New Nation, 8 April 1971

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    16 1 NEW NATION SINGAPORE Thursday evening, April 8, 1971 No. 69 Price 15 cents I NEW NATION
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    Off to a good start...
    229 1 DRY WEATHER GREETS 1971 GP Bright and dry weather greeted the opening day of the 1971 Singapore Grand Prix at the Sembawang Circuit this morning. The fine conditions looked a great start to yet another exciting weekend of top class motor-racing as the organising committee
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  • Article
    125 miles with no pilot
    50 1 LATE NEWS Bonn, Thursday.—A West German Air Force Fiat Q9l Jet crashed in Austria after flying about 125 miles without a pilot. The pilot baled out near Munich after being involved in a collision with another G9l while trying to land at an air base.
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    OUR ROADS
    18 1 Polite reported a total of 83 accidents yesterday. Four of them were serious and two fatal.
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    Lock icon 100,000 PULLOUT
    564 1 Nixon: American involvement is coming to an end Reuter Washington, Thursday President Nixon last night announced a new pullback of 100,000 American troops from Vietnam by December 1 but rejected proposals that he set a terminal date for US involvement in the war. Mr. Nixon said In a
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    Lock icon Situation calm in Ceylon
    259 1 Reuter Colombo, Thursday Ceylonese air force planes and armoured columns smashed bands of armed insurgents as the country fought to overcome a nationwide terrorist emergency. Major-General Sepala Attygalle, the Army Commander, said he felt the back of the Insurgent movement was now completely broken, and the
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    Thieves take inspector's gun
    195 1 Police are hunting for two men who got away with a Police Inspector's service revolver after holding him up at knifepoint in his house at Upper Paya Lebar Road yesterday. The revolver, .38 Webley and Scott, was loaded with five rounds of ammunition and kept in
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    US confirms invitation
    280 1 Washington, Thursday The state department welcomed Peking's invitation for an American table tennis team to visit China and said the United States would welcome a return visit by Chinese athletes. State Department spokesman Mr. Charles Bray confirmed that the US team, had received an invitation to play
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    ON THE 'CHANGE
    158 1 Dull conditions prevailed on the Stock Exchange this morning. Blue chips and better class shares were barely steady. Malayan Containers was unchanged at $2.68; Tractors Malaysia was traded at $2.27; Dunlop industries gained two cents to $3.58; Boustead put on one cent to $2.16; National Iron lost
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      61 1 317 i PRIX! '•V.-.V If S4 V C <3» OCT Old Grand-Dad has been a big hit since he was back in town. Bottle after bottle has been swept up Old Grand -Dad Bourbon Whisky is back to stay and theres enough to go around...at your usual favourite store HOCK
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  • Article
    HDB not to reduce shop rents
    222 2 The' Housing and Development Board will not reduce Its rents for shops and hawker stalls which were built recently in the various housing estates. Shop-keepers and hawkers complained that the rents were too expensive and that they were running their business with very low
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    More time at work
    60 2 Jakarta, Thursday. Finance Ministry employees who were recently given an allowance equal to nine months' salary for handling public funds, are, now to work an extra two and a half hours each day. The Finance Minister, Professor All Wardhana, announced yesterday that the new working hours
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    Italy's Marine Minister dies
    58 2 Rome, Thursday.—ltaly's Merchant Marine Minister, Mr. Sal va tore Mannironi, died of a heart attack at his home In Nuoro, Sardlna, yesterday. Mr. Mannironi, 69, was a veteran member of the ruling Christian Democratic Party. He served as an under-secretary in nine Cabinets before being named
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    Getting ready for tough trip
    213 2 Students to climb Malaysia's peak Five 17-year-old students from the National junior College, among them three ASEAN scholars from Malaysia, will leave tonight to climb Gunong Tahan Pahang 7,174 feet Malaysia's highest mountain. Accompanied by five school teachers all of them instructors from the youth
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    Motorists' death trap along Holland Road
    213 2 The stretch of Holland Road in front of Tyersall Avenue is a "death trap" for motorists. This part of the road has seen more accidents than all the other accidents put together along the entire stretch of Holland Road. The scarred trees lining the
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    Satellite launched
    85 2 Moscow, Thursday.—Russia yesterday announced the launching of its fifth cosmos satellite in 12 days in a series which might possibly herald an important new space shot. A succession of cosmos launchings has in the past often preceded a manned shot, but there was no way of telling whether
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    Car rental agencies hit
    593 2  -  Pirate operators cashing in By Wee Beng Huat Business for the 20 registered car rental agencies the SZ cars is being severely hit by the increasing number of pirate car rental services. The pirate operators are charging 20 'per cent less than the registered ones. These
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    Let's all thrash it out coolly, he says
    418 2 Student's call to solve varsity problems A member of the University of Singapore Students' Union has called upon the university authorities and the government to make a dispassionate attempt "to thrash out the university's manifold problems and implement changes where necessary." The
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    Animal house for Nanyang
    247 2 A new animal house costing $lO,OOO will be constructed for research purposes at Nanyang University. Staff of the university's Biology Departmelt said yesterday: "At present we are using the- old animal house which is inadequate for the type of research we wish to pursue. "All staff
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  • Article
    Messenger
    42 2 Cairo, Thursday. Jordan's new ambassador to Cairo, Major-general All Hlyyari, arrived yesterday with a message from King Huaseln to President Anwar Sadat. Officials said the message dealt with the current Jordan situation and King Hussein's call for an Arab summit conference.
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    Library group elects officials
    123 2 Mr. Lim Hong Too was elected president of the Library Association at its recent general meeting. The other officials are: Mr. Koh Thong Ngee (vicepresident), Miss Ho Kee Lien (secretary), Mr. Ng Cheng Onn (treasurer). The council members: Mr. Chan Thye Seng, Mr. Ng Soo Kwee,
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    Sabotage charge
    90 2 Beirut, Thursday. The official Iraqi news agency said yesterday Israeli agents In Bangkok "launched a sabotage operation which was aimed against the lives of the Iraqi soccer team playing in the Asian tournament there. It said the agents attacked the Arab plane which was carrying the team shortly
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    'Unwise' to operate
    38 2 Auckland, Thursday Lien Wai Peng, the 24-year-old Malaysian girl who came to New Zealand last week for a cornea operation, has been told by an Auckland eye surgeon that he considered it unwise to operate.
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    Artist puts finishing touches...
    109 2 fc* lL °ZT VS*. 01 an Indonesian artist from Jakarta at the National Library from Jtfly M to It. Inchc Zalni is in Singapore preparing for this exhibition, which is sponsored by the too.* him over a year to prepare for this exhibition and he b
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  • Page 2 Miscellaneous
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      90 2 Weather Temperatures In capitals yesterday: Kuala Lumpur Taipeh Jakarta Hong Kong Tokyo Seoul 1m a Naha Paris Moscow New York San Francisco Sydney Melbourne Canberra Perth world Singapore Weather forecast from 1 p.m. to 6 p.m. isolated showers late afternoon. The weather for the 24 hours to 8 a.m. today:
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  • Article
    Bars to be hit by British pullout
    247 3 The fate of a row of bars lined up in front of the British Naval Base in Sembawang will be decided at the end of the year when the full effects of the British withdrawal are felt. Most of the owners said they
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    Minister to open art show
    136 3 Mr. Jek Yeun Thong, Minister for Culture, will open an art exhibition at the Chinese Chamber of Commerce exhibitions hall today at 5.30 p.m. On display at the exhibition, which ends on Sunday, will be paintings by two local artists Messrs Hua Chal Yong and
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    Final phase is underway
    267 3 WORK ON SENTOSA EARTH STATION AHEAD OF TIME The final phase in the construction of the $lO million satellite earth station on Pulau Sentosa is now underway and the whole project is expected to be completed by the end of June two months ahead of schedule.
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    Rithauddin to call on Gob
    64 3 The Malaysian Deputy Minister of Defence, Tunku Ahmad Rithauddin, will call on the Defence Minister, Dr. Goh Keng Swee, this afternoon. The Malaysian High Commission and Mindef declined to disclose what they would discuss at the meet« ing. Dr. Goh is due to leave for
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    KL seeks bank aid
    210 3 Kuala Lumpur, Thursday The Malaysia government is to apply to the Asian Development Bank, for loans to help finance projects expected to cost more than $2OO million under the Second Malaysia Plan. The Deputy Finance Minister Inche All Haji Ahmad said yesterday he would discuss the
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    Johore to lead the pollution battle
    110 3 Johore will be the first Malaysian state to impose fines ranging from $25 to $5OO for polluting rivers and other waterways. Under an amendment to the Town Board Enactment, all forms of pollution of the public environment such as depositing waste building materials or
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    Three hurt in road crashes
    66 3 Lim Klan Moo, 24, was admitted to the Thomson Hospital today after his car went off the road outside Nee Soon Village. Four hours earlier at 2-30 a.m. Lance Corporal Robert Patterson, 22, and Private Jennifer Dixon, 20, were injured when their car skidded and
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    Co-existence in rubber a possibility
    315 3 Kuala Lumpur, Thursday. Synthetic rubber producers agreed yesterday that there could be peaceful co-existence between their product and natural rubber at least for the mentThey are presently deterred from investing in synthetic replacements for natural rubber because of the prevailing low price for natural rubber.
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    Thai pipe plan to cut Japan's oil supply costs
    371 3  -  Tanker traffic may be diverted By Anil Bhatia Thailand's National Energy Authority has sanctioned a Japanese feasibility survey for an oil pipeline across the Kra istyunus. Such a pipeline could divert tanker traffic from Singapore. The Thai government Is reported to
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    Islands seen as answer to 'shrinking' coast
    322 3 Singapore must turn to its 62 off-shore islands to provide more aquatic recreational facilities for the people because of the "shrinking coastline." Security, economic and Industrial reasons have left a meagre 24 miles out of a total of 66 mUes of coast for
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    Wheat sale
    24 3 Ottawa, Thursday. —The Canadian government has made Its first direct sale of wheat to North Korea—3.7 million bushels, worth about $2l million.
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    Cigarette ad ban leads to sackings
    199 3 The effects of government's ban on cigarette advertising is already being felt by at least one advertising agency. The Firm Benson S. H. (Pte) Ltd.—has retrenched 10 of its staff, including two directors, to reduce operations cost. Mr. D. J. Sheperd, the managing director
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    Tengku will take up new post on April 18
    284 3 Penang, Thursday Tengku Abdul Rahman will leave Penang on April 18 to head the new Islamic Secretariat in Jeddah. But he expects to be back at the end of July for the Merdeka soccer tournament. The Tengku said his appointment, which
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      104 3 At the cinema Odeon: Waterloo 2.30, 6 and 9 p.m. Cathay: Darling Lill—--2.30, 6 and 9 p.m. Orchard: Ryan's Daughter—l2.4s, 4.15 and 8.15 p.m. Odeon-Katong: The Invincible Eight (Mand.) —1, 3.30, 7 and 9.15 p.m. Lido: Irma La Douce 2.30, 6.30 and 9.15 p.m. Capitol: The Battle Giants—l.4s, 4, 6.30
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  • THE WORLD
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      Lock icon Big jump in tourism for EATA member countries
      149 4 New Nation Foreign Service Hong Kong, Thursday All seven member countries of the East Asia Travel Association (EATA) registered big increases in tourism last year, EATA SecretaryGeneral Yuji Izumi said yesterday. He told the annual meeting of EATA the Increases were "naturally"
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      Lock icon More Reds want right to own line
      250 4 United Press International Moscow, Thursday Leaders of the Japanese, Chilean and Belg i a n delegations made a fresh wave of support for Independent Communist system at yesterday's session of the 24th Soviet communist party congress. They brought to seven the number of
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      Lock icon 'Papa doc' Duvalier near death
      130 4 United Press International Washington, Thursday Francois "papa doc" Duvalier, President for life of Haiti, is near ceath after his second stroke since last November, according to reports here. State Department officials acknowledge that Dr. Duvalier had suffered physical setbacks in recent months, but they stressed
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      Lock icon Battle rages for key base
      398 4 Saigon troops come under heavy pressure as Red offensive continues Reuter Saigon, Thursday North Vietnamese forces pressed their week-old offensive in the Western Central Highlands, attacking South Vietnamese troops in two major clashes. Near Firebase Six, a besieged artillery outpost 50 miles northwest of Plelku,
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      Lock icon 5 Thais killed in battle for base
      190 4 Reuter Bangkok, Thursday Five Thai Army troops were killed, several wounded and eight others were missing in a fierce battle for a jungle base belonging to Communist trained M e o tribesmen, informed sources said yesterday. The sources said the government forces clashed
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      Lock icon Suharto pledges free polling
      253 4 New Nation Foreign Service Jakarta, Thursday President Suharto yesterday assured the leaders of political parties that there will be no military interference in the July 3 general elections. A Presidential spokesman said he told them the only troops to be allowed near the*polling booths will be
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      Lock icon Congress probe into FBI suggested
      155 4 United Press International Washington, Thursday The deputy US Attor-ney-General, Mr. Richard Kleindienst, suggested yesterday that Congress investigate the FBI to clear the air of charges that it was spying on them. Mr. Kleindienst said that a handful of congressmen had been investigated by the Federal
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      Lock icon Day of quakes in 3 countries
      237 4 United Press International Manila, Thursday A strong earthquake struck south of the Philippines yesterday afternoon, a year to the day after a killer quake rocked this country. Weather bureau specialist, Wellington mnnafl said yesterday's quake occurred at 1:03 pjn. (0503 gmt). It was centered
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      Lock icon Police, students clash in Seoul
      246 5 Reuter Seoul, Thursday Police and student demonstrators fought with tear-gas and stones in the streets of Seoul in the second successive day of student protest against a compulsory military training programme in colleges. Police sources said 21 policemen and 20 students were injured in the
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      Lock icon Uproar after ex-Gestapo official acquitted
      199 5 Reuter Bonn, Thursday An uproar broke out in the public gallery of a courtroom in West Berlin yesterday when a former high-ranking official of Nazi Germany's Gestapo (Secret Police) was acquitted on charges of abetting the murder of Jews. Dr. Kurt Venter, 59, deputy head
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      Lock icon Peking charge is denied by India
      509 5 We are not interfering in Pakistan' United Press International New Delhi, Thursday India yesterday rejected as totally unwarranted Communist China's charge that it was interfering with Pakistan's internal affairs. The Chinese Note, delivered on Tuesday by Chinese Charge D' Affaires Chen Chao-Uan, accused India
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      Lock icon Indian army accused of border buildup
      265 5 Reuter Rawalpindi, Thursday Pakistan claimed last night that Indian armed forces were preparing for possible operations in East Pakistan. "The patriotic people of East Pakistan are actively supporting and assisting the national army in these operations." Listing the movement of Indian forces, the agency
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      Lock icon Suez reply expected
      421 5 US puts pressure on Israel Reuter London, Thursday The United States, which has asked Israel to supply speedily its terms for a re-opening the Suez Canal, expects a reply before the end of the month. Diplomats in London said yesterday that Israel was cool to the idea.
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      Lock icon More want to see smoking banned
      278 5 United Press International New York, Thursday A rapidly Increasing proportion of the United States population favours an absolute prohibition on the sale of cigarettes, the chief statistical crusader against smoking said yesterdayBetween 1966 and 1970 the proportion jumped a spectacular 15 per cent from
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      Lock icon HK is not that crowded after all...
      147 5 Reuter Hong Kong, Thursday Tiny Hong Kong Is not as crowded as people thought, according to the results of a recent census. Preliminary figures Issued yesterday put Hong Kong's population at 3,950,802 on the day of the census last month, whereas It had
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      Death leap from tower
      96 5 Paris, Thursday—An 18-year-old French youth jumped to his death from the Eiffel Tower on Tuesday night—the second such death in less than a fortnight after a long halt on suicides at the famous Paris landmark. The flow of suicides stopped when authorities began enclosing the stairs
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      Lock icon Calley row grows
      391 5 Nixon's move queried by Congressmen New Nation Foreran Service Washington, Thursday President Nixon's intervention in the case of Lieutenant William Calley became a political issue yesterday, with four Democratic Presidential hopefuls strongly questioning the White House move. The outburst of criticism from the President's opponents In Congress
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      Lock icon Oil slick threat to coast
      104 5 Reuter London, Thursday A 40-mile long oil slick was last night posing a massive pollution threat to the beaches along both sides of the English Channel. A flotilla of fishing boats and two British navy ships were out all day In an attempt to break
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      Lock icon Ching Ming festival is fast losing its ancient charm in Taiwan
      373 6 United Press International Taipeh, Thursday Nationalist China's sons and daughters dutifully paid tribute to their forebears in the Ching Ming (Clear and Bright) Festival. But ancestor worship, mainstay of Chinese religious life for more than 50 centuries, has lost
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      Lock icon The brains behind US power struggle
      319 6 Washington Post Washiijgton, Thursday If the weekend flights into Washington now seem to resemble faculty club tours, it is because the professors are again edging toward the corridors of power as next year's Presidential campaign .hovers into sight. Every potential Democratic candidate has his
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      Lock icon $1000m. buy
      404 6 Germany's air defences to get big boost Los Angeles Times Bonn, Thursday West Germany will buy several hundred McDonnell Douglas Phantom jet aircraft to fill the gap in its air defences in the late 70s, the Defence Ministry here has announced. The order is worth over US$l,OOO million
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      Lock icon 'Study Asia' call in Australia
      197 6 New Nation Foreign Service Canberra, Thursday Australia's Commonwealth and State education ministers are to study recommendations for greater emphasis on Asia in schools. An advisory committee has said Australia should seek to play an Independent role In Asia. Better education on Asian politics, history and
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      Taiwan's Youth Day
      52 6 President Chiang Kai-shek of Taiwan leads all ranking government officials to pay respects to the nation's war dead at the Yuanshan Martyrs' Shrine in suburban Taipei. The 83-year-old president visits the shrine on Youth Day, which commemorates the death of 72 revolutionaries in an abortive 1911 revolt
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      Lock icon It's free training for foreign guerrillas
      677 6 North Koreans pay all the expenses United Press International Seoul, Thursday The North Koreans spend a lot of money each year to train foreign guerrillas recruited through the so-called friendship associations in Afro-Asian and Latin American countries. A South Korean authority on Communist afflalrs,
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      83 6 The International Airline of New Zealand brings international champions to Singapore Air New Zealand's racing team, Ken Smith, > the National Formula B champion driver, and Graeme Lawrence, current title holder and two-time winner of the Singapore Grand Prix, have come direct by Air New Zealand to compete in the
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  • COMMENT
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      Okinawa hitch
      713 7  -  Propaganda transmitters complicate issue From John Anderson Five Voice of America transmitters are becoming an unexpectedly sharp issue in the final negotiations to return control of Okinawa from the United States to Japan. At the same time, the Okinawa agreement is getting deeply entangled in the Tokyo-Washington dispute
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      Fat cat doctor admirer of Mao
      660 7  -  Theories on bombs and Chinese self-respect From Pang Cheng Lian All sorts of theories are being floated about the current spate of fake bombs planted in various parts of Hong Kong and Kowloon, but the most original must be that of Dr. Wu Ta
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      In no man's land
      1085 7  -  S.M. ALI talks to a Saigon inteUectual about Vietnam's liberal dilemma S.M. ALI "My country is a vast Jail." The South Vietnamese who can make such a bold statement to a visiting journalist is no ordinary Individ- ual. Ton That Thien would be regarded as an
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    A step nearer that big Singapore aim
    327 8 Singapore's dream of becoming the largest shipbuilding and shiprepairing centre between Suez and Japan is brought measurably closer to realisation by the disclosure of Mitsubishi's plans to invest here. It has always been on the cards that Singapore would fill this role; as
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    Mr. Whang can't have the cake and eat it in free enterprise
    661 8  -  JACKIE SAM There was a time when a capitalist found it embarrassing to be labelled publicly as one. It stood for all that was wrong with Singapore society, low wages, atrocious working conditions, mounting unemployment. It was a
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  • Letters
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      Criticising blindly...
      161 8 I refer to the letter written by one Mr. Vetrivelu, in your paper on April Fools day. The contents of the letter showed Annoyance over some mysterious motives—- —not mainly Tamil education—that's the impression I got when I read the letter. Blind criticism seems to be the order
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      No holocaust in Pakistan
      291 8  -  M.S. ISLAM Trade Commissioner Singapore Your editorial, "The Holocaust in East Pakistan must be ended,'' in your issue of Tuesday, April 6 is totally misguided and surprisingly shocking. It is based on fabricated, baseless and highly exaggerated reports disseminated mostly by Indian news agencies and other
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      Well done Shirley
      102 8 I have read with absorbing Interest the back page feature by Shirley Manasseh on March 29 appearing under the headline "There is an art in reading the heaven's bright signs" which in my opinion is not staggering to people like me and those who have consulted Professor
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    Lock icon Harun shakes up Malay thinking about those special rights
    859 8  -  By John Hoffman Melbourne Herald For the first time it has been suggested by a powerful member of the Alliance that Malay special rights in education, the public service, and other fields cannot go on for ever in Malaysia. The challenge
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  • The voice of the Press
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      Asahi Shimbun
      137 8 What the other newspapers are saying: Debates In the Diet session recently have produced few concrete results regarding key issues, such as the China and Okinawa questions. Prime Minister Sato's statements on the China issue showed that he is merely clinging to the "status quo", that Is, the
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      Berita Harian
      166 8 The question of students who want to go for higher studies but cannot afford to pay the costs has long been a difficult problem among people of all races in the Republic; but the problem is most- acute among the Malays. The Government, various foundations, the Muslim Religious
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      Tamil Nesan
      138 8 The national vice-presi-dent of the Malaysian Indian Congress and Minister for Labour, Tan Sri Manlckavasagam, said at a recent MIC meeting at Telok Anson that a blue print Is being worked out to Involve the Indian community even more in economic and Industrial activities. Once it was completed,
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    Policy on books is liberal
    2289 9  -  Section 3 of the Undesirable Publications Ordinance empowers the Minister to prohibit the importation, sale or circulation of any publication by gazette notification. Such an order, unless otherwise stated, applies to all past and subsequent issues, all future issues, and translations into any language. Convicting
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  • SHOPPING
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      MUSIC WHILE YOU DRIVE...
      593 10 CAR STEREO All car stereo systems come in a package deal these days, complete with matching speakers that can be mounted on the front and rear doors or the back shelf of your automobile nothing more enlightening when you drive than the soothing sound of music
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      Acne and fear of scars...
      1016 11 How pretty fiaees can be saved in youth The Doctors guide (GOOCM Vhealt hj I had not seen Mei Lee for a few years which is often the case with young ladies from eight-year-old onwards. They are pretty Healthy around this time, so why should
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      Time helps heal all wounds...
      550 11  -  ...including bitter memories of a stillborn baby By Rohani Lee Eighteen months ago we suffered a tragedy. Only those who have faced a similar one will know what we went through. Our daughter, our first baby, was stillborn. I am not proposing to enter into
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      Accent on all things Philippines ...
      496 11  - Accent on all things Philippines Display here will delight both the young and old DOING THE ROUNDS WITH GRACIA TAY-CHEE The accent this week is on the Philippines and things Philippine! The Philippine Trade and Tourism Exhibition at the Victoria Memorial Hall should delight and please both young and old,
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      71 11 ROBINSONS mimm&smJE ww LAST 3 DAYS. HURRY! FINAL REDUCTIONS HAVE NOW BEEN MADE IN ALL DEPARTMENTS Thousands and thousands of items are now being offered well below cost CLOSE TOMORROW (GOOD FRIDAY) 6 Open on Sat. 10th April: t 9*3oa.m. to 6p.m. and Sun.llth April: 9-30a.rn.to sp.m. i Ends on
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      Lock icon US: Another day of heavy trading
      268 12 United Press International New York, Thursday The stock market yesterday posted its third consecutive advance in heaVy trading. Strength stemmed largely from expectations of an encouraging Vietnam message from President Nixon late in the evening. At the final bell, the Dow Jones Industrial average
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      Lock icon UK: Gains dominate, buyers re-emerge
      317 12 United Press International Condon, Thursday Gains dominated the stock market list yesterday when recent selling dried up and buyers reemerged, but the day's best levels were not always fully held. Trading volume was never high and board room statements produced scattered features. Industrial share index
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      Assembly plants
      123 12 Honda Motor Company of Japan plans to open six new assembly plants in Latin America, Africa and South-East Asia. The sole distributors of Honda vehicles, Kah Motors, said that, "Singapore may be by-passed. The most likely countries are Thailand, Hong Kong and Australia." Said Mr. T. T. Tan,
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      240 12 Allied Cham 27* Alcoa 61 Am Brands 49 Am Can 33* Am Motors AT T 50 A A P 24 Anaconda 21* Avon Pd Beth Steel 22 Boeing 21* Caterp Trac 50* Chrysler 30* Coca-Cola 97* Control Data 64* Corn Q1 Wka 244* Dow Chem 89* DuPont
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      New Japan bid to slow down volume of exports
      326 12 WASHINGTON, Thursday —Japan is trying to change its protectionist trade image in the United States by opening markets to U.S. imports and investments, the U.S.-Japan Trade Council said yesterday. "Japan has taken several important steps this month to accelerate its already
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      Daily share analysis
      1125 12 ALL YOU WANT TO KNOW ABOUT THE STOCK EXCHANGE COUNTERS INDUSTRIALS 1 1970-1871 1 wk. 4 wks. Closing Price last Divid. P/E TurnHigh Low ago Stock Buyers Sellers Sale Yield Ratio Over 1.50 2.60 2.70 2.85 Allied Chocolate 2.60 2.66 2.70 4.5N 17.1 1.90 0.84} 1.19 1.28
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      61 12 SIGNS OF U.S. ECONOMIC RECOVERY HELP 1 SUSTAIN DEMAND FOR STOCKS TEPPANYAKI Japanese Style Barbecue 'Over Red Hot Steel Plank hksi ■sarnam GRILLROOM HOTEL EQUATORIAL TEL: ***** (20 LINES) N<- > I. m THE STEPS SHOW BAND 1 Non-stop Soul and Golden hits of the world 1 Top recording •*s§
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      9 12 P AND 0 CHAIRMAN PREDICTS FALL IN PROFITS The
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      312 12 Theatre NiqhtClub We present "THE ZABETHE WILDE SHOW" Exciting Zobethe Wilde, singer with voice and personality that'll send you wild with excitement. See King Kong and Miss Jaguar. Laugh with Larry Cole, the rubber-faced comedian and his pretty partner, Maggie. Showtimes: 10 p.m. fc 11.45 p.m. Music by Fred Ramos
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      Lock icon Chestnut Drive Sec.
      292 13  -  Signs of making the grade CAMERA ON SCHOOLS Words: Jeffrey Low The Chestnut Drive Secondary School in Bukit Timah has got no record-breaking feats to tell. It has no wonderful athlete, no soccer team, no basketball team, or any team at all that has even reached Schools
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      Rosewall falters but wins
      124 14 TENNIS Johannesburg, Thursday. —Top-seeded Ken Rosewall of Australia faltered briefly yesterday before beating Belgian Bernard Mlgnot 6-4, 6-4, 7-5 In the third round of the men's singles at the South African Open tennis championships. Only four matches were completed before rain washed out play for the
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      Orantes falls to Crealey
      116 14 Monte Carlo, Thursday. Sixth seeded Manual Orantes of Spain crashed to defeat against unseeded Australian Dick Crealy in the second round of the men's singles at the Monte Carlo Open tennis tournament yesterday. Playing in a high wind, Orantes went down 4-6, 6-4 6-3, 6-4 against
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      Tennis tie postponed
      63 14 Colombo, Thursday.—The Davis Cup tennis tie between India and Pakistan, which was to have started here today, has been postponed because of the curfew prevailing in Ceylon. An official of the Ceylon Lawn Tennis Association said India and Pakistan will decide on a new venue later for
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      No moves over Rhodesia
      115 14 Munich, Thursday Willie Daume, president of the organising committee for the 1972 summer Olympics in Munich, said yesterday he did not expect moves against Rhodesia's participation in the games. Daume said several African states earlier threatened to boycott the games if Rhodesia was permitted to participate,
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      Cubs edge Cardinals 2-1
      295 14 New York, Thursday Billy Williams slapped a solo homer into the left field bleachers with one out in the 10th inning to give the Chicago Cubs a 2-1 win over the St. Louis Cardinals, highlighting yesterday's major league baseball activity. Cub pitcher Ferguson Jenkins, who allowed
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      Date set for title bout
      72 14 Tokyo, Thursday. The World Boxing Council's flyweight champion, Erbito Salavarria of the Philippines and Susumu Hanagata of Japan, will hold a title bout in Quezon, near Manila, on April 30, Hanagata's manager said yesterday. Hanagata, the second contender in the WBC division, is making his
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      1st round win for Rodriguez
      62 14 Melbourne, Thursday Luis Rodriguez, the worldranking Cuban middleweight, knocked out Australian champion Tony Mundlne in the first round of their non-title bout here last night. Miami-based Rodriquez, 33, floored the 21-year-old Australian with a left. Mundlne staggered up to face a barrage of punches. A
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      Inche Ghazali elected
      85 14 Inche Ghazali Ismail, Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Education, was re-elected President of the Singapore Sepak Takraw Association for the second year running at its annual general meeting. Other officials are: VicePresidents Inche Salim Haji Suleiman, Inche Ismail Haji Safuan; secretary Salleh Ahmad; assistant secretary Rahim
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      Beltoise gets back licence
      51 14 Paris, French motor racing driver, Jean Pierre Beltoise yesterday recove|3d his racing licence, withdrawn by the French Automobile Federation following a fatal accident in the Argentinian Grand Prix. After hearing Beltoise this afternoon, the federation's disciplinary commission decided to return the licence with effect from April
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      UK soccer
      56 14 English Ist Div. Stoke City 1 1 Wolv. Wand. 0 Tott. Hotspur 2 Derby C. 1 English 2nd Div. Cardiff City 1 Bolt. Wand. 0 English 3rd Div. Fulham 2 Rochdale 0 Scottish FA Cup' semi-final replay Celtic 2 Airbrieonians 0 Celtic now meets Rangers In the final
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      New soccer power in VCs
      431 14  -  By Sonny Yap District 4 became the new soccer power in the Vigilante Corps when it snatched its last win in the inter-district league championships yesterday. It beat District 7 by a solitary goal at the flood-lit pitch in Tun Seri Lanang Secondary School to
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      YMCA sports festival at Ipoh
      155 14 The fifth annual InterY.M.C.A. Festival of Sports will be held on Saturday and Sunday at Ipoh. The annual meet Is for all the YMCAs in Malaysia and Singapore. The purpose of the festival is to promote better YMCA relationship through the spirit of sports. The
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      Probable starters at Ipoh
      2369 15 GO RACING SATURDAY CLASS 3 DIV. 4 6F ($7,500 $5,250 TO WINNER) 8291 C TRY TO EQUAL g (Try to Equal) Daniels 4 9.00 ***** TAI PAU a (Haulien) J Donnelly 8 8.13 ***** ENTERTAINMENT VH a (Shaw) Tulloh 7 8.12 ***** COLONY SURF a (TY
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      Follow Teh's string this meeting
      1386 15 Blue Peter's stable round-up Trainer Teh Choon Beng has entered a powerful string of 41 horses for the Perak April Meeting and punters are well advised to follow his team as most of them have recent form. 1 Pick of the horses under his charge
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      $3m. for Pele
      79 15 Sao Paulo, Brazil, Thursday. pele, the Brazilian soccer star, has been offered 9. two-year promotion contract: by a soft drinks firm which would net him US$l mil., according to the Jornal Do Brasil news agency. The agency quoted Bergio Oreflce, vice president of th 6 Santos Club,
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      Unofficial bout
      45 15 Rome, Thursday The bout between European featherweight ch a m plon, Jose Legra of Spain and Marl us Cordler of France, scheduled for April 15 in Barcelona, will not be recognized as a title bout, the European Boxing Union announced here last night.
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      Smart trials by stable pair
      326 15 From Blue Peter in Ipoh Bernadette Bunty and Sandcrwn IV (Miller) did a splendid trial on a good track at Ipoh this morning. The Bougoure trained pair sprinted smartly over 3f in 36 4/5. Sandown IV has made good progress since his debut at Bukit
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      Moore recalled for England
      172 15 London, Thursday England cup captain Bobby Moore was recalled by manager Sir Alf Ramsey yesterday in his squad of 22 players for the Group Three European soccer championship clash with Greece at Wembley's stadium here on April 21. Moore, rated one of the World's finest defenders,
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      433 14 Economy flights to Europe weekly HK/Toiwan 12 days $1350 Bongkok/HK (Macau) 8 days $9OO Taiwan/Seoul/ Jpn/HK/ Bangkok 16/18/21 days $1950/s 2 l° o $2250 9, 10, 11, 12/4/71 Australia 16 days $lB5O. Roundtrlp to HK by sea $570/-. Europe 25 days $2500/- weekly, Chiengmai 8 days $690/- BKK/ Chiengmai (coach/train)
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      92 14 DR. KILDARE A PRIVATE AMBULANCE BEARING OUT-OF-STATE PLATES PRAWS UP TO BLAIR HOSPITAL. I FEEL JUST WONPERFUL. PR. GREENHUT. V I by Ken Bald THIS IS ANN BOWERS. SAY HELLO TO THE DOCTOR. PEAR m ML ate c s 5 > g W\WI I m i \ti\ m im by
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      278 14 NEW NATION CROSSWORD San gMII mmmm iSIII mm HII mmmm m ■ai ACROSS 1 Spicy condiment relished by Italians. 7 Landed property. 12 Captivate. 13 Talking mule of movies. 16 Misfortune: 2 words. 17 Capital of Burma. 18 Brazilian macaw. 19 Gliding on ice. 21 Harem room. 22 Present time.
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      513 15 ••Cat iltif MM liicf NEW NATION MONEYWORDS 'F THURSDAY Cat Mt Hi in witt itktr cmrms. Pirti»t iutrictiiis ippear ktlnr. Hue (Mr./Mrs./Miu). Kill! CLUES 1«>1 LETTERS ACROSS Cut lit* lltttl hits < CLUES FOR F-4 i 1. A careful person might 4. Of greater height, put it aside to use
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      How to deal with that office back-stabber...
      935 16 So you're reading this at lunch, and at the moment you feel quite fit, though that second bowl of fried rice and the cold beer weren't quite a good idea after all they're beginning to make you drowsy. But stop, think, worry. What
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      Lock icon Pedal pushing keeps her in shape
      50 16 Brenda Drew is in good shape and she keeps that way by peddling a bicycle in her spare time. Brenda, 18, is a hotel receptionist and she has aims to travel around the world some time but not by bike. Picture by Jerry Seh
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      Keep on yawning and it will help you live longer...
      288 16 A few days ago, six patients were wheeled into a special ward in a Californian hospital. Minutes later in stepped the doctor and, almost as if he was conducting an orchestra, he commanded them to ...yawn. And to keep on
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      TALKING POINT
      68 16 MEI LIN: I see some promoters are talking about reviving professional boxing. Now that's something I'd like to see happen. AH FOOK: It will be a sad day when we see our young men battered around in the ring. Look at the big-time boxers like Ali and Frazier
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      396 16 5 Singapore 6.05 Opening and Dr. Who 6.30 News in Brief 6.35 My Three Sons 7.00 Science Report 7.15 What Others Say (C) 7.40 News (C) 7.50 Our Music Makers 8.05 It's A Man's World 9.00 News (E) 9.10 Opinion in English Community Development and The Role of Community Leaders
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      38 16 SHORT RIBS f. •ILIB E SNIFFY ls! I IlITi i 4* m® «SK s«SS m: «UI 11l iP m Fir* ANDY CAPP I g K PERSONAL^I RECKON IT'S r P*OTECT IS EYK AGAIN9T >THE GLARE Cof'isnose r <irJvij
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      390 16 Trust your lucky star IF IT'S YOUR BIRTHDAY BORN today, you have high ambitions and great determination. With a keen instinct for what is and is not suitable to any given time or place, you possess innate good taste—and monumental good sense. Not one even to consider entering upon an
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