New Nation, 16 March 1972

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  • 15 1 NEW NATION SINGAPORE Thursday evening, March 16, 1972 No. 354 Price 15 cents NEW NATION
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  • 126 1 The share market was moderately active for the first half hour this morning. Pricey were generally firm. Empat Nombor increased six cents to $4.64. M. Credit gripped five cents to $2.22. National Industries Improved four cents to 86 cents. Utd. Engineers gained two cents to $3.40. M
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  • 13 1 Police reported 57 accidents yesterday. Nine were serious and one fatal.
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  • 25 1 Montevideo, Thursday— A 27-year-old Uruguayan urban guerrilla died In hospital here last night after being wounded in a gunflght with police, police sources said.
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  • 333 1  -  Parishioners fail to stop the demolition team By Wee Beng Huat At Bukit Arang, off Upper Serangoon Road, all that remains of the village church is the front wall—and the wood-en-frame pulpit. Yesterday labourers using sledgehammers spent almost two hours knocking down the 60-year-old building, after
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  • 106 1 The Comm un 1 cations Minister, Mr. Yong Nyuk Lin, said today that Singapore was confident it could become one of the world's main air centres. Mr. Yong was speaking at the opening of the 12th assembly of presidents of the Orient
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  • 74 1 Reuter Londonderry, Thursday— The embattled citizens of Londonderry were taken aback yesterday by the sudden appearance of 10 serene-looking Chinese girls on the forbidden wall of the city. The girls were wives of soldiers serving with the first battalion of the Royal Welch Fusiliers who have just,
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  • 23 1 Manila, Thursday.—Armed men robbed the Philippine Banking Corporation on Tuesday of 300,000 pesos ($150,000) the biggest bank robbery in Philippines' history.
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  • 219 1 Reuter Vientiane, Thursday Laotian police have seized nearly two tons (2133 kg) of chemicals and about 110 lb (50 kg) of semlreflned heroin near Ban Houel Sal, about 210 miles (338 km) north-east of here. The chemicals, which included ether, acetic anhydride and light
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  • 27 1 Rawalpindi, Thursday.— President Zulfikar All Bhutto of Pakistan last night announced sweeping educational reforms, including phased universal and free education up to high school level.
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  • 270 1 Reuter Sydney, Thursday. One of Australia's top jockeys, Des Lake, was today recovering from an operation to repair multiple fractures to his jaw, suffered during a violent bashing by an Irate punter. Police are Investigating the assault which followed a winning ride by Lake
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  • 158 1 A hoax telephone call for a Jurong firm clerk resulted in the loss of a $13,600 payroll yesterday. Madam Ho Ten Sin, 31, an accounts clerk with Asia Projects Engineering Pte. Ltd. at Jalan Benoi, withdrew $15,000 from a nearby bank at 10.30 ajn. In the
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  • 36 1 LATE NEWS Saigon, Thursday.—Communist gunners fired three Soviet-made rockets into Quang Ngai City, 318 miles north of Saigon, killing four civilians and wounding 27. The rockets hit a school and pagoda.
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  • 165 2 The Australian Defence Minister, Mr. David Fairbairn, today paid a courtesy call on President Sheares at the Istana. He then called on his Singapore counterpart, Dr. Goh Keng Swee, and other senior officials at the Ministry of Defence. Mr. Fairbairn and his wife, who arrived
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  • 356 2 Mystery of missing husband A young Singapore housewife today entered the second year of her long wait for her husband while police of two nations continue to search for him. On this day last year, Mr. J. Gunaretnam, 36, office manager of Gammon South-East
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  • 62 2 Manila, Thursday An explosion, which police believe was caused by several sticks of dynamite, yesterday shattered windows and dented steel doors of a five-storey building owned by Chinese- Filipino millionaire Antonio Roxas Chua. No one was injured in the blast. Leaflets signed by "Commander So 11man" of a
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  • 99 2 The manager of Singapore's goodwill delegation, Mr. Low Tiow Lye (second from left) presenting a flag to the Malaysian Minister with Special Functions, Dr. Lim Keng Yaik (in sports shirt). At the extreme right is Singapore's High Commissioner to Malaysia and MP for Ulu Pandan,
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  • 49 2 Mr. Lee Hon Ming has been re-elected president of the Singapore Life Guard Corps. The corps will conduct new courses in life-saving. Those interested can contact the secretary, c/o YMCA, Orchard Road, or call at River Valley Swimming Pool on Saturdays from 3 to 5 p.m.
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  • 21 2 A folk dancing course for beginners from 2.30 pjn. to 4.30 p.m. will begin on Saturday at the YMCA.
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  • 533 2 A big item on the agenda at the Singapore Council of Social Service meeting at the encf of April will be the move to start a Community Chest at the end of this year. Mrs. Tang See Chim, executive director of the
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  • 132 2 Singaporeans will have the chance over the weekend to see the dance and music troupe which made such a hit at the recent Adelaide Festival of Arts. The VIP performance on Saturday at the National Theatre at 8.30 p.m. will be the Singapore premiere
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  • 27 2 Paris, Thursday—French Foreign Minister, Mr. Maurice Schumann, will make an official visit to China from July 5 to 11, the Foreign Ministry announced here yesterday.
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  • 77 2 Oan, Thursday.—Britain's Queen Elizabeth yesterday met six Maldivian survivors of a 15-day ordeal at sea without food and only little water when she visited this Indian Ocean coral island to inspect the Royal Air Force staging post. She talked with the six men, including a 17-year-old, who
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  • 108 2 A pint of the world's rarest blood was flown into Kuala Lumpur last night from Bombay for a si-year-old boy. The blood, known as "Bombay blood," is for Selvam Muniandy, an estate labourer's son who suffered severe burns in March last year and is to
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  • Page 2 Miscellaneous
    • 317 2 I weather I Naha 21-13 C Manila 31-20 C Talpeh 26-13 C Kuala Lumpur 33-23 C Hong Kong 24-18 C Jakarta 34-25 C Tokyo 11-2 C Seoul 10-0 C Bangkok 33-24 C Paris 17-8 C Moscow 6-1 C New York 7-minus 2C London 18-11 C Sydney 23-18 C Melbourne 19-9
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    • 400 2 Last Saturday's quiz photograph showed the top of the Central Fire Station in Hill Street. The first prize of $15 goes to Miss Leong Sau Fong, a typist, of Jalan Bukit Ho Swee. Her entry was the first correct one opened by the Editor last night. The next correct answers
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  • 284 3 Kuala Lumpur Thursday —The cost-of-living allowance paid to the staff of the University of Malaya Was the highest in the country, Justice Harun Hashim said yesterday. "And the 15 per cent EPF contribution by the university for its employees is also
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  • 282 3 Scope for co-operation MSA managing-direc-tor Mr. Lim Chin Beng said today that the Orient Airlines Association would be a force to be reckoned with in the world airline industry if its members spoke with one voice. Speaking at the turnover ceremony of the OAA's assembly
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  • 208 3 Have Singaporeans gone beyond the material survival point? The MP for Katong, Mr. J. F. Conceicao seems to think so. The question that he will put at the Parliament sitting resuming this afternoon appears to reflect this trend. For instead of asking about the materialistic
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  • 133 3 One, two, three, pull! and after some minutes of hard collective effort from 30 children, the tent finally went up. It was one of the many chores of setting up camp, but for these youngsters it was great fun. A few hours earlier
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  • 58 3 Melbourne, Thursday. The Australian government will be urged to help with the disposal of an estimated 540 million surplus eggs to needy countries. Australian egg marketing authorities claimed yesterday that the critical position of the egg industry would continue unchecked unless a way could be found
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  • 195 3 The Economic Development Board's scheme to house non-citizen workers in terrace houses vacated by British services families at Ayer Rajah Road has met with poor response. According to Informed sources, of the 1000 threeroom houses at Clement! Estate only 300 are occupied following
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  • 30 3 A two-day course on management by objectives, organised by the Singapore Institute of Management for senior executives, will be held on March 24 and 25 at the Shangri-La Hotel.
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  • 31 3 The Public Utilities Board will accept metric size cables for electrical installations from May 1, but imperial size cables will be accepted for the next six months after this date.
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  • 189 3 The United National Front will propose sending a delegation of all political parties to China "to win their friendship," at the party's second anniversary celebration on Sunday. UNF secretary general Mr. R. Vetrlvelu said: "We are going to appeal to the
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  • 58 3 Mrs. Lien Ying Chow is the new president of the Singapore Girl Guides Association. Her term will be for three years. Vice presidents are Mrs. Tan Boon Teik, Mrs. Jek Yeun Thong, Mrs. Diana Eu and Miss Lee Seok Tin. Mrs. Kiang Ai Kim was re elected
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  • In Person
    • 325 4 Conducted by Ruth Moses, Tel: *****1 FLOWING silk aodais made quite a few heads turn for second and third looks at the Hyatt Hotel the other evening when about 20 charming South Vietnamese women "Invaded" the place. And their escorts? Well, there
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    • 602 4  -  CINEMA By Edgar Koh THE LOVE MACHINE starring John Phillip Law. Dyan Cannon and Robert Ryan (Orchard). At best, this film which is based on Jacqueline Susann's book of the same title. Is only a sequel to her bestseller, The Valley
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    • 559 4 Sin Chew Jit Poh What other newspapers are saying: SENTOSA PROJECT: Mr. Hon Sul Sen, Minister for Finance, has pointed out in his budget speech that the revenue from the tourist Industry continues to grow and has reached $323 million in 1971, an increase of
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  • 439 5 Jordan plan a 'threat* New Nation Foreign Service Beirut, Thursday Iraq last night offered to enter Into a state of unity with Egypt and Syria to prevent a break-up in Arab solidarity which It said was threatened by King Hussein's plan for a
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  • 47 5 Vancouver, Thursday. Multi millionaire recluse Howard Hughes has booked into Vancouver's Bayshore Inn Hotel, the hotel's assistant manager John Egan said yesterday. He said Hughes was accompanied by about a dozen aides. The Hughes party took over the 522-room hotel's 19th and 20th floors.
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  • 30 5 London, Thursday A Chinese delegation of oceanographlc and marine biologists arrived here yesterday from Peking to attend an international conference mainly concerned with commercial exploitation of sea resources.
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  • 165 5 United Press International Hong Kong, Thursday.— Seven Chinese motorised Junks Intercepted in Hong Kong waters a boat carrying refugees fleeing to Hong Kong from, the mainland, a police spokesman said yesterday. But he denied newspaper reports that Chinese soldiers aboard the junks
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  • 158 5 United Press International Rawalpindi, Thursday. About 6000 Pakistanis yesterday set fire to a Pakistan People's Party car and fought stick-wielding policemen in a bid to storm President Zulfikar All Bhutto's residence on the eve of his visit to the Soviet Union. Mr. Bhutto,
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  • 324 5 New Nation Foreign Service Belfast, Thursday.—Two British army bomb disposal experts were killed last night when a car boobytrapped with a massive gelignite charge, blew up near the centre of Belfast. The blast, as the soldiers were trying to defuse the bomb, rocked buildings
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  • 296 5 Reuter New York, Thursday.— Alabama's Governor George Wallace, elated by his victory in the Florida Democratic primary, yesterday declared: "We have witnessed a turning point in the political history of the United States." The 52-year-old Governor, who captured 42 per cent of the Democratic vote
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  • 64 5 Washington, Thursday.— Haiti's 20-year-old President Jean-Claude Duvaller, yesterday offered amnesty to all Haitians living in exile. The offffer was extended at a Press conference given by a high-level Haitian delegation on a goodwill mission here. Thousands of Haitians are believed to have fled the country during the
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  • 195 5 United Press International Canberra, Thursday.—The Federal Minister for Health, Senator Kenneth Anderson yesterday said the Australian Drug Evaluation Committee was seeking more details on the effects of anti-depressant tri-cyclic drugs from Dr. William Mcßride. Dr. Mcßride discovered the deforming effects of the drug thalidomide on
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  • 219 5 Reuter Sydney, Thursday President Nixon's visit to China had caused South-East Asian nations to completely revise their diplomatic relations, a leading Australian opposition Labour politician, Mr. William Morrison said here yesterday. Mr. Morrison, a former diplomat in Kuala Lumpur and the Labour Party's spokesman on
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  • 28 5 New York, Thursday An air force C 47 cargo plane crashed yesterday at the Lake Charles municipal airport in Louisiana, killing all four crewmen aboard.
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  • 126 5 Reuter Paris, Thursday Five French sailors were injured when a French warship came under fire in the Red Sea off an island near the border between North and South Yemen, the Defence Ministry said here yesterday. The incident occurred on Tuesday as the 3850-ton destroyer, Du
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  • Page 5 Advertisements
    • 258 5 From April you can fly the BOAC 747 to London and Australia from Singapore. It's the most advanced, most exciting aircraft in the world, with more room and more freedom. But even the 747 wouldn't be the same without BOAC service. The kind of service that does more for the
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  • Article, Illustration
    6875 6 METHODS OF VOTING New Nation Education Broadsheet Free elections are generally taken to be the central determinant of whether a democratic system, in the Western sense, operates and are the only consistent answer to the problem of legitimate power. They must afford the people regular opportunities to change their
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  • 465 8 The triumph of Mrs. Gandhi's Congress Party in Bengal sets the seal on an electoral performance unmatched even in the heyday of Mr. Nehru's power. Mrs. Gandhi's writ now runs over all India except the DMK-held southern state of Tamilnad. This should give her
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  • 86 8 rrrrYvv^rTv^Tv^! J jijJ jy rjjyj by ISPY At the latest cocktail party In Singapore, where the mavericks of high finance rubbed shoulders, I ventured to find out reactions to Mr. Jim Slater's talk at the Investment Conference. Most were favourably Impressed having heard from the maestro
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  • 1074 8  -  PANG CHENG LIAN The world moves on. More than two weeks have passed since Mr. Nixon's historic visit to Peking and the NixonChou communique hit the headlines, and the two nations appear to have gone back to their former
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  • Letters
    • 392 8  -  J.P. MINTON Managing Director, Saber Air Pte. Ltd., Singapore 1. I am most concerned over the reaction of the travelling public to the rather unfortunate headlines here in Singapore last week. The headlines proclaimed Charters to Stop. The facts behind the story merely reflected a type of
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    • 455 8  -  LEONARD LIM Probably no country In South-East Asia takes a more serious view and action in eradicating drugs than Singapore. The recent succcess by -the Central Narcotles Bureau is the fruit of Singapore's earnest endeavours. If one were to pick up almost any book on social problems
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    • 199 8  -  S. PHILIP Few days ago, I boarded a bus outside the police station at the 7 m.s. Buklt Timah Road. I told the bus conductor that I wanted to go to Shenton Way and handed him two 20-cent coins for the fare. He gave me a 30-cent
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    • 120 8 I wish to thank RTS for screening Women's Softball —Australia vs New Zealand last Saturday. This programme has provided me and many others with an abundance of thrill and excitement. I am sure many school softball players, teachers and enthusiasts like me would be extremely eager to
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  • BUILDING FOR THE FUTURE
    • 1467 9  -  THE PAPER THAT PROBFS... Betty L. Khoo, Ivan Lim Whatever critics may say, the people living in HDB flats have said that, by and large, their living conditions have changed for the better. But there is no room for complacency and
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    • 684 9 But, paradoxically, as the board's architects reach for the skies with 24storey blocks in Queenstown and Kallang Basin, the density has again been increased to about 535 people per acre. However, with the scarcity of land, continuously rising costs and the demand in
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    • 672 9 The HDB believes it has to maintain good relations with tenants to win their co-opera-tion in the management of its housing estates. To achieve this, the HDB has divided the estates into 12 areas. Each area, with about 10.000 units, Is placed under the
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  • BUSINESS AND FINANCE
    • 283 10 United Press International New York, Thursday The stock market closed slightly higher yesterday although profit taking and selling took away some of Its earlier gain. Trading was fairly active. At the close, the Dow Jones industrial average of 30 selected blue-chip stocks was ahead
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    • 181 10 Reuter London, Thursday The market closed firm in moderate trading reflecting prebudget sentiment. At 3 p.m. the Financial Times index was up 7.1 at 512.6. Fisons, Glaxo, Beecham, Dunlop and Unilever were among chief gainers while Philips Lamps and Rank also advanced. ICI and EMI
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    • 199 10 AIM* Cham 20* Ateo* ftltt Am Brute 44% Am Out 38% Am Mbton AT T 44* A P 8Vi 10U. Beth Steel 31 22% 52% 32 QmAta 12SV 63 V4 Cora Ol Wka 229% 83 169% ID Kodak 109% Fad Dept Stra Fbrd Mot 73% 27 Gen
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    • 660 10  -  By S.V. Suppiah An agreement-to trade with the European Economic Community would benefit Singapore. However, the collective approach of the Association of South-East Asian Nations to secure a trade agreement with the EEC may not be swift and smooth. Agreement may
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    • 87 10 TOKYO: The Matsushita Electric Industrial Company announced it has developed a new video transmission system, enabling video images to be sent down telephone lines. The system, called Soft Video Fax, transmits one field of video signal extracted from the television signals through a telephone line and reproduces
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    • 49 10 JAKARTA: A Bulgarian economic mission will visit Indonesian next month for talks on economic relations between the two countries. It will observe several projects which were financed by Bulgarian credits Including an oil plant in Tawang Mangu, Central Java, and an electric plant near Jakarta.
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    • 284 10  -  Tan Cher Soon The Far East Oxygen and Acetylene company will double its output of Industrial gases in August this year. The date marks the second phase of its modernisation programme with improvements and extensions to the slant in Jurong at a cost of
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    • 572 10 ALL-ROUND GAIN FOR SECOND-LINERS By Our Market Correspondent Second-liners gleamed all round with small profits as they strengthened to close marginally higher yesterday. Expensive shares were, however, discreet and several sagged under profittaking. Industrials were moderately and quite evenly traded. But the volume of activity tripled in
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    • 199 10  -  By S.V. Suppiah Singapore's consumption of food has more than doubled in 10 years. The value of food products has risen to $1036.9 million. Except for some vegetables, most food, including rice, barley, maize, wheat, meat, mutton, chicken, vegetables and fruits of
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    • 58 10 MANILA: The chairman of General Motors, Mr. Richard Gerstenberg, says Asia has the greatest potential for new car sales. "In the US today, we have one car for every 2.5 people, In Europe one for every seven, In South America one for every 40, and In
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    • Business Abroad
      • 186 10 LONDON, Thurs.— The Common Market countries have moved nearer the goal of a single currency for the whole of western Europe. They agreed to a package deal in Brussels laying the foundations of economic and monetary union. The final decision is expected
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      • 89 10 NEW TOBK: The US Treasury Secretary, Mr. John Conn ally, said yester- day America was'ready to bargain on its ieturn to convertibility as boon as a proper negotiating forum can be agreed upon. Mr. Connally told the Council on Foreign Relations that he was dispatching his
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      • 107 10 CANBERRA; Two goveminent ministers an. nounced yesterday proi£2ea amendments banning further foreign buying of Queensland Mines Ltd and Kathleen Investments Ltd. n?^L Until Percentage elgn ownership in the two companies returns to 15 per cent. --Mfv Reginald Swartz, Minister of National Development, and Senator °F eenwc »d. AttorneyGeneral,
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      • 56 10 LONDON: The nonnH sp AS £3 the day's trading to 2.***** In tr£«?S but claimed bS toS The activity was lareelv e J®, speculators gambi? lng on a cut in Britain-* toS^oJ r5E£ I)"*!**'! budget Other factors' «hvh SSSth. eluded the dollar's present recovery and talk
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  • Page 10 Advertisements
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  • TREND
    • 399 11 FLOURING UP A SOCIAL REVOLUTION Santiago, Thursday The sack went out of fashion more than a decade ago, but in Chile it has returned to popularity with revolutionary speed. But it's a sack with a difference: not the shapeless form of dress but rather the genuine
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    • 555 11  -  EATING OUT WITH 1 WENDY HUTTON If you give regular dinner parties at home, you'll probably find that you have to vary your guests to make your limited party menu go a longer way. Buffets are fun but if you go to
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    • 316 11 NEW WOMEN'S MAGAZINE IN BRITAIN MAKES IMPACT London, Thursday Britain's lusty, busty newest women's magazine has burst upon the book stalls. It is the British edition of Cosmopolitan, the highly successful American brainchild of Helen Gurley Brown she's the outspoken author of Sex and the
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    • 298 11 You'd think that in this polluted day and age, minerals rather than vegetables would play a more important role, at least in the cosmetic industry. But you're wrong. A glance at a list of new Items for major cosmetic brands (not yet available
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    • 518 11 SEVERAL SIGNS IN DISEASE TO TAKE NOTE OF Quite commonly a worried patient comes into the surgery convinced that he has diabetes because he has noticed ants gathering around his urine. This belief Is not without truth for ants are attracted to sugar and the
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  • 8306 12 The Singapore-Cambridge GCE 'O' level school certificate is based on a new concept of subject passes. Unlike the previous Senior Cambridge school certificate examination, there is no rigid distinction between a pass or a fail certificate. The figure shown against the candidate's name indicates the number of
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  • Page 12 Advertisements
    • 44 12 Adramaticstoryof three young people who, on their wey to Franoa for a family holiday in their boat the DabaMek, helped solve a gold snuggling mystery which even Scotland Yard couldn't unravel I Available at The Book room. 23-B Coleman Street. Singapore. jction exCitf'fTW' 10
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    • 531 13 SUPREME HOUSE complex Offers 5 fully airconditioned floors for all your shopping requirements CENTRAL LOCATION AMPLE PARKING FACILITIES (Free from 5 p.m. onwards) BUS SERVICES ABS Blue 65, 192. 195 ABS Red 13. 13 A, 144 ÜBS (Yellow 1 92. 139,140,160, 163 A, 173, 174 GREEN 64. 111, 124. 191,-
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  • 915 14 W T»With Many people have asked me about the intermediate championship, qualification for which is now under way at various clubs. This event is for golfers whose handicap is between nine and 15 on the date of qualifying on the Standard Scratch Score of the course over which
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  • 161 14 London, Thursday—Aston Villa, the English third division football leaders, last night denied a statement by the Singapore National Sports Promotion Board that they will tour Asia. The NSPB reported on Tuesday that Aston Villa and another third division club, Walsall, would play in six Asian
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  • 119 14 New York, Thursday.— The world's top professional tennis players will almost certainly miss this year's Wimbledon championships with yesterday's announcement here of a rival tournament at the same time. Following the breakdown of talks last weekend between the World Championship Tennis (WCT) professional group
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  • 131 14 Edinburgh. Scotia nd, Thursday. Infringements in the line-out, the experimental four-point value for a try and a possible relaxation of the knock-on rale are among subjects likely to be discussed at the International Rugby Union board's annual meeting here tomorrow. There is general agreement In rugby
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  • 150 14 WORLD OF SPORT i Chicago, Thursday Top-seeded Rod Laver beat his fellow Australian Tony Roche 6-3, 6-4 in the first round of the US$5O,OOO Kemper international tennis tournament here last night. All 12 seeded players advanced to the second round yesterday. Fifth-seeded Arthur Ashe of the United
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  • Article, Illustration
    73 14 (above), the Thai middleweight champion is seen working out on a heavy bag in preparation for his return fight against the Indonesian champion, Rudy Serigar at the Gay World Stadium on Saturday. Narong, who lost on points in their first meeting in December asked for a return match
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    • 395 14 PETS FOR SALE ADORABLE FLUFFY POM ERA Nl- AN Puppy female 2 months MKAI colour golden brown tete--1 phone: *****2 Singapore. 1 IMPORTED Pekingese 3 male puppies M.S.K.A. I female boxer 1 2 years Telephone: *****1. COCKER SPANIEL M.S.K.A. 5 Telephone: *****7 Champion Bloodlines Singapore. 1 SHOPPING GUIDE SEE THE
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  • Page 14 Miscellaneous
    • 359 14 NEW NATION CROSSWORD 12 Spheres. 13 Gone by. 17 —England. 22 Pompeii's present status. 23 Worker. 24 Pamphlets. 25 Cigarette made from berries. 26 Western Indian. 27 Egyptian native. 28 Plant of the celery family. 29 In a faulty manner. 30 Ferber novel. 31 Call forth. 32 Endive. 37 Thick
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  • 2767 15 SATURDAY CLASS 3 DIV 4 7F ($8000 $5600 TO WINNER) ***** BETKESDA 11^ I JS »530 HONEY PRINCE «(Wn, J }g OTi a Pwks) Tulloh 8 8 12 0 BEAU BILTON (H Bloxham) Teh a a i« ***** AFFECTION a (HT Wee) Swnw a 0900 HUANG
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  • 279 15 Singapore Armed Forces side will go all out to beat defending champions Singapore Recreation Club on Sunday in the Singapore Cricket Association senior league match on the Padang. Judging from their last week performance against Ceylon Sports Club, the determined soldiers are capable of creating
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  • 278 15 By Blue Peter Penang, Thursday Persian Pete (Coleman) and Ectopic did a smart trial on a good track here this morning. Breaking from the 4f the two stablemates steadily clapped on the pace to run the last 3f in 38 4/5 with Persian Pete doing
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  • 42 15 The annual general meeting of the Singapore Motor Sports Club which was to be .held at the Hollandsche Club will now be held at the Singapore National Sports Promotion Board office in Rutland Road, Farrer Park, at 8.30 tonight.
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  • 57 15 INTER-LEAGUE MATCH English F. L. 3 Soot. League 2 English Dir. 2 Norwich t Hall C. DIVISION, THREE Bolton 8 Bradford 0 Brighton-Hove I Oldham Ath. 1 Chesterfield 2 Tranmere 2 Shrewsbury 1 Aston 1 DIVISION POUR Cambridge 2 Hartlepool 1 Exeter S Darlington GilMngham 2 Bury 0
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  • 52 15 CLUB MATCHES B*water-AL 9 Clifton 3 Bristol 27 Royal Navy Cardiff Brtdrend S Ctril toiiw 22 Army 17 Edinborrit A 21 Oxford U OWwMfar 21 Cheltenham 2 Llanelli 27 EM>w Vale C Northampton 54 O. Alleynians 0 ronljpoul I Newport It Swansea 9 Fontrprtdd it LEAGUE Hull 8
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  • 612 15 SCRATCHINGS SATURDAY RACE ONE (1.15 pm): CI Six Div 3 5%f nil; RACE TWO (1.45 pm): a Six Div 2 5 Loch Loines; RACE THREE (2.15 pm): CI Four Div 4 If Sayang Sayang, Ocean Breese, Le Sonic. RACE FOUR (2.45 pm): a Four Div 3
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  • Page 15 Advertisements
    • 313 15 WOODLANDS—FARRER PARK ATHLETIC CENTRE THE NEW NATION BIG WALK will be held on Sunday, March 26, 1972. Send in your entry form today. NAME (in full) (Print clearly in capital letters) ADDRESS (Postal District No.) Sex: AGE: Date of Birth GROUP* If you are a team member mark cross here
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    • 255 15 BIG WALK NOVICES SECTION Dunearn Road 6£ m.s. to Farrer Park Athletic Centre THE NEW NATION BIG WALK will be held on Sunday, March 26, 1972. Send in your entry form today. NAME (in full) (Print clearly in capital letters) ADDRESS (Postal District No.) Sex: AGE Date of Birth GROUP*
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  • Back Page THURSDAY
    • 56 16 Mary Leong has packed a variety of careers into her working life. The 22-year-old MSA air hostess has in turn tried her hand at being a club hostess in a hotel, a public relations officer for an American construction company and a disc Jockey in a
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    • 67 16 A New Zealand company believes it can solve the royal flush problems at Britain's Windsor Castle. Prince Philip, the firm says, was in the news recently with complaints of being awakened by nocturnal hissings and gurglings from the castle cisterns. The Wellington company, H.H.
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    • 333 16 UN report finds there are few risks involved Abortion may now have become the single most widely used method of birth control In the world according to a United Nations report. The report, prepared by the UN's department of economic and
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    • 123 16 Today Is Thursday. March 16. the 76th day of 1972 with 290 follow. THE MOON: between new phase and first auarter. THE MORNING STAR: Juniter. THE EVENING STARS: Mercury, Venus, Mars and Saturn. Those born on this day are under the sign of Pisces. ON THIS DATE IN HISTORY:
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    • 26 16 Thieves broke Into a 36room English mansion and stole an antique, wlllowpatterened toilet fixture valued at $l5OO. It was the only toilet in the house.
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    • 360 16 The over crowded island of Java is in danger of becoming a desert if a current forestation plan fails. The Indonesian government believes that 30 per cent twice the present area of Java's land should be forested as the only means of solving
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    • 72 16 AH FOOK: You know this trend among Westerners for things Chinese is going too far. Nothing looks more ridiculous than big boned Western women m pseudoChinese style clothes. MEI LING: Come off it. Nothing looks more ridiculous than you in your Westernstyle suit with collar and tie. And
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    • 41 16 The Italian communists do not seem to be superstitious. They began their 13th party congress on March 13 and plan to end It on Friday the 17th—an even more Jinxed date according to Italian folk belief.
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    • 56 16 Australian sky kite champion Bill Moyes, 39, broke the world human kite record this week in New Zealand when he scored to an altitude of 4700 feet (1400 m). After his feat he announced plans to leap with his kite from New Zealand's
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    • 52 16 Gigl, a 14,000 lb. (6350 kg) grey whale has been released into the Pacific Ocean after she outgrew her salt water tank In a marine recreation park In San Diego, California. She had gained 9700 lb. (4300 kg) in captivity on a daily diet of
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  • Page 16 Miscellaneous
    • 441 16 5 Singapore 3.00 Opening and Where the Heart Is 3.20 Persembahan Ku—featuring: Sutlnah Adam (Rpt) 3.35 It's Happening In Singapore (C—Rpt) 3.50 Housewives' Matinee —Two Artistes (Cantonese, Pt. 2) 4.50 Close 6.05 Opening and Dr. Who 6.30 News In Brief 6.35 What Others Say (C) 6.55 Fury—Fourth Estaters 7.20 Chinese
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    • 498 16 Trust your lucky star IF IT'S YOUR BIRTHDAY BORN today, you are an extremely self-possessed Individual. Your very presence In a situation has a calming influence, for you never relinquish your air of relaxed control, your quiet confidence that makes you the perfect figure of authority in the midst of
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