New Nation, 29 May 1973

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  • 15 1 NEW NATION SINGAPORE Tuesday evening, May 29, 1973 No. 727 Price 15 cents NEW NATION
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  • 228 1 Prices were generally steady for the first 45 minutes this morning in the share market. Leong Huat Industries, which was quoted for the first time today, rose to $1.93. BUSINESS DONE: Singapore Hilton (1) 2.40. (2) 2.35. (1) 2.25. (1) 2.30. (1) 2.32. (1) 2.34. (1) 2.37.
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  • 27 1 Bogota, Tuesday—Eleven people died and 40 others were injured in a collision involving two buses and a lorry near the Colombian port of Cartagena.
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  • 10 1 Police reported 96 accidents yesterday. Four were serious.
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  • 523 1  -  Dr. Lee: They're glorifying life in the communes By Teresa Ooi The Education Minister, Dr. Lee Chiaw Meng, this morning revealed that certain cultural groups in Singapore were regularly staging performances 'glorifying barefoot doctors in communes and featuring people carrying little red books. He stressed
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  • 308 1  -  By Pauline Khng Another 30 women production workers lrom a Jurong plastics firm were sacked yesterday, bringing the total number of dismissals to 35. The girls, loom operators at the Singapore Gulf Plastics, a subsidiary of Gulf Oil were working on the 3 p.m. to 11 p.m.
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  • 340 1 Reuter Casablanca, Tuesday Mystery surrounded the whereabouts of call girl Norma Levy as the third Minister implicated in Britain's sex-and-security scandal strongly denied any connections with her. She could not be traced in Morocco yesterday and was thought to have left the country. The
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  • 136 1 Actor P. Ramlee, 44 (above), a household name In Singapore and Malaysia, died in his Kuala Lumpur home at 5.30 a.m today. He was believed to have died of a heart attack. Funeral arrangements are being made for his burial this afternoon. News of
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  • 390 1 Reuter San Jose, Tuesday The US Ambassador Mr. Viron Vaky, yesterday denied allegations that the US Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) was harassing American financier Robert Vesco and his associates in Costa Rica. "The embassy has no lndustructlons to harass Mr. Vesco," he told a
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  • Page 1 Miscellaneous

  • 284 2 About 450 teaching and library staff in the University of Singapore will get an "appreciable" pay rise soon, according a wellinformed source today. The university authorities, said the source, had agreed to revise the salary scales of lecturers and heads of departments
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  • 45 2 The Minister for Labour, Mr. Ong Pang Boon, will present Training-Within-Industry Certificates to trainers and supervisors at the Regional English Language Centre, Orange Grove Road, on Saturday, at 7 p.m. A total of 231 trainers and supervisors will receive the certificates.
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  • 428 2 65 per cent say 'yes' The Parliamentary Secretary to the Education Ministry, Mr. Ahmad Mattar, disclosed last week that 65 per cent parents want their children to pursue technical education- at upper secondary school level. This shows that parents and the public are
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  • 224 2 The Labour Ministry's study group set up to probe into industrial mishaps in shipbuilding industry, is now compiling data on accidents and health hazards In shipyards. Informed Ministry source said this was to serve as a basis for identifying the causes for a rise in the number
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  • 50 2 A "self-discovery" camp for youths who are awaiting the start of the university term is being organised Dy the Chinese YMCA. The camp will be held in a bungalow at Mata Ikan, Changl from June 22 to 24. For further information, contact Willie Ong at tel. *****1.
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  • 130 2 The facial expression is just as important as the movements of the arm and leg for all dancers. This was emphasised by Mr. Yang Chiang Siong, 33, a folk dance instructor from Taiwan when he conducted an international folk dance course for the Singapore Phoenix Dance
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  • 107 2 The management committees of the community centre in Nee Soon, Sembawang and Serangoon Garden constituencies are jointly organising a Fantastic Journey for youths during the school holidays. This outdoor activity aims to develop new leadership qualities, foster community living, inculcate good habits, provide an opportunity for
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  • 219 2 The Food, Drinks and Allied Workers' Union has charged that the Navy, Army and Air Force Institute (NAAFI) is trying to reduce workers' terminal benefits by off setting Central Provident Fund payments against their gratuity. A union spokesman Mr. D.V.C. Silva said: "NAAFI is
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  • 353 2 Kuala Lumpur, Tuesday. —Rice millers will cut the rice price by an extra 15 to 45 cents a gantang by July. They made this promise— their second in a week —to the Rice Authority yesterday. But the Rice Authority will not
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  • 83 2 Mr. Roland Soon Su Hock has been elected chairman of the Marco Polo branch of the FFood, Drinks and Allied Workers' Union. Other officials are vicechairman, Mr. Poh Kee Heng; secretary, Mr. Steven Koh, vice-secretary, Miss Mary Ambrose, treasurer, Miss Fions Awyeong, vicetreasurer, Miss Helen Lim Soi
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  • Page 2 Miscellaneous
    • 148 2 I weather! Singapore Singapore's weather for the 24 hours to 8 a.m. today: Max. temp. 26.1 C. Min. temp. 23.5 C. Total ra'nfall for the month to date 109.1 mm. Total raindays for- the month to date 14. Hours of sunshine nil. Tides Today: 8.30 a.m. (2.2 m), 8.26 p.m.
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    • 450 2 HflPPEnincs WHAT'S ON TODAY A five-day SEMINAR ON FOREIGN EXCHANGE and international money market opens at the Singapore Hilton. A TALK ON CAREERS IN THE POLICE FORCE will be given by ASP Ng Woon Poh from Public Relations, Police Headquarters, at the lecture hall, National Library, at 3 p.m. This
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  • 455 3 Lecturer: Vital role The continued military presence of the big powers in post Vietnam South-East Asia is inevitable, but it will help contribute towards peace and security in the region, according to a university lecturer. Speaking at the seminar on Political Awareness and Education
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  • 202 3 Motorists can now renew their road tax at the Queenstown Driving Test Centre in Commonwealth Avenue The opening of this centre for the renewal of road tax is in line with the Registry of Vehicles' decentralisation programme aimed at dispersing the crowds. Besides Queenstown,
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  • 47 3 The ANZUK forces have Invited tenders for undertakers' services. The tenders Include the supply of coffins, funeral and burial arrangements. A spokesman for ANZUK said that the tenders were called so that the forces would get the best services and at good prices when needed.
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  • 30 3 Lahore, Tuesday.—The 42 passengers and crew of a Pakistan International Airlines plane were rescued last night after it burst into flames on landing at Risalewala airport near Lyallpur,
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  • 269 3 The welfare services, organised by the Singapore Polytechnic Students Union got off to a fine start when some 500 new students turned out in full force to participate in a clean-up campaign of several charitable homes over the weekend. Lively chatter prevailed as the volunteers
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  • 28 3 Chinese YMCA's camping and outdoor education department will organise trips to Mount Ophir and Gunong Tahan from June 5 to 15. For more details telephone *****1.
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  • 82 3 Four fire engines rushed to the Hyatt Hotel in Scotts Road, late last night only to find that it was a false alarm. The alarm was triggered oil at 10.45 p.m. by a mechanical defect in the hotel's automatic fire alarm system. A hotel
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  • 32 3 Police yesterday arrested 18 men in a series of anti-secret society raids in various parts of the island. They are now being detained under the Criminal Law (Temporary Provisions) Act.
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  • 192 3 Pranksters are still ignoring the warning issued early this year by the Fire Brigade that they would be prosecuted for making malicious calls. Statistics showed that during the first four months of this year, there were 204 malicious false alarms out of a total
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  • 35 3 The Postal Services Department will issue a set of four commemorative stamps with the theme "Aviation" on June 24. They will be in denominations of 10 cents, 35 cents, 75 cents and $1.
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  • 247 3 With the "full employment" situation In Singapore and the scarcity of workers, employers are seeking permission from the Labour Ministry to employ children under 16 years of age. The Ministry's monthly report for March released recently shows that 65 industries were given permission to employ 324
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  • Page 3 Advertisements
    • 212 3 Australia^ the place Qantas is the airline Go see for yourself! Only you can assess what's in it for you. Australia's vast i potential is still I relatively untapped. I It's a country richer than I most but still on the make. 8 Greedy for everything 3 from people to
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  • Page 3 Miscellaneous
    • 401 3 Quiz object No. 280 Tan takes the top prize A SPECIAL QUIZ Last Thursday's quiz photograph showed a cork jet Only two correct entries were received. The first prize of $20 goes to Mr. Tan Chow Joon, a junior photographic assistant, of Perak Road. His entry was the first correct
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  • In Person
    • 1061 4 Slight shower Sails to dampen high spirits NEVER before has Raffles Institution celebrated its Founders' Day with such fanfare. The colourful march past of the National Police Cadet Corps, school prefects, other uniformed groups and the school's champion sporting teams had the students cheering loudly, and
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    • 136 4 do it yourself Danish lampshades w if t¥J M <■ i •I A «Hi¥* tUN w I mr Beautify your home with a do-it-yourself Danish Lampshade. It comes with simple instructions, and you can join strips end pieces of plastics together into a lampshade which clusters around s light source
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  • 645 5  -  Quarry owners toying with idea of using special suction machine By Sonny Yap Owners of sand and granite quarries are now facing a dilemma in their fight against the scourge of silicosis —a lung disease which has affected many of their workers. For a long
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  • 508 5  -  By Bharathi Mohan One of the aims of the police week exhibition which starts on Sunday is to help cut down the number of housebreaking cases. A police spokesman explained how thieves work. For obvious reasons housebreakers choose empty homes, he said.
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  • 161 5 An NTUC official today described the response to the shares offer for the Toa Payoh co-operative supermarket WELCOME as "very good." Mr. Eric Cheong, secretary of the co-operative said:- "We are going to launch a membership campaign to get more shareholders but so far the
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  • 226 5 The Board of Film Censors' fees for censoring films will be increased from Friday, a Government Gazette announced. Under the Cinematograph Films Act (Chapter 239) the fees for censoring the original film, accompanied by sound, will be $8.20. It was $2.50 under the Cinematograph Films
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  • 45 5 The YMCA will conduct judo classes at Intermediate and advanced levels commencing from Monday. Classes will be held on Monday and Fridays from 7.15 to 8.15 pjn. at the YMCA dojo. Further details are available from the Orchard Road centre, tel: *****.
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  • 269 5 The Ministry of Labour's "live" register of job-see-kers has hit the 36,466mark at the end of March. According to the Ministry's monthly report for March, this represents an increase of 1,090 registrants over that of the figure recorded in the previous month. During
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    • 267 5 New Super Quiet (w) 1973 Models From Westinghouse (Recommended retail price) Get the new Westinghouse air conditioner. The perfect combination of efficiency and design AHAM certified CHOOSE FROM THIS ECONOMICAL cooling capacity and new furniture front panel to blend with RANGE:— any interior decor. Fully adjustable louvres eliminate unwanted 9,000
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  • BEHIND THE NEWS
    • 827 6  -  From Ronald Koven Washington Pott AMERICA Teams representing several American oil companies and manufacturers of petroleum equipment have travelled to China recently at the Peking Government's invitation to discuss development of that country's vast offshore oil potential. The invitations seem to represent a rethinking of
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    • 903 6 VOICE OF THE PRESS What other Newspapers are saying: WRANGLE OVER PACIFIC N-TESTS The Australian and New Zealand governments have already filed proceedings with the World Court at the Hague for a ruling to stop the Frencii nuclear tests in the South Pacific. t France has remained
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    • 1100 6  -  From Alan Kriegsman Washington Post AMERICA Can too much movie watching dull a student's mind? Such is the contention of Charles Thomas Samuels- an English professor and film teacher at Williams' College. His hypothesis raises troubling questions about the role of film study
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    • 616 6  -  From Stanley Meisler Washington Post AFRICA On a recent Friday night, a gang of African thugs tried to stop a minibus carrying a group of American tourists from Nairobi airport to the centre of town. The thugs swerved their car into
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  • 562 7 Anglo-French move UPI and Reuter London, Tuesday Secret Middle East peace moves, initiated by France and Britain, are underway, according to diplomatic sources here. The sources said the moves, being co-ordi-nated in consultations between European governments, are now strongly supported by Arab governments,
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  • 396 7 United Press International Athens, Tuesday. The government said yesterday that 35 senior naval officers were involved in an attempted coup against the regime last Wednesday. It said the plot was far more serious than the government first suspected. In a two-page statement, the Ministry
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  • 31 7 Dacca. Tuesday More than 10,000 people have been made homeless by floods swamping a part of north-east Bangladesh after two days of torrential rain, it was reported here yesterday.
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  • 230 7 Auckland, Tuesday—The French naval fleet is moving into the nuclear test area in the South Pacific, according to crewmen nf two New Zealand nuclear protest yachts. The crews of the yachts Fri and Spirit of Peace have sighted lights on the horizon "which
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  • 512 7 Saigon, Tuesday The International Commission which monitors the Vietnam ceasefire was virtually paralysed yesterday after another deadlock over the interrogation of North Vietnamese prisoners. The breakdown was the third consecutive one lu meetings between the four chiefs from Canada, Hungary. Indonesia and Poland on
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  • 456 7 Reuter Reykjavik, Tuesday Iceland announced last night that it would ask the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO) to secure immediate withdrawal of the British Navy from the 50-mile fishing limit. Foreign Minister Mr. Einar Agustsson said Iceland was also planning to take
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  • 73 7 The Hague, Tuesday. The International Court here yesterday postponed hearings which were due to open today on a Pakistani request to stop India handing over 195 Pakistani prlsoners-of-war to Bangladesh for trial. A spokesman for the world court gave the news of the postponement and said
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  • 42 7 Away from the sex scandal that is rocking the Conservative Party government in Britain, Prime Minister Edward Heath plays an organ in a church in Upper Franconia, West Germany. He is presently on a tour of Bavaria. UPI picture
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  • 222 7 Bonn, Tuesday—A Soviet military pilot who baled out before his SU7 fighter bomber crashed into a field near Braunschweig on Sunday, has asked for political asylum in West Germany, according to a government spokesman. The spokesman said West German authorities were examining the request. The
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  • 34 7 Lima, Tuesday— At least 18 people were killed and 16 others seriously injured when a lorry they were travelling in plunged oft a steep mountain road in Southern Peru, police said yesterday.
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  • 507 8 There are signs that Cambodia may soon have a Vietnam-style ceasefire. If the Vietnamese experience is anything to go by, it certainly will not mean the end of war or hostilities in Cambodia but it at least will bring the warring parties to the
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  • 74 8 'WHISPERS' by ISPY It will not be too long before our embassy in Tokyo receives its next ambassador. A name has been submitted to the Japanese Government, I am reliably informed, and the formal announcement only awaits the letter from Tokyo. Who is our new envoy?
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  • 1125 8  -  GERALD de CRUZ I did not realise how prescient my friend, Tong, was until he brought to the seminar (subject: How to Live Effectively in the Technological Society) a present for me in the shape of a Chinese proverb.
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  • Letters
    • 239 8 Last Saturday, at about Quarter to six, we took bus service No 170 from Queen Street to Bukit Timah. and we saw with our own eyes the following incidents. A passenger wanted to get down at the Newton bus stop. But when the conductor pressed the
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    • 295 8  -  JIM WATKINS Last Wednesday, late in the afteroon, I was caught in a queue behind a bus at Lorong Chuan, leading from Serangoon Garden. Immediately in front of us were two earth moving lorries. As soon as the bus pulled into a layby these two
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    • 71 8  -  SOON TUAN TEE I refer to the letter ent tied Performance Welcomed by Mr. Koh Chin Kok (NN, 11.5.73). School bands which have attained musical proficiency, have given regular public performances not only at the Padang but also at various parks like the Botanic Gardens, MacRitchie
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    • 54 8 The popular ABS service 70, plying along the rather densely-populated districts of Jalan Kayu, Seletar Hills and part of Yio Chu Kang, is operating at unwarranted irregular frequency. Could the company concerned give us a better explanation other than the breakdown of almost half the fleet? VERY
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    • 200 8  -  FRANCIS YEOH Artistic Director. Singapore, 3. I refer to the report in your paper on May 24, on the performance by the Singapore Dance and Theatre Company at the National Theatre last week. Though I am very pleased with the kind remarks of your Miss Violet
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  • SIGHT AND SOUND
    • 637 9 Advance planning for the introduction of colour TV here next year is now well underway. This centres largely around personnel retraining. The Ministry of Culture has budgetted $2.9 million for the conversion. (The ultimate cost of the switch is estimated to
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    • 1608 10 Since the advent of radio and all the technological 1 n n ovations made to audio components- the role of speakers has not changed very much. The speaker has remained the most important contributor to the overall "sound character" of our present-day stereo system. But
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    • 1457 11 Only the Japanese could do it; a friend wryly commented observing the onslaught of the miniature range of electrical and electronic products on the world market. It has become an accepted iact tnat the Japanese nave long ago discarded their image of bemg imitators in
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    • 1181 12 The past few years have seen more and more new products coming onto the market as lar as sound equipment is concerned. The quadrophonic sound system, perfected and marketed by the giant National electronics company of Japan, about a year ago, is the current hot
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    • 1123 13 The age-old saying that a man is never satisfied with what he has applies equally well to the hi-fi enthusiast. For it is very rare to find one completely happy with his sound system. No matter how carefully he has selected his stereo
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    • 606 14 The four-channel stereophonic system adds a new dimension to listening pleasure at home—providing "live" stage sounds from the four corners of your living room. Introduced only last year, the four-channel stereo has been described as the revolutionary sound of the 70s unsurpassed in Its "depth and
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    • 616 15 Slip in a tape and hey-presto! There is music while you drive. Or push a button and the world of sound comes to you. Then you go finger-snapping to the rhythm of the beat while keeping your eyes on the traffic of course. It was not
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    • 1277 16 Whether we like it or not, the world is increasingly dependent on tapes. People have come to realise that the tape-reel that plastic coated with iron oxide particles caji form a library of music as well as a repository of knowledge. Among Singaporeans, the
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  • Page 9 Advertisements
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  • Page 10 Advertisements
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    • 333 10 FROM DENMARK scan-duna AlO/A20A25/A3O The scan-dyna range of speakers is built toexceed the high standards set by the din rating 45,573. which in turn exceeds din 45. 500 Both the a 25 and a3O are particularly popular, having out- performed all the leading makes in recent test reported by Hi-Fi
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  • Page 11 Advertisements
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    • 430 11 Many people think that 4-Channel equipment can only play 4-Channel records. JVC's 4-Channel System can do better than that. It can play any record made, your choice of Discrete 4-Channel, Matrix 4-Channel or standard 2-Channel Stereo. You can begin enjoying your JVC system right now with your current 2-Channel stereo
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  • Page 12 Advertisements
    • 453 12 Sounds good from QQQO3 I should like to "sound off "too this Easter time, "fo wish you a Happy Easter from all of us at Decca and to introduce you to our sophisticated stereo without fuss. Deccasound Compact 3 A complete stereo system in one compact unit. Record deck, amplifier,
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    • 386 12 d THE MIGHTY MINI SPEAKER SYSTEM See what the leading Hi-Fi Journals say about I Heco Loudspeakers. Iff The bass response was truly Ipl V V remarkable for the size of the ||ll speakers... The mid-range was H. quite excellent as the graphs If suggest... The overall colouration jj was
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  • Page 13 Advertisements
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  • Page 16 Advertisements
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  • 1229 17  -  THIS IS AMERICA By Pang Cheng Liam THIRTY-SIX days in a nation spanning 3.5 million square miles and supporting 210 million people is definitely insufficient time to study the country in great depth and breadth. But it is sufficient time to come to this
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  • 1073 17 Things are hotting up in New Yorks sprawling Chinatown. The gangs (what we would call secret societies) are back in business and every New Yorker prefaces his view of this "closed society" 'with an insistence that "the situation is deteriorating." They are not exaggerating. Last
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  • 1107 17 Whoever invented the phrase "concrete jungle" must have been thinking of New York city, for that is literally what Manhatten Island is block after block of towering buildings whose shadows very often block out the sun light to the streets below. It
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  • TREND
    • 664 18  -  From Robert Elegant The People's Republic of China probably has the most enlightened laws in the world to protect and extend the equality of the female sex. But in practice the weight of tracUtion, the tyranny of biology and the attitude delicately described as "noji-co-operation of
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    • 315 18 The boundaries of fashion have long since been eroded and today, I see young women looking fashionably in place, dressed in skimpy T-shirts and faded jeans, in a cocktail lounge, or wearing casually fussy cheesecloth suits to official cocktail functions. It isn't
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    • 590 18  -  f m "N Uyoga TAN CHUNG LEE One method of pranayama is simple breathing. Sit up straight, legs crossed or lie on your back. Breathe in and out deeply. You should draw four breaths in one minute in this way. whereas in ordinary breathing
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    • 76 18 Estee Lauder shows you where to go after dark. Right to her new Lustrous Nail Lacquer shades. They're more than dark. They're deeply iced. They're The Late Late Colors. riie Late Late Colors give you a sleek lustrous look that is formulated to last a long long time. These new
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  • SHOPPING
    • 778 19 TPHE need for sports A to build up the body and consequently the mind is becoming a fad with city dwellers. Being hemmed in on all sides by slabs upon slabs of concrete res tri c t s movement and people get less and less
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  • Page 19 Advertisements
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  • BUSINESS NEWS
    • 198 20 Sustained buying support saw share prices advance on a broad front with values recording gains of 6 to 10 per cent at the final bell. Heavyweights and blue chips were again featured prominently. This was reflected In the Straits Times Industrial Ordinary share index which moved up 13.33
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    • 406 20  -  NO RUSH TO SELL, REPORT TRADERS By Choo Siak Siew The pressure on the US dollar in Singapore appears to have lifted as foreign exchange traders reported no rush to sell the US currency yesterday. Observers believe that the feeling that the worst may
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    • 448 20 United Press International Saigon, Tuesday South Vietnam hopes to attract foreign investment by being even more liberal than Singapore, Thailand or Taiwan, government officials say. "Investors want to know when the guns have fallen silent," one official said. "In the boardrooms in
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    • OVERSEAS STOCK EXCHANGE PRICES
      • 206 20 Closing prices (in francs) yesterday: Paribas 242 (242.70) Indochina 260 (261) Foncier 442 (450) Printemps 147.10 (149) OGE 543 (542) Bull 69.30 (71.50) Royal Dutch 189.40 (188) Michelin 2138 (2120) Thomson 311.50 (312) CFP 243 (241) Rhone 196 (194.20) Air 429.40 (430) Philips 84.80 (84.90) Suez 375.80 (374) Citroen
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      • 82 20 This service is from the Union Bank of Switzerland. Closing price (in Swiss francs) on Zurich Stock Exchange yesterday. +25 UBS 4150 SBC 3770 Credit Suisse 3730 10 Swissair B. 640 +5 Swiss Reinsurance 2575 —5 Winterthur B. 1850 —20 Zurich Insurance 6850 —25 Juvena B. 2580 —20 Nestle
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      • 281 20 Closing prices at 11.30 a.m. Abaleen 11 12 Do Opts nil 04 AOD 09 11 Allstate 08 08J Amad 05 074 Aurora 09 11 Do Opts 01 01J Aust Ant 15 16 Bamboo nil 09 Beach 25 27 Bounty Oil nil 01 Bridge 16 nil Castlereagh 06£ 07 Cleveland
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      • 56 20 Closing prices (in yen) vesterday: Mitsubishi Heavy Ind. 219 Nippon Steel 155 Japan Mail Steamship 253 Tokyo Shibaura Electric 134 Nippon Kokan 169 Toray Ind. 220 Nippon Metal Ind 140 Takara Shuzo 130 Kawasaki Heavy Ind. 212 Mitsui Shipbuilding 356 Sanyo Securities 300 Shokusan Jutaku Sogo 1070 Nlhon Kagaku
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    • 136 20 The looming world-wide fuel crisis may force major airlines to use more jumbo jets, Mr. Jean Snoeck. vicepresident (Commercial) of Sabena Belgian World Airlines. said. The jumbo jets, either the B-747s or DC-10s are technically more developed and their operating costs are lower than the B-7075, said
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    • 78 20 The National Productivity Board Is to conduct a twoweek course on The Development of Training Officers for newly appointed training officers and personnel officers from July 16 to 27. Discussion on management development will be led by Mr. R. O. Beck, International Labour Organisation and UN
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    • 382 20 Reuter London, Tuesday The British government has announced a £600 million cut in public spending to keep the economy from overheating. Mr. Anthony Barber, Chancellor of the Exchequer (Finance Minister), told the House of Commons savings would total about £500 million in 1974-75. Roads,
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    • 379 20  -  By Teresa Ooi The Product in Safe Hands is the theme of the 16th annual convention of the Australian Federation of Travel Agents, scheduled to be held in Singapore from August 6 to 10. More than 1000 delegates including their wives, from
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    • 314 20 Geneva, Tuesday Major oil producing states met western companies here last night in a new round of negotiations aimed at breaking the deadlock on the petroleum price dispute. The powerful 11-nation organisation of petroleum exporting countries <OPEC) has demanded an 11.1
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    • 19 20 Markets in the US and Britain were closed yesterday in celebration of Memorial Day and the Whitsun holiday respectively.
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  • 200 22 Jakarta will send Its state water-polo team to play a series of with local club teams here from June 6 to 12. The team Is the reigning champion of Indonesia. Jakarta is expected to send out 15 to 20 players to sharpen their skills here
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  • 138 22 Belgrade, Tuesday.—Ajax Amsterdam of the Netherlands will be at full strength for their European soccer Cup defence against Juventus of Italy here tomorrow night. Stefan Kovacs. their Rumanian-born manager, said his team were fit and ready when they arrived here last night. The 16-man squad
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  • 66 22 Paris, Tuesday. Australia's Rod Laver has told Wimbledon organisers he will not play In this year's English championships, a Wimbledon spokesman said yesterday. Ma J. David Mills, secretary of the All-England Lawn Tennis Club, said the organisers had received a cable from Laver, a fourtime Wimbledon
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  • 40 22 T. McPegan bet/- D. Helllngs by four strokes for the Warren Golf Club Founder's Trophy over 36 holes yesterday. McPegan shot rounos ot 66 and 64 four a nett total of 130 against Helllngs' 67 and 67 (134).
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  • 224 22 The Singapore Island Country Club Lady Captain's Prize will be played over Bukit course on Thursday. The draw Ist Tee: 1.00 p.m.—B. Eullen (29), J. Loh (30), P. Stewart (7); 1.15—L. Deul (18). M. Alford (19), L Rear (19); 1.21 —H. Manning (J3), 'K. CantWeJl (18), R.
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  • 76 22 Bangkok, Tuesday Five Thai sharpshooters have beaten the South East Asia Peninsula (SEAP> Games record totals for rapid fire pistol and trao shooting in selection trials. At the trials yesterday for the seventh SEAP Games In Singapore in September, Solos Na Lampoon and Virat Visetslri scored 587
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  • 625 22 London, Tuesday Ray Illingworth enhanced his chance of winning back the England captaincy with a fine display against the New Zealand cricketers at Leicester yesterday. Illingworth made an unbeaten 63 before declaring Leicestershire's first innings at 214 for four, 69 runs behind
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  • 153 22 Jakarta. Tuesday—lndonesia gave notice of their badminton supremacy by crushing Thailand 8-1 here last night to reach their sixth successive final of the Thomas Cup, acknowledged as the world team championship. The Indonesians, defending champions, will face the winners of the CanadaDenmark play-off in the final
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  • 515 22 cominc to grips] Centralised training will begin next month for Singapore's top pugilists in preparation for the Third South Asia Pugilistic Tournament to be held at Kuala Lumpur from October 20-28. The squad of 36 exponents have been scheduled to train at the premises of the
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  • 61 22 Resiilts of the Tengah Ladies Open Day competition: Best gross D. Adams (Tengah); runner-up M. Wharton (Keppel); Best Nett P. Thompson (Wanren); run-ner-up N. C. Ngui (SICC); "A" Div. winner J. Watt (Seletar); runner-up B. Lim (SICC); "B" Div winner B. G. Pang (SICC); runner-up E. Liddle
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  • 20 22 United Vegetable Oil bt East Asiatic 5-0 in a friendly soccer match yesterday. Half-time score was 2-0.
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  • 8 22 Central league: Hanshin Hiroshima postponed (rain)
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  • Page 22 Miscellaneous
    • 118 22 DR. KILDARE by Ken Bald LOOK...I'LL TRY MOT TO SET IN THE WHY. IU TRY NOT TO ASK STUPID QUESTIONS. J. ANYTHING ELSE? m i* x I I K ONE TW4G„, HOW /MUCH Of THE OPERATION OF 81 AIR DO YOU y MHT TO SEE? ,--1 WHEN I'M READ/ TO
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    • 60 22 DIARY SOCCER: SGSFL Div 2B: Forces "A" v Postals; Div 3: Forces "B" v Vigilante "A" Telerce v GHRC; JTC v HDB; (All matches at Farrer Park); Car Parks v Servey (Oeylang) SC "A" v Fire Brigade (Thomson Rd). NTUC Inter-Union: SPWU V 8RCGEU (Farrer Park). HOCKEY: SHA Div 2:
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    • 260 22 NEW NATION CROSSWORD 9 Compass point 10 Ponder. 11 Advantages. 12 Constellation of Canopus. 13 Press. 18 Reinforce. 22 Famed lioness. 24 Rainy season in Asia 26 Record. 27 Biblical land. 28 Prohibitions. 29 Ball park, feature. 31 Antennae 33 Farewell, In France 34 Dated. 36 Common suffix 38 Educational
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  • 1620 23 By Blue Peter Ipoh, Tuesday Bukit Timah trainer Colin Tulloh who saddled Showgirl V to victory in the Singapore Derby in March can capture the $50,000 Perak Derby with the same horse at Ipoh or* June 10, the fourth and last day of the Perak
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  • 436 23 Bukit Timah trainer Colin Tulloh will introduce a smart youngster in Sri Teruntum II (late Don Benito-) in the Perak Derby meeting which begins on Saturday. He is a four-year-old bay Australian gelding by Marazion out of Thebe. Sri Teruntum was an impressive winner over
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  • 285 23 From Blue Peter in Ipoh. Consortium drew attention to his chances in the Class 2 Div. 3 6f handicap on Saturday with an impressive workout at Ipoh this morning with apprentice Djulkifly Ahmad in the saddle. The five-year-old by Sky High sprinted smartly over 3f in
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  • 299 23 Johannesburg, Tuesday— Efforts to get the three bodies controlling South African cricket to work together towards a common goal of finding a way back into international competition have failed in the wake nr the adamant refusal of sports minister Piet Koornhof to allow
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  • 267 23 Indianapolis, Tuesday.—A spectacular accident moments after the start of the rain delayed Indianapolis 500 motor car race followed by a second downpour yesterday forced a postponement of the event until today. Twenty five year old David W a 11 h e r. the youngest driver in
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  • 492 23 Seoul, Tuesday Israel's well-drilled defence resisted through 110 minutes of attrition football before finally succumbing to an extra time goal that gave South Korea a deserved 1-0 victory in the final of a world soccer cup Asian elimination group here last night. The Koreans,
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  • 269 23 London, Tuesday. Billy Bingnam, wnose contract as coach to the Greek national soccer team ended yesterday, is to take over as manager of Engiisn tirst division club Everton on Friday, it was announced here last night. Bingnam had been nego tiating terms to become manager of
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  • 529 23 Paris, Tuesday—Topseeded American Stan Smith battled for five sets against his Davis Cup doubles partner Erik Van Dillen to reach the last 16 of the men's singles at the French International tennis championships here yesterday. Only five singles matches and two
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  • Back Page TUESDAY
    • 42 24 MEI LIN: What the Health Minister says about nurses is true: the little things count where patients are concerned. AH FOOK: Yes, those little things mean a lot when you get your bill from the first or second class wards.
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    • 278 24 The extra special VIP treatment being given to two Chinese pandas at the National Zoo in Washington has been criticised by a number of animal keepers who claim that animals are being neglected. The two pandas LingLing and Hsing-Hsing arrived at the zoo exactly
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    • 152 24 TODAY is Tuesday, May 29, the 149 th day or 19 m with 216 to follow. THE Moon Approaching its new phase. THE MORNING STARS: Mars ana Jupiter. THE EVENING STARS: Mercury, Venus and Saturn. Those born on this date are under the sign of Gemini. John Kennedy, 35th
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    • 432 24  -  By Derrick Tay Perhaps the greatest compliment that a concert audience can give a performer is to clap him or her back for more encores. Short of a standing ovation (which are seldom, if ever given here), there's little more that a performer can
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    • 33 24 Miss Shirley Chen, 24, loves to travel. She also likes modelling and dancing. Her ambition, of course, is to be a professional beautician. Sea food is her favourite dish.
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    • 248 24 Two brothers in London, each owing a performing dog, have bitterly accused each other of breaching Britain's Trade Descriptions Act. Every week they advertise in a newspaper that they own England's champion performing canine. Recently, a Cornwall County Council weights and measures
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    • 75 24 A 20-year-old Turkish village girl and her illegitimate baby were drowned in a cooking pot of boiling water by her own family for refusing to reveal the child's father, according to local police. According to local police the girl was put on trial before a
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    • 109 24 Drinks kiosk owner Frledrich Hamer, 73, of Britain did not believe In the motto: 'The customer Is always right/' And when labourer Karl Kuhn, 27, complained that he had been shortchanged after buying some beer, the old man told him he was wrong. Frledrich tried to
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    • 390 24 •j3 i_f •JfC 5 Singapore 3 00 Opening and For the Family (E) 3.30 Diary of Events (E) 3.35 Where the Heart Is 3.55 Our Music Makers, Featuring: Elsie Sim (Rpt) 4.05 Peyton Place (Rpt) 4.55 Close 6.00 Opening and Rifleman Quiet Fear 6.30 News in Brief 6.35 Discovery Sponge
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    • 502 24 Trust your lucky star IF IT'S YOUR BIRTHDAY BORN TODAY, you are a serious-minded individual whose intelligence is geared to the solving of problems. Highly analytical, your approach to every situation is one that rightfully belongs to the mathematical. You instinctively separate any situation into its component parts, study those
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