New Nation, 17 January 1974

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  • 22 1 NEW NATION SINGAPORE Thursday evening, January 17, 1974 No. 925 Price 20 cents M.C. (P) 20/74 NEWT^ATION SINGAPORE THURSDAY JANUARY 17, 1974
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  • 715 1 Helicopter plucks him from the state palace to private jet UPI Reuter Jakarta, Thursday Japanese Prime Minister Mr. KakueJ Tanaka and his daughter M a k 1 k o were this morning plucked by helicopter from their palace compound in riottorn Jakarta
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  • 436 1 Dr. K: Differences narrowed UPI Reuter Jerusalem, Thursday US Secretary of State Dr. Henry Kissinger said yesterday differences between Egypt and Israel pn the crucial issue of d 1 s en gagement of forces on the Suez front had substantially narrowed. Dr. Kissinger who arrived
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  • 60 1 Copenhagen, Thursday. An apprentice nurse, sus Dec ted of killing her polio-ridden fiance out of mercy, was released by the Copenhagen police yesterday pending formal charges. The 23-year-old girl, whose name was withheld. voluntarily confessed to the police that the killed her 53-year-old fiance Erik Nikolajsen
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  • 53 1 Moscow, Thursday. A man who made a small fortune by drawing the pay of nonexistent road workers In the Caucasus has been sentenced to be shot. A court in Soviet Azerbaijan convicted the man, Mekhral Efendlev. of embezzlement, according to the latest Issue of the local
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  • 35 1 Saigon. Thursday North Vietnamese troops moved their heaviest weapons into the fight to halt a government offensive in the Central Highlands, but the offensive churned slowly ahead, military spokesmen said today.
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  • 143 1 Two men, In their 20s. burst Into a brothel at Thlam Slew Avenue and robbed the operator of cash and valuables totalling $1200 yesterday. The robbers. both armed with daggers, called at the brothel shortly before 1 p.m. on the pretext of looking
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  • 52 1 Dublin, Thursday Northern Ireland chief executive Brian Faulkner arrived yesterday for urgent talks on Joint cross-border action to crush the outlawed Irish Republican Army (IRA). Tight security surrounded his arrival at a military airport about 12 miles south of Dublin. Hundreds of troops were placed on
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  • 96 1 In dull trading, prices were fairly steady on the Stock Exchange of Singapore for the first 45 minutes this morning. BUSINESS DONE: San Holdings (1) 0.83. Motor and General Underwriters (4) 2.50. 0.C.8.C. (3) 8.40, (2) 8.45. United Overseas Bank (4) 5.15. Metro (21) 1.77, (3) 176
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  • 62 1 Cape Town, Thursday. The first names of Bouth Africa's Rosenkowltx sextuplets now six days old and still thriving were publicly revealed for the first time yesterday. A bulletin from Cape Town's Mowbray Maternity Home, where the three girls and three boys were born to Mrs. Sue Roeenkowltz last
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  • 10 1 Police reported 89 accidents yesterday. Seven were serious.
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  • 244 1 Won't try to dominate Indon economy United Press International i akarta, Thursday Foreign Minister Mr. Adam Malik said that Japanese Prime Minister Mr. K&kuel Tanaka has agreed that Japan would not try to dominate Indonesia's economy. Mr. Malik told foreign newsmen at a briefing at the
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  • 37 1 Washington, Thursday. President Nixon announced yesterday he will nominate Mr. David Osborn to be Ambassador to Burma, succeeding Mr. Edwin Martin. Mr. Osborn, 53, is a veteran foreign service officer now in Hong Kong.
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  • 21 1 Sydney. Thursday Two children died In floods In Australia yesterday. bringing the known death toll so far to 17.
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  • 427 1 Reuter London, Thursday Prime Minister Edward Heath pledged last night that Britain will win through its economic crisis and emerge as a strong nation. His address to a dlplom a t i c correspondents' lunch came at a time when the pound was dropping
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  • 28 1 Islamabad, Thursday. Britain's Junior Minister for Immigration, Mr. David Lane, said here yesterday Britain is seeking the help of governments in the subcontinent in controlling illegal immigration.
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  • LOCAL NEWS
    • 154 2 The developer of this building would have saved at least $4 million If the project had been completed on schedule four years ago. Estimated to cost $4 million Initially the proposed Oreat Eastern Hotel at Aljunled Road and Macpherson Road Junction will now cost over S8
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    • 138 2 Cold Storage plans to re- develop its supermarket premises in Orchard Road into a multistorey shopping and office complex. On the drawing board Is a seven-year re-deve-lopment plan of the oneacre site which is curren 11 y under-utUised. The supermarket is housed
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    • 209 2  -  20,000 tons due in soon By Rav K. Dhaliwal The Government has clinched a deal with Thailand for the purchase of 20,000 tons of 10 per cent Thai rice. The agreement between the two governments was reached recently when a three-man Singapore trade delegaUon went
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    • 310 2 Motorists warned By Morris John The next time you want to commit a traffic offence Just because you see no traffic policemen around, think twice. For there is in the midst of our motoring public a pool of "detectives" who will not hesitate to report you.
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    • 182 2 Bing a p or e's car washers have raised their fee from $10 to $12 a month. Car owners were told that the increase was to meet the "higher cost of living." The car washers operate In Housing Board estates and commercial premises. Many
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    • 226 2 The New Nation Belle of the Week eontest offers winners big, big prises every week. Let u take a look at what yon can win in the BELLE OF THE WEEK contest. The reader who sends in the entry that comes
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    • 37 2 Kin. BJL Sheares, the first Lady, will attend a charity show Spring Start organised by Redirfusion at the National Theatre on Jan. 27. Proceed* from the opening night will go to children's charities.
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    • 125 2 Last Saturday's poser showed a scene from What's Up Doc? The first 10 correct entries opened by the Editor yesterday evening were from: Mise Janice Chong (student), of 1 Clover Rise; Mr. Lee Soon Juay (national serviceman), of 14 Thrift Drive; Mr. William Gerald Lefort (quality
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    • 29 2 Mr. T„S. Subbarayalu, a cutter In Times Printers, died this morning In Thomson hospital after a long Illness. Cortege wUI leave Thomson hospital at 3.30 p.m. for Bldadarl.
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    • 328 3  -  Working for gangs in Chinatown By Bharathi Mohan Police believe that two teenage girls are helping several gangs of pickpockets to prey on Chinese New Year shoppers in Chinatown. According to police sources, these girls always well dressed—are seasoned pickpockets from Malaysia. They came
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    • 260 3  -  PSA, shipowners join hands By Sunny Wee The Port of Singapore Authority and the Singapore Shipowners' Association have set up a Joint committee to find ways to make cargo clearance at the container port more efficient. The committee would look into means of ensuring
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    • 133 3 About 34,000 tourists from Down Under are expected to visit Singapore, Malaysia and Thailand this year on Qaptas Jetabout package tours a 25 per cent increase over last year. Qantas has announced a nine per cent Increase in tour fares. This Is to cover rising operational costs
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    • 260 3 The Housing Board has turned its attention to hawker centres, in an effort to cut down power consumption. A HDB spokesman said that the Board Is sending its housing and maintenance inspectors to hawkers' centres to ask them to cut down on their
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    • 235 3 Many liquid petroleum gas dealers are restrlctimg sales to customers because there is a shortage of gas cylinders. Dealers contacted by New Nation said they were not accepting new customers. They have been restricting sales to old customers since late December. The practice of supplying spare
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    • 204 3 These two schoolboys have every reason to smile. For tfcey have been selected to represent Singapore's cadet corps at this year's Indian National Day celebrations as guests of the Indian government. Ang Kong Huat. 18 (left), of the National Police Cadet Corps and Wee Kwok
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    • 30 3 The University of Singapore's Department of Extramural Studies will conduct a 10-lecture course on The Mathematics of Life Assurance at its Nlssen Hut 7A from tomorrow at 7.30 p.m.
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    • 62 3 This is the nightly vigu at the Singapore Zoological Gardens for the past three days as the hunt for the threeton hippopotamus Congo. continued. About 24 keepers arm- Ed with tranquilliser guns and walkie-talkies have been combing the fringe of the Seletar reservoir at the zoo for
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  • Page 2 Miscellaneous
    • 292 2 NEW NATION CROSSWORD 8 TVs DesL 9 Light carriage: COIIoq. 10 Rabble. 11 Foster parent. 12 Spring back. 13 Concurs. 14 Brush: Fr. 20 Moines. 23 British vehicles. 25 Large river of Eire. 27 Sympathetic emotion. 28 One of the Kelly*. 30 Some Jokes. 31 Snack. 33 Casual walker. 34
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  • IN PERSON AND BEHIND THE NEWS
    • 571 4  -  r 1 IN PERSON Conducted by Jennifer Schoon EVEN with "ang pows" in their hands big-headed "dolls" were no laughing matter to a petrified FRANKIE YAU at the Bata Premier Store in North Bridge Road. Frankie, 3 who thought he could brave the enormous
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    • 544 4  -  CINEMA BY EDGAR KOH THE GOLDEN VOYAGE OF SINBAD starring John Phillip Law. (Cathay: coming). Going against all current cinematic trends, Slnbad and his Jolly brave men have sailed right out of the TV matinee slot where they were thought to
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    • 780 4  -  ASIAN DIARY JAPAN From Robert Crabbe United Press International The revival of Japan as a military power—long predicted In the United States and Asia—is not going to start this year. Struggling with Inflation and an energy shortage, Prime Minister Mr. Kakuel Tanaka Is holding
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    • 583 4  -  CHINA From H.D.E. Greenway Washington Post "Women, whose place was in the kitchen tn the old days, now carry half of heaven on their shoulders." This slogan Is repeated often In China these days In reference to the emancipation of women In Chinese
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    • 257 4  -  INDIA L Prom Leon Daniel United Press International Prime Minister Mrs Indira O an dill's growing opposition has begun to tnink what Just two years ago seemed politically unthinkable the coliiu>se of her government. Her critics contend that a loss for the ruling Congress
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  • WORLD NEWS
    • 378 5 United Press International Rome, Thursday The International Monetary Fund is considering formation of a highpowered committee to cope with the oil crisis impact on the world's money, IMF sources said yesterday. The committee would be composed of 20 finance ministers from the IMF's larger board of governors,
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    • 500 5 Hush-hush talks on Holland UPI Reuter Abu Dhabi, Thursday The Arab Office for the Boycott of Israel, in secret conference here, has taken "very important decisions" concerning Holland in the light of its relations with Israel, it was reported yesterday. But a report
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    • 275 5 Paris, Thursday A rlghtwing French magazine yesterday published a photocopy of a bank order for U*****,000 (about $625,000) which, it claimed "proved" that Palestinian guerrilla action in Europe was financed by Libya. The order by the Bahamas-based BritishAmerican Bank Limited and reproduced here
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    • 322 5 Reuter Washington, Thursday The White House, fighting to recover from the latest Watergate bombshell, stated flatly yesterday that President Nixon did not make any erasure in a crucial tape recording —either accidentally or deliberately. The denial of tampering was the only
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    • 209 5 The second game In the Candidates Tournament between Boris SPassky and Robert Byrne was adjourned after 40 moves last night In Ran Juan. Puerto Rico. Spassky had allowed Byrne to adopt the Najdorf variation of the Sicilian Defence which is considered good for Black and Byrne
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    • 231 5 Moscow, Thursday. The wife of novelist Alexander Solzhenitsyn has accused the KGB secret police of launching a "war of nerves" against her huband. Mrs. Natalya Solzhenitsyn told newsmen her home had been assailed with harassing telephone calls In recent days from people expressing anger over her
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    • 153 5 Tunis, Thursday. Tunisian Prime Minister Hedl Noulra said yesterday his country's pledged merger with Libya was a "leap Into the unknown" —reinforcing signs here that Tunisia wants it postponed for some time. Mr. Noulra confirmed that Mr. Mohamed Masmoudl was dismissed as foreign
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    • 298 5 Warning by Saigon Saigon. Thursday Soutn Vietnam has accused China, of violating its sovereignty by sending ships and men to three of the longdisputed Paracel islands in the South China Sea. Foreign Minister Mr. Vuong Van Bac told a Press conference yesterday Chinese vessels had
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  • OPINION
    • 492 6 If the bakers have their way, it looks as if bread is going to be a luxury food item before long. The Singapore Bakery and Confectionary Association has announced that from tomorrow, Singaporeans will have to pay $1.10 for a 800-gram loaf of bread, 55
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    • 'WHISPERS' by ISPY
      • 69 6 A friend who was married recently is having second thoughts about the age old adage that "practice makes perfect." After hours of rehearsing his speech for his wedding dinner, he was very confident that he would not fumble. He stood in front of the audience, with
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      • 86 6 In this world of progress, I guess elephants which learn to obey orders are a dime to dozen. But have you come across one which can follow commands given In four different languages? According to a Novosti Press Agency report, an African elephant called Vova currently In a
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    • 1194 6  -  In the past 15 years, the whole world has been going on a long and wasteful spending spree. As economies boomed and the pace of production Increased with technological progress, the world began to manufacture more products to cater to every whim and fancy
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    • 894 6  -  Prom William J. Coughlin Los Angeles Times The Geneva peace talks, sooner or later, will come to the most complex and challenging issue on the agenda what to do about the Palestinians. It Is the settlement of the Palestinian problem that will finally determine whether
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    • 502 6  -  By William Chapman Washington Post Public cynicism toward government has risen so sharply in the past year that two-thirds of the American people now feel they can trust it only some of the time and one-half believe that quite a few people running the
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    • 574 6 IWOBLP COMMENT EXCERPTS FROM EDITORIALS The Japan Times Positive responses by major oil consuming and producing nations to the United States' Initiative towards a global approach to the energy crisis are the most constructive development since the Arab oil cutbacks plunged the world economy Into
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  • SPECIAL FEATURE
    • 1133 7  -  Soviets get set to solve major flaws in economy CONCLUDING THE SERIES ON 'THE DYING WORLD By Robert Kaiser Washington Post Prodded by sluggish production figures and a chronic inability to eliminate inefficient management methods, the Soviet Union is once again coming out of the
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    • 159 7 DESPITE total state control the Soviet economy continues to be riddled with problems. Whereas the country has made great strides in space exploration it finds difficulties in the production of basic industrial tools. Meanwhile, intellectuals are intent on embarrassing the government by drawing
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    • 345 7 Washington Post Nuclear physicist Andrei Sakharov and four other Soviet intellectuals last week launched an appeal to "decent people th r o u g ho u t the world" to try and protect a u th o u r Alexander Solzhenitsyn from persecution. They issued a
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    • 1215 7  -  By Hobart Rowen Washington Post The economic Implications of recent oil price increases are so staggering that most government and private analysts confess that it will take more time to figure out the full Impact. A World Bank expert, for example,
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  • Page 7 Advertisements
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    • 127 7 PERMANENT PRESS T il w 4 o W s a *o° C° v v e< C' 90^ -Many colours, plain or printed. *AN sizes. •Tapered for a smart fit •< Bk\. 1 jHßfe *gt V^B 4 A. A i 3Fv- HURRY- WHILE STOCKS LAST! A 1 a Wa i±~M. 11
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  • Page 7 Miscellaneous
    • 75 7 DR. KILDARE AFWAIP HOT. plan to err trish a amp now that BACK WOWT WC*X JI TMP* AtOUTfT n WON'T SUCX A HOT Of A. TOU *E£PA WIFE. MOT A MU**.... ANP A HUff SC «M WHAT >OU K? 1 K S&M| 7«lv^ r RIP KIRBY by John PrvntiM UJffi
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  • 590 8 WITH the Chinese New Year fast approaching shoppers are out in throngs to complete their festive shopping. The women are more noticeable, always out In great numbers during the annual shopping spree. High on their shopping lists are usually garments to adorn themselves so that they will
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  • Page 8 Advertisements
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    • 150 8 THE BEST TIME FRANCE CAN OFFER Wines and fashions are the world-renoumed products frorr France. The foremost fashion house, Dior, has created a really remarkable modern collection of magnificient ties. And they can be seen here. i .V 4 ti A- 5 +4 J nnn t/v *sf*AL\ E LEADING HIP
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  • TREND
    • 486 9  -  WINNIE ON THE JOB BETTY L. KHOO When you are selling a sophisticated piece of machinery especially to housewives, you need someone to show them how it works. That's where trained demonstrators like Mrs. Winnie Heng comes in. Winnie, 27, is the demonstrator
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    • 453 9  -  TALKING SHOP VIOLET OON ing room to the corridor, from \the garden to the children's room. Prices quoted are as at press time. Picture 1: Brass kerosene lamp, called Petronella, 1s Danish and designed by Hennlng Koppel. It is covered by an opal outer
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  • FINANCE
    • 120 9 Prices were fairly steady on the Stock Exchange of Singapore yesterday. The market which opened quiet turned firm, but e osed fractionally lower. Metro opened at $L7B eased to $1.75, rose to $1.81 and was finally traded at $1.77. Sigma Metal also fluctuated between $1.81 and $IJ7 though
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    • OVERSEAS STOCK EXCHANGE PRICES
      • 295 9 Bargain-hunting carried stocks broadly higher for the second consecutive session on the New York Stock Exchange yesterday. Trading was moderate. Closing prices on the New York Stock Exchange yesteraay. A lean Al. 37* Allied Chem. 46 unch. A11 Is Ch. Alcoa 74* 4 Am. Can. 30 AT Sc
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      • 204 9 Closing prices (In francs) yesterday. Parlbas 181.20 +.70 Indochlne 204.90 2.90 Fonder 379.10 +1 Prlntemps 107 —S C.G.E. 447 +2 Bull 60 +3 Royal Dutch 160.60 +.70 Michelln 1130 —6 Thomson 234 +4 C.F.O. 198 80 4-3.30 Rhone 139.50 unch. AIR 319 -|-6 B.S.N. 1084 —1 Philips 62.60 unch.
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      • 199 9 Closing prices at 11.30 a.m. (Australian time). AOO 11 12 Allstate 08 nil Amad 02 03 Aurora 09 nil Do opts 00 Vi 01 Aust Ant 12 13 Bamboo nil 04# Bridge 16 17 Patrick 09# 10 Cleveland 34 3R Eastmet 09# 10 Endeavour IS 16 Fllnd 20c opt
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      • 102 9 The post-holiday Tokyo Stock Market edged In the morning session yesterday with gains centering on incentive-backed shares and issues neglected so far. Second section prices gained further ground on small lot selective buying. Turnover totalled some 1.8 million shares In the section—Kyodo Closing prices (In yen) yesterday. Nippon Steel
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      • 84 9 This service Is from the Union Bank of Switzerland. Closing prices (in francs) on the Zurich Stock Exchange yesterday UBS 3010 10 BBC 3400 10 Credit Suisse 3275 —10 Swissair B. 535 —5 Swiss Relnsur. 2170 —10 Wlnterthur B. 1820 10 Zurich Insur. 6650 +50 Juvena B. 2050 -1-10
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    • 76 9 London Thursday.— The pound sterling rallied slightly In late trading yesterday after overseas concern about Britain's industrial crisis and fears of a snap election helped send it to new lows against the US dollar In morning dealings. The pound, at one point depressed to 2.1625
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  • Page 9 Advertisements
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    • 153 9 r W ence t n m Only $9/- per head for 11-course Chinese Lunch Now, for the first time in Singapore, we are introducing a new concept for your eating pleasure. Buffet-Chinese-Style. You have a choice of 11 different succulent dishes, all prepared by our top Chefs, only for the
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  • EDUCATIONAL BROADSHEET
    • 3391 10 Three of the big towns and ports in the region Few regions comparable in size to South-East Asia have so uniform a temperature regime over the whole area and throughout the year. With a few marked exceptions, average monthly temperatures remain within 10 degrees. The rhythm of cultivation
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  • SPORTS
    • 287 11 London, Thursday —A late penalty goal gave First Division club Norwich City a 2-1 win over Second Division rivals Mlllwall In their English Football League Cup quarter-final replay In Norwich yesterday. Norwich, beaten finalists last year, now meet Wolverhampton Wanderers In the semi-finals. They were joined
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    • 24 11 Amsterdam, Thursday. —AJex of Holland beat Milan of Italy 6-0 yesterday to win the first European super soccer Cup on 6-1 aggregate.
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    • 171 11 San Diego, Thursday— World heavyweight champion George Foreman Is expected to sign to defend his 11 tie against Ken Norton of San Diego at a press conference in Los Angeles tomorrow. "Barring something unforseen the match will become official then," San Diego businessman Bob Biron said last
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    • 206 11 London, Thursday. English non-league soccer club Tonbridge said yesterday they had made a bid for Manchester Unlted's wayward superstar George Best. Asked how the First Division club had reacted to the approach, Tonbridge chairman Sidney Brlckman said: "I think I took them by surprise." But he
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    • 34 11 Seoul, Thursday. Oriental bantamweight boxing champion Heong Soo-Hwan of South Korea will take on Japan's Sellchl Watanukl In his firct title defence on .February 3 at the Southern Korean City of Taegu.
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    • 60 11 Goh Ton* Liang (top) of Slflap Community Centre returns a back hand shot in his match against his opponent from Havelock Community Centre in the Inter-Con-stituency table tennis championships yesterday. Havelock beat •->_ Picture on the right shows Chia Hong Soin of Pasir Panjang who matched
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    • 65 11 London, Thursday British heavyweight boxing champion Danny McAlinden will be out of action for three months because of a broken thumb sustained In his defeat by unranked American Pat Duncan on Tuesday night. McAlinden lost the ten round non title bout on points after receiving the injury in
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    • 523 11  -  Row over venue for the grand finals BOWIiNG with Jeffrey Low Jackie's Bowl apd International Bowling Centre will boycott the 1974 Cathay Pacific- Brunswick Far East tournament. Thla was the outcome of a heated meeting with the tournament organisers last week when It was decided
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    • 194 13 Nairobi, Thursday. ■Tom Cartwright and 3*urle Champniss bowljbd the MCC into a wln--nlng position in their •two-day match against '1 Combined KenyaJJganda team here -yesterday. The MCC won by nine irtckets after KenyaUganda had been dismissed for 112 in their second Innings, with Cartwright taking 4-25
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    • 39 13 r Sydney, Thursday—A 16-under par-57 by America's Berry Breaux and locals Lindsay Sharp. Geoff Everett and Garath Cary in yesterday's Ambrose Pro-Am .golf tournament at the .Lakes course here is beting claimed as a world 'record.
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    • 55 13 Mr. E.W. Barker, president of the Singapore National Olympic Council, receiving a $25,000 cheque from Haw Par director Mr. John Janneck at Penthouse Negara yesterday. The donation is to pay for the Singapore team to compete in the Commonwealth Games at Christchurch next week. The Singapore team will leave on
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    • 349 13 Achievement also impresses From BLUE PETER in Kuala Lumpur Attorney General did a spe c t a cular gallop here this morning. Ridden by Peter M or a n, the four-year-old by Burgess Point ran 3f in 35 4/5, finishing with quite a bit in hand.
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    • 66 13 Home Affairs will meet Social Affairs In the final of the Singapore Civil Service sepak takraw tournament for the Rldzwan Dzafir trophy at Sang Nlla Utama today at 8 p.m. The clash for third place between Prime Minister's Office and Health Ministry will be at 7 p.m.
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    • 395 13 Toronto, Thursday. A mixture of youth and experience could makje this month's Commonwealth Games the most successful ever for Canada. If the Canadian team lived up to expectations, more than 20 gold medals and an overall total of more than 70 medals seems realistic for
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    • 1246 13 SATURDAY CI. 3 Div. 2—9£f 3932 Rommel 9.00 3 0647 Sliver Lining n 1.11 7 7884 Moonbeam 8.09 5 9137 High Ruler U 8.09 4 1460 Warpath 8.08 3 5430 Intelligence n 8.08 11 0989 Light Burden 8.07 19 9506 Baldwin 8.05 9 0060 Highland Myth
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    • 164 13 SUNDAY RACE ONE: 100 Oa» 6 Div 2 6ft NiL Emergency Acceptor: Anugr. RACE TWO: 2.30C1a« 6 Div 1 6f: Bobby's Delight. RACE THREE: 3.00 Out 6 Div 1 9f: Babeica. RACE FOUR: 3.30 ClaM 3 Div I 9ttf: NiL RACE FIVE: 4.00 daat 1 9f: Salute, Emergency Acceptor:
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    • 26 13 Durban, Thursday An eagle three at the 10th gave South African Tlnie Brltz the first round lead In the Vavaaseur Internationa] golf tournament yesterday.
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    • 419 13 Paris, Thursday West G e r many, hosts and favourites for this year's World Cup finals, were yesterday given an easy grouping in the preliminary competition of the 1974-76 European soccer championship. The West Germans, who are the current European champions after beating the Soviet
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    • 280 11 rv, I IV ti m j j,™* tomorrow, with the 1974 collection of boutique watches from Geneve the fashion centre of Swiss watches. Pierre L'Huillier, creator of distinctive timepieces presents his exclusive range of "in" watches to compliment and enhance your boutique wardrobe. Whether your clothes are from Paris, London,
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    • 211 12 r m m N m 'A 0 m h The Management staff of '4 BARKATH GROUP OF COMPANIES wish their Chinese customers and friends 4 0 0 0 I 4 0 4 0 4 o 0 ►n < o 4 4 0 (-3 n 4 3 0 4 r i.
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    • 46 14 AH FOOK: Mr. Barker's "shut-up" statement should apply not only to our Commonwealth Games competitors but to every sportsman in Singapore. MEI LIN: There is no excuse for losing, but I feel there must be postmortems so that we will not repeat our mistakes.
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    • 165 14 TODAY is Thursday, January 17, the 17th day of 1974 with 348 to follow. THE MOON is between its last quarter and new phase. Technically there is NO MORNING STAR. THE EVENING STARS are Mercury. Venus, Mars and Saturn. Those born on this date are under the Blgn of
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  • Page 14 Miscellaneous
    • 889 14 RADIO SINGAPORE 5 3.00 OrENING ANNOUNCEMENTS followed by HOUSEWIVES' MATINEE—The Craty One, with English subtitles: Part 1 of a Cantonese film 3.49 ART APPRECIATION, featuring Rembrandt (C —Rpt) 100 GENERAL HOSPITAL: Daytime serial starring John Bernadlne as Dr. Steve Hardy and Emily McLaughan. Stories Involving the staff, the doctors and
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    • 737 14 EILEEN KOW is today's Belle of the Week (Thursday, Jan. 17, 1974). Eighteen-year-old Eiieen is fond of reading, swimming and cooking. Picture by JERRY SEH. BELLS YASHICA One belle appears on this pare every week from Monday to Friday. Cut alone the dotted line and keep today's belle with you.
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    • 1257 14 AT THE CINEMA with WOLFMAN rt WOLFGIRL: A "stray," Inde-pendently-produced horror flick with dark castles and supernatural happenings as Its stuff: Naschy, Perla Crlstal and Mark Steven. Capitol: 1.45, 4. 0.30. 9.30 CHE GUEVARA: Another film on the now-legendary revolutionary this one Is about his last few days before he
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