The Straits Times, 24 February 1975

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    15 1 The Straits Times Estd. 1845 FINAL EDITION MONDAY, FEBRUARY 24, 1975 25 CENTS M.C.(P) 492/75
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    Hospital, OPD charges to be raised
    640 1 Hospital, OPD charges to be raised GOVERNMENT hospitals and out patient dispensaries will increase their nominal charges soon due to escalating costs of "medicine, equipment and staff salaries. Health legislation will also be revised to combat changing patterns of diseases in the Republic. This was stated yesterday in an addendum
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    Lock icon Grechko in India
    56 1 MOSCOW. Sun. Defence Minister Marshal Andrei Grechko flew to India today v head of the highest rankIng Soviet military delegation ever to visit the country. The four-day visit will centre on India* defence needs, particularly In the light of reports the US might resume weapons supplies to
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    Lock icon $20,000 m arms deal
    48 1 PARIS, Sun. Prance Is negotiating a 47,000 million franc? (about 9)20,00 million) arms deal with Saudi Arabia, the weekly news Magazine Le Point said today. The unsourced report said the goods planes and radar equipment might be passed on to other Arab countries. Reuter.
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    Lock icon Labour ready
    40 1 LONDON, Sun. Britain's Labour Government Is ready to take over Chrysler's British subsidiary If its American chiefs decide to stop making cars in this country, two London newspapers reported today. AP. THE CHOGYAL "We didn't stop to look
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    Lock icon House collapse
    35 1 DACCA. Bun. Two children were crushed to death and two others Injured last night when a sect: n of an old building housing abandoned children of unwed mothers collapsed in downtown Dacca. UPI.
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    Lock icon Bomb blast at TV station
    33 1 LOS ANGELES. Sun A bomb exploded at Los Angeles' educational television station late last night. No one waa Injured. Another unexpioded bomb was removed from the building. Reuter.
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    Lock icon Chirac again
    19 1 PARIS. Sun. Prime Minister Jacques Chirac was today re-elected unopposed as secretary-general of the Gaullist Party. Reuter.
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    STORE TEAM FOR PEKING
    122 1 Raja to lead mission A GOODWILL mission headed by the Foreign Minister, Mr. S. Rajaratnam, will leave here on March 12 for a week's visit of the People's Republic of China. According to a Government press statement last night, the visit is in response to an
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    Bigger HDB flats and new designs
    335 1 •pHE Housing and Development Board is to intensify its flat building programme and also introduce bigger three and four-room flats this year, according to an addendum to President Sheares' speech at the opening of Parliament last Friday. The flats would be 10 per cept
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    Lock icon Mrs B's son
    39 1 COLOMBO. Sun. The Prime Minister. Mrs. Sirlmavo Bandaranalke. has named her son Anura as an advisor (youth participation) at the Ministry of Planning and Economic Affairs, which she herself heads, the Ceylon Observer reported today. Reuter.
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    Lock icon SHAH: LINK OH, PRICES TO INFLATION
    126 1 mEHERAN. Sun. The 1 Shah of Iran has suggested that oil prices could be linked with world inflation rates, according to the govern-ment-owned Pars news agency today. It quoted the Shah as saying: "Although we were the originators of the proposals of a link
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    Lock icon 29 killed in two-train crash
    281 1 29 killed in two-train crash CSLO, Sunday npWENTY-NINE people were killed late yesterday after two packed trains crashed head-on at Lillehammer, 200 km (130 miles) north of here. Another 28 people were badly Injured. The south-bound train was traveling from Trondhelm to Oslo while the north-bound train was en route
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    Lock icon Chogyal escapes terror gang's bomb attack
    202 1 Chogyal escapes terror gang's bomb attack KATMANDU, Sun. A terrorist bomb exploded on the windshield of a car carrying the King of Sikklm, Chogyal Palden Thondup Namgyal, Ito the coronation of his Himalayan neighbour King Blrendra of Nepal, the Chogyal said today. According to the 51-year-old Chogyal, who arrived in
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    Terrorist killed
    79 1 r. AVTV, Sun.— lsraeli troops killed an Arab raider last night and foiled a guerilla attempt to take hostages, military headquarters announced today. The army said a patrol clashed with a band of Intruders who had broken through the Lebanese border security fence north of the Gailee village
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    Lock icon Manager jailed
    34 1 TIL AVIV, Sun. A court here yesterday sentenced Joshua Ben Zlon, former general manager of the Is-rael-British Bank, to 13 years In prU>n on charge of embezzling U5547,000,000 (S$ 105.75 million). Reuter.
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    Former minister jailed
    115 1 Former minister jailed RANGOON, San. A Battnese court yesterday sentenced 53--year-old former Home Minister Sein Mya to one rear's Jail for abusing his position as a Cab.net minister. Mya* was found guilty* of abusing his position by issuing a passport to a Burmese representative of a foreign firm to go
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    Lock icon HIJACKER SHOT DEAD IN TARMAC DRAMA
    413 1 BRASILIA, Sun FOUR security men 1 disguised as mechanics shot dead a hijacker in a gunbattle aboard a plane after an eight-hour tarmac drama here. The security men slipped aboard the Boeing 737 of the domestic airline VASP last night and f.red over the
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      Lock icon New crisis in Portugal
      66 1 LISBON, Sun. Portugal headed into a n«w political crisis today in reaction to a military proposal that •at liberal politician called 'a blueprint for a military dictatorship." Under the proposal made by the ruling Armed Forces Movement, the military would dominate a Council of State that
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      10 1 Weather outlook today from 6 a.m. to noon: No rain*
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      Lock icon 12 shops damaged by three bomb blasts
      253 2 12 shops damaged by three bomb blasts |BLAMABAD. Sun. 1 Twelve shops were damaged by three bomb explosions In downtown Peshawar, scene of political unrest for more than 100 years, Pakistan police said today. There have been no arrests and no reports of casualties. Police would not say who they
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      Lock icon Vietnam-type war if US invades oil fields
      493 2 Vietnam-type war if US invades oil fields WASHINGTON. Sun. A US invasion of Arab oil lands, which the Ford Administration has refused to f ule out in the event of a grave emergency, would carry a high risk of Soviet intervention t>r, at the very least, another Vietnamtype war, senior
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      Lock icon Jaworski to Nixon: Tell truth about Watergate
      228 2 /CHICAGO, Sun. ForV* mer special Watergate prosecutor Leon Jaworski yesterday called on exPresident Nixon to make a statement on the Watergate cover-up "to say what is in his heart, to tell the truth." Mr. Jaworski's call came a day after the former President's
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      Lock icon TORNADOES LASH TOWN: 4 KILLED, 100 HURT
      156 2 TORNADOES LASH TOWN: 4 KILLED, 100 HURT ALTUS (Oklahoma) Sun. Four persons were killed and more than 100 were injured yesterday as a massive storm system spewed tornadoes, high winds and other violent activity across south-western Oklahoma. The Oklahoma Highway Patrol said two people died when a preuawn tornado hit
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      Lock icon Probe on HK phone company to start
      119 2 HONGKONG, Sun. A commission of inquiry I into the affairs of the Hong Kong Telephone Company will hold a preliminary meeting next month to decide If It should conduct public hearlngk, commission leader Sir Alastalr Blalr-Kirr said. Speaking on his arrival here hist
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      Lock icon Govt may crush anti-apartheid students union
      173 2 JOHANNESBURG, Sun. The South African Government may be preparing to strike a final, crushing blow against white student politicians who oppose Its apartheid racial policies. The way for the ultimate crackdown has been cleared by an official commission of Inquiry Into the country's universities
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      Lock icon Glass pyramid
      37 2 CAIRO, Sun. The Walt Disney organisation has offered to build a glass pyramid as a tourist attraction beside the three famous pyramids of Oiza on Cairo's' outskirts, the newspaper Al Ah ram reported today. Reuter.
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      Lock icon No cuts in defence strength Soviet pledge
      249 2 No cuts in defence strength Soviet pledge myfOSCOW. Sun. The ITI Soviet Union, which recently said it would cut military spending, stated today that it had no Intention of reducing Its defence potential. Newspaper articles marking Soviet Armed Forces Day today said that while imperialist countries kept up their aggressive
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  • WORLD NEWS TWO
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      Lock icon 15 dead and 135 trapped as Nile floods destroy 20 villages
      316 3 15 dead and 135 trapped as Nile floods destroy 20 villages CAIRO, Sunday OESCUE operations continued today in southern Egypt where at least 15 people have died in the country's worst floods for more than 20 years More than 20 River Nile villages were devastated three days ago as torrential
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        26 3 BELFAST: An 18-year-old youth was shot in the chest and seriously wounded here last night as violence continued to trouble Northern Ireland despite a guerilla ceasefire.
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        26 3 LONDON: A 12-man team of volunteers from Oxfam, left Heathrow Airport today on a llfesavlng mission to Bangladesh where a major smallpox epidemic has broken out.
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        35 3 REYKJAVIK: Two Soviet underwater detection devices each weighing over a tonne and possibly used to follow the movements of submarines and other vessels, have been found on beaches in southern Iceland, government officials said yesterday.
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        24 3 TORONTO: Canadian police are searching for four cartons of gold coins worth US$4OO,OOO (Ss9oo.ooo> that vanished during a flight yesterday from London to Toronto.
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        31 3 THE HAGUE: More than 100 business, scientific and political leaders from the United States and Europe have been invited to attend the 1975 Bilderberg meeting at Izmir. Turkey on April 24-27—Agenclea.
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      Lock icon 'Scientists threatened by US Air Force'
      486 3 WASHINGTON, Sunday A FORMER Pratt and. Whitney engineer charged yesterday that air force intelligence had used threats, intimidation and surveillance against some US scientists, and played favourites with aerospace companies in distributing secret data on advanced Soviet technology. Mr. Peter James, who co-operated with
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      Lock icon Arab black list may cover 7 more firms
      364 3 Arab black list may cover 7 more firms /~»AIRO, Sun. Seven \j more foreign companies could find themselves disqualified from doing business in Arab countries for dealing with Israel after an Arab Boycott Office session starting here today. But Boycott Office chairman Mohammed Mahgoub said some 50 foreign companies might
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      Lock icon Queen's fortune: Call to probe bush-up charge
      404 3 Queen's fortune: Call to probe bush-up charge LONDON, Sun—Conservative leader Margaret Thatcher yesterday demanded an official inquiry into an allegation that the past Conservative Government and Buckingham Palace combined to hush up details about Queen Elizabeth ll's private fortune. The Morning Star, organ of the British Communist Party, claimed it
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      Bill to curb profits of arms sales
      97 3 TEL AVIV, Sun.— The Israeli Government has Introduced a Bill In Parliament that would severely curtail financial commissions for Israeli representatives of foreign arms suppliers. "It's partly a moral Issue," a Defence MinUtry official explained. "It's wrong for Israeli cltUena to make money
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      Lock icon Australia to give cyclones men's names too
      183 3 Australia to give cyclones men's names too fWSBERBA, Son. V^ Australia, which began the practice of naming cyclones after women in the latter part of the last century, has decided to rid the weather bureau of its ■exist image as a gesture for the United Nations Women's International Year. Australian
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      148 3 Now in CopenhagenThe Chartered Bank. Our new representative office now open in Copenhagen is an important addition to the European facilities which we already offer our customers in the United Kingdom, France, West Germany, Italy and the Netherlands. This office is also the newest addition to the services and resources
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      Lock icon Bombs fall on Asmara after 2day lull
      474 4 ADDIS ABABA. Sunday ETHIOPIAN air force planes today bombed guerilla positions on the outskirts of Asmara, the capital of the northern province of Eritrea, reliable sources said here. Fighter-bombers resumed their attacks after a 48-hour lull in the fighting which Ethiopia's military rulers
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      Lock icon Don't meddle, Marcos warns priests
      88 4 Don't meddle, Marcos warns priests MANILA, Sun.—Martial law authorities warned today stern measures would be taken against foreign priests and nuns attempting to sabotage the referendum on Thursday. The warning came v the powerful Roman Catholic hlerachy In Manila told parish priests not to allow the use of their pulpit*
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      Lock icon China inciting US-Soviet N-war says Pravda
      280 4 China inciting US-Soviet N-war says Pravda TOKYO, Sun. Pxavda, the Soviet Communist Party newspaper, "aid in an article toda> that Chinese leaders are "trying to incite ;he United States and Ithe Soviet Union to ajnudear war confrontation." The Pravda article, broadcast by Radio Moscow, said the supportm of Chairman Mao
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      Dutch credit
      35 4 Jakarta. Sun.— The Netherlands Government has agreed to grant Indonesia £1.8 ttllllon (559.7 million) credit for the purchase of airport rescue and fire-fight-lng iqupment. the Dutch Embas: y announced on Friday. lieu ter.
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      38 4 HOtSTON, Sun. Shell Oil Co. confirmed yesterday reports from the Middle East .hat an agreement In principle has been made to partlck»te In building a USV>OO million (SSI. IOO ml'Uor petrochemical complex tp Saudi Arabia. AP.
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      Lock icon Kashmir elections in May next year
      109 4 ISLAMABAD, Son. Pakistan administered Aiad (free) Kashmir will hold elections to choose a President and a 42--member Legislative Assembly in May next year. The elections will be the first under the state's new constitution which provides for the introduction of a Parliamentary system. Chief
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      Lock icon HOPE FADES FOR 10 MISSING CREW
      205 4 SHIOGAMA (Northern Japan) Sun. Rescue operations were to start again at dawn today for 10 crewmen still missing from the grounded Filipino cargo ship Dona Pacita, but there was little hope that they would be found alive. Twenty-eight of the crew swam or were
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      Lock icon Reds kill eight Saigon soldiers in attack
      331 4 Reds kill eight Saigon soldiers in attack SAIGON, Sunday (X>MMUNIST troops attacking on the edge of an embattled district town along the South China Sea coast, 505 km (315 miles) north-east of Saigon, killed eight government rangers and wounded 17 others, the SaigDu command said today. Thj attacks took place
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      Out—secret of most costly warplane
      87 4 Out— secret of most costly warplane WASHINGTON, SunSen. Thomas Eagleton yesterday released portions of a secret government study of the world's most expensive military aircraft, contradicting Pentagon claims and suggesting the plane would only be marginally useful. The plane is called AW ACS, which stands for Airborne Warning and Control
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      192 4 A New Star in The East from Bermuda The Star is the logo of The Bank of Bermuda Limited. It's a sign of the comprehensive international banking, trustee and management services we have provided to individual and corporate customers since 1890. Now that our International Operations have been extended to
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    Payout for third party victims of road crash
    480 5 Hon spells out scheme party victims of road accidents will be compensated by the Motor Insurers' Bureau of Singapore onder an agreement signed between the bureau and the Government on Saturday. Compensation will be ensured only when there is an absence of
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    New joint subject for GCE level students
    200 5 New joint subject for GCE level students STUDENTS in Chinese, Tamil and Malay streams taking the GCE "O" level examinations this year can opt for a new subject, human and social biology. This subject incorporating health science and biology was first introduced into these schools at Secondary Three level last
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    Shippers team for Peking
    92 5 Shippers team for Peking TSHE chairman of the i 1 Singapore National Shippers Council. Mr. Tan Eng Joo, will lead an eight-man delegation to Peking on April 6 to discuss how to further improve the service of Chinese vessels for Singapore/Malaysian shippers. Members of the delegation will include the two
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    PSA warning
    24 5 THE Port Authority has advised mariners to manoeuvre their .-raft carefully, as soil Investigation wtj being carried out east of Chanel beach.
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    Hon to attend dinner
    54 5 FINANCE Minister Han Bui Sen and Mrs. Hon will attend a cocktail and dinner hosted by Dr. Josef Neckermann of Neckennann und Relsen at the Hyatt Hotel on Thursday at S p.m. The German Ambassador, here, Dr. Hans Dietrich, and hla wife will be guests of
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    $5 MIL COMPLEX FOR KENT RIDGE
    156 5 $5 MIL COMPLEX FOR KENT RIDGE A $5 million building complex for the use of the Staff Training Institute, the Economic Research Centre. Regional Institute of Higher Education and Development and the Family Planning Unit Is being built at Kent Ridge. The split-level complex, being constructed by the Public Works
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    2 cleared of robbery and assault
    69 5 2 cleared of robbery and assault TWO youths accused of robbing a man of $29 and punching him in the face and stomach were cleared in the First Magistrate's Court on Saturday. The prosecution successfully applied for R. Johnston 17. and B.M Jolly, 18 to be given a discharge not
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    All eyes on S'pore's CBD scheme
    337 5 All eyes on S'pore's CBD scheme INTERNATIONAL Interest- Is now focused on Singapore's proposed area licensing scheme which Is believed to be the single largest traffic scheme of its kind in the world. The area licensing •scheme has been Introduced in other cities but none on a national scale as
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    Guides hampered in taking school dropouts
    336 5 Guides hampered in taking school dropouts T«E Girl Guide movex ™J iM he re is hamperVL f taking in school dropouts and girls who nave gone astray into Its ranks due to lack of women willing to dedicate their time to thY movement, according to the Chief Commissioner £„iH he
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    THE 900 OPT FOR CPF SCHEME
    235 5 ABOUT 900 civil servants under the Municipal Fund (MPF) scheme have opted to convert to the Central Provident Fund (CPF) scheme since Jan. 1. A Ministry of Finance official said that this figure amounted to about 75 per cent of the total number of
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    Publishers and libraries urged to work closer
    354 6 Publishers and libraries urged to work closer rp H E chairman of the Book Development Council of Singapore, Mr. S. Oopinathan, yesterday urged publishers .and bibliographic' agencies (such as a national library f to work closer together to upgrade the standard of publishing in Singapore. He sale national meetings should
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    Art show
    33 6 A collection of paintings by Prof Sunyee, baaed on the CMnese New Year theme, is now on display dally at the It Under. Hyatt Hotel. The display will continue until l-rlday.
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    New Bill to fight pollution
    676 6 MEASURES TO PROTECT WATER, AIR rp H E Government will introduce a new Water Pollution Control and Drainage Bill this year for more effective protection of water resources and prevention of water pollution. Disclosing this In an addendum on Environment Ministry to the Presidential address
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    FIELDS IN WHICH TECHNICAL KNOW-HOW IS BEING UPGRADED
    215 6 FIELDS IN WHICH TECHNICAL KNOW-HOW IS BEING UPGRADED SINGAPORE must increase its technoioflcal apability to compete effectively in international markets). An addendum on Science and Technology Ministry to the President's speech at the opening of Parliament on Friday, which said this also added that from current economic upheavals, Singapore could
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    Norwegian mission
    64 6 A 13-MAN delegation from the Norwegian oil and marine equipment Industry will arrive on March 9 for a six-day visit. according to the Norwegian Arnhamartor Mr. Wllhelm Krogh-Flad-mark. The visit Is part of a tour which Includes Japan, South Korea and Indonesia aimed to promote sales and seek
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    DORMITORIES FOR SHIPYARD WORKERS
    203 6 DORMITORIES FOR SHIPYARD WORKERS lURONG Shipyard is to build two blocks of dormitories for its workers in Jurong Pier Road at a cost of about $2 2 million Work on the dormi- tories is expected to start In the middle of this year and due to be completed in a
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    Two share lead in chess contest
    121 6 Two share lead in chess contest NATIONAL chess master Lee Chee Seng and Wong Nglam Yee shared the lead after the third round of the 10th Anniversary Republic of Singapore national chess championship. In last Saturday's games Lee beat Tay Theng Huat and Wong beat Vincent Yeo to total three
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    $5,000 gift
    27 6 BEECHAM Singapore Pte Ltd. donated ts.ooo to the Singapore Hairdressers Employers' Association educational fund for members' children, at the Chinese New Year dinner on Saturday.
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    16 new buses to roll out on Saturday
    90 6 rE Singapore Bos Service will roU out another It new buses costing nearly one million dollars by Saturday. The buses, with a combined carrying capacity of 1,328 passengers, will be deployed along service routes M, 51. 135, 155 (one bus each). 22.
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      296 6 Straits Times Crossword ACROSS one oriental copper up »To pay back. I sUbse- <•>• qu<ntly n turned and 7 Nam applied to Amerth»'i a meal can type of corn (8). 10 Da,iger signal. In the 8 Obscene talk makes manner of marines (5) kiddles" stomachs turn 11 On.; who makes
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    Convention to show wide scope of youth guidance
    363 7 Convention to show wide scope of youth guidance STUDENTS and parents will be told of the meaning, scope and Importance of guidance work In schools during the six-day Guidance for Youth Convention openIng at the Singapore Conference Hall on Wednesday. The Education Ministry also explained the roles of principals and
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    Accounts for managers
    55 7 THE Singapore Institute of Management will conduct a course on Understanding Accounting (or Management Action, at Its conference room In Thong Tneck building In Scott* Road next month. The course Is from March 11 to 20. Fee for SIM members Is $240 and for non-members, $270. Clos
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    Gang who robbed lovers rounded up
    283 7  -  PAUL WEE and LAI YEW KONG By pOLICE have smashed a gang of robbers with the arrest of a band of illegal immigrants over the past few days. miormed sources said yesterday tne aliens had been responsible for robbing courting couples at lovers' haunts,
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    Murder: Man held
    78 7 DOLICE have arrested a 40-year-old man in conX nection with the mnrder of Miss Nancy Tan Peow Gek, 20, whose node and decomposed body was recovered in the basement of the UIC Building in Shenton Way last Thursday. Miss Tan, a former waitress at a restaurant In
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    Chan's date
    34 7 THE Senior Parliamentary Secretary (Social Affairs) and MP for Jalan Besar. Mr. Chan Chee Seng. will officiate at the opening ot the creche In Home RoaU at 10 ajn. on March 3.
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    A DOUBLE BASS PLAYER WHO ISN'T BORING
    273 7 A DOUBLE BASS PLAYER WHO ISN'T BORING IT was with great pleasure that I sat through Rodney Slatford's double bass recital at the Conference Hall yesterday evening. Slatford lias the talents of both a musician and a comedian and the combination of the two made the illustrated lec-ture-recital one of
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    Revised transport allowance for police officers
    278 7 Revised transport allowance for police officers SENIOR police officers who use their cars for official duties are expected to get as much as $285 a month in fixed transport allowance under a new Finance Ministry scheme. Informed sources said the revised scales of fixed transport allowance, expected to be Implemented
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    Food for serious thought and Miss Ng is going through her paces
    185 7 11THATS cooking? YY Just some chopped pork going through the test tubes to be heated, liquidi tied and analysed. The experiment is to determine the fat content in the meat. And first-year Polytechnic student Miss Ng Soh (bin.
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    Young people urged to adopt critical stance
    288 7 Young people urged to adopt critical stance QENIOR Parliamentary O Secretary (Culture). Hajl Sha'arl Tadln, has urged young people to adopt a critical stance that took cognizance of the problems and needs of the nation. He said young people, who rejected traditional modes of life, might succumb to the ephemeral
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    Rules on entry into CBD under study by A-G
    246 7 f EGISLATION setting Lt out the rules and regulations governing motorists in the Central Business District from June 1 is now being studied by the AttorneyGenerals Chambers. Called the Motor Vehicles < Restricted Zone and Area Licensing i Rules 1975, it
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    Live-firing
    34 7 exercises SAF aircraft will carry out live-firing exercises at Pulau Pawai range from today to Friday between 9am and S p m daily. The public Is warned to keep clear of the range
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      194 7 Bringing Up Father By BUI Kivtingh tfc Hal Camp II I 111 fwm-L, etJe I MAoeMs »«ao«o tmb 1 1 mjr thcto's naruine T '>~—r--T?KA^GU*XBSJ) i S THEM.'^ A PAIR C* SUSSES ArS** MSAR.N©/^__> r n^ BlondU By Chic Young '"I!"F I CAN HARPLyI I WEVE INVITED PROFESSOR 1 lIP*
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      402 8 STOCK REDUCTION SALE |3.90 DEPT. ■LOUSES, T-SHIRTS, CASUALS TOPS MINI MIDI SKIRTS, SHORTS. HALF SLIPS, CHURCH VIILS ft SCARVIS IN MANY Df SIGNS ft COLS. $6 90 DEPT. DRESSES, lELLSOTTOMS, L/S ft S/SLIIVES HOUSES. HOUSECOATS, PYJAMAS. NIGHTGOWNS, IAiYDOLL, PANTII GIRDLES USA, AND MANY MORE ITEMS BRASSIERES MAIDENFORM 2fo UP LOVAiLE
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    More minibuses for KLcity
    368 9 KUALA LUMPUR, Sunday ]y|ORE mini-buses will be allowed in the federal territory as an immediate system, Tun Abdul Razak announced step to improve the public transport today. Priority, he said, would be given to individuals, particularly ex-servicemen, to operate such buses. Outlining steps to improve the
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    EXPLOSIVE WAR RELICS FISHED FROM RIVER
    100 9 NAVY frogmen inspecting some of the mortar bombs and hand grenades which they recovered from the Segamat River on Wednesday and Thursday. Altogether 165 mortar bombs and 10 hand grenades believed to be war relics i were recovered. The bombs were discovered by a
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    Rubber wood furniture
    57 9 IPOH. Sun. Furniture makers and building contractors were urged to pay more attention to the use of rubber tree timber in view of its cheaper cost. "Chemically treated rubber timber should he as durable and good as any other timber." said the Deputy Minister of Primary Industries.
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    Lock icon Duties lifted
    30 9 KUALA LUMPUR, Sun. Imports duties on nitrogen and compound fertilisers have been suspended until June 30 to overcome a shortage of the items, it was announced here. Reuter.
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    $2.4 m study grants
    59 9 KUALA TRENOOANU. Sun. The Trengganu Foundation will spend about $2.4 million to promote the development ol education in the state this year. Speaking at a press conference at his office here today, the Mentri Besar. Haji Wan Mokntar Ahmad, said that the estimates includes scholarships to
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    Island talks
    34 9 KUALA LUMPUR, Sun. The Malaysian Trade Unions Congress and the Prie.irlchEbert Foundation of West Germany will jointly hold a symposium on trade union education in Pangkor Island Irom Mar. 3 to 8.
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    MCA to take tough stand on anti-party members
    241 9 MCA to take tough stand on anti-party members KUALA LUMPUR, Sun. The MCA Central Committee decided today to "tighten up" party loose ends and to take disciplinary action against party members or party units for issuing statements against the party. The committee adopted this resolution after a three-hour meeting at
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    Reds: A new warning
    220 9 TAXAH RATA, Sunday Home Aflairs Minister Tan Sri Ghazali Shafie today reminded the people in this Highlands area that they should not remain complacent because the communist terrorists had probably taken a beating and left the district. "Everyone must be alert to the daily situation and
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    Govt will consider reasonable wage demands
    201 9 Govt will consider reasonable wage demands KUALA LUMPUR, Sun. Tun Abdul Razak said today that the Government was prepared to consider reasonable wage demands by the lower Income group workers. "We are ready to consider higher wage demands by the IMG and, the labourers group but they must be reasonable,"
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    'Fishermen' detectives nab lottery kingpin
    180 9 BUTTERWORTH, Sun. PDLICE disguised as fishermen arrested a man. believed to be the kingpin of an illegal lottery syndicate, when they raided an attap hut at Penaga yesterday. Three other men suspected to be "important" members of the syndicate were also detained. One calculating machine,
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    Peak hour boycott warning by taxi drivers
    252 9 Peak hour boycott warning by taxi drivers KUALA LUMPUR, Sun.— About 3,500 taxi driven In KuaU Lumpur and PeUlinr Jaya plan to stop operating their tails during peak hours if the Government does not allow them to increase their fare by another 10 cents for the first mile by March
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    Tunku's party
    30 9 PENANO, Sun. Tunku Abdul Rahman and his wife. Tun Sharlfah Rodzlah. will entertain close friends at a house-warming party at their new Batu Ferringhl home next Tuesday night.
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      FROST BITTEN
      318 10 NINE days after the Soviets sent their negotiator back to Poking, apparently for the resumption of border talks after a six-month suspension, ielations between the two communist "giants" again seemed frost-bitten. Chief Soviet delegate Deputy Foreign Minister Leonid Ilyichev arrived in China on Feb. 13. It v»as then
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      WARDED UP AGAIN
      239 10 SOVIET-BRITISH relations were officially taken out of deep freeze when British Prime Minister Harold Wilson visited Moscow from Feb. 13 to 17. Bilateral relations were frozen after the spy scandal of 1971 when Britain summarily expelled 105 Soviet diplomats and trade representatives named as espionage agents by
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    Lock icon Birendra's troubled coronation
    915 10  - Birendra's troubled coronation DAVID LOMAX writes from Katmandu KING Birendra of Nepal, who will lie formally crowned today is one of the lust of the world's absolute monarch*. When he came to the throne three years ago many of his subjects expected that because of his youth— he Is still
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      SMA's stand on abortion wishy-washy
      362 10 REFER to your report about colour TV and the late, late show and the falling birth rate (ST., Feb. 14). As a senior medical student, I am rather disturbed by the equivocal stand ot the Singapore Medical Association on abortion as reflected in the editorial
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      79 10 1 REFER to the letter by H.C. Leow suggesting the diversion of Services 145 and 146 to the Tel ok Blangah New Town to help ease the transport problem of the area (S.T., Feb. 5). This is now being studied. Should the demand justify it and should the diversion be
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      69 10 AS an occupant of a Housing Board flat In Whampoa Drive for nearly 26 years progress has finally caught up with our neighbourhood In the form of a modern market. But a not so modern rubbish bin cen're is situated In front of our block of flats. Rubbish is perpetually
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      GOVERNMENT REPLY
      54 10 PLEASE refer to the letter by T.S.E. (ST., Feb. 15). The Telecommunication Authority of Singapore regrets the long delay in Issuing the works order for the installation of your correspondent's telephone which was completed on Feb. 18. Any misunderstanding and inconvenience caused is regretted. EVELYN WEE (Miss), P.R.0.,
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    Monday Timesman
    994 10 £VER so often I hear somebody say that the younger generation is "getting soft." It is not a comment limited to Singapore. I've read it in any number of newspapers and magazines, heard it in many world capitals. It is a comment. I fear, that every older generation
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      199 10 (^lntrodudngW «j the sharpest act (M) intown. <¥ pj> Fantastic st C Potassy j§ Jg feb7th~Z7th J dsj Spend an incredible evening /sr\ tyt wft with card shuffling, blade I/a swallowing, pocket picking W \Jr y Paul Potassy (he even predicted T t,~ a New Nation headline on his yj
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    CHILDREN WHO ARE UNDERNOURISHED
    564 11  -  PHILIP LEE Ignorant parents to blame pAHKXTAL ignorance, not poverty, is the main cause of malnutrition in children in Singapore This was the opinion expressed by a number of doctors, nutritionists and social worKers. Poverty, they conceded was a contributory factor but it paled into insignificance
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    Lies cost them $450
    92 11 TWO delivery clerks were fined a total of 5450 on Saturday for making false declarations at two Port Authority checkpoints. Goh Poh Ann, 23, pleaded guilty to declaring 500 cartons of oranges on his lorry when In fact there were 507 cartons at Sembawang Port Main
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    Military exercises in five areas
    86 11 Military exercises in five areas 2I;IB Singapore Armed Forces will conduct military exercises in the following areas Chua Chu Kang'Lim Chu Kan?: 8 a.m. to 9 p.m. dally from today to Saturday; Tuaa/I/okyang: 8 a.m. to 10 pm. dally from today to Friday; Ma railing: 7 a.m. today to 2
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    Youth centre courses
    30 11 Youth centre courses THE youth group of Katong community centre will conduct varicus course* for beginners at Its youth centre In Mountbatten Road. For details. ring *****6 during office hour*.
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    62, but he hopes to compete in 1976 Olympics
    293 11 AT 62, Dr. Josef Nee- kermann. a German businessman, is vying for a place In West Germany's dressage riding team to the 1976 Olympic j Games in Montreal, Canada. He has high hopes for he was the world champion in dressage
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    CCs URGED TO SET UP MORE YOUTH GROUPS
    152 11 THE Foreign Minister. Mr. S. Rajaratnam has urged community centres to set up more youth croups in order to tap the leadership potential of the younger residents. He said youth groups in community centres were important as members of these groups could
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    Medical talk
    40 11 PROF. J. T. Davidson, of the Meyer r!e Rothschild Hadassah Hospital. Jerusalem. wUI talk on The Role of the Anaesthetist in Wartime on March 1. from noon to 1 p.m. at the pathology lecture theatre of Outram Hospital.
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    NEW JOBS, SHIFTS FOR NS 'SPECIALS'
    314 11 NEW JOBS, SHIFTS FOR NS 'SPECIALS' T^ATIONAL service--11 men serving in the Special Constabulary will be deployed to perform more police duties, the Assistant Commissioner of Police, Mr. Lionel Chee, said on Saturday. Their new duties will include vertical policing (In high-rise flats), attachment to s p ecial mobile patrols
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    $1,700 gift from NZ
    57 11 $1, 700 gift from NZ THE New Zealand Government has presented photographic equipment worth more than $1,700 to the Institute of Education. The equipment will be used by the insti- tute to produce sets of slides on the various aspects of Singapore's ecology for use in the Environmental Education Programme
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      289 11 THE ASSOCIATED SCHOOL OF DRESSMAKING ARTS (SINGAPORE DRESSMAKING TECHNICAL INSTITUTE) Klementary Dressmaking Drafting Course :Dus:1. The Summary of Dress-making. 2 Introduction of Equipment and it's maintenance. -Block: a) Basic Bodice Draft. b) Basic Skirt Draft. c) One Piece Dress. one-Wear: a) Nighties b) Pyjamas irlattons of Necklines and method of
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      294 11 TI.OIILDINi.SI r l M W GOULDING'S'-f soothes coughs and relieves colds M|^^ 1^ and feverishness with no IP^j stomach upsets ANOTHER INTERNATIONAL EESffiP*^ PRODUCT FROM Biß TAKE CARE OF YOUR EYES tDo rut regard Classes as article* of commerce. Pro fetsioml eye care calls for careful diagnosis and precise measurement.
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      20 11 WATER consumption on Saturday was 120.5 million gallons (548,000 cubic metress) a drop of 7.6 million gallons (34,000 cubic metres).
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      38 11 SWIMMING TIMES TOOAT: iiwpftn 10.42 p.m. (2.6 m) StMi KkWI: 9.12 p.m. (2.3 m) Part Dicks* 5.32 p.m. (2.6 m). TOMORROW: SMfipre 11.14 p.m. (2.8 m) bill Ittkil: 9.4$ p.m. (2.3 m) Ptrt Mckst* 6.21 p.m. (2.9 m).
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      28 11 IHWIH/. f xrc jr Aa !N TH6 VAU.E* OF PeATH f6O AMINOVK (WP6 THE SIX HUNDRED... /THEaSboOT CANNON TO THE RI6HT OF THEM. diSfc^ft^/ ROPE THE SIX HDNPREI^.
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      929 11 On your TV SINGAPORE 5 3.00 PM Opening Followed by Veedum Naadum 6.30 News in Brief (Tamil) 6.35 Make Room For Daddy-Rusty, The Rat 3-30 Diary of Events (Tamil) 7.00 DagH (Part 2) 3.35 Love Is A Many Splendoured Thing 7.31 News (Malay) 3.55 llayar Ulagam (Tamil— Repeat) 7.45 Pesta
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      WEEKLY SHARE ANALYSIS
      1237 12 AS a service to readers. Business Times publishes weekly i a totalled analysis of selected share* on the Stock Exdußfe of Singapore. The year's high and low are followed by the week's movement in pries, the turnover, the dividend yisld and the gross price earnings ratio. NOTE:
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      OTHER CLOSING PRICES
      772 12 rE following is a list of quotation! for the week up to Friday, Feb. 21 for counters not included In the weekly share analysis. Price movement is bass 4 on a comparison on the last sales on Feb. 21 ifainot Feb. 14 as shown in bracket* IMII
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      Company meeting
      186 12 Company meeting The following company meetings are due: The Straits Times Press (Slncanorc) Ltd.: Feb. 24. noon. Supreme House (11th Floor), Penang Road. Singapore. Duff Development Bhd.: Feb. 25, 11.30 ajn., Registered Office, No. 6 Jalan Tambun, Ipoh. Batn Kawan Bhd.: Fab. 25. noon. Registered Office, No. 6 Jalan Tambun,
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      Money and exchanges
      287 12 Money and exchanges Domestic 'THE US dollar closed last Friday in the Singapore forex market at Its lowest ever level for 1975 at 12.2610/30 from the week's opening of $2.2640/ 50. Dealers say tne currency weakness anses from fears that Opec members may press for oil payments to be made
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      Gold markets
      61 12 Lxport prices In non-sterling areas In U.S. dollars per ounce. (II Australian dollars per ounce (2) Average price. Fnd«» Thi Iday Uit it Melbourne II) 135.50 13« 38 London 1H4.238 183. 258 105 258 184. 258 Beirut ***** 185.00 HonckonK 1»5.«5 182.70 Zurich *****8 113. MB IKS 508
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      Lock icon B.F. Goodrich
      141 12 NEW YORK: On a sales rise of 11.2 per cent to U*****.4 million B.F. Goodrich was able to report a 14.5 per cent growth in net profits to U5514.99 million lor the fourth quarter of 1974. Full year profits, however, declined by 7.2 per cent to U5552.02 million
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      Asian currency unit
      169 12 ASIAN currency average r deposlta rates for the week ended Friday, J>b. al: US I (Bid Prices) 7 days 1 mth 2 mths 3 mths 6 mths 9 mths 12 mths 1 mth 3 mths 6 mths 12 mths 1 mth 3 mths 6 mths 12 mths
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      DISCOUNT MARKET
      160 12 THE market absorbed a larger than average ($9O million) Issue of Treasury Bills last week. Strong- buying interest was seen from banks early In the week and Houses jold 3-month Treasury Bills down to the 3--15/16 3-7/8 level, whereas buying rates remained steady at around 4-1/16%. Rates for
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      Money market
      143 12 fHE Singapore prlme.rate x cut last Monday, ftken in line wjtn worldwide fallIng Interest rates, caused the money market to be easier throughout the week. Overnight Singapore funds was traded around 6' v z on Monday but eased toward* the weekend. By Friday It was traded around 5—44.
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      Short term money market
      52 12 pX>R the week ended Saturday, Feb. 22, the range of call rates received from Short Deposits (M) Berhad was as follows: BANK FUND: 2 per cent to 3} per cent. GENERAL FUNDS: 3 per cent to 3 5/8 per MOVEMENT of f v nds totalled $370
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      NEW YORK
      416 12 "\EW YORK. Prl. Inves- o A^ vestors. cheered by low- er Interest rates and by the ji smallest monthly rise In the o consumer price index In nine i. months, pushed stocks high- t; er for the third consecutive K day. Analysts said traders ap- v peared to
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      Indices
      85 12 TINS Wday 85J6 hursday 86.46 reek ago 87.13 RUBBERS riday 394.61 hursday 393.90 reek ago 409.87 OILS riday 205.94 hursday 206.64 reek ago 305.76 INDUSTRIALS Hday M 0.4 hursday 262 8 Peek ago 275.1 DOW JONES AVERAGE INDUSTRIALS H-lday 749.77 hursday 746.38 reek ago 734.20 LONDON DOLLAR PREMIUM riday
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      ZURICH
      126 12 •JVRICH, PH.— The slight Z- 1 uptrend on Thursday continued sending stock prices higher today. Banks In particular were among the gainers. The bond market remained firm. The Credit Suisse Index rose 2 3 to 186.0. Closing prlcea In swlas francs with the difference on the prevloua sessions prlcea:
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      BT industrial group indices
      121 12 Base Year: Jan. 4, 1971 100 1(74/5 Week's Action High Low 14th 21st Chance 199.17 90.07 Automotive 1J0.87 142.43 +1156 441.29 184.24 Banks, Insurance, Finance and Trustees 374.29 392.28 +17.99 162.18 92.83 Chemicals, Robber Products, Refining and Smelting 125.20 134.32 9.12 289.17 113.48 Conglomerate 180.9J 198.01
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      TOP TEN STOCKS
      105 12 -pHE following list of stocks gives the ten most dealt In las* 1 week. This gives the turnover to thousands of units, closing prices on Friday and hlfh and low for 1974/75: lime Darby larbnaa Inrect. Uw Par J. O. B. >. B. S. >. C. B.
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      LOCAL STOCK INDICES
      134 12 Feb. 17 Industrials: 224.84 Finance: 436.47 Hotels: 164.59 Properties: 187.27 Tins: 96.80 t Rubbers: 329.00 O.CJJ.C: 216.92 B.E.S. Ind.: 239.59 Feb. 18 Feb. 19 Feb. 20 2^-25 214.47 224.45 415.77 410.13 433.69 164.53 165.01 168.17 177.59 177.44 154.78 96.80 tf.Bo 96.80 327.44 327.74 328.80 205.20 2*3.34 214.00
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      DIVIDENDS ANNOUNCED
      61 12 Current Date Total for Total for payment payable the year previous yrar Ican 6% TE Apr. 7 16% t 2«% i.8.8. Apr. 17 6% 5% lone (M) 6% t Mar. 31 6% t 13^% 1.8.5. 15% Apr. 3 15% 15% b'ilklnson 22.5% t Apr. 1* 22.5% f 12.5%
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      S'pore produce
      402 12 T)EALERS again held off the Singapore produce market last week for want of correct price Ideas and Indications. They were still In a holiday mood and saw no urgency In resuming business, particularly with the US dollar still fluctuating on an easier bias. Over the weekend when It
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      TOKYO
      208 12 TOKYO, Sat. Prices on x the Tbkyo Stock Exchanged moved higher centring on blue-chlpg with foreign Investors buying on the sidelines reflecting the flrmneA on Wall Street. Sony Matsushita. Hitachi. Toyo PrnUOcean Construction and Toa Hahom Works were steady. Shlptilng. mining and a segmen: of Pharmaceuticals howeve- declined. The
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      AMSTERDAM
      183 12 AMSTERDAM. Fri. The market firmed across a broad front In quiet trading aided bf Wall Street's firmness, dealers said. Hoofovena and Akio led Dutch Internationals higher, while Amsterdam Rubber continued lower In weaker plantations. Banks. Insurances,* shipping and investment 'unds were all firmer led by Alfemrne Bank Ne- dcrlanil,
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      Copper prices
      39 12 Lond< n copper prices on Friday (prevloi.i in bracket). Wirsear Spot buyer £549 .00 c £537 Oil) aeller (341.00 (£338 00): Three Month buyer £.163.50 UMS.OiJ) aeller £5«4.00 (£553.50) Mark it tone: Barely steady. taltt 6.M0 tonnea.
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      S'pore exchange
      604 12 rE Singapore stock market last week moved, erratically and defied all j analyses. Operators j who went short are the first to agree that the market changed tack time and again to their consternation. Millions of dollars were lost and won during the j week with the bears
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      K.LUMPUR MARKET
      358 12 K. LUMPUR MARKET AFTER the previous week's upsurge, shares gained fresh grounds again on sporadic buying bouts on the Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange last week. Gains were fairly well spread, not only among the dozen of shares or so in the limelight but also among the wider backdrop of industrial
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      Lock icon Overseas market review
      654 12 LONDON: The Stock markets dipped last weex on press comment that ;he recent rally had gone far enough plus tears that further Inflationary wage demands would be triggered off oy the miners pay settlement. Last Friday saw the FT index at 260.4, some 15 points down on
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        Lock icon TIN: LITTLE CHANGE
        137 12 TIN: LITTLE CHANGE LOHDON: Tin prices showed little or no change in generally featureless conditions last FricU.y. Th»re was a moderate two-way buriness In stanc.ard metal with no undue pressure either way, despite a further decline at Penang, and the reeling among most dealers here that LME stocks would show
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        Lock icon London rubber lower
        409 12 LONDON: Rubber was easier for much of Friday but eventually steadied slightly. The terminal attracted small scale liquidation in the early stages in view of last Friday's lower Eastern market. But weekend covering plus some booksquaring provided some late support and the market closed steadier although 0.50p
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      774 14 AUSTRALIA SERVICE P. Kelang S.ngapore liaiin lit TOf Til 7 I Mar Dar«.n (7MB dwt built 1974) HAT SKY 14/15 Mar 15 It Mar Sydney. Melbovnt. ,6581 owt built 1973) SOUTH AFRICA SERVICE «A» CMP 2f/2l Har 25 30 Mar I. London Durtaa (7292 dwt built 1573) EAY OF BENGAL
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      1744 15 Applicotions ore invited f Singapore citizens I forth, following appointments in the Broadcasting I (A) SETMAN (SCENIC PAINTING) (B) SETMAN (WOODWORKING) (C) GRAPHICS OPERATOR (CHINESE) < D > GRAPHICS OPERATOR I A An I L. Grots Monthly Salary Range inclusive of NWC I wage supplements, leave allowance and 1 3th
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      573 15 Borneo Sumatra Trading Co.(S) Pte. Ltd. I irtvites applications for the appointment of MARKETING MANAGER CONSUMER DIVISION The successful candidate will be a Singapore citizen, aged between 30 and 36 years, and should be presently r employed in a similar position as 4 Marketing/Brand Manager. He should have personal qualities
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      516 15 Beecham Pharmaceuticals r CONFIDENTIAL SECRETARIES umN YOU Type at least 40 w.p.m. iteatly and accurately? Take dictation at 100-120 w.p.m? Work systematically and independently? We are looking for young Singaporeans who have passed their School Certificate/General Certificate of Education and have worked for a few years as Stenographers or Junior
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      614 16 STATE OF BRUNEI VACANCIES IN THE ELECTRICAL DEPARTMENT Applications are Invited from suitably qualified candidates to fill the following vacancies In the Electrical Department, Brunei. 1 ENGINEERING AB3IBTANTB: QuallficaltofM soo Exp#ri#fic#: (a) At least five years experience in a Consumers/Distribution/Transmission Section of an Electricity Board or Department. A qualification of
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      720 16 FELCRA (Lembaga Pemulihan dan Penyatuan Tanah Necara) Permohonan adalah dipelawa darlpada Warganegara Malaysia untuk memenuhl JawatanJawatan berikut:— 1. PEGAWAI PERKHIDMATAN TADBIR, Kumpulan A. GAJI: $650 x 50 850/950 x 50 1,150/1,3000 x 50 1,500/1,600 x 75 1,825. UMUR: Lantlkan terus tldak meleblhi 40 tahun, pegawal-pegawai yang sedang berkhldmat tldak leblh
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      874 16 An American Company situated In Bayan Lepas Free Trade Zone, Penang invites dynamic personnel to fill In the following vacancies:--(1) PROCESS ENGINEER Applicants should possess a University degree In Chemical Engineering or Chemistry. A minimum of two years Industrial experience deeded but those fresh from University with plenty of drive
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      454 16 SENIOR EXECUTIVE t A well-establised International firm invites applications for the post of a male SENIOR EXECUTIVE tdhead its Hardware and Machinery Department, based in Singapore. Applicants must be Malaysians/Singaporeans. Pre*ference will be given to those having experience in Hardware and Machinery sales and sound knowledge of machinery. Salary will
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      561 16 BUMIPUTRA CANDIDATES ONLY are Invited to apply IMMEDIATELY for posts of (1) BTENOGRAPHKR/SBCRETAKY for an International Insurance Corporation. Skill* Shorthand 90 100 w.p.m. Typing 50 w.p.m. Book-keeping basic knowledge required, preferably up to preparation of Financial Statements. Education Good working command of English. MCE. Salary range »50 *500 per month
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    57 17 EILEEN AND CHILDREN th 7 relatives, friends for their condolences, attendance, assistance at the funeral of the late John Christopher Nunls. THE FAMILY OF THE LATE MR. JOHN C. NUNIS thank the priests. Church of The Holy Spirit and other parishes, medical and nursing staff unit 3 and
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      635 17 classified ads gj LOUISE KLERK'S SALONS In Hotel. Slngapura for your latest hairstyles, expert perming and gorgeous tinting Very moderate price* Appointments: telephone *****3(S'pore). LEARNING TO FLY We are all thrilled by the prospect of flying But how does one learn to control and fly aircraft? New Nation today begins
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      807 17 WANTED ACCOUNTS CLERK WITH KNOWLEDGE of Chine! Prererably 2 years working experience Please Tel: *****8 for immediate Interview appointment. SHORTHAND/ TYPIST with at least 6 months general office experience Knowledge of Mandarin preferred Oood prospects 'of" 1 r'Bht applicant king *****4 for Immediate Interview. JJj~*e*iri«g Company require* FEMALE ACCOUNTS CLERK
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      817 17 REOUIRE EX-NATIONAL SERVICE MEN, as part-time sales representatives. Attractive commission and allowance. Tel. *****8 for appointment. •ALES REPRESENTATIVES Part/ Full-time above 22 American Life Assurance Basic Training (evening) Allowance and Commission. Phone T.C. Chew. ***** ext 213. 9 MALE/ FEMALE SALES representatives required preferably school leavers. Experience not essential. Call
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      711 17 FULL/PART-TIME INSURANCE sales career offers you unres, Iricted working hours, travel opportunities and unlimited income comparable to professionals. Phone *****27 for appointment. REOUIRED INDOOR SALESGIRLS Abie to speak English. Chinese and Cantonese. Able to lake measurement and do minor alteration an advantage. Call personally 112. groundfloor, People's Park Complex. •ALE
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      785 17 CLINIC ASSISTANT. FEMALE, FOR CUNIC along New Bridge Road. Able to speak Cantonese essential. Apply enclosing recent photo, non-returnable, to S.T. Box A ***** CLEVELAND TUNGSTEN ReSulres Hardworking Male Prouctlon Clerk/ Store Assistant Preferably Ex-N 8 Technical Store Clerk. Please Apply Personally Or Write To 7 Lokyang Way. Jurong Town
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      867 17 ©PUB Applications are invited for the following posts: A STORES SUPERVISOR, Cen- trattoed 9tore* Seaaxw (829*--999) Full OCE (Advanced Level)/ Higher School Certificate plus 3 years' stores experience Pass degree and honours degree holder will commence at the consolidated salary of 9465/- and 9610/- respectively). Preference will be given to
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      644 17 MALE ADMINISTRATIVE AND I Shipping Clerks, preferably ex- i pe/leru" l Minimum Senior i Cinirii 9)s' with credits English. Mathematics. Also Van Drivers and Messenger Boys. Write ST. Box A9C7S7. LEADING HI-FI COMPANY requires v SALESMAN Must steak both fluent English and Cranese languages, prefer- ably with previous experience and
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      852 17 lERANOOON G AROCN ESTATE lEMI-DCTACHEO furnished, telephone, freeaer. electric cooker, urconditloner $700 Leo Cance■lan Housing Management *****. kRE YOU LOOKING FOR sultible accommodation? We have vide range of houses in dlsts 9, 10. 11. 21 and others Please call rVeslhome *****3 MST. 11 3-BEDROOMEO ■UNOALOW 592.000 Partly Furnished Large Living
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      809 17 CHANQI OROVE 91.990 BRADDELL Heights $1,400/-. Ponggol $960/-; Oolden Hill $800/-; Buklt Tlmah $700/-. Plcardy Oarden $550/-. Opera Estate $500/--*****/ *****3. BRADOELL HEIGHTS DETACHED BUNGALOWS (6) to let. $700 $2,500 Large garden Phone *****7/ *****5. DIST. 11 SINGLE-STOREY detached bungalow 10.000 sq ft 3 bedrooms with servant's fully furnished $1,650
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      826 17 OFF THOMSON ROAD, 7-A Jalan Jatl 1 unfurnished room to let In flat Tel: *****4 FURNISHEO ROOMS AVAILABLE DIST. 9 Foreign students only meals/ laundry arrangeable Tel *****3 Lee UNFURNISHED ROOMS/ ROOM hall with separate kitchen district 20. Tel. *****4. TWO FURNISHED ROOMS AVAILABLE AT Katong area ■Single/ couples Tel'
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      792 18 MaMI— B 3-STOREY SPLIT-LEVEL SEMI-DE-TACHED bungalow at Sennett Road, off Upper East Coast Road on highly ground with best surroundings Area about 6.000 sq ft Latest design. 4 spacious living/ dining rooms, terrazzo floorings, servant's room, kitchen. Upstairs has 4 bedrooms with teakwood parquet and 2 bathrooms Freehold, loan available
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      740 18 SERANGOON GARDEN DOUBLE- I STOREY semi-detached 2.500 sq ft $99,000 Paslr Panjang Garden double-storey corner terrace. 3.--000 sq. ft $117,000 Meng Housing *****49/ *****59 DIST. 10 OFF HOLLANO ROAD single-storey semi-detached. 4.--000 sq fl 4 bedrooms. Tenanted at $800 p m unfurnished. Going at $145.000 nett. *****9 DISTRICT 11 at
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      841 18 MODERN AIRCONDITIONEDOFFICE SPACE central prestlgeous locality, furnished, unfurnished. Immediate occupation Enquiries phone *****6. TO LET SALE OFFICE space People's Park Centre 3rd floor. Immediate occupation Contact Hock Brothers *****5. GOLDEN MILE SHOPPING CENTRE 240 sq ft facing Beach Road $420 p.m Available midMarch *****49 MEDICAL CONSULTING ROOMS IN established medical
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      804 18 LEISURE TOURS PRESENT 6 Days Lake Toba 440/--23 Days Tour of Russia. Europe it London $2,615.00 25 Days European Roundup plus Moscow London $2,830.00 26 Days European tour Including Moscow. Leningrad It London $2 949 00 6 Days Fiesta FiUplnas 890/--6 DaysMoiauißaguio Tour 896/--6 DaysBanz(:ok 670/--7 Days Bangkok It Chang
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      691 18 GILL TRAVEL OFFERS AIR/SEA to London. Europe. USA Canada. Australia. Hongkong 29. The Arcade. Ist Floor. Raffles Place Spore I Tel: *****/ *****. EUROTOURS a TRAVELS offers BEST FARES TO> London/Europe 730.00 New YorWMonl/m *\&S& S. Frencleco/Seeme iTfSO/Perth (Return) $1.1*8.0* evtebene (Return) $1,412.00 Sydney/Melbourne (Return) $1. 470,00 We also specialise
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      721 18 BEGINNERS RAPID TYPEWRITING. SHORTHANO, bookkeeping starting 4th. sth. 6th, Tth March. Singapore Institute of Commerce, 283 C Selegle Complex/ 75 Middle Road (*****9/ MOIfIIUWUS NEW EVENING CLASSES BOOK KEEPING FOR BEGINNERS Tuesdays and Thursdays 7.30 9.00 pm Commencing 11th March SHORTHAND FOR BEGINNERS Tuesdays and Thursdays 6.00 730 p.m Commencing
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      900 18 PEOPLE'S PARK COMMERCIAL SCHOOL (a standard and spacious school) Japanese language, conversational) (24 hours lectJres) Monday: 8.00 p.m 10.00 p m. Commencing on 3.3.75. Sunday: 1.30 p.m. 3.30 pm. Commencing on 9.3.75. Fee: $25.00 foi the whole course. Please regfc ter early. Unit 410, 3rd Floor other end of House
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      852 18 SPECIAL OFFER $5/- only for the first lesson. Bob Driving School. No.l Cavenagh Road Tel: *****8 LAMBERT'S DRIVING SCHOOL Dual-controlled New Datsun M 1000 Pickup arrangeable 10 Balmoral Road. Tel: *****,' 5(229. TANOLIN DRIVING SCHOOL dual controlled Datsun 1200 available. 16. Tanglin Road Tel: *****9 Spore. SAFETY DRIVING INSTITUTION completed
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      729 18 RENAULT 12TL I*7l RIO. 38 I m.p I Tip top condition. $4800 I 0.n.0. Tax Insured Ring *****10 1 1*73 TOYOTA CELICA SHOW- ROOM condition with Insurance I and tax. tape, metallic paint Interested, please ring *****1 I Philip 1*4)2 FORD ANGLIA »*7 C.C. < saloon Excellent condition Owner leaving
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      722 18 A SPECIAL PRICE is offered to the purchaser of a Singer Sewing Machine model 224 bearing serial number TC*****6 To collect your price contact Ibrahim *****5 CAREER CHINESE BACHELOR. 15 seeks sincere and understanding friends All correspondence treated confidential ST. Box A ***** YOUNG HANDSOME INDIAN OFFICER seeks interesting friends
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    542 19 SAD DAY FOR THE FANS OF ARSENAL, SPURS... LONDON, Sun. It has been a sad weekend for the followers of North London soccer giants Arsenal and Tottenham Hotspur Arsenal, who face a crucial Fifth round English Football Association Cup second replay with Leicester tomorrow
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    1305 19 FIRST DIVISION Burnley 2 Sheffield United 1. C-rllsle 1 Queen's Park Rangers 2 C) elm 3 Newcastle 2. Coventry 3 If wlch 1. Derby 2 Arsenal I. Liverpc )l 0 Everton 0. l.uton 0 Stoke 0. Manchester City 3 Birmingham 1. M'ldlMbrough 0 Leeds 1. Tottenham 0 Leicester
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      803 19 ESTABLISHED EUROPEAN ONQ4 NISATION WOULD like to Invoal MKf over going concern. Often rullest detalli. will t treated in strictest confident and should be addressed to TH ManHglng Director, B.T. Bo A*****S pore. FIBRE MILLERS FROM SRI LAI KA looking for contacts I Singapore to Import fibre g^ods fibre bristle
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      799 19 1 1 SAL ES ENGINEER I Jo""" Electrical Engineering Company (S) I I i °J 'nvites applications from suitably- I positfd^ Sin9apore cit *or the above I I Inl* m V lected wiM b« required to promote I w sales »f. standard electrical engineering com- I ,0 ponents, switchboards, and
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      560 19 MANAGER FOR JAKARTA Qualification: Preferably applicant should have a knowledge of local conditions in Indonesia and speak Indonesian. It would also be advantageous if the applicant has business contacts in Indonesia and a background knowledge of Engineering. Duties: The duties include mainly sales promotion and general administration. Remuneration: Salary negotiable
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      502 19 SENIOR COMMERCIAL EXECUTIVE A large European Organ sation with extensive trading and manufacturing facilities *in Malaysia and throughout the world has an opening fo/ an experienced and independent Commercial Executive. The man we are looking for will be required to take independent; control of a large Trading Department consisting of
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    46 20 IN LOVING MEMORY OF OUR DEAREST MUM AND DAD MR MRS. LOH ENG HIOK WHO PASSED AWAY ON 24TH FEBRUARY 1970 'TILL WE MEET AT JESUS' FEET" Inserted by sou*. Tony. Jimmy, daughters, Elsie, Agnes, Eileen, sons-in-law, Charlie. Tick Kwee, daughter-in-law. Mary and grandchildren.
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    2483 20  - Anak Malaysia proves too good for his rivals EPSOM JEEP: COLUMBO SCORES SMART FIRST-UP WIN IN CLASS 3 TO PAY $45 FOR A WIN By Penang, Sunday POOL: $8,815 1st No. ***** ($2,908) 2nd No. ***** 727) 3rd No. ***** 363) STARTERS ($32 each) Nos. *****, *****, *****, *****, *****,
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    146 20 MELBOURNE, Sun Sydney driver Warwick Brown became the first Australian to win the Tasman Cap motor racing series when he finished sixth in the final event at Sandown Park here today. Brown (Lola T332) led the points table with 31, followed by Graeme Lawrence of New Zealand (Lola
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      1365 20 We have the pleasure to announce that we have appointed Messrs. Teh International Corporation as sole stockist for our I welding equipment spare parts in Singapore Lincoln Electric Co. (Australia) Pty. Ltd. Teh international Corporation P©f 37, LIANG SEAH STREET SINGAPORE 7. A mtjLM CABLE: 'HIGHSPEED' £j\ OEVTT TEL: *****1
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      603 20 TRADE MARKS ORDINANCE, 1950 (No. 26 of 1950) This advertisement appears by direction of the Registrar of Trade Marks, West Malaysia, under the provision of Section 49(7) of the Ordinance NOTICE Is hereby given that the following Trade Marks registered ln the name of Reckltt Si Colman (Overseas) Limited of
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    617 21  - Dollah nets three in dazzling win JOE DORAI STORE STRIKERS TURN ON HEAT AGAINST PLUCKY PENANG By SINGAPORE last night played their finest soccer for a long time when they outplayed Malaysia Cup champions Penang 4-0 before a capacity crowd of more than 60,000 fans at National Stadium. The mammoth
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    530 21  -  ERNEST FRIDA BALBIR: HOLLAND WILL BE HARD TO BEAT By lIOLLAND, the World Cup champions, were held by their arch rivals India to a thrilling 1-1 draw in a friendly hockey match at Jalan Besar yesterday. Although the match was only a
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    46 21 LEOPARDSTOWN. (Ireland) Sun. Captain Christie. the 7-4 favourite and last year's Cheltenham Gold Cup winner, was beaten into fourth place In the £3.000 ($16,230) Leopardatown Chase here today. The three-mile race was won by Highway View a 6-1 starter ridden by M. Morris.— Reuter.
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    101 21 AHOKE, Sun— Pakistan will be XJ without their captain, Abdul Rashid, in the World Cup hockey tournament at Kuala Lumpur next month, the Pakistan Hockey Federation announced here last night. Rashid, a prolific scorer who is generally considered the world's best centre forward, Injured
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    248 21 AUCKLAND, Sun. England were within r% one wicket of an outright win over New Zealand at the end of the fourth day of the First Test here today after some fine spin bowling by Tony Greig and Derek Underwood. New Zealand lived to fight
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    61 21 NEW YORK. Sun. Thß New York Cosmos of the North American Soccer League announced yesterday that they have signed an agreement with Manchester United for the purchase of star George Best. "We smoothed out the last demalnlng problems this week and the agreement v now complete and
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    44 21 PARIS. Sun. Belgium's Emlle Puttemans set i world best Indoor tune for the 10 000 metres «t Pantin near here last night clocking 28 1J.4 tecs. The previous best was S9 05.6, set by Toomlnen of Finland In FH>ru»ry, last year— Reuter.
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    395 21 Chung Fa strikes once again fHANG Chung Fa, Talv/an's ace golf professional, fired a superb one-under-par 6$ to be a comfortable winner of the Tiger Pro-Am Open championship at S«embawang Course yesterday, reports ERNEST FRIDA. Chung Fa covered the 54-hok competition In 211 s:rokes four strokes ahead of the runner-up
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      123 21 RUGBY— SCC "Sevens": SAPS A 'B v RAP Tengah; BAPSA A' v Provoet: 'C Coy v Blacks 'A': 'B Coy v Bucks; SCC 'A' v Blazers (all matches at padang. starting 4.30pm). SOCCER— Business Houses knockout: Rollel v UMW (Gillman Barracks) Junior knockout: Hyatt v Maybank (Geylang); Business Houses Dlv.
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    272 22 Russia ups oil price to Red bloc by 130 pc 1/TENNA, Sun. The Soviet Union has raised the price of crude oil exports to its East European allies by 130 per cent, Hungarian authorities said today. The official Budapest newspaper Nepszabadsag said the average price of Soviet oil delivered to
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