Singapore Herald, 19 May 1971

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  • 15 1 THE SINGAPORE herald No. 256 SinKapore Wednesday, May 19, 1971 MC(P) No 2525 15 CENTS
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  • 1706 1 The right to live with dignity —Action stations!— THIS is a stripped down edition of the Herald produced by staff manning action stations to defend NOT anyone's fancy enunciations of the freedom of the Press, but the right of this paper to live with dignity. It is a defence of
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  • 2506 1  -  FRANCIS WONG Some contest! Kuala Lumpur From Francis Wong, first editor of the Herald Jl^^^^^^^B 4The Singapore Herald has been I I I I I I LI taking the Government on since its I I I I I I I publication in July last year.* by Mr
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  • 305 1 KUALA LUMPUR, Tues. China has agreed to buy all Malaysia's stockpile rubber first before it resumes purchase of between 150,000 to 200,000 tons of Malaysian natural rubber annually. This was announced here today by the leader of Malaysia's unofficial trade mission to China,
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  • 147 1 CAIRO: The leaders of the alleged conspiracy to overthrow President Anwar Sadat, including former VicePresident Aly Sabry, went to jail at dawn and may soon face public trial, qualified informants reported. ODD JAKARTA: Indonesian Foreign Minister Adam Malik will leave on May 29 for
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  • Page 1 Advertisements
    • 206 1 Water rationing if consumption does not fall Page 4 ODD 'Eupoc did not say how capital was received* Page 4 ODD SAF officers will get scholarships Page 5 ODD Medical study discloses no link between breast cancer and the Pill Page 7 ODD Philippines gets fivepower pledge Page 10 FAST
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  • Page 1 Miscellaneous

  • 39 2 tm? all b^ els "ewspaper is to understand mmUS?? »■<* tfve expression to them; another is to arouse among the people certain desirable sentiments; and the third is fearlessly ii expose popular defects. MAH ATM A GANDHI.
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  • 508 2 In one fell swoop, three newsmen out FROM A MINISTRY OF CULTURE STATFMFNT- THE EDITOR REPLIES: THERE were reports m today's newspapers that Mr. Bob Recce and his wife Adele Koh were given 48 hours notice to leave Singapore. The Herald described this treatment as "brutal." In fact, the two
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  • 207 2 The third man A THIRD expatriate member of the Singapore Herald's editorial staff was told yesterday that his professional visit pass would not be renewed. Mr. M.G.G. Pillai, whom Immigration officials had tried, but failed, to contact on Monday, called at the Immigration Department and was told of the decision.
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  • Viewpoint
    • 502 2 SPUR: 'We can't stand aside from present political developments' SPUR'S primary function is discussion, and research m planning and SPUR's fundamental policy has always been to contribute towards the creation, maintenance and consolidation of democratic socialism. SPUR though independent and politically non-partisan cannot stand aside from present day political developments.
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    • 384 2  -  CHANG TAI PAN Singapore AS A concerned citizen I would like our Prime Minister to explain the following: 1) What does he mean by The Herald taking on the Government? 2) If his expression means criticism of, or opposition to, the Government's policy,
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  • Page 2 Advertisements
    • 85 2 TMSimm" LUTIN MUESU SJP^ FOR BREAK FAST Atr **—^^^^^^mW i^^\ or Lunch or dinner Because it s a M tasty wholesome meal anytime UtiaWnfflrnfll \\\^W < ontams 5 different fruits mTmmW fQse b,ps 3 cereals, I skimmed mtlk and wheat germ. Just add milk or yougurt and L g^i^ I
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  • 534 3 SEVEN E X PATRIATE journalists resigned from the Eastern Sun" and it closed down. Three of our expatriate journalists have been kicked out of Singapore by the Government. The Herald continues to bt* published. There is a possibility that the
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  • 368 3 The Press and Govt: IPI will investigate HONGKONG, Tues. International Press Institute director Ernest Meyer intends to make an on-the-spot investigation of the Press-Government battle m Singapore during a current visit to the Far East. Protection of newsmen is a major role of the IPI, which comprises 11,600 editors and
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  • 252 4 All that fuss was just over socks for women THEY came from Kowloon five mysterious parcels for a major political figure. The shipping documents said "used clothing," but People's Front Secretary General Lvi Boon Poh was suspicious. He had reason to be. The same documents said Mr Lvi had airfreighted
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  • 32 4 THE University of Singapore Students' Union will donate about $50,000 to several charitable organisations today. The money was raised by the Community Welfare Committee for 1969 and 1970.
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  • 543 4 EUPOC Paper Industries Ltd. gave no indications of how its capital was paid up after the Economic Development Board granted it two loans totalling $1,150,000 between 1966 and 1967. Former EDB chief projects officer S. Danabalan said this yesterday when he gave
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  • 286 4 WATER CRISIS THE Public Utilities Board will decide m the next day or two whether to impose water rationing because of the sharp rise m water consumption on Monday. A PUB statement yesterday said that water consumption on Monday shot up to 110.6 million
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  • 264 4 STUDENT APATHY GETS A LAUGH STUDENT apathy raised a few laughs at a forum organised by the Polytechnic Students' Union Freshmen Orientation Committee yesterday. The crowd of about 300 freshmen and some seniors broke into laughter when told by senior student Mr P. Nathan that they were too apathetic even
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  • 220 4 SINGAPORE yesterday joined five other countries m calling for the establishment of a Shippers' Council to fight for fair freight rates for rubber producers. The decision was taken at the end of a two-day meeting here of the working party on
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  • 192 4 AN armed gang took about $10,000 from a safe m the office of Hock Hai Fisheries Co. m Liang Seah Street on Monday. But m their haste to get away, they overlooked several thousand dollars more. Two of the three-man gang were armed with revolvers while
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  • 170 4 PRICES of most imported canned foods are expected to go up by 15 to 20 per cent by the end of this month. Most of these are imported from European countries and Hongkong, according to a source. The source said that the
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  • 94 4 CARE to make a go-kart out of an old soap box and some pram wheels? The Chinese YMCA will conduct a course on how to do it, for children between 8 and 15 years of age. Participants will learn how to design and build their karts.
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    • 27 4 NO MUDGUARDS! ONG Chim Hong of Hartley Road was fined $25 yesterday, for driving a lorry without rear mudguards, along Upper Serangoon Road on Nov. 4 1968.
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  • Page 4 Miscellaneous
    • 57 4 TODAY: 4.54 a.m. 7.3 ft.); 7.03 p.m. (7.0 ft.) TOMORROW: 6.38 a.m. (7.3 ft.); 7.50 p.m. (7.5 ft.) BEETLE BAILEY Rw m™* va/ \Z I By Mort Walker >jS WILL YOU CALL I I'M LONELy J Uftj r [Sj jrv meeting m J m Df E>~— -I I I nil
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  • 194 5 THESE youngsters seem te be guilty of an unforgivable sin ia these dry days. Yet, they can afford to waste the water because "it just flows and flows and flows." So says 50-year-old Faridah Osman who lives m the heart of Potong Pasir
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  • 358 5 KUALA LUMPUR, Tues. The Royal Commission on non- Muslim marriage and divorce laws has recommended that all marriages be monogamous, its chairman. Tan Sri H.T. Ong, said today. This recommendation is among several made by the commission which has almost completed its study
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  • 223 5 DAP to set up more branches KUALA LUMPUR, Tues. The Democratic Action Party is taking steps to broaden its base and has set up a rural organisation sub-committee to look into opening more rural branches. So far the party has set up 87 branches m seven states Penang, Perak, Selangor,
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  • 195 5 THE Government is now offering scholarships to officers m the Singapore Armed Forces including those doing their national service to study at Singapore University or Nanyang University. Officers who have completed their full-time national service and are now m the reserves, are also
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  • 45 5 A THREE day pugilistic show will be held to raise funds for the Singapore Amateur Swimming Association. It is being organised by the Sim San Loke Hup Athletic Association at the Gay World Stadium, beginning on* June 6. at 7.30 p.m.
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  • 170 5 JURONG industrialists are hopeful that Jurong Town will have its first secondary school within two years. Representatives from the Jurong Town Corporation. Jurong Town Residents' Association and the Singapore Manufacturers' Association. met with Education Ministry officials last month, to discuss the need for such a school
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  • 84 5 MINISTER BACKS THE BIG WALK MR. LIM Kirn San, Minister of Education and MP for Cairnhill. will be patron of a Donation Walk organised by the Central Division of the Singapore Girl Guides Association. About 1,500 Guiders, Guides and Brownies hope to raise $15,000 for training personnel. They will start
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  • 346 6 BANGKOK Tues. Malaysia and Thailand agreed tonight to launch co-ordinated patrols alone coastal areas of their border -as soon as possible A joint communique issued by the General Border Committee meeting here, said the measure was necessary to prevent the movement of Communist
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  • 165 6 FRESHIES WILL HELP THE TEO FAMILY A GROUP of 30 Polytechnic freshmen will go to the aid of the Teo family featured m Monday's Herald. Mr. Teng Theng Dar, the Students' Union welfare secretary said yesterday: "The freshmen volunteered to work on cleaning and repairing the house for the whole
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  • 299 6 'Spellbound' couple poisoned themselves A POVERTY-stricken watchman and his adopted son took poison because they thought that they had been spellbound, a coroner's inquiry heard yesterday. Lim Teck Seng, 53, and Lim Tiong Kheng 17 were found dead m their zinc shed home m Soon Wing Road, off Aljunied Road,
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  • 97 6 THE closing date for the National Book Development Council's poster and bookmark competition is now extended to June 1 to enable more students to take part. Designs for the competition, which is open to all secondary school students, must carry the slogan "Have fun with books"
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  • 145 6 Staff of boards to get pay review KUALA LUMPUR, Tues. The Malaysian Cabinet today decided to appoint a commission to review the salary scales and terms of all statutory authorities. The Prime Minister, Tun Abdul Razak, said m a statement issued after the Cabinet meeting that the commission would be
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  • 45 6 KUALA LUMPUR, Tues. The MCA received more than 1,000 application for membership m April and more applications were coming m, a party spokesman said today. He said a large number of the applicants were young people with professional qualifications.
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  • 164 6 PENANG, Tues. A former tourist chief said today Malaysia should set up barber shops at all immigration points to shave off the beards and long hair of "hippies" who want to enter the country. Mr. Chet T.S. Chua, former chairman of the Penang Tourist Association
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  • 192 6 A LABOURER accused of rape told the High Court yesterday that he was assaulted by a group of six detectives before he made a cautioned statement to an inspector. Lim Cheng Siang, 23, who is charged with the rape of a
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  • Page 6 Advertisements
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  • CABLE WORLD WIDE
    • 357 7 'No link between cancer and the Pill' LOS ANGELES, Tues. A British doctor reported yesterday that a two-year study of 220 women taking birth control pills showed no relationship between the Pill and the incidence of breast cancer. In fact, he reported, taking the Pill may even reduce the danger
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    • 60 7 RAWALPINDI, Tues. Thirty-two people were killed m a coal mine accident about 30 miles north of Quetta near the western border with Iran, the Government Radio reported yesterday. According to an official statement 31 men were killed instantly m the explosion m the privately-owned coal
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    • 177 7 Gls FREED AFTER ANTI-WAR DEMO IN SEOUL SEOUL, Tues. Thirtyone American soldiers, who were detained for three hours by South Korean police last night after staging an anti-war street demonstration here, have all returned to their units. A military spokesman said the protest the first anti-war demo involving American Gl's
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    • 81 7 PONTIAC, Tues. A judge has found Kurt Vonnegut's novel Slaughterhouse Five to be a "degradation of the person of Christ" and said it should be banned from a Michigan high school library. The book is an account of the fire bombing of Dresden by Allied forces
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    • 283 7 UNITED NATIONS, Tues. American Secretary of State William Rogers hope the U.S. initiative m seeking agreement over the Suez Canal will aid U.N. special envoy Gunnar Jarring m his quest for Middle East peace. But reaction from the U.N. side stresses the
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    • 209 7 Negro mobs wild in Brooklyn NEW YORK, Tues. Hundreds of residents moved m bands through the streets of the Bed-ford-Stuyvesant section of Brooklyn yesterday, some looting stores and overturning several cars m one of the largest Negro slum areas m the U.S. Several persons were reported injured, including one policeman.
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    • 72 7 TAIPEH, Tues. Delegations from more than 10 Asian countries are to take part m the 17th Asian Film Festival June 5-9 at the Taipeh City Hall, it was announced yesterday. The festival will be climaxed June 9 when 17 gold and silver awards will be presented
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    • 244 7 'Indons turn the corner on road to prosperity' WASHINGTON. Tues. Five years after seizing power, Indonesia's military rulers may have turned the corner m their campaign to rejuvenate their nation of 3,000 islands and 120 million people, according to U.S. News and World Report. In a report from Jakarta m
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    • 44 7 SAIGON, Tues. The South Vietnamese Government sent a petition today to the International Control Commission petition from 4,000 villagers protesting against a North Vietnamese attack last month on a village m the Due My district near South Vietnam's central coast. AP
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  • 174 7 PEKING STEPS UP DRIVE TO WOO TOURISTS HONGKONG, Tues. Peking has established a new state-run China International Tourist Service tn a move to open China to foreign tourism, it was reported today by a Chinese businessman just returned from China. The businessman, who attended the Canton Spring Trade Fair, said
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  • 32 7 BONN, Tues. West German Foreign Minister Walter Scheel escaped serious injury yesterday when his car collided with a taxi near Bonn airport, killing the taxi driver. ODQ
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  • 26 7 MOSCOW, Tues. Talks between the Soviet Union and Tha o and on development of trade between the two countries opened here today, Tass reported.
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  • 228 7 'Spies' were actually shell hunters JAKARTA, Tues. Reports of the "sinister" appearance of five American warships m Indonesian waters led to a written apology from the United States Embassy to the Indonesian Foreign Ministry here today. But the culprits were not roving undercover men from the Pentagon. They were a
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  • 52 7 RIO DE JANEIRO, Tues. A washerwoman who said she knew nothing about soccer bet 38 cents and won $658,740 m this week's Brazilian soccer pools. Sebastina Paulo Dias, who lives m Goias near the Federal capital of Brasilia, made a perfect score m picking results of 11
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  • 254 8 The C spell derella work fc Living WHETHER we admit it or not, most of us possess hidden beauty charms that simply need awakening. Good features, clear skin and healthy hair are essential "basics," but a girl's good looks can often be too understated and underplayed. We decided to weave
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  • 392 8 UNKNOWN UNKNOWN TIM SUM our array of saucy and spicy tid-bits for your easy consumption. If you have any to share, send them m to Tim Sum, P.O. Box 692, Singapore. I HAVE never held anything against safety precautions, but when car alarms go off m the middle of the
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  • Page 8 Miscellaneous
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  • Article, Illustration
    68 9  -  Philip Choy 'hen the weather's hot and humed slip into something easy like these Ii Iht cool voiles and cottons from the Look and Jeans West, Raffles Place. SKETCHES drawn by Smocked little girl dress is betrimmed with small green flowers. Dress is imported and costs $48. Gay
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  • 22 9 "Can you imagine that Thirty-five dollars I paid for this suit and he wants me to get it WET!"
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  • Article, Illustration
    36 9 A portrait m brown. Solid brown pinafore on the left teams well with a laced ud blouse. Price: $55. Blue and brown m circles and stripes make this gay sun-dress with matching perky sun-bonnet. Price: $79.
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  • 810 9  -  DR. JOAN GOMEZ THE only sensible thing to do about smoking is not to: like taking an overdose, crashing on the Ml m fog, or other forms of self-inflicted injury. Sixteen Britons die every week on the road, but 50 die of
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  • 150 10 CANBERRA, Tues. Australia was trying to persuade Taiwan to accept the compromise of separate representation when China gains membership to the United Nations, Foreign Minister Leslie Bury said today. In a televised interview, Mr Bury said that the present situation of Taiwan representing
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  • 165 10 WASHINGTON, Tues. China is producing a twin-engine jet fighter similar to, but more advanced than, the Russian MiG 19, U.S. defence officials said yesterday. Although considered inferior to the American F4 Phantom, officials stressed the significance m the fact that the Chinese are
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  • 407 10 NO 'SECRET ANNEXES' TO STORE, MALAYSIA DEFENCE PACT MANILA, Tues. Foreign Minister Carlos Romulo said today he had been assured by Britain, Australia and New Zealand that there were no "secret annexes" to the defence arrangements they had recently concluded with Malaysia and Singapore. These
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  • CABLE WORLD WIDE
    • 220 10 BANGKOK, Tues. The Thai National Security Council decided to scale down propaganda attacks on China today to help create a better "atmosphere" for the two countries to have friendly contacts m the future. The council also decided that before trading with
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    • 23 10 MOSCOW, Tues. Shiran Gasanov, regarded as one of the Soviet Union's oldest citizens, has died at the age of 154.
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    • 67 10 MR. and Mrs. Lee Wah Chong are reunited 49 years after the husband, now 75, left his wife and two sons m Hung Mcc village m China's Kwangtung Province to return to Honolulu, where he was born, to make them a new house. Mrs. Lee
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    • 293 10 WASHINGTON, Tues. U.S. military officials say only about one out of every eight tons of supplies which North Vietnam has put onto the Ho Chi Minh Trail got through to its troops m South Vietnam and Cambodia during the recent sixmonth dry season. This amounted
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  • 251 10 UNITED NATIONS, Tues. Mr. M. Ahmed, adviser for economic affairs to Pakistan President Yahya Khan met U.N. Secretary-General U Thant yesterday to communicate to him the requirements for relief for East Pakistan, especially food and coastal transports. Mr. Ahmed told the press that
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  • 113 10 WELLINGTON, Tues. New Zealand may soon become the largest supplier of frozen vegetables to Japan according to the head of New Zealand's biggest food processing company. Sir James Wattie, chairman of J. Wattie Canneries Limited, said m the prospectus for a NZ$5 million ($l6
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  • 449 11 WASHINGTON, Tues American Secretary of the Treasury John B. Connally told the Senate Finance Committee that the dollar was not weak and that European nations were 'not going to make any run on the dollar." These nations "'have no place to go,"
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  • Overseas Company News
    • 36 11 TOKYO. Tues. Ford Motor has agreed not to exercise cumulative voting rights over the management of Toyo Kogyo during the contracted period of their planned capital tie-up, Toyo president Kohei Matsuda said. Matsuda made this
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    • 45 11 (Yesterday's closing prices, m U.S. doUars per ounce). Singapore (1) 42.25. (2) 158.60; Hongkong 41.91; Beirut 41.20; London 40.90; Zurich 4Q.808. 41.00S; Pans Delayed. Note: (1) Export price to non-sterling areas m U.S. dollars. (2) Local dealers' price m Singapre dollars per tael.
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    • 119 11 (Closing buyer/seller prices for May 18. m sterling per metric ton) Tone: Barely steady; Spot 1468, 1470; (-month 1472, 1473; Settlement 1472; Total turnover 990 tons. known at an airport press conference upon his return to Tokyo from the United States where he held capital tie-up talks with
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    • 42 11 Mineral Securities Australia's official liquidator announced the date for closing of tenders for shares m parcels of Aberfoyle, Cudgen RZ. ConsoUdated Rutile and Robe River has been extended to July 30. Tenders must remain open for acceptance until Aug. 6. Reuter
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  • 398 11 ONOMIC AFFAIRS BOUSTEAD HOLDINGS improved its pre-tax profits for 1 970 to 1 .776,86 1, from $1,614,0*3 m 1969. A final dividend of 10 per cent was recommended. Together with the interim paid m February, this would make an unchanged total distribution of IS
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  • 303 11 ACMA ELECTRICAL INDUSTRIES reported a 48.7 per cent rise m 1970 profits and said this profit level would be maintained m the current year. Net profit for 1970 amounted to $928,952, compared with $624,473 for the previous year. This gives a yield of
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  • 342 11 MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC (MALAYSIA) chairman Arataro Takahashi said the company planned to export electric fans m 1971. Efforts were being made to improve the company's production facilities, and modern equipment would be introduced, Mr Takahashi added m his annual report for last year. He said Matsushita
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  • 279 11 SINGAPORE-MALAYSIA Merchant rates fixed yesterday by the Association of Banks m Malaysia-Singapore. Local dollars per unit of foreign currency. HONGKONG (Rates m Hongkong dollars, for May 18) On New York TT 6.0175 On New York DD 6.***** Gold (99% fineness. per tael) 303.375 Note Rates: China (per
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  • 529 11 The market firmed towards the close yesterday following the Unilever results, after initial easiness to show little change on balance. Trading was very quiet with the latest statistics on UK industrial production inducing caution. Towards the close, the Financial Times index was unchanged at 386.2 (after 384.6).
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  • 314 11 The Committee of the Stock Exchange of Malaysia and Singapore yesterday issued an amended version of the official Listing Manual which lays out the requirement for companies seeking listing on the Exchange. In a covering letter for the Manual, the chairman of the Exchange, Mr.D.G. Hebdige,
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  • 23 11 LONDON, Mon. (Changes m brackets);: Industrials 386 2 (-7.6); Tins 70.22 (-0.13); Rubbers 187.20 (-0.81); Oils 332 45 (-3.92).
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  • 354 11 Stock prices yesterday moved lower m moderately active early trading with declining issues ahead of gainers by a margin of about seven-to-two. The Stan poors Industrial average lost 62 cents and the Dow Jones industrial average slipped 7.80 points m the first 40 minutes. Shell oil,
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  • 26 11 NEW YORK, Mon. (Changes m brackets): Industrials 921.30 (-14.76); Transportation 216.93 (-5.67); Utilities 117.30 (-1.50); Composite stocks 304.72 (-5.64); Bonds 70.60 (-0.09).
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  • 222 11 AMSTERDAM Internationals declined on the bourse yesterday. Unilever initially rose ahead of its figures, but closed slightly lower. KLM fell m line with Wall Street. Most local industrials eased fractionally. Heinekens met a steep decline, ignoring higher first half profit, and Bois eased m sympathy. A fall m
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  • Page 11 Advertisements
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  • 316 12 MALAYSIA/SINGAPORE RUBBER RUBBER UC.M cents per kilo (up 1.25 rents). In spite of the report that the Malaysian trade mission to China had signed contracts for 'a few thousand tons'' of rubber, sellers pre dominated at the market opening here yesterday. June I RSS was traded down from
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  • 65 12 (Yesterday's official buyer/seller prices, m new pence per kUo). Tone: Mainly nominal; ClF's June 16.40 16.60. July 16.50 buyer 16.70 nominal seller; Spot 17.75 17.95; .Settlements June 17.80 18.00, July 17.90 18.10, Aug. 18.05 18.20, July /Sept. 18.05 18.20, Oct/Dec. 18.70 18.90, Jan/March 19.05 19.25, April/June 19.35 19.50,
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  • 58 12 TIN $$47.12 14 a picnl (up $1.50). The Straits tin market was well supported yesterday from all quarters and the commodity price appreciated by $1.50 to $647.12^ a picul. The London overnight price, 'however, dipped by £6 a ton. The official offering on the steady Penang market :was
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  • 121 12 (Yesterday's 1.30 p.m. prices, m sterling per long ton, unless otherwise stated). COPRA (U.S. doUars per long ton): Philippine /Indonesian June 191 reseller July 191 rescUer, 191 paid, Aug. 192 reseller. Sept. 192 V* reseller. Sept. 192 1 paid. COCONUT OIL: Straits May /June 139 seUer; Malayan June/July
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  • 47 12 PEPPER (Yesterday's 2.00 p.m. seUers' prices, m sterUng per long ton). Tone: Quiet; Sarawak white spot 440.0, afloat 435.0, April/May and May/June both 430.0, July/ Aug. 425.0; Sarawak black spot 410.0, afloat 385.0, April/May 350.0, May /June 370.0, July/ Aug. 360.0; Malabar April /May 550.00.
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  • 498 12 STOCK EXCHANGE OF MALAYSIA AND SINGAPORE AFTER a steady start, the Stock Exchange turned easier as widespread profit-taking set m, particularly m the industrial section which attracted the largest number of deals as usual. Trading was maintained at a moderately high level and the day's total turnover
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  • 1487 12 FRASER'S INDUSTRIAL INDICES KEY Closing buyers' and sellers' prices are foUowed by the business done. Figure* m brackets denote traded lots m I.ooo's. When the price it not foUowed by s figure m brackets, it means only a tingle lot of 1,000 shafts was traded at that price. The Ust
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  • 77 12 (Managers' prices for May 19) B S. ASIA UNIT TRUSTS MaL Invt Fund 1.35 1.40xd MaL Progress Fund 1.18 1.23 CHARTERED UNIT TRUSTS Singapore Growth Fond 1.21 1.26 SINGAPORE UNIT TRUSTS Third Singapore 1.36 The Commerce Ind. Fund 1.11 l.i6xd sa Tne Saving R S Fund 1.17 1.22
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  • IN BRIEF
    • 51 12 China buys Yugoslav aluminium BELGRADE, Tues. China has made an agreement with the Boris Kidric Light Metal Factory at Sibenik, Dalmatia, to buy 150 tons of semi-finished aluminium products at US$674 per ton, the Yugoslav news agency, Tanjug, reported. Boris Kidric sold 300 tons of aluminium to China last vpar
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    • 55 12 A Japanese mission, comprising representatives of the refining, rolling and fabricating sectors of the aluminium industry will visit China m the fallChina has imported aluminium from Eastern Europe to meet domestic demand which has exceeded refining capacity. Sumitomo Chemical of 'Japan recently secured an order to sell 3,500 tons
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    • 51 12 The Nationalist Chinese Government is negotiating with the European Com nlon Market for preferential tariff treatment, a Board of Foreign Trade spokesman said. A recent EEC announcement which excluded Nationalist China from its favoured- nation list would affect Taiwan exports, especially textile products, to the Common Market, he added.
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    • 60 12 A Food and Agricultural Organisation Fishery Commission has approved a five-year plan to develop fisheries m the Indian Ocean, which could increase current yield of 2.4 million metric tons to 14 million tons. Technical and financial aid will be Sought from countries bordering on and fishing in -the ocean
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    • 41 12 Cathay Pacific Airways has ordered a second digital flight simulator for pilot training from Mitsubishi Precision Company of Japan. The simulator, costing US$l.4 million, will be of the Boeing 707-3208 type. The first simulator was a Convait KBO-22M version. AFP
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    • 44 12 The Nationalist Chinese Government is Considering Ue import of television seta lo force down prices of local sets. There have been complaints that prices of locally produced black and white TV sets were much higher than lh Japan and .the United States. AP
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  • 348 12 The market closed easier yesterday, with the stock exchange average down 26.40 yen to 2.391 22 on volume of 110 million units. Sentiment was influenced by the overnight fall on Wall Street. Electric home appliances led the decline, followed by housing-related issues, constructions and camera shares. Sanko
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  • 503 12 Mining shares were generally easier m moderately active trading yesterday. Industrials showed further strength and oils eased. Western Mining lost eight cents at $4.42. Among other heavyweights, Metals Exploration closed 24 cents down at $5. BH South lost 10 cents at $3.20, while Consolidated Goldfields gained 10
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  • 243 12 Share prices moved within a narrow range m slow dealings throughout the session yesterday. The close was steady with minor changes. Turnover for the day contracted further to $8.37 million, from $10.36 million on Monday. Hongkong Banks local rose to $194 during the day but closed at
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  • 216 12 LONDON, Tues.- Shippers covered heavy grain cargoes from the u.S. gulf to Portugal at US$7.2O free discharge for June and from Lakehead to Yugoslavia at US$ll.5O free discharge for May. Coal operators arranged business from Hampton Roads to Japan at US$5.3O free discharge for July-August. A small
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  • Page 13 Miscellaneous
    • 590 13 gfhfgffhhfg THE SINGAPORE HERALD WfiSlhOl inH '"c'^^Q ALL ships bound for the Americas, e^g. Coast ports of North, Central or South America v V^wlk^yyCU |^J ships sailing east out of Singapore to Pacific and through the Panama Canal to the Gulf ports, etc. BOGOTA Jun# 2WI p s ham (June
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    • 266 13 SHIPPING GAZETTE NARA May 29/30 C'blanca, M'seilles. Genoa, B'lona, Lisbon, Havre. MM/MM PRESIDENT JACKSON In Pt/May 21 New York, Baltimore. Norfolk. Charteston. APL/APL "P.R. SLAVEIKOV" July 15 Capetown, Marseilles, Genoa, Constanza, Varna. NMB/BSC ROSEVILLE June 9/12 P. Sham (June 16/18). Penang (June 19), N.York (Aug 1), N. Folk (Aug 5),
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    • 119 13 KEY FOR EASY REFERENCE: The shipping schedules beginning on this page are given m four parts for ships westbound, eastbound, southbound and coastal. Each entry gives the following information: NAME OF SHIP, date of arrival/departure, ports of call, name of line abbreviated/name of agent(s) abbreviated. At the bottom of the
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  • 207 14 LONDON.- The tonnage of idle world shipping ruse to *****9 tons at the start of this month, the highest level since May 1, 1967, when it totalled 948,020 tons, official statistics showed. The comparable figure for April 1 this year was 575.935 tons. Freighted shipping decreased although more
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  • Page 14 Miscellaneous
    • 162 14 SHIPS IN PORT T..E PORT OF SINGAPORE AUTHORITY HAS MADE THESE BERTHING ARRANGEMENTS FOR MAY 19. OUT: Glory Sakura 8/9; Benvrackie 15/16; Mombasa Maru 19; Petaling 21 east; Wing Chin (barge) 22 south; S let ter 23; Knud Maersk 25/26; Aristides Xilas 29/30; Eastern Moon 31/32; Ramoneverett 40/41; Unity 42/43;
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    • 153 14 Samut Songkhram, Sia mat Delapanbelas, Isarco, Hai Eng, General Sikorski, Huang Van, Kota Maju, Tairyu Maru, Lion City, Bonahope, Isabel, Bashi Maru, Beryl, Klim Voroshilov, Kota Makmur, Lai Bahadur Saseri, Ha net, Tsing Chau, Sumber Tunas, Antillian Baron, Lucky 1, Batanghari, Karingo, Collin Three, Vishva Pratibha, Hoegh Orris, Gunung Tambora,
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    • 840 14 inrt '"eluding ships sailing out of Singapore for Far I— ClO I UV/U1 t\** East ports to the north-east. ANNABAKKE Ju.y 26/28 J^^JJ "°"*o"9. M 3. TAIPOOSHAN June 5/6 Penang (June 7/9). KNUT/SB Singapore (June 10/11). BARBER MANGAN May 29/31 Vancouver (June 25). Hongkong (June 15/18) SC/SC Tacoma (July 26)
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  • 312 15  - Impressive gallop by Ming Derby CAVALIER RACING HERALD »y PENANG, Tues. Ming Derby, a course scratching last week, showed there is nothing amiss with him when he impressed m a workout here this morning. With Johnny M flier astride, the Alcimedes gelding ran If m 42 easily. Heavy rain fell
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  • 519 15 LATEST amendment list issued by the Malayan Racing Association showed five promotions, 26 demotions, 26 new classifications, one reinstatement, one change of name and 19 deletions. DDD Promotions: CI. 2 to CI. 1 Unforgettable, Yes Dear IV, Forex, Royal Catch and Ditambah Demotions: CI.
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  • Article, Illustration
    35 15 Philippine flyweight Bernabe Villacampo arid Japanese flyweight Beaver Kajimoto stare at each other m the ninth round of their non-title 10-round bout over the weekend m Tokyo. Villacampo outpointed the Japanese. There was no knockdown.
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  • 31 15 PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania, Tues. Adolph Übleis of Austria won the second annual world harness driving championship on Saturday night, although he didn't post a victory at Liberty Bell Park- AP
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  • 460 15 RIO DE JANEIRO,] Tues. The Soviet Union, South Korea and Czechoslovakia won m their Groups m the elimination round scries of the sixth women's world basketball championship, last night. In the decisive match of Group One, m Niteroi, the defending champion
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  • 104 15 A NEW sport apparatus, designed by the decathlon trainer of the German Athletics Association, Franz Kolkena, promises rational mass indoor training possibilities. Twelve athletes can train at twelve different stations and without foreign aid at the same time. At a showing of the apparatus m the Bruno
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  • 535 15 NEW YORK, Tues. Vada Pin son, John Lowenstein and Jack Heidemann got together m the outfield last night and gave Tom McCraw of the Washington Senators a home run. But also gave the Cleveland Indians the game. Pinson, the Indians' centre fielder, left fielder
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  • Page 15 Miscellaneous
    • 365 15 |i I? p la WWI I [c I [7 E 1 10 In I iTTBBiTi lit I 19 I I 21 I Jtm. mA\WM.m W m\\m^.W WmmWmkWTmYAA^W ACROSS DOWN 1. Little Robert has terrible 2. Meaning I'm on sweet red itches and yet is most wine (6) wealthy! (7) 5.
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    • 45 15 SOCCER: SBHFL, Senior Knockout Competition MSA v Spore Pools (Jin Besar, 5.15 p.m.); Sime Darby v Cold Storage (Geylang, 5.15 p.m.). Friendly Police /Military v British Army (Dover Road, 7.30 Ip.m.). HOCKEY: Div. 3 CSC 'B v Combined Schools 4 C (Bia les tier Road).
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    • 69 15 CAVY JONES By Sam Left m^^^^ m^ mm "^^a¥ hull, m down T ape you nuts, tony?'! ...and you absolutely T that's 7xAcT~r^BM| I I THINK TONY'S T MARCO... IT'S BIFF ALL BUT KILLED I f REFUSE TO HAVE HIM RIGHT, JED... M NARROW ESCAPE L HIS DECISION.' YOU SO
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  • 980 16 UK WEEKLY SPORTS ROUNDUP By SPECTATOR (Special to Singapore Herald) LONDON, Tues. It is early days yet to judge the Pakistani cricket touring side m England, but their start has been far from auspicious. Last week they were beaten by Northamptonshire, drew with
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  • 283 16 CAMBRIDGE, Tues. The Pakistanis face a stern struggle at Fenners here today on the last day of their match against Cambridge University, for they will resume needing 148 runs with seven wickets m hand, to avoid an innings defeat and their second
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  • 1445 16 GIRLS Secondary One: 100 m: 1 Sulati Kana 2 Masrina Marzuki 3 Mashah Sabini 16.4; 200 m: 1 Normala J a' afar 2 Tan Ah Kirn 3 Rahma Mohamad 34.0; 400 m: 1 Jumaidah Omar 2 Saripah Jaswan 3 Norshamsiah 1:25.3; 4 x 100 m: 1 Sec
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  • 173 16 26 teams in SBA inter- club tourney TWENTY-SIX teams have entered the Singapore Badminton Association Junior inter-club championship starting at the Badminton Stadium, Guillemard Road, on Thursday. Defending champions Jasmin Sports Club (White) will meet Chinese YMCA(Red) m the opening match whilst runners-up Rose Badminton Party (Red) take on May
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  • 246 16 SHAMSUDDIN Rashid and Wong Liang Beng shared top secondary Tour honours at the Upper Serangoon Technical Secondary School athletic meet at Farrer Park Athletic Centre. Shamsuddin reeled off three victories winning the shot putt (32ft. 7in), javelin (133 ft. lOin) and discus (84ft
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  • 374 16 Aucutt betters Age Group record TEN-year-old Anthony Aucutt of the Chinese Swimming Club turned m a sparkling performance when he bettered the Asian Age Group 200 metres individual medley record at the Singapore Amateur Swimming Association's second PreAsian meet at Amber Road yesterday. Competing m the under- 10 event Anthony
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  • 52 16 DEFENDING champions Nanyang Siang Pao scored their fifth straight win, when they thrashed Port Authority 5--0 m the Singapore Table Tennis Association Inter-club Championship at Monks Hill last night. Close rivals Harper Gilfillan also cleared their fourth hurdle with a convincing 5-0 victory over Hongkong and
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