New Nation, 13 May 1972

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  • 15 1 NEW NATION SINGAPORE Saturday evening, May 13, 1972 No. 404 Price 15 cents NEW NATION
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  • 174 1 Sydney, Saturday Two international airliners circled Sydney Airport yesterday to allow technicians on the ground to Inspect their undercarriages after it was reported one of them may have lost tyre tread taking off from Singapore. Officials at Singapore Airport contacted the Australian Department of
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  • 10 1 Police reported 67 accidents yesterday. Four were serious.
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  • 51 1 LATE NEWS Washington, Saturday Fifty people were arrested when police used tear gas, batons and "stun guns" to disperse 3,500 anti-war demonstrators in a five-hour battle in San Francisco. The demonstration started near a hotel where California Governor Ronald Reagan launched a campaign for President Nixon's
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  • 158 1 A tight security cordon was thrown round the airport yesterday while the chief of ClD's Homicide Squad and sevefn armed detectives waited at the tarmac for an MSA Boeing 707 from Aden to touch down. As the Jet taxied to a stop at
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  • 427 1 B-52 raids fail to stop their push United Press International Saigon, Saturday Communist troops backed by tanks and heavy barrages and fending off US jets with portable antiaircraft missiles, have battled their way into the heart of the provincial capital of An Loc, 60
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  • 234 1 United Press International Paris, Saturday The United States told the Vietnamese communists it was ready to resume peace negotiations with them if they show desire to bargain over real issues, but Hanoi rebuffed the offer. The American delegation under Ambassador William J. Porter made the offer
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  • 244 1 Nearly 1000 overweight pigs have disappeared in the past two weeks. Although none of them had been slaughtered at the French Road or Jurong Abattoir since May 1, they are now unaccounted for. Some merchants believed the pigs had been slaughtered illegally In
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  • 26 1 Sydney, Saturday A blazing Molotov cocktail was thrown into the Capital Theatre 1 here during a performance of the rock musical Jesus Christ Superstar.
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  • 29 1 New York, Saturday A man who hijacked a DC-9 jet In January and then baled out with a $150,000 ransom was yesterday sentenced to 40 years' imprisonment.
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  • 388 1  -  Common compounds for new big estates By Tan Cher Soon private fenced compounds In new housing estates of more than two acres in Singapore. Residents will have to share common open grounds under a new "condominium" concept to be announced soon by the government. This
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  • 328 1 By Blue Peter Australian jockey Laurie Johnson who arrived here on Monday to ride for Garnet Bougoure can get off the mark with Skipalong in Race 3 at Bukit Tim ah today. This Diablerets eight-year-old was freely mentioned on the course this mornlnt Last week he
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  • 319 2 Checks made at homes The Keep Singapore Green campaign has snaked its way up—to the garden walls of private houses. Officials from the Parks and Trees Division are making periodic checks on residential areas to ensure that garden walls facing main roads are decorously
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  • 546 2  -  Many applicants from Malaysia By Wee Seng Huat More than 100 people —mainly Malaysians—from all walks of life are crowding the Work Permit Office in Chatsworth Road daily to apply for passes so that they can begin a new career in Singapore. v. With the Immigration f
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  • 158 2 "Well done!" and a big kiss from mum. That was what dental staff nurse Chin Cliew Lian got from Madam Ho Sam Moi, 49 (above) for carrying away the Book Prize for dental nursing. The 20-year-old nurse was among 446 others at the graduation
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  • 354 2 Poor air crew teamwork can lead to airplane disasters, according to the director of flight operations at M a! 1 a y s i a-Singapore Airlines, Capt. S.K. Chan. At a regional air safety seminar here today, he said: "In any study of statistics
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  • Page 2 Miscellaneous
    • 356 2 HfIPPEIMIGS The Group Services Section of the NATIONAL LIBRARY will hold a stereo concert of classical music at the library's meeting room at 3 p.m. At the same time, the National Book Development Council and the National Library will hold the first preliminary rounds A and B of the MALAY
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    • 178 2 Cinema today Capitol: The Grissom Gang 1.15, 4, 6.45 and 9.30 p.m. Cathaj: The Love Bug—1.30, 4, 6.30 and 9.30 p.m. Globe: Sicilian Clan 1.30, 4, 6.45 and 9.15 p.m. Imperial: Deadly Duo (Mandarin) —2.15, 7.15 and 9.30 p.m. Jurong Drive-In: Screaming Target—7 and 9.30 p.m. Lido: The Casino (Mandarin)
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    • 278 2 Your chance to save $100... Today's winning number *****7 If the last six digits of your Singapore identity card number are those shown above, you can claim a $100 Post Office Savings Bank Gift Voucher. Your voucher will be paid into a Post Office Savings Bank account in your name.
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  • 238 3 The labour shortage in Singapore has led to the hiring of children, especially girls, in local industries, as shown in the latest report issued by the Labour Ministry. The last count made by the Ministry showed that for March alone 286 children between the
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  • 152 3 Kuala Lumpur, Saturday The Malaysian Government today officially took over the Fokker Friendship maintenance base at Subang airport. Details of the take-over were finalised at a brief ceremony here this morning. Leading the MalaysiaSingapore Airlines delegation was its director of Legal Affairs, Mr. S. V. Kandlah.
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  • 35 3 The Singapore Buddhist Joint Vesak Celebration Committee will celebrate Vesak on May 27 at the Victoria Theatre. Guest-of-honour will be Mr. Chan Chee Seng, Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Social Affairs.
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  • 39 3 The largest tanker ever to call at Singapore for repairs the 326,000-ton Universe Japan is now at the Jurong Shipyard. The 1032-foot (314 m) vessel, owned by Banty Transport Company, arrived from Japan on May 6.
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  • 34 3 London, Saturday. The liner Queen Elizabeth 2 ran into a severe Atlantic gale and altered course yesterday to avoid the largest group of Icebergs to drift south of Newfoundland in nearly 30 years.
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  • 119 3 A heavy drizzle caused this Datsun pickup to end up in the Bukit Timah canal, at the fourth milestone near King's Road yesterday morning. The driver, Mr. Lim Kian Kue, managed to crawl out of the vehicle unhurt —but not with- out a thorough drenching. The
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  • 170 3 More than 300 school-bus owners are planning to conduct Sunday Islandtours to help boost funds for the proposed Chung Hwa Free Hospital now standing at $300,000. About 60 such tours are expected to be organised every Sunday in June and July. Disclosing this today, Mr.
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  • 341 3  -  By Violet Oon Polished and Imaginative are appropriate descriptions of the Singapore International School's production of the Gilbert and Sullivan operetta, H.M.S. Pinafore. Much of the credit goes to the producer Bob Barlas and musical director Olyn Davies. Mr. Barlas was particularly successful in handling his
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  • 386 3  -  March figure worst in 3 months By Patrick de Souza The highest number of industrial deaths for this year was in March, according to the latest report from the Labour Ministry. Ironically, it was also the month of the national industrial safety and
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  • 100 3 The Adult Education Board will conduct shorthand and book-keeping courses to prepare students for the May-June L.C.C. examinations at intermediate level. Lessons for the course in June will be held in the evenings on weekdays. Fee is $3 a month. The board and the Ministry of Education
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    • 217 3 Now you can fly the BO AC 747 to London and Australia from Singapore. And excellent connecting flights from Kuala Lumpur. It's the most advanced, most exciting aircraft in the world, with more room and more freedom. x But the 747 wouldn't be the same without BOAC service! The kind
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  • 450 4  -  Time to let off steam ON SINGAPORE Words and pictures: Wee Beng Huat You find them there every working day lazing around, gossiping, or just sitting dreamily under the shade of the leafy trees. And why not, for it is the happiest hour of their
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  • 366 5 Done in cooperation with industry The Singapore Polytechnic has recently started a pre-aeronau-tical course to produce more technicians for Singapore's growing aircraft maintenance Industry. About 40 students have enrolled for the course which will prepare them for work in the aeronautical field. In the first
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  • 220 5 Johore Bahru. Saturday One sure tourist attraction here is the seemingly endless stream of X-fllms especially for Singaporeans. Cinemas screening these films are always packed and their car parks jammed with Singapore registered vehicles. Business sources say these films are causing a mild, boom
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  • 137 5 A Major In the Singapore Armed Forces, who is attending a course at the U.S. Naval Postgraduate School of Studies in Monterey, California, has recently topped his class at the academy. Major Lul Pao Chuen, who is taking a masters degree course in operations research
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  • 196 5 Malacca, Saturday The situation at the Thai-Malaysian border had "cooled down a bit" after the launching of three major operations Maju. Sedar and Setla there. This was stated by the Chief of the Armed Forces Staff, General Tan Sri Ibrahim bin' Ismail, when he paid a recent one-day
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  • 145 5 Singapore's latest tourist attraction, the Soochow Garden (above), is almost completed and will be open to visitors later this month. The garden is a $150,000 project of the Tourist Promotion Board situated on the grounds of one of the Republic's oldest and biggest temples the 68-year-old Twin
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  • 150 5 Penang, Saturday A braille watch was stolen this week and the kindest thing that can be said is that perhaps the thief did not know he or she was stealing a blind girls' watch. The girl, M. Pathmavathi, had lent It to her school, The
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  • 175 5 Kuala Lumpur, Saturday The preparatory committee of 16-non-aligned nations, which meets here May 23 to 26, will look into at least three problems. The committee will prepare the ground for the ministerial conference in Georgetown, Guyana, in August and will scrutinise to what extent the
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  • 46 5 Jakarta, Saturday.—Three Malaysian warships have arrived at the Indonesian naval base of Udjung, East Java, after a joint exercise with Indonesian ships, a navy spokesman said here yesterday. The Malaysian ships are the frigate Hang Tuah, and two minesweepers Berichak and Klnabalu.
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  • Page 5 Miscellaneous
    • 195 5 Border 'cools' [alacca, aturday The situation at the hai-Malaysian border ad "cooled down a It" after the launchig of three major perations Maju. edar and Setia lere. Thia was stated by the hief of the Armed Forces tafl, General Tan Sri Ibihim bin" Ismail, when 5 paid a recent one-day
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  • 159 6 United Press International •Washington, Saturday Mr. L. Patrick Gray, acting Federal Bureau of gatlon Director, said yesterday the agency will open open its all-male ranks to women agents for the first time In history. Details would be announced later. Mr. Gray said that he
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  • 29 6 New York, Saturday. At least 14 people were drowned yesterday In flood water that raced through the hill country of central Texas, destroying several small isolated communities.
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  • 295 6 Reuter Washington, Saturday The US Government yesterday rejected a request by automobile manufacturers for a one-year jdelay in tough new anti-pollution standards due to come into force from mid-1974. The decision was a major blow to US and foreign car makers, most of whom
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  • 167 6 Reuter Durban, Saturday. A Supreme Court judge yesterday lifted a government ban on the South African magazine Scope which published a picture of a black man embracing a white girl. The judge, Mr. Justice S. Leon, said he regarded as "far-fetched In the extreme"
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  • 487 6 US optimistic that Russia won't run blockade UPI, Reuter Washington, Saturday Optimism over the prospects for President Nixon's trip to Moscow rose yesterday as US officials detected signs that Russia and China have decided not to challenge the blockade of North Vietnamese ports for thfe time
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  • 285 6 Reuter Montevideo, Saturday. Boarding parties yesterday recovered 15 charred bodies from the smouldering bulk of .the British freighter Royston Orange as firemen fought flames still burning in some parts of the vessel. The 7113-ton ship yas turned into a blazing inferno after a collision with the
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  • 228 6 Reuter Jerusalem, Saturday. Israeli Defence Minister General Moshe Dayan last night categorically denied that Israel had abused the confidence of the International Red Cross over the question of using force to free a hijacked Belgian airliner here on Tuesday. General Dayan said in
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  • 50 6 Moscow, Saturday. The prominent Russian painter and graphic artist, Arkadi Plastov, has died suddenly at the age of 79, the Soviet news agency Tass reported yesterday. Most successful In genre painting, Plastov was also popular as an illustrator of the works of Pushkin, Nekrsov, Tolstoy and Chekhov.
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  • 59 6 This flower arrangement, called Fan of Friendship, was Mrs. Lee Chin Gee's way of greeting Mr. and Mrs. Morrison from New Zealand, on behalf of some 20 members of the Pan-Pacific and South-East Asia Women's Association, at the Chinese Room, Imperial Hotel, on Thursday. Mrs. Morrison is
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  • 43 6 Mexico City, Saturday.— Nine people died and 12 were injured in a gunbattle which erupted after an army patrol stumbled upon an illegal cockfight arena In Guerrero state about 155 miles (250 km) south of here on Thursday night.
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  • 165 6 Reuter Washington, Saturday. Tipple leader Abble Hoffman told an anti-war rally in Malml yesterday that'hls group will "mine" the Florida White House at Key Biscayne today with a symbolic line of harmless yellow balloons. Hoffman told 2,500 students at a University of Miami rally: "These 'bombs' wont
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  • 266 6 Reuter Bonn, Saturday. East and West Germany eased 24 years of hostile rivalry here yesterday by signing the first Interstate treaty between them valid In international law. The pact, which will open the tightly sealed border dividing Germany by making the passage of
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  • 84 6 Frankfurt, Saturday. Bomb explosions shook police buildings in two south German towns yesterday a» explosives experts here probed blasts that killed a United States army officer and injured 13 people on Thursday night. Two bombs concealed in office cupboards {rent off in rapid succession in Augsburg Police
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  • 427 6 Reuter London, Saturday British railway chiefs yesterday announced a 32-hour nationwide shutdown of train services this weekend to counter industrial action. Trains will stop running from tonight to Monday morning. Officials said this was the longest halt in services, since the railways
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  • 189 6 Reuter London, Saturday—Asians were becoming the main sufferers from racial discrimination in the search for Jobs and homes in Britain, it was claimed last night. Dr. Dhani Prem, chairman of the standing conference of Asian organisations in the United Kingdom, said: "Attitudes are hardening against
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  • 981 7 The greatest pleasure of all eating Restaurant Entertainment guide ItfANY times I have been asked by a variety of people just what is the national pastime Of course many self-proclaimed; intellects came forth with their own ideas of what it is ranging from watching television to reading, sports and, of
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  • 513 8 The spread of dental health education in Singapore schools will not have any deep impact unless teachers and principals show enthusiasm for it. That such enthusiasm is not always readily present has been noted by Dr. Wong Hee Dong, a senior dental health officer. This
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  • 77 8 HH by ISPY Construction workers at Scotts Road may not be able to afford expensive strip shows at our night spots. But they're certainly not missing what's going on or coming off at the hotel across the road. Daily, they are distracted or attracted by nude "performances" by
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  • 1067 8  -  PANG CHENG LIAN Rumours of impending general elections have the unfailing effect of arousing politicians and political parties from their hibernation. This is probably more true in Singapore than elsewhere. As speculation of imminent elections grows
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  • Letters
    • 371 8  -  WEE BENG WAH I refer to Mr. Desmond Oon's reply (NN, May 5) to my letter (NN, April 10) on the new political science syllabus. Mr. Oon says: "The new syllabus does not emphasise Africa alone." This is all too clear in the university's announcement (NN,
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    • 369 8 I must commend Mr. Gerald de Cruz on his article (NN, May 9). He expressed very movingly the fears I have felt for some time now over this matter of martial arts and subtly offensive self-defence. I hope his timely warning of increasing aggressiveness in our
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    • 85 8  -  TEONG KUM KEE Public Relations Officer, Ministry of National Development, Singapore, 2. I refer to the letter by Concerned (NN, April 24). The suggestion to Install traffic lights at Dunearn Road merely to cause an intermitent flow of traffic is not recommended as this 1s not
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    • 79 8 Since 1959, the government has done a lot to give the people a better life. Lately, the government even gave a 13th-month allowance to civil servants. But we the civilians in ANZUK have been forgotten. There are only a handful of us now working in ANZUK.
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    • 226 8 I refer to the letter by Red Baron (NN. May 2) arguing that RTS shows need change. I agree with him that RTS orogramming needs improvement but I disagree totally over discontinuing the Rado Show. I am one of Its many keen viewers. It not
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  • SATURDAY REVIEW
    • 1339 9  -  Falling hook, line and sinker for Emerald Bay WORDS: Betty L. Khoo Emerald Bay loveliest of Pangkor's much eulogised teaches lived up to my expectations. I had approached the U-shaped bay with much apprehension as the launch I was in cleaved the opaque green waters and headed for
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    • 1056 9  -  From Jerry Hulse Los Angeles Times There is a movie I recall In which an Italian film idol runs off to an incredibly roma ntic village with an incredibly beautiful girl. It is one of those whipped cream affairs which causes the
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    • Article, Illustration
      452 10 High standard biographies in brief PORTRAITS OF POWER, by S. E. Ayling. George G. Harrap Cx Co. Ltd., 432 pages, £2. ANDREW CILMOUR. Rather in the manner of that handy bible for classical students, Plutarch's Lives, Mr. Ayling has, for some years, been producing galleries of
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    • 39 10  -  Ee Tiang Hong Neither hair nor robe Speaks the whole truth, And words may be said To lead astray. But in your roving eyes And heart, dishevelled And naked, J will tell Love from, vacuity.
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    • 716 10 Analysing Malaysia's 1969 election THE MALAYSIAN GENERAL ELECTION OF 1969, by R.K. Vasil. Oxford University Press, 114 pages, $12. PAKIR SINGH The May, 1969, general election in Malaysia may well be considered a watershed in the country's political development. The vast changes wrought by the issues and
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    • Article, Illustration
      706 10 Writer's suicide puts both in question JEFF PENBERTHY in Tokyo writes about the death of Japanese novelist. YASUNARI KAWABATA When receiving the Nobel Prize for literature in Stockholm, Japanese novelist Yasunari Kawabata pondered the question of death in art. Nothing that suicide was practically an occupational hazard
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    • 46 10 An intriguing cover for a disconcerting novel. The author blends his skill and imagination in the story of a teenage delinquent. The result is a penetrating study of human choice between good and evil. A CLOCKWORK ORANGE, by Anthony Burgess Penguin $2.50.
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    • 409 10 Kerr's cookbook blends wit and culinary expertise THE GRAHAM KERR COOKBOOK, by The Galloping Gourmet. W.H. Allen, 284 pages. £2.50, D. OSBORNE. Everyone who has boiled a kettle of water and watched TV will be familiar with the smiling face and easy kitchen patter of the Galloping
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    • 463 10 COUNTDOWN: Another of Frank G. Slaughter's thrillers. This one deals with a space mission, arranged in great haste and with a certain amount of secrecy. It arouses the suspicion of Senator Lars Tod, who decides to send an old friend, Dr. Michael Barnes, to investigate. Dr.
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    • 668 11  -  T ART VIOLET OON The hand that paints packs a pulverising punch too. The hand that does the double Job belongs to none other than Mr. Thomas Yeo. Since his return from England In 1968, Mr. Yeo. 36, has established himself as one
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    • 668 11  -  THEATR VIOLET OON The Metro Philharmonic Society is providing the answer to the critics who rightfully deplore the lack of locally composed music by Singapore composers in local concert programmes. Their concert tonight and tomorrow night at the Victoria Theatre will feature for
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    • 992 11  -  f SIGHT SOUND EDGAR KOH A 25-minute film report on the ADELAIDE FESTIVAL GALA OPENINGS will be telecast next Friday Ch 5 9.55 p.m., more than two months after an RTS cine-camera team "shot" it in the South Australian city. But the delay will be
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    • 369 11  -  f CINEMA EDGAR KOH X, Y ZEE starring Elizabeth Taylor, Michael Caine and Susannah York (Orchard). This film could, with some degree of accuracy, be described as a domestic situation black comedy. Alternatively, it could be called a low-camp farce with high-powered stars. In
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    • 710 12  -  I lIKS^ PANG KWOK LEONG After many attempts at the Singapore title, National Master Giam Choo Kwee has made it. He became this year's title holder after collecting 10i points after 16 gruelling rounds. This was indeed a resounding victory for him. His climb to
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    • 622 12  -  f FOOD/DRINK LI PO I thought I would occupy this week by suggesting a few red wine tasting combinations of half a dozen bottles each of which will provide you with an interesting evening. For the moderate budget, say in the $5
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    • 476 12  -  f DISC PETER ONG 0 King Crimson: Islands (Atlantic ,SD--7212): This is the last album to be made by Pete Sinfield together with Bob Fripp, Mel Collins, Boz and lan Wallace. Pete, you may know, left King Crimson at the beginning of this year,
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    • 765 12 COLLECTIONS Washington Post Senator Hugh Scott is Senate Republican leader, possibly the country's best known collector of Chinese art of the T'ang dynasty, author of The Golden Age of Chinese Art, and a recent visitor to China on the personal invitation of Mr. Chou En-lai.
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    • 458 12 f BRIDGE GRAND SLAM V J When Singapore undertook to stage this year's Far East Bridge Championships, there were many who thought the move was premature. They doubted that the Singapore Bridge Association had either the resources or the organisation to manage an international
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  • 470 13 rpHE latest addition to A the many shopping paradises in Singapore, the Tanglin Shopping Centre is now in operation. The seven-storey shopping block is a $7.5 million project and has a car lot for 150 cars. Most of the shops have opened for business while others are
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    • 239 13 attractive showroom display. TENGAH JEWELLERS (BRANCH) 120, IST FLOOR, TANGLIN SHOPPING CENTRE 19-21, TANGLIN ROAD, SINGAPORE, 10. TEL: *****4 HEAD OFFICE: 625, CHUA CHU KANG ROAD, S'PORE, 24. TIL: *****5 OUR UNE OF BUSINESS COMPRISE GOLD, PLATINUM WHITE GOLD DIAMOND JEWELLERY, GEMS PEARLS. HIGH CLASS SIAMESE SILVER JEWELLERY. SILVER E.P.N.S.
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  • 376 14 By Our Market Correspondent The share market ended fairly steady yesterday compared to Thursday. Activity was relatively low but prices in general were stable. But during the week the market experienced depressing conditions. Widespread declines on Monday were slightly checked on Tuesday. However, the
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  • 230 14 United Press International New York, Saturday Confident investors sent the stock market higher yesterday for the third consecutive < day. Trading was moderate. At the close, the Dow Jones industrial average of 30 selected blue chip stocks was ahead 7.00 to 941.83. Advances shot ahead
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  • 145 14 Reuter London, Saturday Equities moved narrowly in very quiet trading yesterday overshadowed by the rail work-to-rule and endaccount factors. Trading volume was the lowest since February 17 and at 3 ojn. the Financial Times Index was down 0.4 at 528.9. Dunlop met profittaklng alter
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  • 149 14 Allied Chem Alcoa Am Brands Am Out Am Ifotora AT T A 4k P M* 50* 4«* 38* 20* Beth Steal 33* 20* 62* 33* 129 Control Data 62 226* 88* DuPnnt 183 V~4.b 110% Ford Mot 68* 31* 68 27* 77* Gen Tel A El 30 30*
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  • 1077 14 TRENDS AND MOVES IN THE MAJOR STOCK EXCHANGE COUNTERS 1 industrials' 1971-1972 1 wk. 4 wkm. Closing Price Last Week's TurnHigh Low ago •CO Stock Bayers Sellers Sale or over 30 2.82 1.68 2.81 2.60 Allied Chocolate 2.74 2.75 2.75 —.06 —.08 1.92 0.92 1.89 1.68 Ben
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  • 176 14 New products... The new Longines LCD (Liquid Crystal Display) watch is really re v o 1 u t i o nary and ahead of its time. It employs a digital system showing the date, the time in hours, minutes and seconds. A carefully-programmed computer Inside the watch
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  • 511 14 fCOMPANY 1 tSg TOWN AND CITY PROPERTIES Town and City Properties has been regularly turning in satisfactory results, and except for the year 1966 when results were d i s a p p o in ting, the company has maintained a steadily
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  • 346 14 property market A new low-cost building material has been developed by two researches at the Building Materials Laboratory of the Technical University of Denmark. It is made-.from laterite, the red soil abounding in tropical regions. In the past, laterite was considered
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    • 349 15 INTERNATIONAL INVESTKSA TION Service, 435 B Geytong Rood, Singopore. *****3. Consult Antony Tan, International Private Eye. SHEA RES' INVESTIGATION SECURITY SERVICES supplies uniformed security guards, to banks, hotels, factories etc. Undertakes Private Investigation Telephone: ***** 484 Senangoon Road Singapore 8. PALMISTRY. MADAM LYDIA OF FORMER 14-A Change Alley will read
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    • 437 15 ACCOMMODATION WANTED DETACHED BUNGALOW required by American couple Advance rent payable up to 6 months, lease negotiated Phone: Singapore *****7. BUSINESS OPPORTUNITY WE ARE LOOKING for distributors/stockists for U.K. wallpapers, U.S.A. lighting fixtures, Venetiar Blinds. Please apply Box 2098 N.N. EXPERIENCED PART TIME TRANSLATORS from Oriental languoges to English wanted
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    • 492 15 STAMFORD CENTRE ADMISSIONS Full-time (Day) and Part-time evening courses commence 15th May 1972. 1. SECRETARY STUDIES a. LCC/Stomford Centre Diplomo in Private Secretaryship one year course b. Executive Secretaryship two year course c. Chartered Secretaryship—three year course leading to membership of the Chartered Institute of Secretaries and Administrators 2. ACCOUNTANCY
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    • 371 15 TAILORING SPECIAL OFFER! Mod* to Measure Shirts and Trousers 4 for the price of 3! Suits from $80/ upwards. Delivery within 24 hours. TAJ MAHAL'S DIFT. STORE Unit M 5, Ist. Floor, Tel: ***** Peninsula Shopping Centre TRAVEL GUIDE MAYFLOWER TOURS' BATIK OVERLANDER Day Trip: Singapore to Kuala Lumpur (Every
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    • 194 15 1928 VINTAOI FORD FORDOR (Model A) Sedan in excellent running order. Fully restored. Offers for appointment' and viewing. Highest offers above $6,000 acceptable. Phone: *****7 Singapore. AUGUST 1970 COMMODOM GS SSI 7 Mileoge 22,000 arrcond. tope, radio, automatic aerial, good condition. Interested view Tel: *****4 ext. 130 Mr. Asis. After
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  • 303 16  -  By Dennis Chia Hongkong and Shanghai Bank maintained an unbeaten record to emerge champions* in the Singapore Women's Netball Association's Business House league which has just ended. They played a total of six games for a maximum of 12 points, scoring a total of 170
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  • 283 16 GOLF A tight schedule has been drawn up for the Singapore Civil Service Recreation and Sports Council's golf tournament for the year. As from this month there will be at least a match a month with the international match against the Malaysian Civil Service highlighting the
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  • 282 16 Tokyo, Saturday. A total of 41 professionals made the cut of one-over par 145 for the final two rounds of the U5532,500 Japan Air Lines international open golf tournament yesterday. leading SCORES (Japanese unless stated): 138—Gary Player (South Africa) 67, 71 (35-36) Masajl Kusakabe 66,
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  • 1192 16  -  ~SQUASH RACKET ERIC COOPER The Australian Squash Club BOAC touring team, led by Bill Spear, arrived in Singapore last Saturday for the start of a tour which will also take them to Bangkok and Hong Kong. Three matches had been scheduled and the first
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  • 246 16 Pronchai Phopaikam (above). Thailand's No. 6 contender for the Orient bantamweight title meets Tahar Guizani. a Tunisian now stationed in Singapore, in the 10~round main event at the Gay World Stadium on May 20. The second 10-rounder of promoter Rezgui Gulzani's card will feature
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    • 29 16 SHORT RIBS SNIFFY I WASHED MV DAUGHTER ABOUT MARRYIVJ& A 60fA LIKEVOG 7W* JA <'-A •>: By Frank O'Neal ov V iU'l'l'l'li by George Fett SOMEOUE UP "WERE 111 ME
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  • 687 17  -  By M. Param The centre of attraction In this weekend's SCA senior league cricket will be the clash between favourites, Singapore Cricket Club and defending champions Singapore Recreation Club, on the Padang starting at 10.30 a.m. Although SCC have beaten
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  • 113 17 Oakland, Saturday—Unbeaten heavyweight George Foreman is gunning for champ Joe Frazier or Muhammad Ali. Foreman, 98 kilos (217lbs), the former Olympic champion from nearby Hayward, knocked out Argentine veteran Miguel Paez, 89 kilos (196-lbs), at 2:29 of the second round on Thursday night at the
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  • 207 17 New York, Saturday Reserve outfielder Don Hahn was optioned by the New YoA Mets to their tidewater farm team in the international league yesterday to make room on the 25-man roster for Willie Mays who was acquired on Thursday from the San Francisco Giants. Hahn,
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  • 41 17 Teheran, Saturday Iran yesterday qualified to meet Rumania in the second round of the European zone group "A" of the Davis Cup when they took a winning 3-1 lead over Egypt here in their first round tie.
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  • 44 17 London, Saturday. The match between Nottinghamshire and the Australian cricketers here was abandoned yesterday because the outfield was soaked by overnight rain. At the close on Thursday, the Australians were 270 for five in their first innings in reply to Nottinghamshire's 176.
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  • 312 17 London, Saturday.—Worcestershire and England off-spinner, Norman Clifford wrecked the Cambridge University innings yesterday with a devastating spell of three for nought in seven balls. He sent the University reeling from 105 for four to 109 for eight and only Ma] id Khan with a fine
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  • 422 17 Reuter West Berlin, Saturday England, for once the underdogs, face an awesome and unevlable task here today when they take on talented West Germany in the hope of salvaging some pride and snatching the chance of a place in European soccer championship
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  • 274 17 London, Friday—Britain's soccer clubs face a $680 million bill if a shock report on crowd safety is adopted in full by the government. And glamour clubs like Manchester United and Arsenal could be ordered to reduce attendances at their grounds by 20 per cent
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  • 270 17 Monte Carlo, Saturday Brazilian .Emerson Fittipaldi yesterday beat the official lap record to set the fastest time after the second day's practice for Sunday's Monaco Grand Prix. Fittipaldi, present joint leader in the world drivers' championship, hurtled his black and gold John Player Special round the
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  • 160 17 DEAR SIB: In one of your weekly articles on "Passing Shots," Mr. Desmond Oon complained of the few entries for the SLTA's First Junior Tournament. The biggest reason I can think of is the lack of publicity. Never was it mentioned where entry forms would be available
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  • 424 17 Washington, Saturday Arthur Ashe used a blistering serve on Thursday night to roll past Holland's Tom Okker, 6-4, 6-1, 6-3. and advance into the semi-finals in the world championship tennis tournament. In another first round match Marty Rlessen defeated Cliff Drysdale In a two hour
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  • 384 17 WATER SPORT Water sport and in particular skiing is no longer a sport for the wealthy. Its increasing interests has now spread to the wage earners and those fun loving people. Every Sunday or public holiday you can see people flocking to
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  • 186 17 London, Saturday. Police arrested 14 people yesterday after scuffles with demonstrators who tried to prevent the departure of an English rugby union team on a tour of South Africa. About 30 demonstrators gathered at a London hotel where the 15-man English team was preparing to leave for
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    • 418 17 Trust your lucky star IF IT'S YOUR birthday BORN today, you are one of those progressive Individuals who Is always Interested In the new Idea, the new method, the new Product. You yourself possess an inventive streak that Is not to be denied—which may In great measure account for your
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  • 319 18 SCRUTINEER BLUE PETER CALL KOI EPSOM JEEP MAKUDA •Of CHEW 8MOKEY POINTER TIMEFORM Kmc 1 i »C* i mrrrrrrm TINT TIM BON VIVANT rT7rTJT7TTT^i n w/f ZANZIBAR BEAU BRIDGE B. ROYAL P*S LOVE Bon Vivant Bon Vhrant Bon Vhrant Zanzibar PriscUla's Lore Zanzibar Bon Vhrant Zanzibar Bon
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  • 859 18 <By Scrutineer Skipalong will take a lot of beating in Race 3 at Bukit Timah this afternoon. I make him my nap selection. Skipalong was unluckly on the first day when he finished third to Rustic and Perkasa 11. After being slowly away, he came through
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  • 1922 18 ■jIJJMM 2.0 CLASS 6, DIV. 5— 6F ■iUSJUi ($5,500 $3,850 to winner) 1 J5629 PRISCILLAS LOVE a (Prisellia) i Ahmad 5 9.0 (same, btn fav) P... Subian 7 2 ***** BKAU BRIDGE a <MYK) West 6 8.11 (same) Buang IS 3 ***** PHASER HILL II a (Sultan of
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  • 148 18 Following are the latest statistics this year on saddlecloth and barrier lucky numbers Including the first two days of the current Singapore Derby meeting. Horses carrying saddlecloth number 16 won the most races on the two days, with five firsts. But number 2 is well ahead at
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  • 155 18 Singapore businessman Mr. Jackie Krysman's Hard To Beat stamped himself as a Classic prospect and staked a claim for tomorrow's $30,000 Singapore Derby (Race 8) when he shattered the 8f record last Sunday, says SCRUTINEER. The Teranyan five-year-old's easy win last week was a
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    • 52 18 FM STEREO 6.00 Opening and Prog. Summary 6.05 Familiar Classics 6.30 News 6.40 Public Service Anncts. 6.45 At the Harmonica 7.00 Music from York 7.30 In Person 8.00 News 8.10 Public Service Anncts. 8.15 Mandarin Pops by the RTS Orchestra 8.45 Ring up the Curtain 9.30 Recital 10.30 Music Roundabout
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    • 844 19 By Blue Peter Rain of shine Ming Derby, with a luxury weight of 7.8, should have an easy task in the Singapore Derby run over 12f in Race Eight at Bukit Timah tomorrow. This strapping six-year-old gelding by Alclmedes has
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