New Nation, 10 August 1974

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  • 22 1 NEW NATION SINGAPORE Saturday evening, August 10, 1974 No. 1099 Price 20 cents M.C. (PJ 20/74 NE^TION SINCAPORE, SATURDAY AUGUST 10. 1974
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  • 216 1 A SPECIAL PICTURE THAT CAPTURES MORE THAN THE EYE CAN SEE Nine years rolled by in 75 minutes of the best Singapore had to offer. And in one picture, New Nation brings you the proud moment. City Hall Is draped In full colour. And proudly marching before
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  • 110 1 Singapore's communications men brought the splendour and joy of the big parade right into the homes yesterday. And it was well received by over 20,000 viewers who watched. it "live" and in colour. Thousands more saw It on their black-and-white sets. Many of those who do
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  • 57 1 Reuter Luanda, Saturday Four people died —three Africans and one white and 38 people were injured during clashes in Luanda on Inursday, a military communique said yesterday. Bome 300 people, 180 of whom were arrested on Thursday, were being sent to the political prison camp of
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  • 50 1 United Press International United Nation*. Saturday Singapore's new ambassador, Mr. Tommy Koh, gare a reception at UJf. Headquarters yesterday to mark Singapore's National Day. It Is Mr. Kola's second term as Singapore's permanent representative to the UJf. He previously held this office from IMB to 1971.
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  • 10 1 Police reported 75 accidents yesterday. Eight were serious.
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  • 261 1 Nine Canadians die in crossfire Reuter, UPI United Nations, Saturday Syria has admitted that one of its missiles shot down a Canadian plane in U.N. service near the Syrian border, United Nations sources said yesterday. All people aboard the plane were killed. A U.N. spokesman said
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  • 244 1  -  By Bharathi Mohan Queens town Housing Board estate was the most crimeprone of all HDB estates, according to police statistics. The available figures for the first half of last year showed that about half of the robberies and about one-third of burglaries in HDB estates took place
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  • 171 1 UPI, Reuter Washington, Saturday President Ford will not tape record White House conversations, Press Secretary Gerald Terfcorst said yesterday. "Tapes will not be used In the Ford administration," he said. Mr. Ford will address a Joint session of Congress on television at
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  • NATIONAL DAY SPECIAL AND LOCAL NEWS
    • 297 2 The pri£e of imported car air-condi-tioners is expected to go down by 10 to 15 per cent over the next few months. This follows the recent lifting of import duty on them. The forecast wis given by some stents yesterday. They explained that
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    • 58 2 The Rotary Club of Bingapore-West will organise a three hoar coach tour of the city for 175 underprivileged of three charity homes tomorrow evening. The group, comprising 155 children and 20 old folio, will see the colourful National Day decorations in the city and popular sites
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    • 173 2 But what a tale he had to take back with him to the alley The command for attention had already been given but there was someone who could not obey instructions. in this case, however, there was nothing the commanding officer could do about
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    • 262 2 All set to form body The long-proposed Writers Association will soon become a reality as the Singapore Book Publishers Association and the National Book Development Council strive to finalise arrangements for the asso c 1 a tion's formation. This was dlsclrsed by Mr. Koh
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    • 29 2 The National Book Development Council and the Singapore Book Publishers Association will hold this year's book fair at the Hilton hotel from Aug. 30 to Bept. 8.
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    • 133 2 The Thai rice seized by the Government recently has been sold to a neighbouring country. Delivery of the rice, packed In 2400 bags weighing a total of almost 145,000 kilograms (319,000 lbs.), to the overseas customer was completed about a month ago.
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    • 25 2 A lady's purse has been found In the National Museum. The owner may claim It at the National Museum office during working hours.
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  • Page 2 Miscellaneous
    • 292 2 new nation crossword d ACROSS 1 Skunk 8 Poem by Poe 14 Salad fruit 15 OAS. chief 16 Israel's neighbor 17 American orator 18 ChaiUe's friend Mortimer 19 Wlhn 21 Part oi a forest 23 Son of Odin 24 Character In "Middlemarch" 26 Market 28 Discoverer of heavy hydrogen 31
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    • 654 3 A Lion Dance, vibrant with colour and movamant. You'd anjoy all tha axciting. natural colour on a Philips K9 big screen colour TV sat. Philips bring you colour so natural it's almost like being there. Come and prove to yourself that Philips colour TV tsthe best in Singapore. When you
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  • FINANCE
    • 430 4  -  By Lee Yew Meng The Singapore stock market saw the first rays of optimism this week after being covered by dark bearish clouds for the past few weeks. The buying support only came late In the week, due partly to shortcovering activities
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    • 289 4 Cycle and Carriage (Industries) is to launch an Intensive ln-plant apprenticeship training scheme to develop qualified motor vehicle mechanics. The general manager of Mercedes Bens Operations, Singapore, Mr. lim Niit Siong said: "This will replace the system by which trainees learn their craft
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    • 175 4 United Press International London, Saturday The value of the US dollar and gold floated uncertainly yesterday In the wake of President Nixon's departure from the White House. In general the dollar began the day lower and drifted lower still, while gold price moved higher.
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    • Article, Illustration
      206 4 MECAIR, contracting arm of lAC (8), distributors of Carrier alrcondltlonlng equipment and systems, has announced four new engineering appointments. Mr. Simon Yang-Myre is now contracts administration manager responsible for co-ordinat-ing contract administration work and accounts. An M Bc. holder In civil engineering from Australia, he was formerly a consultant
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    • 1812 4 INDUSTRIALS 1*74 Hi«k Lew 4 wks. Cb Suck b* ran Se lee U Oars Si Mt Week's Week's lie er- Tmever 2.70 1.38 2.75 3.40 1.70 2.20 1.01 1.35 3.70 2.40 1.85 5.70 1.94 1.00 2.30 2.30 1.15 1.18 0.60 0.94 3.00 1.80 1.15 4.50 2.36 1.00
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    • OVERSEAS STOCK EXCHANGE PRICES
      • 489 4 The stock market plodded through a lackluster session yesterday on the New York Stock Exchange while It awaited economic direction from the new administration of President Ford. Turnover was dull. Analysts said the list spent Itself during the first four days this week three on the rise amid
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      • 39 4 United Press International The Dc.Tr Jones Stock averages on the New York Stock Exchange yesterday were: 30 Industrials 777.30 (off 7.58). 20 transport 101.52 (off 0.81). 15 utilities 69.72 (up 0.06) and 65 stocks 236.89 (off 1.68).
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      • 203 4 Closing prices (in Cranes) yesterday: Paribaa 134 JO —JO Inrtoctilne 171 —1 fonder 200 2 PriE temps 81J0 —.10 cx>e amo —a jo Bull 40 —JO Royal Dutch 141.10 +J0 MlcbeHn 010 —17 Thomson 170 JO —7J0 CPP 129 —JO Rhone 130.60 +.70 Air 373JO —.70 BAN 776 —17
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      • 203 4 Prices turned lower in extremely thin trading blanketed by a wait-and-see mood which stemmed from the resignation of UB. President Nixon. The morning session opened mixed, then rallied slightly centring on speculative stocks and special Incentive stocks. Rubbers including Yokohama Rubber, Bridgestone Tire and Okamoto Rlken Gome rallied reflecting
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      • 82 4 Thi» MTTloe comae Cram rtfn the Union Bui i ot a land. Cloatn* prtcae (in irmncs) on the Zurich Exchange yeetei day. UBS 3950 10 BBC ue a Credit SulaM 3870 10 Swieealr B 466—1 0wl» Rainaur. 3000 30 Wtoterthur B. 1570 30 Zurich Xaaur. 6*00 38 Juvena B.
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  • NATIONAL DAY SPECIAL, LOCAL NEWS AND WORLD NEWS
    • 136 5 A taxi driver today appealed for help in tracing his daughter, 81m Lay Wah, 11, who has been missing from home since Monday. Lay Wah, a Primary Five student, left her Jalan Tenter am flat for the First Toa Payoh Primary School shortly after noon
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    • 155 5  -  By Bharathi Mohan Lltterbugs who think they are safe from the law In the early morning are In for a shock. They are being booked by the dozen each day even as early as 6 a.m. Health inspectors are now stationing themselves at bus stops and other
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    • 61 5 Mr. Chrlstophar Tan has been elected president of the management committee of the Singapore Police Civilian Staff Association. The other officials are Messrs. Axis Mustajab, R. Shunmugam, Lawrence Lee, R. 8. Naldu. Mun Tuck Wah. Yam Kok Chin, Anthor- Lee, Yeo Buan Beet, Te v ~nln Leong,
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    • 119 5 When the big parade was a wee bit slow This is an obvious case of relieving a tight situation. The parade was a wee bit slow in coming, but the call of nature was more than urgent. This little boy would probably have
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    • 109 5 With plenty to eat, a pretty girl attentively by, and the big parade coming your way—what more can one ask for? Little wonder that two-year-old Maria Tina looks pretty contented. The goodies helped to fill the time as she waited patiently for the parade to begin.
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    • 491 5  -  Fishermen call for more patrols by Command By Douglas Chan Local fishermen lost about $90,000 to pirates during the first six months of this year. Except for a few cases when the crews and boats were held in neighbouring Islands until ransoms
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    • 30 5 The Department of Extramural Studies of University of Singapore will hold a 12-lecture course on Company Law at the new lecture theatre from Aug. 10 at 7.30 p.m.
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    • 27 5 The Metropolitan YMCA will hold a sixsession beginners swimming course for adults at the Toa Payoh swimming pool every Friday from Aug. 10 at 7 p.m.
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    • 448 5 8000 cheer as his jet touches down Reuter, UPI San Clemente, Saturday Richard Nixon arrived at El Toro Marine Corps Air Station near here yesterday morning as a private citizen. More than 8000 people cheered as his jet touched down. In contrast to
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    • 55 5 Reuter Manila, Saturday—The Philippine authorities have deported Bolivian surrealist painter Benjamin Mendoza. convictted of attempted assassination of Pope Paul four years ago. Mendoza. 39, from La Paz, was escorted bv a Filipino immigrant agent aboard a plane bound for Tokyo, informed sources said be would later take
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    • 226 5 Reuter Dacca. Saturday About 1200 people have died in floods and accompanying epidemics in Bangladesh in the past 56 days, it was officially confirmed here yesterd&However. unofficial but reliable figures put the dead at more than 2000 as news was received from distant areas. Flood
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    • 144 5 United Press International New Delhi, Saturday.— Prime Minister Mrs. Indira Gandhi (above) yesterday told possibly the largest rally ever held here that her Government will not beg for aid from other nations. Police said 60,000 people most of them young gathered on the
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    • 310 5 Athens is optimistic Reuter, UPI Athens, Saturday Greek government officials last night expressed guarded optimism about the Cyprus situatlo n following agreement on a ceasefire line, but said it was vital that it be respected. A Foreign Ministry spokesman recalled that Greece, Turkey and Britain
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    • 65 5 Reuter New Delhi, Saturday.— People in several rural areas of Madhya Pradesh, in Central India, were reported yesterday to be eating roots and leaves because of a food shortage. The Press Trust of India (PTI) said the Madhya Pradesh Minister for Food, Mr. Kishorilal Shukla, made the
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  • OPINION
    • 549 6 Whether they like It or not the businessmen who travel abroad are often considered the unofficial "ambassadors" of their country. The Image others have of their nation and their people depends, to a considerable extent, on their behaviour. In the case of the Japanese,
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    • 93 6 'WHISPERS' by ispy Here's another contribution from the diplomatic community. "The Japanese," said one head of mission in Singapore, "had finished manufacturing a new car for the market. The only problem was that they had no name for it. "So they approached a German noted for namegiving,
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    • 747 6  -  Writing from Kuh Dunn la Trengganu, eolwnnlst tdiar Koh reports that the elections in Malaysia are loini to be a very tame affair. The National Front is aU set to win a landslide victory, even in those areas which have been the traditional strongholds
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    • 582 6 EXCERPTS FROM EDITORIALS The Japan Times Strong demand for dollars to pay for the oil-Inflated Import bill and their dwindled supply have forced a sharp depreciation of the yen against the dollar. What is happening now is no massive flight Into the dollar—of a kind that struck
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    • 934 6  -  From Loic Even Reuter Deep in Algeria's rugged highlands, between desert and sea, vast tracts of steppe land are being developed in a revolutionary rural reform programme begun three years ago. The aim of uie reform, under the guiding slogan of "the land to those
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    • 963 6  -  From Ernest Conine When Richard M. Nixon gets around to writing his memoirs, let's hope that he answers one of the most intriguing questions about the whole Water gate mess and the impeachment drive that grew out of it: Why
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  • SATURDAY REVIEW
    • 1714 7  -  Friendly people of Rajasthan come out to help a foreigner on a bicycle hike —and the problems are lesser than in Europe By Ilay Cooper My third trip to India. The land is addictive, I had felt, before leaving England, that this time it
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    • 482 7  -  SV>ore Notebook ■y Pakir Singh The Thian Hok Heng Temple in Telok Ayer Street venerates the Goddess of the Sea. Early Hokklen Chinese migrants built a shrine in honour of Goddess Ma Tho-po around 1840 as an expression of gratitude for their
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    • 439 7  -  Night at Kota Tinggi falls Weekend jaunt by Betty L. Khoo Imagine spending at night enveloped by the jungle, lulled to sleep by the roar of cascading waters, the chirping of crickets and the soft croaking of bullfrogs. How soothingly different it is from trying to
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    • 191 10  -  Bo ELIZABETH THAM This way please, would you care to see our unit producing peace peace of mind, of heart or conscience, whatever you will it's peace they're clamouring still. We dole it out in capsules, mixtures or lotions, tonics in phials; for women, well, there's a
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    • 178 10 Every day Hundreds tf books tit borrowed from Hm National Library. New Notion todoy presents the list of titles that were Most popular with the readers for the month of July. Fiction Jonathan Livingston Seagull by Richard Bach Lord Of The Flies by William Goldlng Gone
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    • 667 10 THEY ARE BLAMED FOR WATERGATE BREAK-IN "THE WALL STREET GANG." by Richard Ney (Praeger, 284 pages. US$B.95) Reviewed by Philip Greer, #i n a n c ial correspondent of Th Washington Poet. Richard Ney Is at it again. In his first book, "The Wall Street
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    • 688 10  -  26 COUNTRIES TAKING PART CHESS BY LIM KOK ANN The Philippines once again played a leading role in Asian chess by hosting the 13th World Junior Chess Championship in inimitable style. Tw en t y-six countries were represented in the event which began last Sunday
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    • 144 10 Some thins* come before nambers. Sorting, matching, and so on, are activities which are essential before the child can move easily Into counting and other aspects of number work. It is the same with the child's ideas about space. Topology the study of the general properties
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    • 1052 10 BUT BONA WAS A SLATE TO A BEAUTIFUL AMD FANTASTICALLY CRUEL MAN "MISS R O N A" (Nash; 281 pages. U557.95). Reviewed by Tom Donnelly of the Washington Post. On page 4 of her autobiography, "Miss Rona," (Rona Barrett) issues a warning to the
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    • 672 10 THE GREAT FORTUNE by Olivia Manning, (Penguin), 257 pages This novel, the first of three outstanding novels by Olivia Manning which have come to be known as the Balkan Trilogy. Is set In a Bucharest, throbbing with the tensions of war, and he introduces Harriet and Guy Prlngle, who
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    • 101 10  -  By REBECCA CHUA Watch them stringing on the swings Sliding down the great grey slide Playing "catching" round the see-saw Screaming laughter drowned by noisy Cars on the road, a wheezing, coughing bus. Beside the playground, the H.D.B. flats Soar, tall, symmetrical, angular angels Keeping a watchful eye,
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    • 661 10  -  ...since formation of advisory committee f STAMPS ■Y ANDREW LAU Stamp-collecting in Singapore has come a long way since the formation of the Stamp Advisory Committee (SAC) in 1968. The growing popularity shown by the student population is evidence of this. The years
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    • 642 11  -  Midnight Movie based on' famous book SIGHT&SOUND BY SONNY YUP Tonight's Midnight Movie is Sons and Lovers adapted from the famous book by D.H. Lawrence of the same name (Ch 5, 11.20 p.m.). Set in the Nottinghamshire coalfields 50 years ago, the story outlines
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    • 902 11  -  Betty L.Khoo One of the (few) compensations of growing old is that as you gain in years, you also gain in selfconfidence. That was what I was told by my peers, at an age when I was all legs, all thumbs and my
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    • 323 11 ART Painting of bamboo stems has become a speciality with artist Steve Lu. Not surprisingly, for they also form Ms pet theme for his Chinese brush paintings. Growing straight, tall and not easily bent to the will of strong wlpds, Steve claims that
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    • 639 11  -  Three performances by visitors THEATRE ir VIOLET OON Japan's Ballet Piccolo will give two performances at the National Theatre today and tomorrow at 8 p.m. with a matinee at 10.30 a.m. on Monday. The company, consisting of girls from the an of six to
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  • NATIONAL DAY SPECIAL
    • 283 8 The waterfront was a fairyland of lights last night. Thousands lined It for miles from the Telok Ayer Basin to the Esplanade to watch 165metre (500 ft.) seadragon snaking across the waters in a resplendence of lights and colours. To the
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    • 188 9 Three generations watch spellbound Three generations of Singaporeans, standing proud and tall, watched as Singa* pore celebrated its ninth year of independence From tiny tots to old men and women. the reaction was the same it was a day to remember. Some came
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  • Page 10 Advertisements
    • 291 10 SINGAPORE GIRL All you have to do is to collect the photographs of ell 12 girts selected for the Singapore Girl Contest, being held in conjunction with the "Metro Goes Singepore" displays at all Metro stores. The first photograph appeared on Augusts in New Netion's Beck Pege and the last
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    • 144 11 X" the view, is mod so ls the Vl 1 harbour new thai is not obstructed h\ an pillars from within. Ind <>n a < tear day von <an see the mountains a< row the sea The dishes, he it lu>t or eohl. are a hot top;t atnotiK the <hu
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  • Page 11 Miscellaneous
    • 85 11 THE BORN LO6ER by Art Sansom V*6E N <&LA&&IR&HT CHBR THE \IBM RKST > TIME 4r I i m a l m m by John Prentice and Fred Dickenson A STRANGE nSJwiwcn»/ BUT HOLLY'S CONE A GOOD JOS ANP SHOULP BE ALL RJ6HT. J «vs si /I f I If
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  • SPORTS
    • 458 12  -  Chor Yau and Ban Chew score decisive point By C.K. TONG Defending champions Safsa retained the Senior InterClub badminton title for the third year running, when they beat Muhibbah Sports Club 3-2 at the SBA Hall last night. Muhibbah, however put up a stubborn battle and
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    • 615 12 Thanks to Knott and Old Reuter, UPI London, Saturday—A fighting innings of 83 by wlcketkeeper Alan Knott and a brisk knock of 41 by pace bowler Chris Old pulled England into a first Innings lead of 140 over Pakistan on the second day of the
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    • 278 12 Reuter London, Saturday Essex surged to their first victory in the English county cricket championship for three months—and only their second of the seasonwhen they beat Yorkshire by an Innings and 19 runs with 20 minutes to spare at Leyton yesterday. Essex forced the only result In
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    • 347 12 New York, Saturday Three of the top lour seeds advanced to the seml-f 1 n a 1 s of the *****0,000 Volvo International tennis tournament yesterday, but third-seeded Iddle Dibbs of the United States was eliminated by Australian John Alexander. Rod Laver of Australia, the favourite,
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    • 246 12 Reuter Brisbane, Saturday Australian aboriginal middleweight boxing Tony Mundine last night scored a fifth round victory over American Negro Nate Collins at Festival Hall. Referee Des Crabbe stopped the fight after Collins' left eye was almost closed as a result of repeated jabs to the
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    • 311 13 By SCRUTINEER Red Topper, unbeaten in his last two starts, can make it three-wins-ln-a-row in Race 8 at Kuala Lumpur tomorrow. The well-bred Knglish three-year-old by High Hat acored an easy twolength win In a Class 3 Division l field over flf with
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    • 59 13 Cheong Wing returned a nett 65 to beat Neo Ah Chap by three strokes for the Singapore Island Country Club National Day golf competition yesterday. Gordon Seow was third on countback with a nett 69. The first nine ballsweep went to Llm Tal Tim (31). Cheong Wing.
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    • 38 13 Pakistan na 11 on al chess master Z. Faroooul will play a friendly match against Singapore international chess master Tan Lian Ann. at Hotel Phoenix Conference Room from August 12 to 19- (6.30 p.m. to 11.30 p.m.)
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    • 2707 13 RACE 1 I PFf mm IS leatatlca (Quisling Joan Amour): Made no showing last An. finishing «th to Walking Tail over If; a race before won over If by 2H lengths Pg July. TEnwdini (Pakistan Brmengoid): Mb to Maswln over Ipoh June, cloee 4th to
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    • 361 13 Reuter New York, SaturdayAmerican John Schlee blrdled two of the last four holes for a three-under-par 67 to take the early second-round lead In the U.B. Professional Golfers' A s so e 1 a tion championship at the Tanglewood Club, Clemmens, yesterday. Bchlee had
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    • 446 13 The draw for the Seletar "A" and U B" Open tournaments tomorrow: 7a m —C. T. Araau IS (8) S. H. Wan IS (C) Koh Banc Hool S CD; T.o7—a Poo® 11 (8) R. swartbout I (W) D. Munio S (K); 7.l4—John Org is (8) On«
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    • 108 13 1: 1 mOM IBBP D1MTI Ma CUk Thunderer Thunderer Banna Teak Thunderer I: S: rrtaM* wtMht little MmUt Teky* Qba Raa Print Ktat Ktak Puccini Deuntieas Bxpoctsttons BarbuC Lu 8uTMhtne Touch Brtbanu IM S: Hot Money hH Interlarkln ■ilMw^l San Roeque Cardinal Blink aanRoeque Pn« Bet M—y DeUarla
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    • 210 13 From BLUE PETES Euta Laapar, Satudaj l<an«n>, a strong stable fancy, should give Kters a good start this afternoon. *nus six-year-old, a winner last week, was given as a good thlhg on the course this morning. MaUdn can upset. I heard a whisper for
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    • 53 13 New York, Saturday Results of baseball games: National League Philadelphia 2 Chicago Cubs 1; Montreal S St. Louis 2; Pittsburgh 4 New York 3; Atlanta 1 Houston 0. American League California Chicago 4; Milwaukee 5 Boston 3; Oakland 10 Texas 2; Detroit 4 Cleveland 3; Minnesota 3
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