New Nation, 11 August 1973

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    19 1 NEW NATION SINGAPORE Saturday evening, August 11, 1973 No. 791 Price 15 cents NEwI^TION SINCAPORE SATURDAY, AUGUST 11, 1973
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  • Article
    Price hikes: A plea for patience
    199 1 'Govt will deal with profiteers' Dr. Ong L e on g Boon, Member of Parliament for Kim Seng, warned profiteers that the Government would not remain idle and allow them to victimise consumers. He urged the public to be patient while the Government found
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    Amok kills a horse
    67 1 The Hague, Saturday. —A gunman ran amok In the streets of Rosmalen, a small Dutch town In Brabant province yesterday, seriously Injuring two people and killing a horse and a dog before committing suicide. Police said they had no Idea what his motives were. They Identified
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    Security Act: Man held
    339 1 i Acted in interests of foreign intelligence* A former journalist and now a company chairman, Lim Beng Tee, 42, has been arrested by police for "acting in the interests of foreign intelligence organisations." Lim, chairman of Tri-Union Company (Pte) Ltd.. a stevedoring firm, was arrested four
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    The price of fish now up 70 per cent
    343 1  -  Poor catch due to the early monsoon By Wee Beng Huat The price of fish has moved up by as much as 70 per cent because of an unexpected early start of the monsoon in the South China Sea. Fish merchants
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    Guerrillas killed
    46 1 Salisbury, Saturday.— Four more African nationalist guerrillas have been killed in a clash with Rhodeslan security forces in the country's north-eastern border area, it was announced yesterday. A brief communique said a total of eight guerrillas had been killed In the past 24 hours.
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    OUR ROADS
    13 1 Police reported 108 accidents yesterday. Six were serious and two fatal.
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    Sapphire cargo
    95 1 Capetown, SaturdayCaptain M.J. Sayeed, managing director of Sing apore's Neptune Orient Line, has arrived to supervise repair operations to the Neptune Sapphire which split in two nine days ago off Durban. Captain Sayeed said 85 per cent of the cargo on board the 12.000-ton freighter was newsprint, and
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    Lock icon ARAB JET DRAMA IN ISRAEL
    293 1 Reuter Beirut, Saturday An Arab airliner, intercepted by Israeli planes over Beirut last night and forced to fly to Israel, returned here early today, airport sources said. The plane, a Middle East Airlines Caravelle on charter to Iraqi Airways, was cordoned off by security forces
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    Rat's last bite
    36 1 Paris, Saturday. A rat which chose a power cable for its dinner plunged the town of Brive in southwest France into darkness for 20 minutes last night. It was the rat's last bite.
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    Budget cut
    29 1 New Delhi, Saturday —India is to slash budgeted government spending this fiscal year by nearly 4,000 million rupees ($1197 million) because of inflation and rising food prices.
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    King is today's top bet
    288 1 From Blue Peter, in Penang Top bet at Penang today is The King in Race 8. This five-year-old was freely tipped on the course this mornine as a past-the-post proposition. An easy winner over 7f last week. The King will be even better over Bif.
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    100 held
    26 1 Mexico City, Saturday. —Police burst Into a university here yesterday and arrested about 100 students after a gunfight. Nobody was hurt in the shooting.
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    Lock icon Lull as Reds go underground
    305 1 Reuter, UPI Phnom Penh. Saturday The C a m bo dian High Command reported yesterday that the military situation throughout the country was "c a 1 m" following weeks of communistled attacks near the capital. The command spokesman reported only "harassing" fire against government troops
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  • LOCAL NEWS
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      The first gold medal to Max Lewis
      157 2 The first Max Lewis Gold Medal was awarded posthumously last night to the late Mr. Max Lewis, founder president of the Advertisers' Association and former director and general manager of Fraser and Neave. It was presented by the Association's president, Mr. S. Senn,
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      Band show
      19 2 The Police Band will perform at the MacRitchie Reservoir Park tomorrow from 5.30 p.m. to 6.30 p.m.
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      British books to cost less soon
      410 2  -  Publishers work out details to cut prices By Rav Dhaliwal Books imported from Britain will soon be available at cheaper prices. This was disclosed by the president of the National Book Development Council, Mr. S. Goplnathan, at the opening of the Festival of Books
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      Habits that can help
      202 2 The Minister for Law and National Development Mr. E.W. Barker today stressed the need to develop the habit of reading, probing and thinking. In doing so, he said, people would be able to adjust themselves to the pressures and difficulties of the times. Officiating at the
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      Move to curb corruption
      282 3  -  Rotation system for staff By Douglas Chan The government has issued a directive to all departments and statutory boards to rotate their staff without reducing efficiency in a move to prevent corruption. The move that "officers should be regularly and systematically posted from one operational unit
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      N-Day tour for boys
      59 3 More than 30 boys of the Darul-Ihsan Muslim Orphanage will be taken on an excursion of the Mandal Zoo and the Jurong Bird Park tomorrow at 10.30 a.m. The outing Is organised jointly by the YMCA Young Adults' Group and the Good Neighbours Group of St.
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      $2.5 m boost for Ngee Ann College
      409 3  -  By Teresa Ooi Ngee Ann Technical College will obtain an additional $2.5 million worth of equipment for its new en g i n e e ring workshops and laboratories soon, the vice-principal, Mr. Philip Limb, disclosed this morning. As part of its fiveyear
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      Sublet: Poor response
      232 3 The Housing and Development Board's offer to allow its residents to legally sublet their flats has not met with good response, according to informed sources. They said the majority of tenants who sublet their flats illegally in the past had not come forward to register their sub-tenants.
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  • Page 2 Miscellaneous
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      410 2 were easy KMMIH/HEK MTIOM MRUT Last Tuesday's poser showed Jim Brown and Lee Van Cleef in a scene from El Condor. The first 10 correct entries opened by the Editor yesterday evening were from: Mr. Gary Goh Seu Chiang (audit assistant), of 5 Dix Road; Miss Louisa Loh Cheng Imm
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      188 3 Guy Laroche the world's foremost couturier and his bevy of Parisienne models present 60 gorgeously chic and blazingly beautiful day and evening fashions and Guy Laroche male fashions on Monday 13th, Tuesday 14th, Wednesday 15th August 1973. Luncheon Show (12.30 p.m.) With A Sumptuous International Buffet @815/(inclusive of Service Tax)
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      335 3 'W fantastic days in London for $338. Just one of BOAC's exclusive, inclusive holidays. We'll get you there in style. On one of our regular scheduled flights, seven times a week. A super-quiet VCIO, or a luxurious 747. With something no-one else can offer. BOAC in-flight service. Europe coach tours.
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      354 3 TIDES Today: 9.05 pjn. (2.3 m). Tomorrow: 10.51 ajn. (2.1 m), 9.48 p.m. (2.5 m). Monday: 11.16 a.m. (2.2 m), 10.25 p.m. (2.6 m). Tuesday: 11.41 a.m. (2.3 m), 11p.m. (2.7 m). Wednesday: 12.04 p.m. (2.4 m), 11.35 p.m. (2.7 m). Thursday: 12.27 p.m (2.5 m). Friday: 12.11 ajn. (2.8
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  • WORLD NEWS
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      Lock icon Boatyard deaths: Teenager now charged
      229 4 Reuter Houston, Saturday—A teenager was charged on three murder counts yesterday in connection with a series of homosexual murders which to date have resulted in the discovery of 21 bodies. Bail has been set at US$lOO,OOO ($230,000) on each count. Police charged Elmer Wayne Henley,
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      Lock icon Pledge to help Africans
      321 4 C'wealth decision Reuter Ottawa, Saturday The 32- nation Commonwealth conference yesterday adopted a tough stand against the racial policies of white-minority governments in Southern Africa and pledged "humanitarian help" for Africans struggling for independence. Their attitude was set out in a communique at the end of
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      A 'miracle' cure for whooping cough
      109 4 London, Saturday. A 15-year-old girl claims she has found a sure cure for whooping cough sufferers a broth of water, salt and a field mouse. Sally Mead, however, says the soup cannot contain just any mouse. It must come from a barley stack before
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      Lock icon 'No test switch to Indian Ocean'
      157 4 Reuter Paris. Saturday.—Officials yesterday dismissed as "sheer speculation" reports that FYance proposed to pursue its nuclear test series on the Kerguelen Islands, in the south Indian Ocean, because of opposition to tests in the Pacific. "There are no such preparations to our knowledge here."
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      Amin to Heath: Come in person for talks
      176 4 Kampala, Saturday. President Amin insisted yesterday that he will only discuss compensation for the 40,000 British Asians expelled from Uganda last year if Prime Minister Edward Heath comes here in person to see him. General Amin said in a telegram to Mr.
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      164 4 I M PHILIPS Ibday's men of action take note on dictation systems PHILIPS DICTATION SYSTEMS INCREASE THE EFFICIENCY OF YOUR WORK. Single handed operation Rugged construction Solid state design 1* 1 PHILIPS dictation systems For demonstration please call Singapore ***** X. K.L. *****1 or Philips Shopping Centre Singapore *****6/ K.L.
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      67 4 HP! I*l WELCOME TO OUR STALL AT THE KAMPUNG KEMBANGAN CONSTITUENCY EXPOSITION 73 AT GAY WORLD AMUSEMENT PARK ,y.j rn m 1 t am, N J MTERIOR DECORRTIOR 10 it 107, (BLOCK 88), ZION ROAD, SINGAPORE, 3 FURNITURE DISPLAY CENTRE STALL 72 81 GAY WORLD PARK. 100, GEYLAND ROAD, SINGAPORE
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      280 4 NEW NATION CROSSWORD Brenner Pass. 9 Greek letter. 10 Cream-filled desserts. 11 Insect with mottled wings. 12 Imitated Izaak Walton. 13 Waxy substance. 17 Kilmer poem. 20 Operatic soprano. 23 Inscribed pillar 24 Queen in France. 26 Six-atom compound. 27 Divides 29 Not qualified. 30 Tooth: Comb, form 32 At
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  • FINANCE
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      Investors'apathy main feature of the week
      393 5  -  By S.V. Suppiah Investors' apathy was the dominant feature of the share market during the week. The mild improvement evident on Wednesday was wiped out yesterday when prices eased selectively. The slight support for some blue chips during the four trading days of the
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      THE SHARE MARKET
      1960 5 INDUSTRIALS 1 1972/1973 High Low 6.30 1.38 4.50 1.20 6.70 1.98 5.90 1.55 2.00 1.20 6.15 1.78 1.22 1.07 5.90 3.40 6.30 1.60 4.50 1.33 8.80 1.06 5.15 1.60 2.90 1.20 7.50 1.72 16.00 2.56 3.20 0.96 12.20 2.49 11.20 1.19 7.80 2.90 7.50 3.44 14.80 4.06
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      New York
      332 5 Stocks sagged on a broad front yesterday on the New York Stock Exchange, as news of the latest round of prime lending rate Increases heightened concern over inflation and tightening money. Trading was slow. The Dow Jones Industrial average had skidded 9.11 to 892.38. Standard and Poors 500
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      Dow Jones averages
      33 5 Dow Jones closing averages on New York Stock Exchange yesterday. 30 industrials 982.38 (off 9.11), 20 transport 158.35 (off 1.39), IS utilities 96.08 (up 0.06), 65 stocks 269.38 (off 2.20).
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  • OPINION
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      The Commonwealth will survive
      352 6 After a week of speeches and discussions punctuated by sharp differences of opinion the 32-nation Commonwealth Conference at Ottawa has been concluded with the traditional joint communique. As was to be expected, the differences have been omitted, but the communique nevertheless does reflect the mood of
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      Red-haired brinjal
      68 6 'WHISPERS' by ispy The announcement by Mr. Barker, the Minister for Law and National Development, that the Government will be building a new town at Ang Mo Kio, has created this question in my younger brother's mind. "Why Ang Mo Kio?" he wanted to know. "Does it mean
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      Brain drain from Singapore
      955 6  -  Last week the Prime Minister accused the Australian Government of encourarfng a brain drain in Singapore by its policies of attracting skilled manpower to Australia. Our columnist today. Ismail Kassim examines some of the possible rea~ sons why Singaporeans migrate from the country. Some of them
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      Lock icon Activating the World Court
      576 6 By Philip C. Jessup, a former judge of the World Court Los Angeles Times In many American cities, the dockets of the courts are so crowded that Judges have a hard time getting around to trying cases. Yet, most of the time, the docket of the
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      Lock icon Nearing the end in Cambodia
      485 6 WORLD COMMENT EXCERPTS FROM EDITORIALS The Financial Times A phase of history is fast drawing to a close in Cambodia. With it, four years of American struggle will also come to an end, a struggle to establish in Cambodia a Government friendly to the United
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      Lock icon Too much haste for PNG
      225 6 Melbourne Herald The Federal Government is blind if it does not realise by now that the problem of Papua New Guinea is infinitely more explosive than tho blandly reassuring Minister for External Territories. Mr. Morrison, admits. The latest riots on the Gazelle Peninsula, following on
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      Lock icon Japan's growing population
      192 6 Nihon Keizai Shimbun Japan's population Is 107,300,000. Its annual growth rate is 1.3 per cent. Among the advanced nations, Japan has done well in dealing with the population problem. But this does not warrant optimism. Already a trend for higher birth rates has begun to set in
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  • SATURDAY REVIEW
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      DISCOVERING VENICE
      1182 7  -  Unique city of a past age By Pang Guek Cheng It was a magnificent watery scene that greeted us as we stepped out of the railway station, the only one in the little city of Venice. We walked down the steps of the station, past the local teenagers
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    • SATURDAY SMILES...
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        Strike over that red light
        103 7 Thirty angry shop girls staged a threehour strike to protest over "shame buttons" on their tills. The girls at a Nottingham superstore have to press the button when they want to gc. to the toilet. Then a red light starts flashing over their heads. One
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        'Cocktails' to ease birth pains
        79 7 A new cocktail that helps to reduce birth pains is being served in British hospitals with highly-developed maternity units. The drink looks and tastes like gin and tonic. It is called Prostin E2 and it stimulates the muscles of the womb to speed the often
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        Ted wins the day
        95 7 British Prime Minister Mr. Edward Heath has successfully contested in the High Court a move to call him as a witness in a forthcoming appeal. Mr. Peter Hannam, 36, a Lancashire schoolmaster, is challenging a conviction of having a television set without a licence. His application
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        White-collar thieves
        52 7 Light-fingered office workers in Britain are costing firms millions of dollars a year, says the Security Industry Association. The "white collar magpies are not only stealing pencils and paper i clips but typewriters and tape-record-ers. It costs £12 million ($72 million) a year for the nation's six million
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        When lights went out
        78 7 When the lights went out in the village, there was nothing to do but to go to bed. Now the underground cable fault which cut power from 5.15 p.m. to 11 p.m. on March 13 is blamed for a baby boom in Hurst Green, near Battle,
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        The right note...
        64 7 Girls at a factory are whistling while they work because a disc jockey has moved in. He plays pop records and runs a chat show with requests, competitions and social news. It was the idea of works manager Mr. Bill Penny, of a Kent factory. Women workers
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        Tears over onion theft
        60 7 A thief knew his onions enough to make two strong men weep. He stole nine plump ones, each weighing as much as 21b., from a south Yorkshire allotment run by Mr. Darwin Spilsbury, 63, and 39-year-old Mr. Arthur Thornley. They had hoped to enter their giant
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        Anti-accident colours
        49 7 British parents have been warned to dress their sons in brighter colours in the Interests of road safety. The warning has been given by the Road Research laboratory scientists, who say that girls should wear light coloured clothes which drivers find easier to see, particularly at dusk.
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        Phone error
        25 7 A telephone bill to a firm in Bradford, Yorkshire, has been altered from 9980 units to 20 units because of a computer error.
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        Off course
        18 7 Model planes which upset golfers at Wakefield, Yorkshire, have been banned from a field the course.
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      Lock icon LONDON, PARIS LOSING THEIR IMAGE
      637 7  -  From Charles Champlin Los Angeles Times They used to say that travel was broadening, and in some spiritual sense it still is, but only narrowly. The best case in favour of travel is that we had all better rush to see the world while there
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      Yard men move in to probe
      516 8  -  New detective series starts on Thursday SIGHT& SOUND BY I EDGAR KOH There have been so many American cops and robbers chasing one another on the box that the British variety is always quite welcome. NEW SCOTLAND, YARD, starting next Thursday Ch 5, 8.35
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      Under the baton of Dr. Pajaro
      357 8  -  ART BY VIOLET OON Eminent Filipino conductor and composer Dr. Elisio M. Pajaro will conduct the Singapore Chamber Ensemble Orchestra in Befethoven's Emperor Concerto on August 22 at the Conference Hall. Dr. Pajaro, the Cultural Director of the newly created National Cultural Centre of
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      The revolt that failed...
      693 8 RIOT AND REVOLUTION IN SINGAPORE AND MALAYA 1945-63 by Richard Clutterbuck, Faber and Faber, 321 pages, £3.95 S E A H CHEE MEOW. This book is basically a political history of Singapore and Malaya during the terminal stage of colonialism. Its focus is on the strategies
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      Some tips for riders
      292 8 TEACH YOUR HORSE TO JUMP by W. J. W. Froud, Heinemann, 104 pages, £1.50 EVELYN ROWE. More and more Singaporeans are taking up the reins these days. So the new Horsemaster instruction books now being published by Nelson should be useful for the young and not-so-young
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      PAPERBACKS
      65 8 wiSHErS* 1 0F mixing DRINKS: Based on the Esquire Drink Book which is a good guide to drinks, this paperback is a handy reference for those who would like to familiarise themselves with that American habit c.f mixed drinks whether long or short, hot or cold, plain or fancy.
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      The lost world in music
      613 8  -  CINEMA An old tale with a new touch BY EDGAR KOH LOST HORIZON starring Peter Finch, Llv Ullmann, Sally KeUerman, Georga Kennedy, Michael York, Olivia Hussey, Bobby Van, James Shigeta, with Charles Boyer and John Qielgud. (Orchard—coming). Shangri-La, the lost world of serenity, has been
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      Calling all school artists
      229 8  -  THEATRE EY VIOLET OON The Young People's Gallery of the National Museum is collecting works by school artists for its second Exhibition of Students Art starting on August 31. The first exhibition, which opened in April, has been visited by c.ver 19,000 people, among them manj(
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      Wizard Tommy is back—solo
      368 9  -  DISC BY MARY LEE ROGER DALTREY: DALTREY (Track). Remember Tommy, that deaf, dumb and blind kid who became the pinball wizard? Well, he's back again, this time showing his great vocal ability s a solo artist. In times when any member of every pop f ro
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      Delicious mustard
      434 9 FOOD/DRINK It was in 1760 that a dignitary of Meaux passed on to J. B. Pommery the secret of a marvellous speciality which under the name of Moutarde de Chanoines has enjoyed since 1632, the enviable privilege of royal patronage. Pommery and his descendants have jealously guarded this
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      Belyavsky's big fight back
      564 9  -  CHESS BY LIM KOK ANN With courage and determination worthy of a true champion, Alexander Belyavsky of the Soviet Union came from behind to beat Slavojub Marjanovicof Yugoslavia in the last round of the world junior championship to win the title. The Russian's early setback were
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      High standard but no gold medals
      268 9  -  STAMPS BY ANDREW LAU Singpex *73 attracted a record of 88 entries. Yet there was again no entry good enough to "be awarded the gold medal. One of the judges. Mr. Gorden Peter said that the exhibits were undoubtedly of a higher standard than
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      Putting on the heat
      492 9  -  EATIN6 OUT with MARY LEE The Europeans have saucy dressings with their meals, the Indians have chutney, the Malays sambal, and the Chinese chillies. Europeans who eat Chinese food in Singapore are always puzzled by the way we "swamp" the delicate flavours of our dishes with
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      Renee keeps the show going
      294 9  -  1 By Gene Teo Renee is his best girl. She has been with him for the past 19 years. She neither chatters on nor does she eye other men, for she is Just a life size doll. To Andre, a French Canadian artiste performing at
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      58 7 SHOP G-27, SPECIALISTS'S CENTRE (GROUND FLOOR) ORCHARD ROAD, SINGAPORE 9. AJso open on Sunday till 5.00 p.m. MM mm n w y* 'J X* .V. i CARPETS, CURTAINS We import direct, We furnish direct at most competitive prices. \l/ FURNISHING *STAR (PTE) LTD. 26A, PRESIDENT SHOPPING CENTRE. SERANGOON ROAD, SINGAPORE
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      26 7 Test our willpower. STOREWIDE SALE STARTS TODAY IN SPITE OF MARKET INCREASING TREND HONGKONG SHOE CO. S7, NORTH BRDGE ROAD, SINGAPORE 6. OPEN ON EVERY SUNDAY
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      59 8 11-19 AUGUST 1973 at SINGAPORE HILTON from 10am to 8 pm Admission FREE M WHIN SIN6APBRE Mi SYANAN-16 AN INVITATION TO MEET AN OLD FRIEND Mr. N.I. Low, the author of When Singapore Was Syonan-to. will pleased to meet all old fPSixVf students and colleagues occasion of the launching of
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      302 8 > Save the Good Times!" Who cares about dates, parties, picnics or dances when you've got pimples? I couldn't even face up to my face let alone other people! Then I started using Clearasil like my doctor told me to. And it worked wonders because Clearasil contains tne same medicines
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      460 9 ~\;^`'~{^(<($`|`{&\_$%!"^',[.*{ advertisement >0 v GARDEN NEWS TALKING ABOUT FERTILISERS (4) Last week we described how plants in Singapore receive small supplies of nitrogen through absorption by the leaves during thunderstorms. Similarly there is an intake of tiny amounts of other nutrients which are drawn up into the sky in the
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      111 9 The wonderful English food of the good old days is hack it THE BEEFEATER Meet your friends in a ynnin* P*A itwirffsphf rf, 417, RncrVUleyßoad. Open for lunch dinner 7 days a week 11.30 a. in. Midnight Phone *****5 •Delicious Cotd Counter and Take-Away' service always available. 51*! 71 GIOOS
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      339 9 THE Lin HOTEL" GOEsmExican t JQ Mexican Menu -JjL at the Merlin Grill. Gazpacho Andaluz, tacos, tortillas, chili con carne and dozens of other spicy dishes. Music from the Trio Romantico, three minstrels from Mexico. Come for a taste of Mexican life at the Merlin Hotel N? r Hill lit
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  • SPORTS
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      Caddie Lim is tops
      397 10  -  By Lim Kee Chan Lim Swee Choo, 26, proved to be the most improved golfer in Singapore today. Tn the World Cup trials over eight rounds, Swee Choo returned a one-over-par total of 573 to be 15 strokes ahead of his closest rival Lim Kian Tlong,
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      Now more women for the C-Games
      128 10 Chris tchurch, Saturday.—The 10th Commonwealth Games to be held here next year have attracted so many women competitors and officials that the organisers will have to change accommodation plans. The chairman of the organising committee Ron Scott said It had been originally estimated that
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      Baseball results
      75 10 New York. Saturday Results of baseball games: American League Baltimore 2 Minnesota 1; Milwaukee 6 California 5: Kansas City 3 Boston 2; Chicago 5 Detroit 4. National League Atlanta 8 St. Louis 6; Montreal 5 San Francisco 3; Los Angeles 1 New York 0; San Diego 10 Philadelphia
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      Chess: Seng Hoo in lead
      299 10 In a clash between the leaders in the Festival chess championship, Lim Seng Hoo, 17, crushed defending champion Pang Leong to lead by one point going into the final round. The 7th and final round will be held at 2 p.m. tomorrow at Sports House,
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      Togetherness in Games Village
      792 10  -  WOMAN'S WORLD by f Nancy Koh A home away from home. This was how several of our Seap sportswomen felt about the Toa Payoh Games Village. To them the 24-storey four-point blocks are not just places to rest their weary limbs alter rigorous centralised training. It
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      192 11 London, Saturday—Unbeaten Hampshire increased their lead in the English county cricket championship table with a resounding 10-wicket win over Derbyshire at Portsmouth yesterday. Other scores: At CHELTENHAM: Gloucestershire bt Worcestershire by 138 runs. Gloucestershire 270 and 216-8 dec. (Proctor 106 n.0.). Worcestershire 135 In 61.4 overs
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