Eastern Sun, 6 November 1969

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    21 1 Eastern Sun SINGAPORE'S OWN NATIONAL DAILY Estd. 1966. Vol. 4 No. 1171 Thursday, 6 November 1969. MC(P) 0737 Price 15 cents
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  • Article
    Lock icon Goh Assures Users On Steel Shortage
    1118 1 SINGAPORE'S Minister for Finance, Dr. Goh Keng Swee, yesterday assured the building industry in the Republic that the Government would endeavour to ensure for it a fair and adeauate supply of rolled steel and bars. The Minister's acceptance of Government responsibility to assist towards
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    Lock icon Government 7-Seat Majority Confirmed
    191 1 CANBERRA, Wed. (Reuter) The sevenseat majority of the ruling Liberal-Country Party coalition in the Australian House of Representatives has been confirmed tonight ofter the allocation of preference votes in the final closely-contested electorates. The final official count gave the Coalition 66 of the 125 seata. In
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    Lock icon Heath Meets Malik
    57 1 LONDON. Wed. (AFP) Mr. Edward Heath, leader of the opposition, met the Indonesian Foreign Minister, Mr Adam Malik today to discuss plans f°r Mr. Heath's visit to Indonesia in January. Mr Heath's visit i* part of a working tou r of Fa r Eastern countries he is
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    Lock icon The Big Power Fizz...
    70 1 LONDON. Wed (UPI) Latest diplomatic moves for a new big foui Middle peace initiative have all but fizzed out diplomatic sources said today. France and the Soviet Union urged the bi? four powers to intervene when the Lebanon cnsig heightened over guerrilla activities Britain joined the
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    Lock icon All's Well That...
    83 1 WASHINGTON. Wed <UPI> —President Nixon told a cabinet meeting today that this was the most "difficult time in history." "The most important thing is how we come out in the end." he said. He listed the main problems as the Vietnam war, inflation and law enforce-ment-crime. "We're
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    Lock icon KL Air Defence Talks Completed
    114 1 KUALA LUMPUR, Wed. Discussions on the proposed Integrated Air Defence System for Singapore and Malaysia were completed by the five powers currently attending the Parliamentary-Secretary level defence talks at the Witma Putra here. According to sources, discussions in this area of Singapore-Malaysia defence were well-ahead
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    Lock icon SHIP BREAKS INTO TWO
    80 1 BOSTON, Wed. (UPI) The Coast Guard reported today that a 600-foot Llberlan tanker broke In half on stormy seas 120 miles southeast of Nantucket lightship. The Coast Guard Identified the ship as the Keo. It was not known how many crewmen were aboard. A helicopter from
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    Lock icon Imagine That...
    55 1 CHAPELTOWN, England, Wed. (UPI) The cow took a running start and Jumped over the garden wall to freedom. But she Jumped too Jar all the way to the greenhouse roof. The roof gave way and the cow found herself standing In a floor of splintered glass and houthouse
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    Lock icon TOO REAL
    37 1 GLASGOW, Scotland. Wed (UPI) —Police arrested the director of a television crew making a murder film here on two breaches of the peace. The director faces charges of alarming passersby and inciting fear and alarm.
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    Lock icon MALAYSIA TO DO A 'KENYA' ON BRITAIN
    305 1 KUALA LUMPUR, Wed. The Malaysian government would not stretch the law to accommodate the stateless people in the country who faced a bleak future as a result of the recent work permit exercise. The problems created by the exercise are so far theoretical,
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    Lock icon 250,000 Lose Citizenship
    640 1 'ARTICLE )0' INVALIDATED KUALA LUMPUR, Wed. About 250,000 people would be affected by the Malaysian government's exercise to cancel citizenship papers issued under article 30 of the constitution, the Minister of Home Affairs, Tun Dr. Ismail Bin Dato Abdul Rahman disclosed today. However, he assured these people
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    Lock icon 'Entente Needed'
    91 1 PARIS. Wed. (AFP) French Foreign Minister Maurice Schumann said today the re-establishment of peace in Southeast Asia required a political settlement which presupposed an "entente"' among the nations which attended the 1954 Geneva Conference on Indochina—particularly the United States, China. the Soviet Union, France and Britain. Mr. Schumann
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    Lock icon Bath Cocktail
    50 1 LONDON. Wed (UPI) A British firm introduced a °e w bathtub for young married* C *U" ed the "Conversation bath." The jumbo tub is five f®*t wide an< nearly 6 even feet long. i s designed fo r two persons, and boasts a centre bar rack for cock-tails.
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  • Page 1 Miscellaneous
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    Lock icon THESE two charming Expo '7O hostesses are seen explaining to tour operators a scale model site of the Expo '7O. The occasion was a reception held at the Golden Lotus, Hotel Malaysia, yesterday, given jointly by JAL and Expo '7O officials to local tour operators. The girls are Miss Shoka Tohyama (left) and Miss Emiko Matsubara.
    56 2 THESE two charming Expo '7O hostesses are seen explaining to tour operators a scale model site of the Expo '7O. The occasion was a reception held at the Golden Lotus, Hotel Malaysia, yesterday, given jointly by JAL and Expo '7O officials to local tour operators. The girls are Miss Shoka
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  • Article
    Lock icon About People In Singapore
    478 2 THE VEN, BIKKHU ANANDA MANGALA is giving a talk on "Youth at the Crossroads" tonight at the Singapore Theosophical Society's premises, 8 Cairnhill Road. HIS EXCELLENCY MR. DIORI HAMANI, PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF NIGER i s paying a visit to the Housing and Development Board
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    Lock icon Corrupt Policemen Get 18 Months Jail
    526 2 TWO policemen were yesterday sentenced to 18 months' jail by a District Court which found them guilty of corruptly accepting a $4O bribe to overlook a traffic offence. Lance Corporal Shaik Da wood bin Abdul Gani, 25, and Sergeant Sharif bin Wahid, 43, accepted
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    Lock icon Nude Look 'Relaxing' Says Formosan Singer
    472 2 THE only treasured ambition possessed by a charming vocalist from Formosa, Miss Chang Mei Lung, is to get married to a "gentleman" and be a devoted housewife. A well-travelled vocalist, Mei Lung, 26, once a fulltime actress in Italy switched to singing which had
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    Lock icon Young Local Artists Need Guidance And Encouragement
    256 2 SINGAPORE'S young, aspiring artists must be properly guided so that their creative talents could be developed and channelled in the right direction. This call came from the Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Culture. Enche Sha'ari Tadin yesterday. He was speaking at the
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  • Article
    Lock icon Blasting By The SAF Today
    86 2 SINGAPORE. Armed Forces personnel will be carrying out rock blasting activities tomorrow from 2.00 p.m. to 5.00 p.m. at Rifle Range Road. Police personnel will form a cordon round the blasting area from 1.30 p.m. In addition the Police will also be Inspecting houses close
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    Lock icon PICTURE shows some members of the crew making their donation at the Blood Transfusion Centre.
    129 2 Crew members of the Scanservice cargo vessel Basra answered the call of the Singapore Blood Bank when the ship arrived in Singapore yesterday from Europe. As the vessel docked at the PSA wharf, the Blood
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    Lock icon Unknown Crash Victim
    95 2 Police are looking for the relatives and friends of an unidentified fatal road victim who died In the Oeneral Hospital. after his machine collided with a PWD sign post at Sims Avenue. The person, a Chinese, was on a motor-cycle when the tragedy occurred. In another road
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    Lock icon New EDB Hon. Rep. Announced
    275 2 The Economic Development Board (EDB) hat appointed Mr. Humbert Bourquard, a prominent Swiss industrialist, as the EDB honorary representative in Switzerland. The appointment is part of the EDB's intensified efforts to encourage high growth and export-orienta-ted industries to Singapore. Mr. Bourquard's industrial experience will be
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    Lock icon St. John's Medal Presentation For 43 Officers
    366 2 A PROUD moment for Squadron Officer, D. E. Lane of the St. John Ambulance Brigade Singapore, was when the President of the Republic Enche Yusof bin Ishak congratulated her on being awarded the medal of Order of St. John at a simple ceremony
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    Lock icon Two Admit Robbery
    152 2 Two men yesterdav D.eaded guilty to robbing a money lender with a dagger ann were sentenced to two years' in. jail bv the Fifth District Court Judge. Mr Syed Alwi Tang Henr Men*. 3ft and eong Chee Kuen 2ft and another man who i s still at
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    Lock icon Hindu Lecture
    63 2 THE CHINESE Y.M.C.A in conjunction with th e HINDU ADVISORY BOARD is organism* a lecture and visitation t« a Hindu Temple on Sunday, November 9. Mr. M.K. Bhasi will give a short message on the significance of D»»enavalj in th§ Chinese YMCA in Palmer Road at 5 p.m.
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    Lock icon Prize Giving
    41 2 MR ONG PANG BOON. t h« Minister for Education will give awav prize s to winners of the nation-wide Chinese Essay Competition for English Primary Schools at the Teacher's Training College auditorium on Saturday, November 8 at 10 a.m.
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  • Article
    Lock icon Congress Approves Pentagon Requests
    241 5 WASHINGTON. Wed (UPI> Senate and House negotiators agreed Tuesday on a compromise 20.7 billion U.S. dollar military hardware bill that would give the Pentagon nearly every weapon it sought and more. The conferees approved a military procurement bill at a level between the 21 4 billion
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    Lock icon Violent Clash In Venezuela
    122 5 CARACAS. Wed. (UPI) Violent demonstrations in Maracaibo and reports of clashes between troops and guerrillas In rural areas shattered the tense calm reigning In the country since the mlIltarv occupation of Venezuela's largest university last Friday. Police used teargas to disperse demonstrating school teachers In Maracaibo,
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    Lock icon PROTEST MARCH PERMIT DENIED
    264 5 WASHINGTON, Wed. (UPI) The Justice Department said Tuesday it would not grant a permit for a mass demonstration down Pennsylvania Avenue Nov. 15 because of some persons "planning to foment violence." The New Mobilisation Committee to end the war In Vietnam (New Mobe> said the Justice
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    Lock icon Assistants Demand More
    102 5 MADRID. Wed. (UPD The Forgotten men" of bullfisht ng want a 100 per cent salary raise. They are the magnificent Matador's assistants the three Banderilleros. who place the short barbed stick* In the bulls* whlthers and cape it Into position and the two mounted Plcadores, the Corridas
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    Lock icon Unmanned Jupiter Probe In 3 Years
    306 5 MOUNTAIN VIEW, Cali., Wed. (UPI) —The Space Agency said Tuesday it plans a launch date in early 1972 for the first of two unmanned probe of Jupiter. Once It was completed lt.B mission, the 525-pound spacecraft will become the first man-made object to leave
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    Lock icon EXPELLED
    52 5 WASHINGTON. Wed <UPI) —Dor.a'd Downs. Deputv Chief of the US Mission in Panama, was asked to leave tha* country for interference In that nation's affairs, the State Department disclosed Tuesday. Department Sookesman Robert J. McClofkey said the Panamamat military government requested Washington on Oct 23 to transfer Downs out
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    Lock icon Space Budget
    83 5 WASHINGTON Wed (UPI) House and Senate conferees agreed on Tuesdav on a space budget that will help finance three more manned moonflights in the next nine months and re-iulre U.S astronaut? to plant the American flag on their initial landing on any planet Agreed upon by a romm.ttee
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    Lock icon ENVOY KIDNAP LEADER KILLED
    274 5 SAO PAULO, Wed (Reuter) Brazilian political police here used a Roman Catholic priest as decoy to trap the man believed to have masterminded the September kidnapping of U.S. Ambassador C. Burke Elbrick. Brazil's most wanted Communist terrorist. Carlos Marighela. and one of his confederates were machine-gunned
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    Lock icon COLOUR TV TEST FOR APOLLO 12
    282 5 CAPE KENNEDY, Wed. (Reuter) —A colour television camera is being tested today for use on the moon when Apollo 12 astronauts Charles Conrad ond Alan Bean make their scheduled landing on N0v.19. The camera aboard the "Intrepid", Lunar Module for the mission, developed a
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    Lock icon Brazil Plane Hijacked
    82 5 SANTIAGO Chi'.e. Wed (UPI) A Brazilian Varlg jetliner with 101 persons aboard was hijacker shortly before a scheduled landing on Tuesday, and the plane was refuelled here for a flleht .to Cuba It wa« the second hijacking n t a Latin American airliner during the dav. Officials
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    Lock icon Ruse On Hijackers Didn't Work
    228 5 GEORGE TOWN. Grand Cayman. Wed (Feuten Airport officials here duped two hljarker 5 into believing they had landed in Cuba when a Nlcaraguan airliner sidetracked from a scheduled flight between Managua and San Salvador put down to refuel. Warned by the pilot that two gunmen
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    Lock icon Recession
    80 5 NEW YORK, Wed. fUPI) There are signs that "a statistically measurable recession" already may have begun or will develop within a year. Manufacturers Hanover Trust economist Tllford C. Gaines said yesterday. "This is a time for caution in business planning time to be absolutely sure of the soundness of
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    Lock icon Warlock Trial
    73 5 NEW CUMBERLAND. West Virginia. Wed. (UPI) The warlock trial involving a horse trainer and his former neighbours who accused him of being a warlock was settled amicably on Tuesday with both sides retracting statements they had made. Frank Daminger, 33. a trainer at Waterford Park. West Virginia, had
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    Lock icon SILENT AMERICANS SPEAK FOR NIXON
    471 5 WASHINGTON, Wed. (UPI) President Nixon said Tuesday that a flood of telegrams of support received by the White House showed the country was behind him in his Vietnam policy. He said he was overwhelmed by a "phenomenal" number of telegrams and added, "it's very important
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    Lock icon Opposition Against Nixon Policy Rises
    488 5 WASHINGTON, Wed. (Reuter) Though President Nixon yesterday claimed widespread popular support for his no-retreat stand on the Vietnam war, there was immediate criticiym to the nation-wide televised address from both Congress and various anti-war protest groups. Bcn. Edward M. Kennedy said he was disappointed, and
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    Lock icon Petition To Halt Trial In Chicago
    209 5 CHICAGO, Wed. (UPI) —Thirty lawyers, charging that U.S. District Court Judge Julius J. Hoffman had returned Black Panther leader Bobby Seale "to his preemancipation chains/' Tuesday petitioned to halt Seale's riot conspiracy trial until Seale is allowed to handle his own defence. The suit
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    Lock icon Draft Dodger
    58 5 WASHINGTON Wed (UFI) —Former U S Attorney Ger.e. ral Ramsey Clark urged Congress Monday to find sorr# wa\ othe' than prison to punish youths who refuse draft induction. War is bad enough without making criminals out of those who refuse to serve." C.ark said In testimony a f
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    Lock icon THE CHINA DEBATE
    527 6 ONE of what Foreign Minister S. Rajaratnam called perennial items In the agenda of the U.N. General Assembly is now being discussed with much wasted rhetoric although the outcome is pretty certain. The admission of Communist China is being debated by that august body for the 20th
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    Lock icon PARIS TALKS
    270 6 WHAT next in Paris? If President Nixon's policy speech on Vietnam did one thing it was to effectively destroy all illusions of achieving a negotiated peace in Vietnam. Somewhat sadly Nixon said that in 40 public meetings the only agreement that has been reached amounted to the shape
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    Lock icon Record – Shattering
    737 6  - Record Shattering By MARIS ROSS ALL THE ESTS" tHat you can think" of are compiled Tn-fee-tween the 2 book-covers of the most popular and enlightening volume, now in its 16th edition. The Guiness Book of Records, in its meritorious aim to turn 'the heat of any argument into light/ has
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    Lock icon FIRST ATOMIC EXPLOSION: Research On The Fallout Effects
    565 6  -  By CARL VINES OAK RIDGE, Tennessee (UPI) On a wall in the surgical building of the University of Tennessee Agricultuial Research Laboratory here, there's a mounted piece of cow-hide covered with horns. The "horns" are of the same composition as the normal
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    Lock icon Golden Apsara Awards
    250 6 PHNOH PENH, (Reuter) The United States pits itself against North Vietnam and the Vietcong in Cambodia this month but there will be no bloodshed in the encounter, only smiles. The only prize at stake in this new encounter will be Golden Apsara Awards for the best films
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    Lock icon All Uneasy On The Irish Front
    574 6  -  By JOHN WALLACE Gemini News Service FEAR it growing on both sides of the Irish border that underground groups ere arming themselves for a bitter winter conflict which could involve the country in civil war. In Northern Ireland, troops and police are now Matching
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    Lock icon Pearls Beat Mini-skirts
    159 6 NEW YORK. UPI) The cultured pear] necklace finally is winning over the mini-skirt. For two and a half years after the mini-skirt came in style, import* of Japanese cultured pearls into the United States languish, falling off as much as 25 per cent because the 'on i
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    Lock icon Liberalism's Deathbed
    755 6  -  By Joseph Alsop NEW YORK American liberalism, so long the mainspring of American politics, is probably on its deathbed here in its homefortress. But on present prospects, as King Charles II apologetically remarked about himself, it is going to be "an unconsciouable time adying." That is the best
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  • COMMERCIAL & INDUSTRIAL
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      Lock icon Malaysian Wood Wool (Bhd.) Feature In Mart
      518 7  -  By Our Market Reporter MALAYSIAN Wood Wool Products Berhad was the main feature in the Stock Exchange of Malaysia and Singapore yesterday. Trading was almost wholly confined to the counter after it was officially quoted for the first time. Interest was quite intense
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      Lock icon BUSINESS DONE
      978 7 BUSINESS done in and reported to the trading rooms of the Stock Exchange of Malaysia and Singapore with the number of shares traded in brackets in lots of 1,000 units unless otherwise specified:- INDUSTRIALS ACMA $2.12 (16. $2 13 <1)1 $2 14 1» $2 15 < 11>; DIM
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      Lock icon RUBBER: 66 1/4 Cts.
      288 7 November first grade rubber buyers closed at 5 p.m., j n Singapore and Kuala Lumpu r yesterday at 66i cents P e r '*>• up One and on® quarter 8 from the previous close. The ton® of the market was quiet. The mornine session «a 5
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      Lock icon TIN PRICE
      14 7 The tin price for yesterday war $646.37$ cents oer lb., up $1.125.
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      Lock icon SHIPS IN PORT
      277 7 THE following Is a berthing list released by the Port of Singapore Authority for Nov. 6:DEPARTURES Godown Vessel* lb/11 Pacifique 18 Benmhor NW.I Gianz Seng N.W.2 Perak E.W. Jetty Timber Transport II 23/24 Nikkei Maru 27 28 Broholm 31/32 Ramoneverett 35 36 Congo Maru 40 41 Kinsen
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      Lock icon $10 Mil. Wood Chipping Complex To Be Built At J.B.
      364 7 JOHORE BAHRU. Wed. A $lO million wood chipping complex is to be built here to process and export wood chips from over-matured rubber trees in the State of Johore. The chips will be used for pulp and paper manufacture overseas.
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      Lock icon CONSORTIUM TO FLOAT $40.9M. LOAN
      120 7 DUESSELDORF, Germany. Wed. (UPI) An international banking consortium Is negotiating with the Tokyo Electric Power Company on the floating of a 150 million mark ($40.9 million) loan. It wis announced on Monday. The Westdeutsche Landesbank Girozentrale Finance House, the consortium leader, said Tokyo Electric is
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      Lock icon EXECUTIVES ON TRADE PROMOTION COURSE
      250 7 CANBERRA. Wed. Fourteen executives from 6lx Asian countries are taking part in a flve-week businessmen's course in trade promotion in Australia. The course is being conducted as part of Australia's aid under the Colombo Plan by the Department of External Affairs with the cooperation of
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      Lock icon U.K. MART GOES LOWER
      174 7 LONDON Wed. (Reuter) The market went lower yesterday. Small selling and a lack of buyers saw widespread losses although falls were generally small President Nixon's Vietnam speech and the expected Wall Street performance offset the bullish nature of the Chancellor of the Exchequer's statement on the
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      Lock icon SYDNEY CLOSING PRICES
      160 7 SYDNEY, Wed. (UPI) Wednesday's Closing Sydney Stock Exchange selected shares: MINING Amcex 230 As* Min 7*0 Austral MIQ .55 AUGT Dev t 1 65 Barrier 1.90 Bh SoJth 4.50 C. Norse 690 C. Gold 9.40 CRA 18.30 Em per 1.60 Endu r .82 Gm Kalg 1.30 Gt
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      Lock icon SMR Business Transacted
      129 7 RPHE Singapore kubber Brokers AIKH X following information in respect c istion has supplied the if business transacted In SMR 6CV (Heveacrumbl SMR 5L (Heveacrumbl SMR H5 (Heveacromb) SMR 5 (Heveacrumbl SMR 5 M (Comminuted) SMR 20M (Heveacrumbl SMR 20M (Comminuted) SMR oOM (Comminuted) Nov. Pallets Dec
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      Lock icon Stock Exchange Closing Prices
      597 7 8INOAPOKB m M 1 dfhanre told ud officially llitM at other the el price* o*e ot INDUS TRIALS At MA B 2.13 B. 2 18 jjgj 1-7 19 4.2i 1.7 23 1 1 7 1.79 £-00 4-22 237 182 1-77 Dunlop 3 1 E. Smelting Electrical
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      Lock icon London Rubber Market Closes Steady
      76 7 LONDON. Wed. fUPI) Rubber market closed steady yesterday with spot 26-1/2 271/4 SETTLEMENT HOUSE Dec. 25-1/2. 26-1/2 nom. Jan. 24, 24-3/8 Feb/Jan/March 23-13/16 24 April/June 23-3/4. 23-3/4 Ju'.y/Sept 23-5/8. 23-3/4 Oct/Dec. 23-1/2. 23-5/8 Jan/March 23-3/8, 23-9/16 April/June 23-5/16. 3-1/2 July/Sept 23-3/16 23-7/16 Oct /Dec 23-1/8.
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      Lock icon Another Luxury Liner To Be Built By Cunard
      130 7 LONDON. Wed. (Reuter) Sir Basil Smallpelce. Cunard's chairman, has announced that because of the success of the liner Elizabeth 2 as a holiday ship, the company will build one possibly two additional liners for the increasingly profitable leisure market. Shipyards in Britain
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      Lock icon PRODUCE
      92 7 THE noon price* at the Slngapore Chinese Produce Kicbange yesterday were> Buyer Seller Coconnt Oil (FOB-) Bulk 54 00 Coconut Oil (FOB-) Dram 56-50 Mixed Copra 33-00 Muntok White Pepper 4.F O B) 220 00 Sarawak White Pepper (F O B.) *17-56 Sarawak special Blar* Pepper (FOB) »6% X
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      Lock icon UNIT TRUSTS
      79 7 (Managers' price* for Nor. 6) CHARTERED UNIT TRUST S*pore Growth Fund 105 1.10 ASIA UNIT TRUSTS Mai Invest. Fund xd 1.25 1-M SINGAPORE UNIT TRUSTS 1st Malayan 2 80 2nd Malayan 2 03 3rd Malayan 1 24xd The Com. Ind 144 1-14 The Sav. Fund 1 06 11C
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      Lock icon Dow Jones averages
      41 7 NEW YORK. Wed. (UFI) Dow Jones closing averages on. the New York Stock Exchar.ga yesterday. 30 Industrial 853.48 20 Rails 200 65 15 Utilities ***** 65 Stocks 286.36 40 Bonds. 71.03 Commodity futures index 14" 84 off 0.04
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      Lock icon AIR MOVEMENTS
      443 7 ARRIVALS. 5 00 a.m. MSA 029 K. Lumpur*•15 <t m ITA 11 l57fl Lnlted states. Papeete. Pacific H OC a m. MsAl 19 K. Lumpur. VXb a-in. GAKl'DA OA»84 Jakarta. 1015 a.m. MSA 121 R. Lumpur10.25 a.m. MSA 005 Penang, Ipoh. K. Lumpur. Malacca. 12-55 p.m. PAN AM
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  • STUDENTS' PAGE ALL $5 ESSAY WINNERS
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      Lock icon Blow Wind, Blow
      301 8 WHAT are winds? They are just air in motion. The chief cause of winds is the difference in the pressure of air Heated air near the earth's surface, being light, rises into the higher regions while cold air from the surrounding regions moves into this low pressure
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      Lock icon Thanks To Science, The World Is Better And Safer
      829 8 jyjANY pupils think that science is just one of the subjects one has to study in schools and they learn it just for the sake of passing examinations. But, in fact, science has changed many things and it is through science
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      Lock icon S'PORE'S MULTISTOREY FLATS
      181 8 WE see that Singapore has many beautiful multi-storey flats. The flats are built to provide better accommodation for the people to live in. The prices of these flats are reasonable for the low-income group. Because of favourable conditions that suit these people, there is no housing problem
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      Lock icon 12 Simple Ways To Get Rid Of Mosquitoes
      382 8 IN Singapore the Government has launched a campaign to get rid of mosquitoes. Mosquitoes are harmful insects. 'They suck our blood and their bites cause our skin to itch. Mosquitoes are also disease carriers like malaria and yellow fever. There are many
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      187 8 NEW ESSAY CONTEST: RULES TO OBSERVE THE EASTERN SUN'S new essay writing contest for boys and girls of 14 and under appears in this page every Thursday. One of the objects of this contest is to encourage young boys and girls to express themselves properly. And what better way to
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      278 8 XSV7 SX 'J' RULES REGULATIONS 1. This is a bi-monthly contest appear;ng weekly Thursday on this oage 2. Every participant is required to fill in the "balloon" space(s) what he or she think* is being said by the characters In this cartoon. 3. Every entry should be clearly and neatly
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  • Page 8 Miscellaneous
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      99 8 AMY By Jack Tippit "Truthfully, Daddy, isn't this more fun than playing golf with the boys?" DATELINE: DANGER! I CANT LET HXJ GO> ONTO THAT PRACTICE FIELQ, RAVEN ...THOSE APES WILL KILL VTXJ y I CAN STILL r RUN/COACH... THEY'LL HAVE TO CATCH ME FIRST/ P-. m •Q. lW^. m
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    Lock icon Brother And Sister Fight Like Animals
    601 9  -  Ann Landers ANN: We have a daughter 16 artd a sOn 15 whom we cannot leave alone in the house because they will kill each other I realise it is normal for a brother and a sister to argue and fight Occasionally but dur
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    549 9  -  1 S/H'tifiitit/ for 1/«/s«-/i" Sheilah Graham N'EW YORK. Wed. Robert Mitchum has been very restless during the long shooting schedule for 'Ryan's Daughter* In Ireland. The other day he expressed his impatience In a rather unorthodox manner and I hear David
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    73 9 NTW YORK. Wed Partmount Pictures' The Sterile Cuckoo." an Alan Jay Pakua Production starring Liza Minnelli. Wendell Burton and Tim Mdntlre was premiered here re^ntly. "The Sterile Cuckoo' 1 was written lor the screen by Alvin sareent based on the novel by John Nichols Music was scored
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    Lock icon Asian Beauties Wanted By Munich Nightclub
    277 9  -  By K. S. Sidhu TRAVELLING to every nook of Asia is alluring and bewitching German striptease dancer. Miss Wera Tentation. who is scouting for local talents. For. in two years' time, this curvaceous Fraulein is going to open her own restaurant and theatre in
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    Lock icon Boutique Beat
    463 9  -  by Gloria-mae TIME again for another round at the shops Was on my way to the coffee shop of Hotel Malaysia when I noticed a winding staircase down and decided to skip that ice-cream to do some "exploring Well worth the sacrifice and was "rewarded" with a row
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      338 9 y^HAWJ Mil LIDO Phone 2841 3rd Glorious ffMk No PTee List School Ch::dren II to any seat at 11 a nr. 2JO A 815 p.m Bhows! Due to film s length shows Vote Times: 11. 2.30. 6.15. 0.15 p.m. "BATTLE" Starts Promptly at 11.35, 3.03. 8 4ft 9 *<» am.
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      15 9 I& /f TAURUS AM. 70 W»R JO m m 74 76-79 ST 5 AQUARIUS Pi
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      451 9 CATHAY 3 3 400 *Nl> BIG WEEK! U an. 1.3". 4.00. 6.30 A 9SO pm Rank Organisation Presents "FOLLOW THAT CAMEL" In Color Phi) Silver*. Kenneth Williams_ NKXT~ CHANGE" Oina Lellobngida Robart Vfharo in "Stantmaa" in cclbr OP EON 2 i-116 Last Day! 11. I N. 4. 6 SO. 9.90
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      Lock icon Stormy Law In Top Form
      120 10  -  By By Our Racing Correspondent KUALA LUMPUR, Wed Stormy Law, a smart winner last week-end, is retaining his winning form He was anxious to gallop but George Podmore kept him well in check over 3f in 42 1/5 on yielding going yesterday. Istimewa galloped strongly
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      Lock icon KL Handicaps For Sunday
      993 10 CI. 2 Div. 1 6 F: 343 Film Star 5y 9.00 Shaw Stable Tulloh 171 MaUco 4y 8.13 Da to A Datin KL Chong Teh 313 Legal Currency 5y 8.11 Malapura Stable J. Donnelly 841 Sri Lipta 5y 8.10 Sultan of Pahang Daniels 334 Donville 3y
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      Lock icon Loh Rallies To Win S-Finals
      457 10 BOWLING S. P. Loh, the current Singapore bowling champion, came from behind in a 12-game series to emerge with top score at the end of the CPA and Singapore Ten Pin Bowling Congress Asian Bowling Championships Se-mi-finals held at the Orchard Bowl last Sunday. Showing
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      144 10 LONDON Wed. <Reuter) The MCc cricket team to tour Ea s t Africa and the Fa r East next yea r will leav> her# on Wednesday Jan. 28, and P*ay their first match with Uganda at Kampala on Saturday, Jan. 3i and the following two days. They
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      Lock icon Singapore Tourists Held
      59 10 HONG KONG. Wed. (Reuter) The visiting Singapore National cricket team were bogged down to a draw by the Hong Kong Combined Services at a friendly game here today despite a powerful 153-run first wicket stand by skipper Reggie Da SUva and Robin Tessensohn. FINAL SCORES: Singapore 209
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      Lock icon Donate To Olympic Fund Call
      184 10 KUALA LUMPUR. Wed The Director of Operation*. Tun Abdul Razak. who la also the President of the Olympic Council of Malaysia today called on the people to donate to the Olympic Council Fund in order to enable Malaysia to send a team to the SouthEast
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      Lock icon NHO's Scorpio Lead In Bowling
      131 10 Eight teams are taking part in the Inter-Varsity Bowling League tournament which began last Saturday. They are Academic Staff (2). King Edward Hostel t2> and one team each from Raffles Hall. Eusoff College. Non-Hostelltes Organisation and the Non-Academic Staff. The Non-Hostelltes Organisation's Scorpio are leading
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      23 10 LONDON. Wed (Reuter)— Oxford University scored a shock 6—3 victory over the South African Rugby Union team at Twickenham h«re today.
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      Lock icon WALK CHAMPION PACKS TROPHIES
      318 10 LOCAL carpenters are preparing a special crate in which Far East walk champion, 38-year-old Serqeant Paddy Rice, will pack his numerous trophies when he returns to Britain next month after serving 2i years at Tengah one of three Royal Air Force stations in the Island Republic.
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      Lock icon Stackpole 57 n.o. At Close
      228 10 BOMBAY- Wed. (Reuter> Australia crawled to 93 for one in 190 minutes in reply to India's first innings of 271 on the second day of the first Test here today. Keith Stackpole was 57 not out at the close when the Australians' only loss was
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      Lock icon Spanghero Reinstated
      86 10 PARIS. Wed. (Reuter) Wing-forward Claude Spanghero (Narbonne> ha* been reinstated afte r being suspended indefinitely la*t month fo r punching an opponent, a French Rugby Union Federation spokesman said here last night. Spanghero. brother of Walter Spanghero who captained the French side last vear, suspended afte r th
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      Lock icon Commonwealth Games Swim Pool
      105 10 THIS is the Royal Commonwealth Swimming Pool, venue for Hie swimming and diving events to be Held during the IX British Commonwealth Games in Edinburgh, Scotland, next year. The pool is 50 metres long with automatic judging and timing equipment. A separate diving tank is set
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      Lock icon Kobayashi Can Retain Title Says Manager
      426 10 TOKYO. Wed. (UPI) Hiroshi Kobayashi can retain his World Boxing Association's (WBA) junior lightweight crown next Sunday night by knocking out Argentine challenger Carlos Canete before the fifth round* manager Shinichi Nakamura predicted today. Kobayashi. 25, will be making hLs fourth defence of the
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      Lock icon Legra Turns Down Fight Offer
      247 11 SYDNEY. Wed. (Reuter) Jose Legra, formpr world featherweight boxing champion has refused a fight with Australian former bantamweight world champion Llor.el Rose here next month. Rose made a successful debut to featherweight fighting in Melbourne last week when he downed Mexican champion Vicente Garcia in
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      Lock icon Protesters Whipping Support To Wreck Springboks Tour
      409 11  -  "y Graham Stewart LONDON, Wed. (Reuter) Anti-apar-theid protesters are busy ma r shalling forces for their first direct on-the-field confrontation with the touring Springbok Rugby Union team in their opening match against Oxfort University here today. The battlefield is Twickenham headquarters of rugby
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      Lock icon I'll Take Title From Torres -Hanagata
      217 11 MEXICO CITY, Wed. (Reuter) Japan's flyweight challenger Susumo Hanagata predicted yesterday he would easily strip Mexico's Efren "Alacran" Torres of the World Boxing Council's version of the world crown in the scheduled title-bout later this month. The dapper 22-year-old Japanese, who arrived here yesterday
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      29 11 DURBAN. Wed fßeuter) The world middle heavyweight wrestling champion, Hungarian-bom Joshi Molner. retained his title here last night in a bout with South Africa's Jerrv De Jager.
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      Lock icon Famechon 'Busting' For London Fight
      126 11 AUSTRALIA'S world »eatherweight boxing champion. Johnny Famechon. left hi* home town of Melbourne Australia, last week "busting for his London fight with Miguel Herrera of Ecuador on Nov. 11. Although the ankle he seriously injured in defending his title against Japan's Fighting Harada in Sydney
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      Lock icon Canete Steps Up Training
      63 11 TOKYO. Wed (Reuter) Arrentine challenger Car!os Ruben Canete. determined to wrest the world junior lightweight boxing title, iteppen up his training today sparring five rounds against two Japanese. The South American Junior lightweight champion, appearin® in top form. displayed speedy footwork and punches today against Japan's
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      Lock icon A Berth In Mexico If Hungary Win
      174 11 BUDAPEST. Wed. (Reuter)—The Irish Republic meet Hungary in a World Soccer Cup qualifying match here tonight which the Hungarians are fiercely determin- Ed to win. A Hungarian victory could mean a place in the World Cup finals in Mexico next summer, since this
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      53 11 CARLISLE, England. Wed. (Reuter) Carlisle United beat Oxfor<- United by one goal to zero n an English Football League Cup quarter* final replay here last night. Carliil# United are now at home to either Leicester City or West Bromwich Albion in the semi-final first 1«I on
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      Lock icon Nicklaus In 4th Placing
      74 11 NEW YORK. Wed. (Reuter) America" Jack Nicklaus moved up to fourth place in the 1969 United States golf earnings list following his £11.600 (US$2B,OOO) Kaiser Open victory this week American Frank Beard, with prize money totalling £72.700 (U*****,574), still leads the list, the United States Professional
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      Lock icon Italy Hit 4 Against Wales
      247 11 ROME, Wed. (Reuter) Acc marksman Luigi Riva slammed three goals as Italy whipped Wales 4-1 in a World Cup qualifying match here yesterday and the stage is now set for the decisive group three match with East Germany on Nov. 22. Wales finished their qualifying
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      Lock icon 10th Round Knockout
      53 11 MIAMI BEACH, Wei (UPI) —Cuban exile boxer Baby Louis knocked out Mario Saurennanr. of Philadelphia with a left hook in the Anal round last night to wi n a unanimous 10-rounn decision at the Miami Beach auditorium. Louis, whc won his 37th bout, weigher" 133j to 132-3/4
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      69 11 SANTIAGO Chile. Wed (Reuter) Chilean featherweight Godfrey Steven* must go into strict training if he is to wrest the world title from S'noho Sayji© of Japan on January 4. trainer EmiUo Balbontm said here Talkinr to reporters about Stevens' defeat of Don Johnson of the US on points
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      45 11 LONG BEACH. California. Wed. (Reuter) World lightweight boxing champion Mando Ramos became a father here for the first time yesterday when his wife Stella gave birth to a 8 pound H ounce boy, who is to be named Armando Jr
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      25 11 GUIMARAES, Portugal, Wed (Reuter) Victoria (Portugal) and Southampton (England) drew 3 —3 in their European Pairs Soccer Cup second-rounc firsWeg match here yesterday-
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      331 11 LONDON, Wed. (Reuter) Most British newspapers today splashed latest developments in the Springboks tour controversy across their front pages. The threat of anti-apart-heid demontrations at today's game and a government ban on a suggested ground for the match drew banner headlines like: "500 Guard Springbok Team"
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      1045 11 (CHANNEL I) PM 300 Opening Announcements in all Languages A- Morning Star; 3 20 Another Song Another Melody Er.glnh; 3 35 It's Happening In Singapore Chinese; 3 SO Housewives Matinee —Part 2 of a Cantonese film "Bitter Romance"; 500 Close; 555 Prog Summary in all Languages. 600 Peter Potumus Show;
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    Lock icon Enlightened Govt- Labour Alliance Vital For Progress
    573 12 Enlightened GovtLabour Alliance Vital For Progress AN alliance between a forward-looking political leadership and a high-quality and disciplined working population is the only way open to Singapore to achieve meaningful social and economic progress. This was stated by Mr. C. V. Devan Nair, when he delivered a welcoming address on
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    Lock icon Stranded Stranger Much A-Welcome
    193 12 Stranded Stranger Much AWelcome Teiephone calls poured in by the downs at the airport information counter from the public, offering accommodation to the American businessman. Mr. Stanley J. Appiebaum. Mr. Appiebaum. who found a small measure of fame through his misfortune last night dined with members of the Jurong Town
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    Lock icon New Stamps Out Monday
    134 12 The Postmaster-General of Singapore announced yesterday that four new definitive stamps of i cent, four-cent $2 and S5 denominations (musical instruments series) would be Issued by the Postal Services Department as from Monday. All post offices will be opened, from 9 am. to 12 noon and
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    Lock icon AN eight-man climbing team from the Singapore-based 3 Commando Brigade. Royal Marines, is in New Zealand to climb the 12,349 ft. Mount Cook.
    64 12 The timing of the expedition coincides with the Bicentenary of the first landing in New Zealand by the great British Naval explorer Captain James Cook, after whom
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    Lock icon 'Rejuvenation' Plans For Unions—Wee
    484 12 STEPS ore being token to "rejuvenate" ond modernise the trade union movement in Singapore to enable it to catch up with the pace of development, the acting Minister for Culture, Mr. Wee Toon Boon, said yesterday. A seminar to find ways and means of achieving this
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    58 12 Police recovered a decomposed bodv on the beach at the East Lagoon yesterday The dead man had no identification papers on him The dead ma n was about 5' s*' tall, round fare well built and was wearing a white ahart Those who know him are requested
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    Lock icon Call To Even Fares On Pacific Route
    360 12 THE President of the Singapore Tourist Association, Mr. Herbert Lim Eng Kuan, yesterday urged Asian airlines to make joint representations to the International Air Transport Association (lATA) to approve comparable air fares for the Pacific route. This, he felt, was not too much
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    Lock icon 'Singapore Good Lesson In Tourist Promotion'
    264 12 AN American Hotel executive has declared that developing countries in Asia can take lesson in tourist promotion from Singapore. Mr. Louis Nobiletti, Regional Soles Manager of Hilton International in New York said this yesterday when he flew in with four other executives to make
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    20 12 A man waylaid a taxi driver and robbed him of $31 —his dav's taking yesterday Police are investigating
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    234 12 Wives of prominent Singaporeans and dip omats and active sociaj workers yesterday received a taste of flower Dower'' at fht Nassim Road residence oi the British H'gh Conmi« c ionei to Singapore. Not that His Excellency the High Commissioner. S: r Arthur de la Mar** had suddenly
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