Eastern Sun, 2 April 1971

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  • 22 1 EASTERN SUN own national daiy Final edition 10 cents Eshl. 1966. Vol. 5 No. 1611 Friday, April 2, 1971 M.C. (P) 2510
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  • 109 1 Ace New Zealand racing champion Graeme Lawrence, 29 (above) is confident of winning this year's Grand Prix for the third time in a row. "I hope to make it a hat trick," he said at a Press conference yesterday. L a w
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  • 186 1 Missing for 11 days SUN Reporter JOHORE BAHRU Pirates moy have killed or captured 10 Malaysian fishermen who have disappeared near Singapore in the Straits of Malacca. The fishermen vanished after leaving their village in Batu Pahat in Johore 11 days ago. Yesterday other fishermen in
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  • 39 1 The Deputy Commissioner of Police goes on leave today, before retiring. He is Mr P. Rajaratnam. He joined the Straits Settlement Police Force before World War n. He has served in the force 31 years.
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  • 109 2 A 60-year-old woman died in Outram Road General Hospital last night after belnf attacked with a chopper. She is Shor Yee Kent. 60. of Lloyd Road. Police have arrested a man who will be charged in court today. Madam Shor wa s slashed at 1.45
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  • 340 2 karate black belt holder yesterday told how he was stabbed while recovering an ex-cabaret girl's belongings from her boyfriend's flat. Ex-police constable, William Low Kiap Pat, 29, was testifying at the preliminary inquiry into the fatal stabbing of Tan Tian Soo, 31, on
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  • 107 2 The English edition of the ofßcial Singapore Bus Guide will go on sale at 9.M am today, the Ministry of Communications announced. The guide will b« available at all post offices, the Registry ol Vehicles at Middle Road and the ROV testing centres in
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  • 57 2 Mr lee Hee Seng. 44, today takeg over as Chairman of the Housing and Development Board for the next three years. He has been a member of the board since 1966 He is managing director of the Singapura Building Society. director of Malaya Borneo Building
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  • 324 2 DEFENCE and Prosecution counsels In a corruption case before the Third District Court yesterday clashed over whether Corrupt Practice Investigation Bureau officers weir policemen. Ship surveyor Laurence Milner, 43, employed by the Singapore M; rine Department, Is charged with corruptly accepting 511,002
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  • Page 2 Miscellaneous
    • 49 2 The weather bureau predicts cloudy weather today. YESTERDAY Maximum Temp: 88 1 Minimum Temp: 75 Rain: Nil Raindayi: 11 Total Rain March: 3.66 Sunshine: 3.66 Humidity at 11 pm: 97 El SINGAPORE TOWN 5.17 am. (8.9 ft-); 9-33 am. (1., ft); 4.2# pro (6.5 ft 9.27 pm- (5 ft.)
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  • 245 4 US. WILL RANK FOURTH' TMHE Soviet Union cannot be prevented from developing as a major! power in Southeast Asia. Singapore's Ambassador to the United States said this in Washington yester-| day. Mr Koh also represents Singapore at the United Nations and
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  • 71 4 These four lovely South Korean dancers are making the newly renovated Ambassador N i t e Club one of the hottest spots In town. The sexy quartet has been brought here specially to kick off the glittering nightspot. It's their first visit to Singapore and they find our city
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  • 112 4 A leading American perfume manufacturer may set up a factory is Singapore because of outstanding sales la Southeast Asia. The vice-president of Faberge International, Dr J. Starr, said rhis at a press conference yesterday. He said Singapore was an excellent economic base and had
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  • 150 4 A man who kos toiled round the world several times over the past 40 years is back here on a trip down memory lane. He Is Captain Svenselius. master of the Scanservlce vessel mi. Nichobar since 1964. The Island's tremendous growth has so
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  • 228 4 FOOD glorious FOOD G< on the prowl for prawns today—at 80 cents a kati they're the best market bargain. The flesh can be boiled. fried or steamed with almost any kind of vegetables. When dried it can be pounded into a popu'ar prawn paste called "blachan"
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  • 485 5 Scholar predicts Red uprising VyASHINGTON Malaysia could become a second Vietnam, British scholar diplomat Sir Richard Allen has said. Sir Richard, an expert on Burma and Malaysia, told the 23rd annual meeting df the Association of Asian Studies that a third national emergency in
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  • 98 5 A poultry seller unable to squat after fracturing both lers in an accident was awarded $15,880 in the High Court yesterday. He is Toh Kim Pheng. 57, of Lorong Lentor, off Yio Chu Kang Road. He was selling fowls to a customer at Tampines
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  • 156 5 Two men were jailed and sentenced to be coned ond one was remanded at a reformative training centre yesterday for committing three robberies within three weeks. They admitted In the Fourth Magistrate's Court of robbing Martin R Matthew* on March 24, Sten
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  • 46 5 A shack used to store sawdust caught fire early yesterda v morning and damaged property worth $l,OOO. A Are engine took 30 minutes to put out the fire. The blaze was at the Seng Huat Sawmill, 12)milestone, Man d a i Road.
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  • 193 5 Slnger-cum-dlsc jockey Caryl Elizabeth Ramsey yesterday was granted a divorce from her husband Ernest B. Ramsey, a photographer with an advertising company, on grounds of desertion. The case was uncontested. The petitioner appeared in a blue midi-dress, polka-dot scarl and white boots before
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  • 108 5 This picture may look like a fairytale scene but it isn't. It's really Goodwood Easter Bunny. Pauline Yeonc merrily talking to char ming Joyce Lam (centre) and Penelope Lim dolled up In dreamy, flowing white gowns. They were In the Goodwood Park Hotel
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  • 276 6  -  By JOHN BONAR UPI AMMAN King Hussein wonts an urgent Arab summit conference to air the Palestinian issue. The Xing cabled his proposal to Arab leaders as Jordan recovered from six days of clashes between government troops and Palestinian guerrillas. He offered
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  • 176 6 PARIS Egypt will ask European nations to prompt the United States into a more forceful poll c T toward Israel, Egyptian initials have said. The officials said Foreign Minister Mahntoud Kiad told this to 18 Egyptian ambassadors who are meeting to formulate a coordinated
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  • 150 6 NEW YORK U.N. truc e observers on the Suez Canal have reported the flrst exchange of niachine-gun fire between Egyptian and Israeli forces since the expiry of the Middle East eeaseflre on March 7. The incident was reported by Chief of Stall of the U!N. Truce
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  • 187 6 Reuter UPI CANBERRA Defence Minister John Gorton yesterday said he does not know about Australian troops being involved in counter-insurgency actions against tha communists in Malaysia. He was replying in the House of Representatives (Lower House) to Deputy Opposition Leader Lance Barnard. The latter
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  • 382 7 Reuter "MOSCOW A Soviet vessel has collided with a Communist Chinese fishing boot in the Gulf of Tonkin off Vietnam. The collision is believed to have embarrossed Moscow. It occurred a day after Soviet leader Leonid Brezhnev's statement that relations between Russia and
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  • 60 7 Thit swperjet is Russia's answer to Hie giant airbuses being turned out by Uni*«d States plane manufacturers for Western air* lines. The TU-154 can take 250 passengers and has a cruising speed of 590 miles an hoar. It is scheduled for introduction soon
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  • 190 7 ZURICH A 46-year-old Swiss woman once employed by the city of Zurich wos jailed for three yeors yesterday for spying for Russia and Rumania. Miss Lilly Selmair was found guilty of accepting bribes, repealing official secrets and forging legal certificates. The 321 days
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  • 73 7 TEHERAN An Iranian Army firing squad have executed three heroin smugglers, the army prosecutor has announced. They were convicted by a" military tribunal under a 1969 anti-drug law. Under the law anyone caught with more than four and a half pounds of opium or more
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  • 135 7 Reuter LONDON Police have Mixed copies of the "I.ittie Red School Book" the Danish ruide to children on drugs, sex and how to organise demonstrations. A report will be made to the Director of Public Prosecutions, a police spokesman has said. Undistributed copies of the
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  • 242 7 BELFAST Prime Minister Brain Faulkner won a convincing vote of confidence in the House of Commons early yesterday after two days of heated debate. Hie vote was 27 to 8. An opposition amendment proposed by Protestant firebrand, the Reverend lan Paisley was lost
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  • 453 8 A fallen soldier's last salute Reuter VyASHINGTON A massive outcry over the conviction of Lieutenant William Calley for his part in the My Lai massacre swept America yesterday. Thousands of appeals have been sent to President Nixon for clemency and Senate moves to get
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  • 98 8 WASHINGTON A congressional committee has agreed to probe allegations of American war crimes In Vietnam. The reported offences ranged from torture to the unprovoked destruction of villages and their inhabitants, A bipartisan group of II Liberal members of the House of Representatives has said evidence
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  • 200 8 WASHINGTON Democrats in the House of Representatives have called for an end to U.S. military involvement in Indochina by the end of next year. They failed by only one vote to support a complete withdrawal by the end of this year. The votes,
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  • 99 8 QUITO, Ecuador An army revolt collapsed yesterday after tanks threatened a rebel general's mountain base. General Luis Jacome surrendered to the Army Commander, General Julio Sacoto, whom he had tried to overthrow. General Jacome, the Director of the War Academy, led the uprising in his institution. The
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  • 271 8 SEOUL A U.S. Army artillery battalion equipped with ground-to-air missiles arrived In South Korea yesterday to strengthen defences against low-flying aircraft north of Seoul. BANGKOK Meo tribesmen objecting to the construction of a highway through their opium fields have killed three Iriai policemen and wounded two more
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  • A PLACE IN THE SUN
    • 622 9  -  Prices hit $6 an inch Melee 01. GD£N Nosh, Hie poet, once poked fun at 9uppy fish in o poem which soid: Dogs have pt/ps And cats have kitten* Whales have calves And bats haiv bit tens But guppies fust have little guppies. Now you won
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    • 84 9 Micki Vandervell (left) and Gabriele Konig Hke hot pants but not Half as much as ho* powerful racing car*. They have been signed up by the House of Carmen who are talking the woman's touch to a man's sport with a team of seven
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  • 366 10 the reasons are present in the Middle East for another war and the only reason violence has not erupted appears to be that neither Egypt nor Israel wants to fight. The ceasefire is off and both countries have taken stubborn positions which appear totally Irreconcilable. Both the
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  • 137 10 PEKING has acted commendably in releasing the Philippines airliner that was hijacked to Canton. It was the first hijacking China has had to handle and the authorities should be congratulated for releasing the aircraft with dispatch and courtesy. When a South Korean plane and later a
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  • 601 10 The Art Buchwald column WASHINGTON The Army has launched a $531,800,000 TV and radio recruiting campaign. As the Wall Street Journal indicated, this could make the U S. Army one of. the biggest prime time advertisers on television. The announcement has the U.B. Navy, Marine
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  • SUN SOAPBOX WHERE READERS HAVE A SAY
    • 477 10 SIR: ]Y|R Lui Boon Poh has launched the 15th political party thus proving to his own satisfaction his charges that a "dictatorial, bureaucratic one-party" P.A.P. Government had "blatantly curbed and suppressed other political parties". He has also revealed that the People's Front spectacular ha*
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    • 57 10 Foreign news and IrttirN appearing ID all edition* the Eastern Han and Tba Baa art from Heaters. Cnited hf»i International Agenee Fran r# Presse. Editors Press Hrndlratr Newspaper Enterprise Association Publishers Mat Hrndleate Los Untelci Times Syndicate. Gemini News Service. North Amerteaa Newspaper Alliance. First Features. Inter Presa Peatares and
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  • SUNSCOPE
    • 443 11 rFHE Prime Minister of Malaysia, Tun Abdul Razok, and -L Sultan Hasanal Bolkioh of the British protected state of Brunei are due in London late next week for separate talks on revised defence plens in Commonwealth Southeast Asia. The London conferences are designed to set the
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    • 327 11 GARKHALL, East Pakistan Only old men and women are left in Hi« Tillage of just across the border from India. The young men hare rone to Join the fight for East Pakistan's- Independence. The villagers are proud of their fighting men and confident of rlctory. But
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  • THE MORNING AFTER with Weatherbee Wong
    • 669 12/13 Swinging act from Taiwan A TRIO of glittering shows that hove been seen by oudiences ell over the world hos come to the MARCO POLO THEATRE NIGHTCLUB. Headlined as the ZABETHE WILDE SHOW it features ZABETHE WILDE from New Yoifc with her
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    • 379 12/13 We present The Zabethe Wilde Show" ■setting Zabethe Wilde Mnger with a voice and personality that'll send you wild with •xcltment. Bee King Kong and Mlas Jaguar Laugh with Larry Cole, the rubber-faced comedian and hU pretty partner. Maggie BhowUmeslo p m. to II 45 p m Music by Fred
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    • 22 12/13 ZABE T H E WILDE is wild, wild, wild at the MARCO POLO THEATRE NIGHTCLUB. -J# CUPID S LOVE-NEST BUILT FOR TWO
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    • 88 12/13 HRSTTWE IN SINGAPORE ANEW EATING W W ri TEPPANYAKI Japanese Style Bafteaie Over Red Hot Steel Plank \samam "GRILL ROOM MITEL EQUATORIAL m *****120 LINES I MIXED PLATE) Fillet Steak Pork Chop Lamb Chop Sausages Every Saturday SIRLOIN STEAK Sunday T eONE STEAK lI^L/r ki m i/iki CHICKEN KINO POOLSIDE
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    • 817 14  -  By JEFF PIKE JF you thought palmistry wot old hat, restricted to the superstitious ond old ladies at fair-grounds, you're wrong. A group of American scientists have accepted it, after a long study Involving 100,000 patients, and more and more professional
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    • 50 14 Children play Happily In Hie shadow of on* of London's historically famous places the easternmost of Hie London bridges. Tower bridge crosses the Thames at th« Tower of London, took nine years to complete and cost the Government S$ 6 million.
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  • 639 15  -  By Harold Heffernan ONE0 NE would agree that Hollywood has suffered enough in recent months. Major studios are folding or hanging perilously on the rocks, TV budgets have been slashed, and plush offices are manned by skeleton staffs. Thousands are to put it
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  • 56 15 Actually, there's a slight dispute going on between Sophia Loren and Marcello Mastroianni as to whether they've made seven or eight films together. But one thing is sure they were all hits and the two stars are box-office magic I Here the* are in a scene from
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  • Page 15 Miscellaneous
    • 242 15 msmm ORGANISATION LI l> O *****4 NOW SHOWING! lUm I tit 4 6.:i0 SK 9.15 Marlon Brando "BI'RN Color t>v DeLuie < UAI NEXT CHANOKI "The Price Of rower" Scope At Color CAPITOI. 32 O 7 ft 1) Now Showing! No Free Li.-t u am. I «.«a :«> Chen* Pei-pet
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    • 186 15 ORGAINJISATin OOEOrVI 2111 NOW dUUWINOI II «a» I M M "All** Or rttftriblf Dead" in Eastmancolor «tarrlng: Olullano Oemma IX)MOKKOW MIDNIOHT "The Selaare Roal Sword Of 4 Blind Girl" (Mandarlni Chang Chlng Clung In Color Scop* fcngoto a Cbinoao t>ut» CATHAY I ORCHARD <1 4 0 0 I lIIIM NOW
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  • 489 16  -  ANN LANDERS DEAR ANN: My mother smokes cigarettes like a fiend. My dad smokes a pipe It'* bad enough when they are both in the same room, but when they are in the car together and the windows are op because of bad weather .fa like being
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  • Page 16 Miscellaneous
    • 743 16 ARES TAURUS GEMN CANCER LED VWQO GENERAL TENDENCIES: A day and evening to use the utmost care that you do not let your leelings and emotions rule you for if you do you will feel you are being very much imposed upon and have real difficulty to getting along with
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  • Page 17 Miscellaneous
    • 773 17 tetoriaoi 7.55 PHOENIX FIVE (To End Is To Begin) 8.20 NEWS IN THE NATIONAL LANGUAGE 8.30 NANCY (Going. Going. Gone) 8.55 FOR THE FAMILY (Malay) (Rpt.) A magazine series 9.30 CELEBRITY RECITAL by Rosalyn Tureck (Presented in Chinese) 10.00 TAMIL CINEMA (Pt. 2 of 'Desa DroHigal"), with English Subtitles 11.45
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    • 34 17 Eva Gabor and Eddie Albert star again in "Green Acm", a hilarious situation comedy about a millionaire who yearns to be a simple farmer. Tonight's episode on Channel 5 at 9.25 ie "Beeping Rock",
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  • YOUNG SUN
    • 74 18 Arcotanti, in Phoenta, Arizona, USA it 200 years ahead of its time. It was designed by architect Paolo Soleri to house 3,000 inhabitant* in a self-contained complex of homing, service and recreation facilities. Artist's depiction of one of the huge domes, above right, and
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    • 411 18 'THE primary oim of every country is to prosper economically which is not an easy task, especially for a developing nation. Isolation only retards progress and the establishment of friendly refations with the more odvonced countries is not only essential but necessary. At the same
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    • 240 18 One night, when I was going hone from a film show, I saw some houses on fire. They were burning brightly. Some of the people were scared and ran about screaming. Others were helping to put out the Are with water before
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    • 190 18 n* Eastern Sun", etuy writing content lot boys and girls ol 14 and undo* (Jneitor) and boys and qirls otsi 14 (Senior) appears in this page on Friday. Prise money is: $10 to* Senior* aro $b to* lunto*» to* every esuv published AM ent*«nt« ere requested tc observe 1he toMowmc
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  • 289 19  -  By Florence de Santis |N Texas a fashion manufacturer frequently wears a Stetson hat, and a fashion cocktail party may find the guests in jeans and battle jackets, jumpsuits and square-dance dresses. Yet the headquarters of the Dallas fashion Industry is a huge,
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  • 194 19 ONE trend which continues the dlnjini fashion changes is that of scarves. They form part of the overall softer look, whether it be in the revival of dreeeee or the widespread wearing of pantsuits. With pantsuits, the scarf look le Squares are
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  • commercial and industrial
    • 286 20 Business in rooms of Malaysia and Singapore yesterday was slock with no inducement in transacting deals. Turnover showed some contraction while stocks generally closed on an uncertain note. After the overnight's burst of strength leaders turned hesitant and was very lightly traded before closing with a
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    • 273 20 April first grade rubber buyers closed at 5 pm in Singapore and KuaJa Lumpur yesterday at 106.25 cents per kilo. Th e tone of the market was very quiet. After opening fractionally lower, inactive conditions persisted practically the whole morning. Just before noon some godown
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    • 118 20 HONGKONG Yesterday's 5 pm currency rates (supplied by Foreign Exchange and Investment Ltd.): (Bayers) (Sellers) per 100 Strait* dollars 195.20 196.20 148.50 150.50 per 1.000 Taiwan dollars 6.73 6.75 per Australian doiiai 340 360 per 1.00C Burmese kyata 485 505 per 1,000 Indian rupees 150 166 oer 10.000
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    • 870 20 BUSINESS done Id and reported to the tradtnc rooms of tbe Stock Exchange of Malaysia and Stnrapore with the number of shares traded In brackets In lots of 1.000 on Its onless otherwise specified INDUSTRIALS ACM A $l4l (2): A lean $1.30 (1); Ben $1 19 (1) $l.lB
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    • 75 20 rut noon prtrca ilnraporr < Morse hkcnaoge fratrrdt) •t tb» Prod lit. wa*> a 8 I'oMom <>l) it.o.6. i oa Ik 51 .fit Coconut OH if ob.i dram 60.01 t orpra 10.00 Muntnk MhlU Asia 100% N.LH 17?JK Sarawak Whit* Proper »6* ICOM laruwak >pe<#aj Black t»6< NLH 19ZJH
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    • 740 20 BID and offer price* officially listed at the close of business ID the Singapore an o Kuala Lumpur trading rooms of the Stock Exchange vesterda* INDUSTRIALS B. 8. ACM A 1.40 Alcan 1.38 Allied Choc. Berjaya 1.16 Borneo 2.02 Boustrad 2.09 B. M. Trusts $1.20 C. Sugars $2.07
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    • 289 21 SYDNEY Strong support for several nickel exploration stocks kept the mining market firm on Sydney Stock Exchange yesterday. Poseidon added a further $2.50 to dose at $42.50. Among the cheaper nickel Issues. Newmex gained Ave cents to 25 cent* and Eaatmet edged up one cent to
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    • Article, Illustration
      323 21 After the activity of the previous two weeks, quiet conditions returned to the market where levels have fluctuated between 106 and 107 i cents for current month on reduced turnover, with operators largely withdrawn to the sidelines. Apart from uncertainty, features have been lacking owing to the wait
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    • 106 21 TOKYO Isuzu Motor Company says It will withdraw from the mainland Chinese market and switch its expo rt s to Southeast Asian nations because It was seeking a tieup with General Motors Corporation. Isuzu said It was pushing ahead with a plan to build
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    • 96 21 MELBOURNE —A leading member of Melbourne's c o m m ereial community has called for the establishment of an Australian merchant fleet on world trade routes. The head of the export division of Melbourne's Chamber of Commerce, Mr Peter Frinkel said Australia was the 12th biggest
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    • 131 21 The Second Singapore Trust Fund will make a first and final distribution of capital, together with undistributed income on June 1 nevt. This will take total gross dividends and capital appreciation for the 10-year life of the Fund to the equivalent of 23.29 per cent
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    • 30 21 NEW YORK Dow Jones closing averages on the New York Stock Exchange: 30 Industrials 904.37 20 Rails 200.00 IS Utilities 122.83 65 Stocks 296.84 «0 Bonds 71.76
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    • 69 21 POLISH Ocean Lines will become members of five Freight Conferences with effect from July I. The company has successfully concluded an agreement with the Conferences concerned. They are: The Far Eastern Freight Conference. the Europe Japan Freight Conference. the Japan Europe Freight Conference, the Far East
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  • Page 21 Advertisements
    • 388 21 TENDER NOTICES P. W. D. SINGAPORE TUN DEIU are invited from PWD Registered Contractors for the following:— 1) Kxrrntlnn of Barthworks at thin swee Koad near P U B. Blertric iuMUUoo) Mowroind Oat* and Time- 7th April. 1071 at W 06 a m Fl—. Meet at Chin S wee Road/York
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    • 472 21 TENDER NOTICE P. W. D. SINGAPORE TSfDBRS are Invited from PWD Registered Contractors and from •apodal ly Registered Contractors" for the following works:— Construction of Siphon II Across Pellon Canal and Mowers for kallang Ha* In Hewtrus SciM'ine. Cos tract VI All Ctrl I Engineering Contractors. Cloning Date; 4JJ-71 at
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  • 2356 22 Scratching}: SATURDAY RACE 1: Subali. Copper Cinders, One Upmanship. Malayan Dawn, Fair Chance, Dragonboat 11. Thunder of Yangtze, Prediction 11. Conflict. RACE 2: Senaran Bintang, Arrow Head, Prince Argent, Henry, Beep Beep. RACE 3: Camaro. RACE 4: Escalation. Trail Blazer, Desert monds 11, Rustic Diamonds II, Rustic.
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  • 343 23 LAST year about 50/000 people paid to see the Grand Prix, which is now a popular annual event. It now occupies a premier position in our national calendar of sports. This year's Grand Prix with foreign drivers and riders competing In greater numbers than
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  • 391 23 NAGOYA, Japan Communist China returned to the World Table Tennis Championships tor the first time in six years and defeated defending champion Japan 5-2 last night to wia the coveted Swaythling Cup men's team event. Th e Chinese stunned a capacity oartisan crowd of
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  • 159 23 HONGKONG Japan's Kosaku Shimada yesterday fired a seven-under-par 63 to take a two-stroke first round lead in the 1971 Hongkong Open golf tournament. In second place with 658 were Eleuterio Nival of the Philippines, Graham Marsh of Australia and two more Japanese. Haruo Yasuda and
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  • 53 23 A last minute goal by left-half Ibrahim Awang enabled Darul Afflah to beat Telok Kurau United 2-1 In yesterday's FAS Division One match played at Jalan Besar Stadium. In anolher Division One match, Vigilante Corps beat Ocean Sports Clnb 6-1. Ocean SC's goal was off penalty kick by
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  • 30 23 SHA Division 1 Combined Schools vs Port Authority Recreation Club at Bukit Chermin and Division 3 Singapore Indians 'C' vs Singapore Polytechnic at Balestier Road at 5.15 pm.
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  • 192 23 KUALA LUMPUR ARAMADA ihovtd splendid improvement in a gallop on a toft track here yesterday morning. Witti Wadi astride, he sprinted smartly over 3f in 37 4/5, finishing strongly. TRIPOLI, still a maiden, worked extremely well In a trial with stablemate ESCORT II (Wilson). Breaking from
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  • 132 24 UK cuts bank rate one percent LONDON Britain's crisis level seven per cent bank rate was slashed to six per cent yesterday the lowest it has been since before sterling's devaluation in 1967. A cut of half of one per cent had been widely forecast to bring
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  • 313 24 SAIGON Vietcong terrorist* killed or wounded nearly 200 civilians in a raid on a district capital yesterday, military sources ■aid. It wa« the worst terror attack in more than Bine months, they saidThe sources said the Communists poured a 140 round mortar barrage Into the
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  • 76 24 HAMBURG A woman ■hot and killed Bolivia's former consul general to Hamburg. Roberto Qulntanllla. In his home yesterday. He wa« shot twice In the chest and died in hospital. "Hie woman was seen running out of the house after the shooting and dropped
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  • 394 24 DELHI Pakistan military forces yesterday launched an oilout offensive against Sheikh Mujibur Rahman's followers in five cities and towns in East Pakistan, All-India Radio has reported. Quoting reports reaching Calcutta from across the border, the Radio said the Pakistan army, navy and air force
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  • 61 24 JAKARTA The IndOnesian Government has banned all foreign diplomats from travelling within Indonesia until after the general elections In July. The surprise announcement was made in a note to embassies from the foreign ministry. It is the first coun-try-wide travel ban on embassies since the
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