New Nation, 14 May 1973

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  • 18 1 NEW NATION SINGAPORE Monday evening, May 14, 1973 No. 714 Price 15 cents SINGAPORE MONDAY, MAY 14, 1973
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  • 287 1  -  Secret society gang on the rampage By Bharathi Mohan Villagers at Kim Chuan Road rushed into their homes in terror at noon yesterday as an armed gang of about 30 to 40 youths raided the area. Two of the villagers were stabbed. They were later taken
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  • 52 1 London, Monday—A seagull was caught In the engine of the first and only Boeing 747 CC jet airliner making its inaugural flight from the United States to London yesterday with 403 passengers aboard. It was found that four fans of one of the jet engines had
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  • 161 1 Cape Kennedy. Monday.— Skylab astronauts are all set to take off for their historic 28-day mission in America's first space station. The astronauts flew into the Kennedy Space Centre yesterday. Navy Captain Pete Conrad. the commander for the first Skylab crew and a veteran
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  • 138 1 Have you given some thought to New Nation's short story contest T There are $6000 worth of book prizes to be won, including sets of Encyclopaedia Brit&nnica and 70-volume Time-L'ie libraries. You may write any kind of story you like so long as it is set
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  • 57 1 Kingstown, Monday.. Acting Attorney General Cecil Rawle, 40, died early yesterday from wounds suffered on Friday when men called him out of his house and shot him in the chest and shoulder. Police, who said the motive for the killing was not robbery, said they had arrested
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  • 425 1 Trading on both sides of the Causeway opened on a cautious note this morning after the three-day suspension following the split of the Stock Exchange of Malaysia and Singapore. The much-feared panic selling was visibly absent. Prices registered only slight falls in thin trading.
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  • 345 1 Washington, Monday The White House yesterday denied that President Nixon knew of any attempt by members of his staff to cover up the Watergate bugging case. The White House statement was Issued following published reports that former acting FBI director Mr. Patrick Gray had warned Mr.
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  • 405 1 New plan in July More than 30,000 division in and IV civil servants will be given an option to convert their pension schemes to the Central Provident Fund from July 1, this year. But the option will only be open to those who joined
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  • 81 1 Police today reported that the couple found with slash wounds in Geylang last Saturday are improving in the Outram General Hospital. They have classified the case as "causing grievous hurt with a dangerous weapon." Seaman Isa bin Haji Idris? 27, and bar waitress Manlsah bte Hussain, 26.
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  • 10 1 Police reported 90 accidents yesterday. Five were serious.
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  • Page 1 Miscellaneous

  • 334 2  -  By Rav K. Dhaliwal He was probably the first "baby", ever to take part in a walkathon and together with his "papa", he drew a great deal of attention and applause. Throughout the threekilometre walk, "Baby" Kenneth Wong (above with his "dad") took turns sucking
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  • 396 2 Dog-nappers active Dog owners, whose pets have been missing, fear that dog-nappers are at work again. In the past three months, over 20 owners have lost their pets. While none of them has lodged a report to the police, more than half a dozen owners
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  • 14 2 The Police Force will be celebrating Police Week 1973 commencing on June
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  • 173 2 The Remand Prison's sick bay treated a total of 194 cases of drug addiction during 1971. This was higher than most other illnesses, the annual report of the Prisons Department said. There were only seven cases of rtialaria. Other ailments such as asthma, ulcers,
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  • 37 2 Mr. T. H. Lean, Mrs. Jane Lim and Drs. S. H. AlJunied and Letty L. K. Yong-Ng have been appointed to the Mldwives Board for a perod of three years, according to the latest government gazette.
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  • 76 2 The Adult Education Board will organise two courses at the Tanglin Pri mary School AEB Centre. Commonwealth Avenue from next Monday at 1 p.m. One course is a guide to the Highway Code Examination and the other is a course on Interior Decoration and Home Furnishing.
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  • 229 2 The Singapore Council of Social Services is planning to close its Goodwill Shop as it is not a financially viable one, its annual report said. The shop, a project of the Council to serve affiliates in the sale and marketing of their goods
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  • 303 2 Youth should play a bigger role in the industrialisation and development of the country, a leading trade unionist said. Speaking at the seminar on "Towards Responsible Living" organised by the International Planned Parenthood Federation and the Singapore Family Planning Association at the Ming
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  • 25 2 Athens, Monday Two time bombs wrecked the cars of two officials of the American diplomatic mission here yesterday, a police spokesman said.
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  • 23 2 Mr. Col n Chai Chee Chin has been appointed as magistrate under the Subordinate Courts Act, according to the latest government gazette.
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  • 179 2 Statistics of the Post Office Savings Bank show that its performance last month was the best ever attained. Depositors* balances increased by $5.9 million, bringing the total sum standing to the depositors' credit to an alltime high of $143.3 million. Gross deposits received
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  • 83 2 The Singapore Armed Forces will conduct exercises In various areas as follows: Tuas/Lokyang— daily this week except Thursday from 7.30 ajn. to 8 pjn. Tampines/Harvey Avenue —daily this week except Thursday from 8 ajn. to 10.30 pjn. Pulau Tekong—from 6 a.m. today to 7.30 p.m. on Saturday.
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  • Page 2 Miscellaneous
    • 144 2 I weather I Temperatures In world cities yesterday: Hong Kong 34-23 C Kuala Lumpur 32-24 C Bangkok 33-26 C Manila 36-25 C Taipeh 23-20 C Naha 26-23 C Seoul 26-13 C Tokyo 23-12 C London 17-10 C Paris 12-lOC Moscow 12- 4C New York 19-12 C San Francisco 14- 8C
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    • 389 2 HRPPEnmcs wh today° n President Sheares will open the 19TH ASIAN FILM FESTIVAL at the Singapore Conference Hall. Shenton Way, at 6 p.m. Dr. Ng Kok Foo of the University of Singapore will speak on DRUGS AND HIPPISM at the Geylang East Community Centre, Lorong 33. at 8 p.m. The
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  • 200 3 The Senior Parliamentary Secretary (Social Affairs), and MP for Jalan Besar, Mr. Chan Chee Seng, will officiate at a joint Vesak Day celebration on Thursday at the Conference Hall. Represented at the meeting will be Mr. C. Phahulrat, the Thai Ambassador; Mr. Mehervan Singh,
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  • 159 3 Hong Kong filmland's fat girl Fei Fei (left) is worried about her waistline. She is losing weight. "I have lost weight tremendously," she complained. "I used to weigh 222 lb. Now I am only 195 lb. "You know how important it is to be
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  • 214 3 Three others warded Klang, Monday It was devotion to one another that resulted in the death of twins Gene Mong Yoon Khaw and Roy Mong Yoon Khee here on Saturday night. The twins, who would have been 36 next month, were killed in a collision
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  • 63 3 SAF aircraft are carrying out live firing exercises at the Southern Islands Live Firing Range at Pulau Pawai from today to Friday, daily between 9 a.m. and 5 p m. Demolition exercises Is also being carried out at Pulau Senang from today to Friday, daily between 8
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  • 34 3 A workshop on Introduction to Financial Management will be conducted by faculty members of the School of Hotel Administration, Cornell University, at the Tourism Manage ment Eduation Centre from June 3 to 9.
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  • 56 3 Mr. Robert Tan Hong Thong has been elected chairman of the Hilton branch of the Food, Drinks and Allied Workers Union. Other officials are: vicechairman, Mr. Paranchody Deng; assistant secretary, Mr. William Phoo Say Deng; assistant secretary. Mr. Richard Lim Geek Hong; treasurer, Mr. Allan Goh Hian
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  • 21 3 Mr. Donald Yeo Hock Chwee, a lawyer, has been appointed a Commissioner for Oaths, according to the latest government gazette.
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  • 188 3 Eight speakers will discuss Marriage and The Women's Charter at the YWCA's twoday seminar beginning on June 8. On the first day, three panel members will examine the situation I Married You. Mrs. Ann E. Wee, Head of the Social Work Department. University of Singapore
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  • 262 3 The Tourist Promotion Board has suggested that sales and advertising promotions be mounted in New South Wales and Victoria to attract more Australian tourists to Singapore. The suggestion was made in a magazine published by the Board's Research Department aimed at promoting a bigger two-way flow
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  • 280 3 Responsible, trustworthy and loyal young citizens that is the aim of the Trefoil Guild inaugurated by the Girl Guides Association yesterday. The secretary of the Guild, Dr. Eileen Aw (also principal of the Eusoff College) said: "Guiding instils into a girl—especially at an
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  • In Person
    • 589 4 •••at a traditional Chinese wedding dinner in S'pore THEY met in Melbourne, but they flew back to Singapore for the good old traditional Chinese wedding dinner at the Hyatt Hotel. The bride, the former MISS IRENE CHEW LAY WAH, 24, and the groom, MR. SAMUEL
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  • 222 5 Police are still investigating the collapse of Travel House of Australia—nine months after its Singapore office in Orchard Road closed down. The 24 Singaporeans who bought tickets from this travel agency for a sea cruise before the firm folded up are still waitii
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  • 33 5 The Ministry of Environment is inviting tenders for the supply and delivery of various types of refuse bins and nlghtsoil palls for the period up to June 30, 1974.
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  • 172 5 COMMON SCENE IN FLATS This is a common scene in many Housing Board flats. Simple but deadly. They come in all sizes and shapes from colourful rows of flower pots to bath-tubs, hanging precariously from the high-rise balconies and window sills. They are put there for
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  • 407 5  -  No drop in travellers after currency split By Wee Beng Huat The "inconvenience" of the SingaporeMalaysia currency split has not reduced the number of travellers travelling up and down the Causeway. In fact, according to Causeway officials, slightly more people crossed the two checkpoints on Saturday
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  • 41 5 The Government Dispensary at New Bridge Road has been renovated and is now open to the public. Patients of the dispensary who have been attending the Maxwell Road Out patient Dispensary can now return to the New Bridge Road Dispensary.
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  • Page 5 Advertisements
    • 55 5 AN ACMA TWO-DOOR FOR EVERY HOME ACMA now has a two-door refrigerator to suit every home and family. The 1971 BEST-SELLER IN ITS CLASS TC-320 For large families. The 1972 BEST-SELLER IN ITS CLASS TC-250 For medium size families ACMA a A m t. i; m m < if?* Juroog
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  • Page 5 Miscellaneous
    • 268 5 v-232 JT*' Quiz object No. 267 Prizes double WHAT IS II? A SPECIAL QUIZ man and the next one from a woman containing the correct answers drawn out of the bag will win $10 each. The results of today's quiz will be announced in New Nation on Friday. The prize
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  • BEHIND THE NEWS
    • 2617 6  -  for I shall not pass this way again. r i f MONDAY FOCUS I MAKING MAN LIVE LONGER From George Alexander Washington Post The immortal gods alone have neither age nor death, the Greek philosopher Sophocles wrote more than 2,000 years ago. We mortals, however,
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    • 108 6  -  W. B. Yeats When you are old and grey and full of sleep, And nodding by the fire, take down this book, And slowly read, and dream of the soft look Your eyes had once, and of their shadows deep How many loved your moments of
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    • 389 6 VOICE OF THE PRESS What other Newspapers are saying FOREIGN TECHNICIANS AND CITIZENSHIP The authorities concerned have introduced some new measures to attract technical workers and other capable people in the neighbouring countries to work in Singapore ao as to meet the man-power needs of industrial
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  • Page 6 Advertisements
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  • 494 7 'Mirage transfer OUR business* UPI and Reuter Tripoli, Monday President Gaddafi said here yesterday that neither Israel nor anybody else in the world has the right to ask Libya about the Mirage jet planes his country bought from France. Speaking at a Press conference,
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  • 237 7 United Press International Hong Kong, Monday An Anglo-American aircraft sales war :s shaping up over China. The British are winning at the moment. But the Americans say they have just begun the flight and have hopes of surging ahead in the competition to meet
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  • 41 7 London, Monday. British European Airways expects to pay out about £2 million (about $12.5 million) in compensation as a result of an air crash at London Airport last June in which all 118 people aboard a BEA Trident were killed.
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  • 340 7 50 'fatherland agents' arrested Santiago, Monday Top government officials claim there is a plot afoot to topple Chile's 30-month-old popular Unity Coalition government of President Allende. The allegations follow raids on hideouts of the neo-Fascist fatherland and freedom movement in which large quantities of arms
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  • 340 7 Reuter and UPI Saigon, Monday President Thieu yesterday warned that the communists could launch a military offensive later this year. He said the North Vietnamese and Viet Cong assault— possible within the next six months—would be to enforce an unacceptable political settlement on the Saigon
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  • 84 7 New Delhi, Monday. About 12 international climbers who have stood on the summit of Everest, the highest peak on earth, are meeting in India this week to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the first successful climb of the mountain. The climbers have been invited by the Indian
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  • 47 7 London, Monday The Beatles will not reunite, former member of the group Paul McCartney said yesterday. "There is not going to be a reunion. We might do things for each other, or with each other but there will be no come-back," he said.
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  • 177 7 London, Monday Prime Minister Mr. Edward Heath yesterday endorsed presidential adviser Dr. Kissinger's call for an updated relationship between the United States, Europe and Japan. In a speech to the concluding session of the Congress of Europe, Mr. Heath called for a European community "with
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  • 91 7 Eleven human guinea pigs five men and six women—are setting out on this 56ton raft Acali-Aztec (House on the Water) from the Spanish harbour of Las Palmas into the equatorial currents and trade winds that will take them to the Yucata/i peninsula, Mexico. The aim: A challenge
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  • 118 7 Washington. Monday.—A German shepherd dog with a keen nose has foiled an attempt by five Californlans to smuggle 800 lb. (about 225 kgs) of hashish into the United States aboard a bright yellow double-decker bus authorities in Boston said. They said the hashish, worth about US$2.5
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  • Page 7 Advertisements
    • 223 7 HGNRY has solved his problem at Shis m i in VJ There is no problem in tailoring that can't be solved at Vashi's. With so many years of experience in the trade, gooo results are achieved every time. Suits can be custom-tailored from 895.00; trousers made to measure at S
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    • 268 7 Grant International 6th FLOOR, MACDONALD HOUSE ORCHARD ROAD SINGAPORE 9 GRANTS ARE HEAD HUNTING AGAIN Due to expansion we need two more Account Executives in Singapore. The people we need should have had at least two years of advertising or marketing experience. It could be that they are employed in
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  • 447 8 The minor storm over the "unfair practices" of Japanese merchants in Singapore, appears to have blown over for the moment. The Japanese Chamber of Commerce and Trade in Singapore has agreed that its members would henceforth refrain from competing against local traders in projects involving
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  • 'WHISPERS' by ISPY
    • 64 8 A reader tried to lodge a handbag-snatching report with a Police Station. But she was told the O/C was out and she would not be able to make any report. Frantic, she asked to see a police officer friend to help her. But the station clerk
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    • 52 8 A study into why people squint Is to be made with the help of a Medical Research Council grant of $60,000 which has been awarded to Keele University, North Staffordshire, for brain research. Dr. David Regan, of the university, said: "Squint ng Is a real problem, especially
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  • 961 8  - The Watergate Affair—did Nixon try to establish one-man rule? ALEX JOSEY Though I worked in New York for a spell, have visited Washington several times (even met President Nixon in the White House), and have toured most of the United States in a Greyhound bus, I do not feel that
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  • Letters
    • 44 8  -  CHAN KWONG SUN Secretary, Committee on Street Names, Singapore, 6. I refer to the letter by Historian (NN, May 7) on the subject of "localise road names". The Committee on Street Names will consider your correspondent's suggestion at its next meeting.
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    • 239 8 I am a resident of Commonwealth Drive and I used to take bus service 147 to town. I would like to lodge a complaint regarding the bus drivers and conductors. On one occasion, my colleague's brother was killed by this service. He was alighting from the
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    • 83 8 Could RTS repeat the English FA Cup Final between Sunderland and Leeds United? Many of us missed the programme last week because so little publicity was given it. Besides, many students in Singapore were having their exams and were unable to see the programme. It is sincerely
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    • 86 8  -  HEDWIDGE BRUYNS Public Relations Officer, Ministry of the Environment. Sin sapor e, 3. Reference is made to the letter by Jalan Pemimpin (NN, 20.4.73). The drain between Upper Thomson Road and Clover Park Is now being concretelined, whilst action Is being taken to investigate the condition of
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    • 102 8 I hope you will publish my letter so as to help me with my difficulty In taking a bus. Bus service No. 147 of Associated Bus Services is really a very poor service nowadays. Everyday, I have to wait for about 30-40 minutes for a
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    • 92 8  -  CORINNA DIEU Public Relations Officer, Housing Development Board, Singapore, 2 Amongst the conditions governing eligibility for the Board's fiats under the Home Ownership Scheme, is that the applicant must have a proper family nucleus. The Board has, however, relaxed its rules to permit spinsters to apply
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    • 52 8  -  L.C.C. My sister, who Is a school-leaver, is very interested in Joining the training course in Outward Bound School. Therelore, I'd like to know where she can apply. Is it possible for her to apply through our community centre? Furthermore, may I know when is the course
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    • 107 8  -  LAWRENCE S.H. LOH. Public Relations Officer. Singapore Police Force Singapore, 1 I refer to the letter headlined Any Witnesses published in your newspaper on 23.4.73. There were 24 hlt-and- run cases for 1972 out of which 20 cases were unsolved. We have appealed for witnesses in
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  • Page 8 Advertisements
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  • Page 8 Miscellaneous

  • 1294 9  -  Documentaries on S'pore's port, housing in grand line-up IJTB. USUI FI.IB FESTim By EDGAR KOH President Sheares will open the 19th Asian Film Festival at the Singapore Conference Hall this evening:. Singapore is hosting it for the second time—the first was in 1955.
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  • 503 9 Nearly two decades have passed since the first Asian Film Festival was held in Tokyo in May 1954 at which it was hoped that a way would be found for the advance of SouthEast Asian film industries. Looking back, has the festival, held regularly since,
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  • Page 9 Advertisements
    • 19 9 STRICTLY FOR MALES! The shop that caters solely and completely to all there is in menswear. yarn's EXCLUSIVE MENTSSHOP > '>$
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  • 634 10  -  SEACRAFT with LEE CHUI SAN I have been riding motorcycles for years, and it has been great fun. but I have sometimes had the urge to strike for new horizons. Well, I did so last week, and went for a test ride on a
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  • Article, Illustration
    1562 10  -  Best seats m the world motoring. with JIM WATKINS There is a tendency these days for smaller cars to depart from the economy motive and to reach into the realms of comfort and luxury only previously associated. The reasons for this are several fold, not the least being the
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  • Page 10 Miscellaneous
    • 121 10 DR. KILDARE by Ken Bald I 1 1' > AND SO you SEE ...I AM A PRISONER HERE AT ELAIR. SHOULD >OU EVICT ME.... AND I SUPPOSE you MUST... I AM AT j THE. MERCY OF JL My ENEMIES, yfl S rSi i BP m •JM 1 Ml K lb
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  • TREND
    • 403 11 Dear Ros, I met my husband two years ago. Without getting to know each other better, we committed ourselves Intimately, and then got married. Everything was all right for the first few months and then slowly began to change. Now he Is very
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    • 544 11 Dear Ros, For the first time since I started going out with boys when I was 12, I've met someone with whom I'd like to go steady. But we're not going steady. He realised one day that my feelings were getting
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    • 191 11 Dear Ros, I have a close friend who needs help desperately. She has been very hurt by a boy whom she thinks she loves. He comes for technical lessons in her school and they are always staring at each other. Last week, she saw him talking
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    • 263 11 Dear Ros, How can I not get too close to this guy whom I'd l<ke to be close to because It might result In failure In my exams? I met him In pre-unlver-s!ty class this year and have fallen for h'm. Each time we talk In-between periods,
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    • 185 11 Dear Kos, When I was In Secondary Three, I tried to talk to one of my classgirls and some boys cracked Jokes about it which made me feel like a fool. I was so humiliated that I wished the earth would swallow me. Even now. two years
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    • 212 11 Dear Ros, One dreadful night two years ago, my boyfriend drove me to a lonely spot (which he often d'.d). Only this time he forced me to give myself to him. I put up a fierce struggle but) he won. As I was very, very miserable after
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    • 110 11 Dear Ros, A girl whom I met recently and dated a few times is showing great interest in me. I have another girl in mind so I have decided not to carry on this relationship too far. I do not wish to hurt her, but how
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    • 113 11 Dear Ros, Please help, I am 16 and have a face full of unwanted pimples. What can I do, apart from dieting and following a careful skin care routine? Hopeful. Dear Hopeful, Tou can be patient and wait for your hormonal changes (which every girl in her mid-teens
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    • 131 11 Dear Ros. My childhood sweetheart went and marr ed somebody else while I was in Kuala Lumpur for five years, earning a living. I learned about her marriage after I returned from K.L. and naturally felt let-down. After all, we had planned to get married after
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    • 170 11 Dear Ros, I am 20 years old, working as a bartender a job I've had since I finished school. I'm really not satisfied with my work. As I am a fairly talented artist, I am interested in commercial art as a career. Could you
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    • 288 11 The fresh air and hot sun can bring a bloom to your cheeks that cosmetics would, never be able to create. But outdoor buffs must work a little harder to keep their skin at its peak: dewy, alive and glowing with health. And
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  • BUSINESS NEWS
    • 723 12  -  By V.K. Chin Koala Lumpur, Monday Malaysia wiil face a serious economic setback unless its officials could persuade the United States government to stagger its planned stockpile rubber and tin releases. These two commodities which account for almost
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    • 201 12 Reuter Abidjan, Monday—Africa's first trade and monetary conference failed to resolve differences between the French and English speaking groups of countries over future relations with the European Common Market. But the four-day conference, which ended here early yesterday and was attended by
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    • 37 12 Detroit, Monday. Ford Motor Co. chairman Henry Ford II has said prices on 1974 models definitely will be Increased to recover the costs of safety and emission equipment as well as high labour costs.
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    • 123 12 Bankers: No need to step in on now Reuter Basle, Monday.—Western central bankers, meeting here yesterday, still consider any intervention to guide the dollar rate as premature, central banking sources said. The bankers met over the weekend at the Bank for International Settlements for their routine monthly gathering. The possibility
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    • 159 12 The proof is here—that Made-in-S:ngapore Albion Viking luxury coach is as good if not better than imported luxury buses~and at half the cost. This 41-seater costing $82,000 is completely a'rconditioned and built for tourist comfort. It is gaining wide popularity. Ail windows and windscreen are
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    • 162 12 Brussels, Monday The Common Market's economic boom gathered new momentum in the first quarter this year and prospects for the next few months are good, the Common Market Commission said here. But prices coniinued to shoot up. pushed by wage and raw material cost increases,
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    • European shares service
      • 227 12 Suppl>&ng this service are Commerzbank of Germany, Banco di Roma of Italy, and the Union Bank or Switzerland. Roundup of European stock markets for week ended May 11. The announcement over the last week of further planned governmental measures to combat Inflation resulted in further pressure on the market.
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      • 498 12 Zurich stock market re port for May 3 to 10. Following a slide in .quotations amid lackluster trading at the beginning of the period under review, an upturn has been gett ing under way since midweek and has led to im proved prices and turn over. Capital stock increases
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      • 264 12 Following a limited setback in the first session, the market in Milan this week tried to continue last week's positive trend and even though some opposite trends were not missing, reached a new maximum level on Friday with the index at around 72. The trading volume was about average.
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    • OVERSEAS STOCK EXCHANGE PRICES
      • 224 12 Kyodo Prices on the Tokyo Stock Exchange closed higher last Saturday for the third straight day. Trading was active. The market opened firm despite the news of a sharp fall on Wall Street. The uptrend gained momentum gradually, spreading to a wide front toward the close. The Dow-Jones average
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      • 243 12 Closing prices at 11.30 a.m today (Australian time) Abaleen 08 10 Do opts nil 05 AOD 09 09V? Allstate nil 12 Amad 05 06 Aurora 10 12 Do opts 00% 01 Aust Ant 16 IK Bamboo 04 05 Beach 26 35 Bounty Oil 00 Vi 01 Bridge 19 17
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    • 536 13 mam LOOKING YOR GIFTS? VISIT Goodwill shop welfare handicrafts specialist Singapore Council of Social Service Building, Penang Lane, Tel: *****2 (Closed Sunday). PURCHASING USED CARS Utilise Experts full and comprehensive Road Test for only 515.00 Your car's future is our concern. TELEPHONE: AUTOMOBILE ENGINEERING WORKS *****/7 Singapore. MARGARETTA'S BEAUTY SHOP
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    • 345 13 INTERIOR DESIGN DIPLOMA, Comprehensive correspondence tuition leads to interior design diploma recognised for membership of professional body. Full colour prospectus sent by airmail on receipt of 25p British Postal Order from Dept. STP Rhodec International, BCM/Rhodec. London WCI, England. NEW CLASSES IN (1) ACCOUNTING (2) COMMERCE AND FINANCE (3) ECONOMICS
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    • 457 13 WHAREHOUSE SPACE NEAR PORT available for storage goods of any tonnage Contest Getz Transportation S'pore *****3 or ***** ext. 22. GO DOWN LIGHT INDUSTRIAL FACTORY SPACE OF Approximately 7,500 sq.ft. Available at No. 15A, Sibu Road, Singapore. Interested parties may enquire at No. 69, Arab Street, Singapore. Telephone number *****81
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    • 612 13 10 BLOCKS 3-STOREY shop house of Beach Road, you con obtain at very reasonable prices. Not affected by UR. Suitable various development purposes. Don't miss the chance. Please call personally or post to: Kim Teng Realty (Pte) Ltd., 176-A, Tyrwhitt Road, Singapore 8. Tel: *****88. TWO STOREY SHOPHOUSE Clive Street
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    • 728 13 1970 ALFA ROMEO CTV 1750 minilite rims. Many extras. Owner leaving. Toyota 1900 SL 10 months old engineer owned. Many extras. Both view at Shell Service Station, Serangoon Garden, S'pore 10.00 a.m. 5.00 p.m. KIM SAI TRADING CO. Tel: S'pore *****/*****2. 1969 Dotsun Pick-up. 1969 and 1968 Nissan Cabal I
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  • 656 14  -  HOWZAT WV4TH PERCY SENEVIRATNE Bowlers work in pairs. Laker had an almost inconspicious accomplice in Lock!', Ramadhin had Valentine and in the present Australian team, Lillee could be less penetrative without Walker. Chandrasekhar's performance In yesterdays drawn match between the visiting Starlets cricket club
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  • 255 14 The 25th Singapore National Chess Championship began last week with two casualties caused by the unexpected withdrawals of two players in the first round. This left only six players who will play a double round contest over the next few weeks. In the first round
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  • 163 14 Jimmy Stewart led the Qualifiers into the first round of the Singapore Island Country Club championship# with a two-round aggregate of 147 (72, 75) over the par 72 Island course. Other Qualifiers are: 152 —Gerard Loong (76. 76); 153 —Bill Bosley (77, 76); 155— Brian
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  • 133 14 New York, Monday.— Wimbledon title-holder Stan Smith clinched the World Championship Tennis final against Arthur Ashe at Dallas yesterday in a match won after a dispute over a call by the umpire. Smith took the US$5O,OOO first prize with a 6 3, 6-3, 4 6, 6-4
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  • 100 14 London, Monday Adriano Panatta, the Italian Number One, took the £3000 men's singles first prize wi*h a shock triumph over Rumanian Ilie Nastase in the British hard court tennis championships at Bournemouth yesterday. Panatta, beaten by Nastase three times in the past four weeks, refused to be
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  • 85 14 Mexico City, Monday.— The United States. Davis Cupholders since 1968, completed a 4-1 victory over Mexico In their American Zone north section tennis final here yesterday. The United States took a 3 1 winning lead when Harold Bolomon beat Raul Ramirez 8 6, 7 5, 7-5
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  • 24 14 Tokyo, Monday American Bime Jean King yesterday won Japan's first women's professional tennis tournament, beating compatriot Nancy Qunter 7-6, 5-7, S-3 here.
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  • 391 14 London, Monday Lefthander Peter Denning defied the New Zealand cricketers with an undefeated 85 for Somerset on the second day of their three-day match at Taunton yesterday. Denning, dropped twice at slip by John Parker when nought and one, hit 13 fours in 147 minutes to
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  • 74 14 London, Monday. Belgian driver Teddy Plllette scored his first win In the European Formula 5000 motor racing championship yesterday, finishing with just a spoonful of petrol to spare in his Chevron. Pillette led for 20 of the 27 laps in the 75-mile (120 km) event but as
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  • 77 14 St. Joseph's Institution 4 x 100 m team returned home triumphant this morning after winning the St. John's Institution invitation relay at Merdeka stadium in Kuala Lumpur yesterday. The SJI team of Raymond de Cruz, wong Chow 800, Koh Swee Wan and Philip Ng clocked 43.25 ec
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  • 288 14 United Press International Sydney, Monday—Rugby League history was made at Sydney cricket ground on Saturday. Newtown beat St. George I—o in the match of the day from a field goal in the last minutes of the game, the only recorded I—o score in first grade league
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  • 151 14 New York, Monday.—Tom Weiskopf, whose final round charge had seemingly wilted under pressure, won the Colonial national golf invitation by a stroke yesterday as the pressure instead crushed Australian Bruce Crampton on the final hole. Crampton, who had led the tournament since the opening hole of
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  • 33 14 London, Monday Featherstone Rovers won the English Rugby League Cup final when they beat Bradford Northern by 33 points to 14 at Wembley re re yesterday. Featherstone led 17-6 at halftime.
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  • 153 14 Teheran, Monday—lran continued ihelr unbeaten run by beating Kuwait 2-0 here to finish on top in the World Cup soccer Asian zone preliminary Group B2 yesterday. Iran now meets Australia, with the winners of the Iran-Australia game then facing the winners of Asian zone Group A.
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  • 87 14 New York, Monday. American Bobby Riggs, who won the men's singles at Wimbledon in 1939, yesterday beat 30-year-old Australian. Margaret Court 6-2, 6-1 in a US$lO,OOO challenge match at Ramona in California. Mrs. Court, herself a former Wimbledon singles champion who has won more than US$BO,OOO and
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  • 84 14 National League New York 6 Pittsburgh 4; Chicago 4 Philadelphia 2 (1st); Chicago 9 Philadelphia 3 (2nd); St. Louis 3 Montreal 2; San Diego 6 Atlanta 4 (1st); Atlanta 6. San Diego 2 (2nd); Cincinnati 2 Houston 0; Los Angeles IS San Francisco 3. American League
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  • Page 14 Miscellaneous
    • 278 14 NEW NATION CROSSWORD 12 Bath's river. 13 Lived. 15 Eleve's school. 21 Mythical youth. 24 Curls up. 25 Energy; Colloq. 26 Muffler. 27 Capital m the news 28 River through Kashmir 29 Dear: Colloq. 30 Good-time Charlie, for one. 31 Famous opera role. 32 Catches. 34 Woman's title. 37 Florida
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  • 1004 15 Scrutineer's Race Jew Bazooka should be right on target and oannot miss next time. His showing on Saturday was a certain indication that he's now cherry ripe for a winning effort. The Indian Conquest three-year started only three times. Making his debut at Kuala Lumpur
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  • 68 15 Paris, Monday.—The unbeaten filly Allez France yesterday slumped to a shock defeat in Longchamps' Prix Lupin and her connections said afterwards she would be withdrawn from the Epsom Derby. The.filly, installed as redhot favourite for the Epsom classic after her effortless victory in the French 1000
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  • 517 15 Treasure Mile led past the 4f but at the home turn he was joined by Adios Amigos. Newmarket was third with Always A Chance moving up. Fighting back stoutly Treasure Mile beat Adios Amigos by a head. Newmarket finished third. Rafflnto and Ranks of Tuscany raced past
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    • 118 16 Italian bureaucracy, which makes life tough enough on the living, has even tried to complicate events after death. In shuffling through documents relating to a murder trial in Messina, Sicily, a court found that a murder victim, Carmelo Sturiale, who was killed last
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    • 56 16 Ivy Tan loves meeting people. And working in an airline gives her all the opportunity to move around to do just this. An employee of China Airlines, Ivy does part-time modelling for the sake of experience. Her spare time is taken up by music listening and
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    • 381 16  -  By Derrick Tay Recently, as part of my personal programme to prevent myself from becoming an uncultured "ugly Singaporean" (a phrase which jumps to mind each time I stand in front of a mirror), I attended a classical guitar recital by a visiting virtuoso.
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    • 54 16 AH FOOK: To sell or not to sell? That is the question. MEI LIN: Why didn't you ask yourself "To buy or not to buy?" earlier on when the stock market was going mad? Like Hamlet, you can feign madness. But you did not do the right thing
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    • 150 16 TODAY Is Monday, May 14, the 134 th day of 1973 with 231 to follow. THE MOON: Approaching its full phase. THE MORNING STARS: Mercury, Mars and Jupiter. THE EVENING STARS: Venus and Saturn. Those born on this date are under the sign of Taurus. Gabriel Fahrenheit, a Prussian
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  • Page 16 Miscellaneous
    • 421 16 5 Singapore 3.00 Opening, followed by Struvar Poonga (T) 3.30 Diary of Events (T) 3.36 Where the Heart Is 3.55 Isal Amutham: Indian classical music featuring Mrs. Vijayam (Rpt) 4.10 Days of Our Lives 4.50 Close 0.00 Opening, followed by Folly Foot: Moonstone 8.30 News In brief 6.35 Let Them
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    • 451 16 Trust your lucky IF ITS YOUR BIRTHDAY BORN today, you possess a keen appreciation of traditional values and, at the same time, a lively interest in and curiosity about new customs and modern ways. You have an inborn sense of Justice that will not allow you to develop the kinds
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    • 47 16 FM STEREO 6.00 Opening anncts. and Sunset Serenade 6.30 News 6.40 Public Service announcements 6.45 Share Market report 7.00 Programme Summary 7.05 Light and Lilting 7.45 At the Harmonica 8.00 News 8.10 Public Service anncts. 8.15 Many Voices. Many Songs 8.30 Symphonic Hour 9.30 Encore 11.00 Close.
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