New Nation, 15 December 1972

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    Masthead
    18 1 NEW NATION SINGAPORE Friday evening, December 15, 1972 No. 587 Price 15 cents SINGAPORE FRIDAY, DECEMBER 13, 1972
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    OUR ROADS
    12 1 Police reported 81 accidents yesterday; Eight were serious, two fatai.
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    ON THE 'CHANGE
    205 1 In selective trading, the share market advanced for the first 45 minutes this morning. Intraco is to be listed on the exchange on Monday. Oversea-Chinese Banking Corporation shot up $2 in less than 20 minutes to $32.00. Sime Darby advanced 50 cents to $8.75. Allied Chocolate 45
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    Exchange talks
    52 1 Officials of the Singapore Manual and Mercantile Workers' Union and the management of the Stock Exchange had the last round of talks on wage increase for the exchange's clerical staff at the Labour Ministry this morning. The union has threatened to take strike action if no settlement is
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    Lock icon US rejects Thieu plan for truce at Xmas
    190 1 United Press International Washington, Friday The White House yesterday refused to support South Vietnamese President Thieu's proposal for a temporary Christmas holiday* ceasefire, saying it wanted to be associated with only one truce plan. Presidential Press secretary, Mr. Ronald Zlegler, said a
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    More S'pore ships face delays
    327 1  -  Hit by Aust. black ban By Douglas Chan Many Singapore ships lace-the prospect o! "being 'black-listed' by militant dock workers in Australia as part of joint action by seamen's union in both countries. Two Singapore-registered vessels have already been held up Australia. Four more are
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    Back in the limelight
    67 1 Los Angeles, Friday Charlie Chaplin's 20-year-old classic film Limelight which finally had its Los Angeles premiere last night today found Itself a candidate for a 1973 Oscar award. The original date for the US release of the film came at the height of a public campaign
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    Strikers on the march
    27 1 Rome, Friday—Thousands of striking state employees marched through central Rome yesterday, causing giant traffic jams which paralysed much of the city's commercial centre.
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    Lock icon Astronauts link up for the long trip home
    252 1 Reuter Houston, Friday. The Apollo 17 astronauts were reunited in orbit around the moon last night at the end of man's last-visit to the lunar surface in the foreseeable future. Eugene Cernan, Jack Schmitt and Ronald Evans docked their two spacecraft. Challenger
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    Another 'jinx' victim...
    183 1 It's happened again. The "Jinx" has claimed another victim at Devil's Bend along Mountbatten Road. The Holden car (left) skidded and crashed into the railing in front of Mr. H.K. Ow's residence shortly after midnight, about 10 yards away from the Jinx corner which saw four accidents
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    Hit-and-run: Man held
    36 1 Cape Town, FridayPolice arrested an African yesterday on suspicion of being the driver of the pick-up truck that failed to stop after hitting heart transplant pioneer Dr. Christian Barnard and his wife Barbara
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    Bid to hide gunman as woman
    344 1  -  But wigs and blouses left behind By Wee Beng Huat Police believe that gunman Mustapha bin Hassan's rescuers had planned to disguise him as a woman to escape from Singapore. But they left their woman's garb behind in the get-away taxi. A black wig
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    Lock icon Heath's 'cut throat' warning
    367 1 Reuter Ottawa, Friday British Prime Minister Edward Heath, has warned that western nations will "Just tear each other apart" malm they sort out their trade differences. **We shall cut each other's throat," he said in an interview taped for the Csnf I**"1**" Broadcasting Corporation's television programme.
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    Students to go on goodwill tour next year
    130 2 The Student Union of Ngee Ann Technical Colwill organise a goodwill tour of Malaysia, Thailand, Hong Kong and Japan during their vacation next March. About 20 students and staff members will go on the 20-day tour to broaden their knowledge of these
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    Dean: Varsities must keep up with society
    435 2 Warning on 'narrow type' education No educational system can exist in a vacuum, isolated from the social and political framework. Universities, particularly in a developing country, cannot afford to resign themselves from the tensions of the modern world and its attendent problems. Professor
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    Problem of being the 'boss' of a university
    275 2 There Is no one single mould that produce a good and efficient "head" In the management of a university. The president, vicechancellor or educatoradministrator can be a government official or Just a devout academic. The crucial element at stake Is whether he
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      201 2 tti W«'v« hundreds and thousands of shirts and ties. And, if you lifli it i ml aurpriaa. We've drawing gowne, link* and studs or pin*. We've reeily §ot so many, things, Ma juat don't know quit* where to start. Why not fat him a wit -if ha I*a* to faal
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      198 2 •v jfia*: AproutTMirr N.M. TUT—>n> Pmm 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
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  • Page 2 Miscellaneous
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      501 2 HRPPEmnos WHAT'S ON TODAY Professor PJL Wong, head of Medical Unit L Outram Road General Hospital, will present AWARSD TO BLOOD DONORS at a medai presentation ceremony at the School of Nursing at 5 p.m. Professor SJ3. Ratnam. of the Kandang Kerbau Hospital. is giving a TALK ON UNDERSTANDING SEX
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    Women's $8000 gift to the deaf
    70 3 The First Lady, Mrs. Sheares, presented an $8000 cheque to the Singapore Association for the Deaf yesterday on behalf of the Chinese Women's Association. Another cheque for $1000 was presented to the Samaritans of Singapore. The money was raised by the Chinese Women's Association.
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    Parents who 'poison' babies with opium...
    629 3  -  Professor calls for stricter drug control By Pang Guek Cheng The common pr&crtlce among Chinese parents of giving opium to infants and children to cure coughs and diarrhoea has caused a high rate of opium poisoning, according to Professor Wong Hock Boon, head of
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    Survey probes student attitudes to life
    376 3 Generally, the socioeconomic status of Englisheducated students Is slightly higher than that of their Chinese-educated counterparts. This conclusion, based on parents' occupations, Income and education is part of the preliminary findings of a survey conducted by Madam Tai Chlng-Ung, a sociology lecturer in the
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    Percy's patience pays off...
    244 3 Patience is the thing that tides soft-spoken Percy Tan over the bumps of life. For Mr. Tan, a Lufthansa Airlines reservations agent, patience brings goodwill and friendship. In all his 12 years in the airline business, it has never failed to warm an irate customer's heart
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    Yong's date
    41 3 The Minister for Communications, Mr. Yong Nyuk Lin, will be the guest of-honour at the 40th anniversary dinner of the Singapore Cycle and Motor Traders' Association at the Chinese Chamber of Commerce, Hill Street at 7.30 p.m. on Monday.
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  • In Person
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      Joy before the rush
      515 4 HOTELS ENTERTAIN STAFF ON A BIG SCALE Just before the mad rush of entertainment and dining hits the hotels, managements have set aside big staff parties where everyone, from doorman to waiter, bell-hop to the executive assistant manager will have the chance to sample what their
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    What has happened to the bandog?
    624 4 From the DOG HOUSE By PG Dear P.G. I came across an old print of a dog called a Band w as this the Alaunt which you mentioned on your T.V. programme. If It wasn't does It still exist today? Curious. Dear Curious, I
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      173 4 The nicest way to fly to three continents I to*. *<5 -.r m I j_.. ;s9^' .T" ■M 14 Ml Li. ~JL a Ct f >*. N <v v V 3 4 To Amsterdam or Tokyo, Taipei or Colombo, Bangkok or Bombay, Sydney or Rome, Singapore or Hong Kong, Bali
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    Big drive with students planned by CASE
    274 5 Students will be the target of an educational drive by the Consumers' Association of Singapore which plans to go down to the schools to spread the message of consumerism, v The executive secretary of OABK, Mr. Ivan Baptist, alio MP for Potong Pasir,
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    Water: Richer you get, more you waste
    403 5  -  Three-area survey proves point By Rav Dhaliwal Water wastage appears to grow with affluence, according to the results of a sample survey carried out by the Water Department of the Public Utilities Board this year. The survey findings were based on three residential
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    Teacher wins the $15 prize
    314 5 Last Monday's quiz photograph showed a curtain railing. The first prize of $15 goes to Miss Rosalind Ong, a kindergarten teacher, of Calrnhlll Circle. Her entry was the first correct one opened by the Editor last night. The next correct answers from a man and
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    Baby powder: Now a govt. warning
    218 5 The Ministry of Health today warned that the use of talcum powder and soap containing hexachlorophene can cause brain injury to infants. It advised mothers not to use brands of baby powder and soap which contaiirthis substance. They should seek medical advice If they
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    Xmas joy for handicapped
    50 5 The Handicapped Children's Club will hold a Christmas party at Red Cross House in Penang Lane on December 16 at 4 p.m. Mrs. W. R. Rasanyagam, wife of the chairman of the executive committee of the Singapore Red Cross Society, will distribute gifts to the children.
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      96 5 mmujT^ RENOWN JEWELLERY comes to Singapore I o^» sH SILV H SEE THE CHRISTMAS COLLECTION NOW ON DISPLAY AT ALLTHESE SHOPS VI.-s I \SILST.C HEAPLST FLIGHTS \i'« N t \ir i > in hi >ii J.t,iHi tit: t: i \i W s. >■< H A in f \ll .11. u.
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      180 5 #y* -K w V.-.V. ff.'. .'.'.v.*."." .'I'X'XvX iW w», ooDfisyv iNPvb V IP* N VIS V •2 -5 Without a single doubt, there's plenty to rave about? All decked out on display ry menswear bright and gay. Suits of superb tailoring, for the season's rejoicing. Look for gifts galore, right
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  • Page 5 Miscellaneous
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      154 5 weatherl Temperatures in world cities, yesterday: Hong Kong 16-11 C Kuala Lumpur 31-22 C Taipeh 18-12 C Jakarta 34-25 C Tokyo 9-OC Seoul 1-minus 8C Bangkok 30-22 C Naha 19-14 C Manila 29-22 C -New York 5-mlnus 2C Paris 9-6 C Moscow 3-OC London 15-11 C Sydney 27-16 C Canberra
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    Chinese, the easy way
    223 6  -  Ministry's new drive By] Ivan Lim The Government intends to put out 1500 more simplified Chinese characters tor common use to make it easier for students to master the Chinese language. This Is in addition to the 500 characters introduced in 1909. The Minister of Education,
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    Desa—king of the snakes...
    315 6  -  By Douglas Chan Desa bin Abdullah, 51 (above), is called King of the Snakes by his kampong folk in northern Perak and with good reason. "I ifcrive on snakes, for this is my livelihood. I trap them, enter them in snake handling competitions and exhibit them
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    Job seekers now get more choosy
    279 6 Singapore's job seekers are becoming more choosy in view of the present full employment situation. Out of 2,416 job seekers registered with the Ministry of Labour employment exchange who were offered jobs, 78 of them refused to take up the appointments. A total of
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    Public not doing enough for retarded...
    156 6 The majority of parent* here are not doing enough social work, says a visiting social worker from Japan. Mr. Kinichi Taguchi, 50 who is the director of the Musashino Seinen-Ryo Institution for the Mentally Retarded in Tokyo, said: "Perhaps it's because most parents in
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    New forms for phones
    32 6 The Singapore Telephone Board will introduce new standard forms for application for telephone services from Memnew forms will help in collecting data necessary for systematic planning and research.
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    Library talk
    42 6 The assistant professor of the Department of Malay Studies, Nanyang University, Mr. Tan Ta Sen, will give a talk in Mandarin on "The Development of Spelling of Bahasa Malaysia and Bahasa Indonesia" at the National Library at tomorrow 3 p.m.
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    Club's charity ball today
    56 6 The Lions Club of Singapore West will hold a Christmas charity ball at the Hilton tomorrow at 7.30 p.m. to raise funds for handicapped children. Mr. Chal Chang Yll, Minister of State for Education, will be the guest of honour. One of the highlights of the
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    Arms depot goes up in smoke
    105 7 Smoke towers above an ammunition depot near Saigon after a pre-dawn communist attack. Communist sappers set charges to more than 1000 tons of artillery shells and napalm at the Thanh Tuy Hoa Ammunition Depot Tne explosion rocked Saigon, eight miles away, breaking windows. Thousands
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    Loans plan
    28 7 Manila, Friday—President Marcos has issued a presidential decree which authorises him on behalf of the Philippine Republic —to contract US$lOOO million in loans with foreign countries.
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    $12m. drug theft from police
    376 7 Trench Connection* heroin stolen New York, Friday Abo vi t 571b. (25.8 kilos) of heroin from the famous "French Connection" case has been stolen from the New York Police Department, Commissioner Patrick Murphy repealed yesterday. The loss of the heroin, w.th an estimated street value
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    Lock icon Gunman grabs hostess in hijack drama
    231 7 Reuter Ottawa, Friday.—A young man, dressed in only light pants and a jacket forced his way aboard a jetliner in a northern Canadian mining town -in sub-zero temperature yesterday, seized a stewardess at gunpoint and dsmanded to be flown to Vancouver, British Columbia. The
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    Ulster poll set for March
    166 7 London, Friday The people of Northern Ireland will vote in a referendum on March 8, 1973, on whether they want to remain Part of Britain or Join the Irish Republic, the government announced yesterday. The date of the poll was announced by the Northern Ireland
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    Indo-Spain trade pact
    64 7 New Delhi, Friday—Spain and India yesterday signed their flrst trade accord, which calls for economic co-operation on a most-favoured-nation basis. Attached to the agreement, which covers a twoyear period, were two lists of items for export from each country to the other. Ninety-seven Items were listed for
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    62 arrested in Kuching
    63 7 Kuching, Friday—Malaysian security forces have so far arrested 62 people, mainly Chinese youths, since Operation Pluck was launched last Monday to rid the Kuching district of communist collaborators, acting Chief. Minister Stephen Yong said yesterday. He warned schoolchildren and youths to guard against subversive elements trying
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  • SHOPPING
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      Some changes for a new look
      817 8 f)NCE again happy v times are here. And with the excitemfent hanging in the air who can help but feel Just a little bit bubbly and anxious to go along with the mood. Homes are being turned upside down and rooms are being stacked
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    Lock icon Arabs told: Pitch in or quit
    300 9 'Egypt has lost patience' United Press International Cairo, Friday Egypt has lost its patience with Arab vacillation and unwillingness to help in the conflict with Israel, the A 1 Akhbar newspaper editor, Mr. Musa Sabry, said yesterday. He called on the Arabs to either
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    Robber and victim were a couple of 'nice guys'
    203 9 New York, Friday—The robber was a "nice guy" and so was the victim in a friendly US$3O,OOO theft in Modesto, California, yesterday. It started when three men held up retired rancher Charles Bolter, 69, of Waterford, and took $52 from his
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    Truman worse
    28 9 Kansas City, Friday Former President Harry Truman continued to weaken overnight and was described yesterday by his personal physician as being "In a very serious condition.
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    Courtroom boycott after attack on lawyers
    205 9 Rawalpindi, Friday. Lawyers in every main Punjab Province city yesterday boycotted courtrooms in protest against an armed attack on a lawyers' demonstration In Lahore on Wednesday. Condemning the attack in which five lawyers received gunshot wounds and others were knifed, the Labour High Court
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    Lock icon Bishops back birth control
    302 9 United Press International By Pieter van Bennekom Mexico City, Fridav Mexico's Roman Catholic bishops gave qualified to a government birth control programme yesterday in a significant easing of the Church's stance on the controversial subject. The Mexican Episcopate, issuing a "message td the people" signed by
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    Loans without collateral a welcome move
    464 10 The promise by Mr. Wong Nang Jung, vicepresident of the First National City Bank, that working men without collateral will be given bank loans on non-usurous terms in future, is welcome news. As Mr. Wong pointed out in his speech to the Rotary Club,
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  • 'WHISPERS' by ISPY
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      Loss of voice
      91 10 The dealers' room in a stockbroklng company, as everyone knows, Is one of the noisiest places In the city as remissiers try to out-shout each other In buying or selling shares for their clients. The heavy trading In the past few weeks, however, may Ironically tone down
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      Job signing cheques
      79 10 How would you like a job doing nothing but signing your name on cheques? A friend of mine has just got one like that To relieve her broker husband, she has taken over the task of signing all the company's cheques. After her first day and two-and-a-half
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      Meaning of initials
      57 10 The Initials of Malaysia's Airline System have different meanings to different people. When the airline first MAS stood for "Mana ada system." (Where is the system.) Now that it is flying more smoothly, the airllnepeople have coined a new meaning for MAS. It now stands for "Mesti
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    Balancing Occidental and Oriental cultures is problem of all Asian nations
    1007 10  -  PANG CHENG LIAN Since Dr. Goh Keng Swee raised it in his speech on Sunday night, Singaporeans have not stopped talking about WOGs Westernised Oriental Oentlemen (or Girls, if you like). If the Acting Prime Minister's intention was to
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      Skirting the issue
      235 10  -  K.S.C. PILLAI Mr. Subramanlam (NN. December 5) either did not get the simple point I was trying to make or he was deliberately skirting the issue. He has chosen to ignore the issue I raised: that there is no incentive left to save through life insurance because
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      Fee is for parking
      131 10  -  CORINNA DIEU (Mrs.) Public Relations Officer, Housing and Development Board. Singapore, 2. H.M. (NN, December 9) wrote on the subject of theft from the car parks In Tanglin Halt. The Board's paying car parks in Tanglin Halt are operated on 3 shifts and manned by car
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      More positive action
      123 10  -  G. SILVERAJ I read with interest what Mr. Benson Toh has written in New Nation, December 8, regarding the Inadequate bus service No. 173. I support Mr. Benson Toh in saying that It is time more positive action is taken to solve the problems of bus commuters.
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      Crux of the argument
      198 10  -  B.H. TAN What I do not understand U the generosity of your paper in devoting almost one entire page to the In Person feature which shows our social upstarts p.linirtwy glasses, rubbing shoulders and laughing all the way. Is there nothing important in the world, especially
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      102 10 Write to The Editor, New Nation. Locked Bag 15, GPO, Singapore, 1. vulCain Open Heart If you appreciate beauty and truth .The chances are you will like the Vulcain Open Heart. With its see through' design there is nothing to hide Except its superbly haadcrafted Swiss movements. Be exclusive! Fascinate
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  • Page 10 Miscellaneous
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      35 10 <0 m i ft a /4 N I 2^ fc M 2 3SS <SH v\ fc a ptf T£NT I At—. £4-^Ol DAT DO M>f im£ri»e thar A££ At^ Powerful U/f AP£ fc(/[jkiArf <%UITZ VVLWQAeLEI"
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  • Our Heritage
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      Saga of Singapore's early sea people
      1399 11  -  PRESENTED BY BETTY L. KHOO i BY i BETTY L. KHOO Singapore once had a floating population similar to the floating market people of Bangkok and Hong Kong's Aberdeen. They were the Orang Laut (sea people) who came In their sailing sampans from the
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      Boy or girl: It's all a gamble
      516 11  -  Dr. David Reuben replies Q. What decides whether a baby will be a boy or a girl? A. Two things luck and the "Y chromosome." The whole process of conception seems more like a reproductive pin-ball game than a way to perpetuate the
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  • Article
    creative gifts for the home
    570 12 WITH barely ten days to go before Christmas, the -shopping bug has go to us all. It's one big spree for Singaporeans this year with their pockets bulging and their hands full with packages. For those who have yet to get into the spirit of
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      21 12 (Paroling @P.. M—— (Italy) tiwiHn m tab m w«H.. No. 231, Ist Floor, "Show Centre", Scott* Rood, S'poro, 9. Tai: *****3
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      174 12 Em dee Electronic Souvenirs No. 308, 2ND FLOOR SHAW CENTRE, SCOTTS ROAD, SINGAPORE 9. OFF. TEL: *****3. RES. TEL: *****2 SPECIALISING IN ALL KINDS OF HI-FI EQUIPMENT, TRANSISTOR RADIOS,. TAPE-RECORDERS, CAMERAS PROJECTORS, TAPE ACCESSORIES. VJ3 >1 M :<W. JI fijo Specialist in: Prescriped Polaroid sunglasses. 100% absorption; anti-glare lenses Complete
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      227 12 ii Over 2 torn of Levi's 4000 pairs 100 azes. For all ttxK. Singapore's largest and wildest selection of Levi's. The newest bell-bottoms, flares, straight legs and tapers. Plaids, checks and stripes. Far-out dress jeans, Far-in Sta-Prest slacks. FLOW INTO mi Lrv. 1 A) .< yiyj H PfM 10 a.M.
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      173 12 Anne DIPLOMA PARIS ACADEMY SCHOOL OF FASHION LONDON THE MOST EXQUISITE FASHION DRESSES ARE AVAILABLE AT SHAW CENTRE: 2nd Floor, Shop No, 306 Tel: *****1 24, Greenwood Avenue i Hillcrest Estate, Singapore 11. I I Tel: *****0 f For Unique Beautiful: Earthern Wore, Porcelain Wore, Plastic Locquer Ware, Fancy colourful
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      Male presence syndrome and one-up womanship
      599 13  -  The female front B1 .LYNN. Jj Presented by Mary L— Some of my best friends are girls. Yet, I don't seem to be able to strike up a lasting friendship with any of the wives or girlfriends of my husband's friends. They seem to
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      Coping with mental fatigue
      181 13 If you're always tired, Dr. Louis Cope of Houston says it's probably all in the mind. "Complaints of always being tired more often reflect the weariness of the spirit rather than the body," he says Dr. Cope, who has Just written a book titled "It is
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      Figuring out fashion to suit you
      149 13 It omores me no end the way women figure out. Women with big hiot insist on wearing ponts (they should take a look at themselves from the rear); girls with stumpy legs WILL bare their knees sometimes drowing more attention with coloured tights! All
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      Time to decide what you're having for Christmas dinner
      1025 13  -  EATING IN with MAK CHIK If you still haven't made up your mind what you're cooking for Christmas dinner, you'd better hurry. There are only another 10 days to go before the big day, and most shops and supermarkets like you
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      202 13 JOIN ME, I'M AQUADREAMING! Buy an Aquadream Water Bed from OSKAY ENTERPRISE PTE LTD unit 404, Th'rd Floor Shaw Centre Tel: *****4. The only bed which exertts equal pressure en every point of your back to give you complete rest. j t\JCW POOSPERITY ELECTRICAL (PTE) LTD ll—rfQWin I *1. MR*.
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      126 13 &l£f^ .r VANROY HOUSE FOR THE LATEST DIES'WEAR r* < 4^l EXCITING ECONOMICAL I Bell-bottom slacks, moxis. minis, pant-suits, demi-suits and blouses a,m. to lOp.m. Everyday r -i V J r m > 4 .•■♦--I 4 v m i <■*■*■? JSB **P t v -»U .V™ *i' Hs 1 "<*.
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  • BEHIND THE NEWS
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      Lock icon Laos efforts for a food-hold
      647 14  -  From B. Keomanivong Reuter I LAOS A landlocked country, caught in the crossfire of the Indo-China conflict, Laos struggles to survive by developing Its primitive agriculture and solving the formidable problem of resettling over half a million war refugees. Limited by Its own natural resources
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      Air talks: Up to politicians now
      691 14  -  From V. K. Chin MALAYSIA The government is expected to make a decision on the future flight plans of the Malaysian Airline System following the breakdown in talks on a new air agreement between Malaysia and Britain last week. A political decision is now
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      Nanyang Siang Pau
      514 14 VOICE OF THE PRESS What other newspapers are saying: THE FUTURE OF THE FIVE-NATION JOINT DEFENCE ARRANGEMENTS: The New Zealand Prime Minister. Mr. Norman Kirk has announced that the new Prime Minister of Australia, Mr. Gough Whit lam, will visit New Zealand next month for a meeting
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      220 14 "LAWNDRETTE MOWER 0484 v V\ h Bu This range of power gardening tools really make it easy for Dad in the garden and easy for you to choose the perfect X'mes gift. See the full range today and make Dad's X'mas complete. raj Another quality product from StME DARBY h*
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      110 14 rw*. /u >Wf 4 SINGAPORE'S FIRST DISCOTHEQUE AND STILL SWINGING! DANCE TO THE LATEST DISCS IN A UNIQUE ATMOSPHERE OPEN SUNDAY THURSDAY 7PM —2AM FRIDAY. SATURDAY EVE OF HOLIDAY 7PM —3AM 91-A. TANGUN ROAD (ABOVE CilNO S RESTAURANT) SINGAPORE. 10. Tel *****0 &2!ts¥ VITAMIN E PREPARATION keeps you vital and
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  • Wine & Spirits A Caldbeck Macgregor Presentation
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      Dining . and wining in Singapore
      1307 15  - Dining and wining in Singapore By Barend Kruysmulder 1- ->" Dining and wining means many things to many people. In the strictest sense it should simply mean having an evening meal away from your home. But is this what we understand today from this catch-all phrase? Far from it. 1
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      Wine in the home
      560 15 And where else should it be? For although taverns for the sale of wine have existed for almost as long as the good drink itself, the major consumption has always been at home. I was talking to a young lady the other day who held the
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      How to give a perfect party
      891 16 Gillian Chan has a the answers «A PARTY should be so well organised that the host and hostess relax and be one of the guests." This is the firm belief of Mrs. Gillian Chan, Party Consultant of Winecraft at Tudor Court. "Many a party
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      Good buys from Winecraft
      613 16 It's the thought that counts or so they say. But how much thought exactly do we give to the receiver when buying a present? This year, before you go charging into the nearest multi-storey shopping complex, sit down and plan your Christmas shopping. Find out about
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      A little white truth
      869 17 Whengin,lsU rum andvodka knocked thehquor world offits feet. The white spirits, namely Gin, light Rum and Vodka, have gained tremendous popularity in the last few years. This is particularly so among the young executive types, who find their flavours more appealing than the established brandy and
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      Cocktails-those crazy mixed-up drinks.
      794 17 No one knows how the word"cocktaii was first used to describe certain mixed drinks, and few drinkers care. There have been countless theories, but each has another unproved theory to rival it. One fact remains: A cocktail first appeared in print in an American magazine in
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      Great Scotch!
      426 18 Still gmngstrxmgafler years The story of Scotch whisky began long before Johnnie Walker was born. It was more than 500 years ago when a warming spirit with a distinct flavour was first distilled from fermenting barley mash in the Highlands. It was called "Uisge Beatha" which is Gaelic
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      He is a winner with wine
      635 18  -  By Mary Lee When was the last time you ordered a bottle of Barsac for your first (seafood) course during dinner in a restaurant and discovered to your quiet embarrassment that it was a sweet, instead of a dry white wine? You would have
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      How to pass a "bar examination"
      675 18 Many people still have the misguided notion that home bar owners must either be hosts to rousing parties every weekend, or swaying on the brink of an A.A. (not the Automobile Association) membership. Neither could be further from the truth. A teetotaler is known
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      The Brandy of Napoleon
      659 19 It gruws mare beautiful For her size, Singapore is one of the world's biggest brandy consumers, thanks to all those "yam sengs". Last year, Singapore downed about 2% million bottles of brandy a bottle for every man, woman and child! Good cognac has always been recognised
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      Cooking with wine The making of a chef is in a bottle of wine
      595 19 Drinking is not theonly way to enjoy wine .Cooking with it has long been an accepted practice. In fact, the best continental cuisine almost always requires a glass or two of wine. Wine in the recipe
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      How to avoid a hangover and what to do if you couldn't
      446 20 A nasty hangover the morning after is never worth the pleasure of the previous night. With Christmas and all its accompanying niceties looming before us, it may be wise to keep a few precautions in mind. The basic
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      Hampers
      260 20 If you want to surprise your friends and relatives this Christmas, present than with Winecraft Gift Hampers. Each hamper is attractively packed and wrapped in a huge basket, and we wifl deliver it right at the hicky receiver's doorsteps together with a card with your name on it. They
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      The why's and wherefore's of what wine with which glass
      473 20 Of all the snobbish nonsense surrounding wine, none is more senseless than the rules about the "right" glass for a particular type of wine. Although many wine regions have glasses of a particular shape characteristic of the area, a standard
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      The truth about liqueurs
      727 20 MENTION liqueurs, and people hive in their minds the image of an old monk bent double, silently labouring next to a huge still, carefully extracting a highly fragrant sweet and colourful liquid. It is true that liqueurs as we know them were invented by monks, who
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      46 15 H a f. II Go Dutch witooneofthe 29 Bols liqueurs 29 varieties. Apricot Brandy, Kummel, Mint Chocolate, Cherry Brandy, et&, The perfect base for any cocktail Go Dofch anytime, with anyone. Just chooee from 29 varieties B TbSSTwt of Holland in X •*>, J X V V*
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      104 16 -5mm 4. The perfect party A 'cold' gift that will warm any heart. This silver-coated drink cooler, in the shape of a golf club. Just freeze it, then dip into your drink. Cools beautifully without diluting. $13.50 each. $50.00 a set of four clubs. Small or big parties, Winecraft will
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      111 17 Tonight, start your party with Bacardi Anything goes with BACARDI runt i ,*7?, iiwi 4 Swinging parties begin with rum. Light, smooth Bacardi mixes with anything. Great with Coke, tonic or orange juice. Marvellous with ginger ale or lemonade. Famous throughout the world, Bacardi is different Purer, clearer, drier. Start
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      68 19 ov &9QEF. 0 wPI MP r Hr f (■real Man (■real \aiiic Great Brandy Courvoisier for the man who knows brandy. And knows what he wants. Like Napoleon of France, the greatest man of his age, the connoisseur chooses Courvoisier the greatest cognac of this age because it's extra smooth,
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      109 20 m V...» £S& «v <?■ ■+'n' m rX s& m mm. £.5* 4 V;a 2» 4 t ■> e. wi fMI J i. Sim •:i':o/? F ja AM M ()v 1 BOTTi-ff *N > v »< g .<* ■>, r i»|S|g^ ',f 'fc*v ><■ T-' KSk&VP'otWV vA-*:- j *&-x~ />
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  • BUSINESS NEWS
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      MARKET MOVEMENTS
      95 21 The dure advanced on a broad front ft industrials, hotels and properties. Sime Dirfcy, a star performer, rose to $l.4ft on a v olume of 241 shares bat daring the last few minutes of trading eased to $8.25 to gain 55 cents overnight. Straits Times which rose to
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      US: Stock market 'ready for slump'
      207 21 New York, Friday—The Stock market dropped yesterday as investors closed out portfolios with profittaking for the third consecutive day. Trading on the New York Stock Exchange was moderately active. At the closing bell, the Dow Jones industrial average of SO selected blue chip Issues
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      A favourable year for the textile industry
      332 21 Singapore's textile trade and industry enjoyed a favourable year in 1971, with total domestic exports rising by 67 per cent to $158 million. Of this, 61.7 per cent of the Singapore-made textiles went to the markets in Australia, Canada, EEC countries, Japan, Norway,
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      New water pumps for Singapore market
      138 21 A new range of Australian water pumps is being introduced in the region Including Singapore. South-East Asia is an Important market, said Mr. Quek Chin Hong, an executive of Paterson Simons, local agents for Kelly and Lewis manufacturer of suction centrifugal pumps. "The Housing
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    • OVERSEAS STOCK EXCHANGE PRICES
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        Tokyo
        59 21 Closing prices (In yen) yesterday: Nippon Steel 147 Mitsui O.S.K. Line 269 Japan Mall Steamship 318 Teljln 225 Nippon Mining 218 Mitsui Metal, 144 Isuzu Motor 212 Mitsubishi Heavy Ind. 245 Telkoku Oil 287 Nippon Sanso (Oxygen Ind.) 190 Tokyu Hotel 360 Hazama Oumi (Construction Co.) 720 Toua Real
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        Sydney
        265 21 Prices at 11.30 a.m. today (Australian time). Abaleen 11 12 do opts nil 07 AOD 12 13 Allstate 28 29 Amad 0T 12 Aurora 16 17 do opts 04 05 Aust Ant 13 14 Bamboo 09 12 Bach nil 48 Bounty Oil 01 Vi 02 Bridge 19 23 Castlereagh
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        Paris
        198 21 Closing prices (In francs) yesterday: Pari has 205 (307) Indochlne 264.50 264) Foncler 396 (397) Prlntemps 156.90 (157) C.G.E. 464 (465) Bull 71.40 (71.10) Royal Dutch 194 (195.10) Mlchelln 1696 (1697) Thomson 162 (161J0) CJP. 196.30 (195.20) Rhone 165.20 (170.10) Air 328 (326) Philips 85 (84.60) Suez 342 (346)
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        New York
        193 21 Allied Cbem 30 5814 Am Bnodi 42* Am Can 31H rinnBwSHiBBHBHHH^KH Anaconda IS Beth Steel 29 Boeing 25 Caterp Trac 67 Chrysler ao Coca-Cola 14R Cont CHI M Tl Control Data 61 Ctorn Ol Wki 263 Dow Chem 104 14 DuPont 175 E Kodak 147 V. Exxon R7
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        Dow Jones averages
        34 21 Dow Jones closing stock averages on the New York Exchange yesterday: 30 Intis. 1025.06 (off 5.42), 20 Transp. 232.59 (off 4.99), 15 Utlls 122.09 (off 0.58), 65 Stocks 333.27 (off 3.11).
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        Price index improves
        63 21 Tokyo, Friday The Tokyo stock market showed signs of advance in early trading yesterday after Wednesday's mixed tone. By mid-day, the Tokyo Stock Exchange price index improved 0.21 to 368.73 In the lirst section and 0.33 to 396.94 In the second. Nonferrous metals, coals and other resources
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      Lock icon HK loses $445 mil. over £ floatation
      177 21 HK loses $445 mil. over floatation Reuter Hong Kong, Friday.— Hong Kong's financial reserves have suffered a net loss of HK$B9O million ($445 million) since the float of sterling, the Financial Secretary, Mr. Philip Haddon Cave announced here yesterday. Britain has agreed in principle to pay Hong Kong £16 million
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      New Fair Lady shares
      112 21 Jack Chla-MPH is to subscribe $2 million for the allotment of two million new consolidated shares of $1 each in Fair Lady Fashions. Out of this the company is offering 500,000 shares to Fair Lady's present shareholders on the basis of one for four new consoldlated
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      168 21 11l DATS HONG KONO SEA JET HOLIDAYS $880 including 5 days first class accommodation and all meals on board airconditioned ship to Hong Kong, 5 nights hotel accommodation with breakfasts at Hong Kong, economy airfare from Hong Kong, tours and transfers! Dep. Singapore: 26th January 1973 Arr. Singapore: sth February
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      109 21 H/hether you are an Amateur or Professional there's always a PETRI to suit you. PETRI cameras and accessories are made to the highest degree of technical perfection to give true-to-life photography PETRI comes in a fabulous range, for demonstration, see your nearest PETRI dealer Li -"WW r*Tr, ftfe icf o
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      1838 22 PHOTOGRAPHY COLOUR PHOTOS reody by 24 hours. World-wide Centre, 360 Show Centre. Singapore *****4. SHOPS FOR SME PEACE CENTRE SHOP from 300 sq.ft. available. Contact Kk>n An Reolty Ltd., 275-G, Selegie Complex, Selegie Rood, Spore 7. Tel: *****/*****. SHOPPING GUIDI A NEW COLLKCTION of trendy, reasonably priced, casual evening wear
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      322 22 WAIKIKI HAWAIIAN GUITAR Studio tuition for Ckmic/Sponish/ Boss Guitor and Oum specialised in individuoi cooching theory ond practical 105 Bencoolen Street (S'pore) Tel. *****. RADIO T.V. SERVICING OOUUB, Evening class commences 15/12/72, enrol at S.E.A. Electronic Engineering Institute 3-H, Paya Leber Rood, S'pore Tel: *****4. TUTOR TO TEACH English primary
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      599 22 VEHICLE WANTED URGENTLY REQUIRED good used cars. Immediate cash paid. Contact 69 Killiney Rood Mr. Tan *****9. WHERE TO STAY SLOANE COURT HOTEL, 17, Balmoral Rood, quiet residential. Orchard Rood area, airconditioned, $20/- upwards Tel: *****/7 (S'pore). WHERE TO EAT EXCLUSIVE NOODLE AND KWEY TEOW—we serve special soup for lunch:
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    52 VC to vie for fencing honours
    243 23  -  By Sonny Yap The Vigilante Corps will hold its Open Fencing Championships at VC Headquarters, Jalan Kolam Ayer from December 19 to 22. A total of 52 competitors from Districts 1 to 8 will vie for swashbuckling honours on a league system each
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    Archer golfs well
    129 23 Auckland, Friday—American George Archer, who finished third in the list of US golf money winners this year, shared the lead after yesterday's first round in the City of Auckland classic tournament here. On a day when players* had to contend with a cold wind, rain squalls and
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    What now George Best?
    630 23 London, Friday Manchester United announced last night that George Best is to resume training" and intimated that the temperamental star is off the transfer list. Best, 26, was suspended for 14 days and put up for sale by the dub on December 5 after repeated breaches
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    Formula I GP suspended
    71 23 Buenos Aires, Friday. The Argentine Grand Prix, which was due to start the Formula One motor racing world championship on January 28, has been suspended owing to lack of funds, a spokesman for the Argentine Automobile Club said here last night. The club, he said, hoped
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      36 23 :>• 2 V; X. h ■>. <yy> a 7' fool er Shipped from Switzerland The chocolate of the connoisseur i friz? r* v 4> W SHR 5 ALL PROCEEDS TO BE OOHATED TO CHARITY II m M H
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      181 23 Philips Power Packed Bargains! hi i n()rr r 1 stv!in at si -un(3 i... it tiiOUS rjrfjf of P' lis H:f Mitfn.it'; •(j!t f'.ivV <• 1 s• i wnhiMtai I':* a: prM CH FinumpßlNTtßf.illDNil fi '"|Oy n<J N(>W s the 'til t '*iu tit "of Pf 11: 1 at oust
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      267 23 NEW NATION CROSSWORD 8 Miscalculate. 9 Cut of bacon. 10 Gathers: Colloq. 11 Declaim. 12 Scandinavian girl's name. 13 Mortimer 19 Misgiving. 21 Tabu: Slang. 24 Pamous German wood engraver. 25 Author Irwin. 26 Hack. 27 Make fast: Naut. 30 charge. 32 Attachment to a sink. 33 Dickens girl. 34
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    SAS, Dunman clash in final today
    348 24  -  By Dennis Chia The Singapore American School will meet Dunman Government Chinese Mid dle School in the final of the Singapore American Schools X'mas Invitational basketball tournament, at King's Road today. Both earned their places by overwhelming their opponents in the semi finals held
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    Taiwan meets PI in vital match
    266 24 Manila, Friday.—Undefeated Taiwan will meet defending champions the Philippines today to dispute the temporary leadership in the seven-nation second Asian youth basketball championship here. The Nationalist Chinese posted their fourth victory in as many games when they beat India last night 118-63. It will
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    Victory to NZ yacht
    194 24 Sydney, Friday—New Zealand yacht Pathfinder gained an all the way victory in the 27 miles (43 •kilometres) TTiird International One Ton Cup race here yesterday. Skippered by Roy Dickson, Pathfinder led around every mark on the triangular Olympic course off here to finish four minutes 52
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      187 24 A watch this thin should never have been possible today. To encase over a thousand parts into a watch almost as thin as its strap, is surely a seemingly impossible endeavour. It would have been impossible, if Universal Genive had not persisted in its quest for absolute perfection to create
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      79 24 2 BEAUTIFUL BABYCHAM GLASSES —when you buy 2 dozen Babycham Yes, whenever you buy two dozen bottles of Babycham that magic sparkling drink which means such fun and gaiety to millions you'll get two free crystal-clear champagne glasses made especially for Babycham. Hurry! Buy now while they last! ,ime Darby
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      123 24 Sports diary BASKETBALL—Singapore v SRC (Farrer Park 5.15 American Schools Xmas p.m.). Invitational tournament BADMINTON interfinal: Singapore American Business Houses mixed team School v Dunman Govern- championships (BBA hall, ment Chinese Middle School 7.30 p.m.). (7 1P.m.). SOCCER FAS Div. 1: ./"OR SRD AND 4TH Hamilton v Pools, Fathul v
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    Royal Moor looks a good outsider
    290 25 From Blue Peter x in Kuala Lumpur Mark down Royal Moor as a lively outsider in Race Six on Sunday. With Des Coleman in the saddle, Royal Moor came away from Securitas at the end of a 3f trial in 384/5. The going was
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    Last 8 for SICC C-Cup
    663 25 4EL DP Y t I W/TH H0 vV The Commonwealth Cup quarter-finals take to the fairways tomorrow, with L.Y. Sia and David On* teeing off at 1.15 p.m. against R. Edmonds and D.J. Mullholland. It is expected that the latter pair will account for their
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    Roger gets his big Test chance
    257 25 New Delhi. Friday—Roger Tolchard, who must have been resigned to playing a minor role on MCC's tour of India, Pakistan and Sri Lanka, yesterday emerged as a candidate for a Test place. Tolchard, 26, waj picked for the tour only 10 days before the
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      223 25 apcsatadtade-4nand r y> r. 10:1 f/1.7 zoom lens from 6.5 mm to 65 mm Push-button power zoom Automatic exposure control Remote control Rechargeable battery system Manual exposure override provided for special light situations. Synchro sound connector affords perfect sound to picture synchronization by coverting the CHINON synchro cassette tape recorder
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      189 25 They've Added Another Non-Wrinkle to the Arrow Dectolene: It Stretches, We can't say they've added a new wrinkle. Because the new Arrow Dectolene has no wrinkles. None. It will drip-dry in two hours or less perfectly wrinkle-free. Soft. Cool. But now it stretches and springs back into shape for the
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      65 25 DR. KILDARE by Ken Bald S m VOU WERE TOLP THAT MV SISTER-/N--LAW IS N0T.... RESPONSIBLE. FOR HER SAFETy ...ANP youßs... ft v* l\v 4 ,V>: I* n.'f-V. RIP KIRBY by John Prentice and Fred Dickenson IT WAS SUHSEL, ALL RISHT. THE WATCHMAN IPENTIFfEP HIM... i> n w iMl l£lt
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      HUNANESE BEAUTY
      42 26 Lovely Lilian Wang, 20, is a Hunanese beauty from Taiwon with a v«ice to match. A new face in Singapore, Lilian sings at the Mandarin Hotel's Mandarin Court Restaurant. She enjoys working here. "Singaporeans are warm and gentle", says Lilian.
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      Today...
      151 26 Today is Friday, December 15, the 350 th day of 1972 with 16 to follow. THE MOON: Between its first quarter and full phase. THE MORNING STARS: Mercury, Venus and Mars. THE EVENING STARS: Jupiter and Saturn. Those born on this date are under the sign of Sagittarius. French
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      Putting the pigeons on the Pill
      236 26 CITY'S ANSWER TO PROBLEM The West German city of Cologne Is putting its pigeons on the PHI. The Pill for pigeons is to be tried in eight "test" areas In the city first of,all. For a few days pigeons in these areas will be
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      TALKING POINT
      31 26 AH FOOK: What an ordeal for that taxidriver held hostage by the Outram Hospital raiders yesterday. MEI LIN: Let's hope the gang is caught soon before there's anymore trouble.
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      362 26 TV kftnoi -c i 5 Singapore 3.00 Opening and Where the Heart Is 3.20 For the Family (K) 3.50 A Diary of Events in Singapore this Week (E) 3.55 Health in the Home: Nutrition (E—Rpt) 4.10 Days of Our Lives 4.30 Close 6.00 Opening and Lucky Dip 6.30 News in
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      603 26 TRUST YOUR LUCKY STAR IF IT'S YOUR BIRTHDAY BORN today, you are a cooperative person who seeks always to shoulder his share of whatever burdens are going the rounds —but who at the same time expects others to shoulder theirs. You have nothing of the martyr in you; that is,
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      Quest of Gold looks good for the opening race tomorrow
      795 27  -  By Blue Peter Quest of Gold will take a Jot of beating in the Class 3 Division 5 6F handicap at Kuala Lumpur tomorrow. The Snark five-year-old was well supported last Saturday and was not disgraced when third to Gomanwyn
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      SELECTIONS FOR SATURDAY
      146 27 SCRUTINEER BLUE PETER EPSOM JEEP 'fu i\<rvm 1 r\ Race 1 E. SPECIAL Quest of Gold Q. OF GOLD Samuel Q. OF GOLD Samael SAMUEL Onset of G«ld LITTLE Qaest of Gold Race ANUUKAH Thunder Spear MACON DO Anafrah ANUGRAH Thunder Spear VOLUBLE Ttaaior Spear fTjTTTTTI Bwe
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      SATURDAY'S CARD
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      10 27 SCRUTINEER'S NAP FORECAST Thunder Spear and Anugrah IN RACE TWO
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      70 27 T"J Like all thoroughbreds, they combine gt power and performance. They are handsome enough to he seen amid the t crowd at Ascot, yet so rugged that a half-TRINOVID 10x40 went with astronauts to the moon. Units 'moonocular' will continue U NASA space explonmons. 71 design features- tough, sh and
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