The Straits Times, 27 December 1980

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    15 1 The Straits Times Estd. 1845 SATURDAY, DECEMBER 27, If 81 35 CENTS M.C.(P) No. 111/1/80
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    Lock icon IRAQ OPENS NEW FRONT
    551 1 Troops crossed into Kurdestan' BEIRUT, Friday PRESIDENT Saddam Hussein has declared that the Iraqi army has opened a new invasion front in Iran's north-western province of Kurdestan in a move to force Iran to give in to Iraq's territorial claims. "Our forces crossed the Iranian-Iraqi international
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    Lock icon Poland yes' to Xmas religious broadcasts
    655 1 WARSAW, Fri. THE Polish authorities have for the first time in 36 years of communist rule allowed Christmas to be marked by a flood of religious broadcasts. The religious broadcasts were one of the concessions wrung from the communist authorities during a wave of
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    Lock icon Chilly deaths rise to 44
    43 1 NEW DELHI. Fri The number of people who had died in a cold wave sweeping the northern state of Bihar had risen to forty-four, the Press Trust of India reported today Most of them died of exposure Reuter
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    Lock icon Mountain battles
    41 1 SAN SALVADOR. Frl Army troops and leftist guerillas fought Ditched mountain battles along two stretches of a remote highway, military sources said today The source said the military had gained control of the towns of Arratao and Osieala UPI
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    Lock icon Mud saves boy's life
    56 1 WASHINGTON, Fri. A 14-year-old boy, injured in a Christmas Eve motorcycle accident that killed another rider, covered himself with mud to survive below-freezing temperatures while he waited for help, police said yesterday. Rodney Duplechin, of Lafayette, Louisiana, was listed in good condition after the accident on
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    Lock icon 70,000 strike
    28 1 NEW DELHI, Fri About 70.000 workers in six factories run by the Federal Government in Bangalore went on an "indefinite" strike today over wage increases. AFP.
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    Lock icon Talks on Khmer problem: 'Japan reluctant'
    151 1 Talks on Khmer problem: 'Japan reluctant' TOKYO. Fri. Japan appears reluctant to commit itself to the holding of an international conference to seek a political solution to the Kampuchean problem, the major Japanese daily Asahi Shimbun reported today. According to Asahi, a high-ranking Foreign Ministry official said last night that
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    Communion in captivity
    45 1 AMERICAN h.stagr Kathryn K*«b receiving rommanlsn fr»m mi unJd«-ntMr<t Iranian cleric at mi undisclosed location la Iran on Christmas Day in this phot* taken from mi NBC-ABC programme la New York. The Ugn were •sea la flJms released by Iranian Televtatoa. APpietare.
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    Lock icon Lanka to slap 500 pc tax on foreigners
    152 1 COLOMBO, Fri. Foreigners will, under a law to be Introduced soon, have to pay a 500 per cent tax when buying real es- tate in Sri Lanka, the government announced. The foreigners will also be subject to all Sri Lanka i taxes.
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    Lock icon Reagan blast at Iran over hostages
    438 1 Reagan blast at Iran over hostages WASHINGTON, Friday THE United States and Iran hurled acrimonious abuse at each other as the American hostages spent their second consecutive Christmas far from home, isolated and in captivity. President-elect Ronald Reagan, breaking his silence on the most recent negotiations with Iran, declared on
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    Lock icon Seoul polls by March
    62 1 SEOUL, Fri. An electoral college of 5,278 popularlyelected members will choose South Korea's next president by March 31 next year under the Presidential Election Law passed today by the Legislative Council for National Security (LCNS), the council said. The law requires election to the college to
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    Lock icon Protest five jailed
    60 1 MOSCOW, Fri. Five men who took part in a protest at the exit visa office on Tuesday have been Jailed for 10 days on charges of hooliganism, Jewish sources said today. They were arrested the next day when they arrived at the Lenin Library in the centre
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    Lock icon Pushers killed
    38 1 RIO DE JANEIRO, Fri. Five hashish pedlars were kill ed by unidentified gunmen in a wave of violence that grip&ed Rio's suburbs on finstrnas pve. leaving a total of 21 dead, informni sources said today. AFP.
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    Lock icon Well-timed escape
    46 1 JAKARrA, Fri. Fourteen detainees forced their way to freedom through the main gate of a prison in Semarang, Centra] Java, yesterday just when there was a big crowd of Christmas visitors, the Sinar Harapan (Ray of Hope) newspaper reported, quoting a police spokesman. AFP.
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    Lock icon 545 homeless
    43 1 MANILA, Fri. A tidal wave struck a coastal town of the southern Philippines on Christmas Day, leaving at least 545 people homeless, the Philippine Red Cross reported today. A Red Cross officer said he was awaiting details from the disaster. AP
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    Forced to land
    29 1 ANKARA. Fri. A Chinese passenger plane en route to Bucharest was forced by bad weather to make emergency landing at Istabul's Yesilkoy Airport, officials said today.
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    1981 will be a gloomy year: Chok Tong
    392 1 1981 will be a gloomy year: Chok Tong but 1980 sees highest growth rate in 7 years NEXT year will be a gloomy year, with dark clouds threatening, Mr Goh Chok Tong, the Minister for Trade and Industry, said last night. But this year, Singapore will romp home with the
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    Lock icon Sino-Pak feelers towards India?
    249 1 Sino-Pak feelers towards India? BEIJING, Fri CHINA and Pakistan are likely to make diplomatic overtures to India soon at the expense of the Soviet Union, diplomatic sources said today. The sources said Pakistan Foreign Minister Agha Shahi met Chinese Vice-Chairman Deng Xiaoping yesterday ana noted that Soviet President Leonid Brezhnev
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    Lock icon Terrorist toll
    46 1 I ANKARA, Fri. The national I security council, which has controlled Turkey since the coup on Sept 12, reported today that 215 people had been killed and 8,500 arrested in the last three months in the course of "terrorist actions or anti-terrorist operations" AFP.
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    Lock icon LATEST SYRIAN TANKS BEATEN BACK
    66 1 LATEST SYRIAN TANKS BEATEN BACK BEIRUT, Frl. A SyrIan tank thrust near the Ike eMt LebMeae town of Zahlr was today heatMi back by rightist militiamen, a spokr»ru*n for the right-wing Lebanese tereessald. The spokesman said the luUUng of the tank thrust waa cnclal in thwarting Syrian plans to occupy
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      147 1 1st Copy 9 ibwciN^^ C^P 48 pages today 200 STORE FIRMS ON WEST EUROPEAN BLACKLIST -Pageß KREMLIN worried over poor food supplies to cities 2 SADAT pledges more aid for Afghan guerillas 3 US can handle Middle East defence, says study C DENTAL therapists scheme: Nothing sinister, says Ministry It
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      Lock icon Phew! It's tough on wheels
      62 2 SANTA, played b> Lawrence Kullg, wu having a fine time »pf?24lng cheer on roller skater throughoo t downtawa Hm* Francisco on Christmas Day until he ran oat of steam. Poor Santa had to take a breather on the sidewalk. Anyway, his wheels had already helped
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      Lock icon Kremlin worried over poor food supplies to cities
      352 2 Kremlin worried over poor food supplies to cities MOSCOW, Friday THE Soviet leadership is worried about poor food supplies to cities and is calling for a new effort to improve agricultural output, the Soviet Communist Party paper Pravda reported yesterday. ■The Politburo's agriiltural specialist Mikhail Gorbachev, who is secretary of
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      Lock icon $280 m losses
      69 2 LONDON, Fri. The state-owned British shipbuilders lost £57 million (Ss2Bo million) in the first six months of the financial year which ends on Sept X. The firm has told the government that it will be unable to hold its losses for the whole year below the target
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      Lock icon Comedian dies
      35 2 LONDON, Fri. F»t man Fred Emnry, veteran British comedian who weighed about 136 kg. died in a hospital on Christmas day, friends said He was 80. The cause of death was unknown. AP.
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      Lock icon Air cargo service
      64 2 TAEPEH. Fri. Taiwan's China Airlines (CAL) will inaugurate a direct TaipehNew York cargo service on Jan 7, a spokesman .or the airline said today. The new cargo line will be served by CAL's Boeing 747F all cargo planes every Wednesday and Saturday from Taipeh to New York
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      Lock icon Santa comes in a cow boy suit
      142 2 Santa comes in a cow boy suit SHREVEPORT, (Louisiana), Fri. Santa Claus does not necessarily wear a red suit and sport a white beard, a number of poor children In this southern US city have decided. A man in cowboy clothes walked into a toy store the day before Christmas,
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      Lock icon Hitler's top admiral dies
      130 2 Hitler's top admiral dies HAMBURG, Fri. Grand Admiral Karl Doenitz, who presided over Nazi Germany's unconditional surrender in World Wax Two as Adolf Hitler's personally appointed successor, has died at the age of 89, his family said yesterday. A Defence Ministry spokesman said that Admiral Doenitz, who commanded Germany's devastating
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      Lock icon Tokyo crime rate up
      57 2 TOKYO, Fri. Crime in Tokyo has increased this year, with a crime in every two minutes and 18 seconds, according to a police annual report. The report added while five people were murdered in every 10 days in 1978 on the average, seven people were killed
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      Lock icon Rare bird dies after 1st egg
      64 2 LIMA. Fri. One of the world's rarest birds died this week after laying its first egg in captivity. Gustavo del Solar, a big game hunter and wildlife preservationist, said yesterday his white-winged pet turkey, Guan. died on Monday on his ranch in northern Peru
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      Lock icon France rejects extra spending in EEC budget
      296 2 France rejects extra spending in EEC budget PARIS, Friday FRANCE today raised the curtain on a major European Community row in the New Year by declaring it will not contribute to extra expenditure voted by the European Parliament. Finance ministers from the nine Communi- ty countries last week failed to
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        Lock icon Backseat wedding
        63 2 A TAXI driver and her favourite mechanic tied the knot on Christmas Eve in the most romantic place they could think of the back of a cab. Lourdes "Ginger" Figueroa and mechanic Charles Jones were married in Culver City, California, in a ceremony performed by Rev. Bill Scott
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        Lock icon He prefers dog to wife
        70 2 A MAN in Arkansas is offering a US$5OO (551.060) reward to locate his dog that he lost while hunting, saying that he would rather lose his wife than dog. "I could leave my wife and not fee the kind of remorse I felt vhen I
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        Lock icon Globe-trot in 20 days
        56 2 FOUR Britons will attempt to go around the world in 20 days this spring in l. 65-metre-high balloon. Imperial Chemical Industries (ICI), their sponsor, announced in Paris on Wednesday. The helium-filled balloon, propelled by the winds in the stratosphere, is to travel 30,000 kms non-stop at
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        Lock icon Haste that made waste
        60 2 CHINA'S Postal services has criticised itself for undue haste in introducing a postal code system, the Communist Party newspaper, People's Daily, reported yesterday. The new system had brought widespread protests from people who suddenly found letters not being accepted unless they were in standard size envelopes
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      Fire fighters' crane raises downed jumbo at zoo
      261 2 IT took only moments for arthritis and sore feet to get the 3,m-kg gray lady d«wn. bat It took several firelighters, a bage craae aad a network at ropes aad palleya to get her op again. May, aa elephant at the 8m
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      Flood of letters demands death for Jiang
      343 3 Flood of letters demands death for Jiang BEIJING, Fri AN AVENGING chorus of letters to newspapers demanded yesterday that the widow of Chairman Mao Zedong, currently on trial for her life, be sentenced without mercy to the "severest punishment"— implying death. The 67-year-old defendant Jiang Qing was portrayed as ferociously
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      Lock icon Chinese student defects to Taiwan
      176 3 Chinese student defects to Taiwan TAIPEH, Fri. A Chinese student in the United States defected to Taiwan to be with his parents whom he had not seen (or 33 years, sources said today. Mr Yang Szu-Yung, 37, a native of Kiangsu province in central eastern China, arrived in Taiwan yesterday
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      Lock icon Two hurt in shopping arcade blast
      104 3 Two hurt in shopping arcade blast HONGKONG, Fri. A two-kg bomb exploded in the toilet of an ultra-mod-ern hotel-shopping arcade here tonight, injuring two people, police said. A 20-year-old guard in the toilet on the ground floor of the recently opened New World Centre was hospitalised for shock after the
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      Lock icon China pays tribute to Map's early dedication
      444 3 China pays tribute to Map's early dedication BEIJING, Fri CHINA remembered Mao Zedong on his birthday today in the hope of instilling his early dedication and zeal into a Communist Party losing direction amid the relative comforts of post-revolution China. Perhaps out of respect, the court trying Mao's widow for
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      Lock icon India seeks close ties with Reagan govt: Report
      206 3 India seeks close ties with Reagan govt: Report NEW DELHI, Friday THE Indian Express newspaper reported today that Prime Minister Indira Gandhi has assured US President-elect Ronald Reagan of India's desire to have close relations with his new Administration. Senior Editor Kuldip Nayar said Mrs Gandhi's message was conveyed in
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      Lock icon Drivers pick up fortune
      78 3 PEKING, Fri. Two truck drivers who stopped to pick up a bundle that fell from a jeep passing the other way, found It contained 61,000 yuan (SJB6, 214) in cash, the Beijing Eveni Ins News reported yesterday. It turned out the jeep was delivering cash for
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      Lock icon Death for two
      33 3 HANOI. Fri. Two people who used firearms in a bid to leave Vietnam have been sentenced to death, the Vietnamese press said today. It did not give their names. AFP.
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      Lock icon Cabinet quits
      31 3 SANTIAGO, Fri Chilean ('resident Augusto Pinochet's cabinet resigned today to give Gen. Pinochet "complete freedom of action" in forming a new government, official sources said without elaborat Ing. AFP
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      '52 m child workers in the world'
      183 3 PARIS. Prl. Millions of children throughout the world will be absorbed over the next few days by their new hiistmaN presents bit millions more In Hongkong, India and elsewhere fare another long and hard worklag j week making toys for next year. At
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      Lock icon Baby racket suspect held
      45 3 JAKARTA, Fri. Jakarta po- 1 lice arrested a 30-year-old woman here yesterday on suspicion of selling babies for adoption, the Sinar Harapan newspaper reported today. It alleged the woman was arrested while selling a two-day-old baby for 60.000 rupiahs (SJ2O4). Reuter
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      Sadat pledges more aid to Afghans
      413 3 NATIONWIDE DRIVE TO COLLECT FOOD AND CLOTHES CAIRO, Fri. PRESIDENT Anwar, Sadat has pledged to step up arms and relief supplies to Afghan guerillas who are marking the first year of Soviet occupation of their homeland with appeals for international aid. In a Cairo
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      Lock icon Japan chalks up biggest surplus in 32 months
      195 4 Japan chalks up biggest surplus in 32 months TOKYO, Fri. Reflecting an influx of foreign investments. Japan has registered the widest monthly surplus on the overall balance of payments in 32 months, revised government figures showed today. The Finance Ministry and the Bank of Japan said in a joint report
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      MARCOS FREES 'AMMO PILOTS'
      131 4 MARCOS FREES 'AMMO PILOTS' MANILA, Fri. President Ferdinand Marcos turn entered the release •I tw American pllotx, charged with Illegal pamewtan of explosives, and allowed them to leave the Philippine*. the presidential presa staff nld today. Bat It was not Immediately clear whether the two, Dunnes Heist and Robert Rummel,
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      Lock icon Suzuki 'unlikely to be greeted by violent demos'
      259 4 Suzuki 'unlikely to be greeted by violent demos' TOKYO, Fri. Prime Minister Zenko Suzuki is unlikely to face violent 1 anti-Japanese demonstrations during his Asean tour next month, Foreign Minister Masayoshi Ito said today. Two days after threats of violence in Manila, Mr Ito said the tour would go ahead
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      Lock icon Call to tap Opec aid fund
      162 4 Call to tap Opec aid fund JAKARTA. Fri. Indonesian Mines and Energy Minister Subroto today urged developing countries to take advantage of the rss4billion (S*B. 4 billion) common fund set up by the Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries (Opec) to help poor nations. Mr Subroto said so far only a
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      Lock icon Army copter crashes
      60 4 JAKARTA, Fri. An army helicopter crashed and burned yesterday while on a firing exercise in Bantu). 400 km east of here, a military spokesman said today. Its three injured crewmen were rushed to hospital.. The helicopter was a 80-104 of West Germany's Messerschmil Bolkow-Blohm (MBB) company. It
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      Lock icon Big drug haul
      46 4 TOKYO. Fri Police have seized a postwar annual record of 143.2 kilograms of stimulant drugs this year, worth about 400 million yen (about S$ 4 million) In street sales, it was reported today. Police have arrested 18,663 people (or dealing in drugs. AP.
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      Lock icon TOGETHER AGAIN
      62 4 SINGER Marie Osmond sitting on the lap of the man who gave her a start in show business, Andy Williams, daring a taping session for her television series Marie. Marie made her television debut when she was three years old on the Andy Williams Show when she also
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      Lock icon No change in ties with Seoul, says Ito
      186 4 No change in ties with Seoul, says Ito TOKYO, Fri. Japan's policy of maintaining close political and economic ties with South Korea remains unchanged despite the trial of South Korean dissident leader Kirn Dae-Jung, Foreign Minister Masayoshi Ito said here today. "In bilateral relations, a focus is now on the
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      Lock icon Lights out for nightspots
      133 4 JAKARTA, Fri. I MASSAGE parlours, nightclubs and poolrooms, except those in hotels, are to close on New Year's Eve under an order issued today by Jakarta Governor, Cokropranolo. This is the first time such places have to close on New Year's Eve, though they been closed
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      Bankruptcies raise Japan's jobless to 1.21 million
      288 4 Bankruptcies raise Japan's jobless to 1.21 million TOKYO, Friday THE number of people unemployed in Japan rose to 1.21 million on Monday, reflecting a continued high level of corporate bankruptcies under the government's tight money policy, the Prime Minister's Office said today. Unemployment in November, accounting for 2.1 per cent
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      Lock icon Tokyo sets date to press for return of islands
      188 4 Tokyo sets date to press for return of islands TOKYO, Fri PRIME Minister Zenko Suzuki today approved plans naming Feb 7 the 'Day of the Northern Territory" to press the .Soviet Union to return the northern Japanese islands it has been occupying since the end of World War Two Mr
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      'US can defend M-East with the right backing'
      422 6 'US can defend M-East with the right backing WASHINGTON, Friday A UNITED STATES congressional study has asserted that current American military forces "could handle the most plausible engagement" in the Middle East or Persian Gulf region so long as the Soviet Union was not directly involved. The analysis, prepared by
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      In other words...
      76 6 In other words... HE may not 9 know the details of legislation, but he knows where he wants to go. In this sense, he's often compared with de Gaulle of Prance, who couldn't see people right in front of him bat could see across the room. 7 Professor William Muir,
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      Lock icon Israel: 5-man guerilla killer squad wiped out
      328 6 Israel: 5-man guerilla killer squad wiped out TEL AVTV, Fri. Israel i claimed today that its patrols had wiped out a fiveman Palestinian guerilla squad sent on a death mission against Israeli citizens. The military command reported the incident on the Lebanese frontier yes- j terday as Mayor Karim Khalaf,
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      Lock icon Shelling breaks two-day calm
      87 6 Shelling breaks two-day calm BEIRUT, Fri. Staterun Beirut Radio today reported shooting and shelling in the eastern Lebanese town of Zahle, raising tension after nearly two days of relative calm between Syrian troops and Christian Militia forces. The radio said the firing started after what had been a very quiet
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      Lock icon 5,000 arrested
      43 6 NEW DELHI. Fri. More than 5,000 people, including several national opposition leaders, were arrested by police today, at the end of a 365km long farmers protest march across the western Indian state of Maharashtra, the Press Trust of India reported. Reuter.
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      Lock icon Sea mishap
      36 6 MANILA, Fri. Twenty-four people, including 10 women, died and six were missing when a launch in which they were riding capsized near Talavera point In remote south-eastern Philippines, the coast guard reported today. Reuter.
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      Lock icon Nixon will not get rare coins back
      123 6 WASHINGTON, Kri. Farmer President Richard NUon will not get back three rare coins, gifts tram Jordan's King Haaaeui, whleh were retained by the US Government, the spokeamaa far the National Archives said Wednesday Mr R. Stan Mortenhid, Mr Nixon's attorney, begaa Investigating the
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      Lock icon Newspapers challenge govt ban
      106 6 JOHANNESBURG, FYi. The South African Argus newspaper group has taken the government-ordered suspension of its four black-oriented papers to the Supreme Court at Johannesburg, court officials confirmed today. Argus director-general Hal Miller had said on Wednesday that the company would take legal action if the government
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      Lock icon Soviet space station
      57 6 MOSCOW, FYi Soviet Union yesterday launched an unman- ned scientific space station, dubbed "Prognoz 8," intended (or solar research, the Tass news agency said. The station contains Polish, Czech and Soviet instruments and Swedish equipment. It is designed (o determine the influence of solar activity on inter-planetary
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      Lock icon Presidential think-tank
      1360 7  -  BERNARD WEINRAUB Reagan draws heavily on California's Hoover Institution for policy advisers By in Palo Alto (California) We do not want to tan oar country Into a puritanical garrison state bat we will not survive anlem we save more than we spend, work more than we play, and
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      Lock icon Israeli Army's money woes may affect its capability
      497 7  - Israeli Army's money woes may affect its capability By ARTHUR MAX In Jruaalom THE Israeli Army, which sent World War II vintage weapons into its latest war. faces budget problems that could affect its fighting capability, defence experts warn. Top army officials say that its allocation for next year will
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    200 S'pore firms on the West European blacklist
    554 8  -  JANIE KHOO and YONG POW ANG Suspected of cheating over goods and cash By MORE than 200 Singapore firms suspected of having cheated many European firms of goods and cash have been blacklisted by several West European countries. The list of names
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    New phone numbers
    71 8 SOME 15,000 numbers of telephones linked to the Queenstown Exchange will be changed on Monday and Jan 7. The change on both days will begin at 9 a.m. The areas served by the exchange include Alexandra Road, Jalan Bukit Merah, Henderson Road. Nathan Road, Napier Road, Cluny
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    Film show
    38 8 THE Boon Teck Zone A Residents' Committee will screen a free film, It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World, at the empty lot between Blocks 30 and 32, Lorong 6, Toa Payoh. today at 7.30 p.m.
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    Parents of some children unhappy over postings
    642 8  - Parents of some children unhappy over postings JUNE TAN and GOH LEE KHUAN By, PARENTS unhappy with this year's Secondary One posting results called at schools and the Education Ministry yesterday. Some parents claimed r that their children were given the school they least wanted the last of the four
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    Ship orders up in third quarter
    145 8 THE number of new siiip orders received by Singapore shipbuilders rose Dy almost a third in the third quarter of this year from the previous quarter. In the nine months to September, the republic's shipyards had orders for 67 ships of 50,310 gross registered
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    Maldives' former President divorces third wife
    331 8  -  ALICE WONG By THE former I'resldent of the Maldives republic, Mr Amir Ibrahim Nasir, now living In exile here, has divorced his third wife, Sashlma. She was divorced In the Sharlah Court last week after a fourmonth separation. But in an Interview yesterday, Miss
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    Jailed for extort bid
    49 8 AN UNEMPLOYED man, Teo Him Poh. 23, who was arrested while trying to extort $50 from a hawker, was jailed for three months by a magistrate yesterday. Teo admitted committing the offence at the Mci Ling Street hawker centre on Dec 18 at 5 p.m.
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    $1,000 fine for ring theft
    57 8 SUBRAMANIAM Mooken. 26. was fined $1,000 today after he admitted stealing a gold ring from a goldsmith shop in i Chong Pang Road on Christmas Eve. Mooken had posed as a customer. When shown a ring, he slipped it onto his little finger and ran
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    18 months for break-in
    54 8 I A MAN was jailed 18 months (or breaking into factories and stealing clothing, electrical floods and other valuable terns worth more than $1,000. Amir Ali bin Mohd Ali. 27. who pleaded guilty to five housebreaking charges, was dealt with on two counts. The other counts
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    NOTHING SINISTER: MINISTRY
    381 10  -  BENG TAN, Dental therapists scheme By Medical Reporter THE Health Ministry said yesterday that there is nothing "sinister" about registered dentists asking the ministry to train dental therapists whom they sponsor. A press statement, signed by the Deputy Director of Medical Services (Dental), Dr Chua Sui Yeow,
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    Prices go up as chicken glut eases
    274 10 THE chicken glut has eased slightly with wholesale prices going up over the past few days to the cost level of producing the birds, much to the relief of poultry farmers. Cockerels were so.d for $1.50 and pullets $1.75 to |$1.80 per 605g
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    Graft trial
    82 10 THE trial of a Traffic Police constable, Vijaya Kesuma bin Abdullah Sani, 28, accused of attempted graft, has been fixed for May 19 to 22. Viaya Kesuma is alleged to have tried to obtain $250 from Mr Ng Yeow Kwang. The money was alleged to be an inducement
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    Basic law of contracts
    72 10 THE Department of Extramural Studies, National University of Singapore, will organise a 14-lecture course to give laymen, students and businessmen insight into the law of contracts in Nissen Hut 6A. Bukit Timah Campus of the National University of Singapore, on Wednesdays from 7 to 8 p.m.
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    Mrs Peh's bundle of joy is first X mas Day baby
    228 10 MBS Peh Koay Mai m»y not be a Christian, but she now kaa a re»md to celebrate Dec 25 with aa much jay as Christian* the world •ver. At UM a.m. on Christmas Day, the 22-year-«ld housewife gave hirth
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    Computer courses next month
    87 10 Computer courses next month THE Department of Extramural Studies of the National University of Singapore will hold two 16lecture courses at the Bukit Timah campus from Jan 5. Data processing and Pro- gramming by Mr David Chan Fan Chow will be on Mondays and Wednesdays in Nissen Hut 10A from
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    Collection drive
    32 10 THE Boon Teck Zone D residents' committee will collect old newspapers and clothes tomorrow at 2 p.m. Funds raised will be used to subsidise social and cultural activities for residents.
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    Pepper robber gets jail and caning
    367 10 Pepper robber gets jail and caning A ROBBER, who specialised in snatching gold chains from housewives after throwing pepper on their faces, was jailed for two years and given 12 strokes of the rotan yesterday. Teh Han Hwa, 25, who hauled in $6,400 worth of gold chains and pendants, promptly
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    Band show
    19 10 THE VigUante Corps Band will perform at the MacRitchie Reservoir Park tomorrow, from 5 to 6 p.m.
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    Jail and cane for 'hit and rob' man
    168 10 A YOUTH who assaulted a 65-year-old woman canteen operator before robbing her of $1,400 worth of valuables was jailed for a year and given six strokes of the rotan. Lee Chow, 20, pleaded guilty to robbing and causing hurt to Madam Leong
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    Thief did not know he was being watched
    95 10 A 24- YEAR-OLD man was unscrewing a cassette player from a parked car unaware that police officers were watching him from a distance. Quietly, the police officers from Beach Road police station, who were on anti-crime rounds at Block 39, Upper Boon
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    Earthquake
    28 10 THE Toa Payoh Zone A residents' committee will screen a film. Earthquake, on Sunday, at the playground beside Blk 53, Loronu 5. Toa Payoh at 7.30 p.m.
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    'Tis the Christmas to be out in the sun
    451 11  -  HAIRIS Pictures by IT WAS aa outdoor Christmas far hundreds of Singaporeans an Thursday. They (rackllcked la the morning sunshine at the beach aad public gardens, paaed (ar wedding phatas, aad a Swiss caaple aad their sen had the unusual experience
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    14 11 BUSINESSMAN Norman One and bride loyee at the Botanic Gardens for a pictnretaking session.
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    MECHANIC DIED IN LIFT CABLE MISHAP
    176 11 A LIFT mechanic was working on a lift control box at the top of a Housing Board block when he was electrocuted, a coroner's court heard yesterday. Mr Teng Tze Ping and Mr Lee Ngiap Kin, both 30, were told by their j engineer,
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    '$ 1,600 on gardeners a month, but BA balked at $10 rise'
    812 13 1,600 on gardeners a month, but BA balked at $10 rise' charges union, but management says: "Absolute nonsense' BRITISH Airways (BA) employees have charged that while the company manager is willing to give a contractor $1,600 a month to tend to his garden, he is prepared to deadlock wage negotiations
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    Forged cert probe: 31 SBS workers on bail
    97 13 POLICE yesterday arrested SI Singapore Bus Service crew who had allegedly cheated the company by using forged medical certificates aad receipts to claim reimbursements for medical fees. The saspects, from two bus depots, were released on ball alter they gave their statements.
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    PERMIT NEEDED FOR THESE CHEMICALS
    131 13 PERMIT NEEDED FOR THESE CHEMICALS FROM March 1, all firms or industries wishing to buy certain chemicals must get a permit first from the Health Ministry and all users must maintain records of usage. These chemicals were gazetted under The Poisons (Toxic Substances) Rules 1960 yesterday, and it will come
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    UF man charged with disorderly conduct
    186 13 UF man charged with disorderly conduct A UNITED Front candidate for Tanjong Pagar in last week's general election, Johnny Wee Lai Seng, 28, was charged in a magistrate s court yesterday with behaving in a disorderly manner. Wee is accused of smashing a bottle in front of the People's Action
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    Rubber assn offers $5,000 reward
    407 14 Rubber assn offers $5,000 reward Crackdown on illegal use of trademark THE Rubber Association of Singapore (RAS) is cracking down on unauthorised users of the Specified Singapore Rubber (SSR) trademark. For a start, it is offering a $5,000 reward for information leading to the arrest and conviction of those involved
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    Tour of Chinese temples
    92 14 THE HAVELOCK Zone B Residents' Committee will organise a tour of 10 Chinese temples tomorrow. The temples include Siang Urn Temple, Kong Meng San Temple, Leong San Temple and Tse Tho Aum. Participants will have a vegetarian meal at one of the temples. The |5 fee
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    RC party
    42 14 THE Ang Mo Kio Zone G Residents Committee will organise a party for Its residents at Ang Mo Kio Secondary School tomorrow from 6.45 to 9 p.m. There will be a magic show and a violin solo In the programme.
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    Family did not show sympathy: Coroner
    139 14 Family did not show sympathy: Coroner A 63-YEAR-OLD man whose family members did not believe he was sick and showed a lack of sympathy jumped to his death from his seventh floor flat in Telok Blangah. State Coroner Seng Kwung Boon said this on Wednesday when he gave his findings
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    Three SIM courses
    51 14 Three SIM courses THE Singapore Institute of Management will hold courses in Systematic Staff Selection. Planning Better Office Layouts ana Systematic Handling Analysis at its conference room next month. The first course begins on Jan 12, the second on Jan IS and the third, on Jan 19. For details, telephone
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    Film show
    38 14 THE Leng Kee Zone B residents' committee is screening a free filn*. show. That Man in Istanbul (a spy thriller), at the open spare between blocks 167 and 168, Stirling Road, on Monday at 7.30 p.m.
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    Lock icon Stamp of approval for Leo: Jakarta paper
    264 14 Stamp of approval for Leo: Jakarta paper JAKARTA, Rri. The Me win of Singapore Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew's People's Arti»n Party 1b last Tuesday's general election hao removed charges that he has ruled like a dictator, the Indonesian evening newspaper Slnar Harapan (Bay of Hope) mas said. "The victory
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    'Massive win will give investors a fillip'
    303 14  - 'Massive win will give investors a fillip' SOH TIANG KENG By Business Reporter THE People's Action Party sweep in the gener- al elections represents a "massive vote for stable economic growth. This is the reaction of big business to the PAP's 1 victory. It captured all 75 seats, mustering 75.5
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    MP: German practice worth copying
    246 14 I SINGAPORE would do well, i to consider the German practice of honouring retired 1 statesmen and leaders in the civil service and community work, the MP for Ulu Pan- i dan, Dr Chiang Hai Ding, said yesterday. In Germany, as a tribute for services
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    New link to Jurong opens tomorrow
    436 15 MORE than 2,500 vehicles I per hourduring peak hours are expected to use the Commonwealth Aye- nue West extension linking Boon Lay Way when it opens to motorists at 10 am. tommorrow. The 8 km long road from the junction of Ton Tuck Road
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    Security patrols curb campus vandals
    293 15 Security patrols curb campus vandals STEPPED-UP security patrols have sharply reduced theft and vandalism at the National University of Singapore's Bukit Timah campus. Crime cases had increased inexplicably last month at the campus as cash, valuables and even an air-conditioner were stolen. Though no offenders were caught, outsiders as well
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    SBS WILL RE-ROUTE 7 SERVICES FROM TOMORROW
    163 15 SBS WILL RE-ROUTE 7 SERVICES FROM TOMORROW SINGAPORE Bus Service (SBS) will re-route seven services from tomorrow to improve the level of service for commuters. Service No. 2 from Commonwealth Avenue to Bedok New Town will run along the whole length of Jalan Bukit Merah via Kampong Bahru Road, instead
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    STRETCH TO CLOSE FOR NEW BRIDGE
    74 15 THE partion «f Scran- goon Road between St George's Road aad St Michael's Road will be closed to traffic from midnight tomorrow to 5 a.m. Monday morning. This is to eaae the launching ml pre-atreM-ed eMcrete beams far the new overhead bridge In front
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    Seminar on short courses in Britain
    77 15 Seminar on short courses in Britain THE British Council will hold another seminar on Short courses in Britain, because of overwhelming response to the one organised recently. Three British experts were specially flown in to talk about the variety of short courses available in Britain to more than 75 training
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    Cultural Show
    39 15 A CULTURAL snow will be held at 7.30 p.m. at Boon Lay Place in the car park near Block 209 today. The show, organised by the People's Association Regional Youth Council (West), is open to the public.
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    Draw date
    45 15 THE donation draw in aid of the building fund of the Sri Ruthra Kahamman temple in Depot Road, Telok Blangah New Town, will take place on Feb 28 instead of today. There Is no change in the venue and time of the draw.
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      254 15 Bringing Up Father By BUI Kavanagh Hal Camp HO, SiR, MBS JI&SS^ \hOW DARB YOU TELL II MR JIGGS/HE'S UK HE WANTED TO KMOW 15 NOT AT HOME/ J CALLERS I'M NOT AT BEEN GETTIH6 I WHO'S BEEN 'VACXIN6 1/ /T\s)\ H| VE WHEN TAM BUSY SIGNALS ALL THAT TIME
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    ThoStmitsTmies SATURDAY,DECEMBER 27,1960. BALANCING ACT
    377 16 ThoStmitsTmies SATURDAY,DECEMBER 27,1960. BALANCING ACT AS he did during his term as governor of California. President-elect Ronald Reagan will disappoint the ideologues of the radical right this time even before he takes office. The arch conservative, as he was portrayed during his election campaign, has shifted markedly to the centre
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    THREE-WAY PULL
    392 16 TEMPERS in Poland appeared to have cooled at least for the time being. The atmosphere now could provide the possibility of a period of internal peace although the future is still unpredictable. There appears to be a temporary meeting of minds between leaders of the Polish Communist Party
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    T.F. Hwang takes you down memory lane
    459 16 T.F. Hwang takes you down memory lane GIVE ME HIS BODY HOW sensual is the title for the Memory Lane column today, you may think. I owe it to a reader and friend who, musing over my recent piece on habeas corpus, exclaimed: "Oh! Habeas corpus means: Give me his
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    China's Year of Facts
    689 16  -  JONATHAN MIRSKY By in London IN China. 1980 was the Year of Facts especially the facts of life. The people were instructed to love the pill, the coil, the loop, the sheath, late marriage, and self control. For if women of childbearing age continue to breed
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    A thorough endorsement but there's also a source of worry
    1097 16  - A thorough endorsement but there's also a source of worry K.C. GOH What the election results show... By THE result in 9 Telok Blangah Is no Indictment on the young and diligent PAP IMP, Mr Rohan Kamls. For in another ward, In Potong Paslr, a far more formidable PAP stalwart
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    Third World locked in energy grip
    729 16  -  JONATHAN POWER By writing for the International Herald Tribune THE Third World countries are not by world standards great energy users, but their energy needs are growing at such a rate that they appear to face even more serious problems of adjustment than the
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      Food for thought, these informal lunch affairs
      120 17 THE APPARENT pristine faith of y*or reporter (ST, Dee 23) that "the sUags and arrows of outragrouN fortune" caa be ended by a lunch Is touching. Alas, life Is not m simple. For the last six months or so, sealer maaagemeat have lunched
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      Bid by SIA to improve relations with pilots
      49 17 1 THE cfcakvui <* «M|inri AlrUmm. Mr J. T. M. PMw, l»d I* Mb wMk right M« n«IH I tM> FrWtey ta v •Oan to tmprav* tto LMifj-ir»l«tlnMhif with Its pilot. ■^H||Mi Tk« kack Akitw I t«aa> h*t cot ST Dec 2S.
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      The special cases for whom that language pass should be relaxed
      448 17 These (non-Chinese) students opted to do Mandarin II years ago, that is, when they were In Primary One. At that time this compulsory Second Language requirement was not In force. Their main aim in opting to study Mandarin then
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      Way in which item was returned really touched me
      200 17 Way in which item was returned really touched me I REFER to the letter •Where honesty pays" (ST. Dec 11) and would '.ike to relate my own experience. My wife was admitted to the Thomson Medical Centre on the morning of Dec 11 for minor surgery, and was discharged in
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      More such plays, please
      56 17 I WONDER if there would be any company kind enough to sponsor a few more of the BBC-produced Shakespearean plays. I found the six plays telecast earlier this year thoroughly enjoyable, besides being of educational value. I am certainly looking forward to viewing the rest of
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      These nurses certainly among the most dedicated
      111 17 These nurses certainly among the most dedicated MY WIFE has been bedridden for the past three months, suffering from a brain tumour. Since her discharge from the hospital, staff nurses from the Still Road Polyclinic have been visiting her each week. I am very impressed by the courteous and efficient
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      How will this allow each to learn at his own pace?
      412 17 How will this allow each to learn at his own pace? Students in five-year course need not feel inferior, says Chai PARENTS *ould not be unduly wonted if thtir ctaOdrm are ctamwilad Into the fiveyear ■MOBdary »chool count to be Intro- ST, Dee 8. Won't we be W closer to
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      My son in 'best' class all along without tutors
      294 17 My son in 'best' class all along without tutors I AM writing this with the fervent hope of getting an answer from the relevant authorities. My child, who recently obtained his PSLE results, Has been channeled into the normal course. He obtained A's in English, Mathematics, and Science but did
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      TOLD TO SPRUCE IT UP
      55 17 PLEASE refer to the letter "These shops and stalls are a sight" (ST. Nov 22) by Lee Hoi Thoe. We wish to inform the writer that the ministry has asked the owner of this private hawker centre to spruce it up. Mra LEONG SOCK r"ONG,
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      782 17 MPH holiday reading book review WITH lAN M. HEMINGWEY -jesf If you like epic novels of the grand tradition, JQEDV J orin Masters' Now God Be Thanked, has everything JftnTOff you expect of a great book. The main setting is the muddy battlefields of World War] .^gfrMte-^ I 2h I
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      1379 18 nil- list naiM.ml im.1v ttk at Ihp l.w .•I huMim* ,.n Ihf Sln-k Klrhangr Singa -i.U> ..miMirO with Ihr prrvtota Ml |.n, »<ni>-i »uh ,9n high and low i* Adjualpti ftx Mtip i^hts UatJ?) h.IHHII I Ml nick io» Cummm >H I ION OSr MM stkiu OMMKUI Arma
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      BUSINESS DONE (Singapore)
      1814 18 BID and oner prim officially listed and business in an reported to the Stork Exchange of Singapore yesterday with the number of shares traded shown in brackets In lots of 1.000 units unless otherwise specified All Times Settlement Contracts are quoted after the word "artt" Bi« Board
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      KUALA LUMPUR
      1864 18 BID and offer prim officially listed »nd busineai In and reported to the Kuala lAimpur Stork Exchange yesterday with thr number of sham traded shown In bracket* In lou of 1.000 ufllli unless otherwlar iperl fled INIM NTBJALM AJe»« (2 825X1)2.84(3) 2.82 Alei H«M (155 B) AM D
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      SCOREBOARD
      162 18 Closing tone: Steady Turnover: Official figures supplied by the Stock Exchange of Singapore including odd lots "Ready" totalled: 8.987.000. unite valued at $34,186,000 Industrials accounted for 6,214,000. finance 687,000. hotels 426.000. properties 1,323,000, debentures, loans and bonds 81.000, plantations 234.000. minings 22,000. "Settlement" contracts totalled: 1,080.000 units valued at
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      183 18 SINGAPORE I MT TRUST (Maaacera' prim f.r Der t») The Commerce 3.24 3.41 The Savings Fund I 96 2.06 Spore Prog Fund 1.41 1.48 Spore Sec Fund 2.13 2.U Spore Invest Fund 1.90 2 00 Spore Equity Fund 1.31 1.37xd MIA 1 NIT TK1 ST (Maaagen* prtrr- t.r
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        20 18 Haw Par H. .ms Sea UOL City Dev Total turnover: 10.07 Total value 2.043.00 679,00 431,00 403.00 $37.2
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        28 18 BT. Indicator: Industrials: Finance Hotels: Properties: Minings Plantations: OCBC: *****.67 ***** 7) 661.51 66V9I 1250.86 1262.41 724 60 734.11 593.03 602.81 410.06 410.51 879.88 880.4! 650.16 654.41
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      357 18 LATE profit-taking caused share prices to drift lower after a stranger opening at the Singapore stock market yesterday. As a result, the market closed on a mixed note with selective counters holding out resUiently despite th. broad spate of profit-taking. sagtrass ous closing
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      388 18 TOKYO: Share prices rose led by large capitals, low-priced blue chips and defence-related issues yesterday, but trading was light ahead of the New Year holidays dealers said. The Dow Jones average rose 31.26 to 7063.13 points, with a volume of 250 million shares. The New index ended at 491
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      142 18 CHINESE Pradaee Exckaage, Singapore, eladag price* per IN kg yrstt rttey. CwmI all: Bulk fob $140.00 sellers, old drum (In second hand dnun) fob $152 00 Hlltn. new drum fob 1160 00 tellers buyers. Pepfcr: Muntok while pepper fob Asia NLW $422 50 sellers. Sarawak white pepper faq
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      237 18 THE Kuala Lumpur stock market fluctuated irregularly yesterday to close on a mixed- to-slightly-steadier note after the generally firmer trend seen on Christmas Eve. Gains were mostly confined to a handful of selected industrial counters, notably lower-liners which captured the limelight yesterday. The New Straits Times Industrial ordinary
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        33 18 THE STRAITS tin prices recovered $1 to $1,931 per picul (equivalent to $31.93 per kilo, up two cents) in Penang yesterday, on an official offering up six tonnes to 177 tonnes.
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      81 18 THE US/Sing dollar opened at $2.0940/60 and drifted down in featureless trading to close at the day's low of $2.0860/80 in the Singapore forex market yesterday Trading was thin and unex- citing with most markets closed for Boxing Day Interbank rates at 3 p.m. 1-month 2.0755 2.0785
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      328 18 Curronct— nominal nlH Smithionmn P.rc»nl»g. quoted yMtarday (crom)parity ching« Local dollar* to one unit of foreign our rency: US dollar 2.0860 2.0880 2.8196 -26.02 Sterling pound 4.9750 4.9905 7.3469 -32.28 Australian dollar 2.4470 2.4545 3.4286 -28.63 \Z dollar 1.9915 2.0035 3.4206 -41.78 Canadian dollar 1.7490 1.7550 Local dollar?,
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      44 18 RANGE of pricn offend by dis count houses on Dw 26 Overnight 7 Call deposits 6 lo 7 >* Ckwiif Buyinl StlliDf Treasury bills 8 6'. 3-month Bank bills 13. 13 3 months CD 13 12 6 months CD 12 12 NMTfW: S>U«ul OkHUI
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      36 18 Closing interbank rates for Singapore dollars on Dec 26 Offer Bid Overnight 14', n 1 month 13 13 2 months 13 1 16 12 1 5 IC 3 months 13 12. Overnight mode 14
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      24 18 THE AVERAGE rate at which major Singapore banks air currently prepared to lend to their best customers Is 13.8 per cent.
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      70 18 CHRISTMAS EXHIBITION SALE RARE AFGHAN TRIBAL CARPETS SEMI-ANTIQUE ANTIQUE AND HANDMADE. HAND-KNOTTED CARPETS FROM PAKISTAN CHINA^ Vaaßß^^^aAp'^Ba^laaafaßßßßßk i, Hk^ft; aa»air**% Skaa, Vi^^ X^' lB V'^V.^^aaaaaai W^^ *i-" CARPET G.ALLERY Gil Gl5. Lucky Plaza, Ground Floor. (facing Orchard Road) Singapore 0923. Tel: *****83. OPEN WEEKDAYS SATURDAYS: 9am- 7pm COME I Discover
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      449 19 Hfl INDOSUEZ% Rates of interest on S$ Fixed Deposits* 1 month (mm. $10,000) m 3 months (mm. $1,000) P a 6 months (mm. $1,000) 11% p.a. 9 months (mm. $1 ,000) in i 12 months (mm. $1,000) IUV2% p.a. BANQUE DE L INDOCHINE ET DE SUEZ INDOSUEZ Shenton House, 3
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      151 19 y GOVERNMENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF SINGAPORE 1967 R K GIST E RED STOCK (LOAN NO. 1 *2) 5<<7, maturing 1987 1968 TAX FREE KK.I) STOCK maturing 1980/83 1970 TAX FREE REGD STOCK 5*4% maturing 1 985/88 1972 TAX FREE REGISTERED STOCK (LOAN NO. 2) MM maturing 1982 maturing 1987
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      795 19 To Honda Accord and Honda Prelude buyers. Please note that Kah Motor Co. Sdn. Bhd. (Singapore Branch) are the SOLE DISTRIBUTORS of Honda four-wheeled motor vehicles, parts and accessories in Singapore. We have NO AUTHORISED DEALERS in Singapore and handle all sales directly. Of late, some Honda Accord and Honda
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      794 19 DIIDB Separate tenders are Invited for each of the followlng:(1) ERECTION AND COMPLETION of 1 Block 2/3-Storey Area Office Including SANITARY AND WATER INSTALLATION at Jurong East New Town Neighbourhood 2 Contract 15A. (2) ERECTION AND COMPLETION of 1 Block of 12/8-Storey 4-Room Apartments, 2 Blocks of 8-Storey 4-Room Apartments,
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      485 19 THK BANkKI I'll! ACT f'HAPTKK IMIJII KD) IN THK Hll.ll I Ol XT UK THK KKPI BI.H W SIV, \PORK In Kankrupti ■> Nv. >«W«f IKK Kf I.KOM. MM (HAS (m.».> I part*- LXX HAH BANK I.IMITKD IMkn NOTH X OK M)\ KKTISKMKNT To: Leong Woon Chan m w i
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      900 20 254-442 X ••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••a** j slc A v /"^*N M "a 1 till B^ :S: S i$ tb V& m a nil? SOUTHRON THEATRE RESTAURANT r\w* J l^liy niteclub \z% a :tr^\%r^r on^ J A jT^ Proudly Presents fi^\* V stor or M <" in the Net) 2 §<m LEE HIONG
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      808 20 AT YOUR SERVICE RATES SECTION INDEX Telephone Semce *****22 personal SERVICES Mondo, frKto, 8 30am -500pm Odmory 80 ctv per .old (nw. ,1 2 00) llaTorMA»ir>l«F Sot.jfdov 8 30 3 00 o m a Mcn\^nHni/i9c (13 30 om tor Sun Tmaml Sem, Divplov JI4 00 per coajmn cm M EMPLOYMENT
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      768 20 fttt-Jf l Patf CttlH^ C^BBB^UB^#^*Bka> ft. •laaBBeaM*«Baft4BeaBBBBBBBBBBB»em l|||J 1 1 r-i I prizeS oto Send in your films now lo Albert Ftioto or any of its brancries listed below turn 51 F loor Orchard Towers Singapore 092 j i opposite Singapu'a Forum Hotel) Tei *****15 Branchea. G4t Tanglm Shoppinfl Centre.
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      723 20 1 I f~~* Durst M 605 Enlarger For the finest photographic prints eaajp^^atß H I %ax Get this Italian masterpiece at: CATHAY PHOTO STORE (PTE) LTD |O 36 Bras Basah Road Singapore 0718 Tel *****51/*****74 Gl2-14 Peninsula Plaza Coleman Street El z Singapore 061 7 Tel: *****74/*****08 Baa it Lai
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      629 21 1 v.vr I a^tJaata* •at^Beß^bl f B»1 lllat. 1 s>T —■sa■ aal aall a *WI ••PeßeT VIVW ft HiVaTCVlßaWlDlsalvJsl 29 Steambath/Massage RELAX REFRESH YOURSELF AT GREAT EASTERN HEALTH CENTRE 4th fir Great Eastern Hoce* 401 Macphe* son Road Spore 1336 TEL: 2*4*244 10am 3am SALON CATALINA MASSAGE I .idles and
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      765 21 RENOVATION WORK FOR HUH ■mate Isaasss anaertafea eftlee i partitions ...mugs interior I lyume 40 Aircon/Retnoerator I AH KKW AMCONOITIONING Ke rntrraUon Berviee BDecksllsU in sales trade in. repairing, reipraytng and rental Tel *****U1 4 vlo.'H'i 1 AMCONOITIONERS FOR SALEM i BervlClai ..I refrtg.-rati.rs jir n.niiltioners ele.trl.al plumbing and repair
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      1248 21 I «r aeam i I rII ariiassias aDs jljll I y J c swewM riißHß#i9. oe^s t/^bb^b a» T^P^^fcr? I •J^s^ljaTl^fc^Pjßßel I a****" l i asea— oa.aa.aaeaaaaaaaaa.oa... IMPORT/EXPORT OPPORTUNITIES covering 2\'i World Markets 88 Business ¥5&&.5522££ m Opportunities internationally known firm 11,-rs i i iinwnissu.il earnings >!'!>' >r I mill
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      762 21 II Employment If] X A large Japeneee trading company (Singapore branch) has vacancies •or:1) FEMALE GENERAL CLERK c OCI l»vrl I c Age around 20 years c Working experience will be an advantage c Able lo type at least 30 wp m I c Mln salary $300 p m |2)
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      709 21 rong invites applications lor the post of ACCOUNTS CLERK c GCE o level with good credits In Maths and Knuhsh c Preferably with LCC Intermediate Bookkeeping c Typing speed of 35 wp rr a Ito 2 years' working experience would be an advantage An attractive salary and fringe benefits will
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      755 21 II Employment (jj|^ Established firm requires ADMINISTRATIVE CLERK c OCE O' level with good command of English language c Good knowledge of shipping and Its documentation c Experienced In control of store and Inventory preferably in relation to the field of building construction Inlereeted applicants pleas* write in with lull
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      617 21 GENERAL CLERK (FEMALE) Requirements c i;c r. O'L.vel or hci.^' leaver a Knowledge of typing, filing and general office duties a Able to work independently Interested applicants please write with non-returnable photograph, contact telephone number and expected salary tc The Advertiser Still Roed P.O. Box JIS Singapore 9142 GENERAL CLERK/TYPIST
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      570 21 II EmployiPent IIA bm OEHN MEYER Behr Meyer Coin ol Compen.*. invites applications 10. toMowing position in their Singapore i STENOGRAPHER Qualifications 1 Experience: I a OCE 'C Level In 4 subjects. one of which MUST be English Language c Recognised Shorthand Certificate of 90 100 w p m c
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      750 21 REQUIRED AN EXPERIENCED :> male Accounts Clerk, able to prepare trail balance and balanct slieel anrl typlnn Salar> SAOO to 1600 per month Female General clerk, able tJ type, preferable viith some knowledge of accounts Salary $270 to S3SO per month Please state qualihcaUona, experience and home telephone number Apply
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      621 22 II CffipiOyleMvvWt I 111 Mr J It 46 Situation* Vacant »> Secretarial a Clerical WELL ESTABLISHED INTERNATIONAL FREIGHT FORWARDING COMPANY hea immediate vacancies tor: IMPORT/EXPORT CLERKS i an, lid.it.- must i» Singapore Citlaens who hate completed N S with l,l> l> Ic-VW a i noae w n n experience in
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      722 22 ■OUTIOue SALESGIRLS WANTED Plata Sirujapura <yi nit 134 Nt new CASUAL CLOTHSNGS PROMOTERS sraated to t. stationed in if I pertinent stores i..~..i pa) mission ami bonuses AppU un On-hard M... ,i CHINESE SALESGIRL WANTED M i lulcireii areai shop al Kukii Tmiali Atu.i, live salar) Inter i-.tr, i all
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      680 22 II ErnptoyfM* iff An American Construction Compa- I n« invites application! for the poat ONCOST ENGINEER Requirements a i n hii ii i.i ti ci i plum i in lluildinii or equivalent a Ito 1 ye.irs experience in a related Meld However fresh (raamajsae ikiii .iiM. t» c „n slcler.cl
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      526 22 JOIN A WINNING TEAMI WE ARE STILL GROWING Increaslnt: tiusiness in this reKhin require u.s to invite Miil.il>!>' applicants lo Join Mi Serv lie I ie|.ar t merit as SERVICE/SALES ENGINEERS mmediauMy Oualitiad applicants should possess tha following 1 VITB Certificate, be technical minded, preferably experience," In metal machining, tool
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      1175 22 •mmm iff urgently require* MALE TECHNICIAN TRAINEES (work baa* in Ang Mo Kio) I'usse.ss certificates 111 Kaiiio tv Bcrvtetng or other electronic stream c I'cissess Nil' in electronic servicing will be .in asset Understand basic Radio/ E lee I r Mil 1 d 1 aKrams and computerized (tola is preferable.
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      557 22 •**mm 'iff An established Company urgently requires applicants to start work immediately for tha following pose lions 1) EXPERIENCED CLASS 4LORRYORIVERS (Preterabtj above years old i Salary MM 2) EXPERIENCED HOUSEHOLD I PACKERS c Salary iXM\> 111 c 3) EXPERIENCED WHARF CLERKS Sal. ,n Mia in Above applicants must be
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      580 22 DELIVERY VAN DRIVER I mil Store Worker required Should Class] liming Licence Interest please .all Miss l.oke lei &M 866 for appointment DOREMI (Self-service Cafeteria) A) MANAGEMENT TRAINEES Requirements: s A' level education preferred Must be prepared lo work long hours s Age between 22 and 30 years Must be
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      1348 22 Jii HERMANN LUDWIG (SEA) PTE LTD r*K)uir«t A) JUNIOR SHIPPING ASSISTANT slationeil.it Townolli.e c Ito 2 years' experience in I shipping/transport or related company, preferably handling export shipment c Ability to type neatly and accurately B) DRIVERS class 3 (A vacancies stationed al Airport) a Possess class :i driving licence,
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      554 23 II Enjoyment lii, 46 Situations Vacant I) Miscellaneous SECURA invitee apphcations lor the loHow mg posts 1) ACCOUNTS CLERKS it itti ,re,ln in Mathematics c \|>enen<e an advantage 2) TELEPHONE OPERATOR Mm education S**« No rxprnenrr rt*quirrd 3) TRAINEE PRINTERS c Completed or ahout M com plete National Service c
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      667 23 ■J SINGAPORE BUS SERVICE (I*r*)LTD IpjMeetMa* ar. united from mllabl] qualified an.lhlales »hu ire ahove l« age to fill the IstFUEL PUMP MECHANICS 1 an. li. tales are required U> have a minimum ol 2 ve.irs ot experience in the overhaul, testing and calibration of In-line and I>PA pumps Preference
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      436 23 II Employment 111, MALE DELIVERY/STOCK Invento r> flirk require,! Musi posses lass .IrniliK H' en.c anil worl independent!) Nisse lienki PL I t,l II Plailair Hoa.l I.S|K.re ltd, lei requires ENGINEERING A) Hrndyman Experience not necessary. Mutt be physically fit and strong. Confirmed salary Approximately $280/ FOOD BEVERAGE B) Cocktail
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      813 23 SECURITY AGENCY URGENTLY s rei|inred sn uru> Oaerdl to I work lit ■no Jii.l shift lor i project around rhonwen ..n.i tow ii areai latcraated iei SECURITY GUARDS REOUMEO for .lav miilil shllts al l.oroiiK I Oeylanc Boon Kenn Hoad and Ann Mo Klo Appl) at H.k.ii, (4lh fl<H>r) l«i|)H..tuns,.n
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      957 23 II Employment fjjl X HtuulHED SERVANT/ WANTED IMMEDIATELY HOUSE- 1 companion Balao n^ou«W« keeper lor Chlneac lamiiy with I Interested pleaae .all personal!) 2 kids In small bunfmlo* AaadSj SI Ml lllk I,.. l.orollK I loa I" Ml COOk simple meals Mi or, in..ii mort call ißtniai nenlni or I
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      965 23 imes Saturday car mart 1978 BMW 120 Automatic Private owner lull accessories Excellent I .llrtllloii Oilers to (leorge *****17 I*7* BMW '.Ji One private owner. mileage Perfect condition $49,800 Tel *****8H I*7* BMW 730A Kully automatic Showroom condition Private owner New lyres, new road Ux Best offer secures Tel *****47
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      931 23 1*77 FIAT 131 air. selle IteaulKul condition $18,200 .11 $15 000 arrangeable 2.*****0 I*7* FIAT 111 Automatic 2 owners, aircond sports rims original paint, tax new Price $19,800 Tel *****5 I*7* FIAT 111S IriOU Alrcon 1 Owner Tip-top condition Road Tax 6/81 $20,500 on o Please lei *****14 I*7* SEPT
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      1057 23 I*7* DEC MAZOA 9291. Automatic CUMtU Road lax/ tyres new Tel *****03 I*7* MAZOA 1000 c c 323. 5-door. aircond. new tax/ insurance $14,400 Blk 161. 1616A. Lorong 1 Toa Payoh I*7* MAZOA SO*. Slallonwagon Private Owner With Alrcon Cassette Original White PARF 1 eligible Oood condition Tel s *****84
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      967 23 1*77 COLT CELESTE lleautilul condition $17,300 Tel 2.M2022 Mr I.lm 1*77 COLT LANCER 1200 Alrconc' radio cassette, one owner, new metallic paint Console box 516.50U Tel T757M7 1(77 COLT SIGMA MBQfl Alrcon I Private Owner Tel U6339S 1*77 COLT SIGMA 1600GS Alrcon 1 Owner Tip-top condition Koad Tax 4/81 *****0
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      592 24 W^a^^^^^^^^W^Kf^^^^^aW^a^^a^a^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^a^^^^^F^^ltaW 5 MM'M^^^^a^ama^a^a^a^a^a^a^a^a^a^a^a^a^a^a^a^a^a^a^a^a^a^a^aWnftOCK' ■•■■•■•■'■'^WMMI I**^'1 HI-FI CAR STEREO CONCORD® HPL-115 CASSETTE-RADIO Dual gate MOS FET front end, 1 microvolt FM sensitivity, RF AGC circuit, soft start, tape equalization, 4 pre-amp outputs, bass equalizer, SA head, max. 25w per channel. -S n,w. —v: tsSm FOR DEALERS PHONE *****56 *****43/4 .^B»W"™BllBl»™^^B»i •*<"**9ai
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      366 24 fINTImMTION«If INTImMTION«l WrMMl\ I of mkvict gtmrn OUK SKRVICKS MAY HAVE BEEN IMITATED BUT NEVER EQUALLED OUR CLIENTS BRANDED US AS THE ORIGINAL CAR INTERIOR MAINTENANCE SPECIALIST WE REPAIR TEARS ti CUTS. RECOLOUR AND CONDITION YOUR UPHOLSTERY TO MAKE THEM LOOK ORIGINAL AND NEW AGAIN. OUR CONDITIONING ALSO IMPROVES THE
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      65 24 *Blf < jtf C e° ■^T^Si^^bL. i«»B TOP SELLER ta^am Marketed since 1929. f~KEEI> SINGAPORE^ CLEAN KEEP FUEL MATE PLUS IN YOUR CAR L RLUSI YOU MX MONEY. YOU STOP POLLUTION. CALL 221 10M/*****M DYNAMARK AUTOMOTIVE CENTRE AUTHORISED AA WORKSHOP MERCEKSBtrU SPECIALIST AUTO ACCESSORIES. TYRES. BAT TERtS. AWCONOtTIONNG ACCIDENT REPAIRS
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      1660 24 times Saturday car mart LM MOTOR CREDIT offers the best terms for hire purchase. New ti used vehicles are acceptable Tel: *****1 CHARADF XTE 5 SPEED Original alrcond. rust-proofed, radio cassette. 1 owner Tel. *****55 Mr JAGUAR '74 company's registered Brand new tyres Fully automatic For Inspection *****46 Mr Wong
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      747 24 m) Commercial Vehicles APBIL 1979 TOYOTA P* X up «-ll mic SH.<MM> <i ii VirwiriK 215 Ranvoon Road Spure 0821 Tel 2'>2445i ItUZU KB 10 illsW (irk-up IS7S July 47.000 km. with airron and ea.ivll* playrr Asking tIIJOO Tip lop condition Tel *****33/5 Nodralerplcasr LAND ROVER 1970 M.>drl Prtrol driven
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      1351 25 LIM aam ii^^ ■jiiiiß c lia ii-«i ii., 1 if Accommoaanon properties ss M iM BMMBajl 1 -atiy* ._*4l Tjpm^Uu^iT*' 1 Freehold Land Easy instalments available Prompt handing over of shops Book now to avoid disappointment. ENQUIRIES BOOKINGS Wan U Development Pte. Ltd. 15th Fir. Far East Shopping Centra. Orchard
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      854 25 IV Accommodation Properties DIST t. 3-BEDROOMEO APARTMENT w.ilkmit distance to or < h.u d Road Si Mt loiinsMrii Call IMS TJMMI I Mr lim EASTERN MANSION DIST IS I carpeted bedrooms Tastefully furnished SparkMU living' dining 2 airconds coster, fridge Newly painted renovated $1,600 Contact *****28 No brokers FOR RENT/
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      672 25 61 Accommodation Wanted a) Houses Company Executives, now stayIng in Hotels, urgently looking for accommodation Any rentals n. u. it, le i onipuny lease Owners please call now *****04 ACCOMMODATION REOUIRED FOR Kxtuitrmtes Imm a Big For Ufa Corporation/ Bankers/ FinMlT*) Kail Good deposits Company lease assured Properly owners U-l
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      884 25 I m |i IV Accommodation «t Properties GALISTAN AVENUE. DIST. 23 Mn|lr slurry detached bungalow 4 bedrooms. 3 toilets 1 servant's. 1 pantry Carporch for lean Area IKOOO sq fl Klevated land Matured fruit trees- garden yuiet residential neighbourhood Ne;ir in NMiipinng Centre, market, elr Sailing $750,000 Viewing, lei: *****4/
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      647 25 OIST. 11. NEWTON VIEW, 2.700 sq ft 4 hedrooms apartment, completion ISB3 $860,000 Tel *****88 DIST. 15. IST MANSION 1.700 sq ft Freehold 3 rooms Ramin CellIng, parquet/ ceramic flooring Lavishing furnished $3<UUOO DM (irangeford. $650,000 Dlst 20. Faber Harden Condominium. 2.000 sq It $460,000 Dlsl II Oranil Tower. $495,000
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      657 25 l^"l 1 WESTPEAK CONDOMINIUM, I.MO sq fl with recreational facilities, facing swimming pool, contact Mdml'han *****28/*****19 YARDLEY COURT Ulst 19. 3 bedrooms. 1.500 sqft 2 llfU 1 year old $260,000 *****34 3-ROOMED HOB IMPROVED flat I'artly renovated Highest ..f r.-r secures at Hlk 137. Lorong 1 A Toa Payoh Tel
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      716 25 GOLDEN MILE TOWER lOtli Ni..,r I. SOO M| ft SAMl'ii *****06/ MM b) Rental APPROX: 3.00 SO FT Of OFFICE SPACE Al Kirn S*ng Shopping C.nlr. A«»ilabl« lor Immxlitli occupation RENTAL RATE PER MONTH: «2 SO Eiclud* S*r«ic< Chargm. CONTACT MR YONG *****71 During ofhc* hours. AT SIM LIM Towers,
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      528 25 VI Education A Instruction fflftj yAsaSTAMFORD SECRETARY, y/your future is assured, even in a computerised world. At Siamford Ladies College, you get the benefits of teaching experience that goes back to 30 years combined with intensive on-the-spot practical training that covers, among other things, proiect work, grooming classes and the
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  • IX OBITUARIES
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      40 27 Th* Managam.nl and Staff ol MUN SIONG ENGINEERING PTE LTD il.nd Iha.r d**p«tt condolanca lo their Managing Oiractor. MR OUEK KENG SIONG. on Ih. domia* of hn beloved mother. MADAM TAN HO. who passed away in Hokkian. China
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      145 27 THE FAMILY OF THE LATE MR HO ENG KIM with to «>p'»«i thwr gratitude to all lifndt and r«lativ«i lor lh«if condolancos. acrollt. wrulha. donations, kind atl*ndanc« and aa•■•tanca during lhair t»c»nl b» raavamant. Th« family oi the lat. Teo Quh B.n 8 60. with to .<pr.ii thair
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      77 27 In Loving Memory of MADAM CAROLINE VONG MEE CHIN who toft us to un«lp*cl*d4y on* fvtgo i hangei nanj minus ll.ii not the memory this rt.iy lirnnjs Ovarly miittd by Rotnn and Don* i IN LOVING MEMORY OF MO S VYTHILINGAM PtLlAY DCPARTEO 27th OCC 117* j
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  • ACROSS THE CAUSEWAY
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      242 30 Accord to pay workers special allowances PETALING JAVA, Friday ABOUT 45 bus companies in Malaysia will have to spend over $3.5 million more annually as a result of their agreement to pay their workers special allowances. These allowances range from |65
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      44 30 KUALA LUMPUR, Fri. Two men were killed in separate Incidents here on Christmas Eve and yesterday. Police also recovered the headless body of another man in a gunny sack found floating in a mining pool in Kampong Pandan Dalam on Wednesday. -NST.
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      36 30 PENANG, Fri. State Assemblyman for Paya Tenibong Mr Chin Nyiok Soo alleged he was harassed by two policemen yesterday over the parking of his car outside the First Supermarket in Butterworth on Wednesday. NST.
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      34 30 MIRI, Fri. The Sarawak police have set up a special division of 132 men to counter drug abuse In the state, Sarawak Commisioner of Police Datuk Mior Jaafar Safi, said yesterday. AFP.
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        Lock icon 'Invasion' by stink bugs
        61 30 SUBANG Airport was "Invaded" by millions of stink bugs which disrupted work at an airport hangar for the last (ew days. A senior airport official said this was the second invasion In two months. He said painting work on planes had to stop after 7 p.m.
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        54 30 MORE judges, magistral -s and court Interpreters will be appointed to help clear the backlog of cases, Lord President Tun Mohamed Suffian said in Kuala Lumpur on Wednesday. He said the judiciary was facing an acute shortage ol manpower and had to postpone the hearing
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        Lock icon Bid to end chicken glut
        55 30 THE Penang and Province Wellesley Farmers' Association is planning to set up a cooperative to market frozen chicken locally and abroad to end the chicken glut. The secretary of the association, Mr Ec Teng Keok said feedmillers, wholesalers breeders and farmers would be invited to
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      262 30 KUALA LUMPUR, Fri. Foreign Minister Tengku Ahmad Rithauddeen today described China's reported willingness to attend the international conference on Kampuchea without insisting on at least a partial Vietnamese troop withdrawal from the troubled area as "a significant development." In a statement, he said the
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      136 30 PENANG, Pti. The Chlagay praceasUa yesterday m delayed lor more than M mlaatea whea the orgaalaers rrfased U allow team carrylag flags wttk p»UUeal slagaaa to narttdnate. IV team, (ram P»kkalaa KoU, had three hage nags with the wards In Chlaese characters: "The peaple af
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      236 30 Cabbies told: Choose your fare wisely KUALA LUMPUR, Fri. Taxi drivers here are advised today to be more rhaooy pie kin* op passengers at night to avoid brine rabbed. Beatdea W ehaasy, especially tajjeklag sp mere tkaa aae male paascagen at aigfct, they are afaw advised te ask paasenger» their
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      294 30 Robbers raid two gems shops in a row KUALA LUMPUR, Friday THREE robbers, two armed with guns and the third with a hammer, raided two adjoining shops here and escaped with $600,000 worth of jewellery at noon today. The robbers fled in a waiting car with a fourth man at
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      208 30 Too much to ask for sugar buyer's name KUALA LUMPUR, Fri. Some retailers have expressed reluctance to sell sugar following the government's ruling requiring them to record the buyer's name and address. Retailers interviewed in a random survey said the ruling, effective from Monday, was "very troublesome", particularly when they
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      78 30 IPOH, Fri. A 41-year-old man, charged with raping a 15-year-old girl at Kampung Malang Merbau near Taiplng on Aug 15, pleaded In court on Wednesday to be sent to the Hospital Bahagia as he was feeling "mentally unwell." But Sessions Court president Mr Low Hop Blng
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  • TIMESPORT PAGE ONE
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      Lock icon Liverpool fear the Ipswich challenge
      354 31 LONDON, Fri. The hectic Christinas season, in which each team play two games in two days, may sort out some of the problems in the English League. By tomorrow night, the fans may have a clearer idea of whether or not Liverpool will win the
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      198 31 ADELAD3E. Fri. Vitas I OrulaitLs salvaged some pride for the United States when he beat Paul MrNamee. of Australia, 75, 7-5 in the Moulinex International challenge tennis series here on Wednesday. Gerulaitis' win was the only one for the United States against the
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      Badminton match is called off
      186 31  -  BERNARD PEREIRA By THE Singapore-Hindu Gymkhana friendly badminton match, scheduled for tonight (7 pm) at the Singapore Badminton Hall, has been cancelled. The Singapore Badminton Association have not received a reply from the Indian club about their arrival. All the SBA received from the Indians
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      136 31 HOUSTON, Fri. Former world heavyweight boxing champion Joe Louis was said to be "doing fine" after an operation in which he had a heart pacemaker fitted. Louis, 66, underwent heart surgery three years ago, but suffered a mild stroke several weeks later. He has been
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      PONIES WERE ONCE BACKBONE OF MRA CIRCUIT
      725 32  - PONIES WERE ONCE BACKBONE OF MRA CIRCUIT EPSOM JEEP By PONY racing belongs to the nostalgic past. Yet there was a time when it was the backbone of local racing and, right up until the outbreak of the Pacific War. there were enough ponies around to be split into three
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      Up And On set to make up for poor showing
      2166 32  -  FAIRWAY By j PENANG, Fri. Up And On, a beaten' favourite last week should make amends in Race One here tomorrow. This three-year-old ran far from a bad race when fourth to Kissimmee. With bottom weight and a favourable draw
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      THE MUDLARKS
      60 32 Watch these hones If there U rain today. RACE 1: Tread Setter. RACE 2: SUrksky, Sancstregg, Alpa Wanderer. RACE S: Lord Radio, Better Times, Huang Chin. RACE 4: Mlr«ilori, Mmtall. RACE S: Adik. Peacherlna, Ophelia 11. RACE I: Grandeur 11, Black Opal, GUuminl. RACE 7: Ens Pao, What's
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      127 32 RACE EPSOM JEEP FAIRWAY MISTY LAO Up And On Storming Home Jordan Trend Satter Storming Home Up And On Up And On Trendsetter Storming Home Thraa Ninas A. Forgaty S. Valentino 8. Vatantino Three Nines A. Forgaty Thrae Nines S. Valentino A. Forgaty S. Zamamman Nonpariel II Money Sing*
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      74 32 SYDNEY, Fri. Whitbread round-the-world contender New Zealand overcame a bitter prerace protest to lead the Sydney-Hobart yacht race today. New Zealand took little more than 13 minutes to clear the heads, and set sail on the 630 nautical mile journey with a big lead. But New
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      Lock icon Aussies recover to 222-6 on first day
      329 33 MELBOURNE. Fri. Australia battled to 222 for six at stumps on the first day of the third cricket Test against New Zealand at the Melbourne Cricket Ground here today. The Australian innings was highlighted by a dashing 51 from Kirn Hughes, 45 from
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      78 33 AUSTRALIA Ist laas Disas bTroup 13 Wasd c tees b Hadlee fl Cbaape.ll c Coney b Hadlee 42 Bigbes c Parker b Hadlee SI Baraer c Cairns b Coney 45 Wallers not out 46 Marsh c Parker b Coney 1 Ullee not out 9 Extna IS Tatal ((or 6
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      Squash challenge meet set for mid-February
      243 33  -  PATRICK BASTIANS !l THE PROPOSED SimeSports-Wander squash challenge series between Pakistani professional Rahim Gul and top Singaporean players Peter Hilt, Stewart Ballard and Zainal Abidin has been fixed for mid-February. The sponsors and the Singapore Squash Rackets Association met over a working lunch on
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      Grand Harvest looks best for Gold Cup
      523 33  -  FAIRWAY By PENANG, Fri. Grand Harvest should go to the post a firm favourite in the $82,000 Governor's, Gold Cup here on Sunday, I but Towkay looms as the "dark horse" of the 2,000metre Classic with an impressive workout this; morning. Grand Harvest,
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      TODAY'S EVENTS
      63 33 TODAY'S EVENTS GOLF Intermediate Cup Ist round, Keppel Cup Ist round (Keppel). SGA 36-hole stroke-play tournament (SICC New Course a Jurong) HOCKEY Prleadly: IA v Malaysian youth team (Balestier Road, 5). SOCCER Singapore exnationals v Malaysia ex-na-tionals (National Stadium, 7.30); Frieaaly: JoUUads v Arsenal FC (Tengah, 4.30). BEPAK TAUAW Oscar
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      Lock icon 'Mr. Tennis' dies
      30 33 KUALA LUMPUR Fri. V. FUJaratnajn, popularly known as "Mr. Tennis" died bete yesterday He was 79 He was recently admitted to hospital with a heart condition. NST.
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      1515 33 UAfF I 2.0 CLASS 4 DIV 2 1.200 M IWW/Cj x ($12,000 $8,400 to winner) 1 IJ6* 13 Bandy QM a Dyh Bendy Girl) P»ul 57 (ud 'OSllmra San 13 2 08*006 Nmclki i (Ptg) DmiHelt MJ (-0-5) 7 M ill* 3 3 Laa>bM* (Fongio) M*mot 55 •1)
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      183 33 PAKISTAN DASH WI HOPES KARACHI, Fri. Pakistan dashed the West Indies' hopes of gaining a match-winning position in the third cricket Test with some determined batting during the final two hours of play today. By the close of the fourth day. Pakistan had reached 70 for one in their second
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      100 33 PAKISTAN l«t taa>: lit WEST INDIES M law: (•Vtnlgkt I6V5) Hayiea Ibw Iqbal 1 Baeekaa b Imran 16 Rickantar Zaheer b Iqbal 18 ■UUekarraa b Imran 4 LJ«yd c Mlandad b Imran 1 Nun; c Miandad b Iqbal 42 Gasmca c Mlandad b Nazir 61 Mankall b Nazir u
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  • TIMESPORT PAGE FOUR
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      Looi to battle 'new' circuits
      300 34  -  WILFRED YEO Singapore's top rider for New Zealand By GERRY LOOI, one of Singapore's most accomplished Grand Prix motor-cyclists, faces an "unfamiliar" five weeks in New Zealand when he goes for several racing engagements there. Looi, who leaves on Tuesday, will be taking part in
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      Hari receives surprise Christmas gift
      224 34 Hari receives surprise Christmas gift FORMER Olympian Hari Chandra received a surprise Christmas present this year: a trip to Christchurch for the World Veteran Games from Jan. 7-14, reports WILFRED YEO. And playing Santa Claus were Wander (Singapore) Pte Ltd, who will sponsor his trip. Said Wander spokesman Jack Chua
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      Promotion for 11 juniors
      303 34  -  R. MANORAJ By ELEVEN Singapore junior hockey players have been upgraded to the national squad. They are goalkeeper. Harjit Singh, fullbacks Nirmal Singh, Ang Boon Keng, half-backs Fred Martens, Mohammud Akram, forwards Devinder Singh, Kevin Ng, Sarjit Singh, Gurmit Singh, Rex Martens and P. Veloo. The
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      Chin hopes for nice birthday present
      376 34  -  KEN JALLEH Jr. By WHILE most athletes have taken a break from the rigours of competition to join in the festive celebrations, Singapore's under-23 rugby team will be sweating it out on the Mindef Stadium pitch in Kuala Lumpur today (spm) in their annual
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      BRIEFS
      170 34 MOSCOW. Fri. Vladimir Salnikov, a triple gold-medalist in swimming at this year's Moscow Olympic Games, has been named the Soviet Union's Athlete of the Year. The 20-year-old student at Leningrad Physical Culture Institute was selected by Soviet sportswriters ahead of such stars as gymnast Alexander Dityatin, athlete Tatyan.. Kazankina
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      Lock icon Salnikov named Athlete of Year
      291 34 cent 52 Perm. St. Behrends 50, Shippensburg St. 88 Steubenvtlle 64, Fordham 89 Marist 72. Georgetown 80 Texas Southern 61, Pitt. 85 Mass. 65, S>l. John's 82 F. D. U. 67. Georgia 70 Miss. 62, Maryland 66 Georgia Tech 55, South Carolina 74 Texas 70,
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  • TIMESPORT PAGE FIVE
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      Singapore sure of two goals
      387 35  - Singapore sure of two goals R. MANOR A J By SINGAPORE ex-internationals are confident of beating their Malaysian counterparts by a twogoal margin in their annual soccer clash tonight (7.30). Predicted Singapore exinternationals secretary David Gerald yesterday: "We should beat them by at least two goals. "In fact, they are
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      Koreans in — thanks to Lim and Mutalib
      639 35  - Koreans in thanks to Lim and M utalib JOE DORAI: By Hongkong, Fri A missed penalty by Lim Tang Boon and Syed Mutalib's bad clearance today dashed Singapore's hopes of qualifying for the semifinals of the pre-World Cup soccer tournament here. Mutalib's mistake gave North Korea the chance to score
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      Lock icon Bangladesh qualify
      119 35 DACCA, Fri. Bangladesh, runners-up in the Group One qualifying round of the 22nd Asian youth football tournament, will play in the final round in Australia in March. The Asian Football Confederation, organisers of the tournament, had earlier decided to take only one team from the Group One round
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      TABLES
      46 35 China Japan Macao GROUP A P W D L F A Pt J 0 0 4 0 4 10 0 10 10 1 0 0 1 0 J 0 N. Korea Hongkong Singapore Rmttr GROUPS 110 0 10 2 10 10 111 2 0 *****
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      VIEWPOINTS
      147 35 SINGAPORE N. KOREA RESULT Scorer/* (with goal-times) Li Yong Sob (8th) Shot* on target Shot* off target c Corner-kick* Free-kick* ;oft*ido: 4) 17 (offaido: 2) Tumi, with performance mark* out of ten. Each »id«'t atar player in capital letter* and Man of the Match with anaaterialL Edmund Wee (7)
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      Republic impress with fighting spirit
      227 35 HONGKONG, Fri. Singapore showed several good points last Wednesday when they drew 1-1 with hosts Hongkong in the pre-World Cup soccer tournament at the National Stadium here, reports JOE DORAI. But their most talkedabout quality seems to be their fighting spirit, which helped them snatch
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      Lock icon China through
      37 35 HONGKONG, Fri. China, who beat Macao 3-0 last Wednesday, qualified for the World Cup Asia Group Four semi-finals with a 1-0 win over Japan here today. veteran Rom? Zhihan scored in the seventh minute. Reuter.
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  • YOUR WEEKEND READING
    • The Sunday Times
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        LOOKING BACK AT 1980
        188 36 THE <tad ef aa*tker year Is at hand...and what better way U l*ak bark *a 1«M than through pictarra af UV main happralan ef the past 12 maathsr Taroarra*. the SFNDAV TIMKS arfen yea Jut thai the chaacr to remember l*M...Ui ptcIgm; fear pagee af them.
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        POEMS OF THE YEAR
        91 36 POETRY CORNER had another good year in 1960 This weekly page in the SUNDAY TIMES attracts hundreds of poetic efforts from amateur writers in Singapore each year...and the best of them are printed and rewarded. Tomorrow, we bring you the best poems of the year...the three
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        RJ AND THE TODDLER
        118 36 IN a few weeks, SBC will be a year old. RJ, that Irrepressible former Sunday Nation TV colnmnlst, was lavlted back to say hew be thinks the toddler has deae so far. And quite unlettered by any aeeasaUea of personal prejudice, he hands oat the RJ
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        YEAR OF THE POLLS
        110 36 IT was the Year of the Polls too. Not only for Singaporeans, for whom the recent general election was low-keyed, but for nations like Japan, India, Canada, the US, the two African states of Uganda and Zimbabwe, West Germany and Australia, with a vengeance, it seems,
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    Lock icon New chief
    39 36 JAKARTA, Fri. Lt-Gen Widjojo Sujono. 52, will be appointed the new Chief of Staff of the National Security Agency tomorrow, the armed forces said today. He is currently military commander (or Java and the eastern islands. -UPI.
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    Lock icon Fire and ice...
    64 36 A FIREMAN loaldnn up at Icicles which ea> vrlapr a New Yark building despite a Ore which brake ant In the premises la New Yerk City's kereagk at tke Braax Tkmrsday. Tke fire hardly braflght any warmth far It in the roldrst Cmrlatmaa Day la tke city
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    Lock icon Reports about Hua may be true: Ito
    349 36 Reports about Hua may be true: Ito TOKYO, Friday JAPANESE Foreign Minister Masayoshi Ito said today that he felt that reports saying Chinese Communist Party Chairman Hua Guofeng would step down were true. Speaking at the Japan National Press Club, he said he got that impression when his request to
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    It's 252
    50 36 THE death toll on the roads went up to 252 when motorist Ang Kian Bin, 23, died last night after his car collided with a trailer in Pioneer Road. Ang died instantly in the accident at about 7.30 p.m. Witnesses have been requested to contact the Traffic Police.
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    Lock icon Blasts to stop oil blaze
    76 36 WARSAW, Fri. Polish army gunners blasted away most of the wrecked equipment above a blazing oil well as efforts to extinguish the fire continued over the Christmas holiday, the Polish news agency, Pap, reported today. It said about 400 people were taking part in the
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    Lock icon Oil flow pact
    44 36 ANKARA. Fri. Turkey and Iraq have signed an agreement to increase the present capacity o( oil piped from Kir kuk, northern Iraq to Turkey's Mediterranean coast, from 35 million tonnes to 50 million tonnes annually, it was officially announced today Reuter
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    Lock icon Prem to Japan: Spend less on defence
    517 36 SAYS REPORT TOKYO, Friday THAILAND has proposed that Japan continue its economic cooperation with Asian countries rather than increase its spending on defence, it was reported here today. The newspaper, Yomiuri Shimbun, quoted Thai Prime Minister Prem Tinsulanonda as asking: "Is it appropriate
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  • Obituary
    Late CLASSIFIED DEATH
    41 36 Late CLASSIFIED DEATH MR. HARDY TAN CHIN TIONO agrd 44 years passed away peacefully on 28/12/80. leaving benlnc beloved wife Nancy, daughter Jacqueline and son Jefirey Prayers will be held at 52. Lorong M Telok Kuruu Road. Funeral arrangement Tel: *****66.
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      196 36 BUSINESS TIMES Singapore's Financial Dally TODAY'S HIGHLIGHTS. Singapore starts off the eighties with a growth of more than 10 per cent the first time it has achieved a double-digit rate since the 1973 oil crisis. FOO CHOY PENG reports. Another nine companies granted investment allowances. Faber Merlin leases hotel in
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      Enter the dragon
      599 1  -  Chew Yen Fook and Anthony Wye Pictures by A magnificent beast with 5,000 golden scales and giant claws that's the dragon of the Kong Chow Hui Koon all eager to come alive. CHEW YANG KIAK is drawn to the scene for a preview. L Each apprentice starts
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        75 1 A feast of leftovers New that Christmas to ever, what are yea geiag to de with the Inevitable leftevers? Per a few Meas, tan to Centres preed Pages 6 and 7 Musical treat Music levers are la far a treat aezt week when Rumanian baritoae stager Daa lerdachesro gives a
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      PICK of the DAY
      881 2 PICK of the DAY SBC 5 BASED on the classic novel by Oscar Wilde, Midnight Mavto (Ch 5, 11.25 p.m.) tonight is the story of Dorian Gray, a student who i sells his soul to retain his youth while only his portrait shows signs of I his dissipation. Later, he
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        225 2 Straits TimesCrossword ACMW Mohammedan leader (uhlonISolfer found on arm* v««l? (S) 5 Itade Ul-manntr* penon 1*1 S»"°™ tippling gta In tidepractice In flooded meadowa <•) Financial lmiltutlon rtftot to 3*?T' bti i** iM".?*™"*™ put out Insolvent (I) performed outaVJ* <») 10 £c£ voT^iiltin, in u, H Ho»Ulltk» In aor*ty t,ach«,
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        333 2 EXHIBITION/SALE of books on board the International bookship M.V. Logos from today, at Godown 4243 (Gate 2), near Glutton's Corner, Tanjong Pagar. Weekdays from 10 a.m. to 9 p.m.; Sundays from 3 p.m. to 9 p.m. Until Jan 18. Closed on Mondays. Entry passes Issued at PSA Pass Office, Taniong
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        1189 2 TV and Radio SBC 5 12.40 PM Opening fofawed by Sesame i 6.35 Little Howe On The Prairie Street 7.30 News (Malay) 1.40 Banana Spits 7 50 Battlestar Galactka The Lost 2.15 Bozo The Clown tattvrisv Matkw* The Doctriir '< Carlo SHOW tors 9 45 (En 8 llsh > 3.50
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        A musical treat
        604 3 Recital by Dan lordachescu DBS Auditorium Dec 30 (Tue«). 6.p.m. Admission tr—. Programme $2. Previewed by JUDY HILDE8LEY AUDIENCES in Singapore are now more used to having a wide range of concerts to choose from on a fairly reinilar JLJTc H.V- .iJTB^ basis, but next Tuesday 'E6^*
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        RC activities this week
        700 3 TODAY: PABTY for children of Kolam Ayer Zone 'E 1 RC. 7 p.m. at void deck of Blk 64. Kallang Bahru. $1 per child. BARBBQUE at Big Splash for Kirn Keat Zone 'D' residents from 7.30 p.m. Meet behind car Dark of Blk 23, Toa Payoh
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        647 4 Q''fc*'«isATiew iiMJln«i :i HB t t:.H l !M Ni MDV. IN', N I I lorn. I JC 4 00. 6 J' a -•AT WITHOUT WINOS" 1 Mortdorrf i Scop» Color B TONKiHI '/ONrGHT Tomorrow V ornmo *how\ W 1 al 7 Theatres WINCE f CHANGI- O«NIAL IKRTY™ PRESOtNT -SAVCY JUSONGi
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        482 5 Now» Singapore's foremost steamboat restaurant offers another great special... fm V*=^Baafl BF*" A a^"^ l^./^^ J^ 7 a^alafpf #^ft^ t^^^^^^*^ MM Wb I |BTv ,o.OtO^° c rt <? «at\t Ua\\»t^ M•* V^-/1 AtlPSt^ /I I/f7 CV u\/ CjnJjT Take your pick. Fresh from the tank. ■'x V fjfcl-l^* S'A AUaW^W
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    • OUTLOOK
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        Creative Left overs
        1295 6 Creative Left overs After an enormous Christmas meal with all the trimmings, how do you face the inevitable leftovers? TAN LEE LENG says that it's a lot of fun transforming the scraps into delicious meals and snacks. NO Christinas is complete without leftovers, After all that cooking and fpastine it
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        International Culinary Olympics
        384 6  - International Culinary Olympics PHYLLIS HANES By CANADA'S braised buffalo. South Africa's Cape antelope, Norway's elk and Japan's fish with seaweed sauce were some of the dishes cooked by top chefs from 23 countries at the 15th niternational Culinary Olympics in Frankfurt, West Germany. But of all the exotic native specialities,
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        Lock icon Time: The terrible tyrant
        544 6  -  PIERRE FRANEY By in NEW YORK I HEARD the story not too long ago of a plastic kitchen timer that managed to get itself poached. I don't know all the details, but evidently someone knocked the device off the top of the range into a large
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        Lock icon More snacks with turkey
        657 7 And for yet more suggestions on what you can do with your Christmas remains, BRIDGET JONES talks cold turkey. NOW that Christmas dinner is over, here are some succulent ideas for the turkey's second or third appearance. Tmrkey-FUled Celery Sticks make tempting appetisers or snacks. Simply
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        Lock icon Dialling for your food
        392 7  -  ANTONIO KAMIYA By in Tokyo ATTENTION busy housewives: Dial-a-chicken is here. A simple call to an operator sets the wheels in motion. The housewife places her order and a computer does the rest. The result: The goods are delivered to her door. The system, called Albie,
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        285 6 laaa^BßaVaaaVaaVaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaß I __LJl_ daa_fc»a»aaaa— —aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaff 1 Hr*^^sv** r g"w| iinyr.iiiilniions. From all of 1980 to all of Jj^*"T'B! B V 1981. At Frisco (irill. you'll listen to the fflj ■BiMai happiest Nen Year cheers. And enjoy the best Jj LLa Nen Year celebrations. lw¥* New Year's Eve Dinner: F V~"
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        167 7 THIS EXCLUSIVE LANCASTER GIFT SETA VERY SPECIAL CHRISTMAS OFFER FOR ONLY $25 This Christmas, Lancaster offers you this exclusive gift set comprising a very charming bamboo handbag, a set of genuine sable hair make-up brushes with its own carry case and a bottle of Tamango de Leonard Eau de Toilette.
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    • BOOKS 1
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        Novel way of looking at Shakespeare
        642 8  -  DELISLE SCHWARTZ SHAKESPEARE SUPERSCRIBE Edited by Myra Barrs Penguin Books, £1.50 Reviewed by THIS book is based on a series of radio programmes broadcast recently in Britain to help young people who were studying Shakespeare for examinations. It takes a novel approach to the
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        Mixed reception for who said what book
        998 8  -  University KEITH BRACE THE OXFORD DICTIONARY OF QUOTATIONS Third Edition Published Oxford Press by Reviewed by SINCE the Oxford Dictionary of Quotations first appeared in 1941 a second edition came out in 1953 it has been used by scholars of many countries and
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        Aspects of Japan few know about
        856 9  -  IVAN MORRIS TOH THIAN SER THE WORLD OF THE SHINING PRINCE Court Life in Ancient Japan By Penguin Books, 317 pages £2.95 Reviewed by THIS is a charming, highly readable book which describes the life and culture of Japan in the 10th turyBased on
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        Glimpse of Virginia Woolf's private life
        648 9  - Glimpse of Virginia Woolf 's private life Andrew McNeillie THE DIARY OF VIRGINIA WOOLF Vol. 3,1925-30 Edited by Ann* Olivier Ball, assisted by Published in New York by Harcourt Brace Jovanovich U5515.95 Reviewed by HENRIETTA BUCKMASTER THE mysterious causeeffect of diary keeping is an everlasting curiosity to those who do
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        Rare and saucy West Indian delight
        480 9  -  Derek Walcott THE JOKER OF SEVILLE and O BABYLONI By D., Published by Jonathan Cape, London. £3.5 Reviewed by TOH WENG CHOY >—■^^ IT IS not common for Sdtalr7i^g-^irW« inuian 10 appear on the local scenV. It is even more rare for plays to
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        2334 10 MARKETING HSI I MANAGER I ■^■^-^^■•111*^ FAR EAST ORGAMIZATWM H QUdllf ICdtlOnS invites applications for the following senior posts f EXPATRIATE) Have good command of English and Mathematics. I™** 1 Education up to tertiary level will be preferred. II Dvniont ManaiiAr Age between 2o —30 years. IJ rI UJOUI IfiailayCl
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        618 12 P^^BF SINGAPORE BUS SERVICE (1978) LIMITED Applications m invited tor the following vji-jruiov n|. rr*>«-ftO K| 1^ IiKIVr K^ "VsJ m-r m» v uiw Satan rant* tr,»m $15.20 to $21.20 per d.n plus 1 .^0 daily incentive allowance: Minimum Requirements •You should have a class 4 driving licence •If you
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