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TEST FOR TOP TWO OR THREE GEORGE JOSEPH Search for second line union leaders By THE SEARCH for second generation leadership in the labour movement is the main theme in this year's May Day messages and Mr Lee Kuan Yew, in dealing with this subject, says that two or three 2 ministers among nine who will be honoured [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]Page 1 2 ministers among nine who will be honoured TWO ministers of state and three MPs are among nine people who will receive high honour in this year's NTUC May Day awards list. Both MR S.DHANABALAN, Senior Minister of State (Foreign Affairs) and MR BERNARD CHEN TIEN LAP. Minister of State Three die, two hurt in shipyard accident [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]Page 1 Three die, two hurt in shipyard accident J.D. INDRAN and LEONG SIEW HON By THREE people were killed and four others injured in a mishap aboard a supertanker docked for repairs at a Jurong shipyard yesterday. The 2.30 p.m. May Day eve mishap at Hitachi Zosen Robin Shipyard, Benoi Road, Short of food [ARTICLE]Page 1 Short of food JAKARTA. Man. About 100 000 people in East Lesser Suixla province are faring food shortages because of a lone drought and destruction of padi fields by pests, the Stnar Harapan reported today. French view rejected [ARTICLE]Page 1 French view rejected BRUSSELS. Mon- The European Economic Commission has rejected France's view that the nine-nation body has no right to make political statements, its officials said today. France had protested to commission president Roy Jenkins about a telegram from development commissioner Claude Cheyssoo to Rhodesian Patriotic Front leader Joshua Confirmed: New measures to save power [ARTICLE]Page 1 Confirmed: New measures to save power ALL neon advertise- 1 merits should light up only from 7 p.m. to mid; night to help save electricity, the Public Utilities Board announced yesterday. The PUB also confirmed that the midnight switchoff deadline as reported in the Straits Times yesterday will be applied SADAT'S No. 2 COMING TODAY TO SEE LEE [ARTICLE]Page 1 SADAT'S No. 2 COMING TODAY TO SEE LEE THE Vice-President of Egypt, Mr Mohamed Hosny Mubarak, will arrive here today for a one-day stay after visiting Jakarta and Kuala Lumpur. He will pay a courtesy call on President Sheares j and bold talks with Mr Lee Kuan Yew and Foreign 242 more sail in [ARTICLE]Page 1 242 more sail in HONGKONG. Mon. Three junks carrying 242 Vietnamese refugees arrived in Hongkong today, a government spokesman said. The latest arrivals brought the total of Vietnamese "boat people" to reach this crowded British colony to over 5,900 this month, the highest monthly figure so far this year. Hongkong Red camps seized [ARTICLE]Page 1 Red camps seized YALA, Mon. Combined Thai army and police forces have captured four communist guerillas and two jungle camps with large quantities of ammunition and food supplies, police in this border town said today. They said the government forces found the camps last Saturday near Bannang Sata district in Emir coining [ARTICLE]Page 1 Emir coining BAHRAIN, Mon. The Emir of Bahrain, Sheikh Isa bin Sultan Al-Khalifa, will visit Singapore next month, diplomatic sources said today. Urgent call for solution [ARTICLE]Page 1 Urgent call for solution BEIJING (PEKING), Monday UNITED Nations Secretary-General Kurt Waldheim has told Chinese leaders that unless urgent steps are taken to defuse the situation in Indochina it will deteriorate further with consequences far beyond the region. Dr Waldheim was referring to the stalled peace negotiations between China and Back to one for one [ARTICLE]Page 1 Back to one for one NEW YORK. Mon. Beginning tomorrow, Trans-World Airlines is discontinuing its two-for-one fare, which allowed two adults to travel anywhere in the United States at the price of one full-fare ticket. The airline, in a statement, cited low yields and related high reservations volumes during the TEACHERS STEP UP PROTEST [ARTICLE]Page 1 TEACHERS STEP UP PROTEST LONDON, Mm. AkMt tUjm BrltUh taaehers today stepped ap their pretest f wif If to press demaad far a MJ per eeat pay rise, cMudag wiiuprtti tfarapttoa la ■eh»»ta aaly tkree 4»y» befare pclllag \m the geaeral electiaa. Tke ttthtn ttiwwi to Mper.iae eklMrai'i meals aad Page 1 AdvertisementsPage 1 Advertisements Column 1 [ADVERTISEMENT]Page 1 Give her something she'll remember MIKIMOTO I^^l CULTURED Official O%trtbutor\ WM G.C.DESILVA A| (PTE) LTD. VL *1\ JEWELLERS G 14. THE GALLERY. 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The long arm of the law reached into a cow's intestines yesterday, pulled out 4.5 kilos of marijuana and arrested a 46-year-old mother of six children. Mrs Lourdes Toves was arrested at Guam international airport where customs officials discovered marijuana concealed in Kriangsak still seeking support [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]Page 2 Kriangsak still seeking support BANGKOK, Mon. THAI Prime Minister Kriangsak Chomanan was today continuing his search for parliamentary backing so he can form a new government following last week's inconclusive general election. After a week of behind-the-scenes negotiations, three big political groups holding almost 150 votes in the 301-seat elected Youngest leader? [ARTICLE]Page 2 Youngest leader? QUITO, Mon. Lawyer Jaime Roldos today appeared certain to become the youngest elected head of government in the history of Latin America after general elections in Ecuador. With half the votes counted, the 28-year-old, left-of-centre candidate had won 66.5 per cent of the ballot, according to unofficial results. Plan for fewer curbs on CIA [ARTICLE]Page 2 Plan for fewer curbs on CIA r'SPECIAL CASES WONT NEED CARTER'S YES' WASHINGTON, Monday THE Carter administration, after more than a year of intense internal debate, has proposed new legislation that would make it easier for the Central Intelligence Agency to engage in small-scale covert operations abroad, White House officials Japan unions settle wage disputes [ARTICLE]Page 2 Japan unions settle wage disputes TOKYO, Mon. Japanese labour unions have settled their annual wage disputes winning average pay increase of about 10,000 yen (about S$101), or slightly over 6 per cent, according to organisers of the spring labour offensive. The national spring Joint Struggle Committee surveyed 1,566 workers' unions 3 key unions to boycott uranium mine projects [ARTICLE]Page 2 3 key unions to boycott uranium mine projects SYDNEY, Man. Australian development of vast oraalam re— rctm was threatened today by tbe awMueemeat that three key trade uaioait would not supply labour to the projects la Northera Australia. Australian Couacll of Trade Inloas (ACTI vtce-prestdeat, Mr Cliff Dolaa, said the Tut off pullouf US urged by MPs of Seoul and Tokyo [ARTICLE]Page 2 Tut off pullouf US urged by MPs of Seoul and Tokyo SEOUL, Mon. South Korean and Japanese parliamentary leaders today called (or the continued stationing of United States ground troops in Korea to help maintain peace in the region. The call was made at a meeting of joint security consultative They just pop the tooth back in place [ARTICLE]Page 2 They just pop the tooth back in place PEKING, Mon. Chinese dentists no longer have to drill in a patient's mouth they just whip out the tooth, repair it and pop it back. The Xinhua (Hsinhua) news agency said today that a hospital in Shanxi province has replanted 250 teeth Kidnappers caught [ARTICLE]Page 2 Kidnappers caught HONGKONG, Mon. Two men have been arrested and most of the ransom recovered after the kidnapping here of an eight-year-old girl who was later released unharmed. The Chinese girl, sumamed Leung, was abducted from outside her school on Friday and the kidnappers telephoned her family to demand US$40,000 Reds shot [ARTICLE]Page 2 Reds shot MANILA, Mon. A commander of the underground Maoist New People's Army (NPA) and his aide were shot dead by government troops in a clash yesterday in a village North of here, military sources said today. Reuter Hanoi: Why our troops have a right to be in Laos [ARTICLE]Page 2 Hanoi: Why our troops have a right to be in Laos HANOI, Mon HANOI today reaffirmed that the presence of Vietnamese troops in Laos was legitimate and demanded that China end all hostile activities against Laos In an interview with the Vietnam news agency, Vietnamese Foreign Minister Nguyen Duy Trinh Revolutionary Party now in power [ARTICLE]Page 2 Revolutionary Party now in power BANGKOK, Mon. The Revolutionary Party, representing the Kampuchean workers' class, has replaced the Communist Party of Kampuchea (Khmer Rouge), the SPK news agency, controlled by the new regime in Phnom Penh, announced today. The decision was included in a directive published on the occasion of Page 2 AdvertisementsPage 2 Advertisements Column 1 [ADVERTISEMENT]Page 2 REDIFFUSION, N ANYANG SIANG PAU, PROVISION SUPPLIERS CORPORATION >^^s»^^\ >^^"^ .s^s^sW. 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The communique said that despite a ban by military authorities, tne leaders of Disk (confederation of left-wing workers trade unions) intended to go ahead wtih their He's ready [ARTICLE]Page 3 He 's ready WASHINGTON. Mon Senate Republican Minority Leader Howard Baker confirmed here today that he would be a candidate for the presidency in 1980. but said he would make an official announcement at a later date. AFP. Aircraft powered by sun [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]Page 3
Aircraft powered by sun THE Inventors did not gay what will happen when the son gacs down bat this solar-powered aircraft called the Solar Riser can actually fly. The biplane Is pswered by sili*«u Mlar cells, Installed on the topside of its wings, which feed electrical currents to a battery Will still be sent back [ARTICLE]Page 3 Will still be sent back HONGKONG. Mon Police said today they stiU intended to send back to China the illegal immigrants caught after their tragedy-marred Did to escape yesterday. Two of the group of nine men were killed when they leapt from a moving police van which was taking them DROP IN U.S. CRUDE OIL RESERVES [ARTICLE]Page 3 DROP IN U.S. CRUDE OIL RESERVES WASHINGTON, Mon. The United States' crude oil reserves dropped by an estimated 1.7 billion barrels in 1978 despite the highest level of US drilling activity in nine years, the American Petroleum Institute's committee on reserves reported yesterday. The API, an oil industry trade association, Suspects shot [ARTICLE]Page 3 Suspects shot MANILA. Mon. The Philippine Navy reported today that one of its border patrol ships opened fire on Saturday on a pumpboat and killed seven Filipino cigarette smuggling suspects. AFP. China gets ready to join ADB [ARTICLE]Page 3 China gets ready to join ADB TOKYO, Mon. China has started to prepare to join the Manila-based Asian Development Bank (ADB), Japan's Kyodo news service reported in a dispatch from Beijing (Peking) today. Quoting financial sources in the Chinese capital, it said China recently received from the ADB an introductory Petition sent [ARTICLE]Page 3 Petition sent ISLAMABAD, Mon. Labour leader Aftab Rabbini has filed a petition in the Lahore High Court demanding an autopsy of the body of Zulfikar Ali Bhutto on the plea that former Prime Minister was "tortured to death before execution," the mass circulation daily, Jang, reported today. AFP. When the top tune is played too often [ARTICLE]Page 3 When the top tune is played too often PEKING, Mon. A Shanghai newspaper has complained that the song "Do-re-mi" from the film musical. The Sound Of Music, was being played too often at city concerts. "Do-re-mi is not a bad children's song, but it seems that every musical concert must 'US blundered in trade talks with Japan' [ARTICLE]Page 3 'US blundered in trade talks with Japan' TOKYO, Mon. THE United States has committed a serious blunder in its delicate trade negotiations with Japan, backing the Japanese into a corner where they find it difficult to escape without resorting to a hard line, according to US officials and business analysts. Tokyo to increase its role [ARTICLE]Page 3 Tokyo to increase its role NEW YORK, Mon JAPAN wants to increase its political role in the world, Japanese Prime Minister Masayoshi Ohira said today in the latest edition of Newsweek. "Since we have become one of the most successful nations in the world, we have acquired a position of Page 3 AdvertisementsPage 3 Advertisements Column 1 [ADVERTISEMENT]Page 3 CHIEF EXECUTIVE (Industrial Marketing/Trading Company) Around $60,000 plus substantial profit share Our client is a large international organisation sibilities in a relatively large company. Alterwith diversified business interests in Europe, natively, he could be currently managing his U.S.A., and Asia. It is engaged in trading, own business in a similiar AROUND THE WORLD 3Soviets move to defuse human rights critics [ARTICLE]Page 4 Soviets move to defuse human rights critics Aimed at securing Salt 11, US trade MOSCOW, Mon THE Soviet Government appears to have begun a carefully calibrated effort to defuse American criticism cf its human rights record, but without liberalising Soviet society, observers here said. The tactic, which has included an SidelinersWomen still can't vote [ARTICLE]Page 4 Women still can't vote APPENZELL (Switzerland): The men of this eastern Swiss canton (province) have refuted once more to give their women the vote in local affairs. Swiss women have had the vote in national issues since 1971 but the government left local authorities to decide whether to give them Took taxi all in vain [ARTICLE]Page 4 Took taxi all in vain NEW YORK: For want of an airplane flight to get to a performance in Boston, Metropolitan Opera mezzosoprano Maria Ewing took a taxi. The trip of about 400 km, including tip, cost US$3B5 (SJBSO). and got Miss Ewing to the Hynes Auditorium 55 minutes late Just a heap of paper [ARTICLE]Page 4 Just a heap of paper TEL AVIV: The government has declared invalid all tax stamps issued by the Treasury and the Post Office after the weekend theft by a gang of armed men of US$l5 million (553.3 million) worth of tax stamps from the Central Post Office here. The largest 'Only one guest at a time' [ARTICLE]Page 4 'Only one guest at a time' CAPE TOWN, Mon, A MAN arrested with black leader Steve Biko, who died in police custody, has been married in a ceremony where he could only meet his guests one at a time. Peter Jones, a coloured (mixed race) man who was an organiser Monk joins demo [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]Page 4 Monk joins demo A BUDDHIST mink (right) hrn i tkrNg i jtMtta la a dcoMMtnUlM U demaad fJuUUwn tke lUcky Plata ■■clew wnpiM piaat Mrtk *f Dmver. A total «t *jm aati■■clear pnteston rallied ■tsldr the plait Satarday, carrylag b»n■ert reminding the mtlMritlm «f the daagen MMcUtod with ■■clear pawrr. Hopes for signing [ARTICLE]Page 4 Hopes for signing VIENNA. Mon Mr Joseph Luns, Secretary-General of the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation, said President Carter and Soviet Chief Leonid Brezhnev may sign the new Strategic Arms Limitation Treaty in Vienna or Helsinki before May 15. Mr Luns made the statement in an interview published today in the 13th victim [ARTICLE]Page 4 13th victim BELFAST, Mon. Provisional Irish Republian Army guerillas gunned down a reserve member of the Ulster Defence Regiment yesterday, the 13th member of the British Security Forces to die in a two-week-long IRA pre-election offensive. UPI. Watch kept on Russian rocket [ARTICLE]Page 4 Watch kept on Russian rocket WASHINGTON, Monday AMERICAN scientists followed a Soviet rocket yesterday as it broke up on re-entry into the earth's atmosphere as a practice run for the anticipated death by the Skylab space station this summer. Debris from the Russian rocket stage used to orbit the Cosmos Steaming crater [ARTICLE]Page 4 Steaming crater KINGSTON (ST. VINCENT). Mon Scientists observing the Soufriere volcano say the earthquakes subsided and the crater was steaming quietly. Scientists from the Belmont observatory monitoring the Soufriere said they feared new activity would break out on Saturday night when tremors started to register at a rate of two Blacks to hold all key posts: PM-elect [ARTICLE]Page 4 Blacks to hold all key posts: PM-elect WASHINGTON, Mon. AU key government positions in the new Rhodesian Government, including the army, will be controlled by blacks, Prime Minister-elect Bishop Abel Muzorewa said in a television interview broadcast yesterday. "The army is going to be under control of a black minister Astles still in Kenya [ARTICLE]Page 4 Astles still in Kenya NAIROBI, Mon. Kenyan President Daniel Arap Moi yesterday denied having extradited to Uganda the British-born aide of fallen Ugandan head of state Idi Amin, Mr Bob Astles. In the first official admission that Mr Astles was in Kenya, Mr Moi said that the former Amin aide 20m illegal abortions annually, says report [ARTICLE]Page 4 20m illegal abortions annually, says report WASHINGTON, Monday ILLEGAL abortions are a leading cause of death among women of child-bearing age and about 20 million are performed in the world each year, a report issued today said. The Washington-based Population Crisis Committee (PCC), a private group monitoring international population and Karpov stays in the lead [ARTICLE]Page 4 Karpov stays in the lead MONTREAL, Mon. Soviet world champion Anatoly Karpov had nine points and two adjourned games in hand to maintain his lead in the international chess tournament after Soviet grandmaster Mikhail Tal and Denmark's Bengt Larsen drew their 14th round game here yesterday. Tal holds second place Storm toll [ARTICLE]Page 4 Storm toll NEW DELHI, Mon. Hurricane winds swept through the north-eastern Indian state of Bihar yesterday, killing at least IS people, the United News of India (UNI) newt agency reported. Reuter. Page 4 AdvertisementsPage 4 Advertisements Column 1 [ADVERTISEMENT]Page 4 Swissair has more room instead of more seats* i X Swissair has taken the decision to have more attention; you won't wake up with you'll get more out of your flight if our As to where and when you can fly with only eight seats abreast in the economy a AROUND THE WORLD 4Settlers have right to carry on: Begin [ARTICLE]Page 5 Settlers have right to carry on: Begin JERUSALEM. Mon Prime Minister Menachem Begin said last night that brael did not consider Jewish settlements in the occupied Arab areas as illegal and an obstacle to peace and said they would continue. Addressing a meeting of his tawing Herat Party executive committee. US plans may hit Britain's shipping industry [ARTICLE]Page 5 US plans may hit Britain's shipping industry- LONDON. Mon. Plans by the United Nations to boost the Third World's shipping industry could throw two-thirds of Britain's bulk carrier fleet out of business, while Greece and Norway could lose up to 96 per cent, according to a report published today. The Thatcher: I'll work with trade unions [ARTICLE]Page 5 Thatcher: I'll work with trade unions LONDON, Monday MRS MARGARET Thatcher, her Conservative Party retaining a slim lead in opinion polls before this Thursday's national elections, has declared that as prime minister she would work with the trade unions. She told a rally of 2,000 Tory trade unionists in North Dubai ruler to form UAE govt [ARTICLE]Page 5 Dubai ruler to form UAE govt ABU DHABI. Mon. Dubai ruler Sheikh Rashid bin Said al-Maktum today agreed to form a new government of the United Arab Emirates (UAE), the Emirates News Agency reported. The agency quoted Minister 01 State Sheikh Atklel-Aziz bin Humaid al-Qasimi ax saying the new government LONDON TIMES LOOKING FOR ANOTHER PLANT [ARTICLE]Page 5 LONDON TIMES LOOKING FOR ANOTHER PLANT LONDON, Mm. The maaagemeat *f the Lmh dan Times, Macked la their OMve to print aa •veraeas weekend eaittoa la Fraakfart, West Germaay, waa toaay \—klag f»r aa altoraatlve priattag plaat The newspaper aa■•■aced In a statement that it waald net print la Praaktvt New move to curb Iran's armed militias [ARTICLE]Page 5 New move to curb Iran's armed militias TEHERAN, Mon. The Iranian Prosecutor-General today barred Islamic revolutionaries from interfering with the country's courts in a further move to limit the role of armed militia organisations. In a statement addressed to the thousands of such committees and prosecutors all over Iran, the Iran team still says no to Aussie beef [ARTICLE]Page 5 Iran team still says no to Aussie beef CANBERRA, Mon. An Iranian meat delegation has just spent eight days inspecting abbatoirs in Australia but have still not allowed Australian beef and mutton to be exported to Iran. This was stated by the delegation today in talks with the Australian meat Page 5 AdvertisementsPage 5 Advertisements Column 1 [ADVERTISEMENT]Page 5 o WATER SPORTS GOODS RETAILERS WANTED We ye got the ideal location for you to set up shop Right in the heart of Singapore s Golden Mile of shopping, entertainment and tourist attractions at the Tanglm Shopping Centre s Phase II extension 1 1 storeys of quality shop and office Page 5 Advertisements Column 2 [ADVERTISEMENT]Page 5 A time machine locked in a vault of steel w wktJL /I JW9O vl^rjl TJ*t^*JL iuj*"^* Model 7019 Price: SSB4J. Tudor Oyster Prince Daie-Dav. Rotor self-wtndmg, date and day whnmmfm. 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The eaatraetar, Lin kaii Ngam (S) Pte Lta, which »«i tae $4t mllU*a caatraet Jut lfM, Is rsrrvutti sat a Kids may start preschool at 3 by 1983 [ARTICLE]Page 7 Kids may start preschool at 3 by 1983 CHILDREN in Singapore may start attending kindergarten classes at three years of age by 1983, when it will be compulsory for all five-year-olds to go to government pre-primary classes. The Senior Minister of State (Education), Dr Tony Tan, said this in an technical studies: Aptitude tests dropped [ARTICLE]Page 7 technical studies: Aptitude tests dropped THE Education Ministry has scrapped aptitude tests for secondary two pupils opting to continue taking technical subjects from this year. Their selection will also no longer depend on how they perform in the subject technical drawing in secondary one and two. The Education Ministry, however,
20 deployed to meet IE staff shortage [ARTICLE]Page 7 20 deployed to meet IE staff shortage TWENTY educationists from schools and the Education Ministry are now serving in the Institute of Education, which is short staffed. These teachers and ministry officials are holding lectureship posts, revealed the ministry's assistant director, service conditions of the personnel division, Mr K. Kanagalingam, Mixed feelings at meet-thepress session [ARTICLE]Page 7 Mixed feelings at meet-the-press session JUNE TAN By THE Education Ministry's first meet-the-press session aimed at keeping the public well-informed on educational policies started off yesterday with an air of expectancy and a mixture of relief and disappointment. There was expectancy and just the slightest tinge of excitement as about Science film seminar [ARTICLE]Page 7 Science film seminar THE Singapore Science Centre will hold a seminar on Science Film as a Tool in Teaching at Us premises on May 8. The seminar, which will be conducted by the German Institute of the Scientific Film in Got Ham's director, Dr Hans-Karl GaUr. Is organised by the Page 7 AdvertisementsPage 7 Advertisements Column 1 [ADVERTISEMENT]Page 7 The Hilfcois Flatwise PRESENTS T*S iT ffk.vlK'SlLa^T S9 sV^sP Mm V j JfU JO$Z Rk M^.l "**A a^r I HONOR BLACKMAN w and NEIL STACY in "THE TWO OF US'* by Michael Frayn May 28th June 9th (Staged at the Grand Ballroom) Three hilarious one act plays from London's West Page 7 MiscellaneousPage 7 Miscellaneous Column 1 [MISCELLANEOUS]Page 7 CHINESE CERAMICS AND CLASSIC FURNITURE EXHIBITION at the Goodwood Park Hotel from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. Last day. Free admission. THAI EXTRAVAGANZA at Holiday Inn, from 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. daily, till Friday. Features exhibition and sale of Thai goods. FILM SHOWS at Singapore Science Centre at 3 Page 7 Miscellaneous Column 2 [MISCELLANEOUS]Page 7 with the International Year of the Child at the National Library from 10 a.m. to 5.30 p.m. Film shows on health topics at 11 a.m. and 2 p.m. On till Friday. TOYS AND POSTERS FOR CHILDREN EXHIBITION at the National Museum Young People's Gallery from 10.30 a.m. to 7 p.m. Page 7 Miscellaneous Column 3 [MISCELLANEOUS]Page 7 Straits Times Crossword ACBOBH j TniB country to island 1 Policeman's motto when back surrounded by fish (7). In bed: be financially secure! g ggg, hesitation put m one (**>■' basket' (5) 8 Not the same book? (5). 7 Dteperae the mists in the glen? Take to the pawnbroker .about Plea in double murder hearing rejected [ARTICLE]Page 8 Plea in double murder hearing rejected Man admits to two capital charges A JOBLESS man yesterday pleaded guilty to two capital murder charges in the High Court, but his plea was later rejected when he disputed the facts read to him pertaining to one of the charges. Yeo Ching Boon, Car thefts: Man charged [ARTICLE]Page 8 Car thefts: Man charged A MALAYSIAN, Chiang Som Wing, 48, yesterday denied seven counts of car theft involving $32,600 which he was alleged to have committed between March 11 last year and March 10 this year. He was granted bail of $50, 000. His case has been fixed for mention ESCAPE BID ENDED IN ARMS OF LAW [ARTICLE]Page 8 ESCAPE BID ENDED IN ARMS OF LAW A FISHMONGER ran right late the arm* af tw» detective* waea he tried to escape after committing a Match theft, district c*vt wu toM yesterday. The tw Aaffleers, wame names were Mi given In c*«rt, had been walttag In amhuh at a sawmill Bring 'n buy [ARTICLE]Page 8 Bring 'n buy THE Goodwill Shop of the Singapore Council of Social Service will organise a "Bring and Buy" sale at its premises in Penang Lane on May 12. S;PORE PLANE MISHAP [ARTICLE]Page 8 S;PORE PLANE MISHAP A SINGAPORE Airlines aircraft due to take off at Kai Tak Airport, Hongkong, last Saturday, had a minor accident with a catering trick on the tarmac. The truck grazed the engine cowling (cover) of the aircraft and the flight had to be delayed nine hours. Factors that lead to better job performance [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]Page 8 Factors that lead to better job performance SOH TIANG KENG By A SENSE of belonging to a community is one of the motivators to better job performance, a visiting US professor and social psychologist, Dr Harold Leavitt, said yesterday. Money, he believed, is not the only motivator. Others include growth, Conference on timber industry [ARTICLE]Page 8 Conference on timber industry A CONFERENCE on Ma chinery, Adding Value and Marketing will be held on July 17 and 18 at the Hyatt Hotel in conjunction with the woodworking plant and machinery exhibition, Wood '79, in July at the World Trade Centre. The two-day conference, sponsored by Timber Trades Choir fest [ARTICLE]Page 8 Choir fest THE Festival of Choirs, the first to be held in Singapore, will be held at the Conference Hall from May 9 to 18. Some 1.500 participants from 30 Singapore choirs are expected to take part. Tickets at J2 and $1 are available at the Conference Hall, C.X Tang. Page 8 AdvertisementsPage 8 Advertisements Column 1 [ADVERTISEMENT]Page 8 I GRAND DISPLAY BU I 1979 An elegant home In order to reflect the luxurious entertaining m mmm and fanciful views. It Is essential to have furniture of super quality. P"^»^»»^*?Mr^^»»nln»B^B«s»" 'SUPER-LAND FURNITURET 1 Is always In your plans. p. 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The American airline, which is Cias's Broadricians officials [ARTICLE]Page 9 Broadricians officials MR Ng Nal Chang has been elected chairman of the Old Broadiicians Association Other officials are: Messrs Ng Swee Chin, vice-chairman: Soon Choon Chye, secretary, Chinese; Miss Chua Beow Yian, aast. secretary. Chines' Stephen Chua. secretary, English. Ang Chin Hock, treasurer; Lam Ching Hua. asst. treasurer; Soon Kok Page 9 AdvertisementsPage 9 Advertisements Column 1 [ADVERTISEMENT]Page 9 JANET RAE AND TERIPA A lively duo whose bubbling vivacity will Ha77lp you with their sensational voices and their own backup on the piano, hammond organ and electric drums. Every evening (Except Monday) from 9 pm la.m. lj|l At The Scott' s Bar. 10-12 Scotts Road Singapore 9 HYATT Phone: Page 9 Advertisements Column 2 [ADVERTISEMENT]Page 9 m Watch your TV today Qiannel 5 1 2.35 p.m. Before Vanishing Africa V "^^o^ 5.00 p.m. Before Charley's Aunt ,^JM B^ s pm Be f° r e Appeal of Bcx)k>< .^^a^fl 9.30 p.m. Before News Newsreel 1 0.(M) p.m. Before Quint yMK. I _.Ja^«-^ Kl^b« —i Jai Channel 8 1,500 letters tofirms — from computer unit [ARTICLE]Page 10 1,500 letters tofirms from computer unit THE National Productivity Board next week will send out some 1,500 letters and brochures to medium and small-sized industriees informing them of the Board's Computer Services Unit (CSU). The unit, which was set up last year, offers services on a non-profit making and non-commercialised Art and fun at the zoo [ARTICLE]Page 10 Art and fun at the zoo KALLANC community centre's women's sub-committee will organise a children's excursion and on-the-spot art competition at the Singapore Zoological Gardens on May 27 For details, tel *****82 School to hold maths contest [ARTICLE]Page 10 School to hold maths contest THE Telok Kurau East School will hold a Matta-O-Rama contest at its premises on Friday at 7 40 am. About 1.900 children will take part in the contest, organised to raise a target $15,000 (or the school hall building fund The contest will be in Gear up to £ace challenges: Ong [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]Page 10 Gear up to £ace challenges: Ong SINGAPORE mast redsaUe Its eff arts to meet the rhaJleagM paaed by heeaer campetMlas) tram ather devetoplag tea-mlea, Mr Oag Paag Baaa, the \mhaw Mlaistor, says la Us May Day message. The teehaalagy af Slags are ladastries mast be apgraaed asd their prsdaetlvity eahaaeed. Devan calls for smooth transition [ARTICLE]Page 10 Devan calls for smooth transition THE smooth and efficient transition from the older generation of leaders to the younger generation this is the major May Day resolution that the NTUC secretary-general, Mr C. V. Devan Nair recommends for this year.. In a May Day message, he says there is no Be prepared for changes: Phey [ARTICLE]Page 10 Be prepared for changes: Phey THE NTUC president, Mr Phey Yew Kok, says the NTUC must train and educate members for leadership in order to face the storms and challenges that come with progress. "We are a nation that thrives on change, if change means progress. "I can confidently say Telecoms chairman [ARTICLE]Page 10 Telecoms chairman MR Frank Yung Cheng Yung has been appointed chairman of the Telecommunication Authority of Singapore for two years from April 1, according to the latest government gazette. Appointed as members of TAS for a similar period are Col Chew Bak Khoon, Dr Tay Eng Soon, Mr Pek Hock For NPB [ARTICLE]Page 10 For NPB MR John Yam Chong Tak has been appointed a director of the National Productivity Board from Jan 13 this year to June IS 1981, says the latest government gazette. Page 10 AdvertisementsPage 10 Advertisements Column 1 [ADVERTISEMENT]Page 10 POSB grvesyou an added advantage Interest plus tax exemption on all interest earned on savings m^K Come, save A with us M I ft SINGAPORE V M CD NATIONAL iTSAVINGS BANK PHILIPPINE AIRLINKS. GIVE US 6 DAYS AND WE'LL CHANGE L PAGSANJAN FALLS. YOUR LIFE. FOR THE BETTER. W Shooting Upgrading skills: Call to employers [ARTICLE]Page 11 Upgrading skills: Call to employers EMPLOYERS were last night called to play their part in creating a better skilled work force in Singapore by holding in-house training programmes and encouraging workers to attend day-release and part-time courses. Workers, on the other hand, were also urged to put in that extra Series of talks on babies [ARTICLE]Page 11 Series of talks on babies IN the community extension service scheme's seies of talks on Your Baby, Prof. K. L. Tan will speak in English on Your Newborn Baby at the Marine Parade Branch Library on Thursday at 8 p.m. Three other doctors will also give talks at the same AAS waiting for report on blaze from Fire Brigade [ARTICLE]Page 11 AAS waiting for report on blaze from Fire Brigade THE Automobile Association of Singapore (AAS) is waiting for a report from the Fire Brigade on last Sunday's blaze at the AAS building before startingdemolition work on the premises to pave the way for a new AA House. Disclosing this yesterday, Page 11 AdvertisementsPage 11 Advertisements Column 1 [ADVERTISEMENT]Page 11 It's fashior/ show time every Wednesday at Ming Court. 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Us father, Mr Ong 5 oil firms submit proposals to up prices [ARTICLE]Page 12 5 oil firms submit proposals to up prices SINGAPORE'S five major oil retailing companies have submitted individual proposals to the government to increase retail prices of petrol, diesel and kerosene, the prices of which are regulated by the new Ministry of Trade and Industry. Depending on their sources of crude, Shell raises industrial fuel and diesel prices [ARTICLE]Page 12 Shell raises industrial fuel and diesel prices SHELL has increased its prices of industrial fuel and diesel supplied to factories, New Nation reported yesterday. And another Him, British Petroleum, said it will Increase its prices from today Shell has jacked up the price of industrial fuel by about 25 per Cashier robbed of $4,000 [ARTICLE]Page 12 Cashier robbed of $4,000 A MAN who said he was carrying a gun in a plastic bag, walked into the branch office of the Overseas Union Finance in Geylang Road, at noon yesterday, threatened a woman cashier and made her hand over more than $4,000. It was learnt that the Raja to open photo display [ARTICLE]Page 12 Raja to open photo display THE Minister for Foreign Affairs, Mr S. Rajaratnam. will open the 30th Singapore International Salon of Photography at the National Museum Art Gallery on May 9 at 5.30 p.m. The exhibition, organised by the Photographic Society of Singapore, will be open to the public from Direct line to Nigeria [ARTICLE]Page 12 Direct line to Nigeria THE Telecommunication Authority of Singapore will introduce international direct dialling (IDO) telephone service to Nigeria today. TWl ii the 41st destination with which Singapore has IDO service and the charge Is J> a minute, based on actual duration in blocks of six seconds. Thief jailed [ARTICLE]Page 12 Thief jailed AN UNEMPLOYED man, Arnian bin MB"**. 21. *do admitted tn«tciM Into a Stopping empori üm and tear day* later, into a flat to ftctl Jewellery worth a total of $3.1» was Jailed lor two yean by a dtotrict court yesterday Move to change retrench benefits fails [ARTICLE]Page 12 Move to change retrench benefits fails THE Industrial Arbitration Court president, Mr Tan Boon Chiang, yesterday ordered the management of Lam Soon Cannery Pte Ltd to retain a clause on retrenchment benefits in a collective agreement with a union, without change. The Singapore Industrial Labour Organisation (Silo), which represents the On your baby [ARTICLE]Page 12 On your baby PROFESSOR X.L.Tan will give a talk in English on Your Newborn Baby at the National Library's Marine Parade branch on Thursday at 8 p.m. CHOK TONG TO LEAD TEAM TO MANILA [ARTICLE]Page 12 CHOK TONG TO LEAD TEAM TO MANILA TRADE and Industry Minister Gob Chok Tong will lead Singapore's delegation to the fifth United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (Unctad) session starting in Manila on Monday. With him will be the Senior Minister of State (Foreign Affairs), Mr S. Dhanabalan, Singapore's Not all will be closed [ARTICLE]Page 12 Not all will be closed IT'S "carry on" pumping for a few petrol stations today although mos of the 250 kiosks in Singapore will be closed for Labour Day. These petrol kiosks, which will open for but! new as usual, do not belong to the Singapore Petrol Dealers' Association which Accountant sues company for $31,000 [ARTICLE]Page 12 Accountant sues company for $31,000 A PUBLIC accountant, Mr Yeo Seng Lam, yester day sued a company of which his brother-in-law Mr Soon Teck Kwong, is the managing director for 131,159 and costs in the High Court. The action was brought it. the name of his firm, Yeo Seng Lam Page 12 AdvertisementsPage 12 Advertisements Column 1 [ADVERTISEMENT]Page 12 POSB gi\esyou an added advantage Interest plus the convenience of easy deposit and withdrawal facilities at all our offices f Come, save with us W- ASINGAPORE A k CD NATIONAL 111 1 I.SAVINGS BANK A All Must Go! Hey, everybody! You stand to gain in every way. Better Service. 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Since more than 40 per cent of the affiliates are directly or indirectly involved in manufacturing, it felt it should bring CHAMBER TO QUERY CHINA 'POLITELY' ON PRICES [ARTICLE]Page 13 CHAMBER TO QUERY CHINA 'POLITELY' ON PRICES THE Singapore Chinese Chamber of Commerce and Industry yesterday decided to send a letter to the Chinese Ministry of Foreign Trade to enquire about the price differences of Chinese goods sold here and in Hongkong. It will ask China to rectify the anomaly Officer denies he was influenced by his superior [ARTICLE]Page 13 Officer denies he was influenced by his superior AN investigating officer denied in a district court yesterday that he was influenced by his senior officer into preferring charges of attempted robbery and outrage of modesty against a band boy. Inspector Patrick Tan of BBBBBBB^ BBBB Orchard Road police station was DBSups rates [ARTICLE]Page 13 DBSups rates THE Development Bank at Singapore Lid will incrcue its rale for savings account by a per cent to i per cent a year from today DBS last railed its savings rale >>y 1 per cent to 6 per cent a year on March*. Suicide verdict on death fall man [ARTICLE]Page 13 Suicide verdict on death fall man CORONER Mr Chang Kok Ming yesterday returned a suicide verdict in the death of Guan Yong Boon alias Francis Guan. 59. unemployed, who was found dead at the fool of a block of Oats in Marine Terrace, on Feb 14. His wife. Madam Teoh Charged with stealing dress [ARTICLE]Page 13 Charged with stealing dress GERALMNE Heng Guan Noi, 25, was yesterday charged in court with stealing a $36 dress from Metro Marine Parade on April 28 at 5.30 p.m. She claimed trial and her case has been fixed for mention on May 14. for her to engage a counsel. She Posts for 3 [ARTICLE]Page 13 Posts for 3 MESSRS Urn Choon Lin, Lee Ben Hock and Chia Chung Hwee, have been appointed Commissioners for Oaths, according to the latest government gazette. Ministry to schools: Economise on power [ARTICLE]Page 13 Ministry to schools: Economise on power THE Education Ministry has asked principals to ensure proper and economical use of electricity in their schools to make the PUB onergy conservation campaign a success. A ministry circular to schools yesterday says they should consider several steps outlined by the ministry on the Corporal: Why shot missed man's arm [ARTICLE]Page 13 Corporal: Why shot missed man's arm POLICE corporal Mohamed Masudi bin Haji Masuri, who is being charged with negligently killing a labourer, yesterday said that he missed the arm of the man and shot his head because he was not trained in shooting moving targets. Mohd Masudi said he accepted Page 13 AdvertisementsPage 13 Advertisements Column 1 [ADVERTISEMENT]Page 13 POSB givesyou an added advantage Interest plus the convenience of Saturday afternoon banking at key branches Come, save M^K, w^h us WL \i A Tj M 111 ODnational fjj TTSAVINGSBANK interePwith a DBS Savings Account. Get the most. The highest interest available. Earn 6% p.a. on a DBS Savings Account. The Strait Times TUESDAY, MAY 1, 1979CARING LEADERS [ARTICLE]Page 14 CARING LEADERS THE Prime N.inister, in his May Day message, has rightly dwelt on two aspects of the labour and political situation many may have taken for granted. The first is the question of continuity of leadership in the trade union field; the second is the logic and need for COUNTERING THE ITF [ARTICLE]Page 14 COUNTERING THE ITF THERE is no mistaking the results of the twoday Asian Seafarers' conference convened primarily to see how best to deal with the powerful London-based International Transport-work-ers Federation (ITF). The 10 major Asian maritime unions represented have demonstrated without any doubt that they are not prepared to be Drive to develop a common language in Russia [ARTICLE]Page 14 Drive to develop a common language in Russia SETH MYDANS By in Bukhara, USSR THE Soviet Union it a conglomerate of races and nationalities speaking 130 different languages, and almost one-third of the population cannot communicate in Russian. This report 'tells of a nation-wide effort to develop Russian as the Defence agency sounds a warning siren [ARTICLE]Page 14 Defence agency sounds a warning siren However, Foreign Ministry officials flatly denied such guesses, saying that Japan had never used the works "freezing" or "suspension" as far as economic aid to Vietnam was concerncd. 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Tel: *****87 Warehouse: Fl F2, TIMES CITY DESKCLOSING PRICES [ARTICLE]Page 18 CLOSING PRICES THE mat traaaaned ready sale at the clase af taaaaaaa aa the Star* Eachaage af Stags pare yesterday imparaH with we prevtoa. day priors lafMkrr «tth W79 high aad 10. i Adjusted tar scrip rights laaa*) l»7t •til trSECTION ONI INOUtTWAU &3 m \w ur 142 IN IM Unit trusts [ARTICLE]Page 18 Unit trusts Closing tone: Steady Turnover: Official figures supplied by the Stock Exchange of Singapore including odd lots "Ready" totalled: .190,000 units valued at $8,695,000. Industrials accounted for 1,907,000, finance 390.000, hotels 134.000, properties 42,000, debentures, loans and bonds ,000, oil palms 51,000, tins 78,000, and rubbers 487,000. "Settlement" contracts BUSINESS DONE (SINGAPORE) [ARTICLE]Page 18 BUSINESS DONE (SINGAPORE) BID aad offer price, officially Usttd aad bustnem la aa reported to the Stock Exchange of Stngapore yesterday with the number of shares traded shown in brackets in lots of 1.000 units unless otherwise sped lied All Times Settlement Contracts are quoted after the word "sett" Bin Govt and corporate bonds [ARTICLE]Page 18 Govt and corporate bonds 4 1/2% 1/8/80 (250,000) (00.438 90.508) 4 3/4% 15/9/80 (250.000) (99.638 00.738) 5 3/4* 1/6/78-80 (250.000) (10O.BSB 100.058) 5 1/4% 1/3/81 (250.000) (100 158 100_255) 5% 15/4/81 (250.000) (00.628 00.738) 5% T F 1/6/83 (250.000) (100 108 100 JOS) 7% 15/485 (250.000) (*****8 100.968) 7% 1/8/85 KUALA LUMPUR [ARTICLE]Page 18 KUALA LUMPUR BID and offer prices officially listed and business in and reported lo the KuaU Lumpur Stork Exchange yesterday with the number of sham traded shown in brackets in lots of 1.U00 unite unless otherwise specified IMMSTMALK Mtmm il»8i (2i IB A Owe (1 JIB 1 MS) 1.34 (1) Rites [ARTICLE]Page 18 Rites s Malayan CastMitld Prtaling I .-ngKalen [ix-hKK rronoh I Kinta K,.thman.s ■WMeadr,, 1180 15.30 930 420 7.80 930 2.80 7.15 4 34 2.0S 1 10 HU •65 40 25 M 21 14 11 CHIEF PRICE CHANGESRises [ARTICLE]Page 18 Rises 'rtallnf Icala Vonoa Min». >haafri-La [othmina H 8 touateadco ilraiu Tr.ding C M Id Malacca irrupt n Caong iaao lira Low too 390 910 610 432 434 201 MO 510 480 444 330 444 412 ♦31 2 a »W i: i n i( i( k it 8 8 Falls [ARTICLE]Page 18 Falls -II tin Chew on.pl.nt Wrti Iporc Bus iporr OllH 'er«k Carbide ■r\ Coconut! 382 484 247 235 41 234 4 -4 -4 -3 Mast active stocks [ARTICLE]Page 18 Mast active stocks LOB Simt Darby Tgaau Dr\ Hick A Lew Cobs Plaal DBS Haw Par Y H 8 Maia Taa (hong K L Kapoag 23S.I 208.1 192.1 m> 1M.I es.i «5.( W.I S2J 51 INDICES [ARTICLE]Page 18 INDICES BT Index: Industrials: Finance: Hotels: Properties: Tins: rubbers: O.C.B.C.: S.E.S.Ind. Apr 27 Apia 2123.97 213P.U 382.16 384 684.24 684.S ***** 291.5 246.80 246 4 184.89 1H60" 602.82 613* 365.89 367.4) 343.98 345.61 OVERSEAS MARKETH'kong [ARTICLE]Page 18 H'kong HONGKONG: The market firmed on increased turnover but closed below the day's highs yesterday, and the Hang Seng index rose 6.98 to 537.82 points, dealers said. Hwagkaag Bask led the advance, rising 40 cents to HK513.40 after London interest in the stock on Friday. With the Hongkong dollar's recovery Sydney [ARTICLE]Page 18 Sydney SYDNEY: The market closed stronger yesterday, with further gains (or leading industrials and minings with evidence of some institutional interest, dealers said. B B P gained 12 cents to A59.68 on a broker's forecast of a SO per cent profits rise this year, while sugar stocks firmed on expectations Stock options [ARTICLE]Page 18 Stock options STRIKING prices of the options officially listed on the Stock Exchange of Singapore yesterday the period, bids and offer prices and hmlnf done. If any, with the number of options traded shown in brackets. CoM Storage (June $2.00) (0.368 0.435). C C (June $2.60) (0.548 0.645). Baw Par PRODUCE PRICES [ARTICLE]Page 18 PRODUCE PRICES \mHMM PBODUCE EXCHANGE, BINOAPOBE, NOON CLOSING PBICBB PEB PICUL VEBTEBDAY: Ciriaat all: Bulk (126 sellers, old drum (131 sellers, new drum (136 sellers. Oars: Mixed (loose) UK/Conl (82. 00 buyers. Pepper: Muntok ASTA while fob lOC. NLW (327.50 sellers. Sarawak white fob 96. NLW (312 50 sellers. Sarawak GOLD [ARTICLE]Page 18 GOLD THE KILOBAR market for gold deliverable in Singapore yesterday opened at 117.3 M and cloaed at 117. 353. In the Far East, gold opened at USS242 70 243.00. Trading was wry quiet. Highest quote for the day was (243.10 40 and lowest was at 842 45 75 It closed COMMODITIESSTRAITS TIN [ARTICLE]Page 18 STRAITS TIN THE STRAITS tin price plunged another $25 to $1,925 per picul in Penang yesterday on an official offering up 67 tonnes to 290 tonnes. RUBBER [ARTICLE]Page 18 RUBBER OPENING quotations in the Singapore rubber market yesterday were marked down fractionally in line with lower London advices last Friday, dealers said. Later the market fell further on speculative selling. The morning session closed very quiet. The market slipped fractionally in the afternoon on near forward offerings notably July/Sept SSR and SMR [ARTICLE]Page 18 SSR and SMR NOON SSR «ad SMR pnrm rartafday mxa M.r j.« (Carnal Mlal ir«.irt Hlk) B. r .r. K.IWr. Bar«n 8«IWr« SSR» IMoapalM) WMI XWJON Jt»5O T70WN SSR SO Utoapalbc) M9.4O 267 SON M6J0 M7.MN MBKLB SMRCV lluap^HHI MIM MMON MM BLOOM SMRSL (l-uapahtl M7J0 M»0ON 3M0O MUSN usiii Closing prices [ARTICLE]Page 18 Closing prices Rubber April 30 Singapore: May: 278.25 cents (down 2.25 cents) Malaysia: May: 279.75 cents (down 2.00 cents) Tin: $1,925 (down $25) Official offering: 290 tonnes (up 67 tonnes) Sluggish and light trading [ARTICLE]Page 18 Sluggish and light trading APART tram the margtoal raa-«p la selected eaaav ters, price mavemeato were geaerally slaggtoh at the Stock Exehaage af Stagapare. lavestora were caattaas ahead af the Lahaar Day hal May. Tradlag remalaed stifled, with Hght taraaver seea aeraas the haard. Following the prapaaed rOCCMRaTVdoWB SChMIw a# Kuala Lumpur [ARTICLE]Page 18 Kuala Lumpur COMMODITY stocks featured at the Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange yesterday in generally quii»t trading. Tin shares in particular attracted keen buying and finished with impressive gains. Southern Malayan Tin registered a MJI.IO gain to $13.80 on a single deal. Petaling Tin also firmed to $9.30. Pengkalan surged 60 MONEY EXCHANGE [ARTICLE]Page 18 MONEY EXCHANGE THE US dollar opened higher at $2.2100/30 compared with $2.2035 45 at Friday's close, in the Singapore forex market yesterday, in line with its gains against major currencies following the release of the US trade figures for March. The strength of the US unit is directly attributable to NOMINAL RATES [ARTICLE]Page 18 NOMINAL RATES NO1C: These rates may differ siigntiy irom thott quutad by banks to their ciutrnien INTERBANK rates at 3.00 pm Cur rvncMi Mofftinw rst#c Smithsonian P#rc#fit£0O Qootoo jr##l*ro#y (crotsjptrtty chm^* Loral dollaro to oae malt «f foreign rurrency: US dollar 2.2135 2.2145 2.8196 -21.50 Sterling pound 4.5320 4.5375 7.3469 Discount [ARTICLE]Page 18 Discount HANUb M pncn onma Dy an ■ouni housn on April 30 Ovrmlftht J. to C«U depadu 4 CImibc B«yi«i 8«Uia( month rreuury bills 4 4'. month Bank bllli 71/18 7 5/16 3 month CD 1 13/18 611/16 6 month CD 7 6 Source: National UjkouiI Co Lid. Money market [ARTICLE]Page 18 Money market noting inveruui* i>k> i Singapore dollars on April 30: Offer Bid Overnight -1 I month Ii 6 2 months 611/16 «i 3montrn 8 6*1 Overnight mode taaree: Aatlry Pmm. Scheme to merge 6 Barlow firms may be unveiled soon [ARTICLE]Page 19 Scheme to merge 6 Barlow firms may be unveiled soon A SCHEME to merge six quoted plantation companies oi the Barlow group under one holding company to facilitate Malaysianisation is expected to be unveiled within a month. London brokers believe the proposal will come soon after Boustead Holdings Bhd announced Prima expects $4.4m from its Sri Lankan associate annually [ARTICLE]Page 19 Prima expects $4.4 m from its Sri Lankan associate annually PRIMA Limited expects an annual income of about US$2 million (554.4 million) a year from its Sri Lankan associate, Prima Ceylon, after the flour mill being constructed there comes on stream. Prima 's chairman. Mr Cheng Tsang Man. adds in Bovis to send out circular on rights issue by May 7 [ARTICLE]Page 19 Bovis to send out circular on rights issue by May 7 THE lifting of a four-month suspension in trading of Bovis South East Asia shares signifies that some progress may have been made in resolving Bovis's problem with the Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange over its rights issue document. Bovis. in HAW PAR BROTHERS [ARTICLE]Page 19 HAW PAR BROTHERS HAW PAR Brothers International has revealed that negotiations for the purchase of a 36 per cent stake in Setron Ltd began jn April 17 and an agreement was signed on April 19. 'The negotiations to purchase a block of about 6.4 million Setron shares were held with Yeo Hiap Seng makes Banly Foods its subsidiary [ARTICLE]Page 19 Yeo Hiap Seng makes Banly Foods its subsidiary YEO Hiap Seag (YH8) kM estakHsked a foothold in tke lucrative nuuwd oriental foods business la tke Halted States. 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Attendance, donatlons. night prayers and wreaths during their recent bereavemem. THE FAMILY OF late V.R. Somasundaram wish to thank all relalives and 142 Deaths [OBITUARY]Page 22 142 Deaths CHEW KENG SENO. UB years, passed away peacefully on 30-4-1979 leaving behind 2 sons Boon Tlan, daughter-ln-law: 2 sons-in-law; 31 grand and great-grandchll-dren Cortege leaves 935 East Coast Road at 1.30 p.m. on 2-5-1979 and thence for cremalion ul Mount Vermin MR. FRANCIS DE SOUZA (BOBBY) of 40. Untitled [OBITUARY]Page 22 MR. J.M. MAM (•>. Strain Staamahip Co. Ltd.. Singapor*) pa»*d away p*ac*lully in Scotland on 24th March I*7*. Inserted by Mr. T.T. Chew ol Overaeaa Shipyard Pl*. Lid. Untitled [OBITUARY+ILLUSTRATION]Page 22 passed away on 2*4.7*. Iwving behind On# Daughter Th*reaa PhMomena Slew Naan Grandchddran:Aloymia. John a Tereaina Pillai Grand ChUdron-in-law:-Amafia Eddy S Gr*at Grand Children lo mourn hj, lott Tn# Doar lYln« JO *»P" Chyrch Funeral Parlour. Victoria Slr**l. 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Hurry call us l/LAaalrlCLlb al *****29 Albert «j Joanne Co LOVIR MARRIAGE AK> BUREAU rSSCII assists you lo get your friends. lifetime partners privately. 500 000 confidentially Personal genuine introductions guaranteed Call personally: 202. 2nd ACROSS THE CAUSEWAYGraft probe over new Kuantan port: Paper [ARTICLE]Page 23 Graft probe over new Kuantan port: Paper KUALA LUMPUR, Mon. Malaysia's anti-corruption agency, the NBI, is investigating alleged corruption involving over $100 million in the construction of a port in Kuantan. The English language daily, the Star, reported today tha> the parliament's public account committee has sought the assist- ance Officials meet on size of Aussie, Asian low-fare mart [ARTICLE]Page 23 Officials meet on size of Aussie, Asian low-fare mart TERESA LIM: By" Genting Highlands, Mon. OFFICIALS from Asean air transport ministries and airlines worked feverishly today to establish the size of the market between Australia and each of the Asian cities, estimated to reach about 30 this year if lower Widows held [ARTICLE]Page 23 Widows held ALOR STAR, Mon. Five widows were arrested by the state Islamic religious department anti-vice squad for al- leged khalwat (close proximi tyi in a raid on a house in Kam pung Baru here over the weekend, police said yesterday. NST. Red activities: Two grad teachers held [ARTICLE]Page 23 Red activities: Two grad teachers held SEGAMAT. Mon. Two graduate teachers and seven secondary school pupfls have been detained in Johore for communist subversive activities. Mentri Besar Tan Sri Haji Ottoman Saat told a press conference here yesterday that the two teachers a man and a woman were detained two Another 240 Viet refugees land in Trenggam [ARTICLE]Page 23 Another 240 Viet refugees land in Trenggam KUALA LUMTUK, M«a. Abaat tM stenrl_s a_i •■•elate* Vtetwwi Ktagee. ImM a4 Purtal Dmw, akMt II km fi-m here yeaterday. They claim** that they had •eea wttfcMt tfi far several toys. The VlM— in- UM toe-l villagers that they h-d set hi f-nn 'Don't use alien influence for own ends' [ARTICLE]Page 23 'Don't use alien influence for own ends' KUALA LUMPUR, Mon. Datuk Hussein Onn has advised trade unions in Malaysia not to make use of the influence of international bodies to achieve their own ends without regard as to the consequences on the country. The Prime Minister said misuse of power Malaysia seeks Canberra's help on flights [ARTICLE]Page 23 Malaysia seeks Canberra's help on flights KUALA LUMPUR. Mon. Malaysia is seeking the Australian Government's help to overcome a ban on its airline flights to Australia by the Australian Transport Workers Union (ATWU). informed sources here said today. The sources said Malaysian High Commissioner to Australia, Dr Awang Hassan, was 'Goodwill visit' [ARTICLE]Page 23 'Goodwill visit' KUALA LUMPUR, Mod. Bilateral trade will be discussed during Prime Minister Datuk Hussein Onn's visit to China beginning on Wednesday, a Malaysian official said today. Briefing newsmen on Datuk Hussein's eight-day visit to China, the said: "It is purely a goodwill visit and nothing dramatic like getting Peking Boycott call [ARTICLE]Page 23 Boycott call PORT KLANG, Mon. Deputy Finance Minister Datln Paduka Rafidah Aziz yesterday urged consumers, particularly housewives, to boycott shops that sell goods at exorbitant rates. NST. Page 23 AdvertisementsPage 23 Advertisements Column 2 [ADVERTISEMENT]Page 23 An expanding international organization established in the business of trade exhibitions and marketing services has career opportunities for bright and forward looking persons. 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Three Troikas impressively justified odds-on favouritism for the Poule D'Essai Des Pouliches, the French 1,000 Guineas, at Longchamp yesterday. But Trillion, almost as hot a favourite for the Prix Ganay, could finish only second to Frere Basile. When Freddie Head pushed Three Troikas smoothly English, Irish horses show superiority [ARTICLE]Page 24 English, Irish horses show superiority STRAIGHT COURSE SPECIALISTS RACING. .with FAIRWAY ENGLISH and Irish horses have once again proved their superiority over the straight course. Of the six races contested up the Ipoh straight, they won all six. Cinchona, bred in New Zealand, was the exception. Having only h's second Tan is the champion [ARTICLE]Page 24 Tan is the champion PETER SIOW By I TAN HOR THYE triumphed in four events the 400 metres, 800 m, 1,500 m and 3,000 m to emerge the boys' post secondary individual champion in the Beatty Secondary School athletics meet at the Fairer Park Athletic Centre yesterday. Results: Boys' post Re-elected [ARTICLE]Page 24 Re-elected DR SLAK CHONG LENG was reelected president of the Singapore Masters Track and Field Association at the annual meeting held at Sports House recently. BRIEFS Heifer triumphs in Des Moines Marathon [ARTICLE]Page 24 BRIEFS Heifer triumphs in Des Moines Marathon DES MOINES, Mon. Don Heifer, an 18-year-old American student won the Des Moines Marathon yesterday in a time of 2 hours 26 mins 02 sees. At West Point (Virginia). Jan Merrill bettered her United States two-mile record by 3.4 seconds here yesterday when IPOH WEIGHT [ARTICLE]Page 24 IPOH WEIGHT WFIf-HTS tmm thic IT i. weekend S races in Ipoh. 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Mon. Morocco moved into the second round of the Olympic qualifying football tournament yesterday, despite being beaten 1-0 by Senegal here. Morocco, "who won the first-leg 1-0 in Casablanca, clinched the tie 6-5 on penalty kicks Meanwhile, Hafia Football Club, the Guinea foot- East Fife lose [ARTICLE]Page 25 East Fife lose LONDON. Mon. East Stirling beat East Fife 2-1 in a Scottish Division Two football match played yesterday. Reuter. Benin 1-0 [ARTICLE]Page 25 Benin 1-0 ABIDJAN. Mon. Benin beat the Ivory Coast 1-0 in yesterday's first-leg African Cup football clash in Cotonou, Ivory Coast radio reported here. AFP. Roberts roars to splendid comeback victory [ARTICLE]Page 25 Roberts roars to splendid comeback victory SALZBURG. (Austria), Mon. World champion Kenny Roberts, of the United States, who missed the opening motor-cycle Grand Prix in Venezuela last month, roared to victory here yesterday with ai-ch rival Barry Sheene. of Britain finishing a disappointing 12th Roberts, fit again after a nagging Depailler in top gear [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]Page 25 Depailler in top gear Frenchman leads from start to finish in Ligier 6 IT feels marvellous this second victory. The car went very well. The only danger I thought was Jacques (Laffite). and when he went I knew I could win I if I could just keep A going. 7 Honda show endurance [ARTICLE]Page 25 Honda show endurance LE MANS (France), Mon. Hond* dominated the 24hour Le Mans motorcycle race yesterday, taking the first three places, with Frenchmrn Christian Leon and J ear -Claude Chemarin the victor The Leon Chemarin com- j bination. -vhich carried the 24-hour He. Dor race at Le Castelet, France, for Americans trounced [ARTICLE]Page 25 Americans trounced THE Soviet Union trounced the United States 94 in the interembassy soccer competition for the French Cup at Tanglin. Results of other matches: Scandinavia 2 Australia 1, New Zealand 4 United World College 3. Malaysia 4 Germany 1; Swiss 3 UTA Airlines 0 Referee ko'ed [ARTICLE]Page 25 Referee ko'ed WELLINGTON, Mon A New Zealand Rugby Union referee trying to break up a fight by ordering a player into the sin bin" was punched unconscious, reports said today. —AFP PI rally to Asterhag [ARTICLE]Page 25 PI rally to Asterhag MANILA, Mon. Leif Asterhag, of Sweden, in a Toyota Corolla with countryman navigator Anders Gulberg, yesterday won the ASEAN IV Philippines international car rally in Northern Philippines. The 31-year-old Asterhag turned the final half of the three-day 2,000-kilometre event into a virtual rout as he fought US favourites to take F-Cup [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]Page 25 US favourites to take F-Cup MADRID, Mon. The United States enter the US$llO,OOO women's team Federation Cup tonight firm favourites to take the title for a record eighth time. With the formidable foursome of Chris Evert, Billie Jean King, Rosie Casals and the 16-year-old Tracy Austin, the top-seeded American side Americans win doubles [ARTICLE]Page 25 Americans win doubles LAS VEGAS (Nevada). Mon. Americans Marty Rieawn and Sherwood Stewart rallied to deteat Raul Ramirez of Mexico and Adriano Panatta of Spain 4-*, 6-4, 7-6 to win the doubles champion ship in the US C50.0U0 (652.500) Alan King Tennis Classic. The winning team collected I 5115.000 and Penang Open to Wiharja [ARTICLE]Page 25 Penang Open to Wiharja PENANG. Mod To|KWCded Soewlto Wlharl*. <* Indooesu. captured the men's ungln title in the Penang Open tennis championships by beating M*lay«U'i Albert Cheah 6-2. M in the fin*] at the Penang Sports Club yesterday. Wiharja, who partnered All Akoar. also of tsdoneaia, had to share the Page 25 AdvertisementsPage 25 Advertisements Column 1 [ADVERTISEMENT]Page 25 «A> ASIA SUPERMARKET Bedok North Street^ U^r I f J IHg >^g CiemenXl Avenue 3'3 I w'ttST »ste' -P k |iJ(J I I sSsi£r l" 6^" I Usl tf»ft OF Moon^coftep Sweetener Nescate Instan, Coffee M. L.ng Egg Roils wrth Pork -63c »S&7D j -$1.20 Kn.'*l ßrand Cooking 0.. Y«> Page 25 Advertisements Column 2 [ADVERTISEMENT]Page 25 I JL HAWAII INTERIOR DECORATION I 1-319 1-320.15t Fir. Merlin Plaza »6^fifaS'pore7 Tel: *****05-*****72 I Anniversary Sale! 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Jane coasts to easy victory BIRMINGHAM (Albama), Mon. Jane Blalock shot a final round 72 to coast to an easy six-stroke victory over Pat Bradley in an international women's golf tournament here yesterday. She finished with an 11-under-par total of 205. Jane, 33, went into the third and final round All-India 2-1 [ARTICLE]Page 26 All-India 2-1 KUALA LUMPUR, Moo. The All-India Armed Forces soccer team beat the Malaysian Armed Forces 2-1 in a goodwill match here today. AP. Victory for Green is embarrassing [ARTICLE]Page 26 Victory for Green is embarrassing NEW ORLEANS (Louisiana), Mon. Hubert Green, of the United States, shot a four-under-par 68 to win the U*****,000 New Orleans Open golf tournament yesterday. Green's total of 273 was one better than four other Americans Bruce Lietzke, Steve Melnyk, Frank Conner and Lee Trevino and HCJC win sixth title [ARTICLE]Page 26 HCJC win sixth title BERNARD PEREIRA By HWA CHONG JUNIOR COLLEGE won their sixth sports title this year when they captured the schools' national post secondary girls' badminton title, thrashing Anglo-Chinese Junior College 4-1 in the final at the Singapore Badminton Hall yesterday. Their first title this season was the Police held [ARTICLE]Page 26 Police held TOA PAYOH Police were held to a 1-1 draw by Cairnhilt Football Club in a friendly soccer match at Ml. Vernon yesterday. Mohd Ridzwan scored for Police, while Joseph netted the equaliser. Hungary devour China in Swaythling Cup [ARTICLE]Page 26 Hungary devour China in Swaythling Cup Chinese hat-trick in Corbillon Cup, but PYONGYANG, Mon. European champions Hungary powered themselves to a decisive 5-1 victory over China tonight to take the Swaythling men's team Cup at the 35th world table tennis championships here. China, who have won the cup six- times Zaheer lights up gloomy start to league [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]Page 26 Zaheer lights up gloomy start to league LONDON, Mon. Pakistan's Zaheer Abbas brightened a gloomy start to the English Sunday Cricket League season yesterday with a sparkling 93 not out which helped Gloucestershire beat Lancashire by five runs South African-born Kepler Wessels, who earlier this year played for Australia in Stylish Perera slams best score of career [ARTICLE]Page 26 Stylish Perera slams best score of career STYLISH Nalin Perera, of the Heli Orient, slammed a career-best 105 not out in the Singapore Cricket Association's Senior League match against Indian Association at Balestier Road on Sunday. Perera 's superb innings, which lasted 155 minutes, helped Heli Orient to an 88run Surer scores [ARTICLE]Page 26 Surer scores NURBURGRING (West Germany). Mon. Marc Surer, of Switzerland, driving a MarchBMW 792. won the fourth race of the European Formula Two season yesterday. UPI. Page 26 AdvertisementsPage 26 Advertisements Column 1 [ADVERTISEMENT]Page 26 If- 111 H^ Jj *r!JP L^fl fcj KJ| PwCiw HI R?9i I\J W\W\Mm •5^ UV9H There is a dream. A mysterious need to masterpieces Roman Catholic, <l Know how, to live and enjoy. A faraway Orthodox and Ottorman architecture. _^^^gM place. Uncrowded by thoughts Savour the fun and splendour of TIMESPORT PAGE FOURFirst-team chance [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]Page 27 First-team chance JOE DORAI By Intermediates get offer to join Malaysia Cup side FOUR intermediate team members have a chance to win places in the Singapore squad for next month's Malaysia Cup semi-finals. Their selection into the squad will depend on their performance at the Bangkok Asian Cup competition start Reconciliation at last for IBF, WBF? [ARTICLE]Page 27 Reconciliation at last for IBF, WBF? BERNARD PEREIRA By IS it a ruse? Or is the long-awaited day of reconciliation between the warring parties, the International Badminton Federation and the World Badminton Federation, finally dawning? Judging by Indonesia's recent overtures (or friendly matches with Singapore in the Republic, it certainly TODAY'S EVENTS [ARTICLE]Page 27 TODAY'S EVENTS QOHf SICC Open champion ships (New Course 7 30« m), Sele- < tar May Day tournament (Seletar). SOCCER NFL Dtv 1: Farrer Park United v Kaki Bukit (Jurong Bpm). Changl United v Geylang (Jalan Besar Stadium Hprr. I SWIMMING Chinese Swimming Cub v Royal Bangkok SC (Amber Rd The Suzukis will be well-Marked [ARTICLE]Page 27 The Suzukis will be well-Marked KUALA LUMPUR, Mon. It's going to be a fight between the Suzukis in the main event for motorcycles at the Penang Grand Prix tomorrow. Heading them is John Woodley of New Zealand, astride the RG 500 Mark 4. Defending champion Gerry Looi of Singapore will Nick doubles up [ARTICLE]Page 27 Nick doubles up KUALA LUMPUR, Mon. Nick van Nugteren. an Australian living in Singapore, is one of two persons taking part in both car and motorcycle events in the 10th Penang Grand Prix. The other is Fong Weng Cheong, of Ipoh. Van Nugteren, an engineer, is entering a 24-valve I.OOOcc Arshad is fitter and may score tonight [ARTICLE]Page 27 Arshad is fitter and may score tonight ARSHAD KHAMK, who is on a comeback after a twomonth absence, is likely to be among the list of scorers tonight for Geylang Interna- I tional against Changi United I in the National Football j League Division One match i at the Jalan Fool of nice surprises [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]Page 27 Fool of nice surprises WILFRED YEO PROFILE. .By BOWLER NIJI WILL NOT FORGET APRIL 1 APRIL FOOL'S DAY has traditionally had unpleasant surprises for many, bat far bowler Nij, Chua, this year's April 1 held a more than pleasant surprise. Oa that day, NIJ was offered, aad she accepted, the Lum's black belt almost certain [ARTICLE]Page 27 Lum's black belt almost certain PETER SIOW By THREE karatekas Vincent Lum. Wong Kok Wah and Lim Meng Heng emerged as the most outstanding in the recent Singapore Oyama Karate-do Kyokushinki-kan gradings at St. Francis Road. 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[ARTICLE]Page 28 Lewis: Up to ITF board to decide EDMUND TEO, By Our London roportor THE International Transport- workers Federation yesterday described the setting up of a protem secretariat of Asian seafarers as having as much validity as that of local seamen setting up a secretariat to persuade the Singapore Organisation of Fare rise invalid, refunds coming [ARTICLE]Page 28 Fare rise invalid, refunds coming WELLINGTON, Mon. Air New Zealand is to refund thousands of dollars to passengers because the government has decided that a fare increase was invalid. The Transport Minister, Mr Colin McLachlan, told the airline today that it could not apply the increase, but an airline spokesman Dissidents in Beijing sell anti-govt booklets [ARTICLE]Page 28 Dissidents in Beijing sell anti-govt booklets BEIJING (PEKING), Mon Chinese dissidents climbed atop Beijing's "democracy wall" yesterday and sold a collection of anti-government booklets. The booklets were snapped up like hot cakes. Hundreds of anxious readers pressed forward for a booklet containing the collected copies of past wall posters and Viets moving to Thai border [ARTICLE]Page 28 Viets moving to Thai border BANGKOK, Mon. VIETNAMESE troop reinforcements are advancing in Kampuchea towards the Thai border and may cross into Thai territory to form the rear prong of a pincer attack on Khmer Rouge forces based near the frontier, military observers said today. The increased urgency behind this Late CLASSIFIEDS DEATH [OBITUARY]Page 28 Late CLASSIFIEDS DEATH KAMOAVANAM, former Train Controller.Oemas passed away peacefully In Singapore on 1-5-79 at 12.40 a.m. leaving behind beloved son Amlrthaslngam, daughter-in-law and 3 grandchildren to mourn his loss Cortege leaves from No 22, Jalan Tan Tock Seng, Singapore. 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Many of the accountants i took the Society to task over the question of allowing proxy votes in The Straits TimesIncredible American equal to Japan's hiss [ARTICLE]Page 1 Incredible American equal to Japan's hiss "IN-CRED-IBLK!!"is regarded as the appropriate all-pur-pose response to almost any tidbit of news, scrap of opinion or idle qaesttoa one is preferred in conversation. '•Oil censaaipllen is ap, eat dawn." ■•In-CRKIWNc!!' "I hate rain, and It's geing to rain again this "U-CRKD-UHe!!" "What did LEISURE'Oriental Elvis' is a fitness fanatic at 63 [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]Page 2 'Oriental Elvis' is a fitness fanatic at 63 GERALDINE TANG By SOME movie-goers may think they have seen enough of Cheng Kwan Mm in screen comedies over the last 30 years or so. But there's a serious part [to his life that not many know about: This veteran Hongkong Cantonese SSO's day [ARTICLE]Page 2 SSO's day RTS will telecast a recording of the Singapore Symphony Orchwtra this afternoon at 3.50 on Channel 5. They play Prokofiey's Peter and the Wolf, Sibelius' Flnlandia and Liv Foo- Ann's Capriccio on a Chinese folk tune. TEAMING UP FOR MUSIC [ARTICLE]Page 2 TEAMING UP FOR MUSIC HOW wUI a ceaeert seeae: H jrea have aa aceas» pttriw4 darta)? tftat f eeejfar ■a and piaalat eaaae tegether te make maatrf Tal« U the maaieaJ cevery yea eaa make at tke recital by David Lewis, re-prlarlpal rlariaeUat with tke Stagapere Sympkeay Orchestra. Preeeatod by The best of Thai food, fashions and dances [ARTICLE]Page 2 The best of Thai food, fashions and dances DID you know Thai Boxing and Sword Fighting are performed here in dance forms by models from "Bahn Thai" in Bangkok? Come and discover this for yourself at the "Thai Extravaganza '79" presented by Holiday Inn Hotel at its Garden Ballroom now Brass plate dance [ARTICLE]Page 2 Brass plate dance RAJA aa* Rack* BeMl, weU-fcjMwa hi«baadaaeVwtfo pair af rlntilffll daaeera (ram ladia, will be featared la tke Kaeawpadi Daaee Recital an Chaaaei 8 tab aftcraaaa at Mi. The highlight Is aa Item railed Taraagam where they dance "*—Hni aa a braas plate. On show [ARTICLE]Page 2 On show STI DENTS' Caaeert tonight at 7.10 on Channel 8 features student performent from Balestier Hill Technical and St Nicholas Girls High schools Page 2 AdvertisementsPage 2 Advertisements Column 1 [ADVERTISEMENT]Page 2 YOUR cookh MAY DAY DEAL! Were celebrating this May Day with FANTASTIC PRICES on SILO-LIGMAR gas cookers. The general public can enjoy the generous offer by paying 6 equal easy monthly instalments. SILO PIEU and SATU members are entitled to Credit Instalment Scheme (C.1.5.). 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