The Straits Times, 4 February 1975

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    16 1 The Straits Times Estd. 1845 FINAL EDITION TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 4, 1975 25 CENTS M.C.(P) 492/75 I
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    Lock icon MINORITY GOVT FOR THAILAND
    732 1 Seni confident twoparty coalition will work BANGKOK, Monday MR. SEN I PRAMOJ. leader of the Democrat Party, announced today that he would form a minority government to rule Thailand, with only one other party joining the coalition. "What we have to have is a government to
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    Airport bomb blast drama
    213 1  - Airport bomb blast drama N. G. KUTTY and JACOB DANIEL By A SUSPECTED bomb found on a con- veyor belt in the arrival hall of, the Paya Lebar airport was detonated by a Singapore Armed Forces bomb disposal squad last night. No one was hurt Police spokesman, Mr. Teo Han
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    Lock icon Malaysia eases banks credit squeeze
    320 1 Malaysia eases banks credit squeeze KUALA LUMPUR. Mon. The Malaysian Government today an nounced new monetary measures to make credit for the financing of productive ventures more readily available. A Central Bank statement said the new measures would improve the liquidity position but not to the extent of being inflationary.
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    43 1 NEW YORK. Mon. Dow Jones avenges, bawd on first hour of trading on the New York Stock Exchange: 30 Indus 703.07 down 0.02; 20 transp ISO 28 up O.M; 16 utlta 80 28 up 0.22; S5 stocks 337.61 up 0.22— UP1
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    Lock icon 2 boats sunk by Reds
    63 1 PHNOM PENH. Moo. Two boate which arrived here last month after running an insurgent gauntlet have been sunk by shelling during their return voyage down the Mekong River to South Vietnam. Reliable source* said today petroleum Tanker Bayon Trader and tugboat TimberJack were lost near
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    Lighters fire
    21 1 THREE lighters caught fire at a Velok Ayer Basin godown last night. The extent of damage was not known.
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    Red flags, banners seized in KL
    132 1 KUALA LUMPUR, Mon. Police seixed several communist flags. banners and pamphlets in various parts of the city and in Negrl Sembllan yesterday and early this morning. A federal po 1 1 c c spokesman, Mr. Robert Cheong, said today that the spate of propaganda
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    Lock icon Fischer ready to stake title in Manila
    181 1 Fischer ready to stake title in Manila AMSTERDAM, Mon America's Bobby Fischer is willing to defend his world chess title against Soviet challenger Anatoly Karpov in Manila next June, the International Chess Federation (FIDE) said today. A spokesman told Reuter that the American Chess Federation notified FIDE today that Fischer
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    Lock icon 9 killed by gas fumes
    47 1 DENVER CITY (Texas), Mon. Nine people died when carbon dioxide fumes leaked from an oil well here yesterday. Eight of them uere In a house cose to the well. An oil company employee summoned by a call for help also died. Reuter.
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    SWEE LEE IS SPORTSWOMAN OF THE YEAR
    182 1 YESTERDAY should have been a very special day for Singapore's Asian Games golden girl Chee Swee Lee as she waited for the Sportswoman of the Year 1974 award to be announced. But with Chinese New Year just around the corner, Swee Lee wini
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    Lock icon Gang leader aged 13
    51 1 BESANCON. (Prance). Mon. Police said yesterday they had broken up a gang of thieves whose leader was a 13-year-old schoolgirl and whose oldest member was IS. The Rang of five broke Into a Jeweller's and several flats and cleaned out a sweet shop, the police said.
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    Lock icon Russia sets spaceflight record
    73 1 Russia sets spaceflight record MOSCOW, Mon. The two Russian cosmonauts aboard the Salyut-4 orbiting space station today set a new Soviet spacefUght record when tl'ty passed the time of just under 24 days set by the illfated Soyui-il crew In 1971. The two men, skipper Alexei Gnbarev and flight engineer
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    Lock icon Ford's budget aimed at boosting economy
    707 1 WASHINGTON, Monday PRESIDENT Ford today sent Congress a record budget accompanied by a grim forecast of more recession, inflation and unemployment this year. He predicted that Ame- I ricas Gross National Product would sag by 3.3 per cent In 1975, prices would shoot up
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    Straits safety talks this month?
    215 1 Straits safety talks this month? rpHE foreign mlnisx ters of Singapore, Malaysia and Indonesia are likely to meet here earlier than anticipated to discuss safety of navigation in the Straits of Malacca. It was originally thought that the meeting would take place here in early March. The Indonesians are, however,
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      87 1 JURONG YARD FINED $10,000 Page 6 LBJ "plied with sex reports by FBI" 2 BEIRUT clears way for arms deal 3 PARK rule in jeopardy 4 TAN WAH PIOW trial 5 DIRECTORS alleged move to control firm 7 LOSING sleep means money saved 9 $147,000 theft from department store 15
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      10 1 Weather outlook today from 6 a.m. to midday: No rain.
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      Lock icon WOMAN WHO HOPES TO TOPPLE HEATH...
      146 2 WOMAN WHO HOPES TO TOPPLE HEATH... MRS. Margaret Thatcher, who challenges Mr. Edward Heath for the leadership of the British Conservative Party on Tuesday and the chance of becoming Britain's first woman Prime Minister, poses at the sink in her flat in Chelsea, London. Mrs. Thatcher, a 49--year-old housewife and
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      Lock icon Food poison: 70 taken off jumbo
      113 2 COPENHAGEN, Mon Seventy Japanese passengers aboard a Japan Air Lin' iJALi jumbo Jet on a charter flight from Tokyo to Paris were hospitalised in Copenhagen today because of food poisoning from a breakfast meal. An airline spokesman said the Boeing 747 carried 344 people,
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      Lock icon 'Talks now'
      41 2 DAMASCUS. Mon. Syria and the Soviet Union w.ld today the Geneva Middle East peace conference should be convened before the end of this month or early in March to work out an overall settlement of the Arab-Israeli conflict. UPI.
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      Lock icon Poorer nations aim for 'new economic order
      283 2 Poorer nations aim for 'new economic order IYAKAR, Mon. Dele- gates from more than 100 developing nations met here today to work out a global strategy on raw material exports to the West that could result in the "creation of a new world economic 1 order." The non-industrial Third j
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      Suharto gets tough with trouble-makers
      204 2 JAKARTA. Mon. President Suharto today called for stern measures against those people trying to disturb Indonesia's development efforts and national stability. Opening a conference of 26 territorial governors at the palace here, the President said: "We should always be vigilant and not hesitate to act
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      Lock icon Interest on US national debt: $79bil
      465 2 Interest on US national debt: $79bil WASHINGTON, Monday ANTICIPATED interest on the national debt in fiscal 1976 is t'Ss34.4 billion (5579.1 billion) more than four times as much as it cost to run the entire federal Government in depression -year In requesting that amount In his new budget. President Ford
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      Lock icon Foreign reserves down by $20 m
      103 2 Foreign reserves down by $20 m rKYO, Mon. Japan's external reserves decreased b* IS$9 million (SS2O". million) in January to U5513,509 million (5531.070 million), the Finance iViiniitrj announced today. Ministry sources said imports in January were at a relatively low level, but exnorts were also low for seasonal reasons. Trade
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      Lock icon 'LBJ plied with sex reports by FBI'
      245 2 'LBJ plied with sex reports by FBI' NEW YORK, Mon The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) furnished the late President Lyndon Johnson with regular reports about the activities of prominent Am c r leans, including the sex lives of a Republican senator and the late Dr Martin Luther King, Time
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      84 2 NSiIOHSI (yj|^f fesHve offer «r During the months of December 74, January and February 75, a NATIONAL Automatic Rice Cooker worth $121.50 will be given away with every purchase of any of the three NATIONAL All-Transistorised TV sets shown below. This offer is valid only in Singapore. |T TR 24
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  • WORLD NEWS TWO
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      Lock icon Record $60 b for energy
      79 3 Record $60 b for energy NEW YORK, Mon. A record U5526.2 billion (5J60.26 billion) has been budgeted by the oil industry for capital spending during 1975 on energy expansion projects in the United States, the Oil and Gas Journal reported today. The magazine said the projected spending would be a
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      Lock icon Troops and police guard riot city
      219 3 NEW DELHI, Mon STRONG police and para- military contingents today patrolled the area of old Delhi where eight people died and about 100 were injured in clashes yesterday between police and crowds protesting against the arrest of a Muslim religious leader. The area has
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      Lock icon Beirut clears way for arms deal with Soviets
      420 3 BEIRUT. Monday reports yesterday said Lebanon has received Sovietbuilt Sam anti-aircraft missiles from Syria and has opened the door for an arms deal with Moscow. The Lebanese newspaper Beirut said some Lebanese experts have already been trained to use the weapons. The
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      Lock icon US dollar down, so Kuwait seeks revised oil prices
      438 3 US dollar down, so Kuwait seeks revised oil prices KUWAIT, Monday FINANCE and Oil Minister Abdel-Rahman 1 Al-Atiqi said yesterday Kuwait wants oil-producing nations to discuss their prices Jn light of what he said was a recent six per cent decline in the purchasing power of the US dollar. Speaking
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      Lock icon Probe aboard the QE2
      95 3 DURBAN. Mon— The Brtti*h luxury liner Queen Elizabeth 2. carrying 1.300 passengers on a 92-day world cruise, sailed from Durban yesterday with two union officials and a member of Cunard Company Industrial relations etaff on board to Investigate a stoppage of work by some waiters. Official
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        39 3 PAU, (Southern France). Mon. The gulf between France's feuding Opposition partners, the Socialist and Communist parties, appeared wider than ever today after the Socialists beat down a minority call at their party congress here for concessions to the Communists.
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        28 3 GENEVA: Representatives of 13* nations resumed negotiations today on supplementing the 1949 Geneva Conventions on the rules of war to bring them into Une with modern armed conflict.
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        25 3 MOSCOW A European Common Market delegation Is due to meet here tomorrow with officials of Comecon, the Eastern European trading bloc. Western sources said here.
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        25 3 ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Government yesterday slapped an extra ?5 per cent import duty on cars and raised the price of petrol by II per cent.
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        Truck deal
        32 3 CARACAS: Yen c z uelan Foreign Minister Ramon Escovar Salom said yesterday he was optimistic about relations between the United States and Venezuela despite controversy over the US Trade BUI.
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        22 3 LONDON: The British Leyland Motor Co. last night announced a £13-million (5570.85 million) agreement with Iran to supply more than 2.500 trucks.
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        36 3 NEW YOR"K: There were at least 750.000 legal abortions in the United States In 1973 and an estimated 900.000 In 1974, according to a new study of the effects of the Supreme Court decision on abortion.
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        32 3 HONGKONG: Swire Pacific Limited of Hongkong will spend HKS2OO million (about SSIOO million) on oil drilling ri<s and supply boats to be used in the Far East with two overseas companies. Agencies.
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      Lock icon Dublin rejects deal with IRA
      163 3 DUBLIN, Mon. The Irish Government has cosed the door to a compromise that could end the 31-day-old hunger strike of 15 Irish Republican Army prisoners. The IRA said the Government's stand was a major stumbling block to peace In Ireland and said grave consequences could
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      Lock icon US will be forced to invade oil if...
      540 3 US will be forced to invade oil if... NEW YORK, Mon. If Israel defeated its Arab neighbours in a new Middle East war the United States would be forced to invade an oil-p roduc ing country to forestall the effects of a new embargo and break the world oil cartel,
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      Lock icon U.S. may ease Pakistan arms curb
      270 4 U.S. may ease Pakistan arms curb WASHINGTON, Mon rpHE United States is considering relaxing A its embargo on the sale of arms to Pakistan to permit her to buy certain kinds of military equipment barred for the last 10 years, administration officials said yesterday. The disclosure came In advance of
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      Lock icon Lab blast: 18 hurt
      48 4 SYDNEY. Mon— Eighteen children were Injured when an explosion partly demolished a science laboratory today at Busby High School near Liverpool In Sydney's outer western suburb*. The explosion occurred while the students were being taught how to handle test tubes with boiling water.— Reuter.
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      Lock icon 'New' temple
      31 4 WARSAW. Mon. Polish archaeologists will reconstruct the temple of Pharaoh Totmes 111. which was destroyed more than 3.000 years ago. the Polish news agency PAP reported on Sunday. UPI
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      Lock icon Selassie still dreams he is emperor
      114 4 NEW YORK. Mon Emperor Halle Selassie. 82. under house arrest in Addis Ababa, believes he still is Emperor of Ethiopia. Newsweek said yesterday. It added: "Recent visitors to Menelik Palace. where Bnperor Selassie is under house arrest, found the monarch seemingly unaware that he
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      Lock icon Arab reprisal
      43 4 MELBOURNE. Mon— Two Australians have been expelled from Iraq because the Australian Government banned a visit by a Palestine LI be r a t ion Organisation (PLO) delegation last week, a spokesman (or the Austra-lian-Arab community said here last night —Reuter.
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      Lock icon Cracks in loyalty of army put Park in jeopardy
      468 4 CEOUL, Mon. The loyalty of the South Korean Army to President Park Chung-Hee has begun to show cracks that jeopardise his hold on power. So far, the cracks have been scattered and sporadic, running from open defiance to private murmurings of
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      Soviets work on Apollo
      67 4 CA.?B CANAVERAL. Mon. Eleven Russian engineers are clearing the way for a Joint US so- Jt space venuture by checking out Soviet comir unication gear aboard the /.polio spacecraft's special clocking module. Th equipment undergoing tests today Includes a Soviet television camera and radio headsets to
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      BUNNIES, TOO, WANT A SAY
      51 4 PLAYBOY bunnies picket outside London's Parklane Club before its staff voted on whether it should be represented by Transport and General Workers' Union. Mak'ng their views known in this AP radiopicture are, from left, Carolyn Moore, Jackie Woodcock, Celeste Walter, Zee Thomkins and Nina Tyrell
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      Lock icon 2 Koreas, Taiwan 'pose big danger to peace'
      216 4 2 Koreas, Taiwan 'pose big danger to peace' WASHINGTON, Mon. The change in US policy toward China has reduced tension in the Western Pacific, but two remaining political problems could become more dangerous to the peace, a Senate report said yesterday. The problems are the Taiwan-China schism and the two
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      Lock icon Saigon cracks down on' Press in face of twin threat
      222 4 Saigon cracks down on Press in face of twin threat SAIGON, Monday THE Nguyen Van Thieu Government today faced armed insurrection by a religious sect in the Mekong Delta and political opposition in Saigon that prompted it to seize editions of most of the capital's newspapers. A government spokesman denied
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      Lock icon ETHIOPIAN PLANES IN NEW RAIDS ON ASMARA
      143 4 ADDIS ABABA, Mon The Ethiopian air force renewed its bombtargets north of Asmara, the Eritrean capital where at least 70 people have died in fighting over the past three days Two fighter bombers were used in todays bombing mission which concentrated on an
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      MARCOS-FRONT PEACE TALKS COLLAPSE
      248 4 MANILA, Mon MANILA, Mon. The January peace talks in Saudi Arabia between the Philippine Government and the breakaway Muslim Mora National Liberation Front have irrevocably broken down, highly-placed sources •aid today. However, the sources stressed that President Marcos, while considering a month-lon^ unofficial ceasefire broken by
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    Lock icon The silver rush...
    145 5 LONG QUEUE FOR ANNIVERSARY COINS PIECES of silver that's what this lone line of people, stretching from the Currency Board headquarters In Empress Place and snilline on to High Street, are patiently waiting for. And the picture shows only a part of the early morning crowd which
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    JAIL AND ROTAN FOR 3 ARMED ROBBERS
    148 5 THREE men were jailed for two years with 10 strokes of the rotan each by a district court yesterday for armed robbery in three separate cases. Lim Bin Kiong, 19, Chong Tee Geok. 20, and Ong I«e Koon, 19, pleaded guilty. The court
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    For the ears
    29 5 CHINESE New Year shoppers at the People's Park Complex will be entertained to Chinese orchestral and harmonica music today and tomorrow from 7.30 p.m. 8.30 p.m.
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    Excuse for failing exam says S-G
    649 5 Excuse for failing exam says S-G Tan Wah Piow trial rpHE Solicitor-General Mr. AW. Ghows, said in a Singapore court yesterday that the University of Singapore Students Union president, Tan Wah Plow, was calling "stupid and useless" witnesses for his defence to prolong the trial so that he could use
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    Jurong Shipyard fined $10,000
    2498 6  -  EVELYN KG 5 CHARGES INCLUDE IRON PARKGATE FIRE DEATHS By 'No words can express seriousness of the tragedy' Lessons learnt from the fire: Counsel JURONG Shipyard Ltd. was fined a total of $10,000 on five charges of contravening the Factories Act by the Tenth Magistrate's Court
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    DIRECTOR'S ALLEGED MOVE TO CONTROL FIRM
    2701 7  - DIRECTOR'S ALLEGED MOVE TO CONTROL FIRM CHIA POTEIK and EDWARD LIU Court told of shares sale to relatives at below value By THE Second District Court heard yesterday how a company director allegedly sold 3,000 shares of a housing development company to three relatives at well be low their actual
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    WHEN LOSING SLEEP ON STAGATIME MEANS MONEY
    310 9 STARTING AT 7.30 a.m. SAVES $60 lOSIXG up to an hours deep every working day is worthwhile if it means saving $60 a month. This appears to be the thinking among a fair number of civil servants who have opted to start work
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    Art show by Sunyee
    43 9 ARTIST Prof. (Miss) Sunyee will hold an art exhibition of about 30 oil and bamboo brush paintings at the Islander. Hyatt Hotel, on Thursday at 3.30 pm. The paintings will be based on the theme of Chinese New Year.
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    Survey on drugs market
    80 9 Survey on drugs market THE Pharmaceutical Trade Association of Singapore Is to conduct a survey on the market potential and annual sales volume of the pharmaceutical industry here. According to a PTA spokesman yesterday, there Is little data on the current growth, potential and sales vclume of the industry. "There
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    Toy-making
    28 9 THE women's sub-com-mittee of Pasir Panjang community centre will hold beginners course in soft toymaking and flower-making at its premises. Fees are $2 50 and $4 respectively.
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    MALAYSIAN DRIVER KILLED IN ROAD MISHAP—
    97 9 MALAYSIAN DRIVER KILLED IN ROAD MISHAP— TWO people one a Malaysian were killed instantly in two road accidents on Sunday. In the first mishap, a motor-cyclist. Sari bin Mascor. 19. died when his machine skidded and landed in a drain at the sixth mile. Dunearn Road at 10.45 a.m. At
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    Persian art
    42 9 PERSIAN carpets and works-of-art worth %b million will be displayed at a preview of Treasures of Iran at the Singapore Hilton toCay Irom 6 p.m. to 10 p.m. and not 4 p.m. to 6 p.m. as sUted in yesterdays paper.
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    Music as you ride on these buses
    186 9 Music as you ride on these buses OPERATORS of Scheme B supple we ntary transport services are providing music in their buses as an added attraction to passen- B«rs. Most of them have installed cassette and cartridge recorders in front of the buses, next to thr drivers, and wired them
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    Dr Goh off to Honolulu
    52 9 DR. Goh Keng Swee. Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Defence, left for Honolulu yesterday to attend a four-day international conference on the Emerging Era of the Pacific. He will present a paper at the meeting which will discuss economic development, stability and rivalry in
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    'Sweet talk' shocks beauty salon director
    280 9 'Sweet talk' shocks beauty salon director THE manageress of a slimming beauty salon. Miss Mary Rorison. is "horrified" over recent reports that some beauty consultants sweet- talk people into signing up for slimming courses. Miss Rorison. also director of the House of Dawne In Tanglin Shopping Centre, said she saw
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    For New Year
    36 9 A CHINESE calligraphist. Mr Hwang Kwofc Liang, will write the Chinese New Year couplet for Shang Palace, the Chinese restaurant of Shang-ri-La Hotel in the hotel lobby on Feb. 8 at 11 a.m.
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    'Review energysaving methods at refineries'
    262 9 THERE is a need for oil refineries to review their energy conserva tion practices because of the current economic situation, an oil executive said yesterday. This was due to the high price of oil which has rendered what used to be regarded as good energy
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    Prices of most veg show slight rise
    318 9 mHE prices of most 1 vegetables rose slightly over the weekend, the Trade Department reported yesterday. The price of cucumber increased by 10 cents a kati to 40 cents. Prices of chye slm. kai lan. cabbage and potatoes also rose by five cents
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    SEVENTH FLEET CHIEF PAYS COURTESY CALLS
    99 9 THE Commander of the United States Navy's Seventh Fleet, Vlce-Ad-mlral George Steele, yesterday paid courtesy calls on the Permanent Secretary (Defencet. Mr. Pang Tee Pow and the Maritime Commander, Lt. Col. James Aerla. The commander arrived here yesterday on board his command ship. USS
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      SENI'S MINORITY
      460 10 r*ONFUSION was the Bangkok World's terse and telling front-page headlinecomment last week on Thailand's inconclusive Jan. 26 general election. Twentytwo parties, 12 of them with only one to four successful candidates each, were returned to the 269-seat National Assembly. The Democrat Party, the country's traditional opposition group through
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      CATCHING QUALITY
      145 10 TOUR days after the Health Ministry announced the decentralisation of medical services into four "hospital catchment zones," the terminology continued to intrigue. But "catchment" is apt. Under the new system, effective last Saturday, Alexandra, Outram Road, Thomson and Tan Tock Seng Hospitals have been designated regional hospitals with
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    Orangutan, the nice guy of the jungle who finishes last...
    347 10 Orang utan, the nice guy of the jungle who finishes last... In addition to Zabu and the yet unnamed Infant (the zoo is now sorting through some 300 name suggestions from the public) the males Include Rodney, the biggest and oldest at around 12, Jojo. about 10 years old. Bobo
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  • LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
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      New rates for all seamen
      122 10 I REFER to the report "Club puts up room rates for foreign seamen" (S.T.. Jan. 24) In which It was stated that the National Maritime Board bad raised the rates of the Singapore Mariners' Club and that foreign seamen staying In the club had now
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      48 10 I REFER to the letter by "Angry Motorist" on traffic congestion caused by a mechanical sweeper (S.T., Jan. 33). I wish to assure your correspondent that the routes for mechanical sweepers are arranged to avoid rush-hour traffic. TAP KIM SENG. Public Relations Officer, Ministry of the I Environment.
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      Of protective rules and animal-borne diseases
      242 10 OLEASE refer to the report headlined "Transhipped goods: Law sets poser" (ST., Feb. 3). As Mr. Hauw Sing Klngr. a member of the Singapore Chinese Chamber management committee, had said at the meeting, he was Informed by the Primary Production Department that the Import
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      64 10 IWIBH to uiank "Observer" for drawing our attention to an old car and a motor cement mixer lying at the side of Crowhurst Drive in Serangoon Garden (8.T., Jan. 34). At the time of Inspection, only the car was found there and It has since been removed to the Registry
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      44 10 I REFER to the letter by "Motorist" (ST.. Jan. 10). We would like to Inform your correspondent that there is a proposal to Improve the traffic situation at Tyersall Avenue Tyersall Road/ Gallop Road Junction and the relevant authorities are looking into the matter.
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      78 10 I REFER to the letter "Parked vehicles that create a traffic hazard" (S.T.. Dec. 31). It Is not practical to ban parking throughout the stretch of Upper East Coast Road. However, steps will be taken to ban parking in some areas of this stretch of road between Slglap Road and
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    Lock icon Live-and-let-live loner faces extinction
    1816 10  - Live-and-let-live loner faces extinction WILLIAM CAMPBELL By AS IF the first birth of an orang utan at the Singapore Zoological Gardens was not exciting enough, zoo staff are looking forward to yet two more orang utuan offspring later this year. For two more pairs of young orang utans have been
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      66 10 (aoingLf C you?) R FRANCE TECHNICAL EXHIBITION 7-1 B MARCH 1375. NATIONAL STADIUM. SINGAPORE VI. MONDAYS TO SATURDAYS: For more information pease contact 10.0 L a.m. to 1 .00 p.m. (for professional visitors) The French Trade Commission 5.00 p.m. to 9.00 p.m. (for the general public) 404, Shaw House, SUNDAYS:
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      Two new counters for S.T. Industrial index
      184 11 Two new counters for S.T. Industrial index rLLOWING the removal of Sharikat Eastern Smelting from the official list of the Stock Exchange of Singapore yesterday, at the company's requei-t. It becomes necessary to introduce a new stock to the Straits Times industrial index of 30 counters. S^S was taken off
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      STOCKS OFF TO A FLYING START IN '75
      707 11  -  SOH TIANG KENG By nnHE Singapore stock market started the New Year with a bang, with January share prices chalking up the best gains since the boom days of early 1973. With last month's market in such a buoyant state, some investment
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      Prices topple in UK following gloomy report
      421 11 T ON DON The sharpest decline In 14 months hit the British stock market last Friday following the release of a government report casting new doubt on the prospects for economic growth between now and 1980. After nearly three weeks of solid advances,
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      Lock icon Is it still a bear market?
      1158 11  -  PETER I. BERNSTEIN By Yet there is hope that the bull will make a comeback fIEW YORK: I^st week when the Dow Jones industrial average soared 2G points on record volume everyone was j.sking "Why?" Among sentiment boosters there was of course the IBMTelex
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      Lock icon Bank predicts lower commodity prices
      236 11 yURICH: Cocoa »nd I £j coffee prices can be expected to decline .n the forthcoming months. Schwelzerlsche Bankgesellschaft one of Switzerland's big three banks said. in a review on world commodities the bank said declining coffee consumption in the 1974 75 season will lead to
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      309 11 ■W The Oil industry runs smoother on RHP bearings All the machines that extract, process, refine, distribute and transport oil run on bearings. RHP makes the whole range of precision-quality bearings. And at UMW the whole range is held in stock. So if you're involved in the oil L industry,
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  • MARKETING
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      Company news for the week ended Jan. 31
      353 12 Company news for the week ended Jan. 31 PRELIMINARY RESULTS Pre-Tax Company Year to Profit/Loss (L) tarninjs Dividends m <"•••> ""o S. Times (Spore) Aug. 74 5518,704 a (5515.825) b 54.3 a (46.0) b 25 (25) INTERIM STATEMENTS Fre-Tax Interim Companies Half-year Profit/Loss (L) Dividends Berjuntal Tin Oct. 74 M
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      PEOPLE IN BUSINESS
      111 12 PEOPLE IN BUSINESS Mr. Hooi Ham Soal has been appointed a director of South East Asia Development Corporation (Seacorp), according to an announcement by the secretary, Mr. Chin Nam Onn. Mr. Yap Foo Foon, a director of Public Textile, has appointed Mr. N( Kirn Lian as his alternate with effect
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      Consumer spending steady despite economic slow-down
      860 12 a new shopping centre throwing open its doors in Singapore almost every other month, it would still seem to be a simple case of surplus, even without an economic slowdown to tip the scales. What then are the survival pros pects of a new
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      Lock icon Maxi-war of the mini electronic gadgets
      524 12 Maxi-war of the mini electronic gadgets NEW YORK: Behind the recent announceme it that Texas Instruments, is laying off another 9,000 workers lit furloughed 12,000 last year) lies one of the grimmest competitive battles in the history of American business. I; is the struggle for survival of the 20 remaining
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      217 12 SPVOUWfIOT TORUTTOnHOU TWJgPJgjJgI illli I^VVg^P^iAILORS STORES G6 Ground Floor Ocean BuMmg Shopping Centre Collyw Quay. T« 913 5«. G 36 Hign Street Cent re.(Ground Floor) Tel *****1 G 08/31. Mtgh Street Centre. Supreme House (Ground Floor) Goodwood. Hilton. Raffles Motels Cold Storage Shoppmg Centre Why not let us help you
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        38 13 J*. Box W OO +M Rothman, »2 50 +14 Bttron $1 ao +10 J**,. W*» +0« IE $199 +.03 E.N.E. $2 68 +.08 WM +.02 F. MerUn |O.H +.02 f:JiP Mact IAI +02 CCJt. 13 92 +.02
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        36 13 M. Bank $530 —.25 0.C.8.C. (6.06 —.25 Gcntlnc $2 70 —.15 Jardlne $2.70 —.14 M'waU $2.02 —.IS D.8.8. $2.87 —IS S. Darby $2 47 —.12 C.0.8. $324 .IS T'fom $1.80 —.10 P. Bank $204 —.10
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        Most active stocks
        25 13 Simr Darby 1.094.000 Faber Merlin 1. 040,000 Haw Par 633.000 V. O. B. 561,000 ToUl Turnover: 8 69M Total VafaM: $19 74
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        61 13 Jan. 31 Feb. 3 Industrials: 2M.71 199.32 !p Finance: 384.05 375.81 HoUls 151.M ISM( Properties: 164.17 161.49 t Tin*: 96.8« 96.M i t rubbers: 325.93 325 78 t 0.C.8.C.: 181.J5 177.4* t S.E.B. Ind.: 19*.»7 187 M D«c. 3*. 1966 IN T Dee. 31, IMS 1M t Dee. 29.
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      CLOSING PRICES
      1614 13 THS iast transacted ready sale at the close of business on the Stock Exchange of Singapore yesterday compared with the previous day's prices together »i!h 1974 75 high and low. i Adjusted for all new Issues) INDUSTRIALS CLOSINC TONE: All lection Cloaed barely steady TURNOVER: Official Bgurea aupplled
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      Selling dents prices
      378 13 THE Singapore stock market yesterday turned easier following a wave of speculative selling on both ready and settlement account. However drops were still marginal, reflecting a very cautious sentiment. It was clear from the first bell that many sellers were taking advantage of the higher prices to
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      Shares dip slightly in KL
      303 13 Shares dip slightly in KL rpHE market in Kuala A Lumpur yesterday cooled off, with prices moving lower. There waa, i>o".ever, no concerted selling and the undertone was still steady. Following a firm opening during which prices were taken sharply higher, shares fluctuated widely. Prices tended softer In the afternoon.
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      BUSINESS DONE (SINGAPORE)
      1746 13 BID and offer prices officially listed and business In and reported to the Stock Exchange of Singapore yesterday with the number of shares traded shown In brackets In lota of 1,000 units unless otherwise specified. AU Time Bargains for Settlement Contracts are quoted after the word "Sett
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      KUALA LUMPUR
      1299 13 BID and offer prices officially lLsted and business in and reported to the Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange xeterday with the number of shares traded shown In brackets In lota of 1.000 units. unless otherwise specified. INDUSTRIALS AUnaaaass 12 10B) M. Day. (070 B) A P.I. (OVOB) Bala II)
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      Dow's polystrene plant
      187 13 DOW Chemical Pacific the world's Ja rgest producer of pclystrene. Is tn build a facility near Bangkok to produce polystrene resins for the Thai plastics Industry. The plant will be designed to produce 15,--000 metric tons a year, starting In November 1977. Announcing this Dow said that
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      S.P. Textile hit by slump
      283 13 riOUOH South Pacin: Tex.ile Industries has reported a 41.4 per cer.t advance in group pretax profits to $3 73 million ir the year ended Septeir ber 1974, It Is evident that these figures have already felt the pinch of the textile slump and spiralling costs.
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      Slash in profits
      121 13 AFTER reporting bumper profits last year, Khong Guan Flour Milling Is heading for a sharp downturn In the current 12 months ending April 1975. In the first six months net profits before depreciation are already slashed by 78 per cent to $448,952 on a sales decline of
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    • COMMODITIES
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        CLOSING .PRICES
        28 13 CLOSING .PRICES Kubber: Feb. 3. Singapore: 134.50 cts. (up 1.00 ct.) Malaysia 134.50 cts. (up 1.50 cts.) T*n: $1,000 (down $29). Official offerlnr 321 tons (up 26 tons).
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        Gold markets
        57 13 Saturday Friday U.M U»S Melbourni ill Cloaed 132 M London Cloaed 175 JOB Cloeed 177.00S Beirut 177 25 Honckonx 175.70 Zurich Closed 175.508 Cloaed 177.008 Pa.rU Cloaed 190.5S Menday Saturday Spore 12) 174 338 174.888 177.458 177.548 Biport prices In non-sterling areas la U.S. collars per ounce. (1)
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        Straits tin
        25 13 The Straits tin price fell $29 to $1,000 per picul in Penang yesterday on an official offering up 26 tons to 321 tons.
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        PRODUCE PRODUCE
        102 13 PRODUCE PRODUCE CHINES! MOOUCI lICHAHCI. IINCAPORI NOON CLOSING PRICIS PER PICUL YItTIRDAY. Ceeenut Oil: bulk S9O nominal, drum $95 nominal Caara: Mixed lloote) UK/Cont. •48 nomi.ia:. •>e»»er: aluntok AST A white fob 100% NLW $247', sellers. Sarawak white fob 96-, NL.W (245 sellers. Sarawak special black fob 9«t NL.W »212',
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        Rubber market
        589 13 rpHE* Singapore rubber 1 market tended lower In the opening stages yesterday but sellers were -lnwilllng to follow and riter some outsider buyin;; Interest took prices up about two cents from Friday's close. Short-covering ensued which held the market stead' r and took March to a high point
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        SMR and SSR
        119 13 r-vAILY BMR and 8SR priOM Issued At noor. TWtenUy: F«fc. Mar. (Cvrcat Mtt) (larwmi* Mtfc) mil It Bayen Scllrn Bnjert SeBan (eeaU ftr kg) (ecaU par kg I 8MK 5CV (1 too pallet) 134.60 138 50N 134 50 136 SON BMR 5L (1 too pallet) 133.00 135.00N
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    • OVERSEAS MARKETS
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        HONGKONG
        267 13 HONGKONG, Mon. The market fell sharply acioss the board today. Clipping 14.41 points off the Hang Seng Index to 205.82. dealers said. The main factors behind the fall were the lower advices from London and the Intervention of profit-takers In a generally overbought market, the added. HK Bank fell
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        TOKYO
        256 13 rKYO, Mon. Most share prices on the Tokyo stock exchange today advanced supported by soaring prices on Wall Street and investors expecting the relaxation of the credit management policy. In the morning session, blue-chips centring on light electrlcals firmed up. Latent asset* Issues were selectively purchased. In the afternoon
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        SYDNEY
        435 13 SYDNEY, Mon— Share prices retreated across the boarci in subdued trading conditions on the Sydney stock exchange today. Sustained selling pressure propelled recent star performers to substantially lower levels. Pan Continental lost 80 cents at A 53.80 while Queensland Mines, MXI. Poseidon, WMC, Bougainville. A\R md BH South Incurred
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        Money and exchanges
        82 13 Money and exchanges rE US dollar opened at US$2 2900 30 In the Singapore for c x market with the first reported parcel of dollars being traded at $2.2930 yesterday. Morning trading saw little fluctuation with the dollar rate hovering be- tween $2.2915 and $2.2935. In the afternoon, the dollar
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        NOMINAL RATES
        144 13 Suggested Interbank rate at 3 00 p.m. Currencies Nominal rates Smithsonian PrrernU<e quoted yeaterdajr icrow) parity chance US dollar 2 2850 2 2870 2 8196 —18.94 Sterling pound 5.4450 5.452ft 7 3469 —25 8» Hongkong dollar 49.00 49.20 50.51 —3.00 Malaysian dollar 99.80 100 00 100 00 0.20
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        Asian currency rates
        293 13 ASIAN currency deposit Interbank rates a« at close on Monday. Fteb. 3: IS Dalian Offer Bid 7 days 6 3/4 6 5 8 1 mth 6 18 6 3/4 2 mths 7 1/16 6 15/16 3 mths 7 3 8 7 1/4 6 mths 7 11/16 7
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      471 14 TPACTOPB 9NQAPOBEUIVITH). (SuoaoAov of ToacTons malaysux nm iop) k m BUKIT TWMH RO. P O BOX 2977. SMOAPORE requires MACHINE SALES EXECUTIVE to |Oin a highly successful sales team in the morketinq of heavy earthmovinq equipment to local and international customers The MAN we ore looking for would preferably possess
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      608 14 bm_. BEHN WIEYER group of companies invites applications for the following vacant positions in their Singapore Office: A) ENGINEERING ASSISTANTS (PROJECTS) Qualifications: 1 Dicioma in Electrical or Mechanical Engineering from the Singapore Polytechnic or Ngee Ann Technical College 2 Singapore Citizen B) MECHANIC (Erection, installation and repair of hoisting and
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      423 14 MECHANICAL ENGINEER THE JOB will entoil responsibility for all aspect of production of our Factory This covers: 1) Light and heavy gauge Film Extrusion, Printing and Bog-making 2) Involved in planning, scheduling and coordination of the maintenance of equipment ond plant. Directly in charge of repairs ond maintenance of Electrical
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      509 14 Well established Swiss Hotel Supply Company invite* applications from male or temole Singopore citizens for the following vocancies (i) STENOGRAPHER Candidates for this position must be in posses sion of o Cambridge School CertiVate or equivalent with credit in English and be able to take shorthand and type between 80
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      601 14 FYNHOUT KAR r V^l WtW U.MITKI) UN U9UOMTION) At in Kxtraordinar. neriil Meeting am. Meeting of Creditors of the above named company held on 29 January 1975 the following resolutions were passed (1) That the i-ompai. not by reason of I bilities continue its husiiiHv-, and that it is ad-
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    $147,000 goods vanish from Metro store
    263 15  -  K.S. SIDHU 3 a.m. ALARM BUT GUARDS DREW BLANK IN SEARCH By I fHIKVES broke into the Metro Golden Mile department store in Beach Road and escaped with watches, pens, lighters and costume jewellery worth At 3 a.m. the security alarm of the department
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    On-spot probe as Rasa Sayang sails
    192 15 On-spot probe as Rasa Sayang sails rREE rovernment officers yesterday sailed with the cruise ship, Rasa Sayanr, on Us two-week tour of Asean ports to investigate into the relationship between the crew and officers. The officers are Mr. William Tan, seamen's welfare officer, Mr. Lefc Enc Khiang, shippinj master and
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    10 years and whipping for robber
    249 15 10 years and whipping for robber A YOUNG man was sentenced to 10 years' Jail and 14 strokes of the rotan for armed robbery by Mr. Justice Choor Singh in the High Court yesterday. Khoo Kirn Hock. 20, of Bukit Ho Swee. carried a chopper when, with another robber (still
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      83 15 1 mwm\ 3 February 11, 1975 Ist. day of Chinese New Year K S c7ias6a/L> Wk [S to Boy Palacio His Poly tones and The Adaptors Z| g Candle Light Buffet p g Dinner Dance Non Diners (after 10.30 p.m.) Cover Charge 51 5.00 2j THE HEART BREAKERS THE DUKES
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      771 15 On your TV Singapore's 5 KTvents °KA Wh3t S UW? 7 Cars (English, 3.30 Love is a Many Splendoured Thing 1M News (Mala 3.50 Our Music Makers-. Featuring Clifford Sandiwara— A Malay Drama D'Souza (Fnglish— Repeat) 8.35 Doc EH.t-Tke Bntfem 4.05 General Hospital 9.30 News and Colour Newsreel (English) 4.35
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      65 15 THE TIDES THIY: Stacapre 5.19 p.m. (2.1m). SriUi KtcNI 4.36 p.m. (2m). Ptri DiduM 11.35 a.m. (1.8m). TOMOMOW: Swftpwi 7.49 p.m. (2m). Stfli Kttkil 6.12 p.m. (2.1m). Pirt Dicksti 1.10 p.m. (1.6m). !H^" IW /aW CAP oSep\ H£ SAID HE CAitT REMEMfIeR V fLA* ON A L EVER U&IH6 A
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      21 15 WATER consumption on Sunday was 126.4 million gallons (575,000 cubic metres), 1.4 million gallons (6.0M cubic metres) less than on Saturday.
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  • Especially Women
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      Why women are first to crack under stress
      721 16  - Why women are first to crack under stress KATHERINE HILL: By LONDON 1 IN BRITAIN, one woman in six will spend some time in a psychiatric hospital, many more will be treated at home for minor mental disturbances. For men the figure is one in nine. But why Is a
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      Try a dish of sweet sour crabs
      202 16 Try a dish of sweet sour crabs INSTEAD of sweet sour pork for your reunion dinner this year, why not try sweet sour crabs? It is Just as appetising and delicious You'll need 600 gm (one kati) of crabs; four fresh red chillies; a twoInch piece of ginger; four cloves
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      For the New Year
      216 16 IT'S exactly a week to Chinese New Year so there is still time to complete your shopping list. The stores .ire opening late so you won't have much trouble looking for good buys after office hours. If you are bothered about clothes to see you through
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      1425 17 CtWAIIItRSIIIP «RVICt TO W/CIWTINENT UVERPOOL BAY TZ'TU fS ft S .«iV HP- ii£ sS If aa'ffAffi,, SEItY.CE mv y.'/CONT,NTNT: S J s lh^ S K n B r i»| s s|C sFsrJiE S S SB a ss 5 i'fS OSAKA lAV 11 Frt II Frt 18 Frt 18 Frt II
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    143 19 HIGHLY REDUCED PRICES. Louise Klerk s Salon In Hotel Slngapura has. as special Chinese New Year offer, reiuced Perms to 525 Tinting, highlighting, styling at equally reduced prices. Make your appointment early, telephone *****3 (Spore). 00 YOU NOD expert and qualified advice on your skin? Then 1 .insult
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    180 19 MRS. NG KIM CHUAN, nee Llm Chu L'n aged 88 passed away > on 31.1.75 leaving u-hind her beloved son Mr Ng Swee Khoon. a duaghter-ln-law. 7 daughters. 7 sons-in-law, 37 grandchildren. 22 great grandchildren to mourn her loss Nightly service at 36f1. Upper Paya I. ••bar Road
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    97 19 JOSEPHINE AND KEVIN ROORI GUES thank all relatives and mend* for their gifts and prethe occasion of their marriage on 25.1.75. FAMILY OF LATE CHAN CHUN KHOON tliank relatives, friends, staff of The Bank Of Tokyo for their condolences, attendance, donations, wreaths during their recent bereavement. PATRICK HEW
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    32 19 BRIDGES years ago you passed away after 34 years of a wonderful life together The remembrance of you as a husband helps me In my loneliness. Inserted by Grace.
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      293 19 classified ads g GOH KIAN CHEE and Tan Slok I'd on 12.1975 at the In Loving Memory ol MOM TAN POH NOI who departed from us on 4/2/73. Though In lean you ar* not with us. in spirit you will be with us *hv*y*. IN EVER LOVING MEMORY of Ting
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      749 19 STENO-RECEPTIONIST good English essential, minimum Senior Cambridge, with without experience Handwnte resume, salary required, telephone number and recent photograph (non-returnable) to Newton P O Box 18. Spore 11. BOOKKEEPER We are looking for an experienced Bookkeeper who Is able to work independently and maintain a full set of books He
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      728 19 ASIA PACIFIC SHIPYARD PTE. LTO. urgently re*]*** ACCOUNTS CLERKS Applicants must possess at least HSC with some years experience in the accounts field Those who possess LCC Bookkeeping certificate will be an advantage. Not less than $380 per month. Please apply giving full particulars A recent passport size photograph (non-returnable)
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      782 19 EQUATRQN TECHNICAL CAREER We require several mechanics for our RICOH copying machine. GENERAL ELECTRIC (USA) appliance and PRINTING divisions Candidates should be aged 20 30 years, be interested In technical work and preferably have some experience In electrical servicing or repairs. We offer good training and salary plus opportunities for
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      765 19 REOUIRED EX-NATIONAL SERVICEMAN for the poat of Labourers. Tel: *****7 for Interview. OFFICE ASSISTANT must be able to work Independently. Apply with telephone number to Killlney P.O. Box 223 Singapore 9. MARATHON LETOURNEAY OFFSHORE PTE. LTD. requires TIMEKEEPERS (MALE) I Applicants should possess a Sec. 11l education with a pass
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      847 19 DISTRICT 2* SHOW HOUSE SEMI-OETACHZD Bedrooms Alr-condltloned Fantastic Extras Excellent Furnishings Matured Oarden 53.597 No Agents MING TECK PARK (1.200; Faber Hills (1.300; Tal Keng Gardens $650: Vanda Road $2,200; Slglap $380; Ylo Chu Kang $850: Gentle Road $3,000 Ring *****9. DIST. 23 CHESTNUT CRESCENT 3-bedroomed single-storey detached 2 alrcondltloners
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      871 19 DISTRICT 10 TAMAN SERA SI Fully fi rnished 3 room apartment with 2 alrcondltloners available Immediately Rent (800 per month or nearest offer Tel: ■5399:1 Miss Cheo DIST. 10 VACANT UNFURNISHED/ FURNISHED luxurious flats available Immediately at Tarn in Nakhoda 2 bedrooms, bath -ooms attached, living/ dining rooms with "mlc
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      764 19 INTERNATIONAL BRITISH COMPANY requires accommodation by mid-February 3 expatriates expected 2 years lease preferred Diana *****56. Executive of laroe Merchant Ber* requires SEVERAL BUNGALOWS AND APARTMENTS in good residential location. Will pay generous deposits and advance payment Will consider purchase. Pleeeecasi 8-pore MTH4 SWISS COUPLE WITHOUT CHILDREN looks for a
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      851 19 I CHANGi GROVE owner occupied 3-bedroom. central alrcondltlonlng. executive bungalow. 10.--000 sq ft parquet' terrazto throughout Many fittings $170.--000 0.i.0 Phone *****3 < ROOMED SEMI-DETACHED BUNGALOW 3650 sq ft Mosaic throughout behind Yeo Heap Seng factory, 6S m.s Buklt Tlmah. $110,000 only Please con I tact Mr Choo *****6 i
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      852 19 MARKET STREET 1-STORET I OFFICE building. 1.100 sq ft ap proximately Immediate vacant I possession Ring *****. INTERNATIONAL PLAZA FULLY PARTITIONED 1.3*0 SO. FT FACING HARBOUR. WALLPAPERED AND CARPETEO. 1 EXECUTIVE ROOMS AND STORAGE CALL: STRAITS HOUSING AGENCY s> *****1 1*0431 FULLY FURNISHEO OFFICE ACCOMMODATION available for sub-letting Facilities includes
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      485 20 MAM NO TMAVIL tIRVICI (Singapore) PVe Limited Tour west MMayj. x Seven days i *****/-, alrcondltloned but SJIJS Malaysia Oenttng Highlands by alrrondlttoncd bus seven days SI 175 Departure Every Sunday. Monday. Cameron Highland* Four days SsBo Denting Highlands Tour days sum Departure i Every Wednesday Oentlng HUrti- i lands
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      400 20 ■d TAIWAN/ ALISHAN/ HUALEIN. HONGKONG/ BANGKOK TOUF I DAYS Si27o 1.190 148( 12/2 21 1U 4. M 4 BANG 1- KOK/ HONGKONG/ MANILA I OAVS 23 2 1 3 IK 15.3. II I LOWEST FARES TO LONDON I EUROPE 9 FLIGHTS A WEEK FROM DAYS EVERY SUNDAY BANGKOK/ CHIENGMAI/ HONG
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      417 20 RAPID BOOKKEEPING TYPEWRITING. tHORTHAMO starting 2nd. 4th. sth. 7th Bth Singapore Instft ute of Commerce 283 C Selegie Complex. (*****9 *****1) METROPOLITAN YMCA BASIC Furniture Design and Dra»lnj for beginners, commenclni 24.2 75 Monday Thursday 7 930 p m 20 sessions. Contact BOOK KEEPING (BEGINNERS) Monday to Friday. 10.00 a
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      497 20 I, FEBRUARY BOOKKEEPING I. BEGINNERS CLASSES Cnmmeni cmg 3rd 4th February Dura- Uon Three Months Students are prepared for the School Pitman I LCC examinations School Cer- i uricates will be aw-rded on successful completion Please enJ rol early 1 SINGAPORE COM- MERCIAL SCHOOL. 15A Mac- kenile Road (*****7 '*****8)
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      635 20 M«O SHORTHAND BEGINNERS STARTING 2nd. 4th. Slh February: Monday. Wednesday. Friday 9 00 am. 3 00 p.m.. 5.56 p m 7.30 p m Sundays 9 00 •jn.. 11. M am (Speed) (283 C Selegfe Complex)/ Monday, Wednesday. Friday 9 30a m 2 M p.m.. Tuesday. Thursday 6 30 P m
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      812 20 KATMKA METHOO MAFTtNQ and dressmaking counet. Enquiries Manr Cordetro (London tralred)lel. *****. MATHEMATICS. ENGLISH SCIENCE. ART. Mala; Tuition BaoA-keeplng. shorthand. ■ing classes! National 433 A Oeylang Road 8.E.8.T. Uppe r Aljunled LITERATURE ECOMOthematics. Science (any I all subjects (Primary) c: *****2 {Miss Kohl NE» CLASSES IN BOOK KEEI'INQ. Shorthand (Theory/
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      820 20 i»rj vkwva. our owner, muijr extras, show room eot.ttlUon Tel: I*W RENAULT NlO 11M C.C. 1 owner leaving beautiful engine body H. 700 4944*7 Yeo 24 Sim IMS F/CORTIr DELUXE recenUy overr.iuled. new paintwork, upholstery valid, insurance and Uuc Car like new with tape player »l 900 View 116 Sophia
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      760 20 OWNER UAVHM TO SILL 1172 Oalant GTO at $8 OOf Sport* rims, radio, tap*. Ring *****6 1*73 TOYOTA CILICA IN* 2nd owner, showroom condition $S TOO on o. View 8-A Joo Avenue off Tenensohn* Rangoon Road Spore 8 U73 TOYOTA 1000 OWE owner, showroom condition J7.500 o n o View
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      709 20 USATIAN PUPPY FOR SALE Female 3 months old SK> Lered interested contact *****3 PWWI LABRADOR MtXTUM 7 rrfks old only $75 Tel. «OM6. DACHSHUND DOGS BITCHES ud puppies for aX SKCCIwI Vl>* 105. Faber Drive Ttl: *****2 *****8 (reafctone*) 0000 HOMC WANTtO PO* maltpi ppj mixnl breed. 2 months old
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    Cash for 3 top pupils
    65 21 NEE Soon School Advisory Committee has awarded $30 each to last year's three outstanding 12-year-old primary pupils Schoolboys Tan Kot Peng received the best All-round Athlete award and Cheng Miang won the Best Progress prize. Schoolgirl Ng Lee Hwa received the Best Pupil award. The
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    Institute meeting
    41 21 THE Chartered Institute of Transport will hold Its weekly meeting at the Civil Servants' Club In Dempsey Road tomorrow at 6 p.m.. Mr. A.C. Fraser. a management consultant, will speak on the fundamentals of transport management during the meeting.
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    Morphine fine
    40 21 ABDUL Rashid bin Sanl was fined $1,000 or three months' Jail in a magistrate's court for consuming morphine at the basement of a block of flats In Bukit Merah View on Jan. 17 at about 1 45 p.m.
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    Holiday Inns granted injunction against owners
    468 21 Holiday Inns granted injunction against owners PENDING HEARING OF DISPUTE... rpHE High Court 1 yesterday granted an injunction to Holiday inns Inc. of Memphis, md Holiday Inns (Singapore) Inc. against the hotel's owners, Hotel Enterprises Ltd., pending an early hearing of the management agreement dispute. Mr. Justice Chua said that
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    Union and hotel discuss rift over bonus
    212 21 Union and hotel discuss rift over bonus OFFICIALS of the Food, Drinks and Allied Workers' Union met with the management of Holiday Inn hotel yesterday to discuss a dispute over the payment of last year's annual wate supplement to the hotel's employees. According to informed sources, the dispute arose over
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    IMF seminar on finance opens
    281 21 IMF seminar on finance opens MR. Michael Wong Pakshong, managing director of the Monetary Authority of Singapore, yesterday opened a five-day seminar on Government finance statistics. The seminar, convened jy the International Monetary Fund at the Regional English Language Centre in Orange Orove Road, is being attended by 40 delegates
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    On Tuesdays
    35 21 THE MP for Katong. Mr. J.F. Ooncelcao, will hold the Katong constituency meet' the-pcople session* at 160. Block 11. Jalan Batu. on Tuesdays Instead of Thursdays at 730 p.m. starting on Ptb J».
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      803 21 classified ads d) MARITIME (PTE.) LIMITED. No. 1, B*no) Road. Jurong Town. Singapore 22 ha.sa I2ooh p tug departing light l<>r Middle East mld-Fehruary 1975 Willing to tow vessels to Gult Area at very reasonable rate. Phono: Cap*. E.F. Mullan a5«777. WESTINQHOUSE O.E. AIRCONDITIONERS/ DEHUMloifiers, A<ma Refrigerators, gas "H.kerv wishing
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      321 21 JUMBLE SALE PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH, Orchard Road. (Opposite Cathay Cinema). Wednesday S/2/7& 9am 12 noon SALE, SERVICE AND RENTAL all makes of sewing machines. Contart Hong Huat Sfwmg Machine Co Blk 74. 324 Whampoa Drive. Sporel2Tel ***** NEW YEAR OFFER) For every purchase refrigerator, gas cooker and washing machine you get
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      203 21 SINGAPORE'S FIMT DEMONSTRATION CENTRE For Washing Machines. Tumble Dryers and Dishwashers. Over 25 models. Bring your soiled laundry and ask for demonstration Call at> SINGAPORE REFRIGERATION COMPANY 23, OoldhMl Mau, T.I: *****37 t 2SMIM •ton. toSaL 9.30 a.m. (.30 p.m. KOWA TELEPMOTO LENS 100 mm Ring *****0 after 0 p.m.
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      948 21 We have vacancies for INTERNAL AUDITORS who will: be Singapore Grixens or Permanent Resident* hold qualification* acceptable to the Singapore Society of Accountants be able to work independently preferably have some knowledge of EDP procedures hare had experience in auditing either in a Public Accountant's firm or in the Internal
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      245 21 Straits Times Crossword ACBOSS Rome— sedate person (10) X Poem— by a poetic friend? 7 A tavern to which no (8). North Britons would re--9 Amorous coterie no end sort (6). eccentric (6). 13 Poisonous creature, the 10 Citizen was screened? (4). Police Superintendent? 11 Artist has loose cash to
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      $14,000 bonus snatch after shots at car
      341 22 $14,000 bonus snatch after shots at car JOHORE BAKU, Mon Three armed youths grabbed a $14,000 Chinese New Year bonus for workers from a rubber factory manager in Jalan Tampoi at 11 a.m. after firing three shots to smash the windows of the victim's car. The manager, Mr. Poon ChewN
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      BOMOH GETS JAIL AND WHIPPING
      114 22 BOMOH GETS JAIL AND WHIPPING JOHORE BARU. Mon. A 55-year-old bomoh with S3 grandchildren was sentenced today to two months Jail and a stroke of the rotan for outraging the modesty of a 22--year-old housewife. Magistrate Sarjit Singh sitting at the Kota Tinggi court told homoh Abdul Manap bin Arshad
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      Modesty charge: 3 cleared
      80 22 Modesty charge: 3 cleared JOHORE BARU, Mon. —The High Court acquitted and discharged today an immigration officer and two naval ratings accused of outraging the modesty of a 24--year-old former salesgirl from Ipoh. Mr. Justice Othman All freed them without calling for their defence. Immigration orncer Abdul Ohanl bin Monamed
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      New strike threat by NEB staff
      247 22 Kuala Lumpur, Mon. RATIONAL Electricity Board Division 4 and Industrial and Manual Group workers have threatened to strike again if trie board does not offer them better salaries and allowances than those recommended by the Harun Commission. "If the commission's recommendations are not bettefed
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      Found hanged
      23 22 PENANO Mon— A 70-year-old nun identified as Khor 00l B<:ng wk» found hanged In his Macallster Road house here on Friday.
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      Bail for two again refused
      104 22 Bail for two again refused KUALA LUMPUR, Mon. National Electricity Board employees Hakam Singh and M. Kanapathy who were charged with intimidation of two colleagues, were again refused ball today. Hakam Singh and Kanapathy were alleged to have intimidated V. Krishna Raja and Abdul Manaf bin Abdul Kadir during a
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      LAWYER RAZAK'S ARREST: GHAZALI EXPLAINS
      178 22 LAWYER RAZAK'S ARREST: GHAZALI EXPLAINS JOHORE BARU. Mon. Lawyer Abdul Razak Ah>iiari. 32, was dftained for rt^wns other than his activ.ties as a lawyp.-. H».r.u Affairs Mln»**r Tan Ghazall Phafle snld t>day. lie vis asked to MB** merit on a statement by the Johoie Bar Conunltte<- calling on the minister
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      Green Book: A call to schools
      56 22 IPOH. Mon. The 900 primary and secondary schools In Perak have received directives from the state Education Department to take an active part In the Green Look drive. The schools have been asked to make use of any available land for planting short-term crops
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      Singer drowns in KL hotel pool
      64 22 KUALA LUMPUR, Mon. Filipino singer Rastituto Rosal. 45, was found drowned In the Hotel Merlin swimming pool here yesterday. Rosal was a member of the Los Dorados Trio, now performing at the Aviary Bar in the Kuala Lumpur Hilton. The proup arrived In December.
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      When a girl of 15 can marry at the Registry
      311 22 When a girl of 15 can marry at the Registry JOHORE BARU. Mon. Can a girl of 15 marry at the Registry in Malaysia? Yes If she has the consent of her parents, according to the Registry of Marriages here. Officials gave this explanation when com■n en ting on a
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      484 22 *^jif/ Wn/L\vu*nt Uqhtar OL-6 S!lv«r Jj g I Cigarette Lighter OL-1 2 Silver I sharp a^POHV /Maruman II rJ Radio Model BP-1028 Radio Model RM 103 Cigarette Lighter DL-lb Silver HH__H p when you buy one of these j mmm black/white TV sets OFFER ENDS ON FEB.IOth ,1975 Model 24T
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      717 23 KENYATAAN KEMENTERIAN PELAJARAN MALAYSIA Penerimaan Calun-Calun Persendinan Perseorangan untuk PEPERIKSAAN SIJIL RENDAH PELAJARAN/LOWER CERTIFICATE OF EDUCATION, 1975 Bayaran Masuk: (1) Sljll Penuh: $15/--(11) Satu Matapelajaran Bahasa: $3/- tiap-tlap satu matapelajaran. Kelayakan: A. Calun-calun darlpada gulungan yang berlkut lnl boleh dlterlma untuk peperlksaan Sljll Penuh: 1) Pemlnta-pemlnta yang boleh memberlkan buktt
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      423 23 LEMBAGA KEMAJCAN PAHANG TENGGARA TENDER NOTICE Tender* are Invited from Class A Contractors and above registered with JabaUn Kerja Raya. Majlis Amanah Raayat. Perbadanan Pembangunan Bandar or Lembaga Kemajuan Pahang Tenggara for the following: THE PROPOSED OPTICS DEVELOPMENT (PHASE I) AT JALAN TELOK SISEK. KUANTAN Tender document* may be obtained
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      919 23 KENYATAAN TAWARAN BP. NO: 32/75 TAWARAN BAGI MEMBINA KIjLANG MINYAK KELAPA SAWIT FELDA DI RANCANGAN NERAM Di^^f/*^^, 1 1 ***** <"Pel»w» dart PEMBORONGPEMBORONG YANG BERPENOALAMAN untuk ff?sj a l l) tan ker i a MEMBEKAL, MEMBINA, MEND^/KAN, MEMASANG, MENYIAPKAN, MENStoL MENGENDALI DAN MENJAMIN SEMUA s M sa c N A
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      571 23 ACKNOWLEDGEMENT The family of the late Mdm Llm Yoke Lin, mother of Mr. Foo Chow Seong (M/s Leong Brothers Alrconditionlng Co., Sdn. Bhd.,) wish to thank all relatives, friends and associates for their kind assistance, wreaths, scrolls, donations, attendance and prayers during their recent bereavement. Lind*teves I Jacoberg i r
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      575 23 A LARGE INTERNATIONAL MARKETING ORGANISATION REQUIRES A MARKETING EXECUTIVE TO MANAGE ITS COATINGS DEPARTMENT THE JOB Will involve the promotion of o wide ronge of morme/ industnol products which include Corrosion control coating: o^d spec olity products (oil spill dispersonts cleoners, degreosers) to oil drilling arvi heovy-morme construction/ repoir industry
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      Lock icon STUNNING WIN BY RAMIREZ KNOCKS U.S. OUT OF CUP
      323 24 LOB ANGELES, Mon. Mexico knocked the United States out of the 1975 Davis Cup competi tlon yesterday with a •tunning 7-5, 7-9, 6-4. 6-2 victory oy Raul Ramirez over Roscoe Tanner. An exuberant group of spectators from nearby Mexico celebrated the
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      Lock icon Lawrence second
      91 24 SYDNEY. Mon. Sydney driver Warwick Brown, in a Lola T 332, took the lead in the 1975 Peter Stuyvesant Tasman motor racing series by winning the fifth round at Oran Park near here yesterday. Brown comlnated the race and held a strong New Zealand challenge headed by Graeme
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      Lock icon MCC BEAT THE CLOCK TO WIN BY 4 WICKETS
      206 24 CYDNEY. Won. MCC scored 242 run* at faster than a run a minute at Newcastle today to win their three-day match against Northern New South Wales by four wickets, with 13 balls to spare. Final scores: NNSW 251--5 dec and 270-6
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      207 24 fAB VEGAS, Moo. Jimmy Connors haa strengthened his position as the world's top-ranked tennis player In the wake of a brilliant victory orer Australian retenui Bod La*w. Connors won VSSIM.tM <K30,a00) in his eaallenge three-hour match by 6-4. «-2. 3-6, 7-5 wMh Larw here yesterday
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      The bench for Dollah for poor display?
      668 24  -  JOE DORAI 40,000-STRONG CROWD 'SURPRISE* PERAK OFFICIALS By STRIKER Dollah Kassim's disappointing performance in last Sunday's match against Perak, may put him on the bench for this Sunday's match against Pahang at the National Stadium. Coach Hussein Al- Junied may field the team
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      Ponggol win
      32 24 PONOOOL edged Buklt Ho Swee 3-2 and Oeylang last thrashed Kampong Olam 3-0 to quaJlfy for the seml-flnala of the mterConsUtuency table tennis tournament at Oay World Stadium last night.
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      SCC edged
      22 24 SINGAPORE Recreation aub edged Singapore Cricket Club 2-1 In a Women s Hockey League tournament match at the Padang yesterday.
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      Newcomer Syed shows promise
      195 24 NEWCOMER Syed Abdul Rahman 19. showed promise of becoming one of Singapore's leading race cyclist when he won the 100 kilometres road race at Naval Base on Sunday. A powerful rider with an abundance of stamina, Syed beat his Dover Road team mates, Zalnal Abdul Rahman
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      151 24 PLAYER'S TITLE FOR 9TH TIME (">APE TOWN, Mon.— Sooth Gary Player yesterday won the South African Open golf championship for the ninth time. Player carded a one-nnder-par fourth round 71 to finish with a total of 278, six strokes ahead of the Add and just two strokes outside the Mowbray
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      96 24 FIVE national soccer trainees will represent Upper Serangoon United In a friendly match afsjns. the Johore Malaysia Cup team on Thursday at the (National Stadium, kick off 7.30 p.m. They are Roy Krtshnan. Samaci Alapltchay. S. Rajagopal, B. Norbert and Syed Mutalib. Former striker Qu&h Kirn
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    617 25  - Top honours to Kadir, Swee Lee ERNEST FRIDA SPORTS AWARDS FOR 1974 By ALL THE AWARDS: Sportsman of the Year,— Syed Abdul Kadir. Sportswoman of the Year Chee Swee Lee Coach of the Year Kee Soon Bee. Team of the Year Women's 4xloom medley swimming team (Yeo Su Ming:, Justin
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    384 26 HONGKONG FACES 'HORROR' BUDGET DEFICIT ONDON, Mon. Hongkong faces its "horror of horrors" this year a Budget deficit—according to a Financial Times survey on the colony published today. The newspaper said that like most other places Hongkong was beginning to suffer from the decline In world trade. "There was no
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    42 26 ATHENS. Mon. Oen. George Zoitakls, Resent of Greece under the military regime and Gen. Odysseus Anghells. former Vice President, were today remanded In custody on charges of high treason and Insurrection. These crimes carry a possible death penalty. Reuter.
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    141 26 BANGKOK, Mon. —Two small canisters of butane lighter gas exploded on board a Pan American Airways Boeing 747 jetliner In midair today, forcing it to return to its departure point here, police said. The can'sters blew up in a toilet at the rear of the
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    245 26 33 killed as plane crashes on takeoff MANILA, Monday rpHIRTY-THREE people, including two in- fants, were killed today when a Philippines Airlines plane on a domestic flight crashed and exploded near Manila's international airport, airline officials said tonight. One man, Identified as 51 -year-old Roger Douglas Collins, from South Dakota,
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