New Nation, 10 June 1971

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  • 15 1 NEW NATION SINGAPORE Thursday evening, June 10, 1971 No. 123 Price 15 cents NEW NATION
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  • 17 1 Police reported a total of 46 traffic, accidents yesterday, three were serious and one fatal.
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  • 43 1 LATE NEWS New Delhi, Thursday. —A truck rolled Into a gorge on Monday on a hilly road near Chlttor city in southern Andhra Pradesh state, killing 10 men. The truck had 22 men aboard, plus a load of sandalwood.
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  • 254 1 QUESTION -AND-ANSWER SESSION WITH MR. LEE: PAGES 2, 3 These are the highlights of the dramatic final day of the International Press Institute Assembly in Helsinki, which was dominated by the Singapore Press issue: Mr. Lee Kuan Yew's revelation that he will prosecute two
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  • 698 1 He wants 'suitable damages for untruths about me and colleagues' 20TH ASSEMBLY OF THE INTERNATIONAL PRESS INSTITUTE... New Nation Foreign Service Helsinki, Thursday Mr. Lee Kuan Yew .said yesterday that two Singapore newspaper editors would be tried for allegedly spreading lies about
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  • 52 1 Water consumption fell by 3.5 million gallons from 98.3 to 94.8 million gallons yesterday. This figure. Is however, 4.8 million gallons above the target of 90 million gallons given by PUB to avoid water rationing. Despite the heavy winds yesterday, no rainfall was recorded at the water
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  • 123 1 The stock maiket was generaiiy steady in quiet traaing this morning. At the end of first 45 minutes' trading the total turnover was estimated at 200,000 units. Far East Levingston attracted further buying support, on a turnover of 110,000 units. The share was taken from $2.16 to
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  • 229 1 ■the Singapore Herald Co-operative Society will today submit its by-laws to the Registrar of Co-operative Soieties for approval. This follows the first inaugural general meeting of the co-operative which was held at the Singapore Herald premises in People's Park Complex yesterday. Approval for
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  • Briefly...
    • 70 1 New York, Thursday A six-.month-old baby boy tossed out of a second floor window during a family argument was caught by his godfather who happened to be passing by, Police reported. The child Jeffrey Delappeared to be in good condition but was taken to hospital for observation. The
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    • 64 1 Kota Kinabalu, Thursday. —Japanese divers are returning home due to a shortage of oysters at Malaysia's only pearl culture farm on. the east coast of Sabah. farm manager, Mr. K. C. Chang, said yesterday. The use of dynamite and the poison tuba root to catch fish by
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    • 45 1 Guatemala City, Thursday—Polioe here yesterday fought their second gun battle with urban guerrillas within 12 hours, killing three men believed to be the remnants of a leftist group who murdered Guatemala's second deputy police chief on Tuesday night with booby trap bombs.
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  • 286 1 Reuter Moscow, Thursday The Soviet cosmonauts scored another first yesterday the world's first fashion show from space when Soviet orbiting base commander Georgi Dobrovolsky modelled a space suit specially designed to keep cosmonaut's muscles in trim. He demonstrated the suit, with a dark
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    • 51 1 mm METRES, LITRES, GRAMMES Tomorrow: Metrication made easy EDUCATION BROADSHEET IN FULL DETAIL PLUS, FOR THE FIRST TIME: The official translation of common metric terms into Chinese. SCHOOLS AND STUDENTS SHOULD ORDER NOW! N*Z*l BIG BUSINESS LISTENS WHEN TALKS INSURANCE NEW ZEALAND INSURANCE Hongkonu Rank Ch«~imt>or<; Singapore 1 r ei
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  • 4446 2 l think Singapore is going to prosper and I think it will prosper, providing there is a willing cohesiveness of a united people. And the undermining of that will, the erosion of that will to fight for what we have created
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  • 376 3 The president of the International Association of Y's Men's Clubs, Mr. John Price said today that the potentialities for rendering community service are so great in Singapore that a local "human crises committee" would be set up immediately to study the various problems facing the
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  • 247 3 President S he a re s will be installed as Chancellor of the University of Singapore at its convocation ceremony to be held at the National Theatre on Saturday at 9 a.m. The convocation will aslo see special honorary degrees conferred on five prominent personalities
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  • 115 3 A display featuring a wide range of sporting equipment will be held at the Australian Trade Commissioner's showrooms at 201 Ciemenceau Avenue today. It is open to the public from 12 noon to 2.30 p.m. ana from 5 D.m. to 9 p.m. The Industrial Arbitration
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    • 167 3 Wyn Behenna is one of those lucky people who has a job she loves doing. She runs BOAC's Escort service for groups of children travelling unaccompanied. Wyn spent some time as a nurse before she joined BOAC. Then she became a stewardess. So she knows about children. And she knows
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  • Page 3 Miscellaneous
    • 190 3 Weather i i Temperatures in world cities yesterday: Jakarta 92-82. Kuala Lumpur 90-73. Bangkok 89-77. Hong Kong 84-79. Manila 87-76. Taipeh 90-76. Seoul 82-68. Tokyo 82-68. Naha 82-73. London 55-46. Paris 61-52. Moscow 77-46. San Francisco 66-50. Sydney 69-58. Melbourne 60-47. Canberra 56-44. Perth 65-57. Singapore Singapore's weather forecast from
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  • THE WORLD
    • 371 4 Army will crush any rebellion —Suharto Warning follows Bali poll campaign deaths New Nation Foreign Service Jakarta, Thursday President Suharto has warned that the Indonesian armed forces will crush any attempt to overthrow his govern- ment. The president's warning came in the wake of reports that 13 people have been
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    • 393 4 United Press International New Delhi, Thursday The US and the Soviet Union have offered to help India with a huge airlift of East Pakistani refugees from border States to the interior. An American air force advance team of 25 held talks here yesterday with
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    • 277 4 New Nation Foreign Service Calcutta, Thursday As medical and relief supplies for East Pakistan refugees continue to pour into Calcutta, city officials say they are still not receiving enough cholera vaccine for their crash inoculation programme. Officials said yesterday that they needed 2.5 million doses
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    • 255 4 United Press International Sydney Thursday An anonymous phone caller has threatened to blow up the local radio station and drop a bomb in a mine shaft, unless detectives investigating iiie A 5500,000 bomb hoax quit this mining town in Mount Isa. Five senior Sydney
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    • 435 4 United Press International Paris, Thursday The Japanese Foreign Minister, Mr. Kiichi Aichi, and the US Secretary of State, Mr. William Rogers, have coileluded negotiations on the return of Okinawa to Japanese control, with June 17 the date for signature of
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    • 159 4 United Press International Manila, Thursday The Press Foundation of Asia (PFA) yesterday asked Nationalist China, to "take the first essential step" and release the Yuyitung brothers so they could return to their homes in the Philippines. The brothers, publisher and editor of the Manilabased
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    • 352 4 United Press International Taipei, Thursday Indonesia's The Tragedy of Niai Dasima won the best dramatic film award, while War and Human Being of South Korea collected seven of the major prizes in the 17th Asian Film Festival, which closed here yesterday. The colqut
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    • 144 4 Reuter Belfast, Thursday 'World heavyweight boxing champion, Joe Frazier, turned up here yesterday for a civic reception given in his honour only to And an empty town hall. A vexed Lord Mayor and City officials left in disgust after waiting in vain for
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    • 36 4 New York, Thursday Nine crew members found in the wreckage of an airplane in the jungles of New Guinea have been buried in Jefferston Barrack national cemetery, 27 years after they were reported missing.
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    • 401 4 Aim is to speed up aid Reuter New York, Thursday Secretary-General U Thant proposed yesterday the creation of a United Nations disaster relief centre to speed and improve international aid in cases of natural emergencies. He addressed his recommendations to the Economic and
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    • 240 4 Reuter Washington, Thursday Wall Street is losing more than US$2OO million a year because of theft and counterfeiting of stock certificates, a congressional group was told yesterday. Mr. Murray Gross, assistant. district attorney in New York, gave the estimate to the Senate
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    • 44 4 Istanbul. Thursday A series of tremors, some lasting up to four seconds, shook the town or Burdur in Western Turkey during Tuesday night and early yesterday, the semi-official Anatolian news agency reported. There were no casualties but several houses were damaged.
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    • 296 4 Reuter Washington, Thursday Political tempers flared in the Senate yesterday when a leading Republican charged Senator Edward Kennedy with showing blind ambition by criticising President Nixon's Indo-China policies. Senator Robert Dole of Kansas, chairman of the Republican National Committee, who levelled the charge, in
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    • 260 5 New Nation Foreign Service Cairo, Thursday Egypt has placed responsibility firmly on the United States to make a deadlockbreaking move on the Middle East conflict, diplomatic sources said yesterday. In a tough speech to frontline troops on Tuesday, President Anwar
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    • 173 5 United Press International Paris, Thursday Communist China is interested in buying the Anglo-French Conrcorde supersonic airliner, the president of France's Aerospatial Company said yesterday. Mr. Henri Ziegler said a Chinese mission "stayed for several days" with company representatives during the 29th Paris air
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    • 35 5 Hong Kong. Thursday The Yugoslav Foreign Minister. Mr. Mirko Tepavac, arrived in Peking yesterday for a one-week official visit at the invitation of the Chinese Government, the New China News Agency reported today.
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    • 480 5 Kosy gin's call to NATO on troops cut in Europe United Press International Moscow, Thursday Russia is willing to cut down its armed forces in Europe if the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO) countries display a 'sincere' position on bilatetal withdrawals, the Soviet Premier, Mr. Alexei Kosygin, said
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    • 292 5 Reuter London, Thursday t Britain's Common Market negotiator, Mr. Geoffrey Rippon, ran into hostile criticism in Parliament yesterday after reporting on his latest accords with the market six. Opponents of British market entry hit out at the agreements Mr. Rippon reached in his talks last Monday
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    • 172 5 Reuter Mexico City, Thursday A total of 13 bodies all' with bullet holes through the head have been uncovered in an area of waste ground in the small town of Escandon near the Mexican-US border city of Ciudad Juarez. Mexico City newspapers said police in the
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    • 101 5 Helsinki, Thursday—The 20th General Assembly of the International Press Institute (IPI) passed a resolution yesterday "regretting" arrests of newsmen in Turkey and the suspension of newspapers there. The resolution, passed by a vote of 22-1, said IPI "regrets the recent arrests of journalists in Turkey and
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    • 557 5  -  Saigon paratroopers relieve base By Bert Okuley New Nation Foreign Service A battalion of South Vietnamese paratroopers has landed by helicopter under heavy allied air strikes to relieve the defenders of the government's Central Highlands Artillery Base 5 under a 17-day Communist siege. The 300-man force
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    • 58 5 Manila, Thursday. The Philippine government yesterday reiterated to France its opposition to nuclear tests by any country. Foreign secretary Carlos P. Romulo in a note to the French Embassy, called the attention of the embassy to a reported plan of the French government to conduct a
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    • 103 5 United Press International London, Thursday The Japanese Foreign Minister, Mr. Kii c h i Aichi, flew into London yesterday for discussions with the British Foreign Secretary, Sir Alec Douglas-Home, on Anglo Japanese relations and the October visit of Emperor Hirohito to Britain. A Foreign Office spokesman said
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    • 210 5 Reuter Palermo, Thursday Hundreds of police and carabinieri searched wide areas of western Sicily yesterday for the kidnapped son of one of Palermo's wealthiest businessmen, who is suspected of connections with the Mafia. Five men forced 28-year-old Giuseppe Vassallo, father of two, into a car
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  • WORLD COMMENT
    • 681 6  -  Despite this Filipino boast, Marcos would move against the media in some circumstances From Bernadino Ronquillo Asked at one of his latest Press conference what he thought about the closing of the Singapore Herald under Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew's administration, President Ferdinand Marcos
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    • 615 6  -  BONN'S OSTPOLITIK PAYS OFF IN ONE WAY-ETHNIC GERMANS ARE RETURNING HOME FROM POLAND From Joe Alex Morris Jr. Los Angeles Times Amid all the sniping and cries of calamity, Chancellor Willy Brandt's policy of establishing normal relations with his eastern neighbours is racking up one notable success. After
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    • 661 6 Though the question of potential relations between America and Peking is currently fashionable, the real issue in South-East Asia during the coming decade is going to be the rivalry between China and Japan. At the heart of the matter Is the fact that
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    • 338 6 Melbourne Herald Hopeful tourists wishing to visit China are still sending futile applications to the China Travel Service in Hong Kong. This is an efficient and courteous office, but it has no executive power whatever. It must get clearance from Canton for even the booking of
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  • LOCAL COMMENT
    • 1644 7  -  In the first part of Focus on Singapore yesterday, PAKIR SINGH wrote about politics in Singapore. Today he moves on to defence. He discusses the special problems we had to face in our military build-up and the reasons for national defence. PAKIR SINGH With the achievement of independence
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    • 959 7  -  Yesterday, our education correspondent PATRICK DE SOUZA summarised the findings of the Third Regional Conference of Education Ministers and Economic Planners for Asia. Today he talks to a cross section of the delegates at the conference for their assesment of it. PATRICK DE SOUZA Delegates
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  • 666 8 The dilemma of the Press in Singapore has been brought out rather clearly by the Prime Minister in his speech, and in the discussions that followed it, in Helsinki. In Mr. Lee Kuan Yew's view a Singapore newspaper has two principal
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  • 1311 8  -  JACKIE SAM Politicians in Singapore must count themselves lucky when climbing up and down lowcost fl&ts to woo the voter at election time. Here in Indonesia, the going is tough and rough. A quick trip to the doctor in
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  • Letters
    • 366 8  -  COLIN DE SOUZA I have read and re-read the letter from L. R. Bisllas. which appeared in New Nation June 7 and I fear that my earlier comment on Indonesia's request for helping in suppressing smuggling has been misunderstood. My previous letter appears to have been taken
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    • 108 8  -  CECIL TAN We have been so immersed in local issues recently that we have paid no attention to the shocking and agonising plight in India of the millions of refugees from East Bengal. Now their deplorable condition is being further devastated by cholera. Surely Singaporeans,
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    • 110 8  -  A MALAYSIAN WORKER Singapore 14. I refer to the statement by the secretary general of the Singapore Air Transport Workers Union that 375 Malaysians working in MSA Singapore have opted to stay here (New Nation 4.6.71). His statement is suspect as there was no general meeting
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    • 249 8  -  NG CHANG WANG This letter Is published because we believe in the right of reply. The facts in the article complained of were carefully checked before publication. New Nation does not indulge in "cheap sensationalism." The Editor. I refer to your news feature' "50 teachers up in
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  • Page 8 Miscellaneous
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  • 847 9  -  Near Dacca, a doctor has developed a new technique, writes John Hoffman Cholera, the fearful disease that spreads tragedy over Pakistan John Hoffman Melbourne Herald One of the "side" tragedies of the great overall human and political tragedy in East Pakistan this year has
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  • 639 9 Over the centuries Bengal has maintained its unenviable reputation as the home of cholera one of the world's most severe and dreaded diseases. The c&use 01" cholera is a micro organism identified by Robert Koch, the German bacteriologist, in 1883. The organism he
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  • 890 9  -  In Port Moresby, Hollingsworth reports on f growing calls for an end to expatriate control Max Hollingsworth The Australian In Sepik, New Guinea, an aspiring politician named William Hawaii is planning a small confrontation designed to make Australia blush. Mr. Hawari intends marching his followers
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  • 242 9 CINGAPORE, ALTHOUGH situated in the centre of a region prone to large-scale outbreaks of cholera, and having intimate contacts with the countries traditionally associated with the disease has been able to keep itself relatively free fom its ravages. Strict medical precautions
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  • SHOPPING
    • 640 10 A NEW gadget has flown into town to make telephoning a pleasure. It comes in the shape of a two-way television loudspeaker-and-amplifier that allows you to carry on a conversation with whoever is on the other end of the line with your hands free
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  • WOMAN
    • 55 11 Here's the answer to the hemline poser three lengths in one outfit. Dagma's wearing a mini in pastelled prints over a beautifully tailored pair of turquiose pants. And rhe has a midi-length sleeveless jacket in the same colour to team up with the pants.
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    • 880 11 The longer one waits the mo The Doctors guide GOOD! \HEALTHj When I was a very inexperienced housedoctor, there was one thing I was fairly sure of. That I was a hypochondriac! It is very difficult for a young doctor not to imagine that he has almost every
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    • 885 11 and out goes those frilly party dresses The other day, a har- rassed mother with a tiny daughter went into the childswear department of a large London West End store. Fifteen minutes later, she hustled her daughter Into a changing room to try on three pretty
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    • 540 11  -  Five official women delegates at conference here DOING THE ROUNDS WITH BRACIA TAY-THEE At first it felt like an alien world. All I could see were rows and rows of men dressed neatly in grey suits. The only variation lay, in the
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  • NEW NATION'S Finance and business
    • 1130 12 ALL YOU WANT TO KNOW ABOUT THE STOCK EXCHANGE COUNTERS 1970-1971 1 wk. 4 wks Closing Price last Divid P/E Turn- High Low ago ago Stock Buyers Sellers sale Yield Ratio Over INDUSTRIALS '4.50 2.26 2.37 2.39 Allied Chocolate 2.27 2.26call 5.5N 16.4 16 *1.90 0.841 1.46
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    • 242 12 Allied Chem 318 Alcoa 61* Am Brands 43J Am Can 36 Am Motors AT T 44 J A P 181 Anaconda 203 Avon Pd Beth Steel 211 Boeing 22ji Caterp Trac 491 Chrysler 581 Coca-Cola i. 103 Control Data 621 Corn G1 Wks 253 Dow Chem 1004
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    • 157 12 T l"" —The Central bank Council decided at its regular fornightly meeting yesterday that no new measures were necessary immediately to deal with West Germany's monetary problems. Mr. Karl Klasen, president of the Central Bank, told newsmen after the council meeting the bank had decided not
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    • 299 12 United Press International New York, Thursday The stock market declined on moderate turnover yesterday. At the final gong, the Dow Jones industrial average was off 2.55 at 912.46. Declines topped advances, 821 to 526, among the 1.632 issues crossing the tape. Investors were largely
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    • 281 12 Reuter London, Thursday The market closed lower in quiet trading. The overnight downturn on Wall Street and the uncertain (economic outlook at home were contributory factors. At 1445 the Financial Times index closed 4.6 down at 375.5. Leaders to decline included Rank "A," Thorn,
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    • 89 12 A new industry hard chromium plating is starting commercial production in Singapore. With Japanese partnership, operations of the Kosai Chromium Wo iks will be carried out In two phases at the Joint venture company's factory at Kallang industrial estate. Initially, the company will accept orders to provide
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    • 36 12 Hong Kong, Thursday Jardine Matheson achieved a record pre-tax profit of HK$57 during 1970, a Jardine spokesman said yesterday. "It is a remarkable year and our eighth successive year of increasing profits," he said.
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    • 337 12 31 COMMONWEALTH OFFICIALS MEET Reuter London, Thursday Commonwealth government trade officials yesterday backed plans for a £2 million fund to help promote the exports of developing countries and soften the impact of B r i t a i n's prospective
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    • 241 12 Intraco Limited, the Government sponsored trading company, achieved a 200 per cent growth in turnover for the year ended 1970 over the previous year to reach a record high figure of $3l million. Export sales accounted for over 70 per cent of the turnover.
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  • Page 12 Miscellaneous
    • 817 12 By PATRICK de SOUZA Character conflict in a marine camp Insight into a personality tragedy Put a flower child in a marine camp under the command of an honest-to-god, made in America sergeant and you have the makings of a good character conflict story. TRIBES centres around two men who
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  • SPORT 1
    • 484 13  -  CAMERA ON SCHOOLS WORDS: PETER KOH Hockey ranks as the third most popular game alter swimming and athletics, in the Convent of the Holy Infant Jesus.. The game was Introduced Into the school a couple of years ago. Since then. Its hockejuteams have shot
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    • 185 14 From Blue Peter in Ipoh Apprentices Joseph Foo Shan; and Wan Chee Hong, and three other riding boys, Bala, Samsudin and Zulkifli will be leaving for Hong Kong at the end of the month. They have just signed a two-year contract with the Shaw Movie Production
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    • 428 14 London, Thursday A record entry of 528 60 more than last year has been received for the 100 th British Open golf championship at Royal Birkdale here next month. There will be qualifying tournaments on three courses to produce 84 qualifiers to join the 69
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    • 129 14 WORLD OF SPORT FQOBALL Reuter Zurich, Thursday The International Football Federation (FIFA) said yesterday it had sent a reminder to national associations, repeating its invitation to enter for the 1974 World Cup soccer competition. The closing date for returning the official entry form to FIFA is July
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    • 96 14 Copenhagen, Thursday Scotland's soccer fortunes sank to rock-bot-tom here last night when they went down to a 1-0 European championship defeat against Denmark, without a point in five previous group matches. Finn Laudrup scored the 43rd minute goal which sank Scotland and left them with no hope of
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    • 59 14 Copenhagen, Thursday— Denmark beat Scotland 1-0 in a group five European soccer championship match here last night. Finn Laudrup scored for Denmark in the 43rd minute. At Oslo: Bulgaria beat Norway 4-1 in a group two match. Scorers—Bulgaria: Bonev (2), Zhekov and Vassiliev. Norway: Chiversen. At Stockholm: Italy
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    • 34 14 Tokyo, Thursday The visiting British Tottenham Hotspur soccer team blanked the All-Japan XI 3-0 at the National stadium here last night to make a clean sweep of its three-match Japan goodwill series.
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    • 267 14 Reuter London, Thursday Australian Test bowler Graham McKenzie sent Surrey reeling to 216 all out with his best bowling performance in this season's English county cricket championship at the Oval yesterday. McKenzie. working up a fearsome pace on a helpful pitch, shot out five batsmen at
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    • 35 14 Honolulu, Thursday. Unranked Raul Soriano of Mexico scored a stunning upset last night by stopping No. 1 ranking welterweight contender Adolph Pruitt at 1:24 of the sixth round in a scheduled 10round bout.
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    • 25 14 Epsom, England, Thursday—The dope test taken on French colt Bourbon following last Wednesday's English Derby Classic has proved negative, it was announced today.
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    • 1303 15  -  Preview by Sonny Yap on junior badminton By Sonny Yap Ng Chor Yau, the 1969-1970 national youth champion and Thomas Cup trainee is attempting to make another crack at the men's singles' title in the Singapore junior championships starting on June 16.
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    • 92 15 Reuter Manila, Thursday Thirteen nations,'including host country the Philippines, will participate in the third World men's softball championships to be held in Marikina Town, east of Manila next March. A spokesman of the organising committee said today the Amateur Softball Association of the Philippines and
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    • 233 15 BOXING New York, Thursday Heavyweight Jeff Merritt scored a pounding second rouitd tko over Willie McMillian last Tuesday night and the winner's manager, Chris Dundee, immediately guaranteed US$5O,OOO to George Foreman to meet Merritt. Dundee said he wants a Merltt-Foreman fight as part of a
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    • 158 15 London, Thursday Manchester Unit e d players yesterday confidentially predicted a bright future for the First Division soccer club now that the question of the manager has been resolved. United announced that Leicester City's Frank O'farrell has accepted the post as successor to general
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    • 63 15 Isle Of Man, Thursday— Phil Bead, Britain's former world champion, won the 250 cc lightweight race in the Isle Of Man Tourist Trophy motor-cycle meeting here. Riding cooly and competently on a Japanese Yamaha machine, Read covered the four laps of the gruelling mountain circuit
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    • 25 15 Paris, Thrursday.— JeanClaude Bouttier of France last night became European middleweight boxing champion by defeating title holder Carlos Duran of Italy on points.
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    • 68 15 Hobart, Thursday. A hat-trick by striker Chris Chilton helped the English F.A touring soccer team romp to an 8-0 triumph over Tasmania here yesterday. Half time: 4-0. The F.A. side completely overwhelmed Tasmania in their fourth match in Australia. The state team staged only one real
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    • 60 15 London, Thursday.— Rain washed out play in the 20,000 sterling Wills tennis tournament at Bristol yesterday and threatened disrupt next week's preWimbledon tournaments at Eastbourne and Queen's club. The Wills tournament was already seriously behind schedule after three days of intermittent rain and yesterday's washout made
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    • 57 15 National League New York 6 San Diego 4 Montreal 10 San Franc. 3 Lot Angeles 4 Philadelphia 2 Houston t Cincinnati 4 Atlanta 8 St Louis 7 Chicago 1 Pittsburgh 0 American League Baltimore 8 Minnesota 2 Cleveland Chicago S Kansas 4 Washington 2 New York
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    • 29 15 Greece, Thursday Poland beat Greece 1-0 in a second leg Olympic qualifying soccer tournament match here last night. At Yugoslavia: Yugoslavia beat the Republic of Ireland 2-0.
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    • 480 15 Reuter Auckland, Thursday The British Lions rugby touring team, though lacking some of the flair they showed against Wellington last Saturday, sped to a 25-6 win over a Combined XV at Tlmaru yesterday. Half-time: 16-3. The Lions mantained their unbeaten record with their
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    • 103 15 London, Thursday—Wimbledon champions, John Newcombe and Margaret Court, both of Australia, have been top-seeded In the London lawn tennis championships beginning at the Queen's Club here on Monday. SEEDINGS Men: 1. J, Newcombe (Aust.), 2. A. Ashe (US), 3. R. Laver (Aust.), 4. S. Smith
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    • 371 16  -  THE LOOT-SOUVENIRS By Dianne Wood I like the tall pottery glasses the Shangrila Hotel serves ltp potent, brain-popping drink High Lama in. So apparently do at least 400 other people living in or visiting Singapore. Since the hotel began dazzling us with
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    • 249 16 The arrival of hotpants in this calm cat-tle-raising area of Venezuela, has caused an alarming avalanche of "amorous escapades," says San Carlos police chief Jose Parr. Denouncing the hotpants, the police chief said that as the fashion snow.balled so did the number of visits by
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    • 65 16 AH FOOK: Mr. Jesudason is right. Teenagers are chiefly responsible for the generation gap and it is their job to bridge it. Parents are ever willing to help. MEI LIN: What nonsense! They are too immature to put this responsibility on their shoulders. It should be placed on
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    • 153 16 The Martin Collins column in The Australian has been researching into graffiti, and has discovered, in his own words "that the moving hand doth write, mainly near the beachfront, in schools, universities and other academic institutions and government buildings." He has come up with some
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    • 184 16 Bank clerk Veronica Ng, 22, is known among her close friends as 'the tasty dish'. That's because she cooks well. She spends her free time learning new recipes to relax her mind from the dollars-and-cents world of high finance. Veronica is a contestant for the New
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