New Nation, 24 February 1976

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  • 19 1 NewNation SINGAPORE Tuesday February 24, 1976 No. 1571 Price 20 cents M C. (P) 428/76 NEW NATION commentl L__J
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  • 367 1  -  They attend school with a difference By Joachin Tan In over-sized helmets and starched Tumasek green uniforms, they wield rulers and rifles, grapple with mathematics and military lessons. They are Singapore's boy soldiers. Aged between 14 and 18 years, there are 100 of them no» undergoing military,
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  • 103 1 Reuter Hong Kong, Tuesday China yesterday reported without comment the opening of the ASEAN summit meeting In BalL A New China News Agency report, monitored here, noted that the summit meeting was to discuss how to strengthen the unity and regional economic cooperation among the ASEAN
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  • 23 1 Port Moresby, Tuesday —Student demonstrators trampled on an Indonesian flag, then threw it into the driveway of the Indonesian Embassy here yesterday.
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  • 543 1  -  ft > The Summit by < H.L.Lim, Sunny Wee Mr. S. Rajaratnam could not have asked for a better birthday present yesterday. And It was a two-ln-one gift, too! Coincidence or other wise, the first ASEAN summit opened on the morning of
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  • Page 1 Miscellaneous

  • 251 2  -  'Misleading ads in Press' claim By Rav K. Dhaliwal The ClD's Commercial Crimes Branch is investigating complaints against two employment agencies which allegedly attract customers by advertising Job vacancies i.n the Press. The complain is were referred to the Branch by the Consumers' Association of
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  • 133 2 The Department of ClvU Aviation will fully automate air traffic control In Singapore by next year. It will set up a new nerve centre to cope with the growing volume of air traffic around Singapore. The project will Involve the Installation of such sophisticated
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  • 50 2 The University of Singapore will hold a 10lecture course in Inventory control and cost reduction at Nissen Hut 1 every Tuesday and Thursday from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. beginning March 2. The lecturer will be Mr. V. Navaratnam from Ngee Ann Technical College. The fee is $35.
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  • 12 2 The Salvation Army will hold Its Flag Day on Saturday.
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  • 213 2 Cockroach found in bread A cockroach In a loaf of bread, two rusty bottle caps in a bottled drink, and a rusty safety pin in another bottled drink these are three recent complaints made by the Consumers' Association of Singapore to the Ministry for the
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  • 84 2 The Canadian High Commissioner Mr. R.K. Thomson has lost his "Jogging partner," Carlo, a five-year-old Dachshund which disappeared from his Blshopagate home off Tanglln Road three days ago. "My wife has not been her normal self since he was missing last Saturday. And I need him
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  • 167 2  -  By Nancy Koh One minute it "M a throaty Barbara Streisand the next, the lastily natal voice of Cher (Sonny's erstwhile pirtner). A moment later Kathy Walker (above) was once more her real self breaking in tone with her two brothers as themselves—the Walker Trio from Las
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  • STOCK MARKET
    • 144 2 Prices weakened at the Stock Exchange of Singapore In quiet trading during the first 45 minutes this morning. The marginal decline was attributed to the softness In the overnight New York market. Trading was selective with Slme Darby dropping six cents to 53.82 at press
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    • 33 2 The YMCA will conduet a 12-sesslon course on photography for beginners at Its Orchard Road premises, commencing on Saturday at 2 p.m. The fees are $15 for members and SlB for non-members.
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    • 41 2 The University of Singapore will hold a course in management planning and control at Nlssen Hut AA. every Monday and Wednesday from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. beginning March 1. The fee Is $45. The class Is limited to 50.
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    • 23 2 The SAF conduct military exercises at Mandal from today to Friday from 8 a.m. to 12 midnight. Blanks will be used.
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  • Page 2 Miscellaneous
    • 681 2 AT THE CINEMA THE FUNNY BOYS ON CHALLENGE: The not so funny Funny Boys Les Chariots get involved In politics and elections in an unheard of French village. Directed by Philippe Clair. Orchard: 1.30. 4, 6.30 and 9.15. CARAVAN TO VACCARES: The latest book by Alistalr Mac Lean turned Into
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  • 11 2 Police reported 82 accidents yesterday. Two were serious and two fatal.
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  • 473 3  -  PSC's special facility for Colombo Plan students By Teresa Ooi About 45 Colombo Plan scholars including Singapore's top students—havp been informed of their GCE "A" level examination results in advance to allow them to leave for Australia and New Zealand in time for the
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  • 202 3 Local businessmen are finalising plans to form an Indonesian committee here to boost trade between the two countries. A spokesman for the Chinese Chamber of Commerce said the committee Is expected to start work soon. Six organisations—the four chambers of commerce, Singapore Manufacturers' Association
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  • 205 3 Tonight for the 1097 th time Kassim Rahman is "getting married." Kassim. 26. is the bridegroom in the Bersanding ceremony of the cultural show at the Hilton Hotel put on every night by the Sadia Ahmad Daud'a revue for tourists, and includes Indonesian.
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  • 42 3 In our story entitled Case Goes To Court And Wins which appeared on Saturday, the sum of $598 claimed by Tal Brothers Electronics Is for goods sold. Including a cassette tape deck, and not only for the cassette tape deck.
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  • 188 3  -  By Douglas Chan The Ministry of Education has instructed principals of all second ary schools and Junior colleges to teach their students how to read Public Utilities Board meters. The move, to include meter reading in the students' timetable, was made in a Ministry circular
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  • 65 3 More than 380 flats at Kampong Java will be be balloted by the Minister for Science and Technology, Dr. Lee Chlaw Meng tomorrow at 2.30 p.m. The highest registration number reached for the three-room flats at Toa Payoh/Ang Mo Klo Zone Is 43,476. All fourroom flats
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  • Page 3 Advertisements
    • 58 3 the Impressive. Classic. Bold. The watch for today's impressive men. When looks match up to its precise movements. Exquisitely accurate. Clean square-cut in stainless steel. Automatic with day-date calendar, the Space Star 1188 is truly an impressive watch. By Titoni, of course. Everyone appreciates a Titoni. I Spa cp Star
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  • 803 4  -  The Summit by H.L.Lim, Sunny Wee Kuta Beach (Bali), Tuesday Nearly every one of the pre-summit conferences started behind schedule. But yesterday's summit opening came five minutes early at 10.25 a.m. The Purl Bunga <Hall of Flowers) at the Pertamina Cottages here
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  • 490 4  -  By ID Wang Look Fung An American and hia Filipino wife, both Journalists, deported from Bah on Saturday, are now in Singapore fee ling "worr'ed and afraid." Mr. Matt Miller 24, and his wife, Vyvyan Terorlo, 23. said they were told to leave from
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  • 114 5 AP New York Tuesday CuiumnLst Ear» wi.son tn the New York Post yesterday that Richard Burton and Elizabeth Taylor have spilt again and there may be another divorce. Mr. Wilson said a legal separat.on was agreed upon although he quoted lawyer Aaron Frosch as
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  • 255 5 UPI AP Salisbury. Tuesday Rhodeslan Premier lan Smith yesterday said he had performed "a political somersault" in ag reemg to Britl&n participation In his talks with Black nationalists for a settlement of Rhodesia's 10-year racial dispute. Mr. Smith said the British went behind his back to talk
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  • 117 5 Reuter 1 Washington. Tuesday Presidential Press ~i Secretary, Mr. Ron Nessen said yesterday the White Hoflse did not regard a speech b> fcwner President Richard Nixon In Peking on Sunday as being critical of American foreign policy. In a banquet toast In the Great Hall of
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  • 212 5 UPI The United States is still owed about U8534.5 billion ($6O billion) by foreign countries in First World War debts, but only U***** million ($1570 million) in Second World War debts, the Senate subcommittee on International finance was told yesterday. Mr. Paul- Boeker, Assistant Secretary
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  • 22 5 Reuter New Delhi, Tuesday Eleven people died from smoke suffocation when fire swept their village near Hyderabad, police said yesterday. Renter,
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  • 376 5 Big plan for tourism Reuter Saigon, Tuesday South Vietnam will reopen its d ors to foreign tourists early next month for the first time since the communist takeover last April, Tourist Bureau sources said yesterday. Preparation* were under way to receive about 10.000 tourist* including Americans during
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  • 146 5 Reuter Hong Kong, Tuesday The wife of a convicted Hong Kong drug syndicate "Mr. Big" was yesterday Jailed for 16 years and fined HK$l million ($500,000) for involvement in conspiracies to deal and trafflck in narcotics here. A Supreme Court Judge Imposed
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  • 137 5 Reuter London. Tuesday A prostitute and her accomplice* were Jailed here vesteidav tor robbing Japanese businessmen visiting London. London's Central Criminal Court was told the gang lured the businessmen Into hotel bedrooms with offers of sex and then overpowered and robbed them. Miss Patricia
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  • Page 5 Advertisements
    • 8 5 ZANUSSI s i ()< >Kf fiV \W Hl\f S
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    • 228 5 Raffles Palm I Court RESTAURANT wining dining by candlelight in the most beautiful garden v restaurant of the exotic East Tonight's Dinner CHARCOAL GRILL SPECIALITIES also Italian a la carte menu RAFFLES HOTEL 1-3, Beach Road. Singapore 7. Enquiries, bookings: *****1. *****0 Private function room* ft ample parking superb Chinese
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  • 354 6 Press caught on wrong foot as Beirut drama ends Reuter UPI Beirut, Tuesday A gang of Lebanese gunmen, led by one who Insisted he was not crazy, surrendered to authoriies yesterday after occupying the Canadian Embassy nearly eight hours holding the embassy staff
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  • 283 6 Reuter Moscow, Tuesday. World communist and left-wing leaders assembled here yesterday for the start of the 25th Congress of the Soviet Communist Party. The Congress, the first since 1971. opens today in what is officially described as an atmosphere of. "monolithic unity" In the Bovlet party.
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  • 52 6 Reuter Winnipeg. Tuesday A 12-year-old Winnipeg girl has broken the world record for smiling and won the Manitoba Dental Association's smiling marathon. Bhe flashed her teeth for 10 hours and Ave minutes this weekend, bettering the reeord listed by the Guinness Book of Records of seven hours.
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  • 185 6 UPI Manila, Tuesday The martial law government has ordered the seizure of assets of 16 Filipino companies and Che arrest of seven of their officials for alleged involvement in a US$3.4 million ($8.5 million) swindling case, military authorities said yesterday. President Marco*, using his powers
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  • 163 6 UP Cairo, Tuesday Egypt Is ,J the mother of the Arab countries" and Baudl Arabia will never let her down, the Cairo newspaper A 1 Ahram yesterday quoted Saudi King Khaled as saying. A 1 Ahram said the ex pression of support came during King
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  • 37 6 Reuter London. Tuesday Quintuplets three boys and two girls were born to a London doctor's wife yesterday. The five babies, in the intensive care unit of London's University College Hospital, are reported to be doing well.
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  • 158 6 AP Manila, Tuesday. Muslim kidnappers yesterday released six of eight tugboat crewmen held hostage for 57 days In the Jungles of Basllan island, near Zamboanga City. The other two reportedly had died of unknown Illnesses. The military said It did not pay any ransom and
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  • 156 6 UPI TODAY U Tuesday. Feb. 24. the 55th <fij Of 1976 with 311 to follow. THE MOON U between Its last quarter and new phase. THE MORNING STARS are Mercury and Venus. THE EVENING STARS are Venus, Jupiter and Saturn. Those born on this day are under the sign
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  • 71 6 Reuter Brisbane, Tuesday Roman Catholic priest Father Leo Coote broke his own world record for push-ups here last night—puffing his way through 1247 in 29 minutes 10 seconds. Father Coote. whose previous record was one less In 37 minutes, said he had decided to set a new
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  • 160 6 Reuter Detroit, Tuesday —Florence Ballard, who rose from the slums of' Detroit to And fame as an original member of the Supremes singing trio, died penniless here yesterday of a heart attack. Miss Ballard, 32, who at the height of her fame drove
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  • Page 6 Miscellaneous
    • 182 6 •:an WEATHER New York 1-minus SC. Headline: Nixon, In Peking, says mere pacts don't bring peace. San Francisco Fair but windy, 19-10 C. Headline: Nixon confers with Mao. Tokyo Cloudy," 104C. Headline: Compromise may help resume Diet business. London Cloudy, rain or drizzle." 11-SC. Headline: Battles with police at Staff
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  • 126 7 UPI Kuwait, Tuesday Kuwaiti Oil Minister Abdel Muttaleb A 1 Kazemi said In an interview published ye?t3rday his country has discovered huge quantities of oil and gas reserves that may last for 200 years. Mr. Kazemi told the Kuwaiti newspaper A 1 Qabas that
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  • 388 7  -  But things are looking up with steady rubber price p=====, Company profile llbv. Lee Yew Meng Kuala Lumpur Kepong Is one of the largest publicly quoted companies with a market capitalisation of more than $200 million. This resulted from the reconstruction In 1973 which saw
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  • Stock markets round the world
    • 198 7 Plagued by persistent blue-Thtp profit-taking, pnces seesawed* before closing lower yesterday for the first time In three days as trading slowed considerably on the New York Btock Exchange. Tbe Dow Jones Industrial average fell 2.52 points to M 5.28, somewhat dampening hopes the blue chip average would go
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    • 36 7 The Dow Jones closing average* on the New York Stock Exchange yesterday: 30 Industrials ***** (off 3.53). 30 transport 307.33 (up 03»>, IS utilities 88 89 (off 0.41), 65 &tocks 301.70 (off 0 59).
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    • 231 7 DBS Daiwa Securities Int'l Ltd The market opened nrm certrtng on blue chips and large-capital Issues due to the recent sharp rise on Wall Street. But the Nikkei DowJones average closed the day with only a slight gain since stocks in general dropped on profit taking. In the morning
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    • 116 7 Prices In Australian cents at 11 30 a.m. today (Australian time) on the Sydney Stock Exchange: ACT 138 142 ADC 55 62 Ampol Pet 63 65 Anl 110 US APM 135 139 Bank NSW 666 674 Brambles 185 189 BHP 712 716 Boral 235 236 CBA 273 278 CSR
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    • 74 7 Cloaing price on the Paris Bourse yesterday Parlbas 183 .30 Poncler 339 3 90 Pr in tempo 74.00 +3.10 Bull 44 —.10 Royal Dutch 1M.10 1.10 Michelln 1439 +.10 COE 336 10 +330 Thomson 3S7 +1.00 CPP 147 —2 Rhone 111.80 +3.80 Air 384.80 383.80) +2 Ban 081 +4
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    • 80 7 Union Bank of Switzerland Closing prices In 8wl» francs on the Zurich Stock Exchange yesterday. UBS B. 3635 30 UBS R 675 +19 SBC 490 1 Credit Suisse 2796 Swissair B. MM 2 Swiss Relnsur 2060 Wlnterthur B. IMS Zurich Insur. 0300 Juvena B. 501 Nestle B. 3585 MM
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  • 28 7 Reuter New York, Tuesday Two telephoned bomb threats yesterday forced New York's commodity exchange the nation's largest major Metals futures market to close for the day.—Reuter.
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  • Page 7 Advertisements
    • 44 7 HEARTIEST CONGRATULATIONS AND BEST WISHES TO BANQUE DE L'INDOCHINE ET DE SUEZ On the occasion of the official opening of their new premises at SHENTON HOUSE from Lim Chin Hin Tommy Y.N. Lim John Y.Q. Lim Chin Hin Watch Co. Geneva Co. (Pte) Ltd.
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  • Page 7 Miscellaneous
    • 323 7 YOUR LUCKY STARS IF irs YOUR BIRTHDAY BORN today, you are a vigorous and productive Individual with an intense Interest In other people. TOMORROW... PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20) Make an effort to preserve the good points In your present endeavour to get ahead. You may iiave to give up the
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  • 498 8 The Thai election campaign, the second within a year, Is threatening to blaze a violent trail. This fear was dramatically expressed last Friday by the National Student Centre of Thailand which staged a rally in Bangkok to highlight its demand for an end to violence. The
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  • 53 8 fg> s B Y j A reader hu written In to sav that he suspects J J Is also I Spy since both seem to have the same sense of humour. JJ has cate- gorically denied any connection with this column, and 1 don't think I feel
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  • 405 8 PROFILE OF MEAN'S FIRST SECRETARY-GENERAL Lieutenant General Hartono Rekso Dharsono, the first ASEAN Secre-tary-General, is best known for his part In quelling the communist uprising in 1965. As Chief of Staff of the crack SUlwangl Division In West Java, he was among the senior
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  • 134 8  -  SURI MOHYANI Principal, Telok Kurau Integrated Secondary School Singapore, IS. I refer to the report Gambling Students Warned (NN, 9.12.75). In September and October 1975, when some pupils of the school were caught gambling (playing cards with money), they were warned and punished with full knowledge
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  • 107 8  -  CHONG WEE LIAN (MRS.) Housing A Development Board Singapore, 2. We thank Happy Wee (NN, 27.1.76) for his suggestion of having vertical bars to prevent accidents when clothes are hung out to dry. The Board is happy to study any proposal for safety measures, but In this case,
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  • 101 8  -  BURT TAY Singapore, 19. I visited my sick mother who lives In Toa Payoh. I was unable to find someone to look after her, and so decided to stay on a little longer. As a result, I was booked for a parking offence, although there was no where
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  • 61 8  -  JURONG APPRENTICE Singapore, 3. Those of us In the $200 Income group cannot afford any Increase In bus fares, now under study by the SBS. It was only In 1974 that SBS Increased the minimum fare from 10 to 20 cents. If SBS Incurs losses through their own
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  • 64 8  -  ORANG MISKIN Singapore, 25. As a bachelor and sole bread-winner of my family, I have to support my mother, two sisters and two brothers with my monthly Income of $000, and am struggling to make ends meet. Since married men enJoy tax relief for non- working wives
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  • 487 8 AP London, Tuesday Britain's welfare state has been living on borrowed money for years. The Labour government has called a pause in the profligacy but not Just yet. Expenditure by national and local governments and state-owned Industry ha* soared 43 per cent
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  • 278 8  -  voice OF THE IMPRESS SIN CHEW JIT POH Following the gradual pick-up In the economy, our garment manufacturing Industry has shown signs of recovery since last September as disclosed by Mr. Lam Thlan, Chairman of the Singapore Oarment Manufacturers* Association. Overseas orders are pouring in, and It
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  • 999 9 Palestinians provide a near-insoluble problem By Malcolm Kerr. Professor of Political Science and Dean of the Division of Social Science at the University of California at Los Angeles. He is an expert on Arab affairs. Los Angeles Times Beirut, Tuesday. "Lebanon, land of light":
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  • 404 9  -  Art Buchwald Los Angeles Times Former President Richard Nixon Is now visiting the People's Republic of China. I wonder if he has written any poems for Mao Tse-tung. Here are a few Mr. Nixon might have written had he the time. Once again X stand
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  • trend
    • 307 10 She shines in outfits created Cor a reign How do you dress a princess? Not a reallife blue-blood royal highness but one who has earned her title In a beauty quest. Just like a real-life princess, she has got to have a wardrobe that will dazzle. Yet they
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    • 575 10 Cook- In Mushrooms once were food for the aristocracy G a therlng these edible fungi from the dark woods, where they proliferate In hundreds of shapes, sizes and colours, required a trained and careful eye. Unless you were a gatherer yourself or you
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    • 666 11 A painful choice these days when a man can afford to maintain only one TT Time was when a man's life was unci 0 m p 11 rated. His life's plan was so simple—study hard, get a cushy job, get a car, get a girlfriend,
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    • GRAPEVINE
      • 111 11 A female colleague was delighted when a medical specialist she rang up for an interview not only promptly consented but said he wanted to invite her for lunch. The medical specialist had never met her but obviously he had seen my colleague's glamourous photograph in the
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      • 126 11 German women may have earned the right to go oat and work and to put their children in day-care centres but other kinds of women's rights are not so easy to come by. According to a West German survey (reported by I'PI) women's rights
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      • 114 11 r r I m e s against women will be under special stuUy when more than 700 womrn from 29 countries meet early next month at the first international tribunal organised for this purpose. The women will give personal testimony «>f a crime of which they
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      • 75 11 The world's secondranked woman chess player Alia Kushnir, is living in obscurity in Israel though she was feted and sought after when she was living in the Soviet Union. And the reason for Kushnir*s being out of the limelight is simply because she is too good
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      • 90 11 A quietiy attractive, almost middieaged Singapore businessman thought his lounge »uit (of a coupie ol years vintage) still good enough lor his niece's grand wedding to a Thai dignitary in Bangkok. He didn't thm* anything was amiss iashion-wise, i.e. until he saw the photographs after the wedding. There,
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      • 39 11 Girl nappers in Northern Burma are choosy. These girl-napping Kachin insurgents recently kidnapped young village girls "for use as their wives" reports UPI, but three of the girls napped weren't pretty enough. So they were sent home.
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      • 94 11 It looks as though by the time the present generation of children grow up, one wouldn't be able to tell whether Michael, Alexander, Sandra and Andrea are Singaporeans, Australians, Americans or Germans. That's because not only do Singapore parents and parents in other ex-British
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      • 28 11 Cues what fashion pundits have dubbed the Arab look which some high fashion designers are plugging for this year. Oil-Weil fashions for tb« well-heeled for course!
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    • 701 11 That's why Gloria isn't about to do her swan song Washington Post Washington, Tuesday "Beiore you arrived," sne says, "we had a lovely organic apple." This may be an unthrilling declaration, but it is, in fact, the way her conversation runs, copsumingly,
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  • Page 11 Advertisements
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  • Page 12 Advertisements
    • 192 12 NEW. INNOVATIVE. "The Bose 301 is the most unusual, and one of the best-sounding, bookshelf speaker systems we have yet encountered" High Fidelity magazine (U.S.A.), November 1975. .:y ATLAS SOUND CO. UIC Hoii DiOt. 4 Still**• APOMf 1 Tf t ,wr jUg -m SPECIAL OFFER LICENSE TO 00 HOB FLATS
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    • 168 12 I Vulrr in f Double I i Decker, 1 Children Furniture, j, Maltreuea I Etc. 1 FAR EASTERN FURNITURE CO. 66, Victoria Stre«t Singapore, 7. Tel: *****7 I V w V* WE ARE DEALERS IN SOUVENIRS GIFTS SNOOPY PAULA, IMPORTED PENDANTS, TOWELS, BEDSHEETS, T- SHIRTS BLANK TAPES ANNE'S GIFTS CENTRE,
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  • shopping
    • 631 12 A twl tiscment feature TELEVISION has been hailed in various quarters as one of the greatest inventions of history. Say what you like, television watching is perhaps the most popular, if not the favourite pastime for most people. And, these people can hardly be blamed. Entertainment
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  • Page 13 Advertisements
    • 208 13 WE SPECIALISE IN CURTAIN MATERIALS CURTAIN RAILINGS m 1 -1, FESTIVE OFFER 25% DISCOUNT ON ALL CURTAIN MATERIALS Visit vur Showroom Today, at (k it i n CARLTON TRADING CO. Unit 135 Ist Floor. Queens*ay Shopping Complex. Singapore 3. Tel: *****5 See! Listen! and Compare! Quality! Design and Price! <frh>
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    • 413 13 IMAI TOTAL SKIN CAREII Top London-Trained Beauty Therapist Euphle will help you with Acne problems Special Herbs Individually prepared to take care of all skin conditions Unique massage of fM« in one complete treatment. Contact Mis* Euphie Marguaratta Salon T«h *****0 MAGICIANS FOR PARTIES AVAILABLE 132 Cantonment Road S pore
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    • 391 13 RED BEAUTY LADIES DRESSMAKERS. TEL: *****7 Mrs. Cheng. Specialises In Batik Designing and sewing fashionable dresses within 13 hours. Excellent workmanship assured. RENTAL, HIRE PURCHASE j Sales Wooden furniture. Contact: London Woodworking 2882. Blk 75. Oeylang Bahru. (off Kallang Bahru Terrace Factory) S'pore 12. Tel *****29/ *****98 Opens Sunday 11.00
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    • 356 13 LARGE BTUOIO FOR band rehearsal, musical Instrument rental, contact Youngcats 5, Devonshire Road, tel: *****1/ *****52. Positions Vacant FURNITURE DIVISION REQUIRES 2 odd-Job workers Age: 35 55. Must be able to stay In factory Interested, apply personally to:- 2882 Blk 75 Glylang Bahru (off Kallang Bahru Terrace Factory) S'pore COMPANY
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    • 753 13 RELIABLE TUTOR OFFERS tuition to primary and secondary students All subjects. Phone *****60 Kenny. SIMBRO T V SERVICE. Day/ Night B/W /Colour TV. ura n lee service A n tennac In stallutlon Fair charges. Tel: *****6. ELECTROOEX T.V. SERVICING Repairs any makes of television. Day/ Night Services. I'hont' *****43 SERVICING
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    • 86 13 EXCELLENT VEGETARIAN FOOD. Fast Service airconditioned, easy parking 10.00 a.m. 830 p.m. .Kwan Im Vegetarln Restaurant, 190 Waterloo Street. Tel: *****9. TAKE NOTICE that there Is an alteration to the advertisement which appeared In the Straits Times/ New ■Nation on the 20th February 1976 under the heading OFFICIAL NOTICE, PROPOSAL
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  • Article, Illustration
    1584 14/15  -  How woman got over the fear... Hypnotism has moved, in recent years, from the nightclub stage to the doctor's clinic, as more and more medical experts turn to hypnosis for answers to their patients' ailments. Singapore, as the medical centre of the region, has an active core of doctors
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  • 388 14/15 'My whole body shook when I was asked to answer questions' Miss N, a preuniversity student, had been suffering from anxiety neurosis for the past two years. But after four sessions of hypnotherapy, she has learnt to control her nervousness and Is now confident
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  • Page 14/15 Miscellaneous
    • 547 14/15 ACKPOT* Tuesday BU-2 A NEW NATION MONEYWORDS Cut out and pin with other coupons. Posting instructions appear below Name (Mr./Mrs./Miss) Address Tel: IN E S M FILL IN L U missing dT~MB letters L OWB ACRO USING clues BELOW along dotted lines CLUES FOR BU-2 1. Topical information 2. Such
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  • Sport starts here ...
    • 352 16 Reuter Sydney, Tuesday Australia's Test cricket captain Greg Chappell will lead the International Wanderers team on their month-long tour of South Africa, starting next month. The touring party will include six Australians, Ave Englishmen and two New Zealanders. The team will be managed by
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    • 23 16 Jakarta. Tuesday—The Indonesian Chess Federation (Percasi* will send six players to Singapore in April for friendly matches, a .spokesman said yesterday.
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    • 449 16 'After tax, expenses I get only $500,000' United Press International New York, Tuesday Un m a r ked, unextended and unembarrassed over the relative ease with which l-.e made his last world heavyweight title defence, Muhammad Ali admitted he'd feel "overpaid" for the US$l million
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    • 424 16 Koala Lumpur, Tuesday Nearly a year ago in the World Cup hockey tournament in Kuala Lumpur, schoolboy Hupdesh Singh was extremely excited with his Job as a ball picker. Today Hupdesh is excited all over again. The new wave of excitement follows his
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    • 111 16 Rio de Janeiro, Tuesday The Brazilian National Selection soccer team will play in Buenos Aires against the Argentine national selection on Friday under a thick blanket of security, the Jornal Do Brasll reported here yesterday. According to the Argentine Association of Football, "the AFA have reached
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    • 132 16 Associated Press Taipei, Tuesday A record field of more than 200 golfers tee off on Thursday In the Taiwan Open golf championship, which has moved this year to the Kaohslung Golf and Country Club In southern Taiwan. More than 50 golfers from 11 nations arrived
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    • 644 26  -  SOCCER SCENE by Philip Tan Upper Serangoon United team manager Titus Miranda is appealing to the Football Association of Singapore to consider a new date for their .match against Sembawang Constituency that was scheduled to be played last Saturday. Upper Serangoon conceded a walkover to Sembawang
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    • 71 26 Reuter Melbourne. Tuesday. Former world bantamweight champion Lionel Rose said yesterday he had withdrawn from a fight In South Africa with the coloured Bouth African junior welterweight champion Happy Boy at East London on March 13 because of the country's apartheid policies. Ro?e, an
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    • 454 26  -  By BRIAN MILLER Singapore Armed Forces "A" and "B" teams both had easy passages into the second round of the Singapore Cricket Ciub's Seven-A-81de rugby tournament at the Padang yesterday. In the first match of the day. Safsa "B" completely overpowered the big and
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    • 235 26 Reuter London. Tuesday Fourth Division club Bradford City la&t night produced the biggest shock of this year's English Football Association Cup when they defeated First Division rivals Norwich City 2-1. The memorable fifth round victory on the Norwich ground put Bradford Into the quar-ter-flnals, In which
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    • 341 27 Mi*# Mamie made a three-length break at the 800 m and was nicely clear of Not To Worry at the home turn with Anurrah closing In. Mot To V.'orry challenged 200 m out, but Miss Maggie battled on stoutly to win by a
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    • 546 27 Apprentice Razak chalks up 3 winners Local riders had a great weekend at Penang, winning 11 of the 14 races. Bukit Timah trainer Keith Daniels' apprentice Abdul Razak was undoubtedly the star performer. Razak landed a goodpriced double last Saturday. Makmor led from start to
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    • 164 27 Assocated Press Rotterdam, Tuesday— Rod Laver of Australia and South African partner Frew McMillen trounced Dutchmen Louk Sanders and Ralf Thung 7-6, 6-4 yesterday In the opening match of a week long tournament counting towards the World Championship Tennis (WCT) series. The young Dutch pair were
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    • 51 27 East Toa Payoh Secondary Bchool slumped to their sixth successive defeat when they were beaten 10 by Commonwealth Secondary Bchool In the Group Three Secondary Division soccer League match at Commonwealth ground yesterday. YusofT Kasslm scored his school's winning goal In the first half of the
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    • 302 27  -  ON THE TRACK with Blue Peter Penang, Tuesday Mark down Raja Mas as a lively outsider in the Class 4 Divisi on 4 1200 m sprint on P,aturday. The flve-year-old by Booster won once and was placed two times in nine starts last season. He
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    • 261 16 L Crossword 1 ■■■111 ■I m 8 Oenus of ants 9 Prickle: var. 10 Made practicable 11 Mark with strips 12 Woodland deities 14 Negligent 15 Dull pedagogue 20 de France 23 Canines 25 Handsome horse 27 Relinquish, as a right 29 Ranarlum residents 31 Redskin 33 Breaker or boat
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  • MODERN OFFICE EQUIPMENT
    • 610 17  -  The Singapore market for business equipment and systems is an evergrowing one that parallels the expansion of our industrial and Susiness communities. Billions of dbliars are spent on equipping offices with some of the latest machines. New Nation's special feature, through reporter BHARATHI MOHAN,
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    • 347 18 The market potential for copying and duplicating machines in Singapore is expected to reach $21.9 million in the next four years. This market has grown from $5 million in 1972 to $7 million in 1974. List year's projections indicate a total market of 5.9.4 mil
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      102 18 Addressograph-Multigraph l.td's Multilith PFC (Park Feed and Converter) is a high volume, short run systems duplicating machine which provides fully automated sequence ctontrol, semi-automated and manual operation. Each mode is easily selected by a three-position switch. Top quality general duplicating, systems duplicating and forms printing work at a
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    • 547 19 The rise in the sales of microfilm equipment here is attributed to greatly increased microfilm usage in private offices and government departments. Small office type processors have good potential for use In Übrarles, large private organisations and government departments, according to a study of the
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    • 215 19 Mechanical machines replaced The growth in sales of electronic accounting machines between 1972 and 1974 more ttvjbn doubled due to the replacement of old mechanical accounting machines with new electronic models. Sales of electronic accounUng machines will continue to be brisk, according to a
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    • 277 20 Expected to reach $5.3 million Sales of electric typewriters in Singapore was estimated at $1.9 million in 1974 and is expected to increase to $5.3 million by 1979. In the period from 1972 to 1974, sales increased by an average of 57 per cent per
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    • 145 20 The Olivetti plain paper cypier operates at a speed of 480 copies per hour. The model Copia 1500, reproduces documents of all kinds, includinx manuscripts, typescripts, photocopies, draftings, photographs, books and leaflets, as well as three-dimensional objects. The machine makes conies
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    • 250 20 The Readactron office automation system caters for a variety of office procedures such as word processing, data processing, communications and reproduction. The units are compatible with each other since all have the same operating system. The ran*e includes power typewriters for businesses that need
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    • 283 21 Cheap desk -top and hand-held calculators have flooded the local market, resulting in a price war. The compact unite can be bought (or as low as $10 In some stores, while In other shops, the same models can cost around $20 to $25. On the other
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    • 329 21 Automated Systems (Pte) Ltd. was formed In Singapore two years ago to .market and service computer and computerrelated products. The company's COM Service Bureau offers Arms here the opportunity to enter the sphere of computer micrographics. The bureau, in Specialist Centre, Orchard Road,
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    • 334 22 Demand for paper handling machines has increased tn recent years with offices beginning to produce their own reports than having printers undertake the work for them. As a result, sales of collating machines, bind lng machines and stapling machines have increased steadily over the years.
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    • 241 22 Brlskeys Private Ltd., agents for CPT Corporation, Is marketing a sophisticated word processing equipment here, designed to cut down long-term general expenses In modern offices. The baste CPT Castetype System Includes a modified Selectrlc 11 typewriter and a portable console unit. The typewriter, known
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    • 294 23 Many companies are sending cartridge microfllms all over the world instead of bulky, heavilybound manuals, according to Mr. Nicholas K.C. Tang, group sales and marketing manager for 3M Singapore Pte. Ltd. He said: "This enables a tremendous amount of savings In postage. It is found that 1000
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    • 275 23 MODERN amct equipment A Nation feature Columbia Ribbon and Marketing Company offers a selection of quality silk and synthetic ribbons of various inking degrees for high speed printers. Common liquid Ink often has a tendency to separate under the pressure of type blows; pigments and toners
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      158 24 Nobody likes licking and sticking, trying to balance tne post book, or going to the post office when the stamps have run out. Now pttney Bowes has machines which will take care of all thesa tedious Jobs lor you, leaving you time to do more urgent tasks.
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    • 64 24 The U-Blx 750 plain paper copier < below > Is designed to flt any office without waste of space. It copies books, bound volumes of any thickness, over-sized originals and even three-dimen-sional objects. The system's elaborate device and high speed operations Is meant to cut
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  • Page 17 Advertisements
    • 410 17 Memo to Management: Sandilands has a fine and practical range of furniture, equipment and accessories for your office At Sandilands, we have a wide range of office furniture, equipment and accessories that is both practical and good looking: Okamura desks and chairs, visible recorders, lateral filing cabinets, Crown safes and
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  • Page 18 Advertisements
    • 64 18 V' mm' the way it N N i should be t'• a-f paper ccpiM Avth. jurr.Do .irabilities Tie U Ei>' 1 :t 'C StiCS g on c C 1<; Un'.'itllTT 'I Otr -"Hr y Con ;.1 .r I U\- n »n V v,l'i 'f I ,r -r "'Otlifi t .r
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  • Page 19 Advertisements
    • 151 19 The Sharp solution to complicated calculations SHARP Sharp has a complete line-up of easy to-operate calculators to help you work out difficult calculations Whether it's for personal, or professional use., you can choose the precise calculator capabilities you ne»"c! <R om the Sharp range. Figure it out with Sharp! fast
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  • Page 20 Advertisements
    • 213 20 pK *****/Gash Also available in Indonesia Ruptahs 1) Can print up to 8 digits $999,999 OCX 2) Forge Proof imprints perforated words figures 3) Unique Repeat Control able to print same amount of figures repeatedly 4) Remarkable Efficiency no usual writing mistakes 5) Awarded Certificate for Compact Size "Good Design"
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  • Page 21 Advertisements
    • 362 21 VISIT THE BUSINESS EQUIPMENT SYSTEMS EXHIBITION UNITED STATES TRADE CENTER F RST B?&£SStti8 U) N8 FEBRUARY 24-27, 1»76 11 A.M. 6 PM. DAILY FEATURING- OFFICE AUTOMATION SYSTEMS COMPUTERS MICROGRAPHICS REPROGRAPHICS WORD PROCESSORS MAIL HANDLING SYSTEMS COPIERS DUPLICATORS 3M Microfilm tiling system consists of the '3400' cartridge Microfilm earners and a
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  • Page 22 Advertisements
    • 230 22 V WAjj Or* K REDACTRON TALKS TO ANYONE Only with Redactron can you put exactly the right word processing system in every office location. Because only Redactron has a range of Systems covering the full variety of office procedures. Redactron offers power typewriters for quick, error-free keyboarding, and automatic typing
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    • 83 22 L&TWUTJV INSTANT LIFT-OFF CORRECTABLE FILM RIBBON IMJJi IFTTJiH error free ers. fully shar v r-rxrs •NO MORE MESSY COVER-UPS* •NO MORE FLAKING* •NO MORE WAITING FOR LIQUIDS TO DRY* For full particulars please contact: Agents ®S®HOCK CHEONG CO. 96/97 Trae Street, Singapore 2. Tela: *****, *****/6. *****. Pleaae send under
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  • Page 23 Advertisements
    • 162 23 llliliiiiillllliili 6an>os (Suoer sleek wizard v *<*££' cX CX8027 It's wurard with number* square roots.discounts, percentages, repeat calculations and with Its ultra-thin (11 mm) body, It's sleek and good-looking too Its 8-digit display panel lights up In bright blue liquid crystal display. 4 tiny mercury batteries give it up to
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  • Page 24 Advertisements
    • 55 24 Ull i %c /7^ THEY ALL USE A M JffINTER OFFICE Wijt SERVICES SUN SUN PAPER 7 BOX MANUFACTURERS 9 C.Y.C. SHANGHAI Jf SHIRTS CHIN SENG HIN 1 PTE. LTD. ADDRESSOGRAPH MULTIGRAPH (S) PTE.LTD. SUITE 406, CATHAY BUILDING MOUNT SOPHIA SINGAPORE 9. TEL: *****8. LEADERS IN GRAPHIC COMMUNICATIONS CREDIT CARDS
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    • 154 24 m. Gheckwriter MADE IN U S.A O 1 m BUY NOW WHILE STOCKS LAST Series X 555 Very simple operation JOu 'o Protection perforated impression amounr cannot be altered No more errors your cheque. the right amount eve r y time Beautiful impressions amount pnrtted in Red and Blue One
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    • 607 25 <mm viwan > *iumaMi rCTU T :wry tJWWWBr!?!* Communication is cleans cieor, anc( attractive.,, vv« v v v# r f on tfersatilePlLOT mdx ,aCI ■■>[ >♦ 1 K r 7 UHere it is: the imaginative alternative to messy, old-fashioned blackboards. CLEAR: Non-glare. Smooth. With a white background. Notices or charts
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  • Page 26 Miscellaneous
    • 82 26 THE BORN LOSER by Art Sansom OF COURSE "^O.-VC PUSttf UTTie SMART ALK.! L/AWD FOR HOUR INFORMATION A J?£Ly I MHATS WW UFE 6TART^!y 9H H £5 SHORT RIBS TM£ kjng ocesNj L«£ MXJR JOKES 1 NEEP A change OF SCENE TO (SET SOME FRESH I PEAS MOW ABOUT TWO
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  • 39 28 MEI LIN: It is heartening to know that the student guidance and counselling service has now been extended to primary school students. AH FOOK: I am glad people are beginning to realise that even youngsters have problems.
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  • Page 28 Advertisements
    • 248 28 7* X 70 ofrv Mi *4 SEOUL RESTAURANT, BAH* CAFETERIA Ifully-AirconditionedJ CENTRE, (^NIXfLOOR) A A Je M W m a aL Weaho serve deKctous European dishesSv e Excellent by ourc,barfning waitresses Moderate charges Ideal convenient location Ample parking facilities. OPEN DAILY: FROM 8 00 a m TOlO 30 p.m. FOR
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    • 878 28 TV AND RADIO li SINGAPORE 5 3.00 OPENING ANNOUNCEMENTS followed by THIS AND THAT (r). Ivan Fernandez speaks to Dr. Tony Chla on youth problems. The programme also Includes a talk by Robert Luse on guitar music In the Renaissance. 3.30 DIARY OF EVENTS <E) 3.3S MAGAZINE ZERO ONE 3.50
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    • 119 28 Today's top shows EDWARD THE SEVENTH: The Royal Quadrille. (Ch. 5, 8 35 p.m. In colour). Foreign affairs particularly those Involving the family occupy a great deal of Edward's time. His father's plan of integrating European royalty through marriage does not seem to be working out. His sister's husband is
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