New Nation, 18 March 1976

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  • 21 1 New Nation SINGAPORE Thursday March 18, 1976 No. 1591 Price 20 cents M C. (P) 428/76 rvzr. NEW (gj) NATION COMMENT
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  • 363 1  -  Story and picture by Bharathl Mohan Bharathi Mohan This Is how a midnight stroll In the moonlight ended for a young couple at Canning Rise this morning. Piling cleric Yoong Tuck Sng, 25, and housewife Connie Tan Suat Yeong, 23, were found dead down a slope,
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  • 95 1 AP Manila, Thursday Thirty years of war In Indo-chlna left South Vietnam with 300,000 pro stltutes and four out of every five soldiers afflicted with a venereal disease. The war ended 10 month* &go with the Incidence of tuberculosis In South Vietnam one of the
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  • 163 1 FEAR OF NEW DEMOS AP Bangkok, Thursday Thailand went on military alert last night In preparation to prevent violent clashes between pro and anti-American military presence groups as the deadline of the total pullout of U8 forces from Thailand Is only three days away, Defence Minister Pramarn Adlreksam
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  • Page 1 Miscellaneous

  • 226 2 PUBLISHERS OP 48 COUNTRIES MEET IN S'PORE Heads bowed In muffled whispers. Voices raised. A counter offer.... and another deal closed. This was the dally scene at a publishers' rr-wow at BhangriHotel where 300 representatives of international publications have been meeting importers and distributors to
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  • 94 2 Kula Lapv, Thursday IftMu Prima Minister, Datuk Huaaeln Onn, has appointed two ministers without portfolio to help him maintain security In the country. Dlackwlns this. Datuk Hussein said Um ministers Dstuk flamed Idrls and Datuk Athl Nahappan will bo asslsned to amo* villas* and
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  • 260 2 •Only USNO can unite* Kuala Lumpur, Thursday Malaysian Works and Utilities Minister, Datuk Abdul Ohanl Gllong, who rejoined the ruling United Sabah Natlonal Organisation (USNO) in Sabah yssterday, explained that he had come back because he believed It was the only political party there which
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  • 85 2 The Ministry of Oult«re will ocpualM ■mrt fltory WHttnf Competition hr ftadnti in neaadwr whooia. vocftttooft! Institutes, Junior MftHM and institution* at higher toarh*r The nwipllltai Is dlTkUd into Junior and senior sections. 11m first efor the Jenlor seels >*00 end UN (or the senior. The eeeond
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  • 159 2  -  Mr Susie Soh A lop Singapore pop group, X-Perlment. will leave for Australia on April 3 for a 3i-month concert and recording (our. The slz-m «mber group, comprising Joe Chandran. Leo Fltapatrick, Msriju Nonla, Robert Bolt, johanm Bale h and Prankle Supplah, will go to Perth
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  • 110 2 STOCK MARKET Trading waa reduced to a snail's pace at the Stock Exchange of Singapore during the first 45 minutes thla morning. The lack of Interest was also evident In the active Industrial counters Stme Darby declined six cents to 93.3S on a small
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  • 25 2 The Singapore Blood Trmnafarton Service mobile unit will be aUtloned at the Paslr Pan Jang Power Station tomorrow from am. to 4 p.m.
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  • Page 2 Miscellaneous
    • 574 2 IAKTHQDAKB: A "tremblor" strikes Lm Angeles and reduces a great part of the dtjr to nibble; caught up In the quake's terror are the ■tar-studded east of Charlton Beaton. Ava Gardner. Oeorse Kennedy. Lome Greene, Genevieve Bujoid and others; directed by Mark Robson, with a gimmick called Sensurround for realistic
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  • 8 2 Police reported 75 accident* yesterday. Two were fatal.
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  • 224 3 Serangoon Gardensrumours refuted but Several housing developers and brokers said yesterday they have been getting more than the usual number of enquiries re c en tly from residents of Serangoon Garden estate. What surprised them was that the resident* seemed anxious to sell their
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  • 83 3 The Minister for National Development, Mr Lim Ktas San, said in Parliament yesterday in reply to a question raised by Mr. L P. Bodrlgo (Serangoon Gardens), said: "I am not aware that Setansoon Garden Estate la going te be cleared and I don't think It
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  • 173 3 Fire Chief, Mr. Llm Beng Lock went to the Alexandra Hospital to congratulate one of his firemen, who was Injured while trying to rescue a lift attendant during the Lam Tong House blaze In Paslr Panjang three days ago. En c 1 k Juwahlr
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  • 23 3 The Singapore Contract Bridge Association will hold the qualifying rounds of the Singapore Open Pairs Championship at the Imperial Hotel on Bunday.
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  • 24 3 The Singapore Society of Tourist Agents will hold 1U fifth annual general meeting at the Mandarin Hotel on March 36 at 5.30 pjn.
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  • 356 3 AP New Zealand Is prepared to begin a new rel a 11 o nshlp with the Indo-chlna states, New Zealand's visiting Deputy Prime Minister B.E. Talboys said yesterday. "We do not want to see the South-east Asian region spUt into two opposing or
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  • 197 4  -  Words: EILEEN TAN In Tahiti, it is said that every young firl who can walk knows how to dance when she hears music. Swaying hips and "speaking" with hand* come naturally to these girls of the Bouth Sea islands where dancing is a way
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  • 121 4  -  By Lee Yew Meng Metro Holdings It to aet up It* first department (tore In Malaysia on a joint venture basis. Metro hu entered Into an agreement with the Malaysian Urban Development Authority, Kopirail Dermaiayu Wanlta, and Ctoet Chua Tans Mew to
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  • 48 4 Mr. Loo Shaw Chang, acting director of the Chinese Language Centra at the Nanyang University will give a talk on The Cbmparlson of English and Chinese Phonetics and The Study of the Two Languages at the Queenstown Branch Library on Saturday at 7JO p.m. Admission Is fret.
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  • 185 4  -  VIOLET OON Leading Oerman pianist Det ef Kraus' recital at the BELC Auditorium on Tuesday Included an Interesting experiment which waa not altogether auceaaaful. With three Singapore musicians Vivien Ooh (violin). Tony Lee (violin) and Sylvia Ooh-Luae (cello), he played Beethoven's TYlo In C Minor
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  • 72 4 The public, especially Joggers ind cross country runners, are warned to keep away from the cross country track at Mac Ritchie Reservoir. This Is because the SAP Bomb Dlspoeal Unit Is conducting a search for Second World War artillery shells In the area today and tomorrow and
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  • 496 4 IN PARLIAMENT YESTERDAY... Reporter: Rav Dhaliwal Issues on Industrial safety, the Ministry of Labour's Employment Service, and resettling of farmers and fishermen came Into focus during the Budget debate In Parliament yesterday. The Government took the opportunity to warn worker* against disregarding safety
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  • 401 4 The Housing and Development Board was criticised by b a c kb en chert In Parliament yesterday for accepting "shoddy and poorly finished flats" from contractors, and for having some "crude, rude and high-handed" officers. It tu alto alleged that the HDB wu
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  • 536 5 ...as D-mark bursts out of the float Reuter London, Thursday European governments and currency markets yesterday fought a financial war of nerves over the survival of the European Joint currency float. The foreign exchangee subjected the float to unremitting pressure and were convinced the West
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  • 229 5 Reuter M—cow, Thursday A Soviet Journal yesterday called railed ■■■kill author Alezander Sotahenitsyo a "God's fool" and linked his ideas about Kuril with what It portrayed as his landowning family background. The writers' union weekly literary Gazette gaoled lilMilsa of Solshenltayn from unturned American
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  • 176 5 Reuter New Delhi, Thursday Indian Prime Minister Indira Gandhi tald In an Interview published yesterday she had thought stepping down when things ware going well but she would not resign at present. Interviewed by Swedish television on March 12, Mrs Gandhi said she was
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  • 237 5 Reuter Bonn. Thursday—'n»e West German government has remained adamant In Its refusal formally to revalue the mark despite the pceesure of heavy sales of other western currencies for marks on the foreign exchange markets this week. While it has floated freely upwards against the dollar,
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  • 319 5 Castro hits out Reuter Havana, Thursday Premier Fidel Castro has warned South Africa that continued occupation of Angolan t e r r 1 tory around the Cunene Dam could re-ignite the war and extend it to Namibia (Southwest Africa) and even to South Africa itself.
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  • 312 5 Reuter London. Thursday The withdrawal of British force* from the rat Cut and the Indian Ocean Is proceedlnf according to plan, a government statement on defence estimate® for 1971 reported yesterday. The statement In the form of a White
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  • 368 6 As five announce their bid for Wilson's post Reuter London, Thursday James Callaghan yes terday emerged as clear favourite to become Britain's next Prime Minister because, like Harold Wilson, he Is a man of the centre with long party experience and international standing. He has
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  • 90 6 Reuter Hone Ktni, Thursday China said yesterday British Prime Minister Harold Wilson's decision to resign was made at a time when the British "polltleal and economic crisis has keen deepeninf." The official New China news agency monitored here said the La boar government has adopted a series
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  • 221 6 AP Washington, Thursday —The U8 House of Representatives Armed Services Committee has approved a U5533.4 billion authorisation for American military wea pons and equipment. U*****.6 million more than President Ford requested. In the authorisation for the fiscal year starting, Oct.-1 the committee added an
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  • 29 6 New York, Thursday— British Airways and Air France said yesterday they were suing In court here to have the ban on Concorde flying Into New York declared Illegal.
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  • 242 6 —says Archbishop Reuter Barbados, Thursday The Archbishop of Canterbury. Dr. Donald Cor fan. said yesterday ho had not yet advised Qneen Elisabeth in any way over a reported rift in the marriage of Prineess Margaret and Lord Bnowden. Questioned hero abont toyai family diseasstsn at the
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  • 162 6 Reuter Manila, Thursday Philippine Economic Planning Secretary Oerardo Slcat has predicted closer economic cooperation between the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) and the European Economic Community (EEC). In a briefing on Tuesday before ambassadors of six BBC member countries, Mr. Slcat said
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  • 178 6 Reuter Caracas, Thursday The wife of a kidranped American businessman pleaded for his life yesterday In a letter published in Venezuelan newspapers. "I beg you, let me know somehow that Bill is all*?," Mrs. Donna Ni«hous said In the letter addressed to the kidnappers
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  • 102 6 UPI Irish Prime Minister LI am Cos grave got In a plug for Irish whisky yesterday during his address to a joint session of the U8 Congress commemoratlng both Bt. Patricks Day and the U8 bicentennial In Washington. "I know you had a law In the US
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  • 178 6 UPI TODAY is Thursday, March 18, the 78th day of 1978 with 288 to follow. The MOON la between Its full phase and last quarter. THE MORNIJKO STARS are Mercury and Venus. the evening ST am are Mars, Saturn and Jupiter. Those born on this date are under the
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  • Page 6 Miscellaneous
    • 207 6 WORLD WEATHER New York Cloudy, windy 3-2 C. Headline: Wilson, stunning Britain, quits as Prime Minister. San Francisco Cloudy 18-BC. Headline: Wilson quits. Tokyo Rain, 11-7 C. Headline: 20 more US f 1 r m a will disclose bribery; Hills. Paris Variable, 9-SC. cloudy, 27-21 C. Headline: Wilson exit: Four
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  • 433 7 ...but he refuses to give up Reuter Chicago, Thursday Aides of President Ford, jubilant over his fifth consecutive primary election victory, suggested yesterday that Republican challenger Ronald Reagan should withdraw from the presidential campaign, White House sources said. The President's political analyst, Mr. Roger Morton,
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  • 173 7 Reuter Brest, Thursday A French navy helicopter with four men aboard crashed In the sea near here yesterday while guiding antl pollution operations at the shattered supertanker Olympic Bravery, maritime officials said. None of the men were believed to have survived but a search was
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  • 34 7 Lisbon. Thursday—The Portuguese government yesterday ordered several thousand nurses on a go-slow back to work and threatened to send police Into the hospitals if they refused to end their five-day old campaign.
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  • 312 7 Plot to partition country charge Reuter Beirut, Thursday—The rightwlng Christian Falangists and the leading pro-Syrian politician In Lebanon made It clear yesterday that they op-» posed the efforts which have been made to push President Suleiman Franjieh out of office. Mr. Assem Qanso, leader of
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  • 279 7 Reuter UPI Peking, Thursday. Signs of deepening splits in the Chinese leadership over the status of VicePremier Teng Hsiao-ping coincided last night with rumours that high-level party meetings had been convened to discuss his future. According to unofficial diplomatic reports, persistent since last month,
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  • 33 7 Paris. Thursday—Bl ens of serious strain appeared yesterday between President Valery Discard d'Kstaing and Prime Minister Jacques Chirac following economic and political setbacks for the French government In the past few days.
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  • 120 7 AP Washington, Thursday Australian Minister of Foreign Affaire Mr. Andrew a Peacock met Secretary of State Dr. Henry Kissinger yesterday and reaffirmed Australian support for US construction of logistical facilities on Diego Garcia. Mr. Peacock told reporters after a luncheon with Dr. Kissinger that
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  • 105 7 AP Washington, Thursday —Actress Kim Novak (above) cried and stumbled over her marriage vows as she was wed to the veterinarian who treats her menagerie of pets, the judge who married them says. Judge Robert Haln of Hollister said he presided last Friday over a
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  • 356 8 The recent boom years have led Singaporeans* to a higher level of expectations, particularly of material comforts. Together with relative affluence came a sense of euphoria, which Is sometimes disturbed by the high price that has to be paid for progress such as Increased road tax,
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  • WHISPERS By ISPY
    • 53 8 The uprightness of some people Is only limited to matters that concern them. Take for Instance, a gentleman who was sued by a hotel for not paying his bill. He replied to Its solicitor enclosing a cheque as payment but reminded the firm that his name had
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    • 50 8 The saying that when you are In trouble others desert you Is true not only In lnter-personal relationships but.also In the world of commerce. An airline recently deleted the name of an aircraft company which Is currently In trouble with the US Congress from Its advertisements.
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    • 38 8 The telex machine ha 8 no sign for the and to differentiate the Singapore and American '> currencies an employee of a local firm described our currency as Slngabucks in his messages to overseas clients.
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  • 584 8  -  THE CLAMPDOWN ON FOREIGN TRADING COMPANIES »y 1 Ismail Kassim The Indonesian government has reaffirmed its intention to prohibit foreign trading companies, other than those run with foreign capital investment, from engaging In any trade activities in two years' time. This reminder which was given In
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  • 329 8  -  VOICE OF THE PRESS SIN CHEW JIT POH Speaking at the presentation ceremony of A Decade of Nation-build-ing essay competition two days ago, the Senior Minister of State for Education. Mr. Chal Chong Yil, again touched on the Issue of slm- lifted Chinese characsrs. In
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  • 115 8  -  WORRIED RESIDENT, Singapore, 4. I hope the HDB will Instruct the relevant authority to clear lallang and bamboo trees behind Block 106 and 110 at Depot Road Housing Estate. Besides being unsightly, the undergrowth constitutes a fire hazard, and It Is dangerously close to the two blocks.
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  • 88 8  -  CONCERNED, Singapore, 11. I hope the Government will look into the plight of would-be penslon e r s and Increase their gratuity. A few years ago, a pensioner could easily buy a threeroom HDB flat with his gratuity and still have some left over for other necessities. But
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  • 157 8  -  A DRIVER, Slnfapore, 11. When I cross Dunearn and Bukit Tlmah Roads from Chancery Lane to Balmoral Road at about 7.35 In the morning, I find there Is very little traffic coming from Balmoral Road and therefore little reason for the prohibition at that time of the day
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  • 136 8  -  U1 Hie U1U CUIWUII. BUS-COMMUTKR, Singapore, 1. The Government is encouraging people to use public transport, but it is a shame that the latest edition of the bus guide is a let-down. Unlike the earlier Issues (which were excellent), the latest edition not only does not
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  • 94 8  -  LEONG LICK TIEN Secretary, Bus Service Reorganisation Committee. Singapore, 4. I refer to the letter Only One by Anxious Commuter (NN, 28.2.76) requesting that SBS Service W, 147 or 2 be diverted to link Henderson Road and Telok Blangah New Town. Telok Blangah New Town ls
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  • 30 8  -  COLOUR-STARVED, Singapore, 9. Why can't RTS transmit colour Tamil movies In colour Instead 01 black and white? It can be most frustrating you happen to own colour set.
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  • 354 9  -  By Pichai Khunseng Bangkok, Thursday Burma's battle with a communist Insurgency, directly related to an ethnic battle with Shans, Is gaining ground and growing In size, reports from northern Burma Indicate. Setbacks lately have caused the Burmese to request Thailand to close Its consulate at
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  • 224 9 UPI There are about seven million Shans among Burma's population of 30 million, most of them in the so-called Rhnn state, a large area north and east of Mand&lay The Bhans call themselves Tai and are ethnically different from the Burmese.
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  • 455 9  -  THEY INCLUDE ELDEST SON OF SIHANOUK AND QUEEN EKNATH Bjr George McArthur The Los Angeles Times B&nfkok, Thursday Seven members of the Cambodian royal family l n c l u ding the oldest son of Prince Norodom Sihanouk have asked to go
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  • 541 9  -  Art Buchwald Los Angeles Times I never thought I'd say this about a large American corporation, but the Gulf Oil Co. is an Indian giver. After slipping millions of dollars in illegal contributions to American politicians for the past 15 years, it now
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  • 2067 10/11  -  By Ismail Kassim "Democracy is the theory that ordinary people can do extraordinary things," James Reston of the New York Times. That description of American democracy at work perhaps aptly fits the once-ln-four-years race to the White House. The process of electing a President
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  • 387 10/11 Los Angeles Times One of the Ironies of the primary election campaigns la the his* l visibility of Sen. Hubert Humphrey not formally running for President. The news media Is running Humphrey for President. Seldom a day goes by without his Washington office receiving
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  • trend
    • 183 12 It takes a discerning eye to put things together for a dressy look. Marry the wrong pieces and accessories, and you'll end up looking messy. And It Isn't easy legging It from boutique to boutique getting the right shirt to go with the skirt
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    • 575 12 YOU SEE AND HEAR A PROSPECTIVE DATE—THEN DECIDE WHETHER YOU WANT TO MEET Reuter The blind date, bom in America, may die there. The creation of videodate, a system In which members choose prospective partners after seeing them In videotaped
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    • 280 13  -  Decor Ideas hi Violet Oon When 70a move Into a flat, storage seems to he the greatest problem. In a ho ose there Is always the SBtal c up board bellow the stairs er even the servant's room In which to put all your bulky eMs and
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    • 820 13  -  There's a place for privacy even in a public park Betty L. Khoo In the cool of a Sunday evening; under a canopy of tree branches a young couple sat on a park bench. Their arms entwined round each other, their heads buried in each other's shoulders,
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    • 315 13  - KITS FOR THOSE DO-IT-YOURSELF JOBS Make Jewellery and pateh up the ear Shop Around Jennifer Schoon A Job well-done, all on your own, always gives that extra bit of satisfaction not to mention a whole lot of pride. And it makes no difference whether it is Just a patch-up Job
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  • 759 14 Back -of the paper backgrounder Washington Post London, Thursday A Fleet Street row among newspapers has exploded here, leading to some of the choicest namecalling seen In print In a long time. The Times of London started It, blasting four of Its rivals as denizens
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  • 521 14 TELEVISION BAN ON BEER AND WINE ADS... Washington, Tharsday Beer and wine c o m m e rclals that imply the beverages are responsible for personal a c h i e vements or that portray excessive consumption of these products will be banned from television after April 1, an official
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  • Page 14 Miscellaneous
    • 536 14 BX-ft NEW NATION MONEYWORDS Cut out ond pin with other coupons. Posting instructions appear belowName (Mr./Mrs./Miss) Address Cut along dotted lii CLUIS FOR BX-4 1. Flow out copiously or with violence 2. A palmist mey too a long one in your hand 3. Pile or mots 4. You'd be displeossd
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  • 458 15 Agents unable to tell who owns them Ownership of the 50 million F a be r Merlin Malaysia (FMM) shares bought by Pahang Consolidated on behalf of Bungal Wan (SW), a private company, remains a mystery. In its point-by-polnt reply to the Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange
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  • 148 15 UPI Tokyo, Thursday. Japan's Industrial output In January registered a substantial two per cent gain over December, the Ministry of International Trade and Industry IMITI) reported yesterday. MITT's mining and manufacturing index for the month reached a level of 114.9, compared to 1117
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  • 174 15 Hong Leong Finance and Singapore Mandarin Hotel nave appointed several woman executives. The finance company named MRS. EVELYN LEONG and MIBS FIONA NG as financial marketing executives; MRS. GLORIA TIONG, account analyst; and MIBB LAUREEN CHAN, administrative assistant The hotel has appointed MISS PATRICIA OU as convention
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  • 91 15 Reuter Brunei*. Thursday. Belgium has announced a one per cent increase In Its bank rata to seren per cent In an attempt to reduce speculative pressures on the Belgian franc. The National Bank, which increased all Its other Interest rates on Monday, said It was
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  • 140 15 Business News and Views Reuter Washington, Thursday Oil exporting countries had a balance of payment* surplus of about UBs 4Z.009 million (|I«S,M« mllMon) last year, down from the previous year's l!S$6O,0OO million (91M.M* million) according to US •stlmates released yesterday. The statistics, contained In President
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  • 37 15 The Singapore operations of lAC (Holdings) will be housed In new premise* in Upper Thomson Road early next year, and not that of P.T. lAC Nusantara as reported In Tuesday's company profile. The error is regretted.
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  • 229 15 —says US banker Kuala Lumpur, Thursday World econ o my will grow this year but high Inflation will pose a serious problem in the third and fourth quarters before stab 11 lslng around 10 per cent next year, an American banking official eald here yesterday. Mr.
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  • 68 15 Tokyo, Thursday Japan has agreed to provide Iran with a UBSO6 million ($230 million) loan to help finance a major petrochemical project In the ollrlch nation, the Foreign Ministry announced yesterday. With the loan, the announcement said, Iran will build an Integrated petrochemical complex In Bandar
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  • Stock markets round the world
    • 167 15 Prices moved broadly higher early yesterday In active trading on the New York Stock Exchange on the basis of reports that economic recovery was gaining momentum. Shortly oefore 11 a.m. (US time), the Dow Jones Industrial Average, a 8.97-polnt winner on Tuesday, was ahead 323 points to 986.70.
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    • 36 15 Dow Jones ckrtnc iwi|« on the New York Block Exchange yesterday: *0 Industrials 9SS.M (up 3.53); SO transport 307 77 (off 0 71); 16 utilities MJO (up 0 00); 06 stocks MOM (up OJft).
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    • 209 15 There wax no particular news to spur the market ahead yesterday. In the morning session, however, Iron and steel, Including Nippon Steel and Nippon Kokan, firmed up. Alto, Incentivebacked Issues Including Sharp Bhowa Oil and Mldorlya were higher on selective buying. TDJA: 4592.04 (-7.97) 76. hl-low: 4684.25 (W 31):
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    • 77 15 Cloning price* (in francs) on the Paris Bourse yesterday: Perthes 1*4 —1 Ponder SM.50 +0.10 Prictsmps «7 —a.60 Butt MJO +0.70 Royal Dutch >11 unch. MtohaWw 1440 unch. COB SM «J0 Thomson MOJO +1.70 CPP 1M +3 Rhone 104.10 —0.50 Air INN +3.t0 B 8 N 0M Philips M
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    • 86 15 Cloth* price* at 11.30 am. today (Australian time) on the Bydney Stock Exchange: Bank NSW IM 600 Bramble* nil 176 BHP 7M 760 Boral MO nil CBA nil MO C8R 400 nil CIO 900 106 Cbal Allied 390 339 Dunlop U« 11* Bx md. SAO nil F and T
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    • 74 15 Closing prtc es (In 8wu> francs) on tha Zurich Block Exchange yesterday: UBfl B. IMS —10 UB8 R IM SBC 4M Credit Suisse mo 18 nwlssslr B. Swiss Retnsur. •77 MM I 10 Wlnterthur B. ISM Zurich maur. MIS +M Juvena B. MS 11 Nestle B. J6I0 Interfood B.
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  • 347 16 Reuter Medan, Thursday Taiwan's Kuo Chi Hslung will start as a firm favourite In the Indonesian Open the fifth leg of the Asian polf Circuit starting today. Chl Hslung yesterday returned a slx-under-par M for the day's lowest score in the Pro-Am tournament
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  • 197 16 Reuter London, Thursday. Mancnester United, chasing the double of the Etagllsh football League championship and Football Association Cup, took over second place In the League table when they drew 1-1 at Norwich last night. United are now one point behind First Division leaders Queen's
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  • 484 16 Reuter Sydney, Thursday. Bouth Africa's return to International cricket will be a "alow and somewhat painful process," a member of the International Wanderers team touring South Aflrlca, Australian lan Chappell, said yesterday. Writing from Johannesburg In his regular column for the Sydney Morning Herald,
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  • 237 16 Reuter London, Thursday Geoff Hunt of Australia cleared hi* semifinal hurdle In the International Grand Prix squash series when he defeated Hlddjr Jah an of Pakistan 9-2, 9-5. 9-7 in the fifth and final tournament at Wembley last night. In the other play-off for fifth
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  • 45 16 Reuter Islamabad, Thursday Qamar Zaman, winner of the British Open Suash rackets chamonshlp last year, was yesterday declared Pakistan's Bportsman of the Year for 1975. The title, Instituted recently by the Pakistan OOTernment, carries a cash prise of 30.000 rupees (about $5000).
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    • 416 16 lkl 1 Powerful 2-acrew 3000 b.h.p. selvage tender tug departing Singapore for Red Sea/ Persian Gulf. Phone: 93*31 FOP VALE OR CHARTER Self propelled landing craft LCT (MK VII) 230 ft 38 ft x 6 ft Draft 600 dwt capacity. Excellent condition. Tel: 4M257 TIUOC DIRECTORIES JAPAN. USA, UK. Australia.
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    • 374 16 m :hh v.' v IN IAUI A leading InternsUonaJ company promoting a well-known brand of Consumer's product invite* application* for the position ol BALM AQENTO. QUALIFICATIONS: Initiative Ability to work hard. EXFERIENCE:Not necessary, aa the company provide! a comprehensive on-the Job training programme. Young or mature ladles/ gentlemen Interested In
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  • 473 17 Reuter Munich, Thursday Bayern Munich turned on their champions style to bang five secondhalf goals past Portugal's Benfica and stride into the last four of the European soccer Cup, which they have won for the past two years. Following a goalless draw
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  • 657 17  -  By PHILIP TAN Armed Forces regained lost pride when they hammered Upper Serangoon United 7-0 in a Division One League soccer match at Jaian Besar Stadium last night. Safsa who were humbled 2-1 by Changj Constituency last weekend Et themselves back In > race for second place
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  • 59 17 Tickets for the Football Association of Singapore Division Three final between Calrnhlll Constituency and Paslr Panjang Constituency on March 20 at the Jalan Besar will be on sale from today at the following centres: Mbnk's Hill Secondary School office from 5 p.m. to 7 p m., Calrnhlll Constituency In
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    • 94 17 ■J I 1 (H 20th March. Laarn Hw «nM art «f »iHI»| imlmn hWwi and iwirti. Ym *MI 4* «tl to aMa t* writ* »mtei)y wmf tmParticularly ataful ta asacwtlvaa, tacratariaa, itanaHourt: 4.15 p.m. t.lf »jh., a vary Saturday. Qty School of Comimrc* 2ia Mr** T*****«4%. U *SSsesBSße«6d|>l*B an» Ist
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    • 426 17 YOUR LUCKY STARS IF irs YOUR BIRTHDAY BORN today, you are a highly critical person Wo is saved from making enemies by being Just as critical of his own work as he Is of the work of others. Meticulous in the extreme, you are never to be found In the
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  • 913 18  -  Delay is unfair to bowlers, STBC told BOWLING by Jeffrey Low Tke Singapore Tenpln Bowling Cong reas will be heading for another year of injustice to bowlers if delays to the formation of the national squad are not arrested soon. It It now three montha
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  • 344 18  -  By PHILIP TAN The Singapore Hockey Association will reconsider their plans to engage Indian coach Balakrlshnan Singh for the National team. Mr. 8. Yogarajah, the SHA secretary, said that the decision to engage Balakrlshnan. the head coach at the Indian Institute of
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  • 206 18  -  By PHILIP TAN The Singapore Amateur Athletic Association will be sending for the first time two teams to the Malaysian crosscountry championships on March 28. SAAA Vice-President Mr. Maurice Nicholas said yesterday that the teams will consist of eight Junior and eight senior athletes. They will only
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  • 22 18 Reuter Belfast, Thursday Carrlck Rangers beat Larne 3 2 In an Irish Football Association Cup semi-final replay here last night.—Reuter
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    • 91 18 MERUN PLEASURE BAG INTERNATIONAL BUFFET LUNCH ■arvad dally at tha O-ROOM from 12.30 pm to 2.30 pm. Adult $8.60 Children $6.00 M V' v> ari m tim AT THE QRILL ROOM THE JUICIEST l 1 1 Md» r CHOPS AND STEAKS With I compllmintiry gtan of tmooth Mataut Rota.) 7
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  • 314 19 Reuter Cheltenham, Thursday Front running Night Nurse maintained his unbeaten record this season by winning the Champion Hurdle on the second day of the C he 11 en ham National Hunt horse racing Festival here yesterday. It was an Impressive performance by the brilliant five-year-old
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  • 48 19 Jakarta, Thursday. Indonesia's badminton star Rudy Hartono left here yesterday for London to take part in the All-England champion shlpsopenlng at Wembley on March 24. Hartono, seven-times All-England champion, is Upped to regain the title he lost to Bvend Pri of Denmark last year.
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  • 30 19 Sendal. Thursday—The Bovlct men's National volleyball team beat an All -Japan side 3-2 (15 -10, 7-15- 6-15. 15-11, 15-12) In the third of their fivegame series here yesterday.
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  • 255 19 SATURDAY RACK 1: 1.45 CI. < Dtr. 5 1204 m: Snkarla, Gem par. RACE 2: 8.15 a. 4 Dir. 4 1244 m: Laurel Park, Holiday Raffle, Warm Brandy. RACE 3: 2.45 CI. DIT. 1 1294 m: Always Good, Last I Ferret, Top Rider. RACE 4: 3.15 CI. 4 Dir.
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  • 1400 19 SATURDAY CL 1 Dlv. 2 1804m Man of Course* 11 67 1 Prince Sinclair HI 10 Don Marfcoa M a Counterbalance u.i Tallow River 11 Atomic Powsr M ia •14 IS Bunge* Wane III Crastador it I MJ a Oeneral Trong m 50 Jubilation n
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  • 368 19  -  ON THE TRACK u it h Brian Miller Doable Adl os II showed sparkling form when he went nicely on the bit to return 36.1 for 600 m on good going at Buklt Tim ah t his morning. Monu was full of running at
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  • 66 19 Reuter Dublin, Thursday Joanna Morgan, a 21-year-old Walsh girl rider, beat Britain's worldclass Jockey Lester Plggott in a photo finish on the opening day of the Irish Flat racing season yesterday. Miss Morgan, who Is apprenticed to Irish trainer Seamus McOrath, drove Mount Baton to a half
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  • 39 19 The Malayilan Navy will play a friendly aoccer match against Telok Blangah Constituency at Buklt Chermln today at 5.15 p.m. The Telok Blangah Youth team will alao play a friendly against Oeylang International Youth at the adjoining Pitch.
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  • 58 20 MEI LIN: Aren't you surprised that many of the big time hawkers are resigned to having to pay tax in the future? AH FOOK: Well, they have made their pile already and even If the proposed suggestion in parliament to tax them is Implemented, It Is unlikely to
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    • 195 20 When the is then*... Peter Heerinj» keeps it going ox>l ami n'tri arm i 4 > J I'kV* Peter Heering chilled (but not killed) on the rocks or neat. After dinner a refreshing mellow way to delight your guests. Small sise "balloon" glasses bring out the full flavour and bouquet
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    • 906 20 TV AND RADIO SINGAPORE 5 3.66 OPENING ANNOUNCEMENTS followed by HOU8EWIVE8' MATINEE: Golden Voice. Part One of a Mandarin film (r). 3 .54 GENERAL HOSPITAL 4.36 INTERMI88ION «.0S OPENING ANNOUNCEMENTS followed BY LASSIE: Joyoui Part Two. Ml NEW8 IN BRIEF 35 MANI8 MANJA (r). A locally produced 'how for young
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    • 242 20 Today's top shows OPINION: Football. (8.40 p.m. Ch. 5) The topic Is Singapore's raging fever, soccer. It Is discussed by N. Oanesan, deputy chairman of the Football Association of Singapore and manager of the football team, Choo Seng Quee, former top footballer and coach of the national team, presently a
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