New Nation, 5 August 1974

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    22 1 NEW NATION ~StN6APORE Monday everting, August 5, 1974 No- 1094 Price 20 cents M.C. (P) 20/74 NEY^jjmON SINCAPORE, MONDAY AUCUST 5. 1974
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    Lock icon 60 die in 'beat the heat' dip
    174 1 26 others missing as millions flock to Japan beaches United Press International Tokyo, Monday Japan's highest temperatures of the year drove millions to the beaches yesterday and police reported that at least 60 people died in swimming and boating accidents. Another 26 people
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    Scrutineer is the top tipster with five wins
    78 1 Scrutineer of the New Nation was yesterday's top racing tipster with five winners at Kuala Lumpur. His winners, including four in a row, were Romantic Mood ($77), Starlet" ($24), Man of Courage II ($l3), Walking Tall ($l4) and Joyful Affair ($11). On
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    $13,000 grab
    21 1 Three men made away with $13,000 worth of jewellery from a modelling and charm schorl in Penang Lane yesterday.
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    ON THE 'CHANGE
    98 1 Share prices declined marginally In slack trading on the Stock Exchange of Singapore this morning. BUSINESS DONE: San Holdings (5) 0.75, (1) 0.74*. (1) 0.76, (6) 0.75f U. 0.8. (1) 3.06, (5) 3.08. S. Daroy (1) 2.70. 2.69, (21) 2.67, (23) 2.68. Pan-Electric (4) 1.01, (7) 1.00.
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    Printing case against four
    65 1 Three officials and a cadre member of the People's Front were charged In the First Magistrate's Court today with selling a newspaper which was alleged to have been unlawfully printed last month. There were Ng Teng Sen, the vice-president; Wong Wen Nan, the treasurer; Lim Chua
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    Liquor theft
    23 1 Thieves broke into a house in Changl yesterday and took away 20 bottles of liquor and a car from the garage.
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    Lock icon CLERIDES: OUR WOMEN WERE RAPED
    695 1 Reuter and UFI Nicosia, Monday Cypriot President Glafkos Clerides has accused the invading Turkish army of rape, murder and arson among the island's civilian population. In a message to UN secretary-general Kurt Waldheim, he said that about 20,000 civilians were forced to leave their homes
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    Lock icon Mid-air scare after landing gear jams
    116 1 United Press International Tel Aviv, Monday. The pilot of a Boring 707 with 110 passengers and crew aboard circled Ben Gurion international airport for an hour with a Jammed landing gear early today, then managed to free the wheels and set the plane down
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    Lock icon Gloom in the US: Experts hint of panic
    274 1 New economic fears UPI radio picture Washington, Monday Chase Manhattan Bank president Mr. David Rockefeller said that the American economic situation is so uncertain "that one should not discard the possibility of a panic." Mr. Rockefeller was quoted in an economic survey
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    OUR ROADS
    14 1 P o 1 ic e reported 72 accidents yesterday. Eight were serious.
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    Lock icon Now Nixon calls in top aides for a crisis meeting
    367 1 'He is planning a dramatic new move' Reuter and UPI Washington, Monday President Nixon yesterday called his top aides to a sudden conference at his mountain retreat at Camp David and the action immediately sparked speculation he may be planning
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    Lock icon 66p.c. vote to try him in the Senate
    251 1 Reuter Washington, Monday Two-thirds of the American people now believe President Nixon should be impeached over the Watergate s c a n dal and sent for trial by the Senate, according to the latest opinion poll out yesterday. The Louis Harris poll
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    Lock icon New warning of M-East war
    323 1 Reuter Tel Aviv, Monday A senior Israeli army officer yesterday delievered another warning that hostilities might resume in the Middle East. The commander of the armoured corps, MajorGeneral Moshe Peled, declared that "hardly have the reverberations of the Tom Klppur (October) war died away and
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    Picking the pretty girls
    97 1 A new contest with biff prises start today in the New Nation. It is easy to enter and easy to win. All you have to do is place 12 girls in order of beauty and if your selection is the same as that of the judges,
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    HONOUR FOR AFFANDI
    298 1  -  By Richard Lim He is a millionaire artist who started as a sign painter and a ticket collector at a small cinema in his hometown In JogJakarta. He ha* painted over 1000 works and exhibited them at major art centres all over the world. Some critics, notably
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  • LOCAL NEWS
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      $30,000 wires stripped from HDB flats
      301 2 A gang of thieves specialising in stripping electrical wires from unoccupied Housing Board flats is believed to have got* away with $30,000 worth of wires ovsr the past two months. Their latest theft was In Depot Road on Friday. A sub-contractor reported that electrical
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      Fishermen tell of a nightmare at sea
      555 2  -  <We prayed after boat hit coral reef* By Douglas Chan Two fishermen today recalled the nightmare they went through when their boat sank In the sea off Sabah after hitting a patch of coral reef during a storm. "I am still scared stiff
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      Now production cut in Penang
      328 2 Week's paid leave for staff The sister plant of NS Electronics (Pte) Ltd. in Pen&ng has slowed down prod u c t ion following last we e k's retrenchment of more than 600 workers here. According to Malaysia reports, the plant has, since the' beginning
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      THEY'RE OH, SO EXCITED
      273 2 Girl Guide Commissioners. Miss Lean Keng Im and Miss Tan Kim Chco are eagerly counting the days until they find themselves 1200 metres (4000 It) above sea-level to experience autumn In Switzerland. They were selected by the Singapore Girl Guides Association to represent Singapore at the
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      First to move in
      40 2 Ocean Building's first tenants, K.T.S. Sdn. Bhd., have moved Into their new 23rd floor office. A Malaysian incorporated company with 130 employees Its business activities Include Import and export of timber, machinery spare parts and hardware.
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      Appointment
      20 2 Mrs. Janet Tee, assistant director of Social Welfare, has been appointed Commissioner for Oaths, according to the government gazette.
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      Club dinner
      19 2 The YWCA Young Adults' Club will hold Its annual dinner and dance at Shangri-La Hotel on Saturday.
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      $1.2m fire station soon for Jurong
      112 2 Construction of the newest $1.2 m Are station the seventh for the Singapore Fire Brigade is under way. Situated In Jurong Drive, the new station will provide fire-lighting and fire protection services to the Jurong Industrial Estate, the satellite town and the entire Jurong
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      RTS show
      23 2 Radio and Television Singapore will present a concert, Prom Five to Twenty-Five, at the Victoria Theatre on Sunday at 7.30 pjn.
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      Lock icon Leslie takes half-point lead in Pesta
      321 2 CLO After four rounds of the Pesta Suk&n Chess Championship, national master Leslie Leow took a half point lead over Filipino masters Roberto Kaimo and Roger Abella. Abella defeated Farooqul of Pakistan when the latter, playing the white pieces, allowed black's Plrc-Robatsch Defence to
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      'SMEAR TEST' IS A MUST...
      471 2 Women who have an excess vaginal discharge should see a doctor immediately, as this could be a symptom of many se r i ous conditions like venereal disease or a malignancy that could be cancer. In an interview. Dr. R. Sivasamboo, consultant at the Obstetrics
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      Concorde test flight to S'pore
      116 2 The Concorde will visit Singapore for a test flight on Aug. 22. The supersonic aircraft is scheduled to leave Britain on its demonstration flight on Aug. 7. It will stop at Teheran and Bahrain before landing at Singapore. From Bahrain, the aircraft will fly non-stop
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      Seminar on building
      52 2 The lAC group will hold a seminar to Introduce a building product called go betweens, at Shangri-La Hotel on Wednesday. Over 100 architects, developers and representatives of the building Industry will attend the seminar presented by Mr. George Hamburger, managing director of the manufacturers, Meyers Taylor Sales
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      Tax course
      27 2 The National Productivity Board will hold a course on Current Tax In Singapore, at the Hotel and Catering Training School from Monday to Aug. 16.
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      173 2 •V,\ ■Wlv. \v*f I 1 M m =>< Come on safari with us From Wednesday 31st July (for 2 weeks only) during "Happy Hour' at the Safari Bar. You will receive a free round of Teacher's whisky plus the usual 25% discount) MERLIN HOTEL TEACHKR S 11 OUR LATEST CONCESSION
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  • FOR YOUR PLEASURE
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      Carrying on too far with the fun
      585 4  -  James and Co. out of steam ■v SONNY YAP CARRY ON ROUND THE BEND directed by Gerald Thomas, with Sidney James, Kenneth Williams, Charles Hawtrey, Joan Sims, Hattie Jacques, Bernard Bresslaw and Kenneth Cope (next change at Orchard.) The Peter RogersGerald Thomas team
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      Lock icon The bare facts of a naturist body
      484 4 Reuter From Capetown to Saint Tropez naturlsts are eagerly peeling off their clothes as organised nudity booms under the pressures of modern city life. Nudist colonies are blossoming everywhere and Michel Caillaud. president of the International Naturist Federation. claims this is because ''people
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      GRAPPLER MAKES TWO-NIGHT STOP
      281 4 Jenifer's diary 808 ROOP, the 1968 Olympic heavyweight w re s 11 i ng champion, who has since taken up the sport professionally, was in town for two nights receptly. He stayed at the Hyatt Hotel. Standing at 6ft lln and weighing around *****b. Roop said:
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      A stickler in the midst of females
      416 4  -  Jennifer Schoon A man could easily be tempted to become a little Indulgent and lax especially when the discipline is meant for seven extremely attractive and "leggy" young women. However, this is not the case with Frenc Lakatos, the leader, director, choreographer and
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  • WORLD NEWS
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      Lock icon Reds step up raids of 'punishment'
      338 5 Call to halt attacks is ignored United Press International Salfon, Monday The Viet Cong Ignored a South Vietnamese demand yesterday to halt attacks and communist forces stepped up their three week old offensive against two ■towns near Da Nang, field reports said. MaJ. Gen
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      Lock icon China tutors for Tibet
      182 5 Reuter Hong Kong, Monday The Chinese government has decided to step up its education develop- ment programme in the > strategically important Tibet autonomous rel gion, the New China News Agency reported yesterday. The agency said the first group of 389 tea- chers from Shanghai, Peking
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      Lock icon Slip of tongue leads to IRA chief's arrest
      203 5 United Press International Belfast. Monday. A slip of the tongue led to the arrest of the Irish < Republican Army (IRA) leader in Belfast over the weekend, security sources said yesterday. i The sources said the unidentified IRA commander, five of his
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      Lock icon Congress told: Control the police
      133 5 United Press International Washington, Monday. —Senator Charles Percy said yesterday he has asked for an accounting of all the intelligence, police and Investigative agents hidden within the federal government so that Congress can bring them under its control. If he succeeds, it will be the
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      Lock icon Worst ever floods in Bangla
      280 5 Reuter Dacca, Monday Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Mujlbur Rahman flew over flooded areas of the country where hundreds of people have drowned and hundreds of thousands are homeless after the worst floods In memory. Flood waters lapped over some of Dacca's main streets yesterday and
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      Lock icon Court rulings today on joint sitting
      286 5 Reuter Sydney, Monday Rulings expected to be handed down by the full High Court In Sydney today will decide the chances of the Australian Parliament holding Its historic first Joint sitting of both houses. The court will rule on an application by two opposition
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      Lock icon US navy ahead of Russia, says report
      273 5 United Press International Washington, Monday. The US navy Is far ahead of the Russians In ship tonnage, Is expanding and has not lost control of the seas, Representative Les Aspin said yesterday. Disputing claims to the contrary by retiring Chief of Naval Operations
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  • Page 5 Miscellaneous
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  • OPINION
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      Reviving old traditions in Korea
      513 6 Those Singaporeans who had the opportunity to see the top class performance of the Little Angels over the weekend, must have come away with the impression that South Korea is a country with rich and deep traditions. The government of President Park Chung-hee too, appears
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      Visiting the airports
      58 6 'WHISPERS' by ispy A friend who joined an airline to see the world has resigned In disgust after six months. As a flight steward, he did manage to travel to Saigon, Bangkok, Kuala Lumpur and Jakarta. But all he saw of these faraway places were their airports.
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      People are alike but not equals
      1068 6  -  E f a 1 i tarianim, •faserves Alex Josey, is the new religion spreading In Britain. Advocates of the new theology argue that all rood things in life most be shared equally. In so far as equality of opportunity did not achieve this goal,
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      NANYANG SIANG PAU
      279 6 VOICE OF THE PRESS What other newspaper» are taping: THE WORTH OF A TEACHER'S WORK. The success of education depends on whether the teachers are really Interested In the work they are doing. Teaching Is not lust a matter of Imparting knowledge. It also entails the setting
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      Lock icon Prospects of the new Franco- German partnership
      1014 6  - Prospects of the new FrancoGerman partnership By J Joe Alex Morris Jr. Los Angeles Times One word that is delicately avoided in polite circles here is "axis." It has unfortunate connotations dating back to the dsys when Hitler and Mussolini proclaimed one and proceeded to try and turn it into
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        Tamil on radio
        233 6 I find that the local Indian station on radio very boring, as far as the Hindi programme is concerned. In the first place, it is absurd to call It an Indian station when it caters mostly to the Tamil-speaking audience. There are so many other dialects In
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        Stench at food stalls
        70 6 For the sake of public health, may I draw the attention of our Health Department to the re- cent unbearable stench along Kirk Road and its vicinity where the eating houses and food-stalls are located. The area, a boon to shop and office-workers for obtaining lunch
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        Removing the oil
        127 6  -  YAP SOON HOE Secretary, Bus Services Reorganisation Committee, Singapore, S. We refer to the letter by T.A. Mugan (NN, 24.7.74) drawing our attention to the oily surface of the bus terminus at Serangoon Garden. Th* Singapore Bus Service Ltd. (SBS) has been requested to take steps to
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        Recreational amenities
        120 6  -  YAP PEK HONG (Mrs.) Sr. Public Relations Officer, Housing and Development Board, Singapore, 2. We refer to the letter by HB. Lee (NN, 24.7.74) regarding recreational amenities in the new Buona Vista Estate. A swimming complex at Holland Drive In Buona Vista Estate Is presently under construction. This
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        Money for blood
        227 6 At a time when all government services, be It educational, social or medical, are to be paid for by the public, and a government tax Is Imposed on all services provided even by the statutory boards, It strikes to me as odd and unreasonable that the John
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  • SPECIAL FEATURE
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      Memories of the past still echo
      1436 7  -  NEW LIFE FOR AN OLD BASE Two women who use free time we 11... NAVAL BASE: First of two-part series by VIOLET OON VIOLET OON Naval Base is undergoing a transformation. For long viewed as an exclusively British area, it is now being integrated
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      The principal who played a watchdog role
      491 7 As principal of the former Admiralty Asian School, Mr. K. Th a m b a pillai, 63, played a watchdog role for the Asian families in the Naval Base for many years. He took a keen interest in the activities of all the
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      Changes that are taking place
      533 7 Viable town plan When the British handed over the 2400-acre Naval Base to Singapore in 1971 we inherited a dockyard, a general accommodation area consisting of luxurious bungalows and cheap quarters for the Asian workers. The latter consisted of 1900 units In 114 blocks. The
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      123 7 38th ANNIVERSARY SALE HOW IH FULL SWING! MEN'S SHOES (Made in Germany, Italy, France and England) from $15.00 upwards. ARRICHILLO SHOES (Made in Italy) from 917.50 upwards OBERMAIN SHOES from 930.00 upwards CLARK'S SHOES from 920.00 upwards DUNIOPER L/S S/S SHIRTS from 94.90 upwards Hurry! Hurry! Shop Tudmy A.K.M. ZAKARIA
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      135 7 w 4 J Ermenegildo Zegna is recognised as the finest suiting from Italy, where fashion-standards are extremely high. The new range of creations for 1974 are based on elegance and imagination. Quality is assured on all Zegna suitings because the wool used is the very best available. Try your next
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  • MOTORING AND BEHIND THE NEWS
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      Chappy changes its gears automatically
      661 8  -  [motor -cyciel Lee Chiu San The first motorcycles with automatic transmissions to arrive in Singapore are now here. Yamaha have imported their Chappy, wmch is now on exhibition at the Exposition in the National Stadium which will be on for the next 10 days. Automatic
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      'Pay all victims' call
      104 8 Legal experts in London have demanded that car-Injury victims in Britain should receive compensation, no matter who is to blame for an accident. The call has been made by the allparty "Justice" group. The report, which five Queen's Counsels helped to prepare, has been sent to
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      Mazda 808 is just right for S'pore
      694 8  -  Its appearance pleasing and tasteful r MOTORING 1 Jim Watkins It would be hard to think of a range of models more suited to the Singapore motoring scene than the 808 series of Mazdas. Long established as one of the better finished and
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      Lock icon Why US spy flights banned
      962 8  -  SOUTH-EAST ASIA REPORT Aim is to build up Diego Garcia base From George McArthur Los Angeles Times THAILAND The United States Air Force in Thailand has been having its troubles lately, so there was little surprise when the Bangkok authorities recently asked the Americans to
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      Lock icon Govt clamp on betel nut chewing soon...
      442 8  -  BARRY WHEELER Reuter NEW GUINEA Resigned Papua New Oulneans are learning belatedly that even the simple pleasures of life. If not fattening, illegal or addictive, run certainly be claimed by someone to be unhealthy. In a few months one of their most treasured
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      Lock icon The new sense of reality after China ties
      584 8  -  The biggest obstacle for MCP From Robert Elegant Los Angeles Times MALAYSIA It's still the same road I first drove from Kuala Lumpur north 250 miles to Penang 20 years ago a winding, rollercoaster, single lane highway shaded by rubber trees and
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      Little opposition to the Front in Johore and Kedah
      712 8 Koala Lam par, Monday. —The National Front Is expected to face little opposition in Johore and kedah and perhaps minor opposition from independent candidates in Kelantan and Perils, political observers say. From what has been disclosed so far by the parties,
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  • FINANCE AND TREND
    • SHARE ROUND-UP
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        Amsterdam
        481 9 In contrast with last weeks "bullish tendency, prices on the Amsterdam Stock Exchange were hesitantly lower during the period under review. Reflecting the lower tendency was the fact that since the new low of the general Index figure of 97.9 on July 9. the rise has been brought back
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        London
        371 9 The London stock market continued to decline throughout the Prices were undermined by a combination of uncertainties about the general economic and financial outlook, aggravated by a recent CBI survey which revealed a sharp decline in business confidence, the threat of higher interest rates following a speech by Dr.
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        Milan
        209 9 This week the Italian Stock Exchange registered a continuous downtrend: Particularly the last two sessions showed heavy losses. The main factors which affected the market were partly related to the worries and uncertainties about the political situation and generally a lack of Investors In connection with the summer holidays.
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        Paris
        305 9 The Paris market is enjoying a rest in the summer calm, and turnover is almost nominal. On Thursday and Friday the value of bargains in French shares on the account market reached the derisory figure of 19 million. The firmness of the market in some ways is extremely satisfactory,
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        Tokyo
        406 9 The stock In August probably will not demonstrate any encouraging movements. The foreign exchange market on the other hand started to stir In the last week, and the yen exchange rate weakened to slightly above 300 to the US dollar. The bank of Japan has apparently supported yen at
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        Zurich
        714 9 Amid modest turnover, declining quotations were the rule in all sectors during the last week under report. Fluctuations remained within narrow limits, however. This sluggish mood Is quite in keeping with the disappointing trend on Wall Street. Apart from occasional technical rallies, no fundamental change In the tendency is
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        Frankfurt
        237 9 With the beginning of a new month the equity market saw a distinct Improvement accompanied by rising volume. This upward move came somewhat unexpectedly amidst the still continuing holiday lull. On the background of the unchanged generally slack economy hope for stimulation measures by government smd Bundesbank later in
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      Such great expectationsof nought
      202 9 Dear Ros: I am sick of chasing after girls now. I am only 20 but I have already had 11 affairs. Each time I have always maintained a certain distance between myself and the girl so that no hearts are broken, 1 have not Jilted a
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      Too proud to secure her rights
      275 9 Dear Ros: I'm In love with my boss but he has been engaged to a girl In Johore Baru for the past Ave years. Before we met. he would return to his home In Johore every weekend but now, despite his fiancee's calls on
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      Coping with a romantic anti-climax
      314 9 Dear Ros: Why must girls always be the losers, the ones who get hurt the most? I met this boy at a friend's National Service farewell party. We were together all night and when the party ended, he sent me home. He asked me when
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      Breaking point of a crippled mind
      767 9 Dear Roc: My 23-year-old brother Is a great problem and I think It's my fault for not helping him when he was much younger. He failed his BSC and after two years In the National Service, he got a job as a factory hand.
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      Stumped by a lack of understanding
      286 9  -  C. Tan Dear Ros: I am a 32-year-old shipping cl6rk. No girl wants to go out with me because I am less than sft (1.6 m) and am partly handicapped. A polio attack at the age of nine left me crippled till I was
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      Torn between love and respect
      134 9 Dear Ros: I love an admirable man 10 years older than myself and found out 12 months later that my parents disapproved of our relationship. I am 23 years old and this is my first affair his too. Though we are not seeing each other
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      Listening for hints of love...
      118 9 Dear Ros: We have been going steady for almost eight months but he has never made endearing statements like: "I love you", "I miss you", "You are beautiful" or ''You are sweet". Instead, he is always criticising me in a joking way (but is he
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      How they finished at KL on Saturday
      433 10 Sanny Heart led past the 4f and Into the straight, with Fine Print closing In. Snbali and Black Hornet moved up on the outside. Fine Print raced past Sonny Heart at the top of the straight and drew away to win by three
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      Lock icon A miss here...but PSC score 11 goals
      67 11 It's a miss! Public Swimming Club's Soh Seng Thit (far right, immersed in water) slams an overhead ball at the Vigilante Corps goal but it hits the bar and rebounds to Tan Eng Bee. Public Swimming Club trounced VC 11-0 in yesterday's Pesta
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      Swift Flutter should win next time out
      637 11 posit! SCRIPTI by scrutineer! Back Swift Flutter in his next start, He put up a splendid effort to finish fourth to Leon's Dream over 6f at Kuala Lumpur on Saturday. The five-year-old by Raimondo made a promising debut at Penang last month when
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      Sudanese triumph
      74 11 Hong Kong. Monday.— A Sudanese football team beat the Chinese Youth team 4-2 to win their opening match in Peking before a capacity crr.wd at the 80,000-seat Workers' Stadium last night. The team from Su- dan's Oezira Province led 2-1 at half-time. The Chinese opened the scoring but
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      Clay in front
      76 11 Nuerburgring, Monday. —Switzerland's Clay Regazzoni, driving a Ferrari, snatched the lead In the world drivers' championship with a comfortable win In the West German Grand Prix here yesterday. Regazzoni made the most of his Ferrari's speed advantage after taking the lead from his unlucky team-mate. Nlki Lauda
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      Malaysia pound tough Koreans
      429 11  -  Mokhtar's late goal clinches victory From TONY DANKER Ipoh, Monday Malaysia shrugged off a lopg spell of missed chances to beat South Korea 1-0 in the 18th Merdeka football tournament final at Stadium Perak last night. The hero of the piece was striker Mokhtar Daharl who
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      224 11 Reuter Bonn, Monday—Simon Owen, 23-year-old World Cup International from New Zealand, beat Britain's Peter Oosterhuls In a sudden death play oil to win the German Open championship at Krefeld. The pair finished tied on 276, 12 under par, Oosterhuls after an elght-below-par last round 66
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      207 11 Reuter London, Monday Leicestershire inched nearer the Sunday league cricket title yesterday as rain washed out their match and five of the seven others. Their closest rivals, Kent and Somerset, were also victims of the weather and so have one game less in which
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      SICC may build 4th court to cope with the demand
      659 11  -  SOUASH hy Eric Cooper The Singapore Island Country Club c h a mpionshlps ended yesterday at the Bukit location. Squash has shown a rapid increase in popularity at SICC since the courts were opened, and already there Is talk of
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      Keeps title
      29 11 Mexico City, Monday. —Jose Napoles ot Mexico held on to his world welterweight boxing crown by stopping American Hedgemon Lewis in the ninth round here last night
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      Lock icon Sick Tiriac ordered to play
      209 11 Reuter Rome, Monday—ltaly won a place in the Davis Cup inter-zone play-offs against South Africa with a controversial 3-2 victory over Rumania at Mestre yesterday. Cor r a do Barrazzutti clinched Italy's triumph by easily defeating Rumanian lon Tiriac, who was troubled by severe kidney
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      A-Games: Japanese regret Fina ban on China
      281 11 Tokyo, Monday The chairman of the Japan Swimming Federation yesterday expressed regret over a reported decision of Flna, the International amateur swimming federation, to bar China from next month's Asian Games in Teheran. Kyodo News Agency, In a report from New York, quoted
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      England XI
      50 11 London. Mviday. England's cricket selectors yesterday named an unchanged line-up for the Second Test against Pakistan at Lord's here next Thursday. Team: M. Denness (captain), D. Amiss. D. Lloyd. J. Edrich. K. Fletcher. A. Grelg. A. Knott, C. Old. G. Arnold. D. Underwood, M. 12th man: J. Blrkenshaw.
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      486 11 OFFICIAL NOTICE PROPOSAL TO CHANGE A SHIP'S NAME i Notice is hereby given that in consequence of the intended purchase of a ship by our clients, Messrs. Cormoran Steamship Co. Pte. Ltd., we have applied to the Registrar of Singapore Ships, under Section 417 of the Merchant Shipping Act (Chapter
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      183 11 Colour TV at $2.65 a day The Philips K9 26 ins. colour TV set—one of the most advanced sets in the world. Consider the cost of buying a colour TV set. It means paying out a fortune you may never see again. In fact, as soon as the set leaves
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    52 12 AH FOOK: The rise of venereal disease among teenagers here should make all of us sit back and ponder: Is our society becoming too permissive? MEI LIN: It's no use just talking about it. What we need now is a strong dose of moral education in the schools
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    153 12 —United Freas International TODAY is Monday, Aug. 5, the 217th day of 1974, with 148 to follow. THE MOON Is between its full stage and last quarter. THE MORNING STARS are Mercury. Venus, Jupiter and Saturn. THE EVENING STAR Is Mars. Those born on this date are under the
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      291 12 SINGAPORE GIRL All you have to do is to collect the photographs of all 12 girls selected for the Singapore Girl Contest, being held in conjunction with the "Metro Goes Singapore" displays at all Metro stores. The first photograph appears on August 5 in New Nation's Back Page and the
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      932 12 3.00 OPENING ANNCTS, followed by VALARUM PAYIE—A locally produced show to cater for young children. 3.30 DIARY OF EVENTS (T) 3.35 LOVE IS A MANY SPLENDOUR THING— Daytime serial on the trials and tribulations of three families In San Francisco. 3.55 SCIENCE REPORT 4.10 GENERAL HOSPITAL—Daytime serial starring John Bernadine
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      2089 12 AT THE CINEMA with EDGAR KOH HOW DO I TELL MY CHILD?: This German "documentary" happily and lucratively takes on the responsibility of not only telling but showing you (and your child?) all the expected aspects of sex; It's left for you to decide how original or boring it is.
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      91 12 SINGAPORE GIRL A NEW NATION CONTEST Meet Agatha Koh, 21. a third year arts student of the University of Singapore. A sociable girl, she is always ready to extend her hand of friendship to people who wish to know her. A tip: You can break the ice with Agatha by
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