR c Candidates must possess I ITB National Trade Certlfl- pfpffllTTTTwjTriTiTrTllM
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      998 21 II EMPIOtMENT philips] (Ml require* BaP/ ELECTRONIC TECHNICIAN shimizu construction Applicants should possess an CO LTD Industrial Technician __.v«Certificate or NTC Orade 2 reomre* SJv'.cm a g U Electronlc MAE ENGINEER 2 years' working experience Degree In MiE Engineering with with digital circuit prefer- 5 years experience preferably in ably
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      1196 21 II EMPLOYMENT The Singapore Subwdwry of a large /J^^W asV aBB^HLaa. US muHi-natranel manulactunno I I pfpV X^pfpV^pVJ and trading group of companies re- I _aaat quire. Uf The follo»l», A MATERIALS COORDINATOR Tr-*le— ere c 25 -27 years Old I e:re;eej|lv required by I c Singapore Citizen or perma-
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      842 21 II EMPLOYMENT LIVE-IN GENERAL AMAH /^ti^)«a>\. For F.umpran family with 2 I teenage rhlldren Near Holland VSa^af ll^B I Village. Cihim Moh and Clemen- \MWA\JMJ tl Experience essential Good salary ror the right person. CPF. 13th month pay. Public Holidays. Separate accommodations GENERAL ELECTRIC TEL.77S3SM (USA) TELEVISION LIVE-OUT AMAH general
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      996 22 II EMPLOYMENT 31 Situations Vacant f~Vv^> i) production XO* yOy 4ic4v FEMALE OPERATORS FOR light d«iWP*«tf assembly work In pleasant air- hF^AI'V conditioned premises No shift lHat w aIaRBA work 5 1/2 day week. Location W^ aUkVavVv* Maxwell Road Salary: (210 pm. a# IUIr Phone Mrs Kok. Tel: *****1 for
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      1058 22 II EUJPLOYMENT CLINIC RECEPTIONIST/DISPENSA w.ll aalabNahad company ro- ER. Preferably living In District quire, urgently 3 immediate vacancy. Tel. *****68 DESPATCH RIDERS o Possess own motorcycle. LABOURERS o Understand simple English. CITTCDC IaJCI nene o Starting salary during Ml IEHS WELDERS probation $220 p.m tafCl ncna o Motorcycle allowance $50
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      1333 22 II EMPLOYMENT bwJI k representative 1 At iccictiut I? wanted by large service or- oi/Tfr^!^!-n?J. W ganlsatlon to InvestlgaU tt STOREKEEPER U credit standing of company ft Rtartinir .uiarv rxn .it.r t~*i9 b Y conducUng searches at tt starting salary 1280, after two ly nor »nrt field inventi..- I months
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      1215 22 I II EMPLOYMENT RELIABLE ANO HARDWORKING TEMPORARY ASSISTANTS SINGAPORE BUS <*"*"* SERVICE (1978) uST^nZSni*!!?""- T LTD. call personally today and tomorrow between 2pm and Spm. at: Applications are In- 701. Aa«) Radio BuUding vtted from suitably qua- 41 Baneoolin Street lifted candidates who Smoaporo 0718 are above 16 years of
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      562 22 times Saturday car mart SAVE FROM 50% TO 90% OF REUPHOLSTERING COBTB NOW LET OUR EXPERTS RECOLOR OR REPMR YOUR VINYL, LEATHER. NAUGHYDE QUICKLY AND ■EXPENSIVELY BY THE EXCLUSIVE OpCClaty process c No time loss Repairs done without dismantling furniture. c Repaired cuts, welts, holes, cigarette burns, etc are strong,
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      677 23 times Saturday car mart 44 Vehick) Accessories/ Maintenance SPOUTS RIMS REQUIRED for Flat lit Saloon Contact Billy *****79 or *****78 45 Vehicles For Sale a) Mini AUSTM MMI 1000 re Eligible for PARF $4,100. Contact *****66. DEC I*7o MMI Clubman 1000. engine tip-top condition, PARF eligible. $4,600 Tel:- *****67 MINI
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      864 23 1*72 I*oo C.C. DaUun SSS for sale at $7,600 ono PARF eligible Offers to *****79 1*73 DATSUN 18* SSS. Selling $10,500 ono Tel: *****48. Call during office hours. I*7* DATSUN 120 V Alrcond. tax/ Insjrance new Non PARF Tel *****86 1577 DATSUN 2*OC, Saloon. 4-door, company registration, with radio/ cassette,
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      831 23 DCC I*7* FORD GRANADA M Fully automatic o One company owner o In showroom condition o Chauffeur driven o Tax till Nov '80 0 Full Factory accessories Prle* $4*500 (now irrooo) Tat:*lM33 Daw No •EA' CORTMA m OT. Alrcond.. radio cassette. $7,200 0.n.0. Contact Karlne. *****94 after 1.00 p.m. NOVEMBER
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      1651 23 CND JULY 1*77 Mercedes Benz 1*73, COLT OALANT OTO. Tip-top 200 Manual Tip top condition condition. $10,500 0.n.0. View at with sporu rlms and cassette 154, Blk. 1059. Eunos Avenue 3, One private owner. Asking for Spore 1440 Tel: *****15. $57,500 on o View 5. KlmKeat It 7) cotT OALAMT
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      608 23 1*72. TOVOTA PUBLICA Alrcond, radio, tape. PARF eligible. Tax and Insurance till Sept. $7,500 0.n.0. Tel: *****26 Ang Mo Klo Avenue 10. Blk. 416 carpark. 1*73 COROLLA STATIONWAGON, In excellent condition. Offers above $9,400 Ring *****51, 12.00 noon to 4.00 p.m. 1*73 TOYOTA CORONA MXII 2000. alrcond. cassette, eligible for
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      698 23 EC MOT NUMBER PLATE for sale. Tel: *****47 or *****69 Oct 1973 OT Clubman. In good condition. View: 88, Medway Drive (Saturday/Sunday) CD AUSTIN 1300 mid 1974, 6 months road tax. 5 new tyres. Tape, radio. MXIV alrcon SellIng $8,700 Tel *****7 CND 1572 VOLKSWAOCN 1200 PARF eligible Well kept.
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      904 23 I**l. MOA MO*. Oood condition SI 1,500 0.n.0 Tel: 2SMIM i»*2, MO MIDOET. Excellent condition. Road tax till Sept PARF eligible. Owner's 2nd. car Ist. reasonable offer secures. Tel: *****83 I»*2 VOLKSWAOCN FOR sale PARF eligible W. 300 Tel: *****39 ISSS CONVERTIBLE TRIUMPH Spitfire MXIII. PARF eligible. Road tax till
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      497 23 SEPTEMBER I*7* AUSTM Mini Van. One owner, In tip top condition Selling $5,500 negotiable Interested call: *****31. I*7o ESCORT VAN. 1100 c.c. Low consumption/mileage New paint work. Tyres $1,600 102 Mackenzie Road 1*72 DAIHATSU VAN 360 c.c, new paint, cassette, PARF eligible. good condition, $6,200 Tel: *****49 Mr Philip Cheang
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      226 23 46 Vehicles Wanted i 1 ABOVE 2000 C.C. vehicles wanted for export. Non PARF welcomed PARF scrap vehicles available for exchange *****28 ALL TYPES OF Scrap and good used cars wanted Oood price offered. Contact Ng: *****2, *****9 ATTRACTIVE PRICE OFFERED for PARF scrap cars and good used cars. Please
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      1313 24 IV ACCOMMODATION PROPEKTIES SITUATED AT PAYA LEBAR ROAD (MAIN ROAD,) I NEXT TO MIS. ASIA STEEL WELDED MESH CO. PTE. LTD.|| [^UmIBL^rUJGIiTITOTRY I FREEHOLD 80% LOAN AVAILABLE m"m m^ DOUBLE-STOREY PENTHOUSE with swimming pool, facing sea51 Accommodation 'font Beautifully furnished Imw mediate occupation Phone: vacant juson *****79 DOUBLE-STOREY OETACHED BUNGALOW
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      1662 24 IV ACCOMMODATION PROPERTIES upfrt^e^s Ws'Unuiiru I "^RRACE APARTMENTS Orchard Road Budget range PANOAN VALLEY Jii 8 0 t3OOO Ca 2izrm/ With 3 bedrooms and a study. 2527 378 parquet and ceramic flooring A COSY LUXURIOUSLY furnished Indoor garden Large llvlng/dln-3-bedroomed apartment with n Immediate occupation pool, squash and security faclll-
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      1658 24 IV ACCOMMODATION PROPERTIES PASIR RIB BEACH Park, 2-storey split-level semi-detached. 4,000 54 Properties bedrooms with buiit-m *L wardrobes. 2 bathrooms, marbl I-Or bale and terrazzo flooring. $240,000 Merlin Housing *****8 SINGLE-STOREY DETACHED Bungalow at I^-ngkok Marlam off famplnes Road: B^oo sq.ft. bedrooms, freehold title. Full dea) Houses v stel *****
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      1462 24 IV ACCOMMODATION PROPERTIES GOLDHILL PLAZA, GROUNDFLOOR piuniyuincv spare Area 1.000 sq ft Suitable rmW^jmm TmM.KI r ,h nwrn ]m Unit l« «*lf t*r\n "CAMELLIA TERRACE" ta[ned 0 rn partU.on.n S g".'n°d": I uxorious 4 Rmm«i T.tr.r. vidual aircondilioning unit and Aoartment 4 RoOmed Terrace toilet faclltles. Principals please Apartment |-i.
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      1379 24 V SERVICES RUSINESS HOOVER PACKING/ REMOVAL/ TRANSPORSTAINLESS STEEL WORKS J* TI jr.lab.'e'T.ni *****22. *****40 Malaysia Packing I We apeciehae in ell atainleaa ateel It Agencies (S) Pte. Ltd. decof*t»nw«l,j,ueh..h.™j,«|- p|M LEOHQ j^u^^ company infl. aingl* and doubi* apiral alaar- of( e rs o ff, C e/ h ouse removal. t
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      1288 25 VI EDUCATION A TRAINING IMPORT. EXPORT PROCEDURES Terms. Sales Contract, Breach of Contract. Purchase orders, Kslabllshlng Overseas Contact, _^H H^^KHg^^^. International Trade. Methods of i— _l__^^ I'ayment.s. Banking. Types of r L/C. Shipping Practice. ContalnArrnilWTiUrV erised Shipping. Transhipment. ALLUUN I ANI, T Re-Shipment. Freight Calculafor ncr imafiiu« Uon Alr Cttr
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      882 25 VI EDUCATION A TRAINING TYPEWRITING (ONE/ TWO/ Three EXPERIENCED TUTOR OF all subShorthand Weekends/ Sunday (including Commerce) Please mornings Singapore Institute ot ca Miss Lim Tel *****2 Commerce. 283 C Selegle Complex (3rd Floor) *****9/ 321 181 QUALIFIED BILINGUAL TEACHERS available for Science. Maths. 3 MONTHS JAPANESE Course. English, Chinese
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      832 25 VII TRAVEL TOURS AMERICA '80 THE AMERICAN EXPERIENCE (North South East West) Hani C_t—« Nm- Am- 6 C_n_ Sun if Wttmfim M StJtt ot New Yort Octet if C-m_i FMi Bntok CtMa Oirarx, Mnco'HwgKi-j 28 Days *****0/KLSS49O we to em 9 ?6MO 16/11 By SiA Sjumtw Super B WEST COAST
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      994 25 VII TRAVEL TOURS J^^^S aft/ |^t 1 I mr I iB ft pL vH W1 t* an J~J^ MT^_T Read all about all the best holiday packages. UNBEATABLE London from only 547 per night VALUE: London as you please: 7 nights s3B9 Britain Coach Tours: 7days 5612 European Cities: Paris
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      739 25 VII TRAVEL TOURS /SMINAMHD TRAfEL SERVICE (S) PTL LTD Wt Sfllv STPB LICNO 140 WM <A Head Office G l4- 16- 18 Pearfs Centre, Eu Tong Wt Sen St. (Yangtze Theatre) Singapore 0105 4k p\w^H Tel: *****33 (7 lines) v f Mr. I Branch Office: 1 1 9, People's .V^
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  • IX OBITUARIES
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      26 26 The Family of the late MR. WONG FOO NAM Wishes to thank relatives and friends for their assistance, condolences and attendance during their recent bereavement.
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      34 26 The Family el the Late Mr. LIM CHEK HENG with lo convey their hearttell gratitude to relative!. friends and colleagues for their kind assistance, wreaths, donations and attendance during their recent bereavement.
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      32 26 MOM. CHIA SWEE FONG wish lo thank all Irwnds, r«l«i.ve» neighbour! and coll*agu«i lor lh*ir kind MUiUnci, wreaths. »croll« donation*, condolences and attandanca during thair recent b*raavamant.
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      39 26 SUNNY WEE HONG JUAN with to fiprm t hair uncera (hank* lo relatives, fnendt. Sembawung Baptist Church and Pailor Anderson tor their kind assistance, prayers, condolences, wreaths, attendance and donations during their recent bereavement.
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      29 26 SIMON FRANCIS YEAP with** lo eiprex lh*ir *inc*r* and h**rtl*M lh*nk* lo In* R*«. F*lh*r*. condolence!, assistance, contributions and attendance during their recent bereavement
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      45 26 MRS. MOSES TAN KIM JOO (nee MAGDALENE SEAH LIMKHENO) wish lo l-pnu their h..r11.1l thanks lo Priests. Mimbm el St. Joseph Dying Aid Association, relatives and friends lor their messages ol condolences, wreaths, donations and attendances during their recent bereavement.
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      219 26 MONO EUNOS BIN ALI AHMAO patted away on 25 580 at 1155 p.m. The bereaved family with to thank Iriendt relatives and tl«ll of Shangri-la Hotel tor their kind at ittance. attendance and donation*. Right Rev Mgr DOMINIC DESPERBEN SS.CC. ex Apostolic Prefect of Hainan Aged 82
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      157 26 MAS. N. BHAVANI D.p»rt»d 31/5/71 Always remembered by beloved Husband Soman, Son Prem Kumar and Daughter Lalha In Everlasting Memory SOH AH X WEE (PHILIP) D«p«rt»d 31*1 May 79 Not just today but most of the day In silence we remember INSERTED BY
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    Call for residential units in Golden Shoe too
    327 27 THE secretary of the Real Estate Developers' Association of Singapore, Mr Lee Chin Chuan, has urged the government to expand the Golden Shoe to allow for the development of residential and commercial buildings at the same time. This would help to make
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    Othman's date
    35 27 THE Social Affairs Minister and Singapore's Ambassador to Indonesia, Mr Othman Wok, will attend the opening of the Pasir Panjang community centre today at 7.30 p.m. He is also MP for the constituency.
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    Quran contest
    41 27 THE Social Affairs Minister and Singapore Ambassador to Indonesia and MP for Pasir Panjang, Mr Othman Wok, will speak at the Pasir PanJane constituency's Al-Ouran reading competition at Surau Abu Kassim, off Pasir Panjang Road, tomorrow at 7.30 p.m.
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    Two years for human cargo trader
    115 27 Two years for human cargo trader AN Indonesian barter trader who pleaded guilty to smuggling illegal immigrants into Singapore in his motorised sampan was jailed two years by a district court yesterday. THe court heard that Ahmad bin Gani, 42, had been conveying illegal immigrants between Taniong Balai, Indonesia, to
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    Amend divorce grounds, counsel told
    350 27 A HIGH Court judge on Thursday found in two divorce cases that the grounds, relied upon by the petitioners, were "apparently inapplicable*' on the facts of their respective cases. Mr Justice Choor Singh adjourned further hearing of them after asking their counsel to consider amending
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    FISHERMEN JAILED IN BURMA DUE BACK
    127 27 FOUBTEEN Singapore fishermen who had been detained In Banna far mere than two yean for violating its territorial waters, are expected to be back seen following a general amnesty en all prisenera In the country. The Burmese Gevemment granted a general amnesty en Wednesday
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      Baccarat looks just too good
      2646 28  -  FAIRWAY By BACCARAT should prove very hard to beat in Race 8 (5.50) in Penang today. The Bold Edge three-year-old ran a good race last start when just edged out by Thunderstruck at Ipoh last month. He looks too good for his rivals today. Fire
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      Hup Seng tops list of likely winners today
      279 28  - Hup Seng tops list of likely winners today LONE RANGER By TRAINER Mohd. Ismail's Hap Seng tops my choice of likely winners at Penang 's Bato Gantong thin aftVrnoon. This three-year-old gelding by Crest of The Wave has been quite esMlstoat la his sevea outings since his debut la October
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      Lock icon Noah triumphs in French Open
      418 29 PARIS, Fri. France's Yannick Noah yesterday edged out 16th seed Jose Luis Clerc, of Argentina, in the French Open men's tennis championships, beating his rival in five sets In the secondround match Play was stopped because of bad light last night with the score at
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      416 29 MADRID, Fri. The 25th European Cup soccer final here on Wednesday night was a thrilling spectacle of contrasting styles. However, the 1960 epic in Scotland when Spain's Real Madrid beat Eintracht Frankfurt, of West Germany, 7-3 at Glasgow's Hampden Park still remains, to many, as the most
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      Depth Charge in striking gallop
      371 29  -  FAIRWAY By PENANG, Fri. Depth Charge n looks a lively outsider in Rat-e One here on Sunday. Unplaced in 13 starts so far. Depth Charge II caught the eye this morning with a fluent workout over 600 metres in 37.3 sec. in good going. Race-by-race
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      1279 29 RACE 1 2.0 CLASS 6 DIV 3 1.200 M Mtfi l ($B,OOO -$5,600 to winner) 1 2260 Gray Rhythm a (1)4 R) Heddle 5 57 »2 5) MaMut 14 2 0057 Hart ml a Hari Ini) Ahmad 856 5 2.5) Evßair. 3 3 3358 HaHoHaNoa (I-S) Noordin 3
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      256 30 LATEST Qaarter-Oaala Mea: DmMcs: KartMa/HeryMla (laaaa) M Derek T»Jb»t Krvla J»lly (Kni) 15-1. IM, BteM Sk»vg»«H FVidmlag Den (Dea) M BmJU SUek/Oag TUag B»»n (Mai) IM, 11-li, IM, Ao> CMBdra/CkrMlM (Mm) at Mum TrarkMa Uaa (Jap) 111. IM, Mlmbb Mek/JajW BMek (mal) M Ray Stoveea MUw Tredgett
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      Mohlin to engage in fact-finding mission
      392 30  -  BERNARD PEREIRA By JAKARTA, Fri. Singapore could be back in the International Badminton Federation before the year is out if a fact-finding mission by IBF president Stellan Mohlin in the Republic proves successful. Mohlin is leaving here for the Republic on Monday with Indonesian
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      46 30 PENANG, Fri. The Penang Open invitational badminton championships scheduled to start on Tuesday have been postponed indefinitely because of changes in foreign entries. The reason given for the I cancellation was that top players were committedto to other tournaments scheduled around the same time. NST.
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      Toh among fastest
      78 30 1 TOH KM CHYE yesterday clocked one of the fastest times for the 100 metres by a Singaporean when he register- ed llsec. in the Republic of Singapore Navy's annual athI lptic meet at Toa Pavoh. Toh, a 23-year-old technician, shaved o.2sec. off his own record, held
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      Indonesians dominate three finals
      231 30 JAKARTA, Fri. The last trace of European hope in the women's singles of the world badminton championships faded here tonight when Denmark's top-seeded twotime All-England champion Lene Koppen was crushed 11-12, 5-11 by Indonesia's Ivana Lie in the semi-finals, reports BERNARD PEREIRA. What had seemed to
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      IBF to meet in Tokyo next year
      187 30 JAKARTA, Fri elded at the Tokyo meeting, which will be held during the Über Cap rhAmplonshlH. The raF ate* decided send players for the 1181 world games In SmU Clan, California, where badminton will be one of toe sports. The world games will
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      TODAY'S EVENTS
      47 30 TODAY'S EVENTS HOCKEY SHA Premier Leagae: Jansenites v Khalsa; DlvWm Oae: SAFSA B v Khalsa B (Police Academy 3.45, 5.15). TABLE TENNIS National age-group championships (Poi Onini School, Toa Payon, 2). TENNIS Head national ace-group championship finals (Singapore Tennis Centre, 8). WATER SKI-ING Interclub meet (Sentosa. 2.30).
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      81 30 WEST INDIES OreeaMge c Lever b Marks 39 Hayaea c Willis b Marks 50 Baeekaa run out 40 Ueaarw c Lever bßotham 26 i KaJUckama c Willis bOld U Klag run out 33 Befcerto not out 25 Garner run out 0 Marshall b Willis 0 HaMlag b Willis 0
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      England need 195 to beat Wo Indies
      134 30 England need 195 to beat Wo Indies LONDON, Fri. England needed 195 runs In 39 overs at tea to win the second 55-over cricket international match against the West Indies at Lord's here today. The West Indies, who won yesterday's first match by 24 runs, scored 235 for nine in
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      Winning start for squash squad
      217 30  -  PATRICK BABTIANS By SINGAPORE'S squash team opened their New Zealand tour with a morale boosting 6-1 win over Northland District in Whangarei on Thursday. Stewart Ballard, playing at No. 2, was the only losing Singaporean, going down 2-3 to Rod Blank. According to a long-distance
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      Three foreign teams enter SWSF meet
      269 30  -  PETER BIOW By THREE foreign teams will take part in the inaugural Singapore Water-Ski Federation inter-club tournament at the Sentosa Canoe Lagoon this weekend. They are the Sunshine Water-Ski Club and Cheras Water-Ski Club, of Malaysia, and the Tani jong Pinang Water-Ski Club from
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      37 30 RIO DE JANEIRO, Fri. Brazilian World Cup soccer striker Reinaldo scored on a defensive lapse to give Atletico a 1-0 victory over Flamengo in the first leg of the Brazilian Cup final here last night. Reuter.
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      SIA smile as key men recover
      172 30 SIA smile as key men recover SlNGAPOREinternationals Kwek Teck Mong and I Ang Keng Mm, both ini'ured in the recent Wiliam Jones Cup basketball tournament in Taiwan, 1 are now fully recovered, j reports PETER SIOW. Kwek hurt his ankle and Ang twisted his thumb while represenUng Singapore Airlines Group
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      597 30 LONDON, Fri. Bob Woolmer, looking to regain his England place with the first Test match against West Indies only a week away, hit a career-best 171 for Kent against Sussex at Hove yester- < day. He batted six hours and hit a six. a five and 21 fours. I
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      Meeting of the twins
      274 31  -  R MANORAJ By TWINS Corrina and Serena Lim featured In an interesting singles final for 14-16 year-old girls in the HEAD national tennis age-group championships at the Singapore Tennis Centre yesterday. Neither sister gave a quarter, though Serena eventually won 6-1, 6-3. Results: BOY 8: 11-18
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      Knee operation on Lazaroo a success
      153 31  -  WILFRED YEO By SINGAPORE left-back Jeffrey Laxaroo was sleeping uder sedation yesterday afternoon after a successful operation on his right knee. Dr. 8. Kiishnamoorthy, the Football Association of Singapore medical officer, who performed the how-long operation on Lasaroo, said yesterday: "His right leg to
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      Trophy golf
      28 31 MARY Loh and Dorothy Pollett won the Hughes Trophy with a net score of 71 in the Keppel Golf Club women's competition at Bukit Chermin yesterday.
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      SAS records tumble
      194 31 SIXTEEN records took a tumble at the Singapore American School annual track and field championships at the Dover Road sports complex yesterday. In the field events, Francis Yong featured well, erasing the shot put and discus marks for A division boys with throws of 11.40 and 22.80
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      222 31  -  PATRICK BABTIANB By THERE were one or two surprises when the Singapore Lawn Tennis Association named their team for the Chua Choon Leong Cup tennis championship at the Singapore Tennis Centre from June 12-15. Included for the 14-team tournament are Mahader Hassan, Daniel Lim. Victor Pereira, Albert
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      Hai Sing outplay Sin Min
      83 31 HAI SING outplayed Sin Mln 3M in the Sin Chew Jit Poh national schools' girls' basketball tournament at the People's Association yesterday, reports PETEB BIOW. But for the (act that Sin Mln finished without a point a most unusual ocurrenee in basketball the match was
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      Reserves' task: Win semi-final berth
      415 31  -  JOE DOR A I By KANGAR, Fri. Singapore's Reserves may nave to shoulder the unenviable task tomorrow of putting the Republic into the Malaysia Cup soccer semi-finals at the Sheik Ahmad Stadium here. It appears likely that team manager Jita Singh will have no choice
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      M-CUP FIXTURES
      50 31 TODAY PERLIS v SINGAPORE (KMOgar Stadium, 4.30). PAHANG V SELANGOR (Stadium D&nihn&kmur, 7.30). F. TERRITORY v KELANTAN (Kota Raja Stadium, 7.30). BRUNEI v SABAH (Bandar Serf Begawan. 4). TOMORROW PENANG v KEDAH (City Stadium, 7.30). ARMED FORCES v JOHORE (Merdeka Stadium, 8). SARAWAK v PERAK (JubUee ground, 4.30).
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      Giant-killer Lum in last four
      330 31  -  PETER SIOW By UNKNOWN Lum Yew Kong continued his giant killing ways to advance into the semi-finals of the national table tennis agegroup boys' singles under16 championship at Poi Ching School, in Toa Payoh, yesterday. Lum, who eliminated No. 1 seed Lim Heng Kiat in
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      Ponggol's chance to make grade
      145 31  -  SARA UDUWELA By PONGGOL were the only seeded team in the preliminary rounds who did not reach the winners' pool of this year's interconstituency netball tournament. Three of Ponggol's star players are in the national squad and are not allowed to play in inter-constituen-cy matches.
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      BB triumph
      16 31 BROWN BOVERI defeated Ladyhill Hotel *0 in a friendly soccer match at Tanglin yesterday.
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    290 32 This could defeat Asean's objectives SAYS ENVOY KOH UNITED NATIONS, Friday SINGAPORE Ambassador Tommy Koh said yesterday that the humanitarian attempts of Asean countries to save lives in Kampuchea could defeat their aim to see a freely-elected government there. "This whole humanitarian programme undermines Asean 's political objectives," he told
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    161 32 Haitians making waves with antennae PORT AU-PRINCE, Fri. The longer the antenna, the higher the rank goes the maxim in this Haitian capital, where funs appear to have een replaced by walkie-talkies as symbols of power and prestige. The policeman standing on the corner is armed with a walkie-talkie. symbolising
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    33 32 LONDON, Fri. The price of gold rose to US$53l 40 an ounce on European bullion markets today. Gold had closed on European markets last night at U*****50 an ounce. Reuter
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    Lock icon Couple to go into orbit
    71 32 WASHIN'JTON, Fri. The husband ol one of America's first woman astronauts was yesterday picked as a potential astronaut and could join her flying in space, a US space programme official said today. Dr William Fisher of Texas j was named a candidate for the space
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    31 32 BEIJING, Fri Bishop Zon Huaide of Jinan in eastern China was elected chairman of the Patriotic Catholic Associa tion of China today, the Beijing evening news reported. I AFP
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    CLASSIFIED DEATH
    31 32 CLASSIFIED DEATH THE REMAINS OF the late Mr. Slvashanmugam (Ohandl) will be leaving M7A. Block 37 Telok [Siangan Rise. 330 p m on 31 580 Cremation at Mt vernon 4 30pm
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    573 32 More police rushed to Cape Town BID TO AVERT FURTHER RIOTS JOHANNESBURG, Fri CRACK police units from all over South Africa were rushed to Cape Town last night in an effort to head off further trouble in the riot-plagued mulatto suburbs. A police spokesman said military aircraft brought in 250
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    89 32 POLICEMEN swarming all over prisoner Lynn Norton (bottom of pile) as they subdued him to end a prison uprising in Greene County Jail, Tennessee, on Wednesday. Norton was among a band of prisoners who held a sheriff's deputy for two days and threatened to kill him
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    Lock icon China gets US go-ahead to buy military equipment
    338 32 China gets US go-ahead to buy military equipment WASHINGTON, Fri. The United States has told China that it is free to negotiate for the first time with American companies to buy a wide range of non-lethal military equipment. The approval, announced yesterday at the end of a four-day visit by
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    34 32 HONGKONG, Fri. A Chi- I nese delegation has just com- pleted talks here with officials Si Cable and Wireless Ltd., on expanding telecommunication links between Hong Kong and Guangdong province. AFP. I
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    187 32 LANGUAGE BARRIER DISRUPTS GENG'S ANSWER WASHINGTON, Fri. President Jimmy Carter on Wednesday did his best to stow the world how Important he regards the growing Friendship between the I nlted State* and China, bat the laagaage harrier disrupted the ceremonial reply of Chl■mc Vlee-Premier Gen* ■Mb Flaaked by some af
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      129 32 BUSINESS TIMES Singapore's Financial Dally Co»«r Pfk e iOt Anoool Sut»crf>t> m SIM foi \jb\<itp<<nn. 7:i?i>>ii i M TODAY'S HIGHLIGHTS. CONTROVERSY surrounds the last NWC recommendations even as the next guideline draws near. A leading businessman and a minister voice their unhappiness. Other items: IN LEISURE TIMES: Testing the Bluebird
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      204 32 No awards, SBC Were you disappointed when you stayed up on Thursday night to watch the 51st Annual Academy Awards JUDITH HOLMBERG takes SBC to task for its big booboo, for which the station is rightly apologetic, and explains why the wrong programme was shown. What is Reggie doing now?
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      177 32 UP TO 1 p.m. TODAY: Showers In a few areas late morning. TEMP. (C) up to a.m. tomorrow: 33 max., 2S mln. SUNSET today: 138 p.m.; SUNRISE tomorrow: «.2S a.m. GLOBAL weather Amsterdam 14-18 C Clear LnA^cIm 11-21 C Cloudy Ataea* 18-28C Clear Madrid 9-20C Cloudy Bahrain 29-41C Clear Manila
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      1045 1 I guess the post office is like drinking water. You don't appreciate it till you don't have it. They may be the humblest of America's government institutions, but rural post offices have a vital social role to play, writes JOHN YEMMA from Radiant, Virginia. They're
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      681 2 PICK of the DAY SBC TV THE Hardy family are back (do I hear groans?) but this time, it's one of the better films of that pre-World War II series being shown in the Saturday Matinee slot (Ch 5, 1.50 p.m.). A black-and-white film, A Family Affair was made in
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        396 2 FILM SHOWS for stu- Miss Ruth Si, a health p.m. and 8 p.m. Tickets: dents at the National education officer from $2 (schoolchildren), 3, 4 Museum at 10.45 a.m.: the Singapore Family and 6. Matinee at 5 p.m. Chiang Mai and Azhari Planning and Population tomorrow. On till tomorAli. Free
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        1059 2 TV and Radio SBC 5 12.45 PM Opening and Sesame Street 7.30 News (Malay) 1.50 Saturday Matinee 7 4 P^Y Como in Las Veias 3.00 Soccer Int. Friendly: England vs 83 JJSJJ* 11 Sl a e mpia Ar8entina 930 News and Newsreel (Engish) 4.40 The Wartons Grapes Of Wrath 10.00
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        85 2 [swimming times| TODAY: SINGAPORE 5.32 a.m. (0.2m), 12.17 p.m. (2.4m), 5.39 p.m. (1.0m), 11.33 D.m. (2.7m). SEDILJ KECHIL 4 18 a.m. (0.1m), 11.26 a.m. (2.3m), 5.11 p.m. (1.2m), 9.45 p.m. (1.9m). PORT DICKSON 1.45 a.m. (0.5m), 7.24 a.m. (2.5m), 1.48 p.m. (0.3m), 7.50 p.m. (2.8m). TOMORROW: SINGAPORE 6.08 a.m. (0.1m),
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        786 3 Mandarin Singapore Scrabble Championships Mandarin Court room; tomorrow 9 a.m. and 2 p.m quarter finals June 8; finals June 15 Preview by JOHN DE SOUZA 6 Contestants com* from widely differing age groups and occupations, ranging from two 14-year-old students to a 54-year-old businessman. Among them
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        459 3 Brass and Organ recital Presbyterian Church, Orchard Rd Tomorrow, 7.30 p.m.; No charge Preview by TAN SUAT LIAN The young man pedalling furiously on a bicycle from home at Bedok to the PUB Building at Somerset Road for SSO rehearsals is trumpetist
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        453 3 SSO concert Monday, Tuesday Programme notes by DELISLE SCHWARTZ MOZART'S Sumphony No. 40 in G Minor presents an interesting case in scoring. The composer first wrote it with no part for clarinet, then had second thoughts, diddled the oboe parts a little and added
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        1043 6 SADAT'S STRATEGY by Paul Eidelberg, Dawn Books, Quebec, 159 pages, C 53.50 (557.50) Reviewed by ROBERT CHEW ■;s^j DESPITE its terse title, this is a book about the Arab-Israeli conflict in general, and one man's role in resolving this conflict in particular. The author, Paul Eidelberg,
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        754 6 ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT IN SINGAPORE by Lim C hong- Yah Federal Publication*, 1980, 149 pp, $3.95 Reviewed by ALEX JOSEY IN some ways Lim ChongYah is Singapore's own J.K. Galbraith. Like the noted American economist, Professor Lim is willing to comment readily and
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        The life of Pa Chin — told simply
        657 7 The life of Pa Chin told simply THE FAMILY by Pa Chin, Adapted by Catherine Lim. Federal Simplified Series, (1980) $2.95 Reviewed by GRETCHEN MAHBUBANI PA CHIN is one of the major figures of modern Chinese literature. His novels, essays and articles span over a half century of writing. His
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        839 7 DYING LIGHT by Evan Chandler London, Hamlyn Books, 1979, 206 pages; and BAAL by Robert McCammon, London, Sphere Books, 1979, 250 pages Reviewed by LEE GEOK 801 THE thing about horror stories is that there is a point at which the catalogue of horrors only
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      858 9 Faces of a lady For the princess, 1980 started shakily. There was an operation for a "skin lesion" in January; a virus led her to cancel engagements in February. In March she twice failed, while actually on the parade ground, to review her troops, causing dismaying rumours about her state
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        853 10  -  WEE BEE LIM By WHEN a hospital ward is transformed into the likeness of a funeral parlour by an abundance of floral bouquets given by well-meaning friends and relatives, one wonders how the poor, suffering soul will ever recuperate. Convention dies hard.
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        986 10  -  TAN LEE LENG By Step by Step to a good cuppa 1. Put cold, fresh water into kettle and boil. 2. Warm the teapot otherwise your boiling water cools down when poured into the teapot. 3. Use one teaspoonful per person and one for the teapot as a
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        593 10 Where to what to or how to get THIS is an intelligent and amusing exploration of Singapore food and restaurants. Singapore Feasts has been put together by people who obviously love good food. As such, it is a much more personal guide than the other two Singapore restaurant guides published
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        163 10 Lunching in town IF YOU are working in the downtown Shenton Way district, your lunches will be limited to the Old Market, or Food Alley if you are giving yourself a treat (or if it's a business lunch), then it's La Taverna or Troika or Swatow Restaurant. But
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        208 11 Pias Personal Skin Care Make-up lesson On%*% commtnenf m km on Eiery Mon. DM. Fn TK: 11 an to 1 pm 1 2.30 pM to 4.30 pm Cosmetics will be provided during the lesson Certificate of Attendance will be awarded Please call Unit 123, Ist Fir. Parfclan* Shopping Mail Satogiaßd.
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      611 12 People have cared enough to make giant strides in conserving whales. But can the same forces that assembled to save the symbol of the Seventies turn their effective lobbying to more difficult issues particularly energy conservation The question is asked by William Aron, a
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      553 12 Refugees learn the rules of living in America BANGKOK, Fri CHILDREN without diapers are not appreciated at restaurants. Don't haggle over prices at supermarkets and department stores. Avoid walking alone down dark, lonely streets at night. "What may appear to be basic rules of living in modern America are positively
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        759 13 \\kr T KING S H0TEL LIMITED \jSL^ (Incorporated in the Republic ol Singapore) ED NOTICE OF MEETING NOTICE IS HE Rt BY GIVEN that the Twelfth Annual General Meeting ol the Company will be held at Unit 1604. 16th Floor. Hong leong Building. 16 Rattles Quay. Singapore, on Monday. 16th
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        676 13 WARNING NOTICE LANCEL TRADEMARK 1876 L_AISJCEI_ PARIS The trade and public are hereby bearing these trade marks but which informed that LA SOCIETE DES are not distributed by la SOCIETE DES ETABLISSEMENTS LANCEL of ETABLISSEMENTS LANCEL will PARIS (FRANCE) have appointed result in immediate legal action being EUROPLUS PTE LTD
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        610 13 We would like to invite applicants for the post of:COSTING ASSISTANT Candidates applying should preferably have the following qualifications: Possess Technical/Vocational Institute Certificate in Mechanical Engineering drawing and design Be well versed with pipework drawings and their quantity takes-off Be able to work independently Have completed National Service Previous experience
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        526 13 Applications are invited from suitably qualified candidates for the position of SAFETY MANAGER In our shipyard in Jurong Applicants should be registered Safety Officers with not less than S years' experience In a senior capacity in the safety department of an heavy industry. They should not be less than 35
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        735 14 SYSTEMS ANALYST (Salary negotiable plus generous benefits) Our client is a Malaysian plantation agency who are introducing sophisticated computer systems to aid their estate management. The successful candidate will report to the Director of Finance and will have the responsibility for all systems development. An initial task will be the
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        276 14 dP TECHNICAL SALES 3 EXECUTIVE I A well-established multi-national Company is I I looking for an energetic young man to fill I I the above position. The incumbent position offers challenge and I I opportunities for advancement. THE MAN we ore looking for:- Should be mature with initiative, drive, I
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        576 14 B The SGV Group Management Consulting Services Our Company, which is a member of the SGV Group, the largest professional consulting organisation in Asia, provides management consulting services to local, regional and international clients in tha areas of marketing, financial and organisational advisory services. We undertake regional and Singapore project
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        634 14 UNIT SUPERVISOR^W (Up to circa $23,000 pa.) Accountable to the Manager Shop Operations, for^^^y the effective scheduling and utilization of manpower, equipment, facilities and materials to achieve a predetermmed schedule of high quality parts at competitive cost. Directly responsible for the supervision of a group of employees of diversive skills
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        633 15 MULTI DEVELOPMENT COMPANIES IN SINGAPORE SEEK SUITABLE CANDIDATES TO FILL THE FOLLOWING APPOINTMENTS 1. ADMINISTRATION MANAGER The candidate shall be responsible for the general administration, corporate company secretarial matters and personnel management of the company. Candidates with Degree in BA, Associate Member of CIS or equivalent with minimum 5 years
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        503 15 A We, o subsidiary of Mitsubishi Electric Corporation invite suitable qualified persons to apply: 1) PRODUCTION ENGINEER (MALE) University graduate in Electronic/ Mechanical Engineering with working experience in electronic factory. 2) AUTO-INSERTION TECHNICAL STAFF Vacancies SUPERVISOR, ASST. SUPERVISORS AND TECHNICIANS. Job: Manage and maintain the PCB insertion machines run by
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        912 15 Career Opportunities tor EDP and WP Professionals The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) and the Board of Commissioners of Currency Singapore (BCCS) are setting up an Information Services Department to provide DP and WP based information systems. A wide variety of challenging positions have been created to meet the needs
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        151 15 GENERAL ELECTRIC U.S.A. MANUFACTURING MANAGEMENT PROGRAM TRAINEE Applicotions are invited from recent University graduates in Mechanical/ Electrical Engineering to participate in the Company's Manufacturing Ma nagement Training Program consisting ot 2 2 years of responsibl< working assignments and practical courses in the various GE toctones ir Singapore. The successful candidate
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        522 16 Qualifications A Technician Diploma in electronics and communications/electrical engineering. City Guilds Full Technician Certificate in telecommunication or equivalent. Preferably with 2 years experience in servicing electronic or electro-mechanical equipment. Personality Good communication and social skills. Mature and responsible. Age 20 to 30 years. Responsibilities To promptly and efficiently service, install,
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        641 16 I FRASe*&N6AVE GROUP The Group is currently embarking on major development plans in the computer area. The existing ICL 2903 Computer is being replaced with the new ME29, with V2MB of main memory. We are seeking experienced DP Staff to implement the many projects that are planned. SYSTEMS ANALYST Candidates
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        504 16 A Multinational French Company Dans le cadre dv developpement is looking for well-qualified de ses plantations d'heveas en AFRIQUE et au BRESIL AGRONOMISTS une Societe Francaise de rang international with 5-10 years experience recrute des in heveaculture to participate in its rubber IN6ENIEURS AGRONOMES plantation development projects in AFRICA and
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        318 16 K£!l SEMBAWANG SHIPYARD IfcjtJ LIMITED Applications are invited from suitably qualified candidates for the following positions: A. INSTRUCTOR (Metal Machining and Bench Fitting) a) Technician Diploma Certificate in Mechanical Engineering with at least 3 years relevant working experience. (b) Preference will be given to those who have experience in the
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        486 17 With the new computer -control led can making department coming on-stream soon, we require more ELECTRICAL/ELECTRONIC TECHNICIANS The prospective candidates should satisfy the following requirements:- Possess ITC in Electrical or Electronic Engineering or their equivalent Have 1-2 years industrial electrical experience Have knowledge of basic electronic components and be able
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        652 17 HsV^^ SINGAPORE BUS SERVICE *****) LTD The Company in conjunction with Vocational Industrial Training Board invites applications from suitably qualified persons for: APPRENTICESHIP TRAINING IN MOTOR VEHICLE MECHANIC Qualifications: Singapore Citizens Completed or exempted from full-time National Service Passed at least Secondary Two Education Successful applicants will attend 6 months
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        912 17 SINGAPORE BUS SERVICE (1978),UMITED I I Career opportunities now exist for the following appointments. I I MAINTENANCE ENGINEER I I Requirements: I Degree in Mechanical Engineering. Preference will be given to I I those with relevant working experience in the field of automobile I I engineering. I SENIOR TECHNICAL OFFICER
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        668 17 I©l HOTEL GRAND CENTRAL LIMITED COMPANY ANNOUNCEMENT The results of the Group and the Company for the finoncial year ended 31 December 1979, subiect to completion of audit, are as follows Financial Year Ended Financial Year Ended 31.12.79 31.12.7* (Unaudited) (Audited) Group Company Group Company Sales and other operating re
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      883 18  -  ROBERT TROUHMAN By It was the Royal Geographical Society which supported Livingstone's treks through Africa and then sent Henry Morton Stanley to find him. Among the venerable Society's other exploratory good deeds were supporting the first major mountaineering feats and backing Scott and Shackleton
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      600 18  -  SARA TERRY By It's back to the drawing board and on with the rib-tickling business of creating new cartoons at Warner Bros. 17 years after Hollywood's oldest movie studio closed its animation shop. As Bugs Bunny's about to celebrate his 40th birthday, we might be back
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