Eastern Sun, 17 March 1971

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  • 23 1 EASTERN SUN iMamre's own national daily Final edition 10 cents E»»d. 1966 Vol. 5 No. 1597 Wednesday, March 17, 1971 M.C. (P) 2510
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  • 280 1 A pet dffr yrslfrday gored a 62-year-old factory hand to death at Hill View Avenue in District 23. The animal is one of the four pet deer at the factory. It attacked Siew Kim Tiong after he stopped it from eating the
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  • 484 1 SINGAPORE'S severe teocher shortage will not improve for at least another three years. Behind the shortage is the Ministry of Education's refusal to accept unqualified candidates. Parliament was told yesterday. The Ministry will not stand ards drop. Education Minister Lim Kim San, said.
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  • 179 1 Two left-wing Japanese student plane hijackers may be hiding m Singapore, UPI reported last night. A former Japanese Navy intelligence officer made the claim in Kobe, Japan, the report said. The agency said Japanese police have not decided to ask Singapore authorities to Investigate. A police
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    • 129 1 Corneal Micro Lens Consultants (Tb* moai scientifically advanced modern contact lenae«> ORIENTAL OPTICAL CO. (OPTOMfTRISTS 6 OPTICIANS) 34b North Bridge tUmd lei ***** (Oopoelte Odeoo Theatre) 162 South Bridge Road Tel: ***** 22) Outran Park Tel: ***** Singapore r 3, c- '■r*i ;■&•,V>. x;: "< mm another great foundation We
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  • 270 2 Coroner returns open verdict A FLAT tyre caused a collision between a car and a bus, killing six people, a Coroner's Court was told yesterday. "This was due to a nail which had pierced the tube of the tyre/' a transport expert
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  • 292 2 A dumb spinster only shook her head yesterday when asked what she was doing with a man who had entered her flat before he plunged to his death. This happened during a Coroner's Court inquiry into the death of Tan Koon San,
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  • 164 2 Police have arrested two women confidence tricksters and recovered jewellery and clothes worth $lB,OOO. Police said the women, both 35. cheated several housewives In Oeylang Serai last month. They asked the housewives to loan them Jewellery for Malay weddings. They promised to return the Jewellery,
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  • 34 2 KUALA LUMPUR The Royal Malaysian Navy this year will get a squadron of fast mis-sile-equipped patrol boats from Franee. The Deputy Minister of Defence, Tunku Ahmad Rithauddeen said this yesterday.
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  • 158 2 Four men are to stand trial for the armed fane robbery of $94,883 in watches from Lee Chay and Company on January 1. They are Ho Su Kong alias Kaw Chee, Tan Kim Poh alias Siaw Llm Sect (both 25), Llm Ah lluat alias
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  • 107 2 The oil price situation in Singapore is "▼ery touchy," a spokesman for British Petroleum said yesterday. He wa s speaking to the Eastern SIIN about the expected forthcoming increase in the price of oil and petrol. Oil companies are expected to announce the
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  • Page 2 Miscellaneous
    • 105 2 IB_l SINGAPORE TOWN 1.11 a.m. (9.2 ft 7.21 am. (1.5 ft); 1 53 pm. (8 ft.); 7.26 pm. (3.4 ft). TOMORROW 1.38 am. (9.1 ft.); 8.03 am. (1.5 ft.): 2.34 pm. (7.4 ft 7.54 pm. (3.9 ft) NAVAL DOCKYARD 1.30 am (10.5 ft.); 7.16 am. (2 ft.); 2.03 pm. (9.8
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  • 353 3 Screamed, kicked police court told women staged a sit-in, shouted at police and distributed pomJ phlets to motorists, the Fifth Magistrate's Court was told yesterday. The sit-in in front of the City Hall caused a traffic jam along St Andrew's Road, police claimed.
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  • 227 3 Lack of drmini; room facilities at Farrer Park Is forcing players to change In full virw of the public. The President of the Burnley Sports Club, Mr Dennis Tan. disclosed thi s yesterday. Mr Tan appealed to the Ministry of Social Affairs to provide more
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  • 86 3 BUS companies which failed to replace overage buses would be fined $2,000 for each bus not replaced. The Minister for Commun cations, Mr atuujt NjuJl Lin. said yesterday after his third quarterly meeting with 37 directors of the four bus companies. In a press release he
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  • 123 4 Li viae tear Collyer Quay can be a pretty dampen inr experience, as these pic tares show. Whenever there is a very hi«h tide, shops and hones la several streeta are badly flooded. The booses are la Boon Tat Street Robinson Road. Cecil
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  • 291 4 minister yesterdoy told Parliament about the problems in trying to moke Singapore a garden city. "We have made some mistakes," the Minister for Law and National Development. Mr E. W. Barker said. He was replying to questions Dy MPs Mr N. Govtndasamy (Telok Blangah)
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  • 119 4 FOOD glorious FOOD Be good-hearted to your f ami I y today—give thrm ox heart for dinner. At only $1 a pound it's today's best bay. Today's prices (in pounds unless otherwise mentioned): VEGETABLES Australian lettuee $175 Green peas $1.30 Carrots $0 5# a kt. Kane kong
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  • 108 4 Charlie Bee, the man wlio organises beauty contests. is holding court today in room 727 of the Hotel Malaysia. He's looking for a beautiful Singapore girl be twee n the ages of 17 and 20 to take part in th e Miss Young International Contest in
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    • 132 4 mitZ-Jumsmr /nac^ieM Th« -YOUTH" Maguine G PO Box 145 Singapore 1. O! Have you heard of Midsummer madness? Well, that is when the. patient gets high temperature, a pale face and cold feet. 9 ur Business Manager has just contracted this disease and he is offering an unbelievable bargain for
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  • 204 5 Two nurses miraculously escaped being crushed to death between two cars in a triple smash in Victoria Street yesterday. They leaped for their lives as one of the vehicles hurtled towards them as they stood by another car. It brushed their legs, Injuring
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  • 265 5 PX-PROBATIONARY Inspector Amanur Rahman, 24 was jailed tor seven years in the High Court yesterday for raping a teenage girl in j hotel he raided last year. Mr Justice Choor Singh, after a threeday trial, described his conduct a s "most shocking. The ex-inspector
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    • 154 5 Australian engineering equipment goes everywhere >h \vS X i mi) .*mr Aesgp i •i T* r 4* What's In Australia for you A vast range of engineering machinery designed for precision and built for dependability. This Is the machinery that equips Australia's 62,500 factories and helps develop Australia's huge mineral
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  • 157 6 KHE SANH, South Vietnam Heavy communist bombardment forced South Vietnamese troops to abandon a strategic artillery base in Laos yesterday. Sources said antiaircraft Are In the area of Flrebase Lulu was Intense. It it the second time in four days that the South Vietnamese have
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  • 31 6 UNITED NATIONS UNICEF, the United Nations chlldrenr fund, set Itself an annual Income yesterday of BS3OO million bjr 1975 almost twice the figure (or last year.
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  • 49 6 This sign is a common enough sight to motorists. But in this case it conveys the grim reality of the Laotian war. Two U.S. soldiers patrol the perimeter of the airbase at Kh« Sanh, main support point for the South Vietnamese push into Laos.
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  • 273 6 TOULOUSE, France Four hostages seized by a fourman gang fro flee a bank holdup wifrh police standing by have been released, police announced yesterday. They said the bandits also abandoned the two cars police supplied them in return for the hostages safety. The hostages,
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  • 126 6 BANGKOK Two Thai fishermen described yesterday that their trawler was rammed and saak by a Burmese warship N Saturday aifht. They said they evaded mackiaegvn fire and clun< to wooden crates for niae hoars before being rescued. Samrerac Raangsoiabun, 33, said he saw the
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  • 124 6 TOKYO Commanist China yesterday announced the launching of its second earth satellite on March 3. The annoancement, coming 13 days after the United States re- ported Peking had sent its man-made moon into space, said the earth aatellite Is "now continuing the planned work of scientific
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  • 151 6 HONG KONG A young Australian came to Hong Kong with the intention of killing British-born scientist, the prosecution alleged in the Supreme Court yesterday The prosecution said the Australian. Graham Edwards. 2t. of Perth, wanted to do this because of his friendship with the
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  • 311 6 TOKYO Officials of nine Asian nations have opened a three-day meeting on the establishment of the Asia Economic Development Promotion Centre. The nine nations comprises of Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia, Cambodia. Laos, the PhilipCnes, South Vietnam, Thaind and Japan. MEXICO CITY a gane of North Korea-trained saboteurs plotting
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  • 183 7 No room in the car... f OS ANGELES A 21-year-old girl member of the Manson "family" has told the Sharon Tate murder trial "I would have kiHed that night except that I didn't go...they didn't need me." Cothy Gillis, soys she did
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  • Article, Illustration
    52 7 Nearly hidden by a jeepful of WAC's is Gary Price of Milford, Kentucky. He is Hie only male driver assigned to the WAC company at Fort Knox. However, he isn't as lucky as he seems to be. One qualification for the }ob is that the driver must
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  • 111 7 JAKARTA The United States and Indonesia yesterday agreed on the rescheduling of Indonesian debts totalling *****.8 million. This includes interest Incurred during the regime of former President Sukarno. The agreement was signed by David Kennedy, special envoy of President Nixon and Foreign Minister Adam Malik.
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  • 153 7 DACCA President Tahjt Khan ud Kast Pakistani leader Sheikh Mujibur Rehman yesterday bee an talks to ease the explosive polities! crisis. The two leaders net alone in the President's house in Dacca without aides. Rehman told newsacen after the 24-hour meeting that he discussed
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  • 129 8 VARESE. Italy. A court has awarded a 14-year-old girl SsBs,000 damages after convicting a woman of turning her Into a prostitute. Italians dubbed the notorious case 'The Lolita Affair.'' The damages must be paid by the woman, Giuliana Maluganl, her boyfriend Luciano Vero Fiore and 15
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  • 291 8 jpORT BENNING, Georgia A six-man jury in the court martial of Lieutenant William Calley is now considering its verdict on the My Lai massacre. Yesterday marked the third anniversary of the shooting. The prosecutor has demanded the death penalty for the 27-year-old lieutenant.
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  • 104 8 CAPE KENNEDY, Florida Apollo 15's moon car has arrived at the launch site. This is an Important step toward the July 2$ start of America's next and most ambitious moon expedition. The four-wheeled, battery-powered lunar rover was shipped to the Kennedy Space centre 16 days
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  • 115 8 BELFAST, Northern Ireland The Northern Ireland Government has offered a $375,000 for information leading to the conviction of the murderers of three British soldiers. The offer, could break the wall of silence which hag halted murder enquiries. The three soldiers two of them
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  • 80 8 Here's (he answer to those who have no time to co to church tho church goes to them. This is the novel idea of Malcolm Bertram* pastor of the Community Church of Syosset, Long Island. New York. He is seen delivering his sermon aboard the
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  • Page 8 Miscellaneous
    • 105 8 iffi $20,000 WON! IN THE LAST SUNDAY'S DRAW NO: Xo/71 COUPON SOLD BY: AGENT NO: 327-05; 697 SEMBAWANG ROAD SINCArORE POOLS (PTE) LTD. 1-4 rntCIVAI ROAD SINCAPOM 6 P.O. BOX 2141 C A N? 45^9131 KB* EmuKncj mm mm&mm DJ s □□Una Q mm* in m EJ Q* El HI
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  • A PLACE IN THE SUN
    • 636 9  -  laurielee Roy Rugdee's intuition was working well yesterday when wolked into his astrology bureou in Bras Bosoh Rood. For some reason he was a Journalist, although j <l.d not Intend to tell him. Mr Rugdee deals in Oriental TTial astrology "for amazing revelations and problems solved
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    • 44 9 When Mary (right) and Madeleine were children they looked •o much alike even their mother could not tell them apart. These days, apparently their boyfriends can't either, and the philosophy seems to be "share and share alike."
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  • 527 10 gCIENCE and Technology Minister Toh Chin Chye's opinions on the existence of a red light area In Singapore and the open practice of the world's oldest profession were pragmatic. Religious leaders who were contacted for their comments, somewhat surprisingly, did not take a high puritanical tone. So it Is
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  • 1280 10  -  By Lucian Pye Professor of Political Science at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and chairman of the Social Science Research Council's Comparative Politics committee. Communist China tidies up after the disarray of the Cultural Revolution, we should prepare for a new phase in its relations
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  • SUN SCOPE

  • 30 12/13 IT'S never too early to play "mother" specially when your young brother is upset and needs comforting. This girl soon brings a smile to her brother's face.
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  • 477 12/13 Y RED summit for a tightening of bloc alignments is being arranged in Moscow to coincide with the Soviet Communist Party Congress, due to start on March 30, diplomatic sources say. The Kremlin, uneasy over recent bloc developments, is anxious for closer
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  • 709 12/13 T ONDON's Central Criminal Court, better known through*J out the world as The Old Boiley, will soon have another chapter added to a history which goes back more than 400 years. A new wing, to be called the South Block, is
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  • 445 12/13 WITH his slough hat and official silver badge, Bennett is one of the full-blooded Australian Aborigines who track down criminals for police in Darwm, Australia. He helps constable Roy Harvey to cover a beat of 3,000 square miles in Australia's barren outback. Aborigine
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  • 891 14  -  relax By JEFF PIKE T OOK of your hands. Look of your foot. You are looking at the Hidden You! You reveal your Inner psychology a 100 times every day usually without realising It. Brea the way yon use your body
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  • 609 15  -  Grizzly bears job is to maul a fur trapper, and he takes it to heart A dangerous, temperamental actor... Jim Odgers surly grizzly bear who eats cigarettes is the most temperamental actor in a film being made near this tiny village 30 miles
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  • Page 15 Miscellaneous
    • 206 15 #SSE3K7 ORGANISATION LIDO 37.1414 NKXT CHANOK' Brian Keith. Helmut Orleni The MCKENZIE BREAK" ID Color I United Artuttai (A I 1 I TO I 'JH7r>ll LAST DAT! No Free List II w. I .St. 4. 6.45 (M pa Iwy Lin« Po -THE SILENT LO>l lA BHAW PRODUCTION Mandarin to SCOOT
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    • 175 15 iGAPOiSATiqr CATHAY .13-100] LAST DATI 11 Mi IM. «.M 1 Walk Tlm lireuorv feci PaoeVUlcc A Columbia Picture id Oolor riTa-'W tHtati OOEON ORCHARD LAST DA*I (No Prwe Lutl iIAHH BOOKINGS OM»i Hath Tfccatree Ikoai ODKONi U a.m. I N I.KMI OECHABOi U Mi.. I M. 1 I t.U Ooldeo
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  • 468 16  -  ANN LANDERS DEAR ANN: My younger sister <»ge 22) is expecting her first child. She is in her third month and very happy about it. When I asked who was he* doctor she told me she feels fine and sees no point in going to a
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  • Page 16 Miscellaneous
    • 735 16 TAURUS CEMN CANCER CARROLL RIGHTER"* GENERAL TENDENCIES: You have a good chance now to think oat the ways and means by which you can have the right school of thought under which to live. This could mean doing those things and seeing those persons who live under a different code
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  • 411 17 HOLLYWOOD The two headlined lures drawing crowds from all over the world to Las Vegas are dice and girls mostly m that order. The galloping ivories perform routine duties night and day across the green felt tables, and no complaints. But as for the stately
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  • Page 17 Miscellaneous
    • 837 17 today's tekvian TV SINGAPURA CHANNEL 5 OPENINC ANNOUNCEMENTS. followed by HOUSEWIVES' MATINEE "The Story Of Mr Ong" (Part 1 of a Hokklen Film) with English Subtitles FOR THE FAMILY A magazine Series Presented In Chinese A DIARY OF EVENTS IN SINCAPORE THIS WEEK (Chinese) DAYS OF OUR LIVES A dramatic
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    • 17 17 Carol Burnett it back with her show this evening good viewing on Channel 5 at 9.10 pm.
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  • YOUNG SUN
    • 593 18 "rPHE Apple Dream Is Over." That last Beatles' album really did end up A os o cheapskate epitaph, a cardboard tombstone, a sad and tatty end to the group who had taken popular music and turned it on its head around the world.
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    • 339 18  -  By Platter Pete BEE GEES: TWO YEARS ON (Polydor). It's about two years since squabbles among the B«« Gees ended up in Hie break-up of the Brothers Gribb. Now that they're together again they've commemor a ted the event with a new album appropriately
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    • 135 18 What a sorry state of affairs the once phenomenal Beatles have to resort to such ■npleasantries. Bat 1 still consider Individual talents invaluable. If only they would make up instead of break op. Like they say, all good things must come to an end. Please address all letters to
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  • 81 19 A striking outfit consisting of a blouse in brown and orange printed worsted wool challis, worn under a short-sleeved jacket in pure orange wool linen weave. The slit skirt is done in worsted wool lightweight natte. Brown Roman sandafs complete the outfit. A slightly see-through evening outfit
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  • 348 19  -  By Florence de Santis ONE of the advantages of having e 40year cr-reer as one of the world's top couturiers, first in Paris and then in New York, is that you don't have to turn cartwheels over every twist of fashion. For Moinbocber, shorts are
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  • commercial and industrial
    • 222 20 After a weak opening several shares revived to close marginally higher on the day in the Stock Exchange of Malaysia and Singapore yesterday The overall market was still steady with turnover we 1 g h 1 n R heavier to 1.3 million units at the official close.
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    • 282 20 April first grade rubber buyers closed at 5 pm in Singapore and Kuala Lumpur yesterday at 104.75 cents per kilo. The tone of the market was quiet. London followed fully on yesterday's gains here an<j opening quotations were some one cent above last night's highest price.
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    • 61 20 THfc noon prtcea 8ln(aporc hlnfw Kkchant* remerdaj at tb* Product WM> a S. Coconut OH balk 87.60 Coconut OH |t4.b.) drum 00.00 Corpra 85.00 Muntok White ftEWV"* 177JJO Sarawak White Pepper 96% 16? .8* Sarawak Special Black Mi NLR. 162.60 Sarawak Aata SSV" 186.00 ???*>*"" 110.00 AJ* 1 (OffN
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    • 119 20 HONG KONG Yesterday's 5 pm currency rates (supplied by Foreign Exchange and Investment Ltd.): (Bayers) (Sellers) 195.20 196.20 per 100 straits doll art 147 149 per 1.000 Taiwan dollar* 6.755 6.775 per Australian dollar 340 360 per 1.000 Burmese kyats 460 480 per 1.000 Indian rupees 150 165
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    • 685 20 BID and offer price* officially listed at the close of business ID the Singapore and Kuala Lumpur trading rooms of the Stock Exchange vesterda* INDUSTRIALS ACMA 1.38 1.40 AJinomoto 1 90 Alcan 142 1.44 Allied Choc. 2.75 2.85 Ben 1.22 1.26 Berjaya 1 20 1.21 Borneo 1 92
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    • 845 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 onits unless otherwise specified INDUSTRIALS ACMA $l3B (1); Ben )1.22 (1); Berjaya $l2O (17); Borneo $193 <7>; C. Sugars
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    • 136 21 An electric hand dryer, made in neavy duty plastic, and designed (or use in washrooms to replace paper or roller towels, is being manufactured in Australia by A.E.M. Co. Ptv. Ltd. of Sydney. Known as the "Air Towel," the unit is designed to provide an hygienic service
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    • 348 21 SYDNEY Buyers moved enthusiastically into leading mining issues in a slightly firmer mining market on the Sydney Stock Exchange yesterday. Solid buying In heavyweight* resulted in significant rises for Peko. New Broken Hill and Mlm. Peko rose 20 cents to $lO 60, and New Broken 15 cents
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    • 150 21 THE President of the Federation of Swiss Watch Manufacturers (FH). Mr Gerard Bauer, will arrive In Singapore on Thursdav evening for a two-day visit. Mr Bauer, who will be accompanied by the Director of Foreign Affairs of FH. Mr Nicholas von der
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    • 268 21 JOHORE BAHRU Malaysia and Singapore are expected to reap additional millions of dollars in external trade. This follows a determined move to penetrate deep into the international market by Malaysia Timber Export Industry Board. A r r a n g ements are being made to
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    • 122 21 Mr Y.W. Kuo. Senior Advisor to Irving Trust Company's Representative Office for the Republic of China arrived in Singapore yesterday accompanied by his wife. Mr Kuo is in Singapore to meet with Irving Trust's Representative here, Geoffrey CAbbott. Mr Kuo joined the Irving early
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    • 404 21 TENDER NOTICES POUS RKPAHUK 81NIIAP11U TKMH.U NOTICE TENDERS are Invited by the Commissioner of Police, Singapore (or the supply and delivery of the following items for the Polls itepabUk Slngapur»> Accoutrements and Badges. I. A Tender Deposit of $2OO/- Is required for the Tender payable to the Shroff, Finance Branch.
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  • 270 22 Trainer Mansor bin Malban's Derby candidate. SPEECHMAKFR, underlined his chances in the big race on Sunday with a splendid gallop at Bukit Timah yesterday morning. With apprentice Rafl up, he sprinted stylishly over 3f in 36 4/5 on a good track. Two other Derby contenders FLYING
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  • 120 22 LOS ANGELES Oscar Bonavena, the number two-ranked heavyweight boxing contender, suffered Injuries to his left hand and left shoulder In a minor traffic accident here early Monday. Police said Bonavena and hi s wife. Dora. 26. were in Los Angeles visiting friends when the accident occurred. They
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  • SUN SPORT
    • 334 23 GEORGETOWN Guyana Guyana led the Indian cricket tourists by 326 runs with four second innings wickets in hand at the end of the third day's play in their match here Monday. Guyana had made 206 for six at stumps, thanks to steady batting b v
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    • 172 23 The National Sports Promotion Board wil" Increase the number of grandstands for this year's Grand Prix. Four extra grandstands will be built to enable more people to see the races on the circuit. For the first time this year. commercial firms are expected to take
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    • 63 23 NEW YORK Arnold Palmer's 5590,000 first prize in this oast weekend's Florida Citrus Open boosted him into the top spot in 1971 tour earnings with *****.000. The U.S. Professional Golfer? Association reported Monday. The top five are: 1. Arnold Palmer *****.000 2. Miller Barber *****.000 3.
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    • 84 23 ANTWERP, Belgium. World cycling champion Jean -Pierre Monsere, 22. was killed Monday when a car ploughed into the leading pack of 16 cyclists during a local race here, police said. Other riders managed to swerve to safety but Monsere was hit and died *oon afterwards.
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    • 298 23 Singapore will be the first country in the world to have computerised bowling averages. The Singapore Tenpln Bowling Cong res* announced this yesterday. The President of the Singapore Tenp n Bowling Congress, Mr Peter Choo, said the BTBC would probably be the first In the world
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    • 657 23  -  By S. Selvarajoo Paul Pinkewich, 19, is among the six competitors from Australia for the 14-nation First Commonwealth Table Tennis Championships to be held here from March 20 to 25. Others are C. Wuvanich, A, Frankenbung, P. Powell, S. Kanpp, A. McMahon
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    • 173 23 COPENHAGEN Tltlekolder Ippei Kojima of Japan and Indonesia's Rudi liartono, the two top-seeds, powered their way into the quarter-flnals of the open Danish badminton tournament Monday night without loss of games. The pint-sized Kojima. however, trailed 0-7 in the opening set of his third-round match against
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  • 149 24 No withdrawal in east Jerusalem JERUSALEM Prime Minister (iolda Meir won a 62-12 vote of confidence in a stormy session of Parliament yesterday after outlining a peace platform that rules out Israeli withdrawal from east Jerusalem, the Golan Heights, the Jordan River and Sharm El Sheikh. She
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  • 201 24 The Conservative Government has narrowly escaped Parliamentary defeat because too many Conservative MPs were wining and dining. The near-upset come during a vote on on amendment to the Industriol Relotions Bill. The Bill has aroused strong trade union opposition, including strike action. The vote
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  • 39 24 TRIPOLI Representatives of the major oil companies reaffirmed their desire to reach a "reasonable agreement" on oil prices and prevent a threatened cut-off in oil supplies from the four Mediterranean oil producing states.
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  • 151 24 Guess who's blown into town? Eight young things from down-under who call themselves, of all things. "The Going Thing." The group, three girls and five boys, have just arrived from London where they have been performing at some of the top night-spots. They are doing a
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  • 28 24 MANILA The Philippine Foreign Office denied that President Marcos has "personal share" in the Philippines' territorial claim to the Malaysian state of Sabah.
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  • 76 24 CAIRO Cairo police have shut down Cairo's latest institute of learning—a school for pickpockets. The principal, an old woman called Sayeda Kl Bulakia. was a veteran pickpocket. She set up the school in the basement of a derelict house in one of Cairo's most populous suburbs. Pupils
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