New Nation, 19 May 1973

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  • 15 1 NEW NATION SINGAPORE Saturday evening, May 19, 1973 No. 719 Price 15 cents NEW NATION
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  • 1000 1 Star witness McCord tells Watergate probe Washington, Saturday James McCord, one of the convicted Watergate burglars, said yesterday he felt President Nixon helped set in motion the bugging of the Democratic Party headquarters and was involved in an offer of executive clemency if he remained silent. McCord,
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  • 498 1 He will be given full authority Reuter Washington, Saturday attorney Generaldesignate Elliot Richardson yesterday named Harvard Law School Professor Archibald Cox. a former US Solicitor General, as the special prosecutor to investigate the Watergate affair. Mr. Richardson told a press conference he was confident that
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  • 10 1 Police reported 75 accidents yesterday. Four were serious.
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  • 188 1 Hong Kong, Saturday China and Australia have agreed to sign a trade agreement which includes the formation of a Joint trade committee and a long-term wheat arrangement, the New China news agency reported today. The announcement came in a joint communique following the recent visit of Australia's
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  • 333 1  -  By Abby Tan The non-wedding of the year which had been the case for the past two years in Hong Kong's film world will definitely take place .in August. "Definitely, tnls time," stressed Hong Kong's glamour girl, Lily Ho (above) moments after she walked off
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  • 350 1 ...heading for Panama UPI, Reuter The Hague, Saturday A Venezuelan Convair airliner hijacked on a domestic flight to Caracas, landed at Curaco in the Netherland Antilles today and took off again after a onehour refuelling stop, the Dutch News Agency reported from Willemstad. The report said
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  • 76 1 The government has prohibited the re-export of all brands of imported dutiable cigarettes which are also manufactured locally. Exports would only be allowed where it is made in the ratio of three locally manufactured cigarettes to everv imported stick of cigarette according to Mr. J.Y.M. Pillay, permanent secretary
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  • 52 1 Two men wearing crash helmets robbed an architect, Mr. K.B. Quek, 45, and his family of cash and jewellery totalling $3500 at their Serangoon Garden home last night. One was armed with a revolver and another a dagger. They spent 40 minutes in the house before escaping on
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  • Page 1 Miscellaneous

  • 246 2 The dispute between Vosper Thornycroft and the Singapore Manual and Mercantile Workers' Union (SMMWU) over the retrenchment of 114 dailyrated workers last Friday has been settled after six meetings between the* two parties. Of the 114 workers, the Tanjong Rhu shipyard has since
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  • 216 2  -  Two-day summit By V.K. Chin Kuala Lumpur. Saturday Tun Abdul Razak and Thailand's Prime Minister, Marshal Thanom Kittikachorn will hold talks of mutual interest on Monday and Tuesday. The two leaders will be in Kota Baru on Monday and Golok in Thailand on Tuesday
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  • 45 2 Professor Sultan Karim, 38, has been appointed research professor in the Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, University of Singapore. Prior to his present appointment, Prof. Karim was head and professor of the Pharmacology Department of the Makerere University's Medical School, Kampala, Uganda.
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  • 48 2 Two Malaysians Chong Ah Pat alias Chong Sin Pat. and Chong Heng alias Cheung San alias Cheong Leong have been permanently banned from entering Singapore. This was stated in a gazette notification made by the acting Minister for Home Affairs, Mr. Ong Pang Boon.
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  • 363 2 Violence may be the most saleable product in Asian cinemas. Yet it was human dramas, emotions and Confucianistic ideals that triumphed at the 19th Asian Film Festival. Taiwan proved the point when It swept eight of the 34 awards of honour when the final curtain came
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  • 242 2 The first five patients two hooked on hard drugs and the other three on MX pills have been admitted to the newly opened ward at Alexandra Hospital. Most of the patients are below 25 years and received in-patient care for their turbulent withdrawal symptoms. Informed
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  • 26 2 The Singapore Tamils Death Benefit Association will hold its annual general meeting at the Jalan Tenteram Community Centre, St. Michael's Estate today at 5 p.m.
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  • 363 2 Some tips on the risk factors The ever-popular and even romantic saying that the way to a man's heart Is through his stomach still holds good, but unfortunately In an adverse sense In this day-and-age. This single light sentence contained in a small, Informative
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  • 38 2 Hong Kong film director, Mr. Lung Kong will hold a preview of his film, The Call Girls, for members of the Singapore Film Society at the King's cinema in Kim Tian Road tomorrow at 9 a.m.
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  • 306 2 Taking a short cut home can be fun. Creep through the hole, scale the fence, leap across the ditch and you are almost there. It Is the same each day This drain outlet Is the "gateway" to five primary schools at Towner Road. For these students
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  • 117 2 Jurong Town Corporation expects a budgeted income of $64.6 million this year, according to a government gazette on JTC's budget. Of this $41 million will be derived from land leases and factory tenancies, $9.9 million from Jurong port and about the same amount from the housing estates..
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  • Page 2 Miscellaneous
    • 134 2 weather Temperatures in cities yesterday: Jakarta Kuala Lumpur Tokyo Manila Hong Kong Bangkok Seoul London Paris Moscow New York Rome Perth world 32-24 C 33-23 C 23-16 C 36-26 C 31-28 C 30-25 C 22-13 C 15-11 C 18-12 C 24-14 C 12-17 C 26-12 C 18-13 C Singapore Singapore's
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    • 497 2 HHPPEmnGs WHAT'S ON TODAY Finance Minister Mr. Hon Sui Sen, who is also MP for the Havelock Constituency, will officiate at the MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE RE APPOINTMENT CEREMONY at the Havelock Road Community Centre at 8 p.m. Encik Ahmad Mattar, Parliamentary Secretary (Education), will speak on ACOUSTICS. NOISE AND SOCIETY at
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  • 2707 3 The Singapore Polytechnic has announced more results of various examinations held earlier this year. The following candidate* have passed the Technician Draughtsmanship Second Tear Pull-Time Group A (Pinal) Examination held in Feb./ Mar. 1973 and will be awarded the Technician Certificate: Tay Chew Chua, Chew Shu Chee,
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  • 496 3  -  Two groups to discuss reforms By V.K. Chin Kuala Lumpur, Saturday The MCA central working committee will meet here on May 23 in a bid to prevent a "blow-up" caused by two groups with divergent views on party reforms. The committee is the party's executive
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  • 140 3 About 450 scouts from 23 primary and secondary schools in the Katong District will attend the district's fourth annual camporee at the Sarimbun Scout Camp, Jalan Bahteera off Lim Chu Kang Road from May 28 to June 3. The group will comprise 250 cadet scouts
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  • 28 3 Nanyang University lecturer, Mr. Saw Eng Llan, will speak on Radioactivity and its Applications at the Singapore Science Centre, Friendly Hill, on Tuesday at 2.30 p.m.
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  • 31 3 Dr. Nga Been Hen, a lecturer of the nlverslty of Singapore, will speak on on "Genes, Chromosomes and Man" at the Singapore Science Centre on Thursday at .30 p.m.
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    • 453 3 Europe or America. This year, TWA is offering the leisure traveller more than ever before. In Europe and the United States, the many ways we make sure you have a great time for as little money as possible add up to more than any other airline can match. JL i
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  • Page 3 Miscellaneous
    • 328 3 V I -mi Quiz object No. 272 Yeo wins $70 A SPECIAL QUIZ Last Tuesday's quiz photograph showed a cuff-link. The only correct entry was from Mr. P.H. Yeo, a marketing officer, of Highland Close. He wins $70. Do you know what today's quiz photograph No. 272 shows? If you
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  • 549 4  - Here they come film idols of many lands... CAMERA ON SINGAPORE Sonny Yap A razzle-dazzle air of stardom hung over Singapore during the past five days when a mind-boggling cast of top screen artists turned up to take part in the 19th Asian Film Festival. Not since 1955 when the
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  • 673 6 Senator gets 11 more documents UPI, Reuter Washington, Saturday Senator Stuart Symington said yesterday he had received new Central Intelligence Agency documents that make it "even more difficult for me to visualise that President Nixon knew nothing about efforts to involve the CIA in
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  • 35 6 Saigon, Friday—A team of Americans yesterday examined 21 graves outside Hanoi where North Vietnamese officials said most of the Americans who died in captivity in the North were hurled, the US Embassy announced
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  • 233 6 Reuter Geneva, Saturday Swiss police have issued arrest warrants for six former directors of Investors Overseas Services (IOS), the mutual funds empire, on fraud charges, official sources said yesterday. The six include Robert L. Vesco, former chairman of lOS who was indicted last
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  • 554 6 Regrets shooting innocent people Reuter Lusaka, Saturday Zambia last night confirmed that the two Canadian girls killed near Victoria Falls on Tuesday were shot by a Zambian sentry, but said the girls and an accompanying American couple had appeared at the time to be on their
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  • 208 6 Bclf&st, Saturday. British authorities yesterday feared a tough new lri<fh R V6 KM the uerrill a Irish Republican Army IRA after Northern Ireland's worst nlghto of violence this year in which four soldiers and three civilians died And the death toll climbed steadily
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  • 378 6 Reuter Reykjavik, Saturday. Iceland's Fisheries Minister Mr. Ludviy. Josefsson went on a secret mission to Moscow to see if the Russians would lease a gunboat to the Icelandic coast guard, a Cabinet Minister said today. The disclosure came as Icelanders interpreted the departure
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  • 34 6 Colombo, Saturday A Bill which seeks to convert the privately-owned Associated Newspapers of Ceylon group into a public company was tabled in the State Assembly yesterday by Prime Minister Mrs. Sirimavo Bandaranaike.
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  • 159 6 Paris Saturday.—US presidential envoy Dr. Henry Kissinger and Hanoi leader Mr. Le Due Tho met here yesterday for nearly four hours In their second session of renewed Indo-China peace talks and agreed to meet again today. North Vietnamese Deputy Foreign Minister Mr. Nguyen Co
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  • 32 6 London, Saturday.—The British government yesterday ordered an official inquiry into the affairs of the Lonrho Pan-African Mining and Financing Company amid a political storm about the group's business practices.
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  • 148 6 Reuter Sydney, Saturday—Australian police yesterday mounted a day and night guard on French property throughout the nation following a petrol bomb attack on the French Consulate in Melbourne in protest against France's planned nuclear tests in the Pacific. The petrol-filled bottle was hurled
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  • 321 7  -  She's a one-woman 'revue' i« wa a akn y M m its k*i i sun i' MWIIiM By Gene Teo Ana Bristol is a comedienne, a singer and a dancer. But unlike most funny-faced fern a 1 e comediennes, Ana is a raven-haired ravishing beauty. Ana,
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  • 691 7  -  By GENE TEO Twenty-three-year old Manuela a songstress from Vienna is one woman who believes in "singing to the world." And she is already doing it in 12 languages. But for vivacious Manuela (she never uses her surname in showbiz) this is
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  • 615 7  -  EATING OUT WITH SEE FOON It was not so long ago when lunch to me meant leisurely sessions, sipping after lunch coffee and chatting away the next two hours. I was then the envy of my working friends, but I would not trade my present working chaos with
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  • 442 8 It is the old familiar story again. Ignorance causes panic- panic leads to hoarding, and hoarding results in profiteering leading to an increase in the price of rice. Statements belatedly made from the Trade Department, Rice Importers Association and several wholesalers that there were sufficient
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  • 'WHISPERS' by ISPY
    • 41 8 Want to know why the share market has been so quiet these past few days? A colleague asked a businessman why there was no panic. His reply: My clients are so panic-strick-en they can't even move to sell!"
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    • 67 8 Actors have their share of sense of humour. At a recent dinner honouring the participants of the 19th Asian Film Festival, one actor was congratulating a Singaporean for doing a good Job at compering. "You're a good MC," he quipped. "But I'm a good MCC." Another participant
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  • 816 8  -  EDGAR KOH It has been a week of the hard-headed film tycoons, of movie stars with their plastic charm and pugilistic heroes who hide their athletic strength behind affected florals and frills. They come in their
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  • Letters
    • 262 8  -  MOHD. YUNI BIN AWI The letter written by GCS VIC (NN, 12.5.73) on the subject of the cooperative supermarket to be set up by Welcome In Toa Payoh has taken my Interest. There are a number of considerations to be looked into regarding the setting up of
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    • 137 8  -  SOON TUAN TEE I refer to Malpractice in School (NN, 24.4.73) written by Concerned Brother. The writer may wish to know that this Ministry has been emphasising the importance of cleanliness and personal hygiene in schools. Practical sessions are necessary in order to make this a success. To
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    • 240 8 My colleagues and I, who took part as Veteran Novices in the New Nation Big Walk recently, were disheartened and disappo nted on hearing that we were disqualified even though we did complete the course orderly and in good time. We wish to stress to the organisers that
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    • 45 8  -  LEE CHUNG PAK I refer to the letter by Doubtful which appeared in your issue of 9th May 1973. If your correspondent could contact the undersigned at telephone ***** (Ext. 239) during normal working hours, the matter would be explained to him.
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    • 76 8 Could RTS please telecast films like, Banyon, Jigsaw, The Rookies, Assignment Vienna at a time where they will not clash with the Ch'nese cinema? Could RTS please telecast the Chinese films after 9.30, p.m. because television viewers may be frustrated because they can enjoy only half
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    • 128 8  -  ROSA THAM Public Relations Officer, Singapore Telephone Board. Singapore. 6. We regret very much the difficulties encountered by Victim (NN, 11.5.73) In getting through to our operators on 109. In most situations, our operators would answer calls within 30 seconds. However, delays could occur during peak periods.
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    • 134 8 I refer to the various letters to the Press concerning the absence of public toilets In Singapore. As a Tourist Guide, I have this problem everyday. Whenever doing a tour I have to apologise to tourists that there are no public toilets along the usual tour routes,
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    • 69 8  -  HEDWIDGE BRUYNS I refer to the letter by Tell It As It Is (New Nation, 2.5.73). I would like to assure your correspondent that what he saw was not smog. There are occasions, especially during dusk and early morning when atmospheric temperature inversion sets in. This
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    • 47 8 Could the bus company concerned please consider the feasibility of extending the route of either bus service 181, 193 or 200 to run through Princess Elizabeth Estate? This would be most welcome as the frequency of service 173 Is very irregular. HOPEFUL, Singapore 23.
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  • SATURDAY REVIEW
    • 1935 9  -  Off the beaten track a primitive race struggles for survival By Maurice Perera Tourist brochures wax eloquent on the beauty of Sri Lanka's "golden beaches," shaded by palm trees that incline towards the sea and bend their crowns above the water. Of the shore gemmed with flowers
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    • SATURDAY SMILES...
      • 60 9 An investigation is to be made into allegations of "fixing" at some British racecourses. The probe Is led by Mr. Haroid Prescott, chief of Racecourse Security Services and a former Assistant Chief Constable of Lancashire, and Detective Supt. John Collinson, head of Durham CID. Four courses so
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      • 26 9 Farmers in Wales want rabbits to be put on the Ptyl because they have beaten myxomatosis and are breeding Just as quickly.
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      • 23 9 Women trade unionists In Britain have demanded at least three months' paid leave for working mothers after they have had babies.
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      • 73 9 Chatterboxes Janet Edwards, 16, and her friend, Rosemary Edwards, 17, drove the staff crazy when they took a week-end job in a Derbyshire pub. So the landlord and nine other members of the staff offered the two girls, who are not related, £1 (about $6,200 for every
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      • 55 9 Two masked men who poked a gun through a Kent wages office window were too quick on the draw. They handed over a bag and ordered two women clerks to "fill it up." One woman replied: "The money hasn't arrived yet." The empty-handed gunmen rede
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      • 65 9 Shipyard labourer Stan Heywood, 27, claims he is a record beater when it comes to drinking beer. He downed 40 pints in under 40 minutes for a £10 about $62.00) bet in a club in his Home town of Barrow-in-Furness. Then he had another seven pints to
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      • 65 9 Some children could be on the way to drug addiction at the age of five, the British Medical Association has been told. Mr. Colin Neason, a pro bation officer and drug expert, said these were the children who arrived at school with a pocket full of
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    • 1057 10  -  Buchanan takes a 'cold look' at the Republic SINGAPORE IN SOUTHEAST ASIA, lain Buchanan, Graham Bell 336 pages, £3.65. SEAH CHEE MEOW This book interprets Singapore's political and economic structure from the "new left" perspective. Starting from a highly questionable premise that the Republic "is
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    • 74 10 Unlike most books on Marx, this one deals with the evolution of Marx's thoughts d uring his formative years right up to his 27 th birthday. The controversies Marx engaged in as a young man, the development of some of his key concepts, the impact of
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    • 227 10 SFENCER TRACY: Larry Swindel, after 15 years of meticulous research Including Interviewing some 200 people, describes vividly the time and life of the famous film star. He traces the boyhood days of the budding actor and lucidly describes Tracy's film career which extended well over a third of
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    • 171 10  -  A BOOK OF GOBLINS, Alan Garner 221, pages. A Puffin book for $2.50. c■; w The review today is by Monica Teh The book consists of fascinating stories about the supernatural. Tales from all over the world have been collected and selected by Allan Garner. The result is
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    • 628 10  -  RIRI A BALINESE PHANTASIE by Werner Hahn and Jill Hutchings, APA Productions. 74 pages MARY LEE Travelogues on exotic lands, such as Bali, abound. Each one tries to capture and project the quintessence of these places, as if in justification of the travel
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    • 855 11  -  (SIGHT SOUND EDGAR KOH CRIMES OF PASSION, a well dramatised series telecast here a year ago has been renewed and will be shown tomorrow Ch. 8, 10.10 p.m. Set as it only can be in France, it presents some of the more sensational romantic case
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    • 857 11  -  f CINEMA EDGAR KOH YAKUSOKU—LE RENDEZVOUS (Japanese). This film would certainly deserve my most enthusiastic nomination for best picture if such an award was still being given at the Asian Film Festival which ended here yesterday. An extremely well made love story, it stood out among
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    • 454 11  -  f THEATRE VIOLET OON Music for Everyone features the Adelaide Wind Quintet tomorrow at 5 p.m. at the Singapore Conference Hall. Take this opportunity to listen to this internationally renowned group. Tickets at $1 for adults and 50 cents for children are available before
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    • 299 11  -  f ART VIOLET OON Professor Huang Chun-Pi's exhibition of 80 Chinese paintings was opened by banker, Mr. Wee Mon Cheng yesterday at the Chinese Chamber of Commerce. It will go on till Tuesday from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. daily. At 76, he has
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    • 586 12  -  f DISC MARY LEE DAVID BOWIE: THE MAN WHO SOLD THE WORLD) (RCA). David Bowie is a disturbing .artist: he has stunned audiences all over the United States, Britain and Japan with his bi-sexual performances on stage. Dressed in spangles as
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    • 343 12  -  STAMPS ANDREW LAU The Ministry of Education's call to schools to start stamp clubs has received a poor response. There are to date only 20 stamp clubs in the schools. This may be due to insufficient interest and knowledge of stamp collecting among
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    • 517 12  -  |f CHESS LIM KOK ANN Admirers of the former world champion Mikhail Tal will be pleased to learn that he is back in form after nearly 10 years of eclipse. Since he won the world title from Botvinnik in 1960 and lost it again to him in
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    • 275 12 I' BRIDGE GRAND SLAM^ Today's hand occurred in a high stakes rubber game when North South found themselves a rubber down and not vulnerable against vulnerable opponents. (see diagram). Playing Standard American with 5 card majors, North dealt and opened IC. East passed and South
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    • 322 12  -  r FOOD/DRINK LI PO I'm not a great luncheon eater but my wife was in hospital the other day so I took my two young gourmets to lunch on Sunday. We pottered off to the Ming Court for the Italian buffet. It was extremely
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  • Page 12 Advertisements
    • 427 12 Advertisement ip GARDEN NEWS repotting a plant Amy and John Ede We have been discussing indoor house plants since early January, and recently used the expression "potbound". It may now be helpful to spend 3 weeks describing how to repot. Earlier on we said that house plants do best and
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  • Page 12 Miscellaneous
    • 253 12 NEW NATION CROSSWORD iIM J mmmm bb 8888 888 10 Tree. 11 Sailor's time off 12 Assail. 13 Start. 18 Looks long and hard 21 Park away. 25 Stupid one. 26 Ammo of a to«T. 27 Got off 28 Somnambulates. 29 Celebration of a kind 30 Certain writings. 32 Table
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  • BUSINESS NEWS
    • 424 13 ma The recent Increase in the price of bottled drinks is expected to make a substantial contribution to Ye o Hiap Seng's performance in the current, year. The company together with the other manufacturers increased the price of a crate of 24
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    • 1869 13 INDUSTRIALS 1972/1973 4 wks. Stock Dosing Price Last Week's TurnHigh Low ago Buyers Sellers Sale or over 6.30 1.38 3.50 Acma 3.00 3.20 2.98 -0.12 5 4.50 1.20 2.08 Adhesive Tape 1.75 1.75 -0.05 1 6.70 1.98 5.80 Ajinomoto 5.70 unch. 5.90 1.55 3.60 Alcan 2.88 unch.
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    • 133 13 Bangkok, Saturday.—Japanese. Dutch and Thai investors yesterday signed agreements to set up a 6,000 million baht (1500 million) petrochemical Industry In Thailand. The agreements were signed at the Board of Investments by the Thai Petrochemical Industry a joint venture of the Royal Dutch Shell
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    • 673 13  -  S.V. Suppiah It was a traumatic week for investors who reacted soberly towards the defacto split of the Stock Exchange of Malaysia and Singapore. On Monday, the market re-opened unsteadily. There was more than an element of anxiety though jittery selling was at
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    • 85 13 Manila, Saturday—A Philippine economic missiop has returned from China confident of increased trade between the two countries. Dr. Wigberto Clavecilla, head of the 15-member mission which visited China recently said the trip "was beyond expectation." Dr. Clavecilla, quoted by the Public Information Department,
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    • OVERSEAS STOCK EXCHANGE PRICES
      • 391 13 United Press International Prices plunged steeply yesterday in moderate trading on the New York Stock Exchange. Some analysts said it was due in part to a display of sensitivity to James McCord's testimony connecting President Nixon to efforts to cover up the facts of Watergate before his election.
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      • 207 13 Closing prices (in fi?.ncs> yesterday. Paribas 237 (233.50) Indochine 256 80 (249.50) Foncier 447.70 (435) Printemps 140.80 (140.80) COE 523 (512) Bull 70.50 (71) Royal Dutch 184.10 (183.90) Michelin 2244 (2212) Thomson 302.50 (295) CFP 232.80 (221) Rhone ***** (192) Air 415 (405) Philips 83.70 (83.60) Suez 371 (371)
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      • 233 13 Kyodo Despite the news of a downslide on Wail Street, prices on the Tokyo Stock Market bounced back on bargain hunting yesterday morning. The 225-stock Dow-Jones average closed the morning session up yen 24.98 at yen 4,765.15. Glant-capltaL stocks, such as steels, heavy electrlcals and shipbuildings, met a fair
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      • 79 13 This service Is from the Union Bank of Switzerland. Gloslng prices (In Swiss francs) on Zurich Stock Exchange yesterday. 4- 30 UBS 4000 SBC 3560 —10 Credit Suisse 3490 ■(-30 Swissair B 625 Swiss Reinsurance 2500 Wlnterthur B. 1880 4-30 Zurich Insurance 6950 50 Juvena B. 2585 +35 Nestle
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      • 35 13 Dow Jones closing stock averages on the New York Exchai ge yesterday. 30 industrials 895.17 (off 16.55), 20 transport 165.43 (off 3.94), 15 utilities 105.96 (off 0.76), G5 stocks 276.90 (off 4.91).
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    • 308 14 NDUSTRIAL LAND URGENTLY REQUIRED by Indonesian/Local >usinessmon paying good price. lAeng Housing Agent S'pore >*****9. C AMILY JUST ARRIVED from raiwan requires semi-detoched/ errace. Any amount in any ocality. Ring *****83. CAR STEREO 8. Hi-Fi Equipment iales and Installation. Wide range available from AUDIO ELECTRO- si' MICS, 4 President Building
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    • 554 14 WC BUY, SELL TRADE-IN foe Used/New Cameras (All Brands) 177, Middle Road, Singapore *****7. Registered Second-hand Dealers. Bronch: 10-A Clifford Pier, Oollyer Quay Singapore *****3. 0 INTER-ROYAL HEALTH CENTRE. t'otel Royal, Newton Road Tel: ext. 131 Massage Sauna/Steambath, Hydro use of gymnasium etc. Daily 10 a.m. to 10pm JUST WATCH
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    • 317 14 SIAKSON OOACH TOURS, 28, Prinsep Street, Singapore 7. Tel: *****. Agent for above: 264, Block. 183, Too Payoh Central, Singapore 12. Tel: *****5. 999, Upper Bukit Timah, Singapore 23. Tel: *****8. 7 Days: West Malaysia Air-Con Bus $125/- By Air $130/- Dept: Every Sunday. 7 Days: East Coast Kuantan— Surgei
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    • 51 14 ATTENTION CAR OWNERS! Special offer now at Goon Lee Cushion Maker. A free tronsistor for each buyer of a concolebox. Car accessories, motor hood upholstery, cushion covers. Tel: *****/*****1 S'pore. REGISTERED DECEMBER 1967 HOLDEN SPECIAL tip top condition, 1 owner selling at $3,8C0 Interested ring Mr. Tan ***** S'pore. 101
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  • 586 15 Dallas, Saturday In Texas, where he makes his home, Australian Bruce Crampton .is riding tall in the saddle. It's not what a man says in Texas that counts—they like the strong, silent types —but the way he handles his shooting Iron. There is no one
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  • 665 15  -  THE SQUASH RACKET WITH ERIC COOPER The half-way stage of this year's league championship has been reached with the same four teams leading the "B" division as last year. Tanglin head the list with 38 points, followed by SAFSA (34), Police (30) and Tengah
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  • 419 15 London, Saturday It has been said often that Olga Korbut captured the hearts of millions at the Olympics last year, but it is, like most banalities, true. Captured they were: For her performance at the Russian gymnasts' show at London's< Earls Court last week
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  • 36 15 Honolulu, Saturday Chartchai Chionoi of Thailand, who captured the vacant flyweight title on Thursday in Bangkok with a fifth-round TKO over Fritz Chervet of Switzerland was named Boxer-Of-The-Month by the World Boxing Association.
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  • 21 15 The Singapore Badminton Association umpires' meeting will be held at the SBA Hall. Guiliemard Road today at 3.30 p.m.
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  • 30 15 Memphis (Tennessee), Saturday Stocky Californlan Dick Lotz scored a US$lO,OOO hole-in-one while leader Dan Blkes waited to tee off in the second round of the U*****,000 Memphis golf Classic.
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  • Page 15 Miscellaneous
    • 137 15 DR. KILDARE 0.K., PRIVER. I'l '(lll'll'l ill r K 3 .v* m k 1 RIP KIRBY AT THE HOSPITAL, WILLIE /S WHEELED- QUICKLY TO THE EMERGENCY ROOM. V yirJ EMPWESCV FKTRANCE ■4P > THE AIRPORT THE LAST OF THE BORSHEVAS SHOULP NOW BE MERELY AN UNPLEASANT MEMORY. FAREWELL PARA. S»V
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    • 439 15 Trust your lucky star IF IT'S YOUR BORN today, you have been noted since childhood for your highly active and often brilliant imagination. Indeed, were it not fen: the way in which you can mentally put yourself in another's shoes, understand problems that are in no sense yours, and feel
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    • 93 15 SPORTS DIARY ATHLETICS: Singapore Amateur Athletic Association road running (Dover Road, 4 pjn.). POLO: Bill North Challenge Cup (Thomson Road, 5.15 pjn.). NETBALL: Asian league finals (Parrer Park, 5 pjn.). SHOOTING: Standard pistol (Mt. Vernon, 3 pjn.); Trap and skeet (Buklt Tlmah, 3 pm.). CRICKET: Tour match S.C.C. v Darwin
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  • Sports Girl SATURDAY
    • 252 16  -  By Jeffrey Low Here's an off-the-track picture of Chee Swee Lee with a gay, optimistic smile as she wonders about the future of her athletic career. Is it bright? You may say her chances are excellent in the September SEAP Games because she's just returned with
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    • 411 16 By Blue Peter Alor Star, Saturday Anna can give punters a flying start in the Governor's Cup (Race One) for Class 4 horses over 4F here today. She has been running some fair races and should re-enter the winning list. At the Professional-Amateur meeting
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    • 139 16 Zolder (Belgium), Saturday. —Brazil Emerson Fittipaldi set the fastest qualifying time in the Belgium Formula One Grand Prix before the surface began breaking up and practice sessions stopped for the day. Carlos Reutemann of Argentina and Carols Pace of Brazil both left the track
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    • 241 16 The SICC ladies intermediate championship will be teed-off over the Bukit course on May 21 and 22. The draw: May 21— 1.15— R. Reich (19); I Read (19); Deul (18); U. Klemme (16); E. Newman (17); 1.29—P. Tinsley (17); K. L. Ong (12); P. Stewart (7); I.3ft—B.
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    • 25 16 Tokyo, Saturday—The results of yesterday's professional baseball games: Pacific Leagae: Hankyu 9 Lotte 7; Taihelyo 5 Klntetsu 4; Nankal vs Nlttaku (washedout. rain).
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    • 572 16 Cardiff, Saturday.—The New Zealand cricketers gained the first victory of their tour with an exciting three-wicket triumph over Glamorgan in the final over of the three-day match here yesterday. Olenn Turner gave the touring side a good start with a sound 44 which put
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    • 202 16 Fixtures for this weekend's Inter-Constituency football matches: Todpy Tanjong Pagar v Anson, Havelock v Hong Lim (both at Glllman Barracks). Kallang v Kampong Kapor (Parrer Park). Potong Pasir v Jalan Besar (Geylang). Kampong Glam v Geylang East, Geylang West v Rochore (both at Parrer Parkk Delta v Queenstown.
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  • Page 16 Miscellaneous
    • 444 16 5 Singapore 1.00 Sesame Street 1.55 Cartoon Favourites 2.15 Saturday Matinee The Navy vs The Night Monsters Starring: Mamie Van Doren, Anthony Eisley. Palema Mason. Bill Cray. Bobby Van 3-40 Inter-Schools Rugby Final 4.40 Gunsmoke Zavala 5.30 Suara Adek.2 (M) 5.45 Sandiwara Cherah Sa-lepas Oerimis 6.30 News in Brief 6.35
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