New Nation, 28 March 1973

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    17 1 NEW NATION SINGAPORE Wednesday evening, March 28, 1973 No. 674 Price 15 cents SINGAPORE WEDNESDAY, MARCH 28,1973
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    OUR ROADS
    10 1 Police reported 83 accidents yesterday. Six were serious.
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    ON THE 'CHANGE
    226 1 Bullish streaks of activity reappeared in the share market this morning. BUSINESS DONE: Development Bank of Singapore (1) 6.40, (100 6.50, (2) 6.45, (7) 6.35, (1) 6.30, (I) 6.25, (1) 6.15, (8) 6.20. Haw Par (1) 8.50. (2) 8.65, (II) 8.70. (10) 8.60. (1) 8.55. (1) 8.40.
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    Lock icon Now a US ban on 'sonic' flights
    323 1 Blow for the Concorde Reuter Washington, Wednesday The U.S. government yesterday banned supersonic flights by civilian aircraft such as the Anglo-French Concorde airliner over the United States from April 27. The new rule, announced by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), said, however, exceptions
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    Lock icon TOMORROW'S ASIA
    326 1 By LEE 'Competition for influence among big powers' 9 United Press International Washington, Wednesday Although the four major powers maintained peaceful co existence they would continue to engage in competition for influence in undeveloped countries, Prime Minister Mr. Lee Kuan Yew said yesterday. "I do not see trade
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    Lock icon Brando is best...
    290 1 Winners of Oscar awards Reuter UPI Hollywood, Wednesday. Marlon Brando as expected, last night won the Best Actor Oscar at the 45th annual Academy Award presentation for his role in the box-office hit,; The Godfather. Ihe Best Actress award is expected to go to Liza Minelli for
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    Lock icon New blast by Reds
    76 1 United Press International Phnom Penh, Wednesday. Communist forces intensified thelr-three-day old push against the Cambodian cajVtaQ yesterday with a massive rocket and mortar barrage against government positions at Phnom Baseth Field commanders said at least two government soldiers were killed and 27 wounded in the bombardment
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    $14,000 haul by robbers
    92 1 Five armed robbers ran sacked a businessman's two storey house in Wind sor Park for more than an hour yesterday before es caping in the familv car with a $14,000 loot. The robbers one armed with a pistol and {our with daggers burst into the house
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    Army chief
    29 1 Jakarta, Wednesday—Java military commander LieutGen. Surono will officially replace General Umar Wirahadikusumah as the new Indonesian Army Chief of Staff on Monday, an army spokesman said today.
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    Customs let the 200 bottles rest...
    127 1 The Customs Department will not salvage the 200 bottles of whisky thrown overboard by a gang of smugglers yesterday, informed sources said today. This is because their exact location is not known. Customs sources said: "We know exactly where they fell, but where they
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    Bus crash kills five
    49 1 Bangkok, Wednesday Five people were killed and nine others seriously injured in a bus accident in eastern Thailand yesterday. The accident occurred at the provincial town at Samut Prakan, IS miles east of here, when bus carrying 15 passengers was hit by a speeding truck.
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    Canada 'yes'
    26 1 Ottawa, Wednesday—Canada will stay In the Vietnam ceasefire commission for another 60 days to May 31, External Affairs Minister Mr. Mitchell Sharp announced yesterday.
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    Vietnam and the EEC
    212 2  -  Topics for Asean meet By V.K. Chin Koala Lumpur, Wednesday The reconstruction of Vietnam and trade relations with the European Economic Community will be discussed at two Asean meetings here next week. Monday and Tuesday, the officials will discuss ways the Asean nations could benefit from
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    Doctors off on Tuesday
    197 2 The Singapore Medical Association team of doctors going to China next month will observe the current trends of practice there and exchange views of professional interest with their Chinese counterparts. The team of 22 doctors, led by Professor Chew Beng Keng, of the University of Singapore,
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    Mandarin course
    28 2 The Chinese YMCA is offering a course in conversational Mandarin at beginners' level from April 10. The 15-session course will be held every Monday and Thursday.
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    Making their big splash...
    206 2 Childish giggles and shrill voices amidst splashes of water. The excitement was *Dbvious these blind students were having their first dip in their own swimming pool. The pool was presented to the School for the Blind by Driclad Industries of New South Wales. The enthusiastic students
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    Donation
    29 2 Mr. Tan Eng Ghee, a director of Nippon Paint Singapore, donated $10,000 In his personal capacity to the People's Scholarship Fund at the company's anniversary dinner last week.
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    Buddhist officials
    30 2 Brother Chou Peng Seah has been re-elected president of the Singapore Buddhist Youth Mission. The vice-president is Brother Lim Cheng Hoe and general secretary Brother Ng Chang Hwee.
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    New party registered
    31 2 The government has registered a new political party, the United Front This party, which Is a breakaway group from the Workers' Party, was formed in December last year.
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    Balloting for HDB flats
    120 2 The Housing and Development Board will conduct a ballot for the sale of 430 units of three-room (Improved) flats and 380 units of four-room (point block) flats in Balestler Estate tomorrow. Dr. Augustine Tan, MP for Whampoa, will officiate at the ceremony to be held at
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      281 2 lEHHS Today's winning number *****8 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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      361 2 HRPPEIIinGS WHAT'S ON TODAY The NATIONAL SAFETY FIRST COUNCIL Is holding demonstrations at the People's Park Complex at 3 p.m. and 7.30 p.m. The THIRD INTERNATIONAL BOOK FAIR at the Victoria Memorial Hall ends at 2 p.m. The SINGAPORE INSTITUTE OF MANAGEMENT wIU hold its Bth annual general meeting at
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  • Article
    More hawker centres soon
    480 3  -  $3.7 m for five new projects By Teresa Ooi The Government will spend $3.7 million in building five new hawker centres, expected to be completed by early next year. Reliable sources said that this was part of the hawker resettlement programme, which was already in its
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    Hardy men who lost 'war' to tiny Mr. Flu
    268 3  -  By Abby Tan It was a fighting ship with men steeled by sea storms and unfriendly shores. But they lost the "war" to a tiny enemy the flu virus. The virus killed one crew member of the Canadian destroyer escort Terra
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    Vegetable carving
    43 3 The Siglap Women's Association will organise two vegetable carving courses at the Siglap Community Centre in Palm Road, from Saturday at 3 p.m. The next course will be on April 7. The fee is $5 for members and $7 for nonmembers.
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    Beating the traffic jams
    369 3 Singapore should have more high rise car parks, according to an American planning expert. In an interview yesterday Colonel Mitchell Wolfson. a leading planner of the Miami Beautification Programme in Florida, said such car parks were espe ciaiiy suitable for Singapore because of its space shortage
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    Strike by workers at baggage firm
    179 3 Work is at a standstill at the Public Baggage and Transport Service, in Jer vols Road, as 44 workers continue their strike over the alleged dismissal of some of their fellow employees. A spokesman for the strikers claimed that the management had refused to
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    Keep an eye on these kids!
    505 3  -  Some do's and don'ts fITTTTTX MfeHMHi By Pang Guek Cheng Children, particularly those below the age of five are most prone to accidents in the home according to the Home Safety Campaign Committee. Mrs. Mabel Yarrel of the committee s a.l d "The higher
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  • Page 3 Miscellaneous
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      316 3 Tf Quiz object No. 226 Clerk takes the A SPECIAL QUIZ Last Friday's quiz photograph showed a pair of ice tongs. The first prize of $15 goes to Mr. Lee Thiam Seng, a traffic clerk, of Still Road. His entry was the first correct one opened by the Editor last
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  • In Person
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      Cash awards for 33
      589 4 ftAnn WORK PATS OFF FOB DILIGENT TOUNGBTERS DILIGENCE and hard work has paid off for 33 youngsters. They were recently awarded scholarships worth $50 each by the Singapore Bank Employees' Co operative Thrift and Loan Society Limited. Aged between eight and 12 years, the little ones
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  • Article
    Car-sickness setback
    583 4 fcnnrnTjl ELinic I>y PG Dear PG, I nave entered my dog for the Dog Show but the other day I found that he suffers from car-sickness and since I have just purchased a new car perhaps you could tell me If there Is a special kind of travelling
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    For adoption
    56 4 Singer is rather gloomy for want of a new home. Eleven-month-old Singer lost her previous owners when they shifted into a HDB flat She is lightbrown, affectionate, and a good watch dog. She has also been anti-distemper-ed. If job wish to adopt her, please call at the SPCA,
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    Lock icon Full-range Peking rockets 'in 3 years'
    354 5 Moorer: Steady buildup Reuter Washington, Wednesday China may be nearing operational deployment of a missile that could reach deep into the Soviet Union, Admiral Th o.m a s Moorer, chairman of the U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff said yesterday. In addition to this intermediate
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    Lock icon Unionist found guilty of three killings
    233 5 Reuter WajshCngton* Wfednesday- William Prater, a former field organiser for the United Mine Workers' Union, has been found guilty on charges of murdering union reformer Joseph Yabionskl, his wife and daughter in 1969. A jury of seven men and five women deliberated for six
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    Bus plunge kills three
    54 5 Bogota, Wednesday. Three people were killed and seven Injured yesterday when a passenger bus left the road arid plunged over a cliff near the municipality of Corinto, Cauca Department, in southwestern Colombia. Traffic police said the accident was due to a mechanical fault. The bus driver
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    Jurong blast probe on
    59 5 Investigators from the Far East Levingston shipyard were this morning still at their construction site in Jurong probing into the cause of the exptosion which injured six men yesterday. Three of them are on the critically ill list at the Outram Road Hospital, with burns on
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    New link
    29 5 Bangkok, Wednesday— The Thai Cabinet has approved the setting up of satellite communications for telephone and telegraph services between Shanghai and Bangkok, a government spokesman said yesterday.
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    Cargo ship with 32 aboard missing for a week
    180 5 Oslo, Wednesday. The 12,946-ton Norwegian bulk carrier Anita with a 32-man crew has been missing since last Wednesday off the same East Coast area of the United States where another Norwegian freighter sank on Thursday, its owners said here last night.
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    Tanaka will visit US
    48 5 Washington, Wednesday President Nixon disclosed yesterday that he has invited Japanese Prime Minister Mr. Kakuei Tanaka to visit Washington this year. He said this when receiving Japanese Finance Minister Mr. Kiichi Aichi, who had earlier called on national security affairs adviser, Dr. Henry Kissinger.
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    Fund-raising for track
    33 5 The Minister of State for Foreign Affairs, Encik Rahim Ishak, will be patron of a walkathon organised by the Siglap Secondary School to be held on Saturday at 8 a.m.
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    Lock icon No hope for 7 trapped in mine
    213 5 Reuter London, Wednesday. Hope for seven miners trapped by floodwaters In a coal pit finally died here yesterday after more than five days of frantic tunnelling. Only water and more black, slimy mud was found when the rescue team broke through to the
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    'Juliana may abdicate'
    65 5 The Hague, Wednesday. A leading Dutch women's magazine yesterday speculated that Queen Juliana may abidicate in favour of her daughter Princess Beatrix later this year after completing a reign of 25 years. The Queen is due to celebrate her silver jubilee on Sent. 4 the same day
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    Lock icon A secret strike vote by UK miners
    182 5 Reuter London. Wednesday—Britain's 270.000 coal miners voted yesterday in a secret ballot that could significantly change the industrial climate. Their "yes-or-no" verdict on strike action could have a major impact at a tim/e when several trade unions are staging or contemplating moves against
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    Renewal of licences
    66 5 Pasar Pagi (morning market) licences can be renewed from April 2 to 14, and pasar malam (night market) licences from May 2 to 14, at the Hawkers Branch, Princess House Annexe, Alexandra Road. All licences will be collected six months in advance. Licensees must bring their current
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      571 5 mm* HiMTI 7/ j/ i WOODLANDS FARRER PARK ATHLETIC CENTRE THE NEW NATION BIG WALK will bo hold on Sunday, April 29,1973. Send In your entry form today. NAME (in full ADDRESS ctearty In capital i«tter*) Postal District No. Date of Birth GROUP* If you are a team member mark
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  • BEHIND THE NEWS
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      S-E Asian problems and future US role
      1814 6 mwrmen Last week three top executives of j Newsweek, an American produced weekly International magazine, made a brief stopper in Singapore in the course of a factPding tour of the Asia-Pacific region. New Nation took the opportunity to &Vite all three MRS. KATHARINE
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      Lock icon The unique and compelling idea of America
      718 6  -  THE U.S. From S. Rosenfeld Washington Post Seeing the film, The Emigrants, the other night and recalling Fiddler On The Roof from last year, I got a striking sense of how unique and compelling the idea of America was to people all over
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      Berita Harian
      414 6 VOICE OF THE PRESS Wtiat other Newspapers are saying: SECRET SOCIETIES AND CRIMES IN SINGAPORE Much has been done to combat crime, but a lot more is to be done before success is achieved. The failure to combat crime effectively may be due to the difficulty of detecting
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    Khir: We made $40 mil. from $ drop
    194 7 Khir: We made $40 mil. from drop Washington, Wednesday Malaysia made a profit of about $40 million during the recent US dollar devaluation, Malaysian ambassador Khir Johari said yesterday. In an interview with UPI, Encik Khir said Malaysia realised the profit because its foreign exchange reserve was composed of German
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    Lock icon Heath finds himself in advert
    143 7 Reuter London. Wednesday Prime Minister Edward Heath has been upset by a hotel advertisement which pictures him in company with pop singers, actresses and show business personalities. Mr. Heath was said to be annoyed that the colour advertisement, launching a new hotel at London Airport,
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    92 Reds killed
    82 7 Kuching, Wednesday. Malaysia's Security Forces have killed 92 communist terrorists—6s men and 27 women—in East Malaysia since January test year, the Chief Minister, Datuk Haji Abdul Rahman Yakub, said yesterday. This included 32 this year, he said in his Budget speech to the State Council meeting here.
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    Lock icon 'Hue and cry over 600'
    380 7 Chou raps PoW issue UPI Reuter Peking, Wednesday Chinese Premier Chou En-lai yesterday hit out at the "hue and cry" which had been made over less than 600 US PoWs when more than 80,000 Pakistani prisoners held in India had been ignored and neglected. Speaking
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    Lock icon Iceland lava horror...
    264 7 United Press International Reykjavik, Wednesday The remnants of the once prosperous fishing industry at Heimaey were hit by new lava streams from the Helgafjell Volcano yesterday. A stream of lava reached one of the three biggest canning factories at Vestmannaeyjar, the island's capital, and also threatened one
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    New CJ
    30 7 London, Wednesday—Mr. Justice Brlggs, a puisne judge in Hong Kong, is to be the new Chief Justice of the British Colony, the Foreign and Commonwealth Office announced yesterday.
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    Pakistan's bid for constitution: Another setback
    288 7 Islamabad, Wednesday. Pakistan's quest for a constitution suffered another setback yesterday with the disaffection of eight members of the ruling party and their association with the two-day-old opposition boycott. The eight rebels, including two men recently expelled from -the Pakistan People's Party (PPP), said
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    The 'foreign'' abortions
    58 7 London, Wednesday. Nearly one-third of Britain's 156,714 legal abortions last year were performed on foreign women, according to a Government estimate last night. No breakdown in nationalities was Issued, but in «ast years patients from rest Germany and Trance have been foremost in taking advantage of the
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    Lock icon 10 kept naked in jail charge by Devlin
    276 7 Reuter UPI London, Wednesday Three girls and seven men accused of plotting bomb blasts In Central London were kept naked except for blankets for four days In a jail here, It was alleged In the House of Commons last night. The charge
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    Two killed
    35 7 Jakarta, WednesdayTwo girls were killed and 27 others injured when their truck overturned as they drove to a ceremony at President Suharto's private residence in Central Java, local Press reports said here today.
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    Lock icon PARTY FOR THE LEES
    71 7 The Prime Minister, Mr. Lee Kuan Yew, and his wife at a reception in St. Petersburg, Florida, yesterday. With the Lees are Eckhard College president and Mrs. O. Wireman. Mr. Lee gave a lecture last night as part of Eckhard's free institutions forum. He is also
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      131 7 jimmy has solved his problem at 'NHS M —r W There is no problem in tailoring that can't be solved at Vashi's. With so many years of experience in the trade, good results are achieved every time Suits can be custom tailored from 5595.00; trousers made to measure at S
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    The Japanese image is on the brink
    483 8 The absence of strong anti-Japanese feeling in Singapore has been commented upon by more than one observer of the "Japanese in South-East Asia" phenomenon. At a time and in an area where an ti-Japanese sentiments have flared into demonstrations and boycotts of Japanese
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    No interim dividend
    65 8 by ISPY Robinson and Company Ltd. will not be making its customary interim dividend this year. A notice to stockholders recently, said: "as a consequence of the fire which destroyed the Raffles Place store and most of the accounting records, it is not yet possible to make
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    The China-US honeymoon and the gnashing of teeth around the world
    811 8  -  DICK WILSON The US and China are going to make up for lost time, now that they have rediscovered each other. The unexpected willingness of Peking to exchange liaison offices (which amount to embassies in all but name) followed
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  • Letters
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      Qualities of a snob
      437 8 I usually enjoy Derrick Tay's essays on your Back Page, although I sometimes And his generally pessimistic tone hard to take. His essay on March 21 on People who Turn Up Their Noses was quite interesting although I disagree with some of his views. 1 fully
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      Hole in the road
      94 8  -  NELSON HENG For the past few weeks the P.W.D. has been "prospecting for gold" at Ulu Pandan Road near the 3rd ■Singapore infantry Brigade Camp. Motorists have tolerated these with quiet resignation and hoped that one day the so-called road work wouid be completed. True enough
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      Penguins in Bird Park
      194 8 I feel that the deaths of the several penguins in the Jurong Bird Park in the past two years is really shocking both to the public and to myself. I think it is time for something to be done about this. Besides the penguins are not
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      Not enough car parks
      122 8  -  LAWRENCE S. H. LOH Public Relations Officer, Singapore Police Force. Singapore, 2. I refer to the letter headlined Parking in the City published in your paper on February 14, 1973. Parking is a major problem in our city. Traffic Police in concurrence with the PWD have
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      Rude hawkers' inspectors
      176 8  -  SALLY TAN I wish to complain to the Authority concerned of our hawkers inspectors. These inspectors do not look like what they are supposed to be. but instead they look more like gangsters threatening the poor hawkers who are only earning a li^ng. I was sitting with
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      Employ lift attendants
      121 8  -  FRANCIS NEO I refer to the government's ban on smoking in lifts in any building in which the public has access. It would, perhaps, be worthy for the Housing and Development Board to con sider employing attendants to man the lifts in all its estates. These attendants
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      The timely article
      114 8 Your article on moneylenders was well written and timely. Mr. T. A. Mugan's letter throws a further light on these FatherChristmas "moneylenders. Many good and honest workers have lost their jobs and many a good home has been broken because of the moneylenders.'* A committee should be
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  • Article, Illustration
    Lock icon CENSORSHIP AND THE RUSSIANS...
    889 9  -  Just how repressive is Soviet censorship of the arts and literature? Are the officially approved poets and writers just churning out party-line dull works. Or are they allowed creativity, imagination even criticism —within limits. The recent crackdown again by KGB agents on the publishers of the
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    Lock icon This rebel with 'no cause'
    611 9  -  By Boris Sedorov Los Angeles Times For some time author Alexander Solzhenitsyn has manifested an ever greater desire to lecture one and all both at home and abroad. He lectures Piemen, the Patriarch of the Soviet Orthodox Church, on how to manage his flock. He
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    Enter the KGB...
    544 9  -  Big crackdown on Soviet dissidents By Murray Seeger The hardy underground newspaper, Chronicle of Current Events, has been put off its publication schedule by an intensified police drive and may have been finally crushed. For over a year, the Soviet Committee of Public Security (KGB) has been
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    Lock icon This poet with 'no choice'
    537 9  -  By Robert Kaiser Washington Post Yevgeni Yevtushenko, the once-rebellious Soviet poet who now speaks and writes for the official literary e st a b 1 i s hment, has found himself once again at the end of a withering barrage of officially sanctioned criticism. The
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  • SHOWBIZ
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      The beaming New Faces...
      547 10  -  BUT THEY'RE PLAYING SECOND FIDDLE By Betty L. Khoo The New Faces, now mafrlng music at the Barbarella discotheque, are definitely underrated. They are playing second nddle to the X'periments. But the sounds they produce exciting aiia wide ranging are strong and good enough for them
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      Big loss to Grateful Dead
      388 10  -  I pop I WITH MARY LEE This is the shock of the week: organist and vocalist with Grateful Dead, Ron "Pigpen" Mckernan died in his San Francisco home last week. He was 27. Ron had been In hospital for about six months. Cause of death?
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      Lock icon The Godfather's godfather...
      438 10  -  HOLLYWOOD MOGUL WHO MADE THE PICTURE A BIG HIT From Ivor Davis Melbourne Herald They call Robert Evans The Godfather's Godfather and other times they're less charitable about the movie mogul "He's a lightweight, a lousy actor who Just got lucky." Yet, at 42, Evans is the
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      The year's big event in music
      612 10  -  London orchestra due By Violet Oon This Saturday will see one of the year's great musical occasions—a concert by the English Chamber Orchestra at the Conference Hall at 8.15 p.m. The 35-strong orchestra Is based in London where it presents regular series of concerts
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      439 10 TOP OF THE POPS US superstar Donny Osmond slips in front of rock group T. Rex in the British chart this week to provide the big challenge to the rough-and-ready heavies of pop, Slade. Still in with a chance despite slipping a place are the Detroit Emeralds who are currently
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      Lock icon Cutting up the 'paper tigress'
      922 11 Washington Post Washington, Wednesday A man once said, just before he was blown out of the water as a hopeless sexist, that If anybody ever attacked women's liberation with visible effect, it would be a woman. He might have had Midge Decter (right) in mind.
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      House of Chanel hires a Balenciaga designer
      495 11 Can there be a real creative heir to "Coco" Chanel, the famous Paris woman fashion designer who died Just over two years ago? Judging by the experience of Gaston Berthelot who was brought Into the house of Chanel to maintain the "Coco" dress
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      Nixon ties himself to the Spring '73 look
      240 11 Jumbo bows are the rage among men President Nixon, always eager to be up with the fashions, struck a great blow for bow ties when he wore a new widelook green one at his St. Patrick's Day party last weekend. The bow,
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      A singular woman doesn't belong in any of society's niches
      1087 11  -  TRISH SHEPPARD On the ship which took us from Singapore to Sydney three months ago we met Bronwyn. I've told you about her before but In case you missed out, she's a 30-year-old widow from South Wales with an eight-year-old
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      What's showing at the Italian fall collections
      137 11 Report from the Italian ready-to-wear collections now being shown in Florence: Dominating the scene are patterned sweaters worn with slim skirts to the knee or just below, high healed Oxfords, fillies or anklestrap shoes and knit cloches or turbans over short hair parted
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      There's no horsing about with this meat
      151 11 It doesn't taste like beef, but it tastes good. Sweeter, in fact. At least when it is served in a charming Paris restaurant and the dish is called Cheval Hache. In French, chopped horsemeat burger doesn't sound so bad. And It does taste
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      82 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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      Big trade offer by Bangla
      411 12  -  'GOLDEN OPPOftTUttfnES' AWAIT MANUFACTURERS By S.V. Suppiah Golden opportunities await Singapore manufacturers and traders in Bangladesh, said Mr. M. Idrees, leader of a fourman trade mission here on a South-East Asia tour. "We will be buying much more than we will be selling," said Mr.
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      Chung Khiaw Realty to take up Hotel Marco Polo shares
      277 12 United Overseas Bank has announced that Chung Khiaw Realty Limited, a subsidiary of UOB's subsidiary, Chung Khiaw Bank Limited, has agreed to take up 3,000 shares of $1 each at a premium of $2,049 per share representing 15 per cent
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      Mecair capital to be raised
      40 12 lAC (Malaysia) subsidiary Mecalr's paid up capital is to be raised to $500,000. Mecair, which has secured contracts worth $2.2 million was formed last month in Kuala Lumpur to undertake major air-conditioning system contract work.
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      World monetary crisis hits airline industry
      363 12  -  AVIATION By Lee Yew Meng The current world monetary crisis has hit the aviation industry and airlines are planning to raise the basic air fares for flights to Singapore from April 1. The rate of increase will however vary according to the countries from
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      Credit insurance scheme for shipbuilders urged
      214 12 A credit insurance scheme can facilitate the future export success of Singapore shipbuilders, said the chairman of Vosper Thornycroft, Mr. John Rix recently. Mr. Rix who is also the group managing director of the Vosper Ltd. group of companies in Britain, visited Singapore on
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    • OVERSEAS STOCK EXCHANGE PRICES
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        Paris
        204 12 Closing prices (in francs) yesterday. Paribas 231 (231) lndochlne 257.90 (256.20) Fonder 410.10 (410.50) Printemps 142.50 (145.30) CGE 487 (488) Bull 67.10 (67.55) Royal Dutch 194 (192.20) Mlchelln 2120 (2055) Thomson 200.50 203) CFP (202.50 ((201.90) Rhone 191.10 (188) Air 403 (395J0) Philips 90.70 90.30) Suez 370 (360) Citroen
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        Sydney
        260 12 Prices at 11.30 am. today (Australian time). A baleen 13 14 Do opts 04 06 AOD 12 13 AKstate 15 17 Amad 07Vi 08V4 Aurora 15 18 Do opts nil 0414 Aust Ant 16 17 Bamboo 05 07 Beach nil 42 Bounty OH 01 01V4 Bridge 17 19 Castlereagh
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        Zurich
        62 12 Closing prices on the Zurich Stock Exchange yesterday. UBS 4546 15 SBC 3800 30 Credit Suisse 3675 35 Swissair B. 055 8wlss 45 Reinsurance 2595 Wlnterthur B. 1800 10 Juvcna B. 2570 Nestle B. 4130 20 Ciba-Oeigy B. 2200 Baby Roche ***** 125 Sandca Reg. 3490 30 BBC A*
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        Lock icon New York
        385 12 United Press International Prices moved sharply higher yesterday on the New York Stock Exchange, in what appeared to stem largely from bargain hunting. "You hear a lot of noise about the prime rate rollback, but news like that just isn't sufficient to jar the market out of the
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        139 12 Kyodo Prices on the Tokyo stock market opened higher yesterday, but turned bearish toward the close of the morning session. The Dow-Jones average of 225 blue chips was up yen 0.30 at yen 5,066.32. A wait-and-see attitude prevailed among investors due to uncertainties over the development of the two-day
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        Dow Jones averages
        34 12 Dow Jones closing stock averages on the New York Exchange yesterday. 30 industrials 944.91 (up 17.01), 20 transport 197.46 (ud 5.10), 15 utilities 107.91 (ud 0.90). (55 stocks 298.92 (up 5.48).
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      MARKET MOVEMENTS
      120 12 The share market turned the corner yesterday—with price# advancing on a broad front for the first time in 12 days of tradinf. The bullish mark-up came in the second half of the tradinf session, with late buyers coming out in force. Recovery of blue-chips was significant. Haw Par,
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      189 12 :V< m m. ~.■l2 JHPJS mi > v r& y-v -V. Xv^ Miraculously, birds can cross vast oceans by Instinct alone. But, if you want to do business in Australia, leave instinct to the birds; you will need the advice of experts. And that's where we come in The BANK
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      405 13 WANTED SEMI DETACHED HOUSES/FLATS/ APARTMENTS/ Jerroce Houses Telephone: *****9. LING ft CHIN (PTE) LTD. i Vendor*/ Purchasers of Properties please consult its. We beve sufficient REGISTERED CLIENTS te A|| satisfy ell enquiries. wri tar: FREE odvke on Interior Decoro- to: Hons offered to House Purchasers. 103, Tongkn Road, Singapore 10.
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      334 13 BUT 'SI IRA" TSLEVISIOH on hire-purchose. Monthly instalment basis. Trade-in also welcome. Free oeriat. PHONE: ***** Oft ***** HI-FI TRADIUS 59 Smrtti fridge Reed VISIT YES LOONG TAILORS for First Closs -Tailoring by our Experienced Master Tailors with London Trained "Diploma" CutterDesigner. 223 Selegie Rood (opposite Selegie House ond near
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      438 13 IT PHOENIX TRAVEL COACH TOURS: Penong Ipoh 4 Nights 5549.90. Comeron/Genting 3 Doys, 4 Nights 5569.90 Thursdays 29.3.73., 5.4.73., Genting (Air) 2 Doys 5590.00. Gen ting 3 Doys 5566.00. Thursdays. Malaya 5 Days 5585.00 Mondays. Hoodyoi/ G" Songkhlo 7 Days S$ 105.00 St Cameron Highlands 4 Days la 5565.00. West
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      380 13 CHIP HONG VKHICUS CS) Pte. Ltd., 45, Scotts Rood <Newtgn), Singapore, «9. T«l:* *****! *****3 offers: 1972 Toyota Celico 1600 ST, 72/71 Mazda 1300 Stotionwogon, Colt Golont 1600GS Coupe, 1971 Mazda 1500 Stationwogon, Ford Cortina GT, Renault 12TL, Voikswogen Stotionwogon, 1970 Toyota Corolla, Voikswogen Von, Mini Traveller, Ford Cortina Super,
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    Super Sound cracks 37
    251 15 By Blue Peter Super Sound (Miss F. Tibbatts) did a winning gallop at Bukit Tim ah this morning. Giving The Peacock (MP. Thwaltes) a three-length start Super Sound caught up with the latter after a furlong and drew right away at the end of a 3f
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    S'pore women beat Ireland at T.T.
    489 15 Cardiff, Wednesday.—Singapore women beat Ireland 3-2 in a group "A" match here last night. In the earlier matches, Singapore lost a total of five matches—three men and two women in their respective groups. MEN'S GROUP "B" Malaysia beat Singapore 5 0 (Malaysia 1st): Peong
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    Mike saves day for England
    145 15 Glasgow, Wednesday. Two goals by Mike Channon saved manager Sir Alf Ramsey's blushes and enabled the English League to hold the Scottish League to a 2-2 draw in their annual friendly soccer match here last night. Sir Alf, who had steered England to victories over
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    Lock icon US baseball
    65 15 United Press International EXHIBITION RESULTS EXHIBITION BaiebaU Results New York (N) 5 Atlanta 2; Chicago (A) 8 Pittsburgh 3; Chicago (N) 7 California 1; Oakland 10 San Diego 1; Texas 6 Baltimore 4; St. Looia 3 Boston t; Houston 15 Detroit 9; Montreal 9 Minnesota 8 (10 innings);
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    Rugby stars join forces for Scottish centenary
    341 15 Top players from the New Zealand All Blacks, Australia, South Africa and France will join forces for the first time in worid rugby history to take part in the current Scottish Rugby Union centenary celebrations. Nine All Blacks players and nine Australians are
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    Singapore soccer boom proven by statistics
    1126 15  -  SKH SHE WITH JEFFREY LOW Football's popularity is becoming increasingly greater as we are about to complete the first quarter of 1973. Not only are the crowds returning to Jalan Besar and Farrer Park to cheer (and not jeer as they usually do), but
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    Aussie rules football final
    177 15 The clash this Saturday between Nee Soon (106 Fd Bty) and A Coy (6 RAR) in the grand final of the Singapore Australian Rules Football League promises to be an exciting and hard fought match. Nee Soon should start favourites after defeating A Coy in the
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    Lock icon West Indies set for first win in Test series
    406 15 Reuter Port of Spain, Wednesday.—Australia and the West Indies were each poised for the first win In their five-Test cricket series when play on the fourth day of the Third Test ended here yesterday. The West Indies were 146 runs away
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    Buchanan on points
    91 15 London. Wednesday— Ken Buchanan, Britain's former world light-weight boxing champion, scored a 10-round points win over New York-based Puerto Rlcan Hector Matta here last night after being served with a writ. As he entered the Royal Albert hall Buchanan was presented with a writ by representatives of
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      479 15 Sports diary GOLF: Changl Ladies Changl, Rangoon Road v Open; SICC v Warren Club Tanjong Katong, Serangoon ladies. Sec. v Crescent (Balestier TENNIS: Schools Nation- Rd. 2.45 p.m. and 3.45 p.m.). al championships "A" and Girls *C' St. Theresa's "B" girls (Farrer Park 2 vK. Bukit, Crescent v CHIJ pm).
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      Lock icon HER HIGH HOPES
      53 16 Fast moving Vicki Judd can't wait to take off. The moment she finishes her studies at the American School here, she wants to join an airline and become a stewardess. This 18-year-old lass loves fast cars, dancing and music. Meanwhile, she is doing part time modelling. Picture
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      Today...
      110 16 TODAY is Wednesday, March 28, the 87th day of 1973 with 278 to follow.. THE MOON: Between its last quarter and new phase. THE MORNING STARS: Mercury, Venus, Mars and Jupiter. THE EVENING STAR: Saturn. Those born on this date are under the sign of Aries. British actor Freddie
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      Lock icon The sack without the sting...
      724 16 Firm takes care of everything Reuter Old Henry Ford knew how to fire an executive he had the furniture moved out of the man's office overnight. But that was In a bygone, perhaps more brutal era of American business. Nowadays the process of telling a
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      TALKING POINT
      59 16 AH FOOK: Now that hawkers at the Orchard Road car park have put up price tags, they could Improve their service one step further by providing better seating arrangements. MEI LIN: Yes, as it is you never know when you incur the wratlt of the hawkers by sitting
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      Fast unto death foiled — by smell of kippers
      145 16 Fast unto death foiled by smell of kippers A 15-year-old girl decided to fast to death because of trouble at home. At the special clinic where she was sent she wasted away to four stone five pounds. Nothing the doctors or psychologists did could persuade her to eat to live.
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      Colin's burning ambition
      58 16 Bachelor Colin Carruthers, 24, has one burning ambition—to get Raquel Welch In the passenger seat of a luxury Lamborghini sports car. He doesn't fancy his chances but If money could achieve It Colin Carruthers would have no worries. He became an Instant millionaire last week when he
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      One in every 173
      36 16 One In every 173 Frenchmen holds the Legion DHonneur, Prance's best known decoration, according to official figures issued here. Each of the 291,278 people awarded It receives a 20-franc (£1.6) annual payment.
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      30 16 Ref. 10.042 j A CVMA svHCt+a* Th« watch closest to perfect accuracy tZ ;*xb Sole Agents: CHIN HIN WATCH CO OVERSEAS UNION SHOPPING CENTRE COLLYER QUAY SINGAPORE, 1. TEL: *****1
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      264 16 Insurance and Foresight It takes foresight to buy insurance to think ahead and plan for the unexpected. It also takes foresight to recognise this positive service for the protection for the future. Public Life" is concerned with this foresight and the future. Why don't you ease your load of worries
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      435 16 5 Siigapore 3.00 Opening And Housewives' Matinee: Strange Reunion (Cantonese film Pt. 1) 3.40 A Diary of Events in Singapore this Week (C) 3.45 Persembahan Ku: featuring TCnmpi Ahmad (Rpt). 4.00 Days of Our Lives 4.45 Close 6.(35 Opening and Touche Turtle 6.30 News In Brief 6.35 What Others Say
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      632 16 Trust your lucky star IF IT'S YOUR BIRTHDAY BORN today, you are one of those extremely broad minded persons who is able to remain fully aware of all sides of an argument, no matter how heated it may get, and is therefore able to remain neutral even when In the
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