New Nation, 20 November 1975

Microfilm: NL8548
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  • LOCAL NEWS
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      Plastic exports come to an end
      232 2 Singapore plastic manufacturers a r c now withholding their exports of polythene sheets because of a 20 to 30 per cent increase in the cost of raw materials. According to informed sources, the rise in the price of raw materials has directly affected the
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      OUR ROADS
      13 2 Police reported 89 accidents yesterday. Three were serious and one fatal.
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      ON THE 'CHANGE
      111 2 Light and selective trading prevailed at the Stock Exchange of Singapore during the first 45 minutes this morning. Prices opened marginally lower. BUSINESS DONE: First Section S. Darby (25) 3.10, (2) 3.12. Sett:' (1) 3.12. U.OB. (1) 3.46, (1) 3.48. DBS. (1) 2 89. (2) 2.90. Sett:
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      Girl's body found in the drain
      172 2 For more than three hours yesterday, a family apd some villagers in Upper Thomson Road scoured several kilometres of tracks and a canal looking for a four-year-old girl. The search began at 5 p.m. when the Pang family reported their daughter Jee Moey missing
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      ROW OVER THAT 'NO SMOKING' RULE
      85 2 An official circular prohibiting smoking at the Singapore Science Centre In Jurong has been criticised by of Its staff members. The circular forbids ataff members from smoking In offices at all times of the day, and the use of private radios, tape-recoraers etc. on
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      PROTEST OVER SHIPYARD LAY-OFF
      84 2 Six hundred daily-rated workers of Vosper Thornycroft Shipyard in Tanjong Rhu this morning staged a protest outside the shipyard over the impending retrenchment of 20 repairers. The Workers, who are members of the Singapore Manual and Mercantile Workers' Union, claimed that the retrenchment was unjustified. A
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      Eight held
      36 2 ClD's Chinese Investigation Branch arrested eight secret society suspects in raids at Jalan Memblna yesterday. One of them is believed to be Involved In a series of recent robberies In the Orchard Road area.
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      Lock icon S'pore vessel grounded off Denmark
      199 2 Associated Press Copenhagen, Thursday The S i n g a p oreregistered freighter M e d i o 1 a num was grounded yesterday off Halsskov in the great belt between the Danish islands of Seland and Funen, the Naval Rescue Centre said. The 52,000
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      Friendly visit
      25 2 A 17-member goodwill delegation of the Organisation for Industrial, Spiritual and Cultural Advancement (OISCA) from Japan will visit Singapore from tomorrow to Tuesday.
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      Seminar
      20 2 A three-day computer seminar organised by the Burroughs Division of Plessey Singapore Is on today at the Mandarin Hotel.
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      Lock icon The big dip by next May
      142 2 The giant swimming lagoon at East Coast Park is nearing its final stages of completion. Seventy-five per cent of the construction work of this lagoon has been completed. According to a spokesman for the National Development Board, the progress of construction is according to
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      First prize
      36 2 The chairman of the Red Cross 1975 donation draw. Mrs. K.R. Chandra, will present a Post Office Savings Bank $10,000 gift voucher to the first prize winner of the draw tomorrow at 10.30 a.m.
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      Delay adds $10m to hotel bill...
      305 3  -  ALL BECAUSE OF HIGHER BUILDING COSTS By Peter Ong A flve-year delay in completing the 14-storey T a n g 1 i n Hotel in Nassim Hill is costing its owners at least $10 million. Originally, the hotel was to have cost $15 million
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      SHELLEY GETS $2000 AND MEDAL
      114 3 Deep perception coupled with a writing ability earned Mr. Rex Shelley, 45, (above) a gold medal and $2000 He beat 12 other entrants in an essay competition organised by the Singapore International Chamber of Commerce to mark the Republic's 10th anniversary. His winning essay was
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      'Go metric' goes dramatic
      132 3 The Singapore Metrication Boa rd will hold an interschool drama competition early next year to help educate the public in the use of metric units. Participating schools must submit a script and put a performance to depict the theme that rampant cheating and confusion Is due
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      Postponed
      46 3 The University of Singapore's Department of Extramural Studies has postponed its course on Law on Export Cargo Packing for Transit (by sea, road and rail) to Feb. 9, 1976. The 10-lec-ture course will be held on Mondays and Fridays from 7.15 p.m. to 9.15 p.m.
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      Festival
      26 3 A Science Festival featuring forums, exhibition quiz and contests will be held at the Nanyang University from Dec. 11 to Dec. 13 at 10 a.m.
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      Crash-and then a robbery
      73 3 Two robbers created a traffic accident yesterday just to get their victims out of their car. It happened at Kallang yesterday morning when the robbers one armed with a gun and the other a knife reversed car into a car driven by Mr. Ng Song Kim.
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      Face-lift for clinic
      150 3 The Still Road Out patient Dispensary will undergo renovation for six months from Nov. 25 to extend its facilities to cope with the increased number of patients. During this period, patients should go to: Kaiiang Out-pa-tient. Disp en s a r y, Mountbatten Road. Somapah Out-pa-tient Dispensary,
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      UNDER LOCK AND KEY
      172 4 Nothing must leai. And to make doubly sure these teacherexaminers are now carrying their GCE O' ancf 'A' level examination papers sealed in a thick canvas bag secured with two locks. This is the first time that the collection of question papers is done in pairs.
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      500 axed by local car firms
      264 4 At least 500 workers have been retrenched from the motor trade and a s s e mbly industry this year following a slowdown in business since last year. Sales in the first 10 months of the year totalled 5576 about half of the 10,501
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      Conference
      41 4 The Minister for National Development and Communications, Mr. Lim Kim San will open the Asian Road Transport Workers' Conference at the Hotel Equatorial on Dec. 1 at 10.15 a.m. The conference is being organised by the International Transport Workers' Federation.
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      TOH TO OPEN VARSITY DENTAL MEET
      95 4 Minister for Health Dr. Toh Chin Chye will open the Sixth Annual Congress of the Asian Pacific Dental Student s' Association at Hotel Equatorial on Dec. 9 at 4 p.m. About 300 delegates from dental schools of universities In Australia, Philippines, Indonesia, Malaysia, Japan,
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      154 3 m Fashions on Fridays November 21st at lunch time. It's day and evening wear from the House of Nina Ricci. Cosponsored by Germaine Monteil. Models from Mannequin. Feast your eyes and enjoy our special menu or our regular a la carte menu. There's no cover charge. A dinner for two
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  • Page 4 Miscellaneous
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      231 4 [ISiH Mr. N. Govindasamy, MP for Telok Blangah will officiate at the BALLOTING CERL MONY for Telok Blangah New Town flats at 230 p.m. The Singapore BLOOD TRANSFUSION SIRVICE mobile unit will be at Mobil Singapore (Pioneer Road) till 430 p.m. and at V.C. District 'E*, Swiss Cottage Secondary School,
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  • WORLD NEWS
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      Lock icon DR. K WANTS $1000m AID
      410 5 E. Asian states want US to be active in area, he tells the Senate United Press International Washington, Thursday Secretary of State Henry Kissinger asked the Senate yesterday to approve U*****.4 million ($ll2l million) In security assistance for East Asia "to demon strate that America
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      Lock icon Big opium haul
      79 5 Reuter Geneva, Thursday. Narcotics agents in Afghanistan have seized more than 16 tons of illicit raw opium, destined to be smuggled out of the country, in the past year, the United Nations said yesterday. Describing the haul as "a spectacular achievement in frustrating opium traffickers," a spokesman
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      Lock icon Mission of peace
      47 5 Reuter Beirut, Thursday Former French Premier Couve de Murvllle arrived here yesterday on a peace mission to Lebanon as fresh shooting erupted In the capital. Ten people were killed by snipers and sporadic shooting broke out In several districts of Beirut during the night.
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      Lock icon France's hope: A Europe that's friendly...
      179 5 Reuter Peking. Thursday French Fjrelgp. Minister Jean Sauvagnargues last night reassured China that France's policy of independence did not contradict its wish to cooperate with its European partners. The Minister, speaking at a banquet in the Oreat Hall of the People. added that France
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      Lock icon Bomb attack: Hunt for a blonde girl
      182 5 Reuter London, Thursday. Police were yesterday hunting three men and a blonde girl suspected of Tuesday night's bomb attack on a London restaurant which killed two people and injured 20 others. The suspects, believed to be members of the guerrilla Irish Republican Army
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      Lock icon Franco's doctors give up hope
      104 6 United Press International Madrid, Thursday Generalissimo Francisco Franco's criticul condition deteriorated uncontrollably yesterday and his doctors gave up further attempts to save him A government official said he was in agony, his death a matter of hours. Poisons seeping into his abdomen, a fluctuating Heartbeat,
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      Lock icon Govt order challenged by lawyers
      274 6 Reuter New Delhi, Thursday A large number of Bombay lawyers have joined in a challenge against a government order pr oh i biting them from meeting to discuss civil liberties and the rule of law. The case has been before the Chief Justice ir. the
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      Lock icon Flood alert in Rome
      66 6 Reuter Rome, Thursday Italian Navy contingents stood by as the authori- j ties in Rome declared a state of "pre-emergency" with flooding threatening the capital. Three days of torrential rains have swollen the River Tiber to near danger point, and hundreds of square kilometres of farmland
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      Lock icon Imelda's call to the rich: Do not waste
      235 6 Reuter Washington, Thursday—Mrs. Imelda Marcos, wife of the Philippines President, challenged wealthy countries to restrain their consumption of world resources as the second annual meeting of the World Population Society opened here yesterday Mrs. Marcos, keynote speaker at the fourday conference on
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      Lock icon CIA plea on agents turned down
      190 6 Reuter Washington, Thursday The chairman of the Senate select committee on intelligence yesterday rejected a last-minute plea by Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) director William Colby to keep secret the names of agents involved in foreign assassination plots. Senator Frank Church said he would not
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      Lock icon Timor rivals to meet in Darwin
      210 6 Reuter Darwin, Thursday Talks between rival factions fighting for control of Portuguese Timor will probably open in Darwin on Nov. 24, a leading member of one of the groups said yesterday. Mr. Jose Ramos Horta. a member of the central committee of Fretilin, told
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      Lock icon Safe seat for son
      57 6 Reuter Sydney. Thursday— Mr. Anthony Whitlam, the barrister son of Australian Labour Party leader Cough Whlt'am, has returned from London to stand 'or Parliament. Mr. Anthony Whitlam. 32. who arrived last weekend, has been announced as a Labour candidate in the Dec. 13 elections in the
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      Lock icon TODAY
      132 6 United Press International TODAY is Thursday. Nov. 20, the 324 th day of 1975 and 41 to follow. THE MOON is between its full phase and last quarter. THE MORNING STARS are Mercury, Venus, Mars and Saturn. THE EVENING STAR is Jupiter. Those born on this date are under
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      Lock icon The Odd Corner
      53 6 Associated Press Ottawa, Thursday A Toronto couple was married on Saturday, and became the proud parents of triplets 24 hours later. "What a wedding present," said the bride, Alma Collins, 19. "How can you beat it?" The triplets one boy and two girls are in good condition
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      Lock icon H-bomb may be used now: Expert
      154 6 United Press International San Francisco, Thursday. A distinguish! d nuclear physicist warned yesterday that nothing can stop the spread oi the nuclear arms ract and that the H-bomb probably will be used in future war. The warning was given at a nuclear science symposium
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      102 5 To beat the calculation I M* POO 4r yftm c »nt« e Go» T h» se of* »st v SV** «W* 4 i /I o or 7 \OS' c a* ■«4ls 12-DIGIT CALCULATO (Full 12-d'git (6or> display, 6 with digit replacement keyi I Percentage key I Fully floating decimal point
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      137 6 J We have all makes of BALLY Fruit (Jackpot) Machines and we also provide maintenance and servicing of Jackpot machines. We also have all makes of coin-operate amusement machines, Billiard, Flipper Games, Biftgb, Football Tables, Jukes boxes, weighing machines, Kiddie Rides, Binoculars, etc. And all kinds of vending machines like
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  • Page 6 Miscellaneous
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      189 6 WORLD WEATHER New York Sunny. 17 BC. Headline: Senate approves defence spend ing cf US$9O.7 billion. San Francisco Fair. 14-6 C. Headline: Cleaver returns. Tokyo Rain, 14-13 C. Headline: Unga adopts two conflicting resoluI tlons on Korea. Moscow Overcast, 1-OC. Pravda headline: Local party organisations and quality control. Rome Sunny,
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  • BEHIND THE NEWS
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      BETS ARE ON ANNE
      126 7 London. Thursday A last-minute betting spree by talent spotters has made the 17-year-old daughter of a Ukrainian lathe operator favourite for today's Miss World final. She is elfin-faced Miss United States, Anneline Ilschenko, who suddenly found herself in the limelight after punters laid as much as
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      Lock icon Peking's dilemma over Ford visit
      415 7 Neither side wants it but powerless to call it off United Press International New York, Thursday Asian affairs experts say China is in such a state of turmoil that President Ford's forthcoming visit to Peking will be only a symbolic re a f f i
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      Lock icon Wedding bells for Cassin
      73 7 Reuter Paris, Thursday Nobel Peace Prize winner Rene Cassin, 88, was married in a Paris hospital two weeks ago to a French Second World War resistance fighter. Madam Ghlslalne Bru, 75, met Mr. Cassin for the first time in 1940 at the Free French Forces headquarters
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      Lock icon Arms cuts: Israel is concerned
      158 7 United Press International Washington, Thursday. —Israel believes the United States has underestimated the Arab military threat to Israel In the 1980s and fears proposed cuts In Congress In Middle East aid. US Congressional sources said yesterday. Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin has dispatched Mr. Aharon
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      229 7 V The bottom saves on floor area \b 7\oS v i I didnt realize washing could be so easy until I bought the Philips washing machine W Modal AAC 914 Modal AAC 740 PHILIPS wcxWng towards batter thing* for you Philips Mighty Midget. A super compact washing machine. The Philip*
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  • OPINION
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      Tun all set to KO Dato Harun
      435 8 With the quiet confidence of a juggler, Tun Abdul Razak has taken the decisive step to topple Selangor strongman, Dato Harun Idris from his powerful post of Mentrl Besar. While Dato Harun Is not going to be an easy pushover, the Malaysian Prime
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      A lucky story...
      96 8 7 Bv WHISPERS SpY A reader rang up a staff member of New Nation to say "Thanks for your story on the danger Joy ride of two dogs in a car." Expecting this to be a normal routine call from a dog lover or a SPCA member,
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      RAGING DEBATE ON BRAIN- WASHING
      543 8  -  THURSDAY WITH PAKIR SINGH PAKIR SINGH Is brain washing a myth? It is a process that has been loosely accepted as a truth for long without real inquiry. The recent capture of Patty Hearst has raised the Issue of brain-washing In the US again. Not
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      Common meals will eat into discipline
      132 8 The Acting Deputy Director of Schools, Mr. Llm Kim Woon, has proposed that teachers should take their meals In the school canteen and mix freely with the students to understand their problems. This Is like suggesting that military generals should take their meals In
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      Education and values
      383 8 VOICE OF THE PRESS NANYANG SIANG PAU Education should not be confined to the pursuit of academic acnievements. It must also be a process ior inculcating the right sort of attitudes and values in our young citizens. This piece of advice given by Encik Othman Wok, Minister
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  • FEATURE
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      THE GREAT ESCAPE
      1345 9 How a VC member made his way out of the jaws of death during the Japanese Occupation The Japanese Occupation was a period of terror Fear tingled the spines of S i n g a p or eans as massacres took place. Singaporeans faced this period of
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      Lock icon 'The pride of China'
      196 9 Los Angeles Times Peking It took 6,000 full-time workers, 100,000 tons of steel, one million tons of cement, US$l7O million ($4OB million) and eight years to build "the pride of China," a two-level highway and rail bridge that vaults the two-m:!e-wide Yangtie River. Yet at 5
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  • PLEASURE
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      Lock icon Mary turns the world on with her smile
      1447 10  -  Prom Don Shirley Washington Post When Mary Tyler Moore Enterprises held its first Christmas party, in 1970, it was in a cramped studio, surrounded by mud and "decorated like a high school gym," recalls James Brooks. It was, he says, "magical." Brooks
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      147 10 CHROMDIOXID K k A CHROME OXIDE COMPACT CASSETTE HIGH DYNAMIC COBALT COMPACT CASSETTE HIFI LOW NOISE COMPACT CASSETTE HIFI LOW NOISE 8-TRACK CARTRIDGE HIFI LOW NOISE OPEN REEL TAPE Sole Agent: Edward Eu Co. (Pte) Ltd. No I, ORCHARD ROAD, SINGAPORE, 9 Availoble at oil leoding record and Rodio Dealers
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      350 10 Air llcket 6 (oiir Sypermar Kef The first International Ocean Exposition In the history of mankind Okinawa J a Dan Exhibits from more than 50 countries. i Oo Expo 75 with CAE Tours. Fly the Jumbo Family 8747 I Collect your full-colour Expo newsletter from CAE Tours. TAIWAN/ HU ALIEN/
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  • TREND
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      Marriage miscarriage
      710 11  -  Many go on the rocks as men become more successful in their careers and wives begin to feel the pressure Violet Oon I always suspected it and now a sociological survey has proved me right men at the top are more prone to divorce. The survey on divorce
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      Ugly bannisters give way to the potted look
      229 11 DECOR IDEAS What do you do if you live in a house with "tin-can" stair bannisters which you cannot bear? "Just saw them off," advises Mr. Kenneth Tan, the sales manager of a real estate company. '"All I did was hire a
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  • SPECIAL FEATURE
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      Why students go abroad
      1195 12/13  -  The increasing cost of education and living in foreign countries has had no marked effect on the yearly exodus Singapore's growing affluence and paper-consciousness has resulted in increasing numbers of local students leaving each year for foreign academic pastures. The sudden transplant into a strange, new
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      ARE THE CHARGES ABOUT APING THE WEST TRUE?
      1284 12/13 Many who are studying overseas don't think so Singapore's overseas students often come under scathing criticisms. The classic remark that comes to mind is a top trade unionist's reference to some of them as people with "patched -up trousers" and "patchedup souls"
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  • Page 12/13 Miscellaneous
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      559 12/13 Thursday <} NEW NATION MONEYWORDS Cut out and pin with other coupons. Posting instructions oppear below Name (Mr./Mrs./Miss) Address Tel: ABLE F,LL ,N 77 MISSING j 800 H —TTTT LETTtRS 1 _AA_L_L across i USING I CPU T_ CLUES "A~N D Y BELOW J mi Cut along dotted lines J
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  • FINANCE
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      $4m orders for EEC timber team
      257 14 The recent Singapore trade mission to EEC countries has been hailed as a success by Mr. Ho Mun, deputy chairman of Timber Industry Board and mission leaGer. The 11 member mission secured $4 million worth of business. The response was especially good for certain
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      Lock icon BONN: FIRST UPTURN OF ECONOMY
      337 14 Reuter Bonn, Thursday West Germans yesterday, given the news they had beep waiting to hear for months that the economy is finally expanding again. Last year, the economy just managed to avoid spoiling its record of continuous growth since the Second World War. But in
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      Market report
      147 14 Prices generally fell across the board in light and selective trading in the Singapore stock market yesterday. After an easier opening, prices picked up only to fall in the afternoon. Trading was slack throughout. Declines on the industrial board outnumbered gains by four to one. Most of the
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    • Stock markets round the world
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        NEW YORK
        228 14 The stock market yesterday suffered Its worst setback in two weeks when profit-takers accelerated selling after President Ford delayed any decision on Federal aid for New York City. Volume totalled 16,820,000 shares, down from the 20,760,000 traded on Tuesday. Trading on the New York Stock Exchange slowed considerably
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        Lock icon Dow Jones
        36 14 United Press International Dow Jones closing averages on New York Stock Exchange yesterday. 30 Industrials 848 24 (off 7.00), 20 transport 172.03 (off 2.42), 15 utilities 82.69 (off 0.68), 65 stocks ***** (Off 2.50).
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        Lock icon TOKYO
        314 14 DBS-Daiwa Securities International Ltd. Investors took a wait-and-see attitude due to lack of incentive news. In the morning session, Olico and Yamazakl Baking continued to rise. On the other hand, light electrical stocks were sold due to the decline on Wall Street. Later, Telkoku Oil, Sekisul Prefab, Wacol and
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        PARIS
        86 14 Closing prices (In francs) on Paris Bourse yesterday: Pari bas 184 —1 Fonder 344.50 +.60 Prlntemps 3.80 —.10 Bull 28.90 —.40 Royal Dutch 180.60 -.80 Michelln 1353 —12 COE 292.50 —.50 Thomson 243 unch. CFP 113.10 —1.50 Rhone 106 —3 AIR 346.70 —1.30 B8N 566 —19 Philips 44.50 —1.10
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        SYDNEY
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        ZURICH
        80 14 Closing prices (In Swiss francs) on the Zurich Stock Exchange yesterday: UBS B. 3250 UBS R. 468 2 SBC 464 1 Credit Suisse 3990 Swissair B. 427 1 Swiss Relnsur. 3025 15 Wlnterthur B. 1785 5 Zurich Insur. 6200 75 Juvena B. 450 Nestle B. 3335 10 Inter food
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  • Page 14 Miscellaneous
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      472 14 YOUR LUCKY STAR IF IT'S YOUR BIRTHDAY BORN today, you are one of those highly sociable persons who has a genuine need for close relationships with others. Indeed, unless you are able to establish firm bonds of friendship with another, you cannot bring yourself to any kind of relaxed communication.
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  • Transport and Communications
    • A New Nation presentation
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        A higher standard of services
        486 15  -  By Joachin Tan Giant jets scream across the sky at Pay a Lebar Airport; container ships call at the Port of Singapore Authority; power packed SBS buses ferry commuters to and fro and radio; telephone cable links bring the Republic closer to the rest of
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        CAR RENTAL SERVICES CATCH ON IN BIG WAY HERE...
        404 16 Pool of 2000 vehicles for hire... More than 12 major firms running this business In the last three years car rental services have caught on in a big way with Singaporeans. Today there are more than a dozen major car rental
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        An industry offering variety of facilities
        360 16 own car will cost you Mr. Teo added: "Unlike private cars which are sometimes under-utilised vou can be sure that rental cars are all utilised to their maximum potential. People only rent cars when they really need to use them, for business or to
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        Two-wheelers ideal for travel in S'pore
        1040 17 M-cycles need smaller road space... For a small island like Singapore, motor cycles and scooters aire commendable as means of transport. The average twowheeler requires only one quarter of the road space used by a car when running and only one seventh when parked.
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        SIA links Republic to world cities
        397 18 In this age of advanced technology, the fastest mode of travel is by air. Singapore is now served by 28 airlines among which is the Singapore Airlines (SIA) the Republic's national flagcarrier. These airlines link us with major cities in Asia and Europe. SIA
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        MODERN CAR DESIGNS STRESS SAFETY
        676 18 Like fire, the car is a good servant but a bad master out of control it is turned into a 'killer' on the roads. Of course, it could be argued that the driver and not the car is to blame for accidents thai occur on
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        Firms switch to automatic aids for speeding up operations
        579 19  -  By Susie Soh Business firms in Singapore today are switching to more sophisticated equipments to achieve greater efficiency in their operations. Equipments such as photostating machine, electronic calculators, mini-computers are becoming an lntergral part of an office set- up. The process
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      1091 20  -  From < CHERYL BENISFN Los Angeles, Thursday Between June, 1973, and July, 1974, Arthur Ashe kept a diary. That year he travelled 264,000-km saw five continents, caught 129 plane flights and slept in 71 beds, all "to play a game." He played In 25
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      598 21 Timely equaliser fails to inspire Lisbon, Thursday England drew 1-1 with Portugal here last night and so effectively lost interest in the European football championship. An equalising goal four minutes before halftime at what should have been the ideal psychological moment to mount a recovery failed
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      272 21  -  From GEOFFREY MIILER Associated Press London, Wednesday English soccer has a new winger twisting his way to the top Manchester United's 20-year-old Steve Coppell. His speed and clever ball control have played an important part in Manchester Un 11 e d *s strong bid for tbe League
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      190 21 Reuter Montreal, Thursday. The Press centre for the 1976 Montreal Olympic Games has been eliminated from plans for the main 70,000 seat stadium as a "non-essen-tial feature." Michel Labrosse, director of Press Services for the Oames, said construction officials had told him that the Press centre
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      23 21 Reuter Prague, Thursday Czechoslovakia and East Germany drew 1-1 (halftime 0-0) In a first leg Olympic football qualifying match here yesterday.
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      311 21 Reuter Guatemala City, Thursday—Flfa, The International Football Federation ye st e rday agreed to South American demands for a chance of an extra place in the World Cup finals In Argentina in 1978, according to informed sources. The Fifa World Cup committee at a meeting here
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      609 22  -  By BRIAN MILLER Singapore's team to the Thai King's Cup soccer to u rnament have a long, uphill task ahead of them If they hope to create any Impact In the December competition. This fact embarrassingly came to light after they were held to a scoreless
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      245 22 ON THE TRACK with Blue Peter Kuala Lumpur, Thursday Te Waharoa, with J.F. Heng astride, showed good form in a 600 m workout in 38.4 sec on the sand track here this morning. On this showing the five-year-old can be a threat to Bestcrete II
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      S.Y. and Lucy are confident
      687 22  -  BOWLING by Jeffrey Low S.Y. Loh and Lucy Low will leave lor Manila on Saturday confident of doing well In the World Cup from November 25 to 30. Both will be competing In the World Cup for the second time, and their previous experience ought
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      Singapore lose 6-1
      263 23 Ban Chew scores the only point against the Chinese stars Hong: Kong. Thursday The Singapore badminton team were beaten 6-1 by China in a friendly match at the Peking Workers' Indoor Stadium last night. This was Singapore's opening match of their China tour. According to a New
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      CHINESE CAGERS GO ON SCORING SPREE
      455 23 Bangkok, Thursday China crushed Indonesia 108-57 to remain on top of Group "A" while Group "B" leaders South Korea overran Malaysia 119-78 at the eighth Asian basketball championships here last night. The lop-sided Chinese victory stretched their winning streak to four games. W;th only.
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      435 23 Ahmedabad, Thursday The outcome of the second unofficial cricket Test between India and Sri Lanka was wide open at the close of play here yesterday. An eventful second day, during which 15 wickets fell, began with a protest from Sri Lanka after the
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      43 23 Reuter Buenos Aires, Thursday Adrlano Panatta and Paolo Bertolucci or Italy won the men's doubles In the Argentina Open tennis championship here last nighc when they beat Jurgen Fassbender and Hans Pohman of West Germany 7-6, 6-7, 6-4 in the final.
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      40 apply for SAWLF course
      154 23 More than 40 applications have been received by the Singapore Amateur Welghlllftuiß Federation for their relfere e-cum-coachlng course to be held at Sports House, Fairer Park, from November 21 to 23 This Is the first such course to be conducted by the SAWLF since Its
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      84 23 United Press International New York, Thursday Muhammad All said yesterday that he was beginning to like politics and "Just might be the flrrt Black president." The heavyweight boxing champion appeared before the Illinois Senate at the request of state Senator Charles Chew, who has attended several
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      202 23 Reuter Tokyo, Thursday The l.lth U.S.-Japan golf tournament opens tomoirow with veteran former U.S. Open and Masters champion Billy Casper heading the nine-man Amer lean team. The 30-milllon yen <*****,0G0) event wlil Include both Individual and team competition. The tour-day, i2-hole tournament extenaed trom the 54 holes
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      59 23 Reuter Adelaide, Thursday. South Australian cricketers Ashley Mallett, Terry Jenner and Wayne Prior were last night warned about their future conduct following incidents during a Sheffield Shield match here earlier this month. The three players and former Test captain lan Chappell had been cited following reports lodged by
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      53 21 THE BORN LOSER SHORT RIBS me: not puave:m -THNMIS DOC FuMFLAM m mm 315 NORBERT a IW i <L« by Art Sansom f I'D BETTER. THIS NUMBER. BA6K IMTO BfcDTUS' J FCtXeT! i by Frank O'Neal 3 as A 1 5* aw r* m m a i K lIM by
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      409 22 AT THE CINEMA AIRPORT 1975: The Arthur Halley jet drama up-dated by having a jumbo In distress, hit by a small plane which paralyses the pilot and kills the co-pollt, leaving only a stewardess in command; directed by Jack Smlght from a screenplay by Don Ingalls, with Charlton Heston, Karen
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      280 23 NEW NATION CROSSWORD U1 kl J J J ■I a m tM Jdil H 7 Irish Rose 8 ro (spirit) 9 Faux Dai 10 "Lived—,forty-niner" 11 Paving the way 12 Innovated 13 Subway stations 21 Numerical prefix 22 Swear 23 Hawaiian berry 24 Author Shaw 25 Researching 29 Marriage title
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    205 24 Y 1 1 1 The LAST word —Dally Express Husbands who sneak out for a crafty pint have found a new ally the rulebook. Some men may not want their wives to know they are at the pub. So
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    43 24 AH FOOK: It must have taken a lot of guts for those French call girls to show themselves at their conference to press for legal status. MEI LIN: What guts? Their job Is to show themselves. Anyway, you men are hypocrites.
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      215 24 at jh <JCas6afL Singapore's latest word in nightclub entertainment P3J >v V--8 < y Tf'- r \0 t Jht Society of The Soya/ Hush Dancing nightly to The Adaptors and The Society of The Royal Flush. Saturday thru Thursday 9 p.m.— 2 a.m. Friday. Saturday and Eve of Holidays 9
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      828 24 AND RADIO SINGAPORE 5 3.00 OPENING ANNOUNCEMENTS followed by HOUSEWIVES' MATINEE Unexpected Promotion (Part One): A Cantonese film 3.40 LOVE IS A MANY SPLENDOURED THING 4.25 INTERMISSION 6.00 OPENING ANNOUNCEMENTS followed by JIM THOMAS OUTDOOR 6.25 CONSUMERS' GUIDE (E/M) 6.30 NEWS IN BRIEF 6.35 MANIS MANJA (M): A locally produced
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      44 24 THE MANHUNTER (10.05 p.m. over Channel Five, in colour). Ken Howard stars as Dave Barrett, a cross-country private eye of the *****. In tonight's episode, To Kill A Tiger, Dave thwarts a plot to assassinate a governor who is planning to stand for re-election.
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