New Nation, 13 April 1973

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  • 15 1 NEW NATION SINGAPORE Friday evening, April 13, 1973 No. 688 Price 15 cents NEW NATION
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  • 13 1 Police reported 99 accidents yesterday. Two were serious and two fatal.
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  • 205 1 The share market opened on an easier note as a new wave of sellers reappeared. Trading was selective. Later signs indicated a mild rally. BUSINESS DONE: Malayan Credit (1) 4.00, (4) 3.80, (1) 3.70, (1) 3.72, (1) 3.74, (1) 3.96. Development Bank of Singapore (1) 5.50, (1)
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  • 314 1 Israelis arrest 20 Reuter Tel Aviv, Friday The hunt continued in Israel and the occupied territories yesterday for undercover Arab guerrilla cells, believed to have been listed in secret guerrilla documents captured by Israel during Tuesday's raid on Beirut. Military sources said several cells had
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  • 116 1 Nobody can stop the Lip. Not even the doctors who wired shut his broken jaw to prevent him from hurting himself. Less than two weeks after Ken Norton broke his jaw, and maybe his hopes of recaptur- ing his world heavyweight title, Muhamed Ali
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  • 218 1 Police today announced new restrictions on the granting of private firearms licences in a move to preserve Singapore's dwindling wild life. As from today, licences for firearms will only be given for target shooting at authorised shoot ing ranges. The only exception is in the case or
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  • 39 1 Washington, Friday. Sixteen men were killed when a US Space Agency research Jet and a Navy antisubmarine patrol plane collided in the air yesterday. Both plunged In flames onto a golf course in Sunnyvale, California.
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  • 567 1 No ground troops, but more bombing raids likely Reuter and UPI Washington, Friday White House sources have hinted that President Nixon may order further bombing of communist targets in Cambodia and send more arms and fuel to the beleaguerd capital. But they ruled out the
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  • 327 1 'Let the Cambodians decide' Reuter Peking, Friday Prime Minister Chou En-lai said last night that the US must stop bombing Cambodia and leave its people to settle their own problems. He was speaking at a banquet honouring exiled Cambodian leader Prince Sihapouk, who has just
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  • Page 1 Advertisements
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  • Page 1 Miscellaneous

  • 331 2  -  Board's call to Govt. By Sonny Yap The Preservation of Monuments Board has recommended to the Government that 43 old buildings and monuments be preserved. According to ap official of the board, the tentative list includes churches, old buildings, memorials, temples and shrines. He said:
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  • 81 2 Police arrested 33 people In an Island-wide operation against crime yesterday. The raids started at 10 a.m. at Pagoda Street. Six youths, believed to have been involved In a number of street robberies, were detained. Later two Indian youths were picked up at Clemenceau Avenue
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  • 80 2 A carriage cleaner, Manikam Ayasamy, 40, of the Malayan Ralway, was decapitated near a carriage shed at the Keppel Road Railway station last night. He is believed to have been knocked down and run over by one of the coaches shunting near the station between 6 p.m.
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  • 307 2 A theme song has been picked for the opening ceremony of the Seventh Southeast Asia Peninsular Games to be staged at the National Stadium on September 1. Entitled The SEAP Games Theme Song, the tune is composed by Mr. David Lim, a music inspector from
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  • 251 2 Singaporeans will be committing a crime if they do not limit the number of children to two in a family, a leading professor said last night. Sjpeaking at a forum on family planning held at the Tiong Bahru Community Centre, Professor S.S. Ratnam,
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  • 20 2 The People's Association Band will perform at the Macßltchie Reservoir Park on Sunday from 5.30 p.m. to 6.30 p.m.
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  • Page 2 Advertisements
    • 93 2 The Scotch Whisky CONNOISSEURS (PRIVATE) LIMITED. iV',l! !.> Diamond*, 25 to 3 Carats jr&tK $300/- to $40,000/i I k'a as^i VOVUr U> wv,vi/vr S.P.H.de Silva(HK) Ltd. Gl3, Tanglin Shopping Centre Singapore 10. Tel: *****8 HEAD OFFICE 1/3, Central Building,Pedder Street, Hong Kong. I msoivGis PKOIMI ba I C oadjour^ M'iv-s?
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    • 168 2 4T First of its kind in Singapore "Search For Our Music" Compo sit ion Contest (Final) TICKETS AVAILABLE NOW! Open Section Children Section 24 New compositions of music and songs highlighting the various aspects of Singapore life including 'Jurong Bird Park, 'Merlion, 'Singapore Armed Forces, *Toa Payoh Satelite Town, Love
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  • Page 2 Miscellaneous
    • 446 2 HRPPEnmcs WHAT'S ON TODAY The Young People's Service of Queenstown Branch Library is organising two FILM SHOWS ON DRUG ADDICTION at its lecture room at 3 p.m. The CHINESE ARTS FESTIVAL begins at the Conference Hall at 7 p.m. with an art exhibition to be followed by a Teochew opera
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    • 98 2 weather! Temperatures in world cities yesterday. Tokyo 27-18 C Seoul 17-5 C Taipeh 21-18 C Manila 36-25 C Hong Kong 22-21 C Bangkok 36-27 C Kuala Lumpur 34-23 C Jakarta 34-26 C Naha 21-20 C London 9-5 C Paris 9-3 C Moscow 16-10 C New York 9-2 C San Francisco
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  • 197 3  -  Emphasis on the consumer By Sunny Wee The Metrication Board will soon be launching "go metric" campaigns mainly directed at the consumer. The campaigns will be in the form of exhibitions, talks and forums. Mr. Baey Lian Peck, the Board's chairman, said: "Several campaigns
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  • 49 3 The Singapore Tae Kwon-Do Association will hold its apepnd grading for this year at the Gay World Gymnasium in Geylang on April 28 and 29. and May 5 and 6. The examiner will be Mr. Lee Sung Soo, a sixth dan black belt from South Korea.
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  • 226 3 Mr. Lan Stevenson, chairman of the New Zealand Metric Advisory Board, yesterday commended Singapore's metric conversion programme and said his country could borrow some of the methods. Mr. Stevenson, popularly known as Mr. Metric in his homeland, said; "The explanation on metrication In your publications is
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  • 41 3 The management committee of Buklt Panjang community centre will stage a baby show on June 2 at the centre. Entries are open to al 1 infants aged between 18 months and three years. The closing date is April 30.
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  • 510 3  -  By Teresa Ooi Sentosa authorities have started collecting exhibits for the $1.1 million gun museum on the Island, scheduled to be completed by early next year. A spokesman for the Sentosa Development Corporation said: "We have collected a considerable number of exhibits, ranging from
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  • 126 3 Over $500,000 are expected to be raised from the public sale of properties belonging to seven chit fund companies wound up by the government following petitions in the High Court last year. The auction of the properties, Including a Mercedes Benz 280S car. a
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  • 28 3 The Registry of Companies and the Registry of Business Names have moved to the third floor. Colombo Court Building. The Registries will be functioning from Monday.
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  • 294 3 The Singapore Book Publishers Association is making a close study of the distribution and review systems of text-books in an effort to improve them. To begin with, it has sent out detailed questionnaires 911 each of the subjects to its 31 members constituting more
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  • Page 3 Advertisements
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    • 185 3 Invest Prosper q A member of The Hongkong Bank Group. Attractive rates (or long-term deposits Interest Paid Half-Yearly WAYFOONG MORTGAGE AND FINANCE (SINGAPORE) LIMITED Singapore: Brunei: 2nd Floor, Hongkong Bank Hongkong Bank Chambers, Chambers, Collyer Quay, Jalan Sultan, Singapore 1. Bandar Seri Begawan. Telephone: ***** Telephone: 4238. Enquiries may also
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  • Page 3 Miscellaneous
    • 321 3 mmm v* Quiz object No. 241 Clerk wins the top prize WHAT IS II? A SPECIAL QUIZ Last Monday's quiz photograph showed a pair of pliers. The first prize of $15 goes to Mr. Antonl Gan, a cierk, of Albert House. His entry was the first correct one opened by
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  • In Person
    • 622 4 Minister guest-of-honour at Telok Ayer ALL available space was taken up—including the basketball courts—when the Telok Ayer Community Centre held a dinner to celebrate the reappointment of their Citizens' Consultative Committee and to bid farewell to the Telok Ayer Sports Association basketball team who are off to Brunei
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  • 596 4 cnninE [unit bv PG Dear PG, The other day I read in a local magazine an article by someone who said, words to the effect that, if you cannot cure your dog of barking at night you could always have its vocal chords removed. An
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  • Page 4 Advertisements
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  • 243 5 Reuter Canberra, Friday—Asians living on Christmas Island will be given the opportunity to resettle elsewhere progressively as the island's phosphate deposits run out, the Australian Minister for External Territories, Mr. Bill Morrison, said last night. Mr. Morrison told the House of Representatives that
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  • 110 5 Reuter London, Friday—The British Labour Party last night secured control of the Greater London Council, main prize in yesterday's local elections throughout England and Wales. Early returns showed the party had also achieved runaway victories in Greater Manchester and in the Tyne-wear area in Northeast England. The
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  • 51 5 Hong Kong. Friday.— More than 32 lb. of opium and its preparations worth about U5522,000 were seized by Preventive Service officers here yesterday in four separate raids. A government spokesman said 17 men were arrested during the raids. They had been charged with various narcotic
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  • 210 5 Rio De Janeiro, Friday— A Norwegian woman was interrogated until dawn yesterday by federal police investigating an alleged Scandinavian baby-smuggl-ing organisation. Karin Boker, a longhaired ash blonde, was questioned by police after child welfare reports that Brazilian babies were being illegally smuggled out of
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  • 243 5  -  For the right effect CAMERA CORNER By WANG SU FAH This week's reader problem concerns warm and cold chemicals. He has probably heard professionals mentioning the use of warm or cold chemical for certain pictures. So he thinks that every keen photographer should at least
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  • 370 5 Democracy is expected Reuter Gangtok, Friday Agreement has been reached on democratic reforms for this feudal Himalayan kingdom where mass demonstrations against the Chogyai (ruler) have brought normal government to a standstill. It is believed the reforms will turn Sikkim Into a constitutional monarchy.
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  • 224 5 London, Friday Britain has instructed its ambassador in Tripoli to demand an explanation why arms seized recently aboard the freighter Claudia off the coast of Ireland came apparently from Libya, government sources said yesterday. Instructions were sent yesterday to the ambassador. Mr. Peter
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  • 30 5 New York. Friday.— Seven people, including two Methodist ministers and their wives, were killed on Wednesday night in a collision near the northern middle Tennessee town of Springfield.
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  • Page 5 Advertisements
    • 178 5 ralfles village HISTORICAL SINGAPORE REVISITED The Singapore of 1819 has been brought back to life in Raffles Village. Outstanding features: ENTERTAINMENT Traditional Malay dances and accompanying music. Nightly Malay Wedding ceremony performed Cultural Chinese and Indian dances. Modern Chinese dances. F ilipino Bamboo dances. FOOD Western, Chinese and Malay food
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    • 142 5 Photographic Contest Name Address Title: Camera: Exposure: Rules Camera Corner weekly photographic contest. Below are the rule* of the competition. It's open to all with cash prises. 1. The Contest is open to all Singapore photographers. 2. Minimum size is i H" on glossy surface. 3. An Entry Form mast
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    • 156 5 ,<*9 i- •im when v<> u want that M C°™'« Beach Road, Singapore.7. h^^fcoZ-auayS.gapore.L /?OA3/r?o J PTE LIMITED 5616. 6th Floor. Goiden Mile Shopping Complf* Beach Road. Singapore.7. I 3 77 MUNSINGWEAR BRIEFS ARE DESIGNED FOR THE WAY A MAN IS BUILT- WITH A PATENTED SCIENTIFICALLY FORMED MALE COMFORT POUCH
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  • 358 6 The communist blitz in Sarawak would appear to be losing its sting. The Malaysian security forces have had signal successes in the last few months and it is heartening that reports on the security situation indicate improvements. But this does not mean that the communists
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  • 'WHISPERS' by ISPY
    • 26 6 Sick of jokes over their surname, brothers Albert and Michael have changed it by deed poll from Tickle to Lewington, their mother's maiden name.
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    • 51 6 Conversation overheard: "I think we should give the escaped panther the title of Mr. Environment." "Why?" "It has managed to clean up the litter at Pelrce and Macßitchie Reservoirs. No courting couples are going there now and leaving behind newspapers, ice-cream wrappers or "kachang puteh" (nuts)
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    • 60 6 At 16, Private Andrew Gosgrove has been booted out of the British Army—because he has flat feet. But he has landed on his uppers, with a $2500 disability pension, after 14 months' service. He may be better heeled if his feet get worse. Andrew, from Leeds,
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    • 60 6 The baby amah had not bargained for twins when she accepted the job—even though the employer's wife looked very pregnant. She adamantly insisted when the twins arrived that she would only look after one baby. You can surmise, in these days of servant shortage, who backed
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  • 903 6  -  ISMAIL KASSIM I can still recall a chance remark, but nevertheless a significant one, made some time back by the Prime Minister, Mr. Lee Kuan Yew, on the voters of Singapore. Unlike voters in other countries, he said, the electorate
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    • 308 6  -  MOHD. YUNI BIN AWI Looking at the picture on the wall of my house showing SlA's sleek Boeing 7478 aircraft in flight, I noticed how realistic was the airline's logo of a bird in graceful flight standing out distinctively in its tailfin, giving it an appearance
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    • 281 6 I refer to the letter written by Lady Technical Teacher (NN. April 2) in the Dear Ros column. It is true that the life of technical teachers is "not a cup of tea." Their teaching involves much more work than in the academic stream. Teachers who
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    • 59 6 Black-outs at Amber Mansions occur almost every week. Although the E1 ect r i city Department sent its men to repair in time, it seems the department has done nothing to prevent occurrences. The biack-out affects several shophouses and offices causing considerable loss of business. Will the
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    • 45 6  -  KHOR ENG LEE Public Relations Officer, Public Utilities Board. Singapore, 6. I refer to the letter headlined A Query for PUB <NN, April 9>. I request your writer to provide me with the necessary details so that I can investigate the matter.
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    • 86 6 The traffic light junction of Selegie Road and Sophia Road is a very dangerous place now, due to the carelessness of the building contractors. They are very Inconsiderate, making use of one side of Selegie Road for discharging dirty water. The pedestrians have no space to walk because
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    • 449 6  -  A. G. YOUNG I am drawing the attention of the Registrar of Vehicles to an incident where a girl student was trying to board an Associated Bus Services bus on March 26 at the bus stop in front of the Convent of the Holy Infant Jesus
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  • Page 6 Advertisements
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  • Page 6 Miscellaneous
    • 31 6 ■Hit v^-J f > 43 //v <4 /T Pt 4 <£ RSI u» 7 S> V 'v v kit! weu.ASir iswieimN IN TH€ SCRtPTMes A BIRD IN 7W€ mD isnmwMK n? IN Tuesw/
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  • Article, Illustration
    1920 7  -  I£BA ifflr presented bv VIOLET OON The Babas or Straits Chinese of Singapore are a unique product of our environment, displaying marked ethnic traits. For the past two weeks, the New Nation has been taking a close look at the historical development of the Babas and their ethnic
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  • Page 7 Advertisements
  • Page 7 Miscellaneous
    • 195 7 Horoscope reading—is it an science? Whatever it may M t i< enjoying; an unprecedented populagit today. Today we present the eig in our weekly series on horoscope f casting; as done by the Chinese. The period from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. belongs to the north east. It consists of
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  • 577 8 TJAD a good laugh recently? Or do you find life dreary, a rat race that leaves you with hardly the time or the mood for a quick laugh? If so, it is time to reassess your life. You might be missing, out on one of
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  • Page 8 Advertisements
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    • 152 8 irtOTOn for the man who hates the thought of being average V* 1 U A new breed of man A man who takes to today s handsome fashions. Smart classic sh:rts Outstanding ties Sleek slim pants. Just his style. And the London Shop has them all. From Austin Reed of
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    • 171 8 TODAY'S FASHION FABRICS MADE IN SINGAPORE DOUBLE SINGLE KNITS IN PLAIN, JACQUARD AND PRINTS OF HIGHEST QUALITY. READY MADE ft MADE TO ORDER ALSO AVAILABLE. SHOP Nb. 437, 3rd FLOOR SHAW CENTRE, SCOTTS ROAD, SINGAPORE 9. HAN OPTICAL CO. OPHTHALMIC OPTICIANS (OPTOMETRISTS) MICHAEL H. J. HAM PRACTITIONER Available NEW EXCLUSIVE
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    • 38 8 STAMP SPECIALISTS BY COUNTRIES BY THEMES KINGSTON STAMP SHOP 359, Shaw Centre 2nd Floor. FOR EXCLUSIVE JEWELLERY AND WATCHES AT COMPETITIVE PRICES CHEW CHEONG (JEWELLERS) J49, Ist ft, Show Centre T«l: 3796*6 lit J, Cfcongj Village Tel: *****3
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  • BEHIND THE NEWS
    • 1324 9  -  From Ronnie Muntu INDONESIA "A more streamlined, compact and effective version of the first development cabinet" was the general verdict given by political observers to the second development cabinet, the composition of which was announced here by President Suharto on March 27, five days
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    • 409 9 VOICE OF THE PRESS What other Newspapers are saying: SIKKIM: SOVEREIGNTY OF THE MONARCH OR SOVEREIGNTY OF THE PEOPLE? Sikkim Is now under Indian rule following disturbances that have been going on there for the last few days. The Indian take-over is in accordance with a 1950 treaty
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    • 786 9  -  From B. Ronquillo PHILIPPINES Under the old system of free enterprise where political expediency used nationalism to deter foreign investment, the Philippines could not have hoped to compete with neighbouring SouthEast Asian countries in accelerating its growth rate. Under the "constitutional authoritarianism" which
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  • Page 9 Advertisements
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    • 118 9 >« 6^' JSC#!® HAVE A SWINGING TIME WITH ONE DOLLAR Imagine yourself seated along a ground of rich beauty, you too tropical beach with swaying can go there -if you hit the palm trees —luxurious hotels $400,000 in the Singapore golf courses delightful cuisine. Sweep. Invest wisely in a dollar
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  • SHOPPING
    • 833 10 nn H E spotlight's on lighting now. Just about every home has been turned upside down in the last couple of years in the search for interior beauty. Floorings have been torn up and new ones put in and furniture carted out of furniture shops straight
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  • Page 10 Advertisements
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    • 162 10 BROTHER THE HOUSEWIFE'S DREAM. i M-.H& I II I r. SUPERAUTOMATIC Twenty built-in cams produce an unlimited variety of stitches with the simple twist of a dial on a BROTHER sewing machine. BROTHER is unbelievably simple to operate. Every sewing problem has been considered and solutions incorporated into the BROTHER
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    • 85 10 OLYMPUS t ZOIKo »0. $160/- PLUS FREE! One roll KR II 135-36 Film (with Processing included) worth $14.80 while stock Avaiicble at: lasts. FIRST CAMERA CENTRE 832, Basement, Supreme House, Penang Road, Singapore. Telephone: *****3. NANYANG PHOTO SUPPLIERS (PTE) LTD., 61, Middle Rood, Singapore 7. Tel: *****6. *****5 ***** PRIVATE
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  • TREND
    • 748 11  -  APPEARANCES ARE DECEIVING... HE WASN'T WHAT I THOUGHT HE LOOKED LIKE The female front V ll t BY VANESSA i He sat next to me in the airline coach and gave me a tentative smile. I smiled back. I decided to Dick him up. Now,
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    • 620 11  -  EATING IN with MAK CHIK The expression "cool as a cucumber" is not without Justification. This lovely little vegetable, a member of the gourd family, has long been renowned for Its astringent properties. It was used as a home beauty treatment for
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    • 98 11 Something to slink around in... something to swing about in something to stay cool in.. .something soft, something bright... something banlon. Like a second skin, it moulds itself to every curve you possess, so if you are in top form, slip into a banlon
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  • Page 11 Advertisements
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    • 51 11 For the self-assuml Ail: i rm of (odi^ ...Certina has created a special collection of watches, a wide 1 choice of the most varied models. Gold-plated with steel back,choice of different dials. CERTINA to be certain of the time sole agent LceChaySCo. 100 North Bridge Road Singapore 6 Tel *****8
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    • 103 11 When in Singapore do as the Singaporeans do shop at PEOPLE'S PARK Chinatown's most fascinating shopping complex J 1 C I y Dand try the Friendly service of ACE OF DIAMONDS 140 Ground Fir, People's Park Complex. Tel: ***** we sell watches Open daily from 11 a.m. to 10 p.m.
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  • BUSINESS NEWS
    • 296 12 The University of Singapore's Faculty of Engineering is finalising details of a scheme whereby engineering staff can apply for attachment to industry during the long vacation. This scheme, which has been much talked about in recent months, was conceived by the Industrial Advisory Committee
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    • 423 12  -  AVIATION t By Lee Yew Meng An increasing number of scheduled airlines have resorted to the creation of subsidiary charter companies of their own to stay above board. In this way, they can directly compete with nonscheduled carriers at nonlATA rate, which is usually
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    • 412 12 The abolition of import duty on PVC resin, an Important raw material in the manufacture of plastic goods fails to cheer local manufacturers who are smarting under sharp price rise. A Singa Plastic spokesman said: "We are nappy the import duty has been
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    • 162 12 Temenggong Securities has a good start this year, according to chairman Malcolm Horsman at the company's EGM recently. The buoyant rubber market has helped the activities of Union Rubber Brokers and Macline Watson its two subsidiaries, he said. He reported that the Catering Division
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    • 116 12 Jurong Shipyard recently completed a $2 million repair job on a large tanker within the specified target time. The steam tanker s.s. Frisia, owned by National Bank Carrier, was berthed at the shipyard for major repairs From specifications, JSL had quoted 40 days for the
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    • 162 12 Mr. Anthony Gibbon, group general manager of Henry David Pte. Ltd.. a firm dealing in perfumes, cosmetics and liquors, has left here for Britain and Europe for discussions on joint ventures in Singapore to produce consumer goods. He said: "The prospects for manufacturing
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    • 42 12 New, York. Friday Gillette Co. said it has signed a contract for Its first manufacturing venture in Eastern Europe. Gillette will have a minority interest in a Yugoslav company that will make stainless steel razor blades and metal tape measures.
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    • OVERSEAS STOCK EXCHANGE PRICES
      • 447 12 Prices turned lower yesterday on the New York Stock Exchange as investors cashed in profits made during the markets recent advance. The Dow Jones average of 30 blue-chip industrial stocks was oft 3.38 at 964.03 at the close. The Dow had been about two points ahead in earlier
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      • 121 12 Prices at 11.30 a.m. today (Australian time). Santos nil 210 Sed Uran ctg 01 01 V* Seeko ctg 01 01V* Shaw River 05V* 07 81ater W 130 132 Sundowner ctg 00% 01 TC Metals 03 05 West Min 235 236 Westrallan 26 27 AOD 10c Oil* 02 Amal Pet
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      • 34 12 Dow Jones closing stock averages on the New York Exchange yesterday. 30 Industrials 964.03 (off 3.38), 20 transport 199.59 (off 1-32), 15 utilities 109.50 (up 0.64), 65 stocks 304.02 (off 0.84).
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      • 259 12 Prices on the Tokyo Stock Market tumbled on a wide front in early trading yesterdady following three consecutive days of falls. The market opened bearish with no reaction in sight to the improvement on Wall Street for the fourth straight day. Small-lot selling followed, with investors showing uncertainty over
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      • 214 12 Closing prices (In francs) yesterday. Paribas 239 (242) Indochlne 248 (250.10) Foncier 438 (441) Printemps 140.20 (141) C. G.E. 497 (498) Bull 67.50 (67.50) Royal Dutch 190.90 (188.80) Michelln 2192 (2190) Thomson 225.90 (222) C.P. P. 206 (206.10) Rhone 185.80 (185.50) Air 406.80 (407.50) Philips 90.50 91) Suez 390
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      • 78 12 This service Is from the Union Bank of 1 Switzerland. Closing prices on the Zurich Stock Exchange yesterday. UBS 4166 —55 SBC 3820 —10 Credit Suisse 3740 —30 Swissair B. 669 1 Swiss Reinsurance 2460 —105 Winterthur B 1910 10 Zurich Insurance 8076 —100 Juvena B. 2550 Nestle B.
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    • 130 12 With strong buying support the share market further improved yesterday. The industrials section in particular was again active. All banks continued to be firm. Electricals PEG I. rained $1.20 to $7.20. Setron and Pan Electric firmed while Sanyo and Roxy were steady. Inchcape, Dunlop. Fraser and Neave. National
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    • 32 12 London, Friday. Mr. Peter Walker. British Trade and Industry Secretary, will visit Moscow next week for talks with Soviet Ministers on trade and economic relations between the tw 0 countries.
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    • 91 12 Cellini shirts are tailored to the highest standards of male elegance... reflecting the opulent masculinity of the golden age. In design,cut and fashion detailing Cellini shirts unfold an entirely new fashion excitement.' Cellini... the international shirt for our times. J V y s H A •J' f> r 4 i
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    34 13 CHIA SIEW KHOON, 73, passed away peacefully 10.4.73. Cortege leaving 30, Lichfield Road, Serangoon Gardens 15th April, Sunday at 2.00 p.m. for Life Bible-Presbyterian Church (Gilstead Road) thence to Chua Chu Kang Christian Cemetry.
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    • 516 13 -S V Vi m B E.A. DANCING CLASSES. New term commences 7th May. Ballet R A.D. Children and Majors Syllabi, Tap, Modern Jazz/Keep* Fit. Few Vacancies. Enquiries Miss Toh *****8 (after 7 p.m.). MARGARETTA'S beauty shop in Hilton Hotel for hairstyling perms, tinting, facials. For appointment Telephone: Singapore *****4 Open
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    • 18 13 WANTED OUTLETS FOR EXCELLENT DANISH Designed Bronze Tableware. Genuine Enquiries Only. Allcan Company P.O. Box 19, Singapore 19.
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    • 539 13 FOR SALE: Our demonstration model Betram Bohia Mar 20 Foot fibreglass boat complete with MerCruiser 165 H.P. sterndrive marine engine and fitted with a host of accessories including full flush matSne toilet, depth sounder and trailer. This boat is in excellent condition and is a steal at $29,500.00 For rrtore
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    • 496 13 JOHORE BAHRU Ultra-modern double-storey detached bungalow for relinquish booking, consists of 3 bedrooms, study, servant's room, approximately 6,500 sq. ft. freehold. Situated 2 miles from town. To be completed early 1974. Principals only. Tel: *****8 S'pore. NEWLY BUILT TERRACE HOUSE at Lang sat Rood, near* Lorong 107, 5 bedrooms, one
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    • 471 13 "NITROSOL" BEATS THEM ALL. This concentrated extroct of animal flesh ond bone accelerates prowth and increass flower power. Velge Orchid Gardens: *****3. MIDDLE AGE BUSINESSMAN wishes to engoge 1 full-time Secretary 4 working days weekly 2-9 p.m. Reasonable salary. Shorthand/typing/business knowledge essential. Must be diligent, intelligent, independent, pleasant and have
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    • 477 13 Hourly $4.50. Singapore 3. ORIENTAL ECONOMIC TOURS. Special Offer. West Malaysia 7 days $85/- 23.4.73., 7.5.73. Wednesday 7 p.m. Penang, Cameron Highlands 4 days 5 nights $65/- Thursday 7 p.m. Penang, Toipinj, K.L., Malacca 3 days 4 nights $49.50 Friday 7 p.m. Ipoh, Comeion Highlands 2 days 3 nights $29.50
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    • 703 13 BUYING AND SILLING RELIABLE USED Cars. Pocific Motor Credit Pte. Ltd. Showroom at 511 Bukit Timoh Rood. 4Vi m.s. Singapore 10. Tel: *****1/ *****4/*****3. 1961 OPEL REKORD 4 doors, and 1970 Viva SL9O (Malaysian registered) Contoct Ong *****1 S'pore. SLOANE COURT HOTEL, 17. Balmorbl Road, quiet residential. Orchard Road area,
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    • 67 13 FOR SPICY DISH IS, Chicken Curry and Exotic Sea-Food—go to the ideal seaside rendezvous at Aloha Rhu Hawaiion Villoge, Tanah Meroh. Table Bookings. Tel: *****4 S pore. v:"\ I X I CAROL INN We invite you to visit a typical English Pub excellent Swiss French cuisine, excellent wine cellar. Happy
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  • 427 14 Sarajevo, Friday The world table tennis championships were turned upside down here last night as five of the top six seeds, including Sweden's defending champion, Stellan Bengtsson, fell by the wayside in the men's singles. Bengtsson, who played with so much polish in Sweden's Bwaythllng Cup
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  • 356 14 London, Friday. Arsenal's hopes of winning the English Football League championship look likely to rest on their clash with London rivals Tottenham Hotspur tomorrow. Liverpool nead the table with 53 points, with Arsenal one point behind, both clubs having five matches left. Leeds
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  • 161 14 London, Friday Crystal Palace, who are threatened with relegation from the First Division of the English League, has made the first move in an attempt to get Wayward Irish star George Best back into football. Mr. Tommy Docherty, manager of Manchester United who still has Best contract,
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  • 382 14  -  By Angeline Asher St. Theresa and Swiss Cottage qualified for the final of the National Schools "A" Division girls hockey championship at Serangoon Road yesterday. St. Theresa scored an upset 1-0 victory against fancied Kaki Bukit and Swiss Cottage trounced Rangoon Secondary
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  • 201 14 Teheran, Friday Iran, the host nation are favourites to win the 15th annual Asian youth soccer tournament which opens today at the new 100,000-seat Aryamehr stadium here. Iran hold the senior Asian soccer cup, but have not been placed better than third
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  • 241 14 Madrid. Friday—Neil Coles of Britain stole the limelight from fellow countryman Tony Jacklin with a one-under-par round of 71 at La Manca yesterday to take the lead In the £25,000 Spanish Open golf tournament. Coles, 38, battled strong winds and putted superbly to hold the
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  • 165 14 New York, Friday Homero Blancas, "tickled pink" to be Playing so well on a day when brisk winds and hard greens sent scores soaring higher than expected, shot a fourunder par-67 to take the first round lead in the Monsanto OPen golf tournament at Pensacola,
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  • 149 14 Georgetown, Friday. Australian skipper lan Chappell, who aggravated a right ankle injury during the Fourth Test against the West Indies here, will miss Australia's two games before the Fifth Test in Trinidad starting on April 21. Chappell first hurt the ankle playing tennis before the Third Test
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  • 21 14 London. Friday Results of last night's Irish football league matches were: Ards 2 Lame 0; Ciiftonville 0 Crusaders 1.
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  • 158 14 Mfc W BIG WALK A pool of 16 walkers from a local hotel have entered for the New Nation Big Walk on Sunday, April 29. The team consists of David Leong, Roslan, Jeffrey Llm, Peter Lee, Richard Tan, Vincent Mlnjoot, Tan Kim Hua, Johan
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  • 173 14 For the eighth year in success, St. Andrew's School Old Boys defeated Present Boys in badminton, winning 7-2 at the Singapore Badminton Hall. Results: (Old Boys 1st): Singles—Ho Nee Leong bt Leow Kim How 15-5, 15-4; Chan Poh Loy bt Wong Chee Lub 15-2, 15-3; Andrew
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  • Page 14 Miscellaneous
    • 86 14 DR. KILPARE Unobserved dk.xilpare WATCHES PR. PARA ALEVI REPLACE BOOKS ON THE SHELVES OF THE STAFF LIBRARY... AT PARA'S DEPARTURE V< RIP KIRBY SHORT RIBS PATHOLOGY PRIMER"/THIS IS BEGINNER'S STUFF/ WHAT WOULP AN M.P. WANT WITH STUFF LIKE THAT? I! 5 i t by John Prentice and Fred Dickenson PON'T
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    • 301 14 NEW NATION CROSSWORD ACROSS Ship's officer: Abbr. 5 Stein. 8 —the post. 14 Upolu port. 15 Part of a G.l.'s address. 16 Guinea pig's cousin. 17 Old fashioned headwear. 19 Intrude: Slang. 20 Fluffy sweaters. 21 Inimical. 22 1066 or 1776. 23 Gondolier's pole. 24 Main and others: Abbr. 25
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  • 287 15 From Blue Peter in Kuala Lumpur Thumbs Up II (Podmore) and Adaster (Harbridge) were matched in a splendid trial here this morning. Breaking from the 4f the stablemates steadily clapped on the pace to run the last 3f in the 71/5 with Thumbs Up striding out extra
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  • 210 15 Hong Kong, Friday. John Newcombe of Australia, one of the world's topranked tennis players, yesterday disclosed plans to organise an Asian tennis circuit along the same lines as the yearly Asian golf cfrcuit. Newcombe said he hopes to start the circuit in October. Initial plans are
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  • 126 15 C. Samuel of SIA was held to three sets by Frankie Leong of Swiss Air before entering the quar-ter-finals of the BOAC singles badminton championship at Buona Vista yesterday. Samuel, the favourite lost the first 12-15, won the second 18-13 and was again taken to duece
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  • 28 15 Moscow, Friday. More than 4000 entries from 56 countries have so fa.* been received for the 1973 World Students Games here from August 15 to 25.
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  • 238 15 Hong Kong, Friday Top-seeded John Newcombe of Australia was forced to fight from behind yesterday to beat plucky Japanese challenger Hldeshl Utsuharta 1-6, 6-3, 6-1, in the second round of the Hong Kong Open hardcourt tennis championships. Newcombe had to draw on his vast reserve of
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  • 39 15 LATEST RESULTS American league Chicago 6 Oakland 3; Baltimore 1 Detroit 0 110 innings), New York 5 Cleveland 0; Boston at Milwaukee ppd., snow. National league New York 2 St. Lewis 1 San Francisco 9 Houston 3.
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  • 120 15 Singapore Grand Prix from April 18 to 22 will be undertaken by 30 timekeepers who are undergoing the know-how of timing by Omega being conducted at the Swiss Watch Industry Technical Centre. The timekeepers, who come from various governmentvbodies and commercial sector, include
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  • 199 15  -  By Dennis Chia Melbourne's globetrotting Jockey Allans Simpson has returned home and indicated that he would like another busman's holiday in Singapore and Malaysia. He did not mention when he would return, but chances of him returning next year would be good "providing the immigration people allow
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  • 1660 15  -  TEED UP with LIM KEE CHAN May 1 is the Singapore Island Country Club's 2nd Grand Charity Day—a day for 400 golfers from all clubs to play an 18-hole stroke handicap competition both at the Island and New course. The proceeds from the entry
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    • 112 15 V ATHLETICS St. Theresa's Convent annual athletic meet (F. Park 2.30 p.m.). HOCKEY National Schools Championship. Boys 'A' third placing (Padang 3.45 p.m.), Girls 'A' third placing (Padang 2.45 p.m.), Boys 'C f and 'B' third placing (Padang 8.45 a.m. and 3.30 p.m.). Boys 'C' final (Padang 9.30 a.m.). RUGBY
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      46 16 The man she marries must not only be tall, dark and handsome, but above all, a he-man. For Doris Foo, 20, is an outdoor girl. She spends most of her time waterskiing off the islands of Singapore.—Picture by Jerry Seh. Picture by Jerry Seh
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    • 140 16 TODAY is Friday, April 13, the 103 rd day of 1973 with 262 to follow. THE MOON: Between its first quarter and full phase. THE MORNING STARS: Mercury, Mars and Jupiter. THE EVENING STARS: Saturn and Venus. Those born on this date are under the sign of Aries. Frank
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    • 34 16 An entire team of young soccer players from Galilee spent a night In jail In Haifa, Israel for kicking opposing players instead of the ball In a match they lost 3-1.
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    • 174 16 Nazri Sobirov was angry and disappointed when his bride disappeared in the midst of their three day wedding feast especially as he had paid 8,000 roubles (about $25,000) for her. That was the total of the itemised bill that beautiful Kutbiya Vakho bova's
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    • 47 16 MEI LIN: I am going back to the stock market to buy and buy apd buy! AH FOOK: Why don't you and office girls like you stay home or confine yourselves to High Street bargain sales. Don't bubble too much. The pin must come back.
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    • 490 16 By Derrick Tay Shopping centres have usurped the role of parks and esplanades as the social foci of those who have time to spare and for weekend family romps. These days very few people say: "Let's go to the beach" or "Let's go
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  • Page 16 Miscellaneous
    • 441 16 5 Singapore 3.00 Opening and For the Family (C) 3.30 Diary of Events (G) 3.40 Where the Heart la 4.00 Housewives' Matinee: All Lost But One, (Cantonese film, Pt. 2) 5.00 Close. 6.00 Opening and Intan 6.15 Science Report 6.30 News in Brief 6.35 The Rovers: Wide Angle Shot 7.00
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    • 342 16 Trust your lucky star IF IT'S YOUR BIRTHDAY BORN today, you are a worrier by nature but one who has learned from experience not to show it and, If possible, not to (eel It. You cannot seem to help recognising all the possible evils in any good, all the areas
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    • 770 17  -  By Blue Peter Jingle Bell II has a great chance of scoring his first success in the Class 3 Division 5 6f handicap in Kuala Lumpur tomorrow. The four year old brown English geiding by Smartle created a
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