New Nation, 7 February 1975

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  • Title Section
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    19 1 New Nation SINGAPORE Friday February 7, 1975 No, 1251 Price 20 cents M.C.(P) 489/75 rNLW (fc'j) NAT lON COMMENT
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  • Article
    Lock icon TOTAL WAR ON DRUGS
    528 1 Now KL plans canings, stiffer terms and curbs on freedom Reuter Kuala Lumpur, Friday Canings, stiffer prison terms and curbs on the freedom of suspects may soon be part of Malaysia's fight against the rising drug menace in the country. The size of the drug threat
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    Lock icon ANGRY EARTHA TO SUE CIA
    278 1 United Press International London, Friday American singer Eartha Kitt said before leaving London for Los Angeles yesterday she will sue the US Central Intelligence Agency for slander. "Unless Americans can stand up for their rights as human beings there Is a distinct danger of the
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      20 1 MONEYWORDS P. 17# STOCK MARKET P. 2 WHAT'S ON. TIDES P. 4 WEATHER P. 6 CINEMAS P. 14 CCMICS P23
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      77 1 IAOI'H 1)1 SKA 01 lOMOKROW From the finest quality of Diamonds and Precious Stones 4 t,< i >/• s//i.K/'it > 11,1 M mmi Breast feeding mums: Page 12 Dry Sack Sherry from Spain Sherry is wine fortified with brandy and carefully blended. Dry Sack is the most balanced of all
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  • LOCAL NEWS
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      RACKET IN COINS
      268 2  -  By Gregory Broughton The new $10 silver coins to commemorate Singapore's 10th a n n 1 ye r sary have become a valuable commodity on the black market. When the coins were first sold by the Currency Board and the local banks on Monday, they were priced
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      ON THE 'CHANGE
      236 2 Bhare prices opened marginally higher at the Stock Ezcnange of Singapore this morning. Profit-taking occurred here and there, and they were noticeable in finance stocks and Industrial speculative favourites. DBB's first deal was struck at $2.90, two cents up on overnight closing level but slipped to $2.87
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      Classes for speakers
      55 2 Weekly classes on effective public speaking will start on Feb. 18 at RELC at 6 p m. Guidance will be given to those who wish to sit for the external speech examinations of the Trinity College, London. More information, may be obtained from the Singapore Speech Centre,
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      New bridge
      24 2 The Public Works Department is constructing an overhead bridge—which will cost $160,000 when completed—at the Junction of Hill Street and High Street.
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      Band music
      26 2 The First Battalion O or d on Highlanders Band will perform at the Macßltchle Reservoir Park on Sunday from 5.30 p.m. to 8.30 p.m.
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      Deposits on the wane at banks
      291 2 Singapore's c o mmercial banking sector has lost»ground to finance companies and the Central Provident Fund In attracting depositors, a banker, said this morning. As a result, Singapore Is the only country In this region to experience a growth of deposits in government Institutions
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      OUR ROADS
      13 2 Police reported 97 accidents yesterday. Three were serious and one fatal.
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      Physics team to visit China in June
      146 2 A delegation from the Institute of Physics, Singapore, will visit China tentatively in June this year. Disclosing this yesterday, Professor Hsu Loke Soo, president of the IPB, said: "The 30-mem-ber delegation will study China's progress In the teaching and research of physics. "The
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      Extended
      25 2 The People's Park Complex will extend Its shopping hours,to lin.m. from tomorrow till Monday to cope with lastminute shoppers for the Chinese New Year.
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      Industry mishaps: Bosses blamed
      286 3 The National Trades Union Congress has hit out at employers who, In their "haste to Increase their profit margin," overlook the need for adequate safety measures. The editorial of the latest Issue of the Perjuangan, NTUC's monthly newsletter, commenting on the tragedy of work site accidents,
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      Katsuko is so different off stage and on
      185 3  -  By Nancy Koh Japanese s 1 n g erdancer Katsuko Kanal is a different person off stage and on. Off stage, she prefers to be "Just like everyone else" none of the outlandish, eye- catching garb for her. She sticks to simple
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      $60 charge from June
      448 4  -  Tentative date for CBD scheme By Judith Holmberg C o m m u ters who drive their cars into the Central Business District will have to pay $60 from June 1. This Is the tentative date set by the Government for start of the area licensing
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      Rush to pick up those festive goodies...
      150 4 Chinatown at night (left) dazzling with lights and smothered by humanity. As you can see from the picture taken by cameraman Philip Lim last night, masses of shoppers are packing in daily making their lastminute buys for the Chinese New Year. Many itinerant
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      Cancer: 300 cases a year
      386 5 Eight warning signs Over 300 carses of lung cancer are reported in Singapore every year. Cancer of the lung, which was the commonest cancer during the period 1968 to 1972. Is almost three times as common In men than women. These facts were revealed by
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      R-R SALES ARE UP
      247 5 "The Spirit of Ecstasy" that hipower prestige symbol in cars is reaching greater heights in sales than ever before. While the sales of cheaper makes are dwindling because of the worsening economy, mighty Rolls Roy c e cruises on smoothly. Mr. Peter Young, RR's regional executive
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      678 4 LUCKY STARS IF ITS YOUR BIRTHDAY BORN today, you are not one to attempt to change your "spots" in order to please whoever you are with. Unless another can accept you the way you are, you would rather he or she did not attempt to accept you at all, for
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  • WORLD NEWS
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      Lock icon Idea behind US plan on oil price
      348 6 Reuter Paris, Friday The United States' proposals for a minimum oil price are designed to prevent further sharp price fluctuations and ensure smooth development of alternative energy resources, U.S. Assistant Secretary of State Thomas Enders said yesterday. Otherwise, prices will come crashing down
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      Lock icon TODAY
      146 6 United Press International TODAY is Friday, Feb. 7, the 38th day of 1975 with 327 to follow. THE MOON is between its last quarter and new phase. THE MORNING STAR is Mars. THE EVENING STARS are Venus, Mercury, Jupiter and Saturn. Those bom on this date are under the
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      Lock icon Wilson pays tribute to Heath
      138 6 Reuter London, Friday. The cut-and-thrust of British politics was momentarily halted yesterday while Prime Minister Harold Wilson paid a rare parliamentary tribute to a defeated foe, the ousted opposition leader Edward Heath. "Over the years he and I have had our differences and neither of
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      Lock icon Kissinger on a four-nation mission of peace
      212 6 Reuter Washington, Friday US Secretary of State Dr. Henry Kissinger will confer with the Soviet, British, French and West German Foreign Ministers at the end of his visit to the Middle East, the State Department said yesterday. But a meeting he hoped to
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      Lock icon The Odd Corner
      54 6 Reuter London, Friday—Ugandan President Idi Amin says ne learned In a dream who is going to win the race to succeed Mr. Edward Heath as British Conservative Party leader, according to Radio Uganda monitored here. But although he already knows, he does not want to reveal the
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      Lock icon Tet now a grim reminder
      339 7 Reuter Saigon, Friday Normally a happy family occasion, the Lunar New Year Tet as it Is called here has been in recent years a poignant reminder of the hardship for the present and the uncertainty about the future for most South Vietnamese. Except for a
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      Lock icon TYCOON'S WIFE MURDERED
      176 7 United Press International Washington, Friday— The wife of a millionaire member of the Wrlgley chewing gum family was found dead early yesterday, her body stuffed In a barrel filled with concrete. Her husband's male nurse was arrested on suspicion of murder. A missing person report was filed
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      Lock icon Helping hand for the injured
      82 7 Civilian and military personnel give their helping hands to the crying and wounded children at Wat Phnom school after two 107 mm rockets, fired by the Khmer Rouge Into the capital of Phnom Penh, hit the school premises yesterday. Eight children were killed and 30
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      66 6 for dining and exclusive cocktail parties Smorgasbord Lunch on Mondays Thursdays Palm I Court unique wining.dining Italian by candlelight Ballroom Verandah exotic nightly a colourful Malayan Night Show with the famous 'Singapore Sling' a must for every tourist Tudor Bar happy hours Teresa Khoo at the piano on Thurs, Fri.
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  • Page 6 Miscellaneous
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      193 6 WORLD WEATHER London Cloudy and dry with some bright spells, 43-37F, 6-3 C. Headline: Tory stampede. Paris Fair, 44 32F, 7 OC. Headline: 16 countries examine the latest Kissinger plan. Moscow —Overcast and snowing. 21-18 F. minus 6-minus BC. Headline: Decision of central com mittee of the USSR on Increase
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      163 7 *****11 JMuifjitf/c SUPA-SAVE CENTRE LAST FEW DAYS A T 1 Lower Ground Floor LIAT TOWERS 2. Fourth Floor SPECIALISTS' SHOPPING CENTRE 3. First Second Floor THE GALLERY Straits Trading Building Minimi bp Jewellers -V. I'. •Her odditiond<oiifkfe|Ke to their customers with their loteist sdentifk testing facilities O B P. with
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  • OPINION
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      Let thrift rule the rabbit
      418 8 Chinese New Year is now Just four days away. And, as In other years, we find hawkers, shopkeepers and other food sellers Jacking up their prices. Prices of large prawns have shot up to $10 a kati from $5.40 last week. Chinese sausages are now
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    • WHISPERS By ISPY
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        Necessity
        39 8 Refusing to give treats to one's colleague can be very awkward particularly after one has won a cash prize. A friend got out of his predicament by saying: "By nature I am generous, by necessity I am stingy."
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        Mad sale
        41 8 Times must be bad for the small businessmen. This poster was seen at a show window In one of the new shopping arcades In Singapore: "Fantastic reductions! Crazy prices! Owner gone c o m p 1 e tely mad!"
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        Mum's milk
        32 8 Advocates of the virtues of breastfeeding here ought to welcome a notice which appeared recently outside a London cafe. The advert says: "Brooke Bond Tea with milk like mother makes."
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      It was Portia's mercy, not milk
      129 8 Kindly convey JJ my appreciation of his robust (no pun Intended) humour In his Last Word column (NN, 3.2.75). But I regret to niggle. Mr. William Shakespeare hai never been more metaphorically misquoted. Portia, If you will recollect, said: "The quality of mercy Is
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      Razak woos Arabs
      175 8 VOICE OF THE PRESS UTUSAN MELAYU Tun Razak returned to the country the other day carrying wjth him agreements he signed with a number of the 'Arab countries he visited and offers of loans from all of them. Including those from Baudi Arabia. Kuwait and Abu Dhabi
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      THERE IS A NEED FOR NEW BLOOD
      661 8  -  FRIDAY WITH PANG CHENG LIAN PANG CHENG LIAN Like all its other precedents, the election of the new 55-member management committee of the Chinese Chamber of Commerce this Sunday promises to be a very tame affair. Among the candidates standing for the 42
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      No plans yet
      69 8  -  SIAK-PEH BEE HONG (Mrs.), Public Relations Manager, Singapore Airlines Limited, Singapore, 1. We refer to your report, Flights to Pulau Tloman Plan In New Nation on January 29. While Singapore Airlines Is continuously looking Into the possibility of developing new tour programmes, there are at present no
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      Bus fare
      66 8 I have a suggestion to make to the Ministry of Education for the benefit of Polytechnic stu- dents. Why not Issue bus passes for these students? After all Poly students are the same as Pre-Unl-verslty or College students except that they are In another branch of further studies.
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  • BEHIND THE NEWS
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      Lock icon They freed him to kill again
      766 9 Melbourne Harald New York, The worst decision a parole board can make Is to release a killer from prison, believing him to have been rehabilitated, only to have him kill again. A New York parole board has made such a fatal error, In circumstances
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      What's it like to live at the bottom of the world
      1051 10  -  From Joel Shurkin The only so-called town on the Antarctic continent has no children,, no permanent inhabitants and no laws or police. Its amenities include four bars, ft bowling alley, a radio and television station, a newspaper, free food,
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      118 9 Visit our new "executive" branch at Ocean Building Ground Floor. Are you in the BALLYCLASS? if notylnr time you moved up to the world's NO.I SHOE n m Latest styles available exclusively ativjfj N|K GUTf ITTEMS 1%. kI r ws I 'v\y.; l._ A-J r 11 I t 5 I
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      300 9 NEW NATION CROSSWORD am ACROSS 1 Rich king 0 Unbiased 10 Minded the baby IS Manifest 14 18th cent, composer. 15 —stick 16 Given to verbal overkill 17 Symbolic imaginary vehicle 19 Small shoe size 20 White vestment 21 World—22 Fairy tale character 24 Certain political symbols 25 Showy 27
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  • FEATURE
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      Buying on impulse is checked
      259 11 INFLATION When prices of goods, especially essential items rise, then budgeting becomes the in-thin* for most families. How do families budget? What do they cut down on? New Nation today in its regular weekly feature, FRIDAY FORUM, presents the views. They were interviewed by Judith
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      A lucky couple
      182 11 One person who has not yet tightened her belt In the face of Inflation is MRS. IDA ONG and her reasons are several: "Firstly both my husband and I are earning fairly good salaries and we don't have any children—so household ex- penditure Is very small," she
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      Now it's first things first
      157 11 MR. ALBERT KHAW, 32, has become more careful In spending and has taken certain measures to tighten his family budget. "Everything we buy Is budgetted, unlike our former habit of buying whenever we felt Inclined," said Mr. Khaw. Mr. Khaw has a list of priorities.
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      She will not cut on food
      110 11 MRS. JULIE BARNETT believes that, however expensive things might get, one thing she won't ever compromise Is quality food. "However expensive things might get, I'll never cut down on food expenditure," she said. "As for unnecessary Items, these I've dlsEnsed with. I used to
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      92 11 r Chinese New Year's Sale f LEVI'S JEANS (OddmenO 10%- 50% OFF\ I ARROW SHIRTS (Oddmenl)lo%-40% OFF 1 Children's Butter Suits 2.30 Boy's jeans for 3-14 years from 7.95 Boy's L/S and S/S Shirts for 3-14 years from 4.50 a pc Boy's (2pcs) Safari Suits $15.90 Boy's Hampers 2.95 Boy's
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  • SPECIAL FEATURE
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  • PLEASURE
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      Reality is mixed with dreams
      546 14  -  r Cinema j Review I by Sonny Yap TRANS EUROP EXPRESS (French directed by Alain Robbe Grillet, with Jean Louis Trintlgnant, Marle-Frapce Plsler, Nadlne Verdler and Christian Barbler (Cultural Centre Sunday). To those uninitated In the cinematicnarrative style of Alain Robbe-Orlllet. this film would probably
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      Food from five provinces
      292 14  -  pY-atiiifl Out^l with Violet Oon The Royal Palace Restaurant of the Hotel Royal-Ramada must be jabout the only Chinese restaurant In town serving food from five different provinces Szechuan, Peking, Hunan, Shanghai and Canton. Non specialising has Its pros and cons. It usually means that the
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      180 14 pipioy [he \jersatile dispby svstem for shop or home. On the shop floor Piplay Display System offers unlimited possibilities for space saving and eye catching displays In the home it makes elegant furniture and storage racks. All at low cost because you can do it yourself Piplay System comprises metal
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      126 14 PUR OUR EARTHEN POT SPECIALITIES' *f),J OXFORD RESTAURANT Ist Rr LC ln!ein;i!i < r 'J' Houv', 30 o.in<;,> G< ivf Hd Si nq.lpoi t\ 10 i 3 ***** 3/9 "6.5 GOOD NEWS FOR ELDERLY MAN! WANT TO BE ACTIVE AND ENERGETIC LIKE YOUNG MAN? Start taking to-day "SENILEX" a medicinal
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      159 14 AT THE CINEMA GAMES GAMBLERS PLAY (Cantonese): The comedy film that made box office history In Hong Kong by netting $3 million; It stars the Hul brothers, Michael and Samuel, as two con-men, who gamble and cheat for a living. Odeon: 1.30, 4, 7, 9.30. SUPERMEN AGAINST THE ORIENT (Mandarin):
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    • Miscellaneous
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      148 14 by Marcello Fondato. Jurong Drive-In: 7, 9.30. THE NICKEL RIDE: A suspense drama starring Jason Miller. Directed by Robert Mulligan. Orchard: 1.30, 4, 6.30, 9.15. RETURN OF THE CRAZT BUMPKINS (Cantonese): Singapore's Wong Bar and Ya Fong return to the screen and continue their adventures as the rustic, happy-go-lucky pair
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      35 14 with SONNY YAP One Is a train robber and the other, a sheriff. Their relationship Is complicated by their love for the same girl. Produced and directed by George Seaton. Golden: 1.30. 4, 6.45. 9.30.
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      43 16 lIKROS WIJK < Hit U JI'ILSMIKI C«lll( HISC S? Mff< hucp'xS Sfv.rof j|iiJ r.nr.kssl» rfTHu<?N then* gcx*l Km removing roi.fl h Am Iroro knees jnJ elKows Hero s I rearr allies >km irritation* tirils r.uke.l km helps prevent SOU At if NTS ALLIED INTERNATIONAL
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      Watch you buy...
      697 16 A twice weekly advertisement feature Its New Year now for the Chinese, or at least It will be In a few days time, and most of us are all geared to meet the bunny, with hopes of better things to come. As always, going by traditional Chinese
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      153 17 SHARIKAT MEENA ARJAN 206, High Street Centre. S'por*. LADIES WEAR: Bell bottom suits Slacks blouse sorees etc., etc. CHILDREN WEAR: Frocks, suits shirts blouse GENTS WEAR Pyjomo sets shirts, neckties suitings etc., etc. TEL: *****2 Going Overseas FOR ALL KINDS OF LATEST BEST QUALITY EXQUISITE JEWELLERIES PLEASE CALL A T:
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      506 17 Cut out and pin with other coupons Posting instuctions appear below Name (Mr./Mrs./Miss) Address Tel CLUES BELOW Cut along dolled lines CLUES FOR R-5 1. Use the lungs 2. —a car con entail a man in heavy expense 3. Fail* to remember 4. Time between the past and the future
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  • TREND
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      SET TO STEP OUT IN STYLE
      109 18 No wonder Sandra feels on top of the world. Her (iate lias dressed up elegantly and she feels ready to step out in real style. Her hostess two-piece in green aivi tangerine suede with its Oriental applique on the bodice and patched skirt is
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      The plight of a zipped up boy...
      205 18 y Doc's Casebook The modern zipper has received its fair share of wisecracks and has been blamed for many embarrassing situations. Funnily enough these stories are true, not only in young boys but also in adults. The most recent case occurred about a
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      Salute to the slimming pill
      463 18 E <(> The slimming pill has Anally done it thrown off the vicious hold that food had over me. As any compulsive eater will tell you, food addiction Is Just as bad as any other kind of addiction. You crave It, think about it, drool
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  • FINANCE
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      Lock icon UN plan for stockpiling
      270 19 Reuter Geneva, Friday A United Nations body yesterday released estimates of a scheme that would create international buffer stocks of 17 major commodities to stabilise prices and ensure supplies on world markets. It covers commodities such as wheat, rice, wool, sugar, tea, cocoa, coffee, tin, copper
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        Dow Jones
        33 19 Dow Jones closing stock averages on the New York Stock Exchange: 30 Industrials 714.17 (off 3.68). 20 transport 157.86 (off 0.78). 15 utilities 81.80 (up 0.26). 65 stocks 229.44 (off 0.85).
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        TOKYO
        176 19 The Tokyo stock market progressed the day In mixed trading with the Dow Jones average closing almost unchanged despite a strong showing in the early session. Closing prices (In yen) on the Tokyo Stock Exchange yesterday: AJlnomoto 330 1 C. lloh 446 2 Dowa Mining 15S 2 Hitachi 145
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        PARIS
        73 19 Closing prices at the Paris Bourse yesterday: Fartbas 157.50 +1 Fonder 321 +6 Prlntemps 91 +1.40 OGE 320 +10 Bull 41 50 +2.80 Royal Dutch *****—1.50 Mlchelln 793 +32 Thomson 173 +7 90 CFP 104.50 +2 Rhone 135.10 —190 Air 329 +11 BSN 500 +51 .Philips 47 —.60 Suez
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        ZURICH
        74 19 Zurich Stock iixchange closing prices yesterday: UBS 2950 4 50 SBC 573 13 Credit Suisse 2780 100 Swissair B 439 Swiss Rein. 2040 40 Winterthur B. 1600 10 Zurich Insur. 6300 175 Juvena B. 360 35 Nestle B. 2935 55 Interfood B. 2675 50 Clba-Oelgy B. 1610 30 Baby
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        SYDNEY
        152 19 Closing prices at 11.30 a.m. (Australian time) on the Sydney Stock Exchange: Allstate 06 nil Beach 20 28 Bridge 11 12 Cleveland 34 38 Endeavour 12 13 Fllnd 20C Opt 03} 04 Inter Min 05J nil Kath Inv 99 105 Kia Ora 16 23 Mid E Min 21 28
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        NEW YORK
        196 19 The stock market, hit by late profit taking, closed mixed yesterday in heavy trading on the New York Stock Exchange. The Dow Jones industrial average was off 3.68 at 714.17 at the close. It was ahead more than seven at the outset. Standard and Poor's 500stocks index was
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      Market report
      210 19 Market sentiments improved yesterday after three straight days of decline at the Singapore stock market. Gains were made on a broad front. Finance stocks which were badly hit for the first three trading days, recovered their lost ground. OCBC advanced 40 cents to $6.25. The market opened strong
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      Lock icon Cut in oil output
      51 19 Reuter Caracas, Friday. Venezuela will cut oil production by 200,000 barrels a day within the next few days, Mines and Hydrocarbons Minister Valentin Hernandez Acosza said yesterday. This will bring production down to 2,600,000 barrels a day as part of the government's plan to conserve oil
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      New rule on animals
      299 19 All International airlines will now enforce strict measures for the safety of animals shipped by air. Under the new rules of the International Air Transport Association (lATA), shippers of animals must provide an "air worthiness" certificate to the air carrier. The certificate is proof that the
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      $13m Bedok project
      59 19 Ocean and Capital, a Joint venture company between Straits Steamship and Capital and Counties of London, is planning a $13 million housing project in Bedok. It is understood that details are in the final stages of negotiations. The property development company yesterday announced a $75 million Bukit
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  • SPORTS
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      Chang leads in points and winnings
      587 21  -  TEE-UP with Lim Kee Chan Chang Chung Fa, the classy Taiwanese professional attached to the Singapore Island Country Club, leads the field into the fifth-leg of the local circuit, the Hicee Tengah Open today. Chung Fa, winner of the JAL Open at Seletar and
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      Lock icon Lu to defend HK crown
      125 21 Reuter Hong Kong, Friday Taiwanese Lu Liang Huan will be among 150 professionals and amateur golfers from 15 countries teeing off for the Hong Kong Open here on February 20. Lu will be attempting to win the title for a second year. The tournament, to
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      Tax on golfers
      107 21 Tokyo, Friday—Japan's Supreme Court ruled I'esterday that gold is a uxury and golfers must pay local green taxes. In handing down the ruling, the court rejected an appeal by Tokyo lawyer Yoshimasa Izuml, who claimed that taxing golfers was unconstitutional. Golfers must pay a 500 yen (about
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      Another chance for Tiger Note...
      258 22 By SCRUTINEER Tiger Note gets a chance to run on good going again and should prove too smart for the opposition In the opening race at Kuala Lumpur tomorrow. The Prlncelone four-year-old snowed ability at Buklt Tlmah In December when he scored a two-length win
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      Kampong Melayu does smart workout
      193 22 By BLUE PETER Kuala Lumpur, Friday. —Kampong Melayu drew attention to his chances in Race 1 on 8unday with a splendid workout here this morning. Ridden by apprentice T.L. Wan, the Hametus three-year-old did 3f In 37 2/5. on good going. Sincerely Yours show ed
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      KUALA LUMPUR CARD AND FORM GUIDE
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      SELECTIONS FOR TOMORROW
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      Lock icon Sweden lead the field in Swaythling Cup
      412 22 Calcutta, Friday—The 33rd world table tennis championships go into the second day today with holders Sweden leading the field in the men's team event for the Swaythllng Cup. The Swedish team, who include the world's No. 2 and No. 8 players In KJell
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      To decide on tour
      74 22 Melbourne, Friday— Australian cricket officials will decide tod&y If an Australian team will visit South Africa next year. They will be aware that their deliberations could have a far-reach-ing effect on world-wide sporting contacts with South Africa. Alan Barnes, secretary of the Australian Cricket Board, said
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      Lock icon Cowdrey and Amiss to open batting
      227 23 Reuter Melbourne, Friday. Colin Cowdrey will open the England batting with Dennis Amiss In the sixth and final cricket Test against Australia, which begins here tomorrow. For the first time on the tour, the England selectors announced the Test side more than 24 hours
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      Newcombe: I'm No 1
      206 23 Honolulu, Friday John Newcombe thinks he Is the world's No. l tennis player despite Mike Connors' victory .over fellow-Australian Rod Laver. And Newcombe said yesterday he was willing to play the American to prove it. "There's been some talk" about a match between him and Connors,
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      Lock icon United fail in debut
      304 23 Upper Serangoon United, with five current National players, made an undistinguished debut last night, going under by 4-1 to Johore Malays at the National Stadium. United secretary Titus Miranda admitted afterwards that it was a poor showing but added "they were playing together for the first
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    Not so bad...
    197 24  -  I 1 The last word J J S.H. No matter what one may think of some university students, once again I repeat that they are not such a bad lot. Not having had the advantage of an education, let alone one up to university level, I have
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    Talking Point
    59 24 AH FOOK: What a let-down it must have been for the organisers of the Rolls Royce party only three of the 30 invited turned up in their limousines. MEI UN: Could it be bashfulness? An unwillingness to display their wealth in public? It wasn't very polite all the
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      1001 24 TV RADIO SINGAPORE 5 3.N OPENING ANNOUNCEMENTS followed by FOB THE FAMILY (C) In this afternoon'! programme, the following are included: An Interview with Miss Lai Choy Cheng on Tourism and Tourist Oulde; Guidance on Youth Convention "76; a talk by Mr. Koh Joo Seng on Bedroom Design; and a
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      62 24 WORLD PREMIERE FEATURE (9.45 over Channel 5 In colour): In this week's film. The Last Angry Man, a general practitioner, angered by the growing delinquency In his poor neighbourhood, plans to move. But his failure to save a young tumour victim who comes from a poor family forces him to
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