Singapore Herald, 6 August 1970

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    14 1 THE SINGAPORE herald No. 14 Sfagtpore Thursday, August 6, 1970 MC(P) 2207 15 CENTS
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    Lock icon 5-nation strategy talks
    328 1 5-nation strategy talks MAN-IN-MIDDLE JARRING READY TO START HIS PEACE MISSION TRIPOLI, We<L— The defence ministers of five Arab countries met here today to discuss Arab military strategy in the Middle East. Iraq and Algeria, which oppose the U.S. peace plan for the Middle East, did not attend. The conference
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    Lock icon Massive air and ground assault on Laos border
    235 1 Massive air and ground assault on Laos border SAICON, Wed. The United States and South Vietnam have launched a massive air and ground assault along a 2tt-mlle stretch of the Laos border in renewed efforts to block North Vietnamese troops and war supplies destined for South Vietnam and Cambodia. The
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    Lock icon Razak: General accord on sensitive issues
    167 1 KUALA LUMPUR, Wed. Deputy Prime Minister Tun Abdul Razak said today there was a general consensus of understnading between the Opposition and the Government on sensitive issues. He was happy that Hie Opposition had responded to the Government move to entrench sensitive issues like
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    Lock icon ARAB FIGHTS ARAB
    114 1 AMMAN, Jordan, Wed. Two guerrilla groups, one supporting President Nasser of Egypt and the other opposing him, fought each other during the night la Northern Jordan. Two men of the antiNasser group were killed. Six commandos of the group backing the Egyptian leader were taken prisoner. It
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    Lock icon Amnesty plan to free kidnapped diplomats
    110 1 Amnesty plan to free kidnapped diplomats MONTEVIDEO, Uruguay, Wed.— Two Uruguayan legislators have introduced a Bill which would grant amnesty to 150 political prisoners in a move aimed at securing the freedom of two foreign diplomats kidnapped by Tupamaros urban guei lllas. If approved, the law would free more than
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    Lock icon Bombs found at six PAP offices, but no blasts
    213 1 Bombs found at six PAP offices, but no blasts HOME-MADE bombs and anti-government banners were found at six PAP branches in various parts or Singapore last night. None of the bombs exnlnAm piooe. The banners carried slogans in Chinese reading: "Long live the Malayan Communist Party" and "Phoney Singapore." The
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    Lock icon 18 DIE IN CRASH
    38 1 ANKARA, Wed. Eighteen persons were killed and seven severely injured today when the brakes on a heavily loaded truck failed and it crashed into other vehicles and a house in Elazig, East Turkey. AP
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    Lock icon Mary's a bird who flies fora living
    174 1 Mary's a bird who flies fora living MARY O'Brien has her head in the clouds —but her feet on the ground. For she teaches daring young men how to pilot their flying machines. She has been getting up, up and away at General Aviation Service Co's flying school for the
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    Lock icon Hair banned in Madrid
    59 1 MADRID, Wed. The American nude hippie musical "Hair", which has been playing in Madrid for two months, has been banned by the Information Ministry because the cabaret where the show was playing had no artistest changing rooms. The show had already been bowdlerised all nudity and
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    Lock icon Mystery death of US tourist
    118 1 Mystery death of US tourist AN AMERICAN tourist, Mr. Marindar Benjamin Biadra, 39, was found dead In a canal beside the Killiney Road Post Office early yesterday. He had a wound in the head. Police, investigating the death, have not ruled out foul play. "We are waiting for an autopsy
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    Lock icon A Kennedy arrested
    59 1 HYANNIS PORT, (Massachusetts), Wed. —Robert F. Kennedy Jr., 16, second oldest son of the late New York Senator, and R. Sargent Shriver HI, 17, son of the former Ambassador to France, were taken into custody on narcotics charges last night, a family spokesman reported today. They were
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      177 1 hi TWO LIES that keep people apart first article in our series on social integration. Page 2. ODD HEALTH EDUCATION gap in our schools Page 3. ODD PSA PROFIT and container seminar round-up Page 4. ODD GIRL IN A WHIRL Sandra Page 1 0. DDQ STUDENT LEADERS held in Jakarta
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      Lock icon Student's study initiative strangled by red tape
      107 2 Student's study initiative strangled by red tape CONGRATULATIONS to the Herald for the timely article on the National Junior College and the education system in Singapore in general. As a frustrated mother of a bright child who wanted to be 'different', I have encountered time and again 'regulations' set by
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      165 2 For the past two years, she has been taking Chinese lessons twice a week during school days and five days a week during school holidays. Now that she thinks she can take her Chinese School Certificate in 1971, she was told: THAT she will not be allowed to take the
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      116 2 "PARENT* (S.H. Aug. 4) condemns "Ex-Teacher" for leaving the teaching profession for more pay in industry. May I ask him what is so Immoral about that? He says teacher should be dedicated and show "moral leadership", "self-example" and all that jazz. Dedication should be present In everyone (I am in
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      100 2 DDD Let me assure S.H. Aug.4 that teachers cannot, exist on fresh air and sunshine. If we want good graduate teachers for our children in schools, we ought to make sure that their remuneration is attractive and reasonable. As an ex-teacher myself, may I add that my teaching load and
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      46 2 ODD The recent rush to find places in Aided Schools clearly shows that most parents prefer their children to be taught in such schools, instead of Government schools. Surely there must be reasons for this. Perhaps the Ministry of Education can elucidate. A PARENT Singapore 13
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    Lock icon Two lies that keep people apart
    1048 2 Two lies that keep people apart Beginning a series on social integration By Singapore Herald Staff Writers SINGAPORE does not face racial problems nearly as formidable or potentially explosive as some neighbouring countries. But a racial problem does exist. On at least three occasions since the war there have been
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    Lock icon Thursday, August 6, 1970 THE SINGAPORE HERALD Industrial accidents
    298 2 Thursday, August 6, 1970 THE SINGAPORE HERALD Industrial accidents Hie appalling number of industrial accidents is a reminder that workers' safety is a low priority in Singapore's industrialisation programme. Last month's total of 14 dead and 73 partially disabled demands attention. The NTUC's establishment of an Occupational Health and Safety
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    Lock icon THE SIZING UP
    234 2 De-centralised minihospitals sound like a progressive idea but the Singapore Medical Association has raised more questions than it has answered. Decentralisation is a principle which has been influencing government policy in recent years. It is the convenience of the patients which should matter most, after all. Large,
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    Lock icon Tourist guides and the 'In' languages
    239 3 Tourist guides and the 'In' languages THERE is an acute shortage of tourist guides who can speak at least one of the main European languages, a Jourist Promotion Board spokesman said yesterday. Out of the 28 tourist guides who graduated yesterday from the Sixth Tourist Guide Course, only five can
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    Lock icon Hold-up man gets six strokes
    165 3 Hold-up man gets six strokes A MAN was jailed for six years and sentenced to six strokes of the rotan yesterday for his part in two armed robberies. In the Fourth District Court Choo Teck Hock, 28, admitted holding up the managing director of a restaurant and nightclub, Mr. Neo
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    78 3 The TTC goes Spanish THE TEACHERS' Training College Drama Society and the English Studies Department will present "The House of Bernarda Alba" a fulllength Spanish play by Garcia Lorca oa Aug. 14 and 15 at the Cultural Centre at 8 p.m. This Is a hot-blooded Spanish play about "women whom
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    Lock icon Death in ship's chain locker
    65 3 CHEE Fook Lee, a 21-year-old fitter fell to his death on July 22 aboard the oil tanker British Oak, which was in a Jurong Shipyard drydock at the time, a coroner was told yesterday. Chee's body was brought up from the chain locker of the
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    Lock icon HEALTH STUDIES: STILL A BIG GAP IN OUR SCHOOLS, SHE SAYS
    308 3 HEALTH STUDIES: STILL A BIG GAP IN OUR SCHOOLS, SHE SAYS IT IS not surprising that young people experiment with sex, drugs and alcohol when they have no information whatsoever of their health hazards This was stated by Dr. Nalla Tan, lecturer in Social Medicine, when she spoke on Health
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    Lock icon Gunman robber jailed for eight years
    77 3 Gunman robber jailed for eight years KUALA LUMPUR, Wed. Lee Yong Kai aUas Moh Ngah Chai, 24, was jailed for a total of eight years by the Sessions Court today after pleading guilty to five charges. The charges include three robberies, possessing a revolver and five rounds of ammunition. Among
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    Lock icon Exhibition on uses of electricity
    111 3 THE Public Utilities Board will hold an "Electricity at your service" exhibition at the Jurong Power Station, which will be opened on Saturday. Exhibits illustrating the generation and distribution of electricity, transmission and distribution equipment and the latest models of electrical domestic applances, wll be
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    Lock icon The hawkers agree they must move on, but...
    324 3 The hawkers agree they must move on, but... THE Government's plan to solve the hawking problem was supported in principle yesterday by the men and women most directly affected but they want the Government to consider the "human aspects" when implementing the plan. The plan, announced on Tuesday by Health
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    Lock icon HYGIENIC PITCHES FOR 120 MORE HAWKERS
    127 3 HYGIENIC PITCHES FOR 120 MORE HAWKERS THE POLITICAL Secretary to the Defence Ministry, Mr. Urn Gnu Hoo, yesterday conducted the balloting for 12t hawker pitches at Brickworks Estate In Jalan Bokit Merah. The pitches were jointly built by the Housing and Development Board and the hawkers at a cost of
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    Lock icon He took up a hammer when asked to pay
    95 3 A MAGISTRATE yesterday called for a probation report on Poh Siew Lok, 17, who admitted hurting Tay Sam Choon with a hammer on Monday at Gagak Selari Barat. Inspector Amaladass said that Poh had earlier borrowed Tay's motor-cycle, in which he
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    58 3 KUALA LUMPUR, Wed.-Malaysian and Thai railway officials began talks here today to improve the rail services between the two countries. The nine-man Thai delegation is led by the general manager of the State Railway of Thailand, Col. Saeng Chulacharitta, while the Malaysian team is led by the
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    28 3 THE Tamil Literary, Debating, Dramatic and Cultural Society of Jalan Teck Whye Secondary School will hold their annual prize-giving at the school hall at 11.30 a.m. tomorrow.
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    Lock icon A schoolboy's lucky buy-$6OO for $6.60 outlay
    188 4 A SCHOOLBOY interested in First Day Covers bought ten miniature souvenir sheets of Singapore's Osaka '7t stamps from the General Post Office aid found three sheets partially imperforated. A sheet of the stamps cost the boy $2.21, but with the right half imperforated
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    Lock icon $22.9 mil. profit for the PSA last year
    376 4 $156M TO EXPAND AND IMPROVE PORT SERVICES THE Port of Singapore Authority made a profit of $22.9 million last year its largest-ever profit since it was established in 1964. According to the PSA annual report for 1969, the operating revenue from port
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    Lock icon EXHIBITION OF BOOKS ABOUT SINGAPORE
    102 4 EXHIBITION OF BOOKS ABOUT SINGAPORE AN exhibition of books about Singapore will be held at the National Library on National Day. On display will be periodicals, government publications on the island's history, its customs, people and religion, language and literature, politics and government, commerce and industry and other subjects. The
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    Lock icon Singapore's low cost advantage
    212 4 Singapore's low cost advantage IN HIS paper, "Some financial considerations on container operations," Mr. Wee Keng Chi, Director of Administration in the PSA, said he was confident Singapore would be able to provide relatively cheap services for container ships despite many problems. He said the Republic must ensure that the
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    Lock icon WHY THE EAST LAGOON SITE WAS PICKED
    252 4 WHY THE EAST LAGOON SITE WAS PICKED MR. A. VIJIARATNAM, Director of Engineering Services in the PSA said in his paper, "Construction of PSA Container Port," that the East Lagoon was chosen because it is close to the city and because it has easy access to the Jurong industrial estate.
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    Lock icon PSA chief sees threat to jobs of some port workers
    192 4 PSA chief sees threat to jobs of some port workers THE CHAIRMAN of the Port of Singapore Authority, Mr. Howe Yoon Chong, expressed concern yesterday that containerisation might result in putting some port workers out of work. The main difficulty, he said, would be finding ways of avoiding this. Mr.
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    Lock icon Carpenter died after pushcart punch-up
    118 4 A CARPENTER died in hospital two days after he was hurt during a quarrel over a pushcart, a court was told yesterday. Koh Tay Boh, 61, hit his head on the ground when Durian seller Tan Kun Leong, 20, punched him, Senior Insp. Koh Lian
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      206 4 THE DIARY 10 a.m.— 6 p.m. Exhibition of 7.30 p.m.: Story-telling Contest traditional Chinese paintings for children, organized by by Prof. Li-sheng Shaw, Serangoon Community Centre, Chinese Chamber of the taxi stand at Serangoon Commerce, Hill Street. Circus. 2.30—10 p.m.: Photo exhibition Tiong Bahru Community 7.30 p.m.: Extra Mural Studies
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    464 5 Maxi help for the mini firmsand all free BUSINESS EXPERTS POOL THEIR ADVICE A GROUP of top local management personnel are combining their skills and business acumen to offer advice to small businesses and industries which are finding difficulty in operating efficiently. The group comprises fifteen local bunkers, company directors,
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    Lock icon An encore for training
    155 5 MAESTRO Shalon Ronly-Rikilis, the Israeli conductor, will be here for a third visit to train the Singapore National Orchestra. His six-week visit from Aug. It is being arranged by the Israeli Embassy and the National Theatre Trust. Music circles have noticed a vast improvement in the
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    Lock icon Three-day tour for nine Aussie tourist officers
    72 5 NINE tourist officers from Australia will visit Singapore tomorrow to Had out for themselves the Republic's tourist faculties aid attractions. They will be guests of the Singapore Tourist Promotion Board. During their three-day stay, the guests will be entertained to cultural shows, Chinese
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    Lock icon Prisoners to be interviewed
    57 5 TAIPING, Wed-Malaysia's 14,500 inmates in prisons and rehabilitation centres are being interviewed in the 1970 housing and population census which started a week ago. The Commissioner of Prisons, Dato Murad Ahmad, said one person each from the staff of 27 prisons and seven rehabilitation centres had
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    Lock icon FOUND HANGING
    27 5 IPOH, Wed. A man, identified as A. Kanniah, was found hanging from a tree near his house at the 75th mile Ipoh-Kuala Lumpur Road yesterday.
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    Lock icon Apex Club ready to help build clubhouse
    130 5 Apex Club ready to help build clubhouse BUKIT Ho Swee's underprivileged youths may get to build a gymnasium and clubhouse in their community centre. Following the Herald's report yesterday, an Apex Club spokesman said that the club might be able to help Tay Teck Hang and his friends, if the
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    Lock icon POSTER CONTEST ON A HEALTHY CITY
    170 5 THE Health Ministry, Public Health Division, is holding a "Keep Singapore Clean and Pollution-Free" poster design competition beginning today. This is part of the Ministry's new emphasis on better health attitudes and habits. Entries submitted must depict the importance of a clean and healthy
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    Lock icon A goodwill visit wish by Al-Fatah
    203 5 A goodwill visit wish by Al-Fatah KUALA LUMPUR, Wed.— A three-man Palestine commando goodwill mission now visiting Malaysia said today they would like to visit Singapore, if cir cumstances permitted. A member of the delegation, Mr. Abu Jawad saic in reply to a question, however, that the Al-Fatah organisation had
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    Lock icon Trisha rider jailed
    37 5 TRISHA rider Mohammed Noor bin Musa, 37, of Belilios Road, was jailed for six months by the Ninth Magistrate yesterday for possessing gtnja valued at $447.50. He was arrested at MaxweU Road early yesterday.
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    Lock icon Market assault charge
    49 5 STALLHOLDER Tan Kong Eng 21, of Block 113 Gagak Selari Barat, yesterday denied assaulting a hawker inspector, Haji Mansor, at the Cambridge Road Market on July 4. The case will be heard oa Oct. 21 and bail of $500 was granted by Magistrate Giam Chin Toon.
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      20 5 THE TIDES Today 12.37 a.m. 8.8 ft; 1.30 p.m. 7.8 ft. Tomorrow 1.12 a.m. 8.5 ft; 1.53 p.m. 7.9 ft.
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    Lock icon WHAT A TOP COP SAW
    132 6 THE aight a police chief visited Bagis Street he was there oi basiaess, aot pleasare. Ami before loss; the piaia-clothes Assistaat Sapt. was lavited to a blae movie. He went and stopped the show. Ninth Magistrate Giant Chia Tooa heard yesterday that ASP D.I. de
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    Lock icon Death: MP in 'public probe' plea
    322 6 Death: MP in 'public probe' plea AN MP yesterday called for a public inquiry led by a High Court judge into the "mystery" surrounding the death and disappearance from camp of a National Serviceman. Inche Abdul Aziz Karim, MP for Kal- lang, described the present Ministry of Interior and Defence
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    Lock icon CMA 'made no significant contribution'
    135 6 DR. Gwee Ah Leng, one of the two new president of the Commonwealth Medical Association, has said that the CMA-formed nearly 12 years ago— has made no outstanding contribution so far. The Association is a joint body of the national medical associations of Commonwealth countries.
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    Lock icon Jetting down coconuts the Fire Brigade way
    117 6 Jetting down coconuts the Fire Brigade way PICKING coconuts Is easy if you happen to be in the No. 11C Army Fire Brigade, stationed at Alexandra. A powerful jet from one of the Brigade's hoses can bring nuts crashing down from 5« foot palms. "It's not the most economical way
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    150 6 Freedom— what it means FREEDOM mast be accompanied by discipline which Is not Imposed from outside bat motivated from withiH. The Director of Research la the Education Ministry, Dr. Roth Wong said this yesterday at the Swiss Cottage Secondary School anual prize-giving day. She added: ''Freedom should be exercised with
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    238 6 Britons attacked by mob after road crash THREE British sailors and their wives were attacked by a mob with poles and stools after an accident at the nth mile. Woodlands Road, about midnight yesterday. The Royal Navy men were tending to their wives drenched in blood— when police arrived following
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    66 6 TAIPEH, Wed.— A nine-mem per Malaysian commercial and industrial mission led by Mohammed Khir Joharf, Minister of Commerce and Industry, arrived here today for a two-day visit. While here, the Malaysian Minister will discuss with his Chinese counterpart, Mr. Sun Yun Suan, matters of economic co-operation
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    25 6 TEO Bok Choon, 16, of Rifle Range Road, died when he fell from a moving bus at Jalan Tukang, Jurong, on Tuesday.
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    Lock icon A new college for Singapore?
    218 6 AN INTERNATIONAL college for South-East Asia may be set up in Singapore if there is enough local support. The college will be the third to be set up by the United World Colleges, which believes in pro» moting international under standing through education. The first,
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    63 6 A DIRECTOR in an advertising firm, Lucy Marie Goodwin, was granted a decree nisi in the High Court yesterday on the ground of her husband's adultery with a woman named as Julie Chen. Her husband, William Henry Goodwin, did not contest the petition. They were
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    438 7 Anyone need a real bright spark? EVER heard of a reporter moonlighting as a welder? I've been promised well practically an artisan's certificate by one of the big chiefs in the Pasir Panjang Industrial Training Centre. am alter Mly it minutes' tramtag... It happened like this. I was a? the
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    Lock icon Bail for fraud case police officers
    108 7 Bail for fraud case police officers KUALA LUMPUR, Wed. Two police officers who were found guilty of abetting in the $207,630 Treasury fraud case were allowed bail of $100,000 in two sureties by the High Court pending appeal. Mr. Justice Dato S.M. Yong also ordered them to surrender their passports.
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    Lock icon Cobbler to stand trial
    42 7 LEE Yong, 58, a cobbler, was committed by Ninth Magistrate Giam Chin Toon yesterday to stand trial at High Court on a charge of murdering car park attendant Khoo Eng Khee, 22, near his shop on April n.
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    Lock icon Doctor hits at quacks
    213 7 KUALA LUMPUR, Wed.— Quack doctors are a danger to the country, a senior lecturer of the University of Malaysia said today. Dr. Paul Chen, a senior lecturer of the Department of Preventive and Social Medicine said he had conducted a survey among traditional Chinese herbal stores
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    Lock icon PSA men for further training
    88 7 PSA men for further training TWO SENIOR officers of the Port of Singapore Authoirty will leave for the Massachusetts Institute of Technology at the end of this month to o study Naval Architecture a nd Marine Engineering. Messrs. Thio Gim Hock, Acting Port Engineer, and Goon Kok Loon, Administrative Assistant,
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    Lock icon Dialling the world
    129 7 KUALA LUMPUR, Wed. Malaysia caa provide aa laoisnaMc laUiaatl—l sabscrlber dialtta* system if there are deaaads. The Director of Exteraal Services «f tie TelecommaalcatloßS Depart* meat, Mr. Koh Ah Seag, said this today. The system If established, woaW pat the country into direct Uak with the Uaited
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    15 7 *AtoVI flHEfte DOYA SET THfc OVBJTOMAKE A PAIR OF WET SHOES tNELIOONfc?*
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    27 7 THE Minister for Social Affairs, Inche Othman Wok, will attend a fire-fighting display by the Singapore Fire Brigade at Empress Place at 4 p.m. on Monday.
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    31 7 BATU GAJAH, Wed. A political detainee at the detention camp here, Sow Zew Pen, 51, died in hospital today after a heart attack. He was from Ayer Ttam. Penang.
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    118 7 THE GOVERNMENT is tightening up its factory safety laws to make them more effective, an informed source said yesterday. A code of safety will also be drawn up shortly. But the Ministry of Labour is handicapped by a shortage of factory inspectors. Several have resigned
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    210 7 A DETECTIVE hired a private eye to trail his wife after she left him. And the investigator eventually discovered she was living with another man. PAWNED GEMS Ong Teck See told the High Court yesterday that his wife, Fock Ngan Pheng left him after he
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    Lock icon Do not spend lavishly, Ya'akub advises
    227 7 Do not spend lavishly, Ya'akub advises KUCHING, Wed. The Chief Minister, Dato Atxtui Rahman Ya'akub, today advised people in the state not to spend lavishly on visits by him or his cabinet colleagi es to their areas. The money could instead be donated to charitable organisations or scholarship funds, he
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    Lock icon Van crash man dies in hospital
    93 7 YAP Ah Peng, 25, who was seriously injured when a van he was in collided with wo buses at North Buona Vista Road" on Tuesday, died in the Outram Road General Hosp tal at 8 a.m. yesterday. It was Yap's first day at work
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      75 8 CAN YOU solve my problem? If I go to a party with my partner, should I dance if another girl asks me to? Need I get my partner's permission first? "CHARLES DE SILVER" Its nnlikely that a girl will ash a boy fair a dance. If you are faced with
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      72 8 AS A husband-to-be I am most anxious to keep in line with the advice of the family planning experts. Could you tell me which period of a woman is regarded as the "safe-period"? Thank You. "ANXIOUS" The "safe period" is only relatively sale. It Is generally 1« days before and
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      63 8 EVERYDAY I have think about girls and money and I am worried that I will go mad. What should do now? You won't go mad from thinking about girls and money but it woold be much more sensible to improve yourself so that girls will like yoa and the money
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    733 8 MANY A CROSS WORD TO PUZZLE DR JARRING ELIAS ANTAR. Beruit, Wednesda; U.N. envoy Gunnar Jarring's MiddleEast peace task is shaping up as a difficult diplomatic puzzle. Jarring sets out on the search for peace with Israeli, Egypt and Jordan saying only that they will give him a chance by
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      683 8 Whitlam puts his foot in it NEIL JILLET. Kuala Lumpur IN HIS quick sweep through Kuala Lumpur and Singapore this week, the Australian Opposition Leader Mr. Whitlam demonstrated the sad truth of an old oriental aphorism: "Man with axes to grind often puts both feet in mouth". I Part of
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      205 8 CHRISTOPHER MUNNION, Port Louis RBAR ADML M. G. BAYNE, Commander-in-Chief, United States Middle East Forces, is to continue talks today with Mauritian officials on the island's strategic importance in the Indian Ocean. The admiral, who arrived on a five-day "goodwill" visit just two weeks
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    242 9 Diplomatic flurry as Envoy flies in ALEX FAULKNER, Washington FOLLOWING the arrival in New York for talks of Dr. Gunnar Jarring, the United Nations mediator, intensive diplomatic efforts to bring about an IsraeliArab cease-fire and to initiate negotiations for peace will get under way. One State Department official said it
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      180 9 BLONDIE B y Chic Young Sfc-Cg'LUmjlilll'HK SHH-HOMKI I I f— 71 I IfT S?* SMiuE, PEAft,| I i' \J--->Js. HEQE r I >v__^^Tl I 'It E NElSHeoas C lA [f ARCHIE By Bob Montana fOF COURSE/ f AAV INCOME IS J f 3O^ FOR CLOTHING, J £^^\TT^_ w^^l U^WEUVE BUD6ETED/...
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    289 10 DIZZY! That's a day in the life of girl- in-a-whirl Sandra frgff SANDRA Krempl's a girl to put you in a whirl by telling you all the things she does. She is a kindergarten teacher, radio and TV announcer, musician, folk singer and also finds time for roller-skating swimming and
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    27 10 MALACCA, Wed. Mara is to build a 300,000 batek factory in the Alor Gajah district, National and Rural Development Minister Abdul Ghafar Baba said today.
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      205 10 LOS ANGELES, Wed. A defence lawyer in the Sharon Tate murder trial yesterday asked for President Nixon to be called as a witness following his comment yesterday that the principal accused, Charles Manson, was guilty of the murder. Judge Charles Older turned down the
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      243 10 STILL GOING ON SAYS LAWYER STOCKHOLM, Wed. Massacres like that of My Lai, where several hundred Vietnamese were allegedly murdered, were going on, Swedish lawyer Hans Goeran Franck claimed here after a three-week tour of Vietnam organised by the "International Information Centre for the Denunciation of War
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      62 10 BANGKOK, Wed.— Thai Prime Minister Thanom Kittikachorn denied again today persistent rumours that there would be a Cabinet reshuffle. The rumours started soon after the Thanom Government inereased import duties and excise and sales taxes last month. Some MPs demanded the resignation of the Minister
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      153 10 BELFAST, Wed. Rioters rampaged through Catholic areas of Belfast and Londonderry early today throwing rocks at troops and police, and setting fire to bases awl two government buildings. It was Belfast's seventh successive day of violence by Roman Catholic youngsters demanding withdrawal of British troops
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      154 10 CALCUTTA, Wed.— Wild animals flushed by floods from the jungle in the upper region of Assam State are killing fleeing natives. Herds of elephants, deer and buffalo are raiding houses in their search for food and attacking all who cross their path. Twenty-two people
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      82 10 ROME, Wed. Two more of the sextuplets born to a 35--year-old Rome woman who had been receiving antisterility treatment died this morning, leaving only two survivors, a boy and a girl. Two other sextuplets had died during the night. The mother, Mrs. Loredana Petrone,
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      39 10 HANOI, Wed. Nhan Dan, the North Vietnamese Communist Party daily, on the sixth anniversary of the 1964 "Gulf of Tonkin Incident", urged "fighters all over the country to intensify their resistance until final victory has been achieved."
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      46 10 BETTLE BAILEY By Mort Walker C" ~7 AM I OVER I DOU^T iu* f X tMB Mill? v\oß*y, general. 'tZU ©IVEM6TME V ISITTIMEKtfZ HAVE MAN/ FACTS, DOC-" I ME TO STEP S^ M E "v HAVE I MAP \DOWH'? RETIRE? f AMEAP OF yOO _X A
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    344 11 Anti-graft student leaders held by Jakarta troops JAKARTA, Wed. Security troops arrested two leaders of the militant Students Anti-Corruption Committee yesterday in the military's toughest move against the student protesters since they launched their campaign two weeks ago, the army confirmed today. The students, identified only as Farik and Ibrahim,
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    236 11 DEWI IS STOPPED THEN ALLOWED TO LEAVE FORHK JAKARTA, Toes. Madam Rataa Sari Dewi, third wife of the late President Sukarno, was given clearance today to leave Indonesia after immigration officials, actiag orders from State Intelligence, prevented her earlier from flying to Hoagkoag. She was stopped because Bakia, the Ceatral
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    31 11 LOS ANGELES, Wed. —The death on April 30 of actress Inger Stevens from an overdose of barbiturates has been ruled a suicide by the county coroner after an autopsy.
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    162 11 Vietcong hold fast in battle for Skoun PHNOM PENH, Wed.— Vietcong forces remained entrenched today in Skoun, a key crossroads town, and more Cambodian reinforcements were being pushed there. At the sdme time, the High Command began claiming staggering victories over the Vietcong. The battle for Skoun has continued for
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    54 11 NAIROBI Wed. Miss Margaret Kenyatta, daughter of President Jomo Kenyatta, has been elected Mayor of Nairobi, becoming the first African woman to hold the post. A former schoolteacher in her late forties, she has been a city councillor for several years. She will hold office
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    226 11 DUMPING GAS IN SEA 'SHEER STUPIDITY' NEW YORK, Wed. A marine biologist said yesterday the U.S. army's handling of nerve gas and its plan to dump it in the Atlantic Ocean off Florida was "sheer, unbelievable inefficiency and' stupidity" that could have a profound effect on the environment. Dr. Howard
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    28 11 JAKARTA, Wed.— Some 2,143 secessionist rebels, apparently including dependents, have surrendered to Indonesian troops in West Irian in the last two years, the army said today.
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    66 11 radiophoto CAMBODIAN soldiers one holding a handkerchief to his nose against the stench of decomposing bodies, walk past damaged vehicles ambushed by the Vietcong on a road near Sre Khlong about 50 miles west of Phnom Penh. Eleven bodies were found among the vehicles. Four
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    132 11 Britain denies lifting Rhodesia blockade LONDON, Wed. -British officials denied last night that the Government has decided to end the naval patrol of the Mozambique Channel to prevent oil tankers trying to run the blockade against Rhodesia. The denial followed a report in the Daily Telegraph that a final decision
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      185 11 MAZDA 1800. Elegance on the wild side. The kind of elegance that only comes with fine motor cars. Like Mazda 1800. Mazda 1800 means a great deal more to you than its style and luxury. More than its deep carpets, and the sheer comfort of its fully reclining seats and
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    391 12 (Closing buyer /seller prices in Australian cento). Mining shares rallied slightly* towards the close of trading on the Sydney Stock Exchange yesterday although most ended the day with losses. Turnover showed no appreciable change and most of the early weakness stemmed from lack of interest rather than
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    337 12 (Closing paid prices in yen, with previous day's in brackets) Sustained demand for populars and high-priced issues helped the market to develop a steady note yesterday. Toyo Kogyo rose sharply on reports that General Motors would use rotary engines on its small cars. Matsushita Electric and Sony
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    148 12 (Closing buyer /seller prices, in Hongkong dollars) The market was steady on s fair volume yesterday. Advances were limited to imall gains. Dealers said they expected an early release of funds tied up by the recent Realty Development flotation. The total turnover was valued at $10,860,000. HK*
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    183 12 STORE MALAYSIA The Association of a h m Malaysia-Singapore made these changes in its merchant rates yesterday. The following rates are Quoted to the equivalent of 100 units of foreign currency. Selling TT or OD: Danish Kroner 841.8726; Holland Guilders 886.8450; Norwegian Kroner 048.4700; Swedish Kroner 859.9850; Swiss
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      473 12 From Peter Beck, in Perth THE Australian mining boom has spawned a mass of new exploration companies, few of which can survive in their original form for more than three or four years and fewer still of which will strike a commercial mineral deposit. There are
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      60 12 NEW DELHI, Wed. Indian Airlines is offering 14 DC-3 (Dakota) planet at 120 rupees (USslf dollars) each but stitt hasn't found a buyer. Civil Aviation Minister Karan Singh has told Parliament the airline may have to dispose of tkc planes as "junk" if bo buyers come forward. He
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      425 12 Japan's honorary whites look to South Africa TOKYO, Wed. Japanese basiaeskmea, who rank at lit— rary whites la Ike aieracay or apartheid, are shewtag rapidly Increasing interest in trade with Soata Africa Bach to the embarrassmeat of the Japaaeie Government. For this pragmatic enthusiasm of business leaders for the rich
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      107 13 TOKYO, Wed.—lndonesian Petroleum Resources Development Company today announced that it had transferred one half of its marine oilfields concessions in Indonesia to Cie Francai.se des Petroles (CFP). The concessions transferred cover 24,577 square metres a t Bunyu and Mahakam in East Kalimantan. The Japanese firm had invested
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      1552 13 STOCK EXCHANGE OF MALAYSIA AND SINGAPORE KEY Closing buyers' and sellers' prices axe followed by the business done. Figures, in brackets denote traded lots in I.ooo'*. When the price is not followed by a figure in brackets, it means only a single lot of 1,000 shares was
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      76 13 (Managers' prices for Aug. 6) 5. ASIA UNIT TRUSTS MaL Invt. Fund 1.15 1.20 MaL Progress Fund 1.00 1.05 CHARTERED UNIT TRUSTS Singapore Growth Fund 1.03 1.08 SINGAPORE UNIT TRUSTS Second Singapore 1.77xd Third Singapore 1.18 The Commerce Ind. Fund .96 1.01 The Saving Fund 1.01 1.06 Singapore
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      554 13 THE share market has been buzzing for the past week with the rumour that Rothmans may declare a bonus issue of one-for-two for the year ended June 1970 A close examination of the company's accounts and trade indicates that such a generous issue is not feasible
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        65 13 SANYO INDUSTRIES (M) announced a net profit of $217,086 for the first six months of this year. A loss of $75,000 was incurred for the last corresponding period. Sales totalled nearly $3 million compared to $775,000. Production in the Taiping plant commenced on July 2 and the managing director, Mr.
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        70 13 AYEB UITAM TIN made a preliminary estimated net profit of £1,335,000 for the year ended June 1970. This compares with £676,418 for the previous year. The profit includes net proceeds from the company's insurance claim of £125,000 and profit on the sale of tin ore stocks held at June 30
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        94 13 TRONOH MINES has declared an interim dividend of 3d. for 1970 payable on September 25. Its half yearly statement disclosed that gross profit before tax for the first half of 1970 was slightly less than that for the previous corresponding period. The 1970 figure was £135,000 compared to £195,000 for
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      48 13 MALAYSIAN GAZETTED PRICES Commodity followed by value with rate of duty in brackets for Aug. 6 to 12. RUBBER 52-3/8 cents a o>. (2-1/8 cents, total 7-5/8 cents). COPRA 9 518 a ton (951.80). PALM OIL 9 725.25 a ton (9 54.*****). PALM KERNELS 9402.75 a ton (940.275).
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    177 13 PEOPLE in business MALAYSIASINCAPORE AIRLINES has appointed CAPTAIN S. K. CHAN as assistant director of flight operations. MR. M.J. LAYCOCK, liaison engineering manager of Rolls-Royce (Far East) in Tokyo. since 1968, is to become the British aero-engine, car and diesel firm's SouthEast Asia representative, based in Singapore, later this year.
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    390 13 RUBBER S*-7/8 ceits a lb. (down five-eighths cent). After a nominal one-eighth cent higher quotation than Tuesday's close, upcountry selling yesterday caused the market to trade at 51- V4 cents for RSS 1 August. RSS 1 September passed in fair quantity at 52 cents. Thereafter, hedge selling from upcountry
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    260 13 (Paid prices at 1100 EST. in U.S. dollars.) After two hours of trading yesterday, the market was losing most of its gains and trading was very light. Advances led declines by 555 to 439 and volume at mid- day was 3.4 million shares. The Dow Jones
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    330 13 Closing middle prices) Oils were very firm yesterday but off the top. Buying was seen on hopes of a settlement in the Middle East. The Wall Street rally further aided sentiment, while Shell and Royal Dutch were supported ahead of today's interim. Profittaking clipped the gains in
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      61 13 Internationals were mixed yesterday. Akzo was weak, Hoogovens maintained, Unilever and Philips slightly easier and Royal Dutch firm. Shippings were well maintained and plantations unchanged. KLM was down. Local industrials were quiet with gains in majority. Leading banks were mixed, investment funds very steady and insurances slightly easier. Dutch
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      86 13 The market was steadier in almost all sectors yesterday. Pinay in Rentes confirmed its steadier tendency of Tuesday, and banks rose, especially Locafrance. Motors were resistant, chiefly Citroen, while Michelin in rubbers advanced. In stores, Lafayette and Printemps steadied. Electricals were well maintained, though LMT feU back, while Chiers
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      104 13 The market scored widespread gains yesterday. Banks and financial! led by Elektrowatt, Motor Columbus and Juvena bearer advanced strongly. In the firmer insurance group, Bemer Allgemeine, followed by Rueckversicherung and Zuerich Versicherung, advanced. Chemicals recovered in sympathy with the rest of the market and showed new strength. CIBA registered
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      127 13 The market yesterday closed generally firmer, mainly dne to selective buying by investment companies and professional investors, dealers said. Leading banks, motors and engineerings gained between 4.M» and 5.50 marks led by Deutsche Bank, BMW, Daimler, GHH and Man. In utilities, Varta gained 18.5© marks. The company gave no
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    272 14 Whitley nets third national title WHITLEY Secondary School won the National Inter-schools junior hockey title with a 1-0 victory over Victoria School, in the replay, at Farrer Park yesterday. A ninth-minute goal by Whitley's skipper, Nantha Kumar, a— in fid Whitley of its victory. With this win, Whitley Secondary School
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      222 14 Burma coast ahead to a 4-2 victory KUALA LUMPUR, Wed. Burma played cultured soccer to beat the plucky South Vietnamese side 4-2 in their group "A" match of the 13th Merdeka soccer tournament at the Stadium Merdeka here tonight. In a game played at a furious pace throughout, Burma's more
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      313 14 Indians score 2-0 win over Aussies KUALA LUMPUR, Wed.— lndia beat Western Australia 2-0 in a Group "B" match at the merdeka soccer tournament here tonight. Western Australia kicked off and attacked the Indian goal immediately but their chance was wasted when Hynd kicked out. Inaia missed a chance in
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    346 14 Tiong Khiam beats Rahman to enter singles final FAVOURITE Ong Tiong Khiam (Jasmin S. C.) proved too good for A. Rahman Mussa (Rose B. P.) whom he disposed 15-1, 15-10 last night at Guillemard Road to enter the imen's junior singles badminton final. Ong was always in command and led
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    541 14 SCHOOLGIRLS Tan Hee Neo and Lai Pik May shared honours at the Tanjong Katqng Girls' School swimming carnival at Chinese Swimming Club yesterday. Tan took the "A" division individual championship title by winning the 50 and 100 metres freestyle and
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    118 14 Selangor tenpin bowlers ahead SELANGOR Tenpin Bowling Association 111 are now in the lead in the men's team open event of the second later national bowling championships at Orchard Jackie's howl yesterday. STBA top the table with 2754 pinfalls to take over the load from Grange Bowling Association l who
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    28 14 SINGAPORE IsUnd Cowtry Club will hold its annual swimming gala at Thomson Road for the Victor Ludorum and Prof. Oehlera Cups oa Saturday from 2.30 p.m.
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      127 15 WINNIPEG, Wed —Japan's swim girls continued their harvest of medals in the Canadian international championships here yesterday, with the highlight of the evening coming from Yukiko Goshi, who smashed her national record for the 100 metres backstroke. The Japanese plan to arrive for training three weeks ahead paid off as
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      33 15 NEW YOBK, Wed. George Foreman, the 21-year-old Olympic heavyweight champion, scored his most impressive professional win in 22 fights here yesterday when he stopped the rugged Canadian, George Chuvalo, In the third round.
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      44 15 LONDON Wed. The contract for the European middle-weight title fight between champion Tom Bogs of Denmark and Chris Plnnegan of Britain was signed simultaneously in Copenhagen and London today. Plnnegan, the middleweight Olympic champion in 1968, meets the Dane in Copenhagen on Aug. 27.
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      82 15 MASSACHUSETTS, Wed. Rod Laver of Australia had bo trouble la clearing his first hurdle In the US professional tennis championships here when he beat Torben Ulrich of Denmark 6-3, 6-2 in the opening round. But there was a surprise for Tom Okker of Holland, one of the favourites. Okker went
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      42 15 COLOBADO, Wed. Avery Brundage. President of the International Olympic Committee, Mid Denver's success in Undine the 1976 winter Olympics has been "an exciting surprise" because the "commercialised concept of sports in the U.S." is not appreciated by the rest of the world.
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