Eastern Sun, 18 December 1970

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    21 1 EASTERN SUN Singapore's own national daily 10 cents Est* 1966. Vol. 5 No. 1526 Friday, December 18, 1970 MC <P) 1616
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    Lock icon WAITING TO DIE
    75 1 An Eastern Sun probe This ig one of the old people's homes llkrnfd on Wednesday i 0 converted chicken coop*. The director of the Singapore Council of Social Services Mr. S. C. Tang said Singapore's approach to the care and treatment of social problems lags far behind
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    Lock icon Housing swindle probed by Govt
    345 1 probe has beefi ordered into o housing fraud in which bogus Government forms were used to dupe families into paying for fake house registration lots. > It warrants an investigation, the Assistant Commissioner, Property Tax Division of the Deportment of Inland Revenue, Mr. Chan Kwong
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    Lock icon Polish cities tense
    66 1 WARSAW New disturbances were reported yesterday in thr trouble seaport of Gdynia, the scene of violent food riots over the past few days. The Baltic waport area remained quarantined from the rest of the country by roodblocks, cancellation of air flights and a lack of telephone connections.
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      51 1 R v Jewelleries it Distinction OverseftGhmese Banking Corpo, Ltd. the STRONGEST and LARGEST BANK in MALAYSIA and SINGAPORE AUTHORISED CAPITAL 8100,000.000/-' PAID UP CAPITAL S 40.000.000/GENERAL RESERVE AND PROFIT LOSS BALANCE OVER 39.000.000/TOTAL OVER 79.000.000/• GROUP ASSETS OVER 5893,000.000/FOR SUPREME SAFETY SAVE WITH 0.C.8.C. B'tnchw Throughout Singapot*. Mttcysia South Ln»t
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    Lock icon ...GRATITUDE FORGOT...
    563 2  -  THEY WAIT TO DIE By Loke Poh Fun (CALLOUSLY rejected by their relatives and friends, 130 Singaporeans are waiting for death. They and Hundreds of others are living in what the director of the Singapore Council of Social Services Mrs. S.C. Tang Wednesday likened «o chicken coops. Most
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    Lock icon Clearing facilities restored
    91 2 The clearing bouse facilities of the Buk of China in Singapore suspended since May last year—have been restored. Bank ofllcials refused to eoalrm or deny this bat it Is understood that the facilities were restored on Wednesday. No comments were available from the Ministry of Finance. The
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    Lock icon Industrial accidents 'serious'
    110 2 INDUSTRIAL accidents are increasing and uniesi safety measures are taken, serious repercussions will result, involving some 90,000 factory workers in Singapore. Mr. Tang See Chim, Minister of State for Finance gave this warning when be opened the Sth Industrial Safety Seminar organised by the National Safety First
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    Lock icon Tang opens new Centre
    84 2 The Minister of State (or Finance, Mr. Tang See Chim. yesterday opened the 188 th Community Centre at Lorong Rusuk. Mr. Tang said the community centres are important because they act as a bridge between the government and the people. Previously there was no community centres
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    Lock icon Coroner told of truck's odd steering
    154 3 9 A military truck control while negotiating a bend, the Coroner's Court wa« told yesterday. As a result of the accident a soldier. Sim Bow Jee, 19 was killed. One of the survivors, 2nd Lieut. Choo Teck Huat, 21 said there were 30 others
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    Lock icon Helicopters 'make the scene'
    143 3 Helicopter hire service now in Singapore providing invaluable. timeHaving services io the marine, tourist and general Industrie,, here. Helicopter Services (Pte) Ltd., a half-million dollar Joint venture between the private sector and Singapore Government is the first helicopter charter service company established in the Republic. Mr.
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    Lock icon ENGINEER TELLS HOW BOY SURVIVED
    451 3 Jammed lift tragedy inquiry ASSISTANT Coroner Mr. Chan Chee Pew yesterdoy recorded a verdict of death by misadventure on two boys who fell while trying to escape from a jammed lift. The boys, Sng Hock Hua, 6, and Ong Seow Chong, 10, died on November
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    Lock icon Cancelled flight
    58 3 Air India flight AI 1098 scheduled for departure from here at 7.20 p.ra wag cancelled last night This was ordered by Air India headquarters at Bombay following a strike b v the airline officials. The airline's local spokesman said that th« full rapacity of Mo passengers On the
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      147 3 SPECIAL OFFER This ballpoint pen with built-in torch (worth $5) is FREE with every purchase ofDYIVIO M-300 Tapewriter IN 4 ATTRACTIVE COLOURS RED, GREEN, BEIGE, BLUE iZ i SINGAPORE tMi rwwWtdilr* Dymo M-300 you wi make Wtching label* on the spot In «#condv You actually wort with pkMurr In organulnQ.
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    Lock icon Veteran plane retired
    95 4 A veteran aircraft, later model of Britetal first flghter Jet ued suceessfofty against Hitler's Doodlebuv <•- rise World War II ku bee* pat in e«M storage. The aircraft. Meteor Jet "Victor Whiskey 487" of the Far Bast Air Force, has made its last flight a photographic sortie
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    Lock icon Malaysian perfumes in the air
    58 4 KUALA LUMP UK Malaysia perfmes are expected to hof —ii iaternationaHy kaowa when they go M «i the air with Ma-laysia-Singapore Air Uaes from March. Sample hottle of Malaysian perfunsea will br distributed to aK passengers M MBA's iotrraaiioaal rwies and the whale range of
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    Lock icon ANTI-RED PROPOSALS
    29 4 KUCHING Proposals for an overall long-term strategy to fight the communist menace in Sarawak have been finalised, the Chief Minister. Dato Haji Abdul Rahman Yakub, disclosed yesterday
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    Lock icon TEACHERS RESIGN OVER PAY SCHEME
    257 4 KUALA LUMPUR Disparity in salary schemes have generated frustration and concern among teachers In Malaysia, resulting in some leaving the once "noble'' profession. Such dissatisfaction, though not new, was highlighted again when the Aziz Teachers Salaries Commission reconvened here yesterday. Ono teacher had resigned out
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    Lock icon Emergency games prove successful
    319 4 ITUALA LUMPUR The countrywide Public Order Exercise Pox Doftor which began on Tuesday to test co-ordinated action between the police, military and civil authorities in time of emergency concluded yesterday with satisfactory results. Incidents simulated by state ona district control centres were based on corefully worked
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    Lock icon Razak in Jakarta
    82 4 JAKARTA Malaysian Prime Minister Tun Abrial Razak arrived la Indonesia «oda T to receive warm "good neirhbour" wrtcom e by Indonesian President Suharto. A lJ>-gu n salute boomed across Jakarta's Kemajoran airport to greet the leader of Indonesia's closest friend and ally. It was Tun Razak's fourth
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    Lock icon Talks on baying trade fair ship
    54 4 KUALA LUMPUR Malaysia is negotiating the purchase of the 12,-600-ton "Sakura Mam/* Japan's industrial floating fair ship. The vessel, displaying over 11,000 Japanese products ran gin* from heavy machinery to consumer items has berthed at Port Swettenham in the course of its current tour
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    Lock icon Malaysia to hold currency display
    381 4 KUALA LUMPUR The types of currency used m the slates of east and west Malaysia over the past 500 years will be among the exhibits at the "World Coins and Currency" exhibition to be held at Museum Negara in March next year. The exhibition, the
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    Lock icon FILIPINO SENATOR IS IMPRESSED BY LOCAL FEATS
    226 5 Senator Helena Benites had glowing praise for Singapore's achievements yesterday. "The Singapore Government is ahead of most of the problems that citieg face," she pointed out. "So in the years to come when other cities ar e still tackling their problems Singapore will
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    Lock icon More CPF inspectors to catch offenders
    156 5 THE Central Provident Fund Board will recruit more inspectors next month to erack down on recalcitrant employers. The number of C.P.F. inspectors will be increased by 25 per cent to cope up'with commercial and industrial expansion in Singapore. The CP.F. inspectors have been busy
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    Lock icon Rubber technology record: UK PRAISES OUR HIGH STANDARD
    215 5 SINGAPORE'S high standard of rubber technology stands out like a beacon, it was stated yesterday. The tribute came from the London Council of the Institution of the Rubber Industry and was conveyed by Mr. Teo Choo Kiat, Chairman of the Singapore Sec
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    Lock icon GOVERNOR RAPS SINGAPORE
    95 5 JAKARTA South Sumatra Governor Asnawi Mangkualan has accused Singapore rubber traders of trying to maintain the imports of low-grade rubber from Sumatra bv investing in remllling plants there which produce only low-quality rubber. Addressing a meet- ing of the Indonesian Press Council in the South Sumatra capi-
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    94 5 KABUL Singapore yesterday reserved its position on two main concrete proposals for Asian economic co-ope-ration before the Ministerial Council Meeting of the Ecafe. Ambassador P. Commaraswamy explained that It would be premature to make any decision on the idea of an Asian clearing union designed to enable ECAFE
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    Lock icon Escaped prisoner gives himself up
    78 5 One of four convicts at large after escaping from the medium security prison at Changi surrendered to prison authorities yesterday. A police spokesman said Chua Ah Hock. 18, surrendered at Queenstown Remand Prison. Chua and two other men escaped from Changi on November 30. The
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      65 5 RELIANCE CONTRACTORS (PTE) LTD. congratulates the JURONG TOWN CORPORATION on the official opening of the JORONG TOWN PIER by the HONOURABLE MR. HON $Ol SEN. MINISTER FOR FIHAHCE. We are proud to have been entrusted with the piling work and construction of the entire jetty RELIANCE CONTRACTORS v (PTE) LTD.
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    Lock icon Let Asian politics evolve without interference
    544 6 YORK A truly neutral Southeost Asia would be the best hope for peace in the area, and best could be achieved if the area developed as it saw fit, with* outside help but no interference, William P. Bundy said in the lead article in
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    Lock icon New plans to find bodies from ferry
    243 6 SEOUL National Police Headquarters said th e ferry boat Namyongho which sank off the southern coast of Ko*ea early Tuesday actually carried 334 persons, three more than originally confirmed. On this basis, 317 persons are still missing in the waters some 100 miles
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    Lock icon Minister quits the cabinet
    88 6 RAWALPINDI Pakistan's controversial Minister of Information, Maj.-Gea. Nawabzada Mohammed Sher AU Khan, has resigned from the martial law cabinet. Informed sources said Sher Ali, who used his position to preach the Islamic ideology, was forced out alter Pakis- tani voters repudiated religious parties in the Dec.
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    Lock icon Rescuers link with troops in blasted village
    204 6 PHNOM PENH More than 2,000 South Vietnamese paratroopers have now linked up with the remnants of the Cambodian forces which defended the now completely destroyed village of Prey Totung, which was the scene of one of the fiercest battles of the Cambodian war.
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    Lock icon U.S. to reduce Seventh Fleet 'soon'—Paper
    242 6 TOKYO America's Seventh Fleet in the Pacific will be cut back drastically and ■ost of its skips are expected to be withdrawn from Japan in the sear future, a Japanese newspaper said yesterday. The Sankei Shim bun said the fleet will be reduced by
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    480 8 Emergency landing by jumbo jet LONDON Engine trouble over the Atlantic has forced a Boeing 747 jumbo jet to land in Scotland during a flight from Los Angeles to London. The Pan American Airway's craft was carrying 150 passengers and a crew of 18. It took 70
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    Lock icon Massive slicks at sea annually
    228 8 T>OME More than a mil- lion tons of oil ore spilled into the sea each year, a conference on marine pollution has been told. Thomas Pross, *an official of the Maritime Administration of the U.S. Department of Commerce, disclosed that a 1967 survey had estimated
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    Lock icon ANGRY POLES ON RAMPAGE
    47 8 Polish crowds, infuriated with recent food price rises, smash and loot shops in Gdansk, 200 miles north-west of Warsaw. They also stoned communist headquarters and set Are to shops and cars. The outbreaks took place in 3 northern Polish cities.—(UPl radiophoto). UPI radiophoto.
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    Lock icon HEATH AND NIXON REVIEW RELATIONS
    208 8 WASHINGTON President Nixon and Prime Minister Heath yesterday began the first full-scale review of Anglo-American relations since the Conservatives won power in London six months ago. Their talks were expected to range over East-West relations, NATO and European defence, co-operation In other area£ such as
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    Lock icon TIGHT SECURITY IN PHNOM PENH
    36 8 PHNOM PENH Cambodia has ordered a strict system of house-to-house surveillance to check terrorism and infiltration into Phrtom Penh. The city already has tight curfew conditions for both Cambodians and foreigners.
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    Lock icon Lillian's condition 'critical'
    114 8 ROTTACH-EGERN. West Germany British athlete Lillian Board, fightins (or her life in the Ringberg Cancer Clinic, was still on the critical list yesterday. However, she was able to autograph a picture of herself for an English social club. A clinic spokesman announced her grave condition had not
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    Lock icon PRO-FRANCO RALLY IN MADRID
    171 8 MADRID Spanish right-wing patriots were given the go-ahead for a pro-Franco rally yesterday. Meanwhile, a further delay in the verdicts at the Burgos military trial of 16 basques has kept tension in Spain at high pitch. Spanish ex-servicemen. Including old-style Flanagist Civil War veterans, have received
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    Lock icon SENATE'S NEGLECT OF VITAL U.S. BILLS ANNOYS NIXON
    318 9 WASHINGTON The U.S. Seriate plodded on with the debate on the merits of on American f >ersonic airliner yesterday while President Nixon fretted in the House over its inactivity on other vital legislation. He hos threatened to coll Congress bock into special
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    Lock icon Climb inches off
    56 9 There's nothing like mountain climbing to keep the waistline trim, says Mitch Michaud <above). According to him it takes up twice as many calories as tennis playing. Mitch is a member of the Himalayan Backpacking Advisory Staff and has just finished scaling the highest peaks in all
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    Lock icon New indictments for 3 from Manson clan
    199 9 LOS ANGELES The Los Angeles County Grand Jury have indicted three members of the Manson "family" for murdering film stmt man Donald Shea, 40, in August fast year hut ordered the names of the charged trio kept secret. The identity of two of
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    Lock icon Priest, 2 others convicted of Aramburu kidnap
    138 9 BUENOS AIRES A panel or Judges have found three people, including a En—an Catholic priest, guilty of charges in (-flaaectian with the kidnapping of former President Pedro Eugenio Aramburu. Hie body of the 65-year-old retired army GfMtal, was fo«nd buried is the sellar
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    Lock icon RESPONSIBLE OPPOSITION
    679 10 I rihtir J °SJakarta, Mr. Rahim fniM rot statle for Foreign Afberi'i S th?; oP 1 lmpo f tant thin to rememDer is that Singapore Is fundamentally not a w£ii By !JS m Jt ls a multi-party sysfK th is 13 true of the Political system, the actual
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    Lock icon TAXI!
    813 10  -  By Max Lerner NEW YORK Whenever New York is in the throes of a taxi strike, the half commanding, half pleading cry Taxi! strangely stilled, and the city ceases to be what it was. Given the crazy on-the-minute timing of modern life, the taxi is one of those expensive
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    Lock icon Why to wear 'crash helmets'?
    748 10 LETTERS I SHALL be very grateful if you publish this for the benefit of all motor-cyclists. It is totally unjustified and inadvisable for the government to impose the ruling that all motor-cyclists and scooterists should wear 'Crash Helmets' from Jan 1971 onwards. The blame should
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    Lock icon STRAYED: A BATTERED PALE PINK CHRISTMAS CASUALTY
    624 12/13  -  THE MORNNG AFTER with Weatherbee Wong IT'S JINGLE BELLS time but the SANDBOYS at the PINK PUSSYCAT were taking it r-e-a-1 cool the other night "Dreamin' of a White Christmas." And the TOPCATS draged, waltzing their wav to eternity all 'cause there weren't
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      341 12/13 "MIL BESOS" A thousand, Thousand kisses to LOS CAMPEROS. versatile trio of Spanish. actlatee brought back by popular tco:t;m. Their Bery show of fast moving flamencos. Mexican (oik songs and igs and dance* and moving Spanish love tonga, la on for a very short extended season so If you haven't
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      94 12/13 mftftig Vy^y •/> Me /itf/ huj -/yf* 4&*s/'&r. **l+l jpcJ. WaC c/ /L# ?fs A Cea/cf i>£ a*yK> **J a. am*<l 4U4+. Wn&v* ly% /Lcr y rf* w y&. MIXED PLATE Fillet Steak Pork Chop lamb Chop Sausages Every Saturday SIRLOIN STEAK $9OO $9.00 Sunday T BONE steak 9 riTTvri
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      21 12/13 iy I'V*ff yr* L m T I 3-A. CUSCAOEN ROAO i SINGAPORE W. TEL: 3700 3p.m. to 2a.m. (NO COVER CHARGEi
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      76 12/13 PONGGOL (AIR-CONDITIONED) RESTAURANT fir NITE-CLUB TRACK 24. PONGGOL ROAD. Hi mj*. Singapore. 19. TEL:" *****4 (3 LINES) SWAN NITE-CLUB, RESTAURANT COFFEE-HOUSE Chinese European Cuisine Gr Sea-Food Open Daily From 10.00 a.m. to 1.00 a.m. Weekends Or Holidays, Extension To 2.00 a.m. BOATEL: BOATS FOR HIRE SPECIAL CHRISTMAS OFFER CHRISTMAS EVE
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      53 12/13 22 carat Scotch r n s ""II i J&B Rare-rare as in golcL Pale, as in gold. Pure, as ingoldl Finer in blende Finer in taster Smooth, not rougK. Pale, not dar&t .With yet a silky strength that belies its gentle nature. AG J B Rare. As in gold. JB
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      93 12/13 JOHN CULVERT CHRISTMAS SPECTACULAR I •Girt Hfcot I'rum ('•anon Lad* (iodiva ,fS V'A THE GREATEST MAGIC EXTRAVAGANZA EVER Hall) 8.30 p.m. Matinees: Hats., Suns. Holidays 4 Oft p.m. available at National Theatre Box Office (10 a in. 0 B.m dally Including una. Holidays), Cold Storage; OK. Tang and Roplnsons. Evening
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    939 14  - Pork, punch pheasant THE REVELRIES Jk f] hjsd By Fred Mpanga, Gamini Seneviratne Food and fun characterised Christmas even before the 25th of December was universally recognised as Hie day for the festival of Hie nativity of Christ. Prynne, the 17th Century English Puritan, describes the day as being spent
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    Lock icon Abbreviated briefs don't go unnoticed
    264 14  -  DATELINE By Ele, Walt Dulaney Dear Wait: What do you think of a gay who wears those bikini styled, coloured undershorts? Observer. Dear Observer: I'd assume such a guy liked the fit of the shorts or found that they wer e more practical because the*
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    Lock icon Bares clues to aching back
    454 14  -  Doctor turns detective By LAWRENCE E. LAMB, M.D. Dear Dr. Lamb I have a back ailment from an accident and i would like to know if there is a back doctor or can I get rid of the pain that is agonising me? I am
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    Lock icon They socked it to her-Now she socks it away
    531 15  - They socked it to herNow she socks it away By Dick Kleiner, Laugh-ln's days may be numbered the bloom is definitely off the peoch but that show will always be rem e m bered when TV's history is written. It created stars, man, great big stars. One such is little
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      294 15 mmw ORGANISATION I It O .*****4 OPENS TODAY! 11 am. I.4ft. ft. 6.30 #l5 tummy Davis Jr., "One Mare Time" Color (UA» TOMORROW MIDNIQHTt at UOO BOX* plus Sunday 9 a.m. Show at tapltol-Lldo-Bes-Sk) -Boxy $l. 13 $3 No Pre® Liat "A Taste Of Cold Steel" (A SHAW PRODUCTION) Mandarin
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      279 15 s Mi ORGAINJISATiniM i LIEOW 1H b OPENB TODAY! 11 W, I N, «.M. I N A M Bamantha Eggar In Columbia'* "The Lady la The Car Wit* Glmhi And A Gnn" In Color Oliver Reed PanavUlon 2nd Midnight Tomorrow! UOM'i The Bona* Ot Dark Shadows" Jonathan Prld Color ORCHARD
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    133 16 Crown Prince World War II TOKYO The Imperial Household Agency expressed doubt today on the authenticity of a report that the United States planned to kidnap Japanese Crown Prince Akihito at the last stage of World War IL The report from Washington said the Americans had planned to spirit Akihito
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      773 16 77 aiies F2 a CARROLL RIGHTER'S taurus a K< gemm ffSl IS'Kfil cancer M HSiJ ri as GENERAL TENDENCIES: A day and evening to do all of the little tasks and chores that must be done. When you have them behind you be sure to take advantage of the good
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      14 16 LADIES PAY "Could you keep an/ eye on me? I don't swim vcty wcilt"
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      1107 17 today's television CHANNEL 5 Opening Announcements, followed by General Hospital. A daytime serial about the staff and the patients of a busy hospital. For The Family.' A magazine series in English. A Diary Of Events in Singapore This Week. (English). It's Happening In Singapore. A series on the life and
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    Lock icon SELETAR CAMP
    861 18 "Ma, we don't have a small tobe of tooth paste at home, can I go to the shop to get one?" 1 asked earnestly while packing and preparing eagerly for the camp. That morning was the 17th of Nov. the start of five days camping at Seletar with
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    Lock icon Picture shows strawnecked Ibis (Threskiornis spinicollis) taking flight from their rookery at dawn for the day's hunting of insect prey.
    77 18 THE rbJs rooker* at Middle Reed* Lake ■ear Reran*, in Victoria, Australia, may be the world's largest The birds number about MO,Odd and it has been estimated that they eat
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    14 18 Think all yon apeak, but speak not all you think. Patrick Delany, inventor.
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    186 18 THE Adult Education Board will be organising for the drat time in 1971 a course leading to the Higher Bchool Certificate (Commerce) examination. The 2-year Course will prepare students for the 1972 Higher School Certificate (Commerce) examination which is organised jointly by the Ministry of Education and
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    Lock icon My brave Tonnie
    319 18 Once my family had a dog named Tonnie. Everyday when I returned from school, Tonnie would wait for me. Now he is dead dead because Tonnie wanted to save a brood of chickens and he risked his life doing so. One day while at home doing my
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      178 18 ESSAY CONTEST: Rules to observe T*e Ettttra Sun's *tUy writing contest for boys and fiHs of 14 and nnder (Jnnior) and boys and firfs oror 14 (Senior) appears in this page from Monday to Friday. Ptlu money Is: $lO for Seniori and $5 to* |union tot *V*ry IJUV oofcluheO All
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    Lock icon Sentosa shares jump above par
    321 20 CENTOSA made it again by jumping above par on the floors of the Stock Exchange of Malaysia and Singapore yesterday. Sine# the move adopted by the exchange to curb excessive speculation most operators have lost confidence in this one dollar share thus cou;ing hectic erosion
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    Lock icon Rubber 51 3/4 cts.
    254 20 January first grade rubber buyer* doted at 5 p.m. in Singapore and Kuala Lumpur yesterday at 51-3/4 cent, per lb., down 1/8 C the previous close. The tone of Hie nuirtict was quiet. A thin and slow morning session was lacking a trading stimulus. The market
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    56 20 (Manager Prices for Dec. 18) ASIA UNIT TKIHTS M Invest Fund 1.18 1.23 M'fcla Pro*. 1.03 1.08 rilAKTKKtl) I'M'I TRC8TS SO- Sand .99 1 04 MNUAPDKK I'M'I TRI'STS fnd S*pore 1.87 Srd S'nore Com. Ind. 1.19 .97 1.9'ixd The MVIDI Fund 1.01 1.9« 8.P. Fund f)ft 1.00 (Manager
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    Lock icon PRICE OF TIN FURTHER DOWN
    103 20 LONDON A further decline in the price of tin on the market here Wednesday brought its rate down to within the price rtinge where the industry's buffer stock manager hag automatic authority to buy in the metal for his stockpile. Only a few weeks ago
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    39 20 NEW YORK —Dow Jones closing averages Wednesday on the New York Stock Exchange: 90 Industrial 819.07 20 Rails 157.05 15 Utilities 118.13 65 Stocks 261.71 40 Bonds 68.09 Commodity futures index 145.13 up 0.71. a a a
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    89 20 THE BOOB price* Klnnport (hlnnt Ksrhange yrttrrdaj at tnc Prodnor wa»> Coronal Oil <f o.b.) bulk eooo Coronal on <f.o.b.) dram 62.80 Mlird Copra S8.00 1 Muntok whit* Prppet «fO-b.) A8TA 100% NWL 182 .AO Sarawak Whit* Prpprr (fob) M% N W.L. 172.80 Sarawak Hprclai Black Prpprr If.O. It.)
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    112 20 HONG KONG Yesterday's 5 p.m. currency rates (supplied by Foreign Exchange and Investment Ltd.): (Buyers) (Sellers) 196 197 per 100 Straits dollars 146 148 per 1.000 Taiwan dollars 6.76 6.775 per Australian dollar 340 360 per 1.000 Burmese kyats 455 475" per 1.000 Indian rupees 149 164 per
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    665 20 BID and offer prices officially listed at the close of business in the Singapore and KuaJa Lumpur trading rooms of the Stock Exchange vesterda<r INDUSTRIALS AMCA 1.23 1-26 Aiinomoto 1.85 2.10 Alcan 1.27 1.30 Allied Choc. 2.61 2.66 Ben. .85 .88 Berjaya 1.69 1.10 Borneo 1-57 1.59 Boostead
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    778 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 nnits unless otherwise specified INDUSTRIALS A lean $1.28 (1); Ben 86 cts (1); Berjaya $lO6 (3) $lO7 (l) si.oe
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    389 21 gYDNEY Although heavyweights yesterday provided o solid base for improvement in the mining section of Sydney Stock Exchange, share levels for the speculative section slumped badly. Speculative nickels were particularly hard hit with a great number posting large foils. Medutlurrs slumped $l-20 to $2.15 after
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    314 21 The first NCR Century 100 computer for Singapore is now being Insta led in Gammon's offices on Bukit Timah Road. The computer, which Is one of the most powerful In South-east Asia, will be used by Gammon's to provide them with a fully-Inte-grated Total Management
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