New Nation, 7 December 1974

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  • 21 1 New Nation SINGAPORE Saturday December 7, 1974 No. 1200 Price 20 cents M.C. (P) 20/74 f===^l NEW NATION t COMMENT I
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  • 1068 1 The Registry of Vehicles yes terday announced new rules to ensure roadworthiness of all vehicles on the roads. According to tne ROV, the new rules which will replace the Motor Vehicles (Construction and Use) Rules Formulated 25 years ago, is to "set more precise standards
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  • Page 1 Advertisements
    • 16 1 Stt P*ge 6 CINEMAS ?0 WEATHER P. WHAT'S ON, TIDES COMICS P. 21 CROSSWORD P. 23
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  • Page 1 Miscellaneous
  • 410 1  -  By Nancy Koh Those big, cherubic eyes, the provocative smile and that sparkling voice spell fortune to Singapore girl, Sakura Ting. For these features, which made Sakura the singing sweetheart here in the early *****, have won her a five-year film contract with Shaw Brothers
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  • 108 1 Reuter Washington, Saturday A cinema manager In Vernon, Connecticut, who thinks most couples do not know how to enJoy sex plans to educate them by arranging live performances on stage. Mr. Angelo Palma .said he plans to start the performances on January 2 and has
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  • 115 1 Kuala Lumpur, Saturday The Federal Highway was reopened to traffic at about 7.30 a.m. today. Police have cleared the concrete lamp posts, stones and other obstacles along the Highway. Motorists using the Highway are advised to avoid Jalan Pantal Baru and use Jalan Syed Putra when heading towards
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  • 13 2 Police reported 116 accidents yesterday. Six were" serious and one fatal.
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  • LOCAL NEWS
    • 265 2 A scheme to alleviate peak-hour traffic jams along Robinson and Anson Roads will bt put into operation beginning at noon tomorrow. The aim of the scheme Is to Increase road capacity for northbound traffic and to reduce peak-hour congestion along the two roads (see map). As a
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    • 164 3 This looks like a practical way of alleviating congestion in the city one cdr hitching a ride from another. Unfortunately traffic laws and limitations of engineering skills do not permit this. In this ease, however, the car that Is hitching a ride from the Opel Rekord Is
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    • 40 3 Forty Ave sculptures will go on show at the Young People's Gallery from Dec. 12. The exhibition will be opened by Tuan Haji Sha'arl Tadin, senior Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Culture, at 5.30 p.m. on Dec. 12.
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    • 340 3  -  By Judith Holmberg The People's Association has dissolved all its youth subcommittees in community centres, in preparation for the setting up of a Central Youth Council. Five regional committees will also be formed. The 82 community centres with sub-committees will soon hold elections for
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    • 71 3 The Registry of Vehicles will be stamping all their mall from today with special stamps with the message: Car Pools Benefit You. About 100,000 of these stamps have been printed by the National Employers' Council to aid the government's Stagatlme and Carpooling campaign. The stamps are
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    • 68 3 Miss Aggie Khoo, an accounts clerk, was crowned the Straits Times Press Queen last night. Second was Miss Rosa Tok, and third Miss Ranee Govlndram. Among the prizes won by them were a double return ticket to Manila donated by the Malaysian Airline System, a 22-Inch Siera
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    • 37 3 The Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Defence, Dr. Goh Keng Swee, will attend the graduation dinner of the Kreta Ayer Technical Study Centre at the Mayflower Restaurant, DBS Building on 19 at 8 p.m.
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    • 22 3 A 10-session course on marketing, organised by the Metropolitan YMCA, will be held at its premises every Tuesday from Dec. 10.
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    • 129 3 Singapore got a pat on the back for its anti-litter campaign from a London govern ment commission. A Reuter report yesterday said tnat Sir Brian Flowers, the commission chairman, at a Press conference, praised Singapore for the way it handled the problem of litter in public
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    • 464 4  -  By Nancy Koh Lee Heong Kum, the renowned "wicked stepmother" of the Chinese screen, is now a grandmo th e r and a youthful one at that. She is 43 years old ("I've no secrets to hide") but looks half her age, even
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    • 96 4 The Nanyang University may be starting a course on Mass Communications soon. A spokesman for the university said: "From statistics in the past, it has been shown that there is a great demand for this course. 'The university is looking into the matter to
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    • 329 4  -  By Richard Lim Male bus conductors vesterday maintained that they had always provided a fair and considerate service to commuters. But, they added, there may be a few black sheep as in every Job. They were commenting on a report about the Singapore Bus
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    • 271 4 Students who passed their Primary School Leaving Exa ml nation (PSLE) can apply for transfer to a school of another la n g u a ge stream, provided they are very prdficiept in their second language. This is in keeping with the Ministry of
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    • 229 5 Hands to g e t her, these women pledged their unity in upholding women's rights. They are senior members of the Singapore Insurance Companies Employees' Union who will be attending a seminar for women trade unionists to be held in Penang next week. About 90 delegates
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    • 329 5  -  By Violet Oon The Ars Antiqua de Paris gave us a near perfect musical evening early music at the RELC Auditorium last night but they could have done with some lessons in personality development. The players kept themselves so aloof, especially the counter tenor Joseph
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    • NEXT WEEK IN NEW NATION
      • 56 24 Chong Yook was an attractive rubber tapper from Raub who was alleged to have been misbehaving with men in Kuala Lumpur. When her dead body was found in Sungei Besi Road, police arrested her husband. What followed was a dramatic court case that brought into public glare
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      • 44 24 There is a little bit of the wilful destructiveness in all of us. But what leads to the gross vandalism exhibited in HOB lifts and in telephone booths? New Nation begins a dramatic three-part feature on Vandalism in Singapore on Monday.
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      • 53 24 Thousands of Allied prisoners died working on the infamous Death Railway in Thailand during World War Two. After the war, the War Crimes Court in Singapore heard charges against a Japanese soldier and his Korean subordinate for atrocities at the Death Railway. New Nation resurrects the highlights
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      • 59 24 Yamashita was called the Titer of Malaya by the Japanese. He was revered and worshipped In Tokyo. But in Singapore and Malaya, people hated him for the barbaric atrocities his troops committed. After the war, his trial was held in Manila. New Nation presents the Yamashita trial
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    • 302 24 Shoppers at the New World trade fair at Serangoon Road beware! There is a group of pickpockets who are actively operating in the fair grounds every night. They are aged around 30 and are mixing freely with the shoppers who throng the fair grounds between 7
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    • Article, Illustration
      87 24 This isn't a contest to find how many crates a trishaw can carry. It is simply a way of saving the rider from making another trip. He was seen pedalling along Bouth Bridge Road this week by our roving cameraman. But this lazy act is putting other road users
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    • 115 4 Northern Palace Restaurant 801. BTH FLOOR, COLOMBO COURT. NOR 1 H BRIDGE ROAD. S'PORE, 6. r Try our delicious Hongkong Cantonese dishes Specially prepared in the best Chinese tradition by our chefs. Our catering is ideal for wedding dinners, annual dinners or any other functions. No service or extra charges
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  • Page 4 Miscellaneous
    • 60 4 TIDES Today: 4.32 p.m. (2.4 m) Tomorrow: 5.32 a.m. (2.4 m), 6.16 p.m. (2.3 m). Monday: 6.54 a.m. (2.5 m), 7.58 p.m. (2.3 m). Tuesday: 7.49 a.m. (2.6 m), 9.15 p.m. (2.4 in). Wednesday: 8.35 a.m. (2.7 m), 10.11 p.m. (2.5 m). Thursday: 9.15 a.m. (2.8 m), 10.58 p.m. (2.6
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    • 226 4 WHAT'S ON The Minister for Cul- Gay World Stadium at ture, Mr. Jek Yeun 8 pm. Thong, will open the Mr. Ong Soo Chuan, three-day VOCATIONAL Parliamentary Secretary ACTIVITIES AND HOB- for Foreign Affairs, will BYCRAFT EXHIBITION officiate at a SEND-Orr at the People's Park at CEREMONY for **a2 30
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  • WORLD NEWS
    • 298 6 Reuter Rambouillet, Saturday France and the Soviet Union yesterday signed a major trade deal for Russian supply of natural gas and French construction of industrial plants in the Soviet Union. The agreement was the first concrete result of two days of intensive talks between President
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    • 175 6 Reuter Saigon, Saturday Communist troops have struck at government positions in the Mekong Delta, leaving the fate of a district headquarters garrison uncertain, while another unit staged a combined attack and ambush just outside Saigon, military sources said. The radio of the district headquarters
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    • 113 6 Reuter New Delhi, Saturday.— The Indian state of Haryana has proposed Imprisonment, fines and obligatory abortions for couples In India having more than two children. The proposal was made yesterday on the first day of the three-day National Population Con- ference here. At the conference,
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    • 72 6 United Press International Washington, Saturday The Postal Service yesterday said Mainland China is rejecting mail unless it is addressed to the "People's Republic of China" no other way. "They will not accept mail addressed to "Mainland China," said the Postal Bulletin, an official publication sent to all
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    • 159 6 United Press International TODAY is Saturday, Dec. 7, the 341 st day of 1974 with 24 to follow. This is Pearl Harbour Day. THE MOON is between its last quarter and new phase. THE MORNING STARS are Mercury, Mars and Saturn. THE EVENING STARS are Venus and Jupiter. Those
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    • 169 6 Reuter Nicosia, Saturday Turkish-Cypriot leader Rauf Denktash said yesterday that the Turkish Army In Cyprus would not take further military action following the return to the island today of Archbishop Makarios. "Turkey has declared there Is no such intention There is no need
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    • 340 7 Reuter London, Saturday The British Government yesterday announced long-term plans to control the rate of oil production from the North Sea, but made it clear it wanted to leave the pioneering firms a return on investment sufficient to keep them active In the area. Some
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    • 63 7 Forming a rolling pyramid of 10 men (one is barely visible at lower rear) is a spec iality of the daredevil White Helmet Motorcycle Display Team, a British group that travels all over the world giving shows and riding exhibitions. The stuntmen use straps
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    • 32 7 Reuter Lagos, Saturday A 15-year-old Nigerian boy has been sentenced to 21 years In prison for his part in the armed theft of a taxi, It was announced here yesterday.
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    • 177 7 Reuter New York, Saturday Lady Mary Churchill Soames, daughter of the late Sir Winston Churchill, said yesterday she did not think her father's reputation would stand or fall on the basis of recent criticism of him by actor Richard Burton. Interviewed on American television, she said
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    • 101 7 United Press International Johannesburg. Saturday An official news blackout prevailed here and In the Rhodeslan capital of Salisbury yesterday amid Press speculation that detente between black and white governments in Southern Africa was "imminent." Radio South Africa reported Rhodeslan Prime Minister lan Smith Is preparing
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  • Page 6 Miscellaneous
    • 501 6 Cut out and pin with other coupons. Posting instuctions appear below Name (Mr./Mrs./Miss)* Address Cut along dotted lines CLUES FOR 1-6 1. Walk through shallow water 2. Downpour of ica particles 3. For hobbyist purposes, a young man might buy this 4. Outer covering of the trunk of a tree
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    • 220 6 WORLD WEATHER New York—Sunny, 4530F, 7-minus IC. Headline: Sirica bars delay In cover-up trial: Nixon Is excused. San Francisco—Partly cloudy, 64-59F, 25-17 C. Headline: Sirica rules that Nixon need not testify at trial. Tokyo—Sunny, 50-39F, 10-4 C. Headline: Brezhnev and Olscard discuss European security. Paris Variable, 5043F, 10-6 C. Headline:
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  • OPINION
    • 332 8 Despite repeated charges of foreign intervention in support of the Muslim insurgents in the Southern Philippines, President Marcos has shown a surprising capacity to tolerate foreign mediation in what is essentially an internal problem. More than one Muslim delegation from abroad has toured the troubled
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    • WHISPERS By ISPY
      • 41 8 Running a paper is difficult business in Portugal. The Mozambique dally Notlcias de Belra has been fined 150,000 escudos (852,300> for not publishing the complete speech of Portuguese President Antonio de Splnola and for criticising King Hussein of Jordan.
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      • 62 8 Being tall Is not without Its disadvantages. A very tall senior executive was recently told that his staff thought him unfriendly because he seldom greeted them In the lift In the morning. "How could I?" he lamented to some friends the other night, "I can't see their face<»
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    • 177 8 On Tuesday, November 26, my friends (girls) and I boarded bus service No. 2 at about 4.00 p.m. at the Changl bus terminus. We had lost our student concession passes so when we asked the conductor for half-price tickets, he refused. This was excusable because it
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    • 214 8 World Comment The Financial Times Taking things at their face value almost everything in the French garden should be lovely, or nearly so. The trade deficit is showing signs of coming down, the inflation rate is showing signs of decelerating. That Is one side of the picture.
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    • 637 8  -  SATURDAY GUEST ROBERT YEO ROBERT YEO The complexity of our multi-cul-tural society was again demonstrated recently at a preliminary meeting of local writers and potential writers of the four language streams. It was called by th? National Book Development CouncU to discuss the proposed for
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    • 94 8 My new HDB flat, situated in Geylang Bahru (Block 15) is too near a factory. This factory operates from Monday to Thursday (day and night). The noise it produces Is beyond toleration. My sons complain that they cannot sleep with- out closing the windows because their room
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  • Weekend Nation
    • 1045 9  -  SINGAPORE TODAY by Violet Oon One word describes the people of the village of Ayer Gemuroh tolerant. Where e:se would you And a closely-knit rural community accepting the inhabitants of two other villages en masse among them without question? This is what exactly
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    • 850 10 Tr BOOK OF THE MONTH k —i Alexander Isayev 1 c h Solzhenltsyn was once the darling of the Soviet Press and called the "new Tolstoy." But the endearment was not to last for too long. A brilliant thinker and writer, he was soon cataloguing
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    • 588 10  -  Melbourne Herald Friendships be tween little girls often fade as quickly as they blossom. But the relationship of two Australians, both 13, with their "best friend" in England, is rather different. The English girl is Harriet Mott, also 13, and she has written a
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    • 181 10  -  By Clara Chua Blue skys, white clouds match my silly emptiness Aimless tide-wave sounds, a gentle singing of kind wind And all about green spurts of grass, amid bone fire sand, sifting sifting: Young fat girl, suntanning in variations, in the sunshine of my days.
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    • 366 11 As each day passes by, the automobile dealers are getting more desperate to move their 1975 cars. They've tried almost everything under the sun to no avail well, almost everything. "Attention all cars attention all cars—go to Overview Terrace a family Is
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    • 550 11 GARDENING Washington Post Flowers and vegetables growing In pots and tubs on patios and balconies can do fine If given the right kind of care. Mainly they need to be watered enough and fertilised lightly on occasion. This is true also for plants growing in hanging baskets
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    • 685 11  -  CHESS Art Bnchu'cild jg a *Y LIM KOK ANN "No dice, Esmerelda. If I don't sell any *75 cars, they'll take my dealership away from me- I have to think of us. I warned Frledkln something like this would happen if he kept stalling on the
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    • 496 12/13  -  j *>y Betty L. Khoo It's school vacation time again. So pack your gear, climb aboard (It may not be the Wells Fargo express or a bullet train) and this Malayan Railways train will get you where you want to go. And It Is a fun way
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    • 505 14  -  SIGHT& SOUND IT SONNY YAP The FBI has always been the favourite detective series among many Singaporeans because of its ring of authenticity. A continuation of the highy rated Q u 1 n n Martin series which has already completed a successful nine-year run can
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    • 307 14  -  THEATRE «Y VIOLET OON In the past few years Korean cultural troupes have built a formidable reputation for themselves among Singaporeans. Whether from North or South, the standard has been consistently high with the dancers impressing all with their grace and advanced techniques. We can
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    • Article, Illustration
      205 14  -  ART •Y ENNIFER SCHOON Opening at 6 p.m. today at the Alliance Francaise, Is the first exhibition of Mrs. Hanna Merlans (below), and It features a total of 48 works lneluding etchings, watercolours, lithographs and etched metal plates designed to be used as murals. Mrs. Merians. born
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    • 575 15  -  Weekend jaunt by Violet Oon Fresh, cool mountain air, delicious crisp vegetables and breathtaking scenery still draw visitors by the droves to the Cameron Highlands in Pahang. The route is via Tapah In the state of Perak, about 30 odd miles away from Ipoh. From
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    • 308 15  -  S'pore Notebook by Ismail Kassim Incongrously tucked in the middle of a row of two-and threestorey shophouses in Amoy Street is a quaint building known as the Chwee Eng School. It is not the ideal place for a school, but who could
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    • 453 15 Washington Post Many of the tourists in Hawaii have come east from the east, from Japan. They feel at least a little bit at home here. There is a a McDonald's Hamburger Store and a Mister Dount Store in downtown H i r os h i
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  • Page 10 Advertisements
    • 103 10 LATEST ARRIVALS Chinese Armorial Porcelain by HOWARD The How and Why of Chinese Painting by KAN. Chinese Calligraphy: an Introduction to Its Aesthetic and Technique by CHIANG YEE. Behold Man by Nilsson. Encyclopedia of Minerols by WEBER Genius: an Ideology in Literature by CURRIE. A Dictionary of Plant Used by
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    • 94 11 THIS WEEK IN SUNDAY NATION MILLIONAIRES IN SPORT how the sports stsrs make the big money. THE NEW LEFT Who are they? The profile of a new political movement, its origins, strategy and alms. And its impact on societies like Singapore. COLUMNIST MARY LEE on 'Mail Box Marauders'. SOCCER columnist
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    • 96 11 WHERE TO GET SUNDAY NATION Ensure that you get your copy off Sunday Nation by placing an order with your regular newsvendor or by calling *****1 extn. 208 or 231. Your local newsagent will have Sunday Nation too. But Iff you're out between 9 a.m. and 6 p.m. on a
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    • 71 15 Were it an ordinary wiv£, it would be in an ordinary bottle A high quality Liebfraumilch with its own unique character, Black Tower is a light-medium dry wine, soft and light to the palate with an interesting individual fruity bouquet. P*vl ITotucr c 9 lack Vomer a perfect complement to
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  • 73 16 The Odd Cor fier L. The policeman testified that he arrested Hugh Henry, 40, because "he was unsteady on his feet, his breath smelled of alcohol and his eyes were glazed." Whereupon Henry, removing his one glass eve and holding it aloft, explained to the London court that it was
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  • Page 16 Miscellaneous
    • 1028 16 Weekend Nation TV RADIO All your weekend viewing and listening SINGAPORE 5 TOP SHOWS of the WEEKEND SATURDAY 12.45 OPENING ANNOUNCEMENTS followed by SESAME STREET 1.45 SATURDAY MATINEE The Saint Strikes Back 2.50 COMMANDO CODY (last episode) 3.20 THE 7TH ASIAN GAMES Basketball 4.20 SANDIWARA 5.05 THE ROOKIES 5.55 MEKAR
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  • FINANCE
    • 209 17  -  7 The 1 Consumer by Rav K. Dhaliwal Not exercising the option of saying "No" when they should this is one of main reasons for consumers overspending, often after they have firmly decided to get no more than they really need. How many times have you
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    • 35 17 Seoul, Saturday. South Korea today de valued its won currency, at present valued at 400 won per US dollar, by 20 Ber cent and floated It, 'eputy Prime Minister Nam Duck woo announced.
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    • 143 17 Tat Lee Bank, the Republic's newest locally incorporated bank, is to expand its foreign exchange department when it fully occupies the first three floors of the Tat Lee Building in Market Street. The ground floor is presently under renovation and the bank will
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    • 285 17  -  MARKET ROUND-UP bv Lee Yew Meng The decline of the Singapore stock market was very gradual this week punctuated as it was by small technical rallies during the last days. The question, market observers would like to know is: Has the market finally bottomed after the
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    • 159 17 Reuter New York, Saturday United States participants In the Arabian American Oil Company (Aramco) will confer with Saudi Arabian Oil Minister Ahmed Zaki Y a m a n 1 In London today, the company said yesterday. The meeting follows reports from the Middle East of a major
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    • Markets round the world
      • 196 17 Prices closed broadly and sharply lower yesterday In moderately active trading on the New York Exchange, with Investors bothered about the recession and a sharp increase in the nation's unemployment figures. The Dow Jones industrial average was off 9.46 at 577.60, below its 12year closing low of 584.56
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      • 29 17 Dow Jones stock averages yesterday: 30 industrials 577.60 (off 9.46), 20 transport 138.70 (off 2 59), 15 utilities 65 89 (off 0.51), 65 stocks 189.45 (off 2.96).
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      • 162 17 Tokyo stocks suffered their fourth loss of the week yesterday as prices sharply gave way to selling over a broad front. Investors maintained their wait and see attitude due to recent market depressants and the downside of New York stocks. T.S.E. New Index: 280.23 (2.74 down) T.B.E. 225 stocks
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      • 86 17 This service Is from the Union Bank of Switzerland. Closing prices (In Swiss francs) on the Zurich Stock Exchange yesterday: UBS 2380 30 SBC 433 2 Credit Suisse 2060 15 Swltoalr B. 390 6 Swlsa Relnsur. 1690 10 Wlnterthur B. 1320 30 Zurich Insur. 5150 50 Juvena B, 710
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  • Page 17 Advertisements
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    • 146 17 iRTED wmm r ZK'Y rv: t 5F j^>' r r T\ butter COOKIES Kir r BU'TTER i; COOKIES I Many people say that Kjeldsens Butter Cookies are the best they've ever tasted. We agree with them. But of course it's a matter of taste. It's also a matter of taste,
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  • LEISURE
    • 287 19 f The lighter side by Dick West Sa United Press International Hey there, young song-writers, wherever you are. Here's a challenge for you. The Bambino Music Co.. of which I have the honour to be president and sole proprietor, is conducting a contest guaranteed to
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    • 423 19 Los Angeles Times The movie colony Is unfazed by the recession, or even the spectre of depression. In fact, the film industry is winging above the heavy overcast of gloom like a regular bluebird of happiness. Some studios are breaking box office records. and the movie companies
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      64 19 IT'S not such a big job to make sure that everything's shipshape aboard the "battleship" USS Bicentennial at Marina Del Rey In California. A scaled down model of the World War II battleship USS Massachusetts, the Bicentennial is powered by an outboard motor and carries only water guns. "It's
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    • 1016 20  -  Why the Olympics are not open By S.S. DHILLON The Olympic group consists of three separate entitles who work closely together. First is the International Olympic Committee. who are the Truftees of the Olympic Movement and Is the original committee which owns, allocates and
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    • 232 20 Reuter Manila, Saturday. Defending champlons Indonesia and Australia retained the open team and women's title at the 18th Par East bridge federation cham plonshlps here. Indonesia scored a total of 147.01 points in gaining their fifth Open division victory and the third In succession.
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    • 124 20 Mexico City, Saturday Mexican bantamweight Rodolfo Martinez enters the ring here today as strong favourite to strip fellow countryman Rafael Herrera of the world title. Herrera, defending his World Boxing Council (WBC) title for the first time since May, Is below his usual condition, according to boxing commentators.
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    • 19 20 Bonn, Saturday Kickers Offenbach defeated VFL Bochum 2-0 yesterday in a West German First Division soccer match.
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    • 204 21 New York, SaturdayHazel Hotchklss Wightman, the "First Lady of American tennis" for whom the Wightman Cup was named, died on Thursday at her Boston home. She was 87. Mrs. Wightman won 48 US national tennis titles, retiring from veterans competition at the age of 78. The
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    • 123 21 Qu&h Kim Song Is undoubtedly the most consistent player in our national football team. His popularity ranks high, too, among the thousands of soccer fans in Singapore. This can be mainly attributed to his electrifying speed and individual flair. The last of the Quah footballers,
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    • 264 21 Reuter Bangkok, Saturday Ten pin bowling and rugby were yesterday included as events in the eighth South East Asian Peninsula Games scheduled for Bangkok from December 9 to 15 next year. Approving the two new events, the general council of the Seap Federation amended Rule
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    • 315 22 Pick. Your Winners with Scrutineer Ace Jockey Taffy Thomas has a great chance of bringing off a grand-slam of four winners in a row with Golden Way (Race 4), Jingle Bell II (Race 5), Lover's Paradise (Race 6) and Tenacious (Race 7) at Bukit Tlmah
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    • 276 22 Reuter Newmarket, Saturday —The average price at the eight-day Newmarket December bloodstock sales, which ended today, was well down on last year. During the marathon sales 1280 lots were sold for an aggregate of 4,812,416 guineas an average 3751 guineas. Last year, when the sales lasted for
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    • 127 22 SCRUTINEER CALL BOV BLUE PETER EPSOM JKEiT Race 1 Snowflake Unlgrey Snowflake Unlgrey Snowflake Unlgrey Snowflake Unlgrey Race 2 Mighty Great The Peacock \agabond Expedite Rohan! Rcugh and Tough Sunshine Touch Rohanl Race 3 Truly Grateful Cher Tho Libertad Truly Grateful Truly Grateful Together Libertad Truly Grateful Race
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    • 325 23 Get Ready should give punters a good start in Race One at Bukit Timah today. The four-year-old by Good Brandy was freely tipped at the course this morning. Couple him with Sans Pride for a forecast. He has been working well in training. The
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    • 177 23 Chrlstchurch, Saturday Australian Bob Shearer took over from his countryman Allan Cooper at the head of the Garden City Classic golf field after the second round at the Russley course here yesterday. Shearer was in second place but improved to have a 69 yesterday and
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    • 300 23 Reuter Tokyo, Saturday. Johnny Miller of the United States and Taiwan's Kuo Chie Hsiung. with three under-par 69. Joined Gibby Gilbert (US) and Tadashl Kitta (Japan) in a leading group at the halfway stage of the Dunlop Phoenix International golf tournament at Mlyazaki yesterday.
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    • 186 23 Melbourne, Saturday.— American pr of e sslonal golfers Judy Melster and Debbie Austin fired course record 69s to lead after the first round of the Colgate Far East women's golf tournament here yesterday. The three under par rounds by the two young Americans sliced two
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    • 593 23 Reuter Perth, Saturday The MCC cricketers seeking to restore confidence a g a i n st express bowling, face another testing time when they play Western Australia here today on the fastest pitch in the country. The four-day game is the MCC's only
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    • 69 23 Budapest, Saturday The European Cup final will be held In Paris on May 28, the European Football Union decided here yesterday. The Cup Winners' Cup final will be played In Basle on May 14. Results of English football League matches: Division Three Colchester United 2 Tranmere Rovers
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    • 720 20 AT THE CINEMA with SONNY YAP BEN HUR: William Wyler's 11 Oscar-wln-nlng classic adapted from Lew Wallace's semi-biblical novel is back. Charlton Heston Is the young Jew converted to Christianity and Stephen Boyd me Roman enemy Messala. If not for anything else, the blockbuster will always be remembered for Its
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