New Nation, 23 February 1971

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  • 17 1 NEW NATION SINGAPORE Tuesday evening, February 23, 1971 No. 31 Price 15 cents ■new nation —TEB3B' SEE
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  • 299 1 New Nation Foreign Service New York, Tuesday African delegates at the United Nations have called a caucus to consider what they can do td counter Britain's decision to resume the sale of military equipment to South Africa. The African member* are expected to consider
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  • 55 1 The stock market was •quiet this morning. STC and Mega Chemicals were actively sought, the former was traded between 83 to 85 cents, the "latter moved up from 91 to 94£ cents. Starlight featured at overnight level. Leading investment stocks were steady. Hotels and properties were quiet,
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  • 56 1 LATE NEWS Washington, Tuesday President Nixon has declared Mississippi a disaster area because of the destructive tornados which have hit the State. He authorised the provision of federal funds for relief activities after an appeal from Governor John Bell. No appeal for federal funds has been made yet
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  • 18 1 Taipei. Tuesday—Nationalist China will be host for the sixth Asian Choral Festival for children In April.
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  • Briefly...
    • 48 1 London, Tuesday Stx minion Britons a year go dancing and the Bgtish on average drink ITS pints of beer a year, according to the government handbook, Britain 1971, published today. The handbook also says that Britain has the highest traffic density in the world.
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    • 51 1 London, Tuesday The House of Commons last night endorsed the Government's handling of Britain's month-old postal and telecommunications strike. The Commons voted in favour of the Government by 304 to 259 votes after a lengthy debate on the strike which has crippled the nation's postal and telecommunications
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  • 17 1 Police reported 58 traffic accidents, four serious and one fatal during the past 24 hours.
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  • 464 1 Maimed monkey escapes rifle round-up in Botanic Gardens SPCA to inquire A monkey was left alive with a gaping gunshot wound in the back during today's shoot in the Botanic Gardens and the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals is to raise the matter
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  • 216 1 New Nation Foreign Service Washington, Tuesday Setbacks being suffered by Saigon troops in the Ho Chi Minh Trail operation in Laos will result in stronger American air support, according to observers here. They expected US air power to be used on an even more massive
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  • 201 1 Television Malaysia has lost the only sponsor who came forward yesterday to help "buy" the Cassius Clay-Joe Frazier world heavyweight fight in New York next month. They are now back to "round one" looking for six sponsors to pay $lOO,OOO for a live transmission.
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  • 25 1 Ankara, Tuesday—A bomb blast destroyed part of an Ankara baxU last night and another explosion rocked a police station near the American embassy.
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  • 142 1 Nassau, Tuesday Two "ancient mariners" one aged 81 and the other 69, have reached the Bahamas in a 35ft. yacht after a voyage from Scotland lasting almost seven months. The Bahamas Air-Sea Rescue Association said they landed at Hope Town, Abaco —a small island in the central
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    • 22 1 SINGAPORE AS OTHERS Sti US IT S OM PAGE NINE See story, page 4 1 Turns on the highlights in your hair
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    • 80 1 r "I always catch the BOAC night flight to Zurich. That way I get an V extra day." hdh. m ft* some people there is only one airline. Wc fly to Zurich three times a week from Singapore. On Monday, Tuesday and Thursday. Leave in'the evening arrive early morning fresh
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  • 168 2 The business community hai been caUed on to play a more active role m helping to look after the welfare of the Republic's needy citixens. The call was made yesterday by the Parliamentary Secretary (Social Affaire), Mr. Chan Chee Seng, when he accepted gins
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  • 101 2 Kuala Lumpur, Tuesday. The Ministry of Transport has been given a week to resolve a dispute concerning 16 rallwaymen who have been served with compulsory retirement notices. The Rallwaymen's Union of Malaya has threatened Industrial action If the notice Is not withdrawn. The workers, all attached to the
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  • 50 2 A four-man delegation from India is in Singapore on a sea-food promotion tour. The leader, Mr. R.R. Menon, chairman of the Marine Council of India, said they are here to study marketing conditions of Indian seafood export items, especially sharks flns v fish maws and shrimps.
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  • 336 2 Student parliament gets down to the business of government With zest and eloquence, three girl "cabinet ministers" of the ruling Liberal Party frankly admitted that they had no aspiration to become politicians. Their admission was revealed during the course of a brief discussion outside "Parliament House" shortly before
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  • 280 2 About 2200 patients 10 per cent of the number admitted annually to surgical units in Singapore government hospitals require neurosurgery. Of this only about 100 Eatlents are operated on y the only neurosurgeon in Singapore. The remaining cases requiring neurosurgery, due mainly to injuries to
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  • 111 2 Cigarette advertisements will not be permitted on stage shows, even In aid of charitable organisations. This Is advised by the Ministry of Culture, commenting on the news report published In New Nation on February 11. The Ministry also points out that there Is only
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  • 81 2 Ipoh, Tuesday.—Mr. Hool Wan Toon has been reelected president of the Diehards Club at its annual meeting here. Others elected were: Mr. Choong Meow Chan and Mr. Tap Onlm Hoe (vice-presid-ents); Mr. CJL Lean (secretary) Mr. Ting Jin Choon (treasurer); Mr. Teh Lean Ouan, Mr. Choong Chong
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  • 49 2 Kuala Lumpur, Tuesday— The National Red Cross Society has ran out of application forms for the Aqibassadrees of Goodwill contest. The chairman of the Red Cross Lottery Committee, which Is organising the contest, Puan Sri T.H. Tan, said that more forms were being printed now.
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  • 128 2 The Customs Department is to prepare a blueprint for the New Zealand Government for the setting up of a narcotics "intelligence centre." The department has written to Wellington asking for specifications. A Customs spokesman said today: "We have taken the initiative by writing to them about
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  • 504 2 Othman told of apathy to help, and lack of staff in voluntary organisations Big and small proproblems were spelt out to the Minister for Social Affairs, Inche Othman Wok, during his tour of the Republic's voluntary organisations. The most common complaint was about the lack of trained teachers
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  • 282 2 Singapore's handicapped are not being given a fair deal. Many of them who have been trained in various trades and occupations are not being offered employment. Mr. Charles Goh, secretary of the Singapore Association of the Blind, said this today. "Ttaere seems to be some
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  • 113 2 Kuala Lumpur, Tuesday —Local firms have had a change of heart to help University of Malaya students with jobs during their vacation. Response by the firms a few weeks ago was very poor. But now a number have come out with job offers. But the
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  • 67 2 s®*'Cham, 2S, a detective attached to Queens town police station, married his childhood sweeth««*» Bibs mink De Soon, ZZ, at SI Joseph's C hurch, at the weekend. Mr. Chan is the youngwt son of Mr. and Mrs. Chaw Kwonf Yew. The bride fa the only daughter of
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  • 148 2 Hotel Malaysia and Hotel Equatorial have been awarded the title of Best Hotel in Asia by the International entertainment organisation •Thine. The two hotels received the title in Thinc's third annual Purple Plume awards for hotels and entertainment in South-East Asia. Mr. Ken Bnell, spokesman of
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  • 27 2 Kuala Lumpur, Tuesday. —Pour leading French doc-. tors had talks with of the departments of neurosurgery and dental surgery at the Oeneral Hoepital; here yesterday.
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  • Page 2 Miscellaneous
    • 110 2 Weather Temperatures in capitals yesterday: world Jakarta 86-73 Singapore 85-74 Kuala Lumpur 91-70 Bangkok 90-73 Hong Kong 72-83 Manila 91-75 Taipei 87-83 Seoul 45-38 TOkyo 53-43 Naha 75-88 London 52-38 Paris 48-37 Moscow 19-18 New York 43-35 San Francisco 80-48 Sydney 79-88 Melbourne 89-84 Perth 83-85 Singapore's weather forecast from
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  • 192 3 The People's Association's cultural troupe, which appeared at the Perth Festival, was lavishly received by the Australians. Announcing this today, the director of the People's Association, Mr. Lee Wai Kok, who led the 15-man multi-racial group, said that they put on 10 shows during
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  • 69 3 Police have called off the search for a man who was seen falling Into the Rochore Canal last night as the water was too muddy. Singapore Armed Forces' frogmen were called In this morning but the search was immediately called off after a few dlres In
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  • 248 3 Pandemonium broke out at the annual general meeting of the Pardesi Khalsa Dharmak Diwan. a Sikh temple, on Sunday afternoon. The cause was tne inconclusive strug g 1 e for power between two feuding groups for conrtol of the management committee of
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  • 47 3 A 16-member Press delegation from Indonesia is cm a two-day visit to study various aspects of development. The team, headed by Mr. Herman Soemamo, a Journalist, win call on Government officials today to discuss social welfare, public hesith, and security developments in the Republic.
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  • 146 3 Ann Hughes, 25-year-old daughter of Sir Rochford Hughes, Air Adviser to the Singapore government, is to marry next month. Her fiance is New Zealander John Callanan, a creative director with Grant Advertising, where the couple work. She said* today: "The wedding date has been fixed
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  • 159 3 The visiting 15-man Israel trade mission will meet officials of the Chinese Chamber of Commerce in Hill Street today at a p.m. A reception to mark the opening of a four-day exhibition of Australian airconditioning equipment will be held at the Australian High Commission in
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  • 159 3 Only four more days left to apply for a career course on massage and yet the Learning for Living Department of the Chinese Young Men's Christian Association has not received even one application. "All because Singaporeans still believe that massage is not a
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  • 30 3 Kuala Lumpur, Tuesday. —The Minister of Transport, Da to Abdul Ghanl bin Gllong, will hand over four bogle wagons to the Malayan Railways today at the Sentul Workshops.
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  • 42 3 Kuala Lumpur, Tuesday. —The commander of the 1 Malaysian Infantry Brigade, Brlg.-Oeneral Mustaffa bin Abdullah, will take the general salute and review the passing out parade of 60 artillary recruits at the 2 Malaysian Artillary's Camp, near Kluang, on Thursday.
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  • 478 3 —Says woman behind the Flying Tiger The people responsible for the Laos invasion must be trusted, Mrs. Anna Chennault, a leading lady in Washington's diplomatic circle, said in Singapore today. "I think we have to trust our people who are deeply Involved in this
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  • 491 3 Part of the disillusionment of the public with education in Singapore stems from the difference between what it thinks is the situation and what actually exists,. according to Mr. Christan Jansen, principal of the Yusof Ishak Secondary School. In a paper to submitted to the education
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  • 229 3 Prime mover Bennett and Thomson among top 10 Mr. Roy Bennett, one of the leading figures behind the move to establish Singapore's first International School, has been appointed chairman of the Board of Governors. Also on the 10-man board are Mr. O. O. Thomson, former Deputy
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  • 70 3 The Ministry' of Health has still been unable to track down the carriers of typhoid in the Geylang Serai area. However, officials say that evidence showed that the disease was transmitted by carriers through food. No new cases have been confirmed over the past two days. Since
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  • 92 3 The Port of Singapore Authority is to build another block of flats for its senior officers, at One Tree Hill, off Grange Road. The PSA has two other three-storey blocks consisting of 12 units built in the area several years ago. The Housing
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  • 161 3 Singapore will take a positive step in its courtesy drive in welcoming tourists with the launching of a four-week course on Monday. The course will begin with a lecture at the Cultural Centre by Mr. G. G. Thomson. the former deputy secretary of
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  • 158 3 The Engineering Export Promotion Council, one of India's biggest exportoriented Arms, will send a five-man trade team to Singapore next month as part of its plans to boost the export of a new range of Indian products. The delegation led by Mr. R.L. Rajgarhia,
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  • Page 3 Miscellaneous
    • 104 3 At the cinema Orchard: Tor a! Tora! Tora!—2.3o, 5.45, 9 pjn. Odean: Lost Command 1.30, 4, 6.30, 9.30 p.m. Cathay: That's The Way It 1a—1.30, 4, 6.30, 9.30 p.m. Odean-Katong: A Thrust With A Sword (Mandarin) —l, 3.15, 7, 9.15 p.m. Lido: Krakatao Bast of Java—l.3o, 4.15, 6.45, 9.30 pjn.
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  • THE WORLD
    • 260 4 Reuter New Delhi, Tuesday At least 12 people were killed and 11 Injured in and around Calcutta yesterday while workers all over West Bengal staged a 24-hour strike to mourn a former State Minister assassinated over the weekend. Senior police officials in Calcuttan said
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    • 154 4 Reuter London, Tuesday A girl relative of Queen Elizabeth was accused in court yesterday of stealing a flashing blue police light from the scene of an accident. The light was placed near a road crash in London's arty Chelsea district one night last April. Up came a
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    • 327 4 United Press International New York, Tuesday The death toll continued to mount after yesterday's' barrage of tornadoes the deadliest In America's deep south over 30 years that smashed the delta country of Louisiana and Mississippi. So far 79 bodies have been recovered, 74
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    • 324 4 Children shriek with joy Reuter RU de Janeiro, Tuesday The Bras Ulan consul, Mr. Aloyslo Dlas Oomide, returned home to prayers with his family after more than 200 tense days at the hands of lef twlng city guerrillas In Uruguay. Mr. Gomlde, 42. was ransomed by
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    • 416 4 New Nation Foreign Service Hong Kong, Tuesday Prince Norodom Sihanouk has reported continuing success in wresting control of Cambodia from the Government in Phnom Penh. Speaking at a rally in Shanghai on Sunday, the former Cambodian Head of State said the Government which ousted
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    • 173 4 United Press International San Francisco, Tuesday A Japan Air Lines executives said yesterday paternalism is common in Japanese employment and contributes immeasurably to the feeling of security enjoyed by its work force. The worker feels a possessiveness akin to part ownership, and his loyalty, interest
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    • 34 4 Tokyo, Tuesday communist Chin* has Issued Its 4Mth "serious" warning to the UJS. following the Intrusion of a UJB. warship U.S. plane into Chinese territory, the New China news agency rePorted yesterday.
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    • 362 4 Reuter Loe Angeles, Tuesday Leslie Van Houten, 21, the youngest of the Tate murder trial defendants, surprised the. court yesterday by admitting that she took part in a murder with which she has never been charged. Miss Van Houten, describing herself u an "add to**," (drug taker)
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    • 244 5 Reuter New York, Tuesday Lieutenant William Calley, testified at his court martial in Fort Benning, Georgia, yesterday that the army taught him children were even more dangerous than adults. Calley, on trial for his life on charges of murdering 102 civilians
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    • 170 5 United Press International Sydney, Tuesday Mr. Douglas Anthony, Australia's Minister for Trade yesterday said he was "still hopeful and optimistic" that China would resume negotiations for future wheat purchases soon. He said that based on past indications, it was "fairly conclusive" that China would resume
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    • 174 5 Reuter New Delhi, Tuesday The Indian High Commissioner to Pakistan will return to his post today after talks with the. government here on the IndoPakistan crisis over the hijacking and blowing up of an Indian Airliner in Pakistan. The High Commissioner, Mr. B.K. Acharya, came
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    • 102 5 Washington, Tuesday. A US army general was paid $3,000 a month to protect an illegal business operator from army investigators, a Senate investigating subcommittee was told yesterday. A witness, Mr. Jack Bybee, named the officer as Brigadier General Earl Cole. The General was reduced to
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    • 33 5 London, Tuesday Preliminary exchanges have taken place to see if there is a basis for resumption of talks between Britain and Rhodesia, the Foreign Secretary, Sir Alec DouglasHome, told Parliament yesterday.
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    • 264 5 Reuter London, Tuesday Mr. Kjell Qvale, the Norwegian A m e r i c a n president of Jensen Cars, said yesterday he was assured of organising a group to take over the Rolls Royce auto division if the price was right. Mr. Qvale, who is
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    • 338 5 Egypt's Foreign Minister calls Big Four diplomats and denounces Israel New Nation Foreign Service Cairo, Tuesday Egypt has warned the Big Four powers that Israel's continued refusal to withdraw from all occupied Arab territories has created a dangerous situation in the Middle East. The Foreign Minister,
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    • 141 5 United Press International Nairobi, Tuesday The Archbishop of Canterbury, Dr. Michael Ramsay, said yesterday there was "terrible danger of revolution leading to the most horrible bloodshed" in South Africa. He was answering questions at a news conference on arrival for an 11-day conference of
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    • 73 5 Kuching, Tuesday—The round-the-clock curfew in parts of Sarikei District in Sarawak's Third Division since Wednesday last has been relaxed by six hours since yesterday. A police spokesman said the new crufew hours are from 2 p.m. to 8 a.m. The curfew was clamped following an ambush by 15
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    • 373 5 Airport, Patton. top nominations United Press International Los Angeles, Tuesday Airport and Patton topped Hollywood's Academy Award nominations yesterday with 10 each. Love Story, the sentimental romantic drama harking back to the *****, received seven nominations. Nominated for best picture of the year to be announced
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    • 217 5 Golda, Eban draft 'balanced' reply United Press International Jerusalem, Tuesday The Israeli Premier, Mrs. Golda Meir, and the Foreign Minister, Mr. Abba Eban, are drafting Israel's "detailed" response to the latest Egyptian peace offer. Government sources said both leaders would ignore Egypt's initial rejection of the Israeli stance,
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    • 183 5 Reuter Panama City, Tuesday Panama's strongman, General Omar Torrijos, said here that Japan had offered to finance the building of a second canal to link the Atlantic and Pacific. He added that many other countries had shown interest "I could get the capital
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    • 224 5 Reuter Damascus, Tuesday Syrian President Ahmed Al-Khatib last night tendered his resignation to pave the way for the nomination of a new President under a fresh constitution and immediately announced his candidacy. The People's Council, which held Its first meeting last night since it was formed
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    • 275 5 Reuter New York, Tuesday The late Joseph Kennedy thought so little of President Lyndon Johnson that he refused to change out of casual clothes when Mr. Johnson came to pay his respects after John Kennedy's assassination, according to Kennedy Senior's nurse. Rita Dallas, writing
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    • 390 6  -  5J Neil Harrison Reuter Toronto, Tuesday Barbed wire booby traps, irate citizens' committees and tougher safety standards are among hazards faced by enthusiasts of Canada's fastest growing winter sport snowmobiling. In the first two months of winter in Ontario. 44 people were killed in snowmobile accidents
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    • 396 6 First to break 2631-year tradition United Press International Tokyo, Tuesday Emperor Hirohito may break one of Japan's oldest precedents by paying a state visit to three European countries later this year. A spokesman for the perlal Household Agency, which administers the Emperor's affairs, said
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    • 262 6  -  Their use by US govt starts enquiry By David Anderson New Nation Foreign Service Washington, Tuesday Americans always have thought of themselves as private individuals, jealous of any invasion of their privacy by the government. Technology, however, appears to have changed that. Millions of Americans' names are
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    • 136 6 United Press International London, Tuesday An exploding star may have spelled the extinction of dinosaurs on earth, two scientists said in the scientific journal, Nature, yesterday. Mr. Dale Russell of the National Museum of Natural Sciences in Ottawa and Mr. Wallace Tucker of Cambridge
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    • 74 6 Vienna, Tuesday. A long-standing war crimes charge against a former Gestapo official was dropped here because Polish authorities failed to provide evidence, a police official said yesterday. The charges were made against former SS officer and Gestapo official N6rbert Berghe von Trips, the last Nazi
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    • 254 6 Melbourne Herald Hong Kong, Tuesday China has sharply increased daily supplies of war material by rail across the border into North Vietnam since the South Vietnam-US strike against the Ho Chi Minh Trail. But intelligence sources here say there is no immediate
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    • 32 6 Rome, Tuesday—Customs agents have seized 77 pounds of hashish at Rome's Leonardo da Vinci Airport. They said the drug was about to be smuggled to the United States.
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    • 31 6 Vienna, Tuesday. A Communist Chinese Government delegation, headed by the Foreign Trade Minister Mr. Pal Hsian-Kao, left Bucharest yesterday after a visit to Romania, the Romanian news agency said.
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    • 47 6 Taking time off Iraiher election campaign, the Indian Prime Minister, Mr* Indira Gandhi, tries hn hand at playing a tak-tald during a meeting anc 5 s 4 in New Den,i The tak-tald is a string and bamboo musted Instrument used to accompany the dancers.
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    • 479 6 Inflation, university violence and a ineffective government New Nation Foreign Service Ankara, Tuesday The weekend demonstrations &nd rioting by students deepen a political crisis which may determine whether democracy can survive in this brawny nation of 35 million. The Turkish army has considered over power but,
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  • COMMENT
    • 1237 7  -  Indonesian army's 'overkill* approach to election by S.M. Ali Whoever has been entrusted by the Soeharto government to ensure the victory of the administration backed Sekber Golkar in the i forthcoming general election in Indonesia is in no mood to take any chances. At the moment, this allpowerful
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    • 530 7  -  From Robert Elegant Hons Kong is hardly a laboratory of human relations, but this British Crown colony of 400 square miles would just about qualify as a smaUlsh test tube under the high pressure of a population approaching 4.5 million. in a world where the wholly normal
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    • 852 7  -  Key govt posts stay with the mainlanders Bv Lee Lescaze The Chinese Nationalists' claim to be the government of all China is fundamental to the way they govern this island, 100 miles off the mainland coast. A$ that claim has weakened over the 21 years since
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  • 358 8 A house divided. That is what the rumpus at the University of Singapore has unfolded to the public eye. Superficially, there might seem to be only three divisions the administration, the expatriates and the locals. Put the campus under a microscope and a swarm of
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  • 756 8  -  GERALD de CRUZ I*m afraid the moment I've made the confession I'm going to make, Dr. Gwee Ah Leng is going to regard me with a great deal of suspicion. The good doctor, who has a very bif bee in his bonnet about
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  • Letters
    • 353 8 traditions, unless they are positively harmful to the community generally or are standing In the way of necessary social change and becoming a modern people. But many old traditions of Europe, China and India have been abolished because they were considered too cruel, too much a burden on
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    • 230 8  -  HARISH CHANDOLA Recent events have prompted another comment on the book, "The Press in Developing Countrle s", which I reviewed In your columns last week. The book gives little Information on newspapers that run foul of the government and thus get Into serious difficulty. What
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  • 792 8  -  Part Two -By R. S. Bhathal The political situation faced by Singapore has been stated by Mr. Lee Kuan Yew in his talk entitled. "New Bearings in our Education System." He said: "There are only 2.7 million Jews in Israel, surrounded
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  • The voice of the Press
    • 120 8 What the other newspapers are saying: It must be recognised that the improvement of our bus services alone will not be sufficient to ennance the quality of the entire public transport system of Singapore. We would like to put forward some "basic" proposals to be taksn Into
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    • 109 8 The statement issued by the Director-General of the Malaysian National Insur- ance Company, a subsidiary of the National Corporation, said that the insurance business in this country should be given serious attention by the authorities, as according to the statement, 90 percent of the business is in the
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    • 59 8 The main shortcomings in tertiary education in Singapore lie in the following aspects: First, a university should be run with an eye on social needs. Second, tertiary education should inculcate in the new generation the vigour and seal to tackle and solve social problems after graduation.
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    • 228 8 PROSE-POETRY-DRAMA in THE WORLD OF ENGLISH PROSE Good Storm: a treasurehouse of really good modem tales Sec. 2. Proat of Spirit and Action: extracts from all-time favourites *jch as "Peter Pan" and "Twenty Thousand Leagues under the Sea" Bks 1 2 for Sec. 2 and Sec. 3 respectively. Short Stories
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  • Page 8 Miscellaneous


  • SHOPPING
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  • WOMAN
    • Article, Illustration
      344 11  -  Interviewed by Elizabeth Choo Esther Su, 28, a mother of two young daughters, is the proprietress of an import nrm, a boutique and handbag and shoe shop. Esther, who has a music degree from Australia, enjoys classical music after, a hard day's work. "A beautiful skin is definitely
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    • 554 11  -  Still the rule in many parts of India By Mary Ann Chong A brother to begin, a sister to win is a saying which rings true to Mrs. Manju Lai, a bride of two months from Massouri, North India. That was what
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    • 199 11  -  By Roma Blair Try these two intense chest stretch exercises. The forward bending technique (picture 2) Improves flexibility in the muscles of the legs and around the hips. The abdominal organs are massaged and toned by the forward movements as well, and by
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    • 47 11 MOONLIGHT VENETIAN BUNDS MOONLIGHT ALUMINIUM AWNINGS DURABLE FAST-COLOR ECONOMICAL EASY TO MAINTAIN INSTANT SERVICE U.S. MATERIALS 5 £5 64 Kim Keat Road, Singapore 12. Tel. *****. Specialists in curtain rails* wall decoration, aluminium awning, Venetian blinds, carpets, bamboo chicks, terrazoo, mosaic and electrical contractors etc. GIFT PROBLEMS?
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    • 36 11 Petticoat Australian Flair "19" Woman's Own Nova Woman's Journal Woman Honey Flair with Fashion 70cts. $1.70 $1.75 75cts. $2.00 $2.25 75cts. $2.00 $1.75 AVAILABLE FROM NEWSAGENTS TIMES DISTRIBUTORS SDN BHD TIMES HOUSE SINGAPORE 9. TEL: *****2
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  • Finance and business
    • 1114 12 ALL YOU WANT TO KNOW ABOUT THE STOCK EXCHANGE COUNTERS INDUSTRIALS 1976-71 1 wk. 4 wi IS. CMm Price last DivUL P/E TurnHigh Low ago •6* Stock Bayers Seders Sale Yield Ratio Over 4.00 2.60 2 JO 2.90 Allied Chocolate 2.90 2.95 2.88 4.3N 18.2 1.90 0.844
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    • 226 12 United Press International New York, Tuesday Prices fell sharply in heavy turnover on the New York Stock Exchange yesterday. Among the items workbig against the list were indications the independent Federal Reserve Board Is Aot fully committed to the administration's programme for stimulating
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    • 155 12 United Press International London, Tuesday Over £75 million was wiped off the stock market value of British Petroleum (BP) yesterday. The slump followed reports of troubles with its Alaskan venture, also the recent lower result from the American-owned Esso group. The share
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    • 179 12 Allied Chem 28 64% 47 23% AT A T 48% A A P 18% 21 "4 21* 20% 44% 26 S 84% 58% 207% 81% 138 E Kodak 73% 57% 26% 103 82% 7»% 31% 29% Gulf Oil 31 IBM 330% 31% Int Nickel 42% 36 54% 40%
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    • 152 12 London, Tuesday The Rolls-Royce receiver has approved plans for a substantial Increase in the production of Rolls-Royce and Bentley cars this year to meet the outstanding demand in Britain and abroad. The managing director of the car division, Mr. David Plastow, said the company hoped to produce
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    • 73 12 New York. Tues.—Japan's export of man-made fiber fabrics to the United States increased 14.1 per cent over the previous year in 1970, from 178,131,000 to 203,291,000 square yards, the Ja-pan-UJS. textile Information service (Justis) reported yesterday. Byn th e tic fabrics accounted for the bulk of the
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    • 244 12 EXim Credit Management and Consultants Limited, recently established in London with a share capital of $740,000, aims to finance exports from Singapore and Malaysia and provide professional consultant services. Mr. Harry Kissln, a director of the company and also head of the worldwide group of
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    • 229 12 SINGAPORE A MAJOR MARKET Reuter London, Tuesday A big increase in gold hoarding in the Middle East, the Indian sub-continent and in Singapore and more gold smuggling into Indonesia were disclosed yesterday by one of London's biggest bullion dealers. London bankers and bullion merchants Samuel
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    • 146 12 DETROIT, Tues.—Chrysler Corporation announced yesterday It will seek to gain a 35 per-cent interest in Mitsubishi Motors Corporation of Japan. Mr. Charles Goery Jr., vice president-Far East and Africa, said the company will Join with Mitsubishi Heavy Industries in applying in April to the government of Japan for
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    • 47 12 TAIPEI, Tues. Unemployment was 2.13 per cent in Nationalist China last year, according to a recent labour survey made public yesterday. It shows Taiwan had a labour force of 4.6 million as of last October. It accounted for 31.57 per cent of the total population.
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  • CINEMA
    • 541 12  -  'Wanted's' hackneyed theme is strictly not for adults. By EDGAR KOH "WANTED" starring GIULIANO GEMMA at the Odeon soon. If there was flim classification here, somebody would be doing the Eublic a great service y limiting this Italian production to the kids.
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    • 211 12 Movie is still worth a second viewing "LOST COMMAND" starring ANTHONT QUINN, ALAIN DELON, GEORGE SEGAL, CLAUDIA CABDINALE Odeon. Things have changed since 1966 when this film was first released. Memories of Algeria's long battle for independence the setting for this movie have long
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  • Page 12 Advertisements
    • 49 12 INTERNATIONAL EXPORT FINANCE LINK UP WITH BRITISH COMPANY NEW NATION ADVERTISEMENT RATES DISPLAY $6.50 per single column Inch. (series rates/discounts avauaue oci NOTICES/ APPOINTMENTS 98.50 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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    • 7 12 OIL COMPANY SUFFERS £7sm SETBACK IN STOCKS
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  • SPORT 1
    • 436 13  -  Where they teach that lose' is a dirty word CAMERA ON SCHOOLS Words: Sonny Yap Atop a hill at King's Road in Bukit Tim ah, the "exclusive" Singapore American School stands distinct and aloof from its neighbouring counterparts. The school is "exclusive" in its location and in
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    • 361 14 It really should have been a week to remember in cricket-mad Yorkshire. On the face of It the county had plenty to. celebrate. The Ashes were back thanks mainly to Yorkshire- born skipper Ray Illingworth and Yorkshire's new captain, Geoff Boycott. And It was the first
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    • 210 14 SPORT IN THE U S New York, Tuesday The curious case of the imposter at the Detroit Tigers training camp has taken a new turn. The man, who first claimed to be Houston football star Jerry Levias and then said his real name was Jerald Lee
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    • 245 14 United Press International Washington, Tuesday In the ceremonies at Cooperstown next summer, Satchel Paige will be inducted into baseball's Hall of Fame. Sort of, that is. In perfect truth, Satchmo is being admitted to a newly created, low-rent district In the Cooperstown complex, set up as a
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    • Article, Illustration
      526 14  -  By Sonny Yap A pair of brothers who have got everybody guessing about who's who, are Singapore's latest swimming discoveries Scott and Anthony Aucutt. They look Uke two peas In a pod and guessing their Identity at their Swiss Club Road home had me beaten. Mother came to
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    • 181 14 A new sporting body will be formed at the conference room of the Teachers Training College tonight. It will be the Singapore Canoe Federation and all representatives and enthusiasts of this sea sports are invited to attend the Inaugural meeting at 7.30 p.m.
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    • 51 14 A total of 24 teams'' have been invited to;compete in the Singa- pore Cricket Club's "sevens" rugby competi- tion from March 1 to March 6. The competition will be —> played on the Padane and-, Dover Road pitches during the week with kick-off times from 5 p.m. to
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    • 369 15 RACING From Blue Peter in Ipoh Indian Patrol (Subian) and Marusa did a splendid trial at Ipoh this morning. Breaking from the 4f the two stablemates steadily clapped on the pace to run the last 3f in 37 1/5 with Marusa doing slightly better at
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    • 263 15 I GOLF New York, Tuesday South Africa's Gary Flayer, one of the top foreign entries along with Britain's Tony Jacklin in the Professional Golfers Association championship starting Thursday, warmed up on the demanding 7096 yards course at Palm Beach Gardens, Florida yesterday and shot
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    • 25 15 The Singapore Chess Federation will hold Its annual championship at the CalrnhlU Community Centre from Saturday at 7 p.m. Entries close on Friday.
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    • 454 15 CRICKET Reuter Kingston, Tuesday The West Indies, following on 170 runs behind, had scored 72 for two in their second innings against India in the first Test at Sabina Park here yesterday. In the first innings the West Indies scored 217 to India's total of 387.
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    • 206 15 Reuter Karachi, Tuesday Test batsman Saeed Ahmed hit an unbeaten 77 to steer Pakistan XI to an eight-wicket victory over the touring Commonwealth cricket team here yesterday. Needing 147 to win, Pakistan received a double setback when they lost openers Nausahad All and Sadiq in
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    • 239 15 Reuter London, Tuesday Ken Buchanan, Britain's world lightweight champion, will be unable to box for three months because of a perforated ear drum, his manager Eddie Thomas said here yesterday. Thomas said Buchanan suffered the Injury during his successful title defence against Ruben Navarro
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    • 195 15  -  By Sonny Yap The Singapore Amateur Cycling Association is now laying the groundwork for the Fifth Asian Championships to be staged here from October 23-30. An organisational technical committee was formed recently to co-ordinate the work of the various subcommittees. Chairing it is Inche
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    • 72 15 London, Tuesday Leeds hardened as favourites for the English Rugby League Cup when they were drawn against outsiders Bramley in the third round yesterday. Holders Castleford meet Salford, whom they beat in the 1969 final, while Swlnton, shock second round winners against Wlgan, will meet
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    • 18 15 Reuter ssL; SSL L#fk IML Im. Tin to kc played m dttcr natch a «r Wmmtaj
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    • 89 15 United Press International Tokyo, Tuesday. Austrian ski pro Hias Leitner has been named head trainer of the Japanese Olympic ski team. Leitner, 35, currently the fourth highest money winner on the International Ski Racers Association tour, has been notified In a letter from Japanese Ski Association
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    • 47 15 Reuter London, Tuesday.— Results of football matches played last night: EnfUsh 3rd dir. Rochdalle 2 Bury 0 Wrexham 2 Bradford C. 0 English 4th dir. Aldershot 2 South port .1 Colch. Utd 1 Grimsby T. 0 South. Utd 1 Chester 1 Stockport 1 Notts 0
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    • 327 15 New Nation and the Singapore Motor Club will introduce a new sport to Singapore on Sunday —Autocross. Autocross, which Is a combination of racing and rallying, is one of the most popular forms of motor sport in Europe and Australia. It is a comparatively new
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    • 175 15 United Press International London, Tuesday Cassius Clay to beat Joe Frazier for the world heavyweight title in the sixth or seventh round is the opinion of most British punters, a leading bookmaker said yesterday. The firm has taken big money at odds of
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  • Page 14 Advertisements
    • 404 14 :^/,~:&|?',(=;[(+`&~}>^=__,\./? VIHCSMT please return horn*. Bwything forgiven. Julie. AT YOUR SERVICE GENERAL SPRAY-PAINTING/Re-poir 'Refrigerators 5 hours customer's house. S'pore *****/ *****. ACCOMMODATION VACANT WELL FURNISHED J-BIDROOM--0 apartment, 1 aircondltioned. 62-C Grange Rood, newly repainted. Ring S'pore *****5 during office hours. SPACIOUS GROUND FLOOR 3 bedrooms, 2 servant's rooms, bungalow off
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    • 241 14 TUITION EXPERIENCED TUTOt Nonyang University Graduate offers Chinese tuition to English/Chinese students. Ring Miss Chua S'pore *****5. TRAVEL GUIDE ARCHIPELAGO TOURS Malaya 7 days $lOO/$l2O. C/VBghlond 4/7 days $65/$l2O Sundays. Weekend tours to K/Tinggi $5/$7. Bangkok/ Chiengmai 15 days (Coach/Train) $34*5/$360 10/4. Bangkok/ Hongkong 8 days $B5O daily. Taiwan/Hongkong 10/12
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  • Page 14 Miscellaneous
    • 131 14 DR. KILDARE bV Ken Bald mew i signed ON HERE, X THOUGHT MAYBE I COULD LEARN SOMETHING. WELL, NO OFFENSE. DOCTORBUT AFTER A COUPLE OF WEEKS. J V 111 MAKE A FORMAL •1! *4 I* ill! srII ■■if ill ■■•l i (i "Si II U ia SS 11 1! If
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    • 258 14 NEW NATION CROSSWORD !■< 3m mm 3i ACROSS 1 Beach, FU. 5 Urban problem. 8 Author of M Mary. M IS Kwn of the theatre. 14 Leu-feet of the Kuril Islands. 15 Money In Vstvloe. 1# Wholly absorbed. 17 A kind of hard candy. 19 Underwriters. 21 CXI well. 22
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  • Page 15 Advertisements
    • 105 15 sr. n 0 m ir t < i Qualifications: •At laast School Certificate Grade II or equivalent qualification with a credit in Mathematics and a pass in Physics/ General Science or Physics end Chemistry. .•Perfect eyesight, 6/6 vision without spectacles. Must not ba colour blind. Be physically fit. *-Be between
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  • Back Page TUESDAY
    • 57 16 Here's a Tourist Board attraction with a taste for beauty. Gamin-like Victoria Lewis is 19 and has been a receptionist at the Tourist Promotion Board for the past 18 months. She appreciates beautiful things artistically done. Her ambition: To be a good housewife and to
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    • 232 16 There were these two cars a Vauxhall Viva and a HiTlman Imp*— waiting for an empty lot at a full carpark at Selegie Road. One of the parked cars drew out. The Viva driver, who had come In later, courteously refrained from taking the space—although
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    • 528 16  -  In between diplomacy Mr. Lee composes music and paints S. M. ALI When the Ambassador for Singapore to Indonesia, Mr. K.C. Lee represented his credentials to President Suharto in June last year, he delivered his short address in Bhasha Indonesia and thus immediately set a
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    • 422 16  -  Sam Lipcki We joined the Ecological Food Society three months ago and we are still waiting for their detailed instructions on how to buy apples for nine cents each which have not been sprayed with DDT. But for our $9 subscription fee we did get
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    • 74 16 AH FOOK: I'm pleased to hear the authorities have decided to shoot many of the monkeys in the Botanic Gardens. They're anuis- ance the way they frighten children and climb all over the, cars. MEI LIN: How can you be so heartless? I hope the SPCA steps in
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  • Page 16 Advertisements
    • 110 16 10 DAY INDIA SAFARI NEPAL at 551,850. Dept. 2nd APRIL, 1971 .A fabulous holiday. On elephant to the famous KAZIRANGA game sanctuary, home of the One-horned Indian Rhino plus 3-days in Kathmandu amidst the giant Himalayas. 10-DAYS VALE OF KASHMIR at 551,577. Deps. 12th APRIL, 1971 14-DAYS KASHMIR, NORTH ft
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  • Page 16 Miscellaneous
    • 302 16 5 ttapfm 6.00 Opening and Woobinda 6.30 News in Brief 6.35 It's Happening in Singapore (C) 7.00 For The Family (C—repeat) 7.40 News (C) 7.50 21st Century Deep Frontier 8.15 Our Music Makers (E) 8.30 My Favourite Martian —Our Notorious Landlady 0.00 News and Newsreel (E) 9.25 Slattery's People He
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    • 50 16 By Frank O'Neal NOTHING, REALLY THE WH*T WEWT WRONG /SbUWERENtVCRY funny iDo\y. '✓s I IE *2> C mk Wi I'l'l' n m *A <y/ vun A 2% K IK lute r M SNIFFY by George Fett CLva-aovDue«c > StL k NOUSt uto r D6MOIMD? J Ntf GOUW4 UMtOLD-1 A W
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    • 352 16 Trust your lucky star IF ITS YOUR BIRTHDAY born today, you pom&u a nature that Is deeply spiritual. Worldly attain concern you a great deal —out none of them concerns you any more than attain of a nan-material nature. It would not be at all amiss for you to enter
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