New Nation, 13 August 1971

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  • 17 1 NEW NATION SINGAPORE Friday evening, August 13, 1971 No. 178 Price 15 cents SINGAPORE FRIDAY AUGUST, 13
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  • 10 1 Police reported 53 accidents yesterday. Four were serious*
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  • 144 1 Trading in the stock market this morning was fairly active and prices were steady. In Industrials, Slme Darby featured with business at $8.50, 10 cents up compared to yesterday's closing price of $6.40... Setron changed hands from $1.53 down to $1.51. Haw Par was actively traded down
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  • 56 1 LATE NEWS Londonderry, Friday.—A gunman was shot dead by troops in Londonderry's Roman Catholic bogslde early today, bringing the week's death toll in Northern Ireland to 25. The man died when the soldiers were ambushed at the junction of Long Tower Street and Bishop Street and
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  • 275 1 British firm and EDB c discuss base facilities at Seletar Britten Norman Ltd., one of Britain's leading aircraft manufacturers, plans to set up an aerospace maintenance and manufacturing base in Seletaf early next year. New Nation was told today that the government will allocate part of the
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  • 444 1 Counsel for Gerald Fernandez, on trial on a charge of corruption, today objected to the way the prosecution was handling a witness. Mr. JR. Jayaretnam told the First District Judge, Mr. Abdul Wahab Ghows, that the proaecutlon witness, Chew Poh Loh, was seen talking to
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  • 31 1 Jakarta, Friday. The first meeting of the ASEAN permanent committee for science and technology in Jakarta has set up a task force to study South-East Asia's long-term scientific needs.
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  • 273 1 Reuter Canberra, Friday Australia's ruling Liberal Party today faces its most crucial period since it came to power 22 years ago following yesterday's sacking of the Defence Minister and former Prime Minister, Mr. John Gorton Mr. Gorton was asked to resign by his
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  • 37 1 Jakarta, Friday.—The Indonesian army controlled newspaper Pelopor Baru ceased publication yesterday after the resignation of 19 members of Its senior editorial and management staff. Official reason for the mass resignation was not known.
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  • 127 1 The choo-choo train is a "must" game whenever children get together So it was given top priority in the programme when the Chinese YMCA got scores of tiny tots together for its five-day camp. To the rhythm of a medley of railway ballads, the children merrily
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  • 174 1  -  By John Hoffman The Melbourne HeralD Kuala Lumpur, Friday A direct service to Communist China ports; by the Malaysian government's International Shipping Line, cutting out freight handling in Singapore and Hong Kong, will be discussed with the Peking trade mission due on
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  • 141 1 Reuter Damascus, Friday Syria last night severed diplomatic relations with Jordan after a day of heavy border fighting in which Syria claimed four Jordanian tanks were destroyed. The clash came In the wake of mounting tension between Syria and Jordan over King Hussein's handling
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  • 21 1 Khartoum, Friday. Sudan extended tentative peace feelers towards the Soviet Union yesterday following mediation talks by a Syrian mission.
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  • 461 2 Mould your children into good citizens of the future An educationist has criticised parents in Singapore for not moulding their children Into good citizens of the future. The criticism came from Mr. Ho Fook Seng, principal of St. Michael's School, at a talk he delivered
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  • 171 2 The Port of Singapore Authority has decided to enter its 20minute colour documentary film, Via Singapore, for the Commonwealth Film Award, 1971. PSA public relations officer, Mr. Kenneth Seah, confirming this today said entries for the Award would close at the end of the month.
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  • 33 2 Mr. Jek Yeun Thong, Minister for Culture, will open the old coins exhibition, organised by the Tiong Bahru community centre, at the Chinese Chamber of Commerce exhibition hall at 5 pjn.
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  • 348 2 Kuala Lumpur, Friday An acute shortage of architects in Malaysia could adversely affect the Second Malaysia Plan. This shortage would be really felt when the plan gets into top gear, the Registrar of the Board of Architects, Mr. K. C. Leong, said yesterday.
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  • 158 2 The Singapore Aquarists' Society is helping the Kallang community centre organise a three-day fish show at the centre from next Tuesday. The show, for furnished fresh water aquaria, will feature about 30 exhibits. Entries are open to all residents in Kallang constituency and
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  • 28 2 The variety show will be held at Kakl Bukit Primary School at 8 pjn., today organised by the Kampong Chal Chee National Day celebrations working committee.
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  • 198 2 Miss Kwek Sai Keow, 18, and Miss Wong Tock Lan, 22, not only enjoyed their rigorous training as police recruits but also excelled in it. For at the passing-out parade of 71 police constables, Including 44 women, at the Police Academy yesterday, Miss
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  • 194 2 Eight demobilised national servicemen left by air for West Germany this morning to undergo specialised apprenticeship training. Their 3^-year training period will lead to a diploma as a master craftsman. They were to have left on Tuesday night but their flight was postponed. The eight ex-national
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  • Page 2 Miscellaneous
    • 94 2 At the cinema LIDO: They Shoot Horsed Don't They?—l.3o, 4, 6.30, 0.15. CAPITOL: Carry On One Million Years 8.C.—1.45, 4, 6.30, 9.30. REX: Of Wives Mistreses (Mand.)—l.4s, 4, 6.30, 9.30. SKY: Of Wives Mistresses (Mand.) 1.45, 4, 6.30, 9.30. ROXY: Of Wives Mistresses (Mand.)—l.4s, 4.15, 7, 9.30. STATE: Planet Of
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    • 105 2 Weather Jakarta 95-81 Kuala Lumpur 89-73 Bangkok 91-77 Hong Kong 79-77 Manila 88-75 Taipeh 96-78 Naha 86-77 Seoul 88-72 Tokyo 91-79 Paris 70-55 New York 83-68 Moscow 81-68 San Francisco 77-57 London 68-61 Sydney 63-48 Melbourne 55-40 Canberra 49-35 Perth 61-47 Singapore Weather forecast from 1 p.m. to 6 p.m.—lo
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  • 227 3 Reuter Sydney, Friday A Singapore man has been accused in court here of being "a principal" in the smuggling of 12 lbs of Indian hemp to Sidney. Tan Kok Cheong, 28, whose address was given in Central Court yesterday as Norfolk Road, Singapore, wa.«i
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  • 270 3  -  Direct link with HQ By Wee Beng Huat Electronics will play a vital role in the modernisation of the police force and negotiations are now going on to equip the mobile squad with on-the-spot communication "Handkie-Talkies". This electronic device, which will be strapped to the
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  • 286 3  -  By Abby Tan It is one month since Mary Gan and Chew Keng Choo, both 20, were told that they were among the 26 local girls chosen in Pan-Am's world wide stewardess recruitment drive. But it will be another eight months before
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  • 424 3 Kuala Lumpur, Friday Industrial and scientific research is to receive top priority from the Ministry of Technology, Research and Local Government. "Research in this field has Immediate bearing on Malaysia's industrialisation efforts. I am giving it top priority," the Minister of Technology, Research and Local
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  • 84 3 The Democratic Action Party of Malaysia will soon send a top-level team to Calcutta to make an on-the-spot study of the East Pakistani rerugee problem. The team, to be led by Dr. A. Soorian, DAP National Vice-Chairman and MP for Port Dickson, includes Inche Daing Ibrahim
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  • 80 3 A first-hand look is better than 1000 words. For these children on vacation, it was a complete change from classroom learning to venture outside the four walls of the schools to study Singapore. They are among some 80 chil- dren who went on a
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  • 136 3 The Indian Foreign Minister, Sardar Swaran Singh, passed through here last night on his way from New Delhi to Jakarta. The Minister spent about 40 minutes at the VIP lounge and accidentally met the Singapore Foreign Minister, Mr. S. Rajaratnam, who was at the airport to
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  • 25 3 The Toa Payoh National Day celebrations working committee will tonight hold a dinner at Block 66, Lorong 4, as part of its programme.
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  • Page 3 Miscellaneous
    • 34 3 Winning Toto numbers In yesterday's Toto draw No: 63/71 the following numbers were picked: 39, 7, 18, 45, 13. The additional number was 24. In the circles draw the numbers were: 26.10, and 4.
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  • 164 4 Reuter Saigon, Friday The North Vietnamese army struck at South Vietnam's frontier defences in 15 carefully co-ordinated shelling and ground attacks during the night, shattering six weeks of relative calm on the battlefields. A South Vietnamese military spokesman saia it was the heaviest fighting in the
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  • 218 4  -  By Shiri Mulgaokar It is an old Syrian custom to break off relations with Jordan. Relations between Damascus and Amman have never been easy in the post-war era, and particularly since the advent of Baath socialist power in Syria. Principally, it is a gesture that
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  • 32 4 Chicago, Friday—A 29-year-old widow plunged naked 985 ft to her death here yesterday from a 90th-floor flat of the John Hancock Centre, th» world's tallest apartmentoffice building.
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  • In Person
    • 430 4 Getting a glimpse of the fait at US Universities Club get-together Conducted by Mary Lee, Tel: *****1 A FRESH YOUNG breeze blew into the American Universities Club monthly luncheon meeting: a lively group of Singapore students back home on holiday. And for those who
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  • 107 4 United Press International Cairo, Friday President Anwar Sadat said last night Egypt is determined to go to war against Israel. and indicated that the fighting will not be confined to trading fire across the Suez Canal. "The battle will be extremely fierce, extremely cruel
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  • THE WORLD
    • 374 5 Reuter Houston, Friday The Apollo 15 astronauts left a small shrine on the moon in memory of 14 American and Soviet spacemen who have died, mission commander David Scott said yesterday. It la a small metal figure of a fallen astronaut
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    • 459 5 Reuter West Berlin, Friday The Berlin Wall, snaking through the city like a huge concrete python keeping East and West Berllners apart. Is 10 years old today. The massive strip of concrete, built to stem a mass-exodus of Germans from the Communist East
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    • 35 5 Bogata, Friday.—Nine of the 10 people aboard a Colombian air taxi bound £om Call to Ipiales were killed yesterday when the twin-engined plane crashed near the Call airport runway after an engine failed.
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    • 348 5 Blamed for violence Reuter Dublin, Friday Irish Prime Minister Jack Lynch last night called for the abolition of the Northern Ireland Government and accused it of sparking violence there. In a statement which followed a day-long Cabinet meeting on the Northern Ireland crisis, Mr. Lynch
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    • 47 5 Tokyo, Friday—The 23rd World Scout conference opened here yesterday for a six-day session in the presence of Emperor Hirohito, prime Minister Eisaku Sato and other government leaders. The conference, the Boy Scouts' highest decision making meeting, was attended by 500 delegates from 80 countries.
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    • 310 5 Reuter Paris, Friday Chief North Vietnamese negotiator Xuan Thuy stayed away from the Vietnam peace talks yesterday as the negotiations went into a lull pending Mr. David Brace's replacement as American delegation head by Mr. William Porter. Mr. Thuy's place at yesterday's
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    • 103 5 United Press International Mexico City, Friday Nationalist China opened a diplomatic campaign in Latin America yesterday by proposing to buy more Mexican products and lend technical assistance for Mexican industry. Although Dr. Ylen -si Tsiang, leader of a Taiwan trade mission to Mexico, continues
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    • 20 5 Wellington, Friday.—New Zealand plans to give special tariff preferences to products from developing countries, the government announced yesterday.
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  • WORLD COMMENT
    • 325 6  -  From Don Petersen The Melbourne Herald ALASKA Another winter has begun to close In on the long-stalled plans for the Alaskan oil fields. The 800-mile, US$2OOO million trans-Alaska pipeline from the oilfields remains a collection of stacked parts, strained budgets and frustrated dreams.. There is soaring
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    • 72 6 Dharorn Das Ganguli (right) a farmer from East Bengal who helped smuggle out 39 Bengalee families from civil war-torn East Pakistan, takes a well needed rest at one of the "floating refugee camps" located on the River Icchaamati in Basirhat, India. About
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    • 557 6  -  Discontent against Foreign Minister rises steadily S.M. ALI THAILAND The running feud between the Thai Foreign Minister, Mr. Thanat Khoman and the local Press has now reached a new stage. It now Involves a section of the ruling parliamentary group the United Thai People's Party.
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    • 230 6  -  From Victor Walker The Melbourne Herald GREECE A startling conclusion has been drawn in Athens from latest statistics on the consumptions of alcoholic beverages that though the Greeks gave the world wine, their own favourite drink is plain, clear water. With wine in a poor second place,
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    • 392 6  -  From LP. Gonzaga PHILIPPINES The delay in the formation of the Oil Industry Commission is giving rise to suspicions here that the administration is deliberately marking time because decision-mak-ing in the case of the oil price controversy is going to be bad politics
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    • 488 6  -  Student unrest takes new turn with mass arrests From Stanley Meisler The perpetual war between State and students in Ethiopia has taken a new turn. For more than a month, the government of Emperor Haile Selassie has kept thousands of university and high school students in
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    • 123 6 See India's palaces then fly one to Europe. Here's a special 'Palace' offer from Air-India. We take you to India in Maharajah comfort. You take a leisurely jaunt around India's fabulous palaces. Marvel at their magnificence. Then pick up another genuine Indian palace and fly it to Europe. The palace
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  • LOCAL COMMENT
    • 1025 7  -  Need for Opposition to air grievances GERALD de CRUZ The question of putting a responsible Opposition into our next Parliament is, in my view, second in importance only to the installation of a strong and honest government capable of ensuring our survival. Although
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    • The Voice of the Press
      • 286 7 What other newspapers are saying: Our economic is not compact enough. Not only Is there a lack of definite legal ProjtJoM j? dlue all the loop-holes, but therto some of the most SJ&ntS needed basic data for economic have not been provided. For example, we bave not
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      • 242 7 From this distance, the Royal Commission's report last week on Melbourne's West Gate Bridge disaster may seem a somewhat remote affair, made noteworthy however by the highly critical tone it took of the bridge designers, Freeman Fox and Partners, a firm of forld-wide renown with a
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  • 407 8 The announcement that Dr. Hastings Banda of Malawi will pay a formal visit to South Africa next week is the first open crack In the unity that African states had sought to maintain against the racial 1 policies of the white regime in Pretoria.
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  • 'WHISPERS' by ISPY
    • 70 8 I'm amused to learn that some ministers are human and self-indulgent. Friends tell me, with much twinkling of the eye, that a minister from a neighbouring country comes over to Singapore to get his supply of men's toiletries and the brand he uses is one of the most
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    • 191 8 Earlier issues of postage stamps are generally more valuable than later ones because of their scarcity in the philatelic market. Imagine the surprise of everyone at a stamp auction held in Singapore a few days ago when a Penny Black was sold for only one
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    • 117 8 Some senior Singapore journalists of the nowdefunct Singapore Herald have found new Jobs. The former editor, Mr. Ambrose Khaw has joined the Asian News Service in Hong Kong and is once again a colleague of Mr. Francis Wong who Is the ANS bureau chief in Kuala
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  • 935 8  -  SHIRI MULGAOKAR Whether India's nonaggression treaty with Russia marks the end of non-alignment or not, it represents a decisive shift in India's foreign policy. It has been the central theme of India's international posture that the root cause of tension
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  • Letters
    • 560 8  -  GERALD DE CRUZ I am grateful to Mr. Peter N. Williams for his comments on my article, Proportional Representation. He has, however, quoted me incorrectly. Nowhere in my article did I state, as he claims, that we in Singapore "have no class structure What I
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    • 304 8  -  P. LIEW I have just returned from watching a basketball match at the Gay World Stadium, and I must write about my feelings this evening or explode. First of all let me point out my good Impression. Tonight (Aug. 7) was the opening of the
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    • 145 8  -  KANG BOON LEE There have recently been a few cases of trees falling on motor-cars. In one such Incident at the University of Singapore, two parked cars had their front wind-screens and bonnets crushed. And trees along Buklt Timah Road have fallen across the path of
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    • 173 8  -  TAN TECK WHATT A point which is often being missed by many people who are watching the events in VJetrim is that a precondition for peace should be the withdrawal of all foreign troops, including those of North Vietnam. It must be mentioned that South Vietnam has
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    • 154 8  -  RAYMOND LIM Tun Tan Siew Sin has been known to make rather odd remarks in the course of his ali too long political career. His latest in Ipoh about fence-sitters being regarded as anti-govern-ment in the context of the current drive against the Communists reveals him
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  • Article, Illustration
    778 9  -  No more annual RAF balls but still an important role to play Concluding Frances Dowsett's series on British military bases. Today: TENGAH and SELETAR Frances Dowsett's grandeur that was on the night of the former British air base's annual ball last year might never be seen again. But
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  • 1031 9  -  From Jesse Lewis Washington Post In a winding, clear green creek a few hundred yards from the choppy seas of the Persian Gulf a fleet of dhows boats whose ancestry harks back to the days of the legendary Sinbad the Sailor wait quietly at anchor for a
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  • SHOPPING
    • 636 10 IMAGINE the goodA ies you can make with the new SAWA 71, a pastry wonder that is shaped like a cylinder with a toothed bar and a lever at its tip. You can turn out cakes directly on the baking tray, pipe pastry strips and whipped
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  • Page 10 Advertisements
    • 347 10 ANNIVERSARY CARPET SPECIAL All Stocks Must Be Cleared T.tkc this opportunity to buy at fantastic savings! -y t.f LIM KIM HAI ELECTRIC CO., 262/264, |ALAN BESAR. SINGAPORE-8. TELEPHONE: *****5 (5 LINES) Agents, Stockists&■ (1) "GRIMWOOD" ELECTRICAL HEATING UNITS for Gas Liquids or Solid up to 2,000 °F. (2) "AGRO" ELECTRIC
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    • 155 10 Jfifc i .£22 'f p TlT ot indoor ond m models with changing light* in beautiful colours. Sole °g«nts for Singapore, Malaysia, Brunei ft Indonesia:— BENLEY ELECTRIC COMPANY, /a—lfr d Singapore -9. (Opposite Ox ley Road) Tel: *****4 ft *****3. INTRODUCTION nam: BOY S TETERON T-SHIRTS 52.90 BOYS BATIK DESIGN
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    • 71 10 QUALITY and VALUE Mtely an im FOR A GOOD SELECTION OF BEAUTIFUL CARPETS AND RUGS From Persia, Russia, Pakistan, India, Bokhara and the Continent. BOKHARA CARPET HOUSE, 3, RAFFLES PLACE, (1« FLOOR), SINGAPORE-1, TEL: *****. YOUR NEEDS IN' COSMETICS PERFUMES IS BEST SERVED YEW HENG CO That's because we stock
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    • 115 10 I I 7^ Isle of Bali Love A style of beauty The Perfect Gift from the Orient /T Available at Robinsons, Fltzpotricks, Benteng A Ltd., Battens ft tews. Harrows, Leeks Traders, v Ming Gift Shop, Metrotex, Mondorin Gift Shop, Mufchonds, Maleye Silk Stores, Hotels Sincepure. Hotels Sfconpri 10, Ming Court
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    • 49 10 YOUR SHIRT IS YOUR IMAGEBE SURE IT'S THE BEST TAILOR 181, Middle Road, S'pore-7. Tel: *****5 FOR SHIRTS THAT MAKE YOUR IMAGE The colourful Console box for all your car accessories Adds life, Style and Comfort to your car. Jo® Auto Supply Co. 511, Geylang Rd., Singapore. Telephone: *****6.
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    • 259 10 ?^+^~=*?!&"&-_[};>~"{;{&$+?.%>= In commemoration of its Golden Jubilee TONIC CHOP GAJAH offers a golden Souvenir Sovereign. No skill, No Slogan writing. FOR FULL PARTICULARS, CONTACT YOUR DEALERS. For Health, Strength Vitality drink TONIC CHOP GAJAH in its new pack. Sole Distributors: A. S. Mohd. Kassim Co., 79, Hill Street, Singapore-6. 28,
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    • 30 10 For fashionable presents and up to date household utensils at moderate prices please cali at PHUAN6 CO. 15, Change Alley (Fixed Price Shop) where the latest designs are always available.
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  • 356 11  -  Composition, simplicity and clear background CAMERA CORNIER By WANG SU FAH Three factors control the taking of good scenery pictures. Pictures of scenery are divided into many categories. The main ones are landscape, seascapes and architectural surroundings. Taking these pictures, a photographer has to hunt
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  • 71 11 Left: Third prise picture "Come Out Please" taken by Ho Kal Hong, who used a Mamlya C 220 with f5.6 at 1/60 second. Top: Sobabri Sarpon's "Beauty at the Staircase" which won him the first prize. He used an Asahi's Pentax camera with aperture f2
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  • WOMAN
    • 69 11 For evenings the Moxis will alwoys break through the barrier of the minis and pants. Make the scene in these carefree long dresses which are elegant and very appealing. Bask in the warm colours of batik and strike the note of richness and exoticism. Batik inspires
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    • 480 11  -  CASUAL GAIETY UNDER THE STARS EATING OUT WITH WENDY HUTTON Every Wednesday night, the pool area on the fifth floor of the Ming Court Hotel is transformed into an Hawaiian-style barbecue setting. The cooks don sarongs and frangipanl blooms, exotic drinks packing quite a punch repose
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    • 368 11 Photographic Contest NATION Name Address Title: Camera: Exposure: Camera Corner 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. 3. An Entry
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  • NEW NATION'S Finance and business
    • 218 12 United Press International New York, Friday The stock market dosed sharply higher in heavy trading yesterday. The concensus among Wall Street analyst* was that the market was rallyafrom an extremely overcondition. They termed It a "technical" recovery. Mr. Alan Shaw, director of
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    • 194 12 Reuter London, Friday The market closed firms in very quiet trading. Gains reflected marking up rather than any active buying. The UJK. July trade figures. Wall Street overnight uptrend and the latest UJK. industrial production statistics were upslide factors but currency uncertainties continued
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    • 192 12 ATOM Cbem SO* AMot 62 >4 Am Brands 43* Am Can S3* Am Motors AT A T 43% A A P 16% *MmXt 18 Avaa Pi Both Stool 22 Booiag 16V4 Catorp Tpoo 40% Chrysler 28% COCP-Oote 103 Control Dote 52% Cora Ol Witt 222 Dow Own 83%
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    • 99 12 LONDON, PH.— As the UJS. dollar hit a new low end wallowed in the European currency markets. Britain's sterling was being given a big boost by the biggest ovtrseaa trading profit this year £43 million—accompanied by confirmation that the balance of payments Is still In substantial
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    • 1163 12 TRENDS AND MOVES IN THE MAJOR STOCK EXCHANGE COUNTERS 1976-1971 1 wk. 4 wks. Closing Price Last Divid. P/E TurnHigh Low ago ago Stock Buyers Sellers Sale Yield Ratio Over INDUSTRIALS 3.80 1.68 2.02 1X6 Allied Chocolate 1X7 1X8 1.98 6XN 14X 18 1X0 0X4| 1X2 1.49
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    • 383 12 Is management an art or a science? Or is it an intricate combination of both? What are managers supposed to do in an organisation? How do they achieve their objectives? In this weekly column, a senior management official and his team
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    • 237 12 Reuter Jakarta, Friday The prices of a number of luxury goods in shops dropped by five per cent or more yesterday as traders tried to sell off old stock after a government announcement that sales tax on luxury items would be cut by more than
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  • EDUCATION
    • 519 12  -  By PATRICK de SOUZA The University of Singapore Arts and Social Sciences Faculty debating team won the Vice-Chancellor's challenge trophy In a closely contested debate on the motion that Press censorship was a necessary evil In a developing country. The team, comprising
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    • 131 12 The new clubhouse of the University of Singapore Society will have a multi-pur-pose hall. This will enable the society to organise more projects like play and poetry reading sessions, music recitals and other forms of theatrical activity. Pullscale dramatic rehearsals for society productions in the past were
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  • Page 12 Advertisements
    • 117 12 ONLY A TECHNICAL RECOVERY ON WALL STREET; ANALYSTS We are proud tojoinyouin Singapore The National Bank of Australasia has recently opened a representative office in Singapore. We believe we have certain definite responsibilities here: 1 To get to know our neighbours better.. 2 To stimulate trade and investment between our
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    • 10 12 STERLING GETS BIGGEST BOOST AS GREENBACKS WALLOW IN FOREIGN MARKETS
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  • SPORT
    • 424 13 Mallal leads first round R. A. Mallal (3) led the first round of the Singapore Open amateur golf championships when he carded the best gross score of 72 over the SICC's new course yesterday. A stroke behind was D. Milne(2), followed by WJ. Bosley(+l) with a
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    • 990 14  -  THE SQUASH RACKET -g WITH JACK ARTHARS wiehliehts are comHighlights are commonplace this week with the centralisation of squash talent in the Republic. Local players have been right up there with our overseas guests, not necessarily winning in each case, but never being disgraced
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    • 53 14 A Kiwi player makes a determined bid to score while a defender tries to foil the shot. The Kiwi side met Brunch One in a Pesta Sukan clash on the padang yesterday. The Brunch side won 20-16. In another match Brunch Two defeated 007 by 29
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    • 315 15 By Blue Peter Gypsy Bank did an attractive trial in the company of Pseudonym (trainer Bougoure) on a yielding track at Buklt Timah this morning. Ridden by George Podmore Gypsy Bank, who beat Pseudonym easily by half a length at the end of the trial,
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    • 87 15 Bonn, Friday.—Mohamed Younis of Pakistan successfully defended the cup he won last year for the Dr. P. Eltzer Memorial 1000 metre race, clocking 2:23.1 minutes in an amateur athletics meeting in Aachen last night. Jimmy Crampton of Burma and Edward Sequelra of India, placed fourth and fifth,
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    • 31 15 A double knockout gymnastics competition featuring the Republic's top gymnasts will be held at the Singapore Badminton Hall on Sunday from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. Admission is free.
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    • 1715 15 i 1.45 CLASS 4, DIV. 6 —7F ($B,OOO $5,600 to winner) 1 0 CENTURION (Flying) Bougoure 4 9-0 <dd +1) *C. Tan 12 2 664 MENTIGE g (Sultan of Pahang) Lee 4 9.0 <dS +6) IF DawVlns 10 i 87 FACETS (Pearl) R Breukelen 4 9.0 (d
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    • 56 15 Some of the Filipino basketball stars warm up before yesterday's match against Medan. The fancied Filipinos had to fight to win the match 119-106 and qualify for the final round. Last night the Basketball Association of Singapore entertained 600 visiting players and guests at a dinner at the Chinese Chamber
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    • 857 15  -  GUTTER TALK WITH JOHN FITCH That star of bowling Brian Mathieu who set the record for low game (119) In the masters qualifying, was Just six short days later stripped of his title by none other than young Jesse Dy. It just goes to show that
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    • 292 15 London, Friday An unbeaten half century by Richard Lumb lifted Yorkshire towards a comfortable first innings lead over the Indian cricketers on a rain-shortened second day in their match here. Rain prevented any play after lunch when Yorkshire were 137 for three In reply to
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    • 317 15 Tee-off times for the third round of the Singapore Open amateur golf championships tomorrow are: FIRST TEE 11.00 Tallb bin H&ron (S); R. L. Randal (S); R. A. Wood (S>. 11.07 J. N. Fleming (UK); Ho Chee Eng (M); C. M. Macßae (S). 11.14 W.
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    • 61 16 AH FOOK: Our boys are putting on a marvellous show at the Merdeka tournament. All they need is a.little push. Who says the days of good football are. over? MEI LIN: I do. Just wait until they're back home with the swollen heads. They will never win another
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    • 51 16 Twenty-two yearold Sue Easterwood likes dating. Needless to say, this Texan girl daughter of an oilman goes for the tall, dark and handsome type. But he must also be interesting. "Who wants to go out with a dumb giant?" she asks. Picture by Picture by Jerry
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    • 166 16 Zorba the Greek is getting into the tourist business. A firm of Athens architects reports that It has been entrusted by Hollywood actor Anthonoy Qulnn with preparing the plans for a 500-bed hotel and bungalow complex to be built on the Island of
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