New Nation, 11 February 1974

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  • 22 1 NEW NATION SINGAPORE Monday evening, February 11, 1974 No. 945 Price 20 cents MX. (P) 20/74 NE>^pnON SINGAPORE MONDAY FEBRUARY 11, 1974
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  • 58 1 Saekarno, the late I n d on e sian President, could never resist beautiful women. Mystics influenced him from his early days. Political ambitions fired him. New Nation today brings you intimate details about Soekarno's life in extracts from the book Tales of a Revolution
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  • 81 1 Yet another exciting new contest begins in the New Nation today. This time all the members of the family can join in the fun. Called Prizewords it i s unbelievably easy all you will have to do is form simple words. For the winner every
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  • 402 1 'Guerrillas are out to kill' London, Monday Guerrilla squads drawn from both the Japanese Red Army and the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine are planning a new campaign of kidnapping and murder in Asia and Europe, the Daily Express newspaper reported today. The
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  • 144 1 Singapore has offered to share its c on tainerisation know how with other Asean couptries. The offer was made by the chairman and general manager of the Port of Singapore Authority Mr. Howe Yoon Chong, at the opening of the Asean Expert Group on Containerisation meeting
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  • 591 1 To persuade Syria to release names Reuter Jerusalem, Monday The Soviet Union is to use its influence to try and persuade Syria to release the names of Israeli prlsonners of war and allow Red Cross access to them, an Israeli Cabinet communique said here
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  • 67 1 In quiet trading, prices were barely steady on the Stock Exchange of Singapore for the first 45 minutes this morning. BUSINESS DONE: Northern Serendah (1) 3.10. San Holdings (3) 0.94, (3) 0.93*. United Overseas Bank (1) 5.20. Pan Electric (1) 1.40. Malayan Cables (1) 4.96. Haw Par
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  • 43 1 A port worker, Mohammed Ibrahim Osman. 35, of Hoi Fatt Road was killed yesterday when a wooden platform he was standing on collapsed, pinning him underneath. He was unloading cargo at the Port of Singapore Authority wharf when the accident occurred.
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  • 27 1 Rome, Monday Catholic youths protesting against the dismissal of exiled Cardinal Jozsef Mindszenty as Primate of Hungary handed out leaflets in St. Peter's Bquare yesterday.
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  • 10 1 Police reported 93 accidents yesterday. Two were serious.
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  • 243 1 Holiday trip to Thailand ends in ambush Bukit Mertajam, Monday Two Malaysian traders from here are reported to have been abducted by five armed bandits near Yala in South Thailand. Mr. Tan Lean Teng, 40, and Mr. Lim Ju Seng, 37, who run small Importexport agencies,
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  • 214 1 Washington, Monday The U.S. Central Intelligence Agency put out a warning that Arab guerillas possessed Soviet sur-face-to-air missiles after its agents learned of plans to shoot down Secretary of State Dr Henry Kissinger's plane at London airport, columnist Jack Anderson said yesterday. The syndicated columnist
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  • 80 1 New York, Monday Newsweek magazine said yesterday Egyptian President Badat and his government have drawn up a six-year, US$7 billion ($17.5 billion) reconstruction programme designed to lure Arab and Western capital to Egypt, including US$l5 billion ($3.75 billion) to deepen and widen the Suez ffnal The
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  • 109 1 Kuala Lumpur, Monday Police have offered a $5000 reward for Information leading to the arrest of person or persona responsible for the killing of 29-year-old millionaire, David Sung Jr. here last Friday night. The city's Chief Police Officer, Asst. Commissioner Abdul Rahman Ismail, said the offer would
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  • Page 1 Miscellaneous

  • LOCAL NEWS
    • 310 2  -  By Violet Oon Dr. Wilhelm Krumbach's organ recital brought home more clearly than ever the great music we are missing out on because Singapore does not have a suitable pipe organ. Luckily for us, Instead of bypassing Singapore because of this he made
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    • 662 2  -  Big role for S'pore in Batam By Sunny Wee Singapore is playing an active role in transforming Indonesia's Batam Island from a fishing village to a modern industrial and trading centre. gSatam Island, which la about 13 miles by sea from Clifford Pier, plans to
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    • 221 2 Thirty-two aged people will be housed in Housing Board flats in Henderson Estate in March as part of a pilot project undertaken by the Singapore Council of Social Service. They will stay in 10 one-bedroom units. They will be allotted four to a unit. One
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    • 189 2 The first two of five armoured cars ordered by the Commercial and Industrial Security Corporation (CISCO) are expected to arrive here In April after a sixmonth delay. According to the general manager of CISCO, Mr. Charles Bridges, the delay was caused by
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    • 58 2 Two national surveys to find out how science and engineering graduates have been employed In Singapore are being conducted by the Ministry of Science and Technology. The triennial surveys— National Survey of Scientific Manpower 1974, and National Survey of Engineering Manpower 1974—are also designed to provide Information
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    • 30 2 The 7MCA will conduct a 20-sesslon Mandarin course for beginners from Feb. 21. The fee is $30 for members and $35 for non-members. For further details, ring *****5.
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    • 39 2 The Singapore Police Force will organise the second basketball competition for youths this year. Individuals and teams wishing to take part can collect their entry forms from community centres or police stations. Entries close on March 15.
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    • 169 2 A visiting Danish wrltter who owns a museum housing the largest private maritime collection In the world, has offered to assist the Port of Singapore Authority In their establishment of the Maritime Museum In Sentosa. Mr. F. Holm-Petersen, 59, a former shipping bu- slnessman and
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    • 267 2 Middle aged women and those who have borne many children should go for annual checkups so that any cervical cancer can be detected early, according to a doctor. Bpeaklng at a workshop session for teachers on cancer on Saturday Dr. Pauline Yeo from the Department
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    • 161 2 A total of 1442 national servicemen from the Police Special Constabulary will take part in a pass-ing-out parade at the Police Academy In Thomson Road on Saturday at 5.30 pan. The Parliamentary Secretary, Ministry of Home Affairs, Mr. Lim Ouan Hoo, will Inspect the parade, and
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    • Article, Illustration
      161 3 Dum Dum is depressed and utterly miserable even little Richard Moody's efforts to cheer him up are in vain. The five-year-old labrador Is pining for his half-brother, Dee Dee, who disappeared from their home in Yarwood Avenue last Thursday. Dum Dum has not eaten anything since.
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    • 79 3 Dunman Government Chinese Middle School has obtained the highest percentage of passes 99.2 per cent in the Singapore G.CJ3. "O" level Chinese Examinations results announced yesterday showed. The examinations were held in December last year. The top student in the science stream in Dunman School, according
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    • 371 3 Warning by expert Many people are not concerned about having a balanced diet, according to an expert in consumerism. Mr. Anthony Dumont, 53, the vice-chairman and one of the founders of the Consumers Association of Britain, said that the reason for this is that they
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    • 432 3 Youth will play a more forceful role In SouthEast Asia In the next 10 years. This was stated by the chairman of the SlngaSre Red Cross Society, W. R. Rasanayagam, at a forum on Youths in Society at the Queenstown Branch Library over the weekend. He
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    • 391 3 Parents: English will suffer Several principals are afraid that, the standard of English will drop with the introduction of block teaching in Primary One and Two classes. Parents and pupils have also complained that too many teachers are involved in the teaching of subjects
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    • 198 3 Roger Syn, a Primary Six pupil of Anglo Chinese School, may only be 11, but he certainly has a mind of his own —even when it comes to spending $1000. An animal lover who already has a pet mongrel named Molly, Roger said: "I will buy another
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    • 212 3 Physics graduates will be better equipped to contribute to Singapore's Industrial growth with the introduction of the applied physics course at the University of Singapore and Nanyang University. "With a firm foundation in basic physics, they should be able to look at the
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    • 404 3 LKA Brazilian grandmaster Henrique Mecking won his first game in the present world championships when he beat Viktor Korchnoy of the Soviet Union in the 12th game of their match last night, in Augusta, Georgia, USA. The game had been adjourned the previous
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    • 32 3 The National Theatre folk dance troupe will conduct Its fourth course for beginners, starting from Feb. 14. On completion of the course, participants may be selected to Join the troupe.
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    • 404 3 Every issue of the New Nation for the duration of the contest will carry a blank board made up ol 10 vertical and horizontal squares. Below it will be a set of letters of the alphabet; each letter will
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    • 18 3 Singapore's newest bank, Tat Lee Bank Ltd, in Market Street will be open for business tomorrow.
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    • 158 3 The Nanyang University Council is not likely to change Its mind about scrapping the entrance examinations for all foreign students seeking admission. The chairman of the council, Mr. Wee Cho Yaw had indicated that the old system, which particularly affects at least 200 Malaysian
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  • Page 2 Miscellaneous
    • 306 2 NEW NATION CROSSWORD mmmm n 9 Eastern VIP. 10 Shade of red. 11 Eat away. 12 Appraises. 14 Hide. 17 Explorer de Leon. 21 March. 24 Being: Lat. 26 Esteemed. 27 Free ticket. 28 Mob action. 29 Early Peruvian. 30 Place for Dobbin. 3 one's time. 35 Finished. 36 Certain
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  • FOR YOUR PLEASURE
    • 544 4  -  By William Tuohy Los Angeles Times The nlghtime crowd in the high-celllnged, marble-floored Oallerla Umberto surges forward as the principals make their entrance. "Sophia," screams one onlooker, "you are the most beautiful In the world." "Richard," yells another, "attaboy. Richard!" Sophia Loren
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    • 733 4  -  CINEMA BY EDGAR KOH THE LAST PICTURE SHOW directed by Peter Bogdanovich, with Timothy Bottoms, Jeff Bridges, Cybill Shepherd, Ben Johnson, Cloris Leachman and Ellen Burstyn (Orchard). Perhaps I shouldn't complain now that it is being shown here, but The Last Picture Show
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    • 339 4  -  JENNIFER SCHOON If you're looking for a hobby and have a fetish for knocking things Into shape, then copper tooling Is just the hobby for you. It's becoming quite popular here and as a nobby It Is relatively Inexpensive. It Is not difficult
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    • 379 4 Jennifer's diary STAYING at the Mandarin Hotel is one time Asian movie queen Li Chlng who I'm told is here for a quiet holiday and does not want to be Interviewed or photographed. LI Chlng Is accom- riled by her mother, ey will be
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    • 773 4  -  By Leonard Feather Los Angeles Times He is four times a father and 10 times a grandfather now, and the skinny youngster who took the swing world by storm in Benny Goodman's band has become the graying. Jowled elder who recently celebrated his 35th anniversary
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    • 379 4 MISICORNER Readers easily recognised The Fifth Dimension in our Musi corner Poser No. 2. The first fire correct entries were from Mr. Low Peng Ling, Mr. Tay Peng Chwee, Miss Mary Tan Yen Chuan, Mr. Aired Oan and Miss Susan Carol Lewis. They all win
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  • WORLD NEWS
    • 370 5 Move to ease crisis UPI, Reuter Washington, Monday Officials of 13 mail or oil importing countries yesterday agreed on seven important areas of discussion in their conference opening here today on the world energy crisis, informed so u r c es said. Among matters to
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    • 156 5 Reuter Houston, Monday—The Skylab astronauts were "eating like pigs and drinking heavily" yesterday, according to the head of the medical team which is examining them after their historic 85 days in orbit. Dr. Jerry Hordinsky said the astronauts, who splashed down on time and on
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    • 416 5 Defiant miners continue pickets Reuter London, Monday Opinion polls showing a consistent Conservative Party lead boosted government hopes of a general election victory yesterday while coalminers defiantly began their national strike. The first public opinion poll carried out since Prime Minister Mr. Edward Heath
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    • 295 5 Manila, Monday—Australian Prime Minister Gough Whitlam and Philippines President Ferdinand Marcos hold their first round of official talks today, the second day of the Australian leader's official visit here. Mr. Whitlam who arrived here yesterday on the last leg of a SouthEast Asian tour, said
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    • 124 5 Bahrain, Monday. Iraq claimed last night that a frontier clash early yesterday with Iranian forces backed by heavy artillery and armour left 70 dead and wounded on the Iranian side and 23 casualties on its own. The Iranians were gathering more forces on the border
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    • 285 5 Saigon, Monday Communist forces have suffered their heaviest losses in a single action this year after a two-day battle with a government relief column in the Central Highlands province of Pleiku, according to the South Vietnamese military command. It said 81 communist troops
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    • 42 5 Salisbury, Monday. A claim by an African guerrilla group that a secret deal had been concluded between the Rhodeslan government and African National Council leader Bishop Abel Muzorewa was dismissed by a Government spokesman here yesterday as "without foundation."
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    • 53 5 Paris, Monday. Rebels In Portugal's African territories of GuineaBissau and Angola are using Soviet-made Sam missiles to down Portuguese war planes, the weekly news magazine L Express said in its issue today. The magazine said Sam-3 missiles used in Guinea Bissau had destroyed two-thirds of Portuguese planes
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    • 230 5 Reuter San Francisco, Monday —The FBI said yesterday It was looking for a young couple seen In a white Vollcswagen van outside the apartment of the daughter of newspaper magnate Randolph Hearst Just before she was kidnapped last Monday. "Hie couple remained at
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    • 24 5 Belfast. Monday. Three British soldiers were injured, one seriously, in gunbattles with guerrillas yesterday near the border with the southern Irish Republic.
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    • 230 5 Reuter New York, Monday The former editor of Egypt's most prestigious newspaper says he was dismissed because he expressed doubts about President Nixon's influence in the Middle East, according to Time magazine. Mr. Mohammed Hassanein Heikal, who was removed recently as editor of Al-Ahram
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    • 54 5 London, Monday A women's liberation group yesterday ended a 40hour fast outside Brixton Prison in support of the Price sisters, Dolours and Marian, who are serving life sentences for planting car bombs in London, police said. The eight members of the Women of Ireland Collective began their
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    • 246 5 Reuter Washington, Monday— The chairman of a Congressional committee investigating possible impeachment of President Nixon said yesterday the committee "could do no less" than call Mr. Nixon to testify if it became necessary. C on g re s sman Peter Radino,
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    • 128 5 Reuter Johannesburg. Monday Blacks would never be given equal rights with whites in white areas of South Africa, although those who lived there would be given their own amenities, a government minister said last night. Discussing the concepts of so-called "grand apartheid"
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  • OPINION
    • 476 6 The ill-fated "energy conference" of the foreign ministers of the 13 countries consuming 85 per cent of the world's supply of oil which opens at Washington today, has received another blow. On the eve of the meeting called by the US to work out
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    • 'WHISPERS' by ISPY
      • 99 6 As my grandmother used to say, "We live and learn." From the United Btates cornea the enlightening news that the beat way to preserve a marriage is for a husband and wife to swing at each other with a bat This is, however, no ordinary bat Specially
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      • 60 6 It was certainly an expensive oversight. Mrs. Jeannle Langhorn who flew out to Singapore recently, only remembered that she had left her washing spinning round In the laundrette when sne landed at Paya Leber Airport. Since she was not going home till 1978. she had no choice
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    • 1236 6  -  For a whole week, foar terrorists of the Japaneoe Bed Army and the Popster Front for the liberation of Palestine held three Singaporeans hostages on the ferry La Jo. Throach their interviews with reporters, the pabHe by now has some idea of the fears
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    • 1025 6  -  From Jim Hoagland Washington Post The abrupt removal of Xg y p t's- best known political commentator, Mohammed Hassanein Helical, from his post as director of Cairo's A 1 Ah ram Publishing House earlier this month is an epitaph for an
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    • 704 6  -  From Don Shannon Los Angeles Times Just when the United Nations' "peace police" in the Middle East has begun to restore some of the world organisation's lost lustre, the Security Council's capitulation to Chinese pressure in the Paracel Islands dispute has once
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    • 340 6 flWO^jpSNTl^ EXCERPTS FROM EDITORIALS The Bangkok Post II there's a particularly happy footnote to the visit here by Australian Prime Minister Cough Whltlam, It comes with the new image of our own Prime Minister, Sanya DharmasaktL For the first time since he was appointed by His
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    • 326 6 The Daily Telegraph Rapid shift* in the International oil scene resulting from the massive price increases imposed by the producing states are having complex consequences. It Is apparent that the Arab and other exporting countries never seriously calculated the effects of their unprecedented demands on
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  • Page 6 Miscellaneous

  • SPECIAL FEATURE
    • Article, Illustration
      3049 7  -  It was like father like son... Part One of a New Nation exclusive Sj Excerpts from Tales of a Revolution By Dr. Abu Hanifah Soekarnofrom his early days was convinced that he was destined to lead the indnn—iaw neoiile. Maybe this cave his personality an <l n: rate C
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  • MOTORING AND BEHIND THE NEWS
    • 1219 8  -  MOTORING" ...and how I saved on fuel Jim Watkins With petrol high on the list of items due to Jump in price in the near future unless the tax man agrees to absorb some of the shock, I thought it would be a good idea to
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    • 646 8 Washington Post India is finding itself peculiarly vulnerable to the oil crisis, and the government, faced with the prospect of the economy grinding to a halt, appears to be stunned into ineffective fumbling. India's optimistic new fiveyear plan has been rendered wholly
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    • 683 8  -  MOTOR CYCifl Lee Chiu San To some motorcyclists the spark plug is Just something to be replaced every 5000 miles. Little do they realise that there are dozen of different types of plugs, and using the correct one will help you
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    • 606 8  -  SOUTH-EAST ASIA REPORT From Juan T. Gatbonton INDONESIA Jakarta's growing troubles, of which the student riots during Premier Tanaka's visit seem merely a symptom, arise from the very character of the remarkable recovery that has been the main theme of Indon e s 1 a'
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    • 398 8  -  From J. Katigbak Reuter MALAYSIA Malayan Railways, which operates 1,300 miles (2100 kms) of tracks in Peninsular Malaysia, plans to hire more trained staff and purchase better equipment alter chalking up the unenviable record of almost one derailment a day for the first 11 months
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    • 628 8  -  From Robert Taylor United Press International THAILAND Despite recent public demands for an end to US military involvement in Thailand, a senior member of the government indicated it would like to see American military and civilian advisers have a future role here. Deputy Prime
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    • 722 8  -  Prom H.D.S. Greenway Washington Post VIETNAM Violence and casual murder have become a way of life In Vietnam in ways quite unconnected with combat operations. A 'typical example came to light a few months ago when two little Vietnamese girls,
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  • TREND
    • 379 9 School cert, girl is worried Dear Ros, I feel that I just cannot match up to my boyfriend. He is returning home after higher studies and I am very troubled because I have only a school certificate whereas he has now obtained a degree.
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    • 297 9 Dear Ros, I seem to have become involved in a love triangle through no fault of mine and I am unsure about what to do. Recently I found out that a man whom I have been dating for a few months has
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    • 95 9 Dear Ros. My niece and I are in love and we want to marry. Her grandfather is my mothePs brother. What we are afraid is that we may not be able to marry according to Chinese rites. What should we do? CONFUSED Dear Confused,
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    • 212 9 Dear Ros. When I met a boy he had just broken off from his girlfriend. After a while, he told me that she wanted a reconciliation but he did not want to take her back. He even assured me that If he wanted to be
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    • 293 9  -  B.L. KHOO The tango length skirt may be all the rage for the evening in places where you have Glen "Miller type orchestras—but gowns that sweep the floor are still a firm favourite among women here for afterdark. One reason may be that not
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    • 194 9 Dear Ros, My doctor has said that I have a heart condition and cannot afford to get excited. As a result of this I sometimes stay away from school and I have also had to tell my friends not to visit me. However, my
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    • 120 9 Dear Ros, I was converted to Christianity three years ago when I was 18. My family are Buddhists. Now my boyfriend and I plan to get engaged and I am worried that his parents may object because they are staunch Buddhists. ANN Dear
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    • 151 9 Dear Ros, I am keen on a colleague who is about the same age as I but I am afraid to approach her for a date. You see she is a clerk whereas I am an office boy. Moreover, she has told me that
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  • FINANCE
    • 325 9 United Press International Washington, Monday A prestigious study group recommended yesterday the creation of an international trade elite to carry trade liberalisation beycnd the cumbersome GATT (General Agreement on Tariff and Trade). The recommendation was made by an advisory panel
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    • 80 9 Reuter London, Monday.—The future of North Sea oil, and a row over reports that foreign companies will make massive untaxed profits from exploiting it, threaten to become a major issue in Britain's national election campaign. A survey carried out by the Observer newspaper over the
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    • 108 9 United Press International Tokyo, Monday—The Japanese government will relax its rationing of oil and electricity to major industries, probably about March 1, the financial newspaper Nlhon Kelzal predicted in a front page story yesterday. It said the move Is favoured by Minister of International
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    • EUROPEAN SHARES SERVICE
      • 279 9 Prices on the Amsterdam Stock Exchange moderately declined this week during quiet trading. The request of the trade unions to the government to reopen wage negotiations were among the reasons which caused some reluctancy amongst investors. Their claim of 2.5 per cent Improvement in wages and fringe benefits, was
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      • 164 9 The decision to lift the ban on foreigners Investing In Swiss securities found reflection in the substantially firmer quotations of the Internationally known blue chips. Marked declines were nevertheless recorded at the beginning of the week owing to profittaking and a weak trend on Wall Street. Foreign Investors are
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      • 184 9 This week the Italian stock market opened with the stock index down US$2.3 on the trend of previous week. Following sessions recorded a substantial recovery and the market closed with a gain of US$l.5 for the week. Main reason determining the initial loss was the decision to increase the
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      • 158 9 The trend in the equity sector remained remarkably resslstant during the second half of the week. In the face of the critical situation of the wage negotiations Investors, however, remained on the sidelines. Selective buying was seen In some special situations. In the bond market activity remained sluggish. In
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      • 222 9 As we mentioned last Friday, each week brings its share of contradictory news, and the attitude of investors changes according to the day-to-day fluctuations of the market, which at times are unforeseeable In so far as they can concern even the health of President Pompidou. We would point out
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      • 251 9 Activity on the London equity market was dominated by news of an allout miners strike, and speculation as to whether there would be an early election. Monday's announcement of the 81 per cent strike vote by miners followed by Tuesday morning's meeting of the union executive, fixing the strike
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    • 209 9 OVERSEAS STOCK PRICES Closing prices at 11.30 a.m. (Australian time). AOO 07 nil Allstate 08 nil Amad 03 4 06 Alirora 11 14 Do opts 004 014 A list Ant 084 09 Bamboo 04 nil Beach 35 28 Bridge 16 1? Cleveland 38 41 Easunet 09 10 Endeavour 33
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  • SPORTS
    • 1363 10  -  $2.5-million-a-year aid from Government By JEFFREY LOW The Canadian Government has set aside about $2.5 million a year to subsidise national sports organisations in a concerted effort to excel in the 1976 Montreal Olympic Games. This was disclosed by Eton Talbot, the Australian national swimming
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    • 281 10  -  By LIM KEE CHAN Talib Haron, the 31-year-old apiateur, put up a brilliant fight against the professionals to finish one stroke behind the winner in the Hlceesponsored Tengah golf Open yesterday. Talib tied with Teo Chin Seng on 218, only one behind the
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    • 642 11 "A POS'i SCRIPTI by SCRUTINEER| Endless Glory, a Golden Plume four-year-old, is shaping up for a win. Back him next time out. He showed promise at ipoh on Saturday when he finished fourth to Grand Coup II in class 4 Division 5 over
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    • 315 11 Wang Tunai led into the straight from My Pleasure, with Song Kang and Lesong closing in. My Pleasure hit the front a furlong out tackled by Song Kang. Finishing strongly Song Kang swept past My Pleasure close home to win easily. Lesong finished third. Easy
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    • 96 11 New York, Monday Racehorse trainer Luclen Lauren and New York veterinary surgeon Edward Keefer announced yesterday the successful amputation of a horse's foot and substitution of an artificial fetlock. Lauren, who trained Secretariat, the winner of the last year's Triple Crown, said the successful amputation was
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    • 619 11  -  SQUASH hy Eric Cooper Hussein Ibrahim should have no difficulty in winning the Police championship again this year. The quarter-final lineup puts him against Harbans Singh, with the winner meeting either Hardial Singh or Dennis Lazaroo. In the other half, No--2 seed Gopal should defeat
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    • 237 11 Sydney Monday. Australia's World Cup soccer team battled to a 0-0 draw with the crack Hungarian side Ferencvaros yesterday and E roved Australian soccer ad gone a long way in 17 years. The Australians, beginning their tune-up for their first appearance in the World Cup
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    • 36 11 LERIDA, Spain, Monday—The No. 9 shirt of Dutch soccer super-Star Johan Cruyff fetched 50,000 pesetas (*****0) in an auction here last night to raise money for ailing local third division football club U.D. Lerida.
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    • 970 11 Lausanne, Monday The International Olympic Committee (IOC) yesterday declared its support for this September's Asian Games in Teheran, thus providing China with a further step towards international sport recognition. The lOC Board announced its move after an eight-hour sitting at its headquarters here, during
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    • 86 11 Christchurch, Monday Pakistan and New Zealand scored useful victories here yesterday to take the lead after the second day of the seven-nation international hockey tournament. Pakistan looked favourites for the title with a 2-1 win over a strong Australian side while New Zealand won 2-0 against
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    • 443 11 Kingston, Monday. MCCs cricket tour of the West Indies ran Into more trouble here yesterday when fast bowler Geoff Arnold was involved in an unpleasant incident with local opening batsman Lawrence Rowe. Arnold claimed Rowe had been caught behind off the opening ball of the
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  • 38 12 AH FOOK: So the British miners have walked out. I wonder how long the strike will last. MEI LIN: Whether It lasts one week or one year, the people will be the ones to lose out.
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  • 99 12 TODAY is Monday, Feb. 11. the 42nd day of 1974 with 323 to follow. THE MOON is approaching its last quarter. THE MORNING STAB is Venus. THE EVENING STARS are Mercury. Mars, Saturn and Jupiter. Those born on this date are under the sign of Aquarius. American Inventor Thomas
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  • 28 12 Miss Sandra Wright, 19, enjoys meeting people. She also loves reading and cooking. But these she only indulges during weekends. Picture by PHILIP LIM.
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    • 754 12 SINGAPORE 5 3.00 OPENING ANNOUNCEMENTS followed by KUDUMBA MALAR (T) 3.30 DIARY OF EVENTS (T) 3.35 LOVE IS A MANY SPLENDOUBED THlNG—Daytime serial on the trials and tribulations of three families In San Francisco m David Camdlne in Rung Fu. 3.55 SADHANGAI OU Indian dance featuring P.M. Stella and Samsun
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    • 1240 12 BACK PAGE Mr. Lim Boon Tong, a chartered secretary and management consultant, will conduct a course on SUCCESS MOTIVATION, at the YMCA, Orchard Road, from 7.30 p.m. to 9 p.m. Mr. Wee Kim Cheng, senior art teacher, AngloChinese School, will conduct a course on the ART OF OIL PAINTING, for
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