The Straits Times, 8 February 1974

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    27 1 BBCKIVKD 8 FEB 1974 TOTAL DAILY CERTIFIED SALE EXCEEDS 250,000 Bui i The Straits Times E*td. 1845 FINAL EDITION FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 8, 1974 25 CENTS M.C.(P) 21/74
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    Lock icon Kuwait guerillas free 4 captives
    241 1 Kuwait guerillas free 4 captives KUWAIT, Thursday TERRORISTS holding the Japanese Embassy since yesterday morning released four of their hostages today. A Foreign Ministry spokesman said all four are Arabs a telephone operator, a secretary, a typist and a messenger. He said ministry officials were continuing to keep in touch
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    THEY'RE OFF
    69 1 Hijackers free Laju hostages in exchange for top civil servants IN THE POLICE VAN that took them all to the airport hostages Omar Ahmad (left) and friend Ulot bin Idris present contrasting face* to camera, while hijacker (right) cuts a grim figure with hi:: hooded face. Third hostage
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    21 1 HONOKONO. Thurs. The Hongkong stock market today opened fractionally higher but total turnover remained at a low level UPI.
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    Lock icon Free Grenada
    15 1 BT. GEORGES (Grenada), Thurs. Grenada won Its Independence last night from Britain. Reuter.
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    Lock icon HEATH CALLS SNAP POLLS
    97 1 HEATH CALLS SNAP POLLS LONDON, Thurs.—Britons will go to the polls on Feb. 2*. The snap general election, ordered by Prime Minister Edward Heath today, is to seek a new mandate for the Tory Government to deal with Br. ton's economic crisis and a threatened roalminers' strike, due to start
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    Guarantors of safe passage
    265 1 Guarantors of safe passage THE four Laju hijackers, accompanied by several top-ranking Singapore civil servants as guarantors of their safe passage, left Singapore for Kuwait in a special Japan Airlines DC- 8 jetliner at 1.25 o'clock this morning. The other hostages they demanded and got were the 12-man crew of
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    Lock icon Sorry, says Lebanon
    68 1 Sorry, says Lebanon BEIRUT, Than. Lebanon has turned down a request by the Japanese Embassy in Beirut to permit an aircraft carrying the Laju hijackers to land on Lebanese territory, Premier Takieddin AlSolh said here today. The Premier told reporters Lebanon had apologised for being unable to meet the Japanese
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    Lock icon Sacrilege: Six fined $120
    48 1 BANOKOK. Thurs. Six American teenagers charged with sacrilege for climbing on a statue of Buddha have been fined 1,000 Bant (8*120 each and given three-month suspended jail sentences, the US Snbassy reported today. The six are students of the American School In Singapore. AP.
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    Lock icon Gold slumps again
    34 1 LONDON. Thun. Thl US dollar scored marginal gains on most major money markets at the opening of trading today. Gold prices slumped by US$l5O an ounce for Urn second day. UPI.
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    Lee tribute to Whitlam's 'bold changes'
    777 1 MR. Lee Kuan Yew last night paid 8 tribute to Mr. Gouph Whltlam for i breaking with the White Australia policy and for the "lmagina tlve and bold" changes he has introduced in Australian foreign policy. The Prime Minister, wno was speaking k| an
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    Landing at 11.30 a. m
    32 1 KUWAIT, Thar*. A Kuwaiti Government spokesman said today the Singapore plan* carrying the guerillas was expected to land in Kuwait at about HMGMT (II.M am. Singapore time).
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    Un-namad
    47 1 AT 2.30 a.m.. It could not be established who were the Singapore officials on the aircraft. like friends 1 Freed hostage Enclk Omar Ahmad said at 2.3« a.m.: "The hijackers treated as like riends, sharing their water, food, and all together. Ther did not 111-treat as."
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      89 1 Jll^^^g^^^GEßMANY S m lEST FIRST X| IN FASHION B abermain Rtgittered Tradt Mark INCENTIVE PLAN FOR BUSMEN Page 15 THE VOLUNTEER hostages in Laju drama 6 WHITLAM: We want to keep enduring ties (Pictures) 7 ORCHA2D Road to to one war all along soon 8 SINGAPORE Sweep results IS CROSSWORD
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      Lock icon S. Vietnam studies Manila's claim to Spratlys
      128 2 S. Vietnam studies Manila's claim to Spratlys SAIGON. Thurs. South Vietnam's Foreign MiniMtry spokesman. Mr. Nguyen Bich Mac. said today that his country was studying an official note from Manila concerning a Philippine claim to the Spratly Archipelago in the South China Sea. Mr. Mac said the spirit of the
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      Lock icon Heath decides on snap election
      405 2 Heath decides on snap election LONDON. Thursday pHIMK Minister Edward Heath today ordered General Election on Feb. 2S to seek ;i new mandate for dealing with Britain's economic crisis and a threatened miners' strike. The decision, an expected one after weeks of political uncertainty and industrial turmoil, was announced in
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      Lock icon First batch of Viet prisoners to be set free today
      461 2 First batch of Viet prisoners to be set free today CAIGON. Thurs. J The first Vietconj? prisoners to be released since last July will be flown to a release site tomorrow as part of an agreed exchanged schedule Involving more than 4.000 civilian and military personnel held by South Vietnam
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      268 2 JAKARTA. Thurs: Talks between Indonesian and Australian officials on increasing the number of nights by their international airlines between the two countries ended yesterday without agreement. BKIRI T: French Foreign Minister Michael Jobert arrived in Baghdad Ia 4 night for political and petroleum talks with Ir.iqui officials. Baghi dad
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      Lock icon Suez Canal to be reopened in six months
      214 2 Suez Canal to be reopened in six months CAIRO, Thurs. The Egyptian Cabinet has decided to reopen the Suez Canal In six months, the semi official newspaper Al Ahram said today. The waterway has been closed since the 1967 Arab Israeli war. In Its early editions, the newspaper said: The
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      Lock icon 'WE ARE ALL RIGHT' ENVOY TELLS HIS WIFE
      174 2 'WE ARE ALL RIGHT' ENVOY TELLS HIS WIFE KUWAIT, Thurs. The wives of Japan's Ambassador here, Mr. Ryo k o Ishikawa and his First Secretary. Mr. Koicbi Kimura. told today of their anxious wait while Arab gunmen hold their husbands hostage at the embassy under threat of death. Confirmed "When
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      Lock icon Suharto: Speed up court action on rioters
      96 2 Suharto: Speed up court action on rioters JAKARTA, Thurs. President Suharto has asked the AttorneyGeneral's Department to ensure a speedy settlement of prosecutions arising fro. last months Jakarta riots. Attorney-General All tola reporters after meeting the President yesteday that prosecutions would fall into two types criminal and subversive. He said
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      25 2 SANTIAGO. Thurs EmbMiei In the Chilean c«piul have been authorised by the ruling military junta to h... bodyguards to protect their diplomats. Reuter.
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    Lock icon Kidnap: FBI circulates photos
    254 3 Kidnap: FBI circulates photos SAN FRANCISCO, Thursday FBI agents have begun circulating photographs of known militants around the university town of Berkeley in an effort to track down the kidnappers of the daughter of newspaper magnate Randolph Hearst. Patricia Hearst. 19. was dragged half naked and screaming i-om a Berkeley
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    Lock icon Back to work soon for striking lorry drivers
    105 3 Back to work soon for striking lorry drivers WASHINGTON. Thurs Representatives of nearly 100.000 striking Independent lorry drivers today reached an agreement with government negotiators which would allow a return to work. The drivers, owners of thr:r own '-ehu-les. have been on strike for eight days In protest against rising
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    Lock icon House of death
    33 3 TOKYO. Thurs. The bodies of five people, all beaten or strangled to death, were found in the gas-fllled living room of a house In centra! Tokyo today, police reported Renter
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    33 3 MANILA Thurs. Four people died and two others weie injured In a fire today which swept through a seashore squatter area In the Manila suburb of Navotas. police reported. Reuter.
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    Lock icon Army mutiny spreads in Jordan
    334 3 Army mutiny spreads in Jordan BEIRUT. Thursday PALESTINIAN guerilla sources said today that an army mutiny in Jordan has spread to two divisions demanding the removal of Premier Zeid Hifai and installation of a military government. The sources admittedly hostile to the Jordanian monarchy said King Hussein had cancelled a
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    Lock icon Tanaka warns firms on unjust profits
    124 3 Tanaka warns firms on unjust profits fX)KYO, Thurs— Prime X Minister Kakuei Tanaka has said the Government would take •strong measures" unless industries and enterprises refrain from gaining unreasonable profits by raising prices. Mr. Tanakas warning came at a conference with 80 business and industrial representatives en his efforts to
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    Nixon gets the nod on petrol rations
    173 3 Nixon gets the nod on petrol rations WASHINGTON. Thurs —A joint HouseSenate conference committee last night approved a controversial Bill giving President Nixon emergency authority to ration petrol and order ing price reductions for domestic crude oil. The Bill now must win final approval from both the Senate and the
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    Lock icon Dr K: US not out to form oil co-op
    473 3 WASHINGTON. Thurs. Secretary of State Henry Kissinger today rejected suggestions that the United States was trying to organise a "consumers' co-operative by holding a conference of oil-con-suming nations here next week He also denied the United Btates was seeking a confrontation
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    Lock icon 4 Shell firms accused of withholding fuel
    184 3 NEW YORK, Thurs— Four oil companies, all members of the Royai Dutrh Shell Group, including Shell oil Company, were charged today in the New York Supreme Court with diverting and holding secretly In storage home-heating oil meant for New York area home-owners. At
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    Lock icon $777 mil PLEDGE TO THE U.N. BY 49 NATIONS
    209 4 $777 mil PLEDGE TO THE U.N. BY 49 NATIONS UNITED NATIONS, Thurs. Fortynine countries yesterday pledged a total of nearly US$3ll million (about *****.5 mil) to the UN World Food Programme, which distributes food supplies as backing for economic and social development programmes. The target for the two-year period 1975--1976
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    77 4 Grandmasters battle to a draw AUGUSTA (Oeorgia). Thurs.— Viktor Korchnoy (USSR) and Henrique Mecklng (Brazil) drew the 10th game of their match in the world chess championship candidates' quarter-finals last night. Mecking had the White pieces, but cjuld not get any advantage, and the grandmasters called quits on the 27th
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    Lock icon Nixon under strong new pressure by Congress
    445 4 WASHINGTON. Thurtxlay PRESIDENT Nixon was under powerful new pressure 1 from Congress yesterday to co-operate fully with its impeachment and Watergate investigations. Just a week after Mr. Nixon told Congress "one year of Watergate is enough," the House of Representatives yeste rday voted
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    Lock icon Watch on Nixon's brother was for political reasons
    294 4 Watch on Nixon's brother was for political reasons VI/ASHINOTON, Thurs The US Secret Service surveillance of President Nixon's younger brother, Donald Nixon, was ordered to protect the President from political embarrassment rather than for security reasons sources close to the Senate Watergate Committee said yesterday The sources also said the
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    70 4 LONDON. Thurs. The British Government yesterday turned down suggestions In Parliament that It should postpone the Independence of the troubled Caribbean state of Grenada set for today. Lord Balnlel. a Foreign Office Minister of Bute, told questioners there had been no reports of violence over the
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    Lock icon Ballerina dies
    32 4 .-ONDON. Thurf rhf Bntlsh-bom ballerina Lydtd> Sckilova. who tx.««me known as me of Resits finest dance-s, has <*.ed it her horn* in Englanu. aged 77. It was •sported today. Reuter
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    Lock icon 2m workers take strike ballot on pay dispute
    239 4 2m workers take strike ballot on pay dispute I>ONN, Thurs. More I ■D than two million pub- 1 lie service postal and railway workers begin two days of balloting today lo decide whetner to empower their unions to call a strike in pursuit of pay claims. The results of the
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    Lock icon SHORTER DAYS WITH FASTER ROTATION
    105 4 PBIS, Than. The .Earth Is turning round faster this year and dars have become shorter, according to a French astronomer. Mr. Andre Lallemand told the French Academy of Sciences yesterday that the day lost about 0 001 second during the fli»t weeks of this year.
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    3 Anzuk employees accused of taking bribes
    193 5 3 Anzuk employees accused of taking bribes rIREE employees from the Anzuk Department of Environment were yesterday charged in a magistrate's court with corruptly accepting a total of $22,650 from a firm of contractors Sankaran Sunder, 52. a superintendent at Woodlands depot, was charged on 10 counts with accepting $10,500
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    Nine-day feast of Our Lady of Lourdes
    78 5 A NINE-DAY feast of Our Lady of Lourdes will be celebrated with a novena from tomorrow in Ophir Road. Tliere will be dally mass novena prayers, sermons conducted in English and Tamil, and the benediction starting at C pm On the last day
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    MP CALLS FOR NEW LAW ON LIFTS
    90 5 MP CALLS FOR NEW LAW ON LIFTS rt MT for Sembawanc. Mr. Tronc tn( Sionc, has proposed that the Government should introduce a law rrquiriru all lifts to be operated by lift attendants only. Mii proposal is contained in a question for the next sitting of Parliament. He suggests that
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    A poser for judges in bargirl murder case
    373 5  -  BEN DAVIDSON By J)||) ;i detective, accused of shooting dead his barwaitress girlfriend, commit murder? Or was her death an accident? And if the facts of the case 6c. not conclusively disclose murder, accident or any other offence, and the accused remained
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    Consumer centre officials to be elected today
    283 5 A CONS ULT A T I V E committee for the proposed central office for the consumer organisations in Asia and the Pacific will be elected today. The resolution to set up the office, which was flcst discussed by the steering committee of
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    First cable car to carry Dr Goh
    128 5 fFHE first cable car to X go to Sentosa, after the service has been officially opened on Feb. 15. will carry the Deputy Prime Minister and De fence Minister, Dr. Goh Keng Swee. Dr. Goh, who will open the service, will be accompanied
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    Tyre shop towkay robbed of $2,000
    156 5 Tyre shop towkay robbed of $2,000- TWO gunmen held up th proorictor of a tyre shop in Cbua Chu Kan* Road on Wednesday night and escaped with S2.MM in cash and Jewellery. They walked Into the shop at about 8.30 p.m. and held nn the owner, Mr. Hone Lee Bin.
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    Veendam visit
    18 5 THE S 8. Vewidam of the Holland America Line will call at Singapore on March 4.
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    Second batch of pigs from Malaysia are cheaper
    281 5 Second batch of pigs from Malaysia are cheaper LIVE pigs imported from Peninsular Malaysia yesterday were sold at $185 a plcul, $10 cheaper than last month. This was the second batch of 80 live pigs Imported by the Singapore Pork Merchants Association and distributed among Its members by balloting. The
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      257 5 Straits Times Crossword H allF aflaT aHI WT BbW W H ACROSS 6 Odd Uiss swallowing gin 7 Tomboy dialect In Spain? cocktail seen on railway (H (7). t Olrl returns first class on 9 Soldiers 1 way to carry wine veaael with commander up trail iS. O> 15 Olrl
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    The volunteer hostages
    77 6 have a job to do and I will have to push aside all my fears while I am doing it. It took my wife only about three minutes to understand why I had to do it^ —CAPT. MASUKO, WHO LEADS THE CREW OF NINE FLYING THE LAJU
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    JAL pilot who'll risk his life for his sense of duty...
    409 6 (]AP TA I N T. Masuko of Japan Air Lines says he is willing to risk his life anytime for the one thing that he treasures most in his life his responsibility. And it Is this deep sense of
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    Drama of hijackers' one week on Laju
    253 6 YJIGHLJGHTS of the Bukom bombers' one week on the ferry Laju from the day they tried to. blow up the oil refinery to Wednesday night: j~ THURSDAY (Jan. 31): Attack on oil tanks on Pulau Bukom, followed by hijacking of ferry Laju at
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    Whitlam toast to Lee at Istana dinner
    35 7 Mr. Whitlam offering roast to Mr. Lee Kuan Yew (back to camera) at a dinner given in his honour by Mr. Lee jt the Istana annexe la«t night.
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    Pledge to maintain enduring ties with S-East Asia
    747 7 AUSTRALIAN Prime A Minister Gough Wnltlam last night assured Singapore of his country's "strong and continuing" Interest in maintaining a substantial and enduring re 1 a tlonshlp with South-east Asia. He said it was hardly possible to conceive a prosperous Australia without
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    Call on Sheares and visit to varsities
    630 7 rE Whitlams began the first day of their official visit to Singapore with a call on President Sheares and the First Lady at the Istana yesterday morning. They then proceeded to the University of Singapore where they were received by the VI cc
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    Police seek tape owners
    46 8 ORCHARD Road police yesterday urged car owners who lost tape players and cassettes over the past six months to contact them. Police said the stolen articles were recovered from a house In Tamplnes Roi.d last month following the arrest of (our men.
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    Orchard Road one way all along soon
    190 8 AKCHAM) Road will be entirely oneway in week or Iwo with the opening of the new Orchard Boulevard. The new road, which runs parallel to Orchard Road, will lead traffic away from the city while Orchard Road will be for city bound traffic.
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    Drop in food prices after festival
    99 8 Drop in food prices after festival |JVX)D prices fell yes r terday after they shot to higher levels on Chap Goh Meh (Wednesday) last day of the Chinese New Year season. The price of 10 eggs dropped appreciably to $1.30 from between $1.80 and $2 before the festive season. On
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    Sale of work
    28 8 THE 13 Social Welfare Homes In Singapore will hold their biennial exhibition and sale of work at the Victoria Memorial Hall tomorrow at 10 am
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    LIFT GIRL MISSING FROM HOME
    78 8 LIFT GIRL MISSING FROM HOME LIFT attendant Peggir Aw Vo n g Wah, (above) 17, has been reported missing since Jan. 24 from l:er home in Aljunied Road. Her father, security guard officer Mr. Aw Vong Chwee has appealed to anyonr who has seen her, to contact Beach Road police
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    Gifts for aged
    36 8 THE resident manager of the Singapore Hilton. Mr Horst Angelkotter. visited the Little Sisters of the Poor (Home for the Agedi In Thomson Road to donate doxfk of old clothes, uniforms and chlnaware.
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    $30m forgery: Spore not the printing base
    132 8 rpHE S3O million forged US currency seized recently in Melbourne could have been printed there and not in Singapore, police here said yesterday. Australian police had been told that the notes were printed In Singapore with Melbourne used as a distribution Police spokesman
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    Winning Toto numbers
    36 8 NUMBERS picked In yesterday s Toto draw No 10 74 are 48. 24. 36. 38 and 21. The additional number Is 6. In the circles draw, winning numbers are 42. 33 and 12.
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    9 clinics for abortions
    51 8 NINE private clinics In Singapore can now perform abortions under the Abortion Act passed In March 1970. They are: Singapore PolycUnlc, Central Dispensary. Gentle Nursing and Health Centre, Teoh Clinic for Women. Lai Clinic. The Surgery, Chong Surgery, OO Clinic (or Women and Paul's Clinic for
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    Police officer charged
    45 8 POLICE Inspector Chan Jee Kong was charged yesterday with causing grievous hurt to Ismail bin M. Sharlff In Joo Chlat Road on Jan. 11. No plea was recorded. Pall of 13.000 was offered and the case will be mentioned on Feb. 21
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    Man accused of cheating 8 firms of $7,000 textiles
    104 8 Man accused of cheating 8 firms of $7,000 textiles JOHNNY Yu Cheng Tee was charged In a magistrate's court yesterday with cheating eight firms of textiles worth $7,257. He Is alleged to have cheated them at Young People Tailoring in Syed Alwi Road between Aug. 8 and 21 last yeai.
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    SIA to fete 100 old folks
    64 8 SIA to fete 100 old folks Singapore Airlines will organise a variety show for some 100 old folks from the Dragon Lotus Hill and Yew Tee homes In Woodlands, at the SIA building in Robinson Road tomorrow from 3.45 p.m. The folks will be entertained by Asian singers accompanied by
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    A hug in bar before man died in fight, court told
    385 8 tyWO bar cvstomers were J- hugging each other publicly shortly before beirig involved in a fight in which one of them was killed, the High Court heard yesterday. Loh Kah Lun, 21, Is charged with the murder of labour
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    ANOMALY CLAIM IN lAC AWARD
    152 8 rB Implementation of the Hongkong and Shanghai Bank court award has hit a "snag." The Singapore Bank Employees Union claimed that Its members have been made to pay an "extra" two per cent contribution to the Central Provident Fund beyond the mandatory percentage. Under the
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  • ACROSS THE CAUSEWAY
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      Govt lifts import duty on paper
      80 9 Govt lifts import duty on paper KUALA LUMPUR. Thurs. The Uov eminent has lilted the import duty on printing paper and newsprint in a new move to bring down the cost of production of textbooks. This was announced In the Dewan Negara today by the Attorney General Tan Sri Abdul
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      Two men held over $*****0 shares fraud
      184 9 Two men held over $*****0 shares fraud KUALA LUMPUR Thursday VATIONAL Bureau of Investigation officers arrested two men toda\ in connection with an alleged fraud involving alwut $>:»,000 worth of public listed shares issued recently by an agency here. The suspects, in their forties, are believed to be members of
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      Lock icon Iraq aid offer to Malaysia
      49 9 BAGHDAD. Thurs. li«a hM offered to help provide techrlcal Ualnlng to MaUysUns in the oil Industry. press statement said here today. The statement marked a two-day visit to Iraq by a Malaysian delegation led by Dato Talb Mahmud. Mlnls•er of Industry and Oil. Reuter.
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      $4,000 dope in car
      50 9 IPOH. Thurs. A customs party seized about $4,000 worth of morphine In a Colt Oalant car stopped at a roadblock Just outside Sungel Slput town. 18 miles north of here, yesterday. Three youths In the car were detained. The drug was hidden undsr U» back -at.
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      The bread war: Bakeries cut back supply
      169 9 The bread war: Bakeries cut back supply KUALA LUMPUR, Thurs. Bakeries today cut back production of bread In response to a no-delivery threat by vendors. Until late tonight they could not guarantee a normal bread supply to homes tomorrow. Members of the Kuala Lumpur Bread Sellers Association refused to take
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      Co-ordination of research
      66 9 KUALA LUMPUR. Thurs. The Minister with Bpecial Functions 'n charge of Nuclear Enenjy and Environment. Mr Michael Chen, said today hi.< ministry and the L Diversity of Malaya might co-ordinate their research work on pollution control. The proposal was made by the head of the Ecology Division
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      $300 m credit
      27 9 KUALA LUMPUR. Thurs. Japan has agreed to provide a third yen credit of $300 million to Malaysia to help In the Second Malaysia Plan.
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      Lorries from three new assembly plants—
      276 9 Lorries from three new assembly plants KUALA LUMPUR, Thurs. French and Japanese commercial vehicles are likely to be assembled by three out of the four new motor assembly plants approved by the Government yesterday. The French lorry made by Berllet of Lyons might be assembled in Peninsular Malaysia while the
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      Training in Canberra
      80 9 KUALA LUMPLT. Thurs. Eight trade commissioners of the Ministry of Trade and Industry left for Canberra this evening for three months training under the Colombo Plan. They are Mr. Merlyn Kaslmlr. Enclk Ahmad Zainl bin Mohamed. Mr. Pong Chit Ylng. M. Yap Fung Kong. Mr. Hong Funn
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      Work-to-rule by 15,000 busmen
      158 9 KUALA LUMPUR, Thurs. Thousands of bus commuters here and In Petallng Jaya are likely to be affected tomorrow following a work to rule by 15.000 workers of Sri Jaya Transport Company tonight. The workers went on a work to rule following the expiry today of an
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      $16 mil bonanza in new Jetabout Holiday
      188 9 $16 mil bonanza in new Jetabout Holiday ITU ALA LUMPUR, 1Y Thurs. Qantas Airlines will launch a new Jetabout Holiday programme to Malaysia in April which is expected to bring ip about $16 million to the tourist trade. The airline's manager In West Malaysia, Mr. John Hill, said the new
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      DON'T BE A PIG
      432 10 rpHE price of pork has dropped some 20 to 40 cents a katl from the peak point of $4.40 it hit during Chinese New Year. Consumers will welcome the decrease, because any price reduction helps in these days of spiralling inflation. But the new price is
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      ON TO THE POLLS
      190 10 DRITAIN will experience the convulsions Of an election campaign in addition to the trauma of a three-day week when Parliament is dissolved today. A general election will be held on Feb. 28. The threeweek campaign the shortest possible under the law is expected to be hardfought
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      Oh Britannia
      765 10  -  JOHN CROSBY: By LONDON LORD Carrington, Britain's Minister of Higher Explanations as we call him in our boose, has warned we must face up to the prospect of a two- day week. Maybe even a one-day week. Well, I'm ready. Face up, Crosby, I say. Never let it
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      Ban those cruel displays of caged animals
      488 10 Ban those cruel displays of caged animals ALTHOUGH we A were greatly disturbed over the circumstances in which the panther died, we think this incident has demonstrated the large number of people who do feel very strongly over an animal's welfare. This unhappy episode in the fledgling zoo's experience does
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      Hospital smoke
      54 10 IR£FER to your correspondence "Smoked Filled Ward at Outram Road Hospital" (ST. Jan. 18) by "Shocked." The hospital at the moment does have a "no smoking" regulation within the wards This Is usually enforclble in respect of all patients and is observed by the staff. However, during vlsltlng
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      GOVT REPLIES
      267 10 difficult to enforce this ruling. The observation by "Shocked" that the ward has a "smoked filled atmosphere," "reminiscent of that in a night club," was probably somewhat exaggerated although we do not deny that smoking by visitors has been observed. A more serious attitude to this problem is
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      Lock icon N. Vietnam—country that needs no more war
      1174 10  - N. Vietnam— country that needs no more war LYNNE WATSON: HANOI By THE Democratic Republic of Vietnam (North Vietnam) is a country with no computers or photocopy machines, a country with shortages of food, medicines, hospital equipment and much more. A country with a housing need so acute that foreign
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      CASE OF THE 'MISSING' WOMEN
      56 10 CASE OF THE 'MISSING' WOMEN WILL the seminar on consumerism held here this week help CASE to increase its membership? Consumerism cannot work without public support and, I understand. CASE has had great difficulty recruiting active members. Women, in particular. fight shy of joining CASE but they are active in
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      letting squeezed in bus lanes
      165 10 AT the moment, special bus lanes are beingIntroduced in various parts of the city. 1 have observed that many of these are drawn too close to road Junctions. The Junction of Boon Tat Street and Robinson Road Is a good example. Motorists turning left into
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      7 10 olivelll SYSTEM 77 the economical accounting System
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      467 10 Years Ahead 41^*^^% M Motoring experts have always admired the advanced technology i^flWfl WttssP^ssPVssr^s^lC '"corporated in Citroen cars I^F %J^W I' I I^^fWl 6|S Aesthetically the AERODYNAMIC Citroen shape is ahead of ■^^■bjw conventionally styled cars. mH^^^HV Functionally because of its very low wind resistance, the design promises and delivers
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      Global energy crisis: The grounds for qualified optimism
      1581 11  - Global energy crisis: The grounds for qualified optimism ADRIAN HAMILTON FINANCIAL AND ECONOMIC SECTION OF THE STRAITS TIMES By LONDON: Recent news from the oil front has taken a more optimistic tinge. On the question of both price and supply there are now clear signs that the oil producers, having
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      Safe working is an employer's moral responsibility
      518 11  -  TAN LIAN CHOO By T\ EP E NDENCE on Singapore's statutory laws governing industrial safety alone is inadequate to ensure a reasonable level of safe working, according to Mr. D.H. Brown, an Industrial health and safety expert now working with the Labour Ministry.
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      Top seller
      49 11 FVATSUN 1200 sedan topped sales of all motor car models In Singapore In the first nine months of 1973. Sales statistics prepared by the motor trade show that 1,139 cars of that model were sold In January to September. Second was Corolla 4door deluxe with 830 units.
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      Lock icon New head for Rothschild subsidiary in HK
      217 11 New head for Rothschild subsidiary in HK LONDON: N. M. Rothschild, the merchant bank, has disclosed that Evelyn de Rothschild one of the bank's London directors has assumed chairmanship of the bank's Hongkont subsidiary, the Financial Times reports. This fellows a shake-up In the management of the bank's Hongkong operation,
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      New SIC members
      123 11 |X>UR new members r have been appointed to the Securities In. dustry Council, to bring Its total strength to nine. The new members are: Messrs R Blyth. manager for South-east Asia. Prudential Assurance; Lee Hee Beng. chairman. Housing and Development Board: Patrick Yeoh Khwai Hon. senior manager,
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      ROTTERDAM OIL PRODUCT PRICES (SPOT MARKET)
      6 11 ROTTERDAM OIL PRODUCT PRICES (SPOT MARKET)
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      ARAB OIL PRODUCTION
      324 11 production thjrrrl b» Sjud'j Arabia and Kuwait r at m«Dlvrd in planned cutbacks in output Governments themselves not only have to maice decisions about long-term investments In developing new energy patterns, but are faced with the much more Immediate problem of deriding how far prices and supplies
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      Plan to split M. Containers
      277 11  -  HENRY CHANG FRIDAY FEBRUARY 8. 1974 By MALAYAN Containers Is to undertake a reconstruction to separate Its business In Malaysia and Singapore into two Independent operations. Under the scheme which will be presented to shareholders for approval on March 1 two new companies will be
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    A lobby with an ideal setting for any exhibition
    287 12 THE modern exhibition lobby in the recently completed podium of UIC Building at Shenton Way has become fupctional. Located on the ground floor of the 40-storey building, it has a floor area of about 3,000 sq ft., and a spectacular entrance
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    Torn by uncertainty about 1974, India faces a severe economic setback
    703 12  - Torn by uncertainty about 1974, India faces a severe economic setback BERNARD WEINRAUB Dy ]»JEW DELHI: The Indian Government, slow to awaken to the full impact of the oil crisis, is facing a severe economic setback that will cut food production and Industrial growth. Economists and government officials are now
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    Lock icon WORLD TRADE CONTINUES TO IMPROVE
    322 12 WASHINGTON: World tiade continued to expand through the third quarter of 1973 with world exports reaching an annual rate of U*****,000 million, according to the latest issue of the International Monetary Fund's International Financial Statistics. The third quarter level was a rain of 42 per
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    PEOPLE IN BUSINESS
    322 12 PEOPLE IN BUSINESS San Holdings has announced the resignation with effect from Jan. 21 of Raja Datuk Paduka Haji Azatn bin Raja Haji Kamaralzaman as director and chairman. The company also announced that Tunku Abdullah ibiii Almarbum Tuanku Abdul Rahman has been appointed the new chairman. Six clerical staff members
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      54 12 OYSTERS Rockefeller On the Shell Slew A la Thorndike a" Uxelles Algonquin Sauteed Killpatrick Casino Devilled Newburg Fried Scalloped Baked Brochette A I'Orly Americaine 17 delicious oyster dishes to choose from and no parking problems. Executive Lunch GOLDEN PEACOCK RESTAURANT There le only one Shangri-La VMSTIU'N INHI.'XAtIONAI Hlllf IS fIHW
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  • TIMES CITY DESK SMR BUSINESS
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      CHIEF PRICE CHANGES
      172 13 M. Bank $7 IS DOB $638 Taa fhonf $2 86 PAN $5 JO H. P»r $3.76 P. Cmrb. tl SO Inchcapr »6 00 NBT »7.» OCBC M.BO O. I Trwt W IS P. CkMw »2 38 G. Lonbrr $1U N. Ind. »137 SiCBW »1» Chan. In*. »2
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      CLOSING PRICES
      1637 13 fffa last transacted sale 4 at the close of business In the Stock Exchange of Singapore yesterday compared with yesterday's prices together with 1973/74 high and low i* Adjusted (or all new Issues). CLOSING T0NI: All section* cloaed (teady wblle commoditier wer* quiet TURNOVCft: Official total turnover on
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      Small gains on all fronts
      373 13 SMALL Improvements were noted on all fronts on the Stock Exchange of Singapore yesterday In thin trading. The opening rally was fairly strong among speculative counters and attributable to technical factors. But because of the lack of concerted buying, the trend turned barely steady towards
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      Prices in KL market move up slightly
      263 13 Prices in KL market move up slightly SHARE prices crept forward at the Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange In continuation of the previous day's trend with sentiment bolstered by speculative buying in a few counters. Rises, though widespread, were marginal, and attention was centred again on a few stocks Conditions were
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      BUSINESS DONE (SINGAPORE)
      1355 13 DID md overprices officially listed and business In and reported to the Stock Exchange of Singapore yesterday with the number of share* traded shown In brackets In lots of 1.000 units unless otherwise specified. INDUSTRIALS Acma (2 558 2 678). All ill'lß 12SS). A.T.L (133 B) (3)
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      KUALA LUMPUR
      1279 13 DID and offer prices offl- daily luted and business in and reported to the Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange yesterday with the number of shares traded anown In bracket* In lots of 1.000 units unless otherwise specified INDUSTRIALS Acma (2 428 2.908). A. Tape (1348 1.358) (1) 135. (1)
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      Foreign company news
      199 13 HEED International of the UK announces pre-tax profit of £17.3 million (£9.9 million) for the three months to end December. HITACHI'S secretary. Mr. Kazue Kumagal forecast sales (or the fiscal year ending March should reach 1.500.000 million yen. up 19 per cent from the previous year. Net
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      CLOSING PRICES
      30 13 Rubber: Feb. 7. Singapore: 244 50 ct«. (down I.M ct.) Malaysia: 240 50 cts. (down 1.56 cts.) Tin: $1,050.50 (up 515.5«>. Official offering 255 tons (down 20 tons).
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      PRODUCE PRICES
      90 13 CHINISI PROOUCC EX CNANQI, SINGAPORE NOON VIST! ROAV. Cecenut Oil: bulk 1137 nominal. drum $140 nominal. Cepn: Mlxtd (lOOSC) UK/ Coat. 112 N. PlS**r: Muntok APT A whit* f.o.b. 100* NLW »307| aeller*. Sarawak white f.o.b M* NLW SMS aellers. Sarawak «prctal black f.o.b. »t% NLW Si»2i sellers.
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      Gold markets
      51 13 Wadnttday Tuaiday Ull Ul» If.lbounw (1> M.M B».M London IM.OO 140.00 B»lrut 139.00 141.60 Hongkong 13H.30 137.10 Zurich 137 508 IM.OOB 13V SOB 141.008 Pmrla 143.39 147.0S SPOT* (J) 13».«0 141.W Expert prices Is non-iterlinc ar«i (0 U.S. dollan p*r ounct. (1) Aujtralun dollar* p*r ouoc*. (2) Avtrmgc
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      Copper prices
      36 13 London copp*r prlc»« on W»dacaday (pirvioiu In bracket* i. Wlrebar— Spot buyer f»62.00 tiMO.OO) teller (M 3.00 (IS6100): Three month* buyer 194X00 KHO 00) Mller £»4».OO (1941.001 Markai tm: irrenil»rly easier. l*ut: 4.800 tons.
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      Tin up $15.50 to new high
      236 13 Tin up $15.50 to new high fTtHE} Straits tin price Jumped another $15.50 to $1,050.50 per plcul for a new high In Penang yesterday on an official offering down 20 tons to 255 tons. LONDON: Wednesdays tin traded at record highs for Cash at £3,240 per metric ton and for
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      Asian currency unit
      167 13 A BIAN currency deposit Interbank rates as at :loae on Thursday. Feb. 7: IS DOLLARS Offer Bid 7 days 7-7/8 7-5 8 1 mth 8-7/16 8-5 16 2 mths 8-9/16 8-7/16 3 mths 8-9/16 8-7/16 6 mths 8-9/16 8-7/16 9 mths 8-1/2 8-3/8 12 mths 8-7/16 8-5/16
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      Money market
      32 13 Average lnier-Dan* rates in Singapore dollars for Feb. I: OFFER BID Overnight 11 10 1 mth 124 11% 2 mths 11 >n 104 3 mths 114 104 Prime rate 9%
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      Rubber down
      678 13 LONDON advices were lower than expected and opening quotations In the Singapore rubber market yesterday were marked down five cents, but this proved to be overdone at first busi ness. The morning's trading was uncertain and ievls rwung somewhat erratically within a three cc it bracket. The morning
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      Foreign exchange
      78 13 <pHE US dollar opened slightly firmer at $2 4820 —2.4860 In the Singapore forex market yesterday compared with the previous clostni of $2 4790— 52.4810. In moderately active tradIng the dollar firmed up to $2 4840— 52 4860 by mid morning Thereafter it dipped marginally and was quietly
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      NOMINAL RATES
      173 13 Nate: These rates may differ slightly from those quoted by banks to their customers. Note: These rates may differ slightly from those quoted by banks to their customers The following are the nominal average closing interbank rates In Singapore: turrrncle* NaaalaaJ rates SmiUuontta quoted yrsterdar (craa) parity eaup
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      HONGKONG
      194 13 UONOKONO. Thurt. Share prices recovered after a three-day decline on the stock market today but total turnover on the four exchanges dropped to a new low of HKS26 86 million compared with yesterday's $39 million. The previous low. recorded on Tuesday, was $30.85 million. Brokers attributed the slow trading
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      Hongkong rates
      130 13 On the rrte inninii market In HonKkonc yeaterdsy thr U.S. dollar »v quoted at i 0«<tO/ S.TOOO for T.T. snd 3 075 S.OSS for curt. Sterling »v quoted st 11.20/ 11 40 and «ni tael fid wa* I quoted at su 20 Klkkoman 33S +11 Toray Kuji Photo
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      TOKYO
      66 13 'TOKYO. Thurs— Price* on the Tokyo Stock Exchange closed moderately lower as Investors turned cautious The Dow-Jones average tumbled 25.17 points to 4.561. 55 and the New Index eased 0 92 to 330.01 Today's closing prices In yen with the differences on yesterday's close. litauahlta Elect. SOB UM> 257
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      AMSTERDAM
      119 13 AMSTERDAM. Wed Stocks were quietly mixed, with Royal Dutch leading moderate gains In Dutch Internationals. Major banks featured gains In local Issues State loans were weak. Cloaing prices In Dutch lulldtr* with the difference on the prevloua km ion* price* .luo MJW lon. Hooaovctu 63 10 J» .X i-ninp*
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      ZURICH
      121 13 7 U R I C H. Wed The Zurich Stock Exchange was In dull mood today, with the majority o? stocks moving d>wn again. The Credit Sulsse Index slumped 2.2 to 242.9 points. Cloi.nn prim m Swln franca with thr dlfTrrencc on th« prtviom lemoo i pricrf P. Crtdit
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      MELBOURNE
      304 13 MELBOURNE. Tiurs. The Melbourne stock market closed on a narrowly mixed note in qui. t trading conditions today, but with a generally firmer undertone evident towards the r dof the session. Most base metal stocks i made steady progress. Bougainville was IKted to A 82.15 as the market reacted
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      NEW YORK
      241 13 XJTW YORK, Wed— Stock y market prices, mixed most of the session, finished sligtul: on the upside In dull trading. The Dow Jo".es Industrials were up 368 to 824 62. The broader-based New York Stock Exchange Index added 014 at 49.89. Advaves led declines 728 to 594 Volume
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      Indices
      98 13 TINS Wednesday 88 84 Ty*^ 89.10 Week ago 91.41 RI'BBEKS Wednesday 395 48 Tuesday 401 10 Week ago 402.41 OILS Wednesday 285.93 Tuesday 288.11 Week aso 281.59 INDUSTRIAL Wednesday 303 2 Tuesday 298 2 Week ago 309.7 DOW JONES AVERAGE INDUSTRIAL* Wednesday 834.82 Tuesday 820 64 Week ago 882.32
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      850 14 SINGAPORE PETROLEUM COMPANY PRIVATE LIMITED invites applications for A. ACCOUNTS ASSISTANTS D. ACCOUNTS CLERK I QUALIFICATIONS ft EXPERIENCE I A Appropriate accounting qualifications with I upto two years experience m the handling of I either finance' control reports preparation I short term loan/ investments and cash fore- I casts, accounts
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      554 14 |oWon«|vlrtt«3H Pharmaceutical Division requires An energetic Medical Representative to be based in Singapore. Requirements: 1 Senior Cambridge or HSC. majoring in Science subjects. 2) Experience not necessary as training is provided. 3) Below 30 years of age. 4) Must be a Singapore Citizen. 5) Possess a car and a valid
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      713 14 mf YrKfxaßjnHJTuiTvQFsccflPOHt DBS Chartered On-Une (Re) Ltd. SENIOR MARKETING EXECUTIVE DBS Chartered On Line IPtel Ltd (DCO) has a Univac 1 106 installed in its computer centre in the DBS Building. Shenton Way This computer system established Singapore's first computer utility operation The services provided by DCO cover the full
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      518 14 SE CO (A) LIAISON OFFICER 1 A good educational background Knowledge of Chinese language and dialects desirab'e. 2. Experience in Marketing iesirablt preferably in a Marine an I Engineering organisation. 3. Female "candidates with rx perience on Public Relations wi I be favourably considered. (B) TECHNICIAN/DRAUGHTSMAN 1. Technician Diploma or
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    *****94 wins $400,000 prize in S'pore Sweep
    230 15 *****94 wins $400,000 prize in S'pore Sweep TICKET No. *****94 won the first prize ol $400,000 In the Singapore Sweep No. 2/74 held at Golden Crown Restaurant in Queenstown U>t night. Second prize of $150.--000 was won by ticket No. *****76 and the third prize of $75,000 went to ticket
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    Aceneshifters rehearsals
    29 15 THF YMCA Bceneshift«rs will present South Pacific In thetr next production. Rehearsals are held every Thursday at the Orchard YMCA auditorium from t pm tc 10 pm
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    $1 mil bonus scheme for busmen
    312 15 $1 mil bonus scheme for busmen 'JMIK manaymfl of the Singapore, Bus Service lias set aside $1 million this year for its 9,000 busmen under an incentive scheme to improve the standard of service in the transport industry. This was announced yesterday by Mr. Phey Yew Kok, general secretary of
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    168 15 SHELL TO DEALERS: DON'T CLOSE ON SUNDAYS SHELL has warned Its dealers against closing their petrol stations on Sundays. In letters sent tr. Its dealers yesterday, the company said Sunday closure of their petrol stations was unacceptable to It. Any dealer who did so would be breaking his contract. The
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    38 15 UNITED NATIONS. Thurs S.ngapore has expressed consent to be bound by the 1973 International Sugar Agreement. Its Instrument of ratification of the agreement was received yesterday by the Un;. Ed Nations legal affairs oßlce. Reutei
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    236 15 Fulfilling a vow on Thaipusam Day at Batu Caves temple rpHOl SANDS of HinX dus in Malaysia thronged temples on Wednesday to make their annual Thaipusam pilgrimage to fulfil vows. Amidst the chanting of prayers, kavadi bearers pierced parts of their bodies with spikes some 15- ft. long. The devotees
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    181 15 Overseas experts invited to study security at zoo THE Singapore Zoo has invited two experts from overseas to study security measures. One of them, Mr. Lyn de Alwis. director of Drhiwala Zoo, Colombo, who designed the open concept of the Mandal too. has accepted the invitation. He will undertake a
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    53 15 THE National Library's second full-time branch, which was officially opened at Toa Payoh yesterday, will also serve as the headquarters of other services. It will be the headquarters of the mobile library service; and the service to puttime branches, residents associations, social welfare homes, clubs and other
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      22 15 THE water consumption on Wednesday was 114 million gallons (518.000 cubic metres), 1.3 million gallons (6,000 cubic metres) less than on Tuesday.
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      1011 15 I 1 TV MALAYSIA (3) TV SINGAPORE (5) 1 7AA PN Summary 3.M The 7 Ift fl Summary 7.1) Mh 2 fifi P* For the Famj| y venture 7.15 Tumpuan Mmggu (Malay, J.UU Rifleman 3.27 Man Mt /.1U Barat 7.41 English Film J.\f\) (Ch>nese) 331 Diary of repeat) 7.31 News
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    14 16 "With treasured memories of Mr. Joseph Tay Buan Heng. departed 8 2.6f1"
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      600 16 ||PSA rCNDEI NOTICE Separate tenders are invited from PSA registered Contractors Suppliers for any one or all of the following:— 1) DEMON, SUPPLY and INSTALLATION of Fire Alarm System to a Block ol 12-Storey Building At Bvertoo Park Cantonment Road. 2) SUPPLY of 100 Nos. 2 cubic yard capacity steel
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      563 16 INDUSTRIAL TRAINING BOARD TENDER NOTICE Tenders are invited for the supply and delivery of:Molor Vehicle lest r quiprru-m for Jurong Vocational Institute iITB JM/IS/73) For details, please call personally at:— Industrial Training Board 3rd Floor, Ministry of Education Annex Building Kay Slang Road Singapore 10 9 am 12.30 pm (Monday
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      381 16 GOVERNMFNT OF THE SOCIALIST REPI BLIC OF IHf I \l<)\ Or HI R\U IMITATION I-OR Sr U rI) II NOrKS Prnprrt\ for Salr M.V. SULA. Panamanian sea-going vessel afloat in the Port of Rangoon. For detailed specifications see page 1289 LR Identity No *****98 LLOYD'S REGISTER OF SHIPS. 1971--72. Term
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      706 16 lINDIK Tenders will be received In the Ministry of Defence Logistics Division). Tanglln. Singapore 10 for the undermentioned Items up to 11.00 a.m. on dale shown against the Items: 1. CLOTH. CURTAIN LIGHT NAVY BLUE HEAVY COTTON 481 WIDTH Tender MINDEF (LOG) 6/ 74 (3) Closing Date: 18.2.74 2 AIR
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      745 16 IN THK MATTER Or THE (OMPANIKs I < *P. IK VNI) H\MI (l\\ i. CIMI- \M MM.XI'IIKf I'KIX Air I IMIIH) i In XoluMart I Njaidationi Ml MBrRS- \Ol.t N| \R\ WINOIM.-1 V At an Extraordinary General Meeting of the members of the abovenamed Company duly convened and held at
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      709 16 MINIS|R> Ol (I I It Xl lINDIK NOIK I Tenders will be received at the office of the Head. Publicity Division. Ministry of Culture. 3rd Floor. Government Offices. St. Andrew's Road, Singapore 6. In tender Box No 1 up to 12 noon on 22 February 1974 for the printing and
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      465 16 HOI SIM. X DIXf I ((I'M! BOARD Separate tenders are Invited for any one or all of the following:— (1) ERECTION COMPLFTION of Three Blocks of 25-Storey 5-Room Point Block Flats (288 Units) at Marine Parade Estate Contract XIV (2) Construction of OUTLET DRAIN NO. 4 (PART II) and OUTLET
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      369 16 SinDRPORE TEIEPHORE BOUND TENDER NOTICE Tenders are Invited for the supply of TKNDr R NO. PI/3/748 1. 1,200 sets Manhole Frames and Covers. Size 914.4 mm x 609.6 mm (i.e. 36" x 24"). warranted watertight, nonrocking and suitable for heavy road traffic. I.e. 15.240 kg. (15 tons) fast moving axle
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      1136 18 I 1* KAWASAKI KISEN KAISHA LTD. MWUMJ IMNUI USEM UISM LTI. MPM, N UK. STMITS SOVCL laaaa Haaftonf lac." P. Maw| SNIMk HAM It FM Jipin AnbUn Gall l»vl«« S filiae FM WITIIUi MM llt Ma 44 MoM, Dye. >' „-ianka»r IK'!* ILriorromMkr. j,..n toulh Alrt«s-W««t Africa •«.vl.« tKkJMOT. FM:
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      909 18 BEAUTY LINES ETA HO FM: I C T KMTV LITtS Ii Ptrt II Ftl Tiaclors lor Indonesia. IC T lEAITT WIT Ii Ptrt II Ft» i Tractors lor Indonesia WAITT HIT H Ft* II Frt labuan IMF lAMEI M Ft* 12 Frt Ularta I S T lENTAP Ft» 12 Frt
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      1088 18 v 4»«ir»«c. 2 SitSKti WV »«tieLfctWkf i m aaUtUi U.K. lUKO>I SUVICI LOADING FOR LONDON ROTTIRDAM. HAMBURG S.njaearl P UUM PaUM Ifr.ttt r.ikCl Haiti Caa 41 II il Fit 14 II Frt l uoo il Mar. tip It Mai n NIPTVM IMIIILO I I Mar llt Mar 11 Mar Liwdi>n4«at
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      763 18 EXMKSS SERVICE TO LONDON. LIVERPOOL CONTINENT PORTS la»t«a», lar IVNd TIIaMI la Pact II U 'at lutao IS 3 LanaVl t-tmtx n I 4. a »>p 4 4 mmi miiii »ii Frt m i^? o i"< J i«ii 1 4. M 6yi| I? 4 lIKI IHII II 11 Mr 14
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      1018 18 AUTMONITV AHHOUNCIO (UT Kiho Maru. Matarha TMI POLLOWINO ■■■TMIMO Tr»n.ni! l»r. and Kirn In U AR*At4OtMIMTI PO« PM t RL-|(0 OUT Wrroank 1 I Tabarla a»ut». Part K>r» Lock. Katn lan t Slr.al U)M In M. la> pa.a I Kunak. moll Blaal ai<4 drra 23 M Honr.kons Ulan 4 I*
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      709 19 INSTITUT TEKNOLOJI KEBANGSAAN MALAYSIA IKLAN JAWATAN-JAWATAN KOBONG permohonan adalah dlpelawa darlpada warganecara Malaysia untuk |»w»Un-)»*iun Penayarah/ Penolong Prnsrarah Penolong Penayarah A7Penok>ng Pensyarah *B dalam bldang-bldang peagajlan aepertl berlkut.— (a) Kejuruteraan A warn (b) Kejuniteraan Je'.tera (:> Kejuniteraan Letrlk id) Senlbtna (c) Ukur Bahan (f) Perancangan Bandar dan Wllayah Ukur Tanah
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      716 19 nid MALAYSIAN INDUSTRIAL ESTATES SIN. BHD. invites applications from Malaysian Citizens for the post of JUNIOR ECONOMIST Duties: To undertake, in co-operation with the Economic Research Division, the feasibility studies of establishing viable projects. To maintain statistical data and assist in the preparation of operational review and forecast. To scrutinise
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      457 19 UPJOHN VETERINARY AND ANIMAL HEALTH ADVISER A large International company, active In pharmaceutical and veterinary research and marketing requires the services of a qualified veterinarian. The applicant, who will be based in Kuala Lumpur, should be prepared to travel extensively both in Malaysia and at a later date throughout South
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      1011 19 MANAGEMENT TRAINEES Malaysia Pistons Sdn. Bhd. invites applications tor the post of Management Trainees for their factory at the Senewang Industrial Estate, Seremban. Candidates should be: a) Malaysian citizens b) Oraduates In Mechanical or Electrical Engineering c) Prepared to undergo apprenticeship in the shop floor. d) Age preferred 23-26 years.
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      174 19 IMVERSITI KEBANGSAAN MALAYSIA TAWARAN Membekal Dan Mrnjahit Fakalan Seracam Barf Tahun 1974 Tawaran adalah dlplelawa bagl membekal pakalan seragam, termasuk kasut dan laln-laln kelengkapan, kepada UrUverslU lnl untuk Uhun 1974. Borang-borang serta dokumen tawaran boleh dldapatl darl Jabatan Bendahart. Bahagian Harta Benda pada waktu bekerja blasa. Borang tawaran pang telah
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      2105 20 classified ads (U APPLICANTS replying to Box numbers for Vacancies are requested not to enclose original copies of testimonials or references with their applications No responsibility can be accepted for their loss Applicants are also advised to write to Box numbers correctly and check vhem before posting. MALE SHIPPING CLERK
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      815 20 WANTED EXPERIENCED WHARF OELIVERY clerks with knowledge of PSA procedure Apply personally to 10-F. Jervols Road. TELEPHONE OPERATOR/ RECEPTIONIST Wanted Age 18 24 Must have Senior Cambridge, able to type, with some working experience Attractive terms Please ring *****2 lor appointWANTED ONE ACCOUNT/ LEDGER CLERK for leading Transportation Company Oood
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      681 20 d) T— teal— J JURONQ COMPANY INVITES APPLICATIONS for electricians, mechanics, assistant mechanics, assistant electricians, general plant assistants, odd Job men. general workers and office boy cum driver Please apply giving full personal details and salary expected to S T Box A ***** Spore before 16.2 74. CTS CLEVELAND TUNGSTEN
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      748 20 Wanted LABORATORY TECHNICIANS SC or Its equivalent with credit In Chemistry for chemical laboratory In Paya Lebar district. Male applicants should have completed National Service requirements Apply S.T Box A ***** Spore Domtitlt EXPERIENCED DRIVER required by company Preference will be given to those staying near East Coast Road or
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      724 20 VAMAOEN JAPANESE RESTAURANT require urgently 4 waitresses, bar-tender and apprentice cooks Call personally at 19th floor Yen San Building 268 Orchard Road Spore 9 between 10 12 p.m and 3 5 pm. VACANCIES FOR Oolden Lady Restaurant Coffee lounge Air-conditioned CABLE CAR HEAD STATION 11th Floor (who.c floor) Blangah Bay.
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      861 20 WANTED MALAY DRIVER preferably living around Holland Road Contact *****18 Spore REOUIREO A PEON with a driving licence Phone *****8 during office hours JALAN JINTAN (behind C.K. Tang) 3-bedroomed apartment plus servant's amenities $850 Ooldhlll Towers high- floor (unfurnished) $1,200 People's Park Complex 1 -roomed apartment $450 Braddell Heights (unfurnished)
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      864 20 LUXURIOUS MANSION. DIST. 11 on 3 acres of matured garden with swimming pool and outdoor entertainment area, huge living room with patio, separate dining room, large kitchen, servant's outhouse, king site master bedroom. 3 bedrooms, study. 4 modern longbaths. wall to wall carpeted, wood panelling, central alrcondltlonlng. sophisticated intercom system
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      843 20 CfNTRALLY AIRCONDITIONED LUXURY FLAT with swimming pool, good security, pleasant surroundings Large entertainment area. 3 bedrooms, study. 4 bathrooms, servant's quartunfurnished Beautiful 2-storty penthouse with panoramic vie* swimming pool. 5 bedrooms. 4 bathrooms. $4,000 furnished Bedokulle semidetached 4hedroomed house $600 furnished Hoe-Tan Company *****0/ *****2 Spore AVAILABLE IMMEDIATELY d trlct
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      854 21 BEAUTIFUL CORNER TERRACE HOUSE for sale at Uly Avenue off Stilt Avenue furnished Price < to 090 on o Contact Mr Loo at J7SBOB Room 1120 from 8 00 am II 30 am MOB 3-ROOMBO PLAT, Old Alr",rt Road. Spore 14 Price $20.Soo Tel *****0 for more particulars CAVENAQH HOUSE
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      800 21 RELINQUISH BOOKING OF BUNGALOW type B 2 at cost in La&w and Son Oardet off Upper Thomson Road Please call *****1/ ***** PEACH GARDEN Seml-detacned houses dlst 15 with central alrcond Please call Property Agency Pte Ltd *****2 ft DIST. 9 CAVENAGH COURT fully furnished central aircond. Tenanted $1,600 $182,000
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      707 21 SHOPS AVAILABLE FOR RENT or sale at the Peninsula Shopping Complex Enquiries please call Mia* Urn at ***** FAR BAST SHOPPING CENTRE Orchard Road 3rd floor shop 280 sq ft. Superior position Selling $97,000 only Tel: *****2 Spore SHOP AVAILABLE FOR RENT at Sembawani 12 i m s $600/- p.m
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      798 21 NAM-HO TRAVEL SERVICE LIMITED Tour West Malaysia Seven Days *****/-. airconditioned bus B6lso/-. Malaysia Oentlng Highlands by airconditioned bus Seven Days Ssl7o/-. Departure Every Sunday. Monday Deluxe Tour Malaysia Seven Days ***** (Provide First Class Hotel). Departure Every Monday. Cameron Highlands Four Days 8880/-. Oentlng Highlands Four Days *****/-. Departure:
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      791 21 SIX MONTHS" RAPID SECRETARIAL COURSE FOR GIRLS. (Starting February). (Shorthand/ Typewriting/ Bookkeeping/ Office Practice/ Structure of Business/ English/ Secretarial Duties/ Office Administration). Raja's College. Raffles Place (*****): Raja's. 218 D Changi Road (4976 M). BOOKKEEPING: Rapid/ Normal Courses. Morning/ Afternoon/ Evening Sessions Succeas guaranteed Register early Starting February. Raja's College.
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      851 21 SHORTHAND BEOINNERS RAPID COURSE commencing 7 2.74. Morning 10—11 a.m. Afternoon 2 3d m Evening 7.3o 8.30 p.m Tuesdays/ Thursdays. Please enquire, Systematic Business Training Centre. Ist floor. Peace Centre. Selegle Road Spore ***** MOTOR VEHICLE TUNE-UP and Maintenance lectured hy Sydney trained graduate and holder of City and Guilds
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      927 21 72 JULY CORTINA OT 1600. very good condition, alr-cond TEN auto Radio, New road Tax, view .fter 2 pm at 367. Upper Paya Lebar. Singapore if 1966 VOLKSWAOEN 1390 registered 1967 excellent engine, rr and maintenance no accldrni European owner leaving $3.--350 p.n.o Call *****7/8 during day. 19SS COMBI VW
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      1016 21 1972 FORD ESCORT 1 100 1970 Flat 125. Austin 110CS. 1968 Ford Escort 1100. Vauxhall Viva SL 1968 Volkswagen 1300. 1967 Renault R-10. 1968 Renault R-10 1965 Ford Cortina 8. 1963 Volkswagen 1200. 1962 Triumph Herald View 46 Zion Road (behind O real World) Tel *****0 Spore SEPTEMBER IS7I MERCEDES
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      786 21 FABULOUS Purs For WMar LATEST DEBIONS JUST UNPACKED JAMES FONO FURS 12-G TANQLIN SHOPPING CBNTNB TANQLIN ROAD. S PORE 10 TEL S79MI. JUST WATCH HER EYES sparkle especially when you give her fashion's latest chol.-e of exquisite Jewellery from Tin Blng Ooldsmlths Pte. Ltd.. 215-217 South Bridge Road, Spore END
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      795 21 REQUIRED SOLE DISTRIBUTORS for air freshener car shampoo glass cleaner, alrcondltloti freshener and etc Interested parties please call from 9 am -5 p m at 25-O. Amber Road Spore WAREHOUSE Djakarta Warehouse or workshop with office 5000 sq ft. with parts and tools room telephone and water 15 ft Jugh
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    IN MEMORIAM
    83 22 A year has passed since you left us but the memory ol you still lives within our hearts. Sadly missed by mother, brothers, sisters, brothers-in-law, nieces and nephews. JABATAN KIM! V JOHOR BAHRU KENYATAAN TENDER 1 74, t/74 3/74 Tawaran-tawaran untuk membekal Bahan-bahan Kimla (Laboratory Chemical*) dan Radas
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    530 22  -  EPSOM JEEP 1 RACIN6 I X PECTATIONS and Privy Seal were outstanding in a morning of spectacular gallops on a good track at Ipoh yesterday. Expectations, with George Podmore up, came away from Watergate tSairi Sulaiman at the end of a
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    227 22 Stipe's job is not an easy one I SEE that the turf clubs are advertising abroad for a stipendiary steward and a handlcapper. Just what are the qualifications needed for these posts? Couldn't the turf clubs find a Malaysian or a Singaporean to fill these Jobs? A MALAYSIAN. Kuala Lumpur.
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    61 22 LONDON. Thurs 81r Desmond Plummer. new head of the Horse- .ce Betting Levy Board, yesterday predicted that the introduction ol Sunday racing In Britain was Inevitable. He said: The two points holding up Sunday racing U that special legislation will have to be passed, and betting shops would
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    600 22 RACE 1 2.00 CLASS 4 DIV. 9" (l«00m 1 Argentina II (8) 9.00; 2 Grand Roma (6) 9.00. 3 Belle de Jour (5) 8.09; 4 Ultraviolet (2, 8.07; 5 U. General 17) 8 03; r Confusion (3) 802; 1 Here He Comes IV (1) 8.01; 8
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    717 22 I 30 CLASS S DIV 6— 6F fl200m) APPRENTICE RACE 1 Balkan Che»aller II t.13 Razak S 2 Wane Tuna* 8.12 H.H. Chan I 3 BcrUah I.U DJulklfljr 11 4 Song Kant l*» > 5 Quecnstown 8.1 T I. Nfiow 7 S Glacial Lad I.l* D. Kwonf 1
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    291 22 Diving coach Bruce faces problems By A. JOHNSON niVING coach 17 Bruce Bland said he was worried over the inadequate and below standard training facilities provided for divers at Toa Payoh and Queenstown pools. Bruce said that because of the ioor conditions of the diving boards at the two venues,
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    838 22 ENTRIES for Singapore Turf Clubs combined Amateur-Professional meeu Ing on Feb. It and 17: PROFESSIONAL HORSKS Class 1 7f (1.400 metres): The Banker 111, Better Prosperity. Boniface, Calibre. Champagne 11. Charlie Biorn. Commander-in-chief 11. Creek Street. Defender. Entertainment VIII. Epplng Forest. Far East 11. Firebrand. Olno
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    100 22 TEN unraced Malaysian--1 bred horses based at Ipoh will have their first trial at Ipon on Sunday They weie bought at the first auction at the National Stud at Tanjong RambuUn last year. There will be a 50-mlnute break after Race Three on Sunday. The
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    86 22 JAKARTA, Thurs. The Association ol South-east Asian Nations lAseani Table Tennis Tourna.nent will be played at Btndung, West Java, from Feb. 10 to 18, but without two member countries taking part. Indonesian Table Tennis Federation's secretary-gen-eral Mr. Willy Warroka. said today The Philippine* and Thailand would
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      701 22 LONDON FACIfIC INSIRANCE COMPANY BHD. In line with our expansion programme, we require, for our Malayan ar.d Slngaporr Office*, the following additional staff II MARKETING EXECUTIVES (MaUyala A Singapore) Application* from both Malajvla and Singapore Ci'.lsen* having romprehnisive knowledge in various classes of Insurance and several years of sellIng experience
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      610 22 PENANG URBAN CENTRE -PHASE 1A PREQUALIFICATION TENDER INVITATION Engineering Contractors wishing to tender for:a) Lifts Installation b) Air Conditioning Si Ventlllatlon Installation o Electrical Installation d> Fire Fighting Services should submit details of their firms including a list of previous work carried out to 'Development Consortium" c/o No. 36. Bank
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      84 22 FELDA MARKETING CORPORATION REGISTRATION FOR PURCHASE OF LATEX AND FIELD GRADE RUBBER Interested licensed purchaser* of latex grade rubber and fleld grade rubber (cud lump, tree lace and pre-coa-Hulated latex) are hereby invited to register their names and addresses with the CORPORATION Presently the CORPORATION has 81 rubber producing schemes
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    380 23  -  JOE DORAI By fKSTRE forward Daishiro Yoshimura, who was voted the v Best Player of the 1972 Pesta Sukan soccer tournament here, will spearhead the Japanese national team's bid to topple Juventus of Brazil at the National Stadium on Sunday at 7 p.m. Yoshimura,
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    81 23 a decision which clearly shocked the opening batsman and then Fletcher and Prank Hayes also fell to the former West Indian captain. In IS balls Sobers had taken three (or two. But Olbbs proved even more lethal when he took over from Sobers at the northern end. He cleaned up
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    378 23 I ONDON, Thurs. Striker RJ Phil Boyer wss yesterday signed by English FtootbsU League First Division club Norwich City for £148,--000 (about S8O0.0O0). Boyer. 29, moves to Norwich from Third Division club Bournemouth, whose former manager, John Bond, took over the managership of Norwich In December. Boyer
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    59 24 CLARINCC 0* «OUIA pautd a war peacefully on 7 2 74 lravlng bttilßd bflavad diuxhttr Tissy. •on-ID-law Arnold. 4 grandchildren Julc*. Rudy Arnold and Biurttc. two grandchil<!r*n-ln-law and S gnat itrandcMldrrn to mourn hit lou Cortege luvei si. Saraca Road a ri 11 l 43 p.m. for 81 viocrnt
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    50 24 WASHINGTON. Thurs.— President Nixon haa announced his Intention to nominate Mr. John Ounther Dean, a. Foreign Senrloe Office, as. the new United States Ambassador to the Khmer Republic (Cambodia) which recently received new assurances of American help in in struggle against oomtnunbt led insurgents. Reuter.
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