New Nation, 16 July 1975

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  • Title Section
    Masthead
    19 1 New Nation SINGAPORE Wednesday July 16, 1975 No. 1386 Price 20 cents MC (P) 1118/75 j NEW NATION COMMENT
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  • Article
    Failure of Soyuz TV camera
    122 1 Houston, Wednesday The failure of a television camera aboard the Soviet Soyuz space craft has prevented Its crew from making any TV broadcasts from space In the first 12 hours of their flight. The Soviet cosmonauts, who are due to link up with an American
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    MISSING WITH $400,000
    245 1  -  By Douglas Chan A tontine operator has disappeared from her home tn Kallang with $400,000. She Is the fourth head of a tontine alleged to have absconded with members' subscriptions since January this year. The woman, aged around 45, is a mother of several children and live
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    Soldiers get a wedding perk...
    460 1  -  Special grants of $50 to $100 depending on the circumstances By Richard Lim Ihe Government has approved a new scheme to help married soldiers both National Ber v 1 cemen and Regulars who have financial problems. Disclosing this today, Mr. Phua Bah Lee, Senior Parliamentary
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    HDB warning...
    90 1  -  By Wang Look Fung Housing and Development Board flatowners who own property outside Singapore may have to give up their flats. Under the Housing and Development (Amendment) Act 1975. according to a sookesman, the HDB may compulaorlly acquire flats told under the Home Ownership Scheme If the owner
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    Lock icon 'Chemicals harmless'
    59 1 Reuter Washington, Wednesday.—A British scientist on Monday dented there was any danger to the atmosphere from chemicals released by aerosol sprays. Dr. Richard Scorer, professor of theoretical mechanics at London University's imperial College, told a press conference here he also saw no threat to the atmosphere from highaltitude
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      11 1 See Page S NEMAS COMICS WEATHER WHAT'S ON TIDES STOCK MARKET
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      79 1 RODEO Let's talk money... The money you're going to save yourself by trading in your present car (before it depreciates further) against a new Ford (before prices go up again). We can give you the best deal in Singapore whatever model you choose and if you need finance, we have
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  • LOCAL NEWS
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      ON THE 'CHANGE
      93 2 Prices opened on a quietly steady note during the first hour of trading at the Stock Exchange of Singapore this morning. BUSINESS DONE First Section: 8. Darby (3) 2.87, (7) 286. Sett: (2) 2.87. Prima (4) 2.81. U.OJ3. (7) 3.66. D.8.8. (2) 2.90. Sett: (1) 2.90. M.
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      Cheaper UK books?
      314 2 Decision soon due to drop in Singaporeans are likely to pay less for books from Britain soon because of the falling pound. The Singapore Book Publishers Association met recently to discuss this and It Is believed that it will recommend a conversion of $7.50 to the pound
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      Smugglers bring rabies danger
      395 2 FROM THE DOC HOUSE BY PG I was particularly pleased to read that the Customs authorities haye been strengthened by several new and very fast cars in order that they could have a better chance of apprehending smugglers. Many people still think that smuggling Is a
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      Mystery death probe by police
      157 2 Police are Investigating the death of an unidentified man in his 30s who was found at the foot of a 16-storey block of flats in MacPherson Estate yesterday. The man wearin* a long sleeve shirt and dark blue trousers was found sprawled on the pavement
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      OUR ROADS
      13 2 Police reported 102 accidents yesterday. Eight were serious and three fatal.
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      CRUSHED BY A SWEEPER
      153 4 A fire engine was summoned to extricate the body of a cyclist from this mechanical road sweeper yes terday (right). The cyclist, Leng Seah Peow, 46, was pinned under the sweeper following a collision between his bicycle and the vehicle from the Ministry of the Environment
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      On-the-spot tips for big switch
      472 4  -  Metrication Board planning intensive programme for housewives and retailers By Ray K. Dhaliwal Housewives and retailers In various markets and provision shops will receive on the spot advice on buying and selling in metric as part of the Metrication Board's intensive education programme to pave
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      Top Ministry job for ex-NJC head
      228 4 Mr. Lim Kim Woon, former principal of the National Junior College, has been appointed Acting Deputy Director of Schools. Mr. Lim takes over from Mr. Chan Kai Yau, who became Acting Director of BchooU, following the appointment of Mr. Kwan Sal Kheong, former Director
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      On Korea
      28 4 The National Museum will screen three colour Alms on music and folk dances of Korea at 7.30 p.m. today In its lecture hall. Admission Is free.
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      Musical
      22 4 A Malay musical programme entitled Bersama Senada will be held on Saturday in the National Library lecture hall at 2.30 p.m.
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      Third car pooling scheme for schools
      291 4 More students and their parents will be Invited to participate in car pools in an Intensified programme planned by the Ministry of Communications. This programme is waiting for approval from the Ministry oi Education. It will be the third that the Ministry of Communications
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      Career talk
      28 4 A talk and film show on career opportunities in the computer industry will be held on frlday in the National Library meeting room at 3 p.m.
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      222 3 This new Robinsons Men-s Wear Shop is located in the Central Business Area on the first floor of The Gallery, Straits Trading Building, Battery Road and is established for the convenience of our friends, clients and the many professional men working in the area who really cannot afford the time
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  • Page 4 Miscellaneous
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      243 4 WHAT'S ON The INTERNATIONAL WOMEN'S YEAR EXHIBITION Is on at the National Library lecture hall tUI 5 p.m. A MAKE JP AND BEAUTY DEMONSTRATION for air hostesses will be held by Miss Angela Chan of Charlta Salon at the first floor of the Far East Shopping Centre at 8 p.m.
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  • WORLD NEWS
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      Lock icon Glowing fireballs head for link-up
      494 5 All set for tomorrow's handshake in space Reuter Houston, Wednesday Two Soviet cosmonauts and three American astronauts blasted off from launch sites 16,000 km (10,000 miles) apart yesterday on a historic chase through space that will climax with a link-up tomorrow. The two teams lifted
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      Lock icon SALUTE WITH A SOVIET BEAT
      175 5 UPI Reuter Moscow, Wednesday A new song yesterday joined the growing list of Soviet hoopla commemorating the Apollo-Soyuz flight. Called Rendezvous o f the Cosmonauts Its words and music were printed on the back page of the Rovernment newspaper Izvestla. The first verse compares the
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      Lock icon The two with a special interest
      116 5 Reuter Moscow, Wednesday— Among the tens of millions of people around the world following today's launch of two Bovlet cosmonauts towards a rendezvous with three Americans, there were two men with a very special interest. They are pyotr Klimuk and Vitaly Sevastianov. the crew
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      Lock icon 'Peace force must go...'
      314 6 ...unless IJN acts against Israel: Fahmy Reuter Cairo, Wednesday Egypt announced last night it would not renew the United Nations peacekeeping mandate in the Sinai Desert when it expires on July 24. But Egyptian Foreign MlnUter Ismail Fahmy. disclosing the decision at a press conference, left
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      Lock icon A call for Israel's expulsion
      64 6 Reuter Jeddah, Wednesday. Forty Mimic nations today called lor the expulsion of Israel from the United Nations, a Palestinian spokesman said. Mr. Abdel Mohstn Aba Malsar, a member of the Palestinian delegation to the Islamic POreltn Ministers Conference, said It pawed a resolution calling on
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      Lock icon INTERIM PEACE URGENT'
      251 6 Reuter and UPI Minneapolis, Wednesday US Secretary of State Henry Kissinger said yesterday that Egypt's refusal to continue the mandate of the United Nations force In the Slnal desert underlined the urgepcy of reaching a new Interim agreement between Egypt and Israel. Told of the Egyptian decision
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      Lock icon A boast of air power
      303 6 Reuter Tel Aviv, Wednesday Defence Minister Shimon Peres declared yesterday Israel's air force could strike beyond Arab missile defences to any .distance and at any time. This air supremacy in the Middle East, he said, helped make Israel strong enough to negotiate for peace without
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      Lock icon Wilson to get tough on pay
      258 6 Legislative action may be taken Reuter London, Wednesday Prime M 1 n 1 st er Harold Wilson said yesterday he will take legislative action if there is any concerted attack on his Labour Government's antl Inflation policy. He said there was some discussion about
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      Lock icon 1557 arrested in Bihar
      133 6 Reuter New Delhi, Wednesday —The Government of the Northeast State of wkt h*a announced that 1881 people bad beep arrested there 4»ce alt emerfency was declared to India on June M, The Frees Trust of Indlfc (PTI) reported. An official to the sure capital oi Patarn
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      Lock icon Amin is now a Field Marshal
      157 6 Reuter Nairobi. Wednesday Prenldent Idl Amin of Uganda has been promoted *rom General to Field Marshal. Radio Uganda announced The radio said the decision was taken by a meeting of 2000 officers and men of the Ugandan Army, attended by President Amin. at the
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      Lock icon TODAY
      167 6 United Press International TODAY is Wednesday, July 18, the 197 th day of 1975 with 168 to follow. TUB MOON Is between its first quarter and full phase. THE MORNING STARS are Mercury, Mars, Jupiter and Saturn. THE EVENING STAR is Venus. Those born on this date are under
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      Lock icon The Odd Corner
      92 6 United Press International London, Wednesday.—Edward Fitzgerald, Duke or Leinster and the premier Duke of Ireland took his seat In the House of Lords yesterday 53 years late. The 83-year-old Duke was unable to take his seat when he succeeded to the title in 1922 because he was
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      169 5 CONTINENTAL RESTAURANT INTERNATIONAL EXECUTIVE LUNCHEONS will highlight the food of different countries in turn. New set-lunches with one complimentary drink for each guest will be featured daljy from Mon. to Sat. JULY 14 19 FRANCE JULY 21-26 GERMANY OBEROI i jmrDGftial vita I HOTEL 1, JALAN RUMBIA, off Tank Road,
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  • Page 6 Miscellaneous
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      217 6 New York Rrflny. 71-75F, 22-24 C. Headline: Kissinger warns majority In UN on US support. Rome Sunny, 6192F, 16-33 C. San Francneo—Cloudy. 55-82F, 13-28 C. Headline: New Ford plan to free oil prices. Tokyo Sunny, 8870F, 31-21 C. Headline: July 30 "target date" fixed for Europe security summit. Paris Variable.
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  • BEHIND THE NEWS
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      Lock icon The give-and-take way to US-Soviet space link-up
      926 7  -  By Walter Bagley Reuter The US-Soviet Joint space mission U designed to demonstrate that American astronauts and Soviet cosmonauts, flying their own spacecraft, can link up in space, and live and work together. The Apollo-Soyuz Test Project (A.S.T.P.), history's first manned international space
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      304 7 Advertisement GIVE HIM A 56CM AND HE'LL TAKE A 66CM another "tall" »tory by Dee Jay See It was all our fault we could understand Eze toeing a trifle nonplussed at first. It started with that Freddie Kum graduating with an Honours Degree. His parents were mighty proud and his
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      96 7 c 1 Mi J ,11 liquid, s ewii silk-skills tm 8«, HIGH STREET,MNQAPOHEO.TEL: *****3 lib Tba Shop With Alao >1:186, PEOPLE'S MRK CENTRE (Ml Floor) MO Q-Z7,SPECWMJSTS'CENTHE (Qround Boor) "B SHOP S*vic HUONHOTB.BMPERMLHOTH. (1) 3 DAYS WITH TOURS. HOTEL, BREAKFAST AHD RKTURH AIR FARE $385.00 (2) 7 DAYS WITH TOURS,
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  • OPINION
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      Safety in our crowded sea
      339 8 Nothing epitomises Singapore's economic miracle more glowingly than the post-card view from Mount Faber of a fleet of supertankers, tankers, freighters and other kinds of vessels framed In picturesque silence. But when three collisions happen around our waters within one month, the Idyllic image of
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    • WHISPERS By ISPY
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        Your slip is showing
        37 8 Not all modern femlnie apparel Is understood by males. One uninitiated male watching a TV programme on hoodlums in which the gangsters wore facemasks, suddenly commented, "Now I know what panty-hose is for."
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        Wrong but right...
        48 8 Photographers who went to the football game between Kelantan and Singapore at Kota Barn last Saturday were caught off-guard by the Singapore team. Expecting Singapore to lose, they an stationed themeelyes at the Singapore goalmouth. Happily,. Hi the action took place it the other end.
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      A hazard to passers-by
      115 8  -  FEDESIVIAN, Singapore, 1. At about two o'clock on July 2, while I was passing by the new CPF building site, Robinson Road. bucket of dirty, muddy water came pouring down from the top of the unfinished building. Fortunately, the whole Impact, of the muddy water missed
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      Youths: Too tida-apa
      275 8 r VOICE OF THE PRESS SIN CHEW JITPOH A recent Japanese survey has found Japanese youths to be less civic-minded than their American and West German counterparts. But the same survey has also found Japanese youth* to be more attached to their family than American and West
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      HOW CONNORS WAS BURNT BY ASHE
      442 8  -  WEDNESDAY WITH DICK WILSON DICK WILSON What a superb victory was won at the W1 mb 1 edon Tennis Championships by Arthur Ashe, the first black man to win this title. Crome to that, what, a brilliant victory was won on the preceding day
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      No need to extend the RZ, says committee
      156 8  -  JOSEPH YEE I refer to the letter from "Citizen" (NN, June SO). Because ot the high concentration of employment and activities In the city area, city-bound peak hour travel demands are high. The Area Licensing Scheme has been Introduced to curb the
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  • FEATURE
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      A guitar giant to jingle hearts in S'pore
      102 9 America's gu 1 tar giant, Charlie Byrd, his drummer and bass player vill give two performances In Singapore on July 29 and 30 in the Conference Hall. Besides picking the jazz and classical pieces for which he is famed, Charlie Byrd will
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      Incense, green paste for Rukdaryanti
      208 9  -  People by Judith Holmberg Working quietly behind the scenes of the traditional ceremonies at the wedding of Rukdaryantl, daughter of the Indonesian ambassador, were two make-up artists specially flown in from Indonesia. They were chosen for their skill In bridal make-up a la Central Java.
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      VARSITY BAND A THAI HIT
      149 9 The University of Singapore band's visit to Bangkok saw its 47-members involved in more than Just performing before an audience. The money they raised at a concert at the YWCA went to the refugees from Laos and Vietnam who are settled In camps near the
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      A pat on back for our drivers
      99 9 The only woman motoring Journalist In Belgium, Chris Vermier, was full of praise for Singapore drivers when she spent three days here. "Compared to the Belgians, the Singapore driver Is very patient and not In the least aggressive which Is amazing considering the
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      Undaunted pianist...
      59 9 Clock designer, Martin Prescott, was studying to be a concert pianist until polio struck him. After that, he decided to go Into his family clock and watch business. But he still practises on the piano when time Srmlts, and visitors to e Gordon Grill in Ming Court Hotel
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      Girl who nearly missed her career
      138 9 Miss Choo Hock Moi who topped the first batch of graduates at the Rollel Government Training Centre almost did not enter the technical field. "My parents advised me against a technical career as I did poorly in my practical examination for the subject in
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      40 9 Preserential rate* for booklovers $6.00/ £1 $2.50/ US$l $3.20/ Australia $1 for open market titles. In stock: Splcer and Pegler's Practical Book-keep-ing Accounts. $11.70 Later Chinese Porcelain $30.00 EDUCATIONAL BOOK CENTRE 69, Stamford Road Opens from Monday Saturday 9a.m. 6p.m.
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      55 9 Visit our Premier Store at G-36 High Street Centre IF EXPERIENCE COUNTS, IT'S CHANRAI'S TO WANT! 23 years experience in tailoring menswear. Unrivalled expertise that you can take for granted. 1 ■v-". m- 5 iz > MrJ!..*. mi >. i 1U rmn /tmk on i' Ar. i». TMI l I
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  • EDUCATIONAL BROADSHEET
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      Antony and Cleopatra
      2734 10/11 HE LOST HIS KINGDOM, PROVINCES AND, EVENTUALLY, LIFE ITSELF ...all for the love of a woman who was much more than a match for him Btralghtforward and generous Antony, the Brave Warrior, falls for volaptaoua head-strong, canning Cleopatra, and becomes a victim of his strong passion for
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  • PLEASURE
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      Blow by blow account of Jeff Beck
      353 12  -  POPS by Peter Ong JEFF BECK BLOW BY BLOW (EPIC): Since the days of the Yardbirds (circa 1963), Jeff Beck has shown his obsession with the rock Instrumental. Many of the Yardbirds' hit singlet were coupled with the rock instrumental For example. Steeled
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      Lock icon YES, IT IS ALL MY FAULT, ADMITS DR. K
      598 12  -  Art Buchwald Los Angeles Times The main test of news Is whether or not it Is out of the ordinary. Unfortunately most of the stories being printed these days are no longer surprising to anyone. In the dog days of summer,
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      Uninspired Ray makes a hit out of Misty
      110 12 With amazing consistency, the London pops are proving lately that talent, far from being essential for success, Is probably even a hindrance. The latest example is Misty by Ray Stevens, which has moved from seventh place to second In a week, and
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      26 12 (This week's charts with hurt week's positions in brackets.) SINGAPORE 1(1) 81nf Baby 8iti| —Sty lis tics Love Will Keep Us Together The Captain And Tennllle
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      91 12 3 3) Before The Nexl Teardrop FallsFreddie Fender 4 7) Listen To What The Man Bald— Wings 5 2) Old Days Chicago < 8) I'm Not In Love —It CC 7 (4) Sister Golden Hair—America 8 9) Magic Pilot 9 (10) Tears On My Pillow Johnny Nash It 5) Rainy
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      105 12 The Man Said: Wlnrs 8 (18) Have Too Seen Her: Chi-Lltes 9 (12) My Hlte Bicycle: Nazareth 19 (9) Disco Stomp: Hamilton 801 l ll annon NEW YORK 1 (2) Listen To What The Man Said: Wings 2 (4) The Hustle: Van McCoy 3 (1) Love Will Keep Us Together:
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  • TREND
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      Lock icon Teamup for a knock out
      158 13 Team males In fashion jargon means elever match-ups, whether In skjrt and blouse or trousers and shirt. The whole Idea of such match- ups being to s-t-r-e-t-c-h your wardrobe and budget. But while it is easy to match a pair of pants and shirt It's
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      Cane concoctions for casual living
      218 13 Y v Shop Around Bringing back the cane has been one of the best ideas mooted for some time. Not In the classroom for discipline, but in the field of furniture and decor. The cane comeback in exciting new ideas seem to point that, as
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      Lock icon Bring back Hollywood tear-jerkers, they're therapy for depression
      706 13 "A simple film that made me weep like Niagara was Dark. Victory. It starred Bette Davis as a rich firl who, through a steeple chasing accident, develops a brain tumour. And the doctor said that she would have a swell life but
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  • FINANCE
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      Lock icon Eight-month decline is reversed
      330 14 UPI Reuter Washington, Wednesday The output of America's industrial sector turned up in June after an eightmonth decline, the Federal Reserve Board reported yesterday, giving a strong indication the recession has ended. The index that measures production of manufacturing, mining and gas and electric utilities roee
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      Lock icon HK eyes big league with new estate
      306 14 Reuter The projected establishment of a new industrial estate in Hong Kong is expected to attract more foreign investment and accelerate Industrial development The government recently announced its long-awaited decision to set up the estate following requests by industrial concerns for managed areas
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      People in business
      231 14 Hotel Phoenix Singapore has appointed MR. JAMES K.G. LAU resident manager. He has been In the hotel Industry for 13 years and was previously with Orchard Inn. Singapore CAE Tours has named MISS ANNIE QUEK its tour manageress In Hong Kong. In this new position, she will
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    • Stock markets round the world
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        NEW YORK
        207 14 Ths stock market, encouraged by signs of a business recovery, closed higher yesterday In heavy trading on the New York Stock exchange. The Dow Jones industrial average, a 4.77-point winner on Monday, was ahead 5.95 points to 881.81. a new 1075 high. Advances led declines by about a
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        Dow Jones
        34 14 Dow Jonas closing stock averages on the New York Stock Exchange yesterday: SO Industrials 879.32 (up 30 transport 173.10 (up 0.M); 15 utilities 54.90 (up 0.03); and 05 stocks 307.54 (up 1.40).
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        TOKYO
        290 14 Stock prices went higher on the Tokyo Stock Exchange yesterday although turnover remained light. The morning session opened slightly higher centring on light electrlcals. housing-related Issues, shippings and non-life Insurances, reflecting an advance of the New York market. After opening higher, a wait-and-see mood prevailed although forerunners were firm.
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        ZURICH
        41 14 Pj?T 1 B H Ne tie B. 3308 +35 Interfood B. 2600 —50 Clte-Oeigy B. Baby Roche 1905 +54 ***** 75 Sandot B. 4450 vnch BBC 'A' 1385 10 Sulnr 308 8 Alusutaoe B. 1150 unch. Bond-Invest 80/11% Konsa 83/83
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        SYDNEY
        108 14 Closing prices at 11.30 ajn. today (Australian time) on the Sydney Stock Exchange: Bank NSW 610 612 Brambles 142 147 BHP 716 722 BH South 170 173 CSR 436 439 Cons Rutlle 170 nil CRA 330 333 Dun lop 68 09 PZ Indft 330 276 Ot Boulder 75 77
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      Tariffs go up at major ports in India
      175 14 New Delhi. Wednesday Hie Indian government has decided to allow the incretse of port tariffs at eight major Indian ports. The move is expected to bring in an extra 30 to 35 per cent in revenue annually according to an official press
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      Market report
      162 14 Profit-taking In the afternoon trimmed gains on the Singapore stock market yesterday after a bullish start. The firm opening followed news of threepronged moves by the Monetary Authority of Blngaporcs to boost the Republic's economy. Advances of a few cents earfc were chalked op acron the board, in
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  • Page 14 Miscellaneous
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      460 14 YOUR LUCKY STAR IF ITS YOUR BIRTHDAY BORN today, you are a highly Intelligent Individual, able to reason objectively with the best of them. Although you are not necessarily am b itious for material gain to line your own personal coffers, you realise the Importance of making good in a
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      456 15 Tl E ..'Lr I LADIES AND GENTLEMEN 'Town l< Country' Jeans 'Town Country' jacket* Make to your specification. $IS/- Inclusive for each. Visit: Town <i Country 303 Joo Chlat Rd S'pore 15. FOR A WIDE RANGE of wallcovering*. wallpaper* and carpet* tile*. Contact: Singapore wallcovering* Centre (PU.) Ltd., Llat Tower,
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      387 15 LIANG HUP SERVICES 282 Tanjonc Katong Road B'pore 15. Tel: *****5. Maintenance specialist for refrigeration, alrcondltlonlng, TV (i home appliances. Dealers In used fridge/ aircondltloners. "Sales/ Service/ Repair/ rewinding/ overhauling. Spraypalntlng. Agents for Seiron Colour T.V. NEW HAIR CLINIC 048. Peace Centre. Treatments falling, thinning grey hair, dandruffs, Itchy scalp
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      507 15 KITCHEN CABINETS pulld-ln wardrobes for H.D.B. fiats at United Shanghai Furniture Company, 2830, Blk. 77, Oeylang Bahru. S'pore 12 Tel: *****1 After spm ring *****80 KHOON KEE FURNITURE 104 Victoria Street. For specially designed furniture, decorating A renovating of houses. Tel: *****1/ *****2 WE SPECIALISE IN SERVICING Repairing all sorts
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      316 15 LADIKS/ GENTLEMEN at your place, facial, head manage, body massage, bridal make-up Ring ***** from 11.00 a.m. 9.00 p.m. FLAMINGO MASSAGE STUDIO (Opposite Mandarin Hotel). Operates from 10 a.m. too p.m. Sundays to 0 p.m. S'pore 3****** MOOERN MASSAGE. Swedish massage, sauna-bath; S7-A, Victoria Street, Opposite Kedhouse, Telephone *****5 we
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      An outbreak of walkovers again
      874 16  -  Nine matches not played in Round 1 SQUASH b v Eric Cooper The first Singapore Closed championships got off to a good start last weekend, but as usual there was a spate of first round walkovers—an affliction that seems to attack every tournament held here.
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      222 16 Reuter Lagos. Wednesday Defending champions CLilna and runners-up Japan were poised to battle for the men's team title as the second Asian- African-Latin American table tennis friendly 1 n 11 a t ionai tournament entered its second day. Neither country have conceded a point, with
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      178 16 Reuter Bangkok, Wednesday— Thailand's 8 a en s a k Mangsurin, the No. 4 contender for the world Junior welterweight title, created a world reccrd when champion Pedro "Perl co" Fernandez of Spain conceded defeat at the start of eighth round of their scheduled 15round
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      France in 9-4 win
      52 16 Budapest, Wednesday France swept to a clear 9-4 victory over the Soviet Union In the men's team foil final at the world fencing championships last night. France's Chris tlan Noel, who seized the world individual foil title on Saturday, scored three wins. Frederick Pietruska also scored
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      12,000 AUSSIE WOMEN PLAY SOCCER
      317 17 Perth, Wednesday Five years ago a women's soccer match In Australia was a rare event. Today there are more than 12.000 senior women soccer players throughout the country in the Australian Wo m en '8 Soccer Association, and they are preparing to Join the Asian
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      Lock icon Test claims by Balderstone
      420 17 Reuter London, Wednesday Chris Balderstone, one of the best uncapped players in England, staked another claim for a Test place yesterday with a sterling batting and bowling perform anre for Leicestershire. His side beat Essex by 130 runs after Balderstone scored 117 not out which included
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      Lock icon Broken-jaw Merckx will race on
      206 17 Reuter Paris, Wednesday- An X-ray examination last night showed Belgian Eddy Merckx broke his Jaw in a fall at the start of the 17th stage of the Tour de France cycle race yesterday. Merckx refused to follow the tour doctor's advice and pull out of
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      Lock icon Indians still waiting...
      92 17 Reuter New Delhi, Wednesday. India are waiting on Pakistan's final response to their proposal for a resumption of Test cricket between the two countries later this year, a senior cricket official ■aid yesterday. Professor M. V. Chandgadkar, secretary of the Board of Control for Cricket In India,
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      Fraser Hill shines in gallop
      272 18 ON THE J TRACK u itli Blue Peter Penuif, Wednesday Fraser Hill 111 showed good form in a gallop here this morning. The four-year-old by Klondike Bill ran 3f in 39 3/5, with Hod Allan astride. The going was good.. y Fraser Hill showed promise
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      Lock icon 14 to run in Irish Oaks
      46 18 Reuter London, Wednesday.— English Oaks winner Jußefte Marny, Irish 1000 guineas winner Mlralla and French ace Nobiliary are among 14 acceptors announced for the Irish Guinness Oaks. The race Is to be run over 12f at The Curragh on Saturday.
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      Lock icon Saints look set to keep titles
      440 18  -  »y PHILIP TAN Rugby "giants" St. Andrew's Bchool who did the grand slam last season winning the 15-a--side Post and Secondary and 10-a-slde Lower Secondary titles are in a strong position to retain all three titles this year. Yesterday their Secondary team were Even
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      60 FOR POLO TOURNEY
      528 18  -  By BRIAN MILLER A total of 00 players from the po!o clubs In Malaysia and Singapore will take part In the Malaysian Polo Association three-day tournament at Thomson Road from Friday at 2.30 pjn. each day. The highlight of the tournament will be the appearance of
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      England beaten
      45 18 Shanghai, Wednesday. —England's national basketball team were defeated 80-74 by Bham<hal in the fourth match of their Chinese tour here last night. Steve Latham, from ManehestCT, was again the top English scorer with 24 points in tni match was watched t>v crowd uf
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      Lock icon 8 world marks ratified by Fina
      455 19 United Press International Call (Colombia) Wednesday Flna, the International federation of amateur swimming, yesterday rati fled eight new world records, six of them by East German women. Another six new marks set by Americans were left pending because they were received only in the
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      Lock icon Elaine smashes her 200m record
      606 19  -  By BRIAN MILLER Five records were broken in the first day of the Bchools National swimming championships at Barker Road yesterday. Peking-bound swimmer, Elaine Sng swept aside all opposition to win the 200 m freestyle In a new record time of 2:19.4. This clipped 4.ssec
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      67 16 THE BORN LOSER by Art Sansom FIFTY BU£KS JUST FOR UN£LC«iM6? K DRAIN? NDUPLWABS?S/WAWc UCVE THM 6RAIM\ J I KNOW. .ivzeoTP) Be cue J 1 I SB I M I i m by Frank O'Neal m J1 rns k% *At IS K V; IT* llll> •iP >» m SR M
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      434 19 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 Are chief (Steve McQueen) as well as a host of others, Faye Dunaway, Fred Astalre, Jennifer
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    199 20  -  The LAST word By JJ. Some natives of temperate countries are renowned for their Intemperance in the matter of bathing, c-specially in winter. I refer only to their frequency of baths. Some part company with, the bathtub in the middle of autumn, to fraternise again only in spring.
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      40 20 SHOW of the DAY ECONOMIC REPORT (7.55 over Ch. 5 In colour) In Activation, the final part of this d o c u men tary series, the government's role In stimulating the recovery of a recession hit economy Is featured.
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