New Nation, 24 February 1973

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    20 1 NEW NATION SINGAPORE V Saturday evening, February 24, 1973 No. 647 I Price 15 cents HNSAPOtE SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 24, 1973
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  • Article
    Drugs: 100 students picked up
    406 1  -  Fears rise as officers find out that some are now morphine addicts By Francis Rozario, Teresa Ooi More than 100 teenagers from six premier schools in different parts of Singapore have been picked up by Central Narcotics Bureau officers for using ganja and MX pills.
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    Ban now lifted
    69 1 Kuala Lumpur, Sat. The ban on the import of animal fertllUers from Singapore has been lifted. This was announced by the Treasury in a statement yesterday. It is understood that the Trade Ministry had received letters of complaint from farmers in Johore. They had been forced to
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    MAS move on reserves
    69 1 The government has announced that the reserves to be maintained by finance companies with the Monetary Authority, of Singapore will be nine per cent of their total deposits with effect from March 16. Previously, finance companies were required* to maintain three-and-a-half per cent statutory reserves against
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    Lock icon By request—US bombs fall again in Laos
    281 1 Reuter Washington, Saturday United States B-52 bombers yesterday resumed bombing operations over Laos at the irequest of the Royal Laotian government, the U.S. Pacific Command said. A spokesman at the Comm a n d headquarters in Honolulu, in a telephone message, said American
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    Black box found
    60 1 Tel A v iv. Saturday—Both the black box flight recorder and the cockpit voice recorder of the downed Libyan airliner were found today, an army spokesman announced. Preliminary investigation of the tapes prove that the pilot had been completely off course, thought he was over Egypt and
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    S'pore visit
    24 1 Belgrade, Saturday Yugoslav Premier Dzemal Blledlc will pay "official and friendly visits" next month to India. Sri Lanka, Singapore. Malaysia and Bangladesh.
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    Bank rate up
    30 1 Washington. Saturday.— The US discount (bank) rate was raised last night from five per cent to flve-and-a-half per cent by four Federal reserve banks, including New York.
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    Easy Come in form
    268 1 By Blue Peter Penang, Saturday Easy Come, late Ocean Breeze, a speedy English gelding by champion sprinter Bleep Bleep, should not miss in Race 7 at Penang today. This speedster has won two of his last three starts and looks well In with 8.10. Easy Come
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    Death at hotel: Murder Squad moves in
    153 1 The ClD's Homicide Squad has begun investigations into the death of a Japanese woman found sprawled on the fifth floor flower-bed of the Ming Court Hotel 'In Orchard Road two nights ago. The squad was called In yesterday afternoon by the Orchard Road
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    OUR ROADS
    10 1 Police reported 80 accidents yesterday. Three were serious.
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    $30,000 opium haul from ship
    317 1 Month-long probe pays off Central Narcotics Bureau and Customs officers yesterday recovered more than 100 lb. (45 kg) of opium from a Singapore registered ship anchored in the docks after a day-long search. The opium, valued at over $30,000, was meant for East Malaysia. The
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    Death fall
    28 1 A 40-year-old construction worker, Poon Chee Sens, of Redhill Road, fell to his death from the Bth floor of a construction site at Claymore Hill yesterday.
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    A Cinderella fella from Down Under
    379 2  -  By Abby Tan In knee-length socks, faded shorts and cutdown shirt, sitting cross-legged on the bed. This was the symbol of the Australian worker. It could only be a magic wand that transformed this rag-and-bone image Into Australia's hottest TV property Paul Hogan, better
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    Gold trading here comes to a halt
    286 2 Price hits new peak in Europe The Singapore gold market came to a standstill yesterday as the price of the metal reached an all-time high of US$9O an ounce in the European bullion centres. No Quotations were received from overseas suppliers and trading
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  • Article
    The death spots in Singapore
    515 2  -  ROAD SAFETY '73 By Douglas Chan Of the 1200 miles of roads in Singapore, more than a dozen locations are prone to accidents. Easily topping the list is the "jinx" corner at Mountbatten Road. Along this 200 yard stretch between Ramsgate Road and Broaderick Road,
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    New move to block speculation
    410 2  -  Finance centres tighten loans By Bharathi Mohan Banks and finance companies have tightened their credit loans to individuals in a move to curb excessive speculation on the share market. A New Nation survey showed many of these financial institutions were not granting loans even against
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      60 2 Tides Today: 3.19 p.m. (2.2 m). Tomorrow: 3 a.m. (2.6 m), 4.13 p.m. (1.9 m). Monday: 3.39 a.m. (2.5 m), 5.56 p.m. (1.7 m). Tuesday: 4.34 ajn. (2.3 m), 9.14 p.m. (1.9 m). Wednesday: 6 a.m. (2.2 m), 9.47 pjn. (2.1 m). Thursday: 7.51 a.m. (2.2 m), 10.14 p.m. (2.2
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      488 2 HRPPEnincs WH T A 0 T D s Ar 0N Mr. Sha'ari Tadin, Senior director. Mr. Lee Wal Kok, Parliamentary Secretary will present prizes to win(Cultuie), will open RASA ners of a LOGO CONTEST "73, an abstract art exhlbl- at Its Kalians premises at tion, at 4 p.m. It is
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      206 2 weather Temperatures cities yesterday: Tokyo Manila Kuala Lumpur Hong Kong Jakarta Bangkok Paris London Moscow New York Sydney world 18- 5C 33-20 C 33-22 C 23-22 C 33-24 C 34-20 C 6- 2C 10- 4C 1- 0C 6- 2C 23-20 C Singapore Singapore's weather for the 24 hours to 8
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    A weak start, then Ponti lives up to fame
    300 3  -  By Violet Oon The publicity that preceded pianist Michael Ponti's arrival in Singapore made much of his "phenomenal technique" ana "steel fingers." I was therefore looking forward to hearing some really thunderous Romantic music in his recital at the Cultural Centre
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    Industries seek cream of students
    347 3  -  Contact with schools By Teresa Ooi Major industries in Singapore are maintaining close but informal contacts with schools, vocational and technical institutes and higher schools of learning to keep an eye on the "cream of students." A spokesman for Shell Company said: "Most major and
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    37 chit fund firms still doing business
    165 3 Since the government suspended the formation of ne# chit fund groups in Singapore 20 firms in this line of business have either closed down voluntarily or by court orders. Fifteen of the 20 are in the hands of the Official Receiver. There are
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    Sale of Food Bill hailed
    478 3 Compulsory labelling a 'good move' Manufacturers have welcomed the Sale of Food Bill, tabled In Parliament recently, which requires International labelling for Singapore food products. The Bill, which repeals the present Sale of Food and Drugs Act makes labelling on packaged food compulsory. Under the
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    Parents 'yes' to sex education
    567 3 Kuala Lumpur, Saturday Sex education lor school children is a must if parents want to prevent them getting wrong ideas from dirty magazines and ill-informed friends. Malaysian parents feel society has changed so much over the past few years that children are better protected, particularly
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    SAF cadet scores top marks in college
    149 3 Staff-Cadet Tan Hang Kee of the Singapore Armed Forces has scored top marks in his first-year examination at the Duir<roon Roy&l Military College. Australia. Cadet Tan. who was sent there to do a degree course in General Science on a SAF scholarship, scored
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    Water main
    33 3 The Water Department of the PUB Is now laying a 48inch water main along River Valley Road from Ord Road to Hill Street. It will take about six months to complete.
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    A last-minute winner...
    212 3 A last-minute entry turned out to be another "winner" for selftaught graphic designer Yew Wei Lee. Mr. Yew, 29, who won the People's Association Youth Sub-Committee Emblem Competition, said of his design: "Since the Youth Subcommittee is an integral part of the People's Association its symbol must
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    Magic show at library
    53 3 The National Library Group Services Section is organising an evening of magic featuring six local members of the Society of American Magicians, at its lecture hall on Wednesday at 7.30 p.m. They are Messrs. Choy Hoong, Michael Lim, Harry Tan, Benedict Loh, Tan Bah Chee and
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      373 3 --P'i i I as Wr- fgr W I •th '-G »;V Quiz object No. 200 All three prizes to students VA SPECIAL QUIZ J ■■mhhbhhv Last Tuesday's quiz photograph showed a tooth pick holder. All the prizes are won by students. The first prize of $15 goes to Tan Jui
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    Lock icon Budding blooms in the cultural desert...
    402 4  -  CAMERA i ON SINGAPORE WORDS: Pauline Khng Probably one of the few Singapore societies not < connected with any church and yet is bustling with activities on Sunday Is the Young Musicians' Society, in Scotts Road. The YMS held its first concert at the
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    Lock icon Entry loophole is plugged
    199 5 Reuter London, Saturday. British high court judges have plugged a time-limit loophole through which large numbers of illegal immigrants have been aide to escape deportation Until now Immigrants who had dodged immigration controls, often by secret landings from smuggler's boats and aircraft, could remain In the
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    Lock icon Strike by air traffic men goes on
    142 5 Reuter Paris, Saturday. Air traffic controllers decided yesterday to continue a strike which has cut flights in France by up to 80 per cent. A spokesman for the controllers announced this as traffic at the main Paris airport of Orly was reduced to
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    Tremors rock San Jose
    50 5 San Jose, Saturday A seizes of earth tremors rocked the Costa Rlcan capital yesterday sending people scampering out of offices and houses. Office workers felt at least two light tremors and two strong ones. There Were some reports of damage but no immediate reports of casualties.
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    Lock icon The high price of $ crisis
    322 5 The high price of crisis Warning to developing nations UPI and Reuter Bangkok, Saturday U Nyun, the executive secretary of the United Nations Economic Commission for Asia and the Far East (ECAFE), yesterday warned that developing countries stood to lose as much as US$lOOO million (about $2500 million) as a
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    Soldier hurt in Ulster blast may lose sight
    301 5 Londonderry, Saturday A bomb blast seriously injured a British soldier here yesterday as he tried to throw it back from his sandbagged sentry post. An army spokesman said the bomb, two or three sticks of gelignite in a beer can, exploded just
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    Lock icon Duke and Anne may visit Russia
    136 5 Reuter London, Saturday The Duke of Edinburgh is expected to visit Russia in September and his daughter Princess Anne, may accompany him, informed court sources said yesterday. The visit, first to Russia by any member of Britain's Royal family in almost 55 years, would
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    Don't fall into trap again, warns Taipeh
    272 5 Taipeh, Saturday. Nationalist Chinese Prime Minister. Mr. Chiang Ching Kuo yesterday warned the United States not to be lulled into believing that it could coexist with Chinese communists. "The communists may change their tactics in fighting the free world, but they will never
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    Reno Brothers in town...
    511 5  -  They captivate audiences wherever they perform imiMMII HI By Peter Ong The RENO BROTHERS—Fernando and Joseph—are NOT brothers. In fact, both of them were rivals before they got together. While performing Individually on an Italian liner bound for Sydney, they combined forces "just for fun." And
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    Three's company to the Trio Los Manilenos
    260 5 Music, to three Filipinos. is -like a can of glue It has linked them together for the past 35 years and looks that it will last for the rest of their lives. "Our first love Is music," said the trio in unison. The
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    Organising a national orchestra
    448 6 There appears to be widespread support for the creation of a national symphony orchestra or a chamber ensemble mooted by Dr. Goh Keng Swee at the opening of the Japanese Garden in Jurong last week. But there are tremendous obstacles, such as the lack of personnel,
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    Lunch from 4 nations
    81 6 by ISPY A friend of mine told me that she and another girlfriend went to a famous restaurant In Singapore to sample its various dishes for lunch, after hearing that one could order just about anything from a wide variety of International foods on the menu.
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    Government's major role in bringing art and culture to the people
    980 6  -  EDGAR KOH In the corner stood a sweat-stained canvas bed without pillows; under it, a gin-bottle of Water from the public standpipe down the road, unpleasantly lukewarm but serving to quench an insistent thirst. And all around the zincoven
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  • Letters
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      Guided tours of houses
      127 6 I note with a tinge of regret the recent sale .of Eu Villa in Adls Road and the demolition of other buildings of historic interest. My main reason for writing this Is to persuade the Tourist Promotion Board to conduct guided tours to such buildings including
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      Accident-prone tyres
      376 6  -  E.C.R. One more Road Safety Campaign is under way in Singapore, In one more attempt to reduce the accident rate on our roads. Many factors are blamed for thL- continuous Increase In accidents, which is undoubtedly extremely high, and I would like to put forward my views, since
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      The right sort of values
      82 6 I refer to Ismail Kassim's column Western Influence Has Led to The Emergence of Some Common Values Amohg Us (New Nation, 17th February 1973). Mr. Ismail Kasslm has certainly made some Interesting observations on a very Important subject. Unfortunately it seems to me that he
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      Make use of rubbish bins
      93 6  -  CHAN LOY CHAN (Miss) Public Relations Officer, Ministry of the Environment. Singapore, 3. I refer to the letter by Alfred .concerning Garbage In a Backlane (New Nation, 9.2.73). Debris and rubbish were found In the backlane of Kallang Road adjacent to Home Road and were
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      Shelter at bus stop
      61 6  -  L.B. SEAH Could the authority concerned study the feasibility of building a shelter at the bus-stop facing the Central Manpower Base at Dempse.v Road? Many people are using this bus-stop: soldiers, students and national servicemen who call at CMPB for registration and reporting. These people are
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      No closing date
      203 6  -  KHOR ENG LEE Public Relations Officer, Public Utilities Board. Singapore, 6. I refer to Mr. Jerry Goh's letter (New Nation, 19.2.73). Our statistical study shows that the consumption of 64 per cent of all domestic consumers falls within the Ist basic block and another 26 per cent
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      Schedules must be checked
      131 6 Last week I reached the bus stop in front of Siglap Market at 8.15 In the morning and waited for ABS Service No. 10. Not one bus from this service appeared until 8.55. When at last It appeared it was tightly packed with passengers. What happened
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      Examiner had fact wrong
      112 6 I sat for my Cambridge O.C.E. last year. On the day of the Oral English Test, I was questioned by the examiner on mv favourite pop groups. My answer was the Tremeloes, Marmalade Deep Purple. Before I could continue any further, she said, "Deep PurPle is
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  • SATURDAY REVIEW
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      Lock icon DISCOVERING YUGOSLAVIA
      2056 7  -  Whatever you are looking for Dubrovnik has it WORDS: Wendy Hutton "Dubrovnik?" My travel agent looked at me blankly "Dubrovnik? Where exactly is that?" His lack of knowledge of this exquisite town on the Adriatic coast of Yugoslavia was not surprising. Few people in Singapore seem to be
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      Lock icon Travel to Europe costs more nowadays
      618 7  -  From Jerry Hulse Los Angeles Times It was a nice dream: "Europe on US$5 ($12.50) a day." But let's be realistic: The only way to do Europe on US$5 a day any more is to be a teenager with a pack on your back
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      PAPER BACKS
      373 8 TBE GREAT AFFAIR: Victor Canning tells the indefatigable story of Nelo, an ex-prlest just out of prison. Nelo is armed with the best Intentions, but steals a valuable diamond necklace from his brother. This is only the start of a hectic, amusing round of encounter! with gunrunners, diamond
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      For music lovers
      324 8  -  TiTiiBMNB linn The review is by by Ismail bin Said Talib TWENTIETH CENTURY MUSIC: A SYMPOSIUM by Rollo Myers, Calder and Boyars, 289 pages 455. The world of 20th century music is quite ironically an enigma to most of us. It does sound strange how one of
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      OH MY PAPA-HE'S SO EARTHY AND DIRECT
      1113 8 HARRY S. TRUMAN by Margaret Truman, William Morrow and Co., 602 pages, $43.80 RICHARD J. WALTON. Margaret Truman is Harry's daughter, all right. No question about that. Her tongue can be tart and her language blunt when she defends her father. In a
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      Plateful of tips
      349 8 Or how to order Chinese food EATINC OUT IN CHINESE RESTAURANTS by Natalie H. Bellocchi. Asia Pacific Press. 85 pages $5.95. WENDY HUTTON. At first glance, this looks like a very useful little book. Its professed aim is to tell you how to order food in a
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      So this is No. 10
      424 8 INSIDE NO. 10 by Marcia Williams, Coward McCann, 373 pages, $31.80 HAL BURTON. If you're expecting another one of those gushy, "now-it-cain-be-told," private-secretary revelation books, this one about No. 10 Downing St, during the Prime Ministership of Harold Wilson will disappoint you. Tet if you're
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      Cover of the week
      83 8 Dubbed the greatest novel in any Language, Leo Tolstoy's epic classic War and Peace is now available in paperback. Tolstoy took jive years to complete this massive chronicle which portrays Russian family life during and after the Napoleonic War. This first volume translated into English by
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      Focus on social science ...
      614 8 Focus on social science SOCIAL SCIENCE AND THE SCHOOL CURRICULUM, by F. j. Hunt, Angus and Robertson, $9.50, 183 pages JON QUAH. The book is an interim report on the curriculum development project undertaken by members of the various social science departments as well as the Education Faculty at Monash
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      Victorian life comes alive again...
      623 9  -  rsk.ll VIOLET OON The ONEDIN LINE (Tuesday Ch. 5 9.25 p.m.) Is a series which combines the visual glamour of the seven seas and sailing ships with tough action. It unfolds the harshness of Victorian life an undernourished world with no proper medicine or decent
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      March date with London ballet dancers...
      637 9  -  VIOLET OON On March 3 Donald Moore will present the Samsova Prokovsky New London Ballet at the National Theatre. The group will stage exciting new ballets, not in the Martha Graham sense, but contemporary ballets within the classical style. Oalina Samsova and Andre Prokovsky.
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      Sha'ari to open display by five artists
      736 9  -  (''art VIOLET OON Five local artists, Ghanl Hamid, Eskar Sarja, S. Mohdlr, Ismail Muda and Yusop Mahmood, will hold an exhibition of abstract art called RASA '73 at the Malay Art Gallery. It will be opened by Inche Sha'ari Tadin, the Parliamentary Secretary
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      Calibre Nine lives up to name...
      333 9  -  CINEMA MARY LEE CALIBRE NINE (now on at Capitol). If there ever was a film that was appropriately titled, it is the one currently showing at the Capitol. It is indeed Calibre Nine, and I wonder why Shaw Organisation thinks fit to show it
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      Turtle: Try this for a change
      468 10  -  FOOD/DRINK LI PO It Is a great shame that our East Coast beaches and those of the offshore islands are still being ravaged for turtles eggs. On one island I know well in the season the islanders wait nightly for the lumbering beasts to
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      PQR issues will be out tomorrow
      425 10  -  STAMPS ANDREW LAU The PQR or Prosperity through Quality and Reliability, stamp contest is at last over and the four stamps selected will be out tomorrow. The release of these stamps have been timed to coincide with the official launching of the PQR campaign.
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      Top stars in rock-opera
      1202 10  -  f DISC PETER ONG VARIOUS ARTISTS: TOMMY (ODE): Here, in this double album set, is a gathering of some of rock's top artists playing their parts in the rockopera and backed by the London Symphony Orchestra and Chambre Choir. Tommy is. or course, the classic composition
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      In a mess over a bad opening
      470 10  -  CHKSS LIM KOK ANN In the third round of the Kampong Kapor Championship I was hard put to squeeze a draw from Cheang Klan Leong. Playing the opening badly I got into a mess and should have lost but for my opponent's inexperience.
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      Novice in the midst of top players
      314 10  -  f BRIDGE GRAND SLAM In bridge, and perhaps in other games, the novice playing with experts is often able to induce unexpected results. Today's hand occurred in a recent duplicate pairs contest where North was a beginner playing with no less than three
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      422 10 Advertisement V GARDEN NEWS] watering questions by Amy and This week we are answering questions about the correct watering of indoor pot plants, which readers hare asked: so here goes. Q. When I water some pots, the water runs straight through the pot and out at the bottom. Why? A.
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  • BUSINESS NEWS
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      Lock icon Company on the takeover trail
      399 11 SB Desmond Consolidated P1 a ntations Ltd. was incorporated less than a year ago and has already started out on the takeover trail. It is currently involved in a battle to gain control of Consolidated Salak Rubber Estates Limited which is like its bidders incorporated
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      181 11 Mr. Peter Cheok Tian Sang 40, has been appointed manager of the concrete Division of Hume Industries (Singapore) Limited. He succeeds Mr. R.A. Shelley, who has been promoted manager, (Planning) of Hume Industries (Far East) Limited. Mr. Cheok, a former student of Presbyterian Boy's School, graduated with a Bachelor
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        381 11 United Press International New York, Saturday. Concern over a weakening dollar kept many investors away from the stock market iyester<|ay and prices adjusted accordingly lower in slow trading. Rumours abounded that members of the European Economic Community plan collectively to float their currencies over the weekend. The dollar,
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        34 11 Dow Jones closing stock averages on the New York Exchange yesterday: 30 industrials 959.89 (off 11.89), 20 transport 198.20 (off 2.16), 15 utilities 112.44 (Off 0.51), 65 stocks 304.04 (off 3.27).
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        226 11 Kyodo Tokyo, Saturday. Stock prices held mixed yesterday morning in moderate trading on the Tokyo Stock Exchange. The Dow-Jones average of 225 selected blue chips closed the morning session at yen 5,281.50, up yen 3.25. The TSE price index was down 0.12 at 400.55. Mitsui Mining led noneferrous metals
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      Speculative buying fades
      524 11  -  PRICES TUMBLE UNDER PERSISTENT SELLING PRESSURE By S.V. Suppiah Share prices tumbled during the week under persistent selling pressure on the Stock Exchange of Malaysia and Singapore. Many small investors fearing a drastic decline ran to their brokers In haste to sell their shares. This intensified the
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      Half-year profit for Mineral Securities up
      58 11 Mineral Securities Malaysia's unaudited pre-tax net profit for half year ended December 1972 rose to $515,000 compared with $245,000 for same period of the previous year* The company's profits rose from $260,000 to $524,000 mainly due to a higher dividend being paid by Rahman
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      339 11 Zurich, Saturday. The United States dollar rallied from earlier falls on most European foreign exchange markets yesterday, while the price of gold, which had been setting records all last week, settled back at the close of trading. Dealers In Zurich said the dollar was
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      1971 11 INDUSTRIALS 1971/1972 4 wks. Stock Closing Price Last Week's High Low ago Buyers Sellers Sale or Qver 6.30 1.38 4.46 Acma 4.62 4.70 -0.90 28 4.50 1.20 3.32 Adhesive Tape 4.00 -0.38 38 6.70 1.98 5.80 Aiinomoto 5.90 1.55 4.90 Alcan 5.10 5.10 -0.70 11 1.20 1.20
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    754 13  -  By Nancy Koh Raffles Girls' School conceded one rubber to unseeded Paslr Pan Jang Secondary through erratic play In their defence of the National "C" Girls title at NJC yesterday. Raffles, with young potentials Lee Kim Kee and Kwok Seet Moey whalloped Paslr Panjang's
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    Fourth straight win to MCC
    75 13 Mountbatten Community Centre loomed as strong contender when it scored its fourth successive victory in the Under 17 table tennis tournament held at Kallang last night. It accounted for Sennett Community Centre -3-1 and now is poised to top challenger for the Group A little
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    126 13 Catholic High School "A" Joined Sennett with three wins out of four starts when it beat helpless Yap Transport 3-0. But the heat is on in Group B with three teams in contention with four wins out of the maximum matches. Kallang community centre leads the pack. Yesterday it
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    Paks vs. Malaysia
    31 13 Lahore, Saturday—Pakistan will meet MaHatfsia In their eastern zone Davis tennis Cup-tie at Kuala Lumpur from March 24 to 26. The Pakistan Lawn Tennis Association announced here yesterday.
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    SAS edges Saints for final berth
    391 13  -  By Dennis Chia It's an SAS-Saints final in the National Schools seven-a-side rugby competition on Monday—but it's not what the Saints had hoped for. Joint title-holders St. Andrew's School meets Singapore American School after their victories in the semi-finals matches played at Grange Road
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    Fezler leads
    68 13 New York, Saturday. Californian Forrest Fezler took a clear lead at the halfway stage in the U*****,000 Jackie Gleason Inverrary Golf classic here yesterday. Fezler, 23, who shared the top spot after the opening round had a three-under-par 69 yesterday for a 36-hole total of 136. He led
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    Dark horse ousts Muriel
    692 13  -  THE SQUASH RACKET WITH ERIC COOPER Eight of the last 16 places in the ANZUK individual championships have already been filled, and the others should be occupied within the next day or so. If present results are any guide the seeded players who have yet to
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    Skipper Majid
    52 13 London, Saturday Majid Khan, the new//-appointed Pakistan captain, is to lead Glamorgan in the English county cricket championship next season, it was announced here last night. Tony Lewis, the man he succeeds as Glamorgan skipper, will lead England against Majid's Pakistan team in the First Test at Lahore
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    22 13 DIVISION THREE Shrewsbury 0 Wrexham 0 DIVISION FOUR Southport 1 Northton 2 Stockport 0 Hartlepool 1 Workington 2 P'borough 2
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      449 13 NEW NATION CROSSWORD ACROSS 1 Adventures, old style. 6 Side post. 10 Short for a man's name. 14 Certain data. 15 Olive tree genus. 16 Hailing cry. 17 Of the hirds. 18 Elicit. 20 Negative prefix 21 Incite to action. 23 A Barrymore. 24 Gauzy fabrics. 26 Wartime Initials. 27
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      438 13 Trust your lucky star IF IT'S YOUR BIRTHDAY BORN today, yQU are a person of exceptional patience and understanding where the young are concerned. You will forgive almost any error that is the result of youth or Inexperience; you will excuse almost any excess that is the result of enthusiasm
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    818 14  -  By Scrutineer Punters can get off to a good start with A1 win in the Class 5 Division 3 8$f (Race One) at Penang this afternoon. The six-year-old has hit his right form again after a lapse and Is due for another win. At Singapore
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    152 14 SCRUTINEER EPSOM JEEP BLUE PETER CALL BOY POINTER MAKUDA Race 1 ALWIN Maaggla MANGGIS Group Command G. COMMAND Ahrin MANGGIS Charter Hill MANGGIS Chmrter HID G. COMMAND Charter Hill Race 2 MYSTll? SHOE ntgattary TYRANT Amsterdam LIFT OFF Tyrant DIGNITARY Mystic Shoe TYRANT Amsterdam SHY AWAY Amsterdam
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    KK takes third placing
    231 14 Favourite Kampong Ka por last night beat Paya Lebar 63 59 to secure the third placing in the First Inter Constituency basketball tournament at Gay World. KK's sharpshooters Ong Bock Kow and team captain Lim Dju Kam started the goal netting spree and rounded with top
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    Fairlie ousts Rosewall
    93 14 Cologne, Saturday.—Brian Fairlie of New Zealand fought back to beat Australian Ken Rosewall 1-6 6-2 6-1 to reach the semifinals of the world championship tennis group "B" tournament here last night. Fairlie now meets Alex Metreveli of the Soviet Union in today's semifinals. The Russian scored a
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      374 14 5 Singapore Opening and Roman Holidays—Star for a Day Lassie—Lassie and the Loner Daniel Boone—The Fleeing Nuns Saturday Matinee— We Joined the Navy, starring: Kenneth More, Lloyd Nolan, Joan Obrien. Mischa Aver Sayang Dek Sayang (M) What's My Line ABA Basketball Bobble Gentry News in Brier RTS Talentlme 72/73 (E)
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      864 15  -  By Blue Peter City Status should outstay his rivals in the Penang Plate in Race Seven at Penang tomorrow. The A 1 Dakhil four-year-old put up a smart showing last Sunday wheji he came from nowhere at the home turn
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