New Nation, 23 June 1976

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  • 19 1 NewNation SINGAPORE Wednesday June 23, 1976 No. 1674 Price 20 cents M C. (P) 428/76 [NEW NATION i COMMENT
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  • 495 1  -  The new managing director for Haw Par By Lee Yew Meng Haw Par Brothers International Is believed to have selected Mr. George Magnus, a Rank Organisation executive, as its new, $20,000-a--month managing director. Mr. Magnus is the deputy managing director of the Leisure
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  • 126 1 A jeweller, Fong Peng Woon, 58, was bashed on the head with a bottle and robbed of his wallet In a lavatory of the Hilton Hotel last night. Mr. Fong staggered to a friend's shop about 30 metres away in a semiconscious state and
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  • 520 1  -  He is the No 2 man in the editorial dept Francis Rozario Abdul Sam ad bin Ismail, detained under the Internal Security Act In Kuala Lumpur yesterday, Is No. 2 in the New Straits Times Group's editorial department. As managing editor of the group, his responsibilities cover
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  • 221 1 Reuter Washington, Wednesday A senior government official said yesterday the united States may have indirectly supplied India with material used In Its first nuclear explosion In 1974. Mr Robert Seamans. administrator of the Energy Research and Development Administration said India may have used remaining quantities of heavy
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  • 73 1 UPI Hollywood. Wednesday Frank Binatra said yesterday he would marry Barbara Marx, his longtime girlfriend, on Oct. 10, at the Beverly Hills, California, home of actor Kirk Douglas. The wedding date is also the birthdate of her son, Robert, 25. It will be the fourth marriage for
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  • 37 1 UPI Washington, Wednesday. President Ford yesterday signed legislation making Laotian refugees eligible for the same evacuation and resettlement aid that Congress authorised in 1975 for Vietnamese and Cambodian refugees after the communist victories in Indo-chlna. UPI.
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    • 30 1 INSIDE Feedback unit to monitor education system —Page 2 S'pore's top ad girls —Pages 10-11 •IN THE OTHER PAGES: Cinemas 2; Money words 16; Comics 17 Crossword 18; Stars 18.
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  • Page 1 Miscellaneous

  • 412 2  -  By Teresa Ooi The Ministry of Education Is to set up a feedback unit before the end of the year to monitor the education system. the changes In policies and their implementation. The unit is to provide Information on the workings and operation at three
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  • 367 2 The Health Minister, Dr. Toh Chin Chye, today called for a review of the existing training curricula for nurses. Nurses, he said, should be equipped not only to treat a patient's physical aliments but also to act as counsellor and advisor. Speaking at the Nurses'
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  • 89 2 Linda Horn (left) and Katarina Rios strike a familiar Spanish dancers' pose at the poolside of the Oberol yesterday. Linda and Katarina are among six beauty queens from America who tlew Into Singapore on a goodwill tour of Pacific and Asian
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  • 66 2 Trading slowed down drastically at the Stock Exchange of Singapore during the first 45 minutes today. Interest was seriously lacking as only five counters were traded at press time. Price quotations on the board were generally lower than yesterday's closing levels. BUSINESS DONE: First Section DBS. (10) 3.82.
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    • 546 2 AT THE CINEMA U SOLDIER FROM THE GRAVE: Drastically affected by the horrors he has experienced while at war, a young man chances from a Jovial creature to a murderer. Stars John Marley, Lynn Carlln, Henderson Forsyth and Richard Backus. Bob Clark produces and directs this horror movie which was
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    • 70 2 Today: 8.16 a.m. (1.8m); 7.46 p.m. (2.2nW. Tomorrow: 9.21 a.m. (1.9m); 8.31 p.m. (2.3m). Friday: 10.08 a.m. (2m); 9.12 p.m. (2.4m). Saturday; 10.49 a.m. (2.1m); 9.49 p.m. (2.5m). 8unday: 11.28 a.m. (2.2m); 10.26 p.m. (2.6m). Monday: 12.05 p.m. (2.3m); 11.04 p.m. (2.7m). Fire safety Mr. George Barr, a Are insurance
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  • 11 2 Police reported 72 accidents yesterday. Five were serious and one fatal.
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  • 508 3  -  By Terry Ang Of the 22 female drug addicts being supervised by the Singapore AntiNarcotics Association, 18 are heroin cases. Their ages range from 16 to 22. Tne other four cases Involve a 14-year-old ganja addict, a 15-year-old girl on MX pills, a 37-year-old
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  • 227 3 The Ministry of Labour has formulated a six-point safety plan for shipyards to prevent drowning incidents following two such cases last month. The safety measures, spelt out in a circular sent out by the Ministry to all shipyards, were drawn up following a detailed study by
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  • 128 3 A senior airline executive has been transferred out to do a less important Job following the Scotland Yard probe Into the alleged statutory rape by the air stewards In London of a 14-year-old English girl. According to a source, he had (ailed to bring the
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  • 46 4  -  The faces of ASEAN by ALI YUSOFF Miss Mari Grace Eddun is a typical modern Tausug Muslim girl. The 19-year-old beauty from Zamboanga in Mindanao is a professional model with the Karilagan International, a cultural arts organisation that promotes fashion and dance shows.
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  • 473 4 Better working conditions, a fixed monthly salary and proximity to the place of work are some of the main reasons why job seekers prefer employment in electronics rather than garment factories. This was the general opinion of textile and garment manufacturers contacted by New Nation
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  • 158 4 The Customs has appealed to people to report promptly any malpractice in the sale or consumption of toddy. The assistant comptroller of Customs Preventive Branch, Mr. P. Ramanathan, said: "We take a serious view In the adulteration, short measure or blackmarketlng toddy. The department Is bent
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  • 67 4 Annual Inspection of pleasure craft will take place at Ponggol, Changl and Sungel Pandan every month from July 1. Pleasure craft owners, who have received their renewal notices and paid up their licensing iees, may have their craft inspected at Ponggol on the first Sunday of each
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  • 36 4 Mr. Llm Kim San, Minister for National Development and Communications, and his wife will be guests~ofhonour at the YMCA's 74th anniversary dinner and dance at the Shan-gri-la Hotel on July 17 at 7.45 p.m.
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  • 232 4 Complaints from tourists against Singapore shops, taxi drivers and other matters have lessened considerably. According to a source. 700 complaints were received in 1974. This dropped to about 500 last year. "Up to the end of last month, the Tourist promotion Board has re-
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  • 218 4 There are so many ways of learning the metric system. The latest is while sipping a long cool drink placed on a specially designed coaster. The Metrication Board has prepared 50.000 such coasters, all with the metric message, for distribution to the public. They will be given out
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  • 33 4 The University of Singapore's Department or Extramural Activities will conduct a 12-lecture course on Commercial Law and Practice at the DBS Theatrette, every Friday starting on July 16 at 7 p.m.
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  • 21 4 Lim Moo Chee, 31, of Johore has been permanently banned from entering Singapore, according to the latest government gazette.
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  • 24 4 The Stage Club will present a comedy Barefoot In the Park at the Cultural Centre Theatre from Thursday to Saturday at 8 p.m.
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  • 555 5 It's the only way to achieve ideal, says Pichai Reuter UPI Manila, Wednesday Thai Foreign Minister Pichai Rattakul said yesterday ASEAN had to work harder to hring about a zone of peace, freedom and neutrality. "Thailand Is a strong supporter of ASEAN, especially the
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  • 153 5 Washington, Thursday A group of congressional investigators yesterday recommended that the House of Represcnta 11 v e s Administration Committee be stripped of much of the power that had enabled its chairman. Democrat Wayne Hays, to become one of the most influential men
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  • 321 5 Dr K states US stand Reuter AP Paris, Wednesday US Secretary of State Henrv Kissinger said yesterday his planned meeting with Prime Minister John Vorster in no way reflected American endorsement of the South African government's action against black demonstrators. "We regret the meeting
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  • 167 6 UPI Chicago, Wednesday Mr. Daniel Moynihan says that Secretary of State Henry Kissinger pushed him out of his post as US Ambassador to the UN, the Chicago Sun-Times reported yesterday. Mr. Moynihan said h? had learned from New York Times columnist James
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  • 67 6 Reuter Manila, Wednesday Indian Deputy External Affairs Minister Iplnpal Das arrived here yesterday In the course of a tour of member states of the Association of South-east Asian Nations (ASEAN). In an arrival statement, Mr. Das said India was a firm supporter of the zone of peace,
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  • 584 6 Serious fighting breaks out again Reuter Washington, Wednesday President Ford moved yesterday to strengthen the American presence in Lebanon, naming a senior diplomat to take over temporarily in Beirut after the assassination of Ambassador Francis Melov. He chose Deputy Assistant Secretary of State Talcott
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  • 515 6  -  AMERICA JANE GASKELL A Judge has freed a former Inmate at Philadelphia Lewisburg Federal Prison, because both he and the prison guards feared for his life alter he gave evidence about prison violence. Four Inmates have been stabbed to death at the prison In five
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  • 146 6 AP Brisbane, Wednesday —Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Fraser called a Press conference yesterday on the highest point of the Oreat Wall of China to deny an Australian newspaper report that Australia was planning to enter into a four-power pact with China, the US and Japan. The
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  • 130 6 UPI Montreal, Thursday Canada's three major airlines have announced a lawsuit asklnx at least US$7 million ($17.5 million) in damages from Canadian pilots who have refused to fly after declaring Canadian air spaces unsafe. "This claim is openended, which means the amount could Increase depending on
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  • 57 6 Reuter Bangkok, Wednesday— Thailand's national budget for fiscal year 1977 will amount to about 60,000 million baht ($7480 million), or about the same as last year's. Finance Minister Sawet P1 a m pongsan revealed this week. Mr. Sawet said the government would present the 1977 Budget BUI to
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  • 24 6 Reuter London, Wednesday More than 100 prominent politicians, academics and industrialists yesterday launched a national committee aimed at reforming Britain's electoral system. Reuter.
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  • 136 6 Manila, Wednesday Czechoslovakia's Vlastlmll Hort banked on Lev Polugaevsky's blunder In the end game yesterday to win their seventh round match for a share of the lead with Brazil's Henrique Mecking In the Philippine inter-zonal chess tournament. Polugaevsky moved his rook to the seventh rank
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  • 68 6 Reuter London, Wednesday Mfc Rosemary Hunt was a OC f* action c,ub dean out the town's pond in Devises yssterday when she found a haul kJt e y her own La»t September thieves broke into the Hurst home here, hit her C !iu P her over the
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  • 143 6 UPI TODAY Is Wednesday. June 23, the 175 th day of 197# with 191 to follow. THE MOON Is between Its last quarter and new phase. THE MORNING STARS are Miercury and Jupiter. THE EVENING STARS are Venus, Mars and Saturn. Those born on this date are under the
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  • Page 6 Miscellaneous
    • 175 6 WORLD WEATHER New York Chance of showers, 28-20 C. Headline: Christian Democrats too Italian vote but Red Rain leaves crisis unresolved. Tokyo Cloudy, 2921C. Headline: Red challenge In Italian elections. Moscow Fair, rain at times. 20-12 C. Pravda's headline: Socialist patriotism is a source of mass heroism. Paris Warm and
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  • 430 7 Keeping growth down to about spc a year Reuter Paris, Wednesday Leading western industrial countries agreed yesterday to cooperate in fighting inflation by holding down economic expansion to about five per cent a year for the next five years. The decision by Finance Ministers
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  • 161 7 London, Wednesday Britain's unemployment Dlcture worsened yesterday, with government figures highlighting the scarcity of Jobs available for young people leaving school. Total unemployment In Britain on June 10. when the last count was taken, was 1.332.605. which represents 5.7 per cent of the normal working population
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  • 300 7 FBI PROBE IN 1967 UPI New York, Wednesday The FBI probed the background of a Hong Kong hotel hostess friend of former President Richard Nixon to check whether she was an intelligence agent, the New York Times reported yesterday. The FBI began the Investigation
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  • 43 7 AP Tel Aviv, Wednesday US Secretary of Btate Henry Kissinger has confirmed that the American government will give Israel US$2OO million ($5OO million) in transitional aid this year Instead of the US$55O million ($1375 million) Jerusalem expected, Israeli officials said. —A.P.
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  • 252 7 ...to international cooperation Reuter London, Wednesday Britain's Environment Secretary, Mr. Peter Shore, yesterday warned Commonwealth Press leaders excessive regionalism could pose a threat to International cooperation and security. He was addressing the opening session of the Commonwealth Press Union's two-day annual meeting here. The CPU
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  • 138 7 Reuter Moscow, Wednesday The Soviet Union yesterday launched a new space station. Salyut-5, into earth orbit to continue the study of outer space, according to Tass news agency. Systems on board the unmanned station were working normally, It said. Tass said the
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  • 236 7 Reuter Rome, Wednesday A surprise recovery by the long-ruling Chris tlan democrats and dramatic gains by their powerful communist challengers yesterday left Italy with a dangerous post-elec-tion political Impasse. Two days of voting by 40 million electors made It clear the Roman Catholic Christian
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  • 394 8 e conflict of priorities between Malaysia and Thailand over the border situation led to the Malaysian Field Force pullout from Betong earlier this month and Malaysian misgivings about security Subsequent restrictions on Thai vehicles entering Malaysia generated a bitter mood among the locals, whose livelihood
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  • WHISPERS By ISPY
    • 66 8 A friend who loves durians has yet to touch a single fruit this season. The reason: She is pregnant and the aroma nauseates her. All her friends are sympathetic except one, a foreigner who, like most foreigners, can't stand the "king of fruit". He told her, "Now I
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    • 50 8 A reader has noticed that a local cinema has been showing a slide for about a year, which reads: 'The $1 seats' toilet Is under temporary closure. Any inconvenience caused Is very much regretted." Wond e re d the reader: "Just how long is temporary supposed to last?"
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  • 606 8  -  WEDNESDAY WITH DICK WILSON DICK WILSON The problem of Vietnam's relations with the outside world does not look like being resolved for a long time. The Americans are still angry about the way Hanoi treated the Paris Agreement as an invitation to go In
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  • 136 8  -  MRS. CHONG WEE LIAN Ag. Asst. Secretary, Public Relations Unit. Housing Development Board, Singapore 2. At present, the existing owner of an HDB flat will not be Issued keys to his new (often larger) flat until his existing flat has been sold to a buyer
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  • 353 8 VOICE OF THE PRESS N ANYANG SIANG PAU Every public service organisation Inevitably comes under public criticism. some reasonable, others prejudiced. Criticisms are a good thing In that they reflect public concern at the organisation. The points made by Mr Chal Chong Yll, the Senior Minister
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  • 45 8 I am a Secondary 3 student and my great aim is to become a policewoman. But I know I will never be one because I wear glasses. I agree with Interested (NN, June 15) that this rule should be changed. PAULINE, Singapore 27.
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  • 384 8 NYTS New York, Wednesday Independent c o 1leges and universities in the US appear to have held their own this year in the face of rising costs and increasing competition from public institutions for students, according to a study released recently by the Association
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  • 900 9 70 pc drop in foreign earnings Francis Rozario, Grik (Perak), Wednesday Be to n g, once a flourishing town Just 14.4 km from the Thai-Malaysia border where the peoples of the two countries mixed freely, is today suffering the first economic setbacks of the Malaysian Police
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  • 434 9 NYT Washington, Wednesday A natura: substance has been found In human blood that seems to have profound and long-lasting paln-r e 1 i e v i n g qualities. When injected into the brains of rats, Its pain suppressing action appeared as strong as Morphine
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    • 102 9 I v> V a jjHP I n<ss> v <>®V S We admit It! The Casinos is a great band. One of the best that's ever performed at the London Scene. Their repertoire Knows no bounds! They play everything. And they play them so well you won't be able to sit
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  • trend Centrespread edited by Betty L. Khoo
    • 621 10 / 11  -  DAPHNE'S THE FACE THAT LAUNCHED A 'THOUSAND' BOTTLES OF STOUT -by Jennifer Schoon Daphne Lee of the sad brown eyes and pouty lips is easily the top ad girl for '75. Her face popped up in newspapers, cofTeeshops, magazines, department stores in fact
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    • 643 10 / 11 Carrie Is a model who is not choosy about the Jobs she does. In fact hers is the face that pushes Just about every product from toothpaste and paints, milk and beer to office equipment and even engine spareparts. People say I should be more
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    • 762 10 / 11 But she draws the line at nude shots After basking in the limelight and being continually photo graphed as Miss Singapore 1973, Debra de Souza just had to embark on a modelling career to stay in the centre of the stage. "I like being
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    • 913 10 / 11  -  Wednesday, June 23,1976, by H.L.Lim I had always wondered, when I was a schoolboy, what it was like to be a face in the newspapers. Would people stop and ■tare? Would passers-by point you out? Would fel-low-commuters (this Is an anachronism, really, because the word "commuter" was not at
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  • 745 12  -  As mankind faces N-threat By John Worrall Gemini Nairobi, Wednesday What Is the world's worst environmental hazard? Without any doubt, says Dr. Mostafa Tolba, the new executive director of the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), it is the nuclear arms race which is a potential hazard,
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  • 563 12  -  CINEMA 'by J. Holmberg Three plays, collectively titled Le Petit Theatre de Jean Renoir (The Little Theatre of Jean Renoir), will be screened on Sunday by the Singapore Film Society. Le Petit Theatre will probably be the last of Renlor's films,
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  • ENGLISH
    • 1178 13 In the last lesson we looked at personal pronouns as well as intensive and reflexive pronouns, Many people have the Impression that these are the only kinds of pronouns, but that is not true. Today we study other kinds of pronouns—relative, demonstrative, interrog a 11 v e,
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    • 113 13 Fly China Airlines For total care Kh V V >!- f V I i€ k M-t ■<- A A' While you're checking in, taking off and winging your relaxed way to your destination enjoying the kind of service only oldfashioned Chinese hospitality can offer the men and women of China
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  • 444 14  -  Setron profits treble over last five years Company by Lee Yew Meng Setron, one of the Republic's leading assemblers of television sets, has chalked up remarkable progress in the last five years. The group's pre-tax profit has almost trebled from $1.58 million in 1971 to $4.87 million last
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  • 140 14 Singapore's shipbuilding and repairing Industry Is expected to buy about $50 million worth of metal finishing equipment (MFE) per year by 1978. This projection was made In a US Department of Commerce summary report on a market research conducted here last year. The
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  • 191 14 Inflationary pressures continued to ease during the first quarter of this year, according to the Monetary Authority of Singapore. Its quarterly bulletin said the consumer price index fell by a seasonally adjusted rate of one per cent, the largest quarter to quarter decline on record. The continuous downward
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  • 119 14 The Insurance Corporation of Singapore a leading local Insurance company, has entered Into the specialised Jewellers' block Insurance business. It has appointed Sterl- ing Knight, a local Insurance broking firm as sole underwriting agents with the co operation of Oilman's of Hong Kong and Halford
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  • 188 14 and fall back UPI Brussels. Wednesday The US dollar and the pound fell back slightly yesterday on all European money markets except Zurich where the American currency recouped its pervious day's losses. Gold's price also was down 50 cents In Zurich and London to U*****.25 and U*****,375 respectively. A firmer
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  • Stock markets round the world
    • 213 14 Prices plunged yesterday in active trading on the New York Stock Exchange when an afternoon rally fizzled and the Dow Jones Industrial Average failed to hold above the 1000 level. A sharp 0.6 per cent Jump in the Labour Department's May consumer price Index the largest gain since
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    • 34 14 Dow Jones closing averages on the New York Stock Exchange yesterday: 30 Industrials 997.63 (off 9.82); 20 transport 221.07 (off 0 55); 15 utilities 85.70 (off 0.35); 65 stock 307.71 (off 2.18).
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    • 235 14 DBS-Daiwa Securities Int'l Ltd. After opening firm, the market dropped sharply due to news that three managers of all Nippon Airways concerned with the Lockheed pay-ofT scandal were arrested. In the morning session, light electrlcals and cancer drug stocks went up on continuing light volume. Also, department stores like
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    • 75 14 Closing price* (In francs) on the Paris Bourse yesterday: Parlbas 163 —0.50 Fcncler 313 —1 Prlntemps 52.50 —0.60 Bull 39.50 0.60 Royal Dutch 337.40 unch. Mlchelln 1335 —11 COS 314.50 —1 Thomson 230 —3 CFP 131.50 —1.50 Rhone 95.60 —.0.20 Air 363.40 +2 40 BSN 600 —4 Philips 53.20
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    • 153 14 Prices at 11.30 a.m. today (Australian time) at the Sydney Stock Exchange: ACI 171 nil ADC 46 nil Ampol Pet 66 67 ANI 106 115 APM 146 146 Bank NSW 506 572 Brambles 160 nil BMP 800 810 Boral 225 227 CBA 260 282 CBR 478 nil CIO 315
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    • 79 14 Union Bank of Switzerland Closing prices (In Swiss francs) on the Zurich Stock Exchange yesterday: UBS Bearer 3190 20 UBS Registered 461 SBC 435 1 Credit Suisse 3750 30 Swissair B. 640 Swiss Relnsur. 3166 6 Wlnterthur B. 1745 435 Zurich Insur. Juvena B. 200 —10 Nestle B. 3535
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  • 81 14 Washington, Wednesday Agriculture Department analysts yesterday tentatively predicted the 1978 Bovlet grain crop will reach about 190 million metric tonnes, a level which could bring a decline In overall Russian grain Imports. The report appeared, however, to confirm earlier forecasts by administration experts who say Soviet purchases of
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  • 418 14 from the DOG HOUSE by PG The recent Championship Dog Show was the first one I did not attend. The transport was ready, the dogs were ready; highly polished, the handlers and the children were ready and then the doctor said: "You stay where you
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  • 998 15 South African Prime Minister John Vorster is to meet Dr. Henry Kissinger in Germany today and tomorrow the first top-level meeting between the two countries for decades. Dr. Kissinger is hoping to persuade Vorster to take stronger measures to unseat the Smith regime
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  • Sportsfront Send your letters to Sportsfront, New Nation, Locked Bag 15.GP0. Singapore i
    • 178 16 In response to the many "disgusted persons," who complained that soccer dominates the local sportsfront, I would like to bring to their attention that soccer is a team event, unlike track and field where the focus is on one dull participant in most cases. There
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    • 139 16 After reading the prize-winning letter on Sportsfront (NN, 1f1.6.76>, I goo the impression that the writer seemed to be more concerned with winning (and at all cost) than participating. No doubt, the 18 banned swimmers have done a great service to our country, but they
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    • 313 16 A friend of mine once gave this reply when asked to accompany me to a local league game: "Local footoall ahhh don't waste time only see Star Soccer." Perhaps he to not the only one to have such feelings; maybe he is not aware of the present soccer
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    • 501 16  -  IRENE LEONG No doubt about it, badminton Is indeed a very demanding game. To play it well and to reach international standard, players, coaches and officials must be prepared to take badminton seriously and intelligently. But six re 1 a 11 vely young players have now
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    • 193 16  -  OMBAK SELATAN It is good news to learn that S. Rajagopal, one of our best attacking fullbacks. has shown his hand to rejoin the National soccer squad. Owing to some misunderstanding with the FAS. he left the Singapore National squad last October after returning
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    • 907 17 It will cost Montreal about $20,000 to protect each athlete The Olympic Countdown Reuter Montreal, Wednesday In the early nours of September 5, 1972. five guerrillas of the Arab Black September movement climbed the fence of the M un i c n Olympic Village and broke into
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    • 523 17 UPI New York, Wednesday Shirley Babashoff broke the World record in the 800metre freestyle with a time of 8:39.63 for her fifth victory in five races at the United States Olympics swimming trials at Long Beach, California, yesterday. Bettering the pending World mark of
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    • 304 18 Reuter London, Wednesday Jimmy Connors, Hie Nastase and BJorn Borg stressed the quality of their challenge for the Wimbledon men's tennis title with stirring second round victories yesterday, but a grilling sun and two muscular Australians almost upset Arthur Ashe and Adriano Panatta. In the
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    • 1100 18  -  SQUASH by Eric Cooper In a thrilling final match, In which the eventual outcome was in the balance up to 6-6 in the last game, the Police Sports Association became League champions for 1976 when they defeated Safsa by 3-2 at the Police Academy
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    • 596 18 Women's Singles (Ist rd): B. Stove (Hoi) bt B. NaU»lsen (UB) 0-3, C-0. L. Antonopolls (US) bt 8. Mehmedbaslch (US) 6-3. 6-1. C. Docmer (Aust) bt J. D mond (Au<>t) >-3. 0-3. C. Evert (US) bt L. Thomas (US) 0-1. 6-1. V. Wkde (Brl) bt M. Tyler (Brl)
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    • 347 18 ON THE TRACK with Blue Peter Penang, Wednesday Donna Carlene did a winning gallOD here this morning. Ridden by Albert Au-Yeung the six-year-old by Don Juan breezed over 600 m In 35.4. The going was good. Tontonan (L. Francis) showed good form beating Junson (G.
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    • 529 19  -  By BRIAN MILLER Twenty year old Jasrah Jaafar was the toast of the Rollei team when they beat star-studded Jebsen and Jessen 3-2 in the Business Houses Division Two football final at Jalan Besar yesterday. This profUic goal-get-ter, who plays (or Changi United in
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    • 142 19 Reuter Paris, Wednesday China withdrew from the World School Games, which opened yesterday in Orleans. Bouth of Paris, in protest against the International Amateur Swimming Federation's ruling which bans comp e 11 tlon between swimmers of member and non-member countries. In a statement issued
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    • 139 19 Reuter Johannesburg, Wednesday South African soccer authorities have Invited the International Football Federation (Flfa) to send a representative to supervise the Introduction of nonracial administration of the game In South Africa. Mr. Dave Marals, president of the Football Association of South Africa (Fasa) said
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    • 36 19 Reuter Madrid. Wednesday Thailand's Sansaek Muangsurln arrived here yesterday to prepare for the defence of his world Boxing Council lightwelterweight title against Spain's Miguel Velazquez in the Madrid Bull Ring on June 30. Reuter.
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