New Nation, 29 August 1972

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  • 18 1 NEW NATION SINGAPORE Tuesday evening, August 29, 1972 No. 496 Price 15 cents SINCAPORE TUESDAY, AUCUST 29. 1972.
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  • 159 1 Trading was brisk and mainly sDeculative in the share market this morning. Prices generally gained marginally. Gammon fell under selling pressure from $2.11 to $2.05 with no further buyers in sight. General Lumber was attractive again and sought from $1.90 to $2.00. Haw Par rose 10 cents
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  • 12 1 Police reported 89 accidents yesterday. Eight were serious, two fatal.
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  • 18 1 Today tin was traded at $628 (unchanged), with a turnover of 278 tons (down 32 tons).
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  • 36 1 Three youths armed with knives and daggers broke into the house of a housewife, Tan Twa Muay, 30, of Jalan Jati, off Thomson Road, and escaped with $1670 in cash, jewellery and watches.
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  • 387 1 Military training centre and bridges attacked Reuter Saigon, Tuesday US Air Force Jet fighters struck an army barracks and a military training complex near Hanoi destroying more than 90 buildings and causing heavy damage to another 70. air force headquarters announced yesterday. American planes
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  • 288 1 Ex-member speaks out United Press International Kuching, Tuesday A former high-rank-ing member of the illegal Sarawak Communist Organisation (SCO) said yesterday there is a power struggle within the underground movement. Lai Kam Yok. 35. who had been in the SCO for the past 16 years
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  • 30 1 Teheran, Tuesday Thirty-nine people were killed and 40 others injured, several seriously, when two buses collided near Beh-Shahr, on the Caspian Sea coast in northern Iran yesterday.
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  • 31 1 A cyclist, Tan Lam Heng. of Tiong Bahru Road died in the Outram Road Hospital yesterday two days after he was knocked down by a bus at Havbelock Road.
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  • 21 1 A 20-year-old youth, Bamsudin bin Hassan, of TanJong Wak Jawa, Pulau Übin, drowned while swimming off the island yesterday.
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  • 31 1 Washington, Tuesday The Soviet Union yesterday conducted an underground nuclear test with an explo sion equivalent to a million tons of TNT, the US Atomic Energy Commission said here.
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  • 216 1 National serviceman Lee Kuan Poh was distracted while reading his newspaper in his 10th floor Bukit Merah flat yesterday morning by the sound of shouting and when he went out he saw an old woman who looked all poised to jump. She had one leg over
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  • 204 1 Port Moresby, Tuesday.— A Koyal Australian Air Force Caribou aircraft with 30 people on board, including 25 schoolboys Is missing In rugged Jungle In New Guinea. The Department of Civil Aviation said the plane had a crew of three and was carrying an Australian army
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  • 273 1 Lawyer Mr. David Marshall today offered to return the $20,000 he had received from Stallion Realty Private Ltd. to the Official Receiver without "standing on legal merits or technicalities." In a letter to the receiver. he said: "If you do not want to satisfy me,
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  • 136 1 Saber Air's flight from London has been further delayed for (.nother day. The plane is now tentatively scheduled to fly in at noon tomorrow and leave again at 4 p.m. with 250-London bound passengers now stranded here. The passengers were earlier told that the
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  • 148 1 United Press International Paris Tuesday North Vietnam said yesterday that a dozen US warplanes bombed the Song Dao dyke in the city of Nam Dinh last Friday. It claimed this was the 57th US bombing attack on dykes in Num Ha province. The North
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  • 536 1 Hours before summit UPI, Reuter Washington, Tuesday President Nixon will confer in Honolulu on the Vietnam war on Thursday with Mr. Ellsworth Bunker. U.S. Ambassador to South Vietnam. Mr. Nixon is flying to Honolulu tomorrow for talks with Japanese Prime Minister Kakeui Tanaka.
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  • Page 1 Advertisements
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  • Page 1 Miscellaneous

  • 223 2 A special projection technique will be demonstrated for the first time in Singapore in connection with the publicity to create book awareness here. Motorists and pedestrians approaching the Singapore Hilton from the city will see a giant coloured slide projected on the hotel wall
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  • 220 2 The chairman of the Singapore Malay National Organisation, Inche Ahmad Hajl Taff, last night flayed the ruling PAP for "using the communist bogey" to win votes. Speaking to a large crowd at his political rally at Halg Road, he questioned:
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  • 348 2 'They can be rich Singaporeans' ELECTIONS '72 The Foreign Minister, Mr. S. Rajaratnam, director of the PAP political bureau, today clarified his charge of foreign financing opposition parties. He said: "Judging by their party membership, election costs and their financial state of affairs, the opposition
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  • 106 2 The PAP election commlttee today announced that mass rallies will be held at Lorong Tai Seng In Paya Lebar and at Geylang Serai car park tomorrow from 7.30 pjn. to 10 p.m. A street meeting at Llm Teck 800 Road. Paya Lebar, will be held
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  • 368 2  -  By Nancy Koh Two music prodigies should not be sharing the same programme—especially when both are equally talented and capable of sustaining recitals on their own. And more so when both are capable of capturing the hearts of all who listen to them. This was apparent at
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  • 79 2 The Singapore Institute of Management In conjunction with the Centre for Applied Behavioural Science Is organising a four-morning course on leadership In management starting on Sept. 6 at the Chinese YMCA In Stevens Road. The course, to be conducted by Mr. Khoo Oon Theam, executive director of the
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  • 85 2 A team of 17 adult leaders and 23 scouts of the Singapore Scout Association, Tlong Bahru branch, left Singapore yesterday morning on an expedition to Mount Ophir. The expedition, led by the District Commissioner, Mr. Thomas Ho, will scale Mount Ophir today and then camp the night
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  • Page 2 Advertisements
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  • Page 2 Miscellaneous
    • 124 2 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 with your identity card
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    • 461 2 HBPPEmncs wh t a o t d s ay on The SINGAPORE PRESS the Cultural Centre at 8.15 CLUB will hold Its weekly p.m. The JAPANESE EMRoom, Capitol Building. BASSY will hold a cocktail The Young Women's reception at the Jurong and Christian Association has Tanglin Rooms of Shangriorganlsed a
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  • 171 3 It would have made Sir Stamford Raffles turn in his grave and many an old Rafflesian wince to see the 149-year-old school named after the founder of Singapore being demolished (above). It was this building at Bras Basah Road, the prolific alma mater of
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  • 590 3 Visit plans scrapped Several international pop groups and entertainers have scrapped their plans to perform in Singapore. The Republic's "no long hair" policy, it is said, is keeping them away. At least five major pop groups and three top solo artists are skipping the
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  • 106 3 Cuscaden House hotel's discotheque, The Eye, is to close on Thursday. Cuscaden House is the second hotel in three months to close its discotheque. In May, the Hilton Hotel closed its Spot Spot disco to convert it into a cocktail lounge. A spokesman for
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  • 56 3 The Ministry of Education today announced that the written paper for the National Language Public Examination will now be held on Sept. 4 instead of tomorrow as originally scheduled. The centre will be at the Catholic High School hall in Queen Street. The other dates and centres
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  • 206 3 Boys doing embroidery? And why not? According to author-lecturer Miss Alice Barrowman: "Boys have an aptitude for embroidery because they are less inhibited and tend to produce what they think." Miss Barrowman, senior lecturer at the Larnook Teachers' College, is leader
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  • Page 3 Advertisements
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  • Page 3 Miscellaneous
    • 171 3 weather Temperatures In cities yesterday: Kuala Lumpur Manila Tokyo Hong Kong Seoul Talpeh Bangkok Naha Moscow Paris New York .i. San Francisco Sydney Melbourne Canberra Perth Tides world 31-23 C 31-23 C 29-210 29-270 28-16 C 31-240 34-250 31-260 19-140 23-14 C 31-22 C 19-110 18-110 23-110 13- 30 19-
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  • In Person
    • 619 4 LEGEND came alive at a glittering cocktail party hosted by the Younghun Hahms at the Shangri-La. Everything that has been said or written about the delicate beauty of Korean women were before our eyes, and there were many men that night who simply could not keep
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  • Page 4 Advertisements
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  • 175 5 United Press International Taipeh, Tuesday.—Twen-ty-one leading members of H? e y es terday urged Taiwanese government to take whatever action Is necessary in self-defence li Japan accepts China's preconditions for t&lks on the normalisation of relations. In a Joint question put to the Cabinet,
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  • 366 5 Washington, Tuesday In a move certain to receive favour among the nation's young voters, President Nixon announced yesterday that he would end the military draft by next July. Following a meeting with the Defence Secretary, Mr. Melvin Laird, Mr. Nixon issued a statement
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  • 216 5 United Press International Washington, Tuesday. A doctor, who disagrees with the Warren Commission report on the assassination of President Kennedy, says he wants a private medical team to reopen the investigation. "I am going to request that a team of radiologists, neurosurgeons, criminalists and fire arms
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  • 266 5 UPI, Reuter Rawalpindi, Tuesday China's Vice-Foreign Minister Chiao Kuan-hua last night urged Bangladesh to respond to Pakistan's call for talks without preconditions. Mr. Chiao, on a visit to Pakistan, said at a dinner speech that Pakistan's President Bhutto had made a "reasonable proposal." He did not
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  • 340 5 United Press International London, Tuesday William of Gloucester, 31, the pilot prince who stood ninth in line to the British throne, did not reconcile himself to the fact he was "royal" until well after his 25th birthday. The prince was killed yesterday
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  • 127 5 Reuter Kampala, Tuesday.—British officials said yesterday that of 485 expelled Asians cleared for travel to Britain yesterday about two-thirds wanted to settle in the Greater London area, mainly in Finchley, Wembley and Harrow. Another 70 people wished to go to Leicester, about 30
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  • 42 5 Belfast, Tuesday A British soldier was shot dead by a sniper near the Falls Area of Belfast. The soldier was hit by a single shot aimed from a nearby bakery. Troops returned the fire but reported no hits.
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  • 194 5 United Press International Saigon, Tuesday. Tropical storm Cora bore down on North Vietnam's Red River delta rice bowl yesterday, forcing an end to most US bombing in the HanoiHaiphong area and threatening costly floods, military sources said. US warplanes on Sunday, however, attacked
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  • 144 5 Rio de Janeiro. Tuesday. Two prisoners were shot dead yesterday during a revolt by 54 men detained at a Dolice station in the centre of Rio. Four other men. including two police officers, were injured as police and troops laid siege to the mutinous
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  • Page 5 Advertisements
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  • BEHIND THE NEWS
    • 1229 6  -  PARTY PROFILE People's Front By Long Kum Thong The formation of the People's Front In March last year held the promise of livening up the placid political scene in Singapore. Originally comprising both professional and grass-root workers the then newly-formed party
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    • 511 6  -  From Selig Harrison After a bitter yearlong stalemate with opposition critics, Japanese leaders are making a determined new attempt to launch a controversial, $52.8 billion flve-year defence buildup plan. First announced in April, 1971, the programme would more than double the $22 billion
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    • VOICE OF THE PRESS
      • 325 6 What other newspapers are saying: PRESIDENT AMIN CHANGES HIB MIND. President Amln of Uganda has finally changed his mind. Originally, he intended to expel even Asians with Ugandan citincship following the expulsion of British Asians. However, according to today's press report, as a result of the
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      • 203 6 COMMUNIBT THREAT IN THAILAND. rh l lL. Co T lunlst in Thailand is now becoming more serious. According to reports, bitter clashes have occurred between government forces and communist southern Thailand. Pf tr ols have been ambushed by communist guerilla* and a police station has been attacked a
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  • 1291 7 Today New Nation presents the fourth part o# a survey of the constituencies and the candidates standing for election on Saturday. Each survey will bring data on the contestants, details of the constituencies, |°Jj| electorate and useful background information on party and voter learnings. Of the 65 constituencies,
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  • 586 7 The Opposition parties will help to divide their vote to the advantage of the PAP. IIAVELOCK: (Electorate 10,849). Here PAP incumbent MR. HON SUI SEN, 57, will engage Barisan candidate. MR. HARBAN SINGH in a one-to-one showdown.
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  • Page 7 Miscellaneous
    • 429 7 $15 prize to a nurse... 97m WHAT IS ir? Last Thursday's quiz photograph showed some tacks. The first prize of $15 goes to Mr. Ithnin Ahmid, a male nurse, of JalanSeletar. His entry was the first correct one opened by the Editor last night. The next correct answers from a
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  • 424 8 Twenty-three years is a long time for two nations to be in a state of war, particularly when the two are in such close proximity as China and Japan. Mr. Tanaka's announcement that he Intends to conclude a peace treaty with Peking, therefore, is
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  • 'WHISPERS' by ISPY
    • 95 8 How is this for a strong sense of equality and fairness? A colleague asked her hairdresser how she was going to vote at the coming elections. "It depends on how my husoancl is voting," wa& tne prompt reply. Thinking that this was another example of women's
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    • 78 8 Mr. Lui Boon Poh, the founder member of the People's Front, who left the party a month later, is back In the news again, but this time not as a politician. Mr. Lui has become the fourth life member of the Singapore Press Club. The other three
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    • 62 8 Mr. J. P. Concelcao, the PAP candidate lor Katong who won his seat uncontested, was greeted by shouts of "Merdeka" when he left the nomination centre last week. Feeling that "Merdeka" sounded slightly outdated, a colleague standing nearby asked If the PAP has a new slogan. Another
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    • 66 8 There is little doubt about it. The most "popular" government department at the moment is the elections office. One colleague in the office has been trying to ring up the Elections Officer for three consecutive days. She Is still trying. It looks as If those voters who
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  • 1383 8  -  GERALD de CRUZ The story is told that when Mr. Harry Truman was on a whistlestop campaign In 1948, seeking his re-election as President of the United States, his train entered a Red Indian reservation where
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  • Letters
    • 153 8  -  VINCE CHIA When Singaporeans go to the polls on September 2, it la hoped they will exercise their franchise wisely. It is in the national interest to consider carefully whether the candidates offering themselves for election have the genuine welfare of Singapore at heart to
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    • 220 8  -  PAUL ELISHA This is to record my most vehement protest and disgust on your biased attitude and conduct towards news and statements and your way of presenting news. As a newspaper, your duty Is to make objective reports and preserve neutrality during the period of election. You are
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    • 96 8 Next to the traffic light Junction of Tanjong Pagar Road and Ho Chiang Road, and next to the Bt. Andrews Mission Hospital, one or two "dead" buses of Keppel Bus Company can be seen always In front of their office. It is very dangerous for many
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    • 82 8  -  KOH LIAN HWI Af. Registrar of Vehicles, Singapore, 7. With reference to the letter entitled No. Shelter in Rain (NN, July 12) I would like to inform J. Lim that his request to have the bus stop re si ted nearer Blocks 25 and 27 cannot be acceded
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    • 74 8  -  YEONG KUM KEE Public Relations Officer, Ministry of National Development, Singapore 2. Please refer to the letter by Mr. Ong Teng Keong (NN, August 11). Traffic lights will soon be installed at the junction of Lorong 6 Toa Payoh and Toa Payoh East to alftlst traffic flow
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    • 65 8  -  YEONG KUM KEE Public Relations Officer, Ministry of National Development. Singapore 2. I refer to the letter by A Resident (NN, August 5) concerning a request for a bus bay cum bus shelter at 9 m.s. Upper East Coast Road. I am pleased to advise that tender
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  • Page 8 Miscellaneous

  • CHINA IMPRESSIONS
    • 1295 9 Dr. Arthur Galston, a professor of biology at Yale University, with his wife and 23-year-old daughter, have just- returned to the United States after an extended visit to China. For two weeks they lived and worked on one of China's giant farm communes the first
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    • 2033 9 Yesterday veteran American correspondent Selig Harrison, who has just returned from a 19-day visit to China discussed China's post-Cultural Revolution phase. Today he gives his impressions of the directions China is heading for. Washington Post An executive of Tokyo's Sanwa Bank told me with
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  • SHOPPING
    • 583 10 Photography—the easy way out PHOTOGRAPHY Is one of those hobbies which is fast becoming commercialised. That's the trouble with everything nowadays, really. As soon as something proves to be very popular, there are always smart people who will cash in on the situation. Not only are cameras becoming increasingly difficult
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    • 347 10 the economical way of heatjfjjle and glare control '4 1 su/v-x Reflective Glass Tinting Film keeps buildings cod by reflecting sun rays Remarkable Features:- Reduces heat by 70%. Permits complete visibility. Preserves the original beauty of furnrtfiing. Improves the architectural harmony designed into the building. Shatter resistant No special maintenance'required.
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  • TREND
    • 554 11 home Not everyone who is buying a four-room point-block flat is going to fill it up with people. The newer, improved units will become the residential areas of Singapore's young middle class couples who plan to have no more than two children.
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    • 383 11 Melbourne Herald Eleanor McGovern, friendly, animated wife of Democratic Presidential candidate George McGovern has something most political wives would give their electric rollers for: a twin sister. At a glance, Ila Pennington could easily pass for Eleanor. But Mrs. McGovern, who laughs easily, says
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    • 246 11 Women have twice as many nervous breakdowns as men and twice the number of headaches, fainting spells and insomania episodes, says a New York psychologist. They have more nightmares, dizziness, fatigue complaints and heart palpitations. They visit psychiatrists more often than men. And the psychiatrists
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    • 324 11  -  YOGA BY TAN CHUNG LEE Someone remarked to me the other day: "This appears to be the season of expectant motherhood. Fashion pages seem to be focusing regularly on maternity fashions. Are there any yoga exercises for expectant mothers?" There are, and I thought it
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    • 59 11 We received a letter from a Norwegian girl who has this request: "Can you help me to find a penfrlend (10 to 12 years) in Singapore. It is the same for me if it is a girl or a boy. But they must write English." Her address is:
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  • Commerce and Finance
    • 578 12 Tokyo, Tuesday Japan's moves toward rapprochement with China and the strained economic relation between Tokyo and Washington will dominate Prime Minister Kakuei Tanaka's meeting with President Nixon in Honolulu this week. The two-day summit, starting on Thursday, comes at a time
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    • 238 12 United Press International Tokyo, Tuesday Chinese Premier Mr. Chou En-lai was quoted on good authority yesterday as saying his country will not demand Second World War reparation from Japan. Mr. Naohiko Okubo, a Japanese opposition party official who took part in
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    • 242 12 United Press International New York, Tuesday.—The United States wants the UN General Assembly to set 25 per cent as the celling of American contributions to UN's regular budget, as against the current rate of 31.5 per cent. The US mission here sent a two-page
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    • 257 12 United Press International Washington, Tuesday China may try to buy US wheat, agriculture department officials have reported in the wake of disclosures that recent wheat sales to Russia have forced domestic prices to rise 33 per cent In a carefully phrased analysis, Agriculture Department specialists
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    • 155 12 Allied Cbem 54 Am Brand 1 41% Am Can 35* A A P Anaconda 1»% B«th Steel Boeing 21% Caterp Trac Chrysler 30% Coca-Oola 139'/* Control Data 73 Corn Ol Wks Dow Chem DuPoat 178% E Kodak ISO 1 Ford Mot 67% Gen Dynam 2«% Oen Klec
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    • 66 12 Washington. Tuesday. Economic analysts expect Japan to intensify its business push into Latin America at the expense of U.B. and European investors, a new magazine reported yesterday. US News World Report cautioned not to overlook the way Japanese business is moving there. With US and Europe upset about
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  • 434 12 United Press International New York, Tuesday With buying at a low key, prices closed lower yesterday in a dull session on the New York Stock Exchange. The Dow Jones Industrial average of 30 selected bluechip stocks was off 2.41 points at 956.95 at the
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  • 316 12 Reuter Tokyo, Tuesday.—British Prime Minister Mr. Edward Heath will make extensive contacts with Japanese busl ness leaders during a visit here next month—an indica tion that the growing economic problems between the two countries will be a major issue. Mr. Heath will
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  • 267 12  -  By Douglas Chan The Far East Oxygen (Singapore Pte. Limited has moved its offices from Pasir Pan Jang to Jurong over the weekend despite a fire which destroyed its acetylene plant at Jalan Buroh. The blaze, which started last Flday. caused a series
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  • 170 12 A new tpye of tug, which can push or pull, De used as a launch, which can turn In one and a half times her own length and go full speed on a straight course, Is being introduced in Holland. The vessel Is claimed to be
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  • 296 12 By Our Market Correspondent Trading was largely influenced by speculative activity in the share market yesterday. Gains were narrow but widely spread. Major counters attracted fair amount of business. General Lumber reached a peak $2 before fallins to $1.90 to rain 12 cents. South Johore Bus persistently advanced
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  • Banking, Finance and Insurance
    • 1282 13 A New Nation Presentation On-line computer for bank means speedy response to customers Challenges, opportunities ahead In a fast developing economy, finance companies, like banks, play a vital role in its economic activity. The level of participation, of course, depends to a great
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    • 925 14 Merchant banking has gained new significance in Singapore as the young Republic strides into new fields of financing and industrialisation in recent years. Merchant banking with Its sophisticated and diverse financial services, has come at a time of unprecedented economic growth In the Republic.
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    • 232 15 One of the special features of the Over-sea-Chinese Banking Corporation branch office in Orchard Road is the safety boxes. A spokesman for OCBC said that the bank's latest and most up to date branch at the Specialists' Centre has more than 4000 such
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    • 476 15 How much money does one need before one can start a savings account? One dollar is all that is needed with the Singapore Post Office Savings Bank. The Singapore Post Office Savings Bank was established 94 years ago in 1878.
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    • 427 16 Slip in your coin and out comes that familiar bottle of drink. But now the latest in the market and it is coming here soon is slip in your card and out comes your bundle of dollar notes. No more long waiting
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    • 792 16 In all spheres of economic activity, insurance is an essential security factor so essential that no industry or any commercial undertaking could do without it. Broadly speaking, insurance entails the creation of a fund bv contributions from persons exposed to the same or
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    • 583 17 Co-operation internal or external is an essential ingredient for success of any nation. And banking is no exception. The recent meeting of ASEAN bankers is eloquent testimony to this fact. During the five-day meeting held here last month, the five ASEAN member
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    • 920 17 Those who are not well-informed are Inclined to believe that insurance and assurance are one and the same thing when they refer to underwriting in their conversations. Such people are not absolutely right and yet they are not necessarily wrong —but it is more
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    • 163 17 The latest returns from insurance companies In Singapore and Malaysia showed that there were a total of 60,661 policies in force insuring $833,917,418 in Singapore last year, and 245,703 policies insuring $1,821,244,089 in Malaysia. The number of new policies written last year was 20,478
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    • 704 18 The two "customers" arriving at the bank shortly after it opened for business on the morning of February 1, 1971 were casual enough though they carried neither cheques nor any money for depositing. But their intention suddenly became clear when they walked up to
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    • 1000 19 Money whether it be the Singapore dollar, the Indian rupee, the Japanese yen, the Italian lire, or the Swiss krona, serves only one purpose: as a medium of exchange. Barter—the act of exchanging goods for goods—preceded the use of money that we have today.
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    • 24 19 a "nrivc-in" bank In England. Here customers cash cheques or make A new Drive in deposits wlt hout leaving their cars.
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    • 757 20 Women take on new important roles As more and more women join the ranks of bankers each year, the serious business of counting dollars and cents has taken on a new look: More smiles around, tension eased and customers more relaxed
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    • 341 20 Wanttotakeup banking as a career? Here is good news from the Monetary Authority of Singapore. The MAS together with the Association of Banks plans to establish a permanent training centre for all levels of bank staff in Singapore. The planned establishment of such a permanent centre
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    • 483 21 The unit of legal tender in Singapore is the Singapore dollar. And today there is at least a gross circulation of $805 million in this currency in the market. The currency is backed 100 per cent by gold or foreign assets
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    • 566 21 The National Trades Union Congress insurance co-operative, INCOME, is all poised for its second year with a target of $30 million. For the first six months of the year the co-operative body has received applications amounting to $i 8 million.
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    • 268 22 Insurance companies rarely advertise for business as people generally do not respond so well through reading about the merits of insurance. The firms rely largely on the contacts and personal efforts of their sales agents and subagents who come from all walks of life.
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    • 167 22 Insurance firms are destined to play a greater role in the lives of Singaporeans as the nation strides forward to greater industrialisation and affluence. This is the concensus of most insurance companies and agents. They believed more and more people will be interested in
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    • 380 22 Savings in banks and post offices are expected to rise as a result of the government's recent action on chit fund operations. People who have Invested money in chit funds may now switch over to banks and post offices to secure
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    • 792 23 The Stock Exchange of Malaysia and Singapore, since inception 32 years ago, has developed into a major financial institution which plays an essential role in channelling investment funds into commerce and industry. The primary function of the exchange is to stimulate
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    • 531 18 American Express Internationa] Banking Corporation announces the opening of an office in Singapore. THE SECOND fastest growing city in Asia. The fourth busiest port in the world. The second highest national per capita income in Asia. That's Singapore. So its little wonder that last month we opened our newest office
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    • 434 24 ACCOUNTANCY. Applications ore invited from Singapore Citizen for the above post. Qualifications: Preferably a Nonyong Graduate. Fluent and able to control staff and supervise the work of an expanding Accounting Department. Salary: Starting salary will commensurate with qualifications and experience. Apply with details to:- P.O. Box Nfo. 15, Killiney Rood
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  • 1706 25 By Blue Peter Ipoh, Tuesday Trainer Garnet Bougoure will introduce a classy newcomer in Nameless at the forthcoming Perak Gold Vase meeting, beginning on Saturday. Nameless is a full brother to the up-and-coming Public Defender and Is by The Lam pert out of Fllunja. He
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  • 78 25 Brands Hatch, Tuesday.— Emerson Fittipaldi, 25-year-old Brazilian motor-racing ace, led from start to finish to win the Rothmans 50,000 race and a prize of 10,000 sterling here yesterday. Fittipaldi drove his black and gold Lotus John Player Special immaculately in the gruelling 502 kilometres (312 miles)
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  • 459 25 r a cominc to grips Two pugilistics experts have combined to impart their knowledge to willing learners and the result is the formation of the San Cheen Do Institute. Kee Yont Bow and Teo Ctaoon Teck. the experts, feel that there
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  • 167 25 The Falcons advanced a step in their quest for the natlonl women Class One softball league title when they scored a splendid double to maintain an unbeaten record. Although both of their matches were held consecutively, they were able to defeat Eagles 14-6 and the Pirettes 18-3.
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  • 57 25 Hong Kong, Tuesday Japan's Obuhiko Hasegawa and Mitsuru Kohno were seeded Number One and Two In the men's singles event of the First Asian table tennis championships which opens in Peking on Saturday. China's Hsi En-Ting was seeded Number Three while Iran's Ehteshamzadeh was seeded Number
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  • 23 25 Chinese Swimming Club wUI holds its 57th annual swimming championships at the club's pool on September 9 starting at 2.30 p.m.
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  • 703 25 The players from the Police for the Singapore Squash championship which begins on Saturday will have to play their matches a day earlier. Saturday being the polling day, the Police players will now play on Friday at the Police Academy instead of Saturday.
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  • 44 25 Kingston, Tuesday.—The Australian cricketers will play 15 matches on their third tour of the West Indies which starts on January 28 next year. They will play five Test matches, two in Trinidad and one each in Jamaica, Barbados and Guyana.
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  • 21 25 Tokyo, Tuesday—The results of yesterday's Japanese professional baseball games: CENTRAL LEAGUE Yomlurl 4 Hiroshima 3 Hanshin 5 Talyo 2
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  • 98 25  -  By M. Param Ceyion Sports Club defeated Indian Association by seven wickets in the annual Balestier Shield match. Winning the toss IA decided to bat first and were wrapped for 99 runs in about 150 minutes. CSC replied with 104 for three. Last
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  • Page 25 Miscellaneous
    • 292 25 NEW NATION CROSSWORD 11 Noted existentialist. 12 Thick clump of grass, twigs, etc. 14 Cruel rulers. 15 Bolls slowly. 20 —back (revert). 24 Flightless bird. 25 Place for a blotter. 28 Cry out sharply. 30 Boutique. 33 Small round drop. 35 Javanese tree. 37 Part of a ticket. 39 Latvian's
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    • 129 25 DR. KILDARE J I DON'T KNOW TOO MUCH ABOUT INTERNATIONAL LAW, CAPTAIN... BUT WHAT ARE CARL HORNER'S CHANCES? 1 *-o RIP KIRBY NOT EVEN RIPKIRB/ HAS BEEN ABLE TO BEAT JOHNNY SEE WHAT CHEATING -'1 ■I*l WHAT HE Pit? WAS CRIMINAL... I RECOGNIZE THAT. BUT... WELLJF fIOU'D SEEN HIM WITH
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  • 200 26 Munich, Tuesday Singapore's swarthy light-flyweight boxing medal hope, Syed Kadir, bludgeoned his way to the final 16 of the Olympic boxing championships last night. Kadir, looking fit, did not waste any time on his Italian opponent Gaetano Curcetti, ripping into him with a two fisted attack
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  • 3257 26 BOXING Light-flyweight: Dennis Talbot (Aus) beat Francisco Brito even) knockout second round. Said Elashry (Egy) beat Meriga Salou Serlkl (Dal), points James Odwori (Uga) beat Vicente Arsenal (Phi), stopped second round. U. Oil Kim (Prk) beat Bakari Seleman (Tan), stopped first round. Rafael Carbonell (Cub)
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  • 538 26 Munich, Tuesday. The mighty United States Olympic squad most powerful ever assembled in the 76-year history of the Games last night swung into menacing action by grabbing eight medals on the second day of the 20th Olympiad. The first three swimming events produced three world
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  • 91 26 Munich, Tuesday--Medal standings after the conclusion of events on the third day of the Olympic Games yesterday. GOLD SILVER BRONZE TOTAL United States 3 2 3 8 East Germany 2 2 3 7 Hungary 1 1 9 4 Soviet Union 1 1 1 3 Sweden
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  • 351 26 Munich, Tuesday. East Germany and Poland got off to impressive starts in search of Olympics soccer medals here yesterday in their opening group four preliminary round matches. The East Germans whipped Ghana 4-0, winning as easily as the score suggests and living up to
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  • 309 26 SWIMMING MEN 200 metres butterfly final: WR; 2:01.5 M. Spitz (USA) '72 CR: 2.02.1 M. Spitz (USA) *72. 1. Mark Spitz (USA) 2:00.70 (WR and OR) 2. Gary Hall (USA) 2:02.86 2. Gary Hall (USA) 2:02.86 3. Robin Backhaus (USA) 2:03.23 4. Jorge Delgado (Ecu) 2:04.60. 4
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  • 85 26 Munich, Tuesday. Britain's Dave Bedford was cleared last night of any breach of amateur status by eligibility committee of the lOC in Munich. Bedford, 22-year-old distance runner, is one of the most colourful and controversial figures in international athletics. He was Interviewed by the five-man eligibility committee about
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  • 413 27 Follow the horses marked with a front at the top of the straight, with Margaret mi* Tradition closed In. Margaret raced past Pilot a furlong out and ran on strongly to win from Tradition, with Pilot third. Headliner led into the straight, but Precious Stone raced past
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  • 260 27 By Blue Peter Ipoh, Tuesday Two Gold Vase entries, Siapa Rajah and President's Vote, showed sparkling form in gallops here this morning when they cracked 37 on a good track. Siapa Rajah was full of running at the end of 3f trial in 36 4/5.
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  • 407 27  -  By Lim Kok Ann Spassky gave readers an easy task In finding his sealed move, 42. ..Q-B3; in the 18th Game. Still, almost as many went wrong with 42.. .Q-Q3. which was my choice too. The first five correct solutions were received from: Peter John Chelvan of
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  • 120 27 New Nation's Ford Escort rally team checking in at Malacca during the BP rally. Above the blood red Escort Mexico driven by John Soh and navigated by Harold Netto set to go after re-fuelling. John and Harold won their class and narrowly lost overall after missing an
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  • 555 27 Birmingham, Tuesday England achieved supremacy over Australia in one-day cricket with a thrill-packed two-wicket victory here yesterday in the third and final match of the 55 overs series. A 20,000 crowd gathered at Edgbaston for the final clash between the teams and saw England score 180
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  • 181 27  -  Br M. Param A 32-member derby roller skaters from Los Angeles, United States, will give a series of exhibitions at the Gay World Stadium from September 20 to 24. The team which Is known as "Thunderblrds" Is on a world-wide tour with the aim of promoting
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  • 132 27 London, Tuesday Nine First Division managers watched the English Third Division match between Brentford and Bolton Wanderers last night. They were "spying" on the form of Brentford striker John O'Mara and Bolton's teenage centrehalf Paul Jones. Jones had the edge in his duel with O'Mara, but
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    • 667 28 An erratic warm current, misleading ly known as the Christchild, has been driving the small fish away from the coast of Peru and threatens severe economic difficulty for the country, which depends heavily on anchovies for its economic well-being. Anchovies thrive on the nutrient
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    • 145 28 Today is Tuesday, August 29, the 242 nd day of 1972 with 124 to follow THE MOON: Approaching Its last quarter. THE MORNING STARS: Mercury, Venus and Saturn. THE EVENING STARS: Mars and Jupiter. Those born on this date are under the sign of Virgo. American poet Oliver Wendell
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    • 22 28 Thirty young amateur astronomers spotted 4,200 meteors in an 11-night period at two observatories In central Bohemia earlier this month.
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    • 56 28 MEI LIN: So China invites Taiwan to play table tennis in Peking. Is this a move for a Peking-Taiwan dialogue? AH FOOK: Well if it is, it's not very promising. Even in the sporting world, Taiwan is hardly willing to be a mere province of China. Still with
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    • 50 28 Anybody can guess why this pretty lass is nicknamed "Curly Locks." For Emily Hong, a 21-year-old receptionist at Apollo Hotel her "crowning" glory is her hair. She's a go-getter, the one in the crowd who's always ready with the prod for action. Picture by Michael Kwan
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    • 477 28 5 Singapore 2.35 Opening and Preexamination Programme As You Like It 3.00 Where the Heart Is 3.15 For the Family (M) 3.45 A Diary of Events in Singapore this Week (M) 3.50 Health in the Home: Care of the Newborn Baby (M—Rpt) 4.05 Peyton Place (Rpt) 4.55 Close 6.05 Opening
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    • 522 28 Trust your lucky star IF IT'S YOUR BIRTHDAY Born today, you are a reasonably contended person even during those time; when you are In the midst of reverses of one kind or another. Others may be weighed down by difficulties and worries—but you are Inclined to Shten the load by
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