New Nation, 25 November 1976

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  • 21 1 New Nation SINGAPORE Thursday, November 25, 1976, No- 1806 Price 25 cents M.C. (P) 428/76 r i i NEW NATION COMMENT,
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  • 239 1  -  But only for future buyers By K. K. Fong The Housing and Urban Development Co. Ltd. is considering reducing the prices of Type A flats which now cost between $80,000 and $100,000. Confirming this today, an Hi/DC spokesman said the price reduction will affect only
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  • 97 1 UPI Tel Aviv, Thuisduy The life of a young prostitute was saved because her heart is not in the right place. Doctors said the 23-year-old woman had been stabbed eight times in the neck and in the left side of her chest,
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  • 84 1 AP Cairo, Thursday Egyptian Foreign Minister Ismail Fahmy yes terday turned down a proposal by his Israeli counterpart Yigal Allon that they meet to pre pare for peace solutions in the Middle East. Mr. Fahmy, currently on a visit to Damascus was quoted by the
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  • 335 1 The Finance Minister, Mr. Hon Sui Sen, today called on the ASEAN chambers uf commerce and industry to take advantage of the present firm political will to accelerate economic d e v e 1 opment of the regional organisation. Opening the fifth ASEAN
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  • 261 1 Reuter Ankara, Thursday A powerful earthquake has ripped across a wide zone ol eastern Turkey and the province's acting governor said yesterday he feared that 2000 to 3000 people may have died. In the town of Muradlye, where some 500 dead were counted, almost all the
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    • 36 1 INSIDE European Cop soccer results Page 18 A new rift in Sime board Page 2 World's longest car rally Centre pages IN THE OTHER PAGES: Cinemas 2; Money words 11: Stars 15; Comics 18; Crossword 19.
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  • 300 2 Former Selangor Mentri Besar, Dato Harun Idris, today said he re cetv e d thousands of telegrams and phone calls from supporters through out West Malaysia when he arrived at his Taman Dutta home in Kuala Lumpur from Singapore last night inquiring about his interview
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  • 571 2 (Sime Darby Chief executive taken to task by directors for HK statement A new rift in the boardroom of Sime Darby has opened in the struggle for control of the giant conglomerate. Two directors of the company lias come out strongly against the policy of
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  • 121 2 Seven-year-old Chang Wei Wei is the youngest and cutest member of the Taipei Troupe who has come for the Galaxy of Asian Stars show to be staged at the National Theatre. She started her singing, dancing, and stage career at the age of three, encouraged
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  • 134 2 Sellers dominate during the first 45 minutes of trading on the Stock Exchange of Singapore this morning. Slme Darby caught in the controversy over the composition of Its Board of Directors, fell to as low as $3.06 before settling at $3.12, down 10 cents. Some 103,000 units were
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  • 157 2 AP Kuala Lumpur, Thursday Malaysia has no plans to i.n v 11 e foreign powers to set up an International body to control the Malacca Straits. Law Minister Tan Sri Abdul Kadir Yusof told Parliament yesterday. He said the government felt that problems relating to the
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    • 513 2 AT THE CINEMA SKY RIDERS: James Coburn is McCaba, the man who pulls off an incredible skyjacking to free terrorist hostages. Also stars Susannah York. Robert Culp, v Charleg Aznavour. Odeoa: J 30. 4. 6.30 and 9.30 p.m. GODFATHER I: Winner of three Academy Awards. Prom Mario Puzo's best-selling novel
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    • 228 2 WHAT'S ON CULTURAL SHOW by the Singapore Phoenix dance troupe at the Victoria Th;atre, 8 p.m. Tickets; $1, $2. AN EVENING with Noel Coward, his songs, dances and play excerpts presented by the Stage Club at the Tiffin Room. Raffles 8.30 p.m. SECURITY EQUIPMENT for commerce and industry exhibition at
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  • 11 2 Police reported 81 accidents yesterday. Seven were serious and two fatal.
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  • 452 3  -  By Terry Ang Highway r ob b ers have struck again at the Yong Peng and Segamat trunk road in Johore. Three robbers, two of whom were armed with guns, pursued a Singa-pore-registered car with four Singapore occupants for about five kilometres at speeds of
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  • 43 3 Culture Minister Mr. Jek Yeun Thong will open the 1976 Orchard Show and Mrs. Jek will distribute prizes on the ground floor concourse of People's Park Complex tomorrow at 6 p.m. The show Is organised by the Nanyang Orchid Associa tion.
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  • 198 3 MOTHER HEN SCORES A 'HATTRICK' This mother hen has come up with a real "hattrick" down on the farm in Ylo Chu Kang. Three weeKs ago, poultry farmer Ang Joo Peng was pleasantly surprised when he saw a 190 gm egg about thrice the
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  • 31 3 The Tanglln Youth Group will hold a RoadRun on Dec. 12 at 8 a.m. with the starting and finishing point at the Tanglln Community Centre. For more details telephone. *****2.
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  • 152 3 A delegation led by Encik Rldzwan Dzaflr, Director of Trade, left yesterday for Jakarta to the flve-day meeting of the Association of Natural Rubber Producing Countries (ANRPC). It opened In the Indonesian capital today. They are meeting to finalise arrangements for the signing of the first
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  • 954 4  -  66,000 now on waiting list to buy HDB flats, 15,000 want to rent In Parliament yesterday By Rav Dhaliwal The police will be authorised to temporarily suspend the Area Licensing Scheme if and when flood conditions warrant it. Announcing this in Parliament yesterday,
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  • 38 4 Four bills were passed in Parliament yesterday r— the Infections Diseases BUI, Estate Duty (Amendment), Bill, Asian Development Bank (Amendment) Bill and Financial Procedure Bill. Parliament was adjourned Indefinitely at the end of yesterday's session.
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  • 171 4 The Ministry of the Environment has stepped in to alleviate the flooding of houses at Jalan Kubis, off Jalan Eunos. A resident, En c 1 k Sheikh All, had comelalned that his house as been flooded frequently since construction work behind the house began three years/
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  • 210 4 246 MILLION PEOPLE IN ASEAN Reuter Kuala Lumpur, Thursday Malaysian Deputy Prime Minister Dr. Mahathir Mohamed said yesterday a rapid Increase in the poDulatlon of countries in ASEAN had made unemployment a serious problem in the region. Speaking at the opening of an ASEAN
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  • 69 4 Motorists are advised to avoid a number of roads from today for six weeks while the Public Utilities Board's Electricity Department lays cables for. the new Singapore General Hospital In Outram Road. The roads affected are Maxwell Road. Nell Road, Bukit Pasoh Road, New Bridge Road, Outram
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  • 118 4 Earnings of electronic firm Hewlett Packard's subsidiaries in Singapore and Malaysia are the subject of a dispute between the United States Internal Revenue Service and the parent company. Hewlett Packard said the IRS Is seeking a US$7.5 million ($18.4 mil lion) adjustment of the company's
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  • 461 4  -  By Richard Ho Parliament badly needs a woman member to voice the problems of women, children and the aged, and that is wny the United People's F r on t's Miss Ang Bee Lian is to stand for election. faiss
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  • 158 5 Reuter London, Thursday The British Rovernment yesterday proposed big increases in fines to stamp out soccer hooliganism. Under a new Conspiracy Bill adults could be fined up to £1000 ($4000) and Juveniles a maximum of £200 for damaging property. The top fine that magistrates can
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  • 43 5 Reuter Tokyo. Thursday The mayors of the two Japanese atom-bombed cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki yesterdav sent a Joint cable to the US and Soviet embassies respectively in protest against underground nuclear tests conducted in their countries last Monday, their spokesmen said.—Reuter.
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  • 438 5 To put socialist house in order Singapore's ruling People's Action Party, which withdrew from the Socialist International recently because of Dutch allegations that it was not democratic, will not attend the Congress, Mr. Janttschek said. Reuter Geneva, Thursday Leaders of about 50 political parties linked
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  • 236 5 As price issue looms Agencies Paris, Thursday France yesterday reaffirmed its intention to hold down oil Imports next vear to a maximum value of 55 billion franc 3 ($2640 million), despits the threat of price increases next month. But the government, grappling with a widening
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  • 49 5 Reuter Kuchlng, Thursday Cholera has broken out in two districts in Sarawak, the state medical services reported yesterday. Mass innoculatlon and disinfection of homes have been launched and the public told to cooperate with health teams In construction of pit latrines and chlorinatlon of drinking water.
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  • 170 5 Reuter Moscow, Thursday President Carlos Andres Perez of Venezuela arrived in Moscow yesterday for talks on Increasing economic and industrial cooperation between his oil-rich country and the Soviet Union. Venezuelan sources said this would be the main subject of talks during his
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  • 30 5 Reuter Teheran, Thursday Iran and the Soviet Union were expected to sign an agreement on greater economic cooperation at the end of talks here, Radio Iran said yesterday.—Reuter.
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  • 517 6 Rhodesia admits air raids against M'bique Reuter Salisbury, Thursday Rhodesia yest e rday admitted for the first time that it has launched air attacks, against neighbouring Mozambique. A security forces communique said the aircraft were used In retaliation after forces on Rhodesia's eastern border were attacked
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  • 122 6 Reuter Washington, Thursday —The Soviet Union has test-Ared from a submarine a new intercontinental nuclear missile equipped with multiple warheads, government sources said yesterday. The launching comes nearly 10 years after the US tested multiple warheads from its Proseldon submarine missile. The sources said the test
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  • 154 6 UPI Port Moresby, Thursday Coffee growers riding the Papua New Guinea market boom are getting drunk and dying on the roads because they have so much money from coffee sales, a member of parliament said yesterday. Speaking In parliament Mr. Raphael Doa (member
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  • 131 6 UPI TODAY la Thursday, Nov. 25, the 330 th day of 1976 with 36 to follow. THE MOON Is approaching Its first quarter. THE MORNING STAR It Batum. THE EVENING STARS are Mercury, Venus and Jupiter. Those born on thia d&te are under the sign of Saalttarlua. ON THIS
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  • 57 6  -  D.J. ¥Mb landlord Joe Rlngham bet £166 (|466) that he coold atop smoking for a year. Bat with only three weoka to go he flew to the US and Ut ■p to calm his nerves. Joe, of Doncaater, Britain, haa paid the money to his opponent, who
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  • 64 6 Country singer Loretta Lynn received the second biggest thrill of her life recently when she got a chance to visit her movie idol, Gregory Peck, on the set of Mac Arthur in Los Angeles. She says her first thrill was meeting Peck for the first time
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  • 179 6 Reuter London. Thursday Britain's Labour government yesterday declared its determination to nationalise the country's aircraft and shipbuilding industries despite fierce opposition in Parliament which could cause the government s downfall. The declaration was made in a speech read by Queen Elizabeth from a throne in
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  • 286 6 Reuter London, Thursday. Frlme Minister James Cailaghan warned yesterday that more voluntary wage curbs would be needed after the present accord with trade unions runs out next summer. He told the House of Commons that limitation on pay Increases would be necessary Into 1978.
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  • 202 6 UPI Washington, Thursday. Use of all drugs except marijuana appears to be stabilising among young people, but heavy pot smoking la on the rise, the Director of the National Institute on Drug Abuse said on Tuesday. Mr., Robert Dupont told a news conference he is
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    • 206 6 New York Partly sunny. 8-OC. Headline: Carter seta 1977 aim of 6 per cent economy rise and a cut In Jobless. San Frandaco Foggy, cloudy, 15-7 C. Headline; Mayor's US $1.7 million plan to fight city's violence. Tokyo Sunny. 13-7 C. Headline Protectionism warning sounded at OATT meeting. lone Clear.
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  • 303 7 Eyes on PM post Tel Aviv, Thursday. Two Israeli war heroes have gone Into politics and are posing one of the most dramatic challenges to the Jewish state's leadership In 28 years. They "are Professor Ylgael Yadln, former military Chief of Staff and a renowned
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  • 456 7 ...as nation moves to economic battlefields UPI Bangkok, Thursday The army draft is as heavy or even heavier than ever in Vietnam, as the armed forces move to the economic battlefields. Reports from Saigon confirm that the Hanoidirected armed forces now are drafting South Vietnamese youths Into
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  • 206 7 Reuter Bucharest, Thursday: Soviet teader Leonid Brezhnev teftued an implicit warning to Rumania yestewMy that the West was aiming to undermine ties between the communist countries. He said the answer must be a strengthening of unity: Mr. Brezhnev was speaking at a "friendship
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  • 145 7 UPI Paris, Thursday.—The so-called North South dialogue between industrial and backward countries veered towards possible postponement of its full-dress cabinet-level conference here on Dec. 15-17. Theoretically, this could delay an expected Increase in world eil prices, pm as HhtoretTcally, U could trlgper a larger Increase ttffcn might
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  • 93 7 Reuter London, Thursday An anonymous buyer has paid £55.000 ($220,000) at a Christie's auction for the log kept in 1789 by Captain William Bligh after he was set adrift in a small boat by mutineers on his ship. The Bounty. The leather-bound pocket book,
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  • 225 7 UPI Michigan City, Thursday Johnson van Dyke Orlgsby, sporting a new top coat and freshly shlned shoes, yesterday walked out! of his home for the past 88 years the Indiana State Prison saying he was "born again." "I've been here too long. 11l not
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  • 26 7 Reuter London, Thursday. Britain'! Queen Elizabeth will visit Australasia and the Pacific during her sliver Jubilee programme next year, Informed sources said yesterday. Reuter.
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  • 420 8 Whether the two-per-cent payroll tax "constitutes a very heavy burden on employers" Is a matter of opinion. A fair guess Is that the government disagrees, though It has maintained a dignified silence on the subject since 1971 despite periodic calls for the
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  • WHISPERS By ISPY
    • 47 8 Have you tried the special ice-cream at a coffee house in an Orchard Road hotel called Pao Chlng Tien? Whether or not it Is fair to cash in on the famous name, no doubt Pao fans will sample the Ice-cream first before passing Judgement.
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    • 37 8 Roger Hennlng, personal manager of singing superstar Kamahl. upon producing his calling card, was asked why his name was In smaller letter than the singer's. His reply: "He always gets top billing, doesn't he?"
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  • 101 8 RUSSIA'S Leonid Breihnev visits Yugoslavia, gives Tito a bearhug and says those who see the Soviet Union in the role of the big bear waiting to pounce on little Red Riding Hood Yugoslavia are telling themselves fairy stories. But what will happen when
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  • 705 8 Gemini Marshal Tito has just been given another bearhug by Mr. Brezhjiev, and some people fear while others hope it will be the last. I he fearful ones are those who shudder at the thought of Yugoslavia being deprived of Tito's masterly leadership and yet doubt
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  • 316 8 SIN CHEW JIT POH VOICE OF THE PRESS An American scholar has pointed out at a seminar here In connection with the United Btates bicentennial that the future of the noncommunist states In South-east Asia hinges upon whether these countries are able to carry out effective
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  • 508 8 UPI Tel Aviv, Thursday Israel is believed to have built an Impressive arsenal of atomic bombs for use if conventional forces fail to stop the armies of its hostile Arab neighbours. Israel has repeatedly said it will not be the first country to introduce nuclear weapons In
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  • 1159 9 STPB aims to tap the wealth from Middle East Reutens: Will there be any change In the promotional strategies of the Board In selling Singapore next year? Chew: The Board will continue to sustain its advertising and promotional programmes mainly in overeas markets. Our main
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  • 688 9  -  Art Buchwald Los Angeles Times The word has just been passed that Jimmy Carter Is inv iti ok 300,000 to 400,000 campaign workers and friends to his inauguration 111 Washington D.C. Naturally, those of us who live in the capita! are thrilled to hear thai so
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  • 58 9 AP Plains /(Georgia), Thursday. Mr. Billy Carter, the freespirited brother qf President-elect Jimmy Carter, hat caught the campaign bug. He is running for Mayor of Plains, population 683. Like his older brother, he intends to win. The younger Carter, 39, runs the family peanut farms and manages
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  • 821 10 / 11  -  A staggering 30,000 km from London to Sydney that's the 1977 SI A rally By Sonny Yap Come September Singapore "Will roll out the carpet for the first of the battleweary rally drivers competing in the world's longest motoring odyssey the 30,000-km 1977 Singapore Airlines
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  • Page 10 / 11 Miscellaneous
    • 546 10 / 11 WEraan*i o: Thursday >i Cut out and pin with other coupons. Posting instructions appear below Name (Mr./Mrs./Miss) Address Tel: FILL IN MISSING LETTERS ACROSS USING CLUES BELOW BBBBBaiiCut along dotted tines CLUES FOR DH-4 1. Defensive player In certain games 2. At the thaatra, an audience can derive great pleasure
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    • 990 12  -  by Sylvia Leow One hot still afternoon, when the air was heavy with lethargy, I heard again the "to c k, tock" call of the mee seller. I had almost forgotten the sound, seldom heard these days with the springing up of hawker centres
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    • 137 12  -  Shoparound by Eileen Tan 1. Tretorn Tennis Trainer lets you practice your serve without running around to retrieve the ball. $19. 2. Strap on this Golfer's scorer for easy recording at your next game. $6.00. 3. Be a shining example to otiier
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    • 755 13  -  Cook -in bv Violet Oon Trifle used to be an English dessert made with leftover cake. But it has become so popular that it is now specially made to be served after meals. Gourmets will agree with me when I say that the best trifle
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    • 179 13 The beauty of flowers captured forever with just a few lengths of ribbon that's the art of ribbon flowers. Relatively new to Singapore, ribbon flowermaking will be demonstrated at Yaohan Basement 2 (fabrics department) from tomorrow till Dec 8 by Miss Okumura and Mr-
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      131 13 Decor Ideas Speak of antiques and imme d I a t ely Malacca or Chinese antique furniture comes to mind. But why not European period furniture u the owner of this apartment has done? (See picture). He has furnished his home in (enulne antiques in the Italian
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  • Page 12 Miscellaneous
    • 281 12 *****, riddles, crosswords, jokes to share? We pay $5 for every contribution. The address is Kids Only, New Nation, Locked Bag 15, Singapore 1. Don't forget to add your name, age ana address. SOME of you are upset that you've sent many contributions to Kids Only and none have been
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  • 408 14 —says new ADB chief Reuter Manila, Thursday The new president of the Asian Development Bank, Mr. Tarolchi Yoshlda, said yesterday his most Immediate task was searching for ways to build up the fund on which It can lend soft-term loans to the poorest
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  • 350 14 Reuter Tokyo. ThursdayPrime Minister Takeo Mlkl yesterday approved a package of measures designed to meet European Common Market demands that Japan curb soaring exports to the EEC, a Foreign Ministry spokesman said. The spokesman declined to give details of tne measures. But government sources
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  • 38 14 Israeli down AP Tel Aviv, Thursday Israel devalued Its currency by two per cent yesterday the government announced. The devaluation brought the value of the Israel pound from 8.56 per standard drawing rate (SDR) dollar to 8.73. —AP
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  • 324 14 Reuter Bonn, Thursday The West German government was urged by economic advisers yesterday to introduce a £750 million ($2BBO million) package of tax reliefs and other reflationary measures to stimulate the economy. The recommendations of the Authoritative Council of Economic Advisers dubbed here at the
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  • 128 14 UPI Brussels, Thursday. Gold fell yesterday, the d ollar "lengthened a little and the British pound improved but finished the day on a downward note. Gold finished the day US$2 lower in London at U*****.75 an ounce and U552.75 down In Zurich at US$l3l.
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  • 322 14 Reuter Plains, Thursday President-elect Jimmy Carter said yesterday he wou'd choose Atlanta banker Bert Lance to fill one of his administration's top economic posts. In a statement Issued 24 hours after Mr. Carter announced his major economic goals for next year, the
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  • Stock markets round the world
    • 183 14 Prices rose along a broad front yesterday In active pre-Thanksgivlng trading on the New York Stock Exchange as Investors, ignoring adverse news, bought on hopes the Arab oil cartel would not spoil Christmas. Analysts said some investors were encouraged when Sheikh Ahmed Zakl Yamani of Saudi Arabia, saying
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    • 46 14 UPI Dow Jones closing averages on the NTBB yesterday: 30 Industrial 947.47 056.30 •41.74 880.88 (up 1.00); 30 transport 338.70 225.31 333.40 384.37 (up 0.40); IB utilities 101 JO 102.54 101.00 101 JO (up 0.73); OS Stock 300.03 300 JO 304.80 307.80 (up 8.81)-—UPI.
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    • 205 14 Following Monday's rise, tbo market opened at 4,492.33, up 14.19 points. Domestic-related stocks Including treasury Investment and loanrelated stocks rose Sfid the NX)I average recovered 86 4*500. TJXJJL: 4,534.17 (4-M, 01) 7*. Ml-'ow: 4.M9JS (July 1) 4(403.06 (Jan. I). TJBJt: ***** (+3.03), Volume: 130 mil mil). CMnf prlow In
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    • 69 14 ClosMg prices In francs tttt Pari■ Bourse yester140 unch. Fonder 283 —2 Frintemps 40.05 —0.15 Bull 26 —0.30 Royal Dutch 227 —MO MlcheUn 1140 —9 C.O.E. 252 —1 Thomson 161.50 +0.30 CPP 96.50 —0.30 Rhone 06.50 —1 Air 321 —6 B.S.N. 499 +1 Philips 51.70 —0.50 Sues 198 unch.
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    • 84 14 Closing prices In Swiss irancs on the Zurich Stock Exchange yesterday: DBS Bearer 3180 10 UB8 Registered 518 —2 8BC 388 —4 Credit Suisse 2575 15 Salsealr B. 578 —2 Swiss Relrsur. 2175 —25 Wlnterthur B. 1725 Zurich Insur. 6325 25 Juvena B. 267 +2 Nestle B. 3200 —10
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    • 94 14 Closing prices on the 8ydney stock Exchange at 11-30 a.m. today. (Australian time): ACI 130 nil ADC 30 35 Ampol pet 61 63 ANI 103 105 APM 135 127 Bank N8W 493 493 Branbles 150 153 BHP 640 644 Bora! 180 nil CBA 345 348 CUR 335 360 Clg
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    • 36 14 Reuter Wiesbaden (West Germany) Thursday West Germany's foreign trade surplus fell to 3.59 billion marks ($3592 million) In October from September's figure of 4.00 bUUon marks, the federal statistics office announced here yesterday. Reuter.
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  • 449 15  -  By BRIAN MILLER With a combination of youth and experience. Blacks outplayed Singapore Cricket Club's Nomads 18-0 in a friendly rugger encounter at the Padang yesterday. Blacks scored their points through a goal and three tries while Nomads took theirs through a goal in
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  • 374 15 Reuter Milan, Thursday. Italy's Davis Cup team captain yesterday said the only way the government could stop his play ers from going to San tlago for the final against Chile would be by lifting their passports. And If it did, he said, they would never play
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  • 391 15 Rawalpindi, Thursday Six of Pakistan's top Test cricketers yesterday withdrew their threat to pull out of a tour to Australia and the West Indies which begins next month. Asif Iqbal, acting as spokesman for the six. said they had settled their dispute with
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    • 438 15 YOUR LUCKY STARS IF IT'S YOUR BIRTHDAY BORN today, you are capable of taking the lead In any situation in such a way that you appear to save the day, rather than to assume authority. Consideration of the feelings of others Is at the top of your list of priorities
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  • 681 16  -  BOWLING by Brian Miller Edmund Chang and Vivien "Fifi" Demierre swept to victory last Sunday in their respective finals of the Amateur Ten-Pin Bowling Club's qualifying rounds for the Ball Beach goodwill tournament. Bowling with remarkable consistency, the two graded bowlers earned the right to lead the
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  • 157 16 Reuter Dar Es Salaam, Thursday —-—World 1500 metres record holder Filbert Barl of Tanzania will withdraw from a mile race In Sydney, Australia next January if New Zealand O I ym p I c champion John Walker takes part, officials here said yesterday. Officials in
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  • 95 16 Seoul. Thursday Japan's Royal Kobayashi lost his World Boxing Council crown as he was outpointed by Korean challenger Yum Dong-Kyun In his first title defence at the Changchun* Gymnasium here last night. Japanese referee Yusaku Yoshlda saw even 146-146 whUe both Japanese judge Ken Morita and
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  • 355 17 AP Tokyo, Thursday Spearheading the strongest Held of American golfers ever to play in japan, Jack Nicklaus, Ben Crenshaw and Hubert Oreen will battle In the final showdown of the year among the golf giants in the Dunlop Phoenix golf tournament, starting at
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  • 828 17  -  They still have problem of a winger By BRIAN MILLER The Singapore Women's Hockey Association are faced with a problem of fielding a capable player at right-wing for the team to compete in the First Asian tournament schedilled in Hong Kong on December 13-19. Ever since
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  • 231 17 Reuter Durban, Thursday South Africa's Gary Player, with a two-under-par 70 led the held after the first round of the South African golf championships yesterday. Gusty conditions led to high scores during the first round but Player kept his shots flat and was especially good
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  • 60 17 London, Thursday. Results of last night's Rugby Union matches wera: County Championship East Midlands 12 Staffordshire 16; Leicestershire 8 Warwickshire 20; Notts, Lines and Darbys 21 North Midlands 16; Play-off Middlesex 29 Surrey 6. Club matches: Bridgend 14 Swansea 61; Cambridge 20 M.R. Steele Bodgers XV 10; Maesteg
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  • 879 18  -  They're so predictable—they rarely lose DON REVIE I'm now convinced this season Liverpool will become the first team to win the First Division championship two years in succession since Wolves in 1958 and 1959. It may be recalled that at the start of
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  • 630 18  -  England 0 Italy 2 (Match played in Rome on Nov. 17). Match v of the Week By DAVID MILLER Daily Express Don Revle, chosen to succeed where Alf Ramsey failed, walked alone, shoulders down and hands thrust deep In pockets, from the Olympic Stadium. He was a victim
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  • 450 18 Rangers win 3-0 Reuter Magdeburg, Thursday The East Germans of Magdeburg, first soccer team from the East to win a European competition, earmarked a place in the last eight of the UEFA Cup when the first leg matches of the third round
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  • Page 18 Miscellaneous
    • 67 18 THE BORN LOSER I SHORT RIBS >OU MJtf NOT REALIZE IT, BUT>OUAffE RESPONSIBLE POR KEEPING MY CHUBCHES PULL .SIRE. it NORBERT T* m W i® by Art Sansom too SHOULD MAN 1 v \WOfWS.> You're not, sire THE WAV YOU RUN THE KINGDOM. by Frank O'Neal THE ONI* THINO TH6YHAV6
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  • 427 19 ONLY 3 POINTS BEHIND LIVERPOOL London, Thursday Ipswich Town, with 15 points of the last possible 16, are closing behind Liverpool in the race for the English soccer championship. Ipswich's challenge has been strengthened by the transfer of striker Paul Mariner from Plymouth and the sudden
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  • 67 19 ENGLISH DIV. ONE Newcastle United 4 Everton 1. ENGLISH F.A. CUP FIRST ROUND REPLAY Bradford City 0 Walsall 2. Colchester United 2 Cambridge -United 0. ANGLO SCOTTISH CUP SEMI-FINAL SECOND LEG Orient 3 partlck Thistle 2 (Orient win 42 on aggregate and will meet Nottingham Forest in flnal). SCOTTISH
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  • 645 19  -  ON THE TRACK u/ith Brian Miller Sweet Memory, a costly failure over 1200 m last week, showed that he is ready to make amends when he did an impressive workout at BuKit Timah this morning. With Alan oimpson In the saddle, this four-year-olu by tail
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  • 1143 19 SATURDAY CI. 1 Div. 3 1600 m 2 Lover's Paiadlse 57 7 Port of Joy 67 11 Double Adlos II 56 13 General Trong 111 65.5 6 The Tsar 55.6 4 Prelude 55 9 Think Tank 55 14 Yangtze Klang 111 54.5 3 Never Fear
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  • 249 19 SATURDAY RACE: 1: 2.00 <1. 6 Dlt. 4—1850 m: Moving On, Malawi, Manila, Fortune Winner. RACE 2: 2.3* CL 6 Dlv. 3— 1850 m: Matchbox, Broad meadow Towers, Fancy That, RigoIctto 11. RACK 3: 3.110 I. 3 Div. 2— 1850 m: Take A Row. RACK 4: 3.39 CI. I
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  • 61 19 Mar Dell Plata. Thursday.—A survey of hotels will be carried out short ly Jn this seaside resort to assess capacity for the World Cup soccer mat ches here In 1978, the World Cup Organising body said yesterday. A spokesman said si milar surveys will follow In
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  • Page 19 Miscellaneous
    • 277 19 Crossword .V Hi ■I kill IiIHH id alia Mlafi ilHil wi 10 Lodger 11 Grafted: Her. 12 Yearn 13 Forest creature 18 Kind of rags 19 Large game fish 23 Auld Syne 24 Allots 25 Aleutian Island 26 Vault 27 Extemporize 28 Contract 29 Bull and Barleycorn 30 Frequently 31
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  • 69 20 MEI LIN: It Is disheartening to know that there will always be floods in Singapore. I suppose we will have to accept them as a price, to pay for urban development. AH FOOK: We should learn to adjust to flood conditions Instead of grumbling about something we
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    • 902 20 TV AND RADIO SINGAPORE 5 3.00 OPENING ANNOUNCEMENTS followed by HOUSEWIVES' MATINEE: Teenage Holiday (r). Part One of Mandarin 4.00 GENERAL HOSPITAL 4.40 INTERMISSION 6.00 OPENING ANNOUNCEMENTS followed by ELEPHANT BOY: Double Dealer. Adventure series. 630 NEWS IN BRIEF (E) 6.35 TADIKA (M/r). This edition revises words beginning with the
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    • 204 20 Today's top shows LUKE'S KINGDOM: A Sort of Gentleman. (Ch. 5. 10.55 p.m. In colour). This replaces Ben Hall. Like Ben Hall, Luke's Kingdom Is set In Australia during the time of the early settlers. A family &aga, it sees Oliver To bias in the main role of Luke Flrbeck,
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