New Nation, 4 December 1975

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  • 19 1 New Nation SINGAPORE Thursday December 4, 1975 No. 1505 Price 20 cents MC (P) 1118/75 r- NEW NATION COMMENT
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  • 200 1 Looking slick and much, much neater this is the new look pr o J ected by our national footballers Dollah K a s 8 I m, Lim Teng Sai, Zainal A b 1 d e en and Hasll Ibrahim (above). Along with Lee
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  • 397 1 Bank siege drama ends in bloody gun battle Reuter,UPI Paris, Thursday Police yesterday shot dead two gujimen who fled from a Paris bank with two hostages after a daylong siege. The bloc dy street battle took place after the two came out of the bank, where
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  • 93 1 AP Darwin. Thursday Indonesia is using scare tactics to get rid of foreigners In Portuguese Timor and clear the way for an Invasion, an Australian who spent two weeks in the Portuguese colony claimed here today. Mr. Michael Richardson. a journalist, said death threats against
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  • 30 1 New Delhi, Thursday— The condition of M)r. Jaya Prakash Narayan, leading government opponent being treated in a Bombay hospital for a serious kidney ailment, appeared to have worsened today.
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  • 26 1 Peking, Thursday. President Ford today began his third and fir •.1 round of talks with Chinese leaders In Peking's Great Hall of the People.
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  • LOCAL NEWS
    • 128 2 Schoolgirl Suzanna Teo, 19 (above), last night sang her way to a new career In the pop world when she won the Frances Yip Discovery Talentime contest at the Shangri-La Hotel She beat seven other finalists to win a double return trip to
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    • 85 2 Schoolboy Wong Weng Boon, 13 (above), has been missing from home for the past two weeks. According to his mother, Madam Chan Yeok Lin, Weng Boon left his Kallang Road home for school oh Nov. 14. His schoolmates saw him leave school that evenins but he failed
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    • 10 2 Police reported 74 accidents yesterday. Two were serious.
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    • 557 2  -  Average of 30 people caught shoplifting every day By Bharathi Mohan, K.K. Fong Pay for the goods or face the police this is the latest stand taken by some major department stores tfl their war against shoplifting during the current pre-festive sales. A New Nation check
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    • 256 2  -  Customs' vigil on By Douglas Chan Customs are keeping a close watch for people bringing in nude calendars from abroad. During the past few days. Customs officers at the Woodlands Checkpoint. Paya Lf bar Airpert. harbour, railway station and the Port of Singapore Authority territory nave
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    • 78 2 CID officers yesterday arrested two men who arrived to collect $24,000 extortion money from a businessman, In an ambush at a coffee house In Tanjong Katong Road. The two aged 25, both "fighters" of the Pek Leng Hor secret society, operating In the Jalan Eunos area,
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    • 229 2 Cycle and Carriage shot in the limelight in an otherwise quiet Stock Exchange of Singapore this morning. First buyer's quotation at $2.60 wzs hastily withdrawn as sellers were only willing to sell at much higher prices. From the opening level of $2.65, C and C shares climbed
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    • 135 3 These cuddly little pets are Just as good a way of saying Merry Christmas as any other—particularly to children. It would also be a charitable way of greeting the season. For, not only would you be presenting much appreciated gifts, you would also be giving them a
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    • 643 3  -  'Doctors, clergymen are witnesses' By Sunny Wee, Wang Look Fung Doctors and clergymen should not be given the same privilege of professional secrecy enjoyed by lawyers in Courts, said the SolicitorGeneral, Mr. Wahab Ghows. Lawyers, unlike the other professions, must enjoy professional secrecy as they
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    • 196 4  -  By Joachin Tan Siraj-Ud-Din has never backed a horse in his life but. he is the one who is responsible for $3 million changing hands at the Singapore Turf Club every weekend. He is the club's only blacksmith and fashioning and shoeing horses is
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    • 42 4 A Tai Chi Chuan class for beginners will be held at the Cairnhill Community Centre from Dec. 11 at 7.30 p.m. The iy 2 -hour sessions will be he.d on Mondays and Thursdays. The fee is )1 a month.
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    • 30 4 The Hans Andersen Club will hold a Christmas party for 1000 under-privileged children on Dec. 13 at the Fraser and Neave Hall, River Valley Road, at 3 p.m.
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    • 522 4 development For the healthy of NS men The Council of the College of General Pr a c t itioners has called for the setting up of a corps of counsellors to look into the welfare of national servicemen. In a memorandum on drug abuse among youths
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  • Page 2 Miscellaneous
    • 270 2 WHAT'S ON Mr. Tang See Chlm, the Deputy Speaker of Parliament and MP for Chua Chu Kang will open the HITACHI CABLE FACTORY In Jurong at 4.15 p.m. THE NOSTALGIC AFFAIR a fashion show featuring clothes of the 20s, 30s and 40s Is on at the Singapore Hilton at 12.30
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    • 55 4 V'u Vition FABERGE METRO CONTEST Dec. 1,1975 to Jan.*), 1876 ==ST PRIZE RETURN-TRIP TO MONTREAL ■M 1976 OLYMPIC GAMES+ $1000 courtesy of Far Eastern Cosmetics (S) Pte. Ltd. FINNISH ASA COLOUR-TV courtesy of Golden Height Corporation (Pte) Ltd. (RETAIL PRICE $2300) AMERICAN AR-11 SPEAKERS courtesy of South Asia Trading Co.
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  • WORLD NEWS
    • 353 5 Call to Britons as health service crisis heads towards total breakdown Reuter London, Thursday Britons were warned by a senior official last week to avoid all sport and to tread carefully because their National Health Service is badly hit by a dispute and hospitals are flndipg
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    • 253 5 Reuter Hong Kong, Thursday. Hong Kong's Financial Secretary. Mr. Philip H&d<\)n Cave, yesterday announced Increased taxes on all types of hquor, tobacco and British and Commonwealth cars. Mr. Haddon-Cave told the Legislative Council that the government's move would come into Immediate effect to
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    • 351 5 A new theory by retired solicitor London Thursday The raging controversy over the assassination of President Kennedy has taken a new turn with a claim by a retired British solicitor that the man who pulled the fatal trigger was not Lee Harvey Oswald but a
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    • 44 5 Reuter Washington, Thursday The State Department has denied political asylum to a group of Bangladesh Army officers who were involved in the recent assassination of the late President Sheikh Muiibur Rahman, and other political leaders In that country, Edward Kennedy said yesterday.
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    • 117 5 Reuter London. Thursday The Privileges Committee of the House of Commons yesterday recommended that an editor and writer should be banned from the Westminster Parliament for six months. The punishment, which the House of Commons will be a*ked to endorse, followed an Inquiry into a "Irak"
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    • 166 5 United Press International TODAY is Thursday, Dec. 4. the 338 th day of 1975 with 27 to follow. THE MOON Is betweefT Its new phase and first quarter. THE MORNING STARS are Venus, Mars and Saturn. THE EVENING STARS are Mercury and Jupiter. Those born on this date are
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    • 75 5 Reuter Brussels, Thursday The Common Market yesterday faced the unprecedented prospect of being without a budget for next year because of a dispute between the decision-taking Council of Ministers and the consultative European Parliament. At the heart of the dispute Is the council's decision to cut
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    • 157 5 Reuter Bonn, Thursday A leading space observer said yesterday China is now capable of directing nuclear weapons to any point on earth between the 70th north and 70th south parallels—the greater part of the inhabited world. West Germany's Professor Heinz Kaminski, chief of the Bochum Observatory,
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    • 201 5 United Press International Tel Aviv, Thursday Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin says the Middle East situation will lead to "stagnation and war" If the US does not light Arab-Soviet strategy to bring the conflict to the UN Security Council. He said yesterday the strategy Included
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    • 56 5 United Press International Los Angeles Thursday —Singer Dlonne Warwick©. 34, was granted a divorce yesterday irom her husband of 10 years, actor Bill Elliott, after testifying her marriage had broken down urreparab'y. arw4c ke and Elliott, 41, were married in Mllano, Italy, In 1065 jnd separated last
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    • 231 6 Press blamed for campaign Reuter Sydney, Thursday Former Prime Minister Oough Whitlam, upset by opinion polls showing his popularity is waning, turned on the Australian Press yesterday and accused prop r 1 e tors of a "monolithic gangup" against him. He charged in a radio
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    • 310 6 Reuter Moscow. Thursday A senior Soviet Government official indicated yesterday that the 1975 Soviet grain harvest totalled only 137 million tonnes, the lowest for 10 years and nearly 80 million tonnes below the plan. The chairman of the Planning And Budgetary Commission of
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    • 363 6 Near chaos rounding them up Reuter Amsterdam, Thursday. About 14 of the 72 hostages held by five gunmen escaped from a hijacked train in Be lien last night after being held captive for more than a day, police said. Police said the group, who ran
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    • 310 6 Reuter Dili, Thursday The revolutionary front for East Timor; FSretUln. Tuesday said an Invasion of East Timor was Imminent. Radio Lorsae, voice of the pro- Indonesian forces, has appealed to Dili residents to evacuate the capital. Three Indonesian warships yesterday shelled Fretilin positions 80km from Dili,
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    • 29 6 Reuter .London, Thursday Britain spends £s(r million ($270 million) a year on educating university students from overseas, according to a report published by top academics here yesterday.
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    • 287 6 SUSAN'S BIG DAY Reuter Peking, Thursday. Mr. George Bush, chief of the US mission in Peking, said yesterday Chairman Mao TseTung was in good health and "right on top of it." Mr. Bush, present at last night's meeting, told reporters that throughout
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    • 31 6 Associated Press Rio de Janeiro, Thursday A criminal court has summoned former President Jo%o Goulart to answer charges tnai he used government materials to refurbish his Copacabana Beacn apartment.
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    • 96 6 United Press International The father of two teenagers has filed a suit in a US court to remove his children from a small Arkansas house where the children's mother ana 24 other people say they are awaiting the end oi the world. Jamfcs Cavner filed the suit
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  • Page 5 Miscellaneous
    • 115 5 WORLD WEATHER New York Partly cloudy, 4-minus 1C. Headline: Israeli jets hit Palestinian sites In Lebanon raids. San Francisco Fair, 17-6C. Headline: Israel bombs Lebanon. Tokyo Fine, 13-2C. Headline: Teng warns Ford against detente. Rio de Janeiro Cleat, 35-20C. Headline: Ford keeps silent after visit with Mao. Paris Overcast, 96C.
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    • 60 5 Kuala Lumpur Fine, 30-22C. Headline: Five escape from hijack train. Sydney Sunny, 3119C. Headline: Whltlam denies role in loans affair. Taipeh Fine, 23-20C. —Unlttd Press International Singapore The weather for the 24 hours to 8 a.m. today: Max. temp—30.7*C; mln. temp. 23.5*0; total rainfall for the month to date—19.1mm; total
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  • BEHIND THE NEWS
    • 898 7  -  BONUS By Ismail Kassim The recent passage of the Employment (Amendment) Bill in Parliament has put the lid on the level of bonus or annual wage supplement, but it has also raised doubts as to the scope of the legislation. The latest amendments to
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    • 230 7 tlonal Trades Union Congress and partly to the rapid growth in the economy, the Act was revised in 1972 to raise the maximum to three months. But the main reason was to enable the National Wages Council (NWC) which was set up a year earlier
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  • OPINION
    • 306 8 A series of border incidents between Laos and Thailand in recent weeks has raised fears of an ugly confrontation that upsets Bangkok's concerted efforts to have a rapprochement with Vientiane and Hanoi. How the fighting started is no more a central point in the acrimony: what
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    • WHISPERS By ISPY
      • 73 8 As part of the evenings programme for Its guests, a Penang hotel at a seaside resort showed tourist documentaries about the Island. In one E articular scene, tourits were shown disembarking from a plane, and garlanded by local beauties. An elderly women tourist watching the film commented
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      • 71 8 A West German television team In town is preparing a documentary on life in Singapore. But its main Intention Is also to criticise Bonn's foreign aid policies to developing nations. It therefore planned for an unemployed German In Singapore to come before the cameras and denounce Bonn.
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    • 480 8  -  THURSDAY WITH PAKIR SINGH PAKIR SINGH The one question demagogues of the left in developing nations have refused to ask of their godfathers in Moscow and Peking is: Just why are they prepared to rub shoulders with the lead ers of the world's leading capitalist
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    • 197 8  -  SOON TUAN TEE Please refer to your report bearing the headline, He Has Not Oiven Up on Encik Ibrahim (NN. Nov. 17). I wish to point out that the facts reported therein were not entirely correct. Encik Iberamin bin Karlm (Ibrahim bin Karim) was referred by the Singapore
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    • 52 8  -  SANDRA JOY VAZ Public Relations Officer Public Utilities Board 'Young' (NN Oct. 25) will be pleased to know that the Urban and Rural Services Committee has approved the inclusion of the stretch of Serangoon Road, from Buklt Tlmah Road to Jalan Toa Payoh. in the Programme For Brighter
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    • 71 8  -  Sydney Tan Chye Kee The charity and generosity of the New Nation in highlighting the plight of Enclk Ibrahim bin Karlm <NN Nov. 16) and the latter's tenacity and courage should be applauded. These statements: "I have not lost hope and will keep on trying," and "I
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    • 255 8 r VOICE OF THE PRESS SIN CHEW JIT POH On the 28th of last month, leftist Fretilin of East Timor unilaterally declared the Portuguese colony Independent and named the new state the People's Democratic Republic of Timor L'Este. Fretilin, the biggest political party in East Timor,
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    • 2 8 MAIL RAG
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    • 150 8 Raffles I Palm T Court RESTAURANT V wining dining by candlelight I in the most beautiful garden restaurant of the exotic East Tonight's Dinner CHARCOAL GRILL SPECIALITIES also Italian a la carte menu Teresa Khoo at the piano in the Tudor Bar RAFFLES HOTEL 1-3, Beach Road, Singapore 7. Enquiries,
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  • FEATURE
    • 799 9 The Japanese had planned to kill 50,000 Singaporeans! Half the number had been killed before the massacre was stopped. These frightening figures were revealed by a Japanese newspaper cor respondent, Hishakari Takafumi, after the war was over. One reason why the original order was not
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  • PLEASURE
    • 400 10  -  Composers and dancers create new works for the PA's 15th anniversary concert By Violet Oon The People's Association is celebrating its 15th anniversary in a special way by commissioning composers and dancers to create new works for a concert on Saturday and Sunday at the National Theatre at
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    • 146 10 Associated Press Washington, Thur dav About 15 patro:.; watching the grippemovie, Jaws, at a theatr In New Jersey did; r want to get burned, they tried to watch th fiery end of the film fron the rear of the cabarn But It was all
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    • 312 10 St a t i a Sublette, ballet dancer, choreographer lecturer, teacher and director of the Chautaqua Performing Arts Centre of New York, recently gave a series of talks on modern dance in New York today. Mifs Sublette who is very active In all spheres cf
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    • 266 10 United Press International When President Ford's swimming pool was dug the excavatrrs found a great number of porcelain and ceramic shreds *ome of them identifiable as common tableware used from the time of President John Adams through Andrew Jackson. Mr. Robert Marshall, park service curator, speculated
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  • TREND
    • 736 11  -  Hong Kong girls have given up their minis for jeans B.L. KHOO Whatever happened to the girls of Hong Kong? They used to be such sleek fashion plates, almost photo copies of the models that graced the glossy lnsldes of Vogue, Seventeen and
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    • 53 11 and a door is concealed y DECOR IDEAS s The living room had an ugly, unimportant side-door facing the main front door. Unable to live with a door which defaced his front entrance, the owner covered it up and had Insets cut. In these insets he displayed his
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    • Article, Illustration
      108 11 Flaunting big pieces of gems set with gold can be a trifle vulgar but then delicate little pendants and rings can look quite lost, particularly on a large girl. But you can go to town with fakes not necessarily plastic baubles and bangles that are meant more for
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    • 45 11 Impressive. Classic. Bold. The watch for today's impressive men. When looks match up to its precise movements. Exquisitely accurate. Clean square-cut in stainless steel. Automatic with day-date calendar, the Space Star 1188 is truly an impressive watch. By Titoni, of course. Everyone appreciates a Titoni.
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  • FINANCE
    • 378 12 The world's shipbuilders must suspend the construction of all new tankers in excess of 70,000 tons each, which ajre not already under construction until January 1981, according to a visiting banker, Mr. Paul Slater. Mr. Slater, a director of Brandts, the London merchant bank, was speaking
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    • Stock markets round the world
      • 299 12 Battered by grim economic forecasts and Indications that the recovery has stalled, prices took their worst plunge in six months yesterday the stock market's third straight setback on the New York Stock Exchange. Volume climbed to 21,320,000 shares In the selloff, up sharply from the 17,930,000 traded on
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      • 37 12 United Press International Dow Jones closing stock averages on the New York Stock Exchange yesterday: 30 industrials 825.49 (off 17.71); 20 transport 166.23 (off 2.62); IS utilities 51.06 (off 1.67); 66 stocks 252.71 (off 5.01).
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      • 147 12 Closing prices on the Sydney Stock Exchange at 11 30 a.m. (Australia time) today: Allstate unquoted Beach 22 24 Bridge 11 12 Cleveland 21 nil Endeavour 14 15 Flind 20C Opt unquoted Inter Min 04 nil Kambalda unquoted Kath Inv 158 163 Kla Or* nil 18 Mid E Mi
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      • 110 12 Closing prices (in franc) on the Paris Bourse yesterday: Parlbas 183.40 —.40 Fonder 346 1.30 Prlntemps 66.50 —.40 Bull 34 25 —.65 Royal Dutch 169 —1 Michehn 1401—9 C O E 306 6 Thomson 244.90 —1.60 C.F.P. 126.50 2 80 Rhone 112 80 +.70 Air 358 —2 BS.N 581
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      • 74 12 Zurich Stock Exchange closing prices yesterday: UBS B 3270 —30 UBS R. 448 SBC 472 i Credit Suisse 2095 —15 Swissair B 436 4 Swiss Reinsur. 1910 —10 Winterthur B. 1790 Zurich Insur. 6225 —25 Jevena B. 413 Nestle B. 3250 —65 Interford B. 2475 —75 Ciba-Geigy B. 1590
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      147 12 Trading moved into lower gear at the Singapore stock market yesterday after two successive days of heightened activity. Opening at their overnight levels, prices declined gradually in slow trading. The dullness continued in the afternoon. San Holdings, a hive of activity on Monday, saw subdued trading. The shares
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    • 78 12 The Honda 750 F1 featured in New Nation's motorcycling column on Monday, was not imported by Ban Hock Hin of 131 Beach Road. TWs mi torcycle was privately imported by tn enthusiast who sold it secondhand to Ban Hock Hin. Boon Siew Sdn. Bhd.. of 77 Buklt
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    • 44 12 Sinfrajjore has been chosen as the Far Bast headquarU rs for MSL Group International, which claims to be the world's largest management consultancy company. The company, which specialises in recruiting managerial and specialist staff, plans to open an office here next February.
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    • 43 12 United Press International Detroit, Thursday Burglng November sales of US-built cars up 35 per cent over depressed vear-ago levels pushed Imports to their lowest share of the American market in more than two years, reports from the automakers showed.
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  • Page 12 Advertisements
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  • Page 12 Miscellaneous
    • 485 12 YOUR LUCKY STAR BORN today, you present to others a strange combination of eager enthusiasm and conservative aloofness. Not one to receive new Ideas with any degree of happy expectation, you prefer things trr be as In your experience, they always have been. On the other hand, you are somewhat
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  • 635 13 aw aw %w<sw aw aw isw aw aw aw <jw 2w <£«» With Christmas Day only three weeks I <? away, New Nation today in its 15-page j§ special takes you to the wonderland' jg of some departmental stores where 38 SK I prices this
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  • Page 13 Advertisements
    • 82 13 Let her see your body while your shirt is still on. If you've a great build, why hide it? New Brigade from Arrow's French Collection shows off your body the way regular shirts can't. A slim-fit waist, strafeAvailable at gic back darts, narrower sleeves, higher armholes, and adjustable cuffs withy
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  • Christmas Special
    • 852 14  -  By Susie Soh •To everything... there's a season and a time for every purpose under heaven." And for X'mas, it is time once again not only to receive but also to glve v For me, and perhaps with most people to. the
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    • 548 15 FOR HER Flowers like diamonds are always appreciated by a girl especially a bunch of long stemmed blood red roses. And they make ideal last minute gifts too. They are easily available from Che many florists In the more popular shopping centres, supermarkets and
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    • 1295 17 "I owe what I am today to many people," says Pele, the King of Football, In a fascinating book he wrote entitled "Play Football With Pele." "I only become what I am today because I was helped, encouraged, advised, taught, stimulated and criticised.
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    • 481 18 FOR HER Isetan and On Line Department Store (Orchard Towers) are especially geared for the spending spree by Christmas shoppers. Isetan has set up a special Evening Shop with special dress creations for casual wear at Christmas and for the grand Yuletlde
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    • 164 18 From Page 16 with tools and Instructions, is available at $14.90. Walt Disney's craft kits are a lot of fun too. In this case, the child can colour the picture of his favourite Walt Disney figure and frame it himself. A set costs $24.65. Jigsaw puzzles
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    • 1008 20 Large wreath If you're havlfig budget problems as 1975 draws to a close (and who isn't) you'll welcome any opportunities to protect your purse like these mini-cost Christmas decorations. MATERIALS: Scraps of green cotton fabric, preferably In two tones; gold sequins or
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      85 22 Artistic Chinese carpets are now enjoying widespread demand with markets in 70 countries. They are available locally in wide ranging patterns and their prices are most competitive. Generally hand made from dyed woollen yarn of choice quality they are noted for their resilience and toughness. They are made
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    • 339 22 A new supermarket, J a so n s will open here soon in time for the Christmas shopping rush. Situated on the ground floor of Orchard Towers, a new shopping cum office complex, Jasons 1* expected to open by Dec. 10, when the rush begins
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    • 784 23 Did you enjoy your sunshine holiday in 1975? You won't be so lucky next summer Expecting an improvement in the grim world economic situation? Things will if anything be worse, with unemployment rising beyond the latest gloomy forecasts. Still, not everything will be all
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    • 722 24 Xmas morning surprise for mom, dad i It's ideas that count more than money when you wrap parcels for Christmas. Imagination and ingenuity are more valuable than dollars and cents. Many of the Imported wrapping materials, especially those made in. America, are beautiful and costly. The
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    • 1105 26 FOR HER FOR HER Cologne in fancy packings If you are running out of ideas for gifts for her, toiletries and cosmetics can say Merry Christmas for you exquisitely. On the market Is a wide assortment of elegant gifts marketed by some of the
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    • 295 27 If you are looking for a special Christmas gift for a child, a tricycle, an electric car or a rocking horse may be the answer. They are more expensive than toys, but they will be that much more appreciated by the child who gets one this
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  • Page 14 Advertisements
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    • 74 14 DYNA MARINE PTE. LTD. 128, Kllllney Road, S'pore 9. Tel. *****2 THE POWER THE PLEASURE THAT IS MERCURY We have the expertise the know how regarding anything marine NEW ARRIVALS i Hm SWOP I 'ROPE POT HANGERS ft HANGING POTS 438 Orchard Road Singapore Tat *****6 (Open Mon lo Sat
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    • 156 15 lit ORIENTAL emporium A EASTERN emporium 67, High Street in BE' s: it-/ /l KATONG emporium Katorig Shopping Centre 1 at the 11 Emporiums HURRY! STOREWIDE" REDUCTIONS Festive mood begins with all the good food and quality goods at greatly reduced prices for you to get set for the Christmas
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  • Page 18 Advertisements
    • 164 18 V >7* 2>il' Beef CHUNKS Dinner The best reason to feed your dog alpo: lots of real beef. ALPO IS 100% MEAT Radiant broiled chunks of meal, iam-packed with precious proteins your dog ne«ds tor happy health Not a speck of starchy cereal tiller Mere BEEF CHICKEN HORSEMEAT I.IvER MEATBALL
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    • 90 18 The wpfkTs biggest range of construction kits. FAMOUS WOMEN OF HISTORY ANN! aOUYN QSM2 t Everyone knows thot that's what little girls are made of but what are little girls making Airfix models! This year we have introduced the first construction kits specially designed with girls in mind. Three new
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    • 339 25 I Santa Claus it now at Matro with lots of gift ideal for children. Fulfill Christmas wishes with thase wonderful gift suggestions. 1. 'KOJAK' DETECTIVE GAME SET gets your children on the tracks of the crook in this thrilling chase modelled along popular TV series KOJAK'. (For &14 yre) $29.
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    • 143 27 r •A. »> d* ■s Factory 10. B/C Cavenagh Rd., S pore 9 THE WORLD FAMOUS FURNITURE COLLECTION FROM FINLAND introduces the classique look for luxurious living. Rich, soft leather. Dacron-filled cushions. So cleverly made. Come along and view the cla,ssique look at our new Showroom at Plaza Singapura SHOWROOMS--339,3rd
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    • 599 28  -  I From JOHN MARKS Reuter Bangkok, Thursday A hole-in-one by Scotland's Brian Barnes and a record nine-under-par 63 by United States Open champion Lou Graham yesterday set the tone for what looks like a lowscoring, closely fought 23rd World Cup golf tournament starting today.
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    • 327 29 ON THE TRACK with Blue Peter J a Showman impresses in yielding going Police Car drew all en tion to his chances on Saturday with a stylish workout at Bukit Timah this morning. The Tambel flve-year-old strode out fluently over 600 m in 39.4 with
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    • 1375 29 Saturday Cl. 1 Div. 2—loom Big Chris 57 15 Prince Troy 56 i 11 Maran II 56) 2 Keep Gouig 111 56 2 Spring Garden 56 4 Raconmyth 55 9 C res Lad or 541 7 Big Time 54 10 Ten No Trumps 53 J
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    • 267 29 SATURDAY RACE 1: H5. CI. 5 Div. 4 1600 m: Tender K Lvtr*, The Ruby. RACE 2: 2.15. CI. 5 Div. 3 1640 m: Wassawntppi, l'tnaung, Joanna's Pet, Renaissance. RACE S: 2.45. CI. 2 Div. 2 1600 m: Defiant. RACE 4: 5.15. CI. 1 Div. 2 1600 m: Dilettante.
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    • 51 29 Reuter London, Thursday Oxford beat Cambridge 2-0 at Wembley yesterday in the annual Interunlversity soccer match. A diving header from Dave Smith put Oxford ahead Just before half-time. Welsh amateur international Barry Thomas headed the second goal from a corner in the 13th minute of the second
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    • 232 29 Reuter London, Thursday Chepstow racecourse In Wales Is seeking to "tak* over" the Grand National If the famed steeplechase cannot be continued at Its traditional home at Aintree, Liverpool. John Hughes, clerk of the course at Chepstow, said that his executive was prepared to
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    • 655 30  -  wmmmmmm. mmmmmmamm Seap prospects Swee Lee will lead the gold hunt by Philip Tan With Khmer not competing in this year's Seap Games, Singapore athletes are expected to improve on their tally of six golds, 15 silvers and seven bronzes won in 1973. Leading the Singapore
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    • 449 30 National boxing coach KM. Abdullah was a disappointed man yesterday because none of the Armed Forces sparring partners turned up to workou*. with the Seap Qames boxers. According to Abdullah only one boxer turned up for the first sparring session. Sparring partners for the
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    • 76 30 Reuter KUALA LUMPUR, Thursday. Mm laysia yes terday reiterated that fatare Seap Games should Include Indonesia and the Philippines. Olympic Council of Malaysia chairman oatak Hamxah Aha Smmah, said that at present only three Asean countries were incladed In the Seap Gam e a They are
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    • 41 30 The Catholic Junior College soccer team will leave tomorrow for a match in Penang against the Chinese Recreation Club on Saturday. The tour is a reward for the team for wlnnln the National Bchools Post-Secondary title this year.
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    • 530 30  -  BOWLING by Jeffrey Low Chef-de-mission Niaz Mohammed Shah was surprisingly lenient to our Seap bowlers when he met them at a training session at Orchard alley on Sunday. Instead of the usual warning to Seap sportsmen—for which he Is well known these days— Nlaz
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    • 25 30 Reuter Amsterdam, Thursday England completed a 9-0 win over Holland In their Thomas Cup European zone second round badminton match here last night.
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    • 411 31  -  BADMINTON by Brian Miller Malaysia have decided not to risk playing James Selvaraj in singles and doubles. When the Malaysian Thomas Cup line-up was announced yesterday, Selvaraj was down to play only in the doubles, with Lim Cheng Hoe. The Cup-tie will begin tomorrow
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    • 339 31 Reuter Lausanne, Thursday. Lord Killanln, president of the International Olympic Committee, yesterday appealed to Canadians to unite to get sites for next year's Olympic Oames in Montreal ready in time. In a Press statement from the lOC's Lausanne headquarters the 61-year-old Killanln also Implicitly criticised
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