New Nation, 20 March 1972

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  • 15 1 NEW NATION SINGAPORE Monday evening, March 20, 1972 No. 357 Price 15 cents NEW NATION
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  • 13 1 Police reported 39 accidents yesterday. Seven were serious and one fatal.
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  • 222 1 Prices were generally moving up in the share market for the first half hour this morning. P.M. Cement grew six cents to $2.22. Inchcape gained 10 cents to $5.60. Utd. Motors made nine cents to $2.79. Empat Nombor increased four cents to $4.90. Hong Leong earned three
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  • 36 1 LATE NEWS Tokyo, Monday.—A slight earthquake was felt in Tokyo for about half-an hour after midnight the Meteorological Agency said. The tremor recorded an intensity of one here on the Japanese scale of seven.
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  • 277 1  -  By V.K. Chin Kuala Lumpur, Monday Mr. Lee Kuan Yew will be briefed on Malaysia's security and development situation during his 48-hour visit beginning Wednesday night. He will also have a onehour session with Malaysian Prime Minister Tun Abdul Razak and his senior
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  • 76 1 The case against the six men charged with the attempted murder of two policemen on Chinese New Year Eve will come up for further mention on March 27. The prosecutor asked the court today for a further postponement of the trial pending rurther police Investigation.
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  • 70 1 Belfast. Monday An angry crowd of nearly 2000 besieged the police station in the border town of Monaghan early yesterday, demanding the release of three Republican guerillas. Irish troops were called in when the crowd began hurling petrol bombs at the station and one soldier was
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  • 159 1 Reuter Cairo, Monday. A Yugoslav jet on charter to Egypt ploughed into a mountain while coming in to land at Aden last night, and officials here said at least 13 of the 22 people aboard were killed. A Middle East news agency report
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  • 284 1  -  Picture and story by Wee Benf Huat The only water there was, served to quench this fireman's thirst. And he drank it all while the fire burnt. He had been on his feet for six hours soaked to the skin from his own prespiratlon
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  • 457 1 Laird: It may be forced to move in United Press International Washington, Monday Japan might need a naval presence in the Indian Ocean because of its important shipping routes there, the Defence Secretary, Mr. Melvin Laird, said yesterday. Mr. Laird, when asked by the US
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  • 333 1 Jakarta, Monday. Indonesia and the Soviet Union resume talks here today in an attempt to break a deadlock over the status of the strategic Straits of Malacca linking the Indian and Pacific oceans. Foreign Minister Mr. Adam Malik, who returned home last night from
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  • 59 1 Brisbane, Monday.—Federal Narcotics Bureau officers yesterday seized about 60,000 doses of LSD estimated to be worth $1 million. It was the largest drug haul ever made In Australia. Customs Minister Mr. Donald Chipp said that the LSD had been found buried in a plant nursery near the
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  • 54 2 A new $200,000 laboratory animal centre of the University of Singapore will be opened at 4 p.m. today at Lorong Chen Charu, Sembawang. The centre, which is under Professor Lim Kok Ann, the director of animal care, will provide laboratory animals for use in university departments
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  • 502 2 A highlight of economic symposium Disagreement over foreign take-overs like the Haw Par case last year was one of the highlights at the Economic Society seminar at the Bukit Timah campus yesterday. Dr. Goh Keng Swee told more than 200 people in his opening speech that a
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  • 365 2 Th£ president of the College of General Practitioners, Dr. B.R. Sreenivasan, has called for the setting up of a department of general practice in the University of Singapore. Dr. Sreenivasan was speaking on "Our Heritage" at the Fourth National Medical Convention being held
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  • 32 2 Macao, Monday. More than 500 people were made homeless yesterday when fire raged through 140 huts on this Portuguese enclave, only a few hundred yards away from the Sino-Por-tuguese border.
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  • 168 2 The Port of Singapore Authority will ease the carsticker scheme introduced earlier this month to avoid traffic congestion—following protests by port users. It will now grant additional car stickers at $lO per month to firms who need them and only after they have bought
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  • 110 2 The PAP has sent an observer to the 16th annual convention of Japan's Democratic Socialist Party (DSP). Mr. Ho faeng Tin, vice chairman of PAP Delta Branch, left for Tokyo this morning to attend the three-day convention due to begin on March 22. The DSP
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  • 232 2 The secretary-general of United National Front, Mr. R. Vetrivelu, yesterday renewed a call for a "united front" of opposition parties to fight the Peoples' Action Party at the next elections. He was speaking to a gathering of party supporters celebrating the second year
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  • 25 2 A 32-week course in architectural drawing will begin on Bunday at the Mountbatten Adult Education Board centre from 9 a.m. to 12 noon.
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  • 321 2 The School of Pharmacy, University of Singapore, has announced the results of the First Sessional Examination for the degree of BJ3c. (Pharmacy) in Pharmaceutics I, Pharmaceutical Chemistry I, Pharmacognosy and Anatomy and Biochemistry. The successful candidates are: Ang Kim Seng. Ang Luan Thak. Cheong Hung Ling (Miss),
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  • 352 2  -  By Pang Guek Cheng How much does a man talk to his wife about sex in Singapore? In fact how much does he talk to her at all? More than 35 university students are to interview 3000 families next month in a bid
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  • Page 2 Miscellaneous
    • 132 2 At the cinema Capitol: S.W.AL.K. 1.30, 4, 6.30, 9.30 p.m. Cathay: 101 Dalmatians 1.30, 4, 6.30, 9JO p.m. Globe: Raid On Rommel 1.45, 4, 7, 9.15 pjn. Imperial: Lady With A Sword (Mandarin) 2.15, 7.15, 9.30 p.m. Jar one Drive-In: The Killer Boxer (Mandarin) 7, 930 p.m. Lido: The Angry
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    • 158 2 I weather I Temperatures in world cities yesterday: Jakarta 31-25 C Kuala Lumpur 34-23 C Bangkok 32-25 C Hong Kong Manila Naha Seoul Tokyo 25-20 C 30-21 C 25-18 C 11-4 C 18-9 C New York 7-minus 1C London 19-9 C Paris 21-9 C Moscow 3-mlnus 3C San Francisco 17-7
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    • 342 2 Men win all the prizes 55aj^|fvfpF' Last Wednesday's quiz photograph showed a row of windows at the Port of Singapore Authority head office In Tanjong Pagar. The first prize of $15 goes to Mr. David H. C. Tay. a c'.erk, of Commonwealth Crescent. His entry was the first correct one
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  • 221 3 Hong Kong and Taiwan candidates likely The new head of Nanyang University may come from outside Singapore, possibly Hong Kong or Taiwan. According to sources, finding a man to replace vice-chancellor Prof. Rayson Huang will be a problem because there appears to be a
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  • 233 3 Thousands of onceIsolated secretaries In Singapore now have an association to bring them closer together and to help maintain professional standards. The newly-formed Singapore Association of Personal and Executive Secretaries was launched last May when more than 100 secretaries attended the Inaugural meeting. It is
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  • 114 3 The new traffic circulation in the Orange Road area to facilitate vehicles moving into the Raffles Institution compound opened today and all went according to plan. As early as 6.45 am, traffic police were already at the Junctions of Kay Poh Road, Hoot Kiam Road, River Valley
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  • 36 3 The Tiong Bahru community centre Is organising a ballet class for children between five and 12. The classes will be held every Sunday from 2 to 3 p.m. Fees will be $6 per month.
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  • 196 3  -  By Ng Foo Ngok Kuala Lumpur, Monday— The first jumbo to land in Malaysia will stop at Subang airport here for an hour on April 1. From that date, twice weekly on Mondays and Saturdays, Qantas jumbos will start out from Austra
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  • 58 3 Private students wanting to sit for science subjects for the 1972 Cambridge O.C.E. 'O' level may submit their entries to the Education Ministry from today. Only those who have been following a systematic course of study in the subjects will be allowed to sit for the examination.
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  • 45 3 A course on Highway Code for L-drivers will be held at the Serangoon Secondary School Adult Education Centre from Friday. Classes will be held on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. Application forms are available from the Centre.
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  • 26 3 Dr. Ho Guan I,lm, Director of Medical Services, received a $12,000 Citron Ambulance from Henry Ang Agency at the Outram Road General Hospital this morning.
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  • 282 3 A television team from the American Broadcasting Corporation is in Singapore to interview the Prime Minister, Mr. Lee Kuan Yew, for a documentary film on Asian leaders' reaction to President Nixon's recent visit to China. The four-man crew which flew In at the weekend from
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  • 52 3 A month-long anti-drug campaign, organised by the Singapore Natural Health Society, begins next month In conjunction with seven other voluntary organisations. Exhibitions, films shows, and talks will be held In Geylang, Toa Payoh, Jurong, Queens town and the city area. There will also be a forum of five
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  • 275 3 Kuala Lumpur, Monday. —Malaysians entering towns in Souui Thailand without valid permits face arrest, court action and confiscation of their belongings including the cars in which they are travelling. This warning came over the weekend from a spokesman of the Thai Immigration Department at Betong.
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  • 565 4 In Person Conducted by Ruth Moses, Tel: ***** THERE were no after dinner speeches at this function. More the other way round. The speeches at the Science Ball 1972 came first. The dinner had to wait—"till 8.55 p.m." as one famished diner
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  • THE VOICE OF THE PRESS
    • 617 4 What other newspapers are saying: PEACE IN SOUTH-EAST ASIA: The US. Defence Secretary, Mr. Melvin Laird, said that whether or not a number of regions (for instance, the South East Asian region) were going to have peace would depend mainly on the attitude of the Soviet
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    • 755 4 HANDS OFF THE STRAITS: It seems that the Straits of Malacca has now become a hot Issue among the big powers following a suggestion by the Soviet Union that it be made an International waterway. The suggestion has already been opposed by Malaysia and Indonesia as they regard
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  • 442 5  -  'Ganging-up' feared By K.C. Thaler United Press International London, Monday The Soviet Union wants Arm assurances from President Nixon at his forthcoming "summit" meeting in Moscow that he did not "gang up" with China during his recent visit to Peking and will not
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  • 57 5 President Marcos of the Philippines (centre) wearing a doctor's gown and mask visits Foreign Secretary Carlos Romulo at the Makati Medical Centre. Mr. Romulo, 73, is convalescing from injuries suffered in a car accident. Be told the president he wanted to £0 back to work but Mr.
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  • 386 5 Peking, Monday. The Chinese Premier, Mr. Chou En-lai, hosted a banquet for exiled former Caiqbodian Head of State Prince Norodom Sihanouk and attacked unidentified "certain powers" which he said were trying to create a third force in Cambodia. Premier Chou, in an after dinner speech
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  • 392 5 United Press International Rawalpindi, Monday.— President Bhutto told a cheering crowd of 400,000 in Lahore yesterday that he wanted no more war with India and called for an improvement in rela tlons with the United States, China and the Soviet Union. "If America wants
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  • 153 5 Rome, Monday.—Rome's ill-mannered young romeos have extended their field of operations from drenching pretty young tourists at the Trevi fountain to fondling their legs at the gates of the Vatican. A dozen or more girls who had been in St. Peter's Square to recieve Pope
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  • 50 5 Cairo, Monday. Mr. Mahmoud Riad, Egyptian Presidential adviser for Foreign Affairs, is due to leave here for Peking today on a five-day visit to China. During the visit his first to China Mr. Riad is expected to discuss the Middle East crisis and relations between the two countries.
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  • 225 5 Bogota, Monday.—Johann Ehrmann, the 72-year-old recluse cleared in the weekend on suspicion of being Nazi war criminal Martin Bormann, may sue the Bogota magazine that made the allegation. He is trying to make up his mind whether legal action would be worthwhile. The magazine, Slette Dlas
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  • 237 5 Moscow, Monday. Philippine and Soviet officials plan to work out a programme of cultural exchanges, including tours by musical and dance ensembles. This was disclosed at the end of a five-day visit to the Soviet Union by the Philippines' First Lady. Mrs. Imelda Marcos.
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  • 285 5 United Press International London, Monday Bri tain's biggest annual guessing game has swung into top gear. It will reach its climax of suspense tomorrow when most business activity in the country will grind to a halt. Millions of Britons will Rather around television or
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  • 425 6 King Hussein's plan for an autonomous Palestinian state federated to Jordan has plunged the Arab world into one of its periodic convulsions. What the Arab states fear is that King Hussein has a secret understanding with Israel by which Jordanian (and Arab) responsibility for the
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  • 79 6 'JlJl.r/j'jlJr.) by ISPY Soft lights, soft music and hard drinks those were the ideal conditions under which the new committee of the Singapore Press Club held its first meeting. I spied the journalists conducting business in the bar of the Apollo Hotel on Saturday afternoon.
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  • 1359 6  -  ALEX JOSEY I am an excellent cook. I can make a cup or a pot of coffee, boil an egg. and make a stew. I know men, and and I have never ceased to marvel at them, prepared to
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    • 256 6 As the volume of traffic using the new Clementl Road has increased quite substantially, traffic accidents occur along the road every now and then. Recently, about four accidents have happened at the junction of the old Clementl Road and the new Clementl Road nearer Ulu Pandan,
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    • 168 6  -  BULAN ATAS, Singapore, 14. Two popular Indonesian films are currently being shown at theatres In Geylang. I have noticed that cinema touts are a constant menace at these cinemas. The fllmgoers. who live far away from that area, have got no chance to buy the tickets
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    • 62 6 I've noticed that many of the greens of the Housing and Development Board housing estates particularly Toa Payoh estate, are Infested with mimosa. This Is very unsightly and a menace to children playing. Could the HDB do something to eradicate it? It would also be greatly
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    • 162 6 The Prim* Minister's announcement of an extra month's pay gave rise to a lot of happiness when It first appeared, but now we are not so sure. There have been different Interpretatlons as to who are eligible. Some workers retired during 1971, some at the end
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  • Article, Illustration
    1352 7 Living on their wits and other people's money One "sold" the Eiffel Tower for scrap and tricked people into buying a "magic" box that would make bank notes; another's manipulation of shares in Paris put the franc In such danger that France ordered him deported; and a
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  • 1021 7 And while we're on the subject of fraud Meg. Greenfield in Washington asks... It's time, I think, for Hollywood to get down to business in the Clifford Irving Howard Hughes aftar. By now It should be In top gear deciding on
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  • BEHIND THE NEWS
    • 279 8  -  INDONESIA From Ronnie Muntu In Jakarta When President Suharto visited Australia he remarked In private to Indonesian Journalists accompanying him that the only thing which might cause a ripple on the otherwise smooth waters of Indone-sian-Australian relations was the issue of the continental
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    • 781 8 FINANCIAL GAME BY CHARTEXUS MONEY In the projection of earnings and dividends there should be at least three components. We have already dealt with the first two the assessment of the economy and an estimate of the performance rate of ordinary share
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    • 454 8  -  MALAYSIA From S.C. Chan In Kuehlng Full mobilisation of forces in Sarawak is imminent to counteract the growing communist threat, as terrorists step up their attacks on civilians. Communist terrorists shot defenceless people at point blank range and mutilated their bodies in Sibu
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    • 351 8  -  PHILIPPINES From B. Ronquillo in The Philippine decision to establish normal relations with the East European socialist countries and delay such decision as far as the bigger socialist powers are concerned is dictated mainly by reasons of national security. Filipinos fear their big neighbours more
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    • 656 8  -  THAILAND From Jack Folate In Bangkok Los Angeles Times The Bangkok government is trying to get villagers to defend themselves against rebel terrorists instead of relying on police and soldiers for protection. In a programme strongly supported by US aid, village defence forces are
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    • 734 8  -  LEADERSHIP ROW MAY LEAD TO CONFIDENCE CRISIS MALAYSIA From V. K. Chin la Kuala Lumpur The leadership dispute in the Malaysian Indian Congress appears to have been settled by Prime Minister Tun Abdul Razak but this intervention could become an embarrassment later. In a compromise solution, Tun
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  • TREND
    • 651 9  -  IMALLA lAN Last week I talked about the Importance of play in developing a child's mind. Today I shall discuss the various stages of such development. A baby of about five to six months enjoys life in his pram or cot just watching moving objects. When
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    • 417 9 Dear Ros, I have been going steady with a girl for six years and we are planning to get married this year. She is most feminine in character and behaviour but througnout our friendship I have been tormented by a most personal problem. My wlfe-to-be, a
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    • 181 9 Dear Ros, I am very backward as far as Chinese dialects are concerned. I strongly feel that I should do something about this. The dialect that interests me most is Teochew. Could you please tell me where or to whom I turn?. The fee must be moderate, not
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    • 280 9 Dear Ros. I failed my examinations last year and now I have sent for a booklet from a correspondence company. I found It interesting because it explained how many people have taken this course and succeeded. Is it possible that if I take a course with
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    • 137 9 Blouses are making it back in short, romantic styles and bright primary colours. Cone are the long tunic tops which developed from the midi. Today blouses are definitely short, to be worn tucked into skirts and pants. The pants are flared with high
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    • 272 9 Dear Ros, I am 21 and I have been getting on fine with my boyfriend for over six months. The trouble is that I don't know whether he truly loves me or if he is just taking advantage of me. You see, I feel that
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    • 170 9 Dear Ros, I like a girl whom I have known for about a year. Whenever I ask her for a date she usually gives excuses by saying that she is not free because she has to do housework. I have already asked her twice but
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    • 143 9 Dear Ros, My problem is that a few months ago I came to know a girl through a friend's in- troduction and we went out together and had a nice time. Now I would like to strike up a friendship with her and
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    • 95 9 Dear Ros, I am legally separated from my wife. Recently she came home to look after the children and help with the housework. Do I have to. go through the legal procedure again? Please Help. Dear Please Help, This is a legal problem. I am sorry but it
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    • 36 9 Dear Ros, My birthday fell on the 16th day of the 4th moon according to the Chinese calender. Please when was my birthday. Anxious. Dear AnTton^ Your birthday fell on Monday, June 6, 1955.
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  • EDUCATION
    • 1267 10 THEY SILENTLY CHANGE THE SUN'S RAYS INTO ELECTRICITY THE UIORLD Of TOmORROUI Clean and noiseless, they float in the cold, limitless depths of space, soaking up the sunlight. These are banks of solar cells. They are mounted on a giant unmanned satellite sweeping the
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    • 1008 10  -  By Violet Oon In the past two weeks I have been discussing domestic science in a speculative rather than factual fashion. Now, I think it would be appropriate to take a more serious look at the subject as it is being taught in
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    • 678 10 Pane Guek Cheng interviews six Secondary Four students of the Tanglin Technical School. Lim Pia Mooi, 15: Singapore is clean and green, and many of my relatives who have travelled to other countries tell me that other places are very dirty. So
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  • 1286 11  -  MOTORING WITH JIM WATKINS Occasionally, to enliven the boredom which goes with driving new cars all the while, comes a real dreamboat, a Walter Mitty car which makes possible a few days of a different kind of life. This last week I have been playing the
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  • 573 11  -  MOTOR CYCLING WITH LEE CHIU SAN About this time every year Grand Prix fever normally reaches its peak in Singapore, and while the partclpants are frantically preparing their machines the general public is wondering where to get a good view of the action. The Singapore
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  • 362 12 A top Indonesian boxing official will speak on behalf of Singapore and Malaysia when he meets former heavyweight champion of the world Muhammad Ali in Japan to discuss a possible visit to Jakarta, Singapore and Kuala Lumpur. He is Mr. Reiner Manoch, the Indonesian
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  • 119 12 Rangoon, Monday.—Burma, Indonesia and Israel are expected to dominate the Asian zone two Olympic qualifying soccer tournament which opens here today. The winner of the sixnation tournament will join Malaysia—who won the zone one qualifying round in Seoul last year—as Asia's representatives at the Munich Olymple
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  • 177 12 Gerry Lcol, Singapore's leading rider has bought a $5500 250 c.c. Yamaha TO3 to race in the class event of the Singapore Grand Prix at Sembawang starting on March 30. In the main event over 50 laps, however, he will be using the 350
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  • 256 12 Bridgetown, Barbados, Monday The New Zea land cricketers were struggling 56 runs behind with only eight wickets standing against Barbados on the third day of their four day match at the Kennington oval here. The touring side were 43 for two at the close
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  • 161 12 Brands Hatch. MondayEmerson Flttlpaldl, 25-vear-old Brazilian driver, led all the way to score an impressive triumph in the International "Race of Champions" for Formula One and Formula 5000 cars here yesterday. Fittipaldi. driving a John Player Special, led from start to finish as he swept
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  • 31 12 Chicago, Monday. The Netherlands Tom Okker came back from a poor start to win the US$5O,OOO Kemper Open tennis tournament by beating Arthur Ashe 4-6, 6-4, 6-3 here yesterday.
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  • 19 12 Nairobi, Monday. West Germany were beaten 1-0 by Kenya in their second international hockey match here yesterday.
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  • 85 12 DEATH Low Han Chye, aged 68, Chairman fir Managing Director of Han Huat fir Co., (Pte.) Ltd., No. 3 Lorong Telok, passed away peacefully on 17th March 1972 leaving behind his wife, 2 sons, Khee Mong Khee Swee. 4 daughters. Puay Kheng, Soon Kheng, Mui Kheng fir Lang Kheng, 2
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  • Page 12 Miscellaneous
    • 460 12 NEW NATION CROSSWORD ACROSS 1 Feeler. 5 Russian log hut. 9 Quarrel. 13 Equal: Fr. 14 Unfermented grape juice. 15 New nation in Africa. 15 Frank's, Slavs, ect. 18 Direction. 19 —blackbird. 20 Fishing boat. 22 Shelf. 24 Function. 25 Diamond term. 28 Stand for holding glass, china, etc. 33
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  • 385 13 Follow the horses marked with a Heavenly Body was quickly out in front, leading into the straight from Majulah, with Trishaw Angel closing in. Heavenly Body kept up a good gallop to win from Trishaw Angel. Third was Majulah. Never Mind was well clear of Cinema at
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  • 793 13 By Scrutineer Trainer Garnet Bougoure has a useful galloper in Djebel Druse who should win more and better races in the coming months. The half brother to the fabulous Daryl's Joy has come on and will go far. His win in the Class Three
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  • 59 13 so a chance for the cricket fanatics at the Singapore Cricket Club to have a prac- tice game on the padang. A chance too, for the young sons of former State cricketer John Martens to pick up some hints from the "oldies." At the crease is Rex
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  • 156 13 Calcutta. Monday The four rounds of the leaders in the Indian Open were:— 282—Brian Jones (Anst) 70 72 70 70. 284—Ben Arda (Philippines) 67 71 74 72 Peter Thomson (Anst) 71 70 73 70. 287—Diek McClean (US) <7 73 76 71; Graham Marsh (Anst) 71
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  • 65 13 Florida. Monday England's Tony Jacklin sank a li-foot Dar-putt on the first hole of a sudden-death play-off with John Jacobs yesterday to win the U*****,000 Greater Jacksonville Open. Jacklin and Jacobs finished regulation play deadlocked at flve-under par--283. but Jacobs bogeyed the 377-yard play-off hole after hitting
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  • 570 13  -  passing shots Desmond Oon When I first cast my eyes on the Crystal Palace sports facility in England, I went away overawed by its sheer Immensity. But later when a tennis friend showed me the Nielsen Tennis Stadium of the University of Wisconsin at Madison, I
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    • 52 14 Peggy Tan, 22, loves the outdoor life and she spends every chance she gets with rod and reel waiting for the fish to bite. Pretty Peggy, a sales demonstrator, also enjoys the indoor sport of bowling. Now and then she does a bit of modelling. Picture by
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    • 30 14 Aircraft using Pisa airport have been banned from flying over the city because of fears that vibrations they cause are endangering the stability of the famous leaning tower.
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    • 32 14 People In Toowoomba, Queensland, have been urged to smile at each other, at visitors and at tourists as part of a Chamber of Commerce scheme to promote tourism.
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    • 451 14  -  By Pang Guek Cheng How many of us dream half our lives away about taking adventurous and daredevil trips sailing on a raft across the Pacific Ocean, for example. Perhaps a less ambitious person might be satisfied merely with hitch hiking round the
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    • 144 14 Nazi propaganda and allied counter propaganda movies chronicling Hitler's rise and fall have turned out to be the biggest box-office draw at this year's annual Viennale film festival in Vienna. "We sold out all the tickets for the one-week programme within a few hours,"
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    • 147 14 Today is Monday, March 20. the 80th day of 1972 with 286 to follow. THE MOON: In its first quarter. THE MOBNING STAB: Jupiter. THE EVENING STABS: Mercury, Venus, Mars and Saturn. Those born on this day are under the sign of Pisces. Danish operatic tenor Lauritz Melchlor was
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    • 151 14 The United States birthrate has dropped to a 31year low. The National Centre for Health Statistics reports that the rate at which American women bear children plummeted 6 per cent last year. The sharp drop in the birthrate coincided with a rise in the
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    • 40 14 AH FOOK: I see Rotary; International Is "to; consider allowing women to become fullmembers. I MEI LIN: And why not? I'm sure women canplay their part for: this fine service orga-: nisation Just as well; as the men.
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    • 71 14 A 69-year-old pensioner was arrested in Fuerth, West Germany, for hitting cars with his walking stick. The man explained to the police that he was only seeking revenge. He was run over by a car in 1969 and swore to get even with them.
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  • Page 14 Miscellaneous
    • 454 14 5 Slagapsrs 3.00 Opening and Where the Heart Is 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 6.10 Opening and Charlie Chaplin Comedy Theatre 6.30 News in Brief 6.35 Petticoat Junction:
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    • 494 14 Trust your lucky star... IF IT'S YOUR BIRTHDAY BORN today, you are an energetic, businesslike Individual whose Inclination towards absolute and impersonal efficiency is countered by natural good humour. Neither devious nor political when it comes to making your way In the world, you go about your own affairs willingly
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