Singapore Herald, 11 May 1971

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  • 15 1 THE SINGAPORE herald No. 249 Singapore Tuesday, May 11, 1971 MC<P) No 2525 15 CENTS
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  • 637 1 FRANKFURT, Mon. The U.S. dollar Weakened on some European money markets today m the first test of weekend measures taken by Europe's capitals to check inflation and the influx of dollars. It was firm on others. At the opening of the foreign currency market m
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  • 152 1 Water crisis will get into your hair HERE'S a chap who is letting the water crisis go to his head. For soon he may not be able to. If the PUB decides to ration our water this week to combat the drought, then hair washing is going to be quite
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  • 188 1 BRUSSELS, Mon. France dropped its demand today for drastic cuts m Britain's sugar imports from Commonwealth countries if it joins the European Common Market. The French proposal was submitted as the EEC Council of Ministers met with French Foreign Minister Maurice Schumann m the
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  • 81 1 HOLLYWOOD, Mon. George C. Scott, who last month spurned an Oscar for the movie Pat ton, won an Emmy last night for best single performance during the 1970-71 television season. Apparently he will keep it. Scott, who was selected for his role m the
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  • 113 1 PEKING, Mon. North Vietnamese Party chief Le Duan arrived here today from Moscow after a long stay, during which he attended the 24th Communist Party Congress. It is not known how long he is planning to stay. Mr. Duan was welcomed at Peking Airport
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  • 153 1 MISSING FISHING BOATS HELD IN INDON PORT THE 34 Malaysian fishermen reported missing while fishing off Kota Tinggi, Johore, last week are being held by the Indonesian authorities. According to an agency report last night, the fishermen m two trawlers KSF 777 and KSF 4177 were captured by the Indonesian
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  • IN BRIEF
    • 120 1 MOSCOW, Mon. Photographs taken over the weekend by the Soviet lunar vehicle Lunokhod 1 will be used to produce three-dimensional models of a part of the lunar area, Tass announced here today. The news agency said the vehicle took several photos of an
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    • 26 1 Police have mounted a nationwide hunt for armed robbers who raped three British nurses at a hospital bungalow at Kalonga, 500 miles north of here.
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  • 113 1 LONDON, Mon. President Nixon's special envoy to the Middle East said today a number of "real difficulties" still have to be settled before the Suez Canal can be reopened. Assistant Secretary of State Joseph Sisco made a brief stopover here on his way back to
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  • 54 1 LONDON, Mon. Britain today officially denied that exploratory talks aimed at settling the five-year-old AngJoRhodesian dispute had began m Salisbury. Official sources here said that no new moves towards a settlement had been made other than the talks which were now taking place at an undisclosed venue
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  • 344 1 JAKARTA, Mon. Indonesia took a major step m its drive to lure foreign firms to Jakarta from Singapore today with the opening of a new US$l.5 million "Oil Centre." Lt. Gen. Ibnu Sutowo, Director of Pertamina, the State-owned oil company, presided
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  • 111 1 PARIS, Mon. Unions decided today to continue occupying plants of the strikecrippled Renault motor firm for at least another 24 hours. The decision was made at a meeting of union delegates at the Billancourt Plant here. A union spokesman said however that they were willing to negotiate
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  • Viewpoint
    • 282 2 Reservoir— or a giant cesspool THE proposal by R. Mortis (S.H.May 8) for converting the* Johore Straits into a huge fresh water reservoir merits consideration, but is not as simple as he makes it out to be. The present Causeway was not built as a dam and cannot hold water.
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  • 161 2 SEVERAL hundred Pre-Uni-versity students attending a seminar on Communism and Democracy at the Conference Hall were accorded a rare privilege almost a fortnight ago. At a TRILINGUAL Question and Answer session with the Prime Minister, Mr Lee Kuan Yew, they found out for themselves many of the facts of life,
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  • 1631 2 ON elections IT IS difficult for me to Ml you what political party is likely to gather sufficient organisational strength, political coherence to mobilise sufficient mass support. My personal assessment would be that it is not unlikely that the present Government under the PAP will probably
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  • 342 2 Tuesday, May 11, 1971 THE SINGAPORE HERALD Getting mix managers of the future MOST leaders must wish that they could separate the political and economic mix of their society into its elements and re constitute it all over again from scratch. But that, of course, is never possible. Neither does
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    • 86 2 r THE FIRST IMPRESSION IS IMPORTANT! I To reflect the proper image of your office or home I your success and capability, you demand the exacting design and quality for flooring. I Carpets Furnishings Singapore's Leading Carpet I Planners can help reflect your status; through detailed I study of carpeting
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  • 1000 3 Our big water 4 problem WeLL, THE threat (of our water supplies being icut off) is always there, isn't 'it? There's an agreeement, and a solemn agreement, entered into on Aug. 7, 1965, that the existing agreement between Johore and Singapore will be implemented. But you have mentioned the threat,
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  • 2145 3 demonstrating and colliding with the police, demonstrating against a National Service Bill, socalled national service, which the colonial Government then passed. There were clashes and conflicts and the students who were Communistled were a well-organised crowd, and they didn't go to classrooms. The students, not
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  • 155 4 Jurong birds get royal attention KING Mahendra of Nepal and his wife Queen Ratna visited the Jurong Bird Park yesterday afternoon. The royal couple were on the second day of a five-day private visit to Singapore after having spent four weeks m Australia, New Zealand and South East Asia. At
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  • 166 4 NURSES' Week began yesterday, and more than 100 nurses took time off with 80 underprivileged children to visit the Jurong Bird Park. The children were from the Ramakrishna Mission, the Chen Su Lan Methodist Home, and the Convent of the Holy Infant Jesus Orphanage.
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  • 35 4 MADAM Tan Hock Soon, 44, was stabbed to death at her Dunlop Street home last night. According to neighbours, she had quarrelled with a tenant over rent arrangements. A man has been detained.
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  • 305 4 MINISTER: THEY WILL ONLY FURTHER CONFUSE ISSUES KUALA LUMPUR, Mon. Chinese, Malay or Indian unity movements will only further confuse issues like language, education and economy, a Malaysian Minister said today Inche Abdul Ghafar Baba, Minister of National and Rural Development, and a vice-president
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  • 120 4 PRESIDENT Sheares and the First Lady will attend tomorrow night's premiere of the film "Too Late the Hero" at Capitol Theatre. The premiere is being organised by the Lions Club of Singapore Jurong and the proceeds will go to buy furniture and equipment for
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  • 33 4 A BODY of an unidentified man was found yesterday floating near the beach at Changi Point. The man, believed to be a Chinese m his twenties, was wearing swimming trunks.
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  • 154 4 When wives can't tell husbands not to wed MALACCA, Mon. In Malacca, a Muslim does not need his wife's permission to marry again. But he is required to fill m a form giving details such as his income, the number of children he has and the reasons for wanting to
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  • 270 4 TAXI BOSS SAYS: WE NEED MORE DRIVING LICENCES THE number of t.i\i drivers is not keeping pace with the increasing number of taxis, it was claimed yesterday. Now tho Singapore Taxi Transport Association wants the Government to issue more driving licences Association president Mr Lin Chuan Huat said thai since
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  • 273 5 Japan to open store here 'EVERYTHING BUT COFFINS AND ATOMIC BOMBS 9 SEVERAL Japanese and local businessmen will open a multi-million dollar department store here m about five months. The store, Isetan Singapore Pte. Ltd., will be "one of the finest m South-East Asia," according to its manager, Mr. Tatsuo
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  • 245 5 WORKERS of Fitzpatrick's Food Supplies (Pte) Ltd., are to submit proposals for new wage scales to the management soon. They are members of the Food and Allied Workers I'nion. The current threeyear wage agreement is due to expire on June 30. A spokesman
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  • 108 5 UNF calls for a by— election THE UNITED National Front has challenged the Prime Minister or his nominee to a by-election on the recent detention of four Nanyang Siang Pau executives. It said it was prepared to meet the PAP m any constituency. This was one of five resolutions passed
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  • 266 5 Now Jurong residents get more bus services MOST buses entering Jurong are now serving the residential area during off-peak hours instead of trave fling to the industrial area only. the chairman of the Jurong Town Residents Association, Dr. Chau Sik Ting, said yesterday: "All the bus companies, except the STC,
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  • 33 5 SINGAPORE has five new State Counsel. They are Mr. Wong Hoi Ping, Mr. Ram Labhaya Goswami, Mr. Chce Wai Pong. Mr. Abdul Rahim bin Abdul Jail and Mr. Tseng Cheng Kuang.
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  • 101 5 'PARADISE SINGAPORE' BY THAI AIRLINE THAI International has produced a new brochure featuring Singapore as a tourist paradise. The eight-page brochure, featuring bumboats on the Singapore River on its cover, is m full colour and features sights, shopping facilities and hotels. Emphasis is placed on the unusual aspects of Singapore
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  • 24 5 THE Singapore Insurance Companies Employees' Union will hold its third biennual meeting at Victoria Memorial Hall on June 18 at 5.30 p.m.
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  • 129 5 A 22-MAN team from the Thai National Defence College, which is on a monthlong study tour of Asia, Australia and New Zealand arrived here from Kuala Lumpur yesterday for a four day visit. the team consists mainly of army officers and civil servants who have
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  • 209 5 SINGAPORE University freshies will be able to discuss what they expect of a university education during a two-day seminar m July. The seminar will be part of a five-week orientation programme, and will be run entire ly by freshmen. Seniors will not participate.
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  • 92 5 CONTRABAND GOODS SEIZED BANGKOK, Mon. Thai police confiscated more than 5450,000 worth of smuggled goods including canned foods from China aboard a cargo train at Hat Yai m southern Thailand yesterday. The goods were believed to have been smuggled m from Malaysia, police said. Among the seized goods were automobile
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  • 38 5 ALOR STAR, Mon. A total of 122 acres of hill padi were destroyed last year by pests mainly rats, wild boars, monkeys and birds causing a loss of 12,354 gantangs of padi worth $8,000 to farmers.
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  • 203 6 TANAH RATA, Mon. A move is being made by the National Union of Bank Employees to start a workers* bank m the country. Details of the proposed bank will be tabled for dls(usslon by the union's executive council when It meets m Kuala Lumpur
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  • 89 6 KUALA LUMPUR, Mon. The Government has appointed a committee to determine who has the constitutional right to declare city status for Kuala Lumpur. This was disclosed today by the Minister of Technology, Research and Local Government, Dato Ong Kee Hui, on his return from
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  • 250 6 Top Red guerilla killed in police raid on camp BANGKOK, Thai police, m a lightning raid on a guerilla jungle camp yesterday killed a notorious Communist leader, Phokaew Boon saeng, near Plupee, m Southern Thailand, it was reported here todayBoonsaeng was the leader of a band of 60 guerillas who
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  • 48 6 KUCHING, Mon. A communist terrorists was killed by security forces during an operation at Kampong Perigi at Lundu m the First Division on Thursday, it was disclosed here today. No details of the slain Communist were revealed except that he was 21 years old. AFP
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  • 818 6  - Umno gets new manifesto for fresh challenges BEN D'CUNHA 'CLOSER UNITY NEEDED FOR PARTY STABILITY' From KUALA LUMPUR, Mon. The Malaysian Prime Minister, Tun Abdul Razak today announced a sevenpoint political manifesto called "The Manipol of May 11, 1971" as the guiding principles for Umno the Malay component of the
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  • 151 6 15,000 party members pledge to defend Malaysia KUALA LUMPUR, Mon. Fifteen thousand Umno members at the Stadium Negara here today pledged to defend Malaysia's independence and sovereignty with their lives. Led by the party's youth leader, pato Haji Ha run bin Haji Idris. the pledge-taking rally is the climax of
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  • 235 7 Golden Buddha in police chief's garage MANILA, Mon. The leader of a raiding team thai seized the "Golden Buddha" last month testified today that the statue had been kept m his garage for 15 days before it was turned over to a criminal court. Lt. Col. Victorino Calano, Chief of
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  • 170 7 Soldiers control cheering crowds ZANZIBAR, Mon. Armed troops were called today to control cheering Zanzibar citizens as they heard confirmation of death sentences against 19 men convicted of plotting to overthrow the inland Government. Tanzanian First VicePresident Sheikh Abeid Karume, political leader of Zanzibar, confirmed the sentences. He first revealed
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  • 170 7 TOKYO, Mon. The United States has rejected Japan's proposal that the U.S. Government pay half the cost of building a new route to move U.S. chemical weapons out of Okinawa, a Japanese Government official said today. Sadanori Yamanaka, Director General of the Prime Minister's
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  • 464 7  -  SIXTO ROXAS From President of Bancom Development Bank. Manila MANILA. Moa. The floating of the German mark, the Dutch guilder and partialh th. Belgian franc, together with the Swiss franc and the Austrian schilling being roalued. will haw an adverse impart on most Asian countries. The
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  • 176 7 'Japan's out to train Indon army' HONGKONG, Mon. The Japanese Government is planning to help train Indonesian army officers through the so-called "military co-operation," the New China News Agency charged today. The purpose of the training was to suppress the revolutionary struggle of the Indonesian people and carry out military
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  • 176 7 POLITICAL REFORM AFTER ELECTIONS JAKARTA, Mon. Presidential Assistant for Special Affairs, Major General Ali Murtopo, said today that the political structure m Indonesia after the next elections would be reformed but such a reform would not be carried out by dissolving the existing political parties. Gen. Murtopo, who talked to
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  • 286 7 Indian troops shot us, says doctor RAJSHAHI (East Pakistan >. Mon. Residents m this cit> on the Ganges River described yesterday what they said was the killing of civilians by Indian Army regulars tin April 14 during the civil war. Dr. Akhtar Ahad. 40, I Bengali property owner who returned
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  • 45 7 MELBOURNE, Mon. Thr top-ranking Manfred Mann Pop Group left here hurriedly today for London, cutting snort a successful tour of Australia The Group's manager. Bob Foster, was involved m a fight last night. All efforts to trace him today failed
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  • Page 7 Miscellaneous
    • 347 7 Keen tussle for S'pore championship A keen tussle is on in i the 1971 Singapore 8 H E National Championship, 7 Mi now in progress at the 6 *|li*'' Alumni Medical Centre, Jl College Road. After the 5 V ?fe? t 1 third round of play, no #a, ft f;
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  • CABLES WORLD WIDE
    • 435 7 Whites are helping Viet Reds DEATH IN THE SUN... A Buddhist flag partially covers the body of a Buddhist Monk Thich Chuong The, who burned himself to death m Hue on Sunday as an act of sacrifice on Buddha's birthday. His hands are still clasping prayer beads and joss sticks
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    • 80 7 Car clue in hunt for millionaire MANILA. Mon. The National Bureau of Investigation is looking into the disappearance of a millionaire Chinese businessman's son on the theory that "there has been a kidnapping." director Jolly Bugarin said today. Bugarin and the Philippine Constabulary said they are not aware of a
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    • 529 8 Rogers back with new hope of peace WASHINGTON, Mon. Secretary of State William P. Rogers gave President Nixon a mildly optimistic report on his efforts to find an opening to a peaceful Arab-Israeli settlement when he returned here today. Mr. Rogers covered 18,000 miles m two weeks m Europe and
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  • 272 8 Guerilla toll 6.000 say Israelis TEL AVIV, Mon. Israeli military sources estimated yesterday that at least 6,000 Arab guerillas have been put out of action since the end of the June 1967 Middle East war. Of these, nearly 2,000 have been killed by Israeli forces. The sources gave the following
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  • 168 8 ROME, Mon. The presidents of both houses of the Italian Parliament have called for immediate publication of a secret, eight-year investigation of the Mafia. The dselosures could have an explosive effect on regional elections next month m Sicily. Senator Francesco Cattanei, head of the Parliamentary antiMafia
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  • 240 8 KATMANDU, Nepal. Mon. Six mountain climbers from Britain. Japan. Austria and the l T nited States climbed toward Mount Everest's 29,«28-foot high summit as a mysterious illness broke out among some other members of the international expedition to the world's highest peak.
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  • 115 8 It's a mad, mad, worLd NEW YORK, Mon. More than 5,000 people, most of them m hippie garb, went to a two-hour church service at the Cathedral of St. John the Divine yesterday to celebrate the third anniversary of Hair, the Broadway musical. The cast of "Hair" and two church
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  • 164 8 A THINK-IN TO SOLVE THE WORLD PROBLEMS CHICAGO, Mon. A psychiatrist has suggested that one way of dealing with world problems might be "mass psychotherapy" for nations. Dr. Bryant Wedge, Director of the Institute for the Study of National Behaviour at San Diego, California, says recent work he has done
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  • 252 8 MANILA, Mon. China's Premier, Chou En-Lai said last night that Peking would welcome diplomatic relations with the Philippines but that the Philippine Government is blocking them. According to the Manila Times, Mr. Chou ioia a group of Filipino journalists and businessmen m Peking:
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  • 175 8 NEW YORK, Mon. The truth behind the case of the Chinese defector who sought asylum m France and then asked to go home "is worse than what had first looked like a kidnapping attempt by Peking," Newsweek said today. The weekly news magazine, m its
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  • 319 8 76 die as bus plunges water SEOUL, Mon a bus jammed with at least 90 people missed a curve and plunged down a 50-foot cliff into a reservoir today killing at least 76 passengers m South Korea s worst bus accident. Late tonight police said only H people had been
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  • 72 8 NEW YORK, Mob. Rumours that President JeanClaude Duvalier of Haiti had fled the Caribbean Island nation sparked a rally of 2,tM Haitian exiles here yesterday, after which a man was shot and a reporter hit m the face with a pistol. But it ended quickly when
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  • 1056 9  -  A.M. RENDEL BACKGROUND TO THE FOREIGN NEWS From Diplomatic correspondent of the London Times IN ALL the recent talk of naval power m the Indian Ocean, much has been said of two gateways to it Suez and Simonstown. Concern is now being expressed about the third gateway
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  • 477 9  - World's most expensive prisoner HUBERT J. ERB By m BERLIN RUDOLF HESS "celebrated" 30 years m prison yesterday. On May 10, 1941, he stunned a world on the edge of an ever widening world war by flying solo to Great Britain and descending into Scotland by parachute. Confident of Adolf
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  • 380 9 From AVEEK SARKAR m CALCUTTA LIFE m the border towns of West Bengal has changed dramatically since the arrival of the one and a half million refugees fleeing from East Pakistan. Public reaction is now showing signs of the growing strain of adjusting to such a
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  • 728 9  -  JOHN BULLOCH By m ANKARA THE ARMY has imposed martial law on Turkey m order to preserve itself. In 11 of Turkey's 67 provinces, military governors have been given exceptional powers so that they can deal with the menaces of Left-wing revolution
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  • 430 10 Chou wants talks with the U.S. over Taiwan BEIRUT, Lebanon, Mon. Chinese Premier Chou En-lai was quoted here today as proposing direct negotiations with the United States over the future of Taiwan. "The main dispute between the U.S. and China is the imperialist occupation of Taiwan and we are prepared
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  • 161 10 COLOMBO, Mon. Official sources today said a "few" hippies have been spotted among insurgents m the Rejangane Forest m the north central province but described their presence as giving "colour" rather than importance to the rebels. When the rebellion broke out on April 5, a number
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  • 34 10 NAIROBI, Mon. Kenya today denied it was involved m any plot to overthrow the Zanzibar Government. Foreign Minister Dr. Joroge Mungai said the Government had no knowledge of the plot.
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  • 82 10 Now Iran may want ties with China NEW YORK, Mon. Iran may be the next country to open diplomatic relations with China, Newsweek reported yesterday. "The tip-off came," the weekly newsmagazine said m its "Periscope" section "with visits to China m the past month by two sisters of Mohammed Reza
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  • 101 10 FOUR long-serving employees of Harper Gilflllan received certificates and gold watches at a dinner m the Golden Lotus Restaurant last night. They were Mr. John Son, manager of the company's shipping division, who has served 25 years; Mr. Chin Koy Wan, who suited as a junior
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  • 228 10 'MISTER GOODWILL' ARRIVES FROM ARIZONA IF YOU were a man of 71, you would probably be happy to sit m your rocking chair and puff a pipe. But m the case of Mr. Leo V. Newman, Arizona's "Goodwill Ambassador," he has not only abandoned his rocking chair but also travelled
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  • 67 10 ROUND 5 results of the Singapore National Championship 1971 organised by the Singapore Chess Federation: Lee Chee Seng-Richard Seah: 1-Q; Andrew Ec-Matthew Gwee: adjourned; Choong Liong On-Pang Kwok Leong: 0-1; Leslie Leow-Oey Lians Hien: 1-0. Tile sixth round is at 6.3 0 tonight at the Alumni
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  • town talk
    • 754 10  - So that's where the water A.K. LEE By WATER rationing is staring us m the face again, and remembering the dry, dry days of 1963 when taps were waterless for hours on end, I started thinking of ways to save water. I immediately rejected the suggestion by one wag that
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  • 73 10 THE Minister for Culture, Mr Jek Yeun Thong, will open the 22nd Local Artists' Exhibition sponsored by the Singapore Art Society, at the Victoria Memorial Hall on Friday at 5.30 p.m. The exhibition will be open till Sunday from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. daily. DDD
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    • 232 10 t a.m.: Freshmen orienta Heng); and Trevose tion ceremony by Singa Crescent (between pore Polytechnic Students' Dalkeith Crescent and Union at the National Kheam Hock Road). Theatre. l 2 p.m.: Opening of 7 p.m.: Night bazaars at mystic art exhibition at Guillemard Road the Chinese Chamber of (between Lorong 18,
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  • THE SINGAPORE herald Section II
    • 9 11 THE SINGAPORE herald Section II Tuesday, May 11, 1971
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    • 198 11 Vesak Day crowds throng temples THOUS AN DS of Buddhists thronged more than 300 temples m Singapore yesterday to celebrate Vesak Day. For many the celebrations had started the p/evious night when they meditated and prayed for peace and tolerance. At the temples yesterday monks chanted prayers and beat gongs
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    • 467 11 Sabah homes boom: Millions paid in loans KOTA KINABALU, Mon. Sabah is going through a building boom with millions of dollars being invested by both the State Government and the private sector. Houses are sprouting up m Kota Kinabalu, Sandakan and Tawau the three big towns m Sabah and also
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    • 115 11 Ahoy! It's the bucket and spade brigade. CROWDS COOL OFF AT CHANGI BEACH THE Bucket and Spade Brigade was out m force yesterday and with good reason. Apart from being a holiday, it was pretty hot. So thousands of families, with toddlers m tow of course, headed for the best
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    • 329 11  -  V.K.G. NAIR AS MORE INDIANS TAKE TO TROUSERS By MORE Indians are going Western and dhotis sales are falling as a result. And helping this trend abng is the increased dutyimposed two years ago on this traditional Indian garment. Leading importers sayDhoti sales have dropped 50 per
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    • 138 11 THE BERKAS, a vessel used by YIPs on their harbour tours, is up for sale. The acting Director of Marine, Capt. Goh Choo Keng, says the vessel is redundant and is being offered for sale to a tour operator "on condition that
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    • 60 11 IPOH, Mon. The lpoh Shaw Organisation Employees' Welfare Association will award 31 scholarships totalling $1,850 to children of its members this year. A spokesman of the Association said today that 10 scholarships of $80 each would be given to children m secondary schools and 21
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    • 250 11 Malaysian goods for Bulgarian world fair KUALA LUMPUR, Mon. Malaysia will take part m the 27th International Fair at Plovdiv, Bulgaria, m September. The Minister of Commerce and Industry, Inche Mohamed Khir Johari, said today he hoped that Malaysia's presence at the fair would help to promote goodwill and better
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      • 30 11 CINCMAS/P»i« 12 ECONOMIC AFFAI*S/PM«» 13/16 «TOP FORM/TV/ Pa C 14/15 SHIPPING, P*f«* 17/18 SPOUT p.g.. 19/20 WWr '1 1* 1 4 1 lit "I i_Zl J I'Sffi m ill*]] j
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    • 307 12 Wayangs will play their old role again KUALA LUMPUR, Mon. Wayangs are going back from whence they came. The Federal Government is to introduce m the east coast next month, wayang kulit (shadow plays) and dikir barat (chorus singing of pantuns) to explain Government policies. The Director-General of Information, Inche
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    • 187 12 going from kampong to kampong for their performances. They will also perform at the border areas m Kedah. Inche Ahmad Nordin said plans were also underway to organise a drama troupe using local staff and talents, with the assistance of some professionals, to perform
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    • 187 12 THE YOUNG MUSICIANS ARE STILL SNORT OE $165,000 THE two Singapore Youth Orchestras have to raise another $165,900 before they can take part m the International Festival of Youth Orchestras at Lausanne m July. So far, the fund stands at *35,<MH>. Most of it has been raised by schools, but
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    • 155 12 LALLANG FIRES have kept firemen busy m the past few weeks. Since the beginning of the month, more than 50 have been reported an average of five a day. Cause of these grass fires is the long dry spell, with daily temperatures exceeding
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    • 179 12 Vosper vessels handed over to Kuwait THE Kuwait Government took delivery of two vessels from Vosper Thorny croft shipyard at Tanjong Rhu last week. Mr D.W. Sitwell, general manager of Vosper Thornycroft, handed over the vessels to the Marine Superintendent of the Security Department of the Ministry of Interior of
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    • 245 12 ABOUT 250 traffic experts from 70 airlines will attend a month-long conference of the International Air Transport Association, which begins today at the Shangri-La Hotel. The main item on the agenda is a review of air cargo rates. It is expected that the
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    • 206 12 Computer firm may try new soft sell AN American computer firm may set up a branch here to provide a sophisticated "software" service. The firm, Q.E.D. Systems Inc. is based m New York and sells a wide range of computer services the "software" as well as some "hardware" m the
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    • 91 12 BANGKOK, Mon. An eight-man Malaysian delegation, led by Gen. Tan Sri Ibrahim, Commander-in-chief of the Malaysian Armed Forces, has arrived m Bangkok to discuss border security problems with Thai officials. The main purpose of the visit is to work out the agenda and topics to be
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      • 135 12 IGAL AX Y^BB GRAND CHARITY PREMIERE 1 THURSDAY ld f I 13th MAY 1971 SINGAPORE CANCER SOCIETY 9.00 pm A KAMALA CLUB BLDG. FUND THE LOVE- HATE ROMANCE THAT BECAME AN AFFAIR TO REMEMBER^J |Kr KAJEBH KHANMAI^HKr^ €M6USH/mALAV SUBT/TL6S r SEASON STARTS FROM 14TH MAY, 1971 i^g~M~BnjnrTjnjT_ruT_n-n_ru~ rTjTj J xruxnjTj\ji_n_n_ii_«
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    • 411 13 NEW YORK, Mon. Multi-national banks are taking risks m Eurodollar loan practices which can become greatly magnified as marginal lenders and borrowers become further involved m the market, according to John B. M. Place, vice chairman of the Chase Manhattan Bank. Speaking at the
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      • 171 13 TOKYO, Mon. Japan Airlines reported record sales for fiscal 1970 which ended March 31 this year. According to JAL's latest financial report, the airline's operating revenue during the year was about US$454 million, an increase of 18 per cent over the previous year. Total gross income including non-operation revenue,
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      • 57 13 LONDON, Mon. Mara thon Petroleum announced it would start drilling an exploratory well m June near Ballycarry, about 15 miles north-east of Belfast, Northern Ireland. Marathon is drilling the well at Shell (UK) Ltd's expense which, m return, will acquire a 50 per cent stake m Marathon's licence
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      • 126 13 MIDLAND, Michigan, Mon. Dow Chemical president C.B. Branch told stockholders that nearly half of the company's business was done outside the United Spates. In the company's annual report, he paid Dow was now "one of the most international ofj companies." Last year, |5 per cent of its income
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      • 46 13 LONDON. Mon. Hoover reported pre-tax profit of £2,284,000 (£1371,000) for the quarter to March 31, (compared with £1.871.000 for the same quarter m 1970). The profit includes the share of consolidated pretax profit from Hoover (Holland NY) of £453,000 (£400,000). Sales were £18.445,000 (£13.871,000). Reuter
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    • 591 13 Japanese expect more pressure on the yen TOKYO, Mon. Business circles here today expressed great apprehension that the new currency parity arrangements m Europe would eventually affect the yen. The Government and the Bank of Japan, however, attempted to remain calm over the West German decision to float the Deutsche
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    • 145 13 ADDIS ABABA, Mon. African industrial development m the current decade will require U5523,000-$32,000 million three or four times the capital investment of the 1960s a Pan-African conference on commerce and industry forecast. The prediction was part of the "Addis Ababa Declaration," a charter of industrial
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    • 279 13 NEW YORK, Mon. America's 500 largest industrial corporations had a bad year m 1970 with their lowest ever profit margins and disastrous performances m the transportation industry. There was some remarkably good showings m the tobacco industry although it was assailed from
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    • 51 13 The International Monetary Fund is replenishing its currency holdings of 14 member countries up to a total equivalent to US$320 million. The fund said currencies being acquired included, (in million U.S. dollars): Japan 85.8, West Germany 51.4, the Netherlands 50.5, Canada 48.4, Belgium 31.5, Austria 14.2, and Australia 12.9.
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    • 36 13 The World Bank will float its first yen bond issue, totalling 10,000 million yen (US$3O million) next month. Banking sources said the 10-year bonds would carry an interest rate slightly below eight per cent. AFP
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    • 25 13 (Yesterday's closing prices, m U.S. dollars per ounce). Singapore (1) Closed Hongkong 41.23; Beirut 40.25 Nominal; London 39.84; Zurich 39.808, 40.00S; Paris 39.88.
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    • 28 13 (Closing buyer/seller prices for May 10, m sterling per metric ton). Tone: Barely steady; Spot 1471, 1473; 3-month 1471, 1472; Settlement 1475; Total turnover 370 tons.
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    • 615 13 The market closed very strong yesterday, with the Financial Times index reaching 393.4, up 11.7 to the highest level since April last year when the index stood at 396.8. Trading was brisk throughout, encouraged by a possible boost to U.K. trade following the European currency settlements over
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    • 275 13 PEOPLE in business Miss LAI AIE TECK. credit and marketing officer with the Chase Manhattan Bank, will leave for Hongkong this week for an advanced training course m credit and marketing. Miss Lav, the first girl to graduate with an honours degree m business administration from the Singapore University, joined
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    • 342 13 The stock market continued to slip m light trading yesterday. The Stan poors industrial average was off 68 cents, while the New York Stock Exchange composite average pulled back 31 cents. Declining issues led gainers by a margin of 815 to 329 after some 90 minutes
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    • 248 13 AMSTERDAM Internationals weakened yesterday, influenced by the monetary situation, although Philips held steady. Plantations, KLM Airlines and some shippings were dull. Local industrials were hesitant ahead of further developments. Trading m the iron and steel wholesaler Bemet was suspended yesterday and brokers expect the firm will be taken
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    • 904 14  -  VIVIEN LIM By "A GIRL should not be a stranger m the kitchen, my mother remarked while preparing to go to the market one morning. "That's it," I told myself, "she's brewing something m that head of hers." My suspicions were confirmed when she
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    • 556 15  - A need for active involement JACK LEONG w By WITH term m fi the bus d< into hisUi again set children true mil with their forms, c neatly b and serioi Two we* freedom dl the burden schedules from to pressures There is pensation. < sports field sions <an through
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    • 326 15 Poetry Corner A ROOSTER CROWED AT MIDNIGHT Yet still the cock kept crowing. My heart within me heavy, My tears did wet my eye. And I grew still more weary And the rooster still did cry. I knew there was a message, It was quite plain to see. I knew
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    • 521 15 OUR KIND OF WORLD. ...A new series m which teens talk about what they would like to see around them, the kind of people and institutions that appeal to them, the things that turn them on or off. If you would like to
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    • 398 16 The market reacted sharply lower yesterday to the latest European monetary developments. Many investors liquidated their positions before settling down to await further developments on the international monetary scene. Dealers were also alarmed by newspaper reports that the Japanese Government might restore control over foreign portfolio investments
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    • 729 16 Schiller— Bonn's man on the spot BONN. Mon. Professor Doctor Karl Schiller is once more m the midst of political controversy both at home and on a European level, having hardly been out of the centre of political storms since taking office as West German Economics Minister m December, 1966.
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    • 127 16 HONGKONG (Rates m Hongkong dollars. On New York TT 6.01 On New York DD 6.0025 Gold (99% fineness, per tael) 298.25 Note Rates: China (per 100 renminbi) 180.00 India (per 100 rupees) 47.00 Indonesia (per 10.000 new rupiahs) 152.00 Japan (per 10,000 yen) 166.50 Philippine (per 100
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    • IN BRIEF
      • 55 16 $6,000 mil Japanese exports Japan's vali- dated exports during April totalled U552,022 million, up 31.1 per cent over the same month a year ago. The Ministry of International Trade and Industry said the rise was because of continued growth m exports of ships, automobiles and electric home appliances, mainly
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      • 53 16 Prospects for increasing trade between Hongkong and Canada will be bright according to Mr. Francis Y.H. Tien, vice chairman of Hongkong's Trade Development Council. Mr Tien who recently led a trade mission to Canada, said members of his mission were satisfied with the amount of orders taken during the
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      • 41 16 Nationalist China will loan 50,000 metric tons of milled rice to the Philippines. The loan, to relieve a rice shortage m the Philippines, is repayable m kind over a 10-year period. An agreement on the loan was signed yesterday. AFP
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      • 35 16 The United Arab Republic has agreed to buy one million tons of wheat from Australia. Shipment would begin m August and be completed by June next year. Terms and price were not disclosed. AFP
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      • 22 16 (Managers' prices for May 10) HONGKONG UNIT TRUSTS (In Hongkong dollars) First Hongkong 2.58 2.66xd Second Hongkong 1.73 I.Boxd
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    • 141 16 WASHINGTON. Mon. The Government said unemployment edged up slightly to 6.1 per cent last month. The jobless rate for blacks soared to 10 per cent highest since January 1964. The Bureau of labour statistics said the figures showed "the employment situation was essentially unchanged The
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    • 194 16 PARIS, Mon. The French economy is likely to show reasonably good expansion and a better employment situation this year, a report from the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) said. OECD experts said stronger domestic demand would help the economy, but warned: "The risk of
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    • 195 16 The big New York bank agreed that the level of economic activities m the first three months of the year had been below the most optimistic forecasts, among them those of the Government. But it declared that this was less important than indications that the recovery after the car
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    • 75 16 US Treasury ruling on glass imports WASHINGTON: The Treasury Department has ruled that tempered sheet glass imported from Japan is being sold m the United States at less than its fair value. The ruling means the case wiH now go to the Tariff Commission which will decide whether the imports
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    • COMMODITIES
      • 64 16 (Yesterday's official buyer/seller prices, m new pence per kilo). Tone: Nominal; ClF's May 16.60 16.80, June 16.55 16.65, July 16.60 16.80; Spot 17.70 17.90; Settlements June 17.85 18.05, July 18.05 18.20 Aug. 18.20 18.30, July/Sept. 18.20 18.30, Oct/Dec. 18.60 18.80, Jan/March 18.75 18.90, April/June 18.90 19.10, July/Sept. 19.00
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      • 159 16 (Yesterday's 1.30 p.m. prices, m sterling per long ton, unless otherwise stated). COPRA (U.S. dollars per long ton): Philippine/ Indonesian May to Aug. 198 resellers. COCONUT OIL: Straits May /June 139 seller; Malayan May/June 156 reseller; Philippine (U.S. dollars per long ton) June/July 281 seller; Ceylon May /June
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    • 124 16 THE PORT OF SINGAPORE AUTHORITY HAS MADE THESE BERTHING ARRANGEMENTS FOR MAY, 11. OUT: Anchises 3/4; Dahlia 8/9; Automedon 15/16; Neptune Aquamarine 31/32; Laomedon 33/34; Clytoneus 10/11; Ravi 29/30; Kimanis 20 east; Anshun 42/43; Vishva Vibhuti 18. IN: Pei sander (after Neptune Aquamarine) 31/32; Martha Bakke (after
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    • 505 16 Mining shares closed weaker yesterday m moderately active trading. OH were firm and industrials variable. Mining heavyweights lost further ground with WMC falling 10 cents to $4.35. CRA shed 15 cents to $10.70 and Great Boulder dropped five cents to $2.57. Poseidon was marked back $3 to
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    • 270 16 The market moved higher yesterday after a hesitant start and by the close, most issues showed gains on balance. Taikoo Docks featured on sustained demand and closed at 491 after opening at $88. Hongkong Banks were steady. The locals opened at $188 but closed at $190, up
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    • 145 16 Japan lifts ceiling on investments in foreign stocks TOKYO, Mon. The Finance Ministry today decided to remove the ceiling on investments m foreign stocks and bonds as part of measures to reduce the nations foreign exchange reserves. Investment trusts and insurance companies are now allowed to invest m securities overseas
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    • 202 16 LONDON, Mon. Moderate business was reported today, including grain from the U.S. Gulf to St. Nazaire at U556.25 fio (free m and out), for May loading, and from the U.S. Gulf to Constanza at U556.75 free discharge, also for May. Miscellaneous chartering included coal from Hampton Roads
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      • 363 18 Eastbound Including ships sailing out of Singapore for Far East ports to the north-east. ASTRID BAKKE May 11/13 P. S'ham, Penang. Hongkong, Japan, Vancouver. KNUT/SB BARBER M ANG AN May 29/31 Vancouver (June 25), Tacoma (July 26), Seattle (June 29).' BBL/HC BATJAN May 2 7/30 Cristobal, Vera Cruiz. Tampico, New
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      • 381 18 MEDAN MARU May 27/28 Kobe. Osaka. Nagoya, Yokohama. TSK/OL MOUNTBLANC w D May 27 Saigon. Bangkok. MM/MM M.S. ALTAIR June 14/19 Japan. Pusan KSC/OL M.S. TAIPOOSHAN May 19/20 Penang (May 21/23), Singapore (May 24/25), Hongkong (May 29/June 1). SC/SC M.S. TAIPOOSHAN June 5/6 Penang (June 7/9), Singapore (June 10/11), Hongkong
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      • 505 19 JOCKEY Des Coleman took top riding honours with seven winners at the four-day Bukit Timah meeting which ended on Sunday. He has now joined Lyle Harbridge on top of the jockeys* list with 30 winners. Des is riding m such terrific rorm he also
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      • 731 19 fsdafsafdfsd STIPENDIARY Steward's reports for the weekend races at Bukit Timak SATURDAY Race One Prior to the field being released, MOVIE LAD (Podmore) was restless m his box and reared on several occasions. Shortly after the start, PUNTER'S BIIX (Moran) shifted m when not sufficiently clear
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      • 949 19 For Penang meeting WEIGHTS for the Hikari 8.04 Beta Rajah 8.07 Lotus Blossom 812 Penang Turf Club Mystic Music II 8.04 Voted In 805 Sandown ill Summer meeting this Mwin ono Tamu «~n Sandown IV 8.12 Aiwin 8.00 lamu 8.00 Keep Coming 8.12 weexena. Shantin Park 7.13 Irish
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      • 128 19 WELLINGTON, Mon. Driving a Lotus Cortina, Bruce Hodgson (Australia) narrowly won the five-day New Zealand International Car Rally which finished here today. Hodgson drove consistently m both speed and open road sections, losing comparatively few points. Second m a Holden Torana was Ralph Emson
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      • 428 19 Expos rally for 7-3 win over Cubs NEW YORK, Mon. Mack Jones made his return to the lineup an auspicious one and hit two home runs to drive m five runs and pace the Montreal Expos to a come-from-behind 7-3 victory over the Chicago Cubs yesterday. The Expos' left fielder,
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    • Page 19 Miscellaneous
      • 59 19 TABLE TENNIS: STTA women's junior inter-club Chung Cheng High School v SAFSA; Jurong CC v Kiung Chow Huay Kuan (Monk's Hill, 7 p.m.). HOCKEY: Div. 3 Combined Schools 'C v SAFSA 'C (GSC) ATHLETIC: Beatty Secondary School (Farrer Park, 2.30 p.m.). NICOSIA, Mon. Spain beat Cyprus 2-0 m their Group
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      • 318 19 Ii HF HF HHH* p I p I p rr"~^| II HI mM HH wkm H ACROSS DOWN 4. One team's to make dramatic l. Two small accounts, then one remarks (6) gets a plant (6) 8. Treat tenderly maybe he's 2. It's true about Capone (4) rich! (7) 3.
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    • 758 20 SUNDAY LEAGUE CRICKET LONDON, Mon. Geoff Boycott, playing his first complete innings since breaking his arm during the Australian tour, showed scintillating form jn leading Yorkshire *m a 106-run thrashing of Warwickshire at Middlesbrough yesterday. Boycott was at his best, slamming the
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    • 486 20 JACK Low defeated A.I. Alsagoff 6-1, 6-4, and moved to quarterfinals of the Singapore Lawn Tennis Association hard court veteran singles championships at Tanglin Club yesterday. Low scored another win when he partnered CM. Koh to beat C.P. Lim and H.T. Tan 62, 2-6, 6-1 m the
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    • 191 20 POLICE "B" handed Combined Schools "B" a 4-0 drubbing m the Singapore Hockey Association Division Two League match at Thomson Road yesterday. Combined Schools' tiny custodian Zainal put up a gallant display saving numerous shots by the Police raiders G. Palmer, V.K. Nathan, C.V. Chandra Sharom Shah,
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    • 429 20 NEW YORK, Mon. Two months after the Joe Frazier-Muhammed Ali heavyweight championship fight, the money is almost all counted amounting to •worldwide gross receipts estimated at US$2O million. And the audit m Europe and elsewhere is still incomplete. But m an anticipated rematch
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    • 342 20 Carlos Monzon hailed best ever boxer in Argentine BUENOS AIRES, Mon. The Argentine daily La Opinion yesterday hailed World Middleweight Champion Carlos Monzon as the best Argentine boxer ever and the rest of the press praised his victory on Saturday night at Monte Carlo over Italian Nino Benvenuti. "Monzon will
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    • 219 20 S'pore win team event in North Malaysian motor rally PENANG, Mon. R.W.C. Zimsen and P. Linke (Volvo 1445/20) of the RAAF Butterworth are the overall champions m the Peter Stuyvesant 1971 North Malaysian Rally. Second place went to J.C.L. Soh and H. Netto (Volkswagon 1,600) from the Singapore Motor Sports
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    • 444 20 FAVOURITE Wong Cheng qualified for the Singapore Table Tennis Association men's junior singles final with an easy 21-11, 21-11, 21-11 victory over Tan Kwang Yeow at Monk's Hill School last night. Low Chu Seng joined Wong m the final when he beat
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    • 101 20 KUALA TRENGGANU, Mon. India has accepted an invitation to take part m the 49th Malaysian Amateur Athletic Union National Championships to be held here for four days from Aug. 3. Brunei, Ceylon, Fiji, the Philippines and Indonesia, who have also been invited by the MAAU, have not yet
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      • 45 20 DAVY JONES By Sam Leff tqS 1 6 VOU'VfX^ J^y^^ iyInJ??S?^X IS TAKING FOREVER JR^ dll MiGHT Ru!n THE ENTIRE iUN7»- 7UU Vc Sw k. NEEDS HELP TO I daw l pts i^T fw V hmdcpwatco «rtk.ic VOU T RSELF P OUT tj> JJ^T|^EAMy TT
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