New Nation, 5 June 1975

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  • Title Section
    Masthead
    17 1 NewNation SINGAPORE Thursday June 5, 1975 No. 1351 Price 20 cents M.C.(P) 489/75 THURSDAY, |UNE 5, 1975
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  • Article, Illustration
    Road to ruin
    686 1  -  Just one puff of heroin—and my fate was sealed By Wang Look Fung "My fate was sealed the day I tried Just one puff of heroin. It has ruined my marriage and almost destroyed my life. It has even turned me unknowingly into an armed robber." This
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  • Page 1 Miscellaneous
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  • LOCAL NEWS
    • Article
      Cheaper to park and ride, says the RTAC
      447 2  -  By Rav K. Dhaliwal The cost of operating a 1500 cc car Is 47 cents a mile, says the Road Transport Action Committee. To enter the Central Business District it costs six cents more 53 cents a mile since the motorist has
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    • Article
      CSS has so far lost $50,000
      432 2  -  Cost of park and ride scheme may have to be lowered to attract a better response By Rav K. Dhaliwal Road transport officials may have to consider lowering the cost of the park and ride scheme if response from motorists continues to be poor,
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      POLICEMAN WAS AMONG 12 HURT IN CRASH
      279 2 A senior police constable investigating a car-scooter collision at Upper Buklt Timah Road was among 12 people injured when a second car ploughed into them last night (see picture above). Police said today that an onlooker, Goh Pau, 32, was seriously Injured in
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      Farewell tea
      52 2 The New Zealand High Commissioner to Singapore, Mr. Roger Peren, will give a farewell tea for tne National Junior College Band at his residence in Queen Astrid Park on Saturday from 3.30 p.m. to 5 p.m. The band leaves for a cultural and goodwill tour of New Zealand
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    • Article
      Campsite for all
      83 2 The People's Association Changl Campsite has opened its doors to the public. The one-acre site Is next to the Tanah Merah Holiday Camp In Nicoll Drive. Renovations at the site have been completed. .~vith the pulling down of six Nlssen huts. The site can accommodate up to
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      GP council members
      70 2 Dr. Won* Heck Sin* has been elected president of the fifth council of the College of General Practitioners Singapore. The vice-president is Dr. Chen Chi Nan. Dr. Lim Boon Keng is the honorary secretary and Dr. Victor L. Fernandez the honorary treasurer. Other officials are Drs. Evelyn
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    • Article
      Story-telling
      37 2 Mrs. V. Perumbulavll, co-ordinator of the Children's Library Services will introduce a film on the effective use of picture books in story-tell-ing for young children at the Toa Payoh library on July 1 at 3 p.m.
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      Delayed
      9 2 The Stock Exchange share prices have been delayed.
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      OUR ROADS
      10 2 Police reported 87 accidents yesterday. Six were serious.
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      $130 mil in gold is flown here
      222 3 Tight airport security A tight security cordon was thrown round Paya Lebar airport this morning as a Pan American Airways chartered plane with a $130 million gold cargo landed here. Police with walkietalkies stood by when the plane arrived from Guam at 8
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      USSU films
      41 3 The University of Singapore Students' Union will screen five Alms every Sunday, starting on June 8 as part of a fund-raising campaign. Tickets are available at C.K. Tang. Methodist. Wan Li and Vanguard Book Stores and the USSU Secretariat.
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      Art display
      30 3 Mr. Tan Joo-Jong will hold an art exhibition of his works at the Chinese Chamber of Commerce Exhibition from tomorrow till Monday between 10 a.m. and 5 p.m.
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      Tuition a burden to kids...
      316 3 Primary school principal flays parents who do it to show off A primary school principal has criticised parents who dole out private tuition to their children as a status symbol. Private tuition, pointed out Mrs. Margaret Joseph, principal of St. Theresa's Convent Secondary School, was
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      The stress on paper qualification
      302 4 Govt emphasis is defended A Ministry of Finance official defended the government's present emphasis on paper qualifications as they serve as entry points for school-leavers to enter the labour market. Mr. Bernard Chen, deputy secretary of the Development Division, said: "Meritocracy Is the order of
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      Group tours will be stepped up
      287 4 Italians like our side trips Singapore's efforts to promote group tours for Japanese and Italian visitors this year have succeeded and there are plans to Intensify the promotion campaigns. The Singapore Tourist Promotion Board will work with local tour operators and hotels to tap
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      Art show
      34 4 The MP for Buklt Tlmah and Senior Parliamentary Secretary. Mr. Chor Yeok Eng. will declare open the 29th Art Ft»r Everyone exhibition al his area's community centre at 8 p.m. on Friday.
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      Tombola
      27 4 The Public Utilities Board Recreation Club will hold a tombola session at its clubhouse In Woodleigh Park,'Braddell Road, at 7.30 p.m. tomorrow. The Jackpot is $800.
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      SISTERS DO IT TOGETHER...
      272 4 These two Filipino sisters share a common interest they enjoy promoting tourism for their country. Miss Chen-cho Del Prado, 22 (left), a professional dancer, and her younger sister Yvonne. 20 (right), one of the top models In the Philippines, have travelled far and wide as a
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      Harbour cruise treat by police for Chong
      107 4 He's off to see the haroour and not a bit seasick either. This was 12-year-old Llm Chong Eng's message to his confidante. Police Commissioner Tan Teck Khlm. He was with a group of 300 children taken for a cruise round the harbour yesterday,
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      Repairing of radios
      41 4 The Canberra Community Centre Youth Group will hold a six-month radio repairing course every Tuesday and Thursday from July. The fee for this course Is $36 for members and $45 for non-memberc. For further details, contact Tel: *****2.
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      Vienna boys
      30 4 The Vienna Boys' Choir will perform at the Singapore Conference Hall on June 20 and 21 at 8.30 p.m. Tickets are available at C.K. Tang and Cold Storage.
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  • Page 4 Miscellaneous
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      298 4 WHAT'S ON A OEM EXHIBITION will be held at the BP de Silva Pte. Ltd, at High Street from 10 a.m. till 5.30 p.m. It Is organised by the Brl Lanka Btate Oem Corporation and de Sllva and the main attraction of the exhibition will be a 393.92 carat star
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  • WORLD NEWS
    • Article
      Lock icon War rates: Warning to insurers
      274 5 Reuter UPI Cairo, Thursday Economics ministers of 11 Arab countries warned last night they would take counter-mea-sures if maritime insurers imposed a war hazards premium on vessels using the Suez Canal after it reopens today. The ministers, attending an Arab Economic Unity Council meeting here,
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      Lock icon Lon Nol got $2.2 m to quit as PM, says former President
      255 5 United Press International New York. Thursday Former Cambodian President Cheng Heng said yesterday he knew that Marshal Lon Nol had been paid US$l million (s2.2million) to resign as Premier of Cambodia out he refused to divulge the details.
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    • Article
      Lock icon Ready to concede much: Israel
      140 5 Reuter Paris, Thursday Israel's Defence Minister Shimon Peres said In an interview published here today that Israel is ready to make major concessions to achieve genuine peace in the Middle East. Mr. Peres told the newspaper L'Aurore on the eve of a visit here that
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      Lock icon Probe into plane blast
      111 5 Reuter Manila, Thursday The possibility of saboage was being Investigated yesterday In connection with a mid-air blast aboard a Philippine Airlines plane on Tuesday In which 45 people suffered minor Injuries, an airline spokesman said. He said one of the angles being checked by the National
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      Lock icon New controversy over Suez
      413 5 Israel claims to have secret agreement with Egypt Reuter Port Said, Thursday A controversy blew up last night over an Israeli claim that there is already a secret agreement permitting cargoes to and from Israel in ships of neutral countries to pass through the Suez Canal.
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      Lock icon Final call for a big 'yes'
      403 6 Make it decisive, urges Wilson Reuter London. Thursday Prime Minister Harold Wilson last night made a last call to the British people to give a clear and decisive "yes" vote in their referendum today on whether to stay in the European Common Market. As
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      Lock icon No substitute for local initiative: Ople
      242 6 Reuter Geneva, Thursday The President of this year's International Labour Confe* rence, Philippines, Labour Minister Bias Ople, said here yesterday that developing countries should think out answers to their own problems and not rely on the help of the industrialised states. He told the
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      Lock icon By consent
      29 6 Reuter Paris, Thursday The National Assembly yesterday approved by 381 votes to 34 a new liberalised divorce law for Prance which brings In divorce by mutual consent.
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      Lock icon Gunners chat at polling station
      57 6 Gunner Hugh McWilllams (left) from Scotland talks to gunner Terry Jones of Wales as they go Into the polling booth In the Royal Artillery billet in the Grand Central Hotel, Belfast, where 400 soldiers voted in the Common Market referendum. They will be on duty
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      Lock icon Ford: NATO has confidence in us
      226 6 Call to show American unity Reuter UPI New York, Thursday President Ford, back from a highly successful European trip to face renewed battles with the Democratic controlled Congress, declared yesterday that he had found among America's NATO allies a new sense of unity and
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      Lock icon Two victories for Republicans
      137 6 Reuter Washington, Thursday President Ford won a major victory In the House of Representatives yesterday when the House failed to overturn his veto of a US$53OO million ($11,660 million) Job-creating Bill written by the Democratic Party. The controlling Democrats fell five votes short of mustering the
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      Lock icon TODAY
      115 6 United Press International TODAY is Thursday the 156 th day of 1975 with 209 to follow. THE MOON is approaching Its new phase, phase. THE MORNING STARS are Mars and Jupiter. THE EVENING STARS are Mercury, Venus and Saturn. Those born on this day In history are under the
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      Lock icon The Odd Corner
      70 6 Reuter Blackpool, Thursday Plans for 3000 people to eat what may be the world's biggest beefburger during a television programme here this weekend have been dropped because the TV men have been unable to And an oven big enough to cook it. The 200 kg (4401b) beefburger
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      Lock icon Enemies join hands to call for a 'no'
      131 6 Reuter Belfast, Thursday. The underground Catholic Irish Republican Army (1.R.A.) and its deadly rivals the Piotestant para military organisations have joined together in calling for an Anti-Common Market vote in today's referendum in Northern Ireland. Widespread apathy Is evident among the British
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      119 5 When the Sue* Canal dream became a reality—Page 7 olouq BJE&TECO A R MOOEL 222 CTV 26 There's only one answer for viewers who demand natural and saturated colour TV programmes. View with Siera! Cash and hire-purchase terms available: MODEL: 111S CTV 26 111 CTV 26 222 CTV 26 666
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      46 5 %\fs 9 A M|MM »«ntng of hilonoui comWy, hmtstirring poetry, old fashioned tap-dancing, superb mime, graceful ballet and much, much, more. sth--6th June, Bpm at the DBS Auditorium. Tickets at Cold Storage and at the door $5 A $7.50 (proceeds to Singapore Association for Retarded children)
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  • Page 6 Miscellaneous
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      225 6 WORLD WEATHER New York Sunny. 81-82F, 27-17 C. Headline: Draft bill says New York City must satisfy state on budget. London Mostly Sunny. 63-57F, 17-14 C. Headline: Wilson silenced up uproar at EEC rally. Moscow Overcast with drizzle. 81-48F, 18BC. Headline: Every working hour should be efficient. Rome Partly Cloudy.
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  • BEHIND THE NEWS
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      The three top offences of civil servants...
      734 7  -  By Ismail Kassim Corrup tlon and malpractice top the list of offences committed by civil servants last year. Next came indebtedness, followed by negligence, Inefficiency and dereliction of duty. The three major offences accounted for slightly over half of the disciplinary cases dealt
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      When the Suez Canal dream became a reality
      465 7  -  By Michael Prentice The Suez Canal, to-be reopened today after eight years' closure, has been a source of controversy ever since it was built by forced Egyptian labour over 100 years ago. For Egyptians, It was for long a symbol of foreign
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  • OPINION
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      Waterway to peace and progress
      388 8 The Suez Canal is a mighty monument of man's Ingenuity and a tribute to his pioneering spirit everseeking goals that may be of lllusionary proportions. Eight years after it was closed during the Arab-Israeli War of 1967, the Suez opens again today and it seems
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      Smaller piece of chicken
      89 8 fg> People who suffer from a persecution complex are liable to do the strangest things. A friend, who, unfortunately, has this complex, complains endlessly of how he Is getting bad deals In his Job, home and everywhere else. But the limit was reached recently. Sitting down
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      AST AN GAMES AND GOOD SENSE
      539 8  -  THURSDAY WITH PAKIR SINGH PAKIR SINGH Pakistan has given up the Asian Games on the plea of prohibitive costs. And I say, well done! When Pakistan bid for tne uaxnes three years ago, tnere was some surpiiae and some douoi. Here was a country,
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      HDB action against renting of flats
      141 8  -  TAN BAN HUAT PRO, Housing and Development Board. Singapore, 2. Please refer to a letter by Hopeless (NN. 17.5.75) on renting of HOB flats. The Board has all along been taking action against tenants and less ees who let out the whole flat or
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      Lock icon A state of panic
      344 8 World The Bangkok Post For the past ten days, the quiet Kingdom of Laos has been immersed in a state of virtual panic. It may have been a subdued panic with most of the action taking place behind the scenes. But the results have been no
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      Blocking the road
      138 8 Whilst the authorities have done a commendable Job In widening the Junction of Ylo Chu Kang Road and Upper Serangoon Road, it is to not much avail In improving the flow of traffic, unless, something is done about the situation at the pedestrian crossing further down Ylo
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  • FEATURE
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      Japan spurs building of airbase at Changi
      1105 9 ONCE ONLY INSECTS FLEW HERE Snakes, bees, crabs and ladies of easy virtue had to make way N Making of the Modern Singaporean From Jungles and swampland Changl was converted into one of the best air force stations within the British empire. The
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      64 9 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 Khooat the piano on Thurs, Fri,
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  • SPECIAL FEATURE
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      We confess...
      1509 10/11  -  Bringing pain to innocent people With the modernisation of the Singapore Police Force in the 1970s came successes in the fight against crime. This was reflected in the increasing number of gangsters arrested, many of whom subsequently made confessions and promised to abide by the laws. New Nation
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      Crime does not pay, says this Toa Payoh gangster
      483 10/11 I am T.C.N. I was born in Singapore. I am the only son in the family and my father passed away when I was a child. I was educated in Chinese up to Primary Six. After leaving school, I became a
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      I WAS A REAL MENACE...
      342 10/11 I am S.A.H. I was born in Singapore and I have a total of 12 brothers and sisters in the family. I came from a very poor family and I had only four years of Chinese education. I left school in 1964. I had been
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  • Page 10/11 Miscellaneous
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      538 10/11 :CTCH T £Ztt] Cut out and pin with other coupons Posting instuctions appear below Name (Mr /Mrs /Miss) Address FILL IN 'missing LETTERS j ACROSS I IG CLUES BELOW CLUES FOR Al 4 1. Hard outer covering, os of bread 2. Empty word*, one may think 3. Very dark colour
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  • PLEASURE
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      Lock icon 'Wonderfully trashy romance'
      288 12 'Wonder fully trashy romance' Washington Post John Mllius is the John Wayne of movie directors. His movies are Oung Ho, Macho, Self congratulatory. He waves the flag, and he salutes. Millus' The Wind And The Lion Is about President Theodore Roosevelt sending marines to retrieve American civilians kidnapped by barbary
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      RENNIE PLANS TO PACK UP
      396 12  -  By Jennifer Schoon Rennie Chan, a young guitarist and singer who has been doing the rounds of the local cocktail lounges, is a rather d 1 s g r un tied man right now. "I regret leaving the hotel I was working lor. The money
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      241 12 ONE TINY SPARK BECOMES A NIGHT OF BLAZING SUSPENSE. One minute you're attending a party atop the world s tallest skyscraper. The next...you're trapped with 294 other guests in the middle of a fiery hell. WINNERS of 3 Academy k Awards HP < P V g* i BEST SONG "We
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  • TREND edited by BETTY L. KHOO
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      Dating Mr. Gorgeous who is all brawn and no brain
      881 13 Why does an attractive intelligent chap go out with a girl who has got nothing between her ears—except a pretty facef? This Is the kind of Idle speculation some women make. Nor dees It end there. "What on earth do
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      Lock icon A look of langour after the ball
      87 13 After being danced off your feet you finish off the evening with a nightcap. Not one of those twosome sessions where you slip into something 'more comfortable' but a group nightcap where you sit up and yawn and yarn on That's when you
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      Lock icon Wonderful ways with old bottles and bowls
      295 13 DECOR I iPEAS J Did you know what beautiful floral table pieces can be created with a couDle of dollars worth of fresh flowers and some empty scent or makeup bottles, dessert bowls and brandy glasses? For a dressing table top. I chose
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      132 13 BEOCENTER 1800 IS A SMALL AUDIO SYSTEM BUT IT FILLS THE ENTIRE ROOM WITH MUSIC Small audio systems like small cars are plagued with poor interiors, less power, less of everything in comparison with bigger models. The Bang Olufsen Beocenter 1800 was created for ordinary people who demand high quality
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  • FINANCE
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      Lock icon 'Tin users to finance buffer stock'
      426 14 Malaysia calls for big contributions in proposed pact... Reuter Geneva, Thursday Malaysia, the world's largest 11 n producer, yesterday called for substantial financial contributions by consumer countries to a proposed bigger buffer stock In a new International agreement being negotiated here to govern trade
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    Market report
    188 14 Share prices genera'ly ended easier at the Singapore stock market yesterday despite a steady opening. The rallying attempt in the morning did not succeed because of lack of fo low-through support. The proposed Haw Par-P e r n a s Securities tie-up still appeared unresolved, with the Securities
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  • Stock markets round the world
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      NEW YORK
      192 14 The stock market, uncertain about economic developments and confused by actions in the money market, closed mixed In active trading yesterday on the New York 81 oc k Exchange (NYSE). The Dow Jones industrial average fell 6.18 points to 839.96. The closely followed average suffered a fractional lost
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      Dow Jones
      36 14 Dow Jones closing stock averages on the New York Stock Exchange yesterday: 30 Industrials 839.(Ml (off 6.18), 20 transport 168 92 (up 0.04). IS utilities 83.01 (up 0.8(1), OS stocks 257.72 (off 0 86).
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      Lock icon TOKYO
      162 14 DBS-Daiwa Securities International Ltd Prices forged ahead on the Tokyo Stock Exchange (TBE), carried along by yesterday's strength. The Dow Jones average recovered the Y4400 level. However, the turnover was relatively small. The morning session opened very bullish In sDlte of a slight recession of the New York market
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      PARIS
      110 14 Closing prices In francs on the Paris Bourse yesterday: Paribus 179 +0 Fonder 335 —3 Prlntemps 88.10 -f- .10 COE 335 +6.50 Bull 32 60 —.40 Royal Dutch 142 —I Mlchelln 1068 +12 Thomson 189.50 —.50 CFP 145 —1.80 Rhone 140.30 +.80 Air 360 80 —.30 BSN 540 —1
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      ZURICH
      83 14 Closing prices in Swlsp francs on the Zurich Stock Exchange yesterday: UBS B. 2940 40 UBS R. 410 5 SBC 412 1 Credit Suisse 2750 30 Swissair B. 434 6 Swiss Reinsur. 3110 10 Wlnterthur B. 2020 10 Zurich Insur. 5860 50 Juvena B. 635 35 Nestle B. 321
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      SYDNEY
      137 14 Prices a£ 11 30 &.m. today (Aurtrallan time) on the Sydney Stock Exchange: Abtrfoyle 63 70 Ampol Ex 53 65 Bank NSW 676 694 Brambles 148 149 BHP 716 718. BH South 20 5 210 CSR nil 470 Cons Rutlle 210 220 CRA 226 227 Dun lop 60 65
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    Lock icon Jobless
    29 14 United Press International Washington, Thursday Unemployment may keep rising even after the nation is on the road to economic recovery, US Treasury Secretary Mr. William Simon said yesterday.
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    Lock icon SHARE PRICES HIGHEST IN 18 MONTHS
    292 14 Reuter London. Thursday Shares prices advanced to their highest level for 18 months on the London Stock Exchange yesterday in expectation of a "yes" vote in the Common Market referendum today. The Financial Times Index of 30 leading shares gained 8.4 points to close
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    Lock icon Devaluation
    25 14 Reuter Buenos Aires, Thursday Argentina last night devalued the peso from 15 to 30 to the US dollar. Economy Minister Mr. Celestino Rodrigo announced.
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    Lock icon Petrodollars to vanish soon
    166 14 Reuter London, Thursday The huge cash surpluses of Arab oilproducing countries will be a thing of the past in three or four years, according to a new business survey of the Middle East. Researcher Mr. John Perclval noted that unspent surpluses of oil states in the
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    People in business
    229 14 81ngapura Forum Hotel has appointed MR. C.K. FOO as Its new general manager, succeeding MR. DAN DORRIAN who Is leaving for New Zealand to assume a new assignment. The Bank of Canton has promoted MR. ONG TIONG SAI to subaccountant. He Joined the bank as an executive
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  • FOR THE YOUNG
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      TALES OF A LOST CITY COME TRUE
      277 15 In the early 1800's there were frequent whispered rumours in the courts of Europe about a "fantastic, romantic lost city" in the Jungles of Indochina. But most people dismissed the talk as figments of men's imaginations like the talk of King {Solomon's Mines,
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      STORY OF THE WEEK
      259 15  -  BEVIS By Bevin Jackson Richard Jefferies was born on 6 November 1846 at Coate Farmhouse, Just outside Swindon. By the farmhouse was Coate Reservoir where, as a boy, Dick made and sailed his own boat. You can still visit the reservoir the New Sea—for it has
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      Beethoven led a tragic life
      617 15 Beethoven has been called the music genius of all time. Born in December 1770, he died in Venice in 1827. His music was, and still is, immeasurably influential upon all that followed him. Beethoven led a tragic life which ended in the ultimate disaster for
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      FROM GREEK TO ROMANS
      188 15 B.C. TIME CHART 404 399 390 359 356 348 347 344 334 Death of Socrates Rome destroyed by the Gaul*. Philip II, king of Macedonia defeats Athens. Alexander the Great is born. Rome and Carthage sign a treaty of commerce. Plato dies. The philosophers Zeno and
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  • Page 15 Miscellaneous
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      454 15 YOUR LUCKY STARS IF IT'S YOUR BIRTHDAY BORN today, you are an individual of such enthusiasm that you automatically Inspire It in others if and when they are for t un ate enough to be working for or with you. Your bright view of the future may Induce in others
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      165 15 Quiz on 1. Who was the founder of Taoism? 2- What were the four sights that Buddha came across in his journey? 8. What is the name of the liturgy that Nanak had left behind him for the sect? 4. What does islam mean? 5. When was It first started?
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      Bid for strong team to Seap
      338 16  -  By PHILIP TAN The Singapore Lawn Tennis Association hope to produce a formidable team for the December Seap Games in Bangkok. A national souad of 12 men and eight women nlavers will be selected next month after the completion of SLTA Closed and Open
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      Lock icon Star-studded Lanes beaten
      447 16 Reuter London, Thursday Hampshire, Leicestershire, Middlesex, and Warwickshire won their Benson and Hedges cricket cup-ties yesterday, qualifying for the semi-finals on July 2. It was a bad day for the counties of northern England, Yorkshire went down to Middlesex, who enter the semi-final stage for the first
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      258 17 Reuter UPI Stockholm, Thursday Substitute Ivezlc scored 13 minutes from the end of play to give Yugoslavia an Important 2-1 win over Sweden In Group Three In the European soccer championship yesterday alter 1-1 at half-time. The win boosted the Yugoslavs' hope for a win In this group.
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      Lock icon Chor Yau a threat to favourites
      667 17  -  By BRIAN MILLER Thomas Cup trainee and former Youth champion Ng Chor Yau moved a step closer to honours when he eliminated Ho Jee Chan 15-0, 15-3 in the national badminton c h a m p i onships at Guillemard Road last night. Chor
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      Lock icon Impressive workout by Shanghai
      440 18  -  By BLUE PETER Ipoh Thursday Shanghai, who showed promise In his debut at Buklt Tlmah last month when third to Forever Yours II over 6f, has made further progress and looks ready to score in the Class 4 Division 5 6f race here on Saturday. The
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      Scratchings
      221 18 Saturday: RACE ONE: 2.15. CI. 4 Div 6 6f: Nil. Emergency acceptors: Tientsin (1), Clever Andy (2). RACE TWO: 2.45. CI. 4 Div. 5 6f: Treasure Mile, Jerry's Kuda 11. RACE THREE: 3.15. CI. 4 Div. 4 6f: Amirah Java, Jumbo Joy. RACE FOUR: 3.45. CI. 4 Div. I
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      149 18 United Press International Boston, Thursday Manuel Orantes of Spain has widened his lead In the Commercial Union Grand Prix of tennis standings, despite losing the Italian Open final earlier this week, according to statistics released yesterday. Orantes, beaten In Rome 7-6, 7-5, 7-5 by Mexico's Raul
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      Archery record
      30 18 Moscow, Thursday. Lena Sjoeholm, a 28-year-old Stockholm secretary, set a world record of 319 points In the women's 50-metre event at the international "Bprlng Arrows" archery competition yesterday.
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      THE FIELDS FOR IPOH THIS WEEKEND
      1145 18 SATURDAY CI. 3 Div. s—6f Memo II 0 00 1 Ten Time* Ten 8.09 9 Southern Priest 8 0# 3 Stud Poker 8.08 5 Splendid Universe 8.08 14 Skylab 8.08 8 Jackaroo 8.01 1 Global Affair 8.05 12 Nineteenth March II 8.04 16 Oorvatach
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      YES, THEY ARE ON THE BANDWAGON!
      697 19  -  By PHILIP TAN Will wonders never cease? It seems that champions who had publicly announced their retirement are most willing to don their swimming trunks again in response to the call "Going to China." "Why shouldn't they go if they are selected on merit?"
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      'High' standards for Seap
      851 19  -  BOWLING by Jeffrey Low The Seap Games qualifying marks for bowlers have been set "quite high" as an assurance that our representatives will do well and perhaps win a few gold medals. This was clarified by the new STBC President Mr. S.P. Chua after some disgruntled
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      1-1 draw
      22 19 Moscow, Thursday Moscow Lokomotlv drew 1-1 with the Bovlet league leaders, Kiev Dlnamo. In a League match here last night.
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      Our top men get into action
      457 19 Kong, Thursday Singapore's Robert Ng captured the lead of a third event and the Philippines battled for the women's titles on the third day of the first Hong Kong international Open bowling championships here yesterday. Wg, a 164-average league bowler playing In his first
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      272 17 NEW NATION CROSSWORD Slang 6 Egyptian symbol 7 Liquid meas. 8 Draw out. 9 Feature of Moorish architecture 10 TV discussion program 11 ice 12 South African fox 14 Dishearten 18 Positive ion 20 Early motel 23 Hit, shows: Colloq. 26 Sewing machine extra 27 Small cities: Abbr. 28 Tree
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      414 18 AT THE CINEMA with EDGAR KOH THE TOWERING INFERNO: A 138-storey skyscraper marvel, the tallest in the world, bursts Into flames on Its dedication night, putting the architect (Paul (Newman) and the city's fire chief (Steve McQueen) as well as host of others Faye Dunaway, Fred Astaire. Jennifer Jones, Richard
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    Marble talk...
    193 20  -  The last word JJ I am coming out of retirement—to play marbles again. Teams for so many games are being sent to China I want to be sure my marble fingers are in shape when the Singapore Marbles Association decides to send one there on a "friendship first,
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    Talking Point
    54 20 MEI LIN; So the authorities have banned cars for tax exemption in donation draws to prevent annual car increases by five. AH FOOK: The people who will suffer are the fundraisers, especially now that motor firms are the most willing sponsors. How about road tax, area licensing and
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      992 20 TV ANO RADIO f SINGAPORE 5 J 3 00 OPENING AN. NOUNCfcMfcNTS followed by HOUSEWIVES' MATINEE: "Longing for the Son" —Part 1 of a Cantonese film 3.50 LOVE IS A MANY SPLENDOUBED THING 4.30 INTERMISSION 6.10 OPENING ANNOUNCEMENTS, followed by ADVEN- 6.00 OPENING ANNOUNCEMENTS. followed by KING KONG CARTOON SHOW
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      40 20 Show of the day... HARRY -O (10.00 p.m. over Channel 5 lti Colour): In this episode Confetti People, Harry Orwell tries to unravel the mystery involving a mentally disturbed young man, who's convinced that he has murdered his brother twice!
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