New Nation, 1 February 1971

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  • 13 1 NEW NATION SINGAPORE Monday evening, February 1, 1971 No. 12 Price 15 cents
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  • 102 1 Prince Sihanouk, former ruler of Cambodia, talks from exile in Peking to a New Nation correspondent, of his plans, of his views on the world. It's a world exclusive to New Nation in three parts. Read the first today on Page Nine. 'I had hoped that
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    • 67 1 Cairo, Monday. A zoo keeper here reported mauled to death by a lion named Amber actually died of shock as he saw the lion approaching, Al-Gamhou-ria newspaper said today. A post-mortem on the keeper, Ybussef Shaarawy, showed that he was already dead from shock when
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    • 67 1 Washington, Monday.— The United States and nine Latin American countries are ready to back an inter- American treaty to combat violence against diplomats in the Western hemisphere, diplomatic sources said yesterday. The proposal will exclude from political asylum terrorists who kidnap, kill or assault diplomats
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    • 61 1 Paris, Monday Hooligans wrecked most of the ground floor of the Palais de Sports stadium here last night during a pop concert starring the British group, the Soft Machine. Fighting broke out when some fans tried to get in without paying. Within an hour practically the
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    • 59 1 OTTAWA, Monday. —An U-man Chinese delegation, led by Charge d'Affalres Hsu Chung-fu, arrived here yesterday from Peking to set up a new embassy. Mr. Hsu, who will serve as Charge until a full ambassador is appointed in the spring, is China's first official envoy to Canada
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  • 51 1 ADELAIDE TEST (At lunch) England Ist innings 470 Australia Ist inninrs LA WRY c Knott b Snow 10 STACKPOLE b Underwood 87 I. CHAPPELL not out 28 REDPATH not oat 3 Extras 3 Total 131 (for two wkts) Fall,—6l, 117. BOWLING: Snow 14-0-1-51: Lever 11-0-0-24; Underwood 9-0-1-25; Willis
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  • 601 1 7000 miles up and docking gear fails 'I hit it pretty good but we didn't latch' —Astronaut Roosa New Nation Foreign Service Cape Kennedy, Monday Apollo 14 is on its way to the moon after a great struggle in space which threatened to wreck the
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  • 163 1 Four men, armed with revolvers, grabbed more than $lOO,OOO in cash from the Hongkong and Shanghai Bank in Taman Jurong at 10.30 a.m. today. This is the second time the bank has been robbed In the past 13 months. The gang drove to the bank by car.
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  • 24 1 Kuala Lumpur, Monday— The technical manager of Nylex Malaysia, Mr. Llm Seng Klat, 26, left here today for a 10-week course In Australia.
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  • 261 1 All food hawkers are being banned from the Geylang Serai area in a series of intensive public health measures by the government to contain the typhoid outbreak. So far there have been 24 confirmed cases. Public health officers think that contaminated food sold by hawkersincluding
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  • 286 2 Device has electronic equipment to mark notes A British firm has produced a novel suitcase which may help beat snatch thieves in Singapore. The suitcase, able to carry up to $lOO,OOO in $lO notes, is fitted with electronic equipment
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  • 53 2 Bonn, Monday—Striking ground workers of the West German Lufthansa Airline yesterday grounded at least 60 per cent of the airline's planes. The airline reported emergency plans had enabled 40 per cent of its aircraft to fly scheduled domestic and foreign routes yesterday, the third day of the strike
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  • 51 2 Sydney, Monday.—Widespread flooding caused havoc in many areas of New South Wales yesterday. Worst hit were the townships of Gunnedah and Moree, both In nothern New South Wales. Two helicopters were sent by the Royal Australian Air Force to Gunnedah to assist in civil defence rescue
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  • 289 2 Count Basie packs them in at $B5 a seat More than 270 people paid $B5 a seat to hear Count Basie, one of the world's top jazz musicians play in.Singapore last night. The Count, his 16-piece band and singer Mary Btailings gave
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  • 167 2 A 17-year-old youth, Low Chuan Lye, was jailed for six months by the First Magistrate Court when he admitted attempting to extort $2O from a building contractor. A 36-year-old man, Cheng Chek Wah, was charged in court today for unlawful possession t>f a .45 Colt
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  • 90 2 Miss Raghbir Kaur, a teacher at the Saradadevi Tamil School, has been appointed as Singapore representative for the Spoken English division of the Trinity College of Music. In 1969, Miss Kaur topped the list of candidates who sat for the Trinity College Teachers diploma In
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  • 132 2 General Zvizur, Israel's assistant Minister for Defence who arrived here on Saturday, was expected to call on Dr. Goh Keng Swee, Singapore's Defence Minister, today. Israeli Embassy sources declined to discuss the purpose of General Zvizur's visit or the topics likely to be raised at
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  • 368 2 Trade unionists in developing countries were realising that social responsibilities were an important union function, according to Professor T. H. Elliott. Professor Elliott, an adviser to the NTUC, was speaking at the launching of the NTUC dental and recreational fund at the weekend. Professor
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  • 106 2 Nineteen members of a visiting Japanese team of investors called at the Development Bank of Singapore this morning. Closed door discussions began soon after meeting the bank's president, Mr. Howe Yoon Chong. New Nation understands that both sides exchanged frank views on SingaporeJapan trading relations. The Japanese
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  • 166 2 Mr. Lee Chin Hin, protem chairman of the 17--strong committee of the Outram Park Residents'Association (OPRA) today appealed to residents of the estate to enrol as members of the association. Mr. Lee said the time had come for 5000 residents of the estate
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  • 71 2 London, Monday. Mil-' lions of Londoners were warned early today that the River Thames could flood its bans following huge tides in the North Sea. A special flood centre established to co-ordinate relief and emergency opera-, tions is being manned, andPolice and fire brigades have been
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  • Page 2 Miscellaneous
    • 93 2 Weather Temperatures in capitals yesterday: Hong Kong Tokyo Kuala Lumpur Jakarta Bangkok Seoul Manila London Paris Moscow New York San Francisco Sydney Melbourne Perth Singapore Singapore's weather forecast from 3 p.m. to 6 p.m.— scattered moderate showers; after 6 p.m.—cloudy. The weather for the 24 hours to 8 a.m. today:
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  • 412 3 Armed robberies and four stabbings A murder a week, and nearly $250,000 in loot from major armed robberies. This is the underworld's balance sheet for January as 1971 enters its second month. Official figures are not yet available, but a New Nation survey shows that
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  • 240 3 The Minister for Social Affairs, Inche Ottoman Wok, today began a two-month tour of all welfare organisations. His first visit was to the Spastic Children's Association in Gilstead Road, the Singapore Association of the Blind at Toa Payoh and the Little Sisters of the Poor in
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  • 247 3 Parents may be prosecuted Police were this morning investigating several cracker-firing incidents in which seven children were injured in the past week. A police spokesman said that if there was sufficient evidence that the children had themselves let off the crackers, they and their parents would
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  • 130 3 The Singapore Medical Association's "Medic Alert" scheme, aimed at helping people with serious allergic conditions, will be launched next week. Launching will coincide with the monthly issue of the association's newsletter. Dr. Oon Chong Lin, chairman of the emergencies committee of SMA, who is
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  • 105 3 New Delhi, Monday—The Prime Minister of Guyana, Mr. Forbes Burnham, said yesterday he thought Britain was exaggerating the Soviet threat in the Indian Ocean. Speaking at a Press conference on the last day of his five-day visit to India, Mr. Burnham said Britain was unable so
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  • 119 3 Dr. William Bright, founder and director of Campus Crusade For Christ, International will address two rallies at the Victoria Memorial Theatre on Saturday. Dr. Bright, wnose headquarters Is In California, is due to arrive here tonight. He will chair the annual conference of the Crusade's Asian
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  • 44 3 Reggio Calabri, Monday.— Mora bombings, street fighting and sabotage rocked this deep south of Italy city yesterday in what one Cabinet Minister called a "senseless revolt" against a government decision to name a rival city capital of a new region.
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  • 130 3 Forty six Australiabound travellers stranded in Singapore are listed to fly out tonight, a spokesman, Mr. Grahame Wood, said today. Mr. Wood said the passengers' names had been detailed on a list posted on the notice board of their hotel, the Lion City Hotel.
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  • 426 3 After a $1.2 million blaze...ashes and despair Four shops lost; family is homeless A 4 a.m. fire today destroyed four shop houses, left a family of five homeless and forced a man to leap for his life through a bedroom window. The fire caused damage estimated
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  • 71 3 A record number of 140 people, including 13 women,, were charged in the FirstMagistrate Court this morning for gambling offences. They were picked up in police swoops in various parts of the island over the weekend. One hundred and twenty-* five of them pleaded guilty'
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  • 155 3 Beirut, Monday The Sudanese Government had protested to Uganda against claims that Sudanese troops invaded Ugandan territory, a Sudanese Embassy spokesman said in Beirut last night. The spokesman said that the invasion claims—made by the Ugandan coup leader, General Idi Amln on Saturday were without
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  • 50 3 Kuala Lumpur, Monday. —The Ministry of Health is facing a shortage of trained nurses, the Minister of Health, Tan Sri Haji Sardon bin Haji Jubir, said this morning. He was speaking at the opening of the Advanced Course on Orthopaedic Nursing at the School of Nursing, General Hospital.
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  • Page 3 Miscellaneous
    • 83 3 At the cinema CATHAY: Dirty Dingus Magee—4, 6.30, 9.30. ODEON: The Invincible Six—4, 6.30. 9.30. ORCHARD: Tora! Tora! Tora!—2.3o, 5.45, 9. ODEON-KATONG: The living Sword (Mandarin) —3.30, 7, 9.15. LIDO: Cannon for Cordoba—4. 6.30, 9.15. CAPITOL: The Venus Tear Diamond (Mandarin) —4, 6.45, 9.30. REX: The Shadow Whip (Mandarin)— 4,
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  • THE WORLD
    • 352 4 'This is just a beginning' New Nation Foreign Service Rawalpindi, Monday Two young Kashmir men who hijacked an Indian Airline Fokker Friendship plane to Pakistan at the weekend later demanded the release of 36 political prisoners now jailed in India. After the plane landed at Lahore,
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    • 221 4 New Nation Foreign Service Hong Kong, Monday Communist China is building elaborate nu-clear-proof, tunnel systems near large industrial plants in its coastal provinces to meet the threat of possible attack, the South 2hina Morning Post reDorted yesterday. The English language lewspaper. quoting arrivals rom Canton, said:
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    • 33 4 Belgrade, Monday A strong earth tremor damaged houses in the small town of Kicevo in southern Yugoslavia yesterday morning but there were no casualties, the Yugoslav news agency Tan jug reported.
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    • 240 4 Agence France Presse Jakarta, Monday The Indonesian governr lent has decided not to pubJicly announce the actual cause of the death of Lieutenant General Hartono, the former Indonesian Ambassador to North Korea and excommander of the Indonesian Marine Corp. The Foreign Minister,
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    • 116 4 London, Monday Britain keeps up a constant air and sea watch on the hundreds of uninhabited islands in the Bahamas to prevent anti-Castro raids on Cuba, the Foreign Office said yesterday. But, with hundreds of such islands, It was always possible to find that
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    • 51 4 Rome, Monday. Some 450,000 Italian doctors, lawyers .and other professional men have decided, to go on strike for two days this week to protest against reforms of the tax system. Doctors have said they will continue to answer emergency calls but all other professional activity will
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    • 224 4 More down to earth than Rahman, says Times Reuter London, Monday A new style of government has emerged in Malaysia since Tun Abdul Razak became Prime Minister, The Times said today. "After the aristocratic and casual manner of Tengku Abdul Rahman, Tun Razak's team is more
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    • 29 4 Kiel, Monday—Four East Germans yesterday jumped their ship when it was inside the Holtenau lock in the Kiel Canal and asked West German authorities for political asylum.
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    • 27 4 Belgrade, Monday.—Four miners were killed and one injured in a rock fall 1,500 feet underground at the Istrian coal mines, northwest Yugoslavia, over the weekend.
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    • 89 4 Swansea, Wales, Monday —A 23-year-old Pakistani, whose parents were sentenced to life imprisonment on Friday for killing his girl friend and her daughter, hanged himself yesterday. The body of Akhtar All Mohamed was found hanging from a tree two miles from the house in which, according
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    • 199 4 Reuter New Delhi, Monday The Indian Prime Minister, Mrs. Indira G a n d h i, yesterday launched her campaign for the March general election with a sharp attack on the rightwing Hindu Jan Sangh Party which dominates local politics. In a 90-minute speech
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    • 301 4 Transport stoppage ineffective United Press International Manila, Monday What was to have been Manila's second major public transport strike of the year sputtered to a slow start today. The strike began at 4 a.m. by two of Manila three major jeepney (Jeep-bus) confederations. But during
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    • 88 4 New Nation Foreign Service Lourenco Marques, Monday About 24,000 people were crowded into makeshift refugee camps today after being rescued from flood devastated areas of Mozambique. Planes and helicopters dropped food to isolated villages in the Zambezia district or rescued people clinging to palm trees
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    • 165 4 Reuter Washington, Monday Government officials have refused to say whether heavy bombing of the Ho Chi Minh trail might be a prelude to a South Vietnamess invasion of Communist base areas in Laos. American B- c 2 bombers dropped hundreds of tons
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    • 79 4 Chinese students demonstrate outside the United Nations headquarters in New York to protest against Japan's claim to ownership of a group of small uninhabited islands 120 miles north-east of Taiwan. Taiwan, which calls them the Tiao Yu Tai islands, claim they are part of Taiwan's territorial
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    • 412 4 Alliance has put emphasis on development Los Angeles Times Ankara, Monday One doesn't bear much these days about CENTO, the Central Treaty Organisation, and the headquarters here in the olfl parliament building has a faintly musty and unused flavour. But a senior official insists:
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    • 1232 5  -  FOCUS By LENNARD BICKEL Man will hit the moon harder this week than he has ever done before. Mortar shells and explosives will thump the surface and charging machinery, with velocities of 5000 miles an hour and energy equivalents of tens of tons to TNT,
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    • 320 5 New York, Moflday The flight of Apollo--14 is personal triumph criret? almost insurmountable odds for its commander. Alan Sheparrf. For the veteran spaceman, It is the rewarding culmination of 10 years Of true grit and determination to reach the moon. The Russian cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin had
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    • 184 5 Agence France Presse "Kittyhawk to Antares"... "Antares to Kittyhawk"... This Is how the astronauts will begin conversations between their command cabin and the lunar module. Kittyhawk, the code name given to Stuart Roosa's command cabin, is that of the cliff in North Carolina from which the
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    • 301 5 Agence France Presse Taped music is helping the Apollo 14 astronauts fill in their leisure time as they hurl through space towards the moon. But they do not all have the same tastes. Alan Shepard
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    • 264 6 'We want him alive —death too easy* New Nation Foreign Service Tel Aviv, Monday Nazi hunter Shimon Weisenthal said last night he had tracked Dr. Joseph Mengele, known as the "Auschwitz Angel of Death," to a hideout in Puerto San Vicente, Paraguay. Mr. Weisenthal, head
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    • 138 6 Reuter London, Monday Hopes of ending Britain's first postal strike were dashed last night when Post Office chiefs refused to increase their pay offer. After the first meeting between the two sides since the dispute began 12 days ago, the postal union
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    • 127 6 Agence France Presse Peking, Monday A deadly wave of premature marriages has suddenly made its appearance in China, according to an article in the Peking People's Daily. The article was signed by 13 students currently being 're-educated" by work among poor peasants in Honan province.
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    • 419 6 Melbourne Herald London, Monday The latest analysis by British finance experts shows that if the Prime Minister Mr. Edward Heath, decides to sell arms to South Africa, he could risk British investments in Commonwealth African countries worth more than $6OOO million. This is apart from
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    • 169 6 Reuter East Berlin, Monday East Germany yesterday announced hefty cuts in the price of clothes, refrigerators, colour TV sets and spin driers, but lifted the price of spirits including Soviet Vodka by an average of 20 per cent. Improved pensions and sickness benefits were also
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    • 180 6 For sale by Reds United Press International London, Monday Agents apparently acting for the Soviet Union have tried to sell £3O million worth of German securities stolen during the Second World War, the Sunday Times said yesterday. The newspaper said the securities, including German Government, industrial
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    • 68 6 Johannesburg. Monday— The Anglican Dean of. Johannesburg, the Rev.Gonville A. French Bey-' tagh, delivered a noncontroversial sermon yesterday at St. Mary's Cathedral. It was his first Sunday sermon since his detention under South Africa's Terrorism Act on January 20. The Dean, currently free on bail,
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    • 27 6 Baghdad. Monday—Censorship of press cables sent by foreign correspondents in Iraq, in operation for more than 12 years, has ended, it was announced here yesterday.
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    • 307 6 BO AC turns down girl pilot Reuter London, Monday An attractive girl pilot who was turned down for a job with BOAC has started an air war of the sexes. Miss Delphine Gray-Fisk, a 25-year-old blonde with 4000 hours flying experience, was told by BOAC it
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    • 166 6 United Press International New York, Monday Security agents searched the audience attending a Carnegie Hall performance by a Soviet dance group on Saturday night to prevent disturbance similar to the one staged on opening night. 6 Those attending were not allowed to leave the hall
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    • 8 4 More needed than just reconvening Parliament, Page Seven.
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  • COMMENT
    • 1051 7  -  From George McArthur A Western diplomat attempting to enliven his official dispatches reported recently that the Cambodian ship of state is a submarine. It holds the surface because ballast and momentum are in delicate balance. It goes down quickly if that balance is upset.
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    • 687 7  -  By Pakir Singh The reconvening of Parliament on February 22 will be one indication of Malaysia's return to normality after the riots of May 13. The event will also mark the restoration of democracy in the country, and yet it will be an
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    • 731 7  -  From Donald Bremner China's regional military leaders are in no hurry to relinquish the power and influence they acquired while acting as referees and policemen during the factional strife of the Cultural Revolution. In one area after another, they are putting on Communist
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  • 305 8 The Japanese Investment mission which is currently in Singapore in the course of a SouthEast Asian-Australian tour is a high-powered one. It is not often that the chairman of the Tokyo Stock Exchange and the man tipped to be next Governor of the Bank
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  • 685 8  -  ALEX JOSEY Poland's new President, Josef Cyrankiewicz has x been called Warsaw's Chou En-Lai. And in some ways the cap fits. Like China's Premier, Josef Cyrankiewicz had been Prime Minister for more than 20 years when he resigned to replace
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  • Letters
    • 263 8  -  ANIL BHATIA, MALCOLM CALDWELL "Old fashioned" (New Nation, 29/1/71) has misunderstood us. We are not in favour of immediate consumption at the expense of investment. On the contrary! Nothing would please us more than to see the wealth squandered in Singapore's nightclubs and bars; on
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    • 269 8  -  B. WAINWRIGHT Congratulations to Mr. Modesto Farolan, a man who has worked hard to promote the tourist business in this region, for looking ahead to the day—it may come quite soon—when travel for pleasure in Communist China becomes possible on a large scale. The tourist attractions
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    • 319 8 I refer to a report (New Nation, January 25) about the dismissal of four police officers —two of them inspectors. The report stated that confessions had been obtained from the two detectives by the CPIB over a senior civil servant's allegations that his suits. 11- quour
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    • 278 8  -  J. PORTHWAITE JR. As c, temporary sojourner *n your hospitable land, I feel disinclined to ask "awkward" questions or criticise what seems to be one of the best-run places In this part of the world. One thing puzzles me, however, and perhaps you or your
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    • 141 8  -  JOHN TAN I find tne current debate about a search for new values for Singapore to aim at a little tiresome. We have had several wails lately from men in public life about the gaping cultural void. And now we have Dr. Toh Chin Chye warning
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  • 842 8  -  From S.M. Ali Malaysian officials who make no secret of the fact that their government had taken the initiative for splitting MSA now appear genuinely keen on maintaining maximum possible co-operation between Kuala Lumpur and Singapore when their two
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  • Page 8 Miscellaneous

  • 1878 9 In the first substantial face-to-face interview to be brought out of Peking by any Western journalist, Sihanouk of Cambodia speaks out of his lonely exile to Alessandro Casella Face to face Starts today —a world exclusive to New Nation The ex-Cambodian head of state, still
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  • The voice of the Press
    • 110 9 What the papers are saying: We may listen to any proposals from the Japanese trading mission, but the pre-condition must be that they are sincerey in keeping with the principle of equality and mutual benefit. There are only two alternatives for Japan: either it helps the countries
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    • 103 9 The MSA separation will work out to Malaysia's advantage because it needs to develop its domestic air communications. Though Malaysia win sustain a loss in operating certain domestic services the Government is prepared to reduce this with profits earned from operating international routes. As for Singapore,
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    • 75 9 The split of MSA indicates that good relations between Malaysia and Singapore are hard to maintain. Singapore has signed air agreements with 30 countries and has one of the best airports in the world. Therefore it is in the best position to operate its own airline. Malaysia Is
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    • 84 9 The Malaysian government's new economic policy, which Is the basis of the second development plan, is aimed at eradicating poverty in both urban and rural areas and among the whole population, irrespective of racial origin. The policy is also aimed at transforming the rural people into a modern
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    • 42 9 With the continuous attacks by Communist terrorists on the Cambodian capital, Phnom Penh, the situation in Cambodia has further deteriorated. Cambodia is now like a volcano which might erupt at any moment and further worsen the stability of South-Bast Asia.
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  • SHOWBIZ
    • 707 10 Teenager Lily who looks so sophisticated for her age The first time I met Lily Lee she was dressed in a sparkling red evening gown. She looked very sophisticated and, despite her 19 years, very grown up. She had just left the small stage
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    • 244 10  -  Film gets a nod NOEL HAWKEN Mick (Ned Kelly) Jagger's acting as an effeminate drug-sodden ex-pop star with painted mouth in his new film "Performance" got good notices in London recently. Just as in Ned Kelly, Mick ends up dead —but this time he falls not to
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    • 455 10 He haunts with the lilting sound of his flute, and his melody is full of soul, meaning and promise Mario Marjono plays hauntingly beautiful music. His notes are pure, expressive' and sweet. He speaks his native Indonesian, and English, but melody in his medium. Mario's group,
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    • 216 10 P—Tm— The book p |anned in 1966 fe y delate PrSor Lim Tay Boh, consists of fifteen original papers °J aspects of the histoiy, geography, population and manpower, economic institutions, and the social and political framework of the Republic of Singapore. iHiPiiilf m m»l '•>••• ••W dited by Prof. Ooi
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  • WOMAN
    • 173 11 There's a brandnew hemline just catching on in the fashion capitals of the world—it's called the demi. It's the half-and-half length that looks like being the happy compromise between the mini and the midi and I predict it will be a winner.
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    • 551 11  -  By BURT PRELUTSKY Los Angeles Times I was, I must confess, rather giggly for several days before my lunch date with the lady from Israel. Mrs. Shavl, as it turned out, was attractive, well dressed and soft spoken. Quite the proper young
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    • 563 11  -  ...this Is the art and secret o£ marriage FAMILY MMSH NALLA TAN Marriage is something two people embark on, when there is great love between them, when this love is expressed as the desire to share everything, every experience together. It can be one
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    • 427 12 Better fire protective clothes for race drivers urged London, Monday Just how much protection from burns are racing drivers given by wearing fire-resistant overalls? The answer, according to the Jim Clark Foundation is considerably less than might have been thought. This is one of the
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  • Finance page
    • 362 13 The Straits Times Press Group will recommend the payment of a final dividend of 25 cents less 40 per cent income tax on ordinary stock, at the annual general meeting to be held in Kuala Lumpur on February 15. This makes a total dividend payment of 30
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    • 64 13 BERLIN, Mon.—The growing interest of Japanese industry in the Leipzig Spring Pair Has been confirmed by the increase in the number of firms announcing their participation this year, the East German News Agency ADN said yesterday. ADN said the Japanese exhibition area at the fair
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    • 20 13 SYDNEY, Mon.—Due to Australia Day public holiday, stock exchanges are closed throughout Australia today. Business will resume tomorrow.
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    • 624 13 FALL IN PRICE OF RICE AND TEA Reuter Bangkok, Monday Global exports from developing countries of Asia shrank at a time when developed areas were reaching record levels, according to a study by the Economic Commission for Asia and The Far East (ECAFE). "The
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    • 270 13 There are today over 252 tankers in the 200,000 deadweight tons class on order all over the world, aggregating a total tonnage of 63 million deadweight. This represents a 80 per cent increase in the supertankers tonnage on order compared with two years ago. Some
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    • 209 13 United Press International Tokyo, Monday Mr. Kiichi Miyazawa, Minister of International Trade and Industry, yesterday said Japan would make no further concessions in the current Japan-U.S. textile talks in order to reach a settlement of the dispute. Mr. Miyazawa, who was speaking at Kanazawa
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    • 648 13 SHARES GAME-PART THREE IN A SERIES BY 'CHARTEXUS' Money does not grow on trees unless they are trees producing a commercial crop. But money does grow in the stock market. The first premise is that you must start with some kind of money however
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    • 215 13 '"the SINGAPORE EXCHANGE TODAY Values were marked up in generally quiet trading on the Singapore stock Exchange this morning. In industrial;; a firm trend was noted in selective issues mainly on speculative buying support. Malaysia Tile held sustained buying interest with resultant run-up to
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    • 94 13 Following lower London advices, the rubber market opened a shade lower at 48 cents for February Ones and 49$ cents for March and eased further on March liquidation. March was done down to 49jt cents at noon. Physical rubber was a little easier to obtain on narrowing differentials.
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    • 49 13 JAKARTA, Mon.—The Indonesian Government foreign investments board has approved the establishment by the British Imperial Chemical industries of a pharmaceutic industry in Surabaj, East Java. The enterprise will be a joint venture with the Indonesian P.T. Soho Company. Initial investment amounts to US$l.75 million.
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    • 763 13 BID AND OFFER PRICES AT LUNCH TODAY INDUSTRIALS B. S. us. ACMA 1.45 AJ.nomoto Alcan 1.46 1.47 A. Chocolate 2.95 2.99 2.97 A. Bricks Ben 1.17 1.18 1.18 B. Kawat 1.26 1.28 1.28 B.M. Trusts 1.20 Borneo 1.80 1.83 Boustead 1.98 2.05 Camel 1.39 1.43 C. Sugars 2.34
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    • 359 13 Melbourne, Monday A group of Australian financiers are pooling their talents to create profitable joint ventures between Asian and Australian companies. They set up the Asian Development Foundation in late November. This is a non-profit body formed to increase Asian industries and
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  • 493 15 Priscilla's Love, Lesong Vanda, Tak Senonoh By Scrutineer Several newcomers attracted attention at Kuala Lumpur over the weekend. Their winning turn should be just around the corner. On Saturday four horses— Priscilla's Love, Lesong, Vanda and Tak Senonoh were particularly promising, while Hoie-in-One ran a good race
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  • 42 15 Winning saddle-cloths Saturday: 3. IS, 7, 4, 7, 8, 8, 5. Sunday: 9, 6, 2, 7, 12, 3, 3, 10. Winning barriers Saturday: 1, 5, 3, 6, 3, 11, 10, 3. Sunday: 9, 7, 9, 3, 4, 16, 9, 7.
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  • 228 15 Wisdom made the early running with Zarook and Gain Way in the rear bunch. Wisdom weakened in the straight. Zarook hit the front a furlong out. Midsun led all the say. He was nicely clear of Letrik at the home turn, with Bodyguard closing in. Midsun ran on
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  • 537 15  -  By Lim Kee Chan Ben Arda of the Philip- pines, last year's overall champion of the Asian golf Circuit, is in top form. Arda is one of the certain- ties from the Philippines for k the Singapore Open (March 4 to 7)
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  • 152 15 Dublin, Monday Ireland's veteran Rubgy Union captain, full-back Tom Kiernan, has been dropped because of injury from the Irish side to meet England here on February 13. Kiernan, 32, was forced out of the Ireland-France match on Saturday at halftime with a cracked left leg. He
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  • 103 15 BONN, Monday—Japanese girls set new national speedskating records on the Inzell lcedrome at the weekend, prompting trainer Jin Hoshino to look forward optimistically to a possible 500-metre world record in the Global championships three weeks later. An indication that the Japanese girls are fast approaching
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  • 45 15 Cervinla, Italy, Monday.— Switzerland's No. 2 bobsled team yesterday upset favoured Italy to win the 1971 World four-man championship In a time of 2:19.35. Italy No. 1 was second In time of 2:19.47 and West Germany No. 1 was third In 2:19.63.
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  • 94 15 RKsn/rs v\u »M i:<»r\i) tuk WORLD Melbourne, Monday Rising Russian star Alex Metreveli moved close to his fourth Australian State tennis title yesterday when he scraped home in a fiveset semi-final of the Victorian Open championships at Kooyong courts here. Metreveli he already holds the
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  • 150 15 Adelaide, Monday—Hungarian grandmaster, La Jos Portisch, is in an unbeatable position in the Australian chess championships being played here. Following an easy win in the 12th round he has a clear point lead over his nearest rival. With one round to piay the worst he can
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  • 23 15 Valdaora, Italy, Monday —Karl Brunner of Italy yesterday won the men's Gold medal in the World Toboggan ch a mplonshlps here.
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  • 137 15 Seoul, Monday South Korea will open a Sports School here in the new school year beginning in March to give special sports training to selected children after their elementary education. The Seoul Sports School —a three-year boarding school—has admitted 210 from among 1205 boys and girls
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  • 87 15 Seoul, Monday South Korea may reschedule the date for the East Asian region soccer qualification tournament for the 1972 Munich Olympics scheduled to be held in Seoul from September 22 to October 3, the Daily Sports reported yesterday. The Seoul newspaper said the Korean Amateur Sports
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  • 29 15 Los Angeles, Monday.— More than 150 golfers will try to qualify for the US$2OO,OOO Hawaiian Open when tbey tee off at the Ontario National Golf Club today.
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  • 81 15 London, Monday Leading scorers in English Football League and Cup competitions: Ist division: Martin Chivers (Tottenham Hotspur) 22; Tony Brown (West Albion) 17; Colin Bell (Manchester City), Ray Kennedy (Arsenal) 16; Mick Channon (Southampton), Ron Da vies (Southampton) 15; Alan Gilzean (Tottenham Hotspur), Bobby Gould (Wollverhampton
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    • 744 16 Life at the big hotels along Orchard Road is buzzing with excitement as usual today, but down in Sago Lane in Chinatown things are very different. The last thing on Lee Ah Poh's mind is fun his thought are of death. Mr. Lee
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    • 103 16 The age-old Chinese saying "more chidren more happiness" is a dying whisper in already crowded Hong Kong. Government statistics show that Hong Kong's birth rate last year dropped to 18.94 per thousand compared with 19.89 in 1969 and 37.1 in 1960. This was cause for
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    • 196 16 A dancing girl is among the thousands of candidates who will seek election to India's Parliament in March. Miss Firoz, whose professional name is Mush tar Jahan, will campaign for a better deal for dancing girls. This term is a polite expression for women who
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    • 81 16 AH FOOK: Why is it, in this age of technology, that the simple telephone can get into such a terrible mess? A friend of mine took half an hour to get a connection yesterday. Can't the authorities get this so-called service into order? MEI LIN: I won't argue
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    • 78 16 Pensive Lily Lim is an indoors girl. She loves housework and just staying at home. Lily, a 24-year-old Thai-Chinese, is originally from Penang but has been living in Singapore for the past seven years where she works for a cosmetic firm as a beauty consultant.
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    • 362 16 There's this Spanish gentleman who's started a motorcycle engine with water instead of oil and has asked for a licence to apply the same principle to motor cars. Possibly he's also signing his death warrant from the old moguls. But equally courageous is Alfred
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  • Page 16 Miscellaneous
    • 331 16 5 Singapore LOO Opening and Tom Grattan's War .30 News in Brief .35 Bwana Don: A Study of Animal Life .00 Interlude .10 Family Affair .40 News and Newsreel in Chinese .05 Combat: The Chapel at Able Five .00 News and Newsreel in English .25 It's Happening in Singapore (English)
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    • 398 16 Trust lucky IF IT'S YOUR BIRTHDAY YOU are very ambitious for success in whatever you undertake. Indeed, you never enter on any project without feeling the necessity to win out over any obstacles and all competition and opposition. Gifted with intelligence and the kind of adaptability that makes it a
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