confidence in _ -vernment that opposed tothe. Shah 'to super-“~ ' Iran’s new Prime Minister Shahpour. Bakhtiar has an- . nounced ‘a. planned ‘program’. of radical “and desperate | changes. ‘designed to appeal. to the wishes of the masses’ in a desperate- attempt to. bind the country together. | The civilian prime minister. announced shortly- before : a. ctucial. vote + vise the activities of: the government. ‘ Bakhtiar, formerly. the . leader of the .Shah’s ‘Opposi- ~*~ tion, is—now:: ‘struggling - oe _ Save the “throne. He. has: Cambodia quest bi ion sp With Cambodia fully - in. Vietnamese lands, the United Nations has refused: to recognize the new republic and still regards the exiled parliament as the country’s leaders. — This week saw a bitter debate in the U.N. China and the United States with | aiinnnt d he will. 1 stop all -sales*.of. oil to, Asrael. and South: Africa. and: - fire call: “‘unneeded foreigners” pre- .-sently:in the country. opposing - Russia and USS. Ambassador Andrew Young cautiously supported the exiled’ former govern- ment of Premier- Pol Pot Thursday, saying, “We are making no judgement one way or another.” Hungry for technology Exporting countries are clamoring to sell their wares: to China, the country that leaped almost’ overnight from bicycles and shovel power to join in the world race for technology. . China has set aside $600,000,000 for technology and is already importing enormous amounts of equipment for setting up manufacturing and nuclear - plants. going to cost them a. lot of money. eiheyire going to. "chance of the weak govern-.. «ment surviving with . each . the country ind . the: United ‘States, A group of American scientists recently invited to Peking has just returned. | Clearly impressed with the speed” of China's technological strides, | they reported that the country will by 1985 have _ passed _ where the US. is now. However, they report that China is also increasingly concerned about the threat from foreign powers and is interested in increasing the country’s defenses. - Canada has jumped to seize the opportunity and federal industry trade and commerce minister Jack Horner is busy over in China drumming up business. Horner has announced .an agreement expected’ to in- crease two-way trade with China by more than $1 billion by the end of the year -- double last year’s figure. Among items to be nego- tiated are offshore explora- tion and scismic testing by PetroCan, the setting up of a manufacturing plant by Mas- ~ c.§. féevrier, 1979. contact avec M. Donald Fraser, sey Fergusson, mining rations, hydro projects and factory building. Horner is optimistic Canada can successfully compete with other nations to gain a large chunk of China’s trade other than the traditional wheat sales. “If the Chincze want to become a modern nation it's oa ¥t Dr. Nick Ardanaz, _ Striking oil workers have: | . responded - to" his. ‘plea to - any parliamentary dene Mies 3 expected to. abstain ~ or vote “against the new f government. Meanwhile, the Shah was this week expected to leave itely and in a complete _about-face, was ’ But former political leader Prince Norodom Sihanouk pleaded for action. r ‘He attacked the Vietnam invasion of Cambodia as a “Rommel-type, Hitlerite blitzkrieg . of my poor little country.” ‘Horner lands Chinese export deal have to buy a lot of things.” . “I want to make certain . LA COMMISSION SCOLAIRE. 44 (N. Vancouver) Programme-Cadre de Francais PRE - INSCRIPTION Le. programme-cadre de francais a N. Vancouver s‘ac- tualisera en septembre, 1979 sil y a une demande des parents francophones % Nord Vancouver qui désirent ce programme francais pour tes enfants. La Commission Scolaire No. 44 demande a ces parents de remplir une formule que l'on peut obtenir au bureau de la 721 Chesterfield Avenue (987-8141). Cette pre- inscription est de permettre a la c.s. de savoir le nombre délaves int€resses afin de déterminer le nombre de classes nécessaires. La date limite pour cette pre-inscriptionest le Jer Pour de plus amples informations vous pouvez entrer en ou Coordonnateur des Langues Modernes (c.s, 44): Directeur des Services des Programmes de Frangais, Ministére de l’Education, Richmond: 278-3433 urging | him to do so. *‘in the ‘ country’s interests,’” having - pledged support to -the Shah - only a week ago. . Iran.is the world’s second largest exporter of oil, yet Israel appears unconcerned *about the: threat of a sales ‘ban. _ _ Asraeli leaders have stated many times during the turmoil that they have alternative energy sources. Now that country says it has an energy - diversification plan and a guarantee from the U.S. for oil supplies for “the: next five > years. (S. UNrow " China accused Vietnam and. Russia of forming an alliance to gain control of South East Asia. Meanwhile - the ’ whereabouts of Premier Pol Pot is not known and it is Suspected he and several members of his government may be dead. “