New Nation, 22 August 1973

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  • 19 1 NEW NATION SINGAPORE Wednesday evening, August 22, 1973 No. 800 Price 15 cents NEwS^TION SINCAPORE WEDNESDAY, AUCUST 22, 1973
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  • 382 1 Hawkers summoned Illegal hawking at Changi beach has been wiped out. Three days ago, officials from the Ministry of the Environment did a final round-up along the two-mile stretch of beach in which over a dozen hawkers were summoned. Some had their stalls and equipment
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  • 133 1 Caught by surprise! For motorist Miss Chan Mo ok Soon was totally unprepared for the metrication "t es t" that awaited her early yesterday morning as she parked her car in the Coleman Street car park. The Singapore Metrication Board official who "confronted" her
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  • 259 1 Strangulation marks Schoolgirl CharanJit Kaur, 16, who was found dead in a bathroom at the Kangaw Barracks in Sembawang on Monday, was murdered, police said today. Strangulation marks were found round her neck. Police were this morning waiting to ques- tion a 24-year-old man at the Thomson
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  • 466 1 Official protest to Thailand Reuter Vientiane, Wednesday A former Laotian Air Force colonel and 10 other men have been executed by firing squad after M on d a y's abortive right-wing military coup against the government, it was announced yesterday. Acting Defence Minister Sisouk Na
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  • 343 1 Washington, Wednesday A White' House spokesman conceded for the first time yesterday that President Nixon has been under extraordinary pressure during the past several months but described his mood as good" and said he was determined to get on with the business
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  • 102 1 Prices were barely steady on the Stock Exchange of Singapore for the first 45 minutes this morning. BUSINESS DONE: United Overseas Bank (6) f1.50. Cold Storage (2) 5.60. Development Bank of Singapore (4) 4.52, (1) 4.50. City Development (1) 2.05. Sheraton (1) 1.44. Singapore Hilton (2) 1.62.
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  • 28 1 Washington, Wednesday.—The cost of living for Americans rose 0.2 per cent last month despite the price freeze Imposed on June 13, the Labour Department reported today.
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  • 182 1 Housewife Madam Goh Geok Tom, 22, woke up at 2.50 a.m. yesterday to find a neighbour and childhood friend in her room. He fled when she screamed. An hour later he was found dead at the foot of a block of flats at Everton Park,
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  • 74 1 Hong Kong, Wednesday. China yesterday revalued its currency, the Renminbi (RMB), by 2.1 per cent against the Hong Kong dollar, the Bank of China announced. The bank said the new RMB quotation is 37.71 yuan per 100 Hong Kong dollars. The previous rate was 38.52 per 100 Hong
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  • 10 1 Police reported 81 accidents yesterday. Ten were serious.
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  • 181 1 Nairobi, Wednesday. England's soccer team have been offered the services of one of East Africa's leading witchdoctors. Mr. Shariff Abubakar Omar revealed yesterday that he had written to England team manager, Sir Alf Ramsey (above), offering his services as "one of the leading witchdoctors
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  • Page 1 Miscellaneous

  • LOCAL NEWS
    • 419 2  -  By Ivan Lim A set or principles is needed to guide intellectuals on the roles they should play in the development of Singapore, a leading scholar said today. Prof. K.E. Shaw, dean of Nanyang University College of Arts, said local Intellectuals knew what must be done for
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    • 19 2 Mr. A. Lopez, Clerk of Parliament, has been appointed secretary to the Presidential Council of Minority Rights.
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    • 385 2 Lim: Don't depend solely on the govt The Minister for the Environment, Mr. Lim Kim San, has called for collective action to eliminate the deadly dengue haemorrhagie fever in Singapore. Speaking at a National Day dinner at the Cairnhlll Community Centre last night, he
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    • 211 2 "Black Sheep" who forget their manners are costing the hotel and catering industry time and money and damaging its reputation, according to the Food, Drinks ana Allied Workers' Union. Stating this in the FDAWU souvenir magazine for the Courtesy Campaign, the union said: "It is well
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    • 355 2 The Singapore Book Publishers Association has announced new reduced exchange rates for the prices of books imported from Britain and the United States. For books imported from Britain, the exchange rate has been fixed at between Ss7 and SsB to the as against the
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    • 103 2 Two leading Singapore companies—Philips Singapore Pte. Ltd. and Selco (8) Pte. Ltd—have joined in spreading the ideals of co-operative consumerism. They are paying the initial $5 deposits for shares in NTUC's WELCOME co-operative supermarket for their employees. numbering 2100. In both instances, the
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    • 58 2 Some 500 four hotel and catering establishments have Joined the Food, Drinks and Allied Workers' Union, according to the latest Issue of its organ Food and Drinks Bulletin. This brings the total of union members to 7000. The new members are from Hotel Royal Ramada, Hotel Phoenix,
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    • 253 3  -  By j Anne-Marie Nalpon Residents of Siglap found themselves apparently without a postmaster recently. Stamp collectors anxious tc. get their National Day c o m m e m o ratlve stamps, discovered that they had instead gained a new postmistress. Mrs. Sapura All, 38, is the first
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    • 321 3 Call to medical students Medical students should step out and organise meaningful activities as alternatives to drug abuse, as a preventive measure to curb the drug problem, an American drug expert said today. Mr. Robert Reynolds, speaking at the General Assembly of the International Federation of
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    • 220 3 The Singapore Soget su Association will hc.'d a Japanese floral arrangement ex h i bltion from Sept. 7 to 9 and is counting on the power of flowers to draw the crowds. And Judging from past performances, flower power has a way
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    • 28 3 The closing date of the poster competition organised by the Singapore Anti-Narcotics Association has been extended to August 31. Results will be announced on September 14.
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  • Page 2 Advertisements
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    • 133 2 bSSUM SALES&SERVICE 363, Skaw Ceolre. 2nd floor, S'pore 9. Tet *****1 INSTANJ passport photos INSTANT photo copies ALSO AT GROUND FLOOR INTERNATIONAL BUILDING TEL: *****5 m, 4r V> <••• r < b V w 1 .V ms. kjam *a«r. ste m* &*d ±*wI mi kTtQ|V Remember how watches used to
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  • Page 3 Advertisements
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  • Page 3 Miscellaneous
    • 380 3 CINEMA POSER KWAM SU/NEW NATION CONTEST Last Friday's poser showed a scene from Love Story. The main stars were Ryan O'Neal and Ali MacGraw. The first ten correct entries opened by the Editor yesterday evening were from: Miss Diana Chong Mei Ling (clerk), of 189 A Jalan Übi; Mr. Andrew
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  • IN PERSON
    • 578 4  -  M PERSON Jennifer Schoon It was an unusual way to shop for books but the thrills were there. Thus the educational •hip Logos was a hive of activity with men, women and even tiny tots looking for books when I popped In the other day. It was
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    • 476 4 From the DOG HOUSE By PG In these days when we read so much about Women's Lib, tt is interesting to note that while it is now looked upon as something very modern, as long ago as 1895 Women's Lib was making itself felt in the
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  • LOCAL NEWS
    • 576 4  -  Warehouse for the region* By Sonny Yap The development of the Pasir Pan Jang port complex will enable Singapore to serve as a warehousing centre for the region, a top Port of Singapore Authority official said today. Mr. Willie Raslah, the Jurong Port
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    • 144 4 Fifty members of the Singapore Polytechnic Engineering Society will hold a welfare camp out at Changi holiday camp, Nicoll Drive, from next Tuesday until Friday. The accent will be on social work. Students will visit several homes and do odd Jobs at the Red
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    • 80 4 The Adult Education Board will conduct a 30week course to prepare students for the Institute of Chartered Secretaries and Administrators (Intermediate) Examinations to be held next June. Lessons In English will be held every Monday, Tuesday and Thursday In the evenings. The course will begin on September 17
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    • 119 4 The Member of Parliament for Ponggol, Mr. Ng Kah Ting, has advised parents not to give their children too much pocket money. This could be more harmful than good to them, he said. Bpeaklng at the Ponggol Community Centre's National Day celebrations at the weekend,
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  • Page 4 Advertisements
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    • 213 4 advertisement Cathay Restaurant in New York Supper Club —Style PATHAY Restaurant gives you the best of both worlds. You're enjoying a 10-course feast in traditional style at your table, including some of the finest Cantonese food you've ever tasted...roast suckling pig, spring chicken in wine, and Cathay Steak. But the
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  • WORLD NEWS
    • 126 5 London, Wednesday rat women are regarded as ugly old failures, British psychiatrists reported today. Announcing the results or tests Involving reactions of 350 people to nude photographs of six women varying from very thin to very fat, the researchers declared: "The stereotype of the
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    • 387 5 'Indictment in the Press' UPI, Reuter Washington, Wednesday Vice President Spiro Agnew charged yesterday there was a "clear and outrageous attempts" by unnamed Justice Department sources to "indict me in the Press." In a nationally televised news conference, his second in 10 days, Mr. Agnew
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    • 357 5 Reuter Prince Sihanouk, speaking on the life he had led in the past, said: "I spent too much time on music and movie-making and I had mistresses. Now I am like Buddha. I am faithful to my wife (Princess Monique), I have no love adventures,
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    • 244 5 Reuter Londonderry, Wednesday.—The city coroner yesterday accused British troops of "sheer, unadulterated murder" on Londonderry's Bloody Sunday 19 months ago. The coroner, Mr. Hubert O'Neil, made the accusation after open verdicts had been delivered on the 13 civilians who died when soldiers opened fire during
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    • 26 5 Ottawa, Wednesday.— North Vietnam has agreed to establish diplomatic relations with Canada at the ambassadorial level, the External Affairs Department announced yesterday.
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    • 31 5 Washington, Wednesday.—Justice Department narcotics agents In Houston, Texas, yesterday arrested a 39-year-old man alleged to be a major link in the heroin traffic between CorsicanItallan suppliers and American buyers.
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    • 175 5 Moscow, Wednesday.— Dissident Soviet physicist Andrei Sakharov, defying a high-level warning against foreign contacts, yesterday met western correspondents here and warned the West against accepting detente on Soviet terms. At a meeting In his Moscow flat, Dr. Sakharov, a father of the Soviet hydrogen
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    • 327 5 Reuter Jerusalem, Wednesday Israeli Defence Minister Moshe Dayan told an assembly of jurists yesterday he was confident the United Scates would not bow to pressure from the Arab oil producers and change Its proIsraeli policy in the Middle East. Answering questions at the
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    • 168 5 Reuter Karachi, Wednesday.— Scores of towns and villages along the rampagnlng Indus River, north of Hyderabad, were yesterday being evacuated as the flooded river smashed a second breach in its embankments. Floodwaters yesterday morning burst through the embankment about a mile (1.6 kms) below
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  • Page 5 Advertisements
    • 174 5 Eramanis Jewellers of Singapore presents ft. n v If-v x M w < 4 >% -7 M 4 Place: Fuji Room, Singapore Ming Court Date: 16th-22nd August' 73 1 Time: 12.00 noon -7.00 p.m. an exhibition and sale of exclusive jewellery t>y R. H. Saunders Jewellery Ltd. (London's Leading Diamond
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  • OPINION
    • 368 6 Mr. Alan Choe, head of the Urban Renewal Department, has promised some exciting changes for the heart of the city. If the Department's plans come to fruition, Singaporeans will see a more quiet and traffic-free central area in time to come. According to his
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    • 'WHISPERS' by ISPY
      • 34 6 One of the topics of a family planning seminar held in Mirl, Sarawak recently was: Misconceptions in Family Planning. But I hear that the meeting was not all in pun.
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      • 83 6 Smitten golfers know that golf can be one of the most ungentlemanly gentlemen's games. One golfer sent his driver (Number One wood) for repair through a fellow golfer from whom he had been winning balls In friendly ball sweeps. The club returned after a week but this
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    • 977 6  -  Last week Dick Wilson discussed the 2M■tile "economic sone" debate now going on at the UN Committee on the Peaceful Uses of the Beabed in Genera. Today he writes about the right of passage in international and territorial waters. As the coastal states increase
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    • Letters
      • 349 6 I have been a regular reader of New Nation since its Inception a few years ago. However, I cannot but note that the standard of your paper Is fast deteriorating. Gone are the days when we used to get Interesting news In your paper. I don't profess
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      • 78 6  -  LAWRENCE S.H. LOH Public Relations Officer, Singapore Police Force, Singapore, 1. I refer to the letter headlined Indiscriminate Parking published in your newspaper on Jane 30. 1973. Your correspondent would be pleased to note that to date 14 vehicles have been booked for parking offences along Cook
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      • 201 6 It is becoming increasingly difficult to get a bumboat to go across from Pulau Branl to Jardlne Steps or vice versa. This is the result of the unscruDulous practices carried out by most of the boatmen. Almost everytime when we have to take a bumboat we have to
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      • 50 6  -  YEONG KUM KEE Public Relations Officer, Ministry of National Development, Singapore, 2. I refer to Mr. Y. P. Phang's letter captioned Parking on Both Sides (NN, 27.7.73). The feasibility of imposing partial banning of vehicular parking along Blair Road will be looked into by the traffic authorities.
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      • 165 6  -  H. R. HUANG While snobbery seems to be the order of the day, I am greatly moved to note that good selfless Samaritans do exist among our Singaporeans. Last evening (August 14), my car broke down at Nicoll Highway near the Merdeka Bridge, the "paradise" of speeddevils.
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    • 641 6  -  Bj Jack Foisie Los Angeles Times Even on Guam, the American island in the western Pacific, where hate for the Japanese has lingered, the adage that "time heals all wounds" is true especially if the passage of time also brings an economic advantage. The
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  • Page 6 Advertisements
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  • Page 6 Miscellaneous

  • SPECIAL FEATURE
    • 1083 7  -  Hawker centres help to relieve the cooking chores Your page conducted by our HDB girl Tan Chung Lee Hawker centres and pitches in HDB estates are a big hit with the residents. How else can one explain the large crowds that gather at the food stalls,
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    • 231 7 Residents in Buona Vista Estate, can look forward to 1500 new jobs when three factories start operations within the next two months. United Electroni c Engineering Corporation and Universal Electronics Corporation will manufacture and assemble consumer electronic products, including TV and hi-fi stereo
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    • 556 7 Is it a job for HDB alone? MAIL BOX Should the HDB tile its flats or leave the job to contractors? Peter Lim suggested in his letter (NN, July 3) that the HDB itself should tile every flat instead of leaving the job to "mosquito contractors." Disagreement
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    • 214 7 Here are some complaints on behalf of residents in and around Block 22, Boon Kens Road. 1. Kallany Basin Estate used to be a quiet place. Recently, a coffeeshop was set up in the neighbourhood. The kitchen is sublet to another person running a nlfht restaurant. Business
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    • 719 7 Loi Yock Sai and Lim Peng Hoe heaved sighs of relief when the Toa Payoh Hawker Centre opened in March. For they could stop pushing unlicensed carts along the streets, hawkins under constant threat of arrest. But, they said, they had to earn
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  • Page 7 Advertisements
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  • BEHIND THE NEWS
    • 569 8  -  ART BUCHWALD Los Angeles Times According to the Times of London, the Greek Orthodox Church has just issued a new prayer asking the Lord to protect the Greek people from tourists. The prayer, which is to be said by monks and nuns every morning and every
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    • 813 8  -  But consumers still hit by high prices AMERICA BERNARD BRENNER Responding to disastrous 1972 crops in Russia, India and several other countries, farmers around the world this year are producing what could be the biggest wheat crop In history. Sc. why did US wheat prices boom to
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    • 466 8  -  BRITAIN JOHN ORGAN Reuter Britorls are still arguing over whether Oliver Cromwell was a pleasure-hating dictator, or an enlightened political Innovator. Generations of schoolchildren have been brought up to regard him as a bogeyman responsible for the beheading of King Charles I In 1649, and
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  • SHOWBIZ
    • 651 8  -  She'll dance in King and I By Violet Oon When the Young Musicians' Society decided to produce the musical The King and I, they immediately invited Mrs. Hose Eberwein to choreograph that unforgettable dance sequence, Uncle Tom's Cabin. She was the ideal choice and the sequence
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    • 341 8  -  By Gene Teo Lovely Irene Piotrowski is just 19 but she has already shot to local showbiz fame as the lead dancer of the Neptune Theatre Dancers. What Is even more remarkable is that Irene, unlike most modern dancers, has no grounding In
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    • 465 8  -  POP TALK BY MARY LEE Ever since I saw the brotherhood of Osmond appear on the Andy Williams Show, I knew they had to be good. Not just as performers, but good as the cleanest, tidiest and best behaved band of them all. And what do
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  • Page 8 Advertisements
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  • Page 8 Miscellaneous
    • 266 8 Is held by Britain's Paul McCartney and his backing group Wings with Live And Let Die, theme song from the new James Bond spy movie, which is rising rapidly in Slnga« pore's chart. Seventeen years after recording The Ying Tong Song in an impromptu 3 a.m. session, top British comedians
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  • TREND
    • 621 9  -  TRISH SHEPPARD It was a sunny Saturday morning. No rush to get off to school or work. Read the papers In bed, have a long, slow shower and then a late family breakfast of eggs and bacon and mushrooms and black sausage and fried
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    • 61 9 Rome, Wednesday.—A Rome appeal court ruled today that a wife who divorced her husband must pay him maintenance on the grounds that she was wealthy and he earned a meagre living as a composer. The court In this case rilled that Slgnora Bianca Maria Rosa should pay
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    • 286 9  -  MARY LEE Actor Paul Newman has just topped an American women's magazine poll of attractive men. He Is tne "average" American woman's Ideal. He's got the kind of eyes which melt hearts, thick close-cropped hair women like to play with, a sexy pout encasing nice
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    • 551 9 The marvel lous thing about Chinese cooking is that even a beginner can turn out a palatable dish without too much trouble. The difficulty is in achieving that extra touch of a first-class gourmet dish. This comes only with experience, or from a good friend who is willing
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  • FINANCE
    • 128 9 Prices dosed mixed on the Stock Exchange of Singapore yesterday. The market opened doll with prices hovering at overnight levels hot with a mild rapport many counters closed steady. Bine chips in particular held steady while a tev second line industrials Improved marginally. Many third liners closed slightly
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    • 429 9 The mixed effects of yen, and dollar The currency realignment. last year had mixed effects on Singapore's external trade. In spite of the revaluation of the yen, imports from Japan increased by 10 per cent and exports by only three per cent. Trade with Britain stagnated because of the uncertainty
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    • OVERSEAS STOCK EXCHANGE PRICES
      • 403 9 The stock market, depressed by the 14th consecutive climb In the prime lending rate, gave up ground on a broad front yesterday in light trading on the New York Stock Exchange. At the close, the Dow Jones industrial average had skidded 9.56 to 857.84. Declines led advances 961
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      • 200 9 Closing prices (in francs) yesterday. Parlbas 213 (211.90) Indochine 245 (248) Foncier 398 (397) Printemps 120.50 (120.60) CGE 452 450) Bull 61 (61.60) Royal Dutch 169 (170.20) Michelin 1780 (1799) Thomson 248 (245.50) CPP 223.50 (223.50) Rhone 166 (166) Air 285 285) Philips 78.10 (78.40) Suez 344 (348.90) Citroen
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      • 236 9 Prices at 11.30 a.m. today (Australian time). Abaleen 08% 09% Do opts 02% nil AOD 08 09% Allstate 11 13 Amad 04 Vi 05 Aurora nil 14 Do opts 01 02 Aust Ant 16 18 Bamboo 04 05 County Oil 00% 01 Bridge 13 15 Castlereagh 06 06% Cleveland
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      • 48 9 Closing prices (in yen) yesterday. 172 Toshiba Nippon Steel 170 Kuraray 384 Hitachi 260 Mitsui Shipbuilding 437 Mitsubishi Electric 170 Nippon Mining 271 Toray Ind 370 Nippon Yusen 319 Showa Shipping 257 Kasuga Electric 366 Chugai Mining 115 HoUcaido Coca-Cola 736 Kaken Yaku-Kako 391 Tokyo Senpaku 130
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      • 29 9 London, Wednesday.— Lloyds Bank, one of Britain's big four commercial banks, yesterday raised its base lending rate from 10 per cent to a record 11 per cent.
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      • 34 9 Dow Jones closing stock averages on the New York Exchange yesterday. 30 industrials 857.84 (off 9.56), 20 transport 152.86 (off 1.62), 15 utilities 95.03 (off 0.13), 65 stocks 260.37 (off 2.46).
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      • 79 9 This service is from the Union Bank of Switzerland. Closing prices in (Swiss francs) on the Zurich Stock Exchange yesterday. UBS 3935 —15 SBC 3450 Credit Suisse 3450 Swissair B. 576 —12 Swiss Reinsurance 2410 Winterthur B. 1940 5 Zurich Insurance 6900 —100 Juvena B. 2530 —20 Nestle B.
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    • 15 9 Harimau Investments will be listed on the Stock Exchange of Singapore on Friday.
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  • Page 9 Advertisements
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  • SPORTS
    • 207 10 London, Wednesday.— Crack French Jockey Yves Saint Martin lodged an official complaint with the York Stewards yesterday after being displaced by Lester Plggott as the rider c.f Rheingold In the Benson and Hedges Gold Cup. Plggott, England's top Jockey, was originally booked to
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    • 235 10 By Blue Peter Trainer Ivan Allan's Beta Rajah H, Valentine and Daryl's Image did an outstanding workout at Buklt Tim ah this morning. They raced over 3f In 37 3/5 on good going with -Seta Rajah (Des Coleman) and Valentine (Martin Sng) finishing in front
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    • 55 10 Toronto. Wednesday. Second-seeded Arthur Ashe of Miami easily defeated Antonio Munoz of Spain 6-4, 6-1 in the first round of the USHOO,OOO Canadian Open tennis championships here yesterday. Third-seeded Tom Okker of the Netherlands was extended to three sets before he ousted a stubborn Ross Case
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    • 46 10 Nashatar Singh, the Malaysian veteran Javelin star, left for home in Kuala Lumpur last night for family reasons. Nashatar, who arrived with the Malaysian athletics team at the Toa Payoh Games Village yesterday, is expected to come back in time for the Games.
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    • 203 10 London, Wednesday.— Yorkshire and the West Indian cricketers drew their three-day match at Scarborough yesterday. SCORES: Yorkshire 312-5 dec. and 71-0. Went Tndi*n« 307 (Kanhai 73. Wlllett 56, Murray 50 nx>.). At Leicester: Drawn. Essex 826-6 dec. and 177-7 dec. (Turner 54 nx>., Pont
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    • 41 10 Lee Tlam Hock made a clean sweep of the Keppel Club "C" division medal bogey golf competition at Buklt Chermln winning it with a plus-3 as weU as taking the balls weep (or the first (-(-2) and second nine (+1).
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    • 355 10  -  MARTIAL ARTS by Sonny Yap Sheikh Ahmad was installed as the Republic's first "samurai" champion when he won the individual men kendo championship. He displayed his dazzling skill in this Japanese feudal art of swordsmanship in five blistering bouts against top contenders. An instructor from
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    • 76 10 New York. Wednesday Results of league baseball: American League Kansas City 6 New York 2; Boston 5 Texas 4; Oakland 7 Detroit 2; Baltimore 4 Minnesota 3. National League Cincinnati 8 New York 3; Houston 10 Pittsburgh 2; San Francisco 6 Montreal 4. TOKYO: Central League Taiyo 2
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    • 101 10 London, Wednesday—David Hemery, winner of the 400 metres hurdles at the 1968 Olympics, won the £4,000 first prize in the British "Superstars" touruam en t here yesterday. Six other top British sportsmen competed in the two-day test of sporting versatility. Barry John, the former Welsh Rugby Union Player,
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    • 402 11  -  By Dennis Chia H.B. Lim and Ronald Tan kept Singapore's hopes alive with superb performances in the Singapore International bowling championships now in progress at Orchard Bowl. The partnership roiled 1309 plnfalls lntEe'Spg doubles event to take the lead. Llm had a 702 for three
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    • 25 11 Johannesburg, Wednesday. South Africa retained its unbeaten record in the World amateur teams squash championships here last night, beating an International Invitation side 2-1.
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    • 433 11  -  By Nancy Koh Random dope-tests will be conducted after certain events at the seventh Seap Games here on September I—B. In collaboration with the Chief Organiser of the particular sport, the doctor stationed at the venue will collect "on-the-spot" random samples of urine. These samples
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    • 152 11 Peking, Wednesday Two Taiwanese table tennis players, will play in the People's Republic of China team in a large friendship tournament due to open here on Saturday, the organisers announced yesterday. The "Asian African Latin American table tennis friendship invitational tournament," which will last for two weeks,
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    • 35 11 San Juan, Wednesday Robert Lee of Hawaii was re-elected president of the World Boxing Association yesterday, during the annual convention here, unopposed. The association elected J. Green, International Commissioner for life.
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    • 15 11 The Singapore .Motor Sports Club's quarter mile sprint scheduled for Sunday has been postponed.
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    • 893 11  -  SEAP COUNTDOWN NINE DAYS TO THE GAMES by Jeffrey Low Singapore can expect to win at least six gold medals in the Seap Games athletic championships at the National Stadium from September 2 to 5. The Singapore Amateur Athletic Association secretary Mr. KJL Venugopalan yesterday
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    • 24 11 Those who have booked season tickets for the Seap Games should call at Sports House with their receipts as soon as possible.
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    • 275 10 FOR FINER FINISHING, long life and higher pr> duction copocity .on grinding and polishing use Rhino Diamond Wheel. Contact Singapore Abrtjsives Tel: 553 145. FOR TRANSPORTATION, PACKING, WAREHOUS. ING and shipping problems, consult Bernam Packing and Transport Service for efficient, economical and prompt ser vice. 17-A, Boot Quay S'pore 1.
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    • 262 10 RENTAL OF AIR-CON-DITIONERS (6 months old) at only $35/- upwards, new gas cookers at $15/- upwards. Call at Prestige Electrical Co., 427, Show Centre S'pore Tel: *****1. ACMA, CARRIER, FRIGIDAIRE, Norge Westing house airconditioners dehumidifiers, sales, services and rental. Contact Jetcool ((Pte) Ltd., 87, Tanglin Rood. Tele phot*.: *****4 and
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    • 292 10 INTERESTED CLIENTS wish to purchase houses, apartments in good locality. Principals only, Tel: ***** S'pore. m 2FT. BY 3 FT. soft leather suitcase Con tents One pair racing leather pants, one pair high-top riding boots, one red nylon riding jersey, one pair leather gloves, one Kodak pocket camera and etc.,
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    • 274 10 1 INDONESIAN LANGUAGE tutored in simple method by an expert lecturer. Call S'pore *****8 for Husyne. SAFETY DRIVING INSTI TUITION. Guaranteed Course 20 hours $90/hourly $4.50. S'por* *****. QUALIFIED TUTORS offer tuition for all levels. Ring *****1 (day) or *****8 (night). THINK TWICE BEFORE Deciding! Is the mcrteriol really good?
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    • 239 10 INTERNATIONAL CHARTER FLIGHTS CENTRE OFFERS GUARANTEED FLIGHTS FROM SINGAPORE TO London 600/Brussels 675/Amsterdom 675/Paris 675/Fronkfurt 675/Zurich 800/Hamburg 675/Dusseldorf 750/Rome 750/Veinno/Madrid 675/Copenhogen 700/New York $1400/Montreol $1400/- ta oil ports of Europe, Japan, Taiwan, Hongkong, U.S.A., Thailand, Indonesia Australia. 70, THE ARCADE, 3RD FLOOR, RAFFLES PLACE, TEL: *****/*****5. special tours to Bangkok,
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    • 288 10 NEW NATION CROSSWORD 9 Indian cedar. 10 Tenuousness. 11 Container. 12 Glanced, amorously. 13 Unite by fusion. 19 Hubbub. 21 Island group near Celebes. 24 Edison's park. 25 Melville's captain. 26 Ripped. 27 Ex (one-sided). 30 Poles. 32 Dieter's concern. 33 Besides. 34 Snakelike fish. 36 The Western Islands. 38
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      41 12 Miss Noni Solleh, 22, is what many men would coll pretty. And she has a special mission to welcome those attending the French Food Festivol at Ming Court Hotel. Travel and movies are her hobbies. Picture by Michael Kwan.
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    • 65 12 MEI LIN: So book prices are at last coming down. But I cannot forgive book sellers for profiteering for so many months. AH FOOK: Our Singapore retailers have a code: Be quick to react, and if possible overreact, when import prices go up, but for the love of
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    • 152 12 TODAY Is Wednesday, August 22, the 234th day of 1973 with 131 to follow. Those born on this date are under the sign of Leo. French composer Ploude Debussy was born on August 22, 1862. ON THIS DAY IN HISTORY: In 1851, the US yacht America beat the British
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    • 2480 12 SINGAPORE 5 3.00 Opening Announcements followed by Sakapur Sireh: A magazine series presented in Malay. J. 25 Diary of Events (M). 3.30 Where the Heart Is: A serial revolving round the affections, conflicts and tensions found in the close-knit relationships of the Hathaway family. Diana Van DeVlls, James Mitchell, Louise
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