Eastern Sun, 11 March 1969

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  • 21 1 Eastern Sun SINGAPORE’S OWN NATIONAL DAILY Estd. 1966. Vol. 3 No. 935 Tuesday, 11 March 1969. MC(P) 0737 Price 15 cents
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  • 390 1 SAIGON, Mon. (UPI) U.S. Defence Secretary Melvin R. Laird said today U.S. troops have crossed the border into Laos on occasion when it became necessary to "protect" other American soldiers. "I would not confirm that they are there now," Laird told
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  • 187 1 Thieu: We’ ll Not Bomb Civilians SAIGON. Mon. (Reuter) President Nguyen Van Tbieu today said that any resumption of bombing of North Vietnam in retaliation for Vietcong shellings of civilians would be aimed at military targets. •If the bombing of North Vietnam is resumed, we will not shell civilians, this
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  • 70 1 TAIPEI Mon. (UPI) Taiwan’s multi-millionaire “banana king" has surrendered to police investigating a massive fruit exports racket. Wu Chen-jui. Chairman of the Kaosiung Fruits Co-opera-tive, was accompanied by two lawyers when he gave himself up to the Investigation bureau or, Sunday. Wu 59. a former minor official in
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  • 631 1 CAIRO, Mon. (Reuter O UPI) President Nasser today led the nation in mourning the country's top soldier, Lieutenant General A jdul Moneim Riad, as tens of thousands gathered in the centre of Cairo to honour the dead Chief of
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  • 196 1 KUALA LUMPUR. Mon. Malaysia is confident that a defence arrangement could be formulated with Singapore. Australia and New Zealand, said Tun Abdul Razak today. The Deputy Prime Minister, who was speaking to reporters in Malacca before flying back to the Federal capital after a nay's
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  • 109 1 SINGAPORE, Mon. A Sunday picnic by six girls and a man in the Straits of Johore ended in tragedy when the boat they were in capsized, drowning one of the girls. The victim was identified as Tan Joo Lian. 23. of Florence Road. The group took
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  • 55 1 BANGKOK. Mon. (UPI) An eight-month old drought in areas of north central and northeast Thailand has affected local drinking water supplies. At least one province. Nakom Sawan, about 140 miles north of Bangkok, is so dry that villagers are being forced to walk 10 to 15 mites
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  • 45 1 MANILA, Mon. (Reuter) Fourteen people died in a Are which destroyed an apartment building in Manila yesterday. The fire trapped members of two families including a five-month-old baby. Four other persons suffered serious burns. Police were investigating the cause of the blaze.
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  • 128 1 PENANG, Mon. Fifty OCPD's and senior police officers from Penang. Kedah. Perlis and North Perak are attending a two-dav seminar which was opened at the Contingent Police Headquarters. Penang, by the Inspector-General. Tan Sri Salleh bin Ismael. The seminar was being held to
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  • 234 1 Australia’ s Forces ‘Should Be Home-Based’ KIAMA. Australia. Mon (UPIi Lance Barnard, the deputy leader of the Labour opposition said today Australia's Army. Navy and Air Force should be based in Australia. not South-east Asia. He told a combined meeting of service clubs in Klama. New South Wales: “The Labour
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  • 117 1 READING, England, Mon. (Reuter) Three-year-old Sarah Kent slept soundly today after walking 14 miles (22 kms) for charity. Sarah was the youngest of 420 persons who set out on an 18-mile (28 kms) course yesterday to raise cash for a needy children’s fund. Sponsors had promised to give
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  • 112 1 KUALA LUMPUR. Mon. Tunku Abdul Rahman today said given a little time, goodwill and understanding, a lot can be done between Malaysia and Singapore. The Tunku told newsmen at the RMAF base here on his return from a two-day visit to Singapore that the Singapore Prime
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  • 171 1 KARACHI. Mon. (Reuter) President Ayub Khan met political leaders in Rawalpindi today to discuss democratic reforms as civil unrest continued In Pakistan. While the leaders met at the presidential guests house, student demonstrators set Are to the main gate of the United States Information Service Library
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  • 87 1 Rehearsal Of Apollo 9’ s Recovery ABOARD USS Guadalcanal. Mon. (UPI) The ceremony that greets Apollo 9's astronauts when they step aboard this main recovery ship after returning from space has been rehearsed with all the care of a major theatrical production. Officers aboard the USS Guadalcanal. after practice sessions,
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  • 33 1 All out war against lit—terbugs Page 2. $44,000 cloves grab Page 3. Denmark National Day feature Pages 4 and 5. Virgin Birth Page 10. Bukit limah winners’ pictures Page 12.
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  • Page 1 Miscellaneous


  • 41 3 Photo here shows “Princess” of Singapore. Lorna Chong, aged 19. putting a miniature Australian Army slouch hat on a toy koala bear in Sydney. With her are California’s Joan Valent. 20 (far left) and Australia's Belinda Taubman, 18 (centre). AIS photo.
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  • 148 3 SINGAPORE, Mon. The following are the results of the Singapore Music Teachers' Association's competition held at the Cultural Centre on March 4. 5 and 6. All the first prize winners will be playing in a concert in aid of the National Defence Fund at the Victoria Theatre
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  • 97 3 LAS PALMAS. Canary Islands, (Reuter) A 50-year-old father of 18 children has won Spain’s annual 100,000 pesetas (£600) national parenthood prize and now plans to ask General Franco for bigger house. Twice-married Francisco Ojeada. a farm worker, will travel to Madrid to receive his prize
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  • 343 3 UNITED NATIONS, Mon. (Reuter) The latest clash along the Suez Canal between Israeli and Egyptian forces left diplomats here depressed today about the future of U.N. peace efforts in the Middle East. In letters to the Security Council. Israel and Egypt
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  • 121 3 PARIS, Mon. (Reuter) Support among Frenchmen for General de Gaulle has declined slightly but he is still considered the best man for the presidency, according to a poll published today by the newspaper Figaro. The poll, carried out early last month, shows 17 per cent
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  • 70 3 Two Unidentified Deaths In S’ pore SINGAPORE, Mon. An unidentified man about 50 years of age was found dead in a drain at 6 m.s. New Changi Road yesterday. He was about 5* 4” in height and thin built. In another incident, a female Chinese fell to her death from
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  • 78 3 S’ PORE DIARY 5.30 p.m. 9 p.m.: SATA free mass X-ray station at Margaret Close Block I. 7.30 p.m. 8.30 p.m.: Free film shows by Ministry of Culture aA Kampong Kubor (off Kheam Hock Road), Chung Yee School (Jalan Ulu Sembawang) and Thuas Village Wayang Stage (Jurong Road). 8 p.m.:
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  • 56 3 SINGAPORE. Mon. Seventeen beautiful “Princesses”. representing Asian and Pacific countries took part in the recent “Queen of the Pacific Quest”. They were from California. Canada. Ceylon. Fiji. Hawaii. Hong Kong, Indonesia. India. Japan. Korea, Malaysia. Mexico, New Zealand. Philippines. Republic of China. Singapore and Thailand. The winner
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  • 190 3 SINGAPORE. Mon. Photographers and camera clubs from some 40 countries will participate in the forthcoming 20th Singapore International Salon of Photography organised by the Phdlographic Soc.ety of Singapore. The P S.S. expects to receive more than 2.000 colour and black-and-white pictures before the closing of
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  • 83 3 UNITED NATIONS, Mon. (Reuter) Chief L'.N. Middle East observer General Od Bull reported last night that 16 observation posts all along the canal had informed him that Saturday's battle along the Sues Canal was begun by Egyptian forces. In almost every case. Israeli forces returned heavy
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  • 51 3 SINGAPORE, Mon. —A labourer. Poh Soo Whatt, 21. was jailed for 18 months by the Third District Court today on two charges of theft of scooters. Poh admitted stealing the scooters, valued at $1,700, at Havelock Road and Cross Street between Feb. 20 and
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  • 50 3 SINGAPORE, Mon. A trishaw' rider, Teo Goon Huat, 67. was killed in a road accident yesterday. The trishaw rider, lived in Tanjong Pagar Road. There were a total of 47 road accidents of which one was fatal and one serious during the past 24 hours in the Republic.
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  • 313 3 SPICY WEEKEND GRAB SINGAPORE, Mon.— A gong of ten surprised the coretaker of a firm in Pekin Street on Saturday night, blindfolded and tied him up and ransacked the pre nises for several hours. They later escaped with 52 sacks of cloves worth 544.000 and
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  • 123 3 When A Star Twinkles’ LONDON. Mon. (Reuter) Actor Richard Burton's deeply masculine voice may soon be heard on television reciting ‘•Twinkle, twinkle, little star The nursery rhyme is among verse readings to be included in a British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) astronomy spectacular called "The violent universe.” The verses, including lines
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  • 41 3 SINGAPORE. Mon. Khalid bin Ahmad Koya, 17, was today remanded for a week by the Ninth Magistrate’s Court on a charge of unlawful possession of an automatic pistol at the Singapura Theatre toilet in Geylang Serai on March 3.
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  • 48 3 LONDON. Mon. (Reuter) Harpist Marisa Robles added a new note to a Mozart concerto here Doyng A string of her harp snapped loudly as she played with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra last night. The orchestra stopped and waited three minutes while the harp was restrung.
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  • 26 3 SINGAPORE, Mon Another student organisation, the Singapore Polytechnic Political Society has come out in protest against the expulsion of seven student* from Nanyang University.
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  • 35 3 SINGAPORE, Mon. Admiral Sir Peter HillNorton, Commander-in-Chief, Far East Command inspecting the Tri-Service Guard of Honour which was mounted at his headquarters at Phoenix Park on the occasion of his taking up his new appointment.
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  • 121 3 SINGAPORE. Mon. Entries for science subjects for the Cambridge School Certificate examination this year will be received from now till March 21. Thev may be submitted to the Examinations Division. Ministry of Education. Kay Siang Road. where entry forms are obtainable. Candidates must supply
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  • 379 3 SINGAPORE, Mon. The ASEAN Research Centre on Tourism is to set up in Singapore. The decision was taken at the Fourth Conference of the Southeast Asia Business Committee in Manila, which concluded over the weekend. Mr Max Lewis, a prominent businessman and leader
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  • 66 3 SINGAPORE. Mon. The Singapore Mathematic Society will hold a mathematical competition between teams of students from schools in Singapore in connection with the 150th anniversary celebrations of the founding of Singapore. The competition will be judged by means of an examination consisting of one threehour
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  • 48 3 TUNBRIDGE WELLS. England. Mon. (Reuter) Micky Midwinter's shirt tails caught fire when he warmed himself bv standing with his back to a gasfire. Micky. 17, returned home after hospital treatment for bums, and said: “I won’t be able to sit down comfortably for a week.”
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  • Special Feature On Denmark National Day
    • 1327 4 SINGAPORE TODAY the Danes throughout the world celebrate the 70th birthday of th?> beloved ruler, King Frederik IX. Frederik IX, affectionately known as the "Seaman King" began his reign on April 21, 1947, when Me Prime Minister of the
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    • 349 4 DENMARK Is an agricultural country: so we were taught at school, and that is still true But It Is not the whole truth. Actually. It la only 13 per cent o* the truth. Such a small proportion of the Danish people now make a living from agriculture
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    • 196 4 DANISH made microphones were used in the first American rocket to make a soft landing on the moon. DENMARK has Europe’s second biggest shipyard (at Odense) producing oil tankers and bulk carriers of up to 250,000 tons. DENMARK S main trading partners are in Europe, but
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    • 365 4 SINGAPORE, Mon. Denmark places great importance in trade with Singapore and Malaysia, the country’s Trade Commissioner in Malaysia. Singapore Mr. Leif Donde said today. In an interview with the Eastern Sun, he noted that it was through trade that his country hoped to foster greater links
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    • 188 4 BEST II ISHES to H.M. KING FREDERIK IX OF DENMARK OA THE OCCAS lOA OF HIS MAJESTY'S BMRTHDA Y. DENMARK augurated This modern factory makes alt parts for the mass production In the COPENHAGEN Plants REX-ROTARY 1 OO O* 999 MEXICO CITY OLYMPICS Over 300 Rex-Rotary units were used to
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  • 382 5 THE East Asiatic Company Ltd., has played an Important role In the social and economic progress of Singapore and Malaysia. The East Asiatic Company first established trading links in South-east Asia in Thailand and foresight and planning by the company’s chief executives in Copenhagen
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  • 525 5 SINGAPORE, Although Denmark has. of late, put much stress on industrialisation, its traditional agricul- tural base remains strong. Denmark has for many centuries been a food exporting country. In the Middle Ages it was cattle. Grain exports came later. Today, 90 per cent of the
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  • 325 5 In Denmark, industry take* first place both with regard to production and exports, as well as employment. The liberalisation of trade In post-war years has enabled Danish industry to cultivate many new overseas markets. As a result of these Increased sales opportunities, a whole
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  • 118 5 SINGAPORE. Mon Denmark is giving technical aid and assistance to Malaysia and Singapore to help In the social development of the two countries Assistance to Singapore includes the training of picht young Singaporeans as butchers in Denmark in 1967 under scholarships granted by the Danish Government. Three Danish
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  • 16 5 Denmark's newest and biggest ship ‘Elisabeth Maersk’, 100,700 tons dw, built at Lindo yards in 1968.
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  • 218 5 A new major industry is under rapid development in Denmark, the electronic industry. which is well on the way to becoming one of the country's biggest export industries. The Danish electronic industry produces for about 1.000 million D Kr. (appr. 3.400 million) yearly, and about half of
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  • 439 6 YET another national figure has fallen victim to the fortunes of war in the Middle East in the death of Egypt’s Major-General Moneim Riad who died Sunday in the fire-trading along the Suez canal. He had been hand-picked to revamp the entire UAR fighting forces after the
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  • 282 6 THE recent border clash between China and the Soviet Union at Damansky or Chen Pao have forced the two communist giants to discard their niceties and start exchanging invectives. Gone are the days of abstract phrases and involved expressions. They have given place to pungent, bitter
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  • 725 6 BY LEMMY PINNA KARACHI. Mon. (UPI) Reeling under months of bloody violence which succeeded in forcing President Mohammad Ayub Khan to announce he will step down next year, Pakistan now is moving toward complete economic and political chaos. Ayub's announcement on Feb 22.
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  • 383 6  -  BY S.G. ROY NEW DELHI. Mon. (l*PI) The smouldering power struggle in India's ruling Congress Party between Prime Minister Indira Gandhi and a group of party bosses known collectively as the "syndicate” come out into the open again. Spearheading the syndicate* fight supremacy inside
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  • 346 6  -  BY GORDEN SLESSOR UMUAHIA, Biafra (UPI) Two things In Biafra are fearfully short One is food. The other is reliable statistics. How many Biafrans have died of starvation? How many have air raids killed? How many casualties has each side suffered on the
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  • 169 6 VIENNA. Mon. (AFP)—The Warsaw Pact countries are now engaged in consultations on the creation of an “international socialist brigade” to counter any future Chinese attack against the Soviet Union, communist sources disclosed here today. The main resistance against any Chinese military initiative would naturally be carried out
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  • 100 6 WASHINGTON, Mon. < AFP) The U.S. Central Intelligence Agency (C.1.A.) prevented the powerful Argentine Army from invading neighbouring Bolivia at the beginning of 1967 when it was learnt that guerrilla leader Che Guevara was fighting in the Bolivian jungles, the US magazine “True* 7 reports
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  • 423 6 sv A Hundred Years Of Ceylonese In Malaysia And Singapore (1867-1967) by S. Durai Raja Singam (Price $30.) Mr S. Dural Raja Singam is a well known author in this region. His latest book on a ‘A hundred tears of Ceylonese in Malaysia and Singapore is indeed a
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  • 109 6 HONG KONG. Mon. (AFP) China has produced an advanced type of synthetic fibre, similar to pure wool but more hard wearing and being two to three-point five times stronger, the New China News Agency reported today. This synthetic fibre or artificial wool polyacrylonitrile conserve* warmth better
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  • 572 6  -  By VICENTE MALIWANAG MANILA, Mon. (UFI) An American Uwyer in the Philippines has won the first round in a ?Wrlc \egal case which could affect more than hmlf billioii doilars worth of American investments in this country. William Quasha, 56. of
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  • 179 6 KARACHI, Mon. (UPI) Pakistan’s first nuclear plant being built with Canadian aid may be abandoned because Canadian engineers fear for their safety in the riot-torn country, the Evening Star reported. Engineers of the Canadian General Electric Company met on Saturday with a
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  • 143 6 MOSCOW. Mon. (AFP) Moscow Television showed a 20-minute documentary film last night illustrating the hardships of the life Of the Russian population along the Chinese border. A Soviet colonel pointed to a little red book of Mao Tsetung’s thoughts and then to
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  • 705 6 (From Sin Chew Jit Poh) The “Asian- Mass Media Conference in Singapore discussed principally the use of Western languages as media. We have no way of surmising just what all these have to do with the Chinese-lan-gtiage press. Of course, we have some common problems as
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  • COMMERCIAL & INDUSTRIAL
    • 65 7 Mr. H.C. Sargent, Australian Trade Commissioner in Singapore, presents Mr. Alan C.Y. Yeo, prominent Singapore businessman and leader of the 14-man Singapore trade mission to Australia, with a kit of information on Australia. The mission was made up of members of the Singapore Manufacturers' Association and menders of Intraco, an
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    • 244 7 NEW YORK, Mon. US. companies expect their international sales to rise rapidly over the next three years, but the major gains will result from overseas productions, not from exports. The finding appears in a survey released by the National Industrial Conference Board, a non-profit
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    • 234 7 A NEw banking venture has been launched by Australia, the United States and Japan to plough overseas investment funds into the development of Australian natural resources. Two of the world’s largest banks, the Bank of America and the Bank of Tokyo have joined with Australia’s oldest
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    • 15 7 SINGAPORE. Mon. The tin price for todav was $597.62£ per picul, up $2.25.
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    • 90 7 SINGAPORE. Mon. The following ships are expected to be in port today: Godowns Vessels 1/2 Wonosobo 3/4 Barerovka 5 Hoyo Maru 6/7 Vishva Prabha 8/9 Hoegh Dene 10/11 Prometheus 15/16 Hoegh Dyke 18 Polyfimos 23/24 Bencleucb 25/26 Teverya 27/28 Thomas Everett 29/30 Eiko Maru 31/32 Astyanax 33/34
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    • 307 7 GENEVA, Mon.— Figures released in Geneva recently by Investors Overseas Services showed that the company’s assets soared again last year. Assets managed by lOS investment companies rose to a new record of more than US3I 5 billion an increase of 64 6 per cent
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    • 80 7 TOKYO. Mon. (UPI)—The United Arab Airlines (UAA) of the United Arab Republic will inaugurate twice weekly flights between Tokyo and Cairo in June, a spokesman for UAA announced. The flight from Tokyo would leave Haneda International Air Port every Wednesday and Saturday for Cairo
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    • 1729 7 SINGAPORE. Mon Trading in the Stock Exchange of Malaysia and Singapore today was very steady, thus breaking the depressive trend of the previous Mondays. r~ The market opened firm and j eased slightly on spates of pro- fit-taking. Further active deal- t ings however
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    • 77 7 COLOMBO. Mon. (UPI) Communist Chines# goods are enjoying a boom oft Colombo’s pavements and sidew>alks. along the domain of hawkers of Ceylon's famed carved ivory and wood. Goods being sold at bargain firices include flashlights, steel anterns. k tchen knives, fancy electric bulbs and
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    • 171 7 SINGAPORE. Mon. BOAC will be introducing their polar route flights between London and Tokyo on March 31 and April 1. Passengers from Singapore and Kuala Lumpur can travel on these flights by flying to Tokyo by MSA every Tuesday. Thursday or Saturrav mornings. In
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    • 300 7 SINGAPORE. Mon—March first grade rubber buyers closed at 5 D.m.. in Singapore and Kuala Lumpur today at 69t cents per lb.. down °ne cent from previous close The tone of the market was easy. A quiet and rather uncertain session ruled during the morning After opening
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    • 135 7 BANGKOK. Mon. (UPI) The Board of Investment today offered tin miners tax and import duty relief by giving the industry “promotional” status proxuded they improve the efficiency of their mines The tin industry here has bee n caught with large stocks on hand and an
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    • 77 7 TULSA. OKLAHOMA Mon. (UPI) —The drilling division of Sun Oil Co. has announced it will begin an exploratory drilling programme on April 15 on its 450.000 acre Brunei concession. Brunei is a small enclave on the northwest coast of the Island of Borneo, southwest of
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    • 32 7 LONDON. Mon (URI) —TiA was very steady but quiet. 75 tons. Spot buyers 1376 sellers 1377 business 1376 1377. 3-month buyer* 1379 sellers 1381 busifieSs 1377 1380 Settlement 1377.
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    • 24 7 LONDON. MOP. (URI) Rubbe r market opened quiet with 24-3/4 25 No. 1 RSS CIF basis port* March 28-1/4 24-1/2.
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    • 555 7 MMMPDKK stock Ex mange sold and othn prlrft nfh< lallr iwm *1 t be clo*e Of Dutlnru I.NDt 8TRIALS B s ACMA l«.45 2.46 Be n to 2.44 rton i rtt*) 90 i.union Hod 1 *9 1 Ml Be u-trail 2 15 I 'iigar 4.41# fold
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    • 112 7 CANBERRA. Mon. (UPI) The Board of Governors of the Asian Development Bank will meet in Sydney from April 10-12. it was announced here on Saturday. About 600 persons including delegations of bank governor* from 33 member countries observers and representatives of international organisations are
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    • 54 7 i Mann iters Price*) l‘t 'lalatun XD 3.00 .’nil Malayan Xl> 2.IB 3rd Malayan 1.36 1 he loin merer Ind. 1.08 The >mins lund 118 Xl> 118 1.28 M lmr«t Innd 1.35 l 45 l«t Mont hong 1-17 1 43» .’nil Mont hong 06 1 01* Merllng uni
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    • 115 7 SYDNEY. Mon. (UPI) The first air service f agreement between Australia and Indonesia was signed her* on Friday. The agreement gives tho two national airlines Australia's Qanta* and Indonesia’s Garuda rights to fly into Indonesia and Australia respectively. Details of the agreement are not yet known
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  • 374 8 BASLE, Mon. (Reuter) Western Central Bankers last night decided that the situation of the French trance did not warrant emergency action for the present. A senior European Central Banker said that France has enough funds to meet the present pressure on her
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  • 386 8 PARIS, Mon. (Router) Prince nervously awaits the opening of world monetary markets today worried for the future of her currency and facing a massive general strike on Tuesday. General de Gaulle is confronted by his most testing political challenge since the May-June strikes of last year as
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  • 360 8 CAIRO, Mon. (UPI) Egyptian Chief of Staff Gen. Abdel Moneim Riad was killed yesterday in one of the Arab-Israeli artillery duels that raged all along the Suez Canal, Egyptian officials said. Riad, 50, was handpicked to rebuild Egypt's Army after the 1967 defeat It
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  • 225 8 TEL AVIV, Mon. (UPI) Mrs. Golda Meir, likely to become Israel’s next Premier soon, said Israel will not retreat from occupied Arab territories before a peace settlement and is under no American or other pressure to do so. She also rejected suggestions for merging the
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  • 538 8 ELEMENTARY DEDUCTION TOKYO, (UPI) Arme troops in battle helmets meai something other than war to the new generation. Arthur Kaff. 4. son of a UPI news correspondent, saw world War II combat scene on television. "Student demonstration.” he said MINISKIRTS RAISE EYEBROWS SYDNEY. (Reuter) Two local church leaders a
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  • 170 8 KEY BISCAYNE, Florida. Mon. (Reuter) President Nixon wrestled todav with a critical decision on the future of the controversial American Sentinel AntiBallistic Missile (ABM.) svstem which could plunge him into a first bruising battle with Congress. Senate opposition to the now-suspended AB M network mounted
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  • 156 8 KATMANDU. Mon (Reuter) Anyone who wants to climb Mount Everest will have to pay the Nepalese government at least 10.000 rupees (£413). it was announced here today New mountaineering rules more than double the old royalty for Everest and raise substantially fees for attempts on other
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  • 27 8 SUEZ: Firemen continue to pour water on tanks set ablaze by Israeli shell during 5-hour gun duel acroM tha Sues CanaL UPI photo.
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  • 82 9 NEW YORK, Mon. (Reuter) Vandalism at New York city's public schools last year included almost a quarter of s million broken windows, nearly 3,000 cases of unlawful entry and 200 fires and cost more than USssm. A police spokesman said p.OOO police officers would be reeded
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  • 972 9 THE HOFFMAN SPY CASE SYDNEY, Mon. (UPI) Gough Whitlam, leader of Australia's opposition Labour Party, has accused Prime Minister John Gorton of displaying "an extraordinary cavalier" attitude to the Hoffman affair- Mr Whitlam said Mr. Gorton was condoning and defending extraordinary standards adopted by the
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  • 319 9 BY NICHOLAS MOORE KARACHI. Mon <Reuter) Pakistan s political leaders are beading for Rawalpindi to put their demands for reform to President Mohammed Ayub Khan. At a resumed round-table conference at the presidential guest house today, leaders of the eight parties grouped in the
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  • 63 9 NEW DELHI. (Reuter) Marshal Andrei Grechko, the Soviet Defence Minister, flew home to Moscow today after a week’s visit to India. He was seen off by India's Defence Minister, Mr Swaran Singh, with whom he held talks on India’s defence problems. The independent tin™*® °f India said
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  • 56 9 CANBERRA, (Reuter) Russia has formally protested to the Australian government about the fire-bombing of a hedge fronting the Soviet embassy here, a Russian diplomatic spokesman said toThe Australian government has already apologised for the incident on March 3 in which four petrol bombs thrown at the embassy burnt
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  • 49 9 BANGKOK. (Reuter) The Royal Thai Air Force has banned flying of kites near Bangkok’s busy international airport used by civil airliners and U.S. and Thai military aircraft. An air force announcement said a single thread attached to a flying kite could bring down an aircraft.
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  • 212 9 SPACE CENTRE. Houston. Mon. (UPI) The three Apollo 9 astronauts wound up a week of space flying today with the fruits of their labours taking shape on a Cape Kennedy launch pad. Moonport workers were moving the Apollo 10 moon machine from its mammoth
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  • 99 9 LARK. UTAH Mon (AFP) A 61-year-old miner who had been trapped below ground for eight days was brought safely to the surface at a colliery on Sunday. The man, the father of 11 children, was at first thought to have died as there were no signs
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  • 393 9  -  Morality‘s Last Laugh By DICK WEST WASHINGTON, Mon. (UPI) Further fables for our times: In the latter part of 1969, a new group known as the "clean-cuts" bust upon the scene and soon xoomed to the top of the pop music field. As usual, it was
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    • 629 11  -  By LESLIE NAKASHIMA TOKYO, Mon. (UPI) Japanese professional golfers are finally beginning to show that they can deliver under pressure to the Jubilation of some 5,000,000 golfers in Japan. For the second straight tournament in two weeks, a young Japanese pro
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    • 356 11  -  By LITTLE NENE SINGAPORE. Mon. With the Far East Circuit players now in Kuala Lumpur where the third-leg of the circuit starts on Thursday, the Asians up to this stage have shown they are the ones to beat. Japan's Haruo Yasuda won the
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    • 243 11 TOKYO. Mon. (Reuter) Berry Lougher scored 21 points to lead Hong Kong to a 27-0 victory over a Taiwan team on the third day of the first Asian Rugby Championship here today. The Hong Kong team, made up mainly of British military and police officers, displayed
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    • 150 11 MELBOURNE, Mon (Reuter) Well-barked Cyron and Yootha fought out a thrilling deadheat todav in the US $24,000 11,200) Australian Cup over ten furlongs at Flemington. The ?-year-o|d Yootha (9/1), a prolific winner on country tracks in Victoria, looked a certain winner with 25 yards to go
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    • 201 11 TAIPEI. Mon. (Reuter) A total of 107 golfers from 13 countries will take part in the US$lO,OOO China Open Golf Tournament at the Taiwan Golf and Country Club at Tamsui near Taipei, it was announced today. A spokesman for the Golf Association said that
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    • 157 11 LONDON. Mon. (Reuter) Ted Dexter, recalled to Test cricket by England against Australia last summer, may have to drop out of first-class cricket this year. In a television discussion today on the disagreement between M.C.C. and the international Cavaliers team. Dexter said he would
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    • 175 11 England’ s Team For Uber Cup LONDON, Mon. (Reuter) England will send a team of five women to play against Thailand in the inter-zone final ot tne Über Cup scheduled to be held in Tokyo on June 8, the England Badminton Association announced here today. Four of the five players
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    • 242 11 Symbol Of Discrimination’ In HK To Go HONG KONG, Mon (Reuter) While cricket means fair play" to the English: in Hong Kong, where the majority of the population is Chines, it is a symbol ot discrimination. So when the Government announced last week that it would not renew the Hong
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    • 165 11 TOKYO. Mon. (APT) For the first time, a Japanese thoroughbred will run in this year's famous French horse race “Arc De Tnomphe,” it was learned today. Speed Simboli. a six-year-old bay colt, is scheduled to leave for France, probably in July, Tomohlro Wada,
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    • 121 11 MELBOURNE. Mon. (AFP)— Concerned about the scoring of the Rose-Rudkin world bantamweight title fight by one of its Vice Presidents, Ray Mitchell, the Australian Boxing Federation will next week discuss Mitchell’s judging. His 75-60 score in favour of Lionel Rose who retained his title by a point's victory
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    • 82 11 Korean’ s Fine Sumo Debut OSAKA. Japan. Mon. (UPI) Suh Kil Yang of South Korea was jubilant today because he made his debut in Japan's traditional sport of sumo by winning his first two matches. The 21-year-old Korean is in the lowest class, having been among 9 of 19 applicants
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    • 171 11 SINGAPORE. Mon Twenty teams from all over South Malaysia and Singapore have entered for the Johore Rugby Union ‘Sevens’ tournament, to be held at the Kluang Garrison ground, Johore, on Mar. 22. With a record number of entries. including several outstanding teams, the tournament
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    • 65 11 HONG KONG. Mon. (Reuter) Hong Kong racing drivers are dissatisfied with the organisation of the first SouthEast Asian Highway Raljly due to be held from Anril 15 to 19. A spokesman for the Hong Kong Motor Sports Club said that it had not vet received any
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    • 85 11 SINGAPORE. Mon. Top favourites Fathul Karib defeated the four times league champions. Darul Afiah by two goals to one in a hardfought FAS Division One league match played at the Jalan Besar Stadium last night. Ali Astar and Andy Yeo scored for Fathul Karib.
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  • 625 12 PORT OF SPAIN. Trinidad. Mon (Reuter) The West Indies cricket selectors yesterday dropped the once-feared fast bowling pair of Wesley Hall and Charlie Griffith from the West Indies team of 16 to tour England next month. It will be the first
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  • 699 12 LONDON, Mon. (Reuter) England manager Leslie Ames said yesterday that he decided to halt the riot-ruined cricket tour of Pakistan because the players were in danger. “For three weeks it was always on the cards that the tour would have to be abandoned
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  • 763 12 WELLINGTON. New Zealand, Mon. (Reuter) New Zealand were within sight of victory at the close of the third day of the second cricket Test against the west Indies here today. Although thev faltered in their second innings, losing three wickets for 40. New
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  • 177 12 MANILA. Mon. (UPI> Australian Richard Creaiy came from behind on Sundav to whip Filipino Eddie Cruz and wm the Philippines' National Open Tennis Championships in five sets. Cruz was ahead in the first two sets. 6-2. 6-4. until the third set when blisters on
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  • 138 12 GEORGETOWN, Guyana. Mon (Reuter) Jamaica won the Caribbean's regional Shell Shield championship for the first time today when Guyana drew the last match of the tournament with Trinidad and Tobago. The final championship points were: Jamaica 24. Trinidad and Tobago 22. Barbados 18 and Guyana 12.
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  • 137 12 SINGAPORE. Mon. The Singapore Table-Tennis Association will start off this season with the 1969 youth tournament on April 12. The tournament is open to players who are under the age of 17 years on April 1. this year. There will be both team
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  • 181 12 MRS. Mary Chan leads In NOVEMBER SI N, who completed the unique “double” of scoring two years consecutively in the Singapore Derby over li miles on Sunday. This dour stayer came with a pulverising run over the last furlong to win drawing away from Top Power.
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  • 256 12 MAR DEL PLATE. Argentina Mon. (CPI) The Soviet Union maintained its lead on Sunday night in the freestyle competition of the world wrestling championship here. Russian wrestlers won 14 matches a nd tied one Sunday easily maintaining its tourney lead. The Soviet team
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  • 197 12 ORLANDO. Florida. Mon (Reuter) Little-known Ken Still came from two shots behind here to capture the US$ll5,OOO (£47.000) Florida Citrus Open It was the first triumph for Still, of Tacoma. Washington, in nearly eight years although he had come close with four runner-up
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  • 141 12 Rose’ s Hand Injury Is Not Serious MELBOURNE. Mon (Reuter) The injury to the right hand of Australian Lionel Rose, world bantamweight champion, Is not serious. Earlier fears that a bone in the hand had been broken in last night's successful title defence against England's Alan Rudkin were dispelled after
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  • 54 12 LOS ANGELES. Mon. (AFP) Australia's Rod Laver beat Marty Riessen (United States) 6-4. 10-8 to take the men’s singles title at the Los Angeles Invitation Professional Tennis Tournament here late yesterday Billie Jean King (United States) took the women’s title, with a 17-15. 6-3 win over
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  • 313 12 A Sad Event In Annals Of Cricket LONDON. Mon (Reuter) The London Times said todav that planners of cricket tours overseas will have to take more account of the political climate in thp countries involved. This Independent British daily labelled the return of »he England team from Pakistan yesterday as
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  • 154 12 Soccer Queen Of The Year’ Contest SINGAPORE. Mon. The Singapore Women's Football Association are working hard to raise funds to organise an international 1969 Football Fiesta in August. The SWFA have sent invitations to three countries to participate in the soccer tournament. The countries are: Hong Kong. Australia and five
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  • 97 12 CARACAS. Mon. (UPI) Australia’s top-seeded Margaret Smith-Court on Sunday won the women’s sinsles title of the 14th international Altamira Tennis Championships by default over Brazil's Maria Ester Bueno. Miss Bueno was unable to play in the finals against Miss Smith-Court due to a muscular injury
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