New Nation, 10 March 1972

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  • 15 1 NEW NATION SINGAPORE Friday evening, March 10, 1972 No. 349 Price 15 cents NEW NATION
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  • 10 1 Police reported 58 accidents yesterday. Nine were serious.
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  • 117 1 Trading was selective and cautious in the share market this morning. Prices were generally firm. Haw Par increased 5 cents to $6.45. M and G gained 4 cents to $4. Malaya Glass made 2 cents to $1.60. Gammon advanced 5 cents to $l.BO. M. Credit was up
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  • 48 1 LATE NEWS Tokyo, Friday—Police today dug up three bodies of left-wine radicals one of them a girl believed to have been murdered early this year in an ideological dispute. The search for bodies on mountains near the central Jaoanese town of Maebashi began early this week.
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  • 467 1  -  S'pore-London ban By Peter Ong The flourishing charter flight business between Singapore and London will be forced to end on June 30. Action to stop the cutprice flights follows pressure from governments of various international airlines, which are finding the bite of charter competition
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  • 123 1 Curfew in north Malaysian areas Kuala Lumpur, Friday. Security forces have started another massive operation, the biggest so far, against the communist terrorists and their sympathisers in Kedah and Upper Perak. A 24-hour curfew was imposed in several areas from 3 a.m. today to enable the security
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  • 205 1 Nanyang Slang Pau comment and letters editor Goh Seow Poh was today charged in the First Magistrate Court with publishing prohibited matters concerning the Singapore Armed Forces. He was also accused of refusing to divulge the names of the people who wrote the letter containing the
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  • 40 1 Auckland, Friday Germalne Greer, the champion of Women's Lib was fined $l3O today for using obscene language during a lecture. Australian-born Miss Qreer refused to pay the fine but it was paid for her by supporters.
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  • 33 1 Sydney. Friday A union black ban placed on the motel which housed the touring South African nigby team last year was partly responsible for it going bankrupt, the proprietors said today.
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  • 465 1  -  Jakarta visit will also be made in near future By V.K. Chin The Prime Minister, Mr. Lee Kuan Yew, will visit Kuala Lumpur on March 22 and 23. He will also visit Indonesia "in the near future" only the date remains to be
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  • 275 1  -  By Francis Rozario, Wee Beng Huat The Jurong shipyard blast claimed its fifth victim today—an hour before the opening of an Inquiry into the disaster. Ng Chai Kok, 40, of Commonwealth Crescent, died in the Outram Road General Hospital at 8 a.m. At the
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  • 287 1 Thirty-four Singaporeans will begin a week-long goodwill tour of Malaysia on Sunday. The tour, v suggested by Singapore's High Commissioner to Malaysia, Dr. Chiang Hai Ding, is aimed at promoting closer understanding between the people of both countries. The tour members are from the
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  • 164 1 New Nation Foreign Service Washington, Friday President Nixon said yesterday that he was determined to stop bomb threats to commercial aircraft and ordered airlines to move immediately with new anti-sabotage measures. The President said airlines were required to take the precautions to safeguard planes Immediately,
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  • 55 1 The body of an identified woman in her forties, was found at the foot of Block 95, Old Kallang Airport Road, at 7.30 p.m. yesterday. She is sft. 2in. tall and was wearing a blue samfoo dress with red and white floral designs. Anyone knowing her identity should
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  • 30 1 A short-circuit is believed to have caused a fire which burnt out a 500 cc police mobile squad motorcycle inside the Pearl's Hill Headquarters at 10 a.m. today.
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  • Page 1 Advertisements
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  • 654 2  -  Way to boost technological level By Dick Wilson, Pang Guek Cheng Mr. Hon Sui Sen highlighted in his Budget address the role which the multi-na-tional corporations are expected to play in Singapore's future development. There are already more than 50 such companies operating here. They range
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  • 261 2  -  By Wee Beng Huat Over 4000 taxi drivers took to the roads today armed with flags and tins and with one common aim —to raise as much money as possible for the Chung Hwa Free Hospital building fund. At the break of dawn, the yellow top taxis
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  • 354 2 An Industrial Health Unit official today spoke of the similarities between a factory and a battlefield where people are killed or maimed. In an interview with New Nation Dr. Chew Pin Kee, chief medical adviser of the unit, said: "The hazards facing workers can escalate
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  • 45 2 Mr. Chng Chee Yong has been elected president of the Singapore Civil Service Association. The other officials are Messrs. Siow Watt Soon (vice president), Lai Pak Leong hon. secretary), Seow Teng Kia <hon. treasurer) and George V. Abraham (chairman, board of games).
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  • 174 2 The Cycle and Carriage Group of Companies is voluntarily winding up one of its oldest subsidiaries, Cycle and Carriage Company (1926) Ltd. Creditors of the firm have been asked to put in their claims to the liquidator Mr. J.G.C. Thomson, of Supreme House,
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  • 42 2 The Singapore Aftercare Association will hold its 15th annual meeting in the Chief Justice's Court Room, Supreme Court Building, at 5 p.m. today. The association's honorary secretary, Mr. E.C. Foenander, will present the annual report and audited account for 1970-71.
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  • 30 2 The Minister for Education, Mr. Lim Kim San, will officiate at the opening ceremony of the Methodist Girls' School walkathon on Sunday at 7.30 a.m. at Mount Sophia.
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  • 277 2 The police force will spend at least $3 million more this year to track down a new breed of criminals and to keep old ones at bay—a job which cost taxpayers $53 million last year. "White collar" crimes have already increased More criminals are
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  • 191 2 Kuala Lumpur, Friday.— The Malaysian Minister of Labour, Tan Sri V. Manickavasagam, yesterday served an ultimatum on the workers and man agements of four stevedor ing firms in Port Klang to settle their dispute within a month or face "strong government action." "There must be
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  • Page 2 Advertisements
    • 157 2 WV-UI UUuw I SHE'S A BUNDLE of today s fast living EEL FROM NERVOUS TENSION AND SHE CANT BLAME HERSELF FOR BEING SO IRRITABLE. IT'S THE STRESS AND STRAIN OF TODAY'S FAST LIVING FROM WHICH MANY PEOPLE SUFFER. THUS THE ALL TOO FREQUENT COMPLAINTS OF TENSION, INSOMNIA, IRRITABILITY, A "FLUTTERY"
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  • Page 2 Miscellaneous
    • 123 2 At the cinema Capitol: 5.W.A.L.K.—1.30, darln)—l, 3.30. 7, .915 p.m. 4, 6.30, 9.30 p.m. Orchard: Plaza Suite Cathay: Suzie 1.30, 4, 1.30. 4, 6.30, 9.15 p.m. 6.30, 9.30 p.m. Paramount: Swordsman Globe: One Million Years At Large (Mandarin)—l.3o, 8.C.—1.45, 4, 7, 9.15 p.m. 3.30, 7, 9JO p.m. Imperial: The Merry
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    • 341 2 w t* mV—- i V Storekeeper wins quiz HOW WEIL DO YOU KNOW SINGAPORE? Last Monday's quiz photograph showed the top of the Lim Bo Seng war m e m o r ial in Elizabeth Walk. The first price of $15 goes to Mr. Chin Nghee Sen, a storekeeper, of
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  • 163 3 When Mr. Benedict James Boudville, 51 (above), received a letter from New Nation early this week, he thought it was an acknowledgment for the bills he paid for a classified advertisement in the paper. But it turned out to be a pleasant surprise
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  • 202 3 Joint action plan in housing estates The Housing Development Board is planning to launch an antivandalism campaign in its estates in April or May. The month-long campaign will be carried out in three ways: Publicity on television and over the radio on the evils of vandalism.
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  • 225 3 There's going to be a climbathon a walkathon with a difference, up 13.450 ft. or 4,750 m. on Mt. Kinabalu, South-East Asia's highest mountain. The climbers hope to raise money for every metre scaled, for three charities —the Singapore Association for Retarded Children, the Singapore Leprosy
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  • 24 3 The Chinese YMCA Camping Department will organise a deep-sea fishing trip to Pulau Pawai on March 26. Those interested should ring *****.
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  • 172 3 Brief careers as air hostesses have come to an end for these four Singapore girls. They have been retrenched in a massive re-organi-sation by Pakistan Interna tional Airlines. The girls are (from left) Chan Sin Yan. 22. Olivia Ng. 22. Blossom Gay. 24. and Lynn Lee.
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  • 443 3  -  Review article malicious, he says By Sunny Wee Trade Union leader. Mr. Phey Yew Kok. today denounced a report in the Far Eastern Economic Review which stated that he was keen on toppling the NTUC secretary-general, Mr. Devan Nair. Mr. Phey described the report as
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  • Page 3 Advertisements
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  • Page 3 Miscellaneous
    • 165 3 EHJH Temperatures in world cities yesterday: Seoul 8-3 C Manila 31-18 C Taipeh 28-15 C Kuala Lumpur 32-22 C Jakarta 28-22 C Hong Kong 18-24 C Tokyo 8-5 C Bangkok 34-24 C Naha 22-18 C New York 2-minus 3C San Francisco 21-11 C Moscow minus 2—minus 14C Paris 12-2 C
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  • In Person
    • 389 4 CLASSROOM decorum gave way to gay party airs at the St. Francis Girls' School when the women's subcommittee of J a 1 a n Tenteram Community Centre held their annual dance there. The swinging occasion attracted a good crowd which even spilled out on
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    • 668 4  -  EDUCATION By Violet Oon The open education programme for the blind, whereby sightless children are integrated into normal schools with sighted children has taken a new turn. It was first introduced in 1967, with the enrolment of seven blind students in the Ahmad
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    • THE VOICE OF THE PRESS
      • 368 4 What other newspapers are saving. JAPANESE MILITARISM: In the wake of its swelling economic and military power since the Second World War, there are indications in recent years that a revival of militarism is in the offing in Japan, with big corporations and political personalities publicly appealing
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      • 289 4 BANGLA DESH'S POVERTY Today, poverty is the main problem on the Indian sub-continent. India and Pakistan and Bangladesh, born out of the debris of war, are all struggling in the swamp of poverty. To Bangladesh, the threat of poverty is even greater. Judging from the reports
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      • 230 4 TUN ISMAIL'S VISIT: Tun Ismail's visit to Indonesia will be very significant in the context of relations between Malaysia and Indonesia. He will hold talks with President Suharto and the Foreign Minister, Mr. Adam Malik, and other members of the Indonesian cabinet. Tun Ismail will explain to the
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  • Page 4 Advertisements
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  • 410 5 'No interference' right Jakarta, Friday The visiting French Deputy Foreign Minister, Mr. Jean de Lipowski, said France supported the idea of a neutralised South-East Asia. Mr. de Lipkowski told newsmen France believed in the right of every nation to determine its own course without
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  • 196 5 United Press International Washington, Friday. A deputy was killed ana two others seriously wounded yesterday in a five-minute gun battle with Detroit plainclothes policemen who stormed an apartment where the deputies were playing cards. The heads of both departments called the shootout a "tragic
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  • 35 5 Washington, Friday.—The Soviet Union has turned down US offers to help the disabled Soviet nuclear submarine which has been wallowing in the North Atlantic for nearly two weeks, the Defence Department said yesterday.
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  • 252 5 New York, Friday Author Clifford Irving's "interviews" with millioniare recluse Ifloward Hughes were in fact taperecorded discussion sessions with his researcher Richard Suskind. Irving and Suskind alternately played the role of Hughes as they interviewed each other. This was alleged yesterday when Irving, his wife
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  • 237 5 Reuter Belfast, Friday Three memDers of the outlawed Irish Republican Army were killed yesterday when a bomb they were handling blew up. The house where the blast occurred, in the Roman Catholic area of Belfast, is believed to have been used either as a
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  • 225 5 United Press International Paris Friday The Chinese Premier, Mr. Chou iLn-lai, has conferred with North Vietnamese leaders in an apparent bid to explain to them the significance of his talks with President Nixon concerning Indochina, diplomatic sources said yesterday. They said Mr. Chou has met
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  • 314 5 Reuter Saigon, Friday. The US Command yesterday reported losing a Phantom jet and two airmen over the Ho Chi Minh Trail in Laos while American war planes attacked three gunsites inside North Vietnam. The raids brought to 90 the number of attacks made
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  • 48 5 New Delhi, Friday.— The death toll after five days in the week-long Indian state elections has reached 23. The three latest deaths occurred yesterday in Bihar, where more than 80,000 police and several army units have been on duty to curb widespread election voilence.
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  • 25 5 Lima, Friday At least 1000 peopla lost their homes yesterday when the Lacramarca River overflowed in the northern Peruvian city of Chlmbote.
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  • 25 5 Washington, Friday. President Nixon yesterday signed the foreign aid appropriations legislation providing U*****9.4 million ($9568.2 million) for foreign economic and military assistance.
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  • 64 5 Tel Aviv, Friday—lsrael said its warplanes raided Arab guerrilla camps, seven milts (11 km) inside Lebanon yesterday in retaliation for eanitr shieling attacks from Lebanese territory against two border settlements. The air raid, the first into Lebanon in almost two weeks, lasted 25 minutes. It
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  • 148 5 United Press International Sydney, Friday.—The professor of obstetrics and gynaecology at the University of Sydney, Mr. Rodney Shearman, said yesterday that many pregnant Australian women who have taken the mind-calming drug imipramlne are seeking therapeutic abortions. Imipramlne has come under suspicion of causing deformed
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  • 358 5 New York, Friday. A slump in the value of the dollar on international foreign exchange markets yesterday caused great concern among New York banking executives and economists, a preliminary survey showed. Interviews with a number of experts disclosed a widely-held belief that the December
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  • 441 6 Singapore Is already a regional centre for what the Minister of Finance, Mr. Hon Sul Sen, described In his budget speech this week as "brain services." No-one has yet been able to invent the ideal word for this mixed bag of economic enterprises:
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  • 'WHISPERS' by ISPY
    • 37 6 A European friend of mine related how while motoring north along the roads of Malaysia he kept seeing signposts marked "Utara". He failed to understand why he never reached the town of Utara.
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    • 32 6 I hear that the National Youth Leadership Training Institute has lost its principal, Mr. S.T. Bani. He has left to join Cold Storage as manager of personnel development.
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  • 650 6  -  SHIRI MULGAOKAR The case that Japan's options have been unnecessarily narrowed by its links with America is being increasingly made in Japan today. Not merely on the left, where such an opinion always had a big vogue, but
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  • Letters
    • 214 6  -  LIM PHAI SOM Ag. Permanent Secretary. Ministry of Communications, Sin fa pore, 6. I refer to the big photograph with caption. Buses stuck in rush hour traffic, (NN, March 8), in connection with the second of a three-part series article entitled, The Bus System Good Or Bad? May
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    • 199 6 After reading about the extra driving tests held on Saturdays and Sundays, I went to Queenstown Testing Centre to book my date. I took leave to go on a Thursday and when I approached the two girls at the counter to Inquire about the test dates, they Immediately
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    • 251 6 My son is one of those HSC graduates who unsuccessfully applied for deferment to attend the university term in May. 1970. He is now an officer, and, according to the Higher Education scheme worked out by MINDEF, hell be allowed temporary disruption from service to attend this
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    • 86 6  -  CHANDRA RAJ I think Chen Nan Pong's poem, Merely A Suicide, published In last Saturday's Book Review page was ex- tremely vivid and meaningful. Howeves, I would like to point out what I think is an Irritating misprint. In the seventh line I think the reading "In a
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    • 226 6 I read with Interest the article about the Republic's bus system (NN, Feb. 7). It seems that I am one of the many who was not Interviewed but I would like to air my views. It is sad to realise that many of the bus commuters
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    • 76 6  -  KOH LIAN HWI Ag. Registrar of Vehicle Singapore. 7. I refer to the query on the exact bus fare for the distance between Bartley Road (junction of Mount Vernon) to Braddell Road (Junction of Jalan Wah Ming) by Bus Traveller (NN, Feb. 1), and would like to
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    • 148 6 I read with Interest the article, The Bus System— Good Or Bad—(NN, March 7). I am a regular commuter on bus service No. 172 which takes me to my office in Shenton Way. Every day at peak hours between 6.90 7.30 a.m. many commuters like
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    • 147 6  -  NELSON QUAH Which of the two is a more effective cleaner: a toothbrush or an apple? In an illuminating dental health experiment on this, it was found that a tooth brush is a less efficient and effective cleaner than an apple. A person moving his brush
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    • 63 6  -  KOH LIAN HWI Ag. Registrar of Vehicles, I refer to the article on roundabout taxi trips by Constant Traveller (NN, Feb. 24). and would be grateful if the writer could supply the registration numbers of the taxis, date and time he was travelling in the taxis, and
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  • Page 6 Miscellaneous
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  • Article, Illustration
    1773 7  -  New Nation continues its weekly series on Singapore's historic and cultural landmarks. The menace of the secret societies THE CHARLES DYCE COLLECTION: SECOND OF A THREE PART SERIES BY BETTY L. KHOO All that is known of Charles Andrew Dyce—clerk, artist and man-about-town —relates to his five years
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  • SHOPPING
    • 474 8 DEVOLUTIONS, it seems, are taking place almost every other day. New products are hitting the market with almost untiring energy and with the march of technological advances, nothing seems impossible any more. Sewing machines are becoming so simplified that someday you may only have to put
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  • Page 8 Advertisements
    • 243 8 QUADRO SUPER CARPET TILES are made of hard-wearing synthetic fibres, completely waterproof and withstand the heaviest wear. They are laid easily and economically by placing them flat upon the floor without the use of adhesive*, tools, or costly labour. Because they are loose laid QUADRO SUPER CARPET TILES can be
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    • 135 8 STEINBERG A MAGNIFICENT EXAMPLE OF CRAFTSMANSHIP. STYLED IN SPECIALLY SELECTED TIMBERS TO ENHANCE ANY DECOR AND WITH A QUALITY OF TONE TO DELIGHT BOTH PLAYER AND LISTENER. NOTE: BEWARE OF CHEAP IMITATION jgri ALWAYS LOOK FOR THIS:— Jpte Sol* Agantt for Singapore I Malaysia. ROBERT PIANO COMPANY 277 ft 291
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    • 293 8 WATCHES Swss watches from 525 $4 000 CLOCKS JEWELRY A wide variety from sano Bracelets, necklaces and rings clocks to atmospheric clocks in gold with precious stones r- \A£J> V WATCHES OF SWITZERLAND LIMITED 12 Liat Towers. Orchard Road. Singapore 9 Tel *****0 1 John litt es Buildinq R,iff'es Place
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  • TREND
    • 699 9  -  Presented by Mary Lee MARIA NIELD Hong Kong, Friday Hong Kong's textile industry may be faltering under stringent import quotas imposed by America and Britain, but its garment-making business is soaring to new heights. Hong Kong tailors have long been known for the
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    • 583 9  -  EATING OUT WITH WENDY HUTTON There are times when eating out and then writing about it is less enjoyable than it sounds. Like when you are trying to stick to a weight-reducing diet and have a miserable cold into the bargain. Under these far from ideal
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    • 86 9 Remaking swimsuits: When small girls outgrow one-piece swimsuits, cut the swlmsult in two pieces across the middle. Turn a neat hem on each side and insert elastic. The result: a two-piece costume. Bulky fabric: Rub fabric with a piece of candle and the machine will glide smoothly over
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  • Page 9 Advertisements
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  • BEHIND THE NEWS
    • 397 10  -  From Honorato Cabie Reuter PHILIPPINES Despite wide ranging facilities for adult education, illiteracy in the Philippines is increasing yearly. The problem is particularly severe among the cultural minority areas on Mindanao Island In the southern pnillpplnes and In northern Luzon. According to
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    • 1208 10  -  By Pang Cheng Lian SINGAPORE Making Singapore a brain services centre was first mooted in 1970 by Dr. Albert Winsemius, an economist who has contributed much towards Singapore's economic growth. But his suggestion that Singapore should strike out Into the "fourth dimension" and become
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    • 738 10  -  From V.K. Chin MALAYSIA Tan Sri Ghazali Shafie has many things going for him as the Alliance candidate in the forthcoming Lipis parliamentary by-election in Pahang. He is a formidable opponent. the iocal boy who made good in the world of diplomacy
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    • 623 10  -  From Nicholas Moore Reuter ZAMBIA President Kenneth Kaunda has bowed to demands that he turn Zambia into a oneparty state despite apparent reservations of his own. In the past, the 47-year-old President has said he wanted the opposition voted out of parliament by the country's electorate,
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  • Page 10 Advertisements
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  • 266 11  -  CAMERA^ By WANG SU FAH Potential camera buyers ask a number of questions before making a purchase. Generally, they want to know the price that will suit their pockets, lens apertures and shutter speeds. But they seem to want to know little about the
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  • 532 11 ANOTHER DAY OF HEAVY TRADING By Our Market Correspondent Partially influenced by profit clipping, marginal declines were rather spread out in industrials, hotels and properties Heavy trading mainly due to speculation was a prominent feature of the market. Aggregate turnover rose to 4.5 million and value to
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  • 73 11 TOKYO, Frl. A 15-man Japanese team will make a three-week survey of Tyumen oil fields, western Siberia, early in May. a leading economic organisation said today. This was agreed on at the fifth Japan-Soviet joint economic committee meeting held in Tokyo last month. The team
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  • 221 11 New Nation Foreign Service New York, Friday The stocks closed mixed to narrowly lower in a battle yesterday between pro-fit-taking and some tive buying. Trading was" heavy for the eighth consecutive session. At the closing bell, the Dow Jones industrial average of 30
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  • Page 11 Advertisements
    • 275 11 NEW NATION Name Address Title: Camera: Exposure: Camera Corner weekly photographic contest. Below are the rules of the competition. It's open to all with cash prizes. Rules 1. The Contest is open to all Singapore photographers. 2. Minimum size is 6" K" on glossy surface. 3. An Entry Form must
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  • 983 12  -  GUTTER a. TALK WITH JOHN FITCH The long-a waited Inter Association and Club League will start on Sunday. Unlike previous years, the Inter-league will have as the prime mover, slots for the purpose of selection of STBC teams for the Malaysian annual championships
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  • 110 12 Florida, Friday Bobby Mitchell gambled a shot over high trees to his third straight birdie yesterday and wound up with a sixunder par-66 that was good for a one-stroke lead in the opening round of the US $150,000 Citrus Open. Mitchell, who had six birdies
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  • 248 12 In response to Blue Peter's comments under "Singapore Racing Minus Sprints," may I as a very Interested spectator and enthusiast of the Sport of Kings make some suggestions which I hope will prove beneficial to racing in Singapore. Firstly, with the changes to the course
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  • Page 12 Advertisements
    • 713 12 NEW NATION PHONE *****8 EDUCATION LANGUAGE COURSES FOR MARCH 1972. ITALIAN BEGINNERS COURSE commencing 14th Morch 1972. SPANISH BEGINNERS COURSE commencing 14th March 1972 JAPANESE BEGINNERS COURSE commencing 13th March 1972 MANDARIN BEGINNERS COURSE commencing 13th March 1972. MALAY BEGINNERS COURSE commencing 14th 1972. PLEASE ENROL FOR THE ABOVE COURSES
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    • 374 12 TUITION TUITION FOR SECONDARY levels by tutor in Science, English and Moths. Phone: Miss Chan Singapore *****4. LEARN KARATE AT THE GOJU-RYU KARATE TRAINING CENTRE. 184 Neil Road. Beginners doss commencing 13th March Monday/Wednesday/ Friday. Time: 6.30/8 p.m. For full details. Phone: Nancy Tan *****. Singapore office hours. MATHEMATICS AND
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    • 254 12 WOMEN ONLY NEW SHIPMENT! For assorted jewelleries, groovy belts, handbogs, imported materials, dresses, trimmings, and everything feminine visit Femina, 352 People's Park Complex (2nd Floor) *****. WINING DINING WHILE IN CHAN6I POINT, visit the Europe Cafe for good Chinese and Western dishes at moderote price. Hai Suan Bakery, the most
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  • Page 12 Miscellaneous
    • 412 12 NEW NATION CROSSWORD 9 Goes up. 10 One In a race. 12 Cafe au—. 13 French statesman and family. 14 Crafty ways. 17 Burgoo. 20 Opera hat. 23 Natives of Belgrade. 25 Striped animal. 28 Vexes: Dial. 30 Certain years. 33 Desert spots. 35 Ladles' maids in India. 37 Marvelous.
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  • 718 13 Kuala Lumpur, Friday The Malaysia Open, third leg of the Asian Golf Circuit, gave promise of a thrilling finish as six men from five nations shared the first round lead on 67 over the Royal Selangor Golf Club course yesterday. Breathing down
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  • 860 13 The Singapore Senior Golfers' Society and the Singapore Island Country Club ladies will meet for the C. Y. Koh Trophy over the Island course on Sunday. The draw (SSGS 1st): Ist TEE 1.15 pm N. Sutcliffe (7) and Teo Chwee Sens (18) v C. Loons (17) and
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  • 763 13  -  By Dennis Chia Mr. Julian Hwang, teacher in charge of hockey in Crescent Girls' School was a man with mixed feelings at Dover Road where the Pasir Panjang district hockey finals were being played yesterday He was happy that his school retained
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  • 100 13 London, Friday.—Australia's Heather McKay, the finest woman player of all time, won the British wo men's squash rackets championship for a recordbreaking 11th successive year at Sydenham here yesterday. The 30-year-old Australian, who has not been beaten in any competition since 1962, once again highlighted her
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  • 27 13 The English soccer 1972 League Cup final between Chelsea and Stoke City will be shown on TV Slngapura's Channel Five this Sunday at 11.50 a.m.
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  • 223 13 New York, Friday.—Billie Jean King, the World's second ranked women's player, moved a step closer to a showdown with topranked Evonne Goolagong of Australia yesterday. She advanced to the second round of the U5533,000 Maureen Connolly Brinker international tennis tournament by defeating Kris Kemmerfer of
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  • 227 13 Manila, Friday Guam defeated the United States 2-1 last night for the biggest upset of the Third World men's softball championship at the Rodriguez sports centre. It was only the second win in seven games for the Guamanians and the Americans' first loss in
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  • 341 13 Trinidad, Friday. New Zealand were 211 for seven in their first innings at close of play on the first day of the second cricket Test against the West Indies at Port of Soain yesterday. West Indies captain Gary Sobers sent New Zealand in to bat
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  • 81 13 Tel Aviv, Friday.—lsrael's national soccer team leaves for Rangoon on Sunday to take part in the PreOlympic Games Asian section tournament starting in the Burmese capital on March 2d Israel will be competing against host country Burma, Ceylon. India, Indonesia and Thailand in this Group Two Asian
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  • 67 13 Venezuela. Friday.—Willi Kuhweide of Germany sailed "Sunny" to a fourthminute victory in the fourth heat to take the overall lead In the World Star Class yachting championship at Puerto Azul yesterday. The German held the overall lead, with two heats remaining, with a point total of 240.
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    • 137 14 Today is Friday, March 10, the 70th day of 1972. THE MOON: Between last quarter and new phase. 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 DAY IN HISTORY: In 1862, the
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    • Article, Illustration
      65 14 Cutting a trim figure—l7-year-old Juliana Lim, who hasn't let her hobby go to her waistline. Juliana loves cooking and eating European food. She's a sales promoter in working hours. After hours she would like to take up bowling but is still looking for some one to teach her.
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    • 187 14 Melbourne Herald A square bed and a round marble bath are the most original features of Brigitte Bardot's new Paris flat. The bath holds two and It Is built on an elevated platform so that Brigitte can watch horse races through binoculars while she is in the water.
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    • 223 14 STRICTURES ON SECRETARIES' DUTIES It's got to be charm all the way for the high powered diplomats at the US State Department should their secretaries courteously offer to fetch them cups of coffee. For, says the department's monthly newsletter, a secretary is not a
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    • 73 14 AH FOOK: I'm glad to see that Singapore's cultural troupe to the Adelaide Festiyal of Arts is going to put on two performances here when they return. I'll certainly go and see them. MEI LING: You annoy me. Just because they've been overseas you now want to see
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    • 36 14 Eight Chinese engineers arrived In London from Peking last night for a month long fact finding tour of Britain's power Industry just over a week after the power crisis because of the miners' strike.
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    • 37 14 Charles Bheppard, 32, was having trouble getting into a parked truck in Reno, Nevada, when a policeman arrived. Sheppard said he had lost his keys. He was arrested. It was the policeman's truck.
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  • Page 14 Miscellaneous
    • 435 14 5 Siagapora Opening and Where the Heart Is For the Family (E) A Diary of Events In Singapore this Week (E) It's Happening In Singapore (E—Rpt) Days of Our Lives Close Opening and Lucky Dip News in Brief Sharl Lewis Show Sports Parade News (C) Chinese Variety Show News and
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    • 445 14 Trust your lucky star IF IT'S YOUR BIRTHDAY BORN today, you are one of those persons who works marvellously well in harness with another person. Indeed, you are at your best only when working jointly with another for you are not by nature a "loner", not by nature one who
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