New Nation, 3 September 1974

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  • 21 1 NEW NATION SINGAPORE Tuesday evening, September 3, 1974 No. 1119 Price 20 cents M.C. (P) 20/74 SINCAPORE, TUESDAY. SEPTEMBER 3. 1974
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  • 541 1  -  'ROV must conduct on-the-spot checks' Bj Teresa Ooi, Richard Lim Automobile Association officials and the man in thestreet today welcomed the new impending 1 eg i s lation to curb traffic accidents and negligent driving but warned that it may be open to abuse.
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  • 10 1 Police reported 123 accidents yesterday. Ten were serious.
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  • 199 1 United Press International Tel Aviv, Tuesday Israel said Its soldiers killed two Arab guerrillas who tried to sneak across the western end of the Lebanese frontier under a full moon to attack Isv a e 11 settlements yesterday. A military source said It was
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  • 30 1 Reuter Washington, Tuesday White House Chief of Staff General Alexander Haig has agreed to a request by President Pbrd to stay in office, the White House said yesterday.
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  • 408 1 Bill before House The Jurong Town Corporation is to provide housing loans to the public, other than its employees, under a new Bill now before Parliament However, a person is not entlUed to purchase any JTC flat or house 11 he or
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  • 72 1 Reuter Boon, Tuesday More than 100 prisoners rioted for fire hours In a jail here last night because they received meat stew of the n«ii«i Sunday roast for lunch Deputy Prison Director Oregor Wlndschall said the trouble began at 10 pjn. when 15 prisoners began «nr\n«>i<ny
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  • 198 1 Motorists, he re's one reason why you nave to wait and sweat it out at car parks before you are attended to. Our picture taken near a City area car park shows four attendants cooling off in the' heat of the mid-day sun. No doubt, these attendants are
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  • 90 1 Share prices continued to slide marginally in lack-lustre trading when the Stock Exchange of Singapore opened this morning. BUSINESS DONE: F. Merlin (16) 1.57, (1) 1.50. O.UJE. (1) 0.90. P. Bank (2) 1.68. U. 0.8. (1) 2.88, (7) 2.86, (12) 287. City Development (2) ODB. S. Darby
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  • 31 1 Reuter Tokyo, Tuesday. A Japanese chemist has claimed to have produced the anti-biotic streptomycin artificially, possibly opening the way for new versions of the drug free of side effects.
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  • 252 1 Reuter Canberra, Tuesday Australia's Labour Prime Minister Go ugh Whitlam told the trade union increment yesterday to stop attacking bis government and ministers. He nld consultation between the government and trade ain was a two-way proeea, and there had been a large nnmber of Industrial disputes about
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  • 143 1 Reuter London, Tuesday The leader of a housewives' association in Derby which claims a membership of 20,000 said yesterday that If militant trade unionists started demanding their wives would start refusing. Mrs. Sandra Brooks, chairman of the National Housewives' Association, said that
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  • 40 1 Phnom Penh, Tuesday. Two high school students were sentenced to death and 10 others sent to prison over the weekend in the June deaths of Cambodia's Education Minister sad his top aide, according to a newspaper report.
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  • 302 1 Mass grave found Reuter Nicosia, Tuesday Turkish Cypriot leader R&uf Denktash said yesterday he had called off scheduled talks with Cypriot President Glafkos Clerides because of the discovery of a mass grave near a Turkish village in eastern Cyprus. "I was shocked at the discovery.
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  • 140 1  -  CID probe $500,000 demand By Bharathi Mohan Police are investigating a $500,000-ex-tortion letter sent to a "millionaire" businessman in Singapore. The businessman, according to sources, received the extortion note a week ago. He has reported to the police. The CID, which is investigating the .case, has
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  • 45 1 United Press International Kentucky Tuesday Teenage sweethearts Arthur Fortner and Letha Mcßeynold* are to be married In Bowling Green today 68 yean after their Initial courtship. Arthur, 88, first met Letha, 82, when she was 14 and "a girl with red hair."
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  • LOCAL NEWS
    • 350 2 'Economy not badly hit by oil crisis' Singapore is doing quite well economically in the Asian region despite Inflation and the oil crisis. Dr. Perry Chang, chief economist of the Asian Development Bank, said this during a brief interview with New Nation yesterday. "Singapore
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    • 89 2 A seminar on The Teaching of Languages in Institutions of Higher Learning in South-East Asia, jointly organised by the University of Singapore, Nanyang University and the Regional English Language Centre will be held at the RELC from Sept. 24 to 26. Sponsored by the Association of South-East
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    • 246 2 To help resolve housing problems in region A delegate to the second convention of the Asia Pacific Real Estate Federation has proposed the setting up of an Asia Pacific Housing and Economic Community to pool land and financial resources In the region. Mr.
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    • 534 2  -  By Douglas Chan Make no bones about it. Plucking coconuts is no monkey business for any man. But not for Ohanl. He can make a "monkey" out of any man when It comes to picking this fruit. For this nine-year-old berok monkey is
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    • 386 2  -  'Cheaper food for workers' By Rav K. Dhaliwal The Port Workers' Union is to take over the running of all canteens in the Port of Singapore Authority area to provide cheaper food to its 7500 workers. This latest step to fight inflation will cost
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    • 55 2 The Nanyang University Library is to receive a donation of $23,000 from the Inter University Council under its Oversea Development Administration Book Presentation Programme. The donation will be used to buy over 1000 British publications on subjects from accountancy to zoology and so far about 800
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    • 82 2 A Port of Singapore Authority Officer, Mr. Leong Chuen Weng, left here at the weekend to attend a two-month course on navigational aids in Japan. The course is part of the technical co-oper-ation scheme sponsored by the Japanese Government. Mr. Leong's nomination to attend the course is
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    • 145 2 Construction of the Chung Hwa Free Hospital in Toa Payoh is expected to start at the end of this year. This was disclosed by Mr. Ngoh Eng Kok, secretary of the Chung Hwa Free Hospital Foundation, yesterday. He said: "Our architects Mr. Chan Hock Hean and
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    • 222 2 Copper tooling was once done only by old, experienced artists who jealously guarded their secrets. But not any longer. Maria Ling's work has proved that today's youth can do it Just as well. Only three months ago, Maria., IS. became Interested in the ancicnt art of
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    • 42 2 BAF aircraft are carrying out lire firing exercises at the Southern Isla n d s Live Firing Range in Pulau Pawai until Friday, dally between 9 ajn. and 5 pjn. The public is warned to keep clear of the range.
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    • 23 2 The St. Nicholas Girls' High School Band will perform at the Botanic Gardens oh Sept 22 between 5.30 p.zn. and 6.30
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    • 225 3 Slngapore's national anthem composer Encik Zubir Said is somewhat upset that one of his original compositions has been altered without his consent. Encik Said said: "One of my former music students now a teacher, told me that my song called 'Semoga Bahagia'
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    • 78 3 The USS Chicago, a guided missile cruiser, arrived in Singapore yesterday for a four-day visit following a mission in the Indian Ocean. It is accompanied by two destroyers and an oiler. During the past two months, the task force visited ports in Sri Lanka. Pakistan, Iran, Kenya,
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    • 39 3 The management committee of the S1 g1 a p Comm un 1 try Centre will start a course on Music Appreciation to be held every Friday at its Palm Road premises from 7.30 p.m. to 9 p.m.
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    • 25 3 Mr. Loh Heng Kee, the PSA Director (Operations), has retired and not resigned as reported in yesterday's New Nation. The error is regretted.
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    • 447 3  -  Take initiative, workers told By Sunny Wee Fire Chief, Mr. Lim Beng Lock, today stressed the need for workers in new office buildings to take the initiative to know the fire fighting facilities and escape routes. is to ensure that in the event
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    • 41 3 Mr. Chan Chee Seng, Senior Parliamentary Secretary, Ministry of Social Affairs, will receive three colour TV sets from Haw Par Brothers International Ltd., at the Perak House for Boys, 5 du. Paslr Panjang Road, on Friday at 11 a.m.
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    • 21 3 The NTUC will launch Its island-wide Mass Membership Campaign on Sunday at 9 a.m. at the NTUC car park.
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    • 159 3 FIRE HURTS It is not every day that a boy gets the chance to take charge of a fireman's control room. Enjoying himself among the lights, switches and telephones of a replica control panel found in a fire station is three-year old Tee Slew Peng (above).
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    • 202 3 Berths for 10 on round-the-world sailing ship 'Guests' can also learn seamanship Singaporeans with a flair for adventure on the high seas can now travel round the world with the Eolus, an ancient-type sailing ship. For, there will be places for 10 local sailing enthusiasts on board the barquentine, when
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    • 189 3 The Ministry of Health has lowered its outpatient charges for toddlers and preschool children from $2 to 50 cents. These new charges for outpatient dispensaries were introduced in early July. Adults attending these dispensaries will still have to pay $2 per visit during normal
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    • 38 3 The Minister for Culture. Mr. Jek Yeun Thong, will be the guest-of-honour at a reception (or the Outstanding Singaporean Award organised by Singapore Jaycees to be held at the Crystal Ballroom, Hyatt Hotel, on Bept. 28.
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    • 36 3 A book of condolence for the ex-Prime Minister of New Zealand. Mr. Norman Kirk, is available for visitors at the New Zealand High Commission, Nassim Road, today and tomorrow between 10 ajn and 4 pm.
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    • 108 3 Response from the business community to attend the forthcoming Autumn Trade Pair In Canton has declined as compared with last year. 80 far about 100 application forms for visas to enter China have been given oat to businessmen. According to spokesman for the Singapore
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  • FOR YOUR PLEASURE AND BEHIND THE NEWS
    • 781 4  -  Updated version of his songs POPS sr JEAN LI 808 DYLAN AND THE BAND: BEFORE THE FLOOD (ASYLUM): The first thing that struck my mind when I got hold of this record was the title. Could there be some significance to it? Perhaps a hint
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    • 85 4 Singapore's middleweight boxing champion walked right into it—not a punch bnt love. So, over the weekend Lieut. Gary Rodrigues married the girl who swept him off his feet—the former Miss Loralne Clark—at the Church of the Holy Spirit in Thomson Road. The bride is the daughter
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    • 600 4 Melbourne Herald Buy a valuable painting by a master, cut it into three pieces, sell the pieces separately and you will more than treble the amount you paid for the original. But this is vandalism, wickedness, cynicism, uncivilised, you will rightly say. Nevertheless this is
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    • 90 4  -  D.J. Animal experts have proved that the "friendly" safari park lions in Britain are killers at heart. They used two meat-packed, life-sized dummies to find out If lions born in captivity would attack humans. The dummies, one aptly named Daniel and his "wife", Daisy, were left In
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    • 17 4  -  D.J. Saturday funerals have been baned at Cheadle, Staffordshire, because gravediggers wont work on Saturdays.—DJ.
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    • 695 4  -  From Colin Bickler Reuter I CYPRUS United Nations troops may have problems in the Turkishcontrolled part of Cyprus, but in Paphos, the south-west corner of the island, the only Turkish Cyprlot complaint is that there are not enough UN troops
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    • 622 4 Reuter France and the United States are locked in a fight to seil 350 aircraft to four NATO countries in what is seen here as the arms deal of the country. If completed, the deal could lead to an eventual 3500-plane market
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    • 499 4 So women sell contraceptives Associated Press Thousands of smiling middle-aged women, many wearing traditional "kimono," are going door-to-door with colourful catalogues selling rubber contraceptives to Japanese housewives. The business came into being because many Japanese husbands are shy about buying such items themselves in
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    • 139 4 MOTION SMITH SURVIVES FIRE... INSTRUMENTS AND CHARTS SAFE. IT'S BUSINESS AS USUAL •< i i f M O T O IM M T Hp ■p r o as* I i The raging 12-hour fire at Mistri/Parsi Road last Wednesday was devastating but fortunately did not cause irreparable damage to our
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  • WORLD NEWS
    • 245 5 Reuter Wellington, Tuesday Thousands of people, including praying Tokelau islanders, pensioners and women with babies, filed past the casket of Prime Minister Norman Kirk as he lay in state in the Parliament buildings here today. As long queues buUt up of people waiting to
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    • 429 5 Police reserves plan UPI, Reuter Belfast, Tuesday Northern Ireland Secretary Mer 1 y n Rees yesterday announced plans to increase the strength of armed police reserves to combat violence by Roman Catholic and Protestant extremists. The scheme appeared a compromise between threats by the majority
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    • 203 5 United Press International New Delhi, Tuesday.— The government introduced a controversial amendment over Opposition protests yesterday granting representation to the strategic Himalayan kingdom of neighbouring Sikkim in the Indian Parliament. Opposition p o l i ti c a 1 leaders jumped to their feet
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    • 247 5 Reuter Saigon, Tuesday Scattered clashes and shelling have been reported throughout South Vietnam's four military regions. In northerly Thua Thien province, wnere communist lorces last week attacked government positions soutn ot tne old imperial city of Hue. tne command said go v e
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    • 31 5 Reuter Madrid, Tuesday General Franco, who is 81, has resumed his powers as Head of State after recovering from his recent illness, accordin to a government announcement last night.
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    • 231 5 United Press International Cairo, Tuesday The main Arab guerrilla organisation has proposed direct talks with United States officials on ways to provide a homeland for Palestinian refugees, a well-placed Arab source said yesterday. Ine condition attached to the talks is that they be
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    • 25 5 Reuter Cairo, Tuesday—Egyptian Foreign Minister Ismail Fahmy yesterday said he would visit the Soviet Union next month tot the Invitation of Soviet leaders.
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    • 238 5 Ford signs the Reform Act United Press International Washington, Tuesday President Ford, surrounded by many of the country's top government, labour and business leaders in the White House Rose Garden, yesterday signed a landmark law setting government standards for private pension plans and guaranteeing
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    • 347 5 Reuter Tokyo, Tuesday More than 2000 workers were fighting the swirling waters of Tokyo's flooding Tama River last night to prevent erosion in p. crowded residential area, police said. In the Tokyo suburb of Komae along the river, police said 14 houses had been
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    • 132 5 Reuter Addis Ababa. Tuesday Several thousand demonstrators, chanting "Hang the Emperor" and "The Emperor is a thief" ran through the Ethiopian capital last night. It was the first street demonstration against the 82-year-old Emperor Haile Selassie since the armed forces started stripping him of
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  • Page 5 Miscellaneous
    • 296 5 NEW NATION CROSSWORD 5 Petty rulers 6 Center of activity 7 Portent 8 Sentence maker 9 English Cavalier poet 10 Army offcer: Abbr. 11 Musical group 12 Relative pronoun 13 Polite refusal 19 Smart 22 Explorer Johnson 25 Mr. Dillon, for one 27 18th cent. Venetian painter 28 Dance music
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  • OPINION
    • 486 6 You can bring a horse to water but you cannot force it to drink is an adage which seems to apply very well in the case of Singapore's exports to Japan. Despite the liberalisation of import restrictions by the Japanese Government which has eased the
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    • 97 6 'WHISPERS' by ispy More than one person I know has commented on the fact that the Institute of South East Asian Studies has to date not organised a seminar on Trends In Singapore, although it has conducted several successful ones on trends in the neighbouring countries. Well, they
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    • 1292 6  -  In spite of the Women's Liberation Movement and the obvious advancements that women have made in many fields, writes Gerald do Crux, the degradation of women continues unabated. Rather than admired for their intelligence or their virtues, women tend to be admired for their looks and
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    • 706 6  -  From John Burgess Washington Post Many students here fear that the assassination of an activist leader last month may be the first in a series of political killings aimed at intimidating the student movement. Saeng Rungnirandornkul, 37, was shot to death at a bus stop
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    • 929 6  -  From Joseph Novitski Washington Post The Chilean military Junta, after governing for 10 months with improvised policies and structures, has settled down for a long stay in power. The junta, which replaced President Salvador Allende after the coup in which
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    • 417 6 I WORLD COMMENT EXCERPTS FROM EDITORIALS Sooth China Morning Post Having been progressively divested of all his authority and his nonpersonal possessions, Halle Selassie is now finally reduced to living in a palace to which he no longer has title, rigidly restricted In movement outside his
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  • SPECIAL FEATURE
    • 156 7 Br&j v|b Hj I I I I v!v! Xll II II v >X I Concluding a two-part series This is the story of one family's bravery facing a "cured" disease diabetes. Although most cases of diabetes can be controlled, there are occasional situations—such as
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    • 1662 7 FATHER SAYS Washington Post Jim was a happy, adventurous child, our first born. Naturally we spoiled him. But he was such a pleasant and agreeable boy, this was easy to do. We began reading to him when he was
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    • 1717 7 MOTHER SAYS Washington Post The morning was dark and bitter cold. Snowflakes fell heavily in the unnatural twilight. When the phone rang, I knew somehow, something was wrong. "Mama, I'm sick," my four-year-old son said trom school. "Come
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  • SHOPPING
    • 730 8 ¥T was only about 10 years ago that the term "car stereo" was coined. Now everyone knows what car stereo is and with the rapid increase in the number of cars, its popularity has shot sky-high. Nowadays, car stereo is practically a must for
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  • TREND AND FINANCE
    • 483 9  -  By Angela Loke There did not seem to be anything decorative in Mrs. See's home or on her person, which she did not sew, print, crochet or design. The first thing that struck me when I first met this woman with a passion
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    • 392 9 Melbourne Herald Mark Spitz, whom Americans seemed to feel could walk on water after his seven Olympic Gold medals in Munich, is a flop—as far as acting is concerned. His acting and his Eipularlty are both ratg close to zero—and no
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    • 377 9  -  IN-SHAPE BY JEANINE SINISCAL If your body Is well proportioned, but you think your posture, ankles, knees or legs are less than perfect you will find these exercises to be of great help. Today we are going to talk first about posture, then about what can be
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    • 192 9 The Singapore stock market moved H«±u>«»i r yesterday the last day for clearing all doe and outstanding contracts. It opened eaaUously with share prices hover ing around last Friday's closing levels bat with a bias towards the dawnside. The severe hammering the market suffered last week was considerably
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    • 266 9 A major consequence of the world economic crisis is that only the "fittest" firm will have the best chance of survival—a factor which Singapore firms could only ignore at their own peril. That is the view of visiting Mr. John Dick who recently
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    • 378 9  -  COMPANY PROFILE By Lee Yew Meng Sim Lim Investments has finally shown that its uptrend for the second successive year was no flash in the pan. But this fine performance did not help to lift its share price any higher. Instead
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    • 306 9 Post holiday market bounced up and down in a minor price range and closed moderately lower yesterday after three aays' major rally. in the morning session, profit-taking assaulted the fore-running blue chips and some speculatives. Autos such as Toyota and Nissan Motor declined through small lot selling. Also dampened
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    • 237 9 Prices at 11.30 ajn. today (Australian time) on Sydney Stock Exchange: Aberlten susp. Do opts susp. AOD 05 074 All State 08 nil Amad 014 04 Aurora 05 09 Do opts unq. Aust Ant susp. Bamboo 03 05 Beach 21 23 Bounty susp. Bridge nil 11 Cleverland 34 nil
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    • 218 9 Closing prices (in francs) on Paris Bourse yesterday: Paribus 139 +.50 Indoohlne 150 +4.60 Ponder 2*77.10 —3 Prinlemps 77 unch. CGS 276 60 +4JO Bull 36.90 4-1.25 Royal Dutch 135 4-4.40 Michelln 731 +16 Thomson 153.10 +7 CPP 122.70 +3.70 Rhone 124.10 —.80 Air Ml +4 BSN 644 +11
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    • 86 9 This service Is from the Union Bank at Bwttrerland. Closing price® (in Swiss francs) on the Zurich Stock Exchange yesterday; UBS 2936 38 SBC 470 18 Credit Sulse 3*40 80 Swissair B. 477 u Swiss Be lnsur. 1860 unch Wlnterthur B. 1436 38 Zurich lnsur. MOO 60 J uveru.
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    • 55 9 United Press International Tokyo, Tuesday Japan's reserves of gold and foreign currency fell by US$3Ol million ($702 million) during August, the Ministry of Finance said yesterday. It said the reserves stood at U5512,903 billion ($32,257 billion) at the end of the month. It was the
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    • 186 9 United Press International Vienna, Tuesday.—The Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) agreed yesterday to recommend to its members that crude oil prices remain fixed at U35u.63 ($29.07) a barrel until the end of this year. OPEC officials said. OPEC's 12 member nations produce 85
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    • 154 9 United Press International Paris, Tuesday—Warning that Prance faces an inflation' rate which could destroy the nation, Finance Minister JeanPierre Fourcade yesterday launched a "brake on prices" campaign aimed at cutting consumer costs by five per cent. "Industrial prices alone have shot up 17.4 per
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  • SPORTS
    • 625 10 Teheran, Tuesday Swimming and the all-powerful Japaese acquatlc squad seem set to dominate today's Asian Games action as they did on the opening day of competition when Japan swept the pool events for their traditional spot at the head of the medals
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    • 61 10 A happy gold medallist here is Japan's Tadashl Honda who makes a "V" sign after he won the mep's 200 m backstroke swimming, event. Second was the Philippines' Rosario Geraldo (centre) and Japan's Toshimitsu Yamamoto (left). BELOW: Filipino Ramon Fernandez (10) tries to block Israel's
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    • 385 10 China, surprised more highly-favoured teammates and rivals from North Korea to win the individual gold medal In the 50-metre event with 552 points out of a possible 600. The silver went to Japan's Masanobu Ohata. with 550, and Suthum Asvanlt of Thailand, the
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    • 308 10 SHOOTING Trap, first day: 1. J. Matsuaka (Jpn) 72. 2. Kami Singh (Ind) 71, 3. M. Earnshaw (Phi) 70, 4. T. Ishlge (Jpn) 70, 5. B. Kumarl (Ind) 69, 6. B. Pavitr (Tha) 09, 7. M. Obara (Jpn) 68. WATEBPOLO China beat India 17-2, Iran and Japan
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    • 128 10 London, Tuesday Southend United, one of Ave clubs In the English football league still with 100 per cent records this season, surged three points clear at the top of the Third Division table when they thrashed Halifax 4-0 last night Chris Guthrie claimed ascend half
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    • 18 10 Thursday havan will leave here toto attend the OP®** ll ceremony of the Asian Oames InTeheran.
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    • 443 11 3^ u r ePe B f t Pace, leading past the and into the straight from fT"* 1 third. Brotagi rafld* up ground. Proud If* 1 but Lili Mariene ran on strongly to win by a length. Brastagi finished third. Queen's Coonad
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    • 143 11 By BLUE PETER Newcomers Magic Moment and Kamponf Melayu II impressed in gallops at Bukit Tim ah this morning. Magic Moment, a smart-looking grey byCorinto, strode out stylishly over 3f in 36 2/5 with apprentice Henry Heng in the saddle. Kampong Melayu, a lour
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    • 66 11 Newport, Rhode Island. Tuesday "Courageous" was today named the United States yacht to defend the America's Cup against Australia's challenger "Southern Cross." The New York Yacht Club chose the alumi-nium-hulled "courageous" after she had defeated the wooden-hull-ed "Intrepid" by one minute 47 seconds yesterday to clinch a
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    • 477 11  -  SOCCER SCENE h v U o Jeffrey Low Mike Walker is flying home tonight. It's going to be a quiet farewell at the airport, attended by a few officials, players and close friends. Perhaps we should have organised a big-send-off, to show our
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    • 327 11  -  By C.K. YONG A Singapore team have sent four bann-ed-for-life players on tour in open defiance of the Basketball Association of Singapore. The Taihua Pood Industry team left on September 1 for a tour of three Asian countries with four of the 11 players
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    • 125 11 New York. Tuesday.— Jack Nicklaus scored his second victory of the 1974 professional golf season yesterday by winning the U*****,000 tournament play e r s' championship by two strockes from J.C. Snead. Nicklaus' final round of 67, completed after rain and lightning had forced postponement of Sunday's
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    • 530 11 Kodes struggles through mturr tfcrje hours Reuter New York, Tuesday. Top-seeded Jimmy Connors celebrated his 22nd birthday yesterday by defeating John Alexander of Australia, 6-1. 7-5. 6-7, 6-4 to advance to the fourth round of the UJ}. Open tennis championships. Playing before a crowd of
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    • 65 11 New York, Tuesday Results of baseball games: National League: New York 6 Atlanta 5; San Francisco S Bt. Louis 2; Cincinnati 10 Montreal 3; Philadelphia 10 Houston 8; Pittsburgh 4 Los Angeles S. American League: New York 18 Chicago 6; Milwaukee 6 California 5; Minnesota 6
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    • 292 11 1 Sportsletter Encik Othman Wok's call recently (NN August 1) that officials of sports associations who do not show enthusiasm. Initiative and understanding and who also lack leadership qualities should be replaced, is especially welcomed by local Malay badminton players and followers. The above descriptions
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    • 42 11 Bogota, Tuesday—The Soviet Union beat Puerto Rico 118-58 (hall-time 53-24) in the final round of the nation* Cup basketball tournament here last night. The United states will meet the Soviet Union to decide the winner of the competition.
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    • 387 11 Rome, Tuesday Valery Borzov, Russia's double Olympic gold medallist, began the defence of his European title yesterday with an easy win in the 100 metres on the opening day of the European track and field championships. Athletes competed in temperatures of 80 degrees (27C) and humidity
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    • 219 11 Reuter London, Tuesday. A complete wash-out of English county championship cricket yesterday left Worcestershire favourites to win the title, which will be decided today. With four bowling points already gained from their .match against Essex, Worcestershire are two points ahead of title-holders Hams hire at
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    • 82 12 Teenage singer Lan Ying, 19, has set her heart elsewhere. Fresh from school, she plans to take up teaching as a career and regards singing as a temporary vocation, -i "You can say I'm more academically inclined." she says, "as I feel more at home
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    • 172 12 TODAY Is Tuesday. Sept. 3, the 246th day of 1974 with 119 to follow. THE MOON Is between Its full phase and last quarter. THE MORNING STABS are Venus, Jupiter and Saturn. THE EVENING STARS are Mercury and Mars. Those born on this date are under the sign of
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    • 62 12 AH FOOK: The book-on-the-spot plan of the ROV plus the power to suspend driving licences will, I hope, put the brakes on the speed hogs. The rising accident rate calls for such tough measures. MEI LIN: I've some reservations though in giving too much powers to the traffic
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    • 1142 12 The METRICATION AND TOU EXHIBITION organised by the Singapore Metrication Board and the Home Economics Teachers' Association will be held at the Victoria Memorial Hall between noon and 10 pjn. A talk-cum-demonstra-tion on cake icing will be held at 7 p.m. and 8 pjn. The Singapore Press Club will hold
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    • 638 12 I LUCKY STARS BORN today, you have Inner resources of energy which are both a boon and a drawback to your general success In the world. On the one hand, your strength and forceful ness makes It possible for you to undertake projects which would frighten others off; on the
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