New Nation, 9 April 1975

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    Masthead
    18 1 New Nation SINGAPORE Wednesday April 9, 1975 No. 1302 Price 20 cents M.C.(P) 489/75 NEW fcj) NATION COMMENT
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    KL STUDENTS PLANNING BIG DEMOS
    429 1 'They are scheduled to start when new university term opens next month' Kuala Lumpur. Wednesday Some university students are planning another series of anti-government demonstrations when the new academic term opens next month, the Malaysian Education Minister, Dr. Mahathir Mohamed. said yesterday. He told the
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    They just stood and watched him bleed
    246 1  -  By Adrian Chiam The old man sighed with relief as I wiped the blood from his face.- Wounded in a gang attack, he had been lying on the grass verge by the side of a road for 10 minutes waiting for help. I
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    MAN DIES AFTER A PETROL FIRE TRAGEDY
    331 1  -  By Bharathi Mohan Ail airport technician who was burned while washing his greasy hands with petrol, died In hospital yesterday a week after a fire tra- gedy in hla Commonwealth Close flat.. Hla wife, who «u also enveloped In flames In the mishap,
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  • Article
    Lock icon Free day for Lee
    35 1 Reuter Chrlatchurch, W«dnesday Singapore Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew hai a day free of official engagements in Chrlatchurch today and was expected to take the opportunity for a round of golf.
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      21 1 MONEYWORDS P 9 STOCK MARKET P 2 WHAT'S ON TIDES P 4 LEATHER P 6 COMICS P 16 CINEMAS P 19
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      131 1 RODEO OF TANG SWGAPOMS leading DEPARTMENT STORE 3rd Floor Usual Now Ladies' floral blouses-$7.50 $5.00 each Ladies' Knitted T-shirts (ass. colours patterns) a>uu Ladies'raincoats 475 (ass. colours) Gents rain jackets 4.75 Gents' cotton denim jeans (plain colour) Gents' short sleeve shirts 5.00 Boys' short sleeve 0 Kft shirts 6 00
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  • LOCAL NEWS
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      Lock icon Baffling sight at the post office
      70 2 Motorists visiting the Yio Chu Kang Post Office daily have been baffled as to how this lamppost came to be sited right at the entrance to the post office. Many a motorist has phoned the New Nation to And out why the lamp-post could
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      Ong's date
      36 2 The Minister of Labour, Mr. One Pang Boon, will open the 60th anniversary celebrations of Chong Hock Glrli' School on April 16 at 10 a.m. which will also feature an art and craft exhibition.
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    • Article
      Distemper: The needle is best
      465 2 FROM THE 00C HOUSE BY PG The two small pieces that I wrote on distemper brought me more letters than I have ever received on a single subject. Strangely, several readers asked the same question and that was: "Can a dog be cured of distemper
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      Dog show results
      211 2 Despite early rain there was a very good a 11 en d a n ce for the B.K.C/1 Eighth Championship Dog Bnow on Bunday and thanks to the last minute effort of the exhibitors, all the dogs look as though they had come out of the proverbial
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      ON THE 'CHANGE
      167 2 Dull and easier trading marked the Stock Exchange of Singapore during the first trading session this morning. The market's drabness was brightened by Matsushita Electric "s announcement of its attractive two for one scrip and 35 for 100 rights issue at par. This followed the company's improved
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      OUR ROADS
      17 2 Police reivarted 91 accidents ye s teYd a y. Three were serious and one fatal.
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      An evening of first rate acting
      398 2  -  By Violet Oon Sir Michael Redgrave and the Royal Shakespeare Company are names to conjure with. Superlatives like "excellent," the "ultimate in acting" and "spellbinding" come to mind when one thinks of these institutions of the English theatre. One goes to see them expecting
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      Gujarati chief
      37 2 Mr. P.M. Shah has been elected president ot the Singapore Gujarati Association at Its annual general meeting. "Hie other officials are: Mr. RJ. Patel, vice president; Mr. C.D. Joshl. secretary; and Mr. M.D. Shah, treasurer.
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      Ninety-three booked under PDS
      390 3 They chalk up 442 points Ninety-three drivers have been booked for various traffic offences during the first month of the implementation of the newlylntroduced Points Demerit System. The Points Demerit System, Implemented on March 1, Is aimed at identifying and curbing dangerous, reckless ana Inconsiderate drivers
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      New officers elected
      61 3 Mr. Ng Cheng Leong has been elected the president of the Society of Certificate Engineers (Steam and Internal Combuatlon Engine) Singapore. The vice-president Is Mr. Woo Fo Keng. Other officials are: Mr. Yan Poh Soon (hon. secretary), Mr. Soh Tong San (asst. Hon. secretary), Mr. Chua Teo
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      SOLD OUT—THOSE $65,000 FLATS
      273 3 All the Housing and Urban Developm en t Corporation middle income flats of Type B the cheaper variety have been fully booked. All those of Type A In the Amber area have also been sold out. (Type A flats have a floor area of 158 sq.
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      Things that go bump in the night
      259 4  -  Residents find the noise from safety humps 'disturbing* By Richard Lim Residents of Blocks Four and Six in Holland Close are finding it difficult to sleep at night—because of the noises going on down the road. Every time a vehicle enters or leaves
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      Jakarta aims to pluck our banana market
      131 4 Indonesia thinks Singapore Is a ripe market for its wide range of bananas. One advantage, according to the Indonesian Institute for Export Development, Is it nearness to Indonesia. The fruit's bulky nature, perishable quality and low price make export by air to distant
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      A dental contest
      71 4 The Dental Health Contest for boys and girls between the ages of 17 and 21 will be held In May and June. The first prize Is $600, second, $350 and the third, $150. Entry forms are available at the Dental Health Education Unit, Alexandra Park. Ministry of
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      Seven die from arsenic
      188 4 100 others maimed Medical authorities revealed that there have been seven recorded deaths due to arsenic poisoning since 1973. Early this month, a patient was warded with arsenic poisoning. He is reported to be dying. In addition, medical statistics show that over 100 people have been
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      Concert
      32 4 Five hundred children aged between three and eight years will give a concert at Victoria Theatre at 5 p.m. on May 4, In aid of the Social Welfare Homes' Cultural Fund.
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      Teachers as counsellors
      167 4 A long term plan to train primary school teachers as guidance counsellors Is now being studied by, Ministry of Education officials. This 1* to provide appropriate counselling service for Singapore's large primary school population of more than 320.000. Plans to train primary school teachers as guidance counsellors,
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      145 4 REPORTS FROM THE SF.XUAL REVOLUTION: I TROUBLE M THE BEDROOM OLYMPICS tl WHAT VVE NOW KNOW ABOUT THE PILL THE "ILLEGALS"IE Mtitom > I>i.i r wa -f Also in this issue Jerusalem Too Holy for Its Own .Good The fate of this city will ultimately resolve the question of war
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      355 4 WHAT'S ON An EXHIBITION OF NEW PAINTINGS by Thomas Yeo will open at the National Library at 5.30 p-m. It will be on dally from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. and will feature acrylics, gouaches and collages. The Singapore Metrication Board Is holding a sDeclal mobile exhibition, METRICATION AND YOU,
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  • WORLD NEWS
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      Lock icon A probe into vice in US govt offices
      137 5 Reuter Washington, Wednesday Washington police are Investigating allegations of drag peddling, gambling and prostitution inside the sprawling US Agriculture Department buildings here, officials said yesterday. About lt,M# civil servants work in the buildings, midway between the White House and Congress. A spokesman
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      Lock icon $913m aid
      33 5 United Press International Kuwait, Wednesday The National Assembly has approved a draft law for granting US$4l5 million ($913 million) In aid to seven Arab countries and the Palestine Liberation Organisation (PLO).
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      Lock icon Rhodesia: Troops will go in May
      307 5 Mwaanga tells of a pledge by Vorster Reuter Dar Es Salaam, Wednesday South Africa has promised to withdraw its s e c u rity forces from Rhodesia by the epd of next month, Zambian Foreign Minister Vernon Mwaanga told the Organisation of African Unity
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      Lock icon PARK CLOSES VARSITY AFTER RIOTS
      371 5 Reuter Seoul, Wednesday South K or e a's three most prestigious universities were closed today after President Park Chung-Hee sent crack go v e r nment troops into the private Korea university yesterday to crush worsening anti-government student riots. The other two schools the Seoul
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      Lock icon Division in Labour over EEC
      231 5 Reuter UPI London, Wednesday Angry divisions grew Inside Britain's ruling Labour Party yesterday as Parliament continued a stormy debate over whether Britain should stay In the European Common Market. Junior Minister Eric Heffer, a leftwinger nnd ardent opponent of European membership, said he would defy
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      Lock icon Tribute to Chiang
      86 5 UPI Talpeh, Wednesday The remains of President Chiang Kai-Shek will be moved to the Sun YatSen Memorial Hall today, with thousands of mourners expected to line the streets of 4Miis city to pay silent tribute to the man who ruled the country for 50 years. Chiang died
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      Lock icon THE CRASH DRIVER WAS ASLEEP
      222 5 Reuter Belgrade, Wednesday— The driver of a train which crashed last August killing 153 people admitted In court yesterday that he and his assistant were asleep Just before the crash. "We dozed off at some point on the way to Zagreb but I did not
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      Lock icon ISRAELIS HIT OUT AT EGYPT
      383 6 Reuter UPI Jerusalem, Wednesday The Israeli Foreign Ministry yesterday charged Egypt with violating the disengagement agreement, Security Council resolutions and written undertakings with Israel through the United Nations. Two senior officials of the ministry, who declined to be named, told foreign newsmen here the violations
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      Lock icon 'Spare prince' plea by girl
      154 6 Reuter Beirut. Wednesday The former American girlfriend of King Faisal's assassin has apE paled to the Baudl Aralan monarch's successor. King Khalld, to spare the prince's life, reliable sources said here yesterday. The plea came in a cable from Miss Christine Surma, of West Hollywood,
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      Lock icon South Seas chief sues Britain for $117m
      291 6 United Press International London, Wednesday A South Seas Island chief sat quietly In a London court yesterday to challenge the British Government for a prise of £22 million ($ll7 million) and an Island looking "not unlike the moon." Tebukl Rotan, 74, wealing an
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      Lock icon Secret pacts: Tell all, Ford is urged
      428 6 United Press International Washington, Wednesday Sen. Henry M. Jackson, DemocratWashington, charged yesterday, the United States made secret agreements with South Vietnam that President Ford has only Just discovered. Mr. Jackson also accused Mr. Ford of blaming Congress for reneging on agreements that it
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      Lock icon Big poser on the Thieu palace bomber
      139 6 United Press International Saigon, Wednesday The pilot of an air force Jet which bombed President Nguyen Van Thieu's Independence Palace probably flew the plane to a communist-occupied base inside South Vietnam and defected, military sources said. The airman was identified as Lt. Nguyen
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      The Odd Corner
      42 6 New Delhi, Wednesday The mother of 17-year-old religious leader Guru Maharaj Ji has renounced her son, accusing him of being a playboy instead of a holy man. THe boy is living in the United States with his American wife.
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      Lock icon TODAY
      151 6 United Press International TODAY Is Wednesday, April 9, the 99th day of 1975 with 288 to follow. THE MOON approaching its new phase. THE MORNING STARB are Mercury, Mars and Jupiter. THE EVENING STABS are Saturn and Venus. Those born on this date are under the sign of Aries.
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      Lock icon 'We can take capital any time...'
      246 6 Reuter UPI Peking, Wednesday Cambodian Prince Norodom Sihanouk said iast night his Khmer Rouge insurgents could capture Phnom Penh whenever they wished. In a message to Us Senator Mike Mansfleld, circulated to correspondents here, the prince said the Khmer Rouge had delayed taking Phnom
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      137 5 HURRY LAST FEW DAY UALITY GOODS AT UNBELIEVABLE PRIC NORMAL NO* SEAMASTER FANCY SHIRTS S/S SI2 90 *1 SEAMASTER FANCY SHIRTS S/S 14 90 7.1 ARROW SHIRTS* SHIRTS (ODDMENTS) LESS 20% MONTAGUT T-SHIRTS S/S (ANTIiES) TO CLEAR 29.1 MONTAGUT T-SHIRTS L/S (ASCOT) TO CLEAR M.l SEAMASTER EXECUTIVE SHIRTS L/S 10
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      58 5 /S\ y Cantonese > Cuisine at its best in the FUNQ COUKT HOTEL Treat your friends and yourself to lunch or dinner with: *Endless trays off Tim Sum delicacies 'Authentic Chinese dishes ffrom a la carte menu, and Porridge with its accompanying delightful dishes. In addition, there's a special suggestion
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      224 6 WORLD WEATHER New York Partly, sunny, 51-32F, 11-OC. Headline: Democrats rebut Ford In Congress on Indo-Chlna aid. Rome Sunny after downpour. 63-45F, 17-7 C. Headline: Marines going back to Vietnam? Moscow Variable clouds, 72-57F, 22-14 C. Headline: The whole nation builds the BaikalAmur trunk railway. London Cold, strong winds, 46-39F,
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  • BEHIND THE NEWS
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      Lock icon The CIA, Hughes tie-up...
      590 7  -  THROWING MORE LIGHT ON RIDDLE Art Buchwald Los Angeles Times Mlnderman knocked on the door at 11 o'clock at night. "I had to talk to you," he apologised. "Something has been driving me nuts." "What Is It, Mlnderman?" "It's about the Russian submarine the CIA tried
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      HE'S IMPRESSED BY THE FAST PROGRESS MADE BY S'PORE
      868 7  -  By Pang Cheng Lian "Other people go into rhapsodies over the cleanliness and greenery of Singapore. I don't," said the Soviet Ambassador, Mr. Boris V. Bezrukavnikov, over coffee and Russian chocolates. He was giving a farewell Interview before bis return to
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      Lock icon Return to happiness as skin cure is found
      576 7  -  Vtpm Victor Cohn Washington Post A man whose wife had been unable to have normal relations with him for five years because his skin was so incurably scaly was able to return to his wife's bed. stop Jflis drinking and again get
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  • OPINION
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      New buffer role for Thailand
      387 8 As many had feared, the recent splits in the Malayan Communist Party have not crippled the effectiveness of the communist terrorists. On the contrary, there has been an appreciable increase in their acts of sabotage, the latest being two ambushes at Maung Gajah, near the
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      Fined for snooping
      138 8 r WHISPERS y L ,SPY JJ Look out private Investigators, you can be fined for snooping that Is, If you happen to be working In Japan. The Japanese Supreme Court has recently upheld a lower oowvs decision and ordered an Osaka private Investigating a—ney to pay compensation
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      QUEEN GOES DOWN BEFORE A PAWN
      616 8  -  WEDNESDAY WITH DICK WILSON DICK WILSON It is astonishing to see the Western world's reaction to the fall of Vietnam —of Indochina. Reproachful Indignation at communist bad faith, agonised disbelief at the frailty of the anti-com-munist forces —wo have to go right back to
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      Soccer on TV
      129 8 I must congratulate Wilfred James for that very lively commentary on the Malaysia Cup •occer match between Singapore and Pahang. Although I was very disappointed with our loss to Pahang, I must admit I enjoyed listening to the commentary which was very clear and exciting. Be made
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      More room for roots
      61 8  -  HENDRICK KOH for Sr. Public Relations Officer, Ministry of National Development, Singapore, 2. I refer to the article Save this tree... <NN, 28 2.75). Please be informed that the tree is maintained by a private developer. He has been instructed to break up the concrete base
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      Thinking of Geylang
      57 8  -  BENJAMIN CHUA Public Relations Officer, Singapore Bus Service Ltd. Singapore, 9. I refer to S.K. Lee's letter Oeylang bound? (NN, 15.3.75). At the moment there Is no proposal to re-route buses 70 and 71 Into the HDB Oeylang Bahru estate. We are however consi- dering the feasibility
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      Control fees of doctors
      271 8 r r VOICE OF THE PRESS SIN CHEW JITPOH As an Incentive to retain the services of doctors, particularly the younger ones, in the government hospitals, the Ministry of Health announced at the end of last month that it planned to build hostels for government doctors
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  • FEATURE
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      Mass transit in third world
      922 9 High construction costs and fixed location problems BEATING THE TRAFFIC JAMS Day Three All over the world, governments of developing nations are concerned with the problem of transporting workers from their residences to places of work. Congestions within the cities, the failure of bus companies
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  • Page 9 Miscellaneous
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      533 9 Cut out and pin with other coupons Posting instuctions appear below Name (Mr./ Mrs /Miss) IS ES BELOW Cut atony doited lines CLUES FOR AA-3 1. Thin and weak looking 2. Many famous persons have important connections with the 3. The remnant of a felled tree, for instance 4. To
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  • EDUCATIONAL BROADSHEET
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      LAND OF FJORDS... ...AND FISHERMEN
      3114 10/11 Norway and Denmark are part of Scandinavia, yet they are different in many aspects. For example, Norway is essentially dependent on fishing, while Denmark is given more to arable farming. New Nation today presents a geogra- phical study of these two countries. Norway extends from
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      A country famous for its dairy products
      2285 10/11 RELIEF Denmark consists of the Jutland peninsula and a group of islands, several' of which are large Funen. Zealand and Lolland and nearly 500 smaller ones. To the west lies the North Sea; the Skagerrak, Kattegat ajid the sound separating Denmark from Sweden.
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  • PLEASURE
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      FATALISTIC TONE IN BLOOD ON THE TRACKS
      533 12  -  This new style is probably due to Dylan's break-up with his wife POPS by Peter Ong 808 DYLAN: BLOOD ON THE TRACKS (CBS): I'll never decay. Decay turns me off. I'll die before I d e c a y." These were the words
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      Natassa's bitter memories
      605 12  -  CINEMA BY EDGAR KOH LT NATASSA directed by Nlcos Foskolos, with Aiiki Vouyouklaki and Dimltrls Pap a m ichael (Golden: coming). This is a Greek film, made by Greeks, about a heroine of the Greek Resistance during World War 11, and tailored, one might add, for Greek
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      Bye Bye Baby is still in top spot
      145 12 Bye Bye Baby by Scotland's Bay City Rollers still occupies the top place in the London charts, but "If" by Telly Savalas Is out of the charts after a rew weeks of prominence. Pick Up The Pieces by the Average White Band,
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      20 12 1(1) Bje Bye Baby Bay City Rollers 2(3) Girls Moments And Whatnauts 3 (X) There's A Whole Lot Of Loving
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      55 12 Guys And Dolls 4(6) Fancy Pants Kenny 5(5) Only You Can Fox 6(8)1 Can Do It Rubettes 7(4) What Am I Gonna Do With You —Barry White 8 (12) Fox On The Run —Sweet 9 (11) Play Me Like You Play Your Guitar —Duane Eddy 10 (15) Funky Gibbon/ Sick
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      126 12 John 3(1) Lovln' You—Minnie Biperton 4(4) Yon Are So Beautiful—Joe Cocker 5(2) Lady Marmalade —Labelle 7 Poetry Man Phoebe Snow 7 (11) Once You Get Started—Rufus 8(3) Have You Never Been Mellow Olivia NewtonJohn 9 (10) Express B.T. Express 10 (15) Somebody Done Somebody Wrong S o n i B.
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  • TREND edited by BETTY L. KHOO
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      Lock icon Madame thinks it's a man's world
      499 13 Reuter Half of France's stay-at-home housewives are Jealous of women who go out to work. They feel working women have more successful marriages, greater financial freedom and a wider circle of friends. These are the findings of the weekly magazine Elle in a giant
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      Lock icon Sweep in and slay 'em with a caftan
      140 13 There Is nothing like an Africanst yled caftan for drama. Fling your arms out as you tell a story and you'll cut an arresting figure with your batsleeves. Glide down a flight of stairs and the length and breadth of the outfit
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      Bring beauty to a bare bathroom
      202 13  -  IB -KAHTIMA Having a bout of bathroom blues? A bare, uninteresting bathroom with only the minimum necessities can be depressing. Like any other room In a house, it should be comfortable, clean and with Its own personality. For starters the colour scheme should be
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  • FINANCE
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      The top 4 stocks end lower
      269 14 Market report JJ Share prices were generally tower at the start of trading In the Slngapore stock asarket yeatorday, with a few Arm spots hero and there. National Iron and Steel Mills which has Jast tamed In better resalts, was one of them. The
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      Lock icon 80p.c. of Europe's oil needs from North Sea
      174 14 Reuter Brussels, Wednesday. There is enough oil and gas beneath the North Sea to make Europe 80 per cent selfsufficient in energy, a British energy expert said yesterday. Prof. Peter Odell urged formation of a "Europe and Peoples' Oil Company" (EPOC), funded
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      New dockyard to train 1000 men
      279 14  -  By Lee Yew Meng Mitsubishi Singapore Heavy Industries will train at least 1000 apprentices during the next Ave years to All the skilled worker requirements of its $100 million dockyard in Jurong. Early this year, 21? apprentices were sent for training at the Jurong
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      Lock icon $5m offer saves Aston Martin
      124 14 Reuter London, Wednesday The collapsed Aston Martin firm, makers of high-performance sports cars for AO years, was saved yesterday when a £1.050,000 ($5,670,000) offer from an Americanled consortium was accepted by a committee of creditors. Callfornlan millionaire peter Sprague, who headed the rescue operation, told
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      People in business
      211 14 MR. KENNETH WONG hu been appointed mantling director of Bestobell Private and Bestobell Malaysia. Since 1970, Mr Wong has been the marketing director of the two companies He took over from MR. T.H.L. ARROW SMITH who retired last month after serving the companies for 23 years. The
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    • Stock markets round the world
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        US stocks: First gain in six days
        230 14 NEW YORK The stock market yesterday scored Its first gain In seven sessions, with bargain-hunting Investors turning prices narrowly higher In sluggish trading on the New York Stock Exchange. The Dow Jones Industrial average, a X7-polnt loser the previous six sessions, gained 6.34
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        Dow Jones
        34 14 Dow Jonas cloataf stock svermgss on New York Stock Exchange yesterday:i SO Industrial* 749.22 tup SJ4). SO transport 180 38 (up 0.75), Ift utilities 74.41 (off 0.00), OS stocks 234.00 (up 1.43).
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        SYDNEY
        141 14 Prices at 11.30 ldl today (Australian time) on the Sydney Stock ftrohange: AJUUte nU 10 Beach 17 la Cleveland 13 nil Endeavour IS It fllnd We Opt 02 H 0 Intermln 04 0414 KamhaMa 00 H 01 Kaih Ait 109 100 Kla Ora nil 11 Mid X Uln nil
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        PARIS
        83 14 Closing prices In franca on the Pari* Bourse yesterday: PuibM 188.50 +.60 Fonder 144 —3 Printtmpa 90.50 —1.70 COB 90S —8 Bull 36.90 —M Royal Dutch 143 JO +.70 Mlchelln 1030 —30 Thomson 139.90 —1.90 CW 131.30 —1.70 Rhone 143 —1 Air 347 1.60 BBS 6S0 S Philips 47.30
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        ZURICH
        85 14 This service to from the Unicwi Bank of Switzerland. Closing prices in Swiss francs on Zfarlch Stock Exchange SMB" UBS R. SBC Credit 8utoe Swissair B. Swiss Rein swr. Wlnterthur B. Zurich Ibsur. J uvena B. Nestle B. Interfood B. Clba-Oelgy B. Baby Roche Sandos B. BBC 'A* Sulser
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        169 14 Share prices on the Tokyo Stock Exchange closed moderately higher after fluctuating on a weak tone throughout the early part of the afternoon session. T.B.E. New Index: 318.24 (0.35 up). TS.E. 225 stocks average: 4405.12 (10.44 up). Volume: 130 million. Closing prt cea In yen teraay: Ajinomoto 348 unch.
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      403 14 YOUR LUCKY STARS IF IT'S YOUR BIRTHDAY BORN today, you appear to be talented along two quite different but parallel lines, for both science and the arts Interest you and. in fact, take equal shares of your time and effort, course, you may lne an analytical with a creative career
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      397 15 200 A vWORD i BEAUTY 18 WOMAN'S POWER CHARM. Unmask Your Hidden Beauty With "BEAUTYPEEL". Free Informations (or "MIRACLE COSMETIC LOTION". Write "BEAUTYPEEL" Oeylang P.O. Box 106, S'pore. 14. MAGIC SHOP MAGICIANS for parties available. 26, Robinson Road, S'pore, 1. Tel; *****. At Vur lamina M INT NrvlCl CHUAN LENG
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      261 15 "THAT CERTAIN FEELING" 8 tap Into the world of CUSTOMS CARPETS In 100% pure new wool, mixture of wool and nylon, 100% nylon. Acrylics It other mixtures In BRIOHT A EXCITING COLOURS. For your carpeting requirement*: contact O.C.Q. Aaeoclatoe Pta. Ltd. Tat: *****7*. SHOPS/ OFFICES FOR SALE/ RENT. AT KATONO
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      247 15 SAFARI SUITS S TROUSERS, Ladles L gent's. Made to measure In washable noncrease materials. Attractive shape. Guaranteed First Class Workmanship. Nath Tailors, 4. Tanglln Road, B'pore. Tel: *****7. m i LOOKING FOR A HEW or used Toyota, let Francis Koh help you. Borneo Motors, *****3. A. R. A. The Brand
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      128 15 SEASONS OFFERI MKIV alrcond. available at special prices. Tel: Francis Koh *****3 LLOYD HOUSC HOTEL In Orchard Road area. Alrcondllloned. Double $25/- upwards, e $20/-, private facilities monthly discount. Ring *****1. FOR YOUR FISH-HEAD SUPREME, FRIED chicken, Brawns, crabs, mutton cooked l genuine Indian spicy taste. Call at the Banana
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      Northern Breeze shines in a 3f workout
      275 16 ON THE TRACK with BLUE PETER Kuala Lumpur,' Wednesday Northern Breeze, with apprentice M.C. Lam up, underlined his chances in the Tunku's Gold Cud with a splendid gallop over 3f in 36 4/5 on the sand track here this morning. The going was
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      224 16 United Press International Los Angeles, Wednesday—Saying world heavyweight king Muhammad All "Is definitely afraid of me," extitle holder George Foreman said yesterday that he will try to stop each of five opponents at Toronto's Maple Leafs Gardens on April 20. "I'm going
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      Fewer entries despite new event
      824 16  -  SQUASH RACKETS by Eric Cooper A total of 106 entries were received for the Na 11 o nal championships which begin on April 19 less than last year's despite the Introduction of a girl's event. The men's entries have dropped to 44 but perhaps this
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      Indons for Malaysia
      34 16 Jakarta, Wednesday Indonesia will send 12 tennis players to the Malaysian Open championships on April 10, It was announced yesterday. The players will Include Atet Wljono, Gondo Wldjojo and Lanny Kallgls.
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      Comeback
      40 16 New York, Wednesday Richard "Pancho*' Gonzales, the elder statesman of men's tennis, and Margaret Court of Australia, the racketswinging mamma on the comeDack trail, yesterday accepted Invitations to play in next month's US$OO,OOO mixed doubles competition at Scottsda!e, Arizona.
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      Lock icon MCC tour: More harm than good-Dowling
      332 16 Reuter Dunedin, Wednesday— The recent MCC tour of New Zealand did more harm than good, according to Graham Dowllng, former New Zealand cricket captain and National Cricket Council member. Speaking at a provincial "Cricketer of the Year" function here last night, Dowllng said the
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      Lock icon I'm no gentleman, I'm a louse
      937 17  -  —THAT'S WONDER BOY OF TENNIS TALKING From WILL GRIMSLEY AP New York. Wednesday Jimmy Connors, attired in a tennis sweat suit, elbowed his way Into the crowded lift at the Peninsula General Hospital, in Sails* bury, Maryland, shoving a lady aside in the process.
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      Cho to defend his title in South Korean Open
      639 17 Seoul, Wednesday A total of 87 professionals and 18 amateurs have entered the 1975 South Korean Open golf tournament opening here tomorrow, the organising committee said yesterday. The Korean Open, the ninth and second-last leg of the Asian circuit, will continue
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      Soviet badminton team to play here
      304 18  -  By JEFFREY LOW A six-m ember Soviet Union badminton team are expected to arrive here on April 16 to play friendly matches against our national team during a 10-day visit. The Russians will be playing here lor the first time and have asked for
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      Dutch win
      17 18 Luxembourg, Wednesday Holland beat Luxembourg 1-0 In their Olympic Group 4 soccer qualifying match here.
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      Smashing driver
      128 18 Bus driver Seow Sla Huat (above) of Changl depot, smashing his way to a 21-11, 23-21 win over Buklt Tlmah depot's Chong Kah Hoo at the SBA HaU last night. Changl edged Buklt Tlmah 5-4 to capture the first SBS lnter-de-pot table-tennis title when they amassed a total
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      Soccer final
      31 18 The Anal of the Singapore Government Services senior knockout soccer competition between PUB and Police will be played at Jalan Besar Stadium on Saturday, at 8.30 p.m.—Admission is free.
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      SULAIMAN BEATS TIONG HIN
      81 18 Sulalman Zalpl (MAS) won the British Airlines badminton singles championship when he defeated Ong Tlong Hln (Olympic) 15-6, 15-7 In the Anal at Queensway Secondary School Hall last night. Zalnl, however failed to capture the doubles when he and teammate S Halim were beaten by Teng
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      Lock icon Clean sweep by Aussies
      278 18 Reuter Tokyo, Wednesday Australian swimmers easily won all seven races in which they took part In a tenrace international goodwill swimming meet at Toyoda, Western Japan yesterday. Stephen Holland, the 16-year-old record holder of the men's 1500metre and 800-metre freestyles. clocked 4 mln lO.Osec In the
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      KO in 6th
      37 18 Mexico City, Wednesday Former world bantamweight and featherweight champion Ruben Ollvares, 27, knocked out Puerto Rico's Benjamin Ortiz at 2:37 of the sixth round of a scheduled 10round fight at Tijuana on Monday night.
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      Lock icon Three sent off in flare-up
      419 18 Reuter UPI London, Wednesday Three players were sent off and four others booked during the English football League Third Division match between Grimsby and Crystal Palace last night. Referee John Hough sent off Jim Cannon and Alan Whittle of Crystal Palace and Mick Czuczman of
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      Lock icon Vital day in the European Cup
      419 18 Reuter London, Wednesday European soccer club Cup competition reaches a vital stage today with the flrst leg seml-flnal matches In all three tournaments. The four remaining challengers for the European Cup. the premier prize for club champions, seemed pre-occupied at the weekend with their
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      Lock icon S'pore beaten
      71 18 Reuter Kuwait. Wednesday Kuwait beat Singapore 4-0 In the Asian Youth soccer tournament here yesterday. Iran ran up the biggest score as they beat Brunei 10-0. Other results: Iraq 4 Indonesia 0; Japan 6 Afghanistan 1. JAKARTA: Ban- dung beat Singapore 6-0 in the Mara Halim tournament in
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      Lock icon William is Whitley's sprint champion
      430 19  -  By C.K. YONG Thirteen records were broken and one equalled in the Whitley Secondary School athletic meet at Toa Payoh yesterday. Star performers in the meet were: Boys' Secondary—William Chua, Tan Bee Kok; Lower Secondary—Rumlnathan, Kalainban; Girls' Secondary Tan Hong Keow; Lower Secondary —Ching Bee
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      Double for Yew Huan
      80 19 Results of the Insurance Institute of Singapore badminton finals: Men's singles Yeo Yew Huan bt Peter Goh 5-15, 15-12, 15-11; doubles Yew Huan and Chan Meng Hul bt Tan Yew Chye and Andrew Goh 5-15, 15-9, 15-5; Women's doubles Judy Chan bt Yoh Lee Kiang 11-0,
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      ALL THE RESULTS
      649 19 Results: Boys' Secondary 100 m: 1 William Chua 2 Choo Chuan Seng 3 Seah Tee Slew 11.5 (rec); 200 m: 1 William Chua 2 Ooh Boon Huat 3 Choo Chuan Seng 24.5; 800 m: 1 Tan Bee Kok 2 M. Pandldaselvam 3 Tamllselvan 2:20.1; 100 m hurdles:
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      143 19 Reuter Dublin. Wednesday Lord Klllanln, president of the International Olympic Committee, gave ,a reassurance yesterday that the 1976 Montreal Games would definitely open on schedule. Addressing delegates from 41 countries at the opening session of the world conference of AIPS —the World Sports Writers Association
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      315 19 I AT THE CINEMA with EDGAR KOH THE ODESSA FILE: Frederick Forsyth's bestseller about a secret organisation of former 88 men, their evil past and present ready Influence, converted style-lessly for the screen by Ronald Neame, with Jon Voight In a mediocre performance as an Investigative reporter who becomes Involved
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    Teaser Mensa
    216 20 EBB) Ladles and gentlemen, welcome to this Inaugural meeting of Mensa Singapore. As all of you have IQs of above 148, I will not speak In clear, concise and correct English. I am sure you will hare greater fun using your wlsardry to fathom what I am trying
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    52 20 AH FQO&t Imagine World Cup referee George Supplah being dropped by the |*AM from the Malaysia Cup tournament. Now I wouldn't blame the National Stadium crowd for shouting "referee kayu". MEI UN: At least they're taking Supplah back for the rest of the competition. Well, it's better late
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      929 20 AND RADIO SINGAPORE 5 S.M OPENING ANNOUNCEMENTS followed by TAMAN SUM (M): A magazine aeries (M) LW DIAKY OF EVENTS 845 LOVE IS A KANT Id* < vlMi Ivl» 1 US FEMEMRAHAN ED: A llffht musical programme featuring P. Latlff <M> (r) lit GENERAL HOSPITAL iM INTEEMIS8ION S.M OPENING ANNOUNCEMENTS
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      38 20 Show of the day.. FTREHOUSE (7.50 over Channel Eight in colour). In tonight's episode, No. Way Out, Captain Ryerson and his men save a boy from being burled alive and fight a potentially catastrophic fire in a laundry.
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