New Nation, 6 September 1972

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  • 21 1 NEW NATION SINGAPORE Wednesday evening, September 6, 1972 No. 503 Price 15 cents It■ll r I SINGAPORE WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 6, 1972
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  • 134 1 Prices generally improved vln the share market this morning. Trading was hectic in the hotel and property sections. Singapore Hilton rose from $1.80 to $2.00 to $1.94. Hotel Malaysia moved from $2.40 to $2.20 to $2.30. O.U.E. gained five cents to $1.45 and Ming Court seven cents
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  • 13 1 Police reported 89 accidents yesterday. Twelve were serious and one fatal.
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  • 19 1 Today tin was traded at $633£ (up $11) with a turnover of 256 tons (down 27 tons).
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  • 25 1 LATE HEWS Hundreds of glass sheets were destroyed this morning when a fire broke out at a glass merchant's store in Havelock Road.
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  • 1019 1 Black day at Olympics as Israelis killed at airport Guerrillas and captives fly to airfield in copters—then police sharpshooters open fire Herr Willi Daume, president of the West German Olympic Organising Committee, announced early today that he would ask the International Olympic Committee (IOC) to'meet to
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  • 197 1 Reuter. Tel Aviv, Wednesday—A wave of anger swept Israel yesterday over the Arab fuerrilla attack on the Israelis at Olympic headquarters in Munich. All over the country, radios were turned on in shops, restaurants and streets as people listened for news of the hostages.
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  • 244 1  -  By Wee Beng Huat Car insurance premiums in Singapore are expected to go up by at least 10 per pent by the end of the year in the new rates under study by the General Insurance Association, Informed sources said today. Motorists
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  • 74 1 Tokyo, Wednesday.—Japanese Emperor Hirohito said yesterday he would 'like to visit the United States. "It is our neighbouring country across the Pacific," the Emperor -told a news conference. "I think that, in addition to visiting Europe for purposes of goodwill, I must visit America too." The Emperor said
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  • 38 1 Tel Aviv, Wednesday.—A number of shells were fired just before midnight from Syrian territory In the Golan Heights near the junction of the ceasefire lines between Syria, Jordan and Israel. There were no casualties or damage.
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  • 104 1 A soldier from the Singapore Armed Forces was killed and three otters injured when their landrover skidded and overturned at Lorong Kapong, off Jurong Road, yesterday. Yeo Kay Beo, 22, was killed Instantly. The driver. Tan Kim Song, 20, and two others, Foo
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  • 36 1 Munich. Wednesday. The British Prime Minister, Mr. Edward Heath, meets the West German Chancellor, Mr. Willy Brandt, today for possible crucial talks in the final run-uo to next month's planned European summit.
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  • Page 1 Advertisements
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  • Page 1 Miscellaneous

  • 212 2 The managing director of Stallion Corporation Limited, Mr. Mah Mong Fu, has until next Tuesday to pay the $620,000 he owes the chit fund company. A notice instructing him to pay up within a week was sent to him yesterday by the
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  • 347 2 For cheap holiday trips UPI, Reuter Sydney, Wednesday. Qantas and Malaysia Singapore Airlines have decided to almost double the number of seats available on their combined cheap holiday flights to Singapore and Malaysia because of public demand, a spokesman for the airlines said yesterday.
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  • 282 2 The Legal Aid Bureau Is talcing Interrogatory proceedings against the Housing and Development Board to seek more details on the death of a six-year-old boy In a lift accident early last year. Both the HDB and the engineering firm Involved, Marubenl-lida Co.
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  • 392 2  -  By Violet Oon Three concert tours of China, a professorship at the Luxembourg Conservatoire of Music and recordings have kept Singa pore pianist Miss Florence Wong so busy that she hasn't hail time to give a recital In Singapore since 1956. She is
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  • 176 2 Four more members of the Junior Flying Club have passed their flying tests to qualify for the private pilot licences bringing the total number to date to 19. They will receive their PPLs soon. The other 15 received theirs from the Defence Minister, Dr. Goh Keng
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  • 32 2 Rome, Wednesday An Italian Jumbo jet packed with 397 people was forced to make an emergency landing here early yesterday when two tyres burst during takeoff. No casualties were reported.
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  • Page 2 Advertisements
    • 195 2 The good life DIMPLE Haig Scotch Whisky is so much part of it T i. ::4 i m w pi||Ui' 111 —L ILtb. The van about town, The FlOOO is just about the most versatile thing on four wheels. One version is a roomy FlOOO Panel Van, another a combination
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    • 143 2 AT WHOLESALE PRICES! We have recently received a large shipment of diamonds from Belgium and England. In connection with our diamond promotion, we are offering them at wholesale prices. These stones vary in weight from i to 4 carats and are being displayed in our windows. We invite you to
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  • Page 2 Miscellaneous
    • 55 2 Tides Today: 9.58 p.m. (2.7 m). Tomorrow: 11.06 a.m. (2.5 m), 10.39 p.m. (2.8 m). Friday: 11.27 a.m. (2.5 m), 11.17 p.m. (2.9 m). Saturday: 1.48 a.m. (2.6 m), 11.54 p.m. (2.8 m). Sunday: 12.10 p.m. (2.6 m). Monday: 12.31 a.m. (2.7 m), 12.33 p.m. (2.7 m). Tuesday: 1.06 a.m.
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    • 218 2 [weather Temperatures In world cities yesterday: Manila 32-23 C Kuala Lumpur 33-23 C Taipeh 34-25 C Hong Kong 31-27 C Jakarta 33-25 C Tokyo 28-20 C Seoul 28-15 C Bangkok 33-25 C Naha 30-26 C London. 20-12 C Paris 23-12 C Moscow 15-6 C New York 23-13 C Sydney 22-10
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    • 288 2 HRPPEnincs WHAT'S ON TODAY Mr. J J*. Conceicao, MP, for Katong, will open a workshop on timber kiln drying practice and management at the LIGHT INDUSTRIES SERVICES, River Valley Road, at 2 p.m. The POLLUTION CONTROL CATALOGUE show is on at the United States Embassy from 12 p.m. to 8
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  • 715 3  -  Tip for ASEAN countries By Ng Foo Ngok Penan*, Wednesday. In Singapore, housing as a social community service for all citizens is now a realisable objective and it can be achieved within the next 10 years. ASEAN countries which now face urban housing problems
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  • 38 3 The Metric Packaging Committee will form three working committees to deal with petroleum products, beverages and Industrial gases. Suggestions or cownents regarding the formation of the working committees should reach the Metrication Board before Sept. 20.
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  • 416 3  -  By Rav Dhaliwal Batik Queen Airs. Rima Melatl of Indonesia, designed lier own clothes at the age of 14. A year later, her interest in this field saw her on the catwalk. And In 1958 she became an actress. This elegant 32-year-.old beauty
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  • 174 3 The cause of Singapore's most powerful explosions in recent years —it shook the entire Jurong Industrial Estate nearly two weeks ago has still not been established. The explosions and fire on Aug. 25 destroyed the Far East Oxygen Singapore Pte. Ltd. acetylene plant at Jalan
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  • 49 3 Beirut, Wednesday. Lebanon last night ordered a United Press International (UPI) correspondent to leave the country within 24 hours, it was officially announced here. The announcement said Mr. Raymond Wilkinson, 28, a Briton was being deported because he cabled "false reports" to his American agency's headquarters.
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  • 130 3  -  V.O. After an unfortunate attack of what can,-best be described as "Sihgapore stomach." Australian pianist Miss Rhondda Gillespie felt that it would be safer to give her recital with her music in front of her. In spite of her disability, Miss Gillespie gave exciting renditions
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  • Page 3 Advertisements
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    • 166 3 Even we af Pace are marvelled by your paceCongratulations -Ette OFFICE FURNITURE OVER o/ gJSSg 30kt<? 1 beautiful desk (6' x 3'). Mahogany finish with accessories. 1 executive chair. New design. 2 comfortable visitors' chairs. 2 letter trays. 1 wastebin in black aluminium. 1 storage filing cabinet. NOW the lot
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  • In Person
    • 576 4 Conducted by Ruth Moses, Tel: *****1 IT WAS casual shirt sleeves and come as you like at the PR barbecue organised by the Institute of Public Relations. Venue was poolside of the Oberol Imperial, so members were forewarned to bring swim trunks and bikinis to
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  • 618 4 From the DOG HOUSE By PG I am often asked: "What are the rules pertaining to stud fees?" The answer Is that there are no rules. Everything Is very much on the "old boy level." In other words, In
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  • Article, Illustration
    56 4 Jessie, a one yearold brown and white pup, was left in the care of the SP C A when her owners went abroad recen 11 y. A good watchdog, she is now looking for a new home. If you wish to adopt her, please call dt the SPCA,
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  • Page 4 Advertisements
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  • 120 5 Admiral Sir Michael Pollock (left), British Chief of Naval Staff and First Sea Lord, being greeted by Captain S.R. Sandford, commanding officer of the County Class Missile Destroyer, HMS Devonshire. Sir Michael spent an hour touring the ship and talking to the officers and men. Sir
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  • 191 5 The ninth Student Union of Nanyang University will strive in the years ahead, to strengthen the unity of the undergraduates, expand contacts with society and concentrate on academic research. These goals of the union, which was inaugurated last Thursday, were contained in a council
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  • 107 5 A group of young fashion designers, who took an Adult Education Board course In designing recently, will hold a show entitled A Date with Fashion at the Cultural Centre on Sept 24. The group of 10—seven girls and three boys—will present clothes for both men
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  • 290 5 'High standard' aim Kuala Lumpur, Wednesday The government is waiting for local manufacturers of crash helmets to attain standards set by the Standards Institute of Malaysia before enforcing the wear-helmet law. An Informed source said that a few leading local helmet manufacturers would probably be
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  • 375 5 The present three-shift system in Singapore does not bring out the maximum efficiency of workers, according to an Associate Professor In the Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering. University of Singapore. In an Interview. Mr. Stanley Richardson said that research In Western
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  • 41 5 Normal aircraft operations have resumed at the Paya Lebar International Airport. It had been closed to aircraft since Aug. 14 from midnight to 7 a.m. for the resurfacing of the runway and laying of runway visual aids.
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  • 184 5 The government Is offering a one-year scholarship to qualified art teachers to study art and design at Brighton Polytechnic faculty of Art and Craft In Britain. This is part of the Commonwealth Education Study Fellowship Scheme. Preference will be given to those who are bl-lingual
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  • 45 5 Mr. Le Quan Glang, Consul-General of the Republic of Vietnam in Singapore, will give a talk on Vietnam: What Is the Issue? at the International Y's Men's Club of Singapore's luncheon meeting at the Oreen Room, Hotel Equatorial, on Saturday at 1.30 p.m.
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  • 31 5 The Industrial Arbitration Court will hear a trade dispute between the Singapore Manual and Mercantile Workers' Union and Keng and Son* (Pte.) Ltd. on Sept. 15 at 9.30 p.m.
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  • Page 5 Advertisements
    • 65 5 After this remarkable meal, you'll leave our Brasserie believing Paterson Hill is Mount Kilimanjaro Imagine this combination: two double veal cutlets, filled with Swiss cheese and ham, on a bed of saffron rice, topped with a glazed banana. A banana Our chef, Paul Wirthlln brought the recipe from Kenya as
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  • Page 5 Miscellaneous
    • 318 5 Quiz object No. 57 Secretary wins $15 WHAT IS IT Last Friday's quiz photograph showed the lock of a car boot. The first prize of 115 goes to Miss Boh Seow Oei, a confidential secretary, of North Bridge Road. Her entry was the first correct one opened by the Editor
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  • BEHIND THE NEWS
    • 686 6  -  Prom Mike Bingham Melbourne Herald AFRICA Portugal has been at war for more than 11 years, and for most of that time the rest of the world has ignored the struggle which is being fought on three fronts. At stake are Portugal's three African
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    • 409 6  -  From Robert Kaiser Washington Post HUNGARY Budapest is one of the great cities in Europe, but it Is now in a state of palpable disrepair. The stucco facades of old Victorian buildings are crumbling all over town. Most of the yellow street cars yearn for a
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    • 645 6  -  From Stanley Karnow Washington Post AMERICA The Nixon administration is encountering fresh difficulties in its efforts to extradite to the United States a French-born resident of Paraguay reputed to be one of the world's leading narcotics smugglers. Administration spokesmen have announced that, after more than a
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    • VOICE OF THE PRESS
      • 631 6 e What other newspapers are saying: Prospects of Honolnla conference The U 8-Japan summit meeting will begin tomorrow in Honolulu. This is a second summit meeting between the US and Japan. The first one was held between the former Japanese Prime Minister Mr. Sato and President
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  • Page 6 Advertisements
    • 184 6 Philips fits! Philips car stereo units are powerful sound systems designed to fit where there is space, where they look neat and safe, where they take up no valuable leg room or air-conditioning space. Philips car GuiS stereo units are made to fit. > N 2607 Thf player. A very
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  • 122 7 Washington, Wednesday. —Presidential adviser, Dr. Henry Kissinger, will confer with Soviet leaders for three days In Moscow next week, seeking to build on President Nixon's summit talks there last May, the White. House announced yesterday. The prospects for ending the war in Vietnam and easing
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  • 362 7 Reuter Kampala, Wednesday. President Amin yesterday accused Britain of planning to have him assassinated before his November deadline for the expulsion of about 40.000 British Asians here. He made the accusation in a statement issued to the Information Ministry. He said the British plan
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  • 80 7 Two armed policemen waiting to move in that was part of the tense killer squad drama that enveloped the entire Olympic Village yesterday. The squad, consisting of Arab extremists who held eight Israeli team members as hostages, were later shot dead by German policemen. Three
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  • 182 7 Reuter London, Wednesday Britain's Trades Union Congress (TUC) yesterday scrapped a 32-year-old ban on communist delegates attending meetings of district trade union organisations. Delegates approved lifting the ban after hearing It described as a remnant of cold war panic. They rejected an amendment calling for
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  • 50 7 Canberra, Wednesday— About 200 students yesterday attacked a car carrying a South African ambassador to Australia, Mr. John Mill*, police said. Students at the Western Australia University, in Perth threw vegetables and stones and screamed obscenities when Mr. Mills arrived on the campus for a short visit.
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  • 52 7 Baltimore, Wednesday Mayor William Schaefer has fallen victim of Baltimore's crime wave—his watch was snatched from his wrist when he stopped at a traffic light while driving home with his left hand outside the window. Hie mayor chased a man on foot but could not
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  • 30 7 Edinburgh, Wednesday. Eight people were killed in a six car crash on the approaches to the Forth Road bridge on the out skirts of Edinburgh late last night.
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  • 300 7 United Press International Manila, Wednesday An explosion ripped through a crowded department store lr central Manila last night in the latest of a series of explosions which military authorities have attributed to communist urban terrorists. Initial police reports said at least two people were
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  • 237 7 Reuter Reykjavik, Wednesday.— British trawler skipper yesterday broadcast the tune Rule Britannia across the North Atlantic waves to an Icelandic gunboat and then found himself In the first clash of the new cod war. The gunboat swept up to his vessel and cut one of
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  • 227 7 Reuter Islamabad, Wednesday.— A Foreign Office spokesman said here yesterday Pakistan was ready to meet leaders of Bangladesh without any preconditions. The spokesman was commenting on a New Delhi report quoting the Bangladesh Foreign Minister, Mr. Abdul Samad, as saying: "We are ready to go
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  • 64 7 Reykjavik, Wednesday.— A flotilla of British trawlers attacked an Icelandic gunboat yesterday, letting fly with pieces of Iron, lumps of coal and even an axe, eccording to Iceland's coast guard. A spokesman said the incident occurred after the trawling wire of an un--930-ton gunboat Aeglr cut a
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  • 118 7 United Press International Montreal, Wednesday. A worldwide alert was In effect yesterday for US $2 million (aoout t6 million) worth of paintings and art objects stolen from the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts on Mondav bv three "discriminating" thieves. The three, armed with shotguns
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  • 105 7 Reuter Rome, Wednesday.— Ten thousand trains lay Idle In Italy yestercay as the country's 216,000 railway, men continued a 24-hour national strike. Meanwhile. ail food shops and markets in Rome remained closed for the second day running in a protest against a government
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  • Page 7 Advertisements
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    • 206 7 1,000 Samsonite Luggages Any parson who joins ths following tours is ontitlsd to a SAMSONITE luggsgs. 12 DAYS $1110 14 DAYS $1190 Depart:- 23/9, 3/10, 4/10, 5/10. 7/10. 15/10, 18/11, 25/11, 2/12. 9/12 TAIWAN-JAPAN-HONGKONG 14 DAYS $1470 DEPART SAME AS ABOVE TAIWAN/KOREA/JAPAN /HONGKONG/ BANGKOK 19 DAYS $1890 SPECIAL 16 DAYS
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  • 394 8 The Government has give a straightforward and compelling reason for its intention to Introduce laws requiring political parties to open party books for periodic inspection. The purpose is to prevent outside elements from interfering in local affairs by financing political parties. No one in Singapore should
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  • 'WHISPERS' by ISPY
    • 50 8 Inche B_A. La tiff, the unsuccessful UNF candidate for Farrer park, has been proved right In one respect. On nomination day he was heard to remark that all that goes up must come down. The electoral posters which went up after nomination day are coming down.
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    • 110 8 Pakistan Is to have a new way of fixing fees of colleges. Among other reasons, the Education Minister of Pakistan, gave high tuition fees as a factor of the Government's decision to nationalise all privately managed colleges. The Minister said that tuition fees levied by some privately
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  • 888 8  -  DICK WILSON Singapore's search, ftft security in the regional and International spheres Is spotlighted in the latest issue of the Pacific Community. An American scholar, Professor Yuan-li Wu, offers in this Tokyo publication an analysis of the prospects
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  • Letters
    • 349 8  -  G. KRISHNAN The PAP has no doubt received a magnificent vote of confidence to continue its uninterrupted rule. The fact that the PAP captured all the 65 seats came as an anti-climax after nine days of hectic politicking. Instead of the usual rejoicing and debate which are
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    • 287 8  -  V. K.PILLAY The results of the last election show that nearly 30 per cent of the people (who now will have no voice In Parliament to air their views) would have liked an opposition in Parliament, whatever reasons may be ascribed to this genuine desire. Under the present
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    • 146 8 After every general election, political parties In Singapore always complain of illegal voting procedures, but they never come out with any positive suggestions to prevent the so-call-ed rigging of the ballot papers. I suggest that at future elections the polling cards should also be cast in a
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    • 87 8 On Ist September, I took my baby to Kim Keat Road Maternity and Child Health Clinic In a taxi, No: SH 1663. I left my baby's milk bottle In the taxi. Imagine my surprise when 20 minutes later, the taxi driver came to the clinic to return the
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    • 148 8 I refer to the report, ROV scraps popular weekend driving tests (ST, August SO) and wish to make some comments. I am sure many others have the same unpleasant experience as I have. The process of acquiring a driving licence is cumbersome, long and expensive. I
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    • 67 8  -  CHAN KOK KEAN For Director. Adult Education Board. Singapore. 9. I refer to the article captioned AEB may start classes for learner drivers on page 3 of the New Nation, August 31. The first paragraph of the article stating that "The Adult Education Board is expected to
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  • Page 8 Advertisements
    • 85 8 Write to The Kditor, New Nation. Locked Bat 15, GPO. Singapore, 1. The one below surely I See the light in her eyes, the clear, soft complexion, the bright smile. Actually it's the same girl... only the bottom picture taken by the Mamiya/Sekor 500 DTL. The world's first 35mm SLR
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  • Page 8 Miscellaneous

  • 670 9 WIt h Singapore's rapid advance Into v Industrialisation has coxne an almost Insatiable demand for trained and better qualified staff. As a result commercial schools and baseness colleges have sprouted op and older established ones have expanded Into new professional courses. Today New
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  • 824 9 For part-time students it is a busy schedule The common ground of all part-time students is juggling their availably time for classes and study to fit in with their jobs and otker activities. These four gave their impressions of what it is like being a parttime student:
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  • 646 9 We posed the question of what a business college diploma is worth to several employers. The group personnel manager of a major trading company said: "We do not accord official recognition to internal diplomas awarded by private colleges." He was sceptical of these diplomas, he said, because they
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  • Page 9 Advertisements
    • 97 9 International Training Centre SINGAPORE offers THE MOST COMPREHENSIVE SECRETARIAL LANGUAGE TRAINING AVAILABLE IN SOUTH-EAST ASIA The first business centre to offer full secretarial and language courses, ITC is also one of the first in this part of the world to adopt international test-proven instruction methods using electronic teaching aids. All
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  • SHOWBIZ
    • 913 10 Melbourne Herald He started off as a pukka pukka English officer helping to save South Africa for the Queen (Victoria, that Is) from the Zulus. Then, of course, he was the romantic cockney Alfle, always one with an eye for the dolly birds.
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    • 241 10 Reuter Elvis Presley will star in the first international satellite concert in rock history when a show he is giving on January 14 is carried by satellite to nearly 60 countries. He told a Press conference In Los Angeles yester day It would be
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    • 537 10  -  Part of the Five-Piano Festival By Nancy Koh Singaporeans will have the rare treat of hearing two fine pianists play together when the husband-and-wife team, Agustin and Carol Anievas, perform at the Singapore Conference Hall on Monday. The concert, which starts at 8 p.m., is
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    • 828 10  -  Nightclub bands belt out only commercial stuff By Peter Ong What's wrong with our local nightclubs and the supposedly "with it" people who haunt them like bats in the night? I mean, the music that we have been and are still getting in
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  • Page 10 Advertisements
    • 138 10 ONUTS29S A fabulous sound package from Philips, the specialists in cassette stereo equipment. Rear passengers need no longer be blasted out of their seats: Philips surround stereo system ensures an even sound level throughout the car. Comfortable, high-quality listening. That's Philips. EN 7370 Rear Speakers EN 7377 Front/side Speakers RN
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  • TREND
    • 278 11  -  Presented by Mary Lee There's a wide range of fashions made in Singapore and if you think our local manufacturers can only produce men's underwear and women's basic garments, there's a pleasant and colourful surprise awaiting you at the Singapore Manufacturers' Association fashion
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    • 927 11  -  TRISH SHEPPARD Many, many people ask us which country we are from. They see the letters SGP on the international plate which is stuck on the back of the campervan in which we are touring Scandinavia. "Ah Singapore, of course!" they exclaim when we
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    • 385 11 vanity case It's a real strain on a woman's purse to keep up with the fast changing trends in make-up, not only In the new faces that cosmetic houses bring out each season, but all those new applicators. Before my blusher in compact form
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    • 508 11  -  antiques MAGGI KOH In. Singapore the group of Jars shqwn below are usually called Martaban jars. Martaban is a port on the mouth of the Salween on the Gulf of Martaban in South Burma. It was an important entrepot for Chinese export wares in earlier
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  • Page 11 Advertisements
    • 18 11 Bl nfcP^ jffROBINSON'S STOCK REDUCTION t k fabulous bargains _alsoat Shop JO HN LITTLE'S naff Its P| ace
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    • 186 11 FOR HER THE "JEWEL" OF BALLPENS Exquisitely crofted for her delight Ornamented with attractive stones, or with delicate enqravmqs The preferred ot the jeweller and h«s excellent clientele the world cSht 'jen MADE IN U.S.A "The gift thot enSonces the rccipien* and prestiges *he givrr" FOR HIM Al5O the BoMpen
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  • Commerce and Finance
    • 326 12  -  SASAR CHAIRMAN TO HOLD TALKS IN JAPAN By S.V. Suppiah Singapore Is getting ready to make ship's component parts and marine engmes for its shipbuilding and repair yards. "We have had proposals from Japanese ship machinery manufacturers," said Mr. Chlng Kwong Kuen, president
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    • 281 12 A new association has been formed in Singapore to improve the standards of the refrigeration and air-con ditioning i n d us t rles here. Known as the Refrigeration and Alr-Condltlonlng Contractors Association (RACCA), It was Inaugurated recently by a committee consisting of members
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    • 147 12 Reuter London, Wednesday. The market continued lower yesterday, reflecting Inflation worries. At 3 pjn. the Financial Times index was down 0.6 at 509.1. Thorn, Hoover, Plessey, EMI and Decca were lower in electrlcals. British Enkalon moved lower following its interim results while BLMC was fractionally
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    • 38 12 traded on mixed tone Brussels. Wednesday. The dollar traded hands on a mixed tone yesterday on European money markets. In London dealers quoted 2.***** dollars to the pound at the open of trade against Monday's close of 2.45.
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    • 233 12 United Press International New York, Wednesday. The market closed lower yesterday In a slow post-holiday session on the New York Stock Exchange. The Dow Jones Industrial average of 30 selected blue-chip stocks was off 0.68 at 969.37 at the close. Earlier it had been ahead
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    • 234 12 Anted Clem 20% AlCOO 56 s Am Brand* 43% Am Can 35 Am Motors AT 4k T A ft P 43% e% Anaconda 19 Avon Pd Beth hteel 29% Bo«ing 22 Vj Caterp Trac 65 Chrysler 30", Coc* -C Jla 141 Cont Oil 33*, Control Data 72%
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    • 247 12 Reuter Tokyo, Wednesday. Official Japanese sources said yesterday pressure for another yen revaluation would continue to build ud unless Japan took some bold steps to rectify her booming balance of payments. Finance Ministry sources another programme would have to be worked a J ert Pressure that
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    • 172 12 ProAtUken pushed down the prices of many industrial and property counters in the share market yesterday. Trading was selective as selling pressure was sustained throughout the day especially in industrials. Some first liners that declined included Guinness, National Iron, Boustead, Cold Storage, Straits Times, Straits Traders. Wearnes and
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    • 64 12 Tokyo, Wednesday. A total of 31 Japanese firms have agreed to form a consortium, to compete with Britain and other West European firms In vlelng for a 200,000 million yen (about £250 million) order for the construction of a subway in Hong Kong, a
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    • 346 12 United Press International Brussels, Wednesday The European Common Market has passed the United States as the world's leading car manufacturer, a market report said. The report said the six market nations— Germany, France, Italy, Belgium, Holland and Luxembourg—produced 8,017,000 cars In 1970, or about
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    • 128 12 Singapore Petroleum Company has started recruiting its management and technical oersonnel for its refinery which is scheduled to begin operation in July next year. According to a spokesman for the company about 350 people will be taken in —250 for the refinery and another 100
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  • 524 14 By Blue Peter in Ipoh Can Dato Wee Hood Teck's champion, Sentak Bulan, set a record by being the first horse to win both the sprint classics the King's Gold Cup and the Sultan's Gold Vase In one season? This Is the question on racegoers' mind
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  • 123 14 London, Wednesday.—Nine acceptors were announced last night for the Duchess of York Handicap Stakes tor three-year-old fillies. The race is to be run over nine furlongs at Kempton on Saturday (1430 GMT) with the winning owner receiving 1959 sterling. They are: Samfood 9.13, Mary Connon 9.7,
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  • 70 14 London, Wednesday. The Australian cricketers climaxed their 1972 tour of England with a whlrwlnd run-spree at the Scarborough festival yesterday. In the space of Just 74 minutes, they galloped to a total of 239 to beat T.N. Pearce's XI by six wickets In a
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  • 203 14 Ipoh, Wednesday—Trainer Ivan Allan's champion sprinter Sentak Bulan arrived here last evening. The Tin Whistle four-year-old was lightly exercised in the polo ring by Des Coleman. He looked particularly fit and appeared to have made further progress since his run away win in the King's
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  • 202 14 New York, Tuesday. American Cliff Richey scored a spectacular upset yesterday bv defeating third-seeded Rod Laver of Australia In the fourth round of the US Open tennis champlonshlos. 3 6, 7 0, 7 8, 6 3. Richey, who is seeded 12th, roared back to win two
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  • 540 14 The winner of the Aggregate Results Prize is Madam Tan Chock Juan of Huddington Avenue, who submitted seven correct results in nine contests. A fine achievement especially as 'she missed the first one. Madam Tan may collect her prize of $100 by
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  • 1120 14  -  m sci WITH JEFFREY LOW It looks as II coach Michael Walker has Just walked into an ageold problem while conducting centralised training for the national squad now. Attendance since the full-time training started last Friday has been excellent, with the exception of several players
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  • 368 14  -  By Sonny Yap Efforts to revive roller skating in Singapore will be enhanced by the visit of two professional skating teams from.the United States on September 18. The Los Angeles Thunderbirds and Brooklyn Devils have been slated to compete in a series of ex*
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  • 77 14 Peking, Wednesday. A Thai men's table tennis team yesterday beat a Singapore team 5-2 in the evening session of the second stage of the First Asian table tennis championships here, the New China News Agency (NCNA) said yesterday. The Thai women's team beat the Pakistani team
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  • 21 14 Rufby anion: Bath 36 Taunton 8; Clifton 15 Newport 9; Tredegar 3 Bridgeend 41: Buckinghamshire 10 UAU XV 14.
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  • 220 14 London, Tuesday—First Division club Crystal Palace slumped n<«H i defeat by Fourth Division rivals Stockport County in last night s English Football ccnd round ties. Palace goalkeeper John JackK? iSf n bra Usd hifi ***** birthday by Maying a penalty taken by Stockport's lan Lawther In
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  • 103 14 London, Wednesday. Temperamental Irish soccer Best confirmed yesterday he had signed a new contract with Manfor We." Unlt€d vlrtuaU J r 26-year-old winger th?n!£ C 2 ntract cwm yesLTs. 1 am obviously completely haDDv now at Old Trafford, pi hSLi°« *®ttlng my form back on the field
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  • 32 14 CENTRAL LEAGUE Chjuitehl 9 Hiro«hlm* 3 Y*kult J Hanahin 0 Yomluri 4 Talyo 1 t wane LEAGUE A Klntetsu 4 Hankyu Nankal 1 NtiStetsu 0 0 ixnie 4 Toel i
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    • 239 14 NEW NATION CROSSWORD ACROSS 1 18th cen. English poet. 7 City on the Gulf of Mexico. 12 Narcotic. 13 Vigilant guardian. 16 "Never a borrower or a be 17 Estrange. IS Table scrap. 19 Smirched. 21 Throttle of an engine; Slang. 22 Chain of rocks. 24 Tooth 25 Insect sounds.
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  • 197 15 GOLD SILVER BRONZE TOTALS Soviet Union 26 21 16 63 United States 25 25 21 71 East Germany 13 14 18 48 Japan 12 6 8 26 West Germany 8 6 9 23 Hungary 2 7 11 20 Italy 5 3 6 14 Australia 5 6 2 13
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  • 2021 15 1 Olympic Results Following are full results of Olympic events completed yesterday before the suspension of the Games. YACHTING Flying Dutchman sixth nee placing* (provisional) l. Britain (Rodney Pattiaaon), 2. Brazil (Relnaldo Conrad), S. Norway (Ragnar Pjoran), 4. Italy (Carlo Croce), 5. Denmark, 6. West Germany. 7.
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  • 84 15 London. Wednesday.—A British sportswear firm has offered US$l million (about £400,000) to US Olympic swimming hero Mark Spitz to work for the company for five years, it was disclosed here yesterday. Mr. Sydney Solomons, chairman of H1 gh 11 ght Sports, said he made
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  • 367 15 Munich, Wednesday. Olympic competition stuttered to a halt this evening after the suspension of the games announced by the organisers as a mark of respect to the Israeli victims of the Arab commando attack early yesterday morning. While the' world's attention was riveted on the llfe-and-death
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  • 356 15 Munich, Wednesday. The International Hockey Federation yesterday announced the names of 26 players from whom the team to represent the Rest of the World against the Olympic champions at Berlin on September 10 will be selected The list includes Malaysia's back, A. Be la
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  • 64 15 Munich. Wednesday. Russia was sensationally eliminated In the semifinals of the Olympic men's individual eoee championship here last night. Grigory Kriss, who won the Olympic title at Tokyo and the World champion ship in Vienna last year, scored the only Russian victory when he defeated France's
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  • 289 15 Munich, Wednesday. Poland staged a magnifi cent late rally to beat the Soviet Union 2-1 in the Olympic soccer tournament yesterday and stake a strong claim for a place in Saturday's final. The Poles need only to beat Mexico—7 -0 losers yesterday to East
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  • 282 15 Kiel, Wednesday.—British yachtsman Rodney Pattisson joined the elite band of men who have retained an Olympic title when he gave another commanding performance here yesterday. Pattisson, a 32-year-old company director from Poole, Dorset, led the fleet home for his fourth win In six outings and is now
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    • 166 16 Super salesman Reinhard Schramm of Bonn could sell ice to Eskimos, claim* ed his colleagues. But his high powered technique landed 30-year-old Reinhard In a Bonn court on a fraud charge when he sold a colour TV set to a, blind man. The judge was
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    • 64 16 The 9:30 special to take 100 vacationers to Blackpool for the day was right on time—but for some reason the train failed to stop at Belper Btatlon. Said a British Rail spokes-, man: "It seems someone forgot the train was supposed to stop there. WeTe sorry for
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    • 41 16 AH FOOK: Now that insurance premiums are about to increase, I think Til sell my car. MEI LIN: Yes it's about time you get rid of your Jalopy. Get yourself a bicycle Instead it will help reduce your paunch.
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    • 44 16 Attractive Taiwanese singer, Daisy Wong Su Chun, 21. loves parries. "I find it a good way to know people better," she said. Besides singing, she also does a lot of swimming and reading. Picture by Steven Lee. Picture by Steven Lee
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    • 421 16 Los Angeles Times Alma Briceno walked through the Plaza De La Constltucion of Chihuahua, Mexico, carrying her small dog, Don Pedro. She was suddenly surrounded by a mob of people who wanted to know what kind of dog she was holding in her arms.
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    • 133 16 Today is Wednesday. Sep tember 6, the 250 th day of 1972 with 116 to follow. THE MOON: Approaching its new phase. 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 social worker
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    • 149 16 A professor in London has claimed that executives are more likely to be failures in bed than their workers. "Impotence is particularly likely in men under mental pressure from their Jobs," according to Professor Ivor Mills, of Cambrid ge University's Department of Investigative
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    • 164 16 A few days before his wedding In June, a 21-year-old labourer, Brian Pavett, had a crucifix tattooed on his right arm. Now his bride, expecting a baby, Is a widow because of that tattoo. After hearing the story of Brian's death, a London coroner. Dr.
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    • 82 16 Spain's Juan Antonio Moreno Torres complained to Lerida's Central Dairy when he found a dead lizard in a bottle of their milk. The dairy said they would make tests to see whether the lizard got into the bottle before or after the milk
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    • 35 16 West Germans have been warned by safety experts to give their TV sets "a break from the Olympics" as almost continuous viewing could cause them to explode and set fire to rooms.
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    • 464 16 5 Shgapra 3.00 Opening and Housewives' Matinee Two Dunces (Cantonese FUm, Pt. 1) 3.45 A Diary of Events In Singapore this Week (C) 3.50 Nam Isalnyarkal, featuring: Francis Retnam (Rpt) 4.05 Days of Our Lives 4.50 Close 5.55 Opening and Loopy De Loop 6.10 What Others Say (E) 6.30 News
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    • 468 16 Trust your lucky star IF IT'S YOUR BIRTHDAY BORN today, you are a sociable person who not only enjoys entertaining and the company of others for reasons of rest, relaxation, and a change of pace, but also for the professional benefits tc be gained. You know full well how to
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