New Nation, 6 March 1972

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  • 15 1 NEW NATION SINGAPORE Monday evening, March 6, 1972 No. 345 Price 15 cents NEW NATION
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  • 10 1 Police reported 57 accidents yesterday. Seven were serious.
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  • 117 1 The share market was fairly active this morning. Trading was selective and generally prices were moving up. Gammon rose from $1.76 to $1.90 and went down to $1.83, making 7 cents over last Friday's price. Haw Par improved 10 cents to $5.55. Malayan Banking gained 8 cents
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  • 63 1 Kuwait, Monday. The Saudi Arabian Petroleum Minister, Sheikh Ahmed Zakl Yamani, yesterday affirmed tfcat the six Gulf oilprodtttrng* cauntrtea would reject any offers which fell short of their demand for at least 20 per cent participation in oil companies operating on their territory. The six Gulf
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  • 46 1 LATE NEWS Manila, Monday Police reported today that they raided a casino being operated by students at the A t en e o University in suburban Quezon City last night and arrested 24 people. The casino was being operated to raise funds for charity.
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  • 415 1  -  Tomorrow is Budget Day By Dick Wilson, Anil Bhatia Tomorrow is Budget Day, but the man in the street is not likely to be hit severely by new taxes. Mr. Hon Sui Sen, the Finance Minister, ought to be able to paint a fairly bright picture of
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  • 414 1  -  Probe now underway By Sunny Wee, Peter Ong An immediate investigation has started into yesterday's explosion at the Jurong Shipyard which has already claimed three lives. The explosion occurred when 10 contract workers were painting an almost completed oil barge. The workers were painting the lower
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  • 30 1 Cairo, Monday. President Sadat has postponed his visit to the Sudan, the authoritative daily A 1 Ahram said today. There was no explanation for his sudden change of plans.
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  • 221 1 Reuter Barcelona, Monday. At least seven people were killed early today when a 10storey block of flats here collapsed after an explosion. A fire brigade spokesman said rescuers were still combing the wreckage of the building and it was feared there would be
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  • 704 1  -  What workers, bosses expect By Yeo Toon Joo The one-month ceiling on negotiable bonus is likely to be scrapped in the coming months and replaced by a three-month maximum. An annual 13th month payment, introduced this month for government employees, may also exist alongside the traditional bonus
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  • 271 1 United Press International Belfast, Monday. Dr. Frederick Bereen had little time to notice the mutilated body lying shrouded in the hospital casualty ward. With a team of surgeons in the Royal Victoria Hospital, he worked feverishly to patch together the shattered limbs of the
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    • 60 1 TRDRV PAGE 5. Ten d,e m indur, polls j® PAC 5: Australia mjy join tncion Philippines navel exercises. PACE After that Ni* o rt visit PAGE h: Philipp ines opens door to socialist countries. PACE 9: De.ir Ros answers vour problems PAOE 13: Review of Singapore Coif Open NEW NATION:
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  • 413 2 Nair: Time for them to hop it The NTUC SecretaryGeneral, Mr. C.V. Devan Nair, yesterday warned that the national labour organisation would soon refuse to tolerate "passengers." Speaking at the NTUC annual delegates' conference at Singapore Conference Hall yesterday, Mr. Nair hit out at those who
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  • 154 2 Union leader Mr. G. Kandasamy, today urged all leaders of public sector unions to prepare themselves for next year's government wage review for division I to division 4 workers. Commenting on Prime Minister, Mr. Lee Kuan Yew's pay rise announcement yesterday, he
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  • 36 2 Teheran, Monday. West German Chancellor Willy Brandt arrived here yesterday on a four-day official visit to Iran. Mr. Brandt, is making his first visit to a Middle East country as head of government.
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  • 35 2 The Y's Men's Club, Orchid Chapter, has elected Mr. David S.K. Wong president. Other officials are: Mr. Tony Tan Keng Joo, vice-president; Mr. Ho Kok Choy, secretary and Mr. Yeak Lik Kal, treasurer.
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  • 28 2 Sime Darby Singapore Limited has won contracts to provide over $3.3 million worth of fire-fighting equipment for airports at Changl, Sembawang, Seletar, Tengah and Paya Lebar.
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  • 32 2 The Adult Education Board will begin a 15-week course for piano candidates taking the 1972 Practical and Viva Voce Examination. The course, at Cultural Centre, will start on March 12.
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  • 203 2 Kuala Lumpur, Monday The government has relaxed the entry-card regulations at the Johore Bahru Causeway during weekends to ease traffic congestion, the Deputy Prime Minister, Tun Ismail, said yesterday. He said: "We have decided to waive the regulations to ease traffic congestion on
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  • 216 2 The Diabetic Society of Singapore is to publish a periodical beginning next month to inform diabetics on how to take care of themselves. The secretary of the society, Mr. Hugh' Savage, said: "The periodical, called Discipline, is to give advice to diabetics on
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  • 26 2 Miss Ruth Chia will conduct a 20-session intensive course on massage beginning on April 3 at the Chinese YMCA International Centre in Palmer Road.
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  • 142 2 Whether it was balancing the two-wheeler on a thin white line or keeping a firm grip on the high handle bars while negotiating a zigzag course, schoolgirl Khalidah Sayuti, 15 (above), found the going tough. But the secondary three student from Sang Nlla
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  • 381 2 Kuala Lumpur, Monday —An enforcement unit to check profiteering and unreasonable price increases will be set up by the Government soon. Trade and Industry Minister I n c he Mohamed Khlr Johari told an Alliance meeting in Baling yesterday that the government was taking this step
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  • 180 2 The Singapore Children's Playhouse will present four children's plays at the Victoria Theatre from April 12 to 23. The plays are based on the theme of living for others and Include Automatic Train, To Attack A Weakness. A Meaning Task, and To Live
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  • 44 2 More than 30,000 people visited the week-long Japan Machinery Show held at the Victoria Memorial Hall last week. The show brought appll. cations from about 50 local firms for sole agency rights for most of the 2000 machinery items displayed.
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  • 35 2 Mr. Charles Joseph Peter has been re-elected chairmam of the YMCA Young Adults' Oroup. Mr. Koh Joon Hock was elected secretary and Miss Diana Ow as assistant secretary. Mr. Siva Kumar is treasurer.
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  • Page 2 Miscellaneous
    • 450 2 9JIR Last Wednesday's quiz photograph showed a lamp on the wall of Maritime Building, Collyer Quay. The first prize of $l5 goes to Warrent Officer Gerald Marlow of Woodlands Garrison. His was the first correct entry opened by the Editor on Saturday afternoon. The next correct answers from a woman
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    • 148 2 MIiTA Temperatures in world cities yesterday: Hong Kong 19-13 C Kuala Lumpur 31--21 C Jakarta 32-24 C Seoul 9 minus 1C Bangkok 32 20C Manila 28-20 C Tokyo 12- 2C Naha 17-12 C Moscow -3-minus lOC New York 4-mlnus 1C San Francisco 16-11 C Singapore The weather forecast from 1
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  • 556 3  -  Allege developers failed to maintain flats By Abby Tan Residents of Far East Mansion in Kim Yam Road have stopped paying rents and maintenance to the developers, Singapore Trading Co. Pte. Ltd., on alleged grounds that the developer has failed to maintain the premises properly.
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  • 257 3  -  MP to look into issue By Pang Guek Cheng Families In the Tamplnes Wood Estate, which has been acquired by the gov ernment for the expansion of the Singapore Airport, have been advised by their MP. Mr. Phua Bah Lee, to withhold further payments
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  • 44 3 "Dvg Adult Education Boara toll start two personal. charm and social grate courses at the CultijifaJCentre. first, to be held every Mohday and Wednesday, wIH (begin on March 13 at SJBO p)m.. The second, on Tuesdays* and Thursdays, on March 14.
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  • 21 3 Ttts? Singapore Institute of Management is organising a course on hotel management for middle-level hotel executives from April 25.
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  • 171 3 The popularity of Housing and Development Board flats has caused a bottleneck in the issuing of leases to buyers. Buyers are complaining that they have been waiting up to four to five years since buying their flats but still have not received their
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  • 373 3  -  By Sunny Wee The fatalistic attitude of construction workers, many of whom behave like stuntmen on the worksite, is one of the causes for the high accident rate in the building construction industry, according to a contractor. Mr. Peter Tsaw. president of the Singapore Building Contractors' Society,
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  • 379 3  -  Land required for Pan Island Expressway By Ivan Lim More than 100 families living in Lorong Watas, off 6} mile Bukit Timah, have been given six months' notice by the government to vacate the land because it is required for the Pan Island Expressway. They
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  • In Person
    • 403 4 Conducted by Ruth Moses, Tel: *****1 THE women of Telok Ayer community centre certainly know how to keep feet moving, hands clapping and spirits gay all the time. They proved it at their New Year party—it was the gentle art of folk
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    • THE VOICE OF THE PRESS
      • 345 4 NIXON'S PHILOSOPHY: During his visit in China, President Nixon more than once showed his "philosophlclar talent and what is even more surprising is that some of his viewpoints agree completely with those of the Chinese leaders. At the banquet given in his honour, President Nixon quoted
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      • 456 4 What other newspapers are saying SINGAPORE'S VIEW: After the publication of the China-US joint communique, some Americans think that Mr. Nixon has made too much in the way of concession while the Chinese leader, too little. Since the common aim of the two parties to the talks
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    • 68 4 MSA now offers you daily 737 flights to Djakarta in the early evening. Depart Singapore at the convenient time of 5p.m., enjoy a delicious dinner, arrive in Djakarta at 5.55 p.m. In total, MSA now gives you the choice of three daily flights to Djakarta: 8.15 a.m., 2.30 p.m., an-J
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  • 422 5 Curfew in Calcutta Reuter New Delhi, Monday More than 10 deaths were reported in violent incidents associated with the beginning of polling yesterday in elections for India's state legislatures. The week-long poll is to elect assemblymen and governments to 16 of India's states. It
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  • 377 5 United Press International Rawalpindi, M on day— President Zulflkar Ali Bhutto yesterday apparently made peace with Pakistan's big business leaders and i n d us trialists, removing restrictions on their travel abroad and restoring their passports. Mr. Bhutto made the announcement to a gathering of
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  • 209 5 Reuter Istanbul, Monday. The Prime Minister of Turkey, Dr. Nihat Erim, has cancelled an overnight stop in London later this month because he regards British reaction to the Timothy Davey drugs case as insulting to Turkish justice. Davey, a 14-year-old English schoolboy, was sentenced in
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  • 47 5 Paris, Monday.—A severed human head has been found on the underside of a railway engine here. It Is believed to have been carried over thousands of miles of track In France in the past fortnight The rest of the body has not been found.
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  • 24 5 Rome, Monday. Police arrested 76 people and seized 24 firearms during a big anti-crime drive in the Rome region on Saturday night.
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  • 430 5 Reuter Johannesburg, Monday. Non-White tennis players in the Women's Federation Cup and the South African open championships will have special badges giving them white status. A South African tennis official said yesterday that all players and officials in the two tournaments will be issued with
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  • 447 5 New Nation Foreign Service Belfast, Monday.—Northern Ireland police yesterday vowed to catch the men who blew up a cafe packed with gossipping women on Saturday and left the biggest trail of suffering in three years of strife. The blast killed two young women and
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  • 40 5 Geneva, Monday The United Nations Commission on the Status of Women has asked the UN General Assembly to proclaim 1975 as International Women's Year, in which member status would give women equality both in law and in practice.
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  • 199 5 United Press International Beirut, Monday Russia has established a vast intelligence network in Egypt aimed primarily at furthering Moscow's strategic interests in the area rather than helping the Arabs against Israel, an Arab newsletter said today. Egypt recently began an 1 n v e
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  • 119 5 United Press International London, Monday The British Medical Association 1s advising newlyweds to experiment freely in lovemaking, and not just in bed. The 17th edition of the annual BMA booklet, Getting Married, which goes on sale today, tells wives-to-be that cooking is more Important
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  • 266 5 New Nation Foreign Service Sydney, Monday.—Australia may take part In naval exercises with Indonesia and the Philippines, Australian navy Minister Dr. Malcolm MacKay said yesterday. The exercises, at a lowkey level, could involve patrolling activities and protecting territorial waters, Dr. MacKay said. They would
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  • 103 5 United Press International Tokyo, Monday Airport police at Tokyo and Osaka International airports have mounted stringent security precautions to guard against four Palestine guerrillas reported in Japan to hijack a German airliner. The security officials In Japan received their information from West Germany,
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  • 456 6 The government has come up with a most interesting and skillfully conceived solution to Singapore's wage problem. The fixed 13thmonth annual payment which all government servants will now receive represents a delicate compromise between the conflicting considerations which bedevil wages policy at the moment.
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  • 143 6 by ISPY Delegates to the NTUCTs annual conference were waiting for Mr. Lee Kuan Yew to address them yesterday. Suddenly the public address system came alive. Said secretary general Mr. C.V. Devan Nalr: "Let me share with you a thought that has been revolving in my
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  • 1144 6  -  ALEX JOSEY My first walking race (oddly enough over 20,000 metres, the same distance as New Nation's Big Walk on March 26), was in the lanes of Dorsetshire more than 45 years ago, and
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  • Letters
    • 295 6  -  H.K.C. While I find your recent feature on the Doctors highly informative, I detect a sour note that the charges by doctors in private practice are allowed to vary with their reputation. Surely, charges must be regulated for touch an essential service, as in the case with
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    • 80 6  -  G.C. FUNG I am surprised by Pang Cheng Lian's geographical Inaccuracy when she quoted China's area as 4.3 million square miles (NN, March 2). China, according to Encyclopaldla Britannlca, 1969, has 3,691,502 square miles. Some geography books put It as Just over 3.7 million square miles. Singapore
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    • 241 6 Operation Snip-Snip big deal! This one-sided campaign has little effect on hlppism. The government Is only anxious to be rid of boy-hippies. What about the girls? Their sex cannot be used as a licence to sell drugs In Singapore nor does It permit them to spread hippie culture.
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    • 62 6  -  S.W. For the information of those handling outgoing mall under pressure, could the postal authorities advise what should be done on discovering that an airmail letter which bore the name of the addressee, company and town had a wrong post office box number? The mistake was discovered
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    • 172 6 At a time when so mush emphasis is being laid on Industrial safety, why can't the relevant authority at least make a check on the poor condition of some of the buses on the major city routes? X travelled one mnming from the Hom Merlin bus
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    • 104 6  -  NG SENG HIOK I refer to a news item (NN, Feb. 29) on Mr. Mamoru Shirozaki and would be most grateful If you would let me know how I can contact him to offer my thanks for the help he gave me during the Japanese Occupation.
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  • AFTER THAT JOURNEY BY NIXON
    • 703 7  -  A NEW NATION FOREIGN DESK PRESENTATION From Richard Reston Los Angeles Times The emerging China President Nixon saw during his Peking summit is a nation with new inner confidence and a sense of order and unity among its 800 million people. But It is
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    • 513 7  -  From Murray Marder Washington Poet President Nixon's hugely publicised Journey in China is producing diplomatic consequences around the world, even though no s(tigle fact of substance has yet been disclosed from the Peking talks. The mass attention focused on the President's week-long visit, American officials
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    • 576 7  -  from Alan Dawson United Press International The United States in the Joint communique issued at the end of President Nixon's icebreaking Journey to Peking pledged the ultimate withdrawal of all American forces from Taiwan. What is the American military presence on Taiwan?
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    • 491 7  -  From K.C. Thaler United Press International The major non-com-munist nations of the world are turning their attention to China in the aftermath of Mr. Nixon's visit as the largest potential market of the future. Diplomatic sources said that the countries hope to secure sizeable shares
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    • 430 7  -  From George McArthur Los Angeles Times The final communique ending President Nixon's trip to China Indicated a serious breach between the Peking Government and the North Vietnamese, in the opinion of American analysts in Saigon. "We may see some very strong reactions in Hanoi," one
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  • BEHIND THE NEWS
    • 877 8  -  From Anthony Haas PACIFIC The Pacific Basin Economic Council meeting in Wellington, New Zealand, in May, has a chance to broaden the appeal of the five-year-old organisation. Top business leaders from the developed countries of Japan, Australia, Canada, the United States and New Zealand
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    • 405 8  -  Prom Sam Jameson Los Angeles Times JAPAN The Japanese government has taken preliminary steps to rescue overly ambitious ore Importers who are finding trouble living up to long-term contracts to Import copper and iron ore, a high official of Japan's Ministry of International Trade and
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    • 900 8  -  From George McArthur Los Angeles Times VIETNAM A secret command of American soldiers specially trained for prisoner rescue raids in hostile territory is scheduled to be disbanded some time this month. According to an officer long involved in clandestine operations,
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    • 290 8  -  From B. Ronquillo PHILIPPINES If plans do not miscarry, 1972 will establish for the Philippines an all-time record in diplomatic achievements. It will be the only year when the government will have opened diplomatic relations with some three to four countries. A fortnight
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    • 906 8  -  LACK OF BASIC DECISIONS CAUSING CONFUSION... From Martin Stuart Fox United Press International BANGLA DESH The economy of Bangla Desh is in a sorry state —and there are ?ew immediate prospects for quick improvement. A whole series of interlocking problems has resulted in
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  • TREND
    • 145 9  -  Presented by r Mary Lee Everyone wants to get into the action with trendy outfits these days so Maglra of Melbourne came out with this military outfit. This is the only one of its kind in a range of some 80 casual-wear items
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    • 247 9 I am an eighteen year old Chinese girl and my problem is that my hair is turning red. My sister says it's because I go in the sun but I have stayed at home since last November and now my hair is turning white. I am
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    • 83 9 Dear Ros, Could you please tell me is there any significance in being born on a Thursday which also falls on Labour Day, May 1. Taurans. Dear Taurans, None at all. But that's only my opinion. It you go to see an astrologer he will, I am
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    • 150 9 Many women here would wax uncomfortable at the thought of wearing a wool dress in this climate; but then, women are noted for the way they succumb to the dictates of fashion. Seven years ago, it was just as inconceivable
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    • 73 9 Dear Ros, How can I have a good memory in all things especially studies? Lau Ping Hock Dear Lau Ping Hock, The answer to this one is far too long and complicated to be given here. There are very good ways to train your memory and perhaps the
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    • 303 9 Dear Ros, In the past month I met this boy but I had the impression that he fools around and is maybe just a nuisance. Later I met another boy and grew to like him and he liked me too and visited me nearly
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    • 302 9 Ros I have known this boy for quite a long time and I like him very much. He is a nice, cheerful person, but he is a flirt. Whenever he phones me up he tells me that I am the only girl he really likes. But he also
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    • 279 9 Chocolate stains: Remove them by soaking fabric in cold water containing detergent. Don't use hot water; it sets the stain. Blood spots: when a pricked finger causes a small blood spot on good material, the easiest remedy is to chew up a long
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  • 1009 10  -  EDUCATION By Violet Oon The new Raffles Institution at Grange Road is a schoolboy's dream come true. When principal Mr. Philip Liau brought the prefects for a tour of the school, the reaction was: "Wow! We wish there was a Pre-U
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  • 575 10 r THE WORLD OF TOmORROUI Rome, Monday The world's total supply of fresh water could be exhausted by the middle of next century unless drastic conservation measures are taken. This alarming prediction comes in a study by the United Nations Food and
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  • 315 10 Washington, Monday Noise, scientists agree, is bad for you, but utter silence might in some respects be worse. Noiae above certain levels Inflicts pain. At lower, but still fairly high, levels It causes loss of hearing. At still lower levels It Induces in many
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  • 699 10 Six Secondary Four girls from Katong Convent give Pan; Guek Chen; their views. Angela Lim, 16: Pedestrians should be forced to use the overhead bridges only during the peak hours, when there Is very heavy traffic on the roads.
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  • 1497 11  -  'I COULD HURL IT LIKE A SPORTS CAR' MOTORING THE VAUXHALL VX4-90 WITH JIM WATKINS When Vauxhall introduced the current Victor series, it was generally acclaimed as the most attractive of the new style General Motors body designs. It escaped the odd things which were done to
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  • 719 11 SHARES GAME BY CHARTEXUS MONEY If you do not care for sophisticated methods of security analysis derived from statistical disciplines, you could do reasonably well if you are a painstaking student of securities prepared to build up a library from every source
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  • 756 11  -  MOTOR CYCLING WITH LEE CHIU SAN Among sports riders with limited budgets the two stroke twin has been gaining favour because of low cost and ease of maintenance, but there are still some who stick to the four stroke. For them, the
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    • 100 11 SINGAPORE TURF CLUB NEW PREMISES—I 37/139 CECIL STREET. (opposite Far Eastern Bank Building) ANNOUNCEMENT As from 6th MARCH 1972 4-Digit and 3-Digit Prizes for the recent Penang Amateur Meeting will be paid at the above address. 4-Digit tickets for the Kedah Gymkhana Meeting will be on sale at 137/139 CECIL
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  • 886 12  -  passing shots s md Desmond Oon Singapore Lawn Tennis Association's first age group championships 1972 have concluded but the long battle for supremacy among our Juniors have only just begun. "At least 4 more junior tournaments are planned by the SLTA
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  • 73 12 New York, Monday Kerry Melville of Australia upset top seeded Rosie Casals yesterday to capture the slnßles crown and US$3OOO In the championship round of the K-Mart Invitational tennis tournament. Miss Melville took the title by defeating Miss Casals 6 3. 6- 7, 7 -4. In doubles
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  • 47 12 Florida, Monday. Ken Rosewall and Cliff Drysdale advanced to the finals of the US$5O,OOO Saga Bay tennis Classic at Hollywood's David Park. Rosewall beat Fred Stolle, 6-2, 6-2, and Drysdale needed three sets to down Puerto Rico's Charles Pasarell, 4-6, 6-4, 6 -3.
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  • 58 12 Pointe-a-Pierre, Monday. —The New Zealand cricketers ended a day-long fight to avoid the followon against Trinidad still 18 runs short of their target with only one wicket standing. Replying to Trinidad's first innings total of 474 for nine declared, the New Zealanders were 307 for nine
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  • Page 12 Miscellaneous
    • 411 12 NEW NATION CROSSWORD 10 Complains: Slang. 11 Coarse file. 12 Part of an archipelago. 13 God of thunder. 21 Kind of boat. 23 Fish-eating mammal. 25 State policeman. 26 Stendhal hero. 27 Third: Comb. form. 28 More experienced. 29 Noun suffix. 31 Bowling score. 32 Cobbler. 33 Mountain range in
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  • 287 13 Mohamed Rahim bin Salleh, 24, broke his own record for the Police 20 kilometres Big Walk when he won the seniors section yesterday. Rahim of the "A" division registered a new time of lhr. 54mln. 24sec. to improve his previous time of lhr.
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  • 263 13 By Blue Peter It is a bit of a surprise that the Singapore Turf Club does not have a sprint classic in its racing calendar although it has five big staying races in its programme. The five big races are: The Derby (12f). Club Cup (llf),
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  • 309 13  -  By Sonny Yap Lai Kok Wai shot like a bolt from the blue when he pulled a big upset over defending champion Teo Kok Hin in the open-weight division final of the Second Vigilante Corps judo championships. With well-timed moves and a strong grip, he
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  • 24 13 The City Rangers Sports Club will celebrate Its fifth anniversary with a dinner at the Malaysia Restaurant on Saturday at 7.30 p.m.
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  • 199 13 The Singapore Amateur Sepak Takraw Association has welcomed the proposal by its counterpart in Malaysia for an annual international match between both countries. The first In this series for the Inche Mohammed Khlr Johari Cup has been scheduled to be held in Penang next month.
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  • 77 13 West Germany, Monday. —Malaysian pair P. Gunalan and Ng Boon Bee won the men's doubles title at the West Germany badminton championships here last night beating Derek Talbot and Elliot Stuart of Britain 15-9, 15-12. Fellow Malaysian Tan Alk Huang went down 18-15, 5-15, 7-15
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  • 230 13 The first round of the I Singapore Island Country Club Mac Donald Trophy competition will be teed-off over the Bukit course tomorrow. The draw: Ist Tee: 1-15 Rm- —F. Kearney (17), D. N. Nfo (20), T. Wentxel (28); 1.21— H. Manning (16); L. Shenf (21); T. Oshina (30);
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  • 18 13 LEAGUE CUP (Qurter-ftaab) HiMm 9 Bwtatao I Leeds 11 WikcfWii 5 LEAGUE Hall tt Batf«r4 14
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  • 731 13 w XH0 V Jimmy Stewart, that young idol of Singapore golfers who could deal with cobras as well as birdies on a golf course, proved that he has "what it takes" when he came from behind to retain his Singapore Open amateur title.
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  • 263 13 While young Jimmy Stewart, the American schoolboy, fought back gallantly from behind to retain his amateur title, credit must also be given to our local veteran, Brian Marks, for returning the best score of two-under par-70 in the tournament. Marks, a veteran Singapore
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  • 119 13 Florida, Monday.—American aces Jack Nicklaus and Lee Trevino shared the lead after the third round of the US$l5O,OOO 58,000 sterling) Doral Eastern Open golf tournament in Miami yesterday. Nicklaus carded an eightunder par-64 to make up four strokes on Trevino whose 68 left both players
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    • 253 13 NOVICES SECTION Dunearn Road 6£ 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 fall) (Print clearly in capital letters) ADDRESS (Postal District No.) Sex: AGE Date of Birth GROUP' Men: 16
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      44 14 There's no prize for guessing that pretty Eileen Kwek loves the outdoor life. She fits into a natural setting perfectly, as All Yusoff's picture shows. Eileen, 22, is a receptionist at Cuscaden House Hotel. She hopes to become a public relations officer.
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    • 247 14 When the rain pours down and the street gutters sing and the storm drains roar we lose something that is becoming increasingly precious. This precious stuff Is fresh water. Nature supplies us with an abundance of water in the form of rain. But much of
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    • 590 14 Pioneer 10, the American spacecraft now hurtling towards Jupiter, is man's first effort to communicate with other Intelligent beings in the universe. An engraved identity tag showing what he is and where he lives has been fixed to the spacecraft launched last week
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    • 54 14 AH FOOK: You see there is a big swing by students to taking science and engineering courses. MEI LING: Yes. And I think we should keep a close watch. It's very important that we keep a balance in our higher education. I don't think we should be dominated
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    • 135 14 Today is Monday, March 6, the 66th day of 1972. THE MOON: In Its last quarter. THE MORNING STAR: Jupiter. THE EVENING STARS: Mercury, Venus, Mars and Saturn. Those born on this day are under the sign of Pisces. British poet Elizabeth Barrett Browning was born on March 6,
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    • 101 14 An 1864 typewriter which is still in working order is the most precious specimen among the 250 ancient "writing machines" collectew at the Technical University in Dresden, East Germany. Made almost entirely of wood by a carpenter, Peter Mitterhofer of Tyrol, the typewriter
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    • 140 14 Claustrophobia? Not at all, said Mary Tan, the girl In the "cage". Mary is one of two tellers In the Overseas Union drive-in bank at Mandarin Hotel. "Contrary to what people might think, it is really a haven working here," said Mary—who deals with
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  • Page 14 Miscellaneous
    • 486 14 5 Singapore 3.00 Opening and Where the Heart Is 3.20 Children's Corner (T—Rpt) 3.50 A Diary of Events In Singapore this Week (T) 3.55 It's Happening in Singapore CT—Rpt) 4.10 Days of Our Lives 4.55 Close 6.05 Opening and Charlie Cnaplln Comedy Theatre 6.30 News in Brief 6.35 Petticoat JunctionWhatever
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    • 443 14 Trust your lucky star IF IT'S YOUR BIRTHDAY Born today, you are a remarkably calm person. Even those events which send others off into states.of grief or confusion or highest joy do hardly more than ruffle you. But that is outwardly. Inwardly, you experience emotion as deep and as enduring
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