New Nation, 7 August 1971

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  • 16 1 NEW NATION SINGAPORE Saturday evening, August 7, 1971 No. 173 Price 15 cent? 1 NEW NATION
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  • 12 1 Police reported 64 accidents ye s terday. Eight were serious.
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  • 42 1 Lima, Saturday Peruvian President Juan Velasco Alvardo announced yesterday his government has approved diplomatic recognition of Communist China. He did not say when Peru, which already has a trade mission in Peking, would formally establish diplomatic relations with Peking.
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  • 70 1 LATE NEWS Sydney, Saturday.—Police said today they had recovered between A 5150,000 and A 5200,000 in cash which they believe to be part of the A 5500,000 ransom paid by the Australian airline Qantas to bomb hoaxers in May. The money was discovered concealed behind bricks in
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  • 271 1 Girls join in Poly protest The girls were easily outnumbered, but they showed what they could do at a demonstration. When the clock struck 12, 150 of them left their food and Joined hands with their counterparts to stage a demonstration in the Polytechnic's
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  • 311 1 Reuter Houston, Saturday The Apollo astronauts held a Press conference last night as they headed back to earth at 5000 m.p.h. They answered questions from newsmen relayed to them through mission control. Mission commander David Scott said that new frontiers must be opened
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  • 26 1 Tokyo, Saturday Five people were killed in a fire aboard a Japanese liquefied gas carrier berthed at a dock in Yokohama yesterday.
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  • 191 1  -  By P.N. Balji A lone policeman opened fire to break up a gang clash involving more than 20 youths outside a bar in Sembawang early yesterday morning. The youths were armed with chairs and bottles. The Incident happened just after midnight when the constable
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  • 469 1  -  Customs arrest 20 in raids By Douglas Chan The Customs Department has launched an Island -wide crackdown —one of the biggest in years on cinema ticket touts. Code-named "Operation Black Market Swoop" by Customs men it began last Tuesday when the raids were conducted simultaneously by
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  • 463 1  -  By Blue Peter Trainer Keith Daniels has engaged leading jockeys Des .Coleman for Game Prince in Race One and this could be a formidable combination. At the last Kuala Lumpur meeting this son of Arctic Explorer was first past the post in the Class 4
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  • 89 1 New Delhi, Saturday India's Prime Minister. Mrs. Indira Gandhi, said yesterday that her government was not opposed to giving recognition to the provisional Bangla Desh government of East Pakistan. But the question had to be examined from all angles and the government was doing
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    • 14 1 <y INSIDE! A 10-PAGE NATIONAL DAY SPECIAL S# 50 c s-/ §§*S Y o
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    • 14 1 Track Whisper Race 2 BELLY DANCER Madame X Forecast Race 6 DITAMBAH SKIPPER II
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    • 123 1 MVn Located in the centre of Raffles Place is ■■VII Robinson's the well- known Singapore landmark for complete'one-stop'shopping. The store has on display over 100,000 sq.ft.of quality branded merchandise rom East and West, |M|Pn including exquisite IBKF iewellerv from interior A jewellery from interIH 10 nationally renowned designers. There is
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  • THE WORLD
    • 407 2 New Nation Foreign Service Jerusalem, Saturday The ceasefire along the Suez Canal is one year old today but there is still no sign of •a break in the deadlock over an interim agreement to reopen the Canal. After a week of intensive
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    • 165 2 United Press International 'Manila, Saturday Small strike units of ;a heavily armed band *of outlaws struck at several villages in the .-southern Philippines' iCotabato Province yesiterday, killing five settlers and 'burning several houses. The latest killings in the strife-torn province brought c "to 26 the
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    • 207 2 Reuter Washington, Saturday The United States government wants to make contact with an unidentified West German travel agent who was the key figure in a reported plan to repatriate 183 US prisoners of war from North Vietnam, the State Department spokesman said yesterday. Spokesman Robert McCloskey
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    • 294 2 Month-long battle lull shattered Reuter Saigon, Saturday Viet Cong land mines killed 20 civilians and five American soldiers in two separate blasts which shattered a month-long battle lull in South Vietnam. The civilians including several children died when a bus ran over a mine at an
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    • 100 2 United Press International Belfast, Saturday A gunman machinegunned a British army post from the top of a hijacked double-decker bus yesterday and troops shot back while shoppers scattered for cover in the Springfield Road area of Belfast. The gunman fired two bursts of automatic
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    • 28 2 Taipei, Saturday.— Nationalist China will open a second international passenger airport in Kaohsiung in south Taiwan early next month, Minister of Communications Chang Chl-Cheng said yesterday.
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    • 26 2 Manila, Saturday. The Philippines and West Germany yesterday signed an air transport agreement for the operation of bilateral air services between the two countries.
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    • 27 2 New Delhi, Saturday India yesterday named Mr. Romesh Bhandarl, formerly a minister in the Indian Embassy In Moscow, to be its new ambassador in Thailand.
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    • 489 2 He may face uncontested vote Reuter Saigon, Saturday Sources close to South Vietnam's President Nguyen Van Thleu said he was unperturbed at the prospect of running in a non contested presidential election next October. But Mr. Thleu expects his sole opponent, former Head of State Oeneral Duong Van
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    • 272 2 United Press International Washington. Saturday The US Vice-Presi-dent, Mr. Spiro Agnew, endorsed President Nixon's scheduled visit to Communist China, but. cautioned against over-, optimism on the results.In response to questions in an interview by Godfrey Sperling Jr., national political correspondent of the Christian Science
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    • 171 2 United Press International New Delhi, Saturday Workers in the town of Asansol, 135 miles from Calcutta, observed a dawn to dusk general strike yesterday following the apparent beating to death of nine Communist extremists during an unsuccessful jailbreak attempt. The strike was called by leaders
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    • 60 2 Hong Kong, Saturday The Royal Hong Kong Police has appointed the first Chinese woman officer to the rank of assistant superintendent in the colony's 130-year history. She Is Helen Lul CheYlng, a high school graduate who jo 1 n exl the force in 1960. She will
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    • 27 2 Cape Town, Saturday.— Heart-lung transplant patient Adrian Herbert was slowly improving yesterday nearly two weeks after his operation, a medical bulletin from Groote Schuur Hospital said.
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    • 176 2 Reuter Bonn, Saturday One man was shot dead, two others were wounded and five banks robbed across West Germany yesterday while a storm of criticism continued over the death of a girl hostage when Munich police opened fire on a gunman holding her. In West Berlin
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    • 52 2 Moscow, Saturday Three Joint Soviet-Ameri-can space groups have completed five days of meetings in Moscow and adopted a number of unspecified recommendations for Soviet-American space co-operation, the U.S. Embassy announced yesterday. The working groups represented the US National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) and the Bovlet Academy
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    • 222 2 Reuter Athens, Saturday Five Greeks were sentenced to prison terms ranging from 10 months to three years here yesterday for plotting to overthrow the government and establish a Communist state. The sentences came at the end of a six-day hearing
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    • 49 2 Beigrade, Saturday.—The Sixth Mariological Congress of the Roman Catholic Church opened in Zagreb yesterday with the blessings of local Communist authorities. Attending are more than 100 theologians from 22 nations. The congress the first major international Catholic meeting in a Communist country will last until next Thursday.
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    • 37 2 Hong Kong, Saturday. An Algerian Government delegation, led by Foreign Minister Abdeladz Bouteflika, arrived In Pyongyang yesterday on a visit at the invitation of the North Korean Government, the New China news agency reported today.
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  • 220 3 The Hua Yi Government Chinese Middle School is to build an assembly hall-cum-in-door gymnasium costing $300,000. Plans for the project, to be built within the school compound at Margaret Drive, are being finalised and will be submitted to the Ministry for approval when
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  • 343 3 Truong Van Nhan looks like any cheerful, careful 12 year old dragging his feet with some effort. He doesnt talk much. More often than not, he excuses himself with a sheepish grin. But pain is etched on his face wnen he is reminded about
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  • 142 3 The Ministry of Culture will stage the Cantonese opera "henpecked" at the Victoria Theatre at eight tonight. Free admission tickets are available at the theatre. Mrs. A. Rahlm Ishak, Wife Of the Minister of Btate for Foreign Affairs, wiU give away prizes at a baby
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  • 241 3 The Singapore School for the Blind in Toa Payoh Rise has got more volunteers enlisted than inmates. But when it comes down to actual volunteer work, there are more inmates than volunteers. Sighed the director of the school, Mr. David Sebastian: "Singaporeans ought to be
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  • 108 3 London, Saturday A tightrope walker from Cologne made a splash here yesterday right into the River Thames from a height of 60 feet. But 30-year-old Franz Josef Burbach was not injured, Just disappointed. Mr. Burbach had wanted to walk an 820-feet tightrope across the river to help
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  • 579 3  -  Solution sought over the role of Singapore From V.K. Chin Kuala Lumpur, Saturday Singapore's contribution and voting rights in the Association of Natural Rubber Producing Countries is likely to be settled at the executive committee here on August 23. Sources here said the
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  • 78 3 New York, Saturday The members of the Mesquakle Indian tribe in Tama, lowa, will receive more than US$4 million from the federal government in settlement for land sold by them in 1837 and 1842, the Des Moines tribune said yesterday. The money is part of more than
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  • 175 3 Mrs. Bing Lloyd (above) is a housewife with a mission—sh wants to bring elegant, high-fashion clothes to women in South East Asia. As co-ordlnator of a series of fashion shows dubbed Experience in Elegance, she is Introducing clothes of Thai cotton and silk and specially
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  • 249 3 Singapore has come out tops in Pan-Ameri-can Airways' recent recruiting drive in the Far East for air hostesses for its Boeing 707 and 747 feet. The airline's director of sales for Singapore, Malaysia and Brunei, Mr. L.T. Bready, told New Nation today that
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  • Page 3 Miscellaneous
    • 105 3 At the cinemas Lido: Valdes is coming 1.45. 4, 6.30, 9.15. Capitol: Carry on one million yean B. C. 1.45. 4, 6.30, 9.30. Bex: A city called Dragon 1.45, 4, 6.30, 9.30. Sky: A city called Dragon 1.45, 4, 6.30, 9.15. State: When dinosaurs rule the earth 1.45, 4, 7,
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    • 83 3 Weather Temperatures In cities yesterday: Jakarta Kuala Lumpur Bangkok Hong Kong Manila Taipei Naha Seoul Tokyo London Moscow New York San Francisco Sydney Melbourne Perth world Singapore Singapore's weather forecast from 1 p.m. to 6 p.m. Isolated showers. The weather for the 24 hours to 8 ajn. today Max. temp.
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  • 431 4 Singapore will be playing a part—small, but significant—in Indonesia's drive for economic recovery. According to the Indonesian Minister for ftublic Works and Power, Mr. Sutami. who returned to Jakarta this week after a short visit here, a group of Singapore technicians will inbn leave for Indonesia
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  • 122 4 irnnrmmra* 1 Jijirijrjjr) by ISPY Canteen service and facilities at the Singapore Polytechnic have Improved as a result of recent student complaints. I am told that additional tables and chairs have been placed in the canteen to accommodate 100 more students. The washing facilities too have Improved and
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  • 894 4  -  PANG CHENG LIAN Ask not what your country can do for you, ask what you can do for your country. This, we are told, Is the rallying cry of all good and blue-blood nationalists, who strive after the Independence, unity
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  • Letters
    • 299 4  -  BARBARA ANG The recent Art and Craft Exhibition, which was organised by the Ministry of Education and held at the Victoria Memorial Hall In conjunction with the Singapore Youth Festival, is an eye-opener to the wrong direction in which our young artists are moving. A total
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    • 355 4  -  PHILIP HO I wonder how closely Mr. Jackie Sam has read D.J. Steinberg's In Search of South-East Asia. The conclusions of Steinberg's do not support the various QEDs Mr. Sam reached In his column on Thursday. Mr. Sam argues that in the developing world, democracy and effective
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    • 210 4  -  G. RAMAN I refer to the report appearing In page 7 of your paper of August 2. on the forum organised by the University of Singapore Students' Union on the prospects of a political opposition In Singapore. I wish to draw your attention to an inaccuracy
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    • 167 4  -  S. DOLLAH I refer to the Press report on August 2 on the formfilling procedure for Singaporeans entering Malaysia at the Causeway, effective from August 16. One thing is Inevitable. The people entering Malaysia from Singapore will find It very inconvenient The people who enter Malaysia regularly
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    • 269 4  -  PENSIONER Singapore 20 It Is good to know that the government Intends to increase Its social welfare programmes. For a long while the government seemed unwilling to spend more money on providing more welfare facilities for the poor and the aged. It argued that we
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  • Page 4 Miscellaneous

  • NATION DAY
    • 944 5  -  Singapore must stay a jump in front to maintain its prosperity By Shiri Mulgaokar If you are an incurable romantic, you will shed a tear at the passing of the Singapore of Conrad and Maugham. I can see that it had charm. I can see
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    • 1016 6  -  Emphasis may now be on important visitors By Ow Wei Mei The warning by Dr. Goh Keng Swee in April that Singapore might have to limit the growth of Its tourist trade by distinguishing between the casual visitor and the "visitor of
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    • 1124 7  -  By Dick Wilson With its usual happy combination of good fortune and good management, the Singapore economy appears to be continuing the 15 per cent growth rate which has been maintained since 1968. The most reliable barometers of economic growth suggest that during the
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    • 913 8  -  By Pang Cheng Lian In spite of faint murmurings of discontent with many aspects of the PAP administration, there is still no party in the horizon which looks capable of replacing it. The secretary general of the party and Prime
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    • 967 9  -  Republic emerges as top-rank servicing centre By Leslie Tan It has been a decade since Singapore embarked on its Industrialisation profSF 1111 The progress and achievement so far attained can be described as spectacular by any standards. The Republic has come a long way from the
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    • 1225 10  -  Deposits and loans up fourfold since 1959 By Dr. Chiang Hai Ding Banking is one of the leading growth areas in the booming economy of Singapore. In the dozen years since 1959, deposits and loans of commercial banks increased fourfold (380 per cent and 400 per
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    • 1480 11  -  Transformation is more a peoples' exercise By Gerald de Cruz The story of Singapore's housing and public health facilities is a story of the transform aion of the Infrastructure of our lives. This transformation, as it continues apace into the 1970'5, can best be
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    • 656 11  -  1970 one of best for Singapore By Anil Bhatia Foreign investment into Singapore continues unabated, and latest figures show that 1970 was one of the most successful years for Singapore in attracting new foreign investment. By the end of the year, new foreign investment had increased
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    • 1285 12  -  Its impact reflects in investment inflow By S.M. Ali In sharp contrast to its spectacular economic expansion, Singapore maintains a low profile in its political relations with the outside world and pursues a foreign policy which, in some respects, can well be compared to that of
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    • 2260 13  -  Realism is the order of the day... By Alex Josey On July 1, 1959, when the newly elected government faced Parliament for the first time, the Head of State declared that the new Government's guiding principle was Industrial peace with justice. Justice Implied ensuring
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    • 1606 14  -  Study of second language a 'must' for social cohesion By Patrick de Souza The learning of a second language has emerged as one of the most Important Issues in the recent evolution of the Republc's education policy. Tltt official list of languiim It made np of Tamil,
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    • 193 5 A challenging statement from our efficient airline staff: We're human. Germans have a reputation for being perfectionists. The same thing goes for us because Lufthansa is the German airline. It's not all true. We keep our jets in perfect mechanical order. But that doesn't mean our people are machine-like. In
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  • Page 9 Advertisements
    • 138 9 I CIVIL ENGINEERS AND CONTRACTORS join The Government and People of The Republic of Singapore in celebrating NATIONAL DAY GAMMON SOUTH EAST ASIA BERHAD Subsidiary Company, GAMMON (SINGAPORE) SDN. BHD. 9V* m.s. Bukit Timah Road, Singapore. On National Day— Singaporeans, be happy and gay; And for an insurance policy that
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  • Page 10 Advertisements
    • 280 10 the march of progress for aoother year, the 6th National day of our republic of Singapore Creator of the Oil Sink ..Marine Chemicals Supply Co. congratulates the Republic of Singapore for the 6th National Day. The Company plays a good part In the Marine section by supplying:— O.A. 1 Degreasing
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    • 122 10 majulah /inqapura from ir Drive-in laundry service Fa hotels, restaurants, business houses, ships and homes. Enquiries: 27, DELTA ROAD. SINGAPORE T€L *****71 •*****0 TTT TTTTf N. I.T. TRAVEL PTE LTD (CHARTER FLIGHTS SPECIALIST) Join the Government and the people of the Republic of Singapore in celebrating the 6th National Day
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  • Page 11 Advertisements
    • 296 11 KP42/70 w° Record it gorgeously on KODAK Color Film Take pictures. Make sure they're brilliant with true colors of Singapore's N ATIONAL DAY celebration. Use KODACOLOR-X Film for brilliant color snapshots, KODAK EKTACHROME-X Film for action-filled color slides and KODACHROME or KODAK EKTACHROME II Movie Film for sparkling color movies.
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  • Page 12 Advertisements
    • 136 12 T.MJL is the extras others cant give. SINGAPORE P. 0. Box 4006, Tel: *****1 PETALING JAYA P. 0. Box 2, Tel: *****2-8 SANDAKAN P. 0. Box 1007, Tel: 2255-6 IPOH P. 0. Box 289, Tel: *****-9 MIRI P. 0. Box 352, Tel: 3735-7 AND BRANCHES AT Malacca,Butterworth, Kuantan, Kota Bharu,
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    • 127 12 Congratulations and Best Wishes to the Government and People of the REPUBLIC OF SINGAPORE on their NATIONAL DAY linn MTRY TRAVEL service ptc. ltb. 18 Clemenceau Shopping Arcade Singapore. Tel: *****8/*****0 LONG LIVE OUR REPUBLIC OF SINGAPORE. HOCK TAT POLYTHENE (PTE) LID 701 C, Common wee Mi Drive, Singapore 3.
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  • Page 13 Advertisements
    • 117 13 HAPPY DAYS ARE HERE AGAIN! WE JOIN HANDS WITH THE GOVERNMENT AND PEOPLE OF SINGAPORE IN CELEBRATING THE OVERSEAS ASSURANCE CORPORATION LTD. (Incorporated in Singapore 1920) Providing complete insurance service... FIRE ACCIDENT• LIFE ENGINEERING HEAD OFFICE: 5, MALACCA STREET, SINGAPORE-1. TEL: *****. > 30 I The dynamism of Singapore revealed
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  • Page 14 Advertisements
    • 54 14 Cr. < Congratulations to the people and government on our Repubfic's 6th Anniversary atone car inures im 237-A.OUTRAM ROAD,SINGAPORE,3. TEL:*****,*****. Best wishes to the people and government on our Repubfcs National Day Pi* *75 Mm*. BUN HEN 6 CO., (M) SDN. BERHAD (SPECIALIZED IN FERTILIZERS) Office: t37-A,Cefc« Street, Singapore I
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    • 52 14 Congratulations and best wi all Singaporeans on the occasion of our 6th NATIONAL DAY SHOPPER'S PARADISE i PEOPLE'S PARK SHOPPING COMPLEX NEW BRIDGE ROAD, SINGAPORE 1. For your convenience we remain open throughout the week (Including National Day) From 11.30 a.m. to 10.30 p.m. For further enquiries please ring:- *****5,
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  • SATURDAY REVIEW
    • 475 15 KANE'S WORLD: Enter the world of subtle murder. Witness the slow and agonising decay of a man. See the ruthless worshippers of money and power. This is Kane's World. It is a tale of murder, bloodless psychological murder, not physical. Men risking their souls to win money and
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    • 66 15 A dramatic title and cover, but this is not a novel about criminals. Rather it is a terse study of a civilised, middle-class childless couple whose ordered way of life was shattered by the disintegration of a slum behind their backyard, a rock thrown through the
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    • 1012 15 Illuminating study weakened by desire to vindicate British rule MALAYSIA PROSPECT AND RETROSPECT by Richard Allen. Oxford University Press. 285 pages. $24.75 DAVID C.M. SEAH. This book is written with two main objectives. First, it is intended to serve as a basic! textbook for students interested in
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    • 48 15  -  By Koh Kong Chia At thirty /our I'm a living mind of past prejudices Of dying desires and dead hopes. Older, wiser, mule-like I see the world on terms of my own: Happy when I am, Dirty when I am not It is mournful to be thirty-four.
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    • 496 15 Legendary playground of Hollywood THE GARDEN OF ALLAH, by Sheilah Graham, W.H. Allen, 258 pages £2.50. EDGAR KOH. The Garden of Allah the place of sojourn for the top movie stars in Hollywood during the 30s, 40s and 50s—and all the happenings there are a phenomenon that
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    • 604 17  -  This is literally done in the ancient style of Po Mu Chinese painting which involves the use of water with ink ART ONG CHOO SUAT Le Chek Wen is probably the only exponent of the Po Mu style of Chinese painting in Malaysia and Singapore.
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    • 985 17  -  BURT LANCASTER IN A 'NEW' TYPE APPEARANCE EDGAR KOH Burt Lancaster is not an actor given easily to type-casting. His varied screen career has included playing the roles of a pirate, a social worker, an evangelist, an exhibitionist, an army hero and many others.
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    • 444 17  -  theatre MERRY ANDREW Normally, when an outstanding p 1 a ywrlght dies, his works undergo a temporary period of unpopularity but, although entirely new movements have taken place in the theatre since George Bernard Shaw died at his country home in the late autumn of 1950,
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    • 563 18  -  They have arrested v attention with their performance CHFSS ANDREW EE There is no doubt that 1971 may be loosed upon by chess fans as the year of the two Bobbys Robert J. Fischer of United States (popularly known as Bobby Fischer) and Robert Hubner of West
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    • 671 18 Five significant -features in display STAMPS PHILATELIST SINGPEX 71 the National Stamp Exhibition currently held at the Victoria Memorial Hall will run until Tuesday. Five significant features stand out in the exhibition this year: Firstly, the invitation to postal administrations of ASEAN countries to participate in
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    • 446 18  -  How East was forced to surrender the 12th trick... BRIDGE E.P.C. COTTER Way back in the early 1950s I played some rubbers with Johnny Crawford, who at that time stood high in the American ranking list, and it was a most pleasing experience. I do not recall
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  • business news
    • 234 19 United Press International New York, Saturday The stock market scored a small gain on light turnover yesterday. The rise was largely attributed to bargain hunting which actually had started Thursday after big losses early in the week. Some analysts, however believed the market was
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    • 159 19 London, Saturday The market closed mixed. Prices were marked up initially on Wall Street's overnight uptrend but doubt over its ability to continue the rally led to a lack of buying followthrough. Selected issues succumbed to end of account profittaking. Towards the close the Financial
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    • 245 19 Allied Chem 291% AtflM 52* Am Branda 43* Am Can 32% Am Motora AT ft T 43% A ft P 14* 17V A TOB A Beth Steel 22 Boeing 15% Caterp Trmc 47 Chryaler 28% Coot-Cote 101% Control Data 51% On Ol Wka 225% Dow Cbem 63%
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    • 378 19 By Our Market Correspondent The share market was somewhat mixed. Industrial shares appear to be set on a declining trend though some shares did gain during the week. South Malaysia Industrie which made its debut on Monday opened 40 cents above par,
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    • 284 19 Ming Court Hotel reported a gross pre-tax profit of $759,384 in its third annual report for the financial year ended September 30, 1970. For the year a dividend of 5 per cent less tax was paid to shareholders. This was the first year of operation.
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    • 1159 19 TRENDS AND MOVES IN THE MAJOR STOCK EXCHANGE COUNTERS 1979-1971 1 wk. 4 wk*. Closing Price Last Dtrld. P/E TurnHigh LOW »P Stock Bayers Sellers Sale Yield Ratio Over INDUSTRIALS 3.60 1.68 2.10 2.10 Allied Chocolate 138 2.00 2.00 63N 143 6 130 0.84* 1«54 131 Ben
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    • 410 19 A new 32-storey of-flce-cum-shop complex called the High Street Centre is to go up in the heart of the shopping district at the Junction of High Street and North Bridge Road. It is expected to cost over $26 million if the total value of construction
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    • 991 19 gramme. Architectural Correspondent All fast growing cities suffer from the same chronic disease of central area slums and urban sprawl caused by a decaying city centre, and a variety of reasons. They include unchecked blight, shortage of land, lack of services and amenities,
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  • Page 19 Advertisements
    • 156 19 m REAL ESTATE A6EMTSOMrict 1 VICTOR t MINDCZ (PTI) LTD.. 39-A, Tel ok Ayer Street, Singopore, 1, Tel: *****8/*****, *****. SUCCCSS ENTERPRISES (PTf) LTD., 146-B, Robinson Rood, Sirigopore 1. Tel: *****/5. KMS INVESTMENT CO. (PTE) LTD., 146-B Robinson Rood, Sirtgopore 1. Tel. *****, *****. DELANO CO., 68-A, Boot Quay. S«9Qopore
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    • 57 19 THE MAGIC OF LIGHTING REQUIRED BY EVERY MODERN HOME OFFICES FACTORIES. ETC... v. X m SSN6 HUP CLKTRIC (S) PTE. LTD., Spocioltet in Modom Electrical Lamp Fittings 171 246 248, Orchord Rood, Singapore Tot *****3, *****2 I 3>4452 SUM HUP tLKTRIC SON.. BHD. 27, Jotan AM Pitchay, Ipoh. Tol 3165.
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  • 1521 20  -  w LIM KEE CHAN Kee Bee KMm, the local golfing ace, will, tee-off as a strong favourite against Nancy Clayton in the final of the Singapore wo m en's Open golf final over the Bukit course tomorrow at 1.30 pan. Bee Khim eliminated Indra
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  • 30 20 New York, Saturday. Jerry Heard conquered the difficult Firestone South course for the second successive day to open a tnree-stroke lead miday through the US$l5O,OOO American golf classic.
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  • 154 20  -  By Sonny Yap Miss Katherine Stdner of New Zealand will be the first woman driver to grace the local karting scene when she competes in the Pesta Sukan kartprix at Kallang Park on August 15. Her male counterparts will not find her easy to beat for
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  • 30 20 Hong Kong, Saturday.— The Royal Hong Kong Jockey Club announced yesterday that it had approved professional racing here in the 1971-72 season starting in October.
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  • 30 20 Serangoon Garden Sports Club will meet Straits Times in their annual National Day soccer match for the L. Rodrigo Cup at the Garden ground tomorrow at 5.15 p.m.
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  • Page 20 Advertisements
    • 487 20 PHONE *****8 ASTROLOGY MAKE SUM OF YOUR FUTURI let well known Hand-Analyst Astrologer Davis Star tell you what to pursue, what to avoid. Appointments required. 384-B, East Coast Road (near Telok Kurou Rood, Singapore-15. Tefephone Singopore *****7. ACCOMMODATION VACANT BUNGALOW HOUSE TO RENT—5, Merino Crescent. Singapore 3, fully furnished ond
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    • 532 20 FOR HIRE SELF-DRIVE CARS Mozdo, Dotsun, Toyota all latest model. Gintact Gty Car Rental Telephone: *****8, *****5 Singapore. AIR CONDITIONERS: Sanyo, Westinghouse, Carrier, Philco, Room/Package Unit from $3O/upwards. Sunlite *****. MISCELLANEOUS KAMARAGURU ASTROLOGICAL HOUSE (S. A. Govindan—Astrologer), 117-A Owen Rood, S'pore, ***** 9 a.m. 5.30 p.m. Friday closed. POSITION VACANT
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    • 1000 20 NOTICE IN THE MATTER OF gINOAPOBE BATIBIT MANUFACTURING COMPANY PRIVATE LOOTED Whereas by a Deed of Appointment dated toe l»th day of May 1971 and made between United Malayan C^rporaUon Berhad of the one part and TAN CHOON CHYE of No. 33-B, Choon Chye was appointed Receiver and Manager of
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    • 77 20 COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA Study in Australia 1972 Academic Year All perrons resident in Singapore who intend to undertake any form of study in Australia, at their own expense, during 1972 must make an application to the Australian High Commission, 201 Clemenceau Avenue. Singapore 9. no later than 31st August, 1971.
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  • Page 20 Miscellaneous
    • 287 20 NEW NATION CROSSWORD 10 Groove 11 potato. 12 Maple product 13 Speck* 18 Very black--21 Powder. U SKteS!"* 1 2 words--27 Atmosphere. 28 Delicacy from 26 Down. 29 Earth's envelope. Chance 33 Travel route. 34 —but the brave...." 35 Stoneware: Fr. 37 Cover. 38 Pronoun. 40 Part of the "whole
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  • 836 21  -  By Jeffrey Low Never in the eightyear history of the Pesta Sukan has Singapore risen to meet a towering challenge like the one this year. Records after records have already tumbled, even before the Minister for Sport, Inche Othman bin Wok, could declare this
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  • 184 21 Winners of the various events in the Pesta Sukan will receive solid pewter medals (pictured below) for the first time. The material is 97 per cent Straits refined tin and will never tarnish. Measuring 2 3/4-inch in diameter and i inch thick, the front face
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  • 326 21  -  WATER SPORT By Sonny Yap Pesta Sukan will not only be staged within the 22(y square miles of the island but will also extend to the seas tomorrow in the form of a grandiose and colourful Water Carnival. Crafts of all shapes and sizes—from
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  • 382 21 London, Saturday India threw away any chance they had of winning the Second Test here yesterday when they failed to remove tailend batsmen Ray Illingworth and Peter Lever, who featured in a record eighth wicket stand of 168. Illingworth and Lever flayed the Indian bowling
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  • 144 21 Bonn, Saturday A German footballer, Juergen Neumann, last night admitted he had handed over 45,000 marks ($37,000) to an opposing team as the price for letting his side win a match. His statement was the latest turn in a bribery scandal that has shaken West
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  • Page 21 Advertisements
    • 150 21 power for the performance generation EVINRUDE STAAFUTE IN STAAFUTE 12S-S TRIUMPH M f first m outbourcis LAMM l.hen you buy .tn FVINRUDB you get more than <i motor You get an introduction to a whole new way of leisure living. Tfipv <j.r,•, t• r <i; v ito h» f i
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    • 35 21 /SiLxaM SHOES FOR MEN Relax. You'll find what you want in our Clarks range. Distinctive styling with soft, supple uppers and long wearing soles. Incomparable ease in your personal width fitting. DEBERT KHAN |n Enokind
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  • Page 21 Miscellaneous
    • 398 21 Trust your lucky star IF ITS YOUR BIRTHDAY BORN today, you are a person of very simple tastes. Not for you the desire for great wealth, fame, success. You will be satisfied if you achieve spiritual growth, maturity of character, and a sense of fellowship with other people. Tou do
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    • 365 21 h)u uW P'.i PESTA SUKAN DIARY TOMORROW BADMINTON: National championships (SBA Hall, 7 pjn.). BASKETBALL: Pesta International (Gay World, 9 a.m.— 12 pjn., 2.50 p.m. to 530 pjn., 7 pm. to 11 pjn.). BILLIARDS: S'pore vs. Salangor (Chinese Swimming Club, 1.00 pjn.) BOWLING: Singapore Open (Orchard, 9 a.m.—l 2 midnight).
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    • 549 21 3 i -CM aline tint I I met NEW NATION SATURDAY MONEYWORDS 'X* Cat Mt pia witk *tkcr caattas. Pistiaf iastractiaas MM" Mini. Km (Mr./Mrs./Miss). I 6 FILL 111 .Cm jimi tittti limi CLUES FOR X-6 1. It's rhc normal fota of the 4. Geometric figure with six villain for
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  • 315 22 Race 1 Race S Im t SCRUTINEER LONGFELLOW Jtakt BLUE PETER GAME PRINCE Jimbo EPSOM JEEP GAME PRINCE Jlmbo hfij.v nANCEB CALL BOY I AM PROUD Jlmbo PLACID MARKSMAN GAME PRINCE Kental SWORDSMAN MAKUDA JIMBO Rlversands PICTURE FAN SIN CHEW GAME PRINCE Jfanbo SWORDSMAN NANYANG GAMES PRINCE Jimbo PLACID
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  • 813 22 By Scrutineer Floral Mile, with jockey Jim Johnson up, will be hard to beat in the Class Three Division Three 8f (Race 7) at Bukit Ti- mah this afternoon. The last time out at KX.. in July ridden by apprentice Ariffln, the three-year-old
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  • 1999 22 ItJiJil 1.45 CLASS 3, DIV. 3 —6 F. BmaUSUH ($9,500 $6,650 to winner) 1 ***** TNI JOKER (Chens) Tulloh 5 9.0 (dd +5) Harbridge 7 2 0 ARUNDEL (Arundel) Teh 4 B.IS (pc +3) Dawk Ins 10 X ***** ROMAN LI4DIR (PC Wee) Spencer 5 8.12
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  • Page 22 Advertisements
    • 142 22 LUCKY NUMBERS Your lucky racing numbers are: 12 and 9. /t T r opl««i" t i •HE ATRE HE ST A L TECL'-B S! VjAPf TEL *****3 r NOW there is only neck tie necessary Orchid Lantern's floorshows can be viewed at the y//*///unf/t: relaxed atmosphere at MO extra charge.
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  • Page 22 Miscellaneous
    • 457 22 5 Singapore 1.00 Opening Followed By Courageous Cat and Minute Mouse 1.25 Sergeant Preston Of The Yukon 1.50 Farmer's Daughter 220 Sesame Street (Rpt) 3.15 Saturday Matinee —The Narrow Margin 4.30 Sharl Lewis Show 4.50 Wide World Of Sports 5.20 Talentime 1971 (Rpt) 630 News in Brief 6.35 Casals Festival
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  • GO RACING
    • 1006 23 By Blue Peter Ta Ta will take a lot of beating in the Class 1 Division I—< 8f handicap at Bukit Tim ah tomorrow. This Hard Tack flve-year-old won his last start over 7f on this course In convincing style
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    • 138 23 SCRUTINEER H f| MARKSMAN MAKUDA ttaoe 1 COUNT CARLO Open OPERA Oovnt Carlo COUNT CARLO Open LUCKY LUCKT Green Sword ZORRO COUNT CARLO DkMripHne Kmc t INTERPOL Zona INTERPOL Good Rttw ZORRO She Chips Kmc 1 Bsc* 4 rrmrrre BIO BURP Middle EMI PORTMAN Q. OP GOLD
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    • 10892 24 H 1.45 Clan 3 Dhr. 2—6#. KSaUi ($9500 —$6650 to winner) i Mm mm steer a w nmv u m. um is twuttni (ii staraad) iM-ti »»mi Ml tl (UMmu a on. i. ffijsi.,ygr.«. w..»7wts: «s.v=r- srss 'cr-a-i 1"8Ki mscnukl'dt fat Cm"i iii'rfS 1 cum i grgggta? grvitg'.sf-.a'
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    • 53 25 representative only $2 a day! Yes, only $2 for a minimum size classified advertisement in NEW NATION, Singapore's evening paper. *2oc a word puts advertising in the reach of every trader, every line. m mi ft jli t h/k K::> >?•>... WA i i >:t w a i 1 CLASSIFIEDS
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