New Nation, 23 April 1971

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  • 16 1 NEW NATION SINGAPORE Friday evening, April 23, 1971 No. 82 Price 15 cents I NEW NATION!
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  • 118 1 Trading was light on the stock exchange this morning. Business was centred on a handful of counters In the industrial sector. First and second line issues were steady. On further buying support, Borneo Bhd moved up from $2.11 to $2.14. Veneer Product was transacted 3c higher at
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  • 59 1 LATE NEWS Jakarta, Friday. Indonesian troops have arrested 157 suspected Communists who planned to kill a umber 'Of army officers in North Celebes, army sources said today. They planned to kill all army officers ranging from platoon commandants to the north Celebes provincial military commander before
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  • 115 1 Washington, Friday. More than 100 anti-war veterans were arrested yesterday after they filled che broad front steps of the US Supreme Court and insisted the court should rule on the constitutionality of the Vietnam war. The building was sealed when the group suddenly appeared, streaming
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  • 351 1  -  Ismail: 'Your work has impressed us' By Jackie Sam The Housing and Development Board has offered to send a team of officials to Kuala Lumpur to help in lowcost housing projects th^re. Alternatively, the board is prepared to have a Malaysian team work here
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  • 13 1 Police reported a total of 66 accidents yesterday. Seven were serious.
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  • 194 1  -  By Herbert Teo Malaysia's acting Prime Minister, Tun (Dr.) Ismail, is the first V.I.P. to sign the register at Singapore's latest hotel in Orange Grove Road. Tun Ismail, who is here to study Singapore's public housing and home ownership schemes, checked into the Shangri-La Hotel
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  • 127 1 Reuter New York, Friday A bomb exploded in the offices of the Soviet trade mission yesterday and a second device was later found and disarmed. No one was hurt in the blast which followed an anonymous telephone tipoff to a news agency from a caller claiming to
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  • 450 1 Army-backed party 'poll favourite' Reuter Jakarta, Friday A public opinion survey conducted by the Indonesian Information Ministry shows the military-backed Sekber Golkar is favoured to emerge as the largest single party in the July 3 general election. The ministry said the survey, held In four major provinces
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  • 54 1 In a gay shirt, pipe in mouth, Tun Dr. Ismail strolls through the lobby of the Shangri La hotel this morning, on his way to visit Jurong. The Malaysian acting Prime Minister is the first VIP guest at the hotel, which will be officially opened tonight by
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  • 358 1 Joint tests with sky station New Nation Foreign Service Moscow. Friday The Soviet Union has launched a spaceship with three cosmonauts on board and put it into orbit around the earth. The launching of Soyuz 10 comes four days after Russia put the unmanned Salute
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  • 339 1 Kuala Lumpur, Friday About 50 people were rescued during a predawn fire at the Town House Hotel today. Guests clambered down fire brigade ladders from the upper floors alter the fire broke out about 4.15 a.m. One woman guest fainted after being
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  • 49 1 Manila, Friday King Mahendra of Nepal last night received the Order of Slkatuna, rank of Rajah, from President Ferdinand Marcos. Queen Ratna was presented with the Golden Heart, presidential award, during a formal dinner given by President Marcos to culminate the Nepalese Royalty's two-day visit.
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  • 46 1 Canberra, Friday Two young Bulgarians were Jailed here yesterday for a bomb attack on the Soviet Embassy in Canberra last February. Nikolai Yordanoff Daskaloff, 20, a labourer, and Peter Nikoloff Petrofl, 24, a welder, were each sent to prison for 18 months.
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  • Page 1 Advertisements
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  • Page 1 Miscellaneous
    • 32 1 Toto draw The numDers picked at yesterday's Toto draw No. 31/71 were 21, 27, 8, 45 and 46. The additional number was 17. The three circled numbers were 6. 42 and 4.
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  • 140 2 For the past 10 days, it has been all work, work work for this group of people but they are not being paid a cent for it. They are members of various Christian denominations and their occupations include doctors, clerks and university students.
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  • 220 2 The Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals does not envisage an easy year ahead. In its monthly letter to members and friends, It has called for consistent support from them. The letter Stated- "One cannot do this work without becoming Involved In
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  • 31 2 Stockholm. Friday.— China has accepted a long standing invitation to send a trade delegation to Sweden. The delegation will arrive here later this year, probably in the autumn.
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  • 382 2  -  Congress to look for cultural answers By John Hoffman Melbourne Herald Kuala Lumpur, Friday Lines beginning to appear for the Malaysian government's cultural congress in August show that a major attempt will be made to activate as well as define Malaysian society. The congress will seek
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  • 126 2 Petaling Jay a, Friday The Gerakan Rakyat has set up a Selangor State liaison committee to co-ordinate the activities of the 19 branches of the party in SelanInche Yunus Nawal, assistant registrar of the University of Malaya, was elected chairman at a meeting of
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  • 129 2 Kuala Lumpur, Friday The National Archives will soon acquire copies of the private letters sent to Sir Stamford Raffles by Malay, Javanese and Sumatran rulers. In a statement issued yesterday, the National Archives said the letters were found in Scotland last year and presented to
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  • 296 2 Kuala Lumpur, Friday The setting up of hawker zones is absolutely necessary if the capital is to avoid becoming a scene of daily major traffic jams and serious accidents. This was stated by the Chief Administrative Officer of the Municipality, Inche Mohamed Hussaini bin
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  • 24 2 Bangkok, Friday.—A farmer on Wednesday night shot dead his three young children, seriously wounded his wife and then took his life, police said.
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  • 180 2 Keppel Shipyard has reported an increase in Dutch vessels coming here for repairs during the past few months. It is confident that Improving productivity and modernisation of th 6 yard will help boost business this year. This report was disclosed In the latest issue
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  • 26 2 Auckland, Friday. Princess Alexandra hooked and landed a 4}lb. rainbow trout during a lunch trip yesterday on Lake Taupo in New Zealand's north island.
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  • 578 2 A perfect escape from big city life NEW NATION TOUR Everyones' dream of an unspoiled tropical island, with coconut palms, fine white sand and clear waters lapping over a coral reef, lies in wait just over three hours from Singapore. The beautiful
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  • 296 2 The Ministry of Communications and the Malaysia Singapore Airlines management are investigating allegations that local aircraft maintenance and flight engineers employed by MSA are being treated with discrimination. The allegations were made last week when the Singapore Air Transport Workers Union submitted a 15-page memo to.the Prime Minister,
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  • 257 2 At dawn on Sunday Mirage jets from the RAAF base at Butterworth will streak over 3000 Australian and New Zealand soldiers assembled at the KranJi war Cemetery to mark the opening of the Ariilual Anzac Day cerembnies. The 6 a.m. flypast will
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  • 93 2 The National Library is sponsoring an art exhibition by Mrs. Rose Cherrier, the wife of an American professor, who is teaching here. The exhibition, from May sto 7 will feature about 30 collages made from local materials like gunny sacks and Chinese ceremonial papers. "My
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  • Page 2 Miscellaneous
    • 99 2 Weather Temperatures in world capitals yesterday. Hong Kong 75-70 Taipei 80-62 Jakarta 95-81 Tokyo 62-55 Seoul 73-48 Bangkok 95-74 Manila 95-78 Kuala Lumpur 92-71 Naha 75-63 London 72-50 Paris 75-53 Moscow 48-41 New York 59-46 Sydney 72-58 Melbourne 64-52 Perth 69-59 Singapore Singapore's weather forecast from 1 p.m. to 6
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  • 159 3 Members of the Singapore Armed Forces and the police are undergoing a two-day training course at Selegie Primary School to serve as "guides" in readiness for next Monday's reopening of schools. The guides will help students get the right buses for school. About
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  • 89 3 Dr. Goh Keng Swee, the Minister for Defence, will officially open the Shangri-La Hotel today at 6.50 p.m. by unveiling a plaque and switching on the hotel lights. Mr. Prem Pal Ohri will speak on Travel Agencies and Tourism to members of the Rotary
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  • 365 3  -  Dr. Tan says promotion efforts amateurish From Pang Cheng Lian Tokyo, Friday Singapore manufacturers will have to make a determined effort to show Japanese businessmen that it has more to offer than strictly souvenir types of products. This is one of the conclusions of Dr. Augustin
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  • 279 3 Kuala Lumpur, Friday The Malaysian Government is weighing the pros and cons of a dual carriageway for ships plying in the Straits of Malacca. A statement from the Ministry of Transport yesterday pointed out the necessity of examining the proposal carefully so as
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  • 303 3 The Jurong Town Corporation has reclaimed more than 400 acres of swamp land in the north of the Naval Base around the Senoko river as part of its plans to convert the area into a giant industrial town. Disclosing this, a
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  • 301 3  -  By Patrick de Souza A research fellow at the Institute of SouthEast Asian Studies here is surveying the migration pattern of the Minangkabau, a West Sumatran people. Mr. Mochtar Nairn, director of the Centre for Minangkabau Studies in Padang, West Sumatra, arrived in Singapore recently to study
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  • 310 3 Businessmen in Singapore are becoming more conscious of the importance of industrial safety. They realise that the money they spend on machinery and menpower in their attempt to increase productivity would fce futile if their workers are to fall victims of industrial accidents. resulting
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  • 171 3 Kuala Lumpur, Friday The success of the palm oil industry was a prominent feature in Malaysia's economy last year. The chairman of the Kuala Lumpur -Kep on g Amalgamated Limited, Mr. J.W.A. Calver, said in the company's annual report that all signs indicated
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  • 37 3 Tokyo, Friday.—Emperor Hirohito and Empress Na-t gako returned yesterday from a tour of western Japanese proyinces that included a historic visit to the memorial dedicated to the victims of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima City.
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  • Page 3 Miscellaneous
    • 90 3 At the cinema Lldor Irma La Douce 2.30, 6.30, 9.19. Capitol: When Dinosaurs Ruled the Earth —1.30, 4, 6.30, 9.30. Rex: A Test of Love (Mandarin) —1.45, 4, 6.30, 9.30. Sky: A Test of Love (Mandarin) —1.45, 4, 6.30, 9.15 Roxy: A Test of Love (Mandarin) —1.45, 4.15, 7, 9.30.
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  • THE WORLD
    • 193 4 United Press International Tokyo, Friday Mr. Yasuhiro Nakasone, director-general of the Japanese Self-De-fence Agency, apologised in the Diet (parliament) yesterday for not having made public a bombing incident of a foreign naval craft by self-defence force fighters. The Incident occurred on March 10 during
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    • 33 4 London, Friday More than 100,000 unmarried British women and girls became pregnant last year —and one in 40 of them was under 16, Eastbourne's chief medical officer Sir George Oodbar said yesterday.
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    • 223 4 Soviet build-up may cause US defence costs boost Reuter Washington, Friday The US Defence Secretary, Mr. Melvin Laird, briefed President Nixon yesterday on intelligence reports that the Russians are building an extensive network of intercontinental ballistic missiles. Mr. Laird earlier reported at a Congressional hearing
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    • 50 4 Jakarta, Friday Trade Ministry officials said yesterday ***** tons of beet sugar has arrived in Jakarta aboard the Soviet freighter Ustovny, the first sugar ever bought from Russia by Indonesia. This country plans to import 80,000 tons of beet sugar this year to supplement domestic producion.
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    • 213 4 Reuter London, Friday The Malaysian Prime Minister, Tun Abdul Razak, was last night guest of honour at a dinner given by senior English lawyers in London, where he qualified as a barrister 22 years ago. The dinner was at Lincoln's Inn, one of the four
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    • 46 4 Geneva, Friday The Lutheran World Federation announced yesterday that it would give $276,000 this Sear to help people In areas berated from colonial rule—mainly In the Portuguese territory of Mozambique. The aid would be for humanitarian, social and economic use, not for military purposes.
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    • 334 4 Enforcing the law of a dictator Papa Doc's daughter may wield real power New Nation Foreign Service Port-Au-Prince, Haiti l Friday Madame Marie-Denise Dominique, 30-year-old daughter of President Francois "'Papa Doc" Duvalier, may be the new behind-the-scenes ruler of Haiti. Jean Claude Duvalier, 20-year-old son mt the
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    • 382 4 Reuter Port-Au-Prince, Haiti, Friday President Francois "Papa Doc" Duvalier of Haiti presided over a country of fear since taking office in 1957. A bespectacled doctor, fascinated by power and the magic of the voodoo cult, his own life was dominated by rear of
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    • 204 4 Reuter Vienna, Friday Hungarian voters who go to the polls on Sunday in national and local elections will face the widest choice they have ever had under Communism. This time they have the privilege of nominating their own candidates alongside those selected by the official machine—the
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    • 85 4 Kampala, Friday. The Sudanese consul here, Mr. Ishag Mohamed Ibraim, was last night declared persona non grata and given 24 hours to leave Uganda. A two-line statement from the Ugandan Foreigp Ministry' gave no reason for the expulsion. The move follows Sudan's rejection of a Ugandan protest
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    • 199 4 Reuter Zurich, Friday An Austrian embassy official, Dr. Louise Kneissl, spent a third weary day as hostage in a dynamite-trapped flat, as negotiations between her captor and the authorities petered out in deadlock yesterday. Fernand Mueller, a 48-year-old Swiss sauna-bath owner has held Dr.
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    • 203 4 Reuter London, Friday American film producer Carl Foreman yesterday said he hopes to make a film on the life of modern China's founder Sun Yat Sen with Chinese help. Mr. Foreman, 56, whose previous films include High Noon, The Guns of Navarone and
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    • 26 4 Lima, Friday.—The first economic delegation from Communist China ever to visit. Peru arrived here yesterday, reportedly to discuss trade in minerals and fish products.
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    • 60 5 Police crackdown on demonstration outside president's palace An anti-riot policeman in Manila kicks out at a student during a demonstration outside the Malacanang Palace, the official residence of President Marcos. The student demonstration was over the disappearance of a leftist leader, Carlos del R,osario. The students alleged that
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    • 102 5 New Nation Foreign Service Islamabad, Friday The Indian High Commissioner here has assured the Pakistan government that India does not recognise the "Bangla Desh" government in East Pakistan. A Foreign Office spokesman told newsmen that the High Commissioner, Mr. B. K. Acharya, also assured the foreign ministry that Hossain
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    • 375 5  -  Secret SEATO defence conference By K.C. Thaler United Press International London, Friday Military chiefs of the South-East Asia Treaty Organisation (SEATO) opened a two-day secret conference yesterday to review latest developments in their region. The meeting, held under strict security arrangements at Lancaster House, is setting the
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    • 289 5 Reuter Manila, Friday The roving US ambassador, Mr. David Kennedy, yesterday called on the United Nations Economic Commission for Asia and the Far East (ECAFE) to help advance the cause of peace in Indo-China. Addressing the 27th ECAFE
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    • 142 5 Reuter London, Friday A Brunei Government delegation, led by the ruler, Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah, yesterday resumed negotiations with the British Government on proposed revisions in the 1959 Anglo-Brunei Agreement. Under it Britain is responsible for the defence and foreign relations of the self-governing oil-pro-ducing protectorate
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    • 234 5 Speculation of bid to get new-look cabinet Reuter Phnom Penh, Friday The political future of the six month old Cambodian republic was still uncertain last night as ailing Prime Minister, Marshal Lon Nol, remained silent on an appeal to form a new government. Marshal Lon Nol
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    • 163 5 Reuter Canberra, Friday Taiwan must not be allowed to stand in the way of communication with Communist China, the former Australian Defence Minister, Mr. Malcolm Fraser, said last night. Speaking in a House of Representatives foreign affairs debate, Mr. Fraser said changing United Nations attitudes on Communist
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  • Page 4 Advertisements
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    • 52 5 I 9 I I i i 11 I I I I I i t t E 1 1 I 1 1 I f 1 1 V [»ii! JM* >■ Shangri-La hotel where life is wonderful WILLIAM H ELLlS—General Manager 22 Orange Grove Road Singapore 10 Tel *****4 C.ible SHANGRILA" SINGAPORE
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  • COMMENT
    • 699 6 Unlike MSA, which continues to show good profits, airlines in many parte of the world are looking to the future with all the anxiety of a passenger strapping himself into his seat for his first flight. Behind the everbright smiles of hostesses handing out plastic lunch-trays
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    • 409 6  -  From Stanley Meisler The young Nigerian civil servant worked himself into angry excitement as he detailed all the corrupt practices of his society and government. Things were so bad, he said, that "when I want my clerk to type something in only a few
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    • 1091 6  -  New China dialogue a hope for peace By Pakir Singh President Nixon's announcement last week to pull back a further 100,000 American troops from South Vietnam has again raised hopes, earlier underminea by the incursions into Cambodia and Laos, that the United States will finally
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  • Page 6 Advertisements
    • 168 6 CONGRATULATIONS BEST W SHANGRI-LA HOTEL ON, THEIR GRAND OPENING f Jl yrNIPPON PAINT (S) CO. PTE. LTD. IN ASSOCIATION WITH CHOP SOON HUAT Of 59, SMITH STREET. SINGAPORE 1 ARE PROUD TO H THE PAINT REQUIREMENTS FOR THE HOTEL Shangri-Jba offset J letterpress We are proud to be associated with
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  • SINGAPORE SCENE
    • 977 7  -  But if you break through their shell you will find them a warm people, says a Singapore executive Part One: By Ow Wei Mei A local businessman once privately said: "The only place the Japanese expatriate cares to go—apart from the Japan Club
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  • 463 8 The recent controversy within the Sikh community over the holding of a seminar by Sikh undergraduates attempting to look into the developmental problems facing the community highlights the modernisation dilemma which faces Singapore. The multi-racial character of the Republic makes it necessary
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  • The voice of the Press
    • 179 8 What the other newspapers are saying: Industrial casualties have become an alarming social problem. Statistics published by the Labour Ministry show a marked Increase In industrial accidents for the years 1965 to 1970. Records show, also, that the main cause of industrial accidents which took place
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    • 124 8 The Singapore and Malaysia will play a major role in the defence of this region is one of the Important aspects of the new five-nation defence arrangement. Both countries are going to shoulder a large share of defence responsibility. There te provision in this arrangement for Britain, Australia
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  • 1252 8  -  SHIRI MULGAOKAR When controversy descends to the level that a "Singapore citizen" has dragged it in his letter on Pakistan happenings and New Nation's treatment of them, what does one do about it? My first impulse is to Ignore
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  • Letters
    • 658 8  -  K. YIK Mr. A. A. Bakalar's letter and recent events in Vietnam prompts me to write this to assure him that Mr. Pakir Singh is not the only observant Asian around who realises the extent of the harms and crimes that Americans are committing In Asia. Consider
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    • 105 8  -  V. SUBRAMANIAM f. Comptroller of Property Tax, Singapore. I refer to your article "The Postman's No. 90 Problem" (N.N. April 1) and the letter by your cor- respondent "No-nonsense" on April 5. The house number allotted to the house occupied by Miss Ong is authorised by this
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  • Page 8 Miscellaneous

  • 2570 9 CONCLUDING THE INSIDE STORY OF THE WAR—A NEW NATION EXCLUSIVE My attack on Singapore was a bluff—a bluff that worked... In his book THE SECOND WORLD WAR Vol. IV, Sir Winston Churchill writes on Page 81: "I Judged it impossible to hold an inquiry by Royal
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  • Page 9 Advertisements
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  • SHOPPING
    • 516 10 SCREENS You can get 'nap-on, roll-up or sliding window screens to keep out flies or mosquitoes and beautiful screen doors to grace the entrance of vour home T)0 you know that there are window screens that are easily snapped on and pulled off in seconds if
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  • Page 10 Advertisements
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    • 183 10 ODEON I V* v > r m Skirt limoli list Sole Distributors Dili Office 71, Kiji Law, S'p«r«-7. Tel: ***** Branches: (1) 157-158 People# Park Complex, (ground floor) Siigapore-1. Tel: *****2. (2) 919 Upper Serangoon Road, S'pore-12. Tel: *****3. (3) 77 Changi Road, Singapore-14. Tel: *****9. (4) 8 Galaxy Shoppiig
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    • 125 10 fashion 71 MEN'S SHOES PRICE SALE S. S. SHOES GO. BRANCH: 195/3-4 New Market Road, S'pore. (Next to People's Park Complex) Business hours: 11.00 a.m. to 10.30 p.m. Open on Sunday. 71-A North Bridge Road, Singapore, (next to Hock Lam Street). HAI TONG CO., Importers Exporters Wholesale Department:— 154 SOUTH
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  • WOMAN
    • 1530 11  -  She turned White House into a smooth-running home for all From Dorothy McCardle Former First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy may go down in White House history as "The master of the memo." Her daily communiques to her White House staff •reveal her personality in
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    • 705 11  -  Madam Oko otters almost everything Japanese EATING OUT WITH WENDY HUTTON About the only thing lacking is the cherry blossoms, for in all other ways Madam Oko's is authentically Japanese, serving food that delights the eye as well as the palate. This restaurant, on the second
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    • 331 11  -  'Man should be the boss' DIANNE WOOD Akemi Matsumoto is an old-fashioned girl who earns her keep a modern way. Akemi, a tall, shy Tokyo resident, leads an all-girl revue which is currently dancing, singing and parading its way through Asia. "Les Elegance" from Japan
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    • 270 11  -  Private tuition to the rescue By Elizabeth Choo Private tuition is a safety valve for anxious mothers worried about their children's success in examinations. Lazy or backward students are packed off for three hours or so a week to give them that extra coaching especially before crucial
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  • Finance and business
    • 165 12 Allied Chem 29 66 Am Brands 49% Am Can 35 Ml Am Motors AT ft T 49% 21% Anaconda 22% Avon Pd Beth Steel 23% 22% Caterp Trac Chrysler 31% Coca-Cola 96% Control Data 72 Corn G1 Wks 269 Dow Chem 94% DuPont 143% E Kodak 82%
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    • 71 12 MANILA, Frl. The Asian Development Bank was committed to finance more projects to Improve the social and economic conditions of Asians, its president, Mr. Takeshi Watanabe said yesterday. Mr. Watanabe, speaking at the ECAFE conference, said the bank would help finange major industrial projects in
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    • 1131 12 ALL YOU WANT TO KNOW ABOUT THE STOCK EXCHANGE COUNTERS INDUSTRIALS 1970-1971 1 wk. 4 wks. Closing Price last Divid. P/E TurnHigh Low ago *ro Stock Bayers Sellers Sale Yield Ratio Over 4.50 2.54 2.55 2.80 Allied Chocolate 2.45 2.50 2.50 4.9N 15.8 2 1.90 0.84} 1.15
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    • 90 12 Manila, Friday India, Indonesia, and Malaysia have signed an agreement to establish a pepper community to provide concerted action in solving problems of the pepper market. A spokesman of the United Nations Economic Commission for Asia and the Far East (ECAFE) said that the agreement provided that
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    • 311 12 Brussels, Friday France yesterday brought an additional element to Britain's Common Market negotiations by raising the question of future links between the EEC and European Free Trade Association countries not seeking membership. The issue was discussed here at France's insistence at a secret meeting
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    • 259 12 United Press International New York, Friday Prices closed mixed in heavy trading on Wall Street yesterday. Analysts said a generally constructive news backgrounds was balanced by profit-taking spilling over from the previous two sessions after the Dow Jones industrial average reached its best level in
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    • 169 12 United Press International London, Friday Stock markets were only slightly off their highest level of the year yesterday, just below the SDint reached on Budget ay. The Financial Times index 'jumped 4.7 to 354.9 by mid-afternoon. The market was spurred on by the Chancellor's
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    • 148 12 PERTH, Fri. Poseidon, the glamour Australian mining company, is expected to begin nickel production next year, Western Australia's Minister of Mines, Mr. Don May, announced yesterday. "I expect the Poseidon agreement to be introduced during the forthcoming session of parliament which begins in July," he said.
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  • 774 12  -  Keeping a school's size in perspective EDUCATION By Patrick de Souza Are schools in Singapore getting too large? Can principals and teachers find time enough to take a personal interest in all the school activities? These were some of the questions that prompted an inquiry into
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    • 430 13  -  FOCUS ON FOOTBALL Jeffrey Low The Division One footballers of Folice Sports Association are surprised that they are doing considerably well in the current FAS premier league. On pre-season judgements, they thought they would surely suffer from relegation worries. But now they are In the running for
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    • 1017 14  -  From Mike Bingham New Nation Foreign Service in Munich Munich, one of the smallest cities ever chosen to stage a modern Olympic Games, shouldn't have a worry in the world. The site, only two and a half miles from the centre of the city
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    • 187 14  -  By Peter Koh "Different climatic conditions and atmosphere were the two main causes of Singapore's poor performance at Nagoya." This was the opinion of Mr. Yap Chwee Hock, leader of the Singapore delegation to the World Tennis Tournament at Nagoya recently. He added: "The climate was
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    • 57 14 West Indies captain, GARY SOBERS, swings Indian off-spinner Prasanna to the boundary during his rescue innings for his team in the Fifth Test against India at Port of Spain in Trinidad. Sobers was unable to lift his team to a win and India won the rubber one-nil after drawing the
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    • 414 15 United Press International New York, Friday Muhammad All's proposed 12-round fight with Wilt Chamberlain, the greatest scorer in basketball history, was cancelled after a twohour dispute yesterday when Chamberlain refused to agree to terms of the contract. All, the former heavyweight champion, left the news
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    • 157 15 Reuter Cape Town, Friday Prime Minister John Vorster today moved to ease South Africa's increasing isolation in world sport by relaxing apartheid rules for international competitions—but he bluntly ruled out multi-racial sport on the domestic level. Announcing changes in the Government's sports policy to
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    • 39 15 Oxford, England, Friday —Close of play scores on the second day of the three-day cricket match between Oxford University and Warwickshire were: Oxford University 191, and 73 for three, Warwickshire 228 (Meson 97, Corlett four for 50).
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    • 413 15 By Lim Kee Chan It's family affair, as far as Graeme Lawrence, the New Zealand crack motor racing driver who recently achieved a double hattrick, is concerned. Graeme, 30, has made a big hit in the Far East since he made his debut here in 1969
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    • 565 15 GOLF Dunglas Munro (handicap six) and D. G. Harwood (18) are the only two previous winners entered for the Keppel Club Burong Trophy golf competition which begins over the Bukit Chermin course tomorrow. Munro, winner of last year's competition with Willie Rasiah will have a new
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    • 189 15 Tokyo, Friday Leading scores after the first round of the Yomiuri Open golf tournament here yesterday: 70 Hsieh Min Nan (Tal) 34-38; Ln Liang Hnan (Tal) 34-36; Kosaktf Shimada (J) 36-34. 71 Harno Tasnda (J) 34-37 72 Walter Godfrey (NZ) 38-36; Eleoterio Nival (PI) 35-37;
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    • 138 15 Singapore's A polo team lost to Selangor in the final of the Kuala Lumpur annual polo tournament recently. The team went into the final of B Division with a 5-1 win over Sri Lara in the two day match, but could not hold off Selangor in a
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    • 73 15 Hong Kong, Friday. Australian table tennis players invited to tour Communist China scored a spectacular 4-3 victory over local players in Canton last night, reporter Greg Clark of the newspaper the Australian reported today. In a dispatch from Canton, he said the Australians lost two of
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    • 24 15 London, Friday Results of Irish Leaf lie Football matches: Cliftonville 4 Portadown 2 D. City 3 Glenavon 3 Linfield 3 Ards 0
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    • 21 15 Londan, Friday Results of Rugby Union matches played last night: Pontypridd 5 Maesteg 0 St. Ives 0 Tredegar 27
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    • 14 15 NAT. LEAGUE Houston 6 Chicago 1 AMER. LEAGUE Chicago 4 Milw. 2
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    • 250 15  -  By Jeffrey Low Inche Hassan Alwi, secretary of the Singapore Lawn Tennis Association, yesterday brushed aside rumours that Singapore's refusal to stage the Davis Cup Asian Zone tie between India and Pakistan was because of political reasons. He stressed that the secretary of the Davis Cup
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    • 226 15 London, Friday The World's Lawn Tennis and Amateur Athletic Federations today appealed to China to rejoin their ranks following differences over Taiwan membership. China announced yesterday it is severing all links with the International Lawn Tennis Federation (ITF) because it has accepted the "so-called tennis
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    • 438 16  -  LOTTERY BRINGS IN GOOD PROFITS -By WEE BENG HUAT On the morning of each race day, a squad of plainclothes policemen fan out from the divisional headquarters to raid coffee shops and provision stores. Armed with search warrants, revolvers and
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    • 62 16 AHFOOK: All this talk and fuss about the new bus routes has put a smokescreen over a REAL bus problem: why aren't steps kept clear? It means more than comfort; it means safety, too. MEILIN: If the authorities did that nobody would get home—or they would need twice
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    • 165 16 "Fish and chips sellers of England, unite to repel the foreign invaders." That's the clarion call to arms Issued to all patriotic fish-and-chlps shopowners by a Liverpool man, Mr. Alex Sheppard. Mr. Sheppard, boldly defying race discrimination laws and fully knowing
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    • 252 16 After a hard day's work, young Maurien Glass prefers to let her hair down and go gey, swinging to the rhythm of the Beatles Hard Day's Night in a discotheque. A waitress at the Cairn Hill Steakhouse, Maurien also loves to read novels during her leisure time.
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    • 232 16 After more than 15 years of exterminating pests, the Far East controller of the Rentokil Group, Mr. Bob Orme says his heart Is still with the insect world. Mr. Orme, 54, who retired last week, was also the managing director of Rentokll Malaysia for the
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