New Nation, 16 August 1974

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    Masthead
    21 1 NEW NATION L^wgapore Friday evening, August 16, 1974 No. 1104 Price 20 cents M.C. (P) 20/74 SINGAPORE. FRIDAY AUCUST 16. 1974
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  • Article, Illustration
    Meet a man who walks with a bullet in his heart
    371 1  -  By Douglas Chan This is Mr. Lim Hak Leng, 53, the man who walks around with a bullet in his heart. For the past 15 months he has been living with a robber's bullet and will have to do
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    S'pore Girl contest
    57 1 The Singapore Girl contest colnes to an end tomorrow. Make sure you get your copy of New Nation if you want a chance to win all those big, big prizes. The entry coupon and the picture of the final girl appear in tomorrow's paper. Now turn to
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    Lock icon Peking ties
    16 1 Reuter Brasilia. Friday—The staunchly anti-commu-nist government of Brazil and China yesterday established diplomatic relations.
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    Reds up to no good, he says
    449 1 IGP: Big threat to Malaysian polls Kuala Lumpur, Friday A grim warning of stepped-up communist terrorism and attempts to start communal fighting was given by the Malaysian police chief today, following yesterday's guerilla border attack in which five Malaysians died. The communists are
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  • Article
    Condolence
    59 1 A book of condolence for the death of Mrs. Park Chung Hee. wife of the South Korean President, will be open to the public from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. today, from 10 a.m. to 12.30 p.m. tomorrow and on Monday from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. at the
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    Hanged
    23 1 A fishmonger, Cher Aw Huat, 34, was found hanged in the bathroom of his flat at Block 2, Geylang Serai, early today.
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    Lock icon TURKS TAKE A SLICE OF CYPRUS...
    655 1 Greece gives up its plan to come into the war as Ankara rejoices over fall of Famagusta Reuter Nicosia, Friday The Turkish invasion force battered its way east and west across Cyprus early yesterday, seizing the key port of Famagusta and cutting the island
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    Lock icon THE LAST MAIL...
    247 1 United Press International Hong Kong, Friday The China Mail, Hong Kong's oldest English language newspaper, will cease publication from tomorrow, the paper said today. Hie decision to shut down the 129-year-old publication was reached after 'very long and careful consideration." said the acting Editor Mr David Smith.
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    Lock icon 'Park killer is pro-Red'
    205 1 Reuter Seoul, Friday The man who attempted to assassinate South Korean President Park Chung-Hee yesterday is suspected of having connections with the pro-commu-nist Koreans League in Japan, the chief prosecutor here said last night. The prosecution announced that investigators were probing to find out if any
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    Lock icon They ran into big machine gun fire
    255 1  -  By Michael Lockley Reuter Famagusta, Friday Turkish tanks and armoured units yesterday thrust into the eastern port of Famagusta near the end of a sweep which took them half way across the island. The armour had rumbled across the eastern plains towards Famagusta
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    ON THE 'CHANGE
    89 1 In hesistant trading, share prices held steady at overnight levels on the Stock Exchange of Singapore this morning. BUSINESS DONE: City Development (7) 1.10. S. Darby (19) 2.64. H. Par (2) 1.75, (2) 1.76. Inchcape (1) 2.70. G. Lumber (4) 0.92 Harimau (3) 0.60. K.L. Kepong (1)
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    Lock icon Shirley now an envoy
    45 1 Reuter Accra, Friday—Former child star Shirley Temple Black has been appointed the new United States Ambassador to Ghana, the Ghana News Agency reported yesterday. The 46-year-old Mrs. Black will succeed Ambassador Fred Hadsel, who left here recently after serving three years.
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    OUR ROADS
    10 1 Police reported 89 accidents yesterday. Two were serious.
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  • Page 1 Miscellaneous
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  • LOCAL NEWS
    • Article
      200 come to grief on skating rink
      306 2 Minor cuts, bruises More than 200 people have been Injured at the Jurong Ice Skatipg Centre since it opened a week a fo. Those hurt included women, teenagers and children after coming to grief on the slippery, chilly surface. Almost all those injured
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      Lock icon The road to recovery is short but tough for Pang...
      354 2  -  By Sunny Wee The road to recovery may only be a short distance away but it has been an arduous Journey for Mrs. Pang Hiok 800. This is because each time she takes her 77-year-old husband to the Thomson Road
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      Finals
      28 2 The finals of the Chinese Oratorical Contest will be held at the lecture hall of the National Library, Stamford Road, on Aug. 24 at 11 a m.
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    • Article
      Why few care to become scouts
      252 2 'Poor recruitment' Membership in the scout movement here has not increased s i g n i f i cantly, although the cry has been for more scouts and new groups. This was stated by Mr. Soh Teow Seng, the Chief Commissioner. In the 1973
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    • Article
      Chemical survey
      71 2 The Ministry of Education is conducting a survey of redundant chemicals, stocked up In excess quantities In school laboratories. The purpose of the survey is to enable the Ministry to work out a suitable method to dispose of these redundant chemicals. Principals of all junior colleges and secondary
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      New market
      28 2 The Minister of State for Health and MP for Crawford, Dr. Ang Kok Peng, will open the North Bridge Road market on Sunday at 9 a.m.
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      Air travel now safer
      318 2 The world aircraft accident rate has halved over the past 10 years, according to an aviation expert. Prof. J. K. Mason. 56. Professor of Forensic Medicine. University of Edinburgh, attributed this dramatic reduction in aircraft accident rates to two factors: ONE: Investigation by all Interested parties
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    • Article
      The Hell Riders move to new circuit
      389 2 Change in racing programme too The "hell riders" are back again. This time their circuit is lonely Nicoll Drive, in Changi. But unlike their previous practice of holding their "Grand Prix" during the late hours nightly, these motorcycle eangs now specialise in racing
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    • Article
      Blood bank
      21 2 The Blood Donation Centre at Outram General Hospital will be open on Sunday from 8.30 a.m. to 12.30 p.m.
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      Farooqui leads by two wins over Tan
      213 2 Pakistan chess master Zahir Farooqui is leading in his match against Tan Lian Ann by two wins with one game drawn. In last night's play at Hotel Phoenix, Farooqui resumed the adjourned 2nd game but Lian Ann made the best use of his
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      HK community heads here to study hawker control
      258 2 Twenty-two Hong Kong c o m m unity leaders arrived here last night for a fiveday visit to study Singapore's success in housing, environmental welfare and youth training. They are senior officebearers of the Kalfong Associations voluntary community associations In Hong Kong.
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    • Article
      Definitions of absorption and abortion
      498 2 Canine Clinic by PG Dear PG, I have recently become the owner of a very nice little ***** and since I hope to breed from her I try to learn as much about dogs as I cap and always listen to what my friends have
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      The pen is mightier than sword for Shu
      293 3  -  By Richard Lim For the past seven years she brandished swords and spears to the delight of moviegoers all over SouthEast Asia. Today she is a penwielding executive with a large travel organisation. And former Hong Kong film star Miss Shu Pei
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    • Article
      Lunch date
      36 3 The Bukit Panjang National Day Organising Committee will give a lunch to the residents of the Dragon Lotus Hill Old People's Home, Lorong Wqpdlands Kechil, tomorrow at 11.30 a.m. Gifts will also be presented.
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    • Article
      3 from S'pore to speak at KL seminar
      123 3 The Minister for Law and National Development, Mr. E.W. Barker, will speak at the seminar on South-East Asia's natural resources apd the world economy to be held in Kuala Lumpur on Sept. 17. Other speakers irom Singapore include Mr. Robert Kissin. a
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      Middle Ages musical show on Sunday
      145 3 The 10-member Renaissance Players of Sydney will present an unusual musical concert in Singapore on Sunday —using authentic copies of Instruments from the Middle Ages. The concert, which will feature only music from the Middle Ages, will be held at the .Singapore Conference Hall
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    • Article
      Govt considers new rule for nightclubs
      330 3  -  Must cater for diners only By Rav K. Dhaliwal The Government is considering the introduction of a law in which licences will only be granted to nightclubs that provide full dinners, according to informed sources. It la that the proposed move is designed mainly
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      Insurance scheme for work victims
      344 3 Call to the bosses Workers exposed to health hazards should be provided with an insurance scheme that includes compensation and reemployment opportunities, according to a visiting industrial health expert. Dr. Byran Oandevla, an Associate Professor of Thoracic Medicine at the University of New South Wales,
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      Planners' trip
      62 3 Some 20 members of the Singapore Institute of Planners will visit China on a study tour in mid-October. The aim of the trip Is to learn more about the urban patterns and planning systems in China. During the two-week tour, members will visit well known places, and meet
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      NPB course
      34 3 The National Productivity Board will hold a five-day course on management accounting and control at the Hotel Catering Training School. Nasslm Hill from Sept. 2 on Mondays and Thursday at 7 p.m.
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      BATTLING VANDALS
      165 3 Several schools, particulirly those situated in densely populated areas, have tightened their security measures to prevent vandalism. Watchmen have been reminded to be on the alert and report any suspicious-looking characters loitering around the school. Others have been told to make additional inspection rounds, especially after school hours.
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      178 3 A BREITLING CHRONOGRAPH can multiply divide, convert currencies, calculate fuel consumption, check factory production rates and do much more... than just tell the time. Not everybody would need to use all the features built into the Breitling chronographs. But sportsmen, professional people, pilots, scientists, engineers and businessmen find them indispensable
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  • FOR YOUR PLEASURE AND BEHIND THE NEWS
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      Lock icon Chess-playing robots are on the march
      343 4 New threat to champ Fischer Reuter Bobby Fischer watch out chessplaying robots are on the march. This was the lighthearted advice given to the American world chess champion in Stockholm recently by Dr. Nils Nilsson, of California's Stanford University, who told a world computer
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      Making your pick from 50 dishes
      822 4  -  EATING OUT with Violet Oon Food festivals concentrating on the cuisine of individual countries seem to have become part and parcel of Singapore's eating out scene. Usually In buffet style, these marathon eating sessions do not really give you the perfect picture of the
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      Lock icon Shakespeare theatre in trouble
      389 4 United Press International Snug as ever in its lovely setting, the Royal Shakespeare Theatre wears its summertime air of prosperous serenity. But behind the footlights there is trouble. "Theatre In this country Js being severely threatened." said Trevor Nunn, the Royal Shakespeare Company's Chief Executive, and
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      Hotel gets generous
      226 4 Mien diary THE Shangri La Hotel seems to be getting really generous where its employees are concerned. No, they haven't all got a pay rise but now each well deserving employee of the month, aside from being presented with a certificate of merit, a gold name tag
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      Lock icon New look fashions for impeachment trial
      532 4  -  ART BUCHWALD Los Angeles Times Art Buchwald has gone off to Cape Cod to read all the documents germane to the impeachment. By unanimous consent, the House Judiciary Committee has agreed to allow him to reprint some of his favourite columns of the past.
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      Only a week to go before the big battle for KL
      1153 4  -  From Francis Rozario MALAYSIA It's only a week before polling day. The talk of the town here is the keen battle for votes now being mounted in five parliamentary constituencies flanking the fringes of Kuala Lumpur which have been
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      Lock icon Pepsi proves to be popular with the Soviets
      882 4  -  From Peter Osnos Washington Post USSR Atop a factory on a gently sloping hill overlooking the Black Sea town of Novorossisk stands a red, white, and blue trademark of American free enterprise. The lettering is in Russian, but here is no mistaking
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  • WORLD NEWS
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      Lock icon Labour to buy its way into industry
      228 5 Reuter London, Friday Britain's ruling Labour Party has announced a two-way plan to take more control of the nation's industry. First part of the plan is for a National Enterprise Board to buy its ■way into sections of industry deemed ripe for government
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      Lock icon Seoul's 'don't leave the country' order out
      612 5 Strictly for residents in Japan UPI, Reuter Seoul, Friday The government has ordered Japanese nationals and Koreans residing in Japan not to leave South Korea for the time being, government officials said. The officials did not explain the sudden action but the move
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      Lock icon Nixon will appear as witness in trial
      133 5 UPI, Reuter Washington, Friday Former President Richard Nixon was subpoenaed yesterday to testify as a defence witness in Ihe Watergate cover-up trial of John Ehrlichman, once one of his most trusted White House advisers. A federal court issued the subpoena for Mr. Nixon
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      Lock icon Ford vetoes Bill in big inflation battle
      306 5 United Press International Washington, Friday President Ford exercised the second anti-inflation veto of his seven days in office yesterday and threatened a third such veto during a hectic day of "open door" action on domestic and foreign problems. Mr. Ford maintained pressure against
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      Lock icon Tidal wave batters Bangladesh
      338 5 Port town of Chalna under water Reuter Dacca, Friday A tidal wave has hit parts of battered Bangladesh in the wake of some of the worst floods in living memory. It was whipped up by a storm with 60 k.p.h. (40m.p.h.) winds and submerged the port
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      Lock icon Airport row: No change until Sept. end
      215 5 United Press International Tokyo, Friday Japan and Britain have reached a temporary compromise on their dispute over the use of Osaka International Airport by British airliners, according to Transport Ministry officials. A Ministry spokesman said the two countries have agreed to extend "the
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      Lock icon 'Give up naval base plan in Garcia' call to US
      226 5 Reuter Washington, Friday Mr. Avereli Harriman, former US Ambassador to the Soviet Union, said yesterday the United States should reduce military spending and, at least temporarily, abandon plans for a naval base in the Indian Ocean if ft desired improved
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      Lock icon Aliens out, so strike ends
      166 5 United Press International Bangkok, Friday—Two foreign executives will be transferred under an agreement negotiated yesterday to settle the 10-day Siam Intercontinental Hotel strike. The 600 striking employees were to return to work today and a management spokesman said he expected the hotel would reopen on
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      Lock icon 'Nuclear bombs needed for defence'
      212 5 UPI, Reuter Paris, Friday Premier Jacques Chirac said yesterday France must have a nuclear arsenal because it was the only way to prevent an enemy attack. Mr. Chirac made the statements hours after Australia announced that France had carried out the fifth atomic explosion in
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      Lock icon 'Improper'
      40 5 United Press International New York, Friday—The Episcopal Church's House of Bishops in Chicago yesterday ruled that the ordination of 11 women as priests was Invalid and said the actions of four bishops who participated in ordination services were improper.
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  • OPINION
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      The aged also require attention
      513 6 Much has been said and written about Singapore's youthful population and its problems. What tends to be overlooked is that we too have our proportion of old people who require special attention because of their age or illnesses. The call by the International Y's Men's
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      Shopping in Moscow
      79 6 'WHISPERS' by ISPY Buying native handicrafts is not as easy as it may appear. A friend who visited Moscow recently, was quite determined to buy a locally made souvenir back for the family. After a long time of looking, he finally settled on a huge, elaborately designed
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      Polls poser for the Chinese
      1071 6  -  Among the more interesting Parliamentary constituencies in the Malaysian general elections, writes Pang Cheng Lian, is Batn Berendam in Malacca. Three candidates will be contesting for the seat, among whom is Tan Sri Chong Hon Nyan, the former Secretary General of the Federal Treasury. Speculation
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    • Letters
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        Change of address
        174 6  -  PETER SIM CHENG KHOON The case of Beware of Pickpockets <NN 12.8.74) provides me an opportunity to make an appeal through your columns, to taxpayers to notify my Department when they commence an employment and when they change addresses. This taxpayer failed to do both and Inconvenience
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        Blood donor's role
        272 6  -  CLEMENT WONG I read with interest the letter. Money for Blood by Realist which appeared In New Nation on August 5, 1974. I share the writer's view that there Is nothing free in this world. It Is true that we have to pay for the goocfs and
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        The right spirit
        244 6  -  LEO HARRY LIM In his letter that appeared in your column on 5.8.74 Realist had argued that since everything is measured in terms of dollars and cents in our materlalis- tic world of today, it is only proper that monetary rewards or payments are paid to blood
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        Doing smear tests
        98 6  -  DR. R. SIVASAMBOO Consultant Obstetrician and Gynaecological Surgeon. Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology. Singapore. 11. From the report entitled Smear Test a Must in the New Nation of August 5, 1974, I realise I have not been clear in some statements. What I really meant was: Some
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        More colour films
        45 6  -  TAN CHOK KAH The recent telecast of the feature movie North to Alaska in colour was superb and beautiful. I would be much obliged if RTS would kindly consider telecasting the midnight movies on Saturdays and the Sunday Night movies in colour.
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        Putting up bus shelter
        46 6  -  YEONG KUM KEE Public Relations, Officer. Ministry of Natisnal Development, Singapore, 2. Please refer to the letter by Nelson Quah <NN, 12.7.74). Plans will be put up for the construction of a bus shelter at New Bridge Road (facing Hong Lim Park).
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      Lock icon The tribulations of a modern democratic state
      1101 6  -  By J Zbigniew Brzezinski Los Angeles Times It is becoming commonplace to speak of the crisis of democracy as the central problem of our time. However, what is the nature of that crisis? How does It differ from some earlier times of trial?
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      VOICE OF THE PRESS
      536 6 NANYANG SIANG PAU What other newspapers are saying: DO NOT ATTACH TOO MUCH IMPORTANCE TO PAPER QUALIFICATIONS Two different observations were made on our education system last weekend. One was made by Mr. Ahmad Mattar, MP for Leng Kee and Parliamentary Secretary for Education, at a
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      33 6 LETTERS TO THE EDITOR LETTEKS to the Ed.tor will not be considered for publication unless they have the writers' nomcs and addresses Include a pseudonym it you do not wont your nomc published
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  • Page 6 Miscellaneous
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  • SPECIAL FEATURE
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      BALANCING OFFICE AND THE HOME
      170 7  -  Friday Forum by VIOLET 00N More and more Singapore women are going out to work. Having established themselves in a job, most women are reluctant to give it up when the babies come. Added to that, the ever rising cost of living means that a
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      A dependable servant who is only 21
      256 7 Company secretary MRS. JEANNE TAN-LEE considers herself lucky she has a dependable servant to look after her three-year-old son. "I have a very honest and responsible servant who has been with us since our son was born," said Mrs. TanLee. "She loves our
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      Living and working at the same place
      281 7 Dentist MRS. ANGELINE YAP feels she has found the Ideal balance between combining a career and bringing up children properly she lives and works at the same place. She said: "I'm a full-time mother and a part-time career woman. My dental clinic is
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      PERFECT MIX...
      278 7 MRS. J. SCHOON stopped work 20 years ago to bring up her two young children, but she resumed her secretarial career five years later when they had outgrown the toddler stage. She said: "I believe that a mother should be at home to spend time with her children
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      Caretaker solves her problem
      357 7 Telephone supervisor MRS. S.C. CHAN has faced a lot of trouble in finding suitable help to look after her three-year-old daughter. Yet she has never thought of giving up her career to be a full-time housewife. "I have worked very hard at furthering my career and
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      Close family ties a boon to working woman
      265 7 MRS. CAROL LOH, 27, a hotel cook believes that close family relationships ere a boon to the working women. She said. "I have a four-year-old boy who is looked after by my pa-rents-in-law when I am out at work in the day.
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      Secretary who does not need hired help
      247 7 MRS. JEAN OLIVEIRO, a secretary, does not have to depend on servants to help look after her two children aged nine and six years. She said: "We used to have a servant but for the past two months we have managed without one.
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      Sister comes to the rescue
      303 7 MRS. HADIJAH YUSOF, a beautician, nas three children, the youngest of whom she leaves in her sister's house. "My youngest child Is only three years old and since I have no full-time servant, there's no one to look after her," said Mrs. Yusof. "The two
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  • SHOPPING
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      ESSENTIAL TORCHLIGHT
      548 8 THE torchlight is perhaps one of the simplest inventions, but it is definitely one of the most useful things ever made. With Just a bulb and a few strips of metal pieces, encased in either metal or plastic light can be obI tained. In this modern age, people
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  • FINANCE AND TREND
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      Lock icon OPEC likely to freeze prices of oil
      329 9 Reuter Vienna, Friday The Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) is likely to freeze crude oil prices until next January to avoid a political collision with Saudi Arabia, OPEC sources said yesterday. The sources said no firm decisions had been taken but predicted
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      Lock icon 'Buy less US grain' call
      69 9 United Press International Washington, Friday The government will ask foreign commercial buyers to reduce their purchases of American grain voluntarily so It can avoid formal export controls over the droughtstricken grain crop, an Agriculture Department official said yesterday. "We expect the (export) cuts can be
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      MARKET MOVEMENTS
      196 9 The Singapore stock market yesterday saw share prices making a comeback after two successive days of declines. However; advances in moat cases were marginal. Sellers dominated at the- -opening lat as the day care on, layers appealed td turn the taMe. The alternating price movement, which has been
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      Lock icon US deficit worsens in second quarter
      133 9 UPI, Reuter Washington, Friday— The US balance of payments fell sharply into the red for' the second quarter of 197*. recording its worst level for more than a year, the Commerce Department reported yesterday. The deficit for the second three months of the year
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        New York
        359 9 New York. Friday. Prices on the- New York Stock Exchange, closed lower in light trading yesterday. The Dow Jones industrial average, moving into and out of the plus area throughout the session, was off 2.6S to 737.88 at the c!v.e. Stan dard Poor's SCO-stock Index flipped 0.32 to
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        Tokyo
        207 9 Prices were mixed in the morning then moved upward, in the afternoon. The morning session opened bearish reflecting five days of consecutive declines in Wall Street. Later prices resisted the downward trend then bottommed out ae investors* bought stocks on declines over wide front. All autos surged ahead on
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        Sydney
        231 9 Prices at 11.30 a.m. today (Australian time) on the Sydney Stock Exchange. Aoerieen susp Do Opts, susp AOD 05 06 Allstate 08 11 Amad Ot M Aurora unq Do Opt* Unq A tut Ant tusp Bamboo 0* 05 Beach 21 nil Bounty susp Bridge nil 12 Cleveland. 16 30
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        Lock icon Dow Jones
        36 9 United Press International Dow Jones closing stock averages on the New York Exchange yesterday. 30 industrials 737.88 (off 2.66 >, 20 transport 153.86 (off 0.27), 15 utilities 67.01 (off 0.57) 65 stocks 225.44 (olf 0.86).
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        Zurich
        86 9 This service is from the Union Bank of Switzerland. Closing prices (in Swiss francs) on the Zurich Stock Exchange yesterday. UBS 2900 —15 SBC 527 +2 Credit Suisse 2590 —10 Swissair B. 490 Swiss Reinsur. 1980 —20 Winterthur B. 1540 Zurich Insur. Juneva B. 1490 Nestle B. 3105 —45
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      Balmain here with a 'first' in fashion
      230 9 Fashion circles in Singapore are in a flurry once again. There's another French collection in town, only this time it comes with all the fanfare of an exclusive "first." Pierre Balmain, the master designer of the collection, is here with the first public
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      Hold on to your drink—and your good sense
      659 9 FEMALE FRONT Women hold their drinks better than men. And in more ways than one. I mean, men do not nurse, cradle or pamper their beer mugs or wine glasses for them the vessel of Bacchus serves but a functional purpose: to
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      What a blinding headache!
      383 9 DOC Headaches must be the most widely suffered ailment throughout the history of mankind. Chronic recurring headaches can be classified under two categories. Ten per cent of headaches treated by doctors have evidence of intracranial lesions, hypertensions. other diseases of the system or psychiatric conditions. The
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      Lock icon Mr. Suave steps out of his executive suite
      682 9 Melbourne Herald A man can get pretty des p e r ate when he finds he can't break his way out of that smoothie, elegant mould. Like television made, millionaire Gene Barry who got so fed up turning dowp suave roles that
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      Lock icon Talking point in the kitchen
      175 9 Melbourne Herald The latest refrigerator on sale In the US has a "talking door". It 1b a new style tape recorder AM-FM radio that fits into a niche on the outside of the freezer of the 20.3 cubic foot threedoor Frigidaire model costing (5)*****. Known
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      Secretaries
      29 9 The Singapore Association of Personal and Executive Secretaries (SAPES) will hold its annual general meeting at the Holiday Inn Garden Ballroom at 1.30 p.m. on Sat. Aug. 17.
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      180 10 MU.OIAH just arrived rrom Oermany one and only one of Its kind In S'pore. The Allst&r Brush Head Attachment fits to any vacuum cleaners to clean carpets and upholsteries. For free demonstration, ring Alls tar Service *****54 LAI LOV JEWELLERY CO. PTE. LTD. G2B/29. Specialists' Centre Bldg., S'pore., 9. .Tel:
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      Lock icon Youngsters need encouragement
      457 11  -  lhey show promise and courage By JEFFREY LOW Will someone please explain what has happened to Singapore football? The national team keep changing at almost every turn of the calender month that you b3Sn to wonder if the >ckground boys are really getting down to serious business.
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      Walking Tall to win again
      314 11 By SCRUTINEER Walking Tall, who has won twice in as many starts, should retain his unbeaten record in Race 5 at Ipoh tomorrow. Walking Tall, a four year-old by Mariner, made a winning debut at Penang last month, coasting home unchal' lenged by five lengths
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      Splendid trial by Veli Koot
      194 11 FROM BLUE PETER Ipoh, Friday Veli Koot underlined hi s chances in race 3 here on Sunday with a smart workout this morning when he smartly did 2f in 24 4/5. The going was good. Katong Ocean n showed good form running 3f in 36
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      Lancs enter the final
      133 11 London, Friday Lancashire reached the final of the Gillette Cup knockout cricket tournament for the fourth time In five years with a 28run semi-final win over Worcestershire yesterday. Lancashire, who now face Kent In the final at Lord's on September 7, Inflicted Worcestershire's third defeat In
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      Arcari wins
      32 11 Rome, Friday Bruno Arcari, Italian holder of the World Boxing Council's Junior welterweight championship, stopped Argentinian Raul Venerdini in the sixth round of the ten-round nontitle fight in Cefalu, Sicily.
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      IPOH CARD and form guide for Saturday
      2786 11 2.15 Class 6 Div 4 8%f an 5 500 S3,850 to winner) (AanmnticA iockevi onlvl \nuuiviiiivw jwnvjv Willi^ 1 6205 Espto naga s (NL) Ahmad 7 9 0 (dd 5) 9f Nathan 5 2 8000 N atari M II a (Cassia) Jaalar 6
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      SATURDAY SELECTIONS
      104 11 BLUE PETER WTTrrrWTTT^^^ DANTE Race i: GOgandra Hongkong Merchant Geekayeaa Ollgandra Gilgandra Kaya GHgandra Geekayess Race t: Sa burnt Dtiuf Unescorted Unescorted Global Affair Scarlet Ma adarin Unescorted Professor Winstun Olobal Affair Race Pmterson Tvwer Magic Lamp Magic lamp Paterron Tower Paterson Tower Green Sword Magle Lamp People's
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      Lock icon Lloyd joins Coventry for £240,000
      334 11 Reuter London, Friday. Centre-half Larry Lloyd jc.ined Coventry from Liverpool for £240,000 last night in the second big transfer deal in British football this week. Lloyd. 25, has been with Liverpool for five years since he joined from Bristol Rovers fr.r £50,000, but he lost
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      New York win 3-2
      68 11 New York, FYiday. US baseball results: National League —New York 3 Los Angeles 2; Chicago 6, Houston 5; San Francisco 6 Philadelphia 4; Atlanta 6 Montreal 1; Cincinnati 3 Pittsburgh 2; St. Louis 5 San Diego 1. American League Chicago 5 Baltimore 4; Minnesota 1 Cleveland
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      Lock icon Rudy skips World Invitation
      109 11 Reuter Jakarta, Friday Indonesia's badminton ace Rudy Hartono will not take part in the second World Invitation tournament here in October, chairman of the Indonesian Badminton Association R a d en Soedirman said here yesterday. Hartono was preparing for the coming All En g 1 a
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      Lock icon Jipcho's denial is accepted
      168 11 Reuter Nairobi, Friday The Kenyan Amateur Athletic A s so c i a t ion have accepted world record-holder Ben Jipcho's denial of accusations that he received big cash rewards while still running as an amateur. Jipcho, the world 3 000 metres steeplechase record holder now
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      Lock icon Silverio fights all the odds
      534 11  -  He shares lead with two others By LIM KEE CHAN Luis Silverio, the crack Filipino golfer, had to face all odds yesterday in the first, round of the Singaport Open amateur championship over the 6645-yard par-71 Bukit Course and almost conquered them all. A member
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      Nicklaus to play in Japanese tourney
      212 11 Tokyo, Friday—American golfer Jack Nicklaus and some 19 other top golfers on the American tour will be invited to play in the newly inaugurated Dunlop Phoenix tournament scheduled in Southern Japan on December 5 to 8, sponsors announced yesterday. Dunlop Japan and Phoenix Kokusal
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      TALKING POINT
      42 12 AH FOOK: The killing of Mrs. Park shows the hazards First Ladies have to face. MEI LIN: The best thing is for the wives of leaders to have better protection. Better still, stay away from functions which their husbands attend.
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      Lock icon SINGAPORE GIRL
      102 12 A NEW NATION CONTIST Junnie Tan, 18, may be a quiet girl but she has a great liking for hot music. A Beatles fan, she listens to pop songs for relaxing. "I like the Beatles because they express the feelings of youth in their songs," she says. Junnie
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      TODAY
      161 12 TODAY is Friday. Aug. 16. the 228 th day of 1974 with 137 to follow. THE MOON Is between the last quarter and new phase. THE MORNING STARS are Mercury, Venus, Jupiter and Saturn. THE EVENING STAR Is Mars. Those born on this date are under the sign of
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      876 12 RADIO SINGAPORE S 3.00 OPENING ANNCTS followed by FOR THE FAMILY (€)—A magazine series. 3.35 DIARY OF EVENTS (C) 100 LOVE IS A MANY SPLEJ4DOURED THING—Daytime serial on the trials and tribulations of three families in San Francisco. 4.25 HOUSEWIVES' MATINEE—The Detective (Sr. 2. Part 2). 5.10 INTERMISSION. 155 OPENING
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      895 12 YOUR LUCKY STAR IF irs YOUR BIRTHDAY Born today you, like so many born under the sign of Leo, have tremendous determination and the kind of willpower that makes It all but certain that you will succeed at whatever you set out to do. You are not one to take
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      914 12 AT THE CINEMA THE DARING DOBERMANS: A sequel to The Doberman Oang, the adventure this time sees the dogs befriended by a trio of unemployed play-boy type youths and trained as in the first one for a robbery. Animals provided and trained by Frank Inn Inc, and supervised by the
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      338 12 WHAT'S ON The Minister for Foreign Affairs and MP for K am pong Glam, Mr. S. Rajaratnam, will o ffl c i a 11 y open the WATER IS PRECIOUS EXHIBITION at Kampong Glam Community Centre at 8 p.m. The Minister of State for Health and MP for Crawford, Dr.
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