New Nation, 16 October 1975

Microfilm: NL8496
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  • LOCAL NEWS
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      The drug fighters get set...
      267 2  -  Ministry plans special course to turn teachers into experts By Wang Look Fung Senior assistants of schools will soon undergo a course aimed at fighting drug abuse among students. Informed so urces said that the Social Work Unit of the Ministry of Education is now
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      Goa on stage
      65 2 The University of Singapore Society will stage the play Ooa, by Aslf Currlmbhoy, India's and one of Asia's best-known playwrights, at the Cultural Centre Theatre from Nov. 5 to 8 at 8.30 p.m. nightly. The play Is produced by Dr. Prem Kumar. Tickets at $4. $3 and
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      Lock icon Tears for two after car lands in drain
      128 2 Their loud, tearful cries express the shock of it all. After a narrow escape, these two children wept as their mother and an attendant helped them into the ambulance. "Mummy, m u m my," they cried while onlookers comforted them. Finally, after
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      39,000 new members for library
      125 2 The National Library had a total registered membership of 275,984 last year, according to its 1974 annual report. This figure amounts to 12,54 per cent of the country's population. Of this total, 82.74 per cent were registered members of the Central Library while 37.26 per
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      Magicana '75
      28 2 The International Brotherhood of Magicians. Singapore Ring 115. will present their 25th anniversary show, Maglcana "75 at the Victoria Theatre on Oct. 24 at 8 pjn.
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      Do-it-yourself service is on the way...
      387 2  -  Eating places minus the waiters By Rav K. Dhaliwal Self-service will soon become a feature of many restaurants and coffee-houses here as the cost of labour spirals upwards, an official of the Singapore Hotels and Restaurants Association said today. Mr. Kenneth Kwan, secretary of
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      Seminar
      43 2 The Economics Society of Singapore and the Economic Research Centre, University of Singapore, will hold a seminar on the New International Economic Order and UNCTAD IV: The Implications for Singapore, at the Regional English Language Centre auditorium on Nov. 2 and 3.
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      THE LOVE MACHINE AT WORK
      210 2 More than 10 singles have signed up for the computer d a ting programme Initiated by the Finance Ministry for its annual dinner and dance next month. These singles both men and women will have their dates all matched for the gala event on Nov.
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      Church talk
      32 2 Miss Grace Bemls Curtis, a lecturer from New York, will speak on Finding The Perfect Pearl, at the Church of Christ, 8, Orange Grove Road, next Thursday at 7.30 p.m.
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      Folk singing
      31 2 The National Library will hold a folk singing programme. Folk Sensations, put on by the Metropolltan Young Men's Christian Association, in its lecture hall on Saturday at 7.30 p.m.
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      ON THE 'CHANGE
      56 2 Price* opened lower In slow trading at the Stock Exchange of Singapore this morning. BUSINESS DONE Pint Section 8. Darby (5) 2.45, <1) 2.44. Pan Electric (1) 1.68. U. 0.8. (1) 3.16. L. Huat (1) 0.72. F. Cables (5) 1.14. U. Engineers (1) 1.43. Wearnes (1) 1.52.
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      Touring men to meet
      56 2 Singapore will be the venue of a conference organised by the Alliance Internationale de Tourisme (International Touring Alliance), Asian Pacific Region on Nov. 17 and 18. The Alliance, which Is an International organisation promoting the Interests of all motorists and touring organisations, will discuss traffic development,
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      OUR ROADS
      12 2 Police reported 82 accidents yesterday.! Two were serious. i_ A
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      ANOTHER STEP UP FOR FIVE...
      277 3 These are Singapore's first five woman ticket inspectors to give our bus service the added female touch. Starting their Inspection rounds on SBB buses today, all five of them expressed great pride In taking up a lob reserved strictly for men over the past decades.
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    • Article
      Planting
      44 3 Mr. P. Selvadurai, MP for Kuo Chuan, -will lead members of his constituency In a tree planting project at the vacant plot of land In front of the new Ministry of Environment Pumping Station In Thomson Road on Nov. 9 at 9.45 a.m.
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      Don't rush it, heads told
      318 3  -  The welfare of students comes first in new schools system, says ministry By Teresa Ooi The Ministry of Education has directed all primary school heads to "tread with caution" when implementing the restructured education system next year. Rather than to rush into it, principals have
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      It is boom time for the social escorts
      147 3 There are now more than 400 social escorts twice the number two years ago. From five agencies operating this "girls for hire" service about five years ago, the number has now grown to more than Agencies contacted yesterday said they were "making
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      Dance date at the Vic
      62 3 The Singapore Phoenix Dance Troupe will be performing at the Victoria Theatre on Nov. 10, 11 and 12 at 8 p m. Tickets at $1. $2 and $3 are available on Sundays at Chong Hock Kindergarten, T e 1 ok Ayer Street, or from ICr.
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      A TOUGH WAY TO LIVE...
      422 4  -  By Douglas Chan Ting Ah Hoon, 75, and Aw Boon Bin, 64, typify a rapidly dying breed of workers the trishaw riders. Like the bulk of their 3000 counterparts, eking out a living nowadays Is really an uphill task. Weather-beaten, their years of toll and
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      SIA: We'll tighten fuel belt
      613 4  -  Alarming 150 p.c. jump in oil bill, but it's a 'good' year By Nancy Koh Singapore Airlines (SIA) will practise greater economy to combat the imminent increase in the fuel bill. Stating this in an interview yesterday, Mr. Llm, Chin Bens, SlA's managing director, said
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      ALS, tax hikes take their toll
      365 4 The Increases in road tax and the Area Licensing Scheme have resulted in a number of motorists giving up their cars, according to the Automobile Association of Singapore. The latest Issue of The Highway, organ of the association, says: "The Increases In road tax
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      10 3 Rich and mellow. As deeply darkly haunting as Jamaica herself
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  • Page 4 Miscellaneous
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      255 4 WHAT'S ON More than 300 photographs, including prize winners, submitted to the SINGAPORE ZOOGICAL GARDENS PHOTO CONTEBT, will be on display at the Plaza Slngapura up to 9.30 p.m. Miss Kan Sou Tin, Educational Development Officer (Mathematics) from the Ministry of Education, will present a PRIZE to a Singapore teacher
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  • WORLD NEWS
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      Lock icon China on Japan's side...
      271 5 Backing for claim to the four Kurile Islands and blast for the Russians UPI, AP Hong Kong, Thursday In a major policy stand, China yesterday took up the cause of Japan's claim to the four islands in the Pacific Kurile Islands and bitterly attacked the Soviet
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      Lock icon GIVING BACK POWER FOR BIRTH
      242 5 United Press International San Francisco, Thursday—A doctor using a microscope and tiny stainless steel instruments showed fellow surgeons yesterday how to give back the power of reproduction to men who have had vasectomies. The reverse vasectomy operation was performed at the Veterans Hospital and colour-telecast
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      Lock icon Suttee: Eight arrested
      58 5 Reuter New Delhi, Thursday— Eight people have been arrested following the ritual sacrifice of a woman on her husband's funeral pyre near the Rajasthan capital of Jaipur at the weekend. The Hindustan Times reported yesterday that the woman, aged 50, threw herself Into the fire at her
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      Lock icon The big poll spenders
      218 5 United Press International Washington. Thursday Election day is more than a year away, but 13 presidential contenders have already raised more than US$13 million ($32 million) and spent nearly US$11 million ($27 million) of that amount on the 1976 race, official reports showed yesterday. Reports filed
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      Lock icon Seat belts save 400
      44 5 Reuter London, Thursday. Car seat belts saved an estimated 400 lives and 4000 Injuries In Britain last year. Junior Minister Nell Carmichael, told Parliament yesterday. Seat belts are compulsory accessories of British cars but many drivers do not use them.
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      Lock icon 10 killed as tear gas breaks up rally
      170 6 Reuter Lahore, Thursday A least 10 people were killed and 50 injured when police fired tear gas to break up a big political rally here yesterday. The police unleashed the gas after t.vo men had been caught trying to release deadly snakes
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      Lock icon Hands off Lebanon, Israel is told
      359 6 Reuter AP, UPI Cairo, Thursday Egypt warned Israel last night against any attempt to exploit the troubles in Lebanon and said any move by the Jewish state a gainst Lebanon would be considered as a direct "aggressive a c t" against Egypt which would
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      Lock icon KL will set up embassy in Hanoi
      120 6 Associated Press Kuala Lumpur, Thursday Malaysia will establish an embassy with a resident ambassador in Hanoi, a Foreign Ministry statement said today. A three member advance party from the ministry will leave for Hanoi later this month to set up the embassy. Malaysia
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      Band music
      54 6 The Ministry of Culture will feature the People's Association military band in its Music For Everyone concert to be held at the Singapore Conference Hall in Shcnton Way or. Oct 26 at 5 nm. Tickets at $1 are available at the Victoria Theatre. National Museum, the National Library
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      Lock icon Dummy used to find the sniper
      121 6 UPI, Reuter Beirut, Thursday A Lebanese militiaman pulls a dummy across the street In an effort to draw fire from and locate a suspected sniper's nest In suburban Beirut yesterday. Scores of snipers terrorised the capital as Lebanon's civil war raged on. Renewed factional
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      Lock icon Canton fair
      30 6 United Press International Hong Kong, Thursday. —The Canton Trade Pair, China's annual extravaganza, opened yesterday. The accent this year Is on the growth of the country's oil industry.
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      Lock icon The Odd Corner
      102 6 United Press International Goshen, Thursday Jose Pere* was wounded on Tuesday when he swatted a bee with his hat and a 22 magnum cartridge lodged In the hat's lining discharged as the hat hit the ground, state police reported. Troopers said Mr. Perez had chased the bee
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      Lock icon Plan to help poorest of poor
      175 7 Reuter London. Thursday The British Labour government will shortly announce a new overseas aid programme In which It will concentrate on helping the poorest in the poor countries. Deputy Foreign Minister David Ennals said last n'ght. "This is not Just a socialist pie in
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      Walkout
      35 7 A schoolteacher walks the picket line, marking the first school strike In Atlanta, United States. The effectiveness of the strike in the clty'v 180 schools, was diluted by some non-strikers who crossed picket lines.
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      Lock icon QUEEN MAY HAVE TO STEP 1N...
      259 7 United Press International Canberra. Thursday. A parliament controversy over Prime Minister Oough Whltlam's 1975-76 Federal budget is threatening to push Australia into its gravest political, constitutional and economic crisis that may call for intervention by Queen Elizabeth of Britain. The controversy worsened yesterday when
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      Lock icon NYC applies the axe
      36 7 Reuter New York, Thursday. New York mayor Abraham Beame yester-r day announced plans to. dismiss thousands of municipal workers In another effort to bring the nearly bankrupt city's budget back Into balance.
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      Lock icon The cost of a new heart
      232 7 United Press International United Nations, Thursday. The cost of a heart transplant in South Africa Is about US$3OO ($750), Dr. Christian Barnard said yesterday. "We do not have socialised medicine as such," he told a news conference, "but we try to see that those
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      Lock icon BIRTH OF ASCOPE
      420 7 New ASEAN body to solve oil problems Associated Press Jakarta, Thursday The five members of the Association of South-east Asian Nations ASEAN, yesterday signed a declaration forming a new organisation to collaborate in solving problems concerning oil. The ASEAN Council of Petroleum (ASCOPE) is to meet annually.
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      Lock icon End to 11-year wait...
      107 7 Reuter London, Thursday. Viscount Leathers, a British peer. yesterday picked up his tickets for the first commercial flight of the supersonic Concorde—ll years after he booked them. The Viscount a banker was the first passenger to receive his tickets for British Airways first commercial Concorde flight
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      162 5 World's smallest using standard cassette tapes IS m 1' Stop/Pause Button_ Vo|umeContro| Built-in Condenser Microphone Fast Forward Button (F-FWD) Standard cassette tape Play Button Becord Button (REC) Rewind/Review Button Battery Condition Lamp External Power Connector Eject Button Counter Reset Button This beautiful Sanyo miniature dictating and transcribing machine slips like
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      134 6 Beocenter 1800 with built-in record player. a ■lli-M Beocenter 1400 with built-in cassette deck Beomaster 901 stereo ampl AM-FM Tuner. Small audio systems like small cars are plagued with poor interiors, lets power Im* of everything in comparison with bigger models. The B&O Beomaster 901, Beocenter 1400 and Beocenter 1800
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  • Page 6 Miscellaneous
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      256 6 WORLD WEATHER New York Mostly sunny. 80-63F, 27-17& Headline: Ford is uninjured as his car Is hit In Hartford. San Fmnclsoo Fair, 68-45F, 20-7C. Headline: American and Russian share NobeL Tokyo Sunny, 6859F, 20-15C. Headline: Industrial, oil-rich, developing nations to meet in Paris In Dec. Rio do JaneiroCloudy, 93-61F, 34-16C.
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  • OPINION
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      The search for more trade
      365 8 Trade between Singapore and South Vietnam, which last year amounted to about $540 million, is now almost nonexistent. The Chinese Chamber of Commerce has applied for permission to send a mission to both Hanoi and Saigon and though most other similar appli9ations from other countries
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    • WHISPERS By ISPY
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        Wife alarmed over Elsie
        48 8 A women whose husband was away on business was somewhat dismayed when the worn got around that he was kept In his hotel by a certain Elsie. To her relief, she discovered later that "the other woman" was the typhoon whlct hit Hong Kong.
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        Our hard times
        35 8 New Nation's story on the graveyard thieves brought forth the following, comment from one wit: "Times must be really bad for robbers to start stealing from the dead rather than the living."
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      MAKING ASEAN AN OASIS OF PEACE
      524 8  -  THURSDAY WITH PAKIR SINGH PAKIR SINGH Can South-East Asia, especially ASEAN, become an oasis of peace? If so, how? These are questions that have been tantalising statesmen In the region for decades. With the' fall of Saigon and the US wiinarawal irom Indo-China, they
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      Indira's bogie...
      247 8  -  MOLLIE DE CRUZE Indian Prime Minister Mrs. Indira Gandhi told a conference of Indian university vice chancellors in New Delhi recently that there was a "subtle attempt against our nationalism." (NN, Oct. 1). In her view, such a danger lurked in foreign influences in the form of political
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      Call for a wider economy
      310 8 VOICE OF THE PRESS V y NANYANG SIANGPAU Speaking at a seminar a few days ago. Dr. Lee Soo Ann, an economist, stressed the need to diversify Singapore's economic activities to overcome the many problems ahead. Under the Government's relentless effort to convert our nonproductive
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  • FEATURE
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      The age of the punkah, malaria and horse
      1238 9 'I met only 9 unwed girls in the first 10 months' Making of the Modern Singaporean The life of Singaporeans in the early 20th century has been described as the age of the "punkah," the horse and malaria. There was a leisurely
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  • Page 9 Advertisements
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      346 9 Air Ticket Tour Supermarket The First Ih(ern<-.tlonai Ocean Exposition In the history or mankind Okinawa Japan. Exhibits from more than 50 countries. Oo Expo 75 with C it E Tours. Fly the Jumbo Famlly-8747. Collect your full-colour Expo newsletter from C t E Tours. TAIWAN/ HUALIEN/ OKINAWAEXPO/ HONQKONQ/ BANGKOK 9/12/14
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      75 9 I is for Lanco. A little luxury. In everything but price Lanco comes from Switzerland the country that makes the best watches in the world. It's built to high Swiss standards of precision. And it's backed by an international guarantee valid in over 100 countries. /kr> /1 The rich watch
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  • SPECIAL FEATURE
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      A call for earlier screening
      65 10/11 Miss Patricia Mok, a public relations officer: "I wish some pro- grammes could be screened earlier in the evening so that those who have to work the next morning can retire to bed earlier." Her favourite program me is Rhoda, starring Va 1 erie Harper,
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      A Grouse over the ads
      60 10/11 Mr. Tony Teo: "A dve r 11 s ements are a nuisance. It would be all right if they are shown before and after a programme, but the trouble is that RTS simply cuts in during the most exciting part of a film to show
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      Landon is sweet
      54 10/11 Miss Mary Ong, a secretary: "Michael Landon Is such a sweet character. I like the way he plays Ingalls In Little House On The Prairie. "The story line Is quite Interesting because there are so many things to it —a touch of sadness, morale and what every
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      A sheer shame
      52 10/11 Mrs. Carol Tan, a confidential secretary, is ashamed of local productions. "I'm sure RTS can improve local standards. The Hari Raya Puasa special recently was so even used different sets of curtains for different windows in the same hall Just to add more colour. The result was
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      Cartoons for her
      54 10/11 Wee Bee Lee, a 10-year-old TV fan said: "I would like my favourite cartoon features like Pink Panther and Prince Sapphire to be shown twice a week instead of once. "Iji addition, Gulliver's Travels should be telecast on Sunday even- ings so that I can go to
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      Show comes first for him...
      47 10/11 Mr. Jackie Woo, a record salesman: "I have never missed Six Million Dollar Man. Even if I have an urgent thing to do I'd postpone it to watch my favourite show on TV. "I only hope RTS will not stop the series."
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      World at War is the best show
      39 10/11 Mr. T.A. Mugan: "World At War is one of the best programmes, if not THE best. I think everyone should make It a point to watch it because it is very educational."
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      His vote is for Star Soccer on Sundays
      46 10/11 Ad ward van Ronk, a clerk: "My favourite is of course Star Soccer on Sundays. I make it a point to watch every programme because it is the only time you can see some really good English football."
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      TOP OF THE BOX
      829 10/11 Six Million Dollar Man is the most popular television programme among English speaking viewers, according to a New Nation poll. Out of 200 people interviewed 53 said they watch this science Action programme regularly. 1 he survey, carried out among a cross-sec-tion of viewers young and
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  • PLEASURE
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      Hollywood's own Cinderella
      455 12 Sometimes th i ngs happen in real life just like they do in fiction. A perfect example, in the true Hollywood Cinderella fashion, is the story of 10-year-old Jina Tan, a girl from Java. She portrays a Vietnamese orphan adopted by Barbara Harris and Joe Bologna in
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      Not one to waste his chances
      183 12  -  By Jennifer Schoon Peter Ng is a firm believer in making the moat of his opportunities out of the Wue he was offered a Job as a pianist in a hotel and he accepted with alacrity. "I was still in national service and had
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      Lock icon THE FAMOUS DANE WHO WAS A PRUDE...
      715 12  -  From Henry Mitchell Washington Post "God wasn't fair," Hans Christian Andersen once wrote in his diary, "to let me be so unlucky in Latin." That was a schoolboy entry In the diary, and probably he thought there was nothing odd about a boy
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      Lock icon Stripping down to their new jobs
      415 12 Associated Press Out of work and down on their luck, some college-educated women In Boston, Massachusetts, are riding out the recession atop bar counters as night-club strippers. "This happens to be a really relevant form of social work," says Pa- mela, 22, a 1975
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  • Page 12 Miscellaneous
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      221 12 AT THE CINEMA THE VOYAGE: The late Vlttorio De Sica directs the story by the well-known Sicilian playwright Lulgl Pirandello about a young woman's love stifled by parental strictures when she is obliged to marry the younger brother of a man she loves; set at the turn of the century,
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  • TREND edited by BETTY L. KHOO
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      Good as new
      194 13 "It is as good as new!" is what Mrs. Jan Leslie (left) is telling Mrs. Shirley Low as she tries on a beautiful second-hand max!. Both the women are going through the racks, appraising and pricing the clothes for the Good-As-New boutique. They are among the volunteer
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      Why romeos, tightwads and big-spenders turn the women off...
      642 13  -  B.L. KHOO The truth is out. A myth is exploded. Women can't stand romeos. The only ones who fancy romeos are the romeos themselves so say my girlfriends. And while the legendary romeo may be tall, dark and handsome (romanticised as
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      IT'S WILD AND WACKY, BUT W0W...IT WORKS!
      88 13 DECOR IDEAS You are not seeing things. That is a real shirt hanging on a hanger, and hooked on the top of the op art painting. It's a crazy idea. But It works! And the effect was not created deliberately but by pure
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  • FINANCE
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      Market report
      197 14 Trading activity remained at a low level at the Sinfapore stock market yesterday, but prices generally held steady. The leisurely pace lasted the whole day and for the first 30 minutes, no business was done. For the first time Sime Darby was traded on the Big Board at
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      UK course
      21 14 Ten local cargo agents left for London during the weekend to attend a 10-day course organised by British Airways.
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      Lock icon Venezuela to act on 10p.c. hike
      115 14 Associated Press Caracas, Thursday Venezuela !s studying an oil price hike which would reflect the 10 per cent a barrel increase recently approved by the Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries 'OPEC), a Mines and Hydrocarbons Ministry spokesman said yesterday. "The study regarding a boost
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      Lock icon Supertanker crisis...
      266 14 Hit by oil prices and recession Reuter London, Thursday Supertanker freight rates from West Asia to western ports have dropped well below economic levels, providing fresh indications of the world oil tanker crisis, shipping sources said yesterday. The deoressed rates are caused by growing surplus tanker capacity as
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      Scan Dutch ships resume service
      93 14 8c an Dutch, the largest Independent shipping line between Europe and the Far East, will reintroduce its previous regular monthly service from Singapore to Mediterranean ports next month. This service will be provided by (our vessels the Wlssekerlc, Waale- kerk, Westerkerk and Wlllemskerk. They will
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      Lock icon FASC to meet on freight rate increase
      155 14 Reuter Manila, Thursday—The Federation of ASEAN Shippers' Council (FASC) and the Far Eastern F r el g h t Conference (FEFC) will meet here on Oct. 28 to discuss FEFC's plan to raise shipping rates by 14 per cent starting next year, Philippine
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    • Markets round the world
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        NEW YORK
        154 14 New York. Thursday Investors, weighing both good and bad news, turned prices irixed in moderate trading yesterday in a seesaw session on the New York Stock Exchange. The Dow Jones Indus* trial average, which fcwung between plus and minus territory during most of the session, finished the day
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        Dow Jones
        33 14 Dow Jones cloning averages on the New York Stock Exchange yesterday: 30 Industrials 837.22 (up 1.97); 20 transport 166.38 (off 0.90); 15 utilities 81.86 (up 0.39); 05 stocks 285.70 (up 0.20).
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        TOKYO
        192 14 Despite the decline in New York, the market advanced, led by cyclical stocks and low-priced speculative issues. The market opened bullish, reflecting yesterday's advance. At the outset, cyclical buylngs pushed machineries and chemicals higher on compartlvely large volume, whereas speculative natural resourcesrelated stocks were bearish under proflt-taking. Closing prices
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        ZURICH
        76 14 Zurich Stock Exchange closing prices In Swiss franca yesterday: UBS B. 2875 UBS R. 430 2 SBC 414 1 Credit Suisse 2575 —10 SwlMalr B/ 376 9 Swiss Rrtrwur. 2000 —10 Wlnterthur B. 1670 —10 Zurich Insur. 6125 Juvena B. 375 —10 Nestle B. 2955 5 Inter food B.
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        SYDNEY
        245 14 Goring prices on the Sydney Stock Exchange at 11.30 a.m. today (Australian time) today: Allstate nil 09 Beach 17 19 Bridge 11 12 Cleveland 20 25 Endeavour 13 14 Fllnd 35 45 Inter Mln 05 06 Kambalda 01 01% Kath Inv 120 125 -Kla Ora 17 18 Mid K.
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  • FOR THE YOUNG
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      574 15 Efficiency up with new methods and equipment to help boost the overall standard of living Economics The rapid rise in productivity occ u rs not because people work harder or longer in fact, almost all our grandfathers worked longer hours at heavier tasks than we
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      Tales from Neptune's world
      244 15 Story A BOOK OF SEA LEGENDS (Puffin) by Michael Brown. "The aea is the last of the world's great mysteries," says Michael Brown in his introduction to this book. "Man has explored the continents, climb- ed the highest mountain, traversed the Poles, sent men to the
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      Formation of iron ore
      215 15 Minerals Iron ore is the basic material from which iron is taken. Iron makes up about five per cent of the earth's crust, or outside surface. Scientists believe that the formation of some iron ores began over a billion years ago long before life of any
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      NORTH TO TROUBLE
      90 15 World of Science It seems clear. If one lends credence to statistics World Health Organisation (WHO) experts have compiled on coronary thrombosis cases in Europe, that the further north you Ret. the higher the incidence. For Instance, the heart fatality rate In Helsinki is five times that
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      46 15 The computet age here' Man and machine The perfect computation for progress And in tMb same way as computers have been designed to give precisely accurate resi/tts. TITONI precision personified Time after time after time Men of today trust in TITONI. The dependable time machine «5
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      344 16 RENOVATING, DESIGNING 8 DECORATING your home within budget, contact Rotorl Interior Decoration, 207-C, Victoria Street, Tel: *****1/ *****2 (8 a.m. 9 p.m.). LIFT AVAILABLE FROM Still Road, Telok Kurau and Marine Parade to City Hal], Stamford Road and Orchard Road, 7.30 a>m. Enquiries, contact *****2 (10a.m. 11 a.m.) n ORIENTAL
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      312 16 ATTENTION HOUSSWIVIS/ SHOPS economical lunch/ dinner. Deliver your place. Tel: *****2, ***** Miss Happy Wong. CHILDREN LOVE UNCLE MAOIC, birthday, party, celebration, etc., tef: *****0 S.M.S. (ESTABLISHED 1117) helps you to get your successful life partner within a week's time. Tel: *****9 9 a.m. to S p.m. 0.P.0. 1149, Singapore.,
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      509 16 LACHES/GENTLEMEN at your placTe, facial, heftd massage body massage, bridal make-up. Ring 56*785 from 11.00 a.m. 9.00 p.m. FEELINQ TIRED TENBEII Kindly call over to International Health Centre, Merlin Hotel for our masseuse* to relief you of your tension tiredness. For appointments phone *****73, *****11 ext. 425. MANDARIN HEALTH CENTRE
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      111 16 PP DRIVING SCHOOL. Datsun 1000, 1200, Hourly $7.00. 356-A, Oeylang Road, S'pore 14. Tel: *****9B.SC. HONOURS GRADUATE offers tuition In Physics, Maths. Phone *****4. Ik' ELETRODEX T.V. SERVICING REPAIRB any makes of television. Day/ Night Service. Phone *****7/ *****50. ENJOY IN COMPORT, AT VERY LOW COST IN FULLY AIRCONDITIONED KONG
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      525 16 r k NOTICES NOTICE NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that I, Mdm. Qoh Slew Hong of No. 53-P Blk. 52 Chin Swee Road, Singapore, have applied for a Retail Beer Bhop licence In respect of premises No, 1019 Blk. 112 Depot Road, Singapore, and that this application will be heard In
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      Pr. Cocoa shows top form
      433 17 ON THE TRACK with Blue Peter Prince Cocoa (trainer Garnet Bougoure), Boniface (Doug Dragon) and Handsome Grey (C. H. Tan) did a boom workout in 37.4 sec in yielding going at Bukit Timah this morning. Prince Cocoa, a five-year-old by Oval tine, was particularly impressive.
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      269 17 BATUBDAY RACE 1: IM CL 3 Dlv. S 1644 m: Kampong Mdaji 11, M*nlhw 11, Duke Fax. Alkaloa. BACK X: MS CL S Dhr. t HMa: Currency Note 11, TitterbtD. DaUn Fancy 111. Nineteenth Mrnh IL BACK S: MS CL Z Dir. S 1444ui: Kinoff, MaaHhov, naaimiiUh. BACK 4:
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      FIELDS FOR BUKIT TIMAH THIS WEEKEND
      1301 17 Saturday CL 1 Div. 3—1600m Royal Mark 67 13 Ten No Trump# 66% e Nineteenth September m 66 4 Jubilation n 55% 14 Maran n 6 Dilettante 56 10 Wlsnu in 66 16 Crestador 64% Raconmyth 64 12 Ba-Ba n 63% 2 Letrlk 63*
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      Lock icon 'Farewell' for Allez France in Laurel
      467 17 Reuter New York, Thursday— Allez France will run for the last time In the US$l5O,OOO Washington D.C. International at Laurel Race Course on November 8. It was announced yesterday. Laurel President John D. Schapiro aald Allez Prance's owner, wealthy art dealer Daniel Wildensteln. told
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      Oliveira's record
      221 18 Americans bag 2 more 'golds' Mexico City, Thursday Jo a o Ollveira oi Brazil, benefitting from Mexico City's altitude and rarlfled air Id much the same way Bob Beamon did seven years ago, leaped to a world record of 17.6 metres for the triple Jump at the PanAmerican
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      Lock icon YUGOSLAVS TIGHTEN GRIP WITH 3-0 WIN
      426 18 Reuter UPI Zagreb, Thursday—Yugoslavia beat Sweden 3-0 here last night, to tighten their grip on qualifying Group Three of the European soccer championship. Northern Ireland are the only team who could reach them. The Irish still have to play Norway and Yugoslavia. If they
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      Cincinnati lead 2-1
      44 18 New York, Thursday— The National League Cincinnati Reds last night defeated the American League Boston Red Sox 6-5 In 10 innings in the third game of the 1975 baseball World Series. Cincinnati now leads the best-of-seven series two games to one.
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      Unseeded Lutz outplays Rosewall
      142 18 Sydney, Thursday—Unseeded Californlan Bob Lutz out pressured veteran Ken Rosewall to win a marathon third round match in the UBsloo,ooo Indoor tennis championships at the Horden Pavilion here last night. Lutz reached the quar-ter-finals by out-staying Rosewall 5-7, 6-3, 7-6 after more than 24 hours of
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      Title fight
      26 18 Paris, Thursday—World middleweight boxing champion Carlos Monzon of Argentina will defend his title here against European champion Oratlen Tonna of France on December 13.
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      Move to smooth way for Player
      144 18 Johannesburg, Thursday— Two leading Black Souin Afncan golfing officials left for Australia yesterday to try to prevent antl-apartheld demonstrators disrupting a scheduled visit there by golfer Gary Player, who Is currently In Japan. Mr. Hamilton Mbatha and Mr. Martin du Preeze president and secretary
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      $1.5 m tennis centre for S'pore
      423 19  -  By PHILIP TAN Singapore tennis, for so long in the doldrums, handicapped by lack of facilities and coaches, will receive a big boost when a giant $1.5-million tennis centre covering 1.62 hectares (16,200 square metres) is built in JUne, 1976. To be called the
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      Lock icon Cadets edge Tankards with late rally
      259 19 Officer's Cadet School staged a fighting rally during Injury time to edge SCC Tankards by 17 points (goal, two tries and one penalty) to 16 (goal, try and two penalties) In a SRU Division II match at the Padang yesterday. The Cadets, who had
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      Caltex Masters to Hitchcock
      526 19  -  BOWLING by Brian Miller Consistent bowling by James Hitchcock enabled him to walk away with the Caltex Open Masters title. In the championships, which was decided over 16 games at Jackie's Orchard on Sunday. James notched up 3014 plnfalls for an average of 188, 103 pins
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      Cambodian tennis star for Paris
      69 19 Twenty-year-old Cambodian tennis star Ros Chantranlth who has been In Singapore for the past eight months, will leave for France aoon. Roe who won the Cambodian singles title for four successive year* from 1972 to 1975 and the Singapore Open hardcourt and clay court titles
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      77 17 Mrs. Low Sum nee Yit Cheng Fway aged 67, passed away on 15th. October 1975 leaving behind beloved husband, 6 sons Ing Woon, Cheng Lum, Kwai Wah, Lau Wah, Tuck Kwong, Kok Wah ft Kok Kee, 2 daughters Moon Lin, ft Mrs. Lim San nee Yew Heng, 6 daughters-in-law, 1
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      289 18 NEW NATION CROSSWORD HIPHH aaaa juiii aaßiill 31 aaaaa a ■■I aaaa iai 8 Mind 7 Perfume, u with a thurible 8 Singular 9 Sailors' maps 10 Really 11 On the briny 12 Act of skill 13 Get along 19 Descendant 21 Guardsman's headdress 25 Photographed In a certain way
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      499 18 LUCKY STARS IF ITS YOUR BIRTHDAY BORN today, you are a person who lives more or less by extremes. Your mood Is either euphorlcally high or depressedly low, you are either dead calm In the face of difficulties or excited almost to the point of panic: you are ready either
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      54 19 THE BORN LOSER V HOJJ farY~T CMi v/A /iDOU'T lKuow.. y i ml LMQS ■tr* LeTt*esse&A s rt I A" NO&BERT iIffISEE3E3E I] »|*[nj J■« m zm m by Art Sansom /...vve uevefH Sus., CX V. E£ i m hi a e K Of IS Ui m ,> ID by
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    Lock icon A call for less law
    231 20 r v The last word '—Pick West More and more, law enforcement officials are coming around to the conclusion that the only way to reduce the crime rate In America Is to make everything legal. Moves In various parts of the country to declaim, decrlmlnallsatlon
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    Talking Point
    46 20 AH FOOK: Double-deck-ers can certainly help ferry more commuters each trip. ME1 UN: I'm worried, for a nasty accident Involving one of them can be frightening. To decker drivers: Please don't double your speed now that you have twice the usual bus behind you.
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      155 20 lAi m <JCas6a/L Singapore's latest word in nightclub entertainment *> > A r,S. 'J» w 1 *1 Dancing to The Adaptors and The Society of The Royal Flush Sunday thru Thursday: 9 p.m. 2 a.m. Friday, Saturday Eve of Holidays: 9 p.m. 3 a. Diets Informal r Soft, luxurious leathers
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      921 20 TV WS88& AND RADIO SINGAPORE 5 3.00 OPENING ANNOUNCEMENTS followed by HOUSEWIVES' MATINEE Ten Years' Suffering: Part One of a Cantonese film 3.40 LOVE IS A MANY SPLENDOUBED THING 1.20 INTERMISSION 6.05 opening announcements followed by LACEY BUTf J J Df: cartoon animation series 0.25 CONSUMERS' GUIDE (E/M) 0.30 NEWS
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      56 20 Tf I Show of ji the dayI —M THE MANHUNTEB (10 pm. on Channel Fire, in colour): The Trunk Murders is a classic horror murder. A body, found In a trunk, belongs to Dave Barrett's friend. Enraged. Dave sets off on a trail that leads to a theatrical company and
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