New Nation, 7 April 1972

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    Masthead
    15 1 NEW NATION SINGAPORE Friday evening, April 7, 1972 No. 373 Price 15 cents NEW NATION
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    Calling car ST1863
    72 1 Will the woman seen drivinf car 5T1863 from Orchard Road into Selefie Road on March 27 call at the New Nation office to collect her free petrol voucher. She is the first winner of the New Nation-BP safe drivinf award. There is free petrol to be won
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    OUR ROADS
    10 1 Police reported 56 accidents yesterday. Six were serious.
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    ON THE 'CHANGE
    107 1 Trading was moderately selective. Generally, second liners were gaining marginally, first-liners, were fairly steady during the first 45 minutes of trading. Veneer Products advanced six cents to $2.25, Haw Par 10 cents to $6.70, Setron three cents to $2.04, Gammon two cents to $l.BO, Ben and Company
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    Body found
    60 1 The mutilated body of a schoolboy was found on a railway track off Redhlll today. It was believed that he was hit by north-bound Kuala Lumpur train last night. A search was made for him after the engine driver of the train reported to the Queenstown police station
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    Lock icon U.S. DEMANDS STRAITS RIGHT
    295 1 Armed forces chief says territorial waters claim premature United Press International Washington, Friday The United States must have freedom of passage through the strategic Straits of Malacca regardless of Indonesian and Malaysian claims that they are territorial waters, Admiral Thomas Moorer, chairman of the US Joint
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    Lock icon Invasion halted, says Saigon
    757 1 US steps up strikes New Nation Foreign Service Saigon, Friday South Vietnam claimed today that its forces had halted the big communists offensive south of the Demilitarised Zone. But 350 miles farther south, the communists successfully opened their threatened second front with a fierce thrust from
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    Scream leads to arrest of two
    118 1 A girl's scream and the speed of Reserve Unit men last night foiled a robbery. Miss Tan Seok Teen, 17, was walking along Kallang Bahru at 10 pjn. when two men took her bracelet worth $l4O. She screamed. Three Reserve Unit men patrolling the
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    Moscow-Bonn
    24 1 Moscow, Friday West Germany and the Soviet Union will today initial their first trade agreement in eight years. West German sources said yesterday.
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    Another kidnap suspect held
    344 1  -  Hideout raided at dawn By Wee Beng Huat The CID this morning arrested a second man suspected to be involved in the kidnapping of an Indonesian businessman, Mr. TJioe Ji Nan, 46, from his Watten Estate home on March 14. The man, In his late twenties,
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    No-uniform decision
    70 1 The Singapore Bank Employees' Union has called on Its 150 woman members in the Chartered Bank and its 17 sub-branches not to wear uniforms to work tomorrow. This followed the management's rejection today—the third time since negotiations started a week ago to pay laundry allowance for its female
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    Dr. Toh in Australia
    58 1 The Minister for Science and Technology, Dr. Toh Chin Chye, is in Australia on a three-week visit. While there Dr. Tbh who is also Vice Chancellor of the Singapore University will tour universities in Perth, Melbourne, Adelaide, Brisbane Sydney, and the Australian National University in Canberra.
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    $5.5m blaze
    29 1 Police today said that the damage to the three factories and part of a printing press in Kampong Ampat, destroyed by fire yesterday is estimate at $5.5
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  • Article
    IATA move to counter air charters a flop
    782 2  -  Few local takers for its new slashed excursion fares By Betty L. Khoo The International Air Transport Association's answer to air charters slashed-prlce excursion fares looks to be a flop here. According to travel agents, the $1837 Singa-pore-to-Europe and return offer has
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    Producer from HK here to make filmlet
    203 2 Mr. Chua Lam, a Singaporean who made good In Hong Kong as a big-time film producer, is back to shoot a documentary film for the Singapore Tourist Promotion Board. Filming started this morning at the Registrar of Vehicles where the Police Mobile Squad—reputed
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    Church to hold concert
    47 2 Christ Church will hold a variety concert at Its school hall In Dorset Road tomorrow night. Highlights include dances by Malaysian sisters, Santhi and Suganthl and a fashion show. Tickets are available at $lO, $5, $3, $2 and $1 at 1, Dorset Road.
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    RAF jets here for exercises
    103 2 The first two of six RAF air support command Phantoms (above) which will take part in exercises with ANZUK forces arrived from England yesterday. The Phanioms which were refuelled in the air en route to Singapore by RAF strike command Victor tankers landed at Singapore
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    Cooking
    27 2 A course in Western cooking will be held at the Kim Keat Adult Education Centre every Saturday, beginning April 15, from 2.30 p.m. to 5.30 p.m.
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    Sea View Hotel: Union asks court for order
    222 2 The Singapore Catering Services Staff and Workers Trade Union has applied to the Industrial Arbitration Court for an order to stop the management' of the Sea View Hotel from allegedly contravening certain provisions of the Industrial Relations Act. The application, filed earlier
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    SAF exercise
    34 2 Lire firing and bombing training by SAP aircraft will be held at the Southern Islands' Live Firing Range at Pulau Pawal from April 17 to 21, between 10 a.m. and 4 p.m.
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    Price war in air now turns to seas
    374 2  -  Sea-fares tumbling By Tan Cher Soon The price war in the air has now moved to the seas. In the last few months, sea fares for passengers on the Australia Singapore run have been tumbling as fast as air fares. The lowest
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    Problems of Malay youths: Tun acts
    153 2  -  By V. K. Chin Kuala Lumpur, Friday— A special council will be set up in the Prime Minister's Department to look into problems faced by Malay yout>.s entering the business world. Announcing this at the opening of the first Islamic Economic Congress here this
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    Beauty lies hidden in music, too
    131 2 Miss Violet Soh, 22, and Miss Shirley Ho. 24, are two cosmetics consultants who do not believe that beauty should be confined to sight and skin alone but to sound as well. So while Violet donned a pair of headphones to enjoy the rapturous
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    Drive to remove redundant bus stops
    153 2 The Registry of Vehicles has begun an exercise to reduce the number of bus stops in Singapore. A sub-committee of the Bus Services Licensing Authority (BSLA) is now going round Singapore trying to cut down redundant bus-stops. The sub-committee made up seven representatives from
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    Charity film show
    51 2 The Interact Club of Beatty Secondary School will present a charity film show "To Kill A Mocking Bird" at the Rex Theatre at 8.30 ajn. tomorrow. Proceeds will go to the Singapore Aftercare Associa tion to help finance and expand its services to discharged prinsoners and their
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    Batik display
    37 2 A batik paintings exhibition by Mr. Hu Te Hsin will be opened on Monday at the National Library at 5 pm. The display will be open from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. untU April 15.
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      467 2 HRPPEnincs WHAT'S ON TODAY 1 Health Minister Chua Sian Chin will open the National Heart Week at the Conference Hall at 8 pan. The Week will feature a series of programmes which include an exhibition and a public forum. Hyatt's Crystal Ballroom is the venue for a glittering fashion show
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      172 3 10-DAY is WORLD HEALTH DAY THE THEME... YOUR HEART IS YOUR HEAITH If You Are Thinking of Changing to Liquid Vegetable 0i1... We offer you A QUALITY PRODUCT A M m 1 v r -N til I vv,. •V- v-' as p v.-. rl- ■sal s ~r* m n K.
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  • In Person
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      92 4 CHINESE OPERA comes t0.... Supper Club Hotel Malaysia Singapore Tel. *****1 ONE DAY ONLY!! April 8,1972 FANTASTIC COSTUMES! DRAMA! ACTION! HONGKONG OPERA STARS! $25 per person INCLUSIVE SHOW, FULL-COURSE CONTINENTAL DINNER, SERVICE CHARGE, CESS MATINEE AT 2 30pm $8 per person INCLUSIVE FULL 3 HOUR SHOW, SERVICE CHARGE,CESS, TEA SNACKS
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  • Article
    Asian market: Call for co-operation
    431 5  -  'Groundwork must be laid now' By Ivan Lim South-East Asian nations should start econ o m i c co-operation now to lay the groundwork for the formation of a common market by the 1980's. This was suggested by Professor Lim Chong Yah, Dean of the
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    Catering staff urged to do a good job
    204 5 The Labour Minister, Mr. Ong Pang Boon, has urged catering workers in the hotel industry to maintain a friendly and efficient service for tourists. This vital role will help to create a favourable image of Singapore. This advice came in the form
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    SMA sets up training fund
    196 5 To broaden the base of its contribution to Singapore's development programme, the Singapore Manufacturers' Association has set up an Education Training Fund which now stands at $40,000. Explaining the broader principles behind the scheme, Mr. Lim Hong Keat, chairman of the SMA, said: "This is
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    Mahathir may contest
    213 5 Kuala Lumpur, Friday Dr. Mahathir bin Mohamed, who recently rejoined the United Malay National Organisation may contest for the post of vice-presi-dent In the party General Assembly to be held on June 24 and 25. About 800 delegates will attend the UMNO General Assembly where three vicepresidents
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    The 'samurais'who enjoy blows...
    202 5  -  By Lee Yew Meng With blood curdling shouts, these two "war rlors" exchanged lightning blows on their heads and bodies without any sign of pain. In fact, Kazumorl Oka mura and Masao Toshima, both > 31 and sixth dan exponents of the traditional Japanese art or
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    Better blend in local concert programmes
    566 5  -  Talented line-up By Violet Oon Programmes In the Ministry of Culture's Music for Everyone concert series are improving. In the past there was too great a variety of artistes. This made It difficult for the audience to feel a coherence and unity in the
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  • Page 5 Miscellaneous
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      165 5 ironi Temperatures in world cities yesterday: Hong Kong 23-19 C Manila 33-20 C. Kuala Lumpur 33-23 C. Taipeh 22-16 C. Tokyo 19-13 C. Seoul 18- 9C. Bangkok 35-25 C. Naha 24-19 C. London 18- BC. Moscow 6- 4C. New York 9- 2C. Sydney 23-18 C. Melbourne 21- 9C. Canberra 22-11
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      285 5 Last Monday's quiz photograph showed a wall decoration on the Chartered Bank Building In Battery Road. Only one reader sent In a correct entry Mr. Frankle Augustine Sim, a commercial artist, of Beo Crescent. Mr. Sim wins all three prizes for the quiz a total of $35. Do you know
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  • BEHIND THE NEWS
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      Another coalition pact
      864 6  -  MALAYSIA Perak Alliance and the PPP combining to bolster their strength From V.K. Chin The ruling Alliance Party in Perak is to form a State coalition government with the People's Progressive Party, the main opposition In the State Legislative Assembly. •Hie Alliance already has such an arrangement
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      Lock icon Schemer back in limelight
      706 6  -  CAMBODIA From George McArthur Los Angeles Times C a m bo d i a's new Prime Minister, Son Ngoc Thanh, is one of Asia's most mysterious schemers and appears to be an unlikely prospect as a successful politician. He has offended conventional nationalism by accepting the
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      Lock icon The $240m. treasure hunt
      297 6  -  SOUTH KOREA From Myong Sik-Kim Reuter A lone bulldozer is digging a hole in a hill near the South Korean port city of Pusan in the latest phase of a frustrating six-year-old hunt for a massive treasure. Six train loads of silver bullion and coins are
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    • THE VOICE OF THE PRESS
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        Nanyang Siang Pau
        477 6 What other newipapers are toying: NEW SYLLABUS FOB POLITICAL SCIENCE: The Department of Political Science of the University of Singapore will Introduce a new syllabus when Its new academic year begins in July. In order to meet the needs of the nation, the new syllabus will lay
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        Sin Chew Jit Poh
        306 6 NORTH VIETNAMESE OFFENSIVE: The current large-scale, devastating offensive by the North Vietnamese forces, overrunning a number of Saigon government's military bases south of the demilitarised zone, has been characterised by: The use of all available heavy weapons; the launching of positional operations; the positioning of big
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        Utusan Melayu
        506 6 A FORUM OF MUSLIM INTELLECTUALS: Tun (Dr.) Ismail's suggestion that a permanent forum of Muslim Intellectuals be set up should be given due consideration by our religious scholars. In principle, the object of the Deputy Premier's suggestion is to collect good ideas in connection with every aspect of
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      Lock icon Moscow out to win new friends in the Middle East
      513 6  -  USSR From K. C. Thaler United Press International Russia is diversifying its alignments in the Middle East to safeguard its foothold in the area against any weakening of Egyptian dependability. Iraq seems the latest alternative. There are signs that Moscow
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    Lock icon Egypt gets tough with King Hussein
    448 7 Cuts ties with Amman Reuter Cairo, Friday Egypt broke off diplomatic relations with Jordan yesterday in the strongest Arab action, yet against King Hussein's plan for a new kingdom including areas now occupied by Israel. President Sadat denounced King Hussein's policies as an "escape
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    Lock icon IRA rejects peace call by Catholics
    310 7 United Press International Belfast, Friday The provisional wing of the Irish Republican Army last night formally rejected growing Roman Catholic demands for an end to Its bombing and shooting campaign In Northern Ireland. A statement Issued in Dublin and Belfast by the Provisionals' Army
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    Lock icon No public campaign
    97 7 Reuter Jakarta, Friday. Indonesia's Presidential election next year will be held without any public campaigning, Home Minister, Lieut.General Amir Machmud, said yesterday. There was no need for a public campaign as the President would be selected by the People's Consultative Congress the country's highest policy-making body and
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    Lock icon Ex-German president Dr. Luebke dies
    386 7 Reuter Bonn, Friday. The controversial former West German President Heinrich Luebke died yesterday. Dr. Luebke, who was 77, had.an operation last week for acute internal bleeding. He served two terms as West German President from 1959 to 1969. His term of office ended amid allegations
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    Crane collapse kills six
    27 7 Athens, Friday. Six people were killed and two injured when a huge crane collapaed in a shipyard, near Athens last night, police said.
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    Lock icon India proposes unconditional talks with Pak
    410 7 Reuter Islamabad, Friday. Indian Prime Minister, Mrs. Indira Gandhi, in a letter to President Zulfikar All Bhutto has proposed summit talks without pre-con-ditions, a senior Pakistan official disclosed last night. President Bhutto is preparing a reply which will be commun.lcatedto Mrs. Gandhi in about
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    Lock icon BATTLEFRONT
    36 7 South Vietnamese artillery batteries fire at North Vietnamese positions as armoured tank units take up positions to try to stop the advance of North Vietnamese troops and tanks in Quang Tri province.—UPl picture. UPI picture.
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    Lock icon Stitching their mouths shut in protest
    352 7 Reuter Moscow, Friday.—Fifteen inmates of.a labour camp near Leningrad stitched their mouths shut in a protest last month against conditions there, according to an underground Journal published yesterday. Their action was reported in the latest issue of the Chronicle of Current Events, a typewritten
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    Faster trains
    21 7 London, Friday.—British Railways will start testing a 125 m.p.h. train in June. Faster ones will follow, a spokesman said.
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    Lock icon Another possible hazard in smoking cigarettes
    171 7 Reuter London, Friday. Two British doctors claimed today to have identified a possible new hazard in cigarettes —cyanide. The cyanide in cigarette smoke could be the reason why some mothers who smoke during pregnancy have small babies, they reported in the British Medical Journal.
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    Air link accord
    19 7 Vienna, Friday.—Rumania and China agreed yesterday to begin a civil air link between Bucharest and Peking.
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    Lock icon Agnew: Viet policy not immoral
    364 7 United Press International New York, Friday, Vice-President Spiro Agnew said yesterday he was confident history would show that US involvement in Vietnam, was no mistake. "Rather, it has been one of the most unselfish acts in the history of the United States foreign policy." Mr.
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    Angela trial witness killed
    74 7 New York, Friday Two men, one a black and the other a Mexican-American, were yesterday charged with murdering a former convict who was a prospective defence witness in the Angela Davis murder trial. James Carr, 28 who shared a cell in San Quentin prison for 10
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    28 deaths
    26 7 Belgrade, Friday Three more smallpox deaths in the past 24 hours last night raised the confirmed death toll in Yugoslavia's current epidemic to 28.
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    Seeking the best deal in Brussels
    339 8 Commonwealth countries had the opportunity to voice their problems and discuss future relations with the expanded European Economic Community at a two-day meeting arranged by the Commonwealth Secretariat in London. Britain has been holding out assurances that its Commonwealth partners have nothing to lose
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  • 'WHISPERS' by ISPY
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      In hot pursuit of Hong Kong
      46 8 Hong Kong's tour 1 sm chief, who was in Singapore recently, was heard to chortle: "Your hotel and shop staff are getting quite as discourteous and indifferent as Hong Kong's".... Singapore is Hong Kong's arch rival in the tourism business
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      From Summit to Apollo
      39 8 The Singapore Press Club recently shifted its premises from the Hotel Summit to v the Apollo Hotel which brought the quip: "My, the Press Club is certainly on Its way up—from a summit to apollo."
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      No sign of Krishna
      162 8 What has happened to the Hare Krishna movement in Singapore? Some months back there was a group of shaven, saffronrobed Americans who were trying to spread the word here. They were often seen walking in various parts of the city. They were even found in the
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    A difficult, question for the US but it can no longer be evaded
    800 8  -  SHIRI MULGAOKAR The North Vietnam-, ese sure,so far carrying everything before them in the offensive which opened last week. The scale of the operations is far bigger than in the Tet offensive of 1968 and the equipment
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  • Letters
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      Facts about PERNAS
      785 8  -  TENGKU RAZALEIGH HAMZAH Chairman, Perbadanan Nasional Berhad, Malaysia. I would like to correct VJC. Chin's garbled report on PERNAS (NN. March 1). Corrections to some of the inaccuracies in his statement are: PERNAS is not Malay- sia's sole importer "of China-made goods. I am not sallying forth
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      HDB policy on greenery
      114 8  -  LIM PEK HONG (Miss) Public Relations Officer, Housing ft Development Board, Singapore, 2. We thank T.C. Ho of Tanglin Halt Road (NN, March 30) for his interest in keeping Singapore green. The Housing and Development Board would like# to assure him that it is fully behind
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      Slow bus service
      49 8 The bus service 31A is very alow and not punctual. I take this bus from Mountbatten Road to go to Joo Chiat Road. Sometimes I even have to wait for 40 minutes. Could the number of buses on this service be increased? FRUSTRATED SIA. Singapore, 15.
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      200 grads from CMS
      54 8  -  HOLON WONG Managing Director. Computer Management Systems Pte. Ltd.. Singapore 11. I refer to an article (NN, March 31) headlined, Computer Company to Raise Capital for Big Centre Plan. I have to advise that 200 trained staff is not correct. It should be reported as 200
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      Annual leave probe welcome
      122 8 It is welcome news indeed to read (NN., March 30) that the labour Ministry is probing into those firms which are not granting annual leave to their workers, as provided for in the Labour Ordinance. I am sure that like me there are hundreds of people
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      Aggressors in Cambodia
      183 8  -  K.R.L. WONGSANITH Ambassador, Khmer Republic, Singapore. I read with great interest an article by Shiri Mulgaokar entitled,! Hanoi Wants To Keep All The Avenues Open Tul It Decides Which Way To Jump (NN., March 31) and wish to make some comments on the fifth paragraph concerning the
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      85 8 Write to The Editor, New Nation, Locked Bag 15, GPO, Singapore, 1. subtle sophisticated. s,ir«Mstic yet every now then the poets qive glimpses <»f undivjuisril emotions COMING HOME BABY BY ROBERT YEO BY ARTHUR YAP two splendid collections of poems. The posts write of love, marriage, politics, and everyday things.
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  • Page 8 Miscellaneous
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      33 8 If S SUITS SlMPlf MATE. IF iAftoRWINS Will Co HoM€: IF THE UftEAAIS A«JE ftETwtfNfJj, we'll, STftf MUSS OF GoMlUe You.&erinoowei> in a war/ I r M syjtmm m m -v r s>
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  • Our Heritage
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      They make the sound of Malay music
      1306 9  -  PRESENTED BY BETTY L. KHOO The music and mood of the "now" generation is pop, rock, and soul. It has all but displaced traditional Malay music played with the old Malay musical instruments. Some of these have been consigned to the National Museum
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      Pates back to his old love
      819 9  -  mA By Tan Chung Lee Mr. Richard 8.1. Pates ,a mathematician turned army officer, magistrate and soccer coach, has come full circle in his working life. He Is now a mathematician again—a job he loves best. He is teaching the subject at Raffles Institution—a
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  • SHOPPING
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      Not for the high-brows...
      654 10 OF all musical instruments, the piano stands out as being the most controversial. Can it actually be considered a musical instrument? 1 Quite a great deal of opinion considers its shape monstrous, the sounds produced ridiculous and the players a breed which should neither be seen
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  • TREND
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      Step carefully mum
      637 11  -  LESS YOU TREAD ON YOUR KIDS FRANCES DOWSETT After hearing the views of psychiatrists and paediatricians speaking their minds in Singapore over the last few weeks, I am nervously a-quiver. The mammoth task of bringing up children has suddenly become multimammoth; the family in general, and the
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      Lock icon Start a stir in a jagged skirt
      204 11 Several attempts have been made to launch uneven hemlines into the fashion scene over the last two years. But the majority of women—even those in close step with the latest trends —shy away from this style. One popular reason is that it's too
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      824 11  -  EATING OUT WENDY HUTTON We were greeted by a couple of tall Indian doormen improbably dressed as French gendarmes. Inside the main entrance was an even more astonishingly garbed young Japanese, decked out in pale blue shirt and matching short pants, with long white socks.
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      Household hints
      145 11 SMOOTH IRONING: Keep a cloth sprinkled with talcum powder at hand when Ironing and rub the Iron over It now and then. It makes the Iron glide over any material. TREATING SCORCHES: When Ironing, always keep a bottle of peroxide handy. If you seorch any white or colourfast
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      Devices for baby can retard
      250 11 London, Friday Two British doctors warned today that baby-b ounce r s and baby-walkers could impair development. Another doctor said that many parents used the aids as "labour saving devices" instead of playing with their children. Dr. M. J. Simpkiss and Dr. A. S. Raikes
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      The end of Freedom
      159 11 London, Friday MR. FREEDOM, the London shop that launched a totally op-art look In pants for men and women, has become the latest disaster of the accl-dent-prone rag trade. Mr. Freedom himself the rotund and usually cheerful Tommy Roberts, 30 announced recently that the company that
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    Lock icon 'Triangular plan' to use surplus dollars and boost world trade
    536 12 United Press International London, Friday A British banker has launched a plan under which rich industrial nations would spend their huge surplus of dollars to buy and stockpile key metals and commodities and thus help developing countries through a period
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    Baby can offer some of the best 'studies'
    253 12 CAMERA CORNER y ANG Some of the best pictures of babies are taken at the age when they can sit up by themselves, quite possibly from the age of one. And the best way to get a charming pose is to cheer
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    18-man team for Peking
    61 12 London, Friday.—An 18man delegation from the London Chamber of Commerce will visit China for three weeks starting next Tuesday in a bid to Increase Anglo-Chinese trade. A statement from the Chamber said this first "broad-based" British mission to China will visit Canton, Shanghai and Peking. The
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    TIMES MAN FOR BRUSSELS MEETING ON PRINT TECHNOLOGY
    210 12 Mr. Oscar Frei (above), technical director of the Straits Times Press, leaves for Brussels tomorrow to address the conference of the International Research Association for Newspaper Technology. Newspaper production experts from the US, Canada, Japan and nine European countries will attend the
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    Lock icon INDIA-CEYLON TALKS ON ECONOMIC LINK-UP
    106 12 Reuter New Delhi, Friday. Top Indian and Ceylonese ministerial teams have begun talks here on the possibilities of economic cooperation. The Ceylon delegation Is led by Foreign and Interned Trade Minister, Mr. T.B. Ilangaratne. The Indian Planning Minister, Mr. C. Subramaniam, in opening remarks, said
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    Market Movements
    80 12 By Our Market Correspondent Persistent declines of the past three days were fairly arrested yesterday when there were marginal advances in many counters. Properties with a high turnover of 1.4 million made steady progress. Hotels recov- ered some of their losses. Fraser's industrial indices for Singapore marginally moved
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    Lock icon Second day of sharp gains on Wall St.
    184 12 United Press International New York, Friday The stock market closed with Its second consecutive sharp gain yesterday, although hesitancy developed as some late profit taking emerged. Thus far, some said, the market has Ignored the communist offensive In Vietnam. But many still
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    Lock icon UK: Active trading in equities
    215 12 Reuter London, Friday. Equities closed firm in relatively active two-way trading and at 3 p.m. the Financial Times index had gained 1.9 to 522.0. Profit taking in the new fiscal year was well absorbed following institutional support, dealers said. Beechams and Dunlops held small gains.
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    Lock icon Merchant shipping 'in danger of becoming a public utility'
    388 12 United Press International LONDON, Friday European and Japanese shipowners who between them control the bulk of the world's merchant shipping today voiced their deep concern at the growing tendency by some governments to try to regulate the commercial aspects of International
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    Lock icon Share acquisition by Sime Darby in Harpers (HK)
    141 12 Reuter HONO KONG, Prldtj fitm» Darby Holdings will buy 40 oer cent of the Harpers Inter- otor Distributors Company for mote than USS3 million ($9 million) in shares. kem n 'or Harpers said yesterday. fflme Darby will acquire 13 SS? at^ na
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    UK LISTING FOR 'THUNDERING HERD'
    130 12 LONDON, Friday The United States' biggest brokerage firm, Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner and Smith, will have its shares quoted on the London Stock Exchange. It will be the first time an American stockbroking firm has had its shares traded on an exchange outside the US.
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    Off to Paris
    27 12 Hong Kong, Friday.—A delegation from the China Council for the Promotion of International Trade has left Peking to attend the 1972 Paris exhibition of
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    Sell more abroad or 'slump' warn furniture traders
    408 12  -  By Bharathi Mohan The' furniture industry in Singapore has reached a stage at which it must make bigger strides and sell more abroad or "slump." This warning note was sounded by some of the furniture traders and businessmen who feel that the
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      146 12 NEW NATION Photographic Contest Name Address Title: Camera: Exposure: Camera Corner weekly photographic contest. Below are the rules of the com petition. It's open to all with cash prises. 1. The Contest is open to all Singapore photographers. 2. Minim am size is 6" x H" on glossy surface. S.
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    Lock icon Yong Fan set to keep title
    472 13 Defending champion Foo Yong Fan of Tuan Mong School strengthened his position with impressive wins in the final rounds of the Pasir Panjang district table tennis tournament now in progress. After sweeping aside easier opponents In the early stages, Foo, playing as brilliantly as
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    Goolagong to meet Wade in final
    165 13 Johannesburg, Friday.— Wimbledon champion Evonne Goolagong of Australia and Britain's Virginia Wade won through yesterday to the women's singles final at the South African Open tennis championships. Their clash on Saturday will be the fifth time the pair have faced each other in a
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    Basketball in the US
    77 13 ABA playoff standings (All series best of seven) Eastern Div. Semi-finals W. L. Pet. New York 2 1 .667 Kentucky 1 2 .333 W. L. Pet. Virginia 3 0 1.000 Floridians 0 3 .000 Western Div. Semi-finals W. L. Pet. Utah 3 0 1.000 Dallas 0
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    The referee fails to turn up
    223 13  -  By Sonny Yap Officials, players and supporters of two soccer clubs yesterday waited for the man who never turned up. He was to be the referee in the Football Association of Singapore Division Two "B" league match between Peru Indians and Bakat Baru at
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    Netball invite to Australia
    311 13  -  By Dennis Chia The Singapore Women's Netball Association intends to make this year's Pesta Sukan the best ever in its series with an invitation to the Australian team. The move to invite Australia followed the disapproval of the Ceylonese government in refusing to allow the State
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    World Cup problem
    182 13 London. Friday English soccer league officials are disturbed at suggestions that the number of finalists in the 1978 World Cup competition in Argentina should oe increased irom 16 to 24. Commenting on an International Football Federation (FIFA) proposal to step up the number of World Cup finalists,
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    US swimming record
    59 13 Dallas, Texas, Friday World record holder Susie Atwood of Los Angeles maintained her build-up towards the Munich Olympic Games next August when she Improved her own American swimming record for the women's 200 yards backstroke here last night. Miss Atwood clocked two minutes 4.01 seconds in the
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    SCSC swim
    28 13 The Singapore Chinese Swimming Club will hold its 21st annual Junior swimming meet at the club's pool on Monday, Tuesday and Thursday starting at 7 p.m.
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    NTUC games are in full swing
    506 13 The National Trades Union Congress' sports calendar will be in full swing with the staging of the inter-union badminton championships tomorrow, reports Sonny Yap. Ten unions will take part in the meet which will be gin at the Singapore Badminton Hall at 8 p.m.
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      281 13 NEW NATION CROSSWORD 11 Bobbinet. 12 Old oath. 13 Caves as places to hide. 15 Spiritual force. 21 Military group: Abbr. 24 Certain homes: Abbr. 25 Part of a ship. 26 Presently. 27 Shine. 28 Nest. 30 Had origin. 31 Prank Loesser musical. 32 Skip out. 33 Follower of Bacchus.
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    Nicklaus by 1 stroke
    171 15 Augusta, Friday Jack Nicklaus, rallying after a shaky start, covered the second nine holes in 31 to take the first round lead in the 38th Masters golf tournament here yesterday with a fourunder par 68. One Bt*o&e behind Nicklaus was 59-year-old Sam Snead, who carded a
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    Lock icon LEADING SCORES
    202 15 United Press International 68—Jack Nickbuis 37-31. 69—8 am Snead 33-36. 70—Arnold Palmer 34-36. 71—4*m1 Harney 35-36; AJames Simons 34-37. 73—Frank Beard 34-36; Bob Charles, (NZ) 36-36; Brace Crampton, (Aost) 36-36; Gibby Gilbert 37-35; Tony Jacklin (England) 35-37; Jim Jamieoon 34-36; Steve Melnyk 36-34; Bobby Nichols 36-36; Lanny Wadkins
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    Test held up as bottles thrown
    183 15 Georgetown, Friday A bottle throwing Incident, which forced the players to leave the field and held up play for 20 minutes marred the first day of the fourth cricket Test between the West Indies and New Zealand here today. The crowd hurled bottles onto
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    Move for an Asian T-T Union
    102 15 Lahore, Friday China, Japan and North Korea are to sponsor a move to form an Asian Table Tennis .Union, th£ leader of the Chinese touring team, Wang Fu Yung, said here yesterday. Talking to reporters at Lahore airport before the team travelled on to
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    A task for Singapore
    975 15  -  GUTTER TALK WITH JOHN FITCH What are the odds for Singapore to win a team's event in KL in just 16 wee&s time. The Asian zone FIQ championships will be held there and you can bet that the Malaysian hot shots will be favourites. There have
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    Australians in trouble says Snow
    214 15 South Perth Cricketers did not just have a clear win over Singapore President's XI side on the padang yesterday, but also had a distinguished spe c t atorEngland's test cricketers, John Snow. Snow, who is on the way back to England trom Australia had only
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    Lock icon Singapore: Beware of Perth attack
    443 15  -  By M. Param This weekend sees another cricket spectacle when the visiting South Perth Cricket Club takes on the Singapore side in a two day match at SCC padang which starts tomorrow at 10.30 a.m. The visitors showed yesterday against a President XI at SEC
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    Smart run by My Pleasure
    344 15 From Blue Peter in Kuala Lumpur My Pleasure, who finished second ayer s£f last time out is February, underlined her chances in Race 2 on Sunday with a dashing gallop here this morning. Accompanied by stablemate Royal Persian (Terry Tan), My Pleasure sprinted smartly over
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    Big bets on Gay Trip
    61 15 London, Friday. Gay Trip, winner of the race in 1970, was made 8-1 favourite by a leading London bookmaker yesterday for Saturday's Grand National steeplechase at Aintree. There was heavy support for Gay Trip, who was backed to win over 20,000 sterling including two bets
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    Mason buys NZ filly
    91 15 Sydney, Friday. Eng-lish-born film star James Mason yesterday bought a part-share in A 522,000 chestnut filly on the second day of the Easter yearling sales at Newmarket Stables here. Leading Sydney trainer Tommy Smith bought the filly, by New Zealand based stallion, Pakistan 11, from French
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      183 15 DR. KILDARE by Ken Bald L'Jil I' > hli«l"!£Sl.!l!' m msp*& 02' lip r^lf Atf v V 1 ILV'^W r'. k >•?■> S w TONY// I WANT TO TALK TO VtXI ABOUT... ABOUT HOW IT FEELS TO BE A PHOENIX... WAIT FOR- ME.... BIRPS DON'T TALK. YOU FQOL....ONLY TO <
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      Lock icon HER FLIGHT HERE MARKS HER FAREWELL
      65 16 For Jean Michael, an air hostess, her recent visit to Singapore was a significant one. After 5& years flying with Air India, lovely Jean made her last flight of her career with a trip to Singapore. She'll marry later this month. Jean, who is
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      Chess test for computer: Any takers?
      341 16  -  By Abby Tan Talk about pitting your skills against a machine, anyone for a game of chess with a computer? If you are game, just let the Singapore Computer Society know, for according to the newly elected president, Mr. Robert lau, they are hoping
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      Wedding bags...
      37 16 A Spanish couple's honeymoon began at the Valencia police station when the bride, still wearing her wedding grown, and her husband rushed In to report that someone had stolen their suitcases during the wedding reception.
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      TODAY...
      154 16 Today Is Friday, April 7, the 98th day of 1972 with 268 to follow. THE MOON: Between last quarter and new phase. THE MORNING STARS: Jupiter and Mercury. THE EVENING STARS: Venus, Mars and Saturn. Those born on this day are under the sign of Aries. Allen Plnkerton, first
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      TALKING POINT
      32 16 AH FOOK: You see the Malaysian High Court has confirmed that talkativeness is still an acceptable ground for divorce in a Chinese marriage. MEI LIN: I have nothing to say.
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      Caught with his pants down...
      72 16 Residents of the fashionable lie St. Louis in Paris were startled the other day to see a naked man run into the street, foUowed by a barrage of plates, cooklngware, paintings and a guitar thrown at him from the window of a nearby apartment. Police
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      451 16 5 Siigipore 3.00 Opening and Where the Heart Is 3.20 For the Family (E) 3.40 A Diary of Brents in Singapore this Week (E) 3.45 It's Happening in Singapore (E —Rpt) 4.05 Days of Our Lives 4.30 Close 5.55 Opening and Lucky Dip 6.30 News in Brief 6.35 The Patty
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      426 16 Trust your lucky star IF IT'S YOUR BIRTHDAY BORN today, you are a person of great determination. Whatever you begin you will complete—at times even at the expense of certain things which could in the long run serve you better than that which you work so hard to bring to
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