New Nation, 12 October 1974

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  • 20 1 New Nation INGAPORE Saturday October 12, 1974 No. 1153 Price 20 cents M.C. (P) 20/74 NEW (0) NATION 1 comment!
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  • 119 1  -  By Sunny Wee Rubbish piled high in the corridor of a new Housing Board block. This is a common eyesore for residents In Kallang Bahru. They have had to put up with it since they began moving several weeks ago. The rubbish heap,
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  • 208 1 UPI, Reuter London, Saturday Bombs exploded in two exclusive London military service clubs last night in the second apparent Irish Re p u b 1 ican Army attack against British Armed Forces in England in six days. At least three people were taken to hospital with injuries suffered
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  • 54 1 With all 635 results in, Mr. Harold Wilson's Labour Party won 319 Parliamentary seats in the British general election a majority of three. SEATS LOSSES VOTES PERCENTAGE 319 20 1 11,468,646 39-3 CONSERVATIVES 276 2 22 10,429,020 35-7 LIBERAL 13 1 3 5,345,271 18-3 OTHERS 27 6
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  • Page 1 Miscellaneous

  • LOCAL NEWS
    • Article, Illustration
      92 2 This unusual "exhibit" in front of the "Keep Singapore Accident Free" exhibition in Victoria Memorial Hall was not planned by the Traffic Police. It happened when the Volkswagen went off the road and hit the divider near the Anderson Bridge early today. But this team of traffic
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    • 10 2 Police reported 90 accidents yesterday. Seven were serious.
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    • 188 2 The Singapore Taekwondo Federation lias expressed its concern that certain martial art groups are contemplating sending a team to participate In the First Asian Taekwondo championships to be held in Korea from Oct. 17 to 21. According to a spokesman for the federation, although
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    • 290 2  -  By Violet Oon I understand that it is very difficult to achieve a perfect balance of sound in a piano-cello duo. Claudine Lass erre (cello) and Wang Gi-In (piano) faced this problem at the Development Bank of Singapore Auditorium last night without resolving it
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    • 34 2 Nanyang Brickworks (Pte) Ltd. of 1114 ms Jurong Road was fined $2000 In the First Magistrate's Court yesterday for excessive smoke emission from the kiln's chimney. The offence was committed in August.
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    • 263 2 The demand for industrial land in Singapore continued to remain nigh last year despite worldwide inflation and economic slowdown. This was particularly so for the first nine months of last year until the October oil crisis which caused a drop in the number of applications for
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    • 178 3 Diamond House in Tudor Court, Tanglin, is closing down because of poor business after the attempted robbery and shooting two weeks ago. One of the company directors, Mr. H. S. Chua, said: "Our bu- siness since the shooting has been falling and we have
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    • 104 3 A 62-year-old woman was yesterday found hanged in an empty hut off Buklt Timah Road four days after her house was burgled of $400 in cash and jewellery. Madam Goh Chens Lan, a factory hand, was "very depressed" since the burglary on Monday according to her
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    • 137 4 Singaporeans will have yet another landscape feature to be proud of with the development of a 10acre Orchard Garden on part of the East Coast reclamation land. The display orchard, a Ministry of National Development (Parks and Recreation) project, is to enable our present
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    • 261 4  -  By Wang Look Fung The ASEAN countries will only meet the Far Eastern Freight Conference collectively or not at all. This tough stand by the ASEAN shippers' councils was taken at a meeting held in Manila c.n Oct 7 on the proposed average overall
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    • 36 4 The Metr op o 111 a n YMCA is conducting a 17-session theory and practical photography course at Its International Centre from Oct. 19 between 2.30 p.m. and 4 p.m. For further details ring *****1.
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    • 147 4 Moscow, Saturday Viktor Korchnoy, trying for his first win, adjourned the llth game of his world chess challengers final with fellow Russian grandmaster A n a to 1 y Karpov last night. Play ended after five hours, with Karpov, who was playing black, sealing his
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    • 298 5 He is his own boss. A master cutter in his own right, and his snipping skill has groomed thousands of unkempt, unshaven men. This framed-up array of men's hair styles are all his creations the result of over a decade of hard work and dedication. For
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    • 38 5 A weekend workshop on Management Dynamics and Problem solving Skills, organised by the Department of Extramural Studies of the University of Singapore, will be held at Guild House, Evans Road, on Oct. 19, 20, 26 and 27.
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    • 185 5 Motorists forming car pools have been urged to submit relevant data on the passengers to their Insurance companies to differentiate them from pirate taxis which may try to emerge again. The president of the General Insurance A s so c i ation, Mr.
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    • 198 5 Sin g a poreans of Filipino descent can fly home by Philippines Airlines at a special return fare under a Balikbayan (homecoming) programme. They pay $258 less than the usual two-way airfare of $898. ThlA arrangement has been made between the airline and the
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  • Page 3 Miscellaneous
    • 575 3 NEW NATION MONEYWORDS 'A' I Cut out and pin with other coupons. Posting instructions appear below Name (Mr./Mrs./Miss) 1. Cats have sharp ones 2. Whara his own is concerned. a man expects to be boss 3. Instrument on which one can strum i Cut along dotted lines mmm mmm mmm
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  • Page 4 Miscellaneous
    • 697 4 YOUR LUCKY STARS IF irs YOUR BIRTHDAY BORN today, you are a serious-minded person who has what so many serlous-mlnded persons do not: the ability to laugh at yourself. No one knows better than you when you have made a mistake; no one knows better than you how to apply
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  • WORLD NEWS
    • 90 6 United Press International Chicago, Saturday. John Miller credits his long life to his belief in God and a glass of gin twice a day. Mr. Miller celebrated his 109 th birthday on Thursday at Michael Reese Medical Centre where the Mandel clinic staff presented
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    • 19 6 Reuter Jakarta, Saturday Foreign Minister Adam Malik said yesterday Indonesia would soon reoDen diplomatic relations with Portugal.
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    • 121 6 New York, Saturday. With outer space becoming increasingly clogged by spacecraft, the United Nations began consideration yesterday of a treaty to make compulsory registration of all space vehicles in the same way as earth-bound vehicles. Proponents described the treaty that has been two years in
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    • 214 6 Reuter Washington, Saturday The House of Representatives yesterday refused to Join the Senate in delayins a cut-off of arms aid to Turkey, forceing Congress to postpone a monthlong recess due to begin last night and headed into a new confrontation with President Ford. The
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    • 176 6 United Press International Beirut, Saturday Col. M o a m m a r Gaddafi's Libyan regime has tightened up Its antl-drlnklng laws by Imposing civil penalties on people who flout the country's national prohibition. The Libyan News Agency said yesterday the Alcohol Law of Sept.
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    • 31 6 United Press International Washington, Saturday. The Senate yesterday approved the nomination of veteran diplomat David K. E Bruce to be the new Ambassador to the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation.
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    • 379 6 Reuter Bonn, Saturday Germans looking for a wife or husband will in future be able to select their mates from the television screen in the privacy of their own homes. Starting next Bunday German television will run a 50-mlnute marriage market programme once a
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    • 147 6 Reuter Hong Kong. Saturday. Portugal believes the decolonisation process underway In Its overseas territories paves the way to the early establishment of diplomatic relations with China, Overseas Territories Minister Antonio de Almedla Santos said here last night. He said he was unable to give a date
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    • 169 6 United Press International TODAY Is Saturday. Oct. 12, the 285 th day of 1974 with 80 to follow. This is Columbus Day. THE MOON is approaching its new phase. THE MORNING STARS are Venus and Saturn. THE EVENING STARS are Mercury, Mars and Jupiter. Those born on this date
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    • 53 6 Reuter Moscow. Saturday A Soviet naval squadron Is to visit Port Louis, capital of the Indian Ocean island of Mauritius. from Oct. 14 to 19, Tass News Agency reported here yesterday. The vessels taking part in the official visit will be the cruiser Leningrad. the destroyer Skory and
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    • 60 6 Reuter Cairo, Saturday.—Two Egyptian brothers were sentenced to hard labour by the Supreme Military Tribunal here after they were found guilty of spying for Israel, the official Middle East News Agency announced here yesterday. The elder brother. Mahmoud Mohamed, 38. was sentenced to hard labour for
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    • 333 7 Reuter London, Saturday The Labour government, armed with a wafer-thin majority, hopes to intensify the renegotiations on Britain's Common Market member ship terms and get them completed by early next year. Diplomatic sources said the British ministers have made It clear that the Labour government
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    • 222 7 Reuter Belfast, Saturday Hardline Protestant politicians dedicated to wrecking the concept of power sharing with the Catholic minority swept to major victories In the British general election in the disturbed province ot Northern Ireland. They held 10 of the 12 Northern Ireland seats
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    • 174 7 Reuter Tokyo, Saturday—The US Navy's nuclearpowered aircraft carrier Enterprise will shortly return to the Seventh Fleet to counter the growing Soviet naval presence in the Indian Ocean, the mass-circu-lation Malnichi Shimbun reported yesterday. The dally, quoting Japanese Defence Agency sources, said the 75,000-ton vessel would carry about 30
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    • 174 7 Reuter Washington. Saturday. —Congressman Wilbur Mills, the talk of the town since a pre-dawn escapade with a swimming stripper called Fannie Fox, kept out of public view today and announced he had 'flu. The 65-year -old Congressman secluded himself in his suburban apartment
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    • 142 7 UPI Amman. Saturday US Secretary of State Henry Kissinger arrived here last night from Damascus for an overnight stay In Jordan, third leg of his Middle East tour. Speaking to reporters just before he left Damascus. Dr. Kissinger, said he had held "very good and very
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  • Page 6 Miscellaneous
    • 260 6 WORLD WEATHER London Scattered showers becoming clear In the evening, 54-45F, 12-7C. Headline: Labour gets narrow victory. Paris Showers. 5445 F, 12-7C. Headline: Priority of the new British Government—Spark the economy. Moscow—Overcast. 6146F, 16-8C. Headline: Communists and technological progress. Rio De Janeiro—Clear, 80-56F, 26-13C. Headline: Wilson victory indicated by polls.
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  • OPINION
    • 368 8 Despite doubts among political observers that neither of the two major political parties could solve the economic problems facing "crisis racked" Britain, the electorate has made Its choice; the Labour Party has obtained a narrow majority in the second general election of the year. No
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    • WHISPERS By ISPY
      • 50 8 A woman who frequents a certain restaurant noticed that she waa always served with a chipped bowl. One lunch, she finally protested to the waitress, who replied. "Well, you won't have a chipped bowl today 1" She exchanged the woman's bowl with that of her lunch date!
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      • 73 8 Anything goes In the United States. In Nevada a wellknown madam Is running for the state assembly election, and the pollsters rate her chances as good. Miss Harrel thinks that she Is well qualified to win. She said, "I can represent everyone from' the cowboy and miner
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    • 152 8  -  STEPHEN THAM I refer to the report on the large numoer of demerit points given to motorists (NN. 8.10.74). Someone should stand under one of the overhead bridges and see how many points could be awarded to Jay-walking pedestrians. The worst crossing Is In
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    • 176 8 World I Comment I Nihon Kelzal Shimbun The United States has banned the export of 125 million Bushels (3,400,000 tons) of wheat to the Soviet Union and adopted a system of prior approval for large grain exports. These measures convince us anew how strained the world
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    • 56 8 I am a resident of No. 5. Jalan Kesoma. The drains at the back of my house have been blocked for many months and have now become a breeding place for mosquitoes. Could the Environment Ministry please take the necessary action so that the residents will not be endangered
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    • 51 8 Every Monday night the programme Bonanza over Channel five clashes with the programme Love over Channel eight which comes on at 9.10 p.m. Would the program- mer consider having the programme Love (a Cantonese play) telecast on any other day except Monday or at a different time? FRONTON, Singapore,
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    • 536 8  -  SATURDAY GUEST GEORGE THOMSON GEORGE THOMSON A theory of government in Singapore could be written with the title "Government by Glossary." Words like "global", and "g ra c i ous" and "rugged" when given to us in M i n i st erlal speeches,
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    • 41 8 The roof of the HDB office at Mel Ling Road Is built in such a way that It contains water. The radio says mosquitoes can breed in Just a quarter of an inch of water. TAKE ACTION PLEASE, Singapore, 3.
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  • Weekend Nation
    • 1306 9  -  SINGAPORE TODAY Once a haven for sailors it still bustles with activity by 1 Violet Oon Once it was a riproaring village where British sailors got drunk and went broke on Saturday nights. Just outside the Naval Base in Semb a w a ng, the
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    • 692 10  -  Art Buchwald Los Angeles Times Several weeks ago I wrote about how the sup e markets raise the prices op their cans and boxes so fast that sometimes there are two or three changes in the cost of an Item before you get to
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    • 306 10 The story begins with Elvis, crying in the chapel, Buddy Holly boarding his last airplane, Chubby Checker twisting the night away, Sam Cooke lying in his own blood on a motel room floor. It continues with Bob Dylan, travelling mysteriously
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    • 114 10  -  By Rasiah Halil Once I thought I could revolutionise my little world with a semi-naked ideology opt out of this materialistic lane seek solace in socialistic avenues. Once too I almost lost my convictions ti hopes in living because external forces were more caustic than my dilapidated
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    • 366 10  -  By Alec Forrest Next to Shakespeare and Shaw, probably no figure in English literature has had so much written about him as Dr. Samuel Johnson, essayist, poet, ph 11 os o pher and compiler in 1755 of the first English dictionary. In a single volume, the
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    • 119 10 PAPERBACKS THREEPENNY NOVEL oy Bertolt Brecht, (Pengulp), This Is a dry, humorous, and biting satire on decayed capitalism. Two centuries after the first performance of John Oay's Beggar's Opera, Bertolt Brecht saw a German translation, and adapting it to his own purposes, produced
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    • 230 10 COVER OF THE WEEK: All races without exception have possessed a mythology. To trace the outline of the world's mythology Is to trace also the pattern of man's development. There has been no age, no civilization that has not probed the mysteries of life and sought to explain
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    • 511 11  -  SIGHT SOUND IT SONNY YAP RTS has lined up a package of "goodies" for your viewing pleasure during the coming Harl Raya Puasa festival. The Items are varied: feature-length movies, a variety show, science Action animation and a rugby special. The holiday programme kicks off on Wednesday the
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    • 232 11  -  ART BY JENNIFER SCHOON The desire to retain some of his culture has led artist Ismail Muda to concentrate on batik paintings. He feels that in this way he can combine a traditional art and at the same time brine a contemporary element into
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    • 208 11  -  THEATRE rr VIOLET OON At an age when most young musicians are entering music conservatories to start on their advanced study, Australia's Geoffrey Tozer, at 19, is already a publicly acclaimed concert pianist. He will give a piano recital at the Victoria Theatre on October 27
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    • 424 12/13  - City lasses put on the country gal look and really stun! by Betty L. Khoo There was a time when a city girl would have turned her delicate nose up at anything her country cousin wore. And the country cousin, her coarse homespun cottons, drtamt wistful drtams of being dolled
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    • 799 14  -  CHESS BY Lli LIM KOK ANN Readers who have registered for the first New Nation Postal Chess competition will be Informed individually who their opponents are after October 15, the closing date. It should be appreciated that postal chess is not quite suitable for raw
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    • 499 14 The Washington Post The noise caused by industrial plants, highway traffic, 1 a w n m o wers and children at play can be substantially reduced by proper placement of trees, shrubs and ground covers, Including lawn grasses. This is the substance of a new
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    • 284 14  -  STAMPS BY ANDREW LAU The early Issues of Singapore stamps are harder to obtain these days because of their growing popularity among philatelists here and abroad. But newcomers to the hobby need not be discouraged. They are usually available at stamp auctions which are held
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    • 508 15  -  By Leonard Greenwood Los Angeles Times Belo Horlzonte, capital of the mineral rich Brazilian state of Mlnas Gerais, was planned at the turn of the century as "the perfect city." It would be stately, open, with wide, treelined boulevards and some of the biggest
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    • 341 15  -  Weekend jaunt Angela Loke The springboard for Pangkor Island, set in the Dlndlngs channel, is the little town of Lumut, some 60 miles from Ipoh. From Lumut you board a ferry for the island. The 40-minute boat ride (which costs 70 cents) is an
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    • 181 15  -  By David Ottaway Washington Post A daring and extremely dangerous International scientific expedition to navigate the entire length of the mighty Zaire River is about to get under way in Kinshasa. Such a feat has never been accomplished before and it is far from certain
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    • 334 15  -  Notebook •»y Ismail Kassim The Slong Lim Temple, off Jalan Toa Payoh, is one religious institution which has kept pace with tremendous changes of its environment. Once set amidst a cool wooded area In the middle of a vegetablegrowing village, the temple Is now surrounded by high-rise HDB
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  • 71 16 Wilf Middleton is 40 and one of Britain's brightest policemen, with an intelligence quotient of 160-plus. The national average is 100 and Wilf rates higher in tne brainpower stakes than most professors. But Wilf, who left a Yorkshire school at 15 without qualifications, is happy to be
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  • Page 16 Miscellaneous
    • 1264 16 Weekend odd corner TV RADIO SINGAPORE 5 ALL YOUR WEEKEND VIEWING AND LISTENING TOP SHOWS of the WEEKEND SATURDAY 1.10 OPENING ANNOUNCEMENTS f 0 1 lowed by SESAME STREET 2.10 THE KIDS FROM 47 A 2.40 WIMBLEDON TENNIS '74 Men's Single Final: K.R. Rosewall vs J S. Connors <r) 4.20
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  • FINANCE
    • 427 17  -  ft The Consumer bv Rav K. Dhaliwal Price tags are slowly disappea ring from the markets, after a short appearance. Most stalls In the market are not displaying the compulsory price tags. And this only six months after legislation requiring price tagging came into effect.
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    • 293 17  -  MARKET ROUND-UP by Lee Yew Meng The first rays of sunshine finally dawned on the Singapore stock market this week after nearly two months of bearish activities. Except for Monday when the market sank to a new 3ft year low. It was up all the way during
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    • 174 17 Reuter London, Saturday. Britain yesterday announced another big trade deficit most of it caused by oil costs giving the country a reminder of harsh economic realities as the Labour Party celebrated Its narrow election victory. The gap between exports and Imports widened to £378 m.
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    • 449 17 CONTINENTAL Illinois National Band and Trust Company of Chicago has strengthened its Singapore's branch with the arrival here Of MR. RICHARD HENRY as Its regional representative for South East Asia. Mr. Henry has worked in the bank's headquarters in Chicago and was assistant manager of the CINB
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    • Stock markets round the world
      • 421 17 The Stock Market closed higher for the third consecutive session yesterday in active trading on the New York Btock Exchange. Advances topped declines by 1063 to 422 margin among the 1824 issues crossing the tape. Declines had led by a wide margin in the early trading. Volume amounted
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      • 33 17 Dow Jones closing stock averages on the New York Stock Exchange: 30 Industrials 658.1? (up 10.09), 20 transport 148.14 (up 3.22), 15 utilities 66.92 (up 1.34), 65 stocks 209.35 (up 3.66).
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      • 195 17 Share prices on the post holiday market sharply gained in fairly active trading pushing the Dow Jones index above the Y 3,500 level. The market rebounded broadly in early trading c.n corrected buying. Encouraged by the strong rallied on Wall Street. T.S.E. new index: 259.68 (7.72 up). T.S.E. 225
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      • 104 17 Closing prices on the Paris Bourse yesterday. Pari baa 114 +3.50 Fonder 347 +2.20 Prlntemps 75.80 80 COB 383 —2 Bull 29.50 —46 Royal Dutch 117.30 —1.30 Mlchelln 548 Thomson 133.10 —3.90 CFP 95.50 —1.70 Rhone 123.50 +.50 Air 340 +1 BSN 429 —10 Phi 11 pa 43.30 —10
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      • 66 17 Zurich Stock Exchange closing prices yesterday: UBS 3415 +35 SBC 417 3 Credit Suisse 2100 Swissair B. 410 Swiss Relnsur. 1810 Wlnterthur B. 1S70 +5 Zurich Insur. 5775 +50 Jurent B. MO —50 Nestle B. 3380 15 InterfoodB. 3000 —00 Clbe-Oelgy B. 1310 15 Baby Roche 7575 +375 Sandoi
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    • 181 17 The United Malacca Rubber Estates reaped a golden harvest this year with pre-tax profits of $3.86 million. This was a four-fold Jump over the previous year. Shareholders were rewarded with a 13 point Increase in dividends to 20 per cent this year against seven
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    • 262 18 SHOPPING GUIOE 0 RETAILER WHOLESALER Of the latest varieties of Indonesian Batik, Cosmetics, Ladles' Dresses, Nighties, Belts, Socks, etc. All Enquiries Welcome. Call: MALINDO STORE, groundfloor, Q4, High Street Centre, S'pore 6. THE NOVELTY CURIO STORE dealer In High-Class Costume Jewellery, Ladles' Plastic Leather handbags of Latest Designs Imported from
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  • LEISURE
    • 1240 19  -  He is still a big hit with the young ones By Henry Mitchell Elvis Presley will go on forever, it is understood, somewhat in the manner of Niagara Falls or Sarah Bernhardt and here he has not even begun his farewell tours. On the
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    • 422 19  -  The lighter side by Dick West UPI If some medical research project were on the verge of a breakthrough that would save thousands of lives each year, money would be hurled at it from all sides and directions. The national institutes of health would Rive
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  • Page 19 Miscellaneous
    • 467 19 AT THE CINEMA with SONNY YAP JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR: Based on the rock opera written by Tim Rice and composed by Andrew Lloyd Webber, this screen version Is a drama of Jesus' trials and tribulations in his last seven days before Calvary a story rendered Infinitely poignant through the prism
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  • SPORTS
    • 470 20 Crepello —so friendly and formidable! LESTER PIGGOTT continues his series—'My Greatest Five' How are you doinf in racing's peat guessing fame? Did you get Petite Etoile, Nljinsky and Rheingold fifth, fourth and third respectively in Lester ranking of the greatest horses he has ridden? People are talking about this exciting
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    • 526 20  -  From JOHN HUNDERSON Reuter London, Saturday. British horse racing is facing a financial crisis of such proportions that a leading trainer predicts it will kill the sport In Britain. John Winter, who trains horses In Newmarket a town which means as much to racing as
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    • 162 20 Thirty-six golfers will tee-off for the qualifying round of the Keppe) Cup competition at B uk i t Chermin tomorrow. The draw: 8.00 a.m.— Oib Lovell (7) D Munro (11) Teo Boon Thong (10); B.o6—Lee Chong Kook (17) Tan Choong Yan (13) Lo Ching Yee
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    • 583 21  -  It's a WOMAN'S WORLD OUR GOLFING QUEEN RETURNS FROM SUCCESSFUL TRIP TO JAPAN by Nancy Koh She paid her own way to Japan, piunged Into the realm of the big timers... and emerged among the top 10 golfers there. Against red hot rivalry frc.m Asia's
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    • 568 21 Los Angeles, Saturday. —Billie Jean King a sex symbol? It looks that way, and the world's best womiu* tennis player and adv6-' cate of Women's Lib doesn't know what to do about it. At 30, and since whipping Bobby Riggs in their celebrated tennis
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    • 1376 22  -  By JEFFREY LOW Next year's reformed National Football League of 30 dubs will be a positive step towards creating "soccer centres" In Singapore. These centres will eventually be permanent bases to which youngsters in the respective areas could walk Into and seek permission to
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    • 139 22 Reuter Jakarta, Saturday Denmark's star Bvend Pri will meet Indonesian doubles champion Tjun Tjun In the finals after beating Indonesian national champion Llem Swle King 15-8, 8-15, 15-6 In the second World Invitation badminton tournament last night. Both Pri and Llem (ought
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    • 79 22 London, Saturday—Former England goalkeeper Gordon Banks, whose playing career was ended by an eye In a car accident two years ago, has been called up by New England manager Don Revie to play a part In the country's soccer future. Banks and another former international who played
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    • 40 22 London. Saturday Results of last night's English football League matches: Div Three Southend United 1 Tranmere Rovers 0; Walsal! 3 Aldershot 0 (brought forward from today). Div Four Northampton Town 4 Stockport County 1; Southport 2 Chester 1.
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    • 376 22 United Press International Tokyo, Saturday Three Australians and an American entered the seml-flnals of the men's singles In the US$lOO,OOO 1974 Japan Open tennis tournament yesterday. Ken Rosewall of Australia won his quarterfinals match over countryman Ross Case. 6-1, 2-6, 6-4. while Australian John Newcombe beat
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      485 23  -  JB United use rough tactics but fail By JEFFREY LOW COBRAS 16 J. B. UNITED 14. Cobras of Selangor look well on their way to retaining the All Blues rugby title when they beat a robust Johore Bahru United side 16-14 at the Padang yesterday. Although play was
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    • 360 23 We have come to the conclusion that the winner of oar Joint Safety Contest could well be a woman since the aim is to And a sensible, practical driver rather than a future racing champion. An unpalatable fact, which most male motorists find It
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    • 401 23 Reuter London, Saturday South Africa's Gary Player yesterday made his Inevitable way into the final of the £30,000 Piccadilly world matchP 1 a y championship, where he faces the challenge of United States Open champion Hale Irwin. Player, who has won this title five times and
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    123 24 This is one way of getting your driving licence suspended by not fivinf way to pedestrians at lebra crossing. Under the Demerit System, to be imp 1 e men ted soon, this offence carries a penalty of five points. Drivers who exceed 12 points in a year
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