New Nation, 9 November 1971

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  • 18 1 NEW NATION SINGAPORE Tuesday evening, November 9, 1971 No. 253 Price 15 cents bddbb SINGAPORE TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 9
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  • 12 1 Police reported 53 accidents yesterday. Five of them were serious.
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  • 96 1 The share market waa barely active. Industrials, which have been declining during the past few days showed a firm tendency to hold steady in buyers and sellers quotations. But trading was very thin. Gula Perak was steady at $1.16, I.A.C. at $1.41. U.OJ9. at $440. Empat Nombor
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  • 57 1 Jakarta, Tuesday—A Singapore motorboat with a seven-member crew hag been detained In Pontianak, West Borneo, for fishing in Indonesian water illegally. An Indonesian Navy announcement said the boat, SMS 469 carrying two tons of fish waa captured at the Karlmata Straits between Borneo and Sumatra recently
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  • 57 1 LATE NEWS Bangkok, Tuesday.— Twenty-seven people were killed when a bus collided head-on with a truck on the American-built Friendship Highway near Korat in North-east Thailand. Police said that more than 20 others were injured in the accident. Both the truck and the bus, which was
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  • 186 1 Officers named in kickbacks probe Three senior officers from a local shipyard have been asked to resign because of alleged malpractices. This Is the result of an Investigation conducted by the Corrupt Practices Investigation Bureau on the activities of some officers. The CPIB received information
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  • 149 1 Reuter London, Tuesday A London travel firm has announced a new sea-and-air passenger service between England and Australia which will cost less than the journey over si century ago. The service, due to start next April, will use Jet flights from London to Singapore
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  • 30 1 NAHA, Tuesday. Labour unions in Okinawa will stage 'a 24-hour general stnke tomorrow to protest the terms of the JapaneseAmerican treaty for reversion of Okinawa to Japanese rule.
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  • 323 1 Despite what the cynics said our trust in you was not misplaced —at least on the first day. New Nation's self-ser-vice distribution system introduced yesterday was a tremendous success. A preliminary count showed no loss. Instead at several stands, a number of 20-cent coins had
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  • 73 1 Athens, Tuesday. The Greek Government announced last night that a $lBOO million industrial development contract signed early last year with Greek shipping magnate Aristotle Onassis has been terminated by mutual consent. Under the contract, Mr. Onassis had agreed to build by 1977 an oil refinery with an
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  • 53 1 Madrid. Tuesday—A Barcelona house wive received a packet of flower seeds through the mall, planted them and soon had a thriving opium crop In her backyard, police said. A chemist relative of the woman, who would not her name, discovered that the flowers were opium popples and
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  • 18 1 Glasgow, Tuesday. A Scottish industrial mission headed by Lord Clydesmulr, is leaving here for China today.
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  • 238 1 Students from the Sekolah Menengah Tun Seri Lanang (above) reading through their notes an hour before they sat for their first paper in the SingaporeCambridge General Certificate of Education (Ordinary Level) examination this morning. Malay students in various centres In the Republic sat for the Islamic Religious
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  • 54 1 Belfast Tuesday.—Major Michael Mealyer, the 34-year-old British army officer shot in the driveway of his Londonderry home by Irish Republican Army gunmen last Friday, was still In a serious condition in hospital yesterday. Maj. Mealyer, married with a son, was shot as he reversed his car
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  • 283 1 Reuter Washington, Tuesday The United States has revoked licences for the export of $lO.B million worth of military equipment to Pakistan. The decision, removes a major Irritant In US relations with India. The only American military equipment exempted from this total embargo will be spare parts
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  • 103 1 United Press International Manila, Tuesday The opposition Liberal Party today scored an upset victory in the key race for mayor of Manila and jumped to a surprise lead in the crucial race for eight senators in the Philippine mid term elections. If the trend continues, the
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    • 76 1 FOR KL MEET, ACTION PICTURES AND THE RACE FINISHES: SEE PAGES 13 AM 15 Growing together to serve you better Together, the United Overseas Bank and the Chung Khiaw Bank have combined assets of over $1,000,000,000. Together we have fifty two branches in Malaysia Singapore three in Hong Kong. Together
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  • 193 2 The Labour Ministry's inspectorate carried out 285 investigations at worksites in September resulting in. the prosecution and conviction of five employers for infringing labour laws. The Ministry's latest monthly report says the five employers were fined a total of $1,295 for not complying
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  • 636 2  -  Two for music and one for electronics b? Violet Oon Notes of joy are soaring through Singapore's blind community. Reason: Two of its members are being launched into musical careers and a third is getting a good Job in an electronics plant. The two
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  • 135 2 Jakarta, Tuesday Tourism in South East Asian can be promoted through the spirit of Asea. cooperation. Inche Khlr Jo h a r i, Malaysian Minister for Commerce, Industry and Tourism who Is also President of the Pacific Area Travel Association said this at a Press
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  • 389 2 t A National Science Centre to be completed by late 1972 will have facilities for training science teachers in the Republic, according to a recent overseas pubJlcatipn. The centre will have a specialised staff that would provide in-service courses for teachers in the teaching
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  • 213 2 Inche Mohd. Ghazali Ismail, Parliamentary Secretary (Education), today praised those teachers who had taken the initiative to study English as a second language. He said that even though salary increments for Inservice courses had stopped they did not lose Interest in studying for the
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  • 282 2 Singapore society is making too many demands on the modern woman. She is expected to be a wife, good mother, earning partner, social and community worker and even a politician—with the result that the home, children and family suffer. This is one of
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  • 371 2 The last of the Western music stage clubs in Singapore goes local this evening. Well, almost all members of the cast are Asians. For the first time, the Sceneshifters, its English members gone with tne military puiiout, presents an operetta, Tne Lana of Smnes
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  • 186 2 The Singapore Association of Social Workers is to set up a scholarship fund to assist students, who wish to take the Social Work and Social Administration course at the university of Singapore. This was one of the five resolutions adopted by the association at
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  • Page 2 Miscellaneous
    • 89 2 lymniTiTl Temperatures in world cities yesterday: Jakarta 89-76 Bangkok 90-74 Hong Kong 78-71 Manila 85-70 Taipei 79-70 Seoul 59-39 Tokyo 55-44 London 50-45 Moscow 39-34 San Francisco 63-41 New York 39 30 Syaney 65-43 Melbourne 59-49 Canberra 56-38 Adelaiae 62-51 Perth 70-57 Darwin 85-72 Singapore Singapore's weather forecast from 1
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    • 60 2 TIDES Today: 2.27 pjn. (8.6 ft). Tomorrow: 5 a.m. (6.9 ft), 3.27 pjn. (7.8 ft). u "day: 6.22 ajn. (6.8 ft), 4.50 pjn. (7.2 ft). Friday: 7.27 ajn. (7 ft), 6.46 pjn. (7 ft). 8.09 ajn. (7.4 ft), 8.12 pan. (7.3 ft). Sunday: 8.39 ajn. (7.8 ft), 9.07 pjn. (7.6
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  • 191 3 Singapore is to send a team of top management officers to Japan to study quality control systems in enterprises there. This follows a request from the Asian Productivity Organisation of Japan to the National Productivity Centre here for such a study mission. The
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  • 41 3 Tel Aviv, Tuesday—The Commander-in-Chief of the Israeli Armed Forces, Lt. Oen. Halm Barlev, 47, will leave military services early next year to join Prime Minister Golda Meir's Cabinet as- Minister of Commerce and Industry, the newspaper Maariv said yesterday.
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  • 179 3 Working till the eleventh hour to save up enough money, Miss Liew Fie Lan, 27, is determined that this time she will get married. Her wedding has been postponed four times already this year, because she was unable to recover $3,000 which
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  • 284 3  -  Priority to ex-national servicemen By P.N. Balji Bethlehem Shipyard will recruit another 500 men—most of them ex-national servicemen ln the next few months as part of its expansion plans. Mr. Victor Fang, the personnel manager of the yard, said: "We have an ambitious development
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  • 256 3 Singapore's participation in a recent West Berlin fair has succeeded in further, widening its overseas market. This could be seen by the number of enquiries received not only during the period of the exhibition but even after the fair. The Singapore Manufacturers' Association has received some 100
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  • 334 3 The 104-members of the Pyongyang Mansudae Art Troupe appear to lead a disciplined and rigid life Judging from their tight daily schedule. Except for official functions such as a garden party at the Istana. a courtesy call on the Minister of Culture,
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  • 143 3 London Fashion mannequin, Moya Watkins, 26, Is making her debut here tomorrow at a charity show In aid of the Singapore Association for the Retarded. She will appear with six other local models who will .show off 36 outfits specially flown In from Paris and
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  • 71 3 A one-man exhibition of painting and collage by Mr. Goh Beng Kwan will be officially opened by the American ambassador to Singapore, Mr. Charles Cross, at the National Library on Friday. The exhibition, sponsored jointly by the Singapore Art Society, the Society of Chinese Artists and the
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  • 21 3 The Blood Transfusion Service Mobile Unit will be stationed at Changi Prison today from 9.30 a.m. to 12.30 P.m.
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  • Page 3 Miscellaneous
    • 89 3 At the cinema Lido: Subterfuge—l.4s, 4, 6.30, 9.15 pjn. Capitol: The Long Chase (Mand).—l.3o, 4, 6.45, 9.30 p.m. Rex: Duel of Fists (Mand.)—l.4s, 4, 6.30, 9.30 pjn. Sky: Duel of Fists (Mand.)—l.4s, 4, 6.30, 9.15 pjn. State: Cannon For Cordoba—l.4s, 4, 7, 9.30 pjn. Globe: The Snake People —1.45, 4,
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  • 366 4 h rerson Conducted by Ruth Moses, Tel: *****: -V UNESCO's 25th anniversary was celebrated in Singapore with a cocktail party at the Premier Hotel, Singapore's new Hotel Training School. The party was given by Mr. and Mrs. Kwan Sai Kheong. Mr. Kwan hosted
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  • THE VOICE OF THE PRESS
    • 231 4 What other newspapers are saying: AMERICAN AID. As a result of the US Senate's decision to slash American aid to foreign countries President Nixon will find it rather difficult to Implement his foreign policy especially with regard to his doctrine as expressed in Guam in July, 1969. The
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    • 473 4 U.S.'s BIGGEST NUCLEAR TEST. The US is going to carry out the biggest nuclear test today at 11 a.m. (US time) on Amchitka Island in the Aleutians. The explosion, which is 250 times more powerful than that of the atomic bomb which destroyed Hiroshima, is to
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    • 596 4 CHECK TUB DECADENT FAD OF KEEPING LONG nam Over the last two years, the vogue of keeping long hair has gradually become popular among young people In this country. -Almost all such long-haired youths like to wear fancy clothes, which make them look neither male nor female
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  • 375 5 I\S'- Year's deepest strikes Saigon, Tuesday American warplanes struck at North Vietnaemese airfields far above tt&demilitarized zone yesterday for the second tfrne in two days since the departure of US Defence Secretary Melvln taird. The raids, against air fields at Vinh. on the coast
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  • 302 5 Tuesdslay A swing against the Ruling Nacionalista P arty of President I Marcos was evident to- <iay from early returns ♦•to the Philippine elections afis the nation counted the final toll of a bloody campaign. National police reported r last night after polling booths
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  • 93 5 Everyone rushed to help when Lim Hock, 24, was hurt in a road accident last night His motorcycle hit a bus at the 6th mile, East Coast Road. A dozen passengers jumped from the bus, carried Mr. Lim to the roadside and rendered aid (above).
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  • 250 5 Reuter Tuesday Big Ben, the world's most famous clock, ground to a halt yesterday. The giant cast iron hands of the 115-year-old timepiece were out of action for 67 minutes when wiring left by post office engineers got caught up in its
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  • 178 5 Reuter Santiago, Tuesday Cuban Prime Minister Fidel Castro will arrive in Chile on Wednesday for a 10 to 15-day visit at the invitation of President Salvador Allende. It will be the first time in more than seven years that Prime Minister Castro has left Cuba.
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  • 226 5 Reuter New Delhi, Tuesday A team of university students and government workers was sent into the Orissa cyclone disaster area yesterday to burn thousands of rotting corpses and carcasses. The death toll from the cyclone and tidal wave which struck India's east coast 10 day
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  • 187 5 New York, Tuesday The UN General Assembly agreed yesterday to hold a full debate on attacks against diplomatic missions and personnel, including rifle shots fired into Soviet headquarters from the roof of a nearby building two weeks ago. The 131-natlon Assembly approved! the recommendation of
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  • 335 5 New Nation Foreign Service Peking, Monday The Chineselanguage version of the famed Little Red Book ot quotations from Chairman Mao Tse-Tung has become virtually unobtainable in Peking during the past week. This might have seemed less significant if it had not coincided with
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  • 149 5 Reuter Peking, Tuesday Peking's summer palace, once the tranquil lakeside residence of Chinese emperors, pulsated with the beat of African tribal music yesterday as 10,000 Chinese children were given the treat of their lives. The Chinese hosts of a current Afro-Asian table tennis championship staged an extravaganza of
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  • BEHIND THE NEWS
    • 573 6  -  VETO POWER OVER TALKS From Robert Toth UN China's entry into the United Nations, with veto power in the Security Council, is seen by some Israeli and US officials as a potential monkey wrench In the delicate Middle East peace ne?. gotlations. Peking
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    • 547 6  -  What the girls and their mothers say about sex-drug traps By Mary Lee SINGAPORE Parents have a duty to their children to keep themselves wellinformed about drug abuse. This was the opinion of several girls between 16 and 19 years old. They were commenting on a warning by
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    • 703 6  -  Peking wants Tokyo to cut relations with Taipeh first From Frederick Marks JAPAN A 400-mile stretch of the East China Sea is all that lies between southern Japan and China. But the diplomatic isolation between the two powers is a formidable obstacle which will
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    • 897 6  -  They are waiting for a new Constitution From John Pareell CAMBODIA Cambodia plays host to the Asian Parliamentary Union (APU) this month without a legislature of its own and with the Cabinet in unfettered control of both the war and civil administration. Officials say the
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    • 337 6 Agence France Presse Former French Cultural Affairs Minister Andre Malraux said in a Time magazine interview published yesterday he believed Peking and Taipeh "agreed long ago" that Taiwan would revert to Peking's control after the death of President Chiang Kai-shek. Mr. Malraux, who
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    • 31 6 J' 3 > On every Tueday and Friday we open for the nite shoppers fMi 9»3opm. Corre with the family METRO SUPREME D££ PA RTWF:NT STORE feSSTISO lis qot what you want
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  • 430 7 ...if it attacks Pakistan Reuter Islamabad, Tuesday Pakistan's special envoy Mr. Zujfikar All Bhutto returned here yesterday from three days in China and warned that India would "meet their doom" if they dared to attack Pakistan. But he said Pakistan cherished peace and would not fire
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  • 285 7 Reuter Tokyo, Tuesday Experts from four of the world's largest cities have agreed that they something in common air and water pollution, noise and nowhere to put their rubbish. The officials, representing the municipal administrations of New York, London, Chicago and Tokyo, described
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  • 47 7 New York, Tuesday.—Aspirin Is a dangerous drug which can cause intestinal hemorrhage, a Maryland university Professor warned yesterday. Professor Vernon M. Smith, a gastro-entology expert, said there was no doubt that aspirin was dangerous and that two tablets could do more harm than two cigarettes.
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  • 330 7 Reuter Paris, Tuesday President Georges Pompidou leads France in a day of homage to General. Charles de Gaulle today, a year after the founder of the Free French and Fifth French Republic died at his country home. The homage will range from
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  • 50 7 A New York hotel commissionaire points the way for one of the members of China's advance party to the UN. The six-man Chinese team had just checked into the hotel after their arrival and were on their way to the Albanian UN headquarters.
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  • 326 7 Reuter New York, Tuesday A six-man advance party of China's delegation to the United Nations arrived in New York yesterday amid tight security precautions. About 75 uniformed policemen, reinforced by more than 40 plainclothes officers, were on duty as the plane carrying the Chinese party
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  • 56 7 Hong Kong, Tuesday.— Hong Kong's new governor. Sir Murray Macletaose 1b due to arrive In the colony on November 19 to assume his governorship, a government spokesman said yesterday. A ceremonial welcome which will Include a 17gun salute Is being prepared for the 54-year-old governor, who will
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  • 228 7 Reuter London, Tuesday President Tito yesterday ended a twoday visit to Britain and announced that Prime Minister Edward Heath had accepted his invitation to visit Yugoslavia. The President, had earlier held discussions with Mr. Heath and Foreign Secretary Sir Alec DouglasHome. He told reporters at London
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  • 168 7 Reuter Amman, Tuesday King Hussein has agreed to the return of Iraqi troops to Jordan during discussions here with Dr. Abdullah AlKhodeir, Iraq's Minister of Unity, diplomatic sources said yesterday. Dr. Khodelr, who was acting as special envoy of Iraq's President Ahmed Hassan Bakr,
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  • 313 7 Reuter AFP Dublin, Tuesday Prime Minister Jack Lynch's chances of surviving a censure motion vote linked to the bloodstained crisis in Northern Ireland appeared slightly brighter yesterday as Parliament prepared for a showdown today. The fate of the Fianna Fail government lies in the
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  • 330 8 Anything that helps foster bi-lingualism is obviously a good thing. As such, the Ministry of Education's plan to start free Chinese tuition classes at three centres in January deserves active support. Efforts towards fluency of a second language among students have not produced the desired results largely
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  • 'WHISPERS' by ISPY
    • 93 8 It's good to save with the rising cost of living in Singapore, but a friend of mine almost landed up with a bad bargain. "Offered for sale at an unbelievable price cut was t.h<* crockery set," she said. "I was all set to grab it when
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    • 107 8 The taxi-drivers who have been anchoring themselves outside Telok Ayer Basin Gate 4, have become extremely disgruntled. It is only one sailor in ten from the USS Enterprise who boards a taxi. All the others walk into town via Shenton Way or Robinson Road. "They've become
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    • 52 8 The dynamic chairman of the Consumer Assocla- tlon of Singapore (CASE), Dr. Henry Ong, leaves on Friday for a three-week stay in Britain where he will study the latest developments on the consumer front In the meanwhile, the first issue of the association's journal, CASE REPORT, is
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  • 1059 8  -  GERALD de CRUZ One of the phrases that I dislike intensely Is "the permissive society." Everything that we think 1 Is wrong, or disturbing, or which erodes our valuesystem, Is blamed on "the permissive society." The ohrase suggests that
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  • Letters
    • 299 8  -  FOO KIA JUAH I refer to the article in New Nation on October 28 under the heading, "We must refrain from actions which will arouse suspicions of our intentions." In his article, Mr. Jackie Sam writes: "A Singaporean travelling through Indonesia almost Inevitably finds himself asked
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    • 206 8 Referring to Mr. Palmer's reply (New Nation, November 2) tendering his apo- logy for RTS newsreader's pronunciation slips, I would like to suggest that RTS, being Singapore's official organ, should not allow young announcers who are c-.aaictect to the habit of speaking (or reading) English with "slippery"
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    • 115 8  -  DAVID ANG The road from the junction of Jalan Bukit Merah to Henderson Roaa is in' a very bad condition. Travelling in a bus along this road is like riding a sampan in a rough sea. Some pits are about five to seven feet wide and
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    • 144 8  -  MISS CHAN LOY CHAN Public Relations Of fleer, Public Health Dtririon, Singapore. I refer to the letter (N.N. October 20) by V.N. Mahtani on the subject "Pine Over Utter." A total of four premises were tlcketted on the same morning for similar offences. The writer
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    • 151 8 Bus service No. 71 of ABB Co. operating between Geylanf and Sembawang Circus should ndt be allowed to deviate into Jalan Woodbridge. These buses are always racing along thl s narrow, winding stretch either fully packed like sardine cans auring peak hours or practically empt/ during
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    • 68 8 Write to The Editor, New Nation, Locked Bag 15, GPO, Singapore, 1. I 7Si EC w v &folioge plonts, fruit trees, flower pott fertilizers etc' We undertake to plant trees, flowers i grass in your homes gardens iSBS HOLLAND NURSERY 75, *Vt «J. HOLLANO ROAD, SINGAPORE 10. TEL: 631 061
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  • Page 8 Miscellaneous

  • Green grows the city
    • 712 9  -  By Tan Chung Lee Ever wondered why tree-planting is fast becoming a national pastimef The answer, lies In' the faqt that trees hkve an aesthetic as wtll as utilitarian value. Tree and shrub foliage combat sir and dust pollution by purifying the air in
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    • 405 9 The type of treellned avenues some see only In tourist brochures are right here In tropical Singapore if only one cares to look for them. Usually, because of traffic and other distractions, one tends to concentrate at eye-level and at artifacts and other commercialia than at
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    • 675 9 The worldwide battle against drugs is anything but new. Time and again, nations have got together to combat their cultivation, manufacture and sale, as well as addiction to them. Even now when the world has become more alert to the menace, and Information is
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    • 718 9  -  By Betty Khoo Nowdays you are lucky if you have a garden the size of a postage stamp in your front. yard, and perhaps a slightly bigger strip at the back. If you have one then you can participate In the annual tree planting
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  • SHOPPING
    • 518 10 A COMPACT refrlgerator has invaded many offices, bars, hotel rooms and even living rooms. And no wonder. Because this versatile, economical and practical little wonder not only fits into any setting but has room enough to store drinks for a party or food for
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  • TREND
    • 188 11 The Melbourne Cup Is the biggest horse-racing event In Australia. But the horses aren't the only traes that draw the crowd's attention. Melbourne's fashion writers and editors made their annual pilgrimage to the race-track at Flemlngton last week to get design ideas or gossip
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    • 517 11  -  Discipline falters and on goes 21b. RUTH MOSES I jumped on the scales this morning at the end of my second week of Operation Weight Loss and to my horror and distress, two of my precious lost pounds. had been regained. How? Well, to begin with,
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    • 345 11 Pennsylvania, Tuesday Should women be ordained priests? No, according to Anglican Bishop C. K. Myers of California. He said: "The male image about God pertains to the divine initiative in creation. Initiative is in itself a male rather than a female attribute. The sexuality of Christ Is
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  • BUSINESS AND FINANCE
    • 261 12 United Press International New York, Tuesday Stock declined in slow trading yesterday. There was little in the news budget to account for the setback, and it appeared investors were waiting for postfreeze economic decisions. Mr. Lcuien Hooper, analyst for WJS. Hutton and Company,
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    • 199 12 Reuter London, Tuesday The market closed quietly steady after fluctuating narrowly around opening levels. Sources cited Wall Street's continued weakness and threat of an all-out toolroom strike in the Midlands for lack of investor interest. At 1500 hrs the Financial Times Index was
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    • 173 12 r>i^| Am Branda Am Can AT T A A P AMMAdfc Bath Steal Caterp Tiu 40^1 Chryaler Coea-CoU 113 Control Data Corn oi WJu 174* Dom Cham E Kodak Ford Mot Oaa Dyaam- Oan Elac Oan Foods Ganaral Mot 79* OTE 29* Goodyear Oulf OU IBM Int
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    • 96 12 KUCHXNG, Tues. More and more American businessmen are becoming Interested in investing in Malaysia, a United States commercial attache said yesterday. Mr. Cornells Jhan Goinga, Commercial Attache of the ÜB. embassy In Kuala Lumpur, said American exports to Malaysia for 1970 were more than three times
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    • 1204 12 TRENDS AND MOVES IN THE MAJOR STOCK EXCHANGE COUNTERS 1979-1971 High Low 1 wk. ago 4 wks •f* Stock Clestaj Bayer I Wee i 0«iei» hut sale DhrMP/ETnrnYleld Ratio Orer INDUSTRIALS 2.93 1J0 2.80 3.32 1.75 346 4.00 1.74 3.82 3.42 231 3.58 8.10 1.58 8 45
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    • 196 12 A Singapore refinery is encouraging all Its employees to submit proposals for safety measures In efforts to maintain its good industrial safety record. "Cash awards are offered to all those who come out with novel suggestions," said the Safety Offl6er, Mr. Thomas
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    • 130 12 The Moscow Narodny Bank will open Its SlngaSre premises sited at the dustrlal and Commercial Bank, ground floor, on Wednesday November 24. A reception to mark the opening will be held at the Shangri-La Hotel where the bank will host members of the business and banking
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    • 152 12 The Asian Development Bank has approved a loan of US$l3.4 million to Malaysia for construction of a section of the Kuala Lum-pur-Karak Highway on Federal Route 2. Federal Highway Is the only direct route which links the east and west coast. The loan
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    • 83 12 American Express reports Increased sales in the travel division and travellers cheques despite reports that the uncertain currency situation might curb overseas travel. This was stated by the chairman and chief executive officer, Mr. Howard Clark, when releasing the nine-month earnings figures for the company. Consolidated net
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    • Business Abroad
      • 104 12 LIMA, Tues. Ninety six developing nations asked the United States yesterday to revoke the ten per cent surcharge on imports from all the third world countries. The request, made by the Group of 77 which represents 1600 million of the world's poorest people
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      • 68 12 TOKYO: The US Treasury Secretary Mr. John Connally comes to Tokyo today with demands that Japan sharply raise the price of its currency, and take other steps to help stem the outflow dollars from the United States. Tokyo newspapers, calling his visit "Typhoon Connally," predicted that Prime
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      • 70 12 JAKARTA: Indonesia's rice production is expected to reach 12.75 million tons this year, 250,000 tons above the planned target, according to an Agriculture Ministry official. Mr. Mashud Wlrjasapu- tra, the ministry secretarygeneral, told a meeting of ministry officials in East Java on Saturday the target
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      • 67 12 BRUSSELS: The United States has warned the European Common Market against setting up discriminatory trade agreements with nations not becoming "ull members of the market, the US. mission to the Community announced yesterday. The warning was made public as the foreign ministers of the common
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      • 67 12 rJwP k< >NG: a huge oil ff c^ tlng more than US$25O million will be built on Lamma island flf the Hong Kong government approves an application wSSI S 6 SheU Company of Hong Kong. If built, the refinery will be one of the largest
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      • 52 12 TOKYO:- A three-man mission from Nippon Steel Japan's biggest steel producer, left for Peking yesterday to reopen China! 16 8 8 relattons was barred irom the Chinese market Jy year because of its invdlvement in the private Japan-Nationalist Chinese co-operation com--s*2®*; The mission would days
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      • 39 12 The Austra2S2uSOTenunent *lll send a gf" 1 J° Asia a restrictions on the a £^f XtUe llnport rom the region into the Australian market The mission was expected to be in Hong Kong before Christmas g
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    • 210 12  -  From V.K. Chin Kuala Lumpur, Tuesday Mr. James Morgan, chairman of Stenhouse Leow (Pte) Limited, a local firm of insurance brokers, will arrive in Singapore today to visit his office. Stenhouse Leow was formed in June 1971. a merger between Stenhouse International of the
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    • 161 13 UP... This dramatic action picture by New Nation photographer Brian Culley shows Royal Brass (No. 11), ridden by Miss Tlbbatts overtaking pacemaker Pretty Dolly at the last hurdle to clear away for an easy win In the hurdles race at Bukit Timah on Saturday. The picture
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    • 991 13 From Blue Peter A half brother to the celebrated Daryl's Joy, winner of the Victorian Derby and now In the United States, will make his debut at the forthcoming Selangor Turf Club November meeting which begins on Saturday. He Is Djebel Druse. DJebel Druse
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    • 228 13 London, Tuesday England's Test wic-ket-keeper Alan Knott is on the dole, according to the Sunday Mirror. The paper says he queues at an employment exchange every week to pick up about $lOB.BO benefit. Knott said last night: "It might sound odd to some people, but
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    • 176 13 John Arlott, that superb cricket broadcaster, has written a book about Fred Trueman (Fred: Portrait of a Fast Bowler. Published by Eyre and Spottiswoode). The book has Just been reviewed by Sir Neville Cardim, who was enthralled oy by some of the writing. As
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    • 64 13 Colombo, Tuesday—Official approval has been given to the Ceylon Cricket Control Board to go ahead with plans for the proposed tour of Ceylon by the Pakistan national team at the end of this month. A sports ministry spokesman said yesterday that Ceylon's Ministry of Defence
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    • 79 13 Pennsylvania, Tuesday.— A central Pennsylvania man claimed a world record in long distance soaring on Sunday at State College. Karl Striedick, 34, took off from a field behind his mountain top home five miles from here in a fibre glass sailplane, flew 275 miles to Narrows, Virginia, 40'
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    • 349 13 United Press International New York, Tuesday The Oakland Raiders backed in Into sole possession of first place in the West while the Pittsburgh Steelers moved smartly into a tie with the Cleveland Browns in the Central division on Sunday in the key games in the
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    • 238 14 FOOTBALL London, Tuesday Asa Hartford, the 177,000 pound West Bromwlch Albion footballer whose transfer to Leeds United was cancelled at the weekend because of a heart condition, will know today what the future holds for him when a specialist's report is made public. Leeds called
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    • 143 14 London, Tuesday Chelsea striker Tommy Baldwin notched a hat-trick as his London club cruised into the quarterfinals of the Football League Cup last night with a 6-0 win oyer Bolton Wanderers in their fourth round replay. John Hollins got two goals, one of them from the penalty
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    • 395 14 Arrangements are now being made for sporting meets between local teams and the crew from the US Navy nuclear powered aircraft carrier, the USS Enterprise. Even before the arrival of the Enterprise on Saturday. the United States Information Service had been making enquiries and
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    • 187 14 Paris, Tuesday China reached the finals of both the men's and women's team events at the French International table tennis championships here yesterday. Although the Chinese, appearing in France for the first time since 1965, are fielding only their second best team, they
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    • 160 14 Reuter London, Tuesday Europe's first fullsize synthetic turf soccer pitch, laid in a park in north London, was ceremonially opened yesterday. The 100 metres by 64 metres pitch, which cost 190,000 sterling, has a surface of tough, grass-like nylon blades. At yesterday's opening it looked in
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    • 60 14 Perth, Tuesday. Two Perth soccer teams claim to have set a world soccer marathon playing record of 20 hours 37 minutes. Perth City beat Olympic 76-68 in the match, which started .here oh Friday. The teams had 10 minute breaks between 45-minutes sessions to beat the record
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    • 31 14 Bangkok. Tuesday— South Korea, the defending champions, were held to a surprise 2-2 draw by Malaysia last night, on the second day of the fourth King's Cup soccer tournament.
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    • 148 14 Favourites Ten, Jack, Queen, King snatched the lead in the Esso Bowling League after trouncing lowly United IV 4-0 at Jackie's Orchard over the weekend. Last week's league leaders, One Plus Five, gave away their top spot when they suffered a shock 4-0 defeat to the
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    • 44 14 New York, Tuesday.—Each Pittsburgh Pirate will receive U5518,164 for the world series victory. The Pirates, who defeated San Francisco in four games in the playoffs, scored a seven-game upset over Baltimore in the series. Baltimore's individual shares came to U5513,906.46.
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    • 131 14 Columbus, Ohio, Tuesday World heavyweight champion Joe Frazier said here yesterday that a return bout with former champ Muhammad All (Cassieus Cla?) would probably not take place until 1973 or even 1974. "Legal and financial problems" seemed likely to rule out the idea of a return
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    • 37 14 London, Tuesday.— Britain's Danny McAlinden defeated Dick Gosha of Chicago, 111., last night when the referee stopped their heavyweight fight in the ninth of a scheduled 10 rounds to save the American unnecessary punishment.
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    • 403 15 From Blue Peter Sinwachuan did a splendid gallop on the t>and here this morning. With Wadi Ahmad astride Sinwachuan strode out fluently over 3f in 38 2/5. Due to heavy rain yesterday, the going was heavy and all gallops were done on the sand. It's
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    • 310 15 Follow the horses marked with a Misty Anne fot in front early from Robin Star and Leader. Robin Star hit the front at the home turn and drew away to win as he liked from the fast finishing Leader. j imi —■mi m —i—' ii i
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    • 154 15 Tokyo, Tuesday The topsy -1 ur v y Asian men's basketball championship swung firmly in Japan's favour as the host nation stunned the Philippines with a one-sided 93-69 victory. The result left Japan as the only unbeaten team, hoping for a victory over South Korea in
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    • 338 15 United Press International New York, Tuesday New Zealander Bob Charles, watching a stiff wind whip the flags of 46 nations in a circle around the 18th green, had a warning yesterday for golfers unaccustomed to the *>GA National Golf Club's tricky east course at Palm Beach
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    • 196 15 United Press International London, Tuesday The International Yacht Racing Union (IYRU) yesterday recommended the restriction of entries at future international events to help ease problems of organisation. The recommendation was made by the permanent committee of the IYRU which began week-long policy discussions at the Royal Thames
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    • 299 15 Reuter Melbourne, Tuesday The Australian Lawn T e. n n i s Association hopes to promote a circuit in South-East Asia within the next few years to counter waning interest at home. Singapore has not been considered for inclusion in the circuit. Association president
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    • 147 15 The preliminary round of the third annual Police-Military sepak takraw tournament will begin at the Police Academy on December 3 at 7.30 p.m. The participating teams are, Vigilante Corps, Armed Forces,# Police, and the Special Constabulary. The finals will be held at the Mountbatteg
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    • 208 15 Keval Singh of EuroRep won the United Overseas Bank men's Inter-Bank open Individual big walk title over nine miles on Sunday. Keval clocked lhr 40min 29.8 sec In the annual walk from the UOB head office at Cecil Street, to Mountbatten Road and back.
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    • 39 15 The Singapore Island Country Club division "C" and "D" medal stroke competitions will be played on Saturday. The "D" medal will be teed-off over the Slme course while the "C" medal will be over the new course.
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    • 35 15 Pretoria, South Africa, Tuesday—Tiger Lance, the former South African Test player, took six wickets for 55 runs yesterday to. help Northern Transvaal beat Griqualand West in a Currie Cup section "B" match here.
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    • 126 16 It is no longer necessary to travel to the Jurong Bird Park to catch a glimpse of our beautiful feat he red friends. Just pick up a matchbook. A beautiful set of matchbooks depicting scenes from the Jurong Bird Park have been created by Mr.
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    • 90 16 An electrically-operated kneejolnt for artificial legs —believed to be the first of its kind—has been developed by a technical team at Calgary's General Hospital in Canada. The Canadian Association of Occupational Therapists was told this week that a 24-year-old patient whose leg was
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    • 54 16 AH FOOK: Why should policemen be given priority to buy the three-room HDB flats? Citizens of Singapore should be treated in the same way. MEI LIN: I think there Is no policeman staying In your block. Two police officers are staying in my block and as a result
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    • 83 16 Miss Jenny Foo, 20, has practically seen all four corners of the world but only in pictures. As secretary of a photographic service firm, Jenny handles all the correspondence and pictures the firm is assigned. "It is very interesting. Not only do I meet a lot
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    • 219 16 When Professor Ken Henry rattled his ring of keys in the glass container, two mice ran around the cage wildly and then collapsed. One died and one huddled nervously. The experiment conducted in Davis, California, was part of a study to determine if
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    • 495 16 PROJECT TO MAKE OIL FROM WASTE In the year 2,000 a motorist will pull up to a service station and an- attendant may fill his tank with petrol produced from animal wastes. The possibility is not remote. Scientists at the US Bureau
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