New Nation, 3 February 1977

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  • 20 1 New Nation SINGAPORE Thursday, February 3, 1977 No. 1864 Price 25 cents M C (P) 262/1/77 NEW (0) NATION COMMENT
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  • 179 1  -  By Bharathi Mohan Fireman In "Operation high-rise" this morning using for the first time in Singapore the special $50,000- mobile unit for Are-fighting in a high-rise building It happened at Peninsula Hotel in Coleman Street at about 7.30 a.m. when more
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  • 323 1 UPI Washington, Thursday Indonesian government officials, including former Pertamina oil company boss Ibnu Sutowo, were alleged to have extorted US$l million (552.5 million) from individuals and private companies in five industrial countries. The Securities and Exchange Commission said yesterday the chief targets of the Indonesians were
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  • 116 1 AP Bonn, Thursday The Wast Oerman Ooverament yesterday approved delivery of 1J hlUloti marks (Hint million) worth •»*.l asldHJ missiles to iMtaiMSla and Turkey. The go-ahead came although their foreign currency reserves are known to be limited. Aeeordlng to the Oerman newspaper Frankfurter Rundschan, the government
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  • 77 2 Faith helps this young Indian girl to remain calm and composed as a skewer is pierced through her cheek. But the man with the skewep and an onlooker seem scared by the performance, judging by their faces. She was among the hundreds of Hindu devotees
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  • 315 2 About 1.2 million Singaporeans were living in Housing Board flats at the end of last year. This figure represents about 55 per cent of the oyerall population in Singapore, aacording to a HDB spokesman. About 47 per cent of the residents bought the flats
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  • 61 2 LKA The Jakarta chess team took a three-point lead in the first round of the match against Singapore played last night. Ardiansyah beat Lim Seng Hoo at board one while Suwandhio beat Lee Chye Seng and Kusnadl beat Quek Suan Fuan. The other three games were adjourned.
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  • 207 2 The Chinese Chamber of Commerce will elect Its 39th prealdent at a closed-door meeting on Ffb 15. A senior official of the Chamber said yesterdayno one has yet expressed Interest In the post. "But leaders of the various dialect groups will meet In
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  • 53 2 The National ProductlX lty iS° ar i wlu conduct a Quality Control for Managers course In English at the NPB training centre at Hotel RoyalRamada from April 11 to 22. The fee is $100 for members and $120 for others. For more details i* P hone
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  • 33 2 A Chinese New Year dinner will be held for the inmates of Woodland's Home for the Aged at the home on Friday at 6 p.m. They will also receive ang pows.
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  • 132 2 Prices opened on a quiet but steady note during the first 45 minutes of trading at the Stock Exchange of Singapore. The failure to break into higher ground reflects the continued weakness of the Wall Street market and the lack of speculative support. Even options trading was very
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  • 56 2 Mrs. Chen Su Lan, 81. wife of the late philanthropist, died yesterday after a long illness. She leaves behind seven children, sons- and daughters-in-law, and great grandchildren. Her late husband. Dr. Chen, founder president of the Chinese yMCA of Singapore and founder of the Chen Su Lan
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    • 598 2 AT THE CINEMA THE BIBLE: The extravaganza which claimed to be the "film of the book" conceived by Dlno De Laurentls and featuring a star-studded cast. One of the hundreds of films that have been Inspired by the Old Testament. Stars Stephen Boyd, Ava Gardner, Richard Harris, John Huston, Peter
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  • 349 3  -  By Gerry de Silva ASEAN plans to establish a promotion centre In Western Europe. This proposal was tabled at a recent ASEAN senior officials meeting, it was learned yesterday. This follows the closure of ASEAN's first Joint permanent display centre In
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  • 241 3 A shortage of cement can be expected in the region in two to three years' time in view of the various governments' development plans in the area, according to two engineers. Writing about recent developments in readymixed concrete and their applications In Southeast Asia,
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  • 280 3 The Singapore Festival of Arts which will be held here from April 25 to 30, will cost $50,000 to organise. The festival will feature six concerts at the Victoria Theatre, with four nights devoted to choirs, ballet, choral and Instrumental
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  • 40 3 A talk on How to Fill in Your Income Tax Form by Mr. Lam Kwok Keong, senior assessment officer of the Inland Revenue Department, \wlll be held at the Toa Payoh Branch Library on Friday at 7.30 p.m.
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    • 113 3 Sony Sonnyfooy Sony Trinitron now comes in with a 31 cm (13") screen portable color TV. The Son of Sony. your ideal second set The Son of Sony has a Special ECONOQUICK system that gives you instant picture and sound, saving the unnecessary wastage of power while awaiting the tube
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  • 391 4 It looks like the real thing with fingernails, fingerprints, lines on the palm, cuticles and knuckles—even veins. ~Y o" c n write, play games and do Just about anything with It, says Mr. an an/prostnetist, who has been making artificial limbs for 31
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  • 29 4 A cake Icing and making class, organised by the Pan-Paclflc S.E.A. Women's Association will be held at the association's premises In Moulmeln Road, on Saturdayat 3 p.m.
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  • 470 4 Thousands of employees will receive Chinese New Year "ang pows" in the next few days either ip the form of bonus or productivity incentives. The amounts they will receive will differ from one company to another. It may be as low as one
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  • 300 4  -  By Sunny Wee A high-powered mission from Hanoi was in Singapore recently to study the possibility of getting loans from banks here to finance the reconstruction of Vietnam. The two-man team, described as "senior officials" of the Vietnam Foreign Trade Bank, had talks with
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  • 308 4 The Public Service Commlssibn has provisionally selected about 100 students out of more than 1000 applicants for this year's scholarships for undergraduate studies abroad, it was learnt yesterday. About 350 student* were called for Interviews In the last two months before the PBC decided on
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  • 161 5 Reuter Teheran, WednesdayIran intends to boycott Dutch products if a conference on human rights in Iran is held later this month in the Hague, Holland's ambassador Paul Renardel de Lavalette said here yesterday. The ambassador was advised of the ban in a letter submitted
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  • 328 5 1 cant understand' she says Reuter New Delhi, Thursday Indian Prime Minister Indira Oaodhl reacted angrily yesterday to a major split in her ruling Congress Party caused by the resignation of three senior party members. The three, including Agriculture Minister Jagjlvan Ram, announced their withdrawal
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  • 200 5 Reuter Damascus, Thursday.— Syrian President Hafez Al-Assad said yesterday his troops could destroy anywhere In Lebanon Including the sensitive south but he left the final decision to the Lebanese. Israel Is demanding the withdrawal of Syrian forces which last week were reported to
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  • 141 5 Reuter "Beirut, Wednesday Arab development funds have pledged almdst 1000 million Lebanese pounds ($BOO million) for a crash programme to rebuild war shattered Lebanon, authoritative sources said here yesterday. They added the pledges were the result of a tour of Arab countries, including Gulf states,
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  • 187 5 UPI Melbourne, Thursday— Australia's predominantly communist-controlled maritime unions threatened yesterday to take Industrial action against Russian ships unless they raised freight rates on Australia-Japan trade. Union leaders told Russian shipping lines and exporters using the cut-price service that 1 a freight war would not be
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  • 158 5 Reuter Bonn, Thursday—West Germany Is calling up military reservists, apparently as a mobilisation test connected with manoeuvres scheduled for May. Informed sources here said yesterday. The sources said the West German government was watching the events across the border but assumed the mobilisation was
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  • 258 5 Reuter AP Tokyo, Thursday Japanese Prime Minister Takeo Fukuda yesterday denied that his country would share the defence of South Korea militarily following the proposed withdrawal of American ground troops from the Korean peninsula. Mr Fukuda, referring to President Car t e
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  • 353 6 Dusk-to-dawn curfew in Sierra Leone Reuter Freetown, Thursday Sierra Leone was under a state of emergency yesterday with a dusk-to-dawn curfew Imposed after fighting between progovernment demonstrators and students demanding the resignation of President Siaka Stevens. Freetown, capital of the West African state once used as
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  • 183 6 Reuter Paris, Thursday Vietnam expects early contacts with President Jimmy Carter's new administration to speed up American aid for national re c on structlon, Vietnamese ambassador Vo Van Sung said here yesterday. "We expect early contacts v 11 h President Carter's administration" he told a Press
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  • 368 6 Reuter Geneva, Thursday The flght to halt the spreading abuse of drugs throughout the world had made progress over the past few years, but the expansion of Illicit traffic In western Europe gave cause for great concern, a United Nations report safd yesterday. The annual
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  • 187 6 UPI TODAY to Thursday, Feb. 3, the 34th day of 1977 with 331 to follow. THE MOON Is full. THE MORNING STABS are Mercury and Mars. THE EVENING STARS are Venus, Jupiter and Saturn. Those born on this date are under the sign of Aquarius. Pioneer American journalist Horace
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  • 95 6  -  D.J. The Wedding March is no longer top of the pops for brides in Britain. Many trendy young couples are forsaking the old tune for their pop favourites. And they include the "Pink Panther Theme", "Morning Is Broken" and the M Dr. >hivago" music. One vicar said:
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  • 54 6 Reuter Moscow, Wednesday Moscow's first Indian restaurant could soon be opening its doors to diners with a taste for curry. An Indian Embassy spokesman said yesterday agreement had been reached in principle with the Soviet Internal Trade Ministry for India to help establish and staff an
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  • 29 6 AP Parma (Italy), Wednesday Italy's Consumers Confederation called yesterday for a oneday nationwide boycott of coffee shops aimed at forcing a reduction in the price of coffee.—AP.
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  • Article, Illustration
    74 6 Yuma (Arizona), Thurs day Balloonist Karl Thomas, attempting to cross the United States In a hot-air balloon In a record time of two weeks, was forced down near the Mexican border yesterday by uncooperative winds. Yuma county sheriff's deputies and citizen volunteers combed rugged mountains for about three
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  • 177 6 UPI Moscow, Thursday A Soviet weekly yesterday renewed allegations of espionage activities against two American correspondents in Moscow and suggested that one of them, George Krlmsky of the Associated Press, could be expelled. Literary Gazette, organ of the writers' union, also accused Mr. Krlmsky of
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  • Page 6 Miscellaneous
    • 222 6 WORLD WEATHER Tokyo Sunny, 7mlnus 2C. Headline: Mondale assures consultations before United States pullout from RoK. Rome Clear, 11-3 C. Headline: Two leftist students wounded by pistol shots at Rome University. London Dull with rain later, 8-2 C. Headline: Britons In missing plane safe. Moscow Overcast, minus 8-mlnus 4C. Pravda's
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  • 254 7 AP New York, Thursday— Despite conservation measures that appear to be easing the drain on natural gas supplies, the miseries of the already long, harsh American winter are not going to disappear overnight. A Federal Energy official said yesterday factory closings and layoffs that
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  • 164 7 Reuter Hong Kong, Thursday Army units have accused supporters of China's four purged radical leaders of trying to overthrow the strategic Honan military district, the provincial radio reported. Units of the People's Liberation Army (PLA) in the key central region attended a rally last week
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  • 188 7 AP New York, Thursday China appears to be more advanced than the United States In developing various forms of oral contraceptives. Including a rice paper Pill, the codeveloper of the Pill said yesterday. The rice paper Pill Is both cheaper
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  • 368 7 AP Washington, Thursday Warning that recent food riots had imperilled the political stability of President Anwar Sadat at home and ip the Arab world, State Department officials yesterday won preliminary congressional approval for the shift of US$l9O million ($465 million) in emergency aid to
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  • 244 7 AP Washington, Thursday President Carter is borrowing a crisis-born "fireside chat" technique (or his first broadcast report to the American people, but It's only an> accident of nature that Mr. Carter's talk coincides with weather emergencies in the eastern United States.
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  • 37 7 Reuter Hong Kong, Thursday A Canadian voluntary aid organisation has donated C 515,000 ($34,500) medicine worth another C 55,000 ($11,500) for the women victims of the Vietnam war, the Vietnam News Agency reported yesterday. Reu-
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  • 223 7 Reuter London, Thursday Military establishments In Britain, from the Ministry of Defence to the lowliest army bar-room, tightened up security yesterday after an Irish guerilla threat to mount a new bombipg offensive. Scotland Yard sent out undercover men to mingle in districts favoured
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  • 409 8 Singapore's agreement with Thailand to cut tariffs by 10 per cent, together with a similar accord with the Philippines two weeks ago on across-the-board reductions, means more than Just gains from increased two-way trade. Bilateral agreements are a catalyst to freer intra-ASEAN trade. They endow the
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  • WHISPERS By ISPY
    • 62 8 A friend bought a pair of new-style wooden clou with drawings of flowers and birds from the Handicraft Centre and wore them to her friend's house. Her friend's mother saw her and laughed: "You were In such a hurry you forgot to change your clogs and
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    • 50 8 A foreigner stationed in Singapore was delighted to find cigarette prices here much lower than in his home country, and doubled his dally consumption. He explained: "At home I had to smoke less because I couldnt afford It. Now the more I smoke, the more I save!"
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  • 989 8 The future is looking brighter for producers Gemini The negotiating session ip Geneva between rubber producers and consumers ended on a much more positive and constructive note than the previous three commodity negotiations on copper, hard fibres and Jute. After a week of pragmatic
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  • 426 8 NANYANG SIANG PAU Y N VOICE OF THE PRESS A The number of people receiving public assistance has been dropping year by year. Fbur hundred people dropped off the Social Welfare dole list last* year. This undoubtedly is a good sign of social progress and
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  • 915 9 Riyadh, Thursday Saudi Arabia is determined to pursue the con f r ontation within Opec, gambling that the oil cartel will bow to its wishes and reduce oil prices rather than risk breaking up, say Western diplomatic sources here. One of the main targets
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  • 738 9  -  Art Buchwald Everyone these days seems to ask me the same question, "How well do you know Jimmy Carter?" I'd be stretching the truth At I said I knew him real well. It's true our family lived a few miles down the road from Jimmy in Plains,
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  • 96 9 AP warranted provocation. On top of everything else, It was too much." Nevertheless, Saudi Arabia mediated the return of the surviving flyer. "They showed at the Opec meeting how tough they can be," said one source. "Then they showed the Shah
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  • 989 10 / 11  -  Story of how a priest set up SJI WORDS: Gloria Chandy It was the great pioneering spirit, the patience and the unremitting fervour of one man that laid the foundations of St. Joseph's Institution 125 years ago. Rev. Father J.M. Beurel was a Catholic missionary of the
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  • 148 10 / 11 built In 1912. The brothers' quarters that fronts Queen Street were built In 1938. The school meanwhile had expanded and in 1921, the student population had grown to nearly 1600. Today, the school has for the proposed Raffles Centre has not progressed beyond
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  • 875 10 / 11 While the present students of St. Joseph's Institution are preparing to celebrate their 125 th annl v e r sary, two Josephlans of another generation reminisce about their days in the school. Each spent more than 5Q years at St. Joseph's, first as students
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    • 917 12  -  by Sylvia Leow It dawned on me recently that In these days of small families, few of our children would ever know what It Is like growing up In a large family. I myself grew up In a large family
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    • 138 12 DECOR IDEAS When you have more dash than cash for decorating, why not turn to inexpensive second-hand pieces of furniture? And if your second-hand pieces are solid enough, they peed not be relegated to the store-room when you do decide to change your
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    • 285 12 •kids only Puzzles, riddles, crosswords, jokes to share? We pay $5 for every contribution. The address is Kids Only, New Nation, Locked Bag 15, Singapore 1. Don't forget to add your name, age ana address. I. Try to find the hidden sentence in this set of clues. Each clue will
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    • 889 13 Two Cantonese cookies to make and serve for the coming New Year f =3 Cook-In Instead of the usual "kway tat" and "kway bangkek", why not serve something different to your guests tfcis Chinese New Year? Go Cantonese and offer dec'.icacles like "Chee Ma Long Yee Sew"
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    • 224 13  -  Shoparound »»v Jennifer Schoon The best assessory you have is your hair, and to keep it in a fit condition, here are a selection of products that keep hair groomed, shiny, healthy and stylish. The cost of a salon Srm
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    • 58 13 There are many open air restaurants at night! But, there is only one... at the Raffles Hotel where the food is excellent! Enjoy CANTONESE cuisine performance by Silver Swallows. 206. 2nd Floor. Ocean Nightly parking charges Building Shopping Centre, (from 5 pm) at Ocean Collyer Quay. Singapore 1 Building Car
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  • 516 14  -  Cinema A reporter's episodes bv 1 Gloria Chandy THE FRONT PAGE: Jack Lemmon, Walter Matthau, Vincent Gardenia, Susan Sarandon, David Wayne, Charles Darning, Carol Burnett. Directed, by Billy Wilder. Screenplay by Billy Wilder and I.A.L. Diamond. (Soon at lade). This
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  • 836 14  -  But this hasn't helped Sri Lanka much By Denis D. Gray AP Colombo, Thursday Sri Lankans are thrilled about the soaring costs of coffee and now hope Arabs will brew more llquory leaves, Americans drink more bags and the British
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    • 292 14 ill 111 mi HIIBHIH 111 m iflilifl iMIMH >■■■■■ amm mu an i mm mmm iaa ACROSS 1 Zany ones 6 Society girls, for short 10 Food 14 Paper measures 15 Beehive State 16 Menu word 17 Drape of old 18 Certain painting 19 Cork's home 20 Foreign policy, at
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  • 519 15 Iran will go along with move to heal OPEC rift Reuter UPI Kuwait, Thursday The Shah of Iran said in an. interview published here yesterday that his country would accept a compromise which would restore OPEC oil price unity and he believed such a compromise would be
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  • 163 15 slide slows, on rise again UPI Brussels, Thursday The US dollar slowed a two-day slide on most European markets In a mixed performance yesterday while British sterling rebounded. Gold's U*****.1250-an-ounce close represented a 75 cent slip in Zurich and a loss of SO cents over London's Tuesday quotation. The dollar
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  • 284 15 w r Business News and Views Reuter Washington, Thursday Vice-P resident Walter Mondale yesterday said "the three great engines" of international economics—tbe US, West Germany and Japan —had agreed on the need to stimulate their economies. But, reporting at c news conference on the 10
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  • 267 15 Reuter London, Thursday Britain's official reserves rose by a record US$3O67 million ($7361 million) last month as foreign monev flooded into London, the Treasury announced yesterday. A major contribution to this spectacular improvement was the first drawing of US$l.l6 billion on Britain's new US$3.9 billion
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  • Stock markets round the world
    • 219 15 Orim money and weather news yesterday drove prices lower In active trading of New York Stock Exchange Issues. Bert Lance, President Carter's budget chief, told the House banking committee he thought short-term interest rates would rise this year. Treasury secretary Michael Blumenthal said he thought the Federal Reserve's
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    • 31 15 Dow Jones closing averages on the NYSE yesterday: 30 Industrials 852.79 (off ft .57); 20 transport 327.78 (up 0.89); 15 utilities 109.31 (off 0.26),* 65 stocks 312J3 (off 0.86).
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    • 202 15 Since margin purchases outstanding on the three major markets are expected to have decreased last week In addition to the market rise on Tues- day, the market advanced centring on low-and medlum-pncea stocks. TDJA: 5071.97 (+83.65) 77-Hl-low 5073-00 (Jan. 26) 4928.09 (Jan. 12). TSE: 381.06 (+3.71). Volume: 310 mil.
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    • 7 15 9i T^TIU Union Bank of Switzerland
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    • 69 15 Closing prices (In Irenes? on the Parte Bourse yesterday: Perthes 149.30 +0.80 Fonder 307.50 +2 Prlntemps 43.90 unch. Bull 27.95 +0.15 Royal Dutch 273 +4J0 Mlchelln 1190 +17 COF 272 —130 Thomson 177 —1 CFP 105.70 +1.70 Rhone 76JO +0.00 Ah* 320 +4 B8N 409 +1 Philips 53 +040
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    • 75 15 Closing prices at 11.30 a m today (Australia time); A AH 03 M Aberfojrle 90 03 Aust Dev 33 30 BH South 117 lit BvMe ISO nU Cons Gold 105 1M Abmlnoo 45 47 Cudgeon nil 33 Cons Rut lie eft 70 CRA 300 308 Bast Copper 10 nil
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  • 142 15 Reuter Manila, Thursday A planned recruitment campaign in the US for experts for the Asian Development Bank (ADB) here could be hampered by the country's new Income tax laws covering nationals serving overseas, ADB sources said yesterday. They fear that the number
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  • 132 15 AP Tokyo, Thursday Japanese exports of colour television sets to the US may decline considerably this year from last year's 2.93 million sets, a spokesman (or Japan's electronics industry said yesterday. Mr. Toshlo Takai, managing director of the Electronic Industries Association
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    • 383 16 NOTICE NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that I, CHUA CHUAN JOO of No 151, Blk. 21, Qhlrn gapore, and that this application will be heard In Court S, Subordinate Courts, Havelock Road, Singapore 8 March 1977 9.30 a.m. ANY PERSON wishing to oppose this application should lodge a written objection In
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    • 542 16 Thursday J |dr-4|; new nation Cut out and pin with other coupons. Posting instructions appear below Name (Mr./Mrs./Miss) Address Tel: FILL IN MISSING LETTERS ACROSS USING CLUES BELOW """"■Cut along dottsd lines ■■■■■Mil CLUES FOR DR-4 I. Delicate, toft thread I. If red, it expected ta catch the eye I.
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    • 397 16 YOUR LUCKY STARS BORN today, you are one of those highly lndeKendent Individuals who as more difficulty relln quishing liberty than anything else that may be required of one In dally life. You are a meticulous person, one who loves order, tlfnqullity, progression, and logic. Neat in appearance, you women
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  • 850 17 The DON REVIE column During my term as England team manager, Trevor Francis (Birmingham) and Emlyn Hughes (Liverpool) have received more support than any other players. I have had hundreds of letters from supporters criticising me for leaving Francis and Hughes out of England teams.
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  • 186 17 Reuter Sydney, Thursday—The touring Yugoslav champions Red Star Belgrade yesterday outclassed Australia to give them a 3-1 beating. The Australians cracked under pressure from the tourists who scored their first goal through fullback Nicola Jovanovic eight minutes before half-time. The second goal was scored by Calasan
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  • 681 17  -  BOWLING by Brian Miller Mr. Wee Thiam Bock, the newlyelected chairman of the National bowling squad, has pledged to get down immediately to the task of beefing up the squad. Mr. Wee, who Is also one of the vice-presi-dents of the Singapore Ten
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    • 116 17 SPOT DOUHIfIG Are you fomiltaf uifth thi/ turn? If you aren't, Pasir Panjang Bowl is conducting a series of "Learn to Bowl" classes for beginners. And for bowlers, there are lessons on "How to Bowl Better". Applying advanced teaching methods utilising audio-visual aid with individual instruction. Join our classes and
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  • 388 18 Holton breaks his leg again Reuter London, Thursday English First Division title contenders iDswlch Towp were knocked out of the Football Association Cup competition in a fourth round replay last night, going down 1-0 away to Wo 1 v erhampton Wanderers. Wolves striker John Richards scored in the
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  • 239 18 Melbourne, ThursdayPolish Olympic medallists Bronlslaw Mallnowski and Irena Szewinska d o m 1 n a t ed the first night of the third Melbourne track and field games at Olympic Park yesterday. Hurdling beautifully. Mallnowskl, 25, clipped 2.4 seconds off the Australian 3000 metres
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  • 243 18  -  By BRIAN MILLER Veronica Sim was the match-winner in Girls' Sports Club's 2-0 victory over Queens In the opening match of the Singapore Women's HocEey Asso c 1 a tlon knockout tournament at the Padang yesterday. This National forward, who represented Singapore at the
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  • 176 18 ON THE TRACK Fairway Penan*, Thursday King of Gold, who just lost out to Fire Storm over 1200 m last week showed winning form in his workout here this morning. With Dahlan Slam astride the Kalgoorle five-year-old strode out impressively over 600 m in
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  • 1113 18 SATURDAY CL 3 Div. 4—1200m Now What IX 57 9 On Target 5814 6 Camarade 88* T Dark Stranger 56* 13 Leon's Dream 88* 14 Bagulo 56* 4 Dux ton 58 Mi B Bay Kxpreaa 58 1 Re-En try 58 18 Joyful Affair n 58
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  • 147 18 SATURDAY RACE ONE (2.15): CI 6 Dlv 2 1200 m Pretty Pattern, Break The lee. Plush, Baden's Girl, Dat'a The Best, Poteri Tanjong. RACE TWO (2.45): a Dlv 1 1200 m AU Square, Serajra, Jerry's Kuda. RACE THREE (3.15): CM Dhr 1400 m Palm Springs, Splller, Dignity 11, Que
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  • Page 18 Miscellaneous
    • 87 18 THE BORN LOSER by Art Sansom ...BUT SW? SHOULP HAVE /|M "MAT £A£E .VUOULP W\ "THOSE OUT WHEN £OWSIPeR SEWPIM6 THE s. 01L TO HER MOTHER? MOOR WIFE IS OOiMfe. MCBIM... s 8&«B I it H K SHORT RIBS "THERES SOMETHIN© ME KEEPS SPUTTERING OKAY LEAVE HIM WRONG WITH THIS
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  • 432 19  -  By JEFFREY LOW Familiarity of a parched pitch, home support and a Singapore team already crippled to quarterstrength by Negri Sembilan have altogether boosted Johore's confidence for tomorrow's Malaysia Cup match at Larkin Stadium (Kick-off 7.30 p.m.). The confidence all through the Johore ranks was best
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  • 497 19  -  By PHILIP TAN The Singapore soccer team will enter into centralised training on Monday to prepare > for the pre-World Cup tournament. And the squad will be in camp till Feb. 26, the eve of the tournament.' The 20 players for the centralised stint will be
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  • 118 19 Singapore Chinese, holders of the Malaysian Chinese FA Cup, will play a friendly match against the Singapore Cricket Club at the Padang on Saturday at 5 p.m. A full Singapore Chinese squad was named yesterday for the match, including National players Edmund Wee, Robert Sim.
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  • 36 19 Zurich, Thursday Nigeria have qualified for the third round of the African qualifying tournament of the 1978 World Cup soccer because Zaire have withdrawn from the competition, the International Football Federation (FIFA) announced yesterday.
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  • 48 20 MEI UN: I am told that Singapore's agreement with Thailand to cut tariffs by 10 per cent will work to our advantage. Our exports to Thailand will be taxed less. AH FOOK: But dont forget that Thai goods have been getting free access here all along.
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