New Nation, 1 August 1975

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  • Title Section
    Masthead
    19 1 New Nation SINGAPORE Friday August 1, 1975 No. 1399 Price 20 cents MC (P) 1118/75 FRIDAY, AUCUST 1, 1975
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  • Article, Illustration
    ALL-OUT SPORTS DRIVE...
    262 1 Review physical education, says Othman By Teresa 00l The Minister of Social Affairs, EnciK Othman Wok, today called for a review of the schools' physical education curriculum to remove "meaningless repetition and trivia." He stressed that there Is a "need to teke ft fresh look at our
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  • Article
    Cup final: A long wait
    179 1  -  By Jeffrey Low The Malaysia Cup final between Singapore and Selanfor in Kuala Lumpur on Aug. 23 has been postponed "Indefinitely." In a telephone call to the Football Association of Malaysia yesterday, a h 1 g h ranking FAM spokesman said: "After the FAM Council
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    Girl who found $34,000
    259 1  -  By Adrian Chiam Hotel receptionist Miss Shirley Bok, 23, (above), turned down the chance of being $34,650 richer today —because honesty is her policy. Wo r king in the front office of the Mandarin Hotel in Orchard Road, Miss Bok found a red handbag lying on
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  • LOCAL NEWS
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      NOW GOLFING GAMBLERS AT TANGLIN...
      513 2  -  By Nancy Koh Gamblers are turning the Tanglln golf course In Dempsey Road Into a dally betting "shop" with as much as $100 hanging on every putt. In the evenings, after work, scores of 111-clfLd men oon verge on the seven-hole oourse and lay beta
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      Gold for two nurses with long service
      176 2 Two nurses who were the best of friends during training have now made history In the Singapore Antl Tuberculosis Association (SATA). Mr*. Malale Tan. M. and Mrs. AH. Cheng. 66. received BATA« gold medal for service over SO Fears. "Their devo- tlon to
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    • Article
      Band music
      29 2 The combined Tanlong Katong Olrls" Bchool and Tanjong Raton* Technical School band will nerform at the Mac Ritchie Reservoir Park on Sunday from 5.30 to 830 o.m.
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      ON THE 'CHANGE
      118 2 The first trading day In August saw prices Improving marginally at the Stock Exchange of Singapore during the first hour this morning. But turnover was still small despite renewed interest In settlement contracts. Seldom-traded Tong Meng Industries, however, fell four cents to 90 cents. BUSINESS DONE: First
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      Gold grab
      32 2 A 30-year-old woman, Poh Kim Keok, was punched and robbed of her $750 gold chain by a man who followed her into a lift in Block 35, Toa Payoh yesterday.
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    • Article
      Teachers flayed over PE
      259 2 Call to change 'negative attitude' A physical education head, Mr. Yap Boon' Chuan, this morning pointed out that there is "not much point" altering the PE syllabus, unless one can first change the negative attitude some teachers have towards PE. Mr. Yap, who Is head of
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      OUR ROADS
      10 2 Police reported 82 accidents yesterday. Four were serious.
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      PAINTING ON THE MOVE
      84 4 This man is hard at work giving the crane a paint Job. There's nothing strange about this except that he's doing it even as the crane is making it's way through heavy traffic yesterday. This could be a time-saving way of doing his work, but it
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      Protest by S'pore merchants
      405 4  -  'Japanese firm acted illegally* By Peter Ong The Singapore Chinese Foodstuffs' Importers Association has sent a stronglyworded letter of protest to the Japanese Embassy against O y a m a Shipping Company of Tokyo for dumping 617 tons of fresh vegetables Into the sea last week.
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    • Article
      Fringe parking for the lorries soon
      361 4 Lorry operators will start using six fringe area car parks as bases for their business from next month. The car parks are at New Bridge Road, Holland Road/Pierce Road, Whitley Road/Dunearn Road, Chancery Lane/ Dunearn Road, Kampong Java Park and Lorong One, Oeylang. This
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      English teacher plan hailed
      245 4 A visiting Australian lecturer. Mr. Donald Grant, has described the Ministry of Education's efforts to recruit British teachers to teach English in Slngap or e's secondary schools as a move in the right direction. "I tee many advantages If students, learning English as a foreign or
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      N-Day show
      35 4 The Adult and Young People's Section of Queens town Branch Library will stage a variety show called All For National Day at the reading room on Monday at 7.30 p.m. Admission is free.
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  • Page 4 Miscellaneous
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      419 4 Mr. Phua Bah Lee. Parliamentary Secretary, Ministry of Defence, will be guest of honour at the CHANGXAT CHANGI SECONDARY BCHOOLB 7TH SPEECH AND PRIZE-GIVING DAT at the school hall at 2.30 p.m. Mathematics and safety first exhibition will also be held at the school from 2 p.m. A procession to
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  • WORLD NEWS
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      Lock icon Woman's cruel reminder
      117 5 Today because of a chance of regime, Dao Huynh Nga (In dark glasses) Is In the papers. A few months ago, any publicity for thla Vietnamese woman woald hare been almost Impossible. She was a prisoner an Con Bon Island, the 8o«th Vietnamese "Devil's Island" for Its
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      Lock icon Crucial vote for $7b Thai budget
      309 5 Now Kukrit's tenure assured United Press International Bangkok, Friday. Thailand's Prime Minister Is assured of several months more In office after a crucial vote by the National Assembly which approved his government's proposed budget for 1976. Prime Minister Kukrlt PramoJ, who has been on
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      Lock icon Israel: It's not true
      176 5 Reuter Jerusalem, Friday. The Israeli Foreign Ministry yesterday dismissed as purely speculative a report in the Boston Globe that Israel had produced more than 10 nuclear weapons. In WASHINGTON, US officials yesterday said the United States believed that Israel could quickly assemble a nuclear weapon. But
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      Lock icon Giant shark record
      43 5 Reuter Sydney, Friday A Melbourne businessman has claimed the record for the world's largest line and rod fishing catch. Mr. Cllve Green said he landed a white pointer shark off Albany In Western Australia that weighed 1237 kilograms (2722 lb).
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      Lock icon Hoffa is missing, report by family
      124 5 Reuter Detroit, Friday Mr. Jimmy Hoffa, former president of the powerful American Teamster a' (lorry drivers) Union, was reported missing by his family here yesterday. Police said they had found his empty car at the back of a restaurant 24 kilometres (16 mUes) from
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      Lock icon Saito's term
      32 5 Reuter New York, Friday Japanese ambassador Shizuo Salto took over the presidency of the Security Council at midnight last night for the month of August succeeding Italy's Mr. Kugenlo Plaja.
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      Lock icon The third A-bomb...
      251 7 'It was planned for Japan too' Reuter Hiroshima, Friday. City officials in Hiroshima yesterday released a document which, they said, gave details of a United States plan to drop a third atomic bomb on Japan during the Second World War. The first atom bomb was dropped here
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      Lock icon 12 killed
      35 7 Reuter San Salvador. Friday. About a dozen university students were reported killed and 40 peoEle wounded after an our long gun battle between troops and demonstrators at the National University here on Wednesday.
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      Lock icon $36 m fire
      35 7 Reuter Teheran, Friday Six people were injured and an estimated USfIS million (Ss36 million) worth of goods destroyed when a Are swept the Gulf Port of Khorramshahr, authoritative reports said here yesterday.
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      Lock icon Search for survivors
      120 7 United Press International Seen in the UPI radio picture are rescue workers looking for survivors among the debris of a plane crash wreckage In Talpeh. At least 27 people died and 48 were Injured in the crash, airport officials said. One person was missing. The plane, domestie
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      Lock icon TODAY
      145 7 United Press International TODAY Is Prlday, Aug. 1, the 213 th day of 1975 with 152 to follow. THEMOQN is between lt« last quarter and new phase. THE MORNING STARS are. Mars, Jupiter and Saturn. THE EVENING STARS are Venus and Mercury. Those born on this date are under
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      Lock icon The Odd Corner
      89 7 Reuter London, Friday Spanish waiter Jose Roman was shocked when one of the two girls he picked up In Mi car hit him over the head with a handbag because of his advances. But he was even more shocked seconds later when one of the girls turned
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      Lock icon Cyprus row erupts at summit
      220 7 Reuter Helsinki, Friday. The Greek-Turkish quarrel over Cyprus erupted yesterday In the European Security Conference summit, souring the atmosphere of detente around the 35-state gathering. Turkey formally objected to Archbishop Makarlos representing Cyprus and declared that the conference's final decisions were not binding for its
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      245 6 tangfastio shopping at Singapore's leading department store $xBks¥i -sV BIG SAVINGS ON YOUR BUDGET r fW 3rd Floor BARGAIN COUNTER Gents' Socks (Size 10-13"), Now $2.50 pr. Boys' Cotton Knitted T-Shirts (S-M-L) Now $1.50 Children's Printed Design Cotton Playsuits (Size 20-24) Now $1.50 1~. A IP: [THlil'lVH.l'll.Ttw Ist Floor Stainless
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      74 7 choice in |"!ets BE IT FOR WORK, BE IT FOR PLAY LEA HAS THE RIGHT STYLE TO CARRY YOU THROUGH ALL THE WAY! AVAILABLE ONLY AT SELECTED STORES' Royals Shaw Centre, Royals Far East, Saudara Stores, Jeans Corner, Saleh Store, Anand Store, Radha Store, Mod Shop, BMB New Jeans Way,
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  • Page 7 Miscellaneous
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      142 7 WEATHER New York—Sunny, 9169 P. 33-21 C. Headline: Member of Portugal Junta talks of "hard repression." Pari*—Warm and dry, 88-08 P. 30-20 C. Headline: Summits within the summit. Ford-Brezh-nev. Discard-Brezhnev. Tokyo—Sunny, 93*77 F, 34-25 C. Borne —Sunny, 80-84 P, 30-18 C London—Sunny, 84-04P, 29-18 C. Rio de Janeiro—Clear, 82-54 P,
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  • OPINION
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      Resurrecting the ghost of the PKI
      281 8 Indonesians are persistently reminded that the Partal Kuomunls Indonesia can rear Its ugly head again unless the country's economic plans to uplift the quality of life of the masses can quickly succeed. But development is a complex and complicated process, with Inherent contradictions that
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    • WHISPERS By ISPY
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        Ad shock for the father
        49 8 A newspaper was nearly sued over a classified advertisements In its Births column. The proud father had asked for one insertion (to appear only once) of nls announcement. What appeared the next day read: Baby boy to Mr. and Mrs. X. Only one Insertion.
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        Adviser gets into trouble
        88 8 Be careful how you dish out advice. A civil servant told a colleague to write to the union when her request for UPA (urgent private affairs) leave was turned down by the senior officer. The next thing the poor fellow who had tried to help found
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        Thanks for the trouble
        57 8 A colleague had given up hope on his lost black bag which oontalnwl, among other things, his Identity oara, press card and a set of house keys, when it swfctonly appeared at his home yesterday nicely wrapped and sent by registered post. He would like to
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      New bins for rubbish
      104 8  -  GOON PENG YAM Public Relations Officer Ministry of the Environment Singapore. I would like to thank your reader "Health la Wealth" for his letter on the use of plastic bins for storage of garbage (NN—July 8). The Ministry of the Environment has. in fact, designed a
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      New step towards detente...
      289 8  -  VOICE OF THE PRESS SIN CHEW JIT POH Heads of government from 35 nations Including the NATO, Warsaw Pact and neutral states are attend-* Ing the Helsinki conference to sign a declaration on European security and co-ope-ration. The document which Is not legally binding provides for
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      CASE FOR INDIRA'S EMERGENCY RULE
      479 8  -  FRIDAY WITH PANG CHENG LIAN PANG CHENG LIAN Not a few people, I discovered this past week, are of the opinion that the Imposition of the state of emergency in India may be the best thing that could have happened. "Look at the tremendous p>
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      Drivers...
      47 8  -  LAWRENCE LOH I refer to the letter "Poser on status of driver" by Administrator (New Nation, July 21). Chauffeurs drivers of motor cars, employed and paid by the companies, are workmen under the Employment Act and are therefore subject to Section 38(8) of the Employment Act.
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      Road lines
      34 8  -  ACTION PLEASE The residents of Makepeace Road were promised some weeks ago that the yellow lines drawn on the road would be burned off. To date we are still waiting In vain.
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      Rattling manhole
      72 8  -  MISS CHEONG YOKE CHUN Please refer to the letter by "Concerned Resident" under the heading "Rattled by Rattles" (July 17). We wish to Inform your correspondent that action has already been taken by the Roads Branch of the public Works Department to tighten the grating covering the manhole
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  • FEATURE
    • Article, Illustration
      'Main line' takes first place now
      1063 9  -  by Lu Lin Reutens Chinese artist Professor Kan Wlng-lln waited 40 years before devoting himself solely to paintings, laying aside all other pursuits. Until his retirement last year from the Hong Kong government service, where he was a science Inspector of schools, his art
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      Lock icon THE CRASH DANGER LIES IN LANDINGS
      811 9  -  From Edward Delong United Press International Two airline crashes that killed 206 people in recent months have provided tragic evidence supporting the belief of Federal safety experts that landings—not takeoffs are the most dangerous part of a passenger's flight. And despite constant Improvements in
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      56 9 MANY OTHER GOOD DISCOUNTS TO CITIES AROUND THE WORLD. APEX AIR BROKERS ROOM 403, 4TH FLOOR FAR EAST SHOPPING CENTRE 545 ORCHARD ROAD, SINGAPORE 9 TEL: *****54/5 Let SEC entertain you. Stereo Cassette Tape-deck Model RMK—2SIE Auto eject mechanism Pause control Stereo headphone jack Tape counter AMATEUR PHOTO STORES (PTE)
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  • SOCCER'S GREAT DAYS
    • NEW NATION FEATURE
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        Chwee Chua – cool and cunning
        1852 10/11  - Chwee Chua cool and cunning The man who was in the centre of a few Cup clashes HE HUNG UP HIS BOOTS AT THE AGE OF 45 AFTER A CAREER SPANNING TWO DECADES by Sonny Yap Today, Lim Chwee Chua, 65, operates a modest bopkshop along bustling Bras Basah Road
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        THE DAY S'PORE CRUSHED GAME PENANG IN A FINAL...
        525 10/11 The pre-war phase of Singapore soccer ended with the 1941 Malaya Cup-final. Singapore entered their third consecutive final and won the trophy outrlght (they were joint-holders with Selangor on two occ as Ions) for the twelfth time. Penang, with aspirations of
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      538 10/11 Friday tw, A Cut out and pin with other coupons. Posting instructions appear below Name (Mr./Mrs./Miss) Address Tel: FILL IN MISSING LETTERS ACROSS USING CLUES BELOW Cut along dotted lines < CLUIS FOR AQ-5 1. Soft mots of flour moistanad and kntadtd 2. Person or thing of great size 3.
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  • PLEASURE
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      Lock icon She's sexy, smart and stylish
      973 12 The greatest screen presence since Grace Kelly* Los Angeles Times Katharine Ross Is clearly a rebel with and without many causes. She wore all her own clothes In Laurence Turman's The Graduate. She refused to wear makeup lp John Fore man's Butch Cassldy And The
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      NOW A SUMMIT DINNER SET FOR YOU
      354 12  -  Fating Out with Violet Oon We're familiar with set lunches but Summit Hotel has in* troduced a set dinner that is very good value for money at its continental restaurant on the top floor. At $15 per person, you are served with soup,
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      89 12 adidas snort slim• k V V X s SOCCER a magic word for millions, lor the active millions plus the millions of fans all over the world l They all know adidas the soccer shoe for the world's best players Remember ft The top-performing ultimate football shoe in the adidas
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      21 12 iSebasfiaoi v MANUFACTURERS REPRESENTATIVES K& S/ IN S F ASIA N KHANCHAND a sons Ob.COLOMBO COURT S POHf h TEL *****6,7
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  • TREND edited by BETTY L. KHOO
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      Lock icon This age-old craft takes on a fresh new look
      143 13 Embroidery Is happily not a lost craft in those countries where life moves at a slower pace, where women have the time and the patience to stitch with lovipg skill. And some of the embroidery made with such deft fingers have
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  • GRAPEVINE by Vanessa
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      Putting the smell in T-shirts
      105 13 The sweet smell of success for a Melbourne fashion firm is going to come from we e t-smelllng Tshlrts they plan to mannfactalre. And the aromas they have selected, for a start, are fruity flavours like cherry, orange, strawberry and also chocolate and plixa. Later
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      A casual call to cover up
      103 13 Informal attire need io mean lounge •nits for men and cocktail dresses for women. Then casual was Increasingly substituted for informal and that came to mean open- necked shirts for men and ion* skirts or dressy pants for women. Bat these day* casual dressing
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      A belly button bellyache
      78 13 Cher Bono's bellybutton Is under close scrutiny by American TV networks and It is all because of the new TV rulings e imlnatlng sex and violence from family hour programmes. They apparently oonslder her navel exposure (exposed because her gowns plunge to all-reveal-ing depths), too sexy.
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      Hollywood dream date poll
      101 13 Paul Newman and Cary Grant are not only perennial favourites with the older lady fans but the swinging set as well. So a poll by Hollywo o d bachelorettes (made up mainly of actresses and models) showed. The middleaged Newman and the decldely aged Grant were
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      Household chores in space
      88 13 If you think that earthbound household chores are backbreaking, you should hear what Apollo astronaut Donald Slayton had to say about 'housekeeping' up In the blue yonder. According to him It was their perpetual problem. "Everything you drop floats off somewhere and you've got to chase
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      Crocodile smile
      88 13 As I was having lunch In a restaurant yesterday, a notsoyoung but very attractive male friend walked In. He saw me, came over to ™T table and whispered in my ear: "80 wonderful to see you." I flashed him a very warm smile which drooped somew hat when
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    Carelessness can make a safe device unsafe
    246 13 C Doc's Casebook S "I had an intrauterine contraceptive device inserted three years ago. Since it never gave me any trouble I did not have it checked, but now I've been having very heavy periods," Mrs. L. told me. An lntra-uterlne contraceptive device
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  • FINANCE
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      Lock icon The threat to UK shipping by. Soviets
      163 14 The threat to UK shipping by Soviets Reuter London, Friday A British shipping official yesterday accused the Soviet Union of substantial undercutting of freight rates on world shipping routes. Mr. Tim Bolton, president of the General Council of British Shipping, told reporters here that this could ultimately mean a halving
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      Lock icon Big investment shift by the Japanese
      311 14 Reuter Tokyo, Friday. Japanese c o m panies, anxious to secure supplies of vital raw materials as well as to ensure overseas markets for their products, are undertaking a massive shift In their investment overseas towards manufacturing facilities rather than distribution outlets, accord- lng
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      Lock icon 'Heavy competition for oil customers by 1980'
      224 14 Reuter London, Friday World oil producers could be competing vigorously for customers by 1980 as production potential outstrips demand, according to a report out yesterday. A study by the Scottish Council tor Development and Industry estimated that global production potential for oil and
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      PRICES OF FISH ON THE RISE...
      213 14  -  I Market Basket I»v Rav Dhaliwal Fish prices moved up In the markets this week, with Increases of up to 20 cents a katl. Selar and kembong, for Instance, rose by about ao cents a katl each. Selar was sold at $1.90 a katl,
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      Lock icon Foreign car imports
      53 14 Reuter London, Friday A Labour member of parliament, Mr. Leslie Huckfleld, forecast In the House of Commons yesterday that foreign car manufacturers, led by Japan, might soon have 40 per cent of the British market. He added that half of the foreign cars sold here then could
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      Bank rate
      27 14 The Chartered Bank announced that Its Interest rates for savings accounts will be reduced by a quarter per eent to 31 per cent from today.
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    • Stock markets round the world
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        NEW YORK
        199 14 The stock market started out with a rally yesterday based on reports the economy was picking up and finished the day going nowhere when confronted with evidence inflation is a big problem. It also finished July with its first monthly loss of the sear, reflecting investor /ears of
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        Dow Jones
        35 14 Dow Jones closing stock average* an the New York Stock Exchange yesterday: 30 Industrial* 831.81 (off O.IID, 20 transport 161.83 (up 0.87), 18 Utilities 70.88 (up 0.13), 65 stocks 262.01 (up 0 24).
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        Lock icon TOKYO
        201 14 DBS-Daiwa Securities International Ltd. Stock prices went higher on the Tokyo Stock Exchange, although turnover remained light. The morning session opened bullish on such low-priced issues as large-capital stocks and cyclical issues including paper and pulps and non-ferrous metals. In the early afternoon, the market was mixed, with a
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        PARIS
        80 14 Closing price* In francs on the Parla Bourse yester^ejr: Pmrlbu 177 —1.30 Fonder 353 —1 Prlntemps SI —0.90 Bull 93.50 unch. Royal Dutch 152JO —0.80 Mlchelln 11W +35 COP 310 +1 Thomson 215.50 +4.50 CFP 139 00 +3 Rhone 118 55 —2.45 AIR 360 30 -t 0 70 BSN
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        ZURICH
        81 14 Closing prices in Swiss francs on the Zurich Stock Exchange yesterday: UB8 B. 3030 10 UBS R 430 SBC 435 Credit Suisse 2M0 +20 Swisssir B. 425 Swiss Reinsur. 2105 5 Winterthur B. 1740 20 Zurich Insur. 8300 +75 Juvena B. 590 8 Nestle B. 3280 40 Inter food
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        SYDNEY
        86 14 Price* at 11.30 a.m. today (Australian time) on the Sydney Stock Exchange: Aberfoyle nil 0ft Ampol 57 60 Aust Dev Ooip 49 48 Auat Dev nil SI Bank N.8.W. 603 604 Brambles 136 140 BKP 713 716 BH South 163 16S C.8.R. 403 40S Cone Rutlle 77 160 Oone
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      Market report
      132 14 Trading faded into one of the «uletest runs for this year at the Singapore. Stock Exchange yesterday. Yesterday being the last day of July, It was not surprising that prices edged slightly higher. The surprise was that turnover was at a low level at #.®7 million shares. This
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      546 14 YOUR LUCKY STAR IF IT'S YOUR BIRTHDAY BORN today, you are an exceptionally generous person. Willing even eager to give what you can to help others realise their ambitions, you sometimes actually set your own Interests back because Eu are so busy working the interests of others that you miss
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      636 16  -  BOWLING by Jeffrey Low Australia have picked their best four bowlers to be official representatives to the Singapore International Open championships from August 15-23. The four are Jan Wilson, Bob McMurrlach, Lillian Bruce and Alan Nlchol, who aU finished on top in the recent
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      Weiskopf advances
      89 16 Washington, F r 1 day Tom Welskopf, earned US$4O,OOO with his sudden-death victory over Jack Nicklaus in the Canadian Open golf tournament, has moved Into fourth place In the American Golf Circuit earnings list, the United Btates Professional Oolf Association announced yesterday. He has now won a total
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      491 16 GREIG PRAISES NEWCOMERS Reuter London, Friday. Tony Greig, taking inspiration from his new role as captain, rescued England from the fury of Australian fast bowler Dennis Llllee on the opening day of the second cricket Test at Lords yesterday. Llllee had removed Barry Wood,
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      Lock icon Hants regain lead with bonus points
      356 16 Reuter London, Friday Hampshire regained their lead at the top of the English county cricket championship table when they snatched their seventh bonus point against Kent at Canterbury yesterday. And captain Richard Ollllat will be hoping to collect 10 more points for a win
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      Seletar need 2 points to keep title
      1609 17  -  TEE-UP with Lim Kee Chan Seletar need two points from their remaining three matches to make sure of keeping the Singapore Golf Association league title for the third year running. They have so far dropped only one point from nine matches for a
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      152 17 The Singapore Island Country Club women Captain's team beat the Vie e-Captain's team 4-3 at the Island course yesterday. Nicky Read, the Vlee-C apt a I a who partnered Colleen Bosley, however, had the satisfaction of beating the Captain O.G. Leow who partnered Pat Stewart. The
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      GALLARDO TAKES THE LEAD
      126 17 Bonn, Friday Jaime Gahardo, a 27-year-old club professional from Barcelona, took a onestroke lead with a fourunder par-70 In the first round of the German Open golf championship at Bremen yesterday. South Africa's Tlenle Brits and Britain's Peter Townsend each returned 71 and Americans John Hlllard,
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      Prince Jupiter is hard to beat
      350 18 RACING u it h Scrutineer The up-and-coming Prince Jupiter hard to beat in Race 6, and I make him the top bet at Kuala Lumpur tomorrow. Prince Jupiter broke the Ice with a smashing win in a Class 3 »t at Buklt Tim ah
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      Buang's pair stride out smartly
      322 18  -  By BLUE PETKR Kuala Lumpur, Friday Trainer Buang Abu Baker's Wllayah Persekutuan Stakes entries Thumbs Up (O. Podmore) ana Wonderful Momeat (S. Salrl) provided an Impressive trial here this morning. Breaking from the 41, the stablemates steadily clapped on the pace to run the last
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      Lock icon Girandole wins at Goodwood
      172 18 Reuter Goodwood, Friday Girandole, brilliantly ridden by Letter Plgfott, captured the £7000 Goodwood Cup feature race here yesterday. After favourite Crash Course fell. Mr. J. Hattersley four-year-old Girandole won nls first race of the season from a field of eight In this 2m 5f endurance test
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      Lock icon Channel champ plans a round HK swim
      136 19 Reuter Hong Kong, Friday Former Australian Olympic star Linda McGlll Is planning an attempt at swimming 30 miles (48 kms) around Hong Kong Island, two English language morning newspapers here reported yesterday. The papers said the 29-year-old long distance swimmer, who caused a
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      Pakistanis prepare
      62 19 Lahore, Friday Pakistan are to stage a nine-nation hockey tournament next February to prepare their team for the 1976 Montreal Olympics. It was announced here. The Pakistan Hockey Federation's statement published yesterday did not specify which nations would be Invited to the tournament. The federation are also considering
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      Lock icon Glory to Raffles for rugby feat
      593 19  -  By Philip Tan Defending champions St. Andrew's School battled to a 0-0 draw with rivals Raffles Institution In yesterday's Post Sec on d a r y School's rugby final at the padang. Both teams were so well matched that even penalty kicks failed to
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      255 19 The Volleyball Association of Singapore and the Singapore Sports Council will Jointly organise the First InterConstltuency Volleyball tournament, starting on September 20. Although volleyball In Singapore is not as popular as football or basketball, the organisers hope that every constituency will field a team. Each team
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      Three goals by skipper
      46 19 Toronto, Friday Pakistani hockey captain Abdul Radd scored three goals In helping his team beat Britain, M In a pre-Olympic match here last night. Other scorers were Ifuddasar Asghar and Mansoor Ulhasan for Pakistan and Stephen Long and John French from Britain.
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    406 20  -  Y~~ A The last word by II. The English langauage, and how It should be spoken, has In recent weeks been a major talking point among academics and language teacher?. Some hark back to the good old stuffy Queen's English (I am sure the
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    24 20 MEI LIN: So the AA's appeal on road tax has been rejected. AH FOOK: Walt next year for the AA's new appeal.
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      852 20 TV AND RADIO SINGAPORE 5 J M OPENING ANNOUNCEMENTS followed by HOUSEWIVES' MATINEE: My Lot* For You (Part Two) <r) Mandarin film 4 .00 DIARY OF EVENTS (C) 4.08 FOB TBE FAMILY (C): Items Include fourth lesson on the harmonica by Yew Hong Chow; an Interview with Or. Wu San
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      44 20 Show of the day... WORLD PREMIERE FEATURE (9.45 over Channel Five lp colour): Gloria Swanson plays the lead role as an aging matriarch dominating her family and amazing the town with her power over a rare species of bees In tonight's film. Killer Bees.
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