Eastern Sun, 13 November 1970

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  • 21 1 EASTERN SUN Singapore's own national daily 10 cents Estd. 1966. Vol. 5 No. 1497 Friday, November 18, 1970 MC (P) 1616
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  • 97 1 MILLIONAIRE banker Ton Han Seng was kidnapped from the bedroom of his Sommerville Rood home yesterday. Three armed men bundled Mr. Tan into o car which wos later found abandoned at Kampong San Teng. Until late last night no ransom note had been received by the
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  • Page 1 Advertisements
    • 146 1 SHELL PENNZOIL LUBRICATION SERVICE. PETROL A DIESEL CAR REPAIRERS. PAINTING A UPHOLSTERY. FONG MANSOR 30 Rramat Road, Singapore 9. Tel: *****0. Are little bills a big problem? It is our business to take care of your problems. Especially financial problems. Like raising a big family. And so on. And everyone
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  • 389 2  -  By K.S. SIDHU MILLIONAIRE banker Ton Hon Seng wot yesterday kidnapped from his bedroom by three wen who said the wanted to invite him to o party. The kidnappers tricked Mrs. Tan into letting them in at 9.45 a m. and forced her at
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  • 42 2 THE body of a boatman Chia Ah Bah, 34, reported missing after he fell into the sea of! Jurong on Wednesday, was recovered yesterday Chia'a body w&s found b v workers of the Far East Ship Pnilderi yesteidu* afternoon.
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  • 898 3 Housing Board employee, Sim Woh Kum, 37, told police thot hit ex-wife borgirl, Mimi Wong Weng Siu, 31. commissioned him to kill Mrs. Wotanabe in return for "a lot of money." This confession, made in a police statement, was yesterday admitted in the High Court
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  • 198 3 Three gunmen yesterday pulled off a $30,882 robbery at the premises of a goldsmith in Toa Payoh. They held up four people inside the shop the manager, Mr. Cheah Sik Yuen, 52, Cheng Koon Yeong, 40, Madam Yong Geok Cheng. 45, and Madam
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  • 321 3 An accounts clerk was yesterday sentenced to two years' jail for criminal breach of trust of $32,580 belonging to his company. Jimmy Yip Put Lam, 36, a father of two, pleaded guilty before First District Judge, Mr. Tan Hoay Djin, to 33 charges
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  • Page 3 Miscellaneous
    • 117 3 Toto draw The following numbers were drawn in last night's Toto Draw: 3* 32 46 25 —l5. Additional number: 16. Three circle draw: 35 27 17. AROUND TOWN 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Swiss watch exhibition at Victoria Memorial HaU. 5.30 p.m. Rotary Club s East chapter weekly tea meettni
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  • 381 4 TTONOLULU, Hawaii Singe pore Prime Minister Mr. Lee Kuon Yew told that n East and West stiM meet on unequal terms and are conscious of the inequality. However, he added the world's developing nations had the capability to
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  • 221 4 Singapore hotelier® yesterday welcomed th« idea of School of Hotel Management in the University of Singapore even though U b not feasible now. They felt the school. If ever to be set np In the fat we, could |hf a bigger role by otwing
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  • 180 4 Talks on possible joinl ventures were held between Singapore businessmen and a visiting Danish trade delegation The latter w as sponsored b v the Federation of Danish Industries and represented a broad cross-section of the Danish industry. The delegation's leader, Mr G. van Rijkom, claimed
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  • 76 4 Mrs. Imogen Mcßride leaves the Coroner's Court after an inquest which returned a suicide verdict on the death of her husband, Mjrris, of Illinois. She is seen cofntyrted by Mr. Jacfc L. Sherrod, drilling engineer of Sun Marine Company. Mcßride, 58, the company's resident manager,
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  • 204 4 KUALA LUMPUR Three hundred relatives and friends turned up on September 14 last year for the wedding of Mariah binte Musa. 22. However, all waited in vain for the bridegroom, Baharuddin bin Harun. Mariah's father. Musa bin Haji Amin told the Sessions Court
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  • 68 4 PENA.NG Thre« Muslims were yesterday fined between $lO and $l5 for not observing the fa«t and and for selling food to the Muslims The three were S Ibrahim, 42. Yusoff bin Haji Gam, 43. and Raja Ahmad bin Raja Sunan, 24. YmofT wis found guilty
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  • 63 4 Lee Ai Tee. 22. who fell from moving bus on Nov 8. died in the Thomson Road Hospital on Wednesday. Police said that as the bus was entering its bar alone Bukit Timah Road, Lee fell and sustained serious injuries. Those who have seen
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  • 32 4 The World Assembly of Youth will hold a seminar on "Youth and Family Planning" ai the Singapore Council of Social Service Auditorium from Nov. 29 to Dec. 6.
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  • 102 5 Residents of Colombey Les Deux Eglises gather outside the home of General Charles de Gaulle to mourn his death. De Gaulle was buried yesterday. Right: I S President Richard Nixon looking pale and drawn pauses before a portrait of
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  • 460 6 MELBOURNE 49yeor-o*d former m IMM, broke Ins ptWi mmd Kcbd ■Mtshm frsi him 4m§'% hm vkiU Lawton said it took Kim more than 72 Hours to elbow h»s way across three Quarters of a mile from where his horse fell on Nov. 2
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  • 81 6 CHENEY, Washington Two couples at Eastern Washington State Caklege kissed their war to a world record, beating the old smooch standard held by Southwest Texas University. Amid cheers of "hold that lime" and "way to •scutate,'* Horace Francis. Kingston, Jamaica and Beverly Hallmar, Bellingham. Washington held a kiss
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  • 188 6 BRASILIA Federal police they kavt anr—red nidiwre at a Chinese Com ■i Tat plot to destroy the Cdhh CWch by A document which police said was found among subversive elements In the state of Oar a was allegedly written by
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  • 291 6 UNITED NATIONS Tk* United States int.od«ced a lix-pMei draft rtioMion on international narcotics control to the United Nations yesterday and tarnMd the drag problem one that contd aWect tfco "liability n i -A -1 n,; II or wno«e nations. The Soviet Union said drug
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  • 190 6 MANILA. Tw former presidents and a former senator emerged yestertb* as top contenders for the presidency of the 19T1 Philippine constitutional convention. The slow count in Tuesday's election for 390 delegates to the convention beginning next June moved into its third da r with
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  • 338 7 Hf GLtOUtHC Defence Mimter Mdcoin fmmr has occoned IMMW of MMJ fautcf diplomacy ia tie Indion V-raser condemned Russian activity around the globe. He unged democracies like Australia, lo continually tight aggression. The Soviet Niry encroaches upon the Indian Ocean where there la no
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  • 132 7 MONTEVIDEO, Cmrmj Swrtw Mamod PtaroJl, Mi h—**99J no Tmrttmj from his ifc—j duel k lew than a month. TV referee stopped the contest a/ler he and the nu he challenged Jorge Battle, 43, publisher of the pro-gov-ernment Aeeion, M both suffered sabre wounds.
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  • 159 7 LOUISVII.LC, Kentucky Legal history was m the Making when two we mew asked a judge to rule on their tight to Marry each other. Tracy Knight, 25. a dancer. and Marjorie Jones, a 39 year-old divorcee and soother of three, claimed the Kentucky law
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  • 66 7 BIRMINGHAM Actress Marianne Faith full was taken to hospital here yesterday after being found unconscious from a suspected drugs overdose. Twelve days a 2° 23-year-old Miss Faithfull was divorced because of her adultery with Rolling Stones' singer Mick Jagger. In Jul T last year the actress
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  • 47 7 LONDON Three London police detectives accused of bribery and corruption in a British new* pa per were summoned to answer criminal charges, the summonses follow wide-rang-ing investigations by Frank Williamson, a senior police administrator, into allegations printed in tbe 'Times' newspaper last November
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  • 63 7 KATMANDU The whereabouts of a missing Communist Chinese correspondent for tbe New China News Agency <NCNA) remains a mystery. A US embassy uffioal is Katmandu, replying to newsmen's suestions, denied the correspondent, Wang Tse Own. had taken refuge in the American embassy neither asked for
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  • 89 7 HONG KONG Police have recovered 48 bodies believed to be those of refugees drowned while swimming from China to Hong Kong in the past two weeks. The corpses were either fished out ol the water or found on the beach along Deep Bay
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  • 187 7 CHICAGO The United States owes a war debt Ito some old friends in I the South Sea Islands, i Chicago lawyer Ed YouI has said, "and it's lime lwe began making pay- mentr" The debt. You has said, yesterday, was incurred in and around
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  • 51 7 OTTAWA The Bank of Canada Tuesday lowered its interest rate from 6.5 to six percent, the fourth reduction in Ave months. The new rate, reflecting recent declines in commercial short-term lending rates, will come into effect when Canadian banks re-open on Thursday following the Remembrance Day
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  • 168 7 THE last ma fa receive a aies-age from American flyer AWia Earhart said on Tuesday that fee was convinced thst she was dead. Mr. Alan Vagg. 65, the Australian Radio Operator in charge of Bulolo Radio Station In New Guinea in 1937, he followed
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  • 176 7 SAN RAFAEL, California The uniiliinv convict nf a W«»dy ghoatout asd even p« attempt at tfcf Marin County Hall nf Jajdiee on Aug. 7 irH tin itiotpn Mast that killed Judge HaraM J. Haley, according to a Grand Jury indict meal fhe indictments ckargad Uat Knuukell
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  • Page 7 Miscellaneous

  • 452 8 GENIUS, 15, AT OXFORD UNIVERSITY OXFORD, England A 15-year-old London buy, who was already reading fluently at 2, has entered Oxford University to study for a maths degree. John Nunn, the under-18 chess champion, is reputed to be the youngest student at the distinguished Institution. LONDON Britain's
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  • 107 8 Mopping up oil, this vessel demonstrates an advanced system for cleaning up leaks such, as the one that occurred recently ofTshore near Santa Barbara, California. System incorporates a catamarantype barge towed by a high-speed power boat. Deployed from the barge, at an acute angle, are two 100-foot
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  • 298 8 rpoKYO The youth of the world ore revolutionising traditional morals, according to a world wide poll. However, they remain as conservative as their parents when it comes to their homelands. The poll, conducted by a private Japanese company, Citizen Watch Co., was held
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  • 118 8 FRANKFURT —A Polish professor testified in court that Nazi concentration camp doctor Horst Schumann subjected young Jewish men and women prisoners to intense radioactivity. The purpose was to note its effect on their sexual organs. Dr. Vladyslai Fejkiel of Krakow University said that Schumann, who is
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  • 195 8 LONDON Teenagers should be allowed to make lo»o in comfort and tion booklet. i' of interference, says a new sex educa- The booklet, written by teachers Maurice Hill and Michael LloydJones, attacks all recognised Ideas on premarital sex, masturbation anj homosexuality. In effect, It approves of
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  • 364 10 jpRIME Minister Lee Kuan Yew, in his Dillingham Lecture delivered in the EastWest Centre in Honolulu, put his finger on a complex problem—the modernisation of societies in developing countries. There are no definite set of rules as to how a developing country should go about modernisation and industrialisation and
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  • 235 10 RHODESIAN Prime Minister lan Smith has said that in the coming talks with Britain, his country will not compromise any of her principles. It is surprising that Smith should talk about "principles", a word that connotes uprightness. One of Smith's principles is minority rule and the other is discrimination
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  • 520 10  -  By Art Buchwald WASHINGTON Political campaigns are a very exhausting business, not only for the candidates who run for office, but also for the voters who have to listen to them speak. Most political candidates, winners as well as losers, take off a week or
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  • 838 10 LETTERS Your editorial of Nov. 10 With all due respect to Vlce-Preaident Spiro T. Agnew, the comparinon with his pressimage is grossly, unfair to me, and, Agnew-like, I must complain against your editorial distortion of the intent and message of my speech. I was concerned with the
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  • 1327 12/13 THE MORMNG AFTER with Weatherbee Wong T'M not exactly a dedicated foUower of fashion, but I do like to keep up with things modern and new. And I was most certainly never a follower of the Unisex trend.
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  • Page 12/13 Advertisements
    • 313 12/13 SINGAPORE LM e Lady bu had a beauty treatment and U ready to receive gu«<ls again tomorrow night The name romantic cruises. escellent food and service. Dining out under the stars or dancing In the Malacca Room. for reservation* tor re-openlng night. Mil MS 111. ft Th«4lr« NighlCluli BESO DE
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    • 47 12/13 j/J' J&B Rare-rare as in goldi Pale, as in gold. Pure, as in gold. Finer in blend. Finer in taste. Smooth, not rough. Pale, noil darlbi With yet a silky strength that belies its gentle nature. J B Rare. As in gold. IB Rare Scotch Whisky I
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  • 619 14 WELLINGTON A new drug, effective against leukaemia (blood cancer), it about to b« administered to cancer victims in tbc United States. Discovered by a research team at Auckland, New Zealand, the drug, a chemo-therapeu-tic agent, kills cancer cells without damaging ordinary cells. It
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  • 590 14  -  By Lee Mueller "All right, old sport, what do you think of the British?" This oblique question is pat to nearly every American who comes here. Invariably, and perhaps significantly, it is always put to him at tea by an Englishman with a slight
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  • 362 14  -  By Lawrence E. Lamb, M. D. Dear Dr. Lamb I am 19 years old and am concerned about this cyclamate Issue. While they were out I wag always drinking and eating them, as my family and other people were, also. I would
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  • Page 14 Miscellaneous
    • 49 14 PLAIN JANE BY FRANK BAGEVSKI iMNOTWEACmy LlkE 808 JENKS.' I DONT HAVE MIS YACHTS Oti His CONVERTIBLES/ !<SUESS ltA LIKED K)fc K/ PERSONAL IWNER GLOW.' TELL ME MORE ABOUT BCe^ENkS! V- *A! r SI M (f(T C z c fr in S k m dl ih*d i ♦C ISiiSX*?
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  • Page 18 Miscellaneous
    • 1793 18 LOOKING AND and radio guide j from the Carroll (lighter Institute GENERAL TENDENCIES: So many new arrangement* item to be necessary where all kinds of obligations are concerned that you would be wise to study them carefully. Get the advice of experienced bankers or businessmen and only with their approval
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  • Students' page
    • 352 19 G*«d manners are looked upon as a sign of good breeding in all civiH<ed conn tries. Good manners can be acquired at an early stage with the aid of parents and teachers. Through manners we can judge a person whether he is from a good
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    • 496 19 The cleanliness of a city is the responsibility of its citizens. The tourists who flock daily to Singapore are all fascinated bj the beautiful parks and entertainment centres here and they return home with the wish of visiting arain one day. This is true of tourists who
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    • 98 19 JAKARTA Indonesia's "Student Town," Jogjakarta, has a population of 489,728 primary and high school students and almost 29,000 university students. Antara News Agency said the students represented almost 70 per cent of the city's population. The Central Java city, built near the ancient Hindu temples of Prambanan and
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    • 37 19 THE Learning for Living Department of the Chinese YMCA will conduct an Office Management Course Instructed by Mr. P. T. C. Shastrt commencing Nov. 16, (on Mondays and Wednesdays)at 7.00 p.m. to 9.00 p.m.
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  • Page 19 Advertisements
    • 513 19 Third S. E. Asia Students Photographic Competition The following ore the results cf the Third South-east Asia dents' Photographic Competition held on Oct. 17 and 24. Contestants Chan Tien Sen* Ng Clhee Kong Ng Chee Kong Lee Sau Yee, Da rid Lee Sau Yee. David Tan chin Wan Yeota poh
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    • 196 19 11! !f Iff f f TU f f f ESSAY CONTEST: Rules to observe iliiii liliiiiiiiilll The Eastern Sun's essay writing contest for boys and girls of 14 and under (Junior) and boys and girl* over 14 (Senior) appeer* in this page from Monday to Friday. Prize money is: $lO
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  • 182 20 JgEARISH tendencies prevailed in the Stock Exchange of Malaysia and Singapore yesterday. Prices continued to deteriorate as buyers could not sustain their positions. Forced selling pushed several counters to new low level. The market opened quiet without a single transaction I or the first hour on the Industrial
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  • 278 20 December first grade rubber buyers closed at 5 p.m. in Singapore and Kuala Lumpur yesterday at 52-1/4 cents per lb., 1-1/8 cents up from the previous dose. The tone of the market was auiet and slightly easier. Follow through in London and the settlement ol the General
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  • 85 20 THE noon price* at tbe Produce Singapore (hlne*e Exchange ffftrrrtt) a a Coconut oil (f.o.b.) bulk 5800 Coronal Oil (f.o.b.) dram 00.50 Mlird < opra S3 00 Muntok VVhlte Pepper f.o.b.) ASTA 100% N H I j Sarawak Whit* 180 50 Pepper (f.o.b N.W.L 170.00 Sarawak Special Black Pepper
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  • 75 20 A SECOND and ftnal dividend of 2/6 d per 2s unit of ordinary stock less Malaysian Income Tax at 40 per cent making a total of 3s. per 2s. unit for the year ended June 30, 1970, has been recommended by the Renong Tin Dredging Company Limited'* Board
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  • 247 20 THE week's trading was marked by a preelp tous mid-week rise In nearby, bringing the market up to 51fl cents before final covering of the November position on Wednesday, whilst the November discount lo December narrowed sharply to Jth cent from last week's two cents. The pace
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  • 113 20 fIONG KONG Yesterday's 5 p.m. currency rates (supplied by Foreign Exchange and Investment Ltd.): (Buyers) (Sellers) 195.8 196 8 per 100 Straits dollars 148.75 150.75 per 1.000 Taiwan dollar* 6.76 6.775 per Australian dollar 340 360 Der 1.000 Burmese kyate 495 515 per 1.000 Indian rupees ***** 162.25
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  • 659 20 BID and offer prices officially listed at the close of business In the Singapore and Kuala Lumpur trading rooms of the Stock Exchange yesterday vere: INDUSTRIALS a 8. Acma |.21 AJinomoto 2.00 Alean 133 1.30 Ben, .97 Berjaya 106 1.07 Borneo 160 1.68 Boustead 193 C. Plywood 99
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  • 613 20 BUSINESS 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 $1.29 (2); ALCAN $1.35 (2); Ben. 97 cts. (1); Berjaya $1.05 (2) $1.04
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  • 112 20 KUCHINO The two teachers* unions in Sarawak yesterday welcomed the state government's decision to appoint a committee to look Into the condition and salary structure of teachers in the state. The Secretary General of the Sarawak Native Teachers Union, Mr. Omar Mahdha bin Shahmad. hoped the government would
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  • 286 21 CYDNEY Hoary buying of Poseidon in lote trading lent confidence to a sagging mining market on the Sydney Stock Exchange yester- day. The glamour nickel •ho* mp 8.00 to 64.00 an the final session. Trading In many of the speculative nickels was only fair and BparSos. Cons
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  • 39 21 NEW YORK Dow JVxies closing averages Wednesday on the New York Btock Exchange: SO Industrials 779 50 20 Ralls 150 80 15 UUIIU* 111.93 65 Stocks 249 42 40 Bonds 65.85 Commodity futures Index 146.52 up 0.01
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  • 495 21 Aft RIVALS 14Sui. MSA 125 Kuala Unpnr 730 m MHA 183 Kuala Lumpur 9.30 a m MHA 452 Kuala Lumpur 11 05 am MHA 454 Pruang. Kaala l unpu 11.50 a m MHA 203 Jakarta I JOtM MHA 431 Kaefelni tea p.m Ms 4 041 KaCa Sikri. Kuala
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  • 81 21 KUCHINC The Sarawak and Sab ah governments have examined several feasible industrial projects which both governments would look into more closely. Sabah's Minister of Finance, Enche Salleh Sulong, said here yesterday. He told reporters after a three-day visit that some of the proposed projects involved quite big sums of
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  • 44 21 KOTA KINABALU Mr. Hussein bin Haji Mohamed, was yesterday appointed the new General Manager of the Sabah Port Authority. Mr. Hussein, a civil engineer, succeeds Mr. J.A.L. Pavitt. Mr. Herman J. Lupin? was appointed Chairman with Mr. Osman Aliho as his Deputy.
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  • Page 21 Advertisements
    • 289 21 TENDER C.S.O. TENDER TENDERS for the supply of the following item* are invited by the Clilef Supplier Officer> L Non-graded Tlmbfr, Hawn. for the Central Supplies and Maintenance Putt e/o Psstr Panjang Industrial Tralnlnz Centre. t. Shoes and Boot* far the Polls KrpnMlk Kiiigapara8. Hhoe>- and Boots for varton* tlovernmeat
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    • 833 21 TENDER NOTICES P.W.D. SINGAPORE TINDERS are Invited from PWD Registered Contractors and from "Specially Registered Contractors" for the following work Uylni of Main (fewer* for Henderson ttoad Redevelopment Pli^a 11. Clrll Engineering Contractor* abow 000/Claalag Date: 15.1270 at 10.00 am. 3 Persons or oompitn ea eltner wttnin Singapore or oversea*
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  • 2829 22 SATURDAY Baa* It CL S Mv. 3—7 F-<—Z.OO p.m. ($5iOOO) 1. ***** Black King 5y 9.00 Agasam (Daniels) Kingston 2 S. ***** Film Studio V 6y 812 Shaw (Tulloh) Pcdmore 15 2. ***** Splendid In vestment 5y 8.12 Yangbang (Osman) Wilson i 2 4. ***** Skipalong 7y 8.11
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  • 240 23 KUALA LUMPUR: PICASSO II (Hamid and COURT ORDER did a splendid trial hen this morning. Clapping on the pace from the half mUe, the Hoddlo trained pair matched strides over 3f in 39, Court Order, with Lyle Harbridge astride, was doing better
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  • 293 23 The visiting Indonesian team Bersabaja humbled a Police/Military eleven 6-2 in a friendly soccer match at the Jalan Besar Stadium last night. The local side took the lead with two swift goals in the 15th and 20th minute but succumbed to the visitors' pressure and los*
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  • 71 23 Reigning champion, Peter Wide beat Peter Wong by three frames to one in the finals ol the Singapore Billiards Association Senior Snooker championship at the Singapore Recreation Club yesterday. Wide's experience gave him the extra edge over Peter Wong who hailj from Y.M.C.A. With his
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  • 123 23 BANGKOK Team standings at Hie end of the fourth day King's Cup soccer tournament: GROUP U A" Thailand J South Korea 1 1 0 0 3 0 2 Singapore 2 1 1 0 2 3 2 Laos 10 10 0 10 Hong Kong 0 J 0 0
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  • 290 23 4 share lead in Pro Golf NEWCASTLE. New South Wales. SouthAfrican Bobh v CoU and thre f Australian* shared the lead on M after ths •rst round of a IO.OOt dollars (5533.000) International Frofe«<ional Golf Tournament Newcastle's Me re wether Courts yesterday. Cole, Peter Hiomsoa. Jim Mercer and
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