New Nation, 3 March 1973

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    Masthead
    19 1 NEW NATION SINGAPORE Saturday evening, March 3, 1973 No. 653 Price 15 cents 1 SINGAPORE SATURDAY, MARCH 3, 1973
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  • Article
    Lock icon Nixon: $ will survive new crisis
    199 1 Nixon: will survive new crisis Reuter and UPI Washington, Saturday President Nixon yesterday said that there would not be another devaluation of the dollar and predicted it would survive the present suree of speculation. He called for International co-operation to get a world monetary system flexible enough to take care
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    OUR ROADS
    10 1 Police reported 74 accidents yesterday. Three were serious.
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    Lock icon Guerrillas kill 3 diplomats
    1053 1 US and Belgian envoys shot dead after gang gets no 'reasonable reply' to demands UPI and Reuter Khartoum, Saturday Black September Palestine guerrillas last night shot dead three diplomats two Americans and a Belgian in the embassy where they had been holding five diplomats hostage since
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    PUNISH THEM...
    161 1 Washington, Saturday President Nixon angrily denounced the slaying of two Americas diplomats by Palestinian terrorists in Sudan yesterday, and said the f>erpetrators "must be brought to justice." In a statement read by White House Press secretary Mr. Ronald L. Ziegler, the President said: This tragic event underscores once
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    Watch for Aurosa
    329 1 By Blue Peter Aurosa was given as an extra good thing in Race 8 at Bukit Timah today. The Aurum four-year-old was freely tipped to make amends for his expensive failure at Kuala Lumpur last month. Tradition who finished a fast second to Margaret n over 7f
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    Probe into firm's $2.56 mil shares
    538 1 'Company mismanaged' The Malaysian Police have been notified of an unaccounted sum of 2,560,000 $1 shares in the trouble-plagued Power and Telecommunications Industries Berhad. This is revealed by the auditors of the Kuala Lum-pur-based company in its second annual report for the year ended
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      13 1 Track Whisper Race 7 PROVOOLOS Madame X Forecast Race 5 GRENADIER SEE FULL
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  • Page 1 Miscellaneous
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  • Article
    Watch your driving...
    730 2  -  Accident toll now double ROAD SAFETY '73 By Wee Beng Huat Singapore Is today one of the most densely populated countries in the world. In terms of motor vehicular population we are the second highest in Asia. These two factors, combined with the recklessness of many of
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    The wailing torchlight...
    295 2 The next time you hear a wail from a policeman do not be alarmed—lt Is lust another modern gadget that our men In blue are now equipped with to maintain law and order. This portable waller or siren comes in a handy torch light size unit which
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  • Article
    Found hanged
    30 2 Tay Say Tan, 52, of Race Course Road, was found hanged In a hut at Crawford Park, Beach Road, at 2.05 ajn. today. No foul play Is suspected.
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    Give the blind a new deal
    267 2  -  Call for special training By Rav Dhaliwal Singapore should encourage those of Its blind with no aptitude for an academic education to undergo vocational and technical training, a Filipino teacher of the blind said today. Mr. Fermin O. Galeon. who arrived yesterday to attend
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    A surprise win for Kenneth
    169 2 Kenneth Lew Kok Keong, 13, (above), thought his eyes were playing tricks on him when he saw the last six digits of his Identity card *****1 tallied with the numbers drawn In the New Nation/Post Office Savings Bank Draw. Even his parents and his brother,
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  • Page 2 Miscellaneous
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      674 2 weatherl Temperature* in world cities yesterday: Manila 34-20 C. Tokyo 10- 2C. Kuala Lumpur 33-23 C. Hong Kong 20-18 C. Taipeh 18-16 C. Jakarta 32-24 C. Seoul 6-Minus SC. Bangkok 35-25 C. Naha 18-16 C. Paris 7- 2C. London 9- 6C. Moscow 2- OC. New York 14- 3C. San Francisco
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      260 2 Today'* winning number *****2 If the last six digits of your Singapore identity card number are those shown above, you can claim a $300 Post Office Savings Bank Gift Voucher. Your voucher will be paid into a Post OfTice Saving Bank account in your name. Call with your identity card
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  • Article
    More MAS reserves, so banks call back loans
    285 3 Many banks and finance companies are now calling back their loans from clients following the new reserves requirements with the Monetary Authority of Singapore from March 16. The government has raised their statutory reserves and deposits on their net overseas liabilities with
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    Civil servants to help PA
    315 3  -  Now a govt, secondment move By Ivan Lim The Government is to second administrative and executive officers from the civil service to the People's Association to help carry out a major re-organisation. The Finance Ministry, in a circular, have invited serving graduate administrative and executive
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    More firms now have 'spies'
    283 3 Commercial espionage With Singapore fast becoming the financial centre for the region, more government departments and private firms are now paying added attention to commercial espionage. The Finance Ministry is the latest employer looking for commercial intelligence officers to Join the service. In a recent
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    Unit probes pollution
    244 3 The Anti-PoUutlon Unit is conducting a series of surveys on the extent of air pollution by motor vehicles in relation to the condition of their engines. One of the surveys was conducted at the University of Singapore Buklt Tim ah campus. A team from the Unit flagged
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      352 3 It-- 3 Mm* </.■ V Quiz object No. 206 Choo wins the top prize Last Tuesday's quiz photograph showed a television antenna bracket. All the correct entries received were from men. The first prize of $15 goes to Mr. Choo Sit Fuee. of Tanglin Halt Road. His entry was the
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    Lock icon Week to remember for Scouts and Guides
    657 4  -  CAMERA ON SINGAPORE Rav K. Dhaliwal Climbing trees, scaling walls and camping are only some of the activities of Scouts and Guides there are also the t4 less rugged" activities encompassing community service. In fact, during the recent Scout Guide Week (from Feb.
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      124 4 neat... no-show neckline dockets 1 V-neck T-shirt Open your shirt collar there's no T-shirt to show with Jockey V-neck. The "V" is especially tailored to lay flat and neat; the 100% combed cotton fabric is highly absorbent and durable. Extra long tail, sizes S-M-L-XL. $5.75 Jockey brief— tailored from 13
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    Lock icon 6 killed as crane collapses on high building
    215 5 United Press International New York. Saturday A huge crane collapsed and sliced down to the ground through both sides of a 23storey building under construction in the congested Washington suburb of Baileys Crossroads yesterday. Six people were killed and 17 trapped under
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    156 Reds flown to safety
    378 5 Demo at JMC office Saigon, Saturday Over 150 communist officials with the Joint Military Commission (JMC) teams in Hue and DananK, in northern South Vietnam, l*ave flown back to Saigon after expressing fears for their lives. The 156 officials were flown back to Saigon In
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    Lock icon UK hospitals hard hit
    278 5 Reuter London, Saturday.— Strike hit hospital throughout Britain reported "desperate" situations yesterday despite drastically curtailed treatment. A strike of non-medical staff, in its second day, hit 241 hospitals, according to the National Union of Public Employees. Another 125 were on the union's target list for next
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    Gunmen kill bus driver
    183 5 Belfast, Saturday. A bus driver was machine gunned to death at the wheel of his crowded vehicle yesterday, the third man to die In shooting incidents in the Northern Ireland's capital in less than 24 hours. The latest killing came In mid-afternoon In the strongly Protestant
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    Place with something for everyone
    832 5  -  Farmer's Kitchen is worth a try EATING OUT y Restaurant Entertainment J GUIDE WITH WENDY HUTTON The Farmer's Kitchen is one place that tries to provide something for everyone. The menu, an international grab bag if ever there was one, offers Tahitlan fish, Japanese favourites,
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    The Fabulous 5 are just fantastic
    222 5  - The Fabulous 5 are j ust fantastic By Peter Ong Taiwan's fantastic, The Fabulous 5, are thrilling the audience at El Amlgo nightclub with their dare-devil stunts and spine-chilling acts. The five can do wonders with their acrobatics. Seeing is believing! Also at El Amlgo are the Bee jays—the ever-popular
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    Lock icon Ex-Gestapo and SS men jailed
    144 5 Reuter Bonn, Saturday Four former officers in Hitler's SS and Gestapo have been sentenced to jail terms ranging from three and a half to 12 years here for their part in the wartime extermination of Polish Jews. A fifth accused was acquitted when the court
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    Preserving our national monuments
    444 6 Another old Singapore landmark may be sentenced to face the demolition squad. It has been reported that the government building at Empress Place may be knocked down in the near future. The 89-year-old building served as the Colonial Secretariat and Legislative Council chamber in the days
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    Casino visit a must
    68 6 by ISPY A travel agency in Singapore is offering a single return air trip to Jakarta and Bandung for four days with full hotel accommodation for $125. Fantastic? Yes but there is a condition at- tached. You must deposit $1,000 with the agency and spend two
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    If we want brilliant and incorruptible leaders we'll have to pay the price
    917 6  -  ISMAIL KASSIM The big pay Increases of the top civil servants announced recently by the Finance Minister, Mr. Hon Sui Sen, underline the extensive social, economic and political changes that have been taking place in Singapore over
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  • Letters
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      Half-price cards
      247 6 I am a student of the Singapore Technical Institute and I live In Toa Payoh. I bought a season ticket from the Associated Bus Services which charged $12 per month excluding Sundays and Saturdays. But the full-price from Toa Payoh to the Institute is 20 cents per trip,
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      Retiming the traffic lights
      69 6  -  YEONG KUM KEE Public Relations Officer, Ministry of National Development, Singapore, 2. I refer to the letter by Mr. C.M. Loon (New Nation of 20th January, 1973). The tiining of the traffic light system at the junction of Tanjong Katong Road and Mountbatten Road has been
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      Overflowing post-box
      86 6 Will the Postal Authorities please look into a problem in Opera Estate? The letters In the letter box situated at Fldello Street are obviously not collected frequently. Recently I went to post a letter and to my surprise I discovered the letter box, full right up to the
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      Unreasonable red-tape
      110 6 On the morning of February 16, I rang the Adult Education Board, asking for a copy of the Prospectus for 1973. I reauested the receptionist to send it to me. But I was told to go and collect It personally or write In officially for a copy. Isn't
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      Not marked for death
      167 6  -  LAWRENCE S. H. LOH Public Relations Officer, Singapore Police Force, Singapore. 2. I refer to the letter headlined Anxiety Among Old People published in your newspaper on February 12, 1973.* There Is no substantiation for the assumption that according to the present trend of murder cases,
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      Give details to Area Office
      45 6  -  CORINNA DIEU (Mrs) Public Relations Officer, Housing Development Board. Singapore, 2. Block 174. TP. (NN 21.2.73) is requested to furnish our Area Office with more details of the noise pollutants In his block, so that appropriate action can be taken.
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      Another name for typhoid
      143 6  -  S. K. TAN This refers to your reader Notan's enquiry (New Nation, dated February 27, 1973) regarding the disease called "motan." It Is a disease otherwise known as typhoid. According to Chinese beliefs, typhoid is easily cured through Chinese herbs and is not infectious or contagious.
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      Interest on CPF loans
      178 6  -  CORINNA DIEU (Mrs) Public Relations Officer, Housing Development Board, Singapore, 2 The CPF Board in Its press statement (ST 10.2.73) has clarified that If a flat owner sells his present HDB flat on allocation of a larger HDB flat and if he wishes the whole of
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      New statutory board
      77 6  -  YEONG KUM KEE Public Relations Officer. Ministry of National Development, Singapore, Z. We refer to your news item captioned Statutory Board Status for Housing and Development Board Department Soon (New Nation of 26th February 1973). Your paragraph 3 stating that the proposed Urban Renewal Authority would also
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      96 6 Write to The Editor, New Nation, Locked Bag 15, GPO, Singapore, 1. and trie at specially reduced prices a WE OFFER AN OUTSTANDING BEAUTIFUL RANGE OF:DIAMONDS V 4 to 4 carat GEMS Rubies, Emeralds, Jade, Sapphires and a large variety of other precious stones. LLERY of every description in modern
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  • SATURDAY REVIEW
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      Lock icon DISCOVERING ADDIS ABABA
      1105 7  -  WORDS: Elizabeth Cheng Towering mountains, deep ravines and tall coniferous trees passed before me as the plane nosed its way towards Addis Ababa, capital of Ethiopia. It looked a promising country. We finally landed and as we stepped out we were welcomed by a blast of cool
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      Lock icon Saving Prague from a tumble
      1357 7  -  By John Goshko Washington Post For centuries, its admirers paid homage to its gilded towers and romantic steeples by calling it Prague the Golden and Prague of a Hundred Spires. From pre sent appearances though, it would be more accurate to describe Prague as a
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      PAPER BACKS
      412 8 THE SECRET DOORWAYS: An intensely written novel by John Pleasant McCoy. TTie story of a small town in the American South, a kind of Peyton Place where everybody knows everyone else, where gossip and 'Sin abound. There is Denise, the bored wife of Bev, one of the few
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      THE OTHER WOMAN IN SHAKESPEARE'S LIFE
      801 8 Dr. Rowse sheds light on the mistress with those 'raven eyes' The dark lady of Shakespeare's sonnets was no fantasy of the poet's imagination. She was a married woman with whom he had a very real and ultimately tragic love affair. She was the
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      Cover of the week
      69 8 This week's cover shows a design by Germano Facetti taken from Pablo Picasso's Still Life with Musical Instruments. The design tries to depict the entire gamut of musical instruments and the development of music right through the ages from the time of the medieval troubadours to,
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      Some hints for button fans
      385 8 BUTTONS A GUIDE FOR COLLECTORS by Cwen Squire, Frederick Muller, 111 pages, £4.25 and VICTORIAN JEWELLERY DESIGN by Charlotte Cere, William Kimber, 285 pages, £3.75 C.V. ANTHONY ADAMS Button-collecting has become a popular and fastgrowing hobby. It has the advantages of being Inexpensive, it can
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      Into womanhood...
      674 8  -  A DUTIFUL DAUCHTER by Thomas Keneally. Angus and Robertson, 183 pages, $15.05 iimrJQP»ng\ ■TCWERy 1 Today's review Is by David Wang My first impression when I picked up this book was that it would be a straight-forward novel about an ordinary girl's duties towards her family. It wasn't
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      The survival of mankind
      907 8 ONLY ONE EARTH by Barbara Ward and Rene Oubos, Pelican, 304 pages, $4.50 CERALD OE CRUZ There is a sense of apocalypse everywhere, the feeling that we stand on the brink of an abyss or Utopia. Partly this is due to the speed with which fundamental
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      What's new on the old box?
      814 9  -  CSIGHT SOUND J EDGAR KOH What's new on the old box now that RTS has settled down to the pretty much routine stuff at this time of the year? Well, for enthusiasts of stand-up comedy acts, there is Irish entertainer DAVE ALLEN whose series
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      Something for all at school's art festival
      907 9  -  TTHEATRE VIOLET OON A hectic programme of entertainment, music, dance and martial art is in store for you this week-end at the Singapore International School's second annual Festival of the Arts. There will be something for everyone in the family and the fact
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      Good shock treatment in Deliverance
      516 9  -  f CINEMA EDGAR KOH DELIVERANCE starring Burt Reynolds and Jon Voight (Lido). like the mysterious, challenging Cahulawassee River in the Appalachian mountains where it is set, this mm is filled with still but deep disquietude, white-churning rapids of .hostility and an eerie atmosphere of sudden
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      Art gallery to display students' works
      554 9  -  ('art VIOLET OON The Art Gallery for the display of works of art by students in the National Museum is the fruition of long months of planning by the Museum Schools Service. It will be open to the public and the museum hopes that
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      Making music to remember a guru
      1165 10  -  LL'Jl*! PETER ONG PETE TOWNSHEND: WHO CAME FIRST (TRACK RECORDS); This is really a solo album in the strict sense of the word. These days, so many artistes who make "solo" albums do not actually make them on their own efforts. People like Rod
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      Convert shows his class in tournament
      547 10  -  fCHESS LIM KOK ANN Lai Lin On established a clear leaf! with six straight wins in the Kampong Kapor C.C. Championship, one point ahead of the field, with the last round to be played today. Lai is a "convert" from Chinese chess in which
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      Smoky Madeira
      402 10  -  f FOOD/DRINK LI PO "Have a Madeira m'dear" sang the old Rove' in the Victorian music hall song. About the only place you will hear the song today is on the Black and White Minstrel show. Sadly, the only times one meets this splendid drink is at a
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      The delight of enthusiasts...
      354 10  -  f STAMPS ANDREW LAU The production of stamps is an interesting if somewhat complicating process. Stamps are usually printed in sheets of 20, 50 or 100. Each stamp is separated from the other by means of perforations. The modern day stamp bears perforations in the form
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      Dummy play
      222 10 fBRIDGK "grand slam] Dealer South North South Vulnerable. Today's hand (see diagram) is taken from a team-of-four match, which illustrates the necessity of careful dummy play even when you hold a "loaded hand." The bidding:— S W N E IC IS 3C pass 3NT pass pass pass The
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      74 9 MEW HATCH m $u fiWas t 2 5? it i ggn rr«OT sa. HEARTACHE PROBLEMS: DON'T MISS DEARROS Problems of all kinds get an astute and understanding answer in Dear Ros In New Nation every Monday. Ros dispenses wisdom and just plain common-sense in providing help for the love-lorn, lonely
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      332 10 Advertisement GARDEN NEWS MOTHER-IN-LAW'S TONGUE. In describing some of the plants suitable for indoors, we start with the easiest of all to grow: Mother-in-law's Tongue or Sansevieria. Our artist has drawn for us the commonest variety, well known to everyone, but it is a not to be despised as a
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  • BUSINESS NEWS
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      Lock icon KL-Kepong on lookout for more estates
      368 11 89 Desmond Kuala Lumpur-Kepong is at present engaged in disposing of sizeable parcels of its landholdings on the outskirts of towns where the demand for land for development has been jacking up land prices. On the other hand to ensure that rubber outputs are
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      APPOINTMENTS
      145 11 Mr. Carl Baumann has been appointed general manager of Everett Steamship Corporation S/A. He has worked in Everett offices in Manila, Tokyo, Yokohama, San Mateo, Basrah, Bangkok, Seoul, Saigon and Singapore since 1960. East Asiatic Company has appointed Mr. H. Kasper of Germany as its regional bookbinding adviser. Mr.
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    • OVERSEAS STOCK EXCHANGE PRICES
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        New York
        336 11 New York, Saturday— The market closed higher nn the New York Stock Exchange yesterday after reversing a steep early loss. The Dow Jones industrial average of 30 bluechip stocks was 11.67 higher at 961.32 at the close. The indicator had been off more than 10 points during the
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        Paris
        209 11 Closing prices (in francs) Festerday. Parlbas 211 (208) Indochine 257.50 (260) Pfcncier 403 (401) PJIntemps 152.50 (154.30; C.G.E. 479 (480) Bull 70.50 (69.50) Royal Dutch 188.90 (182.50) Michelin 1893 (1919) Thomson 189.90 (192) CJJ». 207 (209) Rhone 170.60 (169) Air 362 (367) FhiUps 86.60 (86.30j Sues 375 (369) Citroen
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        Lock icon Tokyo
        218 11 Kyodo Tokyo, Prices on the Tokyo Stock Exchange moved; lower in early trading yesterday as the fresh monetary unrest dampened Investor enthusiasm. But the downturn, which was steep at the opening, came to a halt toward the close of the morning session. The Dow-Jones average of 225 selected blue
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        Dow Jones averages
        33 11 Dow Jones closing stock averages on the New York Exchange yesterday. 30 industrials 961.32 (up 11.67) 20 transport 191.62 (off 0.12). 15 utilities 111.48 (unchanged), 65 stocks 301.47 (up 2.16).
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      Panic selling continues as share prices receive worst beating
      744 11  -  By Choo Siak Siew Share prices op the stock market this week received their worst beating since the crisis following the May 13 troubles of 1969. As far as market observers remember the panic selling which brought the Straits Times industrial
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      The share market
      1930 11 INDUSTRIALS 1971/1972 4 wks Stock Closing Price Last Week's Turni High Low ago Buyers Sellers Sale +OIOver ii i 6.30 1.38 4.84 Aetna 4.00 4.30 4.30 -0.40 10 4.50 1.20 3.90 Adhesive Tape 2.80 2.90 3.30 -0.50 22 6.70 1.98 5.85 Ajinomoto 5.60 9 5.90 1.55 5.20
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      Chance for 1000 to see Swiss watch fair
      124 11 About 1000 importers and dealers of Swiss watches, clocks and Jewellery in Singapore Malaysia and Brunei are to be invited to the First European Watch Fair in Basle. Switzerland next month. This is the first time the three-week fair has been opened
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      364 12 DIST. t SKYVILLA FLAT 3 bedrooms 2 oirconds. furnished $550/-; Cavenogh House with swimming pool 3 bedrooms carpeted living/dining servont's amenities Furnished 1,600/*****4 S'pore. DIST. 11, J ALAN NASA SARI. Double-storey semi-detached, 3 bedrooms, one study, servant's amenities, airconditioned lounge, large garden. Well furViished. Rental $1,500. Enquiries:*****, S'pore. WHY? TALKING?
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      168 12 SALE, HIRE AND HIRE-PUR-CHASE Wooden, Cone, Furniture Manufacturer. Please Come To: 18 Tiverton Lane Singapore 9. Off Killiney Road. Open on Sunday from 1.30 p.m. 4 p.m. Daily till 6.30 p.m. HOCK SOON caters all types of furniture. Very moderate prices. Enquiries Mr*. Francis Leong, *****0 Singapore. CORNER ELEVATED LAND
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      504 12 CAR STEREO HI-FI Equipment*. Wide range available from Audio EJectronics. 4 President Building (S'pore) *****4. Li HH HP LOST IN TAXI ON 27th Febiciary 1973 ot 6.30 p.m. ot 72 Queens Road. Brown Elephant Hide Wallet containing California Driving Licence, Singopore Driving Licence, T.D. Card from Unocal Corporation and other
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      526 12 REQUIRED IMMEDIATELY SHIFTING CLERK experience 3—4 years in shipping documentation for export and import consular invoices and bonking procedures. Applicant must possess own motor-bike. Apply In writing giving full particulars working expedience "and telephone number Vinyl Coating S'pore Pte. Ltd., 10. Soon Lee Rood, S'pore 22. ELECTRICAL ENGINEER Candidates must
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      565 12 MRS. K.Y. LR'S DRESSMAKING INSTITUn Morning, After* neon, Evening Classes At 31 8-A, River Volley Rood, Singapore *****7/*****1. FLUENT DISTINCTIVE ENGLISH RAPIDLY. Foreign University Instructor. Intensive private lessons for executives, serious students *****7 S'pore. J.T.C. CONDUCTING GROUP TUITION in Maths, Science, Languoges to W.S.C. Level. $10 per subject Singapore *****9.
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      353 12 1971 DATSUN 100 A SALOON $5,200/- 0.n.0. and 1964 Volkswogen 1500 Saloon $1,800/0.n.0. Both good condition Contoct ***** S'pore. FOR QUALITY USED CARS and maximum valuation on your cor visit Singapore Used Car (Pte) Ltd. 154 Albert Street S'pore *****/ *****4. HIRE PURCHASE Hong Leong Finance offer flexible terms for
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      93 12 CHENG REST HOUSE Double Room $180/-, Single Room $150/- p.m. 107, Morine Parade, Tel: *****6 Cheng. HONGKONG TIM-SUM' CHINESE LUNCH/Dinner. AJso eateroutdoor lunch/dinner parties, New Kowloon Restaurant, 135, South Bridge Road. Tel: *****6/ *****7. OFFICE-CUM-WORKSHOP WANTED by established sign and chart company. Area 900 to 1,200 sq. ft. Preferobly within
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    Johar wins marathon
    704 13  -  By Nancy Koh What happens when two schoolboy-shuttle kingpins meet? Answer: A marathon encounter lasting more than one hour and stretching to three gruelling sets. This was precisely what happened when wiry Johar j asm an of Swiss Cottage clashed with Anglo Chinese David Tay in the
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    Walker wants ban
    337 13  -  By Jeffrey Low National soccer coach Michael Walker yesterday suggested that 11-a-slde football should be completely banned from primary schools. A full soccer game, he said, must only be Inculcated from Secondary One upwards because the present situation Is such that the primary boys do not master
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    Cresent wins
    16 13 Crescent Girls School beat Raffles Girls 7-6 in the "B" girls competition on Wednesday.
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    Cruz falls to Sakai
    67 13 Manila, Saturday. Toshiro Sakal of Japan last night defeated top Philippine player Eddie Cruz 75, 61, 6 2 in a semi final of the second Asian amateur tennis championships here. In the finals tomorrow, Sakal will meet Chiradip Mukerjee of India in the men's singles while
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    Aussie pacer wins
    54 13 Sydney, Saturday. Australian pacer Hondo Oratten scored a photo finish win in the A 550,000 1973 inter-dominion pacing championship at Harold Park last night. Hondo Grattan 11-4 favourite) got up to win by a head from New Zealand's Royal Ascot (11-2) with a yard to South Australia's
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    Simon makes final
    558 13  -  SQUASH RACKET ERIC COOPER'S Simon de Halpert continued his upset of seeded players to reach the final of the ANZUK tournament, at the expense of Jon Francis and Peter Bray in the quarter and semi-finals respectively. His opponent will be No. 1 seed Jim Payne, who had
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    Chappell Bros in top form
    173 13 Bridgetown, Saturday Captain lan Chappell blazed an exciting 159 not out in an Australian run spree against Barbados at Kensington Oval here yesterday. In partnership with his younger brother Greg (72 not out) they plundered 208 runs off the bowling in two hours. By stumps
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    Police walk
    47 13 The Police Academy will hold its second annual big walk on Sunday. More than 400 recruits and staff will be taking part in the 10 mile walk for men and the 6i mile walk for women. It will start at the Academy at 7 a.m.
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    Tennis title to ACS
    363 13 Anglo Chinese School's three star smg.es spearheaded Its capture of the National Schools' "A" boys tennis championship title at Far re r Park courts yesterday They clinched the three vital points to edge runnerup Raffles Institution 3-2 with far more polished strokes and punchy services. Seah
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    78 13 Division One Coventry 2 Crystal Palace 0; West Ham 0 Ipswich 1 Division Two Hull 2 Brighton 0; Mill wall 1 Middlesbrough 0: Swindon 0 Burnley 1. Division Three Shrewsbury 1 Southend 0; Tranmere 0 Bournemouth 0; Watford 0 Rochdale 0. Division Four Aldershot 0 Newport 2; Bradford
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      182 13 DR. KILDARE BUT I CAN'T BE PUT IN CHARGE OF A HUGE. COMPLICATED PROGRAM UKE A NEW CLINIC, PINTO/ S MS a sS ft i I v\ S Ki Hi ITS NOT THAT. LOOK PINTO ...I'M A RESIDENT. THAT MEANS I'M A COMPARATIVE BE SINNER IN THIS PROFESSION. THERE ARE
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      476 13 Trust your BORN today, you are one of those extremely reliable individuals who place the greatest importance upon the performance of duty and the meeting of responsibility. You enjoy working things out for yourself according to your own time and abilities but you are not really averse to help from
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      272 13 NEW NATION CROSSWORD ACROSS 1 Veer. 5 Billard shot. 10 Raised platform. 14 City in Kansas. 15 Assyrian war god. 16 All: Prefix. 17 Excellent: Scot. 18 Musical comedy miss. 20 Superficial. 22 Sea bird. Deserue. 24 Leading light. 25 Arctic plain. 28 Discards. 32 Japanese name. 33 Moral. 35
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    Lee set for a win in Race 8
    918 14 By Scrutineer Young apprentice Peter Lee who made a big impact on racegoers at the recent Penan* meeting with his brilliant riding should land Gomanwyn in the Class 3 Division 2 8f (Race Eight) at Bukit Timah this afternoon. Gomanwyn gave a
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    Today's top tips
    170 14 SCRUTINEER EPSOM JEEP BLUE PETER CALL BOY POINTER MAKUDA Race 1 8RIKANDI Biapa Kut PTEROPTYX Srfkandi SRIKANDI Border Dandy 8IAPA KUAT 8rikandi SIAPA KUAT SeregaJar PTEROPTYX Srikandl Race 2 B. SCOUT Chinky H. BODY Border Scout H. BODY Border Scoot H. BODY Punter's Bill TUDOR IMAGE Border
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    TODAY'S CARD
    1830 14 GOING FORECAST: Good wpfjswnl 2.15 CLASS 6, DIV. 3— 6F ($5,500 $3,850 to winner) 1 ***** SEREGALAR a (Sultan of Pahang) Daniels 9 8-13 2) *Kgow S 2 ***** PTEROPTYX a (Pachyderm) Spencer 5 8.11 (dd +2) F Harbridge 2 3 ***** LE SONIC (Progress) RR Breukelen 3
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      24 14 HOROLOGICAL SPECIALIST CENTRE Also obtainable: CYMA, OMEGA, BAUME MERCIER Geneva Co. Pte. Ltd. 1. OVERSEAS UNION SHOPPING CENTRE COLLYER QUAY SINGAPORE, 1. TEL: *****1
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      32 14 TOP BETS Grenadier 11, Charlie Brown, Gomanwyn. BEST FORECAST Gomanwyn and Graces in Race Eight. Jebsen Jessen JU V V. V.tt*Dl l i i t M H W IP *IWP V y
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      347 14 5 Singapore Opening and Roman Holidays Switch is Which Lassie—The Mountain Mystery Daniel Boone—The Valley of the Sun Saturday Matinee The Golden Hawk, starring: Rhoda Fleming, Sterling Haydon, Helena Carter, Michael Ansara Sayang Dek Sayang Wnat's My Linn Ist InterConstltuency Basketball Championships Bobbie Gentry News in Briel Bugs Bunny and
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      96 14 RADIO 1.30 News followed by Share Market Report 1.50 Prog Summary 2.00 The Heart of Juliet Jones 230 Concert Matinee (Stereo) 3.30 Sounds Cool 400 Tea Break (Stereo) 5.00 News Brief 5.03 Prog Summary 5.10 In Holiday Mood 6.00 News Brief 6.03 Public Arnct 6 05 Daily Digest 6.20 Pour
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    GCE 'O' level (English) results
    23346 15 BOYS SERANGOON GARDEN SECONDARY: Ang Cheng Soon 1, Cheow Wee Chew 1 Ho Wai Fatt 1, Kou Teck' Kiang 1, Lam Keng Foon 1, Lee Poh Seng 1, Tay Siew Kim 1, Ho Koh Cheong 1 J ng 3 Ang Kim Chen Fatt Chou 2,
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      180 15 PROFESSIONAL TRAINING PRODUCES THE STAMFORD SECRETARY (epitomising excellence in Secretarial skills) Stamford Centre has achieved unequalled success in making girls professional sophisticated private secretaries. Specialised training methods aided by up-to-date equipment and unsurpassed facilities have helped Stamford secretaries secure top jobs and command higher salaries. In the 1970/71 LCC exams
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      195 16 International Training Centre THE MOST COMPREHENSIVE SECRETARIAL LANGUAGE TRAINING AVAILARLE IN SOUTH-EAST ASIA THE NEXT FULLTIME PRIVATE SECRETARIAL COURSE STARTS ON 2nd APRIL 1973 PARENTS AND PROSPECTIVE STUDENTS ARE INVITED TO VISIT ITC ON ANY WEEKDAY BETWEEN 9a.m. and sp.m.' TO SEE THE SCHOOL AT WORK Subjects taught SHORTHAND "TYPING"BUSINESS
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      325 17 OU/o A TOP PASS The Stamford College Way HSC/GCE 'A\ Singapore Cambridge GCE/MCE, Lower Certificate of Education, Qualifying Test. All Stamford College Home study courses are compiled by experts. Students have obtained top marks in examinations using Stamford College courses ONLY. So can you. Educational Research Unit comprising a panel
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      Kita Suka II is a good bet in the opening race tomorrow
      895 19  -  By Blue Peter Kita Suka will take a lot of beating in Race One at Bukit Timah tomorrow. He won his last start over 6f at Kuala Lumpur last month very impressively. Second at the home turn, he
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      SELECTIONS FOR SUNDAY
      166 19 SCRUTINEER BLUE PETER EPSOM JEEP MAKUDA MARKSMAN Race 1 SPECIALIST KJta Suka KITA SUKA The Specialist KITA 8UKA Born Free ESPADA KJta Suka KITA SUKA Wlsnu Race 2 B. TIME Blast Off B. TIME Princely Coach B. TIME Kelana BEST GIFT Princely Coach KELANA Midas Touch Race
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      SUNDAY'S CARD
      13239 20 1.45 Class 3 Div. 2—6f. UdAflOl ($9500 —$6650 to winner) 1 WINSLQW NT (Wtolaw) IHM 4 IJ Bawkias 4 •IBM mors* 2 LOQNSMIANC II (taric) Ith 3 1.13 Siapsn IS NSW NORM 3 ***** DTI SWA II s (KL CImD Mm* 4 1.12 (SF) P. Let 2 WOMI
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