Singapore Herald, 18 August 1970

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    14 1 THE SINGAPORE herald No. 24 SJagapre TmetiMj, Aajit tt, lf7o MC(P) 2207 IS CENTS
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    Lock icon Anti-Thanom revolt spreads
    227 1 Anti-Thanom revolt spreads BANGKOK, Mon. Thai Prime Minister Field Marshal Thanom Kittikachorn is facing a "revolt" inside his ruling United Thai Peoples party (UTPP) following the formation yesterday by 44 members of a rebel "democratic" faction. This group, said to be loyal to Deputy Prime Minister Gen. Prapas Charusathien, is
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  • IN BRIEF
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      Lock icon Indon MP shot dead
      94 1 JAKARTA, Mob. Sujono Kretartodigdo, a member of the Indonesian Parliament, and bis wife were found shot to death m Soerabaya, East Java, the official Antara news agency reported today. Sujono 42, had gone to Soerabaya on personal business. HANOI: Nguyen Van Tao, a veteran militant of
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    Lock icon Crew-cut trio hit at police
    264 1 KUALA LUMPUR, Mon. The Foreign Ministry is Investigating complaints by three Malaysians who said they were detained by the Singapore police for 1C hours without food before given the short hair treatment at the barbers. The yonths related the Incident to the Permanent Secretary to
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    Lock icon KILLED IN CLASH
    21 1 BANGKOK: Security forces killed four Communist guerillas yesterday m t dash at Ban Kram, near the Laotian frontier.
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    Lock icon KHIR: FOUR FREE TRADE ZONES
    142 1 PENANG, Mon. Free trade zones are to be seUup m Penang, Port Swettenham, and the Subang International Airport with possibly a fourth m Malacca, Commerce and Industry Minister Inche Khir Johari said today. He told newsmen that Penang was already m the process of setting
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    Lock icon US$130,000 gold haul
    55 1 NEW DELHI, Mon. Customs officials today seized 56 kilos of «old t worth an estimated US$l3O,OOO from two French nationals, members of a 30-member tourist group from Paris. Police did not reveal their names. They said the gold was hidden m specially-designed Jackets. Police said they also
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    Lock icon ADAM MALIK MEETS TUNKU TODAY
    152 1 ADAM MALIK MEETS TUNKU TODAY KUALA TRENGGANU, Moo. Indonesian Foreign Minister Mr. Adam Malik arrives here tomorrow for talks with Tunku Abdul Rahman. The Tunku told newsmen on arriving here from Kuala Lumpur that he would fix the date for the conference of foreign ministers of Islamic countries after his
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    Lock icon Two die in jeep crash
    70 1 MANILA, Mon. Two people were burned to death yesterday afternoon and seven others suffered burns and injuries when a jeep burst into flames after colliding with another jeep m a busy street of Manila. Eleven Boy Scouts who happened to be at the accident scene
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    Lock icon Stowaway Yarasha keeps her secret
    444 1 Stowaway Yarasha keeps her secret KUALA KANGSAR, Mon. The ihy 18-year-old schoolgirl who stowed away m a BOAC airliner at Kuala Lumpur airport and stole a ride to London returned home today to a happy family reunion. Yarasha Azhari became the first Asian girl to accomplish such a feat. The
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    Lock icon Sex and the abortion law
    385 2  -  GRAHAM SAGE By STATISTICIANS m their fits of graph-plotting frenzy have all too often associated the decline m sexual pudeur with the increase m contraceptive facilities. Exposure to sex education, our chartmasters tell us, leads to exposure of another kind. The recent introduction of the
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      Lock icon Trendy mail with a Singapore Postal Corporation
      75 2 Trendy mail with a Singapore Postal Corporation SOON the U.S. Postal Department will become a Corporation. Britain's Postal department is now a corporation. I reckon this "corporation" trend must have immense benefits. For instance, it is free from the strangulation of red tape. The local Postal Department should be run
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      Lock icon NO FLIES ON THIS DAIRY SHOP
      78 2 NO FLIES ON THIS DAIRY SHOP WHILE shopping for fresh milk m a supermarket, I noticed a strong smell of insecticide. On looking around, I was shocked to see that highly poisonous insecticides were exposed for sale right next to the dairy products. Needless to say, I bought my milk
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      Lock icon Both Westerns and Easterns—the Indians never win
      184 2 Both Westerns and Easterns— the Indians never win Some time m July last year, when TV Singapura mysteriously stopped showing Hindi films, bringing the percentage of Indian programmes to five per cent of total telecast time (against regulations stipulating a 10 per cent minimum) I made several inquiries about the
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      Lock icon WHEN A 20-YARD WALK IS TOO TAX(I)ING
      168 2 WHEN A 20-YARD WALK IS TOO TAX(I)ING OUR public transport system is perhaps tbe greatest example of hodge-podge and make-do muddles of all time. Legislation consists of a formidable list of amendments to ordinances which catered for a state of affairs existing decades ago. However it is being tackled m
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      Lock icon Pollution—avoiding the errors of other cities
      306 2 Pollution— avoiding the errors of other cities Mr. Lim Chng Guan (Column Seven, Aug. 13) is perfectly correct to draw attention to the fact that other cities and countries m the world have smoke m their atmosphere. But when Singapore copies these other cities as it develops, care must be
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      Lock icon LONG HAIR —PARENT'S VIEW
      87 2 THIS CONTROVERSY about long hair and side-burns is utterly ridiculous. I'm surprised the Ministry of Education should take such an immature and unfair stand especially against schoolchildren, who obviously like to follow fashion. As a parent of three teenagers, I strongly object to my children having
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    Lock icon Singapore and Lusaka
    782 2 Singapore and Lusaka f-, Tuesday, August 18. 1970 V THE SINGAPORE HERALD Neutralism or nonalignment is not by far the vibrant concept it used to be m the heyday of Nehru and Sukarno. It is not for lack of men of stature (at least not mainly) that the idea is
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      207 2 Our one-stop flight toibkyocan mean fun m the Philippines Leave Singapore with PAL on Monday morning PAL/70-6C and our one-stop service will have you m Tokyo the same evening. Or leave on Wednesday morning, spend a leisurely night m Manila, and we get you to Tokyo on Thursday evening. Whether
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    Lock icon Gen. Ibrahim calls at the naval base
    93 3 Gen. Ibrahim calls at the naval base TO SEE LAUNCHING OF SHIP FSDFSDFDSFSFS digital computer built by the men there at a cost of about $13,000. A ready-made machine of this type costs $100,000. General Ibrahim also watched seamanship and gun drills, and displays of firefighting, physical training and marching
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    Lock icon School leavers get a taste of working life
    268 3 School leavers get a taste of working life ABOUT 2,690 school boys and girls are taking part m the daily routine of commercial companies, industries and various Government departments m this year's "Youth Week m Commerce and Industry" which started yesterday. The aim of the organisers, the Junior Chamber of
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    Lock icon Far East song contest
    46 3 SHISEIDO Cosmetics will sponsor the First Far East Singing Talent Contest to be held m mid-September this year m five South-East Asian countries, including Singapore and Malaysia. Malaysian C E Tours (Pte) Ltd. and MalaysiaSingapore Airlines are joint organisers of the contest.
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    Lock icon A robbery that did not quite work out
    162 3 TAN King Yong, 17, got more than he bargained for when he robbed Mr. Tan Nee Kirn of 1$ 433 watch and 1 10 ring on Aug. It. Mr. Tan was walking with a friend towards the Odeon Theatre at 3.30 p.m.
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    Lock icon DONATION DRAW TO HELP & CHARITIES
    199 3 DONATION DRAW TO HELP CHARITIES THE Chinese Women's Association is organising a donation draw m aid of eight children's charitable organisation on Dec. 19. At the launching of the draw yesterday, the First Lady, Puan Noor Aishah said: "Twohundred thousand tickets have been printed, and I have no doubt that
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    Lock icon Woman: Bogus doctor took my $9,000
    408 3 'HE PROMISED TO MARRY ME' A MAN talked a prostitute into, parting with $9,000 between October last year and March this year, after he convinced her that he was a doctor and would marry her when his business succeeded, a court was told yesterday.
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    Lock icon Kidney-swap patient wants to go BACK to hospital...
    207 3 Kidney- swap patient wants to go BACK to hospital... MRS. Doreen Tan, Singapore's first kidneytransplant patient, has an ambition. She wants to go back to the ward where she spent five, weeks after her operation to help the nurses and other patients there. Last night, Mrs. Tan, 28, was at
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    Lock icon $110 fine for 5 traffic offences
    83 3 $110 fine for 5 traffic offences AN 18-year-old schoolboy was fined a total of $110 by a traffic magistrate yesterday for five traffic offences. Wong Kwok Yeng of Block 9, Jalan Satu, Old Kallang Airport Estate, was booked by police at Kuala Loyang Road onTeb. 9. He was riding a
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    Lock icon Students ask firms to help in trainee scheme
    392 4 SIX undergraduates at the University of Singapore are trying to get commercial firms here to provide business training for foreign students so that local students may receive similar training abroad. They are forming a local branch of the International Association of Students
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    Lock icon Ticket vendor arrested
    46 4 KUALA LUMPUR, Mon. Selangor police have arrested a 42-year-old man for unauthorised sale of tickets for an exhibition. A police spokesman said today the man claimed to be selling the tickets for the Selangor Cheshire Home. He was arrested m Kepong on Friday.
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    Lock icon Commandos aim to keep Singapore's flag flying
    159 4 A SINGAPOBE peuaat may fly from the highest coaquered peaks of the Himalayas if aa eight-man British Himalayan expedition team sacceeds la getting to the top. The pennant was presented (left) to the team leader, Captain Sam Bembrose, 34, by Miss Moilie Aag,
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    Lock icon Witness gets English test in High Court
    643 4 DUD $50 CASE: TESTIMONY IN HOKKIEN A WITNESS m the forged $50 notes trial was given an English test m the High Court yesterday. Sarawak businessman Sim Kheng Chiang, who had testified m English during the preliminary inquiry m the lower courts decided
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    Lock icon He loved the bottle more than me, says wife
    176 4 He loved the bottle more than me, says wife KUALA LUMPUR, Mon. A housewife who complained that her husband loved the bottle more than he loved her was granted a divorce today on the grounds of desertion. Madam Lai May Ying, 33, said three years after she was married to
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    Lock icon Lottery runner fined $300
    62 4 A 17 YEAR-OLD girl who acted as a runner for an illegal four-digit lottery was fined $300 by Seventh Magistrate Tan Teow Yeow yesterday. Chua Siew Hua, of Aljunied Road, was arrested on May 9 m a raid led by DetectiveInspector Michael Won of the Gambling
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    Lock icon Hon tells of tendency of Singaporeans to become complacent
    207 4 FINANCE Minister Hon Sui Sen said last night there was a tendency among Singaporeans today to become self-satisfied and complacent because of the Republic's progress and achievements. In his first public analysis of the situation m Singapore and South-East Asia since
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    Lock icon Judgment reserved in $100,000 libel case
    138 4 KUCHING, Mob. The High Court reserved judgment oa a $iH,to* libel case brongtat by Sarawak Chief Minister Date Haji Abdul Rahman Ya'akab againt the Sarawak Vangaard newspaper aad its editor, Desmond Leong Kok Sin. The paper alleged la two articles that Date tih«»ff, while
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    Lock icon Decree nisi granted to secretary
    87 4 Decree nisi granted to secretary A SECRETARY, Tan Son Mvi, who sued for divoice on the ground of cruelty, was granted a decree nisi yesterday by Justice Kulasekaram m the High Court. Tan, 24, who married Raymond Tan See King, 31, a technical assistant, m March 1966, gave instances of
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    Lock icon A fine squeeze
    35 4 TAXI-driver Tan Boon Lee of Upper Weld Road was fined S2S by a traffic magistrate yesterday for carrying one more passenger than he should. He committed the offence on June 17, 1966.
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    Lock icon The 7-year wait by Lynn and her husband
    130 5 The 7-year wait by Lynn and her husband LYNN Rogers, popularly acclaimed as a versatile singer with a rich, expressive voice and a polished performer, will "retire" from her singing career for it months next year far another job to start a family. Lynn, 2t, and husband lan Crawford, who
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    Lock icon HUSBAND ACCUSED ME OF ADULTERY: TEACHER
    143 5 HUSBAND ACCUSED ME OF ADULTERY: TEACHER A TEACHER told the High Court yesterday her husband used abusive language and frequently assaulted her. Yap Keng Ann, 28, of Commonwealth Close, was granted a divorce from Rajah John Durairajasingam, 42, also a teacher, on grounds of cruelty Yap said her husband accused
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    Lock icon Only four days to the lucky draw
    85 5 THERE are only 14 days left to the Postal Savings Bank Lucky Draw. Depositors with $500/- or more m their accounts from May 1 to July 31 1970 can claim their Lucky Draw tickets at any post office before the end of the
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    Lock icon Sex books man fined
    71 5 A BOOK stallholder was fined a total of $150 by the Ninth Magistrate yesterday for selling and exhibiting obscene books m East Coast Road. A.W. Abdul Majeed, 34, of North Bridge Road, was found selling three books on May 27. He was Fined $100 on this
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    Lock icon PRIZE DAY
    32 5 THE Red Cross Home at Tanah Merah will hold its annual sports meet on Aug. 30. Puan Noor Aishah, President of the Singapore Red Cross Society, will present the prizes.
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    Lock icon Mystery of man found dying outside a bar
    196 5 Mystery of man found dying outside a bar A SHIP'S mechanic found sitting injured outside a bar m Bras Basah Road on July 30 died later m hospital of a fractured skull. But police efforts to find out how he was injured had failed, a coroner's court heard yesterday. Poon
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    Lock icon Motor cycle youth banned
    58 5 AN 18-year-old youth was fined $200 and banned for a year from holding a motor cycle licence yesterday. Koh Hai Chuar of Muar, Johore, was found guilty of dangerous driving when he hit 13-year-old Chan Lan Fah, on May 26. Lan Fah was using a pedestrian
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    Lock icon LOGGING BASE
    36 5 MICHAEL J. Sweet, general manager of ITT Rayonier Indonesia, will give a press conference today to discuss plans to use Singapore as a supply and logistic base for a new logging business m Indonesia.
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    Lock icon P&O cruises—from as low as $335
    184 5 P&O cruises— from as low as $335 WHILE airlines are bringing out Jumbos to lure travellers with cheaper fares, shipping lines are not sitting idle and letting the dollar fly away. P O Lines, operators of the world's largest cruising fleet, have announced their 1971 U.K. cruise programme one of
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    Lock icon Bank snatch accomplice jailed for a year
    102 5 ALIDRI Abdullah, 32, unemployed, was Jailed for a year yesterday for his part la ssatchißC $4,tM (run Mr. Ng Tkiaag Hock at the Merchaatile Bank oa Aug. 8. Senior Inspector Chia Cheng Poh told the Ninth Magistrate that Mr. Ng was placing two
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    Lock icon Buddhist fun fair
    51 5 THE Buddhist Union will hold a food and fun fair at its premises m Jalan Senyum on Sunday from 10 a.m to 6 p.m. to raise funds for its Youth Circle. The Venerable Seek Hong Choon, Chief Abbot of the Por Kark See Temple, will open the
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    Lock icon Pop idol's secret marriage to HK 'sex star'
    157 5 HONGKONG, Mon. Eric Chin Whai, popular singer from Singapore, said on Friday that he secretly married Hongkong "sex star" Angela Yu Chien about one year ago m a civil ceremony m Hongkong. Chin Whai revealed this following the birth of a boy
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    Lock icon Learning to teach Chinese
    75 5 A TWO-DAY seminar on the teaching of written Chinese m English language primary schools will begin at the University of Singapore today. Ninety -four people from various educational bodies here wilt aftend the seminar, organised by the Singapore Chinese Second Language Teachers 1 Society and the
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      753 5 J I Tuesday Nil* Movie Queen Bee > w— 9 Adapted from a novel by Edna Lee about an innocent school girl who goes to live m a Southern mansion with relatives and becomes a witness to a human triangle that results m disaster. Starring: John Crawford, Barry Sullivan Betsy
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      16 5 THE TIDES Today 12.11 p.m. 8.6 ft.' 11.36 p.m. 10.2 ft. Tomorrow 12.42 p.m. 8.8 ft.
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    Lock icon 'You're free to criticise Govt' — Khir
    71 6 'You're free to criticise Govt' Khir PENANG, Mon.-Con-sumers associations were today assured they were free to criticise the Government and advise it on ways to safeguard their interests. The promise was given by Commerce and Industry Minister Inche Mohamed Khir Johari, when he presented s $3,000 cheque to the Penang
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    Lock icon Pat Boone, the man who seems to have everything
    227 6 MEET a inu who seems to have everything fame, money, a happy married life, good looks ami a great voice. Pat Boom of "Beraadiae" ami "April Love" fame, flew In yesterday sportiag a Beatle hair cat aid projecting a "new self."
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    Lock icon NCC TO TIGHTEN LAND OWNERSHIP LAWS
    125 6 NCC TO TIGHTEN LAND OWNERSHIP LAWS IPOH, Mon. Laws governing land ownership are to be tightened to prevent Malay reservation land from falling into the hands of money-lenders, the Minister of National and Rural Development, Inche Abdul Ghafar Baba, said today. The National Operations Council was studying changes to the
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    Lock icon DEATH OF A 'MODEL SON' WHO NEVER TOOK A DAY OFF
    293 6 DEATH OF A MODEL SON' WHO NEVER TOOK A DAY OFF ELECTRICIAN Ow Cheong Weng, 25, was due to take a day off on Sunday his first holiday m three years. But he changed his mind because he couldn't stand being idle and went to work at Jurong Shipyard and
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    Lock icon Amok escapes after killing two children
    112 6 BIDOR, ob. A 65-year-old man ran amok with a parang at midnight yesterday and slashed two of his grandchildren to death at Kampong Bahrn Bear here and M miles north of Kuala Lmpar. They, are his grandson, Khai Kam Seong, 1«, and a grand-daughter,
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    Lock icon Penang's jobless problem serious: Dr Lim
    116 6 PENANG, Mon. The Chief Minister of Penang, Dr. Lim Chong Eu, today called for urgent steps to solve the state's growing unemployment problem. He said Penang, with a population of about 800,000, had 25,000 unemployed with 7,000 entering the labour market every year. He
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    Lock icon 3 months' jail for saying he was single
    177 6 3 months' jail for saying he was single A DISTRICT Judge told an El Amigo nightclub driver that he could not get a new wife simply by paying a fine, and jailed him for three months yesterday for declaring that he was a bachelor before a Kathi m order to
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    Lock icon When a kitchen caves in
    46 6 When a kitchen caves in MADAM Goh Ah List, 70, was injured when part of a kitchen on the second floor of her home at Choon Guan Street collapsed early yesterday. She was sent to the General Hospital with shoulder injuries. Her condition is not serious.
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      200 6 THE DIARY It a.m.— s p.m. Exhibition on Lorong 18, Geylang and the books about Singapore, the Tanjong Katong); Indus Road; National Library. Jalan Batu; Jalan Rumah It a.m.— 7 p.m. Exhibition of Tinggi; Kirn Keat Avenue; wood and granite sculpture by Lavender Street; Opera visiting Hyderabad artist, Mr. Estate;
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    Lock icon $164,167 cracker blaze: 3 years
    363 7 $164,167 cracker blaze: 3 years A LABOURER who started a $164,167 fire m the new 24-storey Ministry of Law and National Development building was jailed for three years by the High Court yesterday. Lim Kok Hwa, 28, pleaded guilty to causing mischief when the trial, scheduled for three days, began
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    Lock icon Gift canoe for Changi
    48 7 THE Rotary Club ot Singapore will present a flbreglass canoe to the Royal Life Saving Society and the Singapore Life Guard Corps to help m their work of patrolling Changi beach. The presentation will be made at the life Guard House on Aug. 23.
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    Lock icon New stamps for Aug. 31 issue
    47 7 KUALA LUMPUR, MON. New Hari Kebangsaan stamps of 25, 30, 50 and 75 cents denomination will be issued on Aug. 31. First day covers costing 10 cents each, to be used with the new stamps, will be on sale from Thursday.
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    Lock icon Jail,rotan for $10 demand
    123 7 ANN KEN Swee, a factory worker was yesterday sentenced to two years' jail and six strokes of rotan for demanding $10 protection money from a fishmonger, God Ngee How, at EUenborough Market, Boat Quay on Friday morning. Prosecuting Officer, Senior Inspector E. G. Marcus, told the
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    Lock icon The driver walked away from this crash
    131 7 THIS It what cm happen when you skM bat if yon are as Jocky as Amg Swee Ting, It, yon May escape with only a few scratches aad braises. The accident occurred yesterday moral ag. Accordlag to Ang, he was driving this MID
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    Lock icon Sea training courses for TTC students
    79 7 THIRTY students from the Teachers' Training College are now undergoing a five-day sea training course at the Vigilante Corps Sea Training Centre m Pa sir Panjang. The course is aimed at inculcating leadership qualities m them. It consists of sailing, canoeing leadership training, life
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    Lock icon Family life discussion
    62 7 A FORUM on "Family life m Urban Singapore" will be held on Women's Day on Aug. 25. Speakers at the forum, sponsored by the Singapore Council of Social Service, include Mrs. E.V. Davies, Dr. Nalla Tan, Dr. Ruth Wong, Mr. Francis Thomas and Mr. David Marshall. The
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    Lock icon Series of programmes planned to celebrate' UN's 25th birthday
    216 7 Series of programmes planned to celebrate UN's 25th birthday THE UNITED Nations' Association m Singapore has organised a series of programmes to celebrate the 25th birthday of the world body. Among the programmes is an essay competition for Higher School Certificate and upper secondary school students to be held at
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    Lock icon Two killed on the road
    58 7 A PEDESTRIAN, Tee Chin Ong, 11, died m the Outrun Road General Hospital on Saturday night, three hours after he was knocked down by a motor cyclist along Gagak Selari Barat. Another pedestrian, Madam Chong Ah Siew, 80, was killed, after a car crashed into
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    Lock icon Britain slows the great Indian exodus
    546 8  -  DAVID LOSHAK BACKGROUND TO THE WORLD NEWS By New Delhi ese are unreliable without c strictest supervision by a ritish doctor, who needs to amine every X-ray to sure there has been no eating. educational qualifications, ed to bolster weighty aims to professional pertise,
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    110 8 i present social and tnomic structures. lie students are planning stage vigorous antilutioo campaigns throughthe nation m co-operation :h local residents of luted areas. lie Chukakuha faction denated a total of 10 polluted as as targets of their iggles. he areas include Tokyocohama industrial zone, rama Prefecture for its
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    Lock icon Is Brandt giving Reds too much?
    642 8  - Is Brandt giving Reds too much? ROY MACARTNEY By WASHINGTON. The United States watched with some scepticism as the Russo-German nonaggression pact was signed this week m the glittering St. Catherine's Ballroom, built for the Czars. The Washington fear is that ChanceUor Willy Brandt is giving too much m return
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      122 8 BLONDIE By Chic Young I •■L-i^lßyiil^Jl!!; I h/^ I DREAMED >^!| W> I WAS JUSTABOUTTO TM MT^ S^* i( T CAUGHTNOU KISSING HITYOU OVER THE HEAD <! y*^ I'LL NEVER OH, DAG WOOD -IJUST A BEAUTIFUL SPANISH k, WHEN HER CASTANETS GET BACK TO SLEEP V HAD A TERRIBLE |V,
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    537 9  -  SUDHAKAR BH AT Herald Correspondent m New Delhi. Mrs Indira Gandhi's Government is m something of a predicament over the abolition of what are called privy purses. These purses are paid to the former princely rulers the Maharajas under covenants signed by them with
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    709 9  - As an island builds a casino. the name of the game could be Russian Roulette CHRISTOPHER MUNNION By Mauritius RUSSIA'S new commercial rapport with strategicallyplaced Mauritius came just as the finishing touches were being applied to the island's latest lure for tourists a large American-controlled gambling casino. This coincidence of
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    953 10 At last, nerve gas ship sets sail for grave in the Atlantic FDSFDSSS■ M—^^ ABOARD the USS Hartley, Mon. Cleared at last of court restraints, a small flotilla put to sea yesterday afternoon to sink m the deep Atlantic Ocean a cargo of deadly nerve gas that stirred a national
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    72 10 SALISBURY, MON. The Rhodesian Government is considering banning an African bishop from entering any of the country's tribal trust lands. Bishop Abel Muzorewa, 45, the first black leader of the United Methodist Church m Rhodesia said over the weekend the ban would be tantamount to
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    139 10 BELFAST, Mm. Floods washed oat what have beceme regular weekead rl«ts betweei limai Catholics aad Protestaats here. They also taraed the British Army from yesterday's eaemy iato today's hero* A week ago, the asaal warrlag religioas factioas were la the streets, harliag bricks, bottles aad
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    141 10 COLOURFUL FLOATS MARK INDON MERDEKA DAY JOY JAKARTA, Mon. Indonesia celebrated its 25th independence anniversary today with a colourful procession of floats symbolising the growth of the republic since independence. Ceremonies at Merdeka Palace started with the traditional reading of the independence proclamation signed by the late President Sukarno and
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    199 10 TOKYO, Mon. Cambodia's deposed Chief of state, Prince Norodom Sihanouk, has appealed to Czechoslovak President Ludvik Svoboda to intervene on behalf of a pro-SHihanouk group that seized Cambodia's Embassy m Prague last week. China's New China News Agency reported today that Prince Sihanouk,
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    146 10 CASTEL GANDOLFO, Mon. Pope Paul yesterday denounced nudism as degrading and said delinquency and drugs had reached the proportions of a social epidemic. His remarks were seen as aimed partly at a nudist congress recently held m England, Vatican experts said. MAN
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    176 10 NEW YORK, Mon. Stokely Carmichael, just returned from a 14-month African visit, said yesterday the Black Panther Party had made a "technical mistake" by engaging m a confrontation with the power structure "prematurely". "A revolutionary must pick up the gun, but merely picking up the gun
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    52 11 CALCUTTA, Mon. Nine "Mizo Rebels" were killed m the past two weeks by Indian armed forces m the Mizo mountain (Amman) region along the border with East Pakistan. The army also arrested 31 rebels m the area as they crossed the border from East Pakistan,
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    36 11 TOKYO, Mon. Japans traffic deaths since Jan. 1 rose to over 10,000 today, police announced. Since 1946 there have been 223,385 road victims about the same number as Hiroshima's atom bomb deaths.
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    343 11 SANTO DOMINGO, Mon. With a row of gold encrusted military officers behind him and the capital virtually occupied by troops and riot police, Mr. Joaquin Balaguer was yesterday inaugurated for a second four-year term as President of the strifetorn Dominican Republic. The diminutive,
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    109 11 NEW YORK, Mon. A Congressman who is campaigning for elections to the Senate charged that the United States had sprayed Cambodian rubber plantations with agent orange, a defoliant that deforms unborn chUdren. Representative Richard Ottinger, a New York Democrat, said that the spraying was done
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    365 11 HO WON THE BATTLE OF WILLS WITH AMERICANS CLAIM BY BOOK WASHINGTON, Mon. Mr. George Christian, White House press secretary under former President Johnson, has said m a new book that Ho Chi Minh won a victory m Vietnam because of the American people's unwillingness to persevere. "The greatest misjudgement
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    83 11 Land grab: 1 ,000 more arrested NEW DELHI. Mon. Over 1,000 supporters of the land grab campaign were arrested throughout India yesterday, bringing the total number detained since the movement got under way at the beginning of this month to about 20,000. The land grab movement was launched by the
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    278 11 VientianePathet Lao peace moves hit snag VIENTIANE, Mon. Moves for a settlement between the Government and the Pathet Lao have reached a stalemate, Pathet Lao emissary Prince Souk Vongsak said today commenting on talks with Vientiane leaders. The Pathet Lao has also protested against the entry of U.S. and South
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    27 11 HONGKONG, Mon. All new petrol-driven cars m Hongkong should be forced to have emission control equipment ,a government appointed committee studying air pollution has recommended.
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    217 11 NEW YORK, Mon. A new, confidential study by the British Government shows that North Vietnam is m the midst of "formidable economic difficulties" and could not support its 20 million people without substantial help from Russia, China and other Communist countries, Time Magazine reports m
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      102 12 LONDON, Mon. Toshiba Europa GMBH said Toshiba (Tokyo Shibaura Electric Company of Japan) will market an 11 inch screen monochrome domestic television set m the UK, through Hanimex (UK). Hanimex (UK), a subsidiary of the Hanimex Corporation of Australia, will introduce the £79.5 set to dealers next week.
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      343 12 The market yesterday Sony, Alps, Old Electric gained ground initially on and Iwasaki Electric rallied, selective interest m quiet while Ajinomoto and trading. Mitsukoshi climbed higher. Later, the trend became Daiwa House, Eidai and mixed as selective buying other housing related issues was blended with profit- were
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      529 12 RUBBER brokers m Singapore yesterday denied a Malaysian allegation that they have excessive and adverse influence on rubber prices. They also said that they did not and could not speculate. The brokers said they were upset by a report m the Singapore Herald on Saturday which
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    557 12 Speculative mining shares staged another strong advance m active trading on the Sydney Stock Exchange yesterday. International again set the pace, closing more than $1 higher at $3 after sales up to $3.30 during the afternoon. The option* were also m demand, adding 95 cents at $2.45.
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    267 12 SINGAPORE— MALAYSIA Merchant rates today, fixed by the Association of Banks m Malaysia-Singapore. Local dollars per unit of foreign currency: SELLING BUYING T.T./O.D. T.T. O. D. Sterling Pound 7.4040 7.3715 7.3600 Australian Dollar 3.4625 3.4200 3.4000 Canadian Dollar New Zealand Dollar 3.4725 3.4225 3.3925 South Arabian Dinar
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    258 12 The market yesterday opened strongly but met with some selling resistance as the day progressed. Most shares had a good measure of activity but movement was limited to a few leaders. Wharves rose from $28.90 at the opening to reach $29.60 but closed at $29.20. Metals improved
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      133 13 HONGKONG, Mon. Owners of rolling mills In Hongkong have been hit by falling steel prices and some of the blame for this has been put on Taiwan. There is a construction boom here at present but the producers of steel bars are nevertheless
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      305 13 THE KfARKET seems to be hesitating to turn. Behind the speculation spree on new issues m the past few months, speculators also attempted to boost a number of lightweight shares like Tropical Veneer, Malaysia Wood Wool, S.T.C., Haw Par, Gammon, Starlite and Fusan. Apparently, all these
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    1503 13 STOCK EXCHANGE OF MALAYSIA AND SINGAPORE THE share market yesterday turned soft form the opening bell and industrial prices, on balance, moved marginally lower m the majority of cases. Trading volume was also reduced to 2.51 million units and the bulk of business was again confined to
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    79 13 (Managers' prices for Aug. 18) B. S. ASIA UNIT TRUSTS Mai. Invt. Fund 1.15 1.20 Mai. Progress Fund 1.00 1.06 CHARTERED UNIT TRUSTS Singapore Growth Fund 1.03 1.08 SINGAPORE UNIT TRUSTS Second Singapore 1.78 Third Singapore 1.18 B. S. The Commerce Ind. Fund .96 1.01 The Saving Fund
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    82 13 TAIPING RUBBER reported that for the 10 months ended July, rubber crops dropped from 2.4 million lbs. to 2.1 million lbs. and sales fell marginally to 2,120,000 lbs. The net average price at which the rubber was sold remained the same at 19.4 d. The company's tin mining
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    141 13 PEOPLE in business MR. THE TJING BIE, supervising engineer of National Semiconductor Singapore, has left for a month's training m new products processes and use of new equipment at the company's headquarters m Santa Clara, California. Mr. The, m charge of equipment engineering, will help implement the modernisation programme of
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      340 13 RUBBER 51V4 cents a Ib. (up three-eighths cent). The market yesterday opened unchanged from last business on Friday. RSS 1 Sept. was traded at 50-% cents and Oct. passed at 51V 6 cents. The market then ruled quiet for the remainder of the morning session- Small business was
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      62 13 (Yesterday's official buyer/seller prices, is pence P*rlb). Tone: Neglected; ClF't Aug. deleted, Sept. 17-7/8 18-1/8, Oct. 18-1/16 18-5/16; Spot 18-1/4 18-5/8; Settlements Sept. 184/16 18-18/16, Oct. 18-7/8 19-1/8, Nov. and Oct/Dec. both 19-3/16 19-8/8. Jan/March 19-5/8 19-13/16, April/June 20-1/16 20-1/4, July /Sept. 20-1/4 20-7/16, Oct/Dec. 20-3/8 20-9/16, Jan/March
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      53 13 TIN $675.1 2 a picul (up $12.1216) The Straits tin price m Penang yesterday bounced up by $12. 12^ to $675.12*4 a picul. The recovery was attributed to very strong buying support from the United States and Europe. Tonnage was reduced by 30 tons to 300 tons m
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      29 13 (Closing buyer /seller prices for Aug. 17, m sterling per metric ton). Tone very Steady; Spot 1532 1533; 3-month 1533 1534; Settlement 1530; Total turnover 305 tons.
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      167 13 (Yesterday's 1.30 p.m. prices, m sterling per long ton, unless otherwise stated). COPRA (U.S. dollars per long ton): Philippine: Sept 203 to 200 paid; Philippine/Indonesia Aug. 202, Sept 204, Oct. 205%. Nov. 206, all resellers, Dec. 209 paid. COCONUT OIL: Straits Unq.; Malayan Aug/Sept 145 resellers; Philippines (U.S.
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      45 13 (Yesterday's closing prices, m U.S. dollars per ounce). Singapore (1) 37.15, (2) 139.50; Hongkong 37.43; Beirut 35.50; London 35.245; Zurich 35.208, 35.305; Paris 35.75. Note: (1) Export price to non-sterling areas m U.S. dollars. (2) Local dealers' price m Singapore dollars per taeL
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    374 13 Stocks were mixed to lower as the session moved through its midway point yesterday. The Dow Jones industrials had lost about three points and the downside issues held about a five-to-four lead over the gp<«— Volume was light at about three million shares There are just
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    502 13 The market moved lower m very quiet trading yesterday. A report from the Association of British Chambers of Commerce indicating an exports slowdown induced caution, A little selling and an almost complete lack of support saw prices move sharply lower and towards the close, the Financial Times
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    290 13 AMSTERDAM Internationals were quietly mixed yesterday. Royal Dutch was firmer on Wall Street and Akzo was also higher m front of today's quarterly statement. Philips was steady but Hoogovens and Unilever were barely maintained. Local industrials mostly gained ground. Shippings were higher with Holland-America Line a firm spot.
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    179 14 Asian Games participants must have cholera jabs BANGKOK, Mon. Thailand will insist that all athletes and officials be inoculated against cholera and other tropical diseases before they participate n the Sixth Asian Games here late this year, Thai health officials said today. Thai officials made this known after reports of
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    126 14 SAN ANTONIO, Texas, lion. Kame Abbajar, French and West African heavyweight champion, has signed to meet Terry Krueger of Saa Antonio m a 10- round baling match here on Aug. 25. Abbajar has a 28-2 record with 47 knockouts. Krueger has won 20 bouts, all on knockouts, and has lost
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    134 14 Japan's Koichi Matsuo, winner of the International Age Group Swimming (13-14) 200 m freestyle event (2:9.9), gets his gold medal from his team manager Mr. N. Fukuyama at the Queenstown Sports Complex Olympic-sized pool on Sunday. Second was Carlos Brosas of the Philippines (2: 14.2) and
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    306 14 SINGAPORE Asian tournament representative Yuen Chin Fatt entered the Singapore Table Tennis Association junior national singles quarter-finals at Monks Bill last night Playing against unseeded Moh Swee Huat, Yuen was fully stretched before winning at 21-16, 18-21, 25-23, 6-21, 21-16. RESULTS Gob Kian Huat
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    473 14  - Thais chalk up 70-30 win over Singapore Albert Johnson THAILAND trounced Singapore 70-30 m the Basketball Association of Singapore Pesta Sukan invitation women's tournament at the Gay World Stadium last night Thailand, represented by the Bangkok Bank Sports Club, is level on points with the Ya Tung team of Taiwan
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    321 14 SIXTEEN-year-old southpaw Colin Joseph of St. Andrew's School greatly impressed the crowd at the boxing exhibition at Toa Payoh last night when he fought beautifully to outpoint Ng Chin Huat of Mountbatten C.C. m the bantamweight division. Colin 's all-round skill and exceptional versatility should take
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    183 14 THE Army cricket team have won the Singapore Cricket Association's Senior League pennant. They finished their league programme with an unbeaten record, scored 64 points out of 84 and head the table with 76.19 percent. RAF Changi, who were m front of the Army
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    102 14 'Accept my charter or I GO': Khir PENANG, Mon. The president of the Badminton Association of Malaysia, Inche Mohamed Khir Johari, said today he would step down as president if the new B.A.M. constitution he was now drafting was not accepted. Speaking to reporters, he added it was essential to
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    172 14 FIFTEEN-year-old Mark Pullen, a recent arrival from America, pulled off one of the biggest surprises m local moto cross racing history when he won three first prizes and a second place m the five races he entered on Sunday. Riding his brand
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    466 15 COULD Pisang Mas have won the $25,000 Sultan's Gold CVase had he not hung m m the crucial stage of the race? This was the question asked by the huge crowd at Ipoh on Sunday. I would say it would have been
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    526 15 WEIGHTS for the Singapore Pro-Am race meeting on Sunday: CLASS 5-6F Daryl's Faith 9-0, Lehi 813, Jackie II 8-10, Picture House 111 8-10, Movie Lad 810, Pacific 8-7, Zac 8-4, Aramada 8-3, Poseidon 8-3. Wingedfoot Marksman 8-3, Arrow Head 8-2, Setia Kawan 7-13, Tripoli 7-1 2, Conflict
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    536 15 STIPENDIARY Steward's report for the third and fourth day of the Ipoh races: THIRD DAY RACE ONE: DARMAL (Rao) jumped with the field but threw her head up and lost some ground. Kingford (Nelson) was inclined to dive m when ridden hard. RACE TWO: Soon after
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    96 15 Australia to meet PoliceMilitary XI tonight WEST Australia and India, the Merdeka soccer participants, will play friendly matches at Jalan Besar Stadium before they return home. Tonight, the Australians take on a Police-Military XI at 5.30 p.m. and India meet Singapore Civilians at 7.30 p.m. Singapore's national team tussle play
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    52 15 Business Houses team to meet Singapore Under-23 will be from:— Freddy Chew, Lee Chwee Seng, Mohamed Ali, Ismail Abdullah, Lee Teng Yee, Ismail Kassan, Juma'at Amat, Mahat Ambu, Quah Kirn Swee, Shariman Kiming, Andy Yeo, Mokhtar Tabri, A. Fernadez, Gulam Mohamed, Majid Ariff, S. Koh and C. Francisco.
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    22 15 Singapore Women's Netball Association will hold a dinner and dance at the Automobile Association (AA) Jade Restaurat from 8 p.m.
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    136 15 Paaa Noor Aiahah congratulates Singapore's middle distance champion Lee Tai Joag for wiaaiag <ke Best performance trophy la the three-day lateraatloaal Opea athletics meet at the Farrer Park oa Saaday. Tai Joag, is, a papil from the Chaagkat Chaagi Secoadary School, captared the prize for
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    116 15 Koreans plan similar Merdeka tourney next year KUALA LUMPUR, Mon. South Korea plans to start an annual international football tournament from next year on similar lines as the Merdeka series here. The President of the South Korean Football Association, Mr. Chang Duk Chin, told reporters today the tournament, would be
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    69 15 TAMIL Brotherhood will meet Bakat Baru m the Football Association of Singapore Under- 20 Group "A" youth tournament at Fairer Park on Aug. 22 at 5 p.m. Kampong Kapor take on Knight m the other match. Other matches: Group "B" Indian Brotherhood v JolliUds, ASAS F.C. v
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    498 16 A new kind of balance for the accountants FINAL PRODUCT MUST BE AN EDUCATED PROFESSIONAL— TOH TRAINING m accountancy must strike a balance between academic education and professionalism so that the final product will be an ''educated accountant" Dr. Toh Chin Chye, the Minister for Science and Technology, said this
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    29 16 PARIS, Mon. The first four of the 110 French Mirage aircraft ordered by Übya will be delivered m a few days' time several months early.
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    142 16 JOHORE'S NEW AIRPORT CAN TAKE 737s JOHORE BAHRU, Mon. The proposed $6 million airfield m Johore will be able to handle Boeing 7375, Minister with Special Functions, Tun Tan Siew Sin said today. The Minister visited the proposed site at Teorau, about seven miles from here. Two possible sites on
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    95 16 Eight killed, seven wounded by mistake SAIGON, Mon. American artillerymen mistakenly fired into a South Vietnamese troop position and killed eight Vietnamese civilian irregulars and wounded seven more, the U.S. Command disclosed today. The Command said four 155--millimeter artillery rounds landed m a night defensive position of a unit of
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    151 16 TEL AVIV, Mon.— lsraeli officials today threw a security blackout over the fate of two Algerian officials detained here since Friday. But sources said their release could come "m hours, even minutes." The sources said the security was aimed at foiling newsmen, as
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    20 16 MANILA, Moo. President Marcos has ordered the tdoption of Tte-kwon-do, the Korean art of self-defence, by the Philippine Armed Forces.
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    21 16 OSAKA, Mon.— A Thai elephant performing at a show at the Expo '70 has given birthto a male offspring.
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