The Straits Times, 16 December 1970

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    26 1 AVERAGE DAILY CERTIFIED SALE EXCEEDS 200,000 The Straits Times «>] The fictional fcgier l.std. 18^5 WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 16, 1970 15 CENTS K.D.N. 4517 M.C. (P) No. 1507
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    says the Tun
    423 1 says the Tun Rapport, dialogue between Mao and major powers essential BANGKOK, Tuesday TUN Abdul Razak stressed today the need for rapport and dialogue between China and other major powers of the world. The recent voting patten in the United Nations on China's representation, he said, indicated the "urgent need"
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    Vacancies ad sparks off police inquiry
    245 1 MALACCA, Tues. Police have started investigating a Malay firm "Kembar Malaysia" Malay Economic Assurance Ltd. with its office at the Mara building at Jalan Hang Tuah. The company advertised in the press yesterday calling for applications to fill vacancies In its United Welfare and
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    British Govt faces new pay rise claims
    241 1 British Govt faces new pay rise claims I ONDON, Tues.— With peace restored, at least temporarily, to the electricity supply industry, the British Government today faces another pay claim from a nationalised concern the railways. Union leaders representing 280.000 railwaymen met Railways Board today to argue their claims, and this
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    Lock icon Tidal waves sweep island
    185 1 HUGE tidal waves have again swept the tiny town of Tahuna on Sangir Island in northern Indonesia where floods and landslides earlier killed 82 people The North Celebes Governor. Brig. Gen. Worang. said today the latest disaster occurred last Tuesday when storm and tidal waves hit
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    Lock icon Hideout of kidnap Swiss envoy found—
    193 1 Hideout of kidnap Swiss envoy found— DIO DE JANEIRO, 1V Tues. Police have discovered the hideout where kidnappers are holding Swiss Ambassador Giov v a n i Bucher, informed sources said today. The sources said the kidnappers and the ambassador were surrounded in a house at the Rua De Casterino
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    Laird's visit
    28 1 WASHINGTON. Tues. Delenct Secretary Melvin Laird announced today that he will visit South-ea&t Asia early next month for an up-to-date review of the Indochina war situation.
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    Lock icon Saboteurs shot
    29 1 GAZA (Occupied Oaza Stripi. Tues.—Arab saboteurs blew up the Oaza Labour exchange early today and Israeli soldiers shot two men fleeing the scene, the Military Command said.—AP
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    250 feared drowned in ferry boat disaster
    283 1 250 feared drowned in ferry boat disaster SEOUL. Tues. wa.s carrying 2M pa.<«>pnger.s and 20 crew. He said the ferry was also carrying cargo, mainly oranges and vegetables, some of it loaded on the decks Around 0125 local 1 162 > GMT Monday) the cargo collapsed, and the ship .sank
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    SOVIET SPACESHIP LANDS ON VENUS
    111 1 SOVIET SPACESHIP LANDS ON VENUS MOSCOW. Tues. Russia's unmanned spaceship Venus 7 parachuted today toward the surface of the planet Venus after a 120-day flight from Earth, the Soviet news agency Tasa reported. Tass iaid that during the 35-mmu.e descent the spaceship broadcast information hack to Earth and that the
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    Lock icon No return of estates
    59 1 JAKARTA Tues The Indonesian Oo\ernmeni has derided not to ratura British rubber and tea estates In West Java. It WM officially announced today The serretarv-peneral of the AertculturHl Ministry. Mr. Mashud Saputra. said the decision was taken because the former owners had failed to meet the
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    Lock icon AUSTRALIAN TRAINING FOR SINGAPOREANS
    65 1 AUSTRALIAN TRAINING FOR SINGAPOREANS ANBKRRA. Tun-Twdrt hundrrd wrvirrmrn from Malavnia and Sinfaporr havr brcn tralnrd in Australia to far undri an Australian aid schrmr. Australia train* about 30* wrvicemrn from It* two (onmnn«ralth partners each year. A Defence vpokrsman told Rrulrr today that thr training ..mi ld continue at the
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      8 1 You and your property tax: See Page 22
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      125 1 fancy on the cocktail mystique THE JLijifetf" TRUTH Once regarded as I the common /■<jjf C^||\| drink —today gin pZ "^^l is given pride of fp place as being "first •"v^^apl among the liquors used I as a cocktail base". i I Authorities call it "the V purest of all
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      Lock icon 30 YEARS TO DOUBLE INDON INCOMES
      129 2 30 YEARS TO DOUBLE INDON INCOMES lAKARTA, Tups— ln- donesia will take 30 years to reach the level of per capita income of its neighbours at the present rate of foreign investment, Finance Minister All Wardhana said yesterday. Speaking at the national conference of Students at Bugor. 40 miles south
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      Lock icon HOPE FOR Gl's XMAS JOY
      70 2 HOPE FOR Gl's XMAS JOY rOMEDIAN Bob Hope waves from his Jet a- he prepares to leave on his 20th Christmas trip to entertain IS troops abroad. On hand for the departure were Santa Claus.' in thr form of Jack Beany (left) and Bobs wife Dolores Accompanying Bob on the
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      Lock icon ENGLISH TEST FOR MIGRANTS REPORT DENIED
      136 2 ENGLISH TEST FOR MIGRANTS REPORT DENIED f ONDON, Tues.—Re- J ports that Com- monwealth i m m i grants would have to lake tests in English nave been deniea in Whitehall. Under the new immigrations iaw. due early next year a commonwealth citizen who after four years tn Britain want
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      Nixon's choice for Treasury post shocks Democrats
      125 2 VVASHINGTON. Tues. President Nixon* success in securing an influential Democrat, former Texas Governor John Connally. for the post ot Secretary of the Treasury, was widely seen today as a major political coup, as well as bringing fresh thinking on America's economic troubles The
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      Lock icon Now hijacker gives up to US Embassy
      230 2 PHNOM PENH. Tues. Alvin L. Glatowski, one of two young Americans who hijacked a U.S. ammunition ship in the Gulf of Thailand iast March, walked into the U.S. Embassy here today and surrendered. Glaiowbki. 20. of California told reporters he facfri me death
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      Lock icon Indon rebels goon trial in Hague
      274 2 THE HAGUE, Tuesday. §|OUTH Moluccan separatists plotted to assassinate President Suharto while he was on a State visit to Holland last summer but later abandoned the idea in favour of storming the residence of the Indonesian Ambassador, a Dutch Court was told. The plot
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      £8.3m fund to meet pollution claims
      90 2 £8.3 m fund to meet pollution claims IO NDO N Tues Th« j maior oil companies hay« started a i:8.3OO.ono lund to provide compensation for pollution caused by spills irom tanken. Thi.s m announced at meriinc yesterday by Mr P. A Mtdcralt, chairman >>( tin Oil Cnmpunir.s Intrrrntional Marine Fnnim
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      354 2 Essogas 10th Anniversary sale (You get the gifts on our birthday!) Take advantage of our Special 1 Oth Anniversary Offers J£ tttfVtStf'itfS SSSj Essogas is ten years old and to celebrate, we've our I Oth Anniversary Sale. Now you can buy reduced the price of Essogas by $1.00 per 2Blb.-
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      103 2 m f «£VV Ml& offer the new tlelilum with the 18-carat gold nib and give genuine pleasure The large 18-carat gold nib of the new Pelikan gltd«a easily and smoothly over the paper. Its stabilitmf edges prevent troublesome splaying of the point, thtw giving full expression to the character of
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      Lock icon Border clashes: Thais on the alert
      373 3 Border clashes: Thais on the alert IIANGKOK. T-'.cs. Thailand has alerted its military and police forces in the northern-most province of Chiangrai following reports of fighting between remnants of the 93rd Kuomintang Chinese division and Mco terrorists In remote border areas. V l'-ast 27 Meo.s and eight Chinese irregulars were
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      Nixon ready to send a peace force
      324 3 Nixon ready to send a peace force 'fHE United States has advised Israel and Joidan that it will be willing to participate in a United Nations-Spon-sored peace seeping lorce in the Middle East, authoritative sources said. The U.S. willingness to tom such a force was outlined in separate conver- sations
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      Lock icon Big move by Franco to stem unrest
      245 3 Big move by Franco to stem unrest MADRID. Tuesday. QENERAL Franco's Cabinet, in an unexpected display of authority to stem unrest over the tnal of 16 Basque nationalists, has given police unlimited powers of arrest and detention throughout Spain for six months. The .stem measure was approved late last night
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      Lock icon Now it is Place Charles de Gaulle
      120 3 Now it is Place Charles de Gaulle PARIS. Tues. Tlir tfUpute ovpr renaming the Place dp L'Etnilr tn Uen. de Ouullrs honour WM stt tied in his favour Unlay but orly after Int**rvfiun»n by President Pompidou The Parts City Council voted 44-11 to uphold Hi deciMon to rechriMen Hie great
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      Lock icon EEC fails to meet deadline
      72 3 BRUSSELS. I lie*. Ihe Common Market Six {ailed today tv meet their .self-impoM-d move towards economic and Jan 1 deadline for starting monetary union After a 12-hour marathon. EEC Foreign and Finance Miuere still in disatfreemmi owe the extent to flhirh their protect would require
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      326,000 DUBCEK MEN OUSTED IN PURGE
      150 3 326,000 DUBCEK MEN OUSTED IN PURGE yiENNA, Tues. zech Communist Party First Secretary Mr. (iustav Husak said 32b.8i? party members were ousted during (he purge of pro-Dubcvk relormers, it was revealed today. Mr. Hu>ak .innouncrd this last wrrk at the twort a v central rommittre mectinc in thr Prague CmUc.
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      Lock icon Convict killed
      31 3 MANILA TOM -Onr convict •\h^ <iiled and nine v ere wounded i.i.-t nichi in thr Moond (trmighi day >t vtolcacc n Hir Philippine National penitentiary in nearby Muniinlun.i. UPI.
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      Lock icon Court is told of 'wipe out My Lai' order
      268 4 Court is told of 'wipe out My Lai' order I/oit i „1-aNINO, Tues. r Vi v c defence witnesses told the court-martial o: Lieut. William Callcy that a superior officer gave orders to wipe out the entire population of \iv Lai village on arch m. I9(i8." fifth defence WltlMM i
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      Lock icon Court backing for princes
      177 4 >tE\V DELHI. Tues i The Supreme Court today threw down a Govvernment order depriving the nations former princely rulers of their privy purse*, titles and other privileges. The former princes ,n;d maharajahs had asked the court to quash the Presidential order enacted U September after the
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      Lock icon Smiles all round as strike ends
      78 4 Smiles all round as strike ends BRITISH union "Mni.il~ nil Monday announced thr end of the work to rule slourinun lh.it paralysed p.uts o| I -nsLind iv. th pnucr failures. Picture -hous: < from left Mr. Jack Biffin. licarral and Municipal Workers' I n inn \li I '.ink Chappie. Electricians
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      Cambodia claims victory in big battle
      143 4 Cambodia claims victory in big battle pHNOM PENH, Tues.— The Cambodian high command today claimed victory in "the first great offensive of the dry season" after leaving thousands of Vietcong and North Vietnamese killed on the northern battlefield at Prey Totung. A special communique ol tho command said. 'The Khmer
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      Lock icon 2,000 KILLED IN PREY TOTUNG
      172 4 2 ,000 KILLED IN PREY TOTUNG The Cambodian Meld commander, Lieut. Col. Srey Yar. sent a telegram to Premier Gen. Lon Nol when ihe crisis of the battle wa.s past >aying his troops, despite numerical inferiority, were in high morale and were supported by active and i fflcient air strikes
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      Lock icon US patrol strays into minefield-6 killed
      108 4 US patrol strays into minefield -6 killed SAIGON, Tues. Six I.S. soldiers were killed and two wounded when thrv accident all* walked into an old American minefield just below the demilitarised zone. A U.S. military spokesman said todnv the incident occurred on Saturday about a mile helou thr border wjth
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      Lock icon Vietnam situation better now, says an expert
      209 4 Vietnam situation better now, says an expert f ON DON. Tues. Sir Robert Thampson. British adviser to U.S. President Nixoa on Vietnam saia yesterday, the U.S. Vietnam isation and pacification policies were now •■unassailable" by the enemy. Sir Robert, an expert in guerilla warfare who played n major role in
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      Rabies vaccine for humans?
      31 4 WASHINGTON lv. —Testa on .i Bra ribip.s \.iiiin' linn Mmv.n -vi h dramatic win— <>n laboratory anlmali thai I i now irrpd lur pi i>t hum in
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    Lock icon Many new faces emerging from Umno meet
    524 5 Many new faces emerging from Umno meet YIANY new faces are 1 expec 1 <: fl to emerge from tinUmno nrnti assembly to be hold here fron- Jan. 22 to 24. This is evident from toe nominations -<> far pul up by the vartou <iv i ion for the M-member
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    Lock icon Seabed probe plea by Koh
    333 5 UNITED NATIONS. Tiles. Singapore urged U.N. members yesterday, to avoid sectarianism as they near ed decision on selling up nn international re-i-iii nf to govern exploitation of the seabed and ocean floor. "For. if the new international order is to be both equitable and viable
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    7 people are hurt in -pile-up
    87 5 7 people are hurt in -pile-up IPOH. Tue».— Seven penplr and ncht pig«> were injured in a pilr-up of flvr \ThielPK alone a straight -.trrtch of the main trunk road. H miles north of here, this morning. hour earn followed by a lorry loaded with 45 pig» urn- travelling towards
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    YOUTH CLUBS SOLVE A RACIAL PROBLEM
    95 5 YOUTH CLUBS SOLVE A RACIAL PROBLEM PENANG. Tucs. -Several "sensitive areas" m Penang have now been converted into "co-opera- ive areas." State Youth and Sports Officer Inche Ahmad bin Ilaji Abdullah said today. Reviewing Ins depart ment'.s projects this year. Inehe Ahmad said multiracial youth clubs had been formed in
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    Dr. Lim's reply to DAP: I may fight Goh soon
    243 5 PENANCi. Tucs Chief Minister Dr. Lim Chong Eu said today the timr night come for him and Mr. Goh Hock Guan. former DAP secret-ary-general and MP for Bungsar, to contest against each other. "They (DAP officials) must not be too
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      370 5 .^lSa^r A WaaW \^> k^aBBBT *S\' TP >V hundnds and tbouMn* of aMra and tw. 5 v"~>.v^> And, i< you aim at rui wfpnaa. < V*a'«* duaint Bowm. links and «tud» o> ptra. Wa'w rajlly «ot to many, thinajt; A.^ °J' Wa Jutt don't know quit* wfMn to start. C\'
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    Earth lorries and street diggers off the road
    449 6 Earth lorries and street diggers off the road SINGAPORE. Tucs. (n--sightly vehicles, noise and nuisance particularly on 1 1 it* roads are to be reduced to the minimum during the Commonwealth Heads of Government conference starting here on Jan. 14. Advice has gone out to builders, contractors and transport operators
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    Charter group stranded for five hours
    252 6 Charter group stranded for five hours KUALA LL.MPIR Tufs. About 100 charter•slit passen'ers were stranded at Subang Airport today for more than fire hourv The passengers headed for Singapore, Australia, New Zealand and Bangkok flew in here on a Seven Seas Fellowship flight and found that tickets for the connecting
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    SUPP to ask SOC for details on infiltration
    313 6 SUPP to ask SOC for details on infiltration KUCHING, Tuesday THE Sarawak United Peoples Party is to seek more particulars from the State Operations Committee on the form of infiltration that had taken place in the party resulting in the spread of anti-national and anti-government propaganda. The party intends to
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    Oxford & Cambridge Society
    44 6 Oxford Cambridge Society The annual cocktail party 1 «vill be held on Thursday 17th December, 1970, at I Suite 802, Cathoy Hotel, at! 7 p.m. Oxbridge graduates (especially the newly arriv ed) are invited to attend. For further information tele phone ***** Honorary Secretary
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      442 6 LIONS CLUB OF SINGAPORE CENTRAL r^) PROUDLY PRESENTS VT/ CHARITY FILM PREMIERE UNDER THE DISTINGUISHED PATRONAGE Of 1 THE HON'ABLE MINISTER FOR LAW NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT MR. E. W. BARKER IN AID OF THi SINGAPORL ANTI-TUEERCULOSIS ASSOCIATION CATHAY: TONIGHT AT 9.15PM v SEASON FROM TOMORROW DAILY 5 SHOWS: 1 IAM. 1
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    THE GREATEST MAGIC EXTRAVAGANZA EVER
    89 7 THE GREATEST MAGIC EXTRAVAGANZA EVER Sco<nn Commences Friday 18th December Daily 8.30 p.m. Matinccv Sofv, Suns. A Holidays 4.00 p.m. Tickets available at National Theatre Box Office (10 a.m. 6 p.m. daily including Suns. A> Holidays I, Cold Storage; C.K. Tang and Robinsons. Evening Performances: $2/-; I $4/-; $6/- $8/-.
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    HK tourists wait 40 days for Malaysian visas
    252 7 HK tourists wait 40 days for Malaysian visas DBNANG, Tues.—Hundreds of Hone Kong tourists intending to visit Malaysia had to uait for at least 40 days to obtain an rntry visa into the country. Hong Kong tour operator, !>lr. Joseph Chan, said here today. "We hart to cancel several group
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    Scooterist is fined $100
    51 7 HNOAFOIIB, Tim i nik; Ttauan Kwani ol Kiant Riwu whs fined Ml tddftj I'm i idinu h MOOtei without a Ik encr al Bhenton W«j on Marct) Hp -vas nnr>d anniher MB, and div)iiahlir<i trom nWaintlH a ltcmc« for a >Mr f«W nor being cmerwl by
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    Lions Club speaker
    45 7 SINGAPORE. Tiifo Mr. Albert Lew J^ng Crma. programme director of the Chine -e YMCA. will be th» (Wat speaker at the Lion* Club luncheon rreetlng at Hie Goodwood Park Hotel tomorrowHe will speak on the "Functional role of community service in Singapore."
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    SHOPMAN'S FIRST I 'CUSTOMERS' WERE ARMED ROBBERS
    118 7 SHOPMAN'S FIRST I 'CUSTOMERS' WERE ARMED ROBBERS SINGAPORE. Tues. J Tanelin Road simple pp per Onp Hin Hong cot a morning surprise yesterday. No sooner had he opened for business, when four men walked in brandishing j knives and bearing scrapers They tied him and numbers of his family before
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    $10,000 cheque for social service
    50 7 $10,000 cheque for social service BINGAFOML Tups. The Mobil Oil Company has donated $10,000 to thr Singapore Council of Sorial Srrvicr Mi E> Pent I.iaiic tho rouncll'i pieMdonl. received the rnequr from MoMI i uWt 'flations manager Mr Robert Klfep Nfobil made a similar donation to the counril last year.
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    MP's Mecca trip postponed
    55 7 STNOAPORF. T'ie< The MP for Gexlane Serai. Inche Rahmat Kin Krnap ha, poßtprnnrl his trip to Mecca hv a month to Jan 24 Tlm- larenell dinner »hi«h the Oeyian; Serai Citireiu Consultatnp Coinm'tTpp and manaee-m»-nt committee had planned for I him ttill also be postponed from
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    Costly stop
    31 7 BINOAPORI TOM TBB Bang km of OommonwaMlUi I w.is finwl 138 today lor stopping Ins car in from of a lus Mop hi .lalnn B«"var on June Ifi. itJl
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    Simplified characters allowed in exams
    165 7 SINGAPORE. Tues— Simplified Chinese characters approved by the Ministry of Education, are allowed in examination scripts, the ministry public relations officpr. Miss Anne Chiang, said today. La.st year, the ministry brought out a booklet of some 502 simplified Chinese characters. Printed b> the Educational Publication
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    ART SHOW BY BALI FARMERS
    154 7 SINGAPOREANS will br ablo to vipw a comparatively unknown form of art during ;i two- week exhibition "Peasant Painters From Bali" to be held at the National Museum from next week. The exhibition will consist of 48 paintings of "primitive art." so called be- SINGAPORE.
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    Raja on new basis for co-operation with Malaysia
    558 7 PO-OPERATION wilh Malaysia is no longer ;i qurslioii lh;il ran Ikconsidered on the basis of mmil icalion, according i<> Foreign ami Labour Minister Mi. S. Rajaratnam. It has to be worked out in more sophisticated terms, he said He was writing; in
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    Xmas party
    30 7 6INGAPORF. Turs The Pan-P*ri(ic anri Soutli-eaft A.-ia Women■;• Aaaoctalion will hold a j ChriMina 1. paiu for the St. Andrew's kntston Ho.«pit»l on i Bati<rda> ai 2.1S p.m
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    Fernandez's appeal against order of extradition
    942 8  - Fernandez's appeal against order of extradition YEO TOON JOO: LAWYERS HAVE 14 DAYS MORE rv London, Tuesday pOI«MKK MSA legal secretary Gerald Fernandez. '.VI. is to appeal against a London magistrate's order of extradition to Singapore to lace corruption charges. His lawyers, it is understood, are preparing a writ of
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      106 8 J^v- HaTMu^nk'aonr/i'p «rrrE« V^ to tw pit arka f C/wr^^Wk A NA4TTY MOJjnM OUTA I ..-SOMWOW IPfti I rtarfi lit/ 1 lu>\ii'r i.imltl WM r LEVEL WITH X TINKV'S TWO RCCOVERED*' WMATAffE HER, fuTc rnxSTfr' > l ME.DOC. WHAT'S] SITUATION aUCKSMOT WERE NEVER Z- CHANCES? J VTSvSS^ I SMC A4KCO
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    The mood is 'wait-and-see'
    893 9  -  P.C. SHIVADAS CIVIL SERVANTS' REACTION TO HOUSING LOANS OFFER 'J3y ONLY a third of the 220,000 civil servants in West Malaysia ma y qualify for housing loans to be made available as a resuli of the Sullian Com mission's recommendations. And fewer still are thinking oi
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    Lock icon The threat from a jobless majority
    560 9  -  GERALD RATZIN Mrs. Gandhi warns businessmen: By NEW DELHI VLN DELHI The Indian Government is pledged to create at least half a million new jobs next year. It has also promised that by 1975 every family will have at least one wage-earner with an
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    Autonomy of varsity not infringed when it aids Govt: Toh
    358 10 Autonomy of varsity not infringed when it aids Govt: Toh HONG KONG, Tues. Criticism that university autonomy is infringed when the university lends its services to government or its agencies was rebutted by Dr. Toh Chin Chye here today. Talking about the controversy over university Involvement with government, the Vice-Chancel-lor
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    Inner Wheel to fete wives of C'wealth PMs
    82 10 SINGAPORE. Tues. Members of the Inner Wheel Club will entertain the wives of Commonwealth Prime Ministers and Presidents at Four Lions on Jan. 16. Details of luncheon will be finalised la two weeks. After the luncheon club members will 1 lake their
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    Police praise Shell man for river rescue
    236 10 Police praise Shell man for river rescue BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN, Tues. A Shell Company worker, Hassim bin Karim, who Jumped Into the Belait River and saved a boy of 10 trapped in a car was commended by the police today. The OCPD Kuala Belait. Mr. PE. Pike, in presenting Inche
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    Second language for all Pre-U pupils
    425 10 INTEGRATION OF AIDED SCHOOLS NEXT YEAR SINGAPORE. Tues. All preuniversity pupils will study a second language from next year, like all primary and secondary school pupils. A start will also be made on extending the policy of integration of schools to aided schools, wherever
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    Lorry driver tells of fatal stabbing of army corporal
    237 10 Lorry driver tells of fatal stabbing of army corporal SINGAPORE, Tuesday ORRY driver Sarjit Singh told a court today he was talking with his army corporal friend minutes before he was stabbed to death. He was testifying at the econd day of a preliminary inquiry In which three youths are
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    6,000 visit workshop
    33 10 SINGAPORE. Tues About 6.000 people, a third of them students, visited the recent Nanyang University Economic Workshop held In conjunction with the seminar on small Industries, Its organisers reported today.
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    Variety show
    35 10 SINGAPORE. Tues About SOO Jurone worker* are expected to i urn ud at a variety show tomorrow ors? nixed by the Pioneer Indus; rle* Employees Union at the union* premise* at Tuman .Jurons
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    $1,500 fine for having samsu
    58 10 SINGAPORE Tnex Tan e w*e Hen*. 62. unemployed, wa* fined $1,500 today for having eight callon* of samsti In a house in Oufns Street yesierdav In the same court, a trlsharlder Tan Ah Kou. 60 was fined $250 for possession of two gallons of "moonshine"
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    Marketing
    28 10 SINGAPORE. Tue« The National Productivity Centre will conduct a course on modern marketing thinking and technlaues for senior and middle management from Jan 4 to Jan. 22
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    Big police hunt for Changi escapee
    236 10 Big police hunt for Changi escapee SIMiAPORh. lues— A bit manhunt was launched today for a 20->rar-olfl prisoner who escaped from a h i n e i Prison working party this morning M.i hm.i i .i m M .i n i i k .i m > vanished while (ending vegetables
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    Walk on wall that led to death
    243 10 SINGAPORE. Tues. An eight-year-old boy who would not get off a fourfoot high wall later fell to his death, a coroner heard today. Testifying at an Inquiry Into the death of Yasuto Takano on Nov. 26. domestic servant Esah blnte Benwari. SO. said:
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    Incorrigible' man stole from a policeman
    171 10 OINGAPORE. Tups A man described as "in- i corrigible" who stole a wallet from a policeman on a bus. was Jailed for three years today. Lee Koh Boh. 31. was convicted for the 13th time when he admitted stealing the wallet, containing $10, and
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    Safer lifts for HDB flats
    174 11 CLOSING UP A LETHAL GAP SINGAPORE, Tues. The Housing and Development Hoard has implemented some of Us plans lo make Mils in Him Hals safer. At. the newly balloted improved-type of flats in Chin Swee Road estate, construction is now going on to bridge the
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    Father, son killed in head-on collision
    212 11 Father, son killed in head-on collision ir<)H, Tues. A father und a son were killed and seven others injured when the car in which they were travelling was in\ -lived in a head-on collision with a lorry at the 'tH' j milestone Ipoh-Butti-rworth road, near Taiping, last night. The dead
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    $60 m ploughed back into tin industry to boost output
    263 11 $60 m ploughed back into tin industry to boost output IPOH, Tuesday TfORE than $60 million was ploughed into the iT tin industry during the First Malaysia Plans five-year period for constructing new dredges and modernising old ones. Of this, about $50 million went into the setting up of five
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    'Why I skipped training' by national serviceman
    87 11 'Why I skipped training' by national serviceman SINGAPORE. Tues. A Vigilante Corps member, jailed today for three I months for desertion lrom national service, explained that he could not report for training because he had to do overtime work. He was at the time a Public Utilities Board labourer. Remain
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    CBT charge denied
    55 11 SINGAPORE: Tim Hoiise•rtff Asa' ha I.nr Oust Yam M, denied cnniinlMinp <iinnnal breach of trust of IB item?, df jeweller; worth M£M oven to her by Llni Oee Sens for Kale on apt)' ova I basis at Jalan Paias on Juh fi Trial uas fixed for Feb
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    Production
    60 11 Together with three other such "giants" opened up before i:»6b, there will be altogether eight such drodgr.s ;:i the country. Besides the new 'giants' many smaller dredges have been resiled on new mining land after modernisation to give then greater production capacity. Of these rebuilt mines, four were opened
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    Anniversary dinner
    49 11 SINGAPORE. Tue<; The Sinimnorc' Aquansts Society will hold iti ifiih anniversary dinner at t hr Wins Chnon Yuen -e»taurant, Great World Aninsriimt Park tomorrow at 730 p m Wtnmn o( the California International Ctuppv Show v ill be presrntPri vttb trophle.v planues ana certificates, at the dinner.
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    Now PPP MPs to boycott Budget speech
    301 11 Now PPP MPs to boycott Budget speech IPOH. Tues. The People s Progressive Party today announced that its four Members of Parliament would boycott the Finance Minister's Budget speech at the Dewun Bahasa on Dec. 22. This makes PPP the second party which will boycott Tun Tan Siew Sins speech.
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    4-D collector fined $600
    61 11 SINGAPORE. Tues. Goh Kla Cheng. 39. wa* fined 5600 today for fataf a foui -dull lottery rollertor. Police raided his roffee-stali at Ord Road off Rjver Valley Roar! on Oct 2i and tound a ■•■lip of paper with a recoid of Makes. a:id two other betting
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    3 youths guilty of radio theft
    166 11 SINGAPORE. Tues Three youths were found guilty today of breaking into a caretaker's quarters at the Jalan Eunos community centre at night and stealing a transistor radio. Thr magistrate called for i a reformative training re- port on Roslan bin Ramll, 16. and probation
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      255 11 I IfTfTfl Christmas I IXyiJUJ Special Draws From 6th to 27th December 1970 TOMORROW'S DRAW NO: 100/70 I $180,000 °j2 l^r A^j^ to winners with 5 numbers correct, fta Sr e ot^ er 9 rou P P r izes remain the £3» krtW**"^^^ BftTTJl^^^ same plus free entry for 3
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      TIN'S DOWNS AND UPS
      517 12 Six weeks ago tin procliinis, moderately pi by the raising of both tinfloor price and the ceiling, >verc talking of setting the International Tin Council to take another look at the price raiißt perhaps early next year. So much foi optimism. The price today is within
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      MEDICINE IN BAHASA
      323 12 The only sun way ol overcoming the shortage ol doctors in Malaysia is to increase the facilities for medical education. The doctor to population ratio is one to 6,000 and in the less developed parts one to more than 10,000, hardly flattering to a country which boasts
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      WIDER HORIZONS
      221 12 The Singapore Government's tax er.emption scheme to promote greater investment by local businessmen in Indonesia is beginning to have some effect Indonesian officiab report that 24 projects totalling more than $100 million, have been approved, and if inquiries are any yardstick a substantial number of other firms wili
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    SUM the general who turned the tide in Burma
    665 12 SUM the general who turned the tide in Burma JONDON, Tues. Field Marshal Viscount Slim, who led the campaign that liberated Burma in World War 11. died in a hospital here vesteriay. He was 7!). Lord Slim, who in 33 years rose from the rank of private to general, came
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    The adat and divorces
    292 12 IN the feature article on a'iat perptteh by your staff writer IB.T. Dec. 7i Inche Hyahrum ol the University ol Malaya Is Quoted as having said thai "tlie Neyn Malays are proud that because of their adat few ol their women go In want or suffer
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      Let's have the art of love the Asian way
      151 12 ¥f MOVIE-GOER finds the film version of Kamasutra disappointing it is quite understandable. The producers stive the traditional art of love-making an AngloIndian touch and the result a M ranee blend in the understanding of the nerfectlon of love. Mh in
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      182 12 Phone' deposit Mi irXr.l nU..£, was iefewWMMMiMfeM vi Juiy m nit ii^uui uo i ii.i, Uiat. the n-ntai ii,i our alia Wo LOU ailll. i exuCitu my deposit Ol Suvj Mitt> me neciSoary uiuu^i vn o aSauM, io U* itiuiiliu p i i wu p .-> within iwu uiO..tii^ MtmMl
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    PROVINCIALISM AND UNITY
    79 12 REFER to "J< horp Nlfht in Selangor iST Dec st. It it was not nvant to promote re-glr-na.'isrr. ihen it must have been to encourage provi'icialism. It high time we in Malaysia cast off regional feeling*. It is the duty of all St-xtes to support the government
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    Lock icon After the cyclone disaster The victor from the east
    889 12  - After the cyclone disaster The victor from the east Gavin Young By ONLY three weeks after one of the world's greatest natural disasters struck East Bengal, the cyclone has been momentarily eclipsed by an unprecedented victory for the 75 million survivors. Bengali (East Pakistan) nationalist Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, the much-impri-soned
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      141 12 EPlKOTE*'paints' BETTER ADHESION, BETTER PROTECTION. Epikot* Reims mad* paints tough and durable. Epikota pimti protect b«tt«r •gainst abrasion and chemical corrosion Modern cars and trucks use Epikote based primers for good adhesion to metal and finishing coat, resulting In superior and lasting tin.shei Epikote is also used in primer* and
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      A move by Manila to woo Asian dollars
      747 13 ]t|ANILA has recentlf ■ly set itself up to be a serious contender for Asian dollar deposits. The Philippine move will give dollar holders a third city in South-East Asia to put their money. Singapore and Bangkok are the other two Singapore, of
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      $1.7mi1. CONTRACT FOR REDIFON
      196 13 REDIFQN, a m c in be r company of the Rediffuston organisation, has won a contract, through negotiations by its Singapore office, to supply -£2.(0.000 (51.690.5iHj i worth of radio beacon equipment to Indonesia to upgrade and extend that country's system of air navigational aids. The
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      Lock icon Tin nears buffer stock buying level
      684 13 Tin nears buffer stock buying level r FH?J recent slide in the price of tin on the London Metal Exchange (LME) from around £1.520 per metric ton has brought it to within striking distance of the top end of the lower sector of £1.350 tc £1.460 under the International Tin
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      Lock icon AUSSIES BACK STEEL INSTITUTE IN S'PORE
      288 13 ANEW mdusiry-Rov-ermneni partnership was launched in Melbourne on Monday with the Inaugural meeting of the Australian National Committee lor the SouthF.'>' Asia Iron and Steel Institute. A motion officially establishing the Committee was moved at a meeting in Melbourne attended by representatives of government
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      CITY TALK
      218 13  -  CROESUS BSSBI By Food for thought A GOOD lime wa« had by all at the Sinrapore National I'nion of Journalists' 10th anniversary dinner held at a leading hotel in the Re pul<|ir hist Sunday The economists :imonc us had a purticul.irly good time for tnev calculated, between bites,
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      CHIEF PRICE CHANGES
      82 13 RISKS K. Smelt $7.40 .J.S M. Toh $4.U4 4 .14 M. Brew. $4. KG .13 Ajinomoto SL'.nn .07 T'ganu l)ev H-51 ofi S. Darby 14.04 .nfi C. $1.C7 n, A. Enterprise $0.73 4- .03 FALLS N. Iron $3.70 —M Wiierr Prods si [I .ij-; I SMS SI
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      Takeover bid for Bukit Panjong
      283 13 Takeover bid for Bukit Panjong By BLAIR JOHNSON H.vm Llniang Ruboef has bid lor Hu,..t Panjoug; it is offering i each lor t li< Sela •ii nibbcr estate par' shares, and U t.'ie bid i.s successful it will cos! I). 263.--403 'Si M million). The company already owns 4H4 NO
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      Straits Times Indices
      37 13 Straits Times Indices Dr.. II 11,, lmlnvtti.il..: 1.,.1 I l:.t. Ift Hi.lrlv tl.fl fi1.77 t'ni|irttii-«: liil in Mil Tiny N n i ruhhrtv HIM II LM llrr. :n. MM Il l l>rr III.X ISS Itrt. .">. I'll.- lull
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      73 13 SELETARIS goes with if the *KJg good things in life Ki^^^gst Just as you enjoy good food, you too will enjoy Seletaris tyi^ %=0 —the mineral spa water which con§gi^ tains no sugar, helps liFrT T Jttli Indigestion and kSLETAS^ cleanses the palate. fe 'Z** i For years it has
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      93 13 INSIDB Hargill Fnctnwint h.irv«t« rxpnrU In nri| hhi in ."r rnlamn; Marketing mliimn: IVnplr In BSatßtWi Par* < nmptny nc«v SSMM maikrl rrpurt; OBSMStSSUSB, Pace OTrr*pa« markpto I ■•niton. Nrw Vnrk. Mrlbournr, Hone Knnc; Chwlnf prirr* and hu«ini-»» rtonr P^j» 18. We wish to announce that we have been appointed
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    Giant yards
    321 14 4 NTICIPATTNG the curi% rent shipbuilding boom to continue for some time yet, leading shipbuilding companies in Japan are starting to construct gigantic shipyards capable of handling vessels of one million dwt ton capacity, reports the Japan Economic Journal. For example. Mitsubishi Heavy Industries has started work on
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    PEOPLE IN BUSINESS
    258 14 PEOPLE IN BUSINESS HOTELIER MX. Ronnie B.H. Tan, former manager of Sineapores International Airport Restaurant returned recently after a foiir-yfar course at the University of Hawaii where hi obtained a Business Administration degree in Travel Industry Management. During his stay in Hawaii, hr worked in both the Hilton and Western
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      Gold launched
      161 14 GITLV C.OI.I) a ttOft specialist vpsspl. was launched at the Vosppr Thornycroft Unit^crs shipyard at Tan.iong Rhu. Singapore, last Saturday She is the last of thrpe vessels built lor Borneo Straits onshore a Joint venture between the Borneo Company and Straits Stpamship to service the numerous rins prospecting
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      Nationalism!
      111 14 nil Managing Director of R A.O. Holdings. Mr. Rohort Owns, said in AurklnnrJ that He* Zealand investors would have to put ut> M i>t cpnt of the money npprtrd if his eompans »tp to be successful In buying Union Steamship from P O In a tplevision lntprvlrw. he said
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      Precious cargo
      49 14 s(A.\si.R\Hr. announced that computm worth morp than $3 million arrived in smKaix>rp last wt-rk on board its vfsspl Poo 11a Tin" thlpment, comurUed iv.o IBM By stem MO model :<'• computer*, v.iilch will bo ins'allPd at Fsso s Mink entre offlee and Catprpiilar Pnr East s lavong plant
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    MARKETING
    491 14 It pays to advertise WONDER how few of our homes are not cluttered up 1 with objects we never really wanted b t fog simply on impulse, or on Persuasion by a S"» salesman that we had been siting for a declwle lor the 'new" product he was demoi^stra-inK-The
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    720 new HK factories
    96 14  -  ILSA SHARP TOM THEKATHYIL HONG KONG Factories in Hong Kung are sprouting like bamboo shoots in the spring rain. In the July-September quarter of this year alone 720 new factories swelled the total to lti.r.m This mean* jobs for another 8.782 people, making the total em-
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      348 14 moat MBb* _i^^ff^ i J '1U Hfc^^^^BS^BT^^^^y''^^* a^^h«J*^lß>^BSl H Hi > T^^'t I )SJ E— JU' Hargill bitumen tanker for shipment to Indonesia H\K(.II.I. hiiKiiierrinjc's efforts in for more than till per cent of its the export tit-Ul have proved re- output. warding. Onr-third of the company's Mr. Woodhmise left
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      123 14 ~>CHUA SENG CHWEE SONY SOUND EXHIBITION, VICTORIA MEMORIAL HALL, DECEMBER 19TH- 22ND 1970 af\ listen to Sony's pew creation /k I 4 channel quadradial stereo system I a mind bending festival of >v I V the greatest advances 1 I I p^V> in sound reproduction^-vr^V fi 1 L'l IdfmimLM JV^/^L
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  • TIMES CITY DESK
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      Company highlights
      419 15 FBASBB Nr.Wt announced a same again interim dividend last night of 7 per cent. The total for the past financial year ended March 1970 was 22 per cent. NBOBI SLMBILAN OH Palm* Is io go ahead with its merger plans to link wi'h Eng Thye HlantaIHHU At an
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      Exchange rates
      168 15 fpHE Av-<ki«hoii ol Banks In MalavMa-Slr.gapore announced Omm best agreed mfrchant rates as at Dec. 15 llan to one urn Selling Bujing if Foreijtn Currency. TT or Ol> TT OD f I ?terline Pound T..1.i(Ml 7.337 a i-tinlun Dollar 3.4900 ***** 3 3900 NOT Zrnland Dollar 3 4600
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        Tin price down a fraction
        190 15 Tin price down a fraction r pHE Straits tin price in Pmaiifc yesterday 101 l marginally by 1632 ppr plcul on an offering estimate* up io tons to 285 tons. Despite tii> tall <>t &.i In the nveriught London metal price, ihr market was steady with fair buyipport from the
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        PRODUCE PRICES
        114 15 < MINiSt PRODUCE IXCMANGt, K SINGAPOni NOON CLOIINO PRICK PER PICUL VHTfRDAV. Coconut OH: Xulk (M if Him drum $ftlt »<-N*r« C*ptl: MUM* il o.n 'ciw. iwi.' P,(n IK Cont. IM B PlUH't M'u.t.ik ASIA -nil. i.u.li. limi--. NI.W nW »*il«r». Sarawak ■rkitf r.o.ta wfi', NI.W $172» iHltra
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        CLOSING PRICES
        25 15 Dn ft| RIHHLK. HI (down "in rijiih of a cent) TIN MUM (down ISJ (.ntsi I sliin.itert olli mi. ttt (up 111 tons)
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        PALM OIL
        17 15 Mtl«\"n S P«l "nl April •>« it £1 1 T> »*ll*r> «n<l l>»r»mh»r J «nu«rv in.
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      RUBBER QUIET
      500 15 AFTER a lowcf opening fiillnwniK London aciviees. the rubber market yesterday moved very narrowly with stale bull liqulrlaUon bring absorbed by sliort -covering. Turnover mall and there was no particular feature. Towards the morning cloM more buying emerged which took the market back i" Monday's final closing level.
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      Trading slows down in market
      223 15 PRICES were barely steady in reduced tradinß on the Stock Exihintr of Malaysia and Singapore yesterday The market remained technu.ilh wr.ik althou(h there u;is some evidence of speculative buying in the lower-priced issues. Trading in these was sporadic s,, that cains recorded were marginal. Th.
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      WORLD GOLD PRICES
      27 15 IM.r. >?i UNCH M«.J6 ill Kxpwt rnif to MMMMSI «r««i in I rtoiurj p«r ounce 111 Local dril'n pner In Smcaporr rfollarf pel tarl.
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      217 15 HMMM TKNDEB NOTICE um(l Aiiuru <■ nm Tenders are Invited for electrical Vi'o L«J£t- tr>fctti:ation to the P.P.TC. proAIK HH.t I po^pd welding work*Jiop The work I 1 Tender- arr invitea and «ill be emmn "PPl.v of all materials and J 1 Tenaci.. an mutea Him win De nocessHry labour
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      653 15 THE GUTHRIE WAUGH ORGANISATION invites applications from Male Singapore Citizens for the post of: CLERK GRADE I The person we are looking for should have at least 2 years' of clerical experience and be capable of taking charge of an office and supervising staff A thorough knowledge of Accounting procedure
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      619 15 Leading International Manufacturer Of Electrical Goods requires ELECTRICAL SALES ENGINEER Qualification Preferably o degree in electrical engineering. Responsibility: Technroi sale or heovy electrical equipment to utilities and industrial customers in Smgopcre and Indonesia as well as for marine instollotions The candidote mutl be oblc to peitorm minor design work and
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    CLOSING PRICES
    62 16 810 ANO OFFER PRICES OFFICIALLY LIITin AT THI CLOIE OF BUSINESS IN THI lINGAPORE ANO KUALA LUMPUR TRAOINOr BRACKETS, YESTERDAY WERE. Mi.li-K I rrt > Kenta or, < B. Katil I in D. Estate 1.23 l.'.'b (unrn.) lilrnnly 1.2.% IM I Kempas l.^b I ti (—.01) Koponx Plant
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    901 16 BISINESS in and reported to the] Haw Par (1) 01 cents. (3) «0» Rnthm.in* (1) 82 32. HOTELS Singapore and Kuala Lumpur cents. S-arorp. ill PR cents Amb.i<«ador <1■ 33 rents, (2) 824 tradinc room* of the Stork Ex- Khong (ivan 111 $137. (2) SI 36 Senlnna (21
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    Lock icon Forecast of dearer goods in Britain
    213 16 A CROSS-SECTION of t British importers and exporters yesterday forecast that the prices of uoods they handle will increase during the next four months. The survey, by the Association of British Chambers of Commerce, showed that optimism about the general business Hiuattnn had further
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    Hong Kong
    111 16 OONO KONG. Tues. The market started off firmly with about a dozen leaders showing promise It wa< a busy day wit ha good volume of trade. Prices came off the top later in the day as profit-taking developed Banks nere active and declined from the day's peak of
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    84 16 \tTV YORK Mon —The stock x^ Tiarket moved Into a solid consolidation phase today finishing moderately lower on contracied volume Analysts noted that the correction wan both "necessary and healthy." and said It was not unexpected Market observers salo the market ha J been In a "severely overbought"
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    323 16 MELBOURNE. Tues. There M were a quiet and slowly declining market on the Mclbourne Stock Exchange today Tort«v» rlonins ur'rn in Australian doli»n anil c»nt» unlmi otherwi»« •'"•<1 INDUSTRIALS B. I Amid HI Au»t. Con. Ind. 1 M ISS AiiMirn I.Mi A.N.I. lAuiu N*t Init) \AM a.i-.m 1 ?<i
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    257 16 i iiMK.:; Til— n < -i +i/. L tortav rnnliiin»r! v»«lnii.i\ I Vtcktn "innt tr..,<l n*nr ri «trsll 1 OILS »nrt s Urk of upltin^ puahnt it 4 .llh.nugh \o:iirnr r»m»in»<l .1- Huimdh SI ■«■»■■<■ 1 ;i t t< s 01. corn -.uml finn with the indun >'.tramar «T
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    Peaceful protest by 400 squatters in Kuala Lumpur
    368 17 Peaceful protest by 400 squatters in Kuala Lumpur KIALA LUMPUR. Tues. Four hundred squatters this morning marched up to a land developer's office at Jalan Tuanku Rahman here and demanded compensation for their houses which are to be demolished soon. The squatters, from the Xth mile Jalan Kepong and Jalan
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    Girl, 7, sets court poser in modesty case
    169 17 KLANG. Tue*. A seven-year-old girl set a poser when she was called to the magistrate's court here to--1 day to testify against a man chamed with outrauiii({ her modesty. Abdul Aziz bin Ibrahim. 27. Is alleged to have u.sed criminal force on
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    115 girls saved from life of vice
    256 17 TWEI.VK enls are saved every month from working In brothels by the police. More than 115 were rescued in the first 10 months of this year, it »as revealed today. Despite this, there are Mill many teenage *lrl* mlnsing. Police think that a
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    Entrepreneurs tell why they put money in Indonesia
    405 17 Entrepreneurs tell why they put money in Indonesia CINGAPORE, Tues.— Singapore entrepreneurs with capital in Indonesia said today that they who investing in the longterm interest rather than to reap quick profits. Rationale behind the 24 investment projects totalling $110 million is: It will benefit Singapore to have prosperous neighbours
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      427 17 On your TV and radio today CQQ M Qood HomllH fi.»l MMSkt and Mmtmtnt .S.OO \M Go With Musk :.uo Newjbrirt 5.03 Youni Slnrfrslv Nrv: Mo Breakfast Bulletin j..!" records at Random X.50 ;..tn \*< i Oo with Music B.«u nfx Nam B.li lets Go With Music fi 00 P
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      489 17 (S)— TV Singapore channel 5 (8) -TV Singapore channel 8 (3) -TV Malaysia channel 3 (1O)-TV Malaysia channel 10 3.00 ripen dnd Hnjsewives 8.10 Wrestling (3) Matinee: Whe'e Two 8.13 Lama dan Baru (10) Hearts Meet part 1 of 8.20 News and Newsreel a Hokkien filn>. English in Malay (8)
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    JAIL FOR MAN WHO STOLE FROM HIS NEIGHBOUR
    109 18 S~D*GAPORE. Tues. Lira Genk BeiiK. 20. who used a waiter key to enter his neighbour .s flat to steal. uM tailed for three years today Ht admitted stealing a jade hatiKle. watch and a gold ring, together valued ,\t $845 from the
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    Jurong port's 1 mil tons
    51 18 BJNCiAPC)RK. Ine^ The urnoim' of cargo hnndled by the •turona Pnn for the whole of 1 nla vr-ar will evreed one million •••ni. Caj-so excluding llvesti>ck hafldled last year already irnOUnKKl to 9<59.158 tons, ac•rdiiik. 'lie Jlll our To-vn (.■orpomtlon annual report for inej-BS Just
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    Coomaraswamy attends Asian economic meet today
    287 18 Coomaraswamy attends Asian economic meet today CINGAPORE, Tues. J Singapore's High Commissioner "to India, Mr. Punch Coomaraswamy. will represent the Republic at the meeting of the Council of Ministers for Asian Economic Co-operation -tarting tomorrow. Tiie week-long conference ai Kabul. Afghanistan will examine guidelines to establish two projects to forge
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    Bigamy trial awaits wedding expert
    142 18 Bigamy trial awaits wedding expert SIMiAPORk. Tues. The First District judge. Mr. Abdul W.th.ih Ghent- today adjourned a bigamy trial to allow thr ornsecution to look for an expert on Chinese customary marriages. When the trial against houseuifr Nj S«ee Hee. charged with bigamy started Senior Inspector Joseph Law, prosecuting,
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    Third boy's escape story branded -'impossible'
    638 18 Third boy's escape story branded -'impossible' INQUIRY INTO THAT HDB LIFT TRAGEDY By WONG LAI WAH: Singapore. Tuesday TWO young boys tried to inch Ihcir way to freedom from a jammed lift, but instead moved slowly towards their deaths, a coroner heard today. They fell between 40 and 50 feet
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    Unclaimed car at airport totes up $198 bill
    266 18 SINGAPORE. Tucv SinKaporr Airport has a month-old mystery a Simra 1000 rar uhit-h srrms to havf lost its (i»nn. The four-door crram colourrd saloon, with Johorr Bahru rrcistration JD 474, has been parked in lot No. 25 near the YIP room since
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    Sole survivor tells how two fell to their deaths
    229 18 their way row ;i iris thp sides of the lift shaft, then fallen when thr gnp widened. Mr Robert Chew, an rlcetnral engineer from Hitachi firm which installed the lifts two months ago said there had been six breakdowns in the
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    AIRPORT PORTERS WHO DEMAND TIPS: A PROBE
    240 19 AIRPORT PORTERS WHO DEMAND TIPS: A PROBE SINGAPORE, Tues. Airport security officers are investigating reports that about 20 porters are "extorting" tips from tourists. The move follows complaints by regular travellers that various porters argued and even scolded them if they did not receive a "satisfactory" tip. Some of the
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    Pork: Price hike that didn't quite come off...
    274 19 Pork: Price hike that didn't quite come off... SINGAPORE, Tuts. The pork bosses had ordered the mice to go up by 30 cents a kati from today. But It didn't stick— they failed to reckon with the sentiment. As a result, many stallholders today softened the blow with a hike
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    Five unhurt as car plunges into . canal
    114 19 Five unhurt as car plunges into canal BUTTERWORTH. Tues. Five men had a lucky escape today when their car plunged into a canal off Pantai Merdeka in central Kedah. The car was proceeding alone the 13th mile at about 8.30 a m. when it went olf the road Irving to
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    Big drop in American visitors to Singapore in October
    203 19 Big drop in American visitors to Singapore in October CINGAPORE. Tue s Americans again topped the list of visitors to Singapore in October 7.972 of them came But this was a big drop rompared to the same month last year. The decrease was 24.2 ppr cent the highest decrease rate
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    Aziz hails plan for a medical faculty
    148 19 KUALR LUMPUR. Tues. The Vicp-Chaiicellor of the University of Malaya. Professor Ungku Abdul Aziz, today welcomed the announcement yesterday by Education, Minister Hussein Onn that a faculty of medicine will be set up at the National University. "This is a splendid idea and
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    Insurance chief testifies in port corruption case
    274 19 Insurance chief testifies in port corruption case DENANG, Tues. In- surance company manager S. Manickavasagam told the Sessions Court today he asked to be introduced to the general manager of the Penang Port Labour Board, after being told by one of his agents that the board wanted to buy a
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      363 19 Freshness is a kiss of Cologne a A New Cologne One that tne German town From that time. makers of America's leading when men and women Bnl took jB hairspray, VOS. hava been fashion seriously. Eau de Cologne developing lor years As fresh has been considered an PjL as tomorrow
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      261 19 Straits Times Crossword ACROSS 8 Work ln the doorway, having 15. SoclalJy equaUtartan 17 18? J?" entrgy jit. (7 7i 9 Drag thing worn with a 10 11 Previous 90 forma 17 19 difference in ethics i 5. 3. S>. l 4 10) IS Religious objective glory 12 Coup d'eut
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      Rats! Those tips on house pests
      277 20 REMEDIES, PLLASE AS a foreign resident in Singapore, lam greatly impressed by the Government's efforts to keep Singaporp clean, green and pollution free, and I enjoy living in your country. But what about keeping rats off? There have recently been some rats as big
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      208 20 I AM a resident of a block of flats in Tomlinson Road. For the past six months Of ><>, iwo pile-drivers have been operating on sites adjacent to my block. Tney drive piles nurn about r a. mi to 7.30 p.m. daily, m- em. mix Sunaays ana holidays. 1 believe
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      Where only local TV shows are allowed
      186 20 Where only local TV shows are allowed IT IS most dcpli.rihlp that TV >rls provided at community earn trw can only he tuned to our local station. The organising secretaries or clerkx in charge are issued wilh strirt orders against shoeing channel 3 programmes On Dec. 11 I urnt to
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      Crash helmets: Price hike and a lady's plea
      128 20 Crash helmets: Price hike and a lady's plea rTE ROY iST.. Dec. 11 1 is wrong about the pri--1 ces of crash helmets. Only the other day when I went to get for my fiancee a helmet similar to the one I bought for myself earlier this year, I <
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      61 20 COON it will be conipul- sory for all motorcyclists and scooterists to wear crash helmets. This MMM fair. Thf trouble arises when pillion-riders must wear one especially when the pillion is a lady. First, how does she put a crash helmet on a nice piece of hair-do? Second, how does
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      39 20 helmet in the other while out shopping, a movie or a social function? Third, how would one feel wearing a hot crash helmet on a sunny day? Cant the authority concerned spare the pillionndcrs? MISS SAD RIDER. Singapore 3.
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      66 20 MY dauehter has been working as a parking attendant for the last 11 months. During this tune she and other parking attendants wore not given any facilities for changing into their working uniforms. So they have to go to nearby coffee shops or public latrines. Can the Car Park Division
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      38 20 IT is alarming to note that the five-foot-way on I both sides of Niven Road has been converted into a parking-bay for motorcycles, scooters and bicycles. Could the police authorities please do something about this? RESIDENT. Singapore 9.
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      No one is without economic value
      104 20 DR Sharom Ahmat .said that Malay schoolleavers command littlr or no economic value (ST., Dec. 13". I contend that no normal youth, let alone a lltera'e one. is without economic value. Does he not reall.se that even a worker who only fastens bolts and
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      PARKING IN CHINATOWN
      86 20 I RKKKR to Mr W»m I Went Cheon<\ letter on narking in Chinatown (ST.. Dec. 11). I am surr that Mr. \Von( and your other readers would hr interested to know that a ro\ered ear nark i for 70(1 cars) is ;i\ Milahlr for all visitors to
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      Conductor who kept poking his elbow at a passenger
      226 20 Conductor who kept poking his elbow at a passenger ON Dec. 9 I took Hock Lee bus service No. 4 from South Bridge Road to Princess Circu* in Queenstown. As it was very crowded In tne bus. I could no' find any empty seat. So T stood near the entrance
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      89 20 RECENTLY, when I visited the beach at Choiigt Point I noticed that ther» U only one public toilet. What prompted me to write this letter is that I found all the flushes inside out of order, the taps not working and the floor flooded. Can something be done? Is it
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      67 20 1 REFER to the letter by Mr. J. B. Mitchell "ST.. Dec. 8> about unauthorised, unlicensed motor- repair workshops operating without a licence under the Oarage By-laws. Our Rangoon Road—Mergui Road neighbourhood are full of these motorrepair workshops How many of these workshops are authorised and licensed? If these workshops
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      Replies from the Govt
      67 20 W/ITH reference to the i letter by "Stirling i Road Resident" iST. Dec. j 9 1 I wish to clarify that the suggestion by the wri--1 ter of building a guard room for each and every car park to accommoda'e car washers in our housing states
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      96 20 WITH reference to tlio letter by "Unhappy Tenant" <S.T. Dec. io i thr board would like to clarify that in acordancc with its ruling an ex-tenant will have to bear the cost of any necessary internal redecoratlon on his termination of tenancy. In the case of "Unhappy Tenant" upon his
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    'Redouble exports to S'pore call to British traders
    393 21 'Redouble exports to S'pore call to British traders GOOD PROSPECTS, SAYS BRITISH ENVOY SINGAPORE, Tuesday gRITISH merchants were today called on to redouble their efforts next year so thai the country's exports could hotter this vein's ■J.~> per cent increase to ."><) per cent of the Republic's total of imported
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    Induction furnaces installed here are largest in S-E Asia
    175 21 Induction furnaces installed here are largest in S-E Asia CINGAPORE. Tues. Two induction furnaces the largest in South-east Asia have been installed at the National Iron and Steel Mills in Jurong. Worth over $2 million, they are u.>>ed to melt sterl scrap into ingots. According to one estimate, the electrically-pow-ered
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    Slapping PC costs oil engineer $40
    62 21 Slapping PC costs oil engineer $40 SINGAPORE. Tues. An oil derrick engineer. Robert John Gardiner. 24. was fined $200 today for slapping police constable Tamilmanl. and pushing him to the ground at Keppel Shipyard yesterday. He admitted the oMencr when the constable (topped him from entering the shipyard without a
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    34 new Chinese physicians
    58 21 SINGAPORE. Tues A total of 34 graduate* of the Singspore Chinese Physicians' Training Bchool have received their diplomas !rom Mr. Llm Guan Hoc. MP for Buklt Merah and political secretary foi Homa Attain The graduates, including 13 women, received their diplomas al a ceremony held in
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    lAC adjourns hearing
    53 21 .SINGAPORE. Turn. The Industrial Arbitration Court has adjourned the hearing of a dispute between the Singapore Manual and Me-cantlle Workers Union and K K Mohamed Abdullah iPtr i Ltd to 030 am on Dec. 21. The dlipute ts over the alleged non-compliance of certain c laurei. in
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    $150 fine for indecency
    44 21 SINGAPORE. Tuts A man who attracted the attention cf girl standing en her balcony and then exposed himself »mk lined $160 yesterday. Kupi.-i.-mm Mulligan. 24. admitted inMiluiiv: uif modesty of Miss Ja.vwli Kaur. 19. in Corporation Rnafi (HI Oct. 27.
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    Harvard Club officials
    36 21 SINGAPORE. Tues. Mr Hsuan Owyong has been elected president of the Harvard Club of C W Chen, a cardiologist and (Singapore. Vlce-prwident Is Dr Frank secretary Mr. Anthony B.C. Teo. a training co-ordlnator.
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    Airport loudspeakers irritate tourists
    125 21 SINGAPORE. Tues. There have been many complaints about the eight horn-shape loadspeakers recently installed in the departure hall of Singapore airport. Announcements of aircraft movement* are made through the upeakrrs. Complaint* are that the announcement* are so loud they are "terribly unnlra»ant to the ear." Tourist*
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    Police pay study team may give report by mid-71
    380 21 Police pay study team may give report by mid-71 SINGAPORE, Tuesday THE report of the six-man team probing into the salary scales and working conditions in the Singapore Police Force may he ready by the middle of next year. Head of the commission. Dr. Lee Soo Ann. economic* lecturer at
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    More flatted factories
    59 21 SINGAPORE. Tues. Nine blocks of Hatted factories now under construction In several industrial estate* will be read; by earl> next year. Part of the seven-storey block «i Jurong due to be ready by next March will be allocated to InduM nallsts as temporary offices, according to the
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    Here's how you can beat those datejugglers
    1009 22  - Here's how you can beat those datejugglers FRANCIS ROZARIO I By JANUARY is property tax month. So in about two weeks' time ;<" l|l()S V V<«Uons will crop up once again. Like why one is assessed at a higher rate than his neighbour only a few doors away. Or why
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    Step one: Repeal the Rent Control Ordinance
    251 22 Step one: Repeal the Rent Control Ordinance troller of Housing. Months later the third certificate was submitted to the Property Tax Division to enable the owners to get the concessionary rate of 23 per cent. The assessors took the first certificate as the da* nf assessment and. quit* naturally, the
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      Fine gallop by Datin's Fancy
      478 27  -  EPSOM JEEP By SINGAPORE trainer Ivan Allan's Datin's Fancy did a splendid trial with stablemate Green Son at Penang yesterday. Dalin's Fancy (Des Coleman) and Cireen Son (Johnny Wiison) went one round at a steady pace and then turned on the pace to run the
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      Ferrari will race new car
      75 27 Ferrari will race new car MODENA. Tues Ferrari will rHce an experimental UNO cc. 12-cvlinder prototype vn<<chinr nrxt mm in campaign ainr'ci at winning 'hp 1972 World Championship lor prototype cars. Annourclnu this at a Fip.So conference yesteraay. Signor Enzn Feiran B«U thf> ne-.v em would cust £23.000 rach He
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      England struggle to save Test
      469 27 PERTH, Tues. England were struggling to save the Second cricket Test here today after losing three wickets in a four-over second innings blitz by Australia. Trailinjjr by 43 on first innings, Enßland plunged to 101-4 before John Edrich and Basil D'Oliveira halted the slide with
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      138 27 Smith one match away from $45,000 f IX>KYO. Tues. Stan Smith of the United States celebrated hi* 24th birthday ysterday with a crushing 6-4 6-5 straight sets win over Australian veteran Ken Rosew.ul. to give him undisputed lead in the Pepsi-ILTE Masters tennis tournament here. Bmith and Rasewall were the
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      Talbot, Gilks triumph
      41 27 tONDON. Tues. —Derek Talbot beat Ray Stexfiu, 15-8 10- 15 15-9 <o win the men's MagNa title in the English closed badminton c'wmpionahlp* at Nottingham Mrs Gillian Oilks. formerly Mus Pantn »on the «omen« luai agamat Margaret Beck.
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      181 27 ENGLAND lit inns 387 IVfflUUi ISI INNS (Sunday 355-6 i >ta«kpn|e c Lever b Snow 6 La wry c Illtng worth b grow 0 I. t'happrll c Knott !i Snow SO W alter* c Knott b Lever 7 Krdpaih c and b Illiiißwortli 171 Shralmn run out 2 8.
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      FA Cup round 3 draw
      160 27 LONDON. Tuw Hi" draw lor the English f.A Cup J third round to be played on I Saturday, JM 2. wxs made h»re >esterday as follow*: Swansea v RSivl or Barnsiev: York v 80l- j tun. Manchester DM v Middles- burough: Wol\cs I Norwich. outtl
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      Modern champs have 'short lives'
      266 27 Modern champs have 'short lives' I ONDON. Tue s Mexican Vu-F'ite Saldlvar. who lo>t Ilia w.nld leather\^;;^iii busun crown to KunlaKi Shibata "f Japan rUuana. ivuxut.. ia>t vkeek wa.s the eleventh (iei'endlng champion beaten in the ring l\n.- >var S&ldivw .s uvorthrow hlßhlißhted the shortlived glory of the modern world
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      627 27 (FgN) FRASER NEAVE LIMITED (Incorporated in the Republic of Singapore) NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that an Interim Dividend from Malaysian sources of 7 cents per Ordinary Stock unit, less 40 c income tax. has been declared by the Directors on account of the financial year ending 31st March 1971, payable
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      INDIA BATTLE ALL THE WAY FOR 2-0 VICTORY OVER MALAYSIA
      359 28 BANGKOK. Tuesday DEFENDING champions India had to battle all the way to edge Malaysia by two goala to nil in their Asian Games match here today the goals coming \n quick succession four minutes from the final whistle. The result
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      Lock icon Pakistanis held to a shock draw
      242 28 BANGKOK. Tups. Thailand hplri TakMan tn a shock •-0 draw in their final MM (..tmes preliminary horkry match today, the most e\ntin* (tame of thp right-nation tournament. After 70 minutrv haril-foucht play, the Pakistanis thp 1968 Olympics (iames champions left tin In hi stunned
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      Lock icon Two more silver for Singapore
      661 28 SINGAPORE continued to increase their medal collection slowly but surely, adding two silvers and a bronze in the Asian Games here today. With a silver and a bronze from the swimmers, and a silver from the women's athleticrelay team, Singapore's tally now stands at four
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      Performances by our athletes at lowest level in decade
      525 28 Performances by our athletes at lowest level in decade JtjALAYSIAN and Singapore athletic performances in international competition reached their lowest level in a decade vhen the Asian Games track and field events ended here today. Malaysia, with a team of 18 athletes, have only two bronze medals to show after
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      ALL THE GAMES RESULTS
      555 28 ATHLFTHS Women 4xl oom relay: 1 Japan 47 2. 2 Singapore 48.0. 3 I N China 48 1 4 Indonesia 48 2 5 Piniippme.s 48.3 100 m hurdles E Shachmnrov (Israel) 14.0. 2 A. Nattume (Ji 14.0. 3 Lin Yuen Shlar.t iWC) 14.6. 4 Manjlt Wtlir
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      Lock icon Chi Cheng aims to try again at Teheran
      285 29 Chi Cheng aims to try again at Teheran BANGKOK. Tues. Crestfallen world sprint champion Chi Chenc said today she hopes to compete in the next Asian Games in Teheran in 1974. The 21 year old star from Nationalist China crashed out of the current games two days ago. pulling a
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      Sports gift for club
      52 29 Mr A Tons, director of Jeb•en and Jessen. yesterday presented football overalls and boot* fn Hamilton Sports Club firat division team in the PYxw.hall Association of Singapore league The Items were donated by Me»7. of West Germany. The preaentatinn was held at the Tndlan Association in
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      Most spectacular Games bid by Iran
      417 29 BANGKOK, Tues JRAN has set aside US$l OO million for the construction of a giant sports complex and a village in Teheran for the 1974 Asian Games. Mr. R. Kashefi, leader of the Iranian contingent and a member of his country's National Olympic Committee,
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      Lock icon A welcome awaits Australia, NZ to Asian Games
      292 29 A welcome awaits Australia, NZ to Asian Games BANGKOK. Tues. Prince Shahpour Gholamreza Pahlavi. younger brother of the Shah of Iran and newly-elected president of the Asian Games Federation, said today he would welcome Australia and New Zealand to the 1974 Games in Iran. Prince Sliahpmir said: "I personally would
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      Blacks tame the Colts
      88 29 INSIDE cent ip Eugene She of Blarks xerond XV. eontrlbuted a lions share in his teams 19-6 (two goals three tries to a penalty and a try> victory over SCC Colt* In a friendly game at the partanx yesterday Showing power speed and sure Ijall-handlmt!. he
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      Price of the gold dream
      69 29 BANGKOK. Tues The Asian Games gold medal the dream of 2.000 athletes who trained for months to compete In the regional "Olympics" Is worth only 40 baht about $si. That is how much it costa to make the medal which is really copper with a
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      Lock icon Ester pips Ayako for another gold
      185 29 Ester pips Ayako for another gold BANGKOK. Tues. Eighteen year old Israeli student Ester Shachmorov won her second gold medal of the Asian Games when she snatched the women's 100 metres hurdles today in a thrilling finish. Ester, who earlier won the pentathlon gold, pipped Japans Ayako Natsume on the
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      Today's Games highlights
      118 29 "pODAYs timetable In the i x Sixth AMan Game* BASKETBALL (•insolation round Hmm Kodk v Thailand. Malaysia r Iran. Vietnam v Singapore. h.impinnvhip round Philippines China. Korea v Japan, j Israel v India rrcuMo Boi)in niaued Mart elimination*. HCMKEY Consolation round. FOOTBALL Championship round SIIOOTIN(. Small Bore
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      'IRON MAN' AGAIN WINS MARATHON
      320 29 BANGKOK. Tues. Japan's "iron man Kenji Kimihara won his second Asian Games marathon in devastating style today, lopping nearly 12 minutes off the record. Kimihara. silver medallist at the Mexico Olympics in 1968. outclassed the 14-man field, clocking 2hrs. 21mln 03 see The 29-year-old Kimihara
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    184 30 That $8m bequest: Boy may be in S'pore HONG KONG, Tues Communist China's reputation for seizing inheritances probably will rule out the thant «-s of some small Chines( bo\ in that country Inheriting USS«U million, iss.l million). Ih< fin tune i> to go to a boy unui-r the an" 1
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    60 30 LONDON. Tues— The United Stales will build a communication link on a British Island in the Indian Ocean, the British Government announced today. A Foreign Offlce statement said the "limited naval communications facility" on Diego Garcia Atoll In the Chagos Archipelago will close a gap In
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    408 30 New bus service plan to operate in April Till. Government plans to implement a major reorganisation of bus services on April 1 1 next year. This was announced in a statement on the second quarterly meeting between the Communications Minister, Mr. Yong Nyuk Lin, and directors of all 11 bus
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    THAT ORDER TO QUIT SABAH: MINISTRY SAYS NO COMMENT
    289 30 KUALA LUMPUR. Tues.— The Ministry of Home Affairs here today said that it had no comment to make on allegations that a large number of Christian priests i and nuns had been ordered to leave Sabah A spokesman (Of the Mini.strv.
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    'Bodies with hands tied floating down Mekong River' report
    202 30 CAMBODIAN officers here said today about 40 bodies of Cambodian troops and villagers, with their hands tied behind their backs, floated down the Mekong River last weekend. One officer said he had seen groups of up to seven bodies lashed to
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    257 30 US troops told to stay off Saigon streets SAIGON, Tuesday VIORE than 10.000 US troops here have been advised to stay off the streets and "keep a low profile" because of growing anti-American sentiment. The U.S. command said no formal alert or travel ban had been imposed, but soldiers were
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    200 30 Kidnapped German envoy appeals to West to save him SAN SEBASTIAN. Tues.— Kidnapped West German consul Eugen Beihl. I In the hands of Basque nationalists, has made a dramatic appeal to European governments to save I him. In the fourth letter from Her Beihl since he was kidnapped on December
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    95 30 RESCUE IN FERRY TRAGEDY 4 SOUTH KOREAN ferryboat, with at least 230 passengers and crew, sank in the East China Sea early Tuesday. A few ni then were rescued. Picture shows survivors of the Korean ferry, the 362-ton Namyang-Ho. being transferred from a Japanese fishing boat Koryomaru (right) to Japan's
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    Neutrality
    112 30 Bearing in mind iht United Nations voting pattern on China's putry, Malaysia had appealed for a genuine and guarantred neutrality of this region by the big powers so that Malaysia would be left alone to develop her re* sources. Tun Razak expressed satisfaction with the cooperation between Thailand and
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    150 30 MR. LIAN TAT TO« 7' 1V12.70 at Outrun General Ho-; Itaporr. Drrply mourned l>y widow l.im Nfoh Ah. «on» T\r Che*n. Tyr Hrn 4 dausMtn Sink Hot. »iok tat, S'ok 1-ou Siok Huah, 3 •onu-ln-liiw. Nil Chtnt Wah, Or. lhan Pul-Wa, I>oh Khoon Keah. II KrnnirhiKlirn. Funeral -'1 .12
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