New Nation, 23 April 1973

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  • 15 1 NEW NATION SINGAPORE Monday evening, April 23, 1973 No. 696 Price 15 cents NEW NATION
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  • 326 1 12 die in blast Reuter, UPI Saigon, Monday Twelve people were killed and 81 wounded by an explosion last night in a theatre on the central coast, the South Vietnamese military command reported today. The command spokesman said the cause of the explosion at Phuoc Thien, a Catholic
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  • 215 1  -  By Bharathi Mohan A flshball, no bigger than a marble, killed the three-year-old son of Nanyang University lecturer Prof. Ang Kok Peng, over the weekend. The morsel was from a bowl of "mee" soup he was tucking In at his grandmother's Jalan Kemaman home last
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  • 90 1 They arc the "kings of the road" —Australia's Vern Schuppan in his March 722 and New Zealand's Ginger Molloy astride his Kawasaki 750. Schuppan (above) showed his class yesterday as he swept to victory in the Grand Prix for cars in record time over the 150-mile
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  • 258 1 Reuter Hong Kong, Monday The Hong Kong Samaritans Organisation has warned that spiralling rents and prices coupled with the colony's stock market craze could result in more crime and suicides this year. The organisation, a voluntary agency which helps depressed or suicidal people, said
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  • 60 1 Four masked "bandidos" last night pulled off a Mexican-styled robbery at a bungalow at Hillcrest Road, Buk.it Tim ah. The men, wearing big sombreros, rushed in at 11.20 pjn. during the 21st birthday party of Miss Helen Tan, maidservant to Mr. W. Paust, owner of the bungalow. At
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  • 12 1 Police reported 85 accidents yesterday. Four were serious, one fatal.
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  • 188 1 The share market was sluggish for the first 45 minutes. Prices in general declined marginally, In every section of the exchange. There was selective trading In the Industrial section. Properties and hotels were weak. Tins, rubbers and oil palms were dull. BUSINESS DONE Development Bank of Singapore
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  • Page 1 Miscellaneous

  • 293 2 Singapore's three reorganised bus companies have pulled back from their earlier losses to record substantial profits in their last fiscal year. The smaUest of the big three the Amalgamated Bus Company—ls understood to have made a gross profit of nearly $2
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  • 24 2 The Y's Men's Club Beta Chapter will launch a donation draw at the Orchid Room, Shangri-La Hotel, on "Saturday at 7.30 p.m.
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  • 476 2  -  Move to review Charter By Rav K. Dhaliwal The Singapore Women's Association has drawn up a list of recommendations on the Women's Charter for presentation to the GoverJiment. The recommendations were discussed at the seminar on the Women's Charter held by the association In
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  • 158 2 Asian women today are more aware of the problems of society than their counterparts a decade ago. Mrs. Edna Wong, president of the Asian Women's Baptist Union said this in an Interview. She was one of 18 participants in the regional Union conference
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  • 248 2 The jiewl y-formed WELCOME Development Organisation will launch a campaign in the first week of May to publicise Singapore's first co-operative supermarket to be opened in Toa Payoh in midJune. A group of 30 members from WELCOME will go from house to house
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  • 27 2 The physical education committee of the Chinese YMCA will hold a Chartering of all Clubs Nite at the Hotel Royal next Monday at 7.30 p.m.
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  • 313 2 Rotaract Clubs urged to play part Rotaract Clubs should make a concerted effort to provide career guidance services to schools as part of their vocational service, according to a Rotaract Club official from Malaysia. Mr. C. Miranda, president of the Rotaract Club of pekan, was speaking
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  • 31 2 The Chinese YMCA will organise a swimming course for children at the Queenstown Swimming Pool on Wednesday. Children should be accompanied by a parent. For more details ring *****1.
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  • 24 2 Mr. Jek Yeun Thong, Minister for Culture, will open the Young People's Gallery at the National Museum on Friday at 5.30 pan.
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  • 107 2 It was a day for the children. And they relished every moment of it as the Easter bunnies paid special attention to them. As their parents sat down to lunch, the bunnies showered them with all the Easter goodies including giant Easter eggs. The
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  • 91 2 A crash helmet could not s a J e construction labourer Ahmad bin Haji Nawl, 40, who died yesterday of a fracture skull caused by a brick which fell from the partly completed 38-storey Pearl Bank building in Outram Hill. The brick believed to have fallen from
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  • 31 2 Mr. Gabriel Chong, system engineer of IBM, will speak on basic computer concepts at the Schools' Service of the Singapore Science Centre at Friendly Hill on Wednesday at 2.30 pjn.
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  • Page 2 Advertisements
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  • Page 2 Miscellaneous
    • 57 2 Tides Today: 2.43 pm. (2.1 m). Tomorrow: 1.51 ajxi. (2. 6m), 3.30 pjn. (2m). Wednesday: 2.32 ajn. (2. 4m), 4.32 pjn. (1.9 m). Thursday: 3.26 a.m. (2. 2m), 6.01 pjn. (1.9 m). Friday: 4.42 am. (2.1 m), -7.25 p.m. (2m). Saturday: 6.25 a.m. (2. lm), 8.13 pjn. (2.1 m). Sunday:
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    • 288 2 HBPPtmncs WHAT'S ON TODAY Mr. Goh Soon Tloe will present an ORCHESTRAL CONCERT at the Conference Hall with Miss Vivlenne Wee as guest artiste at 8.30 p.m. The WATER IS PRECIOUS EXHIBITION Is on at the Buklt Panjang Community Centre from 3 to 10p.m The British Commercial Counsellor, Mr. FB.
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    • 127 2 Today's winning number *****7 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 card
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    • 86 2 I weather! BP..::::::::: Seoul Tokyo Moscow London Paris Rome New York San Francisco Sydney Adelaide 30-26 C 35-26 C 27-22 C 36-22 C 30-24 C 27-23 C 20-lOC 22-13 C 7- 5C 9- 4C 10- 4C 17-12 C 24-10 C 22- 6C 20-12 C 21-12 C Singapore Singapore's weather for
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  • 292 3 Non-conference lines claim 9 p.c. surcharges By Ivan Lim About 25 non-confer-ence shipping lines serving the Republic are planning to increase their freight rates following a similar move by the conference lines, a spokesman of the Singapore National Shippers' Council said today. "But the
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  • 388 3  -  By Violet Oon The winning songwriting team of two doctors have done it again. They have won the Grand Prix Award in the first Search for our Music and Song Competition organised by the Yamaha Music School. Dr. Tan It Koon wrote the music
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  • 53 3 The Committee on Crime and Delinquency will hold a public meeting at the Regional English Language Centre, Orange Grove Road, on Thursday at 2 p.m. Representatives from the Singapore Association of Social Workers and Dr. Leong Hon Koon, senior lecturer, Department of Social Medicine and Public Health,
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  • 34 3 The University of Singapore's Department of Extramural Studies will conduct a 12-lecture course on Company Law by Mr. Lee Kim Slang, at the New Lecture Theatre 4 on Friday at 7.30 p.m.
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  • 287 3 Mr. Leslie Rawson, International Secretary of the Boys' Brigade, has said that youth problems are the same all over the world. "I have visited New Zealand, Australia, Hong Kong and East Malaysia before coming to Singapore, and I find that problems discussed are very much
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  • 18 3 The Geylang West School will hold a jumble sale on Sunday rrom 9.30 a.m. to noon.
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  • 238 3 The capacity of the building industry and the part it contributes to the national economy will be assessed in a manpower survey to be carried out by the Institute of Building. Steps have been taken to form a committee for the survey. The president of the
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  • Page 3 Miscellaneous
    • 317 3 Quiz object No. 249 Top prize to Wong WKM IS II? Last Wednesday's quiz photograph showed a plastic dust pan. The first priz$ of $15 goes to Mr. Wong Thai Fong, a bank employee, of Margaret Drive. His entry was the first correct one opened by the Editor on Saturday
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  • In Person
    • 468 4 GP racers entertained by airline in Singapore A CELEBRITY evening is how I would dub New Zealand Night where the spotlight, if there really was one, would have focused on the Air New Zealand motor racing team who were here to participate in the Singapore Grand Prix. The
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  • Page 4 Advertisements
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  • 229 5 Reuter Vatican City, Monday. Pope Paul yesterday made a dramatic appeal for peace In Northern Ireland, whose civil strife he denounced as Intolerable and "an affront not only to humanity but to the Christian name." The Pontiff, speaking from his balcony to a
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  • 163 5 Washington, Monday Doctors at the Washington Hospital Centre have successfully used acupuncture as anaesthesia in four recent abortions and plan to use the ancient Chinese technique in other kinds of surgery. The women volunteered to undergo acupuncture, according to hospital officials who
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  • 57 5 Colombo, Monday—Police captured an insurgent leader who bears the alias Castro sleeping in a hut in a Jungle vegetable patch on Saturday night. The man, Dharmasekera, 28, is described as the leader of a splinter group of the People's liberation Front which triggered the insurrection two years
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  • 339 5 Reuter New York, Monday. Snakes are barred from now on in The Holiness Church Of God In Jesus' Name, nestling in a cove near Newport, Tennessee, but anyone can drink poison there provided It is not offered by another worshipper. The ruling
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  • 66 5 Peking, Monday.—Mexico and China yesterday signed a commercial treaty which Mexican President Luis Echeverria said would lead to trade In more than 20 items. In terms of the treaty, Mexico receives most favoured nation status In China and gets port facilities, and currency exchange arrangements for trading
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  • 168 5 Reuter Canberra, Monday A middle-aged man will appear In court here today on four charges Involving explosives following bomb blasts on the steps of Parliament House and In a nearby electrical transformer station. The first charge of gelignite exploded in the front of the
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  • 44 5 Pope Paul VI blesses a huge crowd of tourists and the faithful from the main balcony of St. Peter's B&silica yesterday. The blessing took place just before the Pontiff read his Easter message to the world. UPI radio picture. UPI radio picture
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  • 393 5 'No headway at talks' Reuter Cairo, Monday General Saad Eddin el Shazly, Egypt's Armed Forces Chief of Staff, said last night after a two-day meeting of Arab military leaders that efforts to revive the Jordanian front against Israel were unsatisfactory. He said political efforts were
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  • 252 5 Paris. Monday France and Israel are embroiled In an argument over whether the Israelis had given the French proof that Libya had transferred Frenchsupplied Mirage jets to Egypt. Israel said last night Foreign Minister Abba Eban handed the data on which his country based
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  • Page 5 Advertisements
    • 212 5 ralflea 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. Filipino Bamboo dances. FOOD Western, Chinese and Malay food
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  • BEHIND THE NEWS
    • 2355 6  -  In search of the elusive virus From Stuart Auerbach Washington Post As the TV lights burned brightly one Saturday afternoon in Los Angeles 1£ years ago, Dr. Robert McAllister announced that he thought he had found the first virus known to cause cancer in humans. Across the country
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    • 827 6 Soviet scientists have found six different viruses that they believe cause cancer in humans, and they have turned these viruses over to American cancer specialists for further checks as part of a US-Soviet exchange programme. If they indeed are human cancer viruses, the discovery will have advanced greatly
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    • 288 6 VOICE OF THE PRESS What other Newspapers are saying: IMPORTANT points in the AMAN FOREIGN MINISTERS' CONFERENCE communique The three-day Asean Foreign Ministers conference concluded yeaterday. Among the Important points. two matters mentioned in its joint communlaue merit attention. M The first matter la the threat posed
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  • BUSINESS NEWS
    • 327 7 A large Asian-based private finance organisation has expressed its desire to take part in the reconstruction of Indo-China. This is revealed in the 1972 annual review of Private Investment Company for Asia (PICA). It's chairman, Mr. Yoshlzane Iwasa, said: "Following a secure peace, PICA
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    • 59 7 Vienna, Monday. itrab Ministers representing the major petroleum producing nations are determined to secure higher oil prices when they meet officials from western oil companies here today. The powerful 11-nation Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) has declared it wants to offset heavy losses suffered
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    • 185 7 Total tonnage of cargo discharged and loaded at the Port of Singapore reached new record levels last year. A total of 35,651,800 freight tons of cargo were discharged comprising 28,511,300 freight tons of mineral oil in bulk, 6,600,400 freight tons in general cargo
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    • 47 7 Kuwait, Monday. A 395,000-ton capacity tanker to be built by the Japanese Mitsubishi yards for the Kuwait Oil Tanker Company will cost about nine million dinars (about $71 mil,) a company spokesman said yesterday. The tanker is due for delivery in 1976.
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    • European shares service
      • 265 7 Supplying this service are the Commerzbank of Germany the Credit Lyonnais of France and the Union Bank of Switzerland. Roundup of European stock markets for the week ended April 19. The German stock market continued its downward trend. Major reasons were worries about the results of the Social Democrats'
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      • 314 7 The approach of the Easter holidays has caused the usual relaxation in market activity, which nevertheless is still maintained at around 300 million francs per session. This factor, together with the operations incidental to the settlement of the account, resulted in some irregularity in quotations. However, profit taking sales
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      • 188 7 Zurich market report for April 13 to 18, In the holiday-shortened period under review, the stock market again failed to find underlying support. On the contrary, stocks In all sectors found buyers only at lower prices In moderate trading. The mounting rate of Inflation—still defying efforts to bring It
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      • 180 7 Kyodo Prices dropped sharply In siugglsh trading on the Tokyo Stock Exchange on Friday morning. Investors retreated to the sidelines as the Government was reported to be planning a new tight money policy aimed at curbing Inflation by limiting an increase in bank lending analysts said. The Dow-Jones Average
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    • 519 7  -  By Choo Siak Siew Helicopters are playing an increasingly important role in the growing economic activity of the region. This new phase of speedy transportation of men and materials to facilitate development has resulted in the establishment of a number of aerospace
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    • 254 7 Bangkok, Monday Despite the worsening war news, Cambodia's exports will increase this year as a result of one of those Asian compromises of convenience which so puzzle nonAsians. In 1969, Cambodia's last non-war year, the country's exports totalled in value US$66 million. Last year, exports slumped
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    • 35 7 Dacca, Monday. Bangladesh has indicated that it needs an international loan of some US$55O million ($1375 mil.) to help finance its first five-year plan beginning in July, a government spokesman, has said.
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    • 290 7 Mr. D. Lewis, a director of the General Electric Company Ltd. in Britain, will today be holding exploratory talks with Finance Minister Mr. Hon Sul Sen and other government officials on investment opportunities. In an Interview, Mr. Lewis said he had no
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    • 334 7 New York, Monday—The next important discovery of petroleum in the world could be in the Italian waters of the Adriatic Sea and it could occur in the next two years, Mr. R.EI Ludt, chairman of International Energy Corp. of New York,
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    • 32 7 London, .Monday.—Marks and Spencer, one of Britain's biggest clothing and food store chains, has announced record profits of £70 million ($434 mII.) in the year ended last March 31.
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  • Page 7 Miscellaneous
    • 66 7 SHORT RIBS By Frank O'Neal 'HEY SA V THE <IN& ,S \c£OT:AT'NG A ?EACE" T?EATV; m m Pirn m i (Kv i kVV-» l2£!<SS S*«i to SNIFFY by George Fett UNCLE charLEV f I WEAR SOMETWUO& DOCJUIO STAIRS its either twe aaaster COMIIOG WOME, or a burglar/ IF WE WICCUPS
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  • 519 8 The warning from the National Trades Union Congress that Singapore may experience the pangs of unemployment again if 45,000 jobs were not made available every year has come at the right moment. Reports of full-employ-ment and the Republic's selective policy on the type
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  • 40 8 wimm by ISPY Although tourists are flocking to the Denting Highlands in large numbers the hotel there Is Intent on practising economy. Order half a dozen sandwiches and you actually get three sandwiches cut into six pieces.
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  • 920 8  -  ALEX JOSEY In China they have rediscovered the truth that most men produce more for material rewards, such as money. In the Soviet Union they have known that for a long time. The Kremlin admits paying Russian workers
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  • Letters
    • 237 8  -  RAJA SEGARAN A. I read Gerald de Cruz's article on America, went to sleep and had a nightmare. I woke up and these are my thoughts. The church steeples aren't pointing In the wrong direction. But our eyes are. Its about time we began looking
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    • 147 8 I am now in retirement and was once active in the trade union movement. I abhor rioting and am against any form of violence. The news that 15 ABS employees were fined each $1000 for rioting greatly distressed me. The riot would not have occurred had
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    • 109 8  -  HEDWIGE BRUYNS Public Relations Officer, Ministry of the Environment, Singapore, 3. I refer to the letter by an Ex-Public Health Officer (NN, March 27). A Public Health Overseer Is a Division IV officer in the Government Service. His duties are to deploy and supervise the labour force
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    • 214 8  -  N.C. With recent complaints mounting in the newspapers about pedestrian problems and traffic congestion, I have to add my disgust and horror at the blatant disrespect of human lives tliat Singaporeans seem to have. Mptorlsts seem to have no qualms about who or what they hit; their faces
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    • 68 8 The area between Coleman Street and Hock Lam Street Is a favourite place for office workers to take their lunch. However, the drain along this area is filled with thick, dull and smelly water. The main reason is that hawkers throw their food wastes into the drain.
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    • 114 8 Like the old YMCA ground, the Raffles Institution ground in Bras Basah Road has been partly converted Into a car park. It was rather amusing to note that when the car park in the old RI ground was completed, there was a sign put up--50 cts.
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    • 91 8  -  CORINNA DIEU Public Relations Officer, Housing and Development Board, Blng*porep& We refer to your article headlined Housing Standard Highest In Asia (NN, April 14). We would like to clarify that the HDB's target under the third 5-year Building Programme (1971-1975) has been raised from 100,000 units to
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  • Page 8 Advertisements
    • 58 8 Write to The Editor, New Nation Locked Bag 15, GPO, Singapore, 1 LETTERS TO THE EDITOR LETTERS to tho Editor will no? bo o ;n-ider cd 1-.jr j»ul>l»ca ft n un'< rh."v hcTV-■ ♦hi* wr iter n a rn <: V i n rl In clue}-- A p'-U donym ;t
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  • Page 8 Miscellaneous

  • Article, Illustration
    1086 9 The porno trade around the world... S. AFRICA The South African censor problem is bedevilled by their racial issue—what is rood for whites or blacks to see and read. This now seems to be fadinr. so it is possible to see a black man being rude to a white
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  • 850 9  -  The worldwide explosion of pornographic 'arts', has brought in its wake, a wave of disgust and revulsion. This backlash which in Britain culminated in the now famous Longford Report, has come not just from governments or religious groups but even from people who consider
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  • Page 9 Advertisements
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  • TREND
    • 319 10 Where have all the dainty feet gone? They've been trodden under by the dictates of fashion. The way shoes are being designed, any stranger to fashion would think all women today were orthopaedic cases. The once dainty feet are now clomping heels and
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    • 368 10 Dear Ros, When my boy friend and I started going steady two years ago, we were very much In love. I was 17 then and he was 19. At this point In our relationship however, things are terribly confused. He has just told me that
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    • 287 10 Dear Ros, Why am I so unfortunate? My mother gave me away because she couldn't support me. My foster mother has always been kind to me, but my foster grandmother isn't. She is very unreasonable and always treats me as If lam a nothing.
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    • 330 10 Dear Ros, I am very much in love with a boy whom I met two-and-a-half years ago. Although we see each other regularly (twice a week), he never takes me to social gatherings. Instead he's always bringing me to Piaces where I can be physically close
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    • 359 10 Dear Eos, I met my first (and only) boyfriend just after I finished school. I was very young and fresh then and I thought he was the best mift for me, so I began to love him. I gave him whatever he wanted. But after two. years
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    • 93 10 Dear Eos. On Thursday, April 5, I found a package at MPH belonging to a girl. She had left It there after making a cad from the publ'.c telephone. During her call, I overheard her asking for a phone number which she wrote on the package: *****,
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    • 244 10 Dear Ros, I am 24 years old and divorced my husband a year ago. After three unhappy years of marriage, I am now working In a good post and staying with my parents. I have fr'.ends but none of them knows about my £gst. I put on
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    • 109 10 Dear Ros, Can a 14-year-old boy be in love with a lady teacher? She is now 20 years old. What can he do to tell her he loves her? Ron Dear Ron, The trick is to keep it to yourself. Trouble with such love is that once
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    • 173 10 w The men behind Uie diamond ■are pert of wtet you buy \i i jg Fc\ cvt\ SOytA+t tU *+U* A SMDtUU W)lx*.u*lu+ J.'\An*e+>J'i \jC\tfa fUt/icj tfa* tuifa+i+t. To/+y M€ I+SJL <»t\ 2,^00 \VtixUidu+M*jU*t*Lyh AhJ. +c Jc cwt <i~do»-4*t,. yd* &4\t A IfCI&M,, w wt yc** tc wUit WtltOf+U X&i
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  • 427 11 Englneers In Singapore have kept up-to-date as far as modern engineering practices, techniques and equipment are concerned. Advances In science and technology have given them efficient, time-saving machinery to implement their blueprints with professionally and accuracy. Earthmovlng and piledrlving equipment, for example, are essential to
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  • 891 11 the cost of programming. Once this is solved, the computer can be called In to help out in virtually ail fields of engineering marine, civil, structural, electrcal and electronic where Involved and Intricate calculations are part of the project. Computers can help In a transport engineering
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  • 531 11 The engineer's role Hardly any progress can be made in the Republic's industrialisation programme without the aid of the fast expanding engineering industry. It is an acknowledged fact that before a factory is set up, it needs the services of qualified civil enginers in the soil testing
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  • Page 11 Advertisements
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  • 828 12  -  By Lee Yew Meng Singapore has ample training facilities for aspiring engineers and technicians mainly due to the government's aim to ensure an adequate supply of such skilled personnel for local industries. The Singapore Polytechnic, in particular, plays an important role in churning out
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  • Page 12 Advertisements
    • 196 12 For Your Efficiency a/syfwm Volty Ampere/Cyde Meters Miniature Circuit Breakers 1 i Watertight Plug Socket LD Adaptors v 9 i it r% Push Button Starter Push Buttons Shipfitting No. 400 Key Switches i'i a The above are some of the products we handle. We specialise in Electrical Equipment and Allied
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  • 613 13 Industries here have gradually realised the advantages of automation and the use of more sophisticated equipment in the face of growing manpower shortage. According to a local engineering and marketing manager, Mr. Geoffrey Lee of Eastern Agencies, more and more factories are installing equipment
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  • 600 14  -  New hose cuts costs to a minimum By B. Mohan One problem that constantly faces the growing oil industry in South-East Asia is the failure of rubber hoses so essential for the conveyance and transportation of oil. Delay in replacement of damaged parts means thousands
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    • 132 14 I ui r .v j■ w* W "ROFLEX" RUBBER TRANSMISSION BELTING V-BELTS CONVEYOR BELTING. STOCKISTS: HARDWARE. MARINE, MINING, ELECTRICAL AND BUILDING MATERIALS ETC. PLEASE CONTACT BBOK SOON HARDWARE ENGINEERING PTE LTD 513. SERANGOON ROAD SINGAPORE 8. *****, jLUB97, *****9, *****8 Hir.i-.f-. 1 > .#T f 1 THE BEST IN SWEDISH
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    • 179 14 \PATERSONS/MONS mmmm v v f, h I mt w F The pump for the7o's New styling results in strength, rigidity, accessibility and pleasing appearance. High efficiencies mean minimum operating costs. Packed stuffing box or wide choice of mechanical seals. Higher delivery heads and Improved suction ability. Many optional extras to
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  • 513 15  -  By Staff Writer The biggest challenge In Industrial engineering management is the utilisation of resources —men, materials, machines and money in the most effective and efficient manner to obtain desired quantity and quality output within a specified time and at a minimum cost. These
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    • 184 15 GS nylon CL v. r; F iT Wi A PATENTED SELF-LUBRICATING MOLYB-OENUM-DISULPHIDE FILLED TYPE 6/6 NYLON TOUGHER THAN BRONZE, BRASS, PTFE OR ORDINARY NYLON by 40% to 100%. Excellent corrosion, wear and abrasion resistance Resistance to oils, greases, alkalis, solvents and organic acids. Heat resistance to 500 F, non-contaminating, scratch-proof
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    • 159 15 »■> j A MADE IN TH£ PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA fi > a 4 Ml O 9*l!}" I Si r» d 9 A kv J y nr- [■('iji'lV. "\'f •v In. 1 rrc Ml til *S H PB a EAST JVEAOTIIIVEIIY HX>IV EAST BLDG. 2. KUIMG CHONG RD (OFF Lt
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  • 477 16 The problem that constantly plagues the small and medium sized engineering firms and contractors is the high cost of sophisticated machinery required to fulfil the needs of the growing industry in Singapore. According to those marketing engineering goods, the initial capital outlay is simply too enormous
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    • 229 16 UM ►)00M FOR HIGH QUALITY CEMENT BLOCKS USE KS-H CEMENT BLOCK MACHINE KUM SOON ENGINEERING (PTE) LTD. 143, KAMPONG BUG IS. SINGAPORE. 12. TEL: ***** ***** A HIGH PRECISION MACHINES FOR PRECISION INDUSTRIES fcr— lil J0 Our line includes: High precision lathes. Universal tool and cutte r grinders with copying
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    • 83 16 FLUID FILM spray away battery terminal corrosion Instantly stops the white corrosion on battery terminals that causes poor contact... inadequate charging engine starting failures! Months of protection with a single spray, can be used on storage batteries in boats, cars, trucks, jeeps, tractors, forklifts industrial vehicles. You have to see
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    • 73 16 FLUID FILM penetrant and lubricant Immediately upon spray application, provides exceptional penetration and lubrication for all metal parts or surfaces where sliding, rubbing, hinging, bearing or threading action is involved. FREES rust-locked pipe threads/ Nuts/Bolts/Machine screws/Hinges/ Turnbuckles. SUPER LUBRICANTS for drilling, tapping, machining,cutting etc. cW Use on: Boats* Cars* Trucks
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    • 305 16 SB to keepyou moving You know it's costly to keep machines idle whether in industry, construction, oil refinery, shipbuilding, ship-repairing, mining, logging or oil exploration. NTN knows that too. That's why NTN's stock-centre is here to supply bearings of all types and sizes instantly. Call Singapore *****3. nrrjTi imtim bearing-singapore
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    • 69 16 A E-27 paint and varnish remover Removes: PAINTS• VARNISHES ALKYDS® LATEX •epoxies silicones FROM WOOD OR METAL Effective because E-27 has 'body' stays on vertical surfaces to allow for total penetration. Effective because E-27 stays vet' longer. Makes stripping easier with each application. Effective because E-27 works on the most
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  • 560 17 Singapore's burgeoning manufacturing industry has enormously increased its consumption of highgrade steel in recent years. In particular, the import of high-quality Swedish steel has increased tremendously. According to Mr. Nah Kok Yong, assistant manager of ASSAB, the major distributor of the product here, the increase was
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  • 94 17 A new application for trencher equipment with vibratory plow attachment is being developed following the successful completion of a series of tests and demonstrations under controlled conditions. The process involves installation of a seismic detonating cord as a surface source to produce seismic profiles.
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  • Page 17 Advertisements
    • 245 17 There s a YANMAR Diesel Engine for practically every Marine and Industrial needs! m ifr Ci) c M »«=> 1 •i ■M 4 K ifci 51 r» a w V n MODEL: 6KD-HTE 240 HP THERE ARE FOUR REASONS WHY EVERY YANMAR ENGINE OFFERS UNSURPASSED PERFORMANCE UNDER EVERY OPERATING CONDITION:
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    • 350 17 What everyone should know about hoses for air and water. To most people a hose is just a hose. But we've been making hoses longer than anyone else, so although our hoses may look like ordinary hoses they are not. They are specially built to exceed minimum specification standards specially
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  • 1115 18  - Kawasaki power in the hands of a champ —Ginger Molloy motorcycling PIPPED IN THE LAST LAP OF .GP WITH LEE CHIU SAN What a machine! It really scared me. It accelerates like a rocket and flies like a bomb. It's the Kawasaki 750 H2. Ginger Molloy of the Singapore Airlines
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  • Page 18 Miscellaneous
    • 36 18 DR. KILDARE by Ken Bald OVD. THE PATIENT WASN'T SCHEPULEP FOR ANY TREATMENT TONIGHT. I'LL CHECK THE FLOOR NURSE. 1 flag r;» ft 3 •*s 1 y in RIP KIRBY by John Prentice and Fred Dickeneon
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    • 291 18 NEW NATION CROSSWORD 11 Tricked. 12 Giving an ear. 13 Reddish dye. 14 English river. 21 Streamlet. 24 Remove metal securers. 25 Shakespearean yesterday. 29 Sprites 30 Indian. 31 Wedding wcrds. 32 Interpretation. 34 Outruns. 35 Truth, in China. 36 Even now. 39 Reduce, as a sail. 43 Halloween wear.
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  • Page 19 Advertisements
    • 590 19 i MR. M. A. ROORIGO, FATHU of Hedwige Rosorio of 28, J a lon Bongou, Seletar Hills, Singapore 28. Died in Puthen Thurai Nogercoil, South India on 22.4.73 Easter Morning. MARGARETTA'S beauty shop in Hilton Hotel for hairstyling perms, tinting, fociols. For op* pointment Telephone: Singapore *****4 Open 8 a.m.
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    • 457 19 WAKTCD BY TOP EXCCUTIVKS 4 detached bungalows or 2-storey houses with large matured gardens. Minimum 3 bedrooms, separate living and dining rooms, separate servant's quarters, area for entertainment. Unfurnished or furnished frbm $3,000/- $6,000- pjn. Apply with full particulars to:- The Manager Singapore Property Marketing Services *****2/*****3. BUNGALOWS, HOUSES, APARTMENTS
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    • 553 19 CAPRICORN AIRCONDITIONIN6 COMPANY new and used oil kinds airconditioners, trade-in rental, sale and maintenance service. Telephone: ***** Singaport. ROOM AIRCONDITIONERS FOR SALI, Rental, service and repair. Contact: Sin Hin Lee. Telephone: *****4. EAST COAST ROAD 3-storey house 3 bedrooms, 1 servant's room, area approximately 5,000 sq.ft. Price 5i70,000. Luxurious apartment
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    • 441 19 OFFICE SPACE VACANT, CENTRAL BUILDING, and Canal Rood Magazine Rood Solomon Street (near the new proposed Court House) centrally aiitondi* tioned Spocious Carpark. Immediate occupancy. Groundfloors: Showrooms and Shops; $l.BO $2.20 p.s.f. First, Second and Third Floors. Office: $1.25 $1.35 p.s.f. Limited Spoce Availcble. Bookings also opened on Sundays from
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    • 495 19 HOCK SOON caters all types of furniture. Very moderate prices. Enquiries Mi 1 Francis Leong, *****0 Singapore. FOR YOUR STKAMRATH Massage, please call over to our newly opened International Health Centre at the Merlin Hotel, Ist floor. Open daily 10 a.m. 9 p.m. For appointment, Tel: Bridget, S'pore *****11 Ext.
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    • 465 19 PACIFIC MOTOR CREDIT PTE. Ltd., showroom at 511, Buk.it Timah Rood, AYx m.s., S'pore 10. Tel: *****3 *****1 *****4 offers:* 1972 Oatsun 1200 Sedan/ Coupe, Mazda 1500 aircond., Ford Cortina 1600 L, Holden Kings wood, 1971 Volvo 144 Grandluxe overdrive aircond., Opel Commodore GS Sedan, Opel Manta Coupe, Mazda Cope
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    • 221 19 RECONDITIONED LORRY 19*1/ 1969 1—3.5 too Msson/Datsun/ Toyota and Mazda Petrol/diese!. View 30 Jalan Novena Borat Tel: *****2 Singapore. FOR CAR HIRI PURCHASE, visit Vehito Company or Ring S'pore *****4 for enquiries on long and short term requirement. I FOOD FOR THOUGHT IF YOU ARE HOLDING ANY FORM OF PARTIES
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    • 772 19 FOR SPICY DISHES, Chicken Curry ond Exotic Seo-Food go to the ideol seaside rendezvous at Aloha Rhu Hawaiian Villoge, Tanoh Meroh. Table Bookings. Tel: *****4 S'pore. 165, TANGLIN ROAD, hove our Spring Chicken $2.75 for Lunch Or Dinner. Gill *****5 S'pore. mm WAVCRLEY GUEST HOUSE Tastefully furnished with panoromic sea
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  • 808 21  -  By Jeffrey Low Aust r a 1 i a's Vern Schuppan yesterday spoke highly of the Sembawang circuit after wiiining the gruelling 245-kilometre Grand Prix for cars in record time. He said: "Most of my racing experience has been on European circuits and
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  • 384 21 YOUTH will be the focus of the Singapore Badminton Association's tournament calendar in May. The Association has drawn up a new series of competitions aimed to cater for school-leavers and those in National Service. The tournaments are: Under-18 Individual from May 1 to 6; Under-18
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  • 39 21 United Press International SYDNEY RUGBY South Sydney 22 Newtown 16; Canterbury Bankstown 42, Western Suburbs 14; Manly 22 Eastern Suburbs 13; North Sydney 13 Parramatta 10; Baimaln 14 Cronulla 11. St. George and Penrith to play today.
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  • 25 21 London, Monday—Japan won the Japan Airline trophy with a thrilling 4-3 victory over England In their International table tennis match here yesterday.
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  • 229 21 New York, Monday—Jack Nicklaus won his fourth M on y Tournament of Champions yesterday beating Lee Trevino by one stroke when he shot a four-under-par 68 at La Costa country club in California. Nicklaus had a 72 hole total of 276, 12 under par. At
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  • 104 21 Tokyo, Monday.,— With triple Wimbledon champion John Newcombe prowling the net punching away interceptions, Australia easily won the doubles for an unbeatable 3-0 lead over Japan In the Davis Cup eastern zone semi-final here yesterday. The 28-year-old Newcombe was In brilliant form as he paired with Geoff
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  • 68 21 London. Monday.—Leaders Liverpool were yesterday quoted as .seven-to-on® on favourites to win the Bhgllsh Football League championship despite their 2-1 defeat by Newcastle on Saturday. Bookmakers listed Leeds United as 8-1 second favourites and Arsenal at 12-1. Liverpool, with 57 points from 40 games, lead by
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  • 76 21 United Press International N&lMnal kifM Cincinnati Atlanta J; St. Loui* a Phillies iLSEPPi I® Chicago 4; Montreal 2 New York l (io limlngs); San Diego 3 Houston 4;. Louis 1 Phillies 2 (2nd R*nie) i Pittsburgh 3 Chicago U (2nd game); Montreal 3 New Tort 13; San Prandaco
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  • 21 21 MA* JK* Oolden Dover of PaAjo k 4-4 draw In a friendly ao<«fr aattfh at Dover Road on SaUMtar
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  • Page 21 Advertisements
    • 121 21 LOWEST FARE TO LONDON 6 Times A W*ek Hongkong/Mocou Bangkok 8 Days $860 Daily Departure Taiwan Japan Hongkong U Days $1470 Taiwan Hongkong (Macao) Bangkok 12/14 Days, $1110: $1190 28/4, 5/5, 12/5, 19/5. 26/5, 27/5, 28/5, 29/5, 30/5, 31/5, 3/6, 4/6, 6/6 Taiwan/Korea/Japan/ Hongkong/Bangkok. 2 /19/15 Days $1990, $1890 6/5,
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    • 264 21 £@€TIT£ RIDES WITH ALL 33 CARS AT inMAfIAPOUSTO^ a product of proven reliability >•.% »fr It Fa MMMmm WmmmM iviS S»*Vy. Loctitc engineers have been surveying mechanics in several forms of racing and found difficulty in finding a winning racer who is not using anaerobic adhesives. In fact, all leading
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  • Page 21 Miscellaneous
    • 84 21 V RUGBY—National Schools championships 'B' and 'C' Dlv. seml-flnals (Woodsvllle 8.30 a.m. and 4 p.m.). JUDO National Schools championships (Chung Hwa Girls' School). TABLE TENNlS—National Schools championships (Tanjong Katong 10 a.m. and 3 p.m.). SOCCER FAS League Dlv. 3: Rajaji v Seletar Young Indians (Farrer Park 5.15 p.m.). SQUASH Inter-Club
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  • Back Page MONDAY
    • 99 22 MEI LIN: Seven out of every 10 robbery victims in Singapore are pedestrians. Our streets are not as safe as they were. AH FOOK: One easy solution. Stop walking the streets when you're alone, especially at night. Or better still, pick up a few pointers on selfdefence from
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    • 268 22 Excitement spread throughout Japan last year when archeologists found well-preserved murals on the Inside of an ancient burial tomb near Hara. But now villagers from the local hamlet of Asuka say their village is "cursed." They blame the deaths of a number of local
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    • 74 22 When Private Les Dunbar was posted to Germany, he told his wife, Bobbie, 21, not to forget to telephone him from Britain. She telephoned him 300 times in three months. Now the couple have found the line has rung up a £554 (about $3,500). Les,
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    • 195 22 As far as bank robberies are concerned, the one near Split in Yugoslavia must easily be the most futile on record. Cashier Milena Flllipovic, 23, was as usual the first member of the staff to arrive at the local bank. She had just taken
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    • 367 22 United Press International By Dick West I doubt anybody has ever attended a retirement party, dinner, reception or ceremony without coming away with the feeling that there must be a better way of doing it. This feeling is especially strong in the guest of honour.
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      40 22 Meeting people is what she likes best. That is why Miss Dolly Choong, 20, took the job as receptionist of the Royal Ramada Hotel. Her hobbies include bowling, netball, swimming and listening to music. Picture by Nik Kasmani
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    • 145 22 TODAY is Monday. April 23, the 113 th day of 1973 with 252 to follow. THE MOON: Approaching its last quarter. THE MORNING STARS: Mercury, Mars and Jupiter. THE EVENING STARS: Venus and Saturn. Those born on this date are under the sign of Taurus. English dramatist and poet
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  • Page 22 Advertisements
    • 110 22 Ref. 10.042 CVMA i The watch closest to perfect accuracy Sole Agents: 4 CWN HIN WATCH CO OVERSEAS UNION SHOPPING CENTRE COLLYER QUAY SINGAPORE, 1. TEL: *****1 NCWON DISPLAY WORLD RWOWIV JEWELLERY DANISH SILVER f "5 VJ\'U g} k v necklace BRACELET 'L kSena (pte) i£td. HIGH CLASS JEWELLERS 44
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    • 58 22 BUFFET OF INDIAN CURRIES 58/LUNCH DINNER TINGLING RED-HOT CURRIES FROM SOUTH INDIA RICH MILD CURRIES FROM THE NORTH PIQUANT MINCED MEAT KEBABS DELICATE VEGETARIAN SPECIALTIES FRAGRANT RICE BREAD TRUE INDIAN DESSERTS AND SWEETMEATS PLUS A GLASS OF WINE fVT SB/~ (Plus service tax) CALL *****6 FOR RESERVATIONS VflKj QBEROI GTDpereial
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  • Page 22 Miscellaneous
    • 328 22 TV W 5 Singapore 3.00 Opening Followed by Kudumba Malar (T) 3.30 Diary of Events (T) 3.40 Where The Heart Is 3.55 Sadhangal (Ml (T-Rpt) 4.10 Days of Our Lives 4.55 Close 8.00 Opening Followed by Folly Foot—Shadow 6.30 News In Brief 6.35 Wild Life Safari to Ethiopia—The Blue Nile
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    • 431 22 Trust your lueky star IF IT'S YOUR BIRTHDAY BORN today, you are mainly a reserved person. Affectionate In your own quiet, secure way, you make few demands upon others though you may make many on yourself and are quite content to live your own life In a peaceful manner and
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