New Nation, 16 November 1973

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  • Title Section
    Masthead
    21 1 NEW NATION SINGAPORE Friday evening, November 16, 1973 No. 873 Price 15 cents M.C. (P) 33/73. SINCAFORE FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 16, 1973
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  • Article
    The HDB touts: CID acts
    484 1  -  'Mosquito' contractors found to have gang backing By Wee Beng Huat, Sunny Wee The CID has begun a big crackdown on secret society-backed contractors who use strong-arm tactics to induce residents to make use of their services in newlycompleted Housing and Development Board flats. Police
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    Lock icon Tit-for-tat proposal
    278 1 Ford on oil cut Reuter Washington, Friday Vice- Presidentdesignate Gerald Ford said yesterday the United States should be prepared to ban food and technological exports to Arab nations if necessary to counter the Arab oil cut-off. "We cannot give away our assets without some quid pro quo if
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    It's candle power...
    199 1  -  By Bharathi Mohan The national effort to conserve fuel has cut the lights of their "open air" classroom but not their determination to pass exams. This picture of three GCE students burning the midnight oil was taken by New Nation photographer at Henderson Park last night when
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    'Teddy has cancer'
    70 1 London, Friday Senator Edward Kennedy's 12 year-old son Teddy has cancer and must have his right leg amputated within the next few days, the London Sun said yesterday in a front page story. The newspaper said Am e r lean newspapers had been asked not to publish
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  • Article
    Now PUB starts lights-out drive...
    366 1  -  Switches adjusted By Ivan Lim, Sunny Wee The Public Lighting Department will be conducting a massive operation to adjust the time switches of all street lights throughout the island from today. More than 100 employees from the department were moved out to various areas in
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    Lock icon Libya, Oman prices up
    407 1 Japan sounds US on supplies Reuter, UPI London, Friday Libya and the Gulf state of Oman announced increases in oil prices yesterday. The Oman Embassy here said the increase would be about 90 per cent. The embassy said the Sultanate had reached agreement with the company
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    ON THE 'CHANGE
    150 1 In dull trading prices were easier on the Stock Exchange of Singapore for the first 45 minutes this morning. BUSINESS DONE: San Holdings (8) 1.30, (8) 1.31, (13) 1.32. Island Hotel (1) 2.46, (1) 2.47. Mosbert (1) 2.19. Faber Merlin (1) 2.11, (2) 2.10. 0.C.8.C. (1) 12.10.
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    Soviet way to peace
    277 1 'Total withdrawal* Moscow, Friday Soviet Premier Alexei Kosygin said yesterday there could be no dependable peace in the Middle East without the complete withdrawal of Israeli troops from all occupied territories. He was speaking at a Kremlin luncheon in honour of visiting Guinean Premier Lansana Beavougi,
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  • Article
    Man killed in shipyard blast
    194 1 A welder, Chan Ah Kow, 34, was killed in a explosion at the Singapore Shipbuilding Industries at the Bm.s. Ponggol Road this morning. The Mast, which took place at 9.05 ajn. on board an Indonesian tanker Sri Raya under repairs, rocked the entire vicinity and
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  • Page 1 Miscellaneous
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    OUR ROADS
    10 1 Police reported 106 accidents yesterday. Thirteen were serious.
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  • LOCAL NEWS
    • Article
      M-cycle dealers seek answers
      354 2  -  ROV plan not clear, they say By Douglas Chan The Singapore Motor-cycle Trade Association has expressed corlcern over the Government's plan to make it compulsory for all learner motor-cyclists and scooterists to pass the Highway Code before taking to the roads. The association is planning to
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      HK singer for walkathon
      62 2 Hong Kong singer Miss Yao Wei (above) will be among 200 participants in the walkathon organised by St. John's Ambulance Association on Sunday at 8.30 a.m. Patron of the Asso- ciation Mr. I.T. Tan will flag off the sixkilometre walk around the residential area of Jurong
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      Servicing of cars will cost more
      264 2 $2 hike planned Singapore car owners will soon have to pay $2 more for washing and servicing their vehicles at petrol kiosks. Sources said that the price increase $8 Instead of $5 (or servicing and $2 instead of $1 for washing—will be introduced next
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      Symposium
      42 2 Four doctors will speak at a symposium on hypertension at the combined meeting of the Singapore Cardiac Society and the Singapore Nephrological Society to be held at the Pathology Lecture Theatre, Outram Road General Hospital on Nov. 27 at 8 p.m.
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    • Article
      Trainees to do jobs for 30 p.c. less...
      375 2 ITB's offer to public Orders for production, repair and installation work can now be placed with various vocational institutes in Singapore at a reduced rate. The Singapore Technical Institute, the Printing Scnool, Hotel and Catering Training School, all vocational institutes excluding Boys'
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      Lecture at varsity
      50 2 A public lecture on Urban Strategies in South-east Asia will be held at the University of Singapore's New Lecture Theatre No. 1 on Nov. 23 at 8.15 p.m. The speaker is Professor T. G. McGee, senior IFellow to the Research School of Pacific Studies, Australia National University.
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      ETV set for new subject
      240 2 The Educational Television service of the Ministry of Education has recorded a series of programmes for the new subject, Education for Living, that will be introduced in primary schools next year. Two series, one in Malay and the other in Chinese, have been scheduled for
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      Last Monday's poser showed a scene from the movie King Rat
      400 2 The first 10 correct entries opened by the Editor yesterday evening were from: Mr. Wee Ho Hup (clerk), Gf 326K. Lorong 6, Toa Payoh; Madam Chow Yoot Sim (housewife), of 317A Commonwealth Drive; Arthur Lee (student), of 20 Lorong
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      Classes
      24 2 The PAP branch In Rochore Road will begin enrolment for its kindergarten classes on Monday. Children born In 1968 and 1969 are eligible.
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    • Article
      $50 for $15, and the rush is now on
      258 2  -  By Morris John Would you exchange $50 for $15? More than 10,000 Singaporeans and thousand others from overseas would and consider the transaction a sound investment. For each $15 comprises $10 and $5 proof silver coins specially minted for numismatists at
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      CASE plans probe on family budget
      474 3  -  To determine how much goes on food By Rav K. Dhaliwal The Consumers Association of Singapore (CASE) is conducting a survey on the average monthly family's expenditure on basic household commodities. Disclosing this, the executive secretary of CASE, Mr. Ivan C. Baptist, said: "We
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      HDB flat fires: Residents are 'careless'
      474 3 Three calls in nine weeks The Fire Brigade was called out for the third time in nine weeks to put out fires in Housing Board flats. According to sources, investigations showed that carelessness was the cause of the fires which killed a 16-year-old boy
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      Move to speed up action on chit funds
      209 3  -  By Bharathi Mohan The Official Receiver has appointed accountants from the private sector to expedite the wind-ing-up of a number of chit fund companies. According to informed sources, the Official Receiver's Office is short of accountants to verify statements of accounts submitted
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      Now call to all secretaries
      139 3 Singapore secretaries don't seem to be falling over themselves to prove they are "Ideal," according to the Association of Personal and Executive S e c r etarles. The Association expressed disappointment over the number of entrants for the Miss Ideal Secretary Quest. Entries close on
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      Engineers told: Attain the highest standards
      199 3 The Education Minister, Dr. Lee Chiaw Meng, this morning stressed that the engineer's first responsibility is to attain the highest standard of professional conduct. The job of an engineer is to improve and not destroy the human environment, he said at the opening of
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  • Page 2 Miscellaneous
    • Miscellaneous
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      281 2 NEW NATION CROSSWORD 10 Like under-cooked souffles 11 Latin pronoun. 12 Project. 13 "Honi 18 Midi season. 22 Sewing machine attachment. 24 Beetle: Var. 25 Pekoe pouch. 26 I came: Lat. 27 Biblical name. 28 Espouses. 29 Baby buggy 30 Fix over. 31 Huckster's field Abbr. 32 Verb suffix. 33
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  • BEHIND THE NEWS
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      Call for an Asean trading bloc
      554 4  -  ASIAN DIARY Tan: To strengthen bargaining position DUH IPCMMCC rnlUrTinito From Juan Gatbonton The conspicuous success of the Arab oil-producing countries in holding up the industrial countries seems to have heartened primary producers everywhere. The Malaysian Finance Minister. Tun Tan Siew Sin, has exuberantly
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      Lock icon Japan's big bike buying frenzy
      454 4  -  JAPAN From Robert Crabbe United Press International Modern Japan may not be the best place on earth to ride a bicycle, but the Japanese are In a frenzy of buying them —something never before seen in Japan's history. Japan's bicycle manufacturers, who built 4.528 million
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      Lock icon Simple solution to problem of missing tapes
      606 4  -  ART BUCHWALD Los Angeles Times The solution to the two missing presidential tapes is simple. The President should do them over again with the same cast. It would be no problem for the White House to rent a recording studio and hire a
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    • Article
      Mission impossible for the jungle doctor
      787 4  -  THAILAND From Robert Kaylor After several years as a missionary, Garland Bare decided he could stand by no longer and watch helplessly as mountain villagers died of blood poisoning from having buffalo dung rubbed into injuries by witch doctors. So he began to teach
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      The people who live on blood money
      397 4  -  From M.G. Srinath A man lay critically ill after an accident in a hospital in New Delhi recently and needed blood to keep him alive. The doctor pleaded in vain with the patient's relatives to give blood. On one pretext or the other
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  • WORLD NEWS
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      Accord to curb exodus from Peking
      118 5 London, Friday—Britain said China have agreed to curb the vastly increasing influx of Chinese into Hong Kong from China, British officials said yesterday. The officials said an understanding was reached in recent talks of the British envoy in Peking and between Foreign Office Parliamentary
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      House votes $2.5 m for Nixon probe
      355 5 Funds for impeachment moves Washington, Friday The House of Representatives last night approved US$l million ($2.5 mil) to finance preliminary impeachment proceedings against President Nixon. The move came a few hours after the President declared again that despite calls on him by critics
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      Kidnap gang gets off with $3 mil.
      184 5 Munich, Friday—Two armed kidnappers traded the daughter of West German's "fried chicken king" for a US$l.2 million (about $3 million) ransom yesterday and escaped a police ambush in a fast red sports car. Police sent out an "armed and dangerous" alert for the
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      Lock icon Japan: Shortage of food critical
      316 5 Reuter Rome, Friday. Japan said yesterday the world food and agricultural situation had now reached a critical stage and urgent action was needed to safeguard and stabilise food supplies. Japan's representative at the governing conference of the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO), Mr.
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      'Equal troop cuts' call
      64 5 Vienna, Friday The Soviet Union was yesterday reported pressing for phased troop reductions in Ceneral Europe starting with 20,000-man cutbacks by both Nato and the Warsaw Pact in 1975. Communist sources said the Soviet programme called for equal cuts by both sides, instead of balanced reduction
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      'Yes' to Heath's new powers
      159 5 London. Friday. Prime Minister Mr. Edward Heath's administration last night beat off an opposition Labour protest vote 297-278 to win parliamentary approval for sweeping powers under a state of emergency proclaimed last Tuesday. Home Affairs Minister Mr. Robert Carr cited a threat to Britain's whole
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      Big, big prizes to be won
      243 5 The New Nation Belle of the Week contest offers winners big, big prixes every week. Let us take a look at what you can win in the BELLE OF THE WEEK contest. The reader who sends in the entry that comes closest to what
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      Lock icon Prediction came true for Anne
      124 5 Reuter London Friday—Princess Anne's marriage to Captain Mark Phillips has confirmed predictions made more than two years ago by a British astrologer. In August, 1971, professional star-gazer Mr. Maurice Woodruff (above) said she would be married in 1973. He added that her husband would not
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  • SHOPPING
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      For drivers
      592 6 Driving Is getting to be a big problem these days. Gone are the days when people owned a car for convenience. It's no more, with all the traffic choking up the roads. Apart from having to get oat of the way of hell-drivers and avoid pedestrians, driving is
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  • IN PERSON
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      Rain, but the fun goes on
      529 7  -  BIG SPLASH FOR 300 KIDS ON SPORTS DAY IN PERSON Conducted by Jennifer Schoon DESPITE the fact that the field was slushy and muddy after the rain, it was on with Sports Day. So off came the socks and shoes for the 300 participants
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      Nephritis: The causes and symptoms
      451 7 Canine Clinic by PG Dear PO, I was very sorry to hear of the death of your Great Dane, Slade Viking, which I was told was caused by nephritis. Isn't this the same dog that was the mascot of the Royal Marines? Could you also
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  • OPINION
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      Conserving but not hoarding
      420 8 Complacent Singaporeans who have been looking at the Arabs' switch to oil politics with cool detachment, would do well to take a second look at the situation. Though the Middle East oil producers claim that they are only cutting down the flow of oil to pro-Israel
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    • 'WHISPERS' by ISPY
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        Robber by chance
        125 8 A Singaporean who visited Hong Kong recently was said to have been so put off by stories of street robberies that it was only on his last night there that he timidly ventured out. Then it happened. On a dark street, a man brushed past him and
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        Keeping him panting
        71 8 A colleague rang up the local judo club asking to speak to an Instructor there. The chap who answered the phone: "HeUo?" (heavy panting in background), "Oh, for Mr. Chan? Can you wait a while? (puff, puff) Let me catch my breath first." When he had apparenUy
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      God's children and the black market
      1080 8  -  Banna is probably the least known and least understood country In Asia. Since Ne Win inaugurated his Revolutionary Council, the country has been virtually closed to foreign visitors and journalists. In the past few years, however, there has been a slight relaxation in the
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      Lock icon Contents of aid is of more importance
      198 8 WORLD COMMENT EXCERPTS FROM EDITORIALS Nihon Keizai Shimbun Japan's overseas economic aid to developing nations has Increased yearly, reaching $2,725,400,000 for 1972. Although the high figure Is far below the United States' $7,045 million, It tops all other advanced nations'. The Importance of
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        Unscrupulous taxis
        138 8 Butchered (NN, 14.11. 73) Is not the only victim of airport taxi drivers overcharging for short distances. I am a frequent commuter by air to Malaysia. There is not an occasion when I have come across an honest driver who would charge me $1.80 for the trip from
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        Too much smoke
        367 8  -  PETER KOH Singapore—the cleanest city in Asia. This is a sad Joke. The Joke gets sadder each day when I take to the roads of the Republic. Not that I see our roads suddenly sprouting litter, but I see them too quickly overlaid with an oppressive blanket
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      Lock icon Oil rationing may be a blessing
      446 8  -  By George McArthur Los Angeles Times Oil experts predict that some kind of gasoline rationing will soon have to be Imposed ih South Vietnam and at least one political figure is anxious to use the opportunities to curb the nation's wild and numerous youngsters
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  • SPECIAL FEATURE
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      FRIDAY FORUM
      227 9 "The mass media, particularly television, has an insidious and dangerous way of influencing values and changing behaviour patterns," said Mr. Lee Kuan Tew some time back. This underlines the importance of TV in our society. Ten years have already passed since the introduction of television in Singapore, and
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      Cut out all the violence
      784 9 It's high time we had some good local productions MR TAN KENG KEONG, an instructor at a technical institute, says: "Programmes presented to RTS viewers are far from satisfactory. "For instance, compared to Taiwan and some other countries there is simply too much of these
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      Hats off to foreign sports specials
      266 9 MR. G. KRISHNAN, a third year law undergraduate, says: "It is almost an impossible task for RTS to please everybody all the time. And taking into account the mult i-racial and multi-cultural makeup of our society, the task of RTS is even more difficult.
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      RTS has done a good job
      560 9 But there's room for progress MR. YEO YONG CHIN, a teacher says: 'Considering the fact that television was introduced here only 10 years ago, RTS has certainly provided a satisfactory service. "But there is always room for improvement. RTS should try to screen more
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  • FINANCE
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      MARKET MOVEMENTS
      195 10 Share prices were barely steady on the Stock Exchange of Singapore yesterday. Hie market which opened firm gradually declined when profits were taken on a broad front. Many of the third line industrials that have been moving ap in the past few days fell marginally doe to widespread
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      Cocktail party
      37 10 Burroughs Wellcome Co. (S) Pte. Ltd. will hold a cocktail reception at the Gardenia Room in Shangri La Hotel tomorrow at 7 p.m. to wel come its chairman, Mr. A. A. Gray and Mrs. Gray.
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      Giant Sweden firm to set up $20m bearings plant here
      324 10  -  By Lee Yew Meng The SKF Group of Sweden, one of the world's largest m a n u f a cturers of precision bearings, has set up shop in Singapore. Two companies have been formed —the SKF (South East Asia)
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      VISITORS' BOOK
      192 10 The president of the Schottel group of companies, Mr. Fran* Krautkremer will arrive here on Sunday. During his three-day visit, he will discuss plans to step up the building of Schottel marine propulsion units locally. The local agents. Straits Navigators are the first company outside Europe to be
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      Hyster sales conference
      39 10 Hyster Company of America, manufacturers of forkllft trucks, is holding a week long sales conference at the Imperial Hotel here. The conference is being chaired by Mr. Robert V. Johnson, district representative of Hyster US International.
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      GOING ABROAD
      128 10 Mr. Robert T.C. Chua, Executive Director, of A.C.E. (Singapore) Pte. Ltd., the sole distributors for Daikin air conditioning and refrigeration equipment frcjn Japan is attending 2nd Da i k i n International Conference being held in Osaka. Japan. •This conference, organised by Daikin Kogyo Company Limi ted, Japan's
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    • OVERSEAS STOCK EXCHANGE PRICES
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        Lock icon Tokyo
        246 10 Kyodo Share prices again fell on liquidation selling in the morning session on the Tokyo Stock Exchange yesterday. After opening slightly lower, the market went on sinking as many blue chips encountered liquidation selling and selling at improvement. The Dow Jones average based on 225 selected blue chips gave
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        Zurich
        85 10 This service is from the Union Bank of Switzerland. Closing prices (In Swiss francs) on the Zurich Stock Exchange yesterday. —50 UBS 3960 SBC 3660 —30 Credit Suisse 3525 —50 Swissair B. 566 —14 Swiss Reinsur. 2400 —30 Winterthur B. 1925 —6 Zurich Insur. 6875 —25 Juvena B. 2400
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        Paris
        211 10 Closing prices lin francs) yesterday Paribus 206.50 (308) Indochine 240.10 (242.90) Poncier 385 (385) Printemps 123 (125) COE 428 (431) Bull 56.10 (57.25) Royal Dutch 155.20 (156.00) Michelin 1551 (1611) Thomson 251 (255.50) CPP 208 (208) Rhone 159 (160.80J Air 268 (272) BSN-Danone 1248 (1261) Philips 61.70 (62.40) Suez
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        Sydney
        240 10 Prices at 11.30 a.m. today (Australian time). A baleen 09 10 Do Opts 02 04 AOD 06 08 Allstate 00 11 Amad 03 04 Aurora 09 nil Do Opts 00* 61* Aust Ant 12 13 Bamboo 01 nil Beach nil 44 Bounty Oil 00} 01 Bridge 14 16 Castlereagh
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        New York
        448 10 Stock prices rebounded slightly yesterday after four straight sessions of sharp declines on the New York Stock Exchange. The turnaround developed In the early afternoon after the Senate rejected a measure that could have led to petrol rationing by January 15 and the Commerce Department announced a US$2.l
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        Dow Jones
        33 10 Dow Jones closing stock averages on the New York Exchange yesterday. 30 Industrials 874.55 (up 4.67). 20 transport 174.25 (unchanged). 15 utilities 92.89 (up 0.45), 65 stocks 270 43 (up 1.08).
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      WRITING BOARD WITHOUT DUST PROBLEM
      172 10 NEW PRODUCT The stock and shares firm of Ong Company has Joined the current anti-pollution drive by installing a Pilot Wytebord that does away with the use of chalk. The 40ft board installed in the company's trading room has a white ceramic make-up on which
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      Setron and Sony in a $3m joint venture
      113 10 Setron has entered into a $3 million joint venture with Sony Corporation of Japan to market Sony products. Called Setron Electronics, the joint venture would enable Setron to have easy access to Sony's advanced research facilities and technical know-how. The manufacture of
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      242 10 FREE monogram /O for your Arrow shirt i Vi T t V Now when you buy an Arrow shirt or Lady Arrow, we'll give you that extra touch of elegance. We'll embroider your initials at no extra charge. On as many Arrow shirts as you buy. See how it's I
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      150 10 c We've prefixed Wayfoong to our name so you'll know we are a wholly owned subsidiary of The Hongkong And Shanghai Banking Corporation At MAF we offer a wide range of services specially tailored for your personal and business needs. It's one of the most comprehensive you'll find and designed
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  • TREND
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      Thinking in terms of maternity
      294 11  -  NEW BOUTIQUE OPENS BETTY L. KHOO Some women, when they are pregnant, literally let themselves go shuffling around In slippers and sloppy maternity dresses which they wear to near bursting point. But there are others who, as they grow big and ungainly, feel that their
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      The gap that follows age
      611 11 OR THE DIFFICULT TASK OF KEEPING UP WITH THE YOUNG FEMALE FRONT When I was young I mean when I was VERY young I smugly thought that when I grew up and old, there would never be any generation gap between myself and my children
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      No pill, yet she is childless
      455 11 DOC WOMAN'S SETBACK Commuters have a problem when they want a taxi badly. There is never an empty one even though there are a few thousand taxis in Singapore. Desperate who wrote in to me has the same kind of frustration. She has not
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      'Anne deserves to be second in line'
      102 11 Princess Anne's posi tion of fourth In line of succession to the British throne represents discrimination against women, a British Lord has said. Lord Royle, speaking In the House of Lords, tpirf that Princess Anne Is the second-born of Queen Elizabeth and deserves
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      US can't cope with the big demand for denim
      306 11 Denim, the canvaslike cotton fabric blue Jeans are made of, Is so much In demand that American producers do not expect to be able to accept new customers for five years. In fact, they claim it will be at least two
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      156 11 INNOXA SOLUTION 41 Problem skin is a fact of life. Acne, pimples and blackheads affect everybody at some stage or other. Solution 41 from Innoxa deals with skin problems. Effectively. Solution 41 is a medicated lotion formulated to combat skin blemishes. The sebaceous glands which control the amount of oil
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      389 11 «u rB m. I ie« 55 >•- 0* •dm m ■V.-.V. N5 -f Vivo Tor One You get 2 gifts when you buy a Sanyo T.V. set. Choose from one of our four T. V. models and you will receive a Yo-yo radio a lady's Beauty Set or a Yo-yo
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  • SPORTS
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      Lock icon Winding up their training with a jog around the Kallang track are Singapore athletes (from left) Eng Chiew Guay, Cheah Kim Tek, Godfrey Jalleh, P.C. Suppiah and Sheila Fernando, The contingent of 19 athletes and five officials left this morning for Manila to compete in the Asian championships which begin on Sunday.
      57 12 Winding up their training with a jog around the Kallang track are Singapore athletes (from left) Eng Chiew Guay, Cheah Kim Tek, Godfrey Jalleh, P.C. Suppiah and Sheila Fernando, The contingent of 19 athletes and five officials left this morning for Manila to compete in the Asian championships which begin
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      Asian 'jackpot' for Marsh
      549 12  -  with Lim Kee Chan Western Australian Graham Marsh has found that he need not tackle the rich American circuit to earn big money. Marsh, a regular competitor in the Singapore Open, has won about A 565,000 this year. Last year his income was A 550.000. The
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      Archery meet cancelled
      179 12 The second Asian Pacific archery championships will not be held here this weekend. The Archery Association of Singapore have cancelled the meet because of "poor response" from the countries invited. AAS secretary Steven Lee said: "We have only re c e lv e d confirmation from Taiwan
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      Portmen expect to keep Games title
      346 12  -  By Jeffrey Low Port Authority Recreation Club are confident of winning the Inter Port Games for the fifth time in the biennial champ ionships at Sabah from Sunday to November 23. Team manager Mr. A.S. Maniam yesterday said: "We have won the overall title
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      Rained off
      19 12 Auckland, Friday Play in the NZ524,000 City of Auckland Golf tournament was abandoned yesterday because of rain.
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      Auckland in smart trial
      373 13 From Blue Peter In Kuala Lampnr Burnbrae Boy, an impressive winner last Saturday, looks set to complete a double in Race 6 at Kuala Lumpur on Sunday. The three-year-old son of Jolly Jet showed this morning he was keeping his form with a splendid workout in
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      Eileen says: Lanes too slow
      235 13 Ireland's national women's bowling champ ion.. Eileen Cunningham, has found the Jackie's System 460 lanes too slow. Eileen who is competing in the World Cup on Nevember 21-25, had another round of practice at the alley yesterday. She said "It is very difficult for me
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      Diving for the masses campaign by Sasa
      474 13  -  By Nancy Koh Diving for the masses that is the aim of a programme drawn up by the Singapore Amateur Swimming Association's diving subcommittee. The programme will be submitted to SASA for approval within the next two weeks. The programme Is phased out
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      The Looi brothers face stiff rivalry
      214 13 Gerry Looi and his brother Beng Hoe, Singapore's ace motorcyclists, are now in Macau, to compete in the Grand Prix there this weeked. Both of them will be riding the latest watercooled Yamaha 350 cc machines, capable of topping 150 mph. Gerry, winner of
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      Warm welcome for Aussies
      210 13 Sydney, Friday A tired but triumph a nt Australian World soccer team returned to Sydney yesterday from Hong Kong almost four hours late. The plane was delayed in Hong Kong because of technical trouble. About 1000 well wishers gave the team members a warm welcome as
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      Stop this moaning, says Hardaker
      156 13 London, Friday. Football Leagure secretary Alan Hardaker today called for a reassessment of the game at every level in the country and an end to recriminations following England's elimination from the World Cup by Poland. Writing in the official League organ, he said: "The time
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      No to 'two Chinas' for Games
      279 13 Teheran, Friday The chairman of the Asian Games Federation (AGF) yesterday turned down as unconstitutional a proposal from Taiwan that "two Chinas" be permitted to compete in the next Asian Games. The meeting convened yesterday with the task of ratifying a decision taken by
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      Nastase wins
      34 13 London, Friday—Rumania's Hie Nastase continued his march toward the £3000 Dewar Cup tennis championship at the Albert Hall yesterday. He defeated South African Ray Mc.ore 6-3, 6-4 to move into the semi-finals.
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      149 12 DISTRICT 8 FULLY FURNISHED Room with/without oircond., for rent to foreigners only. Contoct Tei: *****9 for appointment to view. FULLY FURNISHED APARTMENTS in Cairnhill Road. 2 bedrooms with bathrooms attached. Whole apartment oirconditioned and wall to wall carpet. Maid Service provided. Long/short term. Available for immediate occupation Rental $1,400/- p.m.
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      172 12 QUALITY CONCRETE/ PLASTIC SAND AND HOLLOW BLOCKS DELIVERED TO WORK SITE. Distinguished building contractors why waste valuoble time finding and facing unnecessary trouble. Obtain direct from reliable producers and get the best one great quality, reliable supplies, better term of payments etc., Writ* to Nam Kee Sand Quarries or Nam
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      154 12 CARPET TILES omplifier tape recorder and gramophone recorder ossembled in-walled furniture washingmachine etc. Ring for appointment *****7. S'pore. CAPRICORN AIRCONDITIONING COMPANY. New and Used, all kinds circonditioners. Trade-in, Rental, Sales Maintenance Service. Tel: S'pore *****. SWISH CURTAIN RAILS from U.K. Mertrandise Produce Pte. Ltd., 5189, Golden Miie Shopping Centre Beach
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      168 12 RENTAL, HIRE-PURCHASE, soles wooden furnitures, refrigerators. Trade-in orrangeable. Please contact 18, Tiverton Lane, S'pore 9. Tel: *****9. SIGHT-SEEING, BUSINESS 24 HOUR for only $25/-. Cor Rental Tel: *****5 *****5 (S'pore) (Free mileage in Singapore). GOLDEN HILLS: Lorong Chuan double-storey semidetached 4 bedrooms, 3 bathrooms, 1 servant's. Terrazzo/parquet/mosaic flooring. Selling Price:
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      144 12 ANY PROBLEMS in vacating lands and quarters? Contact K.B.B. Enterprise, Tel: *****1. AIROONDITIONED OFFICE SPACE available immediately at 2nd floor Robinson Road, approx. 1000 sq.ft. Tel: Spore *****/***** for further details. POSITIONS VACANT 1 TRAINEE INVESTIGATORS wonted for reputable investigation ogency: Preferably possess motor-cycle. Call personally for an interview at
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      27 12 PAYA LEBAR ROAD: 4th, sth storey building suitable for big project light industry, Area: 1,700 sq.ft. Renrol: 60 cts p.s.f. 0.n.0. Interested, contact *****2 Evergreen Housing Agent.
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      315 12 IPNEW CAR^fis DIRECTORY Where you can buy your next new car in Singapore 0000 CHAMPION MOTORS PTE. LTD. 304 Orchard Rood, Singapore 9 Tel: *****1. Veloc* 2000 GTV Spider. CITY MOTORS (S) PTE. LTD., 28 Covenogh Road, Singapore 9 Tel: *****6/*****3. CONTINENTAL MOTORS PTE. LTD., 50/52 Bencoolen St., Spore 7.
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      293 12 PEUGEOT Sole Agents ASIA MOTORS Tel: *****6. *****2. liOVEl te> CHAMPION MOTORS rrt. ltd.. 304, Orchard Rood, Singapore 9. Tel: *****1. RENAULT CENTURY MOTORS PTE. LTD. 304, Orchard Road, SINGAPORE 9. Tel: *****6. Wa SINGAPORE MOTORS PTE. LTD. 17, Goldhill Plozo TEL: *****5. MODELS—AIOOK, GT2SOK, GT3BOK, 6T750K, TS2SOK, GUAN HOE
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      260 13 f wf M T Ai X V A 03 1 The revolutionary Pentax £5 Here's the camera of the electronic age The revolutionary Pentax ES. Just set the aperture and shoot. The brand new Electronic Shutter adiusts itself automaticaJly. And only Pentax has it. You always get a perfect exposure
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      357 13 Memovox Alarm, calendar, automatic, waiter proof The ultimate design in wrist watches Jaeger LeCoultre's most exclusive alarm wrist watch, the Memovox GT. 2 minute circles, one for reading fifths of a second, another for seconds. A wide double circle reminiscent of GT car stripes. 'Strongly masculine glossy black hou r
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      TODAY
      126 14 TODAY is Friday. Novembber, the 320th day of 1973 with 45 to follow. THE MOON Is approaching its last quarter. THE MORNING STARS are Mercury and Saturn. THE EVENING STARS are Venus. Mars and Jupiter. Those born on this date are under the sign of Scorpio. Famed American composer
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      TALKING POINT
      48 14 AH FOOK: It looks like the days of mosquito contractors are numbered now that the CID has started its crackdown. MEI LIN: Their complete removal from HDB estates will largely depend on flat owners. Unless there is a total boycott, these people will continue to survive.
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      51 14 WI'I \i QUART 7 VV .'y-. SS'j.2oo HOROLOGICAL SPECIALIST CENTRE Also obtainable: CYMA, OMEGA. BAUME MERCIER Geneva Co. Pte. Ltd. 1. OVERSEAS UNION SHOPPING CENTRE COLLYER QUAY SINGAPORE. 1 TEL: *****1 TropKa'M T T ENTERTAINMENT Si Oorv Harlo OWi A Pipescu Bruce k A <C/J Scotland's Number One Scotch Whisky
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      230 14 X iX f /i c BJJY c YOUR DIAMONDS WITH CONFIDENCE r i A certified®* .rt weond to none \kio sell the are sew"- «®S!YBLO6 HITE FINEST QUAL and certified OIAMONOSguW»^ uteo)Am enc. Now on Display at: vSena (pt,e) £td. X HIGH CLASS JEWELLERS 44 High Street, Singapore 6 Tel:
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  • Page 14 Miscellaneous
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      1012 14 W RADIO SINGAPORE 5 I N OPENING ANNOUNCEMENTS followed by FOB THE FAMILY: A magazine series* presented In Chinese 3.35 DIARY OF EVENTS (C) 3.4# LOVE IS A MANY BP L E N D O USED THING: Daytime serial on the trials and tribulations of three families In San Francisco
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      953 14 AT THE CINEMA THE OUTSIDE MAN: Los Angeles is wellcaptured and plays a decisive part as setting for this crime thriller directed by Jacques Deray, one of France's successful co m m erdal film-makers. The highpowered line-up is headed by Jean-Louis Trintlgnant and includes Ann Marg re t, Roy Schleder
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      350 14 SELINA SAHETAPY is today's Belle of the Week contestant i Friday, Nov. 16, 1973) She loves modelling. She believes in ''taking a long drive" whenever she wants to relax. —Picture by MICHAEL KWAN. BELLS A YASHICA CYMA One belle appears on this pace every week from Monday to Friday. Cat
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      554 14 I LUCKY STAR BIRTHDAY BORN today, you are one of those fortunate Individuals to whom cooperation with others comes with extreme ease. Your personal relationships should know very few periods of when they bzlng unsatisfactory returns for the effort you put Into them. Your friendships should bloom with a minimum
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