Eastern Sun, 15 May 1970

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    22 1 EASTERN SUN SINGAPORE'S OWN NATIONAL DAILY VV Estd. 1966. Vol. 4 No. 1344 Friday, 15 May 1970. MC(P) 1616 Price 15 cents
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    Lock icon Shopping List For Jakarta Talks: CAMBODIA SEEKS ARMS, CASH AID
    484 1 CAMBODIAN "shopping list" for massive arms and financial aid will be presented to delegates at this weekend's Asia and Pacific meeting on Cambodia in Jakarta. I hope several Asian countries will be able to supply the arms we need," Cambodian
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    Lock icon Communists Return To Peace Talks
    204 1 PARIS, Thurs. (UPI) North Vietnam returned to the peace talks today after week-long boycott, but warned that resumption of U.S. bombing threatened the future of the talks. "The United States' limbing of North Vietnamese territory early this month has put a grave threat over this
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    Lock icon Czechs Defect
    24 1 COPENHAGEN. Thu r s. YUPI) Twelve Czechoslovaks have defected from charter tour to Denmark and asked for asylum in Denmark and Sweden.
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    Lock icon $120.000 For Churchill Art
    37 1 NEW YORK. Thurs fUPI) A 24 by 29 inch painting entitled "The Harbour at Cannes" by Sir Winston Churchill brought a record SSI 20.000 for a Churchill renting at an auction last night.
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    Lock icon SAIGON STARTS INVASION No 11
    345 1 SAIGON, Thurs. (UPI) Sauth Vietnamese troops with U.S. support today opened a new campaign inside Cambodia with a 10mile drive across the border in the rugged Central Highlands. The sweep, west of Pleiku Province, is in mountain country about 15 miles south of Se San
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    Lock icon Trudeau—The Kissing Premier
    204 1 WELLINGTON, Thurs. (UPI) Canadian Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau went on a kissing spree today when he met the 13 finalists of the Miss New Zealand quest. He moved down the line and kissed the lot. Earlier. Trudeau broke away from official handshakers at Christchurch Airport and moved
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    Lock icon Vietcong 'Premier' Killed
    83 1 PHNOM PENH Thurs. (CPI) The Prime Minister of the Vietcong's "Provisional Revolutionary Government" Huynh Tan Phat was killed when American aircraft bombed a secret camp in Cambodia a new spaper claimed today. There was no immediate confirmation from government sources in Phnom Penh or Saigon. The newspaper
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    Lock icon Singapore's Team For Jakarta
    128 1 The Minister of State for Foreign Affairs, Enche Rahim Ishak, will lead Singapore's delegation to the Jakarta conference on Cambodia. Enche Rahim will be accompanied bv a senior official of his Ministry. A statement issued by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs said: "It is not the
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    Lock icon STOPH SAYS BERLIN MUST BE ISOLATED
    101 1 BERLIN. Thurs. (UPI) East German Premier Willi Stoph demanded today that West Germany cut all its ties with West Berlin. He made the demand as the Big Four Ambassadors held their third meeting In Berlin in an effort to reach agreements that would lessen
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    Lock icon Wilson Set For General Election Next Month
    309 1 LONDON, Thurs. (UPI) Prime Minister Harold Wilson and His Labour Government cleared the political decks today for a Parliamentary general election next month. Wilson met for an hour with his Inner cabinet the government's main policy-making body at his 10 Downing Street office
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    Lock icon Assault From Highest Camp: THREE JAPANESE CONQUER MOUNT EVEREST
    349 3 KATMANDU, Thurs. (UPI and Reuter) A third Japanese and a Sherpa guide reached the top of Mount Everest on Tuesday. They planted photographs of Nepal's King Mahendra and Queen Ratna atop the world s highest peak, reports from the Japanese expedition
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    Lock icon India May Blackball Britain
    159 3 NEW DELHI, Thurs. (Reuter) —The Indian Government may concider requiring British travellers *o India to have visas or permits because of restrictions on Indians who go to Britain. External Affairs Ministry Officials said there had been pressures from Parliament and the public here for some sort
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    Lock icon Newsmen 'In Red Hands'
    90 3 SAIGON. Thurs. (Reuter) Cambodian police and army officers In Svey Rieng, Cambodia's easternmost provincial capital, announced that three American correspondents were captured by guerrillas. Reliable sources here said the Cambodian authorities reported that the three. Including a woman, were taken into custody by the guerrillas west
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    Lock icon Cambodia Asks For Thai Aids
    94 3 BANGKOK. Thurs. (UPI) Cambodia has formally asked Thailand for military and economic assistance to help in the fight against communist forces. Cambodian foreign Minister Yem Sambaur disclosed today. The request was made on Wednesday night during a "working dinner" to celebrate the signing of an
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    Lock icon Vigil On Three Georgia Towns
    62 3 ATHENS. Georgia. Thurs. '(UPI> —Gov Lester Maddox sent National Guardsmen into a second Georgia City yesterday to deal with racial disorders. Officials were also keepIn o close watch on a third restive town. A contingent of about 200 was sent into Athens at the request
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    Lock icon Hijack By Toy Gun Fails
    99 3 SYDNEY. Thurs. (Reuter) A man attempted to hijack a Brisbane-bound airliner at Sydney Airport this rfternoon. However, he failed when police rushed aboard the plane and found he was "armed"* with only a pistol. The man, in his early twenties, threatened the pilot of the
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    Lock icon No Change In Taiwan Aid To Saigon
    367 3 SAIGON, Thurs. (UPI) Taiwan hat no plans to send troops or increase its military assistance to South Vietnam, Vice-Premier Chiang Ching Kuo stressed to- day. However, he did not entirely rule out the possibility that his nation might be drawn Into the widening
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    Lock icon Havoc After Pilots Strike In Manila
    121 3 MANILA, Thurs. (Reuter) Scores of domestic airline passengers were stranded today when about 1.000 private and commercial pilots began a 24hour strike. They demanded the installation of safety navigational aids at all Philippine airports. The pilots staged their walkout at midnight. Representatives of five
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    Lock icon Double-Slaying In Hong Kong: Indon Court Jails Accused
    245 3 JAKARTA, Thurs. (UPI) —The Jakarta Trial Court today found Lim Tjie Sian guilty of manslaughter. His mistress and her young son were found slain almost three years ago a. Hong Kong. Chief Judge Johannes ordered defendant Lim to serve 20 years for
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    Lock icon Clearing HK Roads After Storms
    137 3 HONG KONG. Thurs. (Reuter) More than 1,000 workers toiled in light rain today. They were clearing roads blocked by landslides after the worst floods in four years here. Two people died and a baby girl was missing, police reported Many telephone lines were still down
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    Lock icon 2,343 Arrested And 123 Dead: Bombay Bans Meetings After Riots
    264 3 BOMBAY, Thurs. (UPI) Police today imposed o ban on gatherings of five or more persons here following HinduMuslim riots north of the big commercial and industrial city. Authorities announced 18 more deaths yesterday, raising the official death toll to 123.
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    Lock icon Clashes After Big Fires In Kashmir
    165 3 SRINIGAR, Kashmir, Thurs. (UPI) —Three persons were killed and nine others injured yesterday when police fired on mobs. A series of violent clashes had taken place In South Kashmir recently. The trouble flared after 1.000 houses were razed and damaged in a string of
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      180 3 iim'4 If you were over New York today youti want to be there with specialists how about Hong Kong? When you fly anywhere you choose the airline with the most experience and specialised knowledge. In all Asia, one airline alone has spent 24 years in building the experience and specialisation
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    Lock icon ARABS ATTACK ISRAELI TOWN
    537 4 Nasser's MiGs Down Dog Fight rpEL AVIV, Thurs. (UPI and Reuters) Arab guerillas from Lebanon attacked an Israeli border settlement Wednesday night only hours after an Israeli task force returned from a punitive raid on guerilla bases in Lebanon, an Israeli military spokesman said. Israeli forces
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    Lock icon Britons Less Tolerant
    54 4 LONDON. Thurs. (Reuter) —The Institute of Rare Relations today suggests that Britons are less tolerant towards coloured immigrants than the v were a year ago. A revised edition "of the independent institute's 1369 report on colour and citizenship. published here today. takes a more pessimistic view of
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    Lock icon 58 Mil. By Year 2001
    52 4 LONDON. Thurs. (Renter) —By the year 2001 England and Wales will have an estimated population of 58 million. Mr. Anthony Crosland, Minister for Local Government and Regional Planning, told a Parliamentary committee yesterday. He said this was eight million fewer than an official estimate made
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    Lock icon DIANA MAKES LOVE IN NUDE ON STAGE
    100 4 LONDON, Thurs (Reuter) Glamorous British actress Diana Rigg played her controversial four-minute nude love scene with Australian actor Keith Mitchell on the West End staee last night. But the scene in subdued lighting raised nothing more than a few murmurs from the preview
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    Lock icon Willy Moves For East- West Peace
    174 4 Willy Moves For EastWest Peace SAARBRUECKEN West Germany. Thurs. (Router> Chancellor Willy Brandt sain >Co.3rday he would put detailed proposals for an East-West settlement to East German Premier Willi Stoph when they meet in Kassel next week. In discussion followm* a major policy speech to his Social Democratic Party Congress
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    Lock icon 17 DIES IN LORRY CRASH
    72 4 ACCRA. Thurs. Seventeen people were killed and 10 seriously »n.iured when a lorr? carrying shoppers crashed into a ditch near Bolgatanga, in the far north of Ghana, on Tuesday nisht Seven of the dead related to Mr. Imoru Salifu, the government appointed Chief Executive of
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    Lock icon BOMB HOAX
    45 4 OSLO. Thurs. (Reuter> A Scandinavian Airline System passenger plane was delayed at Oslo's Fornebu Airport, following an anonymous telephone call saying a bomb had been placed aboard the plane, S A S. announced here last night. It turned out to be a hoax.
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    Lock icon Man Charged With Murder Of 400,000 Jews: 'My Conscience Is Clear'
    365 4 DUESSELDORF, West Germany, Thurs. (Reuter) Former S.S. Captain Frans Paul Stangl, who went on trial here yesterday for the murder of at least 400,000 Jew* in the Nasi death camp at Treblinka, Poland told his judges that his conscience
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    Lock icon Now, Ethel Says 'No' To Harry
    302 4 PORTLAND, England Thurs. (UPI) Ethel Gee, released Tuesday after nine years in prison for espionage, said Wednesday she refused to marry fellow spy, Harry Houghton, also released/ who pledged to "love and cherish" her for life. "I don't even want to see him," Miss
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    Lock icon Cannes Sees Sex And War Films
    319 4 CANNES, France, Thurs. (UPI) The Jury and critics at the Cannes film festival Wednesday viewed a political French film about the Vietnam war and an Italian that blends sex and socialism. Neither film drew cheers from the audience. The French film, entitled "Hoa Binh"
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    Lock icon Stable Prices, Full Employment
    144 4 Stable prices and full employment are the main targets of the economic policy of the German Federal Government. This has just been reaffirmed at the recent opening of the largest industrial fair in the world at Hanover (Federal Republic of Germany) by Federal Chancellor Willy Brandt
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    Lock icon Agree To Pullout Dare To US, UK
    455 4 UNITED NATIONS, Thurs. (UPI) The Soviet Union challenged the United States and Britjin Wednesday to agree to immediate Israeli withdrawcl from all occupied Arab territory and compared Israel's action in the Middle East with U.S. moves in Southeast Asia. The Soviet delegata stripped
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    Lock icon LYNCH'S PLEDGE
    130 4 DUBLIN. Thurs. (UPI) Premier Jack Lynch pledged Wednesday night the Irish Republic would not berome a base to spark further sectarian strife In northern Ireland "No efforts will be spared to frustrate any attempted unauthorised Importation of arms." he added. Opening a debate In Parliament on a motion
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    Lock icon DRUG TO PREVENT PREMATURE BIRTS
    153 4 LONDON. Thurs (Renter) Doctors here hare developed a drug to prevent premature births, which could be on the market within two years. The drug, which would be taken using a nasal spray, was developed at the National Institute of Medical Research. Its discoverer. Doctor DO.
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    Lock icon STATE SECRETARY ROGERS: America Cannot Drop Liberal Trade Policy
    320 5 ASHINGTON, Thurs. (Reuter) U.S. Secretory of State William i Rogers told Congress it would be short-sighted to abandon the libei>ol American trade policy yesterday. It has ty»en a major lactor in th p growth of a healthy wcrid economy. Rogers testified
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    Lock icon Supersonic Jet Warning
    63 5 CLEVELAND Ohio. Thurs. (Reuter) Supersonic airliners can cause neart attacks. impair hearing, and extensively damage building West German noise p campaigner warned here Waiter Carlein is a member of the National Board of Directors for (he West German National Noise Abatement Council. He told a pollution conference
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    Lock icon Gunman Kills Three In Hospital Drama
    247 5 DANVILLE, Illinois, Thun. (UPI) Three officials of the Veterans Administration Hospital were shot to death yesterday by a gunman. He went on a 20-minute rampage in the sprawling hospital complex One man was also wounded. The Federal Bureau of Investigation said Colman Gish, 43.
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    Lock icon Gold Prices Decline
    100 5 YORK. Thu is. (UPI) Gold prices were mostly lower on markets here and abroad on Wednesday. London gold slipped 31/2 cents at the morning fixing, but gained one cent at the second fixing to 535.95 down 2-I'2 cents from Tuesday afternoon Parts gold was 8 cents higher
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    Lock icon Just In Case
    37 5 CHICAGO, Thurs. (UPI) —lllinois Governor Birhard Ogilvie yesterday ordered 1.125 National Guardsmen to standbv duty at Southern Dlinois University in Carbondale. School and citv officials who feared students might destroy school and city property.
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    Lock icon Debate On Cambodia Bill Starts
    86 5 WASHINGTON. Thurs. (UPI) Legislation to curb U.S milltarv action in Cambodia reached the Senate floor yesterday. The debate couid last davs perhaps weeks. Opponents commented that its approval would cause great jubilation in Moscow Peking and Hanoi. Nonetheless, support for the bill was growing. Backers
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    Lock icon Castro Worried Over Exiles' 'lnvasions': POWERFUL SOVIET NAVAL FLOTILLA IN CUBA
    376 5 HAVANA, Thurs. (Rcuter) A Soviet naval flotilla steamed Into the south Cuban Port of Cien Fuegos for a week-long visit today. The Russian fleet included 2 submarines, a guided missile destroyer and a rocket- launching destroyer. Cuban Prime Minister
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    Lock icon A Pie In The Face -Without A Wink
    157 5 WASHINGTON, Thurs. (UPI) A youthful representative of the underground press smashed a pie into the face of a member of the U.S. Commission on Obscenity and Pornography yesterday. He was expressing his opposition to "this unconstitutional. prehistoric, obscene. absurd Keystone committee Commissioner
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    Lock icon Inger Stevens' 'Husband' Loses Suit
    145 5 LOS ANGELES, California. Thurs. (Reuter) A Negro football player claimed he was secretly married to the late film star Inger Stevens. However, he vesterdav lost a court battle to get administration of her *****.500 estate. Swedish-born Inger died of an overdose of sleeping pills on
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    Lock icon Gorton's Chauffeur Jailed For Stealing $6,000
    188 5 CANUERRA. Thurs. (UPI)— Prime Minister John Gorton's personal chauffeur was given six months' hard labour today for stealing more than SSfi.OOO. Ra v Coppin, 46, was described as "a Jekyll and Hyde character." He has been chauffeur to three prime ministers, including Harold Holt
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    Lock icon INDIA AND INDOCHINA
    916 6 TT IS indeed very sad that India is committing political hara-kiri in the area which Shantha Rama Rau so charmingly called "East of Home". Nobody can blame the Prime Minister, Mrs Indira Gandhi, because she has enough troubles as it is just keeping her Job by canvassing
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    1460 6  - Trudeau —Rather More Than Just Trendy Br Clyde Sanger GEMINI OTTAWA Canada hat lived through two years of rule by Pierre Trudeau, and found it a mixed experience. Now he is off on his first broad overseas trip since he became Prime Minister in April 1968. Of course he has
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    Lock icon "The Day Dr. Williams Asked For U.S. Guns"
    440 6  -  By Harry Mayers (Reuter) PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad On April 22. 1960. Or. Eric Williams, as Premier of Trinidad and Tobago, led a rain-drenched protest march to the T.S. Embassy here to demand the close-down o? the L'.Snaval base at nearby Chaguaramas.
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    Lock icon Indian Elder Statesman Backs Nixon
    126 6 MADRAS. Mr. C. Rajagopalacharl. first Indian Governor-General of India, today praised President Nixon for Intervening In Cambodia, "on behalf of those In India who stand for freedom and democracy and the constitution." "Our anxiety must centre on the freedom of India and saving ourselves from
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    Lock icon The Growing Might Of India
    773 6  -  By Peter Jackson NEW DELHI India's armed forces, humiliated eight years ago during the Sino-Indian border war, have now been thoroughly reorganised and built up to new strength. The government, which In the early years of independence tended to discount the importance of the armed
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    Lock icon Skirt That Expands And Contracts Like Telescope
    360 6  -  by DICK WEST UPI WASHING ON. F, s Hhi" are In terr,We bind ticcause of the peculiarity otj the American market. Hemlines jn the LJ s rise and fa] i Milady i? er £klru during periods of national prosv and ngthens them, during
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      Lock icon MARKET CLOSES ON A DECLINE
      274 7 The Stock Market yesterday carried on sluggishly in a downward drift. Falls remained in a large majority in all the sectors. A trend was hardly discernible in industrials which moved narrowly and showed losses slightly below the previous closing prices. Dealings were mainly concentrated in
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      Lock icon BUSINESS DONE
      932 7 12USINESS done in and reported to the trading rooms of the Stock Exchange of Malaysia and Singapore with the number of shares traded in brackets in lots of 1,000 units unless otherwise specified:- INDUSTRIALS ACMA $2.10 (3); Alcan $1.65 (3) $l«6 (11) $164 (1); DIM $1.69 (1) $l-68
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      102 7 THE Port of Singapore Authority has made the following berthing arrangements for shipe in port today, Friday May 15: DEPARTURES Godowns Vessels 1 Petko R. Slavelkov 3 4 Manoloeverett 5 Madonna 10/11 Vishva Vlbhuti 19 Reiho Maru 20 West Giang Lee 21 West Keningau 23/24 Ait
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      92 7 THIS niton price* »t tbe Mneapore Prndnir (.1 chance Te*terdaj were:B Coconut Oil k (J OB) Bulk •830 Coconut (Ml (FO B > Oram 61-50 Mixed Copra Mub Muntok Hhlte Pepper (FOB) 160 00 Sifiiwali White Prpprr (FOB) IS? 50 Sarawak Special Black Pepper (f OB w>% NL.W 117
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      90 7 <Manager*' Price* for M*y 13) (HAKIKKtl) tMl IKt Mx S Grow th Kond 1 OA 1 10 ASIA IMT TKIPlfr M IntHt land id 1-21 1 26 KINUAPOKB I'MI 1 HI ST« l*t Singapore 2 69 2nd Hngaporr 1 95 3rd Singapore I ?0\d The l om Ind.
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      Lock icon STOCK EXCHANGE CLOSING PRICES
      707 7 8ID and offer prices officially listed yesterday at the close of business in the trading rooms of the Stock Exchange of Malaysia and Singapore were: I>D(J8 TKL4LS A( >L% cbl 2.05 212 Auan 1 66 A Iran 1 66 Allied Choc. 9m 3>8 3 40 Bt
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      Lock icon RUBBER PRICE: 57 5/8 Cts.
      291 7 June first grade rubber buyers closed at 5 p.m. in Singapore and Kuala lumpur yesterdav at 57-5/8 cents per lb. down 1/8 cent from the previous close. The tone of the market was very quiet but steady. The market was easier at the outset on
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      Lock icon London Rubber Closes Idle
      67 7 LONDON. Thurs. (UPI) Rubber market closed Idle yesterday with spot 20-I'R. 20-1 2. Settlement House. June 20-3/8. 20-5/8 July 20-5 8. 20-7 8 Aug. and July/Sept. 20-7^B, 21-1 8 Oct. Dec. 21-1/4. 21-3/8 Jan. March 21-3/8, 219 'l6 April/June 21-7/16. 21-5 8 July/Sept. 21-1 2. 21-5/8
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      52 7 NEW YORK. Thurs. (UPI) Rubber futures closed unchanged and untraded on Wednesday on the New York Commodity Exchange. (Close) (Pre*.) May 22.50B 22.50 July 22.50B 22.50 Sept 22.00B 22.00 Nov 21.75B 21.75 Jan 21.75B 21.75 Mar 21.75B 21.75 May 21.75B 2175 Locally. No. 2 R8S was 21-3/8 cen's
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      39 7 NEW YORK, Thurs. (UPI) Dow Jones closing averages on the New York Stock Exchange yesterday. 30 Industrials 693.84 20 Transp 146.67 15 Utilities 103.24 65 Stocks 228.49 40 Bonds 68.41 Commodity futures Index 133 69 off 0.26
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      Lock icon TIN PRICE
      14 7 The tin prices for yesterday was $693 per picul down five dollars.
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      Lock icon $4 Million Expansion At Vosper
      270 7 THI general manager A of Vospor Thornycroft Uni leers Pto Ltd., Mr. D. W. Sltwell, yesterday announced a $4 million expansion plan for the company's shipbuilding and repair yard at Tanjong Rhu. The plan involves the acquisition of an additional area of two acres formerly
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      Lock icon NY MARKET LOWEST IN 7 YEARS
      250 7 NEW YORK, Than. (Reuter) The New York Stock Market dropped nearly eleven points yesterday, continuing a downward spiral that has seen It slump to its lowest level in nearly seven years. The Dow Jones industrial Index closed down 10.75 at 693.84 the flrst time
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      Lock icon ASSISTANT TO SALES MANAGER
      175 7 "Have charm will travel" appears to be a cliche that haa become a way of life for charming Mi— Judy Yap Foong Har. (above) Miss Yap. newly appointed assistant to the Swissair District Sales Manager in Kuala Lumpur, has been Jetting around the world since her
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      Lock icon Fast Slide After Poseidon's Fall
      348 7 Closing Prices SYDNEY, Thurs. (UPI) The Sydney Stock Exchange turned into a fast slide Thursday after a substantial fall by nickel stock Poseidon. The stock had a first sale of $66.00 and then continued to fall throughout the day to $62.00. It fell $B.OO on
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      Lock icon AIR MOVEMENTS
      411 7 ARRIVALS 1.45 am MSA I*s R. Lumpur MSA 123 R. Lumpur 030 am MSA 452 R. Lumpu r 11.05 a.m. MSA 454 Penang. R Lumpur 11.50 a m. MSA 203 Jakarta 1.30 p.m. MSA 451 Ruching 2.30 pm MSA 021 R. Lumpur. Ma laeca 335 pm. Ms\ .'.67
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      432 7 LIAN HUAT HANG FINANCE LIMITED (Incorporated In the Republic of Singapore) BALANCE SHEET AS AT 31st DECEMBER, 1969. SHARE. CAPITAL Authorised> 10.(100 Scares of *lOO/- each Issued 5 000 Shares of $lOO/- each fully paid PE»ER>_E_IJLND_ PROFIT LQSS_ACCOUyT. £1 RRENT LIABiUIIEb Bank Overdraft Industrial Commercial Bank Ltd Provision fo r
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    Lock icon COME, COME TO THE FAIR!
    249 8  -  A Lovelier You BY MARY SUE MILLER A Lovely writes: Early in June I am flying with a group to Japan for Expo '7O. I am exciied but also confused. Everyone rives me different advice about travel clothes and customs. Please set me straight. The
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    546 8  -  Speaking For Myself... By Sheilah Graham NEW YORK: Mia Farrow is flaunting Mary Quant's latest fashion tad, knickerbockers that men wor# when playina ?olf in th« '2os. Frank inatra sent Mia and Andr« Previn, the father of her twins, two tickets for the first
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    Lock icon Major Role For Bradshaw
    175 8 CULVER CITY Booker Bradsfcaw, for two yean co-star of television's "Star Trek" and now regularly seen as the Los Angeles agent in "The F. 8.1.," hat been signed for a major role in MGM's ChartoffWinkler Production "The Strawberry Statement," currently filming in Northern California. Bradshaw, who
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    Lock icon Where Art Leaves And Pornography Begins...
    557 8  -  Ann Landers DEAR ANN: This is for "Bunionrd Ear" —the woman wno Is sirk and tired of her mother's voice I stopped hearing my mother's voice when I was 18. She was only 44 years old when she died. I recall, with a fair
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      274 8 The Seamaster Cosmic Calendar-Day. waterproof case, automatic movement, with original bracelet —m stainless steel $275; »n go'd plate $335. 18 ct gold $1,600. Omega's new Cosmic Calendar-Day tells you the time, the date and the day of the week automatically. Here is the total timepiece for today's business man. It
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    137 9 Thta matching »et of MP" BlghtdrMi and brief*, from a British com pa■y. vu amoßl the interesting ippllMtiOQ! Of throw a w i r* gooda at the Design Centre's Her* Today' exhibition of disposable pro. darts held tn Londo n recently rhere are alao men's and children'a
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    Lock icon Marijuana Is Not A Drug Of Addiction Says Expert
    262 9 UPI SAN FRANCISCO After a systematic review of hundreds of studies of marijuana, a Harvard psychiatrist recently gave pot a c'ean bill of health. What is most striking about the research said Dr. Lester Grinspoon. is how few studies have been
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    Lock icon Hygenic And Practical
    117 9 THIS set of cap. collar and cuffs were among the interesting applications of throwaway' goods at the Design Centre's 'Here Today' exhibition of disposable products. The attractive ono-plece cap is extremely easy to fold Into shape and the collar* and cuffs are retained by simple fastening. Made
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    Lock icon Million Pound Watch Show
    752 9  -  ®7_ Gamini Seneviratne GEMINI LONDON: "Rippling, carved gold creeps first over a ribbon of diamonds and then over a glass' of deep red tourmaline," says the catalogue The description is o 1 "Ova* Splash." on* of 55 watches in a heady collection of bejewelled watches and
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    Lock icon Escaping Drug Means Leaving Town
    531 9  -  DATELINE Br Ele, Walt Dulaney Dear Walt: I have been using drug* for some time. I am not "hooked*' but environmentally Influenced. Bv that I mean, it's the thing to do here and If you don't smoke pot. It's a waste of time going to
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      Lock icon Newcomer Racon Lady Impresses
      277 10  -  By Our Racing Correspondent "DENANG, Thurs. Racon Lady, ridden by Velu, did a stylish 3f sprint in 39 4/5 on a soft track here this morning. If she steps up on her track form she can win race seven on the opening day. Bodyguard also impressed
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      Lock icon Boxer Depaula Shot By 2 Gunmen
      240 10 JERSEY CITY. New Jersey. Thurs. (UPI) Onetime light heavyweight contender Frankie Depaula was shot and seriously wounded early today as he walked down an areaway next to a modern apartment building, police said. Depaula, acquitted just two weeks ago of hijacking U5575,000 worth of
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      Lock icon Cardiff Qualify
      40 10 CARDIFF, Wales. Thurs. (Reuter) Cardiff City qualified for next season's European Cup Winners Cup when they beat Chester 4-0 here last night In the second leg of the Welsh Soccer Cup final. Cardiff won the first leg 1-0.
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      Lock icon Ramsey's W-Cup Team Jeered
      132 10 MEXICO CITY. Thurs. (Reuter) England's World Cup players were pelted by bottle tops and jeered and whistled at by Mexican soccer fans after their first full-scale practice match at the Olympic Stadium here yesterday. Throughout the 80-minute work-out the world champions were the target of boos
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      Lock icon Kenya Joins Boycott
      143 10 NAIROBI. Thurs. (Reuter) Kenya will boycott the Commonwealth Games this summer if the South African cricket tour of Britain goes ahead, a top sports official announced yesterday. The official. Mr. Musembl Mbathi. chairman of Kenya's Olympic and Commonwealth Games Association. was quoted by the state-controlled Kenya news
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      Lock icon Matthews Beats Pasarell
      126 10 LONDON. Thurs. (Reuter) Charlie Pasarell. the United States number five, was beaten by Britain's Stanley Matthews in the second round of the Biostrath hardcourt tennis championships here yesterday after earlier saving a match-point to scrape through the first round. Pasarell. seeded second bell in d coloured American
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      Lock icon Penang Race Cards For The Week-end
      2010 10 1 Raee 1: CI* 6 Dlv. S —7 Furm.— l.)0 pJB. ($4,500) 1. ***** Sir win ~>y 9.00 Pisces Noordtn Moraa 1 2. ***** Big Mil] 8 10 PK Loh Heddle ,-m. Harbr.dge 11 3. ***** Major Girl •y 6r 8 0* Huple* Tulloh
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      Lock icon Mets Score 4-0 Victory Over Cubs
      453 10 NEW YORK, Thurs (UPI) Gary Gentry allowed only hit an eighth Inning single by Ernie Banks which bounced off leftfielder Dave Marshall's glove pitched the New York Met* to a 4-0 victory over the Chicago Cubs yesterday. The 39-yead old Banks broke up Oentry's
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      Lock icon Smith In Shock Defeat
      127 10 WEST BERLIN. Thurs. (Reuten Austria's 20-year-old tennis find Hans Kary yesterday scored a major upset in the first round of West Berlin's International open tennis tournament when he knocked out top-seeded Btan Smith, of the United States. 6-3. 6-4. 5-7. 7-5. Two other seeded players. Gerald
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      186 10 Results and standings National League New York 4. Chicago 0 Montreal 7. Philadelphia Pittsburgh 5. St Louis 1. San Francisco 5. San Diego 1. Houston 6. Los Angeles 5. American League Kansas City 1. Cleveland 0 (12 innings> Minnesota 5. Baltimore 4 <lO innings* Milwaukee 3. New
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      Lock icon Belgain GP Will Go On As Scheduled
      136 10 BRUSSELS Thurs. (Reuter> The Belgian Orand Prix, cancelled last year following protests by driver* that the course was too dangerous will take place as scheduled this year on June 7. the organisers announced last night. The announcement came at the end of an
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      Lock icon Amazons Prepare For Pentathlon
      127 11 Thirteen young women tn the Federal Republic of Germany are determined to enter the athletic field which was hitherto limited to men only. The members of the "Club Pentathlon Moderne of Amaions in Germany'' plan to enter their first pentathlon match this year. They are already
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      Lock icon Mexico Thrash Dundee
      121 11 MEXICO CITY. Thurs. YReuter) Mexico's World Cup soccer team thrashed Dundee United Scotland 6-0 at the Olympic stadium here last, night (half time 3-0) The Scottish XI, bottled up in their own half throughout the match, resorted to freezing the ball during tbe last 45 minutes. Two
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      Lock icon Nastase Top Seed
      28 11 PARIS. Thurs. (UPI) Rumania's Nilie Nastase was seeded No. 1 yesterday for the French Open hard court championships opening at Roland Garros Stadium Mav 25.
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      20 11 HANOVER. West Germany, Thurt. (Reuter)— West Germany yesterday beat Yugoslavia I—o1 —0 in an international soccer match here.
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      Lock icon Athletic Meet
      28 11 The Queen sway Secondary School will hola their ninth annual athletic meet nt the school ground today. Mrs. Chan Swee Oiin will give away the prizes.
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      Lock icon Lloyd Tears Apart Oxford Attack
      443 11 LONDON, Thurs. (Reuter) Clive Lloyd, Lancashire's West Indian Test batsman, blasted his second century in successive matches when he tore apart the Oxford University attack in yesterday's English cricket programme. Lloyd raced to his hundred in 95 minutes off 84 balls, slamming five sixes and
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      Lock icon Soccer Attendances In England On Increase
      433 11 LONDON. Thurs Soccer is prospering in England. Len Shipman, President of the Football League. said: "The attendance figures particularly in the First Division, have once again been very healthy and tribute must be paid to the ever-lmprovinsr facilities created by clubs." Gates were up
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      Lock icon Sime Darby Pesta Sukan
      67 11 Fifty sportsmen from the Singapore offices of the Slme Darby Group will travel to Kuala Lumpur for the Sime Darby Sports Club's Pesta Sukan to be held this week-end. The team which alao include employees of Tractors Malaysia Berhad. leave tomorrow by road. The Singapore team
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      Lock icon Czechs 2-0
      29 11 OSLO: Tburs. (Reuter)— Chechoslovakia beat Norway 2—o (half-time 1—0) in a friendly international soccer match here last night but i. performance did not impress the 20,000 crowd.
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      Lock icon We Will Not Stop All-Blacks Tour —NZ
      201 11 WELLINGTON. Thurr (AFP) —Mr. Keith Holyoake. the New Zealand Prime Minister, said her® today that his government would not halt tne proposed AllBlacks rugby tour of South Africa starting next month Stating that the government's attitude to tour* of South Africa had been
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      Lock icon W-Cup Rally Hit By Landslides
      147 11 LONDON, Thurs. <Reu-t-er» —Landslides and earth tremors are causing an unexpected hazard to the 43 cars left in the Daily Mirror World Cup rally, the organisers said In London today. While competitors continued a day's rest after driving 3.800 miles from Rio De Janeiro around
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      Lock icon Coaches Brazil To Regain W-Cup
      436 11 MOSCOW, Thurs. (AFP) Brazil was the firm favourite of nine international football coaches to regain the World Cup soccer which kicks off in Mexico at the end of the month. Then followed England, the Cup holders. Italy, West Germany, Soviet Union and Mexico. ID a
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      Lock icon Malcolm For Golf Lessons In Britain
      135 11 By Little Nene ALISDAIR J. MALCOLM, the 18-year—old Borneo-born golfer who won the Warren Open, Malaysian Amateur Open and th® RAF Changi Open is scheduled to leave for home in July. His father, Mr. Robert Malcolm, said Malcolm will take golf lessons from Max
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      Lock icon Hulme Out Of Indianapolis Race
      123 11 INDIANAPOLIS, Thurs. (AFP) Denis Hulme, New Zealand's former world racing driver's champion who suffered burns when his car crashed and caught Are during a trial run here on Tuesday will be unable to compete in the Indianapolis 500 miles on May 30. He will be
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      1153 11 TV SINGAPURA CHANNEL 5 P.M 300 Opening Anncts- in Hospitals 3.20 Woman's World <E>. 850 A Diary cf Events in Singapore Thi t Week < English» 3.55 It's Happening in Singapore »E> < Repeat*. 415 Day s of Our Lives 4 35 Close. 5.15 Opening Anncts- in all Languages Lucky
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    288 12 A bar waitress and her ex-husband were yesterday committed to stand trial in the High Court for the murder of a Japanese housewife/ Ayako Watanabe. Bar waitress, Wong Wen Sui, 31, and her exhusband, Sim Woh Kim, 37, were alleged to have murdered Mrs. Watanabe
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    Lock icon Paintings By Sunyee
    139 12 ONE hundrec and fifty exclusive paintings —by famous artist, Miss Sunyee, will be exhibited at the West Point Garden, Pasir Panjang Road, this Saturday, at 3.00 p.m. Mr. Wee Mong Cheng, the Chairman, Finance SubCommittee of The Chinese Chamber of Commerce, will officially open the Exhibition. The
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    Lock icon $1,400 Stolen At A Bank
    73 12 A salesman, Mangharam i/o Ramchand, 17, reported to Police of the loss of $1,400 from the counter of a bank at Robinson Road. Mangharam said that he had placed the money on the counter at the bank when a man asked him where he could
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    Lock icon Course On Garden Designing
    81 12 Garden enthusiasts will have an opportunity to pick up some knowledge about designing garden props. The Adult Education Board will be conducting a 10-week course on "Designing Garden Props'* from May 26 every Tuesday at 7 p m. to 8 p.m. at the Cultural Centre. Those
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    Lock icon On A Rape Charge
    61 12 A 35-year-old man, Chong Ah Kwee, was yesterday charged in the Ninth Magistrate's Court for the alleged rape of a 13-year-old girl. He was alleged to have committed the offence In July last year In Maude Road The case will be further mentioned on May 28.
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    18 12 There were a total of «2 accidents, four of which were described as serious, on Wednesday.
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    Lock icon Canadian Geese For Jurong Bird Park
    169 12 OTTAWA, Thure. (UPI) Twenty Canadian geese and ducks were shipped out of Toronto yesterday on a journey that will land them halfway around the world in Singapore/ the Department of Industry, Trade and Commerce announced today. Prime Minister Pierre Elliott Trudeau Ls scheduled to
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    Lock icon LIM: THE IDEAL SINGAPOREAN
    301 12 AN ideal Singaporean should be on® who is constructive in hit proposals, devoted. dedicated, and with a flourishing initiative for his work. This is how Singapore's Defence Minister, Mr. Lim Kim San described tomor- row's Singaporean. That's not enough. He should be able to utilise his
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    Lock icon N-Language Exams In August
    91 12 THE August National Language Examinations are open to civil servants and members of the public. A Ministry of Education release stated that candidates sponsored by the Public Services Commission will have to register in accordance with procedures and on dates given by the Permanent Examinations Beard
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    94 12 A LUNCHEON and Teacock Fashions" show are being planned by the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals at a leading hotel on May 27. Proceeds from the function will be used to finance the SPCA's "special projects", particularly its new premises. Tickets at $lO each for
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    Lock icon 'Miss International' Of Australia Due Today
    179 12 AUSTRALIA'S "Miss International", 22-year-old Kaye Raymond, is scheduled to arrive here today for a four-day visit. Miss Raymond, a music teacher, won the title last year from entrants representing 11 different nationalities residing in Australia. Part of her task in the Quest was to
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    Lock icon Policemen Vandals Get Jail
    275 12 TWO police constables were yesterday sentenced to a year's jail and six strokes of the rotan each after they pleaded guilty in the Fourth District Court to a charge of vandalism. Ahmat bin Awang, 23, and Suboh bin Mahadi. 23. admitted breaking open the coin box
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      651 12 NOTICES APPOINTMENTS SINGAPORE ARMED FORCES ELECTRONIC TECHNICIANS 1. Applications are invited from suitably qualified persons for appointment to supervisory/instructor posts in the electronic trades in the SAF. Training 2. Successful candidates may be given advanced training either abroad, or locally to qualify as specialists in one of the following fields:
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      426 12 TENDER NOTICE Supply of Broadcasting Equipment fcr Department of Broadcasting. Minister of Culture. Singapore TENDERS are Invited for the supply and delivery of 1 (ONE) Parallel-operated Medium-Wave amplitude modu'ated transmitter Tender document* may t>e obtained from the Permanent Secretary (Broadcasting). Caldecott Hill. Singapore 11. during normal office hours Tenderers are
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      51 12 CLASSIFIEDS Accommodation Wanted Householders who wish to take In University student boarders are asked to contact the Public Relations Officer. University of Singapore. Tel: ***** extns. 120. 119. Wherw lo Slav BTRAND HOTEL. Bencoolen Street Town centre. Quiet, clear, reasonable rates Airconditloned rooms private bath Bar Restaurant. Homelv services. Tels:
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      26 12 TOTO DRAWS The following numbers were picked in yesterday's Toto Draw:— 44. 39 5 40. 10 The additional numbers was 23 Three-circle numbers: 17, 3, 33
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      80 12 TIME AND TIDE TODAY SINGAPORE TOWN: 5.17 a.m. (6 4 ft.); 12.25 p.m. <2 7 ft.): 730 a.m. (6 5 ft.). NAVAL DOCKYARD 12.01 am (5 4 ft). 5.20 a.m (7.6 ft); 12.14 D m. 3.7 ft); 7.28 p.m. (79 ft) TOMORROW SINGAPORE TOWN: 1.15 a.m (4.1 ft.); 6.54 a.m.
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