Eastern Sun, 24 March 1971

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  • 21 1 EASTERN SUN Ungpfe's own national daily 10 cents Eatd. 1966. Vol. 5 No. 1603 Wednesday, March 24, 1971 M.C. (P) 2510
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  • 379 1 SUN Correspondent J JONGKONG Severol industrialists plan to pour millions of dollars into Singapore because of spiralling rents in Hongkong. They plan to move to Singapore lock, stock ond barrel. The move is expected to trigger off a major Singapore business
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  • 224 1 A bedridden old woman prayed for her life as fire gutted a factory next to her hat on Monday night. A faithful black dog her only companion, stayed by her side as flames licked at the timbers of their tiny home. She
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  • 74 1 MOSCOW Chinese Premier Chou En Lai has held talks with the two high ranking Soviet diplomats in Peking. No details were given. Tass news agencv said that on March 21 Chou met Vasily Tolstikpv, the Soviet Ambassador to Peking, and Deputy Foreign Minister Leonid Ilyichov,
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  • 105 2 The Government fully supports, the propMtd Coiisumerii' Association of Singapore la its effort to keep track of price movement*. The Minister of State for Finance. Mr Tang Sec Chlm. said this in Parliament yesterday. "Such an association would be more helpful than any committee to
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  • 265 2 Discord over sea food imports A Minister and a young backbencher yesterday had a verbal exchange which could be described as "a fishy battle". It arose when the Minister for Law and National Development, Mr E.W. Barker, was replying to a query from Mr
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  • 118 2 The FARELF School of Physical Training, opened In 194? wili •a) farewell tomorrow with a demonstration display at the Tanglin Oval In the Headquarters Camp. The school has 'rained thousands of soldiers as physical education Instructors, sports officials and coaches. It has also, helped trained Singapore national
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  • 304 2 A defence lawyer spent th« whole of yesterday cross examining a prosecution witness at the trial of a former Union Vice-President charged with conspiracy. The lawyer. Mr David Marshall. successfully applied before the Second District Judge, Tan Hoay Djin for a statement made by
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  • 146 2 The Housing jnd Development Board considering restricting the resale of flats to one or two years after purchase. After that, the owner wilt not be eligible to apply for another flat, the Minister for Law and National Development, Mr E. W. Barker, told
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  • Page 2 Miscellaneous
    • 72 2 SINGAPORE TOWN 2.44 am. (4.7 ft.>; 8.35 ul (8 5 ft.); 3.24 pro <IJ ft); 18 89 Pol (SJB ft TOMORROW 3.3# am. (3.7 ft.); 9.31 am. (9.3 ft.); 4.07 pm. (0.9 ft.); 18.37 pm. (•J ft). NAVAL DOCKYARD 244 am. (5J ft); 8.50 •m. (92 ft.); 3.82 pm. (1J
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  • 147 3 Police yesterday launched a bis "deer roundup"—and it ended in a fiasco. > Three deer leaped a fence and disappeared into nearby bush Police last night were still looking (or them. The roundup at sin Heng Chan Limited, HlUriew Avenue, District.
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  • 140 3 Strip-tease on road —MP tells MP yesterday told Parliament of strange striptease shows he often saw when travelling home at night along the Yio Chu Kong Road. Mr Hwang Soo Jin (Jalan Kayu) said the "performers" were Woodbridge patients allowed to roam about the vicinity of the mental hospital. He
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  • 256 3 An MP yesterday told Parliament of the "feeling of insecurity" he had each time he entered a lift in a Toa Payoh block of flats. "One never gets a smooth Journey in these lifts. "They vibrate, emit a grumbling noise, and send shivers down
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  • 125 3 What's »n name? Plenty, if yon happen to be a building inspector and someone calls you a "land cow." The Parliamentary Secretary (Culture). Mr Fonj Sip Chee. yesterday took strong objection to the colloquial Chinese term "ti niu" used to describe building inspectors by the MP
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  • 95 4 A man who planned to get en«nged soon died Impaled on Ike steering wheel or his car. He wss Dtv* Sahastiaa, 29, of Circuit Road. His car collided head-on with a truck at It) milestone Changi Road. He died 10 minutes after the
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  • 305 4 A sub-contractor was killed while negotiating with a "young extortionist" at a construction worksite, a Coroner's Court was told yesterday. Chng Cheok Kaw, 38, of Lengkok B ahru, died of a stab wound on arrival at the Outram Road Hospital on December 29
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  • 36 4 1W President, Dr D. M. Sheares (above* I will be Chancellor of Ike Unifcnitf of Singapore. iha« accepted an tion by the niTcnitj. Or Sheares' tera •rill be five yean Dr Sheares
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  • 111 4 The Government does not arbitrarily acquire land cheaply and sell it at a huge profit to private developers for urban renewal projects. The Minister for Law and National Development, Mr E. W. Barker, said this in Parliament yesterday. He said this was general misconception. Mr
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  • 138 4 A backbencher yesterday blamed the Ministry of Health for the typhoid outbreak In the (irylaiig Serai area. Mr Rahmat Kenap (Gey lan g Serai) said it was an Insult to the people In his constituency to say the outbreak was caused by carriers who failed to
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  • 300 4 The MT for Whampoa. Dr Augustine Tan, yesterday appealed to the government to show compassion for unlicensed hawkers. He urged parliament to reduce rentals for stalls In hawker centres so that more hawkers oould afford them Dr Tan said many unlicensed hawkers some
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  • 159 4 FOOD glorious FOOD Diet-watchers ml* yourself an e(( and le*tnce salad at crisp bargain prices today. Vegetables and fin are now cheap and plentiful at the saarhet. Est* can he bought at $1 for 12. Tomatoes, carrots and lettuce each com It cents a hatt—all
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  • Page 4 Miscellaneous
    • 29 4 WEATHER The weather b«rcan orediets fair weather op till soon today. Yesterday: Maximum Temp: Sl-t Minima* Temp: 72 J Total Rainfall: Halo Dojs ia Mareh: Humidity at 11 pott
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  • 313 5 Their marks good by any standards J£LINDNESS may be o handicap to some but certainly not to some students at the Ahmad Ibrahim Integrated Secondary School. They ore not among the top students, but hove done well by any stondards. Out of five blind students
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  • 60 5 Two pedestrians hart in separate accidents this month died in Outram Road General Hospital yesterday. They were Tan Kheng Chuan, 10, and Kue Kim Cho, 23. Kue was walking along Alexandra Road on March 11 when a truck bit him. A car hit Tan while
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  • 236 6 DELHI The new Government plans fro launch a crash programme for rural employment. It will also press for land reforms to promote a more equitable distribution of land. This move was among the plans Premier Indira Oandhl presented to Parliament
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  • 189 6 WASHINGTON —_Unrted States air strikes in North Vietnam during the past two days effectively damaged missile sites 100 miles north of the Demilitarised Zone. Defence Secretary Melvln Laird said this yesterday. He described the strikes as "protective reaction raids' 1 in retaliation for anti-air-craft fire
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  • 157 6 DACCA Troubled Pakistan observed its National Day yesterday. It's military president warning tbe geographically divided nation it was at the "cross-roads'*. The leader of the East Pakistan autonomy movement singing a Bengali vlctorv song. Supporters of Sheikh Mujibur Bchman. East Pakistan's Awami League leader took
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  • 150 6 PHNOM PENH The Cambodian High Command yesterday reported the Communist kidnapping of 65 villagers and the execution of Ave of them In a small village. Spokesman Lt Col Am Rons said the incident reported by 'intelligence sources'* Is not Isolated. It happens from time
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  • 288 6 BANGKOK lieutenant General Jesus Vargas Secre-tary-General of the SouthEast Asia Treaty Organisation (SEATO) has said China fa facing major economic problems. It's therefore not likely to Intervene directly in the current Indochina War. LONDON Britain and Prance have agreed on a final study to determine whether to
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  • 228 7 VEYV VOHK, United Secretary-Ge-neral D Thant has appealed to Britain to reverse its decision to sell helicopters and military spare parts to South Africa. He also appealed to South Africa to declare a political amnesty. He hoped It could then begin consultations
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  • 425 7 'pOKYO Three students told o court yesterdoy they joined the lote outhor Yukio Mishimo in a harakiri suicide ritual because they were ready "to die like dogs" to save Japan from spiritual decay. The three were members of the author's now defunct patriotic private
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  • 184 7 LONDON A new $2.25 million Commonwealth assistance plan has been announced by the Commonwealth Secretariat. The scheme will be known as the Commonwealth Fund for Technical Cooperation. It will be financed by developed and developing countries and both groups of countries will share -its management.
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  • Page 7 Miscellaneous
    • 110 7 iTTT S 20,000 WON! IN THE LAST SUNDAY'S DRAW NO: 22/71 COUPON SOLD BY: TOTO BOOTH NO: 209-03 ORCHARD ROAD SINGAPORE POOLS (PTK) LTD. 1-4 rnciVAi ROAD SINCArOM P.O. BOX 214S I □□□□L3 □no on A N? *****05 n> r' > M-'|| r THIS rORTIOrJ of £r 'tx>* THE coupon
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  • A PLACE IN THE SUN
    • 596 9  -  Killjoy MPs lose again Mke p I EOPLE must not do anything for fun We ore not here for fun There is no reference to fiui in any oct of Parliament The Uncommon Lew. Thw might have been the words of Parliamentary barkbenchers when they moved
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    • Article, Illustration
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  • 480 10 CJOME Members of Parliament poured forth drivel and balderdash Monday accusing Singapore society of decadence. What did they mean by decadence? What Oswold Spengler and Cyril Joad meant? Then how come we are a rugged society, virile, hardworking and upstanding surmounting problems that were considered Insurmountable barely six
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  • 652 10 COMPUTERS NEVER FORGET Art Buchwald VyASHINGTON The big constitutional bottle raging in the country at the moment is how much the government and private enterprise should know and reveal about their citizens. It Is no longer a problem to store Information on 200 million people. Thanks to our third and
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  • SUN SOAPBOX WHERE READERS HAVE A SAY
    • 276 10  -  DR CHEW PIN KEE Commissioner o| 'Public Health SIR: I REFER to 7«ur article on "Dust Invades Homes" (13.3.71) and the letter from "Frustrated" (19.3.71). To put the record straight the Ministry of Health started looking into this problem of dust and other nuisances from the factory
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    • 59 10 SIR: CAN the authorities do something about the hawkers at the junction of Jalan Metnbina and Tiong Bahru? I am not against the hawkers as such, but the amount of valuable road space their stalls take up. Each time I drive through there I am afraid of hitting
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    • 120 10 SIR* CON G RATUL A-' TIONS to Thl Sun's "A Reasonable Request" (March 21). It a timely reinforcement to the Singapore University Students' plea to the bus compames and the Government for a reduced rate for student commuters. The belief that students who can afford
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  • 1106 11 IfO motter how bodly the South Vietnamese performed In the rapidly-ending Laotian operation, the picture in official records is viewed through rose-coloured glasses. The South Vietnamese probably like any other army, has to cloim victory if only to make their losses of
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  • 124 12/13 ITS A NEVER ENDING TASK... A SMALL army of men is waging a battle... to keep Singapore green. They are the men of the Parks and Trees Department whose job it is to keep up Singapore's image as a garden city. It is a non-stop task They're
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  • 502 12/13 GENIUSES ore mode nof born, and con be developed from the age of two, according to a Soviet expert. Writing in Courier, an organ of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) Dr Boris Nikltin said there was evidence that hv
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  • 474 12/13 IT IS not something the cigarette industry is ready to dts cuss, but the rumour has been circulated tor posterity by some of the U.S.'s leading business journals To wit Despite the fact that cigarette advertising on television is banned many tobacco companies are registering record
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  • 297 12/13 North Vietnam hat scheduled its first legislative elections in seven years on April 11. Everybody is free to enter the race but only If the Communist Party approves of them. Despite some hints of a crack in the power structure in Hanoi, North Vietnamese
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  • relax
    • 570 14 jgVERYBODY knows April 1 is All Fools' Doy. But when or how this custom originated may never be known. "The first day of April, some do say Is set apart for All Fools' Day; But why the people call It so Nor I
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    • 39 14 Europe's deepest lake and largest glacier combine to form one ol nature's most breathtaking spectacles In Olden, Norway. "Song off Norway"* tfce music based on the liffe off Norwegian composar Edward Grieg, waa filmed here.
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  • 114 15 Columbia Pictures' "I Never Sang For Mjr Father," starring Mel* ;n Douf las. Gene Hack m a n, Dorothy Stickney and Estelle Parsons, has been named winner of the Christopher Award. This Is presented by The Christophers to outstanding motion pictures, television specials and
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  • 590 15  -  By Harold Heffernan fJUT of the dork, distant post 1847 arrives the film version of "Jane Eyre." After the recent preview, a couple of hundred guests were most enthusiastic about good old "Jane Eyre/' as portrayed by Susannah York. It's likely to prove a
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  • 54 15 Columbia Pictures hu concluded arrangement* for the production at "The Widower," starring Academy Award-winner Maggie Smith. The story deal* with the poignant love affair of an older woman and a young man. It l» Miss Bmlth'» first fUm aPP«wance since her memorable performance In "The P*" l
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  • Page 15 Miscellaneous
    • 203 15 ORGANISATION LIUO *****4 orcNM ruDin U •m. I.U v.i. Jane* Coburn A Ljrm> Rcdirm "BLOOD KIN' ID Technicolor <WB> NEXT CHANOB' Marion Brando "BIBNP Color by DcLuic tUAt 1 A I* I I Ol y»7 .i VOW HHOWINI. II Ml I.4ft 111 Ml Ml Obru-iopher LM 'flCABtW O BACH LA"
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    • 170 15 OQEON I" 1 Opwu Tomorrow! polar f>rtmouo['> "ImmHm SUrrmg: Almio Deloo ORCHARD tL i >. CAT H AV ***** Mt>r 17TB 810 Mil joimd Htrmt frn»«t)l> «im Va Iklaun liM 741 OK HI 4NU TBI «I>V|NO •WOBMHMAN' tin Maoaarlni tvmißoop* tutmaocou i Coiiub ChtotM SUM CATHAY J.B.* 37 w Kh.wlM'
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  • 534 16  -  ANN LANDERS DEAR 'ANN: I'm a busy, hardworking budget-conscious mother with three small children a boy. 8 and two girls, S and 1 A neighbour of ours (divorced last year) hag two children, the same ages as our older ones. Her children are over at my
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  • Page 16 Miscellaneous
    • 748 16 CARROLL RIGHTER'8 Still? GENUAL TENDENCIES: It seems difficult to put some new arrangements into effect because most everyone la thinking about what he or she can get out of some condition. However, H is possible by your own cleverness in not stepping on anyone else's toes or pet theories to
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  • Page 17 Miscellaneous
    • 918 17 today's TV SINGAPURA r CHANNEL 5 OPINING ANNOUNCEMENTS. followed by HOUSEWIVES' MA. TINEE "Money, Money" (Part 1 of a Cantonese film) (English Subtitles) FOR THE FAMILY A magazine series presented In Chines* A DIARY OF EVENTS IN SINGAPORE THIS WEEK (Chinese) DAYS OF OUR LIVES A dramatic serial about a
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  • YOUNG SUN
    • 564 18  -  DISC-CUSSION by Platter Pete rpREMELOES: MASTER (CBS). Before the Beatles end Stones were fame us, the Tremeloes were already there. They're still riding high In the singles charts, and ready to assault the LP sellers again with their latest "MASTER". Prom so-called progressive fans, they
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    • 185 18 POSTBAG Dear Pete, What's Hm latest from Ray Stevens, please? Dear Jenny, It's -Bridget The Midget" a aorertytype number. Dear Pete, Where eaa I write to my favourite composer. Bart Bacharaeh? HOMEY THOO Dea. Honey, e/o ASCAP, 575 Madison Ave, Mew Torh *****. U.B-A. Dear Pete, Td like
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    • 334 18 COMMENTS Ha»« been made recently, about the similarity of The Monkees, The Cowtfll* 2nd the new hit group in America, The Partridge Family. While similarities may be drawn, there's an undeniable fact about thia new chart-topping group and that is they achieved
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  • WOMEN
    • 439 19 sleepwear, casuol clothes or lingerie, at-home fashions are becoming light-hearted. When styling isn't playful and amusing, it turns to an equally fun kind of charm. Playful is the name for sleep gowns In peasant styling, their sleeves puffed, their round-necked bodices embroidered and lace trimmed in
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  • 274 20 I.A.C. Holdings Singapore-based company received official listing on the exchanges yesterday. The share opened with a comfortable premium pegged at $1.30 but In the later staqes some withdrawal of buying interest dragged the price down to $1.26. A bulk of 295,000 deals were transacted during the
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  • 306 20 April first grade rubber buyers closed at 5 pm in Singapore and Kuata Lumpur yesterday at 107.75 cents per kilo. The tone of the market was easier. Due to lack of followthrough from London the local market opened slightly lower and fluctuated narrowly for the major
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  • 114 20 BONG KONG Yesterday's 5 pm currency rates (supplied by Foreign Exchange and Investment Ltd (Havers) (Kellers) ***** ***** per 100 Straits dollars 148 150 per 1.000 Taiwan dollar* 0.75 6.77 per Australian doilai 340 360 ner 1.00C Burmese kyata 452.50 472.50 per 1.000 Indian rupees 150 165 oer
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  • 778 20 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 a n 11 s unless otherwise specified INDUSTRIALS ACMA $1.42 (2) $1.43 (1); Ben $1.19 (1) $1.20 (1); Berjaya
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  • 678 20 BID and offer price* officially Ufted at thr close of business Is the Slnrapore am Kuala Lompor trading rooms Of tile Stock Exchange vesterda* INDUSTRIALS B. 8. ACMA 1.42 1.45 Mean 1.S9 1.41 Allied Choc. 2.84 Bcrjajra 117 1.19 Borneo 1.91 1.92 Boustead 2.02 B.M. Trusts 1.20 C.
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  • 79 20 lilt noon prlrw at the •Singapore I'hlnrse Produce Ktcnintr rmlrrdu «u> b oronai oil <t.u.D.i butt 07.AO oconoi Oil <f o.b.i dram 60.09 lorpra Ift.OC Munion Mbltc 4Ma 100% NL» 171. SO Sarawak WillU Pepper 1*6% 167 .M tarawak Special Mack M% N L VI 16Z.M Sarawak Asta Klai'fc
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  • commercial and industrial
    • 179 21 SINGAPORE manufacturers are beginning to move more and more •f their exporta out by containers. And thla trend will no doubt continue as long as there are satisfled customers like Mr C. K Hwang, managing director of Hwa Hong Manufacturing Company, who ha B
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    • 70 21 Mr Tang Kok Thye. Assistant Foreman In the Printing Department of the East Asiatic Company Limited in Singapore, has returned after a refresher course In offset printing In Heidelberg. West Germany. At the course. Mr Tang familiarised himself with the latest techniques and development of the new range
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    • 194 21 On Monday Lufthansa German Airlines operated the first scheduled flight of a Boeing 747 to South America, it was announced yesterday. The airline put a one-flight 747 on Its regular South Amer.can east coast service to coincide with the opening of the German
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    • 373 21 SYDNEY Speculative issues were cut bock by heavy selling in the mining market on the Sydney Stock Exchange yester- day. Leopold opened 80 cents down at $7.50 then rallied to equal Monday's high of $B.80 before closing at $6.80, $1.50 down on the day. The contributing
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    • 119 21 The Federation of Swiss Match Manufacturers (FH) has made a donation of SI,OM to the building fund of the Singapore Clock and Watch Trade Association. The Association has found that its existing premises In Waterloo Street are Inadequate for Its purposes. It proposes to erect a
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  • 786 22 ALL-ENGLAND BADMINTON CHAMPIONSHIPS LONDON Th c formidable figure of Indonesian ace Rudy Hartono looms as Hie major obstacle facing Japan's bid to become the first country for 23 years to capture both the men's and women's singles title at the All-England Badminton Championships starting
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  • SUN SPORT
    • 245 23 NEW YORK Chi Chens, the Nationalist Chinese sprinter who broke or equalled world records nine ttaaes last year and has become one of history's foremost female runners received the annual Tanqueray Sports Achievement Award here Monday. Miss Cheng was undefeated in 63 races in the
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    • 81 23 Singapore will be represented in the World Table Tennis Championships to be held in Nagoya, Japan, from March 28. The deputy President of the Table Tennis Association of Singapore, Mr Tang Tuck Wah. said this yesterday. The team i»: —(Men) Tan Khoon Hong, Tan Kai Kok,
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    • 203 23 KUALA LUMPUR Trainer Lee Kim Yu's TKRIANG has made progress since his last start at Ipoh earlier this month. With stable mates INDRAPTRA II and BUKIT SEROK foi company, the trio mat ched strides over 3f in 39 with Teriant doing better at the finish. A heavy
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    • 22 23 The Annual Games Da> of the Methodist Girls' Primary School will lake place on Saturday, March 2? at 8 pm.
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    • 674 23  -  By A. Tan, S. Rajoo Singapore yesterday lost oil hope of o place in Hie 14-nation First Commonwealth Table Tennis Mixed Doubles Champion. ships. All the twelve pairs entered were eliminated in the early rounds. Not one survived the second round. Singapore'* top pair. Tan Kal Kok
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    • 201 23 The Deputy VicePresident of the Singapore Table Tennis Association, Mr Tang Tuck Wah, has been elected Secretary-General of the proposed Commonwealth Table Tennis Federation. The Secretary.General of the International Table Tennis Federation, Mr A. K. Vint, announced thl s here yesterday Mr Tang
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  • 139 24 Arms no longer for sale JAKARTA Indonesia will abandon It* plans to sell Its Russian-made ships and aircraft following a Soviet decision to sell spare parts on an easy payments basis, informed military sources said yesterday GUATEMALA CITY The government, in a statement issued last night, announced
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  • 212 24 HONGKONG The father of an Austra lian youth accused of killing a British scientist said yesterday that he had tried to get the negative of a blackmail photo. He was told it would cost 559.000. The man. Ernie Edwards, a Perth transport operator, was giving
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  • 221 24 J£HE SANH A South Vietnamese armoured column of 102 tanks, armoured personnel carriers and trucks crossed into South Vietnam from Laos yesterday. It had fought its woy for three doys around o North Vietnamese road block. A military spokesman said the number
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  • 137 24 FREETOWN, Sierra Leone An attempted military coup to assassinate Prime Minister Doctor Siaka Stevens and some of his ministers tailed yesterday. Two soldiers were killed In an attempt to enter the Prime Minister's residence. His house was badly damaged. Stevens, 65, was placed under
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  • 46 24 SAIGON An Ameriran F4 fighter bomber was shot down by a surface-to-air missile yesterday near Dong Hoi in North Vietnam. It was the first U.S. plane to be hit b» a North Vietnamese missile in three years. Both crew members were rescued.
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  • 167 24 BELFAST Unionist Party members elected Development Minister Brian Faulkner Premier of Northern Ireland to succeed Maj James Clii-chester-Clarfc. Faulkner defeated William Craig, the right-wing leader of the ruling Unionist Party, by a vote of 26 to 4 In the voting held at the
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  • 58 24 Lovely model Wendy is our Wed n e sday Sunbird. Wendy and nine other girls will be swinging along at the Geminesse Fas hion Show at the Singapore Hilton's Grand Ballroom on Friday at 3.30 pm. Proceeds will go the Singapore Cheshire Home for children. Max
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