New Nation, 9 April 1974

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  • 22 1 NEW NATION SINGAPORE Tuesday evening, April 9, 1974 No. 994 Price 20 cents M.C. (P) 20/74 NE\^femON SINGAPORE TUESDAY, APRIL 9, 1974
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  • 235 1 These schoolgirls were among hundreds who waded through foot high water after an hour's downpour which caused flooding in several areas yesterday. Their attempt to keep their uniforms dry was a tricky operation because cyclists like these deliberately sped past and splashed water at them. They
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  • 55 1 New Delhi, Tuesday Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Mujibur Rahman will arrive here from Moscow tomorrow for a 26-hour state visit, it was officially announced here yesterday. Sheikh Mujib, who is on his way home from three weeks of medical treatment in Moscow, is scheduled to have talks
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  • 20 1 The full results of the Royal Academy of Dancing examinations for children held here recently are in Page 2.
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  • 13 1 Police reported 101 accidents yesterday. Six were serious and two fatal.
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  • 317 1 Abducted—then beaten and robbed of $1800 By Morris John Two men armed with iron rods yesterday abducted a young fisherman and drove him to a deserted spot in Chua Chu Kang Road a mile away where he was beaten up and robbed of $1,000. Eng
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  • 31 1 Dacca, Tuesday—Dacca University, scene of the recent sten gun murder of seven students and hand grenade explosions that injured a girl student, was closed down today for two months.
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  • 19 1 A police party raided an unnumbered hut behind Purvis Street early today and recovered 10 iron rods,
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  • 356 1 Denounces land deal allegation Reuter London, Tuesday Prime Minister Mr. Harold Wilson yesterday denounced newspaper "harassment" of his personal secretary in the controversy over land deals and said it was a cowardly way of attacking him and the Labour Government. In his first detailed statement to Parliament
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  • 539 1 Kuala Lumpur, Tuesday Party leaders today Tun Tan Siew Sin's resignation as Finance Minister and MCA president as a great loss to the nation. Penang Chief Minister and acting national chairman of Gerakan, Dr. Lim Chong Eu, urged Malaysians to view his resignation
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  • 126 1 Share prices moved up slightly in the Stock Exchange of Singapore this morning in reaction to the heavy downfall they suffered yesterday. BUSINESS DONE: City Development (2) 1.00, (16) 1.01, (2) 1.02. San Holdings (4) 0.70. Mosbert (1) 0.95. M. Banking (13) 6.45. M. Credit (1) 1.84,
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  • 306 1 Damascus, Tuesday A Syrian delegation will fly to Washington in the next 48 hours for talks with U.S. Secretary of State Dr. Henry Kissinger on the disengagement of Syrian and Israeli forces on the Golan Heights front, diplomatic sources said yesterday. The sources said
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  • 285 1  -  CISCO guards take over security By Bharathi Mohan The T e 1 e d y n e Semiconductor company in Kallang has disbanded its entire Internal security setup following the loss, over the last three years, of gold parts and wires believed to be worth
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  • Page 1 Advertisements
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  • Page 1 Miscellaneous

  • LOCAL NEWS
    • 139 2 Construction is now underway to build a railway overpass at Woodlands checkpoint as part of the Causeway expansion project. A $1.2 million contract has been awarded to Lip Stnc Construction Pte. Ltd. to build the bridge Which will be used by Incoming traffic from
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    • 308 2  -  Treat from Hungary By Violet Oon We were promised an unforgettable musical treat and we got just that last night when the Hungarian State Sym phony Orchestra gave a concert at the Conference Hall. It was the first time a full symphony orchestra was heard in Singapore
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    • 127 2 Dancing standards will only improve if dancers are paid professional fees and well-organised amateur groups practise and perform regularly. Mr. Francis Yeoh, artistic director of the National Dance and Theatre Company, was speaking at the Klwanls Club luncheon today. He said: "Specialised and well-o r g a
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    • 30 2 Mr. W. Michie, of the Aberdeen Royal Infirmary, Scotland, will give a lecture on Therapeutic Trends in Thyrotoxicosis at the Pathology lecture theatre, Outram General Hospital, on Thursday.
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    • 1459 2 The following are the results of the Royal Academy of Dancing Children's Examinations held recently: The examiner was Miss Jean Nuckey. PRIMARY Honours: Fiona Soh, Alice Heer, Suml Terada. Jacqueline Llm, Karen Truong, Brona OToole. Sinead OToole. Elaine Leong. Olwen Thomas. Julie Eagles, Chew LI
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    • 251 2 These are three of the five armoured cars the CISCO "kids" would soon be riding in when they escort gold bullions, cash, Jewellery and vital documents around the island. Two of them, scheduled to arrive this month after a six-month delay, are now expected to be delivered
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    • 466 2 US visitors may skip region The Director of the Singapore Tourist Promotion poard, Mr. Lam Peng Loon, has said that the oil crisis must certainly cause some decline in the number of visitors from the United States to the Pacific region. Mr. Lam, who was
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    • 412 3 The National Shippers' Council is thinking of expanding its shipping freight booking centre to serve more ports, provide more tonnages and increase sailing frequencies. Bookings at the centre in terms of tonnage saw a two-fold increase in the past year, according to Mr. Tan Eng Joo,
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    • 37 3 Mr. Eng Soo Tth, of the Primary Production Department, has recently returned from a 10-week poultry-husbandry course In Australia. The Colombo Plan course was attended by experts from Asia, Africa and the South Pacific.
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    • 423 3 The following candidates have passed the Final Professional Examination for the degrees of Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery in Medicine, Surgery and Obstetrics and Gynaecology: Ng Han Seong Ng Han Sheng—With Ho- nours and with Distinctions in Surgery and Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Ang Lee
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    • 42 3 Mr. Albert H.K. Wong was elected president of the Singapore Institute of Architects at the institute's annual general meeting recently. Other officials include Mr. Lim Soon Chye, vicepresident Mr. Sim Hong Boon, secretary; and Mr. Yang Soo Suan, treasurer.
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    • 28 3 The Queenstown Branch Library will present a musical programme, Specially For j Easter, on Wednesday at 7 pm. in the Adult Reading Room of the library.
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    • 351 3  -  Port services to be integrated By Douglas Chan The Government Is working on a scheme to Integrate port services as part of a plan to boost International trade. Spearheading the scheme Is the Port of Singapore Authority which is having discussions with several government bodies,
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    • 215 3 The Government is to adopt a new scheme of commodity grouping for the Singapore Trade Classification and Customs Duties from next year. Under this scheme, known as the Brussels Tariff No m en c 1 a ture, commodities will be arranged according to the
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    • 148 3 UPI TODAY is Tuesday, April 9, the 99th day of 1974 with 28ft to follow. THE MOON Is between full and the last quarter. THE MORNING STARS are Mercury, Venus, and Jupiter., THE EVENING STARS are Saturn and Mars. Those born on this date are under the sign of
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  • Page 2 Advertisements
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  • Page 2 Miscellaneous
    • 250 2 NEW NATION CROSSWORD 8 "All About 9 Money in Callao. 10 Severe. 11 Harass. 12 Bay again. 15 A man's man. 17 Sand tracts: Brit. 20 Fleet rodent. 23 Dawn-bright. 24 Spruce up. 27 Psalmist's word. 28 Grand films. 31 Ship's course. 33 Educ. org. 35 Target of a sort.
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  • Page 3 Advertisements
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    • 73 3 60TA AMNUTE? 1 I 3® 1 m m !R mns Si by John Prentice and Fred Dickenson THERE IS NOTHING ELSE Y 1... I HERE. THEY MOST HAVE /SUPPOSE SO, RETURNEE? TO THE OTX X I SP£CTORWE HAVE A CfcRT UKE THOSE USEP IN BLOKVGUHS. IT HAS TO m 8
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  • FOR YOUR PLEASURE AND BEHIND THE NEWS
    • 292 4 65 outfits will be on display Jennifer's diary EIGHT top Philippine models will soon be in Singapore to present a choregraphed fashion show called Tagarawan at the Hyatt Hotel's Crystal Ballroom. The show sponsored by the hotel and Singapore Airlines will feature the '74
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    • 556 4  -  POP BY JEAN LI DONOVAN; ESSENCE TO ESSENCE (CBS): You can smell this record miles away. It's Donovan Leitch, the sunshine Superman who at one time was idol and heart-throb of many a teenager. This is the Hurdy Gurdy Man's second LP
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    • 415 4  -  By Angela Loke Singapore continues to attract foreign film-makers. The latest one here was Belgian director Luclen De Veld who was last week busy shooting a documentary on Singapore. His theme: The city that never sleeps. Accompanied by three other crew members, he spent a
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    • 317 4 MUSICIINER The singer in Musicorner Poser No. 43 was John Mayall. The following win an LP and a poster each: Mr. Woo Tuck Thong. Mr. Loh Yuen Foong, Mr. Ho Cheng Kwee, Mr. Kenneth Loh TJhoeng TJin and Mr. Looi Kai Seng. The winner of a 45
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    • 631 4  -  SPORE '74 By Florence Tan Forty-seven years at a Job that has demanded the total straining of muscles and not brought financial dividends is a herculean commitment. Anyone with lesser mettle would have switched to some easier Job. But not Mr. Lau 'hye Chuan,
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    • 716 4  -  By Gene Teo With only 25 shops opened, business at the Change Alley Aerial Plaza at Collyer Quay has been very slow. One would have expected a better response to the $9 million project, with its distinction as Singapore's first shopping bridge, topped with
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  • Page 4 Advertisements
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  • WORLD NEWS
    • 164 5 United Press International Washington, Tuesday Millions of barrels of oil flowed into the United States from countries supposedly participating in the Arab oil boycott during the boycott months of November through February, according to a government report issued yesterday. The Commerce Department released
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    • 364 5 Signs point to a compromise Reuter Washington, Tuesday The House of Representatives Judiciary Committee investigating the possible impeachment of President Nixon said yesterday it would have the White House reply to its demand for more presidential tapes by today. And signs last night
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    • 256 5 Shah: Progress through trade Reuter New York, Tuesday. The Shah of Iran in a message published here yesterday that "the time has now come to make a beginning towards a more rationalised world economy." Commenting on the opening today of a special session of the United
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    • 31 5 London, Tuesday—British authorities found a large cache of arms in a container unloaded from a ship in Southampton and police clamped a security blanket on details of the haul.
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    • 22 5 Santiago, Tuesday. Chilean police arrested four people yesterday and confiscated 441b. of pure cocaine valued at US$l million ($2.5 million).
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    • 105 5 Reuter Paris, Tuesday—Bobby Fischer, the American world chess champion, will not take part in the Nice Chess Olympiad in June unless his matches are played in a completely separate building. The organisers said they had received word from the American Chess Federation saying that Fischer
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    • 304 5 Reuter Paris, Tuesday—The French presidential race picked up speed yesterday with Finance Minister Valery G1 s c a r d D'Estaing entering on the crowded right and Socialist leader Francois Mitterrand standing as representative of the entire French left. Mr. Giscarii D'Estaing, 48, architect
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    • 26 5 Sydney, •Tuesday. A proposed free concert by the National Ballet of Senegal In Sydney has been banned by authorities because the women dance topless.
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    • 163 5 Reuter London. Tuesday—Britain's new Labour government has come out in favour of the release of Hitler's former deputy Rudolf Hess on humanitarian grounds from Spandau Jail In West Berlin. Hess, who will be 80 on April 26. has been the sole prisoner
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    • 160 5 Reuter Paris, Tuesday Pakistani Prime Minister Mr. Bhutto said in an interview published here yesterday that unless agreement was reached over Pakistani prlsoners-of-war held in India, normalisation of relations between the two countries could be irreparably harmed. Mr. Bhutto told the independent newspaper Le Monde
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    • 195 5 Beirut, Tuesday An Iraqi Government reshuffle was seen here yesterday as a forceful new move in Baghdad's campaign to Isolate Mulla Mustafa Barzanl, the defiant Kurdish leader. Official reports from Baghdad said five Kurdish ministers, all known to have supported Mulla Barzanl, were
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    • 228 5 Reuter Bonn, Tuesday. Senator Edward Kennedy admitted in an interview here yesterday he would be frightened of assassination if he became President of the United States. In an interview which was to have been published yesterday by the Hamburg newspaper Bild, Senator Kennedy
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  • Page 5 Advertisements
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  • OPINION
    • 498 6 Publication of daily price lists by the Trade Department, which started on March 15, has obviously helped stabilise prices of essential commodities in Singapore. In fact, the lists in recent weeks showed a slight drop in prices of many of the commodities. Housewives certainly look
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    • 'WHISPERS' by ISPY
      • 45 6 Here's an Idea for our Parks and Tree Department to chew cn. An 11-year-old schoolgirl has suggested a tree should be planted for every baby born. And her suggestion is being taken up by the local council of an English town.
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      • 79 6 Putting on a show before visitors is a wellknown human characteristic. A colleague recently a c c o m p a nled Ministry of Environment officials to the Koek Road stalls to check on the cleanliness of hawkers. The place was perfectly clean. One of the hawkers even
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    • 810 6  -  Seekers after esctasy would give many definitions to the word. Today columnist Gerald de Crus looks at the various ways of deriving ecstasy. The keys to it are many, he says. In the pursuit of this elusive experience, psychotherapists advise that protection arainst disintegration
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    • 585 6  -  JOHN SHARKEY Washington Post An attempt to organise a consortium of countries providing aid to the four countries of Indo-China has been postponed at the behest of some prospective members. The proposal is being sponsored Jointly by the World Bank and the Asian Development Bank.
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    • 1030 6  -  From Bernard D. Nossiter Washington Post Francois Xavier Ortoli, the sad-eyed President of the European Economic Commission (EEC), is singing the blues tfcese days over the Common Market he and his fellow Eurocrats administer. Their dream of running a politically unified
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    • 805 6 NANYANG SIANG PAU What other newspapers are saying: HOUSES FOR THE MIDDLE INCOME GROUP. The Government has finally decided to solve the housing problem of the middle-income group to fully Implement its policy of "iiome ownership" for the people. This is the long-awaited good news. The
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    • 422 6 Reuter Thousands of poor families live in squalor on the rooftops of Mexico City's modem highrise buildines. As the city's population of nine million grows rapidly, low-paid office clerks, shopgirls and struggling students find that rooftop hovels are the only ones they can afford. What they get is
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  • Page 6 Advertisements
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  • SPECIAL FEATURE
    • 1918 7 New Nation probe on shoplifting The major profit killers in US Shoplifting is a problem of giant proportions in the United States. The cost of shoplifting there is so great that it is estimated that every American family pays an extra Sl5O a year in taxes to
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    • 1340 7 Different views expressed by store managers Store managers here have different views on shoplifting as an offence. The measures they take against shoplifters, therefore, vary. There Is the harsh, unforgiving snop-manager who views shoplifters with contempt and who Is unrelenting in his war against
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  • Page 7 Advertisements
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  • Page 8 Advertisements
    • 178 8 dv'fukrfunuturc GALASSIA 1 Brass Bed ViOLETTA Brass Bed 5R< 1 EE Visit our temporary showroom at M&G centre. For your convenience, we are open till 6p.m. Mon. to Sat. So do feel free to call in any time! A SELECT RANGE OF IMPORTED FURNITURE, CARPETS AND LIGHTFITTINGS ARE ON SHOW.
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    • 96 8 to fit TO-DAY'S MODERN KITCHENS Jeson General Construction has a wide selection of MARBLES TERAZZO MOSAIC O GLAZED WALL TILES CARPETS CURTAINS WALLPAPERS Beautiful and economical Eree consultation and measurement All enquiries welcomed No 10 CiiiinhiU Ho.ml. .INex t ti> Cdimlull Ste.ik House) Sinqapoie f Tel: 371 879 Beautiful Jewelry.
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    • 191 8 WE SELL. RENT. INSTALL REPAIR EXPORT PHILCO, ELECTROLUX, G.E., WESTINGHOUSE, CARRIER, HITACHI, NORGE, HOTPOINT. ARISTON, PHILIPS home appliances, NECCHI sewing machines. We art the. largest display centre for washing machines in Singapore. B07/09. Supreme House. Penang Road. S'pore 9. Tel *****/ *****3. If LUHURffI |kxsi I LEVEL! A top quality
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    • 247 8 mm mm 'See' as vou hear music. V Coloured lights activated by music 'MUSIC ORGAN OFF 'MUSIC ORGAN* Brings you the latest in electronic entertainment Coloured lights that literally dance in tune with music through the speaker. Endless magical patterns to give TOTAL MUSICAL ENJOYMENT. Easily connected to speaker terminals
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  • SHOPPING
    • 776 8 THE great outdoor rush is on. The feeling of being hemmed in on all sides by huge skyscrapers sticking awkwardly out of the earth like an extension of che world itself and the constant assault of countless radios, televisions and record players blaring out at
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  • TREND
    • 504 9  -  HOUSEWISE By Violet Oon Mr. T.L. Ooi believes that being 62 years old and retired does not mean that life has stopped for him. At an age when most men would be content to look at the stars and collect birds, Mr. Ooi
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    • 406 9  -  IN-SHAPE BY. L JEANINE SINISCALI Buttocks and thighs are the most difficult parts of the body to reduce. Nevertheless, it can be done. We are going to look at a few exercises that will hasten the reduction of your buttocks as well as the front
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  • FINANCE
    • 254 9 Share' prices took a severe beating en the Stock Exchange of Singapore yesterday, followtng news of the resignation of the Malaysian Finance Minister, Ton Tan Slew Sin. Trading began on an ominous note, with sellers dominating the scene, as a result of rumours from across the Causeway that
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    • 130 9 Haw Par Brothers International (Thailand) Company Ltd., is to establish a wholly owned finance company in Thailand. The Thai Finance Ministry has granted approval to the company. Under the terms, the company will be authorised to provide a full range of merchant
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    • 432 9  -  COMPANY PROFILE By Lee Yew Meng The popular fourdigit lottery has paid handsome dividends for Empat Nombor Ekor since it was set up four and a-half years ago. Its profits from gambling nave jumped more than 21 times from $3.7 million In
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    • OVERSEAS STOCK EXCHANGE PRICES
      • 536 9 Prices fell sharply on the New York Stock Exchange yesterday because of interest rates soaring to a record level. Bankers Trust raised its prime rate, the amount charged its largest borrowers, to 10 per cent before the market opened for trading. The increase, reaching the record set last
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      • 37 9 The Dow Jones range of stocks on the New York Stock Exchange yesterday were: 30 industrials 843.63 (off 7.58), 20 transport 182.64 (oft 1.67), 15 utilities 88.73 (off 1.15). and 65 stock* 265.82 (off 2.56).
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      • 243 9 Prices at 11.30 a.m. (AusIraltan time): Aberleen susp Do opts susp AOD 08 08i Allstate 12 12 Amad 03 j 04* Aurora 10 12 Do opts nil 00 i Aust Ant 09 10 Bamboo OS nil Beach 30 32 Bounty susp Bridge 14 15 Cleverland 48 49 Cosmos 00
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      • 385 9 The market was quietly steady, stocks benefiting from good news and stocks with hidden assets leading the way. In the morning session, the market opened firm with a wait-and-see mood. The funds In the market, however, were limited, and sporadic buying pressured medium-sized stocks with stable business performances to
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      • 73 9 Reuter Paris. Tuesday—There were no quotations on Paris Stock Exchange again yesterday. The exchange clerks decided to maintain their pay demands unchanged as long as the suspension of trading announced last week by the Brokers' Association remains in force, informed sources said. They added that yesterday morning's meeting of
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      • 82 9 This service comes from the Union Bank of Switzerland. Closing prices (In francs) on the Zurich 8tock Hxchange yesterday: UBS 3460 —30 SBC 3010 Credit Suisse 2990 +10 Swissair B. 523 —2 Swiss Relnsur. 2060 —10 Wlnterthur B. 1820 +20 Zurich Insur. 6400 —60 J uvena B. 1960 +20
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    • 126 9 Melbourne Herald Bonn, Tuesday.—More and more West German firms are going overseas to escape higher wages and worker participation in their businesses. The "refugees" are from all sectors of industry, a Stuttgart business brokers' firm said. The firm, which arranges overseas ventures, says It
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  • SPORTS
    • 282 10 From BLUE PETER Penan?, Tuesday Red Topper did an attractive workout at Penang this morning. Ridden by K. Velu, the four-year-old by Big Hat ran 3f in 37-3/5, finishing with plenty in hand. The going was good. Predator, one of the leading fancies in the
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    • 307 10 Karachi, Tuesday The three-day Davis Cup tie between Pakistan and Malaysia begins here today with two singles matches. Pakistan's national champion, Saeed Meer, was yesterday drawn to play Malaysian team captain Muhammed Akbar Baba and the Pakistani captain, Muna war Iqbal, will meet Lee Wai
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    • 236 10 Hamilton, Bermuda, Tuesday The MCC cricketers. who are playing two matches In Bermuda on the way home from their Caribbean tour, were In a strong position at the start of the second day of the match against a Bermuda XI yesterday. They
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    • 55 10 New York, Tuesday Results of major league baseball games: American League—New York 7 Cleveland 1: Baltimore 5 Detroit 1 (Ist «ame); Detroit 8 Balt'more 4 (2nd-10 Inns); California 4 Chicago 4. National League New York 9 Phlladelph'a 2; Atlanta 5 Cincinnati 3; San Francisco 8 Houston 4; Los
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    • 338 10 Sen telle led past the 4f and Into the straight from Count Carlo, with Clever Andy and Omnia Vincit moving up. Closing the gap steadily Clever Andy raced past the leaders close home to win by threequarters of a length from Sentelle. Omnia
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    • 908 10 New York, Tuesday Bob Charles, who does everything right-handed except play golf, breezed into Augusta National Golf Club yesterday and told how winning the US$22O,000 Greater Greensboro Open had changed his plans. First, Charles had planned to play in only six tournaments on this
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    • 174 10 London, Tuesday. A proposed title fight between World Boxing Council bantamweight champion Rafael Herrera of Mexico and Britain's Johnny Clark is off, Clark's manager said here yesterday. Dennis Mancini said that negotiations had broken down after the Mexican promoters had switched the date for
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    • 34 10 New York, Tuesday Results of the National Basketball Association matches: Detroit 102 Chicago 87; Milwaukee 114 Los Angeles 92; New York 106 Capital 105e r} c an BA—New York HO Virginia 88.
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    • 756 11  -  SOCCER SCENE by Jeffrey Low Are the big stars from Coventry, Derby County and Everton really coming here next month? This poser comes at a time when the stalwarts would obviously be needed to play for their countries in the United Kingdom annual home
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    • 335 11 Leeds now stronger favourites London, Tuesday Liverpool's hopes of achieving the English League and Cup soccer double sagged when they were beaten 1-0 by Sheffield United in a First Division match last night. The defeat left Liverpool four points behind leaders Leeds United, who have
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    • 265 11 Tokyo, Tuesday.— The Japanese Justice Ministry yesterday approved the entry here of a North Korean team to take part in the current second Asian Table Tennis Championships, a Ministry spokesman said. Japanese organisers said the seven-member team was expected to arrive here today from Moscow.
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    • 204 11  -  By YONG CHO KHOON Singapore Youth need to improve on their scoring power if they hope to be in contention for the Asian Youth soccer championship at Bangkok next week. In a big test at Jalan Besar last night, the Youth team showed
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    • 160 11  -  By NANCY KOH St. Joseph's Institution marched confidently Into the quarter-finals of the National Schools Secondary soccer tournament thrashing Tun Serl Lanang 5-0 at Farrer Park yesterday. SJI set a fast pace on the outset and were rewarded with an "own goal" when TSL's
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    • 1096 11 London, Tuesday He stepped out of his car and walked towards the little pavilion showing no outward sign of a man who has had his parade heavily rained upon. Yet, if he had dared look back, might he not have Imagined he saw the shadowy figure
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    • 191 11 While the Final Groups of the Secondary Boys section In the interschool team championships are being worked out, the other sections are continuing. Secondary Girls (double round league), CHIJ still leading, after yesterday's play: CHIJ 3. RI 2; RGSS 4, St. Andrews 1. Primary Schools: ACS
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