New Nation, 1 October 1973

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    13 1 NEW NATION SINGAPORE Monday evening, October 1, 1973 No. 834 Price 15 cents
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  • 315 1 150 happy girls on a jet—and every one of them a bride A Singapore Airlines jumbo jet was this morning transformed into a mammoth "bridal chamber" when 150 couples boarded It for the first leg of their honeymoon tour. A happy crowd of relatives, well-wishers and friends were
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  • 33 1 A 15-year-old newsvendor, Lim Lian Huat. was admitted to hospital in a serious condition after he was attacked by 10 armed, youths at Paya Lebar while selling newspapers last night.
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  • 26 1 Munich, Monday—Police here arrested a 52-year-old man alleged to have kept his blind stepdaughter locked up in his apartment for the past 13 years.
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  • 230 1 Four armed robbers, clad in swimming trunks, broke into a terrace house at the Sembawang teachers' housing estate early yesterday and escaped with over $10,000 in jewellery and cash. The men, armed with daggers and bearing scrapers, held up a teacher, Mrs. J. Monteiro, 34, who was sleeping
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  • 26 1 To celebrate Children's Day today admission to the Singapore Zoological Gardens will be at half price —SO cents for children and $1 for adults.
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  • 42 1 Mexico City, Monday.— The 25-year-old son of a prominent Mexican banker has been kidnapped for a ransom of five million pesos, police sources said yesterday. Police were ordered not to hunt the kidnappers at the request of the family.
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  • 10 1 Police reported 97 accidents yesterday. Seven were serious.
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  • 523 1  -  Several cases of cheating By Bharathi Mohan Police nave warned the public to beware of confidence tricksters following a sharp rise in the number of cheating cases in the past month. The public was also advised not to be duped by people who
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  • 130 1 In light trading, prices were firm on the Stock Exchange of Singapore for the first 45 minutes this morning. BUSINESS DONE: Slngapura Building Society (1) 2.32. United Overseas Bank (1) 7.20, (11) 7.25. Slme Darby (9) 5.80, (4) 5.85, (4) 5.90. PJS.O.L. (1) 5.10. Perak Carbide (2)
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  • 314 1 A technician who x& seated with his girlfriend in the rear seat of his car at a lover's lane in the O u t r a m General Hospital grounds was stabbed in the arm and robbed by gang on Saturday night. Mr. K. B. Low, 29,
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  • 402 1 Report: 2000 killed in 14 days Reuter New York, Monday The Chilean military junta may be executing thousands of supporters of former President Salvador Allende and apparently is systematically terrorising the crowded slums of Santiago where Allende drew much of his backing, News- week magazine reported
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  • 316 1 Reuter Phnom Penh, Monday Cambodian troops recaptured the last remaining rebel stronghold m Kompong Cham last night capping their successful defence of the provincial capital from an all-out rebel assault. The National Radio said this morning that government forces h2d retaken the textile factory
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  • LOCAL NEWS
    • 303 2 Blind Foo Hee Liang's curiosity was as keen as that ot his sighted fellow passengers when he found out that he was one of the lucky few flying on board Singapore Airlines' new Boeing-7478 As soon as the safety belts were off, he asked
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    • 208 2 The Labour Ministry has granted licences to 348 children in July under the Employment Act to work in 62 industrial companies. More than half were employed in the garment and toy Industries, according to the Ministry's monthly bulletin. Of the 315 children. 33
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    • 21 2 PI oneer Industries Employees Union has raised $45,000 for its million-dollar building fund from Its recent dinner and dance.
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    • 323 2 Finance companies support the Law Soc i e t y' s contention that the existing Hire Purchase Act has a number of loophoies, hindering smooth operation of hire purchase transactions. They were commenting on the findings of a recent survey on hire purchase conducted by the
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    • 440 2 New method to diagnose cases now By Anne-Marie Nalpon Doctors will soon be able to diagnose cases of dengue haemorrhagic fever more easily if current e x p e r i ments prove successful. Dr. Chan Yow Cheong, senior lecturer of the Bacteriology Department of the
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    • 27 2 The Conversion Factors and Conversion TablesPart II Is now on sale. Priced at $2.5$ per copy the booklet is available at th* Educational Publication Bureau.
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    • 381 2 Call to set up central training body The government was urged to set up a central body to train counsellors In the rehabilitation of drug abusers. Participants in a twoday seminar on drug abuse at the Toa Payoh Methodist Church over the weekend, agreed
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    • 154 2 There were 37,723 jobless people on the "live" register of the Labour Ministry at the end of July this year, a slight increase over the previous month. According to the Labour Ministry's monthly bulletin, 1538 new applications sought assistance to secure employment.
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    • 83 2 In a statement Issued today, the Singapore Book Publishers Association said it has taken note of the apparent decision by the Educat 1 on a 1 Publications Bureau to publish textbooks for all subjects In all languages at all levels. The association Is concerned with this decision which
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    • 468 3  -  No more Malaysia trips By Bharathi Mohan Pirate taxis are now reluctant to carry passengers to Malaysia following the clampdown on this illegal service involving Singapore-regis-tered cars across the Causeway. Since last week, hundreds of people who telephoned the various coffee shops to
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    • 163 3 Childhood is the happiest and most important stage in life because it is the time when a person lays the foundation of his knowledge. This was stated by Mr. Chai Chong Yii, Minister of State for Education, in a speech to mark Children's
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    • 338 3  -  By Douglas Chan The V o 1 k s wagen has passed the test. It will form the backbone of the future fleet of patrol cars in the Singapore Pclioe Force. Thirty 1200 cc "beetles" are expected to be on the roads,
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    • 202 3 The Cancer Society is to set up a $10,000 Books and Films Library to help in its new drive of educating the public on the disease. The library, to be housed in the Society's new premises in Peace Centre, Selegie Road, will provide
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    • 33 3 Thieves took away several fuel pumps worth J73Q&. fown a shipyard worksite at Benoi Road. Jurong, during the weekend. The theft was discovered by a supervisor, Mr. Chuo Kung Yoo, yesterday.
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    • 252 3 Death toll now 99 Sixteen workers were killed in industrial accidents in July, eight of which took place in the construction industry. This has brought to 99 the number of deaths at worksites for the first seven months of the year. During the
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    • 121 3 The government at present does not propose to increase the property tax assessment for Housing and Development Board flats if they are sublet bv the owners. This was stated by the Board In the latest issue of its official organ. Our Home. Flat
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    • 37 3 Mr. Awther Singh, a lecturer in accountancy with the Singapore University and author of Examination Success, will give a talk on How To Study, on Friday at the National Library meeting room, at 3 p.m.
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  • Page 2 Advertisements
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  • Page 3 Advertisements
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  • Page 3 Miscellaneous
    • 288 3 NEW NATION CROSSWORD r T7T H r TTT H rT r T r il 14 ~~"^Hie Hpo 2' 22 """HP* "pBSSIP 29 30 3t Ur 33 Hg34 jf ~w 1 Bl 4 42 44 ptf^ 48 49 50 51 |K 53 54 ■■bS 56 57 ]^Bse 59~~"" ACROSS 7 Common
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    • 350 3 j&k "A Poser No. *1 CINEMA POSER 1 KWAN6 SIA/NEW NATION CONTEST Last Wednesday's poser pore. Don't forget to put ths showed a scene from Poser number on the «nv»Venetlan Anonymous. trla fo r this Poser will The first 10 correct be opened by the Editor on entries opened by
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  • IN PERSON
    • 867 4  -  AMD KENG FEI GOMES UP WITH HIS WINNING TOY CRANE IN PERSON Conducted by JioniTtf >cnoon "W: 177«11 For Mr. Tap Keng Fei, 19, a metal scrapheap holds vast possibilities. Few would have thought that his prize winning toy crane was once a pile
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    • 611 4  -  By M. C. Srinath For the first time in the memory of Indian movie fans, there are ro new American movies showing in India. Hollywood movies have not been Imported during the past two years since the government refused to renew a contract with the
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  • Page 4 Advertisements
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  • WORLD NEWS
    • 150 5 Reuter London, Monday. Andrei Sakharov, the Soviet physicist now under fire at home for his dissident views, was listed today among supporters of a document which attacked authoritarian philosophies and demanded greater sexual freedom. The document was titled Humanist Manifesto and Issued here by
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    • Article, Illustration
      48 5 The Dalai Lama was yesterday received by Pope Paul in the Vatican City. This is his first visit outside Asia. The Dalai Lama arrived in Rome on Saturday on a six-week European tour. PICTURE: The Pope takes a closer look at the Dalai Lama's gilt.
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    • 576 5 Reverse decision, Austria told Reuter Strasbourg, Monday The Israeli Prime Minister, Mrs. Golda Meir has called on Austria to reverse its decision to curb transit facilities for Soviet Jews emigrating to Israel. Mrs. Meir who arrived here yesterday for a 48hour visit during which she
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    • 305 5 Rome, Monday. Representatives of some 50 governments meet here today to discuss ways of avoiding world food shortages and how to help poorer nations confronted with soaring grain prices. The five-day meeting, called by the UN Fool and Agriculture Organisation (PAO), comes only a
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    • 35 5 Mexico City, Monday— Twenty-nine people were killed and IS injured in a collision between a bus and a lorry near Guadalajara about 450 Irmx (280 miles) northwest of Mexico City yesterday, police said.
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    • 287 5 Reuter Peking, Monday The Chinese people were last night urged to uphold the "correct party line" and warned of the "continual danger of a restoration of capitalism in China." The call was made in a Joint editorial by major Chinese newspapers to celebrate
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    • 312 5 Reuter Santiago. Wages throughout Chile were temporarily frozen yesterday by the ruling military junta, dashing the hopes of million of workers who were looking forward to Increases next month of offset the soaring cost of living. The four-man Junta, which seised power almost three weeks
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    • 39 5 Lusaka, Monday.—Two British geologists, held for almost two weeks after being seized by Zaire troops while working In Northern Zambia, have been freed. One of them, Mr. Kenny Bell, of Lanarkshire, Scotland, said they were 111-treated.
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    • 190 5 Reuter Washington, Monday. The plight of VicePresident Mr. Splro Agnew has raised new, although remote, grounds for the possible impeachment of President Nixon, a Congressional expert on Impeachment said yesterday. Mr. Peter Rodlno, chairman of the House of Representatives Judiciary committee, said the President
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    • 53 5 Uppsala, Monday—The Selsmologlcal Institute here yesterday reported the second major underground explosion .in three days from the Soviet testing area south of the Ural mounalns. Professor Marcus Baath said the blast, registered 5.8 on the Richter scale. The two explosions appeared to be part of the same
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    • 33 5 Paris, Monday. The 14th heart transplant In Prance carried out on FMday but kept secret because of criticism of previous such operations In which patients have not survived —was revealed yesterday.
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  • OPINION
    • 495 6 The Joint editorials of the Peking People's Daily, the ideological journal Red Flag, and the Liberation Army daily, marking the 24th anniversary of the founding of communist China, strike the same chords as Premier Chou En-lai's political report to the 10th National Congress of the Chinese
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    • 'WHISPERS'
      • 82 6 by ISPY Our observant secretary has noticed a rather interesting game being played by one of the entrants to the Cinema Poser contest. This particular contestant appears to hold half a doeen jobs his occupations have ranged from being an undertaker to a carpenter to a dental
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    • 313 6  -  SIN CHEW JIT POH What other Newspapers are saying. MARRIAGES BT CUSTOMARY RITES ARE INVALID. In a statement Issued recently, the Ministry of Social Affairs reminded the people that no marriage (except Muslim marriages), after June 2. 1967, is valid unless It has been solemnised before
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    • 1229 6  -  by Alex Josey Newly socialist Australia has nade a substantial amount of money available to encourage writers, p 1 a y w r 1 g hts, and poets. By substantial I mean the equivalent of $4 million, which would build more than a few flats
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    • Letters
      • 202 6 We are bus commuters at Too Payoh. We hope the authorities concerned will heed our request to ease some of our problems. Almost every working day in the morning, we have to slog or ride an extra bus to the main terminus at Toa Payoh Central,
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      • 178 6  -  ESTHER REAH Assistant Public Relations Officer, Singapore Telephone Board. Singapore, C. I refer to the letter by Lost Productivity (N.N.. 12.9.73). Ineffective calls arise from plant failure, congestion or Improper usage. Our traffic statistics reveal that an overwhelmingly high percentage of unsuccessful calls Is due tc
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      • 180 6  -  LAKHBIR SINGH GILL I am writing this letter on behalf of my Hindustani viewers who would like to see Hindi films on T.V. We wonder why the R-T.S- has stopped telecasting Hindi films on T.V. whereas Tamil, Chinese and English films are shown regularly every week.
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    • 612 6  -  By Robert E. Wood Los Angeles Times How does a huge multinational corporation avoid political hot water in the many countries where It operates? The man who runs Unilever Ltd., widely considered the granddaddy of All multinationals, gave a practical object lesson here last
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  • Page 6 Advertisements
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  • SPECIAL FEATURE
    • 1414 7  -  By Robert Kaiser Washington Post Russia has had few periods in history when its people experienced the warm glows of freedom and ploughed through their lives fearless of tyranny and repression. But that did not prevent prominent Russians from time and again unfurling the flag of
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    • 613 7 Washington Post Last month, while Soviet newspapers carried dally attacks on Andrei Sakharov, the atomic physicist paid a visit to the Lebedev Institute of Physics, where he is employed as a senior scientific assistant. "At the institute I learned about an important discovery made by some physicists
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    • 467 7  -  By Murray Seeger Washington Post An unpublished book bj Alexander SoUhenltMjn was seised recently in Leningrad by the KGB. The KGB agents found the manuscript only after questioning a woman for Ave consecutive days. Commenting on the incident Solshenitsyn identified the woman as Yelisabeta Voronyanskaya and said
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    • 586 7 Los Angeles Times First year economics students at the Moscow University were welcomed last month, with a political lecture warning them that recent Soviet American agreements were "Just sheets of paper" and that American imperialism would always be this country's most dangerous enemy. The bearer
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  • Page 7 Advertisements
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  • MOTORING
    • 692 8  -  By Jim Watkins A car with a multinational background, the Chrysler 180 started life in England at the Ryton design centre of the Rootes group, tfce firm originally responsible for the Imp, Hunter and Avenger, and which had, in Europe, a reputation for
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    • 529 8  -  MOTOR-CYCLE Lee Chiu San In keeping with their current swing towards reed valves, Yamaha have introduced the RD--250. a two-stroke twin which is a welcome addition to the wide selection of good machines already available on the 250 c.c. market The 250 c.c. class Is the
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    • 1215 8 Yet he arrived at work 10 minutes late Harry bounced out of the lift, down the halfdosen concrete steps and into the car park. He was late, as usual, but with careful forethought he had parked, not in the painted white spaces where he
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  • BEHIND THE NEWS
    • 61 8 Medical science has made many b re a k th roughs against various diseases. The aim is to decrease man- kind's pain and suffering. ij New Nation, in its regular Monday Focus, takes a look at some of the recent developments in the field of medicine that promise
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    • 595 8  -  From Special Writer In Washington U.S. A daring new laserbeam method of treating glaucoma, second leading cause of blindness, has been reported by a noted Soviet eye surgeon. Dr. Carl Kupfer, director of the National Eye Institute at the National Institutes of Health,
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    • 671 8  -  us. Doctors on the verge of a big breakthrough From Victor Cohn Washington Post Doctors are on the verge of being able to look directly at a baby in a mother's womb. They will be doing it on a practical scale in two
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    • 577 8  -  BRITAIN From Peter Mosley Reuter The mechanisms of pain—and how to stop it are yielding some of their mysteries at last. But it seems that here, as with most other systems of the body, things are very much more complicated than anyone had suspected.
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  • Page 8 Advertisements
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  • TREND
    • 194 9 One youthful local designer told me that although shirtdresses are one of the hottest items on the fashion scene, she only makes them in the larger sizes, for the older women. The sweet young things just won't take to them, she said. They like all those puffed
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    • 218 9 Dear Ros, How can you tell whether a man is in love with you? There is this boy whom I've known for almost a year. We rarely dated but we used to talk on the phone every night. He would declare his love
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    • 122 9 Dear Ros. I have a problem relative. The trouble with him is that he drinks too much. He is always getting drunk and when drunk he becomes abusive. He quarrels with his wife and cousins. It bothers me because he is now staying with
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    • 352 9 Dear Ros, I was once a general clerk but two months ago I was promoted to secretary even though I do not possess the necessary qualifications. This has caused considerable envy in one of my colleagues. She is so jealous she Is often
      Address vour letters to: Dear Ros. New Nation. Locked Bat 15, CPO. Singapore 1. You must give your full name and address. Include a pseudonym If you do not want your name published. No phone calls and no personal correspondence and please keep letters brief.  -  352 words
    • 294 9 Dear Ros, Recently I found out that a man whom I have been going out with for about a year and a half has also been dating other girls. He is 26 and I am 21. Although we are not going steady, he
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    • 161 9 Dear Ros. I fell in love with a boy a year ago and was Jilted but I recovered quickly and realised that it was only infatuation. Now I'm In love again but the boy doesn't seem to be interested in me. Do you
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    • 200 9 Dear Ros, I cannot study because I have a troubled mind. I just can't concentrate. Whenever I pick up a hook, my mind is on anything but the book. I am worried because my exams are coming close and I can't get rid of this restlessness.
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    • 369 9 Washington Post Intellectual talents of American women are being wasted on a large scale, to the point where women account for the largest untapped supply of superior Intelligence in the nation, reports the Carnegie Commission on Higher Education. In an exhaustive study of opportunities for
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  • FINANCE
    • 230 9 Kyodo The pre-holiday Tokyo Stock market closed moderately lower on Saturday with forerunners meeting profittaking. The market opened easier following the dull tone on the previous day and an overnight reactionary fall on Wall Street. Many forerunners lost ground toward the close of the half-day session. The Dow-Jones average
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    • 114 9 The Singapore National Shippers' Council will be asking China to Increase the frequency of her ships calling here from four to six sailings a month. According to the Council's chairman Mr. Tan Eng joo, a three-man delegation will be going to Peking to make
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    • EUROPEAN SHARES
      • 513 9 Supplying this service are the Banco di Roma of Italy, Commersbank of Germany, Credit Lyonnais of France, and the Union Bank of Swizerland. Roundup of European stock markets for week ended September 28. Zurich Market report for September 20 to 27. After having been In the doldrums tor an
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      • 209 9 The equity market showed a better disposition in spite of the still unchanged low level of activity. Investment funds met with selective buyers while professional traders and the private investors remained on the sidelines. The general mood was positively affected by an easier money market and the improvement in
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      • 209 9 The Italian stock market. after the Monday's positive session during which recovery signs were recorded, began a decline prolonged in the following days. The uncertainty which Ere vailed was worsened y the heavy losses of Montedison, mainly due, according to rumour in the market, to the sales of this
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      • 326 9 Contrary to general expectation the market recovered this week and the index regained all of its previous 4% fall. Almost all sectors shared in the rise from growth stocks to blue chips, and this is encouraging. One reason for the strength of the market was the fact that It
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    • 230 9 Warning by SMA Chief Local Industries will have to put up with the shortage of raw materials for some time to come, according to the chairman of the Singapore Manufacturers Association, Mr. Ong Leng Chuan. This is because, apart from the fall in worldwide production
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    • 136 9 Seventeen senior executives of Hewlett Packard from United States will be visiting Singapore next week. They will include Mr. David Packard, the chairman. and Mr. William Hewlett, the president and chief executive officer. According to an official of the electronics plant here, the
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  • Page 9 Advertisements
    • 181 9 PRE-FESTIVAL SALE! Sept. 26th to Oct. 31st 1973. Levi's jeans, Jackets, Slacks 'N Shirts Less 15% Levi's Bell-Bottoms Rib-Cords Beautiful Colors $19.00 Levi's Bell-Bottoms Portrait Jeans $19.00 Seleco Jeans, Jackets 'N Slacks Less 15% Seleco Suede Patch Pockets Jeans $14.90 C. Spur Assorted Unisex Flare Jeans $11.90 C. Spur Double-Knit
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    • 218 9 LADY CLUB COURSES TEMPORARY MEMBER FACILITIES AVAILABLE LADY MEMBER $15.00 per month SLIMMING COURSE $50.00 per month I $15.00 per month FIGURE DEVELOPMENT COURSE $50.00 per month $15.00 per month KEEP-FIT COURSE $40.00 per month FREE 7 DAYS A WEEK SAUNA BATH STEAM BATH HYDRO-POOL SWIMMING POOL 1. SPECIAL FARATONE
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  • SPORTS
    • 296 10  -  By Nancy Koh Singapore paraplegics have been invited for a one-week training and competition tour of New South Wales this year. Kevin Betts, chairman of the NSW Paraplegic and Quadraplegic Association's sports subcommittee, said: "Our ten-member team in the Regional Sports Meet for Paraplegics
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    • 223 10 Tokyo, Monday Philippine veteran Ben Arda won the 20-million yen Japan Open golf tournament at Osaka yesterday by carding a five-under--67 for a four-round total of a 10-under 278. Before the start of the fourth round, Arda, the first round leader, was four strokes behind Japan's
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    • 445 10  -  SQUASH by Eric Cooper The dates for the return visit of Qamar Zaman and Mohibuiiah Khan are now more or less fixed. Unless some lastminute change is necessary, they and Aftab Jaw aid are due to arrive here on Oct. 12 to play a
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    • 235 11 Singapore University retained their women's tennis title when they trounced Polytechnic 4-0 in the final of the Inter Varsity College meet at Bukit Timah yesterday morning. The S.U. girls won all their matches In straight sets and never conceded more than two games in each set,
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    • 726 11 From Tony Francis Kuala Lumpur, Monday Tang H s i en Hu, Hou Chia-Chang and company returned to China today after committing mayhem and violence on Malaysian badminton courts during their two-week visit. They took the country by storm, deserved the rave notices and banner
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    • 21 11 Asuncion (Paraguay) Monday—Paraguay beat Bolivia 4-0 In their South American Group Two World Cup soccer qualifying match here yesterday.
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    • 209 11 Tokyo, Monday Japan's Norlo Suzuki won the 60 kilometre Individual road race on the final day of the sixth Asian cycling championships at Shulenji yesterday. Suzuki won in a time of one hour 51 minutes 39.77 seconds. Japanese riders clinched the first four
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    • 703 11  -  By Jeffrey Low Defending champlon Yeo Ah Seng has been seeded No. 1 for the Singapore Badminton Association national championships from Wednesday to Sunday. In the draw made last night, Ah Seng and run-ner-up Wee Kin were given the two seeding, Eased
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    • 254 11 Sydney, Monday—Ten hand-built cars, several tons of spare parts and up to a year's Intensive preparation for next week's Southern Cross international rally mark the strongest attempt yet by Japanese manufacturers to win a major Australian motor rally. Three weeks after next week's event, the
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    • 70 11 New York, Monday Results of baseball games: American League Cleveland 6 Baltimore 2 (Ist game); Baltimore 7 Cleveland 3 (2nd); New York 3 Detroit 0; Boston 9 Milwaukee 4; Kansas City 7 Texas 1; Oakland 7 Chicago 5; California 4 Minnesota 3. National League Cincinnati 13, San Francisco
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    • 54 11 Sydney, Monday. Trainer Ern McQuillan confirmed yesterday that Australia's Commonwealth middleweight champion Tony Mundlne will press ahead with his campaign to gain the world title. He said he was confident that Mundlne. who is due to see a specialist tomorrow, was merely rundown after a "torrid
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    • 212 11 The scramble races organised by the Singapore Motor Club at Clement! Road yesterday were practically a walkover for ace Bill Williams. He won all four of the races he entered in by wide margins. Riding Suzukis, Bill won the 125 and 250 cc class races easily
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    • 45 11 London Monday British businessman Timothy Colman, in his Flying Proa crossbow, has smashed the world sailing speed record he set with the craft last year. He covered a 500metre Portland circular course yesterday in 29.2 knots, 2.9 knots faster than the previous mark.
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  • Page 10 Advertisements
    • 652 10 w» i CATHAY: COMING! i i; MGM Presents An ALL NEW Adventnre Of i' J a*™, "TRADER HORN" 5 ROD TAYLOR ANNE HEYWOODJEAN SOREL >. > Sawney b» Story by Directed br NIUIAM NORTON and EDWARD HARPER EDWARD HARPER SHEtIV MANN£ REZA SB> "IYI 1 s Produced by LEWIS J
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    • 359 10 SINGAPORE CORRESPONDENCE SCHOOL OFFERS HOME STUDY COURSES: Shorthand, Typewriting, Bookkeeping, Secretarial Duties: Details from: P.O. Box 3164. FOR RADIO/TV SERVICING COURSES Evening Classes. Enrol at S.E.A. Electipnics Engineering Institute 3-H, Paya Lebar Rood, S'pore Tel: *****4. TYPEWRITING: Tobe sure of success get your training from Raja's College, Classes anytime: Register
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    • 306 10 FOR SALE AND HIRE Secondhand airconditioners, refrigerators in good condition. Tel: *****6 627, Geylang Rood, S'pore. SPANISH JEWELLERY Genuine Stock Clearance Sale! 2 poirs earrings $2.95. Tel: Sardars *****/ *****. RENTAL, HIRE-PURCHASE. SALES, wooden furnitures. Good Price. Trade-in orrortgeable. Please contact 18, Tiverton Lane, S'pore 9. HOUSES L AND JALAN
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    • 340 10 f MACHINERY I HEAVY EQUIPMENT MACHINERY FOR SALE (1) COMPRESSOR 425 CFM with GMBV7I, Price US $10,000. <2) PACO HIGH PRESSURE 3 stage pump with GMBV7I, 2 units, Price US$5,OOO each. (3) VULCAN PILE-DRIVING HAMMER model 020, 2 units, Price: US$l5,OOO each. (4) CRANE CRAWLER 10ton Limo Model 34, Price
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    • 299 10 INDONESIAN LANGUAGE tutored in simple method by an expert lecturer also doing translations. Call S'pore *****8 for Husyne. LEARN WITH CONFIDENCE at Giam Driving School, 38, Maxwell Road. Lady Instructress with Dotsun 1200. Tel: ***** S'pore. JAPANESE LANGUAGE: Mr. K. Yamabuto is only interested in teaching those who ore willing
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    • 250 10 SUITING IN 24 HOURS. WORKMANSHIP Guronteed to sotisfoction. Visit Wing Teck, Ist floor, Specialist Centre, Orchard Rood Tel: S'pore *****6. "TWIGTfX" DOUBLE-KNIT new designs ond colours are available at all first class toilors ond leading departmental stores in town. TV/RADIO SALES *kSERV^ES^I SPARKLING ELECTRONICS ENGINEERING. T.V. Day/ Night Service. All
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    • 119 10 VEHICLES REPAIRS!< Call at Singapore's newest and latest motor complex! For polishing, quality respray, in ordinary mteallic colours, visit Chye Hop Huat 107, Blk. 15 Sin Min Industrial Estote, Upper Thomson Road, S'pore 20. Tel: *****9 (For fast and efficient service contact us early without obligation. MUST SELL! 1970 SUZUKI
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    • 92 10 FULLY FURNISHED ROOMS for rent with/without aircondition, with telephone and kitchen amenities $200 —$400. Please ring *****2 S'pore. ACKNOWLEDGEMENT The Management and Staff of OLYMPIC ELECTRONICS TRADING (S) PTE. LTD. wish to express their thanks to all well-wishers, friends and business associates for their congratulatory messages floral baskets and kind
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    • 30 10 WAVERLEY GUEST HOUSE Tastefully furnished with panoramic seaview. Only 10 minutes from Jurong. Weekly with breakfast; singles from from $85.00, doubles from $120,00, 298 Posir Ponjang Road (6%rn) Tel: *****8.
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  • Page 11 Advertisements
    • 113 11 Our Store will be Closed from 1.00 p.m. to 4.30 p.m. This is due to the CHILDREN'S ART COMPETITION PRIZE PRESENTATION 1973 by the First Lady, Mrs. B.fa. Sheares at 3.00 p.m. Today. Any inconvenience caused regretted. PREMIER STORE Bata Building, 119, North Bridge Road, Singapore 6. Vou get more
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    • 505 11 FOUR BEST-SELLERS FROM PENGUIN 4 mmL y UNDERSTANDING MY WAR WITH THE SLIMNASTICS THE MALAYAN THE FEMALE C.I.A. by NottkJge and Lamplugh 30p TRILOGY DRRAQM bv Norodom Sihanouk 50p by Anthony Burgess, author of by Seymour F.sher 50p A Clockwork Orange 80p The myth, long held, that Norodom Sihanouk, ex-King
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  • BACK PAGE
    • 68 12 With dancing, movies and swimming as her hobbies, 18 year old Miss Shis Lin Lin is a happy-go-lucky girl who came here recently from Taiwan to take part in a charity show at Cay World Amusement Park. Back home she is a student at the College of
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    • 107 12 Today is Monday, October, 1, the 274 th day of 1973 with 81 to foUow. Those born on this date are under the sign of Libra. American novelist Faith Baldwin was born on Oct. 1, 1893. ON THIS DAY IN HISTORY: In 1908, Henry Ford Introduced the Model-T automobile.
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    • 58 12 AH FOOK: The call to urban people to get out of their shells Is timely. Good neighbourliness seems to be a thing of the past In Singapore. MEI UN: Yes, the changing pace of life here seems to be catching up on them. And I think suburban people
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  • Page 12 Advertisements
    • 260 12 SPECIALIST CENTRE Also obtainable: CYMA, OMEGA, BAUME &MERCIER Geneva Co. Pte. Ltd. 1. OVERSEAS UNION SHOPPING CENTRE COLLYER QUAY SINGAPORE, 1. TEL: *****1 (igjn& f mtO&dt BUFFET OF INDIAN CURRIES $9/LUNCH DINNER TINGLING RED HOT CURRIES FROM SOUTH INDIA RICH MILD CURRIES FROM THE NORTH PIQUANT MINCED MEAT KEBABS DELICATE
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    • 224 12 VISIT OUR EXHIBITION STAND AT DENMARK 1 IN SINGAPORE J AT THE SINGAPORE CONFERENCE HALL SEPTEMBER 29 TO OCTOBER 7. 1973 I 11AM TO 4P M DAILY rFRIGAST k Siivoy l iiriiiii Chcri FINEST IN DANISH CUTLERY FIGURINESS^ W* VASES, COPENHAGEN J* ™L|WARE, I PORCELAIN KLAita. biv;&(;r«»m»ahl W ill s
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  • Page 12 Miscellaneous
    • 926 12 SINGAPORE 5 3.0# OPENING ANNOUNCEMENTS followed by 8IRUVAR POONGA (T): A locally-produces show for young children 3.30 DIARY OF EVENTS (T) 3.35 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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    • 1887 12 LUCKY STAR IF ITS YOUR BIRTHDAY BORN today, you are by nature courteous and friendly. You understand the many uses of tact and have developed over the years an expertise with that makes have successful dealings even with those people that others would consider your enemies at worst. TOMORROW... LIBRA
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    • 87 12 t>R. KILOARE Ken BaW U ">>• i»\ ~BI| "~3 WHAT'S THE SHARON'S 60Hf 1 JUST THAT WD ON THE OK®...LET'S CHECK W 1 l\ //A i MATTER.... /STOCPEP BV TO CHECK... Z. HER OUT. SHE WAS THERE AH HOUR. B I t=*\/ll /J MS) SHE'S NOT THERE AGO. I THOUSHT
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