New Nation, 12 March 1976

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  • 20 1 NewNation SINGAPORE Friday March 12, 1976 No. 1586 Price 20 cents M C. (P) 428/76 r===^ NF.IV NATION l COMMENT,
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  • 319 1  -  20 cents for rice in Jurong and Tiong Bahru By Rat Dhaliwal Hawkers in Jurong and Tiong Bahru have lowered prices of cooked rice and other food at hawker centres. Jurong hawkers reduced the price of a bowl of cooked rice from SO cents to 30 cent*.
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  • 113 1  -  By Lee Yew Meng Sha re holders of Imperial Securities International now under receivership are unlikely to get returns on their investments in the company's shares. This was stated In a letter from the solicitors of the receivers to the Stock Exchange of Singapore. The
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  • 42 1 New York, Friday The Dow Jones Industrial average. which measures stock market activity In 30 blue chip Issues, finished above the "magic" 1000 level on the New York Stock Exchange yesterday {or the first time In more than three years.
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  • 31 1 AP Lond Jit, .frlday. A calender showing potographs of Jacqueline Kennedy Onassls In the nude la going on sale In Britain. Tabor publications, publishers of sex magazines, announced yesterday.—A.P.
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  • 79 1  -  By Bharathi Mohan Police this morning arrested a man found with two guns, bullets and a bearing scraper. A patrol crew from the Kandang Kerbau station spotted him behaving suspiciously in Bales tier Road at about 1.20 am. They stopped him and checked. In his trouser
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  • 267 1 Happy return for Wilson —but close Reuter London, Friday Britain's Labour Government closely won a vote of confidence in Parliament last night after a desperate scramble to get together all its members including sick men brought from hospitals to vote. Prime Minister Harold Wilson, who was 60 yesterday. but eanoelled
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  • 178 1 UPI Beirut, Friday The army seized power In a fast, relatively bloodless coup yesterday but President Suleiman Fran J1 eh rejected an ultimatum to resign and appealed for support from the refuge of his besieged Presidential palace. Brig. Oen. Axis Ahdab, the commander of the
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  • 112 1 Overnight leader Ed Byman of the US had a cautious start In the second round of the Singapore Open golf championship a* Buklt course this morning. His first nine score was one-over-par 38. Byman, who had a 66 yesterday dropped a stroke at
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  • 154 2 [C STOCK MARKET Share prices this morning did not react enthusiastically to the Dow Jones' index breaking the magical 1000 barrier in the overnight Wall Btreet market. Initial gains were trimmed by proflt-taklnj resulting In prices fluctuating at overnight closing levels. Slme Darby, for Instance, opened six
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  • 37 2 The Kampung Ban Teng Community Centre will organise a crosscountry run on March 21 at am. Entry forms are available at the centre from 3 p.m. to 10 p.m. Kn tries close on March 15.
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  • 369 2 'Vote of confidence' by the banks Banks dealing In Asian and Euro dollars are believed to have over-subscribed to a US$lOO million loan to help finance public utility projects in Thailand. Successful syndication of the loan among International banks, when it la officially announced later
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  • 108 2 A middle-aged woman has been admitted to hospital with slash wounds on the face alter a knife attack In her house at Whampoa Drive. According to neighbours, a youth slashed her when she refused to give him her gold chain on Wednesday. The woman, a hospital amah,
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  • 243 2  -  By Nancy Koh Singapore's diesel engine plant, Singapore Heavy Industries, to be built at a cost of $25 million, Is the first In Southeast Asia. Shares are Jointly held by Robin Shipyard and M.A.N. West Germany, one of the biggest heavy machinery manufacturers In
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    • 578 2 AT THE CINEMA THE SAND PEBBLES: A highly acclaimed film of how one ship took on China In World War n. Stars Steve McQueen, Richard Attenborcugh. Richard Cre n n a and Candlce Bergen. Directed by Robert Wise from a screenplay by Robert Anderson. Odeon: 10.30, 2, 5.30 and 9.
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  • 10 2 Poli c e reported 68 accidents yesterday. Four were serious.
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  • 101 3 This Is the "new look" wavlnf deek at Pajra Lebar International Airport which will be re-opened after Aufust The Pabtte Works Department la now carry Ins oat renovation work at a east of $1.99 million to lmprorc the existing facilities and reduce
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  • 231 3  -  First aid box a 'must' in factory, and- By Rav Dhaliwal The Ministry of Labour has warned factories that absence of a first aid box is an offence which carries a maximum fine of $2000 or three months' jail. The warning on the first aid box,
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  • 171 3 12 demerit points Nine motorist* have been suspended from driving for six months for accumulating 12 or more demerit points since the implementation of the points demerit system in March last year. Warning letters have been sent to motorists who accumulated six or more demerit points informing
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  • 329 3  -  By Sonny Wee, Douglas Chan The Government has budgetted about $7 million to help the law enforcement agencies obtain information in their fight against criminals. This sum Is allotted In the development estimates tor the current fiscal year under the classification "agency, suppression of crime"
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  • 47 3 Kou Kinabalu, Thursday Eight climbers from Hong Kong will try to scale Malaysia's highest peak, 4036-metre Ift. Kinabalu, next month, team leader Lam Wing Kwong said In a letter to Babah National park. The letter said the team hope* to reach Alexandra Peak.
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  • 37 3 The finals of the annual Inter-School Elocution Contest will be held at the Regional English Language Centre on March 24 at 7.30 n.m. Mr. Chan Kal Yau. Director of Education, will be the guest of honour.
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  • 442 4  -  SPREAD OF MENTAL ILLNESSES CAUSED BY STRESS? By Richard Lim An authority on psychiatry and neurology yesterday dismissed as "myth" the belief that stress brought about by rapid social changes is the -cause of the spread of mental Illnesses in modern societies. "Straw hu been
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  • 118 4  -  By Douglas Chan The Police do not Intend to recruit any more woman constables this year. Thla is because its authorised strength has been attained. Statistics show that Its strength of 763 is 36 more than the authorised establishment of 727. It to understood that some
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  • 191 4  -  By Joachin Tan The Tanjong Raton* Girls School band strikes op In honour of Lam Man San, 17 Singapore's top flrl |n the GCE "O" level examination. For this is the lint time In the 23-year-old history of the school that
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  • 42 4 the director of RBVP Consultants, Mr. Ronald Tabiey, will fire a talk at the National Productivity Association (NPA) lunch in the Jupiter Room, of Apollo Hotel on March 19 at IUO pjm. He will speak on the development of management skill.
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  • 162 4 The Ngee Ann Technical C o 11 ege has received 3046 applications for its various courses for the 1076 academic year beginning on April 26. This la an Increase of M 7 applications over la«t year. Course applied for Include mechanical engineering, electrical and
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  • 163 4  -  »7 Lee Yew Meng The Singapore Plywood and Veneer Manufacturers' Association and Its Malaysian counterpart have voluntarily Imposed an export quota on plywood shipments to Britain in the first quarter of this year. This was done to stabilise prices of local plywood products. Under
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  • 403 5 Intervention by Bank of England Reuter London, Friday The Bank of England, backed by other European central banks, yesterday managed to halt sterling's plunge, and the pound rallied on currency markets. But while sterling responded to official support, the French franc remained In trouble with the
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  • 225 5 Reuter Brussels, Friday. Common Market monetary experts yesterday viewed the latest bout of currency problems .in Europe with disquiet but are confident the EEC system of fixed parities—the "Snake" can sur vive the ordealThe Snake was set up in 1972 with all nine EEC currencies
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  • 105 5 Reuter Moscow, Friday. A Soviet correspondent In London has described former Labour Party deputy leader Lord George-Brown as "a renegade who has betrayed his class." The correspondent, V. Pavlov of the weekly New Times, was commenting on Lord GeorgeBrown's decision last week to resign from
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  • 207 5 AP Washington, Friday A number of former Central Intelligence Agency employees say President Ford's administration hasn't acted effectively jto protect undercover agents abroad despite its outrage over the murder of one CIA man and the public identification of others. But in a series of interviews
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  • 150 5 Reuter Washington, FHday The United States said yesterday It would continue to withdraw troops from 1 alwan In accordance with the 1972 Shanghai agreement s.gned by Chinese Premier Chou En-Lai and President Nixon. The United States currently has 2,500 servicemen none of them
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  • 140 5 Belgrade, Friday Yugoslavia Is giving mill tary as well as political and moral support to liberation movements In southern Africa, a Yugos lav Foreign Ministry spokesman said here yea terday. It will continue to support Mozambique and llberitlon movements In Namibia (South West Africa), South Africa
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  • 398 6 ...and warns the Russians again Reuter Boston, Friday The US Secretary of State Dr. Henry Kissinger char Red yesterday that critics of the Ford administration's foreign policy were exaggerating Soviet strength and American weakness In a way that was wrong, reckless and dangerous. Addressing
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  • 50 6 UPI Tokyo, Friday Proceedings were suspended In Parliament for the fourth consecutive day yesterday as government and opposition leaders Impatiently awaited a reply from President Ford on Issues Involving the Lockheed payoff scandal in Japan. Opposition parties have been boycotting Parliament over the Lockheed affair since Monday.
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  • 276 6 Reuter Nablus, Friday Arab youths clashed with Israeli troops yesterday on Jordan's Israeli-occupi-ed West Bank as several more mayors and their councils resigned In protest against alleged Israeli brutality. With councils now out of action in Nablus and Ramallah and two smaller towns, Arab leaders
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  • 163 6 Reuter Tokyo, Friday—King Hussein of Jordan last night called on Japan to continue to support the Arab world on the Middle Bast dispute. The request was made at a banquet hosted by Japanese Prime Minister Takeo Mlkl at the Prime Minister's official residence.
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  • 201 6 Reuter Cairo, F*rlday Relations between Egypt and Libya took another turn for the worse yesterday with Egyptian statements that Colonel Muammar A 1 Oaddafl had ordered the expulsion of 3,000 Egyptians In retaliation for the arrest of 27 Libyans In Cairo. Egyptian officials said
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  • 30 6 Reuter Jakarta, Friday, Britain will give Indonesia a loan of £1 million (S4.S million) for extensions to the electricity system on Bali, the British Embassy announced yesterday.
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  • 79 6 Reuter London, Friday—A Jury at London's Old Bailey courthouse yesterday convicted the first parrot kidnapper In the annals of British crime "I was bl d and 1 thlilk was her smile that attracted me, said 22-year-old David Gore why broke Into a pet store and abducted a
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  • 557 6 JANE GASKELL'S ■AMERICA The Utah prison guard pointed his gun at the ringleaders of the riot. The men immediately re turned to their ce115....1n American ]>rlson life, that sounds extremely unlikely—until now. That Utah guard, and others across the country, were equipped with
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  • 154 6 UPI TODAY Is Friday. March 12, the 72nd day of 1976 with 294 to follow. THE MOON Is approaching Its full phase. THE MORNING STARS are Mercury and Venus. THE EVENING BTARS are Mars, Jupiter and Baturn. Those born on th.s date are under the sign of Pisces. American
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    • 160 6 •JMll New York Partly sunny. 7-minus IC. Headline: Nixon testifies Kissinger picked wiretap targets. Tokyo Bunny, 16-SC. Headline: Ford again beats Reagan Carter defeats Wallace. Moscow Overcast, 0mlnus 3C. Headline: New stage on the way to communism. Farla Fair, 7-minus IC. Headline: The money market trouble again. Rio de Janeiro
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  • 456 7 Profits from shares must stay in country Reuter UPI Manila, Friday The Philip pine Central Bank Issued a circular yesterday aimed at curbing the flow of speculative money from outside into the country's stock market, enjoying a sudden boom because of a reported oil find
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  • 105 7 UPI Manila, Friday Marlon Brando (above) will star in the Aim Apocalypse Now, a Vietnam war drama to be filmed in thfe Philippines, academy award-winning director Mr. Francis Ford Coppola announced yesterday Mr. Coppola, in an announcement released through his office in Manila, said
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  • 217 7 Reuter Manila, Friday President Ferdinand Marcos said todLy he foresaw an Increase in PhilippineCanadian trade relations and reiterated his country's open-door policy to foreign Investors. The President made the statement during a meeting with a Canadian trade mission led by Canadian Minister of Industry,
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  • 33 7 Reuter London. Friday The Angclan Gove 1 nment yesterday denied a report from Zambia that an allwoman firing squad had executed 17 Cuban soldiers convicted of rape and murder In Angola.
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  • 192 7 AP Manila, Friday Jobless young Filipinos will be drafted into a national service programme to build shelters, open virgin lands and teach nutrition and family planning, officials said yesterday. They said men and women of 18 to 30 will be drafted on a selective
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  • 159 7 Reuter Hong Kong, Friday. A Hong Kong -based company yesterday announced It was manufacturing prefabricated Chinese restaurants for export at prices which it said were lower than the cost of building similar establishments on site. The company, Ch a o Kwan Designs, said it expected export
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  • 74 7 Boston. Friday—Secretary of State Henry Kissinger had a hard time yesterday searching for a word to replace "detente." Asked at the conclusion of a speech here what word he would suggest Instead of "detente," Dr. Kissinger said after a long pause: "I have no great preference
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  • 258 7 Reuter Beirut, Friday General A b d e 1Aziz Al-Ahdab, military commander of the Beirut area, last night declared a state of emergency and called on the Lebanese government to resign within 24 hours. The general, speaking on television, also called on President
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  • 483 8 Incumbent President Gerald Ford, who has often been described by observers as a dreadful actor, has scored his fourth straight victory In as many statewide primary flections over the Hollywood star of the 1950s and former California governor, Mr. Ronald Reagan. But the battle
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  • 62 8 KS ;e> j In this column, I have protected many an Innocent (or guilty) party by withholding his or taer Identity. This, however, has not met with, total approval, as I recently received a request from some readers who had earlier given us a tip. "We
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  • 620 8  -  FRIDAY WITH ALEX JOSEY ALEX JOSEY Since Chou Enlal's death Peking's radio and press attacks on the Soviet Union have Increased. There are more of them. They are longer, more violent, more direct. Mofccow has explained that this Is because the extreme Maoists have
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  • 94 8  -  N PAS8ENOEKS. Singapore, M. At 8.20 a.m. last Tuesday, we were at the bus terminus waiting (or Service 168. Four buses arrived at the terminus at 8.30 a.m„ when the service was supposed to run at 10-minute Intervals. To make things worse, we were told to board
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  • 53 8  -  TAY SOON HOE I refer to the letter Can Cabbie Pick and Chooser NN, 3.3.76). Taxi drivers are not allowed to choose their passengers. Will Faithful Citizen please supply this office with the time and Incident and the registration number of the taxi to enable Investigations to
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  • 66 8  -  LIM TECK KEK The tax Increases for cigarettes and tobacco to discourage the young from taking up the bad habit were a rood more. But something should also be done about the tobacco firms who give away sample packs, especially during the festive season. Is this not a
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  • 327 8 NANYANG SIANG PAD r, J VOICE OF THE PRESS 4 There has been turmoil In the West European money markets since last week-end. with the pound sterling slumping below US$2 for the first time and the Italian lira weakening to the rate of UBsl against 800 lira
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  • 386 8 NYT Moscow, Friday The upper echelons of the Communist Party are evidently at odds with some segments of the governmental bureaucracy oyer how much emphasis should be placed on producing consumer goods. Hints of the disagreement surfaced at the 25th Party Congress during the last week.
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  • 782 9  -  Art Buchwald Los Angeles Times The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has attacked the American M e d 1 c al Assn. (AMA) for illegal price fixing. It also says doctors keep patients from getting medical Information by forbidding AMA members to advertise. The big question raised by
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  • 725 9 Washington Post Washington, Friday US security policy today is characterised by a pervasive inertia. The trauma of defeat in Southeast Asia, the continuing imbroglio between the Congress and the Executive over foreign policy and the upcoming election have all contributed to the logjam. The
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  • 1532 10/11  -  On Monday, 2000 ddefates from 150 nations wil be matting In New York lor the fourth tine in an attempt to draft what are essentially laws to govern the use of the oceans. The Third United Nations Law of the Sea Conference has been described as the most
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  • 857 10/11 Here's an idea of the stand various nations will take at the conference: JAKARTA Indonesia will Dress for acceptance of Its claimed sovereignty over all the seas Unking the thou sands of islands In the archipelago. If the conference accepts the Important
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    • 606 12  -  WHILE JODIE KNOCKS 'EM' WITH GLAMOUR Suiidoui/1 scen«> I u i I h Jennifer Schoon Jan Harrington is a lively, bouncy black singer who brings her exuberance on stage in a show that has the blast of Las Vegas rounds and
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    • 493 12  -  yf F.ating Out J u ith Violet Oon The next best thing to eating Cantonese food In Hong Kong Is to eat Cantonese food in Singapore Srepared by a Hong long chef. One restaurant which has, since its inception, establlsiiea a reputation for serving good
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    • 788 13  -  WATS A GIRL CAN SPOT AND ELUDE HIM bachelor Gloria Chandy Make-out artistes are a dime a dozen. And when it comes to Individual worth they probably amount to even less than that. How and where to spot a make-out artiste takes little knack. He Is
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    • 460 13  -  r r Theatre h 4 Violet Oon THE FAMOUS "Fee Loh" or fat man of Cantonese opera, Mr. Leong Shing Poh, and his troupe from Hong Kong are currently enjoying a popular season at the Kreta Ayer People's Theatre. The response to
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    • 277 13 Doctor's Casebook Miss O.J. writes: "My friend and I are planning: to tour India and some of the n e 1 g h b o„*i rinf countries for few weeks. Can yon let us know what vaccinations and shots we require?
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  • 272 14  -  E. Business News and Views By Lee Yew Meng The Timber Industry Board (TIB) has called for a scheme to regulate shipping agencies in the timber trade. TIB made this call following reports of several Incidents Involving Vessels carrying cargoes going astray in the fourth
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  • 149 14  -  Basket!] by Rav Dhaliwal Housewives were still paying high prices this week for veg e t a bles whose scarcity is the result of the long drought. Isolated showers in the last few days have hardly had any effect on prices which have remained high
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  • 70 14 New York, Friday The United States yesterday signed the fifth International tin agreement, which Is due to come Into force for a five-year period beginning on July 1, the US mission to the UN announced yesterday. The pact, like Its predecessors none of which was
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  • Stock markets round the world
    • 162 14 The Dow Jones Industrial Average on its third try this week, closed above the 1000 level for the first time In three years yesterday In active trading on the New York Stock Exchange. The Dow closed at 1003.31. up 8.03 points, the highest level since it last closed
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    • 34 14 Dow J one* closing averages on the New York Stock Exchange yeaterday: 30 Industrials 1003.11 (up •.03); 30 transport 211.51 (up lil); 15 utilities 87.26 (up 0.22); 65 stock* 305.91 (up a.i«).
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    • 244 14 The market opened higher centring on highpriced light electrical*. But Marubeni and some other trading Anns continued to decline. In the session. Matsushita Elec. recorded a new high for the year on buying by foreign investors and mutual funds. Other notable gainers included Sony, Honda Motor, Btanley Electric, Mldorlya
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    • 116 14 Man time) on the Sydney Stock exchange: ACI 160 166 ADC nil 45 Ampol 63 93 ANI 110 US APM 136 137 Bank NSW «63 666 Brambles 170 176 BHP 770 774 Boral 330 331 C8R 40S nil CIO 303 nil Coal Allied 3 It 340 Dun top 115
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    • 75 14 Closing prices (In frsnca) on the Parte Bourse y—Urday: Perthes 1M.50 +0 50 Poncter 340 —1 Prtntempe 71.90 —1 BuD MJO —0 90 Royal Dutch 10* 90 +170 MlcheUn IBM —5 COB M9 +1 Thomson 257 50 4.70 CPP 141.00 -*M Rhone 113.00 —3.00 Air 403 unch. B8H 733
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    • 79 14 Closing price# In franca on the Zurich Bwlse Stock Exchange yesterday: UBS B SMS —10 UBS R. S38 SBC 473 4 Credit 8ulaae 2760 —10 Swissair B. S00 3 Swiss Relnsur. 2085 Wlnterthur B. I960 Zurich Inaur. •300 +25 Juvena B. 475 5 Nestle B. 3SSS Interfax! B 3SS0
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    • 337 14 YOUR LUCKY STARS BIRTHDAY BORN today, you are one of those self* Inspired, self-motivated, self-starting persons who is quite capable of conceiving and getting original projects oft the ground with little help from others. TOMORROW... PIBCEB (Feb. 19March 20) You may reap your Just rewards before hour. If you are
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    • 525 15 Friday BW-5 NEW NATION MONEYWORDS Cut out and pin with other coupons. Posting instructions appear below Name (Mr./Mrs./Miss) Address i Cut along dotted lir CLUES FOR BW-5 1. Like ripe fruit 2. Walk in soldierly fashion 3. Can be described at "simply appalling" 4. Small piaca of land surrounded by
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  • 389 16 Reuter London. Friday An unbeaten run of seven games has swept Queen's Park Rangers Into a twopoint lead in the First Division of the English football League, but they face a hard match tomorrow. The Londoners travel to play Everton at Ooodlaon
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  • 266 16 SATVBDAY BACK ONE: S pjm. Clam iMfJ ltttaa Montana BUI. IS—S m. Twin ■bppiMM n BACK TWO: 18. Clam t Dlv. 4 l*Mm Take Ma Hl*h, Step Aside, Coanty Marakal, Mtaa Maclnteak, Ban Tan*, Silver Performance, Da*ton, r* f». BACK THUS: MS. Clan I Dir. J litem Memo O.
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  • 37 16 The Singapore badminton umpires will hold their Inaugural meeting today at 7 p.m. at Room 34/SS, Sports House, Rutland Road. All qualified umpire? are Invited to attend the meeting to be chaired by T.B. Zaln.
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  • 290 16 ON THE TRACK uith 1 Blu«" Ppter Ipoh, Friday Mark down Cincinnati II as lively outsider in the $15,000 Ulu Klnta Stakes on Sunday. The five-year-old by Ruantallan did a stylish workout here this morning. With C.H. 00l in the saddle, he wound out a two round
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  • 118 16 UPI London, Friday—David Bedford, Britain's 10,000 metre world record holder who hai been fighting a two-year battle against Injury, •aid yesterday he would not be able to compete at the Montreal Olympics and was considering retiring from the track permanently. Bedford started training for Montreal
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  • 1102 16 SATURDAY CI. 3 Div. 1 1200 m Sir Toby 57 13 Sub* 11 n 67 Jealous Heart M l 18 Jack Robinson MS 3 Black King n M i IS Right To Reason M B' Malasln 55 5 10 Wonder Pearl 55 5 a Hippie
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  • 992 17  -  First to play for double-winning team by DON REVIE Derby County's Charlie George 1s now poised to become the first player in English football history to p'ay for two double-winning teams. Earlier In the season Don Re vie suggested that Derby had a good chance of
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  • 277 17 The Singapore Squash Racket Association have selected five players to compete in the Pakistan World Team Invitation tournament for the Hashim Khan Trophy from April 8 to 22 in Karachi. They are Hussein Ibrahim, Erie Cooper,, Raymond Ong, Mushtag All Shah and Patrick Choy. The Singapore
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  • 782 18  -  at flu r S PORI OPI N j Golfers sink two eagles, 58 birdies in Round One Brian Miller The Bukit Course's par-five 15th hole proved --to be the favourite of the 156 golfers who teed-off in the first round of the 1076 Singapore
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  • 113 18 Miami, rrlday Ben Crenshaw, already the Winner of two titles this season, and Hubert Oreen matched slx-under-par Ms to share the lead after yesterday's first round of the Doral Open golf tournament.. "It's about time," said Green, who has been In a slump most of the
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  • 349 18 The Singapore Amateur Boxing Association will hold a Possibles versus Probables tournament on March 20 to select a team to meet Malaysia In the annual International on April 9 at the Gay World Stadium. SABA Secretary Mr. K. Thlruganasothl said that
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  • 161 18 Tokyo, Friday —Tom Weiskopf, who earned U*****,140 (about 8*547,000) to place third In the US money ranking list last year, will compete In the U8*200.000 (about 8*500,000) ChuNichl Crowns golf tourn a m en t starting at Nagoya cn April 29, sponsors said yesterday. The
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  • 249 18 UPI New York, Friday Muhammad All win defend hig heavyweight championship against Jimmy Young of Philadelphia at the Capital. Centre in the Washington. D.C. area on April 31, It was announced yesterday. Abe Pollin, chairman of the Board of the Bports Arena loeated between Washington and
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  • 238 19 Reuter Honj Kong, Friday China yes terday criticised a decision of the International Swimming Federation (Flna) to suspend for two years swimmers who participated in the Peking International swimming and diving Friendship Invitational meet last August. The action vu taken because a Flna rule forbids members
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  • 103 19 LKA The 11th tound of the national chess championship saw no change in the leading positions. Wee Kim H'n with 10 points leads Lim Seng Hoo by half a point. Kim Hin beat Leong Chee Weng last night while Seng Hoo beat Bay Sit Thong. Both
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  • 228 19 Reuter Bridgetown, Friday A record third wicket partnership of 220 by Vivian Richards and Alvln Kalllcharran put the West Indies In an almost unbeatable position on the second day of their first Test match against India at Kensington Oval yesterday. By the close the West
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  • 53 20 MEI LIN: The Meteorological Department says that the past few days of heavy downpour may mean the end of the two-month dry spell for Singapore. AH FOOK: That's good news. But I wonder what my mother will do with all the plastic palls she hud bought in anticipation
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    • 942 20 TV RADIO SINGAPORE 5 3.44 OPENING AN. NOUNCEMENT8 followed by Housewives' Matinee: The Informer (r). Part Two of a Mandarin film 3 55 DIARY OP EVENTS <C> 4.44 WINDOW: A magazine aeries presented In Chinese This week's edition includes an Interview with Mr. Tan Mian Khor, leader of the National
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    • 278 20 DAD'S ARMY: Things That Go Bump In the Night. (Ch. 5. 9 pm. in colour). Jones' van, carrying the platoon, breaks down outside an apparently deserted bouse where Main waring decides they should spend the night. A storm rages and a thoroughly miserable time Is had by the platoon In
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