New Nation, 10 April 1974

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    Masthead
    22 1 NEW NATION SINGAPORE Wednesday evening, April 10, 1974 No. 995 Price 20 cents M.C. (P) 20/74 NEV®mON SINGAPORE WEDNESDAY, APRIL 10, 1974
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  • Article, Illustration
    Lock icon Pakistan PoW pact signed
    739 1 Islamabad, New Delhi to resume ties New Delhi, Wednesday The 195 Pakistani prisoners of war held in India since the war of 1971 and accused by Bangladesh of war crimes will be freed under an agreement signed by the three countries here last night. Although the
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    ON THE 'CHANGE
    114 1 Share prices hovered around overnight's levels In the Stock Exchange of Singapore this morning. Trading was cautious. BUSINESS DONE: M. Banking (8) 6.50. M. Credit (3) 1.90, (2) 1.91, (3) 1.88, (3) 1.87. P. and N. (1) 4.84. J.B.S. (1) 2.83. Haw Par (4) 2.88. (2) 2.87,
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  • Article
    Strike by pilots
    48 1 Paris, Wednesday A strike by pilots and flight engineers yesterday caused the cancellation of nearly all flights by the French national airline, Air France. Airline officials said 138 of the 159 flights scheduled to leave or arrive at Orly airport during the day were cancelled.
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    OUR ROADS
    13 1 Police reported 81 accidents yesterday. Three were serious and one fatal.
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  • Article
    'Broken heart' man found dead near home
    230 1 Machine operator T. Veerasingham, 22, was "broken hearted" when his girlfriend left Singapore without informing him a few days ago. On Monday, he was found hanged near his house at 8J mile Bukit Timah Poad. Yesterday his younger sister, Lakshmi, 16, wept as
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    Suspect, two others held
    79 1 CID officers yesterday arrested a murder suspect and two secret society members in a series of raids in Cecil Street yesterday. At 2 p.m. detectives picked up a "fighter" of the Si Tong secret society group, wanted in connection with the murder of Chan Kee Lye
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    More seats
    22 1 Islamabad, Wednesday —The number of seats In Pakistan's National Assembly Is to be increased to 210 from the present 146.
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    100 rounded up in gambling raid
    325 1  -  Big crackdown over 5 days By Bharathi Mohan Police have rounded up more than 100 people, including housewives, in a big crackdown on gamblers during? the past five days. In a series of swoops last Saturday night, 40 people were held in three different
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    Lock icon Talks amidst roar of guns
    407 1 King Hussein calls on Assad Reuter Damascus, Wednesday King Hussein of Jordan made a sevenhour visit to Damascus yesterday as heavy fighting flared along the Golan Heights for the 29th consecutive day. He held talks lasting two-and-a-half hours with Syrian President Hafez Al-Assad and later
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    Lock icon 4400 fleeced of $45 million
    375 1 Racketeers hit the US too United Press International Los Angeles, Wednesday Four men who allegedly milked Hong Kong investors of some US$l million ($2.5 million) in a commodities racket pulled the same caper in the United States in 1972-73 and fleeced 4400 victims of an
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    Lock icon Troopship blast
    166 1 Reuter Lisbon, Wednesday A bomb blast rocked a troopship about to sail from Lisbon for Portuguese Guinea with more than 1,000 troops aboard bn Monday night, an Interior M 1 n 1 s try spokesman said. He said the ship, Nlassa, was within half an hour of sailing
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    Grandmaster Keres ill
    29 1 Due to illness, international grandmaster Paul Keres of the Soviet Union is unable to arrive in Singapore today. Changes in his programme will be announced later.—LKA.
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    Australia defence
    59 1 Canberra, Wednesday 1 Australia could spend up to US$B,OOO million ($28,000 million) on defence in the next five years if proposals put to the Federal Parliament yesterday are adopted. Defence Minister Lance Barnard told Parliament the proposals, formulated by the Defence Force Develoument Committee were being recommended despite
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    Locusts: A plea
    58 1 Brisbane, Wednesday.— Queensland Premier Johannes Bjelke Petersen has asked Prime Minister Gough Whitlam for army help In fighting a locust plague, described as the worst in living memory. The premier want* army personnel made available to help farmers to man spraying equipment, some of which has been
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  • Article
    'Go metric'
    27 1 London, Wednesday— The British government was urged to complete the changeover to the metric system in a report by the Metrication Board issued here yesterday.
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    A DOUBLE PRIZE FOR TAN
    316 1 Most people would have counted themselves lucky if they had won a prize in New Nation's Prixewords contest. But Mr. M.P. Tan, of 17 Jalan Remis, was lucky three times over. Re won the third prize of a digital watch two weeks ago. Now he
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    Prizewords deadline
    40 1 As there will be no postal delivery of mall this Friday because of the Good Friday public holiday, entries for last week's Prizewords contest will close at 5.30 p.m. tomorrow Instead of 1 p.m. on Friday as usual.
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  • LOCAL NEWS
    • Article
      Bad scaffolding blamed for worksite mishaps
      330 2 Experienced 'riggers' the answer: New Worker Bad scaffold work has been the major cause of industrial accidents at the building construction worksites. According to the Ministry of Labour publication. The New Worker, it Is not too far-fetched to say that a satisfactory scaffold la
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    • Article
      Notices on NWC proposal served on airlines
      162 2 The Singapore Air Transport -Workers Union has served notices on 12 airlines on behalf of their employees for payment of the $25 Interim monthly wage supplement recommended by the National Wages Council In February. The claims have been served on SIA, Qantas, Air
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      Consumers urged to help out
      401 2 Call for ideas and suggestions Consumers In Singapore are slow to come forward with ideas and suggestions for product improvement, an official of the Consumers' Association of Singapore (CASE) said today. Dr. Lee Ngak. Slang, the chairman of CASE'S Membership Sub-Com-mittee, said: "When such a
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    • Article
      Securicor union to dissolve
      160 2 The Securicor Employees' Union intends to dissolve itself, the union's secretary, Enclk Yazld bin Ibrahim, said yesterday. Enclk Yazld said the union would not challenge the letter from the Registrar of Trade Unions asking the union to show cause why it should not be de-regls-tered. This
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      'Woman's place no longer in the kitchen'
      291 2 Kitchen a p p 11ances and home economics form an Integral part of Marraine Stanzel's life; yet she firmly holds that a woman's place Is no longer In the kitchen. As sales manager and chief of Braun, a German household appliances manufacturing firm,
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    • Article
      $18,000 job award
      42 2 The Government has awarded an $18,000 tender for the construction of the Taman Serasl hawkers' centre, opposite the Botanic Gardens. Messrs Tai Yick Building Construction Company has been awarded the contract and Riven seven weeks to complete the project.
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    • Article
      Miss Shome
      31 2 In the results of the Royal Academy of Dancing Children's Examination, published in yesterday's New Nation, Miss Flrdira Ellas Shome was Inadvertently classified as male. The error is regretted.
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    • Article
      EATA 'yes' to SIA
      172 2 Singapore Airlines has become an allied member of the East Asia Travel Association. Its application was approved at the EATA eighth general meeting held at the Shangri-La Hotel yesterday. The meeting also approved invitations to two more countries Malaysia and Indonesia—to become members. Delegates yesterday said
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    • Article
      Symposium
      20 2 A Chinese symposium on Industrial Safety and Hsalth will be held on Sunday at the Regional English Language Centre.
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      Free Ford Falcon snapped up
      249 3  -  By Jim Watkins The new Vocational School for the Handicapped has snapped up the 1962 Ford Falcon offered free by Borneo Motors a few days ago. When the offer was published last Thursday, one of the first to see it was Mrs. M.R.S. Segeram, the
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    • Article
      Exam result
      39 3 Mr. Tan Kin Theng's name was incorrectly printed in the Final Professional Examination for the degrees of Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery in Medicine, Surgery and Obstretrlcs and Gynaecology results in the New Nation yesterday.
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    • Article
      Ruling on school funds
      219 3 Principals can use their school funds to pay for contributing items to the Music and Dance Presentations 1974 at the Singapore Youth Festival. For the central judging of bands, schools can use up to a maximum of $1000 per band. The ceiling of $1000 can also
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    • Article
      No doubts about dog standards
      602 3 FROM THE DOC HOUSE BY PG If anyone had any doubts as to the uniform standards of international judges they were shattered on March 31, since it was quite apparent that there was little to choose between our best dogs. This time Mr. Arthur Wakeling's
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    • Article
      Blood drive
      20 3 The Pasir Panjane Vocational Institute will launch a blood donation campaign among its staff and students on Friday.
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    • Article
      HDB lifts ban on air-cons
      211 3 Applications open Housing Board tenants may now apply for permission to air-condition their homes. This is because the Board has lifted the embargo on the granting of permission for the installation of air-con-ditioners. According to a Board spokesman, this decision was taken on the advice
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    • Article
      Loo is head
      23 3 Mr. Loo Teck Hai was elected president of the Photographic Society of Singapore at the annual general meeting held recently.
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      Singapore orders a dozen more cable cars
      171 3 Another 12 gondolatype cable cars have been ordered by the Singapore Cable Car (Pte) Ltd to cope with the Increased volume of passengers. Four of these cars will be used as spares because the $5.8 million cable car system linking Mount Faber, Jardlne
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  • Page 2 Miscellaneous
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      55 2 Prizewords winning entry M«ifey 25.3.74 72Paints TMsrfif 2C.3.74 80Points Miiesrfa« 27.3.74 66 Points 0 0 [P] 0 0 E] i 0 0 [3 0 E 0 0 0 ffl 0 m *****0 0 0 0 0 El 0 Thursday M.3.74 73Points 28.3.74 80 Points Saturday 38.3 74 74 Points *****0
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      79 3 Judy's previous owners had to give her up when they shifted into a flat. Iht li-year-old Alsatian is now in the SPCA awaiting a new home. Black and tanned in colour, Judy is an affectionate pet and a good watchdog. She is antidistempered and spayed. If you wish to adopt
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      215 3 STAR BARGAINS NOW IN FULL SWING QUALITY GOODS AT UNBELIEVABLE PRICES SUITINGS TO CLEAR NORMAL NOW 4.90 P.M.T. 5 90 P M.T. TETRON/VISCOSE SUITINGS 60 990 2 50^M.T. TETRON/VISCOSE SUITINGS 60 10 90 390 P.M.T. TETRON/VISCOSE SUITINGS 60 10 90 4.90 P.M.T. DAC RON/NYLON SUITINGS (U.S.A.) 60' 18 90 4.90
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  • Page 3 Miscellaneous
    • Miscellaneous
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      246 3 NEW NATION CROSSWORD 9 Certain doctors 10 Garden flower 11 As Soon as 12 Equal 15 Sudden fright 17 Sadat's land 18 Titled ladies 22 French official 23 Place to cook 24 Follow 25 Proportion 26 Dynamite 27 Be of use 28 Young girl 29 Nuisances 31 Cassia plant 34
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  • FOR YOUR PLEASURE AND BEHIND THE NEWS
    • Article, Illustration
      Science fiction blows a fuse
      693 4  -  CINEMA «Y EDGAR KOH WEST WORLD directed by Michael Crichton, with Yul Brynner, Richard Benjamin and James Brolin (Odeon: opens tomorrow). When a bestseller novelist such as Michael Crichton switches to film, there is a distinct sense of a media "short-circuit." The accomplished craftsmanship he
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      A BIG CHANGE IN FOCUS
      440 4  -  POPS KY JEAN LI The Dutch group, Focus, which has an international reputation for creating good music, has been undergoing thorough changes in the past months. And. fortunately for fans, the changes are for the better. Regular readers of this column would have known that
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    • Article
      The tricky way...
      337 4 Jenifer's diary EVER thought how fantastic it would be to know a couple of tricks, so as to be the centre of attraction at a party. Everyone saying how talented you are when you perform some sleight of hand or nonchalantly produce a handkerchief from out of
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      Easy contest
      285 4 MUSICORNER The singer in Musicorner Poser No. 44 was Richie Havens. The winners of an LP and a poster each are: Mr. Tan Cheng Leong, Mr. Tan Teow Alk. Mr. Tan Kim Hong. Mr. Tan Lye Soon and Mr. Johnny Chla Yong Whatt. The following win a 45
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      The Arabian know-how
      678 4  -  ART BUCHWALD By the 1980s, if the pred i c t i ons come true, the Arab oil countries will have all the money in the world. They will have to invest this money, and it is not inconceivable that they could own most of the large
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    • Article
      Bank halts U.S. loans for Russia
      493 4  -  r U.S. L From Dan Morgan In a move that could affect dozens of American manufacturers, the US Export-Import Bank has halted its. processing of all new loans and credit guarantees to the Soviet Union and three other communist nations. The suspension of business
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      188 4 Businessman's lunch International Cuisine Smorgasbord lunch, Mon Thur MISS TERESA KHOO entertains THUR/FRI/SAT from 7.30 p.m. v Palm I Court s Dine by candle-light in tropical surroundings Nightly from 7.30 p.m. Malayan Show in the SB Ballroom Nightly from 8 p.m. Exotic Malay music and dancing A must for every
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      71 4 isahi Fearis PU*u ijJl A? &JWcle&iUa (MQtid. G-13, Tanglin Shopping Cantra and 215, 2nd Floor Tanglin Shopping Cantra. Tanglin Road, Singapora. 1 0. Tar *****8. HE AD OFFICE :V3.Cantral Building, Hong Kong. Cfierr are ttnini' on tiir b.int) uugon but tfirrr is lonboii »it.ihhousr f osirrs »mokrhousr Itottl. Fosters I
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  • Page 4 Miscellaneous
    • Miscellaneous
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      59 4 SINGAPORE 1 (2) Spiders and Snakes: Jim Stafford 2 (3) Mocking: Bird: Carly Simon and James Taylor 3 (1) Last Time I Saw Him: Diana Ross 4 (4) Dark Lady: Cher 5 (6) Season In The San: Terry Jacks 6 (7) Jet: Paul McCartney and Wines 7 (8) The Air
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    • Miscellaneous
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      177 4 9 (5) You're Sixteen: Bingo Starr 10 Oh My My: Rinfo Starr By courtesy of Reduffusion 1 (1) Billy Don't Be A Hero: Paper Lace 2 (9) Seasons In The Son: Terry Jacks 3 (2) The Most Beautiful Girl: Charlie Rich 4 (7) Emma: Hot Chocolate 5 (6) I Get
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  • WORLD NEWS
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      Lock icon A further setback for a US base on Garcia
      185 5 Reuter Washington, Wednesday Plans for constructing a US navy base In the Indian Ocean received a further setback yesterday when the Senate Foreign Relations Committee approved a measure requiring Congressional approval for major new American bases overseas. The sponsor of the
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      Lock icon World economy faces six major threats
      386 5 Waldheim warns UN Assembly Reuter New York, Wednesday United Nations Secretary General Dr. Kurt Waldheim yesterday warned of impending disaster unless the world immediately began tackling six major economic threats. Opening a special session of the General Assembly on problems of raw materials and
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      Anaemic Indians
      71 5 New Delhi, Wednesday —Medical experts here consider that 80 out of every 100 children below the age of 12 in India suffer from moderate to severe malnutrition. The panel of experts, which has been meeting here for a symposium organised jointly by the World Health Organisation (WHO) with
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      Lock icon Fire bombs chaos in Ulster
      287 5 Reuter Belfast, Wednesday. Explosions, fire bombs and rioting caused chaos In the centre of Belfast this afternoon In one of the worst waves of guerrilla violence for several weeks. The business area was sealed off for several hours and hundreds of people cleared from the
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      Lock icon Two shot dead in new Gujarat violence
      190 5 Reuter New Delhi, Wednesday. —Police shot dead twr. people and injured three others during renewed mob violence In the Western Indian State of Gujarat yesterday. Police said the Incidents took place In the university township of Vallabhvldyanagar and the dairy town of Anand,
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      Lock icon Economy crisis as spread in Japan
      183 5 United Press International Tokyo, Wednesday Growing number of strikes and threatened strikes enmeshed the Japanese economy yesterday. Dock workers walked off their jobs in Tokyo. Osaka, Kobe and other large ports, launching a two-day strike that virtually halted unloading of ships. Engineers of Japan
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  • Page 5 Miscellaneous
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      497 5 YOUR LUCKY STARS IF IT'S YOUR BIRTHDAY BORN today, you are a thrifty person who has spells of surprising generosity. It is not hard to stick to the most stringent of budgets unless or until you come upon one whose welfare would gain a much needed boost with material help
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  • OPINION
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      Big set-back in the Middle East
      521 6 A mere week after President Sadat of Egypt expressed his satisfaction with the resolution of the question of Israeli troop withdrawal from Egyptian soil, the Middle East is once again fraught with danger. Tension on the Golan Heights, the scene of continuous skirmishing between
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    • 'WHISPERS' by ISPY
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        Running short
        45 6 The Parisians have apparently run out of causes for staging demonstrations, reports a colleague recently in the French capital. For scribbled on the wall of an underground tube station was this slogan: "Down with the Left, Down with the Right, Demonstrate for Pleasure."
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        Drive-in banking
        50 6 Hitting the accelerator Instead of the brake, Mrs. Lucille Leitert's car lurched through the front of her bank in Dewitt, Michigan. A window part cf a wall and some of the foundation were damaged. Police chief Wendell Mayers surveyed the damage and said: "You call that drive-in banking."
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      This fateful week for Asia
      823 6  -  Three important conferences or meetings this week con be very fateful for the developing notions of Sooth and East Asia. AH three ore meeting against the background of the oil crisis ond attendant disabilities ond discomforts. President Boumedienne of Algeria has ea'led for a special
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      Lock icon Rehearsal for famine
      689 6 EXCERPTS FROM EDITORIALS The Japan Times The drought and starvation afflicting the subSahara countries of Africa could very well be a horrifying rehearsal for famine of catastrophic proportions in the less fortunate nations of the world. It Is estimated that 7 million Africans are starving in the
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      Lock icon The Archbishops' Sweepstakes is the new craze
      666 6  -  From Tom Lambert Los Angeles Times So far we have taken in some U557,500 ($18,750) in bets, most of them small, not much by horse race standards," said the bookie. "The total might go up to US$4O,OOO ($100,000) before the contest is settled,
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    • Letters
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        Free for students
        107 6  -  NG POH CHUEN (Miss) Public Relations Officer, Singapore Sports Council, Sinrapore. 14. I refer to the letter by Francis iNN, Mar. 27). Students have been allowed to train at Queenstown Athletic Centre free of charge since the beginning of March. To identify students from members of the
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        Thanks to SIA crew
        102 6 Recently, while waiting at Medan's Polonia Airport for a return flight to Singapore via SIA SQ 240 we had with us our younger son who was 111 and was obviously uncomfortable. A senior crew member of that SIA flight noticed the boy's plight and enquired about
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        Bus service wanted
        136 6 For most residents of Alexandra Road, staying between Princess House and Singapore Steam Laundry area, there is not a single bus service to Thomson Upper Thomson Road. Under the first phase bus reorganisation and up to Feb. 3, there was service No. 165 for commuters travelling between
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        Bigger buses
        136 6  -  YAP SOON HOE Secretary, Bus Services Reorganisation Committee, Singapore, 6. I refer to the letter by Mohd. Yunl bin Awl (NN, Mar. 22) requesting new and bigger buses to be put on Service No. 91. Under a programme drawn up by the Bus Services Reorganisation Committee, the Singapore
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  • SPECIAL FEATURE
    • THE E.E.C. AND ASIA
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        A conservative response to call for ties
        1628 7  -  Tlie European Economic Commun'ty J i,in g through some troubled waters. A big question mark hangs over Britain's membership; France s new leader may have different ideas about it, and the EEC is still nursing its bruised ego over the explosion of the
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        China looks on group as new power bloc
        1508 7  -  By PETER TULLOCH who is a research officer at the Overseas Development Institute in London. He is particularly interested in EEC trade and development policies. He is also the author of The Seven Outside, a study of Commonwealth Asia's trade with Britain
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      158 7 VTkteani's MENS SHOP The SK» With Tne Mafiaraiafi s Service 86. HIGH STREET, S PORE 6. TEL *****3 Also 31 HILTON MOTEL ft IMPERIAL MOTEL and G-27 SPECIALISTS CENTRE (Ground Floor) See Better Look Better WITH Mu» Ki SUNGLASSES AND FRAMES Always insist on Napoleon sunglasses and frames for that
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      177 7 PHILIPS •fl Philips CCTV equipment. Complete parts and servicing facilities are available in Singapore. Philips Closed Circuit Television. We hove the equipment you require, and the service to bock it up. Having been at the forefront in television technology for over 30 years. Philips are able to offer a wide
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  • EDUCATIONAL BROADSHEET
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      The poetry of George Herbert
      3259 8 It emphasises note of conflict, of personal experience George Herbert's poetry emphasises the note of conflict, of personal experience, whicn the critic as Grlerson points out, "troubles and gives life to poetry." To convey the experience of these conflicts, Herbert used a style that could
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  • TREND
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      She shocked them all at the turn of the century
      942 9  -  THE ESCAPADES OF ANDREA From TRISH SHEPPARD Something very odd has happened. I am no longer me. I have become another person. This Is not T.B. writing this, it is a young girl called Dorothy Gordon and I am living
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      Kuey chang at home...
      331 9 EATING IN k u How often do our mouths water at the thought of that deliclous tetrahedron bundle of glutinous rice with savoury meat centres (known as "kuey chang"). To prepare these calces In the traditional manner entails a lot of work, time and great skill
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  • FINANCE
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      MARKET MOVEMENTS
      210 9 Share price* Improved marginally yesterday in reaction to the severe beating they reeetred at the hands of bear* the day before. Right from the start, buyers began to make their appearance, which observers attributed to *hort covering activities. The rally was however a mild one as evident bv
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      A mild boom in cane furniture trade
      426 9 Cane fur n 11 ure manufacturers and dealers are enjoying a mild boom In business with Increased local and overseas demand. Overseas demand has shot up by 40 to 50 per cent over the past year, and local demand by 20 per cent
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    • OVERSEAS STOCK EXCHANGE PRICES
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        New York
        535 9 Prices closed firm yesterday in slow trading on the New York Stock Exchange at tne end 01 a oay-iong rally. Several companies reported Increased first quarter net earnings but other firms reported losses. Analysts said the upswing was the result of a technical rally. The Improved market followed
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        Dow Jones
        36 9 The Dow Jones range of stock* on the New York 8 lock Exchange yertcrdey SO Indwtrtala 839.03 (up 8.38), 20 transport 181.58 (off 0.54), 16 utilities 87.87 (unchanged), and 85 stocks 264.16 (up 1.37).
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        Sydney
        247 9 Prices at 11.3o am. (Australian time): Aberleen susp Do opts susp AOD nil 09 AlosUte 13 13 Amid 03 Vi 04 Vi Aurora 09'/j 10 Do opts nil 00 Vi Aust Ant 00 11 Bamboo 05 nil Beach 30 34 Bounty cusp Bridge 14 10 Cleveland 47 nil Cosmos
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        Tokyo
        416 9 The market was bearish with a wait-and-see mood as JNR's general strike in Tokyo neared, and in line with the decline in the New York market. In the morning session, the market opened dull as investors sat on the fence. Only some speculative stocks benefiting from good news went
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        Lock icon Paris
        54 9 Reuter Paris, Wednesday There were no quotations on Paris Stock Exchange again yesterday due to continued strike by exchange clerks. The clerks said after a meeting that the Brokers' Association had not made any move towards meeting their pay demands. They added that a further meeting is scheduled for
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        Zurich
        85 9 This service comes from a I 5 of 1 Swltwrland. Closing prices (In francs) on the Zurich Stock Exchange yesterday: UBS 3430 —30 SBC 2980 —30 Credit Suisse 2970 —20 Swissair. 518 —5 Swiss Relnsur. 1060 Winterthur B. 1810 —10 ZJUrlch !nsur. 6300 —100 J uvena B. 1930 —20
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      Lock icon US demand for Japan goods will stay high
      244 9 United Press International Washington, Wednesday—American demand for Japanese exports will remain high this year despite Increased prices. Mr. Nelson Stitt, director of the US-Japan Trade Council said yesterday. Mr. Stltt disclosed that In January and February the US had its first trade
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      $187n. US loan for Thailand
      56 9 Washington, Wednesday —The World Bank has approved a US$75 million ($lB7 million) loan to the Electricity Generating Authority of Thailand (EGAT) to help finance part of the first phase of a hydroelectric power project. The site Is at Ban Chao Nen, on the Quae Yal
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      61 9 Alpine Highlife Summer Holiday Programmes Swissair suggests something better than tourism: Alpine Highlife, a fascinating series of exciting, relaxing, invigorating, unusual, interesting and always satisfying holidays in Switzerland, the heart of Europe. Twelve beautiful full-colour brochures outlining the possibilities of a holiday you'll long remember are yours for the asking
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      103 9 Have ye tasted the pride o' the Campsie Hills A while since, you couldn't find the like of Langs in A Singapore. There wasn't enough. The men in our distillery Jj in the Campsie Hills worked their hearts out, but they only had old-fashioned machinery to work with. Eight years
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  • SPORTS
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      Pele's last games
      51 10 Sao Paolo, Wednesday —Brazilian soccer superstar Pele may play two final games for his Santos Club during a tour of Argentina next month. Pele, who has announced his retirement, will travel with the club for two games between Santos and Argentine teams and may be asked to
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      Warning
      48 10 Berne, Wednesday FIG, the International gymnastics federation, will withdraw their invitation to Bulgaria to host this year's world championships unless the Bulgarian organisers issue visas to the South African team, said FIG secretary Max Bengerter. The championships are scheduled to be held in Varna on October 20-27.
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      208 10  -  -Report by YONG CHO KHOON Chasing the ball hopelessly is National Junior College goalkeeper Bernard Quek. Behind him is Karim Ganl of Geylang Serai Vocational School, following up to make sure it's a goal. Geylang Serai won 4-0 at Jalan Besar Stadium yesterday with an impressive display
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      World Cup security a problem
      297 10 London, Wednesday. Security will be a major problem at this summer's World Cup finals in West Germany. Fifa president Sir Stanley Rous said yesterday. "The 1974 World Cup will be the most securi-ty-conscious ever," he added. "It will be very strong and very thorough. We
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      Dundee enter Cup final
      318 10 London, Wednesday Dundee United Joined Glasgow Celtic in the Scottish Football Association Cup final next month when they crushed Hearts 4-2 in their semi final replay last night. United trailed 1-0 at halftime before delivering their killer punch of two goals in two minutes after the
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      Innings victory for MCC tourists
      214 10 Hamilton (Bermuda), Wednesday MCC took only 45 minutes to gain an innings victory on the third day of their snatch here against a Bermuda XI. Hoping for an early finish to bask in the sunshine and relax after the rigours of their West Indies tour,
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      Points win
      30 10 Durban, Wednesday— Turkey's world rated junior welter-weight boxer Cemal Kamaci was narrowly beaten on points by South African Kokkie Olivier In a 10round non-title fight here last night.
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      Lock icon Two ACS teams in the finals
      234 10 LKA Anglo-Chinese School, inter-school chess team champions for the past three years have again qualified for the finals of this year's competition. with two teams. The finals begin on Monday, April 15, and the fixtures in Group A (championship) are, Queenstown (I) v St.
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      Impressive workout by Predator
      279 10 From BLUE PETER Penan?, Wednesday Predator underlijied his chances in the Woh Hup Properties Stakes on Sunday with a splendid workout here this morning. Ridden by Johnny Wilson, the Beau Court four-year-old sprinted smartly over 3f in 36-2/5 on good going. Ceperno (Henry Heng) was also
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      Lock icon Anne breaks Siew Lan's 800 record
      463 11  -  By NANCY KOH Bespectacled Anne Hoe was so excited at winning the 800 m freestyle at the PreAsian age group swimming meet yesterday that she swam a "victory lap" of 100 metres. Anne, who plunged in as the lone challenger to record-holder Ang Slew
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      Pakistan take 2-0 lead over Malaysia
      341 11 Karachi, Wednesday.— National champion Saeed Mir and team captain Munawar Iqbal won both opening singles to give Pakistan a 2-0 lead over Malaysia in their Davis Cup eastern zone tennis tie here yesterday. Saeed scored an easy 6-3 6-0 6-1 over Mohammad Akbar Baba,
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      Coles is out of Spanish Open
      109 11 Lisbon, Wednesday. The European golf circuit, offering prize money of £650,000, gets under way with the Portuguese Open at Estoril today. Eight members of Britain's Ryder Cup team are among the 60 players exempt from tne 18-hole pre-qualifying round over the par~69 championship course.
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      WBC name Shibata 'Boxer of the Month'
      374 11 Mexico City. Wednesday— The World Boxing Council. disdaining George Foreman's convincing defence of his heavyweight title against Ken Norton, yesterday awarded "Boxer of the Month" honours to Kunlaki Shibata of Japan in its latest rankings. Shibata, a former world featherweight champion, won the
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      Indonesia, Thais in 'soccer comedy'
      150 11 Jakarta, Wednesday.— An Indonesian team from the South Celebes beat a Thai side 13-12 In Medan, north Sumatra. In what Antara News Agency described as a soccer comedy. Playing In a lighthearted fashion, the two sides maintained a 1-1 score until the final whistle. bringing
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    55 12 Patricia Ng, 21 a cashier in a restaurant in Singapore, is very personalityconscious. T h a t's why she is taking up part-time modelling. Patricia feels that all girls should strive to be elegant at all times. Her favourite pastt i m e is listening to pop
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    109 12 TODAY Is Wednesday, April 10. the 100th day of 1974 with 265 to foUow. THE MOON Is between 1 full and the last quarter. THE MORNING STABS are Mercury. Venus and Jupiter. THE EVENING STABS are Saturn and Mars. Those born on this date are under the sign i
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