New Nation, 30 December 1976

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  • 21 1 New Nation SINGAPORE Thursday, December 30, 1976 No. 1834 Price 25 cents M.C. (P) 428/76 i NEW fcj) NATION COMMENT! yj
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  • 498 1 Reuter UPI Peking, Thursday Political unrest in the northern Chinese city of Paoting has erupted into armed conflict, i n c 1 u ding murder, rape and bank robberies, reliable sources said last night. They reported that long-existing disputes in Paoting, 180 km south of
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  • 142 1 Reuter Bangkok, Thursday Thai and Cambodian forces clashed at Hat Lek district near the Cambodian border on Tues day and one Cambodian soldier was killed, a Thai Navy spokesman said yesterday. He said the clash occured Inside Thai territory in Trat 380 km east of here.
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  • 221 1 Reuter Bangkok, Thursday Thailand will purchase 15,000 tonnes of American ammunition left behind from the Indo-china war, Deputy Defence Minister General Lek Naewmalee said yesterday. General Lek told newsmen the ammunition would be purchased at "friendship prices" from the United States out of a $1250
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  • 31 1 A man and his son were Injured when they put up a struggle against four men, armed with screw drivers and knives. In their MacPherson Road bouse early today.
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  • 1005 1  -  By Joachin Tan, Richard Ho The People's Front secretarygeneral, Ledng Mun Kwai, 32, this morning pleaded guilty to two charges of criminal defamation of the Prime Minister. Sentence was postponed to this afternoon. The first charge against Leong read: "You are charged that you on
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    • 90 1 HongLeong Hong Leong Finance provides a wide range of financing services that meets today's commercial and industrial needs. With its vast resources, expertise and experience Hong Leong is able to bring professionalism to finance, using it effectively to help new companies get started or established ones grow. Talk to Hong
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    • 23 1 MKd Kitchen Cabinet 1 Tel: *****71 *****39 INSIDE Straits of Malacca accord -Pag* 4 Cinema* 2; Stars 9; Moneywordi IS; Comics. Crossword 21.
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  • Page 1 Miscellaneous

  • 262 2 The Singapore Tea* chers' Union has warned that anv changes In the school's curriculum should not be made on a piece-meal basis but as a result of an overall review. The Union was referring to the Education Ministry's deletion of technical drawing
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  • 206 2  - Merchant bank licence to InterAlpha By Conrad Raj ine Aiuei-Alpha group of banks has been granted a merchant banking licence by tne Monetary Autnorlty of Singapore. 'ine licence, ls*ued In OctoDer, Is the second to be given this yean The first was given to Wardley Limited, a whollyowned subsidiary of
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  • 34 2 The decomposed body of a new-born baby, wrapped In a plastic bag, was found floating in Kallang River at 8.15 a.m. today. Police said no injury was found on the body.
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  • 104 2 Mr. S. Thiagarajah, principal of Oan Eng Seng School, has been appointed specialist adviser in mathematics under the Education Ministry's staff reshuffle for the new school year which begins on Monday. His place will be filled by Mr. One Kim Slong, principal of
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  • 200 2 -by Soviet dancer Soviet dancer Kundukhova Zarema was only 17 when she decided she would dedicate her life to North Ossetlan folk dancing. Now after 300 performances In Yugoslavia, Vietnam and the Far East and over 7000 hours of practice behind her, she still holds that
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  • 132 2 Prices improved marginally at the Stock Exchange of Singapore during the first 45 minutes of trading today extending yesterday's gains. More counters were traded but turnover Is still on the low side. Seldomtraded Bovls burst Into activity, with the share price advancing 4% cents to 58 Vi
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  • Page 2 Miscellaneous
    • 512 2 AT THE CINEMA THE OMEN: a suspense thriller about the parents who discover belatedly that their adopted son is the child of Satan. Stars Gregory Peck, Lee Remlck, David Warner, Blllle Whltelaw, Harvey Stephens. Odeon: 1.30, 4, 6.30 and 9.30 p.m. ESCAPE TO WITCH MOUNTAIN: Two children with supernatural powers
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    • 206 2 WHAT'S ON BLOOD DONATION session at Rotary Club of Singapore West at Shan-gri-La Hotel, 12.30 p.m. to 3.30 p.m. CHILDREN'S CHARITIES Trade Exhibition at National Stadium Car Park. Kallang, 6 p.m. to 10 p.m. CERAMICS ART demonstrations at Sentosa Art Centre, 3 p.m. to 4 p.m. Exhibition of 59 photographs
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  • 11 2 Police reported 93 accidents yesterday. Nine were serious and one fatal.
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  • 331 4  -  Officials put up their recommendations for approval By Gerry de Silva Singapore, Indonesian and Malaysian officials have reached agreement on several aspects of the Straits of Malacca issue during a two-day meeting in Jakarta recently. Delegations from the three countries, including an eight-member team
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  • 218 4 The finer points of baton twirling—by Yuriko Twenty one-year-old Yur I k o Uralri flew 50,384km to Sinfapore to demonstrate the art of baton twirling a skill which originated in the US more than 60 years ago. On a three-day stay here with 18 other
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  • 170 4 The Ministry of Labour Is producing a film aimed at boosting safety awareness In the building Industry. The SO-rmlnute film, In black-and-white and colour, is expected to be completed in mid-Janu-ary. Most of the scenes are being filmed at Ardmore Park, a housing estate off
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  • 146 4 Nine Singapore fishermen who were Jailed in Indonesia for entering Its territorial waters and illegal Ashing will return home at the end of next month. The nine were earlier jailed for 5% months and fined $960 each by the Nlas District Court in West
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  • 37 4 The Singapore Arab Association will conduct an Arabic language course and an embroidery course eariy next year. Both courses will be conducted at the association's premises at Chal Chee Road. For more de tails telephone *****29.
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  • 29 4 The Queenstown community centre will conduct a dress-making and a knitting and crochet course in January. The fees are $24 and $18 respectively. Ring *****0 more details.
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  • 144 4 The Development Bank of Singapore has received 20 applications for loans amounting to more than <5 million since Its small Industries finance scheme was launched last month. Of this, seven are said to have been approved while 13 applications are being considered. Another 13
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  • 46 4 The Members of Parliament for Kampong Olam and Bedok, Mr. S. Rajaratnam and Encik Sha'arl Tadln respectively. will hold their meetthe people sessions every Wednesday from Jan. 5. Dr. Ang Kok Peng, MP for Buona Vista, will hold his session today at 7.30 p.m.
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  • 337 5 After 7-month trek across bush Reuter Lusaka, Thursday Fugitives of the Angolan civil war sheltered from tropical rains in the temporary re f u gee camp at Makeni yesterday after a seven-month trek hundreds of kilometres across the bush. They fled their homes as troops of the
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  • 163 5 Reuter Bonn, Thursday Denis Healey, British Chancellor 01 the Exchequer, has said he is confident that before his next budget trade unions will agree to extend wage restraint for another year. In an interview with the weekly Deutsche Zeitung,- released here yesterday, he
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  • 72 5 AP "Buenos Aires, Thursday Argentina has the ability to make an atomic bomb but has no plans to build one, says the chairman of the National Atomic Energy Commission. "We have attained sufficient capacity to manufacture nuclear weapons but If we built one it would mean sacrificing our
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  • 227 5 say dissidents Reuter Moscow, Thursday Soviet dissidents yesterday accused police of planting US dollars, pornographic postcards and an old rifle during searches of the apartments of five Ukrainian dissenters last week. Those whose flats were searched by KGB security police on Dec 24 were Mikola Rudenko, leader
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  • 75 5 Reuter Sydney, Thursday A plague of giant flies and locusts has struck large areas of Australia. BushiUes about twothirds bigger than normal house flies, driven from their breeding grounds in the interior by hot north westerly uinds, are descending on Sydney. Shopkeepers reported a boom in the
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  • 211 5 Reuter Paris, Thursday French Interior Minister Michel Poniatowskl yesterday said a police inspector organised the assassination of former Jove rnment minister ean de Broglle. Mr. Poniatowskl was speaking at a press conference at which he named six men, including the inspector, arrested in connection
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    • 187 5 lit .Songs r/taf /)ionne Warwick made famous. Walk On By Message to Michael Dor it Make Me Over Do You Know Jhe IVuy To San lose I Say A Little Prayer [{■hat The World Needs Now Alfie Valley Of The Doll.s Windows Of I he World A I louse Is
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  • 482 6 As fighting flares in Lebanon... Reuter AP Beirut, Thursday Right-wing forces yesterday fought machine-gun battles with Palestinians and Lebanese leftists in sensitive border areas of Lebanon still not supervised by the Arab peacekeeping force. As tension in the hill country near the Israeli frontier ran
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  • 31 6 Reuter Colombo, Thursday Sri Lanka's industrial troubles worsened yesterday when some workers at three main ports walked out for more pay while a strike of railwaymen entered its eighth day.—Reuter.
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  • 97 6 Reuter Stockholm, Thursday The King of Sweden saved a young Chinese woman from freezing to death in snow outside a royal palace on Christmas Eve, a court spokesman said yesterday. King Carl Oustaf was walking with his black Labrador dog Ahll in Ulriksdal Palace
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  • 250 6 ...SAY THE RUSSIANS UPI Moscow, Thursday The official Tass news agency accused Thai leaders yesterday of inventing threats of a Sovietbacked. invasion as a "smoke screen" to justify another US military buildup in their country. The Tass commentary cited Interior Minister Samak
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  • 135 6 Reuter London, Thursday— Accountant Walter Dobson, newly proclaimed "Supermlnd" of Britain, admitted yesterday there was one question he still coald not answer how to And a Job. Tve been oat of work for two years,* said 53-year-old Mr. Dobson, who captared
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  • 83 6 The Memorial Hall for the late Chairman Mao Tse-tunt, (in the foreground) Is brine built under the direct leadership of the Party Central Committee headed by Chairman Hua Kuo-feng. A htue portrait of Mao on the Wall of Tien An Men gate (in the far hack|M«Bd)
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  • 189 6 UPI TODAY Is Thursday, Dec. 30, the 365 th day of 1976 with one to follow. THE MOON Is between Its first quarter and full phase. THE MORNING STABS are Baturn and Mars. THE EVENING STABB are Jupiter, Mercury and Venus. Those born on this date are under the
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  • 57 6 Reuter London, Thursday Snail Iradcr Chris Hudson has decided to swop his life ambition of owning the world's longest snail for the love of his wife. For when Chris, 12, married Debbie, some weeks ago, he had to promise her first to five up his crawly snail
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  • Page 6 Miscellaneous
    • 155 6 WORLD WEATHER San Fran cisco Cloudy, 4-13 C. Headline: Mondale to run White House. New York Windy, minus 8-minus 7C. Headline: Carter bids Cabinet fulfil his pledges. Paris Overcast. 2mlnus 2C. Headline: De Broglle murder affair. Tokyo Sunny, 7mlnus IC. Headline: South Korea and United States reaffirm amity despite incidents.
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  • 238 7 AP London, Thursday The Soviet Union may have a missile to match the US Navy Tomahawk, which the Soviets have argued threatens the international balance In long-range missiles, according to a weapons expert said. The possibility was raised by editor Ron Pretty
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  • 362 7 Reuter St. Simons Island, (Georgia), Thursday President elect Jimmy Carter said yesterday he expects to save between US$5 billion and $7 billion ($l2 billion and $16.8 billion) on defence costs and held out the prospect of further substantial reductions if the world political situation
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  • 92 7 Reuter St. Simons Island, Thursday Mr. Carter disclosed yesterday that Atlanta lawyer Robert Llpshuts will be his White House counsel. Mr. Carter revealed the appointment of Mr. Llpshuts, 55, in a remark during a television interview, and it was immediately con Armed by Press Se- cretary
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  • 392 7 UPI Manila, Thursday President Marcos yesterday indicated thai Muslim secessionists were against holding a plebiscite in the Southern Philippines and that the next round of peace talks would be "more crucial, more difficult." Mr. Marcos spoke at a meeting of the National Security Council,
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  • 118 7 Reuter Taipeh, Thursday A traditional Chinese belief that children born in the Year of the Dragon on the lunar calendar are destined for greatness has seriously upset family planning programmes in Taiwan. TTie Central News Agency here yesterday quoted the director of the National
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  • 34 7 Reuter Pretoria, Thursday Police yesterday announced the release of the last of 102 blacks held under South Africa's sweeping Internal Security Act during the racial unrest that broke out six months ago.
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  • 413 8 NTUC WELCOME'S firming up with the Singapore Provision Shops Friendly Association on terms of establishing a fair-price scheme is something of a breakthrough. It opens the way for a logical extension of its cooperative supermarket concept. A telling blow was struck at profiteering in 1973 when the
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  • WHISPERS By ISPY
    • 56 8 A New Nation reporter taking part In the Mystery Contest at the Straits Times Group staff dinner was very impressive with his fast moving Jaws. But when the contest ended, his feeding bottle of milk was still full. He said: "I think my mother breast fed
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    • 55 8 The sign on a lorry's tailgate read: "we sting house." At a redlight Junction we saw that vertical metal Bates on the tailgate id obviously affected the sign painter's spacing. But It does not mat ter; It attracts more attention. In fact. And a Westlnghouse Is a Westlnghouse
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  • 834 8  -  By Barry Wilson Gemini News Service Britain is to get its £2300 million ($9200 million) loan from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) but it remains to be seen whether the £2500 million ($lO- million) cuts in public spending outlined by Chancellor Denis Healey in
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  • 233 8 f 1 voici; of THF PRESS —-2 NANYANG I SIANG MU I The fourth Southeast Asian Pugilistic Invitation Championship has come to a close. The Invitation championship. Jointly organised by the Singapore National Pugilistic Federation and the People's Association, has attracted participants from the US, Indonesia,
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  • 154 8  -  LEONG SENG I refer to the chess report by Professor Lim Kok Ann (NN, Dec. 11) In which he said that many chess fans shun the National Chess Championship because of the long periods of weekend play. However, I believe the reasons for
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  • 129 8  -  MRS. CHONG WEE LIAN We would like to assure Miss Shirley Tan Ee Neo (NN. Not. 30) that the Housing Development Board does not Krmlt potted plants to placed precariously on parapet walls as they pose a potential danger to passers-by below. Residents who
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  • 94 8  -  D. M. MARTHEN I read Miss Judith Holm berg's Sight and Sound column (NN, Dec. 6), In which she said SWAT was "a dead bore unless you're looking (or new ways In which to Srsuade someone to id you money." Miss Holm berg had made a
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  • 731 9  -  Rabin faces a serious challenge from Shimon Peres Yadin makes campaign most exciting By Marcus Eliason AP Tel Aviv, Thursday For the first time in 28 years, Israel is approaching a national election without knowing in advance who will win. For Israelis, having a handful
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    • 49 9 HAPPY NEW YEAR ENJOY T HE FESTIVE SEASON AT rjyrjvv. jnese Restaurant ""1 4 J® nI. f ,4 i c .a £Jita CLUB ELITE Kfi* I OKOH A CLUB ELITE 4th Flr .Supreme Hse.Penang Rd Tei 32 '6€ 1 KATSURA Japanese Restaurant Of. I" "MP. D.jif Tel. 531 122
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    • 209 9 Newsweek The only truly international newsmagazine JANUARY 3 ISSUE TIME OF TRANSITION Above all, 1976 was a year of transition, a time marked by events whose potential future consequences outweighed their immediate impact. New leadership emerged in two of the world's superpowers, the global economy "paused" and what transpired in
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  • Page 9 Miscellaneous
    • 428 9 YOUR LUCKY STARS IF IT'S YOUR BIRTHDAY BORN today, you are a highly emotional individual, given to a deeply felt sensitivity that could actually stand In the way of your success Insofar as any business ventures are concerned. Somewhat timid In your approach to new enterprise, you like to be
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  • trend
    • 561 10  -  Crafts fill her flat Decor In V Violet Oon Before the fastpaced life of industrialisation and massproduction, people used to take great pride in adorning their homes with their own intricate handiwork. They put their personal stamp on their houses with their own embroidered cushions, tablecloths,
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  • Page 10 Miscellaneous
    • 245 10 taJsotii'y *****, riddle*, crosswords, jokes to 'lii< OiMil address is Kids Only. New Nation, Locked Baf IS, SinfaMn 1. Don't fbrget to add your name, age and address. 1. Lai Chos Kien (11 years) of 4H, Block 8, Holland Avenue says you can find four fruits hidden in the picture
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  • 140 11  -  Shoparound by Lileen Tan 1 Copper batik press framed in brown and gold. $58 from Lim Brothers Arts and Crafts at Shaw Centre. 2 Colourful calenders for kiddies in Disney Characters and flower design. $4.90 each from Looking Glass at Cold Storage. 3 Mandarin Sleeves
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  • 589 11  -  by Violet Oon My husband says I'm much, too fat and look like a passing bus, I tell my friends and they wonder at my equanimity. Some of them say but most of them think silently "HOw can her husband say such a thing to
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  • 705 12 / 13 AS NEW GOVERNMENTS AND LEADERS IN CHINA, JAPAN AND U.S. GROPE FOR NEW DIRECTIONS Tokyo, Thursday Uncertainty and change are in store for much of Asia in 1977 as new governments and leaders 2 rope for new directions in China, Japan and the US. Once
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    • 531 12 / 13 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 LaiaßiMaCut along dotted linn ■■■■■aaa CLUES FOR DM-4 1. Business house or partnership 2. Where travel's concerned, there's no point in taking a unnecessarily 3.
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  • 129 14 f 1 Business News and Views a AP Washington, Thursday The U8 Slate Department is considering a plan to help Boeing Co. keeo secret the names of IS overseas consultants suspected of fannellhig large payoffs to foreign officials, the Wall Street Joornal reports. A Stat*
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  • 135 14 Reuter Dhahran, Thursday. The Saudi Arabian government has lifted the celling on oil production by the ArabianAmerican Oil Company (Aramco), Industry sources said here yesterday. The average daily production during December stood at 8.8 million barrels, a million barrels higher than the dally are rage for
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  • 32 14 Reuter Talpeh, Thursday Minister of Economic Affairs Y.B. Sun has estimated Taiwan's real economic growth In 1976 at 10 to 11 per cent, the Central News Agency reported today.—Reuter.
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  • 289 14 Reuter Singapore, Thursday Bolivia's decision not to ratify the Fifth International Tin Agreement for the time being will put a major responsibility on the United States to preserve the orderliness of the tin market, Malaysian tin mining sources said yesterday. Government officials in
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  • 230 14 at its lowest UPI Brussels, Thursday The dollar slumped at Its lowest rates In 19 months on some European money markets yesterday. National bank Intervention In West Germany did little to help. In Frankfurt the US currency closed at 2.3575 marks, down from 2.3590 at Tuesday's close. It was the
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  • Stock markets round the world
    • 223 14 The Dow Jones industrial average failed for the 12th time this year to hold above the 1000 level as prices lost ground yesterday In pro-fit-taking. The Dow, which rose 3.99 points on Tuesday to cross the 1000 level for the 12th time this year, fell 5.15 points to
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    • 25 14 Closing Dow Jones averages on the NYSE yesterday: Industrials 994.93 (off 5.15); Transport 234.39 (off 0.05); UUlltlea 106.24 (unch); Btocks 331.85 (off 0.99).
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    • 81 14 Union Bank of Switzerland Clewing prices In 8win franca on the Zurich Stock Exchange yesterday: UBS Beam S270 28 UBS Registered 5S5 SBC 403 1 Credit Suisse 2705 1# Swissair B. 810 2 Swiss Relnsur 2445 25 Wlnterthur B. 1940 76 Juvena B. 1M 2 Nestle B. 3465 5
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    • 69 14 Closing prices (In franca) on the Pirls Bourse yesterday: Parlbas 158 +1.20 Fonder 295.10 0.10 Printemps 41.70 —0.30 Bull 28.50 +0 50 Royal Dutch 258 —3 Mlcheltn 1250 +6 OOE 273 —1 Thomson 183 +2 CFP 108 +1.50 Rhone 82.50 +1.50 Air 310 +2 B8N 500 +7 Philips 53.10
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    • 128 14 Reuter. Prices in Australian cento at 11.30 a.m. today (Australlan time) on the Sydney Stock exchange: ACI 143 147 ADC 30 33 Ampol Pet 65 66 AN1 116 118 APM Nil 133 135 Bank N8W Nil 498 Brambles 140 145 BHP 743 744 Boral 177 186 CBA 350 353
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  • 32 14 Reuter Colombo, Thursday The Sri Lanka government yesterday nationalised one of the five largest synthetic textile mills in the country, the locally-owned Jafferjes Brothers Textiles Industries Limited, the Industry Ministry announced.
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  • BOATBUILDING
    • 776 15 Local boatyards turn out a wide variety of pleasure craft ranging in size from 3.5 to 12 metres in length and costing between $2,700 and $300,000. There are six major boatyards turning out the smaller pleasure cratt from 3.5 metres to 6 metres
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    • 831 17 Singapore-built fibreglass boat The two-stroke engine has reached Its greatest heights of development In only two applications motorcycles and outboard motors. But in the case of outboard motors, engine designers are able to do things not allowed them in motorcycling. j Mot being limited by
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    • 508 18 People who love customising their possessions can have a whale of a time If they own a boat. The range of useful, practical, or Just plain decorative accessories now available for boats almost boggles the Imagination. Four major distributors and a few smaller ones
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    • 343 18 Small pleasure craft are remarkably resistant to collision damage. The streamlined shape of a speedboat causes it to glance off obstacles rather than stick to them and be damaged. Most boats will bounce over floating tree trunks or submerged rocks with out too much
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    • 445 19 The reduction of expatriate oilmen based here has claimed another victim: dealers in pleasure craft. "Now the local boat entnasiasts are experiencing a boom time ouying second hand boats from these men," said a spokesman of Boreno Company. Borneo Is one of several local firms
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    • 48 20 It's not all thrills there are some spills too This is no dare-devil act. It is actually three speedlx>ats getting into troubled waters at the start of a race x>n Miami's Bizcavne Bay lyIt just goes to show that it's not all thrills there are some spills too.
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    • 345 20 "Hit it!" That's when the excitement begins, as you give it full throttle and check that you are up and going. At 6 cylinder, in-line 150 hp, this Mercury engine furnishes all the torque and speed you want. This, as the sales brochure claims,
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    • 518 15 prggn t f i! Ocean Minor For engines upto4obhp Why an outdrive? When you fit an outdrive, you're petting the best of both worlds, firstly, it's a means of retaining an inboard engine installation as with a conventional, but difficult to instal stem tube arrangement And secondly, you'll retain the
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    • 124 18 New range of Epiglass antifoulings give up to 12 months growthfree performance. antifouling Whatever size your boat, whether it is power or sail, protect below the water line with new Epiglass E type antifouling. M«nuf»l lultd by CONSOLIDATED CHEMICALS LJD.WSi N<»a Zcaldntf EPIGLASS (S) PTE. LTD. 153. SELEGIE ROAD, SINGAPORE
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    • 215 19 Pleasurel f Enjoy the sea, the sun and the sky. On holidays or on weekends. The way you have always wanted to. The exciting Sea Ray SRV 240 Weekender, like all other Sea Ray fibreglass boats, affords you the very best in accessories: teak trims, teak full transom swim platform
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  • 133 21 Reuter Paris, Thursday Belgian athlete Ivo Van Damme, a double silver medallist at the Montreal Olympic Games, died In hospital here yesterday after a motorway crash in southern France, police said. The 22-year-old Van Damme finished close to Cuban Alberto Juantorena In the 800 metres, and
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  • 1052 21 The DON REVIE column Normally, you need to wait until Easter to And the champions. But even at this stage of the season, Chelsea are clearly poised to win the Second Division title. Since becoming their manager towards the end of the
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    • 73 21 THE BORN LOSER by Art Sansom A m N ©•f/6byNtA MC IMHtgUSHjIOn i M H 'l COULD SE6RST v RIU6! SHORT RIBS MV KID DIDNT GET WHAT HE WANT CD CHRISTMAS. by Frank O Neal NAW.WrSA CHIP OFF THE OLD BLOCK. 3 *5 m Z2ZZ C* r Wi V ihk
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  • 344 22 By Fairway Ipoh. Thursday —Newcomers Kong Hal (K. Samry) and 8»orta Car (A. Wadl) showed up well In trial In yielding going here this morning. The oalr raced keenly over 600m In 37.4 with Kong Hul going slightly better at the finish. Rain Bain (C H.
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  • 299 22 Ipoh scratching* for Saturday Race 1: 2.00 CL 4 Dir. t 1200 m: Lightning 11, The Pretender. Race 2: 2.30 a. 4 Mr. 1200 m: Swift Valour, Maestro 11, Karma, Opportunist, Treasure bland It Race 3: IN CI. 4 Dir. S 1200 m: Streaker, Lara, Dltten Weed 11, Monte
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  • 532 23 Snow causes havoc to the programme Reuter London, Thursday An own goal In the last minute by England International Dave Watson enabled Liverpool to snatch a 1-1 draw last night against Manchester City and remain on top of the English First Division soccer league.
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  • 73 23 UPI Washington, Thursday —Two-time Wimbledon champion Chris Evert, rated the top women's tennis player in the world, will be top seeded In the US$lOO,OOO ($250,000) Virginia Slims of Washington tournament from Jan. 3-9. it was announced vesterday. Br 11 a 1 n's Virginia Wade, who lost
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  • 301 23 Reuter Sydney, Thursday Little known American college' student Hank Pflster gave the newly won prestige of lefthander Ray RufTels a solid denting In the third round of the US$lOO,OOO ($240,000) New South Wales Open tennis championships at White City here yesterday. Pflster, 23, fought
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  • 193 23 Glasgow. Thursday The Scottish Football Association said yesterday they planned to go ahead with an international match In Chile next June despite protests from political and trade union officials. Mr. Ernest Walker, assistant secretary of the Scottish association, told reporters: "The selection committee have
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  • 49 23 UPI New Delhi. Thursday— Ramanathan Krishnan will lead India against Australia in the East Zone Davis Cup tennis semi-finals to be played at Perth from Jan. 21. It was announced yesterday. The other players are the AmrltraJ brothers Anand and Vljay and Sashl Menon. UPI.
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  • 563 23  -  BOWLING by Brian Miller With the 1976 bowling season coming to a close, a quick Took on the achievements and setbacks of the bowling faternity during the last 12 months, would be most apt. As always, the season rolled off with the InterCentre League. This
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  • 38 23 Reuter Dacca. Thursday—An MCC cricket team, captained by the former Middlesex batsman Ted Clark, arrived here yesterday for an 18-day visit to Bangladesh. Player-manager J.G. Lofting said they aim to "play bright and entertaining cricket."—Reuter.
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  • 44 24 MEI LIN: Mr. O. Kandasamy was really tough In his criticism of his industrial relation officers. AH FOOK: Well, the officers concerned can either take the hint and pull up their socks, or If they are quitters, they may decide to leave.
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    • 679 24 TV AND RADIO SINGAPORE 5 3.99 OPENING ANNOUNCEMENTS folWIVE8 MATINEE: Melody of Love <r>. Part One of Mandarin film. 3.5# GENERAL HOSPITAL. 4.35 INTERMI88ION. «.99 OPENING ANNOUNCEMENTS followed by ELEPHANT BOY: Elephant Dance. Toomal befriends a young entertainer who appears to be suffering from a deadly disease. «.3I NEW8 IN
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    • 206 24 Today's top shows THE INTRUDER: The Stranger Arrives. <Ch. 5, 7.00 p.m. In coiour). Seventeen year old Arnold Haithwalte's life In the sleepy Lake District village of Skirleston Is happy and uneventful until the arrival of a mysterious one eyed Intruder who claims he Is the real Arnold Halthwalte. Adapted
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