New Nation, 8 December 1972

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  • 15 1 NEW NATION Friday evening, December 8, 1972 SINGAPORE No. 581 Price 15 cents NEW NATION
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  • 13 1 Police reported 63 accidents yesterday. Four were serious and one fatal.
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  • 194 1 The share market was active for the first 45 minutes this morning. Prices were advancing on a broad front in the Industrial section. Through thinly traded, Hotels and Properties were firm. Malaysia Tile, which was relisted this morning, rose to $2.04. It was last traded at $1.27.
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  • 241 1  -  3000 flee in panic after fire scare By Wee Beng Huat More than 50 women factory workers were s believed to have been injured yesterday when 3000 people stampeded out of a seven-storey building in the Kallang Basin following a scare that the place was on
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  • 296 1 Imelda —75 stitches Her bravery saved her life, nation is told Manila, Friday Philippines' First Lady Mrs. Imelda Marcos, wife of President Ferdinand Marcos, was recovering in hospital today after an assassination attempt by a man wielding a razorsharp machete. The unidentified assailant was shot dead by security guards yesterday
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  • 116 1 The M&laysi&n High Commission this morning clarified that Singapore cars with the new yellow reflective licence plates are ullowed to enter Johore. A High Commission spokesman squashed rumours that these cars had been stopped from entering Johore at the Malaysian Causeway checkpoint. He said:
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  • 27 1 Kansas City. Friday Former President Mr. Harry Truman was awake and smiling at his wife and daughter yesterday, although his condition remains critical.
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  • 259 1 Kuala Lumpur, Friday.— China has indicated It would join the International Badminton Federation and play In the Thomas Cup competition If Taiwan was removed. Enclk Ahmad Sabkl Jahldln. leader of the Malaysian bedmlnton team to China, said this (m the team's return yesterday after its
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  • 36 1 Pathologists at the Outram Road Hospital were this morning trying to establish the identity of a human skeleton found in some bushes near Suncei Kadut off Woodlands yesterday. The ClD's Homicide Squad are investigating.
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  • 107 1 A police officer last night broke up a fight between 10 men in a Serangoon Road nightclub and arrested three of them singlehanded. ASP K. K. Tay of Kandang Kerbau Police Station was passing by the nightclub at 11.15 p.m. when he saw
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  • 246 1 Reuter Houston. Friday The Apollo 17 astronauts, refreshed from welcome sleep following the drama-packed blast-off yesterday, today began household chores in their spacecraft. "It doesn't look as though today Is going to be that' big a day/' mission com mander Eugene Cernan
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  • Page 1 Miscellaneous

  • 297 2 About 10,000 a year About 10,000 home accidents a year go unreported. This Is the estimate of the home safety campaign committee. Mrs. Mabel Yarrell, deputy chairman of the committee. said: "Statistics from the general hospital's emergency unit show that 2300 such accidents were treated last
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  • Page 2 Advertisements
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  • Page 2 Miscellaneous
    • 575 2 HBPPtnincs WHAT'S ON TODAY The Minister for Social Affairs, Inche Othman Wok, will present DONATIONS on behalf of the Singapore Industrial Labour Organisation ami the Pioneer Industries Employees' Union to charitable organisations and hospitals at SILO HQ, Upper Serangoon Road, at 4 p.m. A WOMEN'S CHARTER SEMINAR, organised by Singapore
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  • 447 3  -  Many firsts' by next year By Gene Teo Large-scale renovations are now going on at the Alexandra General Hospital. By the end of next year, it will have many distinctive features. This was disclosed by the Medical Superintendent of the hospital, Dr. Teoh Hoon Chew, in
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  • 216 3 General practitioners should be briefed on modern trends in cardiology so that the general public will benefit from the recent Asian Pacific Congress of Cardiology held here, says the latest Singapore Medical Association newsletter. The newsletter's editorial called for a "post-mortem" of the congress by
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  • 336 3 This Christinas New Nation is presenting a Wine and Food Menu Competition designed to test your ability to match wines with the appropriate foods. You will be asked to plan a traditional Christmas dinner of occidental style using as much local produce
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  • 186 3  -  By Ivan Lim The Workers' Party has "expelled" Its two dissident central councillors who broke away to form a new party yesterday. The duo, ex-assistant secretary general, Mr. Charlie Seow, 32, and organising secretary, Mr. Ng Ho, 52, quit the party fol- lowing the election on
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  • 309 3 The management of Gay World Stadium is mystified over reports that former world heavyweight champion Muhammad All was to have staged his exhibition fight at the stadium. Most ot all, it was unhappy over the reports that the stadium would be given a
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  • Page 3 Advertisements
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  • Page 3 Miscellaneous
    • 101 3 EHE3 Temperatures cities yesterday: Naha Manila Kuala Lumpur Tokyo Hong Kong Jakarta Seoul Bangkok Taipeh London Paris Moscow San Francisco 7 Sydney Canberra Perth Adelaide in world 27-22 C 32-22 C 33-23 C 15- 6C 25-19 C 34-25 C 6- 2C 29-26 C 27-18 C 10- 8C 10- 8C 3-
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  • In Person
    • 622 4 ITALIAN WOMEN TEAM UP THE LUCKY women who were invited to last year's charity sale organised by the Italian Women's Association of Singapore were too wary this year to leave anything to chance. This year, many ignored the 10 ajn. opening as stated on Invitation
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  • 551 4 T r ="1 r cnnmE cLintc by PG Dear PG, Recently my dog's ears were Infested with ticks. Please tell me what to do about it before it is too late.' I use Sevln powder on the body of my dog and
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  • Page 4 Advertisements
    • 388 4 FKOSHELEUK. The Spoiler Knit by Arrow He's used to the best. His camera is the latest single lens reflex. His shirt is a Spoiler Knit by Arrow. The sport shirt that's made like a fine dress shirt. Only it's stretch knit. To drape softly. Perform splendidly on washday. With longpoint
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    • 223 4 ntn knows that wherever there is mechanised production, land reclamation and development, construction, mining, shipbuilding and repairing, oil refinery and oil exploration, there's a need for top-quality bearings, ntn also knows how costly it is to keep your machines idle while waiting for a replacement. Or for parts used in
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  • 499 5  -  Managements' view By Pauline Khng Employers of labourintensive industries in Singapore ar<i generally not in favour of a sixvshift system as suggested by a labour economist, Mr. Cornells J. de Koning, attached to the Industrial Labour Organisation. Mr. de Koning suggested recently that to attract
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  • 35 5 The Electricity Department has begun laying power and control cables along Tanglin Road (from Tanglin Circus to Alexandra Road) and Tiong Bahru Road. The installation work is expected to take two months.
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  • 26 5 The Hotel and Catering Training School has received about 20 entries for its Logo Design Contest. Camera Corner has been held over till tomorrow.
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  • 219 5 A scheme to stop the brain-drain from Radio Television Singapore that occurred last year has been put into effect. As from December 1, over 100 contract officers of RTS have had their contracts terminated- and been put on permanent employment. The former
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  • 57 5 The Association of SouthEast Asian Institutions of Higher Learning (ASAIHL) will hold its 9th general conference and seminar at Nanyang University from Dec. 13 to 16. About 50 to 60 academicians from Japan, Korea, Thailand, Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines and Singapore will attend the conference which is being
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  • 211 5 About 400 employees of the Economic Development Board have obtained salary increases and improved working cond i t i ons under a new collective agreement signed between the Amalgamated Union of Public Employees and the board's Engineering Industries Development Agency (EIDA). The wage
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  • 249 5 Government midwives have received wage increases ranging from $5 to $40 under an agreement concluded between the Ministry of Health and the Amalgamated Union of Public Employees. The revised salary scales, approved by the Arbitration Court, take effect from June this year. Under the agreement
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  • Page 5 Advertisements
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    • 434 5 *_***> IHJUIUI EVERWARE The way to a woman's heart E. EFWA E sa: tdised jrxi hygeniC I* r ou jt jn\ jlc.fi mium dot o f pan with a clean oiece ot cloth you will s» e d sum. The same wjl 'K)t be there if you repeat it on
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  • Page 5 Miscellaneous
    • 330 5 -vr. Qui* object No. 134 Men win all the three prizes WHAT IS II? I r Last Monday's quiz photograph showed a roll of paper for the adding machine. All the correct answers were from men. The first prize of $15 goes to Mr. Oliver Oh, a a manager, of
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  • BEHIND THE NEWS
    • 828 6  -  From Murray Seeger Washington Post RUSSIA Sovlet Georgia,' the proud Caucasian Republic which produced Josef Stalin, has fallen on hard times. Its Communist Party organisation Vas been purged and its economy Is falling behind. "Conditions of liberalism" have permitted Individuals still suffering from ancient
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    • 314 6  -  From S. C. Chan MALAYSIA All appears quiet on the security front in Sarawak. This is my impression after a visit to 10 forward locations in Sarawak's First and Second divisions over the weekend. Troops are taking advantage of the lull In communist activity to
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    • 546 6 VOICE OF THE PRESS What other newspapers qt% sctying: THE PBOBLSM OF FOREIGN WOBKBB The Labour Ministry Issued ttitement the other day clarifying Sine* pore Government's policy on work permits for non-dtlsans. This Is Indeed ft pteoe of happy news to the Industries which are badly
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  • Page 6 Advertisements
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    • 64 6 r 1 NOW! Extended business hours at your favourite Metro stores for your Christmas Shopping convenience. v«V JWGAPORE 9 TEL *****1 lIJ'T HOUSE, PENAMG NO. 9.TEL.***** v 4 ,k- V hT I D 200CLEMENCEAU AVENUE, SINGAPORE 9.TEL*****2. E MONDAY TO FRIDAY: 9JO A.M. TO 9JO P.M. Im SATURDAY: 9JO A.M.
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  • 60 7 The indignity of it all! It was bad enough for skydiver Victor Cabellos when he missed his target and his parachute became entangled on an office build- ing in Santiago, Chile. But when he climbed down the rescue ladder there was more embarrassment in store. Police
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  • 350 7 Manila man's forecast United Press International Brussels, Friday The Philippines' Secretary General to the Association of SouthEast Asian Nations (ASEAN) said yesterday that he foresaw an enlarged South-East Asian economic community whose population would equal or surpass that of the nine-member European Common Market.
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  • 442 7 United Press International Saigon, Friday More than 120 US warplanes including a dozen waves of heavy 852 bombers, blasted a pair of North Vietnamese airbases and a new;y-spoited military buid-up just above the Demilitarised zone on Wednesday, the US Command said yesterday. A spokesman said
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  • 271 7 Tel Aviv, Friday—The Israeli, Prime Minister, Mrs. Golda Meir, yesterday said she would not be surprised if a new round of lighting erupts on Israel's frontiers in view of "intensified activities" on Egypt's side of the border and continuing Soviet Weapons shipments to both Egypt
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  • 37 7 Tokyo, Friday French President Oeorges Pompidou has accepted the Tokyo government's invitation to visit Japan. The date of the visit will be decided later, but it is expected to be in late January, 1974.
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  • 44 7 Tel Aviv. Friday—Police said today they had smashed a spy ring In the Western Galilee region whose members, including two Israeli Jews, had been working for Syria and preparing acts of sabotage. About 20 people had been arrested so far.
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  • 166 7 Dublin, Friday Priests and Nuns yesterday were among tens of thousands of Irish citizens voting on a government proposal to end the special position held by the Catholic Church in Ireland under the Republic's Constitution. The first to vote in the nation wide
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  • Page 7 Advertisements
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    • 209 7 TO FIND DECISION MAKERS IN SINGAPORE AND MALAYSIA... ZERO IN WITH TIME People who specify Company or Government purchasing are not an easy lot to track down. In some companies, buying decisions are handled by the Chairman. Singlehandedly. In others, the job belongs to a Managing Director, a Marketing Director,
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  • SHOPPING
    • 512 8 pEOPLE are generally a freedom loving lot and they like open spaces. Which probably accounts for the popularity of detached houses and bungalows as opposed to flats. Tfcis is a natural tendency; people want to feel they are not enclosed and thus shun flats. They only
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  • Page 8 Advertisements
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    • 44 8 WE BUY SELL AND TRADE IN FOR USED NEW CAMERAS ill br.indsl •<OTO COPY SERVICES UNIVERSAL PHOTO MATERIAL STORE RfUistert J S-f»ndh.ind 0:!»r l PC ON ;,UNI 9 00 A V OO p v ft u 00 A V 7 3 o P M
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  • 156 9 United Press International New Delhi, Friday—Foreign Minister, Mr. Swaran Singh, yesterday expressed regret over the lack of response from China to India's desire for an improvement in relations. Opening a two-dav debate on foreign affairs in Parliament, Mr. Singh made no mention
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  • 352 9 Taiwan mission must go, Aust. told Canberra, Friday China has aske& for specific undertakings from the new Australian Government on the closure of its embassy in Taiwan, governmevt sources said yesterday. China also wants a timetable for the closure of the Taiwanese Embassy in
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  • 217 9 United Press International Washington, Friday. Over-prescribing of antibiotics by doctors for minor ailments such as colds might be causing thousands of deaths from serious infections, a top Federal drug official testified yesterday. Dr. Henry Simmons, director of the bureau of drugs in the
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  • 195 9 New York, Friday. The second sweeping crackdown on organised crime here in two months was disclosed yesterday when 25 people with alleged Mafia links were charged with crimes ranging from drug smuggling and dealing in counterfeit currency to attempted murder. The announcement of the
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  • 23 9 Wellington, Friday Prime Minister-elect Mr. Norman Kirk will be sworn today, giving New Zealand its first Labour Government in 12 years.
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  • 302 9 Sydney, Friday. Two teenage girl baby-sitters were found guilty yester day. for the second time, of the murder of a three year old boy. The eldest girl, Leslie Pamela Raymond. 18, was sentenced to life imprisonment and the other Rhonda Carmel Hoffman, 15, a schoolgirl, was
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  • 29 9 Jerusalem, Friday Israel has announced the establishment of full diplomatic relations with South Vietnam. A Foreign Ministry spokesman said the two nations would exchange ambassadors soon.
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  • Page 9 Advertisements
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    • 280 9 1 DIAMONDS AT WHOLESALE PRICES! We have recently received a large shipment of diamonds from Belgium and England. In connection with our diamond promotion, we are offering them at wholesale prices. These stones vary in weight from J to 4 carats and are being displayed in our windows. We invite
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  • 460 10 The opposition parties, it would appear, are committing mass political suicide. Barely three months after the general elections two of them are already in the process of disintegrating. The Workers' Party has lost practically half its members who have reportedly formed a protem committee for
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  • 100 10 \TTITVV^r7V3f7V^! v JjFiJ.lv r jjr) by ISPY Not all government employees are cold, heartless law enforcers after all. Going up to pay for a parking ticket the other day, I came across a most sympathetic parking attenHe took a look at my pink ticket and
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  • 1163 10  -  PANG CHENG LIAN If it weren't for the seriousness of the occasion, it would have made an ideal subject for a slapstick comedy. I am referring of course, to the traditional Chinese funeral, a hotch-potch of
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  • Letters
    • 391 10 Suspension and designation of securities are powerful weapons in the hands of the Stock Exchange and designed to prevent abuses by directors In control of the companies involved. An instance of such action taken justifiably was Federal Paper in which operators of the security took undue advantage against
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    • 198 10  -  BENSON TOH I am working in a factory at Hillview Industrial Estate. I am a regular commuter on service No. 173. but find it most difficult to board the bus. Often, I have waited for more than half an hour for the bus. But when on® does come
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    • 196 10  -  JERRY GOH I am residing in Chat Chee Estate which is off Upper Changi Road. For the last three years many changes have taken place in my area. There are now more flats, better roads, hawkers' centre, markets and Just about everything has improved. The only problem
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    • 114 10 I fully agree with Fedup Resident's suggestion (NN, November 29) that a law to control noise should not only affect the buses and other vehicles but it should be directed against those who create noise by switching on their TV and radio sets loudly throughout the day.
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    • 135 10  -  CHEONG HON PING I refer to the letter from Civic Minded Citizen ap pearing under the title Beggars Spoil Good Name in your paper on November 17, concerning beggars at the Slong Lim Temple. Toa Payoh. Your reader would be pleased to know that my Department has
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    • 40 10 LETTERS TO THE EDITOR LETTERS to the Editor will nut be considered for publication unless they Lav-' the writers' n a rn e s a n cj addresses Include a [pseudonym if y in do not want your name published.
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    • 34 10 rite to The Editor, New Nation, Locked Bag 15, GPO, Singapore, 1. 3$ -'•i v 9? <0 x ft*. o o Jn, o r* Wis I. I knonn^ vj > i'x ■■■A SHRIROH kiailil M
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  • Page 10 Miscellaneous

  • Our Heritage
    • 1139 11  -  PRESENTED BY BETTY L. KHOO Plaiting hats, dishcovers, baskets and mats started off as a homecraft in Malaya though it has branched out into a village industry resisting the influx of modern substitues in synthetic fibres. It was at one time in danger
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    • 577 11  -  DAVID REUBEN Q; Why do some women have large breasts while others have to struggle along with hardly anything at all? A: In spite of all the advances of modern medical science no one has solved the mystery of why some
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    • 216 11 Q: I desperately want to get pregnant. I've been married three years now and I insist that my hnsband try every single night just to be sure we don't miss an opportunity. So far no luck. What's wrong? A. Would you believe
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  • Page 11 Advertisements
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  • BUSINESS NEWS
    • 520 12 The quality of management should be an overriding factor in assessing whether a company should be listed on the Stock Exchange of Malaysia and Singapore. This Is one of the several suggestions put forward in a memorandum to the Monetary Authority of Singapore by
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    • 102 12 Reuter Suva, Friday Fiji will sell raw sugar to Singapore under a five-year contract beginning next year, the general manager of South Pacific Sugar Mills, Mr. Geoff Day said yesterday. Mr. Day said the terms of the contract were confidential, but the agreement called for the
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    • 521 12 Sea View Hotel's shareholders get no word of comfort from their chairman, Mr. Tan Kong Plat, who tells them In the company's annual report published yesterday that he is not hopeful of any improvement in the near future as competition in the hotel
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    • 303 12 Latest sales figures for motor vehicles in West Malaysia indicate that they are still on the up and up; however, there are signs that the growth rate in car sales is beginning ,to slacken, while that of commercial vehicles is actually going into reverse. These signs together
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    • 78 12 United Press International New York, Friday—Latesession buying pushed prices higher on the New York Stock Exchange in active trading yesterday. Analysts attributed the gain to investor encouragement that the profittaking early i n the week did not cut into prices too deeply. The stockmarket opened higher in
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    • 188 12 A round of senior promotions have been announced recently by two American banks In Singapore and an International advertising agency in Kuala Lumpur. The First National City Bank and the Bank of America have between them promoted 10 of their executives to the position of assistant manager.
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    • 161 12 Local brewers Malayan Breweries. Guinness Malaysia, Carlsberg Brewery Malaysia have got what they wanted after all, a 25 per cent reduction in excise duties. Twenty-four hours after the Malaysian budget in which beers and stouts were announced as items due for a doubled sales tax.
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    • 51 12 Tokyo, Friday. Hitachi Shipbuilding and Engineering said yesterday it will set up a Joint-venture firm with a US company in Japan next February to make and market spherical tanks for storage of crude oil and liquefied natural gas (LNG). The American partner is Chicago Bridge and Iron
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    • 121 12 Singapore Land and Investment has acquired Shelford Apartments for a price of $4.9 million by the issue of 1.53 million shares in the company at a premium of $2.20 to Shelford. Jardlne Fleming is underwriting the offer for cash. The freehold property consists of 27 furnished apartments
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    • 111 12 All sections of the Stock Exchanfe were firm yesterday. Speculative activity was pronounced in certain second line industrials and hotels. Development Bank of Singapore, the second most active counter of the day with a turnover of 143,M0 shares rose to a new high of $5, a fain of
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    • OVERSEAS STOCK EXCHANGE PRICES
      • 58 12 Closing prices (in yen) yesterday: Japan Mail Steamship 310 Nippon Steel 138 Kawasaki Steamship 280 Honda Motor 545 Mitsui O.S.K. Line 235 Nippon Mining 200 Mitsubishi Heavy Ind. 237 Hitachi 233 Tikoku Oil 278 TeUin 186 Jomo Twisting Thread H 170 Nanajunana Oinko 323 Matsushita Kot. Den. Ko. 670
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      • 289 12 Prices at 11.30 a.m. (Australian Time): Abaleen 11 12 A C I 298/300 do opts nil 07 AOD 13 IS Allstate 28 30 Amad 14 15 Aurora 16 18 do opts 05 06 Aust Ant 16 17 Bamboo 00 11 Beach 47 50 B. H. P. 1110 1115 Bounty
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      • 197 12 Closing prices (in francs) yesterday. Paribas 218 (217) Indochine 270 (266.30) Foncier 402 (400) Printemps 163.80 (158) C.G.E. 480 (477) Bulz 74.30 (72.10) Royal Dutch 196.10 (195.30) Michelin 1765 (1724) Thomson 159.80 (158) CJ.P. 204 (201.60) Rhone 174 (173) Air 330 (329) Philips 83.80 84.20) Suez 359 (358) Citroen
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      • 197 12 Allied Chem Alcoa ao\ 55 Am Brands 44H Am Can 33H Am Motors AT ft T 52 A A P Anaconda 20\ t Avon Pd Beth Steel 30% Boeing 25% C&terp Trac 67%. Chrysler 41% Coca-Cola 147 Continental Oil 39% Control Data 66% Corn Ol Wks 271 Dow
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      • 39 12 The Dow Jones closing stock averages on the J*ew York Exchange were: 30 Industrials 1033.26 (up 5.72), 20 Transports 239.32 (off 0.12), 15 Utilities 123.18 (up 0.35) and 65 Stocks 337.77 (up 1.19). Volume: 19,320,000 shares.
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      • 71 12 Kyodo Tokyo, Friday—The Tokyo Stock Market opened firm but eased off toward the close of the morning session yesterday. The opening firm tone was based on Wednesday's uptrend and an upsurge on Wall Street, analysts said. But investors moved to sell late in the morning, due
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  • Page 12 Advertisements
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  • TREND
    • 105 13  -  I I MvyLM HW» wood mwi far HM yewn« wmmii M o ti«kt fashion Meet: Loroy, Hm local ——fccHw Am. trolioii fotMosm, kot starts party Hm. TW meant •port from low cart work clothes and cooool outfits, Leroy it mow mMh| hrf«kt, lisht attire for (ho evening.
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    • 1005 13  - The heavy feeling when you reach 30 —around the waist The female front BY DUM BLING A colleague wrote some time ago about the horror of approaching 30.1 share her concern, but believe me It Is feven more depressing when the 30 refers to inches round the waist. Age doesn't
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    • 823 13  -  EATING IN with MAK CHIK Hari Raya and Deepa- vali have come and gone, and the next big festival is Christmas—just 17 days away. The preparations for Christmas are almost as exciting as the actual day, especially when there are children in the
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    • 350 13 Middle aged women can lead far happier lives if they learn to recognise the psychological gains and losses open to them. The Marriage Guidance Council in Melbourne recently held a course for such women. Here's a list of gains the Council
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  • Page 13 Advertisements
    • 94 13 and rugs Exclusive to Diethelm Showrooms ModeFn shaggy-pile rugs from Scandinavia. Unique geometric designs and brilliant colours from the remarkable '73 collection of Louis de Poortere of Belgium. Famous foam-backed Sommer carpets from France. You've got to see these, and many,other fine imported carpets and rugs at the new Diethelm
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    • 273 13 m I II ¥L <f?= The finest European Pastries Cakes. Swim Chocolate Specialities. Original Children's Birthday caket. Home delivery, over $30/• within 3 mile* from town. •Y JMCIAt iffOiMTWINT TU T«s DIAMONDS AT WHOLESALE PRICES! We have recently received a large shipment of diamonds from Belgium and England. In connection
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  • GRAND OPENING KOREAN DEPARTMENTAL STORE (PTE) LTD.
    • 570 14 What Korean store offers Tomorrow marks an auspicious day in the official opening of the Korean Departmental Store Pte. Ltd., which is situated at the basement of the Peninsula Shopping Complex, at Coleman Street. The Korean Departmental Store has over $1 million in capital and its
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    • 204 15 Message from the chairman, Mr. Llm Ton* See; After several months •of planning, we are happy to announce the official opening of the Korean Departmental Store Pte. Ltd. We hope that the local people and the tourists will find it an interesting place to shop for an exclusive
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    • 151 15 Message from the president of KOTRA, Mr. Ahn Kwang Ho: The number of overseas markets for Korean products rose from about 30 countries in 1961 to more than 100 in 1971. The steady expansion of trade between countries will help to foster a better understanding
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  • Page 14 Advertisements
    • 140 14 GET ON TO A NEW SHOPPING DISCOVERY Iw ieparuneaial Sure r»< 'H 'tt&itation fa a** S fa/ec f/'* r rz£^ I "£L*!#r* v The Basement, Peninsula Shopping Complex, Singapore We are unique because we specialise and from Korea, we bring to you the exclusive range of quality merchandise of all
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  • Page 15 Advertisements
    • 88 15 Heartiest v Congratulations and Best Wishes to KOREAN DEPARTMENTAL STORE on the occasion of their Official Opening on 9th December, 1972 from Industrial Equipment Sdn. Bhd. Heartiest Congratulations and Best Wishes to KOREAN DEPARTMENTAL STORE on the occasion of their Official Opening on 9th December, 1972 from Panweld Engineering Pte.
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    • 66 15 CONGRATULATDNS to ISS Korean Departmental Store on the occasion of their official opening on Saturday 9th December 1972 Korea Trade Centre KOTRA,wiII introduce our reliable suppliers. arrange business transactions, provide detailed trade information, guide you in Korea for business and assist you to invest. KOREA TRADECENTRE SINGAPORE Office Tel *****
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  • Page 16 Advertisements
    • 229 16 NEW NATION ANNOUNCEMENTS SPECIAL CHRISTMAS SALS EFFECTIVE from sth 25th December 1972. Holder of this cutting is entitle to buy the first 2 dresses with 25% discount. Additional Purchase is allowed 15% discount. Printed Cotton Dress 515.50, Jersey Dress *17.90 and many other materials. Visit Weene Fashions, 302 Peninsula Shopping
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    • 92 16 AT YOUR SERVICE PRIVATE INVESTIGATION into all matters relating to Matrimonial, Survel lance and trocing persons, commercial frauds and claims, etc. All investigations (prompt and efficient) undertaken with strictest confidence by skilled experienced investigators. AJI enquiries are welcome. Phone *****9 S'oore W! AM SPECIALISE In Spraying Refrigerators, Fon, Washing Mochines
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    • 250 16 Why take ct»«i»c«t? Your $Hn here important Newt for you! ASTROLOGER PALMIST DAVIS STAR help yod know tomorrow today, moke sure of your future< 384-B East Coost Rood, (near Telok Kurau). S'pore 15 (English, Chinese, Malay Languages). Telephone: *****7. Appointments required. NEW SPECIAL SPRAY-PAINT> ING, repair and installation airconditioners, refrigerators
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    • 558 16 FULLY FURNISHED oirconditioned bedrooms, rentol $220 prefer* obly foreign bochelors. Available around Hotel Equatorial, dist. 10. Vocont immediately. Contact S'pore *****3 Patricia. FLAT AT CAST COAST ROAD NOS. 422-B 3 bedrooms Rent $360/- furnished. Contact Telephone: *****6. DIST. 10 COSY SINGLE-STOREY detoched 3 bedrooms servant's with amenities furnished 1 aircond.
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    • 567 16 CHRISTMAS SALE teak settee $200, 5' rubber mattress $95, double decker with rubber mattress $100 dining set $110, Lamp and shade $8.50 $45, sewing mochine $105, children bicycle $10 and marry others. 542, Queenswoy- Japanese Garden, Tel: *****9 S'pore. ANTIQUES FOR CHRISTMAS, for everyone, for a.iytime. Find them at Eighth
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    • 504 16 BUY A VWY SPECIAL gift, Get on Aquodreom water bad. She will be the first few proud owners in Singopore. Get them at Oskoy Enterprise 3rd floor, 404, Show Centre, S'pore and take odvontoge of special introductory discount Now!! BE THE FIRST IN YOUR NEIGHBOURHOOD TO OWN AN AQUADREAM WATER
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    • 439 16 SPECIAL OFFER!! WHY PAY MORE? Wide rang* of ueed T.V. as good as new on sole, at fantastic bargaining price. All sets guaranteed Singapore *****1/ *****3. Tony. BUY "StERA" TELEVISION on hire-purchase. Monthly instalment basis. Trode-in also welcome. Free oerial. PHONE: ***** Or ***** HI-FI TRADERS 59 Soutfc Bridge Reed,
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    • 134 16 GOING TO U.K. by cor? I've just the wght mochines for thi«* trip. Either the 1965 Humber Hawk or 1960, 1965 Jogaur 2.4 Mk2. Spares no problem. Phone Eddie Wong *****4 S'pore anytime. It7o COOPER excellent condition tax/insurance Occident free—h.p. arrongeable/low down payment considered. *****0/ *****7 —l S'pore. 1961 AUSTIN
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  • 451 18 4EL UP H'/TH The Singapore Island Country Club will tend 36 golfers to Kuala Lumpur for a series of inter-dub matches to be held this weekend. Over the yean, these matehes have contributed to an enormous reservoir of goodwill and sportsmansnip between the Malaysians and as.
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  • 54 18 Honolulu, Friday. Ben Villaflor, the World Boxing Association junior lightweight champion, will defend his title in March against Kuniaki Shibata of Japan. Shibata, the former world featherweight champion, is currently ranked No. 9 by the WBA in the junior lightweight division but is expected to be moved
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  • 43 18 Pasir Panjang had to fight hard last night to beat MacPherson 50-45 after leading 28-21 at half-time in the InterConstituencies basketball league at MacPherson Community Centre. Here, a Pasir Panjang attack is foiled bv the white-shirt-ed MacPherson players. Picture by Chua Peng Tee
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  • 157 18  -  By Sonny Yap The Singapore Malays Badminton Association has selected nine players to prepare for the Datok Hamzah Abu Samah Cup tournament at Kuala Lumpur from December 29 to 31. They are Syed Ahmad Bakar, Sudlrman Noordin, Mohammed Abu Bakar, Osman Jantan, Razali Osman, Syed
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  • 91 18 London, Friday A Northern Ireland man yesterday won £228,027 on Britain's football pools but his Rood fortune has put him in such dread that his identity is being kept a strict secret. He fears that if his win became known publicly, he and his family would
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  • 410 18 Hyderabad, Friday—MCC captalp Tony Lewis must have only one misgiving, his own batting form, following his side's draw in their opening tour match against the Indian Cricket Board President's Eleven at Lai Bahadur stadium here yesterday. On the whole, It was an encouraging start for the MCC
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  • 362 18  -  By Dennis Chia Texas Instrument beat American School 15-9 in a tie-breaker for the first round top place in the Singapore Industrial Easy Pitch soitball league at King's Road yesterday. In one of the best matches played in the series so far, Texas had
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  • Page 18 Advertisements
    • 34 18 SUPREME HOUSE.ROOM NO.7OB.PENANG ROAD. SINGAPORE.9 AwHat**: HOMO SHENG ft CO.. MAY TEX ft CO.. METRO (PTE) LTD., METRO (SUPREME HOUSE) PTE. LTD., METROTEX (PTE) LTD.. THE PEKING (PTE) LTD.. C.K. TANG (S) PTE. LTD..
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  • Page 18 Miscellaneous
    • 88 18 DR. KILDARE by Ken Bald HERE HE IS, ELAINE ..JOUR Cm SPECIAL EXCLUSIVE DOCTOR. NO QUEEN 601 MORE ATTENTION. DOCTOR KJLG*RE. mi SISTER-IN-LAW, ELAINE STEEP. I WOULD GUESS IN ABOUT TWO DOCTOR' «£<s i I s 5^ 4 H 'i 5> l^ls IV kfil X £W RIP KIRBY by John
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  • 359 19 From Blue Peter in Kuala Lumpur Securitas, an emergency acceptor in the Class 3 Div. 2 6f race on Sunday, showed striking form in a trial with stablemate Moonee Valley on a yielding track here this morning. Breaking from the half mile, the pair ran
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  • 138 19 Newmarket, England Friday Mill Reef, American Mr. Paul Mellon's great racehorse, will be limited to 20 mares in his first season at stud next year, it was announced here yesterday. Mill Reef, now recovering from a broken leg, will stand at the National Stud
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  • 75 19 Copenhagen, Friday. Tom Bogs of Denmark, the 'l former European middleweight- boxing champion, 'Z scored a unanimous points win over Luis Vinales of Puerto Rico in their 10- round fight here last night. Bogs, who is scheduled to fight Italian-born French- man Fabio Bettini for the
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  • 391 19 London, Friday. Liverpool's ability to bounce back from adversity will be put to the test tomorrow when they hope to shake off the effects of a midweek cup defeat by maintaining their three-point lead in the first division. But the Merseyside maestroes will receive no favour
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  • 234 19 Melbourne, Friday Reigning World moto-cross champion Joel Robert arrived yesterday with three other top riders to take part In Australia's International moto-cross Grand Prix. Aobert, 29, from Belgium, arrived with countryman Roger De Coster, British champion Andy Roberton and Swedish ace Bengt Aberg. They
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  • 34 19 London, Friday England batsman Geoff Boycott, who turned down the current MCC tour of India and Pakistan, has been re-appointed captain of Yorkshire for next season, it was announced here yesterday.
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  • 142 19 Wellington, Friday.—Jack Newton, of Australia, and Alan Snape, of New Zealand, shared the first round lead in the Caltex golf tournament yesterday. They shot three-under par rounds of 68 over the Paraparaumu Beach course near here. Newton was out in 34, one-under par. He had three birdies
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  • 52 19 Edinburgh, Scotland, Friday. Scotland's Rugby Union team to play New Zealand at Murrayfleld here on December 18 includes three new caps, all in the back division. The new men are Andy Irvine, 21-year-old fullback, Dave Shedden, 28-year-old wing three quarter, and stand-off half lan McGeechan, who
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  • Page 19 Advertisements
    • 104 19 4* Ir .v f y Choose the one you PLEASE The one you choose will PLEASE MEDICATED HONEY LEMON CHERRY MENTHOL EUCALYPTUS MANDARIN GINGER ftUtcGnsaoi 1972 THE GREATEST NAME IN SPORTS NAME IN SPORTS BRUNSWICK PRODUCTS MacGregor Golf touGmftt MacGregor All Sports UBCBCW Union Roller Skates WW Zebco Fishing Equipment
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  • Page 19 Miscellaneous
    • 291 19 NEW NATION CROSSWORD ACROSS 1 Part song. 5 Mascagni heroine. 9 Pieces of candy. 13 Drum or cannon sound. 14 Become prevalent. 15 Eurasian range. 16 One of Lincoln's sons. 18 Bye-bye. 19 Missouri college. 20 Join up. 22 Leading man. 23 Indian Of Canada. 24 Babble. 26 Rendered innocuous.
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  • Back Page FRIDAY
    • 162 20 Today is Friday, Decern ber 8, the 343 rd day of 1972 with 23 to follow. THE MOON: Between its new phase and first quarter. THE MORNING STARS: Mercury, Venus, Mars and Saturn. THE EVENING STAR: Jupiter. Those born on this date are under the sign of Sagltarlus. Eli
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    • 227 20  -  THEY DO NOTHING FOR YOU: SURVEY By Peter Ong You'll probably cancel your next sauna bath appointment after you have read this: Saunas can do nothing for you psychologically or physically. Don't believe it? Well, you should, because that's what two psychologists found out after extensive investigation
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    • 59 20 The voice of vivacious Cina Chin Cheng has taken her round the world from Taipei to Tokyo, Hong Kong to San Francisco and Los Angeles. She also claims to have been a hit in America. Songbird Cina is here for the first time to sing at
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    • 44 20 MEI LIN: I support the law professor's suggestion that divorced women should be given half the family property. At least one man is talking sense. AH FOOK: Sounds more like nonsense to me. Why should we give away what we sweated for?
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    • 51 20 Jennifer Maddock, a secretary in Britain's Foreign Office, wrote to a newspaper complaining about the "mouse which just ran over my foot" in her office. A Foreign Office spokesman said after Miss Maddock's boss read the letter, he presented her with a mousetrap loaded with
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  • Page 20 Advertisements
    • 4 20 !P»I x '"•i xfr
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    • 106 20 Sanyo Malaysia Sdn Bhd nP r FflflTfl/TIC BflßGflin/ Ever heard of give-away sale? Unbelievable but we are giving away all items in our showroom Wallpapers, carpets, curtain and upholstery fabrics. HURRY AND DECORATE YOUR HOUSE FOR X'MAS NEW YEAR WITH THIS OFFER MODERN INTERIORS T. SINGAPORE. TELEPHONE: *****/***** I LWmVA***
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  • Page 20 Miscellaneous
    • 348 20 5 Singapore Opening and Where the Heart Is Tor the Family (E) A Diary of Events In Singapore this Week (E) Health in the Home: Advanced Post-Natal Exercises (E—Rpt). Days of Our Lives Close Opening and Lucky Dip News In Brief Hey Presto, It's Rolf Sports Parade News (C) Chinese
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    • 586 20 Trust your lucky star IF IT'S YOUR BIRTHDAY BORN today, you art generally a kind-hearted and noble person who knows how to make and how to hold friends. Being broadminded, you have Utile trouble In displaying tolerance towards anyone and anything; but being at the same time extremely falrmlnded, you
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  • GO RACING
    • 827 21  -  By Blue Peter The Accountant will take a lot of beating in the Class 6 Division 1— 6f handicap at Kuala Lumpur tomorrow. The Klntail six-year-old showed a return to form at Ipoh last month when he finished a gallant
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    • 120 21 SCRUTINEER BLUE PETER KU'fr-M MARUDA Race 1 C. EXPORTER Dal-Pa-Knor HIJLAR1 Coanter Paneh C. PUNCH Oal-Pa-Rasr C. PUNCH DM^Kmt CHDfRY Pmyl Pit tUoe S LUNA STREAM Rampoac Chantek OCEAN INN Thander Spear 1 in '1— 'V En ft Race Kmc i FUGHTS Diamond Jubilee ROTTERDAM ACCOUNTANT Lord
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    • 11353 22 ■rnrtsnnßH 200 cljM 6 Div 3 6f Ba£mSuUlH(ssooo—s3soo to winner) Imm Ho. MniM III) a (Macsaia) Wast 11J 5 UCTi (II aartad) 0-0-71 took I I cur. 7-1S O* (K"mp> CLft Div 1; IM. n* OaqiNror 7-18; »t*k 7-11; Srd. Mentl» e 1-3. TMuVrw l T i mm4>
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    • 3 21 SCRUTINEER'S NAP FORECAST
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    • 52 21 If you appreciate beauty and truth... The chances are you will like the Vulcain Open Heart. With its 'see through' design there is nothing to hide Except its superbly handcrafted Swiss movements. Be exclusive! Fascinate others as you will be fascinated by this truly fascinating timepiece. Available at all leading
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