New Nation, 18 December 1975

Microfilm: NL8548
Total Pages: 36
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  • Title Section
    Masthead
    18 1 NewNation SINGAPORE Thursday December 18, 1975 No 1516 Price 20 cents MC (P) 1118/75 THURSDAY. DECEMBER 18. 1975
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  • Article, Illustration
    Lock icon MILLSTONE MYSTERY
    205 1  -  Man's body, stone found at Clifford Pier By Bharathi Mohan For more than 15 minutes last night, a welldressed elderly man paraded along the dimly lit seafront at Clifford Pier with a two-kilogram stone in his hands. No one took much notice of him when he later slowly
    Pictures by Bharathi Mohan  -  205 words
  • Article
    Jewel extort bid foiled
    341 1 CID officers yesterday arrested three men who attempted to extort money from a Jeweller after failing to rob him of $100,000 worth of diamonds at Hotel Royal-Ramada in Newton last month. After painstaking investigations officers from the Organised Crimes branch tracked the men down, including the
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    Lock icon Squeaky gets life
    123 1 Reuter Sacramento, Thursday Lynette "Squeaky" Fromme (right), a follower of convicted mass murderer Charles Manson, was yesterday sentenced to life imprisonment for trying to kill president Ford here on Sept. 5. Federal Judge Thomas Macbride told the 27-year-old freckle-faced redhead shortly before sentencing her: "You deperve a
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      24 1 Confessions of a wife beater: P. 2 WHAT'S OH, TIDES P. 2 WEATHER P. 6 MOHEYWORDS P. 12 COMICS P. 33 CINEMAS P. 34
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  • LOCAL NEWS
    • Article
      The wife beaters confess...
      484 2  -  More than 50p.c. unfaithful too By Teresa Ooi Most wife-beaters in Singapore are also unfaithful husbands, a study reveals. Latest statistics fron the Social Welfare Department of reiported assaults reveal that more than half of the 218 men who beat up their wives this year, nad
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      COFFIN: A RIDDLE
      130 2 Government pathologist Dr. Chao Tsee Cheng and the coroner, Mr. Lee Cheong Hor, yesterday visited a construction site at the Junction of Thomson Road and Balestier Road to carrying out further investigations on a coffin which was unearthed on Tuesday. They were accompanied by officers from Kandang
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    • Article
      PDS: Another two may be suspended
      173 2 Another two motorists have been asked by the Registry of Vehicles to show why their licences should not be suspended for having accumulated more than 12 points under its Points Demerit System. Letters were sent to them yesterday If they cannot Rive Rocd rec
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    • Article
      Untitled
      11 2 Police reported 79 accidents yesterday. Eight were serious and one fatal.
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    • Article
      ON THE 'CHANGE
      198 2 Prices opened bullishly in active trading at the Stock Exchange of Singapore during the first 45 minutes this morning Profit-taking however trimmed the initial gains. BUSINESS DONE: First Section. F. Merlin (1) 0.99, (2) 0.9, (7) 0.97'/a, (5) 0.96V 2 (14) 0.96. Sett: (12) 0.98, (10) 0.97'/»,
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    • Article
      Pork on sale
      112 2 A number of butchers continued to sell fresh pork in the markets this morning despite a protest by pork merchants over an increase in slaughter fee by the Kim Chuap abattoir. In Tanglin Halt market, for instance four stallholders continued to sell pork while another six did
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    • Article, Illustration
      'No' to doomed trio
      209 4 Privy Council rejects plea from killers for special leave to appeal The Privy Council's Judicial committee In London yesterday re f us ed the petitions of three men for special leave to the Council against their conviction and death sentences for mur- der in Singapore. They
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    • Article
      Do not light up Xmas with a fire
      155 4 The Consumers' Association of Singapore has warned the public against poorly-insulated substandard Christmas tree lights which could be hazardous to the user. It said in its Consumer Guide programme over radio and television yesterday: "Christmas tree lights made to the British Standard
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    • Article
      For 'leaders'
      38 4 The Singapore Jaycees will hold a Leadership In Action course every Wednesday beginning on Jan. 14 at the Mandarin Hotel. This is a six-ses-sion course and those who are interested can telephone *****7 for more details.
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    • Article
      Show time
      23 4 The Havelock Community Centre youth group will hold a cultural show on Dec. 20 at 7.45 p.m. at the Cultural Centre.
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    • Article, Illustration
      TRAPPED IN RACE FOR TIME
      250 4  -  By Nancy Koh Toolmaker Pieter Straatman (above) may not see his 89-year-old mother-in-law before she dies. Because he trusted his travel agent, he is now stranded in Singapore while she lies dying in Amsterdam. A Dutch Australian, he booked a Qantas flight out of Darwin
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    • Article
      Three Bills passed
      151 4 Kuala Lumpur, Thursday.—Malaysia's Parliament last night approved three Bills which made treason, sedition and other offences committed abroad triable by courts in Malaysia and abolished appeals in criminal and constitutional eases to the Privy Council in London. The Criminal Procedures Code (Amendment) Bill passed by the Dewan
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    • Article
      Conman of GH arrested
      74 4 Police posing as attendants arrested the Singapore General Hospital conman at a Bendemeer Road flat yesterday. He is now helping police in a series of complaints by patients who went to the hospital over the last few months. Some of them reported that a man pretended
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      89 2 THE N€W NEWS WEEKLY nSIfIUEEK v,; WANG HUNG-WEN: China's falling star ASEAN gats ready for tha Bali summit SPOTLIGHT: Paopla in tha naws COVER: Pr and ant Ford in Indonatia, Philippinas MALAYSIA: Naw di mansions to tha Ha run affair VIETNAM: Spacial raport from Ho Chi Minh City BOXING: Can
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  • Page 2 Miscellaneous
    • Miscellaneous
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      412 2 WHAT'S ON COME TOGETHER a variety show featuring the very best of Singapore's pop artistes will be on at the National Theatre at 8 p.m. Tickets at $5, $4. $3. $2 and $1 are available at Cold Btorage and C. K. Tang. ICE HOCKEY CHAMPIONSHIP of an all Canadian team
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      326 3 CONVENTIONAL CTV x Electron Gun Shadowma'.k f ffig iitir -1U ELECTRON BEAM HOLE )f Surface GUN STRUCTURE A> (3 gun, 3-beam) PICTURE TUBE The picture tube is a delta type CRT with three guns (red, green, blue) arranged in a triangular format. Because of the intricate convergence control, the electronic
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      380 4 ieuHaiion FABERGE/METRO CONTEST ST PRIZE RETURN-TRIP TO MONTREAL 1976 OLYMPIC GAMES $1000 courtesy of Far Eastern Cosmetics (S) Pte. Ltd. FINNISH ASA COLOUR-TV courtesy of Golden Height Corporation mmn (Pte) Ltd. (RETAIL PRICE $2300) SS RD PRIZE —E AMERICAN AR-11 SPEAKERS courtesy of South Asia Trading Co. Pte. Ltd. (RETAIL
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  • WORLD NEWS
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      Lock icon Oil nations issue a challenge
      367 5 Reuter Paris, Thursday Oil-producing nations took the offensive at the international conference on energy and raw materials here yesterday, challenging the industrial world on oil policy and breaking the humdrum calm of the longawaited meeting. Whereas the Industrial nations preached conciliation ana interdependence as a
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      Lock icon My 'affair' with Kennedy...
      242 5 Reuter San Diego. Thursday —A woman named in a Senate hearing as a close friend of President John Kennedy denied yesterday that she was connected with a CIA-planned assassination attempt against Cuban Premier Fidel Castro. Mrs. Judith Campbell Exner. who during the hearing was said to
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    • Article
      Lock icon Fretilin urges UN to act
      161 5 UPI AP United Nations, Thursday—A leader of Fretilin, a liberation movement in East Timor, said yesterday that nonaiigned countries on the Security Council were preparing a resolution that would demand immediate withdrawal of Indonesian troops from East Timor and a UN role in the self-determination
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    • Article
      Lock icon Bill to halt US arms to Seoul
      165 5 United Press International Washington, Thursday —Liberals In the House of Representatives yesterday Introduced a legislative proposal to halt all US security assistance to South Korea unless President Ford submits plans for a phased withdrawal of US military forces there. The legislation was introduced
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      Lock icon The Odd Corner
      74 5 United Press International Someone got his words mixed up on Tuesday when Sri Lanka welcomed Pakistan's Prime Minister Bhutto on his three-day state visit to Colombo. National Assembly speaker Stanley Tillekeratne, in thanking Mr. Bhutto for addressing a special session of the Assembly, described the leader of
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    • Article
      Lock icon Aiding the Ulster killings...
      182 6 Wilson points finger at US Reuter UPI London, Thursday British Prime Minister Harold Wilson yesterday condemned the continued moral and financial support which is being given by some Americans to the Irish Re p u b 1 i can Army's (IRA's) "brutal campaign of murder in
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    • Article
      Lock icon IRA's death list uncovered
      104 6 Reuter London, Thursday. Police have discovered a "death list" of prominent British nolttitians and officers in one of the two Irish guerrilla bomb factories, un covered here in the r.ftermath of the Balcombe street siege, informed sources said last night. The handwritten list contains the names
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    • Article
      Lock icon LOVE LETTERS BUY
      266 6 Reuter London* Thursday Britain's Imperial War Museum yesterday paid K 4800 ($25,920) for a bundle of highly indiscreet love letters written to his mistress by a World War One British genet al while his soldiers were being slaughtered in thousands on the western front. "I love ta
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      Lock icon Import curbs: A US warning
      279 6 Reuter Washington, Thursday. The United States yesterday expressed deep regrets over Britain's decision to impose limited Import controls and warned that "protectionism Is a serious danger in a world economy weakened by recession." Mr. "Frederick Dent, President Ford's chief trade negotiator, said the US would
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      Lock icon Thai ties
      22 6 Reuter United Nations, Thursday Thailand and Algeria yesterday announced they had agreed to establish diplomatic relations and to exchange ambasiadors.
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      Lock icon Israel watches Arab arms build-up
      100 6 Reuter Jerusalem. Thursday —Saudi Arabia Is being quickly and heavily armed by the United States and will soon be one of the Arab countries confronting Israel, the p.rmed forces Chief of Staff, Lleutenant-General Mordechal Our said here yesterday. In p. speech to students at the
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      Lock icon Knocked off course by wind
      110 6 This Japan Airlines Boeing 74V Jet airliner was struck by a 60-knot gust of wlijd as it was taxiing down a runway prior to take-off from the airport at Anchorage, Alaska. Three passengers were injured and 108 evacuated from the Jet as It slid down
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    • Article
      Lock icon Red snow
      43 6 Reuter Nice, Thursday. Red snow fell over France yesterday. The weather bureau explained that red sand from the Sahara desert had blown across the Mediterranean with clouds moving northwards and had fallen when snowfalls began on mountains behind the French Riviera.
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      Lock icon Veteran actor held for cheating
      154 6 United Press International Washington, Thursday Veteran actor Bob Cummlngs, 65, was arrested on Tuesday in Seattle on charges of using an electronic gadget for making telephone calls iree of charge. He was booked under the name Charles C. Cummlngs Jr. for allegedly defrauding Pacific Northwest
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      Lock icon TODAY
      119 6 United Press International TODAY Is Thursday, Dec. 18, the 352 nd day of 1975 with 13 to follow. THE MOON Is full. THE MORNING STARS are Venus and Saturn. THE EVENING STARS are Mercury, Mars and Jupiter. Those born on this date are under the slprn of Sagittarius. ON
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      125 5 Starting tommorrow' our sale extends to Shaw Centre Branch The quality is regular, the price knocked-down. r f Take our oddments away at ridiculously low prices before stocks are exhausted. What is an ocd size to us could be the right size for you! 52 NORTH BRIDGE RD STORE 1
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  • Page 6 Miscellaneous
    • Miscellaneous
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      174 6 WORLD WEATHER New York Partly sunny, 3-3 C. Headline: Ford said to bar a combat role in Angolan war. Rio De Janeiro Cloudy, 27-18 C. Headline: Moore hints at previous assassination conspiracy. Tokyo Fine, 10-4 C. Headline: North-South dialogue gets off to a wary start. London Sunny, 5-2 C. Headline:
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  • PLEASURE
    • Article, Illustration
      Binty and Hugo: Doing what comes naturally
      385 7  -  By Jennifer Schoon The combination of unlikely talents is what makes the Hugo and Binty Ward act such a great success —unusual, imaginative and occasionally totally unbelievable. Hugo, an actor cum singer-comeuian has been through the whole gammut of television, theatre, nightclub and
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      French play gets a Chinese touch
      215 7 The Nanyang University Players is introducing an interesting innovation in its forthcoming production, Moliere's comedy, The Imaginary Invalid. This French play, which will be adapted to a Chinese setting in the early 20tli century, will be staged at DBS auditorium on Saturday and Sunday
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      SuZanna has music on her mind...
      265 7 "I've always wanted to be a star," confessed SuZanna Teo, winner of the recent Discovery Talentime. And so determined Is she \o fulfil this amb'ton that she persevered appearing at the heats, semi-finals and finals of the talentime though it fell during her A
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      56 7 ZDNUSSI Rf f RIGE RATORS FREU'ERS K sf m m m iA 20 Delicious Teppan-Vaki Steak is Prepared Cooked at Vbur Table at OKOH is 9 JapsnaM Ractaurant Supr»m« Houm, Tat: *****7. KMWk JapanaM Steak Houm Orchid Inn, Tal: *****2 CLUB ELITE (Lounge) where the Elites mart DOLLY SHU Entertaine
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      224 7 DON'T JUST DREAM OF A WHITE CHRISTMASCOME TO HOLIDAY INN! 0 0 0 0 0 IR(H6Pfc /Cs/w>p Delicious Christmas cakes and cookies on sale from Dec' 1 Place vourorders now 1 termor o\iasua,c Courier Let us do ihe bulk of your cooking. Order ham in breadcrust. fillet Wellington and all
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  • OPINION
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      $ and sense of car ownership
      368 8 and sense of car ownership Car firms which plunged into the doldrums earlier this year face an uneasy future. Sales have dropped by nearly half as compared to last year. Some Singaporeans have demonstrated their sensibility in rejecting the car which drains their hard earned money, pollutes the city and
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    • WHISPERS By ISPY
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        A Singaporean language
        87 8 Multl llngualism, still a far-off aspiration in our schoo.s, has already arrived in our. children's homes Judging from the linguistic dexterity of one of the girls at the Salvation Army Children's Home. When asked to announce to the other children that It was time to change for
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        The angry sailors
        43 8 The British Admiralty has angered sailors and other men by deciding to stop Issuing Wrens with sexy black suspenders and black, seamed nylon stockings The girls will get black seamless tights, but they can buy their own suspenders and stockings.
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    • Article
      Girls in army liberation
      133 8  -  VIVA SINGAPORE I reier to Mr. T.A. Mugan's suggestion (NN, Nov. 17) about sending unmarried young girls to serve In the national service. It Is a very sound lde". If girls elsewhere can do national service. I do not see why our girls cannot do it.
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    • Article
      Lock icon Diplomacy before profits
      304 8 World Comment Bangkok Post The action by merchants of Aranyaprathet In blocking a train load of salt being delivered to Cambodia on a government u> government contract Is deplored because it not only brought about a tension in the newly developed friendship with the new Khmer authorities
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      THE CONGRESS OF BIG BROTHERS
      520 8  -  THURSDAY WITH PAKIR SINGH PAKIR SINGH The 25th Communist Party Congress since the Bolshevik Revolution is scheduled to take place in Moscow in February. Although It Is unlikely to have any combustible Items on the agenda, there will be a major review of policies at
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      Exchange not buy
      97 8  -  ELIYATHAMBY PARANERUPA SINGHAN Hon. Secretary SNA. Singapore 2. I am grateful you published my letter under the Heading Currency Rumours Officer's Denial <NN, Dec. 3). I had definitely used the word "exchange" instead of "buy" in my conversation with your reporter Miss Nancy Koh. This conversation was
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      11 8 MAIL BAG WRIT! Tt TNI (BITM. MM NAHM IKKiN MS 15
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      54 8 4 A i 215 People s Pork Centre. New B4dge Rood. Singapore l Ashokas Garments LGO 2A Specialists' Centre Orchard Rood Singapore 9 Ranraans Blk 265 SAF Chang) Base Singapore 17 Mahabub Store 111 Queen s Way Shopp»ng Centre Alexandra Road Singapore 3 AG Uni Jeans 30 b Park Centre
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  • FEATURE
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      Need for more parks
      808 9 No playing fields for good exercise so youths turn to all forms of vice Making of the Modern Singaporean As early as 1949, when Singapore's population had yet to reach the one million mark, the people had begun to feel the need for more recreational facilities.
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  • Page 9 Advertisements
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      94 9 Relyon Round/Oval In 6e Lux* quality. V Relyon's perfection extends right through the Interior construction to the exterior finish That's why Relyon are acclaimed "the best beds in the world". You pay only a little more for life-long comfort, pleasure, quality and beauty. In the Relyon range, there are also
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  • Page 9 Miscellaneous
    • Miscellaneous
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      424 9 YOUR LUCKY STARS IF IT'S YOUR BIRTHDAY BORN today, you believe thoroughly In doing well whatever you undertake jo much so that If you feel you can't perform at peak level when faced with a given enterprise or endeavour, you would rather not become involved at all. You refuse to
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  • TREND
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      Lock icon HAREM TOUCH
      186 10 7 V DECOR IDEAS S Create a bedroom with a touch of the Arabian nights. Which what the owner of this bedroom has done. It's not only the Moorish styled arches of the doorway which suggests a Middle Eastern flavour. It is thi- furniture and the little touches.
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      Couples who play apart and stay together...
      969 10  -  Why one wife goes to concerts with a male friend B.L. KHOO In the old days, marriage was like a "horse and carriage" to misquote slightly a popular old song. The carriage was snackled to the horse and usually it was the husband
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      Lock icon TOGS FOR TOTS
      89 10 Mini skirts are for little girls. As you can see in this picture of two tots tripping, a little self-consciously down the catwalk In their festive party togs. Little girl dresses are no longer Mummy's clothes cut down to size. They are confections of cotton In bright
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    • Obituary
      Untitled
      46 11 MR. CHEN FAN MEI aged 75 years. (48-J, Block 103, Henderson Crescent), passed away peacefully on 18/12/75. LeavI Ing behind sons, daughters, daughters-in-law, son-in-law and grandchildren. Funeral j service at Holy Trinity Church Hamilton Road on Satur- day, 20/12/75 at 12 noon; thence to C.C.K. Cemetery.
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  • Page 10 Advertisements
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  • BEHIND THE NEWS
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      Lock icon N-power: China picks up rapidly
      574 11 Gemini News Service China, it has now been established, conducted its 17th nuclear test at the Lop Nor site in Sinkiang on October 27. It was only China's second underground test and comes moie than six years afte* the first on September 23, 1969. No
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      1015 11 3SUM r 2of A .WORD WANTED RESPECTABLE GIRLS to share flat In dlst. 3. Reasonable rent. Reply with telephone numbers to Post Box 3380 S pore 2 SEMI-DETACHED DOUBLE STOREY spilt level at Dragon Garden. Paslr Pelangl. Johore Bahru. J3OO p m And to call S'pore *****5 DIST. 16 SEMI-DETACHED
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      235 11 FAR EAST 3HOWNO CENTRE shops and offices for immediate rent. Tel: *****11 Mr. Chong for sale Limited offices are available at:KATONG SHOPPING CENTRE (Selling Price: $120 p.i».) STH FLOOR No 544 approx. 1485 sq. ft. No: 545 approx. 576 sq. ft. No 546 approx. 960 sq. ft. Further details, ring
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  • FINANCE
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      Lock icon 'Help the poor' call
      226 12 Pak bid to end starvation Reuter Paris, Thursday Pakistan's Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Aziz Ahmed yesterday called on industrialised countries immediately to abolish tariff barriers and step Up grants to the hardest-hit developing nations. At the International Conference on Energy and Raw Materials. Mr
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      People in business
      215 12 The Chase Manhattan Bank has announced five promotions and one appointment for the Singapore branch. Those promoted are MISS RAM SIOE NIO < second vice president, manager-commercial accounts), Messrs. YEO ENG CHEONG (assistant manager-commer-cial accounts); QUER SOO BENG (assistant manager commercial accounts); JAMES MOR (assistant operations) and
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    • Stock markets round the world
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        Lock icon NEW YORK
        396 12 United Press International Shopping over a broad range of stocks, investors brushed aside uncertainties to drive prices slightly higher in moderate trading yesterday on the New York Stock Exchange. Some analysts said were it not for tax-loss selling, a year-end rally would be underway strongly. Many were impressed
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        Dow Jones
        35 12 Dow Jones closing stock averages on the New York Stock Exchange yesterday: 30 industrials (up 1.97) 20 transport 1M 09 (up 0.57) 15 utilities 8133 (off 003) 65 stocks 357.05 (up 0 54).
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        Lock icon TOKYO
        229 12 DBS Daiwa Securities Int'l Ltd The market opened lower centring on stocks with poor earriiigs in continuation of Tuesdays bearish sentimen*. However, blue cnips such as Toyota Motor, NGK Insulators and Alps and Incentive -be eked issues like Fuji Heavy industries firmed. Later in the tession, EJdM riu*egawa Komuten.
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        SYDNEY
        234 12 dosing prices on the Sydney Stock Exchange at 11.30 a.m. (Australian time) today: Allstate OS 17 Beach 27 29 Bridge nil 10 Cleavland 22 23 Endeavour IS 16 Plind 20C Opt 03 04 Inter Min 00 07 Kambalda unquoted Kath Inv 140 nU Kiaora nil 25 Mid E Mins
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        PARIS
        76 12 Closing prices In francs on the Paris Bourse yesterday: Paribas 184 20 +120 Fonder 349 -♦•2 Prlntemps 63.50 unch. Bull 32 50 .30 Royal Dutch 171.20 +1 Michelln 1355 COE 306 +2 Thomson 247.50 +3.50 CPP 117 —1 Rhone 103 50 unch. Air 358 50 7.50 BSN 565 unch.
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        ZURICH
        76 12 Zurich Stock Exchange closing prices yesterday: UBS B. 3230 25 UBS R. 453 2 SBC 464 4 Credit Suisse 2700 10 Swissair B. 460 8 Swiss Reinsur. 1940 30 Wlnterthur B. 1810 Zurich Insur. 6350 60 Juvena B. 465 Nestle B. 3205 45 Interfood B. 2500 75 Ciba-Oeigy B.
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      Market report
      186 12 The first significant sain in prices filtered through to the Singapore stock market yesterday. Advances were fairly widespread with the banking and finance counters leading the way. The better market sentiments were believed to be sparked bv reports that the Republic's economy has picked up strongly in the
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  • Page 12 Miscellaneous
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      550 12 Thursday BK-4 i l k. NEW NATION u i J my i: ik Cut out and pin with other coupons Posting instructions op pet r below Name (Mr./Mrs./Miss) Address Tel: FILL IN MISSING LETTERS ACROSS USING CLUES BELOW Cut olong dotted lines CLUES FOR BK-4 1. An informal—•will toon put
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  • Christmas Special
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      THE SWEETEST STORY EVER TOLD...
      788 13 World's first candies were blended more than 3500 years ago With Christmas barely a week away, it would hardly be surprising if most homes have already started stocking up goodies to be distributed to friends, relatives and visiting carollers. It would also not be surprising
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      WHY NOT SAY IT WITH GOOD MUSIC?
      887 14 Few men hate music. Thus a record is a safe bet as a wlft. What really Is a problem Is choslng a record that will suit his tastes. Fortunately, there are singers and songs which are universal in appeal and bound to go
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    • Article, Illustration
      This new colour TV set uses less power
      203 15 FOR THE HOME Sharp will introduce in time for Christmas its latest range of 53 cm (20 in.) colour television models. The recommended consumer price for console models 20C-522 and 20C--524 is $1600, while the table model 20TC-520 will be priced at
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      Leather's still the look...
      391 15 FOR HER The word is out that small bags are back in vogue tiny pouches tied to the waist, a slip ol a pocKet barely big enough for a tissue and a few coins. But that Is in the United States. In Singapore. It is still
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      GOING DOTTY OVER COLOUR SETS
      657 16 Singaporeans have fallen in love with colour colour TV, that is. More than 20.000 of them have bought or rented colour TV sets. After the Initial rush, our island folk have acquired some degree of sophistication. A survey of colour TV retailers revealed that most
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    • Article, Illustration
      Lighting it up for him...
      43 16 Light up his Christmas with a lighter from Win's "Silent Light" Artisan. S. Collection. A battery electric lighter, its exquisite beauty and quiet dignity are crowned by a 'touchstone'. The round button is an exclusive Win design. I
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      THAT EXTRA TOUCH OF GLITTER...
      842 17 FOR HER Mention Jewellery to any woman and you can be sure her eyes will sparkle. Jewellery adds that extra touch of glitter which can transform an otherwise drab evening gown Into the eyecatcher of the ball. And no fashion-wise woman wants to be caught
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      Pendant in pewter
      84 17 For those who are fascinated by pendants, Selangor Pewter has come up with one beautifully designed in pewter, measuring 5 cms in diameter and sculptured from 97 per cent Straits refined tin. On one face of the medallion, cultural dances of multi-racial Singapore are depicted against a
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      Where you can find the answers
      370 17 How many stars does the American flag have? What caused World War Two? What is the function of the gall bladder? What causes an eclipse of the moon? There is not a parent who has not had similar questions from his children. There are
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      Sacrificing comfort for elegance...
      331 18 Just when we are enjoying the comfort of low chunky heels, fashion leaders are proclaiming the return of elegance to the feet. They seem to be winding back the time machine to the days of narrow toes and high slim heels which are better for balunclng
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      TOY WAY TO KEEP THE KIDS BUSY
      184 18 WEEBLE CARAVAN AND CAMPER. The Weebles can now drive off for a weekend, and when they arrive, open up their caravan, to reveal a complete holiday home with swimming pool and open-air barbecue. When the sides of the caravan are lowered the camper
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      IT'S JUST THE THING FOR THE FIGURE-CONSCIOUS
      725 19 FOR HIM A pocket calculator makes a good, thoughtful gift, especially if the man loves figures and has to dabble in them in the course of his work. But buying a pocket calculator is not an easy Job. If you have been in
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      PUT YOUR BEST FACE FORWARD
      585 20 FOR HER Let's face facts! Few women can look the world in the eye with the help of nothing more than a touch of make-up. Even the loveliest complexion and the prettiest made up face can be enhanced with the help of an accessory or
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      Electronic memo
      32 20 Miniature dictating and transcribing machine. Features include normal tape functions, a built-in mike, tape-end alarm, electrical automatic shut-off, lifetime rechargeable battery power, and a digital tape counter. List price: $390.
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      Dressing up in style for party of the year
      235 22 Cocktail dress in black, tunics, jumpsuits and capes are all 'IN' items FOR HEP This festive and very beautiful season, with all its partying, is the perfect setting for the array of evening dresses that have come on the scene from
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      355 22 United Press International Red-cheeked, portly Colonel Sanders has donned his Santa suit again to warm him as he stands guard over his Tokyo chicken shops, a sure sign the Christmas season is upon the Japanese. In the lobby of a downtown skyscraper stands
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      SEWING IT ALL UP WITH GREAT EASE...
      409 24 If you are thinking of a right gift for the price you can afford, why not a sewing machine? They come as easy do-it-yourself gadgets and are also useful for the home. The gentle art of sewing Is making a comeback and how
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      Yuletide gift idea
      6 24 Eotary watch $135
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      These are not just time pieces
      528 25 FOR HER If keeping time was the only reason to wear a watch, punctuality will fly out of the window. Of course, that is not to belittle the importance of precision in the delicate task of making a watch. There is- nothing more infuriating
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      Sound gift to please a homely ear
      54 25 FOR THE HOME Give your home a so un d-sational gift... a PhUips tune r/amplifier with cassette recorder and record player. It has an FM stereo decoder with auto matic mono/stereo switchover device and Indicator lamp and a switchable DNL (Dynamic Noise Limiter)
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      GETTING TOYS FOR THE TOTS IS A TOUGH JOB
      869 26 One would think there should be no problems c ho o sing presents for children, what with such a wide range of toys and games flooding the market. But don't you believe It! If you have ever walk- ed Into a
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      SANTA'S STILL A HIT WITH THE KIDS
      439 27 It is amazing how even in the 20th Century, when men are landing on the moon, that children still believe in SanClaus. His huge not-belly and frightening ho ho ho must scare the little ones out of their wits Yet mothers never fail
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      THE CASSETTE WAY TO COMMUNICATE IDEAS
      706 28 The musicassettes familiar to everyone today were only invented a few years back. In fact, until the lbsos f magnetic sound recording tape —and it was all reel to reel was ior professional use only. It was in 1957 that the first tape recording
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      Portable gift for the man on the move
      53 28 Bang and Olufsen's portable radio receiver. Easy to operate, handy and compact, and with a sturdy carrying handle. The coloured side panels are interchangeable. Wide frequency range, low distortion and with an effective 13 cm x 17J cm loudspeaker. Available in black,
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      Now you can have extra sleep
      136 29 FOR HER How often have you wished that you could get a few extra minutes sleep when that confounded alarm clock wakes you up in the morning? Well, here's some good news for you. A deluxe digital clock with four-band radio from Sanyo will
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      Give her an eyeful
      38 29 FOR HER Time was when only mousy-looking bookworms wore (or were seen to wear) spectacles—and thick heavy ones at that. Not anymore. And Rodenstock of West Germany show the way with The Young Look.
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      GIMMICKS GALORE IN EVERY STORE
      463 30 Shopping centres here are experiencing booming sales with the onset of the festive season. Several chopping complexes. supermarket* and emporiums are offering bargain sales and coming rut with new gimmicks to attract the festive choppers. They have also stocked a few million dollars wrrth of
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      Big and bold...
      44 30 Big and bold are these costume Jewellery from Italy and USA. Between $5.50 and $12. Leather Jewellery are the rage, and the matching pair 01 choker and gracelet on the right are Italian; $20 and $14.50 respectively. From all Metro stores.
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      FOR A TOUCH OF THE UNUSUAL...
      238 31  -  FOR HIM By Bharathi Mohan Buying gifts? Yaohan has a number of exquisite gifts for the person you care. A novelty smoking set complete with a cigar ette lighter, cigarette holder and ash tray is an (ideal gift), even if he does not smoke.
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      Card-buyers not put off by prices
      376 31  -  By Bharathi Mohan Christmas and New Year cards in varied designs and colours are flooding the shops. And shoppers will find them more expensive this year. Like almost everything else, greeting cards have been hit by inflation. Prices of almost every type of card
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      Lock icon ARAB CRAFTSMEN MAKE YULETIDE SOUVENIRS
      418 32 Associated Press Arab craftsmen in the town where Christ was born are bending over their knives and grinders to produce souvenirs for Christmas pilgrims to the holy land. Bethlehem Is the centre of the littleknown art of mother-of-pearl caning. Bethlehem artisans work the glistening lining
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      Shelves
      55 32 FOR THE HOME Raum Technik System has introduced a new look for display shelves. It does away with metal bars and frames and uses instead simple forhis of glass that make for functional beauty. The panel joints come in plastic and chrome. The former cost $1.80 per piece, and
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      122 13 V x I Jl Now when you buy TELEFUNKEN Colour TV you get one of these fabulous giftsabsolutely FREE! Choose either this attractive ROXY'Trolley Tray. lOr this versatile SHARP EL-8005S Calculator. Offer valid for Singapore only-whilst, stocks last F'o Optional Remote Control Recommended Price '$65.00 I' K i B n
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      41 14 SOON THYE CHEANG ig PTE LTD. •A SPECIALISE IN CHINESE KIANQSI PORCELAIN WARES HEAD OfFICE BRANCH VICTORIA CHICKEN RICE 551.30 pe 0 DELICIOUS SPECIAL SOUP IN POT rVICTORIA RESTAURANT (Alrcondltloned) VICTORIA HOTEL (PTE) LTD 87. VICTORIA STREET, BINQAPORE. 7. TEL 30W7
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      178 14 FREE-ARM fe That's HUSQVARNA Sweden The Husqvarna Compact sews modern practical stitches at the twist of a dial Extra features of the Husqvarna Compact: Automatic Buttonhole Never needs oiling 100% jam-proof rotary hook. Greater penetrating power of the Machine weight (14 lbs. )6.4 kg. HUSQVARNA makers of the world's leading
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      53 15 TOv 1 C 7 i i i a Rodenstoch Young Look V.ffllliJi'tllilii frSs' for those who cherish thistimeofthe year for goodwill and happiness. A Season's Greeting enhanced by a pair of Rodenstock 'Young Look' glasses. KWANG PaOPTjCAL PTE LTD Room 310/311 Central Building. 3rd Floor, No. 1/2 Magazine Road, Singapore
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      113 18 JUST COME TO Wi r a MUN SUN CO. Artificial Flowers and Gift Shop Healers in Artificial Rowers Xmat Decorations Plastic Knockdown Christmas Trees Novelties Bar Sets Accessories Toys plus other special memorial items Windee Stickers The latest 'Self-Stick-On' Window Decorations A beautiful idea for Christmas 2 4Sf\ Q9SS. ws
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      55 19 BEAUTIFY YOURSELF THIS CHRISTMAS AT MARCARETTAS OF BEAUTY SHOP ens® w SPECIALISTS FOR Shampoo Set Hair Cutting Trim Manicure Pedicure Permanent Wave Waxing Up, Brow, Legs, Etc. Cleanse make-up A Comb-up Wigs of all descriptions Semi-Colour Tinting Bleach Toner Frosting Facial Massage Opening Hours: Daily 8.00 a.m. 8.00 p.m. (including
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      142 19 •xxvrv especially this Christmas ,1 «t w I ft 3 > I Baby Requisites from Italy A NEW METHOD OF BREAST-FEEDING Introducing a new way of preserving mother's milk specially for the career woman. Milk is withdrawn from the Mother's breasts into the BottleSyringe, stored hygenically till the next feeding—by
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      131 20 NEW ARRIVALS r. a 5 MmM NEW i CLARION Auto-Reverse you can listen forever and ever Auto-Reverse stereo cassette player, wvith or without radio, for car. Model PEBO9A Auto-Reverse stereo cassette player with AM Radio Model: PE6SIA ITYE ELECTRONICS CO V2Ol. Cantonment Rd. S'pore., Tel: ***** ***** 'fa We now
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      85 20 West fun with Daisy toy guns. Since 1886 Daisy has been famous for quality toy guns and sports training toys No 660 Trail Rider i r Mo 94 Buffalo Scout Carbine f J No 940 Super-Play Zoom scope -Rifle Many other models available Authentic Western levercocking action Shoots no play
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      430 21 2/4 CHANNEL STEREO SYSTEMS DXT 5402N 4-channel Music System W< SW FM stereo recede' Automatic pnonograpn cassette tC circuitry with selection of 2-channei 4-cnannei matrix or discrete PORTABLE CASSETTE RECORDERS c£o/23< I;' T> r PORTABLE STEREO SYSTEMS, £0/22 4 Portable Sound Studio 2-amplifier and2-speaker system Ample nuke-mixing facilities Separate controls
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      110 22 APPROACHING THE ULTIMATE... m I'M The 4401 PREAMPLIFIER features 2/4 channel possibilities; a new concept in phono circuit design for the lowest possible noise. The 1801 POWER AMPLIFIER offers extreme reserves of power for reproduction at true concert hall volume in virtually any listening environment. ATI AC CHI IKin rn
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      112 22 THE LATEST and FASTEST ZOOM LENS, ever created by KOIRURANON is NOW the'most POPULAR among, Photographers m >» Komuranon Zoom Lens The Komuranon 200 m lens 821 adoptsmulticoating and a black body llnifth.it is a zoom lens tor serious photographers who want to produce prize winning works or commercial material
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      367 23 Spend 4 Shangri-La days with us, feasting and revelling! Beginning Dec. 24th... Christmas Eve Gala dinner menus await you at the Golden Peacock, the Tiara and the Coffee Garden. From 8 pm to 3 am Lost Horizon comes alive with non stop dance music. Join in the fun, it's a
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      163 24 f m Hwr' V... f J w .7* r WW m V i V fx- ESTEE LAUDER'S alliage ISTHE GIFT OF GIVING FOR CHRISTMAS YOUNG, BOUNDLESS, FULL OF LIFE Shown here, a choice from our rich collection: allege country Christmas COLLECTION A trio for your bath to keep you in
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      26 25 Our era I Imanship Makes the difference! 4P v &MdeSitiu(PU)£td Gl3, Tannin Shopping Centre Tanglin Rd, S'pore 10. Te1:*****8 ASSOC. Co. 1/3, Central Building, Hong Kong
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      142 25 ds Beautiful as J?.# "\vondi©us creations from fashion houses l ot Marwlla, L« Jjquadra^Ciino Pouri, Isabella 'Andre, Francois 4 Viva fclessa, Olivier De Verlun, Ciianantonio, fcm|nuel lyngaTo, Mysa, Clubmen "Jrtr Ulsl KM) llf L N lit tl'll h *1W m swank 9 J a WE SPECIALISED IN WHOLESALE RETAIL OF
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      265 26 AU-. I This Christmas give her some help round the house. Sharing and caring show it by giving a gift of help. From this fine selection available at Metro. A. 'SKYLINE' KITCHEN TOOL SET: Gift boxed. complete with hanging rack. Contains a ladle, prong fork, skimmer, mixing spoon and slotted
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      67 27 BE/T/EUinGHonK EmanrnnmEm/v/ron OOfIIPIEIELV VEB/HfllE MODEL LST/CA/2B MW/FM/FM-MPX Stereo Radio Cassette And Powerful High Wattage Amplifier. MODEL LST/CA/4B MW/SWI/SW2/FM/FM-MPX Stereo Radio Cassette And Powerful High Wattage Amplifier. MODEL LST/CA/F MW/FM/FM-MPX Stereo Radio Cassette And Powerful High Wattage Amplifier. Also available Cassette Deck, Radio/Cassette Recorder, Mini Recorder.Obtainable From Leading Radio Dealers. Btrf
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      58 27 t-o* sfj\ s F HEAD OFFICE 13 NORTH CANAI ROAD SINGAPORE I Tit 9 BRANCH 27 TAi THONG CRESCENT SINGAPORE /3 TK *****5 Advertisement Permit No 10?J A 255 V I FLYING COLORS Tough, sturdy die-cast metal cars. Featuring 'mag 1 wheels, pipes, custom engines, power bulges, red stripe slicks.
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      136 28 Sih* his wide range of cameras, radios, films, electronic calculators, matches, pens and accessories. All quality items Competitively priced and fullv guaranteed. Albert Photo Service offers vou speeds well developed films and photos in hours. Colour photo finishing within 24 hours; passport photos in 1 minute —J Albert Photo Pte.
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      175 28 an We want you to relax with soft piped music While you have yout own hairstyling with a Manicure and Facial Maitage m air conditioned comfort Let the hanas ot VIDAL SASSOON trained stylist Doris Chon ana her 12 Charming and specially trained girls groom you to distinction In privacy
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      75 29 THE /MILAN GIRL... COOL, CHIC CONFIDENT You can recognise her anywhere with her distinctive Milan handbag. Exclusively styled. Top quality. Trend-setter. For this festive season, Milan A present I their latest models with a wide choice of trendy styling and rich J colours. At reduced [Wices. Jt J| f si
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      143 30 they cqN Lonco the rkh watch ran Lanco comes from Switzerland the country that makes the best watches In the world. It's built to high Swiss standards of precision. And It's backed by an international guarantee valid in over 100 countries. □of OCCQC nci JOJID The rich watch in •wythjpg
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      105 30 Christmas at the Beefeater OPEN 11 30 A.M. 12 P.M. 417 RIVER VAUEY ROAD SINGAPORE 10 RING *****5 FOR RESERVATIONS CorMO'^ rn SSS%!SRSS» SET?"-" tXHMW" Obie' SowC Ch^'°' So*o onr 1aoo»' P0,01,c> *L "SU-"- 1 9 ft, I Co*" 1% Whfn »r> Hong*onq Vr»«» »K# Bottmen- Ming 23 NotKon Rood
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      75 31 The leading Colour TV and Audio manufacturers are here at last with their range of world famous top quality, wonderfully designed products. All manufactured in Sweden. Featuring: Superb Real Colour TV 18" 26" with or without remote control. Video Cassette Recorders. Complete Hi Fi Stereo Systems. SEE THEM AT: Herald
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      194 32 YUETENC WIDK *AM€l Of CAMERAS, FILMS. DARKROOM EQUIPMENTS AND ACCESSORMS SPECIALISED IN COLOUR, BLACK I WHITE PHOTO DEVELOPING AND PRINTING COLOUR 3f 0 G-44 (GROUND FLOOR) PEOPLE'S PARK CENTRE Upper Cross Street. Singmpore. I. TfcL: 969 21 ryflCv: ORIENTAL emporium 30-1. Rattles Place A 11 m' 'at the tl Emporiums
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      Mabrouk shows top form
      354 33 ON THE TRACK u/ith Blue Peter Penang, Thursday Mabrouk, the Drobable favourite in the Pesta Pul a u Pinang Cup on Saturday, did a stylish workout here this morning. The foilV-year-old by Skymaster was kept on the bit over 600 m in 40.4 sec. The going
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      Humble Beginning has a fine record
      559 33 Ipoh trainer Eddie van Breukelen has a smart n3wcomer in HUMBLE BEGINNER, late Laylock, a five-year-old grey Irish horse by Fortino II (sire of West Lake) out of Lilgrade. A-s a two year-old ho raced 13 times and won four races and was on
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      Lock icon Tussle for the ball
      50 33 Cclin Todd of Derby County (left) slides down in his attempt to clear the ball as he Is brine tackled by Mick Leach of Queen's Pirk Ranters (striped jersey) in the English First Division soccer match. The match ended in a 1-1 draw UPI radio picture
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      US lead
      28 33 Tokyo, Thursday. A powerful US golf team took a 6-2 lead over Japan in the opening round of the first US-Japan Collegiate golf match here yesterday.
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      Ali beats Ashe as the No. 1
      269 33 London, Thursday Muhammad Ali, world heavyweight boxing champion, and Annemarie Proell-Moser, No. 1 woman skier, have been chosen by Associated Press sports writers in Europe as the world's outstanding sports personalities of 19T5. It was a year in which few great new personalities
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      178 33 Reuter Glasgow, Thursday A goal scored by substitute Crisan 15 minutes from the end gave Rumania a draw in the final match of Oroup Four of the European soccer championship played here last night. Crisan scored in a breakaway attack 10 minutes after coming on In place
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      Lock icon A joyous return for 2-gold Swee Leel
      86 34 Happiness is a home-coming with two gold medals to show for your achievements abroad. It's our Golden Girl Cfcee Swee Lee with her coach Pat Zehnder at Paya Lebar Airport last night. Swee Lee swept aside the powerful Burmese track challenge to score
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      Tougher in 1977 Games—officials
      669 34  - Tougher in 1977 Games —officials By JEFFREY LOW, B. MILLER The inclusion of Indonesia and the Philippines for the 1977 Seap Games will certainly pose a big threat to Singapore's hopes of another good haul of gold medals. This was the consensus of opinion of officials who came "heme with
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      Lock icon Team spirit brought five golds
      655 35  -  BOWLING by Jeffrey Low Our Seap Games bowlers returned home yesterday to face only a small group of well-wish-ers but several bouquets of orchids were presented to them for their fivegold performance in Bangkok. For a sport that is viewed with little signiiicince in Singapore,
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      Lock icon 'Safety gear to protect batsmen'
      152 35 Reuter Perth, Thursday—Australian wlcketkeeper Rod Marsh yesterday called for the Introduction of safety headgear to protect batsmen In the after math of "frightening" fast bowling In the second Test against the West Indies here. Marsh, writing In the Perth Dally News, warned that bowlers of
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      Operation
      26 35 London, Thursday Asif Iqbal, the Pakistan Test cricketer, went into hospital at Orpington near here yesterday for an operation to relieve him of sinus trouble.
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      Lock icon Montreal: Drug tests may be compulsory
      209 35 Reuter Lausanne, Thursday. —Athletes at the 1976 Olympic Games may be forced to take rnabolic steroid tests some time beiore actual competition in a bid to stamp out their use, the International Olympic Committee disclosed here yesterday. Anabolic steroids, the outlawed muscle-build-in* drug which
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      75 33 BORN LOSER by Art Sansom ST/ ASOOT axipmoNOF I BRUTU6 P. '"MDfWPLE. Y* 4Xi WMBW IWIUHE M.LOW6D IDfcO HOME? C ifTS *«U NutNiO* ...BUT UO6OCV UOOULO TBU/MgAm*slMlfe AfiDWOP HERE! 5?/ 3 i 1 SHORT RIBS by Frank O'Neal WANTEP WANTED vented m wanted K m i%C ±4 THE CACTUS WO
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      284 34 NEW NATION CROSSWORD 5 Type of type 6 German con junction 7 Gods: Lat. 8 Mystic 9 Having length and width 10 Shake or stand 11 Heb. month 12 Besides 14 Overworks 21 Kind of spring 23 Bear: Sp. 25 Coveted cup 26 Go like clockwork 27 Songstress Bryant 28
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      353 34 AT THE CINEMA THE DAY OF THE JACKAL: The Frederick Forsyth bestseller about the attempted assassination of President De Gaulle of France In 1963 by a lone ki'ler hired by the French Secret Army Organisation; starring Edward Fox, directed by Fred Zinjaemann from a screenplay bv Kenneth Ross. Rex, Globe:
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      54 35 fcOl Roll In X'mas Day and the New Year Many attractive prizes to be won Date X'mas Eve 24th Dec. New Year's Eve 31st Dec. Time: 7.00 p.m. to 3.00 a.m. Fees 5515.00 per hour BOOKINGS NOW OPEN I i r M'l 'j^.N JHJf7tJf/£7 /7J////V 1, Yuan Ching Road, Jurong
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    357 36  -  r~ The last word Dick West Washington, Thursday—lf you have noticed a flurry of activity on Capitol Hill, you might be wondering what is causing all the commotion. I'll tell you what's causing it. Congressional Christmas shopping. I overheard the leadership talking about this in a
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    20 36 MEI LIN: Are you a rose-sniffer or a soup-maker? AH FOOK: I'm neither. I'm middleclass. Shall we pray?
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      96 36 You con always get the best value for all top broads.. digital alarm .clocks calculators A r ife-.V ft Thakral emporium G 6 H.gh Street P a:a H.qh Street Singapore 6 Tel *****6 *****9 IMPORTERS EXPORTERS WHOLESALERS ol Electronic Calculators Radios Tape Recorders Cassette Car Stereo Digital Alarm Clocks Binoculars
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      894 36 AND RADIO SINGAPORE 5 3.00 OPENING ANNOUNCEMENTS followed by HOUSEWIVES' MATINEE: The Window (r) Part 1 of a Mandarin film 3.35 LOVE IS A MANY SPLENDOURED THING 4.35 INTERMISSION 5.55 OPENING ANNOUNCEMENTS followed by JIM THOMAS OUTDOORS 6.25 COSUMERS' GUIDE (E/M) 6.30 NEWS IN BRIEF 6.35 MANIS MANJA (M) (r>:
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      43 36 Show of the day... THE BOCKFORD FILES: Exit Prentiss Carr (10 p.m. over Channel 5 in colour). In this episode, Rockford (James Garner), doing a favour for a longtime friend, checks on a missing husband and finds him dead under mysterious circumstan ces.
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