Eastern Sun, 16 April 1971

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    23 1 EASTERN SUN si™Te\ tw« national daily Final edition 10 cents tsfd. 1966. Vol. 5 No. 1622 Friday, April 16, 1971 M.C. (P) 2510
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    Lock icon Daughter who was forgiven returns from the 'dead'
    325 1 Life Is worth living •tain for Ng Geok Li an. He and his "dead" teenage daughter had a tearful reunion yesterday a happy ending to 10 days of broken hearts, grief and tragedy. The EASTERN SUN helped make it so. We published
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    Lock icon POLLUTION WAR: ADB URGED TO HELP
    389 1 President opens the talks jpRESIDENT Sheares yesterday urged the Asian Development Bank to "widen its vision" and help finance the war against environmental pollution. He soid: "The Asian Development Bonk could and should ossist the campaign ogoinst pollution and finance urban renewal projects." The
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      11 1 UHER The magnificent taperecorder in any language. Jebsen&Jessen SMCiAPORE* KUALA LUMPtW'POH-»TfMN(
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    Lock icon She's also single
    80 2 Eight luscious young showgirls from the land of the cherry blossoms ire wowing audiences In Singapore. They are the Les Elegance, an all-girl revue performing at the Tropicana Nightclub Restaurant The group, formed only three months ago, ts on an Asian tour which has already taken them
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    Lock icon U.S. will help Singapore if China attacks
    345 2 United States would step in directly to help Singapore if China or other aggressive forces attacked her. It would also step in directly to help other ASEAN countries. U.S. Congressman Henry S. Reuss said this yesterday in an exclusive i n e rview
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    Lock icon Unions want full pay for courses
    329 2 The National Trades Union Congress has asked Hie Ministry of Labour to persuade employers to gire full-pay leave for unionists attending training courses. A memorandum appealing for Government action was sent to the Minister for Labour. Mr S. Rajaratnam. by the NTUC's Secretary for
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    Lock icon Students study fare decision
    164 2 STUDENT leaders are studying the decision by Singapore's four bus companies not to grant cheaper b«s fares for students. Mr Anwar SlraJ. President of the University of Singapore Students* Union, said thla yesterday. He would not comment further. The decision by the four companies to reject
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    Lock icon Judge describes witness as 'worst I've come across'
    245 2 Chief J a st i c e Wee ('hone Jin yesterday described defendant truck driver is a negligence suit as *the worst defence witness I've ever come across in my 13 years." He made this comment after the driver told a defence
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      75 2 ■i m SINGAPORB TOWN 06 am. (9 ft.); 1.46 am. (0.8 ft); 2.*> pm. (7.1 ft 7.39 pm. (4.3 ft.) TOMORROW SINGAPORE TOWN '•4 l am. (8.7 ft.); 8.35 am. (1.1 ft.): 3.37 pm. (6.6 ft.); 8.24 pm. (4.7 ft.) NAVAL DOCKYARD 25 am. (10.1 ft); 7.30 am. (1.3 ft.)-
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    Lock icon Man soon to be married killed in a road accident
    246 3 A man was killed and his two brother* critically injured witcn a van and a truck colli ded at the 9-milestone Jurong Road, yesterday Five other men were also hurt in the crash, which happened at 7.59 am. The dead
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    Lock icon LAND PROFIT OR TAXES WARNING
    201 3 r FHE Government will have to raise taxes if it does not make any profits from land acquisition, the Minister for Health said yesterday. Landlords who grumble that the Government mokes lorge profits from land ocquisition should take note of this, Mr Chua Sion Chin
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    Lock icon Happy to go back to jail
    163 3 A man under police supervision said yesterday he was happy fo be sent back to jail because fce bad "roamed all ever Singapore." Hassan bin Qsman, 40. aaid this after pleading guilty to a charge of breaking one of the condition* Imposed on people
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    Lock icon Robber jailed again
    127 3 A man who committed armed robbery soon after he was released from jail, was yesterday Jailed for six year*. Tew Joon Pong, 26, admitted at the Fourth Magistrate's Court to robbing Lim Keow Tiang when he was as--leep in his Tajnplaes Road home, on February 21. Tew,
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    Lock icon Oil prices to rise soon
    49 3 Rinrapore oil companies are rxprrtfd to announce price rises of four to five cents a gallon within the nest fr w days. An exclusive EASTERN SUN source revealed this yesterday. He said the companies have already submitted their proposed price increases to the (Government
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    Lock icon Cut import duties MP tells Japanese
    187 4 JAPAN should grant tariff preferences to less-deve-loped countries especially in Southeast Asia, the Whampoa Member of Parliament said yesterday. This was because Japan was far ahead technologically and her markets were firmly established, he explained. Dr Augustine HH. Tan, leader of a trade mission
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    Lock icon Death on ship
    81 4 A crew member of i (Jailed States care* vessel was found dead la his cabin yesterday morning. He was Alfaase Kb res, 41. of First Avenue, Las Aagelea. California. He was a crew mem ber of the Mount Vernon Virkr r» Ml American cargo ship which arrived
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    Lock icon $38m contract for new Ocean Building
    124 4 A $3B million contract to build the new Ocean Building at Collyer Quay has been awarded to a local construction firm. The company is the Woh HUD Private Limited. Ocean Properties Private Ltd, awarded the contract The 28-storev build inf. when competed in 1974,
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    Lock icon Pull in a big one at throw-away market prices...
    191 4 FOOD glorious FOOD Thread your fishing line with a market bargain today buy threadfln at only $2.80 a kaii. Broth from thU fish is excellent for rice noodles. Today's prices (in katis unless otherwise mentioned): VEGETABLES Bamboo shoots $0.40 Celery $1)
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      69 4 oasn am ot -O < 'U\ K ♦S -x •>. V. r**V? wF. j K A U.' > CHOCOLATE ready to drink This contest is open to all students and as A SPECIAL PRIZE All the details can be found in THE SUN beginning MAY 2. Make sure of your
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    Lock icon MSA probes 'white hold'
    136 5 Malaysia Singapore Airlines la investigating a charge that Its expatriate employees are malntalng "white supremacy" in the company. The accusation came from the Singapore Air Transport- Workers Union's General Secretary. Mr Clarence de SUva. He made the claim on Wednesday la a memorandum to the Prime
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    Lock icon ADB TO HELP THE HUNGRY AND ILL
    379 5 TWE president of the Asion Development Bonk, Mr Tokeshi Wotonobe, yesterdoy set greater development goals for the ADB. "We cannot be satisfied until there is no longer a need for the Asian Development Bank/' he declared. He pledged that the ADB would do
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    Lock icon Aid and freer trade needed says Minister
    306 5 Development assistance should go hand in hand with more liberal trade to spur world economic growth and trade, Singapore's Finance Minister, Mr Hon Sui Sen, said yesterday. He advocated this at the opening of the fourth annual meeting of the Asian Development Bank's
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      209 5 4 4 M M, <4 0 SSj t rf r k -y •V V. V -< s V (f Y> A* HB rfl M 2fc t is .»Xv. «<v- Thai International can take you to Bangkok twice a daymorning or evening Catch our evening flight from Singapore and arrive in
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    Lock icon SAIGON FORCE SMASHES RED'S SIEGE
    246 6 South Vietnamese troops, supported by air strikes, hare broken a 14-day communist siege on Firebase Six in the Central Highlands. A military spokesman said elite airborne troops mounted the relief operation after helicopters landed them about a mile south of the outpost. Fire base Six,
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    Lock icon Artificial blood—and it works...
    154 6 OSAKA, Japan Medical scientists have produced artificial blood which they believe will be in general use in hospitals around the world within four or five years. The only serious problem so far encountered In the research being carried out on dogs la that the artificial product
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    Lock icon They want to be hostages
    67 6 HONOLULU Four American civilians are in Tokyo on a journey they hope will end inside a North Vietnamese prison camp. The four, all from southern California, will go to Laos to offer themselves to North Vietnam as replacements for American prisoners of war. The leader,
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    Lock icon U.S.-Peking thaw: word of warning
    85 6 CAMBRIDGE. Massachusetts Asian expert Professor Edwin Reischauer has applauded the apparent warming of relations between the U.S. and Communist China but warned not to expect too mucti too soon. Reischauer, ambassador to Japan during the Kennedy administration said a relaxation on trade and travel restrictions
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      99 6 TOP PRIZES TO BE WON in the "HAPPY FAMILY" CONTEST Ist Prize STR-222/PS-222/SS 485 This popular, wonderful set of stereo components for delightful music listening 3rd Prize TV-720 UET This new 7" portable TV with good-looking streamlined styling -SMS: m. a TV-900 UET This new play-it-anywhere solid state black screen
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    Lock icon U Thant calls on Red China to join a great power summit conference
    291 7 Reuter SAN JOBE, Costa Rica United Nation* Score tary-Grntrai 0 Thant called Testerday for a treat power nmmlt meeting, to Include Chairman Mao Tse Tung. U Thant said the summit could initiate a "change from confrontation and
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    Lock icon China trade fair opens
    175 7 Hongkong China's Canton Trade Fair opened yesterday, and traders are predicting it will be the biggest and best since H was began in 1957. It also will be one of the friendliest fairs in years, with thousands of merchants around the world attending to buy some
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    Lock icon China warmth surprises U.S.
    28 7 WASHINGTON State Department officials have said thev were surprised but also gratified by the courtesy and hospitality shown to the Americans now visiting China.
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    Lock icon CHINA RELATIONS —IT WILL TAKE TIME U.S. WARNS
    394 7 UPI TIfASHINGTON U.S. government officials yesterday warned against expecting too much from the reciprocal gestures of goodwill between America and China. They hoped the ending of an U.S. trade emborgo on China would prove America's desire to restore normal ties. President Nixon
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    212 7 WASHINGTON Senator George McGovern, (DemocratSouth Dakota), has called for an investigation of reports that at least St pec cent of the world's opium comes from 6oath-east Asia. There have also been claims that in Laos, the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) facilitates the movement of the dm* STOCKHOLM
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    Lock icon HITLER HORROR CAMP DOCTOR'S TRIAL PUT OFF
    216 8 Reuter pRANKFURT, West Germany A former Naxi concentration camp doctor Horst Schumann has been declared physically unfit to stand trial on mass murder charges. But the court has ordered Schumann, who is accused of murdering 15,314 people, to continue detention in a prison
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    Lock icon Yugoslavian envoy dies of gun wounds
    112 8 AFP STOCKHOLM Yugoslavian Ambassador Vladimir Rolovic, who was shot by Croatian extremists last week, died of his wounds in hospital yesterday. Rolovio was shot by two young Croatian* In the Yugoslav Embassy on April 7. He received three bullets in the jead. Despite an
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    Lock icon Protest on Hitler's birthday
    116 8 COLOGNE Several former French Resistancefighters will demonstrate outside the Cologne courthouse on Adolf Hitler's birthday next Tuesday. Th« protest it in support of Nazi-hunter, Mrs Beate Klarfeld. who is being held in preventive detention for a week. Mrs Klarsfeld was arrested for the attempted abduction on
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      88 8 TAKE YOUR FAMILY for a HOLIDAY of a LIFETIME r WW SUM JNFfW will whisk away 2 lucky families far a Holiday at a Lifetime stay at the beautiful Hotel Okura or Hotel Siam in Tokyo in Bangkok AS THEIR GUESTS v co«r/^ {o} ♦ore i s Members of the
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  • A PLACE IN THE SUN
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      Lock icon The birthday party
      585 9  -  I'll always remember Singapore' laurte lee At three o'clock one morning this week in Bugis Street an unusual birthday porty wos in full swing. It was held by a visiting Australian celebrating his 32nd birthday The guests he invited had no Idea who be was and he
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      Lock icon WHICH WAY?
      38 9 Confusion didn't merely reign, it apparently poured on this stretch of highwoy neor Trotton, Hampshire, England. Actuolly, the explosion of markings was all occording to plon. The road is used by contractors to demonstrate line-marking equipment.
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      Lock icon NO SEX, BOOZE -IT'S A HOLIDAY
      128 9 By BABBIE FEARER A British firm is running package holidays "away from ike permissive society Ses "adventures" awl boose are strictly oil the programme bat times are fixed for daily prayer*. Anyone who breaks the roles risks a tick in* off or being blacklisted.
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    Lock icon WIDER HORIZONS
    524 10 the Head of a State who is not the head of the government makes the opening address at a gathering of experts it is almost always platitudinous and full of good wishes for the successful outcome of the meeting or the conference. President Sheares in his opening address
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    Lock icon DISASTER STRIKES: YOU CAN'T SUE THE OTHER DRIVER!
    590 10 The Art Buchwald column One of the things we're going to be hearing more about as time goes on is "no-fault insurance." Everyone has his own idea of what 10-fault car insurance should be, but the idea is that when someone has
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  • SUN SOAPBOX WHERE READERS HAVE A SAY
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      Lock icon Ban this pollution
      224 10 SIR: V~OUR recent news item headlined "SEGREx GATE SMOKERS" SAY DOCTORS ought to be called to the attention of commercial buildings in Singapore. Airlines, bus companies, and the government agencies concerned with the problems of health, lire safety, and pollution should all take note. Life for us
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      Lock icon CHAOS SILLY
      85 10 SIR: DEOPLE grumble about the new bus system, but that was only to be expected it's human nature to resent change, even when it's for the better. If people had bothered to do their homework beforehand, by finding out from both the Press and the Bus Guides, which
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      Lock icon When the water stopped
      62 10 SIR: I AST Monday my J water supply suddenly stopped. Fortunately, it was resumed after 30 minutes. My servant told me this was caused by Public Health Department workers cleaning drains in the area. I appreciate the Public Health Department cleaning the drains to ensure healthy
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      7 10 THE FINEST IN FASHION THE <titt BY
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    Lock icon Students swap sides to head rebellion
    1086 11 SCDPt Reuter I "DISILLUSION ED students, a few months ago ardent supporters of Ceylon's leftwing government, ore now leading an insurrection that has stretched the 30,000-strong security forces of the island state. Reliable estimates say the insurgents, whose real support in the countryside is
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    Lock icon FRANCO, HIS BOYS OFF TO HONG KONG
    891 12/13 rpiME is moving faster than anyone would like it. I hear FRANCO ROMANO and HIS BOYS will be leaving the SPOT SPOT In a couple of days. They are headed for the lIONG KONG HILTON for a spell. The FLYBAITS will start making
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      105 12/13 ;$:'\**?"&-&:'>(=!*$!_[%?=.>)\$ HRSTTIME M SINGAPORE ANEW EATING W TEPPANYAKI Japanese Style BarbtciM Ovef Red Hot Steel Plank JukSi 'samam GRILL ROOM HOTEL EQUATORIAL TEL ***** (20 LINES I DELICIOUS TOKYO BARBEQUi from $2.80 per ditli (Open* from 12 noon II pm.) BIRO BOTTLE RESTAURANT 377. Bukit Timah Road 3) Miles, Singapore
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    Lock icon SECRET FEARS MADE SINATRA QUIT
    359 15  -  Farewell to the big spender, the big lover, the big wheel...and the biggest of stars From Steve Dunleavy JT was, in the end, fear that made Frank Sinatra quit. The 55-year-old actor-singer announced that he was retiring to a life of "reflection, reading and self-examina-tion."
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    Lock icon THE FIGHTER
    230 15 Sinatra the scrapper. It's been said, would slug anyone at the drop of a hat. Certainly he once thumped a prop man in Boston for making an anti-Semitic remark. And hit a waiter with a soda bottle for refusing to serve a Negro. Another time, in Texas, an
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    Lock icon THE LOVER
    208 15 Sinatra the lover was something of a legend. He was married and divorced three times, to Nancy Barbate, Ava Gardner and Mia Farrow. And the list of his girl friends reads like a Who's Who of world beauties. There was Marilyn Monroe, Kim Novak, Marlene Dietrich, Gloria Vanderbilt,
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  • Page 15 Miscellaneous
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      238 15 1 CATHAY i.i r.n.mui.n ORC HARD 376 5 B S »ih BIG DAYt S Show. lt.4ft iiu 8.15 pm Sunday Extra Bhu» >• am UASH BOOKINGS UNI VI INO FREE USTI A am: 1150. S3 50 4k 14 0C MOM "Ryan's Daughter' Robert Mitchum Ooloi I revor Howard PVuioo ODE
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      288 15 K7 I I l> t» *****4 Ilk DAT No Free LUI Use U rila'i Unfit 4 SHOWS! Nate rime. 11 M. I.M 111 Jack Lemmon. Shirley llacLalne lrm» La Dear* Pauavu-lon, Color iUA» C A I*l TO I i!«7r»» (lp»i Today! N« Tree LUI 11 am I 46. «.M, ISO
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    496 16  -  ANN LANDERS DEAR ANN; 1 am a divorced woman 32. but I look younger. 81x months ago 1 started to see a married man who has four children under eight years of age. 2 know he loves me and 1 love him We belong together.
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      757 16 TAURUS GEMM CANCER VRGO CARROLL RIOHTER'S GENERAL TENDENCIES: Now you are able to reduce those hi g h-flown ideas of the past several days to a working success, so think out a plan to establish your affairs anew on a solid and secure .structure. Then you find you are easily
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    Lock icon Pet dazzles and sparkles all the way through
    369 17 I I CHE comes out of the darkness with a burst of song, like fireworks shattering the night with colour, sparkle and dazxle. From that moment, Petula Clark captures your attention only to release it reluctantly at the show's end, leaving an
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      707 17 today's teMan TV] SINGAPURA CHANNEL 5 PM 3.00 OPENING ANNOUNCEMENTS. followed by FOR THE FAMILY A magazine series presented In English a 30 A DIARY OF EVENTS IN SINGAPORE THIS WEEK (English) 3.35 IT'S HAPPENINC IN SINCAPORE (English) (Rpt.) A series on the life and peoole In our Republic. Topic:
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  • YOUNG SUN
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      Lock icon Latest fashion in space suits
      73 18 Greater durability, easier donning and removing All set for July 26 launch Astronaut Alfred M. Worden Jr, Command Module pilot for the Apollo 15 lunar mission tries out Hie latest in spacesuits. This new model features many im{irovements, including ncreased neck, shoulder, hand, waist and
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      Lock icon Fascinations of night train trip
      389 18 TLfY UNCLE wrote ond invited us to stoy in his bungalow in the Cameron Highlands, during the holidays. Father agreed that we should have a rest there, as we had been studying hard for the whole term. 80 bags were packed with lots of clothes,
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      Lock icon GREEN SNAKES ALIVE-IN SNAKE TEMPLE
      324 18 r jpHE fomous Snake Temple is found in Penang, in the village of Sungei Kluong about ten miles from the capital, Georgetown. It la one of the most famous sight-seeing places for tourists from all over the world. Many Chinese people g 0 there to
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      184 18 ESSAY CONTEST: Rules to observe The Eastern Sun's eiuy writing contest tot boys and girls of 14 and under (Junior) and boys and girls o*si 14 (Sanior) appears in this page on Friday. money Is: SIO to Senior* and £> k> lunkx» ever> NUV published All entrant* ere reouested tc
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  • WOMEN
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      Lock icon Fashion bridges generation gap with ease
      297 19  -  By Florence de Santis the generation gap may mean elsewhere, in fashion these days it's virtually nonexistent. Child-like shorts adorn adult legs, while the midi drapes the childish figure. Some people, who remember when children looked like children and adults also stayed In their
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      Lock icon Preparing for trips abroad
      178 19 Q: On a Mediterranean cruise, would any warm clothing: be needed? We have been told that on board ship ti isn't always as mild as one would suppose. A: Presumably you would cross the Atlantic by air, so you would wear clothing suitable for that. The
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  • commercial and industrial
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      Lock icon Satellite aided ship here
      167 20 THE first British cargo liner which navigate* with the aid of satellite* arrived have yesterday marking the new era In maritime advancement. It 1* the Prometheus belonging to the Blue Funnel Line Limited and is recently on her maiden voyage. It use* five U8 Navy Satellite*
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      Lock icon HK currency
      117 20 HONGKONG Teittrdaj'i 6 pro enrrenc rates (supplied by Foreign Exchange am Investment Ltd.): < Mayer*) (Seller*) 185 199 per 100 Stralta dollars 149 151 per 1-000 laiwac ouiiar» 9 735 9755 per Australian douai MA 300 per 100< Burmese tyata 400 610 per 1.000 Indian rupees 160 J
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      Lock icon New York closing list
      291 20 NEW YORK Wednesday's dosing prices on the New York Stock Exchange: Air Rcdne 23-3/4 A lean Alan 22-5/8 Allied Ch 29-5/8 AIIU Chal 16-5/8 Alcoa 61-3/8 Am T T 50-7/8 Anaconda 23 Atl Rich 72-1/3 Bendix 34 Bcnruet 3-5/8 Beth St 32-1/4 Boeing Co 32-3/4 Carrier
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      Lock icon Trading mildly perks up
      191 20 Trading perked up slightly In the Malaysia Singapore stock market yesterday. Volume Improved margin ally to 1,314.000 shares as against 1,112,500 the previous day. Industrials finished mixed, accounting for 1,121.000 units, nottlt 46,000, properties 77,000, oil palms 22,000, tins 18,000, dollar rubber* 12,000 and sterling rubbers
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      Lock icon Closing prices and business done
      1151 20 INDUSTRIALS ACM A 1.35/1 39: Alino 1.90/2.00 (1.90) Alcan 1.38/140, 1.39, 140. (2); All Choc 2.575; Ben 1.13/1.16. 114 (2) 1.15; B Kawat 1.11b: 1.11 (8) 1.12 (6) 113 (12) D; 114 D: Borneo 1.97/1.98 (1 97): Bonstead 2 22/2 24. 2 22 (2) B
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      Lock icon Rice loan for the Philippines
      88 20 TAIPEI An agreement has been signed between Nationalist China and the Philippines under which a loan of 50,000 metric tons of rice will be extended to the Philippines. Nationalist China will grant a grace period of three years during which the Philippines has to pey
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      Lock icon NICKELS IN GOOD DEMAND
      352 21 QYDNEY Nickel explorers, Key West and Towarnie were again in strong demand on the Sydney Stock Exchange Thursday. Key West jumped 15 cents to 51 cents during Hie first 20 minutes of trading but by closing time had eased to 40 cents, a four-cent rise overall.
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      Lock icon Suggestion
      61 21 TAIPEI Nationalist China should scale down its protection for domestic industry by further liberalising its trade if it wants to continue its high economic growth, according to a World Bank survey mission. The mission, which made a four-week survey here, suggested In a report published yesterday that government protection
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      70 21 LONDON New Zealand's Prime Minister, Sir Keith Holyoake, had a 30-minute discussion at the Foreign Office Wednesday on the special trading problems arising for his country from Britain's application to Join the Common Market He had a general and friendly discussion with Geoffrey Rippon. Britain's chief Common Market
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      42 21 TAIPEI Nationalist China will spend 246 million US. dollars over the next ive years on agriculture modernisation, the Central News Agency reported. Quoting informed sources, the agency said the money would be spread out between the farming, fishery and forestry industries.
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      36 21 NEW YORK —Dow Jones closing averages Wednesday on th e New York Stock Exchange:— 30 Industrials 83.55 20 Rails ***** 25 Utilities 124.01 65 Stocks 309.90 40 Bonds 71'.78 Commodity futures index 143.46—0 IJ.
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      Lock icon BANK OPENS NEW BRANCH
      483 21 Hie Overseas Union Bank Ltd. wHI open its 19tli local branch, the Kallang Branch, tomorrow at 677 and 679, Bendemeer Road, Singapore. The bank announced lesterday thai the oprnnr of this new branch will mark another milestone In the progress and development ot the OUB in
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      269 21 THE post holiday short trading period, to the surprise of all. saw April going out finally with a roar, which phenomenon was greeted with confusion and disbelief, Jerking the market out of its recent lethargy. April shorts who left covering to the last day. Wednesday, were made
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      189 23 SEOUL Japan's Mitsuo Kaneko, firing a remarkable five under par 67, led a field of 133 competitors at the end of Hie first day of the 1971 Korea Open golf championships which opened yesterday at the Seoul Country Club Course. After committing
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      76 23 NEW YORK Results of Wednesday's major league baseball games: American League New York 8, Detroit 4, Baltimore 3. Cleveland 0. Milwaukee 2. Chicago 0. Oakland 6. Minnesota 1. Washington 6, Boston 5, California 4, Kansas City I. National League Philadelphia 6, Pittsburgh 5, Cincinnati 8. Atlanta 3, San
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      32 23 KUALA LUMPUR—Singapore scored the second victory in the Malaysian Malays Hockey Championship beating Penang 3-0 at the Municipal Padang in Ipoh yesterday. Singapore trounced Kedah 7-0 on Tuesday.
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      232 23 IPOII I AM PROUD, fourth to Jonathan's Joy last week, looked read; to make amends In a workout with stablemate KELLY GREEN (Nawaii) here yesterday. With Des Coleman In the saddle, the Klnr of Babylon gelding galloped right away from his stablemate at the end
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      425 23 SINGAPORE'S Youth teom for the Asian Youth Soccer Championships to be held in Tokyo this month hos intensified its troining programme. The team will leave here foe Tokyo on April 21. The Youth squad's trip to Japan for the championships was made possible through the
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      38 23 PORT Or SPAIN. Trinidad, India were all out for 360 15 minutes after lunch on the second day of the flith test with the West Indies at Queen's Park Oval here Wednesday.
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      176 23 A last-minute goal bf inside-right Burhan Swlaiman enabled Ming Court to beat Guthrie Wauah 10 and clincn the Division 1 title of the SBHFL Cup and League connpetition. In a fast and exciting aorcer final played at Jalan Besar Stadium last night. Sulaiman
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      69 23 The second ranked 10pin bowler, Singapore's Henry Tan, has been nominated for the Sportman of the year award. His nomination for tb* award indicates that critics who scorned upon 10-pin bowling when it first made its appearanc* here have changed theis mind. In last year's 10-pin bowling
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