New Nation, 2 February 1971

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  • 21 1 NEW NATION SINGAPORE 'Tuesday evening, February 2, 1971 No. 13" Price 15 cents tti^^^Broßjßwia j A i. TUESDAY, FEBRUARY t, 1971
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  • 48 1 ADELAIDE TEST England Ist innings 470 Australia Ist innings 235 England 2nd innings BOYCOTT not out 105 EDRICH b Thomson 40 HAMPSHIRE lbw Thomson 3 D'OLIVEIRA c Walters b Thomson 5 FLETCHER b Gleeson 5 ELLINGWORTH not out 17 Extras 10 Total 187 (for 4 wkts)
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  • 374 1 New Nation Foreign Service The Soviet Premier, Mr. Alexei Kosygin, said in Moscow last night that an invasion of southern Laos was underway and warned that Russia was closely watching the deteriorating situation in Indochina. It was not clear whether he was accusing—US forces
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  • 185 1 Four top Customs officers from Ceylon are holding top secret discussions with their counterparts here to find ways to stamp out what is believed to be large-scale smuggling of gems between the two countries. They arrived a week ago and are expected to remain here
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  • 454 1 Ice could have been problem New Nation Foreign Service Cape Kennedy, Tuesday Apollo 14 and its crew have been cleared for a lunar landing on Friday. This was announced by officials here as the spaceship passed the halfway mark to the moon.
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  • 225 1 Seven more typhoid cases were reported this morning by a Ministry of Health spokesman, bringing the total number of confirmed cases to 31. Another 32 people are still under observation at Middleton Hospital for suspected typhoid. New Nation understands that .questioning
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  • 104 1 Caddies at the Island location of the Singapore Island Country Club today boycotted the course, and refused to caddy for members. Hie general manager of the SICC, Mr. N. Sutcliffe, said today that the boycott followed a new system Introduced by the club to bring more
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  • 86 1 The astronauts' wives were smiling today. And Mrs. Stuart Roosa (left above) and Mrs. Edgar Mitchell had plenty to smile about. Halfway between the moon and earth the spaceship carrying their husbands was reported safe to continue its voyage after the docking incident that
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  • Briefly...
    • 55 1 Paris, Tuesday. The French nuclear submarine Redoubtable collided with a trawler last night off the coast of western France near Brest. Naval headquarters in Brest said that the submarine continued on its course. There were no details of any damage. The trawler sank but its six
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    • 83 1 Tehran, Tuesday— Major Western oil companies and the Persian Gulf States failed to reach agreement last night on revenue-sharing and both sides said they woula make a final attempt today. "We will have a further session and we will definitely know whether we will have an
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    • 42 1 Tokyo, Tuesday.—Representatives of 12 major shipping countries met today to discuss problems facing the shipping industry. Cabinet level officials from Japan, Britain, Belglum, Denmark, France, Finland, West Germany. Greece, Italy, Holland, Norway and Sweden are attending the two-day conference.
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    • 44 1 Ldndon, Tuesday—Scotch whisky again broke all export records and proved Itself the world's most popular whisky In 1970. Just over 62 million gallons worth about $l5OO million were exported last year. This was three times more than was exported in 1960
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    • 27 1 Tokyo, Tuesday—An Arab delegation left Pyongyang yesterday for home after a goodwill visit to North Korea and China, the New China News Agency reported today.
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    • 237 1 PRINCE IN EXILE NEW NATION WORLD EXCLUSIVE "When several Cambodian Communists told Hanoi that they thought I should also become Communist, the Vietnamese answered 'Of course not, the Prince must remain the prince of Cambodia.. "I have no reason to snub the Soviet Union, but it is the Soviet Union
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    • 6 1 Asian Comfort lb Hong Kong.'Eupei, SeonllbkjQ,
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  • 249 2 Kuala Lumpur, Tuesday A woman executive yesterday blamed m&le prejudice as one of the main stumbling blocks against women graduates filling executive positions. Mrs. M. C. Schubert, the trade relations manager of Shell, said this while addressing the Pudu Rotary dub lunch
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  • 117 2 Two Singapore seamen have been detained in Iraq in connection With the murder of another seaman, also a Singaporean, in November. The two men are being held in connection with the death of quarter-master Tay Kim Ouan, 34, on board the vessel Golden Spring in
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  • 311 2 Kuala Lumpur, Tuesday Lack of public support may reduce the effectiveness of legislation designed to speed the development o$ transplant operations* in Malaysia. The legislation the Human Tissue Act—will be debated at the next session of Parliament. However, because most Malaysians are superstitious about
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  • 221 2 Giving Singapore's laws a new look It was a big job—the task of reading and searching througtvejfljht thick old and musty volumes of Singapore laws to give them a new look Australian 'Mr. -'dirtert Harvey Gillbank, 51, has been carrying out the first
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  • 77 2 of the Japfinance and investment survey mission 4petft tbis morning toura'Ali r&l members of tli* qftfAston were taken on a 'tour in a PSA lavneh before being brought to Jure** Pier MJT. Woon Wah ftttng, OwiTi of Juronc Town Corporation, met tse miifikm at tiyi pier. Mr.
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  • 750 2 What YOU say NEW NATION First report on New Nation's Win a Morris 1300 GT Contest! The judges have found that lane-switching concerns Singapore drivers most.. VINE them on the spot—that is the remedy pror posed by Miss Marina Choo, of Norfolk Road, 8. Mr.
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  • 238 2 will Liribpur, Tuesday ♦ltfalayHan students fc&t£fkotf' obtain tnterfiafloarf tftudedt idenenabling jßfo to dfctain ooncesmx rates tor travel In participating oountrata Ae world. t ffll ctfhte are luued by th#*|nleriattonal Student Travfel inference which M Its ln twi&erte^ v the cards fixnfefc natjpnal mrWUn in any coon- |p
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  • 58 2 Kuala Lumpur, Tuesday -nari ®*Ja Haji Hay throughout Malaysia htn been fixed on Saturday. The date was fixed following an order by the Council of Rulers after a telegram was received from the Malaysian Embassy in Jeddah stating that the Saudi Arabian Government had fixed
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  • 178 3 Police stood by in the Toa Payoh housing estate today while the Tay Koh Yat and Changi Bus companies investigated yesterday's incident involving two buses belonging to the companies. The police were called In •iter the two buses nearly collided. They were standing by to
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  • 46 3 The Adult Education Board Is conducting supplementary subject and revision courses on weekends at Raffles Girls Primary School and Beatty Secondary School centres. Further details and registration forms are obtainable from the board at Cairnhill Road and the Cultural Centre at Caning Rise.
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  • 407 3 Police called In after human chain formed round lorries Bid to clear streets of abandoned vehicles Fights and scuffles broke out today when Public Works Department men tried to tow away two unregistered lorries at Jalan Teratal, off Aljuneid Road. The police had to
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  • 240 3 A heliport for the Thomson Road general hospital is now being planned by the hospital authorities and officials of the Ministry of Defence. The heliport will be used mainly by helicopters transporting injured troops from their camps to the hospital in cases of emergency.
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  • 191 3 Full job protection will mean energetic support of Government attempts to put Singapore's own airline on an international footing after the MSA split. This is one of the suggestions likely to arise at a shop stewards' meeting later today on the implications of the split.
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  • 69 3 Kuala Lumpur, Tuesday— The Ministry of Defence's Civilian Employees Welfare Fund has paid out $l7OO as immediate relief to 14 civilian staff members whose homes were affected by the recent floods. Another 40 applications for relief are being processed by the committee. The maximum aid for
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  • 125 3 Dr. David M. Macfadyen, WHO senior advisor (tuberculosis), will speak on "The computer as a tool in health care" at the Pathology Lecture Theatre today at 8.15 pjn. The lecture will emphasise the effectiveness of the computer as a tool for improving the quality of
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  • 24 3 Police today found the bodies of two women at the foot of Housing Board flat*. They do not suspect foul Play.
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  • 108 3 An assistant police superintendent has resigned over investigations of graft at a Singapore shipyard. The officer is alleged to have had close dealings with the management of the shipyard. The shipyard previously had a government contract to maintain and repair all marine police boats. Investigations
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  • 224 3 3 main tasks before shipyard workers Mr. R. E. Butler, managing director of Sembawang Shipyard, has outlined three main tasks for his staff to maintain the success and reputation enjoyed by the company. In a new year message published in its newsletter, Mr. Butler said:
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  • 39 3 The Adult Education Board will enrol students for Tamil Secondary Pour classes at Victoria School tomorrow and Thursday from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. Should there be sufficient response, the classes will begin on Monday.
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  • 88 3 A 76-year-old woman, Choo Wan Swei, was fined $B6O, In default two months' jail, in the First Magistrate's Court today when she admitted possession of four gallons of samsu on which $B6 duty was not paid. She was arrested at her house in Jalan Anggerak yesterday.
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  • Page 3 Miscellaneous
    • 147 3 Weather Singapore Singapore's weather forecast from 3 p.m. to midnight —fair. The weather for the 24 hours to 8 ajn. today Max. temp.—7B.o Min. temp.—7l.s Total rainfall for the month to date (ins.) —trace Total rain days for month to date—nil Hours of sunshine—o.oo TIDES Today: 3.02 ajn. (9.1 ft);
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  • THE WORLD
    • 147 4 Reuter Karachi, Tuesday Schools and the university here remained closed yesterday by magistrate's order following student violence last week, apparently over language rivalry. The magistrate's weekend order closed the schools and university until next Tuesday, forcing postponement of student elections on the Karachi campus.
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    • 57 4 Tokyo, Tuesday. The second shipment of US poison gas stored in Okinawa is expected to be shipped to Johnston Island in the Pacific earlier than August as previously planned. The change was made because facilities under construction on Johnston Island to receive the poison gas should
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    • 170 4 United Press International Ottawa, Tuesday An 11-man Communist Chinese delegation arrived in Ottawa yesterday to begin setting up their country's first North American embassy. The Chinese, headed by Charge d'Affairs Hsu Chung-fu wore Identical fur hats and overcoats over grey "Mao"
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    • 66 4 London, Tuesday. Women will still use the pill even though their blood group makes it a higher risk, according to a Family Planning Association official. Mrs. Helene Grahame. the association's assistant director, was commenting on a reDort linking the pill and blood-clotting deaths. "Any additional risk is
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    • 337 4 More fighting reported as new leader seeks support New Nation Foreign Service Kampala, Tuesday Uganda's military leader, Major General Idi Amin, has announced that Uganda will remain a republic, aiding hopes that the monarchies abolished by ousted President Milton Obote would be
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    • 352 4 Youths try to reach hijack /heroes' New Nation Foreign Service Rawalpindi, Tuesday Police used tear gas at Lahore airport last night to disperse Kashmiri youths trying to force their way to the Indian airliner hijacked by two armed men on Saturday. One youth was taken to hospital
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    • 119 4 Reuter New Delhi, Tuesday The Indian Prime Minister Mrs. Indira Gandhi, yesterday filed her nomination papers for the March general election in the northern town of Rae Bareli, where she is seeking reelection to Parliament. She filed papers as a candidate of the ruling Congress
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    • 211 4 Reuter Vientiane, Tuesday The 50th session of the four-nation Mekong Basin Committee yesterday ended its four-day meeting and adopted a report listing continued progress on major international projects. The report also underlined the need for more attention to the social aspects of future agricultural
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    • 308 5 Reuter Rome, Tuesday Police yesterday questioned several members of, a prominent clan in Palmi suspected of carrying out one of southern Italy's bloodiest vendetta massacres in recent years. Fo r or five members of K? e S®""* family, one of Jte,, b i ggest
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    • 158 5 Reuter West Berlin, Tuesday East Germany yesterday ended five days of delaying traffic to and from West Berlin which caused 30-hour delays and the worst blockages in many years. Traffic lights at the EastWest Berlin and border checkpoints were switched to green today after days of
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    • 23 5 Jerusalem, Tuesday. Detectives here have seized a large haul of hashish worth about $1.2 million In Israel but much more abroad.
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    • 490 5 Army reserve mobilised as leader talks guns in Moscow COUNTDOWN TO FRIDAY —three days to end of ceasefire New Nation Foreign Service Beirut, Tuesday Syria, following Egypt's lead, has mobilised some of its army reserves as a precaution against new fighting when the
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    • 319 5 Sadat may extend deadline—if he can save face Los Angeles Times From William Tuohy Cairo, Tuesday Despite the official gloom surrounding the Arab-Israeli peace talks Egypt is expected to extend the ceasefire past the February 5 deadline. Informed diplomatic sources here believe that President Sadat would prefer to continue the
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    • 164 5 Reuter Lourenco Marques, Tuesday Muddy flood waters slowly receded over vast areas of Northern Mozambique yesterday revealing a picture of desolation and destruction. And as the waters abated, a new peril threatened the tens of thousands made homeless x poisonous snakes. Only
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    • 214 5 Reuter Rome, Tuesday A team of Rome doctors is suspected of having removed a kidney from a motor accident victim before he was clinically dead, the Rome newspaper n Messagero reported yesterday. The newspaper, which did not name the doctors, said the Rome Public Prosecutor's Office had
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    • 125 5 United Press International Manila, Tuesday The death of British consul, Mr. John Bartlet, after a fall yesterday from the eighth floor of the embassy building is being investigated, as a "possible suicide case," a police spokesman said today. Mr. Bartlett, 50, Second Secretary at the
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    • 71 5 Ankara, Tuesday—Three ships of the American Sixth Fleet left the port of Izmir here early yesterday following anti-American demonstrations and incidents, cutting short a scheduled < week's stay. Since the three landing craft arrived four days ago, windows have been smashed at the offices of Pan
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    • 294 5 Reuter London, Tuesday Nearly half the Ford Motor Company's 50,000 workers In Britain walked out yesterday on a wildcat strike that could cost £2 million a day in lost production. Coming on top of the national mail strike 1 and a threat of trouble on
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    • 201 5 Most positive personality of 1970 Agence France Presse Tel Aviv, Tuesday The Israeli Prime Minister, Mrs. Golda Meir, has been voted "Man of the Year" in a newspaper poll to discover "the most positive personality of 1970." The Jewish Chronicle said that Mrs. Meir headed the
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    • 281 5 Agence France Presse London, Tuesday Britain's Conservative government will withdraw its troops from the Persian Gulf by the end of 1971, as promised 1 by the previous- Labour government, but will maintain an "intermittent" military presence in the region. It will also maintain the
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    • 100 5 Reuter Washington, Tuesday Six nations yesterday walked out of an Organisation of American States (OAS) conference on the problems of political terrorism and diplomatic kidnapping in Latin America. The six Argentina, Brazil, Ecuador, Paraguay, Guatemala and Haiti—said there was no chance of reaching
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    • 368 6  -  A lesson in co-operation in running a regional air service From Anthony Haas New Nation Foreign Service Suva, Tuesday Malaysia Singapore Airlines' now abandoned attempt to run a consortium airline is an experiment in international co-operation few have attempted. Most countries want national airlines. The
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    • 127 6 Reuter London, Tuesday A former army officer, Trevor Williams, who was jailed for 10 years for plotting to blow up an Israeli airliner at London's Heathrow airport last year, was yesterday refused leave to appeal. His counsel called his scheme to blow up an El A 1
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    • 189 6 Agence France Presse Ottawa, Tuesday The Canadian Prime Minister, Mr. Pierre Trudeau, in a report on the recent Commonwealth conference in Singapore, said yesterday that Canada could get along without the Commonwealth association, but "not nearly so well." He told Parliament the value of the conference was
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    • 584 6  -  Communist sappers wipe out two-thirds of the 75 planes caught on the ground at Phnom Penh From Murray Marder Reuter Washington, Tuesday The United States will replace most of the loases in Cambodia's air force from the Communist sapper attack
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    • 284 6 Pay more Into budget, says France Reuter Brussels, Tuesday France yesterday said Britain's proposal to make ft three per cent contribution to the ComiAon Market budget was not enough to gain full itxembershlp and voting lights. Neither should pritaln be given aby safeguard clause to
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    • 553 6 Stanley Karnow reports from Washington Washington Post Shifts in Hanoi's collective leadership now confirm more plainly than ever that the Communists have been gradually switching to a new strategy in the Vietnam war. Their new approach may offer the possibility of a fuzzy political
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    • 119 6 Reuter Moscow, Tuesday The Soviet Union yesterday expelled a British exchange student accused of photographing a defence installation. A British Embassy spokesman said the student, Norman C. Bauer, claimed he was taking a picture of the sunset over the River Neva. First reports of yesterday's action
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    • 199 4 Jil l Mill structure. By this means, pupils are introduced to an ever widening vocabulary of high frequency content words, phrasal verbs, and idiomatic and social expressions all naturally and in the content of suitable situations and sentences Simple comprehension questions and exercises on the structures being studied follow each
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  • COMMENT
    • 797 7  -  From Bernardino Ronquillo Is there going to be a revolution Communist style in the Philippines? This is the question many Filipinos have been asking since January last year when the first serious outbreak of rioting marred the opening session of Congress. TJie riots, which marked
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    • 831 7  -  Russia may have overplayed its hand in Egypt By a special military affairs analysist The present situation around Suez reminds me of an earlier day in Egypt when General Erwin Rommel pulled up his battle wagons at the gates of El Alamein during
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    • 441 7  -  By Selig S. Harrison Japan says that it has won its battle for greatly relaxed inspection procedures under the nuclear non-pro-liferation treaty. Mr. Shlnlchi Nlshlda, the director of Japan's National Science and Technology Agency, said that a draft nuclear safeguards agreement Just adopted by a
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    • 209 7 BE MASTER OF THE LANG and you possess the proven key to knowledge, enjoyment and success! NOW IS THE TIME. If you have ever dreamed of someday owning a magnificent unabridged Merriam-Webster —the ultimate in dictionary ownership now is certainly the time to buy one. WEBSTER'S THIRD NEW INTERNATIONAL DICTIONARY
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  • 315 8 Criticisms of Singapore tend to run on certain well-marked and obvious lines. Especially in the West. Singapore's great sin, it seems, is that things work here. It is, in the words of the latest critic to join the ranks, Anthony Burgess, from whom a
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  • 710 8  -  GERALD de CRUZ -Tlf Speaking at the commissioning ceremony of <#b#f cadets at the Istaria Negara cm Ban-, day, the Prime Mthister, Mr. Lee iCuari Yfew, discussed the problem*** nforale and motivation in schools and among National Service ifccruits.
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  • Letters
    • 187 8  -  S.M.B. Ah Poole's complaint about the difficulty in getting telephone connections is not qtffte fair on the authorities, h Very often ft is the subscriber who is at fault. A number dT commercial offices do not maintain; out of a sense cost-cutting I suppose, an adequate nuaiber
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    • 100 8 -Jewish to glv# a pat on the«baCk to the Singapore Government for being in advance of all tittier lndustrlftlised urban societies in bating smoking advertisecrieiKk and' doing something positively advertising. at public expense, the pfredical risks of smoking sfcme go-ahead leadership IS displayed by £ur
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    • 206 8  -  SEOW PHOO LAW Your suggestion in your leader on Monday, that Singapore should encourage joint manufacturing ventures through which Japanese firms blacklisted by Peking could get into the Communist Chinese market by the back door, is surely naive. The Chinese authorities in Peking know
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    • 63 8 Politicians on both sides of the Causeway have been unusually warm lately in their references to the need for co-operation. Some kind of a guilty feeling is obviously at work after the MSA split. This is all to the good. But is it not a
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    • 215 8  -  B. THERAMANNYAH I am glad that you have started publishing editorial comments from other vernacular newspapers. I hope this will become a regular feature in your paper. The excerpt from the Nanyang Siang Pau on Monday calls for a comment. Its comment on the Japanese trade
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    • 100 8  -  LOW CHENG KEE I am one of those who were shocked last year by the number of fatal casualties caused by cracker firing during the Chinese New Year holidays. I am also one of those who were unutterably bored this year by all the major festivals
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  • 544 8  -  From John Hoffman The University of Malaya, as the main source of Malaysia's future elite, will soon find itself even more closely indentlfied with the new national policy drive stressing unity and equality. The Idea of equal racialgroup chances
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  • Article, Illustration
    1603 9 THE PRINCE IN EXILE Part Two of '*s in i i t a world v exclusive > S to New Nation Copyright 1971 Alessandro Casella and New Nation '""i Jb In this instalment of a three-part interview with the exiled Cambodian Prftfce, Sihanouk speaks to Alessandro Casella about the
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  • The voice of the Press
    • 108 9 What the papers /art saying: In order to help the various faculties Implement the policy of using Bahasa Malaysia a terminology bureau has been set up at the University of Malaya with the task of supervising the coinage, of terms the university and cOHqrtfogflK lng it vttth the
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    • 68 9 The pattern of events ii Uganda is an tob familiar in recent Africa* history. The political, economic, and secMl grieyanoes behind anay refWfa s*6h as this are generally very real; the ability of the new men to achm their declared ends *ariet greatly. tfejiKMs new masters are lltneTinoWn
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    • 86 9 The new rulers of Uganda have not framed serious charges against Obote but have only said that his policies would lead to bloodshed. This accusation is not clear. Hence it 1s guessed that the coup has been staged at the instigation of a few people or a foreign
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    • 92 9 Some teachers' unions In Malaysia are investigating the report that many teachers have (Juit teaching service to join commercial firm*. According to some principals in KL these teachers have left the teaching service following the implementation of the national language policy, under Which English primary schools have
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    • 79 9 Henry Ford n says that Installing safety features In the cars he builds Is something of a waste of time. He says: 'Take head-rests. People would rather have them taken out and car prices reduced by $100." Henry Ford ITs company made $lBOO million profit in 1969. Is
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  • WOMAN
    • Article, Illustration
      365 11  -  Interviewed bjr Elizabeth Choo Esther Lim Byn Poh (right) is 22 years old. She is a second-year law student at the University of Singapore and trendy and fashionable enough to distract any old judge from his musty law books. She took up law because she was "bored" with
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    • 385 11 French designer Feraud, master off geotiMfale IhaaldijiflMHWMluftti message that dothes are fun Louis Feraud has fallen under the spell of the übiquitous shorts, and to balance the leggy look he has lots of bare bosoms peeping out from tissue thin chiffon bodices. The master
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    • 113 11  -  Today Roma Blab tulip mm i 4 k $P strengthening th# W i.< wrists —and keeping those *,CV Z&Li'i complaints away i i f xj Roma Blair Today's posture is a simple technique to practise and easy to remember. It strengthens the wrists, preparing them, and
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    • 101 11 i vSjKjH^EgHB FMWb—M 'Make sate you hate good, wmtt ywi practise tnase exercises. Also, three hours Should hate passed since your last m*l, Ifed if you an a muter do not sndoke for at ltful'i i& hour before or after eXfrdsifig. This applles t6 eating Wb. M* Keep relaxed
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  • EDUCATION
    • 371 12 Teach students correct values and many problems will be overcome, lecturer to tell seihinar Schools can do much more to improve the quality of community life, according to Mr. Ong Teong Wan, an assistant lecturer at the Teachers' Training College. Problems like the misuse of
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    • 242 12 Students to look at the Implications of population control in a three-day programme this month Be a 11 y Secondary School, which made news with its seminar on sex, love, and marriage last year, will hold a three-day seminar on population control and parenthood
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    • 367 12 Student Forum today takes a trip to the Winstedt Primary School I like to come to school every day and see my three paintings which have been pinned up on the notice board. I'm good at drawing and hope to become an artist one
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    • 242 12 Education system 'staggering through modern world clutching at straws,' says one Wellington, Tuesday Headmasters in many New Zealand state schools have rudely jolted the Government by giving hard-hitting speeches at their annual prize-givings in place of the usual innocuous sermonising. One headmaster described the country's educa* tlonal
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  • Page 12 Miscellaneous
    • 458 12 Jim Brown and Mariana Hill in El Condor Gold, guts and lots of gusto... .When it's all over, the body count is one of the highest ever in the West CINEMA "EL CONDOR" starring Jim Brown, Lee Van Cleef, Patrick O'Neal. "EL CONDOR," an almost enact replica of "Cannon for
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  • Finance page
    • 192 13 Allied Chem Alcoa Am Brands Am Caa AT T A A P Anaconda Beth Steel Boeing Caterp Trac Chrjriler Coca-Cola 86% Control Data Corn Ol Wka 211% Dow Chem 79% DuPont E Kodak 76% Fed Dept Stra Ford Mot 36% Oen Dynam 27% Oen Elec 104% Oen Foods
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    • 112 13 KUALA LUMPUR. Tues.— The demand for PVC leather cloth and vinyl wall fabrics will be met by Nylex Malaysia, a Malaysian-Australian Joint venture. The general sales manager of the company, Mr. Reuben Dobson, said the company will not go into production until the middle of this
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    • 58 13 LONDON, Tues.— Britain's Chancellor of the Exchequer (Finance Minister), Mr. Anthony Barber, made it clear last night the Government had no intention of freezing prices and wages to stem inflation. "It would no doubt provide some temporary respite, but sooner or later the dam would
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    • 1077 13 ALL YOU WANT TO KNOW ABOUT THE STOCK EXCHANGE AN analysis of yesterday's closing prices: INDUSTRIALS INDUSTRIALS 1970-71 1 wk. 4 wks. Closing Price last Divid. P/E TurnHigh Low aio ago .Stock Bayers Sellers Sale Yield Ratio Orer 4.60 2.60 2.90 2.70 Allied Chocolate 2.96 2.97 4.2N
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    • 476 13 WHAT THE LEADING STOCKBROKERS SAY... Fraser's Index for January has risen to 669.93 for Singapore industrials (676.15 was the all-time high) and that of Malaysian Industrials touched 433.43 (487.6 the all-time high). Present disinterest in Malaysian shares like AJinomoto, Matsushita and Malayan Cables is mainly due
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    • 202 13 United Press International London, Tuesday The national postal strike and the stoppage at tne Ford Motor Works kept trading at a low"' level on the stock market yesterday and prices turned irregularly lower. The industrial share index fell 2.1 to 342.1 not long before the
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    • 171 13 United Press International New York, Tuesday The stock market boomed ahead in heavy turnover yesterday, reflecting widespread belief thfe economy will recover and favourable reaction to President Nixon's economic message. Shortly before the final bell, the Dow Jones industrial average was up nearly 9
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    • 172 13 THE SINGAPORE EXCHANGE TODAY Trading remained quiet on the Stock Exchange of Singapore this morning. There was a general lack of incentive to deal. At the end of one and a half hours of trading the total volume was estimated at 300,000 units of
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    • 117 13 Following lower London advices and reports of a strike by 28,000 workers at the U.K. Ford Motor plants the rubber market opened a shade lower with February Ones at 47} cents and March Ones 48i cents. March again came under pressure and the market eased further on upcountry
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    • 729 13 BID AND OFFER PRICES AT LUNCH TODAY INDUSTRIAL* B. S. L.S. ACM A 1.43 AJlnomoto Alcan 1.44 1.46 1.46 Allied Choc. 2.08 3.02 3.00 A. Bricks Ben 1.14 1.18 B. Kawat 1.27 1.28 B.M. Trusts... 1.20 Borneo 1.83 1.85 1.84 Bouatead 2.00 2.05 Camel 1.38 1.40 C. sugars
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    • 227 13 Reuter Jakarta, Tuesday The American Atlantic Richfield Company's announcement that it will be producing 75,000 barrels a day in the Java Sea by the end of 1972 has set what pror mises to be Indonesia's biggest oil year off to a gusher start. Atlantic Richfield,
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    • 157 13 Reuter LONDON, Tuesday.—Twoway trade between Britain and traditional Far East markets stretching from India to Japan rose by about £l2O million last year, according to official statistics issued here yesterday. The biggest share of the increase went to British exporters who stepped up their sales in
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  • Page 13 Advertisements
    • 11 13 STARLITE CONTINUES TO BE ACTIVE: SUBSTANTIAL OIL DISCOVERY OFF NORTH JAVA
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    • 47 13 MID-DAY PRICES SINGAPORE WALL STREET NEW NATION ADVERTISEMENT RATES DISPLAY $6.50 per single column inch. (series rates/discounts available on application.) NOTICES/ APPOINTMENTS $6.50 per single column inch. CLASSIFIED All Classifications 20 cents per word. Minimum $2.00 SEMI-DISPLAY (Minimum one single column inch) $6.50 per single column inch.
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  • 80 14 Hobart, Tuesday—Australian Frank Phillips won the 72 holes Tasmanlan Open golf championship here yesterday by three strokes. Graham Marsh, brother of Australian Test cricketer Rodney Marsh, tied on fourth place with American Andy Foude, the half-way leader. Leading scores: 285— F. Phillips (Austr) 69, 72, 73
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  • 229 14  -  By Jeffrey Low The top three teams of the second annual InterBusiness Houses bowling league will be battling for the leadership in the seventh rouna on Thursday. After a shaky start In earlier rounds, defending champions Motor Investment Group caught up with the leaders last
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  • 277 14  -  By Jeffrey Low A record of 120 fMfen teed off at the Buldt course this morning for the start of the Far East Air Force annual golf champiorthitpt. Among the prominent golfers from FEAF—Royal Australian Air Force (Butterworth), RAF Hong Kong, RAF Oan, RAF Penang,
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  • 263 14  -  By Sonny Yap The Singapore Amateur Sepak Takraw Association will send a team for a 10-day tour of Indonesia from April 14-24. This was decided by the executive committee which met on Sunday. According to SASTA president Inche Mohammed Ghazall, the team of 1$
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  • 39 14 Adelaide, Tuesday.—Hungarian grandmaster Lajos Portisch yesterday emerged a clear-cut winner full point ahead of Lothar Schmid, florin Gheorghfu and Walter Shawn Browne at the end of the final round of the Karlls Liduma International chess tournament.
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  • 101 14 New York, Tuesday World heavyweigtU champion Joe Frasier was named "fighter of the year" for 1970 by Ring Magazine today in the boxing publication's annual review issue. Frazier, who meets former champion Mufcamlbad All in a title match herd on March 8, was cited for his
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  • 274 14 Lomdon, Tuesday First division clubs Arsenal, Southampton and Nottingham Forest all had only one goal to sptfe in English Football Association Cup fourth round replays against lower-ranked rivals last night. A penalty by Peter Storey after 84 mlnutea gave Arsenal a 3-2 win over second division
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  • 34 14 London, Tuesday Leeds United, currently leading the English first division soccer table, were quoted 11 to 4 favourites for the Football Association Cup at a callover on the event here yesterday.
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    • 381 14 FOR GENTS ONLY ASIA MARRIAGE-AID BUREAU has successfully helped o few thousand cMerits from Malaysia/ Singapore find their ideal partners in the last ten years. Room 12-A (3rd Floor), Kheng Chiu Building, 47 Beach Road, S'pore *****. FURNITURE FOR SUPERIOR QUALITY cane furniture and furnishing materials at moderate prices. Contoct
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    • 131 14 APPOINTMENTS (Sj) invites applications for A SENIOR FINANCE MANAGEMENT POSITION The man we want is easily recognisable. He will be a Chartered Accountant or will hold an Honours Degree in Business Administration or Economics (Masters Degree preferred). He will have at least five years post graduation industry experience where he
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  • Page 14 Miscellaneous
    • 123 14 DR. KILDARE WELL. AS I LIVE ANP BREATHE... IT'S FUZI/ FACE BACK AGAIN, WITHOUT HIS X KEEPER. COME J l 1 A M||l| ii. I 'il ttxmwj. THE NAME IS KARfITAPIEY IMA DOCTOR ANP PROSteLY A Lr BRRLIAMT ONE. OF* THE RECORP I WANT TD CtUE YOU »M ON one
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  • 184 15 From Blue Peter in Penang Fiery Flight and Tripoli (D. Low) ran a smart trial here this mornjng. The' "Porky" Donnelly trained pair sprinted smartly over 3f in 38 1/5 with Fiery Flight a length in front of his stablemate at the finish. Fiery
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  • 291 15 By Scrutineer Bukit Timah trainer Garnet Bougoure's stable jockey, John Miller, is expected to return to Singapore and resume riding next month. Miller is currently serving of two month suspension Imposed on him by the West Australian Turf Club. During Christmas racing week Miller
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  • 37 15 Manila, Tuesday.—The 10round match between former World junior lightweight. champion .Gabriel (Flash) Elorde and Japan's Isao Ichihara scheduled for tonight was postponed to next Tuesday because of the public transport strike in Manila.
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  • 80 15 ABOVE: Too San Hwa of Toh Tuck Seng school in action against Chew Chin Hua of the Ahmad Ibrahim Secondary School during the Boy's B division badminton championships yesterday afternoon. Too was beaten 15-11, 15-9. RIGHT: In the same division Boon Kia Seng stretches to save the last shuttle that
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  • 161 15 Sydney, Tuesday Ragamuffin, Salacia n and Koomooloo will team up to make Australia's fourth challenge to the Admiral's Cup series to be run off Cowes, England in July and August this year. This was announced last night by Bob CrichttonBrown, Commodore of the Cruising Yacht
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  • 123 15 London, Tuesday. Bob Oilier, England's captain In four matches last season, has been recalled by the selectors for the fivenation Rugby Union championship match against Ireland in Dublin on February 13. He was omitted from England's opening game of the season against Wales, but his successful placekicking
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  • 394 15 Tokyo, Tuesday The Asian Table-Ten-nis Federation will hold a special meeting in Singapore on Sunday to deal with the question of Red China's membership rights with the Federation. The meeting follows yesterday's announcement by the Chinese and Japanese Table-Tennis Associations that Communist China's team
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  • 82 15 London, Tuesday.—The Wills west of England tennis championships here next June will be confined to the 32 professionals under contract to the TexasBased world championship tennis group. This unprecedented move, which will cost the sponsors US$5O,OOO In prize-money, has been given the official blessing of the
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  • 327 15  -  Bj Sonny Yap The controversy between two bodybuilding federations in Singapore over their "proprietary rights" to stage amateur contests may soon be settled, i This follows the recognition of the International Federation of Bodybuilders (IFBB) by the General Assembly of International Sports Federations and
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  • 200 15  -  By Jeffrey Low Singapore's 16-member team to the Second Asian Tae Kwon-Do tournament at Kuala Lumpur next month started their 44-day centralised training this morning. Training began early today at Mount Faber, after the team had laid off intensive practices for the past
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  • 58 15 London, Tuesday—Revised draw for the English Football Association Cup fifth round to be played on February 13: Hull City v Brentford, Manchester City v Arsenal, Everton v Derby County, Tottenham Hotspur v Nottingham Forest, Leicester City v Oxford United, Colchester United v Leeds United, Stoke City or
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  • 21 15 Bloemfontein, South Africa, Tuesday—Orange Free State and north eastern Transvaal drew their Currie Cup "B" section match here today.
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  • 86 15 Wellington, Tuesday. Lone New Zealand yachtsman Eric Hall, who left here three months ago to sail round Cape Horn, has capsized in the Pacific. A brief message received here yesterday said his fibreglass sloop Manuma had reached San Antonio, Chile. Mr. Hall said the vessel
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  • 61 15 New Delth, Tuesday.—The 16-member Indian cricket team to tour the West Indies left Bombay for London, yesterday enroute to Kingston, Jamaica, to begin tits tour of the Caribbeans. The team is led by Ajl Wadekar. They will stay overnight at London and take another flight to
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    • 316 15 New Nation Crossword No. 13 ssssa ssbs Bin mmmm Hiim ■lrsss: SS! BiS ■■9 ■■l ACROSB 1 Between Virgo and Scorpio. 6 Mother. 10 Humbug. 14 Relative by marriage. 15 City with famous casbah. 16 Stack. 17 Late genius: 2 words. 19 Crocus. 20 Stitched. 21 River duck. 22 Princess
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  • Back Page TUESDAY
    • 288 16 Times have changed and it seems we have an out-dated unit in our currency Is the one cent coin redundant in Singapore's currency? Yes! was the emphatic reply New Nation got during a survey in Baffles Place today. Mr. How Thing Guan, 42,
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    • 288 16 What makes a good hotel public relations i According to Mrs. Us K. Brewer, director of public relations for the Hilton Hotel Group, the first Qualification is being a woman, followed by news •ense, imagination, charm and impeccable grooming. "Women," said Mrs. Brewer, "seem to
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    • 432 16 As the sun sets beneath the rubber trees the children come out of the nice terrace houses and semi-de-tached bungalows and begin to play. Their fathers cluster around in small groups, some puffing at pipes and cigarettes. They look very dejected, muttering to each
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    • 85 16 AH FOOK: The Americans are at it again, spending millions on useless space travels. As the most affluent nation on earth, I think they should be spending this money down here on the undeveloped nations, not up there on the empty moon. MEI LIN: Isn't there any romance
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    • 86 16 Irene Ong's face is her sounding board. Irene, a 22-year-old London-trained beautician working in Singapore as a cosmetic company's beauty adviser, likes to experiment with all the latest make-up techniques on herself. The results go further afield four times a year she travels around
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    • 326 16 10.15 10.40 12.10 5 Singapore .05 Opening and Woobinda: Rescue .30 News in Brief .40 It's Happening in Singapore (Chinese) .00 For the Family (repeat) .40 News in Chinese .55 21st Century: The Sleep Watchers ,15 Another Song Another Melody (English) ,30 My Favourite Martian: Dog-Gone Martian 00 News and
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    • 48 16 SNIFFY don't wopry oust show WM TUe PeftCt SiGkJ by George Fett M-McChtft >r 1 0 I K M A m m m By Frank O'Neal 0. X 3 LITTLE FUZT/ HEADED TM6 MOANING. AREN'T -fou ALWAYS 11 Si Si III 1 MOW WAS-WE" PARTY LAST NI6MT?. H-X9
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    • 397 16 Trust your lucky star IF IT'S YOUR BIRTHDAY Born today, you have an extremely active imagination and are somewhat inclined to dramatise any situation or circumstance that arises, because things sometimes assume (or you an Importance which they do not actually have, you need to guard against making the kinds
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