Singapore Herald, 25 May 1971
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Title Section20 1971-05-25 1 THE SINGAPROE herald THE CONSCIENCE OF THE NATION No. 262 Singapore Tuesday, May 25, 1971 MC(P) No. 2525 15 CENTS20 words
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Article443 1971-05-25 1 That plan: The full text THE FOLLOWING Government statement on the Singapore Herald was issued yesterday: •When it became clear since Thursday, 20th May, that the Singapore Herald would need a large financial rescue operation to save it from closure, a number of Singapore citizens have approached the Government with443 words
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Article1068 1971-05-25 1 A fair deal for ALL PACE ONE COMMENT) AFTER reading the Government statement published in column one on this page today, the following question may be the first one you will be asking: "What editorial stance will the Herald adopt if it is rescued financially the way the Government has1,068 words
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Article, Illustration395 1971-05-25 1 YESTERDAY, FOR THE FIRST TIME, WATER CONSUMPTION FELL BELOW 100 MILLION GALLONS THANK YOU WATER consumption on Sunday dropped below the 100 million gallon mark for the first time. THANK YOU! A PUB statement yesterday said it fell from 109.8 million to 98.9 million gallons. Sunday was395 words
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The voice of the people
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Letter841 1971-05-25 1 PEOPLE of Singapore. We are a land without resources. Even our water has to be bought. Our land has to be painstakingly reclaimed from the sea. The only resources we have lie in ourselves, lie in our will, our determination and our sacrifice to build what we don't have now841 words
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Letter444 1971-05-25 16 PUBLIC OPINION may be wrong and has often been proved wrong when what actually happens is what we know as a "popular movement." You, in your capacity as editor, have almost succeeded in getting it going. Evidence of this is clearly shown in your allocating too many pages to public444 words
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Letter257 1971-05-25 16 WHEN we elected the Government to power, we, the electors did not give Mr. Lee Kuan Yew the privilege to accuse anyone on mere suspicions Mr. Lee should know better. Being a double first in Cambridge, the basic principle of common law is that a person is innocent until he257 words
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Letter100 1971-05-25 16 P.S. Enclosed herewith a sum of $20 and I will be among the first to buy 1.000 shares when the Herald is listed in the Stock Exchange. THE Singapore Herald has fought magnificently, and I hope that it will be able to continue forever. There are people who become obedient100 words
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Letter39 1971-05-25 16 YOUR artists were right in portraying the Herald as a person. But they made one mistake. The Herald is an infant no longer. He has just grown into a man! ALOYSIUS SIOW Singapore lt TW. reader contributed $1 Editor <39 words
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Letter113 1971-05-25 1 Clearly— with restraint... YOUR leading articles, •It's Time to Cool It" and "Let's Call A Truce" of yesterday and today shouod have convinced and calmed the fears of even the most hard-headed sceptics, whether they be in or outside City Hall, who may have had qualms concerning the purpose for113 words
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Advertisement94 1971-05-25 1 See also pages 2, 3, 5 and 16 A different machine in seconds! Olivetti P203 office computer The reason that so many companies can do so many different things with a P203 is a small magnetic card that stores programmes or data externally and can be changed in a second94 words
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Miscellaneous15 1971-05-25 1 THE weatherman says the outlook for Singapore from 6 a.m. to noon today is Pair.15 words
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267 1971-05-25 2 For the people by the people NOW I am proud to tell my friends abroad that we have a paper that speaks for the people. I salute all your staff for their guts. If all Singaporeans were like them, Singapore would be a nicer and healthier place to live in.267 words
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Letter103 1971-05-25 2 THE MAGNIFICENT stand that you have made against such great odds has demonstrated to the whole world that Singaporeans can stand up and fight for the survival of freedom and democracy. We have also demonstrated that we are not easily cowed by any politicians big or small. It Is still103 words
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Letter97 1971-05-25 2 I AM indeed very proud of you. Please And enclosed a $5 contribution to your paper. Mr. Lee Kuan Yew should be proud of the staff, who have decided to work without pay indefinitely to uphold the freedom of the Press in Singapore. These people have proven by their deeds97 words
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Letter50 1971-05-25 2 NOW, now, Mr. Devan Nair, I remember that you are a Malaysian. Under the circumstances, what right have you to tell us that we are misguided Singaporeans? Even Miss Aw Sian, who has invested so much, does not insult our intelligence. Nor do the other investors! 100% Singaporean Singapore 14.50 words
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Letter67 1971-05-25 2 "GIVE the benefit of the doubt" to the Government. So quotes a Radio Singapore news item purportedly from a speech by Mr Devan Nair. Are there not enough facts from which the public can judge the whole affair even besides the bullying of Chase Manhattan Bank and Miss Aw Sian?67 words
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Letter103 1971-05-25 2 TRANSLATED from a Chinese letter: A PERSON has a character, and a newspaper has a character as well. When a person has no autonomy, he is like a puppet. The responsibility and duty of every newspaper is to report the news justly and criticise constructively. He who is willing to103 words
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Letter175 1971-05-25 2 AFTER reading your truthful paper in the past days, I now know the difference between your paper and the Straits Times. Until recently, I have been reading the Straits Times. But one thing I hate about it is that it is not the people's paper, it is a pro-Government paper.175 words
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Letter37 1971-05-25 2 POLITICS aside, please accept my humble cheque for $20 for your staff who so devotedly worked without pay for your paper. HO YIM KWONG Singapore 15 The staff has not yet had to go without pay Editor37 words
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Letter78 1971-05-25 2 We send this letter to let you know that we are fully behind you in principle. We feel that you have all been very courageous and just great in your struggle to keep the Herald going. Regretfully, it is not within our means to relieve you of your financial difficulties.78 words
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Letter94 1971-05-25 2 JUST a quick note to express my personal and sincere hope that you and your staff are able to pull through this current crisis. The defeat of the Singapore Herald would certainly be a telling blow against freedom of the Press in Asia. From the first day of publication, your94 words
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Letter172 1971-05-25 2 MR. C.V. Devaji Nair's statement expressing his stand on the Herald affair is certainly no surprise to me and members of the public. If he had aired his views oh this affair as an individual, then, of course, he is entitled to his views. But, he is doing an injustice172 words
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Letter613 1971-05-25 2 I AM not a Singaporean, and might, on that account, present a slightly more dispassionate view of the Government- Herald controversy. One point raised by Albert Lim (Herald May 22) may be very pertinent. The Government has made a charge; its refusal to back this up with immediate evidence should613 words
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Letter294 1971-05-25 2 NAUSEATING is the kindest word I can think of to describe my feelings upon reading C.V. Devan Nair's statement on the Herald controversy. Knowing him as an intelligent man who had all along been expounding the virtues of democracy, and one who had in fact paid a price for its294 words
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Letter309 1971-05-25 3 THE recent spate of protest notes from Singaporeans of all walks of life against Government action on the Singapore Herald is a clear indication of wholehearted public support for this young, courageous and energetic newspaper. This latest move is the climax to a series of authoritarian, dictatorial and unreasonable stances,309 words
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Letter41 1971-05-25 3 "^nu» nunuins a*** umuu mm sue oacsoa ef an Por these Who care, apeak «p, to there net one ef rye* whauwsaM ratty year Prhns Weill n now? b *J there eat eaw eetoe ea speak I UIHOIIVN I mmmmma I41 words
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Letter252 1971-05-25 3 IN RESPONSE to this reader's call in yesterday's paper: Yes, I say, there are people who will speak up for their Prime Minister. I am one of them. I have been a Lee Kuan Yew admirer for more than a decade. He has been a great Prime Minister, and that252 words
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Letter243 1971-05-25 3 MY heartfelt sympathies to you and all in the Herald for the difficulties you are undergoing. I am a civil servant but I feel that I must write to support you. I feel that in this present affair, it is the case of one arrogant man who has been so243 words
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Letter176 1971-05-25 3 I WAS a regular subscriber of the Straits Times, until recently, after the four men of Nanyang Siang Pau were arrested, came the Herald case, also accused of Black Operations. In order to know more about what is actually going on, I read the Herald. Being a real Singaporean, I176 words
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Letter129 1971-05-25 3 AT LAST, we have a newspaper which we can really depend on to express fearlessly our views and opinions, furnish constructive criticisms and at the same time cater to the needs of the varying social strata of the general public. The Herald is NOT a paper of the Government but129 words
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Letter139 1971-05-25 3 PLEASE permit me to ask the following pertinent questions of Mr. Devan Nair regarding his talkathon to Singaporeans: (1) Can he publicly tell us whether he has become a Singapore citizen now, and if so, since when? (2) On what system of law is he basing his request to the139 words
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Letter117 1971-05-25 3 EVER since the Herald was published last year I've been buying two copies daily, sincerely because I want your paper to survive. The Herald is really my kind of newspaper, the newspaper that sees things my way. Apart from having some wonderful features and pages that cater mainly for the117 words
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Letter100 1971-05-25 3 THERE is little doubt that many Singapore citizens, including myself, are proud of the tremendous developments under the P. A. P. This does not justify the recent action by the Government against the Herald. I support Mr. Devan Nair's suggestion that it would be more desirable for local investors to100 words
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Letter104 1971-05-25 3 HERE is our donation of $50 to keep the Herald going. Please do not put it in your Chase account, but go to another bank. I would be prepared to invest in the Herald if you open up the issues of shares to invited people. I suggest that you publish104 words
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Letter145 1971-05-25 3 I have all along been a staunch supporter of the Government and its policies on most of the major issues. I have been following the current event closely on what the Prime Minister called "Black Operation." I am afraid despite the .lengthy speeches and statements drummed out by the Government145 words
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Letter114 1971-05-25 3 I AM a Chinese-educated graduate, and I was very impressed that your paper has stood firmly against Lee Kuan Yew's Government intending to close it. Nowadays, we can observe that Lee's regime has arrested those who dared to criticise him. He stopped the National Servicemen from criticising the Government's policy114 words
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Letter66 1971-05-25 3 A TRANSLATION: I am a reader of a Chinese newspaper. I sympathise with what you have encountered and I am strongly indignant at the brutal way the Government has persecuted the newspapers. I suggest that you launch a "Protect the Herald Campaign" to get the moral and financial support of66 words
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Letter54 1971-05-25 3 PERHAPS the present "black ops" smear campaign by Mr Lee Kuan Yew is part of his contribution toward building up the national identity which he was so bent on seeking a nation of muted followers. Count me out, Mr. Lee Kindly accept my token contribution and hope that others will54 words
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Letter482 1971-05-25 5 WE are as much Singaporean as the Herald. We are deeply moved by your sincerity, integrity, honestv and courage. By profession we are Merchant Navy Officers. We never have much time in our home-port but because °v. certain irregularities which prevent us from sa fling to our port of destination,482 words
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Letter170 1971-05-25 5 Mr. C. V. Devan Nair has placed his sense of justice upside-down when he says that in the "current confrontation between fhe Government and the Herald," all Singaporeans should choose to give the benefit of the doubt to their own elected Government. He agrees the Government's case has not been170 words
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Letter116 1971-05-25 5 MR DEVAN NAIR was honoured to start the Government radio and television news and after listening to his propaganda, on behalf of his boss, I found no evidence lof any black operations by the Herald and so I decided to subscribe to your paper for one year and induced my116 words
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Letter55 1971-05-25 5 WE have been subscribers to the Singapore Herald since its inception, and admire you and your staff for the stand you have taken in the light of recent developments. We are enclosing a cheque for $20 each, to be used in any way you see fit. Keep up the good55 words
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Letter412 1971-05-25 5 888 IN THE wake of the present crisis of the Press, I had some visions. I saw the present Government in the image of the Sung Dynasty, which decapitated the patriot, Yue-t Fe-i, alleged to have committed a non-existent crime. The authorities waived a fair trial and deemed the charges412 words
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Letter139 1971-05-25 5 ENCLOSED please find a check of Sssoo as my small contribution in your newspaper's valiant fight for survival against the action of the Singapore Government. I hope the contribution, though little, may not be too late to do any good. Even if the worst comes to the worst, I hope139 words
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Miscellaneous38 1971-05-25 3 BLONDIE By Chic Young (IT MERES VOUR I I HEV WAIT/ I r U VERBORGER g^p^l I \^a^> f "TO WIPE OFF THE r^« f I OOUNTE^ Vr'S!) 1 7 I VOU'LL-ONL.VSET IT I I FOR? J J38 words
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Article, Illustration445 1971-05-25 4 NECESSITY IS THE MOTHER OF INVENTION. AESOP'S FABLES (THE CROW AND THE PITCHER.) Every ilrop count Till: HERALD n.mmunih campaign to sa\c water is only in its third da\ hut alreadx the effects are beintj felt. Water consumption has taken a plunge. But the threat of rationinu445 words
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Article212 1971-05-25 4 SINGAPORE'S present man power shortage is temporary and is due to national service, Dr. Toh Chin Chye, Minister for Science and technology said yesterday. "By 1974 or 1975 the picture should be clearer when the national service system reaches a steady state," he said.212 words
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Article103 1971-05-25 4 Bomb hits the Supreme Court A HOME-MADE bomb, planted at the High Street entrance of the Supreme Court Building, exploded early yesterday. No one was injured. But the explosion slightly damaged an old cupboard and the surface of a wall near a lift. While divisional policemen were picking up fragments103 words
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Article104 1971-05-25 4 DR. Adam Malik, the Indonesian Foreign Minister, arrived here yesterday for an overnight stay before leaving for Austria this morning. He will preside at a meeting of Indonesian ambassadors posted in Europe, Africa and the Middle East to be held in Vienna from May104 words
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Article31 1971-05-25 4 MR SiaKah Hui, Minister of State for Labour, will open the second meeting of the South East Asian Council of Bank Officers' Association at the King's Hotel today at 9.30 a.m31 words
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Miscellaneous70 1971-05-25 4 ARCHIE By Bob Montana L THERE (THEY WFRFT "^v A CH HOW \WEREN'T > SPAN ISH< WFI I MANY PLANES A/Vy (^LLEONS t J WERE IN THE j DUrv\6- Vf LE NS j/ JHHSK 9 SPANISH^ </DUrv\e>/ -\AAANY ~~\WELI rgog I TH J^i^f RE r OWMA^ r AS AAANY ASN70 words
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Miscellaneous50 1971-05-25 5 BEETLE BAILEY By Mort Walker DIP iOU REAP ABOUT >, V J MOW SOMEDAY TME ARMV J^ MI©MT BE AN ALL-. J fs£>A O VOLUNTEER TM/NSr? J r^P^F^ r~<J\ n T 7 I /DO >OU TMINK /XcxtC I f rrfc JUST SOME NEW Wk&f- SCHEME TO &ET I 1-4-RIP OP50 words
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613 1971-05-25 6 WHEN Eupoc Paper and Pulp Industries Ltd. landed in financial difficulties the staff signed an agreement to go without pay to save the mill from being taken over by managers and receivers appointed by the Development Bank of Singapore. Mr. P.L. Chan, a former613 words
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115 1971-05-25 6 $5,000 bail for Utusan journalist KUALA LUMPUR, Mon. A senior journalist of Malaysia's largest circulating Malay language daily, the Utusan Melayu, was today charged in the Special Sessions Court here under the Sedition Act. He pleaded not guilty. The charge alleges that Abdul Samad bin Ahmad, 40, a sub-editor of115 words
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Article178 1971-05-25 6 THE Singapore Teachers' Union will press for better communication with the Education Ministry for faster action on teachers' problems. The union will present a detailed proposal for improved channels of communications at the second round of its talks with the Ministry on teachers' working conditions.178 words
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165 1971-05-25 6 Freshies warned: Don't take drugs KUALA LUMPUR, Mon. University students were today warned against getting involved in "extreme hippie ism" like smoking pot or taking drugs. The Vice-Chancellor of the University of Malaya, Prof. Ungku Abdul Aziz, addressing freshmen on their first day, said the campus was not a hippieland165 words
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Miscellaneous18 1971-05-25 6 TODAY: 11.55 a.m. (8.3 ft.); 19.55 p.m. (9.4 ft.) TOMORROW: 12.47 p.m. (8.1 ft.); 11.35 p.m. (9.4 ft.)18 words
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Article, Illustration154 1971-05-25 7 ISTANBUL, Mon. This radiophoto taken yesterday at Blngol, a town in East Turkey, shows a woman hearilnii her baby in a street where homes were reduced to rubble after an earthquake devastated the town on Saturday night. Meanwhile survivors of the154 words
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Article70 1971-05-25 7 TOKYO, Mon. Malaysian representatives took delivery today of a 12,400-ton freighter built at Shimonoseki by Mitsubishi Heavy Industries under a war indemnification agreement between Japan and Malaysia. The Bunga Orkid is the first of two freighters to be built under the agreement. The second ship, the70 words
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Article49 1971-05-25 7 BALTIMORE, Mon. Dr. William B. Greenough of Johns Hopkins University Medical Centre, a scientist who conducted research in East Pakistan, says famine in the embattled region may cause mass starvation this summer that could surpass the 1943 famine in .which more than one million died.49 words
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355 1971-05-25 7 BEIRUT, Mon. Soviet President Nikolai Podgorny will arrive in Cairo tomorrow for talks with President Anwar Sadat on SovietEgyptian relations and the Middle East crisis, Egypt's Middle East news agency reported today. It will be the first trip to Cairo by a top-level Kremlin355 words
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165 1971-05-25 7 Bangla workers' plea for world support NEW DELHI, Mon. Mr Mohamed Shah Jahan, Acting president of the Bangla Desh National Workers' League, and the League's general secretary, Mr Abdul Mannan, appealed to workers all over the world yesterday to support the East Pakistan independence movement. They urged working people to165 words
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164 1971-05-25 7 ROSARIO, Argentina, Mon. Four people were arrested here last night in connection with the kidnap of British honorary Consul, Stanley Sylvester. They were being questioned at the district police station at Ftsherton, a Rosario suburb, where Mr. Sylvester was abducted yesterday morning, just outside164 words
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Article90 1971-05-25 7 SALONIKA, Mon. A leading Greek cancer specialist says women who indulge in sex often and with different men are more apt to contract cancer of the uterus, but virgins are virtually immune from it. Prof. Alexander Simeonidis of Salonika Uni versity said: "Sex may90 words
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Article, Illustration1321 1971-05-25 8 Jackie McCord - Jackie McCord By Pride And Prejudice FOR the past 14 months, Mary Lee has worked as a reporter for the Singapore Herald. Like most of her colleagues, Mary is a young Singaporean with no claim to fame save an occasional by-line and a1,321 words
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Article, Illustration485 1971-05-25 9 Seah Chiang Npp - Majority of staff are citizens Seah Chiang Npp Story by Herald News Editor REPORTERS RARRED RY POLICI Cases of our reporters being thrown out of Government functions became more and more frequent until finally Government Press releases even TV and radio programmes at one stage to the Herald were stopped.485 words
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Advertisement20 1971-05-25 9 DRAPERY PROBLEMS? Graceline Furnishings offer expert service in curtain accessories and materials. Call at 331 People's Park Complex Tel. *****4.20 words
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Advertisement113 1971-05-25 9 jJLmy An advertisement .jf^m^' X (May 25 f 1971) Jsr i i i i i i i Ii i I d i i < i j OH HARRY, 1 j LET NOT THE HOPES j I AND VISIONS OF YESTERDAY, i BE BURIED NOW AND FOREVER j i IN SMACKING113 words
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643 1971-05-25 10 BORNEO BERHAD offered to acquire the stocks of Motor Investments and Wheelock Marden not already owned by it through an exchange of shares: nine Borneo Berhad shares for every ten Motor shares, and 11 Borneo Berhad shares for every five Wheelock shares. The643 words
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Article119 1971-05-25 10 FRANKFURT THe market yesterday was quietly firmer on hopes that the uneasy foreign exchange situation will soon settle. Small gains prevailed in most sectors. Major chemicals were firm, led by Bayer. In electricals, Siemens advanced while AEG was barely maintained. Daimler and Volkswagen were firm AMSTERDAM Internationals were119 words
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Article45 1971-05-25 10 (Yesterday's closing prices, in U.Si dollars per ounce). Singapore (1) 42.525, (2) 159.40; Hongkong 42.37; Beirut 41.00; Londom 40.775; Zurich 40.808. 42.005; Paris Delayed. Note: (1) Export price to non-sterling areas in U.S. dollars. (2) Local dealers' price in Singapore dollars per tael.45 words
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Article28 1971-05-25 10 (Closing buyer/seller prices for May 24, in sterling per metric ton). Tone: Steady quiet: Spot 1450 1452; 3-month 1453. 1454; Settlement 1450; Total turnover 245 tons.28 words
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Article426 1971-05-25 10 The market closed slightly easier on balance in quiet trading yesterday. Wall Street's current indecisive performance was a downside factor but optimism over the Common Market negotiations enabled the market to retain a firm undertone and prices closed off the bottom. Towards the close, the Financial Times426 words
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Article318 1971-05-25 10 issues outnumbering gainers by a margin of more than four-to-three. (Paid prices at 1 100 F.ST, in U.S. dollars.) Stock prices drifted lower in early moderately active trading yesterday, with declining May 24 May 21 •A lean 23-1/4 23-1/2 A Chem 31-1/2 31-3/4 Alcoa 68-1/2 68-3/4318 words
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Article285 1971-05-25 10 HONGKONG (Rates in Hongkong dollars, for May 24) On New York TT 6.0125 On New York DD 6.0075 Gold (99% fineness, teel > 306.50 Note Rates: China (per 1 00 renminbi) 180.00 India (per 100 rupees) 47 M Indonesia (per 10,000 new rupiahs) 150.00 Japan (per 10,000285 words
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Advertisement216 1971-05-25 10 NOTICES 20TH CENTURY CHIT FUND LIMITED W mm 4rf (Incorporated in Singapore) We wish to advise all our chit fund members that the undermentioned employees have ceased to be employed as BILL COLLECTORS of the Company as from 20TH MAY, 1971, and are therefore not authorised to collect monies or216 words
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Article503 1971-05-25 11 STOCK EXCHANGE OF MALAYSIA AND SINGAPORE THE Stock Exchange opened the week on an encouraging note and a very steady closing tone was recorded yesterday at the majority of counters improved on good buying. Total turnover increased to 2,772,500 units of which the industrial section accounted for503 words
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Article260 1971-05-25 11 RUBBER iift.oo rests per kilo (dowß 6.75 cent). First business yesterday was at Fridays closing level of 116.75 and 118 cents per kilo for June and July 1 RSS respectively. Early morning shortcovering lifted prices by 0.50 cent from the opening level. Trading was very quiet during the260 words
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Article66 1971-05-25 11 (Yesterday's official buyer/seller prices, in new pence per kilo). Tone: Very quiet; ClF's June 16.00 16.20, July 16.15 nominal buyer, 15.35 seller; Spot 17.56 17.70, Settlement* June 17.55 17.70, July 17.55 17.70. Aug. 17.60 17.70, July/Se'pt. 17.60 17.70, Oct/Dec. 18.25 18.35, Jan/March 18.75 18.90. April/June 19. 3O 19.50,66 words
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Article61 1971-05-25 11 TIN $635.50 a picul (down 56 cents). A drop of SO cents was recorded by the Straits tin price which was 9635.50 a picul yesterday. The offering was officially given as 274 tons, up 14 tons on Saturday's turnover. The main buyers in Penang were Britain and the61 words
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Article13 1971-05-25 11 FRASER'S INDUSTRIAL INDICES Singapore Malaysia May 21 729.88 459.03 May 24 728.14 457.9113 words
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Article1596 1971-05-25 11 KEY Closing buyers' and sellers* prices are followed by the business done. Figure! In brackets denote traded lota in I.ooo's. When the price is not followed by a figure in brackets, it means only a single lot of 1.000 shares was traded at that price. The last figures show the1,596 words
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Article77 1971-05-25 11 (Managers' prices for May 25) B. S. ASIA UNIT TRUSTS Mai. InvL Fund 1.35 1.40xd Mai. Progress Fund 1.18 1.23 CHARTERED UNIT TRUSTS Singapore Growth Fund 1.22 1.27 SINGAPORE UNIT TRUSTS Third Singapore 1.36 The Commerce Ind. Fund 1.10 1.1 5xd B. S. The Saving Fund 1.16 1.2177 words
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Article108 1971-05-25 11 Thai-Japan trade deficit narrows BANGKOK, Mon. Thailand's trade deficit with Japan during the first quarter of this year narrowed by 57.32 per cent compared to the same period last year, the Ministry of Economic Affairs reported. During the first three months of this year, Thailand incurred a deficit of 8,314.71AFP - 108 words
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Article57 1971-05-25 11 ODD TOKYO: Japan's exports to the United States this year will amount to U557,500 million, up 20 per cent over the previous year's, the Government's Trade Council estimated. The prediction was based on the rate of growth in the U.S. gross national product, import trends in American markets, and salesAFP - 57 words
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Article35 1971-05-25 11 DDD JAKARTA: The Asian Development Bank has agreed to appoint Mr Kartadjumena, deputy director of Bank Indonesia, as the new alternate director of the ADB. He will represent New Zealand, Indonesia, Fiji and Western Samoa.35 words
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Article47 1971-05-25 11 ODD DUSSELDORF: The state-owned South African Iron and Steel Corporation (ISCOR) will raise a 100 million mark loan, equivalent to US $28 million, on the West German money market The loan, guaranteed by the state, wfll be used to enlarge and modernise ISCOR's productive capa- city. AFPAFP - 47 words
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Article51 1971-05-25 11 ODD ROME: World consumption of paper could double from 123 million tons in 1969 to 285 million tons in 1985 according to Borje Steenberg, deputy director general in the forest department of the Food and Agricultural Organisation. This sharp increase could lead to progress in the industry in developing countries.AFP - 51 words
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Article29 1971-05-25 11 ODD MOSCOW: The first regular freight flight was completed between the Soviet Far East and Tokyo. It was made by a Soviet AN-12 airliner between Khabarovsk and Tokyo. APAP - 29 words
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Article149 1971-05-25 11 (Yesterday's 1.30 p.m. prices, in sterling per long ton, unless otherwise stated). COPRA (U.S. dollars per long ton): Philippine /Indonesian June/July 193Vi, Aug. 194, Sept. 194V,, an reseUers. COCONUT OIL: Straits May/June 139 .seller; Malayan May /June 135 seller; Philippine *I(U.S. dollars per long ton) July/Aug. 273 seller;149 words
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Article335 1971-05-25 11 The market closed steady yesterday after opening after mixed. The stock exchange average ended 16.63 yen higher at 2,398.48. Trading was dull and volume for the day totalled 65 million units. Leading electric appliances and housing-related issues attracted cheap buying which reduced early losses. Sony and Matsushita335 words
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Article564 1971-05-25 11 Mining shares weakened yesterday although some speculative issues made good gains. Oil shares wert easier in busier trading and industrial issues eased in mixed trading. Bougainville rights dropped 10 cents at $2.30 and Hamersley fell IS cents at #4.15. Kathleen Investments, whose annual meeting will be held564 words
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Article294 1971-05-25 11 Post-weekend trading was active yesterday and business for the day nearly doubled to $20.63 million, from $12.34 million on Friday. The close was firm and all sections participated in the advance. Hongkong Banks were firm, advancing $3 each for the local and London registers to $196 and294 words
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Article185 1971-05-25 11 LONDON: Mon. The market was quiet today with interest mainly centred on Indian Government enquiries other than business arranged during the weekend recess. Grain shippers were reported to have fixed a cargo from the Great Lakes to the west coast U.K. or the Continent at 3 8185 words
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Advertisement600 1971-05-25 12 II bor berllte® BAILING TO U.S. ATLANTIC ft EAST CANADA. eaaasaei p.S'ha-n Pai»a«g N.Vora Bull* N'F»lB rmavo MaTaSnM TAI PIN6 Saaloe InPt /SIS TOT— Mi July > 1 July 29 July IS ■©SEVILLE Jy*.» /12 Jm M/ll Aug 1 B*B Aug 7 TAeAYYAV Jun, 21/23 Juno 14/29 A«g 4 Aug600 words
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Miscellaneous1081 1971-05-25 12 Vl EL, EASY RE^RENCE: The shipping schedule. XI /I Al th J 8 Pa fllV n ln 'our parts !1^ I/I 'I N.^- TS y^^ o r m^^^ I lilßlliiiiSdeaaeJ m JSTT7IJ Lltx AX>£mmmllmW 4909 Hilt aViaT* ItSp dati S^ f f0,,0w '"0 *^orm at ,on NAME OF 9^77. /-iifcbWfcfigJi^gi1,081 words
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Advertisement309 1971-05-25 13 cf^nlerasla \E£^ Mines D.SCMARG.NC f kOm JAPAN AND TAIWAN PORTS NANSHIN R.S'ham Penanf M.S. ORIENTAL DOLLY "J"™ June M.S. SEIA MARU .JS J Une 8 Jun MANICHIWAMARU 9Ju Z JU DISCHARGING FROM JAPAN PORTS GtNF... Ar,i C T? P, n8 Ca 9 f POft S nh -«*ND P.n.ng G£Nf RAL309 words
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Miscellaneous270 1971-05-25 13 SHIPS IN PORT THE PORT OF SINGAPORE AUTHORITY HAS MADE THESE BERTHING ARRANGEMENTS FOR MAY 25. OUT: Star Procyon 8/9; Sletter 20 west; Iraouaddy 25/26; Kyozui Maru 29/30; Vishva Maya 38/39; Renoir 40/41; Howell Lykes 45; Barge Ever Graceful 2 1 west. IN: Magdeburg (after Jalakenda) 18; Browind (after Renoir)270 words
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Miscellaneous833 1971-05-25 13 trastpound s^g'sac oi s,ngapore ,or Far ANNA BAKKE J^W^^^n^T^!^^ Japan. Vancouver. KNUT/SB AiPOOSHAN June 5/6 Penang (June 7/9), BARBER MANGAN M„ 30/3, v.„co„«, (J un. SC/SC Tacoma (July 26), Seattle (June 29). BBL/HC M S TA,p OOSHAN June 22/23 Penang (June 24/25), BADFM«;tpim Singapore (June 27/28), S tMN June 15833 words
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Article, Illustration280 1971-05-25 14 Best ever meeting for local riders at Penang IPOH, Mon. Local rider stole the limelight at the four-day Penang Turf Club Summer meeting, winning 23 out of :»7 races. Freelance jockey, T.S. Chiam topped the list with six winners, while veteran rider Subian Dalwee had five. It was their best280 words
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Article950 1971-05-25 14 STIPENDIARY Steward's reports for the weekend races at Penang. SATURDAY Race. One Both Graceful View (M. Lee) and Novelist (Asuwadi) were slow to begin. Approaching the 4 furlong post, Status Quo (Subian) was tightened for room when Fraser Hill II (C. Leong) shifted ground roundingthe950 words
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Article, Illustration33 1971-05-25 14 "™"™"oasei BRABHAM BT- 28 car of Italian driver Giorgio, Fianta, right, loses one wheel after collision with the Chevron of Italy's Carlo Scaramone during Moncaco's Formula Three Grand Prix on Saturday. (AP radiophoto).33 words
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Advertisement56 1971-05-25 14 m^mm\ aTaTaTaTBaV *^^aTaTaTaTaTaTaTaTaTaTa^^ An advertisement .^alv^J (May 25, 1971) .^mmw^AmMmm^^ .^BTaaßTarm '^^BTaTaTaTßr'^ .^BTaTaaaT^^Rjk *^^BtaTaTaTaT^^ .dAmw^T^Mm^r .^BTaTBaTr^sV v^s .^^SINGAPOREANS r STAND UP AND BE COUNTED! FROM UNITATE FORTIOR 4^¥xX THE anonymous advertisers who paid for this ad gave enough money for ten A^"! insertions. Thi. is Insertion No. 4 I f56 words
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Miscellaneous707 1971-05-25 14 111 WEBfIB Bg gvfgrgag Derby E me"«L a f t r ipoh e M3 SUNDAY Dollar Seeker 8 09 uerny meeting at ipon, c h Cheque g ,3 Noble Jones ano this weekend. Fireglass* World M O' Mr. W CI 2 Div. 3 s '/if str. SATURDAY Valiant Lord 8.11707 words
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661 1971-05-25 15 LONDON, Mon. Essex csptain Brian Taylor hit 100 runs in 95 minutes and kept his team at the top of the John Player Cricket League with a 22-run victory over Derbyshire yesterdsy. Sharing the lead position with s maximum 16 points from four661 words
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Article, Illustration400 1971-05-25 15 VICTORIA School's Sani Shariff was easily the best athlete on the opening day of the four-day Serangoon District athletic meet at Cedar Secondary School's new bitumen track yesterday. Sani broke the nine-year-old triple jump record reaching a good 13.10 metres. He also erased the400 words
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101 1971-05-25 15 YOUNG Singapore put up a grand display to hold the fastmoving Auri/Angkasa .(Indonesian Air Force) to a oneall draw in their first soccer encounter at Jalan Besar Stadium yesterday. After an exciting and scoreless half, the visitors found the net in the 54th through101 words
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Article, Illustration459 1971-05-25 15 SIX new records were established on the first day of the Katong District 12th annual athletic meet at Siglap Secondary School yesterday. The first record to topple was the *B' pole vault when Siglap Secondary School's Goh Aik How, I£, bettered Wong Kim Jong'sLEE TAI JONG - 459 words
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Article, Illustration345 1971-05-25 15 NEW YORK, Mon. Sudden Sam McDowell took one of the first punches In a free-for-all but had the last laugh pitching the Cleveland Indians to a 2-1 victorv that earned the Indians a doubleheader split with the New York Yankees yesterday. After New345 words
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Advertisement85 1971-05-25 15 j SAVE "j CAMPAIGN I j Place a one-year subscription. J Tell your friends about it too. J For delivery, instruct your regular newsvendor I I or fill in and mail the coupon below. The Circulation Manager, I J The Singapore Herald Ltd., f I P.O. Box 692, I Singapore,85 words
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Article75 1971-05-25 16 JAKARTA, Mon. Three student groups have called on President Suharto to use his authority to stop what they call intimidation of the nation's nine political parties by the government-backed functional group Sekber Golkar. The student groups, affiliated with the nationalist party PNI, the powerful Muslim partyAP - 75 words
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194 1971-05-25 16 Chinese Chamber planning China trade trip be^f ror^Jl UbC T mittee of the Chinese ChammSLSZSTS mU m 5 et in a fort ™ght to make arrangements for a trade mission to visit China later this year. The president of the chamber, Mr Wee Cho Yaw, who was picked to head194 words
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Article69 1971-05-25 16 SAIGON, Mon. Vietcong commandos sneaked past America's most sophisticated security system early today and destroyed more than 1,300,000 gallons of petrol at the giant Cam Ranh bay Base. A U.S. spokesman said the Vietcong entered the base and left without being seen: 'Cam Ranh Bay,AFP - 69 words
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Article28 1971-05-25 16 ODD JAKARTA: The AttorneyGeneral's office has banned circulation of the Soviet magazine, New Times, on grounds it contains Communist propaganda, a spokesman for tne office announced today. APAP - 28 words
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Article38 1971-05-25 16 oao VIENNA: American and Soviet negotiators in the Strategic Arms Limitation Talks (Salt) decided today to end their fourth round of talks here on Friday and then make a new beginning in H-icj.,l,: probably in early July. APAP - 38 words
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Article23 1971-05-25 16 ODD HONGKONG: 59 Chinese refugees have been rounded up by Hongkong police in the past two days, a police spokesman said today. AFPAFP - 23 words
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Article31 1971-05-25 16 ODD MAN HURT IN FIGHT A MAN was injured in a fight between 10 men in the Jalan Eunos Central area last night. He was treated In hospital and sent home.31 words
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Advertisement152 1971-05-25 16 LOCK CHO JtiaiAK 2r^ phase ROW Onr'sSrS^ m Apartment,: not le« than 1480 sq. ft. Penthouse,: 2970 sq.ft.opprox. 3 big hedrooms w.th 2 attached bathrooms 4 1 snower, room. Lounge 4 bedrooms floor m po, quet 4 tl.r rest mosaic. Built-in cupboards 4 kitchen cabinet,. 4 highspeed 4 reliable lift,.152 words
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