New Nation, 20 July 1972

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  • 18 1 NEW NATION SINGAPORE Thursday evening, July 20, 1972 No. 462 Price 15 cents SINGAPORE THURSDAY, JULY 20, 1972
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  • 13 1 Police reported 97 accidents yesterday. Nine were serious and three fatal.
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  • 112 1 The share market was moderately active this morning. Prices generally increased marginally. Mega Chemicals rose from $1.22 to $1.28. P.M. Cement made tour cents to $2.35, Far East Levingston three cents to $2.24, General Lumber two cents to $1.00 and Malayan Trading two cents to $3.20. Sime
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  • 20 1 Today tin was traded at $625 (down $5), with a turnover of 278 tons (up 33 tons).
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  • 150 1 Only one fatality —Renter Athens, Thursday A British airliner with 84 people aboard plunged into a lake just after take-off from the Greek island of Corfu yesterday but the only casualty was an elderly passenger. Mrs. Louisa Moir-Berthe, 80, a British subject, was injured and
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  • 394 1 Police seek his help Police today alerted all exit points In Singapore to look out for Mr. Tony Gardner who, they believe, can help them in their investigations into the Travel House of Australia. Police want to interview him. He is the local representative
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  • 321 1  -  Officers" WStch for Stephanie at^afi*port, causeway Waiting for word... By Wee Beng Huat Police at the airport and Causeway have been alerted to look out for kidnapped four-year-old Stephanie Choo. Detectives, with her photograph, are checking all children leaving the country. A police spokesman, Mr.
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  • 259 1 United Press International Manila, Thursday, Business was at a virtual standstill in the Greater Manila area today after three days of flooding monsoon rains. The Philippine weather bureau said 8.96 inches of rain fell on Manila's port area in the 24 hours ending
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  • 24 1 The Hague, Thursday The Dutch navy's mines service has developed a new weapon to render sea mines harmless, the navy announced here.
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  • 80 1 Mr. Lee Kuan Yew's hole-in-one at the Istana golf course yesterday was his second. His first was at the Cameron Highlands during one of his politics-and-golf visits in 1961-62. By a remarkable coincidence, his Cabinet colleague, Defence Minister Dr. Goh Keng Bwee, has
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  • 97 1 An unemployed 18-year-old youth. Toong Hee Ding, was stabbed to death last night while he sat In a park behind his house In Tronoh Road, off Lavender Street. His assailant, described as a youth, crept from behind and stabbed him twice In the back at about 9
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  • 184 1 Dublin. Thursday. Muhammad All moved a step nearer a rematch with Joe Frazier last night when he stopped A 1 "Blue" Lewis of Detroit in the 11th round of their 12-round heavyweight contest at Croke Park. The 30-year-old former champion was not as
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  • 283 1 Reuter Moscow, Thursday The Soviet Union last night announced the withdrawal of its military personnel from Egypt but said it planned to continue developing its ties with Cairo. In a first official reaction to President Sadat's call for the Soviet withdrawal on Tuesday.
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  • 35 1 BANGKOK, Thursday.— Communist guerrillas killed two village militia men and seriously wounded seven policemen in an attack on a police outpost in the northern Thai province of Phltsanuloke. police sources said today.
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  • 438 2  -  Malaysia wants name included By Pauline Khng At loggerheads over the logo the lively issue brought a number of delegates to their feet yesterday at the second and last day of the ASEAN Tours and Travel Association's first convention held at Mandarin Hotel. It
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  • 98 2 An 18-man delegation from the All-Nippon Hospital Association is now in the Republic to study local medical facilities. Led by business manager, Mr. Kojiro Tsuzuki, the delegation will visit Outram Road General Hospital to observe its organisational set-up and exchange views with hospital staff on
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  • 453 2  -  By Pang Guek Cheng Standing at attention on the parade ground, moustache bristling, he was a figure of command as he bellowed orders to the squad of soldiers before him. Looking fierce, he was the very image of the 'spit and polish* British
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  • 158 2 The Jurong Abattoir Pte. Limited is planning to set up several small- size slaughter houses to cater for the growing needs of pork merchants. One of the "mini-abat-toirs" is expected to be ready by 1973. Its slaughtering capacity will be about 200 pigs an
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  • 59 2 The People's Association will be holding baby shows at four community centres on Saturday and Sunday. Separate shows will be held at the Telok Ayer and the Bukit Merah centres at 2 p.m. on Saturday and on Sunday at the Onraet Road and Kampong San
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  • 316 2 A small-scale purge is now going on in the People's Front party. One of its leaders has been expelled and another has resigned. "But this does not indicate a crisis in the party," said Mr. Lim Thiam Hock, director of the party's political bureau. He added:
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  • 394 2  -  By V.K. Chin Kuala Lumpur, Thursday. —Several former Democratic Action Party leaders are looking Into the possibility of joining the People's Progressive Party. They Include Mr. Goh Hock Ouan. MP for Bungsar; Dr. A. Soorlan, MP for Port Dickson; and possibly several independent state
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  • 102 2 Indian violinist Lalgudl G. Jayaram an will give a recital at the Conference Hall on July 27 at 8 p.m. Jayaram an Is known In India and internationally, particularly for his Introduction of the venu-veena-vlolln recital method, in the field of Carnatlc (classical) music. Starting
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    • 239 2 TRAVEL THE CHEAPEST WAY By Charter A Schedule Flights From Singapore to: Amsterdam 540/- Hamburg *20/- Otto 725/Borcetona 650/- Hanover *20/- Paris 550/Bnissels 540/- London 525/- Rotterdam 540/Cologna 570/- Los Angeles $1025/- Stockholm 5 785/Cogenhagen 700/- Madrid 710/- Toronto 925/DasseMorf 570/- Munich 650/- Vancouver $1035/Frank fart 410/- New York 900/-
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    • 9 2 \w <«>) l>,c KosWr Restaurant ACTUALLY IN SINGAPORE!!! Where? When?
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  • Page 2 Miscellaneous
    • 277 2 iEHBHIS Today's winning number *****1 If the last six digits of your Singapore Identity card number are those shown above, you can claim a $300 Post Office Savings Bank Gift Voucher. Your voucher will be paid into a Post Office Saving Bank account in your name. Call with your identity
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    • 530 2 HRPPEIMIGS WHAT'S ON TODAY The Labour Minister, Mr. On i? Pang Boon, will officially launch the monthlong FAMILY PLANNING CAMPAIGN at the Conference Hall at 8 p.m. A PUBLIC FORUM on Educational Problems Facing Families in Singapore, organised by the Barker Road Methodist Church, will be held at the church
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  • 582 3  -  Handicapped children—who show the will to succeed and bring cheer—win awards Rav Dhaliwal Their determination to be on par with normal young children of their age has won them the award of Handicapped Children of the Year. These outstanding handicapped children have proved their courage
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  • 157 3 The Foreign Ministry is to set up an economic bureau to specialise in studying the political impact on Singapore of economic developments in the world. The bureau will also help to co-ordinate the economic policies of the Foreign Ministry and other ministries. A spokesman of
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  • 46 3 In connection with yesterday's New Nation article under the heading "Singapore shipowners hit *by world shipping slump," a spokesman from the Sembawang Shipyard today clarified that the numiber of inquiries are adequate for them to fully utilise their capacity, and not insufficient as stated.
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  • 288 3 The secretary-general of the United National Front, Mr. R. Vertivelu, said that English educated Singaporeans were not fully aware of their political rights. At a political forum at the University of Singapore on Tuesday he claimed that the majority of the Englisheducated did not understand the
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  • 354 3  -  By Lee Yew Meng The desire to give their children a better future prompted seven men to undergo vasectomy male sterilisation operations last night. This brought the number of vasectomies performed at the Family Planning and Population Board's clinic at Dunearn Road to 20
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  • 38 3 Mr. J Br. Laurie, chief executive of the Maunsell Group, will speak on Developments In the Design of Major Bridges to members of the Institution of Engineers Singapore at Hotel Premier on Saturday at 1.30 p.m.
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  • 222 3 Secondary school students and teachers still have time to think up that prizewinning recipe for the island-wide cooking competition the closing date for entries has been extended to July 29. A spokesman for the organisers, the Singapore Teachers' Union, said they wanted more people to
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  • 303 3 Police warning to criminals Criminals beware! The Police Force's locally trained FBI sharp shooters are now out on the roads. Two hundred and thirty detectives, who recently completed this training at the Police Academy, are now maintaining law and order, each armed with an
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  • In Person
  • 514 4  -  Alkeers give way to polite applause CINEMA By Edgar Koh P R H<Sff> Elf 9} NIXON'S WtOr <&Oi CHINA film shown. documentor 1 British ne%sreet 'team -fm the "historic" visit eaffter* this year. v But the sponUJMIL <£- applause ji rtii Singapore' fliiiiilffjiiiiftiTft
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  • 270 5 Security net beats bank robbers Organised crime In the Republic has decreased drastically during the past two years. The last armed bank robbery In Singapore took place 18 months ago. One of the reasons for this is the improved security measures adopted by banks. With
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  • 270 5 Share the secret prescriptions? "It's a good idea," said some Chinese physicians and sinsehs. "No," said others. "There are countless problems that have to be thrashed out first before we can get together and divulge all our secrets." This was the response from Chinese
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  • 108 5 The first meeting of the recently-formed SouthEast Asian Mathematical Society will be held on July 24 at Nanyang University. The society, a branch of the Association of SouthEast Asian Institutions of Higher Learning, would thrash out problems in mathematical research and education, a
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  • 183 5 Modernisation is gradually catching up with Sago Lane. The first pile for a new 21-storey housing and shopping complex was driven in last January, and now the main structure of the building is completed. The whole project is expected to be ready by the end of
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  • 295 5 Kuala Lumpur, Thursday The Registrar of Companies will take stern action against Malaysia-registered public companies which fall to submit report? to the government on tnelr financial projections and past performances. They will be given until the end of the month to submit their reports after
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  • 150 5 About 100 workers of the Oriental Lotus Restaurant In Hotel Malaysia have been dismissed. Letters of termination of service were sent to them by the management a few days ago. In the letters, the management said that they were compelled to cease business because the
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  • 42 5 Mr. Toh Seng Sit, chairman of the Institute of Building (Singapore and Malaysia) will be guest of honour at the annual dinner of the Singapore Polytechnic Building Society at the Jurong Room, Shan-gri-La Hotel, on July 28 at 8 p.m.
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  • 35 5 Mr. Mohan Dass 24, public relations commissioner of the YMCA Younf Adults Group left last night to represent the Singapore YMCA at the World YMCA Youth conference opening in Mexico City tomorrow.
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  • 196 5 A new set of rules and regulations In line with the Chit Funds Act will be Issued by Gemini Chit Fund to all its members. This follows several queries raised by members since the implementation of the Act on July 1.
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  • Page 5 Advertisements
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  • Page 5 Miscellaneous
    • 316 5 Student wins $15 Last Saturday's quiz photograph showed the lower halves of three CocaCola bottles. The first prize of $15 goes to Miss Teo Kim Noi, a student, of Holy Innocents Lane. Her entry was the first correct one opened by the Editor last night. The next correct answers from
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  • BEHIND THE NEWS
    • 750 6  -  From W. Drummond Los Angeles Times INDIA The English language is doing well on the Indian sub-conti-nent. During the 25 years since independence, nationalist leaders have denounced English as a stain from the British colonial past. But no matter how much the
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    • 1608 6  -  From Larry Liebers Los Angeles Times AMERICA Remember those days when a child was sent to kindergarten when he was about five years old, then to a higher class? If he didn't absorb what he was supposed to, they held him back
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    • 359 6  -  From Murray Seeger Los Angeles Times RUSSIA Several young American radicals, Invited to a Joint conference with Soviet youth, have gone home angered and disillusioned by their experiences. The "Young People's Conference USA-USSR" was held last month In Minsk, capital of White Russia, with 100-member delegations
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    • THE VOICE OF THE PRESS
      • 622 6 What other newspapers are saying: U.8.-JAP AN TIES AND SINO-JAPANEBE RELATIONS. According to a report from Maxilla, Mr. Romulo, Philippine Foreign Secretary, predicted that Japan would seek to restore friendship with China and gradually reduce her close ties with the US. He said that during the
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      • 406 6 McGOVERN»B ELECTION PLEDGES. In a speech at Miami Beach, the American Democratic presidential candidate, Senator George McGovern, stated that he would put an end to the bombing In Vietnam on the very day he became the President of the United States and that within 90 days of
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  • 480 7 UN report urges Delhi to sign treaty Reuter United Nations, Thursday India may have enough plutonium not subject to safeguards against weapons production to make as many as 19 atomic bombs, according to a report published by the United Nations yesterday. Israel may also have sufficient
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  • Article, Illustration
    59 7 Strong winds churn up 20-ft high surf along Manila Bay, flooding Manila's Roxas Boulevard. Unusually high tides and floods spawned by week-long rains from neighbouring Luzon Province submerged portions of the city. President Marcos said yesterday that some Philippine scientists fear that the typhoons and heavy rains may
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  • 217 7 Reuter Colombo, Thursday Sri Lanka yesterday ordered the immediate closing down of all illegal gaming houses and betting shows on horse racing. Social clubs conducting games of chance are included in the ban and an official announcement said the government would strictly enforce its gaming
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  • 425 7 San Juan, Puerto Rico, Thursday Thirty-five of the world's most beautiful girls arrived here yesterday to compete in tne Miss Universe contest. The group, who had gathered from all parts of the world in New York to make the flight together, stepped into
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  • 242 7 Reuter Reykjavik, Thursday. Bobby Fischer and Boris Spassky were relaxing yesterday In their hotels In preparation for the fifth game of their world chess title duel later today while their aides negotiated new living for them. The Russian world champion is leading by 2\ points to li
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  • 214 7 Reuter _New York, Thursday The Rolling Stones pop group whose current North American tour has been Plagued with trouble, prepared for their second concert in Boston last night with leader Mick Jagger and guitarist Keith Richard out on bail after allegedly assaulting a Rhode Island photographer.
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  • 245 7 Reuter Belfast, Thursday A six-month old boy was killed in a bomb blast and an old man was shot dead by gunmen yesterday in another grim day of violence in Northern Ireland. The baby died and four other people, including his mother, were
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  • 280 7 United Press International United Nations, Thursday. China joined 13 other countries yesterday in calling for a full debate of the Korean question in the General Assembly but urged United Nations to keep its hands off efforts by the two regimes in the divided country
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  • 95 7 United Press International Lagos, Thursday. Nigerian police arrested a young Japanese carrying a pistol and 64 bullets yesterday as he was about to board a K en y a-b o un d Ethiopian Airlines plane at Lagos airport, police said. The Japanese was identified as Mitsuru Otain,
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    • 74 7 A MOVIE CAMERA THAT FOCUSES AUTOMATICALLY! V /V •A m u mm Javanese speciality served by a team of Javanese in traditional costumes on every Saturday and Sunday Luncheon accompanied by the Hotel's light string orchestra. i I m 0 V* H f Ik < r met i i POO
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  • Article, Illustration
    303 8 New Nation Education Broadsheet pONTEMPORARY society to Increasingly an urban society. In 1880 it is estimated that less than two-and-a-half per cent of the world's population lived In localities of 20,000 or more Inhabitants. By 1950 the percentage had climbed to 20.9. For every one urban dweller of 1800
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  • 1187 8 The world's earliest cities were founded from about 3500 BC in the rich alluvial valleys of the Tigris »nd Euphrates in Mesopotamia. Estimates of the populations of these first urban centres Eridu, Erich Lagash, Kisb and Ur vary widely: from 10,000 to 750.000. One thing is certain: they
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    545 8 Cities are the focal points in the occupation and utilisation of the earth by man. Both a product of and an influence on surrounding regions, they develop in response to economic and social needs. Each city is unique in detail but resembles others in function and pattern. Location
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  • 929 8 The city does not consist of buildings as it was fashionable to think two generations ago, or of traffic lines, aa it became more fashionable to think after the war, or of social or racial problems, as is becoming fashionable today. The city consists of five elements
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  • 849 9 Urbanisation is the most important social phenomenon of the twentieth century. Though cities first appeared some 1500 years ago, they were small and the overwhelming majority of people lived in a rural environment. The urbanised societies of today not only have urban agglomerations of a size never before
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  • 276 9 Next to the threat of nuclear war and the population explosion, the problem of riant cities Is perhaps the greatest facing mankind today. 200 years ago, no city in the world exceeded 100,000 people. Now at least 50 cities have populations over 2 million. Sydney and
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  • Article, Illustration
    2843 9 By Aryeh Doudai, UN adviser, with courtesy of the Singapore Institute of Planners. Change is a predominant factor in human behaviour and human existence. Change has influenced considerably planning attitudes, approaches and planning philosophy since men began planning. And planning, in all Its fields—economic, physical, social and others—is
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  • 668 10 Ethnic and cultural diversity enriches a nation. It also carries the potentialities of both diversion and conflict. How far has Singapore succeeded in preserving this richness while reducing if not eliminating the dangerous dynamics of disaster? This question must have been very much in
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  • 1128 10  -  PAKIR SINGH "Get the Yankees out of Asia and the whole area will be set, oh ever so willingly, on the path to progress and prosperity. Asia will be automatically rid of its horrific wars and
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  • Letters
    • 340 10 The epidemiology of cholera in Singapore is obscure In many respects. Cholera occurs more among the older age groups, i.e. those over 30 years than those under 30. More males than females are affected. Why this is so is not very clear. It also tends to
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    • 166 10 Every morning from 3 a.m. to 7 a.m. there is a parade of ducks outside my house. For those people who would like to see this parade the locality is at the corner of Tan Quee Lan Street along North Bridge Road. My neighbours and I
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    • 42 10  -  LIM HENG TOW Public Relations Officer, RTS, Singapore, 1L This is in reply to George Ng's letter (NN, July 6). The Cantonese film starring Bruce Lee as a child star will be considered for telecast if available for television.
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    • 50 10  -  CHAN LOY CHAN (Misa), Public Relations Officers, Public Health Division, Singapore, 3. With reference to the letter from Environment (NN, July 5) concerning overgrown vegetation on the vacant land behind Sembawang Park, the owner of the vacant land has been advised to clear all overgrown vegetation regularly.
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    • 87 10  -  KOH LIAN HWI. Af. Registrar of Vehicles, Singapore, 7. I refer to the letter from A. Wee CNN, July 4). It Is an offence for the bus drivers to refuse to stop at bus stops without reasonable excuse. However, bus commuters are reminded that they should give
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    • 46 10  -  S. CHUA It will be very much appreciated If RTS could present To Kill a Mockingbird and Julius Caesar. I am sure that the majority of the students taking the O.C.E. exams this year will be very Interested In watching both these presentations.
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    • 33 10  -  ALEX JOSEY In fairness to Malcolm Mac Donald may I assure your readers that in my column on July 17 I correctly quoted him as referring to Soekarno's "incredible amorous excesses."
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    • 57 10  -  YEONG KUM KEE Public Relations Officer, Ministry of National Development. Singapore, 2. With reference to the article headlined The Apollo Court Maze (NN, June 12), the necessary traffic signs were Put up and directional arrows were drawn on the road by the Public Works Department to
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    • 12 10 Write to The Editor, New Nation, Locked Bag 15, GPO, Singapore, 1.
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    • 129 10 HASSELBLAD (leader in large format photography) is out of this world. Hasselblad has been to the moon and brought back breathtaking pictures of world interest. And scientific sharpness. Each 6x6 cm negative can withstand many times enlargement. With the Hasselblad 500 c/m, you can change over to black and white
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  • Page 10 Miscellaneous

  • 2625 11  -  THE LIFE AND TIMES OF A GREAT BOXER CASS lUS CLAY BECAME WORLD HEAVYWEIGHT BOXING CHAMPION WHEN HE DEFEATED SONNY USTON IN FEBRUARY 1964 HE CHANGED HIS NAME TO MUHAMMAD ALI WHEN HE JOIHED THE BLACK MUSLIMS THE DAY AFTER HIS VICTORY. -by ex-world light heavyweight
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  • TREND
    • 170 12  -  Presented by Mary Lee Hot nights call for freedom of movement in clothes. Forget about all those full and fancy sleeves that adorn the latest designs. Scooped necked minis would weather well in such a climate, but unfortunately some occasions need more formal
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    • 936 12  -  r n THE male bOK G.G. Lachrymose ladies (cry-babies, if you want to be ungallant) come in two varieties tearbags and weeping-wil-lows. Tear-bags are the general run of female who cry when they have to, like when they are suffering pain, grief
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    • 117 12  -  TALKING 1 #SHOP RUTH MOSES Stacks of books carelessly thrown into a corner inevitably result in much clutter and untidiness, making it difficult to find anything when you need it. A good way to get round this problem is to stand books
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    • 121 12 The collecting bug is definitely here to stay, with collections of match boxes and old coins running to pencil stubs and dolls. In the case of the latter, these made-in-Singa-pore showcase dolls depicting the Various national costumes of Singapore, the different types of dressing for
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  • Commerce and Finance
    • 302 12 Reuter London, Thursday European industrialists and financiers are to help South Korea establish a shipbuilding industry with a potential capable of competing against Japan, which now builds half the world's new ships, it was announced here yesterday. The major European contribution in teims oi
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    • 165 12 There was only moderate activity in the share market yesterday. Prices were generally lower due to profit-clip-Pinr. Many speculative counters fell including IndiaMalaysia Textiles, Perils Plantations, Perak Carbide, Malayan Credit, Malaysia Wood Wool and Textile Corporation. However, General Lumber, with speculative support moved up nine cents to 98
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    • 232 12 Allied Chem 27 >4 Alcoa 49 Am Brand* 45 >4 Am Can 33% Am Motor* AT ft T 42% A ft P 7% Anaconda 16% Avon Pd Beth Steel 30 Boeing 21% Caterp Trac MS CTirysle29% Coca-Cola 135>4 Control Data 70% Corn Ol WV* 235 Dow Chem
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    • 74 12 United Press International Hong Kong, Thursday London's Slater Walker Securities Ltd. (SWSL) and Hutchison International Ltd. (HIL) will form a Joint bank to provide this British colony with a complete range of merchant banking services, a spokesman for SWSL and HIL said yesterday. The spokesman
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    • 167 12 Reuter London, Thursday Equities closed firm yesterday with sentiment aided by prospects of further talks on the economy between the Government and both sides of the industry. At 3 p.m. the Financial Times index had risen 7.5 at 514.0. Blue chips such as FCI Unilever
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    • 239 12 United Press International New York, Thursday The stock market closed with a moderate gain yesterday after starting out with enthusiasm on news of Henry Kissinger's trip to Paris for secret talks. Trading was fairly active. The Dow Jones average of 30 industrials was up
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    • 89 12 Reuter Zurich, Thursday The Us dollar gained more ground on West European currency exchanges yesterday. In Paris it closed at 5.********** commercial francs its highest point since July 3. In Zurich it reached a high of 3.7800/20 Swiss francs but in later trading slipped marginally
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  • 265 14 Salisbury, Thursday An official of the Rhodeslan Olympic committee last night refused to comment on reports from West Germany that Britain had made formal objections to this country's participation in the Munich Olympic Oames. There was no immediate comment from any other officials but observers here
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  • 28 14 Hong Kong, Thursday A Chinese volleyball team left Peking by air yesterday to visit Cuba, Peru. Chile and Mexico, the New China news agency reported today.
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  • 332 14 By Blue Peter Penang, Thursday Punter's Bill (Zakaria Som) who put up a stout showing last Saturday when third to P.J. Pride, caught the eye In a smart trial with stablemate Countach on a good track here this morning. Clapping on the pace after passing the
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  • 60 14 Australian jockey Mick Goreham will leave for home after the current Penang meeting which ends on Sunday. Mick who was the top apprentice in South Australia before coming over here for a short stint rode his first winner here on old campaigner Katong Ocean. Since then he
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  • 34 14 Helsinki, Thursday. Pekka Vasal, of Finland, sped to victory in thelSOO metres at an athletics meeting here last night in 3 mins 36.8 sees, equalling the fastest time this year.
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  • 410 14 SCRATCHINGS SATURDAY RACE ONE (2.15 pm): CI Six Dw 4 6f Roulette 11, Sword Cover, Bon Vivant. RACE TWO (2AS pm): a Six Div 3 6f takia 11, Swosdsman, Arnhem. RACE THREE £15 pm): CI Fhre Div 3 6f rtal, Beat Seller, Motten Gold, Romantic Lad,
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  • 379 15  -  M. Param Former All-India star, BalaSingh, will be nere soon to coach the > national side for future International meets. Indian High Commission sources say that because Balakrishne Singh is in iuch high demand for coam eking, he will only be here Tilt a
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  • 275 15 Hoylake, England, Thursday. Britain's Lindsay Blachford scored the finest win of her career to put out fourth-seeded Ameri*n Pattl Hogan in the North of England tennis championships here yesterday. > t Miss Blachford kept a cool brain and a steady arm to beat the 22-year-old Oallfornlan
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  • 68 15 Similar rackets but different games. At left M have squash, quickly growing in popularity 1 throughout the Republic. The player is John F. Maroon of Tengah in a league match against Tanf lift club last night. Tengah won 8 sets to 7. Above Phua Joo Khing shows how to play
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  • 490 15 Dublin, Thursday. Muhammad All, the former world heavyweight boxing champion calmly and brutally despatched another opponent when he stopped A 1 Blue Lewis of Detroit in the eleventh round of their scheduled twelve round bout at Croke Park here last night. Lewis became the seventh man
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  • 742 15 London, Thursday^—The Australian crieketefa went on a run spree against the English Minor dbufities yesterday to amass 329 for five declared and help erase the memory of being < held to a draw by Ingland 1 in the third Teat on Tdfcs- 1 day.
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  • 42 15 Tokyo, Thursday—h** residW of last night's proissfcotal. baseball games: i WV CENTRAL LEAGJIE Taiyo 8 YomJhA Wan»hln 5 HlrOßtwnS 2 Yakult 7 qmclfc 0 PACIFIC LEAGvK 4 I Nankal 7 Toei *< ft Klntetsu t NfchltftSu Hankyu Lotte <•. if i t£.
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  • 129 15 Paris, Thursday. Belgian Willy Tierllnck won yesterday 16th stage of the Tour de France cycle race as serious doubts arose whether Frenchman Cyrille Gulmard, second man overall, would be able to finish the race. Guimard trails Belgian Eddy Merckx by six minutes 16 seconds after picking up
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  • 78 15 Pahang, Thursday—Singapore led 3-1 after the first night of the Foong Seong Cup semi-final against Selangor here last night. RESULTS (Singapore 1st): singles—Ng Chor Yow bt Moo Foot Lian 15-6, 15-0; Yeo Ah Seng bt Lee Guan Chong 15-1, 15-5; doubles —Cheong Cheng Swee and Lee
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  • 37 15 Hong Kong, Thursday The Hong Kong Chess Association (HKCA) has invited China to compete with other Asian countries in a world zone chess tournament to be held here next month, a HKCA spokesman said yesterday.
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  • 26 15 Chrlstchurch, Thursday—The touring Chinese table tennis team completed a clean sweep of the three Tests by beating New Zealand 4-0 here last night.
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  • 879 15 lIP Y L""™ -1 The Singapore Civil Service Recreation and Sports Council has received 85 entries for its first Open golf championships to be held over the Island course on July 28. Said the golf convenor, Lieut.-Col. Brian Marks: "Although we have expected more than a hundred
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  • 78 15 The finals of the Selvadurai challenge trophy for soccer will be held at the Buklt Panjang Primary School this Sunday at 5 p.m. The soccer tournament is being held in conjunction with the Buklt Panjang Constituency Sports Association as part of the National Day celebrationis. The BPSA is
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  • 31 15 Redhlll, England, Thursday— Harry Weetman, captain, of Britain's Ryder Cup golf team in 1965, died yesterday from injuries suffered in an automobile crash on July 14. He was 51.
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    • 39 16 AH The Idea of papaya sauce sounds interesting. Let's hope the suggestion bears fruit. MEI LIN: I am more interested in tasting durian powder. I can at least use it for cakes when the fruit is off-season.
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    • 872 16 CONTROL BOARD'S BIG TASK Los Angeles Times Nevada's Gaming Control Board is a sort of combination FBI and Court of Appeal. No other state has anything like It. But then, no other state permits "wideopen" gambling. Last year, gamblers In Las Vegas lost a
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    • 152 16 The New Hampshire Fish and Game Department finally got the message. Two biologists from the department found a bottle at the bottom of the Pemigewasset River last Saturday containing an antipollution message from a 18-year-old girl. The note said: "pick up this bottle to help
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    • 50 16 Sporting a cool but cute look despite her woolly attire is Mary Tan. 19. The attractive lass works in Mandarin Hot e I's Clipper Bar as a hostess and enjoys her work very much. Her hobbies: Bowling, swimming and pic-ture-going. Picture Picture by Michael Kwan.
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    • 64 16 More than two-thirds of the Italian 1e f1 -win g Social Proletarian Party (PSIUP), which lost all its 23 seats in the Chamber of Deputies in the May general election have decided to Join the Italian Communist Party. Another eight per cent decided to Join the
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    • 36 16 A jealous youth shot dead a musician for dancing with his girl-friend at a party In Mexico City, police said. After pumping five bullets Into his victim, he gave himself up to the police.
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    • 169 16 Today Is Thursday, July 20, the 202 nd day of 1972 with 164 to follow: THE MOON: Between its first quarter and full phase. THE MORNING STARS: Venus and Saturn. THE EVENING STARS: Mercury, Mars and Jupiter. Those born on this date are under the sign of Cancer. Sir
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    • 56 16 FM STEREO 6.00 Opening and Prog. Summary 6.Q5 Sunset Serenade 6.30 News 6.40 Public Service Anncts. 6.45 Share Market Report 7.00 Sing Something Simple 7.30 Music for You 7.45 Chinese Instrumental Recital 8.00 News 8.10 Public Service Anncts. 8.15 Great Instrumentalists 0.15 Time to Swing 0.45 Many Voices, Many Songs
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    • 422 16 Trust your lucky IF IT'S YOUR BIRTHDAY BORN today, you are one of those congenial persons who Is always comfortable with other people and vice versa. Working from past experience you are able to judge situations and circumstances with uncanny accuracy, so that you seldom invest much time, effort, or
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