New Nation, 12 December 1975

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  • 18 1 New Nation SINGAPORE Friday December 12, 1975 No. 1512 Price 20 cents MC (P) 1118/75 NEW NATION COMMENT
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  • 231 1  -  Girl's plans dashed as groom-to-be drowns By Bharathi Mohan It was to be the grandest wedding in the neighbourhood. Five hundred invitation cards had been sent to their relatives and friends here and in Johore. The groom-to-be, Abu Samah Ahmad, 27, had bought the traditional wedding gifts for
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  • 206 1 Or p h a ned overnight these four children from Geylang were happily on their way to Penang for their first holiday when their parents were killed in a traffic accident in Johore. Ismail bin Sain, 36, a barber, was driving his family in a
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  • 84 1 The Ministry of Education today announced that 58.7 per cent of 72,452 students who sat for their Primary School Leaving Examination have passed. There was a big rush at all primary schools this morning, as anxious students went to obtain their results. Successful candidates will be allocated to
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  • Page 1 Advertisements
    • 19 1 MONEYWORDS P. 21 STOCK MARKET P. 2 WHAT'S ON. TIDES, CINEMAS P 4 WEATHER P. 6 COMICS P. 23
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    • 64 1 EXOTIC DFSIGN Of TOMORROW From the finest quality of Diamonds and Precious Stones Q. C. UcSilva(Ptr) Ltd.. 14G THf GAILfHY 'J BAT TFRY KOAD SINGAPORE 1 TEL <>108in> .4 Happy Hari Raya New Nation will not be published tomorrow because of the Hari Raya Haji holiday. The moneywords for today
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  • LOCAL NEWS
    • 155 2  -  At least half of the victims are girls between six and 16 By Douglas Chan Sexual offences against girls and women have increased considerably this year. More than 300 cases of jape, attempted rape and outrage of modesty were reported during the past
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    • 191 2 $17,000 to be spent Air curtains. are now being installed at the entrance and exit points of the Airport's Main Concourse to maintain the cool temperature within. The Department Of Civil Aviation has awarded a $17,000 contract for the project and workers began
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    • 8 2 Police reported 83 accidents yesterday. Eight were serious.
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    • 52 2 Dr. Chiang Hai Ding, Member of Parliament for Ulu Pandan, will be guest-of-honour at a children's party organised by the Holland Close Residents' Association. It will be heid at the basketball courtbetween Block 2 Holland Avenue and Block 3 Holland Close on Dec. 21 between 2 p.m. and
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    • 125 2 These are some of the contestants who will vie for the Singapura Princess title. The contest, organised by the Singapore Apex Clubs (Bukit Timah and TangUn), is »imed at raising $?4,000 for the Singapore Association of Mental Health Club. The finals will be
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    • 198 2 Employees of the Housing and Development Board will be entitled to buy specially d e s 1 g ned apartments at Farrer Park. These flat*. It 1c understood. wi3l be available to senior executives of HDB. Two multl-storey blocks, comprlf'nß 76 units, are now in the final
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    • 133 2 The shipping associations of Singapore and Indonesia plan to introduce uniform freight rates for ships plying between the two countries soon. It is understood that the new freight rates will be based on those charged by liners. This means that loading and unloading charges
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    • 124 2 Trading In C.K. Tang's $16.9 million one-dollar shares began this morning at the second industrial trading section at the Stock Exchange of Singapore. The first deal was struck at $1.07 and touched the $1.10 mark Just before the 11 a.m. break. Generally the market tone was steady
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    • 156 3  -  By Eileen Tan The Gingells' children thought their parents were crazy when they announced seven years ago that they were going to buy a boat to sail around the world. Wiry Mr. Roy Gtngell, 54, told New Nation: "Our decision to sell our small marine business, and sail
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    • 449 3 'It's the best way to remove pain phobia that keeps patients away* Hypnosis is "by far the best way" to eliminate the painphobia w h i.c h is keeping many patients away from the dentist, a local doctor said today. Dental surgeons, said Dr. Tony Thong,
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    • 210 3 $30,000 bill a month Mystery trunk callers are costing Singapore's economyclass hotels at least $30,000 a month In telephone bills. The hotel owners still cannot figure out how those calls were made without their knowledge, especially as these hotels have installed trunk barring systems at
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    • 56 3 Professor F.A.C. Oehlers was elected president of the Singapore Kennel Club at Its annual general meeting held recently. Other office-bear-ers are: Mr. Richard Llong (vice-president), Mr. Kwan Chee Yew (hon. treasurer), Mrs. Edith J. Cho, Mrs. Diana Porter, Mr. Eugene Phoa, Mr. A.C. Wakellng, Mr. Francis Yeoh Kim
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    • 18 3 The Singapore Zoological Gardens will distribute free gifts to children visiting the zoo on Christmas Day.
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    • 247 4 Through ASEAN co-operation Co-o peratlon among ASEAN countries would help to lower prices of commodities and manufactured goods, said an economist. Dr. Lee Soo Ann. of th? University of Singapore's Economics Department, speaking htaa minar on The New International Kconrmic Order and UNSTAD at the Regional
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    • 202 4 Insurance companies have so far paid out about $6 million in Are claims this year. This is btUevtd to be the highest pay-oat by insurance companies in the last four yean. In 1973, companies paid oat (5.19 million In claims while the 1972 figure was $3.53 million.
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    • 126 4 At least 10 people were recently caught shoplifting at the Queenstown Consumers' Club. Three were handed over to the police while the others were let off with stern warnings. A man and a girl were fined, while the case against the third, an expectant mother,
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    • 150 4 A man, aged about 30, died on the spot after he was run over by a train near Rifle Range Road, off 11.2 km Buklt Tim ah Road yesterday. He is the third person to be kJled on a railway track witHn two months.
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    • 140 3 B&O'S BEST PERFECTED k m UNSURPASSED! IN JIUDIO TECHNOLOGY ft DESIGN The Beosystem 4000 is an uncompromising stereo I B system created for the IR exceptionally critical listener and offers utter simplicity of operation and the functional elegance of design. Beomaster 4000 is a highly developed stereo FM tuner-amplifier which
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  • Page 4 Advertisements
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  • Page 4 Miscellaneous
    • 786 4 AT THE CINEMA THE DAY OP THE JACKAL: The Frederick Forsyth bestseller about the attempted assassination of President De Gaulle of France in 1963 by a lone killer hired by the French Secret Army Organisation; starring Edward Fox, directed by Fred Zinnemann from a screenplay by Kenneth Ross. Rex, Globe:
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  • WORLD NEWS
    • 466 5 Indon intervention is strongly deplored and urgent action by Security Council is urged Reuter United Nations, Friday The General Assembly's trusteeship committee yesterday strongly deplored the "military intervention of the armed forces of Indonesia" in Portuguese Timor and called for their withdrawal without delay. The
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    • 183 5 United Press International Athens, Friday. Former Dictator George Papadopoulos (above) yesterday asked that he be executed to end political differences dividing Greece. "Send me before the firing squad," Papadopoulos said in testimony to a court trying him and 32 police and military officers
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    • 296 5 Reuter Reykjavik, Friday The Icelandic cabinet held'a special meeting last night after a shooting incident between an Icelandic gunboat and three British vessels just off the Icelandic coast. The coast guard said after the incident that the patrol boat Thor had fired only after it
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    • 225 5 Reuter Madrid, Friday Prime Minister Carlos Arias Navarro changed almost his entire 19-man cabinet last night and brought in a/ few moderates to lead Spain in the post-Franco era. He announced his new cabinet as scattered strikes and demonstrations broke out In a concerted
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    • 75 5 A Chief Minister of an .Indian state has been fined £5.5 ($27.50) for being late to a cabinet meeting he had summoned. Officials In the Karnataka State capital of Bangalore said Chief Minister Devrajurs was fined earlier thl§ month under a convention agreed upon by the cabinet
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    • 70 5 Reuter Paris, Friday—French diplomacy may have to be carried out by telephone this month—the Foreign Ministry has run out of diplomatic travel funds. Ministry administrative chief Geoflroy De Courcel has put out a confidential circular to diplomats warning them to cancel any mission which is not indispensable
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    • 25 5 Reuter Rome, Friday Eight alleged letdcrs of the Calabrlan mafia wIU stand trial next April for the 1973 kidnapping of Paul Getty 111,
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    • 499 6 Koreans don't want the troops to stay forever Reuter Washington, Friday The commander of US forces In South Korea considers American troops are no longer needed to hold a front line position along the peninsula's demilitarised zone, a Congressional team reports. The
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    • 95 6 Reuter London, Friday Australian caretaker Prime Minister Malcolm Fraser said In an Interview broadcast here last night that his country should pay greater attention to Its relationship with Japan. Mr. Fraser. leader ef the Liberal National Country Party Alliance, was asked in a British Broadcasting Corporation
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    • 244 6 Reuter London, Friday. The British Parliament last night rejected a fresh call to bring back hanging for terrorist murders by 361 votes to 232, a majority of 129, after a highly emotional debate. The non-government motion presented by a rank-and-file Conservative opposition member had
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    • 29 6 Reuter Nottingham, Friday Tcmmy Law tor. former .Enpland centre-forward and one of the soccer stars of the *****, was jailed yesterday for falling to pay rates.
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    • 137 6 United Press International TODAY Is Friday, Dec. 12th, the 346 th day of 1975 with 19 to follow. THE MOON is between its first quarter and full phase. 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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    • 30 6 Lebanon's most famous hotel, the 40 -ye a r old St. Georges charred by fire during the current round of civil war. UPI UPI radio picture
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  • Page 5 Advertisements
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  • Page 6 Advertisements
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    • 15 6 ZfINIiSSI < .As COOKERS ASHI\Cj MACHIAiFS f HIGt HATOHS DihH WASHf MS EVERv WHERE THE WORLD
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  • Page 6 Miscellaneous
    • 116 6 WORLD WEATHER New York Partly sunny 6-OC. Headline: Troops In Beirut battling gunmen big hotels burned. Rio D* Janeiro—Cloudy 34-23 C. Headline: Bakharov's wife accepts prize. London Fair 8.5 C. Headline: BWP bid to free hostages. Paris Cloudy 4-OC. Headline: Glscard to Sadat Mediterranean' solidarity essential for £eace. Rome Rain
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  • BEHIND THE NEWS
    • 629 7  -  By Graham Colville Reuter An American scientist has refined a simple, cheap, method of using a laser beam to process atoms which he hopes will reduce the cost of nuclear fuel. The process stems from the lact that elements are made up of different types of
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    • 606 7 Women in some families run such a great risk of cancer that doctors recommend the removal of their breasts and ovaries even though there are no signs of the disease, experts reported. Both breasts of one 19-year-old woman whose mother, sisters, grandmother, aunts and cousins
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  • Page 7 Advertisements
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  • OPINION
    • 304 8 American forces do not hold the key to South Korea's long term security. This has been recognised as much by Seoul as Washington. But an immediate withdrawal is not on the cards though a US Congressional team has asserted that American troops are no longer
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    • WHISPERS By ISPY
      • 56 8 While most children are asking for pen slve Christmas presents like bicycles and huge doll houses, one four year old surprised his mother with a simple request: "I want ballcons for Christmas!" But she feels guilty to give him Just balloons and has decided to throw
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      • 33 8 A woman customer at a snack shop shouted from the car at her friend In the shop, "Chillies, please!" To which her friend told the shop assistant, "She is hot stuff."
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      • 40 8 The family planning campaign on TV seems to have got the message across even to the very young. A flve-ynar-old girl one day told her mother over lunch, "Two Is enough!" She had been given three egga.
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    • 652 8  -  FRIDAY o WITH ALEX JOSEY ALEX JOSEY Most of us ljjok upon government information and speculation as propaganda. Propaganca Is a perfectly proper word meaning the spreading of belief, or scheme, or doctrine. Over the y however, the word has become suspect. We value the
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    • 91 8 FRUSTRATED Singapore 16 The SBS has shown some Improvements in many of its services. However, Service No. 21 is still badly neglected. In fact, it has worsened. For residents of Opera Estate this Service is the only bus available from town and we can consider ourselves lucky if
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    • 48 8 PARENT, Sinrapore 14. Is there any ruling that parents must buy textbooks from the schools attended by their children? The principal in my son's school has made it compulsory that the pupils buy books from the school bookshop. Why can't we buy books from elsewhere?
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    • 291 8 World Comment —Bangkok Post Dec. 4 When Deputy Interior Minister Boonlert Lertpreecha returned from Macao with optimistic reports about a casino opening in Thailand, it brought Joy to many hearts, and trepidation to others. The Joy is simply that Thailand now needs as much foreign money as
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  • Page 8 Advertisements
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  • FEATURE
    • 561 9  -  More architects needed for new projects Ismail Kassim An architect is a scarce commodity in Singapore and the shortage is likely to continue in the next few years. An ad-hoc attempt to expand supply tc meet market demand was made early this year with the recruitment of
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    • 334 9 1969, varies frr,m under a dozen to just over a score. The small number testifies to the difficulties involved in the making of an architect; about onethird of even' Intake fall along the arduous fiveyear route which was recently
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  • Page 9 Advertisements
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  • shopping
    • 782 10 A twice weekly advertisement Feature rtNCE again, almost before we know it, the festive season Is upon us. And the whole rigmarole of merrymawn«r gift-giving and generally having a good time is about to take place. There will be endless rounds of parties and dinners
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  • Page 10 Advertisements
    • 168 10 At its price, CONSUMER GUIDE Magazine places the Bose 501 in the "Best Buy" category. ATI AC IKjn PA 8' J UIC BUHOHIG SSMENTON *A> A I LAO OVjUINU SINGAPORE 1 Ttl ******. WHOLESALERS AND RETAILERS IN CALCULATOR TAPE RECORDERS ETC.: SANYO-SHARP-CASIO-NATIONAL-SONY. P.M.P. 3 band AM/FM/SW RADIO CASSETTE 1 YEAR
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    • 139 10 SPECIAL OFFER calculator model LC-831 S $120-00 SUPPLY WITH FOUR RECHARGEABLE BATTERIES ADAPTOR Other models available at, POLYTRON ELECTRONIC ENTERPRISE (PTE) LTD. POLYTRON ELECTRONIC ENTERPRISE (PTE.) LTD. 5144, Gd. R., GOLDEN MILE SHOPPING CENTRE, BEACH ROAD, SINGAPORE 7. TEL: *****74. *****13. w n SWISS SUITINGS trevlra] WOOL original brand TUWAG
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    • 129 10 ff M M M M HOUU 1 DISTINGUISH C Selection of gifts Wa:rystals M II "RENAISSANCE ITALY *W M"'MURANO ITALY W J 'THOMAS WEBB IB ENGLAND •y PORCELAIN 5 W *CAPODIMONTE-ITALYg O>VALESANO ITALY® W 'ROYAL DELFT fa W -HOLLAND V M'DANISH CREATIVE fk A CERAMICS PAINTINGS W SKETCHES BATIKS TAPESTRY
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    • 118 10 EXCLUSIVE TMLORS AND OUTFITTERS 2-06 PEMCULA SHOPPNG COMPLEX (SECOM) FIDOR) COLEMAN STREET SINGAPORE 6.TR.***** super-colour revolving bundle &c<*alia 9f>a ru './t Q O K> .c O Co -„v feci) X /Tv fc\\ 5' 'f With automatic colourchangs Voltage 110 Or 230 Five brilliant colours. S s hoS?^ t rt? Victor
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  • Page 11 Advertisements
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    • 162 11 GAWI OPTICS. (OPTOMETRIST OPTICIAN) 320, Supreme Hse, Penonq Rd., r v. Stockist of most popular brands of frames and lens. Reliable services assured. Free testing. Practising Optician: Mr. C.J. NG. ell service motchtl. This could happen ta your home! anytime! Take heed now CENTRAL SECURITY SYSTEMS (S) PTE LTD 5101,
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    • 123 11 People going OVERSEAS go to FOOK ON first Because we have the widest range of Winter Clothings at the most reasonable prices. FOOK ON CO [PTE] LTD (Department Store) 83-85 South Bridge Road, Tel: ***** feranchesi(Open on Sundays) 347 People s Park Complex, Tel: *****5 B-40 Peninsula Shopping Complex, Tel:
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    • 266 11 CURTAIN TRACKS TAPES HOOKS INSIST ON ROM GREAT BRITAIN DON'T PUT UP WITH ANYTHING LESS MERCHANDISE PRODUCE (PTE) LTD 5189 Golden Mile Shopping Centre Beach Rd Singapore 7 Tel *****35 *****36 1.8.P. OFFERS MORE VARIETIES OF CERAMIC TILE THAN ANYONE ELSE! A f II J SO NATURAL SO BEAUTIFUL SIC
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  • SPECIAL FEATURE
    • 653 12/13  -  By Florence Tan It is better to have loved and lost than not to have loved at all. This Is how striker Arshad Khamis feels about his 17-month marriage which ended two months ago. His pretty wife, Norlia, only 21,
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    • 374 12/13 In his sorrow, Arshad was not alone. His closely-knit family was behind him and tried their best to cushion the blow. Arshad, third in a family of four (two elder platers, one younger brother and himself) is not on y his
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    • 719 12/13 For one to whom football has bttn his "first love" sinre youth, the decision to call it quits must have been a most difficult one. But after much soulsearching. the Cam- S. Rajagopal made the decision to opt out t the National team while
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    • 180 12/13 Singapore's crucial match against North Korea. His explanation that he had difficulty in sleeping and needed something to help ease the tension of the match was unacceptable to the officials who Insisted that the "Camel" take the next flight home. However, his more understanding
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  • PLEASURE
    • 373 14  -  Cinema *>y Edgar Koh THE GREAT GATSBY directed by Jack Clayton, with Robert Redford, Mia Farrow, Bruce Dern. Karen Black and Scott Wilson (Lido). At best. Jack Clayton's filmisation of the F. Scott Fitzgerald novel Is a compromise between a sweet nostalgic treatment and
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    • 390 14  -  Eating Out with Violet Oon One of the most pleasant settings for an Informal lunch can be found at the Moby Dick Coffee House of the Orchid Inn. Although the interior of the coffee house is dimly lit one does not Ret a feeling of being
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  • Page 15 Advertisements
    • 142 15 IF YOURE FED UP WITH YOUR BEACHES WHY NOT TRY OURS Every country has its favourite beach. Australia has its Bondi, Hawaii its Waikiki, America its Malibu. And because they're all so very popular, they're also very crowded. Malaysians too, have many favourite beaches. Several hundred of them in fact
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  • TREND
    • 89 16 A marvellous feat of engineering. An architectural triumph. Such laudable statements have been made not about the delectable models in the picture—but about the bras they are wearing. Its makers. Triumph International, claim that they were created by engineers and designers who were asked to stretch
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    • GRAPEVINE
      • 122 16 by Vanessa You could hardly call It a fair duel though it was fought over a fair lady (though you could hardly call her a lady; she was an adulterous wife). Anyway, the duel wasn't quite fair because it was to be fought with samurai
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      • 124 16 Guess what some Democrats in America will be getting as Christmas presents? They are pieces of the actual carpet from the Watergate offices of the democrat ic national headquarters at the time of the historic break-in. Pieces of this beige carpet are being sold in four cm squares
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      • 133 16 Waiters are supposed to earn their tips through giving good service but some waiters have learned to get them tnough intimidating their customers. So it would seem from the experience of a friend who gave a tip to a waiter who had gone out of
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    • 313 16 Doc's Casebook A distraught Mrs. C. called me on the phone last Saturday night. Her son had just swallowed a coin. Would I go over right away and see him? she asked. "Does he look alright?" "Is he blue In Uie face?" I asked
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    • 73 16 AT THE The Cage Grill Bar 15 the perfect plac round daiW HfITCL PHMUV Lower Ground Floor, Orchard/Someriet Roady Singapore 9 Tel *****6 its shelving joiners (i«mm lei tinik llM' UiUM i« im »t Hi iiltid iim <1(111 (IKiihn Mh'<ll U I \IH «>v <IIN CVIN I J Modern Interiors
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  • FINANCE
    • 322 17 Are the cheaper shares less vulnerable to bear raids than higher priced ones in our sensitive stock market and do they fall less because they are already low? The December issue of Ongco Digest, a monthly publication of Ong and Company, a stock-brok-ing company,
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    • 212 17 Vegetable and fish prices dipped after about three "high" weeks. With the rains subsiding over the past week, sellers were able to get sufficient stocks of the products at cheaper prices and pass on the drop to customers. However, prices of some items were still not
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    • 154 17 Reuter London, Friday.—Shipping competition from Eastern Europe threatens the commercial basis of world shipping and trade, the retiring chairman of the Council of European and Japanese National Shipowners (CENSA) claimed yfesierday. Mr. William Russell told a press conference that the bulld-up of Soviet and associated countries' shipping
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    • Stock markets round the world
      • 150 17 Prices faded in the last hour and closed Irregularly lower yesterday in moderate trading on the New York Stock Exchange, after contending with year end trading factors. Yesterday's prices in US dollars followed by the difference on the prevlous sesslon'8 close: AT T 481 1 Beth Steel 32
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      • 35 17 Dow Jones closing stock averages on the New York Stock Exchange yesterday: 30 industrials 832.73 (off 1.26); 20 transport 165.11 (up 0.04); 15 utilities 80.94 (off 0 09); 65 stocks 253.97 (off 0.27).
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      • 205 17 The market opened bullish centring on blue chips in continuation of yesterday's bullish sentiment of the Tokyo market and due to the sharp rise on Wall Street. Near the close, stocks which rose in the morning session stopped rising. T.D.J.A. 4.249.55 (+O.43); 75. Hi-low 4,564.52 (5/12); 3627.04 (1/12). TBJ2.:
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      • 75 17 Closing prices (in francs) on the Paris Bourse yesterday: Paribas 183 50 unch. Ponder 352 2 Printemps 65 —.50 Bull 32.70 .20 1 Royal Dutch 169.90 -.20 Mlchelin 1410 +.10 COB 309 .4 Thomson 248.80 .30 CPP 117.90 —1.20 Rhone 104.20 —260 Air 359 50 +.7 BSN 587 +.1
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      • 63 17 Exchange yesterday: UBS B. 3230 UBS R. 446 SBC 464 Credit Suisse 2700 Swissair B. 439 Swiss Reinsur. 1000 Winterthur B. 1800 Zurich Insur. 6275 Juvena B. 430 Nestle B. 3260 +10 Interfood B. 2575 —26 Ciba-OelRy B. Baby Roche 1610 5 ***** —50 Sandoz B. 4625 +25 BBC
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    • Article, Illustration
      153 17 Prices moved marginally higher In lacklustre trading at the Singapore stock market yesterday. The finance sector proved to be the best overall gainer among all the various sections. Two of its membersUnited Overseas Bank and Malayan Credit were actively traded. The former improved two cents to 13.50. Malayan
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  • Page 17 Advertisements
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  • Page 17 Miscellaneous
    • 423 17 YOUR LUCKY STARS IF IT'S YOUR BIRTHDAY BORN today, you are a gifted organiser who Is capable of planning large-scale projects down to the smallest detail. Born to fill an administrative spot In whatever line of work you choose, you will nevertheless have to put in your "time" as an
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    • 375 18 FOR SOCIAL CHARMING lady Escorts. Contact: Aphrodite 809 (Bth floor) Far East Shopping Centre, Orchard Road. Tel: *****97/ *****08. MOVING 7 INTERNAL/ OVERSEAS household removal. We pack and ship to anywhere. Haleemsons International Tel: *****5 Rohnle or Rahlm. After office hours, tel *****42. CAPRICORN AIRCONDITIONINO COMPANY. New and used all
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    • 156 19 Reuter Los Angeles, Friday —Boxer George Foreman said here yesterday be believed he would regain the heavyweight world title next year. "I think next year will be the year of George Foreman," he told a Press conference held to announce his fight with Ron Lyle
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    • 31 19 Las Vegas, Friday Willie "Blrdlegs" Jensen Jabbed and moved his way to a unanimous decision over Tony Roche, the US flyweight champion, In a 10-round nontitle fight last night.
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    • 424 19 Top-form Leeds play away to Ipswich Reuter London, Friday Queen's Park Rangers, top of the English First Division and unbeaten at home in the League, pit their soccer skills against champions Derby County in London tomorrow. Derby, second In the table and level on points with
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    • 239 19 Reuter Tokyo, Friday Fujio Kobayashi of Japan scored a one-under-par 71 to take a one-stroke lead In the opening round of the 25 million yen (about S|100,000) Expo Cup golf tournament at Okinawa yesteruay. A total of 88 players from eight countries including Australia and the United
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    • 345 20  -  TEE-UP Lim Kee Chan Lee Howe Yong of SICC will be bidding for a double in the SOA Junior competition at the Island course on December 20 and 27. Lee (handicap 9) won the first competition In June when he beat Ralph Aerla of
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    • 276 20  -  By BRIAN MILLER Singapore Recreation Club "A" remained at the top of the table when they beat Ceylon Sports Club 6-0 In the women's hockey League at the Padanx yesterday. With this win. SRC are now two points clear of Combined Schools "A" and Singapore Cricket
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    • 574 21 Reuter Lahore, Friday The massacre of Israeli sportsmen at the 1972 Olympic Games in Munich has cast a shadow over the 1978 Asian Games. No country wants to take on the Games, and one of the main reasons Is that the host nation will be obliged to
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    • 270 22 RACING uith Scrutineer Windrush 111 has come to hand. He Is strongly fancied to open his winning account in Race 6 at Buklt Timah tomorrow. The four- year old chestnut by Pakistan II was a little unlucky last Saturday when he finished third to former champion sprinter
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    • 85 22 Reuter Karachi. Friday Malaysia plan to stage an international comEtitlon araonK the eric t-playlng Asian countries In mid-1978, A. Mehendren. vtee- president of the Malaysia Cricket Association, said here yesterday. Mr. Mehendien. who Is In Pakistan with a Ma- laysian Perak State Cricket Association team, said
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    • 285 22 By BLUE PETER Wonderful Moment, a lively outsider In the $25,000 Stewards Cup on Sunday, did a dashing trial at Buklt Tlmah this morning. With Salri astride, he beat Pahang n <M. Masruhen) over 600 m In 38.2 In soft going. So
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    • 35 22 Tokyo, Friday World Boxing Council junior flyweight champion Luis "Lumumba" Estaba of Venezuela expressed confidence he would retain his tltto with a knockout over challenger Takenobu Shlmabukuro in their title match here next week.
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    • 700 23  -  PHILIP TAN reporting on the Seap Games PHILIP TAN Bangkok, Friday Singapore's soccer team, who gave a fine display against the Burmese although they iost 1-0, will take on Thailand tonight (kick-off 7.30 p.m.). A win against the heme team will cut them into the
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    • 96 23 Bangkok, Friday Datuk tlamzah Abu Samah, president of the Olympic Council of Malaysia, said yesterday Malaysia would consider hosting the 1978 Asian Games "If the number of events were reduced." On the Seap Games be suggested that the "more expensive" events be scrapped. There must also
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    • 99 24 Quest girl all set to win the title tCalsom bte Mohd Ibrahim, 18, a parttime model, is another finalist for the Press Princess 1975 contest. She spends her leisure hours swimming and travelling. The contest 'is organised in conjunction with the Singapore Press Club's annual dinner and dance on Dec.
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  • 48 24 AH FOOK: A gloomy day Indeed tor our swimmers when we need all the golds we can get. MEI UN: It's still too early in the Games to tell which way the pendulum will swing, but somehow our sportsmen don't seem to be making a hit.
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