New Nation, 27 August 1971

Microfilm: NL6817
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    Masthead
    17 1 NEW NATION SINGAPORE Friday evening, August 27, 1971 NO. 190 Price 15 cents SINGAPORE FRIDAY AUGUST, 27
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    OUR ROADS
    10 1 Police reported 56 accidents yesterday. One was serious.
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    ON THE 'CHANGE
    124 1 The i,tock market this morning was generally steady with firm trading in selective issues. In the industrials, Malaysia Woodwool attracted buying interests with news of the joint venture in prefabricated housing with San Builders. It was actively traded from 84 cents to 89 cents before slipping back
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    3 killed
    31 1 LATE NEWS Seoul, Friday. South Korean troops killed three North Korean infiltrators today on the western truce front between South and North Korea, the South Korean Defence Ministry said.
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  • Article
    Freak coins sale to aid blast victims
    183 1 'Pupils need help* Four unique Straits Settlement coins are being offered for sale by a collector in aid of the Anderson Secondary School blast victims. The coins, which are in denominations of 50 cents, 20 cents, 10 cents and five cents, bear the
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    An order goes out-burn desks...
    134 1 The government has authorised the burning of more than 600 desks and chairs in the Bourne School, recently handed over by the British Government, because of their poor condition. The Bourne School in Gillman Barracks is being leased by the government to the Singapore American
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    Taxis will all be COMFORT
    359 1  -  Existing yellow-top taxis will be phased out By Douglas Chan All taxi licences from tocay will ae issued only to drivers of NTUC's COMFORT vehicles. Mr. Devan r«air, secre-tary-general of NTUC, announced this at a balloting ceremony of 100 taxis and 50 mini-buses at the
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    Crackdown on gangs
    214 1  -  By P.N. Balji Paya Leuar police have launched a massive campaign to clean up gangster infested areas in the Sembawang district. A police source said today: "We are goina ail out 10 wipe out the gangtters who nave been operating in the area." The operation which began
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    Dato Aw: Quiet reception set
    143 1 A quiet and solemn reception will await the body of the late Dato Aw Cheng Chye when it arrives from Hong Kong tomorrow midnight. Members of his family, relatives and friends will be at the airport to receive the coffin, which will be accompanied by
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    Ragging probe: 3 face charges
    170 1 A disciplinary commission will meet soon to consider the case of three University of Singapore senior students who have been accused of offences against a first-year student. The first-year student. Miss Marianne Jansen daughter of Professor J.a! Jansen of the Faculty of Dentistry, was said
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    Water use up
    20 1 Water consumption rose to 103.7 million gallons yesterday, an increase of 2.2 million gallons over Wednesday's consumption.
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    Shepard gets admiral rank
    89 1 Astronaut Alan Shepard, America's first man in space and the fifth man to stand on the moon, receives the insignia of his new rank as admiral in Washington. He is the first astronaut to achieve star rank. Admiral Shepard, 47, made America's first spaceflight in May,
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    Immigrants still getting in illegally
    461 2  -  More than 100 charged in the past eight months By Wee Beng Huat In spite of constant round-the-clock police boat patrols, illegal lm- migrants from the Indonesian Islands conti•*;.hue to get into Sin- gapore. In the past eight months, more than 100 Indonesians have been
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    'Show will go on'
    55 2 The Flamingo Night Club at Great World which caught fire last night will open tonight as usual. The manager of the night club said today: "The show will go on." Electricians were today fixing the burnt wires to get the stage ready for tonight. Damage was
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    Russian bank to start business here this year
    365 2  -  By Anil Bhatia The Moscow Narodny Bank, a British-regis-tered Russian bank, will commence operations in Singapore by the end of the year. Mr. VJ. Ryzhkov, the general manager of the Singapore branch, said this yesterday. Mr. Ryzhkov, who is also a member
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    Their heads are in the clouds
    104 2 These four girls from left, Chan Sin Yan, 22, Olivia Ng, 22, Blossom Oay, 24, and Lynn Lee 21—all have their heads in the clouds. The four are among the fortunate 11 shortlisted by Pakistan International Airlines for the glamorous job of girdling the
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    Conference at YMCA
    76 2 The East Asia Christian conference will be held at the YMCA Centre, Palmer Road, tomorrow. The four-day conference will discuss the ways in which the 14-year organisation can serve the churches in Asia. There are over 100 churches and councils in the organisation. It is expected that
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    Church will celebrate its 86th birthday
    216 2 Wesley Church, founded in 1885, will celebrate its 86th anniversary tomorrow with a seven-hour programme. Beginning at 2 p.m., there will be photo display which will be followed by a thanksgiving service at 6 p.m. The Rev. Dr. Yap Kim Hao, Bishop of the
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    YMCA course
    27 2 The Chinese YMCA youth department will hold a course on public speaking at its premises in Palmer Road today from 8 p.m. to 9.30 p.m.
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    Drug abuse check
    375 2 Kuala Lumpur, Friday A uniform system of drug inspection is vital to Malaysia in order to check drug abuse which is on the increase. The best way of doing this wouia be to set up a Feaeral Drug Inspectorate which will be totally responsible for carrying out
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  • Page 2 Miscellaneous
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      104 2 ivmiiiEU Temperatures in world cities yesterday. Jakarta 89—78 Kuala Lumpur 89—71 Bangkok 89—75 Hong Kong 90—79 Manila 93—79 Taipei 92—76 Tokyo 80—71 Paris 75—55 London 68—64 Moscow 75—48 New York 76—64 San Francisco 68—55 Sydey 62—50 Melbourne 51—43 Canberra 46—35 Perth 59—45 Singapore Singapore's weather forecast from 1 p.m. to
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    Malaysia urged to boost tourism efforts
    163 3 Kuala Lumpur, Friday Members of the Advertisers' Association and the Institute of Public Relations were today urged to greater efforts to sell Malaysia as a tourist paradise. Because of their profession, they were in a position to project an image of Malaysia to foreigners,
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    ASEAN youth forum finals tonight
    134 3 The finals of the ASEAN youth forum, organised by the Junior Chamber of Singapore, will be held at 7.30 p.m. tomorrow at the Singapore Conference Hall. The Minister of state for Foreign Affairs, Inche Rahim Ishak, and all senior officials of ASEAN countries in the
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    Nanyang old boys for talks with VC
    146 3 Kuala Lumpur, Friday A ten-man delegation from the Nanyang University Alumni of Malaysia will leave for Singapore tomorrow to discuss the recognition of the university's accountancy graduates. The delegation will meet the Vice-Chancellor, Dr. Rayson Huang, on Monday morning and the University Council
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    Dry diet for fish due to cut in worm supply
    268 3 Local fish breeders and hobbyists have been forced to put their pets on a dry over the past few days because of a shortage of tubifex worms due to heavy rain in the Johore rivers. Singapore, which gets about 80
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    Sabah going through a housing boom—financier
    276 3 Kota Kinabalu, Friday Housing development in Sabah is now undergoing a boom period, especially here and in Sandakan. The chairman of the Borneo Housing Mortgage Finance Berhad, Mr. W. A. Belsham, said this in his statement in the 12th annual report of the company.
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    Tight hold saves crane driver
    96 3 Crane driver Lee Ah Ban, 30, always had faith in his steering wheel and so when the crane he was driving last night went off the road at Nicoll Highway he clung to it and escaped unhurt. But his passenger, Ang Ah San, 50, who
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    Manpower talk at university
    60 3 Professor R. Revans, a consultant on manpower, manager education and development and industrial relations, will speak on managers learn best from other managers at the University of Singapore's Chemistry Lecture Theatre at eight tonight. The Singapore Government Pensioners' Association will hold its 25th anniversary dinner cum
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    Govt to act on 'bomb' trawlers
    248 3  -  Fisheries experts join battle By Lee Yew Meng Several fisheries officers from the Primary Production Department have been seconded to the Marine Police to stamp out illegal fishing activities. They will assist the police in tracking down the illegal use of explosives by Singapore
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    AA's patron
    23 3 President Sheares has accepted an invitation to become patron of the automobile Association of Singapore, says the latest issue of Highway.
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    Visiting Kiwi minister calls on Barker
    200 3 New Zealand's Minister for Housing, Mr. John Rae, who arrived here yesterday for a three-day visit, called on the Minister for Law and National Development, Mr. E. W. Barker, this morning. After informal talks, he was taken on a tour of the Housing and
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    Mandarin study
    16 3 The Chinese YMCA will hold a conversational course in Mandarin beginning from September 15.
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  • Page 3 Miscellaneous
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      87 3 At the cinemas Jurong Drive-In-Cine-ma: The Italian Job—7, 9.30. Orchard: Love Story 1.30, 4. 6.30, 9.15. Cathay: B.S. I Love You —1.30, 4, 6.30, 9.30. Odeon: Shaft—l.3o, 4, 6.30, 9.30. Odeon-Katonr: Boys In Love—(Mand.)—l, 3.30, 7, 9.15. Lido: The Assassination Of Julius Caesar—l.3o, 4, 6.30. 9.15. Capitol: Lust For A
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  • In Person
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      Executive who is bored by faces of models
      387 4 Conducted by Mary Lee, Tel: *****1 MOST MEN HAVE no patience for women's fashion shows. "Once I've got used to the pretty faces of the models, it begins to bore me," said a dashing young executive who had to attend one on
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    Lock icon Women's Lib cows the Wall Street bulls
    202 4 United Press International New York, Friday Shock troops of women's liberationists disrupted trading at the New York Stock Exchange, tried to stop business at a bank and then massed by the thousands for a parade up Fifth Avenue yesterday to mark the 51st
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    Lock icon Juliana's visit brings great joy: Suharto
    272 4 Reuter Jakarta, Friday President Suharto told Queen Juliana last night that Indonesians felt full of joy and honour at the first ever visit by a Dutch Queen to Indonesia. "A historical event has taken place," he said, "ana it is the first ever visit
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  • THE WORLD
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      Lock icon Mounting Red build-up to upset the Saigon poll
      365 5 Reuter SsMjtym, Friday L«ftwing efforts to disrupt South Vietnamese elections mounted yesterday with reports of an upsurge of Viet Cong and North Vietnamese attacks and with students in Saigon threatening violence. The South Vietnamese military command said the increase in Viet Cong
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      Lock icon Nepal PM resigns after criticism
      133 5 Reuter Katmandu, Friday Prime Minister Kirti Nidhi Blsta of Nepal resigned last night following criticism of the Nepal Parliament .on Wednesday by King Mahendra. King Mahendra had granted a pardon to a controversial politician who was found guilty early this month of "anti-state" activities and
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      Lock icon Soledad trial chaos
      302 5 Police, spectators in court clash United Press International San Francisco, Friday Riot police swung clubs as they battled with spectators in the courtroom yesterday at another chaotic hearing for the two surviving Soledad brothers. Two of the predominantly black crowd of spectators, almost all of them supporters
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      Invitation
      27 5 Beirut, Friday. Indian Prime Minister Mrs. Indira Gandhi has invited Sudanese President Maj. Gen. Jaafar Numeiry to visit India, the Middle East news agency said yesterday.
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      Lock icon Torres urges Bolivians to continue fighting
      173 5 Reuter La Paz, Friday Deposed Bolivian President Juan Torres left here by air yesterday for exile in Peru. In an emotional statement handed to journalists before he left, ex-President Torres said he and the Bolivian revolution were betrayed by the armed forces who sold
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      Army nabs 91 Red suspects
      52 5 Kuching, Friday.—Malaysian security forces have arrested 01 Communis suspects in a military operation area, a government spokesman said yesterday. The military sweep codenamed "Operation Ngayau (native word for battlecry)" was launched 19 days ago in the Sibu, Blnatang, Sarikei, Kanowit and Kaplt districts in Sarawak's
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      Lock icon Put pressure on Pak, Kennedy urges
      261 5 Nixon told to consider cutting ties Reuter Washington, Friday Senator Edward Kennedy, just back from an inspection of Pakistani refugee camps in India, said yesterday the Nixon administration should consider breaking diplomatic relations with Pakistan. The chairman of the Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Refugees
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      Grim toll in Korean prisoners' revolt
      92 5 A soldier carries a wounded colleague to an ambulance in Seoul after troops clashed with a group of escaped military prisoners on the outskirts of the city. The 23 prisoners, who broke out of an island stockade about 25 miles west of Seoul, tried
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      Percy due in Dacca on Sunday
      83 5 Dacca, Friday.—Republican Senator Charles Percy of Illinois will arrive in East Pakistan on Sunday, becoming the first US Senator to visit the province since the army crackdown on the rebellion began in March. Government sources said Sen. Percy is due to arrive in Dacca
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      Children killed as Hindu sacrifice
      119 5 Jaipur, Friday The bodies of two children recovered from a well in Nohar, 175 miles north of this Rajasthan state capital, were sacrificed to propitiate Kali, the Hindu goddess of fertility, police said yesterday. The police said the children were grabbed while playing in a
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      Lock icon Indian troops await violence
      207 5 Reuter Calcutta, Friday Indian Army units stood on duty at strategic points in this Indian port city and its suburbs in case of violence during a general strike called for today in West Bengal province. This is the eighth general strike, or "bandh" as it is
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      Lock icon Thailand will not oppose China's UN entry
      200 5 United Press International Bangkok, Friday Prime Minister Thanom Kittikachorn told Parliament yesterday that Thailand will not oppose Communist China's entry into the United Nations. Field Marshal Thanom also said Thailand will not support the ouster of Nationalist China from the world body "because
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  • FOREIGN COMMENT
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      Another reduction of external tariff by the Six
      616 6  -  The interests of primary producers are protected By Leonard Rayner EUROPE The fears being expressed by some members of the Commonwealth about Britain's entry into the Common Market are largely unfounded. Mr. Rlppon, Britain's Common Market negotiator has been successful in protecting
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      New US policies may be Sato's death knell
      840 6  -  Will he step down before the U.N. votes on the China issue? PANG CHENG LIAN JAPAN President N1 x on's announcements on his projected visit to Peking and his dollar defence plans may not mean the end of American Japanese relations. But
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      Lock icon Test for Vorster's outward policy
      621 6  -  Move to gain Black African ties pays off From Jim Hoagland Washington Post SOUTH AFRICA Can a rich, industrialised and whiteruled country that has the world's most deplored racial policies find happiness with two-score impoverished Black African countries that need financial and technical aid? For
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      Lock icon Two MBB Heads to roll
      260 6  -  From Harry Trimborg Los Angeles Times There's trouble down at the MBB the Minsk Burial Bureau. Heads will roll. Discipline must be tightened. Or, as Izvestia, the government newspaper, put it: "We have no order yet in the cemetery service. There are still shamless dodgers
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  • LOCAL COMMENT
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      Charter flights here to stay
      983 7  -  Cheaper air fare offered is big draw to students, holidaymakers By Herbert Teo Despite competition from regular airlines, criticism by many travellers and shady dealings by some socalled travel agencies, it looks as though chartered nights are here to stay. And it appears the already
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      We cannot build culture as we do monuments
      454 7  -  MORENA LONGBOW I cannot help feeling weary when time and again complaints are made, about the lack of cultural awareness on the part of the average Singaporean. We have been told repeatedly by critics and the occasional art writer of the lack
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    • Voice of the Press
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        Nanyang Siang Pau
        298 7 What other newspapers are saying: Addressing the Singapore Press Club on the problem of five-nation defence the other day, Mr. Chapman Fincher, defence correspondent of the Lonon Daily Express, said he did not think the five-nation defence arrangement was an effective military mechanism at least where Britain
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        Tamil Murasu
        139 7 At the National Cultural Congress held In Kuala Lumpur, Dr. Asmah binte Haji Omar has said that all the remaining colonial names of streets and hotels in the country must be done away with, and that a good Malaysian image should be created instead. It is indeed encouraging
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        Berita Minggu
        153 7 Malay writers In Singapore at present are not as active and as productive as they used to be In the *****. This may be due to the changed situation In the country since that decade. Ten years ago writers could write about the efforts to achieve independence, but
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    No room for complacency in Singapore
    462 8 We cannot be too often reminded of the special dangers that confront our qmaii lsland-Rep t ublic In Its battle for survival, and the Prime Minister's warning at Telok Binngnb should be taken to heart by every Singaporean. Mr. Lee Kuan Yew said that
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  • 'WHISPERS' by ISPYY
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      The other way round
      121 8 There was a great deal of irony in the way the Indonesians prepared to welcome Queen Juliana of the Netherlands in Jakarta. Security precautions will be kept to a minimum and the Queen, as requested, will be moving rather freely through a country she once ruled
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      General's new job
      61 8 Off to greener pastures and to run his own rfnmnin soon, I understand, is Gen. Abdul Rachman Ramly of the Indonesian Embassy here. After five years here and having played a key role In the restoration of diplomatic ties between the two countries, he is now headed
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      Friendly frankness
      71 8 When a friend and I had only one drink each In a disco and were entitled to one more within the minimum charge of $7.50 per person, the charming waitress asked if she could have a drink, too, within our remaining credit. "Otherwise, the bartender would have one
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    Another dilemma for the US in Vietnam after Ky's withdrawal from polls
    886 8  -  SHIRI MULGAOKAR Nothing has so accentuated the American dilemma In South Vietnam as the murky transactions over the Presidential election of October 3. The Americana wanted an election tolerably free from manipulation not because they wanted President Thleu
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  • Letters
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      Think thrice, not twice Mr. V
      491 8  -  T. S. TAN New Nation on August 3. published a letter from Mr. Vetrlvelu, Secretary-Gene-ral of the United National Front, replying to your Diplomatic Editor on how UNF "socialism" could tackle the problems of modernisation more effectively than the PAP. Mr. Vetrlvelu charged that
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      Bus mishaps: A call for action
      173 8  -  S. P. THIO Isn't there any law In Singapore to prosecute those who insist on standing on the steps of a moving bus? On August 25, your paper reported the fall of Hamzah Aziz from a moving bus because he had been standing on
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    • Article
      The charm of Bali
      70 8  -  ROBERT ANGUS I agree with Pang Cheng LI an (New Nation, August 21.) that old customs die hard even with the modern, relatively better educated generation. But I'm rather puzzled by her reference to Bali—that the tourists are attracted to it because of the traditional rites
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      Experience still needed
      156 8  -  DORIS ENG I refer to Jenny Teo's letter in New Nation on August 12 in which she pointed out good TV programmes produced by RTS which were not appreciated by Singaporeans. I think she is quite right. There is a tendency to pronounce inferior most things which
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      The soothing superstitions
      295 8  -  JOHN CHOO I refer to Pang Chepg Lian's winmw on August 21. The rituals and rites performed during funerals may appear to be mottrated by superstitions and fear of the unknown but they give the bereaved a certain measure of comfort on a sorrowful occasion. Someone dear
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      He's against 'pretty' faces
      74 8  -  ALAN ONG I have enjoyed your paper since its inception especially the various write-ups. However, must we have the daily "meat parade" which appears in your back page? I thought that after your Young and Beautiful tor something like that) contest was over, you would replace
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    Singapore's overseas arm
    2264 9  -  THE MAKEUP AND FUTURE OF THE DIPLOMATIC CORPS The foreign service is entering a new era New scheme aims to make the diplomatic service more effective and attractive as a career Pang Cheng Lian A separate scheme for the foreign service, designed to attract more suitable people
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  • SHOPPING
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      BEAUTY UNDERFOOT
      617 10 "pEOPLE have the r wrong notion about carpets", a carpet dealer said recently. "They think carpets are very expensive and are only meant for the rich and upper class. But I'll have you know that this is not true. We have carpets that are not only cheap but
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    499 11  -  61 baby left behind In Asian war zone IWMAHI From Lana Wells The Melbourne Herald Like any proud father, Gerry Ludwlck, 24, carries around pictures of his 12-month-old son, Andrew. They're all he has ever known of the boy, born to a 21-year-old Thai
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    A student travel bureau in the offing
    434 11  -  EDUCATION Patrick de Souza Two students from the Uni v e r sity of Singapore, who attended a recent student travel seminar in Hong Kong, have returned, armed with plans to set up a student burden here. Mr. Navtej Singh and Mr. Prithpal
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    Course on modern maths for 250
    249 11 A total of 250 teachers from 64 secondary schools are attending a course in the teaching of modern mathematics organised by the Singapore Mathematical Society. The course which began on Wednesday is geared to the modern mathematics paper for secondary four and pre-unlversity students.
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    A smooth jersey liquid in motion
    82 11 The look is all female, the fabric is liquid in motion. It is as casual and body-conscious as a tee shirt and equally as comfortable to wear. Get into the smooth jerseys that cling in skinned-down, shapes. From head to toe Yvonne is in
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    Learn to think critically —scholar
    269 11 Students in institutions of higher learning should learn the art of critical and independent thinking, according to the acting head of the Philosophy Department of the University of Singapore, Dr. Ho Wing Meng. Dr. Ho in a message to first year students in the latest
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    Stall-type food in sterile surroundings
    570 11  -  EATING OUT WITH WENDY HUTTON Hin's Heavenly Cookhouse, on the top floor of the towering Hilton Hotel in Orchard Road, is worth visiting for the spectacular view alone. Here, 23 stories above the noise you get a really fantastic view of the harbour, residential and
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      Lock icon US: Mid-day rally fails to sustain to close of session
      247 12 United Press International New York, Friday The stock market closed lower yesterday after the collapse of a mid-day rally, which was triggered by a reduction in the prime interest rate by a relatively small midwest bank. Southwest Bank, the ninth
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      Lock icon Lack of interest on London market
      255 12 Reuter London, Friday Lack of interest and some small selling made for an easier bias. An attempted rally after midday was not sustained but second line issues met selective support at 1500 the Financial Times index was 0.4 down at 418.8. Leaders were narrowly
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      WALL ST. PRICES
      243 12 Allied Chem 32% Alcoa 55%Am. Brands 43% Am. Can. 36>,4 Am. Motors AT T 43% A. A P 16 Anaconda 1614 Avon Pd Beth Steel 26% Boeing 16% Caterp Tra 54% Chrysler 30% Coca-Cola 107%.. Control Data 59% Corn. 01. Wks 239% Dow. Chem 73% DuPont 152%
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      New car a big sellout
      119 12 A sure sign that Japanese cars have made inroads into the local market emerged when it was revealed that Borneo Motors Company, the distributors of Toyota cars, report a complete sellout of their Celica model. Eighty units of the sports model have already been sold,
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      $3m glass venture
      78 12 Asahl glass company of Japan is to enter into a joint venture with an Indonesian businessman to establish a US$l.2 million sheet glass manufacturing plant. Asahl Glass Company, Japan's largest sheet glass manufacturer, will own 83 per cent of the new company and an Indonesian businessman, Mr.
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      Daily share analysis
      1132 12 TRENDS AND MOVES IN THE MAJOR STOCK EXCHANGE COUNTERS INDUSTRIALS 1 1970-1971 1 wk. 4 wks. Closing Price last Dirid P/E TurnHigh LOW »fo •Co Stock Buyer* Seller* sale Yield Ratio Over 2.93 1.68 1.91 2.02 Allied Chocolate 1.86 1.88 1.87 6.7N 13.6 1.90 0.84& 1.56 1.58
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      New setbacks for dollar across Europe
      290 12 London, Friday The value of the US dollar took new setbacks in Europe yesterday. A new awlfter pace set by buyers scrambling for a climbing British pound, had the effect of moving the price of the US currency lower and moving at a faster
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      A picture that tells all: How to take it
      282 12  -  CAMERA Bv WANG SU FAH Having obtained a good subject, the photographer. should use his intlatlve to select an angle, and combine it with a second subject of a similar nature. This can be added to the main subject to create
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      200 12 MIDDAY ADVANCE INTERRUPTS PROFIT-TAKING ON WALL STREET NEW NATION Name Address Title: Camera: Exposure: Photographic Contest Camera Corner weekly photographic contest. Below are the rules of the competition. It's open to all with cash prizes. Rules 1. The Contest is open to all Singapore photographers. 2. Minimum size is 6"
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      Lock icon Pesta Sukan Asian Tennis
      135 13 ™n herfirstTnnnd M shc a faU durin Asian tennis championships. She won her first round singles match against M. Loh yesterday, 6-0, 6-2. PICTURES: Ali Yusoff Miss Yon* Jung Soon (Korea) moves In for a return and a winning stroke. She won her quarter-final match yesterday
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      And the beat goes on
      946 14  -  THE SQUASH RACKET WITH JACK ARTHARS The prizes were won, the spectators gone, hut the players stayed it seems the way with squash players. It's not that they are bachelors or unhappily married, it's just that some untangible quality in the game attracts them back
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      Ryu's title
      27 14 Tokyo, Friday. Orient welterweight champion Sorimachi Byu of Japan retained his title by knocking out Philippine challenger Fel Pedranza in the third round here yesteraay.
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      40 will fence it out
      219 14 Forty fencers are taking part in the Pesta Sukan national championships starting at the Tanglin Technical Secondary School today at 3 p.m. The breakdown of entries in the various events are* foil (22), sabre(6), epee(6) and woman's foil (o). The response indicates an encouraging sign
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      NSPB answers
      264 14  -  BOON OON SAN Chairman, Pesta Sukan Accommodation and Food Committee. I refer to the article entitled "Pesta athletes with 'poor food' grouse" which appeared in the New Nation on Aug. 19. The arrangements for food at the Games Village have been very satisfactory and appreciated by most of
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      England calls off Indian tour
      387 14 London, Friday England's winter cricket tour of India, Pakistan and Ceylon was postponed for a year and Colonel He m u Adhikari, manager of the victorious Indian team now touring England, said he. was "bitterly disappointed." MCC announced the decision after a meeting of the
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      Lock icon India strongly tipped to win Pesta title
      592 15  -  r^y Jeffrey Low 4 India, the football force that only a handful of us had expected to reach the final of the Pesta Bukan knockout competition, are now strongly tipped to win the title. And if we take into account their gratifying performance
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      Vote of thanks all round
      690 15  -  GUTTER ht TALK WITH JOHN FITCH The unenviable position of being Tournament Director for any tournament is tough, but to do so during fhe National and International STBC Championship was something else again. It is known by those who understand the job how thankless it
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      Gold Vase hopes run well
      354 15 From Blue Peter in Ipoh Trainer Eddie van Breukelen's Gold Vase prospects Need You Badly and Oona ran impressive trails on a good track here this morning. Need You Badly with Des Coleman up, sprinted brilliantly over 3f in 36 4/5, finishing full of running.
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      TOMORROW'S IPOH CARD
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      Palmer wins his tie
      80 15 New York, Friday. Arnold Palmer shot a four-under-par 68 yesteraay to survive the rainaampened second round of play in the US$2OO 000 Professional Match Piay Cnampionship with a three-stroke victory over Mike Hill in Pinehurst, North Carolina. The match was halted more than half houc because
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      Asian boxing starts today
      58 15 Teheran, Friday —South Korea, who swamped last year's Asian Games boxing programme with six gold medals, are expected to dominate the fifth Asian Boxing Championships starting here today. The major challenge to South Korea, who also took a silver and two bronze medals In Bangkok, is
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      Golf club for 'middle man'
      337 15 A new golf club has been formed in Singapore to cater for the lower Income groups. The club will be called the Changl Golf Club with an initial Joining fee of only $75. Monthly subscriptions will be $lO for male members, $6 for ladles or
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      Cycling marathon
      93 15 The Pesta Sukan Tour de Singapore a cycling marathon of 100 km (62£ miles) round the island will start from the C.I.D. Robinson Road on Sunday at 8 a.m. The route passes through the following roads St. Andrew's, Mountbatten, East Coast, Bedok, Upper Changi. Tampines, Yio Chu Kang,
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      Keppel Club
      94 15 The draw for the Keppel Club championship (Dawson Cup) Ist qualifying round tomorrow:— AFTERNOON 2 p.m. Paul Gomez (11) D. Munro (6) David Desonier (14); 2.06 H. R. Perry (5) R. R. Milne (12) Haron Ismail (10); 2.12 Thlo Gim Hock (13) William Molloy (8) F. G. Salaysay
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      US baseball
      61 15 Nat League New York 5 San Fran. 1 Cincinnati Beds 9 Chicago Cabs 4 San Diego Phillies 0 Los Angeles 4 Montreal 1 Pittsburgh 13 Atlanta 6 St. Louis 4 Houston 1 American League New York 4 Oakland 2 Baltimore 6 Chicago 3 Washington 5 California 4 Kansas
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      142 14 NEW CAR DIRECTORY I Where you can buy your next new car in Singapore CHAMPION MOTORS (S) PTE. LTD, 304 Orchard Rood, Singapore 9, Tel: *****1. CITT MOTORS <S) m. LTD.. 28 Covenogh Rood. Singapore 9 Tels *****6/*****3 CONTINENTAL MOTORS PTE. LTD.. 50/52 Bencoolen St., S'pore 7. Tel: *****7 CHEVROLET,
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      420 14 NEW NATION CROSSWORD ■HI 13 Facial expression. 15 Igneous rock 20 Neighbor of Cleveland.' 22 In Hawaii, literally, a (lea 23 Former head of the Marines. 24 Mature or Young. 25 Our: French. 27 Lorelei 28 Free meal. 29 Not brand new 30 London cafe district. 31 Adjective for the
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      52 15 DO YOU KNOW THESE BOWLERS? HENRY TAN, S.Y. LOH, ALLAN HOOI JOHN FITCH. S.P. LOH, jESSE DY YOU DO!!!! THEY ARE A FEW OF THE "STAR'S" FROM THE HOME OF CHAMPIONS COME AMD JOIN INTERNATIONAL BOWUNG CENTRE .OPEN:- MON-FRI 10.00A.M.—2.00A.M. SATURDAY 10.00A.M.—3.00A.M. SUNDAY 9.00A.M.—1.00A.M. THIS IS WHERE IT'S ATM MAKE
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      548 15 -Cm alMf latin liars NEW NATION Imoneywords A' L FRIDAY Cit t«t ut »>a witk itker ciaieas. Pisliei lastredieas iMtir ktlew. Naat (Mr./Mrs./Mris). I 5 FILL IN -Cat iliif itiirf Ii*rs BELOW. CLUES FOR A-5 1. Transitory enthusiasm or 3. Tool for brooking toil, eroxo. 4. Cry of a rook
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      Lock icon She loves ghost stories
      57 16 Nightclub songsstress Cecilia Lim, 24, reads when she's not singing. She sings about love, but she can't stand love stories. She prefers ghost stories instead. "When I am really worked up, I can finish a book in an hour," she says. "Give me a ghost story
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      Medicine men who cure with twists and jerks
      405 16  -  They're the Chinese See Foo By Lee Chui San They cure their patients sprains and dislocations with hefty twists and Jerks. They set bones without anaesthetics. Their bedside manner is gruff. Yet people flock to them when all else fails. They are
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      Traffic-stopper's a good-looker
      58 16 Traffic Warden 13 of Thornaby -On Tees, England. received a huge bouquet of flowers with the message: "You look better than traffic lights." Mrs. Edna Thompson, 30, blonde, blue-eyed, and the traffic warden with that number, was delighted and puzzled. "I haven't a clue who sent them,"
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      TALKING POINT
      54 16 AH FOOK: We should put a stop to foreign ballet teams coming here to perform. They do not contribute to our cultural development whatsoever. MEI LIN: I disagree. Our bow-legged ballerinas can learn so many things from these visits, including how to walk straight What do YOU think?
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      372 16 Singapore 9.25 9.55 11.10 11.25 Opening For the Family A Diary of Events in Singapore This Week (English) It's Happening in Singapore Days of Our Lives Close Opening Followed by Lucky Dip News in Brief Children's Corner Sports Parade News in (Chinese Chinese Variety Show News and Newsreel in English
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      421 16 Trust your lucky star IF IT'S YOUR BIRTHDAY BORN today, you are one of those person* who is genuinely fond of people in general. The fact of their humanity makes your fellow men your brothers in heart and mind, if not in actually, and for this reason you would be
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      President's Adviser is set to recoup his losses
      1078 17 By Blue Peter President's Adviser, who was heavily supported last Saturday but failed to show up, should make amends in the Class Two Division Three 6f handicap (Race Five) at Ipoh tomorrow. He ran far from a bad race for he finished
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      SELECTIONS FOR SATURDAY
      150 17 r VmWW BLUB PETEB EPSOM JEEP MAKUDA Race 1 TYMKYN Jackie JACKIE Mas Merah TYMKYN Jaekie TYMKYN Babeica JACKIE Tymkyn Race 2 ZOOM Chah Kway Teow LJ>. TRIOMPHE Court Order L.D. TRIOMPHE Court Order UD. TRIOMPHE Court Order CAESAR L'arc de THomphe Race 3 8KIPPY Marie 8KIPPY
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