New Nation, 28 May 1975

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  • Title Section
    Masthead
    18 1 New Nation SINGAPORE Wednesday May 28, 1975 No. 1344 Price 20 cents M.C.(P) 489/75 WEDNESDAY, MAY 28, 1975
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  • Article, Illustration
    Lock icon Ali: I'll win after the fifth round...
    241 1 Reuter and UPI Fist to each other's law, world heavyweight champion Muhammad Ali and challenger Joe Bugner pose for photographers at their pre fight publicity build-up press conference in New York yesterday. Then the two flounced away for the usual war of words
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  • Article
    Body found
    23 1 An unidentified girl, aged about 20. was found dead at the foot of Block 161 in Mel Ling Street this morning.
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  • Article
    Lock icon Plot to oust Sadat...
    161 1 Reuter Cairo, Wednesday Police have uncovered a plot to overthrow President Anwar Sadat's regime by force, AlAkhbar new spaper reported today. The newspaper said the plotters, arrested at the beginning of this month, were charged with attempts to overthrow the regime, change the country's constitution by
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  • Article
    DR. GOH: DON'T BE MISLED
    278 1 Singapore's emphasis on business efficiency should not be misunderstood. Dr. Goh Keng Swee. Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Defence, said this morning. Efficiency was not sought as an end in itself. Instead, it should be the means whereby Singapore's 2\ million people in a
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  • Article
    Bomb scare halts school exams
    176 1  -  By Bharathi Mohan A bomb hoax this morning "cancelled" the last day of mid-year examinations for secondary four and pre-universlty students in St. Andrew's School. Riot squad policemen and the bomb disposal unit cordoned off the school in Woodsvllle Road at about 8 am. after
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  • LOCAL NEWS
    • Article
      Students warned
      353 2 Don't make rash speeches or commit hasty acts, says Poly board member Students who prefer to "brood, shout and sow seeds of discontentment" under the pretext of freedom of speech have been criticised by a member of the Sinpore Poly technlc's board of governors. These are students who
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    • Article
      Coralarium expansion
      25 2 Sentosa's coralarium will be expanded to accommodate more shells and corals. At present more than 2000 local and foreign shells are on display.
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    • Article
      A top show in store on June 28
      449 2 FROM THI DOC HOUSE BY PG It is not often that one can congratulate a show committee before the show is held but Mr. Richard Llong and his merry men (and women) have tackled the very difficult problems which forced them to
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    • Article
      Youth quiz
      29 2 The Tlong Bah r u Community Centre youth group will hold a written Julz for young people on une 23. Those interested may apply at the centre.
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    • Article, Illustration
      ALL SET FOR BIG DRIVE
      213 2 All Is set for the bin drive to reduce traffic In the city area. Yesterday CISCO policemen did a trial run manning 27 entry points to familiarise themselves with the Area Licensing Scheme which starts on Monday. In groups of twos and threes, they noted
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    • Article
      OUR ROADS
      13 2 Police reported 78 accidents yesterday. One was serious and one fatal.
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    • Article
      ON THE 'CHANGE
      123 2 A steadier mood set In at the Stock Exchange of Singapore during the first trading session this morning. This was the first time in three days that the market saw prices moving up. Covering activity could be the main reason behind the upthrust, as action only appeared
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    • Article
      HDB parking
      28 2 The Housing and Development Board wi'l make special parking provisions for trishaws in the Board's car parks if they are HDP dwellers, a Board spokesman said.
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    • Article
      Girl killed
      22 2 A five-year-old girl, Indergeet Kaur, was killed when she was knocked down by a bus at Upper Jurong Road yesterday.
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    • Article
      Eleventh hour bid to form car pools
      197 2 With the Area Licensing Scheme only a week away, a number of motorists are making Uth hour attempts to form car pools to avoid paying to enter the Central Business District (CBD). Dally, car pool advertisements are appearing in the local press. They
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    • Article, Illustration
      Skating with the stars
      226 3 18 from S'pore to take part in Jurong ice show These are some of the 18 local skaters who will be sharing the bill with international skating stars in the first locallyproduced ice show to be held here in July. They have been practising hard for
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    • Article
      Concert
      27 3 The Ministry of Culture will hold Its 17th Concert for the Young at the Toa Payoh Branch Library lecture hall on June 7 at 2 p.m.
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    • Article, Illustration
      S'pore Symphony Number One
      555 4  -  After five frustrating months of hard work Matthew scores a musical double By Veronica Leng If writing music is like painting, then Matthew Leong Yoon Pin, 43, has covered an Immense canvas. He has composed his first symphony the first Singaporean to do so one which
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    • Article
      More HDB facilities next year
      309 4 Residents in Queentown and Buona Vista can look forward to Increased shopping and recreational facilities next year when the extension to the Queenstown town centre Is completed. A two-storey block housing a supermarket and emporium, a threestorey carpark and a clnema/bowllng alley will bc bullt
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    • Article
      Baby show
      17 4 The Calrnhill Community Centre will hold a baby show on June 15 at 9 a.m.
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      Lock icon Melvyn is runner-up in music festival
      117 4 Reuter London, Wednesday— Pianists from Singapore, Hong Kong and India were among the five runners-up for the Royal Overseas League Music Festival's Soloist Award here last night. They were 18-year-old Melvyn Tan from Singapore, Betty TinLam Woo, 25, from Hong Kong, and Htlla Khursedjl,
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    • Article
      Literature
      46 4 Mr. Theo Luzu k a, Commonwealth research scholar at the University of Singapore, will hold a six-lecture course on Selected Literature from T.S. Elliot and Chlnua Achebe for pre-university students at Nissen Hut 6B from June 3 at 7.30 p.m. For more details, telephone *****0.
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      Yen Choo
      29 4 Mr. Leng Yen Choo, whose last known address is Lorong Sungkal off Aljunied Road. Is requested to contact the New Nation editorial department to collect some money.
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    • Article
      Habib for talks with Lee...
      112 4 The US Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs, Mr. Philip Habib. will hold talks with Prime Minister Mr. Lee Kuan Yew on Friday. Mr. Haolb, who will arrive from Kuala Lumpur late tomorrow evening, Is also scheduled to meet Foreign Minister
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    • Article
      $84,000 thefts
      71 4 Thieves broke Into a shop In Tanglln Shopping Centre and a house In Leedon Road yesterday and stoje more than $84,000 In cash and valuables. The proprietor of the Robert Hung tourist shop discovered about $46,400 worth of gold rings, cameras, watches ana $2500 missing from the showcases
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      Accounting
      22 4 The Singapore Institute of Management will start a course on accounting for Inflation and a malntena nee management course In July.
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      Conference
      22 4 The Society of St. Vincent de Paul will hold Its Pan-Asian Conference at the Equatorial Hotel from June 15 to 19.
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  • Page 2 Advertisements
  • Page 2 Miscellaneous
    • Miscellaneous
      Page 2 Miscellaneous Column 1
      437 2 YOUR LUCKY STAR IF IT'S YOUR BIRTHDAY BORN today, you are a humorous and highly entertaining Individual, who Is wise enough not to allow either of these qualities to be employed at the expense of other people. Satire, you realise, Is one thing—but sarcasm, which you refuse to Indulge In,
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  • Page 3 Advertisements
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  • Page 4 Miscellaneous
    • Miscellaneous
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      383 4 WHAT'S ON A display of AUSTRALIAN ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT is on at the Australian Trade Commission, Clemen ceau Avenue until 5 p.m. AN EXHIBITION OF RARE DIAMONDS created by master cutters of Belgium Is on currently at Chlong Shlng Jewellers, 666, North Bridge Road until 5.30 p.m. A SWISS FOOD FESTIVAL
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  • WORLD NEWS
    • Article
      Lock icon Ford doubles surcharge on US oil imports
      482 5 Reuter Washington, Wednesday President Ford announced last night that he would double his one-dollar-a-barrel surcharge on imported oil on June 1 as part of his campaign to red u c e consumption and American reliance on foreign supplies of the fuel. In a
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      Lock icon DR K WARNS OPEC ON PRICE RISE
      242 5 Reuter Paris, Wednesday US Secretary of State Dr. Henry Kissinger last night warned oil producing countries against implementing a further price increase they were considering in September. "A new oil price lnciease would be economically unjustified. Prices are already at an historic high
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    • Article
      Lock icon Pesticides in food
      64 5 United Press International Geneva, Wednesday— As many as 500,000 people a year are accidentally poisoned or Injured through exposure to pesticides or through contaminated food and drink, an expert medical report said yesterday. The report, by a committee of the 28th assembly of the World Health Organisation
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      Lock icon China says 'no' to food drive
      230 5 United Press International Rome, Wednesday. China has declined to participate In the effort to promote world food security and the Soviet Union has yet to disclose Its intentions, the UN Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) said yesterday. FAO said a recent review of developments
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      Lock icon 'No sell out' pledge by Rees
      144 5 Reuter Belfast, Wednesday British government minister Merlyn Rees yesterday pledged that there will be no "sellout" in Northern Ireland. His statement was a further effort to quell widespread concern In the province stirred by a respected Protestant clergyman's claim that Britain has contingency plans
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      Lock icon Saigon deals with woes
      355 6 Reuter and UPI Saigon, Wednesday The new authorities in South Vietnam have launched a three- pronged attack on the problems of hunger and lawlessness among the more than two million people of Saigon. The action programme, drawn up at a series of top-level meetings of the
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      Lock icon NO SIGN OF ART TREASURES
      134 6 Reuter Guam, Wednesday. A thorough customs Inspection yesterday of the holds of a South Vietnamese freighter, the Tan Nam Viet, showed no signs of a hoard of South Vietnamese art treasures Customs agents who opened the 54 wooden crates on the ship found art objects,
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      Lock icon Runaway MP's daughter paints his plight
      186 6 Reuter Sydney, Wednesday. Jane Stonehouse, 25-year-old daughter of runaway British Labour MP John Stonehouse, yesterday put on an exhibition of paintings reflecting her views of Australia and the plight of her father. One of the 14 water colours, "One Something We All Know Very
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    • Article
      Lock icon Shooting in Beirut once again
      183 6 Reuter Beirut, Wednesday New shooting and mortar Are broke out in parts of Beirut yesterday as President Suleiman Franjieh considered his choice of a new Prime Minister, to take over from the ill-fated military government. There were two hours of firing at a Palestine refugee
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    • Article
      Lock icon Devil's Bridge crash: 32 die
      141 6 United Press International Airedale, Wedneseday. A bus carrying 45 women passengers and a male driver plunged off a bridge yesterday killing at least 32 in Britain's worst road disaster. Hospital authorities at Airedale, Yorkshire, 322 km (200 miles) north of London, said 13 of the
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    • Article
      Lock icon 'Copy-cat' rapist
      56 6 Reuter Oxford, Wednesday. A girl student was raped here yesterday and police believe the attacker might be copying the hooded rapist who has claimed seven victims in the rival university city of Cambridge, girl was reading in her bedsitter when a coloured youth entered, threatened her with a
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    • Article
      Lock icon TODAY
      93 6 United Press International TODAY IS WEDNESDAY, the 148 th day of 1975 with 217 to follow: THE MOON is approaching its last quarter. The morning stars are Jupiter and Mars. The evening stars are Mercury, Venus and Saturn. Those born on this date are under the sign of Oeminl.
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    • Article
      The Odd Corner
      90 6 Seremban, Wednesday.—A riot squad policeman hit three men with a baton when he saw them struggling in a dark lane in Kampung Dusun Nylor near here. He "arrested" only two of them, as the third escaped in the darkness. He also recovered 20 plastic tubes of morphine.
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      Lock icon Accord to improve 'sour' US, Laos relations
      116 6 Reuter Vientiane, Wednesday— An agreement to end the week-long occupation of the American AID compound here and set a target date for the complete withdrawal of all USAID personnel was signed here last night. US Charge d'AfTalres Christian Chapman, Pathet Lao Economy Minister
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      Lock icon It's quits
      19 6 Reuter London. Wednesday Oscar-winning actress Olenda Jackson Is separating from her husband after 17 years of marriage.
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  • Page 6 Miscellaneous
    • Miscellaneous
      Page 6 Miscellaneous Column 1
      538 6 Wednesday NEW NATION 7T T T TTTTr T T-F Cut out and pin with other coupons Posting mstuctions appear below Name (Mr /Mrs /'Miss) Address Tel Cut J long tinned lines mmm mmm m CLUES FOR AH-3 1. Many a flag it to be teen flying 2. Glue is intended
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      193 6 WORLD WEATHER New York Showers. 82-59F, 27-15 C. Headline: Military Cabinet quits in Lebanon after three days. San Francisco Cooler. 73-52 F. 23-11 C. Headline: Lebanon's army Cabinet quits. Tokyo Rain. 73-59F, 23-15 C. Headline: Lebanese government resigns 48 hours after formation. Rome Sunny. 7248F. 22-9 C. Headline: Now Fanfani
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  • BEHIND THE NEWS
    • Article, Illustration
      Lock icon NO TAKERS NOW FOR THOSE FUND RAISING DINNERS...
      596 7  -  Art Buchwald Los Angeles Times One of the victims of Watergate is the US$lOOO a p 1 a t e dinner. Both parties used the dinner as a form of raising funds for presidential elections, and some of these events brought anywhere
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  • Article
    A jet-around vet who uses unusual methods
    532 7  -  By Gregory Jensen Eddie the giraffe is recovering nicely, thank you, after his acupuncture treatment. So was an elephant named Moti. "Unfortunately Moti is ill again," said David Taylor. "She swallowed an umbrella." Taylor, a most unusual veterinarian, didn't prescribe acupuncture for relief
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  • Page 7 Advertisements
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  • OPINION
    • Article
      Does Israel need some harsh rub in?
      383 8 Israel may be Jubilant about the support It enjoys in the American Congress. But it is also acutely aware that the Arab world, thanks to oil power, can plunge the US into further gloom which can only once again make Americans question the
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    • Article
      Beating a hasty retreat
      127 8 WHISPERS ls B p y Y Dress up In simple clothes and slippers In a department store and the salesgirls are likely to follow you closely probably wondering whether you are a prospective shoplifter or Just Idling your time. Some may seek to embarass you by
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    • Article
      Answers sought for that POSB lucky draw
      180 8 I refer to the Post Office Savings Bank (POSB) Lucky Draw 1975. The pamphlet on the Lucky Draw 1975, stipulates that a depositor, In order to qualify for lucky draw tickets, must have on deposit $500 or more in the POSB during the
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      Seeing eye to eye
      205 8  -  VOICE OF THE PRESS SIN CHEW JIT POH The fact that Congress and White House have not been able to see eye to eye In their political opinions has often resulted In a state of confrontation between them over some major problems. Congress' action In cutting
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      RIGHTFUL ROLE OF FORCE IN REFORM
      669 8  -  WEDNESDAY WITH DICK WILSON DICK WILSON When millions of Cam bo dlans are made to march out of the cities to start a new life in the countryside, the Western world shudders in apparent outrage. When millions of Chinese youth are forced to leave
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      The $100 query
      78 8  -  INTERESTED BUYER. One of the general terms and conditions governing the sale of middle Income flats reads; "Any person who has been allotted a HUDC flat will have to cancel his application for a HDB flat if he has also registered to buy such a flat." Could
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  • FEATURE
    • Article, Illustration
      Keeping abreast
      208 9  -  People Violet Oon We will have to say goodbye to Mrs. Ilona Helmholz, the Initiator and first chairman of the BreastFeeding Mothers' Group, as she is leaving for Jakarta early next month. Unlike many expatriate wives who never get to know Singaporeans, Mrs. Helmholz got Into the thick
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      BONNER BREAKS BARRIERS
      258 9 A very distinguished person slipped Incognito Into town last week but was given a very warm welcome nonetheless. Mr. Neville Bonner, 52, the first and only aborigine senator in the Australian Parliament, and his wife, Heather, were here for two days on their way home from London
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    • Article
      Cronks for 8ali...
      99 9 Outgoing United States Ambassador Edwin Cronk and his wife will spend a few days In Bali early next month to recover from the hectic round of farewell parties before returning home. Their goodbye to Singapore also means an end to 21 years as a career officer in
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      Sister Damien's back and in a new role
      201 9 When 55-year-old Reverend Mother Damien of the Convent of the Holy Infant Jesus retired and went off to Manila in* 1972, everyone thought that she would be going home to Ireland eventually. Imagine my surprise when I saw her at a concert
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      No hounds for this Habsburg
      187 9 Once his family ruled half of Europe and its aim was to bring the whole of the continent under one royal house the Habsburgs. Today in a different wav, Mr. Chrlstoph Habsburg, 31, a descen- dant of the royal family, alms for a united Europe
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  • Page 9 Advertisements
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      150 9 For evening shopping up to 10p.m. do visit our new branch at 155, People's Park Centre, I§l floor. bally cf Switzerland THE LEADER IN m His not always true to say that old shoes are mora comfortable to wear Not when there is BaHy* Bally makes supremely comfortable and elegant
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  • EDUCATIONAL BROADSHEET
    • Article, Illustration
      Shoreline and atolls
      451 10/11 HOW AN INLET OR FJORD TAKES SHAPE... Distinct landscape features develop when dominant relative submergence of a land mass takes place. Rlas, fjords and Dalmatlon type coastlines occur where the margin of an Irregular upland area Is submerged. The land mass In areas where hills and valleys
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      Largest amount of coral found in Pacific Ocean
      489 10/11 Coral reefs and atolls are found In tropical waters between 30°N to 30°S latitudes. They may grow a little further South (e.g. the Bermudas), because of warmer currents along Eastern coasts of continents. They occur along the edges of continents (e.g. Australia),
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      THE THREE CAUSES OF VALLEY FORMATION
      619 10/11 Any change, which causes rivers that have attained a profile of equilibrium or rivers which were aggrading to re-engage In valley deepening is known as rejuvenation. This can result in three different ways. Dynamic rejuvenation occurs because of epeirogenlc uplift of a landmass. The
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  • PLEASURE
    • Article, Illustration
      Truth about Liza
      352 12  -  The rumour is that the leading lady is pregnant but it's just a case of the choppy sea and her throwing up By Joyce Haber Where does fact start and rumour end concerning celebrities? That, I hope you all realise, is a rhetorical question. When the rumour
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    • Article
      Robin emerges as a star
      181 12  -  POPS by Peter Ong ROBIN TROWER: FROM EARTH BELOW (CHRYSALIS): In recent months, Robin Trower has emerged from the shadows of rock giants to become one of Britain's star attractions. All his concerts have been Immensely successful affairs and things have never looked better for
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  • Page 12 Advertisements
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      106 12 a* 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
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  • Page 12 Miscellaneous
    • Miscellaneous
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      445 12 SINGAPORE 1(1) Only YesterdayCarpenters 2(3) What Am I Gonna Do With You Barry White 3 (2) Philadelphia Freedom—Elton John Band 4(6) Fox On The Run —Sweets 5(7) Don't Tell Me Goodnight—Lobo 6 (8 Before •The Next Teardrop Falls Freddie Fender 7(5) (Hey Won't You Play) AnotherSomebody Done Somebody Wrong Song
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      155 12 10 (9 Bye Bye Baby Bay City Rollers By Courtesy of Rediffusion. I 1(2) Stand By Your Man Tammy Wynette 2(1) Loving You—Minni Riperton 3(4) Let Me Try Again —Tammy Jones 4(3) Oh Boy—Mud 5 (15) The Way We Were Gladys Knight And The Pips 6(6) Hurt So Good Susan
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  • A New Nation presentation
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      Multi-million dollar world market in cables
      451 13 A world-wide multimillion dollar export market has been developed by an Australian owned manufacturer of electric cables. The manufacturer, Olex Cables Limited, will be an exhibitor at the Australian Trade Commissioners' showroom display of electrical equipment In Singapore. Aluminium conductor is produced from ingots
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      Australian Electrical Equipment Display:
      192 13 A New Nation presentation May 28th to 30th (at Australian Trade Commissioner's Showroom). Seven Australian companies will participate in the Australian Electrical Equipment Display to be held in the Australian Trade Commissioner's S ho wroom from May 28 to 30, the Australian Trade Commissioner, Mr. P.B.
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      A wide range from Alco
      192 13 Cable terminating glands designed to secure and attach the end of the cable to the equipment Is manufactured by an Australian company, Reliance Manufacturing Company. Marketed under the "Alco" brand, a comprehensive range Is available general purpose, water-proof, flameproof, flame and waterproof for both armoured
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  • Page 13 Advertisements
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      101 13 Australian Electrical Equipment on Display Australia is a vast country. Its electrical transmission equipment has to operate over long distances, through all kinds of terrain and weather conditions to all kinds of industry. That's why Australian manufacturers have developed equipment with great durability and reliability. Line hardware, junction boxes, weatherproof
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      54 13 F&T ELECTRICAL FITTINGS WEATHERPROOF HOSEPROOF SWITCHGEAR. HEAVY DUTY SWITCHES PROTECTED SWITCHGEAR MULTI-GANG SWITCHES SHAVER OUTLET BENCH FLOOR OUTLETS PVC CONDUIT FITTINGS m u 1 P BENCH A m m OUTLETS sv' v KM mi "RINGGRIP ELECTRICAL ACCESSORIES. Sole Agents: SINHIN ELECTRIC COMMERCIAL CO. (PTE) LTD. 15-16, WALUCH JUEET, SINGAPORE 2.
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  • Australian Electrical Equipment Display
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      ACCESSORIES THAT ARE FOR EXPORT
      234 14 An Australian company, H.P.M. Industries Pty. Ltd., specialises in electrical accessories not only for the Australian market, but also for export to South-east Asia, Japan and Europe. A range cf these accessories will be on show at the Australian Trade Commissioners' showroom display of electrical
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      New items for markets here in May...
      514 14 An Australian manufacturer of electrical transmission equipment will Introduce new products to the markets of Malaysia and Singapore next May. The manufacturer. Ring-Grip Electrical, will exhibit these products at the Australian Trade Commissioner's showroom display of electrical equipment. Weatherproof Hoseproof Swltchgear: The Ring
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  • Page 14 Advertisements
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      153 14 Wetoe brought it thisu farpi X IJI m z <w *£< ••now let's see it through! From lug to lug pole type junction box to domestic input. There is much more to a power reticulation system than the cable that carries the current. Olex recognises this fact. Which is why
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  • TREND
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      AMONG MY SOUVENIRS
      257 15 Shop Around Globe- trotting? Take a tip and leave lots of room in your suitcase for "spoils" to lug home. When you are faced with articles you don't see at home and at such reasonable prices, no woman worth her shopping salt should turn away. Best buys
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      Lock icon This PM's wife is a rebel with a cause
      535 15 United Press International Begum Isapahanl Bhutto is a rebel with a mighty big cause the plight of Pakistan's 35 million women. "In other countries women are using International Women's Year to flght for equality" Begum Bhutto said, "in Pakistan we are
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  • Page 15 Advertisements
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      68 15 I This compact vacuum cleaner is extremely easy to handle with fingertip suction control. Long, long flex with automatic flex winder inside. Automatic indicator signals when dust bag is full. Self-seal disposal dust bags and diffuser for anti-pollution. With a complete range of accessories for cleaning furniture, delicate ornaments, curtains,
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  • FINANCE
    • Article
      Watch and timer in one...
      96 16 Neu products COMING to the market soon Is the Seiko Quartz liquid crystal chronograph which Is claimed by Seiko as the watch and timer In one. The company says that the watch has no moving parts and onlv requires a change of battery each year.
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      Rate cut
      50 16 Rome, Wednesday, Italy has announced a cut In the bank rate from eight to seven per cent with effect from today. The cut Is the first since December 23 when the rate was brought down from nine per cent, the highest ever In Italy, to eight per cent.
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      People in business
      192 16 MR. PIETER I. VAN CRUYNINGEN will succeed Mr. P. M. Linton as managing director of OH (Asia), a Joint venture company of Straits Steamship and Inchcape. He has worked In Indonesia, Bahrain and Saudi Arabia and until recently was marketing manager of International Offshore Services (UK). Marco
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      Stepping up service
      66 16 Ben Asia Container Service and Interasla Lines have agreed on a slot exchange to Increase the frequency of their service on the Straits/ Japan route. Each line would make a number of slots available to the other on their respective cellular vessels. Molra and Asian Princess. Thev
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      Lock icon A trade surplus again by the US
      182 16 Reuter Washington, Wednesday The United States had a trade surplus of U*****.8 million ($1224.9 million) in April, the third successive month it has been in credit on its world trade, the Commerce Department reported yesterday. The surplus was markedly smaller than March's US$l3BO
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      179 16 Reuter Brussels, Wednesday.— Hong Kong and the European Common Market Commission yesterday adjourned talks here on an agreement limiting the colony's textile exports to the community, a Commission spokesman said. He said the adjournment was intended to give Hong Kong time to examine Commission proposals to limit
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        238 16 The news concerning the nation's economy was so complex yesterday that many Investors retreated to the sidelines while some traders cashed In on recent profits. Trading: was sluggish on the New York Stock Exchange. The Dow Jones industrial average, up around a point at the outset and off
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        34 16 Dow Jones closing stock averages on the New York Stock Exchange yesterday: 30 Industrials 826.11 (off 5.79), 20 transport 160.99 (off 0.99), 15 utilities 77.45 (up 0.26), 65 stocks 251.85 (off 1.31).
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        213 16 DBS-Daiwa Securities International Ltd The market hesitated on opening due to It being the last delivery day In May and the holiday In New York and London stock markets. In the morning session, housing and construction stocks rallied. In the afternoon, the wait-and-see mood continued. The market closed slightly
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        73 16 Prices on the Paris Bourse yesterday: Paribas 169.60 +2.60 Foncier 344.10 +2.10 Prlntemps 86.50 —.50 COE 322 +1 90 Bull 35.10 —.10 Roya! Dutch 137.50 —9.50 Mlchelln 1086 +9 Thomson 195 —5 CFP 141 —1 Rhone 141 —1 Air 350 —6 BSN 575 +12 Philips 42 —1.10 Suez 241
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        239 16 Prices at 11.30 a.m. today (Australian time) on the Sydney Stock Exchange: Allstate 08 09 Beach 24 2» Bridge 08 09 Cleveland urxj Endeavour 15 16 Flliia 20c Opt 02 Vi 04 Inter Mln 03>/4 04 Kambalda 00 "4 01 Kath Inv. 114 119 Kla Ora 14 17 Mid
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        80 16 Closing prices on the Zurich Slock Exchange yesterday: UBS B. 2995 5 UBS R. 407 5 SBC 423 1 Credit Suisse 2790 20 Swissair B. 452 13 Swiss Relnsur. 2100 10 Winterthur B. 2090 85 Zurich Insur 5650 50 Juvena B. 725 135 Nestle B. 3270 45 Interfood B.
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      213 16 Share prices were again subjected to selling pressure at the Singapore stock market yesterday after a barely steady opening. Fairly shirp drops were recorded in the higher priced stocks and the bank counters. Cases in point were Cycle and Carriage, Jardine Matheson and Chemical Company of Malaysia. C
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      462 17 T m MAQIC SHOP Magicians for parties available. 26 Robinson Road. S'pore 1. Tel: *****. ELSA YEO MODEL CENTRE: New Deportment Personal grooming Course commencing on Wednesday Saturday. Vacancies In the afternoon class. Inquiries *****3. FOR SOCIAL A CHARMING LADY ESCORTS. Contact Aphrodite 809 (Bth floor) Far East Shopping Centre,
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      295 17 WE MAKE FURNITURE to your specifications and designs, for enquiries contact Bee Lens Furniture tel: Mr. Ang *****9 residence *****5 VILI HAIRDRESSINQ SALOON. Charming ladles In attendance for gent's halrdresslng, shampoo, facial, electrical massage, manicure. Ample parking. Blk 92, Zlon Road/Oanges Avenue. FREE!! 7,000 cubic metre of good filling earth
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      290 17 FLEMINQO MASSAGE STUDIO (Opposite Mandarin Hotel). Operates from 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. Sundays to 6 p m. S'pore *****1. CLASSIFIED ADVERTISEMENTS GET RESULTS EVERY DAY OF THE WEEK QUALIFIED MASSEUSE WILL be available to attend you at your places. Ring ***** for appointment from 1.00 p.m 900 p.m. WE
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      302 17 MICHAEL TOUHS SPECIAL DISCOUNT TOURS BANGKOK HONQKONQ TAIWAN 10 days ***** 1/6, 2/6, 7/6, 16/6 BANGKOK-PATTAYA-CHIENG-MAI 7 days $600 BANOKOK CHIENQMAI (by air) PATTAYA 6 days $729 4 days $40$ Dally deSarture ANGKOK-CHIENGMAI-HONG-KONQ 8 days $$30 Every-Mon-day TAIWAN ALISHAN-H.KONQ BANGKOK 12/14 days S13S0 ***** 19/5, 1/6, 3/6, 16/6, 12/7, 11/8,
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      241 17 NOTICES WESTERN GEOPHYSICAL COMPANY OF AMERICA CHANGE OF ADDRESS Please note that effect from 27th May our new office will be at: 37 B UNION INDUSTRIAL BUILDING JALAN PEMIMPIN OFF UPPER THOMSON ROAD SINGAPORE 20 TELEPHONE NOS. *****55/*****56 CABLE ADDRESS: WESTERNGEO, SINGAPORE TELEX: R*****6 WESGECO POSTAL ADDRESS: P.O. BOX 94
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  • SPORTS
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      Allegation and Jet-away shine
      249 18 Granada also shows good form Ipoh, Wednesday Allegation (Johnny Wilson) and Jetaway (S.K. Ho) did a smart trial on the sand track here this morning. The Mohamed Z a i n trained pair raced over 3f in 37 2/5. The going was soft and all gallops
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      Lock icon Ratha bows out to Korean Kang
      312 18 Reuter Manila, Wednesday— South Korea's Kang Hl-Yong scored a decision over Singapore's Ramamoorthy Rathakrlshnan while the Philippines Danny Baloma beat Taiwan's Tien Kun-Chlen In flyweight semi-finals last night at the Third Ail an amateur youth boxing championships here. The Singaporean, the only boxer entered
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      Bintang Timor III has good sprinting record
      993 18 THE NEWCOMERS by Blue P«*f«»r Bintang; Timor 111, late Em J ay, one of the Class 3 newcomers entered for the P e r a k Derby meeting at Ipoh, beginning this weekend, is a smart Eng-llsh-bred sprinter. A four-year-old gelding by Porto
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      Lock icon China outclassed by Americans
      312 19 They are well below Olympic standards Reuter Peking, Wednesday Ch 1 n a's athletics team won only one event In a rainswept match against the United States yesterday and showed they are a long way from becoming an International track and field power. But although the
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      Lock icon All set for the Cup
      371 19 Bayern the outsiders Reuter Paris, Wednesday. Leeds United footballers flew in to a homely driz*le in Paris yesterday and settled Into their luxury hideout ready for the European Cup final today (klckoff: 1915 GMT) against the West German holders, Bayern Munich. The English team drove
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      Lock icon Nicklaus moves into the top spot
      179 19 UPI New York. Wednesday Jack Nicklaus, generally considered the top pro golfer In the world, has the money to prove It. Nicklaus. a golfing millionaire, moved Into the lead In this week's lffctlngs of the top moneywinners on the PGA tour, having amassed US$l66,113
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      Greig takes 4-87
      265 19 London, Wednesday. South African-born Tony Orelg, bowling his own special brand of offbreaks, picked up four Middlesex wickets for 87 runs and steered Sussex to their first English county championship win of the season at Hove yesterday. At Bristol: Somerset bt Olouces by 10 wkts. Olouces 168
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      Vilas in fight to clear Round 1
      105 19 Rome, Wednesday. Second-seed Gulllermo Vilas of Argentina, the series and Masters winner last year, struggled to beat Nlkkl Spear of Yugoslavia 4-6, 6-4, 6-3 in the first round of the Italian Intern atlonal championships here yesterday. Top-seed Bjorn Borg of Sweden had an
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      Maryrose throws away big lead and title chance
      659 19  -  SQUASH Eric Cooper After surviving a match point in the semi-finals Annette Andrews went on to upset top seed Liz Tarbett in the final of the Women's Challenge Trophy at the SICC Bukit courts on Sunday. Maryrose Davles, who came so close
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      56 18 CHANGE OF ADDRESS and TELEPHONES PLEASE BE INFORMED THAT WITH EFFECT FROM 27th MAY 1975 LIM KIM HAI ELECTRIC CO. (S) PTE. LTD. will be at 3rd FLOOR BAN CHONG BLDG. 1 KALLANG JUNCTION SINGAPORE 12. and the NEW TELEPHONE NUMBERS will be *****11 (10 LINES) SALES DEPARTMENT TELEPHONE NUMBERS
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      323 18 NEW NATION CROSSWORD ACROSS 1 Outdoor eating place in Paris 5 Old-fashioned one 9 Creator of the "Laughing Cavalier" 13 Chemical compound 14 Vessel of WWI 18 Amo, am as 17 Ban on the Mediterranean 18 Moving backward 20 Wavers uncertainly 22 Oriental pipe 23 Pennsylvania port 24 Cornfield weed
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      61 19 THE BORN LOSER by Art Sansom <NHAT ON EARTH /WW HIT MIS thumb wth a AYB SOU CPS\^ Z SOU 4VULP HAVE LAJJbHEO THAT I^l I Dtp. >: R IK i 1! by George Fett NORBERT m snu-.T'i V I*s S/< 1 H im vVv«\\ ftN Ntt. me T m
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    Make celebrities eat their words
    428 20  -  The last word —Dick West. Under new advertising guidelines proposed by the Federal Trade Commission, celebrities actually would have to use the products they endorse in television commercials. Otherwise, the sponsor would be subject to deceptive advertising charges. "If Joe Namath says he eats maypo
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    Talking Point
    29 20 AH FOOK: So we've heard the first Singapore symphony to be performed. MEI LIN: It was played by the composer's own orchestral group, wasn't it? Real do-it-yourself.
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      138 20 fashion festival from the house of S\judUki?uenXes a fashion spectacular presented by the maestro himself fOKwewif Amnrjy Friday. May 30lh 1975 DINNER DANCE y 5535.00 Saturday, y\ May 31 «t 1975 BUFFET \V 5515.00 COURT (4th I Inor) Information and Reservations at Mandarin Hotel Tel. *****1 ext. 616 plus icy*
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      950 20 AND RADIO SINGAPORE 5 J 3 00 OPENING ANNOUNCEMENTS followed by TAMAN BURI (M): A magazine series. 3.30 DIARY OF EVENTS (M) 3.35 GENERAL HOSPITAL 4.15 KURSUS MEMANDU (r) 4.30 INTESMISSION 5.55 OPENING ANNOUNCEMENTS followed by TOM TERRIFIC: A cartoon. 6.20 CONSUMERS' GUIDE (E/M; 6.30 NEWB IN RRIEF 6.35 LAND
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      71 20 Show of the day... "FACE THE NATION" (7.55 p.m. over Channel 5 in colour) A CBS News programme In which the Prime Minister Mr. Lee Kuan Yew was interviewed by a three man panel while he .was in the United States earlier this month. The inter viewers were CBS News
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