New Nation, 24 July 1973

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    Masthead
    20 1 NEW NATION SINGAPORE Tuesday evening, July 24, 1973 No. 775 Price 15 cents NE^PnON J? SINGAPORE TUESDAY, JULY 24, 1973
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  • Article
    OUR ROADS
    10 1 Police reported 99 accidents yesterday. Six were serious.
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  • Article
    Gunman shot dead
    27 1 New York, Tuesday A gunman was shot dead by police last night after he walked Into a Manhattan police station and fired at officers.
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  • Article, Illustration
    Bruce fell in Ting Pei's flat report
    380 1 Death mystery grows Hong Kong, Tuesday Actor Brupe Lee collapsed in the flat of a lovely Taiwanese actress on Friday night before he was rushed to the hospital where he was certified dead, local newspapers reported today. A government spokesman confirmed that a
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  • Article
    Rugby riot worsens
    60 1 Port Moresby, Tuesday. Papuans and New Gulneans fought and rioted here for the second day running yesterday, paralysing much of the city and leaving central streets virtually empty last night. The violence erupted on Sunday after Papua defeated New Guinea 41-19 in the annual In-ter-territory rugby league
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    Man held
    37 1 Queenstown detectives yesterday arrested a 20-year-old headman of a secret society group in Lorong Tai Seng. He is believed to be a "close associate" of Lim Ban Lim Singapore's most wanted man for seven years.
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    Trade pact
    16 1 Canberra, Tuesday— The Australian and Chinese Oovernments yesterday signed their first formal trade agreement.
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    Lock icon GP STAR PERRY KILLED
    453 1 Victim of Tahiti Pan Am crash Reuter and UPI Papeete, Tuesday Three times Singapore motor-cycle Grand Prix winner, Geoff Perry, was among the 78 feared killed in Sunday night's Boeing 707 crash off Tahiti. Rescuers so far have recovered 16 bodies and one survivor from the
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    Peru acts in protest
    204 1 Lima, Tuesday Peru yesterday broke off diplomatic relations with France in protest against its explosion of a nuclear device over the Pacilic Ocean last weekend, a Foreign l Ministry communique said here. Peru was recalling its Ambassador in Paris, Mr. Augusto Morelli Pando, the communique stated.
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    Lock icon Hijack: New bid to free hostages
    403 1 Minister offers to board jet Reuter Tokyo, Tuesday A Japanese minister and the head of Japan Airlines have offered to surrender themselves to the hijackers of a JAL jumbo jet in return for its hostage passengers and crew. The offer was made by the
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    Lock icon Plane crashes in storm: 31 dead
    123 1 Reuter Washington, Tuesday— An Ozark Airlines plane crashed during a severe thunderstorm in a residential area near St. Louis, Missouri yesterday. killing: at least 31 of the 45 people on board, police said. The Fairchlld 127 aircraft broke into four or five pieces as
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    ON THE CHANGE
    118 1 Prices were barely steady on the Stock Exchange of Singapore for the first 45 minutes this morning. Trading was light and selective. BUSINESS DONt: Dunloo Estates (1) 3.84. Consolidated Plantations (3) 4.60. (11) 4.58, (11) 4.56. Batu Lintang (7) 2.88. (1) 2.87, (2) 2.86. K.L Keponar (2)
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    Whitlam trip
    28 1 Sydney, Tuesday Prime Minister Gough Whitlam left here today for a 23-day International tour which will begin in Mexico and Include the United States and Canada.
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    Lock icon Lian Ann gives Russian a fright
    97 1 Reuter Petropolis, Tuesday. Singapore's Tan Lian Ann almost caused an upset in the opening round of the Wona Series Elimination Chess Tournament here last night against favoured Russian player Vassiii Smyslov. In a better position than his opponent, the Singapore champion however forgot about
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    A champ who defied death
    273 1  -  By Jeffrey Low Dicing with death on a two-wheeler has always been the game of Geoff Perry winner of the Singapore and Malaysia Grand Prix for motor-cycles in 1971 and 1972. From the Daytona 500 the Japanese GP, the 23-year-old New Zealand ace has always
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  • LOCAL NEWS
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      Nantah may have two new subjects
      164 2 Nanyang University may revise Its accountancy curriculum to Include International accounting and the principles of systems In the 1974-1975 session. The two new subjects have been recommended lor Inclusion In the syllabus by Birmingham University Professor. T_E. Gambling In his review of the curriculum
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      It's cheers all round...
      157 2 A kaleidoscope of colour greeted the audience at the National Theatre last night and set the scene for the opening of the Music and Dance presentations of the Youth Festival. The students from the four language streams presented lively Items—all the result of months of dedicated
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      US reaps the benefits of S'pore boom
      362 2 Our sophistication is key Washington, Tuesday Singapore's switch to more sophisticated industrial imports has improved the U.S. competitive position there, the Commerce Department said yesterday. "Singapore is seeking sophisticated industries, and shunning factories which would employ un skilled people," a special Commerce Department
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      Restoring monuments
      273 2  -  By Pang Guek Cheng The Preservation of Monuments Board will seek the professional services of architects in preserving the historical buildings of Singapore. The secretary of the board said: "We have asked architects through the Singapore Institute of Architects to send in their names, qualifications and experience. "We
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      Roads to close for N-Day parade rehearsal
      315 2 The police have made a Gazette announcement that all roads leading to the Padang, and those in the vicinity including by-roads and lanes will be closed to traffic from 1 p.m. to 8 p.m. an Sunday when the final full dress rehearsal of
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      Seminar on role of Tokyo
      80 2 A seminar on the role of Tokyo as a financial centre and the effect of this on Singapore, will be held on Aug. 6 and 7 at the Goodwood Park HotelSpeakers Include Professor Robert Ballon, a well-known authority on Japanese business, Mr. Tjlo Kay Loen,
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      Flower talk
      37 2 Mrs. Dolly Slnha, who is studying for a master's degree in botany at the University of Singapore, will give a talk cum demonstration on dried flowers at the National Library on Wednesday at 10.30 a.m.
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      Walkathon with safety in mind
      106 2 Safety consciousness will be highlighted during the Anglo-Chinese School's eight-kilometre walkathon on Sunday. The participants more than 2000 students and old boys of the school will have to use two pedestrian bridges before they reach their destination. The walkathon, In aid of the Anglo-Chinese Junior
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      Danger wall i over flats to be rebuilt
      174 2 ..A five-year-old danger that looms over tenants of a block of flats at Pasir Panjang hills will be over soon. The cracked retaining wall which is supported by wooden beams will be rebuilt following the intervention of the Building Management Unit of
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      81 certs
      31 2 Mr. SX. Handa, a surveyor of the Marine Department, will present certificates to 81 successful trainees of the T.S. Singapore on board the ship on Saturday, at 10 a.m.
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      No change in new policy by Education Ministry
      252 2 The Education Ministry will not change Its new policy of registering pupils for admission to Primary One despite numerous complaints by parents. Under the new policy, which is in keeping with the family planning programme introduced in 1966, priority for registration under
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      $45 mil. HDB contract for flats
      106 3 The Housing and Development Board has awarded a $45 million contract to Progressive Builders Pte. Ltd., to tonfld 6000 units of threeroom flats in the next three years. The first of 1300 units will be built at Ulu Pandan. The building projects will be
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      For N-Day
      38 3 The Tiong Bah r u Community Centre. will be organising an Imitation of Noises competition, in conjunction with National Day celebrations. Registration is open daily from 2.30 to 10 p.m. at the centre, until August 8.
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      Cyclethon
      30 3 A team of cyclists from the National Youth Leadership Training Institute Alumni will participate in a Cyclethon trip round the island on October 14 to raise funds for charity.
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      Singapore war on TB gets WHO thumbs up
      180 3 Singapore's BCG programme, part of tuberculosis control measures, regarded as a model by the World Health Organisation for other developing countries. In a review of tuberculosis in Singapore in the annuals of the Academy of Medicine Singapore the WHO said that over
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      Leisure workers
      79 3 Singaporeans were to day warned of becoming "workaholics." Professor Donald W. Clayton, chairman of the Graduate Programme in Recreation Administration at George William College, Illinois. US. said today "Singaporeans should try to get involved in the fun and risks of shaping not look at it in terms of
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      Vandals cause problems in flats
      404 3 Appeal to tenants i Vandals are causing headaches to developers of highrise flats. Developers claim that Building Management Unit of the Ministry of National Development, has summoned them for being too slow in starting repairs on he vandals' work. Mr. Hanson Kwauk, president of the
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      Students to elect new body at Nantah
      130 3 A new 25-man Students' Union Committee of Nanyang University—the lOth to date—will be elected tomorrow. About 2600 undergraduates are expected to cast their votes for their faculty representatives in the committee. Voting is compulsory under the union's constitution and an election supervisory committee
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      AFTA party
      31 3 Cathay Pacific Airways will host a cocktail party for delegates of the Australian Federation of Travel Agents (AFTA) Convention at the Shangri-La Hotel on August 7 at 6 p.m.
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      Disabled kids waiting to be your guests...
      195 3 About 20 people have so far volunteered to welcome disabled children as "guests for the day" on September 23. The programme is organised by the Slngaoore Council of Social Services as part of its Month For The Disabled programme. A spokesman from the
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      Big support pledge for WELCOME
      214 3 Wholesalers have pledged their wholehearted support for the NTUC Consumer Co-operative WELCOME in Toa Payoh. All those contacted said that they would supply WELCOME like any retail store, and that they had no Intention of withholding any fashionable items. They were commenting on Mr. Lee
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  • Page 2 Miscellaneous
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      58 2 DR. KILOARE by Ken Bald *W^ i ft i (I II E sn by John Prentice and Fred Dickeneon amc> a ours 7***Et aacK. 3 AFTER OIMMfK, A 6MOST TOWN every starts ft ®J ki Mvx Be ■7 JliWil Ei ft iw R i *4 r 4i jrw., va i
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      261 2 NEW NATION CROSSWORD ai ACBOSS 1 Male deer. 5 Speak 10 Hurry. 14 Sussex river. of the Mllles J® Ancient Peruvian Wlth lau h^: 19 Asterisk. o? P€ P t summer. 21 Perfume. 22 Russian river. 23 Smear. 24 School dance 27 Mailed. 29 Panels. 32 Flubs. 34 Type of
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      289 3 Poser No. 32 The 10 lucky winners Last Thursday's poser showed a scene frcm The Computer Wore Tennis Shoes. The three main actors featured were Kurt Russell, Cesare Romero and Joe Flynn. You had to name any one. The first 10 correct entries opened by the Editor yesterday evening were
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  • IN PERSON
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      It's all set for the kill!
      586 4  -  M PERSON Conducted by Jennifer Schoon Looking like Robin. Hood and his merry' crowd, they were poised with arrows ready for the kill! They were the cream of archers from Singapore and Malaysia vying for honours in the first in door archery competition organised
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  • BEHIND THE NEWS
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      The orchid is a flower for all occasions
      1037 4  -  SPORE '73 By Ismail Kassim The orchid is now a flower for all occasions. Its increasing popularity is probably due to its beauty and durability. Compared to other flowers, cut orchid flowers can last as long as several weeks. In Singapore, orchid
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      Just how did the fraud continue?
      385 4 By a Special Writer The perpetrator of the "swindle of the century" is now safely in prison. Though he will languish behind bars for the next 13 years, his trial has raised more questions than answers. How could such a gigantic fraud involving such
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      Comex spirit catches on
      405 4  -  By Gene Teo Comex (the Commonwealth Expedition) Singapore is just a year old, but it can already boast of a membership of 500 with 100 hardcore members. It began almost out of nothing, through the Initiative of Captain S. T. Moorthy from tbe Singapore Armed Forces.
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  • WORLD NEWS
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      A Mafia tieup with Getty kidnap
      211 5 Rome, Tuesday The missing blonde in the case of Paul Getty, the grandson of the US oil magnate who disappeared 13 days ago, has reappeared but police said they were no nearer solving the mystery which may now also involve the Italian Mafia. The
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      Heavy fines
      32 5 Bonn, Tuesday—Two large glasses of beer could cost motorists in West Germany up to 3000 marks ($3100) in fines under a tough new law due to take effect on Thursday.
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      Lock icon Gaddafi to stay on as leader
      338 5 Popular decision Reuter Benghazi, Tuesday. Libyan leader Colonel Muammar Gaddafi withdrew his resignation last night and agreed to continue as Head Of State until unity with Egypt is achieved. uut he did not specify when that would be. The 31-year-old military strongman whose resignation
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      A villa in Rome for the Burtons
      113 5 Rome, Tuesday—Elizabeth Taylor, reunited with her husband Richard Burton after a brief trial separation, said yesterday they have decided to set up housekeeping for the summer in a rented villa on Rome's ancient Appian Way starting in a few days. Miss Taylor will
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      Curfew
      28 5 Dacca, Tuesday—The Government yesterday imposed a dusk to dawn curfew on part of Dacca in an attempt to clamp down on ration cheating and other antisocial activities.
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      4 die, 25 hurt in skyscraper fire
      208 5 Bogota, Tuesday A huge blaze destroyed the top 28 storeys of the Colombian capital's tallest skyscraper yesterday, killing four people and injuring 25. According to first reports police evacuated an area 1000 yards in radius around the tower block for fear that tanks
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      Jones faces new charge
      54 5 London, Tuesday A magistrate's court yesterday ordered singer Janle Jones, the central figure in Britain's radio payola scandal, to stand criminal trial on charges that she solicited a man to murder her former husband. A second charge alleging that she tried to poison her husband, songwriter
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      Lock icon Saigon expels journalist
      201 5 Reuter Saigon, Tuesday.— Mr. Jack Leslie, a reporter for Lc.3 Angeles Times, left here yesterday after his Press credentials were withdrawn by the South Vietnamese Government which accused him of writing stories harmful to the country's image. Mr. Leslie, who had been' in South Vietnam 19 months,
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      Tanaka 'no' to military role in Asia
      171 5 Tokyo, Tuesday—Prime Minister Kakuel Tanaka has ruled out any possibility of Japan playing a military role in maintaining Asian security. "We have no desire or Intention to revise our constitution." Mr. Tanaka added. He said Japan's postwar constitution bars the country from deploying
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      Students protest
      53 5 Bangkok, Tuesday About 12,000 students of Chulalongkorn University yesterday boycotted their classes and demanded that the government resign if it was unable to solve the economic hardships of the people. The students gathered at the university campus and listened to speeches by student leaders while the police and
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      Lock icon Tell-all tapes: Now Nixon gets subpoenas
      545 5 Joint action by committee, Cox Reuter Washington, Tuesday The Senate Watergate Committee and special prosecutor Archibald Cox in a historic move last night served subpoenas on President Nixon after he refused to hand over secret White House tape recordings of h i s conversations
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      Lock icon Now call for takeover of UK industries
      137 5 United Press International London. Tuesday. Rank and file members of the opposition Labour Party yesterday attacked party leaders with demands for sweeping state takeovers of British industry. They did so in resolutions submitted for debate at the party's annual conference at Blackpool in
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      Lock icon Reds open new front
      259 5 Reuter Phnom Penh, Tues day Communist troops have opened a new front with fresh troops only 10 minutes drive from central Phnom Penh which yesterday shook from intense American bombing. Government forces in the past day have pulled back about two miles (three kms) to the
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  • Opinion
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      An impetuous merger bid flops
      343 6 Col. Gaddafi's return to the Libyan Presidency at the request of his countrymen should not come as a surprise to anyone. He is not the first, and is unlikely to be the last, head of state to use resignation to demonstrate his personal popularity and
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      Durian on board
      115 6 'WHISPERS' by ISPY A durtan smell recently succeeded In delaying a plane for five hours. When all the passengers had got on board ready to take off, the captain announced over the loudspeaker that he smelt durlan and was "determined not to move until the durlans have
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      To be effective long march must be slow
      1157 6  -  The 20,•<># strong Libyan march to Cairo was not the only political inarch in recent history. Forty-four years afo, Mahatma Gandhi, India's independence fighter, had whipped the entire country into anti-British fervour with a 241-mile march to Dandi in protest against the
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      Bankers and the price of gold
      577 6 WORLD COMMENT The acceleration and Increasingly rapid spread of Inflation: the collapse of the Bretton Woods monetary system: the semi-paralysis of the U.S. Administration as a result of the Watergate affairs the apparently growing divergence between US and European interests; and the failure of
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      Lock icon Oil search in Vietnam
      612 6  -  By Thomas W. Lippman Washington Post South Vietnam has granted multimillion dollar offshore oil exploration rights to four international companies. Shell, Mobil, Esso and the Canadian corporation, Sunningdale. Fourteen major international oil companies. including seven from the US submitted multi-mil-lion dollar bids for the right to
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      New migrant policy in Australia
      266 6 Tn^fH^V* 8 s P ec tacuiar Immigration Minister Mr Grassby back from a world tour which took in places where his predecessor feared to tread promises a new migrant program by the end of Mils month. We must see If he does what he says,
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  • SPECIAL FEATURE
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      The day hell broke loose...
      1207 7  -  WRESTLING CONCLUDING THE SERIES BY I SONNY YAP Amateur wrestling in Singapore needs the kiss of life. The Singapore Amateur Wrestiing Association is in the doldrums finances are lacking and the public seems disinterested. There is also the popular prejudice that Jhe sport is dangerous.
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      The case for amateurs
      1053 7 Amateur wrestling in Singapore is like a ship in distress heading for tl>e rocks. Since its Inception nine years ago, the Singapore Amateur Wrestling Association has been buffeted by the winds of misfortune. Wrestling die-hards had to combat public prejudice, official apathy and financial problems. This
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      Fighting Leows
      396 7 The Leows firmly believe that the family which fights together stays together. Except for Mrs. Leow, the wrestling blood runs through the family from the father to the youngest daughter. Heading the family team is 53-year-old Leow Kwong Seng, a former South-East Asian heavyweight champion, a professional and
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  • SHOPPING
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      Pictures for posterity
      576 8 piVEßYßODyScrafcy about travelling. Some blame it all on the travel bug; others are more frank they Just like to go to new places and see new things. Whatever the reasons, people are taking to travel in a great way these days. Almost everyone is taking a trip
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  • TREND
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      A small look at royal fashion
      725 9  -  An interview with Mrs. Maureen Baker, Anne's dressmaker MARY LEE What is Princess Anne's wedding gown going to be, is the question on every London woman's page writer's lips. It was also my ope thought when I met Mrs. Maureen Baker, the woman who
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      Bend backwards for a good stretch
      214 9  -  yoga TAN CHUNG LEE One of the most powerful back-bend-ing exercises in yoga is not the wheel pose itself but one of its variations. This Chakrasana variation involves a total stretching of the spine and is more difficult to perform than the wheel pose
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      Lock icon Red hot pants?
      208 9 UPI They're wearing hot pants In China now. Nothing sexy, suggestive or very fashionable—just cool and comfortable. Some great changes have taken place In China during recent months but few things have changed more dramatically than women's fashions. And the trend is just beginning. Until recently, the
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      AHEM! Ladies and designers...
      611 9 Washington, Tuesday It's only a matter of inches, but since those inches affect hemlines for fall, the fashion industry is bracing for a showdown. Though the battle cry is familiar (to lengthen or not to lengthen) the teams line up differently than they did three years
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  • FINANCE
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      MARKET MOVEMENTS
      125 9 Speculative activity in robber shares was tbe dominant feature yesterday as the market opened firm with heavy demand for rubber shares. Consolidated Plantations which was actively traded rose 14 cents to $4.62 on a volume of 161,000 shares. Batu Lintang also active was traded at $2.90. Other rubbers
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      $3 mil. job for Keppei Shipyard
      107 9 Keppei Shipyard was recently awarded a $3 million contract to convert a Norwegian cargo vessel into a sheep and cattle carrier. The owner of Fa rid Fares, a subsidiary of Ugla n d Management Company of Norway, had originally intended to have the the
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      Republic's exports hit new record
      638 9 Singapore's export trade has hit a new record—the highest in years. According to the latest Issue of the Monthly Digest of Statistics (June), the total export figure reached a peak of $693.9 million In March this year, as compared with $478 million a year ago—an
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      Better sales boost EAl's pre-tax profits to $1.1 m
      272 9 Better sales in the second half of the year ending March, 31, 1973 have left their mark on Electrical and Allied Industries with pretax profits jumping 46.5 per cent to $1,124,716. Dividend is to be held at 20 per cent, tax-free,
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    • OVERSEAS STOCK EXCHANGE PRICES
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        New York
        259 9 The Stock market staged a modest advance yesterday largely on the strength of outstanding second quarter results reported by some key corporations. Trading was moderate. The Dow Jones industiral average rose 2.26 to 913.16. Advances led declines 879 to 618 among 1801 issues traded. Closing prices i on
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        Tokyo
        49 9 Closing prices (In. yen) yesterday: Hoshlba 161 Nippon Steel 185 Toray Ind. 270 Mitsubishi Heavy Ind. 262 Kuraray 229 Nippon Kokan 200 1HI 246 Nisehin Steel 155 Sumitomo Metal Ind. 162 Tokyo Drop Foreign 109 Tokyo Senpaku 112 Osaka Titanium 111 Oriental Terminal Products 137 Hazama Ouml 590
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        Dow Jones averages
        35 9 Dow Jones closing averages on the New York Stock Exchange yesterday: 30 industrials 913,15 (up 2.25), 20 transport 164 69 (up 0.50), 15 utilities 101.64 (up 0.25), 65 stocks 278.11 (up 0.73).
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        Zurich
        80 9 This service is from the Union Bank of Switzerland, Closing prices (in Swiss francs) on Zurich Stock Exchange yesterday. UBS 4015 —15 SBC 3600 —20 Credit Suisse 3600 —10 Swissair B. 590 —2 Swiss Reinsurance 2440 +30 Winterthur B. 1875 —6 Zurich Insurance 7200 Juvena B. 2570 10 Nestle
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        Sydney
        255 9 Prices at 11.30 a.m. today (Australian time). Abaleen 09 12 Do opts 03 04-/ a AOD 09 nil Allstate 10 15 Axnad 05 05-Va Aurora 13 17 Do opts'o2 02-Va Aust Ant 18 19 Bamboo 04-Va nil Beach nil 25 Bridge 15 nil Castlereagh 06 06$ Cleveland 36 38
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        Paris
        208 9 Closing prices tin francs) yesterday. Paribas 216 (216.10) Indochine 243 (243.50) Foncier 390 (385) Printemps 129 (128) CGE 471 (471.50) Bull 63.e0 64.20) Royal Dutch 170.80 (171.80) Michelln 1818 (1816) Thomson 246.10 245.50) CFP 223.60 225) Rhone 169.40 (168) Air 361.10 (364) Philips 78.50 (78.40) Suez 366 (369) Citroen
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  • SPORTS
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      Plucky Sengol beaten by pain and heat
      287 10 Olve Mike Sengol top marks for guts. The 20kUomatre walk recordholder walked more than 10 miles on Sunday—with a swollen ankle. He sprained his ankle when he fell off a bicycle on Saturday. Despite pain, he started off with 12 others in the
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      BURMESE FOR M-SOCCER
      72 10 Rangoon, Tuesday Burma have selected a 17-man team for the Merdeka soccer tournament to be played in Kuala Lumpur next month. Serious training has already begun according to sport officials. THE TEAM: Ting Aung, Maung Nyunt (goalkeepers); Maung Maung Tin, San Aye, Ti Sein, Myo Win Nyunt,
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      Top honours to RI in gymnastics tourney
      235 10 Raffles Ins t i tution showed their superiority on the trampoline at the National School gymnastics championships at Barker Road yesterday. Their "A" boys and girls snatched the honours at trampolinlng, a new and optional event this year. Skippered by Yeo Peck Seng,
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      How they finished at KL on Sunday
      388 11 away, making a two-length break at the 4f. H stral ht with SHOW BOY and PERMATA KUCHING MY w e it U h P p^^ A KUCmN a G a tLrt. Wln leDgth SeC nd W SBOW BOWL KING ledinto the straight with
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      The 'Tiger' impresses
      228 11 By Blue Peter Kuala Lumpur, Tuesday Green Tiger, one of the most consistent horses in training last year, is steadily picking up again after a lapse and bears watching in the Class 1 Div. 2 6f race on Sunday. The flve-year-old by Jackman raced 10 times last
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      World chess qualifiers
      49 11 Leslie Leow has qualified for the championship final group in the World Junior chess championship being in Thornaby-on-Tees, England. The other qualifiers are: A. Belyavsky-USSR, A. J. MllesEng., Stean-Eng., L. Christi-ansen-USA, R. Dieks-Hol., I. Biriescu-Rum., N. Bloch-SA., S. Marjanovlc-Yug., H. Momen Roudsari-Iran, J. FreileEcuador, J. Cooper-Wales.
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      Kanhai's men in further trouble
      263 11 London, Tuesday—The West Indian touring team's Preparations for the first Test against England ran into further trouble when continuing bad weather restricted play to two hours against a young England XI here yesterday. With Saturday's play already totally washed out by rain, Rohan Kanhal and
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      Sportlight on Youth this weekend
      708 11  -  SOCCER SCENE by. Jeffrey Low Now that the Inter Constituency tournament is over, the spotlight has switched to youth. The national youth championship starts on Saturday with a record 41 teams taking part. Tnis upsurge of interest among tne younger piayers augurs well lor tne
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      291 10 ATTENTION A NT I Q Ul LOVERS! We hove ancient porcelain wares, very old traditional coins, swords, knives, lamps, copper wares, Chinese paintings etc frpm Sung, Ming and Ching dynasties for sale. Very old foreigr coins are available. Yon are velcome to our ex hibition of the above and a
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      345 10 DISTRICT 20 THOMSON ROAD 5 m.s., 2-storey detached buMgalow bedrooms, 1 servant's with airconditioner, freehold 4,100 sq. ft. Mosoic/parquet flooring. .Contact Woodland Company *****8/*****6. BUNGALOW: 3-STOREY, FREEHOLD, unfurnished. Terrazzo/porquet. 7-bed-roomed, 4 bathrooms (4,800) $380,000. Faber. Beautiful resident. S'pore *****0. HARVEY AVENUE. 9 M.S., CHANGI. Large detached bungalows. 4 bedrooms, 9,700
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      188 10 I AIRCOHDI TIONED OFFICE SPACE available immediately at 2nd floor, Robinson Road, approximately 1,000 sq. ft. Tel: S'pore *****/***** for further details. 65 TONS MANITOWAC crawler crane model 3900 Good condition. Apply *****9 S'pore. WANTED SELF CONTAINED ACCOMMOD-. ATION for branch of Commercial Institution: Area above 3,000 sq. ft. Any
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      457 10 FACTORY OPERATIVES We are looking for young, strpng and hardworking men and women for the obove position. Shift duties required. Preference given to those living in Jurong. Please apply personally between 1.30 p.m. 4.00 p.m. daily to:Metals Oes Pte. Ltd., Member of Union Carbide Grcup, Co., 10 Pioneer Rood, Jurong,
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      430 10 BALI HEALTH CENTRE for your massage, sauna bath, weight reducing treatments, hair-dressing (cuttings trimmings) facial massage manicure. Attractive young ladies at your service. Hbtel New Hongkong Shopping Arcade Victoria Street Tel: *****. FEELING TIRED? RELAX AT INTERNATIONAL Health Centre—--209/210 Ist floor. Merlin Hotel, Beach Road Singapore *****11/ Ext. 425. MANDARIN
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      672 10 GET SMART! UNIFORMS for all your' employees—male/female, by Singapore Uniforms Manufacturers specialising in all types of industrial uses, hotels restaurants security etc. Also badges, logos neckties for your requirements. Call ***** (S'pore). HUA TIONG PUGILISTIC Art Institute (Singapore West Malaysia) Headquarters No. 18 Lorong Mydin, S'pore 14. Phone: *****8 Branch:
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      125 10 CON'T WASTE YOUR DANCING Years!! Learn to dance easily and cor- rectly at David's School Jof Dancing. Complete training in Modern, Latin American Dances. Enquiries: *****1 S'pore. YAMAHA TOP PIANO COURSE commencing August Ist. Instructor Mrs. Teresa Filmer. Only adults with sound keyboard foundation accepted or by audition. Tel: *****5,
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      97 10 ATTENTION ALL Cor Salesmen. Wont to impibve sales or fulfil sales auota. Ring Management Consultants *****5. GUARANTEED CHARTERED FLIGHTS from Singapore Balikpapan. Other destinations also arrangeabie. Please conoct Mr. B.L. Poh or Mr. Peter Lee, Tel: *****8/***** S'pore. After office hours *****7. BALI TOURS ENTERPRISES (S) PTE. LTD. Taiwan Industrial
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      88 11 < L mtm i\iu r. Mr" 1 V 1 1 -*V Quuhip fnit. L<iw:i TeniHS Association official ball. Foi 197j? t[iis wuiIII famous ball was adopted fur muie Europepn Davis cup tiesJLhan any other fjpnfmced nylon cover gives extra weai. Dtinlop L P. A pressureless long play baffauthorized by the
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  • Page 11 Miscellaneous
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      39 11 DIARY GYMNASTICS National Schools meet (Barker Road 8.30 ajn. and 2 pan.). SQUASH—B' Grade semifinals: TC I v SCC I (Holland Rd SAPSA I v Police I (Tanglin Club both matches at 6 p.m.). CRICKET Gymkhana v SCO (Padang).
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  • BACK PAGE
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      TODAY
      110 12 Today Is Tuesday, July 24. the 305 th day of 1973 with 160 to follow. Those born on this date are under the sign of Leo. American aviatrix Amelia Barfa art Putnam was born on July 24, 1898. ON THIS DAY IN HISfORY: In 1679. New Hampshire became a
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      Lock icon POPULAR CAPTAIN
      63 12 Mai moon Omar is one captain who doesn't sail her ship across the seas. She works in the cocktail lounge of the Mandarin Hotel. Her reody smile makes her popular among the customers and her colleogues. Reoding and TV viewing are her hobbies. When she gets the time
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      TALKING POINT
      49 12 MEI LIN: I see the consumers are being hit again, this time with premature increases in brandy prices. AH FOOK: I wonder where all this will end. Not only are prices of basic commodities like rice and sugar goijig up, now it's a luxury like brandy too.
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      137 12 A AUSTRALIAN L MADE x ■*485* Manufactured in Australia to the highest standards, Aquila Shoes are designed by Tony Longo, the creative genius of the shoe scene. No wonder they radiate character and prestige with every step. Be seen in good company. Be seen in Aquila Shoes. AQUILA SHOES bXoNy
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      29 12 -V m Ref 04 Oil 31 CYMA_ The Match closest to perfect accuracy Sole Agentt CHIN HIN WATCH CO OVERSEAS UNION SHOPPING CENTRE COLLYER QUAY SINGAPORE. 1. TEL: *****1
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  • Page 12 Miscellaneous
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      2235 12 SINGAPORE 5 3.00 Opening followed by For the Family English magazine series 3.30 Diary of Events (E) 3.35 Where the Heart Is A domestic drama 3.55 Our Music Makers (E), featuring: Rajullah Raja 4.10 Peyton Place (re-run), with Barbara Perkins Ryan O'Neal, Barbara Parkins and Ed Nelson 4.55 Close 6.00
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      227 12 WHAT'S ON The SINGAPORE YOUTH FESTIVAL Music and Dance Presentation District one night begins at the National Theatre at 7.30 ajn. A talk and film show on KEEP OUR WATER CLEAN will be held at the Kampung San Teng Community Centre at 8 pjn. The Singapore Youth Festival ART AND
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