New Nation, 21 February 1975

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  • 19 1 NewNation SINGAPORE Friday February 21, 1975 No. 1262 Price 20 cents M.C.(P) 489/75 r 1 NEW ky NATION COMMENT,
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  • 70 1 A man held scores of policemen at bay for one hour after slashing four people at a Dunearn Road service station yesterday morning. He then walked down the middle of the busy one-way road and was knocked down by a car (see left).
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  • 284 1  -  Parents claim it is Peow Gek's By Bharathi Mohan Police are "almost certain" that the naked girl found m u r d e red In the basement of the UIC Building in Shenton Way yesterday is Nancy Tan Peow Gek, 20, of Ylo Chu Kang Road.
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  • Page 1 Advertisements
    • 19 1 STOCK EXCHANGE P. 2 WHAT'S ON. TIDES P. 4 WEATHER, COMICS P. 6 MONEYWORDS P 11 CINEMAS P 12
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    • 43 1 Fxonr diska oi iomokkow From the finest quality of Diamonds and Precious Stones 4 c,.( i)r Sih.id'h > Ihi 'J"K V One hour of terror: Page 10 BOLS CREME DE MENTHE mThe fresh, cool taste and lingering aroma oPpeppermint. Bol« Creme de Menthe Unmistakably.
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  • Page 1 Miscellaneous

  • LOCAL NEWS
    • 286 2  -  Govt, move to further ease traffic in the CBD By Rav K. Dhaliwal The Government will take sterner measures to dissuade motorists from driving to work in the Central Business District (CBD) when the area licensing scheme comes into force in June this year. Car parking
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    • 35 2 The Central Adult and Young People's Services Sections of the National Library are Jointly organising a Chinese New Year cultural show at Its lecture hall this Saturday at 4 p.m. Admission Is free.
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    • 230 2 A cordial exchange of gifts between the Port of Singapore Authority and the ship's master, Captain Mortimer Hehlr, highlighted the QE il's first visit to Singapore. Mr. Billy Chang, Director of Operations. PSA, presented Captain Hehlr with a pewter tray Inscribed with a
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    • 67 2 Hie newly widened Kampong Bahru Road from Jalan Buklt Me rah to Hospital Drive will be opened to traffic tomorrow at 10 a.m. The road has been widened at the cost of $500,000 into a dual three-lane carriageway. The new traffic lights at the Junction of Kampong
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    • 249 2 ON THE 'CHANGE Share prices opened higher at the Stock Exchange of Singapore this morning. Most counters managed to hold their ground despite Intermittent bouts of profit-taking. OCBCs first deal was struck 20 cents higher at $8. At one stage, it slipped to $7.75 before
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    • 43 2 The Apex Club of Singapore Ls offering bursaries to needy and deserving secondary school students. Principals of secondary schools are Invited to write to the Bursary Chairman. Apex Club of Singapore, OPO Box 1071 before Feb. 28 for application forms.
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    • 27 2 Reuter Auckland, Friday England were 641 for Ave wickets at tea here today on the second day of the first Test match against New Zealand.
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    • 130 2 LKA Three comp e t i tors shared the lead in the 10th Anniversary Republic of Singapore National Chess Championship after last night's garner at Raffles Hotel. Of the 16 finalists, only Lee Chee Seng, Wong Nglam Yee and Tay Theng Huat have won their
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    • 209 2 Young people do not often heed the advice of their elders today and in the process head for self-destruction. President B.H. Sheares said this in his ScoutGuide Day Message which was read out at all schools today. He said: "Young people today, acting unitedly, are
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    • 13 2 Police reported 84 accidents yesterday. Four were serious and one fatal.
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    • 131 4 Reuter Kuala Lumpur. Friday Singapore Finance Minister Mr. Hon Sul Sen last night called for some business prudence among members of the Association of SouthEast Asian Nations (ASEAN) to avoid undue competition. He said discussions had started among ASEAN nations on an Industrial complementation
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    • 38 4 The Department of Extra-mural Studies of Singapore University will hold a 12-lecture course on Women and the Facts of Life at the Orthopaedic Lecture Theatre on Wednesdays at 7.30 p.m. beginning on Mar. 5.
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    • 881 4 Food is the biggest item on our budget The large majority of S 1 n g a p or e's households about 90 per cent spend less than $1000 a month, going by the results of a household expend lture survey carried out by the Department
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    • 48 4 The Singapore Industrial Labour Organisation will celebrate Its fifth anniversary on March 2. Concessionrate tickets for cable car rides and visits to Sentosa on March 1 and to the Singapore Zoological Gardens on March 2 are available at the headquarters and from branch officials, from Monday.
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    • 190 4 Kuala Lumpur, Friday A total of 138,518 Job seekers were registered with Employment Offices throughout the country last December, 4200 more than the previous month. The Ministry of Labour and Manpower said most of the new job seekers were looking for clerical Jobs. In Peninsular Malaysia
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    • 230 4 The South East Asian Fisheries Development Centre has lost a court appeal against the confiscation of its Singa-pore-based marine research vessel, the Changl, by the Burmese authorities. The Changl was held on April 7 last year by naval patrol in Burmese waters with 12 tons
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    • 23 4 The first Singapore Open Electronic Projects Competition and Exhibition will be held from May 22 to 25 at the Singapore Conference Hall.
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    • 34 4 The Department of Ex-tra-mural Studies of the University of Singapore will hold a 15-lecture course on Illustration by Painting at the Chemistry Lecture Theatre on Wednesdays at 7.30 p.m. beginning on Mar. 5.
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  • Page 2 Advertisements
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    • 19 2 NEW NATION TEL: *****1. Meadow Gold nz-rrr 1 iik PRICE! at mm (MM 55liwW Oroherd/SomerW Roaifc Snpporet. Td: *****1
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  • Page 3 Advertisements
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  • Page 4 Advertisements
    • 95 4 m Y^Wmik o v 5*Y isr a Ta Stsg BENEFIT FROM OUR DISCOUNTED NETT AIRFARE FOR A SERVICE FEE OF SSIS FROM SINGAPORE OR BANGKOK TO:EUROPE ROME' TEHERAN BEIRUT MONTREAL II TOURS TO BANGKOK THE LAND OF A THOUSAND SMILES" 111 TOURS TO LAOS A COUNTRY TO DISCOVER TRANS AIR
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    • 29 4 OBTAINABLE FROM jJ LET enterprise-^! S?«1 111 Floof. W I? M Go»d»n Mil* Shopping afl I Mi Ontr«. Bescti Road. S.ng»pof 7 Til *****54 SOLE AGENT SINGAPORE MALAYSIA INDONESIA
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  • Page 4 Miscellaneous
    • 55 4 TIDES Today: 8.26 pjn. (2.0 m). Tomorrow: 6.25 a.m. (2.4 m) 9.28 p.m. (2.2 m). Sunday: 8.00 a.m. (2.6 m), 10.18 p.m. (2.5 m), Monday: 9.06 a.m. (2.8 m), 10.42 p.m. (2.6 m) Tuesday: 9.59 a.m. (3.0 m), 11.46 p.m. (2.8 m) Wednesday: 10.47 a.m. (3.2rrt), 11.46 p.m. (2.9 m)
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    • 175 4 WHAT'S ON The GOODWILL SHOP at the Singapore Council of Social Service premises in Penang Lane is open until 5.30 p.m. The SINGAPORE ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS is open until 6.00 p.m. The CONSUMER DISTRIBUTION CENTRE at Race Course Road Is open until 7 p.m. Mr. Feng Te-Mlng will give a PERFORMANCE
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  • WORLD NEWS
    • 233 5 Hegazi: Egypt is trying to defuse time bomb Reuter and UPI London, Friday EfjyDtian Prime Minister Dr. AbdelAziz Mohammed Hegazi said last night his country was trying to defuse the time bomb about to explode in the Middle East. They were doing this by carrying on with
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    • 291 5 United Press International London, Friday. Dorothy Ebright decided she rather liked the look of the Rolls-Royces, so she told Henry Nathan: "111 have that one. And that one. And those two over there, and..." "She bought nine cars, Just like that." an awed Nathan said today.
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    • 44 5 United Press International Addis Ababa, Friday.— Ethiopian troops backed by American-built F5 fighter-bombers fought separatist Eritreans north of Asmara yesterday. The rebels said they would attack Red Sea shipping If the United States sends new military aid to the government.
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    • 191 5 Reuter London. Friday Britain's opposition Conservatives formally installed Mrs. Margaret Thatcher as their first female leader yesterday and heard her pledge to block "the path to a socialist state." The Installation ceremony set the seal on 49yearold Mrs. Thatcher's victory last week over four male
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    • 37 5 United Press International Washington, Friday The government moved yesterday to bar obscene and Indecent material from television, saying It would ask Congress for legislation making It a crime to show "Indecent material" on television.
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    • 158 6 ReuterReuter United Nations, Friday.—Former acting President Olafkos Clerides of Cyprus called on the Security Council yesterday to impose a deadline for withdrawal of Turkish troops from the island. In compliance with Its own earlier resolution. He did not tell the council what the time limit might be,
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    • 380 6 Seni cancels his Cabinet presentation United Press International Bangkok, Friday Prime MinisterDesignate Seni Pramoj's efforts to form a government took a bizarre turn yesterday when he suddenly cancelled the presentation of his Cabinet to King Bhumibol Adulyadej, saying his coalition had split, only to discover it
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    • 131 6 Reuter Belfast, F.iday Violence returned last night to Northern Ireland when a political assassination and three tavern bombings shattered the lt-day-old guerrilla ceasefire. At least 14 peop'e were injured—some very seriously—in the bombings only a few hours after a Roman Catholic political leader was
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    • 135 6 Reuter London, Friday Veteran Rhodesian statesman Sir Roy Welensky, 68, and his 34-year-old wife are currently in London for the birth of their first child to make sure the baby is British. Sir Roy, already a grandfather and former Prime Minister of the now defunct
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    • 134 6 United Press International TODAY Is Friday, Feb. 21, the 52nd day of 1975 with 313 to follow. THE MOON is approaching its full phase. THE MORNING STARS are Mercury and Mars. THE EVENING STARS are Jupiter, Saturn and Venus. Those born on this day are under the sign of
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    • 79 6 Reuter Rome, Friday—ltalian police yesterday arrestthf head of a private mall delivery agency alter Investigating how post became waste paper. The scandal broke last summer when It was revealed that tons of undelivered mall was being ■old to pulp mills as waste paper. Sifting through recycled paper,
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  • Page 5 Advertisements
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  • Page 6 Advertisements
    • 33 6 Going to Bangkok? So are we? V TVrice daily. Hong Kongt discovery airline lAY PACIFIC The Swire Group Sydney *ferth'Singapore'Jakarta* Kuala Lumpur 'Saigon Bangkok Kota Kinabalu Manila Hong Kong 'Taipei Fukuoka Osaka'Tokyo*Seoul frunei
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  • Page 6 Miscellaneous
    • 50 6 THE BORN LOSER by Art Sansom Pf 1 m v m Ki a I SHORT RIBS by Frank O'Neal m DARN TOM LEPT A BULLET IN MIS POCKET. ii Z K m H 5K 31 m a> O N r; i i! a j 1 .inkULliiaj NORBERT by George Fett
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    • 256 6 WORLD WEATHER Paris Cloudy, 5245F, 10-7 C. Headline: French cabinet approves new divorce bill. London Mainly dry bright spells, 46-43 F. 86C. Headline: Wage rises soar by 29.1 per cent. Moscow Cloudy with sunny spells, 14mlnus 4F, minus 10mlnus 20C. Headline: To use efficiently the output of fresh power capacities.
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  • BEHIND THE NEWS
    • 967 7  -  The truth is that Amin is merely applying on a big scale his acquired cunning and army intrigue... By Raymond Wilkinson The most amazing thing about Idi Amin's first four years as President of Uganda is that he has survived to begin a
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  • Page 7 Advertisements
    • 87 7 Visit our new "executive" branch at Ocean Building Ground Floor. Are you in the BALLYCLASS? If not, it's time you moved up to the worlds NO-1 SHOE r V. Latest styles available exclusively at Jtft&iA LTadinci 0 M f N SWf AP TAILORS STOMI S OUTFITTERS Cf> Ground Hoof Occjn
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    • 241 7 The ESS amt 3 rock monitor was developed to make available a hybrid system having perfect fusion between specialised cone drivers and the incredible clarity ot the ESS Heii air-motion transformer midrange tweeter The ESS amt 3 is so uncolored throughout its range, so detailed in its transient precision and
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  • OPINION
    • 366 8 There seems to be unnecessary controversy over the question of raising driving standards in Singapore. Though no single factor can be pinpointed as the most Important In making our roads safer, the upgrading of motoring skills is certainly near the top of the list. And as
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    • 133 8 ,£j All the night* of cheating came to an end for a friend's colleague Just because he was cheated by a fishmonger. This man used to Elve the wife the slip y pretending to go on all-night fishing and to prove it he never failed to ko to
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    • 578 8  -  FRIDAY WITH PANG CHENG LIAN PANG CHENG LIAN British women have certainly started International Wo m en's Year on a right footing. Here we are only In the second month of 1975 and one of them has succeeded in making history by being the
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    • 189 8 K.N. Achary said: "The simple remedy to stop tax-evasion by hawkers Is to Impose a 10 per cent sales tax for dally turnover by the Internal Revenue Department." (NN. 10.2.75). It Is not. In my opinion, a wise measure because the prices of food
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    • 96 8  -  JENNY, Singapore, 13. I am working in the Port of Singapore Authority and earning less than $300 a month. Although I have repeatedly tried to get a room from either the PSA Estates Department or the Housing Board, my applications have been turned down because I
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    • 77 8  -  BENJAMIN CHUA Public Relations Officer, Singapore, 9. We refer to the letter entitled Bus Fare by Poly student (NN Feb. 7). We regret that we are unable to accept the proposal that Polytechnic students be issued concession passes which at resent are Issued only > secondary school and
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    • 216 8 VOICE OF THE PRESS SIN CHEW JITPOH Two missions from the Singapore business circle went abroad last week to establish a better foundation for Singapore's trade relations with foreign countries. They are the trade mission of the Singapore Manufacturers' Association which left on February 15 for a
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  • FRIDAY FORUM
    • Article, Illustration
      461 9  -  Interest aroused at early age Nursery schools are becoming more and more popular among parents. Why is this so? Are they status symbols or do children really benefit from them? New Nation, in its regular feature, FRIDAY FORUM, today presents the views of some parents. They were interviewed
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    • 406 9 The Govern ment should set up more nursery schools for children of pre-kind-ergarten age said MRS TAN PECK HONG. 29, a teacher with two children. "At present, from what I can see, most nursery schools are privately run. and cost quite a
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    • 221 9 Parents cannot provide all the stimulation a child needs, and this can be found in a good nursery school said MES. Aargaret sundaRASON, a teacher and administrator with three children. "The teachers in these schools know when to push a child onwards and encourage a child
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  • Page 9 Advertisements
    • 65 9 for dining and exclusive cocktail parties Smorgasbord Lunch on Mondays Thursdays m 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 I Tudor Bar happy, hours Teresa Khooat the piano on Thurs,
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    • 175 9 •TO Jl# \he NiersaHe dispby system for shop or home. On the shop floor Piplay Display System offers unlimited possibilities lor 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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  • LOCAL NEWS
    • 497 10/11  -  By Gregory Broughton Four people were slashed when a man ran amok at Dunearn Road yesterday. The Incident started at 10.45 a.m. at the Mobil service station near the 2} milestone. Dunearn Road. According to the proprietor, Mr. Llm Chin Choon, 42, the
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  • Page 10/11 Miscellaneous
    • 533 10/11 Cut out and pin with other coupons Posting instuctions appear below Name (Mr /Mrs /Miss) 2 I B 6 D W Cut along (lotted lines FILL IN MISSING LETTERS ACROSS USING CLUES BELOW CLUES FOR T-5 1. Moke a sketch of 2. A good ...deserves any admiration he gets 3.
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  • PLEASURE
    • 608 12  -  by Violet Oon FOR PETE'S SAKE directed by Peter Yates and starring Bar b r a Streisand. Michael Sarrazln. Molly Picon, Estelle Parsons and William Redfleld. This zany comedy Is about a young. married couple, Henrietta (Barbra Streisand) who prefers to be called Henry
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    • 387 12 V.O. Coffee shop stall food is undoubtedly the best value for money in Singapore. Besides being inexpensive, the food is tasty. But one thing usually puts people off—the heat and smoke which make the coffee shop unconduclve, especially for a lunch-time date with a friend. One
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  • Page 12 Advertisements
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    • 76 12 V MANY PEOPLE RETURN FOR OUR EARTHEN POT SPECIALITIES! (»i .nes* set lunch ff>r 4 S 1 0 on I v 1 Continental set lunch S2 90 We also provide for wedd.m, doners. bijMff Or d.r An J s''ivn i parties .i I i cart» op»'ii rtdily 1 1 11
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  • Page 12 Miscellaneous
    • 580 12 AT THE CINEMA with VIOLET OON THE TAKING OF PELHAM ONE TWO THREE: A suspense drama based on the best-selling novel by John Qodey about the hijacking of a subway train by four ruthless men. Starring Walter Matthau, Robert Shaw, Martin Balsam and Hector Ellzondo. Directed by Joseph Sargent. Lido:
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  • TREND
    • 345 13  -  f N Doc's Casebook v J S.L. Mrs. K asked: "I'm a devout Catholic and already have one child. We are not quite ready to have another but would not like to use any method other than the natural one. So what do you
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    • 163 13  -  NIK KASMANI The nattily dressed career girl Is not the one who splurges occasionally on a pricey evening gown then goes about the rest of the time in indifferently matched and 111-fltted clothes. She Is the sensible girl who spends moj-e on her working clothes—because
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    • 171 13 Whatever happens to the ailing Aristotle Onassls. he has assured a comfortable future for his wife Jackie, and her two children. On Onassis's death she and the children would inherit £51 million ($272 million), a sum large enough for her to continue to live
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  • Page 13 Advertisements
    • 72 13 Christof/e Complements All Well-Dressed Tables The World Over t or many years, Christofle has stood out as a symbol of all that is excellent in silver cutlery It has adorned countless well-dressed tables all over the world. The beautiful, intricate design The deep glow of metal and rich handle texture
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    • 87 13 Refrigerators are of Superior Swedish Design Each Electrolux model is the result of advanced refrigeration techniques. MORE EFFECTIVE SEALING Unique 'Magnador' ensures complete sealing. Food stays fresh longer. HIGH COOLING CAPACITY More performance at less power costs. More economy and durability QUALITY FINISH Polystyrene interior. Rust proof, scratch resistant, enamel
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  • Page 14 Advertisements
    • 162 14 ft p c cßaTrs* PRIVATE LTD. UNIT 335 PLAZA BINQAPURA 3RD. FLOOR, 68, ORCHARD ROAD BINQAPORE, 9. TEL: *****7, *****1 r WHY RENT? YOU CAN OWN ONE! SHARP COLOUR T.V. 1«" MONTHLY PAYMENT $58/20 ROXY COLOUR T.V. 26" MONTHLY PAYMENT $83/40 AND ALSO OTHER POPULAR BRANDS AVAILABLE ON HIRE PURCHASE
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    • 262 14 Thee is muse on vour records you have probably never heard The average listener spends over twice as much on records as he does on his entire music system Ano then never gets to hear many ot the sounds on his records In most systems the speakers limit the sounds
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    • 133 14 <md Ventilating Fans Robust construction Impeller design Totally enclosed motor Accurately balanced SING CHOW ENGINEERING CO., PTE. LTD. P.O. BOX No. 37, Serangoon Road P.O. 12. Kallang Junction, Singapore, 12. Tel. No. *****66 3 Lines) Cables: "SINOENOINE" Chinese Carpels VTj« MX >r cn >T^ ***** m WE ARE OPEN FOR
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  • shopping
    • 715 14 X twice weekly advertisement feature MTITH Increasing af- fluence, people are becoming more aware of the usefulness of small tools and equipment which can go a long way towards making life a little bit easier, The tool boxes of today are very likely to hold, In addition
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  • FINANCE
    • 179 15 Small shipyards are now enjoying a boom because of a 50 per cent drop in the price of steel plates. Mild steel plates (commercial quality) are now being sold at US$l75 per ton, which Is 50 per cent less than last year's peak of US$35O per
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    • 189 15 New trade arrangements for ASEAN countries are being discussed by international experts and local manufacturers. Under the system, manufactured products from ASEAN countries will be exempt from import tariffs in countries of the European Economic Community (EEC). Mr. R. Pradhan. director of the United Nat i
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    • 252 15  -  Markcl Basket 1 Rav Dhaliwal The prices of fish and prawns dipped sharply yesterday for the first time in weeks. They had risen Just before and after the Chinese New Year. Large prawns were yesterday available at about $5.80 a katl, as compared to $8.50 a katl
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    • Article, Illustration
      149 15 Share prices rose at the Stock Exchange of Singapore yesterday, enabling most counters to recover the ground lost on Wednesday. Great Eastern Life advanced 70 cents to $7.50 on a solitary deal. Other major gainers were OCBC and Malayan Banking, up 50 cents and 40 cento to $7.80
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    • 97 15 American Optical Co. (Spore) Pte Ltd. will hold a display of microscopic equipment at the US Trade Centre In Yen San Building, Orchard Road, from Feb. 24 to 27. Two senior executives of American Optical In Hong kong, namely, Messrs Josef Muellauer and O. Zeyrlnger, will be arriving
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    • Stock markets round the world
      • 179 15 The stock market, overcoming earlier profit taking, closed higher yesterday in active trading on the New York Stock Exchange. The Dow Jones Industrial Average, up and down all morning, was up 8.99 at 745.38 at the close. Standard and Poor's 500-stock index was up 0.77 at 82.21. Advances
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      • 32 15 Dow Jones closing averages on the New York Stock Exchange: 30 industrials 745.38 (up 8.99), 20 transport 163.00 <up 107). 15 utilities 81.90 (up 0.29), 65. stocks 236.86 (up 2.21).
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      • 169 15 The market rebounded yesterday as turnover increased a little bit. Investors here seem to have gained their confidence In the market. They saw 'the two-dav drop as short-term profit-taking. Unexpected rallies both In New York and London further encouraged the Investors. T.S.E. New Index: 300.21 (up 2.47) T.S.E. 225
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      • 81 15 Thla service Is from the Union Bank of Switzerland. Closing prices on the Zurich Stock Exchange yesterday: UBB 311ft 30 SBC 576 6 Credit Suisse 2745 35 Swissair B. 456 3 Swiss Relnsur. 3010 10 Wlnteithur B. 1695 46 Zurich Insur. 6575 36 Juvena B. 860 Neftle B. 3780
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  • Page 15 Advertisements
    • 94 15 c\ I I >i i/\ The infallible electronic lighter for gas appliances I ALL It D IN T RNATIONAI Baby col, play-pan, infant carriei Jk Walker. Nam Kbow Cbildrea Firiitire 4669, Beach Road Block 14 off North BHd|( Kd (opposite Golden Theatre) Tel: *****39 FOR ALL KINDS OF LATEST BEST
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    • 203 15 w The Shop W„h MENSSHOP The Mahaii|jhs Service d-27, SPECIALISTS' CENTRE •Ground Floor) TEL *****4 HEAD OFFICE I B6 MGH ST. S'PORE 6.TEL32T183 r Going Overseas We've got full rang* of winter clothing* and other it •mi you'll neod... OVERCOATS... SCARVES.. JUMPERS... PULLOVERS... CARDIGANS.. GLOVES WINTER PYJAMAS. QUILTS .WOOLLEN UNDERWEAR..
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    • 128 15 ACE DECOR TEL: *****81 SPECIALIZE IN WALL PAPER CARPET, CURTAIN, FURNITURE SALES DISCOUNT 20% onwards on KINGFISHER WALL COVERING INTERIOR DESIGNNING ROOM 197, IST FLOOR, INTERNATIONAL PLAZA, ANSON ROAD S'PORE., 2. ttttttttt WILLIAM PHOTO CENTRE 153, lit Floor, Golden Mile Tower, (Golden Theatre) Beach Rd, .S'pore, 7. dialer in all
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  • Page 16 Advertisements
    • 424 16 4—l 30 MAQIC SHOP Magicians (or parties, all books, tricks on magic available from House of 1001 magic tricks, jokes, novelties 26, Robinson Road, S pore., 1 Tel: *****. ROAD, SINGAPORE, 10. HAIR A SCALP CLINIC (Oround Floor) Tel: *****4. For both, men and women, with a Lon-. don qualified
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    • 397 16 FRONT SHOWCASES PON NENT at Middle Rd. Interested please contact Francis Ooh *****9. POLYETHYLENE MAHJONO TABLE CLOTH with under layer. For enquiries, Engcojak b Co., 34 Chin Chew Street, S'pore 1. Ring *****/ *****7. J Able to supply WOODEN PALLETS of all specifications and DEFEAT PLYWOOD for ship uses. Tel:
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    • 387 16 PHILIPS LIGHT WEIGHT IRONB $16.90, hair dryers $16.30, shavers $20.00 Ashoka 110 Hill Street. —mu|9Sw4*Je«MaMH rental, SALE Wooden furniture. Please contact London Woodworking. Blk. 75, 2882 Oeylang Bahru off Bendemeer Road, S'pore 13. New tel: *****9H TONQLEE CAR RENTAL. $20.00 per day. Belf-drlve. Call *****0, 440, Dunearn'Road, 4% m.s., JOSEPH
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    • 405 16 FmHIM CIVIL A SANITARY EXECUTIVE ENGINEER Seeks Similar position In Singapore. For further details tel. *****4 Mary. COLOUR PHOTOGRAPHY, developing and printing. 20% discount with free colour film. Color outdoor service half Lrlce. Lushan Colour iboratorles, 267 People's Parle Complex, 360 Shaw Centre. 296, Blk 183, Toa Payoh Central, 855
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    • 319 16 LESLIE'S DRIVING SCHOOL. Dual controlled. Datsun 1200. 260, Rangoon Road, Tel: *****8. RELIABLE TUTOR OFFERS Tuition to Primary Secondary Students. AH Subjects. Phone *****0 (Kenny). ELEMENTARY, MODERN, ADDITIONAL MATHEMATICS by graduate tutors. New classes commencing soon. Details at 460-D, Bile 179, Toa Payoh Central (next to Kong Chlan Cinema). I
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  • SPORTS
    • 659 17  -  Draws for Sentosa and Keppel TEE-UP uith Lim Kee Chan Peter Thomson, who was i n st r umental in the formation of the Asian Circuit 15 years ago (then known as the Far East Circuit), is a man of his word. When the first Singapore
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    • 333 18  -  By JEFFREY LOW Singapore Indians yesterday charged the Football Association with having "wrong mental orientation and lopsided values" in their conflict over national players. The Indiana are still angry over the FA's refusal to release Roy Krlshnan and Bernard Norbert for the Bardhan Cup
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    • 364 18  -  By MOKHTAR AMIN Singapore walked off the pitch beaming with happiness yesterday after they held the New Zealand World Cup hockey team to a 0-0 draw at Jalan Besar. Coach Harban Singh said that after their previous 5-0 loss to New Zealand,
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    • 154 18 Our humid climate is the main worry voiced by World Cup hockey champions Holland when they arrived here last night. Mr. C.J. Tania, team manager of the 23man sauad. said: "It is now winter in our country and the East is too humid. So our
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    • 36 18 Lausanne, Friday—The Executive Board of the International 01 y m pic Committee (IOC) will not discuss the issue of Rhodesia's eligibility for the Games at the lOC session here, President Lord Klllanin said yesterday.
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    • 348 18  -  By C.K. YONG Third seeds David Tay and Slew Sea Huang crashed to a shock 8-15, 15-9, 15-13 defeat by Tan Meng Chiang and Bernard Tan of Combined Schools in the Boys' doubles of the Singapore Badminton Association Under-18 championships at SBA Hall last night. And
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    • 276 19 Reuter London, Friday The shock defeat of favour'ites Everton In the fifth round of the English Football Association Cup last weekend leaves them free to concentrate on their challenge for the League championship. Everton, beaten at home by Second Division Fulham in
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    • 71 19 Kuala Lumpur, Friday, —Ghana's team to the World Cup hockey arrived here yesterday confident of making It to the semi-finals of the 12natlon tournament starting on March 1. Team manager SB. Okyere told reporters on arrival that "we expect to be one of the two teams in our
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    • 34 19 Kuala Lumpur, Friday. A 13-member Japanese table tennis team arrived here yesterday to take part In a fournation Invitation tabletennis championships starting today.'Hie other teams are host nation Malaysia, China and Indonesia.
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    • 251 19 m with Scrutineer A Jockey Moses Lee, who made a triumphant comeback at Kuala Lumpur last Sunday, could ride another winner on The Executive in Race 4 at Penang tomorrow. The Executive showed good form in his last start at Buklt Tlmah last month when
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    • 244 19 ON THE TRACK with BLUE PETER Penang, Friday. Pekan IV (M. Masruhen) did a striking gallop over 3f In 38- 4/5 on good going here this morning. Newcomer Anak Malaysia (Hassan Ahmad) also Impressed with a 3f run In 36 3/5. Thumbs Up II
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    • 104 19 SCRUTINEER CALL BOY EPSOM JEEP BLUE PETER Race 1 Bohada Tlan Chin Tlan Chin West AusMe Tlan Chin Wlndwater Tlan Chin Okay Duchess Pare Boy Hector Golden Oriole Hector Hector Page Boy Put* Hector e? Photon Rohanlta Photon Danish Don Photon Courtfway Photon Courtoway lUCt The Executive
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    • 2557 19 l 2.30 CLASS 6 OIV 3 7F ■lUSdU ($7,000 $4,900 to winner) (For apprentice jockeys) 1 2358 day Duchaaa a (PK Chan) Mak 7 9.0 (dd-fS) 8v.r .8 Nathan 4 2 0803 Tlan CMn a (Tlan Chin) Ahamd 5 8 11 (dd>11) 8".f
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    • 305 17 NEW NATION CROSSWORD 8 Bract of a flower 9 Bobbins 10 Edith Evans, ror one 11 Be excessively prevalent 12 Oenus of cats 13 New York City art museum 21 Crowbar 23 Awnings 25 Actor David 27 Bigwigs, for short 28 Japanese girdle box 29 Oatlike 32 Parts of circles
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    • 169 18 VICTORIA INSTITUTION OLD BOYS' ASSOCIATION Southern Branch The Annual General Meeting of the above Association will be held on Saturday, 22nd February 1975 at 51 McNalr Road, Singapore at 8.00 p.m. Old Boys of Victoria Institution, Kuala Lumpur are invited to attend. The Annual General Meeting will be preceded by
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    • 402 18 YOUR LUCKY STARS IF IT'S YOUR BIRTHDAY BORN today, you are highly Intelligent and, in fact, enjoy nothing more than exercising your mental capacities on abstract problems. Even so, you take a remarkably down -to earth approach to your everyday life, never allowing complications to becloud whatever issues are Involved.
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  • 152 20  -  I Dick West If you were the recluse type and wanted to protect your anonymity, how would you go about it? Check one: Move to a desert island. Start living in a cave Become a presidential candidate. According to the National Academy of Sequestration, the first two
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  • 34 20 MEI LIN: I bet you'll be Joining the crowd at the National Stadium this Sunday for the Singapore Penang clash. AH FOOK: That's better thap wasting my time In a mahjong game.
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    • 1009 20 AND RADIO SINGAPORE 5 3.00 OPENING ANNOUNCEMENT8 followed by FOE THE FAMILY (C): Items of Interest In this edition include a talk on Traditional Chinese Folk Art; a talk- cumdemonstratlon on Making Paper Dolls by Madam Chin Ah Quee; and a weekly round-up of art and cultural activities. 3.35 DIARY
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    • 74 20 Shou/ of the day... WORLD PREMIERE FEATURE (9.45 over Channel Five In colour): In tonight's film. The Family Kovak, one of the sons In a closeknit family tells off a Health Inspector who Is demanding a pay-oft to pass Ma's Restaurant. The whole family Is affected when the Inspector turns
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