New Nation, 25 May 1972

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  • 18 1 NEW NATION SINGAPORE Thursday evening, May 25, 1972 No. 414 Price 15 cents SINGAPORE THURSDAY, MAY 25, 1972
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  • 12 1 Police reported 63 accidents yesterday. Eight were serious, one fatal.
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  • 125 1 The share market was quite active this morning. Prices were generally moving up marginally during the first 45 minutes. C.C.M Increased eight cents to $2.76, Wearnes five cents to $5.35, Slme Darby five cents to $6.90, Sim Lim five cents to $1.33, Fair Lady four cents to
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  • 564 1 Barcelona, Thursday Wild riots broke out during last night's soccer clash between Glasgow Rangers and the Moscow Dynamos in the Cup Winners European Cup final one of soccer's top events. Fans invaded the field, bottles were thrown and fights broke out as the police tried to
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  • 351 1 Clashes along 'street without joy' United Press International Saigon, Thursday South Vietnamese marines who pushed into communist held Quang Tri province in major commands raid killed at least 263 enemy troops and "liberated" 5000 civilians on the first day of the strike, military spokesmen said
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  • 167 1 Cholera vaccinations are available at five maternal and child health clinics, the Ministry of Health announced today. The clinics are at Kallang, Still Road, Aljunied. Lim Ah Pin and the Institute of Health in Outram Road. According to the Ministry about 3616 people have been
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  • 46 1 Detectives from Orchard Road Police station yesterday arrested three teenagers wanted in connection with the stabbing of 14-year-old canteen boy in Taman Ho Bwee last week. In a series of raids, they also recovered three knives, three iron rods, and eight wooden poles.
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  • 33 1 Brussels, Thursday France, which pulled out of Nato's Integrated defence structure six years ago, Is expected to take part in the alliance's biggest-ever combined land, sea and air exercise this year.
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  • 359 1 United Press International Moscow, Thursday The Nixon-Brezhnev talks today produced a fifth agreement for the grand design of new US-Soviet relations a pact to control incidents at sea and approached the ultimate goal of a nuclear arms control treaty US sources said.
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  • 142 1 United Press International Manila, Thursday. The theft of three goats led to the massacre of a farmer, his wife, their four children and two of their neighbours, Philippine constabulary authorities said today. The authorities said a manhunt has been launched against the principal suspect, Sgt.
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  • 27 1 Lahore, Thursday A bride and groom and 23 wedding guests drowned when the boat carrying them home from the ceremony capsized in the River Indus.
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  • 67 1 Rome, Thursday. An Alitalia DC-9 aircraft on a flight from NaDles to London via Rome with 90 passengers and five crew made a forced landing here last night after a threat that a bomb had been placed on board. The threat was made by telephone
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  • 90 1 Thieves broke into jewellery shop in the Hotel Miramar in Havelock Road yesterday and escaped with over $10,000 worth of watches and gold ornaments. The theft was discovered yesterday morning when the proprietor, Mr. Daryanl M. Sabhray, 45, went to open his shop for business. He
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  • 52 1 Mrs. Richard Nixon and Mrs. Andrei Gromyko meet performers at the Soviet State Circus last night. Mrs. Nixon even shook hands with a bear named Gosha Junior during her visit to the circus. She saw the bears ride bicycles, play football, and turn somersaults. UPI
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  • 356 2  -  By Dennis Chia The Singapore Turf Club is seriously considering converting a three-storeyed block of flats at its grounds into stables for racehorses. The flats are at present being used as quarters for stable boys, syces and their families. The proposed
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  • 302 2  -  By Wee Beng Huat Inshore fishermen on the East Coast are now enjoying a prawns "boom" due to the tailend of the north-east monsoon. For the past four days about 100 fishermen in Bedok hauled In thousands of katls of huge prawns. The
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  • 122 2 Miss International 1971, Miss Jennifer Ogle (right) from Sydney, will visit Singapore for three days from Dmorrow as a guest of the Singapore Tourist Promotion Board. Accompanied by Mrs. Eleanor Colman, Miss Ogle is on a world trip which is part of her prize for
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  • 253 2 Members of the Singapore Manufacturers' Association have trained more than 3000 workers In local plants and vocational institutes, according to its latest annual report. The report said that workers were also sent abroad for training. Some manufacturers sent several hundred workers for training abroad
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  • 115 2 A number of officers from the CID are expected to be called to London soon to give evidence at the trial of Staff Sergeant lan Reed now facing a charge of murdering his wife In Singapore In 1905. The officers expected to be called are
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  • 25 2 Residents in the Raffles Place area can now pay their PUB bills at the Overseas Union Bank Ltd. at Raffles Place from today.
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  • 245 2 Poor public response to the Singapore Anti-Tuber-culosis Association's campaigns In recent years has retarded the pace of tuberculosis control. This was stated in a report by the medical director of the Association, Dr. N.C. Sen-Gupta, at its annual meeting yesterday. In the past few years, attendances in
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  • 121 2 Singapore and the Netherlands yesterday 'signed a new air services agreement with modified terms. This agreement will enable KLM Royal Dutch Airlines to continue to operate their services from Amsterdam to Singapore and points beyond and the Singapore designated airlines to operate services from
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  • 197 2 The Singapore Lifeguards Corps' longstanding crusade for compulsory safety measures In hire boats at Chang! beach has finally borne fruit though not as much as the corps would have liked. Rubber tyres are now provided by boat-owners to the boaters. The tyres can be
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  • 351 2 All unions affiliated to the National Trade Union Congress will be submitting claims for wage Increases as recommended by the National Wages Council within the next two weeks. This follows an agreement reached between the employers, the NTUC and the government that negotiations
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  • Page 2 Advertisements
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  • Page 2 Miscellaneous
    • 414 2 HfIPPEIUIIGS wh t A O T D s ay ON t The SINGAPORE INSTI- TOURS for Its European TUTE OF ADVANCE MAN- tour members will be held AGEMENT alumni will hold at Summer Palace, King's a dinner at the Shangri-La Hotel, 8 p.m. Hotel's Orchid Room at 7 The SALVATION
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    • 144 2 mm Temperatures In cities yesterday: 33-24 C 35-25 C 25-23 C 30-23 C 27-15 C 22-13 C 26-21 C 18-16 C 26-14 C 26-13 C 19-11 C 12C 15-13 C 13- 9C 24-16 C Singapore Singapore's weather forecast from 1 p.m. to 6 p.m. Isolated showers with thunder. The weather
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    • 125 2 aiiililiHWiHMft Today's winning number *****2 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. Call with your identity
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  • 728 3  -  By Rav Dhaliwal Many factories have found the answer to their labour shortage problem—they are luring housewives to shift work by offering attractive terms of service and a flexible choice of shifts to suit their convenience. Falrculld Singapore Pte. Ltd. In Toa Payoh,
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  • 277 3  -  By Ivan Lim Building contractors are paying higher wages in a bid to stop competitors "poaching" their workers. In the last few months there has been a general increase of 15 per cent in the take-home pay of daily rated construction workers. One contractor
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  • 47 3 Raffles Institution will hold its annual speech and prize giving dav at its Grange Road centre at. 4 p.m. on June 3. Inche Othman Wok. the Minister for Social Affairs, will be guest of honour. His wife. Che Dah, will present the prizes.
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  • 21 3 The People's Association Band will perform at the Macßitchie Reservoir park on Sunday from 5.30 pjn. to 6.30 pjn.
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  • 272 3  -  Target of month-long campaign By Sunny Wee Singapore youths undergoing national service will be the target of a Ministry of Health month long family planning campaign. Although the campaign is organised on a nation-wide basis, special emphasis will be placed on educating
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  • 294 3 About 400 to 500 pigs will be exported live to Hong Kong from Singapore within the next two weeks in an estimated $25,000 deal. A Hong Kong vessel will pick up the first shipment on June 1 or 2. Confirming this today,
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  • 75 3 As part of International Book Year, 1972, the National Book Development Council will hold a Preliminary round and semi-fi-nals of the Malay Pantun Rebutal Competition on Sunday at the National Library Lecture Hall. The teams competing are Generasi Muda and a team from the Language and Literature Society
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  • 41 3 A five-day practical course on collection, preservation and identification of animals, organised for qualified primary school teachers in the Chinese and English streams, will begin at the lecture hall of the National Museum, Stamford Road, on June 5.
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  • 169 3 Several chit fund companies have experienced a drop in their volume of business as a result of the low interest rates now prevailing. Some companies said the drop in Interest rates was due to the stricter enforcement of the law recently. Also, members in long-term
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  • 31 3 Dr. Nalla Tan will talk on "Tomorrow's family" at a YWCA of Singapore luncheon meeting at the Eastern Palace Restaurant in Supreme House on June 3 at 1.30 p.m.
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  • 109 3 The Inner Wheel Club holds one major project a year for a charitable organisation. This year it was a Bring-and-Buy sale in aid of the Singapore Leprosy Association. About 600 women flocked to the sale in Ford Avenue between 9.30 a.m. and 12.30 p.m. yesterday.
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  • 216 3 The leader of New Zealand's opposition Labour Party, Mr. Norman Kirk, will arrive here today to chair the Conference of the Asian Pacific Bureau of the Socialist International to be held here from Sunday to June 1. The five-day conference will be attended by
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    • 647 3 THE ROYAL LYCEUM THEATRE COMPANY OF EDINBURGH We present only the best the world con offer. And on May 29, 30, 31 and June 1 we bring to Singapore one of Britain's most famous theatre companies "THE ROYAL LYCEUM THEATRE COMPANY OF EDINBURGH". Each year the Lyceum Theatre plays an
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  • In Person
  • 421 4  -  Objectivity is his problem CINEMA By Edgar Koh BUCK AND THE PREACHER starring* Sidney Poitier and Harry Belafonte (Odeon). This is a Western directed by Sidney Poitier which goes back a hundred years to the time when the Southern slaves were I being freed
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  • 452 5 Second rejection in two weeks United Press International Paris. Thursday The United States and South Vietnam lbr the second time in two weeks yesterday turned down a Vietnamese communist demand to return to the Paris peace talks. They said they would not return until'
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  • 410 5 United Press International Washington, Thursday The State Department said yesterday that North Vietnam was seeking political domination of South- Vietnam and dismissed as dangerously misleading assertions by Hanoi polltburo member Mr. Le Due Tho that Hanoi only seeks a coalition government in Saigon. Department spokesman.
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  • 138 5 Bonn, Thursday An American army officer and two soldiers were killed in a bomb attack on the Buroeian headquarters of the S Army In Heidelberg yesterday, a military spokesman said. Two officers and their wives as well as another soldier were injured. They were
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  • Article, Illustration
    37 5 Governor George Wallace, In hospital recovering from an assassination attempt, talks with members of his family. They are, from left, his son George, daughter Peggy Sue, wife Cornelia and married daughter Mrs Bobby Jo Parsons.
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  • 336 5 United Press International Washington, Thursday— Senator Henry Jackson (Democrat) said yesterday that the Soviet Union was preparing to deploy a 50megaton ballistic missile with 25 times more explosive impact than any missile In the US arsenal. He said the new missile would be twice as
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  • 283 5 United Press International Washington, Thursday.— A retired admiral testified yesterday that the military often stamps a secrecy label on Information to keep it from other services or to Influence public and Congressional opinion. Retired Rear Admiral Gene La Rocque told the House government information
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  • 134 5 Reuter Paris, Thursday. The six-nation Ceylon aid group yesterday agreed to continue its assistance at a level of around 1180 million this year. After a day-long meeting, the group decided that Ceylon still needed substantial amounts of external assistance, an official statement said.
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  • 226 5 Bangkok, Thursday. Communist guerrillas in northern Thailand are stockpiling food supplies in preparation for an offensive against government forces, Lieut. General Samran Bhedayakul. commander of northern border region, said yesterday. General Samran said, however, that his troops had the situation well in hand. The trooDS were
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  • 41 5 London, Thursday A new gulded-missile system for use on navy helicopters is being developed by the British Aircraft Corporation. The lightweight missile will provide long-range defence for frigates against attack by fast missile-car-rying patrol boats, hydrofoils and hovercraft.
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  • 308 5 Reuter Blantyre, Thursday.—Mala wlan troops and police sealed off Blantyre's Chlleka Airport last night as the hijack drama of a South African airliner with five hostages on board continued with no sign of what the hijackers wanted. Access was narred to the airport terminal
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  • 60 5 Washington, Thursday The Senate commerce committee has approved a Bill requiring insurance companies to pay up to $375,000 in medical and job loss costs to car accident victims regardless of whose car is at fault. The Bill which now goes to the Senate, would require every
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  • 273 5 Reuter Bangkok, Thursday. The concept of a canal across the narrow Kra Isthmus in Southern Thailand has become internationally more significant since joint claims by Indonesia and Malaysia that the Straits of Malacca are their territorial waters, according to an Influential private bank here.
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  • 63 5 Washington, Thursday The biggest ship in the US merchant fleet, the 115,000ton Manhattan, will be used as a floating grain silo near Chittagong, in Bangladesh, it was announced yesterday. The giant tanker will anchor in the Bay of Bengal to enable officials to bypass the damaged
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  • 464 6 There was never any doubt that the majority of Africans in Rhodesia would reject the tentative peace settlement drawn up between London and Salisbury last November. The findings of the Pearce Commission have confirmed this. When the commission first set out to inquire whether
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  • 129 6 •OTSfaaS* by ISPY The glut problem among Singapore's pig farmers seems to grow heavier. Their pigs keep on growing overweight, the longer they wait to go to market. After much ado, the farmers recently decided to go ahead and slaughter their overweight pigs first while holding
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  • 1273 6  - Back in the kitchen —and this time things are easier for Tricky Dick PAKIR SINGH Following is the text of secret negotiations that took place between President Richard Millions Nixon of the United States and the Russian Communist Party boss Mr. Leonid Brezhnev, in the Kremlin's kitchen on Tuesday night:
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  • Letters
    • 342 6  -  MARIO VILLANUEVA Immediate Past Chairman. S'pore Registered Tourist Guides Association. Singapore. I refer to the various statements by Mr. Chong Poh Tew of the Singapore Tourist Guides Association In New Nation over the last few days concerning the Tourist Promotion Board and registered tourist guides. Although I
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    • 83 6 Since last year the eastern part of Toa Payoh East and a section of Lorong 7 have been used as a bus depot. Every night from 11.30 p.m. to 12.45 a.m. buses begin streaming into this depot Apart from the irritating noise of the dlesel engines,
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    • 52 6  -  KOH LIAN HWI With reference to the complaint headlined Another Rude Conductor by Disgusted, (NN, May 12). I would appreciate If the writer will let me have the registration number of the bus, date and time of incident and his genuine name and address for purpose
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    • 77 6  -  DR. TSOI WING FOO Af. Medical Superintendent, Woodbridre Hospital, Singapore, 19. I regret to having to protest to you about my picture being published In the special report on Woodbridge Hospital (NN. May 9). The picture was published without my permission and the photograph could not have
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    • 90 6  -  CHRISTINA TAN Recently, the Chinese programmes (Chinese Cinema) over TV have had no sub-titles. We who do not understand Cantonese or Mandarin but enjoy seeing Chinese films are thus at a loss. It is no use publishing the TV programmes stating "Chinese Cinema Tender Tears with
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    • 87 6 We have been afflicted for some time by pigeons coming from a nearby compound to roost, live, breed and multiply in our roof. The excreta, urine, feathers and rubbish from their nests keep falling into our rooms and on our beds. It would appear that the departments
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    • 58 6  -  MR. D.S. SAMUEL Head Education Dept., Ministry of Defence, Singapore, 10. I refer to the letter by M.S.S.M (NN May 19). If the writer would supply me with the vehicle number and date of the incident either by letter or phone (Tel: No. *****4, Ext. 2184), an
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  • Page 6 Miscellaneous

  • 817 7  -  After looking at the ITT controversy, pyramid telling and the role of the multinationals in Singapore, New Nation concludes this four-part series with a look at takeovers. DICK WILSON and TAN CHER SOON report on the Slater Walker operation here, and JOHN HAY reports from
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  • 215 7 Big business is here to stay. Until we form a world government, private industrialists and financiers will find ways of playing one national government off against another. At the worst, for example, a multinational company making watch movements in Singapore could sell them at
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  • 513 7 Mr. Ong Benf Seng is 26. He came to Singapore from Sabah at the age of four, and was educated at the Anglo-Chinese School. Later he went over to London- for his secondary and tertiary education in chartered insurance for eight years. Before joining Motor and
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  • 626 7 Britain, as a general rule, imposes no restrictions on takeovers of British firms by overseas companies or on foreign investment in Britain. In fact, overseas investment is warmly welcomed by the British Government and Treasury, and all sorts of lures such as help
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  • BEHIND THE NEWS
    • 887 8 Q: In view of the changing power balance in South-east Asia, do you foresee the emergence of a regional defence arrangement, either within ASEAN or separately from ASEAN, but an arrangement where the South-east Asian countries would co-operate in defence and security questions and problems without military
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    • THE VOICE OF THE PRESS
      • 315 8 What other newspapers are saying: TEST FOR FUTURE OF THE FILM INDUSTRY: There have been rapid change* in i social cuscoms and practices in all countries since the end of World War n owing to the changes in time and circumstances. The more and more frequent poet-war
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    • 198 8 Radiant smiles greeted the 27-member Red Cross delegation from Australia as they went round the Red Cross Home for Crippled Children in Chang! yesterday. The delegation, which arrived from Malaysia on Monday, is here to strengthen friendship ties between the Red Cross Societies in Australia and
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    • 864 8  -  From Leon Howell Trincomlee, the harbour with the lilting name, has been a magnet drawing alien powers to Ceylon for centuries. Tamil explorers and settlers from India probably came to Trincomalee 2500 years ago. A great Hindu temple to Konatha rested on
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    • 371 8  -  By Sunny Wee Commuters between Singapore and Johore, especially the proprietors of lorry transport firms, are looking forward to any attempt to improve the flow of traffic across the Causeway. An official of the Sing Llan Trading and Transport Company said that sometimes the lorries were
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    • 84 8 The Mountbatten Community Centre will hold a baby show on June 25 at 9 ajn. to promote understanding of childcare and motherhood. The contest Is divided Into three groups for babies from three months to 18 months. Competition forms are now available from the
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    • 38 8 The Seameo Regional Centre for Educational Innovation and Technology (INNOTECH) will hold a combined certiflcate-awar-ding ceremony on June 3. The Ambassador of the Khmer Republic, Mr. Khong Roeum Lert Wongsanith, will present the certificates
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    • 194 8 The former MSA secretary and legal adviser, Mr. Gerald Fernandez, should be out of Changi Prison by November. He will be entitled to a seven-month remission of his gaol term If he has been on "good behaviour" in gaol. But one consequence of his conviction for
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    • 117 8 The Singapore Jaycees will start a tralnlng-within-industry course on jo b safety for its members on Monday. It alms to give members a better understanding of accident prevention and improvement of safetymeasures at their places of work. The course, which will be conducted by Labour Minlstrv
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  • Page 8 Miscellaneous
    • 336 8 HOW WELL DO YOU KNOW SINGAPORE? Last Saturday's quiz photograph showed the air traffic control tower at Changi Airport The first prise of $15 goes to Mr. Quek Bak Song, an army officer, of Balestler Road. His entry was the first correct one opened by the Editor last night. The
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  • MODERN OFFICE EQUIPMENT
    • 1095 9  -  NETWORK CAN BE WIRED TO ANY PART OF A BUILDING By Wee Beng Huat How would you like to work in a place where your boss is constantly keeping his eyes on you, watching every move you make, every second of your day at
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    • 319 10 The in the examination" -h sfl 1 puzzling over a bunch of figures before him. He took out. his logarithm book, followed the line of figures copied them down on his paper, added, subtracted, divided and multiplied them up. And he finally came
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    • 180 10 In Singapore, you can buy most of these makes from departmental stores without having to pay more than $500. One leading brand (4 3/4 x 2 9/16 x 15/16 inches) is selling (for less than $500 nett. (And this one can operate and give correct answers
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    • 319 10 tions. And all this mass of figures can be straightened out In milliseconds. The non-electronic conventional calculators will take seconds to add, subtract, multiply and divide. The speed, accuracy and great column capacity of figures make the electronic calculators indispensable to the modern-day
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    • 1110 10 Many offices can still run without the miniskirted secretary but certainly no miniskirted secretary can run the office without the clackety claking machine the typewriter. Walk into any office today and the first thing that you see will be this machine placed on the top
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    • 784 11 MACHINES FOR RENT Like many of today's modern household items, the majority of the latest office equipment costing from thousands to millions of dollars can also be rented. According to one estimate, 70 to 80 per cent of the world's computers are working on the
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    • 53 11 "Hands off" document reproduction becomes a reality with the addition of the Automatic Document Feeder to the leading Rank Xerox product—the 3600 copier/duplicator with linked sorter. Up to 150 original documents at a time can be loaded into the ADF for automatic reproduction, sorting and
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    • 931 12 And old idea, but it's new to Singapore One of the latest techniques used to improve the efficiency of office management is through the use of visual aids. And one sucn method that Is finding its way into the Singapore market Is the movlgraph. What the
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    • 257 13 EVERYTHING DONE ELECTRONICALLY You already have instant food, instant coffee and tea. Now the latest in banking service is instant cash. All you have to do is to insert your card into a slot in the computerised machine, punch in your personal code number using
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    • 280 14 In a giant computer room in the United States, a well polished abacus is being kept in a glass show-case in the middle of the room with a sign which says —"in case of emergency use this." This Is a tribute to the abacus an
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    • 436 14 But the abacus will stay side by side with the electronic brains for one important reason price. An abacus today costs no more than a few dollars while the cost of a computer runs from several hundred thousand dollars to millions. To the average businessman,
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    • 311 14 in the lower section represents one. The abacus today is being used In China, Japan, India, the Soviet Union and In Malaysia and Singapore. Why would anyone want to use this abacus when all the answers can be obtained by just pressing a button on
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    • 1435 15 BIGGER USE OF MACHINES IN FIVE YEARS PREDICTED The first computer was introduced here in 1963. Today there are over 30 computers in the country, with over 200 organisations making use of their own computers or service bureau facilities owned by the bigger companies.
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    • 1374 16 What is the current concept of the modern day office? Is it the picture of a wall-to-wall carpeted room with a pretty secretary gracing the floor, polishing her nails, sipping coffee, waiting to take down the thoughts of her
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    • 235 16 Many of the steel furniture found today in modern offices come from the local light industries which are turning out something like $7.2 million worth of equipment each year. And the demand tor local steel furniture is growing because of new offices coming up
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    • 407 17  -  COMPUTERS THINK FOR US By Wee Beng Huat The computer today with its million and one parts was not developed in a day or a year. Scientist thro ugh the years spent countless number of hours splitting the atom, chasing the electrons and cornering them to
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  • Page 9 Advertisements
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  • 457 9 An easy-to-handle machine There I was standing in this cold room looking into a machine no bigger than an office table and being interrogated. The operator asked me: What year were you born, what month, and what date. I produced my identity card
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  • Page 10 Advertisements
    • 262 10 H only Adam could have consulted IBM Man's fate is to be imprudent. That's why IBM data processing is invaluable for decision makers. Every minute of every dsy, businessmen are making decisions with far-reaching effects. The prudent man knows the wisest decisions can be made only after collecting and digesting
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    • 1143 20  -  The male box Presented by Mary Lee V.S. One of the side ef-* f ects of being married is that it involves this little exclusive social circle with a membership of two. Husbands and wives come in many guises
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    • 139 20 Wooden artifacts continue to hold a fascination for many who avidly collect these without a thought to their use. This range of hand-carved teak has coaster container and coasters, vase and candlestands which are too good to be put away though. Carving is so deeply
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    • 134 20 Stuffed toys are still the cuddly favourites of little children because they're so huggable, chewable and comfortable to hold to sleep almost like Linus' security blanket. These are very prettily covered with Thai cotton fabrics, of different designs to contrast the various parts of the animals' bodies and
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    • 90 20 The perfect accompaniment to an exquisite dinner is a well chilled bottle of champagne. Be iter still, if pocket books allow for it, have two bottles, since this champagne bucket takes two comfortably. Stands 91 cm. tall, made of EPNS (nickel silver) heavily electro-plated to give it that}
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    • 116 20  -  TALKING SHOP RUTH MOSES A neat little Idea from Denmark has found its way Into Singapore—a compact, 21 cm. by 26 cm. hanging pine box to stack away all your cutlery in, within sight and reach of the busy housewife. The box, called "Pantry" has
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    • 555 20 fGOOuS I remember one very embarrassed s e ni or member of the community who had to be hospitalized for hiccups. This common and distressing malady can on occasion become Intractable and a matter of medical concern. Usually, however they are transient and
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  • 403 20 Reuter Paris, Thursday President Nixon yesterday urged members of the 23-nation Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) to "erect a new international monetary system and make renewed progress towards a free and fair system of toade." In a special message
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  • 173 20 There were signs of recovery in the share market yesterday. Prices moved up marginally In many industrial, property and hotel counters though trading was relatively thin. First liners to rain included Inchcape, Haw Far, Cold Storare, Dunlop, Sim Darby, National Iron, Fraser and Neave and United Overseas Bank.
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  • 137 20 The Hague, Thursday KLM Royal Dutch Airlines said yesterday It would soon cut its passenger fare for the Europe-Australia run to be able to compete with charter companies. Following a similar move by the Australian airline Qantas, KLM will reduce the return ticket
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  • 38 20 A new public relations counselling agency, IMPACT Public Relations and Communications, has been set up In Singapore. The senior consultant at IMPACT, is Mr. Wilfred Shimmen, who has been In public relations for six years.
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  • 134 20 The Asian Dollar market reached a record level of deposits equivalent to US$ll94 at the end of March, reliable sources reveal. This is more than double the volume a year ago. and well over five times the level of two years ago. Deposits
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  • 179 20 United Press International New York, Thursday Prices closed with a slight gain yesterday in fairly active trading on the New York Stock Exchange. Glamours paved the way for the advance. The Dow Jones industrial average of 30 selected bluechip stocks was ahead 3.16 at
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  • 141 20 Reuter London, Thursday Equities drifted lower on lack of Interest and at 3 pjn. the Financial Times index was down 0.7 at 533.2. Unilever, Beecham and Rank were among leaders to decline but Glaxo and P and O were higher. Watney Mann firmed on hopes of a
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    • 520 21 CHINESE TUITION for Secondary 3 and 4 by experienced lady teacher (University Graduate). Tel: S'pore *****. TRAVEL GUIDE MAYFLOWER TOURS' BATIK OVERLANDER Day Trip: Singapore to Kuala Lumpur (Every Monday) or Kuala Lumpur to Penang (Every Wednesday) $25/- (includes refreshments, cokes, and lectured tour enroute). Package tour to Kuala Lumpur
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  • 843 22 w 1 Brian Marks to win! So say the locker room conference boys and they should know. With all and sundry talking of the dally golf happenings the locker room gang don't miss a trick they get all the good oil. In last Sunday's match Brian
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  • 173 22 Port Elizabeth, Thursday The England rugby team scored a thrilling 36-3 win aginst an African XV here yesterday in a match where the Africans, playing their first ever international on South African soil, put up a brave show. A 20,000 crowd in scorching heat saw a first
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  • 226 22 Paris, Thursday— Argentinian 19-year-old Gulllermo Vilas starred with a crushing victory over Australian Kim Warwick as the final third round singles berths were filled at the French international tennis championships here yesterday. Vilas took an amazing 15 straight games to go from 3-3 in the
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  • 73 22 London, Thursday.—The heavyweight fight between Muhammad All and A 1 "Blue" Lewis, scheduled for Dublin on July 26, has been brought forward one week to July 19, it was announced here yesterday. The fight, to be held in Roke Park, Is being used by All as a
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  • 442 22 FOOTBALL Barcelona, Thursday Glasgow Rangers held off a late challenge from Moscow Dynamo to snatch a narrow 3-2 win and took the European Cup Winners Cup for the first time in their history here last night. The Scottish side, cheered on by 25,000
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  • 97 22 Tokyo, Thursday—The results of the 11th day of the 15-day sumo tournament here yesterday. Asanoborl (5-6) beat Daiyu (2-9); Kurohimeyama (6-5) beat Kitanoumi (7-4); Nishlkinada (5-6) beat Yoshloyama (5-6); Dalju (7-4) beat Tochiisaml (3-8). Mutsuarashl (7-4) beat Futatsuryu (4-7); Toklbayama (6-5) beat Kotetsuyama (3-8); Takamiyama (7-4) beat
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  • 748 22  -  By JACKIE SAM Although Indonesia remains on top of the badminton world by tradition, the game has entered the doldrums and it is now a matter of speculation whether they can scrape together a good team for Its Thomas Cup defence. Singapore and Malaysia's
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  • 679 22 UPI Reuter London, Thursday Paceman David Colley stacked a claim for a place in Australia's Test team with a career best of five for 27 against Gloucestershire yesterday. Only rain prevented the tourists capitalising on great work by the New South Wales accounts executive
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  • 149 22 Jakarta, Thursday Two of four seeded players were beaten In the opening round of the first Jakarta Open badminton tournament last night with only four of the 12 International players from Thailand, Japan, Malaysia and Singapore surviving the first round of the men's singles. A major shock
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  • Page 22 Miscellaneous
    • 141 22 DR. KILDARE by Ken Bald SAVING OTHERS FROM THEMSELVES ISN'T MY BAG, VOC. BUT BETTINA'S SOMETHING ELSE. 1 LOOK AT HER AMP WHAT PO I 0 7 M i i i RIP KIRBY AULTS NEAR THAT PESK OVER THERE-' STAY AS LOW AS >OU CAN ANP TR/ TO PULL HIM
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  • Back Page THURSDAY
    • 105 24 Today is Thursday. May 25, the 146 th day of 1972 with 220 to follow. THE MOON: Approaching full phase. THE MORNING STARS: Mercury and Juolter. THE EVENING STARS: Venus, Mars and Saturn. Those born on this date are under the sign of Gemini. Poet RalDh Waldo Emerson was
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    • 52 24 MEI LIN: It all seems so easy in Moscow swapping toasts and signing pacts. But are they achieving anything in real terms for peace. AH FOOK: It's what goes on behind the closed doors that really counts. And we ordinary folk may never be privy to those deals
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    • 41 24 Israel Is looking for someone who won about $108,000 in the national lottery. The organisers, advertising unclaimed winning numbers worth $288,000 recently, warned that the six months In which prizes must be claimed Is running out.
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    • 25 24 A 1921 Stanley Steamer fetched Asll,ooo when vintage cars from a museum were auctioned In Sydney recently. A 62-year-old roadster went for A*5,000.
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    • 52 24 Fun-loving Sofiah Sulaiman, 22, or better known as Jennifer, is an angler with a difference she is "fishing" around for Mr. Right. A part-time model and dress designer, she enjoys dancing and listening to music. She also loves travelling. Picture by Jerry Seh. Picture by
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    • 355 24 A Japanese political s c i e nt i st says the United States is experiencing a crisis of distrust and frustration because it has lost stable majority, ruling class and authority. "The fact is that the crisis is the work of
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    • 202 24 Pedalling their way around Dutch style The Melbourne Herald Although the number of cars In Holland has doubled In five years to 2.6 million, the traditional Dutch bicycle Is still regarded as an absolute necessity. Of the 2.8 million households in Holland more than 2 million possess at least one
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    • 665 24 Soviet propagandists often observe that some dogs in America live better than many people. But the dogs in the Soviet Union these days are not doing badly, either. They even enjoy sufficient status to be eligible for free medical care just as humans are.
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  • Page 24 Miscellaneous
    • 470 24 5 Singapore 3.00 Opening and Where the Heart Is 3.20 For the Family (C) 3.45 It's Happening In Singapore (C—Rpt) 4.05 Housewives' Matinee —Double Matrimony (Cantonese Film, Pt. 2—English subtitles) 4.50 Close 6.05 Opening and Dr. Who 6.30 News in Brier (E) 6.35 What Others Say 6.55 Fury—Killer Stallion 7.25
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    • 704 24 Trust your lucky star IF IT'S YOUR BIRTHDAY BORN today, you are by nature a quiet and retiring person, somewhat Inclined to actual shyness in the presence of strangers. Even so, you are not at all reluctant to display your talents and Intellectual abilities when you are among friends and
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