New Nation, 14 August 1974

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  • 21 1 NEW NATION SINGAPORE Wednesday evening, August 14, 1974 No. 1102 Price 20 cents M.C. (P) 20/74 SINGAPORE, WEDNESDAY AUGUST 14, 1974
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  • 267 1  -  Agencies resort to jobs hoax in bid to recruit the young By Bharathi Mohan Several young girls who recently answered newspaper advertisements for work as clerks have ended up becoming social escorts. It was learnt yesterday that a number of social escort agencies,
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  • 306 1  -  By Richard Lim It's back to school for the Chew sisters of Tiong Bahru because they were re-united with their elder sister Tuan Hong, 15, who ran away from home on July 4. The sisters Tuan Cheok, 14, Tuan Gaik, 13. and Tuan Bee, 11
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  • 545 1 TTfs 'honeymoon* may not go on for long Reuter Washington, Wednesday Congress yesterday challenged President Ford on defence and foreign aid but moved quickly to help him fight inflation. A Senate sub-commit-tee cut the Defence Department's budget by more than US$5OOO
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  • 131 1 Share prices declined marginally In slack trading on the Stock Exchange ttf Singapore this morning. BUSINESS DONE: City Development (6) 1.10, (5) 1.09. San Holdings (22) 0.74. P. Merlin (1) 1.55. (13) 1.54. F.E. Hotels (1) 0.875. OCBC (4) 5.95, (1) 5.90. UOB (1) 3.18. (1) 3.16.
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  • 22 1 A salesman Rajah Enderan, 25, was knifed by three men while walking along Nicoll Highway with his girlfriend last night.
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  • 218 1 By Scrutineer Thxeo-ttme champion jockey Australian Des Coleman who has riddep more than 500 winners In his career, has decided to quit racing for good. Coleman, one of the most brilliant riders seen on the Singapore/Malaysian turf, first came here in September, 1964 to
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  • 341 1 Big security alert Kuala Lumpur, Wednesday A big security clampdown has been imposed In Upper Perak following an attempt by communist terrorists to sabotage the construction of a $250 million dam there on Sunday afternoon. All vehicle movements between Orlk and Temenggor, where the dam is
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  • 11 1 Police report* ed 75 accidents yesterday. Four were serious.
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  • 324 1 Reuter Dacca, Wednesday Flood waters started to recede in most parts of Bangladesh today, revealing the full extent of the disaster which has cost more tfean 2000 lives and spread chaos and disease. Dacca Itself 1 remained In the grip of flood*. The capital's main commercial
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  • 213 1 Reuter Brasilia, Wednesday Britain's escaped Great Train Robber Ronald Biggs can stay temporarily In Brazil because no other country Is prepared to accept him, Justice Ministry sources said here last night In June, the Court of Appeals here ordered that Biggs
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  • Page 1 Advertisements
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  • LOCAL NEWS
    • 239 2  -  No practical and feasible proposition, says official By Teresa Ooi Student participation In decisionmaking at Ministry level is not practical, an Education Ministry official said. "It would mean far too many problems," he explained. The official was replying to a sugtion
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    • 745 2 Pekemas man a strong contender MALAYSIAN ELECTIONS From Francis Rosario in Koala Lumpur A fierce three-cor-nered fight for the parliamentary seat of Pelabohan Kelang (Port Klang) with an electorate of 33,208 and held by the Labour Minister Tan Sri V. Manic kavasagam since 1959, is
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    • 123 2 In not too many words, the Government hopes to put across the message to the motorists on the need to form car pools to ease traffic congestion. Thousands of these posters (above) are be- ing distributed today to all government offices, community centres and other
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    • 183 2 The Minister for Health and Home Affairs, Mr. Chua Slan Chin, will lead a delegation to the First United Nations World Population Conference in Bucharest, Rumania, from Monday to Aug. 30. The delegation will include Dr. Wan Fook Kee, chairman, Singapore Family Planning
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    • 20 2 The Powlle School Band will perform at the Macßltchie Reservoir Park on Sunday from 5.30 to 6.30 p.m..
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    • 68 2 The Queenstown Branch Library will be closed for renovations for one month. All books borrowed prior to the closing date Oct. 8, will have "due dates" extended to Oct. 8 and beyond. Borrowers of books are advised not to return books to the library during the renovation.
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    • 125 2 LKA Pakistan chess master Zahir Farooqui adjourned his second match game again&t Tan Lian Ann wfth the advantage of Bishop and Knight against Rook. The opening was a complicated Ruy Lopez in which Lian Ann handled the White pieces rather well. He was a bit slow in
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    • 530 2 r FROM THE 00C HOUSE ,TPO J Few people, except those who have served on a show committee, have any idea of the amount of work involved in staging a championship show and even less realise the number of workers enlisted or cajoled
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    • 444 3 Prof: Govt revenue wont be hit if productivity is increased A University of Singapore economics professor has proposed that a study be made on how certain indirect taxes can be removed to cushion the Impact of Inflation. Prof. Lee Soo Ann said a reduction
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    • 38 3 The University of Singapore Buddhist Society, Singapore Polytechnic Buddhist Society and the Andnda Metyarama Buddhist Youth Circle will hold a forum on 'Nationhood. Buddhism and Values' at the Singapore Cultural Centre on Sunday at 1.30 pjn.
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    • 206 3 Singaporean musician Lee Pan Hon will return home from London in conjunction with the Goh Soon Hoe String Orchestra's 21st Anniversary Concerts next month. This wUI be Pan Hon'a third visit to Singapore since he left for London In 1963. The musician, who started playing
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    • 118 3 Some 70 engineers from Singapore will attend a convention on industrial safety in Kuala Lumpur at the end of this year. The main object of the convention is to examine existing safety laws and suggest ways of introducing higher standards of Industrial safety to prevent unnecessary
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    • 249 3 Plans are afoot for the re-development of the 150-year-old estate of Sultan Hussaln the first ruler of Singapore —In Kampong Glam. Under the new plans drawn up by two descendants of the Sultan, Tengku Putra Hussaln and Tengku Abdul Axis, the rural estate will be transformed
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    • 196 3 Dure has been an encouraging of entries for the Chinese Oratorical Competition to be held during this year's Festival of Bookp. This contest Is open to students from secondary three to pre-university level. It Is organised by the National Book Devetopment Council, the Singa- pore Book
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    • 299 3 Once a housewife's paradise for the best cats of meat and fresh fish. Orange Road Market Is now only a heap of mess. Reputed to be one of Singapore's oldest markets, all 50 stall-holders selling fresh and cooked food have vacated the {iremlses to make
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    • 199 3 Police reported a drop In the number of burglaries In homes and business premises last week. The crime statistics' showed that there were 37 cases of break-Ins last week compared with 44 previously. In most cases, thieves broke into unattended homes and unguarded premises.
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    • 171 3 Undergraduates of the historical society of the Nanyang University are examining their history curriculum to suggest Improvements to it. Prof. Choi Kwal Keong, chairman of Nantah t history department, said: "There have been several revisions of the curriculum over the past years, the
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    • 36 3 The Caimhlll Community Centre will conduct a shell-craft class for beginners at Its premises starting on Sept. 3. It will also hold a dressmaking class for beginners at Its premises commencing on Sept. 5.
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  • Page 2 Advertisements
    • 599 2 SINGAPORE GIRL All you have to do is to collect the photographs of ell 12 girls selected for the Singapore Girl Contest, being held in conjunction with the "Metro Goes Singepore" displeys st ell Metro stores. The first photograph appsarsd m New Netion's Beck Pege end the lest of the
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    • 19 2 M JOSEPH FOR ADOPTION Two-year-old Joseph is op for adoption this week. This affectionate pap was given np be-
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  • FOR YOUR PLEASURE AND BEHIND THE NEWS
    • 599 4  -  A festival special CMEMA sr SONNY YAP A stirring historical epic starring the interna tinnany-acclalnv ed Toshiro Iflfnne is one of three Japanesr films coming your way soon. The films win be apertUr ■—■si durln# the current month-lone Japan Cultural Festival
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    • 455 4  -  Mr JEAN LI A revival of interest in the legendary Jlmi Hendrix is about to be launched with all the salvo of heavy artillery fire soon. This comes in the shape of at least four albums of "new" previously unheard materials which
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    • 201 4 inters Mj TO make shopping exciting, Bobina deportment store has designed a new game, Lucky Number and this aimple pn» starting, nest week, offers many attractive Bow to play the nam? With amy pußSm a gash *'receipt number l "on d hand eorssr whkh coaM torn
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    • 645 4  -  ART BUCHWALD One of the biggest problems of air travel *s getting jour luggage bade at the end of the trip. For some reason more-luggage Is being lost now than ever before, and it's re a headache for airlines not to mention the
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    • 552 4  -  CARACAS From Albert Clack Reuter Hie harvesting from the ocean floor erf "nodules" fist-sized lumps of mineral ore will probably make some metals cheaper a decade from now but this could adversely affect the economies of some developing countries, states a United Nations report The 92-page
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    • 353 4  -  us. Victor Cohn Washington Post Doctors at the Children's Hoepttal to Washington warned that wide over-use of medicine's meat widely administered antibiotic has fostered development of a new. resistant kind of infant meningitis, or brain inflammation. The antibiotic Is amBWfc, a synthetic form of penlcHlto.
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  • Page 4 Advertisements
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  • Page 4 Miscellaneous
    • 67 4 5 CI) One Mu Bud: Let flayer (I) Gailty: Pearta 7(f That 7 (t) EUkr Dont Nnuct: 81 On Paai McCartney Wines It The Shew Mat Ge Ob: Three Dh NUht By eearteey of QM 7 (IS) Tea Peal Bread N 1 H) The Night Chleece Med: Payer Leee T«)
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  • WORLD NEWS
    • 192 5 Reuter Tokyo, Wednesday The Japanese Foreign Ministry is studying new guidelines to improve the quality of Japan's economic aid to developing countries, Ministry sources said yesterday. The sources said the guidelines aimed at classifying developing countries Into three categories developing nations, underdeveloped
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    • 59 5 Reuter Helsinki, Wednesday. Northern Finland is now suffering from a rare and dangerous disease with women showing too much flesh the main victims. Local authorities said there had been an outbreak of tularemia or hare plague, an acutely infectious disease carried by wild rabbits, hares and other
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    • 447 5 Saigon Reds merge crack units Reuter and UPI Saigon,. Wednesday Communist commanders have consolidated all commando units in the Saigon area into a single unit to carry out co-ordinated sabotage in the capital region, US and government military sources said yesterday. During the put two
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    • 27 5 Reuter Belfast, Wednesday Two British soldiers wera killed and another two wounded in a guerrilla bomb atteck near the border with the Irish Republic yesterday.
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    • 167 5 UPI and Reuter Lisbon, Wednesday Africans have set fire to large plantations of sisal ana cotton In a wave of violence In Northern Mozambique, the Lusltanla news agency said yesterday. The agency said business In the regional centre of Nampula was paralysed.
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    • 133 5 United Press International Taipeh, Wednesday— Two men and a woman yesterday admitted abducting Chinese songstress Li Ya-Fang. but denied sexually molesting the popular nightclub toterUuMr A police spokesman said the three—who were not identified were arrested on Monday night when they tried to pick
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    • 29 5 Reuter Kuchlng, .Wednesday— The Malaysian Government has approved setting up of 68 Industrial projects In Sarawak, Malaysian Deputy Trade and Industry Minister Datuk Musa Hltam said yesterday.
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    • 306 5 Reuter Washington, Wednesday Uke any new homeowner, the lady carefully checked the closet space, the colour schemes and after spending two hours, said: Tin thrilled at the thought of moving in. It la In excellent condition." Mrs. Betty Ford, wife of the new
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    • 306 5 Tension in Cyprus Reuter Genera, Wednesday The Cyprus peace talks were again near collapse last night, despite British attempts to gain more time, and American pressure to keep them going. In a new Initiative, the Greek Government called on the fire permanent members of the UN
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    • 23 5 Reuter Taipeh, Wednesday A Thai troupe, made up of more than 40 dancers and musicians, arrived here yesterday for performance tour.
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    • 137 5 United Press International Kampala, Wednesday— Police said yesterday they found the body of a former wife of President Idi Amin In the trunk of a car belonging to a doctor who died from poisoning on Monday. An autopsy on Mr. Amin's ex-wife, Kay Adroa, revealed that
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  • OPINION
    • 533 6 In the near full employment situation In Singapore, the Police race appears to be falling between two stools as far as getting fresh blood Is concerned, t firing the glamour of the armed forces and unable to pay the more attractive salaries at the commercial sector,
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    • 'WHISPERS' by ISPY
      • 48 6 living In Australia has its Derks A doctor tells me that his counterparts In that country can ask for extra tax deductions for their wives for answering their calls at home. In other words, they claim salaries for their spousss for answering the phone.
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      • 56 6 I hear that there Is much talk of a "border clash" at the Indian Association at Balestler Road these days. The guys are not referring to the 81no-Indian border, however. Their subject Is much close homi. It Is the casing hockey match between the Indian Association and
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    • 785 6  -  D* aoa-uHleeaa Iftai >lfi kan Ike right I* Interfere tm the jißHis •f their ■■■■til— ef reidatef This b the (MtlM Ihrt^PtahJTOleday. The ffclam mm le have wbUklwy views mm this. Ok the «e hand, ef comas—ids »Wnl. Tel on manigpe with fin Basak that "al
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    • VOICE OF THE PRESS
      • 298 6 PRESIDENT FORD'S FOREIGN POLICY That there will be no change in the American foreign policy from the one as practised by Mr. Nixon In the last five years has been made dear by the new President of the United States. MT. Ford, In his Inaugural address end
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      • 260 6 What other newspapers ere seplnpi THE IMPERATIVE TASKS OF PRESIDENT FORD The most orient task of President Ford at tide stage of transition of power Is the appointment of a Vice-Presi-dent. Three most likely choices have been named Mr. Rockefeller, a liberal and former Governor of
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    • 359 6  -  By William J. Drummond The Los Angeles Times Despite Prime Minister Indira Gandhi's professed determination to use nuclear power exclusively for peaceful purposes, 66 per cent of the TnrtUn public wants an atomic weapons. This was the finding of the ttril nationwide
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    • 720 6  -  Prom John Chadwick Reuter Two Swedish social reformers want to slap a OH r«ntir»nnl salaries with any excess earnings being funnelled off to developing nations. The Idea of a wage ceiling, even as high as a suggested annual $100,000 u unlikely to appeal
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    • Letters
      • 340 6  -  P. LIM In reporting crimes In HDB eSatesOTO. 10A74) It was stated that most of the robberies took dace during the day when the residents were out at work or shopping. There were In all 172 robberies besides many offences against a omen m the lifts.
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      • 233 6 Why is It that the Telephone Board, now Telecommunications, can never correct telephone faults which develop just before and during the weekend? When a fault occurs on a Friday afternoon or Saturday morning H can be reported a dozen times or more with absolutely no response
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      • 57 6  -  E.N. ONG (Miss) for Director of Industrial Training, Singapore, It. I refer to the letter by 111-luck Youth which appeared on 2.8.74. We require more particulars before we can comment We would be grateful if the writer would contact the undersigned at the Industrial Training Board. Kay Slang
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      • 58 6 Last week, I discovered that my birth certificate was lost. I have searched my home high and kry but am unable to find It. Could the authorities concerned please Inform me how I should go about to report this loss? Bhould I go tr. the Police
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  • SPECIAL FEATURE
    • 1478 7  -  PAKIR SINGH gets away from it all to the Indian Ocean chain of islands where... Even silence speaks PAKIR SINGH Massive, dark clouds brooded silently over the little hillocks surrounding the international airport of Seychelles on Mahe island. Inside the plane, impatience and excitement were obvious as passengers
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    • 295 7 The Seychelles will receive lie Independence from Britain next year. The Government Is confident that it will be •He to take care ef itself; ebeenren are net too rare for the Beyaudi trained bareaaerats, a larger o lance ef an army and many mere achiili IT It tato
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  • EDUCATIONAL BROADSHEET
    • 4174 8 WHAT IT'S MADE OF Soil 1* formed by the breakdown of rock* In various ways. Mechanical weathering, while reducing the rock to smaller fragments, does not change the chemical composition of the parent material. Chemical weathering on the other hand is often responsible for chemical changes
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  • TREND
    • 161 9 Shades of Onassls! So that's what the jet set wear to those flittering events which grace the social scene in swinging cities. Super elegance from Munich was laid out for men anj women to gasp at over lunch at a sleek fashion presentation at
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    • 721 9  -  TRISH SHEPPARD "Is that all you're going to wear to work?" my six-year-old son asked, peering askance at my admittedly very short purple sweater dress. "Well, yes." I replied hesitantly and added as I sat down at the breakfast table:
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    • 144 9 UPI London, where the sensational thigh-high dress was born, has pronounced the final words: the skirt is dead. It was 1* years old. Paris, New York, Rome, Florence and other fashion centres might have decreed it earlier, bat any lingering doubt was removed by
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    • 251 9  -  EAIING IN LETTY LEE To most people Peking Duck is a speciality, served only at Chinese dinners and prepared by expert chefs. This is a misconception. A glance at the ingredients will show that only the minimum is required and the preparation and cooking is relatively simple.
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    • 57 9 Widow Eileen Uttley advertised for two women holiday companions and ended up organising a cruise for 43 lonely women. Mrs. Uttley, a widow for three years, said at her Bradford, Yorkshire, home: *1 had so many heartbreak replies that I have arranged a cruise to the
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    • 359 9 Melbourne Herald Even in these days of enlightened lnedUcaJ research, "snake oil" continues to sell in vast quantities. Snake oU Is the catchall phrase for any dubious remedy, and the current one Is a pill called KLB6 which is being hustled in
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  • FINANCE
    • 556 9 New York, Wednesday Blue chips led a broad «Ude yesterday on the New York stock Exchange. Turnover was moderate. The Dow Jones industrial average slipped 10.88 to 756.41, "while Standard and Poor's 500-stock index gave up 1.36 to 78.3®. There were 1084 declines and 283 advances among the
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    • 293 9 Prices drifted continuously lower In slack trading as investors showed little Interest In the market. In the morning, declines were led .by blue chips reflecting the overnight's fall on Wall Street. Anxiety about selling by corporations and investment trust companies were also factors that helped weaken the market. which
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    • 73 9 This eerrlce MUM from the Union Bank at 8 rltaerland. Ckatnc prices (in francs) on the Zurich Stock Exchange yesterday: UBS K40 10 Swiss Retnaur. MO* 10 Wtnterthur B. ISM Zurich Incur. NOt Juvana B. IMS 6 Nestle B. 3200 10 Interfood B. 4060. +m Clha-Oe«s7 B. 1MO 35
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    • 36 9 United Press International Dow Jones closing stock averages on the New York Exchange yesterday: 30 Industrials 756.41 (off 10.88). 20 transport 157.96 (Off 2.09), 15 utilities 68.32 (off 1.02), 65 stocks 231.03 (off 3.27).
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    • 216 9 Bata (Malaysia)'! gross earnings despite showing an uptrend (or the first half year ended June 1974, failed to match the higher sales growth for the same period. According to preliminary reports Just released, unaudited pre-tax profit improved by 14.2 per cent to $1.77 million
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    • 26 9 Reuter Pretoria Wednesday.— South Africa yesterday raised Its bank rate by a half per cent from 7| to 8 per cent—effective from today.
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    • 222 9 The Singapore stock market yesterday saw share prices retreating after three days of successive gains in an exciting ding-dong battle between sellers and lmyers. Sellers were in control right from the opening bell, and the easier trend persisted towards the close of the first hour of trading. When
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  • SPORTS
    • 41 10 Loh Nin Kwang gets set to plunge off for 200 m freestyle for Post Secondary boys at the Schools national swimming championships at Shaw Pool yesterday. He won in 2:27.5. Picture Picture by Sulaiman Ismail
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    • 327 10 Ipoh, Wednesday Showman VI (Dennis McClune) and Epping Forest did a splendid trial here this morning, reports BLUE PETER. Galloping from the 4f, the stablemate ran the last 3f In 371/5, with Showman going better at the finish. The going was good. The fastest time of
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    • 844 10 SIMILE ROUNDUP By BLUE PETER Penang trainer David Tan has a great chance of scoring his first bigrace success with Napoleon Solo II in the Gold Vase at Ipoh on Sunday week. The English three-year-old, a son of Bleep Bleep, proved his ability with
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    • 192 10 A large crowd at Farrer Park yesterday saw Darul Allah drew 1-1 with Spiders in the Dr. Lee Chiaw Meng Cup soccer tournament. And had it not been for a defensive mistake In the second half, Darul could have come away the victors. The first
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    • 64 10 Nairobi, Wednesday. The Chinese badminton team who have been In Kenya for two weeks giving exhibitions and coaching clinics, left yesterday for Tanzania and Mauritius on their way home. The head coach of the Chinese team, Hsu Chuang Fang, commended the keeness and Interest shown by
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    • 62 10 New York, Wednesday. World heavyweight champion George Foreman finished his first boxing workout this weekend for his September 24 bout with Muhammad All In Kinshasa, Zaire. Foreman, who has six weeks of training to go for his third title defnce, boxed one round each with three sparring partners,
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    • 814 11  -  By LIM KEE CHAN A large field of top International amateurs will be seen in action in the fourday Singapore Open amateur golf championship which begins tomorrow at the 6645-yard par-71 Bukit course. Luis "Golem" Sllverio, the crack Filipino; Parda Buranasiri, Thai
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    • 280 11  -  JOHN MORGAN Jack NicKlaus regrets in his magnificent book "Golf My Way" (Heinemann £4.75) that some of his theories will be used in attempts to prove cvr disprove points in the eternal debate "Body versus hands." Nlcklaus is too modest. At the time of publication he had to
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    • 421 11  -  MARTIAI ARTS by Sonny Yap The ancient Malay art of Silat Harimau —once confined to only a handful of adherents is now being promoted among an experimental group of youths. Responsible for this project started five months ago is the Community Development Social Research (CDSR)
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    • 422 11  -  Teheran meeting to decide By NANCY KOH India and Pakistan have applied to the Asian Games Federation to host the eighth Asian Games in 1978. This is stated in the agenda for the AOF Council Meeting scheduled to be held in Teheran on August 29,
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    • 406 11 Reuter London, Wednesday Billy Bremner, captain of Scotland and Leeds United, and Liverpool forward Kevin KeegaYi are to be put on trial after being sent off in last Saturday's showpiece charity Shield match. The English Football Association, determined to stamp out misconduct by players, announced yesterday
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    • 627 11 Reuter London, Wednesday. Pakistan, who received cruel treatment from the weather on the first four days, were rescued by it yesterday when rain washed out the last day of the second cricket IVst against England at Lord's. Just as the first Test had
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    • 282 11 Havana, Wednesday.— The world's top amateur boxers will compete for gold medals here later this week when the Cuban capital hosts the first World amateur boxing championships. A total of 300 boxers representing between 45 and 50 nations are expected to take part In this
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    • 135 11 Reuter New York, Wednesday.—Wimbledon champion Jimmy Connors beat his 18-year-old Swedish rival Bjorn Borg 5-7, 6-3, 6-4 In the men's singles final of the UJS. Open clay court tennis tournament last night. Connors threatened to overpower Borg with ease before a crowd of 3000, when
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    • 279 11 Reuter and UPI London, Wednesday Sam Snead, the 62-year-old American golfer who finis]led joint third in the UrMed States PO.A. championship on Sunday, recorded the 2Qth hcle-in-one of his rtreer dJiing pracMve here yesterady for the £25,000 Benson and Hedges fettival which starts today.
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    • 52 11 New York Wednesday Results of baseball games: National League Philadelphia 4 San Francisco 1; Pittsburgh 7 Cincinnati 4; New York 3 Los Angeles 1; St. Louis 6 San Diego 5. American League—Detroit 5 Kansas City 1; Milwaukee 5 Texas 1; California 4: Boston 2; Oakland 3 New
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    • 49 11 Marstrand (Sweden), Wednesday Brothers Yves and Marc Pajot of Prance won the first race of the world 505 yachting championships in difficult weather conditions here yesterday. Peter White and John Davles of Britain finished second and American pair Dennis Surtees and Steve Owens were third.
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