New Nation, 21 February 1972

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  • 15 1 NEW NATION SINGAPORE Monday evening, February 21, 1972 No. 333 Price 15 cents NEW NATION
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  • 9 1 Police reported 54 traffic accidents yesterday. Six were serious.
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  • 176 1 The share market was quite active this morning. Oenerally, prices were in creasing marginally. Sim Lim went up from last Friday's 95 cents to $l.Ol, a gain of six cents. Haw Par went up from $4.00 to $4.06. Inchape was up 4tae cents to $5.30. Far East
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  • 46 1 Tour on radio There will be periodic broadcasts from Radio Peking throughout the day on President Nixon's visit. Direct commentaries can be received in Singapore on the following frequencies: *****-25 metre band; *****-19 metre band; *****-19 metre band; U740-2S metre band; 9765-31 metre band.
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  • 515 1 Chou En-lai meets him on arrival New Nation Foreign Service Peking, Monday President Nixon arrived in Peking today to the strains of the StarSpangled Banner and an airport welcome by Premier Chou En-lai for the start of a his-tory-making visit ending 21 years of official isolation between
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  • 101 1 British royal f&nifly ended their tour of Singapore last night when they sailed on board the Britannia for Malaysia. After their five-day state visit to Malaysia, the Bfitish monarch will return to Singapore on March 5 for an 18-hour visit to
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  • 29 1 New Delhi, Monday The Indian Ocean state of Mauritius yesterday recognised Bangla Desh. Mauritius is the 43rd country to recognise the newly created Asian nation.
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  • 177 1 The Israeli Prime Minister. Mrs. Golda Meir (above), has accepted an invitation to take part in the AsiaPacific Socialist Bureau Conference in Singapore, according to an Israeli afternoon newspaper Ma'Ariv report yesterday. The conference will begin on May 28 and end on June 1.
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  • 397 1  -  Bl Sunny Wee i X of sterilisation for women is now available In Singapore which does not involve surgery or hospitalisation. The Minister for Health. Mr. Chua Sian Chin, said today that it should prove to be a most acceptable method for women who
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  • 259 1 United Press International Belfast, Monday British troops battled rock-throwing crowds and snipers with nausea gas and pumped rifle fire at snipers hiding in the spire of St. Eugene's Cathedral In the Bogside district of Londonderry yesterday, the army said. A spokesman called the violence the
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  • 57 1 Jakarta, Monday. The Commissioner for Foreign Relations and Trade of the European Economic Community, Dr. Half Dahrendorf, today held talks with Indonesia's Finance Minister, Sultan Hamengku Buwono. Informed sources said that Dr. Dahrendorf was exploring the possibility of establishing Institutional relations between the BBC and
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  • 145 1 An untidy job Is a more effective one, or so a watch thief discovered through his experiences. The thief who smashed the glass showcase of a jewellery shop last Saturday and grabbed watches worth $35,000, had In a previous attempt tried to use a glass
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  • 43 1 S&lgon, Monday. The Vletcong forces launched a series of rocket attacks on U8 military Installations around Saigon, the US command reported today. They also overran a government outpest in the Mekong Delta the third to f *ll in 24 hours, v
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  • 154 2 These kindergarten children are now making a practice of brushing their teeth each day in school. It is the latest policy of the Education Ministry to teach them the proper way to brush their teeth. A circular from the ministry has been sent to all the kindergartens
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  • 305 2  -  By Patrick de Souza Business Administration students at the University of Singapore are threatening to hold a protest rally because they allege that the plans to shorten the Business Administration course have fallen through. In an open letter distributed on campus, the Business Administration students
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  • 133 2 The Singapore Press Club is organising weekly lunch meetings to further promote closer fraternity among its members and associates. The first of this series will be held at Imperial Room, Capitol Building, Stamford Road, tomorrow at 12.45 p.m. At the second and all subsequent meetings,
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  • 30 2 The Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Will hold its annual meeting at the Automobile Association theatre tte at River Valley Road on March 27, 4
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  • 27 2 Dr. E. Chacko of the Faculty of Engineering. University of Singapore, was elected president of the Society for Quality Control at Its recent annual meeting.
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  • 244 2 Kuala Lumpur, Monday.— The University of Malaya has set up a Law Faculty and will admit its first students in May, Vlce-Chan-cellor Professor ungku Aziz announced. The faculty will be housed temporarily In the Economics and Administration Faculty building. Fifty students will be admitted
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  • 92 2 Business was brisk for the large department stores during the Chinese New Year. However, some smaller shops reported drop of about 10 to 20 per cent in sales compared to last year. A spokesman of one large department store said: "We were able to hold our
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  • 39 2 An overhead pedestrian bridge will be erected across Guillemard Road near Lorong 32, Oeylang, at midnight today. Part of Guillemard Road from Llm Ah Woo Road and Lorong 32 will be closed to traffic during the work.
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  • 579 2  -  In crates since 1970 By Francis Rozario The Public Utilities Board has discovered that 18 mobile electrical substations purchased two years ago at a cost of more than $2.3 miltion have been lying idle at the Jurong power station since their arrival. Ten of the
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  • 180 2 A local art studio has won the first prize of $5OO in the Labour Ministry's poster competition (open section) to encourage industrial safety and health. It Is the Dot and Line Studio of Supreme House, Penang Lane. The second prize of $350 went
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  • 61 2 London. Monday—Three teenage boys were killed yesterday when they feu about 400 ft. (122 m.) during a climbing expedition on Mount Qnowdon in Wales. The boys, part of an expedition of about 20 boys and leaders from a London grammar school, were killed when they fell in
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  • 82 2 Mr. Koh Juan Ki&t and Mr. Teo Ming Kian are two local students who have gained top honours In all four subjects In the recent annual examination at the Monash University, Melbourne. Mr. Teo of Lorong 39, Oeylang, and MT. Koh of Toa Pavoh are
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  • 25 2 Mr. R. E. Butler, managing director of Sembawang Shipyard, left on Saturday for a business tour of Europe and the United States.
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    • 157 2 Visit our Ultra Modern new store at Supreme House I the cloth 5 of G€U>>\ "wain shiell (the Golden CASHANOVA S. v Will) v\!!» VKUIKI Was the C\clllM\C Jo;h Wain Shiel! and Son ha\e pone one Iviter a tine poM thread uo\en :n with worked cashmere !oi a new Joih
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  • Page 2 Miscellaneous
    • 585 2 Temperatures in world cities yesterday: Jakarta 30-23 C Kuala Lumpur 33-23 C Bangkok 32-24 C Hong Kong 16-JSC Manila 31-19 C Naha 17-16 C Seoul minus 2-minus lOC Tokyo 9- 2C Moscow minus 3-minus 5C New York minus 1-minus 2C San Francisco 12-7 C London 5-3 C Singapore Singapore's weather
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  • 222 3  -  Set up more international schools By Pang Guek Cheng A third world war can be prevented if more United World Colleges, like the Singapore International School, are set up. This was the crux of Earl Mountbatten's speech to the staff of the Singapore International School
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  • 172 3 The East Coast land reclamation scheme now in Its final phase has driven local fishermen into deeper waters and many of them have been forced to give up fishing for good. Onee fishing nets and .boats dotted the shores of the entire east coast
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  • 41 3 More than 600 underprivileged children from 18 organisations will attend a party at the Oriental Lotus restaurant In the Hotel Malaysia today between -8.30 and 5 p.m. The party win be given by the Goodwood Hotels Group.
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  • 20 3 The St Andrew's Old Boys' Association will hold Its 38th annual meeting on Saturday at 2.30 pjn.
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  • 187 3 An intern a t i on a 1 workshop on water resources and environmental control in national development will be held here next month. The workshop organised by the Science Council of Singapore and the American National Academy of Sciences will be at the Conference Hall
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  • 31 3 The Singapore Stamp Club will hold its annual exhibition at the Victoria Memorial Hall from April 28 to May 1. The closing date for entry forms is March 13.
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  • 143 3 Even the Queen's visit at the weekend did not halt the hive of activity at the International School in its preparations for its festival of arts next weekend. While the rest of Singapore was in the hubbub anxiously entertaining the royal visitors here, the
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  • 45 3 The Kandang Kerbau Recreation Club will hold Its first Easter Ball on April 1 at the hospital premises. It will be under the patronage of the Health Minister, Mr. Chua Slan Chin. A beauty contest will be held during the ball.
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  • 31 3 The Young Mens' Christian Association is conducting a course on advanced photography, starting today at 7.30 pjn. Classes for the 20-lecture course will be held every Monday and Wednesday.
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  • 21 3 The Kamala Club held a reception at Its Moulmeln Road premises yesterday to raise funds for Bangla Desh refugees.
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  • 294 3 Kuala Lumpur, Monday Only 39 government clerks out of 838 who sat for the probationary examination recently for confirmation in their appointments were successful. It is understood that only six of the 99 Police Department candidates passed. The other candidates came from various Federal and
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  • In Person
    • 275 4 Conducted by Ruth Moses, Tel: *****1 TIONG BAHRU'S community leaders got together for a grand Chinese New Year do. It was a co-operative effort that saw two community centres and members of a constituency citizens consultative committee pooling their resources and energies. Their guests
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  • THE VOICE OF THE PRESS
    • 385 4 What other newspapers are saying: ROYAL VISITORS: Queen Elizabeth's visit has double significance, for she is the Head of State of Britain, which is a friend to both Singapore and Malaysia. She Is also the Head of the British Commonwealth, of which Singapore and Malaysia are
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    • 230 4 PEACEFUL LIFE: There is still turbulence in most regions of the world today. There have been repeated disturbances and political kidnaps in (Latin) America, political coups in Africa under foreign influences, similar incidents in the Middle East, and the IndoPakistan war and increasing warfare in the three
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    • 258 4 THE COMMUNIST THREAT: Although the communist threat still exists in Malaysia it is not as serious as It is in Indochina where the communists have achieved significant victories. The situation in Malaysia is far different from that found in the countries of Indo-China, whether politically, socially, economically or
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  • 363 4 United Press International New York, Monday Mr. Noah Dietrich, former top aide to Howard Hughes for 30-years, believes that the eccentric millionaire has remained in hiding for 15 years because he Is haunted by the fear that "his appearance would raise questions about his
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  • 131 4 Reuter London, Mon. Two Royal Navy ships are today on their way to bring help to the inhabitants of an Indian Ocean Island hit by a cyclone and tidal wave last week. Port Mathurln, on Rodriquez Island, (population 20,000) about 350 miles (560 km)
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  • 381 5 Not satisfied with terms Reuter London, Monday Miners leaders in south-east England decided yesterday to reJe c t pay proposals thought certain to end a six-week-old national coal strike. The news came as thousands of tons of coal were on the move from pit-head
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  • 215 5 Reuter Tokyo, Monday.—A group of armed students today continued to hold a housewife hostage in a mountain villa in Karuizawa despite repeated appeals from her relatives and police for her freedom. The students, believed to be three to Ave In number, took over the villa at
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  • 348 5 Cairo, Monday.—Egypt's chief security prosecutor said yesterday a Frenchman and two Belgians being held here confessed to being Israeli spies sent to Egypt to distribute subversive leaflets. Prosecutor Salah Nassar identified the three men a* Jean Marc Vouaux, a French student, Jacques Herran, a 45-year-old
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  • 167 5 From Ronnie Mnntu Jakarta, Monday a high-powered Australian delegation is expected to arrive in Jakarta in August for the first annual Indo-nesian-Australian talks on matters of mutual interest. Foreign Office sources said. The annual bilateral talks were agreed upon by President Suharto and Prime Minister
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  • 96 5 Reuter Melbourne, Monday.—An Australian teenager fought off a man-eating shark which grabbed him by the leg while he was surfing near Wilson's Promontory 140 miles (225 km) southeast of here yesterday. Stuart Rogers, 18, was bitten Just above the left knee and dragged by the shark
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  • 237 5 United Press International Rome, Monday—Rain and snowstorms lashed Italy for the second day yesterday and cut off the north-west corner of the country. At least five people were killed in the storms. This did not include traffic accidents blamed on weather
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  • 159 5 United Press International Cairo, Monday. The death toll In Egypt's student special bus disaster rose to 77 yesterday with the discovery of seven more bodies. Government officials said four people were still missing. There were nine survivors. The figures indicated that the 90
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  • 46 5 Buenos Aires, MondayMore than a thousand people were made homeless yesterday after a fastspreading fire swept through a shanty town on the outskirts of Buenos Aires. Police said 205 flimsy structures built mainly of wooden scraps and cardboard went up in flames.
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  • 504 6 The outright rejection by the Far East Freight Conference (FEFC) of the demands by the Singapore and Malaysian national shipping lines for increased quotas of cargo rights has brought the case into one of open conflict. The battle lines are drawn. The FEFC, despite the
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  • 73 6 ryYYYYV^I by ISPY If* you cannot follow Nixon to Peking, you can watch him from Hong Kong with the aid of the telephone. Hong Kong opened its first telephone link with Peking early this month. Two Singapore-based for- eign correspondents, Dennis Bloodworth of the Observer and
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  • 1303 6  -  ALEX JOSEY Mr. Edward Heath's warning that the coal strike would put millions of British people out of work, and that some would lose their Jobs permanently, reminds me of the insignificant part I played in the national
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  • Letters
    • 226 6  -  CHUA KIM TONG Under a new agreement signed last month, all officers in the lunlor grades In the Housing and Development Board will get a new salary structure backdated to April last year. Some 700 technical officers will r get increases ranging from $35 to
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    • 175 6  -  MOHD YUNI BIN AWI I refer to the letter by L.C.H. (NN, Feb. 14) which stated that Malaysia had already made known to the. world about its own national airline MAS before Singapore did. In July, 1968, the Malay Chambers of Commerce of Malaysia passed
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    • 81 6  -  MAJOR B.C. GREGORY-SMITH Chairman. Bird Study Group, Malayan Nature Society, Singapore, 19 „In the article. The Vanishing Breed (NN. Feb. 1) I was mlsreported as the chairman of the British Army Bird-watching Society, to my embarrassment There Is no such society In Singapore now. as
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    • 185 6 Much has been said about reducing the length of the degree course In Bachelor of Business Administration (BBA) from four years to three years on the ground that the fourth year is merely a repetition of the third year's work. While agreeing with the above reasoning, I
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    • 128 6  -  LIM CHYE HENG My son was one of those HSC graduates enlisted Into the Singapore Armed Forces as a vocatlonallst (service personnel) In April last year. He Is very Interested In taking up a regular career In the armed forces. But till now he has not
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  • 1564 7  -  JOURNEY TO CHINA VI Part 3' What the talks will be about By Shiri Muigaokar Whichever way it ends, the summit that opens in Peking today will be a historic landmark. It represents the first occasion in modern times of an Asian country-being accorded a status equal
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  • 213 7 United Press International President Nixon and his advisers will confer in Peking summit talks from Feb. 21-28 with the following Chinese officials: Mr. Chou En-lai Premier, State Council of the Peoples Republic of China. Mr. Chi Peng-fei Minister of Foreign Affairs. Mr. Yeh Chien-ying
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  • 696 7  -  From Stanley Karnow Washington Post One of the key subjects that President Nixon Is likely to discuss with the Chinese leaders In Peking next month will be the future of Korea. And there are signs, even before that discussion has begun, of impending
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  • 1229 7  -  From Arnold Dibble United Press International Last night I thought over a thousand plans, but this morning I went my old way." Chinese proverb. The more life changes the more it stays the same for the Nationalist Chinese on Taiwan. About the only change in
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  • BEHIND THE NEWS
    • 880 8  -  Behind ritual masks, the Commons is seen by many as a 'puppet of blatant power polities' From Noel Hawken BRITAIN Hie Mother of Parliaments is showing a touch of senility after all these Unfortunately, the House of .Commons, bulwark of freedom. Is becoming a
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    • 503 8  -  From Manit Jeer THAILAND t The last group of 1100 Thai soldiers serving in South Vietnam returned home last week, formally ending Thailand's combat role which started almost five years ago. While about 200 Thai military advisers still remain in South Vietnam, they are non-combatants and
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  • TREND
    • 1053 9  -  Presented by Mary Lee PANG CHENG LIAN It will not be an entirely men's affair when President Nixon begins his historic visit to China today. The First Lady of the US who is accompanying her husband, Is likely to meet three of
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    • 480 9 Dear Ros, I have been going on fine with my boyfriend for almost a year. We have grown to like each other tremendously but because of my work we could see each other once a week. However he is unfaithful in that he has been
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    • 161 9 Dear Ros, I have an ugly scar on my left hand. I have tried all sorts of medicine to get rid of the scar but none of them has done anything. How can I get rid of It? Worried. Dear Worried. Taking medicine internally wont help to remove
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    • 288 9 Dear Ros, I am a student and I face many family problems. These are just three. Whenever I look out of the window my father does the same to make sure that I am not looking at boys. My younger brothers and sickening niece often irritate me. They
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    • 194 9 Dear Ros, I am a young man of almost 17 and I want so much to have a bearded chin and hairy legs. What can I do to achieve this? What can I do to start the hormones Into action? ABC. Dear ABC, It'll come! Itll come!
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    • 520 9 Washington Monday, More than four years ago, before the national presidential election, Nixon image makers were busy projecting what became popularly known as the "New" Nixon. Today, gearing up for a second campaign, it appears they have been working on his wife as well. Until recently,
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    • 48 9 Nixon's China trip started a fashion wave of Mao's jackets and pants in Aknerlca. But such a sweeping trend is not without a backwash. I've heard that in Mainland China's Department Store in -Hong Kong, copies of Levis jackets and pan is are now on sale.
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  • EDUCATION
    • 535 10  -  By Violet Oon Evolution rather than revolution describes the development of art and craft education in schools here, though the pace of progress has accelerated phenomenally. Tangible results of this progress are the Increasing number of prizes won by A specialist art Inspector
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    • 888 10  -  Tf THE WORLD OF L l TOMORROW J From Thomas O'Toole Washington Post Two things stand out about the Earth Resources Technology Satellite (EBTS) the United States plans to put Into orbit in May to survey the globe's supply of animals, vegetables and minerals.
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    • 536 10 'The young are easily influenced' Pang Guek Cheng today interviews six preuniversity students at Beatty Secondary School on the importance of mass media. This is what they say: SURESH MENON, 18, PreU n Science: We are' all very easily Influenced by what we see and
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    • 223 10 The Rugged, Racy Winner Of The Gruelling 720 mile North Malaysian Rally 1972 The wildcat wins again. The Mini 1275GT. driven by ace drivers Dickie Arblaster anci Douglas Chisa, defeated all other confers from Asia and Europe in the Notth Malaysian Rally 1972 held on Februa.y 12 13, 1072. That
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  • 1489 11  -  How soon can we have our own permanent circuit? It could be one of the finest in the world, a university for our racers MOTORING WITH JIM WATKINS With the big motoring event of the year only six weeks away and entry lists officially closed last
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  • 883 11 FINANCIAL GAME BY CHARTEXUS MONEY Share price indices and charts can be quite useful in searching for profit opportunities in the share market. Every investor should be interested in a brief history or profile of the price of a
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  • 611 11  -  MOTOR CYCLING WITH LEE CHIU SAN F/izuki has tried several innovations with its small bikes lately, including new designs in frames and engines, but there is one model in its range which has remained basically unchanged for the last
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    • 105 11 Special New Year Offer W n. i"m -#r m This magnificent cookery book, The Cooking of China; for only $l2 and three consecutive coupons from New Nation. Superbly illustrated with dozens of colour pictures, The Cooking of China is usually sold at a much higher price. All you have to
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  • 122 12 New York, Monday Homero Blancas birdled the first extra hole In sudden death playoff yesterday to win the U5525,000 first prize in the Phoenix Open golf tournament. Blancas putted from four feet for the bird on the oar five 524-yard hole. Blancas and Lanny Wadkins had
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  • 29 12 Johannesburg, Monday Pierre Fourie, South African hope for a world boxing title, scored an Impressive 10-round points victory over experienced American Don Fullmer here last night.
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  • 107 12 New York, Monday.—Rod Laver demolished fellow Australian Ken Rosewall 6-1, 6-4 last night to win the US$5O,OOO Rothmans' tennis tournament his third successive triumph on the WCT circuit. Laver, who beat Rosewall in the final of the Philadelphia tournament a week ago, won US$lO,OOO to
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  • 43 12 Rangoon, Monday A disputed second half goal robbed the touring Italian youth team of a win over the Burmese youth side in a friendly soccer match here last night. The match ended in a 2-2 draw before 30 XXX) Burmese fans.
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  • 575 12  -  passing SllOfS gr°" d Desmond Oon Singapore Lawn Tennis Association's first Age Group championships for 1972 are now underway at Farrer Park and are scheduled to end on Sunday. Although this year's championships started a month earlier than last year's the entries for the various
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  • Article, Illustration
    61 12 It was broad grins all round by this happy trio —and no wonder. Moments earlier they were presented prizes by Queen Elizabeth after Jumbo Jet won the llf Queen Elizabeth II Cup at Bukit Timah yesterday. Mr. Lee Ah Seong (centre) looks on approvingly as trainer Ivan Allan
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  • Page 12 Advertisements
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  • Page 12 Miscellaneous
    • 441 12 NEW NATION CROSSWORD 11 Musical finale. 12 Do one's bidding. 13 Individual: Abbr. 18 Sprang. 22 Excited. 24 Greenery. 25 Chests of ancient Greece. 26 City on the Allegheny River. 27 Opera role. 28 Marsh bird. 1 30 Mock 31 One of the Forsytes. 32 Chemical compound. 35 Days of
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  • 1068 13 Jumbo Jet thus becomes one of the most brilliant stayers ever ~;By Scrutineer -.English champion -jockey Lester Piggott rode a great race on Jumbo Jet to win the r 111 Queen Elizabeth n Cup before Queen Elizabeth, the Duke of Edinburgh, and a capacity crowd
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  • 360 13 Follow the horses marked with a Star Writ led into the straight, with Wangganda and It's Here moving up. Film Studio closed in from the rear. Star Writ was soon beaten. In a keen finish It's Here got up close home to beat Wangganda by a head, with
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  • 46 13 Results of rugby league matches yesterday: League Cop second round: Barrow i York 9 Bramley 8 Bradford N. 5 Halifax 11 F'stone Rot. 5 Hull 5 Leeds 16 Leigh S 8 win too 4 Wakefield T. Wigan 5 League Rochdale H. 11 Huiulet 3
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  • 214 13 London, Monday. Geoff Hunt and Ken Hiscoe both beat Pakistani opponents to ensure an all-Australian final in the Grandee Open squash championships at Birmingham yesterday. Hunt, runner-up in the recent British Open championship, won in straight games 0-7, 0-7, 0-0 against Hldayat Jehan, while 35-year-old
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  • 140 13 Kingston, Monday—The West Indies will be pinning their victory hopes on the final day of the first cricket Test against New Zealand here today. After yesterday's rest day, the West Indies will resume their second innings on 168 for a lead of 290.
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  • 60 13 Hong kong, Monday— The visiting Brazilian soccer team Cruzeiro Esporte Clube easily beat the local combined Chinese team 2 0 game at the Hong Kong stadium yesterday. More than 20,000 soccer fans packed the stadium for the final match in a three-game series played by star studded Cruzeiro
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  • 117 13 A record of 40 teams have entered for the Singapore Cricket Club annual seven a -side rugby competition, starting today. Mr. Craig Sim, the SCC rugby press officer, said: "The response this year is a record, compared to 32 teams that took part last year and
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    • 54 14 AH FOOK: Well the royal tour was a great sucess. MEI UN: I was disappointed. The only chance I got to see them was when they were in a motorcade. It's a pity they could not have travelled in open cars because the glimpse through the closed car
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    • 51 14 Dentist Giorgio Gnalduccl of Milan, Italy, said the operation he performed on Jumbo, a 21-year-old circus lion, was just like the one he did for his own mother two years ago. He gave Jumbo two platinum teeth to replace ones he lost In a fight with a
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    • 35 14 The kitchen sink was only part of haul when thieves raided an East London home. Police said a gang loaded an entire prefabricated house on a truck and drove off with it.
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      46 14 A pretty sight from scenic Penang. That's 17-year-old Maylene Cheah. She came south to Singapore two months ago but it's only a stepping stone she wants to go on to Britain to train to be a nurse—Picture by Philip Lim. Picture by Philip Lim.
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    • 211 14 Local sea anglers have abandoned their favourite prawn bait and are using squids and small fish instead because there are just not enough prawns in the market. The limited number that find their way to the markets each day is practically worth their weight in gold.
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    • 441 14  -  By Mary Lee r Do you know of a housewife who wants a Job because I saw this Notices Colmun advertisement: "Tenders will be received at the Ministry of Defence for... housewife..." Well It so happened. I knew a housewife who
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    • 182 14 The United States could become the only country outside China to own a male and female giant panda. Such an event could be calculated to send US zoologists Into a delirium of delight and reduce their colleagues In other parts of the world to
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    • 233 14 The American mania for baths, cosmetics and deodorants produces more skin diseases than the dirt and germs they constantly try to wash, spray and cream away, according -to a top dermatologist. "We use all sorts of deodorants, and they block the pores,
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    • 87 14 Today Is Monday, Febr uary 21. the 52nd day of 1972 with 314 to follow: THE MOON: In Its first quarter. THE MORNING STAR: Jupiter. THE EVENING STARS: Mercury, Venus, Mars and Saturn. Those born on this day are under the sign of Pisces. ON THIS DAT IN HISTORY:
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    • 51 14 The Re?. Colin Bedford helped solve the hating problem* of some of his elderly parishoners in LiverPool during Britain's power strike by chopping up his church's pews for firewood. "We still have 500 seats left and we're building a new church this year anyway he
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  • Page 14 Miscellaneous
    • 506 14 5 Slagapars 3.00 Opening and Where the Heart Ia 3.20 Children's Corner (T—Rpt) 3.45 A Diary of Events in Singapore this Week <T) 3.50 It's Happening in Singapore (T—Rpt) 4.05 Days of our Lives 4.50 Close 6.05 Opening and Charlie Chaplin Comedy Theatre 6.30 News in Brief 6.35 Petticoat JunctionKate
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    • 458 14 Trust your lucky star IF IT'S YOUR BIRTHDAY BORN today, you are an essential part of the happiness of other people. Your wit, good humour and grace In the presence of difficulties, and your habit of Indulging people in their own Interests: these are what would be sorely missed were
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