New Nation, 7 August 1976

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  • 20 1 NewNation SINGAPORE Saturday August 7, 1976 No. 1714 Price 20 cents M C. (P) 428/76 NEW (£0) NATION COMMENT fe—-
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  • 262 1  -  JEFFREY LOW There will be no "holiday soccer" for the Singapore team during their 10-day stay here which will include three matches against top sides. "This Is not a holiday," team leader Mr. N. Ganesan told the players at a meeting on arrival yesterday.
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  • 505 1 Peking fears epidemic will hit millions in streets UPI Hong Kong, Saturday A new danger is threatening millions of people in China's earthquake stricken areas. Epidemic disease may hit the masses who h a v v e been living outdoors In fear of further tremors.
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  • 208 1  -  By Bharathi Mollan Aji average of 600 motorists were caught each month by speed traps along their favourite racing "circuits," police said today. But the number Is expected to drop considerably with the Introduction of the Speed Check Area signs recently, police spokesman Mr. Teo
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  • 54 1 Swimmers wearing transparent swimming costumes will be barred from entering a public pool. The Singapore Sports Council swimming pools regulations which came Into force yesterday, say every person who enters a public pool must wear a swimming costume which Is not transparent and the material must
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  • 31 1 Reuter Pretoria. Saturday African student leader Mapetla Mohapl, who was detained three weeks ago under South Africa's Terrorism Act, has been found hanßed In his cell, police said yesterday Reuter.
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    • 54 1 INSIDE SIA goes Into air charter business Page 2 Wages: NTUC advice to unions Page 3 Move to make the Rattles a monument Page 4 Security alert In Colombo Page 5 IN THE OTHER PAGES: Cinemas 2\ Stars 7; TV and Enter talnment Guide 10 St 11; Money words 15;
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    • 93 1 BRAVURA SPEAKERS vvith qualit > ijiMrantuod by SVNCOM cornputor ATLAS SOUND CO 'V 8 y> AMERICAN SRAIf HOUSE A GOURMET'S DEUGHT with cozy atmosphere and excellent service Our specialities: Juicy, charcoal grilled steak. From the finest selection of U.S. top choice grain-fed aged beef. Superb flambe dishes. Cooked at your
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  • 251 2 Tradewlnds, the Singapore Airlines' hotel management subsidiary company, Is to go Into the air charter business next year. It has set up the Tradewlnds Charter at a separate depart ment. which Is headed by Mr. Raymond Llm formerly with SIA. Although plans ure still
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  • 111 2 Construction of PIEU House in Jurong will begin on Aug. 25. The eight-storey house, the biggest trade union building In Singapore, will have a total area of 9448 sq. metres. It will be situated between Jurong Town Hall and the Science Centre and will be equipped
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  • 183 2  -  By Teresa Ooi The National Em ployers' Council has indicated that it can absorb at least 1500 primary school leavers under the Junior Trainee £cheme» to be launched by the Government next year. The Council, which represents about 190 com* panies ranging from hotels to
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    • 257 2 WHAT'S ON MALAY DRUM competition it Pasir panJang Pafrk, 7 p.m. ART EXHIBITION by Mr. Tone Chin Sye of of the Singapore Academy of Art*, at the National Library, 3 p.m. to 5 P.m. MAGNIFICENT Seven Ride Again, a western film, at Block 169. Stirling Road, 7.30 p.m. FIGURE and
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    • 600 2 AT THE CINEMA ONE FLEW OVER THE CUCKOO'S NEST: Winner of five Oscars, this controversial film revolves round life In a mental asylum. Lido: 2.30, 6J0, 9.15. JAWS: The Academyaward winning, recordbreaking movie about a shark. Stars are Roy Schelder. Robert Shaw, and Richard Dreyfuss. Screenplay by Peter Benchley and
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    • 46 2 Today: 8.41 p.m. (2.5 m). Tomorrow: 10.31 a.m. (2.3 m); 9.33 p.m. (2.6 m). Monday: 11.07 a.m. (2.4 m); 10.18 p.m. (2.7 m). Tuesday: 11.39 a.m. (2.4 m); 10.58 p.m. (2.8 m). Wednesday: 12.07 p.m. (2.4 m); 1138 p.m. (2.8 m). Thursday: 12.33 p.m. (2.5 m).
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  • 9 2 Police report ed 87 accidents yesterday. Nine were serious.
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  • 478 3 The National Trades Union Congress has made it clear to employers that there cannot be "double offsetting" in the implementation of the National Wage Council recommendations this year. NTUC adviser Prof. Tom Elliot said this when commenting on points made by th« president of
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  • 245 3 The chief security officer of a shipyard was alleged to have threatened to throw into the sea some workers disgruntled with the retrenchment benefits they received. Making the allegation. Perjuangan, the NTUC's monthly pubUcatlon, said In Its latest Issue that 89 workers had
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  • 152 3 The Prime Minister, Mr. Lee Kuan Yew may lead the Singapore delegation to the fifth cpnference of nonaligned countries in Colombo from Aug. 16 to 19. The Foreign Minister, Mr. 8. Rajaratnam. told New Nation the Prime Minister Is considering attending the four-day summit Mr.
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  • 55 3 The Internal Security Department will shift to Its new premises at Phoenix Park, off Tanglln Road, in October. The Phoenix Park offices, near the Educa- tion Ministry, will also house the Ministry of Home Affairs and the police headquarters. The ISD at present shares offices with
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  • 117 3 Leaders of labour movements in the region have decided to set up an ASEiAN Trade Unions Council to foster greater co-operation among the five member countries, A preparatory committee has been formed for the establishment of the council by trade union leaders 01 the
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  • 299 4 Raffias Hotel is being considered as a monument for preservation. The famous hotel In Beach Road, founded in 1886, Itona list of buildings deemed "worth preserving." A source said: "The hotel Is included In this list became of its social and historical
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  • 360 4 The Ministry of Education 13 running a series of residential workshops for all 500 primary and secondary school principals in Singapore in an attempt to upgrade the quality of administration in schools. In the first workshop held last weekend, 24 secondary
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  • 136 4  -  By Rav Dhaliwal Bus cleaning may be a simple Job, but It is costing the Singapore Bus Service $70,000 a month. The spruce-up Includes washing the fleet of 1725 buses nightly, sweeping and cleaning of the insldes of the buses. A team of
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  • 156 4 The Singapore Institute of Management will hold several courses and a seminar at Its conference room In Thong Teck Building In Scotts Road this month. The seminar on applied risk analysis in management will be held on Thursday and Friday from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. A course
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  • 347 5 They were not serious at Paris talks Reuter Vienna, Saturday Oil-exporting countries charged last night that some Indus triallsed nations were failing to negotiate seriously at an international oonference on e c on o mic cooperation in Paris. Finance ministers from the 13-natlon OPEC called on
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  • 184 5 Reuter Toronto, Saturday Three more countries withdrew from the Olympics for the disabled yesterday in protest against South Africa's participation and a Hungarian paraplegic athlete Is believed to have defected to Canada. Dr. Robert Jackson, chairman of the Games, told reporters yesterday Hungary, Poland and
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  • 88 5 Johannesburg, Saturday Rioting erupted again yesterday in the black township of Soweto and police throughout South Africa were placed on the alert as a precautionary measure. The official death toll in the riots since Wednesday rose to three and 30 Africans were in hos- pital with
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  • 128 5 Reuter Manila, Saturday—The Philippine national budget for next year will give top priority to defence and foreign relations, the government said yesterday. A Presidential Palace press statement estimated government revenues for next year at 24,100 million pesos ($7,680 million) and operating expen d 1 tures
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  • 32 5 UPI Cairo, Saturday Parliament has decided unanimously to nominate President Anwar Sadat for another sixyear term from Oct. 15, the newspaper A 1 Ahram said in today's tfarly editions. UPI.
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  • 171 5 Reuter Berne, Saturday—Bent Larsen of Denmark won the interzonal qualifying tournament for the world chess championship in Bienne last night with a total of 12.5 points. Half a point behind the Dane, who won the 12,500 Swiss franc (about $*****) first prize, were La]os Portisch of
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  • 278 5 UPI Washington, Saturday US Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs William Schaufele told the Senate Foreign Relations Committee yesterday major Soviet military facilities in* Somalia exceeded anything the US had anywhere in the African continent. Discussing the strategic Importance of the Horn
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  • 423 6 Hotels to ban visitors during non-aligned meet as Mrs. B tightens security Reuter Colombo, Saturday The casual visitor to Colombo would not realise that this capital of 6 million people Is about to launch the biggest security operation in its history the protection of the leaders from
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  • 259 6  -  By Granville Watts Reuter Singapore, Saturday The Soviet Union and China are locked in a war of words In an effort to gain support for their opposing views at the non-aligned conference in Colombo next week. In an effort to embarrass the Russians,
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  • 165 6 UPI TODAY is Saturday, Aug. 7, the 220 th day of 1976 with 146 to follow. THE MOON Is approaching Its full phase. THE MO RNING STARS are Jupiter and Saturn. THE EVENING STARS are Mercury, Mars and Venus. Those born on this date are under the sign of
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  • 142 6 Reuter London, Saturday Uganda's President Amln said he will ask Kenya to act as go-between with Britain In efforts to normalise relations, Uganda Radio reported. President Amln expressed confidence that Kenya's President Kenyatta would not fall "because he Is a very good friend
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  • 49 6  -  D.J. Bar licensee John Collyer eould not wa'.t two years to join his local folf club, so he built his own six-hole course behind his pub, the Robin Hood Hotel, near Sheffield, Yorkshire, for £600 ($26,400). The par 60 course—three times round now has 70 members.—D.J.
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    • 182 6 WORLD WEATHER Rome Clear, 30-16 C. Headline: Today the Senate vote of confidence on the government with abstentions. San Francisco—Cloudy 23-11 C. Headline: Flu ruled out Jn Legion mystery disease. London Dry sunny Intervals. 23-16 C. Headline: Stonehouse guilty on four charges. Moscow Sunny, 2015C. Headline: "Horizons of land reclamation."
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  • 174 7 Associated Press Tokyo, Saturday Governor Morte Ktmura of Fukusnima prefecture was arrested yesterday on charges of allegedly accepting a 554.2 million bribe In connection with a land development project In his prefecture. Police salu Klmura is believed to have received the sum as a bribe from Toa
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  • 87 7 UPI Rome, Saturday—Four women burglars carried away a heavy strongbox containing about 300 million lire (190 million) from a businessman's apartment in Spoleto yesterday and fled in a taxi they called by telephone. Police said the women phoned for the taxi from Edmondo Florentines apartment,
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  • 145 7 AP Tokyo, Saturday Miss Karen Lorraine James of Australia, a 19-Tear-old dolphin trainer from Queensland, won the 1976 Miss Young Interaationsl beauty pageant here yesterday. Miss James, clad in a white evening dress, burst Into tears as It judges selected her the most beautiful
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  • 426 7 ...if US stops his massive arms buy Reuter Teheran, Saturday The Shah of Iran said yesterday he wants to barter his diminishing oil sudplles for American weapons, arguing that the only alternative to his massive US arms purchases would be total nuclear holocaust or more
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    • 344 7 YOUR LUCKY STARS IF IT'S YOUR BIRTHDAY BORN today, you possess the tact of a diplomat and the Ingenuity of an Inventor. Highly original at the same time that you are both clever and intelligent, you can usually be counted on to provide the fresh as well as the feasible
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  • 407 8 Drug abuse is a community problem. But the community-based effort to help rehabilitate addicts is limited. There is SANA, run by a group of volunteers. There are neighbourhood efforts by concerned citizens working on their own. And there are groups like the Christian Anti-Drug Rescue
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  • WHISPERS By ISPY
    • 85 8 At a birthday party for a grand old lady In her tenth decade, a large birthday cake was brought out after dinner. But when the candles were stuck Into it, there was an argument as to what her exact age was. Her children, grandchildren and great grandchildren had
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    • 42 8 A European country to which SIA files has Imposed a $4800 fine on our flag carrier for "unfair competition" because of their high- ly popular slumberettes. Acc or ding to a source, SIA officials are sleeping on the matter.
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  • 564 8  -  By Ismail Kassim The Indonesian Government has set up an interdepartmental committee to supervise the implementation of its directive that all foreign trading companies must be run by indigenous businessmen by January 1978. Formed in June, the 18-member body which is made up
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  • 207 8 Y VOICE OF THE PRESS N^ DAILY TELEGRAPH The conservative Arab oil producers have decided that, if their antiIsraeli policy and their greed for oil revenues debilitate and antagonise the West, they will be at Russia's mercy, an even more
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  • 82 8  -  TANG MENG TAT Thank you for reporting my speech at the Foreign Exchange Seminar (NN, July 31). However, I would like to point out that my assessment of the present footing of the Asian Dollar Market was US$l4 billion and not US$35 billion. Also, the
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  • 40 8 Presumably, the recent Olympic Oames coverage over RTS arrived from Montreal is a complete package. Why, then, was it necessary to have a local commentator present it and repeat what the original commentator had announced? CHEAP, Singapore 11.
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  • 87 8  -  BENJAMIN CHUA I refer to the letters from Safety (NN, July 9) and Residents (NN, July 21). The Upper Serangoon Road terminus (near Valley Road) is only a temporary one. We hope to resite the terminus In Ponggol Estate as soon as possible so that the
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  • 839 9 Obituary of a man who was ready to trade jokes with high or low Reuter London, Saturday Lord Thomson of Fleet Street who died on Wednesday, built up from small beginnings one of the world's biggest communications empires, publishing over 200 n e w s
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    • 198 9 FOR CONTACT UNSES (Hard or Soft) Consult: ALPHA OPTICS CONTACT LENS CENTRE (Head Of lice): 163. Orchard Road, Singapore 9. TEL: *****7. OUR ROBIN A BRANCH OFFICE IS NOW AT Basement 12 Hong Leong Building 16. Raffles Quay, Singapore 1. TEL: *****94 Remember the National Day celebration in pictures. Make
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  • 895 10 / 11  -  Lots of time, money spent on M-Cup games Sight Sound »>v- Judith Holmberg The exc i t ement and pace of the Malaysia Cup soccer matches are over and all that's left in our minds are memories of goals scored and more recently, the
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  • 318 10 / 11  -  CINEMA by. J.Holmberg THE LOVERS: Stars Richard Beckinsale, Paula Wilcox, Joan Scott, Anthony Naylor, Susan Littler, Nikolas Simmonds and Rosalind Ayres. Directed by Herbert Wise from a script by Jack Rosenthal. If you think that young people today have little on their tiny minds ex
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    • 1877 10 / 11 YOUR WEEKEND ENTERTAINMENT GUIDE SINGAPORE 5 SATURDAY 12.49 OPENING ANNOUNCEMENTS followed by SESAME STREET. 1.40 RTS ORATORICAL CONTEST '76 (M). Organised with the aim or promoting blUngualism, the participants from various secondary schools had to deliver their main speeches In their flrst language, followed by a summary In their second
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    • 359 10 / 11 ir^JiEES] SATURDAY 6.00 PM Opening anncts. followed by At Sunset with Andre Kostelanetz and Or chestra 6.30 News <E) 6.45 At Sunset (cont'd) 7.00 Keyboard Music Masters Scarlatti; Eserclzl In C Major Pastorale Sonata In D Minor, Cortege Sonata In E Major 7.30 Light Music from the Netherlands featuring Dutch
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    • 355 10 / 11 Top shows of the weekend SPECTRUM. (Ch. 5, at 7 p.m.). Presented by Daisy Tang and Juliana Low, this magazine series goes behind the scenes to look at some of the preparations for this year's National Day parade. It shows what items will be put up by the People's Association
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  • 327 12  -  Chess l>v Lim Kok Ann Though the British have produced many top-notch chess players in the past it is only this year that a Briton has qualified for the Grandmaster title. The breakthrough was achieved by Anthony Miles, 22, who made his second "grandmaster result"
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  • 390 12 Reuter Brisbane, Saturday Xavier Herbert, one of Australia's most respected a u th ors, says his life's work is at an end following publication of one of the longest novels ever written. Herbert's latest, and he says his last book, an 852,000-word,
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  • 67 12  -  by Ngien Tai Kiat An enthuslatlc and keen face As he walks In Mouth full of eloquence speech Aa he teaches us systematically. But this day la not the aame Aa he la going to leave again He gives us his best wishes That fills our hearts with much
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  • 544 12  -  [Bookshelf US$13.95). Reviewed by Ernest Volk- Ernest Volkman "SPANDAU: THE SECRET DIARIES," by Albert Speer (The Macmillan Co., 463 pages, illustrated, US$13.95). Reviewed by Ernest Yolkman. Dr. O.M. Gilbert, the American psychologist who did extensive psychiatric studies on Nazis facing charges of war
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  • 492 12  -  POPS by Peter Ong STEELY DAN: THE ROYAL SCAM (ABC): Steely Dan isn't a band as such. It is a combination of the talents of songswriters Donald Fagen and Walter Becker, who 'together with hand* picked sesslonmen, produce some remarkable LPs. Over
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    • 387 12 FIRE (VERTIGO): Reduced to four members with the departure of keyboard player Peter Lemer, the Baker Ourfrltz Army Is still capable of producing an excellent album. Although they are assisted by an orchestra, a string synthesiser and baccing vocalists on parlous occasions, It is still the band that shinis all
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  • 221 13 UPI Paris, Saturday The French franc yesterday sank to its lowest official level for 2} years and market experts predicted It would drop below the psychological barrier of five to the US dollar next week. The franc, target for peculators for the past month, was officially
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  • Markets round the world
    • 201 13 Prices lost ground yesterday, despite some late buying, -in slow trading on the New York stock Exchange as investors went to the sidelines to ponder the economy in light of a sharp rise in the US Jobless rate. Fairly heavy first-hour selling followed the Labour Department's report that
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    • 30 13 Dow Jones closing averages on the NYSE yesterday: 30 Industrials 086.00 (off 0.68); 20 transport 222.52 (off 0.33); 15 utilities 93.56 (up 0.48); 65 stocks 309.87 (off 0.01).
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    • 207 13 Despite the confused political situation, the market rose, supported by expectations of Increased exports and steady economic recovery, Which should lead to Increased Investment in plant and equipment in the near future. Selective buying pushed up machinery and large-capital Issues. TDJA 4,717.87 (+9.97) 76. Hi-low 4,865.55 (7/1) 4,403.06 (1/5).
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    • 80 13 Closing prices (in francs) on the Pans Bourse yesterday: l-arlbas 158 +0.50 Ponder 302 —2.50 Prin temps 46.30 +0.20 Bull 34 —0.20 Royal Dutch 235 +1 Micnelin 1354 +4 C O E 285 —0.50 Thomson 202.50 —1 C P P 111.20 —1.60 Rhone 88 —1.20 Air 352 —1 B
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    • 84 13 Closing prices (In 8wlss francs) on the Zurich Stock Exchange yesterday: UBS Bearer 32o5 5 UBS Registered 511 1 SBC 454 2 Credit Suisse 2620 5 Swissair B. 500 a Swiss Relnsur. 2300 5 Winterthur B. 1780 10 Zurich Insur. 6475 25 Juvena B. 100 7 Nestle B. 3525
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  • 199 13 ...in shipbuilding in Japan Reuter Tokyo, Saturday Japan's shipbuilding industry, the biggest in the world, is to be told by the government to slash production to cope with a continuing slump in world demand for ships. The Transport Ministry said yesterday it would instruct 40 major shipbuilders
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  • 64 13 Reuter Manila, Saturday—The US and tha Philippines have signed two loan agreements providing US$ 30 million ($75 million) for rural electrification and waterworks systems. It was announced today. The first agreement is for US$2O million ($5O million) to build and operate rural electric co-operatives. The balance to
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  • 133 13 Reuter Tokyo, Saturday— The Soviet Union is expected to ask Japan shortly for bank loans totalling about US$45O million ($1125 million) to finance purciiase of steel to be useu in gas pipelines, informed business sources said here yesterday. But negotiations could be difficult as
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  • 211 13  -  Market Round-Up by Lee Yew Meng The Singapore stock market returned to its sluggish trading form after a rally fizzled out earlier in the week. Daily average turnover neared the one million share mark, by no means nigh by past standards but double that of last
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  • 29 13 Reuter Washington, Saturday —Unemployment in the US increased last month for the second consecutive month, with 7.43 million people out of work—7.B per cent of the labour force.
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  • 399 16  -  BADMINTON by Brian Miller Good news for the local clubs, A busy programme is being arranged for them right up to the end of the year. In the latest circular to all affiliates, the Tournament Committee of the Singapore Badminton Association announced their plans
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  • 51 16 AP North Conway, Saturday—Top seeded Jimmy Connors defeated Eddie Dibbs yesterday and advanced to the semi-finals In the US$lOO,OOO (about *****,000) International tennis tournament here. Dibbs pushed Connors Into two tie-breakers In their two set match but Connors dominated both situations to win the match 7-6,
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    • 394 16 {!_|>-'*++:(\:.)[)<<\.(,,$)<}%+ TOTAL SKIN CARE. Top London trained beauty Therapist Euphle will help vou with acnes and superfluous hair removing. Deep peeling for freckles and blemishes and special herbs Individually prepared to take care of all skin conditions. Contact Euphle, Margueretta Salon. Tel. *****0 T.H.C. MAQIC SHOP Magicians for Schools, Parties
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    • 242 16 WELLFABT IS AN established friendship club!! More Information, write, Mountbatten P.O. Box 352 S'pore 14. ttfiq Sm m Vicmt FULLY FURNISHED AIRCOND. office High Street Centre suitable for travel agency. Contact Lilian *****4/*****5. SECONDHAND CAMERAS CENTRE We buy, sell and trade-In for used or new cameras. Special OH*r For Now
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    • 521 16 PARTLY FURNISHED LIOYO Court maisonette flat to let Tel: FISH-HEAD, CHICKEN FRIED. chicken kurumah, Crab Masalah, Prawn, Mutton Chicken Liver, Cuttlefish, Fish Fried, Fish Cutlet, fish curry Beer and Stout, Cold drinks. Evenings: Chapatl Pudumayam. Private parties order can be arranged. Gold Cup Olympic Restaurant, 36 Race Course Road, Singapore
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    • 49 16 PHOENIX ISLE Restaurant; <5, Getfee Reuse (1) Western Dish (2) Superb Chinese Dish (3) Spring Chicken Hong Kong Style (4) Fresh Coconut With Icecream (s)Cocktail Liqueur We cater for parties too. Businat* Hour*: 10 00 a.m. 11.30 p.m. 244P, UPPER THOMSON ROAD, V. m 1 SINGAPORE 20. TEL: *****7
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  • Page 16 Miscellaneous
    • 261 16 Crossword J HI SATURDAY ACROSS 1 Cook a certain way 6 Female zebra 10 Dilettantish 14 Cowgirl Oakley 15 Old Oreek coin 16 Limerick man 17 Seafood 20 Church tower 21 Drench 22 Bar, In law 25 Fragrance 26 Make confident 30 Damaged 32 Fist fights 33 Like a certain
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  • 285 17 National basketball adviser Mr. Ronald Kauppinen, who just returned from the United States last week after five moths, said the West Australian team in the Pesta Sukan tournament beginning on August 29, would be a team to watch, writes PHILIP TAN. Analysing this year's
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  • 661 17 Ninety-nine golfers will tee-off for the Seletar National Day competition on Monday. The draw: 6.45 a.m. I. Monogar 0 A. Abu 7 Urn Oee Song 8 A. Harding 9; 6.53 8. Poon 10 J. Ooon 9 Ting SB. Tee 13 R. Richards 8; 7.01 A.
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  • 152 17 Featherweight Phua Huat Lee was given the "best boxer award" at the St. Andrew's School 39th Annual boxing championships at Woodsvllle yesterday. The stylish Huat Lee had no difficulty in outpointing Chew Slew Sun in the final and earned the Judges' nod for the
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  • 27 17 Ingle wood (California), Saturday—Carlos Zarate, the World Boxing Ooun- ell's undefeated bantamweight champion, will defend his title on August 28 against Paul Ferrari of Australia.
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  • Page 17 Advertisements
    • 144 17 S.RH.DE SILVA An JEWELLERS r *W* >■ >-/•» V, I G-13, Tanglin Shopping Centre, Tanglin Road, Singapore 10. Tel: *****8. Branch 1/3 Central Building, Hong Kong. Special Poh Piah" Steamboat and Fresh Seafood NOTICE NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that I, Yeo Kee Ong of No 1050, Blk 58, C'wealth Drive
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    • 61 17 52 Winchester House. 3rd Floor Collyer Quay Singapore 1 Telephone ***** DIVE-MARINE SERVICES FOR ROUND-THE-CLOCK EXPERTISE IN UNDERWATER HULL CLEANING SURVEY AND INSPECTION WHARF CONSTRUCTION PHOTOGRAPHY REPORTS MAINTENANCE AND REPAIR-WELDING AND CUTTING GENERAL DIVING SERVICES-TO OIL INDUSTRIES ETC. DETAIL REPORTS WITH ALL JOBS DONE JO. LORONG 21. GEYLANQ SINGAPORE. 14.
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  • Page 17 Miscellaneous
    • 64 17 THE BORN LOSER by Art Sansom IF W HAP AU, THE QUALITIES <; mm?w, ri>BEAHAPfv ft —rX WOMAN m NORBERT IF I HAP AU-THE QUALITIES I SAID I HADJI? WAVE pr PROPPED ID n \\PHOE6EWEWTL/ ICIITI by «AkK IMHtyUS^ON Cl H <3 S5 c c CTf—nwiia Ml nwn by George
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  • 421 18 RACING uitli Scrutineer Ja Apollo Command has a first rate chance of scoring his first success In the Class 4 Division 1 1700 m (Race 9) at Ipoh today. The four-year-old New Zealand gelding by St. Puckle has come to hand early. Apollo
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  • 3683 18 F*9M 1.45 CIms 4, Dlv. 7 1200m lULJUi ($9,000 $6,300 to wlmwr) 1 00 I tatty (Softly Spoken) 1 BroiMUn 3 57 (<lS+4) Chan 4 1 4478 ■IN* M a (Bcn« Bcn«) Ten 3 MM (d»+4M) 1200m t Maneor 3 S MM 1
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  • 138 18 mm BRIAN MILLER FAIRWAY Airlock Golden Mandarin Sonsorte Airlock Right Romance Mick The Miller Mhsk The Miller Right Romance CO Treasure Island Namaste Re-Entry Namaste Re-Entry Engadlne Treasure Island Namaste iMt S ThandtrtaU Mazallov Madarby Mazaltov Senang Hatl Victoria Fire Senang Hatl Victoria Fire KM 4 Gala Scaaon Peter
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  • 476 19 By SCRUTINEER Mr. Big, a consistent and Improving four year old by Todman, is the best bet in Race 7 at Ipoh tomorrow. Mr. 31r won two of his last four outings in easy fashion. He broke >■ the ice with an easy win
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  • 3640 19 MR. BIG should prove too smart for the opposition in Race 7 at Ipoh tomorrow. M| 1.15 CLASS 2, DIV. 4 1200m XJi ($11,500 $8,050 to winn«r) 1 0535 Qranad (Thirty One) Bougoure 8 97 (dd+2*) 1200m 8F CH Tan 10 S 8197
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  • 145 19 1 SCRUTINEER BRIAN MILLER BLUE PETER FAIRWAY Race 1: Smofcey Shadow Granada AmU> AB Tekseng Granada Sweetie Granada 8 mo key Shadow Flfhtiiif Typhoon Amlrah Jaya Fighting Typhoon Amlrah Jaya Amlrah Jaya Allanna Fighting Typhoon Allanna Bac« 3: Umay trust Country Lord Country Lord Artistic Country Lord Braxlllno Country
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  • 170 20 United Press International Seoul, Saturday The oth President's Cup soccer tournament will be held In South Korea on September 11 28 with 12 countries participating the South Korean Soc cer Association said yesterday. Participating in the tournament win be Bra ill, Japan,
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  • 51 20 London, Saturday Britain stayed alive in their Davis Cup European "B" aone final tie against Italy when brothers David and John Lloyd defeated Adrlano Panatta and Paolo Bertoluccl 6-8, 3-6, 6-3, 18-16, 6-2 In the doubles at Wimbledon yesterday. Italy, who took both singles matches on Thursday led
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  • 647 20  -  Watch for the Kaki Bukit-Cairnhill clash By PHILIP TAN A three cornered battle for the Second Division championship has developed after two months of League football. Kaki Buklt Just pip Changl United for top spot on goal difference. Both have 13 points from eight matches.
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  • 305 20 Reuter Edinburgh, Saturday— A world record tor Polish sprint queen Irena Suwlnska and a defeat for New Zealand's Olympic champion John Walker highlighted an International at h letlcs meeting here last night. Szewinska added the seldom run 440 yards record to the world marks she
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  • 94 20 TODAY Division II: Balestler U v Paslr Panjani (Gey lain Stadium), Sembawanr v Farrer Park Dynamos (Deptford Road), Division III: Serangoon Garden River Valley (Seranfoon), Kamponc Java v Bnklt Pan jane (Farrer Park Athletic Centre). All matches at 4JJ p.m. TOMORROW Division I: Queens town v Ponnol (Queenstown
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  • 206 20 Reuter London, Saturday The West Indian cricketers thrashed Minor Counties by seven wickets before lunch on the last day at Torquay yesterday despite a spirited fight by the home team's tallenders who delayed the inevitable for a time. Minor Counties started the day with two
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  • Page 20 Advertisements
    • 188 20 Grill s ID inner) '6^ Savour the special flavour of juicy steaks marinated in special sauce and spices and grilled over charcoal fire. Choice of Prawns, Beef, Chicken, Lamb, Pork Inclusive Salad and Dessert on the, Buffet Table. Tea or Coffee 1 i f y r y-i \u, i o
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    • 39 20 ANDY CAPP OKAV.... WHAT DO TALK] YOUR FRIENDS rME 1 THINK ABOUT > ME? j—^ O I 4 MMOM II AS THEN WE MUST DO SOMETHING ABOUT "EM,EH? SI m iw YOU'D LIKE ME >* VD CHANGE MT FRIENDS? m m
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