Singapore Herald, 27 January 1971

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  • 50 1 THE SINGAPORE herald No. 161 Singapore Wednesday, January 27, 1971 MC(P) N0.2325 15 CENTS 4^- PW" THESE will be bo issue of the Singapore Herald tomorrow. Pabllcatioa will resume oh Friday. The Chiaese words above spell out oar best wishes to our readers for a Happy and Prosperous New Year.
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  • IN BRIEF
    • 92 1 NEW DELHI, Tues. Uttar Pradesh, India's most populous state, was today heading for a political crisis following the victory of Congress Party candidate Ramakrishna Dwivedi over the Chief Minister T.N. Singh m yesterday's by-election. Mr. Singh assumed power two months ago as the
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    • 42 1 ODD LONDON: Britain's relations with Chhu showed "a marked improvement m the last year, when seven British subjects were released by the Chinese authorities," Mr. Anthony Royle, Parliamentary Undersecretary of State far Foreign Affairs told the House of Commons here yesterday. AFP
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    • 28 1 ODD NEW YOU: Prince Juan Carlos, the future King of Spain, and Princess Sophie, his Greek-bora wife, arrived In the United States, yesterday for a week-long visit. AP
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    • 50 1 SEOUL: South Korea is now m complete agreement with the United States' planned withdrawal of 20,000 American troops from South Korea by June 30 this year In exchange for a sufficient modernisation of the South Korean armed forces with Americans aids, Defence Minister Jung Naihvok told the Press today. AFP
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  • 443 1 Turn We agreed to split MSA on amicable terms KUALA LUMPUR, Tues. Prime Minister, Tun Abdul Razak, said here today that Singapore and Malaysia agreed to split MSA on amicable terms. The decision, he added, was reached a few months ago after discussions at Government level. He hoped Singapore and
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  • 473 1 Asylum in Tanzania OBOTE'S BIGGEST BLUNDER PAGE 9 NAIROBI, Tues. Milton Obote toppled President of Uganda has been granted refuge m Tanzania. He arrived m Dar Es Salaam tonight while Tanzania President Julius .Nyerere was m New Delhi. Dr. Obote. spent the night m Nairobi where, under heavy police guard,
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  • 397 1 FIRECRACKERS are still being let off indiscriminately m several areas despite the restriction on firing to 153 specified lots. They are also being let off outside the hours specified. Residents m MacPherson Estate, Queenstown, Toa Payoh, Yio Chu Rang, Sembawang, Chua Chu Kang and
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  • 87 1 JAKARTA, Tues. The Malaysian Government will give the Indonesian Air Force 12 Twin Pioneer light transport .aircraft including spare parts sufficient for two years, it was announced here today. Air Marshal Suwoto Sukendar, Chief of Staff of the Indonesian Air Force, told newsmen
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  • 133 1 LONDON, Toe*. Three Soviet aaval ships, nclndlag the lt,2tMea cruiser Savorov have anchored off the Indlaa Ocean Islaad of Diego Garcia, the right wtag dally express reportesi tesjiy. The aatakaWW Isl jad Uto hacsMg aa Aagto-AMertcaa ■aval aad air ceatre to caaatar Sovtel aaval
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  • 461 1 Lee's pledge of a cleaner, greener place PRIME Minister Lee Kuan Yew promised last night that Singapore would be a cleaner and greener place with more tourists and social amenities. "It is you, ordinary people, who can make this a gracious city where we are courteous and considerate to each
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    • 181 1 IBS] NEW DENTISTS and other Singapore University medical exam results Page 4. ODD COSTLY START for holiday crowds Page 6. ODD CHARLES MANSON found guilty Page 8. ODD REDS pile pressure on Phnom Panh Page 7. ODD TV PROGRAMMES for two days, today and tomorrow Page 12. /ffot/h FAST EASY
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  • Page 1 Miscellaneous

  • 193 2 I HAVE a daughter who is m Primary VI m Playfair Primary School, Paya Lebar. Last year my son was m the same school. He is now attending a secondary school. The school was the centre of a scandal last December, with a teacher
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  • 291 2 One man's view of that NTUC demo I REFER to the arrest of 12 demonstrators m front of the Conference Hall on Jan. 19. I am not a member or a supporter of the Barisan Sosialis. Nor am I inclined to disagree with the allegation that the Bartsan Sosialis U
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  • 193 2 I REFER to the report headlined "Uncensored film seized after running four days" (S.H. Jan. 237 The film "Stiletto" was passed with cuts by the Board of Film Censors on April 14, 1970. But the distributor sent the film to Hongkong for screening m June
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  • 562 2 HOW TO IMPROVE CHANGI POINT LIFEGUARD WATCH I REFER to Mr. Ec Kwong Watt's letter on my criticism of the free lifeguard "service." Changi Point Is an area where bathing fatalities are greatest and the lifeguard hut b NOT manned by prepared and effective life-saving elements from the Corps when
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  • 278 2 CERTAIN clauses m the rules governing completion of the Income Tax Form (IR 4-W 1363) are ridiculous. My friend has been separated from his wife for the past four years. His wife is a working woman. Last year, realising that there was no possibility
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  • 390 2 Eusoff College and Asian norms THE writer of the letter "The role of a coUege head" (S.H. Jan. 25) is, of course, entitled to his (or her) views. They carry no weight at all, however, since they are written anonymously and so one cannot gauge the author's qualifications for judging
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  • 483 2 THE advantages of a Mass Rapid Transit system require little advocacy. The term refers, of course, to transportation systems (such as underground trains or elevated monorails) which can move large numbers of people at high speed from where they live to where they work. MRT is sometimes
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  • Page 2 Advertisements
    • 106 2 What's For Breakfast? Five different fruits, two kinds of nuts, rose bips, three cereals, skimmed milk and wheat germ WOW! all at one sitting thafs a marvellous healthy mealtime idea. But its not always practical. So eat. LUTIN MUESLI FOR BREAKFAST which contains all the above ingredients. Just add milk
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  • 203 3 SUMMIT GIVES BOOK FIRM EXPORT CHANCE A LOCAL firm may start Jotat vestures with Africa* ceaatrtes because of the Commoawealth Heads of Geverameat Ceafereace. Baaaanasmia, Mr. Che Jack Will did same proaiotloa dnrlag the coafereace far McGraw-Hill Far Eastera Pabllsbers (8) Ltd., of which he Is maaaglag director. Mr. CM
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  • 47 3 A DRUNKEN lighterman drowned when he fell into the sea, a coroner's court was told yesterday. The body of Murugayan 3/0 Packiri Padayachi, 51, was recovered by marine police from the sea at Tanjong Pagar at 7.20 a.m. on Jan. 16. Verdict: Misadventure.
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  • 42 3 ABDUL Majid, 48, of Tiong Bahru Road died instantly on Monday when he was knocked down by a car at the junction of New Bridge Road and Outram Road. There were 93 accidents, two fatal and nine serious on Monday.
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  • 221 3 New security firm offers centralised alarm system A CENTRAL electronic control panel based on a widely used system m Australia— is being set up m the Penang Road office of a security organisation to help combat crime m Singapore. Offices, shops, hotels, banks and other establishments are being connected electronically
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  • 65 3 THE Chinese YMCA will conduct an eight session course on Skin Diving for beginners at the FARELF P.T. School training pool m Tanglin from Feb. 16. The association will also conduct a six-session Theatrical Workshop at its Auditorium m Palmer Road from Feb. 15. For
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  • 203 3 TWO businessmen were charged la the Magistrates' Court No. 1 yesterday with giving a bribe of $11,002.50 to a naval architect of the Maria* Department at a flat la Stevens Road on April 27, IKS. Ho Ah Lam alias* Ho Yee Lam, fl, ami
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  • 337 3 LIFE is full of ups and downs for technician Leong Kum Fatt. And on Monday night he found his work especially hard. For Kum Fatt the man who maintains the ice rink at Great World Amusement Parks's Trade Fair decided to
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  • 127 3 Fijian Prime Minister gives $8,600 to relief fund KUALA LUMPUR, Tues. The Fijian Prime Minister, Ratu Sir Kamisese Mara today presented a cheque for $8,672.50 to the Malaysian Government for flood victims m the country. Ratu Sir Kamisese, who is here on a four-day visit after attending the Heads of
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  • 121 3 21 injured as two buses crash TWENTY-ONE passengers were Injured yesterday when two bases belonging to the Green Bus Company collided near the sixth mile, Dunearn Road. Four ambulances took the Injured to Outram Road General Hospital, where 20 were treated as outpatients, and Madam Pachlamma, 40 from Johore, was
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  • 248 3 CHARGES against five of the twelve people alleged to have taken part m a demonstration at the Conference Hall on Jan. 19 were withdrawn m Magistrates' Court No. 1 yesterday. They were all charged with having taken part m an unlawful procession and with
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  • 57 3 MALACCA, Tues. The recent floods m Malacca caused half a million dollars worth of damage to both government and private property. This estimate was given today by the Minister of National and Rural Development, Inche Abdul Ghafar Baba, one of the two ministers assigned to
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  • 199 3 Medical students look into ways of improving course UNIVERSITY of Singapore medical students would like a say m their education and are investigating ways to improve their curriculum. According to Mr. Lim Soo Tee, president of the University of Singapore Medical Society, medical students have had no say m any
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  • 44 3 SALIM bin Abdul Latiff of Jalan Surau was fined $200 yesterday for driving a tanker inconsiderately m Braddell Road on June 13 last year. He collided with a car when he swerved his tanker to the nearside of the road.
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  • Page 3 Miscellaneous
    • 117 3 TODAY opera at the National Theatre. 8 am «.3O pm: The Istana Negara is open to the public. tomorrow It am 7 pm: Display exhi it am 7 pm: Display of bits shown by some countries exhibits shown by some coun- at Expo '70 at Singapore tries at Expo '70
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  • 234 4 SINGAPORE has 38 new dentists 12 of them women according to results of the Final Professional Part II examination for the degree of Bachelor of Dental Surgery released by the University of Singapore yesterday. Only one candidate, Mr. Low Teong passed with honours.
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  • 261 4 CHINESE New Year Is a totai ttae far hatr-ireaten aai barbers. Meet of them especially those with a predominantly Chinese cMetcle have Increased their prices by up to 75 per cent for the festive period. Many are keeping epea late
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  • 472 4 THE University of Singapore has released the results of the First Professional Examination for the degree of Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery m anatomy, biochemistry and physiology. The Mtowlmg candidates passed: Ang LeeCyn One Lee Cyn, Baldev Singh s/o Gulzar Singh, Miss Elizabeth,
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  • 312 4 CHINESE CHAMBER TIMES, CONDITIONS HAVE CHANGED... 'Waive quarantine for deck passengers from China' THE CHINESE Chamber of Commerce has decided to ask the Government to stop subjecting deck passengers who travel between China and Singapore to a two-day quarantine on St. John's Island. The decision was taken at a meeting
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  • 122 4 CARPENTER Goh Seng Ngee jumped to his death from the fourth floor of a block of flats a day after he was discharged from hospital, a coroner was told yesterday. Goh, 66, who suffered from body pains was found lying at the foot of Block
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  • 108 4 GETTING rid of the old ls> make way for the ■ew caa be a costly process. la the case of the Oeeaa Bolldlag bailt 50 yean ago the price of demolition will come to $400,006. A 28--storey office aid shopplag complex costmg
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  • 106 4 THE Government has created new posts to allow civil servants to study how Parliament works. All applicants will have to be graduates, and they will be attached to the Parliament Secretariat for one year. This is the first time that civil servants are being given
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  • 64 4 THE ACTING head of the Engish Department, University of Singapore, Dr. Edwin Thumboo, will give a talk on Chinua Achebe, a noted Nigerian novelist, at the National Library Stafl Training Room on Saturday at 3 p.m. The talk is one of a series on great novels
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    • 105 4 ARCHIE By Bob Montana HE WAS *> '...BUT THE r* DID HE UPSET V^ 1 HE UPSET THE I boo I t WATCHING AN ARTIST WASN'T V> O THE ARTIST WITH 1N0.7\ EASEL WITH HIS *fs£ WHERE 'SA ARTIST RMNT A VERY FRIENDLY/ OH?) HIS QUESTIONS^ jL- ,J &EATH aALL
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    • 138 4 *************^f3|^oQp£****, tl)t(>tc l(%4l tl^ ltl hzzwamM fnPSlim [jngupp iipy^i xanrssn J interesting to say, but faults m gadgets and keeSng on a very level t WW<f i caWeSfete"' CIFIC re take umbrage. J •fr Personal contacts ■-—^■■■■■■■■■■■l I^J^^^fiAvmSilil B m •»r7v?V^TTT^B^HBIH p^linvnnnßnnni h ifflllgJlßil IcAjttiflfHli UrBEESZSDK t G Uk V
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  • 292 5 Japanese studies centre for Nantah NEED FOR SPECIALISED KNOWLEDGE A CENTRE for Japanese studies is to be set up m the Nanyang University. The centre will develop research programmes on Japan m the fields of humanities, social sciences, business studies, natural sciences, technology and engineering. 'n its nn «»*l report
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  • 290 5 Sharebroker tells why he didn't vote on suspension A SHAREBROKER said yesterday that he did not vote at a meeting of member firms of the Stock Exchange called to suspend trading m Federal Paper Products Berhad shares. Mr. Tony Measor, partner m the sharebroUng firm of Fra ser and Company,
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  • 119 5 A WOMAN was killed when a lorry negotiating a righthaud bend swerved to the wroag tide of Jnrong Bead, climbed the grass verge aad raa her ever, killing her outright mi Aug. 12 last year. Ike tarry driver, Teo Gek Pah, 31, admitted
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    13 5 LAFF A- DAY "If I'm not out in thirty minutes, call my lawyer."
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  • 207 5 SINGAPORE Offshore Petroleum Services (SOPS) Is to expand the facilities of Its Loyang base (pictured) to meet the Increasing demand for Its services. It is extending the fen dering on Its jetty by 106 ft. to accomodate more supply vessels and wfll
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  • 100 5 NANYANG University has offered 19 scholarships for Arts, Science and Commerce to countries belonging to the Association of South-East Asian Nations for the next academic year beginning July. Each scholarship will be of an annual value of $2,400 for the minimum period laid down for both Bachelor
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    • 153 5 The tranquillity of a European winter... From afar, the peaceful sounds of the natives at play... Dancing, dining, bagpipins. bullfighting^ fiesta -ing, fasching, I j| ski -ing, singing, *jk*^+«^ tobogganing, hunting, revelling... There is no such thing as an off-season m Europe (though holidays m the winter season can be
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  • 249 6 A costly start for holiday crowds TAXI FARES UP DURING NEW YEAR FESTIVAL TAXI fares from Singapore to Kuala Lumpur and Malacca have gone up because of Chinese New Year festival. Travelling from Singapore to Kuala Lumpur and Malacca now costs $15. Normally, the fare is $12 to K.L. and
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  • 113 6 AN AIR traffic control officer was granted a decree nisi m the High Court yesterday on the grounds of his wife's adultery. Mr. Alexander Cuthbert Leicester, 48, told Mr. Justice D'Cotta that he married Madam Agatha Rosemary Ow Sui
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  • 113 6 MARSHAL of the Royal Air Force, Sir Charles Elworthy, Chief of the Defence Staff, will visit Singapore next month m the course of a tour of Japan and the Pacific region. Sir Charles is expected to arrive m Tokyo on Feb. 1 where he
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  • 45 6 THE Beatty Secondary School Old Boys' Association will hold its general meeting at the School Hall at 9 a.m. on Sunday, Feb. 14. Those who wish to join the association are advised to contact the school or attend the meeting.
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  • 140 6 SECONDARY schools may soon have their own rifle ranges for their National Cadet Corps training. There are five districts of the Cadet Corps m Singapore, and at present there is only one range for each district There are five to six schools m
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  • 101 6 17 FINED FOR SPEEDING SEVENTEEN people were fined a total of $1,350 m a traffic court yesterday for speeding offences. Among them were Koh Teck Hai of Minsu Road, who was fined $150 for speeding up to 70 mph m Dunearn Road on Dec. 8 last year and Chong Wee
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  • 88 6 SOLDIERS TURN ROBBERS THREE national servicemen and an unemployed youth held a man up as he was walking with his girlfriend near Marine Parade and robbed him of a watch on Jan. 3. In a district court yesterday, Lee Cheng Soon, 19, Wee Taung Aik, 20, and Teo Cheng Swee,
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  • 130 6 PA unit to find out the people's needs THE People's Association has set up a research unit to find out the needs of community centres. Mr. Kong Tah Man, the PA's assistant director (administration), who is leading the unit, described it as an internal development. "Our task will be to
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  • 210 6 THE NTUC secretarygeneral, Mr. C.V. Devan Nair, has hit out at public employees who keep on "belly-aching and bemoaning their lot" but who refuse to join the unions who do their fighting for them. In his message m the first issue of
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  • 61 6 Air mail to Britain resumed THE POSTA^L Services Department will, with immediate effect, accept all categories of air mail for Britain despite the postal strike there. It will, however, continue the suspension of all surface mall to Britain until further notice. A Ministry of Communications statement yesterday said that the
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  • 69 6 KUANTAN, Tues.-The Central Government has given $250,000 to the Pahang Education Department to assist students here to replace books and uniforms lost during the recent floods. This was an initial grant and further assistance would be given as soon as a full report has been received
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  • 98 6 BREMEN PREMIER DUE IN TOMORROW THE Prime Minister of tke West German state of Bremen, Mr. Hans Koschnlck (above), will arrive here tomorrow for a four-day visit. Mr. Koschaick will have talks with Government leaden ami will study the works of the Port of Slngapore Authority, the Housing ami Development
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  • 89 6 POLICE would like to coatact the relatives el aa ujddeßtilled Malay woman who was killed la a traffic accident aa Monday sight. She was kaocked down by a motor vehicle la front of a bus stop at the Junction of Itomsoa Road
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  • Page 6 Miscellaneous
    • 33 6 TODAY: 10.39 a.m. (10.1 ft.) TOMORROW: 12.25 a.m. (9.1 ft.); 11.25 a.m. (10.6 ft.) FRIDAY: 12.59 a.m. (9.3 ft.); 12.10 p.m. (10.8 ft.) DENNIS THE MENACE *HER6.THe 6ARBER SWO I UONT^A WWRCOT VET."
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  • 211 7 LONDON, Tues. About 40 Labour M.P.s left their seats m the House of Commons tonight and gathered round the Speaker, Mr. Selwyn Lloyd shouting insults m protest against Government plans to limit the debate on the controversial Industrial Relations Bill. Mr. Lloyd
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  • 164 7 EXCELSIOR, Tues. The State withdrew all charges against five white men and at least 15 African women when a number of the women appeared here today m what was to have been the first of a series of trials under South Africa's Immorality Act. The
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  • 62 7 TOKYO, .Tues. Representatives of the Japanese and North Korean Red Cross societies have agreed m principle to resume repatriation of Korean residents m Japan to North Korea. The newspaper Yomiuri, quoting Japanese Government sources, said a total of 15,000 Koreans m Japan will be repatriated
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  • 141 7 HOUSTON, Texas, Tues.— One man died and another was critically injured when two freighters collided m fog off Galveston, Texas yesterday. The U.S. Coast Guard said the ships were locked together, drifting at sea. A third ship was standing by. The two injured men were taken
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  • 49 7 QUITO, Ecuador, Tues. Fourteen U.S. tuna boats, seized by Ecuadorian naval patrol vessels on charges of alleged illegal fishing inside Ecuador's 200-mile sea limit, have paid a total of U*****,885 m fines and fees. All the boats were freed after the fines were paid.
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    • 354 7 WARSAW, Tues. New Polish Communist Party chief Edward Gierek, left, talks to shipyard workers m Gdansk during his special trip to the city and two other Baltic ports, where militant workers have been striking. He appealed to them for support of his government's new social
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  • 69 7 NEW YORK, Tues. Police yesterday arrested the former room-made of a man, Raphael Susi. whose dismembered body was found m four suitcases that were sent to Miami, Florida. Police said Bauke Geertsma, 25, was arrested outside his apartment m New York City and booked
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  • 43 7 JEDDAH, Tues. The Saudi Arabian Government today announced that the pilgrimage period to Mecca and other holy places would be extended to Feb. A Government spokesman said the extension was prompted by delays m the arrivals of various pilgrimage -AFP.
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  • 341 7 SAIGON, Tues.— South Vietnam is to allow to return to the North all war-wounded and incurably sick prisoners, m accordance with the Geneva Convention, according to a Government communique read by Foreign Minister Tran Van Lam today. Mr. Tran Van Lam called on
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  • 247 7 MONTREAL, Tues. Paul Rose, 27, asked to be defended by a lawyer who is m jail when his trial for the kidnapping and murder of Quebec Minister of Labour Pierre Laporte began here yesterday. The lawyer, Robert Lemieux, 29, has been m custody
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  • 102 7 NEW DELHI, Tues. Prime Minister Indira Gandhi's Congress Party has a new election symbol a calf with a cow. The Election Commission allotted the symbol following a Supreme Court decision that it could not use the old symbol, a pair of yoked bullocks, m
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  • 201 7 HONGKONG, Tues. A leftist delegation yesterday demanded the Hongkong Government release all 74 persons still m Hongkong prisons on convictions m connection with the bloody eight months Communist-led riots here m 1967. Hongkong Communist newspapers today said the delegation handed a letter
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  • Page 7 Miscellaneous

  • 388 8 JOHANNESBURG, Tues. The detained Anglican Dean of Johannesburg will appear m court "probably on Wednesday or Thursday." according to Security Police Chief Brigadier Pieter J. Venter. Venter was quoted as saying that his department is working at full speed to prepare for
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  • 143 8 LONDON, Tues. More than 100 Mexicans arrested m their country's 1968 Olympics riots are still m prison two yean later and are being persecuted, according to Amnesty International. The London-based, prisonerrelief group charged that the Mexican Government was holding them purely for opposing the regime.
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  • 50 8 SAN JOSE, Costa Rica, Tues. Costa Rica Is prepared to exchange diplomatic missions with the Soviet Union m the near future. President Jose Figueres' decision continues a policy to better relations with European Communist countries playing a role m the world coffee market, this country's principal export.
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  • 131 8 PHILADELPHIA, Toes. The U.S. ralat staged trial raa yesterday t»f tht Elsenhower dollar, the first U.S. SUver d#4lar to he ccteed la 35 years. A Urge cent treat exerted iat teas ef pressare ea a baak metal disc to produce the cola, which was a
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    • 484 8 LOS ANGELES, Tues. Charles Manson, longhaired hippie cult leader, and three of his women followers were yesterday found guilty of first-degree murder for the killing of actress Sharon Tate and six others. The State of California said it will ask the death penalty for him. The
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  • 172 8 MERIDA (Venezuela), Tues. A Venezuelan airliner with 48 people abroad crashed yesterday m the Andes and rescuers had located 30 survivors by last night. Officials of the airline, Aeropostal Venezolano, attributed the large number of survivors to the fact that the plane did not catch
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  • 244 8 CAPE KENNEDY (Florida) Tues. The world's largest communications satellite, capable of handling 9,000 simultaneous telephone calls, rocketed into preliminary transfer orbit last night en route to a stationary outpost high above the Atlantic. Ground stations are to track the new satellite for more than
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  • 94 8 MANILA, Tues. An interisland ship yesterday smashed against a pier m Iloilo Province, Central Philippines, killing at least nine children. The Manila Times said the victims 1 ages range from four to 17. A pregnant woman and another child were missing and believed
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  • 190 8 Intelligence on trail of envoys' kidnappers MONTEVIDEO, Tues.— Using documents found m a desk drawer, Government intelligence agents yesterday sought to unravel an intricate web of suspected terrorists they hoped would lead to three kidnap hostages, including British Ambassador Geoffrey Jackson. Police and the armed forces have cancelled leaves for
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  • 34 8 DANANG, Tues. A South Vietnamese passenger train enroute from Hue to Danang struck a mine yesterday afternoon eight miles north of the Ai Van Pass, killing 10 persons and injuring 13. AP
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  • 145 8 ENUGU (East Central Nigeria), Tues. Nigerian head of state Maj.-Gen Yakubu Gowon arrived here yesterday the former capital of Biafra to a massive and spontaneous welcome. Tight security arrangements meant that only leading officials were allowed into the airport area,
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  • 80 8 BERLIN, Tues. East and West Germany agreed yesterday to let the people of divided Berlin start telephoning one another again beginning on Sunday. The agreement was reached yesterday by East and West Berlin postal authorities. It win provide 10 telephone lines to handle the calls of
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  • Page 8 Miscellaneous
    • 308 8 Larsen beats Fischer GRANDMASTER Bent m the 1970 Interzonal, Larsen (Denmark) and Larsen beat Fischer m one Grandmaster Bobby of the most thrilling Fischer (USA) are games ever seen between reputed to be the best them, players m the world Fischer, with the white outside the Soviet Union. pieces, played
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  • 760 9 Obote's biggest blunder: HE TRUSTED HIS ARMY BACKGROUND TO THE FOREIGN NEWS By a Special Correspondent MAJOR GENERAL Idi Amin. strongman of Monday's army coup, saw Second World War service as a private with the then King's African Rifles. Born m the Western Nile district of Northern Nigeria, the Army
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  • 578 9  -  By that only an estimated 2.5 million persons are Chinese or of Chinese descent. The Chinese community is reputed to have a steady and inside track to Government contracts, investment credits and other funds, creating strong and bitter resentment among the slow developing indigenous entrepreneurial class.
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  • 807 9  - Mister Wonderful -or is he? AFTER two and a half years as Prime Minister of Canada, Pierre Elliot Trudeau is riding a wave of almost unprecedented popularity. (Deponents blame him for Canada's unemployment situation, but public opinion polls indicate that the liberal Party leader is better than a 2-1 choice
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  • 413 10 Q. I LOVE the new short hair look, but my boyfriend doesn't want me to cut my shoulder length hair. What should I do? A. Bay a wig that Is col la layers and cropped to tSe nape of the neck. Tills Is a very attractive hairstyle that frames
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  • 972 10  - Looking down on tall men MARY CRAIG WHAT are the advantages of being a short man? That, I think, is an unanswerable question. Because if you ever trotted up to a small man and asked him the advantages of his lack of inches, he would probably haul off and sock
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    107 10 SEEN IN NEW YORK: The "now" crowd that created that "toss on look" m fashion today are still at it and now the very planned UNplanned look is m. They tell us they buy a belt much too large and they tie it like a ribbon to get the
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  • 166 10 Tune in, tu on to the latest fashion re leases THE DESIGNS are from a super new called Bagatelle at 334 Orchard Road model, Glenda Brady, identifies with s proves it (right) with the Rolling Stone: Her Midi pantsuit goes from a day a office to the discotheque without wrin
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  • 342 10 JEERS to a so-called bridal salon. Mrs. J.H. Wick ham wanted a silver, lucky horseshoe to hang on her friend's bridal car. So she took a trip to Bras Basah Road and popped into one of the bridal salons there. The manager was very helpful. He directed her further
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    499 11 o* was 5 .05 The other attendant W her twenty cents extra dest explanations! IB JEERS to the Car Parks Di- NAnistry of Law and National jpment They seem unable to itand simple English, says Mrs. i one occasion," she explains, "I i my car outside my
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  • 241 11 A LOT has been happening lately m the Singapore newspaper world. It all began m July of last year. That was the month the Singapore Herald appeared on the scene. The Herald set the pace. The others followed. The Herald
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  • 60 11 BUDGET DAY m Kuala Lumpur is the main story of the day but questions on how Singapore will be affected require immediate attention. In the Herald, these questions are answered, and new Malaysian fiscal policies are explained right away, starting
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    • 447 11 Tun Tan zeroes in on imports THE MALAYSIAN BUDGET KUALA LUMPUR. Tues. Malaysians wilt have to pay more for ALL imported goods and some domesticallymanufactured goods next year. Tax measures announced by Finance Minister Tun Tan Siew Sin yesterday m a Budget presented to the National Operations Council will wring
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    • 271 11 How our exports will be hit The main ones are Margarine: The preferential duly of tm «o per ton will go up to the ordinary rate of KOI to Howevi-r. margarine is not an important Singapore export iu-m (Total value last year MOO.OOO) Paraffin »a» and can dies: The preferential
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    • 160 11 A GUNMAN and four armed accomplice! rubbed a ship chandltng firm m Telok Ayer Street of more than fIS.OOO latt night just before the shop was about lo close (or the day. They then ».lk-d off leaving one of the omn Mr Phut FUr
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    • 372 11 TOP FORM seeino things your way TRUDEAU'S VIEW ON HEATH'S ARMS SALES MOVE: China tO 'Soviet naval threat ma banker A NEW page for students and recent school-leavers... that's TOP FORM. YOU do the talking. And you get paid for it! This is the page where you exchange views, where
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    • 59 11 Mil- UNEMPLOf MCMT: tp*ctr* ow*f Malaysia's tutur* Pag* 2 ODD $100,000 Max* m Ha«*lock Read p.int shop Pag* 3 COO FROM Tun Tan* •udgat spaach an th* |oblaa«. slump tn •iport earnings, the oatonc* Mil Pag* 6 DOD '.am^BBBBBBV^^-'' i st LAST JUMP tor the Hying Gurkha. Pag* 12 ODD
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  • Page 12 Miscellaneous
    • 2109 12 BB) a^^^ Your complete holiday guide Mil aniiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiHiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiniiiimiimiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiimiiiiiiiim LP^^^^B^Uttß^B^BV iW gMI ijT^T iW* A ™J 1 lo^a^ HgeßßM^^^^^^^^Bßtfllß^r B^Bl _JB g^B^^^^^fc^. > jgjß^aJVal B^B S 9.00 Chinese New Year Children's Corner f^|UM2 I (^""^^O^^^BBBB^BBBi^B^Bei 9.35 Huckleberry Hound (Cartoon) ■^•*pw»w-*»-:v. W& <M I J 0 aHMHUIPi^BI 2 10.00 Holiday Matinee But
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  • 551 13 The UNCTAD problem is one of the toughest Hongkong has had to face since the 1967 anti-British disturbances. This being the position, the Hongkong General Chamber of Commerce has put out a timely guide to UNCTAD and what it means to the average Hongkong
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  • Shipping Notes
    • 245 13 Tv/o British shipbuilding and repairing firms have set up a $160 million organisation to sell "know how" throughout the world. Austin and Pickersgill and Court Line, m a joint statement, said the new company, based m London, would provide a comprehensive range of shipyard services. The statement
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  • 300 13 JAKARTA, Tues.— The multi-national Private Investment Company of Asia (PICA) announced today it will invest US$7.6 million m «even projects m Singapore, Malaysia, Taiwan and Indonesia. PICA president Willem A Van Ravesteijn told a news conference that the total cost of the
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  • 125 13 COMPANY NEWS Shell LONDON, Tues. Shell Chemicals (U.K.) said work on the chemicals project at Carrington, North West England, part of a £225 million petrochemical expansion programme, has been temporarily suspended pending a complete economic reevalnatlon of the project. "The period of reevaluatlon is not expected to be longer than
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  • 123 13 LONDON, Tues. Austral Developments said It was advised by Western Mining that shareholders at an extraordinary general meeting of Western Mining m Sydney approved each of the resolutions submitted to It. On Dec. 30, li7t, Western Mining said It Intended to Increase authorised capital to A$3N million from
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  • 48 13 TOKYO, Tues. Nichimen Company, a major Japanese trading house, will stage a comprehensive machinery fair m Moscow for 11 days from July 20. On display will be products of some 20 machinery makres, including Honda Motor, Osaka Transformer and Komatsu Manufacturing. AFP r and
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  • 126 13 The Advertising Scene BENSON NEEDHAM UNIVAS announced these appointments at the end of its Southeast Asian conference m Kuala Lumpur which was attended by Mr. Michael Constantinidi, chairman ofcS.H. Benson International, and Mr. Eric Richardson, chairman and chief executive of U.S. P.Benson: Messrs Peter Morgan Harry chairman
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  • 435 13 LEO BURNETT (Singapore) has announced major changes m its staff and departments. The changes make Leo Burnett the first major advertising agency m the region to adopt the international system of separate creative departments, the agency says. Its creative director, Mr Dick Flint, said: "The changes will put
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  • 634 13 ON November 10, 1970, the General Services Administration made the final sale of silver from substantially depleted U.S. Treasury stocks. In recent years, sales of Treasury silver made up a large part of the persistent shortfall of mine production relative to industrial demand. The loss of
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    • 203 13 FOBIIGH EXCHANGE BHTES SINGAPORE-MALAYSIA Merchant rates fixed yesterday by the Association of Banks m Malaysia-Singapore. SELLING BUYING T.T./O.D. T.T. O.D. Sterling Pound 7.4000 7.3675 7.3550 Australian Dollar 3.4600 3.4175 3.3975 Canadian Dollar New Zealand Dollar 3.4700 3.4225 3.3925 South Arabian Dinar 7.4175 7.3450 7.2825 U.S. Dollar 3.0725 3.0425 3.0275 Local
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    • 34 13 AD LIBS by Larry Hurb "About this 16-year-old-boy-wanted "I' v e f ot a couple of nice places ad would you take two 8-year- picked out if parents could run away olds?" from home.
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  • 343 14 TEHERAN, Tues. The Oil Ministers of Venezuela and Libya said they were optimistic that current talks here between producer countries and the world's major oil companies would be successfully concluded. If the negotiations broke down, Libya's Ezzedin Mabruk said yesterday, Libya would be ready
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  • 1199 14 STEADY conditions prevailed during the two hours of trading m the Stock Exchange yesterday before it closed for the Chinese New Year holidays, and turnover was moderate. On the expectation of a rising market after the holidays, speculative bulb collected a wide range of shares and marginal
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  • 303 14 (Managers' prices for Jan. 29) B. S. ASIA UNIT TRUSTS MaL Invt. Fund 1.30 1.56 Mai. Progress Fund 1.06 l.lOxd CHARTERED UNIT TRUSTS Singapore Growth Fund 1.07 1.12 SINGAPORE UNIT TRUSTS Third Singapore 1.30 The Commerce Ind. Fund 1.06 1.11 B. S. The Saving Fund 1.12 1.17 Singapore
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  • COMMODITIES
    • 87 14 mUBBER 47-7/8 ceate a Ib. (dowm one-eighth cert). The market yesterday opened at Monday's closing levels of 48 and 49--5/8 cents buyers for February and March l RSS respectively. Prices were static thereafter with only minimal interests shown as most traders appeared to have suited their Chinese New
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    • 536 14 THE PORT OF SINGAPORE AUTHORITY HAS MADE THESE BERTHING ARRANGEMENTS FOR JANUARY, 27. OUT: Nikkou Maru 3/4; Auby 20 east; Vasco Da Gama 22; Pha Shwe Gywa Ywa 23; Viminale 3 5/36; Neu branden burg 44; Eastern Moon 48; Tjiliwong 16; Nagoya Maru 31/32; IN Etsuyo Maru
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  • 739 14 Selected mining shares made small gains m a late rally yesterday. The Poseidon led revival came too late to help most issues however. Some worthwhile gains were made among oil stocks but industrials were mixed. After opening at its low point of $37.50, Poseidon advanced 5 6.50
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  • 226 14 Prices held steady m fair activity yesterday before the long Chinese New Year holidays. Wheelocks rose 40 cents to $15.30, while Hutchison improved 20 cents to $22.70 as did Miramar which closed at $11.30. Realty Development was also higher. Lands held steady at $11 3, and Kowloon
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  • 360 14 After a mixed morning session yesterday, share prices moved up moderately m the afternoon on revived buying interest. The close was steady with gains m excess of falls. The stock average rose 4.19 yen to 2,109.20 yen. High priced issues, electric home appliances, machineries and issues related
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  • 168 14 LONDON, Tues. Grain shippers covered a cargo from the U.S. Gulf to Japan at US$lO fd (free discharge) for February, and arranged two cargoes from the U.S. Gulf to Inchon at US$9.5O, also for February. Business developed m the ore section for a large cargo from West
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    • 338 15 AFT Anglo-French Trading Co. (Pte) Ltd. *****/8 HC Harrison, ft Crosfield ***** NOL Neptune Orient Lines Ltd *****3/7 ASC Alco. Steamship Corpn. *****6 |f Jay KMf 4Co (Pte) Ltd ***** 0 L Orient Lloyd Sdn. Bhd ***** iT.« i!!S!2?u!Z?"* Un#S 7?f l\ l AL "nt.ra.ia shipping Ag.ncy 9841 58/9 AUS
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    • 850 15 I I I JW FOR EASY REFERENCE. The shipping schedules I YJ N. beginning on this page are given m four parts for >v rA ships westbound, eastbound, southbound and 4^7- Iv afl»iM««fti«»ita>«x»^»i coastal. Each entry gives the following information: •f^ 7 I, t**ZkWKM SH PPINC NAME F SHIP date
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    • 370 16 kmm SHIPPING CORPORATION BERHAD m No. 30K Jl". Ampanp. Kuala Lumpur. M H The National Shipping Line of Malaysia^ fAR EAST/EUROPE SERVICE ST. CONSTANTINO T~* VST S^SSSW 1 Antwtrp 10/3BUNGA MELOR 27 F-/2 -a, 3/6 U., 7/B MM BB^ SffAJt «mrp 14/4. Bf.m.n 17/4. BUNGA RAYA 19/22 M.r 23/27 Ma,
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    • 1001 16 CT O Oth\^l inH including ships sailing out of Singapore for Far L. doILyVJLJI ILJ East ports to the north-east ALASKA MARU Fob 5/6 Honoknng, J.-»p*>i. MuSK/LHO M.S. ALTAI R Feb 25/ Mar 2 Japan. Pusan. KSC/OL ALCOS MASTER Apr 19/22 Osaka, Yokohama. Vancouver B.C. Jeddah. AOL/ASC ALCOS RANGER Mar
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    • 882 17 c/I ADVERTISEMENTS ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. ANNIVERSARIES Zi~ NOUNCEMENTS. BIRTHS. CLUB ACTIVITIES en» DOLENCES. DEATHS. ENGAGEMENTS FUNERAL GREET c m,ss,n G a alep l legr g s r o e n e l Minimum $8/ tor 20 words, each additional word 40cts AH other classified advertisements Minimum $4/ for 20 words, each additional
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  • 359 18  -  ■y CAVALIER RACING HERALD KUALA LUMPUR, Tues. Ipoh trainer Eddie van Breukelen's Gold Cup prospect Interest did an attractive workout on a very good track here this morning. Ridden by her regular pilot Johnny Wilson, the Carbon Copy mare was pulling hard all the
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  • 197 18 Barber's golf winnings is second highest NEW YORK, Tues. Miller Barber's U5525,000 victory m Sunday's Phoenix open brought him within US$623 of Tom Shaw, the top money winner m the PGA tournament players division so far this season, and put him on top of the exemption points list. iiarber. who
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  • 131 18 DAYTON A BEACH, Florida, Tues.— The women's movement, represented by blonde Smokey Drolet, headed a parade of cars and drivers into Daytona International Speedway as registration opened for the 24-hour endurance race. Miss Drolet, a veteran racer from Miami, Florida, will team with two
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  • 309 18 LONDON, Tues. Sir Alf Ramsey yesterday dropped England captain Bobby Moore from his squad for the European Nations Cup match against Malta on Feb. 3 one of the biggest surprises m Ramsey's seven years as English team manager. Moore, 28, captained England to victory
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  • 148 18 LONDON, Tues.- Britain's youngest and oldest boxers will meet for the British and Commonwealth heavyweight championship, when 20- year-old Joe Bugner challenges 37-year-old Henry Cooper for the titles at Wembley Stadium here on March 16. Hungarian born Joe Bugner, the man
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  • 231 18 NEW YORK, Tues.-The last 4,000 seats at Madison Square Garden for the March 8 heavyweight title bout between Muhammad Ali and Joe Frazier were sold m two hours yesterday morning, guaranteeing the largest indoor live gate m boxing history. The remainder of
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  • 357 18 radiophoto). CAPE TOWN, Tues. The 18 -metre French ketch Striana took the lead for the first time m the Cape to Rio ocean race yesterday, while South Africa's Arion, Sunday's leader on both handicap and distance covered, failed to report. Striana,
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  • Page 18 Miscellaneous
    • 44 18 DAVY JONES By Sam Leff W I'LL BE V ANY TIME, YWO'LL ALWAYS BE 1 f SCOTTY'S DAD V HE'S THE >3 X IT'P BE GREAT IF T U«F6oTliu»™^ I \T VI iTiMBr 1111 l^gf L yVIjH L YOU'LL NEVER FORGET THE NEXT ONE,
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    • 306 18 TWINSET CROSSWORD EaMHEEEa ACROSS DOWN 1. Instrument for new-fangled 2 21 down. Spinning headgear seers to cope with (11) (3,3) 3. Five left m the dance? Should 9. 21 across. Arrange m shop to be quite a party! (5) purvey soft drinks (6) 10. Modification can make a trio Fema
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  • 351 19 MELBOURNE, Tues. The Fifth Test was drawn here today leaving England one up m the series with two Tests still to be played. Chasing 271 runs m 240 minutes, England were 161 for none when stumps were drawn. Openers, Boycott and Edrich had between them
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  • 227 19  - World netball champs to play here MAX LANGE. .WORLD netball champions, Australia will arrive here on Friday to play two exhibition matches at the Singapore Badminton Stadium. The visitors meet Singapore Combined Europeans on Saturday and Singapore the following day. Both games start at 3 p.m. The Singapore Women's Netball
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  • 399 19 BUENOS AIRES, Tues. If the Argentine Grand Prix was any indication of the performance of Formula One cars during the coming season, it is bad news for Colin Chapman and the defending world champion Gold Leaf Lotus team from England Sunday's
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  • 286 19 THREE members of the Yap family will be making strong bids for berths m the Singapore team for the World Table Tennis championships m Japan m April. They are Ai Tin (14), Ai Suan (12) and Chin Boon (10) children
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  • 170 19 CRICKETERS Club of London will play a friendly match against Singapore Cricket Club here on Feb. 10 at the padang. They are at present attending the Test matches m Australia. In between watching Test matches, members of the team with several well known players and followers
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  • 99 19 Sixteen nations in youth soccer tourney AP. TOKYO, Tucs Sixteen foreign countries and Japan have entered the 13th annual Asian youth football championship to be held m Tokyo on April 24 May 5, the Japan Football Association said. Besides Japan, 1970 Asian Games co-champions Burma and South Korea, the entries
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  • 45 19 HONGKONG, Tues. The Swarovski Wat tends football team from Austria will play three matches here during the Chinese New Year Holidays starting tomorrow. Austrian and German international players are m the team. The most capped player m the side is German star Helmut Redl. AFP.
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  • 54 19 LONDON, Tues. Graham Hill, Britain's former world champion and oldest man m Grand Prix motor racing since the retirement of Australian Jack Brabham, will drive a Brabham Ford m the 1971 series. Hill, 42, joins Motor Racing Developments, the team run by Australian Ron Tauranac, who masterminded most of Brabham's
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  • 85 19 MODENA, Italy, Tues. The Ferrari racing factory said yesterday that the 512-s pO rt model acquired by Roger Penske of the United States will be entered m the Daytona Beach 24-hour race on Jan. 30 DAvid Hobbs and Jim Donohue will be the drivers, an announcement said. It said the
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  • 119 19 TOKYO, Tues.-Koj Goto, president of the Japan Table Tennis Association left for China to find out whether Chinese players there, will participate m the world table tennis championships to .be held m Nagoya m March. Goto was accompanied by an official of his association, another from the Japan-China Cultural Exchange
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  • 174 19 MOSCOW. Tues. Soviet hign jumper Valery Brumel, 28, who set the world record In 1963 and later smashed his leg m a motorcycle accident, says he hopes to jump m the 1972 Olympics. He has been making a painful, slow comeback punctuated by operations, since
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    • 20 19 B^^^^^^^^^^B BR^^^^^^^^^^^m RUGBY: SCC vs All-Blacks (Padang— 5 p.m.) TOMORROW TABLE-TENNIS: Nippon Gakki vs Singapore (Monks Hill School 7.30 p.m.)
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  • 307 20 LONDON, Tues. There exists a severe Soviet and Chinese threat to the stability of the Commonwealth m Africa, but the solution does not lie m the Conservative Government's decision to sell arms to South Africa, Labour Party leader and former Premier Harold
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  • 165 20 NEW YEAR SURPRISE FOR THE MEN OF THE SAF THE MEN af the fltafiMß Anaed FtreM received rrTtr aif piir tkla nißiiifi New Yew. Their lew pay tckepie came late effect ea Jaa. 1 tftto year aai all Ike pay (■creates teaie very irtrt—ttol react** tfcem feefare Cateeae New Year.
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  • 134 20 HARRISBURG, Pennsylvania, Tues. A Roman Catholic nun named as a co-conspira-tor In an alleged bomb-kidnap plot was granted immunity from prosecution yesterday and ordered to testify before a grand Jury probing the case. U.S. District. Court Judge Dixon Herman told Sister Joques
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  • 126 20 MARCOS' S MAN DISMISSES POSSIBILITY OF COUP MANILA, Tues. Defence Secretary Juan Ponce Enrile today ruled out prospects of a coup d'etat m the Philippines m the forseeable future, saying the "ingredients" for a coup "are not present." He told newsmen m a seminar that a coup "is a possibility
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  • 75 20 News $1 notes with Hon's signature ONE dollar Botes beartag the signature of ■ew Ftaaace Minister Hob Sol Sea were Issued for the lint time last week. His sigaature has yet to appear oa the other curreacy aotes, as those bearing the former Minister's (Dr. Goh Keag Bwee,) who Is
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  • 97 20 OZZIE the Australian bulldog who had been missiag since Jaa. 14 came home on Monday alght to peals of delight from Us two owaers, Damlen, aged five, aid Julia Thwaites, six, of Chancery Hill Road. Said Julia: "Someone ran* us up on Monday
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  • 41 20 KUALA LUMPUR, Tues. Finance Minister Tun Tan Siew Sin has announced that donations m kind to" the National Disaster Fund will also be exempted from income tax. Under the existing income tax legislation, only gifts of money are exempted.
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  • 324 20  -  S.C. CHAN By KUCHING, Tues. The Communist terrorists who killed six Malaysian Rangers last week had probably missed their actual target. At the Sungei Katibas ambush last Wednesday the terrorists fired from both sides of the bank at the longboat carrying the troops.
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  • 87 20 A MAN was jailed for a year yesterday for entering a place from which he was barred while under police supervision. Bay Sam Khong, 24,- was ordered not to enter the area bounded by North Bridge Road, High St, Hill St. and Stamford Road when he was placed
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  • 143 20 MANILA, Tues. Customs agents yesterday foiled an attempt to smuggle Japanese-made watches and other items valued at U5533,333 abaord a Philippine Airlines aircraft which arrived from Hongkong. Police said the smuggled goods, consisting of 1,044 men's and ladles wristwatches, six dozen U.S.-made ballpoints and one
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  • 206 20 Singapore plans for a mini Madam Tussauds SINGAPORE is planning a Madam Tussauds of sorts. And the first figure to adorn this waxworks museum will be that of a Japanese. In what is believed to be a move to lure more Japanese tourists here, the Singapore Tourist Promotion Board is
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  • 206 20 Right of dissent is the lifeblood of democracy Dr Tan KUALA LUMPUR, Tues. The Gerakan criticised the State Assemblyman for Kampong Bahru, Inche Ahmad Razali Ali, today for urging the Government at the Umno Delegates Conference to revoke the citizenship of MTUC Secretary-General S.G.W. Zaidi for his opposition to the
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  • 61 20 PARIS, Tues. West German Chancellor Willy Brandt and French President Georges Pompidou agreed today "to proceed toward a European Economic and Monetary Union m a pragmatic manner, step by step." This announcement was generally interpreted as a German move toward the French position. The final decision can be
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  • 52 20 TUCSON (Art**.) Tin*. •mcen were aimed with tie taexpearive, dlsp«*ble ha»d «nn which, oace clamped Place, most be cot off to free suspects. jMdcaffli were made of a tough jiastfc fibre somewhat Use ayjo. r^e. TWy said the ■ew devices were comlag widespread lie hi the
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