New Nation, 22 November 1972

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  • 15 1 NEW NATION SINGAPORE Wednesday evening, November 22, 1972 No. 567 Price 15 cents NEW NATION
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  • 12 1 Police reported 75 accidents yesterday. Three were serious, two fatal.
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  • 147 1 Trading was moderately active for the first 45 minutes In the share market this morning. Prices In general were easing. Public Bank lost eight cents to $3.10, Kuala LumSur Industries two cents to 3.74, Federal Cables four cents to $4.56. United Malayan Flour was temporarily suspended at
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  • 1180 1 It may be two days before firemen can move into the ruins Intense heat from the smouldering ruins and the danger of walls collapsing today prevented firemen from entering the gutted remains of Robinson's department store. A search of the building for nine missing
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  • 695 1 Ex-champion wins easily despite sustaining a cut eye New York, Wednesday Muhammad All, former heavyweight champion of the world stopped current world light heavyweight champion Bob Foster in the eighth round of the scheduled 12-round fight in Stateline, Nevada. Ali had earlier predicted
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  • 33 1 Saigon, Wednesday—Two American pilots returning from a mission over North Vietnam yesterday were killed in a crash only 40 miles from their base in Thailand, the 178 Command said.
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  • Page 1 Advertisements
  • Page 1 Miscellaneous

  • 28 2 Campus Crusade for Christ will hold a film show, World of Illusion—a presentation of Christianity through magic at the National Theatre on Saturday at 7.30 pjn.
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  • 275 2 A pesticide expert. Dr. Peter Cornwell, today called for the establishment of a world authority to regulate the use of DDT. "Nobody has died from the proper use of DDT, M he said. "Only when It Is misused does it cause havoc
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  • 29 2 The Non-Hoetelltes Organisation of Singapore will hold a public forum on Singapore in South-East Asia at the University of Singapore New Lecture Theatre 4 tomorrow at 7.30 p.m.
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  • 90 2 It was really an early start in life for little Lai Kee Chow (right). At six, he has already spoken to more than 1000 people, young and old, all at one go. It happened on Sunday night when Kee Chow, wearing
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  • 325 2 Last Thursday's quiz photograph showed two rolls of Kodak 35mm film. There were only three correct entries, all from women, and two of them submitted by the same person.. The first prize of $30 goes to Miss Constance Yeo Slew Poh, a bank
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  • 201 2 Kuala Lumpur, Wednes day—The Government Is to be urged to allow the use of the hormone Prostaglandin to terminate pregnancy, although abortion is illegal in Malaysia. "If pregnancy may be terminated by this simpler and safer method, why not have it?"
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  • 45 2 The Singapore Polytechnic Engineering Society will hold a leadership training programme from tomorrow until Tuesday. It will include discussions on various aspects of leadership training, an expedition to MOunt Ophir and a goodwill tour to the National Institute of Technology in Malaysia.
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  • 198 2 A low-cost automation unit will be set up at the National- Productivity Board by the middle of next year. This was stated yesterday by Mr. Ow Chin Cheow, the executive director of the board. He said: "Plans have already been worked out for the setting up
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  • 295 2 Fong: Only way to upgrade skills The Parliamentary Secretary (Labour), Mr. Fong Sip Chee, this morning called on managers to adopt modern and scientific techniques and update their attitudes to make Singapore a more sophisticated business and industrial city. Opening a seminar on "How to select
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  • Page 2 Advertisements
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  • Page 2 Miscellaneous
    • 228 2 I weather Temperatures in world cities yesterday: Hone Kong 20-18 C 31-21 C Talpeh 26-21 C Jakarta 33-24 C Seoul 2-minus 7C Tokyo 19-lOC Singapore 29-24 C Kuala Lumpur 31-23 C Bangkok 30-26 C Naha 19-18 C London 10- 8C Paris 11- 6C Moscow 0-minus 5C New York 5-mlnus 2C
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    • 514 2 HRPPEIHIIGS wh t^ay on The FIRST LADY, MRS. HIBITION ON METAL at S.HEARES, will attend the the lobby of Oberoi Imannual general meeting of perlal Hotel until 8 p.m. the Singapore Red Cross Alpha Gallery is presentSociety at the Red Cross lng an EXHIBITION OF House at 5.30 pjn. PAINTINGS
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  • 645 3 Prayers and fears as fate hangs in the balance An expectant mother is among several people feared dead in the big Robinson's department store blaze yesterday. Ainon binte Tahir, 22, a salesgirl, is believed to have been trapped in one of the
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  • 38 3 Police and Ministry of Defence officials were this morning unable to give any details of the two loud sonic booms which were heard at about 6.45 a.m. They said they were investigating reports of the booms.
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  • 347 3 The Minister for Social Affairs, Inche Othman Wok, this morning said that the estimated loss of properties in fires for the first 10 months of this year totalled $fc2s million. Together with the loss in the Robinsons fire the figure was likely to
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  • Page 3 Advertisements
    • 59 3 FEEL 10-FEET TALL IN A PAIR OF SPECIAL RAISED-HEEL SHOES FROM BALLY SWITZERLAND The latest idea In men's distinguished footwear N 2 s eIzDCtIUS MEN'S SHOP The Shop With The Maharajah s Service 86, HIGH STREET.S'PORE6.TEL:2IIB3 Also at: HILTON HOTEL IMPERIAL HOTEL For easy parking and shopping till Bpm, inc.
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    • 173 3 BOACs Bargain London. Stay two weeks for only $282.' ■I iILH m •j rfrr- ft w* Including a hotel! Including 5 shows! 13 nights accommodation in one of London's Your holiday includes theatre ticketsto five of leading hotels. J London's most popular shows. I K m w I /S I
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  • In Person
    • 590 4 PRINCESS SAILS IN-AMD THE SKIPPER THROWS OPEN HER DOORS Conducted by Ruth Moses, Tel: *****1 WHY were MR. CHARLES POLLOCK, MR. ROBERT BIRCH and MR. PETER CHEW, all well-known airline managers, poking around in the girls' rooms, completely boldfaced and shamelessly. Well, it was a conducted
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  • 329 4 Don't miss the first meeting From the DOG HOUSI By PG The inaugural meeting of the Singapore Kennel Club will be held at the Conference Hall, Shenton Way, on Dec. 1 at 6 p.m. This is a meeting which no dog-lover can afford to miss.
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  • 183 4 Three-year-old Tiger (right) needs a new home her former owners have shifted to a house without an adequate compound for her to romp around. The dark reddish brown mongrel has had her injection for distemper. She makes a good watchdog and gets on well with children. If
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  • Page 4 Advertisements
    • 143 4 \rss\ Cash $295 To ensure your personal TV enjoyment invest in an all-transistor Philips 9" portable. It's a solidlyconstructed quality product that will give you clear pictures, powerful sound and years of trouble-free performance. detachable daylight viewing screen. earphone for private listening operates on mains or 12V car battery. PHILIPS
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    • 112 4 m V *3* .A mi*-- m-. v mm mm ifl 3 -i: mu.. —-r fK. ~-V, You can help this dog by giving yourßog Ken-L Ration. I Every can of Ken-L Ration is rationed amounts of vitamins and minerals, proteins and carbohydrates. Gives your dog a chunky, wholesome, balanced meal.
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  • 67 5 Our camera captures the drama Inche Othman Wok, Minister for Social Affairs, at the fire. He is accompanied by the Chief Fire Officer. The fire rages while firemen fix up a hose and starkly silhouetted against the flames can be seen the Christmas
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  • Page 5 Advertisements
    • 439 5 2 Superb Quality and Long Life when you buy GENERAL ELECTRIC SM32O Dishwasher Spotlessly clean dishes without hand rinsing or scraping thanks to GE THORO-WASH action. Automatic control of pre-wash, pre-rinse, wash and two final power rinses plus drying. No special plumbing required just roll it up to the sink
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  • BEHIND THE NEWS
    • 4699 6  -  New Nation presents extracts from the speech delivered by Dr. Coh Keng Swee ot a conference discussing business opportunities in Singapore and Malaysia in London yesterday. "Hie speech deals with the historical deveiopment of Singapore as an emporium of the East and the determined manner
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  • 432 7 'Let us explain our stand' UPI, Reuter Saigon, Wednesday President Thieu has sent President Nixon a letter, asking him to meet directly with South Vietnamese emissaries •to discuss Saigon's stand in the peace negotiations, Vietnamese sources said yesterday. The sources said President Thieu wants
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  • 252 7 United Press International Tokyo, Wednesday.—Male domination of Japan's national government went unchallenged yesterday, with only 20 women included In the final list of 895 candidates for the key Lower House of Parliament. Filing of papers by candidates for the Dec. 10 general election closed yesterday
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  • 290 7 London, Wednesday. A British Minister yesterday urged faster growth of the country's trade with SouthEast Asia. He said that trade with Singapore and Malaysia had dropped to an unsatisfactory level. Lord Limerick, the Under Secretary of State for Trade, told a conference on Business
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  • 63 7 Rawalpindi, Wednesday— Ten thousand Bengali women and children currently stranded In Pakistan will be repatriated, President All Bhutto said in Parachinar, near here, yesterday. He said it would be a gesture in return for the Indo-Bangladesh decision to repatriate 6000 Pakistanis. Bangladesh said yesterday the Pakistani
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  • 34 7 Adelaide, Wednesday—A smoke bomb exploded as Prime Minister "William McMahon left the Adelaide Town Hall on Tuesday night after a campaign speech for the December 2 Federal election. He was not hurt.
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  • 77 7 Sky cranes and tanks, still in their protective wrappings sit on the docks at Danang after being unloaded from American ships. The shipment is part of a massive US arms build-up for South Vietnamese forces. The military boost will provide more than 2000 aircraft and
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  • 35 7 Kampala, Wednesday President Amin of Uganda announced yesterday his government had taken over the multi-million sterling Madhvanl Industrial Group here. He said the government had also taken over the Mehta Industrial Group.
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  • 218 7 Reuter London, Wednesday—Tan Sri Muhammad Ohazall Shafie, the Malaysian Minister of Information, told British industrialists here today that his country's foreign exchange reserves were now sufficient to finance imports for more than eight months. He cited this as an example of Malaysia's long-term economic stability.
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  • 412 7 UPI, Reuter Seoul, Wednesday. South Korea's new constitution, featuring a powerful chief executive and a weak parliament, became law today with overwhelming support behind it. The new law,, proposed by the government on Oct. 27 and put to a national referendum yesterday, drew
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  • 162 7 Hong Kong, Wednesday. —Lap Sap, the Chinese word for rubbish, will be included in the second volume of the Oxford English dictionary supplement to be published in 1975. supplement editor Mr. Robert William Burchfield said yesterday. Mr. Burchfield said the dictionary caters
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  • 109 7 United Press International Sydney, Wednesday Mrs. Barbara Millgate, a polio victim who has lived in an iron lung for 11 years, last night gave birth to a healthy girl, her doctor said. Dr. Gary Dissevelt said it was a normal birth apart from the
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  • Page 7 Advertisements
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    • 180 7 Mm EWJWPm ■re*' 4 SAVING WITH THE POSB Your money increases or decreases according to the way you spend it prudently or extravagantly. Wise people save for rainy days. Yet wiser people like her, save with the POSB. Because POSB means everything to her! Security. A better future. Comforts for
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  • 349 8 The Government's intention to exercise greater control over martial arts organisations can hardly be considered by the true exponent as a blow below the belt. There has been too much free-sparring since the pugilistic craze started in the mid-60s. Lately, numerous clubs have
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  • 'WHISPERS' by ISPY
    • 42 8 I read in the Financial Times of November 7 that the weekly cost of feeding a prisoner at Leicester jail is about £1.20 and of a security dog £2.50. A case of "to each according to his need.
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    • 274 8 Old customs die hard, even in a rapidly urbanising and modernising city like Singapore. Do vou know, for example. that mourners can still be hired? There are clubs In Singapore which are formed for the sole purpose of providing visitors to pay their respects to
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    • 68 8 An observant colleague has noticed a sign along Upper Serangoon Road proclaiming a modern centre for academic and business education. Mottling unusual, you may say, except that the word education has been spelt "*bucation." All I can say is that It can't be a very effective sign. I
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  • 847 8  -  PAKIR SINGH The student boycott of Japanese goods in Bangkok has begun with the blessings of the Thai Government. It could not have been otherwise. The student demonstrations, of course, offer Field Marshal Thanom Kittikachorn with an excellent opportunity of
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  • Letters
    • 447 8  -  T.T. GEH In a speech made recently, the Minister of Finance, Mr. Hon Sui Sen expressed the Government's Intention to improve the Republic's bus services. This is laudable and something for which commuters ought to feel grateful. Admittedly-the reorganisation of the island-wide bus routes in
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    • 232 8 While Dr. Goh Keng Swee advises people to save through life Insurance, the government's financial policies appear to be aimed at punishing those who take life insurance seriously. I am referring to the progressive reduction In tax relief available for insurance premium because of the steep
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    • 121 8 It is rather odd that while the Ministry of Education declares and professes to be working towards a higher standard of English, it sets a poor example by allowing misspelt words to appear in some of the examination papers in the current Singapore Cambridge GCE (Ordinary Level
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    • 196 8  -  L. LIM May I utilize your column to draw the attention of the newly created Ministry of Environment to the pressing problem of noise pollution now faced by Housing and Development Board's flat dwellers. There is a demanding need for a Noise Abatement Act to be
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    • 106 8  -  CHEE KING TING Public Relations Officer, Postal Services Department Singapore, J. I refer to the letter from Unrespected Customer (NN. September 27) published under the headline. Uncooperative Clerk. I wish to thank the writer for his kind appreciation for the services rendered to his grandmother by the counter
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    • 163 8 Very recently I had the pleasure of having a telephone installed in my house, thinking it would ease my communications problems. But during the past few days I have been forced to think otherwise. My telephone was installed on 3rd November. It was out of order
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  • Page 8 Miscellaneous
    • 38 8 Vn LET s fiftcE (T.yoCk ?AH l rSaWwe.UNi£K dMTSuftiwe.wHici V0U.ARC A WEWifft. OF THE GUX6 2 I V O* K fflli f?>s I J .'s s 9§i f ♦V/ SB fa 1 'CI 3 %> ss m C 2
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  • THE DOLLAR DRAIN
    • 982 9 "Oh yes, prices of practically everything are rising," was the unanimous verdict among a group of middle-income housewives who got together for an informal chat on rising prices and how to cope with it. The women who took part in this lively forum
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    • 889 9 Inflation is a worldwide phenomenon, a fact of life facing every family and wage-earner. Prices go up and wages rise but the real test for the ordinary family and man-in-the-street is how far hi& pay packet goes. He may have a fatter
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    • 438 9 A semi- de t a c he d bungalow in Seletar Hills was bought for $56,000 this year. In 1966 when it was built its selling price was $28,000. A 100 per cent increase In six years and it's not an exception.
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  • SHOWBIZ
    • 712 10  -  By Violet Oon The Mendelssohn Trio, a group of talented young musicians from Holland, will give a recital on December 4 at 8.15 p.m. at the Cultural Centre. They will play Andriessen's Trio, Beethoven's Trio in D Major Op. 70 No. 1,
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    • 327 10  -  By Nancy Koh Hong Kong's 17-yfcar-old Agnes Chan, who jumped to stardom with her version of the Circle Game Will Be Unbroken, will be in Singapore for charity shows on Sunday, and Monday. The g u i t a r-strumming schoolgirl with the lilting and
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    • 743 10 Well wine and food connoisseurs, here's another chance to enter the big New Nation Wine and Food Menu competition. The entries are pouring in, and there are lots of prizes to be won. The competition is designed to test your ability to
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    • 430 10  -  WITH PETER ONG Thousands of entries to New Nation's Pop Poll 1972 are now being computed. I can tell you it's one colossal job going through each and every one of them 18 times over! (There are 18 categories, remember?) The results, however, will
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  • Page 10 Advertisements
    • 227 10 The Sloe Gin withthe quick glow .sJk•f This Old English drink is made of the finest sloes steeped in the finest matured gin. It has great health-giving properties and a unique flavour. Clean on the palate, with a pleasant little bite, it's a mixer that really goes. Try it today.
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  • TREND
    • 598 11  -  She can also claim status as baby amah, gardener... Presented by Mary Lee FRANCES DOWSETT A new breed of married woman with an eye on her personal image is beginning to dig in her wedged cork heels when official documents ask for her occupation.
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    • 179 11 The perils of being a food editor are many and varied. Raymond Sokolov, 31-year-old food editor of the New York Times, says that if a bad prawn doesn't get you, sooner or later a hot potato will. His mcwt recent "hot potato" Was testing
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    • 280 11 THE vanity case The secret to looking good is feeling good. If you feel you need a weekly facial at a leading beauty salon and a regular visit to the hairdresser's, go ahead. It's worth the expense if vou gain confidence from good grooming. Or
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    • 767 11 Washington Post Washington, Wednesday Last April a group of Saiita's helpers' swooped into 41 department and toy stores in Minneapolis and St. Paul, Minn. But they weren't distributing goodies. They were collecting baddies, thus helping,. they thought, to assure
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    • 88 11 Brightly suited to. smart day wear this floral twopiece in cotton. The jacket in mustard yellow has blue, green and red prints with three pockets. Wear it as a jacket to top pants or a skirt for office or a social function. The pants, cut
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  • Page 11 Advertisements
    • 97 11 AUSTRALIAN WINE SALTRAM STONYFELL Beat the price increases by bottling your own table wine bulk claret, hock and moselle or blend to your own taste. Corking machine for hire and corks for sale at very moderate prices. Have a party—A BOTTLING PARTY Also new stocks of Saltram White Burgundy, Rhine
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    • 150 11 I WlBBT"coßßifir~i J Finest English Crystalware E PRINCE REGENT NO. 10 PATTERN SHERRIES GOBLETS PORTS TUMBLERS CLARETS BRANDIES DECANTERS ETC, ETC LANKA JEWELLERS (The House For Ceylon Gems) 20, BATTERY ROAD, TELEPHONE: SINGAPORE-!. *****. WELLA Life Tex BALSAM The miracle remedyfor tm m immediate repair of damaged hair. (If your
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  • BUSINESS NEWS
    • 320 12 New York, Wednesday— The chairman of the New York Stock Exchange said early this week that his recent trip to Moscow was only "the first tier" of an overall scheme to internationalise the securities exchange markets of the world. "My talks with Soviet trade
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    • 31 12 General Motors Holden, the Australian subsidiary of the UJS. motoring giant, announced last week that Its sales last month had pushed the company past two new export milestones.
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    • OVERSEAS STOCK EXCHANGE PRICES
      • 55 12 Closing prices (in yen) yesterday: 141 Nippon Steel Mitsubishi Heavy Ind. 220 Mitsui O. S. K. Line 244 Teikoku Oil 249 Japan Mail Steamship 286 Nippon Express 200 Nippon Mining 166 Mitsubishi Metal Mining 202 Hitachi 226 Teijin 184 Shoei 307 Toyo Plup 235 Titan Kogyo 235 Akebono Brake
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      • 215 12 Closing prices (in francs) yesterday: Parlbas 207 (207) Indochlne 276.50 (278.50) Foncier 405.10 (409) Printemps 175.20 (172.20) C O E 496 (500) Bull 74.90 (75.70) Royal Dutch 192.30 (190.60) Mlchelin 1757 (1781) Thomson 161.30 (161.60) C F P 212.50 (213) Rhone 187 (190.20) AIR 341 (345) Philips 84.80 (84.90)
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      • 268 12 Prices at 11.30 a.m. today (Australian Time). A baleen 14 17 Do Opts 07 08 AOD 15 16 Allstate ctg 26 29 AMAD 15 16 Aurora 15 18 Do Opts 04} 05 Aust PT 15 17 Bamboo 09 11 Beach 40 45 Bounty OU 01$ 02 Bridge 27 28
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      • 185 12 Allied Chem 30', Alcoa 52% Am Brands 45 Am Can 354 AT 4 r A P 74 Anaconda Beth 8teel Boeing 24 Mi Caterp Trac 69 Chrysler 394 Coca-Cola 144 Com Oil 374 Control Data 58% Corn G1 Wk3 2534 Dow Chem 105V, DuPont 1 S3 1 S»
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      • 35 12 Dow Jones closing stock average on the New York exchange yesterday were: 30 Industrials 1013.25 (up 8.21), 20 Transport 231.24 (up 3.18), 15 UtUlties 123.79 (up 1.57), 65 Stocks 331.29 (up 3.41).
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    • 71 12 A major method of keeping bays and beaches clear of oil pollution is *een in this picture. At Eureka, California recently the Lockheed Clean Sweep was demonstrated to clean Humboldt. Bay of an oil spill. The oil recovery machine, manufactured by Lockheed Missiles and Space
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    • 258 12 New York, Wednesday— The Stock Market scored a broad and strong advance yesterday with investors heartened by indications the Administration was winning its fight against inflation. Trading on the New York Stock Exchange was moderately active. At the close, the Dow Jones industrial average
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    • 96 12 Trading in the Singapore half of the Stock Exchange was suspended at 11 ldl yesterday following Robinson's fire, which forced many broking firms with offices in the vicinity of Raffles Place to evacuate. The trading room in Kuala Lumpur carried on business. Robinson's swiftly lost $1 to $4.10
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    • 42 12 Tokyo, Wednesday—Tokyo's foreign exchange market was calm yesterday with the dollar for overnight delivery quoted at 301.1 yen per dollar. Banking sources said U5530,032 million were traded for yen in spot transactions, compared to U5537,275 million on Monday.
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    • 584 12 The chairman of the largest merchant bank in terms of market capitalisation in the UK would like to see the abolition of the nominee holdings sysstem as part of reforms introduced to check abuses in securities trading on the London >3tock
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    • 219 12 A Singapore brewery, the Anchor Brewery of the Malayan Breweries Group, has introduced a training programme to assist other breweries in the region to adopt the system of Planned Engineering Maintenance < PEM) which it operates here. Two Indonesian engineers are now studying the
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    • 118 12 Washington, Wednesday —The U3 Export-Import Bank yesterday announced a US$6B million (Ssl9o million) loan to help Singapore purchase two US Boeing 747 airliners, spare parts and related equipment. The bank has authorised a direct loan of U5528,900,000 (about 3571 million) to finance 42i per cent of
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    • 137 12 Singapore is to hold its second trade exhibition in Japan next year. The first was held in 1971. Officials of the Trade Division are meeting a three member team from Japanese External Trade Organisation to finalise plans for the exhibition. The
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    • 247 12 Bekoh Holdings consolidated profits have increased almost four times to £93,681 for the year ended June 1972, against £23,828 for last year. This is despite low rubber prices. However, a 10 per cent dividend payment from Bukit Mertajam and maintained income from Selangor
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    • 32 12 Rome, Wednesday. The State-controlled Anic Company has signed a contract to supply 4.5 billion lire (U557.74 million) worth of chemical fertilizers to China in the first half of 1973.
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    • 105 12 London, Wednesday. fThe Swan Hunter Ltd. shipbuilding group yesterday reported half-year profits to the end of June more than doubled, compared with the same period, last year. Chairman Sir John Hunter said after-tax profits were more than £1.4 million ($9.40 million) against £707,000 ($4.73
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    • 631 12 The collapse of the proposed merger of P b O and the Bovls group is one of the most unexpected developments in the recent history of takeovers and mergers in Britain. P O, a shipping giant, fighting to diversify its investments, had seen in
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  • Page 13 Advertisements
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    • 416 13 FACTORY SPACE WANTED REQUIRED APPROXIMATELY 1,500 SQ. FT. for light industry workshop cum office. Stote rent and contact *****3 Singapore. HAISING ELECTRIC COMPANY wide range of Televisions for rental at reasonable rate with free services and maintenance. Contact Te1:*****2. FOR SALE EAST COAST T.V. REFRIGERATION Co., is offering a special
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    • 604 13 SIAKSON COACH TOURS, 28,! Prinsep Street, Singapore 7. Tel: *****. Agent for above: 264, Block 183, Too Payoh Central, Singapore 12. Tel: *****5. 7 Days: Malaysia $105/- Air-Con. $125/- By Air $130/-. 6 Days: Hoadyai/Songkhla $95/- Dept: 26/11, 3/12. 15 Days: Bangkok/ Chiengmai $275/- Air-Con. Bus $340/- by Air $585/-
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  • 394 14  -  By Sonny Yap The Sembawang circuit will come to life again when the Goodyear Thomson Road sprint gets underway on Saturday and Sunday. A total of 84 cars and 49 motor-cycles have entered for the annual event organised by the Singapore Motor Sports Club.
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  • 219 14 New York, Wednesday.— Grand Masters Bent Larsen of Denmark and Svetozar Gllgorlc of Yugoslavia posted their second straight victories last night and took over the second-round lead in the US$ll,OOO San Antonio international chess tournament Henrique Mecklng of Brazil, who shared the lead going into
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  • 393 14 London, Wednesday—A hattrick by bearded midfield star Graham Paddon gave Norwich City a 3-0 win over Arsenal in their English soccer League Cup quarter-final here last night. Two of Paddon's goals were the result of bad errors by Arsenal goalkeeper Geoff Barnet but Norwich were well worth
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  • 279 14 Taipei, Wednesday—The Asian Basketball Confederation (ABC) may consider taking "certain action" against Japan for Its failure to participate In two ABC tournaments In Taipei and Manila, a ranking ABC official hinted yesterday. Mr. Cho Dung-Chal, sec-retary-general dropped the hint in the wake of complaints from the
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  • 117 14 Wellington, Wednesday.— Taiwan golf star Lu LiangHuan may settle in New Zealand some day, he said here last night. "Maybe when I stop in five or 10 years, 111 come to stay here," he told reporters. Lu, visiting New Zealand for the first time, is
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  • 331 14  -  By Dennis Chia The Singapore Malays Badminton Association has been invited to send a team for the Datok Hamzah Abu Samad Cup tournament at Kuala Lumpur next year. The tournament Is for those under the age of 21. So far Invitations have been sent out to
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  • 260 14 The Singapore American School will take part in the Third Asian American Schools basketball tournament to be held at Hong Kong from December 27 to 30. It will be the first time that Singapore will .be represented. This yew nine Asian countries will be taking part
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  • 39 14 Perth. Wednesday. Pakistan's cricket tourists lost the first class match of their Australian tour when Western Australia soundly beat them by eight wickets here yesterday. Scores were Pakistan 357 and- 133. WA 3#6/6 dec. and M/ 3.
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  • 67 14 They registered a nett 62. Runners-up were T. Wong and N. Clayton on nett 66. Yoshida and Fukunaga also took the first nine ballsweep with a nett 28. The
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  • 1171 14  -  SOCCER SCENE WITH JEFFREY LOW While the national team is busily involved in the Thai King's Cup in Bangkok, our younger footballing talents are not taking it easy. In the last call by the FAS Youth Committee for Under 20 boys to turn up at the
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  • Page 14 Miscellaneous
    • 274 14 NEW NATION CROSSWORD ACROSS 1 Treats carefully. 7 Father of Odysseus. 14 Susceptibility of a sort. 19 —pensec (mental reservation): Fr. 18 Motoriess vehicle. 17 Native of Island in the Irish aea. 18 Coalition. 19 Heads. SI David's forte: AM*. 23 Swerve. 23 Lord Avon. 34 Doll Tearsheet, for one.
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  • 1354 15 By Blue Peter Trainer Ivan Allan has entered a strong team of horses for the Singapore Turf Club November December meeting and looks set for a gala meeting. Rhapsody Is the pick of his team. This Pall Mall four-year-old completed a smart double at Kuala
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  • 451 15 Public Defender went like a winner on the sand track at Bukit Timah this morning. With Laurie Johnson up the Lampert 4-year-old came away frona Top Ryde at the end of a 3f workout in 38 2/5. The going was heavy, and all
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  • 64 15 Tokyo, Wednesday North Korea's second deputy premier Sung-Chul Pak has said his country hopes to send unified teams jointly with South Korea to international sports meetings, according to a Japanese report from Pyongyang yesterday. The Kyodo news agency reported that Mr. Pak made the remark in
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  • 497 15  -  By Ted Kurrus Indonesia upset Australia yesterday to win the Open team division of the 16th annual Far East Bridge Federation championship at the Hyatt Hotel Indonesia went into the 18th and final round in second place, a scant 0.75 points behind favourite Australians. They emerged
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  • 47 15 London, Wednesday. Dudley Owen-Thomas, the Surrey and Cambridge University batsman. was yesterday named winner of the English Cricket Writers' Club award for the young cricketer of the year. Born in Kenya, Owen-Thomas, who is 24, scored 962 runs last season for an average of 35.62.
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  • 25 15 Las Vegas, Wednesday. The US$l5O,OOO Alan King-Caesar's palace tennis invitational pro tournament will be played here on May 13-20, it was announced yesterday.
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  • 18 15 London, Wednesday Widnes beat Leeds by 9-4 In a rugby league floodlit competition match last night.
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    • 56 16 Molly Low, 18, only has eyes for dolls. "I have been collecting dolls for years," she said. In her spare time she looks forward to going for car rides in the remoter parts of the isiand. Molly is a receptionist in New Hongkong Hotel.
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    • 51 16 Expectant women have been banned from seeing the play Great Expectations because it is feared that their own great expectations might cause births in the theatre. The manager of Gateway Theatre, Chester, Mr. Denis McGeary, has inroduced the rule and it affects his wife, Ann, who is
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    • 676 16 They sell device that detects bogus bills Los Angeles Times Two honest guys In a funny business is the way Wilbert Hirsch and George Hoch like to describe themselves. What they do for a living Is manufacture and sell a device that detects counterfeit
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    • 124 16 Mrs. Joan Martin and Mrs. Judith Mary McOlndle are neighbours In Melbourne and between them is Sherbert the duck who made a big difference. Mrs. Martin denied that Sherbert had been a nuisance and said an experiment at one of Melbourne's exclusive schools
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    • 59 16 MEI LIN: A blaze on this scale, so close to home, leaves you numb. It's as though the missing people are members of your own family, and the gutted store something that belonged to you. AH FOOK: That's exactly how I feel. In the aftermath of such a
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    • 235 16 Today is; Wednesday* November 22, the327th dayof 1972 with 39 to follow,;: THE MOON: Between full stage and last Quarter. THE MORNING STAKB:: Venus, Saturn and Mars.- THE EVENING STARS;-! Venus, Saturn and Mars. The evening stars are' Mercury and Jupiter. Those born on this day are under the
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    • 476 16 5 Siagapara 3.00 Opening and Housewives' Matinee —Trouble In Store (Cantonese Film, Pt. 1) 3.45 A Diary of Events In Singapore this Week (C) 3.50 Persembahan Ky: featuring—Mllah Hussein (Rpt) 4.00 Days of Our Lives 4.45 Close 6.00 Opening and Llppy Lion 6.30 News In Brief 6.35 What Others Say
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    • 430 16 Trust your lucky star IF ITS YOUR BIRTHDAY BORN today, you are one of. those persons whom others like at first meeting; even more fortunate, you are one of those whom others continue to like even after they get to know you well. Even your faults are accepted merely as
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