New Nation, 25 February 1975

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  • Title Section
    Masthead
    18 1 New Nation SINGAPORE Tuesday February 25, 1975 No. 1265 Price 20 cents M.C.CP) 489/75 TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 25. 1975
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  • Article, Illustration
    DANGER: A FAT BABY NOT HEALTHY
    491 1  -  Overfed children will be plagued with heart trouble By Florence Tan The chubby baby In your arms could well be suffering from malnutrition. Worse still, he is probably more prone to coughs because he produces too much mucus and heart trouble which will lead
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    Lock icon 'Death' in Test...
    373 1 Batsman stops breathing after Lever bumper hits him on the head... The highest measured speed for i ball bowled by any bowler is M mph by Harold Larwood In 1935. The fastest bowler of all time Is regarded by many as Charles Kortright, who played for Essex
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    Teacher's death
    106 1 The State Coroner, Mr. Chee Wal Pong, this morning returned a verdict of misadventure in the death of a school teacher, Jew Poh Hlng, who was killed after falling from his Stirling Road flat in his bid to save his sister on Feb. 10. Mr. Chee recorded the
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    Lock icon UK planes for Egypt
    69 1 Reuter London, Tuesday. A £100 million ($540 million) deal for the manufacture of British military aircraft In Egypt could be concluded within the next 10 weeks, the chairman of Britain's governmentowned Rolls Royce Aero Engine company said here yesterday. Returning from a 10day visit to Ave
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    Lock icon Boycott
    41 1 Reuter Cairo. Tuesday.—The Arab Boycott Office yesterday recommended that the activities of foreign firms supplying Israel with factories should be banned as part of new measures to tighten the Arab economic blockade of Israel, boycott chairman Mohammed Mahgoub said yesterday.
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  • LOCAL NEWS
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      THE MOPED'S HERE
      493 2 It's easier to ride than a motorcycle and more convenient than a bicycle, and it can be put in a car boot The moped, or motor bicycle, has Anally come to Singapore to help solve the problems of insufficient parking spaces and high petrol prices. Called the
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    • Article
      Prices down on opening
      212 2 ON THE CHANGE Bearish sentiments prevailed at the Stock Exchange of Singapore this morning, with virtually all counters traded slipping. Finance stocks led the path downwards. At press time, O.CD.C. lost 25 cents to 17.40. United Overseas Bank fell 18 cents to $4.24 and Development Bank
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    • Article
      Motivation course
      51 2 The Singapore Institute of Management will hold a course on motivation and behaviour In modern organisations at the SIM conference room. Thong Teck Building. Scotts Road, from March 10 at 12, at 9 a.m. The fee is $195 for members and $225 for non-members. Applications dose on Feb.
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      Banking
      37 2 The Department of Extra-mural Studies In the University of Singapore will hold a 12semlnar session on advanced banting law and international banking at Nlssen Hut 9 every Monday and Wednesday from March 10 at 7.30 p.m.
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      OUR ROADS
      13 2 Police reported 88 accidents yesterday. Four were serious and one fatal.
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      DANGER OF SAUNA
      284 3  -  By Wang Look Fung Sauna and steam bath fanatics can do themselves more harm than good, heart specialists here warned today. Over-staying in a sauna bath places a dangerous burden on the cardlo vascular system and is a serious health hazard, the specialists said. They warned elderly
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      Metric a must in retail trade
      491 3  -  It's law next year By Rav K. Dhaliwal Metrication Is to be made compulsory In Singapore's retail trade from next year. Legislation Is being prepared by the government. Retailers found selling In Imperial unite after the measure comes Into force will be penalised. Retailers
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      Post Office
      33 3 The Telok Blangah last Post Office at 55, Block 22, Telok Blangah Crescent will be officially opened by Mr. N. Oovindasamy, MP for the area, on Feb. 28 at 8 p.m.
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      Live firing
      28 3 The Singapore Armed Forces aircraft will be carrying out live-firing exercises at the Southern Islands live firing range on Pulau Pawal from Feb. 24 to 28.
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      It's OUB
      32 3 Mr. Lien Ylng Chow Is the chairman and managing director of Overseas Union Bank., and not United Overseas Bank as reported In New Nation on Saturday. The error Is regretted.
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    • Article
      Fatal knock
      29 3 D o 1 1 a h bin Hajl Manam, 60, was fatally injured after he was knocked down by a scooter In Upper East Coast Road yesterday.
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      Lock icon ZOO CUTS FOOD BILL BY HALF
      413 4  -  By Anne-Marie Nalpon Despite spiralling food prices and the growing animal population, the zoo managed to reduce its food bill to almost half last year. The housekeeping bill of $13,000 a month for 1973 was cut to $8000 a month In 1974. And the
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      Reception
      29 4 The French Trade Commissioner and the President of Sopexa wtll hold a reception at the Peacock Room of the Ming Court Hotel at 3 p.m. on March 9.
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      Jobs for laid off workers
      384 4  -  1000 re-employed through govt. By Gregory Broughton One out of every three retrenched workers succeeded in getting new Jobs through interviews arranged by the spec i a 1 retrenchment unit at the Labour Ministry, a government spoke sman said. The retrenchment unit started operations seven
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      Admen told to pool their resources
      188 4 Advertisers and advertising agencies should pool their resources to upgrade the standard of advertising in Singapore. This was suggested by the chairman of the Advertising Standard!; Authority, Mr. Paul Pearson, at a luncheon talk to the Rotary Club of Jurong today; Mr. Pearson pointed
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      119 3 M r k> I T& 2 t V' Ifc m iism >«■»»/' 4 r i SM? V A fit ■v life M 1 Now, KODAK brings yog KODACOLOR Borderless PrtntS In fe convenient sizes for the s«me price. WhKh means you get more picture area for your money. And since
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  • Page 4 Miscellaneous
    • Miscellaneous
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      522 4 Cut out and pin with other coupons. Posting inductions appear below Name (Mr./Mrs./Miss) Address Tel: BELOW ■long dotted lines CLUES FOR U-2 1. May be too heavy for you to carry lor 2. Sheat of window glass 3. For a man to in a ditch is no everyday occurrence 5.
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    • Miscellaneous
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      206 4 Prof. Sunree will hold an EXHIBITION OF HER PAINTINGS baaed on the Chinese New Tear theme at the Islander, Hyatt Hotel, between 6 p.m. and midnight. The METROPOLITAN YMCA FOLK CLUB will give singing Items at the Aloha Rhu In Changl at 7.30 p.m. The Adult Education Board Is conducting
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  • WORLD NEWS
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      Lock icon 28 plotters held
      263 5 Greek forces alert after army coup bid foiled Reuter Athens, Tuesday The Greek government yesterday arrested 28 army officers, Including a brigadier general, who plotted to stage a coup and abolish democratic rule In the country, usually reliable sources said lastnight. Earlier the govern- ment announced that
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      Lock icon Queen's money: Probes into leakage
      257 5 United Press International London, TuesdayPrime Minister Harold Wilson said yesterday the Government and Scotland Yard have launched twin probes to discover how the Communist newspaper Morning Star obtained documents purporting to show the last Conservative Government tried to cover up the extent of Queen Elizabeth's
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      Lock icon 20 killed
      27 5 Reuter Bogota, Tuesday Twenty People were killed when a bus plunged down a precipice In north-eastern Colombia early yesterday, according to radio reports here. —Renter
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      Lock icon Gaddafi: US is out to divide Arabs
      209 5 United Press International Tripoli, Tuesday—Libyan leader Col. Muammar Gaddafi charged In an Interview published yesterday that the US Middle East policy Is based on dividing the Arab nations. He said it is impossible to settle the Arab conflict with Israel peacefully. Col. Gaddafi
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      Lock icon GODFATHER TWO TOPS LIST FOR OSCARS
      332 6 Reuter, UPI Los Angeles, Tuesday The films Chinatown and Godfather Two swept the Academy Award nominations announced yesterday. Each received 11 nominations. Following these two films were the disaster epic, The Towering Inferno, with eight nominations. Lenny, the biography of comedian Lenny Bruce and
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      Lock icon Ethiopian men quit
      68 6 Reuter Addis Ababa, Tuesday Two senior Ethiopian officials were reported yesterday to have left their posts In disagreement with the country's military rulers. Agriculture Minister Dr. Dagnochew Ylrgu, had disappeared and was believed to have fled the country, reliable sources said. Hie sources also confirmed that a
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      Lock icon US ends 10-year embargo
      323 6 India warns of new arms race Reuter Washington, Tuesday The United States lifted a 10-year-old embargo on the sale of American weapons to India and Pakistan yesterday. The ban was a legacy of the 1965 IndoPakistan war over the yet unresolved Kashmir dispute. India protested at
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      Lock icon Sheikh Abdullah gets back to Kashmir
      330 6 Reuter New Delhi, Tuesday Prime Minister Indira Gandhi said yesterday that the return of Sheikh Mohammed Abdullah to Kashmir today at the end of a 22-year dispute with New Delhi would not weaken the ties between India and Kashmir State. Mrs. Gandhi made public
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      TODAY
      151 6 TODAY Is Tuesday. Feb. 25, the 56th day of 1975 with 309 to follow. THE MOON is full. THE MORNING STARS are Mercury and Mars. THE EVENING STARS are Venus, Jupiter and Saturn. Those born on this day are under the sign of Pisces. French painter Pierre Renoir was
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      Lock icon General killed in Khmer ambush
      226 6 Reuter Phnom Penh, Tuesday Communist-led Insurgents yesterday killed a Cambodian army general in an ambush 36 kms (24 miles) east of the capital, the military high command reported. The command spokesman said Brigadier General Hem Pao who commanded the Army Training Centre near the provincial
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      The Odd Corner
      92 6 London, Tuesday The beauty queen at her firm's ball stole the show in her mauve evening dress, trimmed with ostrich feathers. But she had also stolen the dress. She was found out when a photograph taken at the ball showing her with the band leader appeared in
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      Lock icon Forgeries hit 2 Swiss banks
      110 6 Reuter Zurich, Tuesday Bogus Swiss travellers cheques forged In England have caused two leading Swiss banks to lose 500,000 francs (1453,600), a director of one of the banks said today. Mr. Josef Muller, a director of Creditanstalt (Credit Suisse), one of Switzerland's four major banks,
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      240 5 PROPOLIS (bee-glue) star product of the Beehive (vide page 32 Straits Times 15-2-75) CELATON CH3 PLUS (contains Procaine Hydrocloride) FEEL YOUNGER, THINK YOUNGER, LOOK YOUNGER and ENJOY WORK FRUCTOSE (fruit sugar) Recommended for ATHLETES, DIABETICS. ALCOHOLICS, SLIMMERS and others. Available at: HEALTH FOODS NATURAL REMEDIES 11, The Arcade, Singapore, 1.
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  • Page 6 Miscellaneous
    • Miscellaneous
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      238 6 WORLD WEATHER Paris Variable, 5532F, 13-OC. Headline: Jacques Chlrlac confirmed as secretary general. London Dry, sunny and mild, 50-46 F. 10-BC. Headline: Inquiry Into Queen's cash "leaK." Rio de Janeiro Cloudy, 95-86P, 34-30 C. Headline: USSR will furnish arms to India and the United States to Pakistan. Moscow Bright. 3221F,
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  • BEHIND THE NEWS
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      STONE
      1727 7  -  He held my hand and I knew, to my relief, that he was also HUMAN COMING FACE TO CHEST WITH... PASSING THROUGH y by Lu Lin Reutens What is a writer? "The writer Is a seer, a prophet, an alchemist; he creates wisdom where none existed before. He Is
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      82 7 menm keeps your machinery equipment going. ifjty proven adhesives sealants for all industrial needs. Sole Agents ASIA RADIO (S) PTE. LTD. ASIA RADIO BUILDING 41, Bencoolen St S pore 7 Tel *****7 (8 lines) m ■e 5 AN AUTHENTIC "RISTORANTE IT Al lANO WITH AUTHENTIC "CUCINA ITALIANA" ANO LOTS OF
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      65 7 We offer complete curtain service and have a large selection of decorative quality curtain fabrics, expertly tailored to your requirement. Our reliability and efficiency is second to none. Benefit from our experience and expertise by contacting us. Modern Interiors (Pte) Limited Modern Interiors (M) Sdn Bhd 142, Market Street 15,
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  • OPINION
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      Same old story in Portugal
      425 8 The post-war history of the world Is replete with Instances of military officers who, after seizing power from authoritarian civilian regimes. Immediately promise a democratic constitution, free elections and a return to civilian rule after they have put the country In order. Portugal's Armed Forces
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      In and out
      84 8 f whispers p is B p y y The door leading to a hotel in the Orchard Road area from the basement parking lot has the signs of both Entrance and Exit fixed on the same side of the door. No one is sure whe- ther it
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      ONE TREE LESS IN THE GARDEN
      572 8  -  TUESDAY WITH GERALD de CRUZ GERALD de CRUZ My wife was determined that an old tree in our garden should be cut down, (perhaps I should explain that we've moved into a lovely bungalow, on the side of a small hill clothed in firs,
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      Nursing nun's bad temper
      235 8 I have heard of brickbats thrown at the nursing profession in government hospitals but I was shocked to learn of an incident in a mission hospital which Is supBor8 or ted by public donaons and run by a religious community. A patient who had an operation
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      Lock icon Drama in Eritrea
      260 8 World (Conimcntj New York Times Twice in lew than a year Asmara, capital of the northern Ethiopian province of Eritrea, has played a key role in the cudd en 1 y greatly-In-creased tempo of change In a country that once seemed almost changeless. It was in Asmara
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      Sidewalk shop
      123 8 The owner of a shop In Seng Poh Road lets out half of his premises to a tailor and to compensate for the loss of space, he utilises about three quarters of the five-foot way in front of his premises to display his wares. He displays his icecream
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      6 8 MAIL BAG NiN NATION. ItCMO BASIS.
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  • FEATURE
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      The sky's the limit for this pilot with a boyish grin...
      453 9 With his neat mop of hair and boyish grin, anyone could mistake Collin Howe for a mischievous schoolboy when he is in civies. Bat once In camp, he dons the nniform of a Second Lieutenant Officer. And what's more,
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      My 'zooming' time in a tiny Cessna...
      627 9  -  by Florence Tan I have never been enthusiastic about flying. Long trips in a jumbo pupctuated only by meal breaks, spell boredom and monotopy for me. But at least the size of the aircraft and the very dreariness of the Journey breed a
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      6 9 //••■Ma 1.-l) r YVI L \1
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      39 9 NATURAL HEALTH SLIMMING CONSULTANT CERTIFICATE TRAINING BASIC ADVANCED CERTIFICATE COURSES Starting 9th March, 1975. First graduation in July. Enrolment Forms and Details from SINGAPORE NATURAL HEALTH SOCIETY, G.P.O. Box 2753, OR Tel. *****. EXTRA KNOWLEDGE TRAINING ALWAYS AN ASSET.
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  • SPECIAL FEATURE
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      The morning a dozen armed men raided the home of a livestock dealer
      218 10 The malevolent shadows of gunmen stalked the streets of Singapore In the confusing days of 1946 and 1947. In the crowded, noisy slums of Chinatown, in the pot-holed lanes of Whampoa, in the shophouses of Thomson which
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      1947—a bloody and violent year for the underworld
      1258 10  -  SEVEN THUGS DIED IN FEUDS DETWEEN RIVAL GANGS OH THURSDAY: THE GUNRUNNERS by Pakir Singh Throughout much of 1947 the pattern of feuds between the secret societies themselves remained a familiar and violent one. The moves to form a pan-Malayan brotherhood having
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      TRIGGER-HAPPY GUNMEN IN THE STREETS...
      647 10 In the middle of November 1947, the Singapore Advisory Council passed the Arms and Offences Ordinance. 1947, which amended the law relating to the carrying and use of arms. According to the new Bill, any person who merely carried arms of any description was liable
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      'People are too scared to help'
      345 10 Police face a wall in the fight against violence In the middle of 1947, Singapore's Colonial Secretary, Mr. H.P. Bryson, was moved to compare the Island's condition with the colony's reign of terror of half a century earlier. "Singapore Is today experiencing a situation
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  • PLEASURE
    • Article, Illustration
      Potassy is a magical entertainer...
      570 11  -  By Jennifer Schoon Magicians are not to be trusted, as far as I'm concerned. Not when their fingers move at lightning speed. And when the magician is also reputed to be clairvoyant, I would like to maintain a more than safe distance. So I went
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      At last, a film on the dreadful Dreyfus affair
      594 11  -  This antiJew scandal roused the world to the plight of the Israelis By Aline Mosby The white-haired woman brushed the dust off the goldframed photograph of her father, a handsome French Army officer with a moustache 'It's so upsetting, seeing the
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      Searing view of the Vietnam war
      420 11  -  By David Dugas The Vietnam war never did capture Hollywood's Imagination despite the early box office success of that lone extravaganza, The Oreen Berets. So no wonder Hearts And Minds, a featurelength documentary on the war almost wasn't released at all. Illuminated with hindsight,
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  • Page 11 Miscellaneous
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      442 11 AT THE CINEMA with VKXAT OON POBBIDDKN TALES OF TWO uul8: A fleshy flick starring Tknny. Bu Chin and Chen Pine. Capitol: 1.30, 4, 6.45, *30. WATCH OIT, WE'RE MAO: Bud Spencer and Terence Hill, beet known (or their cowboy-comedy Trinity eerie*, are now city dweller* on a warpath against
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  • TREND
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      Showing off Dior all the way
      300 12 Top French high fashion designers in recent years have become as well-known for their accessories as for, their couture clothes. Among those way out front in designing and producing accessories is the House of Christian Dior, manned by Marc Bohan since 1960. Dior jewellery,
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      Not too close for comfort
      271 12  -  CHOC KIM What; is a platonlc love except a very dear friend who happens to be male? Sceptics think that friendship between a man and a woman should not get too close for comfort. Else it's bound to lead to the bedroom they say. But
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      PLATONIC LOVE
      62 12 t i'llldlt' Moiithpiec v SOME women will swear there is such a thing. They feel very warm, very affectionate towards John or Harry but it's brotherly love they say and can never amount to anything else. But there are others who are sceptical and insist that no close
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      IT'S A GREAT FEELING
      250 12  -  -8HANTA I have known Ale? for years. I know I can always count on him to lend me his shoulder and almost anything else he owns. And he knows that he can look to me for a willing ear. He is such an Important part of
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      Friends but romance can blossom
      194 12  -  ANNE Platonic love is somewhere, something between Jove and friendship, a little more than friendship, a little less than love. There are no ups and downs in this sort of relationship but a straight level comfortable road that you tread. You can only be platonlc
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      228 13 THE LINEAR SOUND OF MODEL Specially recommended for Housing Board Flats in Singapore. HI-FI CENTRE ?*>MAftKt f ST HEFT (MULT'-STOMf ARK BUILDING) SINGAPONk I TK. SPECIAL OFFER One transistor radio Free for the purchase of Nordmande Black A White T.V. N 1000 $595/N 2000 $650/N 3000 $670/L HURRY! (while stock
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      77 13 Going Overseas We'va got lull rang* of winter clothing* and othar itami you'll naad... OVERCOATS... SCARVES JUMPERS... PULLOVERS... CARDIGANS. .GLOVES WINTER PYJAMAS. QUILTS. .WOOLLEN UNOERWEAR.. .ETC.. ETC. ■^00^miiiciintiui. (Department Store) 83-85 South R'.dqt Road. T.I. ***** Branches (open on Sundays 347 People's Par* Comple*. Tel *****5 B 13 Peninsula Shopping
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      185 13 Manufacturer of Cane Furniture Cushions and Mattresses Knock Down Furniture For Export and Made-to-order Call at: 130, Middle Road, Singapore 7, Tel: *****. JFIiOM TABLE TO VVIVSOLE MOUEL ONLY 26" T V. CABINET Stock Available COLOUR TV ■■■■■HIRE PURCHASE AVAILABLE TAN ELECTRONICS (PTE) LTD. 250, 2nd floor Specialists' Centre. Somerset
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  • shopping
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      Low-cost home entertainment...
      526 13 A twice weekly advertisement feature ade in televlseta, both nd-Xte and like all other Ar crnnH« ta ed g £?th« supply and demand P»ttern». That's why who do not already own a set now buy them at bargain prices. In the case of monochrome sets, prices are
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  • FINANCE
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      A bullish year for Duff...
      419 14  -  COMPANY PROFILE *>y Lee Yew Meng Duff Development, following its reconstruction programme, turned In its most bullish performance last year. Pre-tax profits at $1.6 million was 39.5 per cent higher than in the previous year. The peaking of profits was accompanied by the 27.8 times
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    • Stock markets round the world
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        NEW YORK
        210 14 The stock market, experiencing heavy profit taking which analysts said was overdue, closed sharply and broadly lower yesterday In moderate trading on the New York Stock Exchange. The Dow Jones Industrial average, which had gained 133 points since the first of the year, was off 12.83 at 736.94
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        Lock icon TOKYO
        270 14 DBS-Daiwa Securities International Ltd. Share prices on the Tokyo Stock Exchange surged ahead under persistent buying pressure centred on constructions and light electrlcals. The market opened Rtrong on a wide front reflecting last week's bullish sentiment. Constructions and other fiscal spendlngs shot up influenced by huge buying orders in
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        PARIS
        74 14 Closing prices (In francs) on the Paris Bourse yesterday: Parlbaa 156 +3.30 Fonder 321 until. Printemps 83.20 -J-1.70 CQE 309 +3.10 Bull 39JO +.80 Royal Dutch 138.80 +.70 Mlchelln 780 unch. Thomson 171 +6.50 cn> us —i Rhone 128.50 —3.50 Air 319 +4.50 B8N 442 +8 Philips 47.20 +1.70
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        ZURICH
        82 14 Thla service Is from the union Bank of Switzerland. Closing prices on the Zurich Stock Exchange: UBS 3200 75 SBC 599 10 Credit Suisse 2990 Swissair B. 461 I Swiss Relnsur. 2040 so Winterthur B. 1670 80 Zurich Insur. 6675 25 J u vena B. 895 5 Nectle B.
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        SYDNEY
        223 14 Closing prices at 11.30 a.m. today (Australian time) on the Sydney Stock Exchange: Allstate 09 10 Beach 16 30 Bridge II 13 Cleveland 33 36 Endeavour 10 11 Pllnd 30c Opt nil 04 inter Mln 07 07 ft Kambalda unq. Kath Inv 80 90 Kla Ora 16 30 Mid
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      Market report
      229 14 After a firm opening, the Stock Exchange of Singapore saw share prices losing its initial gains yesterday afternoon. Finance counters which took an early lead, began to fall hack in the latter part of the morning. And in the afternoon, they were caught up in the whirl of
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      Round-the-world liner due here
      71 14 Holland America's 38,-000-ton luxury liner, S.S. Rotterdam will visit Singapore on her 17th round-the-world cruise on March 2. This ship Is fully booked on this 87-day voyage with 850 passengers. Prom here, the ship will sail to the United States via Bangkok, Hong Kong and Japan.
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      109 15 FOR YOUR FISH-HEAD SUPREME, FRIED chicken ftrawns, crabs, mutton cooked n genuine Indian spicy taste. Call at the Banana Leaf Apolo Restaurant, 24 Cuff Road, (along K.K. market). Tel: *****2. Parking available. ITEM* IN CLASSIFICO •ILL SETTER TRY HOME COOKED FOOD at the Home Kitchen 3rd floor, Faber House Orchard
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      101 15 CHANGE OF TELEPHONE NUMBERS We wish to advise that with effective from 24th February 1975, our new telephone numbers are:— *****/ *****/ ***** INDO COMMERCIAL SOCIETY (PTE) LTD. ICS House, 76 Market Street, Singapore 1. NOTICE While every endeavour is made to publish advertisements on the dates requested It Is
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      Ever Winner sparkles in workout
      257 16 From BLUE PETER Penanf, Tuesday Local-bred Ever Winner looks a lively outsider In the Class 6 Division 3, 6t race on Saturday. The Russet three-year-old did an Impressive workout this mornlpg. He ran 3f in 412/5, hard held by Jockey M. Arlffln. The going was
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      HOW THEY FINISHED AT PENANG ON SUNDAY
      389 16 JoTy Fairy set the pace, leading past the 4f and Into the Border Dandy and Mohican dosing In. Imaclne made up ground. Mohican i»am> with a strong run and swept past Jelly Fairy half a furlong out to win easily by 1% lengths.
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      Malaysian GP gets some more money
      410 16 Kuala Lumpur, Tuesday. The Malaysian Motor Sports Club announced a further Increase in prize money, from $45,000 to $48,500, for the Malaysia Grand Prix on March 29-30. The extra money will this time benefit the OP cars and motorcycles winners. The OP car champion
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      Sweep by Chinese
      75 16 Kuala Lumpur, Tuesday;— China swept the men's and women's singles In a six-nation Invitational table tennis championships here last night. The Chinese proved to be too good for their opponents from Indooesla. Japan. Malaysia, Thailand, Singapore and reached the top without much opposition. Chen-Shih beat Toshlakl Furukawa
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      Lock icon Holland fear the heat, says leader
      524 17 Reuter Kuala Lumpur Tuesday Defending champlons Holland yesterday expressed concern that the climate here might affect their chances In the World Hockey Cup, starting on Saturday. Team manager and coach Mr. Gees Tanla told reporters on arrival that the heat, plus the tact that
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      Connors' goal—Davis Cup
      297 17 New York, Tuesday— American iter Jimmy Connors said here yesterday his only remaining goal In tennis was to help the United States recapture the Davis Cl (s)nnors, speaking at a reception at which he was awarded a trophy as the outstanding International player of 1974, said: "I've
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      Miller is still ahead
      116 17 Washington, Tuesday. —Pat Fltsslmons. surprise winner of the US$3O,OOO first prise in last week's Los Angeles Open, moved Into seventh place In the 1975 U8 golf circuit earnings list, the Professional Golfers Association announced yesterday. Fltsslmons' first POA tournament win brought his earnings to US$4l,690. Johnny
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      University meet
      39 17 Rome. Tuesday.—The Executive Committee of the International University 8 ports Federation (FTBU) has decided to hold an international athletics msstlnf in Italy next September, replacing the 1975 World Btudent Games which should have been held In Belgrade.
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      Lock icon Shafiq hits 200 n.o.
      246 17 Reuter Rawalpindi, Tuesday.— A sparkling double century by Pakistan's captain, Shafiq Ahmad, yesterday left the West Indians the impossible task of scoring 299 In under two and half hours to win and caused a draw In the three-day match here against a Patron's XI. On reaching
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      WA go to the top
      89 17 Perth, Tuesday A maiden century by newcomer Rob Langer helped Western Australia to a five wickets victory over Victoria in their Bhe<neld Shield cricket match here today. Langer finished with an unbeaten 150. The win took Western Australia to the top of the Shield table,
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      Lock icon Muscles? It may be just WATER
      266 17 Reuter London, Tuesday. Athletes who think they are packing extra power Into muscles with anabolic steroid drugs may Just be puffing them up with water. This Is the suggestion of a British scientist whose studies Indicate that student athletes who the controversial "bulk bombs"
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      Lock icon ARSENAL ENTER Q-FINALS
      264 18 Reuter London, Tuesday Arsenal ended hours of deadlock with Leicester City when a late goal gave them a 1-0 extratime victory in their English Football Association Cup fifth-round second replay at Leicester last night. A fourth clash between the clubs looked likely until John Radford hammered home
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      Olga for big meet
      60 18 New York, Tuesday Olga Moroeova of the Soviet Union was yesterday named as the fourth Player to compete in the USfIOO.OOO-world women's tennis series In Texas on April 19 and 20. She Joins Chris Evert. 811 lie Jean Ring and Evonne Ooolagong. The winner will receive
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      Irene Lee
      33 18 of OoniMnei gehfls, on her way to winning the Singapore Badntaton Association Under It girls tingles title at the SUA hall on Saturday. Irene beat Ong siok Lan 11-1, 11-7 in
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      S'pore Tour: All Asean teams In
      351 18  -  By MOKHTAR AMIN All five Asean countries have agreed to participate in the first "Tour De Slngapour" cycling competition on IfiW-h 16. Singapore Amateur Cycling Association secretary, Mr. O. Balasundram. who attended an Informal conference at Manila, confirmed that verbal agreements have been made
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      Lock icon Aussies swim team named
      125 18 Reuter Sydney, Tuesday—Stephen Holland, Jenny Turrall and Sonya Gray head a strong Australian swimming team to compete in an International meeting in London on March 29-31. The five-member team also includes Queens land's Judy Hudson and veteran Graham Windealt. In a maior buildup to the World
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      Burma visit
      28 18 Rangoon, Tuesday—A Chinese track and field team of IS men and 11 women arrived here yesterday for friendly competition with Burmese athletes during a oneweek stay.
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      Shuttle date
      31 18 The Tlong Bahru Constituency Sports Association will be organising an Intra-Oonstltu-b admin ton championship from March 26 at the Baharaddln Vocational Institute. Closing date for entries Is March IS.
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      Quah Bros support Choo's recall
      634 18  -  j Jt'ffrcv Lou i u rit intj on SOCCFR SCENE Jeffrey Low The Quah brothers of Singapore soccer are supporting the recall of coach Choo Seng Quee. In a letter to soccer Scene, the five former International Kim Beng, Kim Choon, Kim Bwee, Kim Slak
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      304 17 NEW NATION CROSSWORD 1 Sound of laughter 5 Cap for a Basque 10 Movie take 14 Arab'* head cord 15 Oat by If Of (formerly) 17 Actrees Freeman 18 OMy Hone, for one 19 Fountain treat Farthest SS Rag 34 Budges SS Ballet's silent speech SS Byword In business SS
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      48 18 I BOTH OF tubm? if 4 M SHORT RIBS by rrnfc tfN—l T?! IN THE WEEK I'VE BEEN HERE I MUST HAVE- GAINED 20 POUNDS cVI OJ 5J *> H 1535* «*4 S! itmm »<n •> f! W! SSSrni .VI .v< v-: Mi> to y JL± s i=r*X ar-i V
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    Bosomy, young wives for the top brass...
    374 19  -  Th« LAST word Dick West No sensible person would quarrel with the concept of civilian control over the military establishment, but this arrangement does present certain difficulties. Chief among the problems is the fact that the civilian overseers are not always well versed
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    Talking Point
    53 19 AH FQOK: Look what a woman can do to make her man behave. A word from his fiancee apd tennis star Jimmy Connors displays top form both in his play and behaviour. MEI LIN: Nothing seems to be able to make you behave. Perhaps you need something more
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      869 19 AND RADIO TV f SINGAPORE 5 j S.M OPENING ANNOUNCFMENTB followed by FAMILY TIME (E) (r): A magazine series 3 M DIARY OF EVENTB (E) Sit LOVE IS A MANY BFLENDOURED THING 3.56 OCR MUSIC MAKERS featuring Kelsombe Hashlm (E) (r) 4.1# GENERAL HOSPITAL 419 INTERMISBION C.N OPENING ANNOUNCEMENTS followed
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      143 19 LUCKY STARS IF ITS YOUR BIRTHDAY Born today, you posses* the kind of selfconfidence that enables you not only to conceive of an Idea but also to transform that Idea Into a feasible, ultimately profitable project or enterprise. You know how to assign the details of a project to those
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      266 19 those wrinkles are and how best to get rid of them. You are sympathetic, compassionate and at the same time forceful and highly determined. You know how to put yourself In another's place so that you can understand him and his problems —but you also know how to protect yourself
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      175 19 VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22)— Originality la what will bring you and your work to the attention of those who are in a position to advance your career. Be creative. LIBRA (Bept. 23-Oct. 22) There are certain conditions relative to the present situation on the employment scene which cannot be changed.
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