New Nation, 24 September 1975

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    19 1 New Nation SINGAPORE Wednesday September 24, 1975 No. 1445 Price 20 cents MC (P) 1118/75 FT NEW NATION COMMENT:
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  • Article, Illustration
    OIL HITS CHANGI BEACH...
    235 1  -  Big clean-up by 400 is now on By Bharathi Mohan More than 200 workers started clearing large amounts of oil and seaweed from Changl beach this morning in a massive antipollution operation. Another 200 people, it is understood, will be mobilised to help clean the two-mile
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    Lock icon Hungering for love
    63 1 Reuter Vienna, Wednesday—A V 1 e nna schoolteacher yesterday began a hunSer strike outside St. tephen's Cathedral In the hope of persuading the Soviet authorities to let her marry her fiance In Russia. Miss Johanna Steindl, 32, said the Soviet Union had refused to give her a
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    $5000 haul
    31 1 Two men, one armed with a revolver, robbed businessman Ng En g Leng, 42, of $150 In cash and a watch valued at $3500 at Thomson Ridge last night.
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    Lock icon Arrest me, said Sara—before the Ford shooting...
    437 1 Request made after she was taken into custody for carrying a gun day before incident Reuter UPI Washington, Wednesday Sara Moore, charged with attempting to kill President Ford on Monday, asked San Francisco police to take her into custody on Sunday, according to
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      9 1 TIDES STOCK MARKET WHAT OH WEATHER CINEMAS COMICS MONEYWORDS
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  • LOCAL NEWS
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      A $500 mil standstill
      535 2  -  3500 new houses are without buyers By Nancy Koh Over 3500 private housing units valued at a staggering $500 million In the property market are still without buyers. This estimate given by Mr. Daniel Teo. secretary of the Singapore Land and Housing Developers' Association, is based
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      Contest and display
      51 2 Mr. Ahmad Mattar, Parliamentary Secretary (Education), will open the science teaching aids competltlon-cum-ex-hlbltion at the Hwa Chong Junior College auditorium, Bukit Tlmah Road, on Oct. 4 at 10 a.m. organised by the Science Teachers' Association of Singapore In conjunction with Ess o and the Science Council of
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      ON THE 'CHANGE
      55 2 Trading hit a dull spell at the Stock Exchange of Singapore during the first hour this morning. At press time, only six counters were traded— In mixed fashion. BUSINESS DONE: U. 0.8. (9) 3.20. OCBC (15) 6.45. KL Industries (11) 0.65. F and N (1) 4.16. U.Oix
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      It's murder, say police
      69 2 A 58-year-old trishaw rider Yee Zee Hong of Ganges Avenue died at the Alexandra General Hospital, yesterday, 24 hours after he was found with a stab wound In his abdomen. Tee was sleeping along the corridor outside his flat when his family found him with a
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      OUR ROADS
      13 2 Police reported 81 accidents yesterday. Six were serious and one fatal.
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      Go for a cancer check-up
      327 2 'Be practical' call A practical attitude not a hopeless one must be adopted towards cancer which is now a major killer in Asia, a visiting professor of pathology said today. Prof. J. B. Gibson of the University of Hong Kong, In an interview, emphasised: "Many
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      TIMELY RECORD OF THIS MAN'S MOMENT OF DEATH
      124 3  -  By Bharathi Mohan He came to a dead Btop at precisely 5.51 a.m. The time was recorded by his watch at the foot of a block of flats In Whampoa Drive yesterday morning. The watch met the same fate when It crashed
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      Story time
      35 3 The Tanjong Pagar Community Centre youth group will hold a children's story telling contest in English at its Yan Kit Road premises on Nov. 16 at 7 p.m. For further details ring *****.
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      S'porean nabbed by Thai police
      216 3 $2.5 m heroin haul Thai police have arrested a Singaporean and a Thai grocer who are said to be members of an International drug-smug-gling ring. They are believed to have smuggled large quantities of heroin from Thailand to Paris and Amsterdam over the past few
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      Holiday tour
      48 3 The YMCA will be conducting a PenangHaadyai holiday tour from Oct. 31 to Nov. 5 to coincide with the Deepavall holiday. The cost of the trip is $135 for YMCA members and $140 for non-mem-bers. Closing date for application Is Oct. 10. Further details ring *****8.
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      TV writing
      30 3 Mr. Clark Trent, a RTS producer, will give a talk on Writing For Television at the National Library. Stamford Road, on Friday at 8.30 p.m. Admission Is free.
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      S'pore date
      23 3 Singer Ray Charles Is coming to Singapore next month. He will give a performance at the Shangri-La Hotel on Oct. 29.
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      Fury of fire: 16 deaths
      269 4 Damage to $29 m worth of property too Sixteen people were killed and 47 others were Injured In fires which caused an estimated damage of more than $29 million In property last year. This was revealed In the Fire Brigade's 1971 annual report released yesterday.
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      No-licence hawking at wayang sites to be curbed
      134 4 Wayang audiences will now have to do without snacks and tit-bits as they watch the show. The Hawkers Department of the Ministry of the Itavironment told New Nation yesterday that it will itep up action against unlicensed hawkers at wayang rites. He
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      MAN WANTED IN KL HELD
      202 4 Singapore police have arrested a man wanted by the Malaysian government In connection with the killing of a police constable during a $511,000 robbery at a Jewellery shop In Petallng Jaya, Selangor, In March this year. The man. In hi* SOs. wit arretted by police
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      An ecology project
      59 4 The Singapore Scout Association has finalised details for its conservation programme. The programme will be launched at the end of the year and will involve 12,000 scouts. About 10 scout commissioners will soon attend an intensive one-month course at the Ministry of the Environment to learn the
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      Emporium closed
      219 4 Poor public support NTUC's We 1 come Co-operative has closed down Its emporium in Peace Centre following poor patronage by customers. The emporium vu started as a pilot pro- ject at a cost of about $50,000 to assess public response to non-super-market items, according to Mr. T. Yselman.
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      Beauty way a lot of hard work...
      205 4 Beneath all the glamour, fashionable clothes and spotlights of a beauty contest Is a lot of hard work. Apd these hopefuls for the Miss Singapore contest will no doubt agree. Marina Xavter, 18, hu been slogging it out at the Joanne Drew Figure
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      Prizes at stake for the winner
      133 4 The winner of the MLu Singapore /Mm World contest to be held on Friday will receive big prises Including $10,000 In cash, a first class return air ticket to London, and a gold crown. She will also receive a wardrobe of the latest clothes,
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  • Page 4 Miscellaneous
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      481 4 WHAT'S ON President Bheares and the Flrit Lady will attend the BINGAPOSE CHAMBER ENSEMBLES SILVER JUBILEE CONCEBT at the Conference Hall at 8.15 p.m. Ticket* are at $8, $S and $2. The Minister for Science and Technology, Mr. Lee Chlaw Mens, and Mrs. Lee will be guests of honour at
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  • WORLD NEWS
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      Lock icon 'Cut back on Ford tours' pleas
      435 5 New demands for his safety Reuter Washington, Wednesday President Ford came under Increasingly heavy pressure yesterday to cut back on his frequent public appearances, despite his declarations that he will not be cowed Into isolation by the threat of assassination. The President spent a
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      Lock icon FROMME FOUND FIT TO STAND TRIAL
      198 5 Reuter Sacramento, Wednesday A US judge yesterday found Lynette Alice Fromme mentally competent to stand trial on charges of trying to assassinate President Ford. The judge also gave the 26-year-old follower of convicted mass mur- derer Charles Manson permission to represent herself in court.
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      Lock icon Real danger of mass destruction
      216 6 'Halt making of new weapons' Reuter United Nations Wednesday The Soviet Union, citing the "increasingly real" danger of using science and technology to produce new weapons of mass destruction yesterday proposed an international treaty to ban their develop- ment and manufacture. Unveiling the Initiative in
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      Lock icon Patty's bail: It's up to doctors
      224 6 United Press International San Francisco, Wednesday A Federal Judge ruled yesterday that news paper heiress Patricia Hearst be examined by a team of three court-ap-pointed psychiatrists. Miss Hearst, one of the nation's most sought after fugitives, was arrested last Thursday here after a 10-month
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      Lock icon Israel's Sinai pull-back
      230 6 But US technicians must be there by Sept. 30 Reuter Tel Aviv, Wednesday— Israel will carry out its 81nal pull-back between Nov. 15 and Feb. 21 under the military protocol concluded in Geneva yesterday, the correspondent of Israel Radio and Television reported last night The timing of
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      Lock icon Cary: I did not love any of my four wives...
      178 6 Associated Press New York, Wednesday Cary Grant is quoted In a magazine article as saying he never loved any of the four women he married Virginia Cherrlll, Barbara Hutton, Betsy Drake and Dyan Canpon and that they all walked out
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      The Odd Corner
      54 6  -  D.J. Cassiua, an eight-year-old Burmese aristocat is on sale for £85.000 ($338,000) because with him go a country mansion and an acre of gardens. His English owners, who live In Somerset, are moving to London and they say it would be unfair to expect him to live
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      Lock icon TODAY
      162 6 United Press International TODAY is Wednesday, Sept. 24, the 267 th day of 1975 with 98 to follow. THE MOON is approaching its last quarTHE MORNING STARS are Venus, Saturn, Mars and Jupiter. THE EVENING STAR is Mercury. Those born on this date are under the sign of Libra.
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      93 6 N' LY W T 47 A "V > I 4. J/tiJ *-A !-6 s. A 1 is for Lonco. A little luxury. In everything but price v I I V'. Lanco comes from Switzerland the country that makes the best watches in the world. It's built to high Swiss standards
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  • Page 6 Miscellaneous
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      198 6 WORLD WEATHER New York Rain, 6856F, 20-13 C. Headline: Ford escapes assassin. San Francisco Fair, 68-52F, 20-11 C. Headline: Woman shoots at Ford In street. Tokyo Cloudy, 757 OF, 24-21 C. Headline: Woman fires a shot at FOrd but misses. Paris Partly cloudy, 72-52F, 22-11 C. Headline: Francolse Claustre only
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  • BEHIND THE NEWS
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      Lock icon A FANTASY LAND OF BUTLERS, MAIDS AND CHAUFFEURS...
      682 7  -  Art Buchwald Los Angeles Times The nice thing about the TV show Beacon Hill, which is the American version of Upstairs, Downstairs, is that you can identify with the characters. My wife and I were watching this story of an Irish Boston
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      Lock icon Murder rate highest now in US
      745 7  -  Rise comes with bad times From Philip Hager The Los Angeles Times In economic declines of the past, the murder rate In the United States dropped while the number of suicides climbed. But Just the opposite Is taking place today. The reason appears to
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  • OPINION
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      CCs and the need for change
      357 8 In a paper presented at a PA staff seminar recently, Mr. Tan Eng Leong, chairman of the PA Regional Youth Council (East) gave notice of the dangers of friction between community centre youth groups and management committees "which have lost much of their vigour
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    • WHISPERS By ISPY
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        Need for tact
        70 8 Some Government officials seeking to find out the problems of their staff do not always remain alive to the need for tact. One senior bureaucrat, making sudden unannounced visits to various departments. Is said to have simply descended on a Junior officer, and said abruptly. "Quick, quick,
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        Smoking bananas!
        58 8 The smoking habit can be very compulsive as one ab-sent-minded habitual smoker found out. He peeled off a small banana and then placed It between his fingers like a cigarette. After a few moments he put It between his Hps and looked for a lighter. Happily, his wife
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      LET'S TAKE STOCK OF HAPPINESS
      623 8  -  WEDNESDAY WITH DICK WILSON DICK WILSON The West is sitting gloomily at the bottom of its worst recess ion since the 1930'5, and realises that it is likely to stay put for another one, two or three years. Meanwhile the Third World lobby has recently
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      VD: Give them an idea
      102 8 I refer to the comment by Dr. Lena Chen In VD and the Backlane Quacks (NN, 6.9.75). I would like to add that people who suspect that they have contracted the disease, besides being shy, are afraid of being hospitalised. This discourages them from seeking
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      'Offending people'
      107 8  -  PISCES. Singapore, 1. Many commercials on television give rise to the impression that local advertising agencies can only produce dull advertisements. From a vast field of Introductions, we always see a very common presentation: The house, the family and the car type. Some are even worse and can
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      Martial arts
      47 8  -  JOHN PABQUAL Controller of Martial Arts, Singapore, 2. I refer to the letter by "Concerned Trainees" whch appeared In the New Nation on Sept. 10. "Concerned Trainee#" are advised to get In touch directly with the Controller of Martial Arts with regard to their complaints.
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      'Outside peak hours'
      246 8 r r VOICE OF THE PRESS a SIN CHEW 1 JIT POH m The chairman of the coordinating committee on road openings, Mr. Llm Leong Oeolc, assured the public recently that the relevant authority was very mindful of the inconvenience road excavations to lay utility services have
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      2 8 MAIL BAG
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      65 8 ICHI-BAN/ THEA TEPPAN-yAKI STEAK* AT OKOH IS THE BEST IN TOWN. "Teppan-Yaki, &SS, Steak Cooked Japanese-Style, Sizzling Hot Right On Your Table. LUNCH SPECIAL-$B-50. OKOH Japanese Restaurant 12-3pm. 7-11pm. And At CLUB ELITE Sussana from Manila SINGS FOR YOU -ONLY 7-30pm -12 midnight except Sundays 4th fir supreme hse. penang
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  • FEATURE
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      Girl who dresses the fairy
      250 9 The Di»ney characters In their recent monthlong visit brought to life fairy tales that children have heard and read through the ages. But while they watched them cavort and clown on stage, a dedicated band of people, generally f or go 11 en. were just
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      Yeoh's way of supporting local artists
      206 9 When Its comes to art, our Speaker Dr. Yeoh Ohlm Seng, believes In paying more than lip service to Its support. He has shown his Interest more tangibly by commissioning Singapore artist Lai Kul Fang to paint his portrait and sculpture his bust. Dr.
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      FREE TRIP FOR A TRUE FRIEND
      243 9  -  Two from Cheshire Home pick former nurse to accompany them People by Judith Holmberg Mary Tan proved such an efficient and helpful nurse as well as a good friend that when two of the residents of the Cheshire Home needed someone to accompany them
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      Gearing up for tour of region
      152 9 Thirty youths from the youth organisations have spent their last four weekends attending courses and dreaming up cultural items In preparation for a sevenweek trip to ASEAN countries and Japan on board the Southeast Asian Youth ship. The courses will orientate the participants not
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  • EDUCATIONAL BROADSHEET
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      The battle against poverty...
      3060 10/11 There is a big need for govt. policy and actions to help the poor f01k... To understand urban poverty In the developing world one must first understand what is happening to the cities themselves. They are growing at a rate unprecedented in history. Twenty-five years ago
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      HEALTH CARE: FOCUS SHOULD BE ON LOW COST
      1130 10/11 some cities pipe 200 litres per person per day to Individual houses In the affluest and middle-class neighborhoods, but leave 60% of the population—the poor on the periphery of the city—without any piped water at all. The result is frequently endemic cholera
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  • PLEASURE
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      JAZZY CHERYL WAS A 'SNOB'
      462 12  -  By Jennifer Schoon Cheryl Barnes, a super-energetic girl with an off-beat sense of humour, distinct likes and few dislikes, Is confident that "singing will remain my pet passion for all time." At fourteen, Cheryl and her sister had already turned part time professionals singing in
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      A live recording tribute to the Cobham band
      371 12 BILLY COBHAM: SHABAZZ (ATLANTIC): Recorded live In Montreaux and London during his tour in 1974, this album Is a tribute to one of the most imaginative bands around. A tribute because two key members of the band. Randy and Michael Brecker, have
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      Leo rockets up into second spot
      46 12 Sprinting for the stars, Leo Sayer and Moonlighting rocket to number two In the British charts, challenging Rod Stewart's hat-trick at the top of the table. This weeks charts with last week's positions in brackets: Rod Stewart still on top
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  • Page 12 Miscellaneous
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      583 12 and The Sunshine Band 7 5) Jive Talkin' Bee Gee* I 8) At Seventeen Jania Ian 9 Fame David Bowie 1* 7) One Of These Nights The Eagle* By Courtesy of Be diffusion. 1 1) Sailing Bod 8tewart 2 Moonlighting Leo Bayer 3 (11) Funky Moped Jasper Carrott 4(2) The
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      10 12 Isle? Brothers It (11) Feel Like Making Love Bad Company
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  • TREND edited by BETTY L. KHOO
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      Service—with a warm and willing smile
      787 13  -  Meet each of the 20 finalists of the Miss Singapore/Miss World 1975 contest here. Get to know the girl behind the smile and the anonymous number she wear* on parade. Find out what makes her tick and why she was hand-picked from 84 entrants
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      Lock icon A RUSTIC TOUCH WITH HOMESPUN FIBRES
      149 13  -  r Shop Around KARTINA Are you just a little tired of having bright shiny plastic objects around the house? The waste baskets are in plastic. The laundry bin, the breadbln, the dustbin, they are all In plastic. What a change then to have these
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  • FINANCE
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      Lock icon Move to keep $ in check
      162 14 Move to keep in check Reuter Frankfurt, Wednesday —At least six European central banks yesterday Intervened on foreign exchange markets to support their currencies against the dollar's strong advance. Dealers said It looked like a concerted move to restrain the dollar which has moved from strength to strength in centres
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      Lock icon Saudi calls for freeze in oil prices
      337 14 •••but Iran wants an increase Reuter UPI Vienna, Wednesday Saudi Arabia called yesterday for an oil price freeze, but Iran said it will push for an Increase when the Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries meets here today. The oil ministers of the two
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      Pre-tax profit up by 80 pc
      240 14  -  By Lee Yew Meng Singapore Finance is pot only back on the profit uptrend but has also turned in a record performance in the past year. To reward shareholders, It Is Increasing its dividend payment by two points to 12 per cent. The company
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      Market report
      170 14 Trading t u r n ed easier at the Singapore stock market yesterday, wiping off the major portion of the rains chalked up on Monday. Opening prices were lower than Monday's close. And among the active stocks, the decline persisted in the afternoon. Typical example was Slme Darby
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      Lock icon SEEKING THE KNOW-HOW
      207 14 Reuter Belgrade, Wednesday.— Malaysia hopes Eastern European communist countries will provide technical knowledge and machinery to help It process its own raw materials, Trade and Industry Minister Datuk Hamzah Abu Samah said here yesterday. East Germany, Poland, Czechoslovakia, Rumania and Yugoslavia have as- sured the minister that
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    • Stock markets round the world
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        NEW YORK
        194 14 Despite a late surge, profit takers drove prices lower for the second consecutive day yesterday in light trading on the New York Stock Exchange as investors awaited a meeting cf oil producing nations to determine future oil prices. Volume totalled only 12,800,000 shares, down from the 14,750,000 traded
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        Dow Jones
        50 14 Dow Jones closing stock averages on the New York Stock Exchange yesterday: 30 industrials 816.65 814.31 807.96 819 85 off 0.55; 30 transport 156.18 158.64 155.44 157.74 up 1.19; IB utilities 76.69 77.20 75.79 76.40 oil 0 61; 65 stocks 345 81 348 38 243.49 246.84 up 0.04.
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        Lock icon TOKYO
        132 14 DBS-Daiwa Securities International Ltd. Dlsplte New York decline and weakening yen, market went up slightly centering on blue chips for the first time In six days. Closing prices (in yen) on the TSE yesterday: Ajlnomoto 333 4 Bridges tone New 436 4 Dalel 1100 0 Fujlsawa Phar 658 6
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        ZURICH
        78 14 ZJurlch Stock Exchange closing prices In Swiss franca yesterday: UBS B. 2885 35 UBS R. 442 a SBC 413 Credit Suisse 3620 35 Swissair B. 378 3 Swiss Relnsur. 315S 30 Wlnterthur B. 1680 5 Zurich Insur. 6175 35 Juvena B. 415 Nestle B. 2000 00 Inter food B.
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      393 15 WANTED TO PURCHASE 1 Volkswagen combl or any medium size covered van suitable for delivery purposes Models 1972 1974. Phone *****4 or *****. PP DRIVING SCHOOL. Datsun 1000, 1200, Hourly $7.00. 356-A Oeylang Road. S'pore 14. Tel: *****0. WHY FAIL DRIVING TEST? Learn from ex-chlef Instructor. Tel *****38. 5 ELETROOEX
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  • SPORT
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      Lock icon Frazier may quit after this fight
      369 16 Reuter Manila, Wednesday. Win or lose, Joe Frazier is expected to retire from the ring after his battle for the world heavyweight championship next week against Muhammad All, the champion. The 31-year-old challenger, who has fought his way from the cotton fields of a
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      Lock icon Angry Ali snaps: I have only one wife
      401 16 United Press International Manila, Wednesday "I have only one wife and Belinda is my wife," Mohammad All snapped yesterday -vhen questioned about the status of pretty Veronica Porche. Miss Porche was present when Philippine president F e r d 1 nand Marcos
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      353 16 United Press International Manila, Wednesday. Eddie Futch isn't worried about Joe Frailer, and he isn't worried about Muhammad All. But Eddie Futch is a little worried about the third man who will be in the ring on Oct. 1 when his man Joe tries to
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      Unescorted is keeping form
      445 17 ON THE TRACK with Blue Peter V Graceful Style also impresses Koala Lumpur, Wednesday Graceful Style (Rod Allan) showed good form In a 3f gallop In 38 3/5 on the sand track here this morning. All gallops were done on the sand owing to more rain
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      254 17 Reuter Tokyo. Wednesday The Seventh Allan amateur boxing championships opened here last night marked by some upsets In the quarterfinal round*. The Japanese, fighting on home ground before a crowd of 1300 scored major upsets beating soma fancied South Korean, Philippine and Iranian boxers. Aklo
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      THAI BID TO HOST WORLD BOWLING
      88 17 Bangkok, Wednesday Thailand are bidding to host the World tenpln bowling championships and the 14th Congress of the FJ.Q. Federation Internationale des Qullleurs in Bangkok in 1979, David Tantlprasut, executive secretarygeneral of the Thai Bowling Association said yesterday. Two other countries, Australia and Japan,
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      Lock icon Safer track for Macao
      89 17 Reuter Macao, Wednesday. Macao has asked the Portuguese Automobile Club in Lisbon to Invite an FJUL member to come to this Portuguese enclave for Inspection of their 3.8-mile Quia circuit The safety measure by the F.I.A. is necessary to hold the 22nd Grand Prix next November.
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      Lock icon Selection do well enough
      556 18  -  By PHILIP TAN Singapore Selection hammered out a 3-1 victory over a Combined Malaysian and Singapore C h In e se team before 15,000 fans at the National Stadium last night. Selection deserved their success although at one stage the Combined team looked like turning the
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      312 18 Reuter London Wednesday Queen's Park Rangers joined First, Division leaders Manchester Untied on 13 points last night with a 1-0 home win over Leicester City In the English soccer Ler-gue. A goal by Mick Leach In the 57th minute lifted Rangers into wcond
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      Singapore invited to Karachi tourney
      427 18  -  SQUASH by Eric Cooper The Pakistan Squash Rachets Federation have sent an official Invitation to the S.S.R.A. to send a team to take part in team and individual events in Karachi from April 8-23 next year. This invitation will Sve us the opportunity > meet
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      No stars but they have hit 32 goals!
      611 19  -  CLUB SCENE by Philip Tan Telok Blangah F.C., the 1074 Inter-Cons-tituency 8 o c c e r champions are one of the most attractive sides In the Third Division a 11 hough they cannot boast of a star-studded lineup. Playing to the
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      Germans in the 'opener'
      123 19 Buenos Aires, Wednesday—West Germany, the holders, will play In the opening match of the 1978 World soccer Cup finals in the Argentine capital, It was announced here yesterday. The match will be played on June 1 at 1800 GMT In the stadium of current Argentine soccer
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      226 16 SINGAPORE FINANCE LIMITED (Incorporated in the Republic of Singapore) ANNOUNCEMENT The Directors are pleased to announce that they have decided to recommend a First and Final Dividend of 12% less 40% Income Tax in respect of the financial year ended 30th April, 1975 (last year 10% less Income Tax) and,
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      484 16 YOUR LUCKY STARS IF IT'S YOUR BIRTHDAY BORN today, you are quick of mind, generous of heart, and entirely sympathetic of nature. A basically happy individual, you are always welcomed into any group because of your ability to lighten dark moods, clear artay dark clouds and generally make everyone else
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      263 17 Guess the weight and win a cake! At "Shangri-La's Pastry &Candy^ Shangri La's delightful "Pastry Canay'' counter has all kinds of goodies. Scrumptious pastries, cakes, fruit flans, eclairs, and simply delicious chocolates. Plus an easy game for all to play. Guess the weight of the Shangri-La fruit cake on display,
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      65 17 THE BORN LO6ER by Art Sansom PIP SOU JUST 6NE bhß A DIRTV UDOK,SOM-l^-tA^3/ I'M AFRAIP VOO BORN WTTH THAT'LOOK, .MOTHER V fir J* SOU (Weßg AL*SO BORN WTH A Roneu V OFHUAAORL^ «s Sfi m }r% ..ANP HE /VWDG A > OELJOOUS SUNCW/BRtNcW, K rrvr HE SURE RENTED Out
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      530 18 Wednesday AY-3 'J>l Cut out and pin with other coupons. Posting instructions appear below Name (Mr./Mrs./Miss) Address Tel: tmm mm Cut along dotted lines —mm mm J CLUES FOR AY-3 1. Ship's comportment for cargo 2. It is quite often taken by mouth 3. For certain jobs you need good
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    469 20  -  E 3 The LAST word fc I Dick West Once upon a time in a faraway land a farmer going to the barnyard to tend to his flock Of geese noticed a strange object in one of the nests. It was shaped like an
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    36 20 MEI LIN: Those who "dump" their relatives at Woodbridge must be mentally unwell themselves. AH FOOK: You can't really blame them, because many Singaporeans have not learnt to accept people who were once "off-their-rockers."
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      721 20 TV RADIO SINGAPORE 5 3.00 O P E N I N G ANNOUNCEMENTS followed by TAIWAN SURI (M): A magazine series 3.30 DIARY OF EVENTS (N) 3.35 GENERAL HOSPITAL 4.1S RENTAK TARI (r): A series on Malay dances 4.30 INTERMISSION 100 OPENING ANNOUNCEMENTS followed by LEARNING ABOUT METRIC MEASURES 0.20
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