MORE THAN 500 PEOPLE WITH LONG HAIR ARE SAID TO HAVE BEEN TURNED BACK AT THE IMMIGRATION CHECKPOINT IN WOODLANDS AND TOLD TO GET A HAIRCUT BEFORE ENTERING SINGAPORE SINCE GOVERNMENT BEGAN 'OPERATION SNIP SNIP'. NON CITIZENS WERE TOLD TO 'RETURN AFTER A DECENT CROP' THE NEXT DAY. BUT MOST OF THEM WHO HAD URGENT BUSINESS WITH THEIR FRIENDS AND RELATIVES MADE DO WITH A QUICK HAIRCUT AT A BARBER STALL 50 YARDS AWAY FROM THE CHECKPOINT
10/01/1972
PCD0415 - 0016
2003,1308/3/2
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