New Nation, 3 July 1973

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  • 19 1 NEW NATION SINGAPORE Tuesday evening, July 3, 1973 No. 757 Price 15 cents j SINGAPORE TUESDAY, JULY 3, 1973
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  • 13 1 Police reported 88 accidents yesterday. Ten were serious and one fatal.
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  • 145 1 In dull trading, prices wtre easier on the Stock Exchange of Singapore for the first 45 minutes this morning. Tins, rubbers, oil palm and most hotels were neglected. Trading In Buklt Sembawang shares, which was suspended last week, was lifted this morning. BUSINESS DONE: Buklt Sembawang (1)
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  • 501 1  -  By Bharathi Mohan This dust-covered Plymouth has been lying idle at the Hilton Hotel's basement car park for about a month. Its owner is missing. He left in a hurry about two weeks ago- He also left behind a Rolls
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  • 61 1 Johannesburg, Tuesday— Two young miners who bound an African's wrists with dynamite lighter cord and then set it alight were each sentenced to three months in prison yesterday. Stephanus An dries Alberts, 18, and Dirk Jacobus Laubscher, 24, were sentenced in a magistrate's court at Randfontein, near
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  • 127 1 London, Tuesday Joe Frazier (above) former world heavyweight boxing champion, outpointed Joe Bugner, Britain's European title-holder, over 12 rounds at Earl's Court here last night. Contrary to expectations, Bugner did not try to dance away from the beared Frazier, but was perfectly willing
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  • 89 1 Hong Kong. Tuesday. The Hong Kong Marine Department reported today it received a distress message from the 011-drllllng rig Olomar IV which said the vessel's master had ordered the 70 people aboard evacuated because of high winds and heavy seas. The Department quoted the message from
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  • Article, Illustration
    53 1 Local soccer coach Choo Seng Quee <above) has been offered a coaching job by Hong Kong's professional Division One club. Caroline Hill. The offer to the former Singapore national coach Is worth about HK$6O.OOO ($30,000) a year for an indefinite period, starting in September when the colony's football
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  • 379 1 New bid to halt Red drive in Cambodia Reuter Washington, Tuesday The Nixon administration, armed with legislation that permits bombing in Cambodia till August 15, has stepped up attacks in the war-torn country. According to a Defence Department spokesman the bombing raids over Cambodia have
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  • 302 1 'Wait for our analysis' The Consumers Association of Singapore is making an analysis of the different varieties of blachan that are on the market. This follows a report from the Penang Consumers Association that a cancer-causing prohibited dye Rhodamine B—had been used to colour a certain
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  • 40 1 New York, Tuesday. Sharif Sirhan eldest brother of Sirhan Sirhan, Senator Robert Kennedy's convicted assassin was sentenced to six months jail yesterday In Los Angeles for writing a letter threatening to kill Israel] Premier Golda Meir.
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  • Page 1 Advertisements
  • Page 1 Miscellaneous

  • 252 2 Jurong Shipyard has successfully completed the removal of 3500 tons of scrap metal from a damaged oil tanker—by slicing the vessel in two (above). The two parts of the tanker will now be joined together by one metre of new plates—a process known as
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  • 65 2 The Singapore Port Workers' Union has filed wage claims on behalf of 4000 mc.nthly-rated employees of the Port of Singapore Authority. Negotiations between the PSA and the union are expected to begin within the next few days. It is understood the PSA would make counter-pro-posals on the
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  • 275 2 'Lamentable standards' Roadside hawkers in the eastern half of Singapore have "generally lamentable" standards of cleanliness, according to officials of the Rotary Club of Singapore East. They made this observation after their recent Cleanest Cooked Food Stall competition. They said more washing facilities should
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  • 40 2 The Lions Club of Singapore Central will hold its 11th installation dinner at the Hilton Hotel on Saturday at 7.30 p.m. The Member of Parliament for River Valley. Dr. Tan Eng Liang will be the guest of honour.
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  • 118 2 Low Wai Hoa. 12, who was missing from his Kampung Bahru home for nearly a week, was re-united with his family last night. Wai Hoa. a student of Dune a r n Secondary School, was found wandering near the Golden City Theatre
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  • 69 2 Bangkok. Tuesday The Thai Ministry of Commerce has decided to lift the ban on the export of parboiled and broken rice, official sources said yesterday. The sources said the Government was removing the ban because parboiled and broken rice were noi, used for domestic consumption. Last month,
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  • 31 2 A 25-lecture course on Industrial Radiography will be conducted jointly by the Ministry of Science and Technology and the University of Singapore's Department of Extramural Studies on July 10.
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  • Page 2 Advertisements
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  • Page 2 Miscellaneous
    • 897 2 Barman among LP winners r r VS Jr. "rm ■:w n Poser No. 14 KWANG SIA/NEW NATION CONTEST cinEmn poser Last Thursday's poser showed Richard Johnson in a scene from the film Khartoum. The first 10 correct entries opened bv the Editor yesterday evening were from: Mr. Ho Kuen Bok
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    • 149 2 I weather Temperatures in cities yesterday: Manila Hong Kong Kuala Lumpur Bangkok Tokyo Jakarta Naha Taipeh Seoul London Moscow New York San Francisco Paris Sydney Adelaide 31-24 C 31-27 C 33-23 C 34-27 C 27-23 C 32-25 C 31-26 C 29-25 C 30-20 C 23-17 C 17-12 C 30-20 C
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  • 147 3 Looking up at the gliding beauties may be a favourite past time for these youths, but it certainly is not being appreciated. For the girls who use the escalators are afraid that a little too much might be revealed to the passers-by. The
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  • 290 3 Awaiting approval Twenty two chit fund companies have decided to remain in business. They have applied to the Monetary Authority of Singapore for a renewal of their licences which expired last month. Although it is expected that all the applications will be approved
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  • 29 3 A karate tournament will be held at the Chinese YMCA in Palmer Road on August 25 at 7.30 p.m. Tickets far admission are available on application.
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  • 32 3 Yoga and tai chi classes will be conducted at the Siglap Community Centre in Palm Road today from 7.30 D.m. to 8.30 p.m. For further details. contact Siglap Community Centre.
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  • 177 3 Boxing promoter Abdul Razak, 55 (above), who has just served a jail sentence on vice charges, wants to make a clean breast of things and hopes to go back to big time boxing again. He wants to concentrate on professional boxing and
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  • 212 3 An anti-drug abuse week will be held in October to get public support against the growing menace. The Senior Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Culture, Encik Sha'ari Tadin, announced this yesterday when he launched the Singapore Anti Narcotics Association's logo and
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  • 30 3 The Mitsubishi Bank Ltd. of Tokyo will hold a cocktall party at Shangri-La Hotel on Thursday at 6.30 p.m. to mark the official opening of its Singapore branch.
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  • 404 3 Problems of adjustment faced by poorer working class families that are rehoused from an old to a new Housing and Development Board environment can be minimised through education, according to a sociologist from the University of Singapore. Dr. Riaz Hassan from the university's Sociology Department,
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  • 21 3 The Calrnhlll Community Centre will conduct a sixmonth elementary dressmaking course next month. Closing date for registration is July 10
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  • 142 3 The Amalgamated Union of Public Employees has called on the Government to start negotiations to improve the working conditions of firemen at the Sembawang Fire Station. In a letter to the Permanent Secretary of the Finance Ministry, AUPE general secretary Mr. O. Kandasamy
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  • Page 3 Advertisements
    • 204 3 Beautify your home with a do-it-yourself Danish Lampshade. It comes with simple instructions, and you can join strips and pieces of plastics together into a lampshade which clusters around a light source to lend your room the right atmosphere. Unique in designs, they come in a beautiful range of soft
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  • Page 3 Miscellaneous
    • 310 3 Quiz object No. 310 Housewife wins top prize Ml IS II? Last Thursday's quiz photograph showed an iceball maker. The first prize of $15 goes to Madam Tay Slew Meng, a housewife, of Margaret Drive. Her entry was the first correct one opened by the Editor last night. The next
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  • In Person
    • 700 4 LOUD COT-MB AS THEY SEE 'RESTRICTED 1 DANCE The three women dancers in colourful turbans and long flowing skirts twirled vigorously to the beat of drums and the strains of the harmonium. The audience roared in approval for MISS PRAKASH SIDHU, MISS
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  • Page 4 Advertisements
    • 130 4 MET X A EX v FURTHER DRASTIC PRICE REDUCTIONS! P. SALE PRICE GENT'S DEPT. Clairmaille T-Shirt (France) Montant T-Shirts A LADIES' DEPT. Blouses Pant Suits Ladies Handbags LINGERIE DEPT. Lady Marlene Bras Warners Bras Playtex Bras Triumph Bras Magic V CHILDREN'S DEPT. Playsuits Towelling Pyjamas Girl's Slacks TEXTILE DEPT. Printed
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  • 177 5 Reuter Saigon. Tuesday. The Viet Cong's Provisional Revolutionary Government (PRG) has severely criticised the Canadian delegation as negotiations continued for the release of two detained Canadian truce observers. The two Canadian captains—lan Patten. 28, and Fletcher Thomson, 27 have been held by
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  • 61 5 London. Tuesday—Striptease club owner James Humphreys, angry that his wife's former lover Peter Garsath was seeing her again, ordered a gang to cut off his hands, a prosecutor told the Old Bailey Criminal court yesterday. Diaries found during a police raid on one of his bookshops are
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  • 424 5 'Work of guerrillas' Reuter Tel Aviv, Tuesday Defence Minister General Moshe Dayan hinted yesterday that Israel would avenge the murder of its Deputy Military Attache in Washington. Israel would "fight and do what we can to liquidate the terrorists wherever they exist," he told
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  • 29 5 Santiago, Tuesday. Chile's Marxist President Salvador Allende, who crushed an abortive rightwing army revolt on Friday, is to reshuffle his Cabinet today, the Government announced here last night.
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  • 124 5 Nairobi, Tuesday The Kenya Football Association is to Investigate reports that witchcraft is being used in soccer matches following an incident at a recent match which was abandoned after a riot broke out on the pitch. The match was between two local teams,
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  • 373 5 We need deterrent, says Chiao Reuter Peking, Tuesday. Australian Opposition Liberal Party leader, Mr. Billy Snedden, has made a strong protest over China's recent nuclear test during lengthy talks here with Chinese Vice- Foreign Minister Chiao Kuan Hua, a spokesman for Mr. Snedden said yesterday. Mr.
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  • 257 5 Reuter and UPI New York, Tuesday—President Nixon will publicly discuss the Watergate case when the Senate committee Investigating the scandal has concluded its hearings, probably next month, Presidential Press secretary Mr. Ronald Zlegler said yesterday. Mr. Ziegler that the President would not accept any invitation
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  • 148 5 Reuter Paris, Tuesday—Scientists attending an International congress on harnessing sun for man's needs, which opened here yesterday are confident that solar energy can be used in the next few years to ease the growing oil shortage In the world. Professor J.A. Duffle of the University
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  • 202 5 Reuter Helsinki, Tuesday. Europe's biggest postwar gathering of foreign ministers opens here today with 35 states seeking to reduce East-West tension, reinforce their sovereignty and independence and provide greater contact among their peoples. The omens for the European security conference are good, following the
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  • 35 5 London, Tuesday A British trade union and opposition politicians yesterday protested at the closure at short notice of an AngloAmerican radar station in eastern England which could give early warning of missile attacks.
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  • Page 5 Advertisements
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  • 423 6 The key to peace in Cambodia is not in the hands of the Cambodians. Nor does Washington, which is finding the task of bolstering the ineffectual Lon Nol regime a tiresome chore breeding acrimonies between the US Congress and Mr. Nixon, have the leverage
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  • 'WHISPERS' by ISPY
    • 62 6 At the recent exam results of a reputable French language school, two of the failures had a piece of written advice from the school director. It read: have failed the exam and is recommended to divert her energy to another subject other than the foreign language." They
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    • 63 6 A friend recently returned from overseas on an SIA flight was all praise for the crew. "Thev really know how to pamper a passenger. They simply keep on giving you food and drinks," he said. And then, as an afterthought, he added. "Only complaint is that there
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  • 965 6  -  GERALD de CRUZ When one is in one's fifties, one often looks back to ask oneself, what exactly has one learned from being alive for half-a-cen-tury? One thing I can say without dissembling: My life has been like
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  • Letters
    • 219 6  -  LEONG SENG As I am an applicant of a HDB flat, I recently went to visit some of the nearlycompleted four-room slab block flats. I was disappointed to discover that such flats differed not only structurally but also in the floor area. For Instance, flats
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    • 53 6  -  YEONG KUM KEE Public Relations Officer, Ministry of National Development. Singapore, 2. Reference is made to the letter by Safety First capt.oned Parking Blocks Road (NN, 22.6.73). The indiscriminate parking of vehicles on both sides of the funnel road referred to has been investigated. Appropriate lane-markings
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    • 94 6 A former sarabat stall site, adjacent to 489, Kampong Bahru Road has been fenced up by a liquor dealer for storing emDty aerated/ beer bottles. These empty bottles make good receptacles for holding rain water and invariably form excellent breeding grounds for mosquitoes. J have had
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    • 267 6  -  YEONG KUM KEE Public Relations Officer, Ministry of National Development, Singapore, 2. I refer to the letters by S. Chinnlah and Songbird Lover captioned Crows Do Have Their Uses and Get Rid of The Crows respectively (NN, June 14 and June 19). Mr. Chinniah's main objection
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    • 62 6  -  M. LIANG Waiting for a bus is indeed a frustrating experience. I would like to know if it is feasible for the authorities to consider putting up a bus shelter opposite Hotel Equatorial. Tlje shelter if erected, will serve not only local commuters but foreigners as
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    • 209 6 The part of Beach Road from Its junction with Liang Seah Street to Arab Street, has many signs which clearly indicate that parking is prohibited between 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. except on Sundays and holidays. In addition a lane running parallel to it has double
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  • Page 6 Advertisements
    • 46 6 Write to The Editor, New Nation, Locked Bag 15, GPO, Singapore, 1. LETTERS TO THE EDITOR LETTERS to the Editor will not be consider ed for pubhca tion unless they have the writers' names and addresses. Include a pseudonym if you do not want youname published
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    • 370 6 4t The mi are par </Bt&2k (mond buy fvn <*** SO *f SMIkSU*LW)ti/.U*tu» tut/* tUi\ button*,l4. 10/jy M/t &*.\jl 4\€\ 3/000Ci»ite*+4\t Afx/ -Ifs. KsOb^ Ul/dLtislVt\ yeu t-+m J+4+y»cv*A trct&i\, tn i*y+LL, wt yd* to <**. Ui M*tcof*ltfa-c£*txct to tttf y<** Wv< Xt. W« /*v/ \bt l)i*+*-o+~/i U+ dock 4pa Diamond
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  • Page 6 Miscellaneous

  • Article, Illustration
    1488 7 Answer to security problems—but at a price... PRIVATE EYE... -4 The CISCO kids are Singapore's answer to the security problem. They are trained and armed and will protect your money bags and documents if they need to be transferred from one place to another. But there is
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  • 541 7 Private eye Yip Peng Yew definitely does not fit the romanticised image of an agile Mr. Snooper man. He is in his 60s and a grandiaiiier, but he is also probably one of the most successful and experienced private sleuths in Singanore. Mr. Yip became a
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  • 153 7  -  By a special writer Los Angeles Times Digital security systems which can monitor sensing devices and keep tabs on guard reports miles from the property they protect. Such systems feed out a continuous computer report on the condition of the plant
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  • Page 7 Advertisements
    • 10 7 Concluding the series by Wee Beng Huat and Ruth Moses
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    • 114 7 The original and genuine "POPCARS" WORLD'S MOST ADVANCEO ELECTRICALLY POWERED AND RECHARGEADLE CAR 9 The original POP CAR for space age children 0 Many other models to choose from Offered at old prices prices will increase in the ne*t shipment m p. Model "CT" PC 1 1 speed 12V BatteryJ
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  • BEHIND THE NEWS
    • 1270 8  -  IWORIf '73 By Violet Oon In Bukit Ho Swee housewives are quietly fighting inflation through co operative effort. And it is paying dividends. In the face of price increases the world over the ordinary housewife seems helpless, even more so if she
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    • 822 8  -  By Abby Tan At the phenomenal speed of one flat every 25 minutes, the Housing and Development Board's low-cost housing programme is billed as the most successful in the world. Yet the Housing and Development Board owes Its success In no small way to perhaps
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    • 974 8  -  By Ismail Kassim Anyone visiting the Manpower Base (Kallang Camp) or the People's Association headquarters will not fail to notice an L-shaped, slightly dilapidated, wooden structure which stands at the main entrance of the Old Kallang Airport. This Is the home of the
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    • 372 8 VOICE OF THE PRESS What other Newspapers are saying: MARRIAGE RESTRICTIONS ON FOREIGNERS As from July l, the rules governing marriages between work permit holders and Singapore citizens will be tightened. Work permit holders earning less than $750 per month must first obtain the approval of tne Commissioner
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  • 186 9 A display of power and hand tools will be held in the Australian Trade Commissioner's showroom from tomorrow to Friday. Announcing this the Australian Senior Trade Commissioner. Mr. H. C. Sargent said: "The display will feature a wide range of tools including electric
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  • 539 9 Australian power and hand tools are second to none as far as quality and reliability are concerned. A wide range will be on show during the three-day display a; the Australian Trade Commissioner's showroom. These are some cS the tools which will be seen at
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  • Page 9 Advertisements
    • 229 9 AUSTRALIAN POWER AND HAND TOOLS DISPLAY ANEW NATION PRESENTATION g£ m F >•* a LO 3 I Q KJII n IT' i IS 3 IE For dependability, you can't beall Australian power and hand tools. They doltwo kinds of jobs. A selling job for the ii A professional job for
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    • 266 9 o JO (i) Ceme aid see us at the AUSTRALIAN POWER AND HAND TOOLS DISPLAY—4th to 6th July at Hm Trade Commissioner's Showroom, Australian High Commission, 201 QemeiKeav Avemte, Singapore 9. 4.30 p.m. to 8.00 p.m. Australia's Finest! Sole Agents Stockists 6ROMARK PTE. LTD. 142 Bukit Timah Road, lj m-s.
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  • SHOPPING
    • 871 10 THE fast moving rat race leaves a lot of people behind, defeated, lost. Those who are more fit, both physically and mentally move on to better things. The weak fail, miserably. Competition is keen and all those who are intent on succeeding need to be constantly
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  • Page 10 Advertisements
    • 261 10 i T- --h just arrived <• A UN UiU SIAN ,£V t'nd made from a>hkent *--< 3 IB IHiViP I K Anew Interrvatkrfwl(.arpct by m m Qureshi's Carpet Pte Ltd 35/37, Orchard Road, Singapore, 9. Tel: *****, *****3 Come and see the fabulous collection of master- i pieces in Persian
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    • 205 10 1001 '1001 1001 CLEANS THINGS It is ideal for: Paint work Floors Lino Weekly wash Cookers Glass Baths Tiles Windows Sinks Mirrors Chiome and all general cleaning purpose AND GIVE YOUR CARPET A FACE LIFT Ask more than 1001 satisfied users about 1001 (household cleaner).lool cleaner is economical and effective
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    • 120 10 <1 Celestion HI-FI SOUND FROM YOUR TV TELEFI A remarkabh innovation exclusive to Celestion for use in conjunction with Hi- H Fi and Audio systems for H providing television sound H reproduction from 625 line receivers. •No direct connection to the TV is required, the coupling being effected by an
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  • TREND
    • 522 11  -  By Emil M. Mrak The earliest uses of food additives are lost in antiquity. When man discovered the use of flre and, with it, the process of drying and smoking meats, he inadvertently used food additives that came out of the smoke. Ethylene
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    • 432 11  -  Betty L. Khoo Mr. Simon says: "I design clothes specially for the slim, high-busted Singapore girl." Mr. Simon is an Australian designer who has become one of the biggest suppliers of trendy ready-to-wear clothes to Singapore boutiques. The way his clothes are snapped up
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  • 1072 11  -  LONDON IS A PARADISE FOR YOGA ENTHUSIASTS Uyoga TAN CHUNG LEE London is virtually a meditator's paradise if the fact that Raja Yoga is more popular than Hatha Yoga is any measure to go by. In fact there are several centres which devote themselves solely to
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  • Page 11 Advertisements
    • 115 11 PIOPU'S Geylang Rd/Tg Katong Singapore Shopping at PEOPLE'S EMPORIUM means you get MOST for your MONEY. Our comprehensive range of goods from FOODSTUFFS to FOOTWEAR will delight all shoppers. Prices are ModerateService is Good and Carpark is Free. Come TODAY! to PEOPLE'S EMPORIUM ■v>-. Levis# mm* tmmSffli I's? w s
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    • 65 11 r V I m YOUR SHOP WINDOW FOR $2 S2 is the mfrtimum classified advertisement rate in NEW NATION, Singapore's only evening paper. With almost 100,000 readers of NEW NATION someone is sure to want the things you wish to dispose of. Phone DIAL-ADS, *****8 and put NEW NATION selling
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  • BUSINESS NEWS
    • 403 12  -  Exporters face sales problem because of high prices By Choo Siak Siew Manufacturers and exporters of cotton textiles to the United States are returning their allocated quotas to the Textiles Unit'Of the Singapore Trade Division because of increasing difficulty in selling their
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    • 412 12 Airlines plying on the North American route have launched a special passenger in-flight survey to get more data on consumer requirements and travel motivations on this important international route. The survey is planned to cover about three per cent of all lATA North Atlantic scheduled and
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    • 306 12 Washington, Tuesday.—A world food expert has recommended creation of a world food bank to ease the worst global food shortage in 20 years and cure the scare psychology in commodity markets that has driven food prices to record highs. Mr. Lester Brown,
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    • 240 12 Town and City Properties' pre-tax profits for the year ended December 1972 more than doubled to $1.98 million. This means that earnings now went up to 9.9 per cent up 5.2 points on 1971. Taxation took $880,000 against $310,000 previously, leaving net
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    • OVERSEAS STOCK EXCHANGE PRICES
      • 452 12 United Press International The fear of a credit crunch as the nation's leading banks moved to an 8 per cent prime lending rate and the Federal Reserve raised its discount rate and reserve requirements—sent stocks sharply lower yesterday in some of the slowest trading of the year on
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      • 165 12 Kyodo Prices closed generally firm in the morning session on the Tokyo Stock Market yesterday with gains centering on giant capitals. The market opened bullish reflecting the firm tc.ne over the weekend. Although some forerunners lost ground toward the close, selective purchases prevailed on giant capitals. The Dow-Jones average
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      • 34 12 Dow Jones closing stock averages on the New York Exchange yesterday. 30 Industrials 880.57 (off 11.14), 20 transport 155.33 (off 0.85), 15 utilities 100.94 (off 1.18), 65 stocks 268.20 (off 2.94).
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      • 214 12 Closing prices (in francs) yesterday: Paribas 230 (231.60) Indochine 259 (257) Foncier 418 (420) Printemps 134.50 (136) C.G.E. 500 (502) Bull 65.20 (65.60) Royal Dutch 175 (174.20) Michelni 1948 (1975) Thomson 2.0 (280) C.F.P. 241.50 (233.90) Rhone 189.50 (191.40) Ail 385 (389 50) Philips 79.50 (79.40) Suez 366 (366
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      • 80 12 This service Is from the Union Bank of Switzerland Closing quotations (In Swiss francs) on Zurich Stock Exchange yesterday. UBS 4090 10 SBC 3680 —10 Credit Suisse 3670 —15 Swissair B. 618 Swiss Reinsurance 2650 —10 Wlnterthur B. 1885 +5 Zurich Insurance 7500 -f 325 Juvena B. 2665 -r
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      • 252 12 Prices at 11.30 a.m. today (Australian time). Abaleen 08 12 Do Opts 02 nil AOD 07 07 i Allstate 10 13 Amad 04 04} Aurora 13 15 Do Opts 011 02 Aust Ant 14 nil Bamboo 05 nil Beach 23 26 Bounty Oil 00 J 01 Bridge 13 nil
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    • 99 12 Computer Processing Services has signed a contract for leasing a bigger and more sophisticated IBM computer, costing $1.8 million. The new computer will be ready by the middle of next year when the present system of CPS will be phased out. The new equipment will be
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    • 230 12 Balances with the Monetary Authority of Singapore which Include statutory and special deposits increased to $558.8 million in May, more than trebled the amount for May last year. The Increase resulted from the mass inflow of nervous funds, predominantly the US dollars, triggered
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    • 22 12 The public issue of two million shares at a premium of 50 cents by Hytex has been oversubscribed by 11.7 times.
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    • 177 12 The share market opened steady but closed easier yesterday. Slight improvement doling the morning session was sharply checked by widespread profit-taking in the afternoon. Though the volume had risen to two million shares worth $8.6 million, trading was rather sluggish. Without consistent buying suport many industrials. hotels and
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  • Page 12 Advertisements
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  • Page 13 Advertisements
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    • 477 13 COMPAGNII MARITIME D'EXPERTISES International Company operating extensively in Indonesia requires the foilowing personnel:1. ELECTRONICS ENGINEERS A fully qualified and highly experienced electronics engineer is required to repair, operate and maintain hydrographic survey equipment including motorola radar positioning system, echo sounder, transponders etc. An attractive salary will be negotiated for this
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    • 488 13 YWCA SOCIAL BALLROOM DANCING CLASSES Conducted By David Chan M.H.A.T.D. 'Japan," A.F.A.T.D. (Australia? New Sessions commence Saturday 7/7/73 3 p.m. and 7 p.m. Tuesday 10/7/73 7 p.m. Enquiries: ***** and *****1. YAMAHA TOP PIANO COURSE commencing August Ist. Instructor Mrs. Teresa Filmer. Only adults with sound keyboard foundation accepted or
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    • 273 13 EASY PARKING AVAILABLE! LUNCH/DINE at Ambassador Restaurant (opposite Katong Park) for special Cantonese cuisine at reasonable prices. Prompt and good service assured. Tel: S'pore *****1. HONG KONG TIM-SUM From 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. set Lunch, dinner other functions. Doily. Prince Room Restqprant Selegie Complex, Singapore Tel: *****. FREE DELIVERY.
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    • 20 13 small budget—big ideas? FOR ALL YOUR INTERIOR FURNISHING REQUIREMENTS coll THIAN KENG INT. SERVICE 141 JOO CHIAT PLACE TEL: *****2
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    • 88 13 MODERN SCHOOL OF COMMERCE JOIN OUR NEW CLASSES NOW! v < MANAGEMENT ACCOUNTING (FRIDAY 6.30 to 8.30 pm) ECONOMICS (Sat. Sunday 2 pm to 3.30 pm) Bookkeeping special Beginners Class (Sunday 9.30 to 12,30,".am) Short-hand Beginners (Tues Thursday 6.30 to v 7.30 pm) And there are various classes in progress
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  • 437 14  -  By JEFFREY LOW Competition at the Seap Games here in September will be so keen that a world record might be broken in the process. S.S. Dhillon. secretary-general of the Singapore National Olympic Council, who has returned from a 10-day official visit to
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  • 1355 14  -  SOCCER SCENE WITH JEFFREY LOW Former national coach Choo Seng Quee has been offered a professional coaching job with Hong Kong's division one club, Caroline Hill. The pro club wants Choo's services when the Colony's new season starts In September, and the money offered
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  • 688 14 Results of the weekend's Inter-Constituency matches and the final league standings: Henderson 1 Stamford 4 T. Ayer 0 Anson 0 Geylang E 3 Rochore 0 Moulmein 7 R. Valley 0 Tanglin 2 T. Poyah 9 J. Besar Whampoa 1 Kim Keat 0 Aljunied 3 Thomson 0 Moulmein 0 T.
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  • 337 14 Sydney, Tuesday Some of Singapore's top young swimmers are undergoing a strenuous training programme here in preparation for major Asian championships later tfcis year. They hope to gain selection in Singapore's teams for the Asian age-group championships in Bangkok this month, and for the
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  • 433 14 London, Tuesday. Joe Frazier hit the comeback trial with a vengeance here last night when he bludgeoned European heavyweight boxing champion Joe Bugner of Britain to a 12round points defeat. Frazier, who lost his world heavyweight crown to feliow American George Foreman in Jamaica last January,
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  • 79 14 Melbourne Tuesday.—Victorian four-metre O.K. yachting champion Ray Stone will spend 10 days in Singapore coaching local yachtsmen in four-metre sailing. Stone, a member c.f Melbourne's Black Rock Yacht Club, was nominated by the Australian yachting federation. The Changi Sailing Club has asked tor an Australian yachtsman to help
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  • 83 14 League leaders Chinese YMCA lost their first match of the season when a determind Singapore Cricket Ciub team beat them 4-0 at SCC in the "C" grade league competition last night. SCC'S win put SAFSA top of the table. Scores were—(SCC names first) lan Ong beat AJmer
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  • 58 14 London, Tuesday The England team named here yesterday to meet New Zealand in the third and final cricket Test at Headingley. Leeds starting on Thursday, will be chosen from:. Ray Iliingworth (Captain>. Dennis Amiss. Geof Arnold. Geoff Boycott, Keith Fletcher, Tony Grei?. Frank Hayes, Alan Knott,.
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  • Page 14 Miscellaneous
    • 87 14 DR. KILDARE m- J SO/ME OF THESE- PEOPLE HAVE BEEN WAITING FOR HOURS. BECAUSE BLAIR POESN'T CARE ABOUT THEM? POK'T YOU BELIEVE IT. by Ken Bald WE TAKE THEM AS FAST AS OUR STAFF CAN HANDLE EACH NEW CASE... BUT WE OOM'T HAVE CHOUGH STAFF// V) B S» a\ wn
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  • 344 15 THREE RINGS, moving up at the distance, hit the front half a furlong, out, with Bonoir coming through with a strong run. Keeuing up a strong gallop THREE RINGS beat BONOIR by a length. POWELLA finished fast to take third place. MUJOR
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  • 226 15 By Blue Peter Instanter drew attention to his chances in the Class 2 Division 2 6f on Supday with a smart workout at Bukit Timah this morning. Ridden by C.H. Ooi, the Romantic flve-year-old breezed over 3f in 36 on good going. Bonito (Abdul Rahman) was
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  • 521 15  -  By Jim Watkins The Jalopy section of the Singapore Motor Sports Club were kind enough to invite me and a lot of other motoring folk to a special invitation race on Sunday on the reclaimed land at the Naval Base. I had
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  • 69 15 London, Tuesday. London bookmakers yesterday quoted Jackie Stewart of Britain as 7-4 favourite in the betting on the British Grand Prix motor race at Silverstone on July 17. The event will be the ninth event in the 1973 World Drivers' championship. Stewart, former world champion, took the lead
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  • 268 15 Alan Khoo of St. Patrick's School set a new Schools National record in the "A" division 200 m butterflystroke in the Katong District annual swimming meet at Amber Road yesterday. Khoo led all the way to freeze the stopwatches at 2:40.4, breaking his own mark of
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  • 57 15 Stockholm, Tuesday.— Kenyan Ben Jipcho won the mile at the Stockholm Games here last night In three minutes 52 second but failed to better the 3:51.1 world record held by American Jim Ryun. Jipcho's run yesterday followed his staggering eight minutes 14.0 seconds World 3000 metres
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  • 27 15 Keppel Club beat Selelar Golf Club 4-2 in the Singapore Golf Association league at Bukit Chermln over the weekend. Keppel won the social match 5Vi-2Vi-
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  • 356 15  -  By Nancy Koh The fourth Pesta Sukan National Walk 1973 will be held on Sunday, August 12. This was decided at a meeting of the organisers at Sports House yesterday. Lt. Col. Niaz Mohd. Shah, who chaired the meeting, said. "This event is planned to bring everybody
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  • 155 15 AT LEICESTER' Derbyshire 198 and 203-5 (M. Page 61, Bolus 52 n.0..). Leicestershire 128 after 55.2 overs (S. Venkataraghavan 4-36, M. Hendrick 4-29). AT EDGBASTON: Essex 286 and 24-2. Warwickshire 287 (D. Amiss 52, A. Smith 73, E. Hemmings 41). AT TRENT BRIDGE; Nottinghamshire 223 and
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  • Page 15 Miscellaneous
    • 326 15 NEW NATION CROSSWORD ■■ran mmmu manm aim mmmm mum Mill BHIBim ***** l *****11 l lIIH *****1 ill HIIHIHII jua mi aiaaa »n una urn aula am him aiaiina an aaain aiiai aimiaa amaa aimma aim am am ami am am ami 9 Spanish bread pudding. 10 Beach. 11 Open-eyed.
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  • Back Page TUESDAY
    • 437 16  -  By Dick West Washington, where prestige is next to godliness, if not two lengths in front, now has a new status symbol. The latest mark of distinction is the White House list of President Nixon's top 20 political enemies, as revealed
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    • 150 16 A 62-year-old British businessman really knows what it is like to be in the doghouse. He spent 13 hours at his Gloucestershire kennels living like every other dog in the place—for a $30 bet. He booked in under the name
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    • 167 16 TODAY is Tuesday, July 3, the 184 th day of 19/3 with 181 to follow. THE MOON: Approaching its first quarter. THE MORNING STARS: Mars, Jupiter and Saturn. THE EVENING STARS: Mercury and Venus. Those born on this date are under the sign of Cancer. American author John Mason
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    • 43 16 MEI LIN: Do you think we can get 60 per cent of our money back from Stallion Chit Fund? AH FOOK: I really don't know. I wish it was the Official Receiver himself who said it, and not somebody's mitigation plea.
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    • 55 16 Pretty janet Lam has a smile to light up anybody's day. The petite 23-year-old secretary loves fishing and spending a day at sea. In her more leisurely moments she either reads or listens to soothing, sentimental music. She also revels at the thought of travelling.
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    • 232 16 Everyone knows that when you are making a cuppa you put the milk in first and then pour in the tea. But a group of British scientists have just spent valuable months proving it. "Yes." they have decided. "Dennitely the milk first."
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  • Page 16 Miscellaneous
    • 439 16 5 Singapore 3.00 Opening followed by For the Family (E) 3.25 Diary of Events (E) 3.30 Where the Heart Is 3.45 Our Music Makers (E —Rpt) 4.00 Peyton Place (Rpt) 4.50 Close 6.00 Opening followed by Rifleman None So Blind 6.30 News in Brief 6.35 Discovery Pirates end Sunken Treasure
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    • 490 16 Trust your lucky star IF IT'S YOUR BIRTHDAY BORN today, you are not one to allow problems to develop further than they are at ihe time they come to your attention much less to multiply. Rather, you meet every difficulty head-on, wasting little time before first categorising and then setting
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