Singapore Herald, 1 January 1971

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  • 14 1 THE SINGAPORE herald Nek 139 Singapore Friday, January 1, 1971 MC(P) 2207 15 CENTS
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  • 407 1 Jobs after call-up: New law in force tomorrow THE new law compelling employers to engage citizens who have completed their National Service will come into operation tomorrow. All private employers with 10 or fewer workers, however, are exempted from the National Servicemen (Employment) Act. Other employers, unless they have obtained
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  • 248 1 Russia spares hijack Jews— jail instead MOSCOW, Thurs. Death penalties for two Soviet Jews convicted of organising an abortive hijack m Leningrad were reduced to labour camp terms by the Russian Supreme Court. The court spared the lives of Mark Dymshits and Eduard Kuznetsov, accused as the two main planners
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  • 62 1 TEHERAN, Thurs. -Seventy people were feared killed today when a passenger train and a freight train collided 37 miles from the Iranian town of Ardekan, the afternoon newspaper Kayhan reported. The paper reported by noon that 50 bodies had been recovered from the wreckage while
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  • 205 1 IN BRIEF KARACHI Thurs. A Pakistani International Airlines plane carrying 33 passengers and five crew today crashed upon landing at Shamshernager m Sylhet District m East Pakistan, it was officially announced here. First reports said there were 15 survivors. The plane, a Fokker,
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  • 134 1 KUALA LUMPUR, Thurs. All roads from the East Coast to the West Coast and Johore have been closed due to floods. Heavy rain during the past few days damaged several bridges and stretches of roads. In Kelantan, the death toll rose to 13 when
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  • 83 1 KUALA LUMPUE, Tkmn. The Yamg diPertuaa Agoag teday seat a coagratulatory message to Dr". ReaTamla Hearv Sheares oa his election as President of Singapore. JEli? 1 li«rmoBioB8 aad friendly relations between the two countries aad people would be further steiigheiM* with Dr. Sheares at the highest office la
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  • 858 1 'Multiple problems ahead' warning THE Singapore Herald wishes all its readers a Happy New Year. THE COMMON THREAD... Singapore has done well for 1970. The Government is considering various formulae for allowing more bonuses beyond one month to be negotiable between workers and the management of those non-pioneer companies who
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  • 143 1 THE PRIME Minister's brother Mr. Freddy Lee Thiam Yew, has been elected a committee member of the Stock Exchange of Malaysia and Singapore. A former Deputy Superintendent of Police, Mr. Lee, 43, Joined J. Ballas and Company m 1960 as a remisier and became
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  • 429 1 TUN: RACIAL UNITY THE KEY TO A MORE JUST SOCIETY KUALA LUMPUR, Than. Prime Minister Tub Abdul Razak today described racial natty as the key to Malaysia's plans to create as egalitarian society. In order to achieve this unity, the present imbalances, and injustices among the races most be corrected.
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  • 47 1 LONDON, Thurs. Paul McCartney brought court action today against the other three Beatles John Lennon, George Harrison and Richard Starkev (Ring Starr) demanding that the group be legally dissolved. The writ was filed m the Chancery Division of the London High Court. AP
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  • 341 2  -  LEE KUAN YEW By PRIME MINISTER THESE ARE MY NEW YEAR RESOLUTIONS: First, that workers, union leaders and grass root leaders m the constituencies must be told of the facts of life. It would be foolish and dangerous to take for granted Singapore's stability, progress and
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  • 458 2 SIR Dawda Kairaba Jawara, 46, also known as Sir David, was a Government veterinary officer before entering preindependence politics. HU People's Progressive Party was a minority the Legislative Coaacll aatll elections were held IM2 uader a sew coastitutioa coaferrlag internal self-govera-meit. The P.P.P. woi 18 of the
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  • 406 2 8. The Gambia SMALLEST NATION IN AFRICA WAS FIRST COLONY GUIDE TO THE CONFERENCE OF COMMONWEALTH HEADS THE Gambia is the smallest country m Africa 20 miles at its widest and about 200 miles long. It was also Britain's first possession on the continent. The main tribal groups to which
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  • 472 2 Challenges of the New Year r/^fn Friday. January 1, 1971 4y THE SINGAPORE HERALD WHAT will the new year bring? There is a touch of fatalism to the question, for the future depends only partly on ourselves. But that part is so large that faith clearly takes second place to
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    160 2 DR. KOFI ABREFA BUSIA, 57, was Leader of the Opposition m the Ghanian Parliament before former President Kwame Nkrumah established one-party rule m 1962. He was appointed chairman of an advisory council established by the military after it bad deposed Nkrumah m IRC while he was on a
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  • 581 2 9. Ghana FIRST TO BE FREE— AND TO LEARN THAT NATIONALISM IS NOT ENOUGH GHANA was the birthplace of the African independence struggle. Kwame Nkrumah and Joseph Danquah formed the United Gold Coast Convention Party to fight for freedom immediately after the war. Both were jailed. On his release m
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  • 374 3 Dr. Sheares will be President till 1982: Pakistani astrologer PAKISTANI widely-tra-velled astro-palmist, Prof. M. Hanif, predicted yesterday that Singapore's elected President, Dr. Benjamin Henry Sheares, 63, would remain m office until 1982. He also forecast that Lee Kuan Yew would continue to remain In power for the next 10 years
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  • 40 3 New community centre THE ROYAL Navy handed over the Naval Base recreation hall yesterday to the People's Association. The People's Association is converting it to a community centre for residents of Naval Base and has renamed it Canberra Community Centre.
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  • 238 3 SINGAPORE'S prosperity would fly out of the window If Its political stability, built painfully over the years, was dissipated, said Dr Toh Chin Chye, Minister for Science and Technology, m a New Year message. So while Singapore "confidently takes one step
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  • 71 3 A TEENAGER was m hospital last night after being stabbed by a gang. Lee Siang Cheng, 19, of Redhill Close was chased by four men into a lane m Jalan Gagak Selari Barat. One of the four stabbed him on his left shoulder with a knife.
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  • 87 3 THE 800 volunteer special constables (VSCs) who have complained of being thirdclass policemen because of their cokMlal-type uniforms, will jota the boys In dark blue today. This change from the flannel short-sleeved shirts and khaki shorts to the dacroa blue uniforms of the
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  • 195 3 OF THE FOUR language streams, Chinese students had the highest pass rate m the recent Primary-School Leaving Examinations, according to official figures. 11,274 Chinese pupils out of 18,452 (61.1 per cent) passed the exam compared with 55.3 per cent passes m the English
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  • 461 3 Now is not the time to relax: Dr Goh NEW YEAR MESSAGES FROM THREE MINISTERS DEFENCE Minister Dr Goh Keng Swee told Singaporeans m a New Year message that this was not the time to relax. "To do so would risk foolishly throwing away the fruits of three years' labour
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  • 350 3 THE American withdrawal from Vietnam and the increasing recognition of China would have a major impact on South-East Asia this year, said Foreign Minister S. Rajaratnam m a New Year message. Mr. Rajaratnam said the American decision to withdraw meant that
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  • 211 3 Morepaywith higher output is NTUC's 1971 aim A STEADY increase m wages coupled with higher productivity and a more equitable distribution of wealth m the Republic. .this is what the NTUC would like to see m 1971 and the years ahead. In a New Year message, NTUC's general secretary Mr.
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  • 271 4  - Malaysia refuses to lift EPF rule CHEW LOY KHOON SINGAPOREANS MUST WAIT UNTIL THEY ARE 55 By MALAYSIA has rejected a Singapore proposal to allow Singapore workers leaving the country to transfer their Employee's Provident Fund contributions to the Central Provident Fund. It was reliably learnt yesterday that official approaches
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  • 160 4 6,000 apply for NTUC school minibus service SOME SIX thousand schoolchildren have applied for the NTUC's minibus service which begins on Jan. 4. An NTUC statement said yesterday that minibus drivers will get m touch with all successful applicants by Jan. 3. to finalise service arrangements. Unsuccessful applicants will be
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  • 77 4 Army on manoeuvre THE Singapore Armed Forces will hold military exercises m two areas next week. Blanks will be fired. In the Marsiling area, the exercise will be held from Monday, at 7 am till Friday at 5.30 pm and from 8 am to 9 pm on Jan 14 and
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  • 299 4 TWENTY-FIVE members of the British Armed Services m Singapore and Malaysia have received awards m the New Year Honours list published m London. Topping the list is Air Vice-Marshal Nigel M. Maynard, Air Commander of Far East Air Force, who was made a Companion of the Bath
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  • 155 4 New Year fashion show on Sunday THE Women's Committee of the Tionc Bahru Community Centre will hold a New Year's Fashion and Fancy Dress Show on Sunday from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. Highlights of the evening will include a ladies' fashion competition, a children's fancy dress competition, and a
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  • 162 4 KUALA LUMPUR, Thurs. Messrs. Donaldson and Burkinshaw, a Singapore-based law firm, closed their offices here and m Johore today to comply with the new legislation barring foreign-based legal firms and alien lawyers from operating and appearing m Malaysian courts. Between 70-100 Singapore
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  • 140 4 A UNITED Nationsassisted plan to guide Singapore's investment decisions on urban renewal and development and on land use and transportation needs will be finalised m mid--1971. When completed, a plan known as the Physical Plan, will be included m a comprehensive master plan for Singapore.
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  • 249 4 HOPE FOR CHEAPER PORK AFTER CHINESE NEW YEAR LIVESTOCK fanners said yesterday that they expected the price of pork to return to normal after Chinese New Year. Mr. Lai Fee Kwong, E resident of the Singapore ivestock Fanners' Association, said the main reason for the recent price Increase was that
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  • 50 4 A 50-YEAR-old woman died m Outram Road General Hospital on Wednesday two days after she was knocked down by a motor-cycle at the corner of Queen Street and Stamford Road. Eye-witnesses to the accident are asked to contact Inspector Rahmat Basrom, Sepoy Lines Police Station.
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  • 51 4 PACKIRI Murujaya, 45, of Serangoon Road, was knocked unconscious when he stepped on a live wire m Mandai Road 10 m.s. yesterday. He was taken to Thomson Road General Hospital and his condition is said to be satisfactory. The wire is believed to have fallen from a lamp
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  • 297 4 'Efficient enforcement the only guarantee of new port regulations' NEW PORT regulations to control petty crime and ship movements m Singapore waters which came into force today will be effective only if they are efficiently enforced, a senior maritime security official said yesterday. Mr. L. Wilson, Director of Securitas (Pte)
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  • 225 4 SEVEN RELATIVES LOF DETAINEES FAIL IN BID TO SEE MINISTER SEVEN women relatives of political detainees were turned away at the Ministry of Home Affairs yesterday when they arrived to protest against alleged persecution of detainees. TTiey had wanted to meet the Minister for Home Affairs, Dr. Wong Lin Ken.
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  • 286 5  - Balinese quartet presents folk music at Museum MARY LEE kj rgjkh eh ggjhg gjhjg jeger t rt By THE intricate yet crystal clear tones of a xylophone, the shrill wailing melody from flutes no, no* jazz, but traditional Bilinese music will flow from the rustic bamboo instruments of a village
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  • 339 5  -  FLORENCE CHONG By ROWCROFT Theatre Club is to stage a pantomine its first m 20 years at its Ayer Rajah Road theatre for five days from Tuesday. In the panto "Little Red Riding Hood" characters from bedtime stories come alive. They include Robin Hood
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  • 657 5  - FIRST DISCS FROM LOCAL FIRM AMAR JEET By HERE are the pioneers m Libra the recording company launched a month ago. For a change we will look at our local recordings. All are singles and are available at any record shop. KELSOM Mr. Monday/I Will Pretty Malay girl Kelsom is
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  • 49 5 THE Singapore Girl Guides Association has sent two of its senior members to attend the World Seminar on Public Relations and Finance to be held m Baguio, the Philippines, from Jan. it to Jan. 16. They are Madam Chan Siok Fong and Miss P. Arumugam.
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  • 69 5 Metallic art show by Malaysian AN exhibition of local art on aluminium, copper and tin by Malaysian artist Van Sook Leong, will be held at the Gallery of Fine Art Raffles Place from Wednesday. Van's bas-reliefs (metallic art) are pieces of skilled and patient craftmanship, and depict both rural and
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    • 119 5 BLONDIE By Chic Young g*s nniimiiMMiT a0 o 1 llii/ 1 bougmt a new utti_e l MOO V HAT TOOA^ AND I KNOW r B^o ncu 1 "I v ou't?e going to -^V-""*^. I r GET MAO PLEASE STOP 4[T^ c IT THAT WAJS KINO OP SNEAKY I CRVIN<S, DGAQ-)
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  • 1017 6  - Triple S: The sporty saloon car ALLAN CHAN DRIVE BY FOLLOWING the E^E^Sfc* f W^ P by Datsun SSS's m the saloon car race of the National Onpn rn/o-LLv^o^L V o Championships at Batu Tiga two weeks ago, local agents Tan Chong Motors offered me a taste of the road-going
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    559 6 THE car's internal combustion engine is essentially still a heat engine with an enormons amount of energy produced by combustion. Abeat 2a to 25 per ceat of die heat eaergy Is contacted threat* the cylinder walls aad this. If m( dissipated to malataia a reasonably steady temperatare,
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  • 104 6 TAKES A FUN LOOK AT THE LIFE OF MAN AND HIS CAR UNKNOWN THE I'fCK OF ft Punch Now ,on this 16 lane highway, we aside 4 lanes for abandoned cars." we've set H I "It was when we were adjusting the rod length to get the expansion slot r
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  • 1290 7  - Honcho is best in he rough LEE CHIU SAN MOTOR CYCLING By THE LATEST from Suzuki is the tough little Honcho TS9O trail bike. It is the first Suzuki trials iron tc be imported and sold here on a large scale. It is a real trail bike, not like the
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  • 235 7 Keep your head... and get a good helmet You can not only use it for your helmets but can carry a lot of other stuff m it, too. However, people could be excused for mistaking your bike for a pack mule. Some people drill a hole m their helmets and
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    • 122 7 f%f%gm M Check steering wobble W Check for back lash by rockmg the vvheel t0 Get a friend to twist the wheel to and fro If all is well so far, jack up one front wheel *^^^m|SI and fro 9* ntly More than one inch of <ree briskly while you
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  • 380 8 LONDON, Thurs. Britain's two biggest paper manufacturers, Bo water and Reed, today announced they are studying the possibility of merging their paper and paper pulp operations within Britain. Their joint announcement stressed that their talks were at a preliminary stage and
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  • 196 8 THE 500-ton cargo ship Dutch Master lies aground and abandoned m stormy seas off the east coast of England. Her it-man crew was lifted to safety after she collided with an ■■Identified ship off Spurn Point near the estuary of the Huraber River. The Ditch
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  • 266 8 MANILA, Thurs. A young army lieutenant defected to the outlawed Maoist New People's Army after robbing the Philippine Military Academy armoury of several high powered firearms and thousands of rounds of ammunition, military authorities said yesterday. The officials said Lt. Victor Corpus, 26,
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  • 145 8 NAHA, Okinawa, Thurs. U.S. Marines on Okinawa today postponed indefinitely a firing drill when a Japanese protestor fell from a tree on the range while trying to hoist a Japanese flag. U.S. officials said the protestor was m a serious condition at a U.S.
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  • 70 8 JAKARTA, Thurs. Deputy Commander of the Armed Forces, Gen. Maraden Panggabean has ruled out the possibility of Indonesia buying American-made Phantom or French-made Mirage supersonic jet fighters to replace the Russian MIGs still used by the Air Force. Answering questions after a cabinet meeting yesterday,
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  • 322 8 JERUSALEM, Thurs. Israel's leaders, led by bluntspeaklng Prime Minister Golda Melr, yesterday made separate appeals to Egypt to stop saying thugs that might jeopardise the resumption of the Middle East peace talks. Mrs. Meir spiked her appeal with a sharp warning that if
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  • 285 8 U NU PLOTS COUP WITH BURMA —TRIBES— BANGKOK, Thurs. Former Burmese Premier U Nu, who recently disappeared from Bangkok with the reported intention to "stage a revolution m Burma", has set up his headquarters on the ThaiBurmese border, the Bangkok Post reported today. Quoting informed sources, the newspaper said that
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  • 503 8 THE WORLD IN BRIEF Brezhnev for tv message MOSCOW: For the first time m Soviet history, the traditional end-of-year message of the Party Central Committee, presidium of the Supreme Soviet and Soviet Government will be delivered on Radio and Television tonight by the Party's Secretary-General, Leonid Brezhnev. JAKARTA: A number
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    • 35 8 SINGAPORE SWEEP I sth January Draw at CLIFFORD PIER 6. 30 P. M. HURRY! BUY YOUR TICKETS TODAY SINGAPORE SWEEP Ist Prize: $400,000. raizE: $150,000. raze $75,000. PLUS THOUSANDS OF OTHER PRIZES TO BE WON!
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  • 183 9 NEOT HAKIKAR, Israel, Thurs. A 40-feet high rock wall collapsed onto a military mess hall at lunchtime yesterday, killing at least 19. Several others were missing and feared buried under tons of sandstone. The military command m Tel Aviv said the victims were 18 soldiers
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  • 109 9 Pravda fumes at the Peking press MOSCOW, Thurs. Pravda bitterly attacked the Chinese Press for its coverage of the recent Polish riots including a Peking report that Soviet troops were alerted for possible intervention. The Soviet Communist Party Newspaper rejected this report as "a he!" Pravda charged that Peking sought
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  • 50 9 MANILA, Thurs. Two prisoners were killed m gang fighting Wednesday m Muntinlupa National Penitentiary. Three more inmates were injured m the battling between rival gangs m a cellblock for juveniles. The unofficial death toll at the prison near Manila was about 50 for the year.
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  • 27 9 TOKYO. Thurs The Japan-Arab Association will send a 12-man economic mintoa to middle east m midJanuary to promote economic co-operation between Japan «iki Arab nations.
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  • 76 9 LONDON, Thurs. Two men have been accused of the Christmas Eve murder of Janet Stevens a case dubbed the "Red Riding Hood "killing. Fifteen-year old Janet was strangled as she trudged over bleak countryside carrying gfts m a red plastic bag for sr
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  • 51 9 ITALY'S FIRST DIVORCEE MODENA, Thurs. Glorgia Lulsa Penassi, 25, and her seven-year-old sob Massimo after she was granted Italy's first divorce yesterday. She applied for It oa Dec. 18, the day the Divorce Bill became effective. She won It because she and her hoslMUMl lived apart for more than five
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  • 22 9 TOKYO, Thurs. Chinese army units m Fukien province opposite Formosa will suspend shelling against Nationalistheld onshore islands on Dec. 31-Jan.
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  • 147 9 ATLANTA, Georgia, Tnars. Murder charges In the slaying of a motorcycle gang nember were dismissed yesterday against a soldier, accased In the alleged My Lai massacre, and 1C other people. Robert T. Soavas and the others were charged In the shotgnn slaying on
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  • 393 9 Vietcong break ceasefire to kill 19 SAIGON, Tiinrs. Communist troops invaded a small hamlet 24 miles from Saigon and virtually wiped out the local defence force, 90 minutes after a Vietcongdeclared cease-fire went into effect this morning. South Vietnamese military headquarters la Saigon said the Communists struck the Popular Self-Defence
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  • 212 9 BUENOS AIRES, Thurs. A letter sent to newsmen yesterday claimed that a missing leftist attorney and his client had been executed as "Marxist agents*; and m revenge for the kidnapslaying of former President Pedro Eugenio Aramouru. There was no way of establishing immediately
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  • 764 9 Franco: Why I stopped Basque deaths MADRID, Thursday GENERAL FRANCO told the Spanish people their massive support reinforced his authority and made it easier for him to commute the death sentences of six basque extremists. In a recorded, 19-minute I New Year speech, the 78--year-old Head of State said commutation
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  • 108 9 HAMBURG. The time has come, the Walrus said, to speak of many things. ..not cabbages or kings, bat harmonicas. This fellow la the local zoo makes masic speak for him aad he's qaite chatty oa the harmonica. Bat he doesn't do It
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  • 196 10 FEAR OF $200 FINE SENDS SALES SOARING AN ELEVENTH-hour rush for crash helmets caused a crush m some motor-cycle accessory shops yesterday. At midnight last night it became compulsory for all motor-cyclists, scooter and pillion riders to wear helmets. Failure to comply with the law may cost
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  • 285 10 Sembawang prepares to dry-dock Quee n Elizabeth THE former passenger liner Queen Elizabeth is almost certain to visit Singapore again for the first time m 30 years. The 83,000-ton vessel, now renamed Seawise University, belongs to the Hongkong shipping magnate C.Y. Tung, and is believed to be coming m February
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  • 432 10 Nantah plans grad school fund-raising campaign NAN YANG University is planning a large-scale campaign to raise funds to build a graduate school and for general development. This was dis.closed m a Nantah report for 1970, released yesterday. The graduate school was set up last March, but it has yet to
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  • 35 10 LOS ANGELES, Thurs. Charles Manson's attorney told the Jury m the Sharon Tate murder trial that the state is "out to get Mr. Manson for some ungodly reason... related to his life style."
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  • 104 10 BONN, Thurs. Guinea has demanded the recall of West German Ambassador Johann Christian Lankes, Foreign Affairs State Secretary Sigismund von Braun said. He said the demand was made because President Sekou Toure no longer had any confidence m Mr. Lankes. Mr. von Braun met the Ambassador,
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  • 101 10 HONGKONG, Thurs. British banker David Johnston was jailed by the Peking authorities as a revenge measure against the Singapore Government, the local tabloid Star said today. Quoting its own exclusive sources, the Star claimed that Johnston's detention reflected Chinese indignation over Singapore
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  • 54 10 RYAD, Saudi Arabia, Thurs. Tunku Abdul Rahman of Malaysia, secretary-general of the Islamic Secretariat, which has its headquarters m Jeddah, Saudi Arabia's largest port city, arrived here from Karachi today. He was welcomed at the capital's airport by Ahmad Abdel Wahab,. head of the Saudi
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  • 41 10 WASHINGTON, Thurs. The U.S. Department of Defence proposed a settlement of a tangled dispute with the Lockheed Aircraft Corp. under which the firm would take a loss of 200 million dollars on the controversial C 5 transport aircraft project.
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  • 131 10 HONGKONG, Thurs. The Hongkong tog Taikoo has taken the crippled Singapore tanker, Cherry Viken, under tow for Manila. Mr. George BuU, Taikoo dockyard's public relations officer, quoted a radio message from the tug's Master as saying that the tugboat rendezvoused with the tanker
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  • 146 10 MR. JAMES Glyn (above) has taken over from Mr. David Rosser as chairman of North Borneo Timbers Berhad. Aged 31. he is probably the youngest chairman of a public company m Malaysia and Singapore. Mr. Glyn, an Englishman, joined the company 10 years
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  • 152 10 TEACHER TO DIE FOR MURDER OF MODEL BANGKOK. Thurs. A Thai teacher, Kukiat Ruengrith, 23, was sentenced to death by the firing squad yesterday for murdering a Danish model, Miss Dorrit von Haven, 24, on Jan. 22. 1968. Kukiat fainted when he heard the verdict. He shot to death Miss
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  • 149 10 JUDGES will begin a tour of Singapore's petrol pumps today to select the most attractive service station m a competition organised by the Tourist Promotion Board. About 130 stations will be judged on their cleanliness, attractiveness of their premises, courteous service and
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  • 117 10 'No C'wealth break-up over arms sales' Smith LONDON. Thurs. Mr .Arnold Smith, Secretary General of the Commonwealth, believes that the 31--nation grouping will not break up over the projected sales of British arms to South Africa. In his annual report issued here today, he was optimistic about talks at the
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  • 23 10 TAN-TAN: Hong Bait, youagest soa of Mdm. Lim Mooi Nee, aad May Lin, y°M«er daughter of Mr. Mr Tarn Beag Joo. 1.1.71.
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    • 342 10 O SINGAPORE IH ARMED FORCES OPPORTUNITIES FOR PERMANENT CAREERS Opportunities for permanent careers m the Singapore Armed Forces are now available. Vacancies exist m the: Infantry and Support Arms; Technical Services; Maritime Command; Air Defence Command, and Other Services. 2. Terms of Service. Either permanent regular service until retirement or
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  • 9 11 Friday, Jan. 1. 1971
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  • 165 11 Captain brings his ship to hospital CAPT. W.T.D. McMillan, master of the Blue Funnel liner Centaur, brought his ship with him when he called on the children of the St. Andrew's Mission Hospital m Tanjong Pagar. Bat the ship that was carried into the children's ward with the help of
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  • 293 11 'Jerai should have stayed on course or stopped' CRASH COULD HAVE BEEN AVOIDED AN expert witness told a court-martial yesterday that collision between two minesweepers, K.D. Kinabalu and K.D. Jerai, on Oct. 2 could have been avoided had the Jerai maintained her course or stopped. Lt-Cdr. M.W.W. James was testifying
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  • 158 11 A TEAM of six young men and women will leave Singapore m mid- January on a goodwill mission to Japan. The mission the fourth of its kind will be sponsored by the Japanese Government and the People's Association. The team will stay m
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  • 219 11 TWO thousand Government technical officers will receive salary increases of from $5 $80 a month backdated to October 1970. Many, however, will get a raise of $30 $45. The salary increases will cost the Government an extra one million dollars each year. An
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  • 410 11 THE NIGHT FIVE MEN STOLE A CAR FOR FUN A YOUTH and four friends stole a car "just for fun" on Dec. 13 and one of them ended up being shot by a detective, a court was told yesterday. The wounded man, Lim Teck Eng, 25, and the youth, Quek
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  • 103 11 PENANG, Thurs.— The Chief Minister Dr. Lim Chong Eu, has designated Inche Harun bin Sirat as Deputy Chief Minister with effect from tomorrow. Inche Harun, 54, is an executive council member and state assemblyman for Alma m Province Wellesley Central. He succeeds Inche Mustapha bin
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  • 219 11 LABOURER Kochu Kunju Sivadasan, a survivor of the landslide at the East Pier construction site m Shenton Way, told a coroner yesterday of the afternoon thai he was buried alongside a fellow-worker m a 24 ft. -deep pit. Sivadasan, 47, an
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  • 49 11 THE Minister of Defence, Dr. Goh Keng Swee, will open the $5 million Jurong Bird Park at 6 p.m .on SUNDAY and not today as reported In the Herald yesterday. Invited guests will receive souvenir matchbooks. The park will be open to the public from Monday.
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    • 65 11 THE numbers picked la last night's Tot© draw No. 194/70 were 22, 18, 23, 39 and 42. The additional number was 29. The circled numbers were 2, 10 and 48. TODAY: 2.93 a.m. (9.9 ft.); I.H p.m. (19.3 ft.). TOMORROW: 2.49 a.m. (8.9 ft.); 1.48 p.m. (19.9 ft.). DENNIS THE
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  • 221 12 CHANGI SURVIVAL SCHOOL CLOSES, SO IT'S OVER TO KOTA TINGGI THE Far East Air Force's Survival and Parachute School In Nlcoll Drive, Changi, closed yesterday after 11 years' existence. The closure of the school which had trained 2,* M Gurkha and British troops m the
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  • 396 12 REGISTRATION FOR ADULT EDUCATION LANGUAGE CLASSES REGISTRATION to join the Adult Education Board's language classes for the 1971 session will be held nightly excluding Saturdays and Sundays, from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. beginning next Monday at the following centres: Ahmad Ibrahim Secondary School, 7 m.s. Thomson Road, Singapore 20;
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  • 68 12 Radio Singapore will broadcast the first "Asean Half-Hour" programme over the English Service at 7.30 p.m. today. This is the first of a series of exchange programmes among Asean countries. It will feature special messages from the Foreign Ministers of Indonesia, Mr. Adam Malik;
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  • 209 12 THE NINTH Court is now the First, the Fifth is the Second and the Seventh is the Third. Which makes things simpler because it means that the Criminal District and Magistrates' Courts m South Bridge Road are now named m a systematic manner. Wooden
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  • 96 12 AN Indonesian illegal immigrant who admitted stealing a passport belonging to an Australian tourist was jailed for six months by a magistrate's court yesterday. Edward Nasation, 36, also admitted entering Singapore illegally on Monday and was jailed for four months, both sentences
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  • 88 12 TWO STC bus drivers were fined a total of $18« In a traffic court yesterday for negligent driving. Ong Ah Tee, 30, of Changi Road, was fined $ltt for failing to keep a proper look-oat for vehicles In front while driving In Holland
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  • 338 12 A TEAM from the Maternal and Child Health Branch of the Institute of Health will visit 13 community centres from January to June to immunise children against smallpox, diphtheria, tetanus, whooping cough and poliomyelitis. The team will inoculate children between the ages of three
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    • 337 12 \jU^fffWhW7f9n I JXnßWWilflHßnl I** iTHrffrWPW Aquarians In the Dreams are all very ThTs!arssus!sstTS T"^ g ll i tr ild dOdge WeU bHt !t Beeds a lot have hidden tSeit p?" tte limelight a^l keep mental or physical SbTyaXicl which their views mainly to muscle and constant per- needs developing themselves;
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    • 1781 13 flß^^l^^^ J^^F&iZ- r" W m VBHBVH v m£^^. yw mm lilllllllllllllllllllllvvllllß9llllllllllllllllllcllllflll |f| llllllllll|||||||||||||||||e|||||| J^^ q J hnn y °yP her (Cartoon) 3.00 Opening and Programme Summary i'S* 4H l^^^^v Ein in L ne ey The Reunion 3.02 Orkes El Surayya— Special Programme on ,%m Z: 10.00 Dance Showcase by Maureen
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  • 314 14 WHY BOOK SOME MOTORISTS AND LET OTHERS GO? ON DEC. 23, when I came out from Shaw House, I found a police notice on the screen of my car. There was a similar notice on the screen of a car that was parked immediately behind mine. But there were about
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  • 100 14 TOILETS AT ARCADE DIRTIEST TALKING of dirty lavatories m Public Places, the Health Department Officers should pay a visit to the Arcade lavatories at the Ground. First and Second floors ana they would be surprised to learn that there are no other lavatories more filthy, dirty and unclean m any
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  • 422 14 Why drop plan to acquire this property? AS a loyal and proud citizen of Singapore of today, I have been rather perturbed by some strange decisions of the Ministry of Law and National Development pertaining to the acquisition and the withdrawal from the acquisition of certain lands. Although I felt
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  • 545 14 Install common TV antenna on all HDB flats THE HDB is going all out to beautify its estates with shrubs and trees and many of the old blocks have been given a new coat of paint. Also, the lifts are being repainted and lined with scratch proof formica to prevent
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  • 503 14 STOP THE DIRTY HABITS OF OUR HAWKERS THE long arms of the law have caught the litter bugs, noise makers and the culprits who pollute the air we breathe. But unhygienic people selling food seem to go scot free. These people who handle our food are totally indifferent to cleanliness.
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  • 174 14 HOW on earth did the Customs Department approve the new uniform? ui'J^VJ 1 and wear whl *e shirts that must be starched; thick dark-blue dacron trousers thicker than the former khaki pants; cheap quality, small-boy ties that shrink and go out of shape after the first
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  • 216 14 Commerce Ind. Fund dividend up 17.8% COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY FUND, managed by Singapore Unit Trusts, announced a dividend of 54.32 gross per 100 units. The income distribution, paid to unit holders yesterday, brought the total for the year to 58.34 gross, an increase of 17.8 per cent over the $7.08
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  • 254 14 Indonesia's all-round progress JAKARTA, Thurs. President Suharto claimed tonight that Indonesia had made all-round economic progress during the year while "significant steps" were taken to implement democracy m the country. In an year-end report to the nation, broadcast on radio and television, President Suharto said preparations were now complete for
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  • 122 14 KUALA LUMPUR, Thurs. China has bought several thousand tons of rubber both low grade and RSS 1 from Singapore and Malaysia during the past few days, informed sources said today. The sources said China entered the market after the Christmas break and has been buying regularly.
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  • 116 14 HONGKONG, Thurs.-A spokesman for Wheelock Marden of Hongkong said last night that Wheelock Marden (Malaysia) would continue to be listed m the Stock Exchange of Malaysia and Singapore, (SEMS). Earlier, the secretary of Hongkong Stock Exchange announced that Wheelock Marden had decided sto withdraw from
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  • 78 14 HONGKONG, Thurs. -Hongkong will have a third stock exchange early next year. This is the Chinese Gold and Silver Stock Exchange, which was incorporated earlier this year, and scheduled to open for business by the end of February 1971. The other two exchanges already operating are the
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  • 208 14 PARLIAMENT has passed a Bill to simplify the ship mortgage system making it more attractive for banks and financial institutions to finance shipbuilders whose vessels fly the Singapore flag: Communications Minister Mr. Yong Nyuk Lin. who moved the .second reading of the Merchant Shipping (Amendment
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    • 33 14 All letters to Viewpoint must be signed and carry the writer's address. If correspondents wish to have their names withheld, they may use a pen name, but their letters must still be signed.
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    • 333 14 mmMfMMMm^^Mmmmw^MMmmwMWM^MmmMMMm Spassky beats Fischer CURRENT World Cham- 1 pion, Grandmaster Boris BHi m M&m Spassky (Soviet Union) A was m top form when he mm iH mm H beat American Grand- c lI#H l'l master Bobby Fischer m ~^j^^^^^^* mm *9M^^Mm the 19th Chess Olympiade sif I I 1970 m
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  • 232 15 LONDON, Thurs. Shareholders of the Dunlop Company have approved the union of Dunlop and Pirelli Spa and Soc ie t ate Pirelli Internationale SA at an extraordinary general meeting. The meeting yesterday also approved an increase m the company's borrowing powers to twice the aggregate of the
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  • 206 15 SINGAPORE-MALAYSIA Merchant rates fixed yesterday by the Association of Banks m Malaysia-Singapore. Local dollars per unit of foreign currency. (Rates m Hongkong dollars, for Dec. 31) On New York TT 6.0825 On New York DD 6.0750 Gold (99% fineness, per tael) 287 Note Rates: China (per 100
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  • 1525 15 Closim Prices/business done DESPITE a two-hour session— from 10 a.m. to noon— yesterday, business m the Stock Exchange was quite brisk with the day's total turnover going above the one-million mark to 1,181,000 units. The bulk of activity was m speculative industrial counters and the section continued to rule firms
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  • 78 15 (Managers' prices for Jan. 2) B. S. ASIA UNIT TRUSTS Mai. Imt. Fund. 1.19 1.24 Mai. Progress Fund 1.05 1.10 CHARTERED UNIT TRUSTS Singapore Growth Fund 1.01 1.06 SINGAPORE UNIT TRUSTS Second Singapore Third Singapore 1.22 B. S. The Commerce Ind. Fund .99 1.04 The Saving Fund 1.03
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  • 782 15 MALAYSIA/SINGAPORE RUBBER RUBBER 49-1/8 cents a lb. (up three-eighths cents). Disappointing London advices were reflected m the opening quotation of 48-3/8 cents a buyer for Jan. 1 RSS yesterday. Prices, however, recovered as shortcovering and upcountry buying steadied the market m thin conditions. The morning close was at
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  • 182 15 LONDON, Thurs.— Quiet conditions again were evident at the opening today but grain snippers have covered a cargo from the U.S. North of Hatteras to Antwerp at lumpsum equivalent to US$4 fio (free m and out) for January loading. Coal shippers arranged a cargo from Hampton Roads
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  • 773 15 Mining and oil shares advanced m more active trading yesterday, although there was an easing tendency near the close. Industrials were mixed. Poseidon remained out of favour, easing a further $1 to $44, but International Mining sold up to $1 before closing at 96 cents, a gain
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  • 225 15 Slater Walker featured a quiet market yesterday with a 70- cent on balance gain. The shares closed at $27.90. HK Hotels also came m for some attention to finish at $28.90, a rise of 50 cents. Sincere had a good gain of 40 cents, while Asia Navigation
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  • 601 16 Including ALL ships bound for the Americas, e.g. Coast ports of North, Central or South America ships sailing east out of Singapore to Pacific and through the Panama Canal to the Gulf ports, etc. 1^ ALCOS PARTNER May 12/17 P. Sham (May 18/19), Capetown, Durban, Mombasa, Jeddah. AOL/ASC ALCOS
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  • 5 16 THE SINGAPORE HERALD
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  • 309 16 AFT Anglo-French Trading Co. (Pte) Ltd. *****/8 ASC Alcos Steamship Corpn. *****6 APL American President Lines ***** AUS Austasia Line ***** BEN Ben Line Steamers ***** BSC Bulsing Shipping Co ***** BA British Asian *****3 BC Borneo Co ***** CFS CF Sharp A Co. (M) Pte.
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  • 297 16 AML American Mall Line; AOL Alcos Overseas Line; APL American President Line; AUS Austasia Line— Golden Line. BL Bank Line; BBL Barber Lines; BEN Ben Line; Bl Bl: BF Blue Funnel; BSL Blue Sea Line; BA British Asian; BFSL Burma Fire Star Line. CH Chien Hwa Shipping Co. IT**?,
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    • 781 16 r^ NEPTUNE ORIENT UNESgD. ICB BmLDING 2 SHENTQN WAY SINGAPQWC 1 TEL *****37 U.K. EUROPE SERVICE LOADING FOR LONDON, H'BURG, R'DAM, HAVRE, »4«gap»ra •fham rHi»an« AB«IVE» NCPTUNC AQUAMARINC 5/9 Jan 10 Jan 11 J»" Ldon 8/2. Hamburg 12/2 Havre 14/2. R dam 19/2 NCPTUNC AMBER 23/27 Jan 28/31 Jan 1/2
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    • 76 16 KEY FOR EASY REFERENCE: The shipping schedules beginning on this page are given m four parts for ships westbound, eastbound, southbound and coastal. Each entry gives the following information: NAME OF SHIP, date of arrival/departure, ports of call, name of line abbreviated/name of agent(s) abbreviated. At the bottom of the
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  • 533 17 Including ships sailing out of Singapore for Far East ports to the north-east. ACHILLES 36 (S) Jan 15/15 Hongkong, Kobe. Y'hama. BF/MC ALCOS MASTER Apr 19/22 Osaka. Yokohama. Vancouver B.C. Jeddah. AOL/ASC ALCOS RANGER Mar 18/21 Osaka, Yokohama. Vancouver B.C. Jeddah. AOL/ASC ALCOS VICTORY Feb 20/23 Osaka. Yokohama. Vancouver
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  • 280 17 THE PORT OF SINGAPORE AUTHORITY HAS MA)E THESE BERTHING ARRANGEMENTS FOR JANUARY I. OUT: Songkhla 1/2; Pando Point 3/4; Forma 6/7; Meiko Maru 10/11; Asahi Maru No. 35 18; Trang 20 west; Rajah Brooke 21 west; Kyosho Maru 25; Estelle Maersk 31/32; Euphrate 31/32; Ditte Skou 45;
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  • 196 17 Mainly ships bound for Australia and New Zealand, including ships calling at Manila, etc. AUSTRALASIA Jan 7/9 P. Sham (Jan 10). Singapore (Jan 11), Fremantle (Jan 18). AUS/AUS AUSTRALASIA Jan 28/30 P. Sham (Jan 31). Spore (Feb 1). Fremantle (Feb 8). AUS/AUS BEN VENUE Jan 6/7 Manila. BEN/BEN BROWING
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  • 327 17 Including ships calling at Malaysian and Indonesian ports. AUSTRAL MARU Jan 20/22 Sorong/Manokwai/Biak/ Hamarinda. DU/DU BANDUNG MARU Jan 8 Djakarta, Surabaya. TSK/OL BOGOWONTO J an 7/10 Djakarta. PL/PL B. MANGAN InPt P. Sham (Jan 4). BBL/MC DARPO LIMA Jan 8/10 Djambi. SI/SI ENGGANO In Pt/Jan 3 Belawan/Atjeh Ports. PL/PL
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    • 227 17 WISHING ALL OUR FRIENDS CLIENTS A VERY HAPPY PROSPEROUS NEW YEAR. ALCOS OVERSEAS LINE TO CAPETOWN DURBAN MOMBASA JEDDAH Singapore Port Sham Alcos Venture 10/15 Feb 16/18 Feb. Alcos Pioneer 16/21 Mar 14/15 Mar Alcos Trader 10/15 Apr 16/18 Apr Alcos Partner 12/17 May 18/19 May TO: OSAKA YOKOHAMA VANCOUVER
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    • 1338 18 rfflSr&vikQiiCPl For our Classified Ul/ n TILIL f "QPP Tele- Ad Services i r I ADVERTISEMENTS ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. ANNIVERSARIES. AN NOUNCEMENTS. BIRTHS. CLUB ACTIVITIES. CON DOLENCES. DEATHS. ENGAGEMENTS,FUNERAL. GREET INGS. IN MEMORIAM. MARRIAGES. MISSING. °ERSONAL. PP C REQUIEMS REUNIONS Minimum $8/ for 20 words, each additional word 40cts. All other classified
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    • 509 18 VISIT MING ART GALLERY. Ming Court Hotel Shopping Arcade. Tanglin Road. Singapore's largest collection of local batik paintings open daily. SALE ORIGINAL OIL PAINTINGS Very reasonable pricing of private collection exquisite oils by Monte. J.D.Castro. Navarro, Gotta, Harlim. Yaroboa. Menesis, Zablan. Gonzales. exculsive teak, mahogany frames. Telephone *****8 Mr. Mrs.
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    • 497 18 PASSAP OUOMATIC domestic knitting machine. Swissmode latest model. Free tuition after sale. Ask demonstration at 4 Jalan Novena Utara Spore 11 c Tel. 3i I^*4 Chua. I LADIES! CLEAN YOUR DISHES the modern way with ISAKLIN the new powerful liquid detergent that is caustic free and will not injure .middy's
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    • 432 18 TANGLIN DRIVING SCHOOL quick to pass your driving' test. Hourly $6/ 16 Tanglin Road Spore Tel. *****9. BALLROOM DANCING Individual coaching 2.00 p.m. 7.30 p.m. Weekdays. Socials Tuesdays. Thursdays. Sundays. Tel. *****. Coilick's (airconditioned studio). 19t>B. New Bridge Road. ENROL NOW Class tuition Soul. A-go-go, latest dances. Enquires Sunny Low.
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    4 19  -  BY CAVALIER
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  • 574 19 MORE OWNERS REGISTERED WITH MALAYAN RACING ASSOCIATION JOCKEY Johnny Miller is likely to be back m action at the forthcoming Bukit Timah meeting which starts on Jan. 9. Miller, who still holds a Malayan Racing Association licence, skipped the last two days meeting at
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  • 127 19 ADELAIDE, Thurs. English jockey Geoff Lewis, who will miss the New Year's Gift race here tomorrow and the International stakes on Saturday, said today tkat he hopes to be fit to ride m Syduey on Jan. Lewis was today examined by a specialist,
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  • 193 19 MIAMI BEACH, Florida, Thurs. France, Spain, Mexico, South Africa, Czechoslovakia, Argentina, Italy and the United States all reached the semi-final round of the Sunshine Cup team matches yesterday. Today the United States will play Mexico, Spain will play France-South Africa meets Czechoslovakia and Argentina plays
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  • 110 19 Another Indon quits JAKARTA, Thurs. Mr. Erwin Noer, first chairman of the All-Indonesian Volleyball Association, today announced his resignation following press criticism of the poor achievements of Indonesian sportsmen m the recently held Asian Games m Bangkok. Mr. Erwin said that he had failed to keep his promise to be
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  • 310 19 Winner-take -all tennis classic at the Garden NEW YORK, Thurs. Australians Rod Layer and Ken Rose wall will launch the 1971 tennis champions classic with a US$lO,OOO winner-take-all match m Madison Square Garden on Saturday. it is the first match m a series that has a total of US$2lO,OOO up
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  • 265 19 MELBOURNE, Thurs. The French Admirals Cup representative Pacha, yesterday won on handicap the Sydney-Hobart yacht race, while the New Zealand cutter Buccaneer won line honours. Only four of the sixty entrants have so far reached the finish of the gruelling race m which
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  • Page 19 Miscellaneous
    • 38 19 DAVY JONES By Sam Left /THAT WAS STORMV'S, 15 SOM6THIN6 1 tKJ*~T~HE ONLY SAID A kV WHAT CAN IVVO L IKE Vnu ANO Jf UH, SCOTTY'S DAD. ME DAW?^ HI \IT>S URGENT J^^g^^ tIdoToRVoO/ MARCO TO FIND THE
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    • 444 19 TWINSET CROSSWORD ACROSS DOWN 4. Ship carrying shapeless mass 1- A veil made with much emsinks suddenly (6) broidery m the Middle Ages (9) 8. Cigar with end cut off is 2. Seed is not up to standard excellent (7) when you sow (9) 9. Oarsman's heartbeat (6) 3. Opportunity
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  • 590 20 PELE IS SOCCER STAR OF THE YEAR LONDON, Thurs. Pele was the soccer star of the year the man who sparked Brazil to its third victory m the World Cup m Mexico. The Brazilian genius scored four goals, engineered others for his team and made sure that the South Americans
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  • 51 20 THE following were elected office-bearers at the Bth Annual General Meeting of the Joyful Indians Football Club. President: S. Retanasamy, Vice-FTesident: A. Narayanan, Hon. Sec: G. Ramakrishnan, Sports Secretary: P.T. Murthi, Hon. Treasurer: R. Bala, Hon. Supt; K. Salahudin, Committee Members: P. Purasamy, N. Chandra. K. Chidambaram, Hon. Auditor: A.
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  • 520 20 Sir Alf won't lend name for new cup LONDON, Thurs. The international Federation of Football Associations (FIFA) decided that there'll be another cup for the soccer nations of the world. Now it's called the Wo»rld CupSir Stanley Rous, president of FIFA, refused to have the new Cup named after him.
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  • 123 20 RIO DE JANEIRO, Thurs. Pele, the Brazilian soccer King, has reiterated once again that he will not play m the World Cup of 1974, m West Germany. "Officials can start looking as of now, for someone to replace me. I think I've helped enough. In 1974
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  • 365 20  - Will 1971 be a year of achievement in sports? MAX LANGE WILL 1971 usher m a new concept for Singapore sports, a new year that would place the emphasis on achievements? Singapore's resources are as good as those of other countries. But we must first work out a system of
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  • 140 20 LONDON Mon. Britain has challenged the United States for the America's Cup, the world's most famous yachting championship, it was announced here today. The British challenge was launched by the Royal Thames Yacht Club, which notified the New York Yacht Club, sponsor of the Cup, of its
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  • 438 20  -  BUCK CANEL NEW YORK, Thurs. If all the energy wasted today m the press gathering to announce the "fight of the century" were to be expended m their scheduled Mar. 8 encounter for the heavyweight championship of the world, the meeting between Mohammad All
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  • 239 20 No play possible in Third Test MELBOURNE, Thurs. Not a single ball was bowled on the first day of the Third Cricket Test between England and Australia here today. England skipper Ray Illingworth won the toss and sent Australia m to bat, but the waterlogged ground and light s h
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  • 130 20 NEW YORK, Wed. Four former World champions, including two heavyweights, have been elected to the Boxing Hall of Fame, it was announced here. In the vote conducted by Ring magazine, boxing writers and broadcasters elected former heavyweight champions Ezzard Charles and Max Schmeling. Charles won the title on a decision
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