New Nation, 14 January 1975

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  • 19 1 New Nation SINGAPORE Tuesday January 14, 1975 No. 1230 Price 20 cents M.C.(P) 489/75 NEW (0) NATION comment] I
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  • 689 1 Reuter Washington, Tuesday President Gerald Ford last night proposed a 12 per cent personal Income tax cut for Americans as part of a US$l6 million (about $37 million) programme to combat recession. He also announced he would raise Import fees on foreign oil by US$3
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  • 93 1 A big hole, caused by a bazooka shell fired by two unidentified men, can be seen Just below the name of this Yugoslav plane at Orly Airport, near Paris. The shots were intended for, but missed, an Israeli airliner which was taxiing before take-off, close
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  • 227 1 Two huge booms and a skimmer are being shipped out from Brunei by Shell Company to help the government combat the new oil leak from the Showa Maru. The booms too huge for air freight are expected to arrive "any time now."
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  • Page 1 Advertisements
    • 21 1 <# See Page 6. Moneywords, What's on. Tides P. 4 Weather P. 6 Crosswords P 17 Comics P. 18 Cinemas P. 19
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    • 311 1 KODEO Looking back on that good year for the women: See Pages 10 and 11 TAIWAN/ ALISHAN/ HUALEIN/ HONGKONG/ BANGKOK TOUR 9/12/14 DAYS $1270/ $1390/ 1480 19/1, 26/1. 9/2 L 12/2, 23/2, 9/3, 16/3, 23/3, 30/3, BANGKOK/ HONGKONG/ MANILA 8 $1045 26/1, 9/2, 11/2, 12/2, 23/2. 9/3 x 15/3, 16/3,
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  • Page 1 Miscellaneous

  • LOCAL NEWS
    • 218 2  -  By Anne-Marie Nalpon Nalpon This is no fisherman's yarn. Mr. Ronnie Yeo and his three friends took one and a half hours to land this 100-pounder. An amateur angler of Just a few months, Mr. Yeo described the tussle: "The flsh nearly ripped off
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    • 33 2 The Keppel Harbour Post Office which was temporarily closed for repair will re-open for business tomorrow. Holders of P.O. Boxes at the post office are requested to collect their mall from tomorrow.
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    • 203 2 Coney Island, now being developed by the government Into a beach resort five times its existing size, may be faced with a pollution problem. This Is because some 620 acres In nearby Ponggol Is being developed for intensive commercial Dig farming. 'The problem of pollution Is
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    • 439 2 You can save 56 to 00 cents on food beverages. A survey by the Department of Trade shows substantial savings can be obtained If you choose the brands carefully. The cheapest brand is Lacovo which is imported from China. It is priced at $4.20 for 2y 2
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    • 31 2 Dr. Aziz Nather will speak on Pregnancy: How to Look After Your Health and that of Your Unborn Baby, In Malay on Saturday at 3 p.m. at the National Library.
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    • 259 2 All martial arts associations which are not ruling bodies have been requested to re register as clubs or face the possibility of nonregistration under the Martial Arts Act, it has learnt today. It Is believed that this move by the Martial Arts Unit followed
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    • 21 2 Rank Xerox will hold an exhibition on a second generation copying machine at the Shangri-La Hotel, at 5.30 p.m. tomorrow.
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    • 13 2 Police reported 97 accidents yesterday. Five were serious and one fatal.
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    • 124 2 Share prices firmed up on the Stock Exchange of Singapore this morning —In reaction to news report that the Republic's balance of payments position continued to fm£rove for the third quar:r of 1974. BUSINESS DONE First Section: UOB (1) 2.05. Sett. (1) 2.05, (2) 2.06. DBS (1)
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    • 197 3  -  By Bharathi Mohan House wife Mrs. Philomina Vaz, 32. fears she will never again see her baby girl who was taken away by a woman more than six months ago. She and her husband had made extensive enquiries from neighbours and friends but were unable to
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    • 253 3  -  By Adrian Chiam Singapore can produce international ice skating champions within two years, said American coach Miss Nancy Ackerman (above). In an Interview yesterday, the unassuming 35-year-old ice skating expert who is in Singapore on contract with the Jurong Rink to
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    • 399 4 S h 1 p p i ng companies should adopt a vessel pooling system to combat the current recessionary trends. This call was made by the managing director of Pacific Interna tlonal Lines, Mr. Y.C. Chang. Mr. Chang said this when he reviewed the
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    • 90 4 Prime Minister Mr. Lee Kuan Yew will leave for Kuala Lumpur this afternoon to begin a three-day Informal visit. Mr. Lee, accompanied by his wife and the Foreign Minister Mr. S. Raiaratnam, is making the visit at the Invitation of the Malaysian Prime Minister, Tun
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    • 145 4 Heave... and slowly but surely this van was winched from the rain- swollen ditch at Nile Road yesterday. A big crowd, mainly nearby residents, watched the salvage operation which was com Dieted in half an hour. The vehicle came to grief In the early
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    • 42 4 The Metropolitan YMCA will offer an eight-session course on the guitar for beginners at its International Centre, Palmer Road, from Jan. 23 between 7 p.m. and 8 p.m. Mr. Harry Martinez will be the Instructor. For further details ring *****1.
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  • Page 4 Miscellaneous
    • 530 4 jjf.TH :< lT^i j Tuesday r*^3l Cut out and pin with other coupons. Posting instuctions appear below Name (Mr./Mrs./Miss)*. Address Tel: FILL IN MISSING LETTERS ACROSS USING CLUES BELOW Cut along doitad lines CLUES FOR 0-2 1. Cot's sound denoting pleasure. 2. I# you know the formula, it's always possible
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    • 200 4 WHAT'S ON The Singapore Tamil Women's Committee will stage a CULTURAL SHOW at the National Theatre at 7 p.m. to celebrate it* annual Tamil festival. The CONSUMERS' DISTRIBUTION CENTRE at 78 Race Course Road Is open till 7 p.m. The GOODWILL SHOP at the Singapore Council of Social Service In
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  • WORLD NEWS
    • 330 5 Reuter Washington, Tuesday The United States yesterday called on the Soviet Union, China, and six other countries to urge North" Vietnam to halt its military offensive in South Vietnam. In a stiffly-worded note issued here. Ihe State Department warned North Vietnam that it must
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    • 265 5 United Press International Brussels, Tuesday. The Secretary General of the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation says the West may use force to break a new Arab oil boycott. "I would say any nation, faced with strangulation, Is likely to consider the use of force," NATO Secretary General
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    • 211 6 Reuter Beirut, Tuesday The Palestine Liberation Organisation (PLO) last night condemned the bazooka attack at Orly Airport earlier in the day in which a Yugoslav plane was damaged. No cmmando group had anything to (lo with the ODeration. a spokesman said. (In Paris, an anonymous Dhone caller
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    • 45 6 Reuter Warsaw, Tuesday. Poland Is to try about 700 managers and officials of retail and wholesale trading firms for bribery. They are accused of taking bribes from private locksmiths in return for raw materials and contracts for the supply finished goods.
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    • 57 6 Prince Charles (centre) taking a deep breath before diving through an alm o st submerged pipe, as he tackles a tough commando assault course recently at Lympstone, England. The heir to the British throne is to join the commando ship HMS Hermes in March as
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    • 266 6 Reuter Paris, Tuesday The non-commu-nist industrial nations could be almost self sufficient in energy by 1985 if tney pushed their own conservation and production possibilities to the limit, international economic experts reported today. Without pressing that hard, the Western nations will be producing about
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    • 85 6 Reuter Washington, Tuesday. An Eastern Airlines Boeing 727 made an emergency landing here last night, after a hijack threat by one passenger, but police seized the man minutes after the plane touched down. The aircraft was over Lynchburg, Virginia, when the pilot diverted It to Washington's Dulles International
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    • 32 6 Reuter Rawalpindi, TuesdayThree earth tremors in quick succession last night rocked the remote Karakoram Mountains of Northern Pakistan where a catastrophic quake on Dec. 28 killed about 5300 people.
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    • 181 6 United Press International TODAY is Tuesday. Jan. 14. the 14th day of 1975 with 351 to follow. THE MOON Is between Its new phase and flrst quarter. THE MORNING STARS are Mars and Saturn. THE EVENING STARS are Mercury, Venus and Jupiter. Those born on this date are under
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    • 64 6 Reuter Paris, Tuesday—A man who tried to kiss a young girl in a street in Pontoise yesterday lost his tongue. Police said the tongueless man was probably severely Injured and feared for his condition as no hospital In the area had reported his admission yet. The girl
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  • Page 6 Advertisements
    • 170 6 sharpen up your Bahasa Malaysia AYIBCLUHKAH KAU MASAtC? J MP Tj Pronouns are among the hardest things to get right in Bahasa Malaysia. They are particularly intricate in conversation where an error could mortally offend someone. So although you are not likely to be writing much dialogue for the MCE
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  • Page 6 Miscellaneous
    • 228 6 WORLD WEATHER New York Rain, 41-35 F. 5-2 C. Headline: Shah gives Sadat strong backing for Arab cause. San Francisco Fair, 56-43 F. 13-6 C. Headline: Warning of limits of food output Tokyo Sunny. 4630F. 8-minus IC. Headline: Ford supports Kissinger's statement on use of force, Rome Sunny, 4R--37F. 9-3
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  • BEHIND THE NEWS
    • 924 7  -  But this one comes closest to the original PASSING THROUGH by Lu Lin Reutens If you should catch the Platters' show at the Hiltop, and then see them perform again in another part of the world, you may well wonder why they don't sound quite the same. That's
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  • OPINION
    • 373 8 One of the dangers of resorting to tight monetary policies to fight inflation, economists have been continually warning, is that it invariably creates a recession. Even while monetary restrictions lower prices by curbing purchasing power, it has often been pointed out, they also tend to
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    • 120 8 f WHISPERS ISPY^ With money, so the Chinese saying goes, you can even get the devil to grind your rice. The president of an American manufacturing and supply company apparently shares this view and has decided to get his employees to stop smoking by paying
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    • 550 8  -  TUESDAY WITH ROBERT S. ELEGANT ROBERT S. ELEGANT Los Angeles Times Among the mixed effects of the West's Incursion into Asia was the rise of a distinct middle class. A distinct danger has now arisen that that class will disappear under the impact of
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    • 206 8  -  LIM KOK ANN President, SCF, Singapore. I refer to the complaint of Chsss Fan <NN, 6.1.75) that the entry fee of $10 for the National Championship Is too high. The participant who qualifies for the finals will receive about twice his entry fee as consolation prize
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    • 123 8  -  NAH KIM LEE Dr. Kissinger's talk of possible military action against the oil-produc-ing Middle East Is thirdrate diplomacy. It sends a chill down the spine of those who look to the US for leadership in International peace and Justice. Nothing will alienate the world, especially the Third World,
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    • 39 8  -  K. S. NG I notice that RTS has been re-running Combat for a long period now. I believe most viewers would be very glad to welcome re-runs of Garrison's Gorillas for a change. So how about it?
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    • 185 8 World Comment Tokyo Shimbun This year is designated by the United Nations as International Women's Year. Under the theme "equality progress peace," many functions concerning women are scheduled in many parts of the world. A world conference on women will be held In Mexico City from late
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  • Page 8 Advertisements
    • 11 8 MAIL BAG WRITE TO THE EDITOR. NEW NATION. LOCKED 8A615. SIN6APOREI.
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    • 246 8 NOTICE NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that I, Tan Seng Tee of No. 1532 C Blk 159 Lor 1 Toa Payoh Singapore, have applied for a Retail Beer Shop licence In respect of premises No. 417 Blk 1 Lor 3 Qeylang Singapore, and that this application will be heard In the
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  • FEATURE
    • 1128 9  -  The apprentice who joined the top 10 jockey list within three years theJOCKEYS by Ismail Kassim There was nothing dramatic about how young Leslie Khoo became a Jockey, but his subsequent performance on the race track has been described as nothing short of spectacular. Since he passed out
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    • 717 9 Captain R.F. Tib--I>atts, chief instructor at the Apprentice Jockey Training School at Bukit Timah, keeps a close watch on the careers of his graduates. He has every reason to feel pleased with their performances. Among the top 12 Jockeys of 1974, half were apprentices
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  • SPECIAL FEATURE
    • 289 10/11  -  They do good the quiet way and enjoy it Women made many headlines in 1974, particularly those who crashed previously all-male fields of work. We had our first women bus conductresses and our first postwomen. But behind the headlines, too, women were working hard and
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    • 144 10/11 Many hitherto exclusive male fields of work were crashed by enterprising and energetic young women last year. Where their invasion was most apparent must surely be in the bus services. In November, 44 women were hired to be trained as bus conductresses by
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    • 214 10/11 There was a lot happening behind the scenes In 1974 to upgrade women's status and to protect their rights, but getting all the improvements going will be something for the new year. First we have Woman's Charter being reviewed and
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    • Article, Illustration
      125 10/11 Very active in 1974 were a group of personal and executive secretaries who banded together a year-and-a-half ago to "upgrade- the skills and status of secretaries here." They were clearly tired of the stock image of secretaries as nothing more than wooly-headed dolly birds who sit on
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    • 151 10/11 Looking at women in sport in 1974, it is easy to pick out the winners. Chee Swee Lee (right), with the gold medal she won at the Asian Games in Teheran, comes out top ot the list. Housewife Nicky Koh, 37. scored a surprising triumph when
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    • 128 10/11 More housewives came forward last year to take on part-time jobs as telephone operators, typists, accounts clerks and secretaries. The opportunity for them to earn a welcome respite from keeping house and some extra money to boot came when Manpower a firm which undertakes to place
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    • 91 10/11 Unskilled and semi-skilled working women did not fare too well in 1974. About 60 per cent of all working women are in the manufacturing sector in unskilled and semiskilled Jobs and nearly one-tenth of this female workforce had been retrenched by November. These were mainly production
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    • 104 10/11 A big event for women in 1974 was the /letting up of a protem comimttee to form a National Council of Women. The aim is to give Singapore women a united, audible and respected voice. Sipce its membership will consists of women from all the
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    • 94 10/11 Two women who forged to the top beating back competitors and discrimination were Mrs. Annie Wee and Miss Teo Ah Hong (above). Mrs. Wee was appointed Managing Director of Citicorp Financial, a merchant bank and subsidiary of First National City Bank. She practised law for five
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  • PLEASURE
    • 486 12 Reuter Lee J. Cobb, best known for his "heavy" roles on the screen, Is making his first film In Britain and Is delighted It Is a comedy. He Jumped at the chance to play the part. Cobb, 63, Is playing the part
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    • 643 12 Melody Makers by Kajosky Olivia NewtonJohn is the girl Cliff Richard chose to join him on his first duet record years ago. Now in yet another solo LP, FIRST I M P R ES S lONS (EMI), Olivia gives ample evidence of
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    • 444 12 Jennifer Schoon Julie Amiet, chosen as the curtain raiser for the Frank Sinatra tour of Australia in 1974 at the Sydney Opera House, isn't as keen to talk about the experience and the break it has given her, as one would have
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  • Page 12 Advertisements
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  • TREND
    • 360 13  -  SWEET PEA Do .you know that if your husband beats you and you report it to the police, nothing will be done unless you've a gaping hole in the head or have had your arm slashed off? Less gory signs of physical hurt like bruises on
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    • Article, Illustration
      111 13 THE coming in of the long, loose look has kept many local designers busy with their sketchbooks. One such designer is self-taught Nolan Chua, 22, who shows here some of his designs from a bulging portfolio. "Modification of the current fashion trend to suit local girls is
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    • 78 13 Would you allow your husband to wallop you for a misdeed? Last week a Scotsman was fined for slapping his wife but the magistrate told him that if he had hit her on the bottom he would have got away with it. Said the maeistrate: "I
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    • 333 13  -  .TRACY What about a wife "chastising" her husband for his misdeeds or does he get away scot-free? After reading what a Scottish magistrate said last week about it being the right of every husband to mete out reasonable corporal punishment for a wife
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    • 299 13  -  Female Mouthpiece CHOO KIM Men who beat women, i n c 1 u d i ng those who hit them on the bottoms, abhor me. Even if a Judge says he has the legal right to do so. It just isn't fair that
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  • Page 13 Advertisements
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  • shopping
    • 802 14 A twice weekly advertisement feature COME people simply love the sun. Well, I don't! I would love the sun though if the excess glare and searing heat can be held back, but as it is, I something to be eslook at the sun as caped from.
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  • Page 14 Advertisements
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  • FINANCE
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      238 15 The price uptrend which started last Friday, continued on the Singapore stock market yesterday. Gains were registered on a broad front. Bank stocks again stole the limelight and were, in fact, the first to start the ball rolling at the opening bell. OCBC, that "solid as a rock"
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    • 50 15 Reuter Geneva, Tuesday A United Nations conference to negotiate a new international tin agreement will be held in Geneva from next May 20 to June 20. The new agreement, fifth of its kind, would follow the current pact which Is due to expire on June 30, 1976.
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    • 496 15 Reuter Brussels, Tuesday Major differences yesterday separated the nine European Common Market and 46 developing countries on new longterm trade and aid links. Ministers from all 55 countries met yesterday for formal talks to settle outstanding problems. But officials from both sides were guarded In
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    • Markets round the world
      • 162 15 The stock market, waiting for President Ford to outline his economic programme, closed mixed yesterday in heavy trading on the New York Stock Exchange. Standard and Poor's 500-stock index was off 0.30 at 72.31. Advances, however, led declines 1002 to 539 among the 1861 issues crossing the tape.
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      • 34 15 Dow Jones closing stock averages on the New York Stock Exchange yesterday: 30 Industrials 654.18 (off 4.61), 20 transport 152.45 (off 0.74), 15 utilities 77.84 (off 0.06), 65 stocks 214.34 (Off 1.16).
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      • 183 15 DBS-Daiwa Securities International Ltd. snare prices on the Tokyo Stock Exchange drifted lower in the afternoon session after maintaining a firm tone in the early session. T.S.E. new Index: 269.08 (0.15 down). T.S.E. 225 stocks average: 3657.82 (0.39 down). Volume: 75 mil. Closing prices la yen vesterday: Ajlnomoto 307
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      • 72 15 Zurich Stock Exchange closing prices yesterday: UBS 2620 20 SBC 526 4 Credit Suisse 2460 30 Swissair B. 417 10 Swiss Relnsur. 1990 10 Winterthur B. 1550 75 Zurich llisur. 5850 50 Juvena B. 720 20 Nestle B. 2525 40 Iriterfood B. 2200 120 Clba-Oelgy B 1530 30 Baby
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    • 64 15 Reuter Hong Kong, Tuesday.— A Japan-China Economic Association trade mission has arrived In Peking as guests of the China Council for the Promotion of International Trade. The mission is the biggest of Its kind to visit China since Tokyo and Peking established diplomatic relations In 1972. It
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    • 190 15 Olympic Airways' local office Is awaiting head office directives concerning Its future as its dispute with the Greek Government continues in Athens. Since Dec. 2. the Greek national flag-carrier has suspended all flights, except those on domestic routes and the dally services from Athens
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    • 353 15  -  COMPANY PROFILE by Lee Yew Meng The pr os p e cts looked dim as Sea View Hotel entered its sixth year, beset by a host of problems The past five years had been bleak for the hotel with too many rooms and too
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  • Page 15 Advertisements
    • 105 15 UNITED CARPETS HOUSE OF Genuine Handmade Oriental Carpets A Ruga. Visit OUR SHOWROOM Blk. 92, 191 Zion Road BINGAPORE-3. (Opposite Apollo Hotel) Tel: *****5 IiCLLV IMT.RKMtS 206 21 1 V CTOR A i' Nv".APOft IMPORTERS DISTRIBUTORS i; CURTAIN FABRICS CARPETS vr WALLPAPERS INTERIOR DESIGN FURNITURE. MAGIC SHOP HOUSE OF 1001
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  • Page 16 Advertisements
    • 384 16 -@;:*:@"[:)@%'>,~)<|%/:?{|'^~?) DINE DANCE S ROMANCE to the 'Sounds of Hawaii' at Aloha Rhu Hawaiian Village The Ideal Seaside Rendezvous for exotic seafood, Cantonese cuisine and soothing music. Just 2W m.s., from Bedok. Reservations, Tel: *****4 *****0. I AM LOOKING for a musician to partner me In my songwrltlng. Phone Wong
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    • 382 16 SEE MALAYSIA/ SINGAPORE better In Selfdrlve Cars. Ring *****09 Kverflne. I VOl) CAN GET SOMETHING special from "Finny Florist' Tel: *****7. Faraitare VERY ECONOMICAL Prefab built-in wardrobes, beautiful designs, versatile and with the features of make-to-order. Various finishes available. Contact manufacturers, tel: *****8/ *****. RENTAL A SALE. Specialist In wooden
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    • 381 16 QUALIFIED MASSEUSE WILL be available to attend you at your places. Ring ***** for apr)lntment from 1.00 p.m. 00 p.m. LAOItS/ GENTLEMEN at youf place, facial, head massage, body massage, bridal make-up. Ring ***** from 11.00 a.m. 9.00 p.m. MINQ COURT HEALTH CENTRE (near to poolslde) MINQ COURT HOTEL 3th
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    • 551 16 FOR YOUR FISH-HEAD, fried chicken, prawns, crabs, mutton cooked In genuine Indian sdlcv taste. Call at the Banana Leal Apolo Restaurant, 24, Cuff Road (along K.K. market) tel: *****2. Parking available. NOTICES 5 CORRECTION With reference to the liquor licensing notice from the Singapore Wine and Spirits Merchants' Association published
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    • 15 16 FOR SALE OVER 2,000,000 stamps, sets, varieties, errors, mixtures at Rock Bottom' prices. Phone *****0.
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    • 600 16 NOTICE NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that I, Mohamed Eliyassln s/o N.M. Eusoof of No. 207-A Jin. Besar Singapore, have applied for a Retail Beer shop licence in respect of premises No. 207-A Jin. Besar S'pore and that this application will be heard in the Court of the First District Judge,
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  • SPORTS
    • 781 17  -  Referees reject move by Tampines writing on SOCCER SCENE Jeffrey Low The F. A. Council will have to step in to settle the showdown between Division One club Tampines Rovers and the referees. The trouble has reached a stage where the referees will accept nothing
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    • 102 17 London, Tuesday—Results of last night's English Football Association Cup 3rd round 2nd replay matches: Bury 2 Mill wall 0 at West Bromich Fulham 1 Hull City 0 at Leicester. The draw for the 4th round on January 25. Aston VUla v Sheffield United; Bury v Mansfield, Carlisle
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    • 276 17  -  By C.K. YONG The S i n g a pore Badminton Association's first national open ranking competition will begin on Friday at Guillemard Road. The purpose of this tournament Is to select competent national teams based on latest performances and also to keep them In trim
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    • 346 18 Presecutor led past the 4f with Page Boy ranging alongside him at the home turn. Carryanne closed in third followed by Ship Master. Carryanne hit the front a furlong out challenged by Ship Master. In a close finish Carryanne beat Ship Master by
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    • 334 18  -  By BLUE PETER Piccadilly II did a good gallop over 3f in 37sec at Bukit Timah this morning. There was some "give" in the going following heavy rain last night. Piccadilly, who scored a double at Penang last month, looks all set (or a hattrlck. He looks
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    • 450 18 Jolly Philanderer, a Class 3 newcomer entered for the Buklt Timah meeting this weekend, is a full brother to the useful Picture House IV (by Philanderer out of Stormfast). A four-year-old gelding, Jolly Philanderer has won only once but gained numerous placlngs, including a second
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