New Nation, 3 April 1971

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    17 1 NEW NATION SINGAPORE Saturday evening, April 3 f 1971 No. 65 Price 15 cents I NEW NATION!
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    Hot tip Zero One may not start
    309 1  -  By Blue Peter Kuala Lumpur, Saturday Zero One, freely tipped as the best bet at Kuala Lumpur today, was a doubtful starter for Race Three this morning. If he Is withdrawn, Rina II should be a good thing. There is also a strong
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    OUR ROADS
    13 1 Police reported a total of 61 accidents yesterday. Four were serious.
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    Refuge...
    152 1 FOR A SMALL BOY WHO FLED FROM WAR'S HORROR The Dacca refugees who arrived in Singapore last night were afraid to talk as they ate breakfast at the Lion City Hotel today. "We will endanger the lives of others if we do," said the mother of two jroung boys.
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    Lock icon Keep out, India told
    380 1 New Nation Foreign Service New Delhi, Saturday Pakistan has warned India of "dangerous consequences" which it said could. result from Indian interference in Pakistan's internal affairs, according to Radio Pakistan. The Indian High Commissioner, Mr. B. K. Acharya, was summoned to the Foreign Ministry in Islamabad
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    Loan pact signed
    34 1 Karachi, SaturdayPakistan and Canada signed a long-term development loan of one million Canadian dollars •(£400,000) yesterday. T loan, which is free of interest and service charges, is repayable in 50 years.
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    Lucky escape
    34 1 Houston, Saturday Astronaut Richard Truly, 33, escaped injury when the cockpit canopy of his T-38 trainer Jet flew off as he was taking off yesterday from an airfield at Battle Creek, Michigan.
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    Jobless
    23 1 Washington, Saturday The US unemployment rate hit six per cent last month after two straight monthly declines, the Labour Department was reported.
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    Robbery brings a warning
    193 1 Boys lose watches as gang strikes again Another daylight robbery near the Outram Secondary School has brought a warning to students: Don't wear watches to school. Since the school moved to the new site in York Hill two years ago, there have been over 20 daylight
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    Lock icon Woman's quarrel blamed for fire
    224 1 United Press International Manila, Saturday A housewife who quarrelled with her husband has been blamed for yesterday's fire which roared through 15 blocks of waterfront houses leaving 70,000 homeless. Police said the big blaze started in the woman's house in Manila's crowded Tondo district. They
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      New envoy approved
      40 1 Manila, Saturday.—The Singapore government has accepted the nomination of Mr. Delfin Garcia as the first Philippine Ambassador to that country, the Foreign Office said today. Mr. Garcia has been the Philippine Ambassador to the Hague since 1965.
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      Body found off Changi
      41 1 The body of a Malaysian woman, Sow He Wan, 54, was found floating in the sea off Changi today. On the shore was a bundle of clothing and her identity card. Police do not suspect foul play.
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      Blood unit
      30 1 The Blood Transfusion Service Mobile Unit will station at the Singapore Hilton tomorrow from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m., especially for members of the Junior Chamber of Singapore.
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    Blast in China report
    92 1 Hong Kong, Saturday. An explosion last Monday rocked Shanmel Port on the Kwangtung coast, one of the bases for Chinese torpedo boats, a Hong Kong newspaper said yesterday quoting reports from Macao. Fishermen returning to Macao from operations off Shanmel reported that they saw a big
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    Pilots to be trained abroad
    304 1 Malaysia will send 30 candidates abroad to be trained as pilots to help meet the demands of its $lOO million national airline which will start in January 1973. They will receive their training in Australia and the Philippines. The,director of the training division of the
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    The Duke due here tonight
    99 1 Britain's Prince Philip will arrive by HAF Comet at Changi Airfield today at 7 p.m. from Darwin after an 11-day visit to Australia. He will be met at the airfield by Mr. Samuel Falle, the British High Commissioner in Singapore, and protocol officers from the
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    Lock icon Ford strikers get big pay rise
    147 1 Reuter London, Saturday British Ford workers last night voted to end their nine-year-old strike and return to work on Monday. Workers In 22 plants across Britain agreed to accept an American-style agreement which binds them to keep industrial peace for two years under a
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    UK team to play here
    59 1 LATE HEWS The Singapore Rugby Union announced this morning that a full England rugby 15 will play here on October 3. The English team of 28, including 23 players and "a referee, will come here as part of their Far East tour in 1971-72 season.
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  • THE WORLD
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      Lock icon 8-nation talks for Vietnam pull-out
      173 2 United Press International Saigon, Saturday The eight nations contributing troops to Vietnam conflict will send representatives to a meeting in Washington later this month to discuss withdrawal of forces, military sources said. Represented at the meeting will be Australia, New Zealand, Thailand, South Korea, Nationalist
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      Lock icon Eight hurt after jet 'backfires'
      109 2 Reuter Chicago, Saturday Eight passengers were hurt in a panic rush to flee a Boeing 727 aircraft after one of its engines "backfired" at Chicago's O'Hare Airport. A spokesman for Trans World Airways (TWA) said the panic apparently began when the Boeing—on a flight from
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      Indira warns of hard road ahead for India
      222 2 —Renter New Delhi, Saturday The Indian Prime Minister, Mrs. Indira Gandhi, yesterday repeated in parliament her election pledge to end tax free payments to former Indian princes and "other vestiges of feudalism." During a debate on the President's address to the new
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      Accused strips in court
      66 2 Sydney, Saturday A naked, screaming defendant hurled himself at the judge's Bench at Sydney Quarter Sessions Court yesterday. Labourer Raymond Astill, 29, accused of stealing a motor car, tore oft all his clothes and slashed his wrist before leaping from the dock at Judge Alastair Muir.
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      Lock icon Oil price accord in Libya
      211 2 Reuter Tripoli, Saturday Libya and Western oil companies have signed a five-year oil price agreement, Major Abdesalam Jalloud, the Libyan Deputy Premier, said last night. Major Jalloud, who headed the Libyan side in nearly six weeks of tough negotiations with the companies, broke the news
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      3 held by FBI for extortion
      123 2 Chicago, Saturday—Federal Bureau of Investigation agents held two men and a woman yesterday accused of extortion of more than $llB,OOO from a Chicago bank president whose wife was seized and bound in her suburban home. The FBI arrested Frederick Marschke, 31; his 34-year-old wife,
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      Lock icon 'Stop buying fur' movement
      171 2 Paris becoming conservation-minded New Nation Foreign Service Paris, Saturday Amid a growing storm of protest against the use of animal skins for clothes the Paris winter fur shows are with us again despite the concern of such organisation as the International Union for the Conservation of
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      Lock icon Now Soviet army chief warns Mao
      449 2 'Russia will hit back if borders attacked' Reuter Moscow, Saturday The Soviet Defence Minister, Marshal Andrei Grechko, said yesterday that any country which dared to attack Russia's borders risked retaliation on the ground rrom which the assault was lunched. His warning, made at the
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      Lock icon Guerrillas knock out oil link
      272 2 United Press International Amman, Saturday Palestinian guerrillas blew up and set ablaze an oil pipeline near the Kerbet A 1 Samra refinery north east of Amman yesterday. The Jordanian government said a fire raged for eight hours around the broken branch line, feeding oil to
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      40 for EATA meeting
      59 2 Hong Kong, Saturday.— The fifth annual general meeting of the East Asia Travel Association (EATA) will be held in Hong Kong from Tuesday to Thursday, the Hong Kong Tourist Association announced. A spokesman for the association said about 40 delegates from Hong Kong, Macau, Japan, South
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      Lock icon Manson back in court
      308 2 Accused of killing ranch hand Reuter Los Angeles, Saturday A lieutenant of hippie leader Charles Manson nut off the head of a ranch hand with a machete after he and his followers had repeatedly stabbed their victim. Manson ordered the decapitation when the ranch hand, 40-year-old
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      Lock icon Front's call for free Brunei
      163 2 Reuter Bandar Seri Begawan, Saturday The Brunei Independent Front has sent a telegram to London, renewing its call for the independence of the British protectorate and accusing Britain of inefficiency. The message sent yes-., terday to British Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs,
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      Red China ties
      25 2 Hong Kong, Saturday. China yesterday announced it had decided to establish diplomatic relations with Cameron, giving It another diplomatic foothold in Africa.
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      New route
      21 2 Talpeh, Saturday A DC-8 Jetliner of Garuda Airways flew into Talpeh yesterday to inaugurate a new service from Jakarta.
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      Lock icon Envoys surprised at ban
      374 2 Reuter Jakarta, Saturday Indonesian Foreign Ministry officials said yesterday there was no plan to extend the ban on diplomatic travel within Indonesia to include journalists and businessmen. They said Thursday's Foreign Ministry Note announcing restrictions on travel outside Jakarta until July 15 referred only to members
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      10 2 If you're searching for comfort you'll find it with Clarks
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    Keppel yard bid for record year
    420 3 Top men will visit Britain and Europe to seek more business Commercial activity is increasing at such a rapid rate that the Keppel Shipyard hopes to reach a record turnover of $5O million by the end of the year. A spokesman said today: "Our
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    Ho elected president
    48 3 Mr. Ho Pak Toe has been elected president of the Singapore Institute of Architects. The immediate past president is Mr. Rex K.C. Koh while Mr. Albert H.K. Hong is the vice-president. Mr. Lim Soon Chye is the secretary and Mr. Sim Hong Boon the treasurer.
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    'Public should help fight pollution'
    164 3 Singapore's Chief Town Planner, Mr. Chua Peng Chye, today called for a concerted effort to arouse the public to back decisionmakers and political leaders in their nationwide assault on pollution. This, he said, would be the very first and most important step in getting closer
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    Fancy meeting you here...
    163 3 The cake is hers to eat it but Hong Kong film comedienne Miss Sum Tim Har is in no hurry to take a bite. For the doll mounted on top is a miniature double of the popular 21-year-old star and so appealing that Miss Sum imagine
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    Fined for obscenity
    56 3 Paris, Saturday Five owners of Paris sex shops were yesterday sentenced to fines ranging from 100 to 5000 francs on charges of obscenity for the sale and exhibition of indecent objects. The Paris district court ruled that photos of people engaged in sexual acts and life-sized plastic
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    Police Band
    18 3 The Police Band will perform at the Macßitchie Reservoir Park tomorrow from 5 to 6 p.m.
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    Big step in cure of leukaemia
    145 3 Jerusalem, Saturday Scientists of the Hebrew University's Hadassah hospital here yesterday reported an important step in the treatment and possible prevention of leukaemia cancer of the blood. Professor Goldblum, head of the Department of Virology, said a team of scientists, headed by Dr. Emmanuel
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    Flag sales in aid of the deaf
    123 3 Hundreds of volunteer helpers are selling flags throughout the Republic today to help raise funds for the Singapore Association for the Deaf. The Minister for Finance, Mr. Hon Sui Sen. will open the new Chin Swee Road Post Office at 7.30 tonight. The
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      229 3 Complete this coupon and send it to: TIMES DISTRIBUTORS SDN. BHD., Times House, River Valley Road, Singapore-9. OR Balai Berita, 31 Jalan Riong, Kuala Lumpur, OR 39A, Jalan Hussein, Ipoh, Malaysia. The New Caxton Encyclopedia the most colourful work of its kind in the world NAME: ADDRESS: I would like
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  • Page 3 Miscellaneous
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      101 3 At the cinema Lido: Burn—l.4s, 4, 6.30, 9,15 p.m. Capitol: The Lady Hermit (Mandarin) 1.30, 4, 6.45, 9.30 p.m. Rex: The Eunuch (Mandarin) 1.45, 4, 6.30, 9.30 p.m. Sky: The Eunuch (Mandarin) 1.45, 4, 6.30, 9.15 p.m. Roxy: The Eunuch (Mandarin) 1.45, 4.15, 7, 9.30 p.m. State: Airport 1.30, 4,
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      108 3 Weather Temperatures in world capitals yesterday: Kuala Lumpur 86-73 Bangkok 93-79 Hong Kong 73-70 Manila 91-72 Taipei 77-63 Seoul 52-37 Tokyo 62-51 Naha 75-64 London 52-41 Paris 54-34 Moscow 54-43 New York 62-42 San Francisco 73-50 Sydney 74-65 Melbourne 79-58 Perth 86-67 Singapore Singapore's weather forecast from 1 p.m. to
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  • SATURDAY with Shirley Manasseh
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      Affection lost after meal of frozen food
      670 4 I discovered at the age of 17 that it was impossible to win a man's affection unless one learnt how to cooir. I was not endowed with a flexible wrist that could break an egg without scattering the yolk, and my cookery lessons
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      The silent ones at Singapore nightclub shows
      462 4 Singapore's show-bu-siness scene is on the up-and-up. When once we were entertained by conservative bands and local strippers, we are now offered a variety of guitar groups and bleached blonde showgirls. Chandeliers, carpets and finger snapping service await us In the nightclubs. "Imported"
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    Lock icon Bringing out the sound of music
    649 4  -  School bands make the grade ON SINGAPORE WORDS Douglas Chan Music is fast becoming a national way of life in Singapore. Just stroll into a public park during a week-end and be thrilled or throbbed by the strains of music provided by them. Their
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      290 5 m r o n hi piace Mr s Lobby Courts at Shangri-La Arrange to meet in 3 stories of towering luxury. A delightful rendezvous for cocktails or coffee. This splendid reception area has a luxurious sunken lounge, a magnificent garden view, monumental marble columns and glittering chandeliers. The inviting air
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    The inscrutable American image in Asia
    400 6 So many epithets have been applied to the American, but when Singapore's Ambassador to the United Nations, Mr. Tommy Koh, described him as "inscrutable," it must have sent a ripple of shock down the American spine. To be called "ugly," or "naive" or even
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    The only thing which wealthy locals lack is class
    683 6  -  AL SHAHAB I came across something of much relevance to contemporary local society written by a sociologist at the University of Singapore. He wrote:- "One of the characteristic features of the emerging urban status system is that its stimulates or permits
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  • Letters
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      Unwarranted treatment
      563 6  -  PETER BRADY KEN WHITEMAN ROBYN CARSON ROSAMOND METCALFE We the undersigned are completely disgusted with the petty treatment handed out to us by immigration officials since our arrival in Singapore. From the outset, their general attitude was rude, offensive and unwarranted. At the airport, immediately after our arrival
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      The Golden Mile land
      166 6  -  ALAN CHOE Head, Urban Renewal Department, Housing and Development Board Singapore 2 I refer to the article entitled "Big prices expected for the Golden Mile land" appearing in your newspaper on March 24. stating that more than 200 acres are presently being acquired in the Golden
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    What goes wrong when a Western hippie comes East in colonial garb...
    545 6  -  By Malcolm Caldwell The world-wide dispersal of Western hippies has touched off a hostile reaction. The latest country to declare war upon the wandering tribes of the long-haired and bearded is the neighbouring Indonesia. As a retired hippie,
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  • The voice of the Press
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      Sin Chew Jit Poh
      177 6 What the other newspapers are saying: Religion is not a magic formula that can take precedence over everything else in binding a people together. It now appears that the partitioning of India and Pakistan along religious lines has been a blunder. The East Pakistanis have no
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      The Australian
      132 6 The question is what neighbouring powers will make of a situation in Pakistan which the western wing's soldiers are trying to control 75 million people from 1,000 miles away. Indian soldiers and chauvinists will certainly be tempted to make trouble. But it was not for foreign adventurism that
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      Berita Harian
      190 6 Since there has not been any effective political party other than the party in power for quite a long time in Singapore, a report about the emergence of any new political party would draw the attention of the people of the Republic the more so when we consider
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  • SATURDAY REVIEW
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      Lock icon PARADISE LOST...
      739 7  -  IN BALI, THE AMERICAN DOLLAR SEEMS TO BE ABLE TO BUY EVERYTHING... STORYs Pakir Singh The American tourists are flooding Bali with money and polluting it with their presence. But they are needed, for the people must live and US dollars are so life-giving. Plans are afoot to
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      A neutral stand
      986 8 Tracing tumultuous Indonesian history A SHORT HISTORY OF INDONESIA By Ailsa Zainu'ddin. Cassell Australia, 278 pages. A 53.25 JOHN HOFFMAN. Historians write about South-East Asian countries with a particular occupational hazard in mind: charges that their work is European centred instead of being interpreted from a SouthEast
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      A welcome aid
      215 8 Good guide to developments In SE Asia A HANDBOOK AND CHART OF SOUTH-EAST ASIAN HISTORY, by Jan M. Pluvier, Oxford University Press, 58 pages. PAKIR SINGH. Secondary school students will find this a welcome aid to help them memorise dates and names of people who shaped the
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      Boxers' rising
      412 8 A vivid daily record of a legation besieged THE SIEGE OF THE PEKING LEGATIONS A Diary by Lancelot Giles. Edited by L.R. Marchant. University of Western Australia Press, $9.60. FREDERICK HOWARD. Members of the Society of Harmonious Fists were a not-so-secret society pledged to eliminate foreign devils from
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      Because
      93 8  -  By Arthur Yap because Saturday morning we wear smiles each large enough to line up three faces, it's a boring discussion, because boredom curiously completes isolation, it is Saturday's assumed eccentricity we are like spastic sparrows, because we've found the grain we feel (also) the strain and disguise the
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      Relevant look
      812 9 The Commonwealth nations and the UN THE COMMONWEALTH AND THE UNITED NATIONS by T.B. Millar. Sydney University Press, 237 pages, A 55.50. ALEX JOSEY. It is easy to get the Millers and Millars of Australia mixed up. Both J. D. B. Miller and T. B. Millar have written
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      A racial war
      611 9 4 ln Ulster the Catholics are the blacks* DIVIDED ULSTER, by Liam de Poor. Penguin, $2 90. GEOFFREY JUKES. could be excused for thinking that in Ulster he is witnessing some kind of religious war. The reports refer regular- ly to "Protestant" or "Catholic" areas, while the
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      Fresh light on Angkor
      433 9 Some achievements o£ King Jayavarman ANGKOR —AN INTRODUCTION, by George Coedes. Oxford University Press, 118 pages. MALCOLM CALDWELL. Angkor will always epitomise Cambodia's history. The fabulous complex of funerary temples testifies as much to the technical and organisational skills involved as it does to the art
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      African empire
      532 9 A dream which started over breakfast THE AFRICAN DREAM, by Brian Gardner. Cassell, A 57.30. FREDERICK HOWARD. The dream of a great empire in Africa, paternally ruled by Britain, began over breakfast at 32 Soho Square, London. The host was no greedy banker or fiery general, but the
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      Strength
      110 9  -  by Sng Boh Kim lather that good man twisted my hands behind my back i've not grown old with thinking he could have done better i've broken my back cut my own tongue and come back for more mother rubbed the salt in smiling pearly smiles the while sister
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      Strange obsessions
      1043 10 Interesting poems, bat poor craftsmanship COMING HOME BABY by Robert Yeo. Federal Publications Sdn. Bhd., 48 pages, $2.50. KOH TAI ANN. The many hued blotches of colour on a cover obviously inspired by neon-lights, and the title, Comming Home Baby swinging and slangy indicate sufficiently to the reader
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      Portrait of Russell
      800 10 Insight into the mind of a great philosopher RUSSELL REMEMBERED, by Rupert Crawshoy-Wil-liams. Oxford University Press, A 56.35. JOHN TITTENSOR Books like this one slight, fragmentary, anecdotal are in a sense beyond criticism. Their dogged unpretentiousness, the limited and relatively innocuous nature of their subject-matter, their frequently
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      Twin Worlds
      93 10  -  by Vivian Mathot Sharp objects that collide with you In your unco-ordinated movements Born of uncertainty Suckled by fear Of just such objects. The base of the world Drops from under you A spasm of fear A flicker of shock A movement for balance As the world hits
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      The professor uses poems for inspiration
      424 11  -  IT'S A NEW SPIRIT IN PAINTING ART ONG CHOO SUAT An elderly American lady once went up to Professor Lim Tsing-Ai and said: "The moon seems so pure and tranquil. Why must they insist on landing a man there, and so, contaminate it?" To
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      The well-earned applause...
      696 11  -  TOP ACTING IN 'MADWOMAN' PLAY THEATRE MERRY ANDREW "Curtain Call '7l" which ran at the Cultural Centre theatre during the whole of last week came to an end on Saturday night with productions by the Singapore American School Drama Club and The Stage Club. Congratulations to producer
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      Violent epic that rises above the usual bombastic melodrama
      322 11  -  BREAKING SUGAR MONOPOLY BY A SLAVE'S REVOLT CINEMA EDGAR KOH BURN! starring Marlon Brando Though given to overstatement and melodrama, BUHN! defies being pigeon-holed as another in the series of historically based, violent and bombastic spectaculars. The epic element is sanely
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      When the humour and hustle do not mix...
      266 11 ALIVE OR PREFERABLY DEAD starring Giuliano Gemma and Nino BenvenutL Short of the cowboy drawl, the Italian or the Spaniards for that matter, since they've joined in the game now always imitate with style the sort of Westerns that used to come
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      Some notes on washing down Swiss cheese
      1087 12  -  WHICH LEADS TO THOUGHTS ON PLEASANT WHITES FOOD DRINK LI PO I was reminiscing the other day about that excellent Swiss festival held at the Rajah Room last year. My easily influenced gastric juices made me look around for some Swiss dishes, so
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      An interesting win for Mok
      551 12  -  HE CREATED THREATS HARD TO MEET CHESS ANDREW EE In the Vaux Trophy Tournament 1971, held by the Singapore Chess Club, Mok Kwong Yue won an interesting game. He omitted casting and, incredibly, managed to create threats which were hard to meet. In retrospect, it
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      Piecing the jigsaw of overprinted stamps
      616 12 ARDENT COLLECTORS FACE ENDLESS SEARCH STAMPS PHILATELIST When the Straits Settlements joined the Universal Postal Union in 1877, it represented an important landmark in Singapore's postal history. Between 1879 and 1899 no less than 50 different stamps were issued overprinted with new denominations to
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      545 12  -  COMBINE HOLIDAY IN THE MED WITH A TOURNAMENT BRIDGE E.P.C. COTTER By Harold Champion. To any of my readers who would like to combine a holiday in Mediterranean sunshine with some competitive Bridge I thoroughly recommend the tournament at Juan-les-Pins from May 14 to 28
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      139 7 your. OS welcomes members of the JC- International to Singapore St 5? N ►1 N; i s m Hi ■a i, 'Y. f-F r If it?* <t» OUR DOORS ARE OPEN. The red carpet is spread. We will be pleased to have you as Our house-guest. We are not big
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      236 10 1970 NOBEL PRIZE WINNER IPIpPf^^SI A RECORD The 1970 Nobel Prize for Literature was awarded to the Russian writer, Alexander Solzhenitsyn for "the ethical force for which he has pursued the indispensable traditions of Russian literature? His book, One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich, is now a Penguin
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      110 12 •r# M A m I ,-r' r <a* < fx./ w I I X s 4 f v THE GIRL WITH A PASSION FOR FASHION... THE ROYAL TRENDSETTER- WITH A DIFFERENCE... THE ART-LOVER WHO LOVES SPEED-AND COLOUR... MEET THE GIRL WHO IS "IN" WITH THE REST OF THE WORLD... MEET
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  • business news
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      Daily share analysis
      1189 13 ALL YOU WANT TO KNOW ABOUT THE STOCK EXCHANGE COUNTERS INDUSTRIALS 1970-1971 1 wfc. 4wks. Stock Clotinr Price lact Divid. P/E TurnHign LOW ago a*o Buyer* Sellers Sale Yield Ratio Over 4.50 2.60 2.80 2.90 Allied Chocolate 2 60 2.70 2.70 4.5N 17.1 1.90 0.84$ 1.21 1.28
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      NOW IS TIME FOR THE BUYER
      345 13 The optimistic economic outlook which presages an upward trend in share prices present good buying opportunities for the investing public, says a sharebroker's report. The Straits Times index, normally an indicator of the pulse of the industrial sector of the share market, has edged
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      Company chief due here
      67 13 The vice-president of Par East and Australia operations of Pacific Procon, Mr. Willem Thorbecke, will be arriving to Singapore next week to the course of a Par Eastern visit. This firm is a subsidiary of Procon Incorporated, an American construction and engineering firm. The company is
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      Tractors all set for another good year
      339 13 COMPANY PROFILE Tractors Malaysia Berhad, the 75 per centowned subsidiary of the widely-diversified Sime Darby Group, appears all set for another fruitful year. As announced recently, the company's pre-tax profit for the first half-year ended December last went up by 10.2 per cent
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      244 13 United Press International New York, Saturday The stock market closed mixed in moderate trading yesterday. Analysts said that for the most part Wall Street appeared to be awaiting the first batch of quarterly earnings statements which should be appearing in about two weeks.
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      343 13 United Press International London, Saturday The stock market worked at a gentler pace yesterday after the busy post-Budget and bank rate sessions earlier in the week and the list closed irregular although dealers called the undertone firm. The industrial share index fell 2.4
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      Opening of new hotel
      79 13 One hotel In Singapore that Is not worried about the glut of rooms predicted by experts Is the Shangrila. This $4O million hotel will be opened on April 15. "There is talk of glut of hotel rooms, but you have to have rooms available before you
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      250 13 Allied Ch«m 26% Alcoa «2% Am Brands Am Can sm Am .Motor* AT 4 T 4» n A ft P 23% AnaconrJj 21 Avon Pd Beth Steel 21 Bonne 2*1% Caterp Trac 47% Chrysler 20', Coca Co'.a t>« Control Data 63', Com CI Wks 242', Do* Cbem
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      Reserves up
      28 13 LONDON, Sat.—Britain's gold and dollar reserves rose last month by 51 million sterling after £285 million had been paid off overseas debts, the government announced yesterday.
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      Week of quiet trading
      372 13 MILD INSTITUTIONAL BUYING By Our Market Correspondent Trading remained quiet on the Stock Exchange of Malaysia and Singapore during the week. Most leading investment stocks steadied on mild institutional buying as evidenced by the advances seen in the Straits Times industrial ordinary share index which rose
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      Bus body firm
      137 13 Supreme Star Engineering (Pte; Limited, a $2 million joint venture was signed yesterday between Cycle and Carriage of Singapore, Daimler-Benz of Germany, and lndophing of Indonesia, for the manufacturing of Mercedes Benz bus bodies in Singapore. Mr. Chtia Boon Un, the managing director of Cycle and Carriage
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      89 13 More copies of SINGAPORE THIS WEEK are distributed each week to Singapore visitors than any other tourist publication Through hotels, airlines, travel agents, shipping companies, selected tourist shops and outlets, SINGAPORE THIS WEEK reaches the incoming ton rist... If the tourist market is what you are after, let SINGAPORE THIS
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      61 14 DEATH ALBERT SELVERATNAM, beloved son of Mr. and Mrs.'T. A. Soosaipilloi of Kuala Lumpur passed away peacefully on 2nd April 1971. Leaving behind wife, Ratnes, parents, brothers, sisters and their families. Cortege leaves Mo. 3 Jalan Unggas, Singapore at 3 p.m., 3rd April 1971 for the Church of the Holy
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      630 14  -  CAMERA ON SCHOOLS Words: Sonny Yap Ping Min Public School, deep in the wooded area off Changi Road, is such that you can go by it without realising it is a school. With only three classrooms. housed in two attap structures and surrounded by a cluster of
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      Matsuda leads at halfway stage of HK Open
      633 15 Hong Kong, Saturday Thunderstorm washed out the second round of the Hong Kong Open golf tournament yesterday after Japan's Shiro Matsuda snatched a onestroke lead over Paterno Braza of the Philippines. A stiff wind swept the 4462-yard Fanllng course and rain fell
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      More powerful motor model
      215 15 WATER SPORT The Evinrude Motors Division of Outboard Marine has released its 1971 40 h.p. outboard -motor. Continuing their policy of bigger power in smaller packages, Evinrude has produced a 40 h.p. no bigger than last year's 33 h.p. Both electric start and automatic rewind models
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      Rain stops Cup tie
      46 15 Colombo, Saturday.—Rain again hit the Davis Cup Eastern zone tennis tie between Ceylon and India here yesterday. After Guarav Misra had given India a 1-0 lead by completing a 6-2, 13-11, 6-2 victory over P.S. Kumara, rain washed out the second singles.
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      Games champ sets record
      60 15 i Sydney, Saturday Graham Windeatt, Commonwealth Games 1500 m swimming gold medallist, clipped eight-tenths of a second off his Australian 800 metres record with a time of 8:30.0 sec. here yesterday. Windeatt, who Is in the Australian team which begins a tour of Europe later this
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      Set-back to cycle star
      341 15 Dave Coles, 23, winner of the Singapore Grand Prix Clubman motorcycle event last year, has suffered a big setback. The machine that he will be riding in this year's GP, a Bridgestone GTR 347 c.c., has developed engine problems and he will not be able to
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      Celtic is fancied in s-final
      95 15 Glasgow, Saturday—Celtic, knocked out of the European Cup by Ajax of Amsterdam last week, Is a strong; favourite to beat the part-time footballers of Airdrle in the Scottish FA Cup semi-final here today. The winner will play the winner of next Monday's semi-final replay between
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      No cake for the ladies...
      582 15  -  £££h UP with I DAVID KRAAL When your ball slices across the fairway and hits that tree on the right, do not tear your hair out. Remember that the hazards you face today while playing the game of golf in Singapore are minimal compared to
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      UK rugby
      30 15 Results of last night's league matches: Castleford 2 Leeds 15 Kelghley 10 Wakefield 7 Roch. H'nets 4 Bramley Ift W'rington 24 Whitehaven 8 Wldnes 5 St. Helens 8
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      Muljadi beaten
      43 15 Montreal, Saturday—Muljadi of Indonesia slumped to an upset defeat against Canadian Yves Pare in the men's singles quarter-finals or the Canadian Open badminton championships here yesterday. Muljadi, beaten finalist in last week's All-England championships in London, was beaten 15-10, 12-15, 15-8.
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      Sobers not out for 178
      148 15 Bridgetown, Saturday Skipper Gary Sobers hammered an unbeaten 178 as the West Indies took the initiative on the second day of the fourth cricket Test against India here yesterday. The West Indies declared at 501 for five and India lost one wicket for two runs
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      Selections
      234 16 SCRUTINEER EL BODY ff/i-'Tug FSFFrnra CALL BOY R. EXPORTER MR. ED R. EXPORTER HERALD MANNUM MISS SUN B. BODY NANYANG R. EXPORTER SIN CHEW MANNUM MISS Klnfford Klnfford Klnfford Even Saj Klnfford Klnfford R. Exporter Pride A Lore Kingford Race y RAUB Bukit Serok TRIPOLI Raab \2ZjUM OKAY OKAY
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      Raub looks the best bet for today
      724 16 By Scrutineer Raub stands out as one of the top bets of the day at Kuala Lumpur in Race Two this afternoon. He has the best recent form among a weak Class Six Division Three field. He appears to have little to beat.
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      TODAY'S CARD
      1397 16 Mjjg 2.15 CLASS 6, DIV. 2 6F BliiVlTUi ($4,500 $3,150 to winner) 1 ***** NOVELIST ft (Esmeyron) E Breukelen 7 8.9 (dd +10) Shaarl 5 2 ***** PRIDE AND LOVC n (Pride) E Brjukelen 7 8.7 (dd -5) Harbrldga S 3 ***** HEAVENLY BODY y (Double J) Tulloh
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      38 starters for big race
      51 16 London, Saturday —At the final forfeit stage yesterday Just A Gamble was taken out of the Grand National steeplechase run over four miles 856 yards at Liverpool today leaving 98 declared runners. Jockey changes are: Charter Flight (W. Rees), Copperless (M. Gibson) and Limebumer (J.
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      Fegeo wins
      21 16 Liverpool, Saturday.—Feffeo, by Mr. W. Stephenson, won the Mildmay steeplechase run over two miles and 80 yards here yesterday.
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      Syces go-slow
      41 16 Kuala Lumpur, Saturday. —Representatives of syces, trainers and turf officials met this morning at the Labour Office in an attempt to settle the dispute between syces and their employers. The dispute had led to a go-slow by the svees.
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      Back Saxony for a double
      490 16 TOP BETS: Our Leo, Saxony, Hikmat. BEST FORECAST: Saxony and Letter of Credit in Race Four. BEST LONGSHOT: Better Luck in Race Seven. Going forecast: Yielding By Scrutineer On his last-start form Saxony will take some beating in the Class Two Division One 7f (Race
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      489 14 jgb NEW NATION CLASSIFIEDS MARRIAGES WILLIAMS PODT: On April 3, 1971, at Singapore, Capt. John L. Williams, of U.S.A. to Margueretta Podt, nee Kohlman, of Singapore. ACCOMMODATION VACANT DISTRICT 11, HILLCREST ROAD, corner semi-detached bungalow near American School. Luxuriously furnished, 3 bedrooms, 2 airconditioned, spacious garden. 3,400 sq.ft. Tel: *****4
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      482 14 LEAVE ACCOMMODATION LEAVE BUNGALOW DIST. 10 from 1.5.71 for 3 months fully furnished, servant, gardener, T.V. Phone inclusive $1,200/- p.m. Phone S'pore *****8 office hours. LOST YOUNG FEMALE Siamese Cat in Mount Faber area. Reward. Please Tel: ***** S'pore. MISCELLANEOUS KUMARAGURU ASTROLOGICAL HOUSE (S.A. Govindarajan Astrologer) 117 A Owen Road,
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      61 14 ENGAGEMENT and MARRIAGE ANNOUNCEMENTS must be authenticated by the witnessed signatures and addresses including identity card numbers of the contracting parties. In the absence of ont of the principals, one of the parents must sign on his or her behalf. MARRIAGE ANNOUNCEMENTS will also be accepted provided they are signed
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      11 14 *****8 8 L NEW NATION ;SIFI Only 20 cts a word
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      287 14 NEW NATION CROSSWORD ACROSS 1 Daybreak. 5 Culminations. 10 Petty dispute. 14 Video: 2 words. 15 Hardship. 16 Diminutive of a girl's name. 17 A lot: Colloq. 18 Lone Ranger's friend. 19 Peruse. 20 Method of preserving vegetable: 2 words. 22 Pancakes: Slang. 24 Where Dublin is. 25 Purloin. 26
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      144 15 for better boatel facilities SEA SERVICE CO. 315 Posir Ponjang Rood 6 m.s. S'pore 5. (half-mile after Ho Par Villa) Change Now To IfelnWiy a MODELS AVAILABLE: MANUAL-STARTING TYPE: IJ4HP 4HP 6HP 9%HP 18HP 25HP 33HP 40HP. ELECTRIC-STARTING TYPE: 33HP 40HP 60HP 85HP 115 HP. Change now to more power...
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      128 15 Very often during the course of your golfing rounds you'll be faced with a short pitch over an intervening bunker. There might not be much green "room" between its near edge and the cup. As a result you're going to have to hit a soft, fluffy shot that won't roll.Use
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      488 15 Trust your lucky star IF IT'S YOUR BIRTHDAY BORN today, you are one who makes friends with ease—but because you are somewhat Inclined to form one-sided emotional bonds, you are destined to be disappointed In your relationships more frequently than Is usual. You are prone to be-come-more attached to others
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      550 15 CHS i •••••■■Cat all* datted hae^ NEW NATION SATURDAY MONEYWORDS 'E' ttkar CMIMt. Pastiat iastractiaas appear kel.w Naie (Mr./Mrt./Miu) FILL 111 s E R N E C C K MISSING LETTERS CLUES Cat aloiif tfatted Mass«>«« CLUES FOR E-6 1. Travelling at high speed. 2. If he's in an excellent
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      399 16 5 Singapore 3.00 Tarzan Feature 4.05 Amuthum Thenum (T) 5.05 Kaleidoscope 5.20 Interview with Professor Lim Tsing-Ai (C) 5.40 Disneyland 6.30 News in Brief 6.35 My Three Sons 7.10 International Zone 7.40 News (C) 8.05 The Bold Ones 900 News (E) 9.10 Andy William Show 9.55 Mod Squad 10.50 What's
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      97 16 SHORT RIBS By Frank O'Neal Mil »K3|fl'« US T^w-y, mm sste SM; Hi A si V jiiif li^fa SL&V SNIFFY I DOKjT kXJOW WUV VCO'RE MAO ooeeuie. we didm'T WAME A DATE; Nte# /n U A MI-McCtoft SHcik FtMwt w by George Fett WAkINA MAKE OP ftfti VER COULD ASK
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