Eastern Sun, 26 March 1971

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  • 24 1 EASTERN SUN I VfPn mn national My Final edition 10 cents Ettd. 1966. Vol. 5 No. 1605 Friday, March 26, 1971 M.C. (P) 2510
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  • 341 1 Consumers Association to battle rising cost of living *pHE Notional Trades Union Congress will set up a Consumers Association to battle rising prices. It will act os o watchdog on prices and product standards. An Inaugural meeting will be held in mid-April. The Secretary General of NTUC,
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  • 75 1 The First Lady, Mrs Shea res helps Ronald Tan, 5, with hi< sums durina a visit to the Spastic Children's Centre yesterday. The Chairman of the Spastic Centre, Mr Francis Seow and the matron Mrs K. K. Khor, showed Mrs Sheares around the centre. Mrs Shea
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  • Page 1 Advertisements
    • 80 1 Buy Jewellery of Distinction You can be sure of A SQUARE DEAL That is our assurance when you do business with us. Whether you are securing a loan from us or opening an account, we treat you as a good bank should. Fairly and Squarely. And fully backed by the
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  • 323 2 'JpHE People's Front, a new political party, yesterday announced it would run in the 1972 elections. And at a press conference yesterday, the party's Secretary-General, Mr Lui Boon Poh said: "I promise nothing to the people except to give them
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  • 194 2 by a SUN correspondent IPOH Police believe someone may hare slipped LSD into food and drink of 35 schoolgirls who became helplessly hysterical in Ipoh yesterday. me giris are pupiia at the Sekolah Raja Chulan School. They screamed, shouted and fainted on the parade ground.
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  • 95 2 The largest ship to visit Singapore will arrive at about noon today. Bhe la the 112.600-ton Roblna on her maiden voyage. The vessel is owned by the Ednasa Company Limited of Hong Kong, a sister company of the Robin Group who are her handling agent*
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  • 86 2 Thr Makrrs sf the People's Froat are: Chairman, Mr Leslie Netto* (teacher); secre-tary-general, Mr 'si Boos Poh (advocate sad solicitor); assistant secretary-general. Mc Row Kee Song (politician); treasurer. Mr Mok 100 Sosa (accounts clerk 'aaioaisO; assistant treasurer, Mr Sim Choon Heag (accounts clerk); organising secretary, Mr Sim
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  • 152 2 A British social worker yesterday arced Slacaporrajgs to devote time to the poor aad the needy. "TVr A—ld devote at least low boors a month to helping the crippled, Ike retarded aad the onfortoaate children." said Miss Roily Bradstocfc. 22. "Ibey "are bora like
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  • Page 2 Miscellaneous
    • 68 2 4.11 an. (2.8 ft.); 19.20 mm. (9.9 ft); 4.40 pm. (9.9 ft 11.04 pm. (9.3 ft.). TOMORROW 4.41 am. (U ft.); UJU am. (11.9 ft.); Ml pm. (1.6 ft.); 11.41 pm. (11.3 ft.). NAVAL DOCKYARD 4.03 am. (3.3 ft.); 19.39 am. (11.3 ft.); 4.28 pm. (1.4 ft.); 11.10 pan. (11
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    • 17 2 Toto draw Tktmda* Tot* draw: ifTll. t 11. 12 Additional number: 41 Three-drde ■■nlitrT 19, 17. U.
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  • 301 3 Housing and Development Board has introduced new rules to stop people speculating on its flats. The Member of Parliament for Anson ond the Chairman of the Allocations Committee, Mr P. Govrndasamy, announced this at a balloting ceremony yesterday. The Board has laid down the
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  • 233 3 A Malaysian mother of four was found hanged yesterday after quarrel with her husband on Wednesday night. Police found Madam Teh Slew tin, 27, hang. Ing from a beam In a vacant room in a squatter colony, off Jiak Kim Street. Her husband.
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  • Article, Illustration
    158 3 Timber workers this wrrk found this giant, hairy four-inch sipidrr —and now they've decided to keep it as a pet. Timberworker, Toh Chin Hoe. to saw the Kpider rurled round a bathroom tap at the sawmill where he works at 12-milestone Bukit Timah Road. He shouted, and
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  • Page 3 Advertisements
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  • 319 4 AN alleged child rapist wha escaped from a police lockup last December killed himself rather than face justice. State Coroner Mr Liew Ngik Kee said this yesterday when he recorded a verdict of suicide on the death of Poh Ping alias Poh
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  • 56 4 BJHI time it takc-«-dif time for handlers and animals at RAF Changi's Police Dog Section. And here Corporal Glyn Jones gives a shampoo to black and tan Alsation Terry. Keeping dear of the flying soap suds are Air Commodore A.D. Pan ton Group Captain Alan
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  • 61 4 A World Bank appraisal team U expected to arrive soon to study aid request for the proposed new campus of the University of Singapore at Kent Ridge. The Vice-Chanceller of the University. Dr Toh Chin Chye, said five plans have been submitted by the University Development
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  • 234 4 Parliamentary procedure yesterday developed into en exercise in multi-lingualism as members exercised their right to speak in any of the four official languages, allowed under standing orders. 4 The House wu the ▼enue of a "language row" on Wednesday when the MP for
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  • 187 4 Tamils ia Singapore should start thinking seriously and realistically about the tuture of their education and of their CMuMatt;. The Minister for Foreign Affair* aad Labour. Mr 8. Rajaratnam. said tat- uus y est* my. Kb was speaking at a charity concert organised by the
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  • 157 4 FOOD glorious FOOD Take ft gambol on limb c■ 11 et today. They're only 91 a pound. Lanb cutletn are best fried. Today's priees (in pounds ■ales* otherwise mentioned): VEOBTABLES: Green peaa $1.45 Australian lettuce $l.BO Ctaye aim 50 25 a ki Kane kong *0
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  • 142 5 A lobourer pretending to be a Changi Prison warden, cheated an old woman of $3OO, the First Magistrate's Court was told yesterday. He tricked her into believing her son, a prisoner there, needed the money to pay a fine, said Senior Inspector
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  • 224 5 There Is nothing wrong with pop music and the Government should not consider banning it Spokesmen for several discotheques told the EASTERN SUN this yesterday. They were commentln ff on statements by MPs wbo this week strongly criticised pop music as shrieking,
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  • 323 5 SINGAPORE trade unions hod been extremely patient but there was a danger their patience was being taken for granted. The Secretory-General of the Singapore Monuol and Mercantile Workers' Union, Mr Joseph Tan said this yesterday. He was commenting on a
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  • 380 5 A committee of local and foreign consultants will make a farther study of the proposed Mass Rapid Transport System for Singapore. Parliament yesterday voted $500,000 in development estimates for the Mass Rapid Transport System Unit to carry out its tasks during the new financial year.
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  • 83 5 Pornographic photograph seller Yip Yuen Kam thought he'd made a sale on Wednesday until his "customer" turned out to be a policeman. Yip alias Yap Yang met ASP Ahmad bin Hussein in a back lan« of Rowell Road and offered him 19 of his most
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  • 64 7 With flanca burning on Its bridge, the West German freighter NordhafT, drifts In the Golf of Mexico, 11$ miles sonth of Mobile, Alabama. One crewman died and foot were Injured In sn explosion and fire in the freighter. Four U.S. Coast Guard
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  • 117 7 LONDON British rack star Mick Jagger and Chinese leader Mao Tse Tung are Included in a list of the world's be* dressed men. The list was crmpiled for the magazine TaUor and Cutter, it was revealed yesterday. The list also included Prince Charles' tailor, Teddy
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  • 384 7 f ON DON Labour members last night accused the government's Chief Whip of being drunk in o stormy session in the House of Commons. "He's drunk, he'a drunk" Labour members shouted at the Whip, Francis Pym, 49 Pym walked from the bar toward! the
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  • 101 7 PORT OF SPAIN. Trinidad. A man has been burled alive and killed when digging a grave for his father at Freeport In Central Trinidad. Police said Ramd'.al Kalloo and a friend, Danna Ramoutar. were digging the grave on Tuesday for the former's father
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  • 83 7 RAGCIO CITY, PhilipPines, The International Labour Orranidation yesterday called on trade anion leaders to solve unemployment by promoting family planning. The call was made by Dr K L. Gupta, manpower planning expert w th the United Nations Development programme. He was addressing the Southeast
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  • 207 7 WASHINGTON Israel has promised to furnish a mop of flnol boundaries it wants written into o Middle East peace settlement, informed sources said. The Israeli Government Is now working on the map. x Once it 1* complete the United States
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  • 276 8 QONCASTER, England In a wood near Prague, the British Air Force sergeant handed over secret information about Britain's radar defences, a court has been told. Waiting to receive the information were agents of the Czechoslovak Intelligence Service. They received a rundown
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  • 61 8 A mystery billboard attacker has been making nocturnal visits to Hie U.S. highway 23 near Monroe, Michigan to chop down posters that line the highway. More than BO such posters have been knocked down so far. Police have arrested two high school boys
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  • 118 8 LONDON Lord Carrington, Britain's Defence Minister, and Sir Peter Rawiinson. the Attorney General, have joined the British tram striving to save the Rolls-Royce RB-211 engine project in Washington. Frederick Corfield, Aviation Supply Minister has denied reports that the Government had offered an
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  • 223 8 BRUSSELS The Common Market Council of Ministers is trying to combat a rash of frauds in its farm system. A report has now been drawn up by the Market's Executive Commission. There have been numerous cases Involving manipulation of the European Economic Community
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  • 119 8 MONTEVIDEO, Uruguay Kidnapped British Ambassador Geoffrey Jackson is well and Jokes with his Tupamaros guerrilla abductors. Uruguay's Attorney General, Guido Berro Orlbe, recently freed by the same guerrillas said he met Jackson last week In a cellar hideout. "He was in good health and showed
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  • A PLACE IN THE SUN
    • 535 9  -  Drought' hits Sydney bunehe Jjj T HINGS ore pretty grim in Chinotown, Sydney, Australia, these days. I The male population l very glum because there's a big shortage of eligible Chinese girls heard this distressing news from a friend of mine, a student. who left Singapore to study
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    • 49 9 Twenty four year-old Alice Francis dreams of fearing lots of "NNiey —to spend just how ske likes. But in the meantime, the 34-24-34 beauty keeps ifi trim swimming, dancing and bowling when she's no» at be* job as salesgirl in one of Singapore's department stores.
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    • 68 9 AN Italian worker shot his Hungarianborn wife and her lover, a Swi« priest, when he caught the couple in bed in his Mulhouse, France, flat on Wednesday. He later shot himself. Felice found the three bodies yesterday—the wife and her lover lying naked on the bedroom
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  • Page 9 Advertisements
    • 58 9 Dine at Jurong Hilltop Restaurant Dance at Jurong Hilltop Night-Club Relax at Jurong Hilltop Coffee-House T OIIM» FWINTUT with popular singer Misn Sahura Chmn on ihe mtiho Beats by AUff nnti him Bofjs We serve Chinese, European food and Hilltop Satay. We also cater for Wedding dinoMV, Cocktail and Private
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  • 437 10 DOLICE came In for some tongue-lashing by Members of Parliament and were charged with arrogance, corruption and inefficiency. This is not surprising because in a democracy the police force Is the whipping boy of legislators while in dictatorships whether of the fascist, Communist or military variety the
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  • 144 10 f)R Augustine Tan, member from WhamU poa and Professor of Economics in the University of Singapore, has« emerged from the long budget debate as a parliamentarian with skill, verve and wit. So it is unfortunate that the point he made, when he posed a question in English
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  • 890 10  - WHICH PATH FOR INDIRA By Max Lerner YORK They ore hanging garlands of marigolds around the neck of Indira Gandhi. Her election victory has disheartened the opposition, dismayed her enemies, stunned the world, outdistanced the fondest calculations of her lieutenants and even troubled her allied parties on whom she will
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  • SUN SOAPBOX WHERE READERS HAVE A SAY
    • 137 10 SIR: 1 WAS greatly disturbed to read the report on Woodbridge patients being allowed to roam freely in the area around the mental hospital. It Is frightening to eknow that these people are free to go where they please under the "open door" policy. Have the hospital
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    • 119 10 SIR, T AM completely amazed at the things said by some of our Members of Parliament. They seem to be very much out of touch with what is happening In the rest of the world. They made themselves look completely foolish with their crazy old-fashioned statements. Everyone
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    • 71 10 SIR* CONGRATULATIONS to the staff of the National Library's reference section. Time and time again they have obligingly helped me search for relevant books on a wide variety of subjects. But poor lighting la the room hinders readers. Could brighter lighting be installed? And why should anyone
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  • SUN SCOPE
    • 658 11 HPHE United States Senate roted 51 to 46 to kill the U.S. supersonic airliner yesterday, dealing a stunning rebuff to President Nixon's Administration ond the aviation industry. A top Boeing executive Immediately said that Boeing will terminate the seven-year-old project to build
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    • 172 11 The Japanese government end aviation circles in Tokyo flatly denied yesterday titer* was any Japanese plan to take over the U.S. supersonic airliner project. The denials followed a report that Japan was prepared to bay all rights, blueprints, prototypes, mockups and tools of the
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  • 733 12/13 THE MOR I DROPPED in to the HOTEL MALAYSIA the other night after having heard about the GOING THING from Australie who ere now doing their thing at the SUPPER CLUB and GOLDEN LOTUS. These three lovely girls and five men were
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  • Page 12/13 Advertisements
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    • 109 12/13 MIXED PLATE' Fillet Steak Pork Chop Lamb Chop Sausages Every Saturday SIRLOIN STEAK Sunday r BONE STEAK r*uioi/ rki i/ikh CHICKEN 4 KING POOLSIDE PRAWNS HAMBURGER PRAWNS $8 00 HAMBURGER 5 00 The above main dishes wiN be served with Vegetable** Mixed Salad. Roll, and/ Cotfee or Tea. oocHfa INN
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  • relax
    • 1042 14 A RE you psychic? Hove you got powers of Extra Sensory Perception (ESP)? Don t laugh. You don't have to be a "mystic" or a spiritualist. Many psychologists believe that ESP is not a freak or a
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    • 273 14 NEW YORK Two convicted prostitutes hove been indicted on larceny and robbery charges in connection with the mugging of a high-ranking West German politician. Lisa Gonzales, 22, and Linda Philips, 23, were indicted on charges of taking Ss7so in U.S and German currency from former
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  • 813 15 Hollywood's little white lies... JjOLLYWOOD The star of the feature-pioneering 'The Great Train Robbery" died recently and old timers were treated to another small dose of confusion. Was Bronco Billy Anderson, who in that 900-foot super of 1903 played the dual role of passenger
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  • Page 15 Miscellaneous
    • 79 15 gPGAINiISATIQIM CATHA^^^34QOI n Wfl tm □EON ***** NOW XHOWINO II IB l-M t M S.M A Paramount'' "Bariallaa' Starring: Alain Delon m □RCHAPD 3 76 5 8 8 19th BIG DAT! Ooldet) Harveai Prwantr Want Ti Hbtoiara Sal»a It TATOICHI AND TBI SOT IMG SWORDSMAN' (In Ifandarlal OvallScooc Kaatmaocoloi BUltlb
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    • 156 15 NOW rtBOWINQI >»* !-<• Ml Ml JUM Coburn ft Ltud iUdirtft "BLOOD KIN" to Technicolor IWBI a i» i rui MB BIG DAYI •I I. I* Ml mm Chrulopher Lee *CAB7 Of DRA< I'LA" Color <BB Capllol-LMo-Bei-SkT-Boiv TOMORROW MIDNIOHTI Plui Sunday Morning Show Cheng P. I pel Lo Lleh "THE
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  • 527 16  -  ANN LANDERS DEAR ANN: ¥OU make a mistake. The woman who said the romance had (tone out of her marriage asked for help. You told her to put awa> ncf ftorv books and accept.the realitiea of life. You pointed out bow much for which She
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  • Page 16 Miscellaneous
    • 782 16 TAURUS GEKfrJ CANCER CARROLL RIGHTER'S GENERAL TENDENCIES: You are able to wind up some Important matters that have been pending but that still require .some work done on them. Then start a new course of action that can bring you the goodwill and active assistance of those who are influential
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    • 928 17 today's television CHANNEL 5 PM 3.00 OPENINC ANNOUNCEMENTS. followed by GENERAL HOSPITAL A daytime serial about the staff and the patients of a hospital 3.25 FOR THE FAMILY A magazine series presented in English 350 A DIARY OF EVENTS IN SINGAPORE THIS WEEK (English) 3.55 IT'S HAPPENINC IN SINCAPORE (English)
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  • YOUNG SUN
    • 353 18 JJURING the 19th Century newspapers in America and Great Britain were made up of a few broadsheets reporting only local news. The number of newspapers was few and the circulation confined to the educated class. However, as these countries became more advanced a political,
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    • 303 18 AFTER breakfast I was as usual reading the newspaper when I noticed > story about a boy who had drowned at Changi Beach. That reminded me of a similar frightening experience I had recently had. One Sunday my friends and I went to Changi
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  • Page 18 Advertisements
    • 196 18 ESSA) CONTEST: Rules to observe n»e Eastern Sun'» essay writing contest lot boys and girls of 14 and nnde* (Junior) and boys and qirls ovei 14 (Senior) appears in this page on Friday. PrlM montv JIG tor Smton ano %b tO> luntoM tOl ever> MUV oubllsheo All (ntrtnti arc tqutsttc
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  • WOMEN
    • 349 19 J>ARIS The Rita look? Yes, Paris couturiers have trudged their way back to the 1940s for inspiration. This means that hair and makeup styles of the same era are also being revived. The look perhaps is best exemplified by Miss Hay worth, Hollywood's "Love
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    • 288 19 Many women don't buy a real evening coat. It seems an extravagance, that delicate thing which you don't wear that often, and never on a rainy night. However, evening coats are no longer an extravagance. They still look perfectly gorgeous, but they come now
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  • 208 20 Prices were axed across the boards of the Stock Exchonge o.' Malaysia and Singapore yesterday. I he market was rampant with sellers and lack of support as operators continued to hold off. Active issues bad turnovers below the 100.000 unit mark. Among a few marginal rises were
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  • 64 20 Singapore orchids will again be on show at the fourth annual flower show in Hongkong at the City Hall, today. Cathay Pacific Airways. the Hongkong airline will be presenting ten-dozena of the finest orchids which had been generously donated by Sun Kee flowershop of Singapore lor
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  • 57 20 A film show on the progress of Trade, Industry and Tourism of the Republic of Korea will be resented by the Korea tade Centre. The show will be held on the ground floor of the People's Park Complex today. There will be four shows: at 1
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  • 273 20 April first grade rubber buyers closed at 5 pm in Singapore and Kuala Lumpur yesterday at 107 cents per kilo. The tone of the market was quiet. After a steadier opening with business down to 105 for April following last night's intervention by the Malaysian Govern
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  • 124 20 HONGKONG Yesterday's 5 pm currency rates (supplied by Foreign Exchange and Investment Ltd.): (Buyers) (Sellers) 195 30 196 30 per 100 straits dollars 148.50 150.50 per 1.00c l si war a, nan 6755 6.775 per Australian dou&i 84* 360 ner l.OOC Burmese KJSU 465 485 per l»00(i Indian
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  • 745 20 BID and offer price* officially listed at the close of business ID the Singapore and Kuala Lumpur trading rooms of the Stock Kxchange ?esterda« INDUSTRIALS g. \CMA 1 42 1.43 Mean 1.39 1.40 \iiird Choc. 110 Urn 1.20 1.22 flerjaja 1.11 1.18 Borneo 1.89 I.M RouiUtd 2.04 B.M.
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  • 687 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 $1.42 (3); Alcan $139 (2); Berjaya $1.17 (7); Borneo $1.90 (2); C. Sugars
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  • 328 21 SYDNEY Traders moved confidently bock into the mining market yesterday despite the continued suspension of Leopold minerals on the Sydney Stock Exchange. Some Nullaglne stocks that plummeted Wednesday, recovered almost to levels reached before the suspension. Bamboo CK. Jumped 14 centa to 15 cents Amsll, 4 cents
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  • 217 21 The Hongkong Chiap Hua Manufactory Co. (1947) Ltd, and Comalco Ltd, yesterday announced that negotiations have been finalisod for a new joint venture company to assume control of Chiap Hua's extrusion division. Fifty-five per cent of the shares of the new company, Chiap Hua Comalco
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  • 94 21 It's not often that cargo takes off into the air as soon as the ship arrives in port. This happened yesterday when the Blue Funnel ship. Rhexenor, berthed at the Port of Singapore Authority wharves. The Rhexenor. from Australia, had on board
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  • Page 21 Advertisements
    • 483 21 TENDER NOTICES GOVERNMENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF SINGAPORE THK LOCAL GOVERNMENT INTEGRATION ORDINANCE, 1063 (NO. 18 OF 1903) DECLARATION UNDER HECTION SO WHEREAS: (I) The street* known as;— 1) Jalan Bitiloni (Part) from TampiDCH Road to HepU« Tank Mk. 11. 2) Jalan Bat along (Part) from Jalan Marlam to lloaae
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    • 504 21 P. W. D. SINGAPORE TENDERS are Invited from PWD Registered Contractors for the following 1) Conatrg ctlon of Jubilee Kotitl from West Coast ttoad to Upper Ajrer Kaiab Road. "Civil Engineering' or "Roada" Contractor*. ClutiiuM Date: 13 471 at 1000 am. t> Count ruction ot It Jaian Urltfk from Jalan
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    • 384 21 C.S.O. Tender Notice TENDERS are Invited by the Chief Supplies Offlotr. Singapore, for tha supply and delivery of the following Items. L Laboratory Apparatus. CI (Ml at Dale: U7l. t. Processing. Prlntlnc. Hound Transfer and nwklui of Optical show Prints. Closing Dale: 14-11. J. Container, Km ply 5. Boot Polls*.
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  • 2620 22 SATURDAY Scratching* RACE 1: Wingcdfoot Marksman RACE 2: Skippy, Sella. Hawan. Rrganda II RACE 3: Nil RACE 4: Double One. Great Sign RACE 5: Hllvertun RACE 4: Thunder of Yangtze, Blnjai Walk RACE 7: First Addition. Super Picture II, Doreeno Race l: CL 6 DIv. 1—7 F.—2.15 p.m.
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  • SUN SPORT
    • 887 23 without its two top players, mode a clean sweep of all the gold medals in the 14-nation Commonwealth Table Tennis Championships here last night. England's Trevor Taylor beat India's Mir Kasim Ali 21-14, 21-18 and 22-20 to win the prestigious men's singles. Apart from
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    • 212 23 BANGKOK David Oakley of the United States forged into the lead with a 33-34-67 yesterday in the opening day of the Thai Open Golf Championship. Th« principal scores follow: David Oakley, US (33-34)-«7 Ben Arda, Philippines (33-35)—68 Isao KaUumata, Japan (34-34) —68 Masayuki Imai, Japan
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    • 48 23 TOKYO Japan meets China and Malaysia clashes with Singapore in the opening matches of the 13th Asian Youth Soccer Championship* starting here on April 23, it was announced yesterday. The championship* continue until May 7 at venues in Tokyo, and two nearby cities, Yokohama and tfmiya.
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    • 393 23 KUALA LUMPUR DAX with George Podmore astride showed improved form in a workout here yesterday morning. With stablemate I AM PROUD, a last startwinner, for company, the Tulloh trained pair matched strides over 3f in 37 4/5 on a yielding track. DAX was doing better
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  • 141 24 Newsweek: U.S. using the Big Lie BOSTON Robert Christopher, executive editor of Newsweek mag a line, said the U.8. government is responsible ior news distortion, and not the so-called eastern news establishment. "The big;rest single impediment to honest news coverage in this country today lies in the
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  • 323 24 OLD women aged 50 to 70 years are still practising prostitution, a Nantah graduate said last night. Mr Chan Cheng Hai, 13A, claimed: "For a meagre fee of $l or $2, they lead a miserable life in the lowest red-light area in Johore
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  • 93 24 Parliament yesterday passed development estimates of |IW million for the Ministry of Defence. Last year, it allocated $51,033,100 for defence. Defence Minister Dr Goh Keng Swee said the amount was not allocated to offset economic effects of the rundown of British forces. The money was
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  • 191 24 CAIGON U.S. Forces yesterday closed down their Lang Vei armoured base two u miles from Loos. They pulled back deep inside South Vietnam while 852 bombers struck Communists positions in Laos, fleld reports said. A 90-vehicle convoy was reportedly moved out of
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  • 98 24 CALCUTTA President Yahya Khan has agreed to four major concessions demanded by East Pakistan leader Sheikh Mnjibur Rebman. The leaders hope this will end the three-week-old Pakistan political crisis, Dacca Radio reported yesterday. The concessions are: Lifting of martial law in Cast Pakistan: Return of troops
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  • 104 24 SIDNEY A man wearing a 10-galion hat, bloc jeans and riding boots held up a suburban store yesterday and made his getaway on a horse. The man rode up to the store in Narwee east of Sydney, dismounted and pointed pistol at a woman
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