New Nation, 19 October 1974

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  • 23 1 New Nation SINGAPORE Saturday October 19, 1974 No. 1159 Price 20 cents M.C. (P) 20/74 W NEW (0) NATION 1 I COMMENT I
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  • 239 1  -  By Bharathi Mohan Toa Payoh residents yesterday arrested a young man who tried to molest three teenage girls In a Housing Board lift. He was cornered when the lift door opened at the ground floor of Block 157 in Lorong One. A group of people waiting to
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  • 114 1 Police are looking for four men who disappeared after this crash at Princess Circus in Alexandra Road yesterday. It happened at around 10.50 a.m. when the Alfa Romeo was involved in a collision with a bus and a motorcycle. According to the bus driver, Mr.
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  • 162 1 The Port of Singapore Authority is to develop Kusu the tortoise Island into a recreational resort. The island, which is the scene of the annual ninth month pilgrimage, will have a rock bund around It for safer swimming. There will be new and cleaner
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  • Page 1 Advertisements
    • 17 1 WHAT'S ON, TIDES P. 4 WEATHER P. 6 CINEMAS P. 19 COMICS P. 21 CROSSWORD P. 23.
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  • Page 1 Miscellaneous

  • LOCAL NEWS
    • 455 2 600 families told to quit squatter area About 600 families who moved into the Kampung Alexandra squatter area after Jan. 1967 will not be entitled to resettlement benefits. This Is to prevent people from moving Into clearance sites to obtain Housing and Development
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    • 124 2 LKA Soviet chess grandmaster Evgenil Vasiukov took the lead In the Manila grandmaster tournament after the conclusion of suspended games yesterday. Vasiukov has scored 7i points In 11 rounds and is followed by former world champion Tlgran Petroslan also of the Bovlet Union who
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    • 75 2 The Science Centre Is organising a study of the ecology of the sea shore for primary school teachers today and tomorrow. The group will be led by two officers from the Centre, Mr. Chou Loke Ming and Dr. Chla Woon Kim. The study Is primarily to make
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    • 35 2 The Central Young People's Section of the National Library will stage a Malay play "Two, three cats running" by the Srlwana actors at the library's lecture hall on Oct. 29 at 3 p.m.
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    • 341 2 A more thorough probation service will be set up next year by the Ministry of Social Affairs, to help Juvenile offenders and combat crime. Since Mr. Joseph Ang, chairman of the Volunteer Probation Officers' Protem Committee called on Singaporeans to step forward to offer their
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    • 95 2 Inspectors of the Department of Trade have stepped up their campaign to enforce price tags in the markets. The inspectors are going round to warn stallholders to display price tags in line with the Government regulation introduced six months ago. Price tags in the
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    • 10 2 Police reported 127 accidents yesterday. Nine were serious.
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    • 197 2 Local writers from the four language streams have been invited to a meeting to discuss the formation of a Singapore Writers Association. The National Book Development Council will host the meeting which will be held at the National Library, Stamford Road on Tuesday at 5.30 B.m. The chairman
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    • 111 3 Two men and a woman were injured in this smash-up between a Fiat and an Opel Kadett at Nicoll Highway yesterday. The two cars were moving along the central carriageway towards K a to n g when the crash took place at 2.30
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    • 251 3 Motorists who treat the public roads as a race track were blamed for the high number of serious accidents. "Such dare devil motorists have no regard for their own safety or the safety of other road users. They disobey almost all traffic rules." said
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    • 239 3 The Total Area Coverage (TAC) system the latest concept In radio communications Introduced early this month by the Traffic Police has passed the "test" with flying colours. Commissioned on Oct. 6 in conjunction with the Keep Singapore Accident Free campaign, the $800,000 set-up is
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    • 148 4 This is a snake which could not stay hidden for long. Driven by urbanisation to the banks of Whampoa Elver, It used to creep out of its hole In search for food every night. Last Thursday. it caught the eyes of two men who were
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    • 246 4 The local textile industry has been hit by a shortage of workers despite the general market depression. The industry has lest about one-third of its labour force over the oast two years or so. The chairman of the Singapore Garment Manufacturers' Association, Mr. Lam Thlan,
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    • 206 5  -  By Adrian Chiam Schoolgirl Naemah blnte Alwl'B childhood dream of being recognised as a dancer has finally come true. She has been selected as one of the dancing "ambassadors" from Singapore to tour Indonesia. At 10, she Is the youngest dancer In the 80-strong goodwill mission which
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    • 269 5 Fifty problem children are now being counselled at the newly-set up Guidance Clinic of the Institute of Education. The schoolchildren, with various behavioural and adjustment problems. are from three 1 nt e grated primary schools and one Engllshmedium secondary school. Their ages range from
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    • 359 5 Singaporeans should not only be bilingual In English and Chinese, MsJay or Tamil but should also learn to speak the languages of major nations. Dr. Toh Chin Chye, the Minister for Science and Technology, said this on his return yesterday from a
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    • 279 3 1949—1974 WE ARE 25 YEARS OLD TODAY DEAF AID EMPORIUM PTE. LTD. CELEBRATE OUR 25TH ANNIVERSARY Since 1949, the past 25 years have been devoted to helping the deaf and hard-of-hearingin Singapore and Malaysia. Founded by the late Mr. Herbert G.L. Lau, we have been the pioneers in introducing Hearing
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  • Page 4 Miscellaneous
    • 381 4 Mr. Chua Sian Chin, Minister tor Health and Home Affairs, will speak at the PRISONS DEPARTMENT ANNUAL DINNER at Sea View Hotel at 8 p.m. Enclk Othman Wok, Minister For Social Affairs and MP for Paslr Panjang, will speak at a CULTURAL SHOW for the people at Paslr Panjang Park
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    • 566 4 Cut out and pin with other coupons. Posting instuctions appear below Name (Mr./Mrs./Miss) Address Tel: FILL IN MISSING LETTERS ACROSS IB ■□□aaliiH BELOW •long dotted line CLUES FOR B-6 You spend it Cloth resembling velvet To fish con b« a pleasant diversion Pierce with a needle or the like Hardly
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  • WORLD NEWS
    • 421 6 Reuter and UPI Cairo, Saturday Egypt and the Soviet Union seemed yesterday to have patched up their relations as Foreign Minister Ismail Fahmy flew home to Cairo after four days of talks with Kremlin leaders. Mr. Fahmy, who led a high-level delegation to Moscow, said he
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    • 239 6 Reuter London, Saturday. Maldives Prime Minister Ahmed Zaki will pay an official visit to London from next Saturday to Nov. 3 and will then discuss with British ministers the future of the Royal Air Force (R.A.P.) base at Gan and other Anglo-Maldlvese questions,
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    • 178 6 United Press International Hong Kong:, Saturday Typhoon Carmen, after leaving 1000 homeless in Hong Kong is now heading for the South China coast. Weathermen plotted Carmen lOOkms (100 miles) south of Hong Kong at 12.30 am. today and "la forecast to move slowly northwest
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    • 264 6 Reuter Budapest, Saturday Singapore's Foreign Minister Sinnathamby Rajaratnam arrived yesterday for an official visit to Hungary, third stage of an East European tour. Mr. Rajaratnam, who was welcomed by Hungarian Foreign Minister Frlgyes Puja, flew In from Yugoslavia. Singapore and Hun* gary have had trade relations
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    • 32 6 Reuter Paris, Saturday France expects shortly to conclude a broad economic agreement with Saudi Arabia for 800 million tons of oU over the next 20 years, French officials said yesterday.
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    • 229 6 Reuterand UPI Geneva, Saturday Actor Richard Burton and his new love, Princess Elizabeth of Yugoslavia, who have said they want to marry as soon as possible, arrived here yesterday for a two-week stay in Switzerland. On leaving his Hampstead mansion for
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    • 117 6 United Press International TODAY Is Saturday, Oct. 10, the 292 nd day of 1974 with 73 to follow. THE MOON is approaching Its first quarter. THE MORNING STARS are Venus, Mars and 3aturn. THE EVENING STARS are Mercury and Jupiter. Those born on this day are under the sign
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    • 233 6 Reuter Washington, Saturday Former President Nixon knew his top aides were involved in the Watergate co-ver-up four days before the date he claimed he first learned the extent of White House involvement, according to a tape played yesterday at the cover-up trial. A previously undisclosed
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    • 188 7 Reuter New York, Saturday Somalia, current chairman of the Organisation of African Unity, urged the Security Council yesterday to consider whether South Africa should be expelled from the United Nations. Somali Foreign Minister Omar Arteh Ohalib said the racially-segrega-ted Republic's continued presence as a member
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    • 110 7 United Press International Unaer the watchful eyes of motorcycles and mounted police, black members of the Hyde Park High School football team in Boston were escorted to uielr practice field last Thursday. The school was the scene of racial violence, last Tuesday following a Federal Court
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    • 302 7 Reuter Saigon, Saturday Copfrontation between the Saigon government and rising opposition movements appeared to be sharpening after police clashed with Buddhist demonstrators, with the gov"ernment generally showing a tougher reaction to the challenges. Police used tear gas grenades to break up a demOnstr atlon after
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    • 166 7 Reuter New York, Saturday World Bank President Robert McNamara yesterday called on the traditionally wealthy countries to accept a temporary small reduction in their high living standard to help 1,000 million people in the poorest nations. These people are living In conditions so degrading as to
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  • Page 6 Miscellaneous
    • 328 6 WEATHER London Cloudy with rain, 55-48F, 13-9C. Headline: Liz's boyfriend on car charges. Parts Cloudy, 5543F, 13-6C. Headline: Reform of family tax credits a subject of controversy. Moscow Fair, 4537 F, 7-3C. Headline: Working collective Is the main Instrument of upbringing. Rio De Janeiro Cloudy, 82-65F, 27-18C. Headline: Ford denies
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  • OPINION
    • 355 8 The current session of the United Nations has taken two important steps towards recognising the fact that there can be no permanent Middle East peace without a solution of the Palestinian problem. For the first time the General Assembly has agreed to place the Palestinian
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    • WHISPERS By ISPY
      • 54 8 People who travel overseas Inevitably get lnnumeroua request* to "bring something back" from their friends. A colleague's Mend who visited Aden recently was asked to buy some shoes back. But he had to return empty-handed. All the shoes he saw In Aden, h* insisted, had "Made In
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      • 56 8 Two and a half years after the event, former American President Mr. Nixon's trip to Peking Is being screened In four cinemas In Thailand. Quipped a friend at a party the other night, "Perhaps the Thais are trying to say. look what happens to those who establish
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    • 719 8  -  SATURDAY GUEST ANN WEE ANN WEE Did vou ever sit through one of those monstercreepy crawliesare taking overour planet movies? The screen at the Rex cinema was swarming with them a decade or so ago. Between eight and nine each morning Singapore from the
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    • 147 8  -  LEE PHEK HONG (Miss) Executive Officer, Singapore Tourist Promotion Board, Singapore, It. We refer to the letter Spoiling Our Image by Antl Bogus Operator, <NN, 11.10.74). Investigations are carried out on the background and financial standing of applicants for tourist agency licences. It Is the Board's
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    • 72 8 We, the residents of Chitty Road, are receiving complaints dally from our daughters regarding a group of youths who pass abusive remarks and catapult them with fruit skins when they go through Chitty Road. The youths pretend not to know anything when we ap pr oach them.
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    • 173 8 World Comment I If we look back at what the situation in Thailand has been during the year since the October uprising, we will see that we have obtained only a few of the things we have been fighting for. and among these is the permanent Constitution.
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  • Page 8 Advertisements
    • 2 8 MAIL BAG
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    • 107 8 We have the widest range of imported curtain fabrics for domestic and commercial applications of interior decoration. We provide free colour consultation. You are under no obligation to consult us. Trade enquiries for export to Malaysia Indonesia welcome. (OPEN DAILY INCLUDING SUNDAY) :I=J H HHt I tm MAN TEXTILES CO.,
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  • Weekend Nation
    • 1081 9  -  Now traders with new products have taken over SINGAPORE TODAY by Edgar Koh A garish, plastic look has come to Sungel Road, the incessantly noisy bazaar by the side of smelly Rochore Canal which used to sell mainly second hand goods. Pirated cassette
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    • 260 10 PAPERBACKS THE ENORMOU8 ROOM by EE. Cuminings, (Penguin), EE Cummlngs was a driver with the American Red Cross during World War I. In 1017, he was detained on suspicion for three months at Le Ferte Firlson; "entombed withn the drooling, greenish walls" of
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    • 564 10 I BiichualcljJ Less than a year ago everyone was hard at work vowing to conserve fuel. Americans had pledged themselves to finding new ways of saving energy and making the United States self-suffi-cient when it came to oil. In the Interests of finding out what
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    • 367 10 Washington Post Los Angeles Times "HOLLYWOOD: Stars and Starlets, and Flash Peddlers, Movia Makers and Moneymaker*, Frauds and eniuses, Hopefuls and Has-Ba«ns, Crest Lovers and Sax Symbols." By Carson Kanin. (Tha Viking Press. 393 Pages, US$B.95). Once upon a time there was a mythical kingdom on
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    • 88 10 The modern study of the Druids has a double attraction. Not only does Professor Piggot detail the little that can be said with any certainty about this shadowy Celtic priesthood; he also traces, through remarkably ex a c t stages, the evolution of a legend. Posidonlus
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    • 97 10  -  By Ong Teong Hean progress in the 'kampung' neen round the rim of the bullock-cart wheel, wrapped round with lorry tyre so trim; made for a faster run carrying an extra-ton. progress in the town can be smelt in the air, choking of carbon-monoxide fume and on these streets
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    • 129 10 The following were the most popular titles borrowed from the National Library for the month of September. FICTION: Persuasion Jane Austin; The Mother pearl 8. Buck; In High Places Arthur Halley; Lady Chatterley's Lover D.H. Lawrence; Gone With The Wind Margaret Mitchell; All Men
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    • 558 11  -  SIGHT SOUND •Y SONNY YAP Weekend matinees, often filled by stale adventure or detective serials, have appeared to take a turn for the more dramatic. This Is a heartening sign for it helps to meet the needs of those who prefer more serious
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    • 230 11  -  THEATRE BY VIOLET OON Yet another production of one-act plays Is being offered by the Stage Club at the RELC from Oct. 31 to Nov. 2 at 8.30 p.m. Tickets cost $4 each. A spokesman for the Club said: "This time we are
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    • 272 11  -  ART ■Y JENNIFER SCHOON Anything creative especially painting has always interested Madam Chew Bin Chin, apd had she the opportunity to study art when she was younger, she might today be an artist in the true sense of the word. But l(«?c opportunity hasn't prevented her from pursuing
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    • 874 12/13 The provision of adequate services for old people has been neglected in Singapore. One reason for this is the mistaken belief that Asian family ties are so strong that younger members would not think of packing off their elders to a
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    • 539 12/13  -  by Betty L. Khoo The monthly purchase of a couple of social welfare lottery tickets and the odd coin dropped in a flag seller's box are all the average man-in-the-street contributes to charity. It is no wonder therefore that there is insufficient money
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    • 40 12/13 Growing old is terrible if the aged are left to fend for themselves or are left in private "home s." New Nation today concludes a feature which looks at the shocking conditions of some of these sad people...
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    • 131 12/13 No woman or man is too diseased or filthy for Mrs. M. Han to touch and bring a few soothing words of comfort to. Like an angel of mercy, she goes to the Aljunied shelter on Sundays to give the helpless Inmates there whatever help she can.
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    • 1190 12/13 Washington Post Although they are both nearlng 100, Lou and Emerald Schwartz enjoy perpetual youth and good health. So do their parents. Inlaws, grandchildren, great grandchildren and the 25 other members of the Schwartz clan who are crammed Into a
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    • 579 14  -  CHESS SY LIM KOK ANN The first New Nation Postal Chess Championship will begin as soon as competitors receive their instructions which have been' mailed to them. Seven qualifying groups have been formed, each of seven players who will play two games simultaneously against other members
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    • 618 14 MUSIC Washington Post The Russians have asked composer Roy Harris to come to Moscow in 1975 and record all of his symphonies. There'll be at least 13 by then Harris, who is 70, is already laying out the scheme (five movements, for chorus
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    • 219 14  -  STAMPS •Y ANDREW LAU Newcomers to the stamp collecting hobby should be encouraged to start with the collection of Singapore stamps. This, is the opinion of a leading philatelist when I asked him to comment on the trend of stamp- collecting in Singapore. He
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    • 718 15 Round and round and round they go. Until everybody on the plane has hefted his American tourister, duffel, gladstone, laundry bag, samsonlte, knapsack, vultton baggage off the baggage conveyor belt, and you're left there holding the claim check. It happens a lot. and It happens
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    • 370 15  -  Notebook by Ismail Kassim The growth of St. Andrew's Mission Hospital from a small clinic at a shophouse to a fivestorey hospital paralleled the development of social services in Singapore. Located at the busy Junction of Tanjong 'agar Road and Hoe Chiang Road, the
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    • 299 15  -  By Angela Loke There are a number of towns in Johore that have a charm and quiet of their own. If you are disenchanted with the rush and congestion of the city, you will find their typical cozy atmosphere and slower pace of life Irresistible. Kluang,
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    • 78 12/13 THE WONDERS OF ITALY at YOUR FEET. S >■: 7 s IT s n W« arc proud to unveil our now collection of excluaive Men's Shoe* from ITALY! Modern taste and per feet craftamanship in every de tail. The superb stitchings combine with today'a great look in 2-Toned, soft leathera
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  • Page 14 Miscellaneous
    • 438 14 LUCKY STARS IF IT'S YOUR BIRTHDAY BORN today, you are one of those highly domestic individuals to whom home and family provide the touch-stones of dally life. You cannot be happy when things go wrong on the home front, and whether you work in the home or away from it,
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  • 78 16 Kevin Keogh, an 18-year-old labourer, joined his local regiment, the Royal Hampshires, for nine years because the British Army recruiting poster said it was going to Hong Kong. And Kevin wanted to see the world of Suzy Wong. Instead, he was sent to battle-torn Ulster. Now his
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  • Page 16 Miscellaneous
    • 1327 16 Weekend oS«»s££ TV RADIO ALL YOUR WEEKEND VIEWING AND LISTENING SINGAPORE 5 TOP SHOWS of the WEEKEND SATURDAY 12.55 OPENING ANNCTB. followed by SESAME STREET 1.55 SATURDAY MATINEE The Lamb 3.20 FINAL OF INTERCONSTITUENCY FOOTRALL TOURNAMENT (R) Kuo Chuan vs Telok Blangah 4.15 SANDIWARA (R) Malay drama entitled Ceral Sebelum
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  • FINANCE
    • 265 17  -  By Rav K. Dhaliwal It has been a week of ups and downs as bulls and bears took turns on the Stock Exchange of Singapore. Monday saw the bullish trend of last week continuing for the fifth consecutive day. The buoyancy resulted In gains of
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    • 351 17  -  r Thc i Consumer by Rav K. Dhaliwal Long-standing habits and prejudices are hard to overcome in spite of rising inflation. Rice is a typical example. It Is a staple food which Is consumed in larger quantities than any other food item. About two years
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    • 173 17 WELLER-FOLEY Unwriting Agencies have appointed MR. LAWRENCE PEREIRA as managing director this month. Mr. Pereira, 37, Is an advocate and solicitor and has been In the insurance Industry tar more than Ave years. He was previously the general manager of the commany. MR. WONG E N G
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    • Stock markets round the world
      • 342 17 The stock market, encouraged by a cut In the prime lending rate, closed higher yesterday In moderate trading on the New York Stock Exchange, despite some profit taking. Standard and Poors 500 stock Index was up 1.11 at 72.28. Advances topped declines 947 to 468 among the 1775
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      • 28 17 Dew Jones closing stock averages: 30 Industrials 654 88 (up 3.44), 20 transport 149.03 (up 2.31), 15 utUltlea 70.20 (up 0.57), 05 stocks 200.66 (up 1.73).
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      • 209 17 Share prices sharply resounded In active trading on the Tokyo Exchange yesterday from a slight fall on Thursday. The ovenuglit rally on Wall Street provided a confident mood among investors and prices went up steadily throughout the morning session. Also supporting the advance were growing hopes that the government
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      • 75 17 Zurich Stock Exchange UB8 2615 66 UBS 2615 66 BBC 434 1« Credit Suisse 2180 25 Swissair B. 410 Swiss Relnsur. 1860 4Wlnterthur B. 1440 65 Zurich Inaur. 6800 25 J u vena B 1030 -f- 30 Nestle B. 2366 -1-106 Interfood B. 2676 75 Clba-Gelgy B. 1390 70
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    • 144 17 Mr. Hon Sui Sen, the Minister for Finance, will open an international seminar on Industrial Information at the Regional English Language Centre on Monday at 9.45 ajn. The seminar Is organised by the United Nations Industrial Development Organisation in conjunction with the Governments of
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    • 71 17 Reuter Copenhagen, Saturday. —The Danish division of General Motors, the country's only car assembly plant, yesterday dismissed half of Its nearly 700 employees as the first major step in plans to discontinue assembly operations in Denmark. All but 10 to 20 of the remaining employees will
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  • Page 17 Advertisements
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  • SPECIAL FEATURE
    • 1118 19  -  FILM THAT THROWS A FRESH LIGHT ON HITLER. AND HIS FRIENDS By Kenneth Turan Adolf Hitler delicately pouring coffee at a c h 11 d re n's birthday party. Adolf Hitler letting a baby play with his moustache. Adolf Hitler givipg his German shepherd
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    • 394 19  -  The lighter side by Dick West Nelson Rockefeller's nomination to be VicePresident appears in trouble and it's his own fault. Surely the former New York Governor has been in public life long enough to realise that philanthrophy and politics don't mix. Yet during a 17year period
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  • Page 19 Miscellaneous
    • 752 19 AT THE CINEMA with SONNY YAP JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR: Based on the rock opera written by Tim Rice and composed by And>~w 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
    • 592 20  -  Tall NZ girls were just too much for our netballers It's a WOMAN'S WORLD by Nancy Koh What was lacking speed, skills, strategy or stamina? This question worried me after our National netballerg were trodden under by 117 goals to nine on home-ground by the touring
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    • 434 20 By JACKIE STEWART talking to lAN BARNES Emerson Flttlpaldl, the man who toon my world motor racing championship crown for the second tune at Watkins Glen, Is set to become Brazil's new sportting hero. He could not have chosen a better time to step Into the
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    • 501 21  -  Barry Hughes is the 37-year-old manager of Dutch First Division club Haarlem. He rebuilt his career in Dutch soccer after breaking a leg as a 21-year-old West Bromwich first-team player. Hughes moved to his present club Haarlem after a spell as manager of Dutch
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    • 202 21 Vienna, Saturday.—The International Olympic Committee will meet here on October 21-24 to remould the shape of amateur sport for the next decade and choose the sites for the 1980 summer and winter Olympic Games. The 75th lOC congress will issue the longawaited new definition of an
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    • 538 21  -  By JOHN DAVIES DAILY EXFRESS Scarlet wrist-bands and goals are the trade mark of Aston Villa's Golden Shot, Ray Graydon, the League's top marksman. Eleven goals from 11 games as Villa mount an exciting promotion charge against the Second Division's leading sides,
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    • 225 22 Picture House may be danger Pick Your Winners with Scrutineer Sovereign Escort has hit a bright patch and can make It three win in-a-row In Race 2 at Buklt Timah tomorrow. The four-year-old by Matrlce outclassed his opposition at Penang last month and scored a
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    • 153 22 SCRUTINEER BLUE PETER EPSOM JEEP DANTE Race 1 i: Foreign Exchange Nazakat Not Guilty Arctic Spring Not Guilty Naeakat Seasonably Watergate Race I 1: Sovereign Escort Picture House Sovereign Escort Picture House Sovereign Eacort Southern Knight Columban The Executive Race 3 Together Gemblro Fair Play Together Together
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    • 3210 22 1.45 Class 6 Dlv 1 6f ($7,000 $4,900 to winner) I 2328 Trappar Jaa a (Francis) Mansor 8 9.0 (rl) 7f Oai 7 1 0801 Naiakat II a (Mln) Daniels S 8.11 (ud -1) 7f P 'Rank 10 8 0000 MaHupoppIn (Lovely
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    • 340 22 Reuter London, Saturday. With the great Allez France In the field, the Champion Btakes at Newmarket today will be a race worthy of the name. Daniel Wlldensteln, Allez France's owner, said after her victory In the Prlz de L'Arc de Trlomphe two weeks ago that
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    • 138 23 SCRUTINEER BLUE PETER EPSOM JEEP DANTE Kace 1 The Director Chungking Chungking The Director Jolljr Postman Chungking Molten Gold The Director Race 2 Winner's Delight Prairie View Prairie View Winner's Delight Makmor Prairie View Red Carpet Voluble Race 3 Raja Mm Paplllon Storm Petrel Captain Starlight Storm Petrel
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    • 236 23 By BLUE PETER There is a strong tip for Jolly Postman, late NataraJ n, in Race 1 at Buklt Timah today. The going is likely to be good. Chungking, in the same race, is also fancied by his connections. I heard a "whisper" for Anngrah In
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    • 57 23 Christchurch, Saturday. Japan have accepted an invitation to run at the New Zealand Games to be held in Christchurch next January. The Japanese have told the organisers that the two athletes specifically asked for sprinter M. Jlnno and steeplechaser Takaharu Koyama have both accepted. Three other
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    • 218 23 Ali can knock Foreman out Dundee UPI and Reuter Kinshasa, Saturday World heavyweight champion George Poreman is getting his sparring partners to imitate challenger Muhammad All's moves In his training, but it will not help him in their October 30 title bout, All's trainer Angelo Dundee said yesterday. "I'm more
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    • 177 23 Reuter Sydney, Saturday Sydney professional Jack Newton battled strong winds to retain his lead at the halfway mark of the New South Wales Open golf championship at the Pymble Club yesterday. Newton, the overnight leader with a fourunder par-68, fired a par-72 to lead
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    • 360 23  -  By JEFFREY LOW Sweeper S a m a d Allapitchay will don the National colours again when the Singapore side clash with Johore In a friendly soccer match at the National Stadium tonight (kickoff 7.30 p.m.). Samad. 24, comes back after a 22-month absence and will
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    • 110 24 Famous trials The Emergency of 1948 was a terrifying period for people in Malaysia and Singapore. For Jeffrey Watts Carter, it turned into a nightmare he was charged in court for consorting with the communists. If convicted the penalty was death. The brain surgeons What goes on inside the operation
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