New Nation, 17 September 1973

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  • 18 1 NEW NATION SINGAPORE Monday evening, September 17, 1973 No. 822 Price 15 cents SINGAPORE MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 17, 1973
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  • 454 1 Second murder in 24 hours A 30 year old salesman was stabbed to death outside a bar in Tan Quee Lan Street last night less than 24 hours after the murder of a youth at a coffee house in Bras Basah Road early on
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  • 57 1 Amman, Monday A team of Soviet aviation experts are due here today to pursue investigation into the crash of in a Soviet Aeroflot airline Amman of June 30. Nine people were killed and about 80 were Injured when the airliner —a TUI34 crashed Into a house as
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  • 277 1  -  By Bharathi Mohan The city pigeons have come back to roost. After three years of absence, they are once again flocking in large numbers in several areas in Singapore. Defying crowds and roaring traffic, the birds have already made their presence felt along busy Orchard
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  • 274 1 London, Monday A bomb blast ripped a metals plant in Birmingham today in what appeared to be another attack in the bombing campaign Scotland Yard has blamed on the Irish Republican Army. The explosion, shortly after midnight (6.30 a.m. Singapore time) caused heavy damage
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  • 188 1 More than 50 couples who were married according to customary rites turned up at the Registry of Marriages early today to register their marriages (above). The rush to register followed a government warning over the weekend requiring all Jnarriages contracted by customary rites alone and contrary
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  • 167 1 In selective trading, prices were steady on the Stock Exchange of Singapore for the first 45 minutes this morning. The exchange temporarily suspended trading in International Wood's shares "pending clarification on the fire damage as reported in the Straits Times today." BUSINESS DONE: San Holdings (6) 0.89,
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  • 10 1 Police reported 105 accidents yesterday. Ten were serious.
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  • 185 1 United Press International Canberra, Monday Prime Minister Gough Whitlam has ordered the withdrawal of Australia's ambassador to Chile following the overthrow of President Salvador Allende in a military coup last week, official sources said today. Ambassador Noel Deschamps was ordered to leave last
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  • 48 1 Paris, Monday—Algerian President Houari Boumedienne said in an interview published here today that he was not pro-Chinese. He also suggested that although he was attach ed to the friendship of the Soviet Union, thew was room to distrust both Russia and the United States as superpowers.
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  • 439 1 Packed court told of trip to doctor United Press International Hong Kong, Monday Kuiig Fu superstar Bruce Lee occasionally smoked marijuana and was told by doctors in the United States the practice, in moderation, was not harmful, his widow said today. "I am aware
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  • 67 1 Tokyo, Monday. At least seven students were injured today when about 200 helmeted and iron-pipes wielding students of two rival .factions clashed at a railway station here. As one group of 50 students fled along the tracks after a 10-minute fight, commuter trains came to a temporary halt,
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  • 63 1 Geneva, Monday Police scaled ladders yesterday to dislodge four demonstrators who chained themselves at the top of two statues In protest against Portugal's presence at Switzerland's autumn trade fair in Lausanne. The demo n st rators said "collusion" between Swiss and Portuguese economic Interests help ed Portugal
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  • LOCAL NEWS
    • 218 2  -  By Judith Holmberg Four-year-old Takashi Konno was so taken up by the flickering needles and coloured switches of the Instrument panel in the SIA 7478 flight deck, that he Just had to have a closer look. So he Jumped on to flight engineer V.
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    • 29 2 The Central Adult Section of the National Library will hold a slide-show cum demonstration on lithography and etching at its lecture hall on Wednesday at 10.30 ajn.
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    • 247 2 Engineering undergraduates of the University of Singapore have been told not to fight shy of joining the public sector, as "vast opportunities" are available. This advlcce came from the Assistant Director of Projects and Planning Department of the Public Works Department, Mr. Francis
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    • 46 2 The University of Singapore's Department of Extramural Studies will begin a 10-lecture course on Basic Chemical Engineering Operations in the Chemical Industry, on Sept. 27 at 730 pjn. at Nlssen Hut «A The lecturer Is Dr. Ho Ooen Bog, and the fee Is $30
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    • 459 2  -  The second highest increase since 1960 By Rav K. Dhaliwal The consumer price index for food has' Jumped by another 10.1 points from 145.6 in May to 155 in June, according to the latest issue of the Monthly Digest of Statistics. This is the second
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    • 468 2  -  Urbanisation causes a shortage By Lee Chiu San Other parts of the world may be plagued by grasshoppers and locusts, but In Singapore, there is a desperate shortage of these Insects. Many bird enthusiasts are travelling far and wide desperately trying
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    • 178 2 The rich aroma of prawn fritters and mixed vegetables filled the air. Something must be cooking at the Kampong Kembangan Community Centre. Unmistakably, it was the centre's on-the-spot cooking competition, held yesterday. Seven women turned up, armed with pots and pans, vegetables and various
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    • 38 2 The British Parliamentary Under-Secre-tary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, Mr. Anthony Royle, will be in Singapore from Oct. 2 to 10 to attend the Financial Times Conference on Business Opportunities In the Pacific Basin.
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    • 23 2 The Education Minister, Dr. Lee Chlaw Meng, will open the Pek Klo Community Ceptre's three-day art exhibition/competition, from Sept. 28 to 30.
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    • 323 2  -  By Violet Oon I am one of those people who usually shy away from modern music, imagining it to be incomprehensible. But I was pleasantly surprised to find that I could enjoy the Music of this Century presented by the Ministry of Culture at the
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    • 499 2  -  Many bosses bias By Morris John Many firms that employ disabled people restrict them to standard types of work a New Nation survey discovered. A random survey of 17 firms, most of which participated in the recent Month of the Disabled exhibition, confirmed what the different
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    • 178 2 Higher standards of living and nutrition have increased the incidence of obesity and diabetes in many countries, according to a government doctor. In a talk to members of the Kiwanis Club recently, Dr. (Mrs.) Y.T. Tan, of Alexandra Hospital, said: "Obesity has a strong
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    • 196 3 It was a proud moment for members of the National Junior College Interact Club debating team when they won the Thevatha s a n Challenge Shield on Saturday. Miss Aran Gupta. Llm Jit Soun. Mohd. Zamawl and Mohan* Chandra opposed the motion that ccfporal
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    • 284 3 A greater variety planned The NTUC's Welcome Consumer Cooperative supermarket in Toa Payoh is to expand its present premises and services for customers soon. According to informed sources, the co operative has acquired some 3000 square feet about one-third its present floor area for
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    • 41 3 The Lions Club Of Singapore will hold its next luncheon meeting at the Cafe Allegro, in Goodwood Park Hotel, on Wednesday. The chairman of the Metrication Board, Mr. Baey Lian Peck, will speak on Metrication during the luncheon.
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    • 47 3 The National Museum will screen four films on modern art at Its lecture hall at 7.30 pjn. on Wednesday. The films trace the development of modern art In Europe from Impressionism to SurrealIsm. Admission is free and tickets are available from the museum office.
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    • 175 3 Sixty-seven suspected tuberculosis cases are now undergoing investigations in the Singapore Anti-Tuberculosis Association's clinics in Bhenton Way and Changl. They were referred by general practitioners, following the new SATA scheme launched last month, whereby doctors with patients suffering from persistent couching for two
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    • 283 3 Nantah to start on phase two soon By Ivan Llm A Nanyang University survey on Jurong Town will look into the problem of Jobhopping in factories. This was disclosed by Dr. Hew Choy Sin, chairman of a sub-committee of the Singapore National Academy of Science
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    • 283 3  -  By Teresa Ooi The use of various contraceptives from 1966 to 1972, provided by the Singapore Family Planning and Population Board, has cut down 89,807 births, according to a medical report This is one of the reasons for Singapore's decline In fertility rates since the introduction
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    • 53 3 The Trinity College of Music, London, will hold a seminar on public speaking at the Regional English Language Centre in Orange Grove Road on Saturday, from 2.30 to 5.30 p.m The seminar will be conducted by a visiting examiner from the college, Mr Wallace Allen, who -is
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    • 31 3 The Chinese Young Men's Christian Associa tion will conduct courses in yoga, roller skating and tal chl chuan in Stevens Road next month. For more details, telephone *****.
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    • 34 3 A mission organised by the Bristol Chamber of Commerce will visit Singapore from Sept. 24 to 28. It win be led by Mr. O.J. Shore, chief executive of the Chamber.
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    • 31 3 Two employees of Singapore Hilton, Mr. Denis Balhetchet and Mrs. Cindy Teo have been given scholarships for advanced training at the Hilton operated Queen Elizabeth Hotel In Montreal, Canada.
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  • Page 2 Advertisements
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  • Page 2 Miscellaneous
    • 300 2 NEW NATION CROSSWORD muuu am aHIHMH ACROSS 1 Songbirds. 6 Downy. 10 P.M.'s. 14 Town on Guam. 15 German school assembly hall. 16 Adriatic port of Italy. 17 Phrase for a scarecrow. 19 Character in "Mourning Becomes Electra." 20 Phase 4 item. 21 Distinctive flavor. 22 Genghis, for one. 23
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  • Page 3 Advertisements
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  • Page 3 Miscellaneous
    • 468 3 CINEMA POSER KWUM SU/NEW NATION CONTEST Last Wednesday's poser showed a scene from Riot. The main stars were Jim Brown and Gene Hackman. There were only four correct entries. They were from: Chla Kok Yen (student), of 182 Macpherson Road: Mr. Lim Ming Oong (technician), of 42L, Lorong 3, Toa
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  • IN PERSON AND MOTORING
    • 806 4  -  Taiwanese ringers tone np for Sept. 23 date IN PERSON Conducted by Jennifer Schoon WHEN it is lor a good cause, you can count on these two Taiwanese singers MISS LEE YA PING and MB. BAN SAB LAN to "tune up" their volcebox for free. Their
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    • 918 4  -  By Jim Watkins The neat and economical Corolla is no stranger to Singapore. It has, in various forms, been on the market here some five years, establishing an enviable reputation for liveliness and low running costs which is well continued in
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    • 719 4  -  MOTOR-CYCLE Lee Chiu San There are over a hundred thousand motorcycles on Singapore roads today. There are also approximately three times that number of people who have motorcycle licences. The majority of these people are law abiding, sane citizens, who use their motorcycles
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    • 953 4  -  SEACRAFT Brian Baxter The galloping 1 n crease in pleasure boating Is partly a result of steadily Increasing wages, tut also a result of declining boat prices* Against the trend of almost everything else, boats continue to give more and more value for less and
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  • Page 4 Advertisements
    • 108 4 WE OFFER COMPLETE CURTAIN SERVICE We have a large selection of quality curtain fabrics from all parts of the world expertly tailored to your requirement. MODERN INTERIORS (PTE) LTD. 142. Market Street, Car Park Bldg., Singapore 1. Tel: *****, *****. t Yes! Fragrant Bon Hair Liniment Made from selected ingredients
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  • WORLD NEWS
    • 175 5 Vienna, Monday Major oil producing nations said yesterday they were underpaid for their petroleum and called for basic oil-price agreements with Western companies to be renegotiated in Vienna next month. The call for a new round of nrice talks was made by
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    • 60 5 Even the greatest of enemies can live in harmony if thej want. And this picture is ample testimony to it. Bere we see a mouse and cat who are best of pals. The cat, Hoppy, owned by Kathy Byers of Chicago doesn't mind a bit that Juno
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    • 524 5 6 We will hand back power 5 UPI, Reuter Santiago, Monday General Augusto Pinochet, head of Chile's military Junta, yesterday called for national unity in a telvlsion broadcast and said that a few "mental deviates" were still resisting the military takeover in the capital.
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    • 162 5 Reuter Belfast, Monday.—Missing Ulster Defence Association (UDA.) leader Tommy Herron was found shot dead In a ditch yesterday and immediately raised fears of a new upsurge of violence In Northern Ireland. Mr. Herron, 36, former vice chairman of the pa- ra-military Protestant organisation, was last seen
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    • 287 5 United Press International Stockholm, Monday. Early returns in the Swedish parliamentary elections last night indicated that Premier Olof Palme's Social Democratic government would be forced to resign in favour of a non-socialist cabinet. The trend in the early returns, If borne out in the
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    • 182 5 Reuter San Francisco, Monday Police have discovered an abandoned factory used to produce as much as US$4OO,OOO (about $920,000) worth of illegal drugs a week. Police claim it was the second largest clandestine drug factory yet uncovered in the U.S. and that it was a major source
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    • 57 5 Rome, Monday A man and a woman were seriously hurt yesterday when a parcel bomb blew up in their faces in Saronno. Airs. Glovanna Cattaneo, 43, who has been separated from her husband for several months, found the parcel on her doorstep when she returned home
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    • 417 5 New China ties Peking, Monday French President Georges Pompidou said here France and China were at the beginning of a "Long March" together and declared that his visit had fully confirmed his hopes of contributing towards the great common endeavour of both nations. He was
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    • 47 5 Cape Kennedy, Monday—Anita, one of the two spider stars of Skylab, is dead. She was found in her cage aboard the orbiting space station yesterday morning by Dr. Owen Garrlott. The cause of death, it seems, was that she preferred files to filet mignon.
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    • 31 5 Moscow, Monday Soviet Communist Party secretary, Mr. Leonid Brezhnev, is to visit Bulgaria this month at the invitation of the Bulgarian Communist Party, the Tass news agency reported yesterday.
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    • 216 5 United Press International New York, Monday Citing a "family Intimate" as Its source, New»week magazine reported yesterday former Attorney General John Mitchell has left his wife Martha after she followed her series of public statements on the Watergate scandal with "violent outbursts" at home.
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    • 23 5 Kinshasa, Monday Zaire President Mobutu Sese Seko said yesterday his government had recognised North Vietnam, according to the Zaire news agency Azap.
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    • 372 5 United Press International Karachi, Monday —Although Pakistan badly needs arms. Prime Minister Zulflkar All Bhutto paradoxically will not ask for military aid during his six-day official visit to the US starting tomorrow. Mr. Bhutto left Islamabad on Saturday for Amsterdam en route to Washington, for
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    • 250 5 Reuter New Delhi, Monday Prime Minister Mrs. Indira Gandhi yesterday confirmed that the Indian Government would not nationalise the wholesale trade in rice this year. But, she said, the rice nationalisation programme was not being abandoned. It was only being rephased. Mrs. Gandhi was
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  • Page 5 Advertisements
    • 149 5 V*U The better you look, the better you feel!" Beauty may be only skindeep but it's there that self-confidence begins or ends. And confidence is probably the greatest asset to "getting on" in the world. A oad skin is often a real source of worry. Yet all that is needed
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  • OPINION
    • 512 6 The weekend announcement from the Ministry of Social Affairs warning that couples who marry by customary rites only are liable to be fined $5000 or Jailed for a maximum of three years or both, is not based on a new regulation. Since the 1967 Amendment
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    • 90 6 'WHISPERS' by ispy A colleague observed the following scene at a traffic junction a few days ago. The Policewoman directing the traffic appeared to be suffering from the tension of a first-timer. After waving one car to pass, she suddenly held up her hand to stop the vehicles
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    • 1198 6  -  Prime Minister Mr. Lee Kun Tew celebrated his stth birthday yesterday. New Nation's columnist Alex Josey has taken the occasion to make a review of the world in general. and Singapore In particular, M years ago In the U3 it was the year of the death
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    • 314 6 VOICE OF THE PRESS What other Newspapers are saying. GATT CONFERENCE The General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (Gattj conference began in Tokyo day before yesterday. Premier Tanaka of Japan has indicated in his opening speech Japan's willingness to open up Its domestic market to foreign products.
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    • Letters
      • 485 6  -  SEOW BAN YAM Allow me to reply to the points raised by Mr. John Isaacs. President of the Singapore Book Publishers Association, (NN. 7.9.73). At no time had I mentioned the retail prices of school textbooks. 1 still maintain that the Association has no right whatsoever to
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      • 117 6  -  MICHAEL STEVENS Recently, service No. 41 was extended from Telok Kurau to Chai Chee along a "merry-go-round" route on both the outward and inward Journeys. Moreover this service is subjected to another roundabout route at Tanjong Katong Guillemard Road. Commuters, therefore, try to avoid this service as far
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      • 248 6  -  A.C. HO (Miss) Public Relations Officer. Ministry of Health, Singapore, 2. With reference to the two articles on the Eye Clinic by Ispy in your Whispers column dated August 31 and September 1, please be informed that it is essential that individuals attending the Eye Clinic at
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      • 191 6  -  T. A. MUGAN The report in the New Nation of September 12 under the heading, Risk of Meeting with Sharks, is a timely warning of the menace that lurks in our water. In one night's fishing alone, I caught 12 baby sharks of varying sizes at Anglers*
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      • 396 6  -  MOHD. YUNI BIN AWI On Ist September many thousands of Singaporeans who flocked to the National Stadium proudly witnessed the ability of Singapore to provide a most colourful and memorable ceremonial opening of the 7th Beap Games. September 3 was another proud day for Singapore when SlA's two
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    • 600 6  -  By Joe Alex Morris Los Angeles Times The biggest round of wildcat strikes in West Germany In four years Is Jeopardising Chancellor Willy Brandt's economic stabilisation programme and casting new doubts upon the role of trade unions here. The strike started In mid-August, and focuses
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  • Page 6 Advertisements
    • 166 6 WRITE TO THE EDITOR, NEW NATION, LOCKED BAG 19, GPO, SINGAPORE. 1. China Airlines now flies to the U.S.A. And brings you closer to unique destinations in Asia. We now fly to Honolulu and Lot Angeles Monday. Tuesday. Thursday and Saturday. To San Francisco Tuesday. Thursday and Saturday, (via an
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  • Page 6 Miscellaneous
    • 38 6 CHICKEN RICE HYGIENICALLY SERVED w s& 4 I m I 3! S3a m i 91 35 kv 8 S! /)e does not cough,sneeze, talk nor sweat, No ears or no6e to d/q nor has he sores to scratch.
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  • SPECIAL FEATURE
    • Article, Illustration
      290 7 THE flfht against cancer has seen the harnessing of some of the best minds in the world and millions of dollars. Yet this disease has stubbornly resisted the onslaught of medicine. In Singapore about 2500 new esses of cancer are detected annually. The figure may increase and officials from
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    • 1254 7  -  DAY ONE OF A THREE PART SERIES BY PANG GUEK CHENG It is the scourge of modern mankind. About 50 million people are suffering from its malignity; nearly five million succumb to it each year. Add to these figures the thousands of cases that
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    • 705 7 WHAT THEY MEAN NASOPHARYNX part of the pharynx behind the nose. NASOPHARYNGEAL pertaining to the nose and throat OESOPHAGUS canal from the pharynx to the stomach. HYPOPHARYNX area under the pharynx. PHARYNX a muscular and membranous sac behind the mouth. That cigarette dangling from your
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    • 743 7 Few diseases have had such a massive onslaught mounted against them as cancer. It Is the subject of intensive research in Europe and America and has received wide publicity as a killer. Yet most people only have vague ideas about this pestilent which has defied a real
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  • FEATURE
    • 2235 8  -  We must put our best foot forward for the Asian Games BY JEFFREY LOW Sing aporeans thoroughly enjoyed every minute of the South- East Asia Peninsular Games sports spectacular staged here two weeks ago. Needless to say, It was a success measured by the Republic's collection of
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    • 786 8 The Tenth British Commonwealth Games will be held In Christchurch In New Zealand from Jan. 24 to Feb. 2. Work to make the Games a success started more than a year ago. The organisers are going all out to ensure that every aspect
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  • Page 8 Advertisements
    • 36 8 G LOWE AVE BUSINESS BODY SHIRT IMPORTED IN FASHION STYLE LOCAL IN SIZE FIT Exciting, new range available at: FASHION TAILORS 7 8, Ground Floor, Tangltn Shopping Centre 19, i Tanglin Road, S'pore 10 Tel: *****5
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  • TREND
    • 111 9 You can put on a period-style costume today and look fashionable and up to date. And I don't mean a slinky 1930s Inspired gown with ostrich or chicken feathers. I mean an outfit that goes way back to the 19th century like the one
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    • 318 9 Dear Ros, A girlfriend of mine was going steady for two years. Then her boyfriend told her to regard him as a brother and he packed off and went to further his studies. He had also told, her that
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    • 309 9 Dear Ros, I am a Secondary Two student and I want to break up my friendship with a boy before I end up hurting him. He is 21 and I am 14. You see he confessed last week that he loves me
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    • 252 9 Dear Ros, I have known my boyfriend for two months, and he wants me to be his steady girlfriend. He says he loves me because I am different from all the other girls he knows. I told him to wait because he might
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    • 200 9 Dear Ros, I am at present very happy where I am working. The problem is that I am being transferred to another department. I am told that it holds much more prospects for me but I am sad to leave my colleagues. How can I be
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    • 180 9 Dear Ros, A girl of 21 with whom I had being going steady for almost a year ended our relationship without even a goodbye and went back to her previous steady boyfriend. It all happened because a few months ago she took a job In the same
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    • 193 9 Dear Ros, My boyfriend has just proposed but I cannot accept because I am 17 and still in school. He is six years my senior. He said he would wait for me as long a3 he can. But we may have problems. He Is a Muslim and
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    • 148 9 Dear Ros, lam a girl of 16.1 am dating a boy who recently broke off with his girlfriend whom I know. He only started dating me after he had broken off with her. What I like to know Is whether he Is really Interested In
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    • 91 9 Dear Ros, Please let me have the addresses of the stamp clubs in Singapore, Malavsla and Britain. Allen Ng Dear Allen, You may write to the Singapore Stamp Club at P.O. Box 1599, Sin t a pore 1. The stamp club in Malaysia is known as the
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    • 290 9 Melbourne Herald No matter where the Idea came from, T-shirts carrying a message have become almost as much part of the teenage uniform as faded Jeans. Whereas a clean plain T-shirt of any colour Is still regarded as underwear, it becomes fashionable
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  • FINANCE
    • 167 9 Far Blue Sky Holidays, the tour opera tin* subsidiary of British Caledonian Airways, is to introduce its first holiday programmes to the Far East on October 1. Entitled Instant Asia the series followed the success of the recent Far Blue Sky programme of holidays to Sierra
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    • 44 9 Straits Steamship has made an unaudited pretax consolidated group profit of $2.9 million for the first half of this year. This is an increase of 121 per cent over the same period last year, according to a company statement
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    • 640 9  -  By Choo Siak Siew The Malaysian decision to go it alone in its rubber market operations marks the end of a vital economic link between Kuala Lumpur and Singapore. The rubber market split also wears off another layer of economic regionalism
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    • EUROPEAN SHARES
      • 207 9 Supplying this service are the Banco dl Rom* of Italy, Commersbank of Germany, Credit Ljonnais of France and the Union Bank of Switzerland. Roundup of European stockmarkets for Aujiust M to September After a little improvement at the beginning of the week the Italian Stock Market registered a continuous
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      • 436 9 Zurich report for September 6 to 13. During the week under review, which Included only four trading sessions due to the Zurich Boy's Day shooting contest, the Zurich Stock Exchange remained lethargic most of the time. Amid slight price downturns and small turnover, quotatons hovered around the previous week's
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      • 189 9 After the German Stock Market had started the week on a friend* ly note, prices moved down again on a broad front The prevailing uncertainties were reflected by slack trading. Favoured energy stocks such as RWE, Gelsenberg, Veba had to relinquish earlier gains. Public bonds gave a mixed showing,
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      • OVERSEAS STOCK EXCHANGE PRICES
        • 265 9 Closing prices at 11.30 am. (Australian time). Abaleen 11 13 Do opto 031 nil AOD 07i 09* Allstate nil 09 Amad 04 nil Aurora 08 13 Do opts nil 011 Aust Ant 16 18 Bamboo 04 nil Beach 20 30 Bounty Oil 001 01 Bridge 14 IS Castlereagh nil
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    • 135 9 Perils P1 an t a tions, which began production last February suffered an unaudited net loss of $200,949 for the halfyear ended June. The company's turnaver for the period amounted to $2,856,965 from the sale of sugar cane to Kllang Quia Felda, Perlis Plantation's joint venture
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  • Page 9 Advertisements
    • 47 9 Our new menu is m-m-magnlfique! Come and see for yourself, luncn or dinner OUR LUNCH SPECIALS MONDAY Steak and Kidney Pie $5 00 TUESDAY Haricot Oxtail $4-50 WEDNESDAY Pilau and Chicken Curry $500 THURSDAY Irish Stew $4-50 FRIDAY Fish Mofty $4 50 IaMU v hotel Tel. *****1
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  • SPORTS
    • 179 10 New York, MondayTennis star Blilie Jean King was given a clean bill of health on Saturday as she prepared to leave Hilton Head Island resort for Houston where she will meet Bobby Riggs in the much-heralded "Battle of the Sexes." Dr. James
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    • 267 10 Auckland, Monday England's Jubilant Rugby Union team left here for home yesterday with the cheers of New Zealand fans still ringing In their ears after their historic test triumph over the All Blacks on Saturday. England climbed to the top of the international Rugby Union ladder
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    • 91 10 Havana, Monday Flyweights Takeshi Tori k ash 1 of Japan and Mohammed Nasslrl of Iran set world records In the opening session, of the 27th world welghtllftlng champion ships here last night. Torlkoshl won the snatch with a lift of 102.5-kg (225%-lb) and went on to
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    • 58 10 London, Monday Eddie Futch, manager of American heavyweight Ken Norton, who lost a split decision to Muhammad All last week, said In London yesterday he may take over the former world heavyweight boxing champion Joe Frazler. Futch said he has had talks with Frazler and the
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    • 78 10 Goods licensed to carry the Christchurch Commonwealth Games symbol were the attraction at a recent function organised by the Games Organising Committee and the Canterbury-Westland Retailers Association. Games marketing executive George Aker (left) and his assistant Claire Phipps are seen here with just a small portion of the range of
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    • 169 10 Pietermaritzburg, Monday A newly- formed multi-racial cricket club yesterday played their first match against an all-white side—defying a Government threat to stop their mixed fixtures. The Aurora Club made South African sporting history last week when they became the first multi-racial side ever to be admitted
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    • 99 10 Melbourne, Monday. Results of Australianrules football matches: Victorian League sflnals—Richmond 15.18 (108) St Kilda 9.14 (68). Carlton 15.17 (107) Colllngwood 12.15 (87). Adelaide: South Australia s-flnals North Adelaide 13.17 (95) Norwood 13.12 (90). Glenelg 20.13 (133) Sturt 11.10 (76). Perth: West Australian League—West Perth 15.13 (103) Subiaco 13.7
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    • 377 11 The Saraeea led Into the straight but drifted out Danish Don hit the front, with Rina and Omnia Vincit challenging., Finishing strongly Omnia Vindt got up close home to win by a length. Kna finished a close third. Gallant Son set the pace
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    • 761 11 posvl SCRIPT by SCRUTINEER Grenadier II loomed as a strong contender for next Sunday's Gold Vase with an eye-catching performance in the Class 1 Division 1 6f race at Ipoh yesterday. The Adamastor seven-year-old, unsighted in the early stages and still among the backmarkers at the
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    • 33 11 Helsinki, Monday Mona Lisa Pursainen of Finland equalled the world record for the women's 400 metres when she clocked 51.0 sec. on hand timings at an international athletics match here yesterday.
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    • 345 11  -  SQUASH by Eric Cooper A flight schedule that allows less than a day In Singapore will probably deny local enthusiasts the chance to see the "Churchilllans" in action again. Lan Nuttall, lan Robinson and Neal Martin, representing British Universities, defeated some of our
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    • 280 11  -  By Nancy Koh Star studded SAFSA retained their Singapore Forces table tennis championship (or the fourth successive year at Linden Drive on Saturday night. They chalked up a 3-1 w 1 n over underdogs, Special Constabulary, who failed to pull off the upset they had looked capable
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    • 594 11 New York, Monday Triple Crown champion. Secretariat exploded with unbelievable speed at Belmont Park on Saturday to smash the world record for 9f (1.9-km) for a dirt course and win the U*****,000 Marlboro Cup by 3i .lengths from stablemate Riva Ridge. The time also
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    • 151 11 Paris, Monday. Lady Berry, the only filly in the race, collected the 477,000 francs first prize for her owner Baron Guy de Rothschild when she won the Prix Rc.7al Oak, the French 8t Leger, at Longchamp yesterday. It was her sixth victory in seven races,
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    • 272 11 One of the big prestige events in motorcycling the 500 cc Senior Race in the 1973 Isle of Man Grand Prix, was won by P.H. Reid, a member of the Singapore Motor Sports Club. In third place was another SMSC member, John
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    • 40 11 Tokyo, Monday Results of yesterday's baseball games: Central league—Yomlurl 1 Yakult 0. Hanshln 7 Taiyo 5, Hiroshima 4 Chunlchi 1. Pacific League—Nankal 5 Lotte 3. Klntetsu 6 Nlttaku 2 (1st); Nlttaku 6 Klntetsu 3 (2nd); H&nkyu 2 Talhelyo 1.
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    • 127 11 Andy Leong, 37, added another feather to his cap when he broke the National 70m record In winning the Class A and B titles at the Archery Club of Singapore's annual championships over the weekend. Andy, who holds the National 50m record, broke the 70m record
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      38 12 Miss Ho Men Chu, the older of Ling Long sisters from Taiwan, is performing at Dragon Palace. Cockpit Hotel. She loves sports and goes for big game fishing, skiing and sailing. Picture by MICHAEL KWAN.
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    • 101 12 TODAY is Monday September 17, the 280 th day of 1973 with 105 to follow. Those born on this date are under the sign of Virgo. Baron Steuben, a Russian officer who served with the American revolutionary army In 1777. was born on Sept. 17. 1720. ON THIS DAT
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    • 37 12 AH FOOK: The mosquito menace has moved upwdrds, according to a HDB resident. MEI LIN: The compound houses and construction sites are not the only mosquito breeding grounds. The authorities should also check highrise flats.
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    • 876 12 SINGAPORE S 3.M OPENING ANNOUNCEMENTS followed by SIRUVAR POONGA: A locally-produced show for young children (T) 3.25 DIARY OF EVENTS (T) 3.35 WHERE THE HEART IS: A serial revolving round the affections, conflicts and tensions found in the close-knit relationships of the Hathaway family. Diana Van DeVlis, James Mitchell, Louise
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    • 29 12 Singapore Singapore's weather for the 24 hours to 8 a.m. today: Max. temp. 30.6 C; min. temp—23.9C; total raindays for the month to date 12; and hours of sunshine—3.Bo.
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