New Nation, 31 May 1972

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  • 18 1 NEW NATION SINGAPORE Wednesday evening, May 31, 1972 No. 419 Price 15 cents SINGAPORE WEDNESDAY, MAY 31, 1972
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  • 12 1 Police reported 61 accidents yesterday. Ten were serious, one fatal.
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  • 99 1 In moderate trading prices moved up marginally in the share market for the first 45 minutes this morning. The newly-listed counter Perils Plantations gained five cents to $1.14. Veneer Products moved up from $2.70 to $2.82. Setron, Allied Chocolate, Pacific Chemicals and Sim Lim gained marginally. Har
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  • 24 1 Tokyo, Wednesday.—The chief of Japan's Maritime self-Defence Force said yesterday that the Japanese Navy of the future would possess nuclear powered submarines.
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  • 1298 1 Japanese hired killers in Tel Aviv airport massacre UPI Reuter Tel Aviv, Wednesday A Japanese suicide squad hired by Arab guerrillas ran amok through a crowded Customs hall at Tel Aviv's Lydda Airport last night, killing 26 people and wounding 72 with a hail of automatic
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  • 284 1 Tel Aviv, Wednesdav. "One of the worst bloodbaths in the history of civil aviation." This was the reaction of the Israeli Transport Minister. Mr. Shimon Peres, to last night's massacre at the Tel Aviv airport. He pledged that Israel would take everv measure to counter "such
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  • 156 1  -  By Ong Choo Suat "Miracle" dog Toffee Is about to make medical history in pore.He is the SPCA's only blind ward and the first dog in Singapore to undergo an operation to restore his sight—and in a hospital for human beings. Toffee, a four-year-old Pomeranian, was
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  • 230 1 Reuter Hong Kong, WednesdayChina is believed to have amassed thousands of junks, each capable of carrying up to 400 tons of cargo, to provide North Vietnamese with a new lifeline for war sup6 lies, the South China [orning Post said today. The newspaper quoted observers
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  • 592 1  -  How it all happened... By Wee Beng Huat Three brothers in Parry Avenue, Singapore, might have been alive today if they had not eavesdropped on a secret meeting for a hush-hush fishing trip. Today, the "man" who masterminded the entire operation, 10-year-old Tan Jeng
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  • 22 1 Salvador, Wednesday A typhoid epidemic has caused at least 25 deaths in the town of Ibiranhem in Brazil's southern Bahia state.
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  • Page 1 Advertisements
    • 105 1 AIR I INI I JACKPOT M l »i H mSIDE TODfIV PACE 5: Ford slashes prices of two models. PACE 6: The Indonesian rupiah may be devalued again. PACE 7: 50,000 massacred in Burundi coup. PACE 9: Analysis of a neighbour—Part II of a special series on Indonesia. PACE 10:
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    • 60 1 See Pace 4—From the doc house. LATE NEWS $720,000 ransom Sao Paulo, Wednesday Police have delivered a 1.5 million cruzflros (about $720,000) fansom and parachutes to a hijacker holding a Brazilian airliner here with 89 passengers and seven crew aboard, radio reports said. After the ransom was received-84 of the
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  • 587 2  - Kirk sums up big meet —two days ahead of schedule Rushes home after news of mother's death By Bosco Gomez and Sunny Wee Delegates attending the Asia-Pacific Socialist Bureau Conference, which entered its third day at the Conference Hall yesterday, expressed their grief last night when the bureau's chairman had
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  • 173 2 The Singapore Teachers' Union is planning several campaigns to raise funds for its $2 million Teachers' Centre at Sembawang. A spokesman said today that so far the union had only about $250,000. The first phase of the project to be completed by April next
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  • 378 2  -  By Ivan Lim The sut?-manager of the Bank of China, Mr. Chang Chi-Hsin, will leave for Peking in June, his first visit to Peking in the 25 years he has held his top post in the bank here. Confirming this today Mr.
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  • 133 2 What would it be like spending your honeymoon trotting through the busy streets of Hong Kong, weaving through the park as cherry blossoms .fall gently to the ground or a tour to the scenic mountains of Taiwan? It would be fun. of course. Or so this couple
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  • 193 2 Three cabinet ministers will be away from next week to attend overseas conferences. They are the Labour Minister. Mr. On* Pang Boon, the Health Minister, Mr. Chua Slan Chin, and the Education Minister, Mr. Lim Kim San. Mr. On* will attend the 57th session
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  • 56 2 A 22-year-old man poured kerosene over his body and set fire to himself In the Fairfield Girls' School canteen at 4 a.m. today. He was rushed to the Outram Road Hospital by the school caretaker. He died at 8 a.m. Police identified him as Goh Koon Seng, a
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  • 27 2 Bonn, Mednesday.—West German police today enlisted the aid of motorists in a nationwide hunt for an anarchist gang surpected of a .series of terrorist bombings.
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  • Page 2 Miscellaneous
    • 123 2 $1700 jackpot number... /A\ w Today's winning number *****0 If the last six digits of your Singapore identity card number are those shown above, you can claim a $1,700 Post Office Savings Bank Gift Voucher. Your voucher will be paid into a Post Office Savings Bank account in your name.
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    • 102 2 I weather! Kuala Lumpur Bangkok Jakarta Manila Hong Kong Seoul Tokyo Naha New York Paris London Toronto Sydney Adelaide Perth 33-24 C 37-26 C 33-24 C 33-23 C 31-25 C 22-13 C 23-18 C 30-24 C 27-15 C 21-12 C 16-8 C 23-lOC 18-12 C 20-8 C 15-14 C Singapore
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    • 506 2 HRPPEVWIGS wh t a O t D 5 ay on The ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT BOARD will hold a reception at the ShangriLa Hotel at 7.30 p.m. to mark the publication of the book Economics of Modernisation by the Defence Minister Dr. Goh Keng Swee. v The INDONESIAN EMBASSY will hold a
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  • 121 3 It is not always that a baby hawk is fondled by such loving hands (right). Mrs. Daisy Campbell of Holland Mansions found the tiny bird almost dying on a pavement near Robinson's Department Store about two weeks ago. "I like all animals and I
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  • 333 3 Six girls, four boys reach the finals Girls will have the edge over boys in the finals of the 10th annual inter -schools Safety First English Oratorical Contest today. The contest is organised by the Singapore Junior Safety First Council and is
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  • 293 3  -  By Edgar Koh Radio and Television Singapore is to dub more programmes in future. According to RTS sources, plans have been submitted to the Ministry of Finance for funds to translate soundtracks of imported TV films from mainly English to the other languages. It
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  • 59 3 East Berlin, Wednesday. Socialist states have the only governments which can enforce legislation to protect the environment, an East German scientist said in Dresden yesterday. Dr. Gerhard Odin told delegates on the second day of a 20-nation anti-noise congress that shortsighted economic considerations and the desire for rapidly
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  • 148 3 A delegation of about 100 members from the Chinese Chambex; of Commerce will visit Singapore Armed Forces camps on June 11. According to a Chamber official about 100 members have accepted the SAF invitation to visit the various army units to familiarise themselves with
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  • 288 3 Kuala Lumpur, Wednesday.—The University of Malaya was keeping In touch with employers In an effort to help graduates find Jobs, the University Council chairman, Dr. Tan Chee Khoon, said yesterday. A quick survey by the Students' Union has showed that at least 400 of this
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  • 39 3 Los Angeles, Wednesday Both Senator George McOovera and 8 ena to r Hubert Humphrey, the leading candidates for the Democratic presidential nomination, yesterday ruled out the possibility of Alabama Governor George Wallace as the Vice-presl-dentlal running mate.
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  • 252 3  -  Malaysia campaign By Ng Foo Ngok Kuala Lumpur, Wednesday The climate lor cigarette smokers and advertisers in Malaysia will become somewhat warmer in the coming months. More programmes are being put into effect to discourage people from taking up smoking and to encourage smokers
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  • 91 3 Sydney, Wednesday. The Australian opposition Labour Party's deputy leader Mr. Lance Barnard and his wife have adopted a 14 months old Viet namese girl. A spokesman for the Barnards said the girl, Jacqueline, arrived in Launceston. Tasmania two weeks ago. Mr. Barnard. 53. who is now
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  • 30 3 Beirut, Wednesday.—Lebanon's military public prosecutor yesterday charged three people—a middle-ag-ed Briton and two Iraqis—with spying for Israel and referred them to the military investigating magistrate for further questioning.
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    • 212 3 y JUNE 13-18 '72 AUREO A great Filipino couturier whose collection moved Pierre Cardin to exclaim 'magnificent display....' > BAYANIHAN Incredibly graceful and pretty dancers who won rounds of wild ovation in New York, London, Moscow. FILIPINA BEAUTIES Sparkling beauty queens as models headed by Aurora Pijuan, Miss International of
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  • In Person
    • 630 4 Conducted by Ruth Moses, Tel: *****1 AN EXHIBITION with a big difference is now on, and if you're not quick about It. you'll miss out. on a most unusual experience. The show ends today. The display at the National library is on the art
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  • 748 4 From the DOG HOUSE By PG I am often asked: "What does a judge look for in a dog? There Is no quick answer to that for there are so many things which have to be considered, and they are grouped under
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  • 139 4 Five lively female pups three of them are pictured above are on this week's adoption list. Perfectly healthy and immunised against distemper, they are ready for new homes. If you wish to adopt them, call at the SPCA, 151 Orchard Boad, or ring *****9.
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  • 294 5  -  By Peter Ong The prices of two models of Ford cars have been slashed. These are the Ford Capris and Escorts which now cost several hundred dollars less than before. According to Mr. J.G. Auton, managing director of Ford Motors in Bukit Timah Road,
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  • 367 5  -  Local fishermen become jittery By Long Ku m Thong The increase in piracy in the Straits of Singapore is making local fishermen jittery. Mr. Ong Chin Guan, the assistant secretary of the Singapore Marine Products Workers' Union, said: "In recent months there has been a
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  • 180 5 The East-West Centre is offering 12 Jefferson Fellowships next year for journalists from Asia, the Pacific and the United States. The Fellowships provide for 20 weeks of specialized research and study at the University of Hawaii and participation In East-West Centre intercultural programmes. It
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  • 46 5 Hong Kong, Wednesday A group of Malaysian doctors touring China conferred in Peking yesterday with Mr. Hsieh Hua, a leading member of the Chinese Ministry of Public Health. The group led by Mr. Syed Mahmood will leave for home In a few days.
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  • 44 5 The Metrication Board has prepared stickers with the words Buy in Metric Here for display by shops selling in metric units. They are obtainable free of charge from the Board's offices at 11th floor, Government offices building, Kay Slang Road, telephone *****7.
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  • 115 5 The Economics of Modernization, a collection of speeches made by Singapore's Minister for Defence, Dr. Goh Keng Swee, went on sale here today. The title of the book came from a paper presented by Dr. Goh during a seminar on Modernization in Southeast Asia
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  • 190 5 The 40 employees of Telephone Industries of Singapore who were served letters of dismissal last week have written to the company's official receivers for severance pay. The $5 million Singa-pore-Swedish joint venture is being wound up before commencing production. Some of the employees, formerly
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  • 75 5 The National Book Development Coun c 11 of Singapore and the National Library are organising a character dramatisation competition in conjunction with the International Book Year 1972. Three prizes will be awarded. This competition, to be held on July 21, Is open to students from secondary three
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  • 43 5 The National Library will be organising a talk by Mr. Winston Filmer of the Radio Orchestra on popular music at its lecture nail on Saturday at 10.30 ajn. Free admission tickets are available at the library's adult lending section.
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  • 18 5 The Regional English Language Centre here will hold its 7th regional seminar from July 5 to 12.
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  • 276 5 There is an acute shortage of professional chauffeurs in Singapore. And the scarcity has given rise to "poaching" among those who need their services desperately. Several executives and households said it was extremely difficult to employ a driver nowadavs. Sometimes, it would take weeks
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  • 40 5 Thirty-four members of an Australian delegation from the Newcastle Chamber of Commerce are now in Singapore for a threeday tour. They will tour the Jurong industrial estate and meet members of the Chinese and International Chambers of Commerce.
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  • 26 5 The Malay Youth Association collected about $9500 from its recent flag day. The association has also received $1584 from its appeal through letters.
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  • 260 5  -  By Patrick de Souza A Vietnamese sculptor and artist based in Singapore, Mr. Truong Dinh Vinhlan, is now putting the finishing touches to a bust of Tunku Yan Nazihah, a member of the Johore royal family. Mr. Vinhlan, who is attached to the Innotech Centre here as
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  • 78 5 Rev. George T. Wang has bean appointed principal of Trinity Theological College. Before his appointment, Rev. Wang was principal of the Methodist Theological School in Sibu, Sarawak. The new principal will be inaugurated at a graduation ceremony at the College on July 8. He is the
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  • Page 5 Miscellaneous
    • 377 5 Chief steward wins $15 Last Friday's quiz photograph showed the top of the Automobile Association building In River Valley Road. The first prize of $15 goes to Mr. Charlie Chong, a chief steward, of Jalan Gelenggang. His entry was the first correct one opened by the Editor las night. As
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  • BEHIND THE NEWS
    • 1022 6  -  From Richard Bernstein (The writer recently spent five weeks in China with a delegation of Concerned Asian Scholars). Reuter CHINA Most Chinese are very curious about the United States. At first, however, they are often shy about asking questions of the rare American
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    • 574 6  -  Thoughts of last crisis fresh in many minds From W. J. Drummond Los Angeles Times BANGLADESH Every Bengali, above 35, remembers those dread days of the last great famine in 1943 when millions of people ate grass to survive. The files of local newspapers are
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    • 430 6  -  Prom Ronnie Muntu INDONESIA Rumours are rife in Jakarta that the Indonesian Government is contemplating another devaluation of the Rupiah and financial circles In the capital are even busy speculating on the extent of the Impact Figures of up to 4.60 per cent devaluation
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    • 896 6  -  From Anthony Haas S-E ASIA If the nine foreign ministers converging on Seoul, South Korea, for the seventh Asian and P a c i f i c Council meeting next month do not eliminate the organisation's anticommunist tendencies. ASPAC's potential as a political or economic
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    • 1253 6 THE VOICE OF THE PRESS What other newspapers are saying: URGENT TASK OF PIG INDUSTRY: The increase in the pig-slaughtering fee and the problem of overweight pigs has made pig-rearlng, pig-slaughter-ing and pig-consumption hot topics in the newspapers. After much discussion and mediation agreement has finally
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  • 482 7 Assurance by Nixon United Press International Teheran, Wednesday President Nixon said last night that the US and Russia had no intention of dividing the world into spheres of influence. Speaking at a banquet given by the Shah of Iran, he said that the Moscow
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  • 235 7 Jerusalem, Wednesday. Israel's Foreign Minister Mr. Abba Eban, yesterday called for a top-level meeting between Israel and the Arab nations on the lines of the Moscow summit to discuss a Middle East peace settlement. "What we need is a summit meeting, or a meeting
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  • 457 7 United Press International Saigon, Wednesday—The North Vietnamese Army is fighting as hard but not as well as before in its current South Vietnam offensive, US military sources said yesterday. Intelligence data Indicates that many of the North Vietnamese regulars thrown into the battles for An
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  • 294 7 United Press International Manila, Wednesday. Two light planes will circle Lanao and its neigh bouring Drovinces in the southern PhillDDines to airdrop 30.000 invitations at the start of a three day ritual tomorrow uniting two Muslim royal families in the Philippines "wedding of
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  • 59 7 Chicago, Wednesday The American holiday traffic toll, boosted by two tragic multiple death accidents in the closing hours of the weekend, wound up at 585 dead, a final count showed yesterday. In addition to the traffic deaths, there were 151 drownings, 17 in plane crashes and
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  • 35 7 Cairo, Wednesday Egypt is to restore diplomatic relations with West Germany shortly, the Cairo newspaper A 1 Akhbar reported today. Cairo severed diplomatic ties with Bonn because of West Oermany's recognition of Israel.
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  • 35 7 Mr. Aristotle Onaseis is beguiled by a belly dancer at a party in Teheran. He and his wife Jacqueline were in Iran for a four-day holiday visit last week. UPI radiopicture. UPI radiopicture.
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  • 194 7 Reuter Sao Paulo. Wednesday. Three armed hijackers two men and a woman held 87 passengers and seven crew hostage aboard an airliner at the airport here last night. The Brazilian authorities were prepared to pay 1.5 million cruzeiros ($720,000) ransom demanded by the hijackers
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  • 90 7 New York, Wednesday It's no crime to wear an American flag sewed to the seat of pants, a Federal judge ruled yesterday. US District Judge Levin Campbell said there was such widespread use of the flag on cars, bumpers, Jackets, sweaters coats
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  • 207 7 Reuter Belfast, Wednesday Shooting and bombing rocked Northern Ireland again yesterday as the militant provisional wing of the Irish Republican Army bluntly dismissed the truce declared by the IRA's official arm. British soldiers in the Catholic Ardoyne district of Belfast came under heavy fire from snipers.
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  • 108 7 Caracas, Wednesday. Eggs at $400 a dozen is pretty stiff, but Judith Parada, 23, was doing a roaring business at a Caracas jail until police discovered the eggs were stuffed with Marijuana. Mrs. Parada, mother of four, showed up regularly every visiting day
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  • 351 7 Reuter Bujumbura, Wednesday. —At least 50,000 people died In a wave of massacres In Burundi after a coup attempt last April 29, with men being crucified, pregnant women having their stomachs slashed open and young children being held aloft on spears. These, according
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  • 433 8 The spectre of Japanese militarism haunts South-east Asia periodically. For South-east Asians who have seen and suffered the ravages of the last war and the Japanese Occupation barely 30 years ago, the fear is mainly emotional and psychological. Even the hara-kiri of a Japanese
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  • 129 8 'WHISPERS' by ISPY I still remember the look of astonishment which greeted me when I told my artist friends that Picasso went to Bangkok to show one of his latest paintings in April this year. This was reported in the Bangkok Post. A prominent local artist
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  • 910 8  -  DICK WILSON The Sato succession question has now become a highly interesting one. And its Importance 1* immense, in view of the fact that the next Japanese Prime Minister will have to decide on relations with Peking, the
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  • Letters
    • 318 8  -  N. WONG I refer to your editorial, The Sheikh's Escapist Manoeure (NN, May 24). I am afraid you have completely misunderstood the position taken by Sheikh Mujibur Rahman on the war crimes trials. The government of Bangladesh is going ahead with this because the trials involve
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    • 70 8 I agree with Relief Required (NN, May 25) that pigeons are becoming a menace in Frankel Estate. They build nests in our ceiling and my husband has to climb to the roof regularly to sweep the droppings and destroy the nests and eggs. If feeding
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    • 152 8  -  A. G. YOUNG I would like to draw the attention of the ROV to a shocking incident that happened at a Kreta Ayer Road bus stop on May 18. It was about 5.25 p.m. when a bus arrived at the stop. Two elderly women who had
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    • 78 8  -  C.H. LEE The scrubs and plants in Henderson Crescent have been planted haphazardly very close to a side -drain of one of the blocks. They are an eye-sore, and serve as a good place for rats and snakes to breed. Furthermore, the tall, thick plants obstruct the view
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    • 42 8  -  FRANCIS HAN Despite the recent antipollution campaign. I still see smokv vehicles on the road, esDecially buses emitting thick black smoke. This is a hazard to health and I strongly uree the police to take immediate action.
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    • 81 8 I would like to complain about unlawful assemblies In the former Naval Base. Groups of teenagers bring out their guitars at about 8 p.m. and continue their "music sessions" until midnight at many block corners. I am a pre-university student and these youths are disturbing me
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    • 62 8  -  CHAN LOY CHAN (Miss) Public Relations Officer, Public Health Division, Singapore, 3. I refer to the letter by Worried (NN, May 3) on pasar malam hawkers obstructing traffic along Jalan Buklt Merah. Action has been taken to clear away all the unlicensed hawkers who were causing
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    • 150 8  -  TAN PO GWAN The article in the column Whispers by Ispy (NN, May 12) is embarassing and detrimental to Indonesia's reputation. The custom you wrote about does not really exist in Java or elsewhere in Indonesia. And never did. The well-seasoned traveller and writer has surely given you
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    • 65 8  -  KOH LIAN HWI Ag. Registrar of Vehicles, Singapore, 7. I refer to Disgusted Student's conrolaint head lined When Uniform Didn't Work (NN. May 3). I wish to refer him to the following condition which is Incorporated in the student concession oass for bus travel: "This pass
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    • 89 8 Write to The Editor, New Nation, Locked Bag 15, GPO, Singapore, 1. la Bra V II 1 V m m •X?J m •> 53 Paul Wlrthlin (-he's our Chef) likes to cook Spanish food. And there's no better dish to show his delight than Paella. Everything goes in: chicken, lobster,
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  • Page 8 Miscellaneous


  • TREND
    • 201 10  -  Presented by Mary Lee Batik has been made into sarongs, kebayas, cheongsams, pantsuits, dresses, shirts and most other items that reflect the varied styles of dressing Singaporeans have adopted. But this fabric, which has developed as a Malay-Indonesian folk art, has been
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    • 1016 10  -  TRISH SHEPPARD "We dont have perfect children, so we're not looking for perfect parents. But we can afford to be chossy because there are more people looking for a child to adopt than there are children waiting to be adopted." That's how Mrs. Chang
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    • 414 10  -  V T« LI Expensive vitamins TAN CHUNG LEE New York, Wednesday.— The New York State Attorney-General's office said today an expensive vitamin E supplement called Formula E Beauty Balm did not cure skin blemishes as its maker claimed. The state agency also said it
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    • 133 10 London, Wednesday. A woman doctor who is expecting a baby will give a running commentary on the radio while her baby is being born. She is Dr. Jocelyn Rose, who will talk to BBC listeners through the last stages of her labour and actual delivery. Her commentary will
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  • Travel and Tours
    • 838 11  -  LOW-COST FARES ENCOURAGE MORE PEOPLE TO TRAVEL By Edgar Koh The travel-tour industry here Is in reality advancing on two fronts: as a result of the current influx of tourists and as a result of a growing travel consciousness among Singaporeans themselves. This is due
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    • 722 11  -  By Peter Ong Travel, agents, airlines arid everyone In the travel business do not, for one moment, doubt that the charter flights have become an extremely popular means of travel these days. All indications are that the charter flights will become an institution we have
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    • 662 12 Pay $30 to a travel agent and you can be assured of a trip to London right away either on a charter flight or a scheduled airline. Yes! That s all you need to be able to travel NOW. But what about
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    • 730 12 NO PROBLEM MAKING A TRIP THESE DAYS "If I have the money, I would love to go to Europe again," one traveller was heard to have enthused soon after his 18-day trip. "I had a fabulous time with that package tour," another traveller Joyfully cried out. Such
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    • 1117 13  -  TIPS ON HOW TO ENJOY YOUR HOLIDAY By Betty L. Khoo Ever met a man who bitterly complained that he spent $3,000 on his holiday and "it was money down the drain." This can happen and does but happily not too frequently. There
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    • 1201 13 If one had unlimited means the world would be our oyster. Nearly all of us are only too aware of how limited our money is. with shrinking distances and sometimes air and sea fares, many of the world's loveliest spots and most
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    • 173 13 TRY OUR FRIENDLY WAY WE WERE STARTED WITH ONE PURPOSE IN MIND TO SERVE YOU BETTER. NO EMPTY PROMISES, NO GIMMICKS, NO DISAPPOINTMENT JUST PROMPT, COURTEOUS RELIABLE SERVICE. WE TRY OUR BEST TO PLEASE LET US KNOW IF WE DON'T WE'RE ALL EARS. THRICE WEEKLY FLIGHTS FROM SINGAPORE TO LONDON
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  • BUSINESS AND FINANCE
    • 170 14 Allied Chem Alcoa 10% 54% 48% Am Can 36% AT T 42* A A P 7* 20 <4 Beth Steel 30 Vi 22% 58* 32 133 71 251% 92 170* B Kodak 126% Ford Mot 67% 31 69% 26% Otnertl Mot 76% Oen Tel ft B 29%
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    • 44 14 Tokyo, Wednesday —Nissan Motors makers of Datsun vehicles will begin export of passenger cars to West Germany next month, a company official said. He said the Datsun 1200 and Datsun 1600 will go on sale in Frankfurt and Dusseldorf.
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    • 215 14 The share market bounced back into active trading yesterday when prices rose attractively in many counters. There was strong buying support for many industrials including first liners- that were not in demand last week. Perils Plantations which was sold for the first time yesterday on a ready basis
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    • 101 14 Asia Trading Company Limited of Japan is setting up a subsidiary in Singapore to distribute lubricating oil. Dai Ichi Oil (Private) Limited which begins business tomorrow, will sell about 800 to 1000 drums of Daikyo's lubricating oil and grease per month in the local market. It
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    • 244 14 Reuter London, Wednesday The London free market price of gold rose by US$l.BO an ounce yesterday to an all-time record of U5559.75. When the London market opened yesterday morning there was an increase in speculative buying, partly because of disappointment in
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    • 23 14 The Advertisers Association of Singapore and Malaysia is to hold a threeday seminar on consumerism in Kuala Lumpur in June 14.
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    • 267 14 United Press International New York, Wednesday The stock market closed mixed to slightly lower in moderate trading yesterday. The Dow Jones Industrial average, up more than 3 earlier, was down 0.07 at the close. Declines overtook advances by 783 to 636 among the 1753
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    • 179 14 London, Wednesday The market closed lower on apprehension over the rail and dock disputes. At 3 p.m. the Financial Times index was down 10.7 at 522.3. Unilever, Dunlop, ICI and BATS had losses ranging to around 8p while Ouest Keen, Swan Hunter and Yarrow were
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    • 40 14 Jakarta, Wednesday—lndonesia's rice production this year will total 13,*****0 tons, according to estimates announced here by the Central Bureau of Statistics. This would mean an increase of 5.15 per cent over last year, the bureau said.
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    • 394 14  -  By Patrick de Souza Despite a world sugar shortage forecast next year, sugar prices in Singapore and Malaysia are expected to remain stable, according to local sugar distributors. A random survey of local sugar dealers yesterday revealed that the sugar market here is
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    • 416 14 Rome, Wednesday The world rice economy is moving gradually towards a more balanced supply and demand situation, United Nations Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) said. Exports again rose last year, but the value of rice trade once more declined owing
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    • 34 14 Taipeh, Wednesday—Taiwan is to set up a sale and service centre to promote the export of Taiwan-made machineries to South East Asia, a spokesman for the Taiwan Machinery Exporters Association has said.
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    • 104 14 Ho..g Kong, Wednesday Japan yesterday made its first major investment in Hong Kong's thriving hotel industry with the signing of an agreement between two Japanese firms and a local trading group. The agreement will give the two Japanese firms, Japan Airlines Development Company and Marubeni
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    • 65 14 New Delhi, Wednesday.— Indian exports to the Soviet Union will total 2630 million rupees ($lOl2 million) during 1972 as the result of a trade plan finalised between the two countries in Moscow recently, Foreign Trade Minister Mr. L. N. Mishra told Parliament yesterday. Mr. Mishra said
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    • 36 14 Damascus, Wednesday. Mr. Abdel-Halim Khaddam, Syria's Deputy Premier and Foreign Minister, announced hefre yesterday that China had agreed to give Syria a 100 million yen ($125 million) interest-free loan to implement development projects.
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    • 376 14 y He that one bank is better than twelve. If id the right bank A multinational manufacturer shipping products to eighteen different countries had a problem. Payments for goods sold took too long to arrive. And because he was dealing with twelve different international banks he never knew his total
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  • Page 14 Miscellaneous
    • 105 14 DR. KILDARE 1 you SOLP BETTINA ON YOUR REHABILITATION PLAN FOR HER W CONVINCING THE GIRL THAT THE RESEARCH WOULD HELP VOU IN YOUR CAREER* PONT...VOU COULD WIND UP BEING THE BEST FRIEND RIP KIRBY m Yr YvU-Vo Wt K V r Jkk i by Ken Bald w r OF
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    • 513 15 NEW NATION PHONE *****8 announcements margarettas' beauty shot in Hilton Hotel for hoirstyfing perms, tinting, facials, body-mas-sage. For appointment. Tel: Singapore *****4 open Bam doily. AT YOUR SERVICE N CHONG HENG INTERIOR D&- Ja CORATION COMPANY Servicing includes terozzo, mosaic tiling parquet flooring, rubber tiles, iron windows and design of
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    • 407 15 RADIO TELEVISION Industry Course, evening/special dosses. Starting 2nd. June, 1972. Apply Edison Electronics Institute 56/58 Jolon Besor Telephone *****1 Singapore. SECRETARIUS New Clossos week beginning 12th 1. SHORTHAND SPEED CLASS (80-— lOO w.p.m.) Mondays and Fridays (5.30 to 7.00 2. SHORTHAND SPEED CLASS (100—120 w.p.m.) Mondays and Wednesdays (7.00 8.30
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    • 390 15 New Classes In (1) ACCOUNTING (2) COMMERCIAL LAW ffcJl-i invpSMv iUfVf (3) COMPANY LAW \nifnfi jvupii (4). ECONOMICS (Inter. Higher S+eget) (5) ENGLISH For LCC 1973 Examination Commencing: 11/12/13 th June 1972 Fee: $10/- per subject Please enquire SINGAPORE COMMERCIAL SCHOOL ISA fc I, Mackenzie Road S'pore *****/*****8 SECRETARIUS Japanese
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    • 439 15 AM YOU ABLE to teach Mathematics and Physics at H.S.C. level? If so you are the person we need. Apply 711 Easf Coas* Road Singapore 15. We require SECRETARIAL MANAGER DUTIES: The whole range of Company seretarial Work including attendance at Clients' Board Meetings and share Registration. QUALIFICATION: At least
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    • 556 15 SINGAPORE COMFORT TRAVEL Service (Pte) Ltd., Koto Tinggi $8/- Sunday West/East Malaysia $110/- $140 7/6 days C/Highlands $75/- 4 days. Bangkok/ Hongkong Taiwan 10 days $1250/- 5/6/72 Hongkong/Taiwan/Japan 16 days $1790, Taiwan Korea Japan Hongkong/Bangkok 21 days $2140 6/5. 9 days tour Taiwon/ Hongkong departure weekly. Europe Tour May to
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    • 277 15 WHERE TO STAY CAMERON HOTEL air-conditioned bedrooms, bathrooms attoched. Bed and Breokfast $12/- upwards. 547 Upper Chongi Road 9 m.s. (16) Telephone: *****6/*****8 Also Main Agents for Singapore Sweep. Sub Agents Are Welcome. WHERE TO EAT KOMALA VILAS RSTNT. "WE CATER AT ALL OCCASIONS" SPECIALISED IN ALL INDIAN VEGETARIAN FOODS,
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    • 274 15 APPOINTMENTS c r, 4 J] THE EAST ASIATIC COMPANY LIMITED SINGAPORE invite applications for the post of TECHNICAL SALES REPRESENTATIVE (Marine Engines and Accessories and Refrigeration x Equipment) Job We are offering a career job to the suitable applicant with the necessary technical qualifications and with 5 to 6 years
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  • 398 17 By Blue Peter Kuala Lumpur, Wednesday Chinatown 111 (An liar Ismail) and Court Order did a sparkling trial here this morning on a good track. Breaking from the 4f the stablemates steadily clapped on the pace to run the last 3f in 36 3/5. There w*s
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  • 408 17 Mr. E. W. Barker, the Minister for Law and National Development this morning presented, the colours awards to successful students of the Singapore Schools Sports Council at the Cedar Secondary School Hall. The Minister was welcomed by Miss Tan Sock Kern, chairman of the SSSC after
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  • 97 17 Mrs. A. Gllson and Mrs. N. Clayton became Joint winners in the Singapore Island Country Club greensome competition when both registered nett 70. yesterday. The runner-up was also a tie between Mrs. P. Stewart and Mrs. D. Ryan. Both scored a nett 71. The first nine ballsweep
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  • 145 17 London, Wednesday. A combined Oxford and Cambridge cricket team will make an 18-match tour of Malaysia and Singapore in July and August, it was announced here yesterday. The party will include seven Oxford cricket blues and seven Cambridge blues. The team's return fares will be met
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  • 479 17 Swiss Cottage Secondary School will send two allgirls hockey and softball teams for a "games and goodwill" tour of West Malaysia on June 4, writes Sonny Yap. The contingent consists of the "A" hockey and "B" softball teams which emerged runner-up and champion
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  • 287 17 Dear Sir. Many soccer fans in Singapore, including myself, want to know what has become of Mr. Choo' Seng Quee, Perhaps, the NSPB have put him In their cold room. To use NSPB's own words—"It will remembered that Mr. Choo, a Singaporean, is not only very
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  • 648 17 London, Wednesday. Alan Knott, Kent and England wlcketkeeper, scored his second hundred of the match to deny Surrey victory in the English county cricket championship encounter at Maidstone yesterday. Knott made 113 not out, his third successive hundred on the Maidstone ground, after
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  • 300 17 Paris, Wednesday—American Billie Jean King reached the semi-finals of the women's singles for the first time at the French international tennis championships here yesterday. Mrs. King played so well that she seems a certainty to reach the final and perhaps take the title.
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  • 252 17 New York, Wednesday Every major sport in the United States reported increased attendance in 1971, according to the 25th annual survey by publishers of the Daily Racing Form. Horse racing, football, baseball, basketball and hockey all set box-office records as an estimated 250 million fans
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  • 152 17 Cape Town, Wednesday. —Alan Old scored 24 points, all with his boot, to lift England to victory by 60 points to 21 over Griqualand West at Kimberley yesterday the most emphatic win of their rugby union tour of South Africa. Old, brother of England
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  • 82 17 Santiago, Wednesday Chile's national soccer team has been invited to play a series on exhibition matches against local sides in China by the Chinese government. Senor Sabino Aguad, director of the Chilean State Sport Administration, said here last night the Chinese authorities offered, to pay the team's
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  • 109 17 Cleveland, Ohio, Wednesday. The 20th annual National Golf Day competition started yesterday with Jack Nicklaus and Lee Trevino teaming up with women's Open tltlist Joanne Carner and LPGA champ Kathy Whitworth. The foursome are to set target scores for thousands of amateur golfers throughout the country who
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  • Back Page WEDNESDAY
    • 360 18 Some companies that cannot function with the shorter working week, are using other methods for boosting staff morale. In an attempt to break the boredom for Its 18,000 employees, the Social Security Administration in Woodlawn, Maryland, pipes music into its buUdlngs. The music
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    • 37 18 Sporting that "on top of the world" look is shapely 20-year-old Helen Ong, a receptionist: She likes to do modelling. Her formula to keep in trim is lots of swimming and bowling.
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    • 144 18 Today is Wednesday, May 31. the 152 nd dav of 1972 with 214 to follow. THE MOON: Between full phase and last quarter. THE MORNING STARS: Mercury, Jupiter and Saturn. THE EVENING STARS: Venus, Mars and Saturn. TTiose born on this day are under the sign of Gemini. American
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    • 48 18 AH FOOK: It seems to me that discrimination against a newspaper over providing news is against socialist principles of equal treatment for all rather than favoured treatment for the biggest. MEI LIN: I refuse to comment on the grounds that it may not get maximum publicity.
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    • 444 18 5 Singapore 3.00 Opening and Housewives' Matinee Desk-set-Sollcitors (Cantonese Film, Pt. I—-English subtitles) 3.50 A Diary of Events in Singapore this Week (C) 3.55 Nam Isainyarkal— Featuring Ezekiel Absalom (T —Rpt) 4.10 Days of Our Lives 4.50 Close 6.05 Opening and Space Angel 6.30 News in Brief (E) 6.35 What
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    • 37 18 SHORT RIBS YOU HAVE A NEWSROOM/ kTz fi. >ZS! P ITiTj £f m ii' P^VES ITS THE MOST fS»v\BRF; BROOM IN EXISTAN Cg/ Do\oo kTKiOVJJ VDUftT r\JE BEEU"IWtWIU6 QUEEUIE By Frank O'Neal HOW COMEV by George Fett
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    • 546 18 Trust your lucky star IF IT'S YOUR BIRTHDAY BORN today, you are a na-tural-born opportunist. Always first to see the possibilities of any given object or activity—and last to give up the search for those possibilities—you seldom fail to gain some profit from whatever circumstances or situations are upon you.
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