New Nation, 3 November 1971

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    Masthead
    17 1 NEW NATION SINGAPORE Wednesday evening, November 3, 1971 No. 248 Price 15 cents SINGAPORE WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 3
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    Chinese paper boss: A Govt move
    160 1 The Immigration Department has asked the managing director of the Nanyang Slang Pau, Mr. Lee Eu Seng (above), to surrender his Singapore international passport and his restricted passport for travel to West Malaysia to the department immediately. In a letter to Mr. Lee dated
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    OUR ROADS
    13 1 Police reported 64 accidents yesterday -—lO serious. There no fatal injuries.
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    LATE NEWS
    39 1 Tokyo, Wednesday A KLM Royal Dutch Airlines Jumbo Jetliner on a TokyoAmsterdam Inaugural flight with 103 persons aboard made an emergency landing soon after take off following phone calls that eploslves had been planted on the plane.
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    Raffles landed here...
    166 1 At last, the exact spot where Sir Stamford Raffles first landed in Singapore has been located. It is near the mouth of the Singapore River, between the backs of Parliament House and the Civil District Court in Empress Place. Just a week ago, it was a parking
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    GREAT SCOPE AHEAD
    720 1  -  Hon calls for more regional exchange of industrial expertise and investment By Sunny Wee The Finance Minister, Mr. Hon Sul Sen, today told 300 technocrats from 14 Asian countries of the great scope within the region for the exchange of Industrial expertise, particularly through joint ventures. He
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    Lock icon Mass defection by Bengalis
    531 1 Weeping, bleeding envoys allege beatings Reuter New Delhi, Wednesday All but one of the East Bengali employees of the Pakistan High Commission here quit the mission with their families yesterday and claimed that the only man inside was badly beaten up and was In a serious
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    Kuching visit
    22 1 Kuching, Wednesday The former British Commissioner General for South-Bast Asia. Mr. Malcolm Macrtonakl, arrived shere yesterday for a six-day visit.
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    ON THE 'CHANGE
    83 1 In light trading the share market was barely active this morning. Industrials were generally holding steady. Slme Darby gained 10 cents against yesterday's $5.90 to *5.95, $6.00. Power and Telecommunication was wavering at $l.OO, 98 and 98* cents. Central Bugar eased two cents to 90 cents. Gammon
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    China link with Peru
    45 1 Hong Kong, Wednesday.— China and Peru established diplomatic relations at ambassadorial level yesterday. Radio Peking said Peru recognised the government of the People's Republic of China as the sole legal Chinese government. It added the two governments would exchange ambassadors soon.
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  • Article
    Big postal robbery
    62 1 Stockholm, Wednesday Police yesterday launched a nationwide hunt for three men who snatched 1,300,000 crowns (£104,000) and sacks of registered mail in Gothenburg on Monday night in Sweden's biggest postal robbery. The men, disguised as police, held up a poet office van with a woman driver on
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    Police raid houses
    68 1 Toronto, Wednesday.— Metropolitan Toronto police seized 12 rifles and a tear gas gun in raids on six houses yesterday, Just hours before the arrival in Canada of President Josip Tito of Yugoslavia. President Tito, who began a five-day Canadian visit in Ottawa last night is not travelling
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    Water use up
    19 1 Water consumption yesterday was 102.8 million gallons, an increase of 1.3 million gallons on Monday's figure.
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  • Article
    Catholic Church to use National Language
    207 2 Kuala Lumpur, Wednesday The Catholic Church in Malaysia is to introduce the National Language in the liturgy of the church. Ana to make this possi ble priests have been urged to study tne language. A letter to this effect has been sent to ail
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    30,000 go on strike
    40 2 Rome, Wednesday—Some 30,000 dockers staged a 24hour strike yesterday, paralysing ports throughout Italy. The dockers' unions are agitating against what they term the "negative" outcome of their negotiations with the Merchant Marine Ministry over wage increases.
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    Sporty police cars nab the speedsters
    284 2  -  Over 100 caught in three weeks By Wee Beng Huat The introduction three weeks ago of two new-model Cortina 1600 GTs by the traffic police to trap speedsters is beginning to reap results. More than 100 speedsters have so far been caught by these
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    Mission needs more funds
    95 2 The Ramakrishna Mission is appealing for more funds to help settle an outstanding debt of $40,000 and to complete several other projects. The debt was incurred for the building of the Sw&mi Vivekananda Centenary Memorial Library and Reading Room. Funds are also needed to complete its
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    'Youths can help kill drug menace'
    193 2 Singapore youths could help wipe out the drug menace effectively. Their counterparts in Brazil, South America, are already helping their governments to act drugtaking among teenagers. About 80,000 of them have offered their services in the war against drugs, said Dr. Robert H. Pierson,
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    Road deaths heading for record, AA warns
    456 2 Motorists have a grave responsibility "resting on their shoulders" though many of them do not realise this. Stating this, the editorial of the October issue of the Highway, the monthly publication of the Automobile Association, said: "As such we find almost every few
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    Christmas sale will help needy children
    206 2 About 20 women have been devoting their time and energy preparing for a Christmas sale on Friday for children's charities. The work has Included sewing dolls' dresses, stuffing toys, decorating card boards, making Christmas decorations, baking Christmas puddings and fashioning silk flowers. The sale
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    Call to remove a 'mosquito breeding area'
    247 2 The 1,000 strong Bamboo Grove Park Owners and Residents Association is appealing to the authorities to hasten the development of a vacant piece of land in the estate. The president, Mr. John Cheng, said today that this was because the land had acted
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    Theosophical body officials
    48 2 Mr. Lim Khay Guan has been elected president of the Singapore Theosophical Society at its annual general meeting held recently. The other officials are: V. Rajagopal (vice-presid-ent), Mr. Tan Slow Hee (hon. secretary), Miss Puncha Bandara (hon. treasurer) and Mr. Lian Gan Hoe (hon. librarian).
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    New Soviet Cosmos up
    46 2 Moscow, Wednesday.— Russia yesterday launched an artificial earth satellite, Cosmos 454, as part of its space exploration programme, The Soviet official Tass news agency reported. The agency said the equipment aboard the sputnik was functioning well as the satellite went into orbit.
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    All-time high in bank deposits
    150 2 Demand deposits of banks in Singapore topped the $l,OOO million mark for the first time, when they reached a volume of $l,OOB million at the end of September. Confirming that the Singapore economy wjas growing at a rapid rate, total deposits touched a new high
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    End strike order
    74 2 London, Wednesday.—An estimated 3,000 striking workers at London's paralysed Heathrow Airport were yesterday ordered to return to work or be fired. At the same time the leaders were enjoined by the High Court from leading any further industrial action. The moves were designed to end a two-day
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  • Page 2 Miscellaneous
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      89 2 At the cinema JURONG DRIVE-IN: Unfinished Desire (Mand.)— 7, 9.30 pjn. ODEON: The Horsemen —1.30. 4, 6.30, 9.30 p.m. CATHAY: Mai D'Afrlca —1.30, 4, 6.30, 9.30 pjn. ORCHARD: The Brotherhood of Satan—l.3o, 4, 6.30, 9.15 p.m. LIDO: Sunflower —1.30, 4, 6.30, 9.15 p.m. CAPITOL: The Red Circle—l.ls, 4, 6.45, 9.30
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      136 2 vJMM Temperatures in world cities yesterday: Jakarta 88-75 Bangkok 86-72 Hong Kong 79-69 Manila 88-74 Taipei 86-68 Tokyo 67-49 London 61-50 Paris 52-39 Moscow 37-32 San Francisco 69-52 New York 71-58 Sydney 67-57 Melbourne 76-47 Canberra 68-43 Perth 67-57 New Delhi 64-17 Singapore Singapore's weather forecast from 1 p.m. to
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    Singapore's long wait for Fonteyn amply rewarded
    401 3  -  By Ong Choo Suat Last night's performance by the Australian Ballet with Dame Margot Fonteyn was a treat for the packed Singapore audience. Singapore has waited a long time for the chance to see Dime Margot dance and last night made the wait
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    Talk for women on drug abuse
    110 3 The Singapore YWCA has planned a programme to educate women on ths l dafcgera of drug abuse. It will begin with a luncheon talk "Drugs Women" at its Port Canning Road Hostel on Saturday at 1.30 pjn. The guest speaker will be Mr. T.A.
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    NTUC calls for research in the co-op movement
    184 3 The NTUC has called for organised research facilities for the Singapore co-operative movement. The call was made by Mr. Steve Nayagan, NTUC secretary for welfare and social programme, in a talk to co-operative leaders at the Cultural Centre. He said workers were
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    Kidnapped by women
    102 3 Rome, Wednesday. Police were searching today for a gang of female kidnappers after first doubting a schoolmistress's claim that she had been abducted and held for ransom by four women. But police in Regglo Calabria began serious investigation when relatives of the victim, 26-year-old Slgnorina Vincenza Frisina,
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    Principal stresses value of TTC
    159 3 The Teachers' Training College is unique among the Republic's institutions of higher learning because of its multi-lingual character, according to the college principal, Dr. Ruth H.K. Wong. In the latest issue of the Educant, a student council publication, she said the college was the only
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    Refinery's target
    271 3 Output to go up to 175,000 barrels The output from Mobil's refinery here will be Increased from! 25,000 barrels a day to 175,000 barrels a day by early 1973. This is the target of the company's $l5O million expansion programme launched two months ago. In line with the
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    100m. for expansion
    260 3  -  Airport prepares for more traffic By Patrick de Souza About $lOO million has been earmarked for the expansion programme for Paya Lebar airport, according to the Director of Civil Aviation, Mr. Cheong Pak Chow. Among additions to the airport will be a new fire station, passenger terminal
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    Plan for hawker centres in city
    300 3 Two old government buildings at Boat Quay will be demolished by early next year to make way for one of the two super hawker centres planned for the city. The former marine police station on the banks of the Singapore River mouth was vacated
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      110 3 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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  • In Person
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    Lock icon Nixon reaffirms support for Anzus treaty
    192 4 United Press International Washington, Wednesday President Nixon yesterday reaffirmed the American commitment to the Anzus Treaty with Australia and New Zealand and called it "one of the fundamental pillars of our policy in the Pacific." He made the statement after meeting for nearly 60
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  • THE VOICE OF THE PRESS
    • Article
      Sin Chew Jit Poh
      315 4 BRITAIN'S JOINING THE COMMON MARKET IS NOW A CERTAINTY After six days of debate, the British Parliament approved the terms for entry into the European Common Market reached by the Tory Government. The result of the voting at the Upper House was 451 for and 58
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      Utusan Zaman
      478 4 PRICES OF GOODS EVER ON THE INCREASE Members of the public have heard so much of the price hike that they are now reluctant to talk about it any more, so much so that whenever there is a new Increase in the prices of goods they prefer to
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      Sin Chew Jit Poh
      273 4 CHANGE OP SCHOOL mm. Recently, the Ministry of Education announced that beglnlng ext year Singapore primary and secondary schools In all language streams will switch from the existing three-term system to a two-term system The advantages of the two-term system, according to the Ministry, are: that
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    Lock icon Storm deaths now 6000
    521 5 But toll may rise to 25,000 United Press International New Delhi, Wednesday Official sources in the Orissa state capital of Bhubaneshwar yesterday put the death toll from last Friday's cyclonic storm and accompanying 15 foot high flood wave at 6,000 persons. Additional reports of widespread destruction
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    Lock icon Egypt serves a blast at ping pong
    278 5 Reuter Peking, Wednesday C h 1 n a's elaborate table tennis pageant for Asia and Africa began with a dazzling spectacle last night in Peking's Capital Stadium where early this year ping pong diplomacy was born with matches against an American team. This
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    Lock icon Medical check-up for U Thant
    130 5 Reuter New York, Wednesday UN Secretary-Gene-ral U Thant was ordered into hospital yesterday for observation after he complained of a dizzy spell and weakness. The head of the UN medical service, Dr. Michael Irwin, checked U Thant's pulse and blood pressure and ran an electrocardiogram
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    Church-State conflict threat mounts
    285 5 Johannesburg, Wednesday The threat of renewed Church-State conflict mounted yesterday following M on d a y's sentencing of the Anglican dean of Johannesburg to five years imprisonment. At the same time, churchmen were continuing their protests at the sweeping powers of the South African security police.
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    Tokyo's 100m yen wedding
    224 5 Tokyo, Wednesday Tokyo yesterday witnessed what was said to be a highly expensive, 11 not the most expensive, wedding extravaganza for a commoner in the living memory of Its citizens. The wedding was between a 38-year-old professional wrestler Antonio Inokl and a 24-year-old screen and TV
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    ANZUK FAMILIES MOVE IN
    218 5 Service families from the ANZUK forces have begun moving Into the Chip Bee Housing Estate in Holland Road (above), following the formal closure of the British Far East' Command at the end of last month. The big move started a few weeks ago and units that
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    Lock icon Nobel prizes for science men
    224 5 Reuter Stockholm, Wednesday Professor Dennis Gabor, British pioneer of three-d lmensional imagery, and Canadian scientist Dr. Gerhard Herzberg whose work has led to a greater understanding of the SDectrum yesterday won Nobel prizes in physics and chemistry. The prizes—the last of the 1971 Nobel series—are
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      95 5 From today BO AC VClOs will leave daily from Singapore to London? 9 flights weekly. And there are 5 VCIO services to Australia weekly with 2 to New Zealand. Also from today BOAC 747s will leave from Bangkok for London. Twice a week. No other airline offers you the two
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  • BEHIND THE NEWS
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      A boom in Manila's tomb business
      405 6  -  B. Ronquillo The population explosion In the Philippines, one of the fastest In world, adds around one million people every year and has created over-crowding problems In urban centres like Manila and suburbs. So rapid has been the population expansion in recent years that
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      Peking riddle:. Clue uncovered
      566 6 HUSH-HUSH CRASH PLANE WAS A BRITISH TRIDENT A new and vital clue In the Great China mystery has been quietly uncovered: the hush hush Chinese plane which crashed 200 miles inside Mongolia on the night of September 13 with nine still unidentified passengers was a British
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      Mystery of Medan by day and night...
      828 6  -  By Pakir Singh The lights were dim. The dancing couples moved with ease, black silhouettes on a screen. With grace and rhythm. The band played in low-key, the male singer clutched the microphone passionately. Everything seemed so romantic. Even the moon was playing
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      Rubbish— and the amount you contribute each day
      567 6  -  By Patrick de Souza Each Singaporean accounts for one-and-half pounds of rubbish a day. This startling disclosure came from the Permanent Secretary (Public Health), Mr. Lee fik Tiang, in a recent radio talk on Science and Human Environment. Mr. Lee said Singapore
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      Lab man from varsity to leave for Papua on 'kill mosquito' mission
      363 6  -  By Ong Choo Suat Mr. W.T. Chellappah, •senior laboratory technician in the Parasitology Department at the University of Singapore, will leave the Republic early next month to take up a unique post in Port Moresby, New Ouinea. He
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    Lock icon China is 'too weak to replace Japan'
    247 7 Reuter Washington, Wednesday A former senior US foreign policy adviser has warned that the US should not try to establish a relationship with China as an alternative to a close association with Japan. Mr. George Ball, former Under-Secretary of State In the Johnson
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    Lock icon Heath pledges big role for UK
    315 7 Europe link emphasised Reuter London, Wednesday Prime Minister, Mr. Edward Heath, promised yesterday that Britain from now on would take a growing role in shaping the future of Europe. He spoke in the opening debate of a new session of Parliament expected to produce
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    Lock icon Girl-hostage drama suspect captured
    281 7 United Press International Manila, Wednesday J Troops last captured j a shotgun-armed man believed to have held 14-year-old American schoolgirl Susan Butler hostage in her Manila home on Monday. A Philippines constabul ary spokesman said today that the man. Bilverstre Abad. alias Sofronio Falconi. 31. surrendered
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    Lock icon Cab driver, mum and baby halt traffic
    170 7 United Press International Sydney, Wednesday A woman taxi driver caused a major traffic Jam in busy Bourke Street at suburban Darlinghurst yesterday. She delivered a baby from a 30-year-old woman. The driver, Mrs. Johanna Fresco, said she had to stand much abuse from
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    Lock icon 2 killed as bomb rips bar in Belfast
    228 7 Reuter Belfast, Wednesday Gunmen yesterday burst into a crowded Belfast bar with guns blazing and threw a bomb which exploded killing two people and reducing the building to rubble. Twenty-two people were injured. Rescuers clawed at the rubble in pounding rain, trying
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    Lock icon France has special meaning for Chaplin
    183 7 United Press International Paris, Wednesday With a Up of his hat and a wave of his hand, Charlie Chaplin arrived yesterday for a revival of 10 of his films which he has kept hidden for more than 20 years. "Prance has a special meaning
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    SAF OFFICER WEDS FRIEND'S SISTER
    84 7 Captain K.S. Raj an, 26, and Miss Shanta Krishnasamy, 24, after their wedding at the Registry of Marriages recently. Captain Rajan, of the Singapore Artillery, is attached to the General Artillery Headquarters in Taman Jurong Camp. He is the second son of Mr. and Mrs.
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    Lock icon Biggest US nuclear test delayed
    184 7 United Press International Washington, Wednesday The controversial underground nuclear test in the Aleutians biggest ever staged by the United States may be delayed. An Atomic Energy Commission spokesman said that the task of blocking the mile deep hole In which the five megaton device Is
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    Rogers warns on Senate aid cut
    414 7 Vote has 'weakened Nixon's position* Washington, Wednesday The US Secretary of State, Mr. William Rogers, said yesterday the Senate defeat of the Foreign Aid Bill was "a very serious blow" to United States' foreign policy and weakens President Nixon's power to negotiate throughout the
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    Lock icon Peking's men for the UN
    496 7 Reuter New York, Wednesday The diplomats named yesterday as China's delegates to the United Nations have both been prominent In International dealings for the past 20 years. The Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs, Mr. Ch&lo Ku&n-Hua, named to head the Chinese delegation, has for the
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    Fencing them in on the Thai border
    397 8 The Communist Party of Malaya's 12th regiment, its strongest, is spearheading the main push back into Malaysia along the so-called Chin Peng Trail. This is the collection of trails which run along the ridges of hills and mountains covered with primary jungle from
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  • 'WHISPERS' by ISPY
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      Visible thaw in Peking
      74 8 China's ping pong diplomacy has at last brought about a visible thaw in Peking's relations with New Delhi. For the first time in 10 years, two Indian Journalists are now in China, accompanying their country's table tennis team. They are All India Radio's K.K. Sud and
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      What a novel idea!
      84 8 When the creative director of McCann-Erlckson returned after a three-month absence, he thought it was nice of another director to meet him at the Paya Lebar airport. He was then told to wait at the arrival gate and a car would be brought round to pick
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    Can the Foreign Ministers of ASEAN align their China policies?
    1050 8  -  DICK WILSON SAYS For most of the postwar era an entire quarter century South-East Asia was able to Ignore China, to be a spectator of the Internal power struggle between Chiang Kai-shek and Mao Tsetung and subsequently of the spasmodic
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  • Letters
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      Prof. Alatas and Kemas
      486 8  -  FAJAR MURNI Because old men have felt the need to be angry, it has not been possible to examine the withdrawal of Prof. Syed Hussein Alatas from the Parti Keadilan Masharakat (Kemas) with a degree of objectivity which 1s vital for any understanding of the situation.
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      Our students as 'leaders'
      229 8  -  A.A.F. Recent letters by university students give one the impression that the undergrads take themselves to be the future leaders of our nation using the word "leader" in its widest sense. It is therefore unfortunate that some of them are creating a bad public image by
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      Noise menace in flats
      251 8 Noise pollution can be found in all housing estates and in every block of HDB flats, thanks to the effort of a few 'social menaces.' These menaces do not give the least consideration for others as they switch on their stereo and TV. sets full blast
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      Question for bus company
      79 8 The usual fare I pay for my journey to Geylang by Bus 155 or 155 A Is 10 cents —between Upper Aljunied Road and the bus stop near Lorong 31, Geylang Road. I was therefore taken aback the other day when the conductor on Bus 155
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    Lock icon Senate move to cut aid no surprise
    784 9  -  From Elisabeth Wharton United Press International A great deal of politics, a little bit of isolationism, discontent over changes the US Senate had made in the Bill, and a growing resentment at the lack of foreign policy consultation with the White House—all these
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    Lock icon Japanese jet attracts American attention
    563 9  -  From Teiji Shimizo United Press International The United States is keeping a Tojo again. But though the name's the same, the plot Is vastly different. It's not Hldekl Tojo, the wartime Japanese prime mtnintor that the United States is interested in this time but his
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    Need for firms to employ handicapped
    990 9  -  By Violet Oon The current shortage of labour is benefitting the handicapped. But while more of them are Retting jobs, 75 per cent of the physically retarded are still unemployed. This is a vast improvement over the figure in May when only 14.5 per
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    Lock icon Gangsters begin to dominate Japan's drug traffic
    403 9  -  From G. Murray Reuter Gangsters are beginning to dominate the hard drugs traffic in Japan, but American soldiers are still the leading handlers of marijuana. In its crime figures for 1970, the Justice Ministry revealed a slight drop in arrests for handling hard
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    ADB loan for Malaysian project
    123 9 The Asian Development Bank (ADBJ has approved two loans totalling $110.4 million for a hydroelectric project in the Philippines and a highway construction project in Malaysia. One of the loans, worth $70.2 million, will finance the foreign exchange cost of the procurement and installation of
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  • SHOWBIZ
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      Globe-trotting with just a suitcase...
      171 10  -  ...and the duo are really living it up By PETER ONG So who says it's not fun girdling the globe with only ONE suitcase? That suitcase can stretch through the period you travel the world. Or so American singing duo A 1 and Pam found
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      Pledge of better shows soon
      1058 10  -  RTS producers in big comeback SIGHT AND SOUND EDGAR KOH Fall as autumn is known in America where RTS obtains most of its packaged programmes brings with it a new and exciting crop of varied fare from a telly land perilously ploughed and frantically fertilised.
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      Singing style not suited to Chinese songs
      436 10  -  Violet Oon The People's Association, in association with the German Embassy, presented a concert on Monday night which featured the German-trained Chinese singer Miss Gomda Hsi and the different cultural groups of the People's Association. Miss Hsi sang two groups of Chinese songs
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      'Land of smiles'— or East meets West— at Victoria Theatre
      545 10  - 'Land of smiles'— or East meets West at Victoria Theatre MUSICAL STARTS NEXT WEEK MERRY ANDREW The Y.M.C.A. Scenesshifters are presenting The Land of Smiles at the Victoria Theatre from Tuesday to Saturday next week. The first night's show starts at 7.30 p.m. while on other, days performances will start
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      Hot on trail of pop scene...
      198 10  -  Peter Ong Australian s i n g er Ronnie Burns is hot on the trail of the international pop scene. He's burning to make a name for himself around the world. Ronnie, who was twice voted top male artiste In Australia (in 1967 and
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      Straydogs have big date tomorrow
      155 10 EMTs top local recording group, The Straydogs, will make their next appearance at the Barbarella discotheque tomorrow. The group, who made a surprise appearance during the Marmalade Show at the National Theatre three weeks ago, will play among other groups at the nightclub. The show,
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      The land of death and butchery...
      1239 11  -  ...WHERE I DECIDED KEVER TO HAVE AHY MORE CHILDREN TRISH SHEPRARD "Did you enjoy your trip?" people ask and I have a ready reply now, "Well, it was hardly enjoyable, but it was an experience." And so I dismiss with social ease two weeks
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      Hunting those elusive bargains
      855 11  -  antiques BY f MAGGI KOH Every thing is becoming more expensive and the art of spotting a bargain more and more difficult. There are always the lucky ones like Stan Foster and his silver candlesticks but they are few and far between. Certainly collectors of high
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      Returning to the days of mother...
      90 11 It's the same lengthy story again this time it's a little shorter than the midi and nowhere near the mini. It's demi a coy inch or two over the knee. My mother made an old fashioned comment on the demi-length: 'Tm glad girls are
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      Wearing faded jeans to boost personality
      201 11 Why do boys wear faded old jeans? Because it makes them feel accepted and are also an expression of their sexual personality. A recent survey by an Australian jeans manufacturer showed that young people wear jeans because they give a certain amount of anonymity
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      Crockery goes exciting...
      67 11 Sex will no longer be the selling point for books and clothes only. Crockery is curving up in this direction too. Wedgwood China, a leading manufacturer, has launched a new "contour" look for its chlnaware. They are not in Singapore yet, but they are now raising housewives'
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  • BUSINESS AND FINANCE
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      Lock icon Moderate turnover on Wall St. as stocks finish mixed
      273 12 United Press International New York, Wednesday Stocks, down sharply in early trading, finished mixed on moderate turnover yesterday. Mr. Newton Zlnder of E. F. Hutton and Company commented that the initial setback obviously was a follow through of Monday's sharp slide.
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      Lock icon UK market closes easier: Modest rally in afternoon
      216 12 Reuter London, Wednesday The market closed easier though off the bottom with the Financial Times Index at 1500 hrs off 9.7 at 394.1 compared to a day's low of 393.6. Ibe Chancellor of the Exchequer's forecast on UK expansion aided a modest
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      WALL ST. PRICES
      212 12 Allied Cbcra 37% Alcoa 41 Am Brand* 38% Am Cm 39% AT T 43% A P 14% Anaconda 13% Beth Steel 34% Boeing 1# Caterp Trae 44% Chrysler 38% Coca-Cola 108% Control Data 40 Com Ol Wka 173% Dow Chem M% DuFont 145% B Kodak 84% Foed
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      Joint plan for Taipoh steel mill
      98 12 TAIPEH, Wed.—A joint Austrian Taiwan venture was formally established here yesterday with the aim of building a US$322 million steel mill in southern Taiwan. To be known as the China Steel Corporation, the venture has registered capital of US$BO million of which the-Voest Steel
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      Daily share analysis
      1224 12 TRENDS AND MOVES IN THE MAJOR STOCK EXCHANGE COUNTERS *1979-1971 1 wk. 4 wl a. Closing Price Last Divid. P/E TurnHigh LOW •CO ■CO Stock Bayers Sellers Sale Yield Ratio over INDUSTRIALS 1979-1971 1 wk. 4 wk*. dosing Price Lut Divid. P/E TurnHigh Low •CO •Co Stock
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      Managers are developed from inside or brought in from outside
      498 12 Management in Action By Aris The Personnel Department does it again] This Production Supervisor recruited recently by Personnel is no damn good, says the Production Manager. In» the same breath he details requirements for the effective performance of the Job
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    • Business Abroad
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        2000 tons cut in GSA rubber sales
        125 12 WASHINGTON, Wed. The United States plans to cut sales of natural rubber from its stockpile from the present 6,000 tons a month to 4,000 tons. The General Services Administration said the pianned reduction in sales, representing a partial vic tory for foreign rubber
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        MOSCOW TALKS TO BOOST US TRADE
        60 12 WASHINGTON: Secretary of Commerce Mr. Maurice 8 tans will visit Moscow later this month for talks on ways to increase trade and industrial co-operation between the two countries. Presidential Press scretary Mr. Ronald Ziegler said Mr. Btans would hold the Moscow talks at the
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        DROP IN FAMILY INCOME
        73 12 HONG KONG: Seventeen per cent of households In Hong Kong have monthly Incomes of less than HKS4OO this year, compared with 45 per cent five years ago, according to official figures released yesterday. Middle-income class families, those earning between HKSIOOO and HKS22OO a month, have Increased
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        NEW QUOTA FOR TEXTILE YARN
        71 12 TOKYO: A new quota system for chemical and synthetic textile yarn exports to the United States became effective yesterday. The Ministry of International Trade said that according to the system, a quota will be allotted to each exporter concerned according to his past export record.
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        FALL IN MID-EAST OIL OUTPUT
        66 12 LONDON: Oil output by most of the main Middle East producers declined in September compared with the previous month although Kuwait proved an exception with a higher total. Iran was still the biggest producer with 140.49 million barrels in the month against 145,050 in August,
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        ANOTHER TEAM FOR PEKING
        53 12 TOKYO: A 15 member high powered delegation of top Tokyo business leaders will leave for Peking on Nov. 12. The delegation will be headed by Mr. Takeo Shojl, former president of the Nihon Aeroplane Manufacturing Company. Tokyo business circles think the visit will have major imCict
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        BRITISH GOLD RESERVES UP
        57 12 LONDON: Britain's official gold and currency reserves rose by £B2 million to £2,171 million, the highest since the war. This follows an advance repayment to West Germany of an offset loan of £23 million. The Treasury said that last month's increase was the 13th successive one
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      The root of the international money crisis- by an expert
      303 12 Hie international monetary crisis was precipitated not because of the excessive flow of Euro-dollars abroad but by "the fixed parity method maintained by the monetary system." This was stated by Mr. Leif H. Olsen, economist and senior vice-president of the
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  • SPORT 1
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      Lock icon SEAP training
      29 13 Sheila Fernando stretching out. Pictures: Sulaiman Ismail Nor Axhar, exercises his knee following his operation in Germany. Jaw Tee Jiang hurls the javelin. M&imoon Bakar— -farming up.
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      It's just another flop
      1281 13  -  SOCCER SCENE WITH JEFFREY LOW Another disappointment away from home. Followed up almost immediately by yet another public outcry. But Is this the way we should react? The reference, of course, is Singapore's dismal performance at the Vietnam Independence Cup competition in Saigon last week. And
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      Solomons to make comeback
      239 14 London, Wednesday Jack Solomons, one of the most colourful promoters in the history of British boxing, is to make a comeback. Solomons, 69, who has been out of the big-time for three years, claims he has been lured back by the depth of talent around. Since
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      US pro football standings
      204 14 WORLD OF SPORT American eonf. EAST WLT Pet. PF PA Miami 5 11 .8SS 14S 82 Baltimore 5 2 4 .714 149 55 NY Jets 2 5 4 •244 47 145 New England 2S| .244 44 175 Buffalo 4 7 4 .444 94 214 CENTRAL Cleveland
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      Tough Perak Rally
      118 14 Entries a-e now invited for tin Ist P N Perak Rally to be held at Ipoh on November 20. All participants will have to cover 250 miles through public roads, mining and rubber estates, making it one of the tougest and gruelling rallies ever held In Ipoh.
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      Heath for yachting
      68 14 Sydney, Wednesday.— A record number of 80 yachts —lB of them from abroad have entered this year's Sydney-Hobart yacht race —major event on the Australian yachting calendar. Heading the international list is the victorious British Admiral's Cup team, with Prime Minister Edward Heath's yacht, "Morning Cloud." prospect
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      LEFT: Sandra Chan gives her putt an extra push.
      87 14 ABOVE—Pat Stewart watches anxiously as her putt rolls home. Sandra and Pat were playing in the Singapore Island Country Club monthly medal competitions over the Island course yesterday. Winner: Div. "A"—B. Abbett (nett 75, runner-up —P. Ezekiel (74); Ist nine ballsweep—M.
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      Boycott faces tough challenge
      256 14 London, Wednesday Geoff Boycott, the main obstacle between Australia and the Ashes, is facing the toughest challenge of his career. It has little or nothing to do with his batting. Few experts seriously doubt that he is the best batsman in world cricket But important as
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      Heroe's welcome
      52 14 Karachi, Wednesday The Pakistan hockey team was given a tumultuous welcome on their return home yesterday winning the first World Cup competition in Barcelona. A crowd of about 3000 greeted the players at the airport when they landed early this morning on the last leg of their journey,
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      Orioles win
      30 14 Japan, Wednesday—Pat Dobson pitched a perfect no run, no hit game to lead the Baltimore Orioles to a 2-0 win over the Japanese champion Yomluri Giants here yesterday.
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      First big walk
      119 14 The Canberra Community Centre will hold its first annual Big Walk on November 28, starting at 7.30 a.m. The events, open to all residents of Sembawang Constituency are the men's senior (12 miles), men's junior, women's open and veterans-5% miles each. In the open section for non-residents,
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      Chinese team for UK tour
      52 14 LONDON, Wednesday. China will play four International matches against England during their tour here next month, the English Table Tennis Association announced yesterday. The association said China's full tour programme was still subject to final confirmation though matches have also been scheduled in Wales, Scotland
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      Lock icon Yes Dear in fast trial
      292 15 By Blue Peter Tes Dear 111 did a splendid gallop on a soft track at Bukit Timah this morning Ridden by his regular Jockey Miss Price, Yes Dear strode out fluently over three furlongs in 37 4/5. On this gallop, Yes Dear should be a
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      Best Seller is pick of newcomers
      395 15 By BLUE PETER Best Seller is the pick of the newcomers entered for the forthcoming Bukit Timah professional amateur meeting. He is a three-year-old bay Australian gelding by Nicopolis out of Prime Kalthen. He was sparingly raced at two years, having three starts and
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      The truckie who packs a punch
      368 15 Tokyo, Wednesday Japan has a new world boxing champion —a 28-year-old truck driver who took up boxing only three years ago with a highly unorthodox, and possibly style. It was this style that I enabled Koichi Wajlma to 'capture the world Junior middleweight title
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      Wolstenholme In 3-way-tie
      48 15 Sydney, Wednesday. British-born Guy Wolstenholme, who now lives In Australia, was one of three players who shared first place in the Rothmans AS3OOO professionalamateur golf tournament over the Oatlands Club here yesterday. Wolstenholme, Bill Dunk (Australia) and Walter Godfrey (New Zealand) won with three-under par--675.
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      Hungary wins
      17 15 Budapest, Wednesday—Hungary teat West Germany S-l In a European table tennis league match here yesterday.
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      Keppel Club golf
      375 15 The Keppel Club Open Mixed Greensomes golf stroke competition will be played over the Buklt Chermln course on Sunday. The draw and starting times: 8.30 am—Nancy Lee (20) and R.EJ3. Pearce (17) v 0. Tidey (25) and P. Tidey (9); 8.37—5. Sellers (20) and R. Sellers (15)
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      Strong challenge for Koreans
      151 15 Tokyo, Wednesday Title-holders South Korea led the way, but face a strong challenge from three other nations as the sixth men's Asian basketball championship n e a r s the halfway mark. With three successive victories, the power-pack-ed Korean squad leads its rivals by two points,
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      Rugby league
      22 15 London, Wednesday Leeds beat Halifax by 26 points to ten In a rugby league floodlight competition quarter-final match last night.
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      Lock icon Birthday triumph by Rosewall
      208 15 Reuter Stockholm, Wednesday Australian Ken Rosewa 11 celebrated his 37th birthday by scoring an easy straight sets victory over Swedish number one Ove Bengtson in second round of the Stockholm Open tennis championship here last night. Rosewall, still displaying the fluent ground strokes which have been
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      Oliver Oh of Singapore Recreation Club
      27 15 lines op his cue in the Singapore Billiard Association senior inter-dab match against Chinese Swimming Club at Bukit Chermfn last night
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      Lock icon Sir Alf gives nod to Marsh
      279 15 Reuter London, Wednesday Sir Alf Ramsey, the England soccer team manager, sprang a surprise yesterday by including ball-juggling forward Rodney Marsh in the squad for the European championship match against Switzerland here on November 10. Marsh, 27 year old striker with Second Division club
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      Racial harmony golf tourney
      237 15 Sydney, Wednesday Gary Player and Sewsunker "Papwa" Swegolum, regarded as South African's best white and non-white golfers respectively, have been purposely drawn together in a tournament here this week interests of racial harmony. They have been drawn to play in a threesome with Australian Bruce Devlin
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      389 14 NEW NATION CROSSWORD ACROSS 1 Aspirations. 6 Spray. 10 Plan preceding action. 14 Lizard. 15 Aware of: Slang. 16 Humdinger. 17 Well-known symphony ductor.18 Catches up with. 20 Corolla leaves. 22 Genus of trees. 23 Widths, as of printers' quads. 24 Actor Jannings. 26 Japanese Immigrant in the UJ3. 28
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      439 15 i 3 p -C«t alt* Mt(| l,aet NEW NATION j WEDNESDAY 1 MONEYWORDS K' 1 i Cat wt mm in wita atkar cmhu. Mstiaf iutractiMS appear kalaw Naat (Mr./Mrt./Mits) I 3 5 M «C»t <IM| gattttf i»ms CLUES FOR K-3 1. Iriikata pottwrw of (raf 4. Draw bo« ■ill if
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      Lock icon Patsy loves gardening
      71 16 Gardening may not be everybody's cup of tea. But It's certainly 22-year-old Pasty Pang's favourite hobby. "I love it. I feel happy and most relaxed when I am with a hoe or a changkul digging into the ground or planting flowers and trees," she said. Pasty who
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      Asians most active players of the name game
      915 16 INDONESIA TOPS THE LIST Batavia is gone. Jesselton pretty much forgotten. Makassar about to fade. Dewey Boulevard lives but only in the memory of Manila taxi drivers. The waves still wash up on the beach at Cap St. Jacques only it has
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      TALKING POINT
      52 16 MEI LIN: The University of Singapore has decided to offer a music degree course from next year. Now we can hope for more local concert artists. AH FOOK: I hope the university will also think of aiding poorer children interested in music because some of the instruments are
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      116 16 MISS TEN PIN 1971 WIN A FIRST CLASS TRIP TO LONDON VIA KUALA LUMPUR, NEW DELHI AND MOSCOW BY AEROFLOT (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 1971. ENTRY FEE 55.00
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      443 16 5 Sisgspsrs 3.00 Opening and Housewives Matinee —The Serious Lesson (Cantonese, Pt. 1) 3.50 For the Family (C) 4.20 A Diary of Events in Singapore This Week (C) 4.25 Days of Our Lives 5.05 Close 5.45 Opening and Cartoon Funnies 6.15 What Others Say (E) 6.30 News in Brief 6.35
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      362 16 Trust your lucky star IF IT'S YOUR Inferior work today. Guard against this BIRTHDAY ARIES (March *2-Apia ss? DAO Misunderstandings cause the litS? of that are not easily little interest in material things lorgiven. Try to get to the beyond seeing that you and sources of information without th# necessities
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