New Nation, 25 February 1976

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  • 20 1 New Nation SINGAPORE Wednesday February 25, 1976 No 1572 Price 20 cents M C. (P) 428/76 WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 25. 1976
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  • 1092 1  -  The Summit by our men in Bali H.L. Lim,Sunny Wee ASEAN Is now on the road from Ball. The route goes Yla Kuala Lumpur where, In 12 days' time, the Association of Southeast Asian Nations will have to pass Its first test in
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  • 110 1 Moscow, Wednesday Soviet Communist Party leader Leonid Brezhnev yesterday strongly reaffirmed the party line on Ideology and cultural affairs, and proudly declared: "We know in what direction we are going." Rejecting western criticism of the Soviet record on human rights and democracy. Mr. Brezhnev. in a
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  • 199 1  -  By Douglas Chan Customs officers are investigating an alleged evasion of over $1 million In duty on several hundred imported air-conditioners. Investigation! started early last month. A number of executives of an lmport-and-dls-trlbution firm have been interviewed. Under the Customs Act, the firm. If guilty,
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  • 90 1 This Is Corporal Tan LI Eng. a member of the Singapore Armed Forces pettlcat Military Police. And as you can see, she Is all ready for action with a pistol strapped to her side. Her joi) like about 200 of her colleagues ranges from
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  • 271 2 Bourne School In Preston Road formerly run by the British Forces, has been taken over by the Ministry of Education for use as a primary school next month. A survey la being conducted to find out whether students living In Queenstown. Jalan Bukit
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  • 403 2  -  Lower qualifications for trainees, suggests Dr Tan By Teresa Ooi The Senior Minister of State for National Development and Chairman of the Singapore Sports Council, Dr. Tan Eng Liang, this morning suggested that the Institute of Education should lower its entry qualifications for trainee
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  • 211 2 The President of the Singapore Chinese Middle School Teachers' Union, Mr. Ho Kah Leong, has assured teachers that they will not be penalised if th e y, write In to the Teachers Rostrum, giving their frank opinions about Singapore's educational policy. Even their names will be kept
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  • 158 2  -  By Wang Look Fung The wearing of the "copper bracelet"— now increa singly popular among Singapore sportsmen appeared to have some therapeutic value In arthritic and rheumatoid conditions. This was disclosed by Dr. W.R. Walker of Australia in the third Congress of the South-east
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  • 196 2 A national survey of all registered nurses and midwives will be conducted next month to obtain information for future planning of nursing manpower, hospitals and outpatient clinics in Singapore. According to a Ministry of Health statement, the objectives of the survey are to
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  • 199 2 -a STOCK I MARKET Share prices opened steady on the Stock Exchange of Singapore In the first 45 minutes of trading this morning The initial higher prices attracted profit-takers But at press time, prices were generally higher than overnight closing levels The opening steadiness
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  • 43 2 The Cairnhill community centre will hold a beginners class in copper tooling every Saturday from 3 p.m. to 6 p.m beginning March 6 The fee for the four month course Is $20 and applications close on Saturday For details, ring *****7.
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    • 631 2 1 AT THE CINEMA THE FUNNY BOYS ON CHALLENGE: The not so -funny Funny Boys Les Chariots get involved In politics and elections In an unheard of French village. Directed by Philippe Clair. Orchard: 1 JO, 4, 6.30 and 9.15. CARRY ON GIRLS: The 25th In the Carry On series.
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  • 10 2 Police reported 59 accidents. Three were serious and one fatal.
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  • 414 3  -  —says AA By Rav K. Dhaliwal Singapore's latest Increases in car taxes —estimated to add about $100 million to Government revenue have attracted worldwide attention, accorc"i»ig to the Automobile Association. Articles on these "phenomenal" Increases, which make the Republic'* road tax the highest in
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  • 41 3 Dr. Ton Chin Chye, the Minister for Health, will be the guest of honour at the third annual dinner and second oration to be held by the Obstetrical and Gynaecological Bociety on Saturday at 7.00 p,.m. at the Singapore Hilton.
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  • 227 3 An Automobile Association survey conducted last October has shown that 96 per cent of those interviewed indicated that they would continue to drive even If the road tax were to increase and the price of petfol were to go up to $5 a gallon. Onlv four
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  • 27 3 The Old Victorian Association will hold a get-together tea party for former students of Victoria School In the school hall on Sunday at 2 p.m.
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  • 522 3  -  By Wang Look Fung The Housing and Development Board has decided to standardise the rents at the former ANZUK flats, semi-detached houses and bungalows at M e d w a y Park, Gloucester Park and Wessex Estate. This decision was taken because of
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  • 89 3 AP Kuala Lumpur, Wednesday—ASEAN Officials began a two-day meeting yesterday to discuss the proposed survey on the end uses of timber from member countries. Following the meeting, officials said, they would meet consultants from New Zealand, which had agreed in principle to finance the project, expected
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  • 128 3  -  It's Appaboo's job By Peter Ong His work definitely stinks! But his employers are pleased to have him around. in a stuffy room at the basement of Mandarin Hotel, lie roes through the garbage, salvaging all the useful articles that have been thrown away inadvertently. And
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  • 20 3 The Tampines Estate Postal Agency at 43 Block 10. Tam pines Close, will open for business from Monday.
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  • 50 3 Telematch-style games will be featured in an inter-community sports festival organised by the Princess Elizabeth Estate community centre. The second preliminary round will be held at the Princess Elizabeth Estate community centre on March 7 from 2 p.m. to 6 p.m. The first round was held on Sunday.
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  • 702 4  -  ...and a new era begins for ASEAN The Summit H. L. Lim, Sunny Wee Kuta Beach (Bali). Wednesday Six minutes was all it took for the five heads of government to sign in a new era for the eUht-year-old Association of South-Eait Asian Nations. In a simple
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  • 596 4 Hartono Dharsono, s i d eburns slightly white, looks more like a middle-aged but still trim and attractive film star than ASEAN's No. 1 supranational civil servant. Typically of thl* diplomat, general and former guerilla, he was quick to correct us: "No, not the
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  • 195 5 Reuter Canberra, Wednesday. Australians should hold their heads in thame over their attitude towards East Timor, a Labour senator said yesterday. Senator Cyril Primmer also defended his description last week of the Indonesian government as "neo fascist,' and said that was exactly what
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  • 268 5 Cut in benefits under new law Reuter New Delhi, Wednesday The Indian Government yesterday published new family planning laws which will withhold public loans, jobs, housing and otter benefits from couples with more than two children. In a new drive to curb India's population
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  • 115 5 Reuter Nairobi, Wednesday President Idl Amin of Uganda last night assured Kenya that he did not want to take an inch of Its territory or of that of the Budan. In a message to President Jomo Kenyatta, delivered earlier and broadcast on
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  • 256 5 But no agreement Reuter Beirut, Wednesday Lebanon's major newspaper An-Nahar vesterday predicted that a new cabinet of "national balance" was likely to be proclaimed within the next two days. Lebanese Premier Rashid Karami said, however, the country's present six-man cabinet would continue to hold office until
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  • 23 5 UPI Santiago, Wednesday Five people were killed yesterday during a gunfight between leftwing terrorists and security forces, the government reported. UPI.
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  • 138 5 Reuter Dacca, Wednesday Bangladesh remains Arm on Its demand that India should stop drawing water from the Ganges at the river's controversial Farakka Barrage before talks on sharing the waters can resume, the official news agency BSS said here. The agency quoted a government spokesman on Monday
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  • 246 5 Reuter New Delhi, Wednesday Prime Minister Indira Gandhi ind i c a ted yesterday that there were no immediate prospects of ending India's emergency or releasing political detainees. Mrs. Gandhi who is touring Aurangabad in west India told a rally that the government
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  • 351 6 'We're ready to join others in guaranteeing frontiers' Moscow, Wednesday Communist Party leader Leonid Brezhnev yesterday said the Soviet Union was ready to join the United States, Britain, France and other countries in guaranteeing international frontiers in the Middle East. In a keynote policy
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  • 281 6 VISIT US IN THE UNITED STATES, HE TELLS CROWD Reuter Peking. Wednesday Former President Richard Nixon mingled with Chinese crowds yesterday. chatting. shaking hands and patting babies' cheeks like a political campaigner. In what appeared to be a spontaneous gesture. Mr. Nixon walked off
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  • 240 6 Reuter Teheran. Wednesday.— Egyptian President Anwar Sadat waa yesterday quoted as saying that war would break oat again If a re-convened Geneva Conference on the Middle East ended In failure. "It a re convened Geneva Conference on the Middle Bast ends in failure there will be
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  • 234 6 UPI London, Wednesday Somebody poured blue dye over the Tate Gallery's Infamous bricks on Monday. Bystanders applauded. The 120 pale yellow bricks, assembled Into a plain rectangle two bricks thick by American sculptor Carl Andre, have been the centre of the biggest British art controversy
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  • 230 6 Reuter Moscow, Wednesday Soviet Communist Party leader Leonid Brezhnev yesterday branded as "groundless and unlawful" Japanese claims to four Soviet- held islands in the Far East. Mr. Brezhnev, who was speaking on the first day of the 25th Soviet Party Congress, was referring to the
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  • 62 6 Reuter Rome, Wednesday The widows of seven Italian air force pilots who died flying Ameri-can-designed Lockheed F-104 Starflghter Jets are suing the Lockheed Aircraft Corporation for damages of several million dollars, their lawyer said here yesterday. Mr. Melvln Belli said a suit had been filed with a
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  • 117 6 UPI TODAY is Wednesday, Feb. 25, the sflth day of 1976 with 310 to follow. THE MOON Is between its last quarter and the new phase. THE MORNING STARS are Mercury and Venus. THE EVENING STARS are Mars, Jupiter and Saturn. Those born on this day are under the
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  • 58 6 AP Paris, Wednesday Jean Ooineau of Angers, France, claimed a record for kite flying on Monday. He said he had put 358 kites aloft on a single line going up to 300 meters Ooineau said the old record set by a Japanese a few months ago was
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    • 198 6 WORLD WEATHER' New York 6-SC. Headline: US Join* In pact on atomic curbs with six countries. San Francisco—Cloudy, 17-7 C. Headline: Call for FBI controls. Rio De Janeiro—Rain, 34-23 C. Nixon and Mao meet. Moscow— Pair, minus 3-mlnus 16C. Headline: "Under the great banner of Marxism Leninism." Rome Cloudy, 162C.
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  • 378 7 'US dedicated to collective security' UPI San Jose, Wednesday US Secretary of State Henry Kissinger yesterday reaffirmed Washington's support for an economic and political "agenda for action" and warned Cuba against future foreign military adventures. Shortly before his departure lor Guatemala and Washington. Dr.
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  • 124 7 Reuter Addis Ababa. Wednesday—Foreign Ministers of the Organisation of African Unity <OAU), meeting in half-yearly session here, yesterday faced a potential row following an outspoken attack on Zaire by the newly-admitted delegation of the Angolan People's Republic. Mr. Jose Edouardo Dos Santos, heading the
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  • 289 7 Reuter Jerusalem, Wednesday UN special envoy Roberto Guyer arrived In Israel last night to study tfce possibilities of reconvening thp Geneva Middle Kast peace conference. He told reporters he would hold talks with Foreign Minister Yigal Allon and Defence Minister Shimon Peres during his
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  • 183 7 Reuter Hong Kong, Wednesday A local television station executive was yesterday sentenced to three years Imprison ment after he pleaded guilty to 49 of 53 charges brought against him by the colony's antl corruption officials. :.ir. Stepenh Lee ShuetLo, 37, an assistant to the managing director
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  • 18 7 UPI Athens, Wednesday.— Two Greek Air Force Jets crashed in separate accidents yesterday, killing both pilots.—UPl.
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  • 219 7 Reuter Saigon. Wednesday All South Vietnamese candidates for the coming national elections In Vietnam will support Socialism and the reunification of the country, it was announced yesterday. An election law published here said local revolutionary organisations would propose as candidates "p e rs on s having
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  • 170 7 AP Washington,- Wednesday Joseph J. Slsco (above) number three In the US State Department hierarchy, has quit to become President of American University. President Ford, accepting the resignation yesterday, lauded the 55-year-old Mr. Slsco for his help in formulating U8 policy in the
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  • 29 7 Reuter Washington, Wednesday —At least 60 racehorses died in a Are which destroyed a large stable at Cahokia downs racetrack, in East St. Louis, Illinois, early yesterday.—Reuter.
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  • 365 8 Labour movements, in their commitment to Improve the lot of workers possess a moral legitimacy that often persuades them to accept militancy as an inherent right. Brazen behaviour sometimes does work with recalcitrant managements. But it is also true that unionists can Just as effectively
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  • WHISPERS By ISPY
    • 67 8 Here's one from a reader. Couples getting married at the Registry of Marriages are entertained with recorded music. On one occasion, the music started off with romantic numbers. The Wedding March came on as the couple entered the room to seal their fate. After the
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    • 43 8 Here's one on us. Reader TBT apparently with a hawk's eye, wrote: "Every country has one president. But according to Whispers. Toa Payoh residents are all presidents!" Thanks. TBT, for pointing out the typegraphical (oops 1 typographical) error.
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    • 43 8 Chin Peng, the chief of the Communist Party of Malaya, has two sons working In Kuala Lumpur. One Is a lawyer, the other an accountant. Ooes to show what a (ln)famous father can do to help one's career.
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  • 650 8  -  WEDNESDAY WITH DICK WILSON DICK WILSON The fight for unity among the Third World in its struggle for a new international economic order is a heroic one. There were cultural and political gaps to be overcome, and It always was something of a miracle
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  • 73 8  -  ALEX LIM I refer to the letter Irregular Services (NN, 6.2.70). An investigation into the erratic frequency of Services 32 and 41 showed that from Feb. 1 to 7, Service 41 was operating close to schedule. Service 32, which used to operate a loop service, was sometimes
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  • 71 8  -  DIRTY PAN Singapore 11. For the past few months, the vicinity of Sanny Park at Whitley Road has been subjected to dust pollution from road construction works at Merryn Road and Mount Pleasant Road. The levelling and foundation works of Merryn Road has been completed but the surfacing
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  • 36 8  -  JAMES TSENG I refer to your article They're SUII On Holiday (NN. 6.1.76). There had been In fact a temporary time-table and work schedule In operation since the first day of school. 1.e.. January 2.
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  • 355 8  -  KENNETH I. ALLISON I read with great Interest your articles regarding the rehabilitation of heart attack victims (NN 15/16 9.75) and would like to compliment your paper for drawing this to the attention of your readers. My Interest stems from the
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  • 285 8 LONDON TIMES Regardless of failures in the Soviet system and widening fissures In the world communist movement, the Soviet Union has recently demonstrated that It can send armed forces to another continent and win a victory while the US does nothing. The fact that
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  • 212 8 DAILYTELEGRAPH A certain euphoria about the probable course of events in Portugal has been evident ever since the notorious Brig. Otelo Saralva De Carvalho was arrested last month. Yet no one could read, without feeling certain misgivings, of the prompt and
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  • 529 9  -  The last word by JJ At 1< An n.ow made the supreme sacrifice of giving up his squatar*d scoff TeoChew M u a y Ip Swatow to sail to Singapore. Even before he arrived, he had already learnt to paddle his own boat. ("The damned ship
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  • 818 9 The campaigning for the Thai general elections on April 4 has not officially started, but the recent changes in the leadership of the Social Justice Party have fuelled speculation that former military strongman Mr. Dawee Chullasapya may emerge as Thailand's new leader. Mr. Dawee, who
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  • 61 9 This was the scene in Bangkok in 1975 when leftwing students took to the streets to demonstrate against the Thai government and the American military presence in Thailand. The Thai government faces nGt Cn.'y insurgents and aggressive communist neighbours but militant students and strike-in-clined workers who
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    • 448 10/11  -  HAVE A LOT OF FUN AND LAUGHS RIGGED UP IN THESE 'ARMY' FATIGUES Co-ordinated by JENNIFER SCHOON When you roll along—right on with fashion you can end up with a few disaster*. You could, for Instance, buy an expensive "In" outfit to find that it's "out"
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    • 892 10/11  -  Wednesday, February 25,1976. by H.L.Lim Dateline, Kuta Beach (Bali). Covering a summit meeting is hard work, definitely tougher than writing Midweek. With a personal column like this one, you Just <lt down at Jour typewriter and ang out whatever comes to mind. When you are reporting hard news as
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  • 558 12 Gemini Colombo, Wednesday It was bath time for the elephants at Colombo zoo. The matronly Letchlml, now nudging the half century mark, luxuriated contentedly in the water. Bandula, a fine young bull, swished his tall lazily as a keeper scrubbed him down, and
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  • 603 12 Man in the centre of Lockheed scandal Los Angeles Times Tokyo, Wednesday Yoshlo Kodama, 64, the man to whom Lockheed Aircraft Corp. reportedly paid US$7.B5 million ($lB.B million) to promote sales of its airplanes in Japan, is virtually upknown to the average Japanese. But there
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    • 520 12 nesda BU-3 tVvfl MONEYWORDS Cut out ond pin with other coupons. Posting instructions appear below Name (Mr./Mrs./Miss) Address Tel: FILL IN MISSING LETTERS ACROSS USING CLUES BELOW CLUES FOR BU-3 1. In many cotes, a light it all that's needed 2. Male inheritor 3. True patriots to serve their country
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  • 871 13 ESPIONAGE Fuchs trial beats spy cases in recent years Reuter London, Wednesday Britain's Secret Intelligence Service (SIS) prides itself that it once coached America's vaunted Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) in the rudiments of spying. Until the Second World War, the United States saw little
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  • 503 13  -  CINEMA by. J. Holmberg WHERE DOES IT HURT?: Stars Peter Sell ers, Jo Ann Pflug, Rick Len2. Harold Gould and Pat Morlta. Directed by Rod Amateau from a novel he wrote with Budd Robinson. (Cathay: coming). Peter Sellers has a tremendous fund of talent to
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  • 184 14 Singapore Is an important regional "determining ground" for the marketability of high technology consumer Eroducts, according to Ir. Roland P. Klink, director of International Business, ITT consumer products group. He said that Singapore's rapid advancement has led to a higher standard of living—and that this, in turn,
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  • 24 14 UPI Rome, Wednesday The Treasury Ministry said last night that Italy's foreign exchange markets, shut since Jan. 21, would reopen next Monday UPI
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  • 185 14 MR. J.S. SriLLERS, presently Qnance director of Splllers, will join Sime Darby Holding* in the same capacity as from May 1. MR. M.R. DAVIS has been appointed general manager and chief executive of Air New Zealand as from April 1 following the appointment of MR. CJ. KEPPEL
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  • 376 14 AP Detroit, Wednesday Chrysler CorD. reported yesterday it lost U*****.5 million ($648.7 million) in 1975 the greatest loss in US automotive history— including a net -less of U5527.7 million ($69.2 million) in the last three months of the year. It was the sixth straight quarterly loss
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  • 297 14  -  from th«» Dog House by PG Ever since the very first championship show staged In Malaysia in 1964, the youngsters have always had a Junior competition of their own and very keen rivalry has always been exhibited. In those, comparatively early days there
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  • Stock markets round the world
    • 241 14 Although the Dow Jones lndustr.al average tailed to crack the luwO barrier, prices roc* to their hignest level in three years yesterday in heavy trading on the New York stock Exchange in a rally sparked by Chryslers strong fourth quarter showing. The Dow Industrials, a 2.52-point loser on
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    • 35 14 UPI Dow Jonea closing averages on New York Stock Exchange yesterday. 30 Industrials 993.55 (up 8.29 >, 20 transport 209 79 (up 1.57). 15 utilities 88.67 (off 0 22). 63 stocks 303.73 (up 2.03>.
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    • 223 14 DBS-Daiwa Securities Int'l Ltd. Today's market fluctuated since it was the last delivery day (or this month. Also, turnover decreased as most Investors were still concerned over the Lockheed scandal. In the morning session, Toyo Sulsan recorded a new high for the year, pushing up other foodstuffs such as
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    • 76 14 Union Bank of Switzerland Closing prices In Swiss franca on the Zurich Stock Exchange yesterday: UBS B. 3810 25 UBS R. MS 10 SBC 487 1 Credit Suisse 2770 25 Swissair B. 585 3 Swiss Relnsur. 3080 Wlntertaur B. 1880 5 Juvena B. 501 Nestle B. 3545 40 Interfood
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  • 143 14 AP Washington, Wednesday U8 Secretary of tne Treasury Mr. William E. Simon said yesterday: "We're beginning to see some cracks in the price of oil charged by foreign countries." Mr. Simon said the OPEC countries have been more sutcessful than most cartels in holding
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  • 539 15 UPI Moscow, Wednesday In a move that has recession-bound west ern shipping companies seriously worried, the Soviet Union is planning large increases in Its capacity to transport goods across Siberia from the Far East to Europe and vice versa. The Soviets also plan to
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  • 139 15 AP Tokyo, Wednesday An eight-man Japanese government team left for Singapore yesterday to study Improvement of navigational systems In the Straits of Malacca In cooperation with the countries bordering the Straits. The preliminary consultative team led by Shigeyoshi Toyofuku. Director of the Maritime Safety
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  • 278 16 Kuala Lumpur, Wednesday Malaysian Thomas Cup team manager Punch Gunalan feels that although his players have matured considerably after the match against India, there is still room for improvement. "It is evident that (hey have matured, judging from the way they fought back
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  • 47 16 Taipei. Wednesday. The Taiwan Softball Association will sponsor the third men's Asian Cup and fourth women's softball championship tournament in July, the Central news agency reported yesterday. The agency quoted a spokesman for the as saying that the exact dates would be fixed later.
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  • 905 16 Singapore Cricket Club, League champions In 1975, made an Inauspicious start to the 1976 campaign when they went down 4-1 to Singapore Island Country Club last Thursday. Without last year's club champion. Barry Thomson. BCC found BICC a tough nut to crack, strengthened as they
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  • 175 16 Auckland, Wednesday New Zealand middle distance runner Dick Quax has turned down an invitation to run In South Africa becauae of his feelings on apartheid and because it might affect his build-up for the Montreal Olympic dames. Quax had been invited to race In Johannesburg on
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  • 621 16  -  That's Tanjong Pagar's big boast CLUB SCENE bv Philip Tan Tan Jong Pagar residents should be proud of the team who are representing their constituency in the Football Association of Singapore Division Three tournament for they are the only club whose players run
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  • 427 17  -  By PHILIP TAN Singapore will play host to the formidable Hitachi women's team of Japan apd the Regu Bola Basketball team of Indonesia next month. The Hitachi team are the present Japanese women's League champions and a majority of their playefs represented
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  • 207 17 After the fourth round of the National chess championship the leaders have emerged with Wee Kim Hin In front with four points followed by Llm Ssng Hoo half a point be hind, and tiiam Choo Kwee next. In last night's games at Raffles Hotel,
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  • 732 17  -  Sports Council plans to cater for the growing need By BRIAN MILLER Tennis, once confined to country clubs, has shed that high-brow image, and the setting has now significantly transferred itself to the public courts In Singapore, this game Is catching on rapidly as evidenced
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  • 475 17 Kuala Lumpur, Wednesday Less than 24 hours after the Malaysian Hockey Federation had handed a one-year ban on Brian Sta Maria, the Council received an adverse report from manager Col. Khalid Yassin. on the national team that competed in the Rene Frank tournament at Madras last
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  • 769 18  -  By PHILIP TAN The phrase "like father, like son" aptly applies to Nationalist Cninese soccer star, Lee Ping Tat. who has played for Taiwan in countless internationals. For Ping Tat's father Is none other than 73-year-old Lee Wal Tone, dubbed Asia's soccer kins of the
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  • 44 18 Hamburg, Wednesday China easily beat West Oermany in a table tennis match here last night, with the men winning Ave of their seven matches and the women taking every set In their games. Bernt Jansen scored West Oermany's only two victories.
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  • 231 18 Reuter London, Wednesday Liverpool lost the chance to widen their two-point lead in the English soccer championship last night when they fell to a last-minute goal at Arsenal. John Radford, only recently restored to the Arsenal attaek. swept In to head a centre from Ireland's Llam
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  • 432 18  -  By BRIAN MILLER Blatant Irresponsible attitude of hockey clubs In Singapore has once again reared it's ugly head. But the Had part of it Is that the Singapore Hockey Association do not seem worried at all. The latest problem arises from the entries for
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  • 92 18 Reuter Sydney, Wednesday Australian Test batsman Doug Walters hit a fine century to steer New South Wales to a slxwlcket win over Western Australia In their threeday Sheffield Shield cricket match here yesterday. The match was decided on first Innings after the first two day's play had
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    • 47 18 THE BORN LOSER e ib n s u £i "4 r >* 3t >r M w NORBERT /-—UNO CUT DOU)W MV CWES2CV H?tE I CAW WOT TELL A HE SAID LITTLE GEOt?G€ 'I 01O* by Art Sansom iv» i lift LI u m M i by George Fett
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  • 564 19  -  By BRIAN MILI.ER The Officer Cadet School (OCS», ably captained by national player Teo Hung Chua, put up a good performance when they scored a 12-6 win over the Malay's Rugby Football Club in the first round of the Singapore Cricket Club's Seven-A-Side rugby
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  • 152 19 United Press International Taipei, Wednesday. Foreign competitors are given a far better chance of winning this year's Taiwan Open gAI champ onshlp starting tomorrow at Kaohslung In southern Taiwan. The Open, oart of the 1978 Asian Golf Circuit, has been dominated in the past by Taiwanese players who
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  • 29 19 Manila, Wednesday World flyweight boxing champion Erblto Salavrrla and his No. 1 challenger Alfonso Lopez of Panama yesterday passed medical check-up for their title flght on Friday.
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  • 203 19  -  ON THE TRACK with Brian Miller Penang, Wednesday There was little activity on the tracr here this morning. Only a handful of horses went fast on a firm track. Quick Kevhi <K. Velayutham) showed impressive form when he ran 800 m in 52 and 800
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  • 36 19 Karachi, Wednesday— Sri Lanka's Under-19 cricket team were 133 for six wickets in reply to Slnd Province's 240 at close of play on the first day of a two day match at Mlrpurkhas yesterday.
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    • 293 19 L Crossword mi IH Ml lIHBid tfaaUHBH ill HilM ilHHil i ilHiflß iHiIHH illlliiirfrfll ilililiiil til M w 10 Where 63A spent some years 11 Undergarment 12 Leave 14 Dial 21 Hockey idol 22 New Mex. atomic area 23 Deity 24 Take from me 25 Nina of films 26 Smelly
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    • 389 19 YOUR LUCKY STARS IF ITS YOUR BIRTHDAy BORN today, you are in cllned to be dissatisfied with your dally life, finding It lacking the luxuries you think you want. You will probably find, however, that even when you are finally granted those luxuries, you will not be completely satisfied. In
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  • 41 20 MEI LIN: Fancy a fortune like $320,000, in the Poor Box Fund, and no one to claim it! AH FOOK: And to think some of our charitable organisations and old folk's homes are in dire need of more funds.
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  • Page 20 Advertisements
    • 200 20 c7£as6afL Singapore's latwst word in nightclub entertainment i. i m <*» y The Society of The tcyal Tluth Dance nightly to The Adaptors and The Society of The Royal Flush. Sunday thru Thursday 9 p.m.- 2 a.m. Friday. Saturday and Eve of Holidays 9 p.m. 3 a.m. DflF-SS INFORMAL 1
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    • 777 20 AND RADIO SINGAPORE 5 3.00 OPENING ANNOUNCEMENTS followed by MAJALAH KELUARGA. Presented In Malay, It features an Interview with Satarl Slarnat on the appreciation of modern abstract art. a cooking .demonstration of the dish pudding custard and recitations of Malay sayings and philosophy. 3.30 DIAHY OF EVENTS (M) 3.35 GENERAL
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    • 227 20 Today's top shows NAKIA: The Quarry. Ch. 5, 8 30 P m. In colour. Nakla Parker is the deputy sheriff of a new Mexico town who seems to have a greater knack of stumbling into and solving cases than his boss, Sheriff Sam Jericho, played by Arthur Parker. However, Jcrlcho
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