New Nation, 31 December 1973

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    22 1 NEW NATION SINGAPORE Monday evening, December 31, 1973 No. 910 Price 15 cents M. C. (P) 33/73. SINGAPORE MONDAY PCCEMBCR 31. 1973
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  • Article
    Lock icon Six million may soon have no jobs
    535 1 New fear in UK over big energy. cutback Reuter London, Monday Six million workers in Britain today face the possibility of being unemployed as a result of the energy crisis. The nation faced a fuel-starved New Year with most of its industry ordered
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    Lock icon US petrol stations close down
    493 1 Wait for New Year supplies to arrive UPI, Reuter New York, Monday Only a handful of petrol stations were open in some parts of the United States yesterday, and many, dealers said the pumps would stay locked up until after New Year's day when they
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  • Article
    A rush to beat Highway Code deadline
    152 1 Hundreds of people this morning packed the driving test centres at Maxwell Road and Queenstown In a lastminute attempt to beat the Registry of Vehicles' new ruling for learner drivers and motorcyclists. Prom tomorrow they must pass their Highway Code test before they
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    Watch it !
    29 1 Watch it Police today advised Singapore motorists to be more careful when driving tonight during the New Year's eve celebrations. Those who drink alcohol are urged not to drive.
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    OUR ROADS
    10 1 Police reported 78 accidents yesterday. Four were serious.
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    ON THE 'CHANGE
    111 1 In quiet trading, prices were barely steady on the Stock Exchange of Singapore for .the first 45 minutes this morning. BUSINESS DONE: United Engineers (3) 3.16. City Development (1) 1.09, (3) 1.93. Island Hotels (1) 1.40. San Holdings (8) 0.85, (1) 0.85 i. Harlmau (1) 0.93. Far
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    5 killed by bridge
    51 1 Bogota, Monday—Five people died and 20 were reported missing when a road bridge collapsed in eastern Colombia as it was being inaugurated. About 30 people were Injured In the accident. It happened close to the Venezuelan frontier near Arauca, about 500 kms (310 miles) northeast of
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    Lock icon Wheels stop turning...
    59 1 This young skater was one of the few people on wheels in the United States yesterday as "No Gas" signs went np all over the country. Petrol stations closed down after using up their reduced monthly allocations. They will only open again in the New Tear when
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    $44m. haul
    25 1 London, Monday Cannabis worth more than £8 million (about $44.8 million) was seized by British -customs officials this year, it was discl'.-ed today.
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    Rich British Jew shot by a gunman
    286 1 London, Monday A wealthy businessman. Mr. Joseph Sief, one of Britain's most prominent Jews, was last night shot and seriously Injured by a man who called at his home here and was shown to Mr. Sieff by his butler It was not immediately
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    Editor dies
    33 1 New York, Monday Edward Tomlinaon. roving editor of Readers Digest and a prominent figure in the reporting of Latin American affair* since 1921 died in Pairfax. Virginia, yesterday. He was 81.
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    Police graft probe
    232 1 Several suspended from duty More than 40 policemen, Including some senior officers, are under investigation by the Corrupt Practices Investigation Bureau over allegations of bribery made by members of the public. At least 10 have been suspended from service pending the outcome of the bureau's investigations. The
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    Lock icon Syrian build-up sparks off big alert
    526 1 'They aim to sabotage talks' Reuter Tel Aviv, Monday Israeli troops have been placed on a high state of alert in the face of a threatening build-up of Syrian forces along the ceasefire lines in the north and an escalation of incidents on the
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    Lock icon Forces put on standby as Israelis vote
    338 1 Reuter Jerusalam, Monday Israeli armed forces were on special alert yesterday in advance of general elections today that could critically affect Chances for peace talks in the Middle East. The balloting for the 120-seat Knesset (Parliament) was postponed from October 30 because of
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  • Article
    Six die in blaze
    42 1 New York, Monday. Five children ranging in age from two months to 11 years and a young serviceman who tried to rescue them died early yesterday when fire swept through a house In Keystone, near Welch. West Virginia.
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    Party move
    28 1 Dacca, Monday The oppr.-ltlon National Socialist Party yesterday announced a programme of "resistanee" from January 20 with the aim of toppling the ruling Awaml League government.
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  • LOCAL NEWS
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      Worksite deaths: 10 cases in October
      122 2 A total of 1,064 accidents Including 10 were reported to the Ministry of Labour In October, according to its latest monthly report Of the 253 accidents reported under the Factories Act, 49 were investigated. Tn e investigations showed that carelessness and negligence were the
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      SMA call to step up save oil drive
      271 2 'Form special committees' The chairman of the Singapore Manufacturers' Association Mr. Ong Leng Chuan, has urged industries to set up energy conservation committees to coordinate efforts in the field during the fuel crisis. "These will have to be high -powered commit tees
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      $2770 grab
      30 2 Two men, one armed with a pistr.i, held up housewife Goh Siah Choo, at her Tavistock Avenue home and escaped with cash and jewellery worth over $2770 yesterday.
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      Good public response to charities
      228 2 Various welfare organisations have received favourable public response to their recent annual appeals for funds. Earlier this month, thousands of letters of appeal for donations from a number of welfare and charitable organisations, were sent to various companies and Individuals. Those who had fears of
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      70 apply to set up security business
      265 2 New law in force A total of 70 private Investigation and security agencies have indicated that they wish to carry on business under the new law which came Into effect this month. The new legislation stlDulates that existing agencies and Individuals must apply
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      Magicana
      22 2 The National Theatre Club's magic section will hold Magicana at the Victoria Theatre on January 10 and 11 at 8 p.m.
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      Car-renting firms to raise charges
      248 2  -  By Angela Loke Gingaporeans will most likely have to pay 10 to 20 per cent more for car rental services from tomorrow. Car rental agencies contacted said that they were planning to revise their charges from tomorrow because of the oil crisis and the current
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      Big, big prizes to be won in our contest
      228 2 The New Nation Belle of the Week contest offers winners biff, big prizes every week. Let us take a look at what yon can win in the BELLE OF THE WEEK contest. The reader who sends in the entry that comes
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      Lectures
      30 2 A 12-lecture course on Instrumentation for Process Control In the Chemical Industry will be held at the University of Singapore's Nissen Hut 2 from Jan. 10 at 7.30 p.m.
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      'Cultural' show that had lots of pop
      232 2  -  By Violet Oon I tad gone to the Kazakh Folk Song and Dance Company expecting the usual run of brilliant Soviet dancing and so couldn't quite make out what the performance was about during the first few items. Tnen I realised that the
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      No 6p.c. hike on $850 fare advance
      190 2 The $850 advance payment ticket to London is exempted from the six per cent increase on all air fares which comes into effect from tomorrow. It is understood that proposals to Include this fare to the overall price hike was rejected by the
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      TWI Alumni
      26 2 Dr. Augustine Tan, chairman of the National Productivity Board, will open the TWI Alumni of Singapore's Training Centre at 184 Middle Road on February
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      Rice-for-poor groups hit by profiteers
      256 3  -  Complaints of shortweight By Rav K. Dhaliwal Several organisations running rice-for-the-J>oor schemes have been cheated by some retailers through adulterated and shortweight supplies. The organ! satlons. which Include at least three church groups, reported the matter to the Consumers' Association of Singapore (CASE) soon after
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      Plugging roof leakage
      142 3 Singapore's oldest market the 147-year-old Low Pa Sat, now known as the Telok Ayer Food Centre will stop leaking in |two weeks' time, according to the Ministry of the Environment. A spokesman from the Ministry said that contractors are now carrying out repairs which will be completed
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      It's sweet success
      156 3 Picking up 37 sweets in one minute with bare hands was the record set at the Singapore Indian Association in Balestier Road yesterday. And the winner of this sweet-grabbing contest was five-year-old Kasava Raj who beat scores of other children from the various orphanages and the Salvation
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      Clamp on nude calendars
      299 3  -  Customs seize 9000 By Douglas Chan The newsprint shortage has net blotted out calendars of nudes. Since early November, Customs officials have seized about 9000 nude calendars brought in by trading Arms and merchants. Most of those calendars, featuring glossy colour pictures of nude models, were
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      PF clinic
      21 3 The People's Front Changl Clinic at Jalan Kechot, off Jalan Eunos. will be officially opened tomorrow at 11 a.m.
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      Exercise care in metric change: Taximen
      184 3 The Taxi Transport Association has called on the Government to exercise care in Metrlcating taxi metres. Speaking at the 27th anniversary dinner of the 500-strong association at> Sin Leong Restaurant, Upper Serangoon Road on Friday night, its chairman, Mr. Lim Chuan Huat, said: "Our
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  • Page 2 Miscellaneous
    • Miscellaneous
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      255 2 NEW NATION CROSSWORD 9 Gentle. 10 Highest. 11 Of a space. 12 South American plain. 13 Common aliments. -21 Crowd number. 23 Gather. 25 Despotic government. 26 Silicate. 27 Chopped. 28 Ball team. 29 Green moth. 33 Earth goddess. 35 To me: Fr. 36 Shopper's haven. 37 Covered with evergreens.
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  • Page 3 Miscellaneous
    • Miscellaneous
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      414 3 Poser Mo. 1*7 Last Wednesday's poser showed Twiggy in a scene from The Boy-* friend. The first ten correct entries opened by the editor on Saturday evening were from: Miss Teo Heng Neo (telephone operator), of 523B, Lorong 1. Toa Payoh; Miss Tan Keng Ngoh (stenographer), of 94A Kim Keat
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  • OPINION
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      Resolutions for the New Year
      525 4 It is the last day of 1973 and it is time once again to draw up the traditional list of resolutions for the new year. To start the ball rolling, here are a few items we believe no list should exclude. Conservation of fuel and
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    • 'WHISPERS' by ISPY
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        Working fast
        24 4 Inflation must be real bad in Australia. This notice appeared in a Melbourne Supermarket. "Vacancy. Price list changer. Must be fast worker."
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        An unlikely match
        51 4 The impossible has happened a Nixon has married a McGovern! But hold your horses, they are not related to the two politicians. The newly-weds are Joseph Mayo Nixon and Brenda Sue McGovern. "The judge at first thought it was some sort of publicity stunt," said new bride
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      Observing the rules of squash
      1225 4  -  Slowly M tartly iiush la becoming a popular |uk it Slumpore. A fast came played fey two la a closed court, ■quash requires both rtfw'ni ■nit Even more Important, as our columnist Alex Josey points out, is the need to understand and abide by the
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      SIN CHEW JIT POH
      421 4 VOICE OF THE PRESS What other newspapers are saying: CHARGES FOR PUBLIC SERVICES SHOULD NOT BE RAISED AT THIS JUNCTURE In a statement issued the other day, the Singapore Taxi Drivers' Association expressed deep concern over the petrol price increases and said the higher petrol prices
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      Lock icon Education and learning
      692 4  -  Prom Bart Barnes Washington Post What accounts for learning In children? Meeting at the Harvard Graduate School of Education earlier this month, educators and scholars from around the world probed data from a massive battery of tests in an effort to answer that question. The tests, in
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    • Letters
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        Americans in Singapore
        469 4  -  BOBERT S. WILSON In IM9/70 I had the privilege of attendinc the University of Singapore as an undergraduate student. It was an exciting and expanding experience. While there I became aware of several labour conditions which recent reading suggests continue. As you know, in the past decade
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        Apathy of the public
        298 4  -  TUAH KOW The letter by Concerned of 21.12.73 has struck a note which is more apparent to the non-Singaporean than to the citizen. Apathy, where the role of your law-enforcement officers is concerned, is a legacy of colonialism and the colonial Police. If one delves into
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        Problems of commuters
        147 4  -  YAP SOON HOE Secretary, Bus Services Reorranisation Committee, Singapore, 1 I refer to the letter by K.K.C. (NN 5.12.73) in which he drew attention to the difficulties encountered by bus commuters bearding or alighting from buses. The Ministry of Communications is fully aware of the shortcomings of
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        Language of tests
        84 4  -  LAI WENG CHEONG I refer to the letter Highway Code by Leo on the subject of conducting the Highway Code Test (Oral) in the mother tongues of the various sub-groups here (NN. 28-11-73). An applicant for a driving licence is required to have a competent knowledge of
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        No piling on Sundays
        48 4  -  YEONG KUM KEE Public Relations Officer. Ministry of National Development. Singapore, 2. Please refer to the letter by Concerned Resident (NN. 12.12.73). The developer concerned has been asked to stop piling works after 7.00 p.m. during weekdays and to do no piling Co Sundays.
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  • WORLD NEWS
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      15 tons of dead fish
      205 5 Sydney, Monday. Workmen in Sydney continued the task of removing thousands of dead fish from the poisloned Cook's River Just south of Sydney. Twelve thousand gal lons of copper cyanide leaked Into a canal leading to the Cook's River and Botany Bay on Thursday. Thousands
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      Lock icon 1000 homeless in Macao blaze
      250 5 200 homes gutted in four-hour fire United Press International Macao, Monday At least 1000 people were rendered homeless last night when one of the most violent flres in the past decade razed the ground of more than 200 houses and wooden huts in the resettlement
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      Lock icon American in Solz book
      217 5 Reuter Washington, Monday— A 47-year-old American civil servant who spent eight years in a Soviet labour camp and underwent torture there is among former prinsoners named in Alexander Solzhenltsyn's bc.ok Gulag Archipelago. The American Mr. Alexander Dolgun, was arrested in December 1948, while working for the
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      Storm havoc
      30 5 Lima, Monday. Several people were feared dead and injured and about 100 homes flattened in a hurricane which ripped through the Peruvian city of JuanJui on Saturday night.
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      Troopers guard airports
      47 5 One of the armoured vehicles manned by spec 1 a 1 1 y trained troopers guarding German airports in the wake of a warning that six Arab guerrillas are planning missiles attack on Israeli and Italian aircraft. The warning came from an anonymous caller.
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      Lock icon Impeach Nixon in six months
      209 5 Call by Galbraith United Press International New York, Monday Harvard economist John Kenneth Galbralth, writing a column in the current issue of Newsweek, has urged that President Nixon be impeached in six months or longer instead of immediately. Mr. Galbraith a longtime critic of the
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      Lock icon Franco hits out at PM killers
      181 5 Reuter Madrid. Monday General Franco said last night that the assassination of Prime Minister Luis Carrero Blanco was a "cowardly aggression" against Spain that had served to unite Spaniards. In a nationwide yearend message, the 81-year-old Head of State pledged that he would continue
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      '1973—year of detente'
      237 5 '1973 —year of detente' Moscow, Monday Soviet news media yesterday hailed 1973 as a year of major steps towards detente marred only by the continuing "explosive situation" in the Middle East. Year-end summaries by both Pravda, the Communist Party newspaper, and the official Tass news agency stressed "profound satisfaction with
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      Lock icon Sirica is Man of the Year
      143 5 United Press International New York, Monday Watergate judge John Sirica was named Sunday Time magazine's Man of the Year and praised as "a symbol ol the American judiciary's Insistence on the priority of law." In naming Mr. Sirica as its 46th annual selection. Time
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      Lock icon $524 mil. contract
      256 5 To build drydocks United Press International London, Monday—Two British firms said yesterday they have won a U*****.4 million (about $524 million) contract to build the Middle East's largest drydock complex for the Persian Gulf state of Dubai, v Costain Civil Engineering and Taylor Wocdrow International said the
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      A blow for romance
      42 5 Glasgow, Monday—The Tomance Is slowly fading from Gretna Green, the Scottish border village famous for runaway weddings. This year only 123 couples were married here—barely a quarter of the number of weddings held each year in the 1950s
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      Lock icon Jamaica gets first nude play
      158 5 Reuter Kingston, Monday.— English actress Pauline Munroe brought nudity to the Jamaican stage for the first time last night when she stripped during the premiere of a new play. Pauline, 22, of London and formerly with the Royal Shakespeare Company, was invited to take the
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      349 5 nextwac A watch this thin should never have been possible today. To encase over a thousand parts into a watch almost as thin as its strap, is surely a seemingly impossible endeavour. It would have been impossible, if Universal Geneve had not persisted in its quest for absolute perfection to
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  • SPECIAL FEATURE
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      1973: END OF AN EPOCH?
      924 6  -  OUR VERDICT: IT'S A YEAR OF CRISES By Pakir Singh The year ends with a desperate search for some lasting silver lining in the sky. But none can be found. Instead the Kohoutek comet hurtles through the skies leaving anguished men wondering whether it Is
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      24 6 NEW YEAR GREETINGS from The Management Staff LEONG TAILOR G26, Overseas Union Shopping Centre, Collyer Quay, Singapore, 1. Tel: *****4 The Exclusive Gents Tailor....
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      135 7 Melwani's friendly corner W ir< I As we stand on the threshold of .mother y<\u, our thoughts go hack to all our customers, friends and well wishers who have been through this friendly corner and whose good wishes, blessings and patronage have enabled us to pass this year successfully. With
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      203 7 BERT THE (OLD DISCOUNT Oil DLL UIOOLIEII ■7 UIERRS FOR THE FRRIILV RTTHE 7ERIPORIUmS AND BED SHEETS, BEDSPREADS, WOOLLEN AND rfn TERRY CLOTH 1 BLANKLETS i AT SPECIAL^ •I 1 r\\M DDir^co LOW PRICES.?* w •r: i m sf ■1 T, S nI IS o 4 -V" o r* ,v™
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  • MOTORING
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      Just the car for fuel crisis
      971 8  -  MOTORING Outstanding too Jim Watkins At Christmas I always try to live in the mapner to which I wish I was accustomed and, naturally, this includes a suitable carriage. I manipulate things in order to save something good for the festive season, after all
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      Hats off to the year's top roadster...
      668 8  -  MOTORCYCLE Lee Chiu San Of the many machines which I rode this year, a few really stood out. The Honda Benly impressed me with its economy and practicality. Never before had I ever ridden a bike so welldesigned for work. But it could
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      Hydrogen-run cars?
      445 8  -  ROBERT RICCI A car that runs on hydrogen instead of petrol possibly could be a solution to the energy and pollution crises. But will it work? This is what some faculty and student researchers at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) are trying to And out. They
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  • BEHIND THE NEWS
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      Lock icon A 'first' for Russia's far-flung military aid plan
      1181 8  -  From I Dan Morgan Washington Post USSR Russian-made military helicopters went into service in civilian oil exploration operations in Peru recently, marking a "first" for the Soviet Union's far flung and steadily growing military assistance programme. The helicopters, of the MI-8 variety,
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      Lock icon Four who provide spiritual leadership to 470 million
      722 8  -  From Lewis Simons Washington Post INDIA In an ancient ceremony of ritual fire and purifying water, saffron robes and silver brocade umbrellas, Anantshree Swami Swaroopanand Saraswati recently became the Jagadguru Shankaracharya of Jyotishpeeth—one of the four heads of the Hindu religion in
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      121 8 JUST ARRIVED-NEW RANGE of EUROPE, CONTINENTAL CARPETS CURTAINS for your New Year Season offer: $4/- or upward per yd. for Curtains. $1/- per sq. ft. or above for Carpets. for enquiries quotation (no obligation) STAR FURNISHING PTE. LTD. 26A. PRESIDENT SHOPPING CENTRE. SERANGOON ROAD, SINGAPORE 8 TEL: *****3, *****; Cable:
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  • FINANCE
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      Kuala Sidim reduces group bank loans
      399 9  -  818 IMPROVEMENT IN PRE-TAX PROFIT By Choo Siak Siew Kuala Sidim Rubber Company Berhad has made headway in reducing its group borrowings. For the financial year ending June 1973, bank loans and overdrafts were cut down by $1.9 million to $1.5 million. Accounting records
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      Lock icon 27 nations sign sugar pact
      150 9 Reuter United Nations, Monday. A total of 57 countries have signed the 1973 International sugar agreement which enters Into force tomorrow, the U.N. announced over the weekend. The agreement, which was open for signature until December 24, replaces the 1968 international sugar agreement expiring at
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      Goodyear names vice president
      65 9 New York, Monday Mr. J. Carson Dowell. former president of the Kelly-Sprlngfleld Tyre Co. of Cumber land. Maryland, was yesterday named a vice president of the parent Goodyear Tyre and Rubber Company. Mr. Charles J. Pillod Jr., Goodyear president, said Mr. Dowell would have corporate responsibility
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      ANNOUNCEMENT
      101 9 MR. Rick Davis and Lionel Ross have recently formed an audio-visual and promotions company specializing in multi-screen presentations. "Naturally, this idea developed from our wide range of sales-aids and giveaways," said Rick, "which we do not," said Ross, "giveaway," said Rick. Steadfastly refusing to talk to representatives of various
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      CPA, Peninsula link-up for faster service
      228 9 A new reservations faculty for the Peninsula Group of hotels in Boutn East Asia, Japan and North America will swing into action from tomorrow. The new facility claimed to offer the travelling pubUc more speed and reliability—is the result of a computerised system of
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    • EUROPEAN SHARES
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        Milan
        244 9 Supplying this service are the Commerzbank «f West Germany, the Credit Lyonnais of France, Banco di Roma of Italy and Lloyds and Bolsa International Bank Limited. Round-up of European stock markets for the week ending December 20. Italian stock market registered a remarkable up-trend during the two sessions (Thursday
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        London
        296 9 After the Christmas the London stock market staged a technical rally, reflecting the partial easing of Arab oil cutbacks, and the resumption of pay talks between the miners and the Coal Board. Leading industrials and banks were around lOp better. Secondary banks firmed, following Friday's statement from the Bank
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        Frankfurt
        176 9 After the Christmas recess share prices strongly moved up across the board. The easing of the oil embargo and the lowering of the American interest equalisation tax helped to improve sentiment. Blue chips' which had been overly depressed were among the best performers of the marIn the bond market
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        Paris
        88 9 Paris closing prices. (21JZ.7J) (ZS.1Z.71) Aqultaine 483 524 Bouygues 640 575 BSN 093 1010 Ciment Lafarge 187.50 185.50 Carrefour 2490 2729 COE 365 435 Generale Des Eaux 677 693 Fin De Paris Pays Bas 182.50 185 CIE Prancalse Des Petroles 183.50 185 L'oreal 2232 2235 Michelln 1200 1265 Moet
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      Another impressive year at Folex Industries
      318 9  -  By Lee Yew Meng Folex Industries which has been opera t i n g profitably since it came to the market in 1971, has chalked up another Impressive gain. For the year ended August 1973, the group's pre-tax profits shot up by 76 per
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      $33m shipping loan for Bangladesh
      204 9  -  By Abby Tan The Bangla Desh Shipping Corporation has secured a loan of US$l34 million ($33.75 lmiiNolfon)ortmhe from the Moscow Narodny Bank in Singapore. The loan, payable in five years, is to help purchase four cargo ships of 10,000 tons each from European sellers. The
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      Capacity boost
      99 9 Computer Processing Services (Pte) Ltd., a subsidiary of Straits Steamship, is Increasing the capacity of its equipment to cope with expanding business. Five more card-pun-chers are being delivered this month. They will boost the company's data preparation capacity from 210,000 to 320,000 cards monthly. Six months ago. CPS
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      $625,000 profit for EAI
      42 9 Electrical and Allied Industries has reported pretax profit or $625,000 for the half-year ended September 1973. A company atatement said that it expects full year's results will show a "useful advance of sales and profits compared with 1972."
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      'Australia may face jobs crisis' warning
      116 9 Adelaide, Monday A shortage of basic commodities and raw materials affected by the international oil crisis could lead to serious unemployment in Australia next year, Labour Minister, Mr. Clyde Cameron said yesterday. Mr. Cameron said in a statement here that the he expected a
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      China's cotton output an all-time high
      76 9 Hong Kong, Monday China's cotton output In 1973 was 20 per cent higher than that In 1972, topping all previous records, the official New China News Agency reported yesterday. "China made treat strides In cotton production this year because party committees at all levels
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      Lock icon A top spot for jeans
      216 9  -  Words: BETTY L. KHOO Whatever else may be in the fashion top spot next year, jeans will still be very much around. The older set may wear it occasionally but (or those who are younger, it has become almost a uniform, blurring all class distinctions.
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      Boy with two girl problem on his hands
      287 9 Dear Ros, I have two problems and they are interrelated. The first is my girlfriend who always contradicts me ana dis agrees with everything I say. I find this annoying and, as I have a hottemper, we always end up quarrelling. I
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      Pining for his love
      181 9 Dear Ros, My girlfriend arid I broke up because of some differences but we made up again. Lately, however, her behaviour towards me changed. She became cold and unfriendly and when I rang her to ask her for a date she de- clined and gave me
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      Romantic and novel way to ring in the New Year
      359 9 So you don't have $100 to usher in the New Year with a riotous bang at one of the nightspots. Or, even If you have you don't fancy being trodden underfoot In the crush as the revelry gets out of
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      Trying to do good boomerangs
      151 9 Dear Ros, I have a girlfriend whom I have tried to help but things haven't worked out. She is childish and stubborn. I am 22, a year younger than her, but I thought that I would be able to improve her. So I recommended her
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      Connors, Evert cruise to last 4
      153 10 Melbourne, Monday. Americana Jimmy Connors and hi* fiancee Chris Evert cruised through to the semifinals of the Australian Open tennis championships here yesterday. Connors, 22, the second seed, recovered after dropping the first set against Czechoslovak Vladimir Zednlk to win 3-6, 7-5, 6-3, 6-4
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      US Davis Cup team
      68 10 New York, Monday Eddie Dibbs, Charles Paaarell. Harold Solomon. and Erik van Dlllen were named yesterday to the United States Davis Cup team which will travel to Bogota to play Colombia on January 11-13. The Colombia match is the American zone north section final and the
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      Lock icon Nicklaus is still the No. 1...
      804 10 But young blood may take over crown United Press International New York, Monday. Jack Nicklaus won the most money and the most tournaments and there's nothing new about that, but If they proved one thing In golf this year It Is that Nicklaus has
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      We saw the British final here...
      629 10  -  SQUASH hv Eric Cooper I don't think any of the spectators who watched the final of the Singapore Open last September knew that they were seeing a preview of the British Amateur final, played last weekend. Zaman was the winner here, but In England.
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      Britain look like winners
      68 10 Hob&rt, Monday Britain appeared to have won the Southern Cross series with provisional results yesterday showing British yachts placing second, seventh and 10th in the final event, the Sydney to Hobart race. Provisional winner of the race was the 39-foot Hong Kong entry Cell ni, which
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      Barred
      23 10 Salisbury, Monday Rhodesia has been barred from the third women's international Softball tournament, to be held in the United States next August.
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      A-Games target in SASA's 1974 calender
      283 11  -  By Nancy Koh All swimming meets next year will be geared towards trials In August for the Asian Games at Teheran In September. The Singapore Amateur Bwimmlng Association's 1974 calendar of' events has been drawn up to give their potential Asian Games representa t
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      HOW THEY FINISHED ON SATURDAY
      351 11 Siapa Kuat made the early running, but Geekayess moved up fast at the 3f to lead Into the straight, with Bingo and Adil closing In. Keeping up a smart gallop Geekayess went on to win by 1% lengths from Bringo. Third was AdiL Kongkalikong led
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      Poland will play in Cup finals
      252 11 Zurich, Monday. Poland yesterday confirmed they will take part in the 1974 World Cup finals in West Germany, the secretarygeneral of the International Football Federation (FIFA), Mr. Helmut Kaeser, said. Mr. Kaeser said the secretary of the Polish national association telephoned him to say
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      C-Games tickets available
      89 11 Christchurch, Monday Over 110,000 tickets are still available for the Commonwealth Games here next month, the chairman of the Games Ticket Committee Ted Davles said yesterday. Mr. Davles said that though the demand for seats was steady, tickets were still available for 55 sports sessions, Including 36
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      Kendall retires
      93 11 Auckland, Monday. Terry Kendall, the 26-year-old New Zealand golfer, announced yesterday he will retire from the international golf circuit at the end of this week and look for "a club Job" in New Zealand or Australia. Kendall has played on the international circuit for five years, winning at
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      Suspended cagers get pardon
      218 11 Manila, Monday. Sports authorities yesterday lifted the life suspension slapped on nine Filipino amateur basketball players last July following a scandal in which they were alleged to have received bribes to lose games. The nine are Fortunato Co, Danilo Florenclo, Adriano Papa Jr., Rodolfo Soriano, Rudolf
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      Top seed Martin has easy match
      220 11 Miami Beach, Monday —Top seeded Billy Martin, the US champion, breeze through to the Under-18 final of the 27th annual Orange Bowl International Junior tennis tournament here yesterday. Martin scored an Impressive victory over fellow American Gene Mayer 6-2, 6-1 and will play another
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      Narrow win for French T-T
      145 11 Hong Kong, Monday.— The visiting French national table tennis team, fresh from tneir recent tour of China, snatched a 4 3 win over a local side last night. Eight time French national champion Jacques Secretin led the team to victory when he won all three
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      Firebrand's great win
      867 11 He's the 'Horse of the Year' posnß SCRIPT! by scrutineer! TBL Stable's brilliant f r on t-runnlng stayer, Firebrand, who won the rich Singapore Gold Cup in October capped a great season with a smart win in the $35,000 Penang Gold Cup yesterday. With this win, the
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    28 10 INMEMORIAM i »N EVER LOVING MEMORY OF mom. foo tong buay CALLED TO REST ON 31.12 72 DEARLY MISSED, BUT MEMORIES WILL ALWAYS BE IN OUR HUSBAND. CHILDREN^RELATIVESAN^^RICM^^^
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      TALKING POINT
      43 12 AH FOOK: It's a matter of hours before 1973 comes to a close. I resolve to boycott all profiteers during the new year. MEI LIN: As for myself, I shall not say tilings which I have no intention of carrying out.
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      TODAY
      119 12 TODAY is Monday, December 31, the 395th and last day of 1973. This is New Year's Eve. THE MOON Is approaching its first quarter. THE MORNING STABS is Mercury. THE EVENING STABS are Venus. Mars, Jupiter and Saturn. Those born on this date are under the sign of Capricorn.
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      944 12 3.06 OPENING ANNOUNCEMENTS followed by KUDUMBA MALAR: A magaalne series presented in Tamil 84# DIARY OF EVENTS <T) 845 LOVE IS A MANY PL E N D O D THING: Daytime serial on the trials and tribulations of three families in Ban Francisco 1.15 SADHANGAI OU: Indian dance featuring Muthuletchumi
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      721 12 ALICE PHUA, 19. is today's Belle of the Week contestant (Monday, Dec. 31, 1973). She loves to bowl, swim and window-shop.—Picture by NIK KASMANI. BELLS A CYMA One belle appears on this page every week from Monday to Friday. Cut alone the dotted line and keep today's belle with yon.
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      1775 12 AT THE CINEMA BKOINOBS AND BROOMSTICKS: From BROOMSTICKS: From Walt Disney Productions, a musical fantasy starring Angela Lansbury as an amateur witch In quest -e* a magical spell. Three Cockney walls and a quack professor Join her In one zany adventure after another Including a trip to the bottom of
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