New Nation, 1 May 1974

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    Masthead
    22 1 NEW NATION SINGAPORE Wednesday evening, May 1, 1974 No. 1013 Price 20 cents M.C. (P) 20/74 NE^TION SINCAPORE WEDNESDAY. MAY 1, 1974
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  • Article
    Winner likes difficult word puzzles
    125 1 Mrs. Molly Yeo, 26, prefers difficult Prlzewords puzzles as she feels she has a better chance of wlnnlpg. She proved this when she won the first prize in the Prlzewords contest Number 10. "Besides, my husband, who is a scrable fan. enjoys the challenge* and
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  • Article
    Embassy bombed
    54 1 San Salvador, Wednesday. Leftwlng guerrillas shattered the Chilean Embassy here yesterday with a powerful bomb, police said. No one was in the embassy at the time. Four gunmen drove up to the four-storey embassy, held the watchman at gunpoint and walked Inside to plant the bomb. They escaped
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    NEW NATION'S JERRY SCORES A FIRST...
    297 1 New Nation cameraman Jerry Seh, 33 (right), has now made a name for himself in the International photography circuit. His picture of the sitting horse (above) was one of 29 black and white photographs from various parts of the world to be printed in
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  • Article
    Antonioni film on China banned in S'pore
    188 1  -  By Edgar Koh The controversial documentary on China, made last year by well-known Italian director Michelangelo Antonioni, has been banned here. Hie film, entitled Chung Kuo (China), was scathingly attacked earlier this year by Peking as a "grotesque documentary made under "the cloak
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  • Article
    Gale fury in Melbourne
    40 1 Melbourne, Wednesday Gales lashed Melbourne early yesterday, ripping the roofs off houses and tearing down power lines. There was no rePort of any casualties but the winds overturned seve light aircraft parked at suburban Moorabbln Airport.
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    Hard line now on all traffic offenders
    423 1  -  Only two weeks' grace given By Bharathi Mohan Traffic offenders who do not pay up their composition fines within two weeks are now being summoned to court wfcere they have to pay three times more. This is the latest tough measure which police
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    Lock icon Kissinger starts Egypt mission
    315 1 He arrives for crucial talks Reuter Cairo, Wednesday US Secretary of State Henry Kissinger arrived in Alexandria by helicopter yesterday for crucial talks with President Sadat on disengaging Syrian and Israeli forces. President Sadat embraced Dr. Kissinger as he walked from the hellcopter which landed at
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    Saigon forces pursue Reds into Cambodia
    192 1 Saigon, Wednesday South Vietnamese troops, tanks and warplanes, in a running battle with communist forces on the approaches to Saigon, pushed into Cambodia for the first time since the ceasefire declaration, military sources said yesterday. Officers said government force* crossed the Cambodian frontier 40
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  • Article
    Puzzle of the 7 skeletons
    246 1 Big probe now on Police this morning were working op the theory that the seven skeletons uncovered at the Sentosa beach belonged to people who were drowned off Singapore between one and three years ago. Police spokesman Assistant Bupt. Ng Woon Pah, today said that
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  • Article
    Labour rally
    39 1 The Minister for Labour. Mr. On« Pane Boon, will address the May Day rally at the Singapore Conference Hall tonight. More than 3000 workera representing a crosssection of the working population will be present at the rally.
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  • Article
    OUR ROADS
    10 1 Police reported 131 accidents yesterday. Twelve were serious.
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    Residents in a jam...
    184 1 Residents on the eight floor of Block 18 in Holland Drive have to perform acrobatic stunts to get to their lift (above). For workmen renovating a flat on the ninth floor have left a huge pile of sand, cement, wood and rubbish at the lift entrance,
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    Karate ban
    21 1 Santiago, Wednesday The Chilean Defence Ministry yesterday prohibited the teaching or practice of luxate, judo and Jujltsu in Chile.
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  • LOCAL NEWS
    • Article
      Advice on how to handle kids on drugs
      338 2  -  Parents told to help By Florence Tan Parents have been advised to avoid the use of threats, ridlc u 1 e or violence should they find that their children are' taking drugs. The Fact Sheet on Drug Abuse: Parents' Role printed by
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    • Article
      Medical exam
      44 2 The School of Postgraduate Medical Studies will hold the Master of Medicine (Internal Medicine) Examination commencing on June 20. Entry forms for the examination are available from the secretary of the SPMS, university of Singapore and should be returned by May 6.
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      John's first step...
      177 2 Patting on new clothes can bring Joy to a small boy but haying to face the world alone can be a nightmarish affair. So John took his first step on the catwalk yesterday with a little aid his mother's helping hand. Long after the compere had called
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    • Article
      Language lab for students set up
      213 2  -  To study Japanese Bj Anne-Marie Nalpon Secondary school students will soon have the use of a $86,000 language laboratory to study Japanese. Mr. Aw Keng Choo of the Institute of Education said: 'The laboratory was set up under a Colombo Plan project with the
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    • Article
      Rape victims are mostly 11-15 years
      303 2 Girls between the ages of 11 and 15 years make up the highest number of rape victims in Singapore, according to a medical report. Of the 132 cases of rape from IMS to 1971, 81 cases involved girls between the ages of 11 and
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    • Article
      Guitar talk
      29 2 Mr. Henry Martinez will hold a talk-cum-demonstration on playing the guitar at the Queenstown branch library on Friday at its lecture room from 7.30 pjn. —8 p.m.
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      TV tests
      17 2 Television Singapore will carry out colour transmission tests tomorrow and not today as reported earlier.
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    • Article
      Malaria: Call to airlines
      165 2 Airlines and travel agencies should Implement a special malaria warning card system to combat the increasing spread of the diseaae, according to a British specialist in tropical pathology. > Major Michael Thomas, 36, who is attached to the Anzuk Hospital here, proposed this at the British
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    • Article
      Lock icon Korchnoy goes to the finals...
      110 2 LKA. Viktor Korchnoy has qualified for the of the world chess championshiD Candidates' Tournament, the winner of which will play Bobby Fischer for the world title next year. Korchnoy was leading by 3-1 when his opponent former wond champion Tlgran Petroslan, conceded their semi-final match
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      Lock icon THE KINGS IN HELEN'S LIFE
      178 2 At 11 when most girls were still playing with dolls and skipping ropes, schoolgirl Helen Lim (above) was already concep tratlng on Kings and Knights or) the chessboard. Mow at 17, she has proved to be a queen In the game of pawns. Helen, from
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      524 2 ■nIQpMQp bbbb bb E B E ED DD El QE 0 IE HD ED 0 BIQIQIDiIGiIDJ nißj.r^rjiD 11.«. 74 74 ■□□□■I ■□CM El 0 0 HO ED 0 *****0 0 ***** *****® *****0 oiSlio The full list of winners in Contest No. 10 Here are the official results of the
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  • WORLD NEWS
    • Article
      Martha seeks separation from husband
      183 3 Yorlc Wednesday. Blaming the White House for the break-up of her marriage, Mrs. Martha Mitchell yesterday filed for a legal separation from her husband, former Attorney General, Mr. John Mitchell. "I loved the man who was, but not the man Who is," Mrs. Mitchell was
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      Lock icon Storm over Nixon's tapes offer
      533 3 Rejected by many Democrats Reuter Washington, Wednesday President Nixon's offer of transcripts of White House conversations to the House of Representatives Judiciary Committee last night provoked angry rejection from many Democrats and strong reservations among some Republicans. "He must have something to hide" and "the
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    • Article
      Lock icon Minister, 40 workers held in swoop
      196 3 UPI, Reuter Addis Ababa, Wednesday Ethiopian Armed Forces have arrested the Minister of Posts and Telecommunications, Lt. Oen. Assefa Ayena, and restored strike-cut communications with the outside world. Jeeploads of troops and some armoured cars with machine guns surrounded the telecommunications centre In the
      UPI, Reuter  -  196 words
    • Article
      Fighter jets
      60 3 Washington, Wednesday The ÜB. Defence Department has revealed plans to develop a new, less costly air combat fighter for the U.S. Air Force and for foreign sales. Hie department made public an April 27 letter from Defence Secretary, James Schleslnger. to Congress saying the air force will select
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      Lock icon Red chief returns in triumph...
      292 3 Mobbed by 4000 in Lisbon Reuter Lisbon, Wednesday. Portuguese Communist Party leader Alvaro Cunhal returned home in triumph yesterday after 13 years In exile and addressed thousands of ecstatic supporters from the top of an armoured troop-carrier. Troops of the military junta which took power
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      Lock icon 'US role in Europe's security vital'
      247 3 Reuter London, Wednesday.— Mr. Egon Bahr, West Germany's Minister who specially deals with East European affairs, said last night that the Importance and the weight of the United Btates in the security of Europe could not be replaced by anything or any grouping. Mr.
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      Lock icon Malaysian jailed for drug offence
      121 3 Reuter England, Wednesday A Malaysian ship's chief steward Foo Hee Loon was Jailed for three years and fined £3,000 ($17.400) here yesterday for smuggling heroin worth over £250.000 ($1.95 m) into Britain. The heroin was the largest amount ever seized from a ship in Britain.
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      Lock icon A blueprint to curb oil firms' profits
      214 3 Reuter Vienna, Wednesday Economic experts from major oil exporting countries yesterday completed a blueprint plan designed to curb "windfall profit-taking" by oil companies which could lead to the onus for future price Increases being placed on the companies, Informed source said. The experts
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      Lock icon Nine die, 13 hurt in bridge collapse
      83 3 Rescue workers Inspect the debris of a superhighway bridge which collapsed early yesterday killing nine workers and seriously injuring 13 others near the winter resort of Kempten, Bavaria. Police said the bridge, 200 feet (60 metres) long, across the Lolbas Valley in Bavaria,
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    • Article
      Sex killer
      26 3 Antwerp, Wednesday— The Antwerp Assize Court has sentenced 23-year-old sex murderer Oustaaf Van Eyken to death for killing three women and raping eight others.
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      Milhench faces four new charges
      122 3 London, Wednesday. Pour new charges of forgery and theft were were levelled in court yesterday against insurance broker Ronald Milhench, central figure in the controversy over an alleged forgery of Prime Minister Harold Wilson's signature. The 37-year-old Milhench was again remanded in custody for a
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      Lock icon 'Smallpox will be wiped out' forecast
      200 3 Reuter Geneva, Wednesday The World Health Organisation (WH.O.) has predicted that smallpox would be completely eradicated next year. But this would not mean an Immediate end to vaccination worldwide. Dr. Halfdan Master. Danish Director-General of WU.O. told a Press conference: "We look forward confidently
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      Iraq foils attack
      48 3 Teheran, Wednesday. Iraqi tanks yesterday relieved a 1,000-strong government ganri*m besieged by Kurdish rebels in north-west Iraq. As the tanks and armoured cars rolled into the garrison town of Zahko eight miles from here, the rebels called off their attack and took to the hills.
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      77 3 Millions of wiry Scots can't be wrong. Years back they made our whisky a legend of Glasgow. Today they still drink it like there's no tomorrow. It was only recently, by modernizing our old distillery, we were able to make enough Langs to get some past the Scots and out
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  • Page 3 Miscellaneous
    • Miscellaneous
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      254 3 NEW NATION CROSSWORD 13 Vous 14 Quiz 21 Biblical priest 25 Pastry 26 Knock down 27 Yankee Doodle Dandy.. 28 More frightening 29 Rio Plata 30 Step 31 Court fee 32 Sustain 33 Trodden way 34 Japanese box 35 Selves 38 of personality" 37 Orating 40 Native: Suffix 43 Kind
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      237 3 WEATHER London Sonny and clear, 52-47F, 11-7 C. Headline: Nixon to hand over 1,200 pages of manuscripts. Paris Cloudy with rain at times, 59-45F, 157C. Headline: Poll finds electorate wants social evolution. Moscow Sunny, 5934F, 15-IC. Headline: The banner of struggle and labour. Rio de Janeiro Cloudy. 82-«0F, 27-15 C.
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      64 3 Today: 5.31 ft-m. (2.2 m); 7.46 pjn. (2.2 m). Tomorrow: 7.19 &.m. (2.3 m); 8.31 p.m. (2.3 m). Friday: 8.35 a.m. (2.4 m); 9.07 pjn. (2.4 m). Batwday: 9.32 m (2.5 m); 9.38 pjn. (2.6 m). Sunday: 10.22 a.m. (2.6 m); 10.37 p.m. (2.8 m). Moritday: 11.07 ajn. (2.6 m);
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  • FOR YOUR PLEASURE
    • Article, Illustration
      Red-hot celluloid on China: Singapore plays it cool
      1031 4  -  No Peking protest since release —but censors here ban documentary CINEMA *Y EDGAR KOH Singapore has banned the controversial Antonlonl documentary on China. Though the film's distributors were not given any reason by the censors' boaitt for its objection to public showing
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      Woman in the thick of a hectic business world
      564 4  -  By Gene Teo She stood there, looking like a princess out of a Fu-Man-Chu tale, in a resplendent purple cheongsam and her hair neatly drawn back into a bun that emphasised an air of distinction. She was soft-spoken and her ways
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    • Article
      Surprise by Clapton Comeback'
      349 4  -  BY JEAN LI Eric Clapton, super guitarist of the parish, Is back In action after a fouryear self imposed "retirement" £rom active service. This surprise announcement waa made at a party in one of London's Chinese restaurants last week. The party, given by Clapton himself, was
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    • Article
      The lucky winners
      158 4 The singer in Musicorner Poser No. 58 was Roy Buchanan. The following win an UP and a poster each: Master See Kwee Huang. Mr. Quek Ber Ooan, Mr. Cheong Kit Meng. Mr. Ng Kah Sing and Mr. Tan Lye Soon. The winners of a 46 rpm disc
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      STEAM BOAT THAT GOES WITH 12 COMBINATIONS
      443 4  -  EATING OUT with Violet Oon Eating Juan Lob (Steam Boat) is always something of a ritual. «But eating it Peking-style is even more so as I discovered when I tried this "new" dish at the Jade Room Restaurant. I say "new" because the
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  • Page 4 Miscellaneous
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      50 4 1 (I) Season In The Son—Terry Jacks 2 (4) Jet Paul McCartney and Wine* S (2) The Air that I Breathe—Hemes 4 (C) Oh My My—Bln*o Btarr 5 (S) Mockinc Bird Carty Blmon and James Taylor t (7) The Lard's Prayer Sister Janet Mead 7 (5) Spiders and Snakes—Jim Stafford
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      133 4 11 TSOP—MSBB. By courtesy of Rediffasioa. 1 (S) The Cat Crept In Mad 2 (1) Seasons la The Ban—Terry Jacks 2 (2) Angel Pace—Gutter Band 4 (S) Everyday—Slade 5 (5) Yen Are Everything Diana Boas and Marvin Gaye I (17) Reasonber You're A Womhle—Womble* 7 (6) Remember Me This Way—Gary
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      115 4 THE BORN LO6ER by Art Sansom (JJSHSi THPfRE a&m>k DUMMV v.# "I l l I fe *WD V PUTTUJfe I UOiAftte?/ i H a 4' 1' s =ii» RIP KIRBY by John Prentice and Fred Dickenson r 81/T 1 PONT MA»f TDPonr \AIX AT ONCE/ f I WCKKEP HARDTORAUe *M
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  • BEHIND THE NEWS
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      Sarawak Reds giving up armed struggle
      1233 5  -  Surrenders come with unique democratic experiment From Gerald de Cruz A unique experiment in democratic idealism is being tried out in Sarawak where on March 4 this year the second ranking leader of the 11-year-old armed communist Insurrection, Bong Kee Chok, peacefully surrendered to
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      Dispelling some myths about getting a dog spayed
      567 5 FROM THf DOC HOUSE When a dog owner walking along the street sees a dog covered with sores which might be mange, what thoughts are uppermost In his mind? I qiink that his first reaction will be: "Thank goodness I take care
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      Trials of the Ford family
      586 5  -  ART BUCHWALD One of the controversies swirling around Washington is whether Vice President Gerald Ford Is thinking seriously about moving into the White House. It was started when John Osborne of the New Republic interviewed Ford, and the Vice President speculated about whom he would
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  • OPINION
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      Making it simple for the kids
      550 6 A new debate on the Ministry of Education's handling of the second language teaching programme is on in the Singapore press. It was started by fifteen worried parents who feel that the present second language requirements in primary schools, and the way it is
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      To bathe or not
      78 6 'WHISPERS' by ISPY A 54-year-old newspaper vendor In the United States Is fighting for his right not to take a bath. He said the newspaper he was working for refused to sell him any more papers until he took a bath, shaved and got a haircut.
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      Fair price and a man's word
      1305 6  -  Oar oolumnist Dick Wilson cites the example of small pawml contract with a Hoof KMf firm entered into some yean u» wherein he was distorted to find inflation passing his eon tract bjr unaffected. The Quality of the workmanship eontrscted for remained dnl m
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    • Letters
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        'Where the cane rules'
        365 6 I thank Mr. Ismail Kasslm for his report on 'A School Where The Cane Rules' (NN April 18). Allow me to clarify three points mentioned in th{ report: Corporal punishment has never been condoned in this school. As a matter of fact, my teachers have been
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      Day UN was speechless
      396 6  -  24-hour 'job action' by 78 interpreters DON SHANNON. The UN Oeneral Assembly was recently rendered officially speechless for a day by the first Interpreters strike in the history of the world organisation. Accenting the novelty of the one-day "Job action," the technicians—who earn from US$25,000 to
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      Lock icon Warning by Warsaw Pact nations
      239 6 WORLD COMMENT IKCCKPTS ntOM EDITORIALS —The Daily Telegraph (London). A chill warning from the seven Warsaw Pact States, led by the Soviet Union, comes at the end of their two-day meetWest is urged to disarm effectively, or the Warsaw Pact States will build up their
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      Lock icon Egypt's ties with US
      187 6 Banket Shimbun Egypt Is leaning cons{licuously towards the US t was after the October war that she showed signs of changing her policy towards the US. This has t>een attributed to US Secretary of State Kissinger's peace efforts In the Middle East. There Is more to
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      Lock icon ROBOTS TO REPLACE WORKERS IN SIBERIAN MINES
      774 6  -  From Vincent Buist Reuter A leading economist In Moscow says that Soviet scientists have been commissioned to design robots which will help man extract natural wealth from the wastes of northern Siberia. After over a century's continuous exploitation, some of the mineral deposits
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      12 6 WRITE TO THE EDITOR. NEW NATION. LOCKED BAG 15. GPO, SINGAPORE. 1.
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  • SPECIAL FEATURE
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      TOWARDS TOMORROW
      2535 7 THE UPHILL TASK NTUC WILL HAVE TO FACE Singapore's labour force is chancing in age, ideas and principles. And it is only natural that union leaders also keep up with this transformation. Striking a correct balance in this respect is necessary to avoid our labour force a cherished
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  • EDUCATIONAL BROADSHEET
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      CHINA
      4289 8 Political splendour and prosperity of Tang Dynasty THE SUI DYNASTY: The Three Kingdoms The Chin and Han empires saw the people of China enjoying about four centuries of stable rule. But nevertheless this long period had not been without Its usual political upheavels, Intrigues and famines. But speaking generally
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  • TREND
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      Lock icon Bright colours for the beach
      242 9 You needn't know how to swim to dress up in pretty swimsuits. All you need are good legs, a fine figure and you'll look as though you belong beside a pool or beach. If you re very pretty and your swimwear is in one of
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      How I kept my first date with the stork
      1962 9 A DETAILED REPORT ADOUT THE ACTUAL LADOUR PANGS There were some startled looks when I entered the maternity hospital weighted down not, with baby things but several novels, my typewriter, paints and easel and with as jaunty a step as though
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      Practical dish for a busy family
      288 9  -  EATING IN Letty Lee To raise a healthy family, the homemaker should have a basic knowledge of the nutrients which the body requires. For easy classification, foods may be divided into three main groups, namely, the body building group which includes the proteins and
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  • FINANCE
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      S-E Asia can export more goods to advanced nations
      283 9  -  By Teresa 0ol Advanced nations can expect more exports from SouthEast Asian countries in future, Dr. Lee Soo Ann of the University of Singapore said. South-East Asian trade with Japan has grown much faster than with the United States because of
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      MARKET MOVEMENTS
      278 9 Activity on the Stock Exchange of Singapore narrowed down yesterday on the speculative counters. Priee movements were generally narrow both ways. Few new deals were transacted. The lower volume of activity showed the marked drop in the total turnover for the more speculative counters. The turnover for Haw
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      Singapore's total trade shoots up to $7880m
      285 9 Singapore's total trade for the first quarter of this year shot up to $7880.3 million an increase of about 70 per cent over the figure for the same period last year. The latest Jump pulls last year's total of $4636.5 million for the
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      Lock icon AIR VIETNAM PLANNING TO STEP UP ITS FLIGHTS TO JAPAN
      571 9 United Press International Saigon, Wednesday Prospering Air Vietnam isn't chuckling out loud, but officials believe the China-Japan air agreement might be the best thing that ever happened to Saigon Government airline. "We are now negotiating to step up our flights
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      Bankers Trust meeting on Friday
      61 9 The Bankers Trust Company Asia Conference is to be held in Singapore early this month. Nineteen representatives from 11 countries will attend the company's two-day session which will begin at the Mandarin Hotel from Friday. The representatives are senior executives from the United States, Britain,
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      China stay extended
      63 9 Fifteen local manufacturers now touring China have extended their stay for another week. The delegation sponsored by the Singapore Manufacturers' Association was scheduled to return from its twoweek tour yesterday. It will now arrive here on May 7. During its tour of China, the trade mission will
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    • OVERSEAS STOCK EXCHANGE PRICES
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        New York
        623 9 Bargain hunting after a week of sharp losses pushed prices a bit higher on the New York Stock Exchange yesterday. Trading was light. The Dow Jones industrial average had climbed 1.33 to 836.75 at the closing bell. Standard and Poor's 500-stock index had risen 031 to 90.31. Gainers
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        Sydney
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        Tokyo
        292 9 The Tokyo market after the first of two long weekends rallied yesterday with fairly active trading. Morning session opened bullish and hit a new high for the year In spite of there being no particular incentives. Major steels including Nippon Steel, Nippon Kokan and Sumitomo Metal were favoured because
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        163 9 Reuter Paris, Wednesday A majority of broken' clerks at the Paris Bourse rejected pay proposals put forward by the Brokers' Association In an effort to end the closure of the stock exchange continuing since March 28, with the exception of a single day's trading on April 2, Bourse sources
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    SINGER HAS MARRIAGE ON HER MIND...
    74 12 The girl with the faraway look in her eye is Taiwanese songbird Tsuei Shwu Jen. You may think that her sights are set on a life long singing career. But no. Shwu Jen, 23, wants nothing better than to be a housewife. Now engaged
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    157 12 TODAY la Wednesday, May 1. the 121st day of 1974 with 244 to follow. This Is "May day." THE MOON Is between Its first quarter and full phase. THE MORNING STARS are Mercury, Venus and Jupiter. THE EVENING STARS are Mars and Saturn. Those born on this date are
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