New Nation, 12 May 1971

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  • 17 1 NEW NATION SINGAPORE Wednesday evening, May 12, 1971 No. 98 Price 15 cents SINGAPORE WEDNESDAY, MAY 12
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  • 19 1 Police reported a total of 85 traffic accidents yesterd a y. Eight were serious and two fatal.
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  • 205 1 Prices were generally steady on the Stock Exchange this morning. At the end of 45 minutes trading the turnover was estimated at 300,000 shares. Borneo Berhad was transacted from $2.62 to $2.70 to $2.65 to $2.67 on a turnover of 15,000 units. Motor Investments changed hands from
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  • 25 1 LATE NEWS Guatemala City, Wednesday.—An airliner with 31 people aboard crashed near here yesterday, killing at least one person, an airline spokesman reported.
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  • 211 1 We must cut consumption to 90 m. gallons a day Singapore people have been put to the test. We have been given three days to show that we can conserve water. If we succeed rationing may not be necessary. If we fail restrictions will be almost
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  • 335 1 Whether or not there is water rationing, Singapore's factories will not be affected. The chairman of the Jurong branch of the Singapore Manufacturers' Association, Mr. Ong Leng Chuan, said today the PUB gave this assurance to the SMA yesterday. He said that
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  • 189 1 New Nation Foreign Service Washington, Wednesday President Nixon yesterday announced an unprecedented attack on cancer and sought congressional approval for US$lOO million to be used to find a cure. Mr. Nixon said that if $lOO million proved insufficient, he would request more funds. "It will
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  • 237 1  -  ASEAN will then be meaningful P.N. BALJI Inche Rahim Ishak, the Minister of State for Foreign Affairs today predicted that the big powers will find it more advantageous to stop converting SouthEast Asia into an arena for their cold-war conflicts, and instead engage
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  • 201 1 The Eastern Sun today refused comment on references in a speech by the Prime Minister, Mr. Lee Kuan Yew, about the unnfcmed newspaper receiving $4 million from Chinese Communists in Hong Kong. The owner of the Sun. Datin Aw Kow, said: "I have no
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  • 185 1 United Press International Saigon, Wednesday A supersonic North Vietnamese MiG2l jet fighter attacked an unarmed US air force observation plane, the US command revealed today. The incident, which took place on Sunday over the Plain of Jars in Laos, was the first aerial attack
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  • 236 1 Reuter London, Wednesday A projected Commonwealth study of South Atlantic and Indian Ocean security, agreed at the January Commonwealth summit conference in Singapore, is likely to be dropped soon, Commonwealth diplomats predicted yesterday. Three member nations of the original eight-nation study group Nigeria,
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  • 23 1 The English Football Association Cup final between Arsenal and Liverpool will be telecast over Channel Five, Television Singapura, at 10.05 tonight.
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  • 329 2 Police today continued their search for a white Datsun which was used by a wanted man to escape after being shot at three times by two detectives yesterday. The car with false number plates, is believed to have been used in a robbery
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  • 255 2 Busy 3-day programme A nine-man Japanese economic inspection team is due to arrive here tomorrow night to hold talks with government officials on investment prospects. The delegation, led by the manager of the Bank of Kyoto, Mr. N. Maki, includes finance experts from various Japanese ministries
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  • 36 2 A 10-lecture course on the city in history by Mr. George G. Thomson, organised by the University of Singapore's Department of Extramural Studies, will begin at 7.30 tonight at the National Museum, Stamford Road.
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  • 23 2 The blood transfusion team will be at the Thomson Road General Hospital in conjunction with the 7th Annual Nurses' Week programme.
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  • 553 2  -  By Wee Beng Huat There are now only 750 'Gurkha soldiers left in Singapore and they will all be gone before the end of the year. The only battalion left—the 2nd King Edward Vll's Own Gurkha Rifles are now preparing to move to their
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  • 486 2 Mental health experts today warned that working mothers could produce a future generation of misfits as a result of frequent changes in child care. They often find it difficult to provide the continuity of care so necessary for infants and young children. Instead, the children get
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  • 27 2 The University of Singapore Students' Union will treat some 70 old folks to a tea party at the Red Cross House in Penang Lane tomorrow
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  • 317 2 A group of University of Singapore students will leave for Indonesia next Wednesday to study urban problems there. Ten second-year sociology students will speak to Indonesian lecturers, government officials and students about urban development problems. Mr. Cheng Kok Choong, the president of the Sociology
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  • 171 2 Our attention has been drawn to a report in the New Nation of January 30 entitled "$lO Mil. Housing Plan Dropped." The report said that the Singapore Co operative Housing Society had dropped its plans for a $lO million housing estate for its members in
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  • 170 2 The Danes are preparing to invade Singapore with a wide range of agricultural products. Between May 31 and June 12, Singapore will experience one of the biggest campaigns ever organised. Danish Food Fortnight in Singapore 1971 will publicise Denmark's products ranging from frozen chicken
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  • 68 2 President Sheares will attend a charity film premiere Too Late, The Hero at the Capitol Theatre at 9.15 tonight to raise funds to buy furniture and equipment for the Jurong Town Creche. The show is organised by the Lions Club of Singapore Jurong. The Singapore
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  • Page 2 Miscellaneous
    • 63 2 At the cinema Cathay: Rio Lobo— 1.30, 4, 6.30 and 9.30 p.m. Odeon: Mysterious Africa —1.30, 4, 6.30 and 9.30 p.m. Orchard: Ryan's Daughter—l2.4s, 4.30 and 8.15 p.m. Lido: The Great Escape—--2.30, 6. and 9 p.m. Capitol: Six Assassins (Mandarin)—l.3o, 4, and 6.45 p.m. Rex: Singing Killer (Mandarin)—l.4s, 4, 6.30
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    • 101 2 Weather Temperatures in world cities yesteraay. Bangkok 97-79. Hong Kong 78-75. Kuala Lumpur 92-73. Manila 94-80. Naha 75-60. Jakarta 95-80. Seoul 72-57. Taipei 79-65. Tokyo 70-53. London 75-59. Paris 82-57. Moscow 72-45. New York 69-52. San Francisco 64-51. Sydney 71-54. Melbourne 57-49. Perth 72-55. Singapore Singapore's weather forecast from 1
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  • 227 3 Singaporeans gave more than $1.5 million to charity last year. This was disclosed by the Singapore Council of Social Service, although hundreds of thousands of dollars donated to charity may have not been recorded. The amount was raised through flag days, donation draws and
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  • 260 3 Clubs say rise could be up to 400 p.c. Entertainment tax on all restaurants and nightclubs with live bands will increase by 100 per cent from June 1. A circular informing all hoteliers and restaurateurs of the new ruling was sent from the Customs'
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  • 237 3 An American travel magazine has cited the top hotels and duty free shopping together with the standard tour attractions as Singapore's major offers for the tourists on a short stay. The Pacific Travel News, published monthly by the Pacific Area Travel Association, in an editorial said: "Singapore
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  • 154 3 Hotel cocktail lounges are cashing in on dolling up their waitresses to lure more customers. The Ladyhill Hotel is the latest to join in the scramble. Out goes their former drab brownish sleeveless blouse and long wrap skirt. In with a glowing touch of
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  • 265 3 The fourth batch of 15 inspectors are now undergoing the new 10week promotion course at the Police Academy. Since this new-style promotion course was introduced two years ago, 24 inspectors from the divisions and other departments have been promoted to assistant superintendents. 4 The
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  • 69 3 Mr. Kwan Sai Kheong, Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Education, has been invited by the United States Congress to appear as a consultant on South-East Asian and regional environmental problems. He will address a joint House Senate Colloquium on International Environmental Science in Washington, on May 25 and
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  • THE WORLD
    • 292 3 Reuter Paris, Wednesday An Egyptian Minister said yesterday that when the Suez Canal was reopened there were plans to widen it so that it could take tankers of up to 250,000 tons. Dr. Ahmed Esmat Abdel Meguid, Minister of State to President Anwar Sadat,
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    • 27 3 Manila, Wednesday The Asian Development Bank (ADB) yesterday granted the Bank Rakjat Indonesia (BRI) a loan of US$3.4 million to modernise its facilities and services.
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    • 302 3 Agence France Presse New York, Wednesday General Electric, one of America's two biggest jet engine manufacturers, yesterday asked that the $750 million credits sought by the White House be appropriated to Lockheed aviation's Tristar "air-bus" plane only if the plane uses American motors rather
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    • 348 3 New Nation Foreign Service Paris, Wednesday Mick Jagger's secretary insists that there are no plans for a wedding. "We're going to have a big party," she says. "That's all." But that doesn't fool anyone in the French Riviera resort of Saint Tropez. Locals
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    • 464 3  -  Both countries accept mediation attempt From Ram Suresh Reuter New Delhi, Wednesday India and Pakistan have accepted Switzerland's offer of mediation to help solve the problem of repatriation of their diplomats from Dacca and Calcutta. They said the offer was made to India today
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    • 163 4 Reuter London, Wednesday A Labour Member of Parliament, Mr. Peter Archer, yesterday accused the Conservative Government of making Commonwealth migrants in Britain feel completely alienated and tolerated only on sufferance. He was attacking the proposed Immigration Bill which would increase the government's deportation
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    • 59 4 Bangkok, Wednesday. A combined team of 30 Customs, police and tax officials is conducting checks on trains every day in a bid to stamp our smuggling from Malaysia into Thailand, Deputy Director-General of Customs, Mr. Sawasdi Uthalsri said yesterday. Mr. Sawasdi said the smuggled goods Included cigarettes,
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    • 221 4 Reuter Bonn, Wednesday The world's biggest movable radio-telescope will be formally unveiled today near Effelsberg, a little village in West Germany's Eifel hills. The gleaming new "dish" will for the first time put West Germany into the international line-up of nations undertaking research into
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    • 507 4 Government faces shortage of prisons as more and more insurgents give up New Nation Foreign Service Colombo, Wednesday Three districts administerd by military co-ordinating officers since the insurgents took up arms against the government last month were handed back to the
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    • 167 4 Reuter Moscow, Wednesday One of the main accused of nine Jews who went on trial for antiSoviet activity in Leningrad yesterday admitted he helped organise a plane hijack plot, Tass news agency reported. He Is Gilya Butman, a 38-year-old engineer. "He admitted he was one of
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    • 184 4 Vancouver, Wednesday The Queen left Comox yesterday aboard the Royal yacht Britannia to cruise south through the Georgia Strait to make her final port of call before returning to London. After a 1100-mile flying trip on Monday to northern British Columbia visiting
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    • 195 4 United Press International Tokyo, Wednesday A member of the Japanese cabinet said yesterday the so-called "Yoshida letter," considered the symbolic document behind Japan's formal relations with Nationalist China, was no longer valid. Mr. Kiichi Miyazawa, Minister of International Trade and Industry, told
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    • 91 4 Dar Es Salaam, Wednesday.— Two British lawyers have been prevented by the Tanzanian authorities from attending treason trial appeals opening here today. Mr. Bloome Cooper and Mr. Desmond de Silva arrived on Sunday with 48-hour entry permits. They had hoped to appear for two brothers who, with
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    • 220 4 United Press International Bonn, Wednesday Europe's foreign exchange markets were quieter yesterday after the hectic activity of monetary crisis moves over the past three days. The US dollar won new strength as the rescue operation to take the heat out of the currency crisis
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    • 265 4 United Press International Brussels, Wednesday The British people will veto their country's entry into the European Common Market, the leader of a Keep Britain Out campaign told the French Foreign Minister, Mr. Maurice Schumann, in a leter yesterday. "This time the veto will
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  • WORLD COMMENT
    • 1044 5 First of a two-part series by Pang Chang Lian on Japan's oil lifeline The largest tanker in the world, the 372,400ton Nisseki Maru, was launched in Japan last month. But shipbuilders and shipowners are beginning to have doubts of the economic advantages of the super-tankers. While it
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    • 385 5  -  From Bernardino Ronquillo Countries in Southeast Asia, particularly Indonesia, will replace the Philippines as a major source of timber for Japan and other insiustrialised countries in the foreseeable future. Within this decade the Philippines itself will probably be buying timber from Indonesia for its own wood
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    • 684 5  -  From Robert Crabbe The fall of the iron curtain of the 38th parallel in 1945 divided Korea into a Communist north and a Capitalist south, and condemned both to a dreary era of distored economic development. Today, both halves of the divided nation lag behind Japan,
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    • 4 5 Tomorrow: Thailand's Kra pipeline
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    • 157 5 A New Experience.... 6 DC B's aweekto Djakarta Thai International now offer a big-jet service from Singapore to Djakarta. But not Just run-of-the-mill DC We've taken some of the seats out to give evetyone a few more vital inches of legroom. And every flight has seven hostesses aboard to look
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  • 406 6 The new directions and guidelines which UMNO has adopted are of great importance and significance, not only for the Malaysian nation, but also for Malaysia's neighbours. It is in this perspective that the document known as Manipol May 11, 1971 should be seen and studied. The
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  • 387 6 •tacwjas* by ISPY My Aunt Jemima, who is a devout Catholic, came home all agog with excitement on Sunday evening. She said that a pretty young girl, dressed in the traditional Malay baju kurong, attended the 6 p.m. Mass at her Katong church. This was the first
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  • 730 6  -  JACKIE SAM A few pin g-pong matches do not amount to a detente. That is the lesson which we shall have to take to, heart in the coming weeks and months. We are
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  • Letters
    • 767 6  -  K. KESAVAPANY I refer to the editorial which appeared in the Sin Chew Jit Poh Issue of April 27 on the prevention of industrial accidents and was partly quoted by you in "Voice of the Press" on May 7, and wish to correct some errors and
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    • 314 6  -  ANTHONY LEONG It is sobering to hear the Prime Minister acknowledging that we are a long way from affluence and. development. And so we are not a developed society. Over 50 per cent of the wealth that we see comes from outside the country. Now.
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    • 128 6  -  A.W. GORDON So the Pakistan Army, faced with a heavily armed force of miscreants based on strongholds such as the university, has been conducting a disciplined and humane campaign to restore law and order in Bangla Desh. I was in Dacca when the army attacked, and
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  • Page 6 Miscellaneous
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  • 1534 7 PART THREE: GREGORY CLARK'S INSIDE VIEW OF LIFE AS HE FOUND IT IN CHINA UNDER THE BAMBOO CURIAM ONE very significant part of the memoirs of the former Soviet Premier, Jfclr. Khrushchev, has never been challenged. It
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  • 728 7  -  slBmil. for restoration of ancient Indon Buddhist temple From JOHN HOFFMAN Melbourne Herald Jogjakarta, Wednesday International engineers and about 600 labourers will begin dismantling next year two million cubic feet of shaped and sculptured stone from a great Indonesian temple, a thousand
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  • 651 8  -  Bdtedby Peter Watson Domestic Needs Like all forms of life, man has a need of water. Throughout his life man must organise a balance of input and output of water in his system to maintain about 70 per cent of his total bulk. As one writer
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  • 77 8 RIVER POLLUTION Fig. 2. Dissolved oxygen is a measure of the pollution of a river. This measure is expresed as a stream's 8.0.D. Given time, a river has the ability to restore its oxygen level and thus the life forms dependent on oxygen. FIG. 5
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  • 471 8 AN EMINENT Australian scientist, Sir Macfarlane Buraettmaintains that man's contained existence on earth was fcpendent on "three imperatives, to reduce war to a minimum; to to prevent the progressive destruction of earth s irreplaceable resources." THESE ARE not, of course, unr e J n
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  • 822 8 The water needs of agriculture have ako a long history, and today are increasing in size and complexity. The importance of a continuing and adequate water supply to meet the water requirements of crops must have been realised at an early stage in the evolution of agriculture, and
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  • 1626 9 Estimates place the total stock of water on earth at 326 million cubic miles, so that water is a substance of the environment seemingly in plentiful supply. Its occurrence and availability as a human resource is of course far from uniform. But it was this seeming
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  • 438 9 Conflicting: demands for water is no new thing in human affairs. The word "rival" was the Roman term for those who shared the water of a "rivus" or irrigation canal. Command of water supplies was the object of much of the boisterous activity of the
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  • 982 9 lit Australia, irrigation agriculture is by far the greatest user of organised water resources. Even allowing for the doubling of industrial demand for water forecast in the next two decades, the demands of irrigation will still be ten times this figure. But the shape of things to come
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  • 136 9 THE WATER NEEDB for domestic supply, for agriculture and for industry are needs which can be calculated with some accuracy, costed with some precision and assessed in terms of economic demand. Much less easy to assess, though obviously of growing importance in the life of man, is the
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  • 58 9 R B. Davidson Australia—Wet or Dry? (M.U.P. 1969). A. D. Tweedle Water and the World (Nelsons, 1966). H. R. Valien tine Water and the Service of Man, Penguin Books, 1966. J. A. Wilson "Water Use Conflicts—The Upper Hunter Problem," Bulletin of the Geof Soc of NSW 1 (3) July
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  • LOCAL COMMENT
    • 686 10  -  There's never enough for world demand, say Malaysian producers By Max Vanzi Producers in the hear tland of the world's natural rubber supply never could provide enough of their sticky white harvest to meet the full demand. Ever since man began riding around on pneumatic tyres
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    • The Voice of the Press
      • 138 10 According to a court decision last week, Japanese companies can, if they so desire, bar foreigners from participating in their management; and this does not violate the Constitution, guaranteeing equality under the law. During the trial Toyota argued that the "people" mentioned in the Constitution meant the Japanese
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      • 147 10 The death of three people at the Labour Rally on May Day may have begun to have its effects on an officialdom grown callous to the cries of demonstrators. For the first time, several agencies of the government have moved to conduct their own investigations, moved no doubt
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    • 437 10 Valuable but little-known university service BEGINNING TODAY: The role of student health services in a modern university. A report by University of Singapore physician Z. N. Kadri. Special student health services exist in most Asian, Australian, European and American universities. They have come to be accepted
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    • 240 10 by Dick Wilson Over 250 graphically exciting pages portraying the biography of Singapore. Profusely illustrated in full colour and packed with information "East Meets West" is an essential book for anyone who wants to understand Singapore. 10" x 10" produced with top-quality materials, a book you will be proud to
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    • 3 10 TOMORROW: Medical problems.
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  • WOMAN
    • 109 11  -  STORY: ROHANI LEE Hotpants are definitely here to stay. But like the midi before them, it will be some time before they really "catch on," before they are accepted as the practical answer to the all-revealing mini skirt —and not
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    • 691 11  -  At least, that's what three mothers believe By Elizabeth Choo Learning a new language is not easy but many English-educat-ed parents have taken the risk and sent their children to vernacular schools. Dialect speaking at home, but not being able to read or write
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    • 1108 11  -  The spreading urban renetral area trill eventually tripe out rural tray of life By Trish Sheppard In thirty years time 70 per cent of Singaporeans will live in government flats, large blocks of concrete built in huge estates which will house thousands in a relatively small area. Even
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  • Finance and business
    • 309 12  -  78 BRANCHES SO FAR ANIL BHATIA A trading corporation that has many tentacles in the form of world-wide branches has been registered in Singapore. Unex International was established in 1968 by Mr. John Junkers, with headSuarters in Montclair, New ersey. Since then, the organisation has managed
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    • 52 12 BRUSSELS, Wed. Mr. Geoffrey Rippon, Britain's chief European Common Market membership negotiator, has called for an end to the "dialogue of the deaf" between Britain and the six market nations over sugar as "it is not a sensible way tor statesmen trying to build a united Europe
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    • 183 12 Allied Chem 32 69 Am Brands 47 Am Can 35% Am Motors AT T 47% A P 19% Anaconda 22% Avon Pd Beth steel 23% 23% Caterp Trac 53 Chrysler 30% Coca-Cola 100% Control Data 72% Corn GI Wks 256% Dow Chem 99% 149 E Kodak 81%
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    • 1139 12 ALL YOU WANT TO KNOW ABOUT THE STOCK EXCHANGE COUNTERS 1970-1971 _l 1 wk. 4 wks. Closing Price last Divid. P/E TurnHigh Low ago ago Stock Buyers Sellers Sale Yield Ratio Over industrials 4.50 2.41 2.44 2.55 Allied Chocolate 2.41 2.43 2.42 5.IN 15.3 1.90 0.844 1.15
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    • 273 12 United Press International New York, Wednesday The stock market turned higher in fairly active trading yesterday. The better tone was attributed to a lessening of tensions in the world money market and continued optimism about the stock market and the economy
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    • 207 12 United Press International London, Wednesday Shares broke through the 400 mark barrier yesterday for the first time since February 20 last year. But just before the stock market closed a bout of profit-taking checked prices and some leading issues
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    • 202 12 LT Sanwa Bank Limited, one of three Japanese banks I operating in Singapore, has plans to extend its activi- I ties in the region. It recently opened a branch in Singapore. The other two banks with full commercial banking facili- ties are Mitsui Bank, and Bank
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    • 463 12 1800 PER CENT INCREASE IN FIVE YEARS Six years ago Japanese car makers sent 17,000 cars into the United States. Last year Japanese cars sold in America to the tune of nearly 400,000, a five year increase of 1,800 per cent. Now, the Japanese
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  • SPORT 1
    • 460 13  -  CAMERA ON SCHOOLS Words: Jeffrey Low The inter-class system is working very well for the athletes of Beatty Secondary School. Not only has it guaranteed maximum participation in the school's annual athletic meet, but the system has also provided even keener competition for the champion class title.
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    • 1335 14 BLUE PETER'S STABLE ROUND-UP Thunderer heads the list of horses to follow in trainer Mansor Matban's team to 18 entered for the Penang Summer meeting beginning on Saturday. This Pakistan II four-year-old showed definite promise at the last Ipoh meeting last month when he
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    • 563 14 Siapa Kuat (late Dillons) is a Dara three-year-old. He was placed in one of his two starts at two years. He came in third to Tomina and Pop's Pal over 5f at Holbrook AP.R.C. (New South Wales). Tomina's time was lm 2 2/5 sec. At three
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    • 110 14 United Press International Seoul, Wednesday Burma and South Korea won the semifinals to go undefeated into the final of the first President's Cup Asian soccer tournament here last night. The two teams will clash in the final for the US$53OO Golden Trophy presented by President Park Chung-Hee,
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    • 266 14  -  By Lim Kee Chan Jimmy Stewart, the 16-year-old American schoolboy golfer, will defend his Singapore Island Country Club title which begins over the new par-72 Island Course on Saturday. Stewart, who became the first amateur to be given a plus-one handicap in the Republic recently, will
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    • 1065 15  -  mm ME WITH JEFFREY LOW Betting goes hand in hand with any sport. And in Singapore soccer, it is no exception —whether privately or publicly. In Western countries, particularly England, where professional football can lead you to own three Rolls Royces like George Best, betting is
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    • 48 15 West German RUDI MAIER (pictured right) was unable to find a fencing coach, so he taught himself. Rudi's efforts have paid off. The picture shows him scoring a hit against Hungarian Erdos in the final of the European Cup. Rudi won five hits to two.
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    • 574 15 Reuter/ United Press International London, Wednesday The Pakistani cricketers suffered their first defeat of their tour of England when Northamptonshire crushed the visitors by six wickets here yesterday. The Pakistanis resuming at 152 for four, were all out for 231 in 81 minutes this morning,
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    • 108 15 Reuter London, Wednesday Fair World, owned by Fair World, owned by Mr. J. Dellal, won the Dante Stakes for three year olds run over a mile and 550 yards at York yesterday. Fair World, splendidly ridden by Jimmy Lindley won the 2,984 sterling first prize by
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    • 60 15 Zurich, Wednesday The International Football Federation announced today they had approved the regulations for the Second Anniversary tournament to be held from June 5 to 7 in Jakarta. Seven countries have accepted the Indonesian Football Association's invitation Burma, India, South Korea, Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand and South
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    • 156 15 United Press International Bonn, Wednesday Australian mermaid Shane Gould yesterday posted two unofficial world best times in an invitation swimming meet before 800 spectators in Bonns Franenbad indoor swim stadium. The 14 year old Miss Gould won the 100 m freestyle in 58.1 sec.
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    • 56 15 Sydney, Wednesday. A 15-man Australian surf life saving team to make a month long instructional tour of Asia in July was named here last night. Team manager Mr. Harry Brown, who is secretary of the Australian National Surf Life Saving Association, said it planned to visit
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    • 72 15 Sydney, Wednesday. New South Wales Rugby Union coach David Brockhoff said his team would rely on brute force to beat the British Lions here on Saturday. The match is the Lions second and final fixture on their brief visit to Australia. "We have seen from previous
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    • 46 15 Taipei, Wednesday.— North America yesterday beat Brazil and Taiwan by 20-0 VPS to widen their lead at the end of the second round of the Bermuda Bowl qualifying round. The defending champion now has 157 VPS, 22 points ahead of France.
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    • 235 15 From Blue Peter in Penang I Am Proud (Nawari) and Entertainer VI did a good trial at Penang this morning. Breaking from the halfmile the two stablemates steadily clapped on the pace to 1 run the last 3f in 39 with I Am Proud
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    • 48 15 London. Wednesday.— Jockeys' riding arrangements for the Yorkshire Cup to be run over one-and-three-quarter miles at York tomorrow: High Line (J. Lindley). Saraceno and Hornet (not fixed), Melody Rock (L. Piggott), Orosio (G. Starkey), Alto Volante (B. Taylor), Dalharishgil (not fixed). Lampardal (B. Henry).
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    • 359 14 NEWNffION ANNOUNCEMENTS SALON PHOENIX opens every Thursday till 8 p.m. For foclal, skin treatments, evening beauty culture/hairdressing courses telephone Rosalie Hernon *****. CLEARANCE SALE. Below cost Lodies/Gents clothings. Boutique De Francis, 342 People's Park Complex, Singapore. Telephone *****1. AT YOUR SERVICE LONDON TRAINED Chiropodist several years experiene Pauline Robinson, 130-D
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    • 311 14 KNOW YOUR FUTURE. Consult the scientific palmist Kalaithoothan, 1928 Race Course Road (9 a m 7 p.m.) Singopore *****3. OFFICE SPACE VACANT OFFICE FOR SALE 240 sq.ft. at Golden Mile Shopping Complex Nicol Highway/Beach Road low assessment. Please contact *****6 Singapore. SOUTH BRIDGE ROAD second floor front portion airconditioned 917
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    • 52 14 ENTER NEW NATION/DOROTHY GRAY 'Young and Lovely' Quest Fill in the coupon below and submit it to* 'Young Lovely' Quest NEW NATION Locked Bog 15, G.P.0., Singapore. I wish to participate in The New Nation/Dorothy Gray 'Young and Lovely* Quest. Name: Address: Telephone No: Age: Occupation: I enclose my recent
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    • 111 14 DR. KILDARE p—i PR. KILDARE. SPEEDS BACK TO BLAIR... 1 1 «wvr; i MOW If FINLt* w i II u* I RIP KIRBY K: < THANKS, DESMOND, EXCELLENT DINNER. NOW I'LL BE GCHNG OUT FOR THE H mr THANK HEAVENS MR. KIRBY'S GONE I'LL BE ABLE TO DEVELOP THAT PHOTOGRAPH
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    • 310 14 NEW NATION CROSSWORD 10 Parched. 11 duck. 12 Ran away. 14 Long, wearying time: Colloq. 18 Hamlet. 20 Degrees in law. 23 Back street. 24 Gather. 25 Oblivion. 26 Pause: 2 words. 27 Wire rope. 28 Charlotte 29 Are gratia (art for art* sake): Lat. 30 Lively: Dial 32 Tilts.
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    • 317 15 BIG WALK WOODLANDS FARRER PARK ATHLETIC CENTRE THE NEW NATION BIG WALK will be held on Sunday, May 23, 1971 Send in your entry form today. NAME (in full) (Print clearly in capital letters) ADDRESS (Postal District No.) Sex: AGE Date of Birth GROUP* If you are a team member
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    • 264 15 BIG WALK NOVICES SECTION Dunearn Rd. 6V4 m.s. to Farrer Park Athletic Centre THE NEW NATION BIG WALK will be held on Sunday, May 23, 1971 Send in your entry form today. NAME (in full) ADDRESS (Print clearly in capital letters) (Postal District No.) Sex: AGE Date of Birth GROUP*
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    • 555 15 Cut along dotted lints NEW NATION MONEYWORDS L' WEDNESDAY Cat tut and pm with ether coupons. Posting instructions appear below. Name (Mr./Mrs./Miss). 3 J__k_k A Z Y FILL IN MISSING LETTERS ACROSS USING CLUES BELOW. Cut alcitj dotted lines CLUES FOR L-3 1. Smoll room in o prison, etc. 2.
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    • 227 16 c Young aijd c Lovely Nineteen-y ear-old Saida Sassoon has struck on a bright idea to keep herself, cool, especially during this hot spell. Her recipe hot pants and hair tied back. A secretarial student, she loves bowling, dancing and swimming when she's
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    • 361 16 France rebuffs UK's opinion poll A British opinion poll which showed that most Britons consider the French and Italians as "unwashed, dishonest and sexually obsessed" has stirred up resent ment in France. The mass circulation Paris newspaper, France Soir, has made the
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    • 286 16 The Australian tourists have for many years come to Asia to spend their money but the reverse does not apply to the Asian tourists. At least, not until fairly recently. Today, however, there seems to be a slow national awakening in Australia to
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    • 100 16 Thousands of British school-children are being warned about a BBC recipe for homemade ginger pop. If they follow the recipe's instructions it could lead to an explosion. The recipe tells children to add one pound of sugar before bottling, instead of one ounce.
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    • 57 16 AH FOOK: The authorities have taken the fun out of orientation with the ban on ragging so rigidly administered. Students these days are partly to blame they've lost their sense of humour. MEI LIN: You still have the same sadistic streak in you. Can't you change? What do
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    • 355 16 5 Singapore 6.05 Opening and Huckleberry Hound 6.30 News in Brief 6.35 What Others Say (E) 6.50 Vocal recital by Madam Huang Phay Chin (repeat) 7.10 Alfred Hitchcock 7.40 News and Newsreel (C) 8.05 F. 8.1. 9.00 News (E) 9.10 The Carol Burnett Show 10.05 FA Cup Final: Arsenal vs
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    • 492 16 TRUST YOUR LUCKY STAR IF IT'S YOUR BIRTHDAY BORN today, you possess keen perception, an excellent memory, and the quickness it takes to come up with whatever Ideas are necessary at any given time. Gifted with exceptional prowess, you are seldom at a loss to know what to do or
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