New Nation, 18 February 1972

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  • 17 1 NEW NATION SINGAPORE Friday evening, February 18, 1972 No. 331 Price 15 cents SINGAPORE FRIDAY. FEBRUARY 18
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  • 427 1  -  By Abby Tan Queen Elizabeth sailed into Singapore today—and received the grandest welcome Lever accorded any visitor to the Republic. Guns boomed across the harbour and the strains of God Save the Queen wafted over the waves as the royal yacht Britannia eased into
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  • 323 1 London, Friday —Senior members of. the Far Bast Freight. Conference have rejected a renewed call for an Increased share of regional shipping by the national shipping lines of Singapore and Malaysia. The conference's two-day meeting in London, which ended yesterday, decided to go ahead
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  • 13 1 OUR ROADS <V -w- -.PoKce reported a total of 44 acddeats yesterday. Five
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  • 770 1 Tense market debate New Nation Foreign Service London, Friday. —Prime Minister Edward Heath last night won a narrow majority for his European policies in a tense parliamentary vote, averting a general election. Tht Boose of Commons, clhnaxlng a three-day debate, voted 300 to 301 in favour
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  • 288 2 Busy three-day programme The royal visitors began their tight schedule of Singapore engagements with an 11 a.m. courtesy call on President and Mrs. Sheares at the Istana. In a three-day programme which took six months to prepare, the Queen, Prince Philip and Princess Anne
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  • 269 2 Six years of active service in the merchant navy and another six as a pilot with the Port of Singapore Authority this experience gave this young man the honour of piloting the royal yacht Britannia into the East Lagoon at 10 am today. Mr.
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  • 169 2 He has been head priest at the Brl Marlamman Temple in China Town for a year, and never expected that such an important royal visitor would be coming to the neighbourhood. In Singapore from Mad ras on a two-year contract to the temple, Vedathri
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  • 186 2 Many gains were made in a fairly active share market this morning. Mediumpriced shares were attractive. Far East Levlngston moved up seven cents to $2.56. Malayawata gained three cents to $1.65. Inchcape was up five cents to $5.20. B. Kawat added three cents at $1.55. S'pore
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  • 125 2 At 5 p.m. the Queen will lay the foundation stone of the British High Commission building at Tanglln. The royal party will be received by the High Commissioner, Mr. Samuel Falle. The $2.7 million building will consist of two main structures which will sit
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  • 98 2 A special set of six coins will be presented to the royal visitors at the Jurong Bird Park tomorrow. Six species of birds bred in the park are featured on the goldplated coins. The reverse side of the coins carries the inscription of the bird
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  • 314 2 It's not everyday that a young man gets to escort a Princess around town, but 25-year-old Major Kwan Yue Yong merely regards it as part of his military duty. One of Singapore's leadIns soldier-sportsman, he Is anything but nervous. He said: "What's there
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  • 23 3 A flair day for the Salvation Army will be held on February 26 to raise money for its four children's homes.
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  • 208 3 The Singapore Armed Forces Technical Training School (SAFTECH) is to be split up. Sources said the different training schools that make up SAFTECH at Seletar would move out to join the headquarters which each school serves. The Air Training School will go to
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  • 51 3 A course on the fundamentals of management, organised by the University of Singapore's Department of Extramural Studies, will begin on Tuesday. Mr. Lim Boon Tong, a management consultant, will give 10 lectures on modern management principles and techniques for small and medium size firms. The course fee is
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  • 44 3 Tokyo, Friday.—Senator Edward Kennedy left for the United States yesterday after a 22-hour visit to Japan and conferences with some of its top political leaders. Japanese official sources said Mr. Kennedy predicted that the Vietnam war would be over within a year.
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  • 73 3 Shell has been awarded two major military contracts worth a total of $3l million for three years to supply fuel and lubricants to the Royal Malaysian Air Force and the Royal Australian Air Force. Shell will supply the RMAF with about 24 million gallons of turbine fuel,
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  • 66 3 The hearing of the dispute between the Metal Box Workers' Union and the company arising out of the union's claims for higher wages will be held in the Industrial Arbitration Court on Monday at 2.30 p.m. The hearing will be before the Court president, Mr. Tan Boon
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  • 42 3 A karate-do course for children from six to 12 years old, organised by the Chinese YMCA, will begin on March 4 at 5 p.m. Application forms are obtainable from the Physical Education department, Chinese YMCA, Palmer Road centre.
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  • 28 3 London, Friday—A doctor was questioned last night in connection with brutal slayings of three children as they slept in a Blackpool hospital early yesterday morning.
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  • 248 3 Singapore's seamen will hold their first conference on May 20.It is being organised by the Singapore Organisation of Seamen (SOS). Notices have been sent to seamen serving abroad in the hope that they can return home for the meeting. The secretary of SOS,
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  • 230 3 But sewing machine saves family A sewing machine saved the lives of a sleeping family of four last night when a car crashed Into their house at Telok Kurau. While everything else gave way, this sturdy sewing machine (left) did not nudge an inch and held back
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  • 191 3 The Food, Drinks and Allied Workers Union will look Into the matter of excessive noise affecting the hearing of its members working in discotheques. "A survey will be carried out to determine the extent to which the loud music affects the hearing ability of our members." said
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  • 77 3 Police have detained another three people suspected of the "attempted murder" of two policemen on Monday night, bringing the number of arrests to 12. Meanwhile, there has been no change in the condition of Constable Goh Beng Hee, 26, and Constable Yeo Slu Huat. 24, who are
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  • Page 3 Miscellaneous
    • 271 3 Another photo to set you thinking -'c mt Wr' rThere are no results today because there was no publication of New Nation on Tuesday, Chinese New Year Day. Do you know what today's photograph (above) shows, and where it is? I* you do, write or type out your answers, cut
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    • 128 3 At the cinema Capitol: The Killer (Mandarin) —1.30, 4, 6.45, 9.30 p.m. Cathay: Suzie 1.30, 4. 6.30, 9.30 p.m. Globe: Colt Roy And Winchester Jack —1.45, 4, 7. 9.15 p.m. Imperial: The Brothers Five (Mandarin)—2.ls, 7.15, 9.30 p.m. Jurang Drive-In: The Invincible Iron Palm (Mandarin)— 7, 9.30 P.m. Lido: Hannie
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    • 176 3 IMB Temperatures in world cities yesterday: Hong Kong 23-19 C Manila 31-17 C Seoul 3-mlnus 1C Kuala Lumpur 34-19 C Tokyo 10-5 C Bangkok 32-24 C Jakarta 30-23 C Naha 21-19 C London 9-4 C Paris 8-3 C Moscow 10-minus 12C New York 4-mlnus 3C Sydney 26-21 C Melbourne 25-15
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  • In Person
    • 325 4 Conducted by Ruth Moses, Tel: *****1 TANGERINES are for good luck in the Year of the Rat. But when little Ah Moi, 5, an inmate of the Singapore Spastics Children's Association home handed several over to Major Trevor Richards, they meant something more. It
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    • 502 4 Sin Chew Jit Poh What other newspapers are saying: TO BREAK THE MONOPOLY: As the third largest port in the world and to maintain its status as the busiest port in Asia, it is essential that Singapore continue to improve the efficiency of that port
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  • Article, Illustration
    941 4  -  Princess Anne in the House of Jade PRESENTED BY BETTY L. KHOO For a fleeting halfhour tomorrow, Princess Anne will take to the tourists' beaten path and make her way to a 47-year-old Palla-dian-styled house In Nasslm Road. There she will view one of the world's few "museums'—the
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  • 546 5 Big send off as he leaves Reuter Washington, Friday President Nixon left yesterday on his historic Journey to Peking and echoed the motto of the first men on the moon "We came in peace for all mankind." "This is a journey for P«*ce,"
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  • 421 5  -  From Pierre Comparet Peking, Friday. With President Nixon on the first leg of his historic trip to China the most striking factor in Peking is the apparent indifference with which the visit is being treated stupefying when one considers the reaction abroad. What is currently
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  • 133 5 Washington, Friday—The US navy has barred civilian Jumbo jets from using the naval air station in Bermuda because the giant aircraft were tearing up the runway, the Defence Department said last night. "The jet stream is tearing up the edges of the runway littering
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  • 36 5 Prince Richard of Gloucester, cousin of Britain's Queen Elizabeth, has become engaged to a Danish secretary Birgitte Van Deurs. The prince and his fiancee are pictured at Kensington Palace after their engagement was announced.
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  • 393 5 Reuter Georgetown, Friday. Guyana's Prime Minister, Mr. Forbes Burnham, yesterday urged the prepartory committee of non-aligned countries to draw up an agenda which would give this year's conference of foreign ministers a chance to take some positive action. The Prime Minister was declaring open the
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  • 113 5 Islamabad. Friday. Pakistan has asked countries which have recognised Bangla Desh to Impress upon India the need for "unconditional implementation" of United Nations resolutions on withdrawal of Indian troops from the breakaway state. A Foreign office spokesman said yesterday that the government's
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  • 284 5 Reuter Cairo, Friday An American woman diplomat was arrested here on spy charges late last year, Mr. Mohamed Heykal, a close friend of President Sadat, said yesterday. The woman has not been named and it was not made clear whether she was still being
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  • 192 5 New York, Friday.—Pepsi the poodle was cleared of assault and paternity liability charges yesterday. A Small Claims Court commissioner in San Bernardino, California, ruled on Wednesday there was "failure of proof" to support the allegation that Pepsi had impregnated a female poodle against the female's
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  • BEHIND THE NEWS
    • 334 6 Singapore's recognition of Bangla Desh comes after a long process of consultation with other ASEAN nations to concert Joint action on the issue. The process has not been entirely as unavailing as It may seem. The principle Is no longer in question,
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    • 781 6  -  All terrorist infiltration routes sealed off From S.C. Chan MALAYSIA All possible terrorist Infiltration routes Into the Fourth Division of Sarawak have been sealed by security forces as they continue their seven monthlong antl -c ommunlst drive in the third division. This follows the
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    • 1162 6  -  MANY QUESTIONS STILL UNANSWERED AFTER NIXON'S ECONOMIC BOMBSHELL From R. Longworth UPI EUROPE Seldom has a crisis been resolved so quickly. And seldom has that resolution left more questions unanswered. When President Nixon announced that America was floating the dollar
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    • 510 6  -  From B. Ronquillo PHILIPPINES The committee considering national territory under the Philippines Constitutional Convention proposes to tachide Sabah in Fill* Pino territory in the country's revised charter. The committee is headed by former Ambassador ■duasdo Qulntero, who is authority on the Philippines' claim to Wsfrh-
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  • 423 7 Bid to destroy guns Reuter Vientiane, Friday Thai special forces backed by heavy American air strikes are engaged In a major operation to cut North Vietnamese supply lines south of the Plain of Jars In northern Laos. Small Thai reconnaissance teams have
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  • 194 7 Melbourne. Friday—Melbourne was thrown la to chaos yesterday afternoon when 3*in. of rain fell in 90 minutes during a fierce lightning storm. The first hour of the downpour was the heaviest hour's rainfall to be recorded in the city. All traffic. Including trains and trams, was
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  • 433 7 New Nation Foreign Service Salisbury, Friday. Premier lan Smith said yesterday ex-Premier Garfield Todd, his 18 year old daughter Judith and two African nationalists seized and held without charge or trial would be brought before a judicial tribunal. Political sources said Mr. Todd may refuse
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  • 152 7 Rome, Friday Mr. Giullo Andreottl, 53, a traditionalist Catholic politician, was last night appointed head of a new one-party Christian Democrat government aimed at leading Italy. into an early general election. The annuoncement was made Immediately after Mr. Andreottl, leader of the Christian Democrats in
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  • 261 7 United Press International Washington, Friday—New York publisher Ralph Glnzburg, who created a storm of controversy nine years ago with an erotic magazine many now consider tame, began a three-year prison sentence at the Federal penitentiary in Lewlsburg, Pennsylvania, yesterday. Glnzburg was convicted In 1963
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  • 85 7 Perth, Friday Rising costs have doomed the wines made by Denedlctlne monks at New Norda, 70 miles north of here. The monks will end a 125-year-old wine-making tradition and from now on will import all their stocks for drinking with monastery meals. The administrator, Father Bernard
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  • 160 7 Los Angeles, Friday.—Actress Rhonda Fleming, 46, was yesterday ordered by a divorce judge to sell to her producer husband her half of their 14-room dream home that became a battle ground. The red-headed star occupied seven rooms of the $1 million luxury home at Bel Air,
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  • 196 7 Reuter Dar- Es Salaam, Friday President Julius Nyerere of Tanzania last night announced a major Cabinet reshuffle and sweeping government changes. He dropped three senior ministers and named a prime minister for the first time since independence 10 years ago. Out of the Cabinet go
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  • 24 7 Paris, Friday Police have recovered 13 major paintings, among them Picasso's The Harlequin's Head, which was stolen from an art gallery in November.
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  • 57 7 Colombo, Friday. The Times of Ceylon newspaper group began publishing small editions of its newspapers yesterday in spite of a continuing strike by 800 employees. The men went on strike on February 4 over the management's refusal to reinstate the former features editor who was involved in investigations
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  • 344 7 United Press International Managua, Friday. American multi-millionaire Howard Hughes, angered by the ouster of four aides by Bahamas government, abruptly abandoned his island luxury hotel retreat and flew here in secret yesterday with plans to invest money in this small antiCommunist republic. Nicaraguan President
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  • 166 7 United Press International Manila, Friday.—A group of Christian gunflghters armed with home-made shotguns massacred a Muslim family of eight while they were asleep in their village in Mindanao, the Philippine News Service reported yesterday. Two other Muslims in a group of 10 which tracked down
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  • 409 8 The arrival in our Republic today of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth n of Great Britain is an event which symbolises much In the emerging international role of Singapore. Britain has been overtaken by America as the leading foreign Investor here, and has dropped to fourth
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  • 'WHISPERS' by ISPY
    • 69 8 Lord Mountbatten's main engagement here will be to visit the International School. Schools and colleges in the British tradition operating in foreign countries is one of his principal interests in his retirement. By coincidence, another visitor in Singapore today is Mr. Gordon Burrows, the director of
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    • 101 8 A rather wry practical joke was played on a group of national servicemen recently. They were told they had to rehearse for a handshaking ceremony with the British monarch. They practised with due solemnity under the command of their officer although they couldn't quite make out
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    • 89 8 Filipinos overseas had better behave themselves or they may lose their pants—oops, we mean, passports. Philippines Foreign Secretary. Mr. Carlos Romulo. has ordered the cancellation of passports of Filipino eltlzens proven to have committed "indecent and obscene acts in public." The announcement came in the wake
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    • 62 8 I wonder what the Queen would hare had to do If the Heath Government fallen In yesterday's crucial vote In the House of Commons on the Common Market As It happens, the government survived. But it w« a very close thin*. Had the voting gone the
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  • 951 8  -  SHIRI MULGAOKAR No summit has ever evoked as much universal Interest as the one that begins in Peking next Monday. All the circumstances attending it were calculated to make for drama. There was nothing to prepare the world for it
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  • Letters
    • 835 8 I was delighted to read your series on the position of the Expats. How thrilled I was a year ago when my husband was offered a Job to help set up a company here. Friends, family and neighbours were all aghast! "You'd give up all you have
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    • 100 8  -  J. MICKLINSON (Mrs.) I would like to point out to your film critic Edgar Koh that Up Pompeii is in no way connected with the Carry On series. Up Pompeii is a film adaptation of Ned Sherrln's television, series starring Frankie Howerd, screened weekly in Britain
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    • 293 8  -  L.C.H. On Feb. 14 you published my letter in part answering the question posed In the Press on Feb. 3 In bold headlines: Did Mr. Llm (China Beng) Jump the Gun? referring to the announcement that MAS and Mercury would be operating as separate airlines from
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  • JOURNEY TO CHINA
    • 1193 9  -  J vv nation foreign desk presentation in three parts. Part 2'- The men at the summit NIXON AND KISSINGER From Helen Thomas President Nixon strengthened his image in the eyes of both the world and US voters when he dramatically reversed policy on communist China and the
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    • 1590 9 MAO TSE-TUNG United Press International Chairman Mao Tsetung is a great admirer of George Washington, Thomas Jefferson and Abraham Lincoln but he has shown little but contempt for his contemporaries in the White House. President Richard Nixon, who will be meeting with Chairman
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    • 1167 9 CHOU EN-LAI United Press International Prime Minister Mr. Uhou En-lai is China's 'Mr. Everything." Few men of modern •tmM have weathered as many political storms and earned as much respect from friend and foe alike as the Premier of the People's Republic of China. In
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  • TREND
    • 688 11  -  Presented by Mary Lee FRANCES DOWSETT Behind the Scenes happenings have been building up to a peak this week In preparation for the Royal visit* which begins in Singapore today. The event has been/£oing to the ladies' heads and there have been a
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    • 473 11  -  EATING OUT WITH WENDY HUTTON Every so often, I am lucky enough to make an exciting discovery —a restaurant that has both excellent food and a charming character. One such place la the Hua Yu Wee Villa, in East Coast Road. If you insist on the
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    • 108 11 This Ikebana arrangement by one member of the Ikenobo Society of Japan is called Shoka Style. The materials used are spear-leafed lily, Gentian, Pampas grass, arranged to show a rhythm of life in the stretching lines of the leaves. Other arrangement* from one
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  • BUSINESS AND FINANCE –
    • 159 12 Tokyo, Friday. President Nixon's visit to Peking will be followed by exports of American factory equipment to Chink on easy credit terms, Mr. Kichlhei Hara, of the Japan External Trade Organisation (Jetro) predicted. "I expect the visit will lead to the start of brisk export
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    • 640 12  -  By S.V. Suppiah Singapore's plastic industry has come a long way in the past 15 years to become an important secondary industry. The Industry Is estimated to have an annual output of $2O million to $25 million.
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    • 266 12 United Press International New York, Friday Profit taking ate up most of the earlier gains as the stock market closed mixed in active trading yesterday.' At the final bell, the Dow Jones industrial average dropped 0.91 to 022.03. It had been up more than 4
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    • 206 12 Reuter London, Friday Initial gains on hopes of a settlement in the miners' dispute following the quick conclusion of the Wilberforce inquiry, were extended following ICl's fourth quarter results. At 3 p.m. the Financial Times Index had gained 8.0 to 488.4. I CI closed at
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    • 183 12 'BRUSSELS, Thurs. The Common Market will have a 1971 trade surplus of about US$7OO million ($2lOO million) compared with a deficit of US$423 million the previous year, the EEC commission said. In Its latest monthly economic bulletin, the commission said a major factor in
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    • 78 12 BANGKOK, Fri.—Representatives rrom nine countries of Asia and the Pacific region met here yesterday to discuss plans to promote the car industry in the region. The meeting was presided over by Mr. Pote Saras In, Director for Economic, Finance and Industry Affairs of ThaUand's
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    • 82 12 PINNED WAY DOWN LONDON, Dollar selling orders from bankers and financiers pinned the UScurrency down to near record lows in jittery European exchange markets yesterday before a massive support operation mounted by the West German state bank Bundesbank—eased the pressure. Reported Washington statements by Secretary of the Treasury, Mr. John
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    • 36 12 BONN: A blue' Volkswagen Beetle was driven off the giant assembly line here yesterday to become the 15,007,034 th model Dro- duced beating by one the record held by the 1908- 1927 Model-T Ford.
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    • 33 12 LONDON: Rising costs and difficult world economlc conditions spelled lower profits despite higher sales in 1971 by Imperial Chemical Industries Limit- ed (ICI) the largest Indus- trial complex in the Commonwealth.
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    • 46 12 DACCA: An Indian cargo ship sailed from the port of Chalna for Dundee yes terday with the first cargo of Bangla Desh jute for Britain since the trade was halted by last year's t Indo Pakistan war. The vessel carried 50,000 bales of jute.
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    • 223 12 Allied Chem 29% Alcoa 46% Am. Brand* 44 An. Can. 37% AT A T 43% A. P 8% Anaconda 19% Avon Pd Beth steel 31% Boeing 28% Caterp Trac 49% Chryaler 33% Coca-Cola 127% Control Data 56 Corn 01. Wks 214% Dow. Chem. 84% Dupont 160% E.
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  • 256 12  -  CAMERA By WANG SU FAH A sensitised layer of silver grains is what records the image of an object exposed through the camera lens onto a panchromatic film. The original fine surface of these silver grains can be retained if treated correctly in
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  • A NEW NATION PRESENTATION
    • 790 13  -  ...AND SOMETHING FOR HISTORY BOOKS ROYAL VISIT By P.N. BALJI Queen Elizabeth arrived at the East Lagoon this morning in. royal yachts Britannia, for a three-day visit which will bring an era of closer AngloSingapore relations. The British jnonarch is accompanied by her
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    • 528 13 'Steady increase in 70s* Britain's trade ties with Singapore are expected to improve further even with its entry into the European Common Market. Business circles here predict trade with the British will increase steadily throughout the *****. In 1970, UK's exports to South-East Asia
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    • 526 14  -  By ABBY TAN Someone once asked Prince Charles how he felt when he first realised that he was going to be England's future king. He admitted he was enveloped with the most "awful feeling. I didn't wake up in my pram one day
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    • 603 14  -  By TAN CHUNG LEE The arrival of Queen Elizabeth today marks her first visit to the Republic. Accompanied by Prince Philip and 21-year-old Princess Anne, her Majesty will be in Singapore for three days. Now in the 20th year of her reign, the Queen
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    • 1577 15  -  By ABBY TAN It the British monarchy is an institution that retains' its style and tradition that is as old as the rocks of Windsor Castle, Princess Anne sticks out like a new button on an, old coat. For the growing up of Anne has
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    • 508 16 ...the most admired member of Royal Family Prince Philip, 50, the Duke of Edinburgh, always stands out tops as the most admired member of the Royal Family whenever an opinion poll Is conducted. Yet at times, he has been given hellish fire by others for his
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    • 457 16 A WINNING DISPOSITION During the height of Parliament debate on the state of the Royal Family's finances, one MP took a crack at Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother: "My God. if my wife had that kind of money, she wouldn't stop smiling." The MP had, whether he
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    • 62 16 Members of the British Royal family pictured as they watched the parade of runners for the )92nd Derby States at Epsom last year. On the left is Princess Anne with the Hon. Angus Ogilvy, husband of Princess Alexandra. Prince Philip is in the centre of
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    • 1044 17 SIHANOUK WAS UNTIL 1970 THE RULING MEMBER OF THE LAST DYNASTY Prince Sihanouk, the deposed Cambodian Head of State, now sits in Peking where he is living in exile, pondering about his own future. Until March 1970, he was a ruling member of the
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    • 17 17 The Queen and Prince Philip in the State coach "On their way to Parliament.
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    • 559 17 Who are the reigning monarchs in the world today? Extending across Europe, Asia and Africa, there are only 27 rulers left, of whom 12 are in Asia, six in Africa and nine in Europe. In the list that has been compiled, the monarchs are classified
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    • 70 13 wmMP'i wS jm 1 *cj&< r/m -i* ■'i Tr« s*M« V" V The /{(Hint of Directors, staff and students welcome her Majesty ()ueen Ftizatxth II and The lioyal Family to the lie/mblie of Sinyapore. BALMORAL TUTORIAL CENTRE (Ptc) Ltd. SINGAPORE S LEADING ACADEMY Of FOREIGN LANGUAGES ANO Bl LINGUAL SECRETARIAL
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    • 104 13 .:<K sw- i t'i T <4, 'I m •.<, ■v. '-»w > Dunlpp welcomes HerMiuesty Queen Elizabeth II to Singapore Since John B. Dwtlop invented the pneumatic tyre in 1888, Dunlop has grown from strength to strength. Today, Dunlop spans the globe with its wide range of products and services.
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    • 86 14 WE WELCOME HER MAJESTY QUEEN ELIZABETH II ON HER STATE VISIT TO SINGAPORE NATIONAL EMPLOYERS' MUTUAL GENERAL INSURANCE ASSOCIATION LTD (Incorporated in England) Finlayson House, Raffles Quay Singapore 1 Tel: ***** ***** The Beefeater J I 417 River Valley Rd. Singapore 9/Telephone *****5 J WELCOMES I HER MAJESTY QUEEN I
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    • 74 14 LUNCH: 12 noon to 3 p.m. DINNER: 6 p.m. to Midnight (SUNDAYS OPEN FOR DINNER ONLY) 91, Tanglin Road, Singapore, 10. Tel: *****5 Our warmest to Her Majesty QUEEN ELIZABETH II and His Royal Highness The Duke of Edinburgh and Princess Anne on the occasion of i their state visit
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    • 128 16 Most Gracious Welcome to SINGAPORE Your Majesty Queen Elizabeth U v Ml P m m r Andrew B. Pinto, M.B.E. THE COMMERCIAL SERVICES COMPANY Suite 232, Stamford House, 39 Stamford Road. Telephone: 33 864 WARM GREETINGS TO HER MAJESTY QUEEN ELIZABETH II ON HER STATE VISIT TO SINGAPORE FIRST WITH
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    • 63 16 We welcome to Singapore HER MAJESTY QUEEN ELIZABETH II HIS ROYAL HIGHNESS PRINCE PHILIP AND PRINCESS ANNE SAVE WATER THE UNATAP WILL DO IT FOR YOU W b rt V A recent test etrried eit ii the U.S.A. revealed iacredatoae statistics Aak far fall particulars fraai UNATAP II A WATTS
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    • 398 17 RANK XEROX Welcome To Her Majesty QUEEN ELIZABETH II !K The Cadenza; a new concept in bass reproduction How the KEF Cadenza offers a higher degree of low frequency than other speakers of its size the radiation from the rear surface of the 8200 diaphragm thereby increasing the low frequency
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  • 1110 18 Singapore Island Country Club has introduced a Monthly Gold Medal for their bowling enthusiasts. Someone said it would be too easy. Well, I've never seen anything easy in this game of bowling yet. How would you like to play high games for almost
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  • 26 18 The Public Utilities Board Recreation Club will play a friendly soccer match against the Singapore Recreation Club on the padang today at 5.15. p.m.
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  • 416 18  -  WITH JOHN FITCH Andersen M 2 (Mushroom Club); Aahln Norm 623 (GIB). Indlv. Hl-Game (SCR): Osman Sullerman (GIS) 265; Laurence Wong (Colt Gallant) 257. Friday pan. Adam and Eye M!T«j imm; Ist Flash 0-5 30—6—*****; 2nd Let's Go 1 28—8—*****; Sid Undecided 28—8—*****. Indlv. HI-Series (W/H) men: Ist
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  • 225 18 CRICKET Kingston, Friday. West Indies had New Zealand on the floor In the first cricket\Test here yesterday after Laurence Rowe had become only the second player In cricket history to score a double-century on his Test debut. Rowe. 23-year-old Jamaican, scored 214 and shared
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    • 821 18 mnuant ANNOUNCEMENTS OKASA is now ovailobfe in oil the drugstores in Singapore. OKASA restores your vitality and makes life more enjoyable. OKASA a potent tonic is Hie result of German scientific research which has helped millions of men and women overepme the stress and strain of modern life. PERSONAL S.O.S.
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    • 126 18 WOMEN ONLY NEW SHIPMENT! For assorted jewelleries, groovy belts, handbags, imported materials, dresses, trimmings, and everything feminine visit Femina, 352 People's Park Complex (2nd Floor) *****. WINING DINING WHILE IN CHANGI POINT, visit the Europe Cafo for good Chinese and Western dishes at moderate price. Hoi Scon Bakery, the most
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    • 266 18 NEW CAR DIRECTORY Where you can buy your next new car in Singapore m»»m CHAMPION MOTORS (S) PTE. LTD, 304 Orchard Road, Singapore 9, Tel: *****1. apt, CITY MOTORS (S) PTI. LTD.. 28 Covenogh Rood. Smgopore 9 Tels *****6/*****3 CONTINENTAL MOTORS PTI. LTD., 50/52 Bencoolen St S pore 7 Tel
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    • 481 18 NEW NATION CROSSWORD mmmm mi ihhhi HUIHIIII HIIII mmm mmmm iiiiin mm■■■■■■!■■ HHBM mmmm am Hi Hpf] HHBiaaia mmmmmm mm iimaiii HHHMH mmmm 10 Humbled. 11 Funds. 12 French sewing-case. 13 For fear that. 15 College in Pennsylvania. 21 Twisted. 23 Savoir-faire. 24 Loving: Comb. form. 26 Throw. 27 U.S.
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  • 495 19  -  By Rolf Evans Once more the March 712 is settled into it's cluttered living room garage after its recent return with Sonny Rajah of Team Rothmans, from the Batu Tiga race track. Two weeks of adjustment and testing have worked most of the "bugs" out of the
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  • 116 19 Daytona Beach, Florida, Friday. Friday Hassler of Chattanooga, Tennessee, was killed yesterday in a massive 12-car pile-up during the first of two 125mile qualifying races for Sunday's US$2OO,OOO Daytona 500. Hassler, 36-year-old father of four sons, was in the middle of the crash on the
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  • 317 19 LONDON, Fri.—An Australian millionaire wants to buy the English soccer club, Hereford United, and airlift them to Sydney, the London Evening Standard said yesterday. Soccer writer Peter Blackman said he understood that John David, managing director of an electronic combine Global Distributors was willing to spend
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  • 483 19 Jumbo Jet impresses with Piggott up By Blue Peter Top Australian jockey Ron Hutchinson, who arrived here, last night, will ride Sungei Wang II in the Queen Elizabeth n Cup (Race Four) on Sunday. At Buklt Tim ah this morning, Hutchinson worked
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  • 1387 19 Trainer Ivan Allan's Jumbo Jet, who scored a smashing win in the Tengku's Gold Cup at Kuala Lumpur last month, has a good chance of taking the Queen Elizabeth's Cup, the main race of the Bukit Timah February Meeting. This strapping son of Pavot has smart
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    • 314 19 big walk j WOODLANDS FARRER PARK ATHLETIC CENTRE THE NEW NATION BIG WALK will be held on Sunday, March 26, 1972. Send in your entry form today. NAME (in full) (Print clearly in capital letters) ADDRESS (Postal District No.) Sex: AGE: Date of Birth GROUP* If you are a team
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    • 245 19 BIG WALK NOVICES SECTION Dunearn Road 6J m.s. to Farrer Park Athletic Centre THE NEW NATION BIG WALK will be held on Sunday, March 26, 1972. Send in your entry form today. NAME (in full) (Print clearly In capital letters) ADDRESS (Postal District No.) Sex: AGE Date of Birth GROUP*
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      46 20 Sharon Wan 1b a pop fan. who enjoys Maiming to the latest sounds on the music scene. At the moment she is a hotel hostess but one day she hopes to be a model or a public relations officer. Picture by Philip Tim
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    • 174 20 Rabbit- skin hats, with earf laps that shield from frostbite, are much coveted in the biting cold of wintertime Russia. And when a consignment goes on sale hopeful customers queue outside the store in the bitter cold for hours. It's no fault of the
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    • 52 20 AH FOOK: I can't talk this morning. I've got to rush off to catch a glimpse of the Queen WEI LIN: Nothing like a bit of royal pomp and ceremony to attract the crowds. Pity I haven't got somebody to do my housework for me so I could
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    • 84 20 Britain's civil servants have lost their struggle for softer lavatory paper. The Civil Service Department has Riven a firm and final "no" after a threeyear campaign by the civil service unions. In a letter, the department said that medical evidence was quite clear
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    • 69 20 Eighteen-year olds may be allowed to stand as candidates at Britain's next general election. The Minister of State for the Home Office, Mr. Richard Sharpies, told the House of Commons that the matter would be consl dered at a conference on electoral law later
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    • 525 20 The Melbourne Herald That was no doctor, that was mattress salesman or so the woman complained to the Tokyo police. And the police found thai the man. Minora Uemi, 85, was Indeed not a doctor, but a bedding salesman although
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    • 259 20 life lost all purpose for Yugoslav bank clerk Jovo Luclc, 23, when the girl of his dreams left him and got engaged to his best friend. He decided to commit suicide by driving a car against a tree. As it happened, he didn't own one.
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    • 108 20 TODAY: is Friday, February 18, the 49th day of 1972. THE MOON: Between Its new phase and first quarter. THE MORNING STAR: Jupiter. THE EVENING STARS: Venus, Mars, Saturn and Mercury. Those born on this day are under the sign of Aquarius. Italian violinist Niccolo Paganlnl was born February,
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    • 417 20 5 Siagapara 3.00 Opening and Where the Heart I> 3.20 For the Family (E) 3.50 A Diary of Events in Singapore this Week (E) 3.55 It's Happening in Singapore (E—Rpt) 4.10 Days of Our Lives 4.35 Close 6.00 Owning and Lucky 6JO News In Brief 0.35 Children's New Tear Show
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    • 63 20 SHORT RIBS Hi a s R H 25* A\ Ti ♦>; S3 SNIFFY DOVfcX) WftUT TO SEE MV iMP«?sou«nc*j of vcry 6000 fl 6 a By Frank O'Neal 1 •o ftl <£ 1 2 *5 < by George Fett r r< n K* ANDY CAPP v ft n A TMEVBE
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    • 199 20 A day to Interest. Be Ml time- i potntments—but doot in the area of business Is over. GEMINI (May —Make every effort to plsapr those near and dear to fim. The degree to which ytßl' satisfy another Is the hi>— degree to which you will galcr happiness today. CANCER (Jane
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    • 977 21  -  By Blue Peter The Banker 111 can be confidently backed in the Class One Division Three 6f handicap (Race Seven) at Bukit Timah tomorrow. This well-bred flve-year-old by Sound Track came to hand quickly when he scored In his second
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    • 154 21 SCRUTINEER BLUE PETER EPSOM JEEP MAKUDA MARKSMAN Race 1 CATTLEYA It's Here H. RANGER Wanfgmnda CATTLEYA Film Stadle CHAIRMAN Negri Express Race 2 ECTOPIC Placid MACH TWO Ectopic MACH TWO Muntanah PLACID Maeh Two MACH TWO Mystic Sfcoe Race 3 OSCAR GIRL Midas Touch OSCAR GIRL Royal
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    • 11680 22 I.4TCI*s 2 Dfc* ItfaHflUH ($11,000—J7700 to winner) 1 Mil CATTLEYA a orcM) Ta SIJ (F) PiQit 17 THIRDi (Savaa MrM) 29-1-72 XX. 9-0 6F (J. Johnaon) CI. 2 Dir. 8; lat. Fmdam Fighter 2-7: 2nd. EM Co—l Octu 2-4 carr. 7-11; 4th. Dallaa Cowboy 2-10 out. 2-3. 1-S*
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