New Nation, 10 July 1973

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  • 18 1 NEW NATION SINGAPORE Tuesday evening, July 10, 1973 No. 763 Price 15 cents SINGAPORE TUESDAY, JULY 10, 1973
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  • 194 1 Prices improved on the Stock Exchange of Singapore for the first 45 mnlutes this morning. Though selective, trading was moderately active. BUSINESS DONE: Singapore Hilton (1) 1.98, (1) 2.00, (1) 2.03, (1) 2.04, (1) 2.06, (5) 2.08, (1) 2.10, (6) 2.05. Pan Electric (1) 1.88. Faber Merlin
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  • 48 1 Karachi, Tuesday—Fiftyfour people, Including a number of children, are missing after flood waters brought by torrential monsoon rains inundated parts of Karachi. The death toll has risen to at least 14 since the first rains of the monsoon season lashed the city last Saturday.
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  • 13 1 Police reported 114 accidents yesterday. Ten were serious and one fatal.
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  • 366 1  -  Gunman drives off in victim's car By Wee Beng Huat, Bharathi Mohan A 26-year-old man was shot last night in a gun and screw driver duel at the National Stadium car park in Kallang. The man, identified by police as Victor Chung, 26, was with
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  • 45 1 London, Tuesday—Soviet Communist Party chief Leonid Brezhnev will pay a friendship visit to Cuba next December and January, Moscow Radio announced yesterday. It said the general secretary was going to the Caribbean island at the invitation of Cuban Premier Fidel Castro.
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  • 28 1 Nine Hong Kong artists have arrived here to perform in a Cantonese opera next Monday to raise funds for the Kreta Ayer Constituency Citizens' Consultative Committee.
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  • 611 1  -  Shorter wait for applicants By Sunny Wee, Morris John Three out of 19 new housing estates presently under construction by the Housipg and Development Board are '-undersubscribed" by the applicants. The other estates are heavily overbooked in comparison to the number of flats under construction. The
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  • 131 1 Cagllari. Tuesday Mrs. Elena Sainas, 34-year-old mother of 10 children, has finally got a presidential pardon for a minor prison sentence she dodged for years by being almost constantly pregnant. Every time Police arrived to take her to prison, they found she was pregnant, or
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  • 91 1 With the stage set for professional soccer in Singapore, plans are jiow being made to introduce football pools. Many professionals believe it will give the game a much-needed boost. It will also help sustain spectator interest as in Britain apd other European countries. Negotiations
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  • 454 1 Against the Barisan Sosialis The Prime Minister, Mr. Lee Kuan Yew. this morning appeared in the High Court at the opening of his libel suit against the Barisan Sosialis, its chairman Dr. Lee Siew Choh, and Mr. Yeo Ah Ngoh, editor of the
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  • 304 1  -  By Florence Tan A few hundred cats may have to be put to sleep at the SPCA if not enough people come forward to take them off its hands. In recent weeks a dally average of 30 to 40 cats have been deposited with the SPCA
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  • 32 1 Papeete, Tuesday—French military forces have evacuated Mururoa Atoil, seat of the French nuclear tests, in apparent preparation for the start of the new atomic explosions, local newspapers said today.
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  • Page 1 Miscellaneous

  • 930 2  -  Impose capital gain tax, he says By Pang Guek Cheng An architect and urban planner has urged the Government to introduce a capital gains tax to check the escalation in property prices. Mr. William Llm said the tax should be equivalent to the
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  • 203 2 Timber sawmills in the Woodlands area yesterday denied that they were likely to have contributed to the pollution of Johor Baru referred to by the Johor Malay Chamber of Commerce. The president of the Singapore Sawmillers' Association, Mr. Fong Pin Chee said sawmills in the
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  • 234 2 The Singapore Airport Terminal Services is to provide more passenger coaches to cope with the Increase in traffic at Paya Lebar. This was the result of a request by the Airlines Operators' Committee (AOC) representing all airlines operating in Singapore. An AOC source
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  • 127 2 The former editor of Nanyang Slang Pau, Mr. Lien Shih Sheng, died at the Outram Road General Hospital yesterday after a short Illness. He was 69. Mr. Lien had worked in Nanyang Biang Pau for over 20 years since he came from China in 1936. He
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  • 234 2 Tenants renting flats from the Housing and Development Board are unlikely to be permitted to sublet their rooms under the HDBs new subletting rules, according to informed sources. It is believed that only tenants who bought the flats would be allowed by the Board
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  • Page 2 Advertisements
    • 55 2 GREAT WORLD AMUSEMENT PARK ON VIEW A WIDE RANGE OF INDIAN INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTS. ENGINEERING MANUFACTURES. FABULOUS TEXTILES. HANDLOOMS AND HANDICRAFTS. DEFINITELY LAST DAY Open to public From: 6.00 PM to 10.00 PM Special arrangements can be made for businessmen and executives to view this exhibition from 4 PM to 6
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  • Page 2 Miscellaneous
    • 463 2 HRPPEnmcs WH T A o T D s Ar ON The national KEEP OUR WATER CLEAN campaign will be held at the following places: CHANGI COMMUNITY CENTRE opening ceremony and exhibition, 8 p.m. MACPHERSON Community Centre talk and film show, 7 pjn. BRAS BASAH Community Centre Mr. Bo See Beng,
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    • 317 2 Quiz object No. 316 Students sweep the prizes what is in Last Thursday's quiz photograph showed a vegetable peeler. All the prizes are won by students. The first prize of $15 goes to Miss Tang Yoke Lan, of Pasir Panlang Road. Her entry was the first correct one opened by
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  • 391 3 'Help from Foundation* There are plans to create an International legal centre in Singapore, Dr. Andrew R. Cecil, president of the South-western Legal Foundation, said this morning in his opening remarks at the investment conference at the Shangri-La Hotel. Addressing delegates attending the four-day
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  • 291 3  -  Scheduled for August By Edgar Koh Top- grossing film, The Godfather, is coming to Singapore at last more than a year after it was premiered in America. The film, which returned Marlon Brando to stardom in an Academy Award winning role as head of an American
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  • 178 3 The Port of Singapore Authority has been hit by a spate of resignations by senior officers. At least 11 resigned last month. Earlier, five more had vacated their posts. All of them held senior positions in the PSA's administrative and technical divisions. One
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  • 182 3 A meeting of South East Asian National Commissions for UNESCO will be held at the Regional English Language Centre in Orange Grove Road from July 18 to 23. The meeting, hosted by the Singapore National Commission for UNESCO, is to discuss co-operation
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  • 203 3 The parents of two of the four girls who were expelled from Katong Convent last week have petitioned the Education Ministry for reinstatement of their daughters in school. They have asked for the expulsion order to be revoked. The girls were expelled last week for
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  • 37 3 The Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Defence, Dr. Goh Keng Swee, will officiate at the Kreta Ayer Constituency Sports Association's Ist Inter-Con-stituency Cross Country Run at the Macßitchie Reservoir on Sunday at 8.45 a.m.
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  • 151 3 The Singapore Foochow Coffee Restaurant and Bar Merchants Association will not take action to stop a coffeeshop in the Hock Lam-North Bridge Road area from overcharging in the sale of soft drinks. Despite the complaints, a spokesman for the Association said: "The proprietor
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  • Article, Illustration
    154 3 For these boys (above), toying with television aerials is great fun, but there are grave risks too. Though the chances of toppling over are rather slim, especially (or the bigger boys, death can result If the aerial Is faulty. But householders are also to blame. They Install their
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  • 153 3 Bangladesh Foreign Minister Kamal Hossain will arrive in Singapore on Saturday for a three-day official visit. He is expected to hold talks with his Singapore counterpart, Mr. S. Rajaratnam, on bi-lateral relations. A key topic that will be discussed is the establishment of
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  • 61 3 An unidentified woman, about 45 years old, was found dead at the foot of a block of flats at Hoi Fatt Road early yesterday. Police have appealed to relatives of the woman to contact Inspector Mohd. All at Queenstown Police Station. She was five feet tall and
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  • In Person
    • 988 4 'Operation toothbrush* at Newton Boys—and all for teachers... Verbal instructions like "one two... three four five." probably won't make much sense to any of us. But for these boys from the Newton Boys' School, it was all that was needed to launch them into
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  • 247 5 jrMany still at large The police will continue the crackdown illegal immigrants Jintil all of them have l)een rounded up, according to its spokesman, Mr. Lawrence Loh. -Li** s believed there are more than 1000 illegal immigrants in Singapore. f Mr. Loh said: "With the
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  • 230 5 Buses which pull up a u th or i s«e d bus /stops which are sited I Jess than 10 ft from a V-.; fire hydrant, are not committing any of- fence, according to ►police and Ministry of i Communications sources. J- This is because all bus
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  • 265 5 The Wheel of Fortune spun and came to a favourable stop, spelling a flying start for the Chan marriage which will take place in September. Mr. Chan Tuck Wah, 25, the lucky would-be bridegroom, described it as "the biggest co-incidence in his life (and
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  • 297 5 PM sparks interest Travel agencies and aviation firms have begun their own investigation and promotion of the Lake Toba district in North Sumatra as a new holiday resort for Singaporeans. Tremendous interest has been generated by the wide publicity given to the resort following the Prime
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  • Page 5 Advertisements
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  • Page 5 Miscellaneous
    • 535 5 w *A '♦-A C\N 1 m Foser No. 20. Temperatures In world cities yesterday: Manila 31 12C Kong 27-25 C Kuala Lumpur... 33 23C I Bangkok 34-26 C Tokyo 31-24 C Jakarta 32 25C f Naha 29 25C J—Taipeh 33 25C Seoul 32 23C London 22 15C Moscow 20-17 C
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  • BEHIND THE NEWS
    • 1568 6  -  South-East Asia's search for Oil 'concluding a two p;irT series i by Pakir Singh The discovery of oil off the East Coast of Malaysia in May is believed to hdve opened a new chapter in the Malaysian petroleum industry. It really
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    • VOICE OF THE PRESS
      • 306 6 What other Newspapers are saying: DISCIPLINARY PROCEEDINGS FOR PROFESSIONALS The Minister for Law and National Development Mr. Barker, has indicated that it is the intention of the government to enact an omnibus not to cover disciplinary proceedings for all professions. In all disciplinary proceedings, the composition of
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      • 290 6 PRIME MINISTER TANAKA'S ONE YEAR IN OFFICE Today last year. Mr. Tanaka assumed premiership in Japan. During the past one year, there had been persisted reports about his declining prestige. Last Tuesday, a UPI report said Mr Tanaka, who enjoyed 62 per cent support of the
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    • 1427 6 JANUARY: Singapore's trade In petroleum and petroleum products increased by 24.1 per cent from $1831.6 m. in 19/0 to $2374.9 m. in 1971 Imports increased by 22.1 per cent to $1236. 7m. in 1971 from *IUI3. 2m. in the preceding year. Kuwait remained the most important supplier of
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  • 328 7 Reuter London, Tuesday. a brothel with a two-way mirror was cited yesterday in a court case alleging that sex bribes were used to get broadcasting time for pod records. In opening testimony, a blonde identified only as Miss A said she was told her
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  • 139 7 United Press International Rome, Tuesday. It was a crime of honour with a bitterly ironic twist. "I did It for my honour. She was not a virgin and did not have the courage to tell me," Salvatore Nappo, 28, explained when he
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  • 393 7 Help start talks, Sihanouk's supporters told Reuter Washington, Tuesday The Nixon Administration, given Just over four weeks to end the bombing in Cambodia, has urged foreign supporters of antigovernment forces in the war-torn country to help start ceasefire negotiations. The move follows a major peace initiative
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  • 268 7 Opposition walk-outs Reuter Islamabad, Tuesday. The Pakistan National Assembly early today ap proved a resolution giving President Zulfikar Ali Bhutto authority to recog nise Bangladesh after a long, bitter debate marked by two opposition walkouts. The vote was not taken until early this morning after 28
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  • 252 7 Washington, Tuesday. Former Attorney General John Mitchell told Senate investigators yesterday he never discussed the Watergate scandal in detail with the President and believes Mr. Nixon. did not know about the planning of the bugging or its cover-up, according to a source
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  • 127 7 Reuter Nassau, Tuesday The Bahamas became Independent at midnight last night with a blaze of fireworks greeting the lowering of the British Union Jack over this tourist and tax haven of 3000 Islands. The constitutional instruments formally ending 300 years of British colonial rule will be handed
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  • 79 7 Nairobi, Tuesday. A group of 112 American peace -volunteers, detained in Uganda for 55 hours on the orders of President Idi Amin, left Entebbe Airport last night for Kinshasa, capital of Zaire, airport sources said here. They had been detained by President Amin on the grounds
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  • 28 7 Katmandu, Tuesday.—At least 20 people were killed in a raging fire that destroyed Nepal's Singha Durbar, the country's central secretariat building, here yesterday.
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  • 27 7 New York, Tuesday. A ghostlike thief stole US$5OO,OOO (about $1,200,000) worth of gold nuggets from a firm here while its staff were on holiday.
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  • Page 7 Advertisements
    • 152 7 The Travel Division •f Rmataui Express is travelling. Now we're right in the heart of travel territory at the new Holiday Inn Building on Scotts Road. More room and more modern premises to give you the same comprehensive services we've offered for 48 years. Airline and steamship tickets, escorted and
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  • 363 8 Very much more than the Hippocratic Oath is involved in the new Misuse of Drugs Regulations, 1973, requiring doctors who suspect their patients of being drug addicts to furnish their particulars within seven days to the Director of Medical Services and the Director of the
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  • 1295 8  -  GERALD de CRUZ My first and last experience of being given an I.Q. test was quite harrowing. It took place in London, in 1952, when our teachertrainee class was being given a series of lectures on child psychology by
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  • 'WHISPERS' by ISPY
    • 59 8 Here's a priest who sees his own limitations. A friend, who had Just had her car blessed by the Father, was still lacking in confidence. "What happens If I still have an accident?" she wanted to know. "Over 60 m.pJi., young lady, the matter is
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    • 128 8 During the summer months, guests at the new McCormick Inn in Chicago will pay by the pound. Rooms are priced for adults at U8 seven cents a pound and children over 14 pay a cent a pound on a double occupancy basis. A couple weighing in
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  • Letters
    • 288 8 I refer to Peter Lim's letter entitled Tiling HDB Flats published on 5.7.73 and am in complete disagreement with him. Many flat-owners, whether of the 3, 4 or 5 room type, would like to decorate or renovate their flats according to their tastes and designs and
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    • 183 8 Thirteen years after its founding, Queenstown. with six neighbourhoods and a population of 100,000, has yet to have a proper sports complex. The so-called Queenstown Sports Complex at Stirling Road consists of two swimming pools, a div- lng pool, track and field, and nothing else. No
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    • 71 8  -  HEDWIDGE BRUYNS Public Relations Officer, Ministry of the Environment. Singapore, 3. 1 would like to Inform Clean Conscious (NN, 29.6.73) that it Is an offence to sweep any dust, dirt, ash, refuse or rubbish into the drain. Our labourers doing street sweeping have been repeatedly warned
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    • 124 8  -  KOH LIAN HWI Ag. Registrar of Vehicles, Singapore, 7. I refer to the letter under the heading of Filling the Bus (NN, 16.6.73) suggesting that the ROV start a training school for bus drivers and conductors. The Public Service Vehicles Training School has been established in April
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  • Page 8 Miscellaneous

  • 2485 9  -  THE PROFESSIONALS Concluding the series by Jeffrey Low The introduction of professional football has been called the biggest adventure in Singapore sports for what it involves boggles the mind. Apart from setting up professional leagues there will be stadiums, supporters' clubs and
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  • Page 9 Advertisements
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  • SHOPPING
    • 897 10 OVERS of fine jewellery take note. There's this new jeweller downtown that will simply steal your heart with his pieces. Since opening Just over two months ago, Culllnans have been making itself noticed among the more discerning crowd with its fine collection of jewellery pieces,
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  • Page 10 Advertisements
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    • 106 10 UNIVERSAL PHOTO MATERIAL STORE (Registered Secondhand Dealer) 177, Middle Road, Singapore. Tp *****7 *****3 CAMERA DEALER OF VARIOUS POPULAR BRAND AT MODERATE PRICE SPECIAL OFFER CAMERA and FLASH at $2951- only WHILE STOCK LASTS ;»J 4 MacobUtz 1«1 AC/DC The TOPCON Dual Metering Systerrr exclusive Mirror-Meter for spot-readings and two
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    • 50 10 Why Pay More?? Bast Catscttes New Typewriters Electronic Calculators Cameras Radios Watches S 1.80 5 98 50 5129.00 5 1900 5 7.50 S 6.90 MANY OTHER BARGAINS BUDGET STORES 3 ?5 '3rd Floor) Pcr>" <,ufa Shopping Centre, Coleman Street. Sport 6 T<.l ***** GET "BUDGET STORES GUARANTEE CARD" WITH PURCHASES
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  • TREND
    • 455 11  -  WORDS: Betty L. Khoo I wonder how many fashionable girls are going around after a romantic evening by the sea with nasty mosquito bites. The current rage for bare tops certainly makes us vulnerable to all kinds of insects which seem to haunt the most romantic
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    • 727 11  -  By John Pascal This is on? of those odd but true tales of confused morality we all encounter from time to tiin* afed never know tulle how to judge. It began with a deception committed In th# name of virtue, coursed to ft
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    • 170 11 Older women here still like their jewellery to be worth its weight in platinum or 22 carat gold. But the trendy younger set prefer costume jewellery. Not only is costume jewellery cheaper but they can be used effectively to dress up a mod or stylish outfit.
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    • 534 11  -  syogal TAN CHUNG LEE People are often very surprised when I tell them that I am not a vegetarian. This is because they expect people who practise yoga to be vegetarians. But they usually do not understand the need (or
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    • 76 11 A man was so curious about the long xtueues at the Registry of Marriages here recently tnat he went there one lunch h|ur to see fen: himself. Unhappily* Jot -Mm a Press Photowpher snapped his picture alongside the queuing coopfea. It came out Ifltf and
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    • 192 11 Exciting news for Singapore fashion designers! Two high fashion buyers from the United States are arriving tomorrow to scout around for Orient-inspired fashions. They are from Hess department store and their visit to Singapore Is part of a grand buying tour of
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  • Page 11 Advertisements
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    • 137 11 f\VO do it-yourself Danish lampshades r V W Beautify y*ur Worn* with a do-it-yourself Danish Lampshade. It oemes wfth simple instructions, and you can join strips and piacas of plastics together into a lampshade which dusters around a light source to lend your room the rigßt atmosphere. Unique in designs,
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  • BUSINESS NEWS
    • 221 12 Price erosion was pronounced on the Stock Exchange of Singapore yesterday. Shares tumbl£ed on a broad front. »Hourly decline was a "common feature of the day. J The all-sector OverseaChinese Banking Corporation Index fell 14.64 points to 335.66 while the Straits Times Industrial Index declined 12.45 x points
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    • 29 12 Chin Teck Plantations' unaudited pre-tax profit for the six months ended February 28. 1973 improved to $1,186,381 as against $940,603 for the oorresponding period of last year.
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    • 183 12 Profits of I P up 86 per cent to $4.3 mil Island and Peninsular Development's consolidated pre-tax profits for the year ended March 31, 1973, rose by 86 per cent to $4,334,080. The earnings figure took into account minority interest of $234,929 against none the previous year. It also includes
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    • 123 12 Reuter Washington, Tuesday.— President Nixon is expected to meet his economic advisers at the White House today, leading to speculation that he is about to announce new economic controls. These would replace the price freeze he imposed on June 13, and these were expected
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    • 41 12 Singapore Unit Trusts' sales outlets now include all branches of the Hong Kong and Shanghai Bank. The sales outlets of the Trust, a member of the South East Asia Development Corporation (SEACORP), now totals 33 bank offices.
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    • 101 12 Picture shows Captain v Bruenn (right) of the 16,300 dwt vessel, Gretke Orlendaff, receiving a plaque from Mr. H. Y. Chai of Uie Port of Singapore Authority to commemorate the vessel's maiden voyage call at Sin- gapore last month. The vessel is being operated by Lumbers
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    • 156 12 Reuter Tokyo, Tuesday.— Malaysian Deputy Trade and Industry Minister Mr. Musa Hitam yesterday said his country would welcome more Japanese investment to help rectify its unfavourable trade balance with Japan. He told a Press conference here, Malaysia wanted Japanese investment particularly in such sectors
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    • 56 12 Plans to increase the prices of petroleum and pertoleum products in Singapore have been shelved temporarily because of the floatation of the Singapore dollar. Oil industry sources said the proposed Increases were inappliable in view of the declining strength of the US dollar and the
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    • 520 12 World awaits action by governments to restore order to markets Reuter London, Tuesday The United States dollar yesterday fluctuated wildly in confused foreign exchange dealings as the world awaited action by governments to restore order to the markets. A statement on Sunday night by Western central
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    • 271 12 More than 400 workers engaged on the East Lagoon container wharfs project may find themselves out of jobs when the $137 million complex Is completed, probably at the end of this year. Agreement has been reached In negotiations between the workers' union and the Tay.or
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    • Article, Illustration
      187 12 Mr. Koh Jin Long, has been appointed refinery operations manager of Mobil Oil Singapore. He replaces Mr. M D. Landers who has returned to the United states. Mr. Koh has held various positions in the refinery operations department. He joined Mobil in 1966 as operations engineer and two years
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    • 105 12 Mr. Reijiro Hattori, executive vice-president of K. Hattori Co. Ltd., makers of Seiko watches, will fly into Singapore on July 17 to attend the opening of the National Sports Stadium by Prime Minister, Mr. Lee Kuan Yew. Seiko has been appointed the official timer for
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    • OVERSEAS STOCK EXCHANGE PRICES
      • 352 12 Sparked by speculation the government would prop up the faltering dollar abroad and by some bargain hunting, prices moved slightly higher yesterday in relatively light trading on the New York Stock Exchange. The Dow Jones industrial average moved up 7.15 to 877.26 at the close. Advances led declines
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      • 146 12 The post-holiday Tokyo Stock Market broadly rallied in the morning session yesterday. The market opened irregular with investors sitting on the sidelines, waiting for the outcome of Sunday's election of Tokyo Metropolitan Assemblymen. But prices moved higher toward the close as incen-tive-backed shares met active purchase. The Dow-Jones average
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      • 33 12 Dow Jones closing stock averages on the New York Exchange yesterday. 30 Industrials 877.26 (up 7.15), 20 transport 1M.74 (up 2.91), 15 utilities 101.04 (up 0.42), 65 stocks 268.87 (up 2.60).
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      • 210 12 Closing prices (in francs) yesterday. Paribas 222 (224) Indochine 243 (241.70) Foncier 390 (398) Printemps 125 (126) CGE 473 (463) Bull 63.15 64.50) Royal Dutch 168 (169.50) Michelin 1798 (1825) Thomson 244.40 (247.50) CFP 229.80 (229.50) Rhone 162.50 (171.50) Air 366 (373) Philips 72.80 (74.70) Suez 355.80 (355.80) Citroen
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      • 250 12 Prices at 11.30 a.m. today (Australian time). Abaleen 08 11 Do Opts 02} 03 AOD 09 09 J Allstate 11 12 Amad 05 nil Aurora 13 14 Do Opts 02 03 A)ist Ant 16 17 Bamboo 05 06 Beach nil 6 Bounty Oil 00i 01 Bridge 14 nil Castlereagh
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      • 80 12 This service is from the Union Bank of Switzerland. Closing quotations (in Swiss francs) on Zurich Stock Exchange yesterday. UBS 4045 —5 SBC 3650 +5 Credit Suisse 5630 —10 Swissair B. 580 —3 Swiss Reinsurance 2510 —40 Winterthur B. 1880 4-20 Zurich Insurance 7200 +50 Juvena B. 2600 —10
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    • 264 12 Low-cost, top-value tours of Australia and \evvZcaland Times you'll never forget. In Australia, visit swinging Sydney or get out into the great outdoors. Drive over the scenic Blue Mountains and along Canberra's wide boulevards. Luxuriate on the beautiful beaches. Then over to New Zealand for more marvellous sights. See hot
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    • 511 13 DINE/DANCE AND ROMANCE to the 'Sounds of Hawaii' ot Aloha Rhu Hawaiian Village the ideal seaside rendezvous just 2Vb miles away from Bedok. Reservation, Telephone: S'pore *****4 FREE CONSULTATION AND -nake-up demonstration ot Salon La-Lune Apollo Hotel by Skin-care Specialist Irene Ong 11.7.73 10 a.m. 6 p.m. All Welcome. HAIR
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    • 454 13 AT THC SCAH GALLERY See and buy a Kim Joo original in both batik and sculptures also collector's items from the Ming Dynasty. Open daily 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. Close on Sundays. 141 Tanglin Rood, (Tudor Court) Tel: *****5. BOOK-KEEPING BEGINNERS: Tuesdays, Thursdays, 5.30—6.30 p.m./ Mondays, Wednesdays, Fridays 9—lo
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    • 566 13 NEW MODEL WISTINGHOUSE, Sanyo, Acma, Phiko -Air-Condi-tioners Refrigerators. Hoovet Washing Machines and Electroluc KeAosene Refrigerator. Contract Main-Distributor Charlton Enterprise, Telephones: *****/ *****1/*****2, Rental, trode-in, accepted. BUKIT TIMAH ELECTRIC CO. Appointed dealer for Hitachi Twin-Tub Automatic Washing Machines, T.V., Freezers, Ac ma Automatic Defrost Refrigerators. Sanyo Silent Air-conditioners. Contact *****0 or
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    • 446 13 CAR STEREO 4 HI-FI Equipment soles installation. Wide range ovailable from AUDIO ELECTRONICS 4 President Building (S'pore) *****4. I-/ Ssloo/- REWARD f«r return of white and brown stumpy pariah dog 3 years old, Licence No. *****9, by the name of "Jockie". Vicinity Mt. Pleasant Road, contact *****6 during office hours,
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    • 520 13 HIGH CLASS BOUTIQUE require: experienced fashion designers salesgirls and seamstress in Orchard Rood. Write details to: Room 122/123 Central Building, I 2 Magazine Road, Singapore, together with recent passport photograph. REQUIRED PUMP ATTENDANTS, experienced mechanics and greasers. Male applicants only. Apply 353 Tanglin Road, S'pore 10. Tel: *****8. JEUNESSC ET
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    • 335 13 GOLDEN MILI SHOPPING CENTRE Office Shops airconditioned large/small on Ist, 2nd floors. Ring *****3 Singapore. WANTED VAUXHALL, TOYOTAS, MAZDA ond Fortd for export. Must be 1969 to 1973 models. Ring *****5 S'pore. WE REQUIRE All modes of good used cars. Fetching good pricc? Why not call us S'pore *****/ *****7.
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    • 166 13 FOR A FULL RANGE OF IMMACULATE USED OPEL CARS CONTACT THE OPEL DISTRIBUTORS SINGAPORE MOTORS PTE. LIMITED 96 SOMERSET ROAD, SINGAPORE, 9. PHONE: *****1 AL£O AVAILABLE 1969 COMMODORE GS 4-DR. SEDAN AIR CONDITIONED 1966 OPEL REKORD 1700 1967 OPEL REKORD 1700 WEEK DAYS OPEN TILL 5.30 P.M. SATURDAYS OPEN TILL
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    • 107 13 BUYING AND SELLING reliable used cars. Pacific Motor Ciedß Private Limited. Showroom at 511 Bukit Timah Road AYi S'pore 10. Tel: *****1/*****4/ *****3. RAYMOND KANG SILLS TOYOTAS for Borneo Motors. Coll *****3 (Office) *****8 (Residence). FREEZERS ON MONTHLY REN. TAL. Ring S'pore Tel:. *****/ *****. Vx- i- 1 EASY PARKING
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  • 852 14  -  SOCCER SCENE WITH JEFFREY LOW "There Is only one Pele. He's the best product in the history of football. And you will not find ail equal today or tomorrow." Those were the words of Dirceu Lopes, the man who is tipped to be the
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  • 414 14 KAMPONG CHANTEK set the pace, leading past the 4f and into the straight from PHAR PAL, with EVEN SAY closing in third. KAMPONG CHANTEK drew away to win by an easy length from EVEN SAY. P HAR PAL and TULSKY deadheated for
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  • 333 14 Tokyo, Tuesday.—lt now appears that Japan will be represented for the first time by two tall long hitting pros in this years World Cup golf tournament. Isao Aoki, 30, tall for a Japanese at 1.80 meters (sft 10% in) has virtually assured
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  • 154 14 Mexico City, Tuesday Thailand's Venice Borkorsor enters the ring as the world flyweight champion for the last time today in a nontitle bout against Mexican Julio Guerrero in the border town of Tijuana. Plagued by weight problems, Venice decided to renounce the World Eoxlng
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  • 22 14 Bangkok. Tuesday. West Germany's Offenbach Hausen lost 4-1 in a friendly soccer match against a local team here last night.
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  • Page 14 Miscellaneous
    • 448 14 DR. KILDARE by Ken Bald Hy TOBiN... HE'S A NEWSPAPERMAN FRIEND... SAIP HE'D LIKE. TO SEE MY FINAL CHAPTER ON BLAJR. —rBUT ISN'T ANYTHING YOU WRITE THE PROPERTY OP *PO»NT" MAGAZINE? m t i u >■. a li ml R V. 5 isiwj -1 K UnilllE RIGHT. WHAT L BAT
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  • 607 15 Leeds, Tuesday An unfinished 70mlnute last wicket stand by opener Glenn Turner and Hedley Howart foiled all England's efforts to beat New Zealand in the third Test match here yesterday with a day to spare. Turner, who has carried his bat through the New Zealand
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  • 696 15  - Aljunied walk out —row over Kin Tat By Dennis Chia Aljunied staged a walkout during their Inter Constituency badminton quarterfinal against Bukit Ho Swee at the SBA Hall last night. The trouble was over Aljunled's attempt to Include former Singapore champion Lee Kin Tat In their team. When Aljunied put
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  • 652 15  -  By Nancy Koh Anglo-Chinese School chalked a record 526 points in "A", "B" apd "C" divisions to retain their boys' overall championship in the Bukit Timah District schools swimming meet at Barker Road yesterday. ACS have held the title since the annual championships began 14 years ago.
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  • 368 15 London, Tuesday Alvin Kallicharran scored 135 as the West Indian cricketers went on a run-spree with the highest total of their tour on the second day of their three-day match against Glamorgan at Swansea yesterday. Kallicharran's total, which took him past
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  • 119 15 Past and Present 4-1 in St. Margaret's badminton match for the Kiong Woon Kew trophy at Farrer Road on Sunday. Former Schools' champion Serene Wee, 19, scored the first point for Past when she beat Koh Mul Yong 11-3, 11-7. Lam Mel Tee showed some
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  • 36 15 Paris, Tuesday The middleweight fight between Australian Tony Mundine and American Emile Griffith which was due to be staged here on September 24 has been postponed to October 1, boxing officials said yesterday.
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  • Page 15 Advertisements
    • 594 15 in the USA should be. There are several excellent ways of flying to the United States. But when you get to major gateways like San Francisco, Los Angeles, or New York there s only one way to connect to domestic US flights. That's to connect with TWA. Because TYVA has
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  • Page 15 Miscellaneous
    • 78 15 DIARY HOCKEY—SHA Div. 3 league: University v Polytechnic (Bukit Timah Rd). SWIMMING—Serangoon District Schools meet (Amber Rd 2 p.m.). SOCCER SGSFL Jr. ko s. finals: PUB v PWD, VC 'A' v Club HOB (Ferrer Park). SQUASH ltater-Club 'B' grade: SAPSA I v SCC I (Holland Rd), Tengah I v SMA
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  • Back Page TUESDAY
    • 527 16  -  By Ranjeet Singh Nosing around these days has plenty of snags. Though you might never be mistaken for a bloodhound, you might be labelled as investigative if you do it ip the line of duty, and a busybody if you do it
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    • 141 16 A slice of carrot, a pinch of parsnip and the merest suggestion of potato. Sit back, light it and puff. Ah! it's a great cigarette. Well, at least that is what the Imperial Tobacco Company and the ICI are hoping the public will say about
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    • 36 16 AH FOOK: The special police squad to crack down on road hogs should bring results. MEI LIN: I'd suggest jail sentence for those who commit serious offences more than opce. It's the best deterrent.
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    • 170 16 TODAY is Tuesday, July 10, the 191 st day of 1973 with 174 to follow. THE MOON: Between its first quarter and full phase. THE MORNING STARS: Mars, Jupiter ana Saturn. THE EVENING STARS: Mercury and Venus Those born on this date are under the sign of cancer. American
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    • 53 16 Suzannah Abraham, 22, of Indonesia, is a lover of sports, for she thinks this is the easiest way to keep her slim. Her favourite sport is badminton, but she does some swimming occasionally. Suzannah hopes to be a fashion model, may be in the near future. Picture
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    • 63 16 A 26-year-old wife who has been deaf for six years has had her hearing restored by the ancient remedy of acupuncture. After only six months' treatment, she heard her first sound her musical kettle boiling. Arid as she laughed at the song of a blackbird,
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    • 406 16 Los Angeles Times Its symbol Is a raised fist, thumb extended, and it is one of the latest additions to a continually growing list of special interest groups. Its constituency is those who rely on thumbing as their primary means of transportation. Meet the California hitch-hikers'
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    • 55 16 Miss Beatrice Hill 76, of Keswick, has opened a "conscience money" account with the Midland Bank for her two cats, Quicksilver and Quince. They have Just sent a £2 cheque to the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds. Miss Mill pays her two pets' pocket
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    • 127 16 If you suffer from BLOCKED NOSE why not try NASAL JET TABLETS" ALSO FOR BRONCHITIS AND FLU For young and old. Avcilable At All Drug Stores Distributed by Naina Moh'd fr Sons Ltd., No: 4, Raffles Place Telephone: *****. senn-sound XT" 6 THE SEXY CAR STEREO PLAYER AUTOREVERSE S; ml
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  • Page 16 Miscellaneous
    • 433 16 5 Singapore 3.00 Opening followed by For the Family (E) 3.20 Diary of Events (E) 3.25 where the Heart Is 340 Our Music Makers, featuring: Derrick Tay Chuan Ann 4.00 Peyton Place (Rpt) A 50 Close 6.00 Opening followed by Rifleman Day of Reckoning 6.30 News m Brief 6.40 Discovery
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    • 458 16 Trust your lucky star IF IT'S YOUR BORN today, you are basically romantic. This does not mean that you are a dreamer or in any way Ineffectual; it merely means that you are aware of your own and others' humanity and that you respect all men simply because of their
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