New Nation, 14 May 1971

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  • 17 1 NEW NATION SINGAPORE Friday evening, May 14, 1971 No. 100 Price 15 cents SINGAPORE FRIDAY, MAY 14
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  • 14 1 Police reported a total of 100 accidents on yesterday. Two were serious.
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  • 144 1 Steady conditions ruled on the Stock Exchange this morning, with business concentrated on the industrial sector. Among lower price issues, interest was centred on Gammons the share was taken from $1 to $1.06, a gain of eight cents on yesterday's close. Others to move forward were Gula
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  • 28 1 Tokyo, Friday North Vietnam announced today that it wouid receive on June 4 a number of prisoners of war being held in South Vietnam.
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  • 49 1 LATE NEWS London, Friday.—The opposition Labour Party made sweeping gains in town and city government elections today. With results in from about two-thirds of the voting districts, the Labour Party had scored 793 net gains of council seats compared with the Conservatives' 705 net losses.
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  • 374 1 NOW PETROL DEALERS AND THE OIL COMPANIES ACT TO CONSERVE WATER The Singapore Petrol Dealers' Association today renewed the government's call to conserve water and urged its members to use water sparingly. Mr. Yap Chin Poh, secretary of the
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  • 185 1 Cooler temperatures and partly clouded skies are helping to relieve Singapore's water crisis after yesterday's general showers but the crisis is still far from over. The forecast for today is for further isolated showers. Yesterday's official rainfall was 0.47 inches bringing the month's total to 0.97
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  • 224 1 United Press International Stockholm, Friday A court here has established that twins, a boy and a girl, born 14 years ago have different fathers. The case is complicated by the fact that their mother committed adultery with two men besides having Intercourse with her
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  • 499 1 President Sadat may face challenge New Nation Foreign Service Cairo, Friday Six Egyptian Cabinet Ministers including War Minister General Mohammed Fawzi and vice-president and Interior Minister Sharawi Gomaa have resigned their posts. Three members of the supreme executive committee of the Arab socialist Union,
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  • 371 1 A man who earlier escaped two ambushes and police gunfire was finally captured in a police trap near Kitchener Road last night. The man is believed to have master-minded two recent robberies involving more than $20,000, and a series of other robberies. He
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  • 50 1 Tokyo, Friday A nationwide strike halted thousands of subways and commuter trains throughout Japan today and millions of workers jammed into the few operating trains during morning rush to work. Tokyo metropolitan police sent 5,700 officers into commuter stations at dawn to keep throngs moving and prevent disorder.
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  • 107 1 Indonesia will soon call a meeting of experts to discuss the feasibility of a combined ASEAN operation against natural disasters, it was learnt today. The proposal was approved in principle at the ninth session of the ASEAN Sec-retaries-General which ended here yesterday. As a
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  • 1644 2 Drought crisis brings promises of co-operation and plans for meeting restriction problems A NEW NATION survey of a wide cross-rection of business and private institutions shows that efforts to conserve water are being put into effect and that contingency plans are being made to ensure that
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  • 142 2 Swiss watches will cost more in Singapore because of the revaluation of the Swiss mark. Members of the Singapore Clock and Watch Trade Association will meet today to exchange views on price increases. One source said a decision would be made in
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  • 84 2 Kuala Lumpur, Friday.— The Foreign Affairs Ministry said yesterday the Malaysian Government had contributed $12,000 to the fund for the Development of Lumbini after a personal request from the secretary general of the United Nations, U Thant. Lumbini in Nepal Is the birth-place of Buddha and
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  • 44 2 Hong Kong, Friday.—Malaysia's first trade mission to China arrived in Peking yesterday after visiting Canton where it toured the Spring Export Commodities Fair. The 19-member mission is headed by Tengku Razalelgh, president of the Associated Malay Chambers of Commerce.
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  • 234 2 Singapore will be host to 10 nations when a five day conference on" manpower problems in East and South-East Asia opens on May 24. Nearly 70 people will attend the meeting, to be opened by the Minister for Science and Technology, Dr.. Toji Chin Chye,
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  • 309 2 Reuter London, Friday Malaysia's Finance Minister, Tun Tan Siew Sin, flew here yesterday to renegotiate his country's sterling guarantee agreement with Britain in the wake of the European currency upheaval. He is due to confer with Mr. Anthony Barber, Chancellor of the Exchequer
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  • 132 2 The Singapore YWCA hopes to raise $150,000 to set up two hostels for working girls. The Outram Road project needs $70,000 and the conversion of two blocks of Jurong another SoU,OOO. Mrs. Y. K. Hwang, president of the association, has appealed for public support
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  • 22 2 Mahila, Friday—The territory of Papua and New Guinea has been admitted as a new member of the Asian Development Bank.
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  • Page 2 Miscellaneous
    • 101 2 Weather Temperatures in world cities yesterday: Bangkok 98-79 Seoul 73.61 Hong Kong 82-75 Jakarta 95-80 Tokyo 73-59 Taipei 78-68 Naha 81-72 Manila 89-77 Kuala Lumpur 92-73 London 70-55 Paris 79-57 Moscow 68-46 New York 71-64 San Francisco 60-48 Sydney 70-60 Melbourne 60-54 Perth 77-67 Singapore Singapore's weather forecast from i
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  • 266 3 Yard gets record applications Jurong Shipyard has received a record number of 10,000 applications 75 per cent from outside Singapore for 500 vacancies in the yard this year. Announcing this today the yard's deputy manager, Mr. Low Guan Onn said: "We are still processing the
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  • 758 3  -  An inexpensive harbour trip NEW NATION TOUR By Wendy Hutton A fascinating little island with a temple dedicated to one of the sea gods lies four miles south of Singapore. During the ninth month of the Chinese calendar, Hokkiens visit Pulau Kusu to pray
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  • 84 3 Mr. Jek Yeun Thong, the Minister for Culture, will open the 22nd local artists' exhibition organised by the Singaport Art Society at the Victoria Memorial Hall this evening at 5.30. Mr. David Naldu will speak on the public relation officer at the Lion City Hotel at
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  • 313 3 'A BOOST TO TOURISM' The Foreign Minister of Nepal, Mr. Gahendra i B a h a d u r Raj Bhandary, last night expressed the hope that an air agreement between Singapore and Nepal would be signed in the near future to pave the way
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  • 362 3  -  ABBY TAN Nothing succeeds like sucqess. One who holds this conviction is UNESCO education expert Miss Anne Hawkins who helped launch a new teaching method in Asian schools. She has every reason to feel confident. For just after two years, she has found the Asian
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  • 349 3 The Australian government wants to see more Singapore students doing postgraduate rather than undergraduate courses in Australia. Mr. Tony Lawson, a director in the Aboriginal Affairs Department of the Australian Union of Students, said that postgraduate students would be more likely to know the
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  • 196 3 Housewives with time on their hands will soon have an opportunity to convert their boredom Into a lucrative business. It affords them the "h«mce of earning some money which may even out them in the four-figure bracket. This opportunity is coming from Diethelm,
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  • 138 3 Reuter Sydney, Friday Sydney with the support of the New South Wales State Cabinet is vying with Singapore, Manila and Melbourne to become the venue for Aslso million Trade Centre show-case for Asia, the Sydney Daily Telegraph reported. The paper claimed that orecise details
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  • Page 3 Miscellaneous
    • 124 3 At the cinema Orchard: Carry On Up The Jungle—l.3o, 4, 6.30 and 9.15 p.m. Cathay: The Oallant Duo (Mandarin)—l.3o, 4, 7 and 9.30 p.m. Odeon: Mysterious Africa—l.3o, '4, 6.30 and 9.30 p.m. Odeon Katong: The Blade Spares None (Mandarin)—!, 3.15, 7 and 9.15 p.m. Lido: The Great Escape —2.30, 6
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    • 35 3 Toto winning numbers The winning numbers at yesterday's Toto draw, 37/71, were: 26, 29, 8, 2 and 15. The additional number was 12. In the circles draw the numbers drawn were: 2, 23 and 37.
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  • THE WORLD
    • 256 4 Reuter Jakarta, Friday Campaigning for Indonesia's general elections on July 3 has begun to take its toll on the health of several leading politicians. The hierarchy of most of the nine political parties have held their positions for many years and several
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    • 194 4 Reuter Athens, Friday The public prosecutor here is investigating a Greek woman's charges that a team of surgeons removed one of her kidneys for a transplant operation without her consent. The case, which has no precedent In Oreek legal history, has arisen from a
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    • 27 4 Tokyo, Friday.—Communist China has agreed to purchase dlesel freighters from Yugoslavia under a contract signed in Peking yesterday, the New China news agency reported yesterday.
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    • 387 4 Americans cooperated with Vietnamese in activities, says witness United Press International Washington, Friday Donald Luce, who exposed the "tiger cages" at Conson prison in South Vietnam, told senators yesterday he knew of another interrogation centre where he said North Vietnamese prisoners were kept in
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    • 217 4 Reuter Durban, Friday More than 60 people, mostly Africans, are known to have drowned in raging floods caused by torrential rain up to 20 inches in 24 hours in the Durban area and Zululand to the north. The wbrst tragedy was when a bus crowded
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    • 201 4 United Press International Washington, Friday The US Air Force announced yesterday it has a grounding order, i n effect since early this month, on 40 Fill fighters after refitting their main'parachute compartment with new ejection explosives. The entire Fill fleet was grounded after a crash
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    • 75 4 Taipei, Friday. Police have arrested a man wanted for helping to bury alive a hawker nearly 20 years ago, a Taipei district court official said yesterday. The official said that had 56-year-old Chen Chin-Lai remained at large another 16 days he could not have been charged
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    • 130 4 This $4.5 million oil centre building, officially opened in Jakarta earlier this week, is part of the Indonesian government's drive to attract oilmen to base their operations in the country. The nine-storey building is equipped with computers and telecommunications system worth a total of almost
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    • 127 4 United Press International New Delhi, Friday The Indian government yesterday nationalised all general insurance firms, including foreign concerns, operating in India. The decision, taken at a cabinet meeting last night, means that the entire field of Insurance has been brought under government ownership.
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    • 193 4 United Press International New York, Friday Thirteen Black Panthers on trial since last September on bomb conspiracy charges were acquitted yesterday on all counts. The Jury of eight whites and four Negroes returned with the verdict after about 90 minutes. It was the longest
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    • 67 4 Tokyo, Friday. The Pcre i g n Minister, Mr. Kiichi Aichi, yesterday endorsed the view that Japan should extend its present three-mile territorial sea limit to 12 miles. He told a session of the House of Councillors foreign affairs committee that the 12 miles theory was
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    • 351 4 Reuter Cairo, Friday Egypt's leading political commentator, Mohammed Hassanein Heykal, has appealed for urgent action "within hours" to save the Middle East peace effort. Apparently speaking figuratively, Mr. Heykal chief editor of the authoritative newspaper A 1 Ahram, said if
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    • 221 4 Reuter Kampala, Friday The Ugandan Government- yesterday offered a £58,000 reward to be paid "either openly or secretly to anyone, anywhere, in any currency" for the return of former president, Dr. Milton Obote, alive. Dr. Obote was deposed by a military take-over on January 25
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    • 130 4 United Press International Bonn, Friday A Cabinet row aggravated by the international US dollar crisis broke out yesterday with the resignation of West German Finance Minister Mr. Alex Moeller. Mr. Moeller told Chancellor Willy Brandt he was leaving the government because he was unable to
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    • 315 5 United Press International Paris, Friday As the Paris peace talks entered their fourth year yesterday The Communists, in what appeared to be a slight shift in their negotiating stand, dropped their demand that the United States withdraw from Vietnam by June 30.
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    • 50 5 Vienna, Friday—Austria has proposed formally to Communist China that the two nations establish diplomatic relations and is waiting for the reply from Peking, Foreign Ministry officials said yesterday. The officials said the Austrian proposal ruled out any Austrian acceptance of Peking's claim to sovereignty over Taiwan.
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    • 302 5  -  From Robert Taylor Reuter Brussels, Friday The first flush of success following the dramatic dawn breakthrough in Britain's Common Market entry negotiations soon gave way to a mood of more muted optimism amongst community officials yesterday. Although the progress notched up at
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    • 170 5 United Press International London, Friday Britons voted yesterday in town and city government elections which political experts, pollsters and the Press generally predicted would show a sharp swing against the governing Conservatives and in favour of the opposition Labour Party. Voting
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    • 138 5 United Press International Seoul, Friday South Korean national police have arrested 11 North Korean agents who were alleged to have organised underground Communist cells in South Korea's southwestern province. A police spokesman said yesterday that the group, headed by Yu Nak-jin, 43, were
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    • 169 5 FINAL DEATH TOLL IS 80 Seoul, Friday The South Korean government has offered about $150,000 compensation to relatives of victims in Monday's bus disaster in which the final death toll was BQ. r The money was offered from the government calamity fund after about
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    • 160 5 Reuter Salisbury, Friday Rhodesia today abolished petrol rationing five years .after it was first imposed as a result of United Nations oil sanctions. The end of rationing was announced by the Ministry of Commerce and Industry, Mr. Jack Mussett. The sanctions followed the seizure of
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    • 182 5 United Press International Colombo, Friday The Ceylon air force has started using cannon fire on hideouts of the youthful Che Guevarist rebels, a military spokesman said yesterday. He gave no details of the operations, but it is known that hardcore elements of the insurgency
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    • 411 5 India badly wants much more aid says minister Reuter New Delhi, Friday An Indian government Minister has confirmed that India needs immediate foreign aid of at least US$336 million to cope with East Pakistani refugees. Health Minister of State, Professor P.P. Chattopadhyaya, speaking to reporters
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    • 192 5 United Press International Naples, Friday A criminal court yesterday acquitted a New Zealand woman held for seven months on charges of possessing drugs. The court said the facts did not constitute a crime £n« e case of Lynette June Williamson, 29, of Arapuni
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  • WORLD COMMENT
    • 588 6 From a UPI correspondent in Seoul South Korea's problem is to keep Communist North Korea at bay while making more money. North Korean Premier Kim II Sang has not given up his ambition of unifying all Korea under Communist rule, but US diplomats in
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    • Article, Illustration
      1154 6  -  Its choice is between trade and politics By Pang Cheng Lian "It is premature to speak of Japan's political role in South-East Asia. But its economic role in. the region is important," said Mr. Ryozoo Sunobe, direc-tor-general of the Asian Affairs Bureau in the Gaimusho, the Japanese Foreign
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    • 726 6  -  Poll will gauge measure of revival By Pakir Singh The Bekok State byelection this weekend and the Yen-Merbok State by-election 1 next weekend will give some Indication of the political forces which have emerged in Malaysia in the post-May 13 period. At Bekok in Johore State,
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  • LOCAL COMMENT
    • 1057 7  -  Singapore has taken action against smoking: Restricting advertising and banning smoking in theatres and cinemas. New Nation begins today a wide-ranging look into smoking, its implications and related effects from medical and personal to economic and political. A NEW NATION SPECIAL REPORTE THE FACTS OF DEATH Jackie
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    • 484 7 The Sultan's answer was execution History records countless attempts at stamping out the smoking habit. Unmatched as yet seems to be that of Sultan Murad the Cruel of Turkey who in the early 17th Century had 25,000 people put to death for smoking. Today's methods
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    • 208 7 Not only is it hard to give up cigarettes, but many smokers Just don't want to anyway. A random survey drew these responses. Mr. Wan Osman Salleh, 24, a customs officer, said: "I have been smoking since my school days. I was fully aware of the
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    • Voice of the Press
      • 125 7 The Ministry of Health has in the past years launched a number of dental health campaigns in schools but everything was forgotten when the campaigns were over. Thus, every year, there is the usual astonishment at discovering the poor dental condition among the students. Food has
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      • 118 7 The amendments to UMNO's constitution will bring about major changes in the party's structure and organisation. One object of the amendments is to bring the party's constitution in line with the contents of the national constitution. Another object is to prevent or at least minimise the occurrence of
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      • 174 7 What the people are most concerned about is that the water shortage will affect their dally lives and agricultural, commercial and Industrial activities. In this respect, we have valuable past experience to draw from, and need not be unduly worried about the present water shortage which is
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      • 143 7 Spoiling the children, a condition so common in our country, Is hardly the wish of the offsprings themselves. This was demonstrated recently by the results of a poll of 125,000 young Japanese between the ages of 15 and 24, conducted by the Prime Minister's office. In personal interviews
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  • 391 8 Having successfully concluded the first round in the "ping pong diplomacy" with the United States, China has now turned its attention to its non-Communist Asian neighbours. Two trade delegations, one from Malaysia and the other from the Philippines, are now visiting China in
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  • 'WHISPERS' by ISPY
    • 67 8 A reader warned me some time ago, in the Letters to the Editor column on this same page, about retailing gossip. Let me state that my brief from the editor is to publish no Whisper that is not based on good and true information. What I hear I
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    • 265 8 I heard two good comments, among the many, many things which people had to say, about the Prime Minister's televised session with the pre-university students. A foreign resident, who knows Singapore and other parts of Asia well, told me: "What a brilliant performance. I do not remember
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    • 51 8 At rather an odd time, a Pakistan trade exhibition opens here on May 15. Pakistan's recently appointed Ifigh Commissioner Mr. Z.M. Farooqui will, however, not be here. He is now in Washington "on leave" but also, as one source said, "on duty." Mr. Farooqui certainly covers a wide
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  • 912 8  -  SHIRI MULGAOKAR I was in Israel shortly after the Six-Day War and I have a haunting memory of a visit to a kibbutz Just below the Golan Heights. The kibbutz was a farming community, and over the
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  • Letters
    • 559 8  -  V.T. GOH You have certainly done justice to the question of Press freedom and responsibilities in Singapore, in the two articles juxtaposed (intentionally or by accident, I wonder) on yesterday's leader page. Jackie Sam's article will anger the liberals and irritate many of his professional colleagues.
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    • 241 8  -  COLIN GARRATT Mr. Gerald de Cruz in a recent column (NN April 27) pointed out how the opening up of China was going to be a disillusionment for the many radicals and discontents and antiestablishment youths throughout the rest of the world who look to China as
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    • 133 8  -  YEM Singapore 20. Jalianwala Bagh seems to pale into insignificance after reading the report by Mr. Mort Rosenblum of AP and Mr. Malcolm W. Brown of New York Times, of the mass killings in Bangla Desh. "Two dormitories of the Dacca University bore signs of massive
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  • Page 8 Miscellaneous

  • 1282 9  -  AND THE ENERGETIC YOUNG MILLIONS ARE WAITING TO BE HARNESSED GREGORY CLARK CONCLUDES HIS REPORT ON CHINA FROM THE INSIDE UNDER HE BAMBOO OURFUN GREGORY CLARK IF YOU thought Pekinf s ping pong diplomacy was mysterious consider this: Malaysia, the Philippines and Australia
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  • 1216 9  -  'Special relationship' again rekindled From JOHN HOFFMAN Melbourne Herald After an election, which sceptics said until recently would never be held, will come one of history's most unlikely royal tours. The expected polls victory on July 3; giving President Suharto a public mandate
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  • SHOPPING
    • 444 10 COSMETICS No girl should miss out on a date merely because she looks 'awful', not when she can choose from a range of cosmetics to hide her 'ugly' spots and enhance her face rpHE girl who says A she can't go out on a date
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  • 160 11  -  CAMERA"*?® A feature for camera enthusiasts conducted by WANG SU FAH. Watch for it every Friday! WANG SU FAH Camera Corner's weekly photographic contest. Below are the rules of the competition. It's open to all with cash prizes. Rules 1. The Contest is open to
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  • 384 11 Last week I promised to tell you something about a light trap. It is simply a squareshaped wooden cover slightly bigger than the opening of the ventilator, and fixed in front of the fan blades about two to
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  • 113 11  -  1 WOMAN 1 STORY: Bohani Lee It's panne velvet again! Pale silver panne velvet that shimmers and sparkles in the light like the evening star. Softly moulding, gently clinging could one ask for anything more feminine? Made into a swinging knickerbocker suit, one
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  • 452 11  - Cantonese cooking. 52 dishes to pick from EATING OUT WITH WENDY HUTTON "But why is it called Siamese Chicken if this restaurant specialises in Cantonese food?*' asked my husband. "No-one seems to known," I replied, "but since It's their best known dish, let's try it anyway." We were eating at
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  • Finance and business
    • 1137 12 ALL YOU WANT TO KNOW ABOUT THE STOCK EXCHANGE COUNTERS 1976-1971 1 wk. 4 wks. Closing Price last Divid. P/E TvrnHifh Low •CO ago Stock Bayers Seller* Sale Tleld Ratio Over INDUSTRIALS 4.50 2.39 2.41 2.55 Allied Chocolate 2.37 2.41 2.39 6.2N 15.1 23 1J0 0.84| 1.18
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    • 41 12 Paris, Friday France yesterday increased her bank rate from 6.5 to 6.75 per cent to combat continued strong inflationary tendencies. The measure was taken after the official price index had risen 1.5 per cent in the first quarter
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    • 191 12 Allied Chem Alcoa Am Brands Am Can Am Motor* AT A T A A P 33% 68% 46% 36% Avon Pd Beth Steel Boeing Caterp Trac Chrysler Coca-Cola Control Data Corn Ol Wka Dow Chem DuPont Fed Dept Stra Ford Mot Gen Dynam 31 Oen Elec Gen
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    • 27 12 LONDON, Fri.—Car prices in Britain soared during the past year becauce of strikes, pay increases and rising raw material costs, the magazine Autocar says.
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    • 243 12 United Press International New York, Friday Stocks declined in fairly heavy trading yesterday. Weakness reflected concern about International monetary conditions and a continuation of the market's consolidation pattern after several months of sharp advances. One analyst said the list was passing through a period
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    • 228 12 United Press International London, Friday Business was on a very reduced scale in stock markets yesterday and though selective buying brought bright features among secondary issues, leading stocks were unsettled by the cutback of investment by the chemical industry. April's modest trade surplus also
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    • 177 12  -  LESLIE TAN Goods worth $lOO,OOO will go on display during the 17-day Pakistan Trade Exhibition wnich opens at the Great World tomorrow. Manufactured goods, including machinery electrical equipment, surgical inhousehold goods, textiles and carpets will be on display. Mr M.S. Islam the acting Pakistan High
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  • EDUCATION
    • 385 12  -  By PATRICK DE SOUZA Principals in many primary schools agree that school textbooks are reasonably priced. Textbooks used in primary schools range from 50 cents for a language book to $4.45 for a set of mathematics books. The principal of an English mission school
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    • 310 12  -  PETER KOH Creative writing Is not new to schools In Singapore. Students have been writing short stories, poems, ana plays for their school rppgwiinff all time. This has become very popular in schools. This is in line with the modern ooncept of education which is
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    • 138 12 WALL STREET CONCERN OVER WORLD MONEY CONDITIONS vuHAitTHe ftJSTCHICWiO fetG IDSA? HAS $l5O MILUOM I TDPNAWCSti'S ZXPOIZTS TOTHZ URG AMD CONSTCeUCT/O^ fNDuSTrerrrs/ SSASIA. 0. W. a M X <3- Loggers get their timber out quicker with the right equipment. Like tractors, skidders end grapplers. Mechanised giants can do the work
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      507 13  -  CAMERA ON SCHOOLS Words: Sonny Yap The ever widening range of sporting events has greatly increased the workload of teachers and officials organising a school annual athletic meet. A satisfactory balance has to be found—to include as many new events a* possible and ensuring maximum participation without creating
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    • 404 14 United Press International Tokyo, Friday Nationalist China's Chen Chien Chung, New Zealand's Terry Kendall and 1961 Japan Open champion Kenji Hosoishi fired a three under par 69 each yesterday for a one stroke lead in the first round of the U5527,000 first Japan Air
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    • 76 14 Local karters will again be involved in the Singapore Karting Club monthly "Mini Formula Race" meeting at Kallang Park on Sunday. Among the top karters taking part are Philip Seow, Steven Kam, Lim Chin Choon, Lionel Chan and Harry Tan. Indonesia's Hengy Iriawan will be the
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    • 85 14 Mr. Chor Yeok Eng, Parliamentary secretary to the Ministry of Health, was re-elected President of the Singapore Amateur Wrestling Association for the third year running. Other officials are: Deputy President—Mr. Young Hai Wah; Vice-Presidents —Mr. Albert Lam, Mr. Seet Wee Swee, Mr. Billy Whey, Mr. E.O. Thompson;
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    • 41 14 The Singapore Amateur Athletic Association has called off the Triangular match between Flash Sports Club, Achilles Club and Swifts to be held at Farrer Park on Sunday. Instead, an All-Comers meet will be held, starting at 2.30 p.m.
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    • 158 14 Eight teams have entered for the Othman Wok Cup Sepak Takraw knockout championships to »be held at the Joo Seng Community Centre over the weekend starting at 7.30 p.m. They are Swiss Cottage, Sri Buono, Putera Jurutera, Sri Utama Putera, Sri Yusof Ishak, Sri
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    • 858 14 Defending champion Jimmy Stewart will t e e of f with Tan Kwang Joo and Lauw Yang Choon at 1.54 p.m. for the first qualifying round Of the Singapore Island Country Club championship, off the 10th tee, tomorrow over the Island new course. The
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    • 176 14  -  Peter Koh Nineteen year-old Ng Aik Choo (pictured at left), a world table tennis tournament representative, is planning to retire before the Seap Games this year. Aik Choo, formerly of Raffles Girls' School, started to take up the game seriously about half a decade ago. She
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    • 613 15  -  GUTTER b TALK WITH JOHN FITCH The recent Philippine Airlines International tournament held in various States of Australia met with great praise at each of the bowling sites. Captain, of the six man contingent from Asia was our local boy Jess© Dy, elected by K. Lui
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    • 310 15 FOOTBALL London, Friday Tottenham Hotspur will have 17 players on their soccer tour of Japan starting on May 26, the English First Division Club announced here yesterday. A club official said the squad had not yet been finalised, but the party would Include Tottenham's first team pool,
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    • 498 15 London, Friday The Pakistani cricketers, who led by five runs on first innings, were 128 for one at the close in their second innings on the second day of their match against Hampshire here yesterday. Scores: Pakistan 274 and 128 for one. Hampshire 269. Hampshire, reduced
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    • 92 15 Taipei, Friday. The World champion bridge team, the Dallas Aces, crowned a dazzling performance in their attempt to retain the trophy when they heavily defeated France by 20 victory points to none in the final qualifying match between the two teams last night. The Aces now
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    • 217 15 From Blue Peter in Penang Amber Lass showed impressive form in a, 3f gallop in 381/5 on a yielding track at Penang this morning. Pahlawan and Wonderful Surprise matched strides in a 3f trial in 38 3/5. Lesong went well with I
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    • 84 15 Jakarta, Friday Fifteen Asian countries have confirmed their participation in the forthcoming Asian badminton championships In Jakarta, according to the Chairman of the Indonesian Badminton Association, Dr. Sudlrman. Confirmation of two other nations, Taiwan and South Vietnam, has not yet been received. Teams will compete for
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    • 40 15 At PRAGUE: Czechoslovakia won both singles matches on the opening day of their European zone group "A" against Portugal. Frantlsek Pala beat Alfredo Zazpinto 6-1 6-1 6-1 and Jan Kodes defeated Raul Peralta 8-6 6-0 6-2.
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    • 106 15 London, Friday. Alto Volante owned by Mr. V. Barclay won the 3,599 sterling Yorkshire Cup run over 1% miles here yesterday, Mr. R. A. Wood's Melody Rock was second and Mr. W. Barnett's High Line was third of six runners. Brian Taylor rode Alto Volante,
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    • 37 15 Telok Kurau Secondary School will hold its 6th annual athletic meet on the school ground at 2 p.m. tomorrow. Today, MacPherson Secondary will hold its sports meet on the school ground, starting at 2.30 p.m.
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  • Page 14 Advertisements
    • 385 14 Tn ANNOUNCEMENTS DARI LAUT'S Night of Nights. Saturday May 15th. Telephone: *****8 or *****4. For reservations. ACCOMMODATION VACANT FLAT AT 516-B, Dunman Road, Singapore. Ready for immediate occupation. 3 bedrooms, lounge, dining. Rent $3BO/- p.m. unfurnished. Interested party contact Mr. Foo Sin Chye. Telephone *****. OFF HOLLAND ROAD, 5 m.s.
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    • 257 14 WCSTINGHOUSC, CHRYSLER, CARRIER Airconditioners. Contact Jetcool, 87 Tanglin Rood, Singapore. Telephone: *****4/ *****5. LEAVE ACCOMMODATION LEAVE HOUSE for rent for 1. month. Call Singapore *****5. OFFICE SPACE VACANT SOUTH BRIDGE ROAD, 2nd floor front portion airconditioned, 917 sq. ft. Available immediately. Mr. Leong Singapore *****0. POSITION VACANT Wanted MALE/FEMALE DOCTOR
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    • 48 14 ENTER NOW NEW NATION/DOROTHY GRAY 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 Grav 'Young end Lovely' Quest Address: Telephone No: Age: Occupation: I enclose my recent photograph. Signed.
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  • Page 14 Miscellaneous
    • 153 14 DR. KILDARE by Ken Bald V* ift fSH'T IT TIME TO BE HONEST 7 HONEST? I WITH ME, v/pOH'T UNDERFREE? f jTSTAND, CLAIRE. EITHER. YOU'RE CONCEALING SOMETHING ABOUT YOUR DAUGHTER OR >OU'RE ASHAMED OF ME' M V/A X If 1 v/ I </■ Ms 7/ r c If THEN TELL-
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    • 62 14 NEW NATION CROSSWORD on tne ecuioriai page. 2 words, for a poet, e. i snake. slyer. s middle name. slv#» rut. nf meat* 2 Hiiillvß p ncinnß nrinnnnß RnaonHf] EnnnciDß nnnoaua IECPI ODBOB EEC ODH feJUULI ICUGH Kim LitiUUH [EEOED DOBaa BIR lEKBEBEB HHUHULJU ECB ***** □□□BQ I BBEEGEOE DDOO
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    • 317 15 Hbicwalk I 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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    • 256 15 BIG WALK NOVICES SECTION Dunearn Rd. 6*4 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) (Print clearly in capital letters) ADDRESS (Postal District No.) Sex: AGE Date of Birth GROUP*
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  • Page 15 Miscellaneous
    • 605 15 w LETTERS ACROSS Mil Cat ilM| KRH CLUES FOR L-5 1. In iprini, it's espe- 4. Unhappy might c tally nic* to be said to bo part off from the office. of the "stock in trade" of welfare 2. The first one man Sets ma, make him 5 A a
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    • 206 16 Campy Craig, a first grade student at Hoy School Madison, Wisconsin doesn't rank with the world's great chefs yet but his recipe for giant peppermint cake is interesting all the same. It consists of "two spoons of peppermint, 500 tons of whipping cream, 60 eggs,
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    • 237 16 Colonel Phouy Manosane, the royal gover nor of Phong Saly province, is in a unique position. He has a white, two storey building for an office, but has never set foot in his province. He has a staff of 10 civil servants, secretary,
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    • 239 16 c Y)ung aijd c Lovely Christine Verghese sporting the New Look in Hotpants, a creation by David Hartnell of Dorothy Gray, London. Christine is now vying for the New Nation-Dorothy Gray Young and Lovely title. New Nation is looking for Young and Lovely Faces.
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    • 306 16 But 'natives' went topless for years Complaints in a seaside town council about tourists said to be indecently dressed have led to heated debate in Nairobi about how much —or how little—people should wear on Kenya's golden Indian Ocean beaches. Expressions of shock at
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    • 103 16 Wealthy British property owner Harry Brian-Brown 73, loves weddings. The trouble is that he never gets invited to Dne. In fact he hasn't been to a wedding in years. So now he. is offering to chauffer drive young couples to the
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    • 80 16 A letter to the Times suggested yesterday that Britain take unilateral action and allow the British hemline to float upwards and find its own level. Oliver Waver of Much Hadham, England, wrote: "Owing to speculation brought about by the warmer weather, a wave
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    • 58 16 AH FOOK: It will be a waste of time having a film classification advisory committee. There will still be censorship as long as the Board of Censors remains. MEI LIN: You can't allow our young ones to take in all the filth that Hollywood is churning out. What
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    • 97 16 Van Hin's extra SUPER OFFER! for magnet carpets only. k%vN«. 566/= B also available B in sizes of 9 7 '6'& 0 Whether for home or for office, the rich plain colours or sophisticated designs of these Bond Worth carpets blend gracefully with traditional or modern furniture. You get the
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    • 771 16 5 Singapore 6.00 Opening and Lucky Dip 6.30 News in Brief 6.35 Children's Corner (C) 7.05 Sports Parade 7.40 News (C) 7.55 Chinese Variety Show 8.50 A documentary 9.Q0 News and Newsreel (E) 9.25 Green Acres 9.55 World Premier Theatre 1.10 The Don Knotts Show 11.50 Close 8 Singapore 6.05
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    • 1049 17 By BLUE PETER Thunderer looks set for a winking effort in the Class 4 Division 3—s£F handicap at Penang tomorrow. This Pakistan four-year-old showed promise in his last start over s£f at Ipoh last month when finishing second
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    • 159 17 SCRUTINEER BLUE PETER EPSOM JEEP MAKUDA H" rTT7" H'B Race 1 trvTrm—m PRINCE ARGENT PHALZ P. ARGENT Prime Argent Gcnrmet Senator Gourmet Gourmet Race S RAUB Top Kingdom T. BUNGAH T. Brightnf TOP KINGDOM Tanltoc Bungah TOP KING Yanaaar DO a CONFLICT CONFLICT KATU BUKIT SEROK warn
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    • 25845 18 —rnmm 1.45 a. 6 Div. 2 —s*f. litHU ($4500 —$3150 to winner) 1 ***** DiUQONBOAT II (Tda) All* 3 9.9 (F) Cilesai 1 ■IGHTHt <ll started) 27-3-71 K.L. 7-7 carr. 7-S 6F (Coleman) a. 6 Div. 1; Ist. Koa Tinggi 7-7; 2nd. Picture House 7-S; 3rd. Fraser Hill
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    • 176 21 I I i il?aEiwfgi^ Wm-mm BLUE PETER EPSOM JEEP MAKUDA MARKSMAN Race 1 AMBER LASS FILM STUDIO AMBER LA8S King Pot King Pot Fraaer Hill Fraaer Hill Heavenly Body Race 2 EVEN SAY RINA n TENTRAM PERKASA W. MARKSMAN Tentram Frisco Rina Blew Lady Tentram Race S BOSS
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    • 75 18 RIDING RIDING RIDING rj to •-V pf» Hh& v M PRICE: $1.50 ONLY Here are some of the interesting features that you will find in the MARCH '7l issue of 'RIDING':- Strength by Gentleness Confined (Heavy Horses) Young Riders Section A Choice of Stallions. Canter's Column The Donkey Stallion 9
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