New Nation, 4 August 1972

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  • 15 1 NEW NATION SINGAPORE Friday evening, August 4, 1972 No. 475 Price 15 cents NEW NATION
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  • 138 1 The share market was active this morning, and gains were made by all ranks of stocks. But trading was selective. Haw Par moved from $6.70 to $7.15 to $6.95, following announcement of the company's record half year profits. National Iron rose 20 cents to $6.55, Malayan Credit
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  • 13 1 Police reported 52 accidents yesterday. One was serious and two fatal.
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  • 18 1 Today tin was traded at $622 (unchanged), with a turnover of 246 tons (up 3 tons).
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  • 24 1 LATE NEWS Mr. Justice Tan Ah Tah this morning made an order appointing a provisional liquidator for Gemini and Stallion chit fund companies.
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  • 309 1 Affidavit will be guide The Attorney-Gene-ral is expected to file an affidavit with the High Court today stating how much in the dollar subscribers of Gemini and Stallion chit funds can expect to recover. The affidavit is also expected to detail the exact assets and
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  • 243 1  -  Taxi driver's double ordeal as conductor is murdered By Wee Beng Huat A taxi-driver, after being robbed by four youths this morning, was told to drive to a bus depot in Toa Payoh East where he was forced to wait and watch, while the youths
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  • 404 1 United Press International Saigon, Friday Two thousand South Vietnamese Marines launched a dawn attack yesterday against North Vietnamese forces entrenched around Quang Tri city in a fresh attempt to win back the province lost to the communists three months ago. The Marines began
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  • 72 1 Berlin, Friday—MalaysiaSingapore Airlines (MSA) yesterday opened a thriceweekly service to Frankfurt and a twice-weekly service to Zurich. Mr. Cheong Pak Chow, head of Singapore's Department of Civil Aviation attended an Inaugural reception In Frankfurt. To celebrate the opening of the route, the airline will put on a
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  • 257 1 The ClD's elite Special Investigation Section has been called In to probe the disappearance of businessman I'an Blm Keong, 26, who Is believed to have been kidnapped. Two letters purportedly from the kidnappers—have demanded an $80,000 ransom from his family. The letters, received
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  • 375 1 Manila, Friday Filipino officials reported yesterday an outbreak of cholera in flood-ravaged Central Luzon with at least 13 people killed and another 6000 ill. v Governor Brigido Valencia, of Pampanga province, reported the outbreak in Candaba town, about 35 miles north of Manila.
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  • 23 1 Prague, Friday.—The Bth trial in two weeks of supporters of Alexander Dubcek, the former liberal Czechoslovak -communist party leader, opened today.
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  • 218 1 London, Friday The British Home Secretary, Mr. Robert Carr, arrives in London with a proclamation signed by Queen Elizabeth authorising a national state of emergency in the face of Britain's dock-strike crisis. Mr. Carr had flown to the royal yacht Britannia off the Scottish coast, where
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  • 30 1 Caracas, Friday.—Soldiers and civil defence rescuers used helicopters and motor launches yesterday to evacuate hundreds of families from the banks of the flooding Rio Apure In southeastern Venezuela.
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  • 147 1 Singapore will host the Asian Karate Championship on January 19 and 20 next year at the Gay World Stadium. This was announced by Mr. Yoong Slew Wah, the president of the Singapore Karate Federation, this morning. All the Asian affiliates of the
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  • 34 1 Paris, Friday The late Duke of Windsor's country home, an old mill with five outbuildings west of Paris, was advertised for sale yesterday at a price of 3.2 million francs (about £260,000).
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  • Page 1 Advertisements
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  • Page 1 Miscellaneous

  • 114 2 Police arrested five and seized a loaded pistol at 8.45 pjn. yesterday in an ambush at a back lane off Lorong 16, Oeylang. Police officers from Central Police station made the arrests after they saw a youth holding a gun. Just as the
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  • 41 2 Washington, Friday Three men and two women were yesterday indicted in their absence on a charge of air piracy following the hijacking of a US airliner from Detroit to Algeria our days ago, the Justice Department announced.
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  • 295 2  -  More patrols ,to stop pirates menace By Douglas Chan The Marine Police have promised local fishermen that they will seek the help of the Singapore Maritime Command in intensifying security patrols around Singapore waters against Indonesian pirates. This promise was given after a meeting between the
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  • 59 2 The Department of Extramural Studies is offering a new course on Practical approach in Auditing, beginning next Tuesday at the New Lecture Theatre 4, University of Singapore, at 7.30 p.m. Mr. Johnny T.S. Lim will conduct the 10 lecture course which alms at highlighting the significance of
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  • 383 2 Miss Marlene Carter (right) is one woman who is never out of dates, for she has a man waiting for her at every port. An author and journalist, Miss Carter is a widely travelled woman. Although an Australian, she spends only about three months
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  • 66 2 New Delhi, Friday A Member of Parliament said yesterday at least 75 million people in six states were suffering famine conditions as a result of the drought now enveloping northern and central India. Mr. Jyotirmoy Basu, a fiery Marxist communist member from West Bengal, said he knew
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  • 321 2  -  $250,000 pilot project by NTUC By Ivan Lim The National Trades Union Congress plans to set up a consumers cooperative supermarket in Toa Payoh Town next year. The supermarket is most likely to be near the busy town centre. Informed sources i>ut the, initial investment
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  • Page 2 Advertisements
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    • 172 2 is# •S*f. A h i *s m 1 V! I Made in U.S.A iflilibfttfih Hill mse 'ea t>» famous Austrian S*' 'eson me Lee innse»uck five nas u n.Q u e saddle bag pociets a«0 two not one side seams tor an unutuai paneneo e'tect Ra»n«Oe tougn witti a piusn
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  • Page 2 Miscellaneous
    • 739 2 I HPPPtnincs WHAT'S ON TODAY Parliamentary Secretary (Culture Education), INCHE SHA'ARI TADIN, will speak at the Beatty Secondary School Speech Day at 4 p.m. He will declare open the NATIONAL DAY ART EXHIBITION at the Conference Hall at 6 p.m. Mr. S.C. Huang, president of the Singapore Hotels and Restaurants
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    • 141 2 Sports diary WATER-POLO CSC v PSC (Queenstown 5.30 p.m.). SEPAK TAKRAW —Civil Service Championships: Defence v Health; Law v Education; Judiciary v Culture (all matches at Sang Nila Utama School at 7 p.m.) Kota Raja Community Centre Championships. RASKETRALL Pay a Lebar Community Centre prize giving 7.30 p.m. CRICKET Madras
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  • 435 3  -  By Rav Dhaliwal It was the most heart-breaking sacrifice Mr. N. Sokayan, 62, ever had to make in his life —to give up his pet dog for a Housing and Development Board flat. After a week of wavering doubts, he decided for the fiat,
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  • 63 3 Mr. N. Govindasamy, MP for Telok Blangah, will open his constituency's food and fun fair tomorrow at 2.30 p.m. at the Blair Plain playground to celebrate National Day. The carnival, lasting two days, will comprise 60 food and game stalls. All proceeds from the carnival will go
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  • 295 3 Kuala Lumpur, Friday Batik designs are printed from blocks with dye and wax and NOT /from cow dung and buffalo milk as some British journalists would like to imagine. A British weekly, Saturday Titbits, which Is being sold in Malaysia, made the remark in an
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  • 44 3 The National Youth Leadership Training Institute Alumni will hold a residential camp and seminar at the Institute tomorrow. The theme of the seminar Is Towards a Better Tomorrow which will also discuss the economic, political and social aspects of the nation.
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  • 169 3 Training courses for taxi drivers, bus drivers and conductors will be a permanent feature at the Registry of Vehicles, a spokesman of the registry said yesterday. These courses are conducted by the Public Services Vehicles Training School, which was started in April 1970
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  • 172 3 The final count for applications for places in Ngee Ann College stands at a record 1181, according to a college spokesman today. He said the college received the largest number of applications ever for its October semester. Total number of applications for October
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  • 44 3 The Ministry of Culture will present the eighth series in Music for Everyone at the Conference Hall on Sunday at 5 D.m. The programme entitled, An Evening of Asian Music, will include a sltar recital, Chinese instrumental music and temple music.
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  • 750 3  -  Generous donations by public By Pang Guek Cheng Singapore has 483 pairs of eyes, 22 kidneys and 18 bodies available for transplants and research because of generous donations by the public. With each passing year, there has been an increasing number of donors, particularly among
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  • Page 3 Advertisements
    • 113 3 Spicy Saturday at the Adelphi Grill Saturdays are special days... for downtown shopping... for long leisurely lunches. Every Saturday, Adelphi Grill spreads out a grand curry lunch buffet style. For $7.00 an adult or $5.00 a child, you can eat your fill. Includes soup and coffae too. Then cool the
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  • In Person
    • 629 4 DESPITE all the talk about recent air crashes and the poor survival rate, none of the VIP guests invited to the Tri-Star demonstration flight, backed out at the last minute. The thought of an air disaster is enough to send chills down the
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  • 783 4 [miiiie 1 culm by PG Dear PG, I have a six-month old pedigree alsatian with drooping ears, My dog weighs, I think, over 40 lb. He is very active. His daily diet is raw and cooked beef, cooked deboned fish, ikan bills (cooked), and occasionally fresh
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  • 9 4 Found: Holland village. Japanese Spaniel. Phone *****6.
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  • Page 4 Advertisements
    • 176 4 TIARA! She's here! With two shows nightly! At the fabulous Tiara: Nina Barly... Israel's folk songstress and internationally acclaimed star of stage and TV. Nina sings your kind of songs in French, Spanish, Hebrew, English, Yiddish and Greek. Dine and dance at the Tiara. Where you can enjoy the finest
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  • 130 5 The Singapore Chinese Instrumental Ensemble yesterday gained second place in the folk instrumental competition at the Teesside International Eisteddfod in Middlesbrough, England. They finished only one point behind France. A Czechoslov a k i a n folk group came third. There were
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  • 344 5  -  By Ivan Lim Nanyang University aims to attract internationally known Chinese scholars in striving to become the main centre of Chinese research and studies in the world, outside China. Mr. Wee Mon-cheng, a member of the Nantah Council, said this when he commented on
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  • 47 5 Mr. Yong Nyuk Lin, the Minister for Communications, will lay the foundation stone of the Telecommunications Authority of Singapore Telecentre at Dunearn/HlUcrest Road, on Tuesday at 3 p.m. The telecentre is a joint multi-million dollar project be ween the Singapore Government and the United Nations.
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  • 38 5 The Blrkhall Road School Band will perform in the Botanic Garden on Sunday from 5.30 p.m. the Police Band on Aug. 20 from 5 p.m. and Montfort Secondary School Band on Aug. 27 from 5.30 p.m.
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  • 354 5 Move at non-aligned nations' meet Georgetown, Friday Malaysia is to seek endorsement of its propos a 1 to neutralise South-East Asia at the Non-Aligned Foreign Ministers' Conference here, the permanent Malaysian Representative to the United Nations said yesterday. Inche Zakaria All said the Malaysian
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  • 319 5 Kuala Lumpur, Friday Malaysia feels that Asia will be the most logical venue for the next summit conference of non-aligned nations to be held around 1974. The choice of an Asian country would be appropriate and in line with developments in the
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  • 341 5 There are no special facilities for the education of subnormal children who form a large proportion of the 25 per cent annual primary school failures. This is stated in an article Congenital Abnormalities and Handicapped Children in Maternal and Child Health Clinics by Dr. Chen
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  • 87 5 Salisbury, Friday. A Rhodeslan civil servant accused of attempting to murder' 14 colleagues has admitted putting what he thought was poison in a tea caddy, police told a court here yesterday. Wilfred Alanby Roland, 51, an Information Ministry employee, has been charged with the arsenic poisoning of
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  • 47 5 The Moulmein community centre youth sub-com-mittee will hold Mandarin film show, The Magnificent Trio, at Hoover Theatre on Aug. 13 at 8.30 a.m. as part of its National Day celebrations. Tickets are available at the centre at 50 cents, $1 and $1.50.
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  • Page 5 Advertisements
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    • 178 5 Visit our Ultra Modern new store at Supreme House There's o certain kind man uiho demands the AiMiig »Hmt tiling*, he buys Ckanrai m»H». For your certain kind of man, Chonroi's have perfected the art of suit crofting. Every stitch is a lesson in smoothness of line. Regardless of price,
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  • Page 5 Miscellaneous
    • 338 5 r»fk.r* 1 0* Pi m mm kflb W 1 f» <*»»« r n r>o Jt *f\ *f? f r r*u Quiz object No. 29 Quiz: Teg wins $15 WHAT IS II? A SPECIAL QUIZ Last Monday's quiz photograph showed a paper clip. The first prize of $15 goes to Mr.
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  • BEHIND THE NEWS
    • 1585 6  -  From Jim Hogaland Washington Post AFRICA The fluctuating tides of guerrilla warfare along the horn of Africa have fallen to their lowest point In more than a decade as neighbouring African states have tentatively begun to co-operate to suppress Insurgency rather
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    • 780 6  -  From Hector Menoni AMERICA It was bad enough to be kidnapped by terrorists. It was even more unsettling to know they can play cards better than their victims or at least this one. Maybe It was their hoods that got me. It is a
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    • 463 6  -  By S. V. Suppiah The World Bank has rendered yeoman service to the underdeveloped countries. Lack of capital and shortage of foreign exchange have been partially balanced by its loans to many countries in Asia, Africa, Latin America and Southern
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    • VOICE OF PRESS
      • 674 6 What other newspapers are saying: FlttVE f™ G COMMUNIST INFILTRATION The Provincial Military Com£S nd ßri^l£ d S?! Blan tan, Brlgarler-General Sumadl 5^ ar Vi,°. 1118 decision to close Indonesian territory bor•rSKf HZiM Pirst Second and Third Division of Sarawak to non-Indonesian Chinese. t e ove »s made
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      • 373 6 JAPAN-US TRADE TALKS The Japan-US trade negotiations held at Hakone, near Tokyo for four days In succession came to an end last Friday. Prom these negotiations, it is evident that economic conflicts, which are difficult to conciliate, exist between Japan and the ÜB. The UB representative
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  • Page 6 Advertisements
    • 164 6 NIKON POLARIZING MICROSCOPE POH-2 INFINITE WORLD OF THE NIKON MICROSCOPE While laymen close their eyes to increasing ecological imbalance and pollution, scientists are engaged in studying the microscopic forces which govern the earth and its atmosphere. Much remains unknown that would enable us to better understand the function and therefore
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  • 228 7 United Press International So Jumbo JaDan merlcar and lit 200 f^| lne s Passed withTnfcUS ft of each other near naar m£l K J nesday Ixl a tha t endangered the lives of 501 passengers Mlnistrv^fH-Ts.* 10 Japanese yeMerday Transport sald mrr incident oc°ver the
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  • 15 7 Tokyo, Friday—Thunderstroms, accompanied by rain and hail, battered northern Japan and Hokkaido yesterday.
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  • 143 7 UPI, Reuter Washington, Friday Democratic presidential candidate, Senator George McGovern yesterday asked Senator Hubert Humphrey to be his vice-presidential running mate, but Mr Humphrey firmly turned down the Job, an aide said yesterday. The Humphrey aide said Mr. McGovern asked Mr. Humphrey to take the candidacy
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  • 105 7 Reuter Belgrade, Friday.—Pressmen have run Into problems at a gathering of nudists from all over the world at the Adriatic resort of Vrsar. More than 40 Journalists are covering the 13th International Naturlst Congress which opened on Wednesday at the huge Koversada nudist camp—but the organisers have
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  • 389 7 UPI, Reuter London, Friday Britons have been fleeced of millions of pounds by crooks —including Americans running crooked companies with the connivance of the Department of Trade, a Member of Parliament charged yesterday. Mr. Arthur Lewis, a Labour Party lawmaker, said in the House
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  • Article, Illustration
    57 7 Pictured at their first appearance in court in Tel Aviv are alleged hijackers Rim Tannous (left) and Therese Halassi. The girl are accused of taking part in the hijacking of a Belgian airliner to Tel Aviv on May 8. Two Arab guerrillas were shot dead when Israeli security
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  • 283 7 Reuter Paris, Friday. France will continue to deliver Mirage Jet fighters to Libya until Libya's plans for union with Egypt take more concrete shape, official French sources said yester day. They said the deliveries would go on at the current rate, which means
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  • 30 7 Washington, Friday Firefighters guided by photographs from a US "spy plane" yesterday slowed down a forest fire that raged through the rugged Big Sur coastal mountains in California.
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  • 293 7 United Press International Belfast, Friday A booby-trap bomb killed a British army explosives expert on the Irish Republic border yesterday, a suspected gunman died in Belfast and a bomb rampage carried out on Monday claimed its seventh life. The three deaths raised the overall casualty
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  • 335 7 United Press International Washington, Friday. Arthur Bremer complained in his diary, read to a jury in Upper Malboro, Maryland, yesterday that he missed six chances to shoot President Nixon in Ottawa, Canada, last April. It was, he wrote, "just another damn failure." The 21-year-old
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  • 165 7 United Press International New York, Friday. "Wanted: Female to become pregnant," said the classified advertisement in a Philadelphia weekly newspaper yesterday.' The ad was run by an unidentified city couple offering $30,000 and expenses for 18 months, an educational scholarship and "fringe benefits" to
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  • 245 7 UPI, Reuter Washington, Friday.—The US Senate by an overwhelming vote of 88-2 yesterday ratified the treaty President Nixon signed in the Kremlin on May 26 which limits deployment of Russian and American antiballistic missiles. But an unexpected controversy arose over approval of a companion accord providing
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  • 31 7 Colombo, Friday The Anglican Bishop of Colombo and the Diocesan Council have appealed against an Interim court injunction restraining them from setting up a United Church of Sri Lanka,
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  • Page 7 Advertisements
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  • 461 8 We have certainly not heard the last word on Malaysia's "Woodstock" with criticism of this counter-culture festival by the Minister of Culture, Youth and Sports, Dato Haji Hamzah. Many more regrets and harsh words can be expected to follow. Condemnations of this bizarre imitation of
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  • 'WHISPERS' by ISPY
    • 61 8 Thieves in the Central African Republic are to have one ear cut off for each of their' first two offences and a hand for the third according to a new government order. In addition, some thieves will also have to serve a five-year prison sentence. The
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    • 51 8 We hear that a certain hotel in town was doing well enough to turn away hippie-types who came in on charters. Word got round to the emptier hotels pretty fast. And they lost no time in ringing up the charter airline and asking for all the
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  • 793 8  -  PANG CHENG LIAN Singapore has good reasons to celebrate National Day with a proud and happy face this year. Whatever others may say the people here are beginning to think and act like Singaporeans. Singapore's reaction to the
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  • Letters
    • 637 8 I agree wholeheartedly with the unbiased survey conducted by your staff writers and I have come to the same conclusion that the books present in the National Library cater only for a rather narrow crosssection of our society. The Chairman (Fiction Committee) states that top priority
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    • 229 8  -  V. RAMAKRISHNAN There are two bin-points at Winstedt Drive, one exclusively for the use of Cavenagh Court and the other exclusively for the use of the Housing Board flats. The refuse from the bin- point at Cavenagh Court is emptied daily by a paxit wagon,
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    • 40 8  -  YEONG KUM KEE Public Relations Officer, Ministry of National Development. Singapore, 2. With reference to the letter by Resident (NN, July 22) the Car Parks Division will be considering the proposal to provide parking lots along Hylam Street.
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    • 163 8  -  M. S. VASUDEVAN NAIR Many •complaints have been made to the Registry of Vehicles as well as the management of United Bus Company regarding service No. 159 which does not run according to schedule. But I have seen no improvement. Workers leave the houses for the bus stop
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    • 51 8  -  YEONG KUM KEE Public Relations Officer, Ministry of National Development. Singapore, 2. With reference to the letter by Commuter (NN, July 6) investigation is being conducted by the Public Works Department. The construction of a bus shelter at Paya Lebar Road will be carried out when found
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    • 165 8 There has been dissatisfaction among small time shipowners regarding garbage dues charged by the PSA for vessels of foreign flags calling at Singapore. This charge of garbage dues is too excessive for small wooden vessels not exceeding 150 N.R.T. arriving from neighbouring countries, such as Indonesia. I
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  • Page 8 Advertisements
    • 150 8 Write to The Editor, New Nation, Locked Bag 15, GPO, Singapore, 1. TUBE 111 THE UIDRLD TeMIfJL BOVBI7OOOV aw The Royal 7000Y is an all new radio from Zenith. And Zenith have been specialists in Radionics for 50 years so »you'd expect the best and you get it. 11RRDIO RECEPTIOn
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  • Our Heritage
    • 1434 9  -  New Nation continues its weekly series on Singapore's historic and cultural landmarks. PRESENTED BY BETTY L. KHOO The Sikhs in Singapore stand out as a race apart. They have beards, wear turbans and cling steadfastly to their 500 year-old religion. But in spite
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    • 833 9  -  WHERE ARE THEY NOW? By Tan Chung Lee Mr. Chu Chee Seng, at one time Singapore's best soccer goalkeeper, was conducting a yoga class in his home when I called on him. His career spanned 17 years from 1939 to 1956. He
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  • SHOPPING
    • 546 10 RECENTLY there have been several fashion shows at some of the best known hotels around town which were drawing big crowds and showers of compliments. If you have missed them, then do not despair. There are more to come. But make sure you do not miss
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  • Page 10 Advertisements
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  • TREND
    • 903 11 The female front '~~t 't BY VANESSA Women here have a justifiable pet peeve. Our males may not insist on a regular "boys' night out" which is, after all, nothing more than a poker session or billiards. No, our
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    • 107 11 Flowers and femininity go together like fresh air and freedom. Unfortunately, not all of us who like flowers can wear them in our hair; either because it doesn't look right or because they wither before the day is out. The solution would be to pin non-perish-able ones on
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    • 591 11 Methods of birth control —the Loop ■/GOOD^ B^healthJ We have discussed both male and female sterilisation in this column and have just had a public campaign and forum on the subject. There are many people, however, for whom this step is not yet appropriate. Young people for example may wish
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    • 161 11 Nothing could have been more soothing on the eye than Gerard Plpart's collection lor Rlccl, which ended the Paris collections last week. Just back from a holiday In Tunisia, Plpart says: "There is a neater way of dressing. The silhouette is slim, free, and willowy, a
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    • 91 11 Way down on the left bank of Paris, French nuns are doing a roaring trade in beautiful handicrafts which come from all over Prance. In a rabbit warren of white washed cellars, reached by a winding staircase are an infinite variety of objects from a hundred religious
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  • Page 11 Advertisements
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  • 305 12  -  By Bharathi Mohan Tfce way is now being opened for more Singa-pore-based companies to be listed in the Stock Exchange of Malaysia and Singapore. The Monetary Authority of Singapore is establishing broad guidelines from the industrial and commercial sectors to
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  • 180 12 Reuter Tokyo, Friday Japan will face increasing pressure for another yen revaluation at international conferences in the coming months, Japanese monetary officials warned yesterday. They said the opinion was also gaining ground in Japan that a change in the exchange rate would
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  • 154 12 Reuter London, Friday The market yesterday reacted to recent gains but a firmer undertone prevailed following Wednesday's formal endorsement of a conciliation and arbitration agreement between the employers federation and the unions. At 3 p.m. the Financial Times index was up 0.7 and bargains totalled
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  • 157 12 Reuter New York, Friday. The market, keeping In step with generally strong corporate earnings and other glowing economic statistics moved ahead for the third day in a row in the busiest session in nearly four months. Helping market sentiment, analysts said, is the apparent
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  • 155 12 A local company, H a r g i 11 Engineering (S) Pte. Ltd. has specially built a fully airconditioned luxury coach complete with air-line-type seats for the tourist industry. For the past week its locally assembled "St a r 1 i n e" touring coach has
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  • 63 12 London, Friday The free market price of gold remained high in brisk trading in London yesterday, closing at US$69 an ounce. Dealers reported good, two-day business but could cite no particular factors for the activity. Trading ranged between U5568.60 to U5569.20 an ounce. This compared with prices
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  • 220 12 The share market continued to be buoyant. Prices were firm in nearly all sections of the Exchange. Strong speculation in second line shares was partly responsible for the heavy turnover of 4.8 million shares valued at $14.7 million. Yesterday Haw Par announced that its shares will be quoted
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  • 139 12 The recent joint venture agreement between Hong Leong Holdings and the Mitsui group of companies of Japan will authorise Hong Leong to transact business with investments up to $5 million for the new firm. Mr. Kwek Hong Png, chairman of Hong Leong, said: "We don't
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  • 225 12  -  CAMERA CORNER By WANG SU FAH Picture composition has little room in photo- journalism which main purpose is to record an event either of people in action or an incident. It's objective is to tell a story, to back up a news item in
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  • 184 12 Allied Chwct AJco* Am Braad* Am Can AT A T A A P 49% 44% 34% 42% 6% Anaconda 17% Beth Steal 28% Boeing 22% Caterp Trac 63% Chrysler 33% Coca-Cola 144% Coot Oil 26% Control Data 72% Corn Ol Wka 242% Dow Ohem 93 DuPont 168%
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  • 50 12 United Press International Hong Kong, Friday.—The price of gold dropped on the Hong Kong bullion market yesterday after hitting a postwar record on Wednesday. The closing price was quoted at HK5456.75 (US$BO.B4), a drop of HK59.625 compared with Wednesday's post-war record peak of HK5466.375 (U3582.54).
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    • 144 12 NEW NATION Photographic Contest Name Address Title: Camera: Exposure: Rules ■Camera Corner weekly photographic contest. Below are the rules of the competition. It's open to all with cash prises. 1. The Contest Is open to all Singapore photographers. 2. Minim am stse to H z on glossy surface. 3. An
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  • 216 14 Phua Thin Kiay, an assistant pro golfer with the Singapore Island Country Club looks certain of representing the Republic in thq World Cup tournament to be held at Melbourne on November 9 to 12. Phua, who has represented Singapore during the last four years with another
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  • 122 14 The Singapore Rugby Union this morning named 21 players for the opening Malaya Cup match against Johore at Johore Bahru on August 12. The players are: Peter Pang (Blacks), Kang Hak Beng (Police), Mike Knight (SCC), How Wai Chew (Blacks), A. Morrison (SCC), K. Williamson (SCC).
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    44 14 A flying tackle during yesterday's Singapore Rugby Union trial match between Probables and Possibles at Thomson Road. One of the Probables is sandwiched by three players from the Possibles in last night's rugby trial. —Pictures by All YusofT. Pictures by Ali Yusoff
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  • 161 14 The Inter-Ministry tennis semi-linal and nnals will be piayed off on tne NSPb Tanglin complex over the weekend. The semi-finals on Saturday starting at 2.30 p.m. will be Communication v Judiciary; Education v National Development. The winner will meet each other in the final on Sunday at
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  • 387 14 Reuter London, Friday. Warwickshire and Kent both won through to the semifinals of the Gillette cricket Cup yesterday with exciting 10-run victories. Kent, who made 137 came back from a virtually impossible position when Essex were 63 for one wicket and looked to
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  • 261 14 Brisbane, Friday. Australian swimming coach Don Talbot said here yesterday he was confident Australia would dictate both men's and women's freestyle events at the Munich Olympics this month. Speaking from the team's training camp at the Brisbane bayslde suburb of Scarborough, Talbot commented:
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  • 219 14 Marseilles, France, Friday Three riders retained their titles and two former champions regained their crowns at the World track cycling championships which were concluded on Wednes day. Both motor paced titles were retained. West Ger many's Horst Onas holding on to the amateur crown over 50
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  • 132 14 Changi Golf Club will hold Its National Day competition on August 9 at Changi. The draw and starting times: S a.m. R. N. Mir pur i (24) William Goh (24) C. P. Low (24); MS B. N. Mirpuri (24) Richard Teo (24) Andrew B. L. Tan (24);
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  • 221 14 Helsinki, Friday Finland's Juha Vaatalnen. the European 5000 and 10,000 metres champion, was at the centre of an Olympic row yesterday when his picture appeared in an advertisement in Finland's topselling daily newspaper. Vaatalnen's photograph appeared in an electrical shop advertisement on the front page
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  • 47 14 Barcelona, Friday. Spain's Davis Cup tennis hopes nosedived last night when their number one player, Manuel Orantes, withdrew from the Inter zone semi-final against the United States because of an elbow injury sustained in practice. Orantes will be replaced by former professional Andres Oimeno.
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  • 949 14 GUTTER TALK WITH THE STRIKER The Singapore and Philippines bowlers continued their winning streak last night in the second FIQ (Asian zone) ten pin bowling championships at the Federal centre In Kuala Lumpur. In the three-men team event Singapore's "B" team comprising Raymond Kang, Frank
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  • 217 14 Munich, Friday The West German Olympic Committee said yesterday it had not changed its position on the question of participation of a Rhodesian team In the Olympic Games here. In a statement which the Olympic Press Office said was Intended to clarify the position,
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  • Page 14 Miscellaneous
    • 268 14 NEW NATION CROSSWORD 9 Netherlands commune. 10 Device in which electrons are accelerated. 11 Earnest plea. 12 Church tower 13 —the street. 14 Rainy sound. 19 Old Testament book. 22 Trellis. 24 Member of a legislature. 26 Entrance. 27 Entertainment. 29 Make it. 30 Den. 31 Hill of Rome 32
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  • 617 15 By Blue Peter Kuala Lumpur, Friday Three Class One horses will be making their debut at the Selangor Turf Club Agong's Gold Cup meeting which begins tomorrow. They are Invader (late Turned On), Pekan 111 (late Equation) and Royal Favourite. Invader is a four-year-old
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  • 317 15 By Blue P.eter Kuala Lumpur," Friday Fleet Arm showed some of his old dash when he reeled off 3f in 36 4/5 on a fast track here this morning. Top Ryde, a leading contender for the King's Gold jCup. did a splendid gallop when
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  • 297 15 The final round of the Polygon/Setron Autocross, organised by the Singapore Motor Sports Club will be run at Admiralty Road in the Naval Base on Sunday from 9.30 a.m. to 3 p.niThe six race series, in which motorcycles and cars roared around a treacherous sandy track
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  • 103 15 About 300 people yesterday saw the Sixth Battalion (Royal Australian Regiment) beat a "rest of the island team" in a thrilling Australian rules football match at Nee Soon. The Rest of the Island outscored 6RAR in the first half due mainly to the strong play of Jim Jellitie
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  • 26 15 Katong Soccerites beat Tamil Brotherhood Association Youth 4-0 in a friendly soccer match at Farrer Park yesterday. Scorers were Eric Choo (3) and Zaini.
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  • 23 15 Stavanger, Norway Friday Norway beat Iceland 4-1 here last night in a group three qualifying match for the World football Cup
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  • 29 15 A goalmouth tussle between a SAFTI player and C. and E. goalkeeper during the SAFSA InterFormation hockey final at Dover Road yesterday. SAFTI won 2-1. Picture by Philip Lim
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  • 424 15 New York, Friday.—Stan Thirsk, little-known Kansas Club pro and the last player on the course, birdied three of the final seven holes yesterday to tie Brian "buddy" Allin for the first-round lead in the PGA championship with two-under par68s at Birmingham,
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  • 52 15 United Press International Tokyo, Friday The results of last night's professional baseball games: CENTRAL LEAGUE Chttnichl 9 Yakult 3 Taiyo 5 Hanshin 3 Hiroshima 8 Yomiuri 0 Yomiuri 7 Hiroshima 5 PACIFIC LEAGUE Lotte 9 KintetaU 0 Nankai 5 Toei 1 Hankyu vs Nlshitetsu (no game, rain) Denotes
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  • 279 15  -  By M. Param Eight boys teams have qualified for the quarterfinals of the inter-primary schools hockey competition, to be held at Balestier Mixed School ground on Aug. 10 and 11. After a week-long of group preliminaries the following schools emerged winners and runners-up of their respective
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  • 116 15 Adjourned position Readers are invited to guess Fischer's Sealed Move. Write down your move with your name and address, and IC No. (for identification). Mail your entry before the last collection of your post-box, addressed to Editor, New Nation, (Sealed Move Contest), Locked Bag 15 G.P.O. Singapore.
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  • 29 15 Chicago, Friday. Gary Hall shattered his own world record in the men's 400-metre individual medly last night with a 4:30.81 clocking in the U.S. Olympic swim trials.
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  • 586 15  -  chess' By LIM KOK ANN Spassky's four seconds must have sighed with relief when they saw'Fischer reverting to his usual 1. P-K4 In the tenth game. The first 10 movies took Fischer 15 minutes and Spassky only The opening was the wellknown Ruy Lopez, Chigorin variation,
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  • Page 15 Miscellaneous
    • 160 15 DR. KILDARE by Ken Bald THE CAPTAIN WILL NEEP THESE CHARTS OF THE TUAMCFTU ARCHIPELAGO. HE WILL NOTE A LANPING AREA, MARKER THAT CAN ACCOMMODATE > THIS AIRCRAFT, HE'P BETTER BE RIGHT. THIS BABY NEEPS LOTS Of ROOM FOR SETTING POWN. ANP I'LL MAKE MV ANNOUNCEMENT NOW. V" Vi X
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    • 60 16 Musically inclined Diana San,-22, has one big ambition to sing her way round the world. The attractive lass is also an organist and spends' most of her time practising on the organ. When she finds the time she makes a bee-line to bowling
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    • 172 16 Today is Friday, August 4, the 217 th day of 1972 with 149 to follow: THE MOON: Between its last quarter new phase. THE MORNING STARS: Venus and Saturn. THE EVENING STARS: Mercury, Mars and Jupiter. Those born on this date are under the sign of Leo. Scottish comedian
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    • 247 16 All because of lawyer's action Melbourne Herald A West German lawyer's fight to free his schoolboy son from homework set as punishment has begun a minor school Kids' Lib movement in Bonn. The lawyer is Dr. Guenther Elbert, senior public prosecutor in the High Court
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    • 156 16 It's okay to keep a tiger, elephant, or other wild beast in Kyoto, but now you have to tell the government about it. For reasons of safety and humane treatment, Kyoto prefecture said it is enforcing such an ordinance, the first of its
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    • 50 16 AH FOOK: Did you read that Roger Moore of The Saint fame is to be the next James Bond? Don't think he'll be as good as Sean Connery. MEI LIN: He'll be terrific. I'd go and see Roger Moore. in any role. Good stars, like diamonds, are forever.
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    • 454 16 5 Siigapore Opening and Where the Heart Is For the Family (E) A Diary of Events In Singapore this Week (E) Health in the Home: Clean Habits (E—Rpt) Days of Our Lives Lives Close Opening and Lucky Dip News in Brief The Patty Duke Show—Too Young and Foolish to go
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    • 187 16 A little bird said 50... Diana Stiller has given her pet myna to a local amusement park because her husband Harry taught the bird to ridicule Prime Minister Edward Heath by saying "Ted's a twit." Mrs. Stiller said her husband, a Socialist, taught the'bird the phrase to annoy her father,
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    • 462 16 Trust your lucky star will also be highly profitable IF IT'S YOUR and pleasurable. BIRTHDAY BORN today, you are not only trusworthy and reliable but also capable. And this means you can be trusted to keep confidences, to honour promises and also to act, to carry/* out actual deals in
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