New Nation, 24 June 1974

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    22 1 NEW NATION SINGAPORE Monday evening, June 24, 1974 NO. 1058 Price 20 cents M.C. (P) 20/74 NEV^^TION SINGAPORE MONDAY, JUNE 24. 1974
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  • Article, Illustration
    Lock icon We lost to the best team
    1224 1  -  It must not be our death knell Acrobatic saves win applause From Cheong Yip Seng in Penan g Singapore must start to pick up the pieces of a shattered team after a disastrous performance against Penang in their Malaysia Cup semi-final second leg here
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    Lock icon Criticism spills blood in China
    425 1 Clash in province Reuter Peking, Monday China's mass criticism drive erupted Into violence and (bloodshed In the capital of southeastern Klangsl province last week, according to wall posters which appeared here yesterday. The posters, signed by workers from Nanchang. the provincial capital said blood was
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    Poland shows its power
    609 1 Best record over three games l/NIM 74 Frankfurt, Monday Red hot Poland, the only team to win all three first round matches, loom as the possible top contender with the World Cup soccer finals moving Into their second round after a weekend of drama and decision.
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    Lock icon Refugee camps: 3-nation Arab pledge
    173 1 United Press International Beirut, Monday Egypt, Libya and Syria have all offered aid to combat Israeli attacks against Palestinian refugee camps in Lebanon. The individual offers from the three countries were made public yesterday, following Israeli air raids that killed 30 people and wounded more
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    ON THE 'CHANGE
    129 1 Prices slid slightly in selective trading on the Stock Exchange of Singapore this morning. BUSINESS DONE: City Dev. (3) 1.42, (8) 1.41, (13) 1.39, (12) 1.38. (8) 1.37. Mosbert (5) 1.09, (1) 1.08. San Hold. (1) 0.695. B'pore Land (1) 2.30. DMA. (2) 2.88, (1) 2.85. (2)
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    Snatchers
    35 1 Police are looking for three men who snatched ***** from a sub-con-tractor. Mr. Hong Ah Peng, 36. while he was paying his workers at a Spottlswoode Park construction site, off Keppel Road, last Thursday.
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    OUR ROADS
    18 1 P o 1 i ce reported 105 accidents yesterday. S e v e rt were serious.
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  • Page 1 Miscellaneous
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  • Article, Illustration
    Singapore bows out and Penang's flag flies high
    128 3 A fan runs round with a flag after the home team wins Gloom envelopes the Singapore fans as a Penang supporter. with his state flag fluttering in the air, goes on a joy run after the last goal in the dying moments
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  • FOR YOUR PLEASURE
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      One day little Bettina won't forget...
      525 4  -  When trio serenaded her Jennifer Schoon Little Bettina, aged four, watched hopefully as the Los Panchltos finished singing at the table next to hers, and with instruments In band began slowly to stroll in her direction And when they actually ha'ted besides her (hair,
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      Guitarist Luse to give first big concert in S'pore
      787 4  -  Violet Oon 'Tve learnt to compose music on a human scale in Singapore," said American guitarist and composer Robert Luse who has been staying here for two years. Explaining this Robert added: "Like most graduates of music conservatories I tended to
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    • Article
      The big miss-out
      295 4  -  Violet Oon News of South East Asia companies like the Alice Reyes, which has made an International reputation for itself connot help to raise a feeling of regional pride. Yet at the same time, it makes me sad and more puzzled than ever why Singapore has not
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    • Article
      Awkward, painful, first time around
      460 4  -  Teenage love story CINEMA BY EDGAR KOH JEREMY directed by Arthur Barron, with Robby Benson and Glynpis O'Connor (Lido). Remember the first time? Everyone does, of course. If your own memories have faded enough to let you have a detached view of it, this movie
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      It's high fashion time
      254 4 Mirs diary FOR those women who love high fashlon clothing then it's a must that you be at the Marco Polo Hotel this week. The hotel and Singapore Airlines are sponsoring a fashion show featuring the creations of Louis Feraud. The most exciting couturier In Paris
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      Three main strands of British Pop
      807 4 During the years before the Beatles, British popular music was dominated by North American models: either the sentimental ballad or its successor, the "new" style of rock 'n' roll, imitated in Britain by Tommy Steele, Cliff Richard, Adam Faith and Billy Fury. In 1963
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      Down goes ring
      65 4 When five year old Sylvia Gregory licked her fingers at her birthday party at her home in Stevenage, Herts, she swallowed a gold ring. Now she is back home with the ring on a chain round her neck. A doctor at the hospital, where she had been
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      140 4 For your eating pleasure come to the one and only original GOMEZ CURRY No. 9 Selegie House Singapore (We have no branches) A V 4 Elegant Attitude The New ULTRESSA by Arrow Arrow doesn't hide your elegance. Puts Ultressa right on your back where everyone can admire it It isn
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  • LOCAL AND WORLD NEWS
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      When a 999 call can be of help
      388 5 A prompt 999 call from a public-spirit-ed citizen led to the arrest of a man wanted in connection with the murder of a plumber in Geylang last month. The caller said he saw a man with a bloodstained knife getting away in
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      Multi-million dollar Batam build-up
      476 5  -  Pertamina, Vickers plants to aid oil industry By Sunny Wee Two multi-million dollar factories in Indonesia's P u 1 a u Batam will provide the engineering support facilities for the oil industry in South-East Asia. These factories, which were opened on Saturday by the President-Direc-tor of
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      15 vie for Press Queen '74
      107 5 Fifteen finalists will vie for the Press Queen '74 title at the National Theatre c.n July 14. The contest Is the first of a series of projects which the Singapore Malay Journalists Association is organising to raise funds for building its own premises which
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      Spread 'buy local made goods' idea
      234 5 'Start off in schools' call The idea of buySingapore madeproducts should be propagated among consumers from young through schools, according to the chairman of the Singapore Manufacturers' Association, Mr. Ong Leng Chuan. "This can be done with the aid of the Ministry of Education,"
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      KIMONO GIRL...
      80 5 Her friends call her the Cherry Blossom Girl. Not without good reason. For, when" she wears a kimono, she looks every inch a Japanese. So 19-year-old Lorrina Liew, a parttime model, is always the kimono-girl at functions which require the Japanese touch. Her latest assignment was to pose
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      Lock icon Burmese govt. cracks down on Reds
      124 5 Reuter Rangoon, Monday. The Burmese Government has started a crackdown on pro-Pek-ing commuiftlst rebelsympathisers who Instigated mob violence In the recent labour disturbances. An official announcement said military Intelligence officers and police have arrested eight youths belonging to the clandestine Proletariat Revolutionary Front who
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      Lock icon Day of debates at Islamic meet
      607 5 Libya, Pakistan table vital resolutions Reuter Kuala Lumpur, Monday The controversial issue of the Southern Philippines Muslim minority will be debated today in the political committee of the Islamic Foreign Ministers' conference with Libya demanding a political solution. Libya's acting Foreign Minister. Mr. Abdel
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      Lock icon Military aid: Day Dr. K clashed with Schlesinger
      288 5 United Press International Washington, Monday Secretary of State, Dr. Henry Kissinger and Defence Secretary, Mr. James Schlesinger fought over giving military aid to Israel during last October's ArabIsraeli war, according to a story in the New York Times magazine yesterday. According to
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      In song
      43 5 Geneva, Monday. Exiled Spanish communist leader Dolores Ibarruri the legendary La Pastonarla of the Spanish Civil War yesterday got round a nospeaking ban Imposed by the Swiss government by Kinging to a rally of 10,000 Spanish exiles and Swiss left-wing demonstrators.
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      Watergate: Worst yet to come...
      353 5 Washington, Monday A member of the House Judiciary Committee sees "the worst" still in store for President Nixon, including the possibility of his being named a co-conspi-rator in the Daniel Ellsberg case. "An over w he 1 ming amount of confidential material that is damaging
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      Wilson letter that got cobbler on his heels
      127 5 London, Monday A Greek Cyprlot shoemaker got so scared when he received a letter from Prime Minister Harold Wilson's personal secretary complaining about a pair of his boots that he ran away, one of his assistants said yesterday. In splash headlines the
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      Australia's new 'spy group' surprise by McMahon
      229 5 Canberra, Monday Former Prime Minister William McMahon has revealed the existence of a hitherto unreported fourth Australian government espionage organisation. He told a television Current Affairs Programme interviewer yesterday he took a deep interest in the work of the MO9 intelligence service when
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  • OPINION
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      The right way to treat our youths
      537 6 The statistics given by the Minister for Health and Home Affairs, Mr. Chua Sian Chin, at a forum on Towards a CrimeFree Society last night should provide much food for serious thought. Mr. Chua revealed In his opening address that offences against property
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    • 'WHISPERS' by ISPY
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        Long for short
        52 6 Not many people have the opportunity of cracking a joke over their names at an Introduction. But a colleague knows someone whose name can be easily turned into a humorous pun. And whenever this friend, Mr. Chan Ah Long, is Introduced, he would quip, "Call me Long
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        Just making sure
        69 6 Modern instutltions take some time to get used to, as the following story from Papua-New Guinea will confirm. When a bank started operating at Port Moresby, its management did not find it too difficult to secure depositors. Only problem was, the depositors insisted on coming to the
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      Do workers make good bosses?
      1043 6  -  The British TUC proposal that In private industry the workers' director should sit on the supervisory board, the upper half of a two-tier type of board of directors has raised eyebrows. Our columnist Alex Josey takes a look at the proposition: worker participation in the
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      Lock icon More problems in ME now than have been resolved
      621 6  -  Who will rule Jordan's West Bank after Israeli pullout? From y William J. Coughlin Los Angeles Times One danger of President Nixon's mission to the Arab world, and by no means the only one, is that it exalts hopes of a
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      Lock icon Oil prices and the money crisis...
      472 6 WORLD COMMENT EXCERPTS FROM EDITORIALS The Observer To the layman, the present monetary crisis is infinitely bewildering, and it is little reassurance to know that it also bewilders the experts. In essence, it has the same origins, and contains the same dangers, as inflation
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      Lock icon After the French N-tests
      203 6 Asahi Shimbun In defiance of protests from many nations, Prance conducted nuclear tests at Mururoa last Monday. It is reported that Prance will make six tests this time, to be completed in July. Compared with the United States and the Soviet Union, Prance is far behind
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    • Letters
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        The leaking flat
        240 6  -  TAN BAN HUAT Public Relations Officer, Housing and Development Board. Singapore 2. Please refer to the article headlined Going to Toilet with an Umbrella In the New Nation of 7.6.74. All flats sold under the Board's "Home Ownership" Scheme are covered by the one-year free maintenance period.
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        First come first served
        274 6  -  TAN BAN HUT Public Relations Officer. Housing and Development Board, Singapore 2. Please refer to the letter by Suckered (NN, 10.6.74). Applications for HDB flats are treated on "first come, first served" system based on registration numbers. Due to the accelerated building programme to provide more
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        Courses at Varsity
        312 6 I am an undergraduate of the Faculty of Arts/ Social Sciences In the University of Singapore. In this Faculty, students are required to read three principal subjects In the Ist year and two principal subjects In conjunction with a minor subject in the 2nd and 3rd years.
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        Cruelty to wives
        249 6 I refer to the letter headlined Daughters-in-law by Scorpion (NN. 12.6.74). The writer wants readers to believe that all mothers-in-law are good and all daughters- In-law are bad. He seems to be a self-ap-pointed crusader protecting mothers-in-law. His views are only one sided, and. as he has
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        No suspicious characters
        64 6  -  NG WOON POH (A/ASP), Public Relations Officer, Singapore Police Force, Singapore 1. With reference to the letter headlined Pickpockets at Work by Amtec published In the New Nation on May 15, please note that the Police have kept observations and made enquiries at the various bus stops
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  • Page 6 Miscellaneous
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  • SPECIAL FEATURE
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      Good catch! But not for fishermen
      1572 7 SONNY YAP'S TWO-PART INQUIRY ON TRIALS AND TRIBULATIONS OF OUR FISHERMEN Few people would associate fishermen with adventure. Tet many of the fishing folk have experienced challenging moments on hifch seas. The vast expanse of water is itself a frightening proposition, but there are
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      Living with the terror of the high seas
      918 7 The fishermen froze. From somewhere an apparition appeared a greyblulsh gunboat carrying men with carbines. The hands of the "tai kong" (master) went numb as the launch sped menacingly towards them. Guns w®re aimed at them. Resistance would have been suicidaL Keeping
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      4 7 TOMORROW: Fisherman's terror story
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      196 7 VAUXHALL A PRODUCT OF GENERAL MOTORS Vauxhall Viva. Outstanding value in price and performance. General Motors have re-designed and re-engineered the Viva from the inside out to give you a high performance economy car, tailored to meet today's motoring needs. The new Viva stands out against the other cars in
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  • BEHIND THE NEWS
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      Lock icon A million flock to mountain goddess for luck
      1004 8  -  SOUTH-EAST ASIA REPORT Even the Viets seek her advice From Nguyen Anh United Press International SOUTH VIETNAM Religious cult and superstition mix at Sam Mountain, 115 miles west of Saigon near the Cambodian frontier. Some visitors believe the Goddess of Sam Mountain
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      HANOI TROOPS IN LAOS THREATEN TO SPLIT VIENTIANE GOVT.
      1299 8  -  From John Burgess LAOS The 60-day- period in which all foreign troops in Laos illegally were to withdraw is complete, and the question of the continued presence of North Vietnamese forces threatens to divide the Pathet Lao and the Vientiane fact
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      Lock icon Drilling for oil in S. Vietnam
      276 8  -  From George McArthur Los Angeles Times The actual drilling for oil beneath South Vietnam's offshore shelf will begin no later than September and could start in late August, an oil industry sources said. The source said both Mobil and Shell have earmarked offshore drilling
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    • Article
      Executioner who cannot quit his job
      476 8  -  From Trevor Goodchild THAILAND 1 Thailand's singing executioner has had to put off his retirement because nobody wants to take his Job. Mr. Mul Julcharoen has been the executioner at Bang Kwang Central Prison, about 12 miles (19 kms) north of Bangkok since 1958.
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  • MOTORING
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      Final stages of the Viva economy runs
      480 8  -  mm Jim Watkins On Friday afternoon the flrst of our six finalists, Brother Anthony Loh, began the last stages of the Economy Contest, the rounds of Toa Payoh. After half an hour getting used to the Viva, which he pronounced smooth and quiet
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      Ideal beginner's trail machine
      826 8  -  MOTORCYCLE 1 Lee Chiu San Seven years ago Yam a ha launched the trail bike boom in the US with their DTI. Before the DTI appeared on the scene, the only people who took part in trail riding were hardened experts, and their machines were either
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  • TREND
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      Agonising ecstasy
      418 9 VIRTUOUS OUTLOOK IS HERS TO UPHOLD Dear Ros: We are both very much In love and intend to marry in three or four years' when we're older and more secure in our working lives. However, our relationship in the past three weeks' has taken a disturbing turn: although
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      Waiting and wondering
      108 9 Dear Rose, I can't decide If I should continue our relationship of eight months. He has still another year to serve in the army and I wonder if it is worthwhile waiting for him. I don't think his mind is at ease because he doesn't want his
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      'Monster' mother
      250 9 Dear Ros: This may sound terrible, but what does one do with an abnormal mother, like mine? She interferes with all of our business, including father's. Like she would object to us, her children, wearing dark colours which we prefer. Petty though this may be, it gives rise
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      Purity of thought
      165 9 Dear Ros: Is it true that all men are not pure? If it Is, then it's unfair for all the girls to marry them. How does one tell a pure from an impure one? Sad Dear Sad: You tell me. But I ruess you can't or else
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      Deflated ego
      112 9 Dear Ros: I'm 16 and should be feeling excited knowing that my body is growing. But I'm not because my busts are very small. Sometimes they feel very painful and are a little bigger but this only lasts for a few days. I'm worried in case I may
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      Unhappy past catches up on hopeful present
      385 9 Dear Ros: You once wrote that some people have pasts which cannot be left behind easily and you're right. I am one of those unlucky people. For six years I was literally owned by this brute because I lost my virginity to him.
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      Play it by feeling
      176 9 Dear Ros: How do you know when a boy is really serious about a girl? Is 21 the right age to fall in love? If a boy takes a girl out once a week does It mean he isn't serious about her? Anxious Dear Anxious: If
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      Mis-reading his moves
      96 9 Dear Ros: My boyfriend works in a hotel where there are §lenty of girls around, [e's always telling me about them but when I confronted him about his relationship with one particular girl, he got all hot and angry. In denying it, he asked me nc.t to
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      Love-sick flutters
      102 9 Dear Ros: I think I've fallen for my colleague but I daren't approach her because I'm not sure of her feelings towards me. She will, however, occasionally be very friendly, joking and laughing with me. Now I can't get her out of my mind. Ever Hopeful Dear Ever
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      Cleaning up his past
      206 9 Dear Ros: At 29, I'm ready to settle down with this girl whom I've known tor three years. Prior to my meeting her. I led a very degenerate life, wasting most of It in bars and with prostitutes. But all that's finished since I've met her.
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      Short of interest?
      163 9 Dear Ros: My steady does not seem to want to go out with me anymore. Whenever I suggest that we go out, he's always saying he's short of cash or that his parents are home so he can't go out. He isn't working, but if his excuses
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      As worthy a cause
      134 9 Dear Ros: My studies have suffered since this girl cooled off our relationship. She was the reason why I wanted to be a success in life. I've written to her, explaining how important she is to me, but she hasn't replied to several letters. Even my
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      The case of the Parodied Psalm
      164 9 "The Union is my shepherd. It maketh me lie down on the job. It leadeth me beside the still factories. It restoreth my insurance benefits... H So begins a parody of the 23rd Psalm which hung on the wall of a Welsh pub. It
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  • FINANCE
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      20 firms on Govt grab list? No, says the Labour Minister
      320 9 London, Monday A Department of Industry Mini ster last night denied Opposition Conservative assertions that the minority Labour Govern ment had earmarked 20 top British firms for state takeover. The Opposition's Industry spokesman, Mr. Eldon Griffiths, claimed on Saturday
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    • SHARE ROUND-UP
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        Amsterdam
        435 9 After moderate firmness during the first half of the period under review, a weakening tendency became noticeable for the second half, leading to on-balance lower prices on the Amsterdam Stock Exchange. The depressed performance on the majority of the European Stock Exchanges as well as in Wall Street, together
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        Frankfurt
        155 9 The equity market continues to be characterised by a lack of activity. In absence of any stimulating news, the order volume remained low and prices trended somewhat lower on balance. In the bond market, activity was also subdued. Public issues were slightly off hi general. The latest Government Issue
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        London
        330 9 British equities continued to fall last week. The market has been troubled by talk of the possibility of a serious recession in world trade and by an outbreak of labour unrest among those workers who are not at present receiving automatic increments to compensate for retail price inflation. Confidence
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        Milan
        244 9 The first two sessions of the Milan Stock Exchange registered heavy losses In connection with the expiring technical terms. On the contrary, the second half of the week recorded an Important recovery concerning all the sectors and characterised by an increasing volume of transactions. This reaction due to the
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        Paris
        592 9 Despite the Joyful prospects of the imminent holidays, the market regarded the overall situation bleakly and except for a slight rally on Wednesday, distinguished itself by showing the ultimate mood of despondancy. Over the acount the index has fallen 12.3 per cent and this is a record. Since December
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        Tokyo
        186 9 The Tokyo Dow Jones average will probably fluctuate narrowly centring on the 4700 mark for some time. Since the balance of net margin purchases financed by Japan Securities Finance Co. has reached a high level (slightly below Yl6O billion), the adjustment now being witnessed will need more time. The
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        Zurich
        358 9 After the strong price recoveries last week, the period now under report witnessed a downtrend although most of the losses were small. This decline may be attributed chiefly to the weaker tendency on Wall Street and to profit-taking. Over the last few weeks, the situation on the Swiss capital
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        Sydney
        212 9 OVERSEAS STOCK Prices at 1130 a.m. (Australian time) today: Aberleen susp Do opts rusp AOD nil 06% Allstate 08% 09 Amad unq Aurora 08 nil Do opts nil 00% Aust Ant susp Bamboo nil 05 Beach unq Bounty susp Bridge unq Cleveland 33 34 Cosmos 00% 01 Do ctg
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      49 9 Supplying this service are Algemene Bank of Nederland N.V., the Commenbank of West Germany, the Union Bank of Switzerland, the Credit Lyonnais of France, Banco di Soma of Italy, the Lloyds Bank International Limited and DBS-Daiwa Securities International Limited. Bound-up of stock markets for the week ending June 21.
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  • SPORTS
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      Japan stake title claims
      84 10 Seoul, Monday. Japan put in a strong claim to the Asian women's basketball title when they beat Taiwan 78-62 on the second day of the tournament here yesterday. Taiwan were runnersup to South Korea in the last championship in 1972 when Japan were absent. In another
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      Honours to Japan
      111 10 Manila, Monday Japan took top honours in the finals of the Philippine world Invitational karate tournament by winning the individual and team championships yesterday. Yoshiharu Osaka, a 26-year-old bookkeeper In Tokyo and a fourth-dan blackbelt, won the individual title by beating Prescilo de la Paz of the
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      How they finished at Ipoh on Saturday
      333 10 Yours Truly was quickly In front and made a four-length break at the home turn from Paterson Tower. They were followed by Piccadilly, with Yek Fei moving up. Yours Truly ran on strongly to win by 2*A lengths from Piccadilly. Paterson Tower finished
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      Ozaki gains first win this season
      154 10 Tokyo, Monday Masashi "Jumbo" Ozakl of Japan, the defending champion, won the Tohoku golf tournament when he successfully maintained his overnight lead with a four-under-par 68 for a fourday total of elght-under-par 280 at Sendai yesterday. This was the season's first victory for Ozakl.
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      Winner
      33 10 Paris, Monday Chic Type, ridden by JeanPierre Renard won the Grand-steeplechase de Paris by one length from Hasty Love. Third was Lucky Boy. English horse Alice Boy finished last of 20 runners.
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      Chaya Timor does fine Derby 'trial'
      548 10 f 3 POS'i SGRIPTI by J Chaya Timor 11, winner of the llf Queen Elizabeth II Cup last year, staked his claim for next weekend's Perak Derby with a sound "trial" in the Class 1 Division 1 9f race at Ipoh yesterday. Outpaced in
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      Cryuff's men give Bulgaria a soccer lesson
      1245 11  -  lAIM 74 JEFFREY LOW reporting from West Germany JEFFREY LOW Dortmund, Monday Johann Cruyfl apd his Flying Dutchmen ended their World Cup Group Three matches in majestic style as they trounced Bulgaria 4-1 here yesterday. With so much adventure and flair the Dutch
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      Bomb threat to East Germans
      461 11 Duesseldorf, Monday— The victorious East German World Cup football team flew here today from Hamburg am<H strict security following an anonymous bomb threat. Police units sealed off runways at Duesseldorf Airport and extra parliamentary border police were on duty as the East Germans' flight arrived.
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      Szarmach tops scoring list
      294 11 Frankfurt, Monday AndrxeJ Szarmach, scorer of Poland's first Coal against Italy yesterday, is top scorer in the World Cap to date with five coals to his credit. Scorer*: 5 t«(li AndrxeJ Swaaeh (Poland); 4—Greet on La to (Poland); 3—Dosan Bajevic (Yu*oUarta), Johnny ley (Holland). Two goals
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      Pakistani tourists have good chance
      536 11 London, Monday—The Pakistani cricketers ended the second day of their three-day match against Somerset at Bath yesterday with a strong chance of victory. It was the bowling of Kent allrounder Asif Iqbal that pot the Pakistanis In a strong position. Somerset had resumed the day
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      Brave Scots go home
      400 11 ErbLsmuehle, Monday —Scotland bid farewell to the World Cup soccer finals today, flying home from here In time for tea and hopefully sympathy In good measure. The fact that they are the only team to be eliminated in the first round without being beaten and have
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      Dope-row Haitian meets his president
      223 11 Munich, Monday. President Jean Claude Duvalier of Haiti despatched an official limousine to meet suspended World Cup soccer player Ernest JeanJoseph when he returned to Port-au-Prince on Saturday Informed sources said here yesterday. According to the sources, who said they had the information directly from
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      Lock icon Cup highlights
      94 11 Here are some of the highlights in the Malaysia Cup semi-final second-leg between Penang ajid Singapore at Penang's City Stadium on Sunday night when Penang won 4-1 to qualify for the final. ABOVE Penang won 4-1 to qualify for the final. ABOVE Isa Bakar scoring Penang's second goal.
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      Police gain tame win over Tanglin
      752 11  -  SOUASH hy Eric Cooper During the last couple of years matches between Tanglln dub and Police have been close affairs, normally decided on the number of games won rather than rubbers—in one instance Police won by a solitary point to force a playoff! Since
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    98 12 Beautician Miss June Liew, 24, is a Japanese-trained skin specialist. At present she runs a beauty saloon at the High Street Centre which provides make-up and hair-styling services. The saloon is equipped with Japanese electronic gadgets for treating skin defects. June also conducts
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    TODAY
    178 12 TODAY Is Monday, June 24, the 175th day of 1974 with 190 to follow. THE MOON is approaching its first quarTHE MORNING STARS are Venus and Jupiter. THE EVENING STARS are Mercury, Mars and Saturn. Those born on this date are under the sign of Cancer. American clergyman, Henry
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    TALKING POINT
    73 12 AH FOOK: Our soccer defeat in Penang came like the monsoon shower dampening a weekend of euphoria and fervour among our football fans. I hope this will not set back the current soccer revival in the Republic. MEI LIN: Do not be carried away by your partisanship. The
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      891 12 3.99 OPENING ANNOUNCEMENTS followed by V ALARUM PAYIR—A locally produced show to cater for young children. 3.39 DIARY Of EVENTS (T) 3.35 LOVE IS A MANY SPLENDOURED THING 345 MAGAZINE ZERO ONE (R) 4.19 GENERAL HOSPITAL 4.59 INTERMISSION 5J5 OPENING ANNOUNCEMENTS followed by ADVENTURES OF BLACK BEAUTY —A Member of
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      470 12 BACK PAGE rnrr YOUR IF IT'S BIRTHDAY Born today, you are highly emotional but you hare enough control over your own external behaviour so that you generally are aide to keep the greater part of your emotions from "showing." Somewhat moody, you are, nevertheless, not one to allow those moods
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      1177 12 AT THE CINEMA with EDGAR KOH m MEN FROM TBI MONASTERY (Mandarin): Another glorification of the Bhao Lin disciples who escaped from their monastery and continued their fight against the M a n c h u authorities, helping harassed people and combatting other, eril rangs. Starring Chen Kuan Tal and
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      51 12 Today: 12.56 a.m. (2.9 m), 2.35 pjn. (2.5m). Tomorrow: 1.46 a.m. (2.8m), 3.16 p.m. (2.4m). Wednesday: 2.42 a.m. (2.6m), 3.58 p.m. (2.4m). Thursday: 3.44 a.m. (2.4m), 4.43 p.m. (2.3m). Friday: 5.01 a.m. (2.1m), 5.34 p.m. (2.2m). Saturday: 6.37 a.m. (2.0m), 6.32 p.m. (2.2m). Sunday: 8.19 a.m. (2.0 m), 7.30 p.m.
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