Eastern Sun, 20 March 1970

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    21 1 EASTERN SUN SINGAPORE'S OWN NATIONAL DAILY Estd. 1966. Vol. 4 No. 1298 Friday, 20 March 1970. MC(P) 1616 Price 15 cents
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    Lock icon Famine Relief Fraud Claimed
    169 1 JAKARTA. Thurs. (AFP) Starving villagers In Indrama.iu charged today thev have only a fraction of rice sent to relieve a famine which had already killed at least six people in the West Java area. An announced campaign for mas* inoculation o< 5.000 beri-begi victims with Vitamin
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    Lock icon Moslems Riot In Chinatown
    184 1 JAKARTA, Thurs, (UPI) —-Mobs of fanatic Mo*fems have destroyed almost all of the Chinatown area in Menado, the principal city of the Northern Celebes/ Antara News Agency rei>orted today. The rioting started af'er shor owner "insulted the Prophet Mohamjnad.'' Antara said Shops and homes owned by
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    Lock icon SIHANOUK PLOTS A COUNTER-COUP
    640 1 China, Russia Asked For Help QEPOSED Cambodian Chief of State Prince Norodom Sihanouk denounced today as a demagogue is believed to be trying to make a comeback with Chinese help. Sihanouk crrived in Peking as Radio Phnom Penh accused him of having made "menumental blunders." The
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    Lock icon Consulate To Close
    24 1 ATHENS. Thurs (Reuter) —The Greek Government ha? decided to close its honorarv consulate in Salis--1 bury with effect from next Saturday.
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    Lock icon Long Cheng To Be Defended 'At All Costs'
    60 1 VIENTIANE. Thurs (Reu-te-r)—The Laotian Government has decided to defend the Lorn* Chen* secret army ba«e "at all co6ts." a cabinet source said tonight. The decision was taken at an emergency cabinet meeting Source# the situation m the Sam ThongLong Chen? area 90
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    Lock icon NO CHANGE AT EXPO '70
    50 1 OSAKA. Thurs. (Reuter) Cambodia's pavilion at Expo '7O u ill remain unchangrd—including a large portrait of the Head of State. Prince Norodom Sihanouk, an official said today. The portrait of Sihanouk was prominently displaced today when Emperor Hirohitos son Crown Prince Akibito. visited the pavilion
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    Lock icon PRO-WEST CROWD GREETS BRANDT
    220 1 East German elcome EAST BERLIN, Thurs. (UFI) West Germon Chancellor Willy Brandt was greeted with tumultous cries of "Willy, Willy" when he arrived in Erfurt for the first summit talks between the two German states. And. when there was sonv confusion over whether the jubilant crowd
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    Lock icon 'Millionaire Robber' Back In Jail
    316 1 KUALA LUMPUR, Thurs.— Chew Kim Lin, the notorious "robber of millionaires'' and jail escape artist, arrived today to serve an 18}-year jail term. He was released from Jail in Singapore, yesterday after serving almost five years of a seven-year term. Because of his reputation for
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    Lock icon Community Centre Destroyed By Arsonists
    126 2 Seven arsonists set fire to a Community Centre last evening and draped three red banners outside the building. Two persons were injured and treated as outpatients in the hos- pital. They were identified at Miss Neo Ann Fong, organising secretary of the centre, and her
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    Lock icon 250 Training In Japan
    63 2 About 250 workers will be trained on shipbuilding in Japan next year, Dr. Goh Keng Swee said yesterday. This was to provide the necessary skills for the Jurong Shipbuilders Ltd, firm which will build "Free-dom-type" and ocean-going vessels. Parliament has approved $l5 million for this Industrial
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    Lock icon Murder Appeal Dismissed
    153 2 LONDON, Thun. (Reuter) A petition by Lim Heng Soon for special lea*e to appeal against his conviction in tk« High Court at Singapore in November, 1968, of the murder of a detective was dismissed by the judicial committee of the Privy Council today. Lim was sentenced to
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    Lock icon $82,000 Lopped Off President's Scholarships
    191 2 Debates on the Budget estimates of expenditure for the next fiscal year began in Parliament yesterday. The House approved $42,000 for the President's Scholarships as against $124,370 last year. Moving the debate, Mr Ng Kah Ting (Ponggoh asked whether the "drastic cut" would dampen the
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    Lock icon New Role For Centre Planned
    251 2 THE National Productivity Centre may be given a different role now, Finance Minister Dr. Goh Kenq Swee, disclosed yesterday. "But I intend to make It an autonomoug organisation of the Economic Development Board," he told Parliament. The House ha s approved $663,000 for the centre
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      618 2 TENDERS Singapore Customs Tender Notice No. 1/70 TENDERS will be received up to 12 noon on Friday. 3rd April. 1970 for the purchase of the following confiscated goods: (a) 820 bags x 25 lbs monosodium glutamate (b) 266 cartons x 36 lb*. "Lotte" Chewing gum (o) 84 cartons x 45
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      429 2 TENDER gg P.W.D. SINGAPORE TENDERS are Invited from P W D. Registered Contractors and from "Specially Registered Contractors' for the following works:— J u rone Sewerage Scheme Sewer Phase 111-Contract 111. All Civil Engineering Contractors. Closing Date: 24.4.70 at 10.00 a m. Laying of 6" 9" Diameter Sewers to serve
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      42 2 TODAY and YOU... Friday. March 20, 1970. sm. 2) f OCT. 21*m a SCOMIO OCT. iifij Nor. 21 2- 9-28-31 22 i 4- 7-1&35 37-41-74 ft 11-14-18-42-50-53 0 i 43-49-87-m AMY By Jack "Hppit tW 'He followed me home...may 1 keep him?"
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      612 2 rodio (CHANNEL 5) PM.: 300 Opening Arnrt*; 303 General Hospital 330 Woman's World (E*; *OO Singapore This Week (E»; 405 It's Happening In Singapore (E> 420 D»y» Of Our Lives; 4.50 Close Down; 600 Opening Annets.; 603 Lucky Dip. 630 New? in Brief; 635 Sports Parade 7.20 English Tor Everyone
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    Lock icon TERROR DURING RAMPAGE: STRIKING TAXI DRIVERS RIOT IN MANILA
    313 3 MANILA, Thurs. (UPI) Striking taxi drivers, hurling rocks and bottles, spread terror through down* town Manila today in the city's sixth riot in two months. The drivers smashed windowj in several buses, overturned at least four jeep-buses and forced hundreds of
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    Lock icon MP: Buy UK Fleet With Crews For Australia
    117 3 CANBERRA, Thuri i'Reuter) A Government back-bencher, Kevin Cairns, today urged the Australian Government to buy the British far Eastern carrier fleet complete WITH crews and families. Cairns, the Liberal Member of Parliament for Lilley. Queensland, made this suggestion In a petition to
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    Lock icon Jet Decision On Monday
    72 3 WASHINGTON. Thurs. (Reuter» President Nixon's reported decision to turn down Israel's request for more fighter bombers Is already under attack In Congress though the announcement will not he made until next Monday. Leonard Farbsteln 'Democrat. New York* remarked. "I am shocked and concerned at what I
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    Lock icon Madam Butterfly Can't Live Up To Her Name
    583 3  -  Ann Landers Dear Ann: This letter is on the level. I'm not putting you on My fiance wants m e to get tatooed Jon (not his real name) has never been tatooed himself nor does he have any desire to be. He
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    Lock icon SATELLITE LAUNCH TODAY
    119 3 CAPE KENNEDY, Florida, Thurs. (AFP) The launching of a rocket carrying th e North Atlantic Tre a t y Organisation's first satellite was postponed last night because of technical problems. NASA and US Air Force technicians who are handling the launch preparations now hope to blast the
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    Lock icon 1st Double Lung Transplant In America
    216 3 MINNEAPOLIS. Minnesota, Thurs, (UPI) Surgeons yesterday performed a double lung transplant on a chronic emphysema victim at Hennepin County General Hospital. David Christian, 48, the father of 10 children, was in serious condition. However, he is doing satisfactorily, Dr. John Haglin, who headed the
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    Lock icon India May Resume Trade With Hanoi
    154 3 NEW DELHI, Thurs. (Reuter) The Indian Government is actively considerinq the resumption of trade with North Vietnam, External Affairs Minister Dinesh Singh announced in parliament yesterday. It was also considering a suggestion by Hanoi to strengthen relations between North Vietnam and India, he said
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    Lock icon Aussies Hope British Pullout Is Delayed
    288 3 CANBERRA, Th u r i. ißeuter) External Affairs Minister William McMahon said to-night that Australia strongly hoped the British military withdrawal east of Sues might be delayed. This was his first major statement of policv sl°c* assuming th e external affairs portfolio late last
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    Lock icon Expo Booth For Lost Adults
    127 3 OSAKA. Thurs. (UPI) A bureau set up to reunite lost children with their parents at Expo '7O has been doing a booming business reuniting lost adults with their tour groupsHostesses at the bureau said they have handled more lost ADULTS than children since the world
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    Lock icon 800-YEAR SENTENCE FOR RAPE
    137 3 FORT WORTH, Texas, Thurs. (UPI) Samuel Hemphill, 19, convicted of raping an 18-year-old high school co-ed, was sentenced yesterday to 800 years in prison. It was the second longest huge prison term handed down in the Dallas-Fort Worth area in less than a month by Juries
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    Lock icon 4 MINISTERS RESIGN: W. Bengal Situation Tense
    497 3 CALCUTTA, Thurs. (Reuter) —Troops yesterday moved into parts of strife-torn West Bengal India's main industrial state —to guard against outbreaks of Moslem-Hindu violence when Moslems hold a religious ceremony, it was announced. The communist-dominated State Government its fate in the balance after resignations
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    Lock icon MAIN CHARGED WITH MURDER: Co-Pilot Shot Dead During Air Flight
    556 4 BOSTON, Thurs. (Reuter) An airline passenger alleged to have shot dead Hie eo-pilot and wounded the pilot of a U.S. domestic "bus stop" airliner in midflight was charged with murder here yesterday. The pilot. Captain Robert Wilbur, brought the DC-9
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    Lock icon 2,824 SEARCHES BY CZECH POLICE
    228 4 PRAGUE, Thurs. (AFP) Soviet Foreign Minister Andrei Gromvko yesterday discussed "th e plan for a new treaty of friendship, co-operation and mutual assistance" with Gustav Husak, First Secretary of the Czechoslovak Communist Party, Ceteka reported. Gromyko is on an official visit to this country. He
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    Lock icon Saccharine A Menace?
    113 4 MADISON. Wisconsin. Thurs. (Reuter) Saccharine. the Low-calorie artificial sweetener, may be a cancer-producing a**nt, like recently-banned cyclamates. a scientist claimed yesterday Dr George Bryan, of the University of Wisconsin, whose research ©n cyclamates led to their being banned m the United States, said he believed his recent
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    Lock icon 'NO' TO U.S. OFFER
    94 4 PECIFE. Brazil. Thurs. (UPi) a peasant couple last week tried to auction off their 4-year-old son to pay a religious debt. They yesterday rejected a USSl.OOO cabled purchase offer from an American in New Jersey. However, the parents of the boy. Lamartlne Luna, said they could
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    Lock icon BURCHETT IN PARIS
    53 4 PA*" Thurs, (Reuter> Australian Journalist Wilfrid Burchett arrived here yesterday by air from Sydney after falling to persuade the Australian Government to replace hi* passport. "I shall never give up the flzht to obtain a new Australian passport." he told reporters. "I do not. however, contemplate any
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    Lock icon First Mail Strike In American History
    96 4 NEW YORK, Thurs. (Reuter) The first post office strike in U.S. History yesterday halted all mail deliveries throughout the New York area the country's busiest postal district. New York postmen earn between 6,100 dollars and 8,500 dollars after 21 months They are demanding a
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    Lock icon UN: No Ties With Rhodesia
    135 4 United Nations, Thurs. (Reuter) Rhodesia today faced further isolation from the world community following a U.N. Security Council order that all relations with the white-minority regime be severed. Some 16 days after declaration of a Republic by rebel Rhodesia, a deep-ly-divided Security Council last night
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    Lock icon 'Sex For The (Bedless) Millions' Opens
    324 4 O D E N S E, Denmark, Thurs. (Reuter) —Voyeurs pouring into this Danish town tor the world's second Sex Fair, which will feature public exhibitions of sexual intercourse, struck an un e x p e cted problem—a bed shortage. Every hotel in Odense
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    Lock icon Avalanche Hits Skiers
    135 4 TRENTO, Italy, Thurs. (Reuter) Four people were killed and two seriously injured yesterday when an avalanche crashed on a party of skiers in th e Dolomite mountains near here. First reports said 11 people were hit. six of them killed and the other five hurt But these
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    Lock icon Vatican Defends Its Theory On Christ
    284 4 VATICAN CITY, Thurs. (Reuter) Jesus Christ was definitely dead when He was wrapped in the holy shroud after hig crucifixion, the Vati c a n weekly Osservatore Delia Domenica claimed yesterday. The newspaper reported that experiments at the Catholic University of th« Sacred Heart
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    Lock icon UK Press Freedom In Peril Soon?
    322 4 LONDON, Thurs. (Reuter) The British press yesterday was on its guard against what it saw as 'a threat to its freedom.' Leading newspapers agreed that the "Fleet Street Secrets Case— in which an editor, another journalist and a retired army colonel face prosecution over
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    Lock icon The Cambridge Results
    14287 5 PRIVATE (Boys) Gch Kee Chal O Ling Ocrg Cning G. Chan Wai On C. Chew Hock Joo 3. Chong Slew Choo 2. Chuang Pinky 1. Gamlni o M S Pevera 1 Lam Mun Choon G Llm Kah Siew 2. Loh Chal Swee 3. Low Teo Chuah G
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    Lock icon 9,497 School Passes Out Of 17,735 (or 53.6 per cent)
    319 5 A TOTAL of 9,497 or 53 6 per cent out of the 17,735 school condiA dotes obtained certificates in the Cambridge School Certificates Examination and the General Certificate of Education, 1969. The Ministry of Education said m 1968, 10.082 out
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    Lock icon THE CAMBODIAN COUP
    921 6 ORINCE Norodom Sihanouk has been everything he wanted to be in Cambodia King. Prince, Prime Minister and Head of State. And now it looks like he has joined the illustrious has-beens Khrushchev, Sukarno, De Gaulle. What is most confusing about the recent events in Phnom Penh is
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    Lock icon BRITAIN COULD HARDLY BELIEVE ITS EYES...
    1211 6  -  This month marks the centenary of the birth of Daniel Lambert. His life began normally enough but when he took over bis father's job as a prison keeper, the transformation started. Lambert was the fattest man Britain has ever produced. Yet he enjoyed his
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    Lock icon SIHANOUKVILLE'S SERENITY
    582 6  -  By ANTON WILLS-EVE SIHANOUKVILLE: (Reuter) Th. pert and tourist resort of Sihanoukville on th e gulf of Thailand has expanded faster than any other town in Cambodia in the past decade. In 1354 Siharoukvllie did not exist. It was just a small French seaside resort called Can Saint
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    Lock icon Lost For Ever.... My Grandfather's Memories
    836 6  -  By John Nagenda, Gemini News Service LONDON: My grandfather died the other day in Uganda. He was. as far as anyone knew, about 100 years old. When the news reached me in London I felt not just a great personal loss; I knew that
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    Lock icon Sydney Paper On Jakaeta's New Approach
    310 6 SYDNEY, (Renter) Tin State visit to Malaysia o) Indonesia s President Suharto and the signature oJ a friendship treaty between the two countries were acclaimed today by the Sydney Moraine Herald as historic occasions. In a leading article, ths newspaper said the visit and
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    Lock icon Chaos And Anarchy In W. Bengal —NYT
    227 6 NEW YORK. (UPI)— The editorial of the New Ycrk Times said on Wednesday the chaos and ananehy of West Bengal are an important warning of what may await other areas of the underdeveloped world. The Tim#, g aid: "The chaotic violence that has
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      Lock icon Bearish Conditions On Govt. Moves
      303 7 A continuation of Wednesday's easier conditions prevailed in the Stock Exchange ot Malaysia and Singapore yesterday as operators stuck to their bearish view ot the governments recent announcements. Widespread losses of up to 18 cents were recorded on further speculative selling. Notable was the sharp
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      Lock icon BUSINESS DONE
      1100 7 BUSINESS done in and reported to the trading rooms of the Stock Exchange ot Malaysia and Singapore with the number of shares traded in brackets in lots of 1,000 units unless otherwise specified:- INDUSTRIALS ACM A $2 35 <l2> $2.36 (2); Alcau $lB4 <3) $1.83 (1) $lB2 <1)
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      Lock icon N.Y. STOCKS CLOSE HIGHER
      166 7 NEW YORK. Thura. (UPI) Stock* closed slightly higher In light turnover Wednesday. Investors were inspired by hinta from Arthur F. Burns, chairman of the Federal Reserve Board, that tight monetary policy ha* been relaxed, clearing the way for a decline In interest rate 5 by the
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      Lock icon Sellers Reserved On London Rubber Market
      91 7 LONDON. Thurs. (UPI) Rubber market closed with sellers reserved No. 1 RSS spot 21-3 4. 22-1 8 SETTLEMENT HOUSE April 21-15 16. 22-1/4 May and June 22-1/8. 223/8 April June 22-1 16. 22-3 8 July/Sept. 22-1 4. 22-5 8 Oct. Dec. 22-3 8. 22-5/8
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      Lock icon STOCK EXCHANGE CLOSING PRICES
      701 7 SID and offer prices officially listed yesterday at the close of business in tha trading rooms of the Stock Exchange of Malaysia an' 1 Singapore were INDUSTRIALS B. 8. ACMA 2 35 A lean 1 80 1*2 A CO. 1.73 B>rneo Bhd 1.72 Bousteafl 2.15 2
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      Lock icon RUBBER: 62 3/8 Cts.
      286 7 April first giade rubber buyers closed at ;> p m.. in Singapore and Kuala Lumpur yesterday at 62J cants ner lb. up half a cent from the previous close. The tone of the ma-net was quiet. The market was steadier at the start on improved London
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      Lock icon Gold Prices Up On World Marts
      149 7 NEW YORK. Thurs. <UPI> Oold prices rose in moderately active trading Wednesday on markets here and abroad In London, gold gained 1 cent at the morning Axing and rose an additional 5 cents for a second fixing of $3513 a troy ounce. It closed
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      Lock icon DOW JONES
      37 7 NEW YORK. Thurs. (UPI) Dow Jones closing averages on the New York Stock Exchange yesterday: 30 Industrials 767.95 20 transp 172.51 15 utilities ***** 65 stocks 257.00 40 bonds 69.31 Commodity future index 134.48 unch
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      Lock icon TIN PRICE
      12 7 The tin price for yesterday was 5681.C0 per plcul. down
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      Lock icon New Directors For Ad Firm In Far East
      207 7 Mr. C. E. Richardson, Chairman of U.S.P Benson Australia Pty Ltd, hat joined the Boards of S. H. Benson (Malaya) Sdn Bhd, S. H. Benson (Singapore) Private Limited and also S. H. Benson (Hong Kong) Limited. Mr Richardson was invited to Join
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      Lock icon Industrials Higher On London Mart
      177 7 LONDON. Thurs <UPI> Buyers look the upper hand on the stock market on Wednesday and moved industrial stocks higher while British government bonds tacked on gains. Wall Street s brighter overnight appearance and the feeling that Tuesday'* setback was overdone helped the advance The Index
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      Lock icon Off To Europe, UK For Course
      89 7 Mr Alan Seah. manager of Olivetti's Customer Engineering Services. Singapore branch, has left for the United Kingdom and Europe for station management training. During his nine months' tour he will visit all Olivetti factories In Europe including nine in Italy, one In Scotland n
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      Lock icon German Food Festival
      140 7 Singaporeans will have a chance to sample authentic German food next month at a German Food Festival to b* held at the Hotel Malaysia from April 4 to May 2, Choice German wine*, beverages and food be flown Into the Republic for the festival, which la being
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      Lock icon Rubber Futures
      51 7 NEW YORK. Thurs. Rubber futures closed 25 points higher on no sales Wednesday on the New York Commodity Exchange. Close Pr« May 21.758 21.50 July 21.758 2150 Sfpt ***** 2150 Nov ***** 2150 Jan 21.75 B 2150 Mar 21.758 2150 Locally, No. 2 RSS TU 2214 cents per
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      Lock icon PRODUCE
      98 7 THE noon prim at m< f ttmtap<>re tomnr Prod»<e Ei ibinit ;c*ifrdu Bujtf Seller tvronnt oil (FOR) Bulk M Coconut Oil IP O B tirum «0 00 Mixed 1 npr« S4S0 Mnntok U lilt* Pepper (FOB.) 100 00 Mntwak MBIte Pepper (FOB) is; so Sarawak special Biark Pepjjer (V
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      78 7 (ManarerV Price* for March OMKIKKMi I Ml INI Sir 8. Growth fund... 109 1 11 AM* CM I t Rlr-T« Mai Invent Fund MO 1 35 HI Singapore 2 91 :n<1 Singapore *11 ird 1.1* The Com ln«l 107 111 llif ?>*» fund id 112 11? (Manager*' Mm
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      Lock icon TODAY'S SHIPS IN S'PORE PORTS
      258 7 THE P?>rt of Singapore haa mad* the following berthing arrangements for today. Friday. March 20 DEPARTURES God owns Vessel* 8 9 Tamuraeverett 18 Kosch Maru 20 West Petaling 20 Cast Riau I 22 Lrt. Margo 25 Yamayasu Maru 28 30 Madagascar MarU 31 32 Ja'.adhir
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      Lock icon Buyers Re-enter
      427 7 Closing Prices T.-l. MMI U 31 i SYDNEY, Thurs. (UPI) Mining and oil shares began to recover on the Sydney Stock Exchange today at buyers re-entered to market. Rises outnumbered falls as speculators searched for bargians. After the initial upsurge the market calmed down although at Trading close
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      130 7 HONG RONG <m> Tborfda?'* 5 p.m current r*te* (Mpplied by Forrlin F.xchan<e sod lnvr«tment Ltd (Bofrrtl (SelieraJ ]»S P6 per 10C Stratr* dollar* 145.75 146 75 per l.ftOO Taiwan dollars 0 76 6.77 pe r Australian do'lar 340 380 P*r 1.00ft E irmeie kyata 450 510 per
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      Lock icon AIR MOVEMENTS
      383 7 A HKIVALS SIS am MSA i 23 K Lumpur 9 45am MSA 119 K- Lumpur 12 .10 pm. MsA 451 Kaching 2.10pm MSA 021 k Lumpnr, Malacca 8 25pm MSA 483 K Klnahaln 340 pm. MSA SSI Bangkok. Penan* 540 pm- MSA 63? Tokyo. Taipei, H Kong 110
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      288 9 GUARANTEE YOUR SUCCESS Stamford College, the leading correspondence educationalists in this region can actually guarantee their home study courses because they have unique advantages. Firstly, the courses incorporate the most advanced techniques of learning, each lesson diagnoses and remedies the students' weakness and ensures steady progress and thorough coverage of
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      304 10 t BECOME ONE OF THE NEW PROFESSIONALS STAMFORD CENTRE for Executive and Commercial Training can provide you the opportunity through the following joboriented courses to meet the skilled manpower needs of industry and commerce:Courses beginning 20 April and 18 May 1970: Private Secretaryship f Executive Secretaryship Company Secretaryship Accountancy Approved
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      328 11 LONDON, Thurs (Feuter) Japan continue their assault on the .All-England badminton championships here yesterday with all si* players still in action aft»»r t>e two opening rounds of the singles Ippei Koiima, the joint third seed for the men's t.tle. must feel confident of his
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      179 11 MOSCOW, Thurs. (Reuter) —Soviet student Vastly Alexeyev last night became the first man in the world to lift a total 600 kilograms (1,322 pounds) in the superheavyweight class of the International Friendship Cup weight-lifting tournament in Minsk The 28 year-o'd Alexeyev. ranked only tenth at the end
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