The Straits Times, 6 February 1975

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  • 16 1 The Straits Times Estd. 1845 FINAL EDITION THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 6, 1975 25 CENTS M.C.(P) 492 75
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  • 681 1 As Mrs T faces Whitelaw in Round 2 leadership battle... LONDON, Wednesday BRITAIN'S Conservative Party was in turmoil today at the prospect of electing a woman leader Mrs. Margaret Thatcher, who ousted former Prime Minister Edward Heath from the leadership. Mrs. Thatcher, a rightwing intellectual, was
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  • 109 1 BRUSSELS, Wed. The IS dollar, in the sixth week of one of its worst slumps, opened lower on European exchanges today. Paris bankers called the dollar's retreat a i "technical reaction" and an adjustment on the market and said it j was of little significance.
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  • 123 1 TROOPS ATTACK STRIKING POLICE IN LIMA LIMA, Wed. Peruvian army troops stormed a police barracks here in which the Civil Guard police were staging a strike today. Army sources said several of the guards were killed. The troops entered the barracks after the 7,000--strong Civil Guard force had refused to
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  • 71 1 MOSCOW, Wed— A BovUt space expert said today future space laboratories may function up to 10 years with crew of up to 100 people. Academician Boris Petrov. writing in the newspaper Trud. noted that the present generation of space stations, the American Skylabs and the Soviet Salyuts.
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  • 61 1 CAIRO, Wed. The Soviet Union and Egypt called today for the resumption of the Geneva peace talks as soon as possible, but mentioned no date. A communique issued after a three-day visit by Soviet Foreign Minister Andrei Oromyko said all parties, including the Palestine Liberation Organisation,
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  • 43 1 NEW YORK. Wed. Dow Jones averages, based on first hour of trading on the New York" Stock Exchange: 30 Indus 707.45, down 0.62; 30 transp 157 86. up 0.53; 15 utils 61 16. up 0.10; 65 stocks 227.87, up O.I2— UPI.
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  • 29 1 HONGKONG, Wed— Part of the operation of one of Peking's largest thermal poweis plants has -been computersed. according to a New China News Agency (NCNAJ report today.— UPl.
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  • 51 1 ALEXANDRIA (Emrpt), Wed. Nine people were killed and 18 injured mostly children when a World War II artillery shell exploded in an Alexandria suburb todayThe shell was buried under a rubbish dump and went off when it was found by a group of children, police said.
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  • 535 1 $13b plan to keep prices steady DAKAR, Wednesday THIRD World countries today may be asked at a conference here to back a US$6,OOO million (551,*,740 million) scheme to stabilise the prices of Asia's raw materials such as rubber and tin. Delegates from more than 100 developing countries are attending a
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  • 22 1 HONGKONO, Wed. The Legislative Council today approved a government proposal t) Increase telephone charges by about 29 per cent. Reu.er-
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  • 31 1 HOKGKONO. Wed—Tourists coining to Hongkong will have m pay a 3 per cent hotel room tax beginning April 1. At present the tax is 2 p>;r cent. AP.
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  • 210 1 5 die as grenade explodes in Israeli disco NETANYA (Israel), Wed. Five people were killed and 25 others wounded when a grenade exploded in a cellar discotheque in this seaside resort north of Tel Aviv early today. Police c" .tamed eight people after the blast for questioning over what they
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  • 78 1 CHICAGO. Wed—President Ford's proposed US$3 (8*8.90) per barrel tax on Imported crude oil could cost the nations airlines US$4 billloi. iS$9.2 billion >. a spokesman for the Air Transport Association (ATA) said yesterday. Mr. William Osmun. dirertor of technical information for the ATA. said: "We
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  • 812 1 PARIS. Wednesday THE world's leading industrial powers today opened talks on US Secretary of State Henry Kissinger's propOMua for an oil floor price but there were signs that the American plan could run into stiff opposition. The US scheme was formally presented to
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  • 183 1 4 killed in Ipoh tin mine landslip IPOH. Wed— Four workers were killed and two others seriously injured in a landslide that occurred last night on the Ho Pak Yu tin mine in the Tronoh area near Batu Oajah. The dead were identified as Maharuddln. 23, of Changkat Pancur. Yusof,
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  • 63 1 TANANARIVE. Wed Malagasy's Head of State, MajGen. Gabriel Ramanantaoa. has stood down and handed over full executive powers to Interior Minuter Lt Col Richard Rat slmi ndrava. Radio Madagascar said today. Gen. Ramanantsoa had dissolved his government on Jan. 25 following a reported coup attempt by one
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  • 24 1 RANGOON. Wtd— Twelve people were killed and three Injured In collision between a bus and i train here yesterday, newspapers reported.
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  • 66 1 LIMA (Pent), Wed Angry demonstrations broke oat in a number of place* in lima today to protest the bloody government action against striking policemen ordered by President Juan Velasco's military regime. Groups of students and other civilians organised small lightning rallies in different parts of the city,
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    • 87 1 SVVEE LEE GETS JAPAN INVITATION Page 27 CONGRESS bid to delay oil tariff move 2 PARIS and Bonn agree to March oU talks 3 BREZHNEV to visit Middle East 4 SINGAPORE is No. 2 in building oil- c rilling devices 6 SHIPYARDS in Singapore won't be hit* 8 BLITZ on
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  • Straits Times World News
    • 133 2 BRANDO LEAVES AFTER 4 DAYS AT MONASTERY ACTOR Marlon Brando (centre) andcivi 1 rights activist Father James Groppi (right) walk hand in hand while a Menominee Warrior Society supporter talks to them, shortly after they left a monastery near Shawano, Wisconsin. Members of the society had held the monastery for
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    • 162 2 Profits of US firms take 21 pc dive NEW YORK, Wed. Corporate aftertax profits in the fourth Quarter of 1974 fell 21 per cent below those of the third quarter reflecting the deepening recession, the First National City Bank of New York said yesterday. But the fourth-quarter earnings averaged two
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    • 57 2 TOKYO. Wed. New car sales slumped In January alter jumping iharply In December due to heated sales campaigns, the Japan Automobile Dealers Association said yesterday. The aMoclation sfcid new car registrations in January totalled 309,498 units, a 59.4 per cent drop from December and a 4.6
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    • 47 2 UPPSALA Sweden). Wed A heavy earthquake along the coastal area In Eastern Asia close to the atnoRusslan border was registered at the setsmoicglcal institution here at 11.46 OMT yesterday. The quake measured 7.5 on the open-ended Rlchter scale. Prof. Marcus Baath reported. AP
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    • 475 2 House bid to delay oil tariff move... DEMOCRAT 'WAR' ON FORD HOTS UP WASHINGTON, Wednesday (X)NGRESS today will challenge President Ford's plan to reduce energy consumption as the Democratic majority steps up its economic battle with the White House. The House of Representatives Is expected to vote for a three-month
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    • 37 2 Robbers big year HONGKONG, Wed. Robbers In 1974 made a total haul of cash and valuables here worth HKJ72 million (about Ss36 m'lllon), an Increase of 48 per cent over the previous year, police said today. AP.
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    • 244 2 WASHINGTON. Wed Four American cargo ships laden with weapons for Turkey were being called back or diverted today as the Ford Administration reluctantly imposed an arms embargo ordered by Congress. There was confusion between Congress and the Administration over whether the embargo
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    • 164 2 Britain draws heavily on loan LONDON, Wed. —Britain has drawn all but 126 million *****5 44 million) of the £1.2 billion 1558.5 billion) Euro-dollar loan arranged by Chancellor of the Exchequer Denis Healey and the big four banks last March, in an effort to protect the sterling. This was disclosed
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    • 105 2 Arrested: All plainclothes police MEXICO CITY, Wed The entire plainclothes police force was arrested yesterday at the holiday resort of Acapulco, centre of the Government's arlve lo clean up official corruption. Several hundred men were stripped of their arms and confined to barracks on the orders of the new Guerrero
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    • 52 2 JAKARTA. Wed— A landslide has cut trafflc between Jakarta and the West Jay: capital of Bandung, th Government said yesterday The landslide, triggered by heavy rainfall, wrecked a highway used by 9.000 cars a day about 22 km 13 6 miles i from Bandung Repairs were under
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    • 246 2 LONDON. Wed. 1 A GROUP of Arab investors is planning to acquire a stake in American r a 1 estate through an international Investment uonsoitium that has Just been formed in London and Rotterdam. Arab capital »ill move into the new consortium through
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    • 526 2 Recently, we invited some stout drinkers to visit the ABC Brewery in Singapore. After the grand tour of the brewery, our guests sat chatting with Brewmaster Willem Dijkstra in the 'Tavern'; a little bar we keep specially for visitors. They talked about some enlightening discoveries they had made Ann OA+nnlltr
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  • WORLD NEWS TWO
    • 65 3 I^EMILLION Ester, 34, his shotgun raised, is hit by police bullets on Sunday night in Oakland, California, at the tlima\ of a five-hour drama. Officers had been summoned by the family of Ester, a former mental patient, who said they needed help in handling him. An exchange
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    • 153 3 ATHENS, Wednesday r'REEK shipping magnate Aristotle Onassis was last night reported seriously ill after a bout of influenza, a member of his entourage said here. He said the 68-year-old mult i-millionaire was examined by two heart specialists at his villa in Giyfas, near
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    • 39 3 LONDON. Wed. The Suez Canal could handle only about five per cent of world shipping tonnage If reopened now compared with about 13 per rent when it closed in 1967, a leading ship broker reported yesterday. Reuter.
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    • 189 3 BRUSSELS, Wed— The Common Market Commission yesterday called for a better deal for more than 100 developing countries which get preferential trade treatment from the Community. The commission, which negotiates on trade matters for the nine member states, said there must be more efforts to
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    • 427 3 PARIS, Wednesday CT^tLLLOR Helmut Schmidt of West Germany and President Valery Oiscard d Estaing of France agreed yesterday on plans for an oil consumerproducer conference next month even T?i Ug v he Comm °n Market countries &n I, nave not agreed on a
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    • 134 3 UNITED NATIONS. Wed— The European Economic Community EEC) announced yesterday it would fulfil its pledge to contribute US$5OO million (Ssl 150 million) to the United Nations emergency operation for the countries most seriously affected by the world economic crisis by June. The ann o
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  • WORLD NEWS TWO
    • 59 4 PARIS Wed. Th« Trench Communist Pcrty broadly hinted at the possibility of breaking Its alliance with the Socialist Party. Politburo member Ren* Andrleu, In an editorial in the Communist Party newspaper lHnmanlte, said the weekend Socialist Party contresc at Pau. in south-west Prance, showed "the need for
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    • 323 4 Gromyko: Brez WILL visit M-East CAIRO, Wednesday gOV I E T Foreign Minister Andrei Gromyko today left Cairo at the end of a three-day visit which President Sadat said had opened a new chapter in Soviet-Egyptian relations. At the end of four hours of talks yesterday with Mr. Gromyko, Mr.
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    • 144 4 VISITORS BAN ON LUBIS IN PRISON JAKARTA, Wed. The leading Indonesian journalist and author. Mr Mochtar Lubis. Jailed for alleged subversive activities, is not being allowed to receive any visitors Including his family for the time being, official sources said today. Sources close to the family confirmed that Mrs. Lubls
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    • 192 4 MOSCOW, Wednesday THE Communist Party Newspaper Pravda, commenting on China's new constitution, accused Peking leaders today of preparing for a new weld war. It was one of the most bitter anti-Chinese attacks in several months j In a long commentary on China's new
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    • 93 4 HYSTERIA AT CAIRO FUNERAL CAIRO. Wed. Thousands of wailing mourners smashed through a line of policemen today and grabbed the cotfn of Dm Kalthoum, a beloved singer whose body was being carried through the streets of the city during her funeral. "The people should carry her," the crowd screamed as
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    • 75 4 WASHINGTON. Wed Secretary of State Dr. Henry Kissinger has suggested that the Unlte.l States .s not inflexibly opposed to a more normal relationship with Cuba. "In the spirit of partnership with Congress, we are examining our policies towards Cuba," Dr. Kissinger told a National Prr&s Club
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    • 67 4 JAKARTA. Wed— A burglar who held nine hostages In a house for flve-and-a-half hours shot himself In the head when police rushed the premises, police said today They said that at one point during the sdge last Monday in Semarang. Central Java, the burglar. Identified as Joko
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    • 33 4 PARIS. Wed— The French and West German Foreign Ministers agree that a dialogue between the European Common Market and Arab countries should no longer br dela^d. a spokesman said yesterday. Reuter.
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    • 222 4 TORONTO. Wednesday I TGANDA President Idi Amin said yesterday he does not want ailing ex-President Nixon to die now because the answers of Watergate would die with him. He said he has sent an Invitation through President Ford for Mr. Nixon
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    • 132 4 mOKYO. Wed. If the J Palestine Liberation Organisation (PLO) pr> poses to set up a representative office in Tokyo. ti>. larjanese Government will hv.-e to study the matter U'ioi a a decision Is reacr cd. Prim Minister Takeo Mlkl «aid today. Answering questions
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    • 31 4 WELLINGTON. Wed The chief of Malaysia's naval staff, Rear Admiral Thanabalaslngam arrived here today for talk* with the New Zealand Navy on extending co-operation and mutual training schemes. Reuter.
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  • WORLD NEWS THREE
    • Briefs
      • 39 5 rkETROIT, Wed. New car sales In the final 10 days of January, the first period in which all US car makers offered cash rebates, Jumped 42 per cent over the middle of the month, according to figures released yesterday.
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      • 22 5 BI'ENOS AIRES: The cost of living in Argentina has Jumped 8.5 per cent in a month, Noticias Argentina* (NA) news agency said.
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      • 32 5 PANMUNJOM: North Korea has renewed its allegation that the United States had brought nuclear weapons into South Korea and accused the Ame-rican-led United Nations Command of fresh violations of the armistice agreement.
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      • 32 5 DACCA: A Bangladesh parliamentarian and two other people were seriously wounded when unidentified gunmen opened fire and threw petrol bombs at them in the northern town of Jessore yesterday, police said.
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      • 37 5 SALISBURY: Three senior Rhodeslan Government officials are believed to have gone to Lusaka for talks with African nationalist guerillas on a negotiated ceasefire and other matters related to the Rhodeslan constitutional negotiations, according to unconfirmed reports here.
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      • 33 5 JOHANNKSBI RG: A total of 10.5 million Africans were arrested and prosecuted under South Africa's pass laws during the 25 years up to the end of 1973, according to figures released here. Agencies.
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    • 150 5 2pc dip in Japan's economy forecast rpOKYO, Wed. A top 1 Ja p a nese Government, economist today predicted Japan's real economic growth would decline by more than two per cent this fiscal year, compared with a rise of 6.3 per cent last year Mr. Jin Miyaz a k i,
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    • 36 5 $230 m deal COLOMBO, Wed. Sri Lanka and China signed a barter agreement here yesterday providing for an exchange of rubber, rice and other commodities valued at over one thousand million rupees <Ss23o million) this year.
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    • 34 5 PEKING, Wed A Chinese official spokesman said today he was unable to confirm reports that a major earthquake has struck a heavy-populated area of Liaoning province in north-east China. Reuter.
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    • 400 5 ADDIS ABABA, Wednesday ETHIOPIA'S military government said today "peace has been restored" in Asmara after five days of fighting with secessionist rebels but airlifted fresh troops to this capital of the breakaway province of Eritrea. Residents 'reported that gunfire could be
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    • 195 5 SEOUL, Wednesday OOUTH Korea's major opposition party today called for a boycott of a Feb. 12 national referendum on the country's controversial constitution to crush what it termed a "scheme to perpetuate" the Government of President Park Chung-Hee. Opposition New Democratic Party president Kirn
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    • 112 5 CONTRACT ROW: BANK'S TOP TWO QUIT BANGKOK. Wed. The covernor and deputy governor of the Bank of Thailand, the country's central bank, have resigned following a row over the award of a big construction contract to a Thai-Japanese firm, a bank spokesman said today. Governor Bhis v d i Nimmanhaeminda
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    • 211 5 Don't quit UN, Scali urges Congress WASHINGTON, Wed.— The United States ambassador to the United Nations, Mr. John Scall. urged Congress yesterday not to consider pulling the US out of the world body because of the rerent votes there against American positions. Mr. Scall said it is obvious that when
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    • 70 5 BANGKOK, Wed.— An Indian businessman has signed a statement that he caused a fire aboard a Pan American World Airways Jumbo Jet this week, hoping his family would collect US$5O,OOO fSsl 15.000) in life insurance, an airline spokesman said today. Pan Am is
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  • 273 6 Caning order against seaman struck off A DISTRICT judge's order of caning on a teaman. Harts bin Mohiimed All. 23, was struck out" in the Appeal Court yesterday. Mr. D. Ramasamy, for Harts, said in the appeal that the caning order vas valid and appro- priate only if Harts was
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  • 510 6 one quarter of the world's order for offshore mobile drilling units has keen cornered by Singapore shipbuilders, an American shipping executive said yesterday. And from statistics up to last December, this makes Singapore the second largest builder of these units after the
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  • 101 6 POLICE yesterday appealed for eyewitnesses of a fatal road accident in which an elderly pedestrian died after he was hit by a motorcycle on Tuesday. The mishap occurred as Mr. Foo Kee Ser. 78. was walking across a pedestriau crossing at Jalan Kayu at «oout
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    • 384 6 Bringing Up By BUI Kavanagh <c Hal Camp A^tM^ Itm DOWNY 44VS TO IKi FORGOT f WHAT X" BiMMy bOVBS rtW^N/ C >t Wl**r TILL MIOHIQttT, 1 SOWETWINO, WAS IT, fMy PILLOW/ mew job is niaut n > &J but Me sens twbhk I mao&e -J dear V y n^^v
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  • 356 7 OVERDRILLING of pupils to prepare mem for mnltiple-choice answer examination questions has caused a drop in the standard of English in Singapore, according to Mr. Vivian Quek, the former senior master of St. Andrew's School. t^J** Uek a Verier for 21 years said
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  • 159 7 Lighter owners to discuss Teluk Ayer Basin fire risks r!E Singapore Lighter Owners Association Is to call a meeting of all members to study the danger posed by fire in the Teluk Ayer Basin lighter base following a blaze on three boats on Tuesday night. The president of the association,
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  • 26 7 THREE men Llm Eng Sul. Ler Leong Lai and Ooh Cher Huat were yesterday Hned $200 each for overstaying i- Singapore after their permits expired.
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  • 91 7 A skid and lorry ends in a twisted mess... A SKID, a jump and a crash was all it took to brine about this twisted mess. Lorry driver Koh Siani was seriously injured when his vehicle skidded and rammed a tree at Lornie Road at 3.30 p.m. on Tuesday. Koh,
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  • 342 7 •piIRKE teenage robbers, wlio said through their counsel that their present prison sentences wee "very heavy," had their sentences doubled yesterday in tht- Appeai Court. Mr. Justice Wlnslow Increased the lower court, sentences on. Quek Yon« Seng, 19, irom three years to six years;
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  • 52 7 THE Women's Sub-com-talllee and the Youth Group of the Ptoalr Panjang community centre will bold a dinner and dance t the Paslr Panjang Peradlst on Feb. 22 at 730 p.m. Tickets at $13 per bead are on tale at the ceatre daily from 2.30 cm. to
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  • 24 7 MRS. Oracia Tay will talk on l/üblic Speaking Without Pear' at the Queenstown Erarch Library at 7 JO p.m. on Peb. It.
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  • 193 7 Company loses $9,000 in closing time holdup roHREF. young men, X one armed with a gun. sped off in a stolen mini car after robbing a cigarette and beverage distributing firm of 59.168 on Tuesday. The 5.30 p.m. robb-ry happened at Kwa*ig Wan Heng in BuVit Tiniah Road just before
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  • 70 7 Spring festival show The Singapore Armed Forced Reservists Association and the Singapore Youth Chinese Orchestra will present a spring festival concert at the Singapore Conference Hall on Feb. 16 at 5 mi. The concert Is being organised by the Culture Ministry. Tickets at $1 each are available at the Popular
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  • 348 8 S'pore yards won't be hit... 'END OF SUPERTANKERS ERA' FORECAST SINGAPORE'S shipbuilders and repairers are not particularly pc r t orbed about the prediction that the era of the supertankers may end in the near future. Even if this happened, they said yesterday, the Industry here would continue to progress.
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  • 70 8 Mr. Clement Mesenas has resigned as secre-tary-general of the Singapore National Union of Journalists. Ke will, however, remain as a central councillor for the rest of his term in office. Mr. Chang Hln Chong, who was elected the new secretary general, relinquished his post as
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  • 220 8 Showa Maru repairs at Jurong Shipyard lURONO Shipyard Is to carry out repairs on the Showa Maru, which ran aground off Pulau Sebarok, last month. The 237,000-tonne Japanese supertanker is to be repaired when oil transfer operations to the last relief tanker Is completed probably early next week. A spokesman
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  • 197 8 1,883 granted licences to sell beer T»HE Liquor Licens--1 ing Board yesterday approved 1,883 out of a total of 1,904 applications for retail, wholesale and outdoor beer licences. Beer licences were I granted to 1,675 retailers, 137 stall-holders and 71 wholesalers. The board rejected 13 applications for outdoor beer licences
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  • 150 8 AIRPORT 'BOMB' WORK OF HOAXER? pOLJCE believe that 1 the suspected bomb found In the arrival hall of the Paya Lebar Airport on Monday night was the work of a prankster. Those who saw the "bomb" said It looked like a plneaople can with a large amount of wax on
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  • 149 8 4 who ran out of cash FO U B Indonesian i'leial immigrants who came to Singapore to look for jobs ran out of monf; and resorted to armed robbery and theft, a district couit heard yesterday. BtiTong bin Hussain and Khamis bin Admin, both 18, were jailed for four years
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  • 338 8 Doctor's wife: I only signed document 4 DOCTOR'S wife told A the Second District >3ourt yesterday that she <new little or nothing ibout I.OCO shares which were bought in her name ibo'u two years ago. Madam Khoo Swee Huah. wife of Dr. Goh Kirn Hwa of Petallng Jaya. said all
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  • 58 8 NEO Kirn Kik, 24, who was described by his mother as "mentally unstable," Jumped to his death about 10 hours after reading a newspaper report of a suicide case on Jan. 28, a coroner's inquiry was told yesterday. His body was found at the foot of Block
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  • 222 8  - Festive calls from a redeyed trio... PHILIP LEE By rEV may look like mat pies, but these bircU are really the Curl Breasted Manucodes, rare species of the Birds of Paradise. rhc birds have a brautifu, bluish purplish sheen on their black plutnatr Recently acquired by Jur ong Bird Park.
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  • 69 8 THE Coroner's Court yesterday recorded an open verdict on the death of a gardener. Soh Sock Chal. 24. whose body was found lying In a backlane between SIA and DBS building at about 12.45 p.m. on Jan. 22 Assistant State Coroner. Mr. Francis Scow. said
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  • 243 9 "IJOWS this for size, 11 Grandpa?" Michael Tai, four, couldn'i wait for his grandfather to get home to see how the shirt would fit, so he made him try it out for size right there. And 84-year-old Mr. Tay Kirn Hock was all
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  • 196 9 rE Finance Minister. Mr. Hon Sui Sen. will open a two-day conference on Money, Trade, Inflation The Prospects for South east Asia, at Shangrl La Hotel today. Prof. j.K. Galbraith. a former US Ambassador to India and author of several books. Including The Great
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  • 403 9  -  PAUL WEE and Y. K. LAI By Customs foil 269 evasion bids in ten-day operation 'J'HK Customs and Excise Department successfully foiled 2(il) smuggling attempts during a 10--day operation code named Combprev last month. The drive involved about 650 officers and I men and were aimed at
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  • 285 9 Move to beat gold-coin day pickpockets fTHE Currency Board is thinking of ways and means to beat pickDockets when the $100, $250 and $500 commemorative gold coins are put on sale on Aug., A board official said that when people started queueing up to buy the gold coins, they would
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  • 101 9 MISS Tan Peng Tow, 17, has won a threeyear scholarship to study music at the Royal Academy of Music in Marylebone. London. A pupil of the Convent of the Holy Infant Jesus. Peng Tow's principal study will be the piano. She has also taken
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  • 69 9 fpHERE were 203 suc- cessful bidders for the Q, QA and QB vehicle registration series, according to the Registry of Vehicles. An ROY spokesman said yesterday the total value of successful bids amounted to $118,400. The highest bid. he said, was for registration numbers Q3 and QAI
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  • Page 9 Advertisements
    • 209 9 sis l^j^^liM^^ jjg lraman Peking. Offers modern homes in Johore Baru from $52,800 upwards j||M|lNow open for bookings Located ?bout VA miles from A modern Town Centre with I 7 N the Causeway. shopping complexes, offices, i( (Kb r CENIURY J %W P recreational and entertainment <5y tama* »i te»au
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  • Page 9 Miscellaneous
    • 330 9 Straits Times Crossword ACROSS go (2. 3. 6. 3) 1 I have followed the prayer. S Visitor from Virginia Is joining together as one most Imprecise (7). llo>. 7 Flew Into a rage wl' the 6 Does this signify, if It's m creepy creature! (6) not in the river? (6i
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  • Page 10 Advertisements
    • 401 10 ■■bbblmm■■bh■H H H fl H B H B B B A NEW YEAR ANG-POW-FUL of LAUGHS! CAPITOL -OPENS TODAY! 1 1 am 1 .30, 4.00, 6.45 9.30 pm.— NO FREE LIST Also TOMORROW MIDNIGHT at JURONG Plus Saturday M'nite Sunday morning shows SIMULTANEOUSLY at 7 THEATRES Capitol Lido Presideat Rex
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    • 382 10 PLAZA CINEMA ■-•■^Fi TEL: *****72 OPENS SATURDAY! > SIX SHOWS AT 11 .00 AM, 1 .30, 4.00, 645, 9.30 PM and MIDNIGHT SHOW at 12.00 AM I* CASH ADVANCE BOOKING FROM TODAY 10.30 AM 7.30 PM THAT "TRINITY" STAR IS BACK! < > His Name Is Nobody < > And
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    • 182 10 LAST 2 DAYS! 5 SHOWS at 11.00 AM. 1 JO, 4.00, 6.45 4 9 15 PM STARRING: PAUL NASCHY GABY FUCHS ■■til .bW OPENS TODAY DAILY 4 SHOWS AT 1.30, 3.30, 7.15 9.30 p.m. THIY ARI ASSIGNED ONLY TO THE IMPOSSIBLE MISSION AND THEIR ACTION IS WAY BEYOND YOUR IMAGINATION!
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    • 224 10 CATHAY: Big "ANG POW" Attraction j With A $12 BILLION SPARKLE! j: i An American Diamond Merchant His Swedish a 'I Mistress And Their Inc-edible, Mind- Boggling i i; Robbery Of Diamonds. l *****88. ■BBbMI l i;^ CHARLES GROOIN CHOICE BERGEN J JAMES MASON TREVOR HCVWRO JOHN GIELGUD i' Ti'
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    • 364 10 OPENS TODAY! Wat 7.00 9.30 pin J I Mmslm: «ilti: S2.N-CUMrw: SIM j;? When the bad guys get mad i The good guys get mad and everything > gets madder and madder and madder! Mm bbbbbbW £*Ljfc. LA3l^J«iu«cEiiofONMiOfii MPSFbbMCbbR -a»airl«*«)C£CCHG» ar-JOHNSHiRPu^-i *r.OOrttlOPlrjLS£NC£ V ,1 l—M«BIBH»H«lli|rBBll| —HH—Blii Ml B»l<— MIM1I1 i
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    • 626 10 wwwwwysrvwjv.'. teCATHAV a(W6*WISATION:| OHMS TODAY 1 2 Stiow. 700t• 30 o~ i "WATCH OUT, W(U maO T#f«n<* M.irßu<3 So«nc: f r A ColurrOio PiCurt Ir C O*»" C«»fc«» OrcK.,4 2n<J Midnight SatWdO) l(Mm Sundov at 9 i Chffl C^»«n C^in Hito" FANTASIES If HIND THE •EARLY CURTAIN v Warn Ping
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  • Page 11 Advertisements
    • 350 11 |^^H People remember us by our little touches. I We've had our share of praise for our I impeccable service and warmhearted I hospitality. We're as well furnished I and efficient as a modern cosmopolitan t hotel has to be. People talk about our I luscious Equatorial Bar and the
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    • 251 11 DURING THE CHINESE NEW YEJIR IH FESTIVE SEASON ■g. 1 Business as usual M Ira li CIKI SllVffi g our well-known FABULOUS jjj •StTLUNCHor (S ii^DttH/f^d •CURRY LUNCH Y^v JU $|20MH)j $3*> flB. K j BlBr •S/nWbyOttiman f jP F"s*w _mi i iL-HtPTICP > m BEER served Jtjk W til
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    • 270 11 Agarol is [aSVB a gentle liquid I*^M^"* laxative, effective ss=^'".' toring U^p— normal bowel functions. Agarol is so safe doctors recommend it for all the family including children, expectant mothers and even haemorrhoid sufferers Liquid Agarol is available in two flavours. From chemists, dispensaries medicine shops. J BB^Bk.aS-. BBM Jf
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    • 179 11 Exchange your \V§> TIGER BALM wmppers^g X^r for this interesting jt and decorative full colour 1 i Festival of Chinese Mythology f^^y «BK*>^gfl Bbl *lßk T'^kl BB^^^ b^B -AA 4 JiLa T 3S h^l Ji A JIF V^B This Festival ol Chinese Mythology is yours. I jfl& vtl t^ji free
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  • 397 12 THE Wild West tradition of settling accounts with a gun dies hard. US Marines have made practice desert landings off the coast of Sardinia, says a special report in this page today, and speculation continues in the US about the circumstances in which the country might go to
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  • 213 12 WHEN Mrs. Margaret Thatcher made up her mind two months ago to challenge Mr. Edward Heath for leadership of Britain's Conservative Party, the chances of her becoming the Tories' first woman leader appeared remote. Mr. Heath led the party to defeat in three out of four general elections,
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  • LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
    • 518 12 REFER to your report "Another blow for finance houses" (ST., Feb. 1). I would like to clarify that the Post Office Savings Bank had lowered the Interest rates on housing loans following the reduction In the prime rate. On Jan. 25, the
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    • 64 12 YOUR report about "Phase Two of the billion dollar Mass Rapid Transit Study" (S.T., Jan. 29) is incorrect. The total cost of the study project including UN assistance is estimated to be $45 million, that is, no more than a fraction of one per cent of a billion
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  • 1487 12  -  JOHN GRAHAM By Washington IN a speech at the National Press Club in Washington on Monday, US Secretary of State Henry Kissinger stressed the need for oil consumers to co-ordinate policy so that the effects of increased oil prices on the international economy
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  • 554 12  -  RICHARD EDER By I: London WHETHER or not Mrs. Margaret Thatcher is eventually elected leader of the Conservative Party making her Prime Minister iftne party comes to power she has alreidy gone farther than any woman In modern British politics. Two months
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  • 516 12 Stubbornness led to Heath's fa11 LONDON, Wednesday rpHE British Con- servative Party made Mr. Edward Heath its leader in 1965 because it felt it needed a man of middle class origins to deal with another middle class politician Labour Party's Harold Wilson, then in his first term as Prime Minister.
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  • Page 12 Advertisements
    • 30 12 man sine* 1934. Suits completely hand tailored stitched wi halve the If test widest range of mitc<il> foe select ion. 21. Chulla St.. Singapore. 1. Tal: ***** Hong Kong (Branch)
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    • 97 12 ■I wK^fcfc^H HM hdff Electronic V j W Comet A man will always remember the person who gives him a >g Ronson, just as a Ronson user is a man to remember. sfc^& Whether it's the luxurious, whisper-quiet Electronic or the efficient, economical Comet, the Ronson in his pocket will
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  • Business Times
    • 305 13 HONGKONG BANK: SLOWDOWN IN EARNINGS GROWTH UONGKONG: The 11 growth rate at Hongkong and Shanghai Banking j Corporation has j slowed down. This is what its preliminary results for 1974 indicate. The bank's net profits at HK$27B million showed a rise of 15.6 per cent against the 37.2 per cent
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    • 991 13  -  MARTIN LIM By FOUR-NATION TOUR BY SPORE MISSION \S Singapore's traditional trading partners are among the worst hit in the current economic downturn, the Republic has found it necessary to turn to new or long negfected markets. This has resulted in a number of
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    • 659 13 BRUSSELS: Down and down the dollar goes. Where will it stop? "Nobody knows," said a Belgian banker. "I'd need a crystal ball to answer that." Some experts predict It will begin rising soon. (The dollar did rise on Tuesday on European central banks
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    • 162 13 Haw Par sells its stake in Hongkong firm HONGKONG: Haw Par Brothers International, a subsidiary of Singapore's Haw Par sold atx nt four m'Uion shares in Stelux Manufacturing for around HKS9 million. A Haw Par spokesman said the shares represented the entire stake of around five per cent of Strlux
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    • 272 13 A 'pep up' for economy with easing of credit squeeze I^UALA LUMPUR: The easing of credit 1V restraints and the lowering of statutory reserves will put a few hundred million dollars into the economic system in the next few months. Commercial banks will have at least $106 million more from
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    • 98 13 WASHINGTON: The Feoe r a 1 Reserve Board said its board of governors approved a reduction in the discount rate to 6.75 per cent from 7.25 per cent j for nine federal reserve banks, including New voriv effective on Wednesday. The other eight banks moving to the
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  • Page 13 Advertisements
    • 10 13 f Jl &i 7 w [jmWi -I IW \2 mfl
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    • 286 13 r ALFRED DUIVHILL (FAR EAST) LIMITED has pleasure in announcing the appointment of f SHRIRO (CHINA) LIMITED as their appointed distributor for lighters, pipes, smoking accessories and toiletries in Singapore, Malaysia and Brunei with effect from February 1975. Enquiries for DUNHILL lighters, pipes, smoking accessories and toiletries should be sent
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  • 524 14  - Story behind German bank's Daimler-Benz share purchase PHIL DAVIDSON By OONN West Ger- ma n ys richest family has ended a prolonged feud which made the government nervous when it raised the possibility of a 2,000 million mark (551!, 160 million) shares sell-out to Middle East oil sheikhs. Friedricn Karl
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  • 579 14 What the brokers say rE recent relaxation of the credit squeeze in Singapore cannot have come at a better time. It is the shot in the arm which the stock markets here and in Kuaia Lumpur have been waiting for. Most important of all, the credit ease came Just when
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  • 170 14 T L profits up ONDON: Latest esti- mates indicate that Tate and Lyle will have satisfactory growth In 1975 and "we will be very disappointed If we do not make a significant profit increase" Mr. Saxon Tate, chairman of the company's executive committee told a press conference on the results.
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  • 328 14  -  TAN TECK CHYE By DESPITE the depress- I ed vehicle market j here, tyre sales by and large have been less affected. At least this is the assessment given by Mr. T. Tsukamoto. sales manager of Brldgestone. j the only tyre manufacturer in Singapore. Lower
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  • 252 14 PEOPLE IN BUSINESS Mr. John D. Taylor, vice president and general manager of cnase. Manhattan Bank, N.A., has announced the promotion of Mr. Chan Wine Cheojig to assistant manager accounting and reports. Mr. Chan Joined Chase In 1972 as an operations supervisor with 10 years' hanking experience. Mr. RE. Hughes,
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  • 120 14 Dunlop's $500,000 moulding press KUALA LUMPUR: Dunlop has installed another jumbo s I i c d Bag-O-Matic moulding press costing more than $500,000 to cope with increasing tyre demand. Dunlop's production director, Mr. B.A. Mac Millan said the 37-ton Bag-o-Matic imported from Europe would increase capacity for exports by 20
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  • 307 14  - Philippines achieves self-sufficiency in rice-production LEO GONZAGA By MANILA Statistical evidence being cited by Government officials tends to show that the Philippines has already achieved rice self-suffl-dency or Is. at the very least, very close to that desired target. Secretary Arturo Tanco of the Department of Agriculture says that In
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  • 191 14 AMSTERDAM, Tues.— The market closed mixed after a very firm opening In active dealings, with Hociforeni and Kojral Dutch Shell holding part of opening gains, while other Dutch lnu nationals weakened, dealers said. Deli lost yesterdays gain In mixed plantations, while Ommeren edged higher against a weaker trend In
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  • 121 14 yinilCH,, Tue*.— The stock *J market today registered a harp uptrend on an lncreised volume. Bond? closed al»> on a firm (tendency The Credit Sulsee Index ro»: 3.4 point* to 182.2 Cleilnit prlew la Bwlu franca with U» difference oo the prtvloui Hulmi print: Cradlt Sulut 2720 «O Bwlw
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  • Page 14 Advertisements
    • 91 14 ■■■PPpmmll m I SVSSS IHMMMMHpjB Bi|ljyjliMiHHl|jlMlnMMl _Br/*' < < HI Vm^l 0 1 I 'J'l ■V," M Wf9m .i j Sj? P. M. ANDERSEN INDUSTRIES Jjll'jJ FORGEWELD STEEL GRATING 4' x 21' SERIES 1 GALV. GRATING. 3x2l' SERIES 1 2 GRATING 8 4 x 2' SERIES 2 STAIR TREAD AUTHORIZED
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    • 641 14 A SPECIAL OFFER TO CELEBRATE THE YEAR OFTHE HARE It is a truism that markets tend to over r both on the upside and on the downsidthe view of the Funds Investment Panel current prices the shares of many of the class Singapore and Malaysian com paare well below their
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  • TIMES CITY DESK
    • CHIEF PRICE CHANGES
      • 53 15 L. Hoe $2.20 —.90 *>»;' $210 —.15 T'fona; $158 _12 Dunlop Ind. $3.70 —.12 Inchcape $2.20 —.11 0.C.8.C. $5 85 —.10 r. I nion $1.09 —.09 C. Sec. $1.37 _.O8 S. View $0 38 —.07 M. Glass $0.90 —.06 DA $188 —Oii S. Darby $2 36 —.06 <\ Store
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      • 33 15 O.E. Life $6 80 +.10 M. Bn\ $2 05 +.05 X.L Ind. $0.75 .03 Nrtta $1.10 +.03 Tan (hone $1.43 +03 L. Huat $1.12 +02 C. Prop. $1.72 +.02 Wearnes $1.74 +.02
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      • 25 15 Faber Merlin 1.102.000 Sime Darby 521.000 L. O. B. 422.000 D. a S. 337.000 Total Turnover: 5.19 M Total Value: 510.30 M
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      • 57 15 Feb. 4 Feb. 5 Industrials: 196.44 194.51 Finance: 364.70 361.83 Hotels: 151.09 15C.16 Properties: 156.41 153.58 t Tins: 96.80 96.80 t rubbers: 325.13 324.98 t 0.C.8.C.: 174.24 171.65 S.E.S. Ind.: 180.24 175.98 Dec. 30, 1966 100 I Dec. 31. 1968 IN t Dec. 29 1962 100 (a Dec. 31,
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    • 1416 15 THE last transacted ready i 'sale at the close of n the Stock Ex- i change of Singapore yesterm jarcd with the previous 'lay's prices together with 197-; 75 high and low. Adjust." I for all new issues) SOO 4.00 Bekon 400 2.20 1.17 H. *L. 145 OS
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    • 370 15 PRICES moved lower again under the influence of speculative selling at the Stock Exchange of Singapore yesterday. Fluctuations were within a six per cent range in extreme cases where the speculative tussle between buli and bears was most c' ident. An indication of the rise in
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    • 293 15 KL mart slips under profit taking pROFIT-TAKINO and light selling continued to dominate the Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange yesterday, resulting in prices closing easier. This was particulary so in volatile stocks which suffered from general lack of support. The emergence of better buying In the afternoon failed to lift prices
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    • 1574 15 j»ID and offer prices officially lined and business in and reported to the Stock Exchange o! Singapore ytsurday with the number of shares traded shown In brackets in lots of 1,000 units unless otherwise specified. All 1 ime Bargains for Settlement Contracts are quoted after the word
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    • 1272 15 I>ID and offer prices officially listed and business in and reported to the Kuala I.umpur Stock Exchange >tvterday with the number of shares traded shown in brackets in lots of I.O JO units, unless otherwise specified. INDUSTRIALS Tipt .0 5(11!. Alcan I 1 A cnoc. cO MH O.MS).
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    • 225 15 CHARTER New York j Corporation, a bank holding conrmany of which Irvine Trust Company is the principal subsidiary, reported that for 1974. income before securities gains or losses was U5540.19 million, an increase of 24.4 percent I over 1973. Per share earnings for the year were USs4.sd
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    • 82 15 jTI'ROPE waa quite steady on Tuesday whllt In the UK trade* were reported at 1215. according to MPOPA The US market waa virtually tradeleai but steady Quotation! U8» /cents (Rotterdam) unleaa elated were: Feb. to July *510 H.'B>2l 75 ecau eellera, il'Si 21.2 a eenta buyera: Feb. 1500
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    • OVERSEAS MARKETS
      • 238 15 IIONOKONO, Wed. The msrket closed steady, with most leading Issues showing substantial gains over -.he day, dealers reported. HK Bank added 60 cents to HK513.40 following yesterdays announcement of 1974 vesults. but the anticlpatec uplift in other stocks was generally held in check by lower advices from London and
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      • 346 15 eYDNEY. Wed— The Sydney stock market closed on a generally firmer note in moderately active trading conditions today. Renewed buying interest In speculative uranium Issues helped boost Central Pacific to a high of cne dollar before It settled back at 90 cents for a 32 cent gain on the
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      • 69 15 Tutlday M»nd«y uu uu Melbourne ill 131*8 111 London 174 008 17R.008 ITS 008 ITT 408 Beirut ITS 50 17T50 ilontkoni; 176 00 IT6 90 Zurich 174. 008 175.5U8 17.'. OOS ITT 008 Paris 178 42 181 8» WMlrmday Tuaiday sporf <2l IT3 008 ITS 2SB 176 248
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      • 345 15 NEW YORK. Tues. Pro-fit-taking and heavy selling in the stock of General Motors Corp turned stock prices lower on Wall Street. The setback marked only the second decline in the last 10 sessions for the stock market, which many analysts said was ripe for a technical correction as
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      • 89 15 FINANCIAL TIMES TINS Tuesday 72.61 Monday 73 87 Week ago 70^34 RIRBEKS Tuesday 347 92 Monday 348.89 Week ago 334.05 OILS Tuesday 173.08 Monday 180 96 Week ago 171.36 INDUSTRIALS Tuesday 229 7 Monday 235.5 Week ago 224.3 DOW JONES AVERAGE INDUSTRIALS Tuesday 708.07 Monday 711.44 Week a?o 694.77
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      • 239 15 TOKYO. Wed— The market wf.s inactive in the morning. There was gradual buying of blue-chips especially. Sony. MalaushiU and Honda. The market in general firmed up towards the morning close. r h i afternoon session op'neo steady with share pr' ?es. rising across the board. Ho ve\ er. some
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    • COMMODITIES
      • 31 15 Rubber: Feb. 5. Singapore: 130.00 eft (down 2.50 cts). Malaysia: 130.00 cts (down 2.00 cts). Tin: $1,043 (up $2). Official offering: 323 tons (up 69 tons). I «> I I
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      • 97 15 CH cm"« noVn cloiimc prices per picul YIST(«DA» Cec^iut Oil: bulk $90 nominal, Cepra: Mixed (looae) UK. Cont. S4B nominal Pepuer: Muntok ABTA white f. Ob. 100% NLW 1257', sellers. Sarawik white fob NLW J245 tellers. Sarawak apeclal black fob. 96% NLW $212', •ellers. Sarawak ASTA black fob 100%
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      • 35 15 Lonlon copper prlce« on Tuesd; v i revlous In brackrti). Wiribar Spot buyer (510 (£513 seller £511 Usl4>; Three Montr buyer i 52» U532) teller 1630 lS33i MiA<t tene: Steady. (ily 7,721 tonnes
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      • 225 15 THE Straits tin price in Penang yesterday gained a further $2 to (1.043 per plcul on an official offering up 69 tons to 323 tons. LONDON: Both tin contracts made gains of fully £55 per tonne for Cash and of 120 for three months on Tuesday. The sharply
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      • 573 15 AFTER opening lower, I the Singapore rubber market yesterday steadied back to Tuesday's cosing levels on hedge buying against overnight acceptances of latex and some outsider arbitrage buying. Fluctuations were again very narrow. Turnover was fair. Long liquidation of February forced the discount out to flve cents per
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      • 110 15 TV.ILY 8MB and SSR price* Issued kt noon yesterday Fefc. Mar. {Cntot Mlh) (Forward Mthl M.R.E.L.B. Buyer* Seller* Bayer* Seller* (cent! per kg) locnti per fcf> SMIl SCV (1 ton pallet) 138.00 138 00N 136 00 139.00N SMR SL (1 ton pallet) 134 00 136.008 134.00 1S6.O0N
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    • 256 15 Money and exchanges EX>LLOWING the firming of the US dollar in European and New York centres it opened in Singapore yesterday at $2.2970/00 but due lack of buying support it quickly fell to $2.2940. By mid-morning the dollar had fallen to $2.2885/95. Although most dealers agreed that the dollar was
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    • 154 15 Suggested Interbank rate at 3.00 p.m. Currencies Nominal rates Smithsonian Percent**-* quoted jtaterdaj i cross) parity chance US dollar 2.2880 2 2900 2 8196 18 85 Merlin? pound 5.4360 5 4435 7.3469 —2600 Kongkonu dollar 48.50 48 75 50 51 —398 Malaysian dollar 99 90 100 10 100
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    • 271 15 A BIAN cunency deposit interbank rates as at close on Wednesday. Feb. 5: IS Dollar* Offer Bid 7 days 6 57 8 1 mth 6 18 0 2 mths 6 14 6 1/8 3 mths 6 1/2 6 3/8 6 mths 7 6 7/8 9 mths 7
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  • Page 16 Advertisements
    • 676 16 The Boots Company lid. MEDICAL REPRESENTATIVES THE BOOTS COMPANY LTD., which is well known locally and internationally for its Pharmaceuticals (Ethical and OTC), veterinary, toiletry and cosmetic products is looking for more dynamic medical representatives between 22 to 35 years old to be based in Kuala Lumpur and Singapore respectively.
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    • 526 16 Computer Processing^ Services Pte Ltd A member of the Straits Steamship Group requires two male COMPUTER OPERATORS to operate the Company's IBM 370/135 computer. Candidates should be Singapore Citizens and must hold a good School Certificate have a minimum of 6 months' experience in computer operations be willing to work
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    • 996 16 COSMETIC CHEMIST (Mole/Female) Singapore based Regional Office South East Asia of Multi-national Company, manufacturing and morketing ingredients to the cosmetic, toiletteries, detergent and Household products industry, invites applications from Singopore Citizen for the above position JOB DESCRIPTION The Cosmetic Chemist will be responsible for the technical service centre with facilities
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    • 445 16 Opportunities 1 In England Engine Estimator This key post in our Repairs Division, based on Southampton. England, requires a man with considerable shipbuilding or ship repairing experience in the preparation of tenders for all types of passenger and cargo ships, both steam and diesel. Commercial Accountant This vacancy requires a
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  • 57 17 MR UK Bhasi has been elected president of the Bree Narayana Mission. Other officials are Mrs. Syamala Natarajan (vicepresident); Mr N. Divakaran (general secretary): Mr. N.V. Dharan (asst. secretary) Mr. P. Chellappan (treasurer); and Messrs V. Sukumaran. C.P. Paran. Q P Sasldharan. K. Sukumaran. N. Sarasljakshan. N.
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  • 25 17 THE First Battalion Gordon Highlanders Band will perform at the Macßitchie Reservoir Park from 5 30 p.m. to 8.30 p m on Sunday.
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  • 27 17 SHOPPING hours at People's Park Complex will be extended from 10 p.m to 11 p m from Feb. 7 to 10 for Chinese New Year.
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  • 638 17  - It's still Outram for most of them WEE-LIAN CHONG By J)ESPITE the decentralisation of mcdi ca] services ioto four hospital "catchment zones" since Saturday, most people are still heading for the Singapore General Hospital io Outram Road. M rt eL h t IS te became the Singapore General 2S a
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  • 168 17 SMA's second trade team to West Asia THE Singapore M a n v f acturers Association is planning to send a second trade mission to West Asian countries in April. Disclosing this. Mr. Pfaua Kok Tee, SMA's deputy chairman, said that the mission will concentrate mainly on selling Singapore products
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  • 248 17 MPs, top officers will get $60 for CBD licence rE Government will reimburse Members of Parliament. Permanent Secretaries and senior civil servants $60 a month for the special area licence required to enter the Central Business District when the park-and-ride scheme Is introduced In May. The reimbursement will also cover
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  • 33 17 A MERCEDES sports car last night caught fire at the Junction of Leonle Hill Road and River Valley Road. Mr. Ton Weng Cheong and another occupant of the car escaped unhurt.
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  • 387 17 J^ GIANT man-made lagoon which can accommodate several thousands of bathers at a time is expected to be ready b\ the end of the year five months ahead of schedule. yhe lagoon, equivalent In size to 30 Olympic standard pools probaoly the biggest In
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  • Page 17 Advertisements
    • 120 17 MERTON COLLEGE OF CANADA INVITES YOU TO INVESTIGATE THE POSSIBILITY OF A CAREER IN A YEAR OR LESS THROUGH A DIPLOMA COURSE IN AIRLINE PREPARATORY AND PUBLIC RELATIONS BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION MANAGEMENT ACCOUNTING COMPUTER PROGRAMMING COURT REPORTER EXECUTIVE SECRETARIAL LEGAL SECRETARIAL PRACTICE AND PROCEDURES MEDICAL SECRETARIAL PRACTICE AND TERMINOLOGY REPAIR AND
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    • 227 17 Seagram's V >. Canadian. Wrc something different. Don't expect V.O. to taste I like Scotch. It isn't Scotch. W V.O. Canadian is a little smoother and lighter than what you usually order. MjJF\ Once you order it. it just ■|*^b might become your usual. Another fine product brought to you
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  • Page 17 Miscellaneous
    • 897 17 On your TV SINGAPORE 5 •t Love: Liang Shan Pw an. Cki Yng T» 7.45 Classic Comedy: Blacksmith «i*rti! d 11^ 815 *rrt«» Niclit Movie Hit Uiy starrwg iS S f SP tal «W, OKk R»bo ii Si 1°?, l 3° News and Colour Newsreel (English) 6.05 Opening followed by
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    • 11 17 y»¥llH /'mmaTPip! NOTHIN6A/U)EU., CUT (T /mSjSAV 7 IJWST OUT. 1 IT
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    • 21 17 WATER consumption on Tuesday was 128.9 million cations (586,000 cubic metres), 3.3 million rallons (17,000 cubic metres) less than on Monday.
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  • Especially Women
    • 558 18  - GET READY, SET, GOAND CURL! MAUREEN CHUA By £URLS are cute, and everyone loves a curly-head. But unless your spiral locks are natural, they can cost you a small fortune. Keeping the pretty coils in permanent, gay profusion means frequent visits to the salons where the charges can Just as
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    • 485 18  - Hang on to your old buttons, they may be worth a fortune! HELEN HOWARD By IF YOU'VE inherited granny's tin box con- taining a motley assortment of odd buttons hang on to them. They could be worth real money. For in the wake of f.;igar and paper shortages comes the
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    • 138 18 YOUR hair is your own to do what you want with it, of course. But before deciding on a particular style it is always advisable to seek guidance from a professional who will be able to indicate one that shapes your head to the best advantage. For
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    • 1014 20 I VI KAWASAKI KISEN KAJSHA LTD. I _J UNASAKI KIHMI KISEN WISH* LTO MTU, HOMUNC. STMITS SOVKL lapar Honftonf Sinfapore P Kalanf ISHIYI MIRU' I FM II FM Japan Arabian Cull S«rvic« Smgapoo Ft*: TERIKIWI HUH 15 Ftt ColoaHH. Kanchi Mncat. Data, Abu. Driarj,, Dotu. tahriin. Kuwait I Khorramthaltr. Japan
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    • 767 20 NOTICE The management and staffs wish to convey their deepest sympathies and condolences to the bereaved family of the late Mr Tan Kirn Lim. l.uarel TradinK ('<>< Pi* 1.1 M '•M Asia Insurance KuildinK. Kinlavson (ireen. Sinßaporp I. NOTICE We wish to announce that w.e.f. 6th February, 1975 Mr. Jimmy
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  • 79 21 HIGHLY REDUCED PRICES. Louise Klerk's Salon In Hotel Ulngapur i has. as special Chinee New Year of'er. reduced Perms to $25 Tinting, hlghllghtlni styling at equally redjeed jrlces Mate your appointment early, telephone *****3 (Spore). BREAST FEEDING A I round the world agenc.es and gcvernment are launching breast
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  • 25 21 MR./ MRS. T. SIVAPRAOASAM thank relat yes. mends for their jib presence, congratulatory messages o;i the occasion of their wedding 18 1.75, Ipoh.
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  • 28 21 IN LOVINf. MEMORY OF Mdm Yap Km Lan called lo rest on 6/2/74. Forever remembered by husband, sois. daughters, sons-ln-lav. di ughters-in-law and gmndrr. Idren
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  • 21 21 SOS SAMARITANS OF SINGAPOPE Troubled' Discouraged' Rln« 9 -44-44 day or night Help is as near as the telephone.
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    • 602 21 classified ads If a) Professional POSITION AVAILABLE FOR TRAINEE ADJUSTERS. Must havecomplete< National Service possession if a driving motorcycle Ucen< an advantage, though not essertlal. Very good prospects for advi nrement and personal development Apply with rull details inclosing photograph (nonretu nablelS T Box A *****. URC "NTLV REQUIRED ONE
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    • 743 21 ACCOUNTS/ INCOME-TAX ASSISTANT with experience In taxation and knowledge or Accounts required by a firm of established Public Accountants. Salary commensurate with experience Apply with rull particulars to S.T. Box A ***** Applications are Invited from suitably qualified Singapore citizens for the post of: CLERK/TYPIST Location: International Building Age: 18
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    • 604 21 j FAST EXPANDING BRITISH INTERNATIONAL COMPANY REQUIRE SALES REPRESENTATIVE Previous pneumatic and electric power tool sales experience essential Own transport. Attractive salary plus commission and other fringe benefits. Send resume together with photograph and telephone number for contact to: Mrs. Mok. P.O. Box 19*1. Singapore 1 Proven sales record required
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    • 768 21 Expanding Electronics Company servicing oi: industries requires 1) APPRENTICE TECHNICIANS With minimum qualifications Trade Certificate In Electronics servicing. 2) EXPERIENCED TECHNICIANS With minimum 2 yean experience In VHF/FM. HF'SSB and Radar Ex-N S Personnel preferred. Apply giving full particulars, salary expected and telephone number (H any) to: SEAtech Electronics (Pte)
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    • 755 21 SITE SUPERVISOR/ FOREMAN experienced in pipe laying and general civil engineering works and female site c.-rk/ typist Applications with full particulars and photo (non-return-able to ST. Box A *****. turlnc Company Invitee suitably liiaßlid appMtanei to IW the toMowIng vacancies: (1) Q.A. SUPERVISOR Graduate of Singapore polytechnic or at least
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    • 682 21 LEGAL FIRM REQUIRES despatch clerk Immediately Please reply to S.T Box A ***** P'pore WANTED PUMP ATTENDANTS and Greasers Ring *****4 ISTON SHIPBUILDING LTD. Invites applicants for ACCOUNTS CLERK Singapore Citizens In possession of Cambridge School Certificate and L.C.C. Intermediate Bookkeeping Candidate with accounting experience would be an advantage. NON
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    • 809 21 AVAILABLE LUXURIOUS BUNGALOW IN A WEEKS TIME Couble-storey bungalow, close to American/ International School 3 bedrooms, split-level living and d nlng. large kitchen and servant's. Fully matured garden $.900 p.m. CaN Mr. Ong ISS7M 3 5-A DUNBAR WALK SPORE I*. Single-storey semi-detached newly renovated 2 spacious bedrooms, servant's room, dining
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    • 781 21 SBSS DIST. 1* house famished. 3 bedrooms, telephone, atrcon. Phone 64 787 *****5. RAFFLES PARK'S BEST BUNGALOW 4 bedrwms. fully furnished large compound. Details. *****33 DIST. 12 LOCK CHO APARTMENT throughout, fully furnished with telephone $900 Contact *****3 2W-STOREV SEMI-DETACHED BUNGALOW ON elevated ground with panaromic view Hlllcrest Park District
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    • 808 21 DIST. 9. 10. 11. I*. 1* and 28 wanted urgently by expatriates Owner please call ICS *****3 JAPANESE MANAGING DIRECTOR require Immediately Semidetached in dlst 9. 10. or 11. rurnished price $1,250 Please call *****5 Mr Tan AREA MANAGER WITH FAMILY requires accommodation in dlsts. 9. 10. 11. 21 Mrs
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    • 805 21 2-STORBV SEMIDETACNtD BUNGALOW 3.700 sq ft 1132. 05* 8 Jala.i Chelagi. Spore 17 Contact Mr Urn *****9 FREEHOLD 2-STORBY SBMIDETACHED at 34. Lucky Heights dlst 16 Price $170.0000 no Contact *****1 DIST. 2$ WOODLANDS PARK attractive house with patio and garden Oenulne buyers only Call *****0. SELECT YOUR ROCK BOTTOM
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    • 794 22 WE HAVE GENUINE BUYERS for detached/ semi-detached/ terrace houses and luxurious apartments Please call Practical Housing *****60 WE *AYE FOREION buyers/ local buyers to purchase your properties. Any districts considered Phone *****2 *****9 ENTRUST YOUR PROPERTIES to Economic Management ConsorUUm. Tel *****4. Room 304, 0.0 Building for quick sale/ rental
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    • 831 22 HENRY PARK SHOPHOUSE I wanted Offer tc Colombo Court P O. Box 503 or tel: *****2 SHOP I.lo* SO FT. AT lower groundfloor Orchard Tower SellIng $400 p s.f. on 0 Tel *****6/ *****8 WE HAVE A WIDE RANOE OF COMMERCIAL PROPERTIES AVAILABLE FOR LEASE INCLUDING SHOPS. OFFICES. SHOWROOM AND
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    • 875 22 S.K. TRAVEL SERVICE. 29 Prtnjep Street. (Opposite ROY) Tel *****4 *****4 Chinese New Year Special Penang Cameron Ipoh 4 days 5 nights $110 depart 10. 11. 14/2/75 Cameron Ipoh 2 days 3 nights $55 depart 11. 14/2^75. CHINESE NEW YEAR One-way kip I* Button. orm $30. Ipoh $26. KJ- $20
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    • 625 22 SLOANE COURT HOTEL. 17. Balmoral Road, quiet, residential. Orchard Road area, atrcondltloned *20/- upwards. Tel *****7 (Spore) CHENG RESTHOUSE SINGLE ROOM $6 good accommodation $4 per day 107. Marine Parade Tel: *****3 EXCELLENT VEGETARIAN FOOD. Fast service, alrcondltloned. easy parking 10 a m. 8.30 p.m. Kwan fm VegeUrian Resuurant 190.
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    • 624 22 FEBRUARY CLASSES Bookkeeping. Shorthand. Typewriting. Japanese. French. Commercial Correspondence. Please enrol early Royale School of Commerce. 6-B Kirn Tlui Rd. (near King's Theatre) Tel: *****6/ ***** RAJA'S COLLEGE PRESIDENT BUILDING 3rd Hoar 320 SERANGOON ROAO FEBRUARY NEW SESSIONS Secretarial (Six Months) Stenography Book-keeping Shorthand Typewriting Primary (Six Entrance Exams) Sec
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    • 823 22 LINOUAPHONE INSTITUTE (LONDON) teaches 36 languages at Home. No clmet! Free Demonstrations/ Leaflets: Telephone *****7/ *****7 NEW CLASSES IN BOOKKEEPING, Shorthand (Theory/ Speed). Typewriting. Accounting, Computer Programming and Technical Subject* commencing 17th February Also L C C Group Diploma Enrolment at Asia Commercial School, Tel: *****6 MATHEMATICS, PHYSICS. CHEMISTRY. Secondary
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    • 965 22 I*7J TO"OTA COROLLA IMB food condltkn. one owner. $8,300 ConUct *****17 Mr Ng 9.00 am 12 00 noon. OPEL RSKORD V MODEL. 1965. two owners, price negotiable PhoneS 4068. LIAN HIP SENG No 8 Wlnstedt Drive Tel *****2/ *****9/ *****7 (Next to Japan Club) 1974 Mlnlca 360. 1973 Datsun 1200
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    • 813 22 TOYOTA CROWN ISSS 2253 C.C. alrcondltloned and radio, engine Just overhauled, new paint, executive used car price highest offer. Can be viewed at 40-A Tannery Road. Spore 13. Tel *****2. I*7* NOVEMBER DATSUN 1600 c.c SSS one owner, excellent condition $5,700 0.n.0. View 8-A Joo Avenue off Tessentohn/ Rangoon Road.
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    • 721 22 FOR SALE 4 OUTSTANDING neat dane puppies. Champion bloodline from $500 Also large aviary with 20 assorted birds $200 Phone *****7 FEMALE ALSATIAN PUPPIES black and sable 6 weeks old No papers. $170 0.n.0 Tel. *****6 FOR SALE LOVELY PEDIGREED English cocker spaniel puppies 1 weeks old $300- $400 Tel
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    • 558 22 SPECIAL OFFER: Importeo curUlns. railings, carpets, wejlDapers ConUct Wllmon Alrcondilloning and Interior Turnlshlng. Tel: *****3 AH KIEW AIRCONDITIONING REFRIGERATION Service specialist in »ale, repairing, respraylng.and rental Tel ***** LOOKING FOR CMAMMNO YOUNG ladles Please call Mason SoclaJ Services. l*t floor. Room I. Hotel New Hongkong Tel 3236*6/ *****4 ELETRODEX T.V.
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  • 87 23 rE 126 (old bars worth $1.56 million involved In the Gold Bars Triple Murder case are now understood to be in the Treasury's safe-keeping Pending disposal. At the gold bars disposal inquiry on Tuesday, the magistrate. Mr John L;e, ordered that they be returned to
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  • 132 23 XTEW courses on South- east Asia. Including Malay and Chinese studies, will be Introduced for the first time ac Murdoch University In Perth. This Is In line with Its policy to nurture links with Australia's neighbouring countries and to promote an understanding and
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  • 51 23 WEE Kuan Sam. 44. was Jailed for 12 months with three strokes of the rotan for outraging the modesty of a nine- year old girl at his flat in Prince Charles Square on Tuesday. Pleading guilty. Wee said he did It "on the spur of the
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  • 31 23 THE National Library yesterday announced that the programme. Symphony Orchestra: A concert of recorded stereo music, scheduled to be held this Saturday, has been postponed to March 8.
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  • 195 23 Clan societies united under federations rpHE setting up of fede- ■>• rations has united Chinese clan associations Into a cohesive body to serve the Interests of the nation, according to Mr. Chan Chee Seng, Parliamentary Secretary (Social Affairs). This helped solve disputes between such associations, enabling them to exist harmoniously,
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  • 276 23 THE price of Spanish mackerel (tenggiri bekah) rose by 30 cents to $2.50 a katl yesterday the Trade Department reported. Following are the recommended prices: RICE: China 10 per cent Ylm Cheok. 95 cents a, katl or 605 g; Thai 10 per cent 83 centa;
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  • 87 23 T^UCK pest Control Pte. r Ltd. was fined $100 yesterday for falling to notify the Ministry of Environment of an accident on board the vessel Golden City where a trainee fumlgator died and another fumlgator was Injured. Mr. Francis Lto, branch manager, pleaded
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  • 656 23 Judge: I've heard enough evidence TAN WAH PIOW TRIAL THE Senior District Judge, Mr. T.S. Sinnathuray yesterday ruled that he did not wish to hear the evidence of two of the defence witnesses to be called by the University of Singapore Students Union president, Tan Wah Plow, because he had
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  • Page 23 Advertisements
    • 797 23 1(72 REX ROTARY 43 ropy machine and IMS IBM executive typewriter for sale Ring *****7 CALLING ALL COMTRACTORBI! Why not sell your used equipments, working or not working condition to us Tel 10.(422 Ah Lee FOR SALE 2-U TO* cranes Best offer call *****7 or *****7 from 8 .i m
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    • 998 23 DIETHELM SINGAPORE PTE LTD This is to inform our customers that trie following Divisions will be closed for business during our annual shutdown from Monday, February 10, 1975 to Friday, February 14, 1975 and business will resume on February 17, 1975. FURNITURE DIVISION (Except Orchard D-Line Showrooms), P C K
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    • 285 23 THE BANKRUPTCY AClfßj (CHAPTER It) IN THE HIGH COURT 018 THE REPUBLIC OK SINGAPORE NOTICE IN NEWSPAPER n IN BANKRUPTCY N». 4M of Re: NG BAN SAN In the Matter of a Ban*"* ruptcy Petition filed the 28th day of October, 1974. To: «1O Ng Ban San. No. 92, Prlnsep
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  • ACROSS THE CAUSEWAY
    • 328 24 Banks lend $250 m to bumiputras KUALA LUMPUR, Wed.—Commercial banks gave out nearly $250 million in loans to bumiputra Individuals and corporations last year despite credit restraints. The amount represented about 35 per cent of the total loans and advances $709 million given to the private sector, a Bank Negara
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    • 42 24 BUTTERWORTH. Wed— A 85-year-old Chinese martial art exponent floored two armed robbers last night In his shop. Vegetable oil dealer Tan Tal Ko used only "kung fa" against the robbers who were armed with a pistol and knife.
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    • 107 24 High cost of Penang tours pENANO, W*d. A German tour wholesaler today warned that Penang might lose out to Pattaya, south Thailand, as a tourist destination for Europeans because of the dearer prices here. Mr. Hugo Stinnes, vicepresident of Neckermann's long range travel and cruise department, said the proposed five
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    • 239 24 PETALING JAVA, Wed. Eleven-year-old Sarah Wild's ambition to be an actress has brought her to Malaysia for a short stay. Sarah said shr met Malaysian actress Rosnani Jamil who was then doinj a course in England two yean back. "As I
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    • 224 24 KUALA LUMPUR. Wed. —The dry spell has affected water supply in several areas in Selangcr, Malacca and Johore. In Selangor, the Klang district is affected following a drop in the level of the Damansara River— its main source of water. A PWD
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    • 170 24 RUBBER: NEW PRICE REPORTING SYSTEM Xl ALA LUMPUR, Wed. The Malaysian Rubber Exchange and Licensing Board is to introduce a continuous pricj reporting system < n a trial basis from tomorrow to keep track of all rubber transactions. Board chairman Lew Sip Hon said the new system, a cross between
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    • 65 24 JOHORE BARU. Wed. Hotsewlfe Lee Kirn Chee. 50. wh« hid several pieces of JadS on her person and In her handbag to escape Customs duty »as fined $1,450 or two moi.ths' jail in default today She was found guilty of fraudulent evasion of duty of I $14-1
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    • 422 24 K. LUMPUR. Wed JJEART attack is .still Malaysia's No. 1 killer with an alrniing rate of cardiac patients falling into the Iklow 40 age group. Several heart specialists attribute this to too much of the good things in life and i« people generally
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    • 232 24 KUALA LUMFUR, Woii^sday rpHE National Electricity B^ard Employees Union has expelled 14 rreinbtTs for alleged flouting of union discipline All of them are facing charges under tht Industrial Relations Act for alleged intii.iidatior of two of their colleagues last month The decision to expel the
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    • 31 24 BANGKOK. Wed— Senior officials from Malaysia and Thailand today began a meetIng of their joint boundary committee to discuss progress In demarcation and survey of their common border.—Re»vter.
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    • 63 24 PENANO, Wed— An Australian tourist Robert Hugh Simpson. 26. lost $2,000 in cash and valuables during a swim at Batu Ferrtnghl yesterday afternoon. Mr. Simpson, who Is staving at Oerbang Edgecumbe said he placed his money and articles on the beach near the Marine Beach Club at
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    • 18 24 JOHORE BARU. Wed Police have detained three youths In connection with the Illegal sale of firearms
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    • 52 24 KUALA LUMPUR. Wed. Xnda can help Malaysia be self reliant In technologies esp^lally suited to indigenous conditions, an Indian consultancy team said .here todi.y. The team headed by Mr MM. feurl Is on a tour of South-east Asia to acquaint the region's business leaders wit', i Indian
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    • 101 24 Telecoms protest: Radius pledge KUALA LUMPUR. Wed. Deputy Communications Minister Datuk War. Kadir Ismail has assuied Telecoms Union officials that their claims will be resolved shortly. "Some of the claims appear to be reasonable and I see no reason for further delay in settling them." he said after a meeting
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    • 60 24 JOHORE BARU. Wed The Johore Textile and Garment Workers Union has called off Its proposed Industrial action on the advice of the Ministry of Labour over its dispute with Malaysian Textile Industries. Kluang Its executive secretary. Mr. K.E. Varughese said the ministry's Industrial Relations Department has
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    • 184 24 CHAMBER OF MINES TO SHIFT HQ TO KL IPOH. Wed. The tin M. industry's oldest or gai isation. the States of Ma aya Chimber of Mines, is moving its headquarters from Ipoh to -.he federal capital. In conjunction with thii. the Malayan Mm ing Employers' Association (MMEAi the Tin Industry
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    • 1042 25 ~~~~"^~^l LEMBAGA PASARAN DAN PELESEN GETAH MALAYSIA JAWATAN KOSONG Permohonan-permohonan adalah dlpelawa darlpada Warganegara Malaysia bagl memenuhl jawatan-Jawatan kosong dldalam perkhldmatan Lembaga Pasaran dan Pelesan Oetah Malaysia sepertl berikut:- 1 (I) KAMA JAWATAN^ pentadb ran dan Kewangan (H) KUMPULAN: Kumpulan A. 2. TANGQAOAJI: $1975. $1950. $2050, $2125 3. UMUH: (a)
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    • 686 25 fetda KENYATAAN TAWARAN Tawaran -Uwaran adalah dlpelawa daflp&da pemborong- pemborong 'pembclcal-pembekal yang berpengalaman untuk kerja-kerja sepertl berikut: (A) BP. No. 33/75 Membekal. merlkabentuk, mengujl, tentukur (Calibration) dan meng- $10 00 hantar sembllan (9) unit satu 2.000 gelen tangki skid. set (B) BP. No. 34/75 a) Membekal. memblna dan menylapkan 13
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    • 352 25 rRUMAH-RUMAH KE^\ DIAMAN UNTUK DIJUAL RUMAH-RUMAH KEOIAMAN untuk dljual diJohor Bahru. Pemohon-pemohon darlpada Bumiputra adalah dljemput membeli rumah-rumah kediaman dlTiman Pelangi, Jalan Stulang Darat, Johor Bahru. Rumah-rumah yang akan dibina adalah saperti berikut: Rumah Teres 467 yunit Rumah Berbandong 172 yunlt Rumah Sesebuah 9 yunit JUMLAH 848 yunlt Tiga puluh
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    • 367 25 ANNOUNCEMENT Members are advised that during the Chinese New Year Holidays 11th and 12th February, 1975, the AAM Breakdown Service will operate from 8 a.m. Midnight. Telephone PeUling Jaya/Xuala Lumpur 5*1514 *****9 Penan* C 7247 A ***** Ipoh 2802 MERTON COLLEGE announces the opening of ITS OVERSEAS ADMISSION OFFICE at
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    • 258 25 TOWN HOARDS ENACTMENT. (No. 1 18 NOTICE CNDER SECTION IJ7 Notice it hereby given unJer Section 137 of the Town Boards Enactment. iNo. 118) lhat 1-ayout Plan No J" 083 2B for proposed conversion of MLO 8081-8066 and MLO lOS 3-4080 Jalan Tebrau from siops and Residential areas to special
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  • TIMESPORT
    • 363 26  -  EPSOM JEEP MARINER GELDING KEEPS ON IMPROVING AND HAS FIRST-RATE CHANCE TO WIN ON SUNDAY By ITUALA LUMPUR, Wed. Walking Tall, a four-year old Australian gelding by Mariner, keeps on improving and may well develop into a Clip prospect this season. A model
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    • 138 26 T ONDON, Wed— A prestige £100.000 ($*****0) flat race to be run In October has been proposed by the owners of Alntree racecourse, home of the Grand National Steeplechase, it was disclosed yesterday. BIU DavJes, secretary of the group which bought Aln- tree last year and
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    • 307 26 ITU ALA LUMPUR, Wed. Uncle Ivor, a son of English Derby winner Sir Ivor, will be. making his debut here on Sunday. Sir Ivor is described by ace English Jockey Lester Piggott as the greatest horse he has ridden, reports EPSOM
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    • 228 26 Jeep's mall Trevena is riding with success r Allan Trevena back In the saddle? I read somewhlle ago he was suspended for a long period. He was a great favourite of mine while he was here and I regard him as one of the best Jockeys in a distance race.
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    • 281 26 Scotland and Spain in battle for survival MADRID, Wed. Scotland will be battling for survival in the European soccer championship when they meet Spain in their group return match at Valencia tonight (3 a.m. Thursday S 1 ng a pore). The Scots, who surprisingly lost 2-1 at Hampden Park last
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    • 21 26 AMSTERDAM. Wed— The Japanese National team beat Holland 8-3 in a friendly Ice hockey match here last nlghi.— Reuter.
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    • 176 26 Kian Tiong off to Manila meet LIM Kian Tlong. who registered a superlative seven-under-par 61 last Sunday to win the Shell Pro-Am Open, leaves today to compete in the Philippine Open, golf championship at Manila. Klan Tlong Is one of four Singapore golfers who have entered for the (92,000 Philippine
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    • 131 26 Geylang East in final EXSRMER international Llm Chee Yoke lost his match by 22-20. 16-21. 21-17 to Leow Hong Cheong but his constituency. Oeylang East, won tneir Inter-Con-stituency table tennis semifinal at Oay World Stadium last night. They beat Potong Pasir 3-2. Oeylang East will have to thank doubles pair,
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    • 56 26 BRIDGESTONE qualified for the quarter-finals of the Business Houses Division Three league tournament yesterday beating Jurong Shipbuilders 4-0 at Parrer Park. In the Division Two match at Olllman Barracks Rollel and Singapore Shipbuilders drew 1-1. In two other Division Three matches Equatorial Hotel beat Hume 1-0 and Bank
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    • 302 26 MELBOURNE, Wed. England, battered by A'.istralia in the Tests, lost their supremacy In one-day cricket here today when New Zealand beat them by 66 runs in their 40 overs -a side match. New Zealand always had the initiative after England captain Mike Den ness' surprise decision
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    • 268 26 Yf EXICO CITY, Wed. The World Boxing Council (WBC) said yesterday that it Z? w not sanctl °n the Muhammad AliChuck Wepner heavyweight fight as a World championship bout. Council president Ramon O. Velazquez said he had polled the 16 members of the WBC
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    • 31 26 SINOAPORK Armed Forces Seletar Yacht Club won the SYA Red House three-race Pursuit races at Naval Base last weekend. Changi sc were second and Red House third.
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    • 39 26 BANOALORB (India) Wed —An Australian Eleven beat South Zone by eight wlcketi in the one-day women/, cricket n»tch here yesterday. Scores: Australian 101-2 (Cathleen Ckrlic 48 n.0.. Lynett* Smith W), South ■one 100-7. Reuter.
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    • 365 27  - Swimming marks criticised ALBERT JOHNSON By rTHE proposal to set ■I qralifylng marks acc< rdlng to a per.cenioge system came under fire at the Singap >re Amateur Swlmml n g Association's management committee meeting yesterday. It had been recommended that the qualifying standards for the Asian age group swimming char
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    • 600 27 The Chinese have an important mission at Calcutta A 11-member Bruilian team for the World Table Tennis Champions tips was stranded at the am Dum airport In Calcutta yesterday as they arrived without the necessary yellow fever certificates. The team of five men player*, three women und three officials haa
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    • 291 27  - Swee Lee to run in Japan ERNEST FRIDA THREE MEETS IN APRIL-MAY By £HEE Swee Lee, Singapore's Sportswoman of the Year of 1974, has been invited to compete in three international athletic meets in Japan this year. Swee Lee, 20, is among the six hand-picked athletes selected by JAAA from
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    • 492 27  - Ibrahim: Only one result a Pahang victory JOE DORAI By DAHANG FA have been preparing a team since last month for an important mission to beat Singapore at the National Stadium on Sunday at 7.30 p.m. And Pahang FA secretary Enc i k Ibrahim Haji Mohammed Taib confidently predicted: "We
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    • 154 27 SOCCER'S KIM SONG TOPS NEW NATION POLL SINGAPORE'S ace sweeper Quah Kirn Song beat a field of local sports Stan, including Chee Swee Lee and Syed Kadir, the Sportswoman and Sportsman of the Year 1974 respectively, to win the "Sports Personality of 1974" award. Kirn Song (above) was a clear
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    • 43 27 SOCCER SIA InterDept final. Catbln v Supplies (Jin Besar 7 pjn.) SBHFL Dlv. 3: Strait* Tunes v OCBC (Oillman); Hilton v 8. Automatic (Tanglln); Dlv 1: Shell v Seel (Jin. Beaar 5.15 pjn.) Friendly: Upp. Serangoon Utd. v Johore (National Stadium 7 pjn.)
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  • 85 28 TCAMILY Court judge I 1 John West talks a 15-year-old girl into going back to his lourtroom after the girl had threatened to jump. The girl, whose name was withheld by authorities, had appeared before the court in Honolulu on Monday for a
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  • 57 28 DUBLIN, Wed— lrish Republican Army hunger striker Patrick Ward, reported near death after a 33-day fast, yesterday refused an appeal from his Rlrl/rlend to resume eating, she said. She said he refused to give up the fast unless the Irish C-ivernment gives him and fellow IRA
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  • 26 28 MANILA. Wed— President Marcos today ordered seven enlisted men to be courtmartialled following allegations that detainees had been tortured, the presidential palace said. Reuter.
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  • 92 28 LOS ANGELES. Wed. Jack Benny, the comedian who made a joke of being a penny-pincher, was worth at least US*4 million lS*9 16 million) at his death, according to documents filed in superior court here yesterday. Mrs. Mary Benny, widow of the comedian who died last
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  • 181 28 Japanese tankers cut speed to save oil TOKYO. Wed. Japanese oil refineries are slowing the speed of some supertankers at sea and holding up some others to avoid laying them up completely, the Japan Petroleum Federation said today. Two years ago, Japanese tankers ran a shuttle i service at full
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  • 57 28 Wedding plans still on' PALM BEACH (Florida). Wed.— Mr. Michael Wilson, dining with his parents, said last night his planned marriage to 77-year-oltJ millionairess Rachel Fitler is definitely on. "the moment there Is less publicity. •'Of course we're getting married. said the 29-year-old Welshman, "we Just thought we would wait
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  • 437 28 LONDON STOCKS r ONDON. Wed The ock marK ket closed quietly mixed today, and at 3 pin. the Financial Time. Index was down 24 to 227.3. Equity leaders were easier for much or the day. raflectlnr; the Kloomy Industrial trend survey published by the Confederation of British Industry, but rallied
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  • 37 28 CALCUTTA. Wed. A Palestinian team which arrived here three days ago will play In the 33rd World Table Temis Championships beginning tomorrow, the advisory committee of the International Tables Tennis Federation (ITTP) decided today.— Renter.
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  • 205 28 'A holy moment' as Parliament convenes BANGKOK, Wednesday first democratically elected Parliament since the overthrow of military rule was formally opened today, with the kingdom's political future clouded by 1 uncertainty. Trie Princess Mothef, in an opening address, called It "a holy moment for Thailand" and urged legislators to keep
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  • 36 28 KARACHI. Wed. Pakistan's 45 textile mills have totally or partially closed down production following a (lump In the prices of yarn and textiles according to the chairman of the All-Pakistan Textile Mills Association. Reuter.
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