New Nation, 25 September 1971

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  • 17 1 NEW NATION SINGAPORE Saturday evening, September 25, 1971 No. 215 Price 15 cents SINGAPORE SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 25
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  • 438 1 American spies intercept top secret cable, says TV network United Press International Washington, Saturday American intelligence services have intercepted a message from Peking to Chinese Embassies abroad telling them to "get prepared for war." The CBS TV network reported last night it had learned
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  • 122 1 Kuala Lumpur, Saturday A curfew has been imposed in the Sungei Siput, Tanjong Rambutan and Chemor districts in Perak from 3 a.m. today until further notice. However, the Perak police said, the north-south Highway and the railway traffic would not be affected. A police spokesman here
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  • 350 1  -  Arrest in theatre By Wee Beng Huat The Criminal Investigation Department has arrested one of Malaysia's most wanted men in a dramatic night ambush at the State Theatre. The man is wanted in connection with investigations into the murder of one of Selangor's top detectives
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  • 29 1 A BOAC VC-10 Jet on it« way to Bangkok from Hong Kong with 134 passengers was diverted to Singapore Airport today because of a slight technical fault
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  • 121 1 Reuter Paris, Saturday The French Prime Minister, Jacques Chaban Delmas, whose wife died in a road accident last year, married again yesterday. His bride, Michellne Chavelet, is from Bordeaux. Rumours have circulated for some time that the handsome, 56 year old Prime Minister was abcut
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  • 74 1 Two foreign musicians who were detained for allegedly giving drugs to six schoolgirls have been released on ball. The two were detained by officers from the Orchard Road police station on Thursday night. It is learned that the six girls went to a hotel to meet
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  • 67 1 Saigon, N Saturday.—Students tossed a petrol bomb Into an official US car parked outside the Cambodian embassy in central Saigon today after President Nguyen Van Thleu appealed to South Vietnamese not to join in demonstrations. As the ear biased, its horn sounding continuously as the
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  • 426 1  -  By Herbert Teo Cilia Black, one of Britain's top female vocalists, slipped into Singapore today after her first "frightening" experience on board a plane. In an interview with New Nation at Singapore airport transit lounge at 3.30 this morning, Cilia described how the Boeing
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  • 86 1 About 500 Nanyang University students, including 300 girls, yesterday staged a peaceful demonstration against "derogatory" articles in the latest issue of "Campus Life," a university publication. It is understood that the articles hit out at the female undergraduates. A protest was also sent to Dr. Rayson
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  • 291 1  -  By Blue Peter Waterfront was freely tipped at the course this morning to land a hattrick in Race Six at Bukit Timah today. This nice looking grey by Mattewai found his right form at Ipoh last month when he made it a pillar-to-post
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  • 10 1 Police reported 80 accidents yesterday. Four were serious.
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  • 240 2 Reuter Washington, Saturday Senator Fred Harris of Oklahoma yesterday announced he was a candidate for the 1972 Democratic presidential nomination. The 40-year-old senator is the second formally to announce that he was seeking the Democratic nomination. The first was Senator George McGovern of South Dakota.
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  • 57 2 Manila, Saturday. The driver of a small passenger bus rammed his vehicle into a police station last night to foil three knifewielding men from robbing his passengers. Two shaken policemen stepped out of the jarred station and, after learning what caused the ramming, collared one
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  • 401 2 IN THE U.N. United Press International New York, Saturday The General Assembly decisively defeated an Albanian move yesterday to prevent debate of America's two China policy. A 65-47 vote, with 15 absentions, to include the item in the Assembly's agenda for debate
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  • 221 2 New trend in England United Press International London, Saturday Sir George Godber, Chief Medical Officer for the Department of Health and Social Security, said yesterday the tide was turning in England in the battle to stop cigarette smoking. Speaking to the final session of second world
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  • 64 2 Happy children gaze in wide-eyed wonder at the exhibits of the first Children's Art Competition and Exhibition in the Tampines constituency. The exhibition, at the Pasir Ris Community Centre, was opened by the M.P. for the area Mr. Phua Bah Lee. The unexpected high turnout of
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  • 275 2 Reuter Belfast, Saturday A British army chief said yesterday that the security forces in Northern Ireland were beginning to win the war against "unscrupulous terrorists" who put the lives of innocent people at risk. Major General Robert Ford, recently appointed commander of land forces
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  • 390 2 United Press International Washington, Saturday President Nixon has approved an accord with the Soviet Union establishing a new satellite hotline to prevent nuclear accidents from leading to war, the White House announced yesterday. The pact, in the form of two agreements, will be formally
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  • 240 2 Reuter Hong Kong, Saturday The Chinese Vice Premier, Mr. Li Hsiennien, has arrived in Hanoi to negotiate a new offer of aid to North Vietnam. Mr. Li flew in yesterday at the head of a government delegation for a friendship visit and talks
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  • 29 2 Miami, Saturday.—Hurricane Ginger was yesterday heading towards Southern Florida after lashing Bermuda with peak winds of 75 miles per hour on Thursday, the National Hurricane Centre reported.
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  • 298 2 Reuter Washington, Saturday The United States yesterday re i t e rated that it was prepared to commit additional money and supplies to aid Pakistani refugees in India and for rehabilitation programmes in East Pakistan. But State Department spokesman Charles Bray would
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  • 208 2 Belgrade, Saturday Soviet Communist party leader Leonid Brezhnev and President Tito spent yesterday at a hunting lodge working on a programme for improved cooperation between the Soviet Union and Yugoslavia. After confusion earlier yesterday when it was rumoured that Mr. Brezhnev was ill with laryngitis,
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  • 245 2 Permanent cut in Russia's UK team Reuter London, Saturday The expulsion oi 90 Soviet official from Britain for spying will cut the number of R us s i a's representatives in London by almost a fifth. The total number of Soviet officials in London—at the Russian
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  • 398 3  -  By Abby Tan The bride-to-be blushed. Her coiffured head tilted down, as she tried hard to suppress a smile. Her eyes, big and bright, were fixed on the floor. A feeling of embarrassment gushed over her. And with one effort, she leapt out of her
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  • 105 3 Sixteen people including a man will show off their culinary skills in a contest at the Hotel and Catering School this afternoon. There are two sections In the contest for savoury and sweets dishes. The contestants will be judged on originality, method, skill,
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  • 172 3 A nine-man team of Japanese shipping experts will arrive here next month to conduct a comprehensive survey of the equipments and after-sales service needed by local shipyards. The team, led by Mr. I. Matsushita, president of the Japan Ship Machinery Export Association, (JSMEA)
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  • 52 3 On September 14, New Nation published an article by Tan Sri Ghazali Shafle, Malaysia's Minister for Information and Special Functions, on the neutralisation of South-East Asia. The article was a reprint from Pacific Community and we regret that we failed to credit the Asian quarterly review, based
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  • 168 3 Reuter London, Saturday The Prime Minister of Malaysia, Tun Abdul Razak, flew into London last night for a "strictly private" visit before going on to New York to lead his country's delegation at the United Nations. With him was the Malaysian Finance Minister, Tun
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  • 35 3 The president of the Singapore Natural Health Society, Mr. Tommy Kwik, will conduct the final session of the course in nature cure (Naturopathic medicine) at the YWCA, RafQes Quay, at 4 p.m. today.
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  • 284 3 A total of 1532 people who did not conform to good social habits have been prosecuted since January. Most of the offenders were litterbugs—ll24 cases. The others were two fined for spitting, five summoned for dirty premises, 36 for dirty backlanes and 365
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  • 201 3 The Singapore Cooperative Union will begin courses in cooperative education for its 19 affiliates from next month. The first of its wide educational* programmes, the courses will be conducted at the Adult Education Board in Cairnhill Road. Announcing this today, the chairman of the SOU, Mr.
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  • 342 3 MP asks for feasibility studies Universities here should look into the feasibility of conducting external degree courses, the MP for Katong, Mr. J.F. Conceicao, said today. Speaking on the second day of the National Conference on Adult Education at the Ladyhill Hotel Mr. Mr. Conceicao
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  • 294 3 More than 1100 pupils received help last year from the fund set up by the Education Ministry to assist those who need spectacles but can't afford to buy them. The fund an annual grant of $12,500 is administered by the School Health Services of the
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  • Page 3 Advertisements
    • 40 3 5 good reasons to shop at SINGAPORE HILTON •The prices are same as High Street. •The Store opens from 9am to Bfim. •The Store opens ail day on Sunday. •Ample Parking space. •Usual Chanrais courteous service. Also open on Sunday
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    • 89 3 SPSS K VJ< t I 1 J J Don t let any menu J dictate what you should >Xr eat that's why we never even bothered to print a menu. >' Our Chef is at your service just tell him what your liking is and he will cook up something
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  • Page 3 Miscellaneous
    • 120 3 At the cinema Lido: Lion in Winter—--2.30. 6.15, 9.15. Capitol: Duel for Gold (Mand.)—l.3o. 4. 6.45. 9.30. Rex: The Bride from Hell (Mand.)—l.4s. 4. 6.30. 9.30. Sky: "The Bride from Hell (Mand.)—l.4s. 4. 6.30. 9.15. Roxy: The Bride from Hell (Mand.)—l.4s, 4, 6.30, 9.30. State: The Heroic Battle for the
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    • 136 3 weather I Temperatures in world cities yesterday: Jakarta 89-78 Kuala Lumpur 87-74 Bangkok 91-78 Hong Kong 87-76 Manila 89-78 Taipeh 85-76 Seoul 78-68 Tokyo 87-70 New York 62-73 Paris 68-57 London 66-61 Moscow 63-60 Melbourne 62-49 Singapore The weather forecast from 1 p.m. to 6 p.m. Fair. The weather for
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  • 960 4  -  BUT MAHJONG SOON TOOK OVER Srva Choy Siva Choy Two weeks ago Kelong Chew (not his real name of course) called me on the telephone. "We need your help," he said, "bring your typewriter and paint brushes and poster colours with
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  • 826 4  -  mmm ON SINGAPORE WORDS: Lee Chiu San Many Singaporeans appreciate birds, the feathered ones, besides the mini-skirted variety, and a steady stream of 6000 people each week enter the turnstiles of Jurong Bird Park. Without having to tramp through miles of steaming jungle
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  • 486 6 The defeat in the UN General Assembly's steering committee of the American proposal for a simultaneous consideration of its own resolution on Chinese representation along with Albania's, will involve a change in tactics by those countries which do not want the Nationalist regime
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  • 'WHISPERS' by ISPY
    • 104 6 Studying the Chinese language has been compared to many things. One old Malayan hand, a Chinese Affairs officer, described it as "spending two years in purgatory." But Swire Mackinnon—the agents for the cruise ship, Coral Princess, between Japan and Taiwan —think quite differently. Advertising the
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    • 76 6 A well-known Washington columnist Jack Anderson has described what he calls "the greatest triumph of the CIA." It Involved the fishing out of a piece of excreta belonging to Nlklta Khruschev before the WC was flushed. Then the excreta was examined to discover the state of
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  • 1042 6  -  PANG CHENG LIAN Singapore is' currently having a Pedestrian Safety First campaign. Next week we will hold a month-long Keep Singapore Pollution Free campaign. After that I suggest we have a "Keep Singapore Women at Work" campaign. Consider these facts
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  • Letters
    • 385 6  -  LIEW MEOW KOON In view of the publicity Riven to the reason why the proposed JIWA was formed and the confusion which has arisen. I would like to state below chronologically the events which took place before the submission of the application to register the proposed
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    • 182 6  -  MRS. DOROTHEA HOVER Much has been said recently about the need for involvement by Singapo- reans in volunteer activities. It seems increasingly apparent that Singaporeans are indeed becoming involved in community service activities when the opportunity and need arises. I attended the First Patients' Sports Day
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    • 469 6  -  DR. S.B. KWA Off. Medical Superintendent, Kandang Kerbau Hospital, Singapore. I refer to the complaint by Leolim on "A word about our nurse" (New Nation September 7). Ward 14 is in the oldest block in the hospital which is due for renovations next year. Although the
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  • Page 6 Miscellaneous

  • SATURDAY REVIEW
    • 1724 7 There is more to India than what one hears about As a Singapore Chinese married to an Indian earlier this year, I left the Republic to live in Bombay with little knowledge of the many facets which make up the Indian way of life. Some of my friends
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    • 572 7  -  Workers' unisex look on way out From David Davies Agence France Presse In Hong Kong Material prosperity is a dominant theme of articles in the Chinese Press before the National Day on October 1 which this year will be marked by the removal of
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    • 460 9 AN ENCYCLOPAEDIA OF PLACES: A comprehensive and interesting reference for students, teachers and indeed anyone who has occasion to look into an atlas or encyclopaedia for information on places. The information includes a "place's" population figure, exact location by distance and direction, and its economic, cultural and historical
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    • 63 9 The work of a 11-Century artist is featured on the cover of a 20th Century publication of Sir Walter Raleigh's famous history. The book provides sustained extracts from the work, the unily of which has been preserved by retaining the titles of all rhnnter* THE HISTORY
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    • 1061 9 'Lott' manuscript of T.S. Eliot's famous poem to be published this year The Los Angeles Times For many in the publishing world the most important literary event of the spring season will be the publication of the manuscript of T.S. Eliot's poem The
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    • 424 9 London life under the threat of invasion HE ALSO SERVED, by John Watney, Hamish Hamilton. ELIZABETH RIDDELL. There is a splendidly evocative picture early in this book of a swarm plates gl earning of diplomatic cars, CD plates gleaming through the wisps of fog, leaving
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    • 137 9  -  By R. N. Anandam In fogbound confusion I hurried down the stealth of night and met a lonely policeman on the beat I hastened to his side and made him partake of my unlucky tale And al the while as the darkened street mellowed
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    • 464 9 19th-century picture of Australia THE BOY TRAVELLERS IN AUSTRALASIA, by Thomas W. Knox, Charles E. Tuttle and Company. 538 pages, 428 illustrations, A 55.00. SALLY BACKHOUSE. The publishers have produced a handsome reprint of a book written in 1888 as a contribution to the Australian Centennial, and one
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    • 353 9 OS Japanese folklore and superstition IN GHOSTLY JAPAN, by Lafcadio Hearn. Charles Tuttle and Co., 241 pages, US$2.OO ARTHUR YAP. This collection of stories might well disappoint the reader who looks forward to nightmarish sensations and finds that there are few and that he has been
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    • 249 9 Errors galore in cook book FOOD WITH A FOREIGN FLAIR, by Thelma Neill. Barnes £3.25. DAVID STEPHENS. This is very nearly the worst cook book I have read. Presumably it is aimed at the Middle West housewife who is never going to leave home and will believe everything
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    • 706 10  -  True-blue album looks set for big award of the year DISC PETER ONG Joni Mitchell: Blue (Reprise MS--2038): This fourth album from Joni the poetess of rock lyrics —ls certainly her best and finest. There are at least four songs that could count at Joni's
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    • 747 10  -  CHESS ANDREW EE Today I continue with my analysis of the Dragon Variation of the Sicilian. Despite Fischer's impressive win against Larsen at Portoroz 1958, we believe that chess fans, probably over-awed by Fischer's name, nave prematurely abandoned the Dragon. On theoretical grounds we are
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    • 571 10  -  FOOD DRINK LI PO I well recollect my good friend Hans Buchl making Caesar Salad in Gleneagles Hospital, when my wife and I were celebrating the birth of one of our children. A far cry from the gesticulating Punchinello I remember at Romanoff's
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    • 560 10  -  BRIDGE E.P.C. COTTER Penalties at the onelevel are sufficiently uncommon to be worth recording. Today's hands, which occurred in recent sessions of rubber bridge are a salutary reminder that the way of the transgressor is hard. Tou may think
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    • 289 10 STAMPS PHILATELIST" Many collectors today store and mount their stamps using inferior albums. Experience has shown that on most occasions, these stamps are completely ruined through development of rust stains and brown rpots after a few years. It is Imperative, particularly in our
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    • 708 11  -  That's one delightful aspect of Chinese painting ART ONG CHOO SUAT Creating art through accidents with the ink brush is one delightful aspect of Chinese painting. And the artist shows his mastery when he controls an ink spot, splash or blotch with great skill and fast
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    • 536 11  -  Show at the Singapore Conference Hall on October 5 THEATRE MERRY ANDREW Vivien Goh (right), daughter of the wellknown impresario, violinist and teacher of music Goh Soon Tioe, will give a Joint recital at the Singapore Conference Hall with Loretta Goldberg on October 5. Vivien began
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    • 713 11  -  Lovers from America, vampires from Hammer r CINEMA EDGAR KOH THE VAMPIRE LOVERS (Coming to the Jurong Drive-in). This is a BritishAmerican co-produc-tion —with the Americans providing the lovers and the Hammer people supplying the vampires. And again as with the Dracula series the
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    • 115 9 KNOW YOUR FUTURE Consult your (3 future with vXw the Scientific \IX Palmist Kalaithoothan 9.00 a.m. to 7.00 p.m. 192-B, Race Course Road, (2nd Floor) Singapore 8. TEL: *****3 A PAPER CUP WILL HOLD PAPERS TOGETHER, BUT DOES IT CREATE A GOOD IHPRESSIOH? Comb binding turns a theof of papers
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  • Page 10 Advertisements
    • 194 10 YP ADC's no compromise answer to the speaker space problem an ultra compact system carefully created by hand Only 11% x 7* x BW, the ADC 404 can be easily positioned in any room to achieve maximum performance.And this pint-sized perfectionist looks as good as it sounds. The 404 shares
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  • Page 11 Advertisements
    • 56 11 Support Singapore Artists Visit Gallery Fine Art and see the new exhibition of their works. Selection of the masters and exciting new comers at 10 a.m. 6 p.m. 6A, Raffles Place. Tel: *****. mrt Hmortor Mellowed with priceless years of maturity fa whch vou pay a Mtie more tAJ»E OLD
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  • PROPERTY
    • 451 12  -  By Emily Ng Distinguishing between background buildings and foreground buildings in the past several years has categorised architects as well as their designs. Commonly foreground buildings have been distinguished as those designed to stand out from their surroundings and to
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    • 492 12 Although there is not an overt concern in Singapore over the threat to the security of home and office there is still need to protect one's property against fire, theft and arson. These cause immeasurable damage to one's home, office or
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    • 346 12  -  By Emily Ng The 15-million Katong Shopping Centre is now taking shape. The eight-storey complex is being built by Singapura Developments (Pte) Ltd. on three acres of land at the junction of Haig Road and East Coast Road. A landscaped garden skirts
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    • 224 12 ORIGINAL AND UNIQUE DESIGN Most eye-catching because of the unusual roof design is this set of twin-bungalows alosg Holland Road. The houses of the two Lee brothers, stand on 18,000 square feet of land, with adequate garden in front and at the back. Perhaps a little
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    • 18 12 Ml 11 J\ Ipllfl 1 THE MAGIC OF LIGHTING REQUIRED BY EVERY MODERN HOME OFFICES FACTORIES. ETC... 'with
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    • 159 12 REAL ESTATE m District 1 VICTOR 4 MiNDEZ (PTC) LTD.. 39-A, Telok Ayer Street, Singapore. I. Tel: *****8/*****, *****. SUCCESS ENTERPRISES (PTE) LTD., 146-8, Robinson Rood, Singapore 1. Tel: *****/5. KRIS INVESTMENT CO. (PTE) LTD., 146-6 Robinson Rood, Smgopore 1. Tel. *****, ***** DELAND CO.. 68-A, Boat Qooy Singapore I.
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  • BUSINESS AND FINANCE
    • 1207 13 TRENDS AND MOVES IN THE MAJOR STOCK EXCHANGE COUNTERS INDUSTRIALS 1970-1971 Hifh Low 1 wk. ago 4 wks. »fo stock Clominf Price Bayers Sellers Last Divid. P/E TurnSale Yield Ratio over 2.93 1.90 2.86 3.32 1.66 3.30 3.32 1.74 3.72 3.38 2.97 2.96 6.05 1.52 6.40 3.90
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    • Business Abroad
      • 135 13 NASSAU, Saturday Commonwealth Finance Ministers have agreed on the urgent need for a prompt solution to international trade and monetary urpertainties. But they were divided on the desirability of pressing the United States to devalue the dollar, conference sources said. The dollar question was the
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      • 91 13 LONDON: The pound sterling soared to a new jwak of \2.4855 against the uollar yesterday as uncertainty dominated money markets in advance of forthcoming international financial meetings in Washington. The rate later steadied to 2.4825 in hectic trading conditions, with small orders causing repeated fluctuations.
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      • 67 13 BRUSSELS: The U.S. dollar dropped lower on th eofficial market here where the rate was set at 46.77 francs, 6.46 per cent under its old value, against Thursday's rate of 47.25 francs and 5.50 per cent. It was the first time since President Nixon
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      • 83 13 TOKYO: China yesterday Informally notified the Japanese Fuji and Mttsu- blshl Banks that it had abrogated the correspondence contract the London branch of the Bank of China (head office in Peking) had concluded with the Japanese banks, Sino-Japanese trading circles revealed. The contract was to have
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      • 66 13 JAKARTA: Construction work has started on Indonesia's third and largest cement factory in Belawan, North Sumatra. Antara news agency said the factory, with an annual output of 400,000 tons, will be completed in 1974. Indonesia will then be able to stop buying cement from overseas. There
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      • 76 13 New Delhi: Iraq will provide India crude oil worth roughly US$l4 million in the next 18 months under an agreement signed here yesterday. The agreement calls for trebling of the annual trade between the two nations, US $l6 million to US$53 million and is valid
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      • 47 13 HONG KONG: American tourists topped the list of visitors to Hong Kong last month with 20,045 out of a total of 77,361, the Hong Kong Tourist Association said. Japanese came second with 18,093, and 5,808 visitors came from Australia and New Zealand.
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      • 41 13 Hong Kong: A Chinese government economic delegation arrived in Hanoi yesterday for a visit at the invitation of the North Vietnamese government, Peking Radio reports. The radio said the delegation was led by Chinese vice-premier Li Hsien-Nien.
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    • 382 13 Reuter New York, Saturday The stock market fell sharply from early levels yesterday, and closed mixed in moderate trading. Initial strength followed a comment by President Nixon on Thursday evening in Detroit that the 90-day wage-price freeze will be
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    • 252 13 Reuter London, Saturday The market drifted lower in quiet trading. General unease on the monetary front and a reappraisal of the August jobless figures made for caution and some small selling. Selective issues closed off the bottom. At 1500 the Financial Times index was
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    • 287 13 Sabah is on the verge of an oil boom. Two of the five petroleum companies prospecting for "black gold" in offshore areas have struck gas pockets. No official confirmation of this is available, but local sources claim there is
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    • 391 13 rCOMPANY 1 w "Robinson's", a byword amongst local shoppers and tourists, is the established landmark of a leading retail merchandiser in Singapore and Malaysia Robinson and Company Limited. It was Incorporated in 1920 with an authorised capital of $5O million. The
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    • 483 13 Active trading throughout week—most stocks close on firm note By Our Market Correspondent Active trading persisted on the stock market throughout the week with majority of the stocks closing on a firm note. Prominent features in the Industrial sector were Far East Levingston, Veneer Products and Gammon. Far East Levingston
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    • 80 13 ROME, Sat.—An Italian steamship company yesterday announced It will inaugurate regular monthly service between the Italian Adriatic ports and mainland China. A., spokesman for the Adria Lines said it will put six ships in operation in a new service to operate from Trieste to Shanghai and other
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    • 204 13 Who wili be the 1971 Advertising Man of the Year? tio^ e rTA d A 7 rtiserslAssociaare a s that steps «f,li- lng taken to give 9 rec °gnition to indi- who have made a significant and lasting contribution" to advertiSSf m Singapore and Malaysia
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    • 101 13 A seven-member delegation representing the chemical industry of India will arrive in Singapore today. The India Trade Commissioner, Mr. U.L. Parambi, said: "India is keen in sharing its chemical technology with Singapore. The delegation will have talks with the Economic Development Board to explore possibilities to
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    • 20 13 The Habib Bink, one of Pakistan's leading banks, opened for business at premises in Philips Street, Singapore, yesterday.
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    • 191 13 Allied Chem 32% Alcoa 51% Am Brands 42% Am Can 35% Am Motor* AT T 42% A ft I" W Anaconda 15% Avon Pd Beth Steel 23 Boeing 15 Caterp Trac 50 >4 Chrysler 29% Coca-Cola 107% Control Data 51% Corn Ol Wki 243 Dow Chem 71%
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  • 562 14  -  Sok Eng leads the way home By Dennis Chia Dimunitive Lee Sok Eng outlasted and outran her senior schoolmates to win the girls C division cross country event at the Jurong Integrated Secondary School's 6th annual cross country race at Jurong yesterday. Keeping well up with
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  • 156 14 Thirty seven golfers will tee-off in the qualifying round of the Keppel Club Bobby Earle Cup competition over the Bukit Chermin course tomorrow. 8 am—D. Monro (6), R.E.B. Feoree (17); B.o6—John No (13), David Desonier (14); |.i{ —G.H. Wharton (15), Tay Tuan Ann (16), Jing Son* a««»r
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  • Page 14 Miscellaneous
    • 296 14 NEW NATION CROSSWORD aaaa mmmmm aa ■■■■a aaaan ■Magi am I mmm aaaa la auak aaa aaaaaßa a aaaaaaß aaaaa laaa mass 8 Little porker. 9 Salt trees. 10 Close 11 Bow. 12 Descendant of a son of Adam. 13 Timeless. 14 Charges witn eas. 21 Sharp reminder. 24 Pollen
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  • 358 15 WATER SPORT By Sonny Yap Overpowering a boat, whether it's an inboard or an outboard, is an exercise of poor judgement for several reasons, according to leading marine engineers. An engine is fitted to a boat for only one reason, and that is to obtain the
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  • 163 15 The Old Victorians will be conducting a series of matches between present and past Victorians this weekend. It is the second series of games first started last year, aimed at festering bet-.er relations between past and present students of the school. There will be seven
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  • 254 15  -  By Dennis Chia Wong Han Meng who won all the breast stroke events, became the champion swimmer in the Jurong Vocational Institute first swimmine; meet held at Jurong Pool yesterday. He began his winning streak by taking the 200 metres breast stroke in the
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  • 167 15 CRICKET London, Saturday. Ritchie Benaud ana Keith MUler bowlea Australia to a victory over Engiana by 165 runs wnen tne com puter cricket "test match of the century" enaea at Lora's here yesteroay. Though Engiana reached 327 in their second innings higher than any score they
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  • 740 15  -  vlfih UF \ftl TH DAVID KRAAL Taking up where we left off last week on our run through the ABC of golf, we find ourselves at the letter "1"... and here we get irons, those clubs that are numbered 1 to 9. The funny thing about them
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  • 265 15 Edinburgh, Saturday Britain's Bernard Hunt broke the eight year- old Dalmahoy course record by one stroke with a dazzling eight-under-par 64 in the third round of the 10,000 sterling Wills Open golf tournament here yesterday. The lanky 41-year-old Ryder Cup player left the star studded international
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  • 68 15 Osaka, Saturday.—England's touring rugby team had to struggle until the final minutes to beat an inspired All Japan selection 27-19 in the first of two Test matches here yesterday. With the two sides locked 19-19 Japan threatened to produce one of the shock results of
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  • 45 15 English Div. 3 Tranmere Rovers 0 Bolton Wanderers 0. English Div. 4 Southport 2 Workington 2. Rugby League: Barrow 13 Warrington 11; Keighley 16 Wakefield Trinity 7; Widnes 7 Oldham 19; Wigan 33 Hull Kingston Rovers 10. Rugby Union: Llanelli 15 Newbridge 0.
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  • 137 15 Johannesburg, Saturday. The chairman of the nonwhite South African Cricket Board of Control, Mr. Hassan Howa, has supported a call for multi-racial cricket by Springbok captain Ali Bacher and preaicted mixed cricket in South Africa in two to three years. Commenting on Dr. Bacher s criticism
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    • 48 15 Tennis Watch Monday's sports pages for New Nation's new sports column on tennis—PASSING SHOTS. The column will be a regular weekly feature written by well-known coach and player Desmond Oon Seng Wah. Desmond will discuss coaching, current tournaments, previews and tennis gossip from all the clubs in Singapore.
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  • Page 15 Miscellaneous
    • 393 15 Trust your lucky star IF IT'S YOUR BIRTHDAY BORN today, you are not one who enjoys the guessing-game aspects of life. You like to be sure of yourself, of the direction your course will take—and this is especially true when It comes to personal relationships. You are not one to
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    • 99 15 SHORT RIBS By Frank O'Neal r '4 r j\ SNIFFY DR. KILDARE RIP KIRBY by George Fett eve R happened to iwe RUBBER BALL? JUL I £3E&« 2SPS IT'S RFAL FRIENPLYO' YOU T' PROP B/ Of YOUR OWN TIME, SON. SURE VOW AIN'T GOT SETTER THINGS 1'DO? A\J AT THE
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    • 596 15 —Cm >imi aat in lims NEW NATION j SATURDAY MONEYWORDS E I Cut Mt aa* m witk ctker timus. Pistiat iistrictiiis men kelew. (Mr./Mrs./Miss). Cat Jlaaf lottrl liars FILL 111 CLUES FOR E-6 Moke o team or joint 4. To workman earning water-tight. very little, his may seem It's perfectly
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  • 287 16 Race 1 SCBUTINEEB CONFLICT EPSOM JEEP TOBACCO LEAF Conflict CALL BOY E3LAT Tobaeee Leaf marksman progressive KOat MAKUDA amnesty SIN CHEW CONFLICT Amnesty NANYANG CONFUCT Tobacco Leaf SMOKEY AMNESTY Conflict PUNCH PROGRESSIVE Tobacco Leaf Race t H. BODY Saab P. FAB Baaajy Body PHALZ Baaaly Body KING POT Bssa
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  • 178 16 By Scrutineer Prime Rate will go all out to earn a tilt at the rich Singapore Gold Cup. A win in today's Class One Division Two 9f (Race 7) will assure him of a berth in the Bukit Timah Classic. The six-year-old is fighting fit, and the
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  • 640 16 Conflict looks as good a bet as any in a moderate field in the opening race. He gave a creditable showing at KL early this month when he ran Samurai n to three-quarter length in a Division Three 6f. Amnesty who finished fourth
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  • 1882 16 1.45 CLASS 6 DIV. 3—6F ($5,500 —$3,850 to winner) 1 ***** THE PEACOCK a (Low Yat) Zain 9.0 <t!2 +2l) Asuwadi 10 2 ***** PROGRESSIVE (Hen«) Jaafar S 9.0 lunw) P Pod more 1 3 0630S TOBACCO LEAP a (Leaf) Samsuri S 9-0 <dc +l6) P WMI
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  • GO RACING
    • 1029 17 By Blue Peter Dollar Standard is my fancy In the Gold Cup trial (Race six) at Buklt Timah tomorrow. This Final Court six-year-old has been working like a winner on the training track. On Wednesday he cracked 37 seconds in a
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