New Nation, 5 June 1974

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  • 26 1 NEW NATION SINGAPORE ion I Wednesday evening, June 5, 1974 No. 1043 Price 20 cents M.C. (P) 20/74 NETOPtion iir >v. SINGAPORE, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 5, 1974
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  • 244 1 In action last night, the Singapore doubles pair who had the 7000 capacity crowd in raptures at the Singapore Badminton HalJ in Guillemard Road when they salvaged some pride for the national team by taking the only point from the visiting Chinese in
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  • 578 1 Orders to roam city and kill at random United Press International Jerusalem, Wednesday Israel ye st e rday announced the capture of two members of an Arab guerrilla suicide team which the Israeli national radio said was planning to attack the northern port
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  • 108 1 Share prices moved up marginally on the Stock Exchange of Singapore this morning. Trading was dull. BUSINESS DONE: Sim Lim (1) 1.32. Inchcape (2) 7.15. M. Credit (2) IJB. C. Storage cl> 4.04. (4) 4.06. F. and N. (1) 4.88. Karimau (8) 0.775. Nat. Industries (4) 1.27,
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  • 67 1 Seoul, Wednesday An army court martial has sentenced a sergeant to death for killing two people and injuring two others after holding 30 people hostage in a tea room in Taegu City on New Year's Day. The court said the capital punishment was handed down to Sergeant
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  • 13 1 Police reported 114 accidents yesterday. Seven were serious and two fatal.
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  • 88 1 Two men, one wielding two guns, panicked and fled when the occupants of a vehicle spare parts shop In Home Road shouted for help, in an attempted robbery yesterday. The robbers, both wearing crash helmets, burst into the shop at 9.10 p.m. They surprised the proprietor, Mr.
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  • 63 1 New York, Wednesday —Marjorie Wallace, the deposed Miss World Beauty Queen, was taken to a hospital in Indiana, polls Indiana on Monday night. A doctor said she was critically ill from barbiturate effects. The Methodist Hospital refused to confirm or deny reports that she had taken a
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  • 46 1 Police reported two cases of house breakings yesterday. From the store of Union Carbide Pte. Ltd. in Hill View Road, 15 pieces of Zinc ingots were stolen. At the Guthrie Waugh godown in Arunasalam Chetty Road, $7000 worth of electronic equipment were missing.
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  • 346 1 Central Phnom Penh hit Phnom Penh, Wednesday Insurgent gunners fired four rockets into central Phnom Penh yesterday killing six people and wounding 24. Four of the dead and 16 of the wounded were soldiers. Most of them died in a cinema when a rocket
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  • 210 1 Reuter Saigon, Wednesday Government troops have recaptured a communist-held village on Saigon's northern defence line, destroying Ave tanks. The clash was in the last stage of a four-day battle involving at least 2000 men on both sides, the Saigon Command said. A spokesman for the command said
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  • 124 1 New Nation's soccer writer Jeffrey Low (above) is off today to Munich for the greatest sporting spectacle of the year the World Cup football finals. And it's all for you. He will send back first-hand accounts of the drama that will unfold on
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  • LOCAL NEWS
    • 136 2 A motor cyclist, Chua Khim Hock, 19, was killed when he was involved in an accident with a lorry at 12 milestone Woodlands Road, yesterday morning. The lorry driver escaped unhurt. The accident caused a massive traffic jam which stretched up to the Causeway.
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    • 23 2 The Chung Hwa Free Clinic and Thong Chai Medical Institution yesterday each received a cheque for $1500 from an anonymous donor.
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    • 470 2  -  The main aim to educate housewives, says Jek By Rav K. Dhaliwal Consumer educators should be stationed at consumer clubs to educate housewives and offer them on the spot advice. The suggestion came from Mr. Jek Yeun Thong, the Minister for Culture and one of
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    • 267 2 The Housing and Development Board has still not provided its hawker liaison officers with enough protection from assault and injuries, according to the Singapore Housing and Development Board Workers Union. The presence of police escorts have not deterred some hawkers from at tacking liaison officers,
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    • 344 2 'Restore judgment' advice Reuter London, Wednesday Judgment was delivered by the Privy Council Judicial Committee yesterday in a Kuala Lumpur "flooding" case in which a brick-mak-j ing company had I complained of an escape of water from an adjacent tin mine nine years ago. The
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    • 181 2 Two youths posing as repairmen, entered a house in Kee Choe Avenue, off MacPherson Road, held up the occupants and escaped with cash and jewellery worth over $15,000 yesterday. The robbers said that they had come to repair the air-conditioner when housewife Koh Geok Kim,
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    • 400 2  -  By Lau Liat Hoe A trial run on a borrowed Vauxhall Viva helped police driver Encik Mohd Said bin Yusuf, 33. to win the first prize in the New Nation Vauxhall Viva economy contest,. Encik Said, the chief driver of Beach Road Police Station, has
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    • 461 2 FROM THE DOC HOUSE BY PG On June 28 Dr. Harry R. Spira, of Sydney, will be addressing the Singapore Kennel Club on various aspects of dog breeding and there is none who is more competent to talk on this subject than he.
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    • 262 3  -  By Richard Lim When Bihar State basket bailer S. K. Pajide, 24, holds the ball up high, you can forget about reaching for it. Even If you tried jumping as high as you possibly can which was what waitress Helen Tay, 19, did you stiU wouldn't
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    • 423 3  -  Govt to get report from committee By Teresa Ooi A report, recommending far reaching changes in the Women's Charter is expected to be submitted to the Government in a few months' time. A speciaa review committee, was appointed by the Ministry of Social Affairs,
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    • 56 3 Re-registration of persons who are born between May 6, 1955 and May 5, 1956 is now on at the National Registration Office In Empress Place. Those who have not re-registered are advised to call at the NRO between 8 a.m. and 4 p.m. on weekdays and 8
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    • 27 3 The Department of Extramural Studies of the University of Singapore will organise a seven-session course on Principles of Supervision (Workshop) from June 10 at 7.30 p.m.
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    • 351 3  -  Heed these seven golden rules By Bharathi Mohan Each year, Singaporeans are losing about $2.5 million worth of property to burglars mainly due to carelessness. And police expect the housebreakings to increase unless owners and householders take steps now to secure their premises
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    • 62 2 Zacci for I Zacci (above) lost his happy home when his owners returned to England recently. He has since been with the SPCA, waiting for a new home. The two-year-old pet is golden in colour and very affectionate, besides being a good watch-dog. He is antidistempered. If you wish to
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  • Page 3 Miscellaneous
    • 236 3 NEW NATION CROSSWORD anal BHH certain way 10 Campus VlP's 1* Cheers. In Bergen 12 Charlatan 13 Highland dance 14 Game 19 Famous street In Atlanta 22 Coins of Panama 24 Doughnuts; COIIoq. 26 Forays 28 Cold-climate wear 30 Metric wt. 31 Prohibit 33 New York college 34 Reflects 35
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  • FOR YOUR PLEASURE AND BEHIND THE NEWS
    • 1085 4  -  First holiday for Tora star after 40 years in films and TV CINEMA BY EDGAR KOH Bushy eye-brows, a forceful looking face, a stern smile and a tense, upright posture, even when he is sitting down. There is a distinctive, slightly familiar look about Soh Yamamura
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    • 491 4  -  JENNIFER SCHOON The Hi Jacks who have been around for the past five years have recently been given a "sound lift" with the addition of female vocalist Kamallah Latiff and her husband Tony Am an. With Kamallah taking over practically all the singing, the
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    • 277 4 Jennifer's liar} IT'S going to be "punch" time at the Robina Department Store on Saturday and Sunday afternoon. Mr. Helmut Telle, the pastry chef at the Mandarin Hotel, will demonstrate to shoppers at Robina supermarket the making of Flambe Rum Punch. "It's really a very
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    • 533 4  -  Signs of Gary losing throne POP BY JEAN LI After eight years of toiling in nightclubs, ballrooms, discos and similarly small establishments, The Glitter Band must feel it is much happier working with the very successful leader of the gang, Gary Glitter. But the inevitable question
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    • 529 4  -  ART BUCHWAID I was walking past the building where Leon Jaworski, the special prosecutor, has his offices when I noticed a long line which wound around the block. "What's going on?" I asked a police officer who was making sure that the people were orderly. "They're
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    • 626 4  -  IRAN From Lewis Simons Iran's new-found wealth is evident everywhere in the Persian Gulf kingdom. Last December the Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) doubled the price of oil and. by Shah Mohamed Reza Pahlavi's figures, Iran will collect US$lB billion ($42 billion)
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    • 591 4 Each week, for 3 week* from May 20 1974, Jim Wetkine, New Nation's motoring columnist, will drive a Vauxhall Viva on an economy ten He will take a different route eech week, nee den are invited to art)matt the kiiometra per litre fuel economy figure aet eech week. The two
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  • Page 4 Miscellaneous
    • 30 4 SINGAPORE 1 (1) Dancing Machine: Jackson Five 2 (2) The Best Thine That Ever Happened To Me: Gladys Knight and the Pips 3 (4) The Show Must Go On: Three
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    • 197 4 Dog Night 4 (3) TSOP: MSSB 5 (5) Jet: Paul McCartney and Wings 6 (6) Seasons In The Sun: Terry Jacks 7 (7) The Air That I Breathe: The Hollies 8 Band On The Run: Paul McCartney and Wings 9 (8) Oh My My: Ringo Starr 10 (9) Hooked On
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  • WORLD NEWS
    • 270 5 Reuter Geneva, Wednesday. Mr. Sayed Marei, Secre-tary-General of the United Nations Food Conference which is due to convene in Rome in i November, yesterday chided the world's governments for failing to agree on a plan of action to start feeding the world's starving
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    • 647 5 'Power-sharing the only hope* Reuter London, Wednesday Prime Minister Harold Wilson yesterday assured the Catholic minority of Northern Ireland that the government would uphold its authority over the province and its power to protect them. He also told Parliament that the qnly hope
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    • 47 5 New York, Wednesday. —Thieves struck the Woolworth Estate In Maine during the weekend of May 25-26 and made off with U*****,000 ($575,000) worth of paintings and antiques. Police said It was the second large art theft at the estate in the past two years.
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    • 29 5 New Delhi, Wednesday—Fifteen people including 11 women were drowned and three others were missing when a ferry sank on Monday in a river near Bombay, police said.
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    • 235 5 Luxembourg, Wednesday The Common Market yesterday gave the go-ahead for the first step in Britain's bid to renegotiate entry terms. The accord among the nine common market countries is only a procedural one to examine the British case, but it was secured despite
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    • 40 5 New Delhi, Wednesday. —Prime Minister Indira Gandhi hurt her hand yesterday when she fell off a horse while riding in Simla, 300 miles north of here. An X-ray examination showed she had cracked a finger bone.
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    • 227 5 Reuter London, Wednesday The new Portuguese regime yesterday pressed ahead with its peace offensive in Africa as Foreign Minister Mario Soares flew from Lisbon to Lusaka for prellmlnnary talks with leaders of the Mozambique Liberation Front (Frellmo). During a three-hour stopover at London
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    • 27 5 Manila. Wednesday. Five suspected members c.f the outlawed Communist Party of the Philippines were arrested on Monday night in their hideouts here, military authorities said.
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    • 278 5 White House 'not worried' Reuter Washington, Wednesday.—President Nixon's chief lawyer acted swiftly yesterday to smother reports that the White House was worried about a former top aide's willingness to tell all about Watergate and that this might hurt the President. Presidential lawyer James St. Clair
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    • 97 5 Washington, Wednesday—The Nixon Administration and the Senate are heading towards a new struggle this week over attempts by Senate Democratic leader, Mr. Mike Mansfield, to cut by about one quarter the number of US troops posted overseas. Senate sources said vesterday votes are expected
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    • 28 5 Bangkok, Wednesday— The new Thai cabinet reappointed General Kris Sivara, the army oom-mander-ln-chlef, as the the Director of National Peace Restoration daring its first session yesterday.
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    • 259 5 Reuter Geneva, Wednesday. The International Commission of Jurists (ICJ) yesterday accused President Idi Amin's regime of creating a reign of terror in Uganda through massive violations of human rights, arbitrary arrests, torture and murder. "By a series of decrees overriding all constitutional safeguards, and
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    • 34 5 London, Wednesday. Nine coalmlners were rescued last night after being trapped 600 feet (183 metres) underground for five hours when a pit shaft caved in at the Park Hill colliery near Wakefield.
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  • Page 5 Miscellaneous
    • 253 5 WORLD WEATHER London Cloudy. 7054F. 21-12 C. Headline: IRA warns London of revenge raids. Paris Fair. 77-55F, 25-13 C. Headline: Prime Minister's declaration of general policy. Moscow —Overcast. 6146F. 16-BC. Headline: Bringing the book to the mqccpc New York—Sunny. 7856F, 25-13 C. Headline: Colson pleads guilty to charge in Ellsberg
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  • OPINION
    • 454 6 As the guns on the Golan Heights fall silent comes an upsurge of fighting nearer home. The flare-up in Vietnam is a grim reminder that the vicious conflict has really never been resolved and even the most optimistic must now realise that there can be little
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    • 'WHISPERS' by ISPY
      • 71 6 Remember the little item we had on charithon last week? I Blessed then that charithon probably meant continuous giving of donations (as waikathon means walking for money). For some reason, three people who turned up to participate in the Poly'i charlthon had the impression that the word
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      • 91 6 The new Soviet Ambassador to Bangkok. Mr. Boris Illylchev certainly has a great sense of humour, Judging from this interview which he Bve to the Thai dally. Le Nation. Q: What do you think of the Indian Ocean conflict? A: Very deep. Q: Have you read
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    • 472 6  -  From Jack Folsie The desert east of here still Is splotched with Egyptian army units, od guard against any renewal of conflict, for the high command's suspicions of Israeli intentions die hard. Among the 6 million people of Cairo, however, there is
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    • 904 6  -  The recent dash between the naval forces ef China and South Vietnam ever the Paraeel Islands has anwei Intereot In the die and composition of the Chinese navy. In terms ef manpower and hi terms of esastal defenee vtneli and submarines, China Is
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    • 495 6  -  By William J. Drummond The 2.000 Biharis crowded together ip a heap of mud hovels called "town hall colony" have been asked by camp administrators to move into a less-congested area nearby. The town hall residents refused to be moved from their swampy shantytown. They reasoned,
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    • 777 6 -WORLD COMMENT EXCERPTS FROM CO<TO*'AIS The events of last autumn—the October War, the brief confrontation between the superpowers and the oil embargo made it clear that both world peace and American national Interests were seriously threatened by the Middle East conflict. This state of affairs had arisen
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    • Letters
      • 168 6  -  CHRIS H.K. TAN Asst. Secretary (Public Relations), Housing and Development Board, Singapore, 2. Referring to the letter by Kaki Penat which appeared in the New Nation on May 22, 1974, we wish to inform the writer that Block 21, Buona Vista Estate, was recently sold under the "Home
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      • 159 6  -  Q.C.C. Should school sports be combined? In my opinion, combined sports may save the labour of most teachers and some costs but they definitely frustrate the expectations of the majority of pupils. Moreover, with combined sports, most pupils are not given the opportunity to assist the teachers to
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      • 269 6  -  YAP SOON HOE Secretary, Bus Services Reorganisation Committee, Singapore 6. We wish to thank Regular Traveller (NN. 27.5.74) for his useful suggestions on the proper control and maintenance of buse3 arriving at and leaving a bus terminus. Time-keepers at all bus termlnil are required to display clearly
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  • SPECIAL FEATURE
    • 1531 7  -  KEEPING ABREAST By Alan Berg Washington Post An unusual depletion in the crude oil reserves of an oilproducing country of Asia or Latin America would be termed a crisis. Its economic and social implications woufd be so apparent that actions to reverse the trend
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    • 86 7 Should women breast-feed. Yes, say most doctors. In the West young mothers now accept that breast feeding is the ideal form of infant nutrition. New Nation today presents a special report from the United States about how the world is not paying much attention to a crisis
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    • 944 7  -  By Betty L. Khoo There are encouraging signs that Singapore mothers are heeding a call to return to breast feeding. Prof. Wong Hock Boon, professor of paediatrics, said In an Interview: "A few mothers in the higher economic group are now breast-feeding.
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    • 169 7 "It was my gynaecologist at the Kandang Kerbau Materni t y Hospital who insisted that I breast-feed my baby/' Mrs. P., a graduate teacher who had her first baby a year ago, said. "At first I decided not to breastfeed because my girlfriends advised me
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  • EDUCATIONAL BROADSHEET
    • Article, Illustration
      3942 8 The uneven population distribution On the basis of a United Nations study, the population estimate for Burma at the end of 1962 was 23.1 million, and as the area of Burma is about 262,000 square miles, the average national density 1s around 88 people per square mile. In fact,
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  • TREND
    • 186 9  -  ANGELA LOKE It is silly to wear jeans with your T-shirts or blouses out, instead of tucking them in to show off your figure to its best advantage. If there is any reason you should want to hide it, then jeans are not for
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    • 266 9 EATING IN Singaporeans are generally great vegetable eaters. Both the fresh and dried vegetables are popular and readily available in the local markets and provision shops. For most, the vegetables are often cooked with meat, soaking up the meat flavour. However, even when cooked
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    • 1254 9 From Trish Sheppard in Sydney As I sit here huddled over a roaring fire I can hear men yelling above the noise of their mechanical saw and the crash of broken tiles being hurled to the ground. Winter came with a vengeance
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    • 62 9 A top secretarial agency in Britain claims that some executives are Dictators—with a capital D. The agency, based in London, has prepared a guide to bosses' faults. Some Include: LEAVING dictation until late in the afternoon when the girls are busy, i LEANING over the secretary while
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  • FINANCE
    • 360 9 By Lee Yew Meng Carrier Corporation of the United States yesterday announced a partial takeover of lAC (Holdings) in which it already has a 20.61 per cent interest. This followed accep tances received for 1,722,333 shares In lAC. as a result of
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    • 134 9 First Chicago Corporation and subsidiaries have announced net profit of U5524.5 million ($58.8 million) for the first three months of 1974, an increase of 27.2 per cent over the same period last year. Total deposits exceeded last year's figure by 33.8 per cent, amounting
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    • OVERSEAS STOCK EXCHANGE PRICES
      • 337 9 Stocks posted broad gains for the second consecutive sess.'on on the New York Stock Exchange yesterday, buoyed by hopes that interest rates may be near their peak. Turnover was moderate. The stocks also rallied in stepped-up trading. Closing prices on the New York Stock Exchange davAlcan Al. Allied
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      • 38 9 The Dow Jones range of stocks on the New York Stock Exchange yesterday were: 30 Industrials 826.97 (up 7.43), 20 transport 166.63 (up 3 41), 15 utilities 74.80 (up 0.38), and 65 stocks 250.35 (up 2.84).
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      • 199 9 Closing prices (In francs) yesterday: Paribas 157.50 —1.50 Indochlne 190 -4- .50 Pcncler 337 +8 Printemps 90.10 —.60 CGE 351 —4 Bull 48.30 -4-.30 Royal Dutcb 114.50 Mlchelin 895 Thomson 201.20 +.70 CFP 153 —4 Rhone 132.50 4--50 Air 288 —1.50 J}BN 882 uncn. Philips 56.20 -4-.40 Suet 241+4
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      • 232 9 Prices at 11.30 a.m. (Australian time) today: Aberleen susp Do opts fusp. AOD nil 06 Allstate 08 09 Amad 03'4 04 Aurora nil 12 Do opts nil 00% Aust. Ant 04% 05 Bamboo 06 nil Beach 28 30 Bounty susp. Bridge 10 12 Cleveland 33 38 Cosmos 00% 01
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      • 224 9 Prices closed slightly lower after minor fluctuations on the TcAyo Stock Exchange yesterday. The morning session opened mixed, neglecting the sharp rise in Wall Street. Latent asset stocks including Heiwa Real Estate. Mitsubishi Estate, Nishl Nippon Railway and Tokyo Railway were bought under support of bargain hunting. In the
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      • 83 9 This service comes from the Union Bank of Switzerland. Closing prices (in francs* on the Zurich Stock Exchange yesterday UBS 2960 +20 SBC 515 +1 Credit Suiste 2505 —5 Swis alr B 480 Swiss Reinsur. 1940 Wlnterthur B. 1350 Zurich Insur. 5650 25 Juvena B. 1670 —30 Nestle B
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    • 173 9 The closing tone of the Singapore stock market was slightly easier yesterday as cautiousness preva led. The reluctance to trade was evident right from the opening bell, with prices quoted at fairly wide disparities. The sluggishness of the market resulted in turnover being further reduced. Only 2.02 million
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    • 152 9 Dakar, Wednesday Ministers from 44 African. Pacific and Caribbean countries began a crucial round of talks here yesterday to review their stalled negotiations with the European Common Market for a new trade and aid agreement. So far. Internal EEC problems such as Britain's desire
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  • SPORTS
    • 459 10  -  Who's the better player? That's still an open question By CONRAD NG Who's the better player of the Chinese badminton superstars, Tang Hsien Hu or Hou Chia Chang? After three nights of matches by the visiting team, that question remains open to argument. And the
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    • 485 10 Arul, de Cruz make it 2-0 Seremban, Wednesday Singapore had to fight hard for their 2-0 win over Sarawak in the Razak Cup hockey tournament here this morning. Sarawak put up a surprisingly good performance and it took a penalty flick, converted by skipper S.
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    • 47 10 London, Wednesday. Aston Villa in the English Football Association Second Division, last night announced that Ron Saunders was to become their new manager. Saunders, who succeeds Vic Crowe as Villa manager, coached Norwich and guided them to the First Division two seasons ago.
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    • 123 10  -  L. S. ONN F. KOH Having seen all the Malaysia Cup matches and the semi-final firstleg at the National Stadium, I think Mike Walker should give goalkeeper Lee Bee Seng another chance. In the last four matches Chiew Peng in goal made many mistakes and he was nervous
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    • 45 10 Isle of Man, Wednesday. Heinz Luthringshauser won the 500 cc sidecar event in the Isle of Man Tourist Trophy motor-cycle series yesterday after fellow West German Klaus Enders, the world champion, had been forced out on the first lap.
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    • 620 10  -  By NANCY KOH What are the lessons Singapore players should have learned from China's badminton aces? National squad coaches Wee Choong Seng, Cheong Cheng Swee and Seah Lye Huat pondered over this last night and decided: "Unwavering dedication, sacrifice, selfdiscipline and the correct mental attitude."
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    • 556 10 London, Wednesday.— India's team for the first cricket Test against England at Manchester, starting tomorrow, will not be named until the morning of the match. Team manager Colonel Adhikari said: "There is no point in announcing an advance squad of 13 or 14." All the
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    • 49 10 The PUB Recreation Club will meet the SCC in a friendly soccer match at the Padang at 5.15 p.m. today. Teams willing to play friendly matches with the PUB club can arrange them with Mr. P.~ Shanmugam, Public Relations, PUB, City Hall (tel. *****1 ext. 433 i.
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    • 78 10 London, Wednesday.— China cancelled their basketball tour of Britain last week to express their support of the current African boycott of British sport, an English basketball official said yesterday. The Chinese had been scheduled to make a seven-match tour of Britain this month but five days
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    • 283 11 By BLUE PETER, Kuala Lumpur, Wednesday Sunny Heart, an easy winner last Saturday, has a great chance of completing a double on Saturday. The five-year-old by Philanderer did a splendid workout here this morning, when he ran 3f in 36 1/5, on good going. Spectrum
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    • 580 11 Belgrade, Wednesday. —Yugoslavia, barely a week away from kicking off the 1974 World Cup soccer finals against Brazil, face a searching test when they meet the revitalised England team in their final warm-up match at the Red Star Stadium here today. England approach the
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    • 305 11 Bonn, Wednesday. Security officers warn soccer fans planning to attend World Cup matches that an army of pickpockets expected in the crowds are as expert at their trade as the soccer players on the field. Apart from an invasion of more than 2.5 million enthusiasts from
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    • 255 11 Muirfield. Wednesday Defending champion Dick Siderowf of the United States was knocked out of the British amateur golf championship in the second round here yesterday because of a temper tantrum by his opponent. Mike Miller, a 23-year-nld clothing salesman from Glasgow, beat Siderowf on
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    • 42 11 Tokyo, Wednesday The results of yesterday's baseball games: Pacific League—Taihelyo 5 Hankyu 4; Kintetsu 4 Nippon 3; Lotte 13 Nankai 1 (6th Inns rain). Central League—Hanshin 9 Chunichi 3; Yomiuri v Taiyo (postponed rain); Hiroshima v Yakult (postponed rain).
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    • 309 11 Tokyo, Wednesday. Hard-hitting Oscar Albarado of the United States battered his way to a 15th round knockout victory over Japanese champion Koichi Wajima to capture the World Boxing junior middleweight title here last night. The 25-year-old Mexi-can-American from Los Angeles achieved the feat
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    • 405 11 London, Wednesday The field for today's Epsom Derby, Britain's premier racing classic, was reduced to 18 this morning at the overnight declaration stage. Two horses were withdrawn, both long-odds outsiders Colonel Nelson and Zarate. The turn-out for record prize money of £133,755 will be
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    • 467 11  -  MARTIAI ARTS by Sonny Yap Singaporeans had their first glimpse of the Oyama style of no-holds-barred karate at the Gay World Stadium over the weekend. They saw exponents punched, chopped and kicked—for real. In bouts of three minutes each, the combatants threw everything in the book
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    • 158 11 Prague, Wednesday. Wimbledon champion Jan Kodes has been reErlmanded and warned y the Czechoslovak Lawn Tennis Association for being sent off court during the Italian Open championships last week. But the Czechoslovak association have also protested to the Italian association and the International Federation about
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    • 283 10 MALAYSIA CUP SEMI-FINAL Singapore versus Penang (Return Match) By Deluxe AirConditlon Coach. 2 Days/3 Nights $80/- Only Tour Includes air-condition Transportation, Accommodation, Lunch, Dinner and ENTRANCE TICKET TO THE MATCH. Departure: 22nd June. 1974 at 7.30 p.m. Enquiries:- CITICENTER TRAVELS COACH TOUR (PTE) LTD.. 470. River Valley Road. Singapore, 10.
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  • 162 12 TODAY is Wednesday, June 5, the 156th day of 1974 with 209 to follow. THE MOON is between its full phase and last quarter. THE MORNING STARS are Venus and Jupiter. THE EVENING STARS are Mercury, Mars and Saturn. Those born on this day are under the sign of
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  • 102 12 A girl with a ready smile for everyone that's Miss Dorothy Wong, 22, a waitress at the Victoria Bar in Cockpit Hotel. She says a smile is a 'must' if you are to win customers. "A waitress should always try to make patrons
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  • 57 12 AH FOOK: Bloodshed won't solve anything. And it's high time students the world over realised this. Let's hope they won't follow the example of their counter parts in Cambodia. MEI LIN: I am sure our students won't get involved in these incidents. They have their books and extra
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  • Page 12 Miscellaneous
    • 669 12 SINGAPORE S 3.00 OPENING ANNOUNCEMENTS followed by LENSA KELUARGA—A magazine series presented In Malay 3.30 DIARY OF EVENTS (M) 3.35 LOVE IS A MANY SPLENDOUR ED THING 4.00 PERSEMBAHAN KU (r) —A light musical programme 4.15 GENERAL HOSPITAL. i.55 INTERMISSION 5.50 OPENING ANNOUNCEMENTS followed by LEAVE IT TO BEAVER —Untogetherness:
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    • 233 12 BACK PAGE WHAT'S ON The Minister for Foreign Affairs and MP for Kampong Glam. Mr. S. Rajaratnam, will officiate the Kampong Glam citizens' consultative committee table-tennis team WEST MALAYSIA GOODWILL TOUR ceremony at the community centre at 7.30 p.m. The Stage Club will hold auditions for their next play A
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    • 1170 12 AT THE CINEMA with EDGAR KOH McQ: John Wayne, in a departure from his usual Western roles, plays a cop out to dig into the cold-biooded killing of his buddy; taken off the force, he acquires a powerful, unlicensed gun to blow the bandits and their cars to pieces. Directed
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