New Nation, 11 June 1971

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    17 1 NEW NATION SINGAPORE Friday evening, June 11, 1971 No. 124 Price 15 cents g m:\v nation j
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    OUR ROADS
    16 1 Police reported a total of 68 accidents yesterday. Ten were serious and one fatal.
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    UN man in coma
    31 1 LATE NEWS New York, Friday.—United Nations Under SecretaryGeneral Dr. Ralph Bunche is reported to have lapsed into a coma and fears have been expressed about his recovery.
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    Foreign firm now moves in
    482 1  -  Slater Walker gets Haw Par control and big slice of local Chinese newspaper group By Anil Bhatia Slater Walker Securities, the British-Aus-t r a 1 i a n investment group, has acquired more than 50 per cent holding in Haw Par Brothers International, which makes
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    Skeletons of war found in Mexico
    122 1 Mexico City, Friday Human skeletons uncovered in a North Mexican village earlier this week were the remains of "North American soldiers who fought In Mexico's 1910-1920 revolution and not of recent murder victims, police said today. Reports from the village of Escandon in the
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    Oil rights
    37 1 Saigon, Friday. The South Vietnamese government has announced that it will grant* concession rights for petroleum exploration on the continental shelf in the South China Sea in open bids to be taken late this year.
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    ON THE 'CHANGE
    124 1 Quiet conditions ruled on the stock market this morning. Business wks centred on a handful of counters in the industrial sector. Haw Pur continued to dominate the .scene, the share Was knocked down to $1.44 against yesterday's close of $1.51 following announcement that Slater Walker had acquired
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    Seven hurt
    28 1 Belfast, Friday. Irish extremists have injured seven people, including three children, in an attack on one Of the most heavily guarded police stations in Northern Ireland.
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    Lock icon 16 killed in US rail crash
    286 1 United Press International Washington, Friday 1 The "City of New Orleans" passenger train, speeding through southern Illinois at 85 miles an hour, roared off the tracks yesterday in the worst and most deadly American rail disaster in almost a decade. At least 16 people
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    Lock icon 'Let others take them'
    319 1 New Nation Foreign Service New Delhi, Friday The millions of Pakistani refugees in India will have to go to other countries if conditions are not right for them to return home, according to India's Foreign Minister Mr. Swaran Singh. "We cant keep them. If the international
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    The two 'big eyes' in Oxley Road
    124 1 The nexjt time you pass Qxley Road you'll see two huge convex mirrors glaring at you, just in front of the Prime Minister's house. Installed two days ago, the mirrors, each measuring about three feet, give a 180-degree view of the two ends
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    Lock icon Offer by Red Cross on political prisoners
    149 1 Reuter Geneva,' Friday The International Red Cross Committee said yesterday it was ready to study the question of political prisoners in Singapore, if it received any request to do so from Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew. A spokesman for the committee was commenting
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    Protest ends in clash
    103 1 Mexico City, Friday. Street fighting out in Mexico City last night as some 500 youths armed with guns and sticks attacked an anti-government demonstration of about 8000 students. The youths, apparently, from an ultra right wing organisation known as MURO, moved in on the students after
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      7 1 0 Text of Lee's conference, Page 2
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    Lock icon Lee alleges secret backers
    2041 2 'I am a suspicious man by nature, having been faced* with many devious operations' Reuter Helsinki, Friday This is the partial text of the Press conference given by Singapore's Prime Minister, Mr. Lee Kuan Yew. Mr. Lee, spoke first on the background of the Nanvang Siang
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    The foreign owners
    349 2 Profits going oui, gays expert Kuala Lumptir, Friday About 95 per cent of Malaysia's shipping and 60 per cent of its rubber, tin and banking, insurance and whole- sale-trade is dTOied or contrqjleaby foreigners. This estAfate was made by economist Dh V. Kanapathy at a forum on
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    US trade team has made useful contacts
    188 2 A seven-man US trade delegation left yesterday for Kuala Lumpur, happy that they have established useful contacts, here. The leader of the mission, Mr. Herbert Socks, said before departure: "During our four-day stay here we have met more than 60 Industrialists and told
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    Yacht hits hurricane, almost goes down
    428 2  -  Three-day Indian Ocean nightmare By Brett Bayly The American yachtsman magician John Calvert has returned to Malaysia after an almost disastrous attempt to cross the Bay of Ben gal to India in which he came within minutes of losing his new 60-ft yacht. His
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    No eviction threat to these tenants
    128 2 Residents living in the terrace houses along Jalan Bahagia and Jalan Ma'mor need not fear that the government may force to leave their houses if they do not buy them. Informed sources said that the Housing and Development Board was only carrying out the
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    Cabbies appeal to government
    275 2 The Taxi Drivers' Association, which represents 3,800 drivers, will be sending another memorandum to the government emphasising the difficulties they are facing because of the new transport system. They want the government to act now before their plight becomes worse. This follows an earlier appeal by
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    Police Week campaign a big success
    268 2 The police were overwhelmed by the number of visitors and supporters that visited their first Police Week campaign which was focussed on "Police at your service." The chairman of the organising committee, Acting Deputy Commissioner, Mr. Yeoh Bin Chiat, said: "The police week was
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      182 2 A PEACOCK BOOK I by Eric Williams Some of the most exciting stories ever written have had escape from the enemy as their theme. In this book, Eric Williams Has collected together the escape stories of twelve different men and women who were involved in the Secood World War. v
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    Reprieve for lighter operators
    299 3 No plans for redevelopment yet The government has temporarily allayed fears of lighter owners and operators that they might soon lose their sites along the Singapore River because of urban renewal. The Singapore Lighter Owners' Association has received an assurance that redevelopment of the river bank
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    Six US students to join Nantah
    92 3 Six American male students will arrive here early next month to study Mandarin at the Nanyang University. They will be here for six months to a year, a Nantah spokesman said. Meanwhile, three American students who have Just completed a year's stay here, will
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    Windfall of roubles
    82 3 The Russian Antartic Whaling fleet is in Singapore again and shopping centres are experiencing a mild windfall of Russian roubles as the sailors step ashore. The whaling flotilla—the largest in the world—is led by the 45,000-ton factory ship "Soviet Russia" and 22 other smaller ships. The fleet
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    Asian visit
    44 3 Canberra, Friday. The national president of Australia's Returned Servicemen's League, Sir Arthur Lee. will leave Sydney on Sunday for a six-week visit to South-East Asia where he will hold discussions with servicemen's organisations. Sir Arthur will visit Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand and Indonesia.
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    Wong: Make the new curriculum flexible
    435 3 A. call for greater flexibility in the school curriculum was made by the director of the research unit in the Ministry of Education, Dr. Ruth H. K. Wong. In the latest Issue of the Pendidek an education journal published by the Ministry—Dr. Wong said
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    Charity show
    33 3 The youth section of the PAP Whampoa Branch will hold a charity fllm show, The Twin Swords, at State Theatre on Sunday at 8.30 p.m. to raise funds for its activities
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    Woon's date
    27 3 Mr. Woon Wah Siang, chairman of Jurong Town Corporation, will open the $200,000 Jurong Town Creche at Corporation Drive on June 19 at 4.30 p.m.
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    Photo course
    21 3 A six-week practical course on photography for beginners will begin at the YMCA in Orchard Road on June 28.
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    Ministry fights the pollution problem
    296 3 Sardon outlines programme Penang, Friday Health Minister Tan Sri Sardon said yesterday that his Ministry was urgently tackling the problem of pollution. "A senior officer is now attending seminars abroad to collate facts before submitting his report and recommendations," he said at the official opening
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    TWICE OVER FOR PURU AND PUNI
    63 3 Captain S. Purushothaman of the Singapore Armed Forces and Miss Puni Selvadurai, a public relations officer and a former journalist, after their wedding at the Registry of Marriages. The couple also went through another ceremony according to Hindu rites at the temple in Waterloo
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    Tourism talk at Rotary Club
    157 3 The Rotary Club of Singapore East will hold a talk on tourism by Mr. Norman Cloke at Lion City Hotel at 5.30 p.m. today. The sports equipment display at the Australian High Commission. 201. Clemenceau Avenue, is open to the public from 12 noon to
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    Winning Toto numbers
    34 3 The numbers picked at yesterday's Toto draw were 3, 16, 35, 24 and 14. The additional number was 49. In the circles draw, the numbers picked were 34, 14 and 17.
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    SATA lays off 11 as TB shows big drop
    227 3 The Singapore AntiTuberculosis Association has retrenched 11 of its 123 employees because of a steep decline in the incidence of tuberculosis. Of the 11 employees, nine are women who were employed as nurses or health Inspectors while the other two are
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    Emergency to continue
    50 3 Salisbury, Friday—Parliament has voted 36 to 15 to renew the nation-wide state of emergency for a further 12 months. The emergency which gives the government sweeping powers over all sectors of Rhodesian life—was first imposed in November 1965, shortly before the unilateral declaration of independence from Britain
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    Lock icon Malaysia to look into land taxes again
    251 3 Melbourne Herald Melbourne, Friday Land taxes in the States of West Malaysia, amended last year for the first time in 30 years, are to be reexamined following complaints and appeals to the Prime Ministers' Department. Furthl* adjustments will affect householders and farmers, but
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  • Page 3 Miscellaneous
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      209 3 Weather i Temperatures in world cities yesterday: Jakarta 92-82. Kuala Lumpur 93-74 Bangkok 87-77. Hong Kong 82-77. Manila 98-76 Taipeh 90-70. Seoul 75-64. Toyko 75-66. Naha 86-79. London 63-48. Paris 64-57. Moscow 75-54. New York 79-59. San Francisco 70-59. Sydney 63-46. Melbourne 57-49. Canberra 54-24. Perth 64-53. Singapore Singapore's weather
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  • THE WORLD
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      Lock icon Nixon's big step ends China ban
      690 4 22-year-old trade embargo goes New Nation Foreign Service Washington, Friday President Nixon's announcement yesterday spelling the end of a 22-year-old embargo on direct trade with China, is the biggest step yet in a policy his administration cautiously besan within months of taking office in
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      Two find riot act painful
      108 4 London, Friday Two civilians were asked to act as rioters to help troops training at an army camp in Colchester to deal with Northern Ireland disturbances. One of them, 6ft. 4 in. Barry Matthews, said later: "We thought we just had to stand there calling
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      Lock icon Sadat: US an ally of Israeli aggression
      323 4 'Proof is in the aid' United Press International Cairo, Friday President Anwar Sadat launched a bitter attack against the United States yesterday and accused it of participating in Israeli occupation of Arab land. He charged the US has become a partner' in Israel's
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      Lock icon KL fear over 'Six'
      406 4 Team for Europe to seek assurance Reuter London, Friday A Malaysian mission will tour Europe next September to express concern about the trade impact of Britain's prospective Common Market member ship and European tariff barriers against foreign agricultural Imports. Inche Mohamed Khir Johart, the Malaysian Minister
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      Camera 'captures' bandits
      97 4 This chance picture of a hold-up at the Sangley Point US naval base near Manila was takeif by an amateur navy photographer, and it's helped police make several arrests. A group of about 10 armed Filipinos grabbed US$42OOO from the American Express uank at the base. One
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      Lock icon Rubber: Group to ask for views on research
      194 4 Reuter London, Friday The London-based International Rubber Study Group is to ask private industry and governments throughout the world for their views on natural rubber research and development programmes. The decision was taken at a three-day meeting of the group which ended
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      Lock icon India fears cholera may sweep country
      348 4 Reuter New Delhi, Friday The Indian Health Ministry has warned that the whole of India could be threatened by the cholera epidemic and put deaths among East Pakistani refugees so far at about 5000—the first official estimate. Mr. Das, the ministry's senior civil servant,
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      Lock icon Vietnam sergeant guilty in graft case
      103 4 United Press International New York, Friday Master Sergeant William Higdon was found guilty yesterday of larceny and graft in connection with irregularities in the operation of a servicemen's club in Vietnam. A court-martial panel of five officers in Huntsville, Alabama, convicted Highdon of accepting
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      Lock icon Sihanouk accepts invitation to visit Rumania
      151 4 Reuter Hong Kong:, Friday Deposed Cambodian leader. Prince Norodom Sihanouk, has accepted an invitation by Rumanian President Nicolae Ceausescu to visit Rumania at a date to be fixed later. Radio Peking reported yesterday. The invitation was extended during the Rumanian leader's visit to Peking,
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      Lock icon Firearms seized in Java army raids
      154 4 United Press International Jakarta, Friday Thirteen firearms ranging from carbines and semi automatic weapons to pistols, were seized during raids in Central Java during the past week, Press reports from Semarang said yesterday. Security troops In Central Java earlier this month began a series
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      Clemency
      21 4 Manila, Friday.—President Marcos yesterday extended clemency to 215 jail inmates as part of tomorrow's 73rd anniversary of the Philippine Republic.
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      Lock icon Actor Rennie dies at 62
      165 4 United Press International London, Friday American actor Michael Rennie, star of the television series "The Third Man" and a veteran of such movies as "The Robe" and "King of the Khyber Rifles" died yesterday. He was 62. Rennie died while visiting his mother in Harrogate,
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  • WORLD COMMENT
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      Lock icon New changes sweep China
      428 5  -  Profit motive back on the farm From Robert Elegant Los Angeles Times Back on til? farms, sweeping changes are transforming the People's Republic of China. The new rural economic policy Is less dramatic than the still Imprecisely defined new foreign policy but It sustains foreign policy.
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      Lock icon Willpower, thrift has put money in the bank
      1009 5  -  Behind the Japanese miracle—the world's highest rate of private saving From Don Shannon Los Angeles Times Ask anyone who the world's thriftiest peoSle are and he'll most kely the Scots. But hell be wrong. The distinction falls to the Japanese, the workers
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  • THE WORLD
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      Lock icon Protest over apartheid minister's visit
      288 5 United Press International London, Friday Demonstrators shouting attacks against racial segregation yesterday hurled smoke bombs and tomatoes at visiting South African Defence Minister Mr. Pieter Botha. Mr. Botha, screened by plainclothes police, escaped injury and entered the British Defence Ministry in the Whitehall district of
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      New cable link
      68 5 London, Friday.—Canada and Britain have awarded Standard Telephones and Cables Ltd. a $l6O million contract for a new transatlantic cable system between the two countries, STC announced yesterday. When completed early in 1974, Cantat 2, as the system will be known, will be able to transmit 1840
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      Lock icon Queen speaks on her finances
      236 5 United Press International London, Friday Queen Elizabeth brbke her silence yesterday on the public controversy about her finances and said she is not nearly as wealthy as some think. She did so through a Buckingham Palace spokesman who ridiculed as wildly excessive estimates putting her
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      Lock icon Salyut sends weather reports
      204 5 United Press International Moscow, Friday Three Soviet cosmonauts on board the Salyut orbital laboratory yesterday sent the first weather reports from a manned scientific station in space, a milestone towards making earth safer from hurricanes and cyclones. "Orbital stations can quickly warn the earth about dangerous
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      Lock icon Not Columbus but Hee-li's roach
      221 5 United Press International San Francisco, Friday Did you hear the story about Chinese navigator Hee-li who discovered America nearly 2200 years ago with the help of a cockroach? The Redwood Empire Association believes the legend and celebrated it yesterday, which it calls Discovery Day. The
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  • LOCAL COMMENT
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      Moulding a nation from many races
      1168 6  -  New Nation writer, PA KIR SINGH, today discusses the problems of creating a sense of identity in multi-racial Singapore. He deals with the sentimental attachment the older generation have for the countries of their origin and the role education can play in fostering a
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      Lock icon Australia wants a decision this month on base for forces here
      665 6  -  Southern training ground for Singapore as swap for facilities among proposals A lot has been published recently on the controversy over the rental Australian forces are to be charged for bases here. Today JOHN HOFFMAN takes a closer look
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      LONGHAIRED BIGGAR GETS IN EASILY
      361 6  -  By Patrick de Souza A longhaired, hippielooking Canadian was startled at the ease with which he got past immigration officials here recently. Mr. Donald Biggar, an Engineering graduate from Western Ontario university, dressed in faded shorts with a huge canvas haversack on his shoulders came
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    • The Voice of the Press
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        Sin Chew Jit Poh
        237 6 We wish to ask the Singapore Telephone Board the following questions:One: On what grounds does the STB decide upon Implementing the new system? Its explanation probably is that it needs fund to launch its 6-year development plan. But the STB Is a public-run company supported by
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        Nanyang Siang Pau
        449 6 There are four important Press freedom cases on the agenda of the IPI assembly: the Press "storms" in Singapore, Turkey, South Vietnam and Taiwan. As far as the people of Singapore are concerned, a little over a month ago, we not only had a world-wide prestige winning
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        Utusan Melayu
        195 6 The announcement by Prime Minister Tun Abdul Razak that three major projects would be carried out in Johore under the second five-year development plan is of great significance to the future economic position of this country in view of the fact that Johore is the third largest state
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    America's small step in the right direction
    369 7 President Nixon has lifted the 21-year embargo on trade with China with a long list of goods which will now be available for exchange on an open general licence. The list follows American practice in trade with other Communist countries in excluding so-called
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  • 'WHISPERS' by ISPY
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      Stir over story
      159 7 Cheng Ho's story about K'tut Tantri in New Nation (June 7) has created a stir among her wide circle of friends. A close friend of hers took me aside and carefully explained that it is not quite right to say that she is writing a book about
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      Krishniah in Bangkok
      97 7 Sam Krishna, former editor of the Eastern Sun has, we hear, found a job in Bangkok. He is helping a group of his Thai friends to start a new English-langu-age dally called The Nation, In direct competition with the Thomson-owned Bangkok Post. My guess is that Suthichai
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      Successor question
      160 7 After Thanom, who? In Bangkok, political observers have again started debating this question on the basis of the report that, at reaching the age of 60 on September 30, Field Marshal Thanom Kittikachorn, the Prime Minister and Supreme Commander of Armed Forces, must retire from military service. In
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    Unrest has set the clock back for India and Pakistan by many years
    977 7  -  SHIRI MULGAOKAR If Pakistan's way of resolving the argument over how much autonomy to permit its eastern wing, was an "internal affair", never have one country's problems intruded so extensively and so disastrously into a neighbour's. This
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  • Letters
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      The higher oil price
      323 7  -  CHEE KOON LIN Trade Relations Officer Shell Singapore (Pte.) Ltd. Singapore 1. We believe that the editorial in your paper of June 9 might misinform the public and in turn cast doubts on the integrity of the oil industry, of which Shell is a member. Our
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      The unsolicited compliments
      371 7  -  ALFRED LOH President, Democratic Socialist Club. Singapore 1L We thank Miss Pang Cheng Llan for presenting the somewhat disjointed list of activities of the DSC during the past few years. However, we would like to correct the misimpressions which she has created in the minds of your
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      Dotting the Is, crossing Ts
      134 7  -  PANG CHENG LIAN If my impression of Mr. Loh's letter above Is not wrong, the Democratic Socialist Club Is apparently unhappy with my article because it did not make the club look independent enough. But a more careful and intelligent reading would show that an
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      Pressmen's integrity
      87 7  -  M.K. MENON President, Foreign Correspondents Association of Suth East Asia. Singapore. I refer to the New Nation Whispers column of June 3 In which there was speculation about the atltude of the Foreign Correspondents Association to certain recent developments in .the Republic. This association has not been inactive.
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      Insufficient proof
      131 7  -  SEAH YEW MENG I have read more than one well-researched piece by Pang Cheng Llan and gained a lot from them. But I feel she has not sufficiently documented her latest report on English as the dominant language in Singapore. T do not think it is judicious to
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      98 7 Write to The Editor, New Nation, Locked Bag 15, GPO, Singapore, 1. ■t <-V A W i another Station We assist the development of industry and shoulder part of ,the responsibility to the growing economy of our island. It's our business to turn dreams into reality. It's good to see
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    METRICATION
    4271 8 EDUCATIONAL BROADSHEET A New Nation service [BROADSHEET" THIS educational broadsheet presents a detailed view of metrication to help ease the community of Singapore through the change from the imperial system of weights and measures. And, for the first time, we publish the official translation of common metric terms into
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  • SHOPPING
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      GETTING TO THE SEA IN TOP GEAR
      521 10 AQUAGEAR TF you want to cut a A dash while making a splash, then the old pair of swimming trunks is out. What you need are some of the newest and best seasports equipment on the market. To help you have fun on
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  • WOMAN
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      Tie-dye way for that sparkle
      80 11 The striking impact of "instant" gear will be in for groovy trend setters. Multiplication is the name of the game when it comes to these mod outfits. Get a few colours and mix them all up the tie-dye way and you will sparkle in this
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      $34 dinner for 2
      508 11  -  1 Veil planned and beautifully presented food and amines in local hat el restaurant EATING OUT WITH WENDY HUTTON The Continental Restaurant in the Hotel Imperial is one ot the newest hotel restaurants helping to improve the European food scene in Singapore. The decor of this
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    Commendable efforts...
    599 11  -  Many entries received but none of them ■near exhibition standards CAMERA co*?™ ...CONDUCTED BY WANG SU FAH Camera Corner's photographic contest has attracted many entries. Among them were pictures on various subjects including candid shots on sports and beautiful girls. However, most of the pictures submitted were not
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      147 11 Enter now and win cash Photographic contest is open to ail 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 all Singapore photographers. 2. Minimum size is 6" x 8" on glossy surface.
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  • Finance and business
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      Daily share analysis
      1133 12 all" you want to know about the stock exchange counters 1970-1971 1 wk. 4 wits Closing Price last Divid P/E TurnHigh Low ago ago Stock Buyers Sellers sale Yield Ratio Over INDUSTRIALS V 4.50 2.26 2.46 2.39 Allied Chocolate 2.23 2.26 2.26call 5.5N 16.5 6 1.90 0.84}
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      £15,000 mil. for oil nations
      58 12 LONDON, Fri. Sir David Barren, chairman of Shell Transport Trading Company, told an annual meeting here yesterday that an estimated £15,000 million would be paid over the next five years to oil producing countries under the Teneran agreement reached with the Gulf states in February
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      Shell calls for £500 mil. tanker fleet
      184 12 London, Friday Shell yesterday announced a £5OO million programme to add 32 new tankers to its oil fleet over the next five years. Sir David Barran, chairman of the Shell Transport and Trading Company, told its annual meeting that 25 of the tankers
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      WALL ST.
      246 12 Allied Chem 311 Alcoa 63) Am Brands 43j Am Can 36j Am Motors AT A T i 441 A A P 17J Anaconda 20J Avon Pd Beth Steel 21J Boeing 211 Caterp Trac 50 Chrysler 283 Coca-Cola 103 Control Data 63 Torn G1 Wks 2511 Dow Chem 99j
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      Talks to resume
      40 12 TOKYO, Fri. Japan may -agree* to reopen textile talks with the United States late this summer to pay back a 'political debt" to America for agreeing to sign an Okinawa reversion treaty, the Kyodo News Agency reported.
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      Lock icon US: Market higher in quiet trading
      213 12 United Press International New York, Friday Prices on the New York Stock Exchange closed higher yesterday in relative quiet trading. At the final bell the Dow Jones industrial average of 30 selected' blue chips stood up 3.50 at 915.96. Advances led declines, 708 to
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      UK: Buyers continue to remain aloof
      211 12 London, Friday The market extended overnight losses in very quiet trading. Buyers remained aloof with sentiment affected by the uncertain economic outlook at home, the overnight fall on Wall Street and end of account factors. At 1445 the Finai\:ial Times index fell 2.7 to
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  • EDUCATION
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      English fast replacing French as second language for Khmers
      419 12  -  By PATRICK de SOUZA English is replacing French. as the most important second language in Khemer Republic schools, according to a group of Khmers studying at the Teachers' Training College here. Although, French had become entrenched as the main second language
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      Thai dons frown on campus 'big fun'
      378 12 University professors in Thailand's Chulalongkorn University frown upon social life bn campus, said a Chulalongkorn student. Miss Abha Nltitham, a petite Arts undergraduate from Chulalongkorn said yesterday there was very little social life on campus back home unlike what she had seen of
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      152 12 DIM ECONOMIC OUTLOOK AND FALLS ON WALL ST. AFFECT LONDON MARKET L v~yi! «wl« s 1971 KJ compiled by Economic Development Board i I! ii For the first time here is an authoritative reference on Singapore's manufacturing industry with complete information on manufacturers and their full range of products classified,
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      10 12 £5OO MILLION PLAN FOR 32 SUPER TANKERS FOR SHELL COMPANY
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  • Page 14 Advertisements
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      569 14 NEW NATION <1 vIHI.WIISN'F ACCOMMODATION VACANT 1070, SEMBAWANG ROAD, 13% "vs. Semi-detached 3 rooms, furnished, mosaic flooring. Rent/ Sale, $330/- $30,000. Immediate occupation. Telephone: *****2 Mr. Koh, 122 Casuarina Road, Singapore 20. LUXURY FURNISHED ROOM for rent with airconditioner and bathroom attached. Upper East Coast Rood area. Contact Singapore *****6.
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      306 14 HOUSES LAND WANTED STRICTLY CONFIDENTIAL: Wanted Prime Land/Houses Any District. Write giving full particulars* to P. 0. (Box 772, Singapore. LEAVE ACCOMMODATION LEAVE FLAT 2 bedrooms airconditioned, modern and well furnished flat in the very centre of town, July 20 September 20, 1971. Reply Singapore *****, office hours. LADIES HAIRDRESSING
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      134 14 NEW CAR DIRECTORY Where you can buy your next new car in Singapore CITY MOTORS (S) PTE. LTD., 28 Cavenagh Road, Singapore 9. Tels: *****6/*****3 <sf CONTINENTAL MOTORS PTE. LTD., 50/52 Bencoolen St., S'pore 7. Tel: *****7 ORCHARD MOTORS (S) PTE. LTD. 304 Orchard Rd., S'pore 9. Tel: *****1 CITROEN
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      100 14 MORRIS MALAYAN MOTORS (PTE) LTD., 14/20 Orchord Rd-, S'pore 9. Tel: *****. SINGAPORE MOTORS PTE. LTD., 315/319 Orchord Rd., S'pore 9. Tel: *****1 SUBARU TAN LEE HENG CO. 142, Lavender Street, S'pore, 12. Tel: *****7/***** Showroom: ***** GUAN HOE CO. (M) LTD., 14 Hill St., S'pore 6 Tel: *****/9 TOYOTA
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      54 14 ENTRIES CLOSE TOMORROW 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'. Address: Telephone Vlo: Age: Occupation: I enclose
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  • Page 14 Miscellaneous
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      118 14 DR. KILDARE I r M BP* if n > A s M NOISE? OH, THAT'S SENATOR WARD HAVERFORP, JR., SJR HIS LATE FATHER. THE SENATOR, WAS ONE OF OUR FOUNDERS. SEVERAL OF THE MEMBERS ARE MOST INTERESTED IN THE BOY, HE'S ON THE "V.I.R' SHOW THIS EVENING. PL mt i
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      313 14 NEW NATION CROSSWORD" 1 Flared up. .7 "Witch city." 12 Where honey is made. 13 Pine Spanish swords. 15 Poem by Shelley, 1816. 16 Stubborn and stupid. 17 Author Yutang. 18 With elbow turned outward. 20 School Shelley attended. 21 Lithuanian's relative. 23 Sin. 24 Suffix for certain sciences. 25
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      435 15 »««Cat alM| tattaS imes; NEW NATION j Thursday i f MONEYWORDS P' Cat Mt ui pii *itt alter caeteas. j Ptstitt iistractiaas affix halaw. Mm (Mr./Mrt./Min). s 4 Cit iltif littel hits FILL II I MISSING LETTERS I CLUES FOR P-4 1. Getting rM ol one moy 4. To strike.
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      TALKING POINT
      55 16 AH FOOK: Only models and entertainers seem to get their picture in the papers these days. What have they done for our country? MEI LIN: They brighten it up, surely. After all,' all work and no play makes Jack a dull boy. What do YOU think? W T
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      Sailors may soon be tied down...
      391 16  -  CONTAINERISATION IS THE CAUSE —by Herbert Teo "Join the merchant navy and see the world" is the international slogan used by shipping companies to attract the able-bodi-ed man to take up a career at sea.. But at the rate, things are going on in
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      CILLIA IS A GIRL OF ACTION
      178 16 Cillia Choo, 19, loves to talk shop. About fashions and the latest gears. And you can see she practises what she talks. She is what you call a girl of action. Cillia is a contestant for the New Nation-Dorothy Gray young and Lovely Quest.'
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      178 16 c □BEROI r l >r THE BAR is now Singapore s favourite "get-together" place. Convivial atmosphere and service with flair by delightful and pleasing young ladies. -*r d •h »ii.t i' i iyti ii r vr And also THE COFFEE SHOP where service never stops For all reservations Tel: *****6
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      390 16 5 Singapore 6.00 Opening followed by 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 9.00 News and Newsreel (E) 9.25 Green Acres 9.55 The Virginian 11.10 The Don Knotts Show 12.00 Close. 8 Singapore 6.05 Opening followed by
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      287 16 Trust your lucky star IF IT'S YOUR BIRTHDAY BORN today, you have been gifted with extraordinary amounts of mental energy. Even when your physical energy is depleted and rest for the body becomes a matter or urgency, your mind is alert, keenly attuned to your surroundings, fully capable of taking
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