The Straits Times, 1 January 1981

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    14 1 The Straits Times Estd. 1845 THURSDAY, JANUARY 1, 1181 35 CENTS M.C.(P) No. 101/1/81
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    A GRIM 1981 SAYS LEE
    2439 1 A GRIM 198 1 SAYS LEE World economy in grave trouble 6 A YOUNGER generation of Singaporeans will soon take over the task that has fired the imagination and passions of my generation for the last thirty years. No challenge is too daunting or exhausting when you are young. We
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    Lock icon Snow fury
    28 1 TOKYO, Wed. Four people have died and 24 were reported missing after snowstorms swept Japan's mountain regions along the Japan tea coast, poliie said today Reuter
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    Four who scored a 'first'
    98 1 THESE tmu woman poUre Inspectors, together with a Bfth colleague, go down la the history of the Police Farce as the first woman crtmebustera by taklag on crime Investigation duties, four of them from today. Insp Salmah blntl Sharif! (third from left) started on ber
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    Lock icon Japan edges out US in steel output
    233 1 TOKYO, Wednesday JAPAN has edged out the United States as the biggest steel producer among Western industrialised countries for the first time on record, reports said today. us cruae steel production in 1960 totalled 100 million tonnes, falling more than 10 million tonnes
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    Lock icon Tremor rocks Algeria
    51 1 ALGIERS. Wed. A strong tremor rocked Jte El-Asnam region of Algeria today where thousands were killed on Oct 10 in an earthquake. The Algerian news agency said the tremor registered 5 2 on the Richter scale aad several previously damaged buildings collapsed. No casualties were immediately reported.
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    Lock icon Anti-Thai voice on the air again
    146 1 Anti-Thai voice on the air again BANGKOK, Wed. ANTI-THAI broadcasts from inside China, beamed to the outlawed Communist Party of Thailand, have resumed after a 17- month-old suspension. Western officials here confirmed today. The broadcasts in Thai, on the same frequency as the old Voice of the People of Thailand
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    Lock icon Iran minister quits
    28 1 TEHERAN, Wed. Iranian Justice Minister Ebrahim Ahadi has resigned, the official Pars news agency reported today. There was no immediate explanation for the resignation. Reuter.
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    Lock icon Errant army men warned
    63 1 JAKARTA, Wed. Members of the Indonesian Armed Forces found guilty of serious crimes or of damaging the services' good image Will be dishonourably dismissed. Defence Minister General Mohammad Yusuf said. The warning came Just a few days after scores of policemen were publicly punished in Tanjung
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    Stock market ends year on quiet note
    100 1 NO fanfare or flourish marked the end of 1980 at the Stock Exchange of Singapore yesterday. After putting up a grand performance for the greater part of the year, traders seemed to have I had their fill of activity! and retreated to the
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    Happy New Year...
    22 1 Happy New Year... THE Straits Time* wishes Its readers a Happy New Year. There is m jmMteattoa «f the New NaOm U«Uy.
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    Lock icon TV ban on presidential hopeful
    128 1 TV ban on presidential hopeful PARIS, Wed. The stateowned French Television has decided to censor a New Year's Eve appearance by French presidential candidate Michel Colucci a comedian nicknamed Coluche who in October launched his campaign as the "candidate of the abstentionists." Television directors described as "vulgar" a three-minute sketch
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    Lock icon Gold up
    30 1 HONGKONG. Wed. Gold closed at US$5BB (551.223. today on the Hongkong gold and silver exchange, recording a slight upward advance of one dollar on the opening prices. UPI.
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    Lock icon 'US offer to swop cash for hostages'
    486 1 WASHINGTON, Wednesday THE United States has offered to deposit an undisclosed sum of money into a thirdcountry Escrow account in exchange for Iran's release of the 52 American hostages, sources said here last night. The money would be- r come available to Iran
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    ISRAEL SACKS POLICE CHIEF
    79 1 JERUSALEM, Wed. The Israeli Government today sacked Its police e-hlef, laspector-Oeneral Herxi Skadr, alter Interior Minister J«aef Barg anawured that police officials had fed the proas with falsr laformatloa again*' Rellglow KttuXn Mlalsta-r Aharoa AbaaaUelra. Dr Bant said the laf ormatlaa led to a spate «f
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      135 1 32 pages today WARNING TO PARENTS NOT PROSECUTED Page 11 THE Foreign Desk year emttr special, IN* The Way It Was m Page 2, facaaea the top II lnteraattoaal eveats last year. The mUtiral •atl«*k tt IWI is als* assessed. The politicians who came into power or were reelected in
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  • AROUND THE WORLD
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      1980—THE WAY IT WAS 1981 — the way it might be
      1161 2  - 1980— THE WAY IT WAS 1981 the way it might be FELIX SOH By Foreign Editor SCENARIO 1: After shaking off Inauguration day hangovers, the Reagan administration acts decisively on the hostage issue. Iran has so far rejected all American proposals for the release of the captives. Mine-laying Sikorsky helicopters
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      MILESTONES
      254 2 PERSONALITIES in politics, the entertainment world, science, literature and sports, who died in 1960: POLITICS: Jaa Ahmed Shukeiry, 72, former chairman o( the Palestine Liberation Organisation. Jm 2»: Yigal Allon, 62, one of the founders of Israel. March SI: Ton Due Than, 92, President of Vietnam. April 12: William
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      Lock icon Film critics pick Ordinary People as year's best
      135 2 Film critics pick Ordinary People as year's best NEW YORK. Wed. The New York Film Critics Circle on Tuesday named Ordinary People the year's Best Film and Robert de Niro and Sissy Spacek as Best Actor and Actress. The winning film, directed by Robert Redford, stars Donald Sutherland and Mary
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      IN POWER
      52 3 THEY came into pov in 1980. For Mrs Gandhi and Mr Trudeau, success was especially sweet because they were floating in a political abyss before their comebacks. Incumbents returned were Mr Schimdt (by a wide margin) and Mr Fraser (by a narrow margin). The rest were newcomers. BY
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      Lock icon US accuses Japan of complacency in defence spending
      373 3 US accuses Japan of complacency in defence spending WASHINGTON, Wed. The United States yesterday accused Japan of complacency in its "failure to include a significant real increase in defence spending" in its annual budget proposal. Although the Japanese Government officially projects spending increases of 7.6 per cent, defence officials said
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      Lock icon GM to make and market cars in Japan: Paper
      285 3 GM to make and market cars in Japan: Paper TOKYO, Wed. General Motors Corp (GM) of the United States, the world's top car firm, will start producing and marketing small cars in Japan late next year, posing a threat to Japanese cars, it was reported here today. The major daily
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      Lock icon We'll stay on, says Iranian consul
      172 3 We'll stay on says Iranian consul HONGKONG, Wed. Iranian consul Mohammad HoKseln Karldlani said today he and his staff will stay on at their consular office here despite notice to quit when their sevenyear lease expire* at midnight. Sor will they move when the building Is renamed Bank of America
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      Lock icon Cracker blast kills family of six
      188 3 Cracker blast kills family of six MANILA, Wed. A stock of firecrackers hidden under a bed to be sold to New Year revellers ex- ploded accidentally when I ignited by a cigarette butt, killing a family of six, police said today. The powerful blast last night blew out the door
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      Lock icon Asian nations happy about 'brawn drain'
      364 3 LARGE SUMS OF MONEY REMITTED HOME BANGKOK, Wednesday SOME of the Asian countries which have deplored the "brain drain" from their shores in past years are happy about a "brawn drain" of skilled and semiskilled workers. These workers, many of them heading for West
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      KABUL TENSE AFTER DEMOS
      108 3 PESHAWAR, Wed. Tke -dtaatian the AIKkM capital rrmainrd tease today. Helicopters havered la tke skies akave Kabul mad traders xtaged a partial strike, Muslim K>erlllM said t«day, ousting travHlers arrivfaiK at tkia b»rder past. Tke scarce* said tkree ileui— ■U»U>— »p— taafily farmed tai dlfTrrrnt areM
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      STALEMATE AS GULF WAR REACHES 100th DAY
      182 3 STALEMATE AS GULF WAR REACHES 100th DAY ft BEIRUT, Wed. The Persian Gulf war entered its 100 th day yesterday with the armies of Iran and Iraq still locked in stalemate along a 483 km j front. Both sides continued to issue conflicting battle reports but neither indicated any major
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      Lock icon EEC enters new year in a state of confusion
      430 4 EEC enters new year in a state of confusion Problems over budget and Greek membership BRUSBELS, W*d THE European Economic Community enters the new year in a state of confusion with its members split into two camps over a budget dispute and the political uncertainty in Greece that may lead
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      Lock icon 'Couple passed secrets taken from mailboxes'
      277 4 BONN, Wednesday THE West German newspaper Bild said yesterday that an East German couple opened mailboxes of West Germany's Counterintelligence Agency every weekend for three years and supplied copies of the contents to their spymasters in East Berlin. The newspaper said they used copied
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      Lock icon THE 'COWBOY' WHO CAME TO ROB...
      224 4 THE 'COWBOY' WHO CAME TO ROB... PAWHUSKA (Oklahoma), Wed. While masked bandits on horseback robbing people at gunpoint may not have been unusual in Oklahoma's early days, a robber making his getaway on a horse is a new twist for Osage county sheriff's deputies. Under-sheriff Bill Mitchell said yesterday his
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      Lock icon Bentley that Lennon owned
      89 4 AUCTIONEER Rick C»le pasta* la frmit «f a 19H Beatley mkc awned by farmer Bottle John Lrtumi, 1b Lm Angeles yesterday. Mr Cale, wlm predicted It will fetch between I SUMM aid HSIIM,•M (stm,m and whci ■■ctUtd l»tcr this math, said the ear waa placed *n
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      $250 m drug haul
      50 4 LONDON, Wed. British Cus toms this year seized 52 million pounds (SS2SO million) worth dI drugs against 33 million pounds in 1979, a Customs official said here today. He also said that 1,350 people were arrested for drug smuggling this year, compared to 1,162 last year.
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      Lock icon 'Hate' songs
      46 4 BELGRADE, Wed. A Yugoslav district court yesterday sentenced a young priest and three of his friends to Jail terms ranging up to six years for singing in the privacy of the priest s home, songs officials described as provoking "national and religious hatred." UPI.
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      Lock icon "Reagan to step up work on laser weapons'
      276 4 "Reagan to step up work on laser weapons' WASHINGTON, Wednesday THE incoming Reagan administration will press for faster development of space laser weapons to counter Soviet ballistic missiles, Republican Senator Malcolm Wallop said yesterday. Defence aides to President-elect Ronald Reagan bad told him that increased spending to develop the laser
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      Lock icon Four patients who were sterilised sue state govt
      302 4 WASHINGTON, Wad FOUR of the thousands of patients who were sterilised in Virginia mental hospitals over a 50-year period filed a suit against the state on Monday. The charge is that their constitutional rights were violated when they were sterilised without their
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        Lock icon Midnight race
        64 4 Midnight race AT MIDNIGHT on Wednesday when millions around the world are celebrating the New Year. 4,500 fanatics will be running through the streets of Brazil's Sao Paulo in the 56th annual St Silvester International Footrace. The St Silvester, a 9 km race, is run along frolicking crowds among the
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        Lock icon Russia's egg diamond
        59 4 THE largest diamond in the Soviet Union an egg-shaped, lemon-yellow stone weighing 342.5 carats has been found in the Yakutia region of northeastern Russia, Tags reported yesterday It said the diamond, which will be named in honor of the 26th Congress of the Soviet Communist Party, was
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        Lock icon Too spicy for some
        71 4 BAKES, Kathe Halter's, spicy loaves are too hot for the moral watchdogs of Maryland, in the US, but she has the law on her side. The ultra-conservative Moral Majority Movement was upset by the loaves, which were shaped like men or women with nothing left to
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      Lock icon Guerillas raid three banks
      64 4 SANTIAGO, Wed. Left wing guerrillas raided three banks in simultaneous attacks in a residential suburb here today, shooting dead two policemen at the entrance of one of them, police said. The 40 guerrillas got away with about USJIOO.OOO (SS2OH. 000) in several vehicles which were later
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      Lock icon Singer dies
      38 4 LOS ANGELES. Wed. Sing er and composer Tim Hardin. who wrote the songs "If I Were A Carpenter" and "Reason To Believe", was found dead on Monday night in his Hollywood apartment, police said yesterlay. AFP
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      467 5 Everything about David Plastow represents his company's philosophy. Which is why he wears a Rolex. David Plastow is the cus- that the gear selection lever todian of a long and famous s doing something so engineering tradition. we engineered the 'feel' He is the Chief Execu- m^° ~so ts satisfying
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      Precis way for the busy boss to keep abreast
      1140 6  - Precis way for the busy boss to keep abreast PAUL GIGOT All you need to read without actually having to pick up a book By in New York writing for The Asian Wall Street Journal 6 Some contend there aren't any shortcats. "Yon can try any kind of newsletter or
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      9-digit zip code plan riles number-numb Americans
      1004 6 SINGAPORE may hava six-digit postal cod«s by 1963 to cops with heavier loads of letter t, but that's sheer simplicity compared to what lias in store next year for Americans, writes our reporter MILTON CHASE. THE United States is becoming a nation of
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    'First' for 5 women inspectors
    510 7  - 'First' for 5 women inspectors LAI YEW KONG By Chief Crime Reporter FIVE women police inspectors have taken a giant stride forward into the new year they will become Singapore's first-ever women crime busters and do crime investigation, a job so far undertaken only by males. Four of them will
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    Four rob cigarette distributing firm of $93,000
    187 7 Four rob cigarette distributing firm of $93,000 FOUR men, one armed with a revolver, held up the manager and two employees of a cigarette distributing company in Thomson Ridge yesterday and robbed them of $93,000. The robbers struck at about 4.15 p.m. when Mr Goh Joon Twong, 29, and a
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    PA dinner
    33 7 THE Senior Minister of State (Prime Minister's Office), Mr Lee Khoon Choy, will attend the People's Association Staff Club dinner and dance at the Neptune Theatre Restaurant tomorrow at 8 p.m.
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    Many jump at chance to enter contest
    126 7 THE Great Leap frogjutnping competition at the Japanese Garden this morning has received good response from the public since the press preview on Monday morning. A spokesman of Jurong Environmental Engineering, which manages Jurong Town Corporation's recreation facilities said its switchboard was flooded
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    VANDALS PUNCTURE SCHOOLBUS TYRES
    59 7 A BCHOOLBUB driver, Mr T. C. Taa, Si, reported W the pettee that vaadaJs puetwed tke tyr«i e» his hma while It ma parked nr>»r Black UB, Abr Ma Kle, bMt week. They aJse Ml a*to written U Maatoria which Hill "Wfttefc mtV Pay* Lfbar p*Uee
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    Housewife reports loss of jewellery
    124 7 Housewife reports loss of jewellery A HOUSEWIFE, Madam Mariam binte Mohamed Noor, 35, reported to the police that two women, who wanted to buy her jewellery worth (2,100, have disappeared with her jewellery. Madam Mariam said she was going to pawn the jewellery when she met a friend at the
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    Youth jailed for theft
    76 7 A JOBLESS YOUTH, Steven s/o K.Raju alias Mohamed Yusoff bin Abdullah. 19, broke into a factory in Bakatier Road on Nov 11 and stole a Lighter, a calculator, radio, turntable, cassettes and $700. He was Jailed seven months after he pleaded guilty to the housebreaking and
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    Jailed for cheating
    75 7 TAN Hwa Jong, 37, was asked by his friend, Mr Moh Tai Sing to pawn two diamond rings, instead he redeemed them from the pawnshop and sold them to an Indonesian for a total of $700 By his actions, he caused Mr Moh to lose a total
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    Coin auction
    27 7 THE Singapore Numismatic Association will bold a coin auction in the National Library lecture hall, Stamford Road, on Sunday from 9.30 a.m. to 1 p.m.
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    Ministry may control study aids
    150 7 Ministry may control study aids eaatrcl Ike pMeattM »«d Me ef ppltßUß tery bMks Uiitrndy •Ms fed by teachers, la Ike pa*, ealy textkMks an nwimmvi by the MMatefr wfcleji ■bMm)4O4 Hmtm f M*fctt*bl Hewever, It has bees feoad that rnuy ef these ampptaMeatary materials reataln «mn, aack aa ■pelllax
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    Jail for two former Silo managers
    221 7 Jail for two former Silo managers TWO former managers of the supermarket and the emporium divisions of the Silo Multi-Purpose Cooperative Society Ltd were found guilty yesterday of criminal breach of trust. Lee Sin Pin, 35, who faced four charges of misappropriating goods worth $212,000 belonging to the cooperative, was
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    WET FORTNIGHT IS FORECAST
    133 7 IT'S going to be a wet first two weeks of the new year. The Meteorological Service Department said thundery showers can be expected on about nine to 10 days till Jan 15. But "showery activity is likely to diminish towards the middle of the month," it
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    MP session
    33 8 THE new MP for dementi and Minister of State (Defence). Mr Bernard Chen, will bold meet-the-people narions for Clementi residents every Monday from 8 p.m. at Blk 334, dementi Avenue 2.
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    Safety cycling rally
    65 8 SAFETY Cycling Rally Jointly organised by the People's A* socUUon Regional Youth Council and the Singapore Amateur Cycling Association will be held in Ang Mo Klo new town on Jan 11 at 830 am. Those interested in takiiu part should register at any at the community centre
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    External trade up
    66 8 SINGAPORE'S exteraai tra* aaeutei U, $84.2 WOrn far the tint 11 maatha af Uurt year aa MJ per eeat aver the aame periad la l«1. Exparto Irem Jaaaary U Navemher totalled $XIM ailllaa apl— t SiHlttM m*re tkaa the M-t MUtoa rtirtfill rfmrU. the mum perUd la
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    Chee Onn: Forge a quality team of workers and bosses
    340 8 Chee Onn: Forge a quality team of workers and bosses THE NTUC's secretary-general. Mr Lim Chee Onn, in his 1961 message, called on comrades to direct efforts at "creating quickly a quality labour force, not only of skilled and disciplined production workers, but also of management staff." r In his
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    Relating varsity research to needs of industry
    144 8 Relating varsity research to needs of industry THE National University of Singapore and the Economic Development Board are organising an open house discussion to relate university research to the requirements of industry. The one-day session far about 120 research directors from industries in Singapore will be held late next month
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    Formula that helps firms to reduce labour woes
    587 9 Training, better rapport and higher pay cited in survey FIRMS which pay more, attempt to employ Singaporeans rather than foreign workers, provide adequate training and establish a worker-management rapport are affected less by the labour shortage here. A survey of five companies
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    Tough rules may apply to old tour agencies, too
    298 9 THE Singapore Tourist Promotion Board's new stringent rulings for the licensing of new travel agencies will soon apply to old licensees as well. The new rulings were implemented to weed out non-professionals and "in future can be expected to cover them
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    Quarrel over seats led to stabbing
    149 9 A MISUNDERSTANDING over seats at the Capitol Hawkers Centre led to the stabbing of a fruit seller, a distict court was told yesterday. Cheng Tin Siah, 27, a Malaysian, was jailed nine months after he admitted stabbing Mr Neo Chee Seng's chest twice with
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    COUPLE HURT IN CRASH NEAR CHECKPOINT
    76 9 A MAN mmi Us wife were critically lajared whoa the c*r they were travelling la e*UMed Mather car abaut M metre* fram WeWlMfe herkpatnt at 1 p.m. an Tuesday. Mr Abdul Hamid, N, mb 1 Uit wife, Ma4am AlKhftk btntc YMMMfc, it, bath MiUyabu
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    SVA officials
    39 9 DR MAY I.IM has been elected president of the Singapore Veterinary Association Other office bearers are Dr Chua Sin Bin (vice-president), Dr Ho Hon Fatt (secretary), Dr Ng Kook Kheong (treasurer) and Dr Ngiam Tong Tau (editor).
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    Social dance class
    31 9 CAIRHILL community centre youth group will organise a social dance class, starting Jan 10 on Saturdays from 4.30 p.m. to 6.X p.m. For details, ring *****37 by tomorrow.
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    GUTHRIE GIVES BOOST TO PRODUCTIVITY
    195 9 GUTHRIE GIVES BOOST TO PRODUCTIVITY THE Guthrie Group of Companies has formed a union-management committee to pro1 mote productivity. It is the third to form such a committee after the idea was announced last month by Mr Urn Chee Onn, secretarygeneral of the National Trades Union Congress (NTUC). The Guthrie
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    Parcel service to Vietnam suspended
    52 9 AIRMAIL parcel service to Vietnam will be suspended till further notice as there are no service outlets available for them. Airmail parcels posted to that country before the suspension will be subject to delay or returned to the senders. The surface and airmail letter services
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      190 9 1980 has been a year of excitement and smiles. And we're going to make 1981 even better for our customers and friends, starting today. Our already extensive range is greater, more exciting and even more fun to choose from! 1981 will bring you exclusive offers, special events and everything you
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    Good-bye to '80, hail '81...
    847 10 Good-bye to '80, hail '81... Diary of events ITS BEEN an active year for oae aad all la lMt. Those who couat moaey as aa laiairtsat asset la their lives were cheered by a giveaway badget aad several aaaoaacemeats which gave them mare leeway to ase their CPF savings. There
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    Events came in a stream
    197 10  -  JUNE TAN By DR TONY TAN emerged as the new Education Minister and first ViceChancellor of the National University of Singapore. His dual appointments coincided with changes on both ends of the educational ladder. At the lower end, primary schools for the first time in
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    Many 'firsts' in many areas
    334 10  - Many 'firsts' in many areas EVELYN NG By BIG strides were made in the social services field last year with many "firsts" being achieved in various areas, and Singaporeans becoming even more aware of the needs of the handicapped and underprivileged. I Singapore women took the stage early last year
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    On the map as medical brain centre
    258 10  - On the map as medical brain centre BENG TAN Medicine By SINGAPORE consolidated its position as the region's medical brain centre last year. In September the Singapore Liver Cancer and Liver Study Research Group, which spearheads research in all aspects of the disease in the world, made an international breakthrough
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    New number
    43 10 FROM Jan 7, the telephone number of the the TraininK and Health Education Department of the Health Ministry and the Information, Education and Communication Unit and Training Unit of the Singapore Family Planning and Population Board will be changed to *****5-9.
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    Now for those New Year pledges
    437 10 Now for those New Year pledges SPEAK of New Year resolutions aad some people break oat laughing. That was the response The Straits Times got from a number of people contacted yesterday. Occasionally the wry chaekles gave way to a sober explanation that they were still much too wrapped ap
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    Haul of $30m worth of goods
    257 10 CRIMINALS had a I profitable year last year, raking in an estimated $30 j million worth of cash and §oods in robberies and lefts and at least $5 million more in various white collar crimes. Last year, 66 people died in 61 murder incidents,
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    Businessmen sound a hopeful note
    466 10  -  SOH TIANG KENG By BUSINESSMEN and industrialists have sounded a note of cautious optimism on business prospects this year, despite the Government's forecast of slower economic growth. Recession in industrial nations, they maintain, would not prevent the Singapore economy from putting up a BUSINESSMEN and
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    ICAO chief coming for talks on airspace issue
    476 11  -  JANIE KHOO By Aviation Reporter THE president of the International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO), Dr Assad Kotaite, will visit Asean countries from Jan 12 to look into their airspace claims. Dr Assad will meet civil aviation authorities to discuss airspace organisation prtblems
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    Warning to parents not prosecuted
    289 11  -  JUNE TAN By Education Reporter POLICE warnings will be given to parents who are not prosecuted for giving false information in the recent pre-primary and primary one registration exercise. The Attorney-General will decide whether to prosecute parents or let them off with only a police
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    Old papers and clothes
    39 11 ALEXANDRA Zone Residents' Committee members will collect old newspapers and clothing from residens of Blk 55 to 73, Commonwealth Drive on Jan 18, from 9.30 a.m. Residents ai'e to leave such items outside their doors
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    200 mosque officials for seminar
    81 11 200 mosque officials for seminar THE MUSLIM Religious Council of Singapore (Muis) has organised a seminar on administration and finance for 200 officials from 56 mosques. The seminars will be held every Saturday, beginning this weekend, at the Al-Mutta gin Mosque in Ang Mo Kio from 2.30 to 5.30 p.m.
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    SPCA's new officials
    37 11 MR J.M.PARKER has been elected chairman of the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals. Other officials are: vicechairman. Mr T. T. Durai; secretary, Mrs P A. Welliver and secretary. Miss G Wong
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    Missing cheques
    52 11 THREE hundred Thomas Cook travellers cheques were stolen from Athens recently, police said yesterday. The travellers cheques for Australian $100 each bear serial numbers ranging from KD *****0 to *****9. Those who come across these cheques should contact the Commercial Crime Division of the CID, telephone *****16, or
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    Palmer back to head NZ force
    154 11 Palmer back to head NZ force AIR rammadarr M.F. MeD. Palmer (akeve) to back In Sagapere, tfcto ttme m tke m c«mmtHJrr af tke New Zeal»od deleace fereea based here. Cdre Palmer, formerly tke Depaty Cktof ef Defeaee SUIT in New Trtihiad. repUees Brig 4. A. Maee, wk* to mw
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    Katong pool
    17 11 THE Katong Swimming Complex will re-open tommorrow as all the repair works have been completed.
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    Kent Ridge: Local firms shy away
    237 11 Kent Ridge: Local firms shy away CONTRACTORS in Singapore, fearful of Umma, nave shied away from tendering for the construction of the $143 million Kent Ridge Teaching Hospital. Of the 17 prequalified contractors, only two have submitted tenders. Both are foreign John Laing International of Britain and Fletchers of New
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    Wife's death plunge after quarrel
    168 11 A 22- YEAR-OLD woman plunged to her death from a block of flats on Chinese New Year's Day after a violent quarrel with her husband, the Coroner's Court heard yesterday. Madam Lye Yin Fung was then married to Mr Philip Quah Eng Leong, 23, for
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      246 11 Bringing Up Father By Bill Kavanagh Hal Camp rrS h. >j/ t ell should have bidvdu \^yes. but i-ollv^n /and the \i BHAOCB^r' X hi/Vi TM ACCEPTED' H£'S A I SEE (JNO.E WOOOSTAR I MAS HEL-SiVE JOSGINS /EHV >^ JISSS OPPERED HIM ACCEPTED I* >OU A LIFT /TO V*OR< VPORT4NT
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  • The Straits Times THURSDAY, JANUARY 1, 1981
    • Article
      USEFUL HINTS
      390 12 SOME say it has to do with higher pay elsewhere, others that there is more to it than money. The debate about what causes high worker turnover no doubt will continue as long as we have a labour shortage problem. But why is the problem serious for some
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      BRIDGING THE GULF
      379 12 THE Iraq-Iran war once again highlights the instability of the Persian Gulf regie n. Before 1971, British armed presence helped to keep the lid on this volatile area. Later, the late Shah acted as the region's policeman and performed this role after a fashion with American backing.
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    Western Europe's winter of disenchantment
    873 12  -  ROBIN SMYTH By in London AT the turn of the year a cold wind of despondency is blowing through France, West Germany and Spain a mood diagnosed by Le Monde as "constraint, rancour and moroseness," and summed up by the conservative Le Figaro as "La
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    Language and pupils' progress
    1509 12 Do the data really support Education Ministry's streaming policy? LEONG CHOON CHEONG, a management consultant and formerly lecturer in the University of Singapore's Philosophy Department, offers his views on the Education Ministry's streaming policy for primary school leavers. He suggests a closer look at the factors
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    Lock icon Why ESP has its drawbacks
    707 12 tS3B YOU may have experience! this. Y»u are driving aleng, and before y»u realW It, the oar has taken yM to a Mead's heosc. "I wm Jut thinking I'd phase yea!" she exclaims. Yea are net really surprised. It's the old ESP again. Then yen
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      Maintenance of track home occupiers' job
      133 13 I REFER to the letter "Private road that no one seems to maintain" (ST, Dec 13) by "Neglected." The location of the complaint is an unmetalled earth track off Ewe Boon Road. Although depressions were found along the track during our inspection, there were
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      This can't be done
      56 13 I REFER to the letters "Early bird HUDC applicants who can't get refunds" (ST, Dec 13) from "Fair Play" and "Hard-Pressed" and regret to say that the requests from the writers cannot be allowed under the Central Provident Fund (Approved Middle-Income Housing Scheme) Regulations. UM AIK
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      JTC reply WE WILL BE REPLACING HYDRANT BOXES
      85 13 JTC reply WE WILL BE REPLACING HYDRANT BOXES PLEASE REFER to the letter "Danger protrusions at these fire points" (ST, Dec 13) by "Worried Residents." Arrangements have been made to replace the hydrant boxes at Block 199, Boon Lay Drive. As for the copper protrusion near the lift, we are
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      Talent night's entertainer what home audience missed
      180 13 Talent night 's entertainer what home audience missed AS PART of the studio audience In the recent Talentime '80 finals, I was vastly entertained by Mah Choon Hong and Ali Ahmad's performances in the otherwise lacklustre soloists section (keeping in mind television's visual appeal). The results, I felt, were quite
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      Cramped conditions in staff rooms in many of our schools
      468 13 PLEASE REFER to the report "Stop parents from pushing teachers around" (ST, Dec 17) on the workshop on Leadership in School Management. It is heartening to read that the principal of Temasek Junior College, Mr Eugene Wijeysingha, realised the need
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      A break please for lovers of early musicals
      255 13 A break please for lovers of early musicals IT'S JUST not fair! Modern musicals are given prime time slots while early musicals are slotted on Tuesday afternoons! The first time as far as I know this happened was the telecast of "The Gang's All Here" starring the effervescent Carmen Miranda
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      How about SBC's own Dallas serials?
      114 13 How about SBC's own Dallas serials? ALTHOUGH there are locally produced Malay, Mandarin and Tamil television programmes, I am rather disappointed to say that there are no locally produced English speaking television serials with local artistes except (or Jook and Jill and a few documentaries. It would be really nice
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      445 14 CA.T.S. 1284-4411 284-4411 1 Classified Advertising Works. c) Production SINGAPORE KITAMURA INO. PTE LTD 203, Kallang Bahru Singapore 1233 requ.res Q.C. OPERATORS (Female) 0 16 years and above c No experience required. md above alur months. Interested applicant, please apply personally during office news at me above address. •Hir^pfliafsiiQ 1
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      361 15 II EnvtoyiM* A 46 Situations Vacant I) Miscellaneous PURCHASING ASSISTANT Requirements Experience In maintenance of proper kardex record and related documents. Posse** initiative and leadership quaHty. Must be able to work with minimal supervision. Must be bie to do simple correspondence Duties and Responsibilities Supervision of staff In purchasing .kardex
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      348 15 HYATT REG€NC^SNGrVCW Hyatt R*e*»cy Singapore seeks to appoint a Receptionist for the Journal Office Sne should be a) Pleasant and cheerful bi A GCE "O" level certificate holder c> Able to type fast and accurately d Able to speak and write English wrl< lnt«r»«r»d applicants «r« r*ou*«l«d to apply personally
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      779 15 I W_*a^fJ^*^Bft«> _L ftAJtit LatS BC t^P^^J bbbbl Vaßaaaaaaat^BßßarC a\\ Bikftf C i^aW""*^! IW A#*4*4wa1 lJl)*aJherW4AißafMkl Jl)* a JherW4AiBafMk a9l*m'aaltaaaaß?^Bßß>C awaam^MaaV Mi W fOTff4Te^pV9 WngmSm llbjmJP W"*»"»"1"«"»m» v llmmmW WfsTeTetJ?*^»»Pe» ■"MM lpl^^jß IW l>«aM«lMlwffUU*aHW*Wf V wX U^sftV UsfA BRITISH EXPATRIATE SERVICE Manager selling BMW 520 Saloon Registered In 1974 March.
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      856 15 AUO I*7* FO*D Cortina 2OOOE Auto Airron-1 radio cassette One company owner Good condition $6«K ono *****79 CO«TMA 1.9 OT May 1974 $8,500 negotiable Aircond radio, cas*****90 ENO -72 11*0 Ford Capri Road tax till April With Air ond and Cassette Selling $7^tO ono Ring *****4. ENO "7* FOMO Escort
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      975 15 I) Mitsubishi AIRCONO 1*77 SCAUTVUL plate Lamda 2000 Automatic, power sleerllng sports rims, metallic silver $21,500 Tel *****22 A "7* COLT Supershlfl 1400 sdoor 2 careful owners, low mileage aircond. expensive hi- ri. $22,500 Tel *****22 COLT OALANT SMMA 1978 1600 c c Aircond. Sports rims Cassette Tip top condition
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      562 15 1*77 TOYOTA CORONA 1800 Tip lop condition Alrcon radio Interested contact Tel 345*967 *****81 I*7* TOYOTA CELICA Liftback Alrcon. cassette, sports rims with tyres and power windows Tax insurance new View 324 D. Changi Road 5 m/s Telok X urau and Changi Junction) I*7* TOYOTA CELICA 1600 Coupe. cassette In
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      447 15 I) Motor Cycles/ Scooters AO YAMAHA RD 350 Oood condition Selling cheap Call *****58 AR o C.C. Tip top condition Selling Cheap $1,000 Contact Mr Fun *****0 BAJAJ VESPA IS* April Good condition Selling $1,450 o.no Tel: *****54 Mr. Ho END 1*77 OMKMNAL Kawasaki Z2OO for sale Oood condition Contact
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      427 15 Asking $8,300 Tel *****58. OCT 1*77 HONDA Pickup 360 c c One owner Good condition Sell ing $3,200 Tel Day *****28 right *****08 1*77 OATSUN PICKUP I Metal I One owner In good condition Tel *****8 197* DAN4ATSU XT! 5 feel. I owner, air-con cassette, good condition. Tel *****69 56
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      456 15 domimum Avaitab'e immediately Corner units 3 bedrooms, store room 3 bathrooms Tennis and badmtnlon courts Fully with aircond Viewing ltK) pm 600 pm Contact c) Rooms A COUPLE (TEACHERS) PlwVtBM accommodation, food and laundry, tuition for 2 foreign students in Bedok North Tel MSMJJ A COUPLE (TEACHC*) provides accommodation, food
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      419 15 184-4411 1 Classified Advertising Works. PEOPLE'S PARK HDS Kurmshed room for rent No cooking No broker Contact *****8 RIVER VALLEY ROAD room for rent While furniture $300 Tel *****51 ROOM AVAILABLE NEARBY Thomson area, for foreign Chimeals provided Tel *****97 ROOM FOR RENTAL in dlst 12 Washing and dinner supplied
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      971 16 IV Accommodate* 4 Propartaw J VI Ettoeatto- IwtnKtto- j |g| VH Tr»v*. 4 Tours JL nirmmUTmn JL >M B JB HfMlsUMft AltlVlATft «/l«H« ,-afBBfBBBBfBfBB-aBBBByBBBBBBaVBBjaBasaBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBaaasi.aaa.aaaaaaaa.aBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBaMaaaaaw aaaaaa I M. HOUSING ASSOCIATE* wishes all IU clients, friends, associates: S3 Ratidential Proper- Ye,"* ppy P"***"*" n !te» For Sale kimm mansion, wbt. beauuI fully
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      465 16 ATT SECRETtUUUS SCHOOL OF SECRETARIAL SKILLS Preporei students for the London Chombcr of Commerce Industry ond Pitmom Inititute Eiommotion Th« next FULL-TIME PRIVATE SECRETARY'S COURSES commence on 2nd January 1981 The next PART-TIME PRIVATE SECRETARY'S COURSES commence on 12th January 1981 Write for our brochure or enquire ot ATT (Advanced
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      426 16 SHORTHAND TYPEWRITING DUTIES (PSC 1881 Exam.) 80 120 wpm.. Friday 6.00-8 OOp m Friday 7.00-9 OOp m Sunday 2.004.00 p.m./ Sunday 3.00-5 00pm Limited Vacancies. Please enrol early People's Park Commercial School Tel: *****8/*****/***** SINGAPORE INSTITUTE OF Commerce: Offers absolute Beginners Rapid Typewriting. Shorthand. Bookkeeping. Principles of Accounts ror Students/
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      565 16 OUAJJFKO SCHOOL TEACHER THE FBMT DMVBM Centre ROY available for Mandarin tuition qualified experienced Instrucas 2nd Language. All levels/dls- tors available Reasonable trlcu Kindly ring ***** N. charges. Fetch/ send arranceable *****37 c) Music v Dm o nqfMkw^ en LONDON TRABCD PIANO teacher M tuiuon to all gr^e, Te. c
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  • IX OBITUARIES
    • Obituary, Illustration
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      30 17 OUR DEEPEST SYMPATHIES TO THE BEREAVED FAMILY OF THE LATE who passed away peacefully on 30/12/80 FROM: STAFF EX-COLLEAGUES OF SINGAPORE AUTOMOTIVE ENGINEERING i PTE LTD MR. CHEE CHONG KWONG
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      122 Condolences
      68 17 Our Dmbml Condolences to Family. Friends and Relatives of MR. CHEE CHONG KWONG Hewi* be miiid by ye end the frianda ha made. During hie Ume with Dynapac. C X Chaa waa net only a feßew worker, but c very eloea friend to aN undarstgnad ULFLUNOVALI BERNARD LAX'
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      39 17 (From Dynapac Far Eaet) k who pasisd away on 30/12/ SO r Tlw M»wgim»iH and Staff of 1 MULTICO GROUP OF COMPANIES ■Mi lo axtand Ihair d«ipnt ■ympthf« to baraavad family af lha Ma MR. CHEE CHONG K WONG
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      120 Deaths
      334 17 pasaed BBjßf pa.calu»y an 30rh December 19ao laaving behind Sena: Leo. Terence. Constantine. Martin Daughters: Catherine, ChrlsUne. Sona in law. Dr Jeffrey Peiris. Eugene Wljeyslngha. Daughlert 111 I—. Irene Mildred. Elaine. Linda. Joyce and 21 grandchildren to mourn huloss. Cortege will leave No. to Urn Ah Phi Road
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      123 Acknowledgements
      115 17 THt FAMILY OF TNI LATI MBS HO SEMG MOU MEE CHI A HWEE LAN WISH TO EXPRESS THEIR SINCERE GHATITUOC TO THE MEDICAL AMD MUftSMG STAFF OF WARD GCNERAL HOSPITAL. ALL RELATIVES. FRKMDS AND BUSI NESS ASSOCIATES FOR THEM KINO ASSISTANCE. CONDOLENCES ATTENDANCE. WREATHS AND GENEROUS DONATIONS TO
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      124 In Memoriam
      88 17 IN LOVING MEMORY Of •ho <tap*rt*d on Time changes many things But not the memory this day brings. o€f H.V MKMD BY HIS BELOVED owe*. M LOVMO MEMOMY OF MAO AM MARGARET TAW KEOW ICO (WVE OF TMC LATH MR KOW LIAMGCMYE) who Ml w te unaipactodly
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    ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
    101 17 The family of the late ooto v. v.chel mm D.P.M.J., S.M.J.. F.L&P. wish to express their heartfelt dunks to Doctors and Nurses at the General Hospital for their kind attendance, relatives and friends for their kind ■■htincr, and ail business aawtiates both local and overseas for their condolences, wreaths,
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  • ACROSS THE CAUSEWAY
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      'Taxi permits give many VIPs second income'
      374 19  - 'Taxi permits give many VIPs second income' M.G.G. PILLAI By Our Kuala Lumpur Reporter MANY influential Malaysians, including former cabinet ministers, have earned a comfortable second income for years by leasing out to taxi drivers the licences acquired in the names of their wives and relatives. The system was open
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      Lock icon 600,000 cartons of pineapples in the balance
      189 19 600,000 cartons of pineapples in the balance .IOHORE BARU, Wed. About 600,000 cartons of canned pineapples worth $15 million are stockpiled in three factories at Pontian and may go to waste because Japan has yet to announce its import quota for the second part of the year. The three factories
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      Lock icon Bid to nullify poll
      60 19 PENANG, Wed. Defeated DAP candidate, Teoh Telk Huat, today filed an election petitlion seeking a High Conrt declaration to nullify the Pengkalan Koto state by-^leotton on Nov IS. The petition named Mr Urn Kean Slew, the Barlsan Nasional candidate who won the byelection and Hal Jamaluddln
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        Lock icon Shot dead in hold-up
        77 19 ARMED men, believed to be pirates, shot dead a timber camp supervisor and escaped with cash and valuables totalling $1,000 in a midnight hold-up at Sabahat, a coastal village in Sabah's Lahad Datu district on Monday. Police said the supervisor, whose name is being withheld, was
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        Lock icon Commodity prices did it
        70 19 MALAYSIA has been able to maintain its growth in 1960 because of good commodity prices, Primary Industries Minister, Datuk Paul Leong, said in Kuala Lumpur yesterday. In a New Year message in which he reviewed the country's economic and political performances for 1960, he said that
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      Lock icon 'Rubbish' says PAS chief
      153 19 KUALA LUMPI'B, Wed. The theocratic Pan Malayan Islamic Party (PAS) president, Datok Asri Muda today dlsmLvsrd a Bangkok Post report that linked him with Muslim separatists in southern Thailand. "It's pare rubbish. The report is obviously based on wronc information unless there is another reason for
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      Lock icon Congrats to Castro
      27 19 KUALA LUMPUR, Wed. The Yang Dipertuan Agung has sent a congrat- ulatory message to Cuban President Fidel Castro to mark Cuba's National Day. AFP
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      That 'aero' Look...
      69 19 THIS is an artist's sketch of two aerobuses as they would appear while travelling above Kuala Lumpur's Jalan Raya. The aerobus system, now being studied by the Federal Territory Ministry, has been described by a ministry official as "cne of the most promising" rapid transport system proposed
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      269 19 Don't hinder crime reporters Order of day for cops KUALA LUMPUR, Wednesday ALL officers in charge of police districts (OCPDs) and officers in charge of criminal investigations (OCCIs) are to be told to let crime reporters carry out their work unimpeded. "I will send out fresh instructions today to all
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  • TIMESPORT PAGE ONE
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      Lock icon Zwartkruis pays tribute to victors
      302 21 MONTEVIDEO, Wed. Dutch coach Jan Zwrtkruis paid tribute to Uruguay after the host nation had scored a comprehensive 2-0 victory over Holland in the opening match of the Gold Cup soccer tournament last night. "I was very impressed with the Uruguayan team," said Zwartkruis. "They're
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      Lock icon Close watch on golf supporters
      106 21 Close watch on golf supporters LONDON, Wed. Southern England golf supporters will be under the microscope during the 1981 season when the British Open and the Ryder Cup return to the area for the first time in many years. The Open, to be played at Royal St. George's in Kent
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      96 21 LONDON, Wed. Farmer England captain Emlyn Hughes was suspended yesterday his secoad of the seas** by The Fastball Association. The baa will mean Hughes will miss W«4verhamnton's third-round English PA Cap match against Stoke on Saturday. Hughes received a maTlmim two-match sentence, having accumulated M disciplinary pvintn.
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      Lock icon Flying start for hosts Uruguay
      604 21 MONTEVIDEO, Wed. Hosts Uruguay beat Holland 2-0 last night in the opening match of the Montevideo Gold Cup soccer tournament commemorating 50 years of World Cup soccer. First-half goals from Venancio Ramos and waldemar Victorino decided a generally scrappy game, which lacked rhythm and only
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      39 21 NOTTINGHAM, Wed. Nottingham Forest assistant manager Peter Taylor has handed his players a tough New Year message. He has told the English First Division soccer club's team: "Fight for your places or be dropped." AFP.
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      Lock icon Aberdeen held
      20 21 LONDON, Wed. Aberdeen held Dundee United 1-1 in a Scottish League Premier Division soccer match last night. -Reuter.
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      Lock icon McNamara storms into quarter-finals
      235 21 MELBOURNE, Wad. AUSTRALIANS Peter McNamara and Paul McNamee yesterday stormed into the quarterfinals of the A5350.000 ($860,000) Australian Open tennis championship at Kooyong before a near capacity crowd. McNamara beat the N0. 5 seed, American Brian Gottfried 7-5, 6-2, 64, while his doubles partner McNamee stunned
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      Lock icon Clerc wins berth in Masters' meet
      88 21 Clerc wins berth in Masters' meet NEW YORK, Wed. Argentina's Jose-Luis Clerc was named the final player in the eight-man field yesterday for the US$4OO,OOO (1840,000) Volvo Masters' tennis tournament here from Jan. 14-18. Gere clinched the final spot when American Brian Gottfried lost yesterday to Peter McNamara 7-5, 6-2,
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      145 21 LAS VEGAS, Wed. Former world heavyweight champion Muhammad Ali has voluntarily surrendered his Nevada boxing licence In a manoeuvre intended to clear the way (or him to fight in another boxing jurisdiction. The action also served to prevent the Nevada State Athletic Commission from formally
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      Betting reaches $1,000m mark
      660 22  - Betting reaches 1,000m mark EPSOM JEEP By IPOH, Wed. The four associated Turf Clubs in Singapore, Kuala Lumpur, Ipoh and Penang handled an estimated total of $1,000 million in all forms of betting in the 1980 season. A $1 million turnover on the totalisator on a race is no longer
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      Washington does well in workout
      208 22  -  FAIRWAY By I IPOH, Wed. Washington should get off the mark in the Class 5 Division 1, 1,700-metre race here on Sunday. A four-year-old New Zealand bred by Resur- gent, he showed up for the first time last month in Kuala Lumpur, when he "flew"
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      Trainer Mansor retires
      127 22 IPOH, Wed. VeterM Malay trainer Manser bin Matban has retired (or health reasons. Mast of his string, inclndlng five horses be had entered for this weekend's meeting here, will now be taken over by his younger brother Mohamed Zaflr bin Monamed Ban. Mansor started as a stable
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      Chiming Star looks best of newcomers
      693 22 Chiming Star looks best of newcomers IPOH, Wed. Former West Australian galloper Chiming Star looks the best of the five Class 2 newcomers entered for the Perak Turf Club January meeting beginning on Saturday, reports FAIRWAY He is a four-year-old Australian black gelding by Chiming (NZ) Lady Martone Chiming Star
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      RINGING OUT 1980...
      596 23 RINGING OUT 1980... 6 OFTEN one hears in post-mortems that Singapore had given off their best, that they had played to instructions, but lost only because they were unlucky. Why don't the officials, for once, look at themselves critically? Is it because they will only crucify themselves If they do?
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      Zainal has the edge
      382 23 KEN JALLEH 1^ j1^1 oru-iui-ti. l selects the tOD SDOrtSman THE nominees for this year's top Singapore sportsman are...and the winner is Zainal Abidin... Yes, Zainal is my choice, not only because of his victory over Stewart Ballard for the East Asia squash individual title, but
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      Supreme Bee Khim
      317 23 r>T7>DXT a r»T-v BfcjKNARD D'C'DTT'T'D A r dXVIM.XVr\ color>tc 6>eiecus the tOD mv, SpOltSWOman KEE BEE KHIM, Singapore's top woman golfer, is my choice for Sportswoman of the Year. The 26-year-old stockbroking remisier landed the Singapore Open women's title for the ninth time in August and followed
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      Jita tops them all
      328 23 PATRICK BASTIANS selects the best coach IT will be difficult to select Singapore's Coach of the Year 1980. In the running are: likeable Jita Singh (soccer), wily Michael Koay (weight lift ing), idealistic Patrick Zehnder (athletics), modest Chia Chong Boon (table tennis), volatile Teo Han Chua
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      RINGING IN 1981...
      451 23 RINGING IN 1981... WILFRED YEO looks forward with hope in the new year RESOLUTIONS being the New Year equivalent of gifts at Christmas, Timesport has prepared a list of them for some of Singapore's sportsmen. High on that list of those whose resolutions might provide solutions to the pollution of
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    Lock icon Farmers hail court delay as success
    363 24 Farmers hail court delay as success WARSAW, Wed THE leader of Poland's private farmers hailed as a success yesterday's decision by the Supreme Court to postpone a ruling on whether the farmers should be registered as an independent trade union. Mr Zdzislaw Ostatek, president of the farmers group, Rural Solidarity,
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    Lock icon Anti-nuclear protest
    54 24 THE HAGUE, Wed. Hundreds of Dutch doctors took full-page advertisements in major newspapers today to warn of the consequences of a nuclear holocaust. Published as an open letter to government ana Parliament, ihe advertisements said medical science would be powerless to cope with the effects of even a
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    Lock icon Closure of prison: Italian govt under fire
    214 24 ROME, Wed THE government effectively closed a wind wept maxim üm -security pri— for terrorist suspects yesterday la a move for which It hM drawn fire for appearing to yield to tie demands of the Red Brigades. Officials said the last II suspected
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    Lock icon New Jewish suburb
    63 24 JERUSALEM, Wed. Israel will soon begin building one o( Jerusalem's biggest Jewish suburbs on land captured from Jordan. Mayor Teddy KoUek said today. At a press conference, Mr Kollek said it called for up to 12,000 apartments and an industrial centre to be built in north Jerusalem
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    Lock icon Half budget on defence
    57 24 DAMASCUS, Wed. Syria plans to spend more than half its 1981 budget on defence, according to a draft presented to Parliament today. Syrian Finance Minister Hamdi Al-Saqqa announced a draft budget of 30.48 billion Syrian pounds (SS16.6 billion), which he said was an increase of 1.16
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    Lock icon Retires at 74
    36 24 DAKAR. Wed. President Leopold Sedar Senghor, 74, retired voluntarily today as head of the west African state of Senegal which he has ruled since it became independent from France 20 years ago. Reuter.
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    25 24 JAKARTA, Wed. The Indonesian (Government is to ban gambling from next April 1. Defence and Security Minister, General Mohammad Yusuf said today ReutPr.
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    68 24 SYDNEY, Wed. Transport Minister Ralph Hunt today banned domestic airliners without international navigation aids from using Sydney Airport because of continuing industrial action by radar technicians. Mr Hunt's decision will ground all flights from Sydney by one local airline but will not affect international flights or the
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    Lock icon Peace team in Jordan
    58 24 AMMAN, Wed. A three-man reconciliation commission ended a 24-hour visit to Iraq and arrived in Jordan yesterday in a bid to resolve interArab disputes. The commission is made up of Saudi Arabia's Foreign Minister, Prince Saud A-Fab-al, his Algerian counterpart. Mohammad Sidik Ben Yihya, and the
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    Lock icon STORE WON'T GIVE IN TO $2.4m EXTORT DEMAND
    105 24 STORE WON'T GIVE IN TO $2.4 m EXTORT DEMAND SYDNEY, Wed. The Australian retailing chain, Woolworths, has decided that "under no circumstances" will it pay an Asl million (5J2.45 million) extortion demand made by the bomber who has struck at three of its branches. The director of corporate relations, Mr
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    Lock icon 'Reshuffle of party's central body on cards'
    364 24 'Reshuffle of party's central body on cards' HONGKONG, Wednesday THE Chinese Communist Party proposed a reshuffle in its Central Committee, a move described by political observers as an endorsement of Chairman Hua Guofeng's resignation, Wen Wei Po, the leftwing newspaper here, reported today. Wen Wei Po's report, filed by its
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    Lock icon Swedes high on drugs
    53 24 STOCKHOLM, Wed. Marijuana smokers in Sweden consumed 11 tonnes of the drug In 1980, according to figures released by the police today. The street value of all narcotics, including some 400 kilograms of heroin, opium and LSD, consumed in Sweden this year amounted to US$22B million
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    52 24 NEW YORK, Wed. Nigeria is to Increase the price of its premium crude oil by US$3 a barrel from tomorrow, US$l less than the price rise announced by Libya and permitted by the recent Opec meeting, sources said today. The new price will be US$4O per
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    53 24 THE death toU on the roads rose to 257 when pedestrian Tay Scon Neo, 50, died at Tan Took Seng Hospital on Tuesday night after an accident involving a car in Balestier Road at 5 p.m. the same day. Witnesses should phone Inspector Thomas Das at 913$^ ext.
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    Lock icon Sihanouk note of 'political guidance'
    327 24 Sihanouk note of 'political guidance' HONGKONG, Wednesday FORMER Kampuchean head of state Prince Norodom Sihanouk has sent a tape-recorded message of political guidance to his supporters along the embattled Thai border, the Far Eastern Economic Review reported today. The magazine said the message was sent on cassette from his chosen
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    333 24 SAYS REPORT LONDON, Wednesday A SAUDI plan for collective Gulf security is receiving favourable study from five other states in the region, but is opposed by Iran and Iraq, the London-based Arab weekly, The Middle East, reports in its latest issue. It names
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    27 24 WASHINGTON, Wed. Chemical Bank of New York lowered its prime lending rate to 20.5 per cent on Monday, giving the downward trend another nudge. NYT.
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    Lock icon Scramble for S'pore dollars in Johore Baru
    183 24 Scramble for S'pore dollars in Johore Baru JOHORE BARU, Wed MONEY changers here are charging between $7 to $8 more for every $100 following heavy demand for the currency from Singapore-bound holidaymakers and shoppers. Dealers and banks predict that the current scramble for Singapore dollars during the yearend school vacation
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    Late CLASSIFIED DEATH
    28 24 Late CLASSIFIED DEATH MR. OJt CHATTOU aged «3 of 1 Namly Hill passed away peacefully on 31/12/80. Cortege will leave residence for Mount Vernon Crematorium on 1/1/81 p.m
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      316 24 BUSINESS TIMES Singapore's Financial Dally TODAY'S HIGHLIGHTS. As with many married couples, there comes a time when senior management people get a little restless in their swivel chairs. That's when the five to sevenyear itch sets in, says MARGARET THOMAS. There's a product in town which may be a good
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      36 24 UP TO 1 p.m. TODAY: Cloudy, with occasional showers in several places from late morning TEMP. (C) up to C a.m. tomorrow: 28 max., 23 mil. SUNSET today: S.Sfp.m.; SUNRISE tomorrow: «J7 a.m. GLOBAL WEATHER DELAYED
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      5 1 SECTION TWO The Straits Times
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        Those were GREAT days
        802 1  -  KWAN ZI Vanishing places By An old-timer cannot help bat miss the boisterous Great World with Its searchlights probing the sky, floods of fluorescent lights, tie mess of litter and repeated announcement of lost kids over loudspeakers. s AFTER YEARS of darkness in the night, the
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        Model for Chinese kings
        282 1  -  TAN JONG SEE Chinese surnames By THE ancestor of Zhou clan, King Wen of Zhou dukedom is the reason all Zhous should be proud of. King Wen's original surname was Ji He changed his surname to Zhou only after he was conferred the dukedom at Zhou
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        87 1 Enter the new year A The aid year Is gone, long live the ■ew. What will IMI bring us? Tarn to Controsproad Pages 4 and 5 Star gazing I* I k Andy Williams, Natalie Cole, Freddie And The Dreamers, Lulu, these are just some of the entertainers that will be
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        SBC's New Year fare
        469 2  -  JOHN DE SOUZA By AS FAR as TV goes, you might have had a Merry Big Christmas, but New Year specials on SBC seem to be undernourished Which, hopefully, is not a sign of famine for TV in 1981. At least, you can start off the
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        Gazing at the stars
        500 2  -  GERALDINE TANG By I GAZE into my crystal ball and it tells me that 1981 is the twinkling year when Singaporeans will definitely see more stars. Thf illuminaries you will get during the first four months include that famous sentimental crooner Andy Williams, wideeyed Lulu, Ix>bo,
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        PICK of the DAY
        631 2 PICK of the DAY SBC 5 HAPPY New Year and may this year's programmes be better than last year's. The Incredible Hulk (Ch 5, 7.50 p.m.) begins the year with The Snare. While waiting for a flight to Florida, David Banner accepts a ride from a man who offers to
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        Great promise in drama scene
        471 2  -  KANNAN CHANDRAN By 1960 has come and it has gone. It's a New Year! Time to start the ball rolling again and pick up where all the strings were left off at Christmas. I wondered what was in store for us in 1981 on the
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        268 2 SWISS TRADE AND TECHNOLOGY FAIR Three years after the very successful first SWISSASEAN, you can again, in the heart of S.E.Asia, establish and tighten business relations with more than 100 dynamic Swiss companies. i i A Most sectors of Switzerland's highly advanced industry will be reOWISS technology fOr ASean presented,
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        202 2 DRAGON PERFORM- and Doctor Tortoise will ANCE by the Kong Chow be in Mandarin while The Hui Koon at Marine Pa- Goat and the Crocodile is rade Lagoon between 10 in English, a.m. and 11 a.m. Entry is 2 p.m. at the Japanese free. Gardens, Jurong Town. EXHIBITION/SALE of Admission
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        259 2 Straits Times Crossword AC BOSS waited for (5) tad*, o, g e tt »ver- eigm on credit lor the staff (7- g Agnemnt l 0 conMn p^. (7) 8 It etches nsh. being shaped 7g^ bu mj(J like a stocking in alO shoe (4- 6) 10 1 across who interprets
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        1125 2 TV and Radio SBC 5 10.00 AM Opera* formed by dickey's 6 35 The Dmcn t 50 7.00 The Muppet Show 11.15 Holywood Diamond Jubiee I* *w (Malay) 12.55 PM Hoiday Matinee Giant Jg J* f 1 T The Snare H Si.*"*.!! London paadiurn 9 SL. (EnSS) 4.45 Welcome 81
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        1458 3 Focus on Asia's modern art ART and ARTISTS What factors have shaped the development of modern art in Asia? Some of the crucial issues related to modern art activity in Asia are examined in the last of a three-part series on modern art. "IT does not matter if we use
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        1981: A year of thoughtfulness
        698 4 The United Nations has dedicated 1981 to disabled persons. What will the year hold for the disabled in Singapore? CHEW YANG KIAK reports. 4 The disabled person has the ability to lead a normal life and to contribute to society. What he wants is not
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        Birth of a dragon
        189 5 DRAGONS are generally a terror but not to Asians and Singaporeans are no exception; especially a dragon conceived and born on our own soil. From its fierce, smoke-puffing mouth to its powerful tail, with 50 metres of gold tinselled scales for a body, this magnificent creation
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        A good day for treats
        232 5 A good day for treats IT'S New Year's Day at last. ..the lid's finally lifted on 1981. While bolder people dare venture a peep and foretell what the capricious year will bring, quieter ones are content to make a few resolutions. After all that gay anticipation and a climatic midnight
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        Making a resolution to do my own thing
        636 5  -  JOHN DE SOUZA By "WHAT'S in a number? A New Year by any other digits would smell as sweet." With apologies to the Bard, but what else can one say with another New Year creeping up like some unwanted ghost. And the
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        566 5 The Management Staff of Desaru Sendirian Berhad Wish you A Happy Xew Year 1981 dCMSfiSfi Holiday Resort Tanjung Penawar, -^-B^^B§) Johor, Malaysia. BjLfl P^** BbTB b^ s^*.* m -^^*^fci^> JX- By^ MHnauMhMMl 1 Every Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday except on Public Holidays. (3Days/- 2Night) $150/- per family, (Parents and two
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        CLOSING PRICES
        1393 6 THE last transacted ready salt it the close <K business on the Slock Exchange of Singapore yesterday compared with the previous day's prices together with nT.' high and low Adjusted for *rtp rights Issue) Hl(k Low Coapur Sal* +or8ECT1ON ONE INDI'STRIAL a COMMERCIAL 373 MS Acma 3SD 300
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        Prime lending rates
        23 6 THE AVERAGE rate at which major Slnsaiwrr baaks are carreaUy prepared U lend U tMrW caatasaers U 11.8 per tumi.
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        SCOREBOARD
        164 6 Closing tone: Steady. Turnover: Official figures supplied by the Stock Exchange of Singapore Including odd lots "Ready" totalled: 3.*****0. units valued at $15,232,000 Industdals ar-counted for 1,632,000, finance 724.000. hotels 245.000, properties 783,000, debentures, loan* and bonds 21,000, plantations 122,000, minings 28,000. "Settlement" contracts totalled: 204.000 units valued at
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        Unit trusts
        172 6 HNOAFOU UNIT TBUR l»iii|"i' prlew hrMtl The Commerce 322 338 The Savings Fund 1 93 Ifl) Spore Prof Food L» 1 S pore Sec. Fund 112 is S port Invert Fuad 1 88 1 97 S'por* Equity Fjnd 1 Jl i.J7*d luimrnvn (Mini—' trim total) Ma) Invert Puna
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        BUSINESS DONE (Singapore)
        1331 6 BID and otter prices officially listed and business in an reported to the Stock Exchange of Singapore yesterday with the number of shares traded shown in brackets in lou of 1.000 units unless otherwise specified. All Times Settlement Contracts are quoted after the word "sett". Big Board
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        KUALA LUMPUR
        1516 6 BID and oflcr prices officially listed and business In and reported to the Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange yesterday, with the number of shares traded shown in bracken in lots of 1.000 units unless otherwise sped fled INDUBTBIALB Akno (2MB) Ales BsMU.BB) AMD (I.ISB 1 ITS) (4) 1 16
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        Lock icon Chin Teck pays 8 pc
        69 6 CHIN TECK Plantation Berhad announced an unaudited net profit of M 52.72 million ({2.94 million), for the year ended August 31, on a turnover of $11 .71 million ($11.06 million). A final dividend of eight per cent gross (seven per cent), payable on January 19,
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        Kulim (M) interim
        31 6 KULJM (Malaysia) Berhad has declared an interim dividend of 10 per cent gross (same), (or the year ending December 31, payable on January 31, to shareholders registered on
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      • OVERSEAS MARKETS
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          H'kong
          391 6 HONGKONG: Share prices moved lower yesterday reflecting worries over the upward trend on Tuesday In US broker loan rates, dealers said. In generally quiet pre-hoU-day trading, Investors were cautious over whether the rise in broker loan rates meant that US rates had not la (act peaked. The Hang Seng
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          Tokyo
          7 6 THE stock market was closed yesterday.
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          Sydney
          431 6 SYDNEY: ProAt-UHng among leaden taw shares close mixed despite strong rises among the second-liners and selected coal Issues yesterday, dealers said. Caalaa* AUtea led the coals with a rise of $1.(0 to a year's high of AII4 20 while Howart Smith gained 20 cents to $8 60 and L'aaal
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          Produce prices
          151 6 CHINESE Praahce Ft r Miff aagapan, mm el— tug prices per 1M kg yesterday. Cm—l «U: Bulk fob (140 00 tellers, old drum (in second hand drum) fob 1152 00 sellers, new drum fob Jl6O 00 sellers C»»ra: Mixed (loose) 177 00 buyers Pepper: Munlok white pepper fob
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          GOLD
          61 6 Mm Melbourne (1) 9IO.4TB 515 »4B 5O75SS 521 US Nf»Y«t 58S0OB W7 00B 5M0OS 5»0OS London 587 OOB 580 HOB 58B.0OS *****S Zurich 5H00B 593 OOB *****S MOOS Piru O8.7S U228 Hoo(kaa( 5«70OB XI OOB 5WO0K 58)006 Singipomli SCT.OOB JM.SOB 58B0OS *****S Enat poc« in noB-Mn-Unt arpu in US
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          Silver quotes
          24 6 aoriaf prices In US dollar* a troy Man York iporr 1S30B 15 65B U.MS U.KS U«B 1580B UK MSB TM liSOB 1S50B
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          New York closes mixed
          241 7 NEW YORK, Tues. Stocks closed mixed in light trading, with defence, electronics and drug issues performing strongly in an otherwise listless market. The market moved in a narrow range throughout the day with little discernible trend, as many institutional investors have vAthdrawn until the new year.
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          Zurich shares steady
          239 7 ZURICH, Tues. Share prices held steady at the last session of 1980. with position squaring the dominant factor, dealers said. Trading remained active especially in banks, where Credit Suisse registered ended the year five francs higher on a recoid 465 francs due to expectations of an extra
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          Amsterdam closes mixed
          266 7 AMSTERDAM. Tues. Share prices closed mixed on the last trading day of 1960, with Royal Dutch losing 6.90 guilders while KLM and Unilever each fell 0 20 in Dutch internationals, dealers said. Nedllojd rose 0 20 but KNSM (ell 0.50 NMB led steady to higher banks with
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          London gold mining shares fall
          542 7 LONDON. Tues. Gold mining sharps were lower in moderate trading following the (all in the bullion price while other shares were generally firmer in quiet trading, dealers taid At 3pm. the FT index was up 2 9 at 472.9. Among heavyweight, gold producers West Dries
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          Selected Indices
          53 7 FINANCIAL TIMES INDUSTRIALS Tuesday 472.8 Monday 470.0 Week Ago 488.7 DOW JONES AVERAGE INDUSTRIALS Tuesday 962.03 Monday 960.58 Week Ago 958 28 H.K.HANG BENG Wednesday 1473 SB Tuesday 1486.74 Week Ago 1482.72 SYDNEY INDUSTRIALS Wednesday 777.08 Tuesday 776.08 Week Ago unav ALL ORDINARIES Wednesday 1017.14 Tuesday 1013.84 Week
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      • COMMODITIES
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          TIN
          146 6 THE STRAITS tin price recovered $9 to $1,99 per pic-ul (equivalent to $31.99 per kilo, up 14 cents) In Penang yesterday, on an official offering up 36 tonnes to 276 tonnes. The overnight London market was steady with forward buyers slipping £2 to £6,310 per tonne. LONDON: Tin on
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          Closing prices
          39 6 Rubber: Dec 31 Singapore: January: 284.75 cents (down 3.00 cents) Malaysia: January: 300.50 cents (down 2.75 cent) Tin: M$ 1,935 (up $9) (equivalent to $31.99 per kilo) (up 14 Gents) Official offering: 276 tonnes (up 36 tonnes)
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          COPPER
          33 6 LONDON: Copper prices on Tuesday (previous in brackets). Wirebar Spot £795.00 (£812.50); sellers £796 00 (£813.00); Three Month buyers £815.00 (£832 50); sellers £816.00 (£833.00) m Market Uae: Easier. Sales: 22.325 tonnes.
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          RUBBER
          461 6 PRICES In the Singapore rubber market closed quietly easier yesterday, with January RSS One buyers quoted at 284.75 cents per kilo, down 3.00 cents from Tuesday's noon close, dealers said. Opening quotations were marked down 1.75 cents and then eased further on some isolated stale bull liquidation and lack
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          SSR and SMR
          79 6 NOON S8R md SMR pncm y-unUr «A8 Juun ICuiW Mtkl SSR» lltoapdUCl MS 00 147 00N S8RU I1U.MIMI Ml JO 1U.MN •Mill, smrcv nupjuu a«.oo mooN smrl iru.ES> moo a&ooN nai nu).J3Ci at to mson SMRCP (llcESt) UNO UNO SMR 10 llwHtal »«00 2M00K SMR» IIWM«I JMOO
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      • CHIEF PRICE CHANGES
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          Rises
          42 6 '•«T m*u 111 i kabaaaador I Bar* Ipore Bui '•d Cabin l««ltO0 lat Iron lou L*oaf >«alop lad <•!■> PaUla talarawau 1110 13T0 310 S00 530 282 MO 985 S30 •00 250 am 2 -i i: f» i: li li n >ii
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          Falls
          25 6 -z I Glan t L Induilne. llr.il. Tr.ding Brcwcri*. "»n Chonf faUkofT 4M 240 1270 S35 500 43> •2 -a -ii -II -ii -8
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          Most Active
          17 6 M Credit DBS CSec UOB roUJ turnover: 3.75m Total value: 116 14m 4«J 3O9J raj
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          Indices
          31 6 3.T.Indlcator: Industrials ■trance: 4o»els *roperti*s: lUnings 'UnUtlora )CBC: iES Ind **********415* 6«o» anas 1254 49 1X3 T. 7».«8 742* SH.K 598.73 4»» 40S24 878.18 8T7.5S 648.81 647 1C ***** *****
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        Year ends on steady note
        314 6 NEW Year Ew tradiag ft* the fMjaain stack market yesterday failed to MMN ap U tfcr bttyul scsHvs voOS p9tuß|i va*y V_ l_ t^.» half dmv MMtoa wu nwHwi>ly reared ud tke *Hgkt MUvtty eeatred maialy mcUmi tm b*t«ia wkJeh emerged imwg tke 4»y galacn.
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        Kuala Lumpur
        285 6 THE Kuala Lumpur stock market displayed a slightly steadier trend on the last trading day of the year. Prices were generally dealt over narrow margins to close marginally ahead or around the overnight levels. Volumes likewise reflected the slower pace of trading with a turnover of only 2.64
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        Money and exchanges
        229 6 THE US Stag dollar opened at COM) and ni traded thinly around 13 0930 50 In the Singapore torn market yesterday, before closing the last trading day of the year on a slightly firmer not- at C 0935 The Singapore dollar closed stronger against mod currencies but
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        Discount
        46 6 RANGE of prices offem) by dl. count houm on Dec M: Ovnnlfht: 7- Call drpcuu 6 10 7 ClMtag rreuury bills (H 6*. Sank bills 14 3/16 14 1/16 3 months CD 13V16 13 3/16 months CD 12 15/ 16 12 13/ II taana: NiIiiiIHhiici.
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        Money market
        24 6 INTERBANK rates tar Sampan doUan al 3pm on Die a •nkh UM U U i mode B 13 U 133 II B
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        NOMINAL RATES
        354 6 NTERBAMK rates at 3.00 pm: CurrvncMtt Nomtiwl rats* Sfnithftont*n P*rcTii«o» Quoted ywtordfty (croM)fMrtty ch*ng* L«cal MUntow uUt fareiga cur■••cy: JS dollar 2.0935 2.0945 2.8196 -25.75 Sterling pound 4.9980 5.0115 7.3469 -31.99 Australian dollar 7.4715 2.4745 3.4286 -28 00 MZ dollar 2.0145 2.0170 3.4206 -41.22 Janadian dollar 1.7580 1.7600
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        More mergers expected in tin industry
        701 7 THERE is still a great deal to be said for further mergers in the tin industry to create larger corporate entities better able to deal with state governments in Malaysia over land lease questions. This is the view taken by British stockbrokers, Simon and
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        MMC Services operates from today
        278 7 MMC Services operates from today MALAYSIA Mining Corporation Bhd (MMC) officially announced on Tuesday the incorporation in the United Kingdom of a wholly-owned subsidiary company, MMC Services. "The incorporation of this subsidiary reflects MMC's desire for direct involvement and participation in the tin market. MMC's London presence will bring it
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        Tractors Malaysia has new structure
        184 7 Tractors Malaysia has new structure TRACTORS Malaysia Bhd, 75.44 per cent owned by Sime Darby, adopts a new corporate structure from today to separate its Caterpillar business from its other activities. The company's name will be changed to Tractors Malaysia Holdings Bhd (TMHB) which will become the investment holding company
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