New Nation, 30 October 1973

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  • 22 1 NEW NATION SINGAPORE Tuesday evening, October 30, 1973 No. 858 Price 15 cents M.C. (P) 33/73. NE\S?&TION SINCAPORE TUESDAY OCTOBER 30, 1973
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  • 946 1 Issue looms as a new threat to the fragile truce Tel Aviv, Tuesday Senior Egyptian and Israeli officers met on the CairoSuez highway last night to discuss the problem of prison-ers-of-war held by the two countries as anger mounted* in Israel over the
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  • 19 1 CAIRO. Tuesday Cairo international airport, closed during the Middle East war, will reopen to normal traffic today.
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  • 262 1 Reuter Washington, Tuesday The United States has dispatched a naval task force to the Indian Ocean in response to the continued build-up of Soviet ships in the Mediterranean, the Defence Department said yesterday. A Pentagon spokesman said the US aircraft carrier Hancock, accompanied by
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  • 459 1 Dr. K: Encouraging signs Reuter Washington, Tuesday Secretary of State Dr. Henry Kissinger, said yesterday the recent meeting between Egyptian and Israeli military officers in the Suez area was an encouraging step forward in attempts to work out a Middle East peace settlement. Dr. Kissinger,
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  • 64 1 Jerusalem, Tuesday.— About 16,200 Israeli citiaens returned home from abroad during the three weeks of the ArabIsraeli war while about 4000 left the country, the Central Bureau of Statistics announced yesterday. Most of those who returned were young men who came back to serve in their army
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  • 37 1 Rabat. Tuesday—Gabon broke off diplomatic relations with Israel yesterday, Morocco Radio said. This brings the total to 23 of the countries that have severed ties with the Jewish state since March last year.
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  • 36 1 Tel Aviv, Tuesday.— Prime Minister, Mrs. Golda Meir, may take over the post of Justice Minister following Mr. Jacob Shaprlo's announcement that he intends to resign the office, Labour Party sources said.
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  • 55 1 Washington, Tuesday. —State Department officials said yesterday the US would comply with a Uganda Government demand that all marine guards at the US Embassy in Kampala leave Uganda within 72 hours. The officials said, however, the US does not accept the Ugandan government's charge that marines
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  • 38 1 Kampala, Tuesday Uganda has banned the sale of four newspapers from Kenya for supporting "imperialists, Zionists and colonialists." The newspapers are the Sunday Post, Sunday Nation, the Dally Nation and the East African Standard.
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  • 47 1 Israeli and United Nations officers talk to Egyptian soldiers in an amphibious personnel carrier before it crosses the Suez Canal ferrying water and food to the besieged Egyptian Third Army on the east bank of the canal.—UPl radio picture. UPI radio picture
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  • 301 1 United Press International Washington, Tuesday Egyptian special envoy, Mr. Ismail Fahmy, held an unscheduled meeting with Secretary of State, Dr. Henry Kissinger, about the Middle East situation last night, less than three hours after arriving here from Cairo. Mr. Fahmy, who was met by
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  • 145 1 In selective trading, prices were firm on the Stock Exchange of Singapore for the first 45 minutes. Trading in Malaysian Woodwool Products shares resumed this morning. BUSINESS DONE: Amcol (6) 1.30, (4) 1.22. Malayan Credit (4) 3.26, (6) 3.28. Island Hotel (1) 1.99, (1) 2.00. General Lumber
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  • 13 1 Police reported 79 accidents yesterday. Eight were serious and one fatal.
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  • 135 1 New Delhi. Tuesday Prime Minister Mrs. Indira Gandhi, predicted yesterday that the worst was over for the country's economy and things would improve in the coming months. She said a good crop was expected to come into the market next month and the
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  • 31 1 Madrid. Tuesday About 50 doctors in a state-run hospital went on strike here last night to back demands for more staff in similar hospitals throughout Spain, sources said.
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  • 28 1 Two armed men robbed clerk, Wee Kok Soon, 23, and his girlfriend of cash and jewellery worth $260 at a park in Collyer Quay last night.
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  • 122 1 Belfast, Tuesday Gunmen shot and killed a 20-year-old Roman Catholic yesterday on the front doorstep of his home in Bambridge, 25 miles south of here, police said. A police spokesman said the victim, who died of his wounds in hospital, was shot four
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  • 58 1 The body of a 35-year-old man. Nlah Chng Bok, who was missing since last Saturday was found by the Marine Police floating in the sea off Pulau Übln at 2.15 p.m. yesterday. The police also found the body of an unlndentlfled elderly Chinese woman at the mouth
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  • Page 1 Miscellaneous

  • LOCAL NEWS
    • 381 2  -  By Sonny Yap Singapore's headline- grabbing karateka, Loh Kong Wing, wants to explode Into action again—this time on celluloid. The 21-year-old exponent who won two sliver medals during the First Asia Pacific Championships this year Is planning to embark on a film career. He Is
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    • 230 2 About 10 per cent of Singapore* population—40,000 people, over the age of 10 years are suffering from high blood pressure, according to a recent survey. The annual death toll due to hypertension (high blood pressure) and coronary heart disease now top the list of
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    • 336 2  -  Long-drawn project By Teresa Ooi The Education Ministry is conducting a study on languages and the level of proficiency attained by students. This is to review the effects of b'lingualism and to find out the standard of written and spoken Ensilsh, Malay, Chinese :ind Tamil
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    • 216 2 'Help those who are mentally sick' Lady Norman, the honorary president of the World Federation for Mental Health, has urged Singaporeans to join voluntary organisations especially those that deal with mental health. She said: "Organisations that deal with mental health are the of social and
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    • 183 2 There are a hundred and one things young people can do to amuse and enjoy th e m s elves on a Saturday. But how many would be game for a two-hour session of cutting grass, cleaning house and playing with children? Well, these students of
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    • 117 3 Malaysian seamen have been told that they cannot sign on as crew on Singa-pore-registered ships calling at ports in China. Shipping companies here, whose ships ply the China run, have been informed of this new regulation by their agents in Malaysia. However, a Malaysian
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    • 253 3  -  Site in Kranji By Ivan Lim The Government is to centralise all Rawin i 11 s, woodwork, pulp-making and furniture ractories in Kranji in a move to curb noise and airpollution in City areas. A 200-acre plot of land near Sungei Kadut, Kranji, has been
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    • 288 3  -  By Wee Beng Huat The conversion of Changl Point into a multi-million dollar holiday centre and tourist resort is fast taking shape. All the squatter huts fronting Changi Creek have been levelled and the first pile to turn the area into an esplanade, a landscaped park,
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    • 171 3 The Apex Club of Singapore (East) has raised about $22,000 of the $50,000 required to house 24 aged people in Housing and Development Board fiats under a pilot project undertaken by the Singapore Council of Social Services and the dub Much of the money was
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  • Page 2 Advertisements
    • 216 2 Singapore import duty reduction means Cadbury chocolates now cost you less! Golden Cups. Drinking Chocolate. 13oz. Now $3.00 Assorted Nuts, JIb.S2JSL Now $1.55 Now $11.00 lib. Almond or Hazel Nuts, lib. Almond or Hazel Whirls. 14oz. Assorted Nuts. Almond or Hazel Nuts. Now$13»80 now 6.80 $30t011n0w59.20 Now $7.60 «as CM
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  • Page 3 Miscellaneous
    • 429 3 Poser No. 115 Last Wednesday's poser showed Yul Brynner In a scene from Invitation to a Gunflghter. The first 10 correct entries opened by the Editor yesterday evening were from: Mr. Song Nay Nay (national serviceman), of 16 Jalan Raya; Chan Chee Pan (student), of 20 Jalan Jambu Batu; Mr.
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    • 262 3 NEW NATION CROSSWORD ACROSS 1 Indian title. t 6 Den. 10 Glide. 14 "Give horse he can ride...": Phrase. 15 Involve. 17 Numerals. 18 Steeped in oil and vinegar. 19 Edging or braid. 20 Numerous. 21 glacee. 22 Yippee! 24 Word to urge on a horse. 25 Earth, for one.
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  • IN PERSON
    • 501 4  -  IN PERSON Conducted by Jennifer Schoon WITH a voice hardly audible, 76-year-old QUEK TIONG TOH could not certainly be considered among the nation's top storytellers. But this did not prevent him from generating enough energy to hold the interest of his youthful audience
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    • 133 4 fr= SPORE i 11 Three views on pros and cons Is there a need :o reform our parliamentary system? This is the topic for discussion in the first issue of New Directions, a triannual publication. Prof. Tommy Koh leads the discussion by proposing that in addition
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    • 444 4 Should the parliamentary system in Singapore be modified so as to create an opposition in Parliament? This idea was first mooted by the Prime Minister at the conclusion of the last general elections, when the PAP won all 65 seats. He suggested the
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    • 360 4 The efficacy of par 11 a mentary reform, unless accompanied by corresponding changes in the philosophy of government, which would lead to greater tolerance of constructive criticism and the operation of opposition political parties, is dubious, says Miss Chan Heng Che e, a
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    • 308 4 In the absence of an opposition in Parliament, politics in Singapore is becoming increasingly centred on the need for one. If the present situation continues, says Mr. Lee Tong Kuan, an administrative assistant at the University, incompetents and political Jokers may be voted into Parliament
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    • 538 4  -  By Gene Teo "Life Is too exciting to be lost in one small hole," says Professor C.D. Naraslmhalah, Head of the School of Postgraduate Studies in English, University of Mysore, India. That is why he was out here last week to meet
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  • WORLD NEWS
    • 266 5 Reuter The Hague Tuesday Foreign Minister Max Van Der Stoel has sent an envoy on a tour of Arab oil states "to seek better understanding for the Dutch position in the Middle East conflict." Ministry sources, disclosing this here yesterday said the envoy, Mr.
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    • 44 5 London, Tuesday. Patrick Gordon Walker, a former Foreign Secretary, is to retire from Parliament. Mr. Gordon Walker, who was also a former Commonwealth Relations Secretary, said he would quit his Commons seat at the next general election due by July 1975.
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    • 477 5 Taiwanese fear attack by students Reuter Bangkok, Tuesday Police yesterday guarded the Taiwan Embassy here against a possible attack by students angered by Taiwan's alleged support for the deposed Thai military leaders. The former Thai military regime of Thanom Kittlkachorn resigned at the height of
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    • 319 5 'No basic change in US policy' Reuter Washington, Tuesday President Nixon assured America's Atlantic allies yesterday there was no basic change in US policy towards them despite differences over the Middle East, and that he still planned to visit Europe. Presidential spokesman Mr. Gerald Warren
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    • 308 5 Moscow, Tuesday. Russian novelist Alexander Solzhenltsyn has charged that the Soviet authorities were behind a threat on the life of dissident physicist Andrei Sakharov by men claiming to be Arab guerrillas. The Nobel prize-win-ning author issued the charge in a letter to Dr. Sakharov
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    • 62 5 London, Tuesday. Divers yesterday recovered the body of a 13-year-old boy who was trapped when a trawler capsized and sank of the southern England coast on Sunday. The four-man crew of the trawler Catherine Allen escaped unhurt but the boy, Kevin Crocker, who was on a pleasure
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    • 114 5 United Press International Provo, (Utah), Tuesday. —An arrest warrant has been issued for Miss Indian Utah for theft of two cans of beer, police said today. Miss Loettal Wallace, 23, a member of the Crow Indian tribe and a student at Brigham Young university,
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    • 69 5 Quebec City, Tuesday. —Prime Minister Robert Bourassa and his ruling Liberal Party headed for a landslide victory yesterday after an election campaign directed largly against Quebec's separation from the rest of Canada. Early returns showed the Federalist Liberals leading in more than 70 of the 110 constituencies,
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    • 233 5 Washington, Tuesday Soviet space officials have disclosed that an accidentally opened exhaust valve caused the deaths of three Soviet cosmonauts Vladislav Volkov, Georgi Dobrovolski and Victor Patsaev (above from left) in the Soyuz II spacecraft on June 30, 1971. American space experts who were in Moscow last
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    • 154 5 Reuter Saigon. Tuesday President Thieu said here yesterday that tne communists were preparing to start a new war at a time when South Vietnam was doing all it could to rebuild the nation. At the National Convention of the Vietnamese Confederation of Labour. President Thieu
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    • 260 5 Washington, Tuesday Democratic leaders of Congress have agreed that vicepresidential nominee Gerald Ford should not be a hostage in the dispute between Congress and President Nixon over future prosecution of the Watergate case. Some Democrats had suggested that consideration of Mr. Ford's fitness to succeed
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  • OPINION
    • 428 6 Are Singaporeans In danger of eating themselves to death? This is by no means a frivolous rhetorical question when one looks at the demographic figures of the Statistics Department. In the first three months of this year, heart disease emerged as Singapore's No. 1
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    • 'WHISPERS' by ISPY
      • 37 6 This little Singaporean seems to have learned the art of living already. Sent back with a complaint from the teacher for hitting her (the teacher), the little girl's defence was: "She hit me first."
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      • 81 6 Singaporeans may not know how to make it rain, but some at least seem to know how to make the rain stop. When the rain threatened to hold up a funeral last Sunday, some relatives of the deceased decided that stern action was called for. So
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      • 76 6 In case you may be wondering why you seem to be meeting European visitors from Papua-New Guinea these days, I'm told it is related to independence day on December 1. Many Papua New Guineans, apparently expect trouble, and prefer to spend the great day outside the country.
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    • 997 6  -  Two weeks ago. Mr. Gerald de Crux wrote about the buses' reign of terror in Singapore. His column won much sympathy from our readers. Last week, the Minister of Communications announced the setting up of a Committee to reorganise the bus services in Singapore.
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    • 839 6  -  By J.W. Anderson Washington Post No matter how far the Arabs go In cutting down their oil shipments, the Europeans and Japanese would be the principal victims. For Americans, an Arab boycott would jeopardize about 10 per cent of total oil supplies. That would
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    • 905 6  -  As a Vietnamese nationalist By Peter Sharrock Reuter A 25-feet high wooden scaffolding has suddenly appeared over a lowly nameless grave in the centre of Saigon's main cemetery. The workmen say the garlanded monument they are building will be much bigger this year
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    • 383 6 VOICE OF THE PRESS What other Newspapers are saying: AFTER THE CLOSING OF THE "ANTIDRUG ABUSE WEEK.'' The "Anti-Drug Abuse Week" came to a close. Its conclusion should not mean an end to all practical action against drug abuse. Instead, such action should be continued even more
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  • SPECIAL FEATURE
    • 474 7 Mr. Chua Slew Boo's job is a tantalising one. His working day often begins with the aroma of steaming food whetting his appetite and the smoke from sizzling stoves making his eyes waier. For Mr. Chua is a health inspector in the Hawkers' Branch
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    • 184 7  -  Two-part feature by Rav K. Dhaliwal All hawkers who refuse to abide by the recently passed health regulations after April next year will be brought to book. Currently the Ministry of the Environment is sending its inspectors out to educate the hawkers on the urgency of
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    • 356 7 His stall Is as clean and well-kept as a m e 11 c u lous housewife's kitchen. The ingredients for his savoury dishes show clearly from inside a shiny glass case. The spotless dishes are stacked neatly in rows outside. It is certainly one of
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    • 444 7 Our hawker stalls are not yet the embodiment of deadliness sternly subjecting themselves to laws of hygiene. But the Ministry of the Environment is confident that within the next few years our hawkers will symbolise S i n g a pore s antlsceptic approach to living.
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    • 423 7 The Consumers' Association of Singapore (CASE) believes that it is time for the public to act against unclean food sold by hawkers, instead of leaving everything to the Ministry of the Environment. Dr. Lee Ngak Siang, the acting executive secretary of CASE, outlined a threeDrone
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    • 121 7 PATENT Announces The Arrival Of The Latest In Heme Furnishing >"V¥ Lw FROM FINLAND POLAR DESIGN The world famous furniture collection introduces the CONCORDE luxurious sofa set. In real leather, polyether upholstery, soft dacron filled cushions and rubber webbing. V '.V FROM ITALY-: HARVEY GUZZINI LAMPS. Impressive lamps. Exclusively designed
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  • SHOPPING
    • 860 8 WHATEVER people may say they often judge others according to their looks; that is, they go by the adage that clothes make a man. This is the reason why people spend a lot of money on clothes. Fashion consciousners is no longer confined to women.
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  • FINANCE
    • 263 9  -  COMPANY 1 PROFILE J By Lee Yew Meng Consolidated Plantations which was incorporated barely two years ago, has become the second largest plantation company in Malaysia. It has 129,000 acres of rubber and palm oil estates In Peninsular Malaysia valued at $502 million. The swiftness
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    • 240 9 Tokyo, Tuesday A rush to buy dollars developed on the Tokyo foreign exchange market yesterday with dealers anticipating a further decline In the exchange rate of the floating yen. The volume of trading in spot dollars amounted to US$l65 million. including US$l47
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    • Article, Illustration
      122 9 MR- P.G.M. "Curly" Lee managing director of Thomas Cowan, has announced the introduction of a new pest control service. The service makes use of a net, a specially trained bull-mastiff and a rifle. It is for catching gorillas. The customer is given the rifle when the trapper climbs the
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    • 104 9 Esso Is to build a versatile bunkering barge here incorporating the Schottel rudder propellers that provide a high degree of manoeuvrability. The 1800-ton (dw) barge measures 220 ft long and 40ft wide. Mr. J.L. Breen, Esso's superintending engineer In Singapore, said: "The well-mounted Schottel rudder propellers propel
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    • 145 9 Bank of Canton in Asian market The Bank of Canton, a Hong Kong baaed money house, has Joined other banks in the Republic to tap the Asian dollar market. The bank which entered the market two months ago without any fanfare is now able to provide its clients with a
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    • 77 9 United Press International Paris, Tuesday. Prance in 1972 became the world's third largest exporter, following the United States and West Germany and slightly ahead of Japan, the National Council of French Employers said yesterday. France held fifth place in world export in 1971, thus
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    • OVERSEAS STOCK EXCHANGE PRICES
      • 417 9 Stock prices, narrowly higher most of the session due to encouraging economic news, turned irregularly lower yesterday in active trading on the New York Stock Exchange. The Dow Jones industrial average closed off 2.26 at 984.80, after being more than three points ahead much of the day. Declines
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      • 202 9 Closing prices (in francs) yesterday Parlbas 223.50 (221) Indochlne 248.30 (252) Poncier 392 (394) Printemps 133.50 (131) CGE 449.50 (440) Bull 57.20 (56.90) Royal Dutch 167.90 (168) Michelln 1885 (1860) Thomson 271 (268.90) CFP 216 (215.80) Rhone 173.70 (170.50) Air 288 (282) BSN Danone 1346 (1335) Philips 68.80 (68.20)
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      • 239 9 Prices at 11.30 am today (Australian tme). A baleen 09 11 Do opts 02 02 AOO 06 0? Allstate 06 09 Amid 03 ft 04 Do opts 00ft 01ft Aust Ant 14 IS Bamboo 01 05 Beach nil 26 Bounty OU 00ft 01 Bridge 14 19 Cleveland 32 35
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      • 44 9 rST»yfnyT1^BTlT^^^^y*J Zurich Insur. 6900 Juvena B. 2515 —35 Nestle B. 4060 +40 Interfood B. 6225 —25 Ciba-Oeigy B. 210C 10 Baby Roche ***** 175 Sandoz B. 5675 50 BBC A' 1010 +5 Sulzer 474 +2 Alusuisse B. 2530 +35 Bond-Invest 90/92} Fonsa 112/114
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      • 57 9 Closing prices (In yen) yesterday. Shinetfiu Chemical Ind. 195 Tekken Const 265 Mitsui Metal Ind. 140 Konlshiroku Photo Ind. 239 Penta Ocean Const. 298 Hokkaido Colling Steamship 172 Nippon Steel 159 Fukusuka 256 Shimazu Seisakusho 175 Teikoku OU 297 Tokyo Shearing 164 Aomori Bank 292 Sonoike Tool MFG 128
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      • 33 9 Dow Jones closing averages on the New York Stock Exchange yesterday. 30 industrials 984.80 (off 2.26), 20 transport 185.20 (up 0.35), 15 utilities 1C1.55 (up 0.39), 65 stocks 299.12 (off 0.13).
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  • TREND
    • 568 9  -  WENDY HUTTON The Italians have done it again. After swamping Asia and the rest of the world with Spaghetti Westerns (low budget American Wild West films produced entirely in Italy), they are now busy churning out what might be called Spaghetti Easterns. Thanks to the
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    • 283 9 Accessories. Yes, load and light up like a Christmas tree everything from bangles round your wrist, chains round your neck and, rings on every finger is in fashion. But even a Christmas tree needs harmony —in colour and in material. And in these
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    • 478 9  -  YOGA L A TAN CHUNG LEE People have often asked me how necessary it Is to attend yoga classes or whether it is possible to leim yoga at home from do-it-yourself books? The answer is simple. It is always better for a beginner to attend
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  • Page 9 Advertisements
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  • SPORTS
    • 885 10  -  But FAS must be firm with absentees fSOCCERI SCENE Kby. Jeffrey Low The FAS Council, under the leadership of Col. R. Minjoot, have taken a big step forward by including youngsters in the national teams. In naming the two teams last week for the forthcoming
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    • 271 10  -  By Sonny Yap Scores of little "boys j selling snacks and soft drinks at the 1 National Stadium during sports events are proving a nui- < sance to spectators. As they walk up and 1 down and between the rows of seats, spectators And that they have
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    • 145 10 Njoo Tlang Bee, the idol of Singapore boxing fans in the late *****, has recently Joined an affiliate of the Indonesian Boxing Commission m Jakarta to promote professional boxing. Better known as Bobby Njoo, the colourful Indonesian fighter will be remembered for his great, battles
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    • 37 10 Los Angeles, Tuesday— Rodolfo Gonzalez, the WBC lightweight champion, may go to Japan to make his third title defence. "We are considering two offers," Jackie McCoy, Gonzalez's manager, said. "They're both good possibilities."
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    • 249 10 Nothing serious, says Dundee Honolulu, Tuesday Angelo Dundee, Muhammad Ali's trainer, said here yesterday that the former heavyweight champion has returned to his home in Pennsylvania and that there "is nothing seriously wrong with his jaw." Dundee, who decided to remain in Hawaii for a
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    • 209 10 Chicago, Tuesday Johnny Coulon, the little prize fighter no man could lift, died yesterday in a nursing home almost 60 years after he gave up the world bantamweight championship. He was 84. Coulon went into the nursing home on July 27, the 52nd
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    • 68 10 Lucerne (Switzerland), Tuesday A Polish move to have South Africa expelled from the International Rowing Federation (FISA) was blocked when the FISA congress here refused to approve a rule change, FISA president Thomas Keller said yesterday. The rule change was a necessary preliminary to having South
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    • 221 10 Perth. Tuesday. The possibility of a bowling comeback by Australian Test fast bowler Dennis Lillee has grown following an encouraging workout in Perth. Lillee, who had not planned to bowl at all this season because of stress fractures in his back, yielded to the temptation in
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    • 323 10 London, Tuesday A goal by John Toshack after 22 minutes gave English League champions 'Liverpool a 1-0 victory over West Ham United in their League Cup second round replay last night. Liverpool's defence was stretched to the limits In the closing stages, but they hung
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    • 71 10 A 35 Strong First National City Bank contingent returned home yesterday after winning the Wong Nang JangPeter Howell trophy outright in the annual Inter Branch Games at Penang over the weekend. The Singapore team won the trophy for the third year running, beating teams from Penang, Kuala
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    • 303 11 POariMS Aft wsa first into the straight from Not Gaflty and Lesmana with Malaysian Boval and Moriy Maker making up ground. Lemana collared Feaitoa Ago close borne and held on to win by a head from Malaysian RoyaL Voluble led into the straight
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    • 666 11  -  TURF TALK by Blue Peter The racing scene has been dominated by first season horses but a number of old stagers have been able to hold their own. Watania Commando is an outstanding example. In his eighth season, the 11-year-old by Whiranek is stUl
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    • 58 11 Montevideo, Tuesday The Soviet Union thrilled 10,000 spectators with a powerful display of volleyball here last night to beat Japan In the first world women's volleyball championship. The skilled Japanese girls put up tenacious resistance, but they had no answer to the power of the bigger
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    • 116 11 London. Tuesday. Tony Jacklin. former British and US Open golf champion, failed in 26 attempts to score a hole In one at Rlckmansworth yesterday and saved a bookmaklng firm from paying out more than £100,000. If Jacklin had succeeded, one of 26 winning contestants
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    • 282 11 Sydney, Tuesday New Zealand retained their lead after the third day of the women's international golf series at Royal Sydney here yesterday when they salvaged a hard earned draw against Japan. After losing bc.th morning foursomes they won three of the four afternoon
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    • 55 11 Washington, Tuesday Alwin Schockemoehle of West Germany rode Rex The Robber to victory in the President's Cup final here on the closing night of the Washington International horse show. Rex The Robber went round in 38.5 sec. to beat Steel Master, ridden by James Day,
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    • 200 11 Los Angeles, Tuesday Can Am champion Mark Donohue yesterday announced he was retiring from car racing after a day in which he scored triple victories at Riverside race track. Donohue, 36, said he would retire after the final of the "International Race of Champions" in Daytona
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    • 280 11  -  By Dennis Chia Last start winner Amusement VIII showed good form in a trial with Ontario at Bukit Tim ah this morning. Ridden by Lyle Harbridge, Amusement was hard held to do 3f in 37. Expectations (Sairl) showed improvement when running 3f in 37 1/5.
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    • 22 11 Ceylon Sports Club will meet BAFSA in the. Singapore Hockey As- loclation First Division" league match at Farrer. Park tomorrow.
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    • 21 11 Singapore Civilians will meet a Singapore Rugby Union President's XV in a friendly rugby match on the padang tomorrow.
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    • 167 10 SPECIAL CLEARANCE SALE A Lorge Variety of Secondhand Household Furniture to be cleared at the Give-Away-Prices. View CCC Junk Store Pte. Ltd., 22, Newton Road, (S'pore) Telephone: *****/ *****7. Branch: 70, Upper East Coast Road, Tel: *****4. CURTAINS, UPHOLSTERY FABRICS, corpets, corpettiles, wallpapers, furniture, interior designing etc. G.S. Interiors 401,
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    • 158 10 BEACH GARDEN HILL COURT Apartment urgently required for genuine buyers. Outright cash for the right properties. Contact S'pore *****0. i [JWtTTaiTTI WELL-MEAN I KG LOCAL BACHELOR, 26, welcomes foreign friends. Replies assured. Please write G.P.O. Box 3493 S'pore. 'NITROSOL' BEATS THEM ALL. Don't take our word for it Try it
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    • 124 10 UPPER AYER RAJAH ROAD. (Fober Hills) shop, oreo 1,300 sq.ft. selling $160,000 Upper Changi, 8 3 A m.s., corner double-storey shop, area 2,285 sq.ft. selling $240,000, double-storey shop, areo 1,771 sq.ft. selling $180,000. All shops completion: End '73. Evergreen Housing *****2. FABULOUS FURS FOR WINTER LATEST DESIGNS JUST UNPACKED jAMES
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    38 12 A trip to Vietnam in 1967 brought instant fame to adventurous Nobina, 19, a top Korean entertainer now performing at Hotel Royal-Ramada. She sings in Spanish, Korean and Japanese. Picture by nese. Picture by JERRY SEH.
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  • 125 12 TODAY Is Tuesday, October. 30. the 303rd day of 1973 with 62 to follow. THE MOON is aDproachlng Its first quarter. THE MORNING STAB Is Saturn. THE EVENING STARS are Mercury. Venus. Mars and Jupiter. Those born on this date are under the sign of Scorpio. John Adams, second
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  • 74 12 AH FOOK: Did you read about the youth who stole to celebrate H a r 1 Raya? No wonder there is such a high crime rate in the Republic during the festive steasons, especially Chinese New Year. MEI LIN: It's true. The only way round this problem is
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  • Page 12 Miscellaneous
    • 2367 12 RADIO SINGAPORE 5 3.00 OPENING ANNOUNCEMENTS followed by FOR THE FAMILY: A magazine series presented In English. 3.35 DIARY OF EVENTS (E). 3.40 LOVE IS A MANY SPLENDOURED THING: Daytime serial on the trials and tribulations of three families in San Francisco. 4.00 OUR MUSIC MAKERS (E): A light musical
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    • 170 12 7T S3 Mr. Yeo Toon Chla, MP (or Kampong Kapor, will open the DENTAL HEALTH EXHIBITION at the Kampong Kapor Community Centre at 7.30 pjn. Professor Arthur RaJaratnam of the Department of Physics, university of Singapore, will speak on PHYSICS AND THE WORLD, at the Kiwanls luncheon meeting, Ming Court
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