New Nation, 12 July 1976

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  • 21 1 NewNation SINGAPORE Monday July 12, 1976 No. 1690 Price 20 cents M C. (P) 428/76 f 1 NEW (gj) NATION COMMENT
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  • 543 1 Montreal Games to go on, lOC decides -and Taiwan threatens to pull out UPI Montreal, Monday The International Olympic Committee yesterday gave in to Canadian demands and announced it would recommend Taiwan's exclusion from the Games If the team Insisted on using the name Republic of
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  • 342 1 AP Sydney, Monday Australia came to a halt today as the nation's first general strike stopped transport, closed factories and grounded airlines. The 24-hour strike, called by the Australian Council of Trade Unions (ACTU), Is over charges for the national health scheme known as Medlbank. The strike
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  • 54 1 Reuter New York, Monday. Singer Elvis Presley plans to marry Skye Alexander, 24, his constant companion for the past five years, In Las Vegas today, a spokesman for RCA Records said last night. It will be the second marriage for Presley, 42, whose first marriage ended
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  • 275 1  -  By Bharathi Mohan Two men threatened to rape a housewife at knife-point after robbing her family of over $7000 In cash and valuables In their bungalow at Jalan Be rJay a, off Upper Thomson Road, this morning. They led.her into a bedroom
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  • 69 1 Three robbers took a businessman, Mr. Tan Joi Kim, 39. on a twokilometre ride In hie ear and robbed him of $8500 and a $1000 watch, after they waylaid him In Kampong Bahru yesterday. Police said the gang drove off In Mr. Tin's Plat after pushing him out
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  • 104 2 The thousands of soccer fans who queued up overnight for tickets for this Saturday's Malaysia Cup semifinal have obviously forgotten Singapore's anti-litter laws. For they left behind cartloads of litter which workers had to clear up the next morning. Many were
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  • 203 2 ...because next passenger was a detective A detective arrested three suspects after a taxi driver was robbed of his night's earnings at St. George's Road on Saturday. He boarded the taxi which was earlier held up by the gang and heard the taxi driver muttering
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  • 86 2 Prices generally Improved at the Stock Exchange of Singapore during the first 45 minutes today. Gains of five cents or more were recorded by 0.C.8.C., M. Banking and Slme Darby. Turnover however remained thin. BUSINESS DONE: First Section S. DARBY (2) 3.54, (7) 3.56. SETT.: (8) 3.58, (1)
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  • Page 2 Miscellaneous
    • 47 2 TIDES Today: 1108 p.m. (2.8 m). Tomorrow: 12.40 p.m. (2.4 m); 11.50 p.m. (2.8 m). Wednesday: 1.14 p.m. (2.4 m). Thursday: 12.32 a.m. (2.8 m); 1.45 p.m. (2.4 m). Friday: 1.14 a.m. (2.7 m); 2.14 p.m. (2.4 m). Saturday: 1.55 a.m. (2.5 m); 2.45 p.m. (2.4 m).
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    • 108 2 r s Toto and Big Sweep results BIG SWEEP drawn at Bukit Timah on Saturday: 1st No. *****4 2nd No. *****9 3rd No. *****6 Starters: Nos. *****5, *****7, *****3, *****4, *****9. *****1, *****0, *****4. Consolation: Nos. *****3, *****2, *****1, 15< 359, *****9. *****4, *****2, *****7, *****8. *****0. BIG SWEEP drawn
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    • 566 2 AT THE CINEMA THE HELL BELOW: French-Italian thriller starring Serge Reglanl, Michael Constantln, Ju llet Berto and Patrick Bouchltey. Orchard: 1.30, 4, 6.30 and 9.15 p.m. HEBOINE FOUR: Four young women fight the syndicate. Stars: Shang Kuan Lin Fung. Jnrong Drive-in: 7, and 9 p.m. RED AZALEA; Villagers terrorised by
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  • 8 2 Police reported 66 accidents yesterday. Four were serious.
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  • 356 3 Board acts after ship walkouts inquiry The National Maritime Board disciplinary committee has recommended that the seamen'sKlicences of four crew members of the general cargo vessel, C. Ranee, be cancelled. It also recommended that the licences of 16 other crew members be suspended for two to
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  • 362 3 People who want, to go by the meter are beaten up Try taking a taxi at any of the leading hotels in Orchard Road. Chances are you will be refused, and if you persist, you may end up being assaulted. For some taxi drivers
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  • 99 3 An essay competition entitled Libraries should stimulate intellectual, artistic and Imaginative activities and encourage and faster leisure activities. Is being organised for pre-unJv?rslty students by the Library Association of Singapore. The competition is in conjunction with the Festival of Books. Cash prizes of $150, $100
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  • 250 4 The teaching of martial arts will be left completely in the hands of local instructors by the end of the year. This is because the two remaining Japanese karate instructors, Mr. K. Uchida of the Singapore Kei Shin Kan Karate Association and Mr.
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  • 184 4 Police have established the identity of the two robbers 'who shot the proprietor of a marine supplies shop in North Bridge Road 10 days ago. In the hold-up at Nal Tin shop at Block 7, one of the robbers shot Mr. Tan Boon Yong, 47, in
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  • 36 4 The Housing and Development Board Workera Union will organise a dinner at, the ShangriLa Hotel on Oct 10 at 7.30 p.m. to raise funds for educational and recreational facilities for members and their families.
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  • 268 4 ...from the doctors The Singapore Government Medical and Dental Officers' Association has drawn up plans to work closely with the Health Ministry to reduce the rate of resignations in the service. According to sources, the association, with the backing of more than 250 government doctors, dentists
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  • 257 4  -  By Eileen Tan About 400 people applied for ,the Highway Code course conducted by the Adult Education Board thinking they can take the test at the end of their two-week course. But the short-cut was not to be. This is because
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  • 39 4 The Ministry of Culture will present the choirs from National Junior College, Methodist Girls' School, Fairfield Girls' School and Anglo-Chinese School in the Music for Everyone series at the Conference Hall on July 18 at 5 p.m.
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  • 398 4 Committee will upgrade skills and check malpractices A big effort to improve the professional skills of Singapore's 350 licensed tourist guides is expected to be the major concern of a consultative committee to be formed by the Tourist Promotion Board. The committee will also control
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  • 45 4  -  The faces of ASEAN bv ALI YOSOFF Evelyn Koay, 20, a hotel hostess in Kuaja Lumpur, "loves to work, swim and dance." Her ambition to be an air hostess. That's not surprising, for Evelyn looks qualified for the job.
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  • 316 5 UPI Beirut, Monday Christian and Syrian troops battered leftist forces throughout Lebanon yesterday and a rightist radio broadcast claimed Christian militiamen had captured the Palestinian refugee camp of Tal-Zaatar after a bloody 20-day siege. The radio station of the rightist Phalangist Party said Christian forces seized
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  • 175 5 Reuter Manila, Monday The Philippines Sunday Express >esterday said It would be well (or ASEAN to "keep an open mind" and listen to what a touring Vietnamese delegation had to say. "That Hanoi has stepped down from what may be called a belligerent posture since
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  • 347 5 When I come into power —by Carter 'Oil boycott will be met with a US counter-embargo on trade* Reuter New York, Monday Former Georgia Governor Jimmy Carter said yesterday if elected President he would warn Arab countries that any oil boycott against the US would be met with a coun-ter-embargo
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  • 228 6 Reuter Peking, Monday.—The ashes ot the legendary Chu Teh were yesterday placed In the Papaoshan Cemetery for revolutionaries here as China paid Its final tribute to the "Father of the Red Army." Earlier 5000 people, including party and state leaders, gathered In the
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  • 21 6 UPI New York. Monday A main grandstand.collapsed at the Ontario county fair yesterday, Injuring more than 50 people. UPI.
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    46 6 Rena Messinfer (centre) from Tiveon, Israel and her court From left are: Fourth runner-up Anne Ismay, Australia, first runner-up Judith Castillo, Venezuela, the newly crowned Miss Universe, third runner -up Sian Adey Jones, Wales, and second runner -up Carol Grant, Scotland. UPI radio picture
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  • 331 6 AP New York, Monday Disclosing details of a weapons deal with the Soviet Union, King Hussein of Jordan has said the US "helped to create a tremendous imbalance between Israel and the Arab confrontation states." In an exclusive Interview with Newsweek. King Hussein Is quoted as
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  • 339 6 Draft declaration is discussed UPI New Delhi, Monday Delegates from non-aligned nations turned their attention yesterday to a draft declaration on the establishment of a news agency to be run by and for their countries. The conference on •ettlng up a news agency "pool" to distribute
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  • 117 6 Reuter Moscow, Monday.—The two latest Soviet cosmonauts spent their first Sunday aboard the orbiting space station Salyut-5 exercising, making medical checks and preparing reports for Bovlet television, Tass news agency reported. Mission commander Boris Volynov and flight engineer Vitaly Zholobov have just about finished
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  • 123 6 UPI TODAY Is Monday. July 12, the 194 th day or 1976 with 172 to follow. THE MOON Is between Its full phase and last quarter. THE MORNING STARS are Mercury and Jupiter. THE EVENING STARS are Venus, Mars and Saturn. Those born on this date are under ihe
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  • 76 6 UPI New York, Monday. A four-month-old baby was thrown from a crashing ear Into the middle of the road, landing between two huge tracks that roared past- him on either side, po'lce said. Maurice Kow was reported in good condition at Wat*rbury Hospital, Connecticut. His mother, Shirley
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  • 607 6  -  AMERICA JANE GASKELL I have to confess that after all these months in New York I had still never done the right thing and gone to see the Statue of Liberty. But there she was on the wine dark sea as the
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  • Page 6 Miscellaneous
    • 159 6 London Very warm and mostly sunny, 1626C. Headline: Callan and his men are executed. Moscow Sunny, 2022C. Pravda's headline: Active Rest (organisation of rest of Soviet people). New York Hot. 2034C. Headline: Carter leads Democrats Into town. Tokyo Rain, 24-22 C. Headline: Neto won't receive US senator. Hong Kong Fine,
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  • 593 7 Reuter Jerusalem, Monday Israel has set up a special commission to make proposals to combat International terrorism, P or e Ign Minister Yigal Allon said yesterday. An official communique said Mr. Allon told the cabinet the commission mainly consisted of legal experts
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  • 145 7 Reuter London, Monday—The Foreign Office said today a British diplomat In Angola would arrange to fly home the bodies of three executed British mercenaries If relatives desired. Following the executions of four men—the fourth an American—the Angolan government yesterday said relatives could claim the
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  • 235 7 Killed by a bomb Reuter Damascus, Monday A member of the Pan-Arab leadership of the Arab Baath Socialist Party In Syria was assassinated by a bomb on Saturday a year after he escaped an attempt on his life with serious injuries. The Iraqi Baath Party was
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  • 181 7 Reuter London, Monday. Scuffles broke out between police and antiracialist demonstrators in central London yesterday when some of the marchers in a 6000strong protest parade refused to disband, and sat down in a street. Police said six people were arrested and one woman police constable was
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  • 34 7 Reuter Buenos Aires, Monday. The death toll from the bomb blast in the Argentine Federal Police building here nine days ago rose to 21 yesterday when a policeman died in hospital. Reuter.
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  • 32 7 Reuter Tokyo, Monday A 29-year-old suicide, jumping to her death from the roof of an eight story building yesterday, fatally injured a young woman when she hit the street below.
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  • 134 7 Reuter Glasgow, Monday Gordonstoun School near Elgin has sent warning letters to parents of all pupils they Included Queen Elizabeth and the Duke of Edinburgh—about the dangers of drinking sprees by the boys. Sixteen year old Prince Andrew Is one of the pupils helr-to-the
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  • 431 8 A waterskling pond In an HDB estate? What, one might well ask, Is the Housing and Development Board doing pandering to the upper middle-class and above? This appears a valid question, because not many HDB residents can afford to waterski. Yet it would not be
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  • WHISPERS By ISPY
    • 64 8 The Chinese community In Manila takes care of Its dead In style as evidenced by the many huge mausoleums found In the Chinese cemetery there. Accosting to a re- cent visitor, an enterprising realty company Is building a housing estate for the dead In that cemetery
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    • 25 8 A petrol station at Tangiln recently put ap a placard an- nouncing the setting up of a "beauty service" for cars.
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  • 72 8  -  SIDE-SCRATCHED, Singapore 12. A traffic cop can find ample booking opportu nities If he stations himself during the morning peak hours at the Stevens-Balmoral Anderson Roads Junction where lndlsclpllned motorists openly disregard traffic arrows by turning Into Anderson Road from the centre wrong lane of Stevens Road, causing
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  • 179 8 VOICE OF THE PRESS UTUSAN MELAYU Questions dn the Integration of the systems of administration, dlstrlbu tlon of power, etc, between Peninsular Malaysia, Sabah and Sarawak are rarely raised. It Is as though Integration has already been achieved. Integration should, In fact, be constantly discussed and Implemented
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  • 693 8  -  MONDAY WITH ISMAIL KASSIM ISMAIL KASSIM The Muslims may re-emerge as a potent political force In Indonesia alter next year's general elections. The signs In Jakarta Indicate that the Muslim coalition under the banner of the Development United Party (PPP) Is gaining strength, and If
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  • 84 8  -  CIKIOUS, Singapore 15. I refer to reply by Mr. Tay Soon Hoe of the Registry of Vehicles to a reader's query (NN, 20.2.78) regarding addi tional charges raised by a taxi driver. In his reply, Mr. Tay said, "Additional charge lor conveying two passengers Is not allowed." Could
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  • 46 8  -  VICTOR F. I read with Joy the successful rescuing of the hostages at Entebbe Airport in Uganda. I am not politically biased or motivated as such and am writing as an ordinary Singaporean expressing my relief and compassion for the Innocent hijacked victims.
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  • 524 8 UPI London, Monday "David Steel couldn't make a band even if he had a firework in each h a n d," according to Cyril Smith, a flamboyant 127 kg fellow Liberal Party member of parliament. But, at the age of only 38, David Steel, a
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  • 949 9 ...if the govt acts harshly Washington Post Hong Kong, Monday The people of Laos may simply walk out on their new communist rulers if the Pathet Lao government fails to deliver a reasonable standard of living or acts too harshly. According to wellinformed western sources in Laos,
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  • 450 9 Reuter Colombo, Monday Sri Lanka will restrict the arrival of tourists this month to make sure there are enough hotel rooms for an estimated 5000 people attending a summit conference of more than 80 non-aligned nations here on Aug. 16. All visitors from now until Aug.
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    • 68 9 On your way to Europe., visit USSR for little Ss3oo V PI 4 departing every Wednesday r-i*;-Facinating Black Sea lour of •KST visiting Moscow, Kiev, Odessa and Yalta departing 26th July, 1976 15 days Combined lour off USSR visiting Moscow, Minsk, Leningrad and Tallinn departing 13th Sept, 1976 G.C.NANDA SONS
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      • 293 10 / 11 Five-year separation upsets her I am in love with a boy three years my senior; he loves me too. We have been going steady for some months. Then one' day, out of the blue, he told me he was leaving for
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      • 357 10 / 11 I have a problem with my looks. I am 15 and consider myself fat. Sometimes my classmates call me "fatty." Last year I started corresponding with a few pen pals and I refused their dates because of my ugly figure. I have even stopped
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      • 336 10 / 11 I am 15 years old and have known this man of 22 for three months. He stays nearby and we see each other practically every day and converse often on the phone. Although he has asked me for dates very
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      • 254 10 / 11 My fiance and I had planned to marry in six months. But recently my old boyfriend returned from further studies In Germany after four years and I have been going out with him secretly without my fiance s or parent's knowledge. I still iove my old
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      • 184 10 / 11 I'm a clerk In love with a woman colleague who Is happily married. It has become so serious that I must see her everyday. I tried to talk to her but don't have the courage to walk up to her to say a
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    • 93 10 / 11 One dress with two different looks —that's the way to make your wardrobe stretch a little further. Here Pauline shows you how. The basic dress (inset) is a slinky printed jersey number with shoestring shoulder straps and side slit. Worn as it is, it is just
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    • 446 10 / 11  -  GIRL-TALK by J.Schoon FOR the tissue generation there's now a new product called Wet Ones that go a step further In personal mopping up. Wet Ones are moist towelettes macj of nonwoven fabric in a cylindrical plastic container with a flip cap that can be
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    • 307 10 / 11 NYT New York, Monday It's not hard to announce an impending birth these days. The maternity sections of department stores and the specialty boutiques are inundated with Tshirts that read baby, stork club, construction below and je suis enciente (French for I am pregnant). For those who
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  • Page 10 / 11 Advertisements
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    • 124 10 / 11 > J d 2 SPECIAL PROMOTIONAL OFFER •<«*« Iff 50g Jar, Now at $75 (While stock lasts) Think of the big savings. A regular 35g jar costs $62. VISIBLE DIFFERENCE is Elizabeth Arden's unique moisturizing and texturizing creme in one. It actually penetrates 20 cell layers of your skin, to
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  • 524 12 Hong Kong, Monday Hong Kong, which only two years ago began reviving its cultured pearl Industry, now boasts of a production boom that rivals. Japan—the kingpin in the world market. The drive to put the industry beck on Its feet here showed
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  • Page 12 Miscellaneous
    • 530 12 >j Cut out and pin with other coupons. Posting instructions appear below Name (Mr./Mrs./Miss) Address Tel: FILL IN MISSING LITTERS ACROSS USING BELOW ■■maaCut along dotted lines CLUES FOR CO-1 1. Tooth of a wolf, dof, or tIM like. 2. Ha shoot o verba not a oar den path, it
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    • 525 12 No winner, so jackpot is $1500 No winner submitted a solution which corresponded In all respects with the set of answers held by the Judges to be the most apt and accurate In the New Nation Moneywords Puzzle CM. Four entrants each submitted a solution which differed at two points
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  • ENGLISH
    • 1647 13 Tenses —the present and the past... This series is compiled by a panel of three English Language experts Dr. Lee Kok Cheong, Mr. Arthur Yap and Miss Ngoh Geok Lun. Tense is a variation in the form of a verb to indicate the time of the action or state expressed
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    • 554 13 Your articles on the use of the English Language are indeed useful. I am taking this opportunity to ask you to explain some confusing problems which I have over the use of the words WOULD and COULD. Q. 1. Business letters sometimes end with any of the following sentences.
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  • 382 14 Business News and Views Low trading in British funds LONDON Another quiet week on the London stock market began with a continuation of the firm undertone seen during the latter part of the previous period, aided by hints of cutbacks In government expenditure and a firm pound.
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  • 137 14 AP Brussels, Monday.—A poll of 9500 Europeans showed eight out ol 10 thought adve r 11 sing made them buy things they did not need and misled them about the quality of products. The poll, commissioned by the European Common Market, also found that Europeans
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  • 64 14 Prices In Australian cents at 11.30 a.m. today (Australian time) on the Bydney Stock Exchange: ACI 106 173 ADC 45 NU Ampol Pet 07 68 An! US 115 APM 144 146 Bunk NSW 504 600 Brambles 165 168 BH.P 818 832 Bora! 232 238 CBA 283 384 CBR 608
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  • 285 14 ZURICH On the Swiss stock market, the favourable trend of past we e ks continued, with only a slight weakening of prices being observed. The average level of quotations rose 1 Turnover was still above average, but compared to the preceding week, there was
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  • 258 14 The market remained lethargic and Ignored all news even favourable such as the delay on legislation on the taxation of gains on property which even a month ago would have been well received. The volume for French shares on the account market Is staying at
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  • 236 14 Over this week equity prices remained weak in very dull trading. Only on Tuesday the market started a strong rally which, however, was short-lived. A further reduction in unemployment to 4 pet. and an optimistic earnings forecast by Volkswagen prompted a turnaround of the trend. After buying dried up
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  • 343 14 Still positive was the weekly result at the Italian stock exchange. A very good performance was, In fact, recorded during the first session 4 per cent), then no particular variation were registered. The general stock Index closed at around 47.70 on increasing volume of transactions. There Is a certain
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  • 37 14 Reuter London, Monday. World oil production was down by 5.4 per cent last year, the first fall in 20 years, according to British Petroleum Company's statistical review for 1975 published today. —Reuter.
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  • 323 14 Reuter Rome, Monday A bold new plan to cut red tape and spend the money saved on direct aid to the world's hungry millions will be unveiled at a meeting of the UN Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) governing body which opens here today.
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  • 421 14 from the DOG HOUSE by PG Yes, we are going to the dogs and that is precisely what men have been doing ever since they d o m e s 11 cated the first one many thousands of years ago. It goes without saying
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  • 156 15 Reuter Tokyo, Monday—One of Japan's biggest car makers Is doing booming business In "T-shirts." Nissan Motor Company first started selling shirts as an advertising gimmick after one of its cars won the 1966 East Africa Safari rally. The company went on to sell around
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  • 442 15  -  Shock absorbers and how they work Motoring by Nick von Nugteren If roads could be designed to be smooth without any defects whatsoever, all the modern car would need is inflatable tyres for an even ride. Unfortunately, nowhere In the world will you And a perfect
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  • 232 15 UPI Tokyo, Monday Japanese and British car manufacturers here agreed to work for "International harmonlsation of safety standards and emission control regulations" and called on the Japanese government to give foreign car manufacturers adequate time to meet Japan's standards. The resolutions were Incorporated into a Joint
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  • 113 15 Reuter London, Monday British Leyland has unveiled Its new 3.5-lltre luxury car, the Rover 3500, designed to compete against other execu-tive-class products from Peugeot. BMW. Volvo. Ford and Citroen. The state-controllea company, frequently hit by strikes and now depending on government cash aid. has Invested a
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  • 426 15  -  Motorcycling by Lee Chiu San A young friend of mine has fallen off his motorcycle four times in the six months since he bought it. Another friend has owned and ridden high-powered superbikes for the last nine years and hasn't fallen off even
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  • Page 15 Advertisements
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  • Page 15 Miscellaneous
    • 277 15 L Crossword 1 9 Roman general 10 Abner 11 Ingres* 12 Gainsay 16 Ibsen role 19 Live theater, for short 21 Court divider 25 January: So. 27 Err 28 Harness horse 29 Moon vallev 30 Exams 31 Mystical ones 33 Gladden 34 At no time 35 Waste allowances 38 Steps
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  • 907 16 Montreal Olympic Games 1976 More than 50 per cent sold Montreal, Monday Nearly 2,750,000 tickets have been sold for the Montreal Olympics due to open on Saturday, officials said yesterday. Ticket saies have exceeded expectations and receipts so far are about Cs2s million (5562.5 m). Sale
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  • 336 16 Reuter London, Monday. Short-pitched bowling by West Indies paceman Michael Holding during the third cricket Test here has angered England's captain Tony Greig. As the team's enjoyed a rest day yesterday, Greig said he was far from happy at the bouncers bowled to openers John Edrlch
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  • 246 16 Reuter London, Monday. Somerset scored 78 runs In sixes as thev sustained their challenge for the Sunday Cricket League title with a swashbuckling victory over Derbyshire at Heanor yesterday. They won by six wickets, scoring 244 for four in reply to Derbyshire's 242 for eight,
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  • 221 17 Changi moved Into the lead In the Singapore Golf Association Handicap League when they maintained their unbeaten home record beating Singapore Island Country Club 5-1 yesterday. They are ahead with 13 points, one point in front of Keppel. with SICC one point
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  • 28 17 London. Monday.—The Hong Kong touring cricket team drew with a Royal Air Force side yesterday, scoring 137 for five In reply to RAF's 259 for four declared.
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  • 344 17 Southport, Monday Johnny Miller of the United States set his sights on other challenges yesterday after realising a cherished ambition by winning the British Open golf title at Royal Birkdale on Saturday. Miller shot his way to an Impressive six-stroke victory with a course
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  • 282 17 AP Reuter Ban Diego, Monday— Ken Norton successfully passed his tune-up test with a 10th round knockout victory over Larry Mlddleton and now looks forward again to fighting Muhammad All for the heavyweight boxing ixtle. That's where the money Is," says the 31-year-old ex-marlne
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  • 317 17  -  By PHILIP TAN Only Indonesia and Malaysia have so far accepted Singapore's invitation to participate in the First Asean Primary Schools swimming meet on September 3 and 4. Encik Abu Bakar Mohammed, the Primary Schools Sports Committee secretary, said yesterday that Invitations were sent to
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    • 117 17 NOTICE NOTICE IS HEREBY OIVEN that I, Ong Kee Soon of N0174-B Blk 87 Zlon Road (3) Singapore, have applied for a Transfer Retail Liquor Shop licence of Licensee from Ong Boon Cheng in respect of premises No. 107 Blk 88 Zlon Road (3) Singapore, and that this application will
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  • Page 17 Miscellaneous
    • 51 17 THE BORN LOSER m r SHORT RIBS >OU STILL REVERT TO CANNIBAL-ISM.. AFTBI? ALL THE HELP WE TRIED ID GIVE VOU m m lift s* i'V jjt iitoiAa NORBERT FOLLOW WE, FELLAS 7-7 by Art Sansom m T VMMH by Frank O'Neal /rTH all that foreign 1 *rd. by George
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    • 557 17 IF IT'S YOUR BIRTHDAY BORN today, you have all the natural attributes of a true leader, yet you are strangely disinclined to lead. Perhaps It Is a certalnbut deiinlte—shyness In your nature that makes you hesitate to give directives; you prefer, actually, to receive them, for you are sure you
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  • 761 18 And Epsom Jeep bids farewell... RACING with Scrutineer Epsom Jeep pounded out his final racing copy at Bukit Tlmah yesterday In his role as a racing writer, and bowed out on a triumphant note as his selection in the last race of the day Eagle
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  • 393 18 Tenacious showed the way into the straight, with Sev«n Four Seven closing in on the rails. Technician, Thor and Ohakea made up ground. Seven Four Seven forged ahead at the distance and cleared away to win by two lengths irom Thor. Ohakea
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  • 381 18  -  By PHILIP TAN Singapore will participate In the Asian cycling championships to be held in Manila in November. Singapore Amateur Cycling Association vicepresident E.O. Thompson said yesterday that the number of representatives will be decided once the official invitation from the Philippines is
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  • 477 19  -  By PHILIP TAN Twenty-three players were named by the Singapore Schools Soccer Selection Committee yesterday for the Asian Schools International tournament to be held in Singapore from July 26 to August 5. Originally a pool of 80 were selected after the National championships In
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  • 704 19  -  By PHILIP TAN Kaki Buklt continued their unbeaten run in the National soccer League Second Division when they edged a hardworking Balestier United side 3-2 at Jalan Besar yesterday. The win confirmed Kaki Bukit's position at the top of the table and make them strongly
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  • 165 19 DIVISION TWO P W D L PAPI KBuklt T Blangah Changl U Calrnnlll S'bawang F Park Balestler U P Panjang U Pandan Whampoa 5 S 5 5 4 5 5 4 4 4 4 4 3 2 2 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 2 2 2
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  • 110 19 DIV. TWO: Kakl Buktt 3 (Mohammed Talb 2, Mohammed Redxa) llalrstier United 2 (Louis Thomas, Rahim Hassan All), Farrer Park Dynamos 3 (Ivan Van Hulsen 2, Ng Leonj Hoe) Ulu Pandan 3 (Salleh Mahmud, Jnnadi Matum 2). Sembawan* 3 (D. IVfanikaraj, Omar Ahmad, Munnsamy) Tel ok Blanrah 2
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  • 48 20 MEI LIN: The cheek of bus conductors and drivers pointing accusing fingers at bus commuters when they themselves are not entirely free from blame. AH FOOK: The best way SBS or government officials can get to the truth of" the matter is to send inspectors round.
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  • Page 20 Advertisements
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  • Page 20 Miscellaneous
    • 854 20 AND RADIO SINGAPORE 5 3.09 OPENING ANNOUNCEMENTS followed by Valar Plral. For children. In this edition, songs, riddles, games, and stories, plus a magic show by Rajajl and Nethagl. 3.30 DIARY OF EVENTS <C>. 3.35 GENERAL HOSPITAL 4.15 ISAI AMUTHAM (r). A selection of Indian classical music featuring Mrs. Meenakshi
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    • 156 20 Today's top shows s BONANZA: Little Olrl Lost. (Ch. 5, at 8.35 p.m. In colour.) Things aren't all that quiet on the Ponderosa this week. Ben Cartwright assumes responsibility for a mischievous tomboy relative, who disrupts the serenity of the ranch. &T «*?.< w Richard Dunn (above) takes on Mohammed
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