New Nation, 15 February 1973

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    17 1 NEW NATION SINGAPORE Thursday evening, February 15, 1973 No. 639 Price 15 cents SINGAPORE THURSDAY/FEBRUARY 15, 1973
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    OUR ROADS
    12 1 Police reported 82 accidents yesterday. Eight were serious, two fatal.
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    ON THE 'CHANGE
    176 1 The share market generally improved this morning. Trading was moderately active. Fitzpatrick advanced $1 to $18.00, Development Bank of Singapore moved up 10 cents to $10.50. In the hotel section, Singapore Hilton remained the main feature with business done at $5.05, up 15 cents. Bandar Raya was
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    Lock icon New Hanoi gesture
    435 1 20 to be freed ahead of schedule UPI Reuter Washington, Thursday North Vietnam is to release aaother 20 US prisoners of war ahead of schedule. According to the North Vietnam news agency this was decided during Presidential adviser Dr. Henry Kissinger's recent visit to Hanoi. "This is
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    Girl killed by lorry
    35 1 A schoolgirl was killed and another seriously injured this morning after they were knocked down by a lorry at the 6 mile Tampines Road. The accident caused a massive traffic jam.
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    Lock icon Gold: All-time high
    372 1 Heath calls for stability move Reuter London, Thursday—Prime Minister Mr. Edward Heath told American businessmen yesterday that the dollar was no longer as good as gold and that priority had to be given to the re-establish-ment of stability in world monetary dealings. This came as worldwide speculation
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    Lock icon It's Ali on points
    726 1 Game Bugner outpunched Reuter Las Vegas, Thursday Former world heavyweight champion Muhammad Ali won a unanimous points decision over European champion Joe Bugner over 12 rounds here today. Ali smashed Bugner's face to a bleeding mask, but failed to fulfil his prediction to knock the British
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    Lock icon Jingles and Jangles bring big joy
    148 1 Jingles and Jangles, here on their honeymoon, decided to share their happiness with children of the Toa Payoh Girls' Home this morning (left). Within, seconds of their arrival at the home, the clowns had the children in fits of laughter. Jingles, or Bill Tischler,
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    'No trace of mercury' says director
    201 2 Max Factor today assured all women that its beauty products were safe and contain no mercury. This follows a warning by the Consumer Association of Singapore to women to be careful when buying cosmetics and toiletries so as to avoid mercury poisoning. The executive
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    Legal aid now for those 12 tenants
    192 2 Compensation demand The Legal Aid Bureau has taken up the case of 12 tenants who have been asked by their landlord to quit their homes N in Kampong Chantek Bahru, off 6£ mile Bukit Timah. This follows an appeal to the bureau by
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    Course on wage bargaining
    87 2 The National Productivity Board will conduct a course on Preparing for Collective Bargaining at its Jurong premises from March 5 to 9. The course is meant for industrial relations officers, personnel managers, trade union officials and those responsible for the negotiations of collective agreements. It 1s
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    Party fun can mean a fine
    218 2 Do you know that you can be fined up to *2000 U you throw a dance party without a permit even in your own home? This may come as a sur prise to many. In fact, it has already shocked a number of people,
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    Brigade gets new fire engines
    146 2 The Singapore Fire Brigade recently took delivery of three modern fire engines costing nearly $200,000 to enhance its firefighting capacity. The British-made Ford engines were unloaded from the Singapore ship, Neptune Zircon, at Godown 46. They were then driven to the SFB's workshop at Serangoon.
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    Clubhouse for the blind ready in July
    264 2 The Singapore Association for the Blind clubhouse at Toa Payoh Rise is expected to be completed by late July. The executive director of the association, Mr. Charlie Goh, said: "We hope to move into our new premises in early August If everything goes
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    Anne gets a shock
    73 2 Addis Ababa, Thursday.— Princess Anne looked on In shock yesterday as a British photographer accompanying her on her tour of Ethiopia was almost mauled by a lion when she was visiting the grounds of the imperial palace in Gondar. The man had put his arms and
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    Removed
    33 2 Dr. Fong KKKIm Heng, 51, has been removed from the register of medical practitioners. He was not "struck off" the register, as reported by New Nation on Monday. The error Is regretted.
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    Union tells bank workers to stop overtime
    197 2 The Singapore Bank Employees' Union has instructed all Its Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation members to boycott overtime work "due to the mishandling of union disputes by the management." Informed sources said all union members, except watchmen, had been told to work from
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    Purse found
    31 2 i A *J aci 2C s P urse was found in the Cold Storage supermarket yesterday afternoon. The owner can contact Miss Tan or Miss Lye at tel: *****.
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      54 2 Tides Today: 10.52 p.m. (2.6 m). Tomorrow: 9.43 a.m. (2.9 m), 11.24 pjn. (2.7 m). Saturday: 10.31 a.m. (3m), 11.53 p.m. (2.7 m). Sunday: 11.15 a.m. (3.1 m). Monday: 12.19 a.m. (2.8 m), 11.57 a.m. (3.1 m). Tuesday: 12.44 a.m. (2.8 m), 12.38 pjn. (3m). Wednesday: 1.07 a.m. (2.8 m),
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      454 2 HRPPEnincs wh t^y on The Minister of State for Foreign Affairs, Encik Rahim Ishak. will hold his meet-the-people session at the PAP Siglap Branch at 850 East Coast Road at 8 p.m. Dr. Lau Teik Soon, a political science lecturer, will speak on CURRENT INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS at the Cairnhill community
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      90 2 I'i'm'iiiTSn Temperatures in world cities yesterday: Jakarta 32-24 C. Kuala Lumpur 33-23 C. Bangkok 34-23 C Hong Kong 21-17 C. Manila 30-22 C Taipeh 17-16 C. Naha 20-16 C, Beoul 6- OC Tokyo 15- 3C. London 5. 2C. Paris 4- oc. Moscow O-Minus 3C. New York 5-MinussC. San Francisco 16-
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    15 travel editors take close look at Spore
    273 3 Singapore tourist potential will be given a further boost in 15 American newspapers and travel magazines. The travel editors of the various publications including three women are now in Singapore on a threeday visit as guests of the Tourist Promotion Board and
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    More youths now join the factories
    339 3  -  Answer to the labour shortage By Sunny Wee Youths between the ages of 14 and 16 are providing the answers to industries in Singapore, that are short of labour. Statistics show that there have been a 125 per cent annual in- crease in the
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    NPB plans two courses
    118 3 The National Productivity Board will conduct two courses next month Effective Management and Introduction to Supervision. Effective Management will be held from March 5 to. 23 and will benefit management developmeint personnel, personnel officers and supervisors. It is designed to introduce basic concepts on managerial effectiveness,
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    Bookmen's meeting
    41 3 The Singapore Book Publishers Association will hold a lunch meeting at the Oberoi Imperial Hotel on Saturday at 1 p.m. Guest speaker will be Mr. Francis Thomas, principal of St. Andrew School. He will speak on students and books.
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    Bulldozers clear up Robinson's site
    108 3 The facade of the former Robinson's department store in Raffles Place, destroyed by a fire which claimed nine lives on Nov. 21 last year, has been pulled down. The bulldozers did a clean job of it. The place which was sealed off after the fire
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    'Old boy' of Nantah may take over dean's post
    199 3 An old boy.of Nanyang University is strongly tipped to be the next Dean of Nantah > College of Graduate Studies. He is Prof. Teh HoonHeng, director of the Institute of Mathematics, who is expected to succeed Prof. Robert Lim Chun Yu
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    HDB plan for master TV aerials
    142 3 The Housing and Development Board is planning to introduce mastertelevision aerials for the various blocks of flats in Margaret Drive. Recently, the tenants complained of poor reception on their television sets when the Board ordered them to remove their aerials from the roof. Every
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    Massage course
    39 3 The Chinese YMCA will offer a career course on massage to be conducted by Miss Ruth Chia beginning on Tuesday at 7 p.m. The 13-lecture course will be held every Tuesday and Thursday at its International Centre.
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    Oil: Bukom to take the No. 2 spot
    346 3 Pulau Bukom will soon becoxpe Shell's second largest refinery complex when a fifth plant is completed there by the end of the year. This is stated in the January issue of the Shell bulletin, Berita Shell. At present there are four refineries
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    Farmer robbed
    25 3 A poultry farmer was waylaid by four robbers along the Old Airport Road last night and robbed of his car and $180 cash.
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      309 3 Quiz object No. 192 $15 prize goes to a student of the bag by the Editor on Monday evening will win $15. The next envelope from a man and the next one from a woman containing the correct answers drawn out of the bag will win $10 each. The results
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  • In Person
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      Three prove a point!
      415 4 Chinese New Year parties at C-eentres draw crowds Conducted by Ruth Moses, Tel: *****1 COMMUNITY centres throughout the island are bustling with a different form of activity these days holding Chinese New Year parties for residents in the area. Different groups within the community centres from
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    50 years—and Warner Bros. is still on the go
    463 4  -  12 films to mark anniversary ICTOTEMA By Edgar Koh Warner Bros., one of the pioneers in motion picture production, celebrates its golden anniversary this year. More than 1500 films were released by the organisation during the past 50 years. They Include
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    Lock icon No moves for ties with Cuba: Nixon
    248 5 United Press International Washington, Thursday.— President Nixon said yesterday that the pact made with Cuba to foil hijackers did not mean that relations would be normalised with that nation. "It is merely an understanding 'on hijacking,'* he told reporters. The State Department earlier
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    Inter-racial weddings up
    71 5 Washington, Thursday— Inter-racial marriages, especially between black men and white women, increased sharply in the 1960s in the United States, the Census Bureau said yesterday. Between 1960 and 1970, the number of such marriages with black husbands more than double—l6,4l9 compared with 7,534 in the previous decade.
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    Lock icon Bid to quell Cairo's student unrest
    133 5 United Press International Cairo, Thursday.—Following foyr day of student demonstrations near the Cairo University campus, the Arab Socialist Union (ASU), Egypt's sole political party, took action yesterday to quell the student unrest. The Middle East news agency said joint committees including ASU officials, teachers
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    Hanoi man gets an audience with Pope
    119 5 Vatican City, ThursdayPope Paul, who has made peace In Vietnam one of the main objectives of his pontificate, yesterday had his first ever meeting with a representative df the Hanoi government. The Pope spent 50 minutes in private conversation with Mr. Xuan Thuy,
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    Lock icon Kenyan trade squeeze threat to Amin
    240 5 UPI Reuter Nairobi, Thursday. Kenyan trade unions yesterday threatened an economic blockade of Uganda unless President Amin takes Immediate steps to stamp out "extreme lawlessness and insecurity" in his country. Political observers said such action would quickly paralyse the landlocked nation. The announcement by
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    Lock icon Taiwan: US offer likely
    231 5 Reuter Peking, Thursday. The US may offer to withdraw part of their trqops from Taiwan and also set up "some form of official American representation" when President adviser Dr. Henry Kissinger begins talks here. Sources who disclosed this said Dr. Kissinger's visit was likely to be
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    TV goes blue...
    76 5 New York, Thursday Viewers in Alzany, Georgia, here who turned on to watch the regular police series The Rookies, were surprised to see 12 minutes of a pornographic film Instead. Two television engineers watching the film in the studio had accidentally pressed the wrong button. The station
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    Lock icon WOMAN CHESS CHAMP
    123 5 The 32nd Soviet women's chess championship was won by international master Marta Shul (above). This was the sixth time Marta, a programme engineer, participated in the Russ an championships. In 1971 she would have won first place if not for her "absent-mindedness". Marta adjourned her last came
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    Lock icon Jerusalem is ours: Golda
    243 5 United Press International Tel. Aviv, Thursday.—The Prime Minister, Mrs. Golda Melr, said yesterday Israel had no detailed maps for a possible Middle East settlement but stressed that Jerusalem would have to remain "an integral part of Israel and its capital" under any eventual accord. "The government
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    Wheat for Indons
    50 5 Washington, Thursday.— The United States has agreed to ship U5576.3 million worth of wheat and wheat flour, bulgur wheat and cotton to Indonesia under the food for peace programme, the Agriculture Department announced yesterday. Indonesia will pay In dollar-convertible local currency—ln effect, a longterm dollar credit transaction
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    Lock icon Big freeze: No exceptions
    340 5 Heath determined to beat inflation United Press International Prime Minister Mr. Edward Heath told British labour union leaders yesterday his government was determined to win the war against inflation and that it would permit no exceptions to the stringent pay and price curbs it had ordered.
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    Quake rocks islands
    60 5 Buenos Aires, Thursday— An earthquake measuring 6.7 on the Rlchter Scale rocked the Kermandec Islands of the South Pacific yesterday morning the national earthquake Information centre said. "Although the magnitude is large enough to have caused damage In populated we don't expect anything out of this because
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  • BEHIND THE NEWS
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      West Irian time-bomb ticks away
      1138 6  -  Indon fears of separatists From Ronnie Muntu INDONESIA A new time-bomb is ticking away in WestIrian. This was not left behind by the Dutch but its possibility and repercussions, had been anticipated and dreaded from the time the area officially returned to the Indonesian Republic's
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      Lock icon The 'hired wives' of GIs in Thailand
      530 6  -  From Thaung Myine Reuter THAILAND President Nixon's decision, with approval of the Thai Government, to retain U.S. forces in Thailand after the Vietnam war has given bar girls here a rise in status. Several hundreds of them, mostly In their late teens or
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      Berita Harian
      316 6 VOICE OF THE PRESS What other Newspapers are saying: THE ANZUK PACT The five-power defence arrangement is not affected or in Jeopardy because of the withdrawal of part of the Australian military forces in ANZUK, which is formed to help in the defence of Malaysia and Singapore. About
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      Marcos ties with communist nations
      836 6  -  South-East Asia Report From B. Ronquillo PHILIPPINES Although still wrestling with internal problems affecting its national security and economic stability, the Philippines is increasingly looking outward as part of its overall programme designed to achieve the same objectives. Far-reaching changes in the international situation the
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  • BUSINESS NEWS
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      Trade pattern may change
      503 7 MORE EXPENSIVE EXPORTS BUT CHEAPER COOTS FROM OS Singapore's trade with its two most important trading partners, the United States and Japan, is expected to undergo some changes in the face of current world ex-cfcange-rate variations. The American and Japanese measures, in terms of the dollar
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      Killinghall Tin nets $1.1 m profits
      199 7 Killinghall Tin's pre-tax profits rose significantly to $1.1 million for the year ended SeDtember 1972, compared with a loss of $493,901 for the previous year. This was due to the higher production of tin during the year. The mining company produced 16,200 piculs of
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      A $4600 mil. business forecast for R-R
      320 7 AVIATION 1 A new 10-year sales forecast for Lockheed L-1011 Tristar jetliners shows a potential of $4,600 million in business for Rolls Royce business, according to Mr. Michael Heseltine, British Minister for Aerospace and Shipping. Mr. Heseltine said the Lockheed forecast would mean
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      Finance firm queried
      119 7 Hong Leong Finance's proposed sale of two properties were queried by the Stock Exchange of Malay-' sla and Singapore yesterday. The finance company Informed the Stock Exchange on February 12, that It had granted options for the purchase of the company's two Investment properties. The options expire
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      Tanker accidents now blamed for 10 p.c. of oil pollution at sea
      284 7 Tanker accidents now account for 10 per cent of the 2.5 million tons of oil and oil wastes discharged into the seas annually. But this figure is expected to rise with the consumption of oil in the free
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      Bank of America's net income increased by US$9.3 mil
      170 7 Bank of America group's operational income increased by U*****.4 million to U*****1.2 million last year compared with the previous year. Net income of the bank and its subsidiaries rose by US$9.3 million to U*****.4 million last year compared with 1971. Net
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    • OVERSEAS STOCK EXCHANGE PRICES
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        Lock icon New York
        355 7 United Press International New York, ThursdayPrices skidded yesterday as investors questioned the effectiveness of the dollar devaluation and buying dried up. Trading on the New York Stock exchange was moderate. At the closing bell, the Dow Jones average of 30 selected blue chip industrials had slumped 16.85 to
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        Paris
        200 7 Closing prices (in francs* yesterday. t anoas 204 (207) Indochine 255 (257) Foncier 397.50 (393) Pennaroya 50.70 (51) C.G.E. 451 (442) Bull 70.20 (67) Royal Dutch 188 (192.60) Michelin 1805 (1774) Thomson 181.20 '(179) CP. P. 210.20 209) Rhone 163 (160) Air 369.50 (362) Philips 88.10 (88.10) Suez 350
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        Sydney
        272 7 Prices at 11.30 a.m. today (Australian time). A baleen 11 12 do opts 03 04 AOD 13 IS Allstate nil 18 Amad 08 09 Aurora 13 17 do cpts 03 04 Aust Ant 09 11 Bamboo 08 10 Beach 42 50 Bounty Oil 01 Vl 02 Bridge 21 nil
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        Lock icon Tokyo
        189 7 Kyodo Tokyo, Thursday. Prices on the Tokyo Stock Exchange edged down yesterday morning with Investors closely watching the floating Japanese yen on foreign exchange markets. By mid-day the TSE price Index for the first section dipped 0.87 to 380.22. Hard hit by the floating of the yen, which In
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        Dow Jones averages
        34 7 Dow Jones closing stock averages on the New York Exchange yesterday: 30 Industrials 979.91 (off 16.85), 20 transport 204.16 (off 2.78). 15 utilities 113.46 (off 0.29), 65 stocks 310.46 (off 4.33).
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      MARKET MOVEMENTS
      112 7 Prices generally went down in the sh&re market yesterday the first decline in 10 days of trading. Second-line industrials bore the main brant of the bearish onslaught though several prominent hanking stocks also recorded lower levels. Oversea Chinese Bank- ing Corporation and Malayan Banking, for instance, eased $3
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      Hagemeyer's regional hq. in Singapore opened
      189 7 The Far East Regional Headquarters of the Hagemeyer Group of Companies was officially opened yesterday by the chairman of the board of management, Mr. T.H. Bodeker. Speaking at the inauguration ceremony, Mr. Bodeker said: "We certainly intend to continue our growth in this area:
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      118 7 Plan a little happi ness »*n PSSr mOm The best way to plan your future is to start saving for it. FEB can help you save now so youTI have the money you'll need for any purpose. Holidays, college fees, cars, trousseaus, diamond rings, washing machines. We offer security and
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  • New Nation Education Broadsheet
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      The Impact of ANCIENT CIVILISATIONS
      2337 8 CIVILISATION meant a way of Me that is advanced enough to include living in Hie word oomee from the Latin civ* meaning dtlesn of a city. Primitive people who an not eoneidered ctvflJsed have camps and villages ae their largeet oommuntttea People who are etvllited
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      ALBERT EINSTEIN
      134 9 Albert Einstein (*****955) was the most famous scientist of the Twentieth century. He is best known for his theory of relativity. His work embraced the very large and the very small and his ideas revolutionised scientific thought. He was born in Ulm, Germany. His family's business suffered financial
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      SOMERSET MAUGHAM
      153 9 William Somerset Maugham 1 (1874 iy6s) is one of the most famous English novelists. Besides penning numerous novels he also wrote plays and short stories. Maugham's plays were mostly light and brittle social comedies, often with satrical or cynical overtones. Most of his short stories and novels were
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      EMPRESS WU
      140 9 Wu (625-705), Empress of China (690-705) A.D. was the only female sovereign of her nation. Of humble origin, she was taken into Emperor's T'ang Tai-Hsung's harem at the age of 12 and was retired into a Buddhist nunnery at his death in 649. By a series of intrigues,
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      GREAT FIGURES IN WORLD HISTORY
      2337 9 OR ALBERT SCHWEITZEF ALBERT SCHWEITZER (1875-1966) was a brilliant German philosopher, physfcan, musician, clergyman missionary, and writer on theology. His accomplish ments in any one of these fields could be regarded as a full life's work for one man. Schweitzer has been called one of
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      130 8 be A I I I I Tho Kemans, about A.D. 114, took the letter from the Greeks, K K m Tho Oreeks, about 600 1C, gov* Mm letter the form that h used today. They cahd it kappa. V Tho Mm, about 1000 k wMi throo prongs. EGYPT *'Ca T
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      139 9 The History of the Alphabet The tomoni gov# the letter its prtitnt form about A.D. 114, The Greeks, obout .600 B.C., wrote their letter as on upsidedown V, ond called it lambda. rome •ViGreece' PHOENICIA EGYPT SINAI The Phoenician* used on in* verted staff about 1000 B.C. *'CA Til* Small
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  • Article
    Monetary crisis resolvedtemporarily
    417 10 The "dollar crisis" has been resolved temporarily. The US has devalued its dollar by 10 per cent while the Japanese have floated their yen which is, in effect, a revaluation. Both decisions were inevitable. In spite of the Bonn Government's massive support operations since last month the
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  • 'WHISPERS' by ISPY
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      To buy a bank
      52 10 The bullish stock market has certainly been giousA cashier at an OCBC Bank tells us that a hawker marched into the office one day, and said he wanted "to buy." It took her some time to realise that what the man wanted "to buy" were some
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      Water down the drain
      93 10 The save water campaign got off to a discouraging start as far as I'm concerned. I was at this posh hotel with a girlfriend and we were in the Ladles' when we noticed that a water closet was leaking very badly. We saw a receptionist who
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    The idea of a bigger Asean is well-conceived but the time is not ripe
    757 10  -  PAKIR SINGH The fact that Asean has emerged more as a forum for political discussion which gives its members a greater understanding of each other's political orientations and thinking rather than an organisation co-ordinating economic growth
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  • Letters
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      Hindu temples and beliefs
      297 10  -  T.A. MUGAN The significance of the flag-raising ceremony at Senpaga Vinayagar Alayam recently may be of interest to our non-Hindu citizens. Alayam means palace or temple and so Senpaga Vinayagar Alayam means temple of the deity of Senpaga Vinayagar. Since ancient time the Tamils have built
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      Not enough buses
      122 10 May I utilise your columns to bring to the proper authority's attention the difficulties faced by bus commuters using service No. 159. For the past month or so this service has been running way behind schedule, resulting in many commuters having to wait for nearly 45 minutes
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      No staff shortage
      93 10  -  LOH LAI PING I refer to the letter by About to Resign in New Nation on 12th January 1973. It is not quite correct to state that there is an acute shortage of warders and officers in the Prisons Department. In a free employment society like ours,
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      Flats price too high
      74 10 I understand from the Sin Chew newspaper (8 2.73) that Redhill flats (the seven-storey type) will be sold at $10,000 per unit. The flats in the area are quite old. I think residents of the estate will not agree to the price which is too high.
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      Learning from the aged
      170 10  -  B.H. SIM Many articles have been written about our old folks. From those I have read I begin to have a better understanding and view of their lives and of life itself. The re-collection of their past tends to be deeply rooted in my mind and
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      No shelters at bus stops
      69 10  -  KOH CHIN KOK Referring to the letter by the Public Relations Officer, Ministry of National Development dated 18th November 1972, I have noticed that the following Lorongs at Toa Payoh have no bus shelters: Lorong 4 4 bus stops, Lorong 6 5 bus stops, and
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      Saving water in flats
      174 10  -  PENG HONG ENG I would like to propose a scheme which can add momentum to our "save water campaign" If the H.DB. is willing to Implement it- in our high- rise flats. This scheme calls for a different way of Installing water pipes In yet to
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      Paying tax on rebate
      230 10  -  K. LINGAM I refer to the reply by the Comptroller of Income Tax to Affected's letter. No attempt was made by him to answer the question by Affected "What happens if an employee travels on a rebate ticket? Will he be taxed on the full amount
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      Blocked fivefoot ways
      65 10  -  LAU AH KONG Furniture and bicycle repairs are daily carried out along both sides of the fivefoot ways thereby forcing schoolchildren on to the road along Victoria Street between Bras Basah Road and Rochore Road. Will the proper authorities please make an immediate inspection and advise those
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    Lock icon CHINESE FOOD FAD
    1669 11  -  The beginning of a new craze around the world From William Rice Washington Post We are at the beginning or a wave of food snobbery that may even exceed the one created by would-be purists in the name of the cuisine and wines of France. The source
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    Peking still has its gourmets...
    533 11  -  By Pang Cheng Lian The people of China have witnessed tremendous changes in their social lives since the communist takeover in 1949, but the taste for good food apparently remains through the Yennan days, the civil war and even the Cultural Revolution. Eating appears to
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    And in London it's 'once eat, always come'
    705 11  -  By Yeo Toon Joo If a visitor finds London lacking in warmth, he can seek comfort in its many otiver delights. For the gourmet, food tops the list. And Chinese food outside China and Hong Kong —has few peers. The visitor's Chinese
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    Food that makes one yearn for Singapore
    425 11  -  By Gene Swinstead Chinese food, or a slight resemblance to it, has always been popular ip Australia and each year more and more "Chinese restaurants" pop up in the cities and suburbs. But somehow, it Is not the same as that which is
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    Russians crave for the real thing...
    347 11  -  By Sia Cheong Yew The Sino-Soviet split must- have left many Russians who had tasted and enjoyed Chinese food craving for sweet sour pork, chop suey, suckling pig and shark's fin soup. For with the rift between Moscow and Peking, Mao's chefs working in
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      For good look's sake, she'll put you through Hell
      944 12 Women's minds are starved of reason to look like Twiggy male] bow I j\'- MCP I J Jane asked John: "Would you take Raquel Welch out to dinner if you had the chance?" John replied, after a second's thought: "Yes!" "I
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      REASONS FOR CERTAIN PHYSICAL CONDITIONS
      399 12  -  The Doctors guide +0 /good 1 EHUD In recent years study of the geography of disease and of medical epidemiology has turned up many strange parallels which have contributed to understanding. Often the cause of disease has been determined in this way. One fascinating study
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      Lock icon Women who go out to work do it for the same reason as men, says report
      815 12  -  From William Chapman Washington Post One of the more durable misconceptions of our time is the notion that women go to work essentially to earn pin money "they just want some extra cash for
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      Everything you need for a garden landscape
      600 12  -  v V TALKING shop RUTH MOSES The Garden Supply Centre opposite the Cold Storage Supermarket is exactly what its name suggests, and you can find practically anything you might want for the garden—from a swimming pool to garden equipment actually on display at
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      28 12 Dumm safaiy, surely, mm pain. Take 1 or 2 Dumin for sore haad,s sore tooth, fiver or flu. Dumin tha pop-out tiWfts in hygienic packs. 20* for four.
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      138 12 How to cool it when the heat hits Gather your favourite people and run off to the prettiest, emptiest beach you can find. Then just relax, have fun and enjoy the surf. And don't let your monthly period stop you, when the solution is so safe and easy. Internally worn
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      440 13 RELINQUISH BOOKING—2-storey corner terToce/seml-detoched bungalows/flats and shophouses at Henry Park 6 m.s., Holland Road, Please call (Mr. Guok) ***** S'por*. 1 BUNGALOW, SEMI-DETACHED, TERRACE HOUSE anywhere, with- u In $80,000. No brokers, please. Reply P.O. Box 276, Singapore 1. DETACHED BUNGALOW OVER 10,000 SQ.FT. WANTED ANY AREA. WRITE TO ALFRED
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      548 13 CONSULTING ENGINCIIUNG FIRM has vacancies for Civil/ Structural /Woter Engineers and Draughtsmen with 2 6 years experience* Please apply stating oge, experience and salary required to Ove Arup and Partners, 5717, Woh Hup Complex, Golden Mile, Beoch Rood, S'pore 7. Good prospects for the right persons. Hotel with international chain
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      501 13 TtONG NAM TRAVEL SERVICI Pt». Ltd., 609 Chinese Chomber of Commerce, Hill Street offers Speciol Tour to China. Opportunity to visit relatives. Enquiries Welcomed. Tel: *****. Singapore. 1 GOH'S SCHOOL or MATHEMATICS, 156, Emerald Hill Rood, for G.C.E./ H.S.C. Mathematics, Physics. Ex perfenced, Trained Gracfcjote Teacher. Singapore *****6 (Goh). RADIO
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      313 13 HIAP HUAT CO., 245 Middle Rood, Singapore *****/*****/ *****5. 1972 Morris 1300 G.T., Mazda 808 Coupe 1971. Dotsun 1400 air-con, Mazda FlOOO, S/ Wogen, Toyoto 1000, Dotsun 1400, 1970 Morris 1300, AusHn 1300, MoiVis Mini 1000 Mk 11, Morris Mini Cooper, 1969 Vouxholl Viva SL9O 4 door, 1968 Vouxhall Victor
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    Probable starters for Penang meeting
    2308 15 SATURDAY CLASS 4 DIV. 1—6F ($7500—$5250 TO WINNER) ***** SANDOWN IV a (Lima Bet) Bougoure 5 0 00 037 g ***** OHIO a (SK Chan) Daniels aiS 14 DOUBLE ADI06 H a (KL Chong) Mansor 4 8 07 ***** ACT DIAMONDS H a (TF Foo)
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    Penang Barrier draw
    439 15 Scratchings SCRATCHINGS SATURDAY RACE ONE: (2.15 pm). CI Five Div 4 7F Manggis, Super Sam, Winged foot Marksman, Fed an g Sakti. RACE TWO: (2.45 pm). CI Five Div 3 7F Nil. Emergency Acceptor: No. 17 Group Command. RACE THREE: (3.15 pm). CI Five Div 2-7F Dellaiis,
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    Bulgaria held by Aussies
    88 15 Sydney, Thursday. Australia did well to force a 2-2 draw in a friendly international soccer match here yesterday against Bulgaria who reached the finals of the 1970 World Cup series in Mexico. A 14,000 crowd saw Bulgaria lead 2-0 at halftime through goals by Vassilev and
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    Beginners class
    75 15 The Singapore Civil Service Recreation and Sports Council will be organising a karate class for beginners on March 1 at the Security Guard Gymnasium, Dempsey Road, and Social Function Hall of the Toa Payoh Area Office in Lorong 2. Training period will be on every Monday and Thursday
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    Othman's date
    39 15 Encik Othman Wok, the Minister for Social Affairs, will make his fourth visit of sports establishments and facilities on Saturday, from 10 ajn. He will first visit Sembawang to be followed by the Seletar and Changi Complexes.
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    Watch Kinder Star
    362 15 From Bine Peter in Penan?, Thursday. Kinder Star did an impressive gallop on a good track' here this morning. Ridden by apprentice DJulkifly Ahmad the Kintail flve-year-old strode out fluently over 3f in 38 4/5, flnisiyjig with plenty in hand. Kinder Star, who scored a smart win
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    Cyprus scores first victory
    372 15 SOCCER ROUND-UP Nicosia, Thursday. The unrated amateurs of Cyprus scored their first ever World soccer Cup victory when they beat Northern Ireland 1 0 in their group six qualifying match here yesterday. The Irish had attacked almost non stop when Antoniou broke clear in the 8/th
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    S'pore boxers for Bangkok
    138 15 Bangkok, Thursday Eighty-four Asian amateur boxers are expected to take part in the 1973 Asian championship for the Prince Vajiralongkorn Cup scheduled to be held here from May 1 to 10. A spokesman of the Amateur Boxing Association of Thailand said that 11 countries had so
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      293 15 /I'M 4 s l\ THE CRAZY OF THE GAMES Most Hilarious Scenes Contest Below ore 6 scenes from the film, "THE CRAZY BOYS OF THE GAMES". AH you hove to do is to pjocc in your opinion, the scores in order of your choice, which you think is the most
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      Frightened to death?
      65 16 A little Pakistani girl Sadhar Perween, whose body was found only half a mile from home, could have died of fright. Police believe the five-year-old girl, who vanished recently became lost and panicked. In a strange place and knowing no-one around her, she literally became frightend to
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      She had it all stocked
      95 16 When Katherine Falls of Torquay, England, died recently neighbours found the 77-year-old spinster's 10room house packed with goods from a lifetime of bulk buying. At least 100 sets of enamel saucepans were stockpiled in her bedroom, with only a narrow passage through the hoarded goods
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      Lock icon SHARON LOVES THE SEA
      59 16 Sharon Lee is a real sport. She's always game to go out swimming or boating. "I simply love the sea," she explained. When she's free in the evenings she looks forward to be taken out dancing. Sharon works as a hostess in Oberoi Imperial Hotel's cocktail
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      Lock icon Man (82) to marry
      255 16 'DOING A GOOD DEED' Melbourne Herald Luca Notari, now 82, says that in marrying a 26-year-old Greek girl he is not embarking on a new romantic adventure "but doing a good work." Luca, who lives now in an old persons' home in Parma, Rome, worked all
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      The vanishing diamonds
      59 16 Diamonds worth many thousands of dollars have vanished from the diamond exchange in Tel Aviv—one of the biggest and bestguarded in the world it was disclosed yesterday. The exchange president, Mr. Moshe Snhnltzer, said the losses had spread over several months but police were called in when
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      Lock icon Good Lord! Three pork chops in holy water
      201 16 Melbourne Herald The organ was playing softly, the proud parents beaming, the baby boy nestling quietly in the vicars arms as he bent towards the holy water in the font. "Good Lord," cried the Rev. Peter Spivey "three pork chops." And the
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      Today...]
      153 16 Today is Thursday, February 15, the 46th day of 1973 with 319 to follow. THE MOON: Approaching Ins its full phase. THE MORNING STARS: Mercurry and Saturn. Those born on this date are under the sign of Aquarius. Susan Anthony, American pioneer fighter for women's rights, was born on
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      r 1 TALKING P#INT *
      43 16 r 1 TALKING P#INT AH FOOK: With the Autofare buses coming into operation I won't have to deal with rude conductors very soon. MEI LIN:. Don't talk too fast. You'll never know how the new scheme will turn out. Remember the queueup campaign?
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      Leg irons trade: Call for probe
      86 16 Leg irons for prisoners are being exported from Britain, where they are banned, to unnamed countries in Asia and Africa, it is claimed by Labour MPs. They are demanding a Government inquiry. Mr. Raymond Arter, a Labour MP for Birmingham, where there is a
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      Robber who missed his footing
      154 16 The clumsy robber In Milan hardiy put a foot right when he raided a bank here yesterday but with an armed comrade he got away with two million lire (about $59,800). He made a false start by crashing Into a locked swing door. Once Inside
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      411 16 5 Siagapra Opening and Where the Heart Is For the Family (C) Housewives' Matinee —Chaos (Cantonese Film, Pt. 2) Close Opening and Rocky Jones, Space Ranger Out of This World (Ch. 1) News in Brief What Others Say(C) The Smith FamilyBlind Chance Science Report News (C) Our Music Makers: featuring,
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      601 16 Trust your lucky star IF irs YOUR BIRTHDAY BORN today, you are not om to whom cwnfg naturally. Tou are, however, oca who learns quickly all those behaviour patterns which make life easier, In general, and which "f 1 personal relationships more satisfying, in particular. Such patterns Include habits of
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