New Nation, 15 August 1972

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  • 15 1 NEW NATION SINGAPORE Tuesday evening, August 15, 1972 No. 484 Price 15 cents NEW NATION
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  • 125 1 Prices generally improved marginally in the share market this morning. Trading was moderate and selective. Malayan Credit rose 15 cents to $6.15, Haw Par 10 cents to $7.25, Ben Company 10 cents to $2.60, Fusan nine cents to $2.31, General Lumber six cents to $1.49, Sim Llm
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  • 12 1 Police reported 102 accidents yesterday. Seven were serious, one fatal.
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  • 20 1 Today tin was traded at $621% (down Ascent), with a turnover of 318 tons (down 26 tons).
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  • 29 1 The body of an unidentified woman, clad in a yellow skirt, was found at the foot of a 16th-storey block of flats in Toa Payoh this morning.
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  • 442 1 'Mystery attack' Reuter Saigon, Tuesday Communist troops have blown up three Government ammunition dumps in 24 hours leaving the defenders unsure what hit them, according to the Saigon Command. Two bunkers full of 105 millimetre artillery shells exploded early yesterday just outside
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  • 41 1 Colombo, Tuesday—Some 2000 of the 9000 prisoners, still being held for alleged complicity in an abortive uprising in Sri Lanka (Ceylon) last year, will be released from detention next month, a Justice Ministry spokesman said yesterday.
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  • 646 1 Soviet-built jet explodes on holiday flight Small pieces of luggage came sailing down on our tiny lawn —Eye-witness UPI, Reuter East Berlin, Tuesday One hundred and fifty six people died when a Soviet-built airliner packed with a holidaymakers crashed in flames at KoeriigsWusterhausen (20
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  • 191 1 Police have arrested seven youths wanted in connection with the recent murder of two men in Tiong Bahru. The arrests lollowed a public tip-off yesterday. The seven, whose ages range from 15 to 20, were picked up at the scene of an impending gang
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  • 56 1 Melbourne, Tuesday. The Australian designed and built Nomad short-take-off-and-landing aircraft left here yesterday for a major sales campaign in South-East Asia and the Farnborough air show in Britain. The Nomad will fly to Britain via Darwin, Bali, Singapore, Bangkok, Calcutta, New Delhi, Karachi, Bahrein, Damascus,
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  • 145 1 Reuter Hong Kong. Tuesday Indonesian Foreign Minister Mr. Adam Malik, was reported here today as saying that his government would resume full diplomatic ties with China only when the time was ripe. Mr. Malik, in an Interview published by the Hong Kong
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  • 128 1 Police believe that a toy gun was used during the $13,000 robbery at the Kong Chian Cinema in Toa Payoh yesterday in which four shots were fired. The watchman of the cinema, Mr. Ram Rekha, 48, told the police that one of
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  • 35 1 Madrid, Tuesday Some 300 residents of the eastern Spanish village of Alcacer were taken to hospital yesterday suffering from suspected food poisoning after eating cream cakes specially baked for a local religious festival.
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  • 456 1 Manila. Tuesday.—President Marcos said yesterday the crisis posed by the Philippines' jeorst floods since the Second World War appeared over and special American military units prepared to return to their regular duties. Mr. Marcos told a news conference the crisis brought about by four weeks
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  • 58 1 Melbourne, Tuesday. Two hundred workers at a Melbourne factory have threatened to go on strike unless their manager paints his -office window so that he cannot see them. The workers, employed at a mattress-making factory, object to being watched from the glass-sided manager's office in the
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  • 54 1 Tokyo, Tuesday.—Japan will observe today the 27th anniversary of the end of the Pacific War In which 3,100,000 Japanese died. A national memorial service will be held at the huge Nippon Budokan (Martial Arts) Hall in Tokyo, attended by Emperor Hirohito and Empress Nagako and 5000 people
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  • Page 1 Miscellaneous

  • 183 2 Economic and industrial progress should be followed by promotion chances for local executives in companies operating in Singapore, according to the executive director and personnel manager of Keppel Shipyard, Mr. Lawrence Mah. In the latest issue of the National Productivity Board publication, Minimax,
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  • 61 2 Police are looking for the relatives or friends of an old lady whose body was found floating in the Singapore River on Sunday. She was clad only in a blouse. Police described her as slim, about 4sft. tall and with long hair. Anyone who can help
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  • 445 2 'Trained men needed for public corporations' Public corporations set up by the governments of several South-East Asian countries, Including Malaysia and Singapore, had created a need for training civil servants in modern business management techniques. In view of this, the Regional Institute of Higher Education and
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  • 349 2 The Singapore Aftercare Association today appealed to employers to employ and train exprisoners in various skills under their industrial apprenticeship scheme. Mr. E. C. Foenander, SACA's honorary secretary, said that most employers were prepared to offer Jobs to discharged prisoners but only as daily-rated
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  • 40 2 The MacPherson community centre will hold a variety show and diner on Saturday at 7.30 pjn. as part of its National Day celebrations. Mr. Chua Sian Chin, the Health Minister and MP for MacPherson, will attend.
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  • 371 2 Parents of educationally sub-normal children in Singapore hope to form an association for slow-learn-ers soon. Mr. M.K. Wong, vice-pre-sident of the Singapore Association for Retarded Children, said: "With such an association, much more can be done for these children." At present, the needs of the educationally
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  • 200 2 The French airline, UTA, will delay its after-midnight flights to and from Singapore to beat the daily sevenhour closure of the airport. Paya Lebar Airport was closed to aircraft movement from midnight yesterday to 7 a.m. and this will continue till Sept. 16,
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  • 134 2 Madam Leong Meng Guet (left), a 57-year-old housewife of Jalan Memblna Barat, does not believe in gambling. Last Friday, her youngest daughter, Chia Yoke Chan, 14, informed her that she had won $300 in the NN Moneybox draw. Madam Leong was so engrossed in
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  • 44 2 A picnic will be held at the Tanah Merah Holiday Camp by the Youth Club of the Jalan Tenteram Community Centre on Sunday, September 3. Programmes include a singing contest, Indoor games and a dance. Tickets are available at the centre.
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  • 34 2 The Kampong Chai Chee National Day Celebrations Working Committee will hold a dinner on August 28 at 7.30 p.m. at the Kampong Melayu Boys'/Girls' School Playground to celebrate Singapore's seventh National Day.
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  • Page 2 Miscellaneous
    • 170 2 weather Temperatures In world cities yesterday: Bangkok 33-26 C Kuala Lumpur 34-24 C Taipeh 33-24 C Hong Kong 30-25 C Tokyo 32-25 C Seoul 30-20 C Manila 30-24 C Jakarta 34-26 C Naha 30-27 C London 24-14 C Paris 22-15 C Moscow 25-15 C New York 29-21 C Sydney 17-
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    • 415 2 HBPPEnincs WHAT'S ON TODAY The Minister for Communications, Mr. Yong Nyuk Lin, will attend a NATIONAL DAY DINNER AND CULTURAL SHOW, organised by the Kim Seng constituency at the Henderson car park at 7 pjn. Mr. Prem Bhatia, the Indian High Commissioner here, will hold a reception to celebrate INDIA'S
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    • 127 2 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 card
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  • 139 3 The following Singapore candidates were successful in the Trinity (June) 1972 English Bar Examinations held in Singapore. NEW SYLLABUS Part I Group A (Contract. Tort, Criminal Law and Land Law): Claw ill Llm Choon Mong Middle Tempic. Part I Group B (Constitutional and Administrative Law,
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  • 78 3 Mr. Tang See Chim, Minister of State for Finance and MP for Chua Chu Kang, will open the first welfare camp of the Singapore Polytechnic Engineering Society tomorrow at 9 ajn. in front of the Malay Sports Club at Woodlands Road 131 m.s. Some 104 student
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  • 302 3 It Is never too young to extend a hand for charity, and Laura Moverley, 9, and Tracy Shepherd, 10 (left to right above), have both proved it by raising $114 for the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals—all on their own.
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  • 863 3  -  Truck to serve a dozen needs By Jim Watkins Mr. L a m bo r g hini, whose exotic Italian thorough breds. the Miuras, Espadas and Jar am as are all named after famous breeds of fighting Spanish bulls, Is probably consulting tils lawyers right
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  • 749 3  -  Govt, move to prevent pot-smoking, long hair By Peter Ong Owners of hotels, restaurants and nightclubs will now have to sign a $1000 bond with the immigration Department to ensure "good behaviour" by all foreign musicians and artists. This regulation was enforced this month.
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  • In Person
    • 582 4 HEADLINE-MAKERS CROWD THE GLITTERING ISTANA AS DUSK fell on the evening of August 9, the Small but very honoured band of guests invited to what the social gossips termed "the party of the year," started streaming into the Istana. It was a cocktail reception to draw
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    • 56 4 ALES BONANZ WE CAN'T STOP!! In view of the overwhelming response we have decided to extend our sales for a further period of 10 DAYS. (from 10th 19th August) PLUS FURTHER DRASTIC REDUCTIONS «N NEW STOCKS or FURNITURE, CARPETS, FURNISHINGS FABRICS WALLPAPERS HENRY CO.IPte J Ltd. 6-B Orange Grove Road.
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  • 107 5 The Singapore Bank Employees Union, the Singapore Employers' Federation and bank managements will meet again on August 25 to discuss how the recommendations of the National Wages Council are to be implemented. The talks the third in the series—will be held at the
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  • 57 5 A forum on Family Life Problems In Child Behaviour will be held at the Barker Road Methodist Church on Sunday at 7.30 p.m. The speakers, Mr. John Clemens, a visiting psychologist, Miss Virginia Heng, a counsellor, and Mrs. Dorothy Hover, a public health tutor will
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  • 43 5 The Singapore Musical Society will present a piano recital by Dennis Lee at 8 p.m. on Aug. 25, at the Singapore Conference Hall. Tickets at $10, $5, $3 and $2 are available at C. K. Tang, Robinsons and Cold Storage.
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  • 19 5 The Singapore Cultural Bell Club will hold a picnic at the Tanah Merah Holiday Camp on Sunday.
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  • 155 5 Babies galore! But these three toddlers "stand taller" than 100 others. They're winners at a baby show organised by the Jalan Tenteram Community Centre on Sunday. "Stood taller" than the other babies they did. For the little ones were crowned by the MP for Whampoa, Dr.
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  • 326 5  -  To serve domestic travellers By V.K. Chin Kuala Lumpur, Tuesday The Sabah Government is in the process of forming a domestic airline, to be known as the Sabah Air Service, to improve communications. It has already applied to the Federal Government for the
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  • 256 5 A $60,000 sports and cultural complex at Kampong UM will be opened by the MP for the area, Tuan Hajl Yaacob on Saturday. The chairman of the committee, Mr. Loh Shu Cheow, said the complex would Include a 6000 sq. ft. hall, a sepak
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  • 88 5 The Chinese Short Story Competition for students of tertiary institutions was won by Wei Chun Lo of the Nanyang University who wrote the story An Undelivered Letter. The competition was organised by the Chinese Language and Literary Society of Nanyang University for the National Book Development Council
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  • Page 5 Miscellaneous
    • 274 5 I V Quiz object N0.38 Student wins $35 prize WA Last Thursday's quiz photograph showed part of a torch. Only one correct entry was received. The first and only prize of $35 goes to Mr. Devarrajan s/o Rajagopal, a student, of Clemenceau Avenue. Do you know what todays quiz photograph
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  • BEHIND THE NEWS
    • 1070 6  -  MALAYSIA From V.K. Chin An atmosphere of gloom has descended on the Christian community in Sabah and its ability to survive as a religious organisation will be put to a severe test in the days ahead. The Christians in the state
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    • VOICE OF THE PRESS
      • 458 6 What other newspapers are saving: REFLECTIONS ON NATIONAL DAT. Today is the 7th anniversary of Singapore's attainment of Independence. Within such a short period of Independence. Singapore has already made rapid progress in the cultivation of national consciousness and patriotism. To date, even a child knows that
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      • 260 6 ASEAN AND FLOODS IN PHILIPPINES. For a month now the Philippines has been ravaged by a big flood and many people in the country have had to suffer severe hardships. There is a serious food shortage and the threat of widespread hunger is becoming difficult to avert. Some
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    • 464 6  -  AFRICA From Robert Pullan Melbourne Herald Black Africa's 42 member states of the United Nations are a formidable force in the world body and at meetings of non-align-ed nations. Virtually, any resolution on which they all agree is assured of adoption. Their
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    • 979 6  -  JAPAN From Anthony Haas An uncertain future lies ahead for those smaller and developing Asian and Pacific countries whose trade expansion depends upon a trade balance between Japan and America. President Nixon and Prime Minister Tanaka agreed to meet for general talks in Hawaii
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  • 213 7 Reuter Tuesday Two S?n?H r i and a were ere yesterday as a g'-SE cwa ,ul weekend wav treland gave violence. outbreak of kll12)f 2EL soldlers we« Killed when a guerrilla tSir 7 f tr^ p ex lod ed under their feet while they
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  • 223 7 Reuter Kampala, Tuesday President Amin of Uganda and Britain's special envoy Mr. Geoffrey Rippon, have arranged a meeting here for today on the Ugandan leader's plans to expel thousands of Asians. Mr. Rippon, who was unable to see President Amin during a
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  • 187 7 United Press International Canberra, Tuesday.—Topless barmaids will go under wraps in the Australian State of Queensland if the government approves new draft regulations. In fact, pub patrons will not see a bare midriff or even a really revealing mini-skirt. New regulations governing dress for
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  • 358 7 Reuter New Delhi, Tuesday Indian Prime Minister, Mrs. Indira Gandhi last night ushered In tfce 25th anniversary of Indian independence by pledging the nation to changing the old order, eradicating poverty and emancipating society from caste barriers, evil customs and suDerstitlon. Mrs. Oandhl was speaking at
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  • 188 7 Islamabad, Tuesday—President Bhutto told the National Assembly yesterday that Pakistan would have to accept the reality of Bangladesh, the country's former eastern wing lost In the December war with India. The president spoke to the opening session of the assembly as It
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  • 129 7 United Press International Tokyo] Tuesday-Japan's Foreign Minister "Mr. Masayoshl Ohlra yesterday blamed his own country for the existence of two Chinese governments. Mr. Ohlra told a meeting of businessmen In Osaka, "The creation of two governments in China was the result of
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  • 67 7 Bogota, Tuesday At least eight people have drowned and an unkonwn number are missing In floods caused by heavy rains In the vicinity of Villavlcenclo, 75 miles (120 kms) east of here, civil defence officials said yesterday. They said hundreds had been routed from their homes
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  • 178 7 Reuter Seoul, Tuesday President Chung-hee Park today repeated his call for the peaceful reunification of Korea. In an address on the 27th anniversary of independence from Japanese rule, the president appealed to North Koreans to transcend their ideology and join the South to recover
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  • 38 7 Sanaa, Tuesday.—Chinese mission will arrive here soon for discussions on an £8.5 million (about $60 million) loan to be spent on building roads and reclaiming land in the Yemen Arab republic, it was announced yesterday.
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  • 161 7 Reuter Buenos Aires, Tuesday— A formerly sterile 27-year-old woman who received a transplanted ovary last March, became pregnant about one month ago. A gynaecologist said here yesterday. Gynaecologist Jorge Flrpo, head of the maternity ward at the Alvear Municipal Hospital, said the woman, whose name he declined to
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  • 290 7 Reuter New York, Tuesday. Former US Attorney Gene ral Mr. Ramsey Clark returned to San Francisco from North Vietnam and told reporters: "We are bombing hell out of that poor land we're hitting hospitals and there is no possible moral justification for it." Mr.
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  • 307 7 London, Tuesday. Union leaders last night proposed a meeting of dockside delegates to con sider a return to work by Britain's dockers. The conference was called for tomorrow. The dock delegates are the only people who can cali off the strike of 40,000 wharf
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  • 43 7 London, Tuesday. British Prime Minister Mr. Edward Heath will be received by Emperor Hirohlto when he visits Japan from September 16 to 19. He will also have wide ranging talks with Japa nese Prime Minister Mr. Kakuei Tanaka and other ministers.
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  • 136 7 Cape Kennedy, Tuesday. —America's heaviest and most complex unmanned space observatory was mounted on its rocket yesterday for launch next Monday into an orbit 460 miles (740 kms) high. The 4,900-pound (2,222 kgs) Stargazer, an orbiting astronomical observatory (OAO), was bolted to an Atlas-Centaur rocket at Launch
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  • 469 8 There are glimmerings of a return to the Nehru-style of Indian foreign policy in Mrs. Gandhi's overtures to the United States. IndoRusslan ties have been close, but the treaty of non-aggression between the two countries last year raised concern that India had forsaken her
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  • 'WHISPERS' by ISPY
    • 109 8 Two foreign guests at the President's National Day reception on Wednesday were really Impressed with Singapore's Keep Clean habits. Someone dropped a paper napkin on the Is tana lawn. Defence Minister Dr. Goh Keng Swee spotted it, walked over and picked up the serviette. There was no
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    • 31 8 See n at the Mandarin Hotel over the weekend was wh« Kanchanawat ilnrf'THL leadin K Thai{ss?« team to g £F d wUI to initiate a Sino-Thai dialogue.
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    • 117 8 Classified advertisements orten provide amusing ex amples on the use of words and euphemisms. In more religious times ®pd when less was known about the birds and the f*es, it was the "in" thing to attribute to God things Uke the birth of a baby. To date
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  • 1382 8  -  GERALD de CRUZ I welcome criticism of this column, but since my Jesus Freak critics (Miss Prlya Shastri, Mr. Cyril R. Ward, Peter and S.C.) have clearly not taken a course in metaphysical artillery or in
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  • Letters
    • 234 8 Our waitresses at coffee houses and restaurants are generally not polite I, too, had unpleasant encounters wltn inconsiderate waitresses. I certainly share the views of Robert Tan in his letter headlined Coffee House Service (NN. August 10). I am also not the rare complainant, for all my friends
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    • 168 8  -  KOH LIAN HWI In reply to the letter headlined Improve No. 90 by M.D. (NN, July 5) I would like to inform him that: At present there are six bus services, viz. Nos. 90. 91, 92, 93, 93A and 95 operating along Airport Road. An investigation into his
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    • 60 8  -  CORINNA DIEU (Mrs.) Public Relations Officer, Housing Development Board, Singapore, 2. I refer to the letter from Humble Citizen (NN, August 5). Our Board's officers have been taking action and will continue to do so against the unauthorised hawkers in front of Block 2 and 3, Oeylang
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    • 58 8  -  FOO SHIANG HUI I refer to the letter headlined Using CPF for Fees (NN, August 1). The main objective of the CPF is to provide employees in Singapore with some savings for their old age. As such. It is not proPosed to allow the utilisation
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    • 44 8  -  YEONG KUM KEE Public Relations Officer. Ministry of National Development. Singapore, 2. With reference to the letter by Tok Teik Eng (NN, August 2) the repainting of the traffic lanes along New Bridge Road and Hill Street will commence soon
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  • Page 8 Miscellaneous
    • 33 8 Von Wiuee WUii/etTti Wot£T LISHTINC AT Nl&tfT CUtfeS HAS Wo it(.-ei9«7S OH TM fi&MAt mTRoNJ 1 R i 1 'Jv fi 55 ij 4 u a r 4 Si.' H its 3f C3>
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  • 2224 9 Having taken Asia by storm Bruce Lee Hsiao Loong plans to win world fame. He will be the first Chinese actor to play the leading role in an American film. Bruce Lee, the San Francisco bom Chinese actor who has thrilled millions
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  • Page 9 Advertisements

  • 464 10 TLfANY people don't ITA seem to realise that we in Singapore are getting quite a good deal. But there is a small group who do, including your's truly. Just take a look around you if you do not believe me. We are one
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  • TREND
    • 137 11 Body beautiful is the theme of casual fashions these days. No longer are clothes designed to camouflage and shape. Instead they enhance what each woman wants to project her sensuousness in a most natural way. What was once confined to clingy T-shirts and
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    • 529 11 United Press International New Delhi, Tuesday Women's Liberationists abroad could find much to admire and perhaps a good deal to criticise in their Indian sisters. Somewhere inside. the soft folds of their saris, which obscure and at the same time hint at
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    • 139 11  -  Uyoga TAN CHUNG LEE Fish Pose Lie on your back. If Dossible, lock your legs "n the lotus position (see picture), otherwise cross them in the ordinary way. (For those who cannot do this pose cross-legged, just keep your legs straight). Grabbing your toes
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    • 187 11 Melbourne Herald Australian research has shown that many female suicides and crimes occur on premenstrual days. The effect of menstruation on schoolgirls, it has been discovered, can be devastating to their work, their examination results and their general behaviour. One theory is that progesterone,
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    • 605 11 Ideas for decorating improved Housing Board flats home The structure of Housing and Development Board flats has undergone vast improvements to cater for a more sophisticated style of living. Many readers who are to acquire such homes in point-block flats have asked for decoration ideas to
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  • 379 12 American President Lines has undertaken a feasibility study on the shipment of new commodities such as rubber in containers. Mr. George Perry, APL's vice-president, for Asia, revealed this at a press conference called recently to announce the Introduction of six container service
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  • 33 12 East Berlin, Tuesday East Germany and Switzerland yesterday announced an exchange of trade missions which would have certain consular functions, the East Germany news agency ADN reported.
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  • 266 12 United Press International New York, Tuesday Professional stock traders stepped in and sent prices on the New York Stock Exchange to their highest level in almost four years yesterday. Some observers said the market appeared on the verge of assaulting all-time heights. The Dow
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  • 172 12 London, Tuesday The market closed firm yesterday with interest largely selective await.'/ig the outcome of the meeting of dock union leaders. At 3 p.m. the Financial Times index was 2.5 higher at 526.9 and bargains totalled 11,502 (11,017). Cavenham and EMI firmed among leaders
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  • 63 12 Taipei. Tuesday. A world Overseas Chinese Banking Corporation will be set up in Taiwan soon, according to an overseas Chinese businessman from the Philippines. Mr. Antonio Roxas Chua said on his arrival here on Sunday that the bank will have a capital of US$lO million to
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  • 267 12 Many local manufacturers are still not fully aware of the contribution that advertising men can make in market research and testing of their products. Mr. Gerry Brownlie, copy director of Orant/BBDO said this on his return from a two-month study tour
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  • 64 12 London, Tuesday.— Britain is to provide more than £1 million (about $7 million) during the next three years to the Asian Institute of Technology in Thailand, the Overseas Development Administration announced. Britain has been helping to support the institute with technical assistance since 1909
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    171 12 Mr. R. P. Allen has been appointed managing director of Beecham Pharmaceuticals Pte. Ltd. which is now nearly ready to go into production at its Jurong factory. The company's executives are carrying out an intensive recruitment and training programme to ensure a smooth and efficient startup of the plant.
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  • 59 12 Manila, Tues.—The Asian Developmnet Bank granted loans totalling US$254 million ($7ll million) last year, the bank's quarterly newsletter disclosed. It said that since 1967 the bank completed 40 technical assistance projects—3s on the national level and five regional. The national projects which were spread over
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  • 197 12 Prices dropped in all sections of the Stock Exchange yesterday as sellers again dominated the market The wave of selling which began in the middle of last week, has gathered force and ended yesterday's trading with widespread losses. At the close, there were 80 losses against 43 gains
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  • 234 12 Overseas Containers Limited is now using manifest tapes flown in from London for computer processing of shipping documents before the arrival of its container ships. "The journey from Europe is now only 19 days in the new OCL throughtransport service, and the computerisation
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  • 116 12 Bangkok, Tuesday.—Member countries of the UN Economic Commission for Asia and the Far East (ECAFE) will meet here today to consider a proposal for setting up an Asian Reserve Bank for the ECAFE region, ECAFE sources said yesterday. The sources said the proposal was contained in
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  • 185 12 A United Nations expert on project management yesterday told local executive to count on their luck and a certain amount of knowledge and inspiration when making business decisions in the event of uncertainties. Speaking at the opening of the five-week seminar on business management
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  • 147 12 Gold's sharp plunge steadies United Press International London, Tuesday Gold plunged sharply on European markets yesterday, steadying the US dollar's exchange rate in its wake^ Dealers in London lopped a lull dollar of! the metal's Friday closing price fixing it yesterday morning at U5564.75 an ounce. Foreign exchange market sources
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  • 32 12 Washington, Tuesday— The pay board decided against lowering Its 5.5 per cent annual guideline for wage Increases yesterday because It said Inflation was slowing down under the present standard.
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  • Page 12 Miscellaneous
    • 189 12 DR. KILDARE by Ken Bald~~ Carl horner continues "THE STORy OF HIS SEARCH. m AND THEM ONE PAY X HAPPENED ON THIS... A PHOTOGRAPH OF SOME PEOPLE WHO HAD TAKEN OVER AN ISLAND IN THE TUAMOTU ARCHIPELAGO... IT WAS IN A TRAVEL MAGAZINE Wi WW.,/ --/."rs. &,r IKS 'I I
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    27 13 Our Beloved One, though you left us o year logo, you are always remembered by your loving wife, children and grandchildren. MR. CHAN CHIN YEW
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  • 511 14  -  By SONNY YAP Djaja, the current Indonesian national softball champion, will take part in the First Pesta Sukan Invitation Championships at Jalan Besar Stadium starting tomorrow. This was announced by Mr. Liew Wee Mee, the Singapore Softball Association's secretary yesterday. He said: "The entry of
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  • 59 14 London, Tuesday Four players were booked in last night's only English first division soccer match, in which West Ham beat Coventry by a headed goal from Clyde Best in the 51st minute. Referee W.J. Gow took the names of three Coventry players, Willie Carr, Roy Barry and Chris
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  • 44 14 Moscow, Tuesday Vladimir Bure knocked just under a second off the European 100 metres free-style record at the Soviet swimming championships yesterday, clocking 52.51 sees. The previous mark was 52.6 sees. The world record, set by American Mark Spitz, is 51.47 sees.
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  • 28 14 Hong Kong, Tuesday A North Korean sports team left Pyongyang yesterday for Munich to compete in the 20th Olympics, the North Korean news agency said.
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  • 8 14 CENTRAL LEAGUE Talyo 9 Hiroshima 2.
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  • 62 14 Defending; champion Kee Bee Khim (left) in action during the Singapore Women's Open golf championship at the Island course yesterday. Bee Khim shot a two over par 76 to take a five stroke lead from A.M. Gibson (right) in the first round. Third on
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  • 320 14  -  By Sonny Yap Singapore's Thomas Cup trainees will be on the run at the Singapore Badminton Hall from tomorrow In quest of the coveted national title. Taking a break from the preparations for the crucial Thomas Cup tie against Thailand in October, they
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  • 296 14 Stockholm, Tuesday. Finnish policeman Lasse Viren last night streaked to an easy victory and a world record of 8:14.0 in the twomile event at an international athletics meeting here. Viren. 23, Ignoring thundery skies and a light drizzle, outpaced former world record holder Emile Puttemans
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  • 96 14 A sports club has been formed In Jurong for residents. Announcing this, the secretary, Mr. Rasul Sampon said: "The aim of the club is to promote sports, organise tournaments, friendly games and training sessions." He urged those who are interested in joining the club to contact him
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  • 220 14 The Bawean Putra is arranging for its sepak takraw team to tour Malaysia and Indonesia at the end of the year. The secretary general, Inche Nordin Lisut said yesterday: "We have been in touch with officials of both countries and we are waiting for their replies. "The
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  • 230 14 Monrovia, Tuesday.—Liberia yesterday became the fourth African country to announce it will not take part In the Munich Olympics because of Rhodesia's participation in the Oames. A Foreign Ministry statement yesterday afternoon reaffirmed an earlier Liberlan decision to stay away, despite an appeal by the non-government
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  • 155 14 London, Tuesday.—Three British swimmers lost their fight to get back into the Olympic Games yesterday following a storm over alleged drug taking. The Amateur Swimming Association (ASA) not only refused to bring the three back into the team for Munich but handed out reprimands to
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  • 221 14 Bridgetown. Tuesday. Commonwealth countries in the Caribbean may follow the example of African states and boycott the 1974 Commonwealth Games in Christchurch if New Zealand accepted a Whitesonly rugby union team from South Africa next year. This position has been made clear to two representatives of
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  • 38 14 A run for the ball.. between Indian Association B (dark jerseys) and Khalsa B (white jerseys) In yesterday's Singapore Hockey Association k.o. junior match at Farrer Park. Khalsa won on the 11th penalty flick after a scoreless fame.
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  • Page 14 Miscellaneous
    • 299 14 NEW NATION CROSSWORD 9 Quadruped. 10 Israelites. 11 Oriental title. 12 One kind of sweater. 13 Cabinet post. 14 One of the Chapllns. 21 Bond Street specialties. 24 Subject of a Gay opera. 25 Fabric. 28 Scorch. 30 George Eliot heroine. 33 Part of Arabia. 34 Shetland. 36 Coast dweller.
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  • 503 15 By Blue Peter Green Tiger did a splendid gallop on a good track at Bukit Timah this morning. Ridden by A.K. Cheam the Jackman five-year-old sprinted smartly over 3f in 37 4/5. On this gallop he will take a lot of beating in the Class 2 Division
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  • 61 15 The 'black knight' makes his move and the queen takes a tumble in the Singapore Polo Club's gymkhana at Thomson Road on Sunday. The fallen queen is Joanne Brown, who was not hurt. The knight thinks it is all a big laugh and quits the game by taking it easy
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  • 136 15 London, Tuesday British super-horse Brigadier Gerard, needing only one more win to equal the unbeaten run of 16 races set up by the great Italian horse Ribot, is a racing certainty to reach this mark at York today. Opposition to Mrs. Jean Hislop's brilliant four-year-old
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  • 70 15 Bonn Tuesday. Spain yesterday expanded its lead in the Olympic quail fying basketball tourna ment by beating Canada 94 68 (51 31). Mexico scored its fourth victory in group B by almost doubling the score of Switzerland 118 63 (4130). Britain edged out North Korea 92 89 (53
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  • 659 15 London, Tuesday—Defiant batting by England newcomer Barry Wood failed to wrest the advantage from Australia on the fourth day of the fifth and final cricket Test at the Oval here yesterday Eng'and were 227 for five wickets in their second innings at the close—a lead
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  • 342 15 FOLLOW THE HORSES MARKED WITH A The Peacock moved up fast at the 3f and led into the straight but was beaten a furlong out. La Notre forged ahead, with Royalty making a strong bid. In a tight finish La Notre held on to beat Royalty
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  • 609 15  -  By LIM KOK ANN Twenty one-year-old Eugenio Torre is the third Filipino to have won the trienial East Asian Zonal Championship since the series began in 1951. The other two were Cardoso and Naranja. Torre thus qualifies for one of next year's
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  • 251 15 By LKA Only 12 readers found Spassky's Sealed Move in the 13th Game, 42. K-KT3. The first five entries to be opened for the $10 prize, were Stephen Chua of St. Thomas Walk, V.G. Kamath of Meyer Road; Kassim d. Mohd. of Lorong 110, Changi, Koh
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  • Page 15 Miscellaneous
    • 107 15 Sports diary SOCCER PARC inter- 1 p.m. departmental league—'Traf- TABLE-TENNIS Comfic v Port Master at Bukit munity Centre champion--515 P- m shi P s at Chantek Bahru HOCKEY—Pesta Sukan (7.30 p.m.) and Bukit Ho knockout Juniors Police Swee (8 p.m.) and Pasir "B" v SAFSA "B' at Farrer Pan Jang
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  • Back Page TUESDAY
    • 208 16 Five years in iall just for swindling a couple of too trusting tourists was far too much for Petrov Dotchev, a 52 year old tailor from Burgas in Bulgaria. Something would have to be done about this. And he had plenty of
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    • 135 16 Today is Tuesday, August 15, the 228 th day of 1972 with 138 to follow. THE MOON: Approaching its first quarter. THE MORNING STARS: Mercury, Venus and Saturn. THE EVENING STARS: Mars and Jupiter. Those born on this date are under the sign of Leo. American novelist. Edna Ferber
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    • 54 16 MEI LIN: A headmaster's criticism of class distinction between careers was an eye-opener for me. How could people be so short-sighted about tradesmen's skills? AH FOOK: Some of these job snobs should try a stint in the building industry. They'd enjoy the outdoor work as well as the
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      51 16 "Nobody eats the food I cook," laments Luzia Rodrigues. But she needn't worry she's so distractingly attractive, she need, not meddle with pots and pans. She plays the piano too, and that helps. Luzia, who likes riding, is graduating as a secretary soon. Picture Picture by Philip
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    • 87 16 Barney, a seven-stone Alsatian, went for his dally paddle in a Derbyshire lake near London and ended up becoming live bait for a hungry fish. A 151b. (6 45 kg) pike grabbed hi* right leg and tried to pull him under. When the
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    • 428 16  -  SO EVERYONE WATCHES HIS STEP By Wee Beng Huat While the next 25 days will be a boom time for Chinese wayang operators and pop bands, photo studios are expecting a bad time ahead because there are going to be fewer weddings. The reason:
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  • Page 16 Miscellaneous
    • 473 16 5 Singapore 3.00 Opening and Where the Heart Is 3.20 For the Family (M) 3.50 A Diary of Events In Singapore this Week (M) 3.55 Health In the Home —Ante-Natal Care (M—Rpt) 4.10 Peyton Place (Rpt) 5.00 Close 6.00 Opening and Count of Monte Crlsto—The Devil's Emissary 6.30 News in
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    • 476 16 Trust your lucky star IF IT'S YOUR BIRTHDAY BORN today, you have never been without friend* and companion*—but this does not mean that you have never known times of loneliness, for you are one who can feel alone In the midst of a crowd, even a crowd of good and
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