The Straits Times, 11 February 1975

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    19 1 The Straits Times I Estd. 1845 FINAL EDITION TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 11, 1975 2o CENTS 4 M.C.(P) 492 75 I
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    EGYPT SETS HARDER TERMS
    674 1 As Kissinger leaves for M-East in new peace bid... CAIRO, Monday EGYPT is reported to have hardened its position on conditions for Middle East peace as US Secretary of State Henry Kissinger headed for Israel for a new round of shuttle diplomacy in the region. But
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    Malaria: 3 more cases
    80 1 Malaria: 3 more cases rpHREE more cases of X malaria have been reportd from the Whampoa and Kallang areas, bringing the total number of cases in this loca lity to 67. Meanwhile. another eight more cases or typhoid have been re ported from the Jurong Town area, bringing the total
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    Lock icon Bus-train race that killed 26
    114 1 MEXICO CITY, Mon. A bus driver, ignoring the screams of passengers to stop, i raced a passenger train to a crossing on Saturday night and lost. The train cut the crowded bus in two, killing 26 people. At least 33 others were injured, several critically.
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    Lock icon 9 die in market grenade horror
    149 1 SAIGON, Mon A would-be robber set off two grenades in a crowded market, killing nine people and wounding 45 others in Saigon's twin, city of Cholon. The robber and an accomplice both wearing government military uniforms escaped after the incident last Saturday in Cholon,
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    Lock icon 50 injured in demo
    51 1 BRUSSELS. Mon— More than SO people were Injured during a demonstration against alleged ami-Flemish discrimination here today, police sources said. Oteervers said mounted gendarmes backed by water cannons made repeated charges to break up the demonstration by a crowd estimated at between 500 and 1,000 strong.
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    In New Nation tomorrow
    247 1 SINGAPORE'S BACHELOR GIRLS: Is the Singapore miss ultramodern, wanting life to be an endless round of fun and frolic? Or Is she both gay and responsible? New Nation tomorrow presents a special feature in which single Slrls from all walks of fe tell of their aspirations
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    Lock icon Oil city jolted
    27 1 TEHERAN. Mon. Earthquake tremors shook the oil city of Ahwaz, In M>uth< m Iran, today, damaging some buildings. No casualties were Immediately reported. Reuter.
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    Lock icon 'No' to $460 m loan
    77 1 >TEW YORK. Mon. Arabian Interests offered to help New York City cope with financial problems with a US$2OO million <Ss46o million) 20-y?ar loan, but the city rejected the proposed terrr.s as too high. CUy controller Harri- son Goldin said that a "Western European money broker."
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    Race for Tory party leadership hots up
    204 1  - Race for Tory party leadership hots up HARRY MILLER From f ONDON, Mon. The five runners for the Conservative Party leader ship stakes spent the week end campaigning among Tory groups in area? outside London. But, with ballot -t:me fast approaching the question still is: Will Mrs. Margaret Thatcher win
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    Mr Lee wishes all Happy New Year
    87 1 IN the Year of the Hare, no mishaps are expected, the Prime Minister said in his Chinese New Year message. Wishing a Happy New Year to all, Mr. Lee Kuan Yew saiJ: "With the world facing its gravest economic crisis since reconstruction after
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    $200,000 hashish seized from ship
    245 1  -  Y. K. LAI and PAUL WEE By fHJSTOMS officers seized a record $200,000 worth of hashish on board a (ireek tanker in the Eastern Anchorage yesterday. The IOC kilos 1 220 lb) of hsebUh, jacket! i^ 100 slabs, wert found In four gunny sacrs hidden
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    Lock icon Plane hits hill: All 40 killed
    157 1 Plane hits hill: All 40 killed i~»HANEA (Crete), Mon. All 40 passengers and crew of a West German transport plane which crashed on a mountain on this Mediterranean island were killed. The plane, a Transall troop ferry, crashed eight minutes before it was due to land at Suda airport near
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    Lock icon Back to China for reunion
    50 1 HONGKONG. Mon. A total of 63 882 Hongkong residents have crossed Into China In the past six days tor family reunions during the Chinese Lunar New Year. A spokesman for the Kowloon Canton railway naid the number was about the same as last year. AP.
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    Lock icon REBELS BURN DOWN ARMY CAMP
    72 1 REBELS BURN DOWN ARMY CAMP RANGOON. Mon. About 300 communist rebels burned down an army camp and a police outpost after killing nine soldiers in northern Arakan state, the official Working People's Daily reported today. Five other soldiers and 10 policemen withdrew after putting up strong resistance. Communist casualties in
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      108 1 RADAR 'EYE' FOR THE* STRAITS —Page 7 US JOBLESS "will reach 10 pc In July" 2 NI'NS clash with police In Saigon 3 FREE gifts to boost car sales 4 HOTELS seek industrial rates for water, power 5 FEWER Illegal immigrants 9 COURT rebukes youth with "udd humour" 15 CROSSWORD
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      Lock icon FFI RAISING $405 m ON LONDON STOCK MARKET
      133 2 FFI RAISING $405 m ON LONDON STOCK MARKET LONDON. Mon. Finance for Industry, the body set up to lend Britain's industry up to £1.000 million <555.400 million > a plan first developed by financier and Cabinet Minister Harold Lever, is raising £75 million <Ss4os million) on the London stock market.
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      Lock icon 'FBI bugged US Congressmen in brothels'
      302 2 'FBI bugged US Congressmen in brothels' >JEW YORK. Mon— The I Federal Bureau of Investigation coy c r tly bugged congressmen and other Important Americans at two brothels in the Washington area in i the mid-*****. Newsweek magazine reported yesterday. Quoting a highlyplaced source, the magazine said the then FBI
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      Lock icon Watch on 150 troubled banks
      129 2 Watch on 150 troubled banks WASHINGTON, Mon. —About 150 US banks are on a government watch list because or financial problems, a senior Treasury official said in an interview published yesterday. The comptroller of the Currency, Mr. James Smith, told US News and World Report magaiine that out of 4,700
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      Electronics industry: 10,000 idle
      73 2 Electronics industry: 10,000 idle HONGKONG. Mon. More than 10,000 electronics industry workers lost their Jobs in 1974 because of recession, according to a survey by the Metal Industry Workers' Union. A union spokesman said the survey of 20 electronics factories showed that 1,750 of those employed work full time while
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      Lock icon Joblejss in US will reach 10 pc by July
      581 2 Joblejss in US will reach 10 pc by July WASHINGTON. Monday ITNEMPLOYMENT in the United States is being played V down by the Government and would reach 10 per cent by July, the head of Amelia 's biggest Jtrade union, Mr. George Meany, said yesterday. ______i The president of AFL-CIO
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      Lock icon Ana's hotel venture
      64 2 TOKYO. Mon— All-Nippon Airways (Ana) will go into the hotel business in Manila In a Joint venture with the Martel family in the Philippines, a company official said today. The official said the proposed new firm named Maranaw will start building a 20-storey building with 500 guest
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      Lock icon Tanker leak
      40 2 PORTSMOUTH. Mon— A Cyprlot tanker. damaged several days ago in rough seas, was taking on water and leaking its cargo of crude oil •bout 3.2 km (two miles) east of Portsmouth Harbour yesterday, the Coast Guard •aid— AP.
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      Lock icon US unhappy
      28 2 CANBERRA. Mon. The US Embassy today described as "regrettaDle" a decision by Australia's ruling Labour Party to let the Vietcong open information offices in Australia.— AP.
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      Israelis can defeat Syria and Egypt in 2 weeks'
      278 2 Israelis can defeat Syria and Egypt in 2 weeks' NEW YORK. Mon. Newiweek magaiine said yesterday in its Periscope section that a new Pentagon assessment of the Middle East shows Israel could defeat Syria in one week and the Egyptian military forces in two. 'Even without a pretemptive strike, Israel
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      Senators want probe on training of Saudi troops
      238 2 Senators want probe on training of Saudi troops WASHINGTON. Mon Two senators called yesterday for Congressional investigation of a Defence Department contract with a private firm to train Saudi Arabian troop to guard oil wells in the Persian Gulf. "You can be sure there will be an investigation," said Sen.
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      Lock icon Ready to take new crew
      70 2 Ready to take new crew MOSCOW. Mon.— A Soviet space laboratory was orbiting under remote control from earth stations today ap* parently in full working order and ready to receive a second cosmonaut crew. The laboratory. Salyut-4. was home ;or 28 days (or two Soviet spacemen who beat their country's
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      Lock icon Sindona graft probe sparks new scandal
      303 3 Sindona graft probe sparks new scandal POME, Mon. Judicial x authorities have °j£" e an Inquiry into a legations that Michelc Sindona, the Sicilianborn financier who for somc time controlled thi l Ta^ in Na "onal Bank, bribed Italian politicians to obtain illegal favours Milan court sources said yesterday. A
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      34 3 STUTTGART. Mon.— Police tightened security at Stuttgart and Hanover airports after a warning of an impending attack, police spokesmen said yesterday. The warning came from a very reliable source, they said. Reuter.
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      Lock icon Aid ban: Turkey may close US bases
      115 3 Aid ban: Turkey may close US bases ANKARA.^ Mon—Turkey will probably dose some American defence installations here if Congress does not restore military aid to Ankara soon, according to diplomatic and government sources. For 25 yean Turkey has relied almost entirely on the United States to guarantee her defences, and
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      Tight anti-Press law' call to MPs
      152 3 lONDON, Mon.— British a newspaper editors today called on MPs to fight planned government legislation which they claimed endangered freeedom of the Press in Britain. The legislation, now going through Parliament, amends a labour law to give trade unions greater powers to press for
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      Lock icon Call to lay down arms in Eritrea
      397 3 Call to lay down arms in Eritrea ADDIS ABABA, Monday DIPLOMATIC efforts continued today to achieve a ceasefire in Ethiopia's northern province of Eritrea, where lighting between government troops and secessionist guerillas has left at least 1,600 dead. A high-ranking Sudanese delegation arrived here yesterday with a message from President
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      Lock icon Harnessing the H-bomb
      70 3 WASHINGTON. Mon. The big breakthrough In taming the power of the hydrogen bomb to generate abundant electricity could come within five years, but it may be achieved first in the Soviet Union, a senior US scientist said yesterday. Dr. Charles Gilbert of the Energy Research and Development
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      Lock icon Marcos orders ceasefire in troubled cities
      221 3 Marcos orders ceasefire in troubled cities MANILA, Mon—President Marcos said today that he had ordered a ceasefire in the southern Philippines where secessionist Muslim rebels have been battling government forces since he proclaimed martial law 29 months ago. The President made the statement as reports said air force jets continued
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      Lock icon 14 mil- Jews
      42 3 NEW YORK, Mon. The estimated world Jewish population at the end of 1973 was more than 14 million, with 49 per cent living In North, South and Central America, according to the latest American Jewish Year Book. UPI 1
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      Lock icon Thailand power struggle: No end in sight
      226 3 Thailand power struggle: No end in sight BANGKOK. Mon. The rival groups contending for power in Thailand appeared equally poised today, with no solution to the deadlock over government formation in sight. Fifteen days after a general election which returned a deeply split National Assembly with no party anywhere near
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      Lock icon BHUTTO BANS A WAMI PARTY, ARRESTS 44
      229 3 ISLAMABAD, Mon mHE Pakistan Govern--1 merit today banned the opposition National Aw ami Party (NAP) and arrested 44 top opposition leaders following the assassination of a senior provincial minister. Among those seized were Abdul WaU Khan, head of the National Awami Party and
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      Lock icon THE FIRST TO SIGN...
      93 3 KIM Young-sam, Sooth Korea's major opposition New Democratic Party president, signs on the dotted line during a news conference yesterday to start a nationwide campaign of collecting signatures to boycott the national referendum. The referendum, to be held tomorrow, was called by President Park Chung-hee to
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        36 3 /TANBERRA. Mon. \j Australia's AttorneyGenera, Sen. Lionel Murphy, 52, was yesterday appointed to the High Court of Australia by the Labour Government. The controversial moVe was announced by Prime Minister Gough Whitlam. after a Cabinet meeting.
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        24 3 NICOSIA UN peace-keep inf fo%ces were on the alert here yesterday after local reports that the Tnikish Army might attemtt to captureNicociZ international airport.
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        36 3 WASHINGTON. Secretary of State Henry Kissinger must share blame for collapse of the Soviet-American trade agreement for his failure to notify Congress of Russian opposition to certain provisions In the pact, Jien. Henry Jackson said yesterday.
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        Maria's move
        43 3 BUENOS. AIRES: President Maria Estela Peron last fjjht ordered tbe Argentine Army into action against Left wins euerillis, a move which could bring troops into the cities for the first time since the last military iovernment stepped down in May, 1973.
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        39 3 MEXICC CITY: US Sen. Edwari Kennedy said yestertjay that the drive to isolate communist Cuba from the Americas was a mistake and ineffective. He called on the United States and Latin America to normalise relations with Fidel Castro's government.
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        26 3 WASHINGTON: Dr. Henry Kissinger plans to have fresh >alks with Holland over 'attempts to get KLM, tbe Royal Dutch Airlin to cut back its transatlantic traffic.
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        33 3 LAHORE: At least eight peopk were killed and about 100 injured yesterday in a head-on colllskm between two crowded buses on a national highway near Okare, 130 km (80 miles) south of here.—Agencies.
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      Lock icon SAIGON NUNS CLASH WITH POIICE NEAR PALACE
      346 3 SAIGON NUNS CLASH WITH POIICE NEAR PALACE SAIGON, Mon. I pOLICE and Buddhist nuns engaged in a shouting and shoving* match several hundred metres from Saigon's Presidential Palace today as 20 nuns demonstrated against President Thieu. Scuffling broke out as police seized a plastic container of petrol apparently intended to
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      188 3 Nyerere: Blacks won't start 1 war T\AR ES SALAAM. Mon. JLr Tanzanian President Julius Nyerere said yesterday black guerillas will not start a racial war in white-controlled Southern Africa as long as they are convinced that peaceful progress can be made toward majority rule. But Mr. Nyerere said blacks in
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      25 3 MANILA. Mon— The Ma-nila-based Asian Development Bank approved loans totalling U*****.7 million (*****.3 million) last Quarter of 1974, the bank said today— Reuter.
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    GIFTS TO BOOST CAR SALES
    394 4  - GIFTS TO BOOST CAR SALES AHMAM OSMAN AS MOTOR MARKET^ FEELS THE PINCH. By rjAR dealers are offering gifts in a bid to boost faltering car sales. A leading car firm is offering a free Kodak camera for the pifrchase of any of its Another offers a free tankful of
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    Jaga who stole goods gets 3 years
    89 4 Jaga who stole goods gets 3 years A WATCHMAN was A Jailed for three years with another two years police supervision, for stealIng goods worth $263 from an unnumbered hut in Changi Point. David Rldsdale, 27, together with an accomplice, broke into the hut, used as a storeroom, between the
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    The lightfingered maids
    64 4 The lightfingered maids TWO housemaids were each fined $300 and Jailed for a day y ester day by the First Magistrate's Court for shoplifting. Ong Bee Lan. 20. pleaded guilty to stealing a skirt worth $13 at Yaohan department store on Feb. 2 at about 6.10 p.m. Tan Kirn Kee,
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    Swimming course for beginners
    59 4 The People's Association Youth Swimming Club Is conducting several three month swimming courses for beginners at Mount Emily pool. Classes (or children are being held on Tuesdays, Saturdays and Sundays from 5 p.m to 630 p.m. Classes (or youths of 15 years and above are being
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    11 fined $10,060 for gambling offences
    139 4 11 fined $10,060 for gambling offences jpLEVEN men were fined a total of $10,060 by a Singapore court yesterday on three separate charges connected with gambling tn various parts of Singapore last week. For acting as bookmakers. Sle Ah Chong (40), was fined $3,000 or 10 months; Koh Kia Cheng
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    Worker drops claim for damages
    92 4 Worker drops claim for damages ACONSTRUC TION worker. Tang Foon, 50, yesterday discontinued in the High Court his negligence suit against Evergreat Construction Co. Pte. Ltd. of Jalan Kllang Barat. His counsel. Mr. Ng Kirn Song, said that Tang's decision to discontinue his damages claim arose from a settlement between
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    How to speak effectively in public
    67 4 How to speak effectively in public TRINITY College. London, will hold classes on Effective Public Speaking at the Regional English Language Centre, Orange Grove Road, from Feb. 18 at G p.m. Fee Is $30 per month. An external examiner from college will conduct a diploma examination for candidates In Singapore
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    Her new job
    34 4 LEGAL Officer Miss Yap Slew Yong has been appointed assistant Official Assignee and Assistant Public Trustee in place of Miss Lillian Ong. who is now an assistant director of Legal Aid.
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    Return of the Crazy Bumpkins with Sakura in tow
    268 4 Return of the Crazy Bumpkins with Sakura in tow IT'S home sweet home again for Sakura, Wong Sa and Ya Fong. The cheery trio agreed unanimously that there is nothing like being with your loved ones during Chinese New Year. Stars of the film. The Return of the Crazy Bumpkins,
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    Parking fee hike benefits season ticket holders
    209 4 Parking fee hike benefits season ticket holders T*HE Housing and Development Board said x yesterday the increased fee in HDB carparks would benefit season ticket holders who complained of lack of parking spaces A HDB spokesman said that the new fee from 20 to 40 cents an hour would only
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    $50,000 plan to train temple musicians
    138 4 $50,000 plan to train temple musicians SEVEN Hindu temples here have Joined hands to launch a $50,--000 scheme to train youths as temple musicians. The training, which will begin next month, is the first concerted attempt by Hindu temples here to build up a group of temple musicians. Of the
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    800 flats to go up for yard workers
    169 5 K Epp EL Shipyard fion build about 800 units of flats for its employees at the Junction of Clement! Road and Upper Ayer Rajah Road. -j"" 5 shipyard is now finalising arrangements to carry out the multimillion collar project. It is believed
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    Chess tourney at C-centre
    41 5 OUEENSTOWN Community Centr* Chess Club will hold Hi fourth open chess championship for the Jek Yeun Thonß challenge trophy from March 9 to 23. Entry forms are available from the centre. The closing date is Feb. 17.
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    HOUSEWIFE ROBBED OF $5,000
    73 5 HOUSEWIFE ROBBED OF $5,000 rO men robbed a housewife of $5,000 after entering her flat in Block 36. Jalan Klinik, Tiong Bahru on Sunday. Madam Beh Ah Muay. 32, and her young son were ordered into a bedroom and covered with blankets. She freed herself when she heard the two
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    Paediatric society
    54 5 DR. Tan Kirn Leong was elected president of the Singapore Paediatric Society at its annual meeting. Other officials: Dr. Tan Cheng Lim, vice-president Dr. Phua Kong 800. secretary: Dr. Mm Chin Hian. treasurer; Dr. Imp Keng Wee. Dr. Ho Nai Kiong. Dr. Peter Lim Cheng Chuan anci Dr.
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    Bankruptcy: Arrest order on 4
    146 5 rE High Court has ordered the arrest of four men in two bankruptcy cases on an application by the Official Assignee. Three of them were said to be partners of Liang Heng Chiang Construction Co. of New Market Street which was the subject of a
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    Hotels seek industrial rates for utilities
    425 5 Hotels seek industrial rates for utilities THK Singapore A Hotel and Restaurant Association (SHRA) is to ask the Government to consider granting hotels here industrial rates for their consump tion of wat c r, electricity and gas. A formal approach will b<- made in March or April, after the PATA
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    Work on Kusu project to start soon
    119 5 Work on Kusu project to start soon rpHE first phase of rex clamatlon work at Kusu Island is expected to begin soon after the Chinese New Year holidays, according to a Port of Singapore Authority source. Under the reclamation project undertaken by the PSA, the island, ly'ng eight kilometres i
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    Officials of SLAET
    48 5 MR. WINSTTON Be Kean Leng. an aeronautical engineer, has been elected chairman of the Society of Licensed Aircraft Engineers and Technologists (SLAE~). Other officials: Mr. K Mlfra. vice-chairman Mr. John Wong Keng Jee. secretary, Mr. Jimmy Chew, treasurer and Mr. Kg Chee Kheng, social secretary.
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    Chew heads society
    49 5 DR. CHEW Chin Hin has been elected president of the Singapore Thoracic Society with Dr. S. Dcvi as presidentelect. Other officials: Dr. Chew Shin Fun. secretary: Dr. Lee Slew Know, treas .rer; Mr. J E Choo. Dr. William Chan and Dr. Ng Kwok Choy, council members.
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    SHA BAKAR FACES ANOTHER 11 CHARGES
    332 5 OHA Bakar bin Dawood was yesterday charged in the First Magistrates Court with 11 other counts of armed robbery and shooting. No plea was taken and the prosecutor, Senior Inspector Amarjeet Singh, successfully applied for Bakar to be remanded for a week at the
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    WOMAN ON MURDER CHARGE
    76 5 WOMAN ON MURDER CHARGE A WpMAN charged with the murder of a seven-year-old girl was yesterday remanded by the First Magistrate for a week at Changl prison pending further investigation. Pang Oeok Too, 37, who appeared in court In a wheebhair, is accused of the murder of Lay Siew Hwee,
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    Jalan Sultan stalls to make way for progress
    212 5 rE days are numbered for these popular Jalan Sultan eating stills, which boast a 24 -hour service and tasty Muslim and Indian food. All the 38 licenced stallholders are expected to be rt sited at the new three-storey hawkers' centre in Beach
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      206 5 Bringing Up Father By BUI Kavanigh tfc Hal Camp -U. WELL, WhIAT CAN I DO? \=J I OH.THAH* ©OOC3NESS/ HOW 1 1 THIS WiU. HELP MV BUT aHTV I'M ifJvITINO j I'M TOO EMBARRASSED I HAVE AN EXCUSE FC« Mori PLANTS ITS .ALMOST AS INVITED ME )>C>U TO STAY 1
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      168 6 ENG WAH THEATRES ORGANISATION MANAGEMENT AND STAFF "WISH ALL OUR PATRONS A VERY HAPPY PROSPEROUS CHINESE NEW YEAR" KING'S JUBILEE TOA PAYOH OCEAN NEW HAPPY NOW SHOWING! DAILY 4 SHOWS! NO FREE LISTS! OUR GRAND CHINESE NEW YEAR ATTRACTION CHEN CHEN, ALAN TANG A MANDARIN FILM IN COLOR-SCOPE. LOCATION IN
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      369 6 IJL.. KONG HEE &&P) ii WEL FATT CHOY^J2& ji :Al H£ATRES WO FREE L OOJUJGyNLIf| NOW SHDWIN6! 1 Mrt 9 3o P > I MijMtie-Odeoß-Kitoßf-RBbyS City "midnight tonight, tomorrow, thurs Saturday; I S and Morning Show On Sunday^^-^ CHEN CHEN CHIN HSIANG UN Behind^^k JURONG DRIVE-IN CINEMA &CSTHAY Midnight Tonight
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      807 6 ORGANISATION I All Shows NO 'RfS g > OPENS TODAY' i 1 1 *m 1 30 4.00. 4 45. •1 > I Welter Motthou Robert S*o» "TakiM *< M». On. T.o NOW SHOWING' I Urn 1 10. 400 645 9 30 I Wong Sor Ye g > "RETURN .t THE
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  • ACROSS THE CAUSEWAY
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      Electronic 'eye' for the Straits
      248 7 RADAR AT LIGHTHOUSES PORT KLANG, Monday ELECTRONIC equipment and other modern navigational aids will be installed in lighthouses on the west coast of Peninsular Malaysia to guide shipping along the narrow and bosy Straits of Malacca. I Deputy Communications Minister. Datuk Wan Kadir bin Ismail,
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      4 years, $3,000 fine for having revolver
      178 7 ITUALA LUMPUR, Mon. Painter Choo Chui Yean alias Tee t Kiat, 27, was jailed for a total of four years and fined $3,000 or another two years' jail on two charges of having firearms by the Sessions Court today. Choo pleaded guilty to
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      M-cyclist dies
      36 7 IPOH. Mon A motorcyclist. Lee Seong. 36, who was involved In a collision vlth a tricycle near Tronoh. 25km (16 miles) from litre, died yesterday in the General Hospital here about 2 pm. today.
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      Suspects held
      23 7 KUALA LUMPUR, Mon. Police arrested two suspected bookies and seized $7,415 ana some betting slips at the Turf Club here yesterday.
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      Executive woke up to double shock
      84 7 Executive woke up to double shock PENANG, Mon. A construction company executive woke up in his hotel room here yesterday morning and missed his wallet containing $1,900. A girl who had been with him. bad also disappeared. The executive told police he met a girl, believed to be an Australian
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      CURFEW TO BE LIFTED TODAY
      82 7 CURFEW TO BE LIFTED TODAY ITUANTAN, Mon— The *■> curfew in all residential areas in the Gerakan Indra IV area stretching from Karak to Sungei Dua and Manchis will be lifted from tomorrow, Mentri Besar Datuk Mohamed bin Jusoh announced today. Datuk Mohamed, who is also the chairman of the
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      Port's first caller
      61 7 JOHORE BARU. Mon. —The first ship to call at Pasir Oudang port here arriveu today from Port Klang with 4,500 tpns of palm oil. The 21.000-ton Norwegian tanker will leave for the US with another 3,500 tons from Pasir Gudang. Its arrival marks the launching of the
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      Head-on crash: Third man dies
      91 7 BUTTERWORTH, Mon. Businessman Baldev Singh, 23, died at the Penang General Hospital last night following an accident in which two of his friends died yesterday afternoon. Another friend, Gurdial Singh, 22, from Ipoh, is still warded in a serious condition. The two who died instantly
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      $8,700 fine
      32 7 ALOR STAR. Mon. Chan Seng 80, 33, of Malacca was fined $8,700 or one-and-half years' jail in default for Illegal possession of 58 lb of saccharin at the Malay-sia-Thai border.
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      Azizah sets her mind in the clouds...
      184 7 Azizah sets her mind in the clouds... ITUALA LUMPUR, Mon. Hotel receptionist, Noor Azizah Hamzah, 20. is determined to be the first woman to pilot a passenger plane in Malaysia. Azizah, who received her private pilot's licence yesterday, ha» applied for a Mara loan to do a 13-month course In
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      Thieves take $1,280
      52 7 PENANG. Mon. Thieves broke Into the house of an Indonesian consulate official In Jalan Pisang Nangka here during the weekend and took a radio, a camera and Jewellery valued at $1,280. Enclk Juswas Mangku told police he discovered the theft when he returned home at about 2
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      Aussie tour
      28 7 SYDNEY, Mon. Chief of Naval staff of the Royal Malaysian Navy Rear Admiral K. Thanabalaslngham has arrived here to begin a week's official visit to Aus-
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      108 7 i; PLAZA CINEM A I I knHHn TEL: *****72 TEXTILE CENTRE, JALAN SULTAN, OFF NORTH BRIDGE ROAD. > GRAND CHINESE NEW YEAR ATTRACTION! ij NOW SHOWING DAI LV 5 SHOWS at 11. 00 AM, 1.30, 4.00, 6.45 9.30 PM j: THAT "TRINITY" STAR IS BACK! His Name Is Nobody... And
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      52 7 fl Happy Pra/perou/ Chine/c flew Year from the Goodwood Group of Hotel/ Goodwood Park Hotel Ming Court Hotel Lady hill Hotel reopen/ lor bu/ine/v tomorrow. Come ond Lo Hay your traditional Chine/c Rainbow Raw Fi/h. For two the di/h <o/t/ 17 Reservations call omt J\/ FUNCj COUKT HOTGJ. A\ Tel.
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      483 7 yVhenyoatnsy a KODAK I STAMAOC Camera you could win $400,000! Joill in KODAK S KODAK INSTAMATIC 66X Camera Chinese New Year sln9Opore pr ic un<Ur Celebrations! v ...i > Chinese New Year celebrations are [W^'^^l incomplete without picture-taking. And there's [i^^^l no easier way to take pictures than with a
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  • The Straits Times
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      RABBIT'S YEAR
      338 8 BUNNIES have a comforting connotation in the West. The rabbit in Eastern mythology is no less benevolent. Traditionally, the Year of the Rabbit set in the Chinese calendar between the Tiger and the Dragon is considered a period of ease and tranquillity. "No mishaps are expected." as Mr.
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      SEPARATIST DANGERS
      298 8 T<HE fighting in Eritrea, Ethiopia's northern province, now in its 11th day, is more than a parochial dust-up. Secession in Eritrea could significantly alter the structure of North African politics. Ethiopia itself would lose its only access to the sea through the Eritrean ports of Massawa and Assab
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  • LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
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      MYSTERY OF THE MINORITY NEW YEAR GREETING
      112 8 MYSTERY OF THE MINORITY NEW YEAR GREETING MANY non-Chinese do not know that "Kong Hee Fatt Choy" Is a Chinese New Year greeting in Cantonese. In Singapore the largest dialect group is Hokklen. And during the 15-day festive season Hokkiens wish one another "Klong Hee Huat Chye." Since Cantonese are
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      Children miss chance to 'see and learn' at airport
      159 8 HAD an occasion recently to see some friends off at the Paya Lebar International Airport. When they were called to board their aircraft I decided to proceed to the waving gallery witn my two little children. To my surprise I discovered
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      77 8 mHE closure of part of X Changi Road has caused much inconvenience to residents of Upper Changi Road as the detour to the city has added 45 minutes to travelling time. One has to consider the additional expense in view of the longer route and the annoyance of being subjected
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      112 8 I BOUGHT two tins of a certain brand of Imported abalone, net weight 454 grams each, at the Jurong Town pasar malam recently thinking that it was a bargain at $4.50 per tin. On reaching home I was shocked to discover that the content turned out to be sardines. I
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      FOR JOGGERS
      79 8 rE Public Utilities Board is unable at this Juncture to answer the queries posed by "Keep Fit" (8.T.. Jan. 30) regarding a locker system at Macßitchle Reservoir Park. I would like to reassure all jogging enthusiasts who make use of Macßitchle Reservoir that a feasibility study is being
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    THE BATTLE FOR TORY LEADERSHIP...
    1548 8  - THE BATTLE FOR TORY LEADERSHIP... GERARD CORR By THE politician who until recently was heralded as the man most likely to succeed Edward Heath as leader of Britain's Conservative Party is not among the challengers in today's leadership stakes. And yet Enoch Powell, the most admired and most detested figure
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      277 8 "^^W»~j FMANAGEMENT&SIArrOf^ HOUSEOF TANG yrVISH ALL OUR PATRONS KONOtfJsE k r CHIANG (S> PTE lID. B£^J 3W ORCHARD HOAD SWGAPOHt 9 TEL 375SOCXSI.NIS L KONG HEE FATT CHOY iHi^ It" /m 9ENDING =lOLL B| 10 ft x 2'j ALSO AVAILABLE: PRESS BRAKES, GUILLOTINE AND COMBINATION ISLAND PENINSULAR ENGINEERING CO. (PTE)
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    Extort bid on trader: Man helping police
    229 9 Extort bid on trader: Man helping police A MAN is helping n the police in their investigation of an attempt to extort money from a businessman during the past 10 days. The breakthrough in this case came last week when detectives from the Central Station swooped on a cocktail lounge
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    Outing to Sentosa
    34 9 THE YMCA of Singapore will organise a family tour cum picnic to Sentosa Island on Feb 23. Those interested should contact the YMCA. Orchard Road or phone *****4,*****3 for further information.
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    Charity Queen
    34 9 THE Singapore Charily Queen 1975 contest will be launched, and not Judged as reported in yesterday's Straits Times, at Mandarin Hotel on Feb. 22 at 10 a.m. The error is regret tec^
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    Port piling
    33 9 PILING work will be carried out between Jurong Port berth No 5 and Puliu Chlchir from Saturday for about three months. Mariners are advised to proceed slowly while passing the area.
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    Drugs: $1,200
    23 9 BOBBY Ho. 26. was fined 51. 200 yesterday for consumming heroin at a coffee hojse at 3.10 a.m. on Jan. 19.
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    ROV survey on driving skills
    168 9 rriHE Registry of Vehicles X (ROY) Is conducting a survey on whether there Is need to upgrane the standard of driving In Singapore. The ROY will analyse the results before it considers implementing any measure which may be necessary. Forms are now available at the
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    WARNING TO SHIPS
    27 9 DBEDGING work at Southern Tnas Channel is expected to continue till Sept. 30 and mariners are advised to manoeuvre «lowly when passing the area.
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    Big drop in illegal migrants
    449 9  -  PHILIP LEE •FEWER ARRESTED LAST YEAR By pn ELI MI NARY figures disclosed by reliable sources show a significant decrease in the number of illegal immigrants arrested last year. Tfe number arrested last year was just below 1,000, compared with 1,128 in 1970, 1,002 in
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    Chingay parade at Q'town tomorrow
    101 9 Chingay parade at Q'town tomorrow A CHINGAY procession will be held at Queenstown and the neighbouring areas tomorrow from 9.30 a.m. to noon. The six kilometre long procession will begin at Queenstown Sports Complex in Mci Chin Road and then proceed along Quernsway, Bomba Circus, Jalan Bukit Merah. Hoy Fatt
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    MINISTRY 'STILL STUDYING QUERIES ON HUDC HOMES'
    244 9 MINISTRY 'STILL STUDYING QUERIES ON HUDC HOMES' 'THE Ministry of r National Development ,has yet to take a policy decision on whether owners of Housing Board flats should be allowed to apply for the middle-in-come flats being built by the Government. A spokesman said yesterday that the ministry was still
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    New job for Theander
    44 9 MR. Ingmar Th pander of Thai Airways International has been promoted managing director Pacific Region of McGregor Swire Air Services Ltd.. baaed In Singapore. Mr. Theander was formerly manager of cargo and mail marketing section of Thai Airways, In Bangkok.
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      21 9 WATER consumption on Sunday was 124.6 million gallons (566.000 cubic metres). 4.8 million gallons 22.000 cubic metres) less than on Saturday.
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      854 9 HM Radio TODAY SINGAPORE 6.86 AM Good Morning 6.61 Music i Islands (Stereo) 4.66 Tea Break •t Sunrise 7.86 News 7.16 Daily (Stereo). Digest 7.2S Quote for the Day 7.31 5.86 News in Brief 5.83 ProMusical Potpourri 8.88 News 8.16 gramme Summary 5.16 Music On The Musical Potpourri 6.66 Do
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      767 9 TODAY SINGAPORE 5 10.00 AM Opening and Children's New Year 1 6.30 News in Brief Special 6.35 How and Why Telephone 10.35 AifMJi 9 7.00 Beyond Faun) Planning (Malay) 10.55 Holiday Matinee: Fatter Gmsc 7.30 News (Malay) 12.50 PM Telematch 7.45 Sandiwara (Malay Drama) i 1.40 Rampai Sari Jambi by
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      46 9 iiiaWH^yjEu ri(yE 4OK PtDN'T HELP .ME AaiAlW, y.Z«,rc*r.*r,rr>i I fj^fTK MX HOMEIIM*. I'M QUITE \C! AND I fAjIEP! I IT'S SORT OP A O>V\PUM£NT |f \J U)AS A THAT <4>o THINK fM HELP rr\UP\ IMFMT T <iL)f?F WOULD HAVE SEEN SJ VALUABLE. purWT MPAW IT W
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      1087 10 tm Caißßaaa^aK t^TjJ aaBBBBBai»BBM zST jST j^* jF S b b b paaaaV THE FROM THE MANAbtMENT STAFF CHINA I X""**^ DA If I MANAGEMENT I f I fl 3 Aim.KJIIC I Prill 1 J L AND STAFF 1 1 E 1 M II \II 111 111 I W AIKLINO
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  • Business Times
    • CHIEF PRICE CHANGES
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        Rises
        79 11 O.C.B.C. $6.55 .3! Setron $195 .31 M. Banking $5.60 DOB $3.54 r. City $1.55 .21 .1' 1 Darby $2.67 .1' Prina $2.76 DBS $3.00 H. Msia $1.50 I. Iron $3.74 KAN $4.44 H. Leonf *2 3d C. See. $1.57 B. Prop. $2.02 [nchcape $2 48 K. L. Keponc $125
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        Most active stocks
        23 11 Faber Merlin 1,445,000 Sime Darby 737, M« Haw Pax 468.000 Pan-Efectiic 338,MM> Total turnover: 4.99 M Total Value: $10.30 M
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        INDICES
        58 11 Feb. 7 Ifeb. 10 > Industrials: 199.99 202.85 Finance: 373.92 385.48 Hotclt: 152.50 156.49 Properties: 161.11 166.00 t Tins: 96.80 96.80 t t rubbers: 325.28 325.83 i 0.C.8.C.: 180.38 186.92 j: S.E.S. Ind.: 185.73 193.22 Dec. 30, 1966 10* t Dec. 31, 1968 1M t Dec. 29, 1962 100
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      KUALA LUMPUR
      977 11 f>ID and offer prices official- i ly listed and business In and reported to the Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange yesterday with the number of shares traded shown In brackets In lots of 1.000 units. unless otherwise specified. INDUSTRIALS Aunomoto (2.208). A. Tapa cO.'oß' M. D.v IO.WBI A.P.I. (0
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      CLOSING PRICES
      1594 11 ►pHE last transacted ready 1 sa 1 c at the close cf i business on th% Stock Exchange of Singapore yesterday compared with the previous day's prices together with 1974/75 high and low. Ad J usted for al l new Issues SECTION ONE INDUSTRIAL* tiniarara Unit Traat (Mmiiir'i
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      Redifon contract
      76 11 AN ORDER valued at about U*****,000 has been received by Redlfon Flight Simulation of Crawley from the British Aircraft Corporation. This order Is for a BAC 1 6 7 Strikemaster MkBOA flight trainer for the Royal Saudi Arabian Air Force. The flight trainer Is based on the Redlfon
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      Lunar year closes on a bullish note
      398 11 Lunar year closes on a bullish note OULLISH condi- tio n s prevailed on all fronts at the Stock Exchange of Singapore yesterday the eve of Chinese New Year. Throu ghout the one hour and 45 minutes of trading, a hectic pace was maintained with buyers chasing stocks, and consequently
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      Strong trend across the Causeway
      257 11 Strong trend across the Causeway BUYERS came out in force at the Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange yesterday eve of the Chinese New Year— liftIng prices to better levels. Following a firm openIng, popular stocks were sought progressively higher in what was believed to be a combination of covering and speculative
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      Hytex tries to explain
      160 11 Hytex tries to explain rE full accounts for the year ended September 1974 irom Hytex do show that the company could have turned in a better set of results than $887,000 However, they still do not explain fully why the llrst half had been so strong interim profits came to
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      BUSINESS DONE (SINGAPORE)
      1248 11 |»ID Knd off? r prices officially lated and business In and reported to the Stock Exchange of Singapore veatcnlay with the number of ihnres traded shown In brackets In lots of 1,000 units unless otherwise specified. All T»ne Bargains for Settlement Contracts are quoted after (he word
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      87 11 MANSFIELD GRAND EUROPEAN TOURS Tour A -*22 days to London, Belgium, Germany, Austria, Italy, Switzerland France. Departure Date: 31st May 1975 .Tour Price: *$2990 Fully Escorted Tour B 26 days to London, Holland, Denmark, rjt^^^ssss^^^^' Germany, Austria, Italy, Switzerland France^^^^^^gHl W~ y Departure Date: 28th May 1975 _^^z=£S^' JMT Tour
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      15 11 There will be no publication of Business Tiroes on Thursday. Publication will resum« on Saturday.
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      154 11 The international bank Sa*C3aa*»»»«aaal P""""""""^^^k. .^Bfjaaaaafl Q UH "T7 BrflkatflaMal X^^aV. saafl a»^^^ €^3 Hi I'^^lW Wl 1 «sA I'M HhH 4S BB> IBJ's new Head Office in •T<j*.vii I Financing industrial growth is a well-travelled but complicated road, where finding the best options for long-term credit requires the assistance
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    Sparkling results from Singapura Building
    304 12 Sparkling results from Singapura Building DESPITE the slump in the property.maiKei. Uingapura .Bunding society has turned in a sparkling set ot results lor the Urst six months ended December 19/4. Directors expect that the lull year will be better than 1973-74. interim pre-tax income Jumped 56.3 per cent to $2.18
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  • Company news for the week ended feb.7
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      PRELIMINARY RESULTS
      33 12 Compaalea Hytex S P Text Twto Sept. 74 Sept. 74 Praflt/Low (L) COM) S$887 (Sf43C) MJ3.726 (Mf 2.834) Earninct* I 17.7 53.2 (881 (37.8) Dividend!' i 7 STE (7.5TE) 7.5 (12.5)
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      INTERIM STATEMENTS
      20 12 Pr»-Tax Interim Companies Half-year Profit/Lou (L) Dividend!* to COM) Temerloli Rubber Oct. 74 MSB 92 (MS99O) 3.5 (3.2)
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      OTHER ANNOUNCEMENTS
      106 12 Haw I'ar Brothers International: Subsidiary Ha* I Par Brothers InternaI tional (Hongkong) has sold about four million i shares or five per cent of the equity in SteluxManu- facturlng for HK$9 million i (554.5 million). This stake was taken over by Haw Par from Slater Walker Securities (Hongkong)
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    Slowdown in M. Banking's profits
    269 12  -  MARTIN LIM By I>HE profits slow--1 down at Malayan Banking has continued into the current year ending June 1975. In the first six months ended December 1974, the band's net profits grew by only 31.7 per cent to $6.06 million compared with 52 per cent
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  • COMMODITIES
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      CLOSING PRICES
      26 12 Robber: Feb. 10. Singapore: Closed. Malaysia: (Mar.) 135.50 cts (u.i 3.00 cts). Tin: $1,042 (up $32). Official of ferine: 233 tons (down 141 tons).
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      Gold markets
      58 12 Saturday Friday VM Ult Melbourne (1) doled 129. M London Cloaed 174. 008 Closed 175.50S Beirut 175.50 Hor.Kkong Cloaed 174.50 Zurich Cloaed 174. C08 Cloaed IT.">. oils Part* Ctoaed 175.3.1 Monday Saturday Spore (2) 173.U8 173.138 175.548 175.848 Export prices in non-sterling areas In U.S. dollars per ounce.
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      Rubber market
      288 12 Xl *I. A Ll'MPl'R: Opening indications in the Malaysian rubber market yesterday were marked up by a half cent following steadier overseas advices. It gained a further 1.50 cents per kilo on report of the UNTACD proposals for an international rubber stockpile estimated at between 375,000 and 750,--000
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      SMR PRICES
      89 12 P\AILY SMR prices Issued at noon yesterday: J Mar. Apr. (Current Mth) (I orward Mthi M.R.L.L.B. Buyers Sellers Buyers Sellers (cents per k() (cents per kg) SMR SCV (1 ton pallet) 137.00 140.00N 138 00 141.00N SMR 5L (1 ton pallet) ***** 137.00N 136 00 138.00N SMR 5
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      Straits tin
      25 12 rE Straits tin price climbed $32 to $1,042 per picul in Penang yesterday on an official offering down 141 tons to 233 tons.
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      PRODUCE
      99 12 HINESE PRODUCE EX CLOSINC PRICIS PER PICUL YESTERDAY. Coconut Oil: bulk J9ON sellera, drum IfiSN sellers. Capra: Miiad (loose) VK Com. $49N B. Ptppar: Muntok ABTA white fob. 100<-r NL.W *257, sellers. Sarawak white f.o.b. NLW (245 aelleiT, Sarawak meclal black f o.b. »«<* NLW $.i2l sellers. Sarawak ASTA
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      TOKYO
      183 12 TOKYO. Mon. Prlceson the Tokyo stock market continued to firm up reflectting thp bullishness of the previous weekend. In tfce morning, government l>ans and investment Issues centring on leading constructions firmed up further. The :Dow-Jones average was up 45 18 to 4.092.54. while the Nc* index rose 3.48 to
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      HONGKONG
      259 12 HONGKONG. Mon. The market was firm in active trading following strong advices from London on Friday, brokers said. Opening gains were extended in the half day session with buying interest spilling over into the second line stocks. Some of the activity was due to window dressing ahead of the
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      SYDNEY
      430 12 SYDNEY. Mon. The Sydney stock marktt closed on a weaker note in lacklustre trading conditions today. Sellers held the upper hand from the opening bell. Central Pacific, which might receive government participation in its uranium venture in the Ngalia Basin. Northern Territory, was sold down to 50 cents before
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      DISCOUNT MARKET
      38 12 RA-N'GE of rates offered by discount houses on Feb. 10: OvemiKht 3 P to 4 1 Call deposit i A»traie Buy Sail Treasury bills i% 4 3/l« bank bills 7 15/1* 7% Source: National Discount Oo
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      Money and exchanges
      64 12 THE US dollar eased farther In the Singapore forex market yeste"day to close at U*****60 70. Trading In the market was extremely thin as most dealers laid off in view of the Chinese New Year noli- days. Suggested interbank forward rates at 12.00 noon: Forward 1 month
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      Money market
      43 12 Closing interbank rates in Singapore dollars lor Feb. 10: Offer Bid Overnight 7-1/8 7 1 rath 7-1 2 7-3 B 2 mths 7-5/8 7-1/2 3 mths 7-7 8 7-3/4 Prime rate 9J; Source: <P. Murray- Jonei International. slightly from those quoted
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      NOMINAL RATES
      38 12 Suggested Interbank rate at 3.00 p.m. Curreftein Nominal rate* Smithsonian Per«nU«f quoted ye-tenlay (croat) parity change US dollar 2 2760 ***** 2.8196 —19.28 Ef- 1 iii i r3r i.o o 5 7 s jjss iifsi iss
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      Asian currency rates
      149 12 ASIAN currency deposit interbank rates as at cljse on Monday Feb. 10: US Dollars (Spot) Offer Bid 7 days 6-1/4 6-1/8 1 mtti 6-11/16 6-9/16 2 mths 6-7/8 6-3/4 3 mtis 7 6-7/8 6 mths 7-1/4 7-1 8 9 mtfis 7-9/16 7-7/16 12 mfhs 7-11/16 7-9/16 Sw.
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    87 15 MADAM WEE BENG NEO (Mrs Teo Kirn Swee) aged 74 passec away peacefully 9-2-75, leavlnf behind 2 sons. 1 daughter. 1 son-in-law. 1 daughter-in-law and i grandchildren to mourn her loss Cortege leaving 46, Jalan Khalruddln. Opera Estate on Wednesday 12-2-75 at 2 p.m. to Pentecost Methodist Church, thence
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    100 15 MAHESH KUMAR DOSHI, 27 passed away peacefully on 8/2/75 Mr A Mrs. J.T. Doshl and family gratefully thank the doctors and staff of Thomson Road Oenera! Hospital for their kind services rendered and all friends and relatives for their klndasslstance. condolences and attendance during their recent bereavement. THE FAMILY
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    34 15 IN LOVING MEMORY Of a dear wife, mother, grandmother. Madam Aw See Puck Ca> Cheong Choy died 1 1 -2-73 without a passing word Sadly missed always remembered bv her lniwi nnn
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    19 15 SOS. SAMARITANS OF SINGAPORE Troubled' Discouraged? Ring 91-44-44 day or r.l^ht Help is as near us trie telephone
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    Youth with 'odd humour' rebuked
    493 15 Youth with 'odd humour' rebuked JTOURTH District Judge, Mr. E.C. Foenander, yesterday severely reprimanded a 20-year-old youth who sent an extortion letter demanding $10,000 to his relative, a woman company director, as a practical joke. The judge told Mathew Joseph Danker, who had stated in his letter to Mrs. Rhonda
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    Poultry goes up 10 cents a kati
    275 15 Poultry goes up 10 cents a kati npHE prices of cockerel, M. hen and duck rose by lv cents a katl to $1.70. $2.20 and $1.90 respectively, the Trade Department reported yesterday. Poilowing are the recommended prices: RICE: China 10 per cent Vim Cheok. 95 cents a kati or 605g;
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    Two fatal crashes: Plea for witnesses
    127 15 Two fatal crashes: Plea for witnesses POLICE yesterday appealed to eye-wit-nesses of two fatal road accidents in which a 10--year-old boy and a motorist died on Sunday. In the first mishap, the boy, Chua Chai Meng. died in hospital shortly after he was hit by a car while crossing Jurong
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    DISPLACED FARM MEN URGED TO CO-OPERATE
    162 15 DISPLACED FARM MEN URGED TO CO-OPERATE rE Deputy Speaker and MP for Chua Chu Kang, Mr. Tang See Chlm, has urged pig farmers In the area affected by the Kranji reservoir scheme to co-operate with the Government In resettling them In new areas. He said farmers would have to move
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    Murder supect held
    43 15 SINGAPORE Police arrested a 33 -yearOld Malaysian on Saturday in connecttlon with the murder of V.1...:. 11.. Kampong Kaba k c t, Kelantan, last July. The man was arrested at a house in Geylang. I He has been handed over
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      China will make bid for table tennis double
      195 16 CALCUTTA, Mon. China today attempt to win both the men's and women's team titles at the World Tuble Tennis Championships h'.'re. The i opponents in the men's final are Yugoslavia and having beaten them decisively at group level they mast be favourites
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      193 16 But they'll find Korean girls tenacious Czechoslovakia In the second semi-final by the withdrawal, of European champion Milan Orlowski, because of a fever. Orlowski, unbeaten before the semi-finals, played two matches, winning one and losing one, before a high fever forced him to pull out of his match against Dragutin
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      34 16 STTUTTOART. Oerman y 1 Mon.— Three times European Cup winner AJax Amsterdam yesterday gained a 3-2 victory over the VFB Stuttgart Bundlesliga team in a friendly soccer match before 10.000 spectators. UPI.
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      Canberra's title
      57 16 CANBERRA CC clinched the Sembawang Constituency League soccer title when they edged Sembawang SC 2-1 in the final at Deptford Road yesterday. Tang Chew Kong put Canberra ahead in the 23rd minute but Sembawang replied immediately with a 40-yard shot from Gha/.ah. Tang Chew Pel netted the winner
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      585 16 Player hurt as soccer fans shoot crackers itfILAN, Mon. Angry soccer fans shot firecrackers at Juventus players on the pitch, injuring centre-forward Pietro Anastasi, yesterday when the Turin team scored its winning point. At least 25 fans were injured later in fights outside the stadium. Police launched teargas Into the
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      Hunt for waterpolo talent
      186 16 Chief waterpolo coach Tan Eng Bock has said that strong efforts must be made to woo new talent to the game. He said that steps had been taken to strengthen the national squad through the formation of two feeder teams. About 50 players, mostly newcomers, are
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      Nastase bows to Jiri
      102 16 Nastase bows to Jiri BASLE, (Switzerland), Mon. Czechoslovak Davis Cup player Jiri Hrebec scored a surprise 6-1. 7-6, 2-6, 6-3 victory over top-seeded Hie Nastase of Rumania to capture the Swiss international indoor tennis championship here yesterday. Nastase, who often appeared nervous and ill-at-ease, dropped his first two service games
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      NOH TO PLAY-WITH BANDAGED ANKLE
      445 16  - NOH TO PLAY-WITH BANDAGED ANKLE JOE DORAI By NATIONAL inside forward Mohammed Noh will, after all, not take the two-week rest as requested by FAS selectors. He will turn out for Singapore Malays tomorrow In the Sul'ans' Gold Cup semifinal match against Malaysian Armed Forces at the National Stadium at
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      Mikko turns the tables
      134 16 Mikko turns the tables Mon. Mikko Sone today cleared 1.80 metre* (sft. lo 7,8 Inches) to win the women's high jump at an International track and field meet at Nagoya. Miss Sone avenged her defeat by Ann-Ewa Karlsson, of Sweden, a week ago In Tokyo. The Swedish girl Jumped 1.75
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      139 16 LAHORE, Mon— Abdul Hftz Kardar, president of the Pakistan Cricket Board of Control, yesterday accused India of bucking out of commitments it made at the Asian Cricket Conference here last December He said India was trying to wriggle out of agreements for resuming
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      233 16 Denness gives Australia a tough task MELBOURNE, Mon. Mike Denness led England to an unbeatable position in the Sixth Test here today, leaving Australia a daunting task to save the match. England piled up a massive first innings total of 529 for a lead of 377, and at the close
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      144 16 AI/STR.U.IA Ist inns ".52 ENGLAND Ist inns I). \MISS lbw Lillee 0 nwuKl.i c Marsh b Walker 7 J. tUKICH c I. Chappcil b Walker 70 M. DENNESS c and b Walker iBB K. FLETCHER c Redpath b Walker 146 A. GRL'IG c sub (Jenneri b W.i ik it
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      Champ falls
      34 16 PARIS. Mon. French challenger Daniel Trioulaire yesterday won the European bantamweight boxIng crdwn wtth a technical knockout from Spaniard Bob Allotey by dropping him to the canvas In the ninth round. V*l.
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      SGA pick 5 for S'pore Open
      237 16 SINGAPORE Golf Association have named five local professionals for the Singapore Open golf championship at Island Course from March 20-23. They are Alan Murray, Phua Thin Kiay, Alvin Liau, Lim Kian Tiong and Lim Swee Chew all from SICC. Mr. Harry Knaggs, the chairman
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      Sungei Wang III strengthens big race claim
      469 17  - Sungei Wang III strengthens big race claim EPSCV JEEP By ITU ALA LI.M--PUR, Mon. Wang HI onsolidated hi liims for one of he early season's lassies, the Singapore Derby over 12f at Bukit Timah War. 16 and he Tunku's Cold up it Kuala Lum- »ur on Apr. 13, uth a
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      207 17 Barrier draw for KL nAKRIER draw for this weekend's raci-s. SATIKDAY Class 2 Div. 2-10 F: 9. 5. 6. 7. 3. 4, 2, 1, 8. (.lass S Div. 3— 6 F: 11, 7. 2. 1, 10. 5, 3. 4, 9, 12. 6. Class 5 Div. 4 6 F: 9. 1.
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      91 17 WELLINGTON. Mon— New Zealand will borrow the Davis Cup from South Africa to promote the Eastern zone final agaiust Australia in Auckland at the end of tills month. Lan Wells. New Zealand Lawn Tennis Association chairman, said In a statement yesterday the Cup was insured
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      55 17 NEW YORK. Mon. Promoter Don King announced yesterday that the capital centre in Largo. Maryland, about 10 miles from downtown Washington. D.C.. has been selected as the site for the Ken Norton-Oscar Bonavena tight, the second half or a Match 24 closed-circuit television doubleheader featuiIng the Muhammad AllChuck
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      KL WEIGHTS
      491 17 WEIGHTS for the XI races tMI -\ll KDAY DIV. 2— lOi 9.00 8.13 I B.oi lint 8.01 8.06 8.04 8.04 :*ili Wang B.o^ I 8.00 DIV. 3— 6 F i lo 9.00 8.10 lutter B.OS 8.08 M 8.07 B 'liter 8.07 ter 8.07 i Pearl II B.OJ 8
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      228 17 Tammuz wins finish of outsiders TONDON. Mori. Outsider Tammuz. owned by Queen Elizabeth, ihe Queen Mother, scored a surprise victory in the £12 000 Schwppes Gold Trophy Handicap Hurdle race ft Newbury. The two-mile event was dominated by outsiders, with 18-1 Tammuz winning by I half a length from 28-1
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      203 17 fHRISTCHURCH, Mon. The New Zealand cricket selectors yesterday named two sets of brothers in a 13-man party for the First Test against England beginning in Auckland on Feb. 20. Middle-order batsman Barry Hadlee, 33-year-old eldest son of former New Zealand captain Walter Hadlee. joins
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    Good feed is Joe's New Year joy
    116 18 SOME use joss sticks and incense, others a hearty handshake but six-year-old Joseph Michael's way to usher in the Year of the Hare is the big bite. And there to help him with a mouthwatering slice of Chinese New Year joy is Hazel
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    63 18 BANGKOK, Mon— Prince Vuvaneath Norodom Sihanouk, the son of exiled Cambodian Chief of state Norodom Sihanouk, was in Bangkok today awaiting permission to return to Cambodia, a Foreign Ministry spokesman said. The Prince is here, but he is on a private trip." the spokesman said. "He is
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    32 18 GENEVA, Mon. Two bomb blast; wrecked part of the West German dlplo- matlc mission to the United Nations office here last night but police raid no one was hurt. Reuter.
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    183 18 US dollar| at lowest point in Tokyo since last July TVDKYO, Mon. The ■1 US dollar today declined to its lowest point since last July on the Tokyo foreign exchange market as selling increased in anticipation of a further strengthening of the Japanese yen. Dollars for overnight delivery closed at
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    52 18 LONDON. Mon.—The Shah of Iran has offered to inject cash into the troubled motor Riant British Leyland. an executive of the company confirmed last night. Leyland employs 160.000 workers and is said lo need 4t least £50 million (SS27O million i to keep going this
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    82 18 SAN CLEMENTE. Mon. Mr. Richard Nixon, almost every trapping of power stripped from him six months after he resigned the Presidency, "regret and agonises" over the Watergate affair, and told a friend during the weekend: "It was wrong of me." "And because of It, I left
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    Saudis drop offer
    61 18 BEIRUT, Mon. Saudi Arabian businessman Adnan Kashoggi said in an interview that he has withdrawn an offer to buy one-third of tne First National Bank of San Jose, California. Tne reason, he said was because the Zionists were trying to use the deal to create a new
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    197 18 No talk of oil price cut at Opec yiENNA, Mon. Experts preparing the first Heads of State Conference of the Org a n i sation of Petroleum Exporting Countries are keeping clear of disc v s s i ons on raising prices and cutting production, Opec sources say. The meeting
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    201 18 Marcos keen on more flights MANILA, Monday rpHE Philippines announced today it is 1 willing to encourage more scheduled and chartered international flights to Manila to ease a "general atmosphere of frustration and pessimism" in the airline industry. The statement was made by President Marcos in his address opening the
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    61 18 KUWAIT, Mon.—The director of the Kuwait Fund for Arab Economic Development, Dr. Abdel-Latii AlHamad, will lead a fund mission to six Asian countries next month to examine de- velopment schemes for possible loans. Leaving at the beginning of next month, the team is due
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    85 18 LONDON, Mon. Actor Richard Burton's ron.ance with Princess Elizabeth of Yugoslavia wai reported "in danger" todiy. British newspapers said the Princess came to London alont after a quarrel with the Welsh star in the south of ITance over a new girl in tys life, black
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    53 18 JAKARTA. Mon. An eart:iquak? yesterday destroyjd an estimated 1,000 horres in a wide area around Suk.ibumi. 130 km (80 muesi southeast of Jakarta, according to prtss reports. A- least one person was reported to have died Several tremors were recorded, from around noofi to late in
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    79 18 Tie added that if there was no real prog«ss before April, when the United Nations mandate on the Si lai front expires, then he did not like to contemplate what would happen If Egypt was asked to prolong the mandate. In the front paer article. Mr. Sadat said that
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    549 18 Violent show of strength likely before the end DUBLIN, Monday ■pHE outlawed Irish Republican Army (IRA) last night announced an indefinite ceasefire in its five-year war to drive British troops from Northern Ireland. It is effective from 6 p.m. today. In BELFAST, gunmen shooting
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    37 18 MA^AM TAH MENC CHENC Piis.-d «»ay peacefully Monday 10/2 75 le»v!n« brtiind 2»£. Mok Jin Btng. Yang Hb 3 dauKit-ri-ln-law, 8 grandma 8 Krnn<l<augnter«, 15 great (imiMtchlldrrn to mourn h»r loa.i CorISP JSSrH. 3i w d <
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      102 18 KONG HEE FATT CHOY to all our Valuable Customers, Friends Associates We will be closed on the 11th 12th February. 1973 S SINGAPORE REFRIGERATION CO. International Building, vS^SmW *****0/ 3736%/ *****2 DEMONSTRATION CENTRE for Washing Machines, Dishwashers and Tumble Dryers 23, Goldhill Plaza, Newton Road, Spore 11. Tel: *****37/ *****38
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      149 18 RET WISHING All Oil BK CUSTOMERS AND FRIENDS 9 A HAPPY PROSPEROUS NEW YEAR IHETRO Group of Department Stores wish all Patrons and Friends a Kappy and Prosperous New Year. We are closed on the 11th. 12th &13th. L L_ To all our n^ f CONTROLLER 111 dealers, purchasers, 111
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