New Nation, 26 October 1971

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    17 1 NEW NATION SINGAPORE Tuesday evening, October 26, 1971 No. 241 Price 15 cents SINGAPORE TUESDAY, OCTOBER 26
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    OUR ROADS
    13 1 Police reported 55 accidents yesterday. Seven were serious and one fatal.
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    ON THE 'CHANGE
    123 1 The share market was actlye this morning. Industrials showed a marked upward trend. Pan Electric was gaining strength at $2.00, $2.02. $2.04, $2.03 53,000 shares changed hands in less than 20 minutes. Haw Par was heavily traded, gaining at $3.66. $3.68, $3.70, $3.72, $3.64 36,000 shares. Power
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    8 climbers killed
    67 1 Katmandu, Tuesday. Three Japanese and five Sherpa members of the Japanese expedition to Mount Gangapurna have been killed by avalanches, according to Sherpa messages reaching here yesterday. Letters from surviving Sherpas to widows of the dead Sherpas reached here yesterday after being carried by runners from the
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    Malaysia ties
    23 1 LATE NEWS Government sources in Kuala Lumpur said Peking's admission paved the way for Malaysia to have diplomatic relations with China.
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    CHINA IS IN
    458 1 New York, Tuesday Communist China was voted Into the United Nations last night. In a dramatic move minutes earlier Nationalist China announced that it was quitting the UN. Communist China won admission by the lop-sided vote of 76-35 with 17 absentlons. The Nationalist Chinese Foreign Minister, Mr.
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    Singapore votes for Peking
    346 1 United Nations, Tuesday Both Singapore and Malaysia voted.for the Albanian resolution to seat Peking in the UN and expel Taiwan. But the stands of the two governments on the question of Taiwan were not identical. Whereas Singapore maintained that there war only one China and Taiwan
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    Ready for a fuller role
    237 1  -  UN entry a landmark By New Nation Foreign Editor, Shiri Mulgoakar Peking is in the United Nations. On any reckoning thin should be a matter for universal rejoicing as a major landmark in the climate of detente in international relations. It is a token of
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    34 escape in plane crash
    54 1 Bogota, Tuesday. An aircraft of Columbia's TAO airline crashed and burned yesterday on landing at the Bacaramanga airport. All 34 people aboard escaped unhurt. Authorities attributed the Incident to a faulty landing mechanism. They said the 30 passengers and four crewmen aboard left the plane
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    Letters that arrived one hour too late
    373 1  -  ay Wee Beng Huat A 22-year-old' mother of a four-day-old child who waited for the past fortnight for a letter from her husband overseas, fell to her death from a high-rise flat yesterday just one hour before two of his letters reached her
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    Lock icon Lee: Peace and progress without interference
    334 1 Talks bring fresh insights United Press International Belgrade, Tuesday Singapore's Prime Minister, Mr. Lee Ktfan Yew, said yesterday that Singapore, like Yugoslavia, sought peace and progress without interference in its internal policies by any of the big powers. Mr. Lee was speaking at a
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    Synthetics exports up
    67 1 Tokyo, Tuesday.—Japan's synthetic rubber exports In 1970 amounted to 192,000 tons, up 60.7 per cent over a year ago, according to Industry circles. They attributed the increase to the switch in demand to synthetic rubber from natural rubber. Japan, the second largest producer next to the United
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    Anne visits HK
    21 1 Hong Kong, Tuesday.— Princess Anne, 21-year-old daughter of Queen Elisabeth, will arrive here today for a week-long visit.
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    Jumbo jet hijack
    119 1 New York, Tuesday An American Airlines Boeing 747 jet with 221 passengers was hijacked to Cuba last night. The jet was en route from New York to San Juan. An official at the Federal Aeronautics Administration said a man armed with a gun took a stewardess hostage
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    Buffer role seen for a Press Council in Republic
    499 2 Singapore needs a Press Council to mediate between the Government and the Press and to draw up and maintain certain minimal standards of professional conduct among newsmen. This Is suggested In the University of Singapore Society's publication Commentary In an editorial
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    Huang urges fight on social ills
    246 2 Academicians should find ways and means to alleviate or eliminate social ills that are brought about by rapid industrialisation and urbanisation, advised Professor Rayson Huang, vice-chancellor of Nanyang University, today. This task fell especially on the shoulders of people who were well-versed in the
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    C-in-C calls on Sheares
    54 2 Air Chief M»r»haii sir Brian Burnett, the British Commander-in-Chief, Far East, paid a farewell cour- tesy call on President B. H. Sheares at the Istana' this Sir Brlfh will hold-a farewell ypress conference on nimMay at the Officers' MeSs, Tanglin. He will be leaving for Britain
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    Deaf and dumb, and determined to succeed
    184 2 Artist Daniel Wang is deaf and dumb. But he's determined to make a success of life and be quite independent. So he's holding an exhibition of 72 of his paintings at the Imperial Hotel today to raise some money. "I want to' go
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    Leaflets about typhoid
    107 2 Putting the message across through leaflets. The leaflets contain details about the symptoms of tpyhoid, the ways the disease is transmitted and methods of prevention. They were distributed to scores) of hawkers, housewives, shopkeepers and residents in every street of Chinatown on Sunday. Carrying out this—mission were
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    The they and us' people: Phoon
    756 2  -  They often adopt the father-knows-best attitude' By Sunny Wee A university professor yesterday hit out at "certain civil servants and politicians" for their parochial attitude in dealing with the public especially the prbfessional people. Professor Phoon Wai-On, chairman of the Singapore Professional Centre and
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    Leyu elected chairman
    60 2 Mr. Leyu Tan Jib has been elected chairman of the United National Front's youth section. Other officials are Mr. William Cook, vice-chair-man; M?v Paul Kunju Raman, second vice-chair-man; Miss Maureen Kathleen Latiff, secretary; Mr* Tay Beng Huat, asst. secretary; Mr. Ng Oh Chew, second asst. secretary; Mr.
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    Lightning kills elephants
    29 2 Colombo,, Tuesday.; Seven Wild elephants weife killed when lightning struck, a herd of the ani—mals near Batticaloa, about 100 miles from the city on 9eytagi.east coast.
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    Watch shop proves cleanest again
    168 2 For the second time in succession, a watch and clock company in Bideford Road has won a "cleanest and most attractive shop" contest. Thong Sia Co. (S) Pte. Ltd. won the contest, organised by the Singapore Tourist Promotion Board, from hundreds other firms and shops.
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    People urged to keep public places clean
    284 2 People should pay as much care and attentien to public places as they do to their own properties, the Parliam en t a r y Secretary (Home Affairs), Mr. L. P. Rodrigo, said today. He was addressing members of the Vigilante Corps at
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    Russian Minister to open trade fair
    93 2 Mr. M. R. Kuzmin, the Soviet First Deputy Minister for Foreign Trade, arrived here this morning to open the Russian trade fair on Friday. He is accompanied by four other Russian officials and is expected to be here until Sunday. The Russian delegation will
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    Don't forsake English call
    314 2 Prof. Sandosham: Its value Is immense Kuala Lumpur, Tuesday Malaysia should make every effort to maintain the standard of English in the country particularly for scientific and medical advances, according to Prof. A. A. Sandosham. "In its effort to boost the national language, the Government should
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  • Page 2 Miscellaneous
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      29 2 I weather I Temperatures cities yesterday: Hong Kong Kuala Lumpur Jakarta Manila Taipei Seoul Bangkok Tokyo Naha London Moscow San Francisco New York Sydney Melbourne Canberra Brisbane Adelaide Perth
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    Two win art contest at their first attempt
    608 3 Success a surprise for both Ng Beng Neo, 14 of Rangoon Road Secondary School, and Christine Gan, 13, of the Convent of the Holy Infant Jesus emerged winner, in the poster design competition organised as part of the Ministry of Education's contribution
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    Mystery death of martial art exponent
    181 3 Police are still investigating the mysterious death of an 18-year-old youth who was found clad in a pugilistic outfit at the Outram Park late last night. There was no sign of any external injuries on the body. The youth was seen earlier practising the
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    Dockers told of need to retrain
    185 3 The Republic's port workers will have to be trained in new techniques of cargo handling, and acquire new skills to meet the needs of contalnerisation. This was said by the Deputy Director, Management Services of the Port of Singapore Authority, Mr. Chung Kek Choo.
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    Firms are checking on pollution
    281 3 Firms offering consulting services for pollution control report a brisk business this month. Analytical Laboratories, a firm which carries out tests on trade effluents and analyse the contents, has had a steady flow of inquiries from various industries. A spokesman said this morning: "We deal
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    Coach for the PSA
    69 3 The Port of Singapore Authority will soon Introduce a 49-aeat MercedesBens fftarh for visitors and student groups wishing to tour the port area. The coach, the first of Its kind to be brought here, Is now being prepared by its importer, Cycle and Carriage Industries for
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    Pirates plying Singapore roads again
    288 3  -  Illegal taxis back after three-month lull By P.N. Balji Pirate taxis are gradually appearing on Singapore's roads again despite the government's ban on them from July 1. This was revealed by a New Nation survey. Last Saturday, seven pirate taxis were found operating in the
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    Biggest-ever Lions' meet
    235 3 A total of seven working papers will be presented at the 10th Orient and South-East Asian Lions' International Convention lasting from Thursday to Sunday. The subjects to be discussed range from the growth of Lionism to economic development. Mr. Minoo J. D. Engineer, the South-West Asia secretary
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    Inner wheelers get set for Christmas Fair
    290 4 Inrerson Conducted by Ruth Moses. Tel: *****1 ITS 60 DAYS to Christmas, and Inner Wheel members are already preparing for one of their biggest events of year the Christmas Fair. To raise funds for the fair, they held a sale of home-baked cakes
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  • THE VOICE OF THE PRESS
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      Berita Harian
      425 4 What other newspapers are saying: AN ANTICIPATED MOVE: The step taken by Malaysia to ban 'the import of Chlnp-made goods via Singapore was expected. As from midnight on October 21 all China-made goods could no longer cross the Causeway into Malaysia or via any other country without first
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      Utusan Melayu
      206 4 A CAMPAIGN TO REGISTER VOTERS: Since the launching of the campaign to revise the electoral roll at the beginning of this month, more than 70,000 registration forms have been circulated to all state election invigilators including those taking charge of elections in East Malaysia. According to Malaysia's Election
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      Nanyang Siang Pau
      608 4 IMPORTANT ACHRVEMENTS OF THE CURRENT PARLIAMENT MEETING: During the Parliament meeting on October 19, the Minister for Law and National Development, Mr. Barker, stated when he introduced the Parliamentary Membership Bill (1971) and the Parliamentary Election (Amendments) Bill that the Government had decided to accept all the
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    r*ak says 600 died in border attacks
    353 5 'Guerrillas driven back' Karachi, Tuesday Shelling and repeated clashes on the East Pakistan border have cost almost 600 lives in the past 24 hours. Pakistan said last night. The radio said detailed Information from the Kasha region, where Pakistan on Sunday claimed to
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    Lock icon Paper: Castro well
    101 5 Reuter Havana, Tuesday The Cuban Prime Minister, Mr. Fidel Castro, is not ill, contrary to reports published abroad, and he visited a village under construction during the wffifcgnthe official hfeWspaper Granma said here yesterday. A front page story with photographs described Dr. Castro's visit on Saturday to
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    Fun for all party time
    97 5 It was a day of fun and laughter for 200— from toddlers to teenagers—when the Asian Women's Welfare Association treated them to a party yesterday. The party, for children of the Toa Payoh Girls' Home, got off to a good start with traditional games of
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    Lock icon Train crash toll rises to 23
    366 5 United Press International Tokyo, Tuesday. "There's a lot of dead people there", one of the rescuers of a fire brigade shouted as he Jumped off one of the wrecked cars of yesterday's head-on collision between two express trains. This was some three hours after
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    Lock icon Setback for US on Taiwan vote
    326 5  -  k*) IN THE U.N. By Michael Littlejohns Reuter New York, Tuesday The American attempt to retain UN representation for Taiwan received a serious procedural setback last night when the General Assembly refused to permit a voting delay. In the first test of strength since
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    Senators: Don't threaten UN
    89 5 Washington, Tuesday. A bi-partisan group of nearly one third of the US Senate yesterday disavowed efforts by some of their colleagues to threaten the United Nations with cutbacks In American financial support if Taiwan Is ousted from the world organisation. The group of 32 senators signed
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    Lock icon British troops quell Belfast jail riot
    193 5 Reuter Belfast, Tuesday Several prisoners were Injured and a hut burned down in a riot at the Long Kesh Internment Camp yesterday. In a hand to hand fight with British troops, the prisoners used chair legs and furniture as weapons. They had earlier held
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    Quiet day at home...
    143 5 Paris, Tuesday True to form, Pablo Picasso spurned the limelight on his 90th birthday yesterday. Inquiries at the artist's home in Mouglns, South France, produced the wellworn answer from one of his staff: "Mr. and Mrs. Picasso have been away on a trip for several days.
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    Lock icon McCarthy to run for president
    111 5 United Press International New York,. Tuesday Former Senator Eugene McCarthy of Minnesota will announce in effect today that he is a candidate for President, his Minnesota campaign manager said yesterday. Attorney John Connolly of St. Paul said McCarthy, who battled unsuccessfully for the Democratic presidential
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      108 5 Gondola-the phone of the future in the palm of your hand This is the Gondola, the new-look telephone developed by International Telephone and Telegraph (ITT) Corporation, and brought to Singapore by its agent, Paterson Simons Co. Ltd. Designed for elegance with modern functional lines, the entire phone fits into your
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  • BEHIND THE NEWS
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      Why Washington's moves have upset the Japanese
      665 6  -  TIES AT LOWEST POST-WAR LEVEL From Frederick Marks President N i x on's diplomatic offensive, aimed at easing tensions throughout the world, is having an unpleasant side effect in Tokyo where resentment towards America is growing. The resentment is directed towards the Nixon
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      Indonesian project is hampered
      460 6  -  Lack of finance for road From Pakir Singh The construction of the Trans Sumatran Highway, a project first conceived during the rule of the late President Soekarno, has been greatly hampered by financial difficulties. "Owing to pressing needs in all sectors of our economic development, the
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      Lock icon Leaving it to the Australian voters
      618 6  -  Singapore and Malaysia are ready for consequences of Whitlam's plan to pull out By John Hoffman The Melbourne Herald Long convinced that it Is pointless to argue publicly about matters beyond Singapore's control, Mr. Lee Kuan Yew's government will leave debate over Mr. Whitlam's
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      Old fun at the polls is gone
      613 6  -  RESULT OF TERRORISM Patrick Killen One candidate claims to have seen Jesus Christ. Another recently visited China, an unheard of act a few years ago. A third candidate, once the Senate's biggest vote winner Is In a wheelchair and unable to campaign. The
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      Indian movies are big business
      933 6  -  Top star earns $6 million a year Fran a SPNlal Writer tat Maw Delhi Seconds after fighter planes swoop through the sky in realistic combat, the handsome young flyer will hang from a cliffside while a beady-eyed character in a Japanese Army uniform slaps him
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    Lock icon Tanzania warns Uganda: We'll hit back
    154 7 Reuter Daresalam, Tuesday Tanzania yesterday warned Uganda it would meet force with force if Ugandan troops moved across their common border in a bid to drive towards a strategic river frontline. Following the most serious clashes yet between the two countries last week and
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    Lock icon Brezhnev call over blocs
    344 7 End power divisions policy appeal New Nation Foreign Service Paris, Tuesday The Soviet Communist Party leader, Mr. Leonid Brezhnev last night called for an end to the division of the world into political and military blocs. Speaking at a banquet given in his honour by President
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    Death of the seas...
    117 7 Geneva, Tuesday A leading marine scientist said yesterday that at the current rate of pollution, life in the world's oceans could die off in 25 years. Professor Jacques Piccard, adviser to the United Nations conference of the environment, said: "The Baltic Sea will be the first
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    'British entry will benefit the C'wealth'
    252 7 London, Tuesday Mr. Geoffrey Rippon, Britain's chief Common Market negotiator, yesterday foresaw developing countries of the Commonwealth deriving substantial trade benefits from British membership of the European Economic Community. Fears about the future of Commonwealth countries after British entry, said Mr. Rippon, were based
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    Lock icon Typhoon toll now over 100
    132 7 Reuter Saigon, Tuesday The US and South Vietnamese armies have been mobilised to aid about 250,000 people left homeless by Typhoon Hester In South Vietnam. More than 100 people are now believed to have been killed when the typhoon tore through northern orovinces over the
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    GLOBE-TROTTING FOR CHILDREN
    63 7 Film actor Danny Kaye started off his four-day visit to Indonesia with an impromptu reading of President Suharto's palm. The American entertainer is on a world trip for the United Nations Children's Fund. He will visit Singapore, Japan, Hong Kong, the Philippines, Thailand, Laos, India, Iran, Yugoslavia,
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    Lock icon 3600 protect Kosygin
    165 7 Reuter Toronto, Tuesday Police guarding the luxury hotel here where Soviet Prime Minister Alexei Kosygin Is staying yesterday frisked guests and searched under the bonnets and in the boots of all cars arriving at the hotel. More than half of Toronto's 3,600-man police force were called into
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    Mrs. Meir will ask US for more Phantoms
    285 7 Jerusalem, Tuesday Premier Golda Meir, perturbed at the present trend of American Middle East policy, will call on the United States today to supply Israel with more Phantom warplanes without delay, regardless of progress towards reaching agreement on reopening the Suez Canal.
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    Limited hope for end to war threat
    488 8 Mrs. Gandhi's decision to go through with her scheduled visit abroad has taken some of the heat out of the volatile situation between India and Pakistan. But the troops of these two countries continue to face each other across the borders in both
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  • 'WHISPERS' by ISPY
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      Standing on equator
      201 8 What happens if you stand In the centre of the aisle facing the main altar of the cathedral in Quito, capital of Ecuador, 9,000 feet up in the Andes? Tou will be standing with one foot on either side of the equator and that's what Mr. Peter
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      Lucky clients of Neptune
      95 8 I asked the European representative of Neptune Orient Line, now back in Singapore for consultations after a two-year stretch in London, how he entertained his clients for lunch. "Which restaurants do you take them to?" I said. "I don't," he replied. "I take them to lunch
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    Taiwan, the non-state that keeps popping up when it was never there
    961 8  -  GERALD de CRUZ One of my favourite verses in childhood ran like this: One night when going up the stair I met a man who wasn't there He wasn't there again today I wish to Qod he'd go
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  • Letters
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      Busy Body thanked
      374 8  -  DR. N.C. SEN-GUPTA Medical Director, SATA, Singapore, 2. We refer to Busy Body's letter in your paper of October 6. We wish to thank Busy Body for his kind remarks about the work of our association and the constructive suggestions he has offered. We would like to
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      How safe is canned pork?
      148 8 Last week I bought a can of pork luncheon meat from a provision store. The Ingredients Inscribed on the label are: Pork, pork stock, spiced, spices, potassium NITRATE, sodium NITRITE, colouring matters, etc. On the very same day, by sheer coincidence, I stumbled onto a
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      Why old films on TV?
      353 8 May I ask the RTS whether it checks a feature film before the actual screening? On October 20 at 9.35 p.m. over Channel 8, I was watching a Cantonese film entitled "Teenage Love" and could not make head and tall of the whole plot until
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      Call for new bus service
      143 8 I commute daily between Bukit Panjang and Jurong Town. However, there is no direct bus service linking the Buklt Panjang and Woodlands districts with Jurong Town. Everyday I catch a bus from Buklt Panjang to Buklt Timah Village where I catch another bus to Jurong.
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      'Set up NTUC foundation'
      95 8 Now that the NTUC is a dynamic and cohesive force, the time has come for the leaders to plant an "NTUC Foundation." This can be set up, Initially with one million dollars in a year's time, by union members contributing $l per month. The funds may
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      Untidy hair of youths
      273 8 The police have been going round arresting youths with long hair and suspecting them of being drug-addicts. Some may be genuine cases but sad to say there are some Innocent ones who ignorantly follow the trend of fashion. It Is good to put a stop to
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    BANGLA DESH
    2125 9 Three rivers determine lives of 75 million people In a land area slightly smaller than Cambodia, three great rivers the Ganges, Brahmaputra and Meghna crisscross the lush green land of East Pakistan and define a people. Into these rivers and many lesser ones comes the wash of snow
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    Church acts to retain its role in the Philippines
    928 9  -  Prom Billy Bray Here in the Philippines—where even the highest government officials boast that their Republic is "the only" Christian nation in South-East Asia the organised church has become used to playing a crucial role in history. As Manila celebrates its
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  • SHOPPING
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      PLAYING WITH LITTLE DOLLS
      591 10 IT'S great fun playing A a game of Snakes And Ladders with your friends. But have you ever tried pitting your skill, or rather luck, against a doll? I don't mean a pretty but empty-headed girl but a plastic plaything you always buy for your child
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  • TREND
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      Sick of being called plump, so...
      611 11  -  RUTH MOSES The saying that fat people are contented people is quite false. I have been anything but contented about the unsightly bulges with which I have been so generously endowed sheer fat which I have been trying to get rid of for the
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      Important to keep in mind spiritual aspect of yoga
      275 11  -  ITS THE BEST FORM OF RELAXATION ROMA BLAIR Today I am giving an abdominal exercise. It is important to start and end your Hatha Yoga exercises with relaxation. Yoga postures are not-keep-flt techniques. They are not and should not be used
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      Thundering down the road with impact—in hotpants
      263 11  -  Presented by Mary Lee You don't have to swamp yourself in a sexless leather jacket and shabby dungarees if you are riding a three cylinder machine. Make an impact on the roads and stop the traffic —in hotpants, of course. But as you
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      Dart shaping in a nutshell
      186 11 pattern Darts shaping is necessary for a good cut and fit and plays an important part in garment fitting. Darts help considerably when cutting patterns on the flat and are the principal means of moulding the fabric to the figure. The Shoulder Dart which appeared
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      68 11 r a r J V SWA 11 iVeu? f/re modern homes f»Jßflßflk TW effective piecing el t lights end Hm wise choice of light fitting* will enhance Hm beenty We have e wide renge of light fittings which ere heth docorotive end functienel to do jest that jeb for ye«i
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      Lock icon Stocks flounder in year's dullest trading on Wall St.
      301 12 United Press International New York, Tuesday The list floundered on the downside yesterday In the dullest trading session of the year. Turnover at the closing bell was 7,340,000, well off the 7,800,000 shares traded on Columbus Day, October 11, the year's
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      1213 12 TRENDS AND MOVES IN THE MAJOR STOCK EXCHANGE COUNTERS 1976-1971 1 wk. 4 wk ES. CM m FHee i Last Dhii F/E TnrnPen Uv Stock Buyer SeUeri i Sale TieM 1 taUo orer INDUSTRIALS IJ3 1.68 2.40 1.95 Allied Chocolate 2.50 2J1 2.50 5.0N 18.1 104 I
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      228 12 Allied Cfcem 28% Alcoa 46 41 Am Brandi Am Can 30\ Am Motor* AT T 42 A P 14* Anaconda 13% Avon Pd Beth Steel 24 Boeing 16 Caterp Trac 43% Chrysler 27% Coca-Cola 106 Control Data 40% Corn Ol Wka 179 >4 Dow Oiem 67% DuPont 150%
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      Lock icon Stocks move sharply lower in quiet trading in London
      389 12 Reuter London, Tuesday The market moved sharply lower In quiet trading. Wall Street's failure to sustain last Friday's early rally, apprenhenslon over Thursday's EEC vote In the UK parliament, the escalation of violence In Ulster over the weekend and the absence
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      A-Z IN SHIPPING
      292 12 Golden Buffalo Line, a Hong Kong shipping company, operates a service each to south Africa* Japan and Taiwan. Monthly GBL vessels sail from Singapore and Malay- sla for South African ports. A second monthly service is between the West Coast of the United States by way of
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      Coating for steel work
      93 12 Local shipbuilders have completely revolutionised their attitude to steel protection In the prst 18 months, Mr. Ron Ride, managing director of Dlmet (Singapore) Pte. Limited's parent company In Melbourne, told representatives from 12 companies at a steel protection seminar in Jurong yesterday. Dlmet developed inorganic sine
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      Effect of money crisis on HK
      81 12 HONO KONG, Tuea.— Hong Kong will lose if other countries revalue their currencies In the International monetary crisis, the Hong Kong General Chamber of Commerce said yesterday. In a special bulletin analysing the present International monetary crisis, the chamber said a revaluation of the
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      Moving rubber trade centre East: Problems to settle
      889 12  -  By V.K. Chin Kuala Lumpur, Tuesday Pern as chair man, Tengku Razaleigh Hamzah's suggestion that the world rubber market should be moved to Malaysia from London and New York deserves a closer look by countries in this region. But it could not
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        Hong Kong hq. for Volvo
        216 12 HONG KONG, Tues. Volvo, the giant Swedish conglomerate and Scandinavia's largest industrial undertaking, announced yesterday the opening of its headquarters in Hong Kong for a "major expansion programme in Asia." Making the announcement, Mr. Gunnar Engellau, chairman of Volvo's board, said the Hong Kong headquarters
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        13-NATION HOTEL CONVENTION
        72 12 MANILA: Thirteen countries will be represented at a three-day regional convention of the Asia and Australasia Hotel and Restaurant Association opening here today. The countries are the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, Australia, Hong Kong, South Korea, Nationalist China, Japan, New Zealand, India, Ceylon, Pakistan and Malaysia. Delegates will
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        INVITATION TO CANTON FAIR
        70 12 TOKYO: Japan's largest steel maker, the Nippon Steel Corporation, is sending its vice-president Mr. Teruyoshi Tasaka and two other cop officials to Peking. Yesterday, the steel maker also announced acceptance of a Chinese invitation to participate in the current Canton Trade Fair. Nippon Steel has been
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        ASEAN TOURISM BRANCH MEET
        56 12 JAKARTA: The Association of South-East Asian Nations (Asean) permanent committee for tourism will hold a five-day meeting in Bandoeng, early next month. The conference will coincide with a convention, also in Bandoeng, of 250 representatives of business connected with tourism in the Asean countries. Government representatives
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        COCONUT TEAM CONFERENCE
        59 12 JAKARTA: Member nations of the Asian coconut community will hold their fifth meeting here from December 16 to 21. The meeting would discuss efforts towards achievement of common standards of copra production and shipping problems caused by the American dock workers' strikes. The community grouDS Indonesia, the
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        CHINA INDUSTRIAL OUTPUT UP
        51 12 HONG KONG: China reported yesterday that the value of industrial production In Peking rose 23 ner cent in the first nl£l months of this yj <££! rar th ne The New China news agency said marked in- C ?T h< achieved ducts, coal, machine tools and
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      'Security case' for cash
      194 12 Large amounts of cash can now be carried safely from place to place, with the Introduction of a new anti-theft suitcase to the local market This is the Benwell Security case, distributed by Gainway Credit Corporation. Externally, the case Is no different from a normal overnight
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      627 14 -■vv ANNOUNCEMENT 10TH STOREY just shifted to 203, MocPherson Rood, Singapore 13. Enquiries ring Michoet Tan *****. ASTROLOGY i I CONSULT THI ASTRO PALMIST at Mayfair Hotel, Room 107, obout your future life and fortune. Telephone: (Singapore) ***** for oppointment. MAKE SURI OF YOUR FUTURE Let well-known Hand-Analyst Astrologer Davis
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      321 14 FOR SALE WESTINGHOUSE, CHRYSLER, CARRIER, NORGE Aircooditioner. Contact Jetcool, 87 Tonglin Rood, Singapore. Telephone: *****4/ *****5. Certificate. SHOPPING GUIDE SPECIAL OFFER FYE TELEVISION 17" refurbished sets. Prices from 5125/- (nett cash). Limited stocks available. O'Connor's Showrooms 6, Ngee Ann Building, Orchard Road, Singapore. PLAN YOUR SHOPPING AT HOME SEE THE
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      95 14 DR. KILDARE i PR. KILWXRE? THIS 19 HANK HODGES. f SBVRE SOMETIME FOR ME? GREAT... BE THERE IN TWO SHAKES by Ken Bald IMr W 41 -i -4 @B, Mm nil ruT W i N N m il ttWl'Alitt'll mJ WEIL, SAJP REPORTER IS ME... AND WHAT I'M ASKING YOU
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      266 14 NEW NATION 5 British rule, In India. 6 Wears away. 7 Terrified. 8 Bodies of water. 9 Man's name. 10 Name for a lox. 11 Exalt. 12 Fortuneteller. 13 Gaza— v 18 Commercial papers. 20 Cakes for a tet party. 25 Rodents. 38 Repaired again. 30 Arm bone. 32 Charles
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      355 15 (gmgjso -CM altai to -n NEW NATION MONEYWORDS J' TUESDAY Cat Mt ill |u aitk itker clams Pastiaf iistractiMs Mftii kelae. Nm (Mr./Hrs./Mitt). AMrtu 2 FILL 111 -Cm >im| unit i.nri -J CLUES FOR J-2 numbers ore hardly 4. It'» used for cooling the suitable for a serious pro- face.
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      The parking meter stumps the Parisians
      246 16 Parisians accustomed to parking on sidewalks, under trees and in the middle of boulevards gazed in bewilderment at a new phenomenon in their city the parking meter. "What is this thing, a candy machine?" asked salesman Rene Verbusler as he stepped out from his
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      Lock icon Gauri loves the sun
      62 16 Pretty Miss Gauri Bala k r i shnan, 22, loves to swim and bask by the beach on a pleasant sunny Sunday morning. "It's one of the best forms of relaxation especially after a full week's work," she says. Miss Gauri, who works as an accounts
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      TALKING POINT
      43 16 AH FOOK: MSA's decision to slash its London fares for civil servants is a step in the right direction. MEI UN: Let's hope that the government will introduce more such incentives to prevent civil servants from fleeing into the private sector.
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      The migration of the dreaded Achatina
      679 16  -  By Lee Chiu San Florida's Department of Agriculture reported recently that it Is haying problems w i t'h Achatina Fulica. Well, they're not the only ones. Singapore farmers are troubled too. In case you're wondering, Achatina Fulica Is not, as It might sound, an
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      How to humiliate criminals the cheap way
      78 16 Humiliating criminals by pelting them with rotten tomatoes and eggs would be cheaper and probably more effective than prison. Dr. Raymond Green wrote in the British Medical Journal Issued in India last week. Stocks should be used, and where they would be put
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      143 16 MISS TEN PIN 1971 WIN A FIRST CLASS TRIP TO LONDON VIA KUALA LUMPUR, NEW DELHI AND MOSCOW BY A«tom.OT (EXPENSES PAID) PLUS A HOST OF VALUABLE PRIZES. ALL ENTRANTS MUST BE SINGAPORE CITIZENS BETWEEN 16-25 YEARS. TWO NON-RETURNABLE PHOTOGRAPHS WITH ALL ENTRIES. CLOSING DATE NOVEMBER 8, 1971. ENTRY FEE
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      426 16 5 Singapore 3.00 Opening and General Hospital 3.20 For the Family (M) 3.50 A Diary of Events In Singapore This Week (M) 3.55 It's Happening In Singapore—Now We Govern Ourselves (M) 4.10 Peyton Place 5.00 Close 6.00 Opening and William Tell Voices In the Night 6.30 News In Brief 6.35
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      42 16 SHORT RIBS <1 k m \m ffC 9M V. mm v<t m Jo SNIFFY m IS By Frank O'Neal YOU'RE RIGMT I'ATI HIGHER IHAN A KTTE. fi sk by George Fett fit ss ill ANDY CAPP a m n ill notABWKW' IT-
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      281 16 Trust your lucky star IF IT'S YOUR BIRTKDAY BORN today, you are one of those restless persons who is always trying to strengthen his position, whether on the Job or in the home. TOMORROW SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 22) Find some outlet for your creative urges this morning. Otherwise, you may
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