New Nation, 21 July 1972

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  • Title Section
    Masthead
    15 1 NEW NATION SINGAPORE Friday evening, July 21, 1972 No. 463 Price 15 cents NEW NATION
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  • Article
    OUR ROADS
    12 1 Police reported 45 accidents yesterday. Five of them were serious.
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  • Article
    ON THE 'CHANGE
    113 1 Prices generally Improved in the share market this morning. Trading was moderate and selective. Mega Chemicals held best interest at prices from $1.30 to $1.38. Sime Darby moved up from $7.00 to $7.25. United Motors rose 24 cents to $3.26 with further buyers trailing. Hwa Par and
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    Tin goes down
    20 1 Today tin was traded at $622 (down $3), with a turnover of 255 tons (down 23 tons).
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    Choppers lift flood victims
    29 1 I LATE NEWS Manila, Friday. UJS. Air Force helicopters began picking flood victims from tree tops in Central Luzon today, the Philippines News Service said.
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    KIDNAP: 3 HOAX DEMANDS
    422 1  -  Police issue a stern warning By Wee Beng Huat The police today warned that anyone who hampers investigations into the kidnapping of four-year-old Stephanie Choo will be dealt with severely. This followed three hoax ransom calls to the Choo family in Merlin Mansions during the past
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  • Article
    Another bogus company
    84 1 The ClD's Commercial Crimes Branch has uncovered another bogus company bringing the total to 14 in recent months. The company was found to have been operating in an office in Serangoon Road. According to the police, the company ordered laminated plastic roof sheets worth $13,465 from an
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  • Article
    Singapore must stay free of China: Jek
    143 1 The Minister for Culture, Mr. Jek Yeun Thong, today said Singapore must remain independent from China in order to maintain its progress. The Republic's achievements so far would not have been possible if the Government had not stressed that Singapore was separate and
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  • Article
    Lock icon Saigon opens second big front...
    356 1 UPI, Reuter Saigon, Friday Nearly 10,000 South Vietnamese troops are pushing towards a Viet Cong held town on the central coast yesterday as the second major front opened in the south's counteroffensive against the communist. Military sources said a forward battalion was lifted by helicopter
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    Cabinet quits
    14 1 The Hague, Friday—The Dutch Cabinet yesterday tendered Its resignation to Queen Juliana.
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    Lock icon Great play by Fischer as Spassky blunders
    185 1 Reuter Reykjavik, Friday.—American challenger Bobby Fischer won the fifth game in the world chess championship here last night after a major blunder by Soviet title-holder Boris Spassky. The Russian resigned on the 28th move allowing the American to equalise the score in the
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    Lock icon Relief force for flood-hit Luzon
    357 1 United Press International Manila, Friday A US navy task force headed by the helicopter carrier Tripoli sailed through heavy seas today en route to the Philippines to provide relief to central and northern Luzon regions left isolated by four days of monsoon rains. US ambassador
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  • Article
    You'll have to beg, UK tourist alleges
    469 1 Commission accused Sydney, Friday A young English schoolteacher, stranded in Singapore because of the collapse of a travel agency, said today a member of the Singapore British High Commission told him he would have to "beg on the streets" when he asked for
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  • Article, Illustration
    Drought hits rural wells
    218 2  -  PUB supplies water to residents By Rav Dhaliwal Their wells are dry, parched by the drought and yesterday the Public Utilities Board took action to keep them supplied with water. The residents of Lorong Kerepek, off Mandal Road, have been facing a water crisis because they
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    My life with Shashi -Mrs. Kapoor
    233 2  -  By Teresa Ooi Behind every successful man stands a woman. Shashi Kapoor, one of India's famous actors, is no exception. Her hair casually swept aside, Mrs. Kapoor's quick smile and carefree attitude made one feel very much at home. Originally from Lancashire, England, she
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    Public forum
    87 2 Professor Phoon Wai On will chair a public forum by the Society of Occupational Medicine on Workmen's Compensation in Singapore at the Pathology Lecture Theatre, Outram Road on Monday at 8 pjn. The speakers will be Mr. H. E. Cashin, a lawyer, Mr. A. T. Shimpl, President of
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  • Article
    Shipyard: N-Day joy
    78 2 Keepel Shipyard and its employees have planned a series of programmes to celebrate National Day next month. A sports meet for employees' children will be held at the PJB.A. Recreation Club sports ground on Aug. 26 which will be followed by a mammoth dinner. A cultural show
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  • Article
    Traffic signs repainted
    28 2 The Public Works Department has repainted the 40 m.p.h. traffic signs at Lorong Chuan. which had been painted over by pranksters to read 10 m.p.h.
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  • Article
    Grads told: Create own jobs
    355 2  -  By Ng Foo Ngok Kuala Lumpur, FrL University graduates should take positive steps to organise themselves if they are to overcome the Increasingly difficult situation of finding jobs in Malaysia today. Mr. Gurmit Singh, president of the Graduates Association of the University of Malaya, said:
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  • Article
    Rape risk every 8 days...
    418 2  -  Statistics on sex crimes By Wee Beng Huat At least once In every eight days a girl or a woman faces the risk of being raped U statistics for the last seven years hold true for 1972. Police statistics show that an average of 43
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  • Article
    Flag-raising ceremony
    56 2 The Minister for Comunications, Mr. Yong Nyuk Lin, will officiate at the flag raising ceremony on board the Neptune Orient Lines vessel. Neptune Ruby, at the Jurong Shipbuilders (Pte.) Ltd. in Jurong Town tomorrow at 10.30 ajn. The ceremony will mark the first millionth gross ton of shipping
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  • Page 2 Miscellaneous
    • Miscellaneous
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      381 2 HfIPPEfIWGS WHAT'S ON TODAY The Minister for Culture, Mr. Jek Yeun Thong, will attend a CANTONESE OPERA at the Kreta Ayer People's Theatre at 7.30 p.m. MONTH FOR THE HANDICAPPED Film Night will be held at the Lee Kong Chian Hall, Blngapore Council of Social Service Building, Penang Lane, at
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    • Miscellaneous
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      161 2 weather Temperatures in world cities yesterday: Hong Kong 33-27 C Tokyo 30-24 C Manila 23-23 C Kuala Lumpur 30-23 C Jakarta 34-26 C Taipeh 33-25 C Seoul 35-26 C Bangkok 34 25C Naha 31-27 C London 25-21 C Paris 29-18 C Moscow 30-21 C New York 31-24 C San Francisco
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      126 2 i monEVBQi 1 FCj« Today's winning number *****5 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
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  • In Person
  • Article
    Why a cocker spaniel should have its tail docked
    1062 4 cnnmE [Lime bv PG Dear PG, I'm buying a cocker spaniel from a very reputable breeder who tells me that he will dock the puppy's tail for me. Why must this be done? Is it supposed to make him look prettier?
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    First-aid hints
    99 4 ACCIDENTS: Automobile, treat for shock. If gums are white, indicates prob able internal injury. Wrap bandage tightly around body until it forms a sheath. Keep very quiet until veterinarian comes. BEE STINGS: Give paregoric or aspirin to ease H in a state of shock treat for same. Call
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    Dental group's HQ moves here
    239 5 The Asia-Pacific Dental Students' Association (APDSA) formerly based in Japan has moved to Singapore. Mr. Michael Lee a spokesman for APDSA said the Singapore delegates campaigned for the re-siting of the headquarters at a recent congress held in Japan. He said: "We thought it appropriate
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    Prize-giving
    31 5 Madam Chan Choy Siong, adviser to the People's Association's women subcommittees, will present prizes to winners of the baby competition at the Telok Ayer Community Centre tomorrow at 2 p.m.
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    Hon family's hidden talent
    167 5 There ts more talent in Finance Minister Mr. Hon Sui Sen's family than is widely known and it is not all confined to facts and figures. Mr. Hon's daughters Vivien and Brenda (above, right to left) beat 16 other contestants to win the Varsity Talentime 1972
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    Special team to fight hotel crimes
    351 5  -  Police representative on committee By Peter Ong The police and 25 major hotels have set up a special committee to prevent and cut down crimes in hotels in Singapore. The committee Police/Hotels Security Liaison Committee has already started work. It is believed that Singapore
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    Role of private tuition
    366 5 Teachers speak on parental. problems Private tuition can sometimes do more harm than good to children according to a lecturer in the Teachers' Training College. Mrs. Chow Chor Jee, a lecturer in educational psychology, said in a talk on "Educational problems facing families in Singapore" at
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    Jeyaretnam on opposition's role in politics
    412 5 The alternative to a multi party parliament in Singapore is a military junta, according to the secretary-general of the Workers Party, Mr. J.B. Jeyaretnam. He told a forum on political trends after 1973. at the University of Singapore: "With the disappearance of the oneparty
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    Sheares to attend
    31 5 President Shea res will attend the combined dinner of the Singapore National Heart Association and the Singapore Cardiac Society at the Mandarin Hotel on July 28 at p.m.
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    Teachers may get art training abroad
    169 5 Art teachers in Singapore schools may soon be sent overseas for further training. Inche Sha'ari Tadln, Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministries of Culture and Education, said this after opening the Singapore Youth Festival Art Exhibition at the Outram Art Centre. "I was amazed and
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    Art exhibition
    42 5 Mr. Lien Ylng Chow, local banker and induatialist, and Mrs. Lien, will be the guests of honour, at the opening of an art exhibition by Mr. Yeo Hoe Koon at the Mandarin Galleries, Orchard Road, on Monday at 5.90 pjn.
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    SIA goes on big drive to recruit new staff
    138 5 Singapore Airlines has begun a massive recruitment drive to prepare for its take-off on Oct. 1. It has advertised for a sales manager, reservations, ticketing, and traffic hands for its Kuala Lumpur office. A spokesman said additional staff would be required
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    Courses on music
    56 5 Two courses on music appreciation of western music and style and interpretation of piano music—will be offered by the Department of Extramural Studies, University of Singapore. Dr. Edward S.H. Ho will conduct the courses on Monday and Wednesday respectively. The venue of the lectures will be New
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    Guitar course
    41 5 The Chinese YMCA is offering two eight-session courses for beginners and intermediate level in guitar playing. Both courses will be conducted by Mr. Harry Martinez beginning on August 2 at 7.30 p.m. for beginners and 8.30 p.m. for intermediate.
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    The Lady who makes her owner see red...
    279 5  -  By Douglas Chan The indignity that Singapore Lady is now undergoing—out of business and out of bounds to callers wUI not be over for at least another few months. This is because her owner, the Goodwood Hotel Group, is in no hurry
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    Sea View strike is still on...
    178 6 ...after five months The Sea View Hotel strike has entered its 150 th day, 87 workers still taking shifts in picketing the two main gates. Only 87 of the 250 workers who struck on February 17 over a bonus claim remain. The rest were
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    Making HDB flats cooler
    174 6 Housing and Development Board flats may in future be equipped with electrical equipment to cater for the installation of air-conditioning units. According to an informed source, HDB is studying the possibility of using thicker electric cables to accommodate the power consumption of air-con-ditioneru At present, the
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    Peking's policy on Asia —by don
    224 6 China's policy on East Asia now hinges on its relations with Russia. Tliis was said by Professor Lucien Pye, head of the Political Science Department of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, at a talk yesterday organised by the Extramural Studies Department, University of Singapore.
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    Students' union: Sorry for the write-ups
    240 6 The University of Singapore Students' Union has apologised to campus societies about what were considered derogatory articles in the union's latest handbook. In a letter sent to officials of societies which lodged complaints about the articles union leaders admitted their errors. The general-secretary of
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    AEB courses next week
    48 6 The Adult Education Board will conduct courses in .mechanical engineering drawing, skin care, makeup and hair dressing at its centre at Labrador School this week. A course in maintenance and repair of household appliances will be conducted at the Kim Keat centre from Saturday.
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  • BEHIND THE NEWS
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      Lock icon China's judiciary adapts past practices to revolutionary needs
      1447 6 From Jerome A. Cohen In Peking e The author, Director of East Asian Legal Studies at Harvard Law School, visited Peking recently to help promote cultural exchanges between China and tha United Stotes. The Washington Post CHINA The visitor to China is
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      Lock icon SEX SNOOP ON WOMEN ON THE DOLE
      716 6  -  From B. D. Nossiter The Washington Post BRITAIN Is society degraded by government agents who investigate the sex lives of unmarried women on welfare? Has the state an obligation to protect taxpayers' money by policing its welfare system? These are two forms of
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      Nanyang Siang Pau
      355 6 THE UOUE OF THE PBESS What other newspapers are saving: PEACE AND SECURITY OF SOUTH-EAST ASIA. Attention Is now otice focused on the Paris peace talks which have resumed after the Vietnam war has gone through a series of dramatic changes. It Is too early to predict
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  • Page 6 Miscellaneous
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      365 6 wt.wm Quiz object No. 17 Housewife wins $15 WHAT IS IT? A SPECIAL QUIZ Last Monday's quiz photograph showed one end of a battery. The first prize of $15 goes to Mrs. Elizabeth Wong, a housewife, of Jalan Asas. Her entry was the first correct one opened by the Editor
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  • Article
    Russians pour out of Cairo
    135 7 Cairo, Friday.—A massive Soviet military pull-out from Egypt gathered pace yesterday as planeloads of Russian military expertsjet pilots, missile men and technicians headed back to Moscow. But though an estimated 20,000 Russians are joining the retreat from Egypt at the orders of Egyptian President, Mr.
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    Lock icon Why Sadat told Soviets to quit
    392 7 Arms cut plan at Moscow summit United Press International Cairo, Friday The United States and Russia agreed last May to limit future 1 weapons shipments to the Middle East and this move prompted Egypt to demand the recall of Soviet military advisers, political sources
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    Lock icon Mrs. B out to woo investors
    259 7 Reuter Colombo, Friday.— Mrs. Slrimavo Bandaranaike, Prime Minister of Sri Lanka, yesterday announced sweeping tax incentives and relief schemes to attract private foreign investors. In a White Paper presented to the National State Assembly in her capacity as Minister for Flannlng and Employment, Mrs.
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    Coca-Cola goes to Poland
    122 7 Warsaw, Friday CocaCola was once derided in Poland as a decadent western drink, but top Communist Party officials looked on happily as the first Polish-produced bottles popped out of machines here yesterday. The officials, Central Committee secretary Barcikowski and Warsaw party chief Josef Kepak attended the
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    Lock icon Australia told: Try China method
    162 7 Reuter Sydney, Friday.—Australia should investigate the use of acupuncture the ancient Chinese pain cure —as an anaesthetic, a Federal Parliamentarian, Dr. K.R. Klugman, skid yesterday. Dr. Klugman was speaking on his return from talks with Singapore and Malaysian doctors who recently spent a month inside
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    Lock icon New UN bid to free Israeli-held Arab officers
    192 7 Reuter New York, Friday. A four-nation resolution was introduced in United Nations' Security Council yesterday calling on Israel to return without delay a group of six Arab officers abducted by an Israeli patrol Inside Lebanese territory on June 21. The draft would
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    Lock icon Bobby wants a new car and pool to himself
    354 7 Reuter Reykjavik, Friday. American chess champion Bobby Fischer has demanded that a private swimming pool, tennis court and new car be put at his disposal by the organisers of the world chess championship here. The controversial American put a 14-point demand
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    Belfast: Mystery shots at jail riot
    170 7 Belfast, Friday. Guerrilla gunmen shot a shopkeeper dead here yesterday while rioting broke out in the city's main jail and mystery snipers opened fire on the rebellious prisoners. The dead man, a Protestants news agent, was killed when he tried to stop the gunmen
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    Lock icon Australia may quit, says MP
    163 7 Reuter London, Friday. A British Member of Parliament said yesterday there was a strong possibility that Australia would pull out later this year from the five-power defence agreement with Malaysia, Singapore, New Zealand, and Britain. The suggestion came in the House of Commons from Mr.
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    The mirage of peace in Middle East
    473 8 The current estrangement between Egypt and Russia has surfaced with dramatic suddenness, but it is by no means the first instance of the two countries pulling in different directions. President Sadat, who has often shown a marked sensitivity to criticisms that Cairo is
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    Latest in diplomacy
    106 8 1 jjrj by ISPY The latest in ping pong diplomacy: My colleague received an Invitation from the Singapore Table Tennis Association inviting him to a buffet dinner "in honour of the People's Republic of China table tennis delegation" at the Istana. It was all very impressive. Pretty
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    The horrid prospect of living all alone in a bedsitter when one grows old
    994 8  -  PANG CHENG LIAN Dateline: London "If I stop working I wouldn't know what to do with myself. I think I may become a cabbage at home." Not an unusual sentiment perhaps, and one that is also
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  • Letters
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      A number of questions
      270 8 I would like to raise questions on a number of points. Everyweek, you present the Education Broadsheet In which you comment, among other things, on a number of literature textbooks like Julius Caesar, Macbeth and Animal Farm. However, there are many schools doing To Kill a
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      Car park chaos
      72 8 I am a resident at Tanglin Halt Road and have to use the car park adjacent to Block 26 quite frequently. The cars are parked chaotically. The recent drawing of distinct parking lots does not seem to have helped. Cars are still found strewn inconsiderately and they
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      White line is no help
      113 8 Yio Chu Kang Road (especially that portion between Serangoon Garden Way and Upper Serangoon Road) is a busy and narrow thorough-fare. The situation is made worse by the parking of vehicles. Though a white line is drawn, vehicles continue to be parked there, especially in
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      Difficult to cross
      145 8 I have observed In the last few months several fatal accidents along the Jalan Toa Payoh express- way. Most of the accidents involve either old women and men or young students, during peak hours. There is no road sign whatsoever to slow down the fast moving vehicles,
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      Pasar malam woes
      157 8 My complaint Is about the pasar malam held every Tuesday and Saturday from 7 p.m. to 10.30 p.m. at Toa Payoh. After the evening's business the hawkers leave the car park in front of Block 85-A littered with all kinds of rubbish. Secondly, the hawkers deprive the
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      Disgusting mess
      95 8 I want to bring to the attention of the appropriate authorities a deserted and broken down structure at the Junction of Amber Road and Amber Close. I notice it with disgust each time I pass by on my way to the Chinese Swimming Club. At a time when
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      Lamp-shades removed
      35 8  -  CHAN LOY CHAN (Miss) Public Relations Officer. Public Health Division. Singapore, 3. With reference to the letter by C.K.S. (NN, June 29) the hawker concerned has, on our advice, removed the red lamp-shades.
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      Too much dust
      105 8 I would like to bring to the attention of the proper authority that the whole stretch of road at Kim Keat Lane is covered with layers of mud, sand and dust. Every time a motor vehicle passes by, the dust is raised and blown into the houses.
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  • Our Heritage
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      The Botanic Gardens —where native plants grow undisturbed
      1908 9  -  New Nation continues its weekly series on Singapore's historic and cultural landmarks. Its early directors played a vital role in halting the decimation of Singapore forests PRESENTED BY BETTY L. KHOO "ln all man's pursuits, nature conservation comes as an agonising reappraisal
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      Pioneer in the Singapore co-operative movement
      592 9  -  WHERE ARE THEY NOW? By Tan Chung Lee Mr. Andrew Pinto, MBE, explained how tne cooperative movement started in Singapore. One of the pioneers in the field, he joined the movement in 1928 and has stayed with it since then for more than 40
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  • SHOPPING
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      Convenience and economy
      797 10 O AY what you will about traffic congestions and what not, people still prefer to drive. Imagine what its like as compared to taking a bus. Inside a bus you have to fight your way in and elbow your way to get off. Not to mention being
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  • TREND
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      Lock icon Female pleasure hunt —by Pam Mason
      325 11  -  Presented by Mary L Mary Lee Melbourne Herald Pamela Mason who was James Mason's wife for 20 years—is travelling around the United States to promote her new book "The Female Pleasure Hunt." The book covers sex, marriage, plastic surgery! the obesity bypass operation, child
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      Lock icon A strong swing to the French lines
      206 11 French fashions are really coming over strong in local boutiques, as more people are recognising the distinctive flair of continental outfits. Whereas English fashions seem to be losing their swing somewhat, French designers have exercised great imagination in creating styles that are just
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    • Article
      Fertility and the male partner...
      542 11  -  When husband's the problem Mi TABIBJ Men are frequently very "touchy" on the subject of their fertility but it is a fact that in about one-third to half of sterile marriages the abnormality is in the male partners. Infertility is usually investigated after a couple
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    Pets can be trained for action pictures
    269 12  -  CAMERAS By WANG SU FAH "ALERT AT DOOR WAY" by Mr. Lew Wal Meng of Block 116. No. 1631-J, Jalan Buklt Merah, Singapore, 3. won the first prize in this week's photography contest. Mr. Lew used a Minolta camera and the exposure was
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    Lock icon US govt move to back dollar hailed
    353 12 Reuter London, Friday The overnight New York announcement that the dollar was being given official American support was greeted by financial circles here yesterday with almost as much enthusiasm as if the market had suddenly turned in favour of sterling. The New York
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    Lock icon UK: Market closes quietly mixed
    162 12 Reuter London, Friday The m&rket closed quietly mixed yesterday and at 3 p.m. the Financial Index was off 3.8 at 514.8. The dockers' dispute with the container men and an Increase in jobless for July tended to offset Wednesday's announcement by the Confederation of British
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    Lock icon US: Prices lower in moderate trading
    210 12 United Press Internationall New York, Friday The market closed lower yesterday in moderate trading on the New York Stock Exchange as investors continued to demonstrate disinterest. The Dow Jones industrial average of 30 selected bluechip stocks was off 6.24 at 910.45. Standard and Poors
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    Market movements
    190 12 The share market closed lower in the industrial section but mixed in the other sections of the Exchange. Trading was relatively high. Profit-taking in second line industrials forced down marginally the prices of Federal Cables, Gammon, India-Malaysia Textiles, Lien Hoe, Malex, Pacific Chemcials, Sim Lim Investment and Oriental
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    KL textile mission
    48 12 Kuala Lumpur Friday—A Malaysian textile mission will visit European and Scandinavian countries next month, Trade and Industry Minister, Inche Mohamed Khir Johari, said this morning. Inche Khir said that if necessary, Malaysia would conclude bi-lateral agreement with these countries to obtain quotas for Malaysian textile.
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    WALL ST. PRICES
    210 12 Allied Chem Alcoa 484 Am Brand* 444 Am Can 334 AT ft T 42% A ft P 74 Anaconda 16% Beth Steel 294 Boeing 21% Caterp Trac 584 Chrysler 28% Coca-Cola 136 Cont Oil 25% Control Data 694 Com Gl Wks Dow Chem 884 DuPor* 162 E
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    Interim bank dividend
    47 12 The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation has declared an interim dividend of HK$l.75 per share in respect of the year ending December 31, 1972. The directors expect to recommend a final dividend of HK53.55 to make a total of HK$5.3O per share for 1972.
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    Spassky blunders in bad position: Fischer equalises
    641 15 Reykjavik, Friday US Grandmaster Bobby Fischer last night forced world champion Boris Spassky to resign on his 28th move and won the fifth game of the World Chess Championship. Fischer's surprise victory in what had been an even game through 22 moves, evened
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    South African upsets Wade
    260 15 London, Friday. South Africa's Brenda Kirk caused a major upset when she beat number two seed Virginia Wade of Britain in a quarter-final match of the North of England tennis championships here yesterday. Miss Kirk won 8-6, 6-4 in a match marred by frequent outbursts by
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    Australian bid for SA rugby players
    109 15 Sydney, Friday. FourSydney rugby league officials flew to South Africa in a bid to sign South African Rugby Union players into the professional football code yesterday. The men, Roger Cowan, Bob Boland, Leo Trevena and Pat Russell are members of the Penrith Rugby League
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    Taiwanese in Sydney
    80 15 Sydney, Friday The? Cathay China (KUA TAI) girls basketball team arrived from Taiwan denying political overtones to the visit which coincides with the mainland Chinese ping pong tour yesterday. "This visit was planned six months ago. I heard only yesterday that the table tennis team was to
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    Dr. Goh's 3 aces
    92 15 Dr. Goh Keng Swee, the Defence Minister scored three holes-in-one and not two as reported In New Nation yesterday. Dr. Goh achieved his first ace in Cameron Highlands in the early sixties, the second over the Buklt course In 1968 and his third In January 1970.
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    Chinese win
    33 15 Dunedln, New Zealand, Pri<iay. The Chinese table tennis team last night beat South Island 5-1 here. The only local player to win, Hiss Yvonne Fogarty, beat Chang Tsui-CMh 17-21, 34-33, 21-18.
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    PSA talent scouts
    184 15 The Port of Singapore Authority Recreation Club will be on the look-out for "star material" during its inter-departmental league soccer tournament at Buklt Chermln starting on August 11. Mr. P. T. Murthi, the soccer convenor said: "From this league and the knockout in November, we will select
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    Channel swim record
    56 15 Dover, England, Friday. A 15-year-old American girl last night claimed a record time for both men and women for swimming the English Channel from England to France. Lynne Cox of Los Alamltos, California, registered a time for the crossing 21 miles (34 km) at its narrowest point
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    Japanese baseball
    44 15 CENTRAL LEAGUE Talyo 6, Yomluri 3. •Yomluri CHants 5. Talyo 1. Yakult Atoms 3, Chunichl 0. Hanihln Tigers 10, Hiroshima 6. •Hiroshima 3, Hanshln 3. PACIFIC LEAGUE Klntetsu 11, Nishitetsu 3. Nankal 5. Toei 4. Lotte 10, Hankyu 9. Denotes 2nd game.
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    Australians score easy win over Minor Counties
    617 15 over to send the counties struggling. Ikin and Nasim fell to successive balls after tea, but the Aussies met unexpected resistance from the eight wicket pair of Giles Ridley and Neil Smith as they fought for 75 minutes, taking the score from 77
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    No protest over Rhodesian Olympic entry
    263 15 London, Friday. The British government has not protested or made formal objections to the West German government about Rhodesian participation In the Olympic Games In Munich next month, the Foreign Office here announced yesterday. A Foreign Office spokesman made this statement when asked to
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    Cerrudo leads in US golf classic
    240 15 Ohio, Friday Ron Cerrudo, overcoming his erratic driving with sharp putting, shot a flve-under par-65 yesterday to take a one-stroke first round lead in the US$l5O,OOO American Golf Classic. Cerrudo, who had nine one-putt greens, missed a record-tying 64 on the south course at
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    RI annual swim
    53 15 Serangoon district school's sports council will hold their four day swimming carnival at the Chinese Swimming Club pool beginning Friday July 28 at 2 p.m. The finals will be held on August 2 at 2 p.m. Mr. Tan Joo Kheng, principal of Outram Secondary School will give
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    Shinning True does a sparkling run
    291 15 By Blue Peter Penang, Friday Shinning True did the outstanding gallop here this morning. Vigorously ridden by C. H. Ooi, Shinning True reeled off 3f in the smart time of 36 2/5, finishing on the bit. Galloping conditions were ideal after heavy rain fell
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    Sharin to lead Health Ministry
    141 15 Sharin Osman, Singapore's top tennis player will spearhead a powerful Ministry of Health's team to the inter-ministry tennis championships which begins at Tanglin this afternoon. He will be well supported by two promising players, John Choi and Glam Choo Klong. And for that they get
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    Laver in upset
    56 15 John Alexander of Australia scored his second upset in as many days when he defeated his fellow countryman Rod Laver, 2-6, 6-2, 7-5 yesterday. The 21-year-old Australian fought for close to one hour and 45 minutes to knock tennis biggest money winner out of contention in the
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      Lock icon SHE SPEAKS FLUENT JAPANESE
      77 16 Twenty-three-year-old Jacqueline Ann Fishel's big boast is that she is able to speak fluent Japanese and French and a little Cantonese. But it became very clear why when she revealed that she was raised in Japan and Hong Kong. She is a guest at Oberoi Imperial
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      TALKING POINT
      41 16 MEI LIN: That was a moving story about the six award-winn-ing handicapped children and their brave fight to overcome their difficulties. AH FOOK: Agreed. How often do we, the more fortunate ones, forget and even abuse our physical blessings?
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      The swift-moving, gentle 'star'
      437 16  -  AUTOMATIC LANDING AND TAKE-OFF By S.V. Suppiah TriStar was a twinkle star when it swiftly and deftly flew out from Paya Lebar airport on Wednesday afternoon. Relaxing in my comfortable seat, I could hardly feel the fast gentle ascent. There was no vibration and no noise
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      Today...
      157 16 Today Is Friday. July 21, the 203 rd day of 1972 with 163 to follow. THE MOON: Between 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. American author,
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      Stabbing suspect blames witches
      98 16 A suspect in the stabbing of five people at a Greyhound bus depot in Tacoma, Washington said he had been chased out of Portland. Oregon, by witches, police reDorted recently. "He must have been brooding about something," a police spokesman said of Alexander Murphy, 23. the
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      Looking out for boy with travel bug
      86 16 Police at ports and airports In England were recently on the look-out for a 16-year-old boy with a passion for travel. Philip Davison, who has previously hitch-hiked through six countries to Switzerland and once stowed away on a jet to Florida, has disappeared
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      All's not lost
      37 16 Not only the most successful athletes at next month's Olympic Games will be rewarded Badsteben, a small town in West Germany, has announced it will offer holidays there to the three most unlucky participants.
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      990 16 5 Singapore 3.00 Opening and Where the Heart Is 3.20 For the Family (E) 3.50 A Diary of Events In Singapore this Week (E) 3.55 South-East Asia: Malaysia (E—Rpt) 4.15 Days of Our Lives 4.35 Close 6.00 Opening and Lucky Dip 6.30 News In Brief 6.35 The Patty Duke Show—Anywhere
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      Back to form Incognito should score in Race 3 tomorrow
      950 17  -  By Blue Peter Incognito will take a lot of beating in the Class 5 Division 3 6F handicap at Penang tomorrow. This Bern guard four-year-old showed a return to form at Ipoh last month when he finished a close second
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      SELECTIONS FOR SATURDAY
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