New Nation, 20 February 1971

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  • 17 1 NEW NATION SINGAPORE Saturday evening, February 20, 1971 No. 29 Price 15 cents SINGAPORE SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 20
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  • 58 1 LATE NEWS Santa Monica, California, Saturday A court has granted actress Rachel Roberts an uncontested divorce from Rex Harrison and a property settlement of U5524,000 a year and a US$lOO,OOO home wherever she chooses to live. Miss Roberts, 43, Harrison's fourth wife, fUed her divoree action
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  • 71 1 Palermo, Saturday A starving 42-year-old mother of three was rescued by police yesterday after being imprisoned four years in a tiny windowless room by her husband. Police burst Into the room after Maria Scavuzzo's 11-year-old daughter complained to them she was not allowed
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  • 638 1  -  After the ceremony comes parliament's crucial week By John HOFFMAN Kuala Lumpur Wide public confusion over immediate plans by opposition parties has led to a sober and even anxious start for the crucial week opening today with the installation of the King —j ii and the
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  • Briefly...
    • 44 1 New York, Saturday. A fire broke out in the world's tallest building the World Trade Centre here yesterday. The centre, twin 110storey buildings with six floors below street level, is still being built although some of the lower floors are occupied.
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    • 42 1 TOkyo, Saturday. A Japanese prototype pollu-tion-free car makes its debut on the car market today. Daihatsu Kogyo KK, makers of motorcycles and light motor vehicles,- announced it is a three-wheel-ed electric van designed to rid exhaust-gas pollution.
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    • 19 1 Los Angeles, Saturday.— Fire roared through the desert air rest home yesterday, killing 12 mental patients.
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  • 116 1 Reuter London, Saturday The eight power Commonwealth group set up to study security In the South Atlantic and Indian Ocean will hold its first meeting here about the middle of next month. Initial contacts between the Commonwealth Secretariat and the eight-mem-ber countries of the study
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  • 32 1 London, Saturday. Packets of cigarettes sold in Britain must carry a prominent health warning to smokers under a Bill approved in principle by the House of Commons yesterday.
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  • 18 1 New Delhi, Saturday. India has decided to establish diplomatic relations with Swaziland, it was announced yesterday.
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  • 136 1 Kuala Lumpur, Saturday No installation worries for the royal twins, Tengku Soraya and Tengku Sarina, 10, daughters of the Yang di-Pertuan Agong and the Queen. At home in the Istana Negara, before today's Installation, they excitedly described their formal outfits for the occasion.
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  • 389 1 Heavy fire from Communists halts trail advance by Saigon troops New Nation Foreign Service Saigon, Saturday The South Vietnamese invasion force is at a standstill after advancing 15 miles into Laos in the past 12 days. A Saigon command spokesman has admitted for the first time that heavy
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  • 12 1 Police reported 64 accidents on Singapore roads yesterday, 4 serious.
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  • 293 1  -  By Scrutineer There will be five professional races at the mixed pro-am meeting to be held at Bukit Timah this weekend. Two of them will be run off today and the rest tomorrow. Best bet In today's card Is Collusion in Race
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  • THE WORLD
    • 394 2 United Press International Td Aviv, Saturday Israel called home its "ambassador to the United States yesterday '-to not only the 'latest Middle East peace but also what diplomatic sources «dticribea as deteriorating relations with the ;Uhited States. I mint dor Yltaak Harbin's
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    • 199 2 United Press International Phnom Penh, Saturday A conference of the movement, the popular Socialist coixununity? set up in 1955 by deposed Cam- bodian head of state I Prince Norodom Sihanouk, has decided to dissolve the movement and liquidate its as- sets. The conference, held two days ago
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    • 105 2 Citizen Armi that's what Parliament decides Manila, Saturday The House of Representatives passed on second reading yesterday a Bill making Armi Kuusela Hilario, the first i*\s* universe, a citizen of the Philippines. The Finnish beauty queen won the first Miss Universe contest in Long Beach, California in 1952. She came
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    • 321 2 Vienna, Saturday Libya, the most militant of the oil-rich Arab nations, has organised a cartel of four nations to negotiate higher prices for oil shipments to the Western world. Official* at the headquarter* of the Organisa- tion of Petroleum Exporting Countries said yesterday that
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    • 433 2 Bhutto says Indo-Pakistan border situation could lead to Indian 'aggression' New Nation Foreign Service Pakistan anJ India were facing each other eyeball to eyeball on the West Pakistan border, the West Pakistani political leader, Mr. Zulflqar All Bhutto said yesterday. He said the' border situation was serious
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    • 231 2 Reuter London, Saturday Beatle Paul McCartney yesterday accused the pop group's manager, Mr. Allen Klein of untrustworthlness and taking too much money from their massive earnings. The accusation was made during the resumed court hearing on McCartney's action to break up the
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    • 147 2 Reuter Washington, Saturday Senate investigators charged yesterday that the books of big beer, liquor and cigarette companies "clearly indicate" the firms have been deeply involved in bribes and kickbacks to US military staff in Asia. > Among those mentioned in documents made public
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    • 210 2 United Press International Rawalpindi, Saturday President Yahya Khan yesterday summoned Mr. Zulfiqar All Bhutto, the leader of West Pakistan's People's Party, to a sft-hour meeting. The two men discussed Pakistan's constitution dispute and the deteriorating relations with India. Mr. Sajjad Hyder, the Pakistani
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    • 31 2 Rawalpindi, Saturday. President Tahya Khan sent a message of felicitations to Sultan Abdul Halim Muazzam. paramount ruler of Malaysia, on the occasion of his installation as King of Malaysia.
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    • 155 2 United Press International Ankara, Saturday Riot police squads cheered 'by crowds shouting "Damn Communists" yesterday invaded Hacettepe University dormitories defended by some 700 men and women students using dynamite, petrol bombs, pistols, sticks and stones. The students opened fire when the heimeted police carrying
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    • 98 2 Bogota, Saturday.—A Colombian Air Force DC-4 with 44 people On board crashed and burst into flames last night near the oil centre 'of Barranca Bermeja In northern Colombia. A police spokesman said It was not Immediately known If there were any survivors. First reports
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    • 63 2 Paris, Saturday Supporters of Prince Norodom Sihanouk, the deposed Cambodian leader, claimed here yesterday that Saifon troops were stealing art treasures in Cambodia. Heads of statues and stone fragments from Cambodia were already on sale in antique shops In Saigon and Hong Kong. The United National
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    • 134 2 United Press International New York, Saturday Sixty federal, county and city policemen raided an apartment in Dallas, Texas, yesterday and arrested two men wanted for the executionstyle murders of three deputy sheriffs. Both men, hiding in the bathroom, gave up without firing
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    • 320 2 Sweden hits out at striking officers Stockholm, Saturday Sweden last night proclaimed what political observers believe to be the world's first lockout of military officers. The Shock announcement m less 14 hours after the Government's Collective Bargaining Board declared a lockout of *0,500 cftvßssrvants, including 25,000
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    • 61 2 London, Saturday.—Britain has labour trouble with postmen, teachers, dm servants, auto workers—and now showgirls. The chorus at London's "Talk of the town" threatened to walk out unless their pay was raised from IS to 20 pounds a week. "One of our routines is called Ten cents
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    • 48 2 Calcutta. Saturday—Police arrested more than 900 people in a raid in North Calcutta yesterday after three more murders hi the continuing pre election violence in west Bengal A 70-year-old man, a college student and a 23-year-old man were killed. Fotiee blamed Naxahte extremists.
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  • 348 3  -  Newcomers to take over in two of the lour key states By Jackie Sam Koala Lumpur, Saturday MCA executives in four key states Selangor, Pahang, Penang and Ferak will be reshuffled next week. In two of them, newcomers to politics will be taking over. These are the
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  • 278 3 Singapore appears to have some of the top medical men qualified to head the units proposed in the medical specialisation report. i But some of the equipment and accommodation needed 1b not available and more staff will have to be recruited and trained.
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  • 114 3 Mr. R. Sundarason, senior lecturer and consultant surgeon at the University of Singapore, who has resigned from the university, left last night to attend an international conference for plastic surgeons in AusMr. Sundarason, who is serving a three-month notice ending on March 31, was invited
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  • 175 3 Dr. Augustine Tan, Member of Parliament for Whampoa, will attend the Chinese. New Year cum Hari Raya party organised by the women's sub-committee of the Jalan Tenteram Community Centre at St. Francis Girls' School tonight. The Singapore Civil Service Association will hold Its annual
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  • 359 3 But their work is a profession, says report Teachers have been left out of the Singapore Professional Centre, a body aimed at promoting co-operation among professions in the Republic. Mr. Hwang Tiew Hoe and vhm Chew Ouan Kiang, research officers with the Mtetstry of education,
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  • 333 3  -  Gaye and George arrive in Singapore... and it's poor George who does all the work a cartoon drawn specially for New Nation by Barry Appleby, creator of the comic strip, The Gambols. By Bosco Gomez Only slightly do Barry Appleby and
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  • 337 3 Kuala Lumpur, Saturday The Malaysian Parliament faces a busy week When it meets on Monday. At least 31 Emergency ordinances will be converted into draft Bills. Of 71 Emergency ordinances published In the Government Gazatte, not less than 15 have been approved by the Cabinet
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  • 62 3 Singapore's weather forecast from 1 P.m. to 6 P.m. Isolated showers. The weather for the 24 hours to 8 a.m. todayMax. temp.—BB.2. Mln. temp.—72.l. Total rainfall for the month to date —1.92. Total ralndays for the month to date—B. Hours of sunshine—7.4o. TIDES Today: 4.22 a.m. (8 ft.); 8.45
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  • 110 3 Police early today arrested two youths suspected of terrorising courting couples at Pierce Reservoir. Police had been keeping a close vigil on the pair for some time, and at 4 a.m. today plainclothes policemen arrested them after a short chase. More arrests are expected shortly.
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  • 52 3 A man will be charged in court this afternoon In connection with a robbery at Chiap Hak Long Goldsmith in HUI Street on January 4. He surrendered to the police on Thursday with a box containing 210 items of jewellery, the entire haul taken from
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  • 252 3 A high-power team of Russian shipping ex- perts is due next week to conduct a comprehensive survey of the facilities that local shipyards can offer in repairing Soviet ships. The nine-man mission led by Mr. Gennady Alekseevlch Melnikov, vice-president of Sudoimport, will be
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  • 41 3 Sydney, Saturday.—MCC'a departure for New Zealand was delayed here yesterday because of a mechanical fiult In their airtraft. The plane developed the fault before leaving Wellington for Sydney airport where it was due to pick up the MCC party.
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  • Page 3 Miscellaneous
    • 119 3 At the cinema LIDO: Krakatoa bit Of Java 1.30, 4.15, 6.45 and 930 pjn. CAPITOL: Chuck Mool 1.45, 4. 630 and 930 pjn. BEX: Unparalleled Judo Knife (Mandarin) 1.45. 4. 6JO and 9.30 pjn. SKY: Unparalleled Judo Knife (Mandarin) 1.45, 4, 630 and 9.15 pjn. STATE: Blood Of Draeula 1.45,
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  • 781 4  -  with Siva Cboy with Siva Choy When Ravi Shankar, the Indian si tar maestro, came to Singapore, I managed to secure an exclusive interview with him. Having been in the reporting basinets hardly a month at that time, I wasn't Quite sure
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  • 427 4 Occasionally in between the advertisements on the radio, you Sit to hear music. I lerate that. But some of the impossible remarks being made by disc jockeys in between songs afe beginning to drive me up the wall. I dont mind phrases like "The
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  • 311 4  -  ON SINGAPORE WORDS: Lee Yew Meng AUOHING and Joking, they go to school caring not what happens in the world around them These childish faces which can make even an angry man smile, are the nation's asset
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  • 317 6 President Nixon was very much a man speaking from strength at his Press conference in Washington on Thursday. That the strategic» situation is perhaps at its lowest point for Hanoi since it began its intervention in South Vietnam may well be conceded. But it
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  • 612 6  -  AL SHAHAB I know I sound some- what Machiavelian, but let's face it. Atomic bombardment is viewed as evil, whereas we have come to accept the deluge of. questions, prying into every aspect of our lives, as natural. Our ministers
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  • Letters
    • 327 6  -  S.T. CHOY The police have raided several boutiques' to confiscate what they term "obscene" posters. I hope the shop-owners will not be prosecuted. I am sure the majority of them were not aware that they were selling anything that would have constituted a contra- vention
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    • 93 6  -  MIRZA NAMAZIE Recently the executive of the Singapore National Olympic Congress met to select a full-time paid Secretary-General. Of the five applicants Mr. S. S. Dhillon was selected. Had Mr. Maurice Nicholas, Mr. Woon Bul Kut or Mr. Yogarajah been selected, there would have been no need to
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    • 120 6 Is Shri Mulgaokar. a journalist New Nation could do without? I refer to his article on February 12 about Thaipusam. I wish to point out to the writer that "Kavadies" are carried not only by the Indians (the writer claimed to be an expatriate) but also by
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    • 70 6  -  T.C. TAN Is there any special reason why the NTUC taxis should be distinguished from ordinary taxis by a difference of colour? After all, the idea of making yellow and black compulsory colours for all taxis was to help members of the public identify them easily.
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  • 564 6  -  By Edgar Koh His hand, strengthened and refined by more than 50 years at the art, makes bold sweeping strokes. In a minute, a poem is on the table, bright and vivid as only Chinese calligraphy can be. Mr. Yip Chok
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  • The voice of the Press
    • 121 6 What the other newspapers are saying: The second development decade-of the United Nations has begun. In the past the economic and other aid given by the advanced countries to the underdeveloped countries did not achieve the desired aims because there was a lack of liaison and mutual
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    • 149 6 The petroleum business is governed today by a sellers' market. The balance of power has shifted to the oil-producing countries. The Japanese nation finds itself in a particularly vulnerable position since it is importing about 90 per cent of its oil needs from the Persian Gulf countries and
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    • 75 6 Over 10,000 small-time Malay and, Chinese businessmen and hawkers in the Federal capital are now trying to form an integrated body for co-operation among themselves. The establishment of such co-ope-ration is most welcome, especially in the light of the government's efforts to promote goodwill among the different sections
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    • 121 6 Write of! the Paris peace negotiations President Nixon obviously has. Obviously he feels the military master. So again yesterday he wielded the military stick, this time by telling Hanoi it zqust fight on the Ho trail or forever give up its idea of "conquering" the rest of Indo-China,
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  • SATURDAY REVIEW
    • 1403 7  -  A NEW NATION EXCLUSIVE -By CHAS A. GERRETSEN Copyright 1971 Chas A. Gerretsen and New Nation •Throughout history armies have employed child soldiers, and Cambodia is no exception. In the wake of the fighting, 10 to 16 year old orphans and runaways volunteer for military service. Lying
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    • 907 8 Aloof and subtle, sophisticated and sareasde ONLY LINES by Arthur Yop -Federal Publications, 48 pages $2.50. NALLAMA JENSTAD In Only Lines, his first .collection of poems, Arthur Yap chooses themes from everyday life in Singapore, or any city, offering them as only lines linked by the
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    • 546 8 Warnings against 'unfortunate' commercialisation AN INTRODUCTION TO STAMP COLLECTING by Colin Narbeth. Arthur Barker, 158 pages; £1.25. ANDREW GILMOUR Colin Narbeth, a former editor of the Stamp Weekly who has joined Stanley Gibbons' staff, is an experienced journalist as well as a top-level philatelist. One would
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    • 831 8 Even the cherry trees have souls KWAIDAN Stories and Studies of Strange Things by Lufcadio Hearn. Tuttle, U.S. $1.50. EDGAR KOH. This collection of 17 strange tales—or "kwaidan" as they are called in Japanese written and compiled by an American in love with Japan, Lafcadio Hearn, contains most
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    • 700 9 Martial art with a big following SOTO-KAN KARATE by Peter Ventresco. Tuttle, 158 pages, US$5.OO. C. DION. A decade back, karate was practically unheard of. Those who knew it either never let it out or taught carefully chosen "disciples." The uninitiated shrouded it with all the fantasy
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    • 343 9 Anxiety warns the body of various threats ANXIETY fc NEUROSIS by Charles Rycroft. Penguin, 5/-. T.C. CHOO. The author of this short and intriguing book was a consultant in psychotherapy and a psycho-analyst of high repute. His main *l*" is to convince us that 'anxiety' is that
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    • 626 9 Tartly argued look at the way polities work PARTICIPATION AND DEMOCRATIC THEORY by Carole Pateman. Cambridge University Press, 30s. CHAN HENG CHEE Two theories of democracy are being propagated by political philosophers and social scientists. The more widely accepted theory recognises the existence of a multiplicity of
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    • 536 10 Exposition of half-truths and images THE LAND OF THE RISING YEN: JAPAN, by George Mikes, illustrated by Zabo. Andre Deutsch, London. 207 pages, 255. K. MIKAMI. What is It about Japan that inspires so many journalists, globetrotters, wanderers and layabouts to put pen to paper? Every year sees
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    • 118 10  -  by R. Yeo Cheng Chuan Dying, and since Death-would not leave, Believing, I suppose, Only the Son could reach the Father. He therefore forsook the Lord Buddha for Christ, Clutching a Cross, ultimately, (For hands must feel to know blood runs) Held outstretched eagerly by a cheerful softspoken man
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    • 614 10 The Press faces many problems in developing countries THE PRESS IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES, by E. Lloyd Sommerlad; 189 Pages. Sydney University Press. A 54.25. HARISH CHANDOLA. That newspapers in developing countries are born in idealism and live and die in frustration is a fallacy, which Mr. E.
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    • 375 11 SEVEN NATIONS TO PERFORM RAMAYANA AT INDON FESTIVAL A HI SPECIAL WRITER The great epic, Ramayana will be recreated In a unique festival of songs and dances in a vast century-old open air theatre in August at Pandaan, some 50 km from here. Thousands
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    • 359 11 Five artists who are experimenting with "new art" have come up against a wall because pf the apathy and discriminatioir shown by local art sponsors in •Kuala Lumpur. The five who call themselves the New Scene Group are art lecturers at the" Mara Institute of Technology's
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    • 590 11  -  MAHA LURES WITH HIS FLUTE THEATRE MERRY ANDREW South India's most famous flute player, T. R. Mahalingam, is giving a concert tonight at 8 o'clock in the Victoria Theatre. He is being presented by Donald Moore Concerts in association with Rajalingam Production and tickets at $lO, $B,
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    • 432 11  -  PRACTICAL PROBLEMS ARE MANY AND FESTERING CINEMA EDGAR KOH Film classification is all very well it protects the children and at the same tiine treats the adults as adults. But the practical problems of implementation are often not realised by impatient movie-goers who by
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    • 155 11 The Singapore Film Society will show Marcel Camus' Black Orpheus—a contemporary version of the Greek legned—at the Cultural Centre tomorrow at 6 p.m. and 9 p.m. The film which helped usher in the French New Wave style, won the Grand Prix
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    • 646 12 EVERYTHING LOOKED SET FOR AT LEAST A SMALL SLAM BRIDGE E.P.C. COTTER Two recent hands from rubber Bridge turned out sadly. In the first my partner put a grand slam on the floor. At love all South, my partner,
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    • 838 12  -  WORTH TWO IN THE BUSH FOOD DRINK LI PO There is no true Russian cuisine in Singapore since Helena Constantinovna has gone and left behind the empty shell of what was the "Old Russia" in Bukit Timah Road. The Troika in Liat Towers serves a
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    • 561 12  -  GIAM FOUND HIMSELF OUTMANOEUVRED CHESS ANDREW EE In the first round of the preliminaries of the Olympiad at Siegen, West Germany, Singapore had the misfortune of facing one of the strongest teams Argentina, which consisted of two grandmasters and two international masters. When they first
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    • 414 12 ONLY THREE DESIGNS DISCOVERED, STAMPS PHILATELIST The essays of neW. Pahang stamps in the» 1935 series are by far: the scarcest. Records 3 indicate there was only 1 one design known. To date a total of threes designs with different por-»> traits of Sultan Abu have been discovered.
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    • 86 12 trade^industry «rr« K.ON bOTO MOP. 748/ Republcs foremost Economic Revew February 1971 mmm gapore spreads Bsnm M M T-i •< S P J A **l*l V -*-J Vd| iM 'i® m Pava Lebar: Airport for Tomorrow paya r pxnansion of the International MpoS""n 2SZZ- S .-.e9.c loca,,o n on ft.
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  • business news
    • 298 13 CALL TO UPHOLD UNIQUE SINGAPORE ROLE The First National Bank of Chicago, barely four months cad in Singapore, has chalked up a total balance sheet figure of $36 million. This was stated by the senior vice-president of the bank, Mr. Homer Livingston J r. "Marge
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    • 187 13 Allied Chem 28% 8ft Am Brands 47* Am Motors AT T Rllk A A P 21% Avon Pd Beth Steel 22% Boeing 20% Caterp Trac 46% Chrysler 27 Coca-Cola 86% Control Data. 80% 211% Dow Chem 82 188 E Kodak 74% 07% Gen Dynam 27% 103% Gen Foods
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    • 115 13 LONDON. Bat.— Wider power® lor the tin industry*! buffer stock manager have been dlacufied at a two-day meeting here of tin producing and importing nations, a spokesman for the Industry i»w yesterday. The meeting was In preparation for the Introduction of the fourth international Tin Agreement
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    • 383 13 COMPANY PROFILE: Being a consumer of more man 50 per cent of all the natural* rubber used in industry in Malaysia, Dunlop Malaysian Industries Berhad must have benefitted from the declining rubber prices prevailing since early 1970. The beneficial effect has been reflected by the
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    • 1044 13 ALL YOU WANT TO KNOW ABOUT THE STOCK EXCHANGE COUNTERS INDUSTRIALS 1 1970-71 High Low 1 wk. ago 4 wks. ago Steak Closing Pries Bayers Sellers last Sale Dhrtf. P/B TarnTlsM Ratio Orsr 4.50 2.60 2.90 230 Allied Chocolate 230 2.00 2.88 43N 183 1.90 0.84* 1.57
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    • 254 13 Bjr Our Market Correspondent February's reaction to the buoyant advance in share prices on the local market should provide good buying opportunities, says two local stodk-brciking firms. "March is traditionally a good month for the market," says Fraser's circular. Good company results had been
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    • 105 13 ACCRA, Sat.—A sevenmember Japanese mission left here yesterday for home after studying the feasibility of exploiting Ghana's bauxite resources. The mission's leader, Mr. Yasuhlko ikeda, director of the Aluminium Resources Development Company of Japan, said their report would be prepared In Tokyo and made available as
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    • 529 13 FOREIGN INVESTMENTS AND IMPROVED EXPORTS KEY FACTORS The Indonesian economy, in the past constantly riddled with inflation and instability, shows signs of an upswing. Estimates of real Gross National Product growth in 1970 are close to 6 per cent. This is almost double the
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    • 354 13 Trading conditions in Singapore were generally steady during the week. Trading was mainly confined to a few selected speculative counters which made up the bulk of the total turnover of 10.7 million units valued at $lO.B million. Industries and Realty Group was
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    • 226 13 United Press International New York, Saturday Stocks declined for the third successive day in brisk turnover yesterday. > The Dow Jonqs industrial average was off 6.50 points at 878.56 at the final bell. Of the 1,697 issues crossing the tape, 1,145 declined, while 318 gained.
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    • 184 13 United Press International London, Saturday The failure of moves to end the month-long postal strike kept the stock market subdued yesterday and prices inched irregularly lower in quiet trading. The industrial share index slipped 1.4 lower to 331:2 near the final bell. Special situations produced a
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  • 426 14  -  From bottom to the top CAMERA ON SCHOOLS Words: Sonny Yap A few years ago, Dunearn Secondary was a nonentity in school sports. Today it can boast of three badminton teams which finished within the top three in the Buldt Timah district championships ending this week. Although the
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  • 871 15  -  with I DAVID KRAAL Every club hat Its "in" and those who 'are left out in the It is not a matter of how well you play the game or how many drinks you buy the boys at the 19th h01e... "lnfcess" cannot be
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  • 80 15 Singapore Selection will meet Malaysian Police in a Football Association of Malaysia Cup match at Jalan Besar Stadium tomorrow at 7.30 pjn. The Singapore Selection will be chosen from: Paul Anthonysamy, Kuah Choi Heong, S. Rajagopal, Hamld Ismail, Lim Tien Jit, Abu Sujak, Matthew Chin, Hashlm Salleh, Bamad
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  • 372 15 WATER About 80 boats started in the Ch&ngi Yacht Club's annual race from Changi to Pulau Übin and back this morning. Most of the Republic's leading yachtsmen did not take part as forking commitments macjfe them unavailable fot tne; race, which started It 10 a»m. Some
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  • 475 15 THB S/WTiiYirfyS The sporting prowess of students from schools In remote and outlying areas Is seldom In the limelight. For years they were trampled like grass while the elephantine powers from Buklt Tlmah and City districts fought for sports supremacy at national level. Facing serious
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    • 348 15 NEW NATION CROSSWORD 111 HUP 1 US aim a mmmm an »dii ACROSS Tatters. Author of "Hedda Gabler.' Competent. Country of 8W Asia. Ex Dodger stalwart. Mild expletive. et mon droit.'* Prima donna. Scene of a naval battle, 480 B.C. Moral. Head coveringHarass. War vessel. Oregon's canltal. Seventh sign of
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    • 393 15 Trust your lucky star SOBN today, you have deep emotion*—but you keep them so well under control that seldom do they rlae to the surface with enough force to be clearly discernible by other people. Because what you feel cannot be read on your faoe, and because It Is not
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  • 707 16 Watch Kilau and Kedidi Blue Peter looks at the amateurs racing at BuHit Timah Consistent Miss Skeeter looks the pick in the 2f Scurry in Race One today. She scored a smart win at Ipoh last year and later in the season finished second, to Misty
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  • 179 16 Melbourne, Saturday Djarkata Turf Club Pty Ltd., operating company for DRC Investments Ltd., "could be Australia's most profitable overseas investment" the chairman of DRC, Mr. R. S. Dabscheck, said in Melbourne yesterday. Mr. Dabscheck was talking to an Investment group and commenting on the
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  • 26 16 Tokyo, Saturday—World flyweight boxing champion Masao Ohba of Japan will meet Betullo Gonzalez of Venezuela in a 15-round title match here on April 1.
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  • 107 16 1 BCSUT1NU1 MAKUDA MR. ED EPSOM JEEP CALL BOY 1 IT.ATT i y A M ATTILA MISS SKRETER MI8S SKEETER 10H nirwitur Kilaa Kedldl Attila Kedldl Sarima t~ RAZIN COWAN STREET gat son RAZIN MELODY KING RAZIN Melody UV lUiHl Rastn Independence Rstln Melody Kin* I SHOWMAN HYDROFOIL LKdi.i/r.vVH
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  • 422 16 SUNDAY By Scrutineer Dax, a three-year-old grey who had only two outings, can open winning account tomorrow at Bukit Timah in the Class Four Division Two 8f (Race 8). In November he .made a promising debut when he finished sixth, with 8.5, to No Compromise
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  • 200 16 A total of 60 entries 29 cars and 31 motorcycles will battle it out for the F.TD. award at the Qap Hill Climb tomorrow. This is the first racing event in the Singapore Motor Sports Club's 1971 calendar which promises an exciting day of thrills
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  • 62 16 Melbourne, Saturday Filipino businessman, Mr. Felipe Ysmael, will have his first runner for more than two years at Caulfield today. Unite And Fight, an unraced two-year-old by Atilla out of the Globe Of Light mare, ArcUp Light, is engaged in.'the $12,500 Blue Diamond Stakes, of six furlongs.
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    • 301 16 10.05 10.55 11.20 Amuthum Thenum Chinese Talentime 1971 —(lst Semi-final —repeat) News in Brief My Thrfee Sons Captain Sailorbird Footprints The Navigator Prince Henry of Portugal News and Newsreel in Chinese The Bold Ones News in English Andy Williams Show Mod Squad People are Funny Midnight Movie The Teckman Mystery
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