New Nation, 13 October 1971

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  • 16 1 NEW NATION SINGAPORE Wednesday'evening, October 13, 1971 No. 230 Price 15 cents SINGAPORE WEDNESDAY, OCTOfE* 13
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  • 136 1 Active trading ruled on the stock market this morning. Prices In general were marked up marginally. In the industrials, Pan Electric featured with business done from $l.Bl up to $1.85. However, it was cut back to $1.83 under selling pressure. Sustained interest in Haw Par was noted.
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  • 15 1 Poßce reported 50 accidents yesterday.. Six of them were serious and one fatal.
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  • 45 1 LATE NEWS Caracas, Wednesday.—A Venezuelan jet airliner carrying 35 passengers and a crew of three was hijacked early today and forced to fly to Cuba shortly after it took off from the eastern Venezuelan city of Barcelona on a regular flight to Caracas.
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  • 259 1 It's a tough Job getting married. At least that's what 17-year-old Olenda Manning found out. Being under 18 years, she had to obtain the permission of the Minister for Social Affairs before tying the nuptial knot a requirement unaer Section 20 (2) of
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  • 40 1 Chicago, Wednesday. Four workmen died and a fifth was seriously injured yesterday when an explosion tore the top floor off a 120-foot high grain elevator in Chicago. The injured man was airlifted by helicopter to hospital.
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  • 154 1 The police and Customs are looking for the driver of the car who attempted to run down a Customs officer during a raid in the Jalan Besar area yesterday. The incident happened after a Customs party from Special Investigations Division tried to
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  • 44 1 Washington, Wednesday. —President Nixon said yesterday he is considering wnmhittiny a woman to the Supreme Court, the highest TO Judicial body. He said at least two women were ,wi>An g candidates under consideration for two vacancies in the nine-member court
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  • 418 1  -  20 resignations in two months By Bosco Gomez, Sunny Wee The Singapore Telephone Board is being hit by a serious braindrain of its technical staff to the electronics Industry, where salaries and conditions of ser- vice are more attractive. The drain, according to informed sources, te
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  • 202 1 Sir John Hunt, chairman of the Swan Hunter International Group managing agents of Kepipel and Sembawang Shipyards flies in this evening to finalise withdrawal of his group's services to Keppel Shipyard. Sir John, who will be here for six days, will also have high-level
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  • 66 1 Washington, Wednesday. —President Nixon's foreign policy adviser, Dr. Henry Kissinger, will probably go to Peking at the end of this week to complete arrangements for the President's trip there, White House sources said yesterday. Dr. Kissinger, who last July paved the way for Mr. Nixon's historic trip
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  • 457 1  -  River dive to save injured friend By Wee Beng Huat Silver-haired fisherman T.im Kay Eng, 55. is a poor swimmer. But yesterday he dived into the Kallang River in a courageous attempt to rescue a friend from a sinking fishing boat ripped apart by
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  • 84 1 Sir Paul Hasluck, Governor General of Australia, left for Teheran today after a brief stopover in Singapore. The RAAF BAC-11l Jet in which he was travelling arrived at the Singapore Airport from Canberra at 5.25 p.m. yesterday. Sir Paul was met by the Australian High Commissioner
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  • 184 1 Reuter Washington, Wednesday Dean Acheson, 78, Secretary of State under President Truman, died last night at his home at Sandy Spring, Maryland. The cause of his death was not immediately known. Mr. Acheson played a vital part in helping to shape the post-war Western
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  • 313 2 The pro-tem secretary of the 2000-strong Singapore Organisation of Seamen, Mr. Lim Kim Ho, has called on the government to amend the Merchant Shipping Act. He said the Act was outdated and more in the interest of the shipowners and their agents than seafarers.
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  • 57 2 The Chinese YMCA Youth Department Is forming a roller skating club Tor children between six and 12 years. The Club, which is only for those who can skate, aims at providing fund and fellowship through this programme. Session will be held at the Tanglin Centre on Thursdays
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  • 31 2 Jakarta, Wednesday. About 8000 people lost their homes In a big fire that swept the Jakarta suburb of Tanah Sareal, a government official said yesterday. Fifteen people were Injured.
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  • 173 2 A musical production, The land of smiles, will be staged by a group of amateur actors and actresses next month. Produced by the YMCA Sceneshlfters, it will be held at the Victoria Theatre from November 0 to 13. This light opera by Lehar which
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  • 74 2 Bonn, Wednesday. Emperor Hirohlto and Empress Nagako of Japan sailed in a white paddlesteamer down the Rhine and past the fabled Lorellei rock yesterday, the second day of their three-day state visit to West Germany. Their West German visit, and their tour of western Europe, ends
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  • 300 2  -  SMA chief wants standards improved By Elisabeth Choo Chinese physicians must maintain high and ethical standards of medical practice in order to gain some degree of respectability and official recognition of the profession, according to the Singapore Medical Association president, Dr. Koh Eng Kheng. Writing
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  • 311 2 Wednesday Older men in youth organisations should make way for the younger generation to provide continuity of leadership. This call was made In the editorial of the latest YMCA newsletter which said: "It is time that our elders seriously consider the
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  • 45 2 Jakarata,- Wednesday.—A total of 416 communist detainees have been freed In separate areas of Central Kalimantan and West Java Indonesia's Antara news agency reported yesterday. Antara said that 279 prisoners were freed in Central Kalimantan and 137 at Tasikmalaya, West Java.
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  • 175 2 Kuala Lumpur, Wednesday Nineteen Malaysians have written In to the Indian High Commission here wishing to testify in an inquiry into the death* of Subhas Chandra Bose, one of India's most controversial figures in the Second World War. Mr. Justice O.D. Khosla, retired Chief
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  • 31 2 Brussels, Wednesday.— Belgian police appeared to have cracked an international art-theft ring when they recovered 11 paintings stolen from Britain in a raid on a Brussels antique shop yesterday.
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  • Page 2 Miscellaneous
    • 100 2 At the cinema Lido: The Rescue (Mandarin) 1.45, 4, 6.30, 9.15 p.m. Capitol: The Ammunition Hunters (Mandarin) —1.30, 4, 6.45, 9.30 p.m. Bex: Kab? Kyoon? aur Kahan? (Hindi) 2.30, 6, 9 p.m. Sky: The Lady Professional (Mandarin) 1.45, 4.15, 7, 9.30 p.m. Sta»e: The Honeymoon Killers—l.4s, 4, 7, 9.30 p.m.
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  • 317 3  -  His prediction of yesterday's New Nation headline proved right word for word By Peter Ong World-famous magician and clairvoyant Paul Potassy pulled off a near incredible stunt last night. His prediction of yesterday's New Nation headline, made three weeks ago in Germany, came true. And word
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  • 151 3 Russian products worth $lB million are to be exhibited at the Gay World in Kim Seng Road for two weeks. They will include a wide range of tools, diesel engines, welding equipment, agricultural and Industrial use pumps, tractors, refrigeration equipment and cars.
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  • 23 3 The Singapore Armed Forces are now conducting military exercises at the Lim Chu Kang/Chua Chu Kang area, Ulu Bedok and Tampines.
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  • 283 3 A new 180-member police force is to be formed at the ANZUK Command Headquarters in the Naval Base. It will replace the present Naval Base police force which Is being disbanded. A five-man security team from Australia Is due next week to study the
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  • 72 3 Moscow. Wednesday—A quick thinking Russian saved the life of a six-year-old Congolese girl who fell from the balcony of her parents eighth-floor apartment in Moscow. Yulian Oudkov saw the girl clinging to a railing. As she lost her grip and fell. He held out his arms
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  • 321 3 Koala Lumpur, Wednesday A new philosophy and strategy is now being Infused into youth service in the country to enable it to play a more effective role in the Second Malaysia Plan. Inche Abdullah Haji Ahmad of the Ministry of Culture, Youth and Sports, said this
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  • 249 3 The government is spending an average of $lO million a year on improving sanitation facilities in its effort to control pollution of the Republic's drains and canals. The Sewerage Branch of the Public Works Department Is spending money to extend the sewerage
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  • 338 3 Big survey planned The NTUC is to conduct a survey to find the reasons for the general decline in the trade union membership in Singapore. Its concern does not centre around its affiliates only but also non-affiliated unions which number 58 of the 101
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  • 73 3 London, Wednesday. Holdup men gunned down a customer in a jewellery store yesterday and escaped with gems worth several thousand pounds. Three masked bandits burst into the store and made staff lie on the floor. The customer, 45-year-old Peter Harding walktd in unexpectedly and was blasted in the
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  • Page 3 Miscellaneous
    • 160 3 mm Temperatures cities yesterday: Jakarta Kuala Lumpur Bangkok Hong Kong Manila Taipeh Nana Seoul Tokyo Paris Moscow San Francisco New York London in world Melbourne Canberra Perth Singapore The weather forecast from 1 p.m. to 6 p.m.— Isolated showers. The weather for the 24 hours to 8 ajn. today: Max.
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  • 258 4 Reuter Teheran, Wednesday To the boom of 101 canons, the Shah of Iran Inaugurated the 2500 th anniversary celebrations of the founding of the Persian Empire. As the guns reverberated over the brown mountains and dusty desert plain near the site of this ancient city
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  • 275 4 In Person Conducted by Ruth Moses, Tel: *****1 IT'S REALLY good to see that multiracialism in Singapore Is more than just skin deep. The evidence was there for all to see at the Deepavali Ball held at the Hyatt Hotel. It attracted an ethnically mixed group
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  • THE VOICE OF THE PRESS
    • 411 4 What other newspapers are saying: TWO EMPERORS WHO MOVE IN OPPOSITE DIRECTIONS During these few days, two emperors, Emperor Halle Selassie of Ethiopia and Emperor Hlrohlto of Japan, are going on a long tour. While the former has flown direct to China, the latter is visiting
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    • 369 4 CHINA-JAPAN RELATIONS AND SATO'S LEAVING OR SATING: Long before the U5. President's advisor, Dr. Kissinger, began to have direct talks with the Government of China, the left-wing parties in Japan had been actively trying to win China's friendship. Whereas the past motive for making friends with China
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    • 152 4 THE PROBLEM OF WOMEN: it is an undeniable fact that women, especially Malay women, need to modernise their way of thinking. The speech made by the Deputy Premier, Tun (Dr.) Ismail, in a course an the role of Umno's women In the Second Malaysia Plan at Morib the
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  • 467 5 It will decide China ties United Press International Washington, Wednesday The ministerial conference of the Association of South East Asian Nations (ASEAN) in Kuala Lumpur on November 25 will be crucial for the future relations of the region with China, high diplomatic sources said yesterday.
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  • 217 5 Reuter New Delhi, Wednesday The executive director of the United Nations Children Fund (UNICEF) yesterday said here that hundreds of thousands of East Pakistan refugee children could die within the next few months of malnutrition and associated diseases. Meanwhile, one of his senior staffman in
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  • 167 5 United Press International Washington, Wednesday America's organised labour agreed yesterday to cooperate with President Nixon's economic controls after getting a statement initialled by the President that said the government would not veto wage and price board decisions. Mr. George Meany. president 6t
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  • 252 5 Manila, Wednesday The third killer storm in a week smashed into the main northern Philippine island of Luzon last night, leaving at least 15 people dead. Thousands were made homeless and rising flooowaters destroyed millions of pesos worth of crops and property
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  • 199 5 United Press International Jakarta, Wednesday Indonesian newspapers this week published a report from the state intelligence body claiming that the resident Pravda correspondent in Jakarta Is a KGB spy. The daily Berita Buana headlined the story as "Soviet spies suddenly appear in Jakarta" and
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  • 319 5 IN THE U.N. Reuter New York, Wednesday Ceylon's Prime Minister, Mrs. Sirimavo ffonriflrftnaiicg, yesterday proposed the total demilitarisation of the Indian Ocean area as a direct and tangible contribution to disarmament and world peace. Mrs. Band&ranaike, addressing the United Nations General Assembly, said the global
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  • 37 5 President Chiang KaiShek and his wife on the balcony of the Presidential Palace to acknowledge the cheers of the 200,000 people who turned out in Taipeh last weekend to celebrate Nationalist China's 60th anniversary.
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  • 131 5 Reuter London, Wednesday A north England zoo director revealed yesterday that he had spent a year preparing a love potion powerful enough to lure the Loch Ness monster from its murky depths. Mr. Don Robinson. 36, director of Yorkshire's Flamingo Zoo Park, said the
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  • 256 5 Reuter Moscow, Wednesday Soviet President Nikolai Podgorny yesterday pledged continued Kremlin efforts for a political settlement in the Middle East, coupled with energetic measures to strengthen the defences of Arab countries. Speaking at a Kremlin lunch he gave in honour of Egyptian
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  • BEHIND THE NEWS
    • 809 6  -  From Pakir Slash Officials of the Penang Development Corporation are full of confidence. They are convinced that the state is now on the verge of an economic take-off which will ensure "prosperity" for the people of Penang. Hanging impressively In the
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    • 604 6  -  By Abby Tan On a 1.7-acre site at Orange Grove Road looms a tall and narrow shell of an 18storey building. By early next year, when a gleaming coat of paint Is splashed the bare surface. it will shine as one of
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    • 648 6  -  From M. G. G. Pillai Rangoon: General Ne Win's inclement health coupled with the absence of an obvious natural successor able to keep his colleagues in line prompted U Nu to challenge the present regime. The former prime minister left his political exiie in Bangkok
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    • 995 6  -  2600 men working six days a week to finish big gas job Fron John Hoffman Melbourne Herald Six pillars of fire by night and by day, each 400 ft. high, will flare from the Brunei coast to mark a $4BOO million deal with Japan over
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  • 372 7 And a threat to 'move unilaterally' if... UPI, Reuter Washington, Wednesday President Nixon said yesterday that unless an agreement to limit Japanese textile shipments was reached or was very near by Friday 15 the United States would "move unilaterally" to restrict Imports from Asia. It has
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  • 162 7 United Press International Washington, Wednesday President Nixon said yesterday he hoped to have accomplished the goal of ending the American combat role in South Vietnam before his official trip to the Soviet Union. In an impromptu Press conference, President Nixon said he would visit Moscow
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  • 102 7 Superintendent of Singapore Customs, Mr. Richard Wee Eng Huat (right), is one of 11 senior customs officers from South-East Asia, Africa and Fiji, attending a three-month course in customs administration in New Zealand. Pictured with him in Wellington are Mr. Var Houth, Chief Inspector
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  • 291 7 Possible cracks in mountings Washington, Wednesday The airforce ordered its entire fleet of CSA jumbo jet transports grounded yesterday because of possible cracks in the mountings that hold the engines on the wings of the huge planes. The orcer, issued by Military Airlift Command
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  • 361 7 New Nation Foreign Service Belfast, Wednesday The British army is expected to start soon on blowing up some of the rural roads that now afford ready passage for guerrillas across the Irish border. There are about 200 of these roads crossing from the
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  • 78 7 United Press International Sydney, Wednesday After he was arrested yesterday Btanley Emmanuel complained of a sprained ankle. So the police did not handcuff him because he had to use the crutches they gave him. But while being transferred from the police station to the court
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  • 23 7 Jakarta, Wednesday. Twenty-two-year-old university student Hernl Sunarja from Bandung, West Java, has won the isim Indonesia title in a beauty contest.
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  • 129 7 Reuter Los Angeles, Wednesday Charles "Tex" Watson, 25, a high school athletics star turned hippie drug addict, was yesterday convicted of the first degree murder of actress Sharon Tate and six others. Watson was the last of five members of the hippie leader Charles Manson's
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  • 468 7 Reuter Saigon, Wednesday An American convoy was surrounded and detained *for six hours by demonstrating South Vietnamese army veterans near the northern port of Danang yesterday before their release was negotiated for a 200,000 piastre ($2175) ransom. Between 14 and 22 Ols, members of
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  • 224 7 Reuter London, Wednesday The British Prime Minister, Mr. Edward Heath, yesterday received assurance of overwhelming support from his party for joining the European Common Market. As 4,000 delegates assembled for the Conservative Party's annual convention in Brighton the conference agenda listed 94 motions on the
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    • 34 7 then on to New Zealand and through the South Pacific to Honolulu and Los Angeles AIR NEW WAND knows the South Pacific best. WhhBOAC, QANTAS, AIR INDIA and MSA (general sales agents in Singapore/Malaysia}.
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  • 473 8 Redelineation of electoral boundaries is a continuing process in a democracy to meet the increase and shifts in population. Given the tempo at which the Republic's redevelopment has been maintained, and the 20 to 30 per cent of the electorate that would be voting for
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  • 'WHISPERS' by ISPY
    • 108 8 One of MSA's Boeing 7075, I hear, has the doubtful distinction of being the only big jetliner to have scraped all four engines in a non-emer-gency landing. It happened recently in Talpeh. Just after touchdown a strong gust of crosswlnd caused more than a moment's
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    • 70 8 A Singapore-based East European journalist has scored a first In Manila. When ODR TV correspondent, Mr. Uhlrlch Macosch. Interviewed President Marcos last week, he became the first East German journalist to meet the Philippine leader. Macosch Is based In Singapore but he tries to cover the
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    • 90 8 I understand that the Chinese edition of Dr. Mahathir's controversial book. The Malay Dilemma, is selling very well indeed. Copies are going to Hong Kong and Indonesia as well as being retailed lo- cally. And some copies, I am told, are finding their way into Malaysia.
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  • 734 8  -  DICK WILSON Today's unofficial tallies of the numbers of delegations lining up behind the rival China resolutions to be debated in the UN General Assembly next week are still neck-and-neck. The voting will obviously be so close that
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  • Letters
    • 647 8  -  M. S. ISLAM Ag. High Commissioner, Pakistan High Commission. Singapore 9 Our attention has been drawn to Mr. N. Wong's letter which appeared under the heading "Shifting the position" In New Nation of October Bth. We have not shifted our position. In our letter published on
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    • 67 8  -  NG CHANG WANG I refer to "Plea for ECA Recognition" by Born Loser (NN September 29). The Ministry of Education and the teacher's unions are considering the question of recognising voluntary welfare work in Singapore by teachers. Furthermore, the Ministry is prepared to record the service
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    • 235 8 "To sin by silence when men should protest makes cowards of men" so said Abraham Lincoln. This letter is to bring to light something that is happening at the "premier" and most prestigious school In Singapore where secondary four students were all "forced" recently to buy a
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    • 115 8 The normal working day is about eight hours, making a weekly total of 44 hours. Many people work every night from 6 p.m. to 9 a.m. Some work for one or two hours less. But they all work more than 80 hours a week. Many
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    • 240 8  -  LEE CHUNG PAK I refer to the letter from "Sim Yong Teng" published in your paper of September 11. Your correspondent is correct in stating that the basic function of the Central Provident Fund is to ensure some form of compulsory saving for the working class
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  • Article, Illustration
    1310 9 Appearing nightly Stars of the new old musical revues Every night is a full house at these shows Ko-tings or Chinese musical revues have suddenly become big business in Singapore. Three of them are now operating here though their respective names the Singapore Top Tunes Pte. Ltd., the
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  • 628 9 LIN SEOW, whottjiMji familiar to tent of TV Stagapore's Chinese variety show programme Is on* of the more successful of Singapore's younger stageTß9 Is currently singing at the Pearl's Opera House. Seow Has oeen staging sines IMT, except for atwoyear break from IMS to (m whsn bs
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  • SHOWBIZ
    • 280 10  -  ...but speaks only two of them PETER ONG Indonesian singing sensation Aida Mustafa sings her way into the hearts of hundreds of people nightly in six different languages. She sings sons* In African, Mandarin, Japanese, Filipino, English and Indonesian on request But when you go
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    • 212 10  -  PETER ONG The only British pop group in Singapore, Triffany (above) is an ambitious band. And they may be the only group which has written "nudreds of songs" but do not play them on stage. Triffany, a four-man band, thinks there is no audience for original
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    • 354 10  -  VIOLET OON The Singapore Chamber Ensemble Orchestra shines when it plays music that Is strong In sound and rhythm but its weakness lies in its interpretation of soft, delicate passages of music. This was apparent when the orchestra, conducted by Mr. PatU Ablsheganaden, performed
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    • 267 10 The first maxl single to be produced by a local band will be released this month. It will launch the Orange label—a new banner from SMI, the largest recording organisation In the world. The six-man outfit, the X-periment (above), has recorded three songs
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    • 1199 10  -  Now serious music assured of quality SIGHT AND SOUND I EDGAR KOH LOOKS AT I I THE TV ANO RADIO SCENE J EDGAR KOH CONCERT TIME (Tuesday Ch 8, 10.20 p.m.) is the first locally-recorded serious music programme which can afford to be a bit more
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    • 505 10  -  MERRY ANDREW Donald Moore Associates are Resenting mezzocontralto Maureen L eh a n e and pianist Peter Wlshart at the Victoria Theatre on next Monday. With the help of an Arts Council award. Miss Lehane studied «ingtng in Berlin under Hermann Welssenborn, teacher
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  • Trend
    • 791 11  -  TRISH SHEPPARD "Behold the turtle, he progresses only when he sticks his neck out" This message, addressed to anyone who cares to read it, is written beneath a cartoon of a rather disenchanted looking turtle with flowers on his shell
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    • 476 11  -  MARY LEE Dr. A.W. Patterson, 39, medical director of the Family Planning Board In Jamaica, was in Singapore recently on her way to Tokyo for a conference. Here she gives her views on sex education and family planning: Sex education can and should
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    • 54 11 You don't have to look a torn-boy in dungarees. Not in this Mr. Freedom pants in blue velvet. It's about $6O. Instead of the usual shirt top, wear this very feminine looking blouse in soft clinging Bri-nylon in shocking pink rheen. About $3O. Both from
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    • 574 11  -  LONDON'S WAY TO FASHION TAKES A BIT OF GETTING USED TO ROHANI LEE London, Wednesday So there I was, trotting down the Kings Road for the first time in three years, feeling as old as the hills and as way out as a
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    • 163 11 The cause of many a teenager's overweight problem is of ten mum's basic nagging point: "Eat up or you'll never grow big and strong." A mother has na cause to delight in her child's hearty appetite. Tbe sooner she discards tbe belief thfct hearty eating makes strong
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  • BUSINESS AND FINANCE
    • 245 12 United Press International New York, Wednesday The stock market, paying little attention 10 a couple of major news items, scratched out a small advance .in moderately active trading yesterday. President Nixon announced he will visit Moscow nsact May, and leaders of organised labour
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    • 214 12 Reuter London, Wednesday The market closed quietly mixed except tor government bonds which'were firm. At 1500 hours the Financial Times index was down 1.7 at 414.8 compared to only 0.4 lower at noon. Good demand among government stocks caused the long end of the market
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    • 173 12 Allied CkM so% Alan 47* An Braada 41% Am Can *4 Am Motors AT T 44% A 4k P 18% Anaconda 14% Avon 1M Both Stool 27 Boeing 17* Caterp Trac 49% Chryaler 81% Coca-Cola 100% Control Data 44% Corn Ol Wlu Sl% Dow Cbem 73% DuPoot
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    • 104 12 Distributors of Du Pont Company product* from IS countries will meet In Singapore from Monday for marketing discussions with pimtirt department managers from headquarters In Wilmington, UjS. Attending the five-day meeting will be about 40 men from Australia, India, Inrtrayfle. Iran, Japan, Korea, Malaysia,
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    • 1213 12 TRENDS AND MOVES IN THE MAJOR STOCK EXCHANGE COUNTERS 1 wfc. 4 WfcL Cleslai I Pries last OMi P/l TurnHigh Low Wo m Stock Bayera i Sellers sals Yield Ratio Over INDUSTRIALS 243 1.88 2.02 140 Allied Chocolate 240 2.01 2.00 64N 144 8 1J0 044* 148
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    • 452 12  -  Anil Bhatia Despite a growing trade deficit, Singapore' soverall balance of payments showed a surplus of $461 million for 1970, slightly less than the $468 million surplus for the previous year. The latest balance of payments figure is given in the Monetary Authority of Singapore
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    • 114 12 WASHINGTON, Wed.— Mr. C. V. Myers, at Canadian monetary analyst predicted yesterday that sliver will be reinstated In the monetary world and re-emerge as one of its principal moneys. He said as a circulating medium, "silver is much better suited than gold. As the price of gold
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    • Business Abroad
      • 149 12 LONDON, Wed. There is not much possibility that, the International Tin Council, which opened its meeting here yesterday, will agree to a move for higher prices according to we 11lnformed sources. The great problem is that the producer countries Malaysia, Indonesia,
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      • 73 12 LONDON: A mining company chairman warned here yesterday that if royalty payments were not reduced, Nigeria's tin industry was in danger of being relegated to a village Industry. Mr. WJ.C. Richards, chairman of the Blslchi Tin Company, told shareholders at their r annual meeting that the
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      • 95 12 TOKYO: A Japanese oil development company is planning to start prospecting for oil later this week in the East China Sea, it was disclosed today. The decision is expected to spark anew a controversy over the oil rights In the East China Sea. Japan,
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      • 56 12 JAKARTA: Indonesia has banned Imports of fire crackers. Cabinet secretary Major General Sudarmono announcing this said only locally-made fire crackers would be allowed for sale in Indonesia. The making and sale of the fire crackers must be supervised strictly and the size must not be bigger
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    • 355 12 Management in Action V JPQ f v Finding the right man for the Job Is a task of experts—yet a surprising number of managers resist the idea that selection techniques can be Improved, according to Mr. W.T.G. Bates of the
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    • 550 13  -  Dutch star wins 1500 m with ease By Dennis Chia Dutch swimmer Roger Tan Hamburg lived up to his reputation as future Olympic medal prospect when he swam with great ease to win the 1500 metres event in the Singapore Swimming Club Open championships at Tanjong Rhu
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    • 1136 13  -  SOCCER m WITH JEFFREY LOW How frustrating it can be when our footballing lads sit back and read In the papers about the monetary benefits their foreign counterparts are getting. While we amateurs in Singapore can only provide our players with the basic facilities
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    • 207 14 Rio de Janeiro, Wednesday Pele, Brazil's soccer king who has scored more goals than any other living player, has failed to score in his last 12 games for his club, Santos. His goal famine has deeply puzzled Brazilian sports fans and commentators. And Pele himself Is
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    • 172 14 Vienna, Wednesday.—lon Tiriac announced his retirement from Davis Cup tennis after Rumania were beaten 3-2 by the United States In the challenge round, which ended on Monday, the official news agency Agerpres reported last night Tiriac's solid reliability coupled with Die Nastase's quick-silver flair made
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    • 100 14 World champion in the 125 cc. motorcycle class Dieter Braun lead his rivals around a tight bend in a recent race in Hermaringen in the south of the Federal Republic of Germany. In a single race Braun loses several pounds in weight—which he must win back by eating foods such
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    • 631 14 Washington, Wednesday Six years after the first artificial turf was zippered Into the astrodome its value remains in doubt. The former trainer for the Houston Oilers claims the stuff was "a definite factor" in the team's losing four of Its best players to
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    • 295 14 London, Wednesday Britain's greatest Rugby Union talent, Barry John, yesterday confirmed he has been approached to play professional football in the United States. The 26-year-old Welshman, who scored a record breaking 180 points on the British Lions tour of New Zealand recently met American officials
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    • 85 14 San Antonio, Texas, Wednesday The Soviet Union clung to first place in the world modern pentathlon championships with 11,589 points after yesterday's swimming, but second placed Hungary moved to within 35 points. The feature of the swimming was a world modern pentathlon record for 300 metres freestyle by
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    • 171 14 London, Wednesday Jimmy Murphy, Sir Matt Busby's righthand man through all Manchester Un i t e d' s post-war soccer triumphs, is shortly to retire as assistant manager, the Club announced yesterday. Murphy, 60, who played for Wales and West Bromwlch Albion, will stay
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    • 135 15 London, Wednesday Scoria, last year's winner, is among 19 acceptors announced for the S.K.F. Cesarewitch handicap second leg of the Autumn double. The race is to be run over two and a quarter miles at Newmsurket on Saturday, with the winning owner receiving £8385. Acceptors with
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    • 89 15 Paris, Wednesday Mr. Paul Mellon's Englishtrained Mill Reef, who a brilliant season by winning the Prix de L'arc de Triompe, has been rated top horse of the year in France. The champion three-year-old colt from* lan Balding's stable has been given top weight of
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    • 130 15 London, Wednesday Princess Anne was yesterday surprisingly omitted in the naming of the British showjumping preliminary party to the Munich Olympics next year. Princess Anne, who recently won a European show jumping event as an individual because she was also not included in the team, is considered
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    • 201 15 From Blue Peter in Penany There was little activity on the track this morning owing to very heavy rain. The only horse that went fast on the sand track was Taiwan Princess. Border Scout was alloted hall pace work on the sand track. Kaisar (Omar)
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    • 311 15 Twenty-one new horses have been registered with the Malayan Racing Association. They Include three Class Three horses, Crystal Tower, Full Regalia and Swift Dragon who are entered at the current Penang Autumn meeting. The others are: Class 2—Freedom Fighter (1. Burton) 4 br a
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    • 443 15 Reuter London, Wednesday England, the Soviet Union and Portugal seek soccer victories today to boost their chances of qualifying for the quarter-finals of the European championship. England, the 1966 world champions and third in the last European championship, face their toughest test since
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    • 65 15 Buenos Aires, Wednesday. —Bobby Fischer of the US and Tigran Fetrosian of the Soviet Union last night drew the fourth same of their 12-game match to decide who will challenge Boris Spassky for the world chess championship. The game lasted an hour and SO minutes—shortest
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    • 135 15 FOOTBALL 1 Montevideo, Wednesday A Uruguayan soccer club in the river port city of Paysandu anno unc e d yesterday the incorporation of an attractive 20-year-old girl as centre forward of its men's, team. Carlos Etcheverry, trainer for the soccer team, denied that the
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    • 150 15 Rich golf clash: US —Japan Japan, Wednesday. This year's Masters golf tournament champion Charles Coody and seven other leading United States pro-golfers will be pitted against an equal number of Japanese pros in the 30 million yen (about U*****30) first US Japan golf team match to be played on November
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    • 320 15 United Press International Pittsburg, Wednesday Steve Blass, twice blasted out during the National League playoffs, got the Pittsburgh Pirates into contention in the world series yesterday by pitching a three-hitter to beat Baltimore 5-1 and spoil the Orioles dream of a four-game sweep. The victory was
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    • 260 15 London, Wednesday Gerald Battrlck, who is to lead Britain's challenge In the King's Cup against France at the end of the month, found himself struggling for survival in the opening tournament of the Dewar Cup tennis series at Edinburgh yesterday. A mis-hit serve, which proved a
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    • 41 15 Tokyo, Wednesday—World bantamweight boxing cham ton Raben Olivares of Mexico arrived here last night to defend his title against Kasayoshi Kanasawa of Japan in Nagoya, on October 25. The 15round title match will be held at Aichl Prefectural gym.
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    • 416 15  -  By Sonny Yap Singapore Armed Forces and Police, as expected, are now poised against each other in the finals of the Police Military knockout badminton championships to be held at the Singapore Badminton Stadium on Friday, starting at 7 p.m. In the preliminaries yesterday, Armed Forces
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    • 46 15 London, Wednesday. Results of last night's footbail matches. League Cup third round repiay Grimsby Town 1 Gillingham 0 (Grimsby Town now are at home to Norwicn City in 4th round). Divisibn Two—Fulham 1 Oxford United 1; Division Tnree Piymoutn Argyle 2 Boiton Wanderers 0.
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    • 41 15 Reuter London, Wednesday— Results of last night's rugby matches were: Rugby League floodlight competition Ist round: Leigh 6 Warrington 1 Rugby League: Leeds 33 Wtdnes 6. Rugby Union: Cambridge UnL 16 St Marys 4 Esher 38 Old Millhlllians 0
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    • 43 15 Tokyo, Wednesday— Righthander Tsvneo Horinchi yesterday scattered eight hits and gave the Central Leagne champion Yominri Giants a 2-1 victory over the Pacific Leagne pennant winning Hankyu Braves in the first game of the best-of-seven Japanese version of the world series.
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    • 54 16 Pretty Rose Yuen, believes that the best forms of relaxation are swimming and listening to music. Rose, 21, who works as a manageress at the Singapore Hyatt Islander Restaurant is also an ardent sun worshipper. She can be seen on sunny Sunday mornings relaxing an one of
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    • 45 16 AH FOOK: Drug pushers must be flogged if we are to solve the problem of abuse. It's the only way; to deter these people. 1 MEI LIN: No, it's too severe. A better solution is to lock them them up for longer periods.
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    • 49 16 Convict Maruclclo Cuesta, 21, was released from a Spanish jail this week. He stole a car, drove through Barcelona at speeds up to 60 mph, hit a telephone booth, was arrested by police and returned to the same which he had left four hours earlier.
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    • 73 16 Two young men arrested for pitching pennies In Fountain Square Plaza, In Cincinnati, have been sentenced to 10 days of cleaning up the plaza. The judge sentenced Kenner, 25. and Joseph Williams, 19. after they refused a police order to stop pitching
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    • 85 16 A substance extracted from human urine- has proved useful In checking the growth of cancer, a Japanese doctor reported in Tokyo. Dr. Hamao Ijichi, associate professor at Kyoto University of Medicine, said the creamy substance named ruoam&llm had helped check the growth of cancerous
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