New Nation, 27 February 1973

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  • 27 1 NEW NATION SINGAPORE Tuesday evening, February 27, 1973 No. 649 Price 15 cents "> W 7 T :--y-.p sr 7 ,r fc —i^——»■——» SIN6AFOU TUCSDAY, FKHtUARY 27, 1973
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  • 11 1 0 Police reported 72 accidents yesterday. Three were serious.
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  • 188 1 Selling dominated the share market this morning and prices continued to sag to lower levels The Finance Minister's reassertlon of the government's move to curb excessive speculation in the share market might have contributed to the accelerated wave of selling. On the Industrial front, losses were significant.
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  • 534 1 400,000 civil servants out—unrest in Paris, Rome, too Reuter London, Tuesday Industrial unrest gripped Europe today with Britain and Italy facing major strike threats. In France, a week-long strike by air traffic controllers remained unsettled. In Britain nearly 400,000 civil servants are already on a one-day
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  • 226 1 Singaporeans held Several Singaporeans working on a trading ship have been arrested by Indonesian Customs officials for attempting to smuggle 40 kilograms (88 lb.) of opium into the country. The opium, worth about $25,000, was seized from the hold of the 600-ton Sabelan at the Indonesian
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  • 57 1 Sydney, Tuesday.—Sydney waterside workers yesterday lifted their ban on the handling of meat cargoes for export, Imposed as a Erotest at the Scandalously igh local meat prices." The ban came Into force on Friday for two ships, and was extended to cover all shipping yesterday morning,
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  • 38 1 Manila, Tuesday. The Philippine Government ana the US Agency for International Development (AID) signed a loan agreement yesterday, providing US$2O million ($50.0 million) to finance agricultural and Industrial imports from the United States.
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  • 45 1 Dacca, Tuesday. Six people were killed and 25 wounded cm Sunday night when someone threw a grenade into an election campaign meeting held by the ruling Awami League on the onshore island or Sandwlp in the Bay of Bengal, police said yesterday.
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  • 196 1 United Press International New York, Tuesday—A small, twin-engined jet plane ran into a flock of birds shortly after takeoff from a suburban airport In Atlanta yesterday and crashed near a heavily-populated area of apartments and private homes. All seven people aboard
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  • 352 1 Sequel to Boeing crash Reuter Benghazi, Tuesday Police and stormtroopers brandishing machine-guns leapt into action here yesterday when a crowd of 15,000 surged towards President Muammar Gaddafi screaming for revenge for the victims of the Libyan aircraft shot down by the Israeli Air Force
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  • 413 1 Reuter Jerusalem, Tuesday The Israeli Defence Minister, Mr. Moshe Dayan, last night invited all concerned including Libyans to come to Israel to examine the evidence on the forcing down of the Libyan aircraft last week in which 106 people were killed. The minister was
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  • 79 1 Police Investigating the murder of businessman Wong Sing Chong, 34, at the 5} mile Changl Road, are now looking for a "long sharp object," believed to be the murder weapon. A man has been detained. A 21-year-old girl told the police that she saw a man armed
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  • 59 1 Jakarta, Tuesday—Nearly 200 people have died of cholera so far this year in the West Nusa Tenggara Islands beyond Ball, the Muslim daily Abadi reported yesterday. Abadi quoted the head of the islands' Contagious Diseases Eradication Service, Dr. Jalin, as putting the death toll at 192
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  • 53 1 A man snatched two diamond bracelets and a diamond ring valued at $4020 from a pawnshop in Serangoon Road yesterday. Police said shop assistant Mr. Chin Sin Kong, 23, was showing the man the three items when he suddenly grabbed them and ran out. A man has been
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  • Page 1 Advertisements
    • 131 1 PAQE 2: Pirate 'tax ts make i cotcbici*. PACE 3. ■> i 6 people ♦ined for jittering FACE 5- 6:g jTimo hju! in Belfast °ACf 6: Comment o-i the Budget PA C Ch a p -1 1 J<cp: inside story PACE 9 Art at trans cendent.il digestion PACE 10: Hot
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    • 53 1 y 1 i i >11 it I!l k < U I nmix i > cV Shi fl TAG FAjjhlCN 5 FOR (TIEN Anew JAL destination from Singapore. OSAKA t Hongkong W Two JAL flights every wsek on Friday and We never kxget how Important yon are. Singapore Anson Centre, 53
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  • Page 1 Miscellaneous

  • 188 2 A 24-year-old woman And a 44-year-old mother were found dead within three hours of each other yesterday at the Ifoot of highrise flats in Redhill and Changi. At 8 a jtl Joo Chiat police were called to Block 24 in Kampong Chal Chee after
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  • 36 2 Police, who have recovered 11 stolen neckless, today appealed'to parents in the Toa Payoh area whose children had their gold necklaces snatched during the past few months, to contact the Kandang Kerbau police station*
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  • 326 2  -  Trips to Malaysia By Bharathi Mohan Pirate taxis, driven off the roads by the government ban, have appeared again this time in more enterprising ventures. They are providing two-way trips between Singapore and West Malaysia. The "pirates" travel from here to a}l the major towns across
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  • 21 2 Misses Chua Gek, Hua and Tan Bee Eng have been appointed temporary Probation Officers, according to latest government Gazette.
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  • 199 2 She fascinated the audience with the gentle flexing movements of her fingers, her smooth wavelike body movements, the rhythmic tap of her bare feet and the tilt of her eyes. r What more appropriate way of saying "welcome" than this Balinese "Pendet"
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  • 448 2 Up by 17 per cent The Government is to spend $384.7 million on salaries for its officers during the new fiscal year 1973/74. This is 17 per cent higher than the provision for the previous fiscal year ending March 31* 1973. However, expenditure
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  • 219 2 Kuala Lumpur, Tuesday. The Malaysian Medical Association has called on all doctors, especially private practitioners, to give up smoking a hazardous anti-social habit and set a good example in public. This was decided at the last meeting of the AntiSmoking Committee of
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  • 21 2 The Jurong Town Residents' Association will hold its annual general meeting at Block 111, Corporation Drive, tomorrow 8 p.m.
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  • Page 2 Advertisements
    • 295 2 A 'AJ VES YOU THE BEST RVKZ TO EUROPE. Recently, more and more experienced travellers have been making an interesting discovery. The best service to Europe comes from an American airline, TWA.' The feason for this is Ambassador Service. TWA introduced Ambassador Service with the deliberate intention of giving experienced
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  • Page 2 Miscellaneous
    • 495 2 HBPPEmncs wh tod 5 ay on The National Productivity Board is holding its fifth annual CERTIFICATE PRESENTATION DINNER at the Island Ballroom. Shangri-La Hotel, at 7.30 p.m. The Minister of State for Labour, Mr. Sia Kah Hui, and his wife will be the guests-of-honour. The SINGAPORE PRESS CLUB is having
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  • 400 3  -  Some drivers are reckless, so be careful ROAD SAFETY '73 By Douglas Chan If you travel by bus this must draw your attention. Do you know that 1,204 buses or 30 per cent of the total bus fleet In the Republic were
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  • 248 3 The Ministry of Communications will take further measures to reduce the number of serious accidents involving buses, according Dr. Ang Kok Peng, Minister of State for Communications. Dr. Ang was replying on behalf of the Minister for Communications to a question in Parliament
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  • 47 3 There will be single line traffic along Joo Chlat Road when construction work begins tomorrow on a pressure main across East Coast Road at the junction of Joo Chiat Road and along Joo Chiat Road. The work is expected to take about three months.
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  • 179 3 The Committee on Street Names has decided to retain the name, Toa Payoh Rise, despite requests from the Singapore Association for the Blind to change it. The association claims the name is misleading since the road is not In Toa Payoh. The secretary of
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  • 164 3 These are some of the 316 people charged in the Tenth Magistrate's Court yesterday for littering. All of them pleaded guilty and were fined sums ranging from $15 to $65 by the magistrate, Mr. Rahlm Jam. The total collected amounted to about $10,220. With all
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  • 73 3 The dispute between the Stock Exchange of Malaysia and Singapore management and the Singapore Manual and Mercantile Workers' Union on the grading of the five posting clerks will be referred to the Industrial Arbitration Court. The secretary general of SMMWU Mr. Joseph Tan said that no
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  • Page 3 Advertisements
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    • 56 3 That's Mido styling foryou. ?5£ yO' X s J There s a wide selection of models in a variety ot shapes enhanced by beautiful dials. They come in original bracelets. Fully automatic and water resistant a watch that yolj w ill be proud to c>v. n. Sail** i*\* u*• THONG
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  • Page 3 Miscellaneous
    • 97 3 I weather I Temperatures cities yesterday: Tokyo Manila Kuala Lumpur Taipeh Hong Kong Jakarta Bangkok Seoul Naha Paris London Moscow minus New York San Francisco Sydney Adelaide in world 12- 3C 33-29 C 33-22 C 23-17 C 23-17 C 32-25 C 34-26 C 6-minus 3C 22-14 C 5- OC 5-
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    • 307 3 Qui* object No. 202 Correct answers from two A SPECIAL QUIZ Last Thursday's quiz photograph showed pan of a hand saw. Only two correct entries were received. The first prize of $20 goes to Mr. Sernan Satiman, a machine operator, of Commonwealth Drive. His entry was the first correct one
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  • In Person
    • 497 4 Sounds of balloons popping and children's laughter filled the air at the Queenstown Community Centre the other day. The occasion was the centre's annual children's party. About 200 tiny tots were bursting their balloons competing with one another in the balloon popping game. It was one
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  • Page 4 Advertisements
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  • 392 5 Next batch to be freed today Saigon, Tuesday North Vietnam remained silent on the names of the next group of US prisoners-of-war to be freed today. r US delegates to the Joint Military Commission (JMC) In Saigon, meeting to supervise the PoW exchanges, have, however
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  • 239 5 Reuter, UPI Phnom Penh, Tuesday. Khmer Rouge forces yesterday lashed out with major artillery attacks against three isolated provincial capitals. The heaviest combat of the day raged around Svay Rieng, the last government stronghold on communist controlled HighOne, 78 miles south-east of Phnom Penh. The provincial
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  • BUSINESS NEWS
    • 263 5 Kuala Lumpur, Tuesday Legislation Is being drafted to control the importation of crash helmets. But this does not mean that there will be a total ban on all imported helmets. The legislation Is designed to prevent the importation of crash helmets that do
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    • 213 5 United Press International New York, Tuesday.—The stock market recovered some of its earlier losses toward the close, but still finished lower as investors fidgeted over the possibility of a credit saueeze. The Dow Jones average of 30 blue chip industrial stocks was 6.10 lower at
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    • 91 5 The share market opened slightly steady but closed weak. Under strong selling pressure many industrials, hotels and properties just failed to hold steady. Pre-Budfet caution was an apparent reason for slu«ishness of the market. Another reason wu the Jittery seWnf by small investors. v There were more sellers
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  • 247 5 Reuter Vienna. Tuesday. Czechoslovak chess star Mr. Ludek Pachman. now living in exile In West Germany, yesterday said the Czechoslovak underground movement was ready for a new Prague Spring, and the time for it was not too far off. "If a European
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  • 300 5 3 blasts recorded Belfast, Tuesday Urban guerrillas stepped up their bombing campaign yesterday with two blasts which wrecked a garage and a clothing store In central Belfast and another which destroyed an office building in Newry. All three bombs were planted by armed men, apparently
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  • 146 5 Reuter Ankara, Tuesday. Rescue teams were yesterday struggling through deep snow to reach 20 young children two of them seriously ill stranded by freak blizzards In a remote mountain lodge. The children, aged between seven and 14, have been trapped with their
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  • 168 5 United Press International Moscow. Tuesday. Egypt's War Minister. Lt. Gen. Ahmed Ismail, arrived here from Cairo yesterday for what sources in Cairo said mav be another attempt to «et arms from the Soviet Union. Gen. Ismail was met at Vnukovo airport by
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  • 238 5 Reuter Peking, Tuesday The first ever group of Chinese officials to visit Australia left here yesterday to open China's new embassy in Canberra. The group was headed by the Charge d'Affaires Mr. Chu Chi-chen who will be a counsellor after Peking appoints an Ambassador. The
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  • 30 5 San Jose, Tuesday An earth tremor caused panic in this Central American capital on Sunday night, but no casualties or damage were reported, police said.
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  • OVERSEAS STOCK EXCHANGE PRICES
    • 215 5 Closing prices on New York Stock Exchange yesterday. A lean At 24*. Allied Chem S2'k A11 la Ch 9\ Alcoa Am Can 30 Vi AT 4 T 50 V, A ft V Anaconda At Rlchfld 68 Beth Steel 28V4 Boeln* 21% BoUe C 9% Bjrrougha Caterp Tra 64V»
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    • 196 5 Closing prices (In franco yesterday. Paribas 206.50 208) Indochine 260 260) Foncier 398 (399) Printemps 148.90 (147.40) C.G.E. 472 (472) Bull 70.15 (70.60) Royal Dutch 186.50 (186.50) Mlchelln 1890 (1885) Thomson 192 (191.90) CJ.P. 209.90 (214.50) Rhone 174 (173) Air 362 (367) Philips 88.30 88.80) Suez 362 (362) Citroen
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    • 260 5 Prices at 11 JO a.m. today (Australian time). A baleen 12 14 Do Opts 03 06 AOD 11 15 All State 5 17 Amad 07 OS Aurora IS 15 Do Opts 03i 04 Aust Ant 15 16 Bamboo Nil 10 Beach 44 47 Bounty Oil 01| 03 Bridge Oil
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    • 34 5 Dow Jones closing stock averages on the New York Stock Exchange. 30 Industrials 953.79 (off 6.10), 30 transport 196.15 (off 2.05), 15 utilities 111.68 (off 0.76), 65 stocks 301.79 (off 2.25).
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    • 169 5 Kyodo Tokyo, Tuesday Prices on the post-holiday Tokyo Stock Exchange staged a minor rally yesterday morning following four consecutive days of decline. The price index of the major first section of the market stood at 391.40, up 0.94 from Saturday and that of the minor second section 408.25, up
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  • Page 5 Advertisements
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    • 89 5 Some quacks promise to cure dandruff permanently and forever. Others claim there are several kinds of dandruff (which?) enden Lotion and enden Creme Shampoo both contain sulfur, a substance known, since time immemorial to have beneficial, curative effects on scalps. We claim dandruff can be controlled with regular use of
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  • 456 6 The budget is painless as had been anticipated. But it is even better than that it gives instead of takes away. Mr. Hon Sui Sen, while not announcing any tax hike, revealed seven new tax reliefs for the coming fiscal year. The deduction of
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  • 113 6 4 I by ISPY Somebody should remind the nurses in the Ophthalmic Department at General Hospital that those who offer to donate their eyes to the Eye Bank are doing the public a yeomen service and are not supplicants for a favour. A friend who went
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  • 1194 6  -  GERALD de CRUZ The Government's decision to set up a special committee to inquire into violence and crime among our youth is most welcome and timely, for Singapore is a small island and if we don't
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  • Letters
    • 285 6 I refer to the letter headed The Aggressive Bus Crew by Mrs. Mobee Fang which appeared on nage 8 of New Nation, 21.2.73. A bus driver is duty bound to stop the bus and to see to It that the passengers who are boarding the
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    • 63 6  -  WEE SUI SIAN We refer to the letter captioned Large Trucks Block View from Worried New Year Visitor (NN. 30.1.73). The Public Works Department Is taking action to Install two "Reduce Speed" traffic signs at the bend near the entrance of Haw Par Vlila. The feasibility of
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    • 70 6  -  CORINNA DIEU Public Relations Officer, Housing ft Development Board, Singapore, 2. We wish to Inform Mr. C.K. Ong (NN 10.2.73) that paid parking lots are available on a quarterly basis at the Board's car park located In Moh Guan Terrace. Mr. Ong is kindly requested to contact
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    • 94 6 A disease called "motan" Is well known among the Chinese population In Singapore. I have asked many persons what "motan" is, but so far no one has the faintest idea of what this disease Is. Chinese household members only say the following "facts" about "motan" viz:- Qualified
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    • 98 6  -  R.M.N. The stretch of Ylo Chu Kang Road between the 7th and Bth milestones poses a hazard "to the public. Cars are often seen travelling at a very high speed. Some even accelerate to 50 m.p.h. despite traffic signboards warning them not to do so. Indiscriminate overtaking is
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    • 127 6 It is heartening to read your report of the Royal Highland Fusiliers' musical surprise for the fortunate workers of Brlgestene. The management's Idea of forming a military band for the workers' welfare is even more laudable. If, for various reasons, the idea could not be realised
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    • 72 6 Last year I attended a brass band concert organised by the Group Services Section of the Central Library. It was a marvellous one and the response was indeed good. How about the Group Services Section of the Queenstown Branch Library organising a few of these concerts? I
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  • Page 6 Advertisements
    • 76 6 Write to The Editor, New Nation. Locked Ban: 15, GPO, Singapore, 1. them at the tiara: Feb 26th to March 24th! e Au2ri? erS K 9oin9 The Reno Brothers St rm No« a« the Tiara! An comrt? a"d duo who hilarious Thlfcu lmpe 7 ona,i n to their act. And
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  • GAMBLING
    • 241 7  -  New Nation probe by Tan Chung Lee, Wee Beng Huat and Ismail Kassim Today we take the lid off chap-ji-kee, as we bring you, for the first-time, the inside story of this multi-million dollar racket. It started as a poor man's lottery
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    • 2730 7 Housewives top the list of victims Chap-ji-kee, the illegal Chinese character lottery introduced in Singapore 50 years ago to the poor, is one of the most pernicious vices ever to penetrate our society. It is a game operated by thugs whose multi-million dollar empire was built
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    • 1104 7 Mr. A is a shipping executive. At 30, he is still a bachelor. Though he earns about $800 a month, he is heavily indebted—about 10 times his monthly income to a dozen money lenders. Mr. B, a 33-year old sales executive, is married
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  • SHOPPING
    • 664 8 How much you value the past V RAPTURE a mood, in full colour and you will have it before you all your life. Or perhaps record something important like how your children look like every year. Or simply surround yourself with shots of nature and the environment. Whatever you may
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  • Page 8 Advertisements
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    • 86 8 VSF DRAGON BRAND SELECTED FEATHER FREE BIRD'S NESTS The most saleable and reputable product ya/M in South East Asia jf AVAILABLE AT ALL PROVISION AND DRUG STORES KIM HING CO. No.l-03(1st floor) The Peninsula Shopping Complex, Coleman Street, Singapore 6. Tel: *****2 JOHN WILLIAM ASSOCIATES PTE. LTD. 4 Exeter Road,
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    • 83 8 23i*a!UM e s ElMEMfil 60 HOURS BACKGROUND MUSIC WITHOUT REPETITION Rowe international, inc. A SUBSIDIARY OF TRIANGLE INDUSTRIES, INC 75 Troy Hills Road. Whippany, New Jersey ***** 1500 Union Avenue. S. E Grand Rapids. Michigan ATLAS SOUND CO 118-120 MlJtri STOREY CAR PARK B LDING. SINGAPORE 1 TEL ***** SPECIAL
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    • 209 8 isymbol of finest cjuolity i lt n i] r FREE GIFT ONE V.I .P. KEY CHAIN to THE PURCHASER OF ONE SUIT LENGTH QR 3 TROUSER LENGTHS 24 designs at your choice NEVER BEFORE SUCH FABULOUS RANGE 2nd floor,shop2-01.Peninsula Shopping Complex Coleman Street Singapore 6. Tel:***** ***** RUSSIAN CAMERAS FRBC
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  • TREND
    • 154 9 There IS a place in the fashion world for the older woman and she CAN look other than "well-dressed 1 which, in her case, is a euphemistic term for "dull." Just think of what she's able to wear that actually
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    • 81 9 London, Tuesday British doctors are worried about a new disease In men girlfright according to The Sun last weekend. There are a growing number of young men complaining to their doctors about nervous tension and Impotence. The latest edition of the medical Journal, Pulse, has come up
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    • 1357 9  -  yoga 1 TAN CHUNG LEE Too many people have a mistaken Impression that all yogis are vegetarians and that they are very ascetic on all questions of eating, smoking and drinking. The birthplace of yoga In India possibly has much to do with Its being equated with vegetarianism.
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    • 137 9 New York chiropodists are doing a roaring trade these days removing hundreds- of toenails from the platform platoon of teenagers who clomp around in four inch heels. Girls AND boys who walk on giant platform soles are forced to thrust all their weight on their toes. Besides,
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  • Page 9 Advertisements
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    • 233 9 Shopping at PEOPLE'S EMPORIUM means you get MOST for your MONEY. Our comprehensive range of goods from FOODSTUFFS to FOOTWEAR wilt delight all shoppers... Geylang Rd/Tg Katong Prices are ModerateSingapore Service is Good and Carpark is Free. Come TODAY! to PEOPLE'S EMPORIUM PEOPLE'S V SPECIAL OFFER JUST ANOTHER CALCULATOR wrm
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  • BEHIND THE NEWS
    • 691 10  -  From V. K. Chin MALAYSIA The appearance of "hot" money In Malaysia is having a chilling' effect on the economy and is causing soihe concern to both the federal and state governments. It has created a mild inflation and Is playing havoc with
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    • 1388 10  -  From Ronnie Muntu INDONESIA Although there have been reports that communist activists, particularly from West Kalimantan, have infiltrated the Indonesian capital, the inaugural session starting March Ist. next of Majelis Permusyawaratan Rakyat (Peoples Consultative Assembly or Peoples Congress), the first ever resulting from
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    • 578 10  -  From Gordan Joselpoff Washington Post RUSSIA A young Australian couple and their child sit in a Moscow restaurant waiting to order breakfast. The waitresses are busy talking among themselves. Finally the man stands up and claps his hands. With great reluctance, one of
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    • 156 10 VOICE OF THE PRESS What other Newspapers are saying: YOUNG DELINQUENTS. A special committee has been formed to study the problem of delinquency amongst youths in the Republic. The formation of this committee Is necessary in view of the fact that the number of young delinquents has been
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  • Page 10 Advertisements
    • 74 10 NEW NATION TOPS FOR TELEVISION WATCHERS What's on television tonight? The quickest and best way to find out is to look up New Nation's easy to find backpage TV guide. Ifs there in the same spot every day. AaA every Saturday there's an inXormative television column providing you with the
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  • The Hardware Industry
    • 735 11 Iron and steel output grows The hardware industry has developed rapidly since the Republic moved towards industrialisation more than a decade ago. Iron and steel are used in almost every industry, including shipbuilding and repairing building construction and motor assembly. Basic metals, metal fabrication and
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    • 712 12 New method a great labour-saving device, too Modern foundry processes consist of making moulds, preparing and melting the metal, pouring the metal into the moulds, cleaning the castings, and reclaiming the sand for use again. Machines have eliminated much of the labour in moulding and,
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    • 680 13 The hardware industries have contributed much to shipbuilding and repairing and buildipg construction work in Singapore. Materials used in every stage of these vital industrial sectors are drawn from the hardware firms. These include, iron and steel for structural frameworks, aluminium and other metals for wall
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    • 461 14 ...all in just 10 years Singapore's aluminium manufacturers have found big markets for their products overseas. The Republic's aluminium fabrications, casings, household utensils, furniture and other aluminium products are being sold to East Malaysia, Brunei, Thailand, Burma and Indonesia. The move towards export orientation has
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    • 480 14 Singapore's hardware dealers play a vital role in the development of industries. Without the supporting services and equipment supplied by the hardware merchants and manufac turers, the various industries here would not have developed so rapidly dur ing the last decade. The growth
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    • 683 15 One of the biggest problems facing the metal producing and manufacturing firms in Singapore is the lack of skilled workers. During the past decade, there has been a great demand for technicians and engineers by various companies engaged in the production of iron, steel, aluminium,
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    • 455 16 Many modern gadgets add glamour to kitchens The local hardware industries have made their presence felt in homes. Many of their products are now considered essential, especially in kitchens. Modern gadgets and home appliances are a great boon to housewives. The in c
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  • Page 11 Advertisements
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    • 73 11 LEONG HUATINDUSTRIES LTD (Incorporated in Singapore) MANUFACTURER OF COLD FORMED STEEL SECTIONS, STEEL PROCESSING MILL FOR STEEL STRIPS, PLATES SHEETS LIPFED CHANNEL PLAIN CHANNEL ZED SECTIONS STEEL STRIPS \k RECTANGULAR HOLLOW SECTION SQUARE MILD STEEL PLATE SLITTED FLAT DARS r, M Te COLD ROLLED FLOOR PLATE 'SHEET Office 91-A Lavender
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  • Page 12 Advertisements
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  • Page 13 Advertisements
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  • Page 14 Advertisements
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  • 368 18 Korea Is sending a delegation to Singapore for the Ist AsianPacific. karate competition being held on March 3 and 4 at the Singapore Badminton Hall. Mr. Michael Lum, chairman of the publicity subcommittee for the contest, revealed this startling piece of Information to this column at
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  • 367 18 tommc re grips i Three highly-ranked Japanese kendo-kas are among a 10-member strong Singapore team to compete against the Malaysia Kendo Federation in a friendly tournament at Kuala Lumpur on Sunday. They are Joseph A. Shimmyon, Kenjl Hagashl and Hlrotaka Noda. Also included in the team
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  • 91 18 Accra. Tuesday—Ghana drew 0-0 with Nigeria In the second leg of their World soccer Cup qualifying match here yesterday though the Ghanaians must await official notification that they are through to the next round. In Lagos two weeks ago Ghana were leading 3-2 when the first-leg match
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  • 171 18 The United Tae-Kwon-Do Group will hold a series of grading tests under local international judges for the first time starting-at the Young Men's Christian Association on March 9. All five are fourth degree blackbelters who have been registered with the Korean Tae Kwon Do Association.
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  • 228 18 A lucky break by Koh Cheng Kwee enabled St. Joseph's Institution to retain its title in the "B" boys National Schools seven-a-side rugby match at Grange Road yesterday. It beat long standing rival St. Andrew's School 6-0 (a goal) in an evenly matched game. The
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  • 577 18 London. Tuesday.—Derby County, the English football League champions, and Leeds United, holders of the F.A. Cup, were yesterday drawn to meet in the quarter-finals of the FA. Cup on March 17. Derby will have ground advantage in this clash of the giants which
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  • 260 18 Manila, Tuesday—Foreign players dominated the opening matches of the second Asian amateur tennis championships here yesterday. But Thai champion Sonpran Champisrl went down In defeat to unranked Antonio Banaag of the Philippines 6-4, 5-7, 3-6, in one of the four singles involving foreign entries. Hong
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  • 41 18 Tukuoka (Japan) TuesdayWorld Boxing Council Junior lightweight champion Rlcardo Arredondo of Mexico arrived here yesterday from Tokyo to defend his title against Japan's Apollo Toshlo on March 6. He trained In Tokyo after his arrival there on February 20.
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  • 174 18 St. Johns, Antigua, Tuesday.—A defiant 63-run stand for the last wicket between Terry Jenner and Dennis Lillee highlighted the last day of a drawn cricket match between Australia and the Leeward Islands yesterday. The pair came together when the tourists were struggling at nine for 172
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  • 96 18 Port of Spain, Tuesday.— Kent and Trinidad allrounder Bernard Julien hit an 82 not out to consolidate his national team's position against Barbados in their Shell Shield cricket match here. Julien hit eight fours and four sixes to help Trinidad to a 124-run lead over
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  • Page 18 Miscellaneous
    • 408 18 NEW NATION CROSSWORD ACROSS 1 E&ibarrass. 8 Robust. 10 Portuguese explorer. 14 Japanese agency. 15 Elbe tributary. 16 Part of a foot. 17 Negative contraction. 18 Nicholas 11. 19 Church court. 20 Reported wrongly. 22 V.K. Krishna 23 Shell crew. 24 Modem. 25 Cooling Implement. 28 Part of a foot.
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    • 152 18 Sports diary BASKETBALL BAS TABLE TENNIS Inter-Cons. final (Gay STTA Under-17 Open (KalWorld 7.30 p.m.) lang 7 pjn.). BADMINTON National SOCCER Tour match: Schools Boys B (Newton North Korea v S'pore SelecSec. Sch. 2 p.m.); Girls B ti on (jin. Besar 7.30 p.m. (Upper Ser. Tech 2 p.m.). Friendly: PARC
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  • 284 19 Follow the horses marked with a Major made an early breakaway and was well clear Into the straight from The Battler and Shintaro, with Bowl King moving up. Mujor kept up a strong gallop to win by four lengths from The Battler. Bowl King
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  • 453 19 By Blue Peter West Lake did a splendid trial on a good track at Bukit Timah this morning. Ridden by apprentice DJulkifly Ahmad. The Fortino II six-year-old came away from President's Vote at the end of 3f in 37 3/5. La Notre (Ricky Kingston), Pteroptyx
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  • 60 19 Bournemouth (England). Tuesday. Australian Geoff Hunt gained his third successive victory on the Grandee international squash circuit when he beat compatriot Ken Hlscoe 9-7, 9-5, 9-5 here last night. Pakistani Gogi Alauddin avenged his defeat in the British Open championship final when he beat Ireland s
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  • 40 19 Sydney, Tuesday Sydney Boxing Promotion* group, Stadiums Limited has offered world junior middleweight boxing champion Koichl Wajima At 25,000 (£14,300) to defend his title against British Commonwealth champion Char key Ramon of Australia in Melbourne later this year.
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  • 30 19 Hong Kong. Tuesday. China, out to regain its reputation as the top table tennis nation, will send a 21-member team to the world championships in Yugoslavia in April.
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  • 1224 19  -  By Nancy Koh Sin Min High looks v set to take the Group j Two crown in the t Schools' National bad- minton "C" division championship after scoring 4-1 wins in three previous games. i Fielding one of its strongest teams ever, Sin Min
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  • 237 19 Mountbatten Community Centre, contenders for the Group One title in the Under-17 table tennis tournament, crashed to a 3-0 defeat at the hands of hot favourites, Singapore Schools Sports Council. Dimunitive 12-year-old Yap Chin Boon once again anchored the necessary points by beating Mountbatten's Yoon Chin Kee
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  • 126 19 Tokyo, Tuesday. United States air force sergeant Steven Smith won the Japanese middleweight boxing title last night by knocking out defending champion Cassius Nalto In the 7th round of a scheduled 10-round bout before 6000 spectators at the Nihon University Auditorium. Smith, 23, a black fighter
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  • Back Page TUESDAY
    • 408 20  -  By Dick West Went into the clinic the other day for my biennial medical checkup. When it was over, tiie doctor looked at my chart and said "you are as sound as a dollar." No matter how we try to steel ourselves for the
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    • 162 20 Today is Tuesday, February 27, the 58th day of 1973 with 307 more to follow. THE MOON: Between its last quarter and new phase. THE MORNING STARS: Venus. Mars and Jupiter. THE EVENING STARS: Mercury and Saturn. Those born on this date are under the sign of Pisces. American
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    • 105 20 The abolition by the British government of free school milk may lead to a race of children several inches shorter than average, warns a report by the Pood Education Society. Milk provides nearly half the calcium a child needs. A
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    • 77 20 What sparkling eyes! And they are on the lookout for Mr. Right. This attractive Taiwanese songbird, C h u a n g Kwei Ying, 21, hopes to find "my Mr. Right in Singapore." Kwei Ying, who is the resident singer at Danny's Restaurant, Niteclub and Cocktail
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    • 55 20 TALKING PO NT AH FOOK: I hope the plan to raise the standards of bus drivers and conductors will result in more pleasant rides for commuters. MEI LIN: Before they go for their refresher courses, the busmen or the owners should first refresh the buses by cleaning them. Some of
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    • 172 20 Eating in shifts at wedding party Mr. Fan's party was fantastic. So many people were Invited to the 10course meal they had to eat in shifts. The banquet lasted two days and cost £1200 for food alone. As he served fish and chips in his shop in Marple, Cheshire. Mr.
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    • 176 20 Young mother saved thanks to dog and daughter When Mrs. Josephine Julien, 20, fell Into an abandoned 55-foot well on Monday her only help was a four-year-old daughter Teresa Pnd a German shepherd dog named Baron. Mrs. Jullen, who has no phone, went to an adjoining shed to deposit garbage.
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    • 404 20 5 Siagapors 3.00 Opening and Where the Heart la 3.20 For the Family (M) 3.50 A Diary of Events In Singapore this Wwk fVI) 3.55 Peyton Place (Rpt) 4.40 Close 6.00 Opening and the Railway Children 6.30 News in Brief 6.35 Hogan's Heroes Double Life 7.00 The Spice of Life
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