New Nation, 1 April 1976

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  • 22 1 New Nation SINGAPORE Thursday April 1, 1976 No. 1603 Price 20 cents M C. (P) 428/76 W NEW (0) NATION^ 1 COMMENT
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  • 108 1 Organisers of the anti-drug abuse campaign are taking advantage of the soccer craze to make their pitch. Anti-drug slogans were put up for the first time at the National Stadium last Sunday during the Singapore versus Perils match One (see Jerry Seh's picture) was
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  • 323 1  -  By Rav Dhaliwal, Terry Ang COMFORT, the NTUC taxi co-operative, is to move into two heavytraffic areas HDB estates and the airport in a big way. It has plans to set up taxi stands in housing estates and from May 1 it is taking over
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  • 133 1 UPI Moscow, Thursday Republican Party presidential candidate Ronald Reagan holds such strong anti-com-munist feelings that he insists literally on blue rather than red carpet treatment, a Soviet newspaper said yesterday. Gennadi Gerasimov, New York correspondent of the weekly Literaturnaya Gazeta. wrote that he made this observation last month
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  • Page 1 Advertisements
    • 42 1 Making a habit of sport: See Page 8. INSIDE Sime shares: Warning by KL Page 2 Air fares up ape Page 2 17,000 Syrians In Lebanon Page 5 IN THE OTHER PAGES: Cinemas 2; Moneywords 10: Stars 14; Comics 18; Crossword 19.
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  • Page 1 Miscellaneous

  • 316 2  -  By Nancy Koh, K.K. Fong The Government has approved a three per cent hike In air fares effective from today. It will affect travel from Singapore to Traffic Conference Sectors II (Europe and Middle East) and 111 (Asia and Australasia), but not Sector I
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  • 394 2 The controversy over the 45.9 million Slme Darby shares, which are not listed In Ku&la Lumpur, took another dramatic turn yesterday. Bank Negara Governor, Tan Sri Ismail bin Mo hammed warned that action will be taken against any stock broker who deals with those shares.
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  • 128 2 Smartly turned out for the passingout parade at the Royal Military Academy, Sand hurst, are these officer cadets from Singapore who recently completed its training course. They bad just token pari In the traditional passing oat parade which marks the end of the gruelling sixmonth
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  • 284 2  -  By Violet Oon Pianist Vivienne Wee and the Singapore Youth Orchestra made me sit up in excitement last night at their public concert at the Conference Hall. Vlvienne's musicianship hu always been outstanding but her rendition of Beethoven's Emperor Concerto incidentally, this was the second time
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  • 161 2 Prices opened on a steady note at the Stock Exchange of Singapore during the first 45 minutes this morning. The initial higher prices however did not receive follow-through support. Profit-taking clipped most of the opening gains at press time. Slme Darby ordinary shares were traded unchanged at $3.38
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  • 34 2 The southern carriageway between Jalan Eunos and Jalan Übl will be closed for nine months from today to allow sewerage work to be carried out. Motorists are advised to use alternative routes.
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  • 30 2 The Hello Bupport Oroup Club Is conducting a membership campaign. Those Interested in providing services to the less fortunate can write to: The Secretary, Hello Support Oroup Club,
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  • Page 2 Miscellaneous
    • 538 2 AT THE CINEMA I] THE GUNS OF NAVABONE (Re-Issue): Carl Foreman's epic adventure with a top cast consisting of Gregory Peck. David Nlven and Anthony Qulnn; an example of a well-made blockbuster. with music by Dmitri Tlomkln. Others In this 1961 film are Stanley Baker. Anthony Quayle. Irene Papas. Gla
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  • 10 2 Police reported 72 accidents yesterday. Four were serious, one fatal.
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  • 335 3  -  By Judith Holmberg Work on a revised Co-operatives Societies Act has come to a stop as NTUC officials feel that the first draft of amendments are inapplicable to the Singapore situation. The draft was put ap by an ILO expert nearly a year ago at
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  • 106 3 The assistant manager ol Capitol Theatre last night reported to police that a man threatened to burn down the cinema minutes after an abortive attempt to set It on fire. Mr. Kam Chuan Hwa, 25 said a man telephoned after the fire was DUt out
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  • 164 3 Railway fares went up by between 15 and 50 cents today.* The Increase, according to Enclk Abdul Hallm Othman, District Traffic Superintendent of the Malayan Railway Btatlon here, Is to offset higher costs of operation. He added the increase Is nominal and should not
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  • 49 3 A new 54-hour course oh Introduction to automatic control used in industrial process will be conducted by the Adult Education Board from April 4 at the Beatty Secondary School. Lessons in English will be held every Sunday from 10.30 a.m. to 1.30 p.m. The fee Is |80.
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  • 454 3 TO SPEED UP EXPANSION, MODERNISATION AP Kuala Lumpur, Thursday The Central Bank (Bank Negara) is to encourage the mergers of small banks or their take-over by bigger banks in Malaysia to further improve conditions for eflfective banking competition. Such mergers or takeovers
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  • 37 3 The National Productivity Board will conduct a course on The Supervisor and His Job at the Hotel and Catering Training School from May 3 to May 14 at 7 p.m. For more details tel: *****5.
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  • 33 3 The public telephone booth* at Telephone House In Hill Btreet have been removed to the ground floor of Stamford House. It will be open from 8 a.m. to 11 p.m. dally.
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  • 503 4  -  By Lee Yew Meng D e re loping countries should not depend too heavily on the benefits to be derived from tariff preferences. They would probably gain more from msrlng sure their important exports are included in the GATT multinational trade negotiations. Thla U the
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  • 88 4 More than 70 per cent of the 384 three-room and four-room flaU at Boon Tkmg Road, off Tlong Bahru Road, have been bought by the tenants. The 14 blocks of fourstorey walk-up flats, built by the Singapore Improvement Trust, were sold at 131,500
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  • 131 4 The new engineering complex of the University of Singapore at Kent Ridge to expected to be ready for occupation by the middle of this year. In a message in Prime Movers, s yearbook of the Engineering Faculty Dr. T. tL Huen, Dean of
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  • 325 4  -  —by SZ car firms By Rav K. Dhaliwal The Society of Tourist Agents Is to ask the Government to waive the payment by car rental firms of the difference between the old and new Additional Registration tfse (ARF) when they sell their cars to private owners. The
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  • 200 4  -  By Eileen Tan Under-utilLsed fringe car parks are being put to other lues fringe benefits, you might say. Example: The Dempsey Road fringe car park (left) is using some of the empty lots as a plant sales centre for the Parks and Recreation Department.
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  • 59 4 The First National City Bank is to chance Its name to Citibank at the end of this month. The name Is to be changed In 113 countries following a dire ctlve from the Bank's head office In United Btates. A spokesman for FNCB said that it
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  • 325 4  -  By Wee Beng Huat Polaroid Singapore Ltd. has Just released into the market their latest instant colour camera which is aptly called Pronto. It was shown to about 100 pressmen and photo dealers from Singapore and Malaysia at a special preview at
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  • 184 5 Reuter Moscow, Thursday.— West Germany and the Soviet Union have abandoned plans to build the world's biggest nuclear power station at Kaliningrad, in western Russia, which was to have supplied electricity to West Berlin, it was announced here. The scheme for the power
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  • 23 5 Reuter Brussels, Thursday Belgium's King Baudouin yesterday marked his silver Jubilee by dedicating himself anew to the service of the nation.
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  • 253 5 17,000 men at border claim Reuter Beirut, Thursday Lebanese socialist leader Kamal Junblatt, whose forces are fighting to depose President Suleiman Franjieh in the Lebanese civil war, said yesterday 17,000 Syrian troops were concentrated on Lebanon's border. Mr. Junblatt told reporters he hoped the Syrian forces
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  • 211 5 BUT UK SENDS ENVOY Reuter London, Thursday Britain yesterday again publicly rejected the idea of sending troops into Rhodesia and announced instead that a Minister will visit at least two neighbouring African countries. Mr. David Ennals. Minister of State at the Foreign Office, told parliamentary
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  • 254 5 Reuter Moscow, Thursday The Kremlin officially blamed Egypt yesterday for discord between them and stld Cairo was trying to Justify deals with Israel. Tass News Agency said the Soviet Embassy In Cairo had Just handed over a Kremlin statement on the abrogation by President Sadat
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  • 87 5 Reuter Jerusalem. Thursday Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin blamed Israeli communists yesterday for riots in Galilee in which six Israeli Arabs were killed and scores of civilians and police injured. As families of the victims prepared to bury their dead, the Prime Minister bitterly attack-
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  • In Brief
    • 35 5 Reuter Hong Kong, Thursday North Vietnam said yesterday the presence of American troops and US military Involvement In Thailand was the main obstacle to normalisation of friendly relations between Hanoi and Bangkok. Reuter.
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    • 33 5 Reuter Belfast, Thursday Three British soldiers were killed last night when a landmine exploded under their patrol car In rugged Irish Republican guerrilla country south-west of here, an army spokesman said.
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    • 31 5 UPI Washington, Thursday Former US Defence Secretary Mr. Melvln Laird said he believes Secretary of Btate Dr. Henry Kissinger will "bow out" if President Ford wins the election.
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    • 34 5 UPI Tokyo, Thursday A 34-year-old woman leaped from the 40th floor Of a Tokyo hotel on Tuesday, apparently because she doubted her ability to raise her two-year-old daughter properly, police reported yesterday.—UPl
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  • 127 6 Working wives blamed Reuter London, Thursday Increasing cruelty to children In Britain could be partly diy> to more wives going out to work. Dr. David Owen, Minister of State for Health, said yesterday. Dr. Owen, addressing the National Society for the PrevenUon of Cruelty to Children,
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  • 256 6 ...as Wang joins the big campaign Reuter Peking, Thursday Communist Party Vice-Chairman Wang Hung-wen, youngest of China's top leaders, yesterday signalled he was taking an active part in the campaign against Vice-premier Teng Hsiao-ping. A front-page article In the Darty newsuaoer People's Dally described how the
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  • 112 6 UPI London. Thursday A campaign for Britons to be able US pay their bills in a currency of their choice pounds. D-marks, dollars. French francs or something else was launched In London yesterday. The aim to curb inflation. It would mean that a weaker
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  • 200 6 Reuter Bonn, Thursday Foreigners have been barred from settling in the city of Cologne. The ban. in a city where one person in 10 is a non-German, follows similar moves in Munich, Frankfurt, Hanover and West Berlin as well as a number of small
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  • 111 6 UPI TODAY is Thursday. April 1, the 92nd day of 1976 with 274 to follow. It Is April Fools Day. THE MOON is between its new phase and first quarter. THE MORNING STAR is Venus. THE EVENING STARS are Mecury, Mars, Jupiter and Saturn. Those born on this date
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  • 63 6 AP London, Thursday Office worker Nelson Haeems was released from the bonds of wedlock in the London Divorce court last week because his marriage had lasted only half an hour. Haeems. 21, and his wife, Jennifer, 30, parted 30 minutes after the wedding reception in West London
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  • Page 6 Advertisements
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  • Page 6 Miscellaneous
    • 141 6 WORLD WEATHER New York—Rain, 12 6C. Headline: Syrians press* lng leftists in Beirut to accept truce. Tokyo—Cloudy. 14 IOC. Headline: Turn over names, Senate subpoenas Lockheed. Paris Sunny, 14 -7C. Headline: Lebanon: Carnage. Rome Sunny, 20-3C. Headline: Christian Democrats stiffen on abortion issue. London Dry, cloudy, 15-8C. Headline: Callaghan in
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  • 218 7 Ford makes Richardson head of commission Reuter Washington, Thursday President Ford yesterday created a cabinet-level commission to study the problem of huge foreign payments by US corporations and recommend steps by the end of this year to stamp out corrupt business practices. He named Commerce Secretary
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  • 183 7 Reuter Manila, Thursday A World Health Organisation (WHO) conference on helping Vietnam ended here yesterday with only two of the eight countries attending actually pledging direct assistance. A spokesman for the WHO Western Pacific Regional Committee which organised the meeting to obtain contributions
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  • 153 7 Reuter Washington, Thursday—The Bovlet Union has sent its longawaited response on US proposals for a new strategic arms limitation (SALT) agreement to Washington last week, the State Department disclosed yesterday. In keeping with the normal secrecy that surrounds the SALT talks. State Department spokesman
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  • 201 7 AP Washington, Thursday. One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest swept the academy awards., but Ken Kesey, the man who wrote the book on which the Oacar-win-nlng 111 m was based. Is bitter and broke. "No artist wants to be raped no artist wants to be poor,"
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  • 109 7 Reuter Geneva, Thursday At least 10 million blind people across the world lost their slcht because of bad sanitation, poor nutrition and Inadequacy of medical services, the World Health Organisation (WHO) said yesterday. To make the world aware of the problem of blindness, the
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  • 63 7 Bangkok. ThursdayOne of Thailand's socialist politicians has gone Into hiding because of threats to his life, and has stopped campaigning for next Sunday's general election. It was reported yesterday. The Bangkok Post said Col. Somkld Srlsangkom, chairman of the Socialist Party, went Into hiding last weekend
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  • Page 7 Advertisements
    • 115 7 m a 0 V W i L is for Love, for Luxury ond for Lonco Lanco comes from Switzerland the country that makes the best watches In the world. They call Lanco the rich watch. For very good reasons. It's built to high Swiss standards of precision. It's designed by
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  • 433 8 Football fans at last Sunday's Malaysia Cup match at the National Stadium and TV viewers who saw the subsequent telecast would have noticed banners which read: "On with the game, off with the drugs" and "Sports yes, drugs no." The slogans were flanked by SANA
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  • WHISPERS By ISPY
    • 102 8 After a long tiring Journey, an executive found himself In a small town In north Malaysia. He hailed a trishaw and asked to be taken to a "tukang urut" (masseuse at a massage parlour). The trishaw rider assured the executive he knew the best In town
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    • 69 8 A man turned up at a dinner party donning a surgical cast and found himself the centre of sympathy while his wife took little notice of his plight. "Pay no attention to him," she said. "He only puts on the cast when he visits tii« doctor
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  • 1312 8 Their role is to improve the working class The co-operative movement in Singapore is rapidly developing, expanding and moving into new areas. The latest step is the decision to set up a Wholesale Co-operative Division with the manufacture of bread and icecream as its
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  • 68 8  -  REGULAR COMMUTER 3ingapore, 19. Will the SBS please use more new buses for the Serangoon Garden Estate routes? For a long time now, residents have had to put ud with boneshakers. At present, there are two new buses on Service 105 and one on Service 104. New
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  • 44 8  -  WONG HON SENG, Singapore, 1. The Ministry of Environment In Its effort to curb noise pollution should also look into record stalls which play music loudly. Those along Pagoda/Trengganu Street are a nuisance to residents every night from 6 p.m. to midnight.
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  • 228 8 VOICE OF THE PRESS /a DAILY TELEGRAPH The straightforwardness and moderation of Zambia's President Kenneth Kaunda are rated highly by all who have dealings with him. Yet his advice on Rhodesia makes no sense, except possibly from the purely local point of view. Dr. Kaunda
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  • 40 8  -  SAFETY-FIRST, Singapore, 21. Lorries are parked every evening on the pavement along Jalan Jurong Kechll from the taxi stand to Toh Yl Drive. Pedestrians have no choice but to walk round the lorries on the road Itself.
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  • 870 9 Crisis months before his resignation full of dangers, says new book Washington Post Reuter Washington, Thursday Military officials were concerned for months prior to Richard M. Nixon's resignation about how to best guard against potential dangers created by his deteriorating Presidency. Reports published in the summer of
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  • 684 9  -  Art Buchwald Los Angeles Times Ron Nessen was complaining about the clumsy image the media had been giving President Ford. Angered by the press coverage devoted to Mr. Ford's fall in the snow while skiing, Nessen told reporters it was "the most unconscionable misrepresentation
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  • Article, Illustration
    778 10/11 Start of keep fit fad goes back to the 1960s Infant mortality is down, life expectancy up, the doctors tell us. But now healthy really are Singaporeans? Has the call for a ruffed society, made 10 years ago, done any good to our physical and mental well-being? New
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  • 802 10/11  -  Bjr Florence Tan Improved health of Singaporeans has resulted In a shift In the trend of diseases in recent years, according to some doctors. "Most notable Is the number of deaths caused by cancer each year," said one doctor. The cancer
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  • Page 10/11 Miscellaneous
    • 510 10/11 mil NATION MONEYWORDS Cut out ond pin with other coupons. Posting instructions appear below Name (Mr./Mrs./Miss) Address Tel: BMBaaCul along dotted line* CLUIS FOR IZ —4 1. Area of grass in a garden 2. Often one of a number that may bo all identical 3. Recoil of a fun whan
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    • Article, Illustration
      93 12 Do it with glamour plus glasses Sunglasses are a fashion accessory for sporty clothes. So there is no reason why ordinary glasses shouldn't go with an evening ensemble. It's all a matter of how you frame your face. Picture inset: Jacqueline looking glamorous in bewitching black with
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    • 801 12  -  by Betty L. Khoo One of my girlfriends was proud and pleased when her friends presented her with a mug which said: "1 am strongminded." "That's me!" she announced gleefully. Strong-minded, I told her, Is just another nicer word for plain
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    • 194 12 A Sunshine coach is all ready, waiting to be shipped from England to Singapore for use by one of the children's homes. The only snag is that the donor of the coach, Mecca Limited, organisers of the Miss Worid Contest are waiting to
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    • 316 13  -  Shop Around A Jennifer Schoon The family that plays together, stays together. So when there is nothing particularly exciting on TV and everyone's a little restless, get out a parlour game. There is an endless range of easy-to-learn and fun-to participate in
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    • 320 13  -  Decor ideas Violet Oon For a touch of elegance and luxury there Is nothing quite like an Italian bed unit which Incorporates a chest of drawers and make-up table. With Its sleek, wraparound velvet or corduroy upholstery, It Is the
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    • 278 13  -  Casebook S.L. "A few days ago, my 17-year-old sis-ter-in-law developed an infection which appears to be encircling her waist. It also causes her pain at night," Mr. P. wrote. "Most Chinese people believe that such an infection is a 'snake rrowth'
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  • 891 14 Leipzig —where cabaret is a safety valve People who let off steam by laughing at life itself AP Leipzig, Thursday The German theatrical art form known as cabaret, romanticised in film and legend, observes its 75th anniversary this year. In East Germany, it is a tolerated, although Increasingly sharpened, form
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  • 270 14 Birth of 12 pups: Is it a record r 7 from the DOG HOUSE t bv HG J I have no list of the largest litters whelped in Singapore or Malaysia. Nevertheless, I believe the Alsatian ***** Aronbel Last Tango belonging to Mrs. Ursula Stracey and sired by Mr. Tom
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  • Page 14 Advertisements
    • 96 14 From Ist April 1976, our new address will be: 299E, Selegie Complex (West Wing) Selegie Road, Singapore 7. Telephone numbers and P.O. Box address remain unchanged. I N I)I M K X(PTE) LTD ASSOCIATED SERVICES PRODUCTS PTE. LTD. STOCKS TO CLEAR BELOW COST! X OKSTON Kit 0-5140 V Com* and
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  • Page 14 Miscellaneous
    • 429 14 YOUR LUCKY STARS IF irs YOUR BIRTHDAY BORN today, you are (me of those fortunate Individuals who seems to have been barn with a eenae of the value of ttme. You never Invest In any project or endeavour more time than la needed to accompUah your task; on the other
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  • 266 15 UPI Frankfurt, Thursday—Sterling plunged to an all-time low against the mark the pound was quoted on the West German foreign exchange market yesterday, at 4.86 marks, dealers said. The British currency's previous lowest point here was its closing rate of 4.8675 marks on Tuesday night.
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  • 187 15 AP Caracas, Thursday Prices of Venezuelan crude oil and refined products in the first quarter of this year rose by nine per cent from the preceding three months. Mines and Hydrocarbons Minister Valentin Hernandez said yesterday. The crude was sold for an
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  • 131 15 Business News and Views Reuter Manila, Thursday The Asian Development Bank has afreet! to finance Thailand's second highway project with a loan of US$l9 million ($47.5 million) from its ordinary capital resources. The bank announced that the project consists of: The construction of about
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  • Stock-markets round the world
    • 210 15 A late afternoon rally yesterday pushed the Dow Jones Industrial average to the door of the 1000 level In slow trading on the New York Stock Exchange In the face of concerns over strikes at heme and war in Lebanon. The Dow industrials, an 11-polnt loser the previous
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    • 35 15 UPI Dow Jones closing averages on New York Stock Exchange yesterday: 30 industrials 999.45 (up 7.32); 20 transport 207.97 (up 0.63); 15 utilities 87.55 (up 0.41); 65 stocks 304 01 (up 1.79). UPI.
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    • 148 15 DBS-Daiwa Securities International Ltd. The market rebounded for the first time in five days centring on con sumer expenditure -relat ed issues, despite the decline on Wall Btreet. T. D. J. A.: 4,599.48 43.95) 76. HI-Low: 4684.25 (1/31); 4403.06 (1/5). T S E 340.53 3.09). Volume: 140 mil. 10
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    • 75 15 Reuter Closing prices (In francs) on the Paris Bourse yester day: Parlbas 185 +1 Ponder 331.10 —3.40 Prln temps 65 unch Bull 40.10 +1.05 Royal Dutch 316.70 +.20 Mlchelln 1440 +8 COK 340 +1 Thomson 337 6.50 CPP 134.50 3.30 Rhone 105.30 +.60 Air 381 —I B8N 699 +5
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    • 76 15 Union Bank of Switzerland Closing prices (In Swiss francs) on the Zurich Stock Exchange yesterday: UBS Bearer 3560 5 UB8 Registered 535 4 SBC 467 Credit Bullae 3675 —60 Swissair B. 540 —20 Swiss Relnsur. 2050 —10 Wlnterthur B 1840 Juvena B 455 5 Nestle B. 3440 S Interfood
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    • 127 15 Reuter Prices In Australian cents at 11 30 ajn today (Australian time) on the Sydney 8took Exchange; AC I 145 148 A D C 42 55 Ampol Pet 59 60 ANI 118 119 APM ISO 131 Bank N8W 620 624 Brambles 163 166 B H P 730 734 Boral
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  • 258 15 'Gross exploitation* charge London, Thursday Labour left-winger Robert Cryer called on the British government yesterday not to allow textile products from Hong Kong into Britain until an Employment Protection Act is applied in the colony. In a parliamentary question. Mr. Cryer asked that
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  • 330 15 Mr. K.R. Hamilton, former general manager of the now defunct Malaysia Singapore Airlines, has been appointed the general manager of Qantas. He will assume his new post on July 1 when Captain R.J. Ritchie retires. Mr. Hamilton became MSA's general manager in 1963. Qantas having a shareholding
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  • 112 15 Reuter Jakarta, Thursday The Indonesian government has decided to cut export duties by between five and 10 per cent on total of 116 export items effective from today, Mr. Widjojo Nitisastro said here last night. Mr. Wldjojo, speaking after attending a meeting with President Suharto and
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  • 489 16 Sydney, Thursday Michelle Ford, 13, is being hailed as the fastest swimmer in the world for her age. Only 1.4 metres tall, Michelle emerged as Australia's newest swimming champion after clocking remarkable times during the recent New South Wales Age Oroup
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    • 378 16 NOTICES NOTICE NOTICE IS HEREBY OIVEN that I. Lim Sin Ngln of No. 52, Llchi Avenue (13) Singapore, have applied for a Raising of Status from Beer House Ist Class to Public House First Class licence In respect of premises No. Ist fl, Rear Blk, Orchard Towers, Unit 111, Claymore
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  • 238 17 New Delhi, Thursday The MCC will play live Tests and New Zealand three In cricket tours of India starting In November this year, It was announced here yesterday. Mr. Ohuiam Ahmed, secretary of the Board of Control for Cricket In India, told
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  • 714 17  -  BOWLING by Jeffrey Low The Singapore Tenpln Bowling Congress are now taking more positive steps towards the formation of the long overdue National squad. Early this week. BTBC tournament chairman William Tay officially wrote to the NaUonal squad sub-committee to give the green
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  • 473 17  -  MARTIAL ARTS •>- Wilfred Shimmen Students who took part in the InterBranch karate tournament organised by the Metropolitan YWCA recently displayed a strong fighting spirit despite the fact they lacked tournament experience, says Chief Instructor H. Horiuchi, sth dan. About 00 students from the
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  • 90 17 Reuter New York. Thursday. The American zone Davis Cup tennis final between South Africa and Chile will be played In Santiago from April 23 to 25, the chairman of the Davis Cup Committee, Harcourt Woods, announced here yesterday. South Africa reached the zone final when Mexico refused
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  • 337 17 Reuter Port of Spain, Thursday West Indies fast bowler Andy Roberts will be rested for the other two Tests against India In the current series, the West Indies Cricket Board of Control announced here last night. 'The selectors have decided to
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  • 370 18 Kuala Lumpur, Thursday Tamerbell did a winning gallop on the sand track here this morning. Ridden by M.C. Lam, the the six-year-old by Tamerlane was full of running at the end of a 600 m workout In 37.2. The grass track was clofed after heavy rain
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  • 670 18  -  By BRIAN MILLER Defending champions New Town Secondary have lodged a protest to the convenors of the National 8 c ho o 1 s badminton c h a mplonshlps for what they regard as the "unfair advantage" that Buklt Ho Swee will enjoy when
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  • 285 18 Associated Press London, Thursday Britain's Olympic athletes might boycott the Village at Montreal and seek leas crowded accommodation elsewhere. a top track and field official said yesterday. "We are not having our athletes packed In like sardines." said Arthur Oold, manager of the British athletic team. "It
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  • 115 19 Reference to your report in the New Nation on Marcn 31, regarding the 'Rude Telephone Operator' in the Bata Premier Store at North Bridge Road, I wish to point out thit our organisation do not employ any telephone operators. Our telephone is situated on the
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  • 35 19 Reuter Prague, Thursday Veteran Joza Rudnova led the Soviet Union to a 3-2 victory over England In the final of the European women's team table tennis championship here last night. Reuter.
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  • 437 19 The 19-year-old shows speed and skill Mediocre football filled the Division One match when Armed Forces defeated Jalan Besar 2-1 at Jalan Besar last night. Forces were passably proficient on a night when they were not extended beyond normal ness, and even a defeat would not have
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  • 51 19 Karachi, Thursday— The Pakistan Sports have decided to lift a ban on Pakistani squash star Hlddy Jehan Imposed earlier this year because he played in South Africa and Rhodesia. But Jehan will still not be able to play in the World Cup event in Pakistan next
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  • 408 19 Reuter London, ThursdayVisiting teams shone in the first-leg semi-finals of the. European soccer competitions last night, only Holland's PSV In the European Cup and England's West Hun In the Cup Winners' Cup trailing—and in each case by a single goal. Bayern Munich, seeking
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  • 242 19 Reuter London, Thursday Leeds United kept up their efforts to work off a European soccer ban when they won 3-2 away to Newcastle United in last night's English League programme. Leeds, fifth in the First Division table, arc hoping to qualify for next season's European
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  • 78 19 Leong Kok Fann will lead the Singapore Combined Schools team In a friendly soccer match with the Japanese High School side at Jurong Stadium today at 7.15 p.m. The Singapore team will be from: Sebastian Koh. B. Shanmugaret nam. Hilary Cordelro, N. Rajendra, Chua Soon Teck.
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  • 239 19 Reuter Seoul, Thursday Japan will still visit Tel Aviv for their second match against Israel In an Olympic soccer qualifying competition even though they have already lost all chance of going to Montreal. Japanese team leader Slzuo FlJlta said after yesterday's 3-0 defeat by Israel had removed
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  • 55 20 MEI LIN: A mother of two Jailed for running two tontines and two housewives found guilty of running 4-D lotteries! What are our housewives getting up to these days! AH FOOK: In the end, it is the children who suffer. With mothers operating these rackets, who can blame
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