New Nation, 21 March 1978

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  • 23 1 New Nation SINGAPORE Tuesday, March 21, 1978 No. 2212 Price 25 cents M.C. (P) 216/1/78 r ====—J NEW (£0) NATION l COMMENT 1
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  • 581 1 CPF savings for SBS shares A marvellous move! This was the reaction of most Singaporeans who were asked to comment on the government move to allow them to use their Central Provident Fund deposits to buy shares in the Singapore Bus Service. Many felt that this would
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  • 236 1 A few questions were asked by some members of the public on the move to allow CPF savings to buy SBS shares, Mr Alex Liew, 34. a bank executive said there is no guarantee of profits and $5000 is a big sum for
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  • 361 1 Israel: Lebanon mission over Reuter London, Tuesday Israel announced last night that it had completed its takeover in southern Lebanon an<l was ready for a ceasefire with Palestinian guerillas still folding out after a six-day invasion by forces of the Jewish state. Defence Minister Ezer Welzman
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  • 148 1 P6 may be a must —Chai By Rav Dhaliwal The Ministry of Education is considering the feasibility of imposing PC in second language as a condition for entry to university. This was stated by the Senior Minister of State (Education), Mr Chai Chong Yii. during the Budget Debate in Parliament
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  • 211 2 Share prices opened bulllshly, with virtually all traded counters being sought substantially higher during the flfst 45 minutes of active trading this morning on the Stock Exchange of Singapore. While SI me Darby and its main subsidiary. Con. Plantations were held at yesterday's closing levels, the rest zoomed
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  • 161 2 The Special Constabulary is conducting a recruitment exercise to beef up its volunteer unit. According to Roll Call, the bi-monthly SC bulletin. 22 volunteers were selected rrom among 36 applicants in January They are now undergo11six months oi basic training
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  • 60 2 The Singapore Paediatric Society in conjunction with the Society of Private Practice invite applications from Singa pore and Malaysian doctors < for this year's Bth Haridas Memorial Lecture. The subject of the lecture must have relevance to paediatrics. This lecture is held annually to commemorate the late Dr
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  • 448 2 The Industrial Training Board will soon introduce a new bursary scheme to enable serving officers to pursue fulltime studies at local or overseas institutions. According to ITB director Mr Lim Jit Poh, tuition fees, return air passage and a book and clothing allowance, in
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  • 41 2 The Singapore Manual and Mercantile Workers \Jnlon will move into its new headquarters at Rochore Centre, Queen Street, on March 25, according to Its general secretary, Mr Eric Cheong. At present the union's headquarters is in Commonwealth Lane.
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  • 21 2 Mr Joe Chellam was elected president of the Singapore Indian Film, Arts and Dramatic Society at its annual meeting.
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  • 158 2 The sun is shining brightly outside but for these people it is still a dark world. Their plight was brought up in Parliament by the MP for Kim Seng. Dr Ong Leong Boon, who said the residents in oneroom flats have to move about
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  • 66 2 A 17-member trade mission returned from Papua New Guinea with over $1 million worth of business secured and another $4 to $5 million worth of orders being negotiated. A SMA statement said: "Products like children's clothing, electrical appliances, electrial light fittings, foodstuff, small machinery and building
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  • 193 3 This gunman up a woman cashier (right) would have got away empty-handed if this scene of a robbery had been the real thing. For, as the second picture below shows, he is cut off from his victim by a bullet-proof screen which shot
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  • 46 3 An exhibition of sonographic art of the contemporary French ballet theatre In the form of lithographs by wellknown artists, will be held at the National Museum art gallery from March 29 to April 9. It is jointly presented by the museum and the French Embassy.
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  • 236 3 Some Thai labour contractors are in Singapore to survey manpower needs. They have made enquiries at the Labour Ministry and the Statistics Department. A Ministry source said they wanted information on the type of skills in short supply and the number of workers
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  • 401 3  -  By Judith Hale A customer can refuse to pay the 10 per cent service charge levied by some hotels and restaurants If he Is not given prior Information. This was ascertained by a Singapore Tourist Promotion Board official who has
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  • Page 3 Advertisements
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  • 285 4 A Population and Family Life Education Programme for youths will be launched soon jointly by four government organisations. They are the Singapore Family Planning and Population Board, the Ministry of Education, the Ministry of Social Affairs and the Ministry of Health. The programme will
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  • 901 4  -  IN PARLIAMENT YESTERDAY Rav Dhaliwal The Ministry of Education's recent promotion exercise for teachers came under heavy criticism during the Budget Debate in Parliament yesterday. A total of 9096 teachers were called up for Interview but only 473 were Dro mo ted "Is It
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  • 189 4 The ease of a "kayu" motorist brightened np the Budget Debate in Parliament yesterday. It started when an indignant Mr F. Govindaswamy (Anson) ehided the Minister for Home Affairs and Education, Mr Choa Bian Chin, for nsing the word "kaya" to deseribe a motorist referred to by
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  • 107 4 The legend of Lady Godiva was re-enacted at the Cockpit Hotel last night. But the modern-day Lady Godiva came in a two-piece white swimsuit rather than in the flesh as she was believed to have done In the 11th centory. The girl taking the role
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  • 38 4 The national courtesy campaign, which will start next month, is organised by the Singapore Tourist Promotion Board and not by the Singapore Hotel and Restaurant Association as reported In last Saturday's New Nation. The error Is regretted.
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  • 41 4 The Canberra community centres seventh big walk scheduled (or March 19 has been postponed to April 23 at 8. a.m. Entry fees are $2 for senior and veterans and $i for Juniors and women. Closing date Is April 16.
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  • 23 4 The Institution of Certificate Engineers, Singapore. will hold its annual meeting at the Jupiter Room, Apollo Hotel on Saturday at 7 p.m.
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  • 21 4 A colour film on Korea will be screened at the National lfaseum at 8 p.m. tomorrow. Admission la free.
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    • 64 4 When choosing where to feed your face And quench your thirst. There is no quest For those who value what is best In gastronomies; Foster's Chop And Steak House comes right at the top Of all the restaurants galore Which operate in Singapore. FOSTERS ORIGINAL LONDON RESTAURANT 25A. Amber Mansions.Orchard
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  • 181 5 ...arrest five and seize $35 mil heroin Reuter London, Tuesday British Customs officials yesterday believed they had cracked a major New Yorkbased heroin smuggling ring after arresting five young Americans and confiscating drugs with a street value of £8 million ($35.2 million). The five, Including three
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  • 147 5 AFP Bangkok, Tuesday One government soldier was killed and eight wounded on Saturday, when their patrol encountered a group of communist Insurgents in Nakhon Phanom province. 550 kilometres northeast of Bangkok, the Bangkok World said yesterday. Following a fierce 30mlnute attack, the wounded were
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  • 124 5 AFP Hong Kong, Tuesday.— Vietnam yesterday claimed there was a rift among Cambodian leaders and hinted that the current Cambodian regime might not last long. "Many people among the Cambodian ruling circles have expressed their disapproval of the present policy of the Phnom Penh authorities," Hanoi
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  • 337 5  -  By Ismail Kassim Jakarta: The five factions in Congress will make their final statements before an open house on the reports of the four congressional commissions beginning from 2.30 p.m. today. Two of the reports dealing with the main guidelines of state policies
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    • 115 5 "I therefore declare MAGGI Instant Noodles to be 'halal'..." The Mufti of Singapore in a letter dated Ist Ju/y 1977. Maggi Instant Noodles are made 'halal'. They always have been. And the Mufti from Majlis Ugama Islam of Singapore can confirm that. He has investigated the manufacture of Maggi Instant
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  • 124 6 AFP Manila, Tuesday. A Philippine navy draftee exploded a hand grenade Inside a bus which he suspected was carrying communist guerillas and killed five passengers while seriously wounding 14 others, military authorities a n no un ced yesterday. Investigations revealed that the draftee, reportedly
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  • 55 6 Reuter Moscow, Tuesday Soviet and Pakistan commerce officials yesterday signed a protocol agreement to Increase trade between the two countries by 50 per cent. The Soviet Union will supply tractors, and other machinery, oil and gas prospecting equipment, fertilisers and television sets in exchance for cotton fabrics, carpets,
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  • 190 6 Reuter Tokyo, Tuesday. Japan has formally rejected a renewed Soviet protest against Japanese claim to the Soviet-held northern Islands off Hokkaido, the Foreign Ministry said yesterday. Japanese consul In Moscow Susumu Matsubara told Mr Nlcolal Bolovyov, director of the Soviet Foreign Ministry's Far Eastern
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  • 334 6 But more money supply needed, says Congress Reuter UPI Washington, Tuesday The United States' economic growth rate could reach five to 5.5 per cent In real terms this year and next, Congress said yesterday. The annual report by the Democratic majority of the Congressional Joint Economic
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  • 67 6 AP Buffalo (New York), Tuesday The Hong Kong and Shan g h ai Banking Corp, the biggest bank in Hong Kong, wants to buy part of Marine Midland Banks Inc, a spokesman for Marine said yesterday. The Hong Kong bank, according to Marine, is Interested
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  • 127 6 UPI TODAY is Tuesday, March 21, the 80th day of 1978 with 285 to follow. THE MOON is approaching Its full phase. THERE is no morning star. THE EVENING STARS are Mercury, Mars, Venus. Saturn and Jupiter. Those born on this date are under the sign of Aries. German
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  • 29 6 Reuter Tel Aviv, Tuesday Esther Tragman arrived In Israel from the Soviet Union on Thursday to begin a new life at the age of 100. Renter.
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  • 101 6 UPI Brussels, Tuesday The European Common Market's executive commission warned yesterday that up to two million jobs will have to be found every year from now until 1985 to prevent an increase in the number of unemployed, now hovering around six million.
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  • 183 6 Reuter Bonn. Tuesday. West Germany's three-week old printers' dispute ended yesterday but industrial unrest grew in the metal industry. Newspapers due to reappear today will report that 230,000 metalworkers nave been laid off in the state of BadenWuerttemberg. Employers imposed a lock-out against the
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    • 322 6 Ah Fook and Mei Lin uro eke mat (fa cheng, zfuhac k&riq jLa b-uran nc zlfIt 4jt, jf i /v hao mat cLanche le. ■r p. V I *3 K. V a it <? Ah Fook: With the new taxes, I can't buy a car. I'll buy a motorcycle instead.
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  • Page 7 Advertisements
    • 1055 7 Nissan Homer A Community Project by "km Chong Sons Motor Co(S)RteLtd m National Safety First Council of Singapore presents a Nissan £20 Van presents a PIUZES, FIRST QUIZ CONTEST U Sponsored by: •M Tan Chong Sons Motor Co (S) Pte Lid EH9 1 AffiStb m t i mm m vjf*
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  • 378 8 Unlike hire purchase of cars and houses, travel on the never never has, If reports are true, not quite got off the ground. Holiday tour agents Indicated that Singaporeans generally prefer to spend within their means and appear unenthuslastlc about credit travel. This Is only an
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  • WHISPERS By ISPY
    • 66 8 The problem If rate, which are endangering the crops, and the Japanese rat-catcher will be In Bogor for two months to map a strategy for killing the pests, says the International Cooperation Agency. Japanese aid can take more varied forms than one suspects. A plea for help from
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    • 44 8 At a children's party, during a game of Follow the Leader, a little boy complained that he couldnt follow the leader's action because she was holding her skirt, and he had no skirt to hold. An early lesson In sexual Inequality?
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  • 473 8 The problem Begin and Carter face at their summit UPI Washington: President Carter's summit with Prime Minister Menachem Begin presents him with a fresh problem —how to keep discussion focused on longterm peace Issues and not on the complications raised by the Lebanon
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  • 274 8 UPI Washlnfton: Huge tobacco companies, led by the mainland Chinese government monopoly, have turned cigarette smoking Into an US$B5 billion ($195 billion) to US$lOO billion ($230 billion) a year business that is growing fast in the less developed world, a Worldwatch Institute report
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  • 348 9 Bhutto supporters stage protest Reuter Lahore, Tuesday Running battles erupted in various parts of Pakistan yesterday between police and people protes ting against the death sentence passed 011 former Prime Minister Zulflkar Ali Bhutto. A university was closed indefinitely and cars, buses and a fire engine
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  • 64 9 Reuter Stuttgart (West tierman). Tuesday—A judge ruled yesterday that lawyers at the trial of left-wing lawyer Klaus Croissant must undo their trousers and turn out their, pockets for security checks before entering court. Judge Helmut Schiebel overruled a report by the Stuttgart Bar Association saying that
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  • 711 9 Art Buchwald Los Angeles Times President Carter's long-awaited civil service reforms have finally been unveiled and, like most of Mr Carter's plans, they sound well on paper. The President wants to get the government on a more businesslike Tooting by rewarding those
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  • 220 9 UPI Paris. Tuesday French jabour unions which backed the losirig socialist-communist side in Sunday's Legislative elections said yesterday they will demand that the winners raise the minimum wage by 40 per cent to 2400 francs $1150) a month. Final official results in the
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  • 146 9 Reuter Tokyo, Tuesday Landing- feet at Tokyo's new international airport at Narlta opening this month will make It the world's fifth most expensive airport after Sydney, Heathrow, Frankfurt and Stockholm, It was announced here yesterday. The new' International airport au- thority said it had agreed
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  • 169 9 UPI Brest (France). Tuesday—A Brest court yesterday formally Indicted the captain of the wrecked supertanker Amoco Cadiz for violating a law on sea pollution and ordered him to stand trial for causing a spill of 100,000 tonnes of crude oil Into the Atlantic. Pasquale
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  • 1274 10 / 11  -  SHAOLIN TEMPLE GETS NEW IMAGE Singapore's own Shaolln Temple, the Siong Um Si at Jalan Toa Payoh, recently underwent extensive renovation and extension to the tune of $6 million. This special feature, which appeared in The Citizen, a fortnightly magazine published by the People's Association, traces the
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  • 229 10 / 11 To most Singaporeans, Shaolin is synonymous with kungfu. Many, in fact, regard it as the foremost school of Chinese martial arts. There is, of course, some truth in this. But Shaolin, the original name of a monastery, was pot intended to be a fighting
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  • Page 10 / 11 Advertisements
    • 126 10 / 11 b -7 I! a AT THE HOLIDAY INN ON MARCH 26 1978 AT THE GARDEN BALLROOM FROM 11 AM-3 PM Sumptuous spread of yummy buffet with favourite Easter goodies A children's fashion show by ••METRO Cartoon Shows Balloons Galore Take a ride oh the fun machines Guess the number of
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  • trend 1 EDITED BY SYLVIA LEOW
    • 1050 12 NYT Los Angeles: This year, 600,000 teenage boys will become unwed fathers. Until recently, they were Ignored by social agencies and parents busy coping with the problems of unwed teenage girls, who face a bleak future of unemployment and overwhelming responsibilities of child rearing. Now, however,
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    • 439 12  -  fSOAPI LBO«j II s Samad It was quite a long time ago when he wrote a few short stories and wop the admiration of a number of people he knew. Many said he had talent. But he was young then, and full of
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    • 420 12 Doc's Casebook SLCK Mr K asks: "Is it possible for a blood donor who is suffering from venereal disease to infect his recipient through his blood? Could a blood test concl us i v ely prove a persop is suffering from'VD even if his last exposure
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  • Page 12 Miscellaneous
    • 538 12 f£Q NEW NATION Cut out and pin with other coupons. Posting instructions appear below. Name (Mr/Mrs/Miss): Address /N R.I.C. No .Tel: FILL IN MISSING LITTERS ACROSS USING CLUES BELOW along dotted knot CLUES FOR FY-2 1. Figure or shape 2. During a show, might make the audience tit up! 3.
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      665 13 Why women's voice is needed in Singapore politics There was not a woman's voice ip Parliament over the last weeks nor one for close to 10 years. Is there a place for a woman in parliament? Surely there Is, an obvious reason being that laws of the country
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    • 379 13 (i You know how all beautlclana are anti-sun. Look at the damage It does to your complexion and hair, they say, drying It out, and giving It a flaky dull appearance. But a day In the aun can be
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  • Page 13 Advertisements
    • 68 13 1 5 ik U-i'A Sketchpad Series If fashion sketching's your forte, but nobody's discovered Sour talents yet, ere's your chance. Beglnnlnß two weeks from now we'll be publishing each week fashion sketches from readers. Just send In your sketches mounted on cardboard, If possible, together with fashion details you may
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  • 253 14 UPI London Tuesday The American dollar closed narrowly mind yesterday, up against the German mark and Swiss franc and sterling, but down against the French and Belgian francs and Dutch guilder. The West German Bundesbank bought U389.85 million at fixing time, which helped keep the American currency ahead
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  • 356 14 i I Reuter Brussels, Tuesday West Germany yesterday said it could not take any new measures to reflate its economy until May at the earliest, when the effects of last autumn's reflation package might be known. At the same time West German Economics Minister
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  • Stock markets round the world
    • 171 14 Institutions, f1 n ding many Issues selling cheaply, stormed into action yesterday driving stocks sharply and broadly higher In heavy trading. The Dow Jones industrial average, which eased a bit after being up nearly six points at the outset, finished with a gain of 5.11 points to 773.82.
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    • 35 14 UPI New York. Tuesday Dow Jones closing averages on the NYSB yesterday: tO industrials 773.63 (up 5.11); 30 transport 30t.7t (up 3.46); 15 utilities 106.60 (up 0.41); 65 stocks 371.43 (up 3.03). UPL
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    • 174 14 AFP Prices on the Tokyo stock market gave up further strength, with Investors retreating to the sidelines. The 225-stock Dow Jones average closed the day at 5289.73 yen, a drop of 20.94 yen from Friday. There was no trading on Saturday, a regular market holiday. The TSE Index for
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    • 89 14 Ctoelnc prices on the Peris Bourse yesterday: Perthes 1M.70 10.60 Poncler 330 J Prlntempe 4«95 l* Bull 34.60 1.70 Royel Dutch 372 3 Mlchelln ISM 60 COB 353 +43 JO Thoir son 199 CFP 119.20 Rhone <9 H Air an h h 12 h 3.20 h 4.50 h 5.50
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    • 87 14 Closing price* In ftncs on Zurich Stock Swtss Ex cnange yesieraa UBS Beanr r• 3080 15 UBS Registered 591 1 SBC 3S1 3 Credit Suisse 2280 —20 Swissair B 813 Swiss Relnsur 2850 10 Winterthur B. 1925 —25 Zurich Incur. $400 50 Juvena B. 17« 1 Nestle B. 3075
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    • 92 14 Closing prices at 11.30 today (Australian time) on the Sydney Stock exchange: ACI ill 163 ADC 15 33 Ampol Pet 71 73 ANI IST 139 APM lit lit Bank NSW MM 506 Brambles 176 ITT BMP 663 664 Boral 333 334 CBA 336 330 CSR 357 360 CIO 335
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  • 101 14 Tokyo, Tuesday—Japan has agreed to Import USSI .94 billion ($4.5 billion) worth of American goods to help cut Japan's huge trade surplus with the United States, the leader of a Japanese economic mission said on his return yesterday. Mr Yoshlzo Ikeda,
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  • 229 14 Reuter Tokyo, Tuesday European Common Market negotiators at present see little chance of reaching a meaningful trade agreement with Japan during current here, EEC Commission DirectorGeneral for External Affairs Sir Roy Denman said here last night. Sir Roy told a press conference that failure
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  • 120 14 AFP Tokyo. Tuesday Japan will exert efforts to establish a new International mechanism for monetary stabilisation on the basis of the socalled Hoosa Plan," Finance Minister Tatsuo Murayama said yesterday. Mr Murayama made the statement during debates on the currency problem at a meeting of the
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  • 243 14 NEW DELHI: The Indian government yesterday released the draft of its new five-year plan which projects an annual growth rate of 4.7 per cent and a major Increase in spending on agriculture and rural development Reuter. KUALA LUMPUR: Oeosclentlsts from all over the world have started arriving here
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    • 311 14 YOUR LUCKY STARS IF IT'S YOUR BIRTHDAY BORN today you are highly Intuitive; you know the value of time and can lit into the time available all necessary work. Seldom sure you behind schedule, and you have a genius for accommodating endless additions to the agenda. Employers should find you
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    • 24 15 HOUSf Of OR![N T AL ARTS f. CRAFTS HSU BROS., VIETNAM CtHAMIC F.LFPHANT STOOLS in Ul« >W ,KI < il l >1 |< VII I I
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  • 321 15 A twice weekly advertisement feature A new concept In surface decoration is gaining wide use here. It is the new flock wall covering consisting of tiny darts of nylon, fired electrostatically at a specially treated wall surface. It can be used even on surfaces out of doors. The process
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  • 440 16  -  ON THE TRACK with JEFFREY CHAN Star Prince, who made a winning debut over 1200 m on this course last month, showed that he has made further progress when he turned In an attractive workout at Buklt Tlmah this morning. With Xanadu (or company, the Irlah gelding
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  • 371 16 Mlrmflori wu smartly away, leading past the 800 m and to the home turn, with President Award ranging alongside. Castano moved up fourth behind Cherubin. Mlraflorl drew away from his field at the distance to win convlnclngly by 2ft lengths from Castano. President Award finished third. Laisses Faire
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  • Page 16 Advertisements
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  • 447 17  - June 10 —the big day FAM change semi-final dates SOCCER SCENE by Jeffrey Low June 10 that's the date Singapore's Malaysia Cup team must set their minds on. It's the Cup Anal date Axed by the Football Association of Malaysia during their recent council meeting. And should there be a
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  • 120 17 K3 Ba>dn<)~ AFP London, Tuesday The British Boxing Board of Control yesterday came out in support of the World Boxing Council's decision to strip Leon Bpinks of his world heavyweight championship, one month after dethroning Muhammad AH. but disapproved of the decision to award Ken Norton
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  • 356 17 K3 Soccer The cream of our schoolboy footballers will be In action from today when the National championships enter the second round for the Lower and Secondary divisions. And talent scouts ought to be out In full force to pick future club or national stars. Matches
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  • 223 17 JHBR| Weight" lifting The Fourth Asean Manila weigh til (ting championships scheduled this month have been postponed to June 20-25. The meet will also be held In conjunction with the youth championships. Michael Koay, secretary of the Asean Weightlifting Federation and secretary of the Singapore Amateur Weight
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  • 230 17 Reuter Lausanne, Tuesday The International Olympic Committee yesterday called for permanent contacts between the Olympic movement and governments to curb increasing political interference in sport. An 11-page manifesto Issued by lOC headquarters here attacked what they branded as the present evils threatening sport exaggerated
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  • 382 17  -  a Badminton By PHILIP TAN One Singapore shuttler will get the privilege of being trained by Rudy Hartono. Singapore is one of 14 countries invited by sponsors Cathay Pacific Airlines to send their national Junior champion to Jakarta in September to attend a week-long
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  • 33 17 Reuter Buenos Aires, Tuesday —South American club champions Boca Juniors of Argentina and Borussla Motnchengiadbach of West Germany meet here today in the first a of the IntercontlnenClub Cup soccer tournament.—Reuter.
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    • 409 19 Ky Judith llolmberg TV specials on the Good Friday holiday March 24—will be nearly as solemn as the occasion itself. Not being one of the tour major religious holidays, Easter programme will not have as lavish a fare as Christmas, Chinese New Year. Hari Raya
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    • 303 19 Sports diary BOWLING: QBE InterCommercial Houses League (Jackies Bowl System, 7 p.m.). Sunbeam Home Appliances 2-5 8 P1 n Tap Tournament (Jackies Bowl System and Jackies Katong). VOLLEYBALL: InterStatutory Board Sports Meet Finals: PARO v Telerac (Bukit Chermin Courts, 5.30 p.m.). GOLF: Tengah Ladies v Sembawang Ladies (Tengah Golf Club).
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  • 57 20 AH FOOK: If tall children are cleverer than short children, then my nephew, who is very short, won't have much of a chance of becoming a scholar. MEI LIN: He'll be all right if he has a clever father; hereditary factors count, according to Dr Wong Hock Boon.
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