New Nation, 17 February 1973

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  • 15 1 NEW NATION SINGAPORE Saturday evening, February 17, 1973 No. 641 Price 15 cents NKW NATION
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  • 763 1  -  $50 million equipment disposed during the last 13 months By Sonny Yap The United States Government has sent more than $50 million worth of surplus Vietnam war equipment for disposal here during the past 13 months. The disposal of the equipment stored at the
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  • 93 1 New York, Saturday—The secret service said yesterday it had smashed a maojr counterfeiting ring on Thursday night with the arrest of six men—three of them brothers—and seizure of U*****,000 (about Sl.B million) in bogus 10-dollar bills and the printing plates. The money was printed only two
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  • 32 1 Bogota, Saturday Twenty people were killed and six others seriously injured when a bus crashed into a ravine and burst into flames yesterday near the Colombian mountain town of Uvita.
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  • 19 1 Rome, Saturday—A landslide last night burled three houses near Massalubrense south of Naples and 10 people were missing.
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  • 331 1 By Blue Peter Penan*, Saturday Mallaig in Race 4 and Double Adios II in Race 5 were freely tipped as extra good things at Penang today. Both are likely to start at short odds but it may be unwise to oppose them. Mallaig is in even
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  • 729 1  -  By Wee Beng Huat The detective who shot dead Singapore's Public Enemy No. 1. Lim Ban Lim. 32, was today highly commended for his courage and steadfastness during the gun battle in Margaret Drive 11 weeks ago. Detective William Chow Kin Loo. whose single bullet
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  • 240 1 'Whitlam issues order' United Press International Sydney, Saturday AFederal Government D-Notice has been issued banning Press reporting on defence installations in Singapore and Hong Kong, an Australian newspaper said yesterday. "It is believed the ban has been issued at the instigation of the British Government,"
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  • 151 1 London. Saturday—Train drivers and hospital workers yesterday Joined a mounting protest over Britain's official pav policies. As a nation-wide strike by 47,000 gas workers entered its third day. a big rail union called a one-day strike for February 28 and leaders of 220.000
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  • 10 1 Police reported 66 accidents yesterday. Five were serious.
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  • 50 1 Rio De Janeiro, Saturday—More than 40 people, many of them children in poor areas, were reported to have died this month as a result of a blistering heat wave. Temperatures have soared over 40 degree centigrade (104 Fahrenheit) in the area for the past nine days.
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  • Page 1 Miscellaneous

  • 309 2 Shorter shifts to aid efficiency Police investigators are now doing 12 instead of 24-hour shifts under a new system being launched in the various police divisional headquarters. This system, the result of the Lee Soo Ann Committees' recommendations, is aimed at Increasing the efficiency of the
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  • 1053 2 The Ministry of Education yesterday announced the results of the Higher School Certificate (Commerce) Examination, 1972, conducted by the ministry for the third time. The certificate is awarded to candidates who have passed, at one and the same examination the General Paper and a minimum
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  • 32 2 The Ministry of Culture will present the 14th concert by the National Theatre Choir and Orchestra in the series Music for Everyone at the Conference Hall tomorrow at 5 pjn.
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  • 339 2  -  They're set for Mission Recovery By Rav K. Dhaliwal A team of seven volunteers is now ready to put into practice the Reach to Recovery programme, introduced by the Singapore Cancer Society to rehabilitate women who suffer from breast cancer. The volunteers, who themselves have undergone breast
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  • 111 2 Group of students and teachers travelling overseas for educational purposes will now get a flat rebate of 50 per cent on normal fares for travel on all Singapore Airlines services. An Education Ministry statement said the concession would only apply to approved groups
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  • 29 2 Mr. Kenneth VaithiUng&m, a teacher, will speak on The Comex Expedition: Overland Trip From Singapore To Europe at the National Library next Friday at 3 pjn.
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  • Page 2 Advertisements
    • 335 2 STAMFORD CENTRE Full-time and Part-time courses leading to Recognised Professional Qualifications COMMENCING 8-1-73 ACCOUNTANCY The only recognised centre in Singapore for ACA full-time students Recognised full-time course for A.C.A. (Certified Accountant's Exam) A.C.A./r.C.M.A7A.I.A. (Part-time evenings) Principles of Accounts L.C.C./Centre Diploma in Accounting SECRETARIAL STUDIES LCC/Stamford Centre Diploma in Private Secretaryship
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  • Page 2 Miscellaneous
    • 572 2 Quiz object No: 194 Student takes the t top prize A SPECIAL QUIZ Last Tuesday s quiz photograph showed some rubber balls. The first prize of $15 goes to Miss Yap Ai Leng of Lim Ah Woo Road, a student. Yau Cheng (5) Lam Phin Lian (4) Lau Peck Eng
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    • 665 2 HRPPEIIIIIGS wh t^y on I The 19 7 2 SCHOOLS' SAVINGS COMPETITION prize-giving ceremony will be held at the Conference Hall at 3 p.m. The WATER IS PRECIOUS EXHIBITION will be open at the Buklt Timah community centre from 3 to 10 p.m. A SEMINAR ON SOCIAL CONCERNS will begin
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    • 96 2 weather! Temperatures in world cities yesterday: Tokyo 5 6C Manila 33-29 C Kuala Lumpur 33-24 C Hong Kong 20-17 C Taipeh 23-15 C Seoul 13- OC Bangkok 35-25 C Naha 23-17 C London 6 3C Paris 4-Minus 2C Moscow 1-Minus 2C San Francisco 17- 5C New York Minus 1-Minus 4C
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  • 184 3 Doctors in Singapore have Isolated the virus that has been causing a mysterious hand-foot-and-mouth disease in children. Dr. Tay Chong Hal, a dermatologist, said: "We have proved that the coxsakie virus A 16 was responsible for the disease which occurred in October 1971 and
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  • 29 3 The working committee of the Taman Jurong Taxi Service will present donations to the Taman Jurong Community Centre Building Fund on Tuesday at 3.30 pjn.
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  • 605 3 Hon's hint in Parliament The Government is expected., to announce salary revisions for the lower rungs of the civil service later this year. The Finance Minister, Mr. Hon Sul Sen hinted this in Parliament yesterday when he announced steep pay rises for top civil
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  • 37 3 Rey k j avik, Saturday— British and American planes yesterday joined in an air-and-sea search for 10 survivors, including a woman, of an Icelandic fishing vessel which sank in a storm on Sunday.
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  • 34 3 President Sheares this morning received courtesy calls from Mr. Michael Somare, Chief Minister of papau. New Guinea, and the Lord Mayor of Hamburg, Mr. Peter Schulz, and his wife at the Istana.
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  • 144 3 The Pioneer Industries Employees' Union and the International Spinning Mill have signed a collective agreement which provides increased rates of payment for the 500 employees of the company. The agreement has been backdated to April 16 last year. All daily rated employees will
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  • 198 3  -  By Sonny Yap Demolition workers at the old Raffles Institution site have unearthed six coins dated between 1872 and 1874. They were found in a large hollow granite block which was part of a building constructed in 1875/1876. National Museum authorities have identified the
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  • 40 3 Stockholm, Saturday The seismological institute In Uppsela yesterday reported an underground explosion registering 5.8 on the Richter scale in the Semipalatinask area of Siberia. This is the area where nuclear explosions have frequently been reported in the past.
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  • 290 3  -  'A specialised game' By Ivan Lim If you hope to make a "cool million dollars" on the Stock Market you are in for a shock. "This is because the share market is not a treasury where money waits to be picked. Not every Tom,
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  • 46 3 The eighth For the People cultural show, presented by the People's Association Cultural Unit, will be held at the Nan Hoe Village community centre on Monday at 7.30 p.m. Mr. Tang See Chim, MP for Chua Chu Kang, will officiate at the ceremony.
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  • 286 3 A mock-up of the Interior. of a Jumbo Jet will be con- structed In the new Cus-. tomer Services' Building at the airport—to familiarise the cabin crew of Singapore Airlines with the real Jumbo feeling before it re- ceives
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  • 407 4  -  CAMERA ON SINGAPORE Long Kum Thong A floats procession In neon-light splendour will weave Its way through Singapore streets tonight to bring the 15-day Chinese New Year festival to a colourful close. The varied themes of the 22 floats reflect, among other things,
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  • 261 5 Reuter London, Saturday. Britain's film censor has ordered a 10 second cut in Marlon Brando's controversial sex film Last Tango In Paris before it can be shown in this country and the makers have accepted. The distributors, United Artists, and the Italian
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  • 274 5 Black September plot, says report Reuter, UPI Beirut, Saturday Jordanian intelligence officials foiled a spectacular Palestinian guerrilla plot to seize government buildings and Cabinet Ministers in Amman while King Hussein was visiting the United States. Lebanese newspapers reported yesterday. The independent newspaper An Nahar said the
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  • 239 5 United Press International Moscow. Saturday.—The Communist Party yesterday criticised inept management of business and industry and threatened punishment for those falling to meet their responsibilities. A front-page editorial in Pravda. the Communist Party newspaper, scolded "incompetent, inept, un-, imaginative" managers of business concerns. Without actually
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  • 204 5 United Press International Jerusalem, Saturday. Israel may banish Christian missionaries from the Holy Land for trying and sometimes succeeding to lure Israelis away from Judaism, a government official said yesterday. According to groups backing a proposal to oust the missionaries, between 5000 and
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  • 235 5 United Press International Vientiane, Saturday The Soviet Union yesterday formally presented the communist Pathet Lao with its new air armada a lone four-winged bi-plane. A Russian pilot even took a group of nervous-looking Pathet Lao dignitaries for* a trial spin in the pline,
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  • 125 5 Reuter London, Saturday.—Britain yesterday paid Malta a £3.5 million NATO instalment for the use of military facilities on the Mediterranean island, marking the end of a financial dispute. The action meant that the six-week-old dispute over Malta's request for more money for
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  • 78 5 Viet Cong prisoners of war being carried to aid stations on the northern side of Trach Ham River following their release by their South Vietnamese captors. Saigon has warned that it will stop releasing communist PoWs unless its own men are released as scheduled. Shortly
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    • 221 5 j;/ Margaret's Beauty Salon On The Official Opening Of Their New Premises At No. 6, 2nd Floor, The Gallery Battery Rood, Singapore 1. from w CLAIROL A Subsidiary of BRISTOL-MYERS (S) PTE. LTD. 40, Robinson Rd., (1) Tel: ***** s on The official Opening of Their New Premises At No.
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  • Restaurant & Entertainment GUIDE
    • 821 6  -  Five Taiwan chefs turn them out at this new place EATING OUT WITH WENDY HUTTON Mountains us u al 1 y don't move, but one exception to this Is the "beautiful mountain" restaurant better known as the Omei. From Its home of the past two years in
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    • 547 6  -  By Peter Ong Every time OARNELL LYONS dances on stage, there's magic iu his feet! No wonder! Because Lyons Is a tap dance. And people call him Mr. Magic Feet. "I suppose I am," says Lyon, with a heavy American accent. Lyons,
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    • 370 6  -  From Patricia Morgan In cheeky friendliness, Keith Michel half-lifted off Nana Mouskouri's famous glasses and looked into her big brown eyes as they sang a duet together. Then he smilingly slipped them back into position. It was a meeting of two superstars,
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  • Page 6 Advertisements
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  • Page 7 Advertisements
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  • 465 8 The meeting of Asean Foreign Ministers in Kuala Lumpur was timely. It allowed the member countries to take stock of the Indochlnese situation and discuss channels which could be exploited for the enhancement of stability in South-East Asia in the post-Vietnam war era. The
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  • 68 8 by ISPY The way some fire drills are organised, one wonders why they are held at all. One firm, we were told, Informed its employees that a drill was to be held at 8.35 a.m. the next day. At the dot of 8.30 everyone stopped work and
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  • 924 8 ISMAIL KASSIM A decade ago, it was possible to identify the race of a young man, his social background, his likely occupation and his character just by looking at his hair and his trousers. At that time. I
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  • Letters
    • 126 8  -  JOHN KOH I recently Joined a transport company as a delivery clerk drawing a salary of $150 per month. After working for a couple of months, the management Insists that my salary be split In such a way that the company salary record book shows $100.
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    • 349 8 There has been much discussion in your columns on the bad service of buses in Singapore generally. I strongly believe that some form of competition would perhaps ameliorate the problem. The "pawancha" taxis have been operating in Bukit Timah for quite some number of years. Although they
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    • 80 8 I refer to your report about Dirty Contracts, (NN, 30.1.73). I've heard a lot of rumours in town about such contracts and am sure that certain salons are well-known to all for trapping fashion conscious ladies. In order to avoid further distress, I think the Government
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    • 60 8  -  SOON TUAN TEE Please refer to the comments by Hard to Tolerate which appeared under the title Gate Is too Small in your newspaper on 6.2.73. We appreciate the concern of the writer and wish to Inform him that action is being taken to provide better exit
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    • 75 8 A blue film operator is a purveyor of pornographic thrills. He is also a "doctor of death"—he destroys the morals of young people with his sex celluloid garbage slowly but surely. It was indeed heartening to read the news item captioned Blue Film Ring Smashed by
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    • 122 8  -  RISHPAL SINGH Public Relations Officer, National Library, Singapore. 6. Please refer to the letter by Mohamed Sulaiman (New Nation, 12th February). We are pleased that Mohamed Sulaiman and others like him appreciate the Importance of the Library and agree with the desirability of having It open on
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    • 83 8 On behalf of all the people who use this part of Bedok Road in front of Masjid Laut, I wish to draw the attention of the Citizens' Consultative Committee members to help to level it. As this is a private path we hope that C.C.C. could look
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    • 138 8 Although it takes approximately 15 minutes for a bus to cover the distance between its Upper Serangoon Road (Kangkar) terminus and Yio Chu Kang Road, on 12.2.73 I had to wait in Yio Chu Kang Road for a long IS hour for a Toa Payoh-bound
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  • Page 8 Advertisements
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  • Page 8 Miscellaneous

  • SATURDAY REVIEW
    • 2050 9  -  Oslo—a small packet of many very good things WORDS: Trish Sheppard Oslo, the capital of Norway, stands at the top of Oslo fjord a 170 km. from the sea. It's an ancient city, almost a 1000 years old and it was from here and the other Western seaports
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    • 619 9  -  From Jerry Hulse Los Angeles Times There's no punishment for making capital of T a s m a n i a's convict past. While it's true stripes no longer are the fashion, the bitterness of the last century is reaping a
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    • 451 10 JUSTINE: The thrill seeker will find little to his amusement in this book by Mamols de Sade. It is, unquestionably, a book full of passion, diversions, perversions and. of course, sex. But the presentation is so matter-of-fact that you might as well be reading an encyclopaedia. The story
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    • 418 10 BANGKOK A THAI DIARY by Ruth Thompson Bendei, Asia Pacific Press, 124 pages, $12.50 TAN CHUNG LEE When I was first approached to review this book, I had the impression that it would, consist of the usual fare that guide books normally
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    • Article, Illustration
      163 10 20th century leaders CAMEL ABDEL NASSER. by Alan jamieson, Bell, 35 pages, $3. K.S. KHOO. This booklet is one of a series on Leaders of the 20th Century describing the achievements of some out- standing world statesmen, Including such greats as Lenin, Stalin, Mao Tse-tung and De Gaulle.
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    • 375 10 Effective use of fertiliser THE BASIC BOOK OF ORCANIC GARDENING edited by Robert Rodale, BaJlantine, 377 pages, $6.00. JOHN EDE Organic gardening is a system whereby organic products (i.e. those derived from organisms which have had life) are used to maintain and increase soil fertility. Until the 19th
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    • 378 10 It was first formed.to protect the poor THE MAFIA IS NOT AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER by Nicholas Cage, Dell, 222 pages, $5 FRANCIS KHOO Mario Puzo's novel The Godfather and the hit film of the same title has recently drawn attention again to the old Sicilian underworld organisation,
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    • 277 10 Focus on Scotland Yard THE HIDDEN WORLD OF SCOTLAND YARD by Guy R. Williams. Hutchinson, 270 pages, £3.50 C.V. ANTHONY ADAMS. Almost within minutes of entering Scotland Yard, the author was taken on a conducted tour of the Black Museum where he handled, among other things, the apparently
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    • 449 10 It all began with 'God bless love 1 Children have the habit of retting to the heart of the matter without fear, favour of pomposity, according to Nanette Newman. To prove her point Mrs. Newman, wife of film director Bryan Forbes, has published selection of children's
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    • 130 10 The currcnt world crisis in the money market makes The Destiny of the Dollar a natural selection for this week's cover. As this book reveals, the present financial crisis was a foregone conclusion. It was preceded by a severe shake-up in August 1971 when the dollar's
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    • 639 10  -  Kick-off to thrills Mwtny The review is by David Wang COALS IN THE AIR by Michael Hardcastle, Heinemann Pyramid, 95 pages, £1.10. Marton Rangers, a Second Division side is suffering the misery of several defeats when Kenny Rider, a sixteen-year-old centreforward with a remarkable flair for goal-scoring, is
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    • 612 11  -  \RT VIOLET OON One of Singapore's most travelled artists, Miss Sunyee, will give an exhibition of her paintings in the Hotel Phoenix lobby from February 24 to March 2. The Minister for Foreign Affairs, Mr. S. Rajaratnam, will open the exhibition on February
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    • 388 11  -  THEATRE VIOLET OON Concert lovers sometimes find their diaries empty but this month we seem to have a surfeit of performances to go to. There will be two concerts tomorrow evening. For those who enjoy listening to children making music, the concert organised by
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    • 411 11  -  THE CRAZY BOYS OF THE GAMES (Renn Productions now on at Cathay). CINEMA MARY LEE Mad magazine showed with ease how pompous events could be lampooned. Frenchmen Christian Fechner and Claude Zizi (producer and director) have, in the tradition of MAD, gone to
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    • 736 11  -  SIGHT* SOUND EDGAR KOH After the lightweight festival specials, RTS is back to its usual quota of serious programmes. Starting next week In the classical slot is THE FIRST CHTJRCHTLLS Monday Ch. 8, 10.45 p.m.) a BBC drama series in 12 parts. It teils
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    • 754 12  -  Joe Cocker's latest LP is worth waiting for DISC PETER ONG JOE COCKER: JOE COCKER (A M): When Joe Cocker sings, the first thing that probably comes to your mind is the fact that he sounds so much like a 50-year-old Southern black man
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    • 350 12  -  'bridge: GRAND SLAM One of the important techniques in dummy play, particularly in difficult contracts, Is to rectify the count. There are 13 cards in each hand distributed in four suits. If the holding in two suits become known, it will give a very good hint to
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    • 465 12  -  CHESS LIM KOK ANN Kampong Kapor Community Centre's championships got off to a fine start with the record entry of 230. Of these 180 are in International Chess and 50 in Chinese Chess. Mr. Yeo Toon Chia, MP. for Kampong Kapor opened the
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    • 386 12  -  r STAMPS ANDREW LAU This week I'm still on the miniature sheet theme. You may have noticed that while many of the Commonwealth countries produce miniature sheets to commemorate significant events, some other countries, particularly those in the Middle East, produce miniature sheets with no specific
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    • 315 12  -  LI PO Fresh lobster should not be messed about with. Made up dishes, Armoricaines (or Americains depending on your philological and culinary argument) and Thermidors are for your not-so-fresh fish. I will allow perhaps a lobster quich as they make in Fortnuins. There
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  • Page 11 Advertisements
    • 95 11 (2nd Floor) MUSICORNER Your MUSICEXPERT an exiting new haven of the whole world of music offering: all great labels top talents and artists widest choice of pop and classical records and musicassettes song and sound the world around children's repertoire spoken word educational type stereo demonstration records and soundeffects record
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    • 238 11 Just Arrived/ U.S.A. FIBRE GlflSS S CURTAin i Beautiful bargains! At only $3.30 and $3.80 per metre! In sheer whites and delicate pastels just the thing to give a bright new look to your homel $3.30- 115 cm (45") wide $3.80 152cm/182.9cm (60"/72") wide i M 77 74 HtGH ST
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  • Page 12 Advertisements
    • 479 12 Advertisement •V GARDEN NEWS MORE ABOUT ECONOMICAL WATERING. Last week we explained the importance of watering pot plants at the soil surface in sufficient quantity to penetrate to the bottom of the pot, but only allowing a drop or two to escape through the drainage holes. Excessive watering, apart from
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  • BUSINESS NEWS
    • 186 13 United Press International New York, Saturday. The United States continues to favour wider margins around currency exchange rates as a means of discouraging International speculators, the U8 Treasury Under-Secretary Mr Paul Voicker said yesterday. '-We have to take away the Incentives for money to
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    • 48 13 Aokam Tin announced a pre-tax profit of $3,588,000 for the six months ending December 1972, compared with $4,075,502 for corresponding months of 1971. AT's tin output increased by 456 plculs to 17,456 piculs during this period, when maintained at $621. malntallned at $621.
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    • OVERSEAS STOCK EXCHANGE PRICES
      • 463 13 The New York stock market moved higher yesterday as an Improvement In the dollar abroad drew some reluctant investors from the sidelines. With both a three-day weekend the market Is closed Monday for Washington's birthday and continued uncertainty In world money markets facing them, Investors had been hesitant
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      • 202 13 Closing prices (in francs) yesterday: Paribas 206 (204.50) Indochlne 254.10 (253) Fonder 405 (405) Printempe 143.50 (148.90) C.G.E. 454 (453.50) Bull 70.50 (71.20) Royal Dutch 187 (186) Mlchelin 1805 (1770) Thomson 183 (186) C-FPJ 210JS0 (212.50) Rhone 165.30 (165) Air 363 369.50) Philips 91 (88) Suez 353 (353) Citroen
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      • 204 13 Kyodo Prices on the Tokyo Stock Exchange further advanced yesterday morning. The Dow Jones average of 225 selected blue chips closed the morning session at yen 5,172.47, up yen 58.94 Casualty insurances moved broadly higher with Toklo Marine and Fire Insurance leading the way. Textiles and Paper-Pulps with latent
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      • 34 13 Dow Jones closing stock averages on the New York exchange yesterday. 30 Industrials 979.23 (up 6.10), 2o transport 203.30 (up 0.31) IS utilities 113.15 (off 0.19), 65 stocks 309.88 (up 1.18).
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    • 409 13  -  By S.V. Suppiah The proposed Securities Industry Bill has left a psychological impact on uninformed small investors, -who feared a "slump" may hit the Republic. But the market took the whole proposal quite soberly. The Securities Industry Bill which Is due to
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    • 134 13 Nakufrelght, a subsidiary of the world-wide freight forwarding enterprise, Kuehne and Nagel, has expanded its operations In Singapore. The company which specialises in economic airfreight consolidation service has recently opened a branch in Jurong. The new branch will expedite the collection and distribution of
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    • 45 13 Copper Industries sales shot up to $3.8 million.ror the second half of 1972 compared with $1 million for corresponding period of 1971. But the company still continues to incur a net loss of $890,727 during this period against $997,717 the previous year.
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    • 332 13 as Depending on the production of condensed milk for 'Income must be a speculative business If the profit trend of Pacific Milk Industries is taken as an indicator. Profits of $2.3 million earned in 1968 had dwindled to only $621,000 in 1970. The following
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    • 2025 13 INDUSTRIALS 1971/1972 High Low 4 wks. ago Stock Closing Price Buyers Sellers Last Week's Safe or Week's TurnOver 6.30 4.50 6.70 5.80 6.15 5.90 10.60 4.50 11.00 5.15 2.90 7.50 16.00 3.20 12.20 11.20 10.40 7.50 14.80 7.50 3.12 3.30 7 40 7.60 25.00 3.38 20.00 4.90
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  • SPORTS EQUIPMENT
    • 1170 14 The language of fashion among women has 'more often than not been an incessant tugo f w a r between the long and the short of It. Much has been exchanged over the fence, at the larabat-stall, the telephone, the cable-wire, the
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    • 508 14  -  Wide range of products By Wee Beng Huat Can you imagine, standing on the water's edge, your rod almost bent double, your reel screaming and paying out inch after inch of precious line and at the end of it, a surfacing fin in the centre of
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    • 515 15 With more and more people taking up squash each year,. sporting goods retailers in Singapore have been beseiged by players wanting rackets. The number of courts on the island is increasing and at least four more have been planned for the near future. By far the
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    • 414 15 Tennis racket in recent years have undergone big changes with the advent of the all steel frames. As Singapore becomes more and more sports conscious. retailers are offering greater ranges of sporting goods.. .and tennis is no exception. Tennis rackets can cost as little
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    • 497 15 A trophy can be defined as "a pile of arms and other spoils taken from a vanquished enemy and set up on the battlefield to commemorate a victory" at least that was Its ancient meaning. But not any more it seems. Now, a championship trophy is
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    • 662 16  -  By Wee Beng Huat If you are still complaining that there are not enough places left in Singapore to explore, chances are that you have never tried skin diving. For in the waters around the Island, even the furthest sport is just a few
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    • 822 16  -  By Rav K. Dhaliwal Health machines and equipment are becoming increasingly popular among Singaporeans, with the demand for them trebling over the past months. Most dealers in the line have reported a sudden upsurge in business especially from last year. To supply the large
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    • 1009 17 Big range from Yamaha Head for the horizon and discover your own tropical paradise among the myriad of Islands that dot our seas. Whether you want to fish, ski, skln-dlve, swim, cruise or just get a suntan, a pleasure boat is the key to a weekend
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    • 332 17 With more than 20,000 tenpin bowlers in Singapore it is no wonder that bowling equipment has become a big and lucrative business. And with more lanes planned and a drive (bythe Singapore Tenpln Bowling Congress (8TBC) to Increase its membership tne Republic can expect
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    • 144 14 Z€F< i M y set more records, 7r. r>3! Competition races! These are the proving grounds where engines must measure up or else. Mercury races a lot. Wins a lot. And what is learnt from this goes into every Mercury marine engine you buy. That's one reason why Mercury gives
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    • 61 15 MARINE PRODUCTS .v GRAND PETIT <Rv« man) Up to f H.P. Motor ...-Mi. rr *v»OM:4 *22in*. i -v sSfBS Padt«d«i»:33l>M. Boat Stearin* Whitl SoareWlfht A shop with complete range of Accessories and equipment for your boating and sailing requirements: IB INTERIMarine company iHdlf 51, Tanjong Pagar Road, Singapore, 2. IIHL
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    • 419 15 Dunlop Fort. Lawn Tennis Association official hall. For 1972 this world famous ball was adopted for more European Davis cup ties than any other ball. Reinforced nylon cover gives extra wear.. Dunlop L.P. A pressureless long play ball authorized by the L.T.A., will not lose its bounce and its cover
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    • 141 16 Models Available: Manual Type: 2 HP 4HP 6HP 9ViHP 18HP 25HP 40HP 50HP ElectrlcType: 25HP 40HP 50HP 65HP 85HP 100 HP 125 HP. STOCKS IPARII SERVICE O Lwanms-jmcbbig StNCAPOK ftUUA U*»U«-*OW-P«NANC DELUXE FISHING SPINNING REEL BALL BEARING WONBEREELS IN 7 SIZES. Advantages: ROLLER PICK-UPS. STAINLESS STEEL BALL-BEARING ii i X
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    • 173 16 H i I 1 (PRIVATE) LIMITED (Operated by Buxton Marketing Associates Pte. Ltd.) Visit our showroom at 304 Thomson Road, Singapore 11. Tel: *****2 For a wide range of:Skindiving and S.C.U.B.A. Diving Equipment, High Pressure Compressors, Wet Suits, Rubber Dinghies, Camping Equipment, Commercial Diving Equipment, Waterskis and Accessories, Hire, Tank
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    • 226 17 Now the perfect all purpose marine sealing compound. DAP FLEXISEAL -•r\ W V«_ XL Vn v.'\\ DAP products are made in New Zealand &y Consolidated Chemicals Ltd, „r V .v $*ftr 'l:. ii- Positive adhesion. Balanced flexibility. Excellent durability. 98% solid content. Minimal shrinkage. Simple to mix and apply/Minimal application
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    • 190 17 PICK YOUR CHOICE FROM A UNIQUE RANGE OF COLOURS IN A VARIETY OF STYLES IN 100* SUPERFINE COTTON 4 PP FABRICS m PROFESSIONALS! SEE THE BOND'S RANGE AT ROBINSON SUNRISE WINSTONS PAN WEST ISLAND COUNTRY CLUB CHANRAIS MELWANIS REWAS. (AUo ovoiloble of leading store in Moloysio It S'pore). Sole Agents:
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    • 2045 18 •Se t- .*£l ar- «pt ¥V K B3Mi 0 \v ti -V &3S OCT SMART! UNIFORMS For All Your Employ*** Male/Female, By Singapore Uniforms Manufacturers, specialising in oil types of industrial uses, hotels, restaurants, security etc., Also badges, logos, neckties for your requirements. Coll ***** S'pore. DINE/DANCE AND ROMANCE NITfLY
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    • 469 18 SIT* AGENTS CUtK fully experienced mole clerk required for lorge construction project. Must be copoble of handling a purchases day book and creditors ledger. Apply in writing only to:— Taylor 1 Woodrow-Dillinghom joint venture, East Lagoon Wharves, P.O. Box 37 Maxwell Rood P.O. Singapore, 2. HOSTESSES Port/Full-time Mole WORKERS. Feed
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    • 616 18 1 y.- ,'J I.' 111 U"5 »ff QUALIFYING FOR A Ml fit Job. Britain's foremost correspondence school con help you qualify for o responsible well-paid job. With its outstanding success recorld, the School offers you the best possible training for a successful career. Complete homestudy courses in Book-keeping Accountancy, Secretaryship,
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    • 423 18 NEW OPEN CHAMPGNE RESTAURANT, 99-101, Anson Rood. Business Hours: 11 a.m. 3 p.m. doily. Sunday open as usual. Set-lunch $2.50 eoch (Chinese Dishes) Delicious Nasi Padong: Curry Chicken, Prawns, Fish, Beef, Vegetable, Cuttle Fish Eggs from 30c. to $1.50. Soft drink 30c. only. Served lo your satisfaction. SANITARY CLERKS-OF-WORK with/without
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  • 551 19  -  By Sonny Yap, Nancy Koh The National Sports Promotion Board announced yesterday that the suspension of all tae-kwon-do tests imposed since last December will be lifted tomorrow. Officials of the Board disclosed that a sixth degree black-belt Korean master from Canada, Mr. Lee Joon
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  • 95 19 Mexico City, Saturday Two Mexicans. Rodolfo Martinez and Rafael Herrera, signed the contract here for their fight on April 14 for the vacant world bantamweight title, World Boxing Council version. The title became free when Panama's "Maravilla" Pinder refused to fight the council's choice of number one
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  • 182 19 The unruly jostling, sliding, spinning, hurtling and turtling of by-gone Jalopies will provide hours of spills and laughter at the Singapore Motor Sports Club's first autocross this year. To be held at Admiralty Road, Naval Base tomorrow at 10 a.m., the race has already attracted
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  • 61 19 London, Saturday The English Division Two match between Oxford United and Orient was postponed unto today because the ground was unfit. Also postponed was the amateur international between Northern Ireland and Scotland Other results: Division Three Charlton A 1 Walsall 1 Tranmere R 1 Watford 0 Division Four
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  • 214 19  -  By Nancy Koh Defending champion Raffles Institution retained the City District "B" boys soccer championship when it beat St. Joseph's Institution 6-0 at Monk's Hill yesterday. Rl's plajers, clearly in peak form, displayed unsurpassed team work to outplay the lesser coordinated SJI players. Centre-forward Aziz bin
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  • 148 19 Kuala Lumpur, Saturday. —Malaysia will join African countries in boycotting the Commonwealth Games in Christchurch next January if the all-white South African rugby tour of New Zealand takes place, a government spokesman said here yesterday. This was in line with Malaysia's anti-apartheid policy, he said.. The
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  • 46 19 New York, Saturday Lightweight Rodolfo Gonzalez will defend his World Moving Council title here on March 17 against sixthranked lightweight Ruben Navarro, it was announced yesterday. Gonzalez won the title last November 10 with a 13th round knockout of Mexico's Chango Carmona.
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  • 24 19 Jakarta, Saturday The visiting Benfica club team last night defeated the Indonesian national side 4-1 with star player Eusebio netting three goals.
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  • 291 19 TEST CRICKET: IST DAY Kingston, Saturday—Australia were struggling at 190 for four wickets against accurate West Indies spin bowling when bad light stopped play 62 minutes before the scheduled close on the opening day of the first Test here yesterday. Spinners
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  • 156 19 London, Saturday. The New McLaren Formula One racing car which was unveiled here yesterday will make its debut in the South African Grand Prix at Kyalami on March 3 with New Zealander Denny Hulme at the wheel. Hulme, the 1967 world champion driver, leaves
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  • 56 19 Bahrain. Saturday—Pele scored two goals for his club Santos when the Brazilian soccer club beat the Bahrain National team 7-1 here yesterday. A capacity crowd of 15.000 watched Santos register the biggest win of their visit to the Gulf area. In Kuwait, the Brazilians drew 1-1
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  • 20 19 London. Satruday Bath beat Cheltenham by 24 points to 7 in a Rugby Union match hern last night.
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  • 58 19 Encik Othman Wok, the Minister for Social Affairs and Cik Dah will be the guests of honour in the Singapore Women's Netball Association's 10th anniversary dinner at Hyatt Hotel tonight. Highlight of the evening will be a Miss Elegant contest. In addition to that there will be
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  • 622 19  -  THE SQUASH RACKET WITH ERIC COOPER The Open tournament I mentioned last week, scheduled for the end of March, will now have a sponsor since Nestle's have generously offered their support. It should be a big success. In fact, If the number
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  • Page 19 Miscellaneous
    • 71 19 DR. KILDARE J WERE ycxj INTERESTEP IN THE OPERATION YOU JUST U/ITIICCCPn AAIC« > DtD >OU...AH-.ENJ0y...1 MEAN, by Ken Bald 5s W ■S 5 i -<a ift!« sssaoi I'M CAMPEP OVER AT SOME WATERHOLE 'BOUT A FIYE-DOLLAR CAB FARE FROM HERE. SENSELESS WASTE OF MONEY SO I'M ASKING TO BE
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    • 462 19 Trust your lucky star IF IT'S YOUR BIRTHDAY BORN today, you are one of tho6e Impatient persons who consistently stands over the pot wondering why it doesn't boil faster than it does. Not one to let nature take its course, you will take a long time and go through the
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    • 247 19 NEW NATION CROSSWORD 9 Plaines. 10 Kind of fight: Phrase 11 John Q. Public. 12 Quickly: Fr. 13 Times before. 18 Latona. 21 Plant shoot. 23 Happy. 2 behold 24 Play part: 26 Fierceness 28 Part songs 30 Wear away. 32 Tram 34 Atlanta suburb 35 Middling. 37 Belt of
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  • 989 20 By Scrutineer Kinder Star is right back to her best form and has a bright chance of returning to the winners' list in the Class 4 Division 2 6f (Race Six) at Penang this afternoon.. She showed encouraging form at Singapore last month when she
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  • 1610 20 2.15 CLASS 5, DIV. 4 7F ($6,000 $4,200 to winner) 1 ***** BUMPER CROP II a (Auric) Tan 4 9-0 <dd 5) F Simpson 5 2 ***** ISABELLE (Isabelle) Heddle 5 B.IS (dc S) Anuar 1 3 ***** ON THE CUFF a (Imbi) Zain 5 B.IS <dd 4)
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  • 190 20 Race 1 SCRUTINEER ALWIN Ching Dynasty EPSOM JEEP ALWIN Chine Dynasty BLUE PETER ALWIN Chlng Dynasty CALL BOY VAGABOND Alwtn POINTER C. DYNASTY Alwtn MAKUDA ALWIN Iitam Mania Race 1 LIFT OFF Groap Cam mand MYSTIC 8HOE Lift Off MY8TIC SHOE Groap Command LIFT OFF Mystic Shoe
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  • 164 20 San Diego, Saturday— Grier Jones, who won more than U*****,000 last year despite missing more than a half dozen events because of a bad back, shot a sizzling 66 to grab the second round lead in the US$l7O,OOO Andy William-San Diego Open with a 36-hole score
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  • 32 20 Hong Llm beat Telok Ayer 84-68 and Boon Teck beat Paya Lebar 82-65 In the semifinals of the First InterConstituency basketball championship at the Gay World Stadium last night.
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  • Page 20 Advertisements
    • 24 20 HOROLOGICAL SPECIALIST CENTRE Alto obtainable: CYMA, OMEGA, BAUME MERCIER Geneva Co. Pte. Ltd. 1, OVERSEAS UNION SHOPPING CENTRE COLLYER QUAY SINGAPORE. 1. TEL: *****1
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    • 154 20 London Heathrow direct! Only $625 on^oor7o7 from Singapore and Kuala Lumpur* Operated by British Overseas Air Charter Ltd. (a subsidiary of BO AC). Departure Dates From Singapore From Kuala Lumpur February 19 26 23 24 28 March 5 10 19 26 2 4 7 9 14 16 23 30 Flights
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  • Page 20 Miscellaneous
    • 404 20 5 Singapore 12.55 Opening and Roman Holiday—The Lion s Share 120 Lassie Lassie and the Fugitive (Pt. 2) 1.45 Daniel Boone Plague that Come to Fort Run 2.35 Saturday Matinee Cash On Demand, starring: Peter Cushing, Andre Morell, Michael Vernon 3.45 Sayang Dtek Sayang 4.05 What's My Line 430 ABA
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    • 64 20 SHORT RIBS By Frank O'Neal V 7* m ►V 1 M j Wl m ITi -J 511 SR °L?Q FT^iil SNIFFY by George Fett ANDY CAP? NQPERCV, THINGS Ate all Right WITH FLO.-IT'S < vl>€ GIRL FRIEND f-SHE'S G<VEN I ME THE CHUCK j m cP m > THEV EXPECT
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    • 46 20 FM STEREO 6.00 Opening 6.10 Sunset Serenade 6.30 News (E) 6.40 Public Service Anncts. (E) 6.45 Programme Summary 7.00 The Julal Tan Quartet 7.30 Concert Time 8.00 News (C) 8.10 Public Service Anncts. (C) 8.15 Mandarin Selections 0.30 The Proms 10.30 Music for Millions 11.00 Close.
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  • GO RACING Fields, probable riders & form.at.a.glance
    • 855 21  -  By Blue Peter Stamford Lord has a good chance of reentering the winning list in Race Seven at Penapg tomorrow. A winner of three races early last season, the Tantrum. geiding showed a return to form after a lapse at Bukit
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    • 144 21 SCRUTINEER BLUE PETER EPSOM JEEP MAKUDA i rTA Race 1 GLACIAL LAD SALUTE TEXAS VAP. Texas Texas Cincinnati Forest Jipn Cincinnati Race 2 ITS HERE Pesari PE8AG1 It's Here SECOND PHASE it's Here PESAGI Foresight LETBOK. Seoqpd Phase Race 3 CITY STATUS Warpath INCANTATION Ultraviolet INCANTATION Jadi
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