New Nation, 30 September 1977

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  • 21 1 New Nation SINGAPORE Friday, September 30, 1977 No. 2068 Price 25 cents M C (P) 262/1/77 Nl W NATION COMMENT I
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  • 389 1 New York, Friday Muhammad All, looking at times like the dancing master of old and at other times a weary old champion,, used left Jabs and left hooks to pound out a unanimous 15-round decision over Earnle Shavers and retain the wdrld
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  • 32 1 Labourer Er Ki a n Kook, 28, pleaded guilty to two charges of possession of 34 packets of TNT and eight components of mortar bombs In a magistrate's court this morning.
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  • 383 1 Agencies Dacca, Friday American actress Carole Wells said she thought she was being taken out to be shot when she was released by hijackers of the Japan Airlines DC-8 here yesterday. "It was the worst experience of my life," said the blonde actress, describing the moment when she
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  • 81 1 AP United Nations, Friday The Security Council adopted a resolution last night a&king UN secre-tary-general Kurt Waldhelm to send a representative to Rhodesia (or what could be the first step toward a ceasefire In fighting there. The vote for the resolution, sponsored by Britain with an amendment
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  • 22 1 A repeat of the fight between Mohammad All and Earnie Bhavers will be telecast at i.14 tonight over Channel Three.
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  • Page 1 Miscellaneous

  • 178 2 There were hugs and kisses as plane crash survivor Nobuyuki Watanabe was reunited with his parents at Subang airport, Kuala Lumpur, yesterday. Nobuyukl, 22, a university student in Tokyo, Joyfully clasped hands with his father, Mr. Ken Watanabe, 52, general manager of the Tokyo
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  • 324 2  -  ONLY 10 CRASH VICTIMS IDENTIFIED SO FAR By Terry Ang Japan Airlines officials grappling with the mammoth task of Identifying the 33 bodies recovered from the crashed DC-8 have met little success during the past three days. The 33 dead comprised 25 pas s en gers
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  • 130 2 Share prices generally improved In the first 45 minutes of light and selective trading at the Stock Exchange of Singapore today. Oalns were however, marginal. Leong Huat Industries advanced two cents to $1.00, believed to be on short covering account. The counter rose to par level yesterday after
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  • 36 2 The Chinese Patent Medicines and Medicated Liquors Centre, at Pearls' Centre, Eu Tong Sen Street, will be opened by the Chinese Chamber of Commerce vice-presi-dent, Mr. Llm Kee Ming, on Oct. 8 at 2 p.m.
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  • 173 2 The Buklt Tlmah Saddle Club has suspended all riding lessons following the outbreak of horse coughing. An official of the club said 62 of the 73 horses were down with the disease. This has affected about 160 students who are learning to ride, she
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  • 129 2 Koala Lumpur, Friday Many people who flocked the mbuu Estate to see the crashed plan had a shock when they were stopped by estate workers and asked to pay a toll of |2 foe each car and 91 for motor-cycles this moraine. The
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  • 321 2 says EEC expert The Ave ASEAN industrial projects have demonstrated to the world that the association has the political will to do something for the good of its peoples. And there have been political benefits from these regional joint ventures, Professor Henri-Claude de Bettlgnies, a
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  • 72 2 The acting Minister for Education, Mr. Chal Chong Yli, today suggested that schoolchildren could do their good deed on Children's Day by inviting a few handicapped children to their homes. Mr. Chai made this call In his Children's Day message which was read in all
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  • 273 3  -  By Jane Chew "It's delicto*!!" "Better than I thoaffat" —these were some of the comments overheard round the buffet table as guests helped themselves to the food. The occasion wasnt exactly a dinner party, bat a cooking demonstration by three cooks at the
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  • 507 3 Beard to award those who help tourists The Singapore To u r Ist Promotion Board will present awards to Singaporeans who have performed outstanding deeds of courtesy and helpfulness to tourists. The Board hopes to get the names of such people from letters sent to tnem by
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  • 30 3 The latest revised edition of Investor's Guide, compiled by the Singapore International Chamber of Commerce. Is available at 15 4 copy from the SICC. Denmark House.
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    • 72 3 VISIT OUR NEW ARTS CRAFTS SHOP AT SINGAPORE HANDICRAFT CENI RE 163ATANULIN R0AD.TEU*****89. Hand Carved VMoodan Scraan U 4 Wtf h of bdia C J Mirabelle devoted to GRACIOUS LIVING V Mirabelle ii Oberoi Imperial** new gourmet restaurant Created to serve specialities which have made good restaurants In Europe truly
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  • 271 4 Giving life to history is the work of Llm Chong Quek, who Is in charge of preserving and restoring some 21,000 artifacts and cultural objects In the National Museum. Miss Llm. SO. ft conservation expert. Is setting up ft conservation laboratory In
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  • 349 4 The National Maritime Board will remove from Its employment roster seamen who are choosy about which ship they want to work on. The NMB Is taking this action because choosy seamen have caused snips to remain in port longer than necessary. Other measure* to be
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  • 105 4 Three Singaporeans are among 12 Asian scholars attending courses on the teaching of mathematics and science at the Soutlr-east Asian Ministers of Education Organisation centre in Penang. Mr. Low Ley Hong was awarded a scholarship to attend the course on Modern Methods of Teaching Primary
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  • 40 4 The University of Singapore'* Department of Extramural Studies will conduct 12-lecture advanced course on Taxation in Britain at Nissen Hut a, from Oct 5, every Wednesday and Vtiday. from 7.30 pm. to 9.30 p.m. For more details ring *****6.
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  • 27 4 Two colour films Children are People and Gateway to will be screened" for students at the National Museum tomorrow at 10.45 am. Admission is free.
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  • 204 4 The Government executive flats at East Coast Parkway will each cost $8000 less. The prices quoted when bookings were accepted, before construction of the five blocks began two years ago, were found to be "a bit too high. Civil servants who booked the flats will now have
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  • 23 4 The Philippines Ambassador. Mr. Delfln R. Oracla will launch Philippine Spree at the Metro Golden Mile on Oct. 6 at 7.30 pjn.
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  • 199 4 Hal Sing Dewasa Institute, a commercial school for some 600 girls, will have to vacate its Holland Road premises next year. Hal Sing, which is Jointly run by the Adult Education Board and the Franciscan Missionaries of Mary, will atve to a
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  • 28 4 The 1878 Singapore Yearbook of Labour Statistics is now on sale at $6 per copy at the Singapore National Printers Publications' sales division, Fullerton Building (ground floor).
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  • 202 4 The next Issue of, the Citizen, the People's Association's official publication, will have a new look in a move to reach out to the masses. This is a result of a recent reorganisation to meet the demands and changes of Singapore's Increasingly sophisticated society. The 12-page
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  • 185 5 Reuter Jakarta, Friday Indonesian Anti -'Corruption Chief Admiral Sudomo said yesterday that he had no intention of ending his campaign against graft and warned that his men would raid the homes of corrupt officials. "The current operation cannot be stopped It will act not
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  • 507 5 AFP AP Manila, Friday A cancer expert from Hong Kong' said yesterday that eating salted fish early in life, combined with other factors, apparently increases the risk of nasal cancer among southern Chinese, including Hong Kong Chinese. Dr. John H.C. Ho of the Queen Elizabeth
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  • 142 5 AFP Manila, Friday Engaging in sexual intercourse at an early age or with multiple par t n era could Induce cancer of the cervix among women, Australian cancer gynaecologist Malcolm Coppleson said here yesterday. Speaking at a news briefing during the Third Asian Cancer
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  • 173 5 Reuter Hong Kong, Friday Hong Kong 1s planning legislation to confiscate the assets of convicted drug traffickers. Narcotics Commissioner Peter Lee said yesterday. The law, which would also cover money siphoned oil to traffickers' relatives, is part of an international campaign to make the
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  • 22 5 Reuter Ankara, Friday The Health lllnstry said for the lint time yesterday that the Middle East cholera epidemic has reached turkey.—Renter.
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  • 131 5 UPI Bangkok. Friday—The court martial of 18 young activists for treason, communism and opposing the monarchy has been postponed, prosecution sources said. The sources said fear of possible student demonstrations and violence around Oct 7—the scheduled start of the court martial led to the postponement tor
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  • 55 5 Reuter Jakarta, Friday A tin smuggler serving 30 Kirs imprisonment for part in the killing of two policemen has been found dead in his cell in Tanjong Plnang Jail on Bintan Island, southeast of Singapore, Antara news agency reported yesterday. Hie prisoner, Tap Kim Lay, had
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    • 404 5 +|"'@;;=.{_$$=''|/'+;'\|;<~`?%; One thing is common to these soccessfol men... w. 't VI they speak Hokhien Effective communications, as these four successful Executives wi tel you, is the keynote of success. And in their esses, being able to deal in Hokkien with the Hokkien business communities has peid off handsomely. In
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  • 279 6 AP United Nations, Friday Twenty-nine of the 37 countries In the UN Asian group asked, In a document Issued yesterday, that their group be granted separate representation on UN bodies from the 49member African group. The document accompanied and explained a formal request for
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  • 441 6 Agencies United Nations, Friday Palestine Liberation Organisation (PLO) spokesman Whaflk Shout said yesterday that an offer of dialogue with the PLO made by President Carter was unacceptable. He said that Mr. darter's offer announced at a. prats conference early yesterday was not new.
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  • 175 6 Reuter Washington, Friday President Carter said yesterday the United States and the Soviet Union were making some pfogrese towards a new agreement to control the two super powers' nuclear arms but an Immediate agreement was not In prospect. Mr Carter told a press conference L
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  • 98 6 AFP Tokyo, Friday The world-renowned Orient Express, which fell victim to Jetliners after a century of Service in May, is rolling back to life in Japan—as a hotel. A Japanese hotel operator announced yesterday he has purchased in April eight coaches of the historic train, which once
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  • 139 6 Reuter New Delhi, Friday India and Bangladesh have reached agreement on the sharing of the Ganges River water after protracted talks lasting several years, a Foreign Office spokesman announced yesterday. The agreement was to have been 1n 1 tlalled early this morning, he added. Details
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  • 26 6 AFP Vienna, Friday —Zambia yesterday called on the International Agency for Atomic Energy to expel South Africa during the agency's 21st general conference here—AFP.
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  • 165 6 UPI TODAY Is Friday, Sept. 30, the 273 rd day of 1977 with 92 to follow. THE MOON is moving towards its last quarter. THE MORNING STARS are Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter and Saturn. There are no evening stars. Those bom on this date are under the sign of
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  • 65 6 AFP Toronto, Friday The manufacture *s of a toothpaste who claim their product Improves the sexual performance of thoae who use it should be obliged to prove their before the courts, former Canadian Secretary for Consumption, Herb Gray, said here. Mr. Qnty, known for bis outspokenness, did
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  • Page 6 Miscellaneous
    • 314 6 Ah Fook and Mei Lin wo de z»sun q hen zl 4 j\, 09 -J-^K 5 m r A 1 Wi k M I V* ri i I Va n m i G Bi v< ?A Mei Lin: Antiques are very valuable. Ah Fook: That's why I am keeping my
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  • 305 7 ...despite charges that they will lead to nuclear war Reuter Washington, Friday The House of Representatives yesterday defeated a move by opponents of the neutron bomb to exclude it from a pending Energy Development Bill. The vote. 297 to 109, came after an emotion
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  • 126 7 AFP Bonn, Friday A top West German diplomat returned here overnight from Vietnam after a trip linked by observers to the Sept 5 kidnapping of a leading industrialist Hanns Martin Schleyer. They see Vietnam as a possible exile country chosen by Imprisoned members of
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  • 69 7 UPI Washington, Friday For Japanese consumers, raw fish is out and McDonalds is in, a Japanese diplomat said yesterday. Counsel General Kiyoshl Sumiya told the World Trade Council of lowa a major shift has taken place in the standard Japanese diet. The dietary changes,
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  • 390 7 Reuter Islamabad, Friday Pakistan's military rulers yesterday placed the elder daughter of former Prime Minister Zulflkar All Bhutto under house arrest for making provocative statements. They also warned Mr. Bhutto's wife Nusrak to stop inciting people to violence while leading the Pakistan People's
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  • 115 7 AFP Jakarta, Friday—The son of Lt. Gen. All Mariopo who is accused of shooting dead a high school student in Jakarta last July was summoned to the Prosecution Office yesterday for questioning, it was reported here yesterday. The shooting: occurred when the accused, Harris Murtopo, 18, and
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  • 230 7 Reuter Beirut, Friday The United States has rejected requests for a resumption of arms supplies to the Ethiopian government of Colonel Menglstu Halle-Mariam, Informed western diplomatic sources said. Ethiopia last > April unilaterally ended Its 24-year military alliance with Washington, closed fire US Installations, expelled
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  • 393 8 Delegates from developing countries attending this week's International Monetary Fund and World Bank meetings In Washington know only too well that there is no aid without strings. Manipulations through bilateral assistance sometimes extend beyond economic affairs of the recipient country even Into Its direction of
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  • WHISPERS By ISPY
    • 61 8 With the flut of publicity T-amrta. one company thought a little persuasion will encourage people to use theirs. 80 when they gave their T-shirts away to delegates to their an- nual convention recently. a note wa» attacked which urged: "Kindly wear this Tshirt to the party tonight.'*
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    • 36 8 There was an ad in a pecent Issue oftt* British Idea* Trades Journal asking for s "skilled slaughterperson." What will they call the dne who tightens the nooaa around the neck* The hangperson?
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  • 377 8 Reuter Fragae: Toung Czechoslovaks, whose passion for western-s t y 1 e jeans is matched only by the scarcity of the product itself, have now been told that several state enterprises are working to produce them with Ministerial approval' They will doubtless reserve Judgement until the
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  • 774 8  -  FRIDAY WITH ALEX JOSEY ALEX JOSEY Every time I pick up a newspaper I read about more unemployment in the world. In the nine Common Market countries of Europe unemployment rose alarmingly to 5.68 million at the end of July, an Increase of 360,000 over
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  • 329 8 VOICE OF THE PRESS SUNDAY MAIL Headline: More than just preserving wildlife. The latest gloomy revelation that there are only 556 wild elephants left in the Peninsular adds to the dwlndlljig wildlife population—either retreating Into whatever Jungle that Is left or attacking crops and settlements in the face
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  • 582 9  -  Disagreements within the National Front at state level appear to be reaching epidemic proportions. The latest victim is the Sarawak state government. A split is not imminent, however, as wise counsel is expected to prevail. By Ismail Kassim The Scales the symbol
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  • 698 9 Los Angeles Times His face is drawn, his voice hoarse, his step hesitant. He is often in arthritic pain, sometimes he is depressed, and occasionally he spends two or three days in bed to recover his strength. Pope Paul VI Is
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    • 175 9 don't miss BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES THE INTERNATIONAL MATERIALS HANDLING CONSTRUCTION MACHINERY EXHIBITION 5-9 TH OCTOBER 1977 NATIONAL STADIUM SINGAPORE 11.00 a.m. 4.00 p.m. Trade only 6.00 p.m. 9.00 p.m. Trade Public Interested in adding new agencies to your business' Visit tfie biggest International Trade Fxhibiiion of its kind ever staged in
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    • 558 10 / 11 The Arts "This great musician fully understands the spirit of Spanish music" wrote the Madrid press of Japanese guitar play- er Atsumasa Nakabayashl who will be playing In Singapore next week. He made his debut in 1955 when he won first prise In the
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    • 377 10 / 11  -  Sundown scene u a I It Jennifer Schoon Backstage, the girls are putting finishing touches to make-up, adjusting feathers, fluff and stockings Then It's ready set, and the Jet Set goes straight into a fast, thoroughly modern routine to their signature tune of Jet Setting. The
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    • 493 10 / 11 NYT New York: Most children are bound to collect something. It may be stuffed animals, baseball cards, dolls or those little model cars. These things are likely to lose their allure as the pre-teen collector gets older, although some young women take stuffed animals to college.
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    • 621 10 / 11 NYT If there Is a mustard capital of the world, D}jon Is it. The Grey-P o up on store, standing on a downtown corner and looking like an old apothecary, is testimony to that. The windows of the
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    • 78 10 / 11 A body-fnl of taltat that takes Hollywood by storm. mistress of myriad moods. (She is) s commodity itttoo frequently advertised and an too seldom delivered. Every now and then a charismatic singer comes along and this gifted young lady is In that cmss.' Hollywood Reporter. Also performing at the Neptune.
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    • 147 10 / 11 at the Raffles Hotel where the food is excellent! X )NTA( "I lknsks K.K.UM J f > New York *1 Of tV» Creme This luxurious moisturising creme, super saturated with 14,000 units of Vitamin E moistens, softens and beautifies all skin types. It's great for problem skin, rough-dry zones, lines,
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  • 1066 12 'Activities to suit the system, not members' AP Bangkok: ESCAP —one of the Upited Nations' key agencies in Asia staged 52 conferences and seminars the past year, distributed more than 40 million pages of documents and dispatched its experts afield from Afghanistan to Samoa to look
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  • 422 12 Reuter -Madras: Tamil Nadu's leading politicians are Involved in a bitter row over the erection of statues In the centre of India's fourth baggiest cKty, Madras. This teeming state capital already has a surfeit of statue*, commemorating Its former British rulers, Indian
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  • 591 12 Reuter Taipeh: Battered by typhoons and haunted by the spectre of "derecognition/' the resilient Taiwan economy is very much holding Its own. The targetted growth rate for the island economy this year is 84 per cent. But it has been affected
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  • 289 13 Reuter Washington, Friday The United States said yesterday that Japan would face large and justifiable pressures for protectionist measures agalpst its goods unless It urgently reduced its huge trade surplus. Treasury 8 e c re t ary Michael Blumenthal told a press conference here during a week
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  • 204 13 AP Washington. Friday India's Minister for Finance, Mr. H.M. Patel, said yesterday that the time has come to stop considering that the post of managing director of the International Monetary Fund Is reserved for a European. Mr. Patel made this statement at
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  • 296 13 Money market AFP London, Friday The downward slide of the US dollar accelerated when the London currency exchange market opened yesterday. The dollar's parity dropped especially in relation to the Swiss franc. The exchange rate sank to a new record low of
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  • 280 13 Prima (Flour Mills) will subscribe 40 per cent of the paid-up capital of Prima Ceylon, formed to run what is believed to be the biggest flour mill In South-east Asia. In a reply to' the Stock Exchange of Singapore's query on Its
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  • Stock markets round the world
    • 195 13 AFP Buoyed by Institutional buying, the Tokyo stock market closed higher for the third day in a row yesterday. Buying by investment trust managers gathered steam toward the close of business, keeping the uptrend from faltering, dealers said. The Dow-Jones. average of 225 leading industrials. a 37.45 yen gainer
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    • 268 13 Stocks, propelled by a better than expected 0.8 per cent rise In the Commerce Department's August economic Indicators index, scored a solid gain yesterday In active trading. The Dow Jones industrial average, which fell 1.13 points to a 21-month low on Wednesday, climbed 5.37 points to 840.09. The
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    • 161 13 Reuter Price* at 11.30 am. today (Australian time) on the Sydney Stock Exchange: ACI 158 156 ADC 10 20 Ampol Pet 57 50 ANT 130 136 APftC 110 113 Bank NSW 500 500 Brambles 140 BHP 530 532 Boral 330 230 cba no CSR 205 300 CIO 303 300
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    • 69 13 Reuter Closing prices tn francs on the Paris Bourse yesterday: Parlbas 171 uneh Fonder 39ft unch Prlntemps 30.10 —.40 Bull 39.70 Royal Dutch 171 —JO MIchelln 1100 —30 OOB 100 —1 Thomson 117.10 —.00 CFP 103.90 —3.30 Rhone 51.50 —JO AIR 391 JO —4.40 B8K 400 +1 Philips 11
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    • 51 13 Union Bank of Switzerland doting priOM In S«rlM franc on U» Jiurtch Stock Kxchang* jutmlij UBS bMTCT m» UBS ragtatarad 111 —11 SBC M Credit SuteM S3M n» a rro i m 500 in M +1* 1M MS ft too t 50 430 +30 830 ft M B4S 71V4
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    • 35 13 UPI Dow Jones closing averages on the New York Stock Exchange yesterday: M Industrial* M 0.09 (up S.S7); 30 transport ais.it (up 1.71); 1» utilities 112.17 (up 0.24); 6S stocks 158.72 (up 1.75).
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  • 96 13 The Cold Storage group has set up a joint venture company to provide one of the largest freezer storage facilities in New Zealand. The new enterprise, Wellington Cold Storage, will have an Initial paidup capital of NZSMOjOOO (si .33 million). dold Storage will take up 50
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  • 239 13 Reuter Washington, Friday Singapore expects to wait months before knowing whether It can become a beneficiary of disbursements from the IMF trust fund. Monetary Authority of Singapore managing director Michael Wong Pakshong, said. Members of the Singapore delegation to the IMF/World Bank annual
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  • 147 13 I Business News and Views AFP London, Friday Tin prices soared to new record levels on the London metal market yesterday as the squeeze on near-by supplies tightened. Gains ranged up to £130 a metric tonne for prompt delivery, bringing the rise over the
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  • 31 13 AFP New Delhi. Friday. India earned a record 760 million rupees (over $200 million) by exporting spices during 1076-77, the chairman of the state-owned Spices Export Promotion Council said.—AFP.
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  • 9 14 'Mmmrni arrangements will be an nounced In to-morrow's B.T.
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  • SPORT STARTS HERE
    • 402 14  -  says Chaloke Rugby By PHILIP TAN Thai Rugby Union president Chaloke Komarakul, who Is here with the visiting pre-Cadet XV, gives Singapore an even chance of winning the gold medal in the South East Asia Games. Chaloke, a founder member of the Asian Rugby Union,
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    • 249 14 £Sd Tennis~ s®L_ Reuter Edinburgh, Friday—An experimental electronic line-judge system, introduced at an international indoor tennis tournament here this week, has been put out of action by the players. Line judges, the human variety; constantly find themselves under the verbal lash of highlystrung tennis stars charging
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    • 414 15 K3 Soccer Reuter UPI London, Friday Champions Liverpool visit FA Cup winners Manchester United in tomorrow's First Division soccer programme, a match almost sure to produce some exceptional play. When they met in the Cup Final last June, Liverpool surprisingly lost but within four days
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    • 439 15  -  By BRIAN MILLER The fast and hardhitting tactics of Western Australia's women paid off handsomely when they beat Singapore women 4-0 in a friendly hockey match at the Padang yesterday. Singapore should have put In at least one goal from a couple of fine attacking moves
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    • 385 16 Y PKIMD! M S CI V SOCC I K Goalkeeper Azman Amin was the toast of his teammates as Moulmein Sports Club scored an upset 4-2 penalty kicks win over Second Division champions Kaki Bukit Chai Chee FC at Jalan Besar Stadium last night. The
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    • 89 16 pnjrjfi Squash Reuter Perth, Friday Australia's Geoff Hunt (left) and Oogl Alauddin (right) of Pakistan moved towards a semi-final clash In the Beneficial Finance squash tournament her^ Top seeaed Hunt took only 21 minutes to beat the eighth seed Pakistani Torsam Khan 9-1, 9-2, 9-3 while
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    • 358 16 Tennis San Francisco, Friday Top-seed Brian Gottfried of the US struggled past Berale Mltton of South Africa 4-6, 7-5, 6-2 last night to reach the third round of the U*****,000 (about *****,000) Transamerlca tennis tournament here last night Both Manuel Orantes, ranked second behind
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    • 209 16  -  Tabletomb By TONY KOH Eddy Soh last night proved that his selection for the Initial South Kaat Asia Games table tennis squad was no flash In the pan when he scored a smashing win In the Junior singles championships. After receiving a first
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    • 937 17  -  Handicap League will provide a closer battle right till the final week with Lim Kee Chan TEE-DP The Singapore Golf Association Premier League championship appears to have developed into a straight fight between Singapore Island Country Club, the defending champions, -and Seletar. With three
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    • 268 17 Draw for keppel'a "C" medal stableford competition tomorrow: 8 a.m. Llm Pak Lee (24) Llm Mens Eng (24) Au Chin Yong (24);8.06 Lionel Tan (21) Heng Jee Yong (20) Victor Chen (19); 8.12 D.C. Seagrove (24) Soon Kim Seng (24) Francis Seow (24): 8.18 Lye Pel
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    • 349 17 AP AFP London, Friday—Peter Butler, 48-year-old English veteran, blrdled three holes In a row before gale-force winds reached full strength and, with a two-under-par 69, took a three-stroke lead yesterday in the second round of the USs7o,oob (about *****,000) Dunlop Mast ers golf
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    • 375 18 ...AND SAO PAULO BOSS PROVES IT Soccer Then vu a nononieme Attitude from the Sao Paulo soccer team when they flew Is lact night for their clash with the Singapore team at the National Stadium on Sunday. Although the game la only a friendly, the Brazilians
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    • 304 18 Soccer UPI Mnr York, Friday Pele. who has been watched by more fane than any athlete In history, said goodbye to the worldl preea yesterday but promised to be "around once In a while playing the game" of soccer out not as a professional.
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    • 234 18 j^Crickct London, Friday-North-amptonshire Cricket Club have appointed 37-year-old Jim Watte as their new captain. He takes over from Pakistan Test all-rounder M us h t a q Mohammad who resigned towards the end of last season and Is due to play in the Kerry Packer series
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    • 33 18 The semi-final of the Singapore Hockey Association's Under J9 tournament between Armed Forces and Singapore Polytechnic, scheduled for yesterday, has been postponed to Oct 5. The ▼enue la Dover Road pitch.
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    • 485 18 j^J^Badnrintoti Reuter London, Friday About eight Asian countries are expected to form the nucleus of the new World Badminton Federation, which will be officially inaugurated at a hotel here today. The Asians' spokesman Richard Avory said the new federation will aim to "promote
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    • 36 18 Moscow, Friday Dinamo Moscow completed a 7-0 aggregate victory over Maltese club Valletta In the first round of the European Cup Winners' Cup when they won the second leg match 5-0 here last night.
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    • 120 18 Soccer Reuter Lenden, Friday Irish see eer star George Best eoald be prevented by a court injunction from playing fee English League club Fnlham, according to a report in yesterday's London Daily Mail. Los Angelas Astees, the American elab for whom Best also plays,
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    • 32 18 AFP Jakarta, Friday—Nolsen canto] a of the Philippines challenger No. 10 or the Oriental Boxing Federation Junior welterweight;.. has surprisingly become new champion after defeating Indonesian Wongso Suseno here last night.
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    • 656 19  -  Seven-day wait kills impact of Captains and the Kings Hsin Yuen Lien You might think, if you were in the TV business, that it would be an ingenious idea to make a series out of bestselling novels. It is an idea with all the
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    • 172 19 Jack Lord as Steve McGarrett, leads his Hawaiian unit of Investigators back on the screen again this Sunday over Ch. 5 at 9.55 p.m. The series, which enters its ninth year with this consignment of programmes, remains one of television's hottest cope and robbers dramas. While some
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    • 1222 19 At the cinema The Exorcist, Lido THE DEEP: Based on the novel by Peter Benchiey. Three people go In search of sunken treasure and meet with unspeakable terror on the ocean's bed. Stars Robert Shaw. Jacqueline Bisset. Nick Nolte. Louis Qossett. Ell Wallach. Odeon: 1.15, 4. 6.45 and 9.30 p.m.
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    • 154 19 RUGBY: Friendly Pre-cadet School from Thailand v Raffle*. (Orange Road. 5 p.m.). SOCCER: 81 n gapore Sports Council Jnterdivision tournament. (National Stadium practice track, 5.15 p.m.). HOCKEY: Women 8RC/SCC combined v West Australian Country (Padang, 5.15 p.m.). BOWLING: Business Houses League (Paslr Panjang, Bowl, 7.30 pjn.). SWIMMING: Singapore Amateur Swimming
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  • 44 20 AH FOOK: The Japanese Government shouldn't have given In so readily to the hijackers' demand to release the Red Army prisoners. It will only encourage other potential hijackers. MEI UN: You would probably feel differently If you were In that hijacked plane.
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