New Nation, 8 February 1973

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    18 1 NEW NATION SINGAPORE Thursday evening, February 8, 1973 No. 633 Price 15 cents SINGAPORE THURSDAY, FEBRUARY S, 1973
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    OUR ROADS
    13 1 Police reported 71 accidents yesterday. Two were fatal, and one serious.
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    ON THE 'CHANGE
    186 1 The bulls again forged ahead leaving the bears another step behind when the share market opened this morning. Trading was selective. On the industrial board, Development Bank of Singapore gained active support from the beginning and was traded at $7.40, 45 cents higher. Glamour stocks Haw Par
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    Lock icon Currency crisis: A call to Europe
    360 1 'Let's solve it together* Reuter Brussels, Thursday West German Chancellor Willy Brandt said yesterday that Europe should band together to tackle the latest international currency crisis. Mr. Brandt, who is here on a one-day semi-official visit, was speaking at a lunch given in his
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    George Best loses his head...
    125 1 London, Thursday Soccer playboy George Best (above) was beheaded yesterday and his place in Britain's Hall of Fame given to Dutch star Johann Cruyff. Best's statue was removed from Madame Tussaud's waxworks because of his statement that he has now given up football. His head
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    US warning
    32 1 Washington, Thursday.— The House of Representatives yesterday served notice that it wili block trade concessions for the Soviet Union unless Moscow allows Jews and other minority groups to emigrate freely.
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    AMOK KILLS 8 IN VILLAGE
    319 1  -  24-hour drama ends as Malaysian police party gun down a 62-year-old padi farmer From V.K. Chin Kuala Lumpur. Thursday i Police this morning shot dead an amok who killed eight people, including two constables, in the village of Titian Akar in Negri Sembilan yesterday. The
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    Jurong worker murdered
    261 1  -  Found with his head bashed in By Wee Beng Huat, Sonny Yap A watchman, Patilwasinhage Simon Silva, 62. was found this morning with his head bashed in at a Jurong construction firm. His hands and feet were bound with ropes. His body was discovered by a construction
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    Lock icon Heavy fighting goes on as Dr. K leaves
    338 1 UPI and Reuter Saigon, Thursday Heavy fighting continued in South Vietnam for the second day running yesterday as the US presidential adviser, Dr. Henry Kissinger, left on a peace mission to Hanoi and Peking. The Baigon Command claimed 342 North Vietnamese and
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    Teachers join strike move
    43 1 London, Thursday. Teachers here yesterday Joined the lengthening list of workers planning strike action in protest against government economic policies. More than 1000 teachers are expected to answer a union call for a three-day strike starting on Feb. 20.
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    New law on fishing
    57 1 Buenos Aires, Thursday. A new law came into force here yesterday under which no foreign vessels may fish within the 200 nautical miles of sea over which Argentina claims jurisdiction. Previously a limited number of foreign boats could operate with Argentine permission. The world's major fishing
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    $840,000 hold-up
    50 1 New York, Thursday. Three men disguised as armoured car guards held up a bank in Holyoke, Massachusetts, yesterday and escaped with nearly US$3OO,OOO ($840,000). A bank official said the robbery happened at the time guards were scheduled to arrive to pick up bags for delivery to business offices.
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    Five to face firing squad
    61 1 Kampala, Thursday Five Ugandans who appeared before a military tribunal charged with taking part in guerrilla activities have been convicted and sentenced to public execution by firing squad, the government said yesterday. Seven other Ugandans were sentenced by the tribunal to be publicly executed two
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    Stop-at-two kids drive not a total success
    343 2 Chua: Fertility rates too high The Minister for Health, Mr. Chua Sian Chin, today said the Republic's Stop-At-Two drive had only achieved a fair measure of success. Thus the problem of birth control had not been totally solved, he said. Opening a junior
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    Warning
    41 2 New Delhi, Thursday—An official of the International Atomic Energy Agency (lAEA) warned yesterday that the world would be faced with an energy crisis in the next 10 to 15 years unless 1} million tons of additional uranium reserves were found.
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    Toh picks up a 'challenge'
    178 2 A gesture of friendship was shown by the Minister for Science and Technology, Dr. Toh Chin Chye, to a Maori dancer at the New Zealand High Commissioner's residence in Queen Astrid Park last night As the spear wielding native threw his "challenge* 1 to Dr.
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    Promotion: 1500 being interviewed by PSC
    220 2 Interviews of the 1500 applicants shortlisted by the Public Service Commission under the Ministry of Education promotion exercise will be completed soon. A PSC spokesman said: "Interviews of the candidates will be completed fairly soon. There are several selection boards working on the interviews
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    New housing concept can succeed
    340 2 'Ideal for Singapore* Th e con d o minium concept in building has a greater chance of success in Singapore than elsewhere, a development advisor said today. Mr. Carter Willsey, who is advising City Developments, a realty company, in their condominium project in Clementi Park,
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    Now more women can do shift at night
    162 2 More and more firms are getting special permission from the Labour Ministry to allow their women employees to work on night shifts because of the shortage of labour. The latest are two companies, Jurong Plywood and Singapore Woollen and Spinning Mills employing
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    Lim has every reason to be happy...
    164 2 Despite the fact that the $300 Post Office Savings Bank gift voucher Mr. Lim Teck Kuah, 26. is holdlne does not really belong to him. he still has every reason to be happy. Mr. Lim, a clerk in a rubber firm collected the
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    Recognition for Hanoi
    30 2 Ottawa. Thursday— Canada has extended recognition to North Vietnam. Prime Minister Pierre Elliott Trudeau confirmation of recognition to Pham Van Dong. Premier of North Vietnam, late Tuesday.
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      440 2 HDPPEnincs WHAT S TODAY ON I Mr. Sim Boon Woo, Member of Parliament for Changl, will open the "WATER IS PRECIOUS' EXHIBITION at the Changi community centre at 7.30 p.m. Mr. R. Karmakar, specialist inspector of the Ministry of Education, will LECTURE ON ART EDUCATION IN THE PRIMARY SCHOOLS at
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      127 2 EHMM Today's winning number *****1 If the last six digits of your Singapore identity card number are those shown above, you can claim a $300 Post Office Savings Bank Gift Voucher. Your voucher will be paid into a Post Office Saving Bank account in your name. Call with your identity
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      85 2 Tides Today: 1.49 p.m. (2.Bm>. Tomorrow: 2.13 a.m. (2.9 m), 2.37 p.m. (2.6 m). Saturday: 2.47 a.m. (2.8 m), 3.36 p.m. (2.3m>. Sunday: 3.28 a.m. (2.7 m), 5.04 p.m. (2m). Monday: 4.22 a.m. (2.6 m), 7.55 p.m. (2m). Tuesday: 5.39 a.m. (2.5 m), 9.29 p.m. (2.2 m). Wednesday: 7.22 a.m.
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    Re-examine school curriculum, urges Dr. Wong
    262 3 Singapore's school curriculum must be reexamined for its relevance to our social needs. Dr. Ruth Wong, director of research, Ministry of Education, said this morning. Speaking at the preunlversity students' seminar on Population Growth and its implications in an Urban Singapore at the Teachers
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    240 families get quit order...
    495 3  -  Land in Changi needed for development By Douglas Chan Some 240 families living in former RAF civilian employees quarters in Changi have been asked to vacate their homes by the end of the month. They- have been issued quit notices by the Land Office. More
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    Ministry warning on change of address
    91 3 People who do not report a change in their place of residence within 14 days are liable, on conviction, to a maximum of five years imprisonment or $5000 fine or both. The Ministry of Home Affairs, has warned that this is required under Sec-
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    Aust. cleanliness 'not on par' with S'pore
    213 3 Cleanliness in Australia is just not on par with Singapore, the Queensland Minister of Tourism, Mr. John Herbert, said yesterday. Mr. Herbert said: "We are most Impressed with Singapore's anti -litter camDaign, especially your city's cleanliness. "In fact I Just met Singapore's delegate,
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    More flats soon for PSA staff
    286 3 Home ownership plan The Port of Singapore Authority will be building more flats at Spottiswoode Park for its staff, as part of its home-ownership programme. At present there are two blocks of 20-storey flats there which have been sold at prices ranging between $26,000
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    Unrest in Durban
    82 3 Durban, Thursday. Industrial unrest spread throughout Durban yesterday when 16,000 black municipal workers joined pay strikers from other industries and police used tear gas against marchers. With strikers now affecting life hi the centre of this maior port, the Durban Mayor councillor, Mr. Ron Williams, warned that
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    MP to open exhibition
    60 3 Mr. Ho Kah Leong. MP for Jurong, will officiate at the opening of an art exhibition by Hong Yung Chang at 5.30 p.m. next Thursday at the Chinese Chamber of Commerce. The exhibition, Jointly presented by the China Society and the Singapore Art Society, will continue
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    Art display
    24 3 The Alpha Gallery will present an exhibition of paintings by Chuang Che. a well known Taiwan artist from Tuesday to Feb. 26.
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      260 3 Quix object No. 186 Only one correct Last Saturday's Quiz Photograph showed a brick. The only correct entry ?^K>f eCe ir ed from Mr. Shmbhir Black, a bell-boy, $35 Road. He wins Do you know what toshows? photograph No If you uo write or type out your answers i»nd send
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  • In Person
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      Merrymaking goes on till Chap Goh Mei
      333 4 Conducted by Ruth Moses, Tel: *****1 ALTHOUGH Chinese New Year is past, there are several more days to Chap Goh Mei, and this means many more dinners, lunches and teas to attend before we settle down to the routine of work. The community
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    Censors' scissors snip off all the action...
    613 4  -  CINEMA By Edgar Koh FOUR RIDERS (Mandarin) starring David Chiang (Capital). The small print under the swashbuc kling title tells the story: "Re-edited version." Four Riders, banned after the recent clampdown on violence, la one of those films which the Ministry of Culture
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    Lock icon Asean call for closer ties among the mass media
    217 5 Reuter Manila, Thursday. The Association of South-East Asian Nations (Asean.) has agreed that the mass media can play a part in national and regional development. The Asean permanent committee on mass media, which ended ltd two-day conference here on Tuesday, in
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    Fire death toll rises
    52 5 Johannesburg, Thursday. —The death toll In gold mine fire rose to 26 yesterday as rescue teams located more bodies. The miners—all Africans —were trapped when fire started about 1,200 metres down at the East Briefontein mine at Carletonvllle. yesterday. About 2,500 miners were below ground at
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    Lock icon Aust. govt blocks transfer of casino shares to Asians
    286 5 Reuter Canberra, Thursday. The Australian government stepped In last night to block a planned transfer of shares In Australia's first casino to Asian investors. At the same time, shareholders unaware of the government move, were voting overwhelmingly in favour of the
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    Lock icon Gangs on the rampage...
    418 5 ...as Belfast workers go on strike UPI and Reuter Belfast, Thursday Rioting and gunfire erupted in several parts of Belfast yesterday during a 24-hour general strike by Protestant workers that brought industrial and commercial life to a standstill. Gangs of stone-throwing youths fought British troops, attacked
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    Lock icon 'Spy chief quits over drug case'
    241 5 Reuter Bonn, Thursday. The West German magazine, Stern, yesterday claimed that the chief of Britain's secret service had announced his resignation because his son was facing a drug smuggling charge. The story indirectly appeared to disclose the hitherto secret identity of the head of
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    Islamic meet
    35 5 Beirut, Thursday. A foreign minister's conference of Islamic countries will be held In Benghazi on March 24 to consider the conditions of Musiims in the Philippines, the official Libyan news agency said yesterday.
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    Lock icon US: Indira speech unwelcome
    295 5 United Press International Washington, Thursday The State Department yesterday said the Indiau Prime Minister, Mrs. Indira Gandhi's remarks about the US bombing in South-East Asia were unwelcome. The US Secretary of State. Mr. William Rogers, requested an explanation from Ambassador Laakshml Kant Jha. In a recent
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    Lock icon Call for probe into the war
    334 5 United Press International Washington, Thursday— Republican Senator Robert Dole yesterday proposed a full Senate inquiry into the origins of the Vietnam war. In future years, Mr. Dole told the Senate, when the question arisen as to how it all began, "a people such as
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    Soviet island jolted
    58 5 Moscow, Thursday. Strong earth tremors, measuring 5.5 to 6 on the Richter scale, shook the Sakhalin Island in the Soviet far east yesterday, the Tass news agency said. It said seismic stations on Sakhalin placed the epicentre of the quake north-east of the town of Uglegorsk. There
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  • BEHIND THE NEWS
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      Lock icon UPl's Jeff Taylor reports from INSIDE VIET CONG COUNTRY
      1286 6  -  South-East Asia Report From Jeff Taylor United Press International SOUTH VIETNAM This first person story was written by UPI photographer Jeff Taylor who entered a Viet Cong controlled hamlet in the Mekong Delta on Feb. 3—Tet, the Asian Lunar New Year
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      Philippines all set for Marcos decade
      964 6  -  From B. Ronquillo PHILIPPINES President Ferdinand Marcos obviously believes that given another ten years or at least up to the end of this decade, he will be able to achieve a good deal of his goal of reforming Filipino society. He needs that much
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      Redistributing population in Indonesia
      1200 6 INDONESIA Indonesia is one of the few countries of tne world to have established a Ministry of Transmigration, a high level agency seeking to encourage an Internal redistribution of population. That this was an obvious necessity. Is clear irom the simple fact that there are regions
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  • BUSINESS NEWS
  • OVERSEAS STOCK EXCHANGE PRICES
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      Lock icon US: Prices fall after early rally
      97 7 United Press International New York, Thursday. Princes plunged In moderate .trading yesterday on the New York Stock Exchange. There had been a strong: morning rally. The Dow Jones industrial adverage of 30 selected blue-chip stocks was off 11.59 points at 968.32 at the final
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      Lock icon Tokyo: Market suffers heavy loss
      142 7 Kyodo. Tokyo, Thursday. The erratic Tokyo stock market suffered a heavy loss yesterday morning following reports of renewed monetary uncer t a i nt ies In Europe. The Dow-Jones average of the major first section of the market lost yen 98.26 during the morning to
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      Paris
      202 7 Closing prices (In francs) yesterday: Parlbas 208 (209> Indochine 257 (257) Foncier 397 (397.50) Printemps 141.70 (143.70) CGE 444 (445 50) Bull 66 35 (66.90) Royal Dutch 193.50 (191.40) Mlchelin 1775 (1775) Thomson 176.10 (179) CPP 208 209) Rhone 160.50 (161) Air 345 347) Philips 90 (88.40) Suez 341
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      Sydney
      279 7 Prices at 11.SO a m. today (Australian time): Abaleen 11 12 Do Opts 021 031 AOD 14 16 Allstate Nil 22 Ahmad 071 09 Aurora 16 17 Do Opts Nil 04i Aust Ant 14 IS Bamboo 08 10 Beach 55 61 Bounty OU 011 02 Bridge 23 24 Castlereagh
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      New York
      213 7 Alcan A1 25'', Allied Chem 31 A Ilia Ch 52 Am Can 20% AT T A ft P Anaconda At Richfld Beth. Steel Boeing 22", Belie C 220% Caterp Tra 62% Chry»ler Coca-Ooli Colgate Contl Oil Control Data Corn CI Wk» 285 pillingh 10 now Chem 9»% Dresser
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      Dow Jones averages
      34 7 Dow Jones closing stock averages on the New York Exchange yesterday. 30 Industrials 968.32 (off 11.59), 20 transport 202.4) (off 147). 15 utilities 113.27 (off 0.19), 65 stocks 307.55 Xoff 2.81).
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    Bumper earnings for FNCB last year
    177 7 First National City Bank achieves bumper results last year with its consolidated operating earnings after tax reaching a record U*****,801,000, up 20 per cent. The average per share earning is U553.56 compared with US$3.OB, an increase of 15.8 per cent. In term of net
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    £ improves
    16 7 improves London, Thursday.—The pound gained slightly against the dollar yesterday closing at U552.***** against Tuesday's U552.*****5.
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    MARKET MOVEMENTS
    146 7 The bulls were In control during the second trading day in the Tear of the Ox at the Stock Exchange of Malaysia and Singapore yesterday. Buying was strong especially in the morning. Profit-takers came in later but not enough to offset buying. The Straits Times industrial ordinary index
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    Expert's new plan to boost shoe output
    280 7 Singapore's shoe and leather industries will expand rapidly if a more mechanised and flexible system of production is introduced, said Mr. Josef Blanz. a visiting German representative of Pfaff Sewing Machine Company. Mr. Blanz was speaking at an exhibition and demonstration of Pfaff
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    Robinson gets interim payment
    260 7 Robinsons has received an interim payment of $2 million two-fifths of the total costs of its stocks lost in the disastrous fire at its premises in Raffles Place last November. The loss of office equipment was settled for $39,707 $293 less than the Insured value. Negotiations
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    BIGGER BOEING FLEET FOR CPA SERVICE IN S-E ASIA
    144 7 Cathay Pacific Airways is expanding its Boeing fleet to provide better air coverage in South-East Asia. A new Boeing 707 is daily serving the route between Hong Kong and Seoul. The airline also plans to get two more Boeing 707s—one by
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    US cotton for Peking
    38 7 New York, Thursday. The United States has completed a major trade deal with China, involving the sale of up to 400,000 bales of high quality cotton, an informed source said in Kansas City, Missouri.
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    PRODUCINE A PLAY
    5362 8 The Royal Lyceum Theatre's presentation of A Birthday Party in May last year showed audiences here that there was no need to be ashamed of local drama productions. Many who saw the professional English poop's interpretation of Pinter's play were convinced that better efforts have been made
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    Japanese aid to rebuild Indochina
    473 10 Japan appears to be all set to help in the reconstruction of Indochina now that the war has finally been settled. Its Consul-General in New York, Mr. Masao Sawaki has recently pledged that his country would outdo American reconstruction spending in the war zone even
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    Price was too high
    78 10 by ISPY Of all the reasons for cancelling a show! Tom Jones, I read the other day, threatened to call off his singing tour of Japan because some seats were being sold at what he described to be "exhorbitant prices." Some of the tickets, it seemed,
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    Uncle Sam's money and food will not buy the North Vietnamese
    1011 10  -  PAKIR SINGH Americans seem generally confident that Indochina is all set for a long and lasting era of peace and development. A former U8 ambassador in this part of the world who recently passed through Singapore said that Hanoi
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  • Letters
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      Overtaken by new year
      95 10  -  CHEE KING TING Public Relations Officer, Postal Services Department. Singapore, 1. Please refer to my reply to Jerry Goh which was published in the New Nation on 18.1.73. In my reply dated 26.12.72, I indicated that the new office is expected to be completed next year,
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      Access roads needed soon
      190 10 In one or two months' time the blocks of HDB flats neighbouring the Siong Lim See Temple will be occupied by over 700 families with about 4000 members, what plans have the authorities concerned to build access roads for these people? I foresee the inconveniences that
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      Letter promptly returned
      79 10  -  P. TEO SOON HUAT I refer to my letter of 29th January 1973, with a request to publish my appeal for the return of a lost registered letter. I wish to Inform vou that following your prompt action in publishing it on the following day, the said
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      Collection of tuition fees
      80 10  -  CHAN CHING YONG I refer to the letter by Annoyed (NN, 2.1.73). The procedures for the collection of tuition fees will be revised to enable such collection to be made with a minimum loss of tuition time. Regarding the high turnover of Applied Mathematics teachers in
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      Dishonest, salons
      115 10 I refer to your report on "Dirty" Beauty Contracts on January 30. Three cheers to CASE! Thanks for the warning to all. I am one of the victims. The thing which I don't understand is why the Government does not take action against such organisations. I was asked
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      International TV shows
      122 10  -  LIM HENG TOW Public Relations Officer, RTS, Singapore, 11. -This refers to the letter by Kamal Shah which appeared in the New Nation of 26th January 1973. We are aware of the interest in feature films from international sources and we have been pursuing films of this
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      Access to phone
      86 10  -  SIN HANG BOON Assistant Manager. Subscribers' Apparatus Department, Singapore Telephone Board. Singapore, 6. We would inform Tan Seng Huat (New Nation—18th January 1973) that the public telephone located next to the Buldt Ho Swee Community Centre was formerly accessible to the public from the Community Centre and
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      Action already taken
      91 10  -  LIM BENG LOCK At. Chief Fire Officer Singapore Fire Brigade, Ministry of Social Affairs. Singapore. 2. I refer to the letter from Resident Jim in the New Nation dated 23rd January 1973. Action has been taken against the operator of the unlicensed tyre retreading works and the
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      Three cheers for Quahe
      94 10 Hurray for Mr. Quahe for telling as It is—No Rule in the Varsity against Long Hair—(NN 1.2.73). By all means jail and rotan the drug addicts and pushers whether they sport long hair, no hair or short hair. Similarly stamp out the hippy movement and counter
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  • Regional integration
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      A broad framework exists for ties
      1633 11  -  Asia is lagging behind other regions in attempting international cooperation. Mochtar Lubis and Noboru Yamamoto analyse the reasons By N. Yamamoto Noboru Yamamoto is Director of Economic Philosophy at the Faculty of Economics of Keio University, Japan, and President of the Japan Association for
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      A sense of community is lacking
      2280 11  -  By Mochtar Lubis Mochtar Lubis is publisher of the Djakarta daily Indonesia Raya. Novelist and journalist, Mr. Lubis was also the publisher of the first English language newspaper in his country, The Times of Indonesia. He is the author of several books, among them
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  • TREND
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      Lock icon What's going on behind the doors of Paris fashion houses
      928 12 Melbourne Herald The collections have all been shown and life in the Paris fashion houses is returning to chic normality. And again the question is beipg askM, is couture dead or alive? The answer is yes to both questions. It
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      Lock icon Medical research throws more light on stillborn and deformed babies
      329 12 Melbourne Herald A Melbourne scientist's work may lead to a better understanding of wny some babies are born deformed or stillborn. Dr. Christopher Bell, of Melbourne University's Department of Zoology, has just received the Swiss Sandoz prize in pharmacology for
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      In the pink with a new highlight for the eyes
      187 12 The operative word in make-up at present is PINK. Pink to make you look younger, fresher. Pink to light up your face and eyes. So if you're feeling a little down after the Chinese New Year excitement, pink up to
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      There's no substitute for woman, but...
      555 12  -  A HUSBAND SEES RED WHEN HIS WIFE BECOMES A HOMELY LIABILITY THE male box EVANLLOYD EVANS Yes! Start where we want to finish. Contrive the thesis. Reason backwards and there you have it—the fashionable scientific approach called Losic. Bless those silly scientists and their
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      Eating your way to natural good health
      812 12  -  y TALKING ifcSHOP RUTH MOSES Mention the word "health foods" and it brings a wry grimace to the unin i t i a ted, those who are so much in love with Hokkien mee and rich gooey dessert. To advocates of health foods,
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    Title to St. Margaret's
    525 14  -  By Nancy Koh St. Margaret's Secondary retained the "B" division girls badminton title for the third year running against stiff opposition at Barker Road yesterday. This graceful defence at the Buklt Tim ah district championship finals reinforced St. Margaret's supremacy at shuttle-corn-bat in this particular area.
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    Rough riders in action this Sunday
    411 14 On a stretch of rough country interposed by undergrowth and scattered Sanite, a loose laterite ack lies laconically in wait for the big scramble of the year. For Sunday morning will And a mad huddle of speedsters on roaring machines, skimming along the stream
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    SNUJ for NTUC T.T. tourney
    291 14 The Singapore National Union of Journalists will send two teams to the National Trades Union Congress' fourth annual table tennis tournament from February 29 at the Tanglln Technical School. The "A" team of five players will be led by State player Chla Chong Boon. The
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    Jonah thrashed by Hunt
    78 14 London, Thursday.—lreland's Jonah Barrington, winner of last week's British Open Squash championship, crashed to a shock defeat at the hands of Australia's Geoff Hunt in the Grandee International tournament here last night. Hunt, with powerful, precision hitting, needed only 29 minutes to complete his triumph to
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    Victorian Open golf
    59 14 Melbourne, Thursday. Two of Australia's foremost golfing veterans, Peter Thomson and Kel Nagle, head an International field for the Aslo,ooo (£5430) Victorian Ooen, which begins at the Yarra Yarra course here today. Thomson, the Australian Open title holder and Nagle, recent winner of the New Zealand Open
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    Rain hits Test
    82 14 Dunedln, Thursday Play on the first day of the second cricket Test between Pakistan and .New Zealand was abandoned shortly after 0400 GMT yesterday, without any play being possible after lunch. Rain began to fall during the lunch session, and waft still falling when the umpires decided
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    Davies scores hattrick in Cup for Derby
    396 14 London, Thursday. A remarkable hattrick by rangy striker Roger Davies took English soccer league champions Derby County Into tne fifth round of the F.A. Cup with a 5 3 extra time win away to Totten ham Hotspur here last nignt. Davies. who scored
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    All Blacks win 6-3
    81 14 Clermont F e r r a n d, France. Thursday The New Zealand All Blacks touring team beat a French regional selection 6-3 after leading 6-0 at half-time in their Rugby Union match here yesterday. The All Blacks won by a goal to a drop goal.
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    Draw for SGA circuit
    372 14 The First Singapore Golf Association Pro-Am Circuit continues at the Keppel Club course tomorrow to Sunday. The original sponsors for this leg, Nanyang Siang Pau has withdrawn at the very last minute. However, the committee managed to find new sponsors and donors. Main sponsor: Pulau Bukom.
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    P.M. Kirk hits out at Marshall
    159 14 Wellington, Thursday.— Prime Minister Norman Kirk yesterday accused his predecessor of suppressing a report warning that the Commonwealth Games in Christchurch next year would be in jeopardy if the planned tour of New Zea land by the South African springbok rugby team goes ahead.
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    Bob Hope Classic
    74 14 New York. Thursday— Jack Nicklaus, who skipped the tour last week to practise in the desert, made it pay off with an eightunder par-64 at Indian Wells yesterday and a twostroke lead in the first round of the US$l6O,OOO Bob Hope Desert Classic. George Johnson and Bob
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      256 14 NEW NATION CROSSWORD 9 Namesakes of a king of Judah. 10 Wall: Fr. 11 Imitator. 12 Compunction. 13 Took ever. 15 Proggerlep. 20 Turkish titles. 23 The Old Vie 25 Wined and dined. 27 Edgy. 29 Bombay city. 31 Term of address 33 Pen part. 35 Lineage 37 Makes tardy.
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    Sentelle looks set
    291 15 STYLISH RUN From Blue Peter Koala Lompor, Thursday Sentelle, with Laurie Johnson astride stepped out stylishly in a workout with Aurosa (M. Ismail) here this morniJ^g. The pair ran 3f in 43 on the sand with Sentelle going nicely* on the bit all the way. Sentelle looks
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    Scratchings and barrier draw
    373 15 SCRATCHINGS SATURDAY RACE ONE 2.30 Class 6 Div 2 6f Coffee Exporter 11, Celtic Lad. Achillean. Hafland 11, Anugrah. RACE TWO 3.00 Class 3 Div 5 6f Famille Verte, Magic Beam, Escort 111, General Trong 111, Hot Cargo, Corruption, PapatoL RACE THREE 3.30 Class 6 Div
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    Mexico wins
    20 15 Mexico City, Thursday Argentina, were beaten 2-0 In a friendly International soccer match against Mexico here last night.
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    Probable starters for K.L.
    1883 15 SATURDAY CLASS 3—ALL DIVISIONS—IOF ($8500—***** TO WINNER) ***** WAY GLEN a (Way Glen) J Donnelly 6 9.00 ***** PRECIOUS STONE a (Pair Gem) Tan 5 8.12 ***** SOUTH PACIFIC II g (Caroline) Spencer 5 8.11 ***** FIREBRAND a (TBL) Allan 5 8.11 ***** LEGACY a (Wee)
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    Singapore is out to create history
    877 15  -  GUTTER TALK WITH MICKY LOW Singapore Is out to create history when it hosts the Eighth World Cup tournament at Jackie's Orchard in November. Firstly, It will be the first country to Install AMP'S new sophisticated System 460 for a World Cup, which will
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    Flyweight title
    33 15 Bangkok, Thursday Philippine challenger Erblto Salavarria and world flyweight boxing champion Venice Borkorsor of Thailand yesterday had a final physical check-up and both were pronounced fit for the championship fight tomorrow.
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    UK rugby
    28 15 Rugby league—Hull 7 Dewsbury 27; Leeds 22 Butley 7. Rugby union Cheltenham 7 South Wales 21; Gloucester 22 St. Lukes College 13; Mo6eley 12 Rugby 10.
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    Judge favours USLTA
    108 15 New York, Thursday—A Federal Judge yesterday retected an injunction irought against the United States Lawn Tennis Association (USLTA) by Wimbledon champion BlllleJean King and a woman promoter for Interfering with their business opportunities. Mrs. Gladys Heldman, organiser of the Virginia Slims tournament, has signed up Mrs. King
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    Mundine wants Finnegan
    131 15 Sydney, Thursday.—Australian and Commonwealth middleweight champion Tony Mundine is to challenge Britain's Chris Finnegen for the Commonwealth light-heavy weight crown, it was announced here last night. Mundine, retained his title with a third round knockout of West Indian Matt Donovan at the Hordern Pavilion earlier on the
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    Small balls ousted in UK
    150 15 liondon. Thursday.—Britain's top golf professionals have come out In favour of the bigger ball in a ballot among tournament players who competed In two or more events in 1972. The ballot was held to decide whether it should be optional in future to use either
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    ATTU meet
    39 15 Tokyo. Thursday The second championships of the Asian Table Tennis Union (ATTU) will be held in nearby Yokohama in April, 1974, the Japan Table Tennis Association announced yesterday. The first championships were held in Peking last September.
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  • Page 15 Miscellaneous
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      169 15 DR. KILDARE by Ken Bald HOLLY TR/ES TO PICK UP THE PfECES OP A SHATTERED ORE AM... V a EVER HEAR OF ARIZONA BROWN, JIM? WASN'T HE THE tyr ECCENTRIC OLD BOf WHO I STRUCK IT RICH N GOLD, PR. GILLESPIEf THE SAME. WELL, I'VE JUST RECEIVED THIS HAND-WRITTEN LETTER
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      Today...
      182 16 Today is Thursday, February 8, the 39th day of 1973 with 326 to follow. THE MOON: Approaching its first quarter. THE MORNING STARS: Venus, Mars and JuDiter. THE EVENING STARS: Mercury and Saturn. Those born on this date are under the sign of Aquarius. Union general William Sherman, who
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      Washer who got car clean away
      91 16 Vernon Buzick was supposed to get city manager Fred Sorsabal's car clean, not clean away. Sorsabal dropped his city car off at the police station last Tuesday, where Buzick, 29, a jail trustee serving six months In Costa Mesa, California, for conspiracy In a
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      Lock icon Dairy makes bid to sell beer
      330 16 ...as Britain plans to lower drinking age Melbourne Herald Hard on the heels of a government sponsored report which recommended lowering to 17 the minimum drinking age in Britain comes another revolutionary bid to raise brewery sales here. Unigate, Britain's largest dairy, has applied
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      TALKING POINT
      43 16 AH FOOK: Thank goodness mutton is back on sale in the market. I missed my mutton curry during the last few days. MEI LIN: As for me, I am keeping away from the meat so long as the price remains high.
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      Diplomats skip fines worth £250,000
      157 16 Foreign diplomats have used their diplomatic immunity to avoid paying parking fines totalling well over £250,000 in the last five years, according to figures released recently. Labour Party Member of Parliament Mr. Greville Janner is to urge the Foreign Secretary Sir Alec Douglas Home, to
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      Penny peep shows
      69 16 Officials of Brighton's Palace Pier are putting up for sale what they described as the world's finest collection of "what the butler saw" penny peep shows. The peep shows machines, which gave a giggle to millions for 50 years, could not be converted to take Britain's new
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      Call to eat squirrel
      62 16 Housewives complaining about the price of beef in London should try eating the common grey squirrel, said John Walker, a regional officer for the country Landowner's Association. "I don't see why people shouldn't eat squirrel," said Walker. "The taste is similar to hare. It doesnt have
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      400lb. cow to mark New Year
      83 16 Friends of Mrs. Shyang Jan Lee helped her celebrate Chinese New Year by leading a 400 lb. cow into her restaurant. Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Lachman of Belvedere, California, who hauled the white faced cow into the restaurant to commemorate the Year of the
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      The smell of a burglary
      54 16 Police had no trouble linking six suspects to a burglary at a warehouse in the southern Italy town of Raccuia. When their car was stooped on the highway to Me'ssina the six men still ware carrying the loot 8813 lb. of cheese valued at 8
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      Lock icon SHE PAINTS TO RELAX
      66 16 Lovely Joel jalade, 24, certainly knows how to relax. The French lass who is a dancer with the Lionel Revue from Paris finds great pleasure in painting "just to relax." Of course, she also loves basking in the sun by going to the beach or to
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      429 16 5 Singapore Opening and Where the Heart Is For the Family (C) Housewives' Matinee The Selfish Husband (Mandarin film, Pt. 2—Rpt) Close Opening and Rocky Jones, Space Ranger —Darnamo News in Brief What Others Say Forum (C) The Fundemental Values in the Commercialised Society (Rpt) News (C) Our Music Makers:
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      601 16 Trust your lucky star IF IT'S YOUR BIRTHDAY BORN today, you are fully capable of attaining any goal you set for yourself—because you are wise enough not to set goals that are out of your reach where talent is concerned. You know your own limitations and are neither so vain
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