New Nation, 22 September 1971

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  • 17 1 NEW NATION SINGAPORE Wednesday evening, September 22, 1971 No. 212 Price 15 cents SINGAPORE WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 22
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  • 12 1 Police reported 57 accidents yesterday. Six serious and two fatal.
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  • 127 1 The stock market was generally steady this morning with firm trading in selective issues. Far East Levlngston again featured in the industrials. it was actively traded from $2.70 down to $2.66 and recovered to $2.72 on sustained buying support. Fusan was sought at $1.38 and $1.39 while
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  • 55 1 LATE NEWS Tokyo, Wednesday.— Prime Minister Eisaku Sato announced today that Japan will co-sponsor the two resolutions proposed by the US on the entry of People's China into the UN. Mr. Sato, however stressed that Japan would at the same time oppose any move to
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  • Article, Illustration
    968 1 American doctors fly to China, big N-Day march reported off, air services cut New Nation Foreign Service The opening session of the United Nations General Assembly in New York was disrupted today amid worldwide speculation that Mao Tse-tung is dead. As the outgoing UN President, Mr. Edward
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  • 239 1  -  By Jack Spackman Hong Kong, Wednesday A top-level political power struggle appears to be taking place in China. Observers here believe that this may be connected either with the death or illness of Chairman Mao Tse-tung. This is the interpretation placed by China-watchers in Hong Kong
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  • 88 1 Bank of China officials in Singapore received the rumours of Mao Tse-tung's death with scepticism this morning. "We have not received word of it at all," a spokesman said. He was more inclined to believe that the ramooii were mere speculation. The Singapore Chinese Chamber
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  • 187 1 Two teleprinter operators of the Telecommunications Department have been suspended from work. According to a source, the operators, both of them girls, were suspended last week. Meanwhile, the Corrupt Practices Investigation Bureau is continuing its probe into the affairs of a businessman from Indonesia
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  • 73 1 Sydney, Wednesday Australia will cease to be a rest and recreation base for Vietnam weary US servicemen at the end of this year, US Ambassador Walter Rice announced yesterday. Mr. Rice said the United States "owes a debt of gratitude to Australians who helped
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  • 69 1 Copenhagen, Wednesday. —The three-party rightcentre coalition which has ruled Denmark since 1968 was defeated in yesterday's general elections. It is two short of the 90 seats it needs for a majority In the 179-seat parliament. In a cliff-hanging vote count early today the two main leftist Opposition
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  • 61 1 A Housing and Development Board clerk, Lee Chee Kong, 25, who was robbed and stabbed at Cantonment Road last Saturday died at the Outram Road General Hospital last night. Lee was walking along Cantonment Road when be was confronted by two Chinese and stabbed twice In
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  • 180 2 Women's Liberation taking up arms? It's just the women trying their hand at archery at a demonstration at the Indoor Archery Club last night. The flve-month-old club organised the demonstration as its contribution towards the 25th anniversary celebrations of the Chinese YMCA. Even at this
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  • 340 2 Dealers in Japanese cars in Singapore are confident that their sales will continue to rise. They now have about half the market, compared to 1967 when they had only five per cent of the market. In June this year 670 Japanese cars were sold
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  • 35 2 An Australian serviceman was killed when his motorcycle collided with a car at Sembawang Road at 1 a.m. today. The pillion rider on the motor-cycle is in the RAF Changi hospital.
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  • 39 2 Some 20 local dealers of Toshiba sound equipment and home appliances this morning left on a free trip to Hong Kong, Taiwan and Japan as part of their prize In a sales contest organised by the company.
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  • 296 2 Singapore businessmen are now taking a more active interest in overseas trade fairs by participating in many of them. This is the result of a comprehensive study made by the Singapore Manufacturers' Association of all the international trade fairs. The SMA had also selected the ones which it
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  • 439 2 First-floor footpaths 'a good plan' Mr. Milton Tan, chairman of the National Safety First Council, has given full support to the proposal by architect Tay Kheng Soon to solve the Jaywalking problem. Mr. Tay suggested pedestrian footways, raised above ground level away from vehicular
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  • 274 2 The Singapore import and export of the recently introduced Malaysian $lOO gold coins will be strictly limited to one per traveller. Explaining this restriction, the Superintendent of Exchange Control of the Monetary Authority of Singapore, Mr. Quah Cheong Hock, said today: "Since the
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  • 60 2 Paris, Wednesday.—Police surrounded Clairvaux Prison near Troyes yesterday after two convicts seized a nurse and a caretaker at knifepoint in the prison hospital in an attempt to escape. The convicts bargained with the local public prosecutor by telephone from the hospital demanding Tree passage to leave the
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  • 58 2 Bonn, Wednesday.—The West German Air Force lost its 138 th Starflghter since the US designed aircraft was introduced into service 10 years ago when one of the type crashed in open country yesterday near Rhein, Westphalia, the Defence Ministry said. It said the pilot of the FIO4G, which
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  • 43 2 A trade exhibition will be held at New World amusement park from November, 19 to December 26. A spokesman for the Shaw Organisation today said: "It will be a very colourful exhibition with many interesting attractions and programmes."
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  • 42 2 The Singapore Indian Film, Arts and Dramatic Society will hold a cultural "Deepavall Nlte" at the National Theatre tomorrow from 8 p.m. to 10.30 p.m. The patron of the show will be the Minister for Social Affairs, Inche Othman Wok.
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  • Page 2 Miscellaneous
    • 245 2 Taipeh 88-76 Seoul 79-61 Jakarta 89-78 Bangkok 91-78 Tokyo 69-68 Kuala Lumpur 89-73 Hong Kong 82-72 Manila 88-76 Paris 75-48 Moscow 57-50 New York 78-70 San Francisco 67-50 London 68-52 Sydney 71-61 Melbourne 62-47 Canberra 55-45 Perth 66-56 Singapore The weather forecast from 1 p.m. to 6 p.m.—Fair. The weather
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  • 256 3 The 29 employees of the National Trades Union Congress cooperative_ enterprises may soon form a trade union of their own to represent their collective interests. Discussions are understood to be in progress among them on whether they should form a seESSS k n
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  • 38 3 A display of Italian goods will be held at Robinsons from Monday to October 10. The exhibition billed as "Robinson's Italian Fortnight "71" 1s jointly organised by the company and the Italian Trade Office here.
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  • 23 3 The Chinese YMCA Tanglin Centre and the Kentucky Fried Chicken Restaurant, Stevens Road, will be officially opened tomorrow at 5.30 p.m.
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  • 387 3 It will soon have own school Sembawang Shipyard will take a major step to help solve the problem of providing skilled staff for Singapore's ship repairing industry. Plans are underway for the shipyard to take over the Royal Navy training school to turn out
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  • 358 3 Increased patrols by security men and police in the Seletar and M a n d a 1 areas are bringing in results more than 12 people have so far been arrested for fishing in the 700-acre Seletar reservoir. In spite of signs forbidding fishing in
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  • 289 3 A Malay drama group is producing the famous Japanese classic Rashomon at the Victoria Theatre on October 1 and 2. This production will be the second such drama adapted by the Perkum pulan Seni. an affiliate of the Malay Cultural Organisation, for presentation. The first which won
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  • 69 3 Frankfurt, Wednesday.— About $300,000 contained in two sealed packets disappeared while being flown from Zurich to Tokyo via Frankfurt, Hamburg and Anchorage, it was learned here yesterday. The police said that the Sackets were sent last week y a Zurich bank to one in Tokyo with special security
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  • 23 3 The semi-finals of the Nestle's "Ideal Cook Contest" will be held at the Hotel and Catering Training School on Saturday afternoon.
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  • 261 3 Two Singapore brothers, one in Australia and the other in America, have won outstanding honours as students. The elder brother, Ronald Lee Sooi Hon, who will be 22 next month, is studying at Monash University in Melbourne where he has Just graduated with
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  • 200 3 During the past fortnight tenders have been called by the Housing and Development Board for the erection of some 3000 units of flats in Toa P a y oh, Queenstown and Balestier housing estates. Despite the fact that the HDB is doing its
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  • 126 3 Six young Singapore musicians are vying to fill two places open to Asian representatives at a prestigious music camp in Geelong, Victoria, in January. They are Joseph Sim, Patricia Goh, Kenny Lee, Chan Yew Shing, Chan Yong Shing and Lynette Seah. Of the six,
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  • 37 3 The chairman of the Chiefs of Staff Committee of the Australian Defence Ministry, Admiral Sir Victor Smith, will make a brief stopover here tonight before flying on to Bangkok tomorrow to attend the SEATO conference.
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  • 25 3 The Chinese YMCA Yoga Club will hold a meditation demonstration at its premises at Palmer Road today at 6.30 p.m. Admission in free.
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  • 546 4 In Person Conducted by Ruth Moses, Tel: *****1 It was very obvious that a small group of Indonesian women who organised themselves Into a monthly luncheon group really believed In the dictum that "the way to a man's heart Is through his stomach." At their
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  • THE VOICE OF THE PRESS
    • 237 4 What other newspapers are saying: PEDESTRIAN'S SAFETYS: The National Safety first Council has launched a pedestrians' safety campaign from September 19 to 28 with "giving pedestrians time to cross the road" as the slogan. In a press conference yesterday, the chairman of the council pointed out that
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    • 400 4 KEEP SINGAPORE POL-LUTION-FREE: To prevent environmental pollution from developing into an untenable stage as in some of the industrially advanced countries, the authorities concerned in Singapore have launched a series of campaigns to prevent air and water pollution. From October 1, the Ministry will start another
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    • 655 4 U.N. AND CHINA'S SEAT: The 26th U.N. General Assembly opened yesteraay ana the most important item on the agenda was none other than the seating of China. The world is watching with concern on how this problem is resolved. This year's scene is quite different from
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  • 247 4 Australian Bob Fenn is circling the globe teaching women their business —cooking! Give him a bench, a couple of cooking utensils and, of course, some raw food and he will dish out some culinary miracles. No wonder they call him "Bob the Fenn-tastic." While
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  • 82 4 New York, Wednesday.— New York's three congested airports could be replaced by 1985 with a "Jumboport" three miles off the coast, a report suggested yesterday. The US$BOOO million project—replacing the Kennedy, La Guardla and Newark airports—would Include rapid train links from the offshore airport to
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  • 514 5 a IN THE U.N. New president In plea for joint peace bid New Nation Foreign Service New York, Wednesday J: rAll countries, includfing the divided ones, ♦should be represented In the United Nations, Xhe newly-elected /President of the UN /.General Assembly, Mr.
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  • 349 5 Reuter London, Wednesday r The shutdown of Britain's national newspapers yesterday appeared set to go into its fourth day as the pub- met to talk >terms with print '-unions. 5* Hopes were reasonably -~high that last night's meeting between the News-'-paper Publishers'
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  • 121 5 Agence France Presse New York, Wednesday Mr. Edward Hambro, the outgoing presiaent of the UN general assembly had some trouble establishing oraer before announcing the 36th session open yesteraay. Delegates had heard that French Radio naa announced the death of Mao Tse Tung, ana that immediately became
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  • 196 5 United Press International Washington, Wednesday A panel of scientists has recommended that the use of DDT be phased out except for public health emergencies. The panel did not specifically recommend that the use of the pesticide be totally banned ultimately as environmentalists have asked.
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  • 336 5 Jail recovering from rioting United Press International -New York, Wednesday A strong residue of teargas, bullet holes in windows and a crudely lettered slogan "Power To The People" were still visible at the Attica State Correctional Facility yesterday when '.newsmen toured the prison. >. It was the
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  • 179 5 Reuter Sydney, Wednesday Strikers stranded thousands of commuters here last night in a city with no trains running, dwindling beer supplies and reduced television services. A lightning stoppage by train guards brought Sydney's metropolitan rail services to a halt. The State government announced
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  • 380 5 Shock attack by terrorists in car United Press International Belfast, Wednesday Terrorists machingunned and bombed the Queen Street police station in downtown Belfast last night, shattering windows of the nearby US Consulate and shops and businesses. The army said a policeman was In hospital
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  • 292 5 'DON'T LET US DOWN' Reuter Washington, Wednesday South Korea's Foreign Minister, Mr. Kim Yong Shi k, sought assurances yesterday from the US Secretary of State Mr. William Rogers, that President Nixon's talks with Chinese leaders would not bargain away any of his country's rights. US officials confirmed
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  • BEHIND THE NEWS
    • 748 6  -  By Pakir Singh The announcement by the Chief of Sabah, Tim Muatapha bin Datu Harun, to dissolve the Legislative Assembly a full seven months' before end of its five-year term provides more questions than answers. The two reasons given for seeking a fresh mandate from the
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    • 1077 6  -  Cheong: AEB can't cope with the demand for commercial classes By Bosco Gomez Some radical changes In the Republic's adult education s y s te m should come out of the two- day conference which starts tomorrow. For tne first time in four years participants of some
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    • 335 6  -  From Peter Jay The Washington Post In the centre of Saigon the campaign posters have blossomed, urging a vote for President Nguyen Van Thieu. The posters are guarded by armed police. Opposition to the uncontested election scheduled for October 3 continues strong, especially in the capital.
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    • 932 6  -  From Lewis Simons The "Liberation Army" of East Pakistan is planning a major military offensive next month, according to Bengali sources in Washington. They say thousands of new recruits, most of them now undergoing guerilla training in India, will join the embattled Bangla Desh Muktl
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  • 221 7 United Press International Si Wednesday ■jtThe Defence Department completed its defiassificatioa of the controversial Pentagon papers on the Vietnam fWar yesterday and [turned over copies of most but not all of the documents, to House and Senate committees. The final four volumes of an
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  • 185 7 Reuter Salisbury, Wednesday The latest series of talks between Britain and Rhodesia ended yesterday amid mounting optimism here that the two sides were preparing a top level meeting. But Lord Goodman, Britain's chief Rhodesia negotiator, when questioned on optimism about a
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  • 459 7 New Nation Foreign Service Karachi, Wednesday The trial of Bengali leader Sheik Mujibur Rahman 'is going on," a government spokesman said in Karachi yesterday. In the first official comment on the trial, a Ministry of Information spokesman said that the hearing was being run according
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  • 249 7 Viet attack costs $2.4 million Reuter Phnom Penh, Wednesday Rain has helped firefighters bring under control blazing storage tanks at the big Esso and Shell petroleum installations sabotaged by Communist terrorists. One tank containing aviation fuel was stUl burning at the Shell terminal last night while black
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  • 257 7 United Press International Washington* Wednesday The Senate, after a seven-month struggle, passed and 1 sent to President Nixon yesterday a draft extension Bill that atjolished deferments for college -students and gives the 'military a "record high ;bay rise. Passage of the measure—which will restore draft calls
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  • 76 7 Manila, Wednesday.— Manila Mayor Antonio VUlegas yesterday announced the arrest of a suspect in the grenade bombing of an opposition political rally in a Manila square on August 21. Two grenades killed eight people and wounded 96, including nearly all opposition Liberal Party leaders at
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  • 73 7 London, Wednesday.—An exact replica of the Golden Hind, in which Elizabethan hero Sir Francis Drake became the first Englishman to sail around the world, is to be built in Britain for an American company. The keel laying ceremony for Golden Hind II will be held at a
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  • 56 7 Moscow, Wednesday—The Soviet Union yesterday launched an unmanned sputnik, Cosmos 439, into earth orbit, the official Tass news agency said. The sputnik was orbiting earth once every 89 minutes at a maximum distance of 185 miles and a minimum distance of 131 miles. Its angle of inclination
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  • 36 7 Ottawa. Wednesday.—A parcel post service between Canada and the People's Republic of China has been resumed after a 22-year interruption, following the establishment of diplomatic links between the two countries, it was announced yesterday.
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  • 80 7 Tear gas drifts across a street as police clash with students at Saigon's Van Hanh University. The antigovernment student demonstrators hurled petrgJ-bombs and rocks at the police. The students were protesting against the one-man Presidential election on October 3. President Thieu is the only candidate in
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  • 88 7 United Press International Saigon, Wednesday The US 7th Fleet destroyer USS Henry B. Tucker was stopped by the Indian government from- making a goodwill visit to India's Cochin seaport, military sources said yesterday. The 3,490-ton ship en- gaged in the Vietnam war, was scheduled to visit
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  • 351 7 Senate asked to approve treaty United Press International Washington, Wednesday Five days before meeting Emperor Hirohito, President Nixon yesterday urged the senate to approve a treaty to return Okinawa to Japan. "Such a move meets US security needs and places the nation's relationship with a major
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  • 246 7 Reuter Karachi, Wednesday Pakistan last night postponed by-elections in East Pakistan less than 48 hours after announcing a balloting timetable. The election commission said polling for 78 assembly seats where members of the now-banned Awami League were disqualified will be spread over the
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  • 114 7 Colombo, Wednesday. The Soviet Union has renewed its offer to build a factory to produce prefabricated housing in Ceylon, government sources close to the Housing Ministry said yesterday. They said an offer of a factory to turn out 40 houses a day was made to the
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  • 439 8 It is understandable that the trades unions are not immediately receptive to the suggestion by Mr. JJD.H. Neill, president of the Singapore Employers' Federation, that the bonus system be gradually scrapped. The experience of most union leaders in their working lives has
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  • 'WHISPERS' by ISPY
    • 229 8 Bubbling over with enthusiasm and confidence, a friend recently landed at Jakarta airport, feeling a little superior to all the other foreigners in the plane. The source of his confidence was that he speaks Bahasa Malaysia extremely well, he knew there were very few differences between
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    • 131 8 Thai International seems suddenly caught in a major top level shake-up. The managing director of the airline, Air Vice Marshal Kaivul Thavaradhara, who took up the Job Just two years ago, has been abruptly relieved of his post. "He has been dismissed.'' said the headline of
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  • 1189 8  -  DICK WILSON Chou: "Good morning Mr. President. I trust you slept well and have recovered from your long flight." Nixon (moving forward stiffly to shake hands): "Thank you Mr. Prime Minister. I slept fine, but Chairman Mao s nephew challenged
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  • Letters
    • 652 8 I refer to a public relations consultant's letter in New Nation of September 13. After reading his letter I could not help thinking that he is holding an opinion that since it is easy to talk and hard to work, then better to forget it!
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    • 206 8  -  HUAN TZU HONG Registrar of Societies, Ministry of Home Affairs, Singapore, 2. I refer to Mr. Liew Meow Koon's letter "Why not a quick 4 no'?" In your paper of September 18. Your correspondent has Insinuated that it took five months for a decision to
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    • 138 8  -  DONALD MOORE "Can I follow you" meaning "Will you give me a lift", "This is where I get down" meaning "Will you drop me here", "I wished him" meaning, "I greeted him", "I am up to my nose" meaning, "I am over-commit-ted", and "He is in
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  • Page 8 Miscellaneous

  • 699 9  -  Troubles ahead as Japanese radicals re-assert influence From Frederick Marks United Press International In 1960 Japanese students were probably the most radical in the world. They were so active that they were able to force the cancellation of the late President D wight D. Eisenhower's visit to
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  • 1601 9  -  Roving Editor S. M. Ali interviews the Indian Minister for Planning, Science and Technology, Mr. C. Subramaniam, on regional cooperation, the second development decade and the current monetary crisis. S.M. Ali ALI: In recent months, we have heard views from a number of Asian countries about the
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  • SHOWBIZ
    • 300 10  -  That's why she has stuck to one band for 15 years »y Abby Tan Crooning at the Hotel Malaysia's Supper Club Is a girl called Carmen. She must surely be familiar to most nightclub Eiers for she has been singg at the club since the
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    • 164 10 The Goodwood Group Is once again promising us the "mood and magic" of the South Seas —the second time In three months with the "Tiara Apehatl" show beginning on Friday. The show will shift between the various hotels during their four-day performance.
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    • 153 10 The Marmalades, one of the oldest British pop groups still belting It out to receptive audiences!, is due here for a one-day performance on October 25 at the National Theatre. Quill International Pte. Ltd. will jet them here as part of an Asian tour. After
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    • Article, Illustration
      266 10 The latest rock group hoping for a toehold In the local disc-cutting scene Is the Western Union Band, which has just released its first single, under the Libra label, called "My Lady" with "Stepping Through An Empty Time" on the fllpside. The band, WUB, for short, Is
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    • 374 10 And it's Audie's compromise When is a disco npt a discotheque? When there is a live band but no discs. Which means that all the swinging Joints in town are not discos in the true sense of the word. This controversy over the definition of thi« particular
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    • 501 10  -  MERRY ANDREW Maureen Clarke will make her third appearance on the Singapore stage this year in The Stage Club's next production, "The Killing of Sister George," by Prank Marcus. "Sister George" (whose name In real life is June Buckridge) is a radio actress
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    • 984 10  -  Sports programme tells all [sight 1 I AND I SOUND I EDGAR KOH LOOKS AT I THE TV AND RADIO SCENE I EDGAR KOH There is nothing more telling than a sports programme to show up the efficiency or otherwise of a television production
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  • TREND
    • 775 11  -  By Mary Lee "Kip pies? They should stop hanging around carrying protest banners and behave themselves and do something constructive!" This remark was emphatically made, not by a conservative politician, but by a 23-year-old pop star, Millicent Small. "You're not going
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    • 850 11  -  Conversation that meant much more than a chat By Trish Sheppard Something terrific happened to me last week. It was on Thursday and I had walked along to the village near my home to do some shopping for odd-* and ends. On the list
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    • 89 11 This is it. All the flair of a sleeveless midi jacket to highlight a most stunning jumpsuit. Be all woman in romantic suits like this. Toke the long view in this white, slithery jump suit trimmed in red white and blue. It is fastened in front and
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    • 617 11  -  It's all a question of how they're arranged on the shelf From i Judith Martin Washington Post The way to determine your friends' true characters is to examine their bookshelves (pre- ferably while thy're out fetching your food and -drink). This is not, of course,
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    • 857 11  -  Will your son earn five times more than your hubby? HELEN HOWARD When anyone asks your toddler son what he's going to be when he grows upkeep your fingers crossed that he rejects the traditional "a policeman" or "an engine-driver" and settles for "an optometrist" or "a
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  • BUSINESS AND FINANCE
    • 1200 12 TRENDS AND MOVES IN THE MAJOR STOCK EXCHANGE COUNTERS 1979-1971 1 wk. 4 wl ts. Closing Price Last DhrUL P/E TurnHigh Low •CO Slock Bayers Sellers Sale i i over INDUSTRIALS 2.93 1.68 1.90 1.84 Allied Chocolate 2.00 2.00 6.3N 14.5 3 1.90 0.844 1.34 1.48 Ben
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    • 309 12 Mr. William P. Mnndy has been appointed regional director of Grant Advertising International Incorporated. Mr. Mundy takes over from Mr. Michael Brierley who has resigned. Mr. Mundy, who joined Grant's in August 1964. will be responsible for Grant Advertising offices in Singapore, Kuala Lumpur. Bangkok. Hong Kong, Taipeh and
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    • 48 12 HONO KONQ, Wed.—An official group of economic planning experts from Tanzania left Peking for North Korea yesterday, New China News Agency repented. This government delegation is led by Mr. E» A. Mulokozi, principal secretary of the Ministry of Economic Affairs and Development Planning.
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    • 245 12 New York, Wednesday The stock market did little yesterday, closing slightly, lower in light turnover. Most of the dullness reflected the continued observance of the Jewish holy days and uncertainty as to what steps President Nixon will take in Phase Two of
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    • 217 12 Reuter London, Wednesday The market rallied to close mixed in relatively quiet trading, the subdued tone reflecting the continued absence of newspapers. At 1500 the Financial Times index was up 1.1 at 420.7. British Oxygen reversed an initial loss following the nine months figures while
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    • 190 12 Allied Chem 33% Alcoa ai% Am Brands 444 Am Can 35* Am Motors AT T 42% A P 15% Anaconda 15% Avon Pd Beth Steel 23% Boeing 15% Caterp Trac 54% Chryiler 29% Coca-Cola 106% Control Data 57% corn Q1 Wlu 241% Dow Cbem 70% DuPont 154%
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    • 170 12 Seven major international companies are expected to make a bid for a large $B7O million aluminium and hydroelectric plant in Indonesia. The companies Include ALCOA, (Aluminium Company of America). Klaser Aluminium and Chemical Corporation, Sumitomo Chemical Company Limited, Ataka and Company Limited, C. Itoh and Company
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    • 731 12 Management in Action ~By Ans "l wish I had 26 hours in a day." This has a familiar ring for many a manager. Often times in books, seminars and pep- talks, management is described as the business of combining the 5 Ms materials,
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    • 220 12 Major Japanese shipping lines are said to be using foreign owned ships to meet the growing import and export trade of Japan. Rising Insurance costs, wages and shortage of labour are main reasons for Japan turning to foreign ships, says The
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    • 104 12 Two Singapore officials will attend the 27th International Fair now being held in Bulgaria. They are Mr. Chan King Fook, from the Trade Division of the Ministry of Finance and Mr. Ong Eng Heng of Intraco. Singapore products will be presented at the fair by
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    • Business Abroad
      • 154 12 London, Wednesday The American dollar plunged to new lows against the West German mark, the Belgian franc and the Dutch guilder yesterday in a new wave of speculation against the dollar on European money markets. In Frankfurt the West German Bundesbank (Central Bank) stepped in to
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      • 59 12 PARIS. France will urge a devaluation of the ooilar at tne forthcoming meeting of the International Monetary Fund, Finance Minister Mr. Vaiery Ciscard D'Estaing said last night. France woula also insist "on the necessity of realignment of monetary parities, wnich couid not be aone without
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      • 78 12 JAKARTA.—The Gallaher Company of London has signed en agreement to manufacture and market cigarettes in Indonesia. Gallaher representative Mr. AX.JC. Lidole signed the agreement on Monday with Asia Indonesia Tobacco, a joint enterprise between the Indonesian firm Molino Pramuka Company and Asia Tobacco Company Limited of
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      • 54 12 WASHINGTON: President Nixon has given four major textile exporting countries, including Japan, until Octol to cut textile exports to the United States or face mandatory import quotas. Warnings have been sent to Japan and the other exporters Hong Kong, South Korea and Taiwan of the impending
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      • 63 12 xi Though the Nationalist Chinese government appears adamant in opposing voluntary restrictions on its textile exports to the United States it would likely buckle under increasing Washington pressure, a reliable source said yesterday. The sources said pressures have mounted because the Taipeh government is solely
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      • 43 12 Indonesia's rice production is expected to reach 12.75 milliontons It**', ■"tfitly more mm? 5 target of 12.52 million ton s according to official ture Although Indonesia still 000.000 tons of riep supplement its domesuS H** WoducttoTiK through "miracle 10
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      • 20 12 Thailand J*® 8 to increase exportsat the rate of seven pea: cent yearly and reduce to per cent
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      • 23 12 TOKYO: Japan is sidering a plan to lew Per cent SIffTA* 0 Ports if the UttttSfgSfi: to lift its lOper^m
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    • 165 12 The man about MING COURT HOTEL Wt Mrvt hot, dtUdwis Hm mm for hutch daily at 11.30 a.m. fof of 10 a.m. Perhaps you wowM Mho fo flovovr yaw CMimm meal Monday, 27th September, 1971 of 1.30 p.m. 2 p.m. far lunch. Good service. No cover charge. Ho itrvkt chflf
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  • SPORT 1
    • 714 13  -  CAMERA ON SCHOOLS Dennis Chia Two Asian Age Group chamDionships swimmers Teo Chai Meng and Justina Tseng, proved too good for their rivals in their respective events on the second day of the Singapore Primary Schools national swimming championships at the Chinese Swimming Club yesterday. Teo Chai
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    • 1067 13  -  SOCCER SCENE WITH JEFFREY LOW Opinions have been voiced during the last five days, largely by people who follow the football scene, that our national selectors will experience quite a bit of difficulties in chosing a national side for international competitions until the end of the
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    • 141 14 Hong Kong, Wednesday Hong Kong's horse doping trial resumed yesterday after a break of six weeks with leading Portuguese Jockey Joe Pereira taking the stand to defend himself. Pereira. 34, is one of six defendants alleged to have conspired to dope horses In the 1969-70 racing
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    • 75 14 Thirteen schools nine boys and four girls will battle it out in the finals of the Primary Schools' team and individual gymnastic championships at the Chung Hwa Girls School in Bartley Road on Saturday at 2 p.m. The schools are: Boys Si San Public, Peck Seah, May North,
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    • 217 14 Reuter Tokyo, Wednesday England made a triumphant start to their tour of Japan and the Far East with a 56-4 victory over Waseda University at the Chinchibu Rugby Stadium here last night. They overran tne Waseda University past and present, the current club champions of
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    • 123 14 West Germany, Wednesday.—Sucha Singh of India bettered the Asian 600 metres record at an athletics meeting here by clocking one minute 18.7 sees, yesterday. Jimmy Crampton, from Burma, the Asian 800 metres champion, was second in 1:18.9 minutes and Mohamed Younis the Asian 1500 metres record
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    • 363 14  -  By Sonny Yap Singapore's lawn tennis players, preparing for the sixth South East Asia Peninsular Games at Kuala Lumpur in December are not counting golds, but they intend to "do well." Putting aside all assessments of the chances, Inche Hassan Alwi, the secretary of
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    • 184 14 Reuter Sydney, Wednesday The secretary of the Australian Board of Cricket Control, Mr. Alan Barnes, said here yesterday it was unlikely an Australian team would make a short tour of South Africa early next year. Mr. Barnes was commenting on a statement made in Cape
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    • 419 15 By Bine Peter Dollar Standard did a splendid gallop at Buklt Tim&h this morning. Ridden by Johnny Wilson, Dollar Standard sprinted smartly over 3f in 36 4/5. The going was good. You Are Can (Ariffin) was equally impressive when he sprinted attractively
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    • 409 15 By Scrutineer Interest's year old record" of $68,300 won In oile season is likely to be beaten on October 3 Singapore Gold Cup day. Trainer Mansor bin Matban's top Cup hope, Sungei Wang 11, will be making an all-out bid in the $60,000 Bukit Timah Classic.
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    • 834 15 By BLUE PETER Brocalba Lad is the pick of the four newcomers entered for the Singapore Gold Cup meeting, begining on September 25. He is a five-year-old by bay-brown Australian gelding by Grey Seas out of Brocalba Miss. At two years Brocalba Lad raced four
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    • 189 15 TENNIS Sydney, Wednesday Wimbledon champion Evonne Goolagong of Australia will not compete on the United States winter tennis circuit and was never offered A 550,000 (23,330 sterling) to compete, her coach said yesterday. Mr. Vic Edwards said Miss Goolagong was committed to
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    • 283 15 —Computer Test London, Wednesday England, replying to Australia's first innings total of 321, struggled to 218 for eight on the second day of the computer 'Test of the century" at Lord's here yesterday. Pace bowlers Ray Lindwall (three for 36) and Keith Miller (four for 28)
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    • 63 15 The Police team to meet Vigilante Corps in the Police Military soccer knockout final at the Jalan Besar Stadium tomorrow will be chosen from: S.A. Sabathran, Nenahmad, Isman Rahman, Sain Solaiman, One Chuan Chuan, Sebayiah, Haron Omar, Wilfred Skinner, Lee Teik Gee, Ramadas Rao, Abdullah Ismail,
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    • 15 15 LATEST RESULTS American League Milwaukee 4 Minnesota 2 Chicago 3 New York 0
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    • 65 15 London, Wednesday. Crystal Palace, struggling at the foot of the English football league's first division, yesterday sold striker Alan Birchenall to Leicester City for 100,000 sterling and then signed two new players. As part of a player plus cash exchange deal with Leicester, Palace
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    • 57 15 LONDON, Wednesday.— Results of last night's rugby matches were: Rugby League floodlight competition first round: Hull 23, Wakefield Trinity 16; Swinton 9 St. Helens 14. Rugby League: Widnes 15, Huyton 0. Rugby Union: Birkenhead Ark 12 Waterloo 13; Coventry 24 Birmingham 16; Swansea 7 Bridgend 19; Western
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    • 545 14 $~|_]\>[*?&(`"<*@[|_[:&^.}:&]{! ANNOUNCEMENT SALON PHOENIX opens every Thursday Mil 8 p.m. For foe id, skin treatments, evening beauty culture/hairdressing courses Tel: Rosalie Hemon *****. ASTROLOGY THK AMAZING NIW GUIDE TO SUCCISS AND HAPPINESS. Let well-known Hand-Analyst Astrologer Davis Star help you to know your destiny, to achieve your heartfelt desires. Appointments
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    • 298 14 LOST REWARD Lost Friday 17/9 Passport belonging to W. E. Roberts Masters F.G. Certificate —in dork blue wallet —in taxi, or shops, or Bus if found please Telephone (Singapore) *****9 or contoct Guan Guan Shipping Line Telephone: ***** Mr. Jimmy Tan ext. 2244. ONE MALE 18 months old Siamese cat
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    • 223 14 SALE OF BRITISH ARMY STORES Tenders ore invited and will be received up to 9 a.m. 19th October 71 for the Sole of 1 Lot of DENTAL EQUIPMENT comprising: 6515-99-21C-5632 Suction Apparatus Surgical Electric Voculyser SV 6 Stan- ONE dard Model 6520-99-210-8665 Amalgamator, Electric Dental 200 to 250 Volt AC
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    • 121 14 DR. KILDARE by Ken Bald Hi ▼i SO BELAY THE FANCY WORPS, POC...AH'GIVE OL' BOATS THE STRAIGHT TALK/ 3# a I! K X 111 ii fmxm in r\ 3* ni*^ ...BUT BEIN'A SAILOR FOR MORE'N A HALF CENTURY'S LEARN CP ME T* REAP THE SK/.. THE SEA... ANP THE FACES
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    • 300 14 NEW NATION CROSSWORD 11 Tenor violin. 12 Tobacco; Colloq. 14 Sudden, quick jerk. 15 Water sport: 2 words. 21 Hanks of twine. 22 Delightful. 23 Forms into dross. 24 Sheep's cry. 25 Jamaica cobnut tree 26 Relative. 27 More cerulean. 28 What "venl** means: a words. 29 Lowest point. 30
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    • 185 15 NOTICES OFFICIAL NOTICE PROPOSAL TO CHANCE A SHITS NAME We, SIM TEOW GOK CO., of No. 29, Chortered Bonk Chombers, 3rd Floor, Battery Rood, Singapore, hereby give notice that in consequence of the purchase of the vessel m.v. "TARINNA", we hove applied to the Registrar of Singapore Ships, under Section
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    • 333 15 -Cat »IM| out* NEW NATION WEDNESDAY MONEYWORDS E' i Jttti Cat Mt Mi pie »itl etker chins Mstiac iasUactiaas appear tela*. (Mr./Mrs./Mi»). *Cvt »iMf itttei ii*fs CLUES FOR E-3 FIU IN MISSING LETTERS ACROSS action on a fish-hook, irritating to hear that a has broken a vvcatd y« him. prict
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  • Back Page WEDNESDAY
    • 40 16 Stenographer Jessie Low, 21, looks forward to weekends. That's when she has fun at parties and other social outings. They also help to refresh her for another week of life at the office. Picture by Steven Lee
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    • 167 16 Garfunkel, a highflying housecat from Oshkosh, Wisconsin, has finally been grounded. The feline was heard but not seen for nearly a month by people aboard a Northwest Orient Airlines 747 jet. Garfunkel apparently escaped from his cage on a flight to Anchorage last month and had
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    • 390 16  -  BUT YOU MAY NOT QUALIFY By Abby Tan Dial a certain number of the First National City Bank and a friendly voice answers: "Personal Loans Administration Centre. Can I help?" They sure can. Otherwise nobody would bother to call them. This is their
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    • 83 16 About 4500 children are too poor to buy clothes to wear to School in Nakhoon Pathom province, 35 miles north-west of Bangkok, according to a survey. Therefore, the provincial officials will organise a fair. timed with the annual primary School Day on October 1, to
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    • 102 16 Egyptian belly dancers are seeking contracts to work in Jakarta because the night life to the city has attracted them, according to Antara news agency. The agency in a report from Beirut said Egyptian belly dancers were eager to visit the Indonesian capital
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    • 58 16 AH FOOK: Our motor vehicles assemblers have no cause for protest against Japanese cars making inroads in the local market. What they should do is improve themselves and give us a better finished product. MEI LIN: I don't agree. Our industry is still in its infancy and should
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    • 457 16 5 Siigaptre 3.00 Opening followed by Housewives' Matinee —Double Faces (Mand.) 3.35 For the Family (C) 4.05 A Diary of Events in Singapore this Week (C) 4.10 Days of Our Lives 4.50 Close 6.05 Opening followed by Cartoon Funnies 6.30 News in Brief 6.35 What Others Say (E) 6.50 International
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    • 31 16 SHORT RIBS By Frank O'Neal X Te^c. •sr. 115 UST WEEK I fURNgP THE QUE£N INTO AiOAP. 1 m n 1 is UP*. m ft 39 r SNIFFY by George Fett
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    • 330 16 Trust your 9 lucky star IF irs YOUR BIRTHDAY BORN today, you are an easy person to know, not given to moods of depression or of euphoria. Entirely stable In your emotional responses to whatever goes on about you, you can be depended upon to react sensibly to even the
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