Singapore Herald, 28 December 1970

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    23 2 THE SINGAPORE herald No. 135 Singapore Monday, December 28, jom MC(P) 2207 is CENT I *ft 1" 11 1 u 1 1 f
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    Lock icon COMMONWEALTH CRISIS: WHAT EXACTLY IS AT STAKE?
    40 2 COMMONWEALTH CRISIS: WHAT EXACTLY IS AT STAKE? STARTING TODAY this paper will publish daily a series of articles on the 31 Commonwealth countries whose leaders will meet in Singapore next month. What exactly is at stake? Turn to page 2.
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    Lock icon The challenge of 1971-by Lee
    575 2 The challenge of 1971-by Lee SINGAPORE can ward off the final blow of British withdrawal next year a sudden drop of economic growth and a high rise in unemployment if recent progress can be maintained, Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew said. The immediate effects of the final pullout, Mr. Lee
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    Lock icon $590,000 in cash found cemented in water tank
    454 2 $590,000 in cash found cemented in water tank BOAT BEING PREPARED FOR A GETAWAY... POLICE have recovered $590,000 in notes believed to be part of the haul from the $946,000 Chartered Bank robbery in October from the cemented base of a brick water tank in a boat shed off Tampines
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    Lock icon 2.30 a.m.
    26 2 MADRID, Mon. The verdicts in the Burgos court martial of 16 Basque nationalists wfll be handed to defence lawyers today. See Page 10 4
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    Lock icon ISLAMIC SECRETARIAT WILL BE AT JEDDAH
    111 2 KARACHI, Son. The Muslim world Is to he asked to spend USsl,Mt,Mt to finance an Islamic secretariat la Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, authoritative sources at the second Islamic Foreign Ministers* Conference said today. The conference, at its opening session yesterday, agreed to set np tne
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    Lock icon Saudi Arabia bans cigarette ads
    37 2 JEDDAH (Saudi Arabia) Sun. Saudi Arabia has banned cigarette advertising. The ban extends to cigarette advertising in newspapers, on walls, cars or in shops and the seeking of custom by gifts. a
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  • IN BRIEF
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      Lock icon Arab leader Shukeir on Asian tour
      163 2 CAIRO, Sun. Labib Shukeir, Speaker of the UAR National Assembly and member of the Supreme Executive of the Arab Socialist Union the UAR's ruling and only legal party left here today for an Asian tour. He will visit India, Ceylon, Malaysia, Indonesia, Nepal, Pakistan
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    Lock icon Mrs Gandhi calls lor mid-term elections in India
    527 2 Mrs Gandhi calls lor mid-term elections in India NEW DELHI, Sun. Indian President V.V. Giri today announced the dissolution of Parliament a year ahead of schedule and called general elections for next February or March. The announcement came after the Indian cabinet had accepted the move proposed by Prime Minister
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      129 2 The World of Seiko Time: Precise Punctual Modern In this modern world of ours, times have changed. And Seiko, the world's largest jeweled- lever watch .manufacturing company, has changed time. They've made it more accurate. More dependable. More realistically priced. Take Seiko 5 Actus, for example. It is automatic, shock-resistant
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    Lock icon A crucial meeting: But what exactly is at stake?
    954 3 A crucial meeting: But what exactly is at stake? Guide to the Conference of Commonwealth Heads ot Government By Singapore Herald Staff Writers WHO is the Prime Minister of Lesotho?* WHAT is the capital of Botswana?* WHEN DID Guyana become independent?* WHERE is Nauru?* OF WHICH country is Sir See
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    Lock icon John Grey Gorton
    326 3 JOHN GREY GORTON, 59, first took office as Prime Minister of Australia In January, 1968. He succeeded Ike late Mr. ■f_*i PmV who disappeared while swlmmlag Bear Melbourne la December, IM7. He worn power In his awn right as leader of the Liberal Party la a general
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    Lock icon Two contrasting threads in Australian policy
    602 3 Two contrasting threads in Australian policy l. Australia TWO contrasting threads have run through Australian policy in recent years. On the one hand, there is the desire to preserve the basic ethnic homogeneity on which the stability of Australian institutions and the prosperity of the Australian economy are thought to
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  • Article
    Lock icon The choice for President
    271 3 THE nomination of Prof. Benjamin Henry Sheares for the office of President of the Republic of Singapore will have come as a surprise to most people. His name was not among those mentioned in public discussion. Upon reflection, however, there are many elements in the Professor's
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  • Article
    Lock icon Challenges ahead
    205 3 In his first public speech at home in many months, Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew reminded the nation of the challenges that remain to be faced in the immediate and more distant future. Though Britain will retain a military presence in Singapore, there will be a big drawdown
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      110 3 jT^^M V CONSTANTIN 1 m Symbol of Perfection vacheron Constantin, the oldest watch-makers I in Switzerland, presents a select range of their I I latest models. The elegance of styling, and I the precision of movement have gained for I I Vacheron Constantin the world-wide reputa- I I tion for
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    Lock icon PAP on the new dangers facial Singapore in '70s
    364 4 PAP on the new dangers facial Singapore in '70s A WARNING of new dangers and a sevenpoint guideline for meeting them are contained in a resolution passed by the People's Action Party recently. A party statement issued yesterday said the meeting of party cadres approved the following measures to meet
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    Lock icon Pereira gets a year for molesting 15 girls
    97 4 FORMER teacher Simon Mervyn Pereira, 39, was sentenced at the weekend to a year's jail on each of 15 charges of molesting schoolgirls between April 1968 and October last year. the sentences to run concurrently. He gave notice of appeal through his
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    Lock icon 'The Prof' who rose right to the top
    870 4 'The Prof' who rose right to the top TWO things are usually said about Dr. Benjamin Henry Sheares who will be proposed for election on Wednesday as Singapore's next President he is an outstanding professional and a warmhearted man. Affectionately known as "Prof because of his 10 yearns Professor of
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    Lock icon VC swordsmen show their skill
    189 4 THESE Vigilante Corps members gave a display of swordsmanship at a passing-out parade at the Swiss Cottage Secondary School yesterday. The 573 men are from the sixth batch of National Servicemen taken Into the corps. Mr. Lim Guan Hoo, Political Secretary to the Ministry of
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    Lock icon On the radio: 'How monev works'
    212 4 THE BBC World Service wfll be starting two new series soon an eight-part series on "How Money Works*' and a three^part series, "The Struggle For IndoChina/' "How Money Works" will begin on Saturday at 3.45 pm with its first programme, "How Money Works as
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    Lock icon HEALTH FORUM
    455 5 Diabetics must maintain constant vigilance THE PATIENT turned up again, this time with a crop of boils. His urine contained sugar once more. "But when I was here last time, my urine was free of sugar you told me so," he said peevishly. "Last time" was three months
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    Lock icon Ngee Ann College to offer new courses
    195 5 NGEE Ann College is likely to introduce courses in welding technology, control system, electrical engineering, telecommunication accounting, and company and executive secretarial courses in the next five years. New courses will gradually be introduced depending on demand and facilities, under the new US$3.6
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    Lock icon GENERAL MEETING
    20 5 THE People's Association will hold its fourth general meeting at the association's lecture hall at 4 p.m. today.
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    Lock icon 'MORE JOBS FOR MALAYS OR NO LICENCES' WARNING
    101 5 MUAR, Sun. The Johore State Government will stop issuing business licences to shopkeepers aad factories which do not employ at least 40 per cent Malay workers. This was stated today by the Mentrl Besar, Da to Hail Othman Sa'at, while opening the
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    Lock icon LAFF-A-DAY
    12 5 _omenow, Harold, we seem to be growing further and further apart."
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    Lock icon Postal services New Year's Day
    133 5 Postal services New Year's Day THERE will be no delivery of mail on New Year's Day. The General Post Office will be open from 9 a.m. to noon while other post offices will be open from 9 a.m. to 10.30 a.m. on the morning of New Year's Day. The following
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    Lock icon Policeman on day off catches thief
    68 5 AN OFF-DUTY policeman arrested a man who tried to get away after snatching a woman's handbag containing $52, in 8010 Street on Saturday. He was walking in Havelock Road at about 10.30 p.fti. when he saw the man being chased by the victim, Madam
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    Lock icon PUGILISTIC CLUBS OUGHT TO BE FORMED IN SCHOOLS, SAYS LEE
    133 5 PRIME Minister Lee Kuan Yew has suggested that pugilistic clubs Be formed In all secondary schools under the sponsorship of the National Pugilistic Federation. He said he had consulted the Minister for Education Mr. Lim Kim San and his principal
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    Lock icon Top PAP men are re-elected
    89 5 Top PAP men are re-elected THE leadership of the People's Action Party was reelected at a meeting of party cadres held recently. The members of the PAP Central Executive Committee are as follows: Chairman, Dr. Toh Chin Chye; vice-chairman, Dr. Goh Keng Swee; secretary-general Mr. Lee Kuan Yew; asst. secretary-General
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    Lock icon Ponggol Festival at Jurong
    107 5 INDIAN residents at Jurong Town will celebrate the Ponggol Festival on Jan. 16 and 17 with a variety of cultural programmes and a film show. A tent to accommodate 600 people will be built on the grounds in front of the Jurong Town Residents' Association. A
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    Lock icon MARA TO START THRIFT PLAN FOR MALAYS
    115 5 KUALA LUMPUR, Sun. The Mara Unit Trust Is to start a thrift plan to get more Malays to Invest their money next year. Its secretary, Inche Kamaruddin Tatar, said today that under the plan the Malays can put aside as little as lit
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    Lock icon 10 years up calls for a bubbly Changi touchdown
    149 5 FLIGHT Lieutenant David Parfitt had a. bubbly welcome when he stepped out of an RAF Britannia last week after flying home Far East Air Force Commander, Air Vice Marshal Nigel Maynard. A reception party of RAF officers was waiting for him
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    Lock icon Why social workers go over to private firms
    255 5 Why social workers go over to private firms SINGAPORE has 110 trained professional social workers half of whom are in private firms. According to informed sources, many of these social workers who now work in private firms were in Government service before. The drain of social workers to the private
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    Lock icon ABORTIVE PENANG JAILBREAK: WOUNDED MEN IN HOSPITAL
    151 5 ABORTIVE PENANG JAILBREAK: WOUNDED MEN IN HOSPITAL PENANG, Sun. Two of the three prisoners wounded in an abortive jailbreak yesterday afternoon underwent emergency operations for gunshot wounds at the general Hospital here last night. Police here today described the condition of the three as "not serious." i Lai See Keow,
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    Lock icon NPC to start a course for managers next month
    126 5 THE National Productivity Centre will be conducting a three- week general management course on marketing, starting on Jan. 4. This is the first course to be conducted by the General Management Department of the centre since it was established in September
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    Lock icon Co-op bank to give assistance
    94 5 KUALA LUMPUR, Sun. The co-operative Central Bank Ltd. here will soon assist co-operative societies to set up large-scale agricultural and industrial projects. Its general manager, Mr. G.S. Dass, said today the bank would also provide advice, feasibility studies and managerial know-how. "We are now in
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    Lock icon RAJA'S DINNER DATE
    29 5 MR. S. Raiaratnam, Minister for Foreign Affairs and Labour, will attend the Central Provident Fund's annual staff dinner at the Oasis Restaurant at 8 p.m. today.
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    Lock icon Two detainees are 'adopted'
    593 6 AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL CALLS FOR REVIEW TWO Singapore detainees have been "adopted" by Amnesty International, the international organisation that works for the release of people who have been jailed for nonviolent political or religious beliefs. They are Inche Mohamed bin Said Zahari, a former editor of the
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    Lock icon Birth control: From one extreme to the other...
    351 6 Birth control: From one extreme to the other... THE FAMILY planning programme has been such a success in Singapore that an increasing number of young wives are now having to be dissuaded from naving themselves sterilised after their first baby. A gynaecologist at the Kandang Kerbau Maternity Hospital said yesterday,
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    Lock icon Builders prepare for the Govt's switch to metric
    171 6 BUILDING contractors are preparing to "go metric" in line with the Government's intention of introducing the system in stages. THE president of the Singapore Building Contractors' Society, Mr. Peter Tsaw, yesterday urged _3jCS members to study the metric system in detail. The
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    Lock icon Ind on vessel with $150,000 cargo seized
    89 6 JOHORE BAHRU, Sun. The Customs here detained an Indonesian boat with cargo valued at $150,000 and its 11--crew near Kukup, Pontian, last night. Acting on a tip-off, officers from the Customs Preventive Section surprised the Indonesian boat in Malaysian waters. The boat was
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    Lock icon Dead boy in pit identified
    56 6 THE body of an eight-year-old boy found drowned In a worksite pit in Old Kallang Airport last Wednesday has been identified as that of Lee Poh Guan of Jalan Sultan. Lee, a Primary HI pupil, was reported missing from his home by his mother, Sim
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    Lock icon Great fun—but also dangerous
    61 6 Great fun— but also dangerous THIS scramble to get aboard a merry-go-round can be dangerous for the yonnger kids. Sack scrambles are seen quite often at the children's playground In Lorong ft, Toa Payoh East, which was opened recently. One parent said: "We would appreciate It very much if there
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    Lock icon FRIDAY DEADLINE FOR CRASH HELMETS
    109 6 FRIDAY DEADLINE FOR CRASH HELMETS MOTOR- cyclists have until l-ursday to equip themselves with crash helmets. From Friday any motorcyclist, pillion rider or scooterist found riding without a helmet will be liable to a fine of up to $200. 11m law has been in force for more than six months
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    Lock icon Mara textile factory ceremony
    113 6 Mara textile factory ceremony KUALA LUMPUR, Sun. The Minister of National and Rural Development, Inche Abdul Ghafar Baba, will by the foundation stone of the $15 million Mara integrated textile factory, Kima Sdn. Bhd., in Kajang on Jan. 11 next year. The factory is a joint venture between Mara, which
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    Lock icon How civil servants can REALLY serve the nation
    132 6 How civil servants can REALLY serve the nation CIVIL servants should devote some of their spare time to community service, if they really want to serve the nation. These words were contained in a message from Mr. Lawrence Arokiaraj, vice chairman of the Government Officer's Welfare Organisation at its annual
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    Lock icon 10 unhurt in triple smash at Jurong
    76 6 TEN people, including several women, escaped injury when a pick-up, a car and a motor-cycle collided- at the 10 milestone Jurong Road last night. Four passengers and the driver jumped out of the pickup as it landed on its side while swerving to
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      243 6 I New Chinese Character No. Actually it's an IC magnified to 30 times its size. IC stands for Integrated Circuit. An Integrated circuit is a very small circuit block formed by combining or connecting individual groups of vacuum tubes, transistors and diodes (operating as resistors condensers etc.). The vital core
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    Lock icon EPF can pay even if death certificate is not available
    140 7 EPF can pay even if death certificate is not available KUALA LUMPUR, Sun. Nominees of deceased Employees' Provident Fund contributors can get their payments even without producing death certificates. The EPF general manager, Mr. Lee Siow Mong, said today that the fund's board might accept as proof of death such
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    Lock icon S'PORE HELPS MALAYSIA KEEP OUT UNWANTED PEOPLE
    103 7 JOHORE BAHRU, Sun. Malaysia and Singapore have been working together In preventing undesirable elements from entering West Malaysia from the Republic. The Assistant Minister of Home Affairs, Inche Muhammad bin Ya'acub, who said this, told reporters that the police of both countries were
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    Lock icon 'Support DAP and cut short Alliance misrule'
    251 7 'Support DAP and cut short Alliance misrule' KUALA LUMPUR, Sun. "The Democratic Action Party has struck deep roots in the hearts and minds of Malaysians within four years,'* its national organising secretary, Mr. Lee Lam Thye, said here today. Reviewing the progress of the party, Mr. Lee said that to
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    Lock icon Thai Buddhist festival
    52 7 THE Thai. Ambassador Mr Nibhon Wflairat, members of the Thai community, and local Buddhists will observe the Thai custom of merit making, at 8.30 a.m. on New Year's Day. They will present food and other offerings at the Embassy in Orchard Road to all Thai Buddhist monks
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    Lock icon $1,000 GIFT TO BRING CHEER TO LITTLE ONES
    213 7 $1,000 GIFT TO BRING CHEER TO LITTLE ONES KUALA LUMPUR, Sua. The managing director of Beecham (M) Sdn. Bhd. Mr. D. W. Haggerty, handed over a cheque for $l,tM last week for the Children's Cheer Fund, to the Minister of Commerce aad Industry, Inche Mohammed Khlr Johari. Inche Khlr is
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    Lock icon All ayes for the Tunku in his new job
    383 7 All ayes for the Tunku in his new job KARACHI, Sun. The Islamic Foreign Ministers' Conference now meeting here has unanimously appointed the former Malaysian Prime Minister Tunku Abdul Rahman as the first secretary-general of the Islamic Secretariat. The conference the second of its kind opened here yesterday and ends
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    Lock icon Former UDP member joins Gerakan in Pahang
    138 7 Former UDP member joins Gerakan in Pahang KUALA LUMPUR, Sun. An independent Pahang State Assemblyman, Mr. Lo Chiew Chuen, 37, has joined the Gerakan Ra'ayat Malaysia. Mr. Lo, a rubber tapper, won the Benus State seat in the 1969 election. He was a former member of the United Democratic Party
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    Lock icon BACK WITH A MASTER'S DEGREE IN SCIENCE
    70 7 MR. TSENG Choon Sin, 27, (above), returned to Singapore recently after obtaining his M.Sc. degree in biochemical engineering from the University of London. His knowledge will be useful in the food canning and brewery trades. He graduated from Nanyang University and was with
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    Lock icon Sardon: Give more top posts to Malays
    112 7 Sardon: Give more top posts to Malays KLANG, Sun. The Minister of Health, Tan Sri Haji Sardon bin Haji Jubir. has called on employers to give more important positions to the Malays, especially in the technical field. He said that they should also provide equal job opportunities to all Malaysians
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    Lock icon New Speaker, President to be chosen on Feb. 22
    104 7 KUALA LUMPUR, Sun. The Dewan Negara and Dewan Raayat will nominate their President and Speaker on the first day of the sitting of the new Parliament, the Clerk of Parliament. Inche Ahmad Abdullah, said today. According to the Constitution, the terms
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    Lock icon MALACCA GOVT TO PRESERVE TOWKAYS' HOMES FOR TOURISM
    162 7 MALACCA GOVT TO PRESERVE TOWKAYS HOMES FOR TOURISM MALACCA, Snn. The Malacca Government plans to acquire a few of the old Chinese residential buildings in Jalan Tun Tan Cheng Lock here known as Millionaires' Row before the war to preserve them as tourist attractions. The Chief Minister, Dato Hajl Abdul
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    Lock icon Simultaneous prayers plea
    42 7 PENANG, Sun. Penang Umno is to ask the Government for simultaneous Friday prayers throughout Malaysia to foster Muslim unity. This is one of the resolutions to be tabled for discussion at the party's annual meeting here on Jan. 3.
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    Lock icon Ecafe gives top priority to port, shipping facilities
    352 7 KUALA LUMPUR, Siin. The improvement of shipping facilities and port development were given top priority by Ecafe at its meeting of the Council of Ministers for Asian Economic Cooperation in Kabul, Afghanistan, earlier this month. The proposal was put forward by Malaysia's
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    Lock icon Psychological warfare in Sarawak to be stepped up
    175 7 KUALA LUMPUR, Sun. Psychological warfare operations in Sarawak are to be intensified in view of the present Communist activities there, the Minister of Information and Culture, Dato Hamzah bin Dato Abu Samah, said today. Two senior officers, experienced in psychological warfare, are
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    Lock icon Airlift operation for Mt. Kinabalu TV station
    115 7 KOTA KINABALU, Sun. An RMAF Nuri helicopter has* been assigned to airlift heavy equipment for the installation of the television transmitter station at Layang Layang, 9,000 feet above sea level. The TV station, located at Mount Kinabalu, will house the main transmitter for
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    Lock icon HOUSEWIFE KILLED BY KITCHEN STOVE BLAST
    87 7 HOUSEWIFE Theresa Rajamani, 28, of Kolam Ayer Lane, was burned to death when a kerosene stove exploded in her face at about 8 p.m. on Saturday. According to a neighbour, Rajamani was cooking rice at the time. None of her five children mm, mmtm
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      33 7 LU..na_[siii^ -4 •MrnXXX^ King Feature. Syndicate. Inc.. 1970. World r.ght. reeved, j'ff "I'd gladly take one of the kittens— if I could afford to feed it qji the salary you pay me." i
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      Lock icon Justice lat oun traffic courts
      383 8  - Justice lat oun traffic courts A.K. LEE By LAST Friday in one of the traffic courts a woman was fined $150 for driving without a licence (and therefore without insurance), and was also banned from driving for a year. Her husband was also banned from driving for a year and
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      Lock icon Swinging time for teens at the Island Club
      236 8 Maw Wo no Soc.ai JKoTu IT WAS a ball at the Island Country Club, Bukit Course, on Thursday night when the club's teens and their friends gathered for an evening's fun. All the swinging, jumping and jogging left this adult quite limp
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      Lock icon WEEKEND WEDDING
      57 8 JOHNNY Lee Joo Lee of the Singapore Postal Services Department and Angelina Wong Loke Ong of Metrotex Ltd. were married on Dec. 26 at the Church of St. Bernadette. The groom is the youngest son of Mr. and Mrs. Lee Joo Hup. The bride is the eldest daughter
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      82 8 t am 5 pm "Peasant tong Road, painters of Bali" art ex- 7.36 pm Christmas afterh ibition at the National glow at the YMCA, Outram Museum. Road. 7 pm Night bazaars at Bpm Children's Night at Balestier Road, Jurong the Victoria Theatre. Road (7_t m.s.) Jalan Bukit 8 pm Malay
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    Lock icon CAN WE DO – ANYTHING ABOUT THE UGLY ROAD SIGNS?
    371 9 CAN WE DO ANYTHING ABOUT THE UGLY ROAD SIGNS? In preparation for the Conference of Heads of Commonwealth Governments many places in Singapore have been given a facelift, but four or five aspects seem to have escaped public attention. First there are a number of traffic signs bearing these words:
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    Lock icon DIRTY BLOT ON OUR CLEAN CITY
    166 9 DIRTY BLOT ON OUR CLEAN CITY THE condition of public toilets in Singapore is extremely poor. The sanitary wares are usually broken, the water-flushing system unuseable, the water pipes leaking and the ventilation very bad. Owing to the break-down of the water-flushing system and the poor ventilation there prevails in
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    Lock icon Channels for talks exist
    434 9 Channels for talks exist I REFER to the jaundiced letter by "An Academic" (S.H. Dec 15) which paints everything in the University with his own yellow colour. Departures of academic staff from any University are to be expected, and the University concerned must certainly be alarmed if it is unable
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    Lock icon Viewers have right to choose shows
    404 9 Viewers have right to choose shows I MUST thank the Herald for bringing the gap between the leaders (possibly deaf) and the pleaders (positively screaming). Both "Talented" ana "Dissatisfied" need not be concerned over RTS' inability to reply to my letter. Replies can at best be denials. But to deny
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    Lock icon THF AIMS OF THE MALAY SEMINAR
    967 9 IN response to Daud bin Besah's letter (SH Dec. 19) may we make the following clarifications: The primary aim of the Seminar is not to provide research material for academics, but to try and define problems faced by Singapore Malays. And having done that,
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    Lock icon PARKING IS NOT ALLOWED BUT HAWKING IS
    380 9 PARKING IS NOT ALLOWED BUT HAWKING IS LAST MONTH a continuous white line was drawn along Pagoda Street, thereby prohibiting the parking of cars and motorcycles. Presumably, its objective is to ease the flow of traffic. However, while cars and motorcycles are not allowed to park along the street, many
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    Lock icon Use other forms of transport to complement MRT system
    416 9 Use other forms of transport to complement MRT system The article on mass rapid transit by William Lim (S.H. 24 Dec.) makes a convincing case for developing a good public mass transit system in Singapore. There are however, three important points concerning mass transit that the article does not make
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    Lock icon Strange things about our traffic cops
    328 9 AS A victim of traffic summons. I have come to notice tew strange things about our Traffic Police and wish to bring them to the attention of our Home Affairs Minister and our CPIB. 1. The composition offer in traffic summonses is left entirely
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      281 9 Lim beats Dominican Master SINGAPORE'S National ie Qa2 Rea Master Lim Kok Ann 17 Raei r C 8 played a fine attacking is Nh_ r C 7 game when he beat 19 Bf2 cd4: Dominican Master 20 Bd4: Bc4: Malagon. 21 bc4. nc4Lim, playing with the white pieces, adopted the
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    311 10 MOSCOW, Sun. Russians have rejected foreign criticism of the death sentences passed on two unsuccessful airline hijackers. The Soviet news agency Tnat dismissed the uproar as "another fit of anti-Soviet hysteria.** The comment by Tass was the first official reaction to mm outcry that followed
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    237 10 MANILA, Sun. A 29-year-old convicted murderer yesterday became the first Filipino prisoner to enjoy a "Christmas interlude" with his wife, which was granted to deserving city jail inmates by the Mayor of Manila, Mr. Antonio Villegas. The unprecedented "coniugal visit," however, lasted for only
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    292 10 PHNOM PENH, Sun. Government troops were involved in fierce fighting early today with an "enemy" force at Tram Khnar in Takeo Province, about 31 miles south of Phnom Penh. The Cambodian High Command Spokesman said a government position was attacked yesterday by an "enemy" force of
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    67 10 ISTANBUL, Turkey, Sun.— Rioting students threw several firebombs at the car of Turkish Premier Suleyman Demirel here yesterday. Demirel was not injured. Police said the firebombs exploded some four yards from the car as the Premier was driving past the Istanbul Technical University, where a group
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    357 10 Japan to aid Vietnam and Cambodia TOKYO, Sun. A series of economic and financial aids to Vietnam and Cambodia was arranged by notes exchanged recently at Saigon and Phnom Penh between Japanese envoys and the Governments of the two countries, according to reports received at the Foreign Ministry earlier this
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    175 10 WASHINGTON, Sun. President Nixon yesterday ordered new restrictions on the use of herbicides and defoliants in Vietnam. A White House spokesman said that between now and next spring, U.S. military a u tJi orlties would progressively stop using the chemicals in clearing operations. Herbicides and defoliants
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    134 10 Skipper of grounded boat gives up KODIAK ISLAND, Alaska, Sun. The skipper of a grounded fishing boat left it yesterday after spending the night aboard under the K uncling of high winds and a\y seas, off the coast of Kodiak Island. Four U.S. coast guardmen waded through the stormtossed Gulf
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    152 10 PIRBRIGHT, England. Sun. Detectives combed snow-covered army firing mages today for clues to the killer of a 15-year-old school girl a case dubbed the Red Riding Hood murder. Just like the girl In the traditional children's tale, Janet Stevens waa trudging across a quiet countryside
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    326 10 SAIGON, Sun. American prisoners in North Vietnam sang Christmas carols and added new words io promise a reunion with their families in a programme broadcast by Hanoi Radio yesterday. The broadcast, monitored here, also contained an interview between a North Vietnamese official and
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    558 11 RIO DE JANEIRO, Sun. The Brazilian Government announced yesterday it was willing to free 64 political prisoners in exchange for the freedom of Swiss ambassador Giovanni Bucher. But it stood firm on its previous rejection of 13 names, and asked the terrorists to propose
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    285 11 BURGOS, Spain, Sun. The long-awaited verdicts and sentences on is Basque Separatists here might be delayed because of bad weather. Snow-Mocked roads from Bilbao prevented eleven defence lawyers of a battery of IS from arriving In Burgos where they had been summoned by the
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    195 11 Grave of 1,480 Nazi victims found MOSCOW, Sun. The bodies of 1,480 men, women and children, who, it is claimed, were executed 26 years ago by Nazi troops have been excavated from a mass grave in Soviet Crimea, Pravda reported yesterday. The Communist Party newspaper said the victims had been
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    204 11 Boy dies In lift shaft horror NEW YORK, Sun. A boyhood adventure ended in death for a 12-year-old student on Friday when he scrambled down an apartment lift shaft, then stood traDDed at the bottom while a car descended and crushed him. His neighbourhood friends, standing helplessly nearby, said the
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    70 11 MOSCOW, Sun. The Soviet Government yesterday confirmed that a giant Soviet AN-22 transport plane crashed near Calcutta on Dec. 19, killing 17 passengers and crew. It was in communique issued by the news agency Tass that the plane had been on its way to East
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    81 11 NEW YORK Sun. A black i U.S. Army Medical Corps i major stationed in West Germany charges that some landlords there refuse to rent i to blacks and urged that the American Government press for an end to such action 'in a country we
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    124 11 PROTEST OVER SHOOTING AT BERLIN WALL BERLIN, Sun. The U.S. commander in Berlin sharply protested yesterday the shooting of a refugee as he tried to climb the Communist wall into West Berlin. The incident took place at midnight on Christmas Eve. Maj.-Gen. George M. Seignious II described the shooting and
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    170 11 TRENTON, New Jersey, Sub. Governor William T. Cahlll said yesterday it would not surprise him If President Nlxoa does not run for re-election In 1972. "If conditions In Vietnam don't change, If we still have economic problems at home, aad If the
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    276 11 SANTIAGO, Sun. French author Regis Debray remained In hiding yesterday and the local leftwing Press criticised the Government for keening him under wraps. Debray, 30, arrived In Chile on Wednesday after being freed from jail In neighbouring Bolivia. TERMS The Bolivian Government commuted the 30-year prison
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    223 11 S.Koreans exchange fire with Red gunboat SEOUL, Sun. South Korean shore batteries fought a brief battle yesterday with a North Korean patrol boat which tried to seize a South Korean fishing boat, the Defence Ministry in Seoul reported today. The North Korean gunboat retreated into Communist territorial waters when South
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    55 11 NEW DELHI, Sun-Talks oetween Nepal and India on the conclusion of a new treaty on trade and transit facilities appear to have broken down Doctor Pant, leader of the Nepalese Delegation, was expected to return to Kathmandu tomorrow for consultations. The last treaty of this type
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    402 12 Breakthrough in Thai-Red relations From Billy Bray in Bangkok In Bangkok last week, the impasse which had blocked signing of the Thai-Soviet trade and air agreements seemed to be dissolving after more than three years of negotiations. Thailand has traditionally been one of the most stubbornly anti-communist countries in the
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    505 12 From D.Y. Caparas in Manila THE YEAR 1970 ends with most Filipinos living in dismay and difficulty and the Government apparently unable to cope with the situation. President Ferdinand Marcos summed up the situation on Dec. 25 when he said: "The spirit
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    314 12 From S.C. CHAN IN KUCHING THE SUPP (Sarawak United People's Party) has for the first time condemned Sarawak's militant Communists. Secretary-general and deputy Chief Minister Mr. Stephen Yong said that the murder of Inspector Hermon Wong in front of his wife in Sibu
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    719 12  - Where enemy saves enemv ARNOLD ABRAMS By in PHNOM PENH ENEMIES share a ward in Monivong Hospital, which is Phnom Penh's main military hospital, and the doctors are having a hard time of it. One of the main reasons is the fact that they are Cambodians, helping to save enemy
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    317 12 BALTIMORE (MARY LAND) A Johns Hopkins university biologist has suggested the use of commercial fertiliser to increase the food yield of the sea Dr. Gifford B. Pine hot says that marine farming may be necessary to meet the growing demand for food and
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      102 12 ■^-^^-C-H^-;'^ mWVmtWfmfWml^fmmUW^fM Cir». TOMOHTO TCLCCRAM SYNDICATE 'Jr^ IL, 7f£*_r -T _l *'J |_ft-__l "This will please Fred he was afraid he'd be the first punch //^Qh-^^lT^ HfrTg-fa. one to scratch it. cmo MsMmnMiminM tJ -t*-^^t yfc. I I Mv Book Club Choice this month appears to be: 'Pay *f) WfF
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    103 13 KUALA LUMPUR, Sun. The Gerakan has proposed that the leadership of the Opposition in Parliament be rotated among five political parties. The proposal came from the general -secretary of the party, r. Tan Chee Khoon in the face of disagreement among them as to
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    462 13 Fighting Ditchman had a secret Vietcong mission SAIGON, Sun. Documents found on the body of a 26-year-old Dutch adventurer killed in Cambodia revealed that he had been travelling with the Vietcong as a guerilla fighter. Johannes C.G. Duynisveld, of Voorschoten, was killed on Dec. 19 when the Communist unit he
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    245 13  - Toto fortune is forecast— before my very eyes JULIAN LAUW By. WOULD you believe It? I don't, but I saw it happen. At 4.30 p.m. yesterday I watched on television the Toto numbers being drawn. I saw the girls take the balls out of the basket, one by one, and
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    175 13 You'd better Czech this festive week... PRAGUE, Sun. A long Christmas holiday for Czechoslovakia ended abruptly in a working Sunday. Factories, stores and shoos were open and traffic appeared about as busy as on a week-day. Officially it was a week-day Thursday to be exact. The Government decreed that Sunday
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    121 13 A WOMAN who failed to get rid of a scar on her left cheek despite plastic surgery took her own life by drinking poison, a coroner's court was told last week Koh Sok Choo, 24, of Jalan Rambai, left a note saying: "I
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    108 13 A NEW committee was elected for the Singapore Association for the Blind at a meeting last Wednesday. Dr. Arthur Lim Siew Ming is the President. Three vice-presidents were elected: Mrs. Hedwig Amur, Mr. P. Selvadurai and Mr. Wong Siong Poon. Dr. David T. See was
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    85 13 HONGKONG, Sun. About 500 prisoners on Hongkong's offshore island of Lantau staged a riot early this morning, barricading themselves inside the dormitories and holding a warder as hostage. Three hours after the outbreak, the prisoners released the warder and came out of the dormitories
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    50 13 PHNOM PENH, Sun. Streets in Phnom Penh named after kings and members of the royal family are to be renamed after national heroes, The heroes will be those "who have distinguished themselves by their virtues or actions, particularly during the present war," the announcement said. AFP
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      402 14 PEOPLE WHO FAILED IN SCHOOL CAN SUCCEED, SAYS STILL DOCTOR PROBLEM children need the personal touch to help them in school, an American psychologist said yesterday. And this they cannot get in normal classes which often hold up to 40 children.
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      188 14 THINGS that go bump in the night are giving Sixth Avenue residents some sleepless hours. Now they've sent out a plan to bus drivers: Slow down, you're going too fast. Every night buses hurtle along the road just off Holland Road at
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      58 14 IN yesterday's Toto draw No. 193/79 the numbers picked were 16. 9, 36, 24 and 29. The additional number was 1. In the circles draw, the numbers were 27, 6 and 49. The Christmas Lucky Draw numbers were: First prize $19,999 *****2; second prize $1,999 *****;
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      16 14 TODAY: t.st am (9.5 ft.). TOMORROW: 12.M am .8.7 ft.); 10.43 am (9.9 ft.).
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      95 14 KUALA LUMPUR, Sun. Malaysia is to host the nth Commonwealth Parliamentary conference here from Sept. 3 next year. The secretary of Parliament, IncheAhmad bin Abdullah, said today about' 200 Parliamentarians and Cabinet ministers are expected to attend the two-week conference. This is the
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      317 14 Vosper wins a $6m order for two ships Vosper Thornycroft Uniteers has won a $6 million contract for two supply vessels to service South- East Asian oil rigs. The orders are for a 184ft vessel for Brunei Shell Petroleum Ltd. and another for a 185ft. vessel for Hansa of Bremen,
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      168 14 LT A THOUSAND children spent an after- noon watching their fathers nt work In Sembawang Shipyard. An unusual way to I spend Christmas, perhaps, bnt the I children all 'junior members* of the Sembawang Shipyard I Employees^ Union I mmVmmmf. I With
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      150 14 LABORATORY workers in Singapore took the first step to establish an association when they formed a 10-man pro-tem committee at the Jurong Civic Centre in Jurong Town yesterday. The pro-tem committee will now draft the constitution, elect officials and apply for
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    3 15 THE VANISHING KAMPONG
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    280 15 Company profits for welfare of workers NATIONAL Iron and Steel Mills Ltd. is donating part of its profits to the welfare of its workers and their families. The chairman of National Iron, Mr. Howe Yoon Chong, said last night that since the company's earnings depend on the workers, the company
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    55 15 MUAR Sun. The Johore Mentri Besar, Dato Othman Sa'at, said today the Second Malaysia Plan wfll resolve some of the unemployment problems among the youths. He told an Umno Youth meeting that the State Government will open up 500 acres of land annually for young men
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    274 15 KAMPONGS are slowly and steadily disappearing as urban renewal spreads its wings over the island. Fast disappearing is Kampong Kucha! in Lorong Three, Geylang, about 10# yards from Geylang Road. Its at tap and wooden houses are built on stilts over Kallang
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    270 15 MARTINE Algrain, 22, was at university in Paris when the riots broke out in 1968. And being concerned with 'righting the wrongs of society," she joined the rioters with a wfll. Her present occupation— singing in the 60-member
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    164 15 REGISTER OPENS FOR PRE-U I AND HSC CLASSES REGISTRATION of applicants for provisional admission to the 1971 Pre- U n i v ersity I and commercial HSC classes (English stream) will begin today and close on Wednesday. Government, and Government aided school students wishing to apply for admission should register
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    689 16 IT IS inevitable that often TV script writers fall, short of ideas as hundreds of series are being turned out every year to feed the growing number of TV stations all over the world. As a result, the viewers are sometimes exposed to nonsensical programmes which
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      97 16 TELEVISION 3 6.30 p.m. Channel 5 7 p.m. Channel 10 9 p.m. Channel 5 3 11.30 p.m. Channel 5 ZZ RADIO 3 7.30 BFBS (From BBC) 3 S.OO Radio Singapore. Radio ZZ Malaysia. 1.30 p.m. Radio Singapora. 3 Radio Malaysia. BFBS (From 3 Radio Australia). S 4.30 p.m. BFBS (From
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      951 16 I ind I slar ZZ 3.00 p.m. General Hospital 6.00 News (Malay) ZZ 3.20 Indian Classical Dance (Repeat) 6.15 Pok Amai2 3.50 A Diary Of Events In Singapore This 6.40 The Bugaloos "Our Home Is Our Week (Tamil) Hassle" (Cartoon) ZZ 3.55 It's Happening In Singapore (Tamil 7.10 The Ghost
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    505 17 SALAD DAYS ARE HERE I DON'T know about you but all that feasting over the weekend has completely ruined my figure. I couldn't possibly look another turkey in the eye. To restore jaded appetites and tired palates lay on the fresh, juicy, crunchy salads and dress them with any of
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    878 18  - Feeling ill This will put the wind up you JANETTE CHAN By_ 888 HOW DID our ancestors cope without doctors and medical books. They used their imagination and came up with little cure-alls and remedies (partly psychological) that worked... well, most of the time. Some of their cures have stood
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      32 18 SLICK TRICK The tender skins of new potatoes and carrots remove easily when they're given a gentle scrubbing with a metal scouring pad. Set aside a new pad for this, purpose. jl
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      1327 19 World economic growth rates likely to slow PREVIEW FOR 1971 NEW YORK, Sun. World economic growth rates are likely to slow in the coming year, reflecting the lagged effects of this year's tightened fiscal and monetary restraints. Chase Manhattan Bank forecasts in its latest issue of International Finance. The bank
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      189 19 CHARLOTTE, North Carolina, Sun.— Textile firms themselves are among the best customers for the soaring imports the U.S. textile industry is fighting to restrict. Industry sources say firms at all levels of the textile production process are buying cheap foreign-made textile goods for use as raw
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      935 19 CHEMICAL COMPANY OF MALAYSIA has recovered from its losses at last five years after its listing. In the year ended Sept. 30, it made a profit of $5,625,134 after writing off pre-production and deferred revenue expenditure of $500,000. The loss brought forward from previous years of
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      246 19 PEOPLE in business Mr ROBERT SEYMOUR, has been appointed senior account supervisor in the Singapore office of Grant Advertising International Mr Seymour, who has 14 years experience in the advertising business, worked in Bangkok for 18 months. During his career, he has handled a number of major accounts such as
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      1027 19 TOKYO STOCK EXCHANGE The market continued to Eidai Sangyo, TDK Elecdecline in thin trading on tronics and Daiwa. Saturday. High-orice issues, Most dealers adopted a machine tools and phar-wait-and-see attitude in maceuticals also lost view of the coming year- ground, end holidays. The stock average Among stocks to ease closed
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      717 20 V__^ NEPTUNE ORIENT LIKES UD V^ (mcemmoruxrto mi thi «tpua_tc of sawarowtl ICB BUILDING 2 SHENTON W4V SINGAPORE 1 TEL 9a3533-7 U.K. EUROPE SERVICE LOADING FOR LONDON, H'BURG, R'DAM, HAVRE. mmmtewme r.tha-. Hmh AaaiVC. wcrruMf AQUAMARINE 7/11 Jan 12 Jen 13 Jan L den a/2 M burg 12/2 Havra 14/2
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      1282 20 I| I /I V N. KEY roR EASY REFERENCE: Tha shipping schedules I~ I I 7\ N. beginning on this page are given in four parts for I I I 1 m m iiC\ m siiips westbound, eastbound, southbound and coastal. -r eC_ L x A _lX^_________l_______f ernrn^ _U_l __f
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      519 21 REGULAR EUROPE SERVICE TO: HAMBURG, LONDON, ROTTERDAM, AMSTERDAM A ANTWERP S'pore Penang Hamburg UNO YUNG 10/12 Jan 13/14 Jan 11 Fab YEH YUNG 10/12 Mar 13/14 Mar 11 Apr ORIENTAL QUEEN ">/12 Apr i3/i4 Apr u Mly Raeaenge, •ccommedatlon available to London A north continental porta. Accepting liquid cargo at
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      1035 21 r™ fl^Tl^Ol inrl ,nc, uding ships sailing out of Singapore for Far ■—^^wlka/Ve/VJ. I^l East ports to the north-east ALCOS MASTER A pr 19/22 Osaka. Yokohama. JOY TAYLOR jar TloTl-^ """^^v^BA Vancouver B.C. Jeddah. AOL/ASC ALCOS RANGER Mar 18/21 Osaka. Yokohama. JOZEF CONRAD Jan 28/31 Bangkok (Fab 3). Vancouvar B.C.
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    384 22 REACTING to a relatively mild Malaysian budget, business in the Stock Exchange last week comprised mainly of cheap buying and covering of outstanding short positrons. This caused prices in all quarters to improve moderately although turnovers remained small. Trading days were cut to
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    114 22 CRUDE OIL PRICES UP AT LEAST 60 CENTS PER BARREL TOKYO, Sn. The Organisation of Petrel earn Exporting Countries (OPEC) has decided to raise the price of cmde oil by another 2f to 30 U.S. cents a barrel, Kyodo news service reported. The agency, quoting oil industry sources in Tokyo
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    2208 22 STOCK EXCHANGE OF MALAYSIA AND SINGAPORE FORTHCOMING MEETINGS Sea View Betel: Dec. 28, Dec. 30, neon at Crosby 9.3Q a.m. at hotel premise*, House, 71 Robinson Road, Amber Close, Katong Singapore. (followed by extraordinary Sungei Bagan Bobber: j— meeting). Dec. 38, noon at 70 Jalan t«■ ~r
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    841 22 PEKING, Sun. Post -Cultural Revolution China appears to have a sufficiently solid economic base to permit it to announce the goals of a new "leap forward" in its fourth five-year plan, beginning next year. The forthcoming launching of the
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      64 22 Ships in port THE PORT OF Maru 0630 ao/_ti S.NGAPOa. AUTHORITY SSS «f__^__™so'^ HAS MADE THESE IN' Renin..,, r BERTHING ARRANGE- Tronoh) Mwi" fi£2_ MENTS FOR DECEMBER 28. (after A-by) 2C l^2* C^_S_ OUT: Golden Sun 2200 S^ 8 221J!^ a 18, Kunu_*chi M«u No. 1 lg/ lV AlM_ r
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    191 24 ADELAIDE, Sun. Devastating bowling put South Australia in a commanding position at the close of play on the second day of thenSheffield Shield cricket match with Queensland here today. Resuming at 336 for six •this morning, South Australia ended with 411 in their first innings. Queensland
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    1902 24 Datin's Choice wins Penang Gold Cup Fl-NANG, Sun. Datin's Choice with Des Coleman in the saddle captured the $34,000 Penang Gold Cup on a very heavy track here today. Des had an armchair ride. Smartly into his stride Datin's Choice led past the grandstand for the first time and increased
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    526 25 HEAVY SNOW HITS LEAGUE GAMES U.K. SOCCER ROUNDUP 1 LONDON, Sun. Heavy snow in the South of England yesterday made it a grim Boxing Day for thousands of soccer fahs as the English league programme was badly hit. gether ten lea £ue soccer games were called off. The Arsenal First
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    291 25 ENGLISH DIV. ONE Arsenal 0 Southampton 0! Blackpool 1 Burnley 1 Coventry 1 West Brom 1 Derby 4 Man United 4 Leeds 3 Newcastle 0 Liverpool 0 Stoke 0 Man City 1 Huddersfield 1 Wolves 2 Everton 0 Postponed Crystal Palace v Chelsea, Ipswich v. Tottenham, and West Ham
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    699 25 Blackburn 3 8 12 14 Charlton 3 7 12 13 ODD DIVISION THREE Bristol Rovers 12 9 2 32 Aston Villa 12 7 4 31 Torquay 12 5 5 29 Preston 10 9 4 29 Fulham 11 6 5 28 Chesterfield 10 7 6 27 Rotherman 9 8
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    302 25 Lillian Board loses her last race LONDON, Sun. British sports fans were saddened by the death of Lillian Board, Olympic track star who lost her last race against cancer in a Munich Hospital, yesterday. Along with long jumper Mary Rand, she was the most popular British track and field girl
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    349 25 DR. WINSTON Lee Siew Boon of the Singapore Armed Forces won the Boxing Day driving tests held at Nee Soon Garrison yesterday. Driving a Mini Cooper S Dr. Lee wove around the seven series of obstacles to emerge as overall winner
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    207 25 TAIPEI, Sun. Chi Cheng, the poor Formosa girl who became one of the world's top women track stars, married her American coach Vincent Reel, in a simple Christian ceremony in Taipei today. Miss Chi wore a white mini-skirt and was accompanied by
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    559 25 PERTH, Sun. Britain qualified for the semi-finals of the _$nth Women's Federation Cup by beating New Zealand 3-0 in today's first quarter-final tie. Britain will next meet United States. The Americans defeated South Africa by two matches to one. In the other quarter- finals* France
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