New Nation, 17 April 1971

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    17 1 NEW NATION SINGAPORE Saturday evening, April 17, 1971 No. 77 Price 15 cents SINGAPORE SATURDAY, APRIL 17
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    Trainer set to land a treble at Ipoh
    487 1  -  By Blue Peter Trainer Mansor Matban should land a treble at Ipoh today with Siti Lawa (Race 2), Thunderer (Race 3) and Ace of Diamonds II (Race 7). All three were freely tipped on the course this morning. The going for the
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    OUR ROADS
    13 1 Police reported a total of 47 accidents yesterday. Three were serious.
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    Bribery: 3 policemen under CPIB probe
    154 1 The Corrupt Practices Investigation Bureau is checking three policemen for ajjegedly accepting a bribe from a chap-ji-ki operator. The investigation began recently when the three policemen were arrested sometime early this month by the CPIB after a complaint was made against them. The three
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    New RAAF job
    34 1 LATE NEWS Canberra, Saturday. Group Captain D. Morgan, commanding officer of No. 4 Royal Australian Air Force hospital in Butterworth, Malaysia, has been appointed director-general of medical services for the RAAF.
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    Diplomatic ties
    21 1 Katmandu, Saturday. Nepal and Ethiopia have decided to establish diplomatic relations according to news reports published in Katmandu yesterday.
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    Lock icon Pretty Penny gets precious little loot
    234 1 Reuter London, Saturday Widowed model Penny Brahms, 20, is to fight her millionaire husband's will, in which she was left a shilling and four photographs of herself in the nude. Miss Brahms, whose marriage at the age of 16 lasted only a few months,
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    Lock icon Bengali leader asks for arms
    209 1 New Nation Foreign Service New Delhi, Saturday Maulana Abdul Hamid Khan Bhashani, fiery East Pakistan peasant leader and former political rival of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, has asked Mrs. Indira Gandhi for arms and other forms of assistance for the liberation forces of East Bengal. The
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    Lock icon Razak is happy
    315 1 A 'logical defence pact which suits everybody' New Nation Foreign Service London, Saturday The new Commonwealth defence accord was a "consultative arrangement," the Malaysian Prime Minister Tun Abdul Razak said here. He told a news conference at the end of yesterday's five power meeting that the participants
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    Confusion at law Chapters' renaming
    223 1 There was some confusion at all the nine police stations yesterday when the re-classi-fication of various sections and chapters of the law was implemented. The Penal Code which for years was known as Chapter 119 is now known as 103. And the former Minor Offence,
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    TV for taxis
    26 1 Paris, Saturday. Some taxis here are to be equipped with television sets to help pass the time for passengers stuck in traffic jams.
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    Lock icon Moon man's wife is seeking a divorce
    101 1 United Press International Houston, Saturday The wife of Apollo 14 commander Edgar Mitchell is suing the moonwalking astronaut for divorce. Mrs. Louise Mitchell says in her divorpe petition that she and Mitchell were married on December 21, 1951, and became estranged on April
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    Silent homage
    51 1 Tokyo, Saturday—Emperor Hirohito and Empress Nagako of Japan silently paid their respects to victims of Hiroshima's atom bomb for the first time yesterday in an emotional ceremony. Women wept as the Royal couple stood before the memorial cenotaph where the names of the 1945 atomic bomb victims are
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    Bank chief: Talks satisfactory
    271 1  -  By S. M. Ali, Anil Bhatia The president of the Asian Development Bank, Mr. Takeshi Watanabe is satisfied with the results of the bank's fourth annual meeting which ends here today. Mr. Watanabe told New Nation last night: "Everything has gone to schedule. I am satisfied
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    Sikh seminar is called off
    144 1 The seminar on Sikhism in ContemporarySingapore has been called off. Permission to use the University of Singapore's lecture theatre and a police permit to hold the seminar were withdrawn late yesterday afternoon. The seminar was to have been opened this afternoon. Last minute efforts to
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    Nixon wants to visit China
    76 1 Washington, Saturday—President Nixon said last night he hoped he could visit Communist China "some day," and said it wai. now up to Peking to establish trade relations. He told the American Society of Newspaper Editors that it was premature to consider establishment of diplomatic relations
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  • THE WORLD
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      Lock icon Reluctant Oscar winner starts work on new film
      208 2 Reuter has Angeles, Saturday George C. Scott, reluctant winner of this year's Oscar for best actor, has begun work on a new film in New York and said he did not even bother to watch Thursday night's award ceremony here on TV.
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      Mine attack kills four
      63 2 Rangoon, Saturday Pour soldiers were killed and two others wounded in mine attack on an escort train by rebels near TToungoo, about 150 miles iiorth of here. The Burmese official newspaper Mirror reported yesterday that four railway workers were also wounded in the half-hour clash last
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      Lock icon PNI chief prefers defeat at polls than a civil war in Indonesia
      343 2 Reuter Jakarta, Saturday The big Indonesian Nationalist Party (PNI) said yesterday it would prefer to be defeated in the forthcoming general elections rather than see a civil war break out in the country similar to that of East
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      Yahya gets report on hijack
      98 2 Rawalpindi, Saturday.— The report of a Judicial commission inquiring Into the Jan. 30 hijacking of an Indian domestic airliner was submitted to President Agha Mohammad Yahya Khan yesterday, it was reported. There was no immediate Indication of Its contents. Two Kashmiri youths hijacked the plane
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      Lock icon Pledge to work for stability, peace
      639 2 Full text of communique issued at end of 5-nation defence talks United Press International London, Saturday The following is the text of the communique issued at the end of the five-nation Commonwealth defence talks. POINT 1. Ministers of the governments of Australia, Malaysia, New
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      Lon Nol back to Cambodia
      46 2 The Cambodian Prime Minister, General Lon Nol, has returned to Phnom Penh after two months spent in Hawaii recovering from a stroke that left him temporarily paralysed. The Premier will not resume his duties immediately, but will rest for some weeks.
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      Lock icon South Africa denies it wants UK frigates
      153 2 Reuter Cape Town, Saturday The South African Defence Minister Pieter Botha has denied a London Press report that South Africa has approached Britain with a request to buy six frigates. The report, also denied by the Foreign Office In London, said the request
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      Lock icon Arafat's claim a lie, says Jordan
      134 2 New Nation Foreign Service Amman, Saturday Jordan has accused guerrilla leader Yasser Arafat of lying about conditions in the country and denounced nine Arab States for their criticism of the Jordanian attitude towards the Palestinian commandos. The Jordanian Premier, Wasfl Tel, denied Arafat's claim
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      Lock icon North Koreans fly off to Moscow
      142 2 Reuter Colombo, Saturday The Ceylon Government last night expelled the North Korean Ambassador and his entire embassy staff. The government had no official reason other than that the expulsion was ordered in its own interest. But North Korea has been accused of complicity in
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      Lock icon China won't enter UN this year
      422 2 U Thant's prediction as he renews summit call New Nation Foreign Service New York, Saturday The United Nations Secretary -Gen e r a 1 U Thant does not expect China to enter the UN before 1972, despite Peking's improved relations with the West. He
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      Lock icon ECAFE's new deal for Asia's poor
      249 2 United Press International Manila, Saturday Social justice for the poor of Asia will be a main theme of the April 20 30 annual meeting in Manila of the United Nations Economic Commission for Asia and the Far East (ECAFE). The U.N. information centre said
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      Lock icon Filipino major freed on murder charge
      205 2 Reuter Manila, Saturday Army Major Eduardo Martelino, project officer of an army force called "Jabidah" in secret training three years ago, has been acquitted of a charge of murdering 11 trainees, an army spokesman said yesterday. The spokesman told newsmen that Maj. Martelino, also
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      Lock icon Soviet birthrate down
      255 2 Reuter Moscow, Saturday Russians have had fewer children in the East five years, accordlg to census figures published last night. When the census was taken in January last year, only B*s per cent of the population of 241.7 million were aged under five. This compared with 10.1
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    Demand for houses still high
    350 3 Rents, values won't fall, say the experts Housing experts say that the British military pullout will not affect the value of houses or cause a drop in rents. Despite the large number of British families who have already returned home, the number of vacant houses
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    Giving'em a taste of life in industries
    224 3 This year's Youth Week in Commerce and Industry in August will see a greater emphasis placed on "blue collar" Jobs. The Vocational Guidance Steering Committee is making an all out effort to encourage the participation of the Republic's industries during the week-long project.
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    Two will represent Singapore
    92 3 Singapore's Family Flanning and Population Board will send two representatives for the forthcoming conference on Family Planning for Asia in Jakarta. They are Dr. Wan Fook Kee, the executive secretary of the board, and Dr. (Mrs.) Yung Siew Muay, who is atstached to the Maternal and
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    Civil service not master
    381 3 Malaysian society raps 'colonial hangover' Kuala Lumpur, Saturday The Malaysian Society for Public Administration has hit out at civil servants who still have "master" attitude towards the public. An article Leadership Must See and Be Seen—in its off i c ial publication, MASPA, says the attitude
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    Team to study jungle tribes
    402 3 $6OOO more wanted for Sarawak expedition An expedition to study deep jungle tribes in Sarawak plans to leave the Republic on May 28. The expedition will make an anthropological and clinical survey of two tribes of Punans, the only natives of Sarawak who are still
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    President to attend scouts' campfire
    239 3 President Sheares will, spend three hours at the "Adiji Chief Scout" Camp in Lim Chua Kang Roaa today from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. He will meet adult leaders and Scouters under training at the camp before joining in the campfire at 7 p.m. Mr.
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    $14.5 m unauthorised expenses
    285 3 Kuala Lumpur, Saturday Government Ministries and departments spent an unauthorised $14.5 million in 1968, the Au-ditor-General, Inche Mohamed Zain bin Ahmad, said in his latest report released yesterday. This was because those concerned did not maintain proper vote control or reconcile their books with Treasury records,
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    Malaysia Airlines seeks new offices
    147 3 Kuala Lumpur, Saturday Negotiations are now underway to house the offices of Malaysia Airlines Limited the newly fformed national airlines —in the top three floors of the Police Co operative Building here. If they are successful, the whole airline office will move into the building
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    Waniolka dies
    25 3 Warsaw, Saturday. Former Deputy Premier Mr. Franciszek Waniolka, 59, died on Thursday after a long illness, the Polish news agency PAP reported yesterday.
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    Artist back home with Industrial Design honours
    298 3 A talented young artist who left Singapore for Japan 10 years ago to realise his ambition of becoming a graphic designer has returned as an industrial designer instead. He explained that he was advised on arrival in Tokyo to take up industrial designing
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    Memorial lecture
    94 3 The 4th Haridas Memorial Lecture, organised by the Singapore Paediatric Society and the Society cj Private Practice, will be delivered at the Outran* General Hospital in Octo* ber. J The lecture is given an* nually to commemorate thfc death of the father of Pae* diatrics in Singapore, D£
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      24 3 NEW NATION! got a vote of CONFIDENCE from SHARP They placed five ads in one day (April 8,1971) They know NEW NATION gets results
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  • Page 3 Miscellaneous
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      88 3 Weather Temperatures in capital yesterday: Hong Kong Jakarta Tokyo Seoul Bangkok Manila Kuala Lumpur Taipeh Naha London Paris Moscow San Francisco New York Sydney Melbourne Perth Singapore Singapore's weather forecast lrom 1 p.m. to 6 p.m.— fair. The weather for the 24 hours to 8 a.m. today— Max. temp.—9l.s. Min.
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      96 3 At the cinema Lido: Irma La Douce 2.30, 6.30, 9.15 p.m. Capitol: When Dinosaurs Ruled The Earth 1.45, 4, 6.30, 9.30 p.m. Rex: The Lady Hermit (Mandarin) 1.45, 4, 6.30, 9.30 p.m. Sky: The Lady Hermit (Mandarin) 1.45, 4, 6.30, 9.15 p.m. Roxy: The Lady Hermit (Mandarin) —1.45, 4.15, 7,
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    Down with acute hypochondria for eight days
    866 4  -  -H- A Siva Choy My first letter home was written in bed. I was shivering convulsively, my fingers were numb, my eyes hot and watery, and the radiator always seemed either too far away or too close. I expected things to get better
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    Day my shoe gave way and I got Singapore foot...
    343 4 As soon as I was up and about, I got hold of a street directory and began to move around London, seeing to the various items of business I had set out to conclude earlier. I got used to distances,
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    Lock icon The pretty defenders
    473 4  -  They fight hard for the privilege of tasting tough jungle training mrnm ON SINGAPORE WORDS Herbert Teo Meet Singapore's new breed of girls. Girls who have shed their skirts for pants and are ready to take up arms in defence of the nation. The girls in jungle
    PICTURES Ali Yusoff  -  473 words
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      175 5 A New Experience.... 6 DC B's a week to Djakarta Thai International now offer a big-jet service from Singapore to Djakarta. But not just run-of-the-mill DC B's. We've taken some of the seats out to give everyone a few more vital inches of legroom. And every flight has seven hostesses
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    An Indonesian exercise in democracy
    416 6 If anyone ever saw the forthcoming Indonesian elections as an exercise in a return to democracy, it cannot have been President Suharto's fault. But the trend of the President's election cam- paign would suggest that some lingering hopes in this direction did persist. They would
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    Nantah gag on its staff will not stop grouses leaking to the Press
    602 6  -  By Patrick de Souza The Nanyang University Council has recently advised its staff to talk to newsmen, to reliable ♦^sources. This would seem like :Irear-guard action after recent Puccetti:<Toh controversy which the University ~2of Singapore campus. The
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    The rental revolution—or anything for a price...
    723 6  - The rental revolution —or anything for a price... INTERLOGUE COMPILED BY AL SHAHAB The rental revolution is characteristic of societies rocketing towards super-industrial-ism. Rentalism is a move away from lives based on having and it reflects the increase in doing and being. And William James once wrote: "...lives based on
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  • Letters
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      Censorship: Make it quick
      291 6  -  C. J. A. DALLY I read with interest Jackie »v,cri"~tion of the way "Tiny Alice" came to oe canned. I was personally very involved in the production, and this is the first time that I have seen any explanation of this decision. That a censorship decision
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      Ban demands an answer
      475 6  -  CHAN HENG WING I read with obvious interest Mr. Jackie Sam's article on censorship of plays, especially the section on "Tiny Alice." I would like to add a few comments to Mr. Sam's enlightening piece of information. "Tiny Alice" was banned by the police because it
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  • The voice of the Press
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      Nanyang Siang Pau
      126 6 'What the other newspapers are saying: There was initial confusion, as expected, in the first "transport revolution" in Singapore's history. The confusion is still pretty bad. But the experiment is worth the price, for the confusion is decreasing daily and improvements are seen here and there. We
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      Japan Times
      144 6 The idea apparently persists in the Communist Chinese mind that the people and government are two entirely different and separate entities. This may be true in a totalitarian state. But in a democracy, it is the people who freely elect the governmental leaders, and in that sense they
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      Berita Harian
      88 6 Bus guides have so far proved to be of little help to the travelling public who are supposed to get the full benefit of the new bus route system aimed at streamlining the bus services in the Republic. Many bus commuters have not had the chance to study
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      Tamil Malar
      85 6 The danger of the Pakistani civil war escalating into major triangular tension involving Pakistan. India and China, has increased. Pakistan has been accusing India of interfering in her affairs, and with the clashes between the Pakistan army and the Indian security forces, the situation has reached a new
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  • SATURDAY REVIEW
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      Lock icon The dying death houses...
      1429 7  -  Time running out on the superstitious old folk as modernisation catches up with Sago Lane's 'horror wards' |By CHAS GERRETSEN Copyright 1971: New Nation and Chas Gerretsen I Horns blared their impatience at the slow pedestrians. A trishaw rider, using terror tactics, rang his bell and
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      PAP studied in depth
      527 8 Welcome and refreshing perspective ofi local politics SINGAPORE'S PEOPLE'S ACTION PARTY: Its History, Organization and Leadership, by Pang Cheng Lian. Oxford University Press, 87 pages, $lO.OO. WU CHIEN-TSE. First written as an M.A. thesis for the University of Singapore, Miss Pang's book is a competent study
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      Dominant party
      632 8 Growth of a mass-based organisation THE PEOPLE'S ACTION PARTY OF SINGAPORE: Emergence of a dominant party system, by Thomas J. Bellows. Monograph Series No. 14, Yale University South-East Asia Studies, 195 pages, $19.22. WU CHIEN-TSE. This book complements Miss Pang's. It is an incisive analysis of the development
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      Changi Epigrams
      82 8  -  by Robert Yeo Cheng Chuan Three water babies in the sea dipping dipping three sticks of ice cream, into the sea. Chatting and laughing between sucks and dips mixing mixing Wall's ice-cream with salty seasoning. Are they discussing ecology? Put another EP on music music by the sea;
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    • Article
      Mozart melodrama
      607 8 Ingenious, morbid— and probably wrong THE ASSASSINATION OF MOZART, by David Weiss, Hodder Stoughton, A 54.55. CHERRY GRIMM. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, a man of prodigious musical genius, died in Vienna in December 1791, aged 35. His death was hastened by overwork, emotional stress, financial worry, professional jealousy, improper
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      Nehru's border blunder
      1190 9 Overwhelming evidence of how India led the world up the garden path INDIA'S CHINA WAR, by Neville Maxwell. Jonathan Cape, Asl3. ROHAN RIVETT. It's sometimes unpleasant to find you've been led up the garden path. It's downright shaming when it's in your own field of study, work
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      Mister Bigfoot
      461 9 Abominable snowman a possible missing link THE YETI, by Odette Tchernine. Spearman, A 54.90. JAMES WICKENDEN. The blunt, bear-like, footprint is undoubtably in the snow as long as the head of an iceaxe. What else can it be but evidence of the "abominable snowman"? The legend and the
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      Modern Love Stories
      277 9  -  by Sng Boh Khim it was horrible to see the men bare to the waist, coming up from the holes twenty-, thirty-foot graves they had dug not lying on their backs but with power drills, and spade ends fixed to drills, how all their lives they must
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      Over-romantic
      753 9 Malaya through a French planter's eyes THE SOUL OF MALAYA by Henri Fauconnier, translated by Eric Sutton, Oxford University Press, Kuala Lumpur, 1965; $1250 MAHBUBANI KISHORE. The Soul of Malaya, claim the publishers, is unbeatable as a true, intense and perceptive description of the Malayan scene. That, presumably explains
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      Petition to the world
      1191 10 Fearsome vision ofi My Lai walking down Main Street THE CHOICE: THE ISSUE OF BLACK SURVIVAL IN AMERICA, by Samuel F. Yette. Putnomw, 318 pages, U556.95 ROBERT C. MAYNARD. The gruesome word "genocide," meaning the systematic destruction of an ethnic group, has long contained a special
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      Discover Australia
      371 10 Vivid picture of southern continent eovers 200 years THE DISCOVERY OF AUSTRALIA, by Rex and Thea Rienits. Hamlyn, 155 pages, 30 pages. DINAH TAN. This interesting and educational book gives an account of the history of Australia from the days of the aborigines right up to the present.
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      The occult
      626 10 For those who do not believe THE CASE FOR ASTROLOGY, by John Anthony West and Jan Gerhard. Toonder, Macdanald, A 5925. OWEN WEBSTER. TWO and two make four, said Dostoyevsky. "It's a wall." Beyond the wall lies the esoteric teaching—exactly as old as time where one and one
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      20th century prints with a snob value
      449 11  -  A SPECIAL TREAT FOR ART LOVERS f ART ONG CHOO SUAT The exhibition of 20th century western prints at the Seah Gallery in Tanglin Road this weekend is an unusual treat for Singapore art lovers. The 24 prints on display include the lithographs
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      A stimulating India tour
      388 11 'IT'S A TREASURE HOUSE...' Singapore artist Thomas Yeo, who has recently returned from a 15-day tour of India, is convinced the subcontinent is a treasure house of art. "There are museums in every big city," he said, "and it has been stimulating visiting museums, schools. and
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      Everyone seems to be so happy in Woodstock
      605 11  -  FILM FAILS TO HIGHLIGHT POINTS-LIKE PRIDE CINEMA EDGAR KOH WOODSTOCK: Three Days of Peace, Love and Music (Lido, Johore Bahru). Condensed commercially into 2£ hours, the film version of the mammoth 1969 rock happening consists 01 tired -eyed kids peering over the
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      Special seats for the under-14s at Vic
      581 11  -  BUT IT'S ONLY FOR FIRST SHOW OF 'GONDOLIERS' THEATRE MERRY ANDREW Children of 14 and under will be admitted to any seat in the house at the, first performance of The Gondoliers when it transfers to the Victoria Theatre from the Sultan Cinema,
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      The Lasker method to victory
      838 12  -  WIN BY PSYCHOLOGY CHESS ANDREW EE It is distressing how one keeps making the same, mistakes over and over again, for example, being too impulsive or hasty and thus committing some oversight, relaxing one's vigilance and becoming overconfident, being too eager to win material and
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      A stamp worth $73,000
      739 12 ONLY.FOUR MINT COPIES IN EXISTENCE STAMPS PHILATELIST The rarest Straits Settlements stamp is a $5OO/- denomination issued during the reign of King Edward VII in May 1910. Only four mint copies are acknowledged to be in existence, one of which is in Queen Elizabeth ITs collection.
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      Smaller pows now for much bigger money...
      924 12  -  QUALITY REMAINS THE SAME WHILE SELECTION IS GREATER JFOOD/DRINK LI PO It seems so many years ago that I would see either very late on Saturday night or towards Sunday dawn a solitary flickering light wavering slowly up the Bukit Timah Road. Pulling
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      Play it cool to win
      441 12  -  NO ERRORS BRIDGE E.P.C. COTTER The Sixth Guardian Easter Bridge Tournament was held from April 9 to April 12. Judgment at the higher levels of competitive bidding means the difference between winning and losing. No one can make the right decision every time, but cool
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      239 8 1970 NOBEL PRIZE WINNER The 1970 Nobel Prize for Literature wasawarded 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 till life of Ivan Denisovkh, is now a Penguin book. To be published
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      89 12 \P M Vr 1 IV F K 1 i L^\ I C: Swing along in actiongeared jeans? rnm DEPARTMENT STORE Daily: 9.30 to 6.00 pm Tue/Thu 9.30 to 5.30 pm METROTEX DEPARTMENT STORE Daily: 9.30 to 6.00 pm Wed: 9.30 to 10.00 pm Sun: 10.00 to 5.30 pm %«IPPHt(p LYNN
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      31 12 SOON! FROM HONG KONG TO C* M mr. J\y '%> i l^l r^ s a m o»astAS umow shjiw; cmra COuybi Quay MO*a SHOfhNC ak>« OKHAK)K> _bcon the look-out FOR MORE ANNOUNCEMENTS
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      Daily share analysis
      1139 13 ALL YOU WANT TO KNOW ABOUT THE STOCK EXCHANGE COUNTERS INDUSTRIALS 1970-1971 1 wk. ago 4 wits. Closing Price last Divid. P/E Turnms» liVW ago stock Buyers Seller* Sale Yield Ratio Over 4.50 1.90 2.07 2.55 0.84$ 1.57 2.60 1.15 2.00 2.80 1.22 1.95 Allied Chocolate Ben
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      Cycle and Carriage
      386 13 RARE COUNTER BEING TRADED FOUR TIMES BELOW ITS EARNINGS COMPANY PROFILE It is rare to find, among industrials, a counter which is being traded below four times its earnings but that is exactly how Cycle and Carriage shares are rated by the market at present. Group profits
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      Lock icon US: Market set for correction
      237 13 United Press International New York, Saturday The stock market closed mixed in active trading yesterday. The Dow Jones industrial average showed a gain of 2.04 at 940.21 at the final bell, while declines narrowly topped advances, 720 to 702 on 1,699 issues crossing the tape.
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      Lock icon UK: Markets close on dreary note
      265 13 United Press International London, Saturday Although prices were off the bottom, stock markets ended the account on a rather dreary note yesterday on some depressing news from some of the industry's top names. However, scattered bright spots developed on company statements as well as
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      Sluggish week: Industrials dominate the scene
      425 13 By Our Market Correspondent Trading was sluggish during the week. As usual industrials dominated the scene and accounted for the bulk of the transactions. Leading investment stocks were steady as reflected by the Straits Times Industrial Ordinary Share Index which improve from 146.28 to
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      A 'bull' for Nixon
      155 13 WASHINGTON, Sat—President Nixon, buoyed by an upsurge In the country's output of goods and services, said yesterday that 1971 will be a good year for the U.S. economy "and next year is going to be very good." Mr. Nixon, speaking to a group of Wall Street
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      WALL ST. PRICES
      188 13 Allied Chem 28% Alcoa 63 Am Brands 47 Am Can 34% Am Motors AT St T 51% A P 22% Anaconda 23 Avon Pd Beth Steel 23% Boeing 22% Caterp Trac 52 Chrysler 30% Coca-Cola 98% Control Data 83 Corn G1 Wka 267% Dow Chem 92% DuPont
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      Japan sets record
      108 13 TOKYO, Sat. Japan's exports during the 1970 financial year ended March 31 reached an alltime high of U5520,261 million, which was an Increase of 20.G per cent over U5516,812 million in the preceding year, the Finance Ministry announced yesterday. Imports amounted to US$l9 346 million, an increase
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    Building at a faster tempo for graceful living
    790 13  -  30 MAJOR HOUSING PLANS IN 10 MONTHS property market By Abby Tan The housing boom has left many bewildered, the lower middle-class chagrined, the not too bold amazed, and the adventurous speculators grinning from ear to ear to see their gambles paid
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    Lock icon All-comers meet
    451 14  -  Athletes set for records FOCUS ON SPORT Report: Peter Koh The Farrer Park Athletic Centre is bustling with activity practically every evening. Every athlete seems to be training vigorously for the All-Comers' Meet tomorrow and two other big meets this year. About 30 athletes are training daily under
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      525 14 ?;>(~$$)(+((>="^-&+(+`<<,@(+_%~ ANNOUNCEMENTS BARGAINS AT INTERWEAVE, Ming Court Hotel Arcode, creoseresistent batiks only $5.00 per yard, free one yard Thai cotton with every purchase above 2% yards. Embroidered tablecloth 25% discount.' YOGA CLASSIS for ladies. Enquiries *****3 S'pore. ACCOMMODATION VACANT AVAILABLE IMMEDIATELY furnished $1,350/- luxurious flats, Jalan Sereng. 3 bedrooms (aircon.),
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      559 14 SANYO WASHING MACHINI used only 3 months $220/-. Sunbeam mixmaster meot mincer $lOO/-. Tel: S'pore *****5. YONG CO. Latest Pop/Classical Records pre-recorded Cassettes Tapes/8 Tracks etc. 8 Tracks Car Player, Watches, Cameras, Amplifiers. Call No. 1, The Arcade, Singapore 1. (Tel. *****) (Branch) Yong Record Co. 9, Clifford Pier, Singapore
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      289 14 TRAVEL GUIDE LONDON CHARTER FLIGHTS. Contact: Phoenix (F.E.) Travel Service, 117 Outram Park S'pore *****2 LONDON WEEKLY ECONOMIC FLIGHTS. E.1.T.A., 42-B, Cross Street S'pore *****, *****4. TV/RADIO SALES SERVICES T.V. REPAIR Day/Might, good service guaranteed. *****, Chua Television Electronic Service Co. VEHICLES FOR SALE 1600E CORTINA for sale, insurance due
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      132 14 THE MAGIC OF THE ORIENT UNDER ONE ROOF HOTEL MIRAMAR SINGAPORE A •> 1 A: |M| 1 ,n.t JKi 111 The 16-storey hotel commands a panoramic view of Singapore island the quaint Chinatown district is at your doorstep. Opposite is the Singapore River and its famous Chinese 'tongkangs" anchored along
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      99 14 DR. KILDARE by Ken Bald AriD WHEN PO 1 MEET ANN? ANN? OH...PIPN'T I TELL YOU ON THE PHONE? SHE'S A WAV VISITING MY SISTER BACK IN A WEEK OR v two, Claire 41 is VI J M m. I'M 2 S 0 NOT REALLY. £*PPY SAYS s. HE'S MY
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      329 14 NEW NATION CROSSWORD ACROSS 1 Novelist Dudevant's nom de plume. 5 Cowpuncher's mustang. 9 Prior in origin. 14 Series of important events. 15 Part of the eyeball. 16 Ingenuous. 17 Superior paper. 19 Minute channel. 20 Equip for action. 21 Great cycles of years. 22 Dairy product. 23 East Indian
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    Selections
    287 16 Race 1 SCRUTINEER RINGGIT Kara Kalinga EPSOM JEEP RINGGIT Tinggi Harapan BLUE PETER KARA KALINGA Bean Bridge CALL DOT ALWIN Ringgit MAKUDA RINGGIT Bom Bridge MR. ED KARA KALINGA Beau Bridge SUN KARA KAIJNGA~ Tlnggi Harapan NANYANG BEAU BRIDGE Our Chaioo ■BHD BEAU BRIDGE Alwin SIN CHEW ALWIN Kara
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    Ringgit should put you on to a good start
    849 16 By Scrutineer Ringgit should make a good bet in the opening race of the afternoon at Ipoh today. The Irish eight-year-old la still as fit as ever. Last Saturday he finished third to the useful President's Adviser and Provoolos over sif.
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    IPOH CARD
    1569 16 KTffanani 2 0 CLASS 4 Dlv 6 6F lliVwwM ($6,500 $4,550 to the winner) 1 05 SWIFT GREETINGS (Quek and Chan) J Donnelly 3 9.0 (dd +6) F Nelson 14 2 ***** SUN RAGE s (Foo. Fung and Ho) West 6 8-13 (dd -t- 6) Rahman IS 3
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    Prime Rate to win tomorrow
    598 16  -  By Scrutineer Prime Rate is the best bet at Ipoh tomorrow. I nap him to win the Class Three Division One 9f (Race One). Last Sunday the five-year-old came from last to finish a close second to High Ruler n over Bif. The extra half
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      229 16 WEIDER sm an x mm v v 1 tw SUPER PROTEIN TABtt god suPt"- Mt s 1. YOU NEED PROTEIN every day because it cannot be stored in the body for future use. You must provide your body with enough protein every day or risk "protein starvation". 2. YOU NEED
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      355 16 5 Siigapore > Amuthum Thenum (T —repeat) Disneyland Chinese Talentime 1971 (Encore repeat) News in Brief 3 The Young Rebels 3 News and Newsreel (C) 5 The Bold Ones 3 News (E) 3 Andy Williams Shows 5 Mod Squad 5 What's My Line 5 A Documentary in English 0 Midnight
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      65 16 SHORT RIBS II i M a SNIFFY m* s X-yy■■■:■: w—--o*2 By Frank O'Neal cWI ra I <[> 1 »fll »>- ii V\VT~" by George Fett 1 i an Ir ANDY CAPP I! START TME NEW VEAR RIGHT. I'M GOlN* T' MAKE A REAL EFRDRT, NO MORE ROWS -THINGS ARE
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