The Straits Times, 6 January 1971

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    Masthead
    26 1 AVERAGE DAILY CERTIFIED SALE EXCEEDS 200,000 The Straits Times The National newspaper Estd. 1845 WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 6, 1971 20 CENTS K.D.N. 5005: M.C. (P) No. 2507
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    KL—as you have never seen it before
    1519 1 KL— as you have never seen it before Razak proclaims state of national disaster STRAITS TIMES REPORTERS: Kuala Lumpur, Tuesday THE federal capital was virtually paralysed today by non-stop torrential rains which flooded large sections of the town from Cheros in the south, through to Segarhbut in the north. The
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    95,000 quit homes
    53 1 95,000 quit homes KUALA LUMPUR. Tues. More than 95,000 people have been evacuated from flood-stricken areas in eight states in West Malaysia. They are: Pahang 37,803; Trenrfanu 8,443; Kelantan 6,339; Johore 16.953; Selangor 14.335; Negrl Sembilan 6.499; Malacca 964- and Perak 3.759. In the federal capital and Petaling Java. 13.547
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      KL FLOODS LATEST
      60 1 KUALA LUMPUR. Wed. Flood situation here lmproTInj. thoufh waters sabsldlnc Tery slowly. Many romda still Impassable to traffic. At t a.m. JaUn Ampang was under 4ft of wmter. Jalan Raja sft.. Jaiaa Campbell 4 ..ft.. Jalan Monntbattrn 4 '/ft.. Jalan MeUka 44 ft, Jalan MaxweU 4ft.. JaJan
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      FOOD FOR THE EAST COAST
      51 1 SINGAPORE. Wed. Th« Royal Navy Undine crmft Sir Lancelot l-ft Singapore Naval Bay ejrly this morning with 2.300 tons of food from the Royal Malaysian Saw supply depots here for flood victims in the East Coast. Sir Lancelot is expected U arrive in KuanUn later
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      80 1 BEIj -aj r .tJ <^ Jr^^aw Flood reports from other States: Kelantan and Johore (Page 4), Perak and Pahang (Page 5) The Bank for All y Big and Small 4r SOUDASAROCK^ A at>sssss>L.r^Bssssssssß.>*si^BsssL^BSssfll Oversea-Chinese Banking Corpn., Ltd. the STRONGEST and LARGEST BANK in MALAYSIA and SINGAPORE AUTHORISED CAPITAL SlOO.OOOOOO/PAID UP
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      7 1 MORE PICTURES OF THE BIG FLOODS INSIDE
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      20 1 Westminster chime HALL CLOCK Battery or Electric FANCY WALL CLOCKS A BES GERMAN CRAFTSMANSHIP CHUN CHON6 i v. s tfc
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      28 1 More rain forecast KUALA lIMPIR Tues. Rain Mill continue to fall on all parts of West Malaysia for the next 24 hours, the Subanj Meteorological Station forecast tonight
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    KL-as you have never seen it before...
    53 2 KL-as you have never seen it before FOUR MORE PAGES OF PICTURES OF THE GREAT FLOODS QOMBAK RIVER (foreground) overflows its banks and flooding the area behind Jalan Tuanku Abdul Rahman in Kuala Lumpur yesterday morning. On the left are ihc Suleiman flats. In the foreground beside the river is
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    Housewives clean up markets of fresh food
    200 2 Housewives clean up markets of fresh food ifUALA LUMPUR. Tues. Markets here and In Petaling Jaya unaffected by the floods saw roaring business. By 10 a.m. most stalls were cleaned out as housewives rushed to stock up larders. There was a shortage of vegetables, fish and meat In most markets
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    Earth mover ride to office
    130 2  -  MAGDALENE LUM By REPORTERS reporting for work at the Straits Timei office in Jalan Riong found the approach road to the office Jalan Bungsar—under two and a half feet of water Some had to park their cars by the side of Jalan BungMr and trudge
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    S'pore likely to be spared havoc by monsoon
    189 2 S'pore likely to be spared havoc by monsoon CINGAPORE, Tues. 1:3 Singapore is likely to be spared from the monsoon havoc in Malaysia. This was the forecast today of the meteorological Station, whose spokesman said: "Strong windbearing storms blow north-westwards. and cannot go southwards towards the equator, unless the winds
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      20 2 FLOOD pictures in this and other pages by Lim Yaw Chong. Soong Hon Sin, Llm Ghee Haw and Othman Ya'acob.
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    Water, water everywhere in the heart of the city
    81 3 A PANORAMIC] view of the flooded area in the heart of the Malaysian capital yes- Birth. Jalan Klyne and Jafan Weld All these kkkls were under four feel of terdav morning. The areas include Jalan Haja, Jalan Mountlnillcn, .hi lan Tuanku
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      386 3 WflRI n I FARFR Mk ■"If Il\T inl3rlTPl H o<frt^ ii^ik. J^. #?$$M undisputed leadership of Rothmans King Size. nj XXI R l INB^** G MX- Jgjs@j§^fa&&w J 1971 again sees Rothmans the world's largest selling II^UPM sEL u^fto^ T Jl M\\ The reason is not hard to find. ■■fBTw
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    Situation in Kelantan improves in last 24 hours
    265 4  - Situation in Kelantan improves in last 24 hours PADMAN GOPAL: THE GREAT FLOODS (cont'd) By Koto Bharu. Tuesday THE overall flood situation in Kelantan has improved slightly over the pasl 'J4 hours. The height at Bradley Steps, which had been static at 89ft 91n. for the last five hours, was
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  • Article
    Road to Ayer Hitam open to traffic
    275 4 Road to Ayer Hitam open to traffic BY LIE* AN CHOOM JOHORE, BAHRD Tues. Motorists irom here were able to drive right up to Ayer Hitam today as conditions along the main north south road through Johore improved B Hitim e ™d f'om Ayer •Jtill closed because of W ?i
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  • Article, Illustration
    'Rain from above, water from below' problem
    348 5 Rain from above, water from below' problem RATTAN SINGH I POH, Tuesday "THERE is rain I rum ;ibove and there is water from below I wonder what is going l(» happen now Seated on her "hd" oi school desks at UM Thung Hon Primary Chinese School evacuation centre in Tanjon?
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    Tanjong Malim worst hit area in Perak
    539 5  -  LEE FOO SAN and THAM By SOON KENG: Ipoh. Tuesday 1 LU.OOD waters struck 1 new areas in scattered parts of Perak, the worst affected being Tanjong Malim town. The bernam River overlluwcd Us banks and flooded the town to a depth oi
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    THREE MAIN TOWNS IN PAHANG RUNNING SHORT OF FOODSTUFFS
    222 5 THREE MAIN TOWNS IN PAHANG RUNNING SHORT OF FOODSTUFFS From JERRY FRANCIS I^IiANTAN Tuts Three main towns in Pah. in'- 1 arc running critically short of foodstuffs They arc Temerlnn Pekaa and Rornpin This ta because all roads eannected have been cut ofT by Hoods Disclosing this at a ttooa
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    Trains to KL cancelled
    41 5 SINGAPORE I lie* Malayan Railway has stopped all normal runs to Kuala Lumpur tndennltclv due to a landslide wliirh covered Ihe trades KM mile* north uf Segamat Only ihr t»u u.iih tiain> to Labis would continut unlnterruptcr.
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    Bus terminal in 8-ft of water
    52 5 THE Malacca Street oils terminal In Kuala Lumpur, with onl> the root of a bus visible The road la under eight feet of watt i The building on UK Itlt la Bank Bumipatra In the background is the spire of St. Johns Cathedral in
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    Prices spiral in S'pore markets
    244 5  -  Lim Suan Kooi By CINGAPORE, THM.The price of fresh vegetables and seafood in Singapore's markets has increased by 50 to 100 per cent. Housewives all over the island complained of the sudden price increases. The Straits ~imes understands that the floods in West Malaysia are
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    2,000 in Malacca evacuated
    48 5 MALACCA. Tueu.— The le\e\ of the Malacca River today was very close to the level recorded during the 1954 floods there. Two thousand people in the Slate have been evacuated and more are expected to be moved with the anticipated deterioration In the situation.
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    University postpones examinations
    113 5 Xl ALA LI MPI R. Turs —All examination?, at the l'ni\ rrsit> of Malaya, scheduled from today to Saturrlav. ha\e hern postponed to thr Hrek lieginning Jan '>."> hccauitr of the Moods thr ViceChancellor Prof I ngku \lnliil \/i/ said today Thr r\amination« for thr period from
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      698 5 How things work How is tdnUitu tr»n»m>itc<T (Sec page 166 or how things work > How n itatrr— k» data pmiiaatt done? (Set page 302). How don britrvpirr flV (Sec page MO). How don 'dry ckak|' clean' 1 (See page 407) VChs iem < rteertf player play (See page 314).
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    Fined $200
    34 6 SINGAPORE. Tue.s. Llm I ck Seng was fined $200 today for using his cur as a public service vehicle without a licence in Lengkok Bahru. Alexandra, on the pfternnon of Sept. 9
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    Architectural education forum
    93 6 Architectural education forum SINGAPORE, Tues. The University of Singapore architecture faculty will hold a forum on the nature and role of architectural education at the new lecture theatre No. a on Friday at 7.30 p.m. Thr participants will be Uie university's Dean of Architecture. Profes&or D.W. NoUey; visiting profeuor of
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    'Congrats for $71,513 he did not win'
    495 6 'Congrats for $71,513 he did not win' POOLS OFFICER TELLS OF A TOTO CLAIM: SINGAPORE, Tuesday SINGAPORE Pools' officer congratulated man who claimed he won the second arize of a Toto draw but on checking, found no such entry had been received. The company's claims officer, Mr. Jonko G. Atannassov,
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    DAY HE SAW HIS WIFE HANGED
    155 6 SINOAPORK. Tiies.— Naval Base clerk. Muran Mukundhan. 30. told a coroner today that he was not wearing spectacles when he saw his wife hanced. and thought that she was just standing. "I called out to her loudly, but she didn't rrnh. realised that something
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    TWO MORE BARISAN MEMBERS HELD IN POLICE SWOOPS
    250 6 TWO MORE BARISAN MEMBERS HELD IN POLICE SWOOPS SINGAPORE. Tues. Two more Barisan Socialis members have been arrested in the police crackdown on pro communist elements planning street demonstrations. This brings to 13 the number of people detained two of them women in the round-up which began two nights ago.
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    Symposium on health
    151 6 SINGAPORE, Tuesday THli first symposium on occupational health in South-east Asia will be held in Singapore on May 19 to 22. It Is Jointly sponsored by the South-east Asia Ministers of Education Organisation Central Coordination Board for Tropical Medicine and Public Health, the Singapore Government, the University
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    Hurt cyclist: $60 fine
    48 6 SINGAPORE. Tueti. Kong Mun Chai. 26. was today fined $60 for suddenly opening his car door, nhlch struck a cyrllst coming 'rom behind. The court heard that r\tlnt Amanit Singh. 20. was hurl In the incident at Maxwell Road on Feb. 18 laxt year
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      146 6 BW^Bl Ir-OTEI_9NGAPOFIE. invites applications for the Tenancies of SHOP PREMISES within the Hotel Shopping Arcade. Applicants must provide goods or services appropriate to the needs of the Hotel's guests. Apply in writing, giving the fullest details to= The Managing Director, Imperial Hotel, 1 Jalanßumbia, Singapore 9. OPENS ODEON~FRIDAY! i Ibw«jibi
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    EIGHTWOMEN PCs FOR AIRPORT STATION
    196 7 EIGHTWOMEN PCs FOR AIRPORT STATION rues Airport police station now bai a touch «>f glamour eight pretty women police constables rii. wiv wen ferred from rartou Mons tv Hir airport a few and aro now Rrttinu thr "feel" ol thnr new urrounding.s. I" then work m the airport Is lost
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    Subordinate court rules
    53 7 run Ruin •Ternm- thr m. titntton el pronrrilncb in the tnaelstrate's and rilstrtrt rourta have brrn pub-Ir-hcfl aa tlie Kiihordinatc Coorl Rutai Itlt. liiev casH iii Jan. 2 rii" mles. nhlrli "illi irlHtru rhedulea till pnt;c\ of t!'i Oaaawe, atn pro- the repeal ol the Ul>t: nl.
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    Annual meet
    22 7 f.APORE. Tues. The Srce Narayatm Mi.-sion will liOid ••O'li annual general meetins ■it Hall on Jan. 17 at 4.30 p.m.
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    Vain attempt to save youth's four fingers caught in meat grinder
    174 7 CHOP assistant Bing Chang Guan. 17. lost four finuci.s when they were drawn into a meat grinder at a sausage, shop in Potong Pasir today. He was feeding the machine with meat when his right palm became caught. A
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    CABBY GROUSE? COMPLAIN BY POST
    270 7 CABBY GROUSE? COMPLAIN BY POST r |K)URISTS who nave grievances against Slnga- pure airport taxi service can now lodge their complaints on a postcard attached to a Tourist Promotion Board brochure The detachable postcards addressed to the Registrar of Vehicles, state that those who have "commendations" fer laxl drivers can
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    Shipyards act to stop pollution
    459 7  - Shipyards act to stop pollution CLEMENT MESENAS: STRICTER ANTI-SPILL MEASURES By Singapore. Tues. SINGAPORE blnp yards are now hiking more active steps to prevent oil spillage into Ihr §es Yard oussetj today said they were "taking no chances" »vith stiffer laws against sea-pollutcr.s in the offinfj "We inislH a.- well
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    Envoy opens art show
    65 7 SINGAPORE Ti.th The British High Commi."-Moner. Mr. Samuel Falle, totiay opened an exhibition by ha.s relief urtkl Van Sook L<H>ns. M, who was featured as "artl:t of the year' in ihe 1971 Mratta 'limes Annual. About 3o of Mi Van's work In cupper, lvm/r. tin and
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    Cohen for US
    26 7 SINGAPORE uc< Dr. Leonard Colin former mautrial and in-iir management lfcturei at Nanyans Un>\ei>lt.v. \> 111 Irnv wtth his family for the US. tomono«
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    6 Negro seamen's stay limited to 48 hours —
    264 7 6 Negro seamen's stay limited to 48 hours SINGAPORE. Tues. Six American Negro seamen liafl their papers seized by the Immigration Department when their ship ari ivrd in Singapore on Saturday. They were then issued ■special' passes limiting their stay here to 48 hours. The six are .Mr. Milton Manuel
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      177 7 This is the large 18-carat gold nib of the new ilklilum The new large Pehkan Nib of 18-carat gold lends wings to the writing hand. It glides smoothly and flexibly over the paper Its stabilising edges prevent troublesome splaymg of the point. The large geld nib makes Pehkan Fountain Pens
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  • Page 7 Miscellaneous
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      161 7 AHotr O»n lift T. Hantlin I s^~ ~< LIKE IT'S GOING TO BC A ROUGH V MISTER BOOM... <3LAJ> WOULPMT M«SS THIS J ...MOWS WkV... WE'VE GOT SOME REAL J*. H k V^VOU^OULP MAKE fT FOR THE WORULT/ ImMPETITION OUT THERE /^f 1 P f** f*» MJ'I Ahnor Hy Ai
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    Taxi licences for NTUC only?
    419 8  -  TAN WEE LIAIM: DEVAN: IF COMFORT PROVES A SUCCESS... By Singapore, Tues. TIIK success of COMFORTa laxiservlce may result in the issue of taxi licences only to members of the NTUC transport cooperative The secretary-general I of the NTUC. Mr. C. V. Devan Nair, speculated
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    Those 11 missing drivers may lose their minibuses
    226 8 Those 11 missing drivers may lose their minibuses SINGAPORE. Tues— The 11 NTIC COMFORT drivers who failed to take 400 students to school yesterday will have their minibuses taken away from them "unless thry five us satisfactory explanations." This was stated by NTI'C secretary -general Mr. C. V. Dpvan Nair
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  • Letters to the Editor
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      GOVT REPLIES You can appeal against $50,000 -ruling
      151 8 GOVT REPLIES You can appeal against $50,000 -ruling DISAPPOINTED Pai- ent" and "Loyal Citizen" (S.T.. Jan. 4) who have sons of national service age in overseas universities claim they cannot get a bank guarantee of $50,000 required under the new passport regulations. This is extraordinary for I know many parents
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      449 8 I REFER to the letter from "Anxious Citizen" »S.T.. Jan. I). I can assure "Anxious Citizen"' that all concerned in decision- making under the Land Acquisition Act are fully aware of the standards of objectivity required in the exercise of statutory powers. The personalities of affected parties or any other
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    • Letter
      Sleeping quarters for the waifs
      122 8 LAST Sunday morning. I saw a croup of young children sleeping on the floor behind the "National" building opposite Capitol Theatre. It was a shocking and pathetic sight. These children must be waifs or they wouldn't have made the back of a building their sleeping
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    • Letter
      Every varsity needs its expat staff
      179 8 P EC K N T correspondence iHid articles in the local press have referred to the* position of expatriate staff al the University of Singapore. Our view is that every university must have its complement of expatriate academic staff in order that there may
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    • Letter
      Where the traffic 'mallfunctioned'
      77 8 Where the traffic 'mallfunctioned' MY family battled on Saturday morning with the "intermittent drizzle which "caused massive lunchtlme traffic Jams in the city area." as reported in a local newspaper (not the Straits Times) recently. and became slightly hysterical on further reading the euphemism, "traffic lights malfunctioned at several Junctions."
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    • Letter
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      67 8 rriHEY say Raffles Place is X a pedestrian mall. How strange. On Jan. 3 at 230 p.m.. I counted taxis, a lorry, a pirate taxi and a private vehicle passing by In front of Robinson's —all within five minutes! Could the authorities please explain this state of affairs? Or am
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    • Letter
      Martial arts in the modern society
      168 8 Martial arts in the modern society I REFER to "Batin" (ST.. Dec. ID about the danger of bersilat tournament. I would like to stress that it all deppnd.s on an ancient martial art being modernised to suit our society. The principles of all martial arts i not only bersilat t
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    • Letter
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      37 8 THE roads in Potong Pn.Mr are badly damaged and bumpy, muddy and dirtyespecially on rainy days. There are no street lights We residents hope remedial action will be taken as soon as possible. B.N. ONG. Singapore 13.
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      145 8 m NEW^m i^ YEAR^» SAU: -1 £JVancjr BOUTIQUES Drastic Reductions! Biggest Bargains! At NANCY'S, Hotel Equatorial: U.P. NOW Ladies Shoes Sandals imported in Italian designs. Fr. $35 Fr. 510 Hangbags in French and Italian designs. Fr. $30 Fr. $12 Evening Shoes in gold, silver and black satin. Fr. $68 Fr.
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    Cairo Assembly chief calls on PM
    136 9 SINGAPORE. Tuesday TIE president of the I nit I'd Arab Republic's National Assembly. Dr. Labib Shoukiar. flrw in today for a day's visit. He railed on Mr. I ,i Kuan Yew at the Istana in the afternoon and had a half-hour discussion with him.
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    Suicide jump by officer's mother
    145 9 Suicide jump by officer's mother SINGAPORE, Tue s. A police inspector told a coroner today how a search for his mother who had been starving herself ended at the foot of the police data at Nicoll Highway. His mother, Ong Geok Liang, 54. jumped from their eighth-floor flat and died
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    13-man board to guide metric system conversion
    261 9 13-man board to guide metric system conversion SINGAPORE, Tuesday INDUSTRIALIST Mr- Baey Lian Peck has been ■ppointed head of a IS-dmui board lo tfiiide conversion lo the metric system in Singapore. The Metrication Board comprises leading members of various professional and govenment groups and has been set up following passage
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    CEYLON'S FIRST ENVOY IN TODAY
    104 9 CEYLON'S FIRST ENVOY IN TODAY SINGAPORE. Tues. Ceylon's first Hich Commissioner to Singapore, Mr. H.O. Wijegoonawardena. ~>U. will arrive tomorrow to present his credentials to Prrsidrnt Sheares. Mr. Wi.jegoon aw a rde n a, whose appointment was announced today, is concurrently the Ceylonese Ambassador to Burma and resides in Rangoon.
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    Taximan fined $50 for refusing fare
    196 9 Taximan fined $50 for refusing fare SINGAPORE, Tues. A sales executive today told a court that a taxidriver refused to take him and his former bar waitress friend and then assaulted him. Koh Lian Teh was testifying at the trial of taxi driver Yeo Seng Cheok, 32, charged with refusing
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    Minister officiates at stalls ballot
    138 9 CINOAPORE. Tues. Home Affairs Minister Dr. Wong Lin Ken today officiated at the balloting of 305 stalls In the Housing Board's new market-rum-hawker centre at Mcl Linn Street. The stalls 244 on the ground floor (or the sale of market produce and 61 on the
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    Tanker's crew sue for SlOO,OOO in lost wages
    254 9 Tanker's crew sue for Sl OO,OOO in lost wages CINGAPORE, Tues.— The crew of a South Korean oil tanker, which was arrested in Singapore on Christmas Day. are suing their employers for over $100,000 in arrears of wages and losses. All are from Korea, and are awaiting repatriation pending hearing
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    Folk dance classes
    36 9 SrNOAPORE. Tues. The YMCA I* iiKanlslnp new three-month folk dance course for the public. Clas.ses. to start soon, will be on Saturdays fr< m 2.30 p.m. to 4.30 p.m. at the YMCA auditorium.
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      71 9 DON aVd MOOrVgALLERiVs! still in the manner ot the prima ballerina B and the ageing coloratura soprano, B announce that their positively last appearance at a a SALE is extended (in response to demands for encore after encore) for a further week until Sunday, 10th January. And there are even
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  • The Straits Times
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      TODAY THE BREAK
      542 10 There were signs yesterday as a bad day drew to its close that Malaysia might be getting today the break in the weather for which it has prayed. From widely separated part* of the country the morning news reported levels far highci than the 1967 floods, higher
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      SINGAPORE SHIPS
      255 10 The first group ot Singapore's shipbuilders have come home after training in Japan. More, making a total of 200, are soon to follow. By July a $14 million building dock should be ready for them to go to work. The plans are for 15 Freedom class vessels to
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      TROUSERS EVERYWHERE
      213 10 An Italian journalist, a communist, has been making a voyage of discovery to China. He has visited Shanghai, Nanking, Tientsin, Peking, Hankow and Canton, managing according to his newspaper, to visit areas "for years closed to foreigners and in particular to journalists." He seems in fact to have
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    The bombs with smouldering fuses
    722 10 The bombs with smouldering fuses Reports from America have been stressing a new campus calm. But from Washington MARTIN WALKER suggests that under the surface the old tensions may be simply waiting ior a new flashpoint CROM America, no news is good news. The calm on the campus, the unburned
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      PLIGHT OF THE 'STATELESS'
      149 10 rURTHER to the 1 letter on the pllgnt of a Malaysian burn wife in &ingapore, the Government of Malaysia and Singapore made a large number of persons 'stateless' when they separated in 1965. Bom Kovernments failed to appreciate uiat stateless person* naci been living either in
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      Parking
      186 10 f\U December 23 when 1 \J came out from Shaw House. I found a police notice on the screen of my car There was a similar notice on the screen of a car that was parked Immediately benlnd mine But there were about twenty other vehicles parked along the
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      Telephones
      204 10 THE Singapore Telephone Board's subscribers trunk dialling <STD> system has one disadvantage for certain subscribers. In 1969 I was once asked ijy the Board to oav $90/- for trunk calls which I never made. I challenged the charge and after Investigation by the Board I was told It was
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      Tourism
      142 10 I Rfc.Au with interest the remarks of the Chief Minister, Malacca. Dato Haji lallb. on "intensified" tourist promotion. While agreeing that a great deal more could be done to attract touiists to Malacca, I do not believe that primary responsibility rests with the Malacca Tourist Association. The Historical Association
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    Finding ways to help the 'common man'
    841 10 THE COMMONWEALTH CONFERENCE OPENS IN SINGAPORE NEXT WEEK, AND OUR DIPLOMATIC CORRESPONDENT TAKES A LOOK AT THE ORGANISATION'S BEHIND-THE-SCENES WORK. THE Commonwealth is peril ap s the most constructive functional organisation in the world which is why it is ot primary importance to
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      129 10 TEACHERS Great m rift m tj of fer^J When you buy a bottle of Teacher's Sj Highland Cream you get this great bar accessory free. A cocktail sticks <^3E holder that looks like a miniature g^lf^-uM^ffig^ Teacher's bottle. You also get the iKACUVIfQreaI pleasure of enjoying Teacher's f ...TzAVo^**^ Highland
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      Lock icon Rubber Aid Bill killed
      221 11 4 BILL designed to enable several under- developed countries to export more rubber to the United States has been killed in the Senate, it was learned in Washington on Monday. The measure, which would have helped Malaysia, Indonesia, Ceylon, Liberia and Thailand, did not even reach
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      Floods hit tin and rubber output
      356 11 Floods hit tin and rubber output TUN production will drop in January due to flooding of mines and open cast workings. But the fall-off in production is expected to be taken up quickly within the next 14 days. Malaysia's two smelters expect estimated offerings of tin concentrates to drop sharply
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      DUNHILL SHOP FOR STORE
      392 11  -  TSAI TAN By T-iE first Alfred Dunhill shop in South-East Asia will open in midApril in Singapore at the Orchard, a shopping complex nearlng completion opposite the Mandarin Hotel. It will not be as grand as the House of Dunhill In Duke Street, London, which has
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      Singapore trade pattern backs up a warning
      299 11 Singapore trade pattern backs up a warning By TOM THEKATHYIL rpHE pattern of Singapore's X external trade over the past year supports International Chamber of Commerce president S.F.T.B. Lever's warning that the overall balance of payment position could become "strained" in the near future. For the 11 months of 1970
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      FOCL offers a new finance technique
      289 11  -  CHUA SENG CHWEE By PIRST Overseas Cie- dit (FOCL) a Singapore firm which specialises in leasing and industrial financing, has now come up with another first. This time, it is introducing an innovative financing technique called "Receivables Financing." Strictly a short term financing device
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      Straits Times Indices
      42 11 Straits Times Indices Jan. 4 Jan. i Industrials 140.74 141.87 1 Hotel*.: 63.17 84.4J Properties: 105.71 1 v 7 1 *i Tins: 90.27 M.27 t S rubbers: 111.92 111 95 Dec. 3«. lf«« 10« 1 Dae. 11, ltM 1M f !>*>• INS =IN
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      CITY TALK
      177 11  -  Croesus mmma By Tamil tax LAST year has been a e<>od year for Singapore's tax collectors, with their haul for thr income tax section particularly heart-warming. At the end of December, income lax collection totalled 5220 million the target for the whole of fiscal 1970. As the year
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      CHIEF PRICE CHANGES
      91 11 RISES Straits Times $7.75 +.20 Nat Iron $4.04 +.12 S. P. Textile $102 +.10 M. Containers $2.90 +.10 PEG I $165 +.09 Rouslead $2 02 +09 U. I'.dKineers $2.35 +.09 C. Storage $2.52 +08 Me«a Chem $102 +.07» P Trlecoui SORB 4 +051 Imp. rial $0.59 +05
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      Top Australian mining share prices slump
      419 11  -  KINGSLEY WOOD By §YDN E V Market capitalisation of Australia's top 100 industrial and mining companies slumped A 52,125 million in the last 10 weeks of the year as stock markets reached their low for 1970. No respect was shown for the solid blue
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      290 11 INSIDE New rdiblr oil plant to start In Jnnr: S?.l million ADI loan for prtrochrmkal project in South Korra: Japan looks to Indonntia tor malir supply Shipping rnlumit: Prcplr in huiinrsa. Pa«e 12. omp»n» nrwi: Sh»rr markrt irport; lommoditiea. l*a«e 13. Overseas markets London, New York. Melbourne, Hone Ku>c; Closint
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    $75 mil. loan for Korean project
    593 12 TWE Asian DevelopA ment Bank has approved a loan of US$25 million ($75 million' for the development of the petrochemical industry in South Korea. With the Hankook Caprolactam Corpora tion iHCCi as the borrower and executing agency for the project, the loan will finance
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    New edible oil plant to start in June
    348 12  - New edible oil plant to start in June MOK SIN PIN By LAAGfi modern refinery lo ex trad edihlc oil has been established in Singapore's Jurong Industrial Estate. The refinery, owned by newly founded In-ter-Continental Oil Industries, is expected to start operations In June this year. Spread over a six
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    Japan looks to Indonesia for maize supply
    269 12  - Japan looks to Indonesia for maize supply HUGH MABBETT By JAKARTA: Maize J looks like becoming a more important money-spinner for the Indonesian economy. The export trade is growing and two big Japanese organisations arc about to engage in production as well. C Itoh Is about to start test farming
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      MANSFIELD
      103 12 MANSFIELD has announced the appointment of Mr. Yuen Chin Chang as Assistant Sales Manager for Its Import freight section which Is headed by Mr. G W Nerdes. With this appointment Mansfield will be giving a better service in the way ill answering queries or problems concerning imports from the
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      INTEGRITY
      68 12 MR. Tiaw Ye Meng. 24. has been promoted to Marketing Executive of Integrity Corporation. Singapore. He was Technical Representative for the past two years and was particularly successful In Introducing a new range of sophisticated air filters and measuring gauges into the South-East Asian region. Mr. Tiaw completed a
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      TAMCO
      68 12 MR. Tom Crrhan naa been appointed Engineering Director of Tamco Electrical Engineering <M> manufacturers of a wide range of electrical and electronic equipment Formerly fnntr nets Manager. Mr Crehan holds a DlDloma of Electrical Engineering from Sydney He took up his new appointment last Friday. Tamco which has Its
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    SHIPPING
    1036 12 SHIPPING circles in Singapore can look back with pride on the past year's achievements not so much for what was fulfilled, but for what they auger for the future. The second half of the 60s was one of feverish calculation to project the evolution of the container era Into
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  • TIMES CITY DESK
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      Guthrie to sell crumb rubber machinery to India
      129 13 KUMPULAN Guthrie (KGSBi has carried out negotiations to supply 5500.000 worth of Guthrie Prow crumb rubber machinery to rubber producers In Kerala, India This was stated in Kuala Lumpur on Monday by the research manager of KGSB. Mr ppter de Jong. He
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    • COMMODITIES
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        Tin price up again
        180 13 rpHE Straits tin price in 1 Penang yesterday «.unecl 52.87J to $628.50 per picul on an official olferuiK down 42 tons at 244 tOM Following the firm overnight London market trend which perked £4 per ton, the in.irkrt was quite steady with strong buying support from
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        CLOSING PRICES
        23 13 Jan. 5. Xl ItMIK 491 cU (down cent). TIN: $628.50 (up 52.87 A). niii. i.ii offprint 214 tons (down 42 tons).*
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        PRODUCE
        117 13 CMINfSI PRODUCI tXCHANGt SINGAPORt NOON CLOSING rmcii pi* picul ycstirdav Coconut Oil: Hulk $Wt -HUn .HUM' »h M-llen Com Mix'. 1 il ip v > 1.1. i~r lan t-eD i;k Com. *3S k PtPDtr: M.H.l, ik \-l Mllli 1.v.0 100% NI.M I ISO Mllcn. Sarawak whitr t.i.b 96% NLW
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      Nordic Bank for London
      242 13 A NEW bank is being established in London. One which will become known to Singaporeans and SouthEast Asia early this year. Called Nordic Bank it is being formed by two major banks in Scandanlvia. the Den Norske Creditbank of Oslo and the Kansallls OsakePankkl of Helsinkle.
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      Company highlight
      56 13 PERAK Rubber Plantations has completed the sale of its rubber estate. Net proceeds will amount to $1.5 million payable In Instalments over two years. Pending publication ot details of reorganisation within the company and the re-investment of Us cash the directors requested the stuck Exchange ot London to
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      Exchange rates
      191 13 THE Association ol Banks In Malaysia -Singapore announceo these best agreed merchant ra'e. 1 n at Jan 5 Loral dollars to one unit Selling Buying of Foielßii Curreno TT or OU TT OU f I sU'iiiiitc Found \ustrMun Dollat <ew Zealand Dollat South Arabian Dinar J.S. Dollar _<>ca]
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      FLOODS DAMPEN TRADING
      179 13 AFTER a buoyant opening, the Stock Exchange of Malaysia and Singapore yesterday showed up a few soft spots reflecting small profit-taking on the sideline. On balance, gainers again emerged on top. However with few upcountrj brokers able to get to their desks because of the floods in
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      PALM OIL
      16 13 Milavan I i»r M April quoiaO V tll.'i Bellrm and l>»c«mt>«r/ Januarv CUT', rrWtr*.
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      RUBBER DOWN
      496 13 CONDITIONS In the rubber market yesterday were slow and restricted by '.he absence of many up country dealers who were unable to get to their places of business due to rains, flooding and lack of communications. Opening quotations were marked up but there was no urgent covering forthcoming
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      Straits tin shipment
      93 13 SHIPMENT of Straus refined tin from Penaim loi Novembei 1370 totalled 7 022 tons, according to statistics issued b> S'ai.'T^dlns Shipment from January to Decwnbw 1970 totalled 90 361', tons. includlnK one ton from Slngapon? ThT following table shows the tonnage and destination ana excl™4 Shipment* from
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      319 13 U. S. A. General Electric (U.S.A.) invites applications from suitably qualified candidates for tht following positions:— PROCESS CONTROL ENGINEER Graduates ir electrical or electronics engineering »un some experience IB prm-css com:ol work which fhould include Implementation of quality control plnns. evaluations, providing strategic measurements of product qualltv and yields ant!
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      809 13 "i 1 1 i fZ% SINGAPORE Uj armed forces OPPORTUNITIES FOR PERMANENT CAREERS Opportunities for permanent careers in the Singapore Armed Forces are now available Vacancies exist In the:Infantry and Support Arms: Technical Services; Maritlmr Command: Air Defence Command, and Other Services. 2. Terms* of Service. Either permanent regular service
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      701 13 JURONG BIRD PARK (PTE) LTD. SV-jpE (a) a Manager (b) an Assistant Manager for the JURONG BIRD PARK which is one of the finest Bird Parks m the world and which will eventually also serve as an im portant research centre in South-East Asia in the field of ornithology Hence,
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    CLOSING PRICE
    950 14 DIU AND OFFIR PRICE'S OfFI. C'IALLY LISTED AT IHI CLOU OP BUSINESS IN THE SINGACUME *ND KUALA LUMPUR TRAUINO ROOMS OF THE STOCK EXCHANGE WITH PRICk MOVEMENTS IN ■RACKETS. rESTEROAV WERE: if CLOSINC. TONK: Indu<trtnla Imp-nved while the it r TURNOVER: Official total turnover as supplied by the
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    BUSINESS DONE
    1274 14 BUSINESS tn and reported t« the Singapore and Kuala Lumpur trading rooms of the Stock Exchange yesterday with (he number of <harrs trailro shown in brackets in lot* ol 1.000 unless otherwisr specified. INDUSTRIALS Allied Choc, m $2 70 Ben (1) $1 (9) SI 02. (2) $1.01 B.
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    Melbourne
    403 14 |Vf ELBOURNE. I ue» 'ining and oil price* were cut back at the close of the Melbourne Stock Exchanae today T recent tirmness in trie market looke< as if it would continue this morning when prices wer" steady until lunch time Quiet trading in the afternoon however saw a
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    New York
    260 14 T^-EW YORK. Mon The market moved lower throughout the session in light trading. The downward trend todaj marked continued profit- taking In the issues that made sizeable gains in the rei-ent weeks advance, one analyst said The reduced volume came as putting cash to work in December completed
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    Hong Kong
    301 14 OONO KONG. Tues. The 11 market wa& brisk and buoyant and saw active trading In man; counters. All sections participated but Banks. Hotels and Textiles predominated. Leading the way was UK Bank (London) with a gain of HKSS over the day In which 8.480 shares of this stock
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    WORLD GOLD PRICES
    60 14 Monday Saturday $U.S. tU.t. London 37.44 37.3J5 Beirut :<7.»S 37.76 HoniEkoni :r>.-:3 3V.20 Zurich i NCI J7.358 t :.<;h 37. 00 a Paris 37.78 37.70 8 pore (1) UNCH :-:8 H2S S t apor» (2) UNCH 147.2 ft <1) Export prices to non-aterllr.g araaa In U.S. dollars
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    London
    368 14 LONIXW. Tun Thf .lock market moved ahead today In quiet trading. Towardt thr clour th« Financial Tlmrs Indrx was 2.1 up at 337.1 Tobacco* lout parly gains following: the Royal Cnllexr of Physicians' smoking report. with BATa llttl* chanced on balance, despite a proposed share split. Closing middle prices
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      611 14 LNIVLRSITI MALAVA JAWATAN* KOSONU U1DALAM PA8OKAN KESELAMATAN Pennohonan2 adalah dipelawa dan warganegara Malaysia bagi JawatatU berlkut:U) Penolong Pegawal Keselatnatan; (2) Ketua Penjaga Kampua; 13) Penjaga Kampua. Chalun2 dikehendaki mempunyai kelayakan sepertl berlkut:(al Kelayaaan Am: (1) Bagl jawatan d) chaiunS mestllah lulus S1J11 Pelajaran Malaysia aiau yang setaraf aengannya dengan kepujlan
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      564 14 LEVER BROTHERS (MALAYSIA) SDN. BHD. LE VCR Has a vacancy |?f^g*yjPjg?^g^ in its Marketing Department for INDUSTRIAL SALES SERVICES MANAGER THIS POSITION isa new one which has arisen because of the increasing importance of the provision of special fajts and margarines to biscuit and confectionery manufacturers, bakeries, etc. the manager
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    Talks put off by the floods
    457 15  -  P. M. RAMAN: REQUEST BY MALAYSIA By Singapore. Tuesday JHE five power defence talks due to begin here tomorrow have been posti)oned for 24 hours. The postponement is at the request of the Malaysian Government due to the "serious" flood situation in Kuala Lumpur.
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    Day's jail, fine for false oath
    136 15 SINGAPORE, Tues. A driver was jailed for a day and fined $200 today for making a false declaration to the Commissioner of Oaths at the High Court on Nov. 3. Abdul Razak bin Abdullah, alias Moraes Douglas, j 37. stated that he had no
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    Top student in engineer course
    69 15 Top student in engineer course BINOAPORE. Tues.—Polytechnic student Henry Ng Peng Hean. 20. has topped the second-year technician marine engineering course (Phase One> for 1970. Henry. a former science student of Raffles Institution. Is now undergoing his sea- train Ins timr. which will take 18 months. At present, he is
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    Drug importer files writ
    61 15 SINGAPORE. Tues Th« flf-t High Court writ In the new year was filed today by Chinese cirug Importer. Cheong Sin Yuen. who ts claiming $27,992 from Wan Shang Yae ol Jalan Aman for goods sold and delivered. It was drawn up In accordance with the new
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    India Day
    37 15 SINOAORE, Turn. India* Republic Day will be celebrated here on Jan. 26 a tS.3O p.n. when the Hieh Commissioner for India. Mr Prem Bhatla. and his wife host a reception at their Pierce Drive residence.
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    Carnival, trade fair to open in fortnight in Queenstown
    266 15 Carnival, trade fair to open in fortnight in Queenstown SINGAPORE. Tu«*. A GRAND carnival, entertainment and trade fair will be opened in a forthnight on 150.000 square feet of open ground in Queenstown Over the past weeks construction of the $200,000 project, which includes the setting up of a garden
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    Envoy, family embrace Islam
    110 15 Envoy, family embrace Islam KOTA KINABALU, Tues. Malaysia's High Commissioner to Australia, Tan Sri Donald Stephens, his wife and their five children embraced Islam here tonight. Tan Sri Stephens took the name of Mohammad Fuad Stephens while his wife is now known as Puan Sri Rahimah. More than 200 others
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    S'pore-made diving tender for RMN commissioned
    154 15 S'pore-made diving tender for RMN commissioned SINGAPORE, Tues. The Royal Malaysian Navy's first-ever Singaporemade diving tender the 187-ton KD D'lyont? was commissioned today in a 20-minute ceremony at KD Malaya in Woodlands The 5836.000 vessel, launched in August by the Sultanah of Johore. has successfully completed its fitting out and
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      650 15 On your TV and radio today 3.00 P.M. Opening <rd housewives' 5 W P.M. Programme Summary t.M News iM; rratmee— The Witty Maid /.OS Dragnet Homicide, Cigarette 5.15 Pok Amai amai S.lO Documentary Harmoni Malay3.SS For the family Butt (dialogue in Cantonese) S.3S The Archie Show sia 4.20 A diary
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      112 15 TIDES fiMT: S>n|«pure 5 2* t.m. i8.ll,. 7 03 p. 7 in); S*rj,l, Kectlil 3.42 am (7 4M), 6.01 P m (6.7ft); Port Dickvwi 1 16 l.m I7.«t). 1 39 pm (5.7ft): Port Swetttnhjm 12 04 jm (13 3 ID. 12.41 p.m (11 mi. Pemni 7 43 »m i5.l«t) 9
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    Plea on export credit scheme
    281 16  - Plea on export credit scheme SOH TIANG KENG By CINGAPORE, Tues.— 13 Big business in Singapore will ask the Government to reconsider its decision to scrap the export credit insurance scheme. Leaders of the four chambers of commerce met for two hours this afternoon to discuss the question. Their verdict:
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    NOTIFICATION REVOKED BECAUSE OF ERROR
    98 16 SINGAPORE. Tues— The four-day-old Banking (Licence Fees) Notification was revoked today because of a printing error. The notification, issued on Saturday by Mr. Michael Wong Pakshong, managing director of the Monetary Authority of Singapore, gave, the annual licence fee for a for- rign bank's main
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    Success seen in S'pore streets
    199 16 Success seen in S'pore streets MANILA, Tues.— The success story of Singapore is seen in its wide and spotlessly clean roads, streets and alleys, according to an article published today in the Manila Times. The article, written by Mrs. Julie Yap Daza, said the anti-littering fine of $500 was not
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    Lock icon Lone jewel shop guard fights off three gunmen
    529 16  - Lone jewel shop guard fights off three gunmen VICTOR NG: WOUNDED MAN FOILS GEMS RAID By Singapore, Tuesday auxiliary police sergeant fought three gunmen singlehunded today and foiled what would have been Singapore's second jewel robbery in two days. Shot and wounded in the right arm. Ahir.ad bin Arifin. 46.
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    Prize-giving for chess
    49 16 SINGAPORE. Tues. The wile of the Minister for Culture, Mrs. Jek Yeun Thong tonight presented prizes to the winners of the first Chinese cheat tournament organised by the Queenstown youth section. Mr. Jek. whose trophy ni presented to the winning team, la ftlao lIP far Queenstown.
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    $13,000 THEFT: $2,000 REWARD OFFER
    131 16 $13,000 THEFT: $2,000 REWARD OFFER SINGAPORE. Tues— Police are offering a $2,000 reward for information on the theft of $13,000 worth of valuables from a university don's home in Cairnhill Road last October. It will be paid for information leading to the arrest of the thieves or recovery of the
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    Call-up registration
    50 16 SINGAPORE, Tues. National service registration for boys born on April 19 and 20 1954 will be held at the Central Manpower Base, Kallang, on Monday from 1.30 p.m. to 5 p.m instead of 8 p.m. to 1 p.m. The reporting time for medical examination on Monday is unchanged.
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    *****45 wins $400,000 in Sweep
    229 16 *****45 wins $400,000 in Sweep CINGAPORE, Tues.— J Ticket No. *****45 won the first prize of $400,000 in the Singapore Sweep Draw conducted by Singapore Pools (Pte) Ltd. at Clifford Pier tonight. The other results were: SECOND ($150,000) *****94 and third i $75,000) *****57. lACKPOT MMBIKS (110,000) *****02 2b43'J64 *****87
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    Application for Bar admission
    30 16 Application for Bar a dmission SINGAPORE. Tues. Bank officer Mr. Chung Kan Gay has applied to the High Court for admission to the Bar. H# Is a local law graduate.
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      493 17  -  EPSOM JEEP By r piIK opening four-day meeting of the 1971 racing season at Uukit Timah, beginning on Saturday, "will go on as scheduled" in spite of the floods in .Malaysia. "Only 31 of the 308 horses entered have not arrived yet becauae of the
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      69 17 ."ERTH. Ties Hot Rod. Bntish boat tailed by Mike Martin and .Jan Buitkenkamp. *nn the second race In the Australian Hornet class champlonhlps on Melville waters here today. Bun and Atalanta. both Irom West Australia. finished -rcomi and third respectively The Dawdler, nailed by Major
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      96 17 MRS J H. Read with a nett ii« won SICC women's "A" division monthly medal at Island i nirse jenterday. The "B" division medal went to Mrs H Punder (nett 71). with Mrr. p. Ezechlel (75) the ninner-up. The first nine ballsweep went to Mrs.
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      27 17 MUNICH. Tie.v Nearly 5.0d0 YcwiiK women have .«o far applied for po*t.« as hoxteaae* at the 1972 Olympic Game* here, the orpai.isinc committee reDOited Renter
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      498 17  -  JACK FINGLETON By MELBOURNE. Tuesday A USTRALIA'S Test team defeated England by five wickets and with five English overs unbowled here today in an historic one-day cricket match the first ever such game played between teams representing the two countries. John Edrich. who hit a
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      156 17 Colts impress with daring tackles nOYAL New Zealand Infaniry Regiment Light'veiihis had to bring out their best yesterday to beat a weakened Singapore Cricket Club Colts 14-3 i a goal and three tries to n try in a frlendlv rugby match at the piidanx Pegged down in their half for
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      156 17 Coach Ally solves problem P}K SO minutes yesterday ihe punch was missing in the Vigilante Corps attack Coach S.Y. Ally found the answer by reshuffling the forwards but it took another 20 minute* before they hit top gear to run out convincing 4-0 winners over Bodca in the quarterfinals of
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      79 17 Koreans invite 9 nations cEOUL, Tues. South Korea will Invite nine countries to the First Asian soccer tournament for President Park ChungHee's Cup to be held here from May 7 to May 20 this year, the Korean Football Association announced today The nine countries are Burma. Cambodia. Honsjkonv. India. Indonesia.
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      44 17 ACCRA. Tue* West Oerman soccer roach Jupp Darwali has predicted thht Ghana could be one of the surprise team in the 1972 Olympic soccer tournament in Munich. Ohana'x Black Stars drew l-l with West Germany's amateur side here on Sunday. Reuter
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      Ban and fine for Best
      147 17 LONDON. Tuesday pEORGE Best, the Manchester United star and one of Britain's highest-paid players, was i banned from soccer for six weeks the .sentence to be suspended and fined a record £250 by the English Football Association's Disciplinary Comi mittee here today. The 24-year-old Northern
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      448 22 ISRAELI ENVOY SEES JARRING UNITED NATIONS. Tuesday jyjIDDLK EA S T peace talks got under way again today under the auspices of the r.X. intermediary (iunnar V. Jarring. These talks were suspended last September when Israel walked out after charging Egyptian
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      235 22 Biggs' favourite son dies in crash MELBOURNE, Tues. Mrs. Charmaln Biggs, wife of Britain's Great Train Robber Ronald Biggs, appealed to her husband tonight not to try and see her following the death of their eldest son in a road crash. She told reporters: "I like to think he would
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      118 22 PARENTS FORCE OUT TEACHER ■JARIS, rues. Angry parents yesterday blocked the entrance to Roman Catholic school in Quimperle to prevent a young teacher who recently married a divorced man from teaching their children When Michelle Brunou. 26 managed to enter her classroom aitei two immm* the children walked out The
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      230 22 AMMAN. Tues. Al- <■ Fatah's second racking leader. Abou lyyad, yesterday denounced what he called the bourgeois appearance of the Palestine Commandos. 'There must no longer be any Interest by commandos in appearing before cameras, or riding In cars in procession," be said. "Al-Fatah must return to
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      105 22 JAKARTA, lues Indonesia is expected to develop further good relations this year with Singapore and other members of the Association of South-east Asian nations (Asean). Foreign Minister Mr. Adam Malik said today Indonesia was looking forward to the visit of Singapore Prime Minister Mr. Lee
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      337 23 Fightingflares in Cambodia as 852s pound Ho Trail tAIGON, Tues. 15 Fighting flared at five points in eastern and north western Cambodia, a military spokesman reported today. Meanwhile a US supersonic jet has been lost over southern Laos while bombing North Vietnamese supply routes leading southward into Cambodia. The two
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      56 23 AIRLINE passengers sit disconsolately amid their baggage at Heathrow Airport in London on Monday as fog and ice delayed flights and some 10.000 passengers. The cold spell also hit India where 75 people died. West Germany, Portugal and Spain are having their rhilliest
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      500 23 CVealth Society president resigns over arms sale issue LONDON. Tv«» THE Duke of Devonshire has resigned as president of the Royal Commonwealth Society following a flareup over possiole British arms sales to South Africa, it was revealed here today. The clash began with a House of Lords speech In November
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      249 23 A boy might have caused soccer tragedy: MP I ONDON. Tues. A boy who got his coat stuck over his head may have caused Britain's worst soccer disaster, a Member of Parliament said yesterday. The Labour MP. Mr. John Rankln. whose Glasgow district Includes Ibrox Stadium where 56 people were
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      120 23 RIO OE JANEIKO. Tues.— The Brazilian Government last night announced its agreement to release all but eight people listed by urban guerillas as their exchange price for kidnapped Swiss Ambassador, Mr. Giovanni Bucher. A Government communique issued in Brasilia said one of the eight
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    598 24 Food for 150,000 on East Coast leaves S'pore KUALA LUMPUR. Tuesday. TIN Abdul Rank Unlay announced that the Government was sending essential food enough for 150,000 people to the East (.Oast tonight. The food will leave K. D. Malaya in Singapore by a British Navy vessel for Kuantan, from where
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    188 24 Family of six in house collapse By Chou Chuan Shang 'PAN \H RATA. Tues. A wooden house with a family of six in it slipped down 160 ft. to a valley on Boh estate near here at about 4 a.m. today. Three of the occupants, Mr. K Chelliah, 48, his
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    69 24 By GILBERT WOODEN SERKMBAN. Tues.—Thousands of people were left without drinking water today when several pipe lines were carried away by flood waters. All roads leading to the north and south were cut. There were many landslides. All schools in the state will be closed
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    42 24 DJAKARTA, Tues. Communist guerillas in West Borneo have told Dayak tribesmen that the Island of Kalimantan (Borneo) did not belong to either Indonesia or Malaysia but to the Ibnn tribes, the Armed F- rcea newspaper Angkatan Bersenjaia reported today. Reuter.
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    106 24 It's travel by tractor FLASHY sports cars are out where floods are concerned. A tractor can travel a lot faster, as these people of Hock Ann esta; 4th m.s. Klang Road. found oat while evacuating. In less than 12 hours, flood had invaded the area and took over hundreds of
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