New Nation, 3 December 1975

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  • 20 1 NewNation SINGAPORE Wednesday December 3, 1975 No 1504 Price 20 cents MC (P) 1118/75 r a NEW (£0) NATION COMMENT
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  • 163 1 A WARNING BY PUB ON THOSE FESTIVE LIGHTS... The Public Utilities Board today warned the public to be extra careful when decorating Christinas trees with lights. A PUB spokesman said these trees could be a potential hazard If not handled carefully. Outlining a few general tips on fixing
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  • 76 1 Historic handshake Chairman Mao greets President Ford at his Peking home yesterday, the second day of the US President's five-day visit to China. Mr. Ford told Mao after exchanging greetings: "Four years have passed since the Shanghai Communique and we have established certain principles to
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  • 129 1 These are eight rules to follow when putting up your Christmas tree lights. They were drawn up by the PUB: Check in advance that all the bulbs are in working order. Never leave any of the bulb sockets empty. When you fix the lights onto the tree, do
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  • Page 1 Advertisements
    • 16 1 Another picture and story in Page 6. WEATHER COMICS WHAT TIDES STOCK MARKET 16 CINEMAS MONEYWOROS
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    • 76 1 1 SOUND SYSTEMS Hopes for GOLD at SEAP: See Page 18 OL New car prices are on the increase while the trade-in value of your present car goes down daily. Don't lose out by waiting any longer. Come in today and let's talk about your new Ford. Whatever model you
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  • Page 1 Miscellaneous

  • LOCAL NEWS
    • 329 2  -  Monsoons heading for even worse times By Douglas Chan Prices of fish and prawns which have already gone up between 30 and 60 per cent during the past month will go up even further in the next few weeks because of worsening monsoons. The
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    • 401 2  -  A conviction on any of the charges means end of the road for him By Francis Rozario Kuala Lumpur, Wednesday The big poser that is the talk of the town in the federal capital today is: What will be the political future
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    • 65 2 The Singapore Blood Transfusion mobile unit will be at Avery-Lau-rence (Pasir Pan Jang) on Friday from 9.30 a.m. to 4 p.m., Hong Kong Teakwood Works (Kranji Way) on Saturday from 9 a.m. to noon, Chartered Industries Singapore (Jalan Boon Lay) on Sunday from 9.30 a.m. to 4 p.m.
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    • 166 2 ON THE 'CHANGE Trading moved Into lower gear at the Btock Exchange of Singapore during the first 45 minutes this morning after two successive days of heightened activity. San Holdings gained one cent to 42 cents on a solitary deal. Easier trading however hit top speculative counters
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    • 50 2 The Public Utmtlea Board Recreation Club will hold two function* for members at Its clubhouse In Woodlelgh Park, Braddell Road, during the Christmas season. The Christmas Dance will be held on Dec. 20, starting at 8.30 pjn. and the Children's Party on Dec. 21, starting at 11 a.m.
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    • 288 2 A number of architects and engineers admitted that there has been a drop in standards among professionals in the bull ding industry apd have called for a pooling of resources to upgrade skills. They felt that management skills have not kept up with the demands
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    • 41 2 The Japanese Cultural Society will hold a Japanese Cultural Bhow 1975 at the National Theatre on Dec. 8 at 8 p.m. Free tickets are obtainable at the society's premises 22-B Orchard Road, from 0 p.m. to 9 p.m. daily.
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    • 10 2 Police reported 87 accidents yesterday. Five were serious.
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    • Article, Illustration
      317 3 Ignorance, carelessness causes of Sentosa lagoon deaths, according to corporation Thirteen people have drowned in apd around the Sentosa swimming lagoon after the island was opened as a recreation centre last year. The public's ignorance and carelessness were largely responsible for many of these deaths at the lagoon,
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    • 30 3 The Singapore Phoenix Panco Troupe will start a cultural dance class for beginners at the Chong Hock Kindergarten, Telok Ayer Street, on Sundays from 1 to 2.30 p.m.
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    • 256 3 A possible link Diet may be responsible for cancers of the stomach, colon and the oesophagus in both men and women, according to local doctors. However, nutrition, they said, has very "vague" relations with lung and breast cancers the two most common cancers in Singapore. Commenting on
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    • 51 3 Bookings for international Christmas calls to Australia, New Zealand. Canada, US, UK and Europe are now being accepted by the Telecommunication Authority of Singapore. Subscribers should ring *****5 at the International Telephone Exchange after 8 a.m. A* heavy bookings are anticipated. calls will be limited to three
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    • 48 3 The Adult Education Board will organise four courses on French (stage 1), Japanese (beginners 3), practical photography for beginners, as well as make-up and skin care next month. Details are available from the AEB office at 128, Cairnhill Road and the Cultural Centre, Canning Rise.
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    • 218 4 Residents of Hous ing and Development Board flats are not allowed to raise the floor level of their flats. Applications for approval to construct split-level flooring will be turned down, according to a HDB spokesman. She sa:a: "The Board does not permit the construction of raised platforms
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    • 158 4 The widening of the SlngaporeJohore causeway is expected to be completed by June. A PWD spokesman said that rockfliling is due to be completed at the end of this month. The rockfllllng is done in layers with different grades and sizes of granite (above), to raise
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    • 220 4 Scores of bar girls working here have crossed the Causeway to work in bars in Johore Baru and Batu Panat in recent weeks, because of constant raids by police and Customs officers. Sources said many of the girls are Malaysians who came to
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    • 24 4 The Inter-Oil Sports Night dinner and dance will be held at the Island Ballroom. Shangrl -La Hotel on Friday at 7.30 p.m.
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  • Page 2 Miscellaneous
    • 548 2 aSS3gIK Wednesday 81-3 NEW NATION MONEYWORDS Cut out and pin with other coupons Posting instructions oppeor below Name (Mr./Mrs./Miss) Address Tel FILL IN USING CLUES BELOW Cut along dotted lines i CLUES FOR 81-3 1. Will mean little to a person who doesn't ploy cords 2. Combination of simultaneous notes
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  • Page 3 Advertisements
    • 96 3 LOOKING FOR A GOOD TAILOR? ivr' ft "N i N t'. ■•Jncv. w. that elegant look, why not try Melwam s S> Men's Shop where ever y suit is a sure-fit" Always t, m stock is the largest range of tropical heavyweight 7* s suitings Shop W th Mdhrtraiah s
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    • 56 3 December sth at lunchtime C.N.T. Pte. Ltd. presents French fashion wear from Manor of Paris. Co-sponsored by Germaine Monteil. Models from Mannequin. Feast your eyes and enjoy our special a la carte menus. There is no cover charge. Dinner for two for lucky patrons. Free perfume for all. Please ring
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  • Page 4 Advertisements
    • 428 4 \o« Vttfion FABERGE METRO CONTEST Dec. 1,1975 to Jan.10,1976 PRIZE 1 RETURN-TRIP TO MONTREAL ■N 1976 OLYMPIC GAMES $1000 courtesy of Far Eastern Cosmetics (S) Pte. Ltd. PRIZE FINNISH ASA COLOUR-TV courtesy of Golden Height Corporation (Pte) Ltd. (RETAIL PRICE $2300) RD PRIZE AMERICAN AR-11 SPEAKERS courtesy of South Asia
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  • Page 4 Miscellaneous
    • 255 4 WHAT'S ON An ART EXHIBITION by 16 local artists Is on at the Alpha Gallery, Alexandra Avenue, tall 4 pjn. "DISCOVERY" TALENTIME 1975 a talent show with prizes and an appearance by Frances Yip Is or> at the Shangrila Hotel at 8 pjn. The Singapore Hilton PASSPORT PARTY FOR SECRETARIES
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  • WORLD NEWS
    • 419 5 Reuter Beilen, Wednesday Five of an estimated 50 hostages held by gunmen in a hijacked train escaped last night after two captives had b?en killed, police said. The five Jumped from the train, a spokesman said. The gunmen had earlier flung two bodies the
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    • 171 5 Reuter Darwin, Wednesday— Coastal communities In north-western Australia battened down yesterday as cyclone Joan, with winds of up to 250 kms an hour, swept soutn across the Timor Sea. The cyclone is heading slowly but unswervingly towards a stretch of coast between Bigge Island in
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    • 46 5 Reuter Bombay, Wednesday— The chairman of the Bombay Stock Exchanße, Mr. Pheroz Jeejebhoy, was stabbed in the head yesterday by four men outside the exchange building. Mr. Jeejeebhoy, 55, was cut along his left eyebrow, but doctors said he was not seriously hurt.
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    • 74 5 Evening Standard Mixed nude saunas will be allowed at the public baths In Hornsey, Britain, If the borough council gives the go ahead. Haringey Council Is being recommended to pllow couples aged 18 and over to use the sauna at Park Road Baths on Sundays. They will
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    • 268 5 Associated Press Washington Wednesday A Former Federal Bureau of Investigation Informant, wearing a white hood. testified yesterday that the agency Instructed him to sleep with as many wives of Ku Klux Klansmen as he could because "that's the best waj to gain information." Mr. Gary
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    • 263 6 Reuter Peking, Wednesday Chairman Mao Tse-tung yesterday appeared personally to have urged President Ford to moderate US detente with the Soviet Union, observers said. Accompanied by their top aides, the two leaders had a one hour. 50 minute meeting yesterday but neither side revealed
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    • 179 6 Reuter Geneva. Wednesday.— International airlines flying European, West Asian and African routes have begun .a new round of talks here to settle outstanding problems on new fares from April 1 next year, a spokesman said. Special inclusive tour, excursion and group rates are the
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    • 130 6 Reuter London. Wednesday—A case against a British Member of Parliament accused of corruption yesterday threatened the Labour Government's overall majority of one in the House of Commons. The Labour MP., Mr. John Ryman, faces summonses alleging overspending during the last general election in October,
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    • 26 6 Reuter Washington. Wednesday. The House of Represen tatlves last night passed a Bill authorising federal loans Intended to save New York City from financial collapse.
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    • 139 6 United Press International TODAY Is Wednesday, Dec. 3. the 337 th day of 1975 with 28 to follow. THE MOON is between Its new phase and first quarter. THE MORNING STARS are Venus, Mars and Saturn. THE EVENING STARS are Mercury and Jupiter. Those born on this date are
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    • 124 6 Reuter Melbourne. Wednesday Bay City Rollers guitarist Stewart Wood collapsed on stage near the end of a concert here last night. Security men carried him backstage and revived him with oxygen and the show resumed five minutes later. Concert promoters gave no details of
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    • 46 6 Reuter Paris, Wednesday. American pop singer Ike Turner, here on a tour with his wife Tina, was robbed of U5586,942 ($217,355) In a recording studio at suburban Jolnvllle Le Pont. The money was In an attache-case which disappeared from Turner's dressing room on Monday.
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  • Page 5 Advertisements
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    • 101 5 the 8-piece musical variety show from Indonesia featuring the world's youngest duo trumpeters. And fashions from Singapore's leading boutiques Jasmme Lordie Flair Cj Sy'viQ Kho Co-sponsors fo< foshio' Li?o■ purees and junffcwe* kid/ NOV. 28 DEC. 5 GARDEN BALLROOM HOLIDAY INN HOTEL SINGAPORE BUFFET LUNCH SHOWS DUFFET DINNER SHOWS 12
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  • Page 6 Advertisements
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  • Page 6 Miscellaneous
    • 193 6 WORLD WEATHER New York—Sunny. 4mlnus IC. Headline: Ford and Chinese defend attitudes toward Russians. San Francisco Fair, 17-6 C. Headline: Ford, Teng clash on detente. Tokyo Fine, 11-3 C. Headline: Ford not fazed by Teng's warning on detente. Rome—Sunny, 16-SC. Headline: Moscow hints Brezhnev will stay in power. Paris Rain,
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  • Page 7 Advertisements
    • 140 7 IF you're fed up WITH YOUR WHY NOT TRY OURS Every country has its favourite beach. Australia has its Bondi, Hawaii its Waikiki, America its Malibu. And because they're all so very popular, they're also very crowded. Malaysians too, have many favourite beaches. Several hundred of them in fact often
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  • OPINION
    • 367 8 Looking at the unceasing streams of shoppers in our proliferating complex of shopping centres and department stores everyday, one wonders whether all that belly-aching by the man-in-the street about recession, belt-tightening and con-sumer-protection is not Just plain idle talk. The New Nation report that prices
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    • 130 8 [whispers A mother wiio took her two smali children to see a movie decided to buy them packets of chocolate biscuits as part of their movie treat. But when she handed the candy seller $1.60 for the two packets, each clearly stamped with the price
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    • 165 8  -  E.F. Singhan, Hon. Secretary, S'pore Numismatics Association. I am directed by the management committee to write to you and seek correction of statements described as coming from me under the news item. "Currency Board quells the recall rumours (NN Sept. 26). I only told your reporter
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    • 291 8 World Comment 4 —The Japan Timeo, Nov. 2f. The US film Towering Inferno has provoked meaningful debates here on the vulnerability of high-> rise buildings against fire. Despite all the safety mechanisms installed in these structures, there seems to be no answer to a disaster which
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    • 508 8  -  WEDNESDAY WITH DICK WILSON DICK WILSON Market forces are no longer the sacred cow of capitalism. I say this not only because of the widespread disapprobation which has been expressed for the Slater Walker fiasco. Former British Prime Minister Mr. Edward Heath has now drawn attention
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    • 154 8  -  LEONG LICK TIEN Secretary Bus Services Licensing Authority I refer to the letter Peace of home shattered by new bus terminal by Um S.Y. (NN. Nov. 13). The terminating point of SBS Services 12, 103 and 112 was shifted to Ho land Drive when SBS had to vacate
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  • Page 8 Advertisements
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  • FEATURE
    • 339 9 After seven years of existence, the University of Singapore Band will be giving it£ second full concert in one year on Dec. 6. And the man responsible for bringing the band to this level of proficiency Is a small, slim built Filipino, who Joined
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    • 277 9 If you happen to be down at the tennis courts at the National Stadium in the evenings, chances are you might catch pop singer, Frances Yip getting her quota of exercise. "I've been playing for years," she said, '"but I'm really a terrible player,
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    • 286 9 Turning a straight stage play into a musical is no easy job, for it took Gita Gheyselinck almost three months to write the songs for the Stage Club Christmas show "One of the two producers of the play, Sheila So flan and myself were asked
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    • Article, Illustration
      64 9  -  Judith Holmberg /It was difficult-. They have been really workw ing hard for this concert. The band members faced the problem of interpretation of the music. They had to be aware of the kind of sound they were supposed to produce on their wind instruments. When they knew, they
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  • Page 9 Advertisements
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  • PLEASURE
    • 406 12  -  E Peter Ong THE YARDBIRDS: REFLECTION (FONTANA): In retrospect, the Yardbirds were one of the most important of early 60's British bands. They could well be the first of the heavy metal groups which put emphasis on guitars. The group, originally
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    • 452 12  -  By Jennifer Schoon Kids will be kids, and The Kids, a six piece band whose members range in age from Ave to 13, prove that though throughly grown up on stage, off it there's nothing like a game of hide and seek or
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    • 139 12 There is a new look to the London charts this week as record companies gear up their promotion machines for Christmas sales. Moving into first place Is Hot Chocolate, a local soul group, that emphasises competence over Inspiration. They are followed In second place
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  • Page 12 Advertisements
    • 146 12 GENUINE CULTURED PEARLS Necklaces Chokers Brooches Bracelets Rings Earrings Pendants Etc., Etc. LANKA JEWELLERS (The House For Sri Lanka Gems) 20. BATTERY ROAD. SINGAPORE-1. TELEPHONE: *****. The music that lovers 10ve... nightly at the Orchid Lantern! Soft. Super-smooth. Sophisticated.There's a romantic kind of sound making the rounds these nights and
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  • Page 12 Miscellaneous
    • 56 12 K 1 (7) You Sexy Thins: Hot Chocolate. 2 (4) D.1.V.0.R.C.E.: Billy Connolly. 3 (3) Love Hurts: Jim Capaldl. 4 (12) Bohemian Rhapsody: Queen 5 (1) Space Oddity: David Bowie. 6 (5) Imagine: John Lennon 7 (10) Sky High: Jigsaw. 8 (2) Love Is The Drug: Boxy Music 9 (29)
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    • 79 12 10 (20) This Old Heart Of Mine: Rod Stewart. NEW YORK 1 (2) That's The Way I Like It: KC And The Sunshine Band 2 (1) Fly, Robin. Fly: Silver Convention. 3 (3) Island Girl: Elton John 4 (10) Lets Do It Again: Staple Singers 5 (5) Nights On Broadway:
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    • 75 12 9 (9) This Will be: Natalie Cole 10 (15) Sky High: Jigsaw SINGAPORE 1 (1) S.O.S.: Abba 2 (3) Island Girl: Elton John 3 (5) Who Loves You: Four Seasons 4 (2) Fattie Bum Bum: Carl Malcolm 5 (4) Games People Play: Spinners 6 (9) This Will Be: Natalie Cole
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  • TREND
    • 936 13 Why women today still love the strong men of romantic fiction Reading tastes turn from stark sex to the gentle prose of romances i Washington Post "His mouth fastened oil hers, warm and demanding, and she tried to struggle free of him. But her strength was puny
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    • 205 13  -  Shop Around —Kartina For a c c e s so ries alter the fashion fact, jewellery—real sparklers or costume pieces still rank high in the everpopular list. Diamonds may still be the all-time favourites bat other kinds of "extras" are making their impact.
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  • Page 13 Advertisements
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  • FINANCE
    • 216 14 Singapore manufacturers can use tile' Philippines as a base to expand trade with countries sur-. rounding the Pacific ring, the chairman of the Singapore Manufacturers' As-v sociation, Mr. Ong Leng Chuan, said today. Mr. Ong, who recently led a goodwill and trade mission to Manila in
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    • 124 14 Straits Steamship has named MR. KOH TENG BIN as group planner, responsible for the st r a t egic planning system. The group has also appointed MR. JEFFREY GREENBURG as general manager of Com- puter Processing Services, a subsidiary. Mr. OWEN J. ERICKSON, manager of Bank of
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    • Article, Illustration
      199 14 Prices turned easier at the Singapore stock iqarket yesterday after the morning's steadiness faded. Attention was focussed on San Holdings as its J trice moved erratically rom its opening deal of 39 cents to the day's high of 45 cents. The counter has reacted higher in line with
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    • World market reports
      • 393 14 United Press International The stock market, lacking any motivating news, yesterday suffered it* worst drubbing In five weeks amid growing uncertainty about the economic rcovery and challenges to the New York City financial rescue plan. Trading was fairly active on the New York Stock Exchange, where concern also
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      • 33 14 Dow Jones closing stock average on the New York Exchange yesterday: 30 Industrials 843.20 (off 13.14); 20 transport 187.85 (off 1.84); 15 utilities 83.83 (Off 0.28); 85 stocks 257.72 (off 3.18).
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      • 317 14 The market opened lower as Investors sat on the sidelines and the market on Wall Street declined. In the morning session, Sony was lower along with light electrlcals and autos due to the decline on Wall Street. Also, blue chips such as major trading firms, non-life Insurances, Kashlyama, Shlseldo
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      • 148 14 Closing prices at 11.30 a.m. (Australian time) today on the Sydney Stock Exchange: Allstate 04 07 Beach 03 02% Cleveland 21 J3 Endeavour 14 IS PUnd 20C unquoted Inter Mln 04 nil Kambalda unquoted Kath Inv 180 183 Kla Ora nil 18 Mlmd E Mins 31 35 Minefields unquoted
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      • 172 14 Closing prices (In francs) on the Paris Bource yesterday: Pari bos 183.80 —1.20 Fonder 344.70 —JO Prin temps 68.90 +1.90 Bull 34.90 —1.15 Royal Dutch 169 +.20 Mlchelln 1410 —11 C.O.K. 300 —9.50 Thomson 246.50 —3 123.70 —2.70 Rhone 112.10 +.10 Air 360 —5 BAN. 588 —6 Philips 46.55
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      • 77 14 Closing prices in 8wlss francs at the Zurich Stock Exchange yesterday; UBS B. 3300 —as UBS R 448 SBC 474 1 Credit Suisse 3010 Swissair B. 440 2 Swiss Reinsur. 1920 —20 Wlnterthur B. Zurich liisur. 6250 —25 Juvena B. Nestle B 3315 —10 Inter food B. 2550 —25
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    • 82 14 Moscow, Wednesday— The Soviet Union announced yesterday production plan for light industry including consumer goods and many basic foodstuffs that Western diplomats said probably would be the lowest since the Second World War. The Chairman of the State Planning Committee, Nikolai Baibakov, blamed agriculture failures and urged a
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    • 39 14 Keppel Shipyard has secured a USs4i million ($11.25 million) contract for the repair of Russian ship« next year. The shipyard's chairman, Mr. G. Bogaars and the Russian Ambassador here, Mr. U. I. Razdukhov signed the contract this aftermnoon.
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    • 31 15 MRS. MARIE LUCY BALHETCHET passed away on 2nd December 1975. Cortege will be leaving Singapore Casket on 4/12/75 at 11 a.m. for St. Theresa Church thence to Chua Chu Kang cemetry.
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  • Page 14 Miscellaneous
    • 466 14 YOUR LUCKY STARS IF IT'S YOUR BIRTHDAY BORN today, you have been gifted with a marvellous ability to put yourself in another's place so completely that you cannot fall to understand him. Such a gift has its fringe benefits, it makes you outstandingly sympathetic towards your fellows and extremely generous
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  • Page 15 Advertisements
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    • 378 15 BIZAD PROFESSIONAL STUDIES CENTRE offers specially programmed courses for 197-6 Exams and also for school leavers. MANAGEMENT MARKETING Certificate in Administrative Management (UK) Institute of Business Administration (AUST) Institute of Practitioner In Work Study, Organisation and Methods (UK) Institute of Marketing (UK) C.A.M Foundation In Marketing, Advertising Public Relations. ACCOUNTANCY
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    • 297 15 HAVING PROBLEMS ON SEASONAL GIFTSI (iive your closed one personal writing materials example writing-pads, envelopes. Memo-pads, bookmarkers with their names printed on. Call *****42. For Mir* MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS FOR HIRE. Also studio for rent. Interested contact Oroove Maker Tel: *****25 or apply: CAB 1 New World Amusement Park (El Amlgo
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    • 739 15 PP DRIVING SCHOOL. DaUun 1000, 1200. Hourly $7.00 356-A. Oeylang Road. S'pore 14. Tel: *****0 LEARN CONVERSATIONAL MALAY, INDONESIAN at your place/ tutor's place. Tel: *****7 (Ahmad). WHY FAIL DRIVING TEST? Learn from ex-chlef Instructor Tel *****9 NAM HO TRAVEL SERVICE (SINGAPORE) PTE LIMITED. West Malaysia Tour (Inclusive Gentlng, Cameron
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  • 632 16  -  Art Buchwald I have a book publisher friend of mine In New York named Binding who was very upset that Viking had hired Jackie Kennedy Onassis as an editor. "If I had known she was available for $200 a week," he said, "I would have
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  • 96 16 A South Indian .Cultural group, consisting of up-and-coming movie stars, dancers and singers, will arrive here on Dec. 11 for a two-day performance. The troupe will Include Pramila, Vljayak u m a r, Surlllrajan. Buba, Oopu, Chandran Bo bu, Renuka and M.L. Srikanth. A spokesman for
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  • SPORT
    • 352 16 ON THE TRACK with Blue Peter Thumbs Up also shines in workout Pride of Galway (A. Rahman) did a smart workout at Bukit Timah this morning. The Appiani II six-year-old was kept on the bit over 600 m in 39.6, accompanied by Seaboard (H.H. Chan). The
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    • 661 16  -  From JOHN MARKS Reuter Bangkok, Wednesday— American favourites Johnny Miller and Lou Oraham reeled ott subpar scores on their first practice rounds yesterday in preparation for this week's 23rd World Cup golf tournament at the Navatanee course here. Graham, the US Open champion, had
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    • 712 17  -  CLUB SCENE by Philip Tan In 1968, a soccer team called Hampshire F.C. later to be known as Farrer Park United in the revamped National League Division I, have as their "clubhouse" a shady spot under a tree. It was no wonder that they
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    • 566 17 Associated Press London, Wednesday. English soccer is like a big see-saw. Cities are on top of the world one decade and down in the depths the next. Sheffield, one of the great soccer centres of England with two famous clubs, are
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    • 92 17 United Press International Los Angeles, Wednesday—England "bad boy of soccer" the 29-year-old George Best, will join the Los Angeles Aztecs (or the 1976 season In the North American soccer League, It was announced yesterday. General manager John ChalTetz made the announcement after his return
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    • 32 17 Reuter London. Wednesday Results of last night's English football League: Dlv. 1 Liverpool 2 Arsenal 2. Div. 3 Walsall 2 Shelfleld Wednesday 2; Preston North End v Shrewsbury Town postponed.
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    • 305 17 Associated Press London, Wednesday Leeds United, former English soccer champions, are showing signs of th«lr true form again. And the players say their new coach, Don Howe, has a lot to do with It. Howe was the coach who helped Arsenal win the English League
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    • 32 17 Associated Press Tokyo, Wednesday Outs Ishimatsu, World Boxing Council lightweight champion, has been established as favourite to beat tough challenger Alvaro Rojaa In their 15-round title bout In here tomorrow.
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    • 459 18  -  Seap prospects by Philip Tan Our swimmers' chances of raking a record tally of gold medals in the Bangkok Seap Games next week look extremely bright. The rationale appears simple enough: Ii- the 1978 Games, the swimmers captured 29 gold, 16 silver and nine bronze
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    • 676 18 Lai Heng, David Hoe, Tan Thuan Heng and Marc Tay clocked 3:51.2 seconds for the 4 x 100 metres freestyle relay and this is why ahead of their closest rivals, the Malaysians. Swimming in the medley relay are David Hoe, Felix Tseng,
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    • 386 18 United Press International New York, Wednesday Not terrorism, nationalism, commercialism, nor the three combined should ever be enough to abolish the Olympics Games, five celebrated Olympians agreed yesterday. Expressing their view were Jesse Owens, winner of four gold medals In the 1936
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    • 680 19  -  BADMINTON by Brian Miller Will the Malaysians take the risk of playing James Selvaraj in singles and doubles or will they keep him for the doubles only and give the singles berth to Cheah Hong Chopg? This question was raised after the Malaysian Thomas
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    • 426 19 Reuter Stockholm, Wednesday. —Ille Nastase of Rumania switched from villain to hero last night with a brilliant, lighting 3-6, 6-4. 6-4 triumph over Manuel Orantes of Spain In the Grand Prix Masters tennis tournament here. In the other match, BJorn Borg
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    • 27 19 Reuter Glasgow, Wednesday The touring Australian Rugby Union team beat South of Scotland 10-6 here at Galashiels yesterday. Scottish team led 6 0 at half-time.
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    • 87 19 Bangkok, Wednesday Singapore bent Japan 5.22-2.78 (59-49) to finish third in the women's section of the Far East Bridge Federation championshlns here yesterday. The Singapore women finished with 85.49 behind the winners Aus> tralia (101.46) and Taiwan (95.10). Other standings: 4. Japan. 5. Philippines, 8. Indonesia,
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    • 24 19 Hong Kong. Wednesday.—Hong Kong will send a 10-member team to the second Asian youth gymnastics championship in Manila on December ltJ-l®.
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    • 50 16 THE BORN LOSER by Art Sansom SHORT RIBS I'M ON THE TRAIL OF A TINHORN GAMBLE!? £Y THE NAME OP DOC FLIMFLAMhave ANV OF MCXJ FOLKS SEEN HIM^ HE WENT THATA WAV, MARSHAL. by Frank O f Neal I KNEW HE.D BEEN THROUGH HERE" WITHOUT ASKINI NORBERT by George Fett
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    • 368 19 AT THE CINEMA THE RETURN OF THE PINK PANTHER: The madcap adventures of the cartoon feline and the bumbling Inspector Clouseau given adoring treatment by director Blake Edwards. with Peter Sellers and Christopher Plummer; it has caught American critics by storm and converted many new fans. Lido: 1.30, 4. 845.
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  • 381 20  -  The last word Dick West One of the world's friction points that is becoming ever more fractious is the n a t i onalisation of flsh. Fish are notoriously cosmopolitan In appearance and habit. Hook a haddock three kilometres off the coast of California
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  • 48 20 AH FOOK: See, things are so much cheaper at Sungei Road, and yet you women must shop at your Robinsons, Robina, Fitzpatricks. What's wrong with you snobs? MEI UN: You can't get everything at Sungei Road, my dear. Anyway, it's due for urban renewal, isn't it?
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    • 612 20 TV AND RADIO SINGAPORE 5 3.00 OPENING ANNOUNCEMENTS followed b> MAJALAH KELUARGA (M): A magazine series for the family 3.30 DIARY OF EVENTS <M) 3.35 GENERAL HOSPITAL 4.15 TIMANIKA (r) 4.30 INTERMISSION 5.55 OPENING ANNOUNCEMENTS followed by PORTABLE ELECTRIC SAWS 6.20 CONSUMERS' GUIDE (E/M) 6.30 NEWS IN BRIEF 6.35 MAX.
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    • 65 20 SHOW of the Day i WALK WITH DESTINY (9.45 p.m. over Channel Five, In colour). This is a commemorative centenary feature on Sir Winston Churchill, with Richard Burton in the lead role. The film opens with Hitler marching into the Rhlneland and ends with Europe overrun, France on the verge
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