New Nation, 14 March 1974

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  • 21 1 NEW NATION SINGAPORE Thursday evening, March 14, 1974 No. 972 Price 20 cents M.C. (P) 20/74 SINCAPORE THURSDAY. MARCH 14, 1974
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  • 350 1  -  1 Home Affairs official back with national service pledge By Teresa Ooi The Singapore and Australian Governments have begun working out ways to ensure that Singapore students studying in Australia return to do their i national service. An officer of the Ministry of Home Affairs
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  • 54 1 In quiet trading prices were steady on the Stock Exchange of Singapore for the first 45 minutes. BUSINESS DONE: Kemayan (2) 2.00. City Development (1) 1.40. Olympla (40) 1.90. Malaysia United Industries (1) 1.30. Gammon (1) 1.24. Empat Nombcr Ekor (1) 4.00. Esso (1) 2.94. Haw Par
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  • 10 1 Police reported 107 accidents yesterday. Two were serious.
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  • 97 1 March 11, 1823 was a treacherous night for Singapore. An amok killed an Indian peon with a kris and soon the colony's Resident, Colonel Farquhar (above), was also to be stabbed by him. The sleepy town, pitch dark on a moonless night, was suddenly raging
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  • 601 1 They will meet again after 'allowing time off for ministers to consult governments* UPI, Reuter Tripoli, Thursday The Arab oil ministers yesterday postpone<Lall decisions on whether to- lift Hie oil embargo against the United States until a further meeting in Vienna on Sunday. The
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  • 306 1 He will be queried on how to improve ties The Foreign Minister, Mr. S. Rajaratnam, is expected to report to Parliament today on his recent trip to Arab countries. Mr. L. P. Rodrlgo, (Serangoon Gardens), would like the Minister to Inform the
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  • 210 1 Reuter Tahua, Thursday The rise in world fuel prices may result in countless deaths across drought-strick-en western Africa where mobile medical teams are curtailing operations for lack of petrol funds, a West German doctor warned here in Niger. "Our fuel credits have simply run out
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  • 124 1 Reuter London, Thursday Stripper Jackie Russell got in a tangle with airline officials here yesterday when they refused to allow her co-performers four 12ft (four metres) pythons —to travel with her. Blonde Jackie, whose snakes are an integral part of her erotic act, had
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  • 56 1 London. Thursday Queen Elizabeth left yesterday to make a state visit to Indonesia the first there by a British sovereign. The Queen is flying in a British Airways VC-10 airliner which Is due in Bali at 6 p.m. today. The aircraft will make brief stops at
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  • 239 1 United Press International Saigon, Thursday Protests of the communist shelling of a Mekong Delta school accelerated yesterday and a massive march by students was being planned in Saigon to condemn the incident. A single mortar shell hit a crowded schoolyard In the town of Cai Lay. 46 miles
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  • 37 1 Washington, Thursday Secretary of State Dr. Henry Kissinger is expected to visit the Soviet Union for three days beginning oa March 24 to pave the way for a June visit to Moscow by President Nixon.
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  • 260 1  -  By Bharathi Mohan Police today warned that streaking running around in the nude in public —is an offence. Police spokesman, Asst. Supt. Ng Woon Poh, said that streakers cap be charged with indecency. They can also be prosecuted for insulting the modesty of women, he
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  • LOCAL NEWS
    • 149 2 The tender for the construction and completion of various Interchanges at the Adam Road area of the Pan Island Expressway has been awarded to Messrs Klan Huat and Company. The successful tender was $3.3 million. The work is scheduled to be completed In two
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    • 124 2 A local association is to stage a Chinese Opera to raise funds for charity. The organisers of the Cantonese opera, The Romance of tne Red Pear, to be performed at the Kreta Ayer People's Theatre on March 30, hopes to raise $150,000 from
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    • 27 2 The National Productivity Board will conduct a course on Effective Field Sales Organisation at the Hotel Catering School, Nassim Hill, from April 1 to 8.
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    • 240 2 To stop profiteering The Singapore Manufacturers Association is encouraging Its members to print or emboss the retail prices of their products on the packaging before distributing them. It Is understood that discussions have been held between the association and its members on this matter.
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    • 58 2 The president of the Singapore Chamber of Commerce, Mr. K. C. Tan, will open an exhibition of paintings of horses by artist Hauw Sing King at the Chamber's Hill Street premises on Saturday at 5 p.m. The exhibition will be open to the public from Sunday to
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    • 33 2 The Department of Extramural Studies of the University of Singapore will present a lecture on The Political Behaviour of German Labour Unions at the university's New Lecture Theatre 4 on Monday
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    • 335 2 LKA The national chess championship preliminary rounds ended last night with Kwok Ah Soh and Lim Chye Seng from group 2 joining the other nine who have qualified for the finals. (N.N. yesterday). Resuming their game adjourned the previous day, Kwok beat Chye Seng
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    • 449 2 Move to $5 million complex in Kent Ridge The Staff Training Institute, Economic Research Centre and Regional Institute of Higher Education and Development will move at the end of this year to a new $5 million complex In Kent Ridge originally constructed for the ECAFE
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    • Article, Illustration
      131 2 Indonesian artist Dull ah, who has been described as Rembrandt of Asia, has pesented one of his works to the Indonesian Embassy. Dullah, acknowledged as the foremost portrait painters In Indonesia, gave a painting of a Ballnese Legong dancer, which was received by the Ambassador. Mr. Rukmlto Hendraningrat.
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    • 242 2  -  By Angela Loke Bebe, or Mrs. Peter Swonnell (above) Is one of those lucky wives who shares all her interests with her husband from horse-riding to karate to the family business in antiques. A former model and physics research assistant with the London University
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    • 184 2 Senior officials from ASEAN countries began talks today to discuss the establishment of a Zone of Peace. Freedom and Neutrality in SouthEast Asia. The Deputy Secretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Mr. Tan Boon Seng, is chairing the meeting which will
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    • 49 2 Caldbeck Macgregor and Co. recently awarded long service awards to five employees who have put in a total of 138 years of service. They are Mr. John Tan Siong Guck, Encik Hussein bin Rahman. Encik Ismail bin Noordin, Mr. Gan Cheng Poh and Encik Said bin Rapan.
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    • 27 2 Tuan Hajl Rahmat Kenap, MP for Geylang Serai, will open the Water is Precious exhibition at the Geylang Serai Community Centre tomorrow at 7.30 p.m.
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    • 410 3  -  By Douglas Chan Eight Singapore fishermen crew members of SMF 714 who were adrift for over 20 days in the Straits of Malacca have returned home safely. They were rescued by an American registered freighter, Amar, just as their rations had run out. The
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    • 168 3 The Junior Chamber of Commerce is launching a six-year membership drive, called Operation Jaycees Dare. During this period the Jaycees plan to increase their membership from 200 to 5,000 memoers. This was decided at the Jaycees' recent annual general meeting, at the Apollo Hotel. According to a
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    • 367 3 Children attending The Mlrrorman, a play to be presented at the International School at the end of the month, will have to take part in the action or the show will not go on. Mr. Clive Webster, 41, a drama specialist from London
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    • 38 3 The principal of the Singapore Polytechnic. Mr. V.P.W. Ager will present diplomas to successful candidates who have gained the Llcentiateshlp of the Institution of the Rubber industry at Sea View Hotel on March 21 at 7.30 p.m.
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    • 109 3 The Ministry of Education is offering 30 scholarships worth $480 each a year to outstanding Pre-University One students who are Singapore citizens. The tenure of the scholarships is for one year but it may be renewed the following year, subject to satisfactory academic progress.
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    • 28 3 The Goodwill Shop of the Singapore Council of Social Service in Penang Lane, will hold an open house, on Friday, from 10.30 a.m. to 5.30 pjn.
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    • 319 3 The civil suit over the 3 Vi tons of mercury salvaged from a German submarine, sunk off Penang during the Second World War, will be heard in the Singapore High Court from May 27 to 31. Four parties have staked claims on the
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    • 299 3  -  Car traders here in a quandary By Sonny Wee Several local businessmen are In a quandary over the Indonesian government's ban on importation of cars. They stand to lose some $100,000 due to the recent Dan on the import of cars. These businessmen, it
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    • 149 3 The public is urged to report any form of malpractices by pilgrim brokers or their agents to the Pilgrimage Office. In a press statement, the Ministry of Social Affairs also warned that it is an offence for any person to act as a pilgrim broker
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  • Page 2 Miscellaneous
    • 979 2 NEW NATION CROSSWORD ai an 3 Loyal friend. 4 Boxing term. 5 Frost. 6 As a whole: Fr. 7 Woman adviser. 8 Enjoying the taste of. 9 Vital statistic. 10 Violin, for short. 11 More mudclogged. 12 Come forth. 13 Removed from office. 15 Inveigled: Slang. 20 Certain veterans. 23
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  • FOR YOUR PLEASURE
    • 882 4  -  By Violet Oon "A musician must tall in love again and again with the music he is playing instead of standing back and analysing it," said Mr. Detlef Kraus. 54 with an expressive wave of his hands. "This is especially true of music in the European
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    • 571 4 MarjdHe Wallace, the dilec table but dethroned Miss World is back home in the land of streakers and Watergate. How normal she must suddenly feel. For days she tried t". cope with the respon sibilities the title thrust upon har but It proved
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    • 444 4  -  By Jennifer Schoon If you sometimes have a bit of free time, and want to try your hand at doing something different, then take up stained glass painting. What? That difficult thing they do to decorate windows of churches? No, not that kind but something similar.
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    • 382 4  -  By Pat Morgan Guy Peelaert is a Belglum artist in his midthirties who has become something of a cult figure in Europe, mainly because of his widelypublished strip cartoons. His following could rocket with the publication of Rock Dreams which is at once
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    • 254 4 MUSICORNEH The singer in Musicorner Poser No. 25 was Jack Bruce. The winners of an LP and a poster each are: Mr. Ong Chee Huat. Mr. Baklr bin Abdul Oaffar, Mr. Ang Neong Tiong, Mr. Ronalll Chia and Mr. Yap Fel Up. The following win
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    • 628 4 TWO BOYS TAKE A CAR FROM MUNICH TO GENOA Melbourne Herald Schoolboy brothers Chrlstoph and Michael Zenker, 13 and 11, were bored with life in Munich. 80 they decided to set off on a journey into the unknown. Three days later Italian police found
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  • WORLD NEWS
    • 429 5 Heath bid to attack pay policy Reuter London, Thursday A challenge over pay policy emerged yesterday and may have a possible first parliamentary threat to Britain's minority Labour Government. Conservative leader Mr. Edward Heath was meeting his party chiefs to decide whether to rally
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    • 210 5 United Press International New York, Thursday The latest college fad on Tuesday hit the Whldbey Island naval air station, near Oak Harbour, Washington, where two aviation machinist mates guided a plane to its parking area wearing hard hats, shoes and tool belts and nothing
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    • 328 5 Secret file offer to Jaworski UPI, Reuter Washington, Thursday. —Attorney General William Sax be disclosed yesterday he has found a classified file in one of his office cabinets that showed wiretapping was prevalent during the administrations of Presidents Lyndon Johnson and John F. Kennedy.
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    • 150 5 Washington, Thursday The Senate voted yesterday to restore the death penalty, a major step that could lead to the first executions in the United States since 1967. The legislation, sent to the House, was Intended to overcome objections by the Supreme Court,
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    • 42 5 Buenos Aires, Thursday The Esso Oil Co. of Argentina paid a record US$l4.2 million ($35.5 million) in cash to leftist guerrillas as ransom for kidnapped plant manager Mr, Victor Samuelson. according to an advertisement sent to Buenos Aires newspapers yesterday.
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    • 186 5 Peking. Thursday—A leading Chinese newspaper yesterday warned that Western classical music could exert a harmful influence on China's cultural development. But at the same time the intellectual Guangmlng daily, expressed qualified approval for the works of Beethoven. The paper, however, took a more moderate line
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    • 308 5 Reuter Moscow, Thursday Franco-Soviet summit talks ended in Pltsunda yesterday with Soviet leader Mr. Leonid Brezhnev falling to win over President Pompidou comEletely on his ideas of ow to achieve lasting detente in Europe. The French President told a Press conference he agreed
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    • 233 5 Reuter Washington, Thursday. —Secretary of State Dr. Henry Kissinger yesterday turned a diplomatic cheek V> Moscow Radio's encouragement of the Arab oil embargo against the United States. Dr. Kissinger was questioned by newsmen, about Moscow Radio's Arabic language broadcast monitored on Tuesday
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    • 34 5 Sydney, Thursday Tropical Cyclone Zoe lashed the northern coast of New South Wales yesterday, adding further devastation to the trail of destruction and massive flooding it has left along Australia's eastern seaboard.
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    • 149 5 Reuter Washington, Thursday —B-52 bombers would not be stationed on the British owned Island of Diego Garcia In the Indian Ocean, a Pentagon spokesman said yesterday. The spokesman said the Defence Department considered but then rejected stationing the heavy bombers on the island to
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  • OPINION
    • 528 6 Yesterday must have been a record day for oil conferences. Even as the oil ministers of nine Arab countries were meeting in Tripoli to review their oil embargo against the US and Holland, energy officials from the US and the Common Market (with the
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    • 'WHISPERS' by ISPY
      • 42 6 The Pentagon Information Office long has had four clocks indicating the times in Moscow, Honolulu, Greenwich and Saigon. Recently the signs were changed to Moscow, Honolulu, Greenwhich and Peking. Saigon and Peking are in the same time zone.
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      • 87 6 Never leave your car unattended even if it happens to be a Police car. Two detectives in London who did so, had their car stolen by a man they had just arrested. One of the detectives had planned to drive the prisoner's car to the Police Station
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    • 1084 6  -  Money may not mewed In baying love, hrt as Fakir Singh potato eat. It can certainly help te buy the thing* that yea lore »neh aa beautlfnl houses, big plushy ears etc. Se ean anyone really be blamed for dreanUng np dreams of get-rich-quick schemes?
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    • 503 6 VOICE OF THE PRESS What other newspapers are saying: INVESTIGATE THOROUGHLY INTO THE STRANGE PHENOMENON IN SCHOOL ROOK-SHOPS An article in the Teachers' Forum published early this month made a review of the question of school book-shops under the title of Is the school book-shop necessary?
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    • 490 6  -  By H Hobart Rowan Washington Post The United States Is In the midst of a mild decline In economic activity which will be followed by an upturn In the second half of the year, according to a survey of forecasts by 62 leading professional
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    • 691 6  -  From I Claire Sterling Washington Post Even In a remarkable year as political scandals go Italy's oil scandal is getting into a class all its own. The scandal broke a few weeks ago when two young magistrates In Genoa, looking Into a suspected
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    • Letters
      • 76 6  -  LOO TSE CHIEN I would like to comment on the drugstore Incident mentioned by Vanessa in Female Front (NN. 8.3.74). Perhaps the reason for the salesgirls' hesitation is not so much that Vanessa was so obviously pregnant but that oral contraceptives are "prescription only" drugs
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      • 239 6 I noticed In your March 6 issue that the Singapore Fire Brigade will spend $1.4 million in 1974 for a new fire station at Jurong, three new fire service vehicles and installation of stand-by generators at five stations. You also recently reported that the Fire Service is
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      • 270 6  -  YAP PEK HONG (Mrs.) Sr. Public Relations Officer, Housing and Development Board, Singapore 2. We refer to the article headlined Meeting Needs of the Young (NN, 5.3.74) in the Leisure series. The statement that "a proposal was made a few years ago to open up at least
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      • 105 6  -  YAP SOON HOE Secretary, Bos Services Reorganisation Committee, Singapore, 6. I refer to the letter by Nonsmoker (NN, 16.2.74). Conductors are not allowed to smoke whilst on duty. If Nonsmoker could give me the registration number of the bus Involved In the incident, through P.O. Box 6000,
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  • SPECIAL FEATURE
    • 2969 7  -  Making of the Modern Singaporean The evening of March 11, 1823 was a dramatic one for Singapore. It was a moonless night but no one conld have predicted that within hours an Indian peon would be dead and the Resident of the Colony, Col.
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    • 373 7 United Press International Shoichi Yokoi, a World War Two holdout who returned to civilisation two years ago after living alone in the Guam jungles almost half his life, is a strong critic of the world in which he lives. "If I were 10 years
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  • Page 7 Miscellaneous
    • 113 7 DR. KILDARE by Ken Bald I'VE BEEN N WAITING HERE FOR HOURS. > WHERE PIP N YOU SO AFTER YOU LEFT my J HUSBAND? 1...1 STOPPEP IN TO TALK TO DR. GILLESPIE. H-HCW PC VtXI 1 I KNOW I AWS WITH LORP KELVIN? •»fn > Tt *®rr u by John
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  • BEHIND THE NEWS AND FINANCE
    • 910 8  -  "ASIAN DIARY From Sam Jameson Los Angeles Times JAPAN Sometimes in Japan what is not spoken can be as significant as anything that is said. A three-day conference between 44 US businessmen and 36 Japanese counterparts in Miyamoshlta took on precisely that
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    • 255 8  -  From Ramesh Pande INDIA The wo r 1 d's largest democracy goes to work on a bicycle. Even before the Arabs tightened up their oil exports, most Indians depended heavily on bicycles, the cheapest mode of transportation in a country which has a per capita
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    • 824 8  -  From Sam Jameson Los Angeles Times KOREA Mr. Kim Dae Jung, the 1971 opposition presidential candidate who was kidnapped from Japan to Korea last August, charged here recently that national security in South Korea has been eroded by a lack
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    • 488 8  -  By Ismail Kassim Escalating freight rates have hit the local timber industry badly, according to a timber exporter who does not wish to be identified. "Exports of timber products this year have dropped by as much as 60 per cent as compared to
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    • 155 8 Japan's second largest advertising agency Hakuhodo has set up a subsidiary in Singapore. Hakuhodo (Singapore) Pte Limited established last November, undertakes advertising, public relations pro grammes, and related marketing research services. "We are mainly servicing our home office clients in Singapore, because in the
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    • OVERSEAS STOCK EXCHANGE PRICES
      • 394 8 Optimism that Arab oil ministers meeting in Tripoli finally will end the five-month old embargo against the United States sent stock prices higher on the New York Stock Exchange yesterday. Trading was moderate. The Dow Jones industrial average climbed 4.54 to a 1974-hlgh of 891.66. still well below
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      • 258 8 Inspite of Bank of Japan's announcement that wholesale prices showed signs of stabilization in February, the market declined considerably. In addition, corporate investors' sellings, discouraged Investors. In the morning session, selective buying lifted sewing machine ftroducers in c 1 uding Ricar and Tokyo Juki Industrial. Nippon Carbon, Nito-Bo and
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      • 200 8 Closing prices (in trance) yesterday: Parlbas 178 +1 Inaochlne 204.50 —1.60 Foncler 378 unch. Printemps 105.50 —.40 CGE 413 —6 Bull 57 60 —1 Royal Dutch 163.50 —1.40 Michelln 1172 —33 Thomson 231 —5 CPP 194 —1.50 Rhone 139 —.50 Air 316 —3 BSN 1047 —7 Philips 56 —.50
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      • 243 8 Frices at i 1.30 a.m. (Australian time): Aberleen su;p. Do opts susp. AOD 08 10 Amaa 03% 04 Aurora 10 12 Do opts 00% 01 Aust Ant 12 13 Bamboc 06% 07 Beech 26 28 Bounty susp. Bridge 16 17 Cleveland 48 SO Cosmos 00% 01 Do ctg nil
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      • 82 8 This service comes from the Union Bank of Swltxerland. Closing prices (in francs) on the Zurich Stock Exchange yesterday: UBS 3715 —10 SBC 3380 +30 Credit Suisse 3170ex —55 Swissair B. 525 —4 Swiss Reinsur. 2210 —25 Winterthur B. 1830 Zurich Insur. 6650 —50 Juvena B. 2050 —25 Nestle
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    • 229 8 Share prices were fairly steady on the Stock Exchange of Singapore yesterday. The market opened very quiet but steadily improved towards the close. Turnover improved to U million units valued at $2.4 million compared with 936,000 shares worth $2 million on Tuesday. Fractional improvements were achieved by Associated
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    • 256 8  -  By Judith Holmberg The Cockpit Hotel is planning to add over 400 rooms to its present structure. These and additional facilities are included in a multimillion dollar expansion plan. Close sources said that the extension would go into the adjoining land which accommodates
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    • 247 8 United Press International Washington, Thursday Treasury Secretary Mr. George Shultz told a touring group of foreign journalists yesterday he believed the timetable for international monetary reform could be met and would be met. He said it was likely that a system would
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    • 137 8 A new series of the Hyster battery powered forklifts which have recently been introduced in Singapore by the East Asiatic Company, are at present the subject of an intensive study by a group of engineers from the region. These engineers all in the technical services
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    • 139 8 UPI London, Thursday Fears that the Arabs will maintain their oil embargo against the United States weakened the American dollar on a broad front yesterday, financial dealers said. Gold prices climbed on most major bullion exchanges. In London, the pound Jumped to U552.35 for
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  • TREND
    • 504 9  -  TALKING SHOP VIOLET OON Singapore florists are getting more imaginative. Gone are the days when all you could get from them was a standard basket of flowers, one looking very much like the other. Now, they offer arrangements to suit every whim and fancy. You can
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    • 564 9  -  ELSIE ON THE JOB DEVISING SYSTEMS FOR THEM IS HER SPECIAL FIELD OF WORK BETTY L. KHOO Elsie Tan's job came about when computers were invented and systems analysts were required to devise systems for computerisation. If this conjures up an image of a
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    • 126 9 Melbourne Herald Oberon and Titania, the good fairies from A Midsummer Night's Dream, are causing a very unpoetic row in the English town of Farnham in Surrey. Proprietors of the New Redgrave Theatre have bought a statue of the couple to stand in the
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    • 514 9 Melbourne Herald Now that skirts and dresses are the proven fashion fact of 1974, it is time to examine the accessories after the fact. In shoes the swing is to grace because women must now walk differently, stand differently, and show a
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    • 116 9 Melbourne Herald Top glamour model Susie Dyson Is a great believer in facials and apart from a monthly visit to Paris skin specialist Jane De Busset, she has several do-it-your-self recipes. Every three months she gives herself an eggcompact. This consists of rubbing the
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    • 388 9 KATONG SHOPPING CENTRE ADVERTISEMENT FEATURE TT is said that beauty is skin deep. And though the subtleties of the statement may elude many a woman and even some men, most women know the importance that skin care plays in enhancing beauty. From ages immemorial, they have used every
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    • 239 9 How to succeed with W 1 Russian men... United Press International In the Soviet Union where women drive buses, operate tractors and work on construction sites, the quality both sexes still value most in a woman is her femininity. Faithfulness and the ability to be a good housewife are the
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    • 58 10 A typical case of "sandwiching" as Hyatt Hotel goalkeeper Hussein finds himself caught between Mohammed Amln (left) and Shariff Salleh (r 1g h t), both of Mandarin Hotel, ip a Business Houses Division Three match at Tanglin yesterday. Hyatt won on 5-4 penalty kicks after full-time
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    • 91 10 Portsmouth, Thursday. Great Britain 11, skippered by Chay Blyth, Is leading on handicap In the final leg of the Round The World yacht race, organisers said here last night. The 72-foot ketch was among 17 contestants which set out from Rio De Janeiro last week on the 5500-mile
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    • 582 10 London, Thursday Violence erupted on and oft the pitch at English and Scottish soccer matches last night. Referee Clive Thomas suspended play for seven minutes in the English First Division match between Manchester City and Manchester United after two players had refused to be sent off.
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    • 116 10 Daytona Beach, Thursday. The Daytona International Bpeedway announced yesterday that the 1974 24 hours of Daytona sports car endurance race has been cancelled for this year. The race was originally scheduled for February 2-3 but was postponed in hopes of drawing more foreign entries for
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    • 157 10 Six trials will be held to pick the Singapore team to the fifth Asian age group swimming cnampionshlps In Manila In June. The trials will be held on April 2. 4, 6, 9. 11 and 13 at the Singapore Swimming Club ana the
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    • 56 10 Turin, Thursday. Belgrade will stage the 1975 World Stud en t Games, the International University Sports Federation (FISU) has decided here. Sources said the decision was taken yesterday at a meeting here of FIBUs Presidential Committee headed by Dr. Primo Neblolo of Italy The proposed dates for
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    • 523 10 Milan, Thursday Milan of Italy, the holders, looked set to go through to the seml-flnals of the European Cup Winners Cup after an over whelming 3-0 victory over Paok Salonica in a first leg quarter-final match here last night Milan won despite playing
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    • 326 10 Now for All-England, he says Copenhagen, Thursday Denmark's Svend Pri won the men's singles title in the Danish Open badminton championships here last night, slamming his way to a 15-11, 15-5 victory over Sture Johnsson of Sweden in the final. Hlroe Yuki of Japan won the
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    • 480 10  -  BOWIiNG with Jeffrey Low The Singapore Tenpin Bowling Congress yesterday assured their members that a Singapore team would definitely be sent to the grand finals of the FIQ Asian Zone competition In Tokyo from April 1 to 6. STBC tournament chairman Mr. Charlie
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    • 180 10 Denver, Thursday Vince Boryla, president of the Denver Boxing Club, yesterday said a U*****,000 cash guarantee has been offered world heavyweight champion Qeorge Foreman to fight the winner of the Ron Lyle-Oscar Bonavena fight. The offer, If accepted, wouid match the heavyweights In Denver In
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    • 70 10 Adelaide, Thursday Australian skipper Jamie Wilmot scored his third win of the series and virtually clinched the title In the fourth race of the World fireball yacht championship here yesterday. Australian crews filled the first six places yesterday and hold the top six positions on corrected
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    • 167 11 Well known French stunt driver, Prank Valverde, has set up a unique endurance record in a test similar to that carried out on an astronaut. With 34 sensors on his body relaying his reactions and state of health to the doctors supervising the test, he
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    • 325 11 Agaricus also impresses By BLUE PETER Our Sweetie did a winning gallop at Bukit Timah this morning. Ridden by apprentice Henry Heng, the Rain Wave three-year old sprinted smartly over 3f in 36 2/5 on good going. Agaricus (Winsan Liew) impressed over 3f in
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    • 171 11 London, Thursday Lanza rote wrested the Champion Hurdle crown from last year's winner, Comedy Of Errors, as both horses finished exhausted after their longawaited battle at the National Hunt festival meeting at Cheltenham yesterday. Lanzarote, winner of its last 10 races, held on to win
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    • 190 11 Christcliurch, Thursday—Skipper Bev Congdon saia after leading New Zealand to tneir first Test cricket victory over Australia here today: "The result was very satisfying." After New Zealand had clinched their five wicket triumph, Congoon said: "It was not as easy a win as it might
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    • 49 11 Capetown, Thursday— The Petone Rugby Union club from New Zealand yesterday became the first white club to play a coloured (mixed race> side in South Africa when they met a Tygerberg Zone XV here. Petone won by 32 points to 12 after leading 10 3 at halftlme.
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    • 371 11 Hayes to be tested Georgetown, Thursday Geoff Boycott and Dennis Amiss are back together as MCC's openers for the four-day match against Guyana which starts at Bourda Qvai today. It is fairly clear indication that the experiment of playing Boycott down the order has been set
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    • 86 11 Hyderabad, Thursday— The Sri Lanka cricket team met the first defeat of their current tour of Pakistan when they were beaten by 34 runs by the Sind Cricket. Association President's XI in a onedav 40 over match here vesterdav. Pakistan Test batsman Zaheer Abbas flogged the
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    • 1853 11 Saturday Cl. 1 Div. 3—7f 0092 Batu Ferringhi 9.00 4 1013 Letrik 9.00 5 4536 String O Pearls 8.13 7 6756 Tengah II 8.13 2 0036 Boniface 8.12 11 4126 Winslow Boy 8.12 16 0020 Strike Lucky 8.12 3 9 Melross II 8.12 12 Purple
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    • 251 11 SCRATCH INGS (SATURDAY) RACE 1: 1.30 CL 5 Div. 4 6f: Replica, Kung Fu, Lesong. RACE 2: 2.00 a 5 Div. 3 6f. RACE 3: 2.30 a 5 Div. 3-9f: Maione, Timberlane. RACE 4: 3.00 CL 5 Div. 2 9f: Sunny Heart RACE 5: 3.30 CL 4 Div. 7
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    • 538 11 Field of 115 tee off this morning Medan, Thursday A field of 115 golfers from 11 countries teed off here today for the start of the US$2O,OOO Indonesian Open, the fifth leg of the Asian golf circuit. Heading the pack are Lu Liang
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    • 246 11 Tokyo, Thursday World Boxing Association junior lightweight champion Ben Villaflor of the Philippines is more worried about the snow at Toyama than his title defence tonight against Japanese challenger Apollo Yoshio, his handlers said yesterday. "We would like to end the fight in the arly rounds," Hawaiian
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    • 102 11 Auckland, Thursday The New Zealand table tennis team left here yesterday for a five-week Asian tour. The six players who left are Richard Lee (Wellington), Gary Murphy (Hamilton), ling Nan Ming (Canterbury), James Morris and "Mrs. Netl Traill (Northland) and Miss Yvonne Pogarty (Hamilton). Miss Anne
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    • 216 11 Sao Pauio, Thursday.— Wimbledon champion Jan Kodes of Czechoslovakia was upset by Argentinian Guillermo Vilas on the second day of the World Championship Tennis tournament here. Kodes, comfortably on top early in the match, seemed to lose his patience and was beaten 1-6.
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    • 40 11 New York. Thursday— U.S. National Association results: Buffalo 124 Phoenix 94; Los Angeles 109 New York 102: Celeveland 95 Atlanta 84; KC-Omaha 93 Chicago 91; Detroit 113 Golden State 108; Capital 111 Philadelphia 101; Boston 110 Porland 93.
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    • 191 11 INDUSTRY MARINE DIRECTORY 1973 The "INDUSTRY MARINE DIRECTORY 1973" is now in circulation. This Directory, which is around 300 pages, is divided into 2 Sections. INDUSTRY MARINE. Each Section is again subdivided into various sub-headings under which all local companies in the Director are classified. This Directory is indeed very
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  • 163 12 TODAY Is Thursday, March 14, the 73rd day of 1974 with 292 to follow. THE MOON is approaching its last quarTHK MORNING STARS are Mercury, Venus and Jupiter. THE EVENING STARS are Mars and Saturn. Those born on this date are under the sign of Pisces. German scientist Albert
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  • 47 12 AH FOOK: The hoarders and profiteers are really in for trouble. Once they are exposed it will mean the end of their business. MEI UN: They have been given enough warning. Anyway, it's still not too late for them to turn over a new leaf.
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  • 64 12 Miss Judy Tung, 19, is a Chinese pop song lover. Unlike others, however, she is not satisfied with being just a passive listener. "I want to be a singer on stage," said Judy who is a waitress in the Northern Palace Restaurant. An active girl, she
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  • Page 12 Miscellaneous
    • 729 12 SINGAPORE 5 3.H OPENING ANNOUNCEMENTS followed by HOUSEWIVES' MATINEE 24 Hours: Part 1 of ft Cantonese film. 3.54 ART APPRECIATION (C) (Rpt.) 4.11 GENERAL HOSPITAL Daylight serial starring John Bernadlne as Dr. Steve Hardy and Emily McLaughan. Stories Involving the staff, the doctors and the patients in a busy metropolitan
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    • 848 12 BACK RAGE AT THE CINEMA EOGAH KOH^ THE LAST OF SHEILA: A film producer psychologically devises a murder game aboard his luxury yacht on the anniversary of his wife's death; invited are his friends and associates who proceed to strip the Innermost secrets from one another. Directed by Herbert Ross,
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    • 690 12 WHAT'S ON The Singapore Society of Pathology will hold a talk by Dr. Chao Tse Cheng, on MEDICOLEGAL PROBLEMS ENCOUNTERED BY DOCTORS, at the Pathology lecture theatre, at AJSO pjn. The finals of the ROTARY 1974 INTERSCHOOL ELOCUTION CONTEST, for secondary schools will be on at the RKLC auditorium, Orange
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