New Nation, 18 July 1973

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  • 19 1 NEW NATION SINGAPORE Wednesday evening, July 18, 1973 No- 770 Price 15 cents ($m nation SINGAPORE WEDNESDAY, |ULY 18.1973
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  • 13 1 Police reported 84 accidents yesterday. Ten were serious and one fatal.
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  • 33 1 Manila, Wednesday A former sailor from the Japanese Imperial Navy has been found in the Southern Philippines 28 years after the war ended, the Japanese Embassy here said today.
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  • 468 1  -  $3.2 million CBT charges By Sunny Wee and Teresa Ooi The former managing director of Gemini Chit Fund Corporation Ltd., Abdul Gaffar s/o Mohamed Ibrahim, 44, this morning pleaded guilty in the High Court to three charges of criminal breach of trust involving $3.2 million
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  • 157 1 The three medical practitioners suspended by the Medical Council are believed to have sold medical certificates for fake sickness, according to informed sources. The orders for their suspension were given following disciplinary proceedings last week by the Council's penal committee. The Council gave the
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  • 99 1 CID detectives are now on stand-by as the hunt for Detective Constable Ong Poh Heng's killer entered Its seventh day today. All available manpower have been mobilised at the ClD's headquarters at Robinson Road for action which can happen "any time now." Last night, lightning
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  • 393 1 Fri rejects French ultimatum Reuter and UPI Wellington, Wednesday A French naval party boarded the protest yacht Fri today and silenced its radio, Defence Ministry sources here said. According to these sources, there has been no contact from the San Francisco vessel which is anchored in the
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  • 301 1  -  Price of death: 60c By Wee Beng Huat This obviously, is a gun. But can you tell whether it is genuine or a toy. Serious students of ballistics please note I bought this plastic revolver together with 12 golden coloured cartridges for 60 cents yesterday.
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  • 288 1 Reuter Amman, Wednesday Jordan last night severed diplomatic relations with Tunisia after President H a b i b Bourguiba described the Arab kingdom as "an artificial entity" created by the British. An official announcement following a Cabinet meeting here said the Tunisian leader's recent
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  • 103 1 In quiet and thin trading, share prices were easier for the first 45 minutes this morning on the Stock Exchange of Singapore. Tins, rubbers and oil palms were neglected. BUSINESS DONE: Amcol (10) 1.60. Overseas Chinese Banking Corp. (1) 12.00, (1) 11.90. City Development (1) 2.50, (6)
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  • 32 1 Police yesterday arrested 24 illegal immigrants from worksites in Upper Ayer Rajah Road in their continued crackdown on those who enter Singapore without proper travel documents and seeking employment here.
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  • 215 1 Reuter London, Wednesday Britain yesterday announced diplomatic recognition of communist North Vietnam following the Vietnamese peace agreement signed in Paris last January. The announcement was made in the form of a written parliamentary answer by Foreign Office junior minister Mr. Anthony Royle in the
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  • Page 1 Miscellaneous

  • LOCAL NEWS
    • 296 2 Ceremony on Aug. 4 The Chancellor of the University of Singapore, President B.H. Sheares, will confer degrees and diplomas on more than 1320 graduands at the varsity's convocation ceremony at the National Theatre at 8.30 a.m. on August 4. Of this, 1244 will receive first degrees.
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    • 231 2  -  Long hair tragedy By Bharathi Mohan Those strands of hair were Miss Peh Ling's pride. They caused her death two days ago. Her flowing tresses were caught in the roller she was cleaning at the Yong Meng Industrial Company in Jalan Eunos. As the
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    • 220 2 There is a pressing need to raise the academic standards and professional skills of social workers here, according to an article In the latest issue of the Social Dimension a publication of the Singapore Association of Social Workers. The article was based on interviews of past
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    • 97 2 Chase Manhattan Bank yesterday presented its publication on Jurong to the Jurong Town Corporation at a cocktail reception at the Hilton Hotel. The publication was commissioned by Chase. Some 3000 copies were printed at the bank's expense. It tells in graphic form the development of the
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    • 284 2 Lee tells of S-E Asian tie-up The Education Minister, Dr. Lee Chlaw Meng, this morning announced that an association of South-East Asian countries will be formed at the end of the year to assist In the development of the Centre for Production and. Training of
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    • 156 2 More than 1000 undergraduates from the University of Singapore today began selling flags as part of a campaign to raise $80,000 for charity. Money collected will go to the Singapore Association for Retarded Children, Singapore AntiNarcotics Association, Singapore Association for Mental Health
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    • 30 2 Last Friday's quiz photograph showed an adjustable spanner The only correct entry came from Mr. Arthur Tay Lye Huat, a clerk, of Lavender Street. He wins $35.
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    • 17 2 The Cairnhill Community Centre will conduct tae kwon-do classes every Wednesday and Saturday, starting today.
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    • 402 3 Student scheme under study The Ministry of Health is considering a scheme to provide secondary school students with treatment by private dental surgeons at Government subsidised cost. According to the latest edition of the Singapore Dental Association (SDA) newsletter, the proposed scheme, which Is an' adaption of
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    • 40 3 The Minister for Social Affairs, Encik Othman Wok. will officiate at the presentation of schc/arships/bursaries for the Prophet Mohammed Birthday Scholarship Fund at the Kampung Übi Community Centre, Jalan Pasar Baru, Geylang Serai, at 8 p.m. on July 27
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    • 252 3 WELCOME is all set to open shop and sell at competitive prices! The NTUC'B first cooperative supermarket In Toa Payoh opens for business at .9 a.m. tomorrow after months of preparation. Long counters filled with a large variety of consumer goods await the first
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    • 258 3  -  FPPB plans survey By Pang Guek Cheng The Family Planning and Population Board is to conduct a survey to find out why some people reject the idea of two children to a family. The survey is to help the FPPB's efforts to impress on the "hard-core"
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    • 252 3 Private security agencies today welcomed the Private I n v e s tigation and Security Agencies Bill, published this week. Several of them said: "Now the poor image that the public have of us will be cleared up. And we will be able
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    • 91 3 Dr. Ang Kok Peng, Minister of State (Communications), today told a group of national servicemen to serve Singapore with patriotic devotion. Speaking at the sending off ceremonv for a group of national servicemen at the Crawford Community Centre, he said: "In the next two years
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    • 89 3 More than 200 Thai civil engineers and architects have applied for government posts here apt advertisement in' a Thai daily in June. It is understood that the Public Service Commission will soon be shortlisting the applicants when the forms are sent here from the
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  • Page 3 Miscellaneous
    • 374 3 *4 < a .M *"vl Poser No. 27 No problem with Blue Water White Death Last Friday's poser showed a scene from Blue Water White Death. The first 10 correct entries opened by the Editor yesterday evening were from: Mr. See Toh Kwong (businessman), of 406F, Lorong 1, To a
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  • IN PERSON
    • 547 4 IN PERSON HASNAH BI N T E HAIROON, 10, wore a puzzled look as the smiling visitor greeted her. Then, gradually, she broke into a shy smile in response. It was Indeed a big moment for the paraple- glc child, for the person was a royal
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    • 116 4 Disneyland Ambassadress, Miss Bonnie Drury (above), will be in Singapore from tomorrow to Saturday to bring cheer to children and old folks. She will treat 1000 under-privileged children to sweets and drinks before they are entertained to Walt Disney's The Absent-minded Professor at Orchard Theatre on
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    • 287 4 Singapore's present stage of social and economic development has merely served to reinforce the fundamental human weaknesses responsible for the rise and fall of the share market, according to the lead article in Commentary, a University of Singapore Society publication. Written under the name of Wu Tze
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    • 511 4 From the DOG HOUSE Bv PG Ever since I mention e d obedience training I have had a spate of phone calls from people who are either very much in favour or against such courses. The opponents base their criticism on the fact that too
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    • 88 4 SPOTTY looks every bit a handsome thoroughbred Alsatian—but it is not. And that is why Spotty lost its home of a few weeks recently. The eight-month-old pup's name is rather misleading too, for though it has a two-shade coat of black and brown, it is far from
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  • WORLD NEWS
    • 185 5 Reuter Washington, Wednesday—President Nixon recovering from viral pneumonia will leave hospital on Friday, his doctor said. Dr. Walter Tkach, Mr. Nixon's doctor, told reporters yesterday: "If I am smiling for the first time (since .the President was admitted to Bethesda Naval Hospital last Thursday) it
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    • 286 5 'Don't discuss those tapes' Washington, Wednesday President Nixon has barred all Secret Service agents from discussing secret White House tapes with the Senate Watergate Committee. The committee wants access to tapes which would confirm or contradict former Presidential counsel John Dean's assertion that Mr. Nixon discussed
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    • 216 5 Reuter Washington, Wednesday. The Senate yesterday approved prompt construction of a 900mlle oil (1440-km) pipeline across Alaska, dealing a major blow to. environmentalists who are seeking to block the project The Senate voted to direct the Government to issue construction permits for the pipeline and bar further
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    • 225 5 Reuter The Hague, Wednesday—Portuguese troops sometimes kick children to death to show African villagers In Mozambique that they must obey the army, according to a report in Mastricht yesterday. The claim was made in a letter from a Dutch couple who have recently toured the Portuguese
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    • 23 5 London, WednesdaySir John EUerman. the shipping and business magnate who was probably Britain's richest man,, died yesterday after a heart attack.
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    • 172 5 United Press International Madrid, Wednesday Spokesmen for a 70member U.S. scientific team announced yesterday they have found the lost continent of Atlantis. Mrs. Maxlne Asher. 42 co-director of the Ancient Mediterranean Research Association (AMRA), of Encino, California, said scuba divers yesterday found supportive
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    • 48 5 Rome, Wednesday. Mr. Lulgl Morettl, 66, the architect who designed the Watergate buildings In Washington, has died of a heart attack while sailing off the Corslcan coast, it was learned here yesterday. He died on Saturday while sailing with friends off the Island of Capraia.
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    • 204 5 Rome, Wednesday The mother of Paul Getty in missing grandson of the American oil millionaire—said last night she had made contact With the kidnappers of her son. Mrs. Gail Harris, 39, former wife of J. Paul Getty, Paul's father, said she was ready to
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    • 24 5 Madrid. Wednesday—A court here yesterday issued a warrant for the arrest of former Hollywood film pro ducer Samuel Bronston on charges of fraud.
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    • 143 5 Reuter London, Wednesday— A group of opposition parliamentarians yesterday accused the government of attempting a "cover-up" over the investigation into a callgirl scandal which led to the resignation of two ministers, Lord Lambton and Lord Jelhcoe. Six Labour politicians sponsored a House of Commons motion
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    • 100 5 Reuter Rome. Wednesday—De King Mohammed Zahlr Shah of AfghaniawdJj? nly left the Mediterranean island Naples for an unkown destination yesterday after hearing of the proclamation of a Republic in his country. The 59-year-old king was seen speeding towards Naples aboard a tort power-boat after hurriedly
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    • 239 5 Reuter Phnom Penh, Wednesday.—American air raids have reached their most intense level against communist troops advancing towards the Cambodian capital and important military and political prisoners have been evacuated from an outlying jail. Military sources said yesterday four of the country's sac main highways
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    • 86 5 Reuter Washington, Wednesday—The Pentagon said yesterday more than 1400 secret bombing raids were carried out in Cambodia, beginning in March, 1969. A Defence Department spokesman, Mr. Jerry Friedheim, disclosed at the same time that falsified records were used to hide 853 strikes in Laos prior to March
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  • OPINION
    • 389 6 Japan's role in SouthEast Asia While the US is aware of its responsibilities as a big power in the noncopimunist world and is determined to fulfil' its commitments to its allies, it is just as determined that it will not play the role of "global guardian" in the future. This
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    • 118 6 'WHISPERS' by ISPY Some firms are beginning to realise that too much communication between staff and management could be counterproductive. The general manager of a factory in Jurong la so effab.e and tries so hard to please his staff that even the most Junior union official
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    • 926 6  -  Despite his protestations and John Mitchell's testimony, President Nixon has not succeeded in rising out of the mire of Watergate. Even his Republican colleagues appear to have been shaken by John Dean's revelations and his resignation, if not his impeachment, is dearly in the minds of
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    • Letters
      • 215 6 I refer to your editorial headlined Encouraging Killers in Silence (NN. 13.7.73). You have asked a question: Are Singaporeans nothing but white-liver-ed cowards? As there is no response to the Police appeal for Information from eyewitnesses at the murder scene, I am inclined to answer the
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      • 293 6 After reading your report and the editorial on the murder of Det. Ong (NN, 13.7.73), I felt a deep sense of sorrow for the family and colleagues of the deceased and for once In my life I was ashamed to call myself a Singaporean. Although. I
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      • 97 6  -  HEDWIDGE BRUYNS Public Relations Officer, Ministry of the Environment, Singapore. 3. I refer to the letter by Bitten (NN, 3.7.73) concerning no action taken on mosquitoes. The first correspondence was received sometime in October last year. No mosquito breeding was detected in any of the bottles in the
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      • 73 6  -  KOH LIAN HWI Af. Registrar of Vehicles, Singapore, 7. I refer to the letter Long Walt at Bus Btop by Scorpion. (NN, 22.6.73). This office Is aware of the situation at the Empress Place bus stop during evening peak hours. The suggestion to operate skeleton express bus services
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      • 195 6  -  LIM HENG TOW lU<IIU IVJH, Public Relations Officer, RTS, Singapore, 11. We wish to reply to the letter In the New Nation of July 7, 1973. Ardent TV Fan's letter refers to Mod Squad and The Saint as detective programmes being telecast at about the same time.
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    • 841 6  -  By Don Oberdorfer Washington Post Twenty-five years after it gave birth to the modern state of South Korea, the United Nations Political Commission here is getting ready to go out of business. Nobody seems certain yet lust how the deed
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  • Page 6 Miscellaneous

  • FEATURE
    • 276 7 .-Life in MDBHats Lee to ytwir The problem may sound trivial but to Mr. Ronald Lee and his neighbours in an Lshaped Mock of threeroomed flats in Margaret Drive, it Is quite serious. It is the irritating "cling" "clang" and "creak" that ring out clearly
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    • 1143 7 I raced up (he first flight of steps only to stop short at the graffiti on the walls. X blushed. Not a te r y encouraging start to my study of life In HOT estates, I thought. I vu on my way to meet
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    • 443 7 Mr. Stephen Tham of 565-L Lengkok Bahrn, Block 59, Singapore 3, writes: "I have been living with my wife and kid at the above address for seven years. Ours is a two-room flat. I find it difficult to understand my neighbours. Like the middle-aged man who seems
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    • 814 7 There ARE problems but they don't mind them... A power failure plunged the flats along Margaret Drive into darkness as photographer Philip Lim and I made our way to the Cheangs' home. We round it eventually after groping our way in dark corridors and staircases. The Cheangs
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    • 16 7 Please address all your correspondence to Miss Tan Chun* Lee, New Nation, Times House, Singapore 9.
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  • BEHIND THE NEWS
    • 670 8  -  ART BUCHWALD Just before we get used to digesting the eoergy crisis, we are Informed that we face a food crisis because of the recent price freeze. The food producers say they can't sell food at the prices the government wants them
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    • 895 8 PROFILE Washington Post There are few things more American than Bob Hope. "I've never yelled about patriotism," said Hope, during a recent interview in New Jersey. "That's like loving your wife, everybody's for it. But it's not a
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    • 136 8 What other Newspapers are saying: .Berita Harian FOREIGN WORKERS AND THE ISSUE OF WORK PERMITB For the put few days we have often heard of reports about Illegal Immigrants working In a number of construction sites in the Republic. In fact, most of them have already
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  • SHOWBIZ
    • 338 8  -  POP TALK From Mary Lee I'm glad the Spencer Davis Group has reformed. The coming together again of Spencer Davis, Pete York (drums) Eddie Hardin (keyboards), Ray Fenwick (lead guitar) and Charlie McCraker (bass) spells electric buzz that'll get right to you the minute
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    • Article, Illustration
      532 8  -  Soonee re-unites with ex-pupils By Violet Oon "No. Tony, I think you should stand* here and Patricia move yc.ur arm up a bit." said Mils Soonee Goh. It was like old times again for 10 of her ex-pupils when they turned up for rehearsals at the Singapore
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    • 223 8 Ever since rock groups have been getting together they have been quitting and the bigger the group, the bigger the publicity about their breakup. Everyone thought the Beatles as a live group had reached the pinnacle of pop music success, but it was not until they
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    • Article, Illustration
      423 8 Prom their first "Bonsoir, bonsoir, bonsoir," it was sunshine all the way with Marta and Chekls, the Cubanborn artists who opened their show at Shaa-gri-La Hotel's Tiara Room last night. The non-stop onehour revue of songs, dances and jokes was kept at a heightened pitch throughout by these
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  • Page 8 Miscellaneous
    • 244 8 chart at number seven while in the U.S. chart the new entries are Yesterday Once More by The Carpenters and Smoke On The Water by British group Deep Purple. (This week's charts with last week's positions in brackets): SINGAPORE 1 (3) Stuck In The Middle With You—Stealers Wheelers 2 (1)
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  • FINANCE
    • 148 9 Despite great caution. s P*re prices were barely steady on the Stock Exchange of Singapore yesterday. Bat a slight Improvement was noted in certain hotel and industrial counters. The market opened fairly easy especially in the industrial section. But the situation soon changed when mild support appeared for
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    • 32 9 Washington, Wednesday—The Federal Trade Commission yesterday issued an antitrust complaint against America's eight largest oil companies, accusing them of monopolising refining and market operations and causing the current petrol shortage.
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    • 389 9 Hawkers, taxi-drivers aid farmers exempted All business activities carried out in Singapore even if no office is used will have to be registered, according to provisions of the new Business Registration Bill first read in Parliament last week. Unless exempted aU persons carrying
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    • 297 9 Harper Gilflllan's group profits before tax for the year ended December 1972 rose by 19 per cent to $5,104,000. And to broaden the equity base of the company, the board is recommending the sum of $2,148 million be appropriated from the share premium and
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    • 62 9 Private Investment Company for Asia (PICA) is providing a $3.4 million loan to Filiplnas Synthetic Fibre Corporation for an expansion project. The corporation, a joint Japanese-Filipino venture, Is the sole producer of polyester fibre in the Philippines. PICA is a private multinational investment company owned
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    • OVERSEAS STOCK EXCHANGE PRICES
      • 35 9 Dow Jones closing averages In the New York Stock Exchange yesterday. 30 Industrials 898.03 (up 0.45), 20 transport 162.88 (cff 0.38). 15 utilities 100 04 (off 0.45). 65 stocks 274.27 (off 0.26).
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      • 208 9 Closing prices (in francs) yesteiday. Paribas 220 233.50) Indochine 245.80 (245) Poncler 395 (393) Printemps 127.10 (130.20) CGE 478 (482) Bull 65 (65) Royal Dutch 169.20 (171.50) Michelin 1854 (1874) CPP 228.50 (228.5a) Rhone 167.50 (167) Air 375 380) Philips 77 (77.70) Suez 360 (355) Citroen 79 80) Pechiney
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      • 77 9 This service is from the Union Bank of Switzerland. Closing prices (in Swiss francs) on the Zurich Stock Exchange yesterday. UBS 4080 SBC 3670 +5 Credit Suisse 3650 10 Swissair B. 580 Swiss —10 Reinsurance 2480 Winterthur B 1875 Zurich 25 Insurance 7225 Juvena B. 2695 15 Nestle B.
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      • 250 9 Prices at 11.30 a.m. today (Australian time). A baleen 08 10 Do Opts 03 04} AOD 08 09 Allstate 11 12 A mad 05 06 Aurora 13 14 Do Opts 01 02 Aust Ant 17 18 Bamboo 05 054 Bounty 004 01 Bridge 14 nil Castlereach 06 064 Cleveland
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      • 332 9 Investors, In anticipation of a lifting of the prlco freeze when details of Phase IV are released today drove prices higher yesterday In fairly active trading on the New York stock Exchange. The Dow Jones Industrial average, which gained 11.59 on Monday, edged up 0.45 to 898.03 at
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      • 149 9 Prices on the Tokyo stock market continued to advance In active trading yesterday morning although profittaking erased some of the earJer gains. Supporting the uptrend was the sustained investor interest backed by the straight advance during the past seven business days analysts said. Man-made fibres moved higher as investors
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  • TREND
    • 229 9  -  Betty L. Khoo Irene looks a picture of poise and elegance. It is not Just the dress she wears that is important of course—but it is also because of her impeccable grooming and her magnificent carriage. Impeccable grooming is the keynote of elegance. You have to be
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    • 516 9 o TRISH .SHEPPARD Evelyn Cleary, a Sydney woman, is trying to get Government backing for a nation-wide animal de-sexing campaign. Which Is not as ludicrous and frivolous a project as it might appear at first. Every year an estimated 43,000 unwanted animals,
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    • 290 9 Mr. Verity GUI is perhaps the only man who doesn't mind a blackout in fcis area. *Then," he said with a gleam in his eye, "I light 30 of the some 500 candles I have and the entire house is aglow." "My
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  • SPORTS
    • 561 10  -  By Dennis Chia Former national player Wong Tew Ghee was the toast of Kuo Chuan when he steered his constituency to a 4-3 victory over Toa Payoh to become the first Inter- constituency badminton champions at SBA Hall last night. With Kuo Chuan down
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    • 75 10 Are you looking forward to the 7th. Seap Games, and wondering what to wear for the big day? Whether you are a participant or just a fan get into the right gear—something sporty. This is it—the Seap Games T-shirt. The front, modelled by Doris, bears the name right across. Sa'at
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    • 388 10 London, Wednesday The New Zealand cricketers beat Essex by an innings and 18 runs on the third and final day of their match at Westcliff yesterday. After play had been held up by rain for 2& hours on the third and final day
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    • 1047 10 Two Seap Games trainees were in record breaking form yesterday at the Schools National athletics championship at Farrer Park. Long-jumper Koh Hong Phang, 18, cleared 5.31 m to increase 10 metres to the Girls "A" record set by Heather Merican. This is a big
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    • 209 10 London, Wednesday— It is likely that the West Indies will call up their former skipper Gary Sobers for the first Test against England starting at the Oval on July 26. Mr. Esmond Kentish, manager of the injuryhit touring team, said here yesterday: "It is likely that
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    • 241 10 By Blue Peter in Kuala Lumpur The Gambler (apprentice M. Junaidl up) did a splendid giallop over 3f in 37 1/5 on good going this morning. Snbali (P. Nglow) went well over 3f in 37 3/5. Espada (Harbridge) beat Movie House VI (Salri) and Sure
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    • 81 10 HOCKEY SHA League Div. 3: SAFSA v University. ATHLETICS National Schools meets: Secondary (Farrer Park). Primary (Dover Road). •SOCCER FDAWU Interhranch: LadyhilJ v ShangriLa (Tanglin 5.15). FAS League Div. 2: Singapore Marble v SRC (Padang) 5.15. SQUASH "D" grade: Anzuk Tengah v PSRC (Teneah). CYMCA v Anzuk Kranji (Palmer
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    • 25 10 Montreal, Wednesday Three years from today the Olympic flame will be lit in Montreal, marking the beginning of the 1976 games.
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    • 569 11  -  MARTIAL ITS by Sonny Yap Kenzo Mabuni, the top master of ShitoRyu k,a rat e, conducted a tough second dan grading test for 15 blackbelters of the Singapore Karate Association recently. The eighth-dan karateka—son of the founder —came to assess the standard of Singaporeans
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    • 112 11 The Singapore Amateur Sepak Takraw Association will hold Mini Pesta Sukan tournament for all the 65 constituencies next month. Entry forms have been sent to the constituencies and the closing date is July 29. Seap Games trainees art not allowed to take part. Meanwhile, the Association's President,
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    • 66 11 New York. Wednesday National League Atlanta 8 New York 6; Los Anfeles 1 Pittsburgh 0; Houston 6 Montreal 5; Cincinnati 1 Philadelphia 0; St. Louis 3 San Francisco 2. American League Boston 9 Chicago 8; Kansas City 10 Detroit 2; Baltimore 7 Oakland 5; Cleveland 9 California 8.
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    • 31 11 Faris, Wednesday—Wilfried David of Belgium broke away from the field to score an lfl-second victory in the 15th stage of the Tour da France cycle race at Fleurance yesterday.
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    • 214 11 Former national player and coach, Quek Sah Chlew, has been elected the new secretary of the Singapore Table Tennis Association. He took over the post yesterday from Sam Ho who resigned recently, after holding the post for three years. Mr. Quek, 39, a
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    • 93 11 Lee Keow Siong won the Keppel Club "A" division medal stroke competition with a nett 64 over the Bukit Chermin course. Lee also took the stcond nine of the bf.ll sweep on nett 30. The first nine went to Duncan* Munro (33). Former sprint champion Low
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    • 733 11  -  EH SEAP COUNTDOWN bv Jeffrey Low With 44 days to go, our boxers can hardly wait to step into the Seap ring to prove that they are capable of taking on the powerful Burmese and Thais. They are fighting fit and have reached
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  • Page 10 Advertisements
    • 197 10 C3HIBEHIE3 ATTN. OFFICC WORKERS interested in organising a voluntarily old people welfare service club. Those serious with genuine interest to serve old people, reply pt'eferably with office phone to New Notion Box N 2380 S'pore. IP ATTENTION BUILDING CONTRACTORS! Are you in ihortoge of white lime wash fof 4 your
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    • 165 10 GENERAL SPRAYPAINTING, repair refrigerators airconditioners. Customer's house, re-enamel longbath. *****, *****. VINYL FLOORING FOR HDB houses, offices etc. Ring *****3 S'pore. 1 DISTRICT 10 VACANT UNFURNISHED FLAT Available immediately at Taman Nakhoda, 2 bedrooms, bathrooms attached, living dining room with mosaic tiles, servant's quarters provided. Please contact *****9 S'pore. URGENTLY
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    • 137 10 INCONSTANT SUPPLIES of genuine Indonesian batik sarongs available. Contact Darus 42-B, Cross Street S'pore *****/ *****. STRAITS ENGINEERS wanted to purchase for cash good secondhand barges about 100 x 30 x 8 for Rock Transport. Tel: *****7 S'pore. FACIAL, FACE MASSAGE, Manicure, pedicure and slendertone slimming. Phone: *****6 for appointment.
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    • 179 10 CAPRICORN AIRCONDITfONING COMPANY new and used all kinds aircGnditioners, trade-in, rental, sales and maintenance service. Telephone: S'pore *****. HELP A CHARITABLE CAUSE. Buy at the GOODWILL SHOP Welfare Handicraft Centre under Singapore Council of Social Service Penang Lane *****4. AIRCONDITIONERS FOR SALE/RENTAL at reasonable prices. Please call Supercool Airconditioning Service,
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    • 181 10 LUXURY APARTMENTS Balmoral Point, Futura Leonie Towers, High-point, Please submit plans and price required to Consultant Unique Room 822, Supreme House ***** ***** S'pore. WANTED URGENTLY 2storey semi-detached or Bungalow dist. 9, 10, II prefeiable. Immediate cash purchase if suitable. Contoct Jchnny Quek S'pore *****28/ *****74. FOREIGN BANKERS Require houses
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    • 193 10 WOODLAND PARK Single-storey semi-de-tached situated on 4,250 sq.ft. with peaceful surroundings. 4 bedrooms living dining, kitchen 2 bathrooms with one longbath, fully mosaic, tile throughout. Elevated freehold land. Completed in November 1970. 12 Selegie House S pore or Tel: ***** Albert Lee HILLCREST SEMI DETACHED, 4-Bedroomed, 2 bathrooms, airoondltioned, telephone.
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    • 186 10 REQUIRED WAITRESSES for Chinese restaurant. Ages 18—21. Basic Salary $100/- and good tips. Gill personally for interview between 10 a.m. to 11 a.m. at 283 Orthard Road, Singapore 9. A leoding distributor marketing a public acceptance product in this region require 8 seniorrepresentatives to commence work immediately. Those selected will
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    • 154 10 SAFETY DRIVING INSTITUTION, Guaranteed course 20 hour $90/hourly $4.50 Singapore *****. ENGLISH AND CHINESE Languages. C on t a ct *****8/*****6 S'pore. SERVICING ALL KINDS TELEVISION, TAPE-RE-CORDERS, Amplifiers. Reasonable charges day/ night service. Phone: ***** anytime. SPARKLING ELECTRONICS Engineering. TV Day/Night Service. All Brands. Telephone: S'pore *****2. BUY "SI ERA"
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    • 304 10 RUBBER ASSOCIATION OF SINGAPORE EXECUTIVE SECRETARY JOB: The Executive Secretary's post is the most senior administrative appointment in the Rubber Association of Singapore. The Executive Secretary will head the Association's secretarial, clearing house and accounting departments. He will report to the Management Committee and will, in the course of his
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    • 231 11 o hi wm a V/ re 0 SS? h r**-. fte, im m m s* 1^ v %v <$ m. ;o'>s >n. OB^ Saw W J9 A./* THAT'S A BEAUTY JACK. TALK ABOUT "STILL WATERS"... YOU'RE A MEW person since your SPOTS DISAPPEARED MY PROBLEM SKIN KEPT ME AT HOME.
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  • Page 11 Miscellaneous
    • 46 11 DR. KILDARE by Ken Bald 9mm i I tl k afc ki IF YOU'LL A excuse ME I THINK I'LL INVESTIGATE'THE LAST CHANCE*I'M a err unnerved- n r ?l 5£ V m MAVge I'LL STAer A POWOo?££> &*TWIN&BOCOTT. r <// fe •Ml ♦y» I li B 51
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    • 268 11 NEW NATION CROSSWORD mm an MU 3U\ 7 African river. 8 Place for Jack Nicklaus. 9 Plots 10 So! 11 Adventure. 12 Historian Lord 13 Trapshooting. 21 District 22 Roof edges. 26 Sweeping implements. 27 Brit, title. 28 Winged. 29 Helpful gp. 30 Stove. 32 Happy. 33 Object one strives
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      36 12 Miss Suppani Yeo, 21, is a homely girl. She is looking forward to getting married and be a good housewife. In addition to housework, bowling and boating are her hobbies. Picture by Philip Lim.
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    • 44 12 MEI LIN: No wonder Brezhnev felt so much at home during his recent visit to the US. He was being bugged in the White House. AH FOOK: If you ask me, Nixon could write a book on "How they whispered and looked."
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    • 91 12 TODAY Is Wednesday, July 18, the 199th day of 1973 with 166 to follow. Those born on this date are under the sign of Cancer. English novelist William Makepeace Thackeray was born on July 18, 1811. ON THIS DAY IN HISTORY: In the year 64 AD, Nero llddled while
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  • Page 12 Advertisements
    • 188 12 SSS.2OO HOROLOGICAL SPECIALIST CENTRE Also obtainable: CYMA, OMEGA, BAUME MERCIER Geneva Co. Pte. Ltd. 1. OVERSEAS UNION SHOPPING CENTRE COLLYER QUAY SINGAPORE, 1. TEL: *****1 rW e pt% co do-it yourself Danish lampshades 0 > Beautify your home with a do-it-yourself Danish Lampshade. It comes with simple instructions, and you
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  • Page 12 Miscellaneous
    • 474 12 SINGAPORE 5 3.00 Opening followed by Sakapur Sireh (M) 3.25 Diary of Events (M) 3.30 Where the Heart Is 3.50 Persembahan Ku, featuring Hafsah Anuar (Rpt) 4.05 Days Of Our Lives 4.50 Close. 6.00 Opening followed by Merrie Melodies Show 6.10 What Others Say (E) 6.30 News in Brief Shirley
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    • 1480 12 LUCKY STAR IF irs YOUR BIRTHDAY BORN today, you are a highly perceptive person who has a natural ability for planning projects and enterprises from their inception right down to the final touches that result in a profitable production. Unafraid of the children of your imagination, you are willing to
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    • 274 12 7j| Communications Minister Mr. Yong Nyuk Lin wiil attend tne Lak Aik Amateur Dramatic Association's opera at the National Theatre at 7.30 p.m. Association chairman, Mr. Lau Hak Wee, will present a cheque of $20,000 to the Minister, for the People's Scholarship Fund. Australian 01 y m pic diving coach,
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