New Nation, 10 June 1972

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  • 15 1 NEW NATION SINGAPORE Saturday evening, June 10, 1972 No. 428 Price 15 cents NEW NATION
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  • 245 1 UPI, Reuter Saigon, Saturday Giant USB-52 heavy bombers struck three times yesterday and early today within 23 miles of Saigon in the closest raid to the capital in nearly three years, the US command said today. The 852s also conducted three raids inside North Vietnam
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  • 14 1 Police reported 52 accidents yesterday. Five we r.e serious and pne fatal.
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  • 298 1 PM's squash fans miss out A spokesman for the Australian Prime Minis te r, Mr. William McMahon, today said that Australia wants to normalise relations with China and is prepared to recognise Peking. But, he emphasised, Australia would not break its relations
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  • 244 1  -  Anti-Red operation mishap By V.K. Chin Kuala Lumpur, Saturday An army officer was accidentally shot and seriously wounded by one of his men duri n g an operation against communist terrorists in the Sungei Siput area in Perak yeseterday morning He was identified as Second Lieutenant Ibrahim
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  • 53 1 Jakarta, Saturday.—lndonesia announced today that its navy patrol boats had sunk two foreign ships in the South China Sea which tried to smuggle guns to communist guerrillas in West Borneo last October. A navy spokesman said the action had not been reported until now because of political
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  • 159 1 United Press International Belfast, Saturday Protestant militants erected barricades, of burning vehicles in widely scattered areas of Belfast early today. sealing off large Protestant sections of the capital. It was a new show of Protestant strength designed to pressure security forces into taking action against Catholic
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  • 117 1 Kuala Lumpur Saturday. —An exchange of goodwillstudy tours between Malaysian and Singapore youth will help promote better understanding and closer fellowship between the two countries, Malaysia's Minister of Culture, Youth and Sports, Dato Hamzah bin Abu Samah, said. He said this in welcoming
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  • 51 1 Taipeh, Saturday. Nationalist China's new Premier Chiang Ching-Kuo has banned government officials from going to nightclubs, dance halls, bars and girlie restaurants. The official central news agency said yesterday that Premier Chiang told his regular Cabinet meeting yesterday that no "public functionaries" could enter such places of
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  • 494 1 He has little to beat in Race 2 From Blue Peter, Kuala Lumpur, Saturday Adaster was freely tipped on the course as a past-the-post proposition in Race 2 today. Punters can Ignore hispoor showing last week when he failed to finish on board after Deing
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  • 189 1 United Press International New York, Saturday A bomb threat against a chartered commercial je 11 in er carrying Senator George McGovern and 37 others forced the Democratic Party presidential contender to slide down an emergency chute at Pittsburgh's international airport yesterday.
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  • 50 1 Karachi, Saturday.— Industry came to a Standstill in Karachi yesterday after two davs of armed clashes between mill workers and police in which 15 people were reported killed and several wounded. Yesterday's industrial shutdown was in protest against what labour leaders described as police brutality against workers.
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  • Page 1 Miscellaneous

  • 226 2 Kuala Lumpur. Saturday. TTie Minister of Tech nology, Research and Local Government. Dato Ong Kee Hui. yesterday singled out rehousing of squatter families as the most pressing problem in Kuala Lumpur. "We still have a large number of people living in squatter houses." he
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  • 29 2 The Shangri-La Hotel, which set up a wishing well during the Easter weekend to collect funds for v a rio us children's homes, raised over $270 from donations.
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  • 136 2 Two Singapore students, Lee Hsien Loong, 19, and his sister Wei Ling, 16, yesterday became the youngest people in the world to fly in a supersonic transport aircraft at twice the speed of sound. Hsien Loong and Wei Ling, two of Prime Minister Mr. Lee Kuan
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  • 66 2 The Post Office Savings Bank opened 7100 new accounts for depositors last month bringing the number to a new high of 580,500. Deposits exceeded withdrawals by $1 million during the month and the total amount standing to the credit of depositors is now $104 million. Five thousand
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  • 164 2 Our exports affected The monthly export of some 200 psittacine and mynah birds from Singapore to the United States is likely to be curtailed with the introduction of stricter health regulations by the American authorities. The US Health Department said the regulations are aimed at
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  • 115 2 The former Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Education, Inche Mohamed Ghazali bin Ismail, is now a businessman. The 34-year-old MP (Aljunled) and one-time newsman relinquished his Parliamentary Secretary's post last week. He said in his new office at Amber Mansion yesterday: "I am the
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  • 89 2 Tuan Haji Ya'acob Mohamed, Minister of State in the Prime Minister's Office and MP for Kampong Übi, will give away scholarships to students at the Kampong Übi Sports and Cultural Centre tomorrow at 10 a.m. Five of the scholarships are at university level, three at
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  • 36 2 Tokyo, Saturday. Japanese seamen yesterday agreed to extend their 57-day-old strike until at least June 21 to press for wage increases. About 1000 ships are now tied up at 53 ports throughout the country.
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  • 50 2 Mr. S. Rajaratnam, the Foreign Minister, will open the newly converted library of the United States Information Service in Hill Street on Monday. To be called the Resource Centre, it will be open to the public from next Friday. Membership is open to everyone over 18.
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  • 51 2 Beirut, Saturday.—A man threw a chisel at the Lebanse Prime Minister Mr. Saeb Salam, as he approached parliament house yesterday for a debate on his government's policy. The chisel thrown from about 40 feet away missed Mr. Salam. Police detained a nomad Bedouin who lives in
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  • Page 2 Miscellaneous
    • 696 2 HRPPEVIinCS WH T A o T D S Ar ON Mr. Hon Sui Sen, the PERSONALITY course orFinance Minister, will at- ganised by the YWCA at tend the first ANNIVER- its Outram Road premises SARY CELEBRATION DIN- from 4 p.m. to 6 p.m. Afhteti!' The ADULT EDUCATION Cummins StSet BOARD
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    • 97 2 mm Temperatures in world capitals yesterday: Kuala Lumpur 33-24 C. Jakarta 33-24 C. Bangkok 32-25 C. Hong Kong 27 C. Manila 30-23 C. Seoul 28-16 C. Tokyo 27-22 C. Naha 28-21 C. London 15-10 C. Paris 18-10 C. Moscow 20-10 C. New York 22-15 C. San Francisco 18-10 C. Sydney
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  • 365 3 An American drug rehabilitation counsellor today warned local ganja abusers that most of the addicts who are hooked on hard drugs in the US, started off on "pot." Mr. Ken Overstreet, here to attend the Christian youth convention now on at the St.
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  • 234 3 Local contractors today welcomed the move by the government to prohibit the export of granite and sand from Singapore. The prohibition, with immediate effect, is aimed at conserving building raw materials to meet the expanded domestic requirements of the building boom. Several contractors feel that
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  • 36 3 The Singapore Armed Forces will carry out a demolition exercise at the Southern Islands Live Firing Range at Pulau Senang next Wednesday. Demolition materials will be used. The public is warned to keep clear.
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  • 422 3 The extension of Upper Cross Street to link New Bridge Road to Havelock Road near Pulau Saigon has been completed by the Public Works Department and will be opened to traffic on Sunday at 9 a.m. Motorists who want to reach
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  • 320 3 Dogs have always been called man's best friends and Errol and Ira von Furstenfeld, two 11-year-old dobermann pinschers. proved no exception. Both Errol and his mate Ira died within a few weeks of each other pining for their mistress, Miss Catherine Koh, 22, of
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  • Page 3 Miscellaneous
    • 114 3 EMMS 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. Call with your identity
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  • Article, Illustration
    481 4  -  Will it fly here again —on a regular commercial basis? CAMERA ON SINGAPORE Wee Beng Huat The Concorde is here. It will be gone tomorrow. Will it be here again on a regular commercial visit that is? This is the question that Is stirring a considerable amount
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  • 216 5 Students from Nanyang University and the University of Singapore are getting loads of on-the-job experience in factories and offices during their long vacation. Students counsellor Mr. Ong Teck Hong said 85 Nantah students had found jobs in 30 private and public establishments.
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  • 23 5 The Royal New Zealand Infantry Regiment Band will perform at the MacRitchie Reservoir Park tomorrow from 5.30 pm to 6.30 p.m.
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  • 308 5  -  By Tan Cher Soon Jurong Town Corporation has agreed to pay $228,000 in property tax on behalf of 22 shipyards and slipways in Kallang. The firms, located on the eastern bank of the Geylang River, have been told by the Income Tax Department to
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  • 221 5 Mr. K. K. Ching, the president of the Singapore Association of Shipbuilders and Repairers (SASAR) has urged members to adopt new techniques to give shipowners quality workmanship at competitive prices. "SASAR members must try to maintain their integrity by complying with the contract agreements," he said.
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  • 134 5 The following candidates have passed the First Year (Supplementary) Examination for the degree of LL.B. held in May 1972: Bhasy, Sudha (Miss); Chong Choi Mun (Miss); Diong Mei Hong (Miss); Krishnan s/o Gopalan; Ponnuduray, Kalavathy (Miss); Tan Mui Leng, Magdeline (Miss); Tok Hoon Kwang, Stephen; Sarada Devi
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  • 110 5 Puddicat (left) and Pushkin, two brighteyed kittens, were rescued from a drain by New Zealander Mr. J. Kerr about a year ago. Now the two furry ones are "homeless" again. Mr. Kerr had to leave the kittens behind when he went abroad. Before he
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  • Page 5 Miscellaneous
    • 328 5 Last Tuesday's picture quiz photograph showed the roof-top of Hakka Thien En Thong Methodist Church in Evelyn Road. The first prize of $15 goes to Mr. Paul Lee, a clerk, of Toa Payoh. His entry was the first correct one opened by the Editor last night. The next correct answers
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  • 362 6 10 ordered to be detained Reuter Bonn, Saturday Ten young Czechoslovaks accused of hijacking a plane and killing the pilot at the controls were ordered to be detained in Weiden, West Germany, yesterday. After a hearing of several hours, three magistrates ordered pre-trial detention of
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  • 401 6 Reuter Geneva, Saturday.—The International Air Trans port Association (lATA), which groups world airlines, said vesterdav It hoped pilots would not stage their threatened worldwide 24-hour stoppage of air services on June 19 to support demands for anti-hijacking measures. But It added that it supported
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  • 37 6 London, Saturday. Railway union leaders last night agreed to re-open pay talks with the staterun British railway system on Monday raising hopes that threatened disruption of train services from next Wednesday can be averted.
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  • 238 6 Reuter Washington, Saturday.— Senator Edmund Muskie said yesterday that he intended to continue his campaign for the presidency, dashing speculation that he would switch his forces to leading Democratic contender Senator George McGovern. A Muskie switch to Senator McGovern would have all
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  • 183 6 Reuter Dublin. Saturday An Irish Judge yesterday defferred his decision in the case of the housewife who is suing the Irish Government for denying her the right to use contraceptives. After listening to two dan& of constitutional arguments In the Dublin High Court, Mr.
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  • 169 6 New York, Saturday. A Philippine attache and a 61-year-old Chinese merchant were sentenced to 10 years' Jail yesterday for smuggling 341b. of heroin into the United States. The defendants, Domingo Canieso, 59, formerly Philippine attache for administration in the Vientiane embassy in Laos,
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  • 31 6 London, Saturday.— The Sultan of Brunei. Sir Hassanal Bolklah, arrived here yesterday for a three-week stay and talks with British government officials on future relations between the two countries.
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  • 258 6 United Press International New York, Saturday. Elvis Presley said yesterday his gyrating performances of 15 years ago, which shocked thousands of parents and got him censored below the waist on television, were "tame compared to what they're doing now." "All I did was jiggle," Presley,
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  • 45 6 Buenos Aires, Saturday. —Bomb explosions In seven Argentine cities yesterday marked the 16th anniversary of an abortive coup organised by supporters of ousted strongman President Juan Peron. Police reported 28 separate blasts, four In Buenos Aires. No casualties were reported.
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  • Article, Illustration
    78 6 The Minister for Defence, Dr. Goh Keng Swee (right) is congratulated by one of the Concorde officials, Mr. Bill Ford after his trip in a Concorde over the South China Sea yesterday. Looking on is Lord Cole, chairman of Rolls Royce, whose engines power the supersonic airliner Dr.
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  • 375 6 Reuter Saigon, Saturday. One of the highest. ranking United States civilian ad visers in South Vietnam. Mr. John Paul Vann. died last night when his hell copter plunged to earth in flames. He was flving to the embattled Central Highlands city of Kontum. in whose
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  • 64 6 Hong Kong, Saturday.— China reported today a surplus in its grain production. The New China News Agency said China today was self-sufficient in grain and the task of ending grain shipment from the south to the north had be*un to be materialised. Hopei, Shantung and Honan. three provinces
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  • 23 6 Moscow. Saturday.— The Soviet Union yesterday launched number 492 in its series of Cosmos artificial satellites, Tass News Agency said.
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  • 212 6 Reuter Cape Town, Saturday Police swinging batons and fists charged demonstrators standing outside a Johannesburg university yesterday in the latest Incident of a week's bitter conflict between South African students and police. South African Police Minister, Mr. Louwrens Muller, yesterday accused other students who fled
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  • 135 6 Reuter Stockholm, Saturday. China, emerging as a key figure at the UN Environment Conference here, yesteraay indicated that it would raise the sensitive issue of US ecological warfare in Vietnam during todays proceedings. The Chinese are due to address the general debate again following
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  • 458 7  -  Restaurant Entertainment J X, GUIDE j i A By Peter Ong We Singaporeans are a pampered lot. Pampered, at least by the hotels. Nobody's complaining, though. In fact, the people who visit the hotels are pleased about it. They're really lucky. Luckier than their
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  • 806 7  -  EATING OUT WITH WENDY HUTTON We're becoming so accustomed to international food festivals these days that a Malaysian food festival doesn't sojund very exotic. After food from Germany, Portugal, Holland and the Philippines, for example, the food of our nearest neighbour is just like
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  • 413 8 While both unionists and managers have recommended that works councils should be speedily established in Singapore, concrete action on their part will be needed if the suggestion is to progress beyond the stage of mere lip service. Works councils offer the hope of a
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  • 'WHISPERS' by ISPY
    • 51 8 Not all old folks have com p 1 e tely understood what is involved in going metric. Imagine the looks of disbelief and shock that will be registered on the faces of those who turn grandparents and are told by proud parents that the grandchild is 3.5
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    • 90 8 Soccer enthusiasts in Singapore are ready for all the possible excuses on the poor showing of the Singapore team at the Jakarta Anniversary Soccer Tournament. Some say that they will be open-minded on Singapore's performance at the Merdeka Tournament in Kuala Lumpur next month. But come the
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  • 851 8  -  JACKIE SAM The International Press Institute (IPI), an august body of editors and publishers from around the world, has come up with one of the most novel proposals yet for the betterment of this world. A resolution, reportedly accepted with
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  • Letters
    • 273 8  -  J. G. AUTON Managing Director, Ford Motor Co. (Pte.) Ltd. Singapore, 21. I refer to the article headlined Ford Slashes Prices of Two Models (NN, May 31). The retail price of Caprls in Singapore has not been changed since June 1971. These prices have remained stable
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    • 200 8  -  HENG SWEE TONG Chairman, Workers' Party, Singapore, 6. I wish to refer to an article in NN May 30 headlined Rule on In-door Rallies Criticised. I was asked to comment on this matter by your reporter Tan Cher Soon-and I would like to make some clarifications. With
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    • 226 8  -  MOHD. SULAIMAN I visit the beach at Laborador quite frequently. I normally go there in the evenings for a stroll, some exercise and meditation. I have chosen the site largely because of the quiet surroundings which allow contemplation. I have been going there for the past six
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    • 197 8 It was just a few months back that I read in the Press of an appeal for an overhead bridge at the 3rd mile Thomson Road near Chancery Lane, as churchgoers to the Novena find it difficult to cross the busy road. On Saturdays the volume of
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    • 108 8  -  BERNARD LEE For the large number of residents In Princess Elizabeth Estate, Hill view Estate and Bamboo Orove Park, the transport facility served by a single bus No. 173 is inadequate, both in frequency and capacity. Owing to the irregular bus service, many people do not wait
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    • 39 8 Now that the teachers, policemen, lab technicians and nurses have got'their salary revisions. I wonder when will the clerks get theirs? I understand that the present scales are more than 20 years old. TLH, Singapore, 3.
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    • 132 8  -  CHRIS H. K. TAN Asst. Secretary, Public Relations. Housing Development Board, Singapore, 2. I refer to the letter under the heading Farm affected by government plan by Concern (NN May 30). The writer may wish to know that the Board is currently taking action to resettle
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    • 67 8 The whole stretch of _road from Jardine Steps to the junction of Telok Blangah Road is covered with mud and dirt. Construction work is going on in the port area but that does not mean that we should forget to keep the port clean and pollution
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  • SATURDAY REVIEW
    • 2073 9  -  Happiness is meeting a helpful Frenchman BETTY L. KHOO discovered this when she got lost during her lonely romp through Paris streets. BETTY L. KHOO Although I avoid coach tours if I can help it, one has to take a coach tour to explore the French countryside. Seeing
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    • 710 10 Interesting, but how relevant to the contemporary crisis? REASON AND PRACTICE, by Kai Nielsen. Harper and Row, 533 pages, US$10. KWA CHONG GUAN This is another of the burgeoning introductory survey texts on the field of philosophy. But there is a slight difference, according to the author. Where
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    • 673 10 Story of the Mafiia nets former artist a fortune LANA WELLS in New York talks to Mario Puzq, author of THE GODFATHER. Melbourne Herald Mario Puzo says he had never met an "honest to-goodness" gangster when he wrote The Godfather, his book about the Mafia. But the
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    • 536 10 THIRTY DAYS TO A MORE POWEaRFUL VOCABULARY: This book by Wilfred Funk and Norman Lewis provides a challenging way to build up your vocabulary. It does not follow a dictionary style rather it tries to make you expand your word power by searching for the right
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    • 71 10 The myriad facets of fortune telling and its symbols ire presented in this attractive cover. In this edition, Count Louis Hamon's originnal text is expanded to include case histories of such notable people as Picasso and Cassius Clay. Readers can work out their own predictions and
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    • 332 10 Only the Japanese voice missing MODERN JAPANESE POETRY, translated and compiled by Edith Marcombe Shiffert and Yuri Sawa, 195 pages, US$6.05. LIKE HAIKU, by Don Raye, 76 pages, US$4.15, Charles E. Tuttle. SALLY BACKHOUSE. Many years ago, my teacher used to set as weekend homework the task of
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    • 433 10 WHITE MULE, By William Carlos Williams. Penguin Modern Classics, 234 pages 35 new pence. PHILIP DE SOUZA Mr. William's story revolves around a couple of migrants from Norway—Joe and Gurlie Stetcher who have committed themselves to the American subcontinent. They find great
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    • 1150 11  -  f CINEMA EDGAR KOH The standard of the cinema here has fallen. Almost everyone now agrees on this. The serious cinemagoer's grouse that films exhibited here have become atrocious has all along been drowned by the din of Italian western gunfire, drowned in
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    • 694 11  -  f SIGHT SOUND EDGAR KOH British TV comedies have become more popular not only with viewers in Britain but all over the world. There is a fair following in Singapore too, judging from the numerous viewers' inquiries received by RTS regarding the present
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    • 387 11  -  f ART VIOLET OON Artists trained in the fine arts tradition usually have a disdain for commercial art. But not Chieu Shuey Fook who believes that he has learnt a lot in his 15 years in an advertising agency. He said: "Commercial art involves a
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    • 271 11  -  THEATRE VIOLET OON One of music's rare complete artists, Jorg Demus. will give a piano recital at the Cultural Centre on Monday at 8 p.m. He is equally at home as a recitalist, as a soloist with more than 70 major orchestras throughout the world
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    • 423 12 BRIDGE GRAND SLAM V In competitive bridge, the Contract of 6C is rarely bid among all the slams, because of two reasons. In a pairs duplicate event, the scoring method weighs heavily in favour of a contract of 3 NT made with two or three overtricks and
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    • 303 12 f STAMPS PHILATELIST V J Many countries have printed and issued special miniature sheets of commem orat i ve stamps. Up to recently, the issue of these miniature sheets was more widespread in European countries and Japan. Countries belonging to the British Commonwealth were rather slow to catch
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    • 563 12  -  f FOOD/DRINK LI PO An ice bucket is simply what it says, a bucket to put ice in so that a wine may be chilled to the appropriate temperature. They are not always the easiest things to come by here but your wine merchant
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    • 683 12  -  CHESS PANG KWOK LEONG The world match between Boris Spassky and Bobby Fischer has finally been confirmed for July 2. The game was in the balance when Fischer made sosae financial demands on the organisers in Belgrade. His threat to boycott the match caused a
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    • 623 12 Los Angeles Times New York, Saturday The beauty of Joan Baez's voice is so welldocumented that the significant thing about her new album is her continued growth as a songwriter. Though she wrote several of the tunes in her recent "Blessed are.
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    • 108 10 DESCENT f INTO HELL OR THE WALLED CITY OF KOWLOON It is an accident of history a bit of no-man's lana in the heart of Hong Kong. It was set aside in treaties between Imperial China and Britain way back in 1898 to protect the homes of highly placed Chinese
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    • 340 12 Advertisement V GARDEN NEWS HOW AND WHAT TO PLANT To-day we have sketched a simple design for a garden bed in a corner site, visible equally from the house and the front gate. It is curved in front, because flowing lines are more natural, and concave, so that the bed
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  • 767 13 rubies. pearls, gold and jade—there is hardly a woman around who isn't aroused at the sight of them. For next to clothes, these are the baubles that set their feminine hearts ablaze with consuming desire. Never has a woman stepped into a jewellery showroom
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    • 440 13 HEbbO TO GOOD BUYS! TANGUN SHOPPING CENTRE 19 TANGLIN ROAD, SINGAPORE 10 SPECIALISING IN IMPORTED DRESSES AND MADE-TO-ORDER CLOTHES GIFTS, BAGS, SHOES AND BELTS FOR TEEN BOYS AND GIRLS BETWEEN NINE TO FIFTEEN YEARS BUSINESS HOURS: 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. TANGLIN SHOPPING CENTRE Room 222, 2nd Floor, 19, Tanglin
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  • 359 14 BUSINESS AND FINANCE By Our Market Correspondent The share market performed well during the week. There was slight decline In total volume to 14.6 million shares valued at $27.5 million compared to last week's 15.4 million worth $34.6 million, but industrials in particular advanced. Last week's
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  • 175 14 Allied Ctiem 30 51 Am Brands 47% Am Can 34% AT T 42% A A P 7% Anaconda Beth Steel 29% Boeing 21% Caterp Trac 54 M, Chrysler 30% Coca-Cola 129 Control Data 6# Corn G1 Wks 237% Dow Ctaem DuPont 166 E Kodak 122% Ford Mot
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  • 1083 14 TRENDS AND MOVES IN THE MAJOR STOCK EXCHANGE COUNTERS INDUSTRIALS Hirh Low ago ago Stock Closing Price Last Week's Turn-1971-1972 1 wk. 4 wlu. Bayers Sellers Sale or over 3.06 1.68 2.97 2.75 Allied Chocolate 3.23 3.24 3.20 .23 26 1.95 0.92 1.93 1.81 Ben Si Co.
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  • 504 14  -  By Bharathi Mohan Singapore's exports to Australia are expected to rise substantially following the recent trade agreement reached between the Singapore trade delegation and the Australian government. Australia has agreed to list more Singapore made goods under its preferential tariff system and consider
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  • 154 14 The Hong Kong airline Cathay Pacific Airways, plans to double its present passenger and cargo carrying capacity by next year with a total expenditure of about $70 million on equipment and spares. CPA's managing director Mr. Duncan Black forecasts that in the 20 month period between August
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  • 147 14  -  By S.V. Suppiah A joint US-Japanese investment firm is seeking approval to open a branch in Singapore. The Asia Pacific Capital Corporation is owned by Fuji Bank of Japan and' the First National City Bank of America. It has a paid up capital
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  • 113 14 London, Saturday. Britain threw open its door to the free importation of Latin American and Australian beef yesterday in an effort to offset a meat shortage in Europe. Agriculture Minister, Mr. James Prior, said as from midnight tonight all imported beef and veal into England will
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  • 239 14 United Press International New York, Saturday The Stock Market closed sharply and broadly lower yesterday for its fifth consecutive setback. Trading was moderate. The Dow Jones industrial average of 30 selected blue-chip stocks was off 6.85 points at 934.45 at the closing. Declines
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  • 219 14 Reuter London, Saturday Technical f actors made for a firmer bias in a quiet market. At 3 p.m. the Financial Times index was up 2.8 at 502.0. Leaders to firm included EMI, ICI, Decca and GEC but Bats and Unilever declined. Rank reacted to a
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  • 59 14 Islamabad, Saturday. Pakistan will receive shortterm relief from foreign debt repayments amounting to U*****.5 million over a 26-month period backdated to May, 1971, President Bhutto's adviser on foreign loans, Mr. M.M. Ahmad, said. The level of relief, which follows agreement at an aid-to-Pakistan consortium in Paris
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  • 242 14 Reuter London, Saturday. The price of gold fell dramatically on the London free market late, yesterday afternoon, reversing a trend which had lifted the rate by nearly US$5 an ounce during the previous four days. The week had started with bullion being quoted at U5559.50 an ounce,
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    • 66 14 DR. KILDARE by Ken Bald RIP KIRBY by John Prentice and Fred Dickenson REACH M AROUND AND LOOSEN THESE ROPES.' v HURRY.' E FOR A MOMENT, KtRBY GETS THE UPPER HAND. BUT REINFORCEMENTS ARRIVE. -7 He. FIGHTS -v BETTER WITH HIS HANDS TIED THAN YOU IDIOTS DO WITH CLUBS. I
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  • 556 15 rrALtt A Special Presentation Food and drinks are among Italy's greatest attractions. The main characteristic of Italian cooking is its healthy balance, due to the fact that the excellent basic ingredients are simply cooked food which retain their original goodness and freshness. And. to this
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  • 1901 15 The place is a 'must' for travellers to Europe Italy, the heart of the spiritual and intellectual life of the western world, is a must for any traveller to Europe. From the ancient days of the Etruscan civilisation to the Renaissance, Its art and culture have influenced mankind.
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    • 250 15 ©Is OTS CORPN. PTE. LTD. OFFER BETTER COMFORT TRAVEL AIR HOLIDAYS TOURS EUROPEAN TOUR 34 DAYS $2,900 THAILAND 8 DAYS 580 JAVA-BALI 8 DAYS 856 INDIA-NEPAL 10 DAYS $1,916 HONG KONC TAIPEH 8 DAYS $1,135 BANCKOK-H.K.-TAIPEH 12 DAYS $1,290 AUSTRALIA 12 DAYS $2,139 COACH TOURS KOTA TINGGI-JASON'S BAY 1 DAY,
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    • 320 15 v? Make Italy your first stop on your European trip It's worth it. Because Italy has it ail. If you know where to find it. And Alitalia will help you. Sights? Here are ancient and majestic Churches. Galleries and museums packed with treasures. In every city there is art. In
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    • 476 16 m PHONE *****Q ANNOUNCEMENTS HITACHI STEREO TAPE RECORDERS Model TRQ777 AutoReverse with speakers. List Price $1,200 Now $402.Hitachi Stereo Radio cum Cassette Model TRQ 1200S List Price $402 Now $129. And many other well known brands to offer. At tlsons Pte. Ltd., 90, High Street Singapore Telephone: *****8. MARGARETTAS' BEAUTY
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    • 500 16 CHAN PUI KEE Ancient Art Furniture New Repairs, Repolishes All Chinese Blackwood Art Furniture, 86 Neil Road. Tel: ***** j S'pore. INTERNATIONAL INVESTIGATION Service, 435 B Geylang Road, Singapore. *****3. Consult Antony Tan, International Private Eye. SENG BAN CONTRACTOR offices houses/shops renovating, i electrical plumbing painting/ j tiling. Phone *****0
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    • 497 16 1 L.C.C. PRIVATE SECRETARY'S CERTIFICATE COURSE COMMENCING 16th JUNE 1972. Apply: Y.M.C.A. COMMERCIAL CLASSES, ORCHARD ROAD, S PORE 9. SECRETARIUS New Classes week beginning 12th June. 1. SHORTHAND SPEED CLASS (80—100 w.p.m.) Mondays and Fridays (5.30 to 7.00 p.m.). 2. SHORTHAND SPEED CLASS (100—120 w.p.m.) Mondays and Wednesdays (7.00 8.30
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    • 441 16 I Disir well vases Monthly Flowers Servicing. For Your Offices and Homes at reasonable charges. Call: Sunshine Florists, Supreme House, Bosement 14, Penang Road, Tel: *****5 *****0/*****. ASIA NURSERY Complete Line Of Nursery Stock, Specimen Plants Landscape Contractors. Site 1 I Dunearn Road, Singapore 11. Telephone: *****1 FOR HIRE TAN
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    • 604 16 LEVER BROTHERS SINGAPORE SON. BHD. requires GENERAL CLERK with 1) Cambridge School Certificate 2) 20 to 25 years of age 3) Singapore Citizen 4) Seme accounting knowledge will be an advantage but not necessary. Application letters in own hand- writing to be addressed to: General Manager, Lever Brothers Singapore Sdn.
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    • 34 16 Ak BY Fast Ca'« Mr. Lecng Singapore 8 TAILORINC 3FFER! e Shirts at e price of upwards. 24 'hours. EPT. STCR or, Tel: 23 Centre v CLA I v*" <"*#! V<-T>| I V < m? T
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    • 116 16 COMMERCIAL TRANSPORT ATION 1971 Stationwogon, a' tion. About 10 unit t<On rinrj A!cn On. 1 gopcre. AIR-CONDITIONED PLYMOUT BELVEDERE t 2 owners $2,200 on c i~ -vs,_ > Rood 2 J rr J ;o.' r -Tf C phone: *****3 GET AN NE'V r OYC 2COO, Crew.-. v. 1 -'c Ceiica
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    • 34 16 WANTED to purchase VANTED SECONDHAND Pianos, 'T 'c ccnd'tion. No Brokers t Mrs Wong, 6 Jalori ■•Vi But TimoH Singapore. WANTED SECONDHAND stanilliard toble. Piease "tact Icnry Lou Tel: Singot: re. 9331'4 loffice hours).
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  • 433 17 Robert Nazareth, the number four seed was fully stretched before beating Chew Hai Chwee 8-7 for a place in the semi-flnals on the first day of the Singapore closed junior tennis grand prix played at Ferrer Park yesterday. Had it not been for Nazareth's greater experience
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  • 770 17  -  THE SQUASH RACKET WITH ERIC COOPER On Thursday I had the unexpected privilege of playing squash with Mr. WilUam McMahon, the Australian Prime Minister. Though he onlv arrived for his Singapore visit earlier that afternoon, by 6 p.m. he was already at the Tanglin Club,
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  • 82 17 Hamburg, Saturday. South African Bob Hewitt caused an upset in the West German international tennis championships here yesterday when he eliminated third seeded Rumanian Ilie Nastase in the men's singles quarterfinals. Hewitt won 6-2 3-6 6-4 6-2 and now faces Spanish left-hander Manuel Orantes who was warned by
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  • 178 17 Reuter Munich, Saturday The President of the international Olympic Committee. Mr. Avery Brun-r dage, said yesterday some sports had become part of the entertainment business and might have to be removed from future Olympic Games. Mr. Brundage, addressing a press conference at Olympic headquarters here also
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  • 29 17 United Press International CENTRAL LEAGUE Yomiuri 4 Hanshin 0 Chunichi 6 Yakult 1 PACIFIC LEAGUE Tori 10 KanJtai 4 Kintetsu 2 Nishitetsu 1 Hankvu 12 LoUe 10
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  • 37 17 London, Saturday.— The Britain and Ireland team beat the United States two and one in the first series of foursomes when the two-day Curtis Cup women's golf match began at the Ayrshire links here yesterday.
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  • 723 17 United Press International London, Saturday.—As if determined not to outshine their opponents, Australia's batsmen followed almost exactly the same course as their English counterparts yesterday on the second day of the first Test. England's fielders then prolonged the agony by imitating the Aussies* first day series
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    • 263 17 What happens when the fastest outboards in the world go against each other? Evinrude V-4 power sweeps the field: 1-2-3. FIRST Mike Wallace Schulze boat Evinrude 99.6 cu. in. V-4 SECOND Jim McConnell Co-driver: Ted May OMC Tunnel boat Evinrude 99.6 cu. in. V-4 THIRD Bill Wiles Co-driver: Allen Stinson
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  • Page 17 Miscellaneous
    • 293 17 NEW NATION CROSSWORD 11 Noted person. 12 Town on the Thames. 13 Tear apart. 14 Chart. 20 Repel. 23 Sport official: SI. 25 Diminutive suffixes. 26 Pierces 27 Bay window. 29 Archangel in "Paradise Lost." 30 Ship's boat. 32 Exhibiting a play of colors. 33 Electronic marvel. 34 —cost (regardless
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    • 431 17 Trust your lucky star IF IT'S YOUR BIRTHDAY BORN today, you have a marvellous head for business and can look forward both to shouldering considerable responsibility during your lifetime as well as earning a considerable amount of money—if you are wise enough to get the training you need early enough.
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  • 272 18 SCRUTINEER BLUE PETER EPSOM JEEP CALL BOY MARKSMAN MAKUDA SMOKEY SIN CHEW p POINTER RACE 1: RUSTIC Dragonboat DRAGONBOAT Manja MANJA Dragonboat MANJA Dragon boat DRAGONBOAT Precisely S. POWER Rustic DRAGONBOAT Rustic DRAGONBOAT Rustic MANJA Dragonboat II DRAGONBOAT Kind Regards RACE 2 ADASTER Sugar Daddy SUGAR DADDY
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  • 683 18 By Scrutineer Adaster, a beaten favourite last Saturday when sixth to Samuel, can recoup the losses in Race 2 at Kuala Lumpur today. Obviously the three-year-old needed the run. On Thursday morning he worked in great style. A race before early last month Adaster showed definite promise
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  • 1774 18 GOING FORECAST: Good i 2.0 CLASS 6, DIV. 1 6F KyaJUl ($5,500 $3,850 to winner) 1 45T.81 MANJA a (Tcngku Azam) Ahmad 4 9.0 (ud +2> F Velu 6 2 ***** ULTRASONIC a (Steven) E Donnelly 5 8.9 (-2) Wilson IS 3 ***** PRECISELY a (Taufik) E Ureukelen
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    • 105 18 ORCHARD PLflZfl (opposite Orchard theatre) INTERNATIONAL GOODS DEPARTMENT STORE 50.000 P csllr DISCOUNT CARDS GIVEN AWAY -while stocks last for every purchase of $10/- upwards Open daily till 10>00p.m> (Including Sundays) Samsonite s great 3-D combination The combination lock attache.case V r Samsonite Classic 100 with comfortable handle. Available in
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  • Page 18 Miscellaneous
    • 389 18 fek A 12.50 Opening and Archies TV Funnies 1.15 Sesame Street (Rpt) 2.10 Saturday Matinee: Prince of Pirates, starring John Derek, Barbara Rush, Carla Balenda 3.30 Sayang Dek Sayang 4.00 Bewitched: Samantha is Earth Bound 4.30 14th Singapore Basketball Association Cup Tournament (Women's final C) 5.45 News Magazine <E— Rpt)
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    • 162 18 RADIO 1.30 News followed by Share Market Report 1.50 Prog. Summary 2.00 The Sound of Thunder 2.30 Concert Matinee (Stereo) 3.30 Sounds Cool 4.00 The Language of Song 4.15 Tea Break (Stereo) 5.00 News Brief 5.03 Prog. Summary 5.10 In Holiday Mood 6.00 News Brief 6.03 Public Annct. 6.05 Daily
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    • 730 19  -  By Blue Peter Tymkyn will take a lot of beating in Race Five at Kuala Lumpur tomorrow. This Arctic Storm seven-year-old scored a comeback win last week when he soundly thrashed Our Leo and company over 9f. I doubt a
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    • 168 19 SCRUTINEER BLUE PETER EPSOM JEEP MARKSMAN MAKUDA Race 1 P. FAIR Bulan Sapuloh POVVELLA Celtic Knight P. FAIR Powella POWELLA Kilat KILAT Pleasant Fair Race 2 IMPETUS Graceful View PROGRESSIVE Phalz PHALZ Graceful View EL CASTANO Security Check PHALZ Impetus Race 3 OKINAWA Setia Kawan KINDER STAR
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