New Nation, 22 May 1972

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  • 18 1 NEW NATION SINGAPORE Monday evening, May 22, 1972 No. 411 Price 15 cents SINGAPORE MONDAY, MAY 22, 1972
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  • 131 1 Trading was light and selective in the share maket this morning. Prices were barely steady during the first 45 minutes. Guinness declined 15 cents to $6.00, Rothmans gained four cents to $3.90, Pacific Milk two cents to $1.56 and CCM one cent to $2.59. Haw Par lost
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  • 19 1 Police reported 64 accidents y e s te r d a y. Nine were serious, one fatal.
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  • 39 1 LATE NEWS Saigon, Monday. North Vietnamese troops and tanks pierced the outer defences of Hue early today and pushed South Vietnamese soldiers back nearly two miles, to a point 20 miles north of the former imperial capital.
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  • 438 1 Moscow ready to give big welcome UPI Reuter Moscow, Monday The Soviet Union today gave President Nixon the honour of a front page picture in Pravda, Russia's most influential newspaper, and said that the US President's visit was necessary for World peace. At
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  • 96 1 New Nation's motorcycle columnist Mr. Lee Chiu San, 26. is in a critical condition at the Outram Road General Hospital following a traffic accident early yesterday morning. Lee was astride his motorcycle on his way home at' 1 a.m. when his machine was involved in a
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  • 133 1 Reuter Jakarta, Monday Police have arrested two women on charges of smuggling Indonesian girls to Singapore to work in nightclubs, it was reported here today. The Jakarta newspaper Berlta Buana said the two women were arrested In Medan, North Sumatra, but did not
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  • 69 1 A 65-year-old man was crushed to death this morning when he was sandwiched between a van and a stationary car outside the Central Fish Market in Jurong. The man, Chan Ah Hong, of Airport Road, was walking In front of a stationary car when a pick-up van
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  • 65 1 Reuter Lisbon, Monday An Angolan plane plunged into the sea while approaching Lobito airfield In Angola yesterday and 18 people were feared dead, the Portuguese Lusltania news agency reported. The F. 27 Friendship aircraft of the Angolan Air Transport Company (DTA) was flying from Luanda, 240
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  • 37 1 New York, Monday.— Police have charged two more people In connection with the theft of more than $3 million worth of paintings from an art Museum in Worcester, Massachusetts. Four people are now in custody.
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  • 746 1 205 killed, 15 tanks destroyed in fighting rtear Hue Reuter Saigon, Monday South Vietnamese troops backed by _US air power have beaten back a communist force probing the defences of of Hue city, killing 205 men and destroying 15 tanks. But they remained tied down near An
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  • 228 1 Two weeks of globetrotting is coming to an end for Mrs. Julie He e d e s, Australia's Ideal Secretary Charity Queen. And Mrs. Heedes, of Booragoon, who flew in from Kuala Lumpur on Saturday night is both happy and sad. She's a little
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  • 59 1 The odds must be astronomical against the same number in the three-digit lottery coming up for the first prize on two successive days. It happened at Penang over the weekend. On Saturday, No. 633 drawn on Pasa Knight won the first prise, and yesterday 633 was again
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  • 41 1 The CID recovered a home-made pistol and one round of .22 mm calibre bullet from a lavatory at the Teochew Kongsl cemetery at Upper Serangoon Road two days ago. Police are investigating. No arrest has been made.
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  • 225 1 Police today appealed to all orchid growers to keep" a close watch on their plants because an orchid thief Is on the prowl. The police plea came about following three cases of orchid thefts during the past four days involving more than $10,000.
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  • Page 1 Advertisements
    • 157 1 'nsifiE iSSHV PACE 6: Denis Warner on the two faces of the Vietnam moon. PACE 7; The Chinese divert trams to North Vietnam to beat the blockade. PACE 9: Gov cinment and big business. PACE 10: Education Pjge for students, teachers 3nd parents. PACE 1 1 Dear Ros uncontrolled emotions
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  • 289 2 Women outnumbered men last year More people have applied for sterilisation since the amendments to the Voluntary Sterilisation Act came into force about 10 days ago. The Aire amendments passed by Parliament on March 23, made It for those seeking such treatment. A
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  • 219 2 Kuala Lumpur, Monday —Female workers of a rubber estate in Bekok, Johore, pay towards the cost of contraceptives but they get a refund if at the end of one year they do not become pregnant. This is how estate's management keeps the birth
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  • 111 2 The Singapore Chinese Middle School Teachers' Union will hold its annual general meeting at 6 p.m. on June 25. This will be followed by a dinner at 7.30 p.m. to celebrate the 25th anniversary of its foundation which falls on that date. The Minister for Communications,
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  • 318 2  -  By Sunny Wee It was a njoment to remember for Mr. Lee Beow a retired bank manager, as he knelt before the altar of Buddha in the M angaia Vihara Buddhist temple in Jalan Eunos yesterday. Dressed in white and with a scarf
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  • 178 2 For more than two years, 13-year-old schoolboy Tai Say Ho had been saving every cent he could from his pocket money to buy stamps and more stamps to build up his savings in the Post Office Savings Bank. And still he had only $18.
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  • Page 2 Advertisements
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  • Page 2 Miscellaneous
    • 338 2 Only two readers sent in correct answers to last Wednesday's quiz. The photograph showed a wall decorated in front og India House in Orange Road. A bigger first prize of $40 goes to Mr. Lim Say a student, of Holloway Lane, because the quiz cariied a snowball prize from the
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    • 185 2 [weather! Temperatures In world cities yesterday: Bangkok 33-25C Kuala Lumpur 31-23C Hong Kong 24-228 Tokyo 24-15C Seoul 22-8C Manila 35-24C Naha 25-20C London 17-10C Paris 20-8C Moscow 25-11C New York 15-12C San Francisco 22-14C Sydney 16-10C Melbourne 15-llf! Canberra 16-4C Perth 24-11C Singapore Singapore's weather forecast from 1 p.m. to
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    • 425 2 HRPPEMI1GS wh d s ay on The SINGAPORE MUSIC TEACHERS ASSOCIATION will hold its 12th students workshop at the Cultural Centre from 7 p.m. A presentation of eight volumes of FAUNA of BRITISH INDIA wiU be made by Mr. John Ede, a horticulturist, to the Loke Wan Tho Memorial Library
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    • 123 2 SEMH3S Today's winning number *****1 If the last six digits of your Singapore identity card number are those shown above, you can claim a $100 Post Office Savings Bank Gift Voucher. Your voucher will be paid into a Post Office Savings Bank account in your name. Call with your identity
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  • 315 3  -  All-out drive by police to hit 1000 target By Wee Beng Huat Another 400 courteous drivers are still on the police "wanted" list. They are wanted in connection with the recent three- week Road Courtesy campaign which ended last week, but because they could
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  • 161 3 The latest toys and other recre atio n a 1 equipment, manufactured in Australia will be put on a three-day display here particularly for importers and retailers from June 6. The exhibits will include sott toys, go-carts, fibreglass boats, wheel toys, baby carriages, wooden toys—and even
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  • 27 3 President Sheares will attend a tea party to celebrate the Prophet Mohammad's birthday at the Muslim Missionary Society in Lorong 12. Geylang, at 5.30 p.m.
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  • 344 3 For just $2 you can have an electric hair dryer, the latest gas cigarette lighter or even an electric iron sent to your house post free. These and 37 other items can be made available through the latest mail order service—a chain letter
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  • 42 3 BP has launched a campaign to increase efficiency among its petrol pump attendants and promote cleanliness at stations. The campaign will be run in phases up to the end of the year. Main emphasis is on better service to motorists.
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  • 36 3 Dr. Toh Chin Chye, Minister for Science and Technology, will be the guest of honour N at the annual speech day and science exhibition of the Victoria School on June 2 at 10 a.m.
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  • 119 3 The manager of Grant Public Relations, Mr. Peter Bostock, 39, met his bride, the former Miss Wee Kiat, 25, only six months ago but this was enough to lead them to the altar last weekend and off to a two-month honeymoon tour in Europe yesterday.
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  • 197 3 Next Saturday is Vesak Day—the birthday of the Buddha and the biggest event in the Buddhist calendar. Thousands will flock to temples to celebrate the festival. Buddhist organisations have been busy preparing for the festival for the past few weeks. Some have evien conducted pre-celebrations like
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  • 587 5  -  We're at crossroads, says economist By Tan Cher Soon Singapore's economy, though in a state of high buoyancy today, has reached the crossroads when the national motivation must be closely examined if further successes are to be charted. The question of motivation has to
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  • 412 5 Sia makes plea at start of course Labour officials were today urged to be prepared to meet future challenges and problems. The Minister of State for Labour, Mr. Sia Kah Hui made the plea at the opening of the training course for officers of
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  • 378 5 The adviser to the Minister of Labour, Dr. David C.E. Chew today called on the private sector to contribute more to the training of skilled workers. Speaking at the training course for officers of the Labour and Factory Inspectorates, Dr. Chew said: "An employer
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  • 83 5 The Singapore Red Cross Society is appealing to heads of commercial concerns to offer Jobs to handicapped workers now staying at its Jurong hostel. Dr. W.- R. Rasanayagam. chairman of the executive committee, said: "TTiere are at present 12 people staying in the hostel. "Five of them
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  • 24 5 The People's Association Staff Club will hold its annual dinner and dance on June 4. Tickets are available at the P.A. headquarters.
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  • 289 5 While uniformed policemen and detectives stood guard farmers today helped to slaughter 520 pigs—110 more than last week —for the second Monday running at the French Road Abattoir. The lawmen were put on duty to prevent any incident arising from the farmers' attempt to
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  • 54 5 The chairman of the Australian Chiefs of Staff Committee. Admiral Sir Victor Smith, arrived here late last night for a twoday visit of ANZUK Force units. Sir Victor called on the Australian High Commission and the Commander of the Anzuk Force. Rear Admiral D.C. Wells at
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  • 24 5 The Singapore Manufacturers' Association will hold its annual general meeting at the Peacock Room, Ming Court Hotel, on Wednesday at 5.15 p.m.
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  • 144 5 Participation from the community in any form that can benefit the patients of Woodbridge Hospital is essential and most welcome. That was what members of the Y's Men's Club Orchid Chapter were told by the hospital's acting medical superintendent, Dr. Tsoi Wing Foo, when
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  • Page 5 Advertisements
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  • BEHIND THE NEWS
    • 1380 6 New Nation reporters Bosco Gomez and Tan Cher Soon examine a claim that some 6000 PSA stevedores now lose an average of 30 p.c. a month in take-home pay SINGAPORE At the next Parlia--ment sitting, the Minister for Communications, Mr. Yong Nyuk Lin, will have to produce
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    • THE VOICE OF THE PRESS
      • 455 6 What other newspapers are saying: HYGIENE AND THE .PREVEN HON OF CHOLERA INFECTION. Sixteen people have so far been found to have cholera since the first case was discovered on May 11. Compared to previous outbreaks, the current cholera outbreak is not too bad. For cases
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      • 556 6 COMBATING SECRET SOCIETY ACTIVITIES. Singapore as a densely populated metropolis, is Invariably bedevilled by some macabre crimes from time to time. The armed clashes and murders resulting in the death of several youths recently have been found to be connected with gangland feud and rivalry. Secret societies
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      • 332 6 SHARES FOR THE WORKERS. Tun Abdul Razak's recent statement will undoubtedly allay the fears of some members of the public that the Malays would remain to be mere workers aiAldst the Industrial development that is taking place in the country. The Prime Minister's directive to firms and industries
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      • 219 6 CULTURAL CENTRE. There will undoubtedly be increased cultural activities in Kuala Lumpur with the establishment of the Cultural Centre which is due to be set up soon. The centre will be housed at the old Ministry of Culture, Youth and Sports building in Jalan Ampang and will be
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    • 1429 6  -  WARNER'S WORLD FROM DENIS WARNER The North Vietnamese and the South Vietnamese are the same people. They speak the same language, share the same customs. Then why do the northerners fight so well and the southerners so badly? In millions of
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  • 354 7 United Press International Belfast. Monday. Protestants have begun to tear down street barricades after a day-long confrontation with British troops which led at one stage to an open gun battle. An army spokesman said representatives of Protestant citizens' groups In East and North Belfast agreed to
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  • 103 7 United Press International Manila, Monday President Marcos yesterday granted another 30-day reprieve to three men scheduled to die on the electric chair on Wednesday for robbing and raping a housewife 10 years ago. A Presidential Palace announcement said Mr. Marcos wanted more time to study the
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  • 390 7 New Chinese move to counter the American blockade Reuter Peking, Monday The Chinese are diverting trains to carry increased aid to North Vietnam in an effort to offset the effects of the American blockade of North Vietnamese ports, diplomatic sources said yesterday. They also said
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  • 281 7 Reuter Peking, Monday.—Chinese Vice-Premier Li Hsiennien declared last night, on the eve of President Nixon's visit to Moscow, that China would resolutely support the Indo-Chin-ese people no matter what form the Vietnam war took. Mr. Li was speaking at a State banquet in honour of the
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  • 260 7 United Press International London, Monday. A British firm in Bolton announced yesterday It has developed a device which can helD foil hijack attempts on airliners or on ships such as the Queen Elizabeth 2. The Independent Telecommunication Consultants Limited, said the invention was
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  • 352 7 Reuter New York, Monday At least 21 people may have known about a short story written by a New York typist which had striking similarities with bomb scare and ransom demand against the luxury liner Queen Elizabeth 2, according to sources here. Miss Barbara
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  • 139 7 United Press International New York, Monday.—Rev. W.L. Jenkins, a Black minister who calls himself the third prophet of God was shot In the leg early yesterday and cancelled his announced plans to walk on water at the Ross Barnett Reservoir here. Rev. Jenkins said
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  • 173 7 Islamabad, Monday Pakistan's President Bhutto yesterday denounced what he called a conspiracy to disrupt relations between Pakistan and Iran. Accompanied by the Shah of Iran's twin sister, Princess Ashraf Pahlevi, Mr. Bhutto was addressing a public meeting of 10,000 cheering people at
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  • 72 7 Peter Kreisky, 28-year-old son of Aust r i a n Chancellor Bruno Kreisky, was among the 3000 German and Austrian students who marched through the ancient city of Salzburg to protest the Vietnam War. Here the young Kreisky displays several of the anti-Nixon and antiAmerican placards
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  • 67 7 London, Monday. The manager of a pop group was killed last night when a cannon used in the group's act misfired and exploded. George Dew, manager of the Storm pop group, died when the cannon went off in a car park next to the East London youth
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  • 335 7 United Press International Colombo, Monday At 12:54 p.m. today (local time) Ceylon will proclaim Itself a republic and change its name to Sri Lanka. Parliament Speaker Stanley Tillekeratne will sign the document declaring Ceylon a republic—26 years after the British Parlia-. ment gave
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  • 294 7 UPI Reuter London, Monday. A hammer attack on Michelangelo's priceless Pieta Statue in the Vatican yesterday was condemned by artists and art lovers throughout the world. They recoiled to the news of the attack as a "personal body blow" or a "crippling injury to a friend."
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  • 42 7 Bonn, Monday.—Another rush of West Berliners crossed the wall into East Germany yesterday to join more than 100,000 who went over on Saturday. East Germany has opened the Berlin wall for an eight-day period ending on Wednesday—as a goodwill gesture
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  • 103 7 Moscow, Monday. The Supreme Soviet (Parliament) yesterday announced the appointment of Pyotr Shelest, First Secretary of the Ukrainian Communist Party, to the post of VicePremier of the USSR. Mr. Shelest, 64, will be one of Premier Alexel Kosygin's 11 deputies, two of whom hold the rank
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  • Page 7 Advertisements
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  • 462 8 Singapore cannot afford chauvinists of any kind. With the constant challenge of keeping the Republic a viable economic and political entity, it would be disastrous if our small multiracial population were afflicted by racial polarisation. Professor Tommy Koh struck a relevant note when he
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  • 84 8 'US' by ISPY One never tires of Irish tales. The Irish government had a bond up for redemption last year and made the usual conversion offer. A man rang up the Bank of Ireland to make Inquiries about It, and the bank official said: "Is it redemption
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  • 1421 8  -  ALEX JOSEY High in the mountains of Azerbaijan, in the Soviet Union (as I mentioned in this column six months ago), lives the oldest man in the world. Two months ago he celebrated his 167 th birthday. When
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  • Letters
    • 399 8  -  CHONG POH YEW Chairman, Singapore Registered Tourist Guides Association, Singapore. On May 9, as chairman of the Registered Tourist Guides Association, I made certain allegations against the Singapore Tourist Promotion Board. On May 12, in a reply published in New Nation the board described the "charges
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    • 92 8  -  YEONG KUM KEE Public Relations Officer, Ministry of National Development, Singapore, 2. With reference to the letter by Frustrated Residents (NN, May 8), Jalan Belang is a private road and the responsibility of maintaining it and providing street lights lies with the owners of premises fronting the
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    • 190 8  -  PHILIP LEE The unsightly habit of spitting in public has continued unabated despite the fact that more and more people are becoming public health conscious. I am not exaggerating when I say that hardly a day passes without my witnessing some member of the public in the
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    • 102 8  -  LIM HENG TOW Public Relations Officer, RTS. Singapore, 11. This is in reply to Mr. Suresh Kumar's letter (NN, May 11). We are constantly endeavouring to better our Ta m i 1 programmes on television. As regards repeats of Tamil feature films, insofar as this
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  • Page 8 Advertisements
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  • Page 8 Miscellaneous
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  • GOVERNMENT AND BIG BUSINESS
    • 1777 9 JOHN LAWRENCE IN LOS ANGELES EXAMINES THE CONTROVERSY THAT HAS BEEN CREATED OVER ONE OF AMERICA'S MOST FAMOUS CONGLOMERATES. Los Angeles Times From the beginning it has been a hot issue in America. The colonists rebelled partly out of anger at British businessmen
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    • 646 9  -  Prom Ronald Heymanson Canadians have become concerned about foreign take-overs of local companies, and the United States is the principal target of new legislation. Government approval will be necessary before foreign interests can acquire control of companies with gross assets of $750,000 or more or with
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  • EDUCATION
    • 1688 10  -  School's Athletics Centre is one example By Violet Oon Confronted by a whole complex of school buildings In Cedar Avenue, one may well be forgiven for not noticing the Cedar Girls' Secondary School. Its modest drive leading to a single-storey small building is dwarfed by the
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    • 726 10 Douglas Chan interviews Sec. Four students from Queensway Secondary School f Ee Chye Hua, 16: I am of the opinion that more should be done for school dropouts. Being backward In their studies, they may be skilful with their hands. Dropouts after leaylng
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    • 584 10 THE UIORLD OF TOmORROUI Los Angeles Times Los Angeles, Monday Each hemisphere of the human brain has its own way of solving problems and each handles information differently, according to 9 research investigator at the California Institute of Technology. He said all the evidence indicates that
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  • Page 10 Advertisements
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  • TREND
    • 486 11  -  FRANCES DOWSETT Singapore is an Island of grass widows. For most expatriates here, and for many local residents, the city is a kicking-off point for Asian travel for the male. Families have barely set foot on Singapore soil before the menfolk set
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    • 242 11 I've often had young ladies come up and ask: "Now where can J get an outfit for this groovy party tonight?" Anyone asking such a question is looking for something that's more than just a dress or a pants-suit. She wants to stand out in
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    • 449 11 Dear Ros. Please help us! A few days ago my girl and I got so engrossed with our necking that we actually laid down together on the beach. We did not have any sexual intercourse or anything what-so-ever. But we do fully regret our actions and hope never
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    • 344 11 Dear Ros, We are two young people interested in joining a youth club which is active in welfare work and also provides fellowship among the members. Can you suggest a few? Also can you tell us how to get in touch with the Hello Support Group? Interested.
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    • 161 11 Dear Ros, My wife and I have been married for just a couple of months. We can't afford a baby just yet and I have been using the condom as a means of contraception. Please inform us of the effectiveness of this method and are there any side-effects. My
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    • 222 11 Dear Ros, After several years of working life I have come to realise that I like, in fact adore, a colleague very much. But I can find no golden opportunity to contact him. I thought of writing to him but friends regard this as
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    • 146 11 Perth, Monday Women who smoke are almost twice aa likely to abort or give birth to a stillborn baby as non-smokers, a professor of pediatrics told the Royal College of Physicians meeting here last weekend. Professor Leslie Stevens, of the New South Wales School of Pediatrics
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    • 78 11 Jock Cowle of GilUngham, England always forgets his wedding anniversary so for their 30th his wife decided It might pay to advertise. "Cowle congratulations Jock on marrying me 30 years ago. If you remember it will be the first time —love, Nell," said the ad
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  • Page 11 Advertisements
    • 182 11 <V- sometimes throbbed Remember how your blood rushed quickly through your veins? How you became dizzy with emotion? But did you know that all strong emotions can affect the heart? When you're older, especially in the man, strange stirrings of the heart may easily mean trouble. In middle age the
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  • 995 12  -  motoring,. with JIM WATKINS Logic has never played a great part in car sales, emotional appeal is always a far greater factor. The manufacturers and their advertising men know this only too well and it is one of the oddities of
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  • 863 12  -  motorcycling WITH LEE CHIU SAN Besides their Nortons the Mobile Squad has an array of other machines in their stable against lawbreakers on Singapore roads, including Suzuki and Kawasaki motorcycles, Vespa scooters, a range of cars, and a radar set, or PET A (Portable Electronic
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  • 730 12 FINANCIAL GAME BY CHARTEXUS MONEY The cult of growth is really responsible for ttye fantastic price earning ratios prevailing nowadays for some counters in every stock market of the world. The valuation of growth shares obviously is a generous exercise quite different
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  • Page 12 Miscellaneous
    • 272 12 NEW NATION CROSSWORD 1 Love, In The Islands. 6 Location. 10 Fling. i 14 Type of type. 16 Legendary ship. 16 Stew. 17 Bell sound. 18 Knowledge. 19 Plant. 30 Derbies. 33 Competed. 3 duck. 34 Famous violinist. 36 Noted composer. 39 Store messenger of yore. 32 South Sea romance.
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    • 74 12 LEAPING ft AMES LIGHT THE 'SHAWN'S' FALL. by Ken Bald SHOW ME A GUY WHO FALLS (V LOVE WITH HIS PUSHER AMP I'LL SHOW YOU SOMEBODY WHO'S SICKv ..SICK... -7" S/CK." THE WHOLE „y I WORLD'S SICK fffc SO WH/ S, f 1 7 SHOULD WE VT-«\ BE DIFFERENT? I'VE
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  • Page 13 Advertisements
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    • 447 13 EDUCATION RADIO/TELEVISION Industry Course, evening/special classes. Starting 2nd. June, 1972. Apply Edison Electronics Institute 56/58 Jalan Besar Telephone *****1 Singapore. SECRETARIUS announce a new and rather better part time Secretarial Course commencing 2nd June leading to the L.C.C. Pitmans Private Secretary Certificate Examination in 1973. Three nights a week, 6.00
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    • 567 13 J ALAN PERADUN. off Seletor Hills Estate, 4-bedroomed singlestorey semi-detached house approx 4,000 sq.ft. $55,000. 2-storey terrace house 4 bedrooms off Upper East Coast Rood $62,000 Contoct Siang Moh Realty *****6 S'pore. DIST. 9 FREEHOLD 2-STOREY pre-war terrace 1,421 sq.ft. View at 119 Devonshire Rood, S'pore. ■Suitable for residence, shop,
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    • 444 13 WANTED URGENTLY A MALE PURCHASING/ SHIPPING CLERK Applicants mutt (o) A Singapore Citizen (b) Possessing a Senior Cambridge Certificate (c) A Shipping Clerk or Purchasing Assistant with'at least 2 years working experience. (d) Familiar with traffic and cargo documentation procedure, etc. Please apply in own handwriting, enclosing one passport-sized photograph
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    • 568 13 tuition' bt qualified TEACHER with many years experience for Primory Six and Secondary Four Students. Charges reasonable Phone: S'pore *****0 for details. EXPERIENCED TUTOR willing to cooch students in Chinese and mathematics Contact *****4 Kwek 9.00 a.m. 6.30 p.m. SAFETY DRIVING INSTITUTION. Guaranteed course 20 hours $90/-. Hourly $4.50. S'pore
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  • 603 14  -  By Sonny Yap Henry Tan, Sportsman of the Year 1971 qualified for the grand finals of the Cathay Pacific Airways/ Brunswick Far East Bowling Tournament in Jakarta in July when he won the national finals at Jackie's Bowl (Orchard) yesterday. He knocked down
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  • 595 14 MEN: 1. Henry Tan- 256, ICS, Ml, 171, 191. 203, 199, MS. 229, 192, 294, IM, 299, 215, M 4, 299, 212, 294, 159, MS. 292. 214, 247, 225. 4949. 2. K. C. Chan- 179. 175. 294, M 2, 192. 194. 172. 195. 122, 197. 122. IS2, ISC,
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  • 734 14  -  passing shots or Desmond Oon A thousand and one things have happened In and to tennis over the past one year that It is virtually Impossible to keep abreast with the latest happenings. There are, however a few Items of news that will Interest the local
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  • 250 14 London, Monday Italy and Czechoslovakia yesterday joined their more favoured rivals Rumania, Spain and the Soviet Union in the group semi-finals of the Davis Cup European zone tennis competition. Italy earned a group "A" semi-final place against Rumania when they took a 3-0 winning lead
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  • 57 14 Bydney, Monday The Australian Rugby Union team, preparing for matches against France and New Zealand later this year, beat the Rest by 28 points to 17 in a trial match here yesterday. Australia, playing at tremendous speed and rucking flrcely, led 22-0 at half-time slackened in
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  • 130 14 New York, Monday Kjell Isaksson of Sweden said he hoped to Improve his world pole vault record tomorrow after winning his event in the annual El Paso' invitation athletics meeting in Texas last night. Isaksson, who set a world record of 18ft 21n (5.54 metres) in Los
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  • 222 14 Sydney, Monday. Results or weekend football matches: AUSTRALIAN RULES MELBOURNE: Carlton 14-15 (99) beat St. Kilda 10-12 (72); Essendon 14-12 (96) beat North 8-13 (61); Melbourne 20-14 (134) beat Geelong 14-17 (101); Richmond 11-25 (91) beat Hawthorn 13-6 (84); Footscray 11-14 (80) beat Collingwood 7-14 (56): Fitzroy
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  • 135 14 Tokyo, Monday. The results on the eighth day of the 15-day Sumo tournament at the Kokugikan Sumo Stadium yesterday: Oshio (4-4) beat Masuiyama (junior class) (4-4); Yoritaoshi Aobajo (junior class) (3-5) beat Haguroiwa (3-5); Yoritaoshi Mutsuarashi (4-4) beat Tokibayama (4-4); Yorikiri Tochiazuma (7-1) beat Asanobori (4-4); Yorikiri
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  • 69 14 Tokyo, Monday. Results of yesterday's Japanese professional baseball games: PACIFIC LEAGUE Nankai Hawks over Toei Flyers 8-2; Hankyu Braves over Knitetsu Buffaloes 8-2; Nlshitetsu Lions over Lotte Orlons 10-1 (first game); Nlshitetsu Lions over Hiroshima Carp 8-5. cond game). CENTRAL LEAGUE Hanshln Tigers over Taiyo Whales 7-3 (first
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  • 596 14  -  By M. Param Combined Colleges staff of Madras scored a well deserved 83-run win over Ceylon Sports Club in a friendly cricket match at Balestier Road yesterday. Pinal score: CCS (Madras) 211 for five wickets declared; CSC 128. Three players Prabhakar, S.V.S. Mani and Kalyanasundram were
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  • 235 14 New York, Monday. Lee Trevino, stormed from behind with a new putter and a record 67 yesterday to win the U*****,000 Danny Thomas golf classic by four strokes over rookie John Mahaffey. "A fellow brought this over here from Little Rock, Arkansas,
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  • 279 14 FOOTBALL DEAR SIR: We the National Soccer Team feel committed to clear the doubts of "Mana Boleh's" article dated 18.4.1972 in the New Nation. Foryoar information, Mr. S'mon Perera was appoint, ed by the N.S.P.B. as an official for the London trip. Now we
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  • 318 15 Follow the horses marked with a Thunder Spear hit the front at the distance challenged by Sailor's Delight with Tolstoy moving up. Sailor's Delight forged ahead close home for an easy win. Tolstoy finished fast to beat Thunder Spear for second place. Showgirl and Espionage set
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  • 705 15 By Scrutineer Tolstoy showed that he's going to be hard to beat in his next start by turning in an eye-catching effort at Penang on Saturday after a lengthy spell. Having his first outing since November last year, Tolstoy came from the rear in the
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  • 612 15 London, Monday. A run-out off the last ball left Gloucestershire and Hampshire on level scores yesterday to produce only the second tie in the John Player Sunday league cricket competition. Hampshire, batting first, totalled 198 for six off 39 overs thanks to a
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  • 166 15 AMERICAN LEAGUE EAST w L PCT GB Cleveland 17 10 .630 Detroit 16 12 .571 IK Baltimore IS 13 .536 2% New York 12 15 .444 5 Boston 9 17 .316 7V4 Milwaukee 8 17 .320 8 WEST Chicago 18 10 .643 Oakland 17 10 .630
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  • 48 15 East Germany, Monday—Burgllnde Pollak cf East Oermany set a world record for the pentathlon when she totalled 4«77 points at an athletics meeting at Potsdam yesterday. The event was scored under the new points system brought Into operation by the International Amateur Athletic Federation last August.
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  • 17 15 Dakar, Monday Senegal and Togo drew 0-0 In an Olympic qualifying soccer match here yesterday.
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  • 66 15 Paris, Monday.—Beziers maintained their unbeaten record over the past two seasons when they added the French Rugby Union championship to their French challenge cup-vic-tory, beating Brive 9-0 in the final here yesterday. Brive, who suffered their first defeat of the season, missed several scoring chances in
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  • 17 15 Accra, Monday Ghana and Camerou drew 0-0 in their Olympic qualifying soccer match here yesterday.
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  • 174 15 Rome, Monday. Italian drivers Arturo Merzario and Sandro Munarl, the 1972 Monte Carlo rally winner, drove their blood-red Ferrari to victory in the gruelling Targa Florio road race here yesterday. Beating off a determined challenge by four cars from the rival Italian Alfa Romeo firm,
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  • 308 15 Madrid, Monday—Northern Irish soccer superstar George Best said yesterday his decision to quit football at the age of 26 was irrevocable. In a poolside Press conference, Best, a forward for the Manchester United team, also revealed that he has been seeing doctors and psychiatrists in
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  • 111 15 Filemon Salaysay (above), better known as Little Nene in the boxing circles won the Changi Golf Cup "A" division medal with a nett 67 at Changi yesterday. Salaysay, the former professional boxer, manager and trainer who carries a handicap of 10 also won the ballsweep
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  • 103 15 Yokohama, Monday. Australia's Peter Thomson, five-times Britisn Open champion, came from behind yesterday to win the U5565,000 Pepsi golf tournament by firing a fourunder par-68 for a nineunder par-279 total for 72 holes. Leading final scores (Japanese unless stated): 279 Peter Thomson (Australia); 280 Hahn ChangSang (South
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  • 32 15 Belgrade, Monday Joel Robert of Belgium, riding a Suzuki, maintained his lead in the world 250 cc moto-cross championship when he won the Yogoslav Grand Prix event at Trzic yesterday.
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      56 16 Here's a youthful beauty from a young country 14-year-old Samia Panni from Bangladesh. She popped into Singapore last week for a brief holiday and told our photographer she loves our island. We think Samia's rather nice too. She is a student in Jakarta and intends to become a
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    • 103 16 Frank Bottom became Frank Emerson last week. "People may not understand why I changed my name," he said, "but it's such a relief." Mr. Emerson of Barnsley, England, said jokes about his name started when he was in school and
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    • 161 16 Who will spend around $12 million to buy the Star of Sierra Leone, the third largest uncut diamond in the world? Today the stone lies in a London vault inside a sealed cardboard box„ waiting for the highest bidder. The! fabulous gem weighs about half
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    • 49 16 MEI LIN: I'm looking forward to different food from hawkers following the advice to them at the weekend that they should try and vary their dishes. AH FOOK: Yes, that was good advice. And it applies to more than food. Variety is the spice of life, remember.
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    • 55 16 Artist David Eastman opened his exhibition at a gallery in Wellington by stripping as he unveiled a nude painting of Jesus Christ. He asked 300 patrons and friends: "Did I commit a crime by letting you see me as god made me?" After a brief silence,
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    • 24 16 Australian Navy recruit James Bond, 24, walked Into an enlistment centre at Melbourne and was promptly given the computerised recruit number 007
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    • 169 16 Today is Monday. May 22, the 143 rd day of 1972 with 223 to follow. THE MOON: Between its first quarter and full phase. THE MORNING STARS: Mercury and JuDiter. THE EVENING STARS: Venus, Mars and Saturn. Those born on this date are under the sign of Gemini. British
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    • 430 16 Trust your lucky star IF IT'S YOUR BIRTHDAY BORN today, you have been gifted with an exceptionally fertile Imagination which enables you to develop from the barest outline a full-scale project or enterprise, down to the smallest detail. Extremely quick to grasp the whole from any given part, you are
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