New Nation, 26 March 1973

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  • 15 1 NEW NATION SINGAPORE Monday evening, March 26, 1973 No. 672 Price 15 cents NEW NATION
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  • 13 1 Police reported 60 accidents yesterday. Six were serious and one fatal.
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  • 197 1 The share market was marked by bearish trading this morning. Price depreciation was evident on a broad front. Industrials which attracted strong speculative interest were Development Bank of Singapore, Haw Par and Sime Darby. Tasek Cement was temporarily suspended when trading began. BUSINESS DONE: Development Bank of
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  • 306 1 New snag aver PoWs Reuter, UPI Washington, Monday President Nixon has ordered some 6000 US troops to remain in South Vietnam until the nine American prisoners held in Laos are included among the final, batch of captives to be released by Hanoi and the Viet Cong.
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  • 356 1 Hanoi denies claim Reuter Paris, Monday North Vietnamese officials here last night shrugged off President Nixon's order halting the pullout of the balance US troops in Vietnam until the release of all American prisoners, including tfcose held in Laos. "We have nothing to do with US
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  • 27 1 London, Monday.—Prime Minister Mr. Edward Heath and trade union chief Mr. Vic Feather agreed to talk on industrial disputes affecting Britain's hospitals this afternoon.
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  • 367 1  -  Police warning after dwindle' reports By Bharathi Mohan More than 50 women have been either raped, molested or swindled by a fortune-teller who "charmed" them with magic spells. Some of the women have reDorted to police that the man also swindled them of thousands of dollars.
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  • 99 1 Reuter New York, Monday Mr. Lee Kuan Yew, who arrived here last night, will meet President Nixon in Washington -on Tuesday, April 3. The Prime Minister will speak at Lehigh University in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, and at Eckhard College in St. Petereburgh, Florida.
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  • 60 1 Moscow, Monday. Nuclear physicist Andrei Sakharov, one of the architects of the Soviet H-bomb, said on Saturday that Soviet secret police had called him in for the first time to question him about his Civil Rights activities. Mr. Sakharov, head of the unofficial Human Rights Committee,
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  • 363 1 Nairobi, Monday Uganda claimed an invasion from Tanzania was likely anytime now and ordered its Second Infantry Brigade of troops to its frontier. Radio Uganda Quoted a Ugandan spoksman as saying there were "clear Tanzanlan troops movements at the border." "Tanzania 1s most likely to invade Uganda
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  • 198 1 A group of six trade associations will launch a series of protests against alleged unfair dealings with local traders by Japanese. According to sources, this decision was taken at a meeting they held last Saturday to discuss "unethical practices" of certain Japanese manufacturers. The meeting, it
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  • 66 1 Police have arrested two more suspects in connection with the kidnap of the Hong Kong Businessman's 13 year old son. They were picked up by CID officers yesterday. Police confirmed that they have recovered eleven $50 "ransom" notes from members of the public last week. The
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  • 41 1 London, Monday. Four people were killed yesterday when a light Cherokee aircraft crashed in the Lake District. Police said rescue teams were bringing the bodies from the scene of the crash. They had not yet been identified.
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  • Page 1 Miscellaneous

  • 134 2 The housewife who swindled more than $500,000 tontine money Is believed to have fled to Hong Kong Informed sources say that the woman, a mother of two took refuge abroad when the police and the tontine victims closed in on her. She is
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  • 53 2 The People's Association is inviting applications for its military band, choir, Chinese orchestra, girl bagpipe band, drama group ana dance troupe. Applicants must have some basic knowledge of music or the performing arts. Transport allowance will be paid to successful candidates at every practice and performance. Applications close
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  • 356 2 Guidance council's aim The National Guidance Services Council is concentrating in giving sufficient training for career teachers to set up an effective guidance programme in schools this year. The Council, formed early last year, has representatives from the Ministries of Education. Culture and Labour.
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  • 32 2 The Adult Education Board will conduct a 12week course on Nyonya Kway (Nyonya cakes) at the Kim Keat AEB centre on April 8 at 2 p.m. The fee is $30.
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  • 406 2  -  ...and talks of the past with nostalgia By Gene Teo He has a manner that can win over any student soft-spoken, gentle and quick witted. His teaching career goes back 50 years to the time when he gave tuition lessons to students. Sir Alexander Oppenheim, 69, said
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  • 33 2 Wellington, Monday Two earthquakes rocked the New Zealand capital today damaging shops and houses and forcing the evacuation of schoolchildren and office workers. There was no immediate report of any casualties.
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  • 141 2 The driver of this lorry, Ang Peng Sal, 33, escaped without a scratch when his vehicle collided with a cream Mazda 1500 on Saturday at the 6$ milestone, Upper Bukit Timah Road. He managed to jump clear Just as the lorry plunged into the canal after
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  • Page 2 Advertisements
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  • Page 2 Miscellaneous
    • 146 2 Temperatures in world cities yesterday: Kuaia Lumpur 33-24 C Hong Kong 18-15 C Jakarta 31-24 C Tokyo 12- 4C Seoul 11- OC Bangkok 33-24 C Manila 30-21 C Naha 18-14 C London 11- 7C Moscow 10- OC San Francisco 19- 6C New York 12- 6C Paris 19- 3C Sydney 23-15
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    • 366 2 HRPPEIWIGS wh t A O T d s ay on The Safety First National Council and the People's Association will jointly hold a TALK ON HOME SAFETY at the Upper Serangoon community centre, 5£ miles, at 8 p.m. The SINGAPORE CHRISTIAN FILMS will sponsor a film show at the Victoria
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    • 129 2 ®wmm® Today's winning number *****1 If the last six digits of your Singapore identity card number are those shown above, you can claim a $300 Post Office Savings Bank Gift Voucher. Your voucher will be paid into a Post Office Saving Bank account in your name. Call with your identity
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  • 288 3 A production manager of an electronic firm has called on more experienced business executives to come forward to conduct tutorial classes for undergraduates In business studies. Mr. Tom Chen of Airco Electronics, was speaking on "The business sector's contribution towards a balanced business education"
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  • 60 3 A four-man trade delegation from Bangladesh led by Mr. Idrees, president of the Chittagong Chamber of Commerce and Industry, are in Singapore to explore possibilities of trade between the two countries. During their stay here the delegation will meet the Singapore Manufacturers' Association, the Chambers of Commerce and
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  • 510 3  -  Watch for dangers in the house! HOME SAFETY N By Pang Guek Cheng A man's home is his castle, so the saying goes. Here, he is king of all he surveys and nothing can harm him. So how come there are so many accidents in the home?
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  • 413 3 A product can be highly sophisticated in safety gadgets, but if safety habits are not cultivated home accidents will continue. This is the opinion of a cross-section of manufacturers interviewed day.They were commenting on the disappointment expressed by the Minister of State for Labour and chairman
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  • 261 3  -  By Douglas Chan Opium addicts are finding it difficult to get their daily doses because drug syndicates are now reluctant to distribute it regularly to their retailers. This follows steppedup raids against drug traffickers by the Central Narcotics Bureau. To date, the CNB has recovered
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  • 115 3 A modern display centre will soon be opened in the High Street shopping district to show off made-in-Singapore products in plush setting. The centre will be part of the Singapore Manufacturers' Association's new headquarters in the Colombo Court Building now nearing completion. SMA has already started
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  • 75 3 Memphis, Monday. Flash flooding spawned bj a series of thunderstorms was blamed for the drowning of seven motorists in southwest Mississippi over the weekend, while in Tennessee, the Mississippi River continued to flood low-lying pasturelands. The fast-moving thunderstorms dumped five inches nf rain in Southern Mississippi
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  • Page 3 Miscellaneous
    • 315 3 Ir* Quiz object No. 225 Clerk wins the top prize the correct answer to today's quiz arawn out of the bag by the Editor on Thursday evening will win $45. The next envelope Irom a man and the next one from a woman containing the correct answers drawn out of
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  • In Person
    • 666 4 THAT'S HOW A WOMEN'S MEETING WEN! ANNUAL. general meetings are not always the long, dragging affairs that people talk about, at least not where the members of the Singapore Women's Association are concerned. For them, the business of electing new office bearers was kept short
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  • 299 5 The huge brass bell rang with a special message of peace, har- mony and brotherhood and Earth Day 1973 set in. The ringing of the Peace Bell was one of the highlights of the Earth Day observance ceremony held at the Y.M.C.A. premises in
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  • 102 5 The Prosperity through Quality and Reliability (PQR) Campaign Organising Committee is to conduct two three day quality awareness courses for workers in Industry next month. They are designed for line leaders, foremen, supervisors and operators engaged in Quality control work. The first course in English will begin
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  • 39 5 Mr. 8. Y. Lee of the University of Singapore will Eve a talk on the "Present ternatlonal monetary Crisis and its impact on Singapore and Malaysia" on April 5 at 4.45 pjn. at the Shell Theatrette.
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  • 282 5 'Frontier centre* plan Wcxxilands New Town will be more self-suffi-cient than any other existing satellite town built by the Housing and Development Board. When fully developed, Its residents will be able to enjoy better community and shopping facilities, coupled with ample employment opportunities. This
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  • 274 5 Impromptu donations to the People's Scholarship Fund amounting to $50,000 were presented by the directors of Nippon Paint (S) Pte Ltd at its 10th annual dinner yesterday. Mr. C. Obata, president of the Nippon Group who gave $10,000 in his personal capacity said that a research
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  • 46 5 A team of lecturers from the Department of Pharmacology, University of Singapore, will conduct a 12-lecture course on What You Should Know About Drugs for the public. The course starts on April 2 at 7.30 p.m. and the fe* is $5 a person.
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  • 21 5 The Institute of Education Act will come into operation on April 1, according to the latest government gazette notification.
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  • 312 5  -  By Violet Oon Malcolm Frager was a welcome change from the series of "explosive" pianists we've been having in the past few months. He began his recital at the Regional i*ngn«h Language Centre auditorium on Saturday night with Haydn's Sonata No. 6 In G.
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  • Page 5 Advertisements
    • 197 5 m raffles viliagi HISTORICAL SIN(L\PORE REVISITED The Singapore ot 1819 has been brought back to life in Raffles Villaye. Outstanding features: ENTERTAINMENT Traditional Malay dances and accompanying music. Nightiy Malay Wedding ceremony performed. Cultural Chinese and Indian dances. Modern Chinese dances. F ihpino Bamboo dances. FOOD Western, Chinese and" Malay
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    • 555 5 NEW NATION 1 A WOODLANDS FARRER PARK ATHLETIC CENTRE THE NEW NATION BIG WALK will be held on Sunday, April 29, 1973. Send in your entry form today. NAME (in full) ADDRESS Postal District No. Sex AGE Date of Birth GROUP* If vou are a team member mark cross here'
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    • 112 5 v is YTOrhtinrnna Philco lasts longer than most air-conditioners. So it costs you less! Because it performs better. Every part of a Philco is built better. Small parts. Big parts. Like a specially contoured sound baffle round the fan. This makes Philco quieter. A double curtain air filter. Most air-conditioners
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  • BEHIND THE NEWS
    • 518 6 MONDAY FOCUS Black September, the organisation whose agents exported the bloody Middle East conflict to Munich and Bangkok, is as mysterious in Beirut as it is anywhere else in the world. Little is known about its leadership and membership or of its operational structure. Longtime Arab watchers here
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    • 796 6  -  From William Coughlin An unexpected aftermath of the Black September operation in Khartoum has been the disarray into which it has plunged the entire Palestinian Commando movement. For the first time, the Black September group's activities have backfired in the Arab world itself. A
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    • VOICE OF THE PRESS
      • 311 6 What other Newspapers are saying: MUSLIM INSURGENCY IN SOUTHERN PHILIPPINES After a personal inspection tour of Southern Philippines, President Marcos announced that the Muslim insurgency there has been crushed. But judging by various events, the insurgency is far from over: The Philippine Government itself had rtcognised the
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      • 313 6 THE REASON FOR THE INCREASE IN THE SALARIES OF MINISTERS. The announcement made by the Prime Minister of the increase in the salaries of Ministers must have posed the question in the minds of certain sections of the people as to why the salaries of these Ministers should
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    • 1036 6  -  From Jim Hoagland Yasser Arafat, the main Palestinian guerrilla leader, hinted for the first time last week that members of his Fatah organisation also belonged to the Black September terrorist group. "It does not concern me nor Is it within my ability to stop the
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  • 65 7 A face of concentration, one of detachment and another of obvious enjoyment. Nevertheless, these tiny tots all added up to give a splendid display of songs and music at the Victoria Theatre yesterday. The charity show, organised by the Yamaha Music School, raised more than $2000
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  • 358 7 Finding by UN team Reuter Monday A United Nations report accused the South African poiice of using "most cruel and degrading torture" on people arrested in Namibia (South west Africa). According to the report, prepared by a six-member group set up by the UN Commission
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  • 208 7 Reykjavik, Monday—An Icelandic patrol vessel fired a shell and blank shots across the bow of a British trawler off Iceland's south coast yesterday in a further escalation of the cod war between the two countries, Coast Guard headquarters said. A Coast Guard spokesman said the
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  • 244 7 Reuter Khartoum. Monday. A court martial was told here yesterday that a retired brigadier general and eight others accused of plotting to assassinate President Jaafar Nimeiry had planned to stage a revolution in May. The trial of BrigadierGeneral Abdel Rahim Shannan. his
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  • 257 7 London, Monday. Seams of hard rock ahead and soft ground below dashed hopes for an early breakthrough yesterday to rescue seven miners trapped in the Lofthouse coal mine In Wakefield by a flood five days ago. National Coal Board officials said if
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  • 385 7 Philippines accused Tripoli, Monday. There was uproar at the Islamic Foreign Ministers' conference in Benghazi yesterday when a maimed seven-year-old boy was showij to to the Ministers to support allegations of Muslims in the Philippines. The Philippines Ambassador to Egypt, Mr. Yussef Abu Bakr,
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  • 78 7 Tel Aviv, Monday. A purse snatcher had his trousers ripped off by his 70-year-old woman victim and fled into central Tel Aviv in his underpants, a court was told yesterday. Two brothers, Amicam and Raziel Levi, were accused of attempting to snatch a purse belonging
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  • 382 7 UPI, Reuter Washington, Monday. Britain's Secretary of State for Northern Ireland said yesterday that if British troops withdrew from the province there would be a bloodbath in which the Protestants would attack the Roman Catholic minority. Speaking in a television interview, Mr. William Whitelaw also said
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  • 35 7 Tel Aviv, Monday.— Police are investigating the disappearance of 600 kilograms (1320 lb) of silver worth £21,000 ($130,200) from an El A 1 Israeli aircraft between London and Lod international airport near here.
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  • 213 7 UPI, Reuter New York, Monday—Two survivors from the Norwegian freighter Norse Variant which went down In an Atlantic storm last Thursday were spotted yesterday by search aircraft, the US Coast Guard reported. One man was said to be clinging to a hatchcover
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  • 224 7 United Press International Paris, Monday. France will place guards aboard civil air flights in the Pacific area to assure no opponents of the French atomic testing programme hijack a plane in protest, the new magazine Le Point said in its issue to be
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  • Page 7 Advertisements
    • 205 7 There is no problem -n tailoring that c.in't be solved .it Vashi's With so manv years of experience in the trade, yooei results are achieved every time. Suits can be custom tailored from 59b.00. trousers made to measure at S 19.50 per pair. \A' DEPARTMENTAL STORE 9 D'ALMEIDA ST REE.
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    • 232 7 The High Street establishment of B. P. de Silva Pte. Ltd. will be closed for extensive internal renovation from Monday, 26th March to Monday, 9th April, both dates inclusive. During this time, staff will be on hand to deliver repaired items and to accept other items for repair. Any inconvenience
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  • 408 8 For those Singaporeans who commute frequently by bus, the most welcome piece of news this week must be Mr. Phev Yew Kok's announcement that the Singapore Industrial Labour Organisation (SILO) has set up a permanent action committee to educate bus workers and to take disciplinary
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  • 'WHISPERS' by ISPY
    • 48 8 A union leader thought he had gone to the wrong conference when he went to deliver a talk to a gathering of unionists and trade union members in Singapore recently. "There were so many cars around, I thought it was an employers' conference!" he said.
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    • 84 8 It is a well-known fact that food in hotels costs three times what you pay elsewhere. But there is nothing to beat the price of fresh fruits In these elegant establisments. After a hotel lunch recently, a colleague ordered fruits for desserts. The plate came, consisting of a
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    • 35 8 An English paper printed this quotation from an unnamed church magazine: "Churchyard maintenance Is becoming increasingly difficult and it will be appreciated if parishioners will cut the grass round their own graves,"
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  • 1029 8  -  ALEX JOSEY More than a thousand years ago. round about the time of Edward the Elder, the Lord Chancellor of England was father confessor to the king. He was the king's conscience. In addition he was the keeper of
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  • Letters
    • 115 8 The portion of Chua Chu Kang Road diverging into Jalan Bunga and Jalan Piring has frequent road accidents. The residents are deeply worried. Although double white lines are shown on this portion of the road, drivers are still in the habit of parking their trucks, vans and motor-cars
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    • 91 8  -  CHAN CHING YONG for Director, Adult Education Board, Singapore, 9. I refer to the letter by An Enthusiastic Student entitled Sessions are Too Short (NJi, 19.3.73). Most adult students have found the three hours per week adequate to meet the requirements of the Standard 2 and 3 examinations.
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    • 204 8 When I read Dr. Ramsay's statement that the churches in Sabah are having a difficult time and other news report of a vigorous campaign to convert people to Islam there, I recall what Mr. Vetrivelu, the former secretary general of the U.N.F. said about Singapore being a
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    • 80 8  -  YEONG KUM KEE Public Relations Officer, Ministry of National Development, Singapore. 2. We refer to Falcon's letter on obstructions caused by motorcycles and scoo- ters on the roadside near the pedestrian crossing in Chia Keng Village, Ylo Chu Kang Road 6V4 m.s (N N, 9-3-73). The Demolition Enforcement
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    • 195 8  -  S. GOPINATHAN Chairman, National Book Development Council of Singapore, Singapore, 10. In your editorial of March 20 you state that In a memorandum submitted to the government by the Singapore Book Publishers Association a call was made for the establishment of a National Book Development Council, a
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    • 91 8  -  CLARA LIAO Referring to the report All the Way from Britain to Cheer up the Lonely One published in the New Nation on Tuesday, March 20, 1973, I would like to comment on the last paragraph. If it is true that the penguins cannot last for
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  • Page 8 Advertisements
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    • 206 8 STH. ANNUAL VESAK PRELUDE DHAMMA CONTESTS organised under the auspices of the S'pore Polytechnic University of S'pore Buddhist Societies Open Essay under 35 to all residents in Singapore only:Topic "Self-help the Law of Karma" Maximum words 2500 in Triplicate Cash Awards donated by DATO LEE CHEE SHAN Pn s ,st
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  • Page 8 Miscellaneous

  • 3163 9  -  By Arnold Sawialak After the spectacular success of the "Triangular Diplomacy" of his first term, President Nixon finds himself a man with an act that Is all but impossible to top in terms of sheer drama. The tedious bargaining ahead with the Soviet Union, China and other major
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  • TREND
    • 253 11 Dear Ros, My boyfriend and I are still schooling and we have been going steady now for a year. I love him very much. Both of us, after severai discussions, have decided that sex is for after marriage. However, I read recently that
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    • 89 11 Dear Ros, I am a Secondary Two schoolboy of 14. I think I am in love with a lady teacher. I think about her ail day. What can I do now? David Dear Dav'd, Try and put your adoration to more constructive use: the best way
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    • 132 11 Dear Ros, During the December Holidays I went to work in a teahouse as a waitress tor a month. A week before scnool reopened, I handed in my notice. When the time came for me to leave, the manager wouldn't pay my salary. He gave an
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    • 229 11 Dear Ros, I am a pre-university student with an ambition of becoming a journalist/reporter. My interests are reading, imaginative and creative writing, and outdoor activities which I hope will be useful when I have to run about gathering new*. I would like to have further details regarding quali
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    • 209 11 Sugar and spice are coming back into women's lives not as part of the little girl look but to soften the latest face of fashion. How? Through the use of pastels, naturally. Pastels for lips, eyes and nails, but not in the flat, almost dull
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    • 187 11 Dear Ros, There are two boys in my life. My friendship with the first faded two years ago when he suddenly became very cold. There were no arguments or misunderstandings and he still calls me up once in a while. The second guy was a flirt
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    • 33 11 Dear Ros, I would like to know the address and telephone number of the Young Musicians' Society. Mike. Dear Mike, Young Musicians' Society, Musical Arts Centre, 46 Scotts Road, Singapore 9.
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    • 143 11 Dear Ros, Before I came here to study, I met this boy who I am very keen on. The feeling was mutual and he even said I made him very happy. I was to let Mm know my address here but somehow we lost contact with
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    • 273 11 Dear Ros, I met this boy at a party in June last year and since then he has been dating me very often. We are close enough for him to call at my place without first informing me. But this boy has lots of other women.
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    • 383 11 Plight of 14-year-old girl who can't understand signs Dear Ros, I am a 14-year-old girl with very little education. Low education is not a good thing, but this is not my fault. So why do bettereducated people look down upon me and my family? Many times when
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    • 106 11 Dear Ros, Most girls here might be envious of me, but I'm certainly not. At 17, I'm top heavy and can't afford the special bras needed to give a good contour. Are there any exercises that can help? Embarrassed Dear Embarrassed. A well-endowed friend of
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    • 229 11 Dear Ros, At the age of 19, I'm fairly pretty, with a good figure. But I'm only 4'9," and even with clogs of four inches on, I can't keep up with my six-foot boyfriend. We have even quarrelled because of my height he compia ns
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    • 85 11 Dear Ros, We plan to get married soon but I've had a worrying experience. I dreamt that before the day of my wedding, my father-in-law passed away. Do you think this will happen? Annie Dear Annie, Unless you are a clairvoyant, I doubt if your dream
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    • 206 11 Screen star Sarah Miles (left) has found another good-looking young manager. According to the Sunday Mirror he is 24-year-old Ron Parker, an American, assigned by her Los Angeles agent to look after her business affairs. Parker replaces David Whiting who was found dead in Miss
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    • 83 11 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. It's there in the same spot every day. And every Saturday there's an informative television column providing you with the
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  • BUSINESS NEWS
    • 172 12 Osaka Bay joins OCL's EuropeFar East service Overseas Containers Limited has received its fifth and final containership the M.V. Osaka Bay built for the Europe-Far East service recently. The Osaka Bay will call at Singapore on April 25 on its maiden voyage to the Far East. Its four sister ships
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    • 78 12 A Singapore firm has Introduced a new range of movable alr-condi t loners that do away with the necessity of fixing on the wall. Manufactured In Italy by Ricagni, the Emerson airconditloners can be con- nected and disconnected from the power plug and moved to any
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    • 220 12 Singapore has become Indonesia's third most im portant trading partner, according to the National Bank of Australia's monthly report. Singapore's imports of Indonesian goods in 1971 totalled $357 million against $182 million in exports and re exports to that country for the
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    • Article, Illustration
      292 12 Keppel Shipyard Private Limited has seconded Mr. Lawrence Mali, personnel manager and executive director to Its subsidiary company, Singapore Slipway and Engineering Private Limited as manager director. In addition, three other Keppel directors have been appointed to the board of Singapore Slipway. They are Messrs. K. R. Chandra, Ang
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    • 86 12 Trengganu Development and Management has at last emerged from a threeyear loss to show a profit of $177,365 based on unaudited results for the year ended December 1972. After setting off accumulated losses of $145,887 from previous years, the net profits for the year
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    • 93 12 A Norwegian manufacturing company O. Mustad and Son has set up a $3 million factory In Jurong to make fish hooks for the Asian market. Using Singapore as a regional base, Mustad will export fish hooks to India, Japan and other South-East
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    • 58 12 New York. Monday A seat on the New York Stock Exchange was bought for U5595,000 ($237,500), the lowest price paid sinoe October 1. 1958 when a seat sold for U5593,000 ($232,500) the big board said. This latest seat sale is USSIO,COO ($25,000) less than the US$lO5,OOO
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    • 268 12 A Malaysian delegation is expected to leave for Peking in May to seek a bigger market for Malaysian rubber and other products. Leading rubber dealers and shippers have already asked the government trading corporation Pernas to sponsor the trip, a source close to
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    • 29 12 Washington, Monday The Atomic Energy Commission predicted that 60 per cent of the nation's electricity will be produced by nuclear power at the end of the century.
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    • European shares service
      • 303 12 Round-up of European stock markets for week ended March 23. The re-openlng of the foreign exchange market and the government decisions regarding exchange control were awaited with some apprehension on the Paris Bourse. However, the favourable conditions in which the exchange market resumed its activltes, and the moderate nature
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      • 226 12 Another positive week at the Milan Stock Exchange. With the starting of a new operating cycle, the end of the brokers' clerks and the still delicate monetary situation, the stock market moved in every session along an upward trend of which almost all the sectors took advantage. The general
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      • 62 12 Closing prices at Frankfurt Stock Exchange last Friday. AEG 155.50 Basf 167.30 Bayer 137.30 Commerzbank 215.50 Daimler 417.00 Degu&sa 347.00 Demag 199.00 Deutsche Bank AG 319.00 Deutsche Lufthanza 66.80 Dresdner Bank 254.00 Gutehoffnungshuette 169.90 Hoechster Farben 158.50 Horten 262.80 Karstadt Stamm 462.00 Kaufhof 311.00 Man Stamm 185.00 Mannesmann 218.50
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      • 476 12 Zurich stock market report for March 15 to 22. According to statements by the Swiss Federal Council, the decision to continue the separate floating of the Swiss franc was largely politically motivated. This leaves room for the opportunity that the overvalued franc will conform to a more realistic level
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      • 51 12 Closing prices (in yen) on Saturday Nippon Steel 1A1 Ishlkawajlma-Harlma 1»1 Heavy ind 1 OA Daihatsu Kogyo 19U 01 Q SM?* Machine Toyobo Spinning Dakin ilH 250 287 Kubota Isuru Motor iit Kawasaki Steel ij} S h u®° 92 Toko Hamono i?n Tokyo Radiator Mfg 195 ?s{?'M 8p,nnln3 Showa
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    • 239 12  -  By Sunny Wee Singapore can still maintain its competitive position as a shipbuilding and repairing centre despite the increase in the costs of imported materials, according to Mr. K.K. Ching, president of the Singapore Shipbuilders and Ship Repairers Association. He said the recent increase
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    • 153 12 South-east Asia will continue to be a most important market for office machinery, says Mr. K.E. Oruetzmac her, export manager of OlymplaWerke. Mr. Gruetzmacher who arrived here for a short visit said the pace of development in this region was much faster than that
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    • 27 12 Detroit, Monday U.S. car dealers set a record by selling more than 35,000 cars a day during the second 10-day sales period in March.
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    • 130 12 Household utensils now cost 15 per cent more as a result of a price hike by seven manufacturers of aluminium products to offset rising costs of raw materials. According to Tong Meng Industries, one of the manufacturers, aluminium Ingots, one of the two principal raw
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    • 58 12 London, Monday The Hong Kong electronic industry increased its exports by 30 per cent last year to a total of £143.9 million, ($9OO million), the Hong Kong Trade Development Council announced here. Throughout 1972 the United States, Britain, and West Germany were the largest buyers of
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  • 875 14  -  HOW2AI WITH PERCY SENEVIRATNE Singapore Cricket Club opened its defence of the Singapore Cricket Association senior league title with a tremendous show of strength on the padang yesterday an eightwicket triumph over Armed Forces. Only four Armed Forces batsmen P. K. Sun dram (39),
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  • 348 14 Port of Spain, Monday— A fine unbeaten 67 by Australian captain, lan Chappell, kept Australia's hopes high on the third day of the Third cricket Test against the West Indies at Queen's Park yesterday. At stumps, Australia in their second innings were four for
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  • 86 14 Talib Haron clinched the Keppel Club "A" division monthly medal with a nett 64 over the weekend. The first-nine ballsweep was won by John Hong with a nett 30. Talib Haron and Duncon Munro tied on nett 33 for the secondnine. The "B" division medal was
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  • 26 14 Hong Kong, Monday —A. Chinese men's basketball team left Peking yesterday to play matches in Albania and Prance, the New China News Agency reported.
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  • 280 14 Karachi, Monday If crowd disturbances do not prevent the ill-starred Third Test match here between England and Pakistan from producing a result, it seems likely that the stifling heat and lifeless pitch will. Cricket was allowed to hold the stage for the full six hours
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  • 310 14 Singapore clinched the "A" division MacDougal Cup and took first place in "C" division during its foray at the three-day Malayan Polo Association annual tournament at Thomson Road yesterday. The Singapore Polo Club's top players in the "A" division, Mike Henigan, Pat Baker, Bill North and
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  • 279 14 New Orleans, Monday.— Jack Nicklaus rolled in a four-foot (1.20 m.) birdieputt on the second hole of sudden death In the last moments of daylight yesterday to defeat Miller Barber and win the U*****,000 Greater New Orleans golf tournament his second tournament victory of the year.
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  • 103 14 West Germany, Monday. —A crowd of 5000 people watched 27 year old Juergen Baumgartner set a new world record yesterday by driving a motorcycle through a 30-metre (33-yard) long tunnel of fire near this SchleswigHolstein town. Baumgartner. a crosscountry (mo to-cross) motor-cycling enthusiast, allowed
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  • 356 14  -  By Lim Kee Chan Graham Marsh of Australia finally won his long awaited Open on the Asian Circuit by taking the title in India yesterday. And by doing so. he also stretched his lead in the overall championship for the $12,500 offered
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  • 486 14 Atlanta. Monday. Stan Smith, the best tennis player in the United States, beat Australian Rod Laver, considered by many as the best tennis player in the world, 6-3, 6-4 yesterday to win the Atlanta stop on the world championship tennis tour. For
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  • 50 14 San Vittore Olona, Italy. Monday—American Frank Shorter, the 1972 Olympic marathon champion, won the Cinque Mulini (five miles) international crosscountry race here yesterday. Shorter covered the 9.5 km (5.9 miles) course in 31 minutes 0.8 seconds to win from Brendon Foster, England's European 1,500 metres broze medallist.
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  • 165 14 Johannesburg, Monday.— Geoff Boycott, Yorkshire and England batsman, said yesterday he had written to the MCC disclosing it was for health reasons he was not available for the current tour of India and Pakistan. In an interview with the Johannesburg Sunday Express, Boycott said he decided to
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  • 70 14 Jakarta, Monday—lndonesia will give a hero's welcome to Rudy Hartono, who on Saturday won the All England championship for the sixth consecuting year, a badminton association spokesman said last night. "Preparations for the welcome are underway and it is only proper to accord him (Hartono) with
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  • 311 14 At the end of the most concentrated wee k en d's squash ever held in Singapore, Barry Thomson emerged the winner of the Nestle's sponsored tournament when he beat Philip Monbiot 3-1 in the final at the Police Academy courts yesterday. Barry's speed, reach and accuracy
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  • 66 14 EXHIBITION BASEBALL Minnesota 10 Boston 6; Montreal 10 Texas 2; St. Louis 1 Cincinnati 0; Houston 2 Los Angeles 0; Philadelphia 6 New York (N) 2; Baltimore 3 New York (A) 1; Baltimore "3" 5 Atlanta 0; Kansas City 2 Chicago (A) 0; Chicago (N) 7 Oakland 6
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  • 938 15 Scrutineer's Race By Scrutineer Prince Winalot's wirning turn looks close, and it will pay to follow him. He showed ample promise in his race at Ipoh on Saturday. He began smartly and went with the pace all the way Into the straight. Although his condition
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  • 305 15 Follow the horses marked with a Aequitas raced up to the pacemaker, Shanghai Girl, at the home turn, and then hit the front at the distance, with The King throwing out a strong challenge. Aequitas kept up a smart gallop to beat The King by threequarter of
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  • 196 15 Jerusalem, Monday. Deputy Prime Minister Ylgal Allon told the cabinet yesterday that Israel was preparing to send 30 sportsmen to the University Olympic games In Moscow next August, cabinet sources said here. Mr. Allon, who Is also Minister of Education, culture and sports,
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  • 118 15 London, Monday. The Netherlands were held to a 2-2 draw by Scotland yesterday in a four-nation hockey tournament at Lord's ground. In the second match, England scored a 3-1 victory over Belgium. The Dutch side, fourth in the Munich Olympics, came out with the best record
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  • 437 15  -  By Jim Watkins An edict by the world controlling body for motorcycle sport, has ruled Indonesian entries out of this year's G.P. Some time ago, the Indonesian Motor Cycling Federation came into conflict with the F.I.M. and. as a' result, Singapore has been Informed that
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  • 61 15 Buenos Aires, Monday. Argentina downed Brazil 4 1 yesterday in the South American section Davis Cup tennis semi finals by tak ing the last two singles matches. Argentina will face South Africa in the section finals in Buenos Aires next month. Tne winner will meet tlie winner
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  • 39 15 Madras, Monday—Tamil Nadu beat Sri Lanka by three runs to retain the Gopalan Trophy in an exciting finish to their three/day cricket match here yesterday. Pinal scores: Tamil Nadu 169 and 159. Sri Lanka 145 and 180.
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  • 22 15 Paris, Monday—Arvinc, a 38-1 outsider, won the Prix Du President La Republique, Prance's major spring steeplechase, at Auteuil here yesterday.
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  • Page 15 Miscellaneous
    • 56 15 Sports diary BADMINTON: National and Farrer Park courts), schools individual cham- WATER-POLO: tour pionships (SBA Hall, Guil- match—New Zealand Comlemard Road 2 p.m.). bined Services v SEAP SOFTBALL: National Trainees (Queenstown Pool schools semi-finals (Dover 5.30 p.m.) Road 4 p.m.). HOCKEY: National TENNIS: National schools schools championship (SCC championships (T
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  • Back Page MONDAY
    • 470 16  -  ONE HOUR'S TALK TO THE WRONG MAN By Derrick Tay We all have our different styles when it comes to telling stories. Some relate their tales with the dry crispness of a history text-book. Others tell theirs as though they were reciting a chapter
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    • 167 16 TODAY is Monday, March 26, the 85th day of 1973 with 280 to follow. THE MOON: In its last quarter. THE MORNING STARS: Mercury, Venus, Mars and Jupiter. THE EVENING STAR: Saturn. Those born on this day are under the sign of Aries. American poet Robert Frost was born
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    • 155 16 Lin Tsal-fu (money lucky), 34, and former Miss Lu Yu-chin (Jade purity) were married in Taipeh last week. They will take their honeymoon in 14 years. Lin and Lu are serving sentences at Taoyuan Prison in northern Taipeh for drug peddling. Lin has
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    • 56 16 A pet wolf used in a Missouri school exhibition, to show that wolves do not attack humans mauled a three year old boy the other day. Police said the child, Daniel Mahlandt, wandered into a backyard where the wolf was chained. Daniel was listed in serious
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    • 326 16 Eighty-one pooches, some of them pure breds but most "bitzers" are enjoying a new version of a dog's life at a luxury ranch near Deerfleld forest in Florida, US. The dogs, all former strays, are the beneficiaries of a US$l4 million ($35 million) bequest. And
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    • 59 16 AH FOOK: It is almost poetic justice—Negri Sembilan, the giantkillers of Singapore, losing by a penalty goal to lowly-placed Malacca in the Malaysia Cup soccer match yesterday. MEI LIN: Football dwarfs who try to kill giants by any means must get the boot some day. You can't use
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    • 37 16 Two men tried too 'hard to force an apartment door open, police In Melegnano, Italy, said the other day. The lock did "not give way, police said, and the entire wall collapsed.
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      59 16 From a photographic and fashion model to leading a small dance group that's Liza Kanaya, Japan's dancing beauty. She has been in showbiz for the past eight years and has made a name for herself. Liza has also done classical dancing. When she is off the dance floor,
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    • 456 16 TV -i 5 Siagapera 3.00 Opening and Where the Heart la 3.20 Kudumba Malar (T) 8.50 A Diary of Events In Singapore this Week 3.55 Days of Our Lives 4.35 Close 6.00 Opening and Basil Brush Show 630 News In Brief 6.35 Beverly Hillbillies—The Little Monster 7.05 The Carl Plnl
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