New Nation, 16 August 1975

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    20 1 New Nation SINGAPORE Saturday August 16, 1975 No. 1412 Price 20 cents MC (P) 1118/75 %SS99S9 SATURDAY, AUGUST 16, 1975
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    Lock icon Bangla: An all-out corruption clean-up
    489 1 New president Ahmed makes a pledge... Reuter Calcutta, Saturday The new President of Bangladesh, Mr. Khondakar Mushtaque Ahmed, declared In a broadcast to all nations last night that his government would not compromise with corruption, nepotism or favouritism. He aald Bangladesh must be freed from
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    Lock icon Bhutto is first to give the nod to new rule
    315 1 Pakistan sends 50,000 tons of rice as 'modest' gift Reuter Islamabad, Saturday Pakistan last night announced it was recognising the new government In Bangladesh the first country to do so. An official statement said that the government of Prime Minister
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    Lock icon SIA jet alert...
    94 1 Reuter Perth, Saturday—A Singapore Airlines Boeing 707 landed safely here this morning amid a full-scale emergency alert after the plane reported an undercarriage failure, airport officials said. The plane, with 156 people aboard on a flight to Perth from Singapore, touched dowp at 2.10 a.m. Singapore time
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      17 1 MUJIB: TURN TO PAGES 10 AND 11 WEATHER P b CINEMAS. CROSSWORD COMICS MONEYWORDS WHAT'S ON, TIDES
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  • LOCAL NEWS
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      NOW SEA COW FIND OFF CHANGI
      317 2  -  By Richard Lim Another huge sea creature was caught In the waters off Changi yesterday. This time it was a three-metre long seaoow. a rare sea mammal, weighing about 300 kilos (960 lbs) Two days ago, a 102 kilos (about 200 lbs) shark was
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      China tour
      21 2 A lfl-member delegation from the Singapore Institute of Surveyors will begin a two-week tour of China on Aug. 28.
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      A warning to the brides-to-be
      366 2  -  'Customary marriages are not valid* By Teresa Ooi The Government has warned unsuspecting women that they would be "leading lives full of worry and uncertainty" if they marry under customary rites, without first registering their marriages at the Registry of Marriages. They would also risk
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      Body in pool sets off probe
      126 2 By Bharathi Mohan The body of an unidentified man found floating in a pool at the reclaimed land off Upper Changi Road sparked off a murder probe early today. The man, aged 30, is believed to have been killed and dumped into the pool
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      New GH unit will tick next month
      104 2 The new $200,000 centralised Intensive care unit at Singapore General Hospital will be fully functional next month. *n*e three rooms at the Bowyer Block have been converted into the unit at a cost of over $94,000. The unit is complete with sophisticated equipment
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      OUR ROADS
      10 2 Police reported 81 accidents yesterday. Four were serious.
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      Warning to parents
      468 4  -  'Don't let kids drink medicated oil' By Rav K. Dhaliwal An official of the National Safety First Council has warned parents not to let their sick children drink medicated oil. Dr. Chao Tsee Cheng, deputy chairman of the Council'! Home Safety Committee, sounded the word of caution
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      Zoo gets 14 new scorpions
      60 4 Mora babies for the Singapore Zoological Gardens. This time It la scorpions 14 of them (above). The mother Is a sixinch South-last Asian black scorpion which Is on display In the children's section. A soo official said: "This is the largest species of scorpion, and
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      Sell your cars, says Jek
      281 4 'Parking is serious problem* The Minister of Culture, Mr. Jek Yeun Thong, has urged residents in Queens town to sell their cars because of the serious parking problem now being experienced in that area. He stressed that it' was "unnecessary" for residents there to own
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      UOB gesture
      37 4 The United Overseas B*nk Oroup will hold a party for 100 eld people from the Yew Tee Home at the home In Woodlands today. They will be treated to a dinner and a variety show.
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      A turning point?
      264 4 The motor industry in Singapore has shown the first signs of a recovery after the drastic one-year slump. The number of new vehicles registered at the Registry of Vehicles rose from an all-time low of 301 In May this year to 514 last month. Motor dealers contacted
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      524 2 Saturday AS-6 r Cut out and pin with other coupons. I Posting instructions appear below j Name (Mr./Mrs./Miss) Address I Cut along dotted lir CLUES FOR AS-6 1. In a melancholy state 2. A tramp mig lit be «lad ta came across an oM 3. Make o purchase 4. A
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      247 4 T«l: *****0, *****0, *****1,*****6.*****8 €HE£ HOW NGEE SENG (PTEi ITD 153, GokJhill Shopping Cmtn, 214 miln. Thoimon Road, Singapore 11. QUEEN SALUTE FOR EVERY PURCHME OF 2 BOTTLES 40 YEARS Of 0 1 BIG BOTTLE 8 STAR WILL BE GIVEN FREE. (EACH PERSON IS ENTITLED TO BUY 2 BOTTLES ONLY)
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      319 4 A COMBINED MILITARY TATTOO Will be held at the National Stadium as part of this year's National Day celebrations. The one-and-a-half hour spectacular starting at 7.30 pjn. will include a massive coloured flash card display. Mr. L.P. Rodrlgo. MP (Serangoon Gardens), will be guest at the 81RANGOON GARDENS CONSTITUENCY NATIONAL
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  • WORLD NEWS
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      Lock icon Teenage mums: One out of five...
      119 5 Reuter Washington, Saturday Teenage girls give birth to one out of every five babies born in the United States, and to half of all the babicr. bcrn outside marriage, according to a survey released yesterday. They also account for one-third of all abortions, said
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      Lock icon Bomb blast
      34 5 Reuter Belfast. Saturday—Nine people were Injured last night when a bomb exK~ ded at a tavern in nmurray, about eight kilometres (5 miles) south-west of here on the main Belfast- Dublin Road.
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      Lock icon Mid-E peace pact ready
      334 5 ...but It's only one part of overall accord Reuter Washington, Saturday. Israeli and American negotiators yesterday completed the draft of a projected interim Middle East peace agreement, Israell Ambassador Simcha Dinitz said here. The draft is being submitted to the United States and Israeli governments for
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      Lock icon Arafat's 'no' to the US
      111 5 Reuter Damascus, Saturday. Mr. Yasser Arafat, head of the Palestine Liberation Organisation (PLO), has told young commandos here that Palestinians would reject an American settlement of the Middle East crisis. The Palestine News Agency (WAFA) yesterday quoted Mr. Arafat as saving in a message read
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      Lock icon TODAY
      169 5 United Press International TODAY is Saturday, Aug. 18, the 228 th day of 1975 with 137 to follow. THE MOON Is between Its first quarter and full phase. THE MORNING STARS are Mars, Jupiter and Saturn. THE EVENING STARS are Mercury and Venus. Those born on this date are
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      Lock icon 33 hurt
      38 5 United Press International New York, Saturday— A bus carrying a group of senior citizens to visit a religious shrine in Tiffin, Ohio, skidded on a wet road yesterday and overturned. At least 33 people were injured.
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      Lock icon The Odd Corner
      70 5 Reuter Grantham, Saturday College lecturer Brian Clarke munched his way through 10 plates of fried cod fillets and chips to win an eating contest in this eastern England village yesterday and said afterwards he never wanted to see any more fish and chips. But the prize, given
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      Lock icon TEARS OF RELIEF
      226 5 Reuter Washington, Saturday. A jury of six whites and six blacks yesterday found a 21-year-old black girl not guilty of murdering a white jailor last August The Jury took only 80 minutes to reach their verdict, allowing Miss Joan Little to go free. Miss Little had been
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      147 5 LFHOOM "Electronic" O«sk-Top Dictation/Transcription Machlna J v j.... 5? ••ir't •*K J*, m The Philips Mini-< Dictation System The Mini-cassette system recognises that, today, every executive has increasing communication needs... inside and outside the office. He needs to capture profitable ideas, transmit them and put them into action. The units
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      224 5 WORLD WEATHER New York Sunny 85-88F, 29-20 C. Headline: Kissinger fives Lisbon anti-Reds strong backing. San Francisco Early fog 82-51F, 17-11 C. Headline: Coup reported in Bangladesh. Tokyo Sunny 9177F, 33-25 Headline: Kissinger tells Russia to stay out of Portugal. Rio de Janeiro Cloudy 82-83F, 28-17 C. Headline: Portugal considers
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  • OPINION
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      Bangla: It's time on loan...
      412 6 The new civilian government of President Khondar Mushtaque Ahmed of Bangladesh lives on borrowed time, and it has little of it. Propelled into power by the midwife role of the armed forces, it has promised to rid the tragic nation of its demoralising and daunting
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      Flattery's a sure way
      141 6 rr I WHISPERS ISP JI Flattery, not food Is a surer way to a man's heart—so an American hoaxer, Robert Colbert has proved. Colbert is the man who writes to Presidents and Vice Presidents and other lmportant personages (including Henry Kissinger, Fidel Castro, Yasser Arafat), telling
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      Long hair drive
      177 6 I am beginning to wonder whether the police have suddenly relaxed the stringent measures to curb the long hair menace In Singapore. It Is no use having proflies of long hair characters on posters warning that they would be served last or not at all when It
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      Ford rides the storm
      237 6  -  World Comment Mainichi Shimbun It was on Aug. 9, I ust one year ago. hat President Ford took office In order to restore the Whits House that had been tarnished by Watergate. Unelected, President Ford was regarded, both at home and abroad, as a caretaker President
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      THE HUNTER LAYS DOWN HIS SPEAR
      705 6  -  SATURDAY GUEST GREGORY NALPON GREGORY NALPON There is a situation of employment, non-employ-ment, gainful employment and gainful non-em-ployment here and everywhere. The siaves of Egypt who built the pyramids and the Africans who raised the cotton In Bouth USA were employed for those tasks.
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      Saturday schools
      76 6  -  CHEW KING HWAN I refer to the letter "Unfair" by Fed-up (NN July 23). Schools are required to be open on Saturdays for ECA and other activities. However, whether pupils and teachers are required to attend every Saturday will depend on the nature of the programme. Should the
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  • Weekend Nation
    • ART BUCHWALD/ S'PORE NOTEBOOK
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        Lock icon U.S. ENVOY AND THE SMASHING BEERSHEBA TAILORS
        786 7  -  Art Buchwald Los Angeles Times There has been a great deal of excitement In the United States and Israel over suspicions that Israel might be work* lng on the development of an atomic bomb. Apparently U.S. State Department officials are furious because, when
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        $5 million scenic park out of a swamp
        248 7  -  Sfrore Notebook hy Judith Holmberg The serenity and flowing lines of YuHwa Yuan, the Chinese Gardens in Jurong. is a transformation of the swamp lands which once occupied the 13.5 hectare island. The place was once Infested with crocodiles and the site
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    • SIGHT & SOUND/ ENTERTAINMENT
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        Penny makes the grade easily
        282 8  -  By Jennifer Schoon Seventeen year old Penny Ang looks confident and happy these days—and little wonder. Her ambition to be a singer was recently realised with surprising ease. "I've been singing ever since I can lemember. I'm glad somebody sat ud and realised I could
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        PAINTING IS JUST UP HIS STREET
        344 8  -  ART BY JENNIFER SCHOON Painting is the only profession that appeals to and satisfies Yahya Am an. To pursue his love, Yahya quit his job as a film technician several years ago. "I started out In oils, but turned to batik about five years
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        How they shot a war epic
        549 8  -  SIGHT& SOUND BY EDGAR KOH Those who cannot forget the movie The Longest Day. Darryl F. Zanuck's lengthy, detailed and noisy recreation of D-Day 1944, would be interested in how it was made. Tomorrow Ch 8. 1010 p.m. (a slot now given over to
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    • BOOKS / CHESS
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        COVER OF THE WEEK
        106 9 THE AFFAIR (Penguin) by Hans Hoping. Hans Koning's first novel, The Affair, is an unblushing 'anatomy of love'—a fitting prelude to A Walk With Love and Death and I Know What I'm Doing. In neutral Zurich, as the curtain is dropping on the Second World War,
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        Players are due to fly in today
        376 9  -  CHESS sr LIM KOK ANN Most of the visiting participants in the Asian Masters Championship will be arriving today for the official opening tomorrow at 3 p.m. at Sea View Hotel. The first to arrive, although not a competitor, was Mr. Florenclo Campomanes.
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        Lock icon THE ZAIRE FIGHT: MAILER'S STORY
        727 9  -  By Seymour Krim Los Angeles Times THE FIGHT, BY NORMAN MAILER (Little, Brown and Co.). Well, the good news this morning is that Norman has nothing to be ashamed off; his story of the Muhammad AllGeorge Foreman fight in darkest Africa last year, Zaire to
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        PAPERBACKS
        305 9 COUNT BELIBARIUS (Penguin) by Robert Graves The Sixth Century was not a peaceful one (or the Roman Empire. Invaders threatened on all frontiers; Huns, Vandals. Goths, Saracens, Moors, Persians. But they grew to fear and respect the name of Bellsarlus. horseman, archer, swordsman and military commander of Incredible skill
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      439 7 YOUR LUCKY STAR IF IT'S YOUR BIRTHDAY BORN today, you have great depths of emotion and are at times somewhat at a loss to know how to control the rush of feeling that so often overwhelms you. Unlike so many who have difficulty expressing their emotions, your difficulty lies In
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      181 8 Las! year, several hundred Singaporeans and Malaysians had a wonderfuMime in Europe with Global Coach Tours. I I For 1975, Global presents a series of European Tours which they recommend at providing unequalled variety and value for money. Here are a few of them. SstllB European Round Up Visiting Belgium,
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      82 8 1 1 o»trr» Original I onion friraMioutr. mansion! oaCNiiDia i»o«i _f otirrs Amokrhousr feotcl CAMCtON MM*Mi ANOft 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'
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      140 9 raw's Geylang/Tonjong Katong Rood, Singapore 14 PEOPLE'S EMPORIUM PTE. LTD. 81V ANNIVERSARY SALE. SPECIAL OFFER 2/8/75 7/9/75 50< FREE GIFT VOUCHER FOR EVERY $5/- PURCHASE except canned foods, cigarettes, wine and medicine Vouchers can be exchanged for any other goods except for cigarettes, canned foods and wine. ALL ARE WELCOME.
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  • SPECIAL FEATURE
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      Lock icon Mujib
      586 10/11 IN A CELL FOR THE CONDEMNED—AND TIDES OF PROTEST UPI In March, 1971, the people of Bangladesh rose up to fight for Independence from Pakistan. Few nations paid so high a price for freedom. The man who inspired the country of 75 million was Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, who had
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      FINAL NAIL FOR DEMOCRACY
      480 10/11  -  By Pakir Singh Sheikh Mujibur Rahman will always have a place in the hearts of the people of Bangladesh. He fathered the independence of the nation by propelling them Into stouthearted defiance of the regime of former Pakistani President Yahya Khan. His death has all the
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      141 12 WALL PAPER WALL-to-WALL CARPETS CURTAIN HI T i INTERIOR DESIGNING for HOME, OFFICES, INDUSTRY ETC. ACE DECOR RM. 197, IST FL. INTERNATIONAL PLAZA ANSON ROAD, S'PORE 2. TEL: *****81 LCVI S I W '2 ia m ENCHIMAN'Si 35 a PRESIDENT shopping centre, SERANGOON ROAD, SINGAPORE 8. NATIONAL DAY SPECIAL OFFER.
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      139 12 BTfl Howto Make the most JJLI of your Equipment 3rd enlarged edition, completely revised. How to make the most of your equipment by Johnßorwick.B.Sc.. Technical Editor of "The Gramophone" I 56 pages of useful j information with 57 Jf invaluable reference Ik charts'and illustrations for Hi-Fi enthusiasts. REF5652.50 Also available
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      191 12 FISHER*WE INVENTED HIGH FIDELITY U. S. A. Model 122 Output power RMS 30W Model TX 55 Output Power RMS 40W SPECIAL OFFER 1 pioneer headphone free while stocks List Model 122 Model TX 55 HAPPY YEAR ELECTRONIC TRADING CO. SHOWROOM/SALES G 56, GOLDEN MILE TOWER, BEACH ROAD, SINGAPORE 7. TELEPHONE
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  • shopping
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      The advantages of buying portables...
      464 12 A twice weekly advertisement feature VOW Is the best time to think of buying audio-visual equipment. Despite Inflation, prices are still r e a s o n a bly within means of most people as manufacturers try hard to reduce Inventories and generate funds to
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      166 13 VANROY'S WHERE FINE CLOTHES ARE! VANROY FASHIONS PTE. LTD. 356 357 2ND FLOOR TEL: *****7 SHAW CENTRE Cof feebags are packed with pure natural ground coffee, and are completely free from chemical substance. You'H love the taste! Available at most supermarkets emporiums. Exclusive Distributor: rinht If f.e.) pie. Ltd. 6-11,
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      166 13 xv vc ST" products(pte)ltxl («LA)««2« G4B (GROUND FLOOR) GOLDEN MILI TOWIR •EACH ROAD, SINGAPORE 7. TEL: *****33. 308 30< (3rd FLOOR) PLAZA SINGAPURA ORCHARD ROAD. SINGAPORE 9. TEL: *****5. k SPECIAL OFFER FREE 40" x 18" STAINLESS STEEL SINK SPECIALIZR IN FLOOR WALL TILES, MOSAIC MARBLES, VINYL TILES, TEAKWOOD, IRON-WORK
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      134 13 GENERAL CONSTRUCTION MORE RELIABLE ECONOMICAL IN HOME DECORATIONS FREE CONSULTATION SPECIAL DESIGNINGS Rt n f*J tfi WSm No. 10 CAIRNHILL ROAD SINGAPOM 9 TEL:*****9 I 1 i: Lrx?: Baby rot, play-pan, infant carriei A Walker. Nam Kbow Children Furniture 1669, Br aeh Road Block 14 off North Bridge Kd (opposite
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  • Page 14 Miscellaneous
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      1594 14 Weekend Nation SINGAPORE 5 SATURDAY 1.90 OPENING ANNOUNCEMENTS 1.55 SATURDAY MATINEE: "Man In The Attic". Starring: Jack Palance. Constance Smith, Byron Palmer. 3.15 MALAYBFA CUP FOOTBALL MATCH (r) IST LEG SEMIFINAL "SINGAPORE VS KELANTAN Film highlights of Singafour nil victory over Kelantan at Kota Bahru with commentary In English by
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      312 14 TOP SHOWS of the WEEKEND MIDNIGHT MOVIE: The Blazing Forest (11.20 p.m.* on Ch. 5 in colour): Widow, whose young niece yearns for the big city, contracts to have timber cut and sold. Young girl falls in love with loggers. Trouble brews, but all ends well. Starring: John Payne, Susan
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  • FINANCE
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      SES set to get deep into Haw Par probe
      309 15  -  Deadline for information expires MARKET ROUND-UP by Lee Yew Meng The stage has been set for further development in the Stock Exchange of Singapore's probe into insider trading of Haw Par shares. This followed the expiry yesterday of the aeaaune set
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      Dream holiday plan shock...
      313 15  -  r The Consumer by Rav K. Dhaliwal Everything was set. Arrangements for the passage were already In the hands of the travel agent and Miss X was already dreaming of clear blue skies and a swell time. Then her dreams crash-landed. Unforseen circumstances forced her to
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    • Stock markets round the world
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        NEW YORK
        259 15 The stock market, helped by blue-chip bargain hunters, closed higher yesterday In extremely slew trading on the New York Stock Exchange. The Daw Jones industrial average, a 3.52-polnt loser on Thursday, was ahead 8.60 points to 825.64. Advances led declines, 822 to 453, among the 1714 issues crossing
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        Dow Jones
        34 15 DO« Jones closing stock averages on the New York Stock Exchange yesterday: SO Industrials >25.64 (up 8.60), 30 transport 158.23 (up 1.56), 15 utilities 77.68 (up 0.42), 65 stocks 248.70 (up 2.38).
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        Lock icon TOKYO
        251 15 DBS-Daiwa Securities International Ltd. The Tokyo Stock Exchange prices continued higher although turnover remained light. The morning session opened slightly lower with the weakness of light electrlcals Including Sony due to a setback of the New York market. Issues related to Japan's high-speed railway such as Nippon Signal, Tekken
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        ZURICH
        86 15 This Service Is from the Union Bank of Swltaerland. Cloving prices In Swiss francs on the Zurich Stock Exchange yesterday: UBS B. 29«5 16 UBS R «0 6 SBC 418 Credit Suisse 2855 6 Swissair B. 400 2 Swiss Relnsur. 2160 20 Wlnterthur B. 1720 20 Zurich Insur. 6325
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        Lock icon No agreement at rubber talks
        100 15 Reuter Kuala Lumpur, Saturday. Experts from five natural rubber- producing countries ended fbur days of Intensive talks here last night without reaching final agreement on their plans for an international rubber buffer Btockolle and price stabilisation scheme. A communique Issued after the meeting said the
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      Lock icon New laws setback
      62 15 UPI Washington, Saturday Two recent Malaysian laws affecting the petroleum and manufacturing Industries "may erode Malaysia's reputation as one of the most attractive investment areas in South-East Asia," the US Commerce Department said. A department report said that the Petroleum Amendment Act and the Industrial Coordination Act
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      Lock icon Technical rally in a thin week of trading
      182 15 United Press International London, Saturday. Shares maintained Improved prices after a sustained technical rally In another thin week for trade on the London Stock Market. The Financial Times Index gained more than 13 t>olnts during the new account to close at 278.8
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      123 15 Garrard is today's most logical choice In turntables. 6 Because Garrard offers you a wider range of turntable* to suit your every budget. Because Garrard designs with imagination to give you extra functional features. Becauae Garrard incorporates ail that is best in British to give you solid dependability and reliability.
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      327 17 United Press International New York, Saturday. Ken Norton avenged one of the three losses of his career when he scored a fifth round technical knockout over Venezuelan heavyweight champion Jose Garcia on Thursday night at the St. Paul Civic Centre. Norton, who scored knockdown! In
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      308 17 Reuter London, Saturday Yorkshire snatched an exciting Ave-run victory fiver Middlesex at Lord's yesterday to go back on top of the English county cricket table. Geo ft Cope and Phil Carrlck spun out the last five Middlesex batsmen for four runs to see Yorkshire home with
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      Taiwan team
      25 17 Taipei, Saturday—Taiwan will send a 14-mem-ber team, including six women, to the eighth world bowling championships which opens in London on October 1.
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      Police 36-12
      18 17 Police beat Support Company of New Zealand 30-12 In yesterday's BRU league match at Thomson Road.
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      Walking Tall to win again
      248 18 RACING with Scrutineer Walking Tall looks hard to beat in Race 6 at Bukit Timah tomorrow. He has won three of his Ave starts this year and was placed In the other two. Walking Tall won going away over 7f at Buklt Timah in January,
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      SELECTIONS
      126 18 SCRUTINEER CALL BOY EPSOM JEEP BLUE PETER Kmc I: Maflarby National Flag Madarby National Flag National Flag Madarby Madarby National Plag Race 2: Prince Dream Must Bet Expectations Yenan Prince Dream Rohanl Yenan Mighty Great Race S: Mach Two Claiborne Bombuf Bojanglea Claiborne Bojanglea Bojanglea Claiborne Race 4: Cllftander
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      BUKIT TIMAH CARD AND FORM GUIDE FOR TOMORROW
      3451 18 wmmmmm 2.15 CLASS 6 OIV 1 6F E mjl ($7,500 to $5,250 to wlnnor) 1 1381 MMMl N a (Hector) Oman 8 9 0 (-*-11) 7f f a 5230 Batmanda a (Alton On() Rodgcri 6 1.11 (-3) It ftafoo 8 9 0071
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      Jockey Wilson is one to follow
      402 18 Bang-ln-form Jockey Johnny Wlaon Is the one to follow at Buklt Timah today. He has several fancied mounts and should score on In Race 1 and B—III In Race 8. Neglected, a seven-year-old by Chantelsey. was tipped as a good thing on the trade
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      Thailand fancied in Pesta rugby
      373 19  -  By PHILIP TAN Thailand, with 10 intern ationals in their under-23 squad, will start as Arm favourites for the Pesta Sukan rugby triangular tournament which begins at the Jalan Besar Stadium today when Singapore play Malaysia in the opening match at 5 p.m. Captain of
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      Sia starts the ball rolling
      115 19 Minister of State for Labour Mr. Sia Kah Hul rolls the first ball to formally open the 11th international Open bowling championships. Mr. Sia, handling a bowling ball forthe first time yesterday scattered all ten pins for a "Brooklyn" strike to set the spectators at
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      324 19 Reuter London, Saturday Vicente Fernandez of Argentina equalled the British tournament record (or 54 holes as he surged Into a two-stroke lead after the third round of the Benson and Hedges Open golf tournament at Fulford yesterday. The 28-year-old professional from Buenos Aires returned a 65
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      Ratha too heavy
      214 20 R. Rathakrlshnan Singapore's flyweight cham. plon and Asian Junior bronse medallist missed last Tuesday's weighing in because he was overweight by 7-iba and therefore ineligible to fight in his division. His former coach Jerry Thipthorpe said that Ratha had in the past weak been going on a
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      SATURDAY Sportsfront
      253 20  -  l>v Conrad Ng Swimming standards In Singapore are falling. Rapidly. The danger light was flashed home by our age-group squad in Seoul last month. Here are the facts and figures of our sharp decline. Two years ago, Singapore were second only to Japan in Asian agegroup competition. Our
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      Farrer hope for an upset win
      516 20  -  By JEFFREY LOW Bottom of thetable Farrer Park United are hoping for an upset when they meet Toa Payoh United In the National soccer League, Division 1 soccer match at Toa Payoh Stadium to morrow (kick-off 4.30 pjn.). Three losses to their discredit so
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      BATTLE OF THE GIANTS TODAY
      224 20  -  By PHILIP TAN Oeylang International PC, the favourites (or the National League Division 1 soccer title take on Armed Force®, the league leaders, today at Tanglin (kick-oft 4.30 p.m.). Ttusmeetlng between two of the most skilful teams In the league is definitely the match of
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      THE FIXTURES
      157 20 f Today's fixtures (all matches at 4JM p.m.). DIVISION 1 Armed Forces Geylang International (at Tanglin Pitch 1); Upper Serangoon J a 1 a n Besar (Queen*town). DIVISION Z Kakl Bukit Chal Chee Whampoa Constituency (Geylang Stadium); Kampong Java v Ulu Pandan Constituency (Farrer Park); Tampines Rovers v
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