New Nation, 5 April 1973

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    Masthead
    18 1 NEW NATION SINGAPORE Thursday evening, April 5, 1973 No. 681 Price 15 cents SINGAPORE THURSDAY, APRIL 5, 1973
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    OUR ROADS
    13 1 Police reported 69 accidents yesterday. Six were serious and two fatal.
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    ON THE 'CHANGE
    218 1 Prices continued to drop on the Stock Exchange of Malaysia and Singapore for the first 45 minutes this morning. However, trading was selective and low in volume in almost all sections of the exchange. There was weak support for rubbers, oil palms, properties and hotels. BUSINESS DONE:
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    Lock icon Lee-Nixon talks on Asian issues
    327 1 To meet on Tuesday Reuter Washington, Thursday President Nixon will meet Prime Minister Mr. Lee Kuan Yew in Washington on April 10 to discuss developments in Asia and other world issues, the White House announced here yesterday. Mr. Lee. who last conferred with Mr. Nixon
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    A flying blade kills boy
    327 1 Came off passing van An 13-year-old student was killed on his doorstep in a freak accident yesterday. Koh Kim Swee and his sister were reading a newspaper outside their Kampung Chia Heng home in Thomson Road when a blade from a van's radiator fan flew
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    39 killed in battle
    59 1 Saigon, Thursday Sixteen government troops and 23 communist soldiers were killed yesterday in one of the heaviest battles since the January 28 ceasefire, the Saigon Command said today. The Command said communist troops shelled and attacked an infantry position five miles southeast of Cai Lay, a
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    US men off to Peking
    29 1 Hong Kong. Thursday. Seven US officials left here for Peking today to set up the first American diplomatic office in China in 24 years.
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    False alarm
    39 1 Three fire-engines rusned to the Arcade Shopping Centre in Collyer Quay this morning after someone rang the fire brigade to say that smoke was coming out of the building. It turned out to be a false alarm.
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    A strike for love...
    148 1 London, Thursday British Overseas Airways Corporation (BOAC) stewards and stewardesses yesterday said they will strike for three hours today to set their love lives in order. They said that the pre- sent 17-day roster and a 12hour stand-by system, is playing havoc with their social lives.
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    20-minute terror for 21 women
    297 1  -  Six assaulted as armed thugs relieve them of $10,000 By Douglas Chan, Bharathi Mohan Four armed robbers held up 21 women in a beauty parlour in Rangoon Road yesterday and escaped with cash and jewellery worth $10,000. The victims 14 saloon girls and seven customers
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    More muscle for police force
    290 2  -  New attempt to reduce the crime rate By Wee Beng Huat The number of investigating officers at all police divisional headquarters has been increased in a new attempt to cut down the crime rate. There are now at least five inspectors in the crime branch
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    Backpay for 200
    110 2 Some 200 firemen attached to the Airport Fire Brigade will receive overtime payments amounting to about $40,000 following an agreement between the Amalgamated Union of Public Employees and the Finance Ministry. The overtime payments are backdated to October 1969. Each fireman will receive arrears ranging from $100
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    Housewives change meat diet
    336 2  -  By Rav K. Dhaliwal The high prices of beef and mutton are driving many housewives to other meat and vegetables counters in the market. Chicken appears to be the favourite "substitute" and dealers in this line are obviously enjoying a sudden boom in business. Most of
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    Bata bunnies
    19 2 Four Easter bunnies will visit Bata stores throughout Singapore distributing sweets for three weeks starting this Sunday.
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    Big laundry contract
    46 2 Jardine Waugh's whollyowned subsidiary, Snowwhite Laundry Pte. Ltd. has been awarded a $460,000 contract to provide its services to the Outram Road General Hospital for a year. Starting this month, the the firm will wash 10,000 articles a day covering 109 different items.
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    Open doors to the handicapped
    285 2 Call to training board The newly-establish-ed Industrial Training Board should open its doors to the handicapped, according to Mr. Ron Chandran-Dudley, head of the Rehabilitation and Social Services Division of the Singapore Association for the Blind. Mr. Chandran -Dudley said: "It is important that these
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      556 2 HRPPEnincs "Tool™ Dr. S.Y. Lee of the University of Singapore will speak on The Present International Monetary Crisis And Its Impact On Singapore And Malaysia at the SHELL THEATRETTE at 4.45 p.m. A talk on home-making by MRS. GOH KOK KEE and MRS. WAVA TEILMANN will be held at YWCA
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      284 3 Safari in Africa on the way to London. Only on BOAC. <S> rO: I if if Next time you fly to London, give yourself the holiday of a lifetime on the way. Take the BOAC VCIO to Africa on our new Safari Route. It costs only a fraction more, but
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    Laughing off blindness...
    585 4  -  CINEMA By Edgar Koh BUTTERFLIES ARE FREE starring Goldie Hawn, with Edward Albert and Eileen Heckart (coming Orchard). The title of this boy-meet-girl movie is an apt expression of adolescent idealism, based o$ a quotation by Charles Dickens: "I ask only to be free as the butterflies
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  • In Person
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      Lesson on scourge of drugs
      562 4 ENCIK SHA'ARI TADIN OPENS EXHIBITION IN SCHOOL THE harmful effects of drug taking came to the classroom when the Telok Kurau Secondary School held Its Anti-Drugs and AntlNarcotlcs Exhibition. Aimed at informing children at an early age about the ugliness of the drug scene, it
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    Lock icon 600 more for Bangla trial
    242 5 Reuter Calcutta, Thursday.—Another 600 razakars are to be sent back to Bangladesh from India to face trial, official sources said here yesterday. The razakars, para-mlli-tary home guards who sided with the Pakistan military regime during the 1971 East Pakistan crisis, are in jail in the
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    Four-second tremor
    46 5 Ankara, Thursday A four-second earth tremor yesterday sent people running into the streets in fear and caused minor damage in the small town of Saruhanli, western Turkey. Officials said there were no casualties in Saruhanli but they were still awaiting reports form outlying areas.
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    Lock icon Troops repel rebel forces
    353 5 Siege on Philippine town broken United Press International Manila, Thursday Philippine military authorities announced yesterday that army troops drove out rebel forces besieging a major town and inflicted "heavy losses" among the insurgents in the latest heavy fighting reported in the troubled Mindanao region in southern
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    Pioneer 11 is all set for blast off to Jupiter
    369 5 New York, Thursday. Pioneer 11 blasts off tonight from Cape Kennedy, Florida on a voyage to the mysterious planet Jupiter and possibly as far beyond as the ringed planet Saturn. Pioneer 11, twin spacecraft to Pioneer 10 launched a year
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    Pakistan rounds up ex-air chief's relatives
    166 5 Islamabad, Thursday Relatives of a former Pakistan Air Force chief are being rounded up for questioning, in connection with an alleged military-backed plot to oust President Bhutto, we 11 -i n formed sources said in Rawalpindi yesterday. Retired Air Marshall Asghar Khan, who left
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    Ore carrier sinks
    59 5 Paris, Thursday.—A 3500ton Polish ore carrier sank near the Balearic Islands, off Spain, yesterday and its crew was taken aboard a French destroyer Guepratte, naval sources said in Toulon. The 27 men of the Wreuclaw's crew climbed aboard the French vessel, when their ship suddenly rolled over
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    One killed
    27 5 Salisbury, Thursday A member of the Rhodesian security forces was killed and another was seriously wounded in anti-guerrilla operations in the northeastern border area yesterday.
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    Novelist's letters fetch top prices
    107 5 London. Thursday—Signed letters by novelist Virginia Woolf and her husband Leonard fetched top prices at a sale of modern books and manuscripts which made 24,700 ($153,140) yesterday. The 41 letters from Virginia Woolf. 14 from her brother Adrian Stephen and two from her older brother
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    179 charged
    30 5 Belfast, Thursday A total of 179 people were charged with terrorist offences last month, a record for a month since the troubles began in 1969, police said yesterday.
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    Canada visit
    37 5 New Delhi, Thursday— Indian Prime Minister Mrs. Indira Gandhi will pay an official visit to Canada in June at the invitation of Prime Minister Mr. Pierre Elliott Trudeau, it was officially announced here last night.
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    Ne Win weds once more
    83 5 Rangoon, Thursday—The Chairman of Burma's Revolutionary Council, Premier Ne Win, was married to Ni N1 Myint, a history tutor at Rangoon University, yesterday according to an official announcement. The announcement said the marriage was carried out according to traditional Buddhist law but gave no other
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    Shot dead in kidnap bid
    257 5 Reuter Buenos Aires, Thursday— An army colonel was shot dead in Cordoba yesterday by leftwing guerrillas when he resisted their attempt to kidnap him, an army spokesman said. The spokesman said Col. Hector Alberto Iribbarren, 47, head of the Cordobabased Third Army Corps' Intelligence Service,
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    A mouthful
    42 5 Washington, Thursday.— In the seven years from 1966 to last year, the Pentagon reports, American Gls in Vietnam consumed: 2200 million bottles and cans of beer, 2400 million bottles and cans of soft drinks and 98 million lb. of ketchup.
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  • Page 5 Miscellaneous
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      267 5 ACROSS 1 Occur. 7 Westerner. 14 Adduces. 16 A deadly sin. 17 Snarled up. 18 Uttar Pradesh city. 19 British Polar explorer. 20 Toil. 22 Spanish painter. 23 Batch 24 Campus building. 25 Paper size: Abbr. 26 Oklahoma city. city. 28 Dance: Fr. 30 Electrical devise 31 Pasta of a
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      149 5 DR. KILDARE A NEW BATCH OF INTERNS JUST CHECKEP IN, PR. KILPARE. I'VE •V TOLP THEM HOW MUCH WORK THEY'LL I HAVE TO PO. NOW IT'S UP TO YOU TO V S£F THAT THEY DO IT.' ANP I SUPPOSE >OUVE PESCRIBEP ME AS A MOPERM SIMON LEGREE? PRECISELY. I'M PR.
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    S'pore date for Thanat
    257 6 Seminar on Thailand Thailand's former Foreign Minister, Dr. Thanat Khoman, will attend a one-day seminar on Trends in Thailand at the University of Singapore on May 5. The seminar, organised by the Institute of SouthEast Asian Studies is part of the Trends of Southeast Asia series
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    $260mil. needed to help refugees
    343 6  -  By V.K. Chin Kuala Lumpur, Thursday South Vietnam will require an immediate $260 million in aid for the first year to look after one million refugees as part of its reconstruction and rehabilitation programme. The breakdown of its requirements was given to delegates from Singapore,
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    Employment for women
    26 6 The Young Women's Christian Association will hold a forum on Employment for Women at its Outram Road Centre on Saturday at 2.30 p.m.
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    New drive to boost the small family
    374 6  -  Bid to woo hard core By Pang Guek Cheng The Singapore Family Planning and Population Board plans to develop a more intensive educational and motivational programme to remind people of the need for family planning. According to the Board's annual report for 1971,
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    200 protest govt ruling on MCE exam
    325 6 Kuala Lumpur, Thursday About 200 pupils who failed in last year's Malaysian Certificate of Education (MCE) examination because of Bahasa Malaysia picketted outside the Education Ministry yesterday. It was the second such protest against the government which had refused to issue them with
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    2 correct entries received
    304 6 pi A SPECIAL QUIZ Last Saturday's quiz photograph showed a number of golf clubs. Only two correct entries were received. The first prize of $20 goes to Mr. Goh Soon Kow of Jalan Batu. His entry was the first correct one opened by the-Editor last night.
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      102 6 1 I 1 Non-stop at 9*3oam Now, SIA offers you a non-stop service from Singapore to Medan three times a week. Our Boeing 737 leaves Singapore every Thursday, Friday and Saturday at 9.30 am and arrives in Medan at 10.10 am. Return flights leave Medan at 11am the same day
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      148 6 weather] Temperatures in world cities yesterday: Jakarta 33-25 C Kuala Lumpur 32-24 C Bangkok 34-26 C Hong Kong 24-15 C Manila 34-21 C Taipeh 16-14 C Naha 19-17 C Seoul 14-3 C Tokyo 10-9 C London 10-6 C Paris 12-2 C Moscow 15-4 C New York 14-8 C San Francisco
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  • BEHIND THE NEWS
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      Room at the top for a modest sultan
      1209 7  -  Hamengku Buwono concerned about people's welfare South-East Asia Report From Ronnie Muntu INDONESIA One day several years ago a woman vendor in the town of Jogjakarta was wearily dragging her load to the market when suddenly a man appeared next to her
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      The elusive Sihanouk
      692 7  -  Increased speculation on his whereabouts From H. Greenway Washington Post CAMBODIA Where is Prince Norodom Sihanouk? The events which marked the third anniversary of Sihanouk's overthrow in Cambodia the recent bombing of the presidential palace, the imposition of martial law and the house arrest of his relatives
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      Berita Minggu
      339 7 VOICE OF THE PRESS What other Newspapers are saying: THE DOOR TO COOPERATION FOR THE WHOLE OF SOUTH-EAST ASIA The establishment of diplomatic ties between Malaysia and North Vietnam is something which is not unexpected. Indonesia is the first member of Asean to establish official links with the
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  • BUSINESS NEWS
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      MARKET MOVEMENTS
      161 7 Prices eroded a fata on the stock market yesterday. Losses were widespread, with higher-priced stocks suffering the major falls. On the industrial board, only United Holdings finished in the plus territory with a fain of 5 cents at $5.05. On balance, the Straits Times Industrial Ordinary share index
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      New gas plant
      29 7 Bandar Seri Begawan. Thursday—Sultan Hassanal of Brunei yesterday 'naugurated what he described as the world's biggest liquefied natural gas plant near the oil town of Seria.
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    • OVERSEAS STOCK EXCHANGE PRICES
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        New York
        307 7 United Press International Prices declined in slow trading yesterday on the New York Stock Exchange after a brief midsession rally attempt ran out of steam. The Dow Jones average of 30 blue chip industrial stocks was 2.70 lower at 925.05 at the close. It had been more than
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        Tokyo
        157 7 Kyodo Prices on the Tokyo Stock Market sharply fell In early trading yesterday as selling spread to major Issues and forerunners. The Dow-Jones, average of 225 selected blue chips closed the morning session at yen 5,076.34 down yen 86.35. The market opened firm on sporadic buying of speculative leaders
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        Dow Jones averages
        33 7 Dow Jones closing stock averages on the New York yesterday: 30 industrials 925.05 (off 2.70), 20 transport 194.33 (off 1.12), 15 utilities 106.66 (off 0.57), 65 stocks 293.47 (off 1.18).
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        Paris
        204 7 Closing prices (in francs) yesterday. Paribas 246 (243.8C<) Indochine 254 (253.50) Poncier 431 (420) Printemps 144 (143.80) COE 497 (484.80) Bull 70.20 (71.60) Royal Dutck 190.70 (192) Michelin 2182 (2149) Thomson 203 (199) CFP 208 (204) Rhone 189.50 (188) Air 407 (411.90) Philips 92.20 (93) Suez 399 (395) Citroen
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        Sydney
        253 7 Prices at 11.30 a.m. day (Australian time): A baleen Nil 14 Do opts 04 06 AOD 11 13 Allstate 15 17 Amad 06Vi 07Vi Aurora 14 16 do opts nil 03 Vi Aust Ant 16 IV Bamboo 05 10 Beach 35 traded Bounty Oil 01 OlVi Bridge 15 18
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        Zurich
        67 7 Closing prices (in Swiss francs) on Zurich Stock Exchange yesterday: UBS 4290 +20 SBC 3300 10 Credit Suisse 3720 10 Swissair B. 662 +5 Swiss Reinsurance 2475 —25 Wlnterthur B. 1880 Zurlc Insurance 8100 Juvena B 2570 10 Nestle B. 4140 —85 Ciba-Oeigy B. 2340 +90 Baby Roche *****
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      Bank lending rates up on higher reserve ruling
      455 7 Several banks have raised their lending rates to offset the higher cost of funds available for lending out to customers. The hike—ranging from half to 12 per cent—is the result of the recent Increase in minimum reserve requirement which banks have to
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      City highlights...
      183 7 The Development Bank of Singapore has bought 20,001 shares in Development Resources Private Limited and 15,002 shares in Singapore Tourist Industry (Private) Limited. The bank states that these two companies are now wholly owned subsidiaries of DBS. Sim Lim Investment has informed that Stock Exchange that negotiations on
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      Tokyo firms accused of hoarding
      170 7 United Press International Tokyo, Thursday Six of Japan's most famous companies today stood accused by the government of forcing consumer prices upwards by speculative buying, hoarding, and lying to the public about shortages that did not exist. Minister of International Trade and Industry Yasuhiro Nakasone
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    THAILAND
    4470 8 A WESTERN TOUCH TO ENSURE MORE EFFICIENCY Continuinq the series on' Historical Giirnpses BANGKOK, situated on the Menam Chao Phya (River Chao Phya) became the capital of Thailand in 1769. The city was built on floating pontoons and piles at the edges of numerous canals and water courses which
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    Towards the age of bumiputras
    503 10 Tun Razak's Government is fervently committed to correcting the imbalances existing in Malaysian society and to this end considerable energy has been devoted. But the results this far do not warrant a slow down for it has been found that the task of uplifting the
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    Nixon not a vodka lover
    105 10 by ISPY President Nixon has disclosed some of the drinks he dislikes—and they include vodka and champagne. ITie President's dislikes were noted in remarks he made to state legislators In the White House last week, describing how he reached detente with China and the Soviet
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    The Muslim insurgents in the Philippines will not be cowed by firepower
    839 10  -  PAKIR SINGH President Marcos,, it is reported, is convinced that the battle against the tenacious Muslim insurgents who have unfurled the flag of rebellion in convincing fashion in the southern Philippines, cannot be cowed by Manila's firepower. But
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  • Letters
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      Careless drivers
      182 10 Since the reorganisation of the 11 bus companies into four and later into three, many complaints have been made to the various newspapers. Many were dissatisfied with the routing of services, some complained of inefficiencies, some complained of the abusive behaviour of the bus conductors and some the
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      Marriage plans
      58 10 I am a Singapore Citizen by birth. I have plans to get married to an Indian Citizen who is a minor. Will the Immigration authorities here permit her to stay permanently in Singapore after her marriage to me and subsequently grant her Singapore Citizenship? Will the authorities please
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      HDB replies on lifts
      138 10  -  CORINNA DIEU Public Relations Officer, Housing and Development Board. Singapore, 2. We refer to Mr. Francis Neo's suggestion on the employment of lift attendants in Housing Board lifts (NN, March 28). As our Minister for Law and National Development explained in (S.T.. March 23, 1972) answer
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      Twice a week only
      90 10 I am a businessman and I write frequently to my friends in Sri Lanka. The letters reach them only after a week. On inquiries I was told by a postmaster that mail for Sri Lanka is sent twice a week. But, there is a daily flight
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      The correct facts
      157 10  -  A.B. GREEN Managing Director, Cathay Advertising Ltd. Singapore, 1. I refer to the article headlined $4m. Advert Contract (NN. March 29) which is not only incorrect but has caused a great deal of comment from our clients and also resulted In what could be a serious backlash
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      Police take action
      66 10  -  LAWRENCE S.H. LOH Public Relations Officer, Singapore Police Force, Singapore 1. I refer to the letter headlined Parking Jams Road (NN, March 6). Your correspondent pointed out rightly that many traffic offenders deliberately ignored the No Parking sign along Race Course/Owen Road area. To date, the Traffic
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      Trailers a hazard
      85 10 For the past few months, a row of trailers have been parking along River Valley Road near the Fraser Neave factory. These have caused obstruction to oth§r motorists. Moreover, motorists who use the petrol kiosk at the River Valley Road/Nathan Road junction have found difficulty in turning
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      Indonesian films
      172 10  -  LEONARD LIM Of late we had for our entertainment four Indonesian feature films with English subtitles. The most outstanding one was Setulus Hatiku which was enJoyed by many TV viewers. Though obsolete, I admit these films are not lacking In entertainment value. These "antiquated" films were produced more
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    Keeping idle youths busy
    483 11  -  BY WEE BENG HUAT It is not just the school dropouts and jobless people who are drawn to secret societies. Most gangsters are employed though some of the more active ones leave their jobs to concentrate full-time on their criminal activities. What then is the reason
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    THE MAKING OF A GANGSTER...
    781 11 Why do people join secret societies? This is one question which has never been properly answered by any authoritative source despite the fact that secret societies have been in existence for the last 150 years. No c o m pr e hensive study has ever
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    Fire power in combating crime
    709 11  -  CONCLUDING THE FOUR-PART SERIES By Francis Ward Los Angeles Times Detroit had 692 homicides last year, one of the highest rates in the U.S. Crime in the streets is a reality. Six policemen were killed in the line of duty in 1972, and at least
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  • TREND
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      Beating the mechanical monster at its own game
      715 12  -  You can't shoot it like you would a sick horse, 50... I male bOH JACK SMITH There is no use cursing machines. Wg are all dependent on them. They have brought ease and adventure into our lives. They have taken us to
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      Fatal spring fever
      81 12 Spring cleaning fever can be fatal, house-proud wives are warned. In West Germany, it kills 3,000 each year. This is the number of fatal accidents that occur when wives shake off their winter-weariness and decide to bring a springtime sparkle to their homes. Of the country's annual
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      Black is given an elegant revival
      231 12 Black, for all the promises that it holds of beautiful elegance and chic, is an aging colour. We are all familiar with the trick of wearing black to minimise width, but even that is a ruse that has become pretty boring. One Australian fashion
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      Staying awake all night worrying about sleep
      418 12  -  WEALTHj [El iz£n3 I have just received a letter from "Sleepless" who is severely disturbed by insomnia. This has reached the point where he dreads going to sleep, is afraid to take drugs and is losing weight. This common ailment troubles many people
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      Made in England for the advanced consumer
      294 12  -  TALKING SHOP RUTH MOSES British products have always had a reputation for quality but to many Singaporeans, that also implies stodgy design. Well, they're wrong. Britain isn't all that far behind when it comes to functional but attractively designed consumer goods. The London
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      129 13 PLUMBING AND ELECTRICAL MAINTENANCE We undertake oil kinds of plumbing and electrical maintenance service. Quotations are available on request. CONTACT: ALLIED SANITARY AND ELECTRICAL CO.. (AMOS ONG) *****5/*****5. CRASH HELMETS APPROVED BY SISIR Bulk selling of crash helmets to interested parties Enquiries to: Tel: *****3, S'pore. WELL EQUIPPED LADIES' BEAUTY
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      163 13 POLISHING, QUALITY RESPRAYS in ordinary or metallic colours undertaken at 107, Blk. 15 Sin Ming Road Industrial Estate, Singapore's newest and largest motor complex. Tel: *****9 Longer working hours even at night and week-ends means cars bock on the rood with minimum delay. LiMOUSINE registered 1966 UN. COLN CONTINENTAL with
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    Snow wants to regain place
    555 14  -  By Percy Seneviratne England's controversial fast bowler John Snow did not fail to bask in the Singapore sun yesterday during a stop-over here enroute back home for a thorough check-up before bidding for a place in the England team this Summer. His back gave way
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    Record by Grange in league match
    479 14  -  GUTTER TALK JEFFREY LOW A Singapore national record was set at Jackie's Orchard on Sunday In the Inter Association league between Orange and the International Bowling Club. The QBA team, comprising, Raymond Kang, Alan Wee, David Liong, Richard Sim and Brian Mathieu soored a
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    Injured Casper will tee off
    333 14 New York, Thursday Billy Casper, hampered by a rib injury that has cut his shots by some 20 yards, played 18 holes yesterday and said he would tee-off as scheduled in the 1973 Masters today. But how far he goes, he says, is anybodys guess.
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    Top Test quintet
    268 14 London, Thursday—Four Australians are among the "five cricketers of the year" chosen by Wisden cricketers' almanack in its 1973 edition published yesterday. The chosen Australians are pace bowlers Dennis Lillee and Bob Massie and batsmen Keith Stackpole and Greg Chappell. The remaining member of the illustrious quintet
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    BOAC shuttlers
    82 14 Second round results of the BOAC badminton singles championship: Ong Kim Huat (SBTA) wo K. S. Goh (SIA); Lawrence Ang (MAS) wo Raymond Ang (CPA); John Lawrence (MSASk) bt Buang Mawi (MAS) 15-5, 17-18. 17-16; Yip Yew Sung (EAC) wo Mohamed Ahmad (BOAC); A. Rahim (TMA) wo Zainal
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    First-round win
    35 14 Cagliarl, Sardinia, Thursday— Antonio Puddu of Italy last night retained his European lightweight boxing title when the referee stopped the fight in the first round of his bout with Dominique Azzaro of France.
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    Wonnai shapes up well
    365 14 From Blue Peter in Kuala Lumpur Wonnai who showed encouraging form at Ipoh last month when he finished fourth to San Rocque In a 9f race did an attractive workout here this morning. Breaking from the 4f he came home strongly to run the last 3f
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    Scratchings and barrier draw
    349 14 SCRATCHINGS SATURDAY RACE ONE: 2.30 Class 3 Div 4 6f Minex. RACE TWO: 3.00 Class 3 Div 3 Div 6 6f The Jaguar. RACE THREE: 3.30 Class 4 Div 2 9f Sapphire, Nonesuch (Emergency acceptor Lovable III). RACE FOUR: 4.00 Class 3 Div 2 9f Jack
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      21 14 ANDYCAPP 'E'S NASTY WHEN 'E'S« 'AD A FEW 8K ir irM iib >» P3 MS S^i TT IST *N S V ilii
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      207 14 SPORTS DIARY HOCKEY National Schools Championships: Girls 'A' —Tanjong Katong v Cedar, Int. School v Raffles Inst. (Serangoon Rd. 2.45 p.m.); Boys 'B* Whitley v Telok Kurau, Gan Eng Seng v Swiss Cottage (F. Park 2.45 p.m.); Boys 'C Victoria v SJI, Willow v Monk's Hill (F. Park 8.45 a.m.);
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    Probable starters for the Kuala Lumpur meeting
    1983 15 SATURDAY CLASS 2 DIV. 4 6F ($9OOO $6300 TO WINNER) ***** AEROSPACE II a (Sagltarrius) Tulloh 8 9.00 ***** DATIN'S FANCY 3 (HT Wee) Allan 8 9.00 ***** TUDOR PIRATE a (Agasam) Lee 7 9.00 ***** LEBERTAD g (Libertad) Mansor 4 9.00 *****
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    SINGAPORE GP EVENTS
    200 15 WEDNESDAY APRIL 18 Untimed Practice 9.00 am GP Motorcycles 11.00 am GP Cars 2.00 pm Saloons and Tourers THURSDAY APRIL 19 Timed Practice 8.30 am Saloons and Tourers 11.00 am GP Motorcycles 1.00 pm GP Cars 2.45 pm Sports and GT Cars 3.30 pm Clubman Motorcycles 4.15
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    Lambaian is the pick of the newcomers
    1324 15 By Blue Peter Lambaian (late Trampus) is the pick of the newcomers entered for the Selangor Turf Club April Meeting. He is a four-year-old bay New Zealand gelding by Golden Plume out of Court Will. He made a winning debut at two years
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      HOMELY TYPE
      48 16 For all her independence at 20, Taiwan singer Lydia Chen firmly believes in domesticity. When she meets the right man, she will say goodbye to her career, as she believes that there is no othc place for a woman than at home. Picture by Steven Lee
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      139 16 TODAY is Thursday, April 5, the 95th day of 19/3 with 270 to follow. THE MOON: Between its new phase and first quarter. THE MORNING STARS: Mercury, Venus. Mars and Jupiter. THE EVENING STAR: Saturn. Those born on this date are under the sign of Aries. American Negro educator
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      DeRATisation drive in Paris
      291 16 Open a new underground railway in Paris and rats are the first to use it. Move the markets from the centre of Paris to a brand new suburb called Rungis and rats are there before the furniture vans are unloaded. Nobody knows how many rats there
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      53 16 AH FOOK: The BOAC air stewards and stewardesses who are going on strike to put their love lives in order, should quit their jobs. Surely they know the course of true love never did run smooth. MEI LIN: I feel it's a matter of priority whether it's job
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      199 16 THE OBEROI IMPERIAL PRESENTS AN AFTERNOON OF FASHION >VeS 1 At the Roof top Saturday. 7th April. 3 spm Tea Coffee Cakes etc S6 THE HOUSE OF JINOEL, Melbourne presents Evening Elegance A unique fashion show of model gowns by MART! MARTEEN Co-sponsor: Gala Ltp^Lj py Gala of London FREE
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      380 16 5 Singapore 3.00 Opening and Housewives' Matinee; Camellia (Cantonese Film, Pt. 1) 3.50 Our Music Makers— Featuring: Hioong Hoong and Chang Koon (C—Rpt) 4.05 Days of Our Lives 4.45 Close 6.00 Opening and Cartoon Favourites 6.10 What Others Say (M) 6.30 News in Brief 6.35 Suara Andek2 6.50 Untamed World:
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      552 16 Trust your lucky star IF IT'S YOUR BIRTHDAY BORN today, you are one to maKe your decisions slowly after a great deal of careful deliberation. Taking into consideration all conflicting pieces of evidence, you usually make the wisest use of whatever information you've been able to gather and where you
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