New Nation, 10 November 1971

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  • 18 1 NEW NATION SINGAPORE Wednesday evening, November 10, 1971 No. 254 Price 15 cents ————rr— SINGAPORE WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBU 10
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  • 14 1 Police reported 60 accidents yes t er da y. Four were serious.
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  • 96 1 The share market was moderately active this morning. Prices were tending to move up marginally. A United Press International report that the Slater Walker group is seeking permission to have Haw Par listed in the London Stock Exchange was confirmed by an official announcement (by Haw Par)
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  • 66 1 Rome, Wednesday—Frogmen are plumbing the depths of thr Tyrrhenian Sea in search of bodies following yesterday's crash of an RAF Hercules C-130 transport plane. The plane was ferrying 46 Italian paratroopers and six British airmen to a Joint exorcise in Sardinia when it crashed Into the
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  • 50 1 LATE NEWS Phnom Penh, Wednesday. —Communist gunners today mounted a major rocket attack on the International airport just outside the city, damaging two helicopters and disrupting all international communication links. A high command spokesman said about 50 big 122 mm rockets fell in and around the airport.
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  • 325 1 Aim-is to stop rift New Nation Foreign Service Paris, Wednesday Indian Prime Minister Mrs. Indira Gandhi yesterday volunteered to meet President Yahya Khan, but insisted that the East Pakistan crisis could be settled only by direct talks between the region's elected representatives and the
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  • 316 1 Reuter New York, Wednesday President Nixon said last night that the world would become more unstable with the threat of war greatly Increased unless Congress restored the foreign and military aid programme killed by the Senate last month. Speaking at a Republican Party
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  • 23 1 T oration, Wednesday. British Foreign Secretary. Sir Alec Douglas-Home, will &to Salisbury on Sunday talks on the Rhodeslan Independence dispute.
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  • 127 1  -  By Pang Cheng Lian A typical scene at a local hairdressers? No, it is the barber shop in the Tungfang Guesthouse In Canton.. And having her long tresses washed between hectic pro* grammes is Wee Ling, the daughter of Mr. Wee Cho Taw, leader
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  • 228 1 Clerk's note: be gone by the time you read this' The acting Pakistan High Commissioner, Mr. M.S. Islam, believes that defector Mr. Ali Ahmad, 39, a former cipher assistant of the Commission, has left Singapore. Mr. Islam told New Nation this morning: "I do not know where
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  • 194 1 United Press International Washington, Wednesday The United States has not agreed in principle to the neutralisation of South East Asia, a State Department spokesman said yesterday. Spokesman Charles W. Bray told newsmen that reports from Malaysia that the US haa agreed in principle to
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  • 162 1 The New Nation selfservice experiment has proved a big success helped in no measure by public honesty, of course. After two days' trial, there was no shortage of money, except in one place. In fact there were extra coins at the other five. The
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  • 39 1 Tokyo, Wednesday A Japanese labour union yesterday filed a suit sgalnst the government for entering Into a textile agreement with the united States. It charged that the agreement deprives the workers of their lawful right to work.
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  • 351 2  -  Tradition one of the reasons By Elisabeth Choo The extended family w Ire re parents live together with their married children poses a problem for the local family planning programme, according to experts here. They say there are many people, especially those In the lower Income
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  • 137 2 The BP Refinery Is offering its employees cash awards for suggestions on safety measures. The first two winners Mr. Hee Ah Kow and Mr. Koh Keow Hin received their awards at a ceremony yesterdav. Mr. CJf. McCoU, the refinery manager who handed over the
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  • 22 2 The Blood Transfusion Service Mobil Unit will be stationed at Jalan Teck Whye Camp today from 2 to 4 p.m.
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  • 250 2  -  By Herbert Teo A religious convention now going on In Singapore has decided to boost a programme of reaching young people through mass media and visual aids to prevent drug abuse throughout Asia. More than 100 delegates attending the week-long convention of the Seventhday
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  • 211 2  -  By Ng Foo Ngok Koala Lumpur, Wednesday About 800 medical practitioners in West Malaysia will be submitting their applications for Annual Practising Certificates (APC) this month. In a circular, the Ministry of Health reminded medical practitioners that the closing date for applications for certificates for
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  • 79 2 Brussels, Wednesday. High level talks here yesterday failed to resolve the last Dig problem in long-drawn-out negotiations over entry to the Common Market for Britain, Ireland, Denmark, and Norway. Foreign ministers from the six- market member countries and the four candidates could not agree on the
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  • 35 2 Mr. Nf Yeow Chong, the MP for Mountbatten, will open a "walkathon" organised by the Owlllernard Bngllih School advisory Board on Bund*y at 7 ajn. to raise money for Its Bchool Building Project Fund.
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  • 196 2 The third phase of the East Coast land reclamation scheme reclaiming 160 acres from Tanjong Rhu to the mouth of the Singapore River is how visibly taking shape. Passers-by along Nicoll Highway can now see a small mole at low tidemarking off the
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  • 34 2 The Singapore Buddhist Youth Mission will celebrate the birthday of Buddha at its premises in Lorong 33, Geylang, on Sunday. A vegetarian lunch will be served between noon and 2 p.m.
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  • 29 2 The Singapore Malay Youth Library will hold a two-day fair on December 4 and 5 at Telok Kurau Secondary School to raise funds for its welfare services.
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  • 315 2 When the 5,000 sailors from the nuclear carrier USS Enterprise stepped ashore during the weekend, th e ir womenfolk too had a Held day. Almost 200 of their wives flew out on charter flight to join their husbands on a bonanza Christmas
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  • 240 2  -  By V.K. Chin Koala Lumpur. Wednesday The Federal Agricultural Marketing Authority (FAMA) AuJoln fishermen and. fish dealers' associations to form a $5 million company to look after the marketing and processing aspects of the Industry. The company, to be known as the Malaysian Fish
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  • 115 2 An American couple are glad they are In Singapore right now. For Mr- and Mrs. William Chlsholm (above) this is an ideal city to spend our we ddlng anniversary." "We are really pleased to be here," said Mr. Chlsholm, who is a member of the
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  • 158 2 The Government is to build two dental clinics In outlying rural areas. Construction work is expected to begin shortly on the existing outpatient dispensaries in Jal a n Kayu and Somapah Village. Each costing about $30,000, the clinics will be the first
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  • 72 2 About 200 workers of Starlight Wig Manufacturers Pte. Ltd. are now unemployed with the recent closure of the factory. The factory at the New Industrial Road, off Paya Lebar, was started in 1969 to manufacture wigs for export. A spokesman for the factory said: "Our
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  • 67 2 There were 4511 accounts opened last month with the Postal Savings Bank, bringing the total number of depositors to a new high of 552,118. During the month, deposits exceeded withdrawals by $1.2 million, bringing the total sum standing to the credit of depositors to a record
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  • Page 2 Miscellaneous
    • 165 2 Temperatures in world cities yesterday: Taipei 79-72 Hong Kong 80-69 Seoul 72-45 Tokyo 55-41 Bangkok 91-74 Jakarta 88-77 Manila 81-73 Naha 78-64 Kuala Lumpur 88-72 London 48-39 Paris 46-36 San Francisco 65-43 New York 43-5*7 Montreal 30-20 Sydney 61-51 Melbourne 64-53 Canberra 60-44 Brisbane 86-57 Adelaide 62-52 Perth 60-55 Darwin
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    • 114 2 At the cinema Lido: Hotel Esquire (Mana.) 1.45, 4, 6.30, $.15 pjn. Capitol: The Long Chase (Mand.) UO, 4, 6.45, 930 pjn. Rex: Duel of Fists (Mand.) 1.45, 4, 630, 930 pjn. Sky: Duel of Fists (Mana.) 1.45, 4, 630, 9.15 pjn. Boxy: Duel of Fists (Mand.) 1.45, 4.15, 7.
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  • 412 3  -  By Abby Tan He calls himself an ABC. Australian born Chinese, that is. When Mr. Albert Cumiijes rose to speak at the opening ceremony of the Australian Industrial Trade Display at the Shangri-la Hotel on Monday, he not only spoke in English
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  • 161 3 Vehicles on the roads in Singapore are continuing to increase. A total of 689,480 were registered by the end of August. This showed a rise of more than 34,000 vehicles between August 1970 and August this year. Of the total figure, 151,891 were
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  • 350 3 Picture One: One of my first sights in China —a quotation of Chairman Mao Tse-tung painted in bright, eyecatching red. The words read: People of the world, unite and defeat the US aggressors and all their running dogs! The building new and apparently
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  • 152 3 An exhibition on carreers at sea will be held next month to give local youths the opportunity to learn more about this field. The one-week exhibition from Dec. 4 to 10 will be held at the Raffles institution grounds. Mr. Yong Nyuk Lin, Minister
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  • 55 3 Tokyo, Wednesday An earthquake believed caused by America's nuclear testing at Amchltka last Sunday was recorded in Japan on Monday, the meteorological agency said yesterday. The force of the tremor as registered In Japan was so weak that It even did not make one on the Japanese scale
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  • 31 3 Professor 8. 8. Ratnam of the Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Kandang Kerbau Hospital, will speak on Research and the Community at the Rotary Club of Singapore luncheon today.
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  • 90 3  -  By PANG CHENG LIAN New Nation special writer Pang Cheng Lian has returned from a 19-day visit to China. She covered more than 3000 miles, visited six cities and spoke to Chinese from all walks of life. including interviews with Peking officials. In Monday's New Nation, she begins
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    • 122 3 Join the DECCfI Sound Business Stereo Records-Stereo Minicassettes and Stereo Bcartridges -Decca Special Equipment including pick-up heads and arms Record players-speakers. Now available: Wagner operas on Decca DasßheingoM London, Flagstad, SvanhoJm, Neidlinger, Kuen and cast OSi' M 7 DieWalkure Nilsson, Hotter, Crespin, King, Ludwig, Frick and cast OSIT HI Siegfried
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    • 108 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
    • 312 4 Conducted by Ruth Moses, Tel: *****1 THE MIKADO Restaurant was ablaze with red lanterns and alive with music for the Singapore Records Association's cecond anniversary celebrations. The association is Chinese, comprising members of the Chinese recording industry, Chinese record dealers and promoters of
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  • THE VOICE OF THE PRESS
    • 693 4 WILL WE BECOME "UGLY SINGAPOREANS"? —Many years ago, the world nicknamed American people "Ugly Americans." Later on. the term "Ugly Japanese" came to be used. It Is perhaps since last year that some people have warned us to be careful and make timely correction lest we will
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    • 567 4 AN ANALYSIS OF THE VOTING ON THE TWO v RESOLUTIONS It may be interesting and significant to analyse the results of the voting on the defeated US resolution and Albanian resolution which was adopted by a majority vote. In opposing the US resolution and supporting the
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  • 248 4 Reuter Rio de Janeiro, Wednesday A police detective being tried here in his absence for murder was believed to have led an armed gang that yesterday hijacked a Black Maria and its eight prisoners—all prosecution, witnesses against him. The hijacking bore all the marks of
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  • BEHIND THE NEWS
    • 428 6  -  Aim is to please China From a Special Writer la Tokyo JAPAN A frantic desire to please China and an economic recession are causing Japan to make huge cuts in its defence spending plans. The rise of "anti" militarism received yet another boost last week. The
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    • 486 6  -  From S. M. Ali THAILAND Thailand's Foreign Minister* Mr. Thanat Khoman, denied yesterday that this month's ASEAN meeting in Kuala Lumpur could seelr a common front In relation to China. "I must say categorically that the ASEAN meeting is not aimed
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    • 1024 6  -  SOME STAKE BIG MONEY BUT IT'S ALL TOUGH GOING From John Hoffman MALAYSIA Malaysians and foreigners are staking big money on calculations that thfere is oil in the waters around Sabah and minerals in its mountains, so the news that four more copper prospectors
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    • 176 6  -  From a Special Writer in Hong Kong CHINA At least 18,000 Chinese, mostly under 30, escaped from China into Hong Kong during the annual "season" which officially ended last week (by lunar calendar, midway through the month of the ninth Moon). The total number
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    • 902 6  -  Suharto's inner circle in control From Pakir Singh INDONESIA Despite the elections last July, the appointment of technocrats in the Indonesian cabinet, the convening of Parliament and the utilisation of civilians in the Sekbar Golkar, the court of President Suharto is still very much
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  • 190 7 United Press International London, Wednesday i Mr. Lee Kuan Yew spent yesterday in a round of varied talks, including meetings with tine Deputy Prime of Malaysia, potential British investors in Singapore and the Socialist International political group. A spokesman said the prime minister spoke
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  • 330 7 action by Mrs. B Reuter Colombo, Wednesday Ceylon's Prime-Min-ister Mrs. S, Bandaranaike yesterday pre* sented a fivs*year plan to Parliament against the background of what she called "a social and economic crisis unparalleled in the history of modern Ceylon." Mrs. Bandar an alke, who
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  • 182 7 United Press International Washington, Wednesday Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman William Fulbright said yesterday that he may oppose any military assistance foreign aid bill unless the Nixon administration explains why it is pouring money into South Vietnam's Asian neighbours. "It seems the administration intends to stay
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  • 267 7 Reuter New York, Wednesday The UN General Assembly today approved, by a vote of 109 to 2, a draft resolution expressing grave indignation and concern at the maltreatment and torture of opponents to apartheid in South Africa. South Africa and Portugal voted against
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  • 60 7 Belfast, WednesdaySnipers shot and killed a British soldier yesterday while he was doing routine observation post duty in Londonderry's Bogside Catholic slum district. An army spokesman said the soldier was the 36th to be killed in Northern Ireland since British troops were moved into the troubled province
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  • 33 7 London, Wednesday. The Australian and British Prime Ministers, Mr. McMahon and Mr. Heath, yesterday discussed the effect that Britain's membership of the European Common Market may have on some .Australian commodities.
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  • 201 7 Reuter London* Wednesday Miss United Kingdom, Marilyn Ann Ward, 22, is the eve-of-poll favourite of today's Miss World contest. One big London bookmaker made her an eight to one favourite, while another put the odds of her winning at nine to one. Miss USA. 20-year-old student
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  • 82 7 The first pile was driven in over a year ago and now the $1.6 million "floating" restaurant at Kalian? is taking shape. Owned by the Oasis Theatre Restaurant and Nightclub, the structure stands on 541 specially constructed piles which carry three octagonal-shaped singly-storey buildings. They
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  • 156 7 United Press International London, Wednesday Paul McCartney has made it official, that he is launching his own version of the Beatles, including his American wife Linda. After weeks of rumours in the pop music set and trade journals, McCartney announced the launching of his
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  • 295 7 United Press International New York, Wednesday Communist China's first delegation to the United Nations since it unsuccessfully fought to avoid condemnation as an aggressor in 1950 will arrive in New York, 46 strong, tomorrow, it was announced yesterday. The United Nations released a
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  • 245 7 Reuter London, Wednesday A code of good practice and fair trading has been agreed between European shipowners and ship-users to ensure the continued efficiency of their industry and to shortcircuit any governmental moves to control their operations, it was disclosed here yesterday. > They
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    • 87 7 4 Shows Daily: 1.30, 4.00, 6.30 9.15 p.m. "XATCH-22' says many things that nood to ho said again and again! Alan Arkin's performance as Yossarian is groat!" Jnwah Morgenstern, —NEWSWEEK. •5 V•i: >? A ift .VWbWVWWWWVWUS TOMORROW'S DRAW NO:S9/71 FIRST GROUP CASH JACKPOT IS 5 II ii in Wi- be
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  • 437 8 The official confirmation by India that its troops have intruded into East Pakistan to carry out a punitive mission against Pakistan's artillery deployments is one of several recent portents that the situation is now dangerously close to war. Though Mrs. Gandhi said in New York
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  • 137 8 I fl I by ISPY I notice that no one has taken up the lead from Malaysia in defining what is and what is not long hair. A letter from a New Nation reader recently cited a front page newspaper photograph as an example of a youth being
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  • 1043 8  -  DICK WILSON Most people have never heard of UNCTAD, the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development. It Is perhaps no surprise, therefore, that the Republic of Singapore has seen virtually nothing in Its press about the
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  • Letters
    • 276 8  -  W. JAMES Recently my wife and I had the pleasure of visiting Singapore for 16 days—our first visit. We were Impressed by so many facets of Singapore that I feel I have to express my appreciation of a most enjoyable holiday. We travelled MSA economy class
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    • 145 8 Cinema patrons are reminded by a warning notice in the theatre that it is an offence to litter Inside the cinema hall. How many patrons have heeded this warning? Very few to judge by the rubbish seen scattered all over the place after a cinema show.
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    • 207 8  -  JOHN AU SU BONG I share the unnerving telephone experience described by Mr. Xavier Pang in New Nation (November 2). It concerned a law firm which was not listed in the telephone book and which took over the telephone number and also the office premises
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    • 76 8  -  GOH TONG HONG I refer to Mr. Andrew Chan's complaint (New Nation October 8) of rudeness of yellow-topped taxi drivers. As a check made in my Investigation Section shows that no complaint in connection with the writer's letter has so far been received, I will
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    • 278 8 The Government deserves full credit for the CPF increased rates, resulting in 20 per cent of the employees' monthly salary to be put aside for retirement—being 10 per cent compulsory contribution by the employers and the remaining 10 per cent by thfe employees. This insures that an
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    • 79 8 During the month-long "Keep Singapore Clean" campaign, your paper indeed played an effective role by informing us of the daily campaign activities. Miss Elizabeth Choo's special write-ups were quite outstanding, and appreciated. It was an excellent performance by your paper. I feel Miss Choo deserves
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    • 41 8 Write to The Editor, New Nation, Locked Bag 15, GPO, Singapore, 1. Gifts Far AH Occasions- STERLING SILVER, LPJLS. WARE CRYSTAL WARE NKH CLASS WATCHES MAMONO I GEM SET EMMEMEITIIMS, VEHllfi Kill, ETEMI7Y BIR6S LANKA JEWELLBS (The House for Ceylon Genu)
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  • Page 8 Miscellaneous

  • 2623 9  -  Viewers' complaints show ignorance of difficulties Jackie Sam and Edgar Koh take a look behind the scenes at TV Singapore. Jackie Sam, Edgar Koh The way Television Singapore gets knocked about happens to no other government outfit. Going by the complaints that appear all
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  • SHOWBIZ
    • 947 10  -  SIGHT AND SOUND EDGAR KOH EDGAR KOH RTS Talentime 1971 which moves into semifinals next week has met with strong view-' era' criticisms since it started in July. Besides the usual charges by those insufferable "documentary watchers" that the amateur talent contest N
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    • 209 10  -  PETER ONG The next time you visit the Marco Polo nightclub down at Clemenceau Avenue, be prepared to burst your sides with laughter. For the very moment American Johnny Aiftrfdln, entertainer, Houdinl, hypnotist and comedian all rolled into one, walks on stage, he's bound
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    • 149 10  -  PETER ONG Mandy -St. Clair (right) started enjoying life pretty early. At 18, she was already stripping at a club in suburban Sydney every night. She's been peeling off her clothes and wriggling on stage vever since. Now she's
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    • 715 10  -  Musicians come and go, groups form and split By Peter Ong About the only thing that is certain about* music business Is its uncertainty. Musicians come and go. Groups form and split. It's a sad, sad, tale. Sad because we see so many good groups break
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    • 461 10  -  MERRY ANDREW Shura Cherkassky will be playing an operatic fantasy in his piano recital at the Victoria Theatre on Sunday which is by Franz von Liszt and entitled "Reminiscences de Don Juan." It is based on Mozart's famous opera "Don Giovanni."
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    • 265 10 Britain's top rock group, Led Zeppelin, may plav In Singapore sometime in January, according to their recording company's executive vice-president, Mr. Phil Rose. Mr. Rose, of Kinney Mu- sic International, which own* Warner Bros. Records Inc., Atlantic Recording Corp., and the Elektra CorpzL,
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  • TREND
    • 287 11 pattern There is always a big variety of styles for skirts and different types of skirts are used for various purposes. It Is best to know the several skirt foundations. A good line Is the most distinctive feature of a well-cut skirt.
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    • 116 11 Paris, Wednesday. Wedged between the advertisements for wo inens clothing tttv spaghetti sauce In the latest Issue of the French naf»«in«, Vogue, Is a photograph of fashion designer xrei Saint Laurent stark naked. The advertisement for Saint Laurent's Utest perfume shows him seated in shadows and wearing
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    • 86 11 This is the long stretch story. It nfluenced T shirts first of all. then eans and now every tem of clothing is itretchable. Moy a Watkins relaxes in a cottonDolyester casual dress that has long side slits. It's part of the collection from M
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    • 1128 11  -  Local beauties to be featnred in Sydney TRISH SHEPPARD "l am very glad to represent my country," says 20-year-old Lisa. But it's not so sure thai Singapore Is glad to be represented by Lisa because she is going to appear as a strip-tease
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  • FINANCE BUSINESS AND
    • 211 12 United Press International New York, Wednesday The stock market yester d a y surrendered nearly all of an early morning gain in the wake of Labour's opposition to a Pay Board vote to hold future pay Increases to about 5.5
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    • 170 12 Reuter London, Wednesday The market closed slightly firmer In fairly light trading with the Financial Times 1500 hrs index up 2.5 at 403.4. Unilever and Beechams were firm features among Industrials ahead of their respective results. Smaller gains were recorded against ICI, Dunlop and Courtaulds.
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    • 175 12 United Press International LONDON, WetL— Sweeping change# in Stater Walker, the financial and Investment group in the Par Mat and Australian investment hanking operations, were announced yesterday. Plane include reversion of the Austlm Corporation to its former name Slater Walker Australia and the return
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    • 213 12 Alll* *f% Aleaa 38% Am Brands 38% Am CU nu AT a T 42% A ft P 14* >nmaa 13* Betk Steel 34* Boeing 15% amp TTM 46% cfayoier jt% Coca-Cola iu% Control Data 39* Corn Ol Wks 178% Otm Cbsm TO% m&oat 148% Kodak 88% Pord
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    • 1219 12 TRENDS AND MOVES IN THE MAJOR STOCK EXCHANGE COUNTERS 1976-1971 1 wk. ago 4 wk*. Cleslng Priee last DMdP/ET ton. Hick U* ■I* Stock Bayers SeUeni sale Yield Rati* Over INDUSTRIALS IN 1.65 244 240 Allied Chocolate 247 248 247 54N 16.4 15 146 is 0.89* LS6
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    • 277 12  -  S. V. Suppiah In a glamorous setting at Snangri La Hotel, the Australians are showing their wares. Industrial wares, that is. The glittering ballroom of the hotel has been converted into a demonstration centre of machines and motors. Machines for packaging, motors, air-compressors,
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    • 214 12 India's technological experience could be used to uplift the economies of South-East Asia countries. ■nils is the view of Mr. 8. K. Sahgal, Joint secretary, Ministry of Industrial Development, Government of India, who os a delegate to the Asian investment promotion meeting now in session
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    • Business Abroad
      • 118 12 TOKYO, Wed. —Japanese officials appear prepared for tough talks on the International monetary crisis with United States Treasury Secretary Mr. John Connally, but U.S. officials are playing down the significance of his five-day visit wnich started last night. Government leaders met In
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      • 98 12 BANGKOK: World Bank President Mr. Robert McNamara returned to Bangkok last night after a look at the site of one of the world's most ambitious projects to tame a great river. He was flown over the site of the Pa Mong multipurpose project, which would dam
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      • 90 12 PARIS: The President of Air France yesterday signed a contract to buy six of the new European 250passenger Airbus, and predicted they will replace the French Caravelie aryl the American Boeing 727 and 737. The deal also gives Air France an option to buy 10
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      • 70 12 ROME: The United States has reassured developing nations it would continue "its role of leadership" in financial assistance despite the ÜB. Senate's halt to foreign aid and President Nixon's economic cutbacks. The Secretary of Agriculture Mr. Clifford and Hardin told some 1,000 delegates from 125
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      • 70 12 VIENTIANE: The Laotian government yesterday raised the price of petrol by 13 per cent to reinforce the value of the kip, devalued by 20 per cent on Monday. At the same time, shopkeepers began hoarding goods and prices in all markets here shot up by
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      • 55 12 TOKYO: The Ministry at International Ttade and Industry will ask the paperpulp, man-made fiber texawr petrochemical to reduce their productions, the NihonKeisai (Niddei). hiPl^ e J^f uttTiea kardesthit.by the current reces8* h S re MITI's intervention to enforce a f /®ftive production curtailment to help
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    • 316 12 Reuter BANGKOK, Wed.—Asian and Pacific nations hope to find a simple, flexible programme for promoting trade among nations in the developing areas during a nine-day meeting starting here on Friday. The meeting, to which China has been invited for the first time,
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  • SPORT
    • 44 13 Pictures by Sulaiman Ismail show three of the boxers training at the Farrer Park gymnasium yesterday. Limbering up. Ismail Darns on a heavy bag. Syed Kadir on the speedball. Sparring Ttmatl Darns (left 1 working ont with G. Ttauiifctf
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    • 1367 13  -  SOCCER SCENE WITH JEFFREY LOW This time the cry Is even louder. And the toll of dejected Singapore soccer fans has risen to a new mark after our national team was booted out of the Thai King's Pup yesterday. And so my good
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    • 871 13  -  By Robert E. Jones in New York Like so many events in American history, the heavyweight championship fight last March between Joe Fraxier and Muhammad All had the effect of ionising public opinion. Depending on where you drank or smoked, Frazier was either
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    • 856 14  -  By M. Param Thirty-five-year-old Kartar Singh, Singapore's most outstanding and extraordinary hockey player, has decided t§ remove his international shirt after playing more than 150 matches under the national colours. While younger heroes flashed across --with brief stays and faded, Kartar remained like a
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    • 109 14 London, Wednesday Jackie Turpin, nephew of Britain's former world middleweight champ ion Randy Turpin. smashed his way to a second-round knockout victory last night over A 1 Romano, billed as the welterweight champion of New England and North America. Turpin, 22, scoring his 11th straight knockout win, downed
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    • 61 14 Port Authority Recreation Club defeated Chinese Swimming Club 2-1 in the Singapore Billiard Association senior inter-club championship at the Chinese Association in McPherson Road last night. Results (PARC 1st): three-ball —Ng Liang Chiang lost to Allan Puan 293-220; four-ball—Albert Ang beat Choo Kim Chwee 300-258; snooker
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    • 37 14 Madrid, Wednesday.— European featherweight boxing champion Jose Legra of Spain will fight titleholder Antonio Gomez of Venezuela for the world crown <WBA version) in Caracas on December 11. Legra's manager announced here last night.
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    • 404 14  -  By Sonny Yap Singapore marksmen will "kill two birds with one stone" at Kuala Lumpur next month. On arrival at the Malaysian capital, the national team will compete in two regional meets. They are the Third South East Asian Shooting Championships from December 1 to 8
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    • 174 14 The National Sports Promotion Board will be organising swimming courses for beginners at the Yan Kit, Farrer Park, River Valley, Queens town and Mount Emily swimming pools. Both adults and children from seven years are eligible to Join the courses. Each course, conducted by the Board's instructors
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    • 193 15 WORLD OF SPORT i J. Tokyo, Wednesday Japan last night virtually assured itself of one of the two Asian berths in the 1972 Munich Olympic Games when it swamped Singapore 96-47 for its seventh straight victory to remain the only undefeated team in the nine nation PreOlympic
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    • 207 15 Rome, Wednesday Adri a no Panatta, Italy's young national champion, was the only local talent left yesterday after the first day of the World Championships Tennis tournament in Bologna last stop before the top eight players on the circuit toss up for a million dollars in Dallas.
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    • 119 15 Paris, Wednesday.—China completed a comfortable in the team events j n French Open table tennis championships here last night. flrat. the Chinese girls, Zhou Pao Kin and Tchang u, took a 3-1 victory over Russians Svetlana Fedorova and Asta Oedraltlte and then the men gained a
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    • 334 15 London, Wednesday Tottenham striker Martin Chivers yesterday was called up to play his fourth game in nine days when he was included in the England 12 for today's vital European Nations' Cup soccer tie against Switzerland at Wembley. Although manager Sir Alf
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    • 84 15 London, Wednesday World lightweight boxing champion Ken Buchanan has given up his British title because there is no challenger in sight who would attract the crowds >o a title fight. The Scot, who was last week named British "Sportsman of the Year," yesterday returned his Lonsdale
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    • 74 15 Singapore Island Country Club won both their matches against the People to People goodwill tour team from the United States yesterday. In the men's match, SICC won by TVfe-u, over the new course while the SICC women's team won by 3V 2 to 2y z over
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    • 99 15 New York, Wednesday.— Australia's Bruce Devlin was less than diplomatic yesterday as he teed off for a practice round on the soggy and wind swept PGA National Golf Club's east course as a prelude to the 19th World Cup golf competition. Devlin and his teammate, David Graham,
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    • 23 15 LONDON, Wednesday St. Helens beat Leigh by 13 points to four In a Rugby League floodlight competition quarterfinal match last night.
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    • 1250 15 Blue Peter's stable round-up Penang trainer TEH CHOON BENG looks set for a good meeting as he has entered a powerful string of .horses in the Selangor November meeting which begins on Saturday. The pick of his team is undoubtedly Da to and
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    • 89 15 Honf Kong, Wednesday The Hong Kong Cricket Association League XI beat Malaysia by three wickets in a one-day match here yesterday. The Malaysians gave a lack- lustre performance, dropping eight valuable catches in the early stages of the match. They batted first after winning the
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    • 34 15 Lahore, Wednesday—The programme for a proposed tour by an Asian selection is to be discussed at a meeting of the Asian Hockey Federation's executive committee later this month, it was announced yesterday.
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    • 29 15 London, Wednesday. The 1972 Wimbledon lawn tennis championships will take place at the All England Club from June 26 to July 8, the club announced lart night
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    • 242 15 From Blue Peter in Kuala Lumpur Wangganda underlined his chances in Class Three Division 1 6f handicap on Sunday when he did a smart gallop on a sand track here this morning. Ridden by Luke Kang, Wangganda was fighting for his head all the way over 3f
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    • 189 15 London, Wednesday Jackie Stewart, Britain's world motor racing champion, has signed to drive for the McLaren team in the Canadian A m e r ican sports car series next season, the McLaren organisation announced yesterday. The 32-year-old Scot will Join New Zealander Denis Hulme In
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    • 142 16 When Li Liu-shuan joined China's People's Liberation Army as a veterinary assistant he was distressed to find that there was no effective method of treating horses with constipation. According to Peking Radio, he was then Inspired by Chairman Mao's teaching: "You cant solve
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    • 65 16 Abdel Karlm Maksoud was bemoaning the loss of his waUet on Monday in Cairo when police arrived and asked him to identify the body of Abdel Karlm Maksoud. It turned out the dead man was a thief who had taken Maksoud's wallet and then had died.
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    • 339 16  -  ABOUT 25,000 BORN IN 10 MONTHS By Elisabeth Choo A mild "blrthquake" is taking place at our world-famous Kandang Kerbau Hospital neany 25,00 D&Dles were born during the past 10 months. It Indicates a halt to the successive years of
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    • 293 16  -  By P.N. Balji The end of the final term In any school brings Joy as well as sorrow to both students and teachers. Joy for those who look forward to a long holiday and sorrow to those who will miss their friends
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    • 49 16 AH FOOK: I see the Christmas and Hari Raya sales boards have sprung up along certain parts of the city. MEI LIN: Yes, they are exceptionally early this year. You. shouldn't believe these sales gimmicks. Instead of buying cheaper goods you will be paying more for them.
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    • 201 16 The United States Government auditors have estimated that the armed forces could save at least US$l2O million each year by treating and rehabilitating alcoholics instead of punishing them. In a report prepared at the request of Senator Harold E. Hughes, Demo-crat-lowa, the General Accounting Office
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    • 80 16 Travelling to faraway places like the United States and Britain is Elizabeth Ang's sole ambition. "I love travelling because it helps to broaden my outlook on life," said Elizabeth, 23, who works as a waitress in one of the leading hotels. During her leisure Elizabeth spends
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