The Straits Times, 16 March 1972

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    24 1 AVERAGE DAILY CERTIFIED SALE EXCEEDS 200,000 The Straits Times The National Newspaper Estd. 1845 THURSDAY, MARCH 16, 1972. 20 CENTS MX. (P) No. 3776
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    Lock icon 106 tourists die in crash
    356 1 Plane slams mountain DUBAI (Persian Gulf) Wed. RESCUE teams today reached the wreckage of a Danish airliner which crashed into remote Arabian mountains last night but found no sign of any survivors among the 112 people aboard 106 of themJtaujfiU?s returning from a holiday in
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    MIC LEADERS ACCEPT RAZAK PEACE PLAN
    350 1 KUALA LUMPUR, Wednesday rN V.T. Sambanthan is to remain president of the MIC for one more year because bis challenfer Tan Sri V. Manickavasagam baa agreed to withdraw from the contest. Announcing this here today as chairman of the Alliance, Tun Abdul Ra sak
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    Gold smuggling charge
    53 1 HONO KONO, Wed— An Australian slaughter-house manager pleaded not guilty to charges of smuggling 26 one-kilo bars of gold into Hong Kong. Robert Stanley Anderson. 67, of Darwin. Australia. was arrested at Kai Tak airport when he arrived on Feb 25 from Singapore In transit to Seoul.
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    Lock icon Reds kill 7 children
    64 1 SAIGON, Wed— Seven children were killed and four others and a teacher were wounded when a bomb exploded at a primary school outside Dal Loc district town in northern South Vietnam yesterday, a military spokesman said today.* The spokesman said communist terrorists set off the explosive
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    Lock icon Yen pledge
    22 1 TOKYO. Wed.— Prime Minister Sato assured Parliament today that there was i-j government plan (or a further yen revaluation. Reuter.
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    FIRE AT PEKING'S TOP HOTEL
    133 1 PEKING. Wed. Fire broke out today in the Peking Hotel, the capital's premier hotel, but was quickly brought under control by 12 fire engines. The hotel is mainly used to house official guests, but there were no guests In the "new" wing of the hotel,
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    Lock icon Rush for HK visas in Taipeh
    192 1 Rush for HK visas in Taipeh TAIPEH, Wed— A huge crowd of Chinese seeking visas for Hong Kong today Jammed the British Consulate here which closes tomorrow when Britain severs diplomatic links with Taiwan. The British consul. Mr. Joseph Featherstone. and his four British staff, a vice-consul, two pro-con-suls and
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    Budget debate
    25 1 PARLIAMENT sits today to debate the Government's financial policy outlined In last week's Budget speech by the Finance Minister, Mr. Hon Sul Sen.
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    'Malaysia has ways to enforce Straits control'
    416 1 KUALA LUMPUR, Wednesday jyjALAYSIA has ways of enforcing control of the Straits of Malacca that it will be used only for innocent passage, the Deputy Prime Minister, Tun (Dr.) Ismail, said today. "But I am not going to tell you," he said to
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    Boy dies in boat tragedy
    79 1 Boy dies in boat tragedy SINGAPORE, Wed. A sampan outing in the Seletar River by four young boys ended in tragedy today when one of them drowned. The body of eight-year-old John De Costa, of Lorong Masemek. Sembawang. was found entangled in undergrowth by villagers this afternoon. His brother, Michael.
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    Lock icon Another knock for sterling
    48 1 LONDON. Wed Sterling took a further drop on foreign exchange markets today and at one point was full cent down against the US dollar. Persistent selling drove the rate down to U552.***** before it steadied to 2.***** a 90--point loss on the day. Reuter.
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    Motorist hurt in collision
    49 1 SINGAPORE. Wed. The driver of a Ford Capri wu Injured when It crashed into the rear of a taxi at the 8J mile. Dunearo Road late tonight. Police Identified him as Mr. Peng Kai Chua, 31. of Jurong Road. His condition was not known Immediately.
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      Lock icon ARABS CONDEMN HUSSEIN PLAN
      44 1 BEIRUT, Wed. Jordan came under intense Arab fire over Kins Hussein's plan for an autonomous Palestinian state federated with Jordan. Arabs condemned the move as a first step toward a separate- Jordanian peace agreement with Israel.— AP (See Pave IS)
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    Lock icon A risky trip but for three it spells adventure
    417 3  -  TAN WEE LIAN: ROUND SINGAPORE ISLAND ON A RAFT BUILT FOR THREE By Singapore, -Wednesday- JUST a little assembly of eight oil drums, a nylon poncho and odd pieces of planks from the school workshop, but it's the start of an
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    Canoe camp at Changi
    33 3 SINGAPORE. Wed. The Chinese YMCA camping department will organise a three-day canoe camp at Changi beach beginning on March 31. Details of the camp are available fiom the department.
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    'Europe should play more active role in Asia'
    242 3 SINGAPORE, Wednesday rpHE French Secretary of State for Foreign Af- fairs, Mr. Jean de Lipkowski, believes that Western Europe should play a more active role in Asian development. But he said, their role must be in line with the aspirations of the
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    Labour office to open in Toa Payoh
    62 3 SINGAPORE. Wed.— The Labour Ministry will set up a new regional office at Toa Payoh soon. To date, the ministry has set up two regional office* one in Jurong and the other in Bendemeer Estate. More regional offices will be set up In
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    Song session
    27 3 SINGAPORE. Wed. The National Library's Oroup Services Section will hold a classical song session In the library meeting room on Saturday at 3 p m
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    Leadership Alumni
    39 3 SINOAPORE. Wed— Mr. Yee Weng Phel has been elected president or the National Youth Leadership Training Institute Alumni. The vice-president Is Mr. Richard Vincent Ns. with Mr. Hoh Cheng Chlew as secretary and Miss Ivy Lul, treasurer.
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    DANCES OF THE QUEEN'S TOUR
    103 3  - DANCES OF THE QUEEN'S TOUR CHIN CHENG MEI By ONDON, Wed. All the Ij countries on Queen Elizabeth's South east Asian tour presented items, mainly dances, at a gala performance at the Commonwealth Institute last night, which was attended by Princess Anne. It was organised by the Women's Council to
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    Club plan for handicaps
    58 3 SINGAPORE. Wed. The Singapore Handicaps' Friendship Club will socn launch a campaign to raise $50,000 for Its rehabilitation, training and welfare fund. The money raised will be used to build a clubhouse which wl'l have facilities for therapy and job training. It will also serve as
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    24-hour curfew at Selama ends today
    246 3 24-hour curfew at Selama ends today SU NG E I PATANI. Wed. The round-the-clock curfew In Selama on the PerakKedah border, one of the four main areas of Operation Sedar, will be completely lifted from tomorrow. In several parts of Kulim. Bandar Bharu and Baling, it will be lifted, except
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    Folk dancing for teens
    41 3 SINGAPORE. Wed. The Chinese YMCA Youth Department will start a folk dancing course for teenagers on Saturday. The weekly four session course will be held at the International Centre, Palmer Road, from 3.30 p.m. to 4 p.m.
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    MCA survey
    22 3 BUTTERWORTH, Wed Penang State MCA is to make a survey of the plight of 60.000 new villagers In Province Wellesley.
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    Ralph: Why I did not say thank you...
    1769 4  - Ralph: Why I did not say thank you... CHRISTINA CHEANG SO DELIGHTED WITH $50,000 'ANG POW... By ASKED ME TO GET WEE TO TAKE OVER RIGHTS AT BETTER PRICE' Ralph: When Robert told me that... it sounded as nonsense to me as a businessman and I didn't query him Singapore,
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    University offers three new Arts courses
    273 4 University offers three new Arts courses SINGAPORE, Wed. Three new courses will be offered by the University of Singapore's Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences for Its new academic term in July. They are music, statistics available as a major discipline and Chinese studies, offered as a minor subject to
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    MP's CALL TO REDUCE BIRD PARK CHARGES
    103 4 SINGAPORE. Wed. A suggestion that the Juront Town Corporation reduce the admission and other charges to the Bird Park so an to attract more visitors has been made by the MP for Katonr, Mr. J. C. Concelcao. In a question he has submitted
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    Soldier jailed two months
    44 4 SINQAPORE. WeU tional serviceman Woo K 20. was jailed lor two m today for absenting I without permission from 35 Vigilante Corps training ses at Thomson Road Seo School between July 9 last year and March 10. He pleaded guilty.
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    Lee Ling, the girl who will never get lost anywhere
    266 5 Lee Ling, the girl who will never get lost anywhere SINGAPORE. W«d IifAROON 17-year-old ITI Chew Lee Ling anywhere and she will find her way home in no time. She will not bat an eyelid even if she is left on a desert Island. One look at the badges, certificates
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    Shot girl is better
    34 5 SINOAPORE. Wed. Miss Llm Tay Lee. 18. who was shot accidentally In the neck last night at her Circuit Road flat, was said to be "Improving" at Outram Hospital today.
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    STORE POPULATION NOW 2.1M-PLUS
    70 5 STORE POPULATION NOW 2.1M-PLUS SINGAPORE, Wed. Singapore's population reached 2,129,300 at the end of last year, the Department of Statistics disclosed in a press statement today. The population estimates show that there were 1,089.000 males as against 1.040,300 females in the Republic. The figures exclude non locally domiciled Services personnel
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    $10 mil. for teachers
    46 5 KUALA LUMPUR. Wed. The Government will have to pay out more than $10 million in arrears to 10.000 teachers whose salaries will be raised before conversion to the Aziz Commission scales. The teachers are expected to get from $1,000 to $1,500 each.
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    Three admit theft charge
    45 5 SINOAPORE. Wed. Three Jobless youths. Syed Ahmad bin Mustafla. Abdul Aziz bin Salleh and Abdul Samad bin Abdullah, today admitted stealing a motorcycle worth $180 from Happy Bast Avenue on March 13. Sentence was postponed to April 6 pending probation reports.
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    Art courses
    30 5 SINGAPORE. Wed. The Chinese YMCA Youth Department is organising two art courses for children of seven to 12 years old at Its Tanglln Centre beginning on April 1.
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    Restore deputy principals' post allowance call
    148 5 SINGAPORE, Wed mHE Chinese School Tea--1 chers' Union is to ask the Education Ministry to restore the post allowance for deputy principals. The decision was taken at its council meeting last Saturday. Since the revision of the salary structure last November, this allowance was
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    Girl Guides president
    68 5 SINOAPORE. Wed— Mrs. lien Ying Chow has been elected president of the Singapore Girl Quides Association for a term of three years at Its meeting held recently. Other officials elected were: Mrs. Jek Yuen Thong, Mrs. Diana Eu. Miss Lee Seok Tin and Mrs. Tan Boon Telk,
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    No smog peril—air over Singapore getting cleaner
    228 5 No smog peril— air over Singapore getting cleaner SINGAPORE, Wednesday THE Government is gaining the upper hand in the battle to cleanse the air over Singapore. Air pollution has been brought under control and, with proper supervision, no smoke problems from industries are anticipated. A senior official of the Anti-Pollution
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    SIX FLYING CLUB BOYS BACK FROM N.Z. TOUR
    93 5 SIX FLYING CLUB BOYS BACK FROM N.Z. TOUR CINOAPORE, Wed. Six members of the Junior Flying Club of Singapore returned today after a two-week hiking tour of New Zealand. They were Rajendra Dharmarajah, Meta Kevin Dudley, both 18, Wong Kwo n g Ming, Leong Kwek Fee. Ooh Yeok Herrn and
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      153 5 Ailvy Oap By V.T. Ha ml in WELL^MATRE WE VVAJITNg"^^" 1 1 ""T" THE COMPUTER I L- V ANYONE I K>fT THINK 50... FOR, OSCAR? TURN HIM I CAN'T, DOC HE AwE HAVE WASN'T ...SO IVE -SOT A MAN UP AT I Z KISJOW j HIS NAME IS FRITT, ON
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    Man who need not have died-by the coroner
    207 6 Man who need not have died-by the coroner SING APOBE, Wed. The Second Coroner Mr. David Gerald today expressed concern over the safety of industrial workers who were not provided with safety measures. He made the remark before returning an open verdict on forklift driver Chew Foo Sang, 19 who
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    Businessman missing: Man detained
    74 6 Businessman missing: Man detained IPOH. Wed.— Police have detained a man In connection with the disappearance of businessman. Mr. Ng Song Teik. who has been reported missing since the night of Feb. 1. Mr. Ng. 35, was last seen on Feb. 1 night driving his Volvo along Cowan Street here
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    Woman freed from a 3-year jail term
    508 6  - Woman freed from a 3-year jail term BEN DAVIDSON CJ quashes conviction in immoral earnings case By SINGAPORE, Wednesday THE Chief Justice. Mr. Wee Chong Jin, today quashed the conviction of a woman who was jailed for three years on a charge of living on the immoral earnings of her
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    Malaysia's need for water and pollution control laws
    180 6 Malaysia's need for water and pollution control laws SINGAPORE, Wed. Malaysia needs a comprehensive water quality control legislation co-ordi-nated with an overall environmental control law to fight the increasing menace of pollution. Such legislation must Include provision for recruitment and training of enough staff and other factors relating to Implementation.
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    No caps on bus fuel tanks: Three firms fined
    242 7 No caps on bus fuel tanks: Three firms fined SINGAPORE, Wed.— Three bus companies were fined a total of 51.05* today for not fitting caps to the fuel tanks in seven of their buses. The companies, Associated Bus Services, United Bus Company and Amalgamated Bus Company, pleaded guilty to tbe
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    10 years for murder
    74 7 SINOAPORE. Wed— A lighter labourer. Ng Eng Hue. 32, accused of murdering his formei Uikong, was Jailed for 10 years by the High Court, which accepted his defence of diminished responsibility. Mr. Leo Fernando, defending, said that Low Wah Chuan was fatally stabbed at about 3
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    MSA told: 'Increase flights to Bangkok'
    125 7 KUALA LUMPUR. Wed. The Malaysian Government Is to ask the management of MSA to increase flights between Bangkok and Penang when Thai International suspends its DC-9 flights to Pennng next month. The secretary-general of the Communications Ministry, Inche Ramll Abdul Hamid. said today: "We
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    Robbery charge
    39 7 SINGAPORE. Wed. Tan Soo Seng. 17. today admitted trying to rob a man. Wee Swee Kirn of a gold ring worth $16 In Outram Road on March 13. Sentence was postponed to April 5 pending probation report.
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    Pirate taxi men appeal
    49 7 KAMPAR. Wed— Thirty-one pirate Uxl operator* In Kampar district have appealed to the Minister for Communications. Tan Sri Sardon, to legalise their service. They have asked him in a petition signed by all of them to Issue licences to them to operate within Kampar district.
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    COMPANY ORDERED TO PAY $119,000
    495 7  -  T.F. HWANG Bulsing's defence rejected B SINGAPORE, Wednesday J^ SINGAPORE-inoorporaled Bulgarian company, BuWnp (Pte.) Ltd., was ordered today to pay $119,911 damages and costs to a Jakarta firm for breach of contract in raped of 35 metric tons of Madagascar cloves, worth $298.17:1. Bulsing, the
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    MERCURY PLAN TO ENGAGE 10 MORE BOEING PILOTS
    230 7 MERCURY PLAN TO ENGAGE 10 MORE BOEING PILOTS SINGAPORE. Wed Vf ERCURY Singapore Airlines are planning to re- crult 10 more pilots to fly Boeing aircraft after the MSA split in June. They will reinforce Mercury's team of pilots who will have three new 707s to operate later this year.
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    Airline chiefs meeting
    58 7 SINGAPORE Wed. Top Executives of 10 member-airlines of the Orient Airlines Association will meet tomorrow at the Shangri-La Hotel for IU 13th assembly of presidents. The Communications Minister. Mr. Yong Nyuk Lin. will open the meeting. Playing host will be Malaysia-Singapore Airlines, whose managing director Mr. Llm
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    Sub-contractor fined $300
    63 7 SINGAPORE. Wed. A tubcontractor Kong Kow alias Kong Kok Sing, was today fined $300 for not providing any means of ensuring the safety of his worker BAslr bin Strap at a building site In Kallang on Peb. 33. Baslr was at the time standing on a board
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    Double your money shares swindle
    136 7 KUALA LUMPUR. Wed.— A businessman was recently swindled of $SJM by a man claiming to be a sharebroker. Mr. K.Y Chin. 34. of Jalan Cheras, told the police here yesterday the man had induced him to buy 5.000 shares of a local brewery at a
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    Kwong Lok of SJI IS top student in exams
    109 7 Kwong Lok of SJI IS top student in exams SINGAPORE, Wed. Slxteen year old Chan Kwong Lok of St. Joseph's Institution IS the top student in the 1971 Singapore Cambridge GCE "O" level examination. This was confirmed today by the Ministry of Education. Kwong Lok scored seven Als in English
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    Defaulter jailed
    38 7 SINGAPORE. Wed. Ooh Slew Hoe. 19. was Jailed for two months today after he admitted falling to register for national service without reasonable excuse at the Central Manpower Base In Kallang on May 29 last year.
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    $300,000 woollen textiles go up in smoke
    175 7 $300,000 woollen textiles go up in smoke OINOAPORE, Wed. An early morning blaze gutted an Import and export firm's store at St. Gregory's Place, off HUI Street, today, destroying property worth an estimated $300,000. Firemen took 55 minutes to put out the fire which at one stage threatened to spread
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    A recital by Bulgarian pianist
    69 7 A recital by Bulgarian pianist SINGAPORE, Wed. Famous Bulgarian pianist Yury Boukofl will arrive next Monday for a recital here. He will be accompanied by his wife a princess of the House of Morocco who is reputed to be one of the most beautiful women In the world. Mr. Boukofl
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      The shape that matters—it's the bit, 'twixt the ankle and the knee
      646 8 The shape that matters— it's the bit, 'twixt the ankle and the knee |F you want to catch those admiring glances, you don't luitsvirily have to look like Raquel Welch from the waist up. More important is that you look like her from the waist down For today, the strange
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      GRIN AND BEAR IT
      55 8 IN a booklet for consumers, an appliance manufacturer includes tips on positive thinking along with advice on how to care for and use washers, dryers and dishwashers The tips include this one: "Remember to smile." The manufacturer didn't say whether this tip comes in especially handy
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      PLASTIC HANDMADE FRAMES IN STARTLING COLOURS
      474 8 INDIVIDUALITY Is one keynote of Oliver Goldsmiths designs. Fashion's another. And exclusiveness, without doubt is an Inherent feature only two or three pairs of one soectacle design is produced. The question that comes to mind automatically to: What price this exclusiveness? Bather a high
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      Everything Chinese, from names to fashion
      401 8  -  ONG KIAT BENG by CCDDENLT, the trend's on for everything Chinese. Everybody's talking about Chinese food, travel in China. Amongst the women. Inevitably, it's Chinese fashions. They're d i s c s s ing Oriental fashions like coolie pants, wrap-over tunics and. of coarse,
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      Chilli Con Came recipe
      144 8 HERE'S a recipe for Chilli Con Came: You need 2 tablespoons oil or butter. 2 large onions 'chopped). 2 cloves garlic < crushed) 3 lb. coarse minced beef. 1 green capsicum (chopped). 1 x 15 ox. can tomatoes (chopped), 3 tablespoons tomato paste. 1 cup water.
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    $110,000 windfall for Ming Court workers
    193 9 $110,000 windfall for Ming Court workers SINGAPORE, Wed. More than 400 employees of Ming Court Hotel are to get wage increases ranging from $16 to $40 a month retrospective from May 1 last year. And they will share about $110,000 in arrears which the management said would be paid out
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    Jurong Shipyard victims fund
    50 9 BINOAPORE. Wed—Donations sent to the Straits Times for Jurcng Shipyard victims fund now total (4.329. The latest donations came from Mr. and Mrs. Lee Cheok Hoe $100; Mr Kang Chew Boon $10; Mr. Ng Yam Chua $20 and staff of the Paya Lebar centralised workshop $85.
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      WATER BILL SURPRISE FOR FLAT-DWELLER
      209 9 AS a flat dweller In the Tanglin Halt Road area. I got a shock when my February water bill totalled $18 30 A man from the PUB came to my flat and to that of my neighbour, no fewer tlian three times betweii June and
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      Of specialists and shortage of medical officers
      561 9 Of specialists and shortage of medical officers I REFER to your report (S.T., March 12) that the Health Ministry is planning: to enable serving doctors to specialise. In theory, this is good. However, there is need to clarify how this can be achieved. Our Singapore Government Medical and Dental Officers'
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      126 9 I REFER to the letter from "Dilemma" (S.T. March 13) about "advanced" English courses. I fell victim in the same way to a correspondence school. I found that the course was too simple and I stopped paying the instalment fees. I too received repeated letters demanding payment and telling me
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      44 9 rjiHE 16-storey three-room m. improved-type flats at Geylang Bahru are served by three elevators. However, one of the elevators has not been in operation. Could the HDB please do something as the residents are getting inconvenienced by this lack of service. CONCERNED Singapore, 14
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        Why her maiden name is required
        107 9 Why her maiden name is required I REFER to the letter from your correspondent "An Irritated Customer" (S.T.. Feb. 25). I wish to Inform the writer that under current Savings Bank regulations It Ls necessary for a married woman to furnish her malaen name when openIng an account even if
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        74 9 I REFER to the letter by Badly Bitten" (ST., Feb. 29). Investigations showed that a portion of the drain was silted but no mosqui»o breeding was found therein. Mosquito breedings were however found in four private premises nearby. Action has been taken to destroy the breedings as well as to
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        47 9 WITH reference to the letter by "Baked or drenched" -8.T.. Jan. 15) the Public Works Department has a programme to widen Still Road and the construction of bus shelters may be Incorporated in the road widening scheme. YEONG KIM KEE Public Relations Officer. Ministry of National Development.
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      $13.60 is all that's left of $50 rise after CPF and tax
      239 9 $13.60 is all that's left of $50 rise after CPF and tax THE Government has decided to raise CPF contributions by another Z per cent to step up forced savings, all for the good of the people and the economy. But I wonder if they are wrong in assuming that
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    GROUP WAY TO HELP ADDICTS KICK DRUGS
    431 9  -  TAN WANG JOO: Method also saves time, money By Singapore, Wednesday NEW way of helping drug addicts known us the group work method is being tried here, the acting senior probation and after care officer, Mr. Tan Kok Kia, of the Social Affairs
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    Oilfield starts production
    39 9 BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN, Wed. Sarawak's third offshore oilfield Bakau, 15 miles off Lntong, in northern Sarawak began production today. The other two offshore fields are West Lutong and Baram, which together produce 60,000 barrels a day.
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    Joyride ends in theft charge
    139 9 SINGAPORE. Wed. A youth was found to have stolen a motor-cycle when he was booked for riding the machine without a crash helmet, a court heard today. Ong Siong Kong, 18. who admitted stealing the motorcycle worth $800 in Serangoon Road on March 12. was
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    Life Saving Society
    48 9 SINGAPORE. Wed. Mr. Milton Tan. a company director has been re-elected president of the Royal Life Saving Society Singapore branch Other officials are Vice-presid-ent. Mr. Woon Sul Kut; secretary. Mr. Lee Hon Ming: assistant secretary. Mr. Tay Keng Lin and treasurer. Mr. Ec Kwong Watt
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    Taximen collect $170,000 in charity drive
    120 9 Taximen collect $170,000 in charity drive SINGAPORE. Wed. The Singapore Taxi Drivers' Association collected about $170,000 in their charity drive last Friday a record for the cabbies. Their previous best was $120,000 for the NaUonal Defence Fund. The money will be donated to the Chung Hwa Free Hospital building fund.
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    United National Front fete
    38 9 SINGAPORE Wed. The United National Front will celeDratc its second anniversary on Sunday at the Victoria Memorial Hall. Among the speakers are its chairman. Mr. Lim Ah Kow. and the secretary-general. Mr. R. Vetrivelu.
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      DOLLAR FLURRY
      457 10 President Nixon's key currency adviser, who dismissed last week's little dollar crisis as no more than a speculative flurry, has turned out to be nearer the mark than European experts who saw the December agreement on currency values collapsing about their ears. The situation certainly was as confused
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      SINGAPORE'S WATER
      322 10 For forty years Singapore has faced the problem of finding and impounding sufficient water for a city and island whose growing population has continually demanded more and more water almost as soon as the needs of the next five years hive been met. In not much more than
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      USEFUL SURVEY
      232 10 Much importance is attached to sociological surveys in developing countries for the insight they give into peoples' problems, ways of thinking and aspirations. Rural communities have to be guided in making the breaks with tradition necessary for progress. Getting changes accepted means clashing with set ideas and attitudes
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    The breach that Nixon must fill
    686 10  - The breach that Nixon must fill C.L SULZBERGER By HONOLULU The one gap in summitry that must be filled by President Nixon, most itinerant of American Presidents, is the Japanese one. Nixon met Emperor Hirohito at Anchorage, Alaska, in 1971 when Japan's sovereign stopped off on a flight to Europe.
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    Lock icon EAST MEETS WEST
    996 10 Ambassadors in the news p AKis Discretion surrounds the contacts beinp made here between the United States and China, which suits the man at the American end Arthur K. Watson. Unlike Sargeant Shriver, his flamooyant predecessor as ambassador to Franc:, he has not made his name familiar
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    Thieves may have been at work in the Angkor ruins
    406 10  -  HOWARD TAUBMAN By IWtW YORK An unexpectedly large number of choice < ambcdian sculptures has appeared on the Western market in recent weeks. The fear of experts In this country and abroad is that these art objects have been stolen
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      Lock icon Soon: A super Russian cruiser
      173 11 Soon: A super Russian cruiser LONDON, Wednesday. I*HE Soviet Union is reported to be building a new missile cruiser and her first aircraft carrier, defence sources said today. The new cruiser and the aircraft carrier were said to bp under construction at the Black Sea shipyard of Nlkolayev. They were
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      Lock icon Joint effort pledge by Asian Bank chief
      120 11 \f ANILA. Wed. Asian Development Bank president Mr. Takeshi Watanabe today pledged the ADB's commitment to joint eftorts with national banks in developing countries. He said this at the opening of the three-day panel meeting here of experts from Asian countries and International
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      Lock icon TRUCE VIOLATIONS BY INDIA CHARGE
      104 11 ISLAMABAD. Wed—Pa--1 kistan today reported more cease-fire violations by Indian troops across part of Kashmir. An official statement said that Indians fired on Pakistani positions in the area three times from Feb. 28 to March 4. The Indians also fired on Pakistani positions in the
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      Lock icon Another Manson man guilty of murder
      131 11 LOB ANGELES, Wed. 1 Bruce Davis, 28, the last member of the Manson "family" to be put on trial for a series of gory murders In 1909, was found guilty yesterday on two counts of first-degree murder. Davit. 28. m convicted of murdering Lot
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      Lock icon Kosygin offers to mediate in Indo-Pakistan dispute
      440 11 Kosygin offers to mediate in IndoPakistan dispute MOSCOW, Wed yHE Soviet Union made a veiled offer yesterday to mediate a peace settlement between India and Pakistan and renewed the call for an Asian security system. The offer to promote a settlement on the Indian sub-continent was made by Premier Kcsygln
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      Lock icon Indon yes to aid but not if it's a burden
      130 11 Indon yes to aid but not if it's a burden JAKARTA. Wed. President Suharto said Indonesia to only prepared to accept txtitn credits which would not constitute a burden to its people. He disclosed this yesterday during a meeting with Dr. Cornelius Boertlen, chairman of the Inter-Governmental Group on Indonesia
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      25 11 BANGKOK. Wed. That doctors have performed the country's first kidney transplants In the past two weeks and both patients "are progressing satisfactorily." AP.
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      Lock icon KEY TALKS ON SECRETS SOLD BY BINGHAM TO RUSSIA
      306 11 KEY TALKS ON SECRETS SOLD BY BINGHAM TO RUSSIA WASHINGTON, Wed. British and Nato officials nave held consultations concerning the secrets sold by a British naval officer to the Soviet Union, defence sources said yesterday. VS. intelligence sources believe that the secrets sold by 8ub-Lleut. David Blngham, jailed yesterday for
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      Lock icon US jets crash
      31 11 MADHID. Wi!d. Two UB. Air Force Phantom iet nqhu-rs Tastied into a hillside tn northern Spuin vcf'Tday during a routine training mission, killing all four ere* -n>embers. Reuier.
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      Lock icon Wallace scores decisive win in Florida primary
      264 12 Wallace scores decisive win in Florida primary JUIAMI, Wed.—Aia--11 bama Governor Mr. George Wallace swept to a decisive victory last night in a Florida presidential primary which severely hurt Son. Edmund Muskie's claim to the Democratic nomi nation and boosted that of Sen. Hubert Humphrey. Mr. Muskle. who was fcurfn.
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      Lock icon British-Sino ties shock to Japan
      99 12 BritishSino ties shock to Japan XOKYO. Wed. The Government is reported to have "suffered a shock" alter the announcement that Britain and China were ready to exchange ambassadors. The "Yomlurl Shimbun." quoting sources close to the Foreign Ministry, said today that London's action would "certainly be a heavy blow" to
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      Lock icon Nixon blasts arms aid cuts
      400 12 WASHINGTON, Wed PRESIDENT Nixon today blasted Congress for cutting foreign military aid this year and said further slashes in 1973 would Jeopardise the withdrawal of Ajmerican troops from overseas bases. The President sent a special message to congress urging prompt action on a budget request
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      Lock icon Devlin deported from France
      185 12 LONDON, Wednesday. NORTHERN Ireland civil rights champion Bernadette Devlin was flown back to London today after French authorities nad refused to allow her to land in Bordeaux. "I am very angry." she said. "When I got to Bordeaux I was told that an order had been
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      Lock icon Zurich denies improper bank payment' charge
      199 13 Zurich denies improper bank payment charge yURICH, Wed.— The District Attorney's office yesterday rejected U.S. allegations that one of the country's top banks had acted Improperly over payments made for ClifTord Irving's fabricated autobiography of multi-mil-lionaire Mr. Howard Hughes. District Attorney Mr. Peter Veleff. In charge of investigations into how
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      Lock icon Hussein plans new kingdom
      358 13 AMMAN, Wed. King Hussein today formally put forward proposals for linking the two banks of the Jordan river in a new federal kingdom. The 36-year-old King announced his controversial blueprint for the future at a special meeting at the royal palace. Under his plan, the Hashemite
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      Lock icon Now Mintoff puts Egyptians to operate RAF base
      182 13 VALLETTA. Wed.— Twenty-three Egyptian technicians moved into the RAF base at Luqa last night to familiarise themselves with the airfield's operations. Go v c tn-ntnt of f .cials said the Egyptians would take over full control of the airport used for civilian
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      81 13 Philippine Senator in Peking HONO KONO. Wed. Philippine Senator Salvador Laurel and his wife have arrived in Felting for a visit at the invitation of the Chinese People's Institution of Foreign Affairs, the New China News Agency reported today. The visit cumes at a time when China and the Philippines
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      27 13 SANTA MONICA (California). Wed. Actor Steve McQueen has been divorced by his wife Neile Adams after IS years, ending another of Hcliywoods "iueal marriages". Reuter.
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      Lock icon Gospel in pop wins top recording award
      168 13 Gospel in pop wins top recording award NEW YORK, Wed. "Godspell", the rock version of the St. Matthew gospel, won the Grammy Award here last night for the best original score from an original cast show album. The Orammy awards are given annually by the National Academy of Recording Arts
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      Lock icon Another baby victim of drugs
      85 13 CYDNEY. Wed—Austra- lian gynaecologist Dr. William Mcßrlde has reported discovering another case of limb deformity in a baby which he attributes to anti-depres-sant drugs. He said yesterday the latest case proved women of child-bearing age taking these drugs should use contraceptive means to prevent them
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      Lock icon Teacher broke boy's jaw, court told
      96 13 BIRMINGHAM, Wed. A teacher punished a 15-year-old boy who had taken the drug LSD and broke his jaw in two nlaces, a court was told. The teacher, Eric HigKett, 38, claimed the boy made rude noises and an obscene gesture at him. When told
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      242 13 Congress polls win shakes the Reds NEW DELHI, Wednesday. lyjRS. Indira Gandhi's Congress Party has routed opponents from both the right and the left in its overwhelming victories in the Indian State elections. The party has destroyed what the Prime Minister has termed tire forces of "right reaction" and "left
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        39 14 Krpong PI. K'patricks H. S'pura V.E. T. HTbour S. Dredge R Store Wearncs P. Milk W. I'nion ant 1 J4-70 $3.90 $1.91 $3.38 $4.00 $6.00 $3.58 $5.10 $1.37 $1.50 .11 .1 .H .1 .1' .0 .0 .0 .0
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        39 14 law Par I. G. Isso Ord. 1 Cont. tkt. Semb. AN I. Traders I. Royal lea Corp. Lady J5B5 $4.06 $3.42 $2.55 $5.55 $6.00 $6.45 $0.72 $2.76 $0.82 .ID —.14 —.06 —.05 —.05 —.05 —.05 —.04 —.04 —.03
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        Most active sticks
        22 14 Most active sticks Faber Union 600.000. Merlin CM) 360,000. Sim Urn 292.000. Haw Par 250.000. Total Turnover 3.75 M Delayed Percentage 33.87
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        34 14 Mar. 14 Mar. 15 Industrials: MCM 21O7 1 Holeb: S2.5» 82.82 Properties: ***** 1«834 t Tln»: 10S.I1 105.69 $rubben: 1U-74 140.25 •Dec. 30, 1M< 1M 'Dec. 31. IMS IN tDcc. 2*. INS IN
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      Gains spread over wide front
      278 14 T>RICLS ruled steadier on 1 the Stock Exchange of Malaysia and Singapore yesterday. Gains were posted over a wide front as more buyers came on the scene. Sentiment received a fair boost partly with scattered advices on short-covering account. Leaders were thinly traded in at
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      CLOSING PRICES
      1067 14 DID AND OFFER PRICES OFFICIALLV LUTED AT THI CLOU OF BUHNIII IN TNI IIHCAU". AND KUALA LUMPUR TRADING ROOMS OF THI STOCK EXCHANCE WITH PRICE MOVEMENTS IN BRACKETS VIITIMOAV WERE. INDUSTRIAL! ft. t. CLOSING TONE: AU sections except oil palms closed steadier. TURNOVER; Official total turnover as supplied
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      Now MAA starts to show paces
      174 14 Now MAA starts to show paces MALAYSIAN American Assurance, which gained listing back In December 1970. is startIng to show Its paces. Profltwlse not much Is showing through as yet. but business written came close to targets during 1871. The net pre-tax profit from operations was $197,749 from which an
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      BUSINESS DONE
      1500 14 -BUSINESS in and reported to the Singapore and Kuala Lumpur trading rooms of the Stock Exchange yesterday with the number of shares traded shown in brackets In lots of 1,000 unless otherwise specified INDUSTRIALS A( MA (1) 1.99, (1) 2.00 Ajlnomoto (3) 2.13. Alcan (1) 2 15. (5)
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      Merlin Spore problems
      312 14 HOTEL Merlin Singapore presented shareholders with their third set of accounts this week since becoming a publicly quoted company. But the figures to end- June 1971 do not include any operating profits for the hotel only opened its first phase towards the end of last October. It
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        Tin advances
        192 14 THK Straits tin price in Penang yesterday gained $5 to $641.62& per picul on an official offering down 20 tons to 243 tons. The stronger undertone was described by a local source as a hedge against Inflation. The tone of the market was very steady with all round
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        PALM OIL
        39 14 In London on Tuesday palm oil prices of Malayan S per cent CIF t'K/N European port* In bulk: •terllng per lone ton July/Auc. wa* quoted at UK teller* (unchanged). Sept. Oct. at UK £S7 eeler* <un .han»ed..
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        GAZETTED PRICES
        74 14 rpHE Malaysian Minister of Finance has fixed these rates for calculating Customs duties for the period from March 16 t«> U: Rubber 39% cents a Ib. Copra $332.00 a ton Palm (Ml $654.00 a ton Palm Kernel $235.25 a ton The rate* of duties payable are: Rubber I**
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        21 14 MAR 15. RUBBER: 86.25 cents (down 0.23 cent). TIN: $€41.62} (up $5). Official offering 243 tons (down 20 tons).
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        107 14 HINESC PRODUCE IXCNANCE, l SINCAPOHE NOON CLOSIHC PRICES PIR PICOL YESTERDAY. Ce«enut Oil: bulk 539 sellers drum S4l seller*. Cepra: Mixed loose UK Com $21 B. Peeper: Muntok ABTA whit* f.o.b. 100% NLVV $195 sellers. Barawak white f.o.b. 4>6'. NLW $185 sellers Sarawak special black f.o.b. 96<t NLW }130
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        55 14 Tuesday Menday •U.S. SU.S. London 4*41 48.46 Beirut 4«.70 4«. M HonKkong 50.43 50.00 Zurich 4* 3&B 4<.308 48.508 48 508 Part* 40.44 45.62 Spore (1) 50.01 49.»5 8 pore (2) 172.20 172.00 (1) Export price In non-sterling area* la U.S. dollar* per ounce. <2) Local dealer* price
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        Copper prices
        36 14 London copper price* on Tuesday (prevlou* In bracket*). Wirebar Spot buyer £440.30 (£437.50) seller f 441. 50 <f43*.00>: Three Month* buyer 1448.00 U145.50) seller f 448.90 (£446.00). Market tene: Very steady. Sales: 2.829 ton*.
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        RUBBER DECLINES
        279 14 /OPENING quotations In \J the rubber market yesterday were marked down in line with London advices. The market later ruled quiet and fluctuated very narrowly. Final day March squaring was orderly, and the closing stages of the morning were a shade steadier. China acceptances of sheets One to
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        SMR BUSINESS
        94 14 T"|AILY SMR prices at noon yesterday issued by the Malaysian Rubber Exchange and Rubber Association of Singapore: MARCH APRIL (Carrent afoolfa) (Forward Month) Bayers Sellers Bujrrs Sellers 6CV 5L 10 30 50 (I— ton pallet) (I— ton pallet) (I— ton pallet* (I— ton pallet) (I— ton pallet) (I—
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      COMPANY HIGHLIGHTS
      148 14 CITY Developments in a reply to a recent Exchange query has said that the director who had preliminary d i s c v ssions with a local company did so in his personal capacity and of his own accord. Because of this the board had informed the Exchange,
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      Exchange rates
      175 14 THE Association of Banks In Malaysia-Singapore announced these best agreed merchant rates as at March 15. Local dollars to onr unit of Foreign Currency Sterling Pound Australian Dollar Canadian Dollar New Zealand Dollar U.S. Dollar Local dollars to 1*0 uniU of Foreign Currency Belgian Francs Burmese Kyats Ceylon
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        MELBOURNE
        353 14 TV/TELBOURNE. Wed. Itln- ln« and industrial nhare prices were mixed, while oils were little changed on the Melbourne Stock Exchange today. Trading opened quietly but improved during the afternoon session to close on a brisk note. CRA fell 20 cents to A 56.80 and Hamenir>. which ii due to
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        Australian funds
        40 14 (As m March 14) Kund of Autl ittrlinit AHOS Fund of AuM. lU.S. DolUr) A»3 16 (From March I to 31) Real Estate Fund of Aunt. A* 33 (From March 1 to 31) Property Bond of Auit. Al.Ot
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        NEW YORK
        251 14 NEW YORK. Tues.— A return to calm on the international monetary front helped turn the market higher in heavy trading. The dollar firmed on foreign exchange markets. The Dow Jones Industrial average posted a gain of 5.34 at *****. while the New York Stock Exchange common .stock added
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        HONG KONG
        262 14 TJONO KONQ. Wed —After a li strong opening, the market turned easy In spite of good company results being announced yesterday and today. At the close, most counters bad eased back over the day. Hong Kong Gas announced a final dividend of HK 70 cents. Atlas announced an
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        100 14 II\\M l\l 1IMITIN8 Tuesday 89.79 Monday 89.79 Week ago W.21 RIBBERS Tuesday 284.87 Monday 285 7" Week ago 287.41 OILS Tuesday 299.53 Monday 295.63 Week ago 305 90 INDUSTRIALS Tuesday 505 5 Monday 505.1 Week ago 502.3 DOW JONES A V ERA HE INDUSTRIALS Tuesday 934.00 Monday 928 66
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        Hong Kong rates
        37 14 On th* lr»* sithants mark.i in Hon» Kona y»«tcrda> th» US <*sllar mm quoted at 1M frr IT. and S2SO for ea«n. tlirimi quoted at 14 SO and mm tad iiM al 334 2»
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        69 14 rpHESE rates were quoted on the Asian dollar market yesterday. The rates are for deposits of U5525,000 and above 1 mtn ii'io 10 < b -r 2 mths 4 13/16 to 5 3 mths 4 15 16 to 5 l 8 S mths 5 5 16 to 5
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    Gold medal for the man who shaped our garden city
    311 15 SINGAPORE, Wed. The Director of Public Works, Mr. Hlew Slew Nam, has been awarded the 1971 Gold Medal of the Science Council of Singapore for his contributions to civil engineering developments here and to his profession. Mr. Hiew, 52, is
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    Misadventure verdict
    57 15 SINGAPORE. Wed. The State Coroner, Tnche Ibrahim Burhun today returned a verdict of misadventure on welder Ng Seng Cho, 46. who (ell into the sea and drowned while trying to board an oil tanker from a motor launch In the Eastern Anchorage on March 1. Ngs body was
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    Skin diving in six lessons
    33 15 SINGAPORE. Wed. The Chinese YMCA Camping Department will hold a bix-seaiion skin diving course at Queenstown Swimming Pool starting April 5 More Information is available from the department.
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    225 15  - FIRE HOTEL SACKS ITS EMPLOYEES EDWARD LIU: By Singapore, Wed. lIOJEL Ambassador In Meyer Road which was partially destroyed by Are last month, is to temporarily discontinue business at the end of this month. This was announced today by Mr. Graham Thompson, financial director of Temenggong Securities Ltd., owners of
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    63 15 SINGAPORE, Wed —A motorist sent his car for repairs at a petrol kiosk. But It returned, minus the cassette tape-player, a court heard today. And motor-mechanic Ec Kirn Kee who admitted stealing the tape-player worth $155 from Kwek Kirn Tong s car at the Hock Cheong kiosk
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    178 15 MSA to give doubledecker to Sports Board SINGAPORE, Wed. Ma-laysia-Singapore Airlines will donate its $13,000 double decker London bus to the National Sports Promotion Board on Friday. The Ignition keys will be officially handed over by an official of MSA's Advertising Department to NSPB chairman, Inche Othman Wok. who Is
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    285 15  -  JOHORE BAHRU. Wednesday |F all goes well, the $lo million Johore Bahru airport will be ready in 18 months, Dato Ghani Gilong, Minister for Public Works and Power, said today. "A p r e 1 i m i nary engineering survey and
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    58 15 SINGAPORE, Wed. Japan and Singapore today signed a $7.5 million loan agreement to construct antennae for a communication satellite ground station at Sentosa. Official notes were exchanged by both governments here today. The loan, at four-and-a-half per cent interest a year, would be repaid
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    251 15 Detainee's father: My son has not betrayed political convictions CINGAPORE, Wed— Pollti- cal detainee Llm Hock Koon. 35, described by the Government as a former top Malayan communist, had not "betrayed his political convictions," his father said today. At a Press conference at his Serangoon Road home. Mr. Llm Teow
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    75 15 SINGAPORE, Wed— The Singapore Institute of Management will organise a two-day course on "Management by objectives" for senior executives at the Shangri-La Hotel from March 24, The course alma to show how an understanding of objectives can help Improve managerial performance. Pee for the course
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      574 15 On your TV and Radio 3.00 P.M. Opening and Where the 7.21 Chinese Calligraphy (English Heart Is Subtitles Repeat) 3.21 Persembahan Ku featuring 7.41 News and Parliamentary Sutmah Adam (Repeal) Report (0 3.3S It's Happening in Singapore 1.11 Route 66 50 Miles from (C Repeat) Home 351 Housewives' Matinee Two
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      204 15 2.45 P.M. Programme Summary 7.N Alias Smith and Jones 2.47 Toto Results 7.51 Programme Summary 3.03 Ganda Wang Anda IJI Ghazal 3.42 SerbamKa 1.11 The Three Stooges 4J7 Lassie 1.34 Chahaya 4.31 Rampaisari I.N News (M) 5.11 Programme Summary 1.11 Peristiwa 5.N Pok Amai Amai 9.31 Checkmate 5.32 William Tell
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      698 16 PUBLIC UTILITIES BOARD Applications are Invited for the following posts In the Public Utilities Board. Singapore GAS DEPARTMENT SHIFT SUPERVISOR ($450-965 consolidated) Singapore Polytechnic Technician Diploma ln Mechanical Engineering or equivalent. ELECTRICITY DEPARTMENT SENIOR DRAUGHTSMAN ($7OO-985 consolidated) Singapore Polytechnic Technician Diploma ln Electrical Engineering or equivalent plus minimum 5 years'
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      422 16 PRODUCTION OPERATOR! WE NEED: females. 18 years and above, willing to work 2nd and 3rd shifts. WE OFFER: the opportunity to qualify for transfer promotion to Ist shift. fair wages and allowances. generous benefits. fast Increments, promotion opportunities. excellent working conditions. APPLY personally at: Electronic Components of General Electric (U.S.A.)
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      634 16 Well Established Company requires SALES REPRESENTATIVES ApDlicants must be Singapore citizens with at least two years selling experience in office machines. Salary and fringe benefits will commensurate with qualifications and experience. Apply with full particulars including a recent photograph (non-returnable) to Box A 5388 ST., Singapore. SELLING BUSINESS SYSTEMS We
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      927 18 FOR NIW ZEALAND 1 Pinang P. Shim Singapore Lieeiag lar. CHAKOINA S»/H Mar 11/ 1 Apr D'd.n. Lytt, Auck' TIENECLOS 12/12 Maf 11 14 May 15,17 May Dam. Lytt. Napiir. Auck. STRAITS/MADRAS SIRVICI P. Sham Pena»e laetfa*. laft •iiula Suled Sailed la Part Nagapattinam, Madras p, JUL i, J Apr
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      863 18 ORIENT LINES LTD. C JINCORPORATtO IN THE REPUBLIC OF SINGAPORE) A ICB BUILDING. 2 SHENTON WAY. SINGAPORE 1. TEL: *****3T U.K. EUROPE SEKVICt LOADING FOR LONDON, H'BURG, R'DAM, HAVRE Singapori P. KJang Penang AnftM: NEPTUNE AMETHYST tl I Apr 7/1 Apr 11/11 Apr London 11/5. Havn 15 5. R'dam 18
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      642 19 STRAITS TRANSPORTATION PTE. LTD. States Ma/y/ts Itmmiam i mm US. ATLANTIC AND GULF/ SINGAPORE EXPRESS SERVICE nn N. Too Pkn Bill OrliiM Silmtae twaito* laod UP VIHCEHT »t|. I W I STEEL MUIR HI 7J Mai M W FIOTTA LAURO DIRECT SAILirBS TO CENO^-TRIESTE— VINICE— KAPLES— iEGMORN $lnppon P. Klani
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      786 19 Mr Fritz Huntsinger, Sr. Chairman of the board, Vetco Offshore Inc. and the management of Vetco Singapore (Pte) Ltd. sincerely thank all our guests who attended the official opening of the Vetco Singapore facility on Friday 10th March 1972. STOCK LIST (SECOND HAND) FOR TENDER. Mobile cranes, Caterpillar tracked loading
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    91 20 OATIN LIM TNIAM LCONO nee Tan Otok Khlm paued «w«y peacefully on ***** leaving behind her hu«band. 4 uni. 4 daughter*, a aoo-ln-law, a daughter-in-law and 3 grandchildren to mourn their Iom Corteg* leave* 132, Jalan Laniijnk Bu kit, Brtapak on raturday 18 3 72 al 2.00 p.m. for
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    36 20 TMI FAMILY Of THI Utt Mr*. Won* Tat Khiam thank relative* and frieudi for their kind attendance at the church and funeral acrvlcn. condolence*, wreaths, donation* and auutance durinx the recent bcreavtment of the family.
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    30 20 IN F0NOI1T MEMORY of our good mend LM Ah Yon* who departed two yean ago thin day (18/3,72). Always r«membtr«d by hit frlenda at Far Kasl-Lcvlngaton Shlpbulldinn Limited.
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      150 20 GEMMA. ADVCRTISIMINTS ANHOUNCIMiNT/»fRSONAt „n.,..r. .o c. .rd. PHOME C.M.S. TEL: *****1 M...M,. 10 o nB n e Ti LS $l Minimum »7S» for IS reords "Un UCIPJILJ. Minimum Ut/- /or it words S>n(*pert aixl Mais»»u 0 7* cents award Slngapere and Malaysia: SIM a word Minimum $llji lor 11 words
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      685 20 INTERNATIONAL OMIHOdI CONSTRUCTION Company urgently requires a Costing Clerk with HSC. Certlflcate or good Senior Cambridge Certlflcate and 2 3 yeirs of working experience In a coetlng department. Please apply stating qualifications and previous experience together with a passport sized photograph (non-returnable) to Box A 3367 B.T. B'pore. RECIONAL MANAGIR
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      741 20 WANTIO MALAY DRIVER age between 33 30 yean. Must know little English. Owner living near River Valley Road. Please call Room 18/19, 4th floor. Satnam House 67, High Street Spore between 11 a.m. 8 p.m. LOOKING FOR A JOB? A Security Firm requires experienced Security Guards Age 23—43. Apply personally
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      742 20 wanted immediately experienced receptionist/ typist with Senior Cambridge by European office In Jurong. Tel: Miss hfg Spore *****7 for an Interview. FIMALI OINIRAL CLERK. Knowledge of typing and Chinese essential Preferable with experience. For Interview please call at 4, Mayo Street, B" pore T. Tel ***** NEW NATION has a
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      990 20 DISTRICT 11: Chancery Lane Spacious 3-Bedroomed Detached Bun Kiivw, beparate Sitting Din ln» room. 2-Servants rooms, 3-Bathrooms. Pantry Btore, Unfurnished (2.000-. Real Eatate Agents And Investment Company. 33. The Arcade. *****' *****/*****. (Spore). WATTIN ESTATE detached bungalow 4 alreondltloned rooms, large fridge, furnished, servant's room. garage (1.200 (1.400. Oarllck Avenue
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      961 20 DIST. TANCLIN MANSION flat luxurloualy furnished. 3 bedrooms with bath attached Rental (1.400. Contact Lee, *****7 B'pore. HOLLAND ROAD luxuriously furnished dttashod bungslew, 2 sitting rooms. 4 bedrooms, one dining room, one study. 3 bathrooms, servant's room 3 alrcond It lone re. Available Ist April. Rent (2.700 ono Phono *****(/*****6
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      1000 20 OISTRICT 11: Chancery l.nne Spacious 3 Be<l roomed Detached Bungalow Separate Sitting Dininrroom. 2mrvanta' Rooms. 3-Bathroomi *"»"<'> "'ore. (>„ tte le j a£ .H. R ElUlf And Investment Company 53 Tha Are.de. ***** ***** *****. (8 pore) OFF JURONC ROAD: Hilltop, coav cottage designed bungalow in pleasing surroundings 3.600 sq
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      545 21 (Cont. from Page 20) Oftie*) spaa* vacant GROUND FLOOR SNOWROOM/ office 3.000 4.000 <q. ft. ready for immediate occupation, available In modern 9 storey building off Anson Hoad Trlei-hon* 7K313 (HOP IMOWROOM OFFICE In COLOMILL PLAZA at NEWTON ROAD nady for occupation Immediately. ..ircondltioninit. ample carparking space. RANA COMPANY TEL:
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      762 21 PRIVATE lECRETARt CERTIFICATE (LCC) Full-nm* Course morning and afternoon leaatoru Commencing Monday 10th April 1972 Highly qualified tutor*. Bnqulrta* BCB (oppoalu Rex> Spore 2TTB7/M1448. THE PERFECT RECEPTIONIST CUM TILIPMONIIT (Tathnlquil A C*urUal*t) An IntmilT* and *y(t*matlc courae of practical training in reception and telephone technique! and office arta wltn Introduction
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      894 21 HI-FI 4c Stereo IF YOU MUST HAVE hl-fl stereo equipment In Its true sense and at realistic prices then call audio servlce. 12 m. Oregory Place, (off Hill Street i Tel: *****3 (Spore). SOHOCO LOUDSPEAKER SYSTEM at beat price, obtainable from Tat Chuen Co.. M Uhoby Ghaut, B'por* *****7 For
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      835 21 Batmty eultur* SPECIAL, SPECIAL, SPECIAL! Louis* Klerk. Continental Beauty Specialist with 23 year* tropical experience. Introduce* scientific facial treatment* (open pores, pimple*, acne) for Nurses TVachers and Student* at apeciml budget price*. Enqulrtea' Appointment*: Telephone *****2 (S'por*). LASHES SKIMPY? We can make them long and thick. Call Salon Lovely Lady
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      1024 21 INt FORD FAIRMOUNT 3630 cc with alrcorHlitlon and radio Perfect condition after recent complete overhaul, new paint and tyre*. $4,500 o n o. Car can be »een during workin* hour* at Singapore OOtaore Petroleum Service* Pte. Ltd Kuala loiux Road. Singapore 17. Rlnt) *****1 Ya'acob Shah. FOR BALB Soft Top
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      866 21 MAISON OB KELLITAN Mealtn samn for LadM* A Oent* (Jueen a Hotel .4 Mount KliiarMin Maaaaa*/Haunasatb aad Weicbl Reducing Treat menu by Qualified Uumuhi Teleunone in porei *****5. MARTINA SALON 11-A. Calninlll Circle, Maaaage Baunaoath/barber Complete gentlemen (rooming by trained lady attendant*. Ring (B'por*) 577T81/*****8. SALON CATALINA (Alr-oondltloned) welcome* Ladle*
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      876 21 PfcKBAD.WAN KIM All \N ■■MHfsaßVjsßS^B t.riWl MALAYSIA BrKHAI) TKNDER NOTICE LEMBAGA 1 I I'KIK NEGARA TANAH MM 111 i National Electricty Board Of The Stales Of Malay a I SUPPLY OFU2kV. 66kV. 2tkV AND UkV SWITCHUKAR AND ANCILLARY EQUIPMENT FOR SCUDAI SUBSTATION TENDER NO. U407 Tenders are imlted for the
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      462 21 TENDERS are invited from Civil Engineering Contractors who are registered with the PublicWorks Department under Cla&s 1 B and above or equlvaKnt lor the construction and completion of A Concentrate Heveacrumb Pactory and Ancillary Buildings !*t Tapah Perak. Tender Documents may be ob--1 tamed from the Corporations Office at No.
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      Record entry for S'pore Grand Prix
      504 22  - Record entry for S'pore Grand Prix ERNEST FRIDA 430 from nine countries will take part By A GALAXY of inter- national drivers and riders is among the record entry of 430 competitors from nine countries for this year's Singapore Grand Prix at the Upper Thomson circuit from March 30 to
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      New sports body organised
      295 22  -  ALBERT JOHNSON By AG O V E R N MENTBACKED Social Affairs Recreation and Sports Association was formed yesterday to promote sports on a bin scale in Singapore. The formation of SARSA marks another important milestone In Singapore sports. The first, Singapore Civil Service Recreation and
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      Rheem Hume qualify
      48 22 Rheem Hume edged Chartered Bank 4-3 to qualify for the quarter-finals of the SBHF League and Cup soccer competition at the Oeylang stadium yesterday. They meet Singapore Glass in their next match on Monday. The other three matches scheduled at Farrer Park were washed out.
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      Golf coaching clinic
      83 22 VETERAN Bill McWilliam, one of Australia's leading professional golf teachers, will hold a coaching clinic at Seletar Golf Club at 430 pm. today. He will play the nine-hole course at the tricky Seletar course. After the round he will show the players the finer points of the
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      AIK HUANG LOSES TO KOJIMA
      250 22 pOPBNHAOEN, Wed— Ippel Kojima, the Japanese badminton champion, bounced back from the brink of defeat yesterday to qualify for the semi-finals In the Open Danish Championships with a 1-15. 15-6. 18-13 victory over Tan Alk Huang of Malaysia. Kojima was almost swept off the floor
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      Syed goal puts Perak in last four
      189 22 Syed goal puts Perak in last four Perak 1 Kedah JJERAK qualified for the semifinals of the Malaysia Cup soccer competition when they beat Kedah by this margin in the second round North Zone match at Alor Star's Stadium Darulaman last night. The goal was scored by striker Syed Anmau
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      STB trounce TTSH 6-1
      80 22 Singapore Telephone Board trounced Tan Tock Seng Hospital 6-1 in a SOSFL Junior knockout soccer match at Bukit Chermin yesterday. The other match at Monk's Hill School ground between Public Utilities Board Recreation Club and PUB (EDSCi was abandonee by referee Kalimuthu after 40 minutes because
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      Showman ready to strike again
      575 23 Showman ready to strike again TEN TO FOLLOW 'PSOM Jeep's ten to 4 follow at the Penang ces: Entertainment VIII Cypsy Bank Minex Allegro Majestic Hour Mach Two Persian Pete Dixxy Fingers Security Check Bonito RACING with EPSOM JEEP §lIOWMAN V underlined his chances in the Class 3, Div 1,
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      180 23 OYDNEY, Wed. Malay--3 sian Jockey A. K. Cheam today won the Sydney Turf Club's International jockeys' invitation stakes when he kicked home Wdrrapurra, a last stride winner, at Randwlck racecourse. Cheam was cheered by the Australian crowd when he rode a well-judgd race to win
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      So it is Hampden Park instead of Belfast
      303 23 So it is Hampden Park instead of Belfast DELFA8T, Wed. Northern Ireland have agreed to play their only "nome" match In this season's British soccer championship at Hampden Park. Glasgow, on May 20 because of the present troubled situation In Belfast. Ernest Walker, Scottish FA assistant secretary, said yesterday: "We
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      Lock icon Nottingham Forest upset Chelsea 2-1
      171 23 Nottingham Forest upset Chelsea 2-1 1 ONDON. Wed. NotRj tlngham Forest, bottom club in Dlv. l of the English football league, scored their first win since Dec. 11 when they beat Chelsea 2-1 last night Fullback Tommy Gemmell earned Nottingham victory with two goals in three minutes after Chelsea had
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      Lock icon Bynoe is dropped
      138 23 BRIDGETOWN. Wed. The hard-hitting Barbados opfner. Robin Bynoe. has been left out of the team to play apalnst the touring New Zealanders in the four-day match beginning at Kingston Oval on Friday Bynoe has been down with a finger Injury, sustained in the flral Shell Shield mptch
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      Lock icon September: Clay, Frazier agree
      551 23 NEW YORK, Wednesday HEAVYWEIGHT champion Joe Frazler and Casslus Clay both say that they are agreeable to a mid-September date for their long-awaited rematch. Clay's lawyer. Bob Arum, says the former champion this time will demand a US$s million guarantee. Each boxer received US$2,500,000 the largest
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      355 23 PORT OF SPAIN (Trinidad), Wed. The second cricket Test between the West Indies and New Zealand reached an unexpected climax here yesterday before ending in a draw. The West Indies, chasing 296 runs in three hours to win, crashed from 59-0 to 95-5 and
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      Central zone win trophy
      55 23 BANGALORE. Wed. A fighting 83 not out by founer Indian Test player Salttn Durrani rU-ered Central 7rne to a fvo-wickrt win over West Zone In the final of the Du'.eep cricket trophy here yesterday. Scores: West Zone 279 and 195. Central Zone 200 and 277--8 (Durrani
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      SCOREBOARD
      157 23 New Zealand 34* and 288-3 dee.; West Indies 341 and ltl-S. Match drawn. N. ZEALAND 2ND INNB (Sunday 112-1) G. Turner b Sobers 95 G. Dowlinc c Holder b Olbbs 10 B. Conffdon c Holford b Ah 82 M. Barren not out 62 B. Hastings not out 29 Extras
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      139 23 ONDON. Wed. A new Formula One racing car the March 721X was unveiled heie yesterday. The car. which will make Its debut at the "Race of the Champions" here on Sunday. Incorporates two new features a roll-over cage that protects the driver
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      716 22 rgSSk KOLEJ TUNKU ABDUL RAHMAN KUALA LUMPUR Applications are Invited from suitably qualified persons for various posts In the KoleJ Tunku Abdul Rahman. 1. School of Artt A Science Post: Senior Lecturers/ Lecturers In the following subject: Physics Qualifications: Applicants must have obtained higher degree In the above subject. Research
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      546 22 SHARIKAT JENGKA SENDIRIAN BERHAD invites applications from suitably Qualified Malaysians for the following posts in Its veneer/plywood factory 1. QUALITY CONTROL SUPERINTENDENT The candidate must have had considerable experience In plywood manufacturing, be well versed in plywood manufacturing commercial standards, grading rules, Quality finish, laboratory tests ot bonds and final
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      77 22 SWIMMING SASA double age group meet (Tanjong Rhu. 5.30 p.m.) SOC'CEK SQSFL Junior k.o. Car Parlu v V.C. A (Victoria School. 5 30 p.m>; Pharmaceutical v Police 'A' (Monks Hill school. 5.30 ;<m Div 1: SAFSA v VC (Farrur Park. 5.30 p.m. i Police v Customs SC (Oeylang 5.30 pjn.
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      846 23 f KOLEJ TUNKU ABDUL RAHMAM SCHOOL OF ARTS AND SCIENCE ADMISSION 1972(1973 1. Courses The Kolej Tunku Abdul Rahman will start its School of I Arts and Science in June 1972 to conduct Diploma courses I In Science on a three-year full time basis in the following I courses: Biology
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      229 23 Straits Times Crossword H LHP iH^ HP HbF"~HI ■H HLf iH Hk! Mi Hb^^^L^F^H ACROSS 6 The part of London to en7. l». painter or writer (6). courage Thespians (6). 8. 22. 19, the author to com, U f?™^?^ <MU4t to terms with Kate— chary j 3 chemically inactive in
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    352 24  - All set for big war games R. CHANDRAN: By Singapore, Wed. FIVE-NATION SHIPS WILL TAKE PART MEMBERS of the fivenation defence pact will on Sunday hold their biggest naval exercise Mince the pull-out of the former British Far East Fleet from Singapore in October last year. Taking part In the
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    100 24 Gallantry medals for rescue pilots f ONDON, Wed. Three Lt RAF pilots who flew into Dacca airport to rescue civilians during the Indo-Paklstan war have been awarded medals for gallantry from Queen Elizabeth. According to Buckingham Palace communiques, the pilots each flew RAF Hercules transport aircraft into Dacca after the
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    42 24 PARIS, Wed.— The Vletcong delegation to the Vietnam peace talks today said It would attend tomorrow's negotiating session, putting an end to more than a month of boycotted or Interrupted meetings between U.B.South Vietnamese and communist negotiators. UPI.
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    32 24 MRi. VILUPILLAI w/o tat* Pitt* Veluplllai Srrrmban paucd i»iy peacefully 13.3.72. Cortfxe l««v«; dauKhtrr re*lder.re Mr*. K. Muthu thamby 34A. Jalan Raja Laut, Kual Lumpur 5 p.m. 18.3.72 to Scntul crematorium
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