New Nation, 20 February 1973

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  • 18 1 NEW NATION SINGAPORE;; Tuesday evening, February 20, 1973 No. 643 Price 15 cents SINGAPORE TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 20, 1973
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  • 259 1 The share market continued to ease this morning. Trading was thin and selective In the Industrials, properties and hotel sections. Gammon advanced firmly to $4.46 but soon declined to $4.28 to gain four cents overnight. Central Properties has Informed the stock exchange that It has sold Maybank
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  • 34 1 Canberra, Tuesday.—The Australian Basketball Association has cancelled a visit to Taiwan by one of Its women's teams and will begin negotiations for a tour of China on Australian Government advice.
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  • 761 1  -  E2lderly couple hurt in leap to safety from first-floor window Story by Wee Beng Huat, Sunny Wee, Bharathi Mohan Over 250 people from 48 families were made homeless last night in a two-hour fire in Middle Road which caused damage estimated at nearly $1 million.
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  • 87 1 Prague, Tuesdav At least three people the pilot and two crewmen walked away unhurt from the blazing wreckage of a Soviet airlines passenger jet, western airline officials said today. "They had blood on their foreheads but otherwise appeared in good shape and remarkably composed," one official said.
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  • 245 1 NEW NATION BIG V\ WALK Get out your sweatshirts and sunhats! It's time once again to start training for New Nation's biggest sporting event of the year the Big Walk. Sunday April 29 Ls the date for that 20.000-metre trek all for the cause of ruggedness.
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  • 185 1 Deplorable, he says Reuter Saigon, Tuesday Saigon government troops and communist forces stepped up their battle for control of disputed territory, oblivious to appeals by their High Commands and the international body formed to supervise the ceasefire for a halt in hostilities. Mr. Michel Gauvin, Canadian
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  • 13 1 Police reported 72 accidents yesterday. Three were serious, and one fatal.
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  • 241 1 UPI, Reuter Peking, Tuesday. The Chinese Prime Minister, Mr. Chou En-Lai, yesterday, described his talks .here with President Nixon's special envoy, Dr. Henry Kissinger as "very good." Speaking at a banquet at the Great Hall of the People for Mrs. Bhutto, wife of President
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  • Page 1 Miscellaneous

  • Page 2 Miscellaneous
    • 533 2 HOPPEIIIIIGS WHAT'S ON TODAY Mr. Ho Kah Leong, MP for Jurong. will officiate at a ceremony at Yung Sheng Road to mark the TAMAN JURONG TAXI SERVICE STATION CHARITY DRIVE in aid of the Jurong Town Community Centre at 3.30 p.m. The SINGAPORE PRESS CLUB is having its weekly lunch
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  • 582 3  -  Check those vehicles ROAD SAFETY '73 By Sonny Yap Huge prints of twisted metal and mangled bodies tell a gruesome story. They are meant to drive home the message of death that stalk our roads every day. And for visitors to the Road Safety
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  • 36 3 Belfast, Tuesday A Eritish soldier, who was with a patrol helping children across the road in troubletorn Belfast yesterday, was lying in hospital today after beinK blinded in one eye by a bomb blast.
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  • 38 3 Phnom Penh, TuesdayGovernment troops staged a strategic retreat down Highway 1 yesterday, clearing the way for a six hour bombing raid on the five miles of road now held by the Khmer Rouge, field reporters said.
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  • 81 3 The eyes of this little girl and woman speak of shock and horror. Before them is the twisted wreck of a motor-cycle. Its rider dead. The pictures at the Road Safety and Pedestrian Safety exhibition at the People's Park Complex are for you to see, so that
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  • 154 3 Four karatekas three black belts and One brown belt today claimed their expulsion by their chief instructor was null and void. They said he had "no powers to strip us of our belts." Mr. Ong Tian Peng, spokesman for the four karatekas, said
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  • 61 3 The unidentified man whose decomposed body was found floating at the Port of Singapore Authority wharf on February 8 was murdered, police said todav. He is believed to be have been killed and thrown into the sea. He is sft 4in fall, heavy built, between 25
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  • 288 3 Many problems; Lim Feasibility studies now being conducted by the Singapore Fire Brigade on the use of helicopters in rescue and fire-fighting operations in multi-storey buildings will take at least another six months to complete. The acting chief fire officer, Mr. Lim Beng Lock, said:
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  • 57 3 London, Tuesday The British Government confirmed yesterday In Parlia- ment that China had asked about buying the "Jumpjet" Harrier fighter from the Hawker Siddeley Aviation Company. Junior Defence Minister, Mr. Lan Gllmour, told a questioner: "The government is aware that the Chinese government has made Inquiries
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  • 29 3 Rome, Tuesday. Seven Italian conscientious objectors yesterday chained themselves to the Defence Ministry here to protest at the alleged Inadequacy of a recent law legalising con- sclentious objection.
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  • Page 3 Miscellaneous
    • 152 3 I weather I Temperatures in world cities yesterday: Naha 24-18 C Manila 33-22 C Kuala Lumpur 33-24 C Hong Kong 22-20 C Jakarta Taipeh 18-16 C Seoul 13- 4C Tokyo Bangkok 34-26 C Paris 4 1£ Moscow O-Minus 4C New York 2-Minus 6C San Francisco 14- 8C London 9 6C
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    • 314 3 Quiz object No. 196 NS man wins the top prize A SPECIAL QUIZ Last Thursday's quiz photograph showed two loveletter cakes. The first prize of $15 goes to Mr. Sukhded Singh of Lorong 1, Toa Payoh, a national serviceman. His entry was the first one opened by the Editor last
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  • In Person
    • 572 4 The jumbo 747 in the red and blue colours of Japan Air Lines came in for a "perfect landing" to cheers and warm applause from the boys of the Perafc House. No, the boys were not at the airport waiting for the aircraft. They were waiting
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  • 215 5 Primary education tops the list of priority problems in the SouthEast Asia Ministers of Education Organisation (SEAMEO) countries in this decade, said Mr. Ly Cfcanh Due. director of the Regional Innotech Centre. Mr. Ly said: "Innotechis imolementing a long-term research project for the development
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  • 35 5 Mr. G. Lakshminarayanan, the chairman of Indian Bank, Madras, is due here today for a five-day visit. During his stay in Singapore, Mr. Lakshminarayanan will call on government officials, businessmen and industrialists.
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  • 274 5 Govt, appoints team The Labour "Ministry has appointed a threeman board of inquiry to look into the dispute between local seamen and ship owners. Mr. Tan Boon Chiang, president of the Industrial Arbitration Court, heads the board. Representing the employers' panel is Mr. Lawrence Mah,
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  • 35 5 Mr. L.A. Rayner, president of the British Manufacturers Association and regional representative of the Confederation of British Industries, will speak on The Problem with Money at Goodwood Park Hotel tomorrow at 12.45 p.m.
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  • 29 5 The MP for Geylang Serai, Encik Rahmat bin Kenap, will officiate at the Open House and Exhibition of Joo Chiat Police Station on Friday at 7 p.m.
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  • 289 5 Mr. Kenneth W. Harrigan, staff director of Sales and Marketing, Ford Asia-Pacific Inc. today introduced the Ford Fiera to Singapore at a Press conference at the ShangriLa Hotel. He said: "The whole concept of Fiera started with a close examination of present modes of
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  • 244 5 The leader of the Italian trade mission now visiting Singapore, Dr Cesare Maria Garzia, said the Republic should send similar missions to Italy to correct tl~.e imbalance in trade between the two countries. He said Italy exported goods worth $46 million between January ana September last
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  • 78 5 The Singapore Association for the Blind has begun its Metric Month for teachers in its primary and industrial training schools. The Metrication Board is supplying the material, and arrangements are being made to familiarise all departments with the system. The participants are 60 staff members, 10 of
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  • 132 5 Lunchtime was a musical surprise for over 200 employees of Bridgestone yesterday when they found the Royal Highland Fusiliers band waiting to liven up the hour with music. The band entertained the workers with military, pop and folk music while they had their food in the
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  • 153 5 Ngee Ann Technical College has started registering new students for its 1973/74 academic session. According to the registrar, Mr. Chew Yong Soo, a total of 350 new places are available 100 in electronic electrical department: 150 in mechanical engineering and 100 in commerce departments.
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  • 110 6 New York, Tuesday. A twin-engine private plane, its engines apparently dead, crashed alongside a suburban street In Brookfleld, Wisconsin, filled with traffic yesterday, killing four persons in the plane and one in a 'car on the highway. The Cessna 421, carrying three businessmen and a pilot,
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  • 289 6 Reuter Jerusalem, Tuesday The Israeli Government has threatened to ciose down the national airline, El Al, if an unofficial strike by the company's maintenance foremen is not ended within 24 hours. An official announcement released after a special Cabinet session last night said
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  • 32 6 Bogota, Tuesday Five policemen patrolling the Guablare river region were killed by unidentified armed men in a recent clash. One member of the patrol f~rce escaped and reported the slaylngs.
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  • 330 6 Reuter Johannesburg, Tuesday— A former police detective was yesterday found guilty of planning to rob a southwest African mine of diamonds worth 23 million rand (about $91,800,000) with a scheme reminiscent of a James Bond thriller. Christopher Black, 27, pleaded guilty to a
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  • 377 6 Binh blames Saigon UPI, Reuter Paris, Tuesday Viet Cong Foreign Minister Madam Nguyen Thi Binh said yesterday South Vietnam's President Thieu should put the peace agreement into effect rather than consider meeting with the North Vietnamese. Mr. Thieu said on Sun day he might
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  • 194 6 Kampala, Tuesday. A Ugandan military spokesman yesterday accused Zambia. Tanzania and Zaire of having reached a secret agreement to aid guerrillas trying to overthrow President Amin's government. He said the Tanzania, Zambian, and Zairian Presidents agreed on this move when they met in the
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  • 20 6 Brussels, Tuesday The Belgian Government yesterday presented its ninepoint anti-inflation proposals to leaders of the country's main social groups.
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  • 212 6 United Press International Santiago, Tuesday. President Salvador Amende (above), intensifying, his campaign for liquor rationing, yesterday warned Chileans that drunkenness would sap their virility. "I am going to tell you Bomethkig In public, because I am a doctor," the Socialist President and physician
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  • 61 6 London, Tuesday. The government has given the go-ahead for a controversial highway around central London, but put into cold storage plans for further ringway systems costing £2000 million. Permission to start on the £600 million inner London ringway, aimed at relieving pressure on the crowded city centre,
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  • 172 6 United Press International New York, Tuesday. A convicted burglar escap ed from the Brown County Jail in Texas yesterday, stole a relative's car and drove 35 miles to the neighbouring county where he broke his girlfriend out of a jail while the Jailer slept. Neither
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  • 235 6 Tel Aviv, Tuesday—lsrael yesterday launched its first locally designed and built missile boat, The Reshef, claimed here to be probably the" best of its class in the. Western world. Developed through experience gained from the French-built gunboats smuggled out of Cherbourg to Israel in
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  • 32 6 London, Tuesday. The British Aircraft Corporation reported that its prototype Concorde 002 airliner yesterday successfully completed "hot and high" altitude and temperature trials at Jan Smuts Airfield, Johannesburg.
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  • 351 6 New York, Tuesday—President Nixon has sought the support of labour leaders for his economic policies following the devaluation of the dollar. In a meeting with the executive committee of the American Federation of Labour-Council of Industrial Organisations 'AFLCIL) he warned that
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  • 285 6 sabotage: 3 to be tried Reuter Colombo, Tuesday.—Two Yugoslavs and Sri Lanka textile magnate will be among the first people to appear before a criminal justice commission set up recently to try people accused of violating the country's foreign exchange control laws. The three-man commission was appointed last December to
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  • 384 6 It's a political move, says France United Press International Paris, Tuesday. Gravarobbcrs stole the body of Marshal Philippe Petain on Sunday and police said the thieves were probably trying to bring it to France as a political gesture. Petain, who died in 1951, was Prance's
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  • 52 6 Santiago, Tuesday At six people have been killed and more than 80 others injured in clashes between opposing political organisations in continuing violence in the campign for March 4 Congress elections, according to the government. A teenaged youth was snot to death yesterday and 12
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  • 486 8 Singaporeans who dabble in the stock market cannot say that they have not been sufficiently warned. Finance Minister Mr. Hon Sui Sen had earlier pointed out that a fall is "inevitable." Now the Prime Minister has repeated that "the bubble must burst." And
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  • 89 8 \TT¥YVV^rTY^TV^! by ISPY Singaporeans who complain about the cost of living should spend some time in Japan. Then they'll really know what high cost of living means. The UOB, I'm told, was presented with a bill for $40,000 for a cocktail reception which it held in Tokyo
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  • 1111 8  -  GERALD de CRUZ The National Trades Union Congress is making certain that the business and industrial world is left in no doubt at all that it is totally serious about transforming the industrial relations climate in
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  • Letters
    • 301 8  -  C.N.G. Six months ago I applied for accommodation in the former Naval Base. Since then I have drawn the attention of the department concerned, i.e. the Bases Economic Conversion Department at Goodwood Hill and at the site office in the Base proper of known vacancies occuring
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    • 198 8  -  KHOR ENG LEE public Relations Officer, Public Utilities Board, Singapore. 6. We thank Precaution (New Nation. 1.2.73) for expressing concern in the conservation of precious water. In reply to his suggestion on the digging of wells, we wish to point out that water found in a
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    • 102 8  -  K.H. Boon I am a Singapore citizen who worked tin Kuala Lumpur (Malaysia) between 10th June, 1960 and 31st October, 1972. During my working career in Malaysia, I had been contributing regularly to the E.P.F. in Kuala Lumpur. In November, 1972, I came back to Singapore
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    • 105 8  -  LIM HENG TOW Public Relations Officer, RTS, Sinrapore 11. This is in reply to the letter by C. Seah which appeared in the New Nation of 31st January, 1973. We have telecast several Teochew operas starring Miss Chan Chor Wei and Miss Chong Suet Klam. These are:
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    • 121 8 I think the Public Works Department has diverted its attention of maintain ing our roads in good condition by planting more beautiful trees. Look at our roads which we .used to boast about. There are dented, patchy, uneven and bumpy surfaces at the Bras Basah/ Bencoolen
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  • Page 8 Miscellaneous

  • OPERATION HOMECOMING FOR THE PoWs...
    • 1680 9 Washington Post It sounds so wonderfully simple. The war is over and the American PoWs are returning home, at long last, to their families. But picking up the threads of life isn't going to be all that easy. The veteran PoWs are
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  • 1062 9  -  From Bernard Sklar Los Angeles Times The war is over, at least one part of it. and in the next couple of weeks we will witness what promises to be another American conundrum the return, reintegration and rehabilitation of the slightly over 550
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  • 543 9  -  From Judith Martin Washington Post In much the same way that the old War Department used to put out "parlay-voo" booklets for Gls going to France, the Pentagon is ready to issue a language guide to prisoners of war who are returning home from
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  • BEHIND THE NEWS
    • 711 10  -  WHITLAM IN JAKARTA From Leslie Murphy Reuter INDONESIA Australian Prime Minister Gougli Whitlam, who has promised to give priority to relations with Indonesia, begins the third series of head-of-government talks between Canberra and Jakarta in just on a year. President Suharto began the exchanges in
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    • 486 10  -  From Hart Hartojo United Press International INDONESIA Indonesia Is willing to play a more active role for regional progress in South-East Asia but first must put its own house in better order. More aid from friendly governments, either in the form of money
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    • 909 10  -  From Angela Fathers Reuter SOUTH VIETNAM A vast wealth of Vietnamese antiques and artifacts buried and hidden away during the war may be revealed soon for the first time in 25 years. "All the rarest stone and wood carving and Chinese porcelain has been stashed away for
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    • 497 10  -  From Yuko Nakamikado Reuter JAPAN A growing socialistcommunist feud is undermining the hopes of Japan's top two opposition parties to seize political power from the long-time conservative rulers. The two hope to form a progressive coalition government within the next few years. But their
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    • 654 10 VOICE OF THE PRESS What other Newspapers are saying: THE SINGAPORE AND MALAYSIAN CURRENCIES The US dollar has devalued twice in 14 months. This shows not only that the economic position of the US Is on the decline, but also that the international monetary system baaed
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  • MACHINERY AND MATERIALS
    • 747 11 SIX-DAY EXHIBITION OPENS TODAY The six-day Japanese machinery and material show opens at the Victoria Memorial Hall today. The exhibition is Jointly organised by the municipal governments of Osaka, Kobe, Sakai and Kyoto the four major industrial cities of Japan. More than 60 companies
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    • 650 11 Over 60 leading compan i e s representing some top industrial cities of Japan are taking part in the exhibition here. They are: Tsubakimoto Chain Company (transmission roller chain, conveyor chain, relative power transmission products, chain reducer and disco variable speed drive); Nippon
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    • 522 12 Japan is now playing a much bigger role in the economic development of Singapore than was the case a deca.de ago. Trade and investment figures for the past 10 years are clear indications of Japan's increasing Investment role here. Total trade between
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    • 383 13 Osaka, Kobe, Sakai and Kyoto are the major industrial cities of Japan. Osaka is known as the city of water since it sprang up on the delta of the River Yodo. It is fast growing into the largest industrial centre of Japan. Since 1970 when
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  • SHOPPING
    • 981 14 mHE rat race is on; in fact it has been on for the past few years. Just try asking anybody what they are doing and they will go into long talks about how hard life is, how they have to slog for a living and how
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  • TREND
    • 572 15 Flair is moving out 01 fashion. In another week or so, the carpenters will move into Irene Urn's trendy boutique furnished in dark blue and green, to tear it all down. In its stead will be an entirely new interior —a hair
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    • 630 15  -  voda TAN CHUNG LEE A reader wrote in to ask about his height problem (rather the lack of it). He is 20, measuring five foot one, and according to him grossly underweight. My health chart shows that he is only eight pounds underweight. The reader however,
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    • 304 15 New York, Friday The short haircut has developed into a fullfledged trend in European fashion capitals. So far, it's most widespread among the socialite fashionables but it's also beginning to appear on the streets. The reason for the fairly sudden reversal from long hair
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    • 111 15 Interesting colour combinations can make a simple dress look fashionably stunning. And as fashion takes on a more put it together yourself look, there are no longer hard and fast colour schemes on matching different hues. Take navy and lime green for instance. This combination is tres chic
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  • Page 15 Advertisements
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  • BUSINESS NEWS
    • 333 16  -  By Choo Siak Siew World production of primary tin last year Increased by 22 per cent over 1971 to 188,000 long tons. The year's suppiy of the metal more than adequately met demand with the surplus absorbed Into the International Tin Council's
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    • 36 16 Caracas, Tuesday.—Venezuela yesterday revalued the bolivar by 2.3 per cent in relation to the US dollar. The dollar exchange rate was cut to 4.30 bolivars per unit from the previous rate of 4.40 bolivars.
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    • 119 16 (above) chairman of Imperial Securities International, owners of Oberoi Imperial Hotel, at its EGM held yesterday. At the meeting held at the hotel premises in Jalan Rumbia, the board was authorised to acquire 4,013,000 shares of $1 each in Transworld Marine (TML) out of a total issued
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    • 547 16 United Press International Hong Kong, Tuesday Some Asian countries may suffer in the international monetary crisis which forced a sudden 10 per cent devaluation of the U.S. dollar. The American dollar devaluation announcement on February 12 not only marked the total bankruptcy
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    • 123 16 Mr. T. H. All press has been appointed industrial engineering manager of Vosper Thornycroft. Before this appointment he was the commercial manager. Mr. Allpress will head the newly created industrial engineering department. He will study and improve working methods in the shipyard, layout of workshops, plant, equipment and flow
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    • 74 16 New York, Tuesday—The largest cargo ship ever built on the west coast of America was launched at the weekend at the National Steel and Shipbuilding Co. Mrs. Leo V. Berger, wife of the president of Aries Marine Shipping Co., Lake Success. New York, christened the 80,500-ton bulk
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    • 173 16 Tokyo. Tuesday. The world's largest distance instant stock exchange information service has gone into operation here. A constantly updated stream of stock and commodity figures from more than 20 major exchanges round the globe is now flowing into Tokyo over 26,000 miles (41,600 km)
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    • 350 16  -  By Sunny Wee Singapore manufacturers have been invited to take part in 17 international trade fairs and exhibitions to be held over the next few months and early next year. The first two fairs are the International Hardware Fair to be held
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    • 229 16 The directors of Alcan Malaysia Berhad announce that the net income of the company for the financial year ending 31st December, 1972 is $2,042,109 before tax as against $1,027,223 for 1971. However, post-tax profit for the year amounted to $*****8 compared with $1,031,091 In 1971
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    • 166 16 Profit-takers lowered the prices of many industrials in the share market yesterday. This was partly due to new trading hours from 10 a.m. to 12.30 p.m. But declines in general were marginal. There was an element of jittery selling especially at the initial stage. however, there was fair
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    • 161 16 Hume Far East announced that its offer to acauire the balance of one million shares in Federal Paper Products has been accepted by the owners of 986.000 shares. The company says it will exercise the provisions of Section 180 of the Malaysian Companies Act to acauire a small
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    • 23 16 Hong Kong, Tuesday. China and Bulgaria yesterday concluded a trade agreement following bila teral talks, the New China News Agency reported.
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    • 356 16 Reuter Tokyo, Tuesday,—The US dollar for overnight delivery today firmed slightly opening at 265 yen, compared with 264.60 yen at yesterday's close, on the Tokyo foreign exchange market. The yen was thus floating at a point of 16.22 per
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    • OVERSEAS STOCK EXCHANGE PRICES
      • 201 16 Closing prices (in francs) yesterday. Paribas 203.30 (206) Indochine 254 (.254.10) Foncier 401 (405) Printemps 142.30 (143.50) C.G.E. 452 (454) Bull 70.90 (70.50) Royal Dutch 185.10 (186.80) Mlchelin 1801 (1805) Thomson 185 (183) CJF.P. 211 (210.501 Rhone 164.60 (165.30) Air 367 (363) Philips 92.30 (91.30) Suez 348 (353) Citroen
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      • 268 16 Prices at 11.30 am. today (Australian time). Abaleen 11 nil do opts nil 04 AOD 13 15 Allstate 18 20 Amad 07 10 Aurora 13 17 do opts 03V* 04V* Aust. Ant nU 14 Pamboc nil 12 Beach nil 51 Bounty Oil 01V* 02 Bridge 22 25 Castlereagh 0607
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      • 202 16 Tokyo, Tuesday. Prices on the Tokyo Stock Exchange continued recovery in the post-hoilday morning session yesterday, with the Dow Jones price average regaining the yen 5,200 mark which it had lost about three weeks ago. The Dow indicator closed the morning session at yen 5.248.38, up yen 61.08 from
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    • 529 17 The Vietnam war has ended and the United States will soon pull out all its troops from that country leaving only a token force behind in Thailand. In light of these developments, Soutfc-East Asia has become the centre of attention. And one way of pre
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    • 810 17 Expansion goes on in wood-work industry "Singapore continues to serve as the regional centre for the processing and shipment of wood products in South-East Asia. This provides a decisive advantage for the continuing expansion of the wood-working industry in the Republic." This comment In
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    • 1160 18 Vital role of a saw-doctor Wood is the most marvellous material we know. It is used not only as a construction material to make our homes comfortable but it is also used as the raw materials for thousands of articles in everyday life.
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    • 1178 19 New devices good for economy, production Automation is of growing importance in the timber industry. The new and versatile machinery for woodworking operations not only speeds up production and improves the quality but also reduces the costs. Many sawmills, plywood factories and carpenter workshops are employing
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    • 735 20 Another step forward The timber industry is now heading towards success as a result of joint efforts by local exporters and manufacturers to control prices and rationalise production, a director of a plywood firm said. Mr. F. Topping, of Allied Wood Products Ltd., said
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    • 131 17 ORIGINAL VOLLMER Saw Maintenance Machines of Outstanding Quality and Efficiency FLASH SAWS FLASH SAWS CUT EASY a\V/A I A-iiii i L .k Jlf 1 fM CANAe Automatic saw sharpener for Circular Band and Gang saws for straight and bevel grinding Equalizing machine for swaged and stellite-tipped bandsaws coupled with CANA
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    • 173 18 m -ir R Please be 'informed that our new Registered Office and Factory is now located at:Lot .*****, Kranji Bank, Singapore 25. (Kranji Industrial Estate) Bukit Panjang, P.O. Box 47, Singapore 23. Tel: *****1 (2 lines) Cable: "MENGWOOD"' J r 1 A LliJ DECORATIVE MD FUNCTIONAL il l I diVJiiit
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    • 350 19 Iff-oy ia-oy «so) ia-oyißDyiß-D} (biMbdJKbo) isoi \BDyfsol ia-ai (so\ Black* Decker ©is pleased to introduce it's new list of Expanded f^ L Network of Dealers. Associated Hardware 107OA Peoples Park Aqua Terra Supplies Co. Pte. Ltd. 42 Watten Rise (11) Bavo 1284-A Peoples Park. Central Industrial Supplies 58 Upper Weld
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    • 53 19 HILDEBRAND, HILDEBRAND SINGAPORE PTE LTD I t PRODUCING COMPLETE RANGE OF WORLD RENOWNED HILDEBRAND MACHINERY IN SINGAPORE, ESPECIALLY TIMBER DRV KILNS VENEER DRYERS FOR FURTHER INFORMATION, PLEASE CONTACT HILDEBRAND SINGAPORE PTE LTD, 6th FLOOR, INTERNATIONAL BUILDING, ORCHARD ROAD, SINGAPORE 9. TEL: *****6 OR C. MELCHERS CO., MACDONALD HOUSE, ORCHARD ROAD,
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    • 157 20 b k X We take pride to announce that one of the most modern and well equipped v Sawmilling Factories in South East Asia is NOW IN PRODUCTION. I I Only the BEST SWEDISH JAPANESE equipment are <| installed in the factory to provide <s precise cutting of timber for
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    • 193 20 Ml l,i 1,1 Ka iV QUALITY- POWER- PERFORMANCE- ECONOMY ALL COMBINED TO GIVE PERFECT PROFESSIONAL FELLING AS WELL AS PERFECT SIMPLE WOODCUTTING. m Ei v r~ f >• > >* j^» ■fr/i 3TIH F-;• :/f. ts&&%■>> v 3.>; .STIHLO9OGV x vr/vJJV -*V S V- 4 f/. STIHL 041 K*. t
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    • 1791 21 s* I m- DETACHED BUNGALOWS. control oirconditioning, 3 bedrooms, living/dining room. Specious garJully furnished, quiet, Luxurious Iivino "«or Changi beach. $1,400 to $1,600 per month. Enquiries, Miss Chan Tel:' ***** after 1 p.m. *****2 and *****3 S'pore. C.T. 'HOUSING OFFERS luxurious bungalow house with private swimming pool at Nicoll Drive.
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    • 485 21 ■LAN MINTING INSTANTLY ■oterson Simons Multi-Storey Zar Pork, 73 Cecil Street Teleshone *****3. BACHELOR 61 seeks life companion Age, nationality, religion immaterial." Write A.N.K. P.O. Box 1. I j I tipiilfiiif''liffi'lfnjiliiiiiiliii iiP STUDIO OFFICE SPACE at Golden Mile Shopping Centre 960 sq. ft. available immediately. Singapore *****. x <? i
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    • 226 21 MACE CENT*! Shops from 300 sq. ft. available. Contact Kian An Retolty Ltd., 275-G, Selegie Complex, Selegie Road, Singapore 7. Telephone: *****/ *****. GOLDEN MILE SHOPPING CENTRE Office-Shops, airconditioned, lar^je/small on Ist, 2nd floors. Rinfl *****3 (S'pore). SHOPHOUSE WANTED in any district. Reply to P.O. Box 32, Kotong Singapore 15
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    • 348 21 SEE EXOTIC BALI CONDUCTED BY The people who brings you these tours ot realistic prices. A FANTASTIC OFFER AT ONLY $592/- FOR A 5-DAY THOROUGH TOUR OF BALI ISLAND. Departs:- March 10th: 14th April 14th, 18th May 26th June 2nd, 9th. LIMITED SEATS AVAILABLE BOOK EARLY WITH SATRYA TRAVEL SERVICE
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    • 339 21 EXCELLENT WORK. ACCIDENT CLAIMS, Pond Beating, Repairs, Spray Painting, Precision Tuning. Telephone: *****8 Gordon Steve, 7, Gentle Rood, Singapore for door to door service. FOR A FULL RANGE OF IMMACULATE USED OPEL CARS CONTACT THE OPEL DISTRIBUTOR SINGAPORE MOTORS PTE. LIMITED 96 SOMERSET ROAD, SINGAPORE, 9. PHONE: *****1. ALSO AVAILABLE
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  • 352 22  -  By Nancy Koh Fleet-foot Kallang's bull-eyed cagers smothered Jurong with goal after goal to win 85-77 into the final of the First Inter-Consti-tuency basketball tournament at Gay World last night. In the first five minutes, Kallang vigorously ploughed in eight goals with well aimed shots.
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  • 83 22 The National Sports Promotion Board is inviting all tae kwon do exponents and groups who wish to be graded to apply to the Board. Those interested must produce their previous approved grading cards or certificates when they register at Sports House, Rutland Road. Exponents will
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  • 52 22 Mr. Steven Kam has been elected Chairman of the Karting Club of Singapore for 1973. Other officials are: vice-chair-man Mr. C. C. Cheong, and honorary treasurer Mr. Lewis Chia. Committee members include Mr. Harry Tan, Encik Adam bin Ithnin. Mr. Ronald Goh, Mr. John Lim and Mr. Khoo
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  • 248 22 The Combined Schools proved to De strong challengers when they demolished favourites Catholic High "A" 3-1 on the opening night of the National youth Under-17 table tennis championships at Kallang. The hero for the Combined Schools team was beyond doubt 13-year-old Yap Chin Boon who anchored
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  • 415 22 Mark Chan performed tremendously well last night when he set a record on the first day of the Chinese Swimming Club multiple age group meet at Amber Road. He led all the way in the 400 m freestyle event for Boys 13
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  • 209 22 Local champion i:arte!T, Lim Chin Choon. won the Henkie Iriawan Memorial challenge trophy in the two-day First Jakarta International Kart Prix last weekend. Racing an American "Margay Twin" powered by a twin MC 91-B engine, 39-year-old Choon chalked up a total of 695.2 points
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  • 703 22 WITH MARTIAL BH With the Ist Asian Pacific karate championship just around the corner, in the first week of March, tiiis column would like to tt row some light on the term "sport karate" so that martial arts fans can understand clearly just
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  • 465 22  -  By Jeffrey Low Singapore's top amateur golfers will get a chance to compete against local professionals when the inaugural Rolex Masters tournament gets underway from March 2 to 4 at the Bukit course. Although the Masters is primarily organised for the pros, Rolex feels that the
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  • 52 22 London, Tuesday The total prize money In this year's commercial Union lawn tennis grand prix has been Increased by £650,000 to 1.25 m. It was announced here yesterday. The sponsors, detailing their plans for the coming season, announced that 17 countries had applied to stage grand
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  • Page 22 Miscellaneous
    • 122 22 Sports diary SOCCER—Business House Swimming Club's Multiple League Div. 2 (replay): Ase GrouD meet (Amber Rheem Hume v Metal Box Rd. 7 p.m.). (Farrer Park 5.15 p.m.), BADMINTON National Govt. Services League Div. Schools Girls 'B' Div. (Up1: SAFSA v Police (Farrer per Serangoon 2 p.m.); Park 5.15 p.m.). Boys
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  • 257 23 From Blue Peter in Penan*, Tuesday Balkan Bambino II (Samry Kadir) did a splendid .trial in godd going here this morning. Accompanied by Song Kang (Patrick Ngiow) the Beau Diable six-year-old sprinted smartly over 3f in 37 3/5. General Story (Ngiaw) and Dai-Pa-Knor (Mohamad Dahlah)
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  • 281 23 Follow the horses marked with a Cincinnati showed the way into the straight, with Salute moving op. Aratunga closed in from the rear. Salute and Aratunga ran past Cincinnati close home. In a tight finish Salute won by a head from Aratunga. Cincinnati finished a long third.
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  • 31 23 "Out of my way" thinks this International School player as he runs for the touchline hotly pursued by an opponent from Upper Serangoon. International won 28-0.—Picture by Philip Lim.
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  • 136 23 London, Tuesday. A hattrick by Brian Joicey took Sheffield Wednesday through to the fifth round of the English F.A. Soccer Cup with a 3-2 extra-time victory over Crystal Palace in Birmingham last night. Second division Sheffield Wednesday twice trailed against their first-division opponents in last night's fourth-round
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  • 191 23 London, Tuesday Australian Geoff Hunt took less than an hour to thrash Jonah Barrington of Ireland 9-1, 9-0, 9-7 and win the Grandee Open squash tournament at the Edgbaston Priory Club in Birmingham last night. It was confirmation of Hunt's success in their only other meeting
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  • 60 23 London, Tuesday. Japanese buyers paid U552,862 mil. more than one million guineas for horses at the 1972 December sales at New market, the British bloodstock auctioneers Tattersalls announced yesterday. Owners and breeders from Japan were by far the biggest overseas buyers at the December sales when
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  • 230 23 Wellington, Tuesday A second All Blacks from a recent New Zealand rugby tour of Great Britain said yesterday he would refuse t.o plav against South Africa this year unless the Springbok team is selected on a multi-racial basis. Prop forward. Sandy
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  • 228 23 London, Tuesday The i England rugby union select- ors yesterday Included two 1 new caps, Martin Cooper and Peter Squires, in the team named to m e e t 1 France in the five-nation 1 championship at Twicken- i ham here on Saturday. j England
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  • 117 23 Auckland, Tuesday.—Pakistan tour captain Intlkhab Alam said here yesterday he would be happy to serve under Majid Khan, who has been named to replace him as skipper In the coming Test series against England. The news that Pakistan cricket authorities had ousted Intikhab, captain since 1969,
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  • 53 23 London, Tuesday. Sea Brief, winner of the Leopardstown 'Chase in Ireland last Saturday, will not run in the Grand National steeplechase at Aintree, Liverpool, on March 31 it was announced yesterday. Sea Brief had been quoted at 16 1 in ante post betting lists on
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  • Page 23 Miscellaneous
    • 308 23 NEW NATION CROSSWORD ■■iiiiii I HiT* TtW am 9 Hat for a Texan. 10 Royal title. 11 Dismantle, as a ship. 12 Protruding rock. 13 Famous name in entertainment. 21 Kings: Abbr. 22 Soldier: Fr 23 Country; Ger. 24 —Cologne. 28 Estates. 30 "Death of—31 Madagascar animal. 32 Ivan and
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    • 79 24 High blood pressure has been described as one of the most prevalent diseases in the United States, primarily because a person seldom knows he has it until the "complication" of a stroke, kidney or heart failure occurs. Dr. J. Gordon Barrow, director of the Georgia
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    • 50 24 Jovial June Yassim, 19, is happy as she is. "I have no ambitions," she confided. June loves meeting people especially those with a sense of humour. And she finds lots of them in the hotel bar where she works as a hostess Picture by Jerry Seh
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    • 50 24 AH FOOK: Martial arts exponents who picked fights with tourists at the discotheque in the Orchard Road area should be taught a lesson. MEI LIN: These bullies are the ones who give the others a bad name. If they go unchecked they will also harm our tourist industry.
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    • 288 24 When a piper was told to pipe down Melbourne Herald To those witji a hint of heather in their hearts it was a touch of home. To the officials of the British Railways it was a confounded nuisance because, they claimed, their public address announcements
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    • 148 24 Today is Tuesday, February 20, the 51st'day of 1973 with 314 to tollow. THE MOON: Approaching its last quarter. THE MORNING STARS: Venus, Mars and Jupiter. THE EVENING STARS: Mercury and Saturn. Those born on this date are under the sign of Pisces. British author and humorist George Du
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    • 39 24 A man who stole a baby crocodile from a private zoo In Vienna has been jailed for 14 days. He had stuffed the loot down his shirt and rode off on the pillion of a friend's motorcycle.
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    • 165 24 When a group of professors studied some Scots children to see how much they knew about alcoholic drink they got the surprise of their lives. For the children knew a lot more about alcohol than they ever suspected. By smell alone they could tell
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    • 88 24 Doctors in Britain are using a high-speed hangover cure—an injection of fruit juice. They have found that fructose, a sugar in sweet ripe fruit and honey, can rapidly decrease the alcohol level when injected Into the blood stream. In some cases, it can speed up the
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    • 24 24 horological SPECIALIST CENTRE Also obtainable: CYMA, OMEGA. BAUME MERCIER Geneva Co. Pte. Ltd. 1. OVERSEAS UNION SHOPPING CENTRE COLLYER QUAY SINGAPORE, 1. TEL: *****1
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    • 166 24 G1 A. certtf |ca es are second to none r>, loi itv'buue white I oVA^ONDSguarame^and^rt^edJ bV Now on Display at: 51• (pte) i£td. HIGH CLASS JEWELLERS 44 High Street, Singapore 6 Tel: *****5. branches: Raffles Hotel, Singapore 7 Tel: *****. Shangri-la Hotel, Singapore 10 Tel: *****8. Mandarin Hotel, Singapore 9.
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  • Page 24 Miscellaneous
    • 436 24 5 Singapore 3.00 Opening and Where the Heart Is 3.20 For the Family (M) 3.50 A Diary of Events in Singapore this Week 3.55 Peyton Place (Rpt) 4.40 Close 6.05 Opening and Time 6.30 News in Brief 6.35 Wally Gator 6.45 Hogan's Heroes Kamikazis are Coming 7.10 The Spice of
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    • 503 24 Trust your lucky star if rrs your BIRTHDAY BORN today, you know your own strengths and weaknesses but are somewhat inclined to Ignore whichever one is giving you trouble at any particular moment. Given to self-analysis, you neverthelese overlook at times those very traits within yourself that cause you to
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