New Nation, 15 October 1973

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  • 21 1 NEW NATION SINGAPORE Monday evening, October 15, 1973 No. 846 Price 15 cents M.C. (P) 33/73. SINCAPORE MONDAY, OCTOBER 15, 1973
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  • 726 1 Seven-hour curfew as new Thai Prime Minister pledges to form government 'of honourable men' Bangkok, Monday Thousands of stud- i ents milled about In central Bangkok early today after 1 violent anti-govern- ment demonstrations i in which as many as 1 300 people were reported
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  • 211 1 Reuter Amman, Monday Saudi Arabia has joined the MiddleEast war and pat its troops into action on the Syrian front on the orders of King Faisal, it was announced last night The announcement made by the Saudi Defence Ministry and reported by Saudi Radio said King
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  • 162 1 Reuter Amman, Monday Jordanians waited eagerly yesterday for news of their troops on the Syrian front and wondered If they might be heading for even deeper Involvement in the 10-day-old Arab Israeli conflict. King Hussein spent all night on Saturday inspecting Jordanian units sent to help
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  • 65 1 London, Monday. Several thousand chanting Arabs demonstrated here yesterday with banners and placards denouncing Israel and the US and proclaiming support for the Arab armies in the Middle East war. The demonstrators, estimated by police at about 5000, gathered in London's Hyde Park and after listening to speeches
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  • 45 1 Damascus, Monday. Mr. Mohammed Mahjoub, commissioner-general of the Arab boycott of Israel, said yesterday that "all world airlines had Informed his office they would stop all flights to Israel during the present war. He did not elaborate or list the airlines.
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  • 35 1 Tel Aviv, Monday. An Israeli broadening man was the first war correspondent to be killed In the fourth mldeast war. Mr Rafl Unger, 44, was killed In Slnal. No further details were disclosed.
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  • 27 1 Vatican City, Monday —Pope Paul yesterday made a further passionate plea for peace in the Middle East and called for respect for civilians and prisoners.
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  • 22 1 Amman, Monday. Ugandan President Idi Amln arrived here on a surprise visit yesterday and met King Hussein at the royal place.
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  • 299 1  -  'One-year probation' By Morris John The vice-chairman of the Automobile Association of Singap ore, Mr. E.H. Sheares. has called for legislation to put newly qualified drivers on a year's probation after passing their driving test before issuing them with a full driving licence He urged
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  • 801 1 'We will hit hard before talking terms' UPI, Reuter Tel Aviv, Monday Israeli Defence Minister General Moshe Dayan said last night that the Syrian army was "badly beaten and defeated" and Israel could now swing the main weight of its armour and air
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  • 124 1 In light trading, prices were fairly firm on the Stock Exchange of Singapore for the first 45 minutes this morning. BUSINESS DONE: San Holdings (5) 0.94. (4) 0.95, (38 0.96, (8) 0.97, (3 0.98, (1) 0.97J, (1) 0.96 i. Singapore Hilton (1) 1.61, (1) 1.62. Sea View
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  • 44 1 Washington, Monday —The Secretary of State, Dr. Henry Kissinger, who last week postponed a trip to Britain and West Germany because of the Middle East war, now has no plans to go to Europe before midDecember. U8 officials said yesterday.
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  • 12 1 Police reported 90 accidents yesterday. Seven were serious, two fatal.
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  • 58 1 Tel Aviv, Monday. Hollywood star Burt Lancaster, in Israel to film the British-Italian television series "Moses" volunteered to appear on Israeli TV to help the war effort, the Ma'ariv reported yesterday. His co-star. Swedish Ingrld Thulln. has donated what was termed a considerable sum of money
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  • 24 1 London, Monday. Queen Elizabeth left London for Sydney yesterday where she will formally open the Australian city's new opera house on Saturday.
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  • 200 1 Reuter Boston, Monday Fire, fanned by strong winds, yesterday swept through the Industrial and residential suburb of Chelsea, and a fire chief said thousands of people had been evacuated. Authorities declared the situation an "extreme fire emergency" Fire Chief Herbert Fathergill and "20 to
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  • 76 1 West Berlin. Monday West Berlin police have called in Interool in the hunt for four Arabs who they believe fled to East Berlin before flying to Beirut with the million marks (aoout $1 million) loot from a Jewellery theft here last week. Police sources said criminal
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  • Page 1 Miscellaneous

  • LOCAL NEWS
    • 217 2  -  'Floors in new flats damaged* By Morris John Several residents of the newly-built Balestier Estate flats came in for a big shock recently when they found the floors of their homes damaged. And before some of them could even complain, they were approached by
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    • 317 2  -  By Douglas Chan Former world heavyweight boxing champion, Muhammad Ali, has been offered $250,000 to act In a film here. The offer was made by local boxing promoter, Abdul Razak, who is forming a new company —Hang Tuah Film Productions which Is expected to
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    • 20 2 Khow Peng Joe of Indonesia has been permanently prohibited from entering Singapore, according to the latest government gazette.
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    • 222 2 Many children here suffer from retarded growth because they are not getting enough calories, according to a recent survey. These children also have other nutritional deficiencies like anaemia, Miss Ruth Selinus, World Health Organisation adviser in nutrition attached to the Health Ministry, said in the latest
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    • 42 2 Bus services along Clemenceau Avenue between Orchard and River Valley Roads will be diverted between 8.15 p.m. and 10.30 p.m. today because of a ballet performance at the National Theatre. The same arrangement will hold for tomorrow and Wednesday.
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    • 145 2 The Met r i cation Board is organising an Estimate-in-Metric competition for all account holders of the Post Office Savings Bank. All the entrants have to do is estimate the height of a sign Indicated In metres, the weight of a bag of coins
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    • 29 2 The INCOME Summit Club will hold a forum on Insurance and Taxation at the Trade Union House, Shenton Way, on October 20 between 3 and 8 p.m.
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    • 25 2 The government has appointed Misses Tens Mui Mai and Thoo Mel Lan as Assistant Superintendents of Customs, according to the latest government gazette.
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    • 383 2 'Help one another* Courting couples were warned yesterday to watch out for prowlers at lovers' haunts. The warning came from the police following a spate of robberies recently. Last week two couples reported that they were attacked by armed gangs and robbed. Police spokes man.
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    • 17 2 The new Convent Garden Post Office will open for business at Zion Road on Monday.
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    • 143 2 The Pioneer Industries Employees* Union and the Singapore Industrial Labour Organisation have planned a series of courses and seminars during the next three months for their branch officials. Mr. Phey Yew Kok, the general secretary of PIEU and SILO, said: "These courses have
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    • 421 3  -  A spate of dud-cheque cases By Bharathi Mohan Police have warned shopkeepers to be on the look-out for international c on f idence tricksters who pay for their purchases in counterfeit cheques and currency. In the past month, four cases of tourists who walked
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    • 272 3  -  From Brian Gomez Gold smiths and fishermen have appealed to the police to allow them to own licensed firearms. The Gold and Silver Ornaments Association at Butterworth. whose members handle 60 per cent of the jewellery trade, claimed that some dealers have gone bankrupt following robberies.
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    • 52 3 Mr. E.W. Barker, Minister for Law and National Development, will attend the Diamond Jubilee Ball of the St. Andrew's Mission Hospital at the Shangri-la Hotel on Oct. 18 at 8 p.m. Funds raised will be in aid of the hospital. Tickets for the dinner are priced at
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    • 36 3 Mr. Kenneth Jackman, director of the Singapore Science Centre, will speak on Good and Bad Science Centres around the World at New Lecture Theatre 4, University of Singapore, on Oct. 18 at 8 p.m.
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    • 31 3 The 43rd annual dinner and dance of the Singapore Mercantile Co-operative Thrift and Loan Society will be held at the Hotel Royal Ramada on Oct. 20 at 7.30 p.m.
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    • 166 3 She is soft-spoken, almost shy and rather frail in built. Among tne sea of dust-coats in the engineering wo r Itshop of Singapore Airlines at the airport, 24-y ear- o 1 d Chan Kim Cheng (right) could only be singled out by her
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    • 717 3 Boom time for the bicycle—for fun, fitness and to cut down on all that pollution After years of idolising the car, Singaporeans are coming back to the bicycle as a cheap but exciting sport. If ownership statistics are a yardstick to go by. then the
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    • 128 3 The South- East Asian Ministerial conference held in Tokyo over the weekend has agreed to set up a Medical Health Oreanisat ion to serve the region. The draft agreement, finalised by the ministers from the participatine countries, will be signed soon at the South-East Asian Health
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    • 211 3 A matter of the heart will be the topic to be discussed in community centres and on the air during the National Heart Week beginning next Monday. To kick off the week, aimed at enlightening the public on Singapore's No. 1 killer, will be a dinner
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    • 53 3 A joint recital by pianist Miss Vivienne Wee and vocalist Madam Huang Phay Ching will be held at the Singapore Conference Hall on Oct. 23 at 8.30 p.m. It is being presented by the Singapore Musical Society and the Young Musicians' Society under the sponsorship of the
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    • 43 3 Czechoslovak Airlines will host a cocktail reception for Its new regional manager for the Far East and Australia, Mr. Ladislav Lenard, and the new district manager for Singapore, Mr. Richard Stejskal, at the Hilton Hotel on Oct. 19 at 7 p.m.
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  • Page 2 Miscellaneous
    • 435 2 Poser No. IN i i.viiul ,ini Last Wednesday's poser showed a scene from Vampire Circus. The first 10 correct entries opened by the Editor on Saturday evening were from: Miss Chan Mel Ling (clerk), of 91 Everltt Road; Tan Hock Slew (student), of 165B Upper East Coast Road; Madam Lucy
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  • BEHIND THE NEWS
    • 985 4  -  'Rice for guns' dispute key problem in Cambodia From George McArthur Los Angeles Times CAMBODIA Serious armed battles are continuing to take place in Cambodia between ethnic Vietnamese communist units and local Cambodian communist forces. Official sources in Saigon with direct
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    • 768 4  -  By Murray Seeger Los Angeles Times USSR The address of «the building is Friendship Street No. 6 and it Is the most imposing foreign establishment in Moscow. Two large apartment buildings, a big parking lot, a garden and a big 'central embassy building, like the street
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  • IN PERSON
    • 446 4  -  IN PERSON Conducted by Jennifer Schoon THE BAND of the Ist Battalion. Royal New Zealand Infantry Regiment caused quite a sensation when they gave a performance, not. as usual on the Padang, but at the Queenstown Library. Crowds of young and old packed
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  • WORLD NEWS
    • 188 5 Calais, Monday.—Frogmen cut through a capsized dredger yesterday In a desperate search for more survivors after rescuing one man trapped for three days in an alrpocket in the vessel. But as they cut through metal bulkheads with oxy-acetylene torches, there was little hope
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    • 422 5 France to Libya: Explain how jets werg involved Paris, Monday The French Government last night asked Libya for "explanations" concerning Israeli claims today to have shot down two Mirage jets fighting with Egyptian forces on Suez Canal. The French move followed an official protest
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    • 49 5 Israeli prisoners- of war march with their hands on their heads to a prison camp in Sinai while two Egyptian soldiers keep a watchful eye. According to Egyptian sources several Israeli troops including the commander of an armoured brigade surrendered during the fighting in Sinai.
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    • 30 5 Dacca, Monday—More than 20 people, including seven children, died when a tidal wave accompanied by a cyclone struck the Island of Hatia, 30 kilometres (18 miles) from Chittagong.
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    • 369 5 'Connally unpopular' Reuter Washington, Monday President Nixon is reported to have preferred former Treasury Secretary John Connally as his Vice-President before he finally turned to Mr. Gerald Ford, Republican leader of the House of Representatives. Informed sources said Mr. Nixon made the switch after
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    • 77 5 London, Monday The opposition Labour Party now leads the ruling Conservatives by only 1.2 per cent, according to the latest opinion poll published in the Daily Mail today. The poll, conducted by National Opinion Polls (NOP), credits the Labour Party with 35.4 per cent of the
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    • 39 5 Oslo, Monday. Norwegian labour party leader Mr. Trygve Brattell yesterday formed his second minority government since March 1971. The 63-year-old labour leader's government will succeed the three-party coalition of Mr. Lars Korvald, who resigned on Friday.
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    • 228 5 Reuter Ankara, Monday—Turkey yesterday elected a new parliament in the country's first general elections since the lifting of more than two years of martial law. The leading parties, the Justice Party and the Republicans, pledged a return to legalise opium growing. Earlier political
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    • 31 5 Paris, Monday. The Viet Cong yesterday protested that Saigon had tried five civilians working for its Provisional Revolutionary Government (PRG), condemning two to death and three to hard labour.
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    • 133 5 Manila, Monday Six more policemen were arrested yesterday In the martial law government's drive to rid undesirable elements In local police forces, military authorities announced. Authorities said 41 policemen have been arrested In the drive to weed out Illegal activities which authorities said were rampant before
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    • 267 5 Tel Aviv, Monday Brigadier General Abraham Mendler, Commander of Israel's Sinai Armoured Force, the highestranking Israeli officer to be killed in the Middle East war, led the brigade which stormed the Golan Heights during the 1967 conflict. The army refused to give details of
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  • OPINION
    • 486 6 Uncertainty rules Thailand. The resignation of Field Marshal Thanom Kittikachorn might persuade the thousands of demonstrating students to hold their militant rallies and activities so as to give the new Prime Minister Mr. Sanya Thammasak, a chance to re-establish law and order. But
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    • 'WHISPERS' by ISPY
      • 52 6 In the latest Government Gazette, several clinics were authorised to perform abortions and sterilisations. At least one of them we know, is the staff clinic for a large organisation In Singapore. Now the staff members are wondering whether abortions and sterlisations have become the latest additions to their
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      • 39 6 Just found out the favourite song of Mr. Peter Chang the indefatigable and always cheerful head of the Taiwan Trade Commission in Singapore. It's a slow Mandarin song which, loosely translated, means "Tonight the rain falls lightly."
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    • 1214 6  -  It is a well-known fact that man has been exploiting and extr acting the earth's natural resources throughout history. What is less wellknown is that at the same time, man has also been upsetting the the world's ecological balance. Particularly In the past few
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    • 748 6  -  By Jacques Leslie Los Angeles Times Most observers still expect communist Insurgents to launch an assault on Phnom Penh sometime after the rainy season here ends in less than two months, but they are increasingly hedging their predictions about the outcome of such a battle.
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    • Letters
      • 262 6 Not only those who commute by bus, but. those who travel by taxi are today finding It a problem to get about. It was not so very long ago when one boarded a taxi only to hear the torrent of complaints discharged by the driver concerning
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      • 195 6 I refer to the letter from James Soh regarding road safety (NN. 5.10.73). I quote from the letter, "The National Safety First Council has organised and will be organising exhibitions and road courtesy campaigns to educate motorists to drive safely, etc. with the aim to reducing traffic
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      • 138 6  -  T. KANNU We refer to the report heading Launch: Standard Rate Call which appeared in the New Nation (24.9.73). Your attention is drawn to paragraph 9: "A launch owner said that business had become more difficult because PSA forbade launches from going near tankers. Recently some of
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      • 56 6  -  HEDWIDGE BRUNS (Miss), Public Relations Officer, Ministry of the Environment, Singapore, 3. I refer to the letter by Sour Smell of Singapore (NN. 26.9.73) concerning the dumping ground at Koh Sek Llm Road. Adequate measures are taken to prevent smell and fly nuisances and the ground is sprayed
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      • 63 6  -  AZIZ BIN RAHIM KHAN SURATTEE Allow me, through the columns of your paper, to express my thanks on behalf of my brother -inlaw Omar bin All to the anonymous person who so kindly donated the sum of $500 to him. We also wish to thank all those
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    • 449 6 EXCERPTS FROM EDITORIALS The Bangkok Post The Government should realise, from the large numbers of people supporting th? movement, that there is a real public desire for participation in the running of the country. It may be true, from evidence crJlected by the police
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  • SPECIAL FEATURE
    • 718 7  -  Rav K. Dhaliwal Day one of a threepart series by Rav K. Dhaliwal EIGHTY•mvm smoker* gathered at the Hilton Hotel two weeks •90 to brook the hold of the cigarette over their lives- They were participating in programme called The Five day Won
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    • 567 7 Every cigarette you smoke shortens your life by 14 minutes. If you puff away 40 cigarettes a day, your life wttl be shortened by 560 minutes (9 hours and 20 minutes) at the end of every 24 hours. Thus your total life span will
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    • 1178 7 DAY This article tells of what happened during the first day of the five-day programme held at the Hilton Hotel to help smokers kill the habit. Tomorrow we present the activities on the second, third and fourth days. Cigarette smokers were rudely awakened to
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  • FINANCE
    • 308 8 National Industries of Singapore (NIS) Is in the black this year, with results described as the best since the company was listed five years ago. Group trading profits before tax amounted to $1,166,723 for the year ended June, 1973 against a
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    • 192 8 The Banco Hispano Americano (BHA) of Spain becomes a fourth partner of the European banking group (Banco di Roma, Commerzbank AG, Credit Lyonnals) from tomorrow, the Joint Office of the Europartners here announced today. Banco Hispano Americano (ranking second in Spain) will thus become indirectly
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    • 248 8 OVERSEAS STOCK EXCHANGE PRICES Prices at 11.30 a.m. today (Australian time). A baleen 10 11 Do opts 02 nU AOD 05 7 Allstate nil 09 Am ad 02% 04 Aurora 07 08 Do opts 00% 01% Aust Ant 13 15 Bamboo 04 nil Beach 24 25 Bounty Oil 00%
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    • EUROPEAN SHARES
      • 231 8 Supplying this service are the Commerzbank of West Germany, the Credit Lyonnais of France, Banco di Roma of Italy, and the Union Bank of Switzerland. Round-up of European stock markets for the week ending October 12. The German stock market could not escape from the negative influence of the
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      • 276 8 The Paris market was seen this to be definitely at a firm resistance level, which even the events in the Middle East failed to break. Volume remains low and there are few important price changes. The very fact that the overall stock market index is above the level on
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      • 213 8 Zurich report for October 4 to 11. The unfortunate amplification of the MidEast tensions into an all-out war has also cast a shadow over the Zurich Stock Exchange. Although the market was still quite resistant on Monday, a sharp decline in turnover was registered. Consequently the stocks coming on
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      • 226 8 At the beginning of this week Italian stock market registered a new improvement with a particular performance in the insurance sector (Ras, General!, Toro). This trend nevertheless was suddenly interrupted on the Wednesday session characterised by heavy losses on Fiat. Fiat sales were due to the declarations of the
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  • TREND
    • 193 8 Has the young Singapore girl a distinct image? Mrs. Gillian Chan of Robinsons seems to think so. She master-minded the setting up of Miss Robinsons—the first boutique within a store—all geared to meet the needs of Singapore girls from 14 to 29. "The Singapore girt
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    • 287 8 Dear Ros, I met a young American who invited me to his flat for coffee. He seemed a nice man so I went. His sitting room was hot. so he suggested that I cool off in his airconditioned room. When I looked in
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    • 238 8 Dear Ros, I have a crush on one of my male teachers. The trouble Is that he is only a relief teacher and will be leaving us soon. Please tell me how to find out where he lives, his age and other things about
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    • 209 8 Dear Ros, The man I am in love with is earning only $300. At first my brother said that his Income was not good enough but now he says that it is all up to me. I'm not sure whether he can support a
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    • 243 8 Dear Ros, I'm worried that I may lose my girlfriend as she has gone to US to study. She will be there for li years. We had a very satisfying relationship for a year and I love her and trust her. But I have heard
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    • 68 8 Dear Ros, I have been suffering from bad breath for a very long time. I have tried all sorts of ways to get rid of it but to no avail Beng. Dear Beng, Have you seen a dentist? Bad breath is usually caused by decaying
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    • 218 8 Dear Ros, My boyfriend keeps accusing me of being a flirt and going out with other boys. This just isn't true. We have been going steady for a 14 years and though he says he really loves me I am very hurt
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  • MOTORING
    • 1081 9  -  Plea for new circuit By Jim Watkins The recejit announcement that there will be no Grand Prix in 1974 came as a considerable shock to everyone connected with or even remotely interested in motor sport. Conceived by a few enthusiasts, born against a background of apathy and
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    • 704 9  -  A MACHINE THAT COSTS AS MUCH AS A CAR MOTOR-CVCIt) Lee Chiu San Last week I climbed on a BMW R6O/5 and almost didn't want to climb off. Well, this week, Continental Motors, the local BMW agents, lent me a machine which I was even
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    • 396 9 Toyota with luxury image Strangely, despite the obvious extra loads involved, the petrol consumption was not markedly affected, careful checks showing between 46 and 49 miles to the gallon. Taken all in all the little car is a very pleasant and practical package. The engine is subdued,
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  • SPORTS
    • 189 10 Sydney, Monday. Tony Greig, South Afri-can-bora England Test cricketer, led an International team to a two runs victory over Newcastle at Newcastle yesterday. Grelg scored 90 not out in 72 minutes In his side's total of 162, New South Wales were 160 for eight when
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    • 28 10 Moscow, Monday. Valeri Ustyuzhin of the Sc.viet Union set a heavyweight Jerk world record for 224-kg (493 3/4-lb) In the Ukrainian weightllftlng championships in Kharkov yesterday.
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    • 499 10  -  By Jeffrey Low Henry Tan yesterday fulfilled all expectations when he won the selection finals of the World Cup bowling at Orchard's System 460. The 30-year-old lefthander defeated his arch rival S.Y. Loh by 43 pins in the three-game scratch final to earn the right
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    • 401 11 Judging by these smiling faces, Firebrand is obviously a popular winner in the Singapore Gold Cup yesterday. Picture by Jerry Seh Affectation set the pace, making a five-length break into the straight. Bethelmag was secpnd, with Prince Winalot and Elite Special moving up. Affectation kept
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    • 260 11 Reuter London, Monday Jackie Stewart, who announced his retirement yesterday from motor racing, the world's most dangerous sport, dominated world circuits by capturing three world d r i v i ng championships and registering an alltime record of 27 Grand Prix victories. He
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    • 38 11 Tokyo, Monday. Japanese baseball results: Central League Hiroshima 5 Hanshin 2 Chunichi 3 Yakult 2 (Ist Uinns); Yakult 4 Chunichi 1 (2nd) Talyo 5 Yomlurl 4. Pacific Learue Nittaku 7 Hankyu 4 Taiheiyc. 9 Nankai 2.
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    • 17 11 Bucharest, Monday. Rumania beat Finland 9-0 in a World Cup qualifying soccer match here yesterday.
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    • 974 11 He caps a great season for trainer Allan poskS SGRIPTI by I scrutineer! Firebrand, a New Zealand five-year-old gelding by Gold Sovereign, turned in a brilliant staying performance to win the $61,500 Singapore Gold Cup over llf in soft going it Bukit Timah yesterday. He
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    • 475 11  -  SQUASH by Eric Cooper Singapore's squash fans suffered a big let down over the weekend when the Pakistanis failed to arrive here for their scheduled three days of coaching and exhibition matches. Their return visit, eagerly awaited since the Open championship, was confirmed only
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    • 165 11 Paris, Monday. Engusn Jockey Lester Piggott and the hot favourite Nonoaico had Europe's richest twoyear oia race, the Grand Criterium. snatched awav from them in the last few strides yesterday by French outsider Mississialan. Australian jockey Bill Pyers timed his run to perfection to sweep
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    • 21 11 Bangalore. Monday. A Mysore state team defeated a visiting Malaysian team 2-0 In a friendly hockey match here yesterday.
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    • 35 12 Shutter-bugs cannot resist it when they come face to face with attractive Ivy Chang. New Nation cameraman was no exception when he saw her singing at the Mandarin Hotel. —Picture by JERRY SEH.
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    • 53 12 AH FOOK: The government's warning of more drastic action against drug traffickers is most timely. MEI LIN: Yes, the roots must come off first if the plant is to die. All the efforts to stamp oui the menace are of no avail if these elements are allowed to
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    • 156 12 United Proa International Today Is Monday, October. 15. the 288 th day of 1973 with 77 to follow. THE MOON Is approaching Its last quarter. THE MORNING STARS are Mars and Saturn. THE EVENING STARS are Mercury, Venus and Jupiter. Those born on this date are under the sign
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  • Page 12 Miscellaneous
    • 2786 12 HTM SINGAPORE S 3.00 OPENING ANNOUNCEMENTS followed by SIRUYAR POONGA: A locallyproduced show to cater for young children (T) 3.30 DIARY OF EVENTS (T) 3.35 LOVE IS A MANY S P L E N DOURED THING: A Daytime serial on the trials and tribulations of three families in San Francisco
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