Singapore Herald, 8 August 1970

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    14 1 THE SINGAPORE herald No. H Singapore Saturday, August 8, 1970 MC(P) 2207 15 CENTS
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    Lock icon Tunku to go on leave in Penang next month
    194 1 Tunku to go on leave in Penang next month KUALA LUMPUR, Fri. Prime Minister Tunku Abdul Rahman is expected to take leave next month to concentrate on his work as secretary-general of the Muslim Secretariat in Penang. The Prime Minister, who has said be will probably retire in December once
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  • IN BRIEF
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      Lock icon Suharto head of Defence Council
      52 1 JAKARTA, Fri. President Suharto has formed a national defence council with himself as chairman. Others are Economic Affairs Minister Sultan Hamengku Buwono. Social Welfare Minister. Dr. Idham Chalid, Foreign Minister Adam Malik, Home Affairs Minister Gen. Amir Machmud, and head of Intellifence Council Maj.-Gen. utopo
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      Lock icon ONLY FIVE DAYS
      28 1 SAIGON, Fri. A new daily, Tu Chu, which first appeared only five days ago, was seized today for publishing an editorial criticising the Government. ODD
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      15 1 MOSCOW: The Soviet Union launched two satellites today Intercosmos-3 and Cosmos--355 to study radiation phenomena.
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    Lock icon Pollution: Errors to avoid
    351 1 IT'S TIME THE PUBLIC KNEW-DR GOH FINANCE MINISTER Dr. Goh Keng Swee last night called for a campaign to educate the public on the complexities of air pollution. Dr. Goh who was opening the $216 million Jurong Power Station, said Singapore must avoid errors of two
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    Lock icon THE N-DAY LIGHTS AT THE PADANG
    13 1 THE N-DAY LIGHTS AT THE PADANG And flags fit th€ padang last night
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    Lock icon Traders' plea to PSA: Don't raise your storage rates
    205 1 Traders' plea to PSA: Don't raise your storage rates THE CHINESE and Malay chambers of commerce will ask the Port of Singapore Authority not to raise its rentals for storage of goods in its transit sheds and warehouses. The decision was taken yesterday by both chambers at separate meetings. RESOLUTIONS
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    Lock icon FAMILY MURDERED
    19 1 CALCUTTA, Fri. A wealthy farmer and his family of eight were hacked to death in their home
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    Lock icon Serviceman dies in crash
    46 1 AN AUSTRALIAN serviceman was killed in a road accident at the 10th mile Yio Chu Kang Road last night. He was travelling to Sembawang when his motorcycle hit a lorry. He was thrown from his machine and run over by a car.
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    Lock icon Greetings from Suharto
    62 1 Greetings from Suharto JAKARTA, Fri. President Suharto today cabled a congratulatory message to President Ynsof Ishak of Singapore on the eve of Singapore's independence anniversary on Sunday. The Indonesian Chief of State expressed the hope that the friendship between the two countries would be further strengthened in the future. President
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    Lock icon Jarring works on Mid-East talks agenda
    127 1 Jarring works on Mid-East talks agenda UNITED NATIONS, Fri. UN envoy Gunnar Jarring was yesterday seeking agreement between Arab and Israeli diplomats on peace talk procedures. Sources in Jerusalem said the talks would probably get under way in Cyprus in about ten days. Jarring is meeting in New York UN
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    Lock icon National Day Parade
    54 1 THE Government has asked those taking part in the National Day Parade and all guests to tune to Radio Singapore from 5.30 a.m. tomorrow for announcements. A Government statement says that if the weather does not permit, the Parade scheduled to start at 9 a.m. will be
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    Lock icon ALLIANCE 91 UP AS UNTING REJOINS PESAKA
    268 1 ALLIANCE 91 UP AS UNTING REJOINS PESAKA KICHING. Fri. Mr. Joseph I'nting. who was retarned to the Kanowit ParliameaUry Constituency as aa independent oa Jaly 2t, today coaflrmed that he has rejoined Party Pesaka. This brings the ■umber of parllameatary seats held by the party which is a component of
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      219 1 PAGES WITH this issue of the Herald, make sure you get your 12--page National Day Special, printed separately. DDD YOU will also find inside this paper the regular weekend race card and form guide, printed in half the size of the normal Herald page. ODD For ease of handling, pull
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    Lock icon Five years On...
    532 2  -  SEAH CHIANG NEE By Our Kuala Lumpur Bureau Chief FIVE years after Singapore's separation from Malaysia, there are signs that a closer relationship between the two countries is developing But there remain problems. As one observer puts it: "The clouds have passed, but the sun has not
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    Lock icon What they are saying north of the Causeway about Singapore
    215 2  -  BEN D' CUNHA RAHILAH SABARUDDIN BY AND HOW do Malaysians feel towards Singapore and her people five years after separation? We put the question to about three dozen Malaysians. Their answers show that most Malaysians Malays and nonMalays agree that
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    519 2 MALAY EXECUTIVE, 29 "Government doing fine and its ideologies are accepted by the people. Singapore is prospering. Buildings are eyesores, too tall. Singapore Malays should visit us more often as a start to bridge the gap of relationship. Interchange of views through the two countries' mass media will help."
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  • Saturday, August 8, 1970 THE SINGAPORE HERALD
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      Lock icon Terrorism and Singapore's nationhood
      451 2 THE wave of bombings and bus burnings is extremely disturbing. A child was killed earUer this year and other lives have been endangered. The obvious aim of those responsible is to create fear and uncertainty in the minds of the people. Barisan Sosialis central executive committee
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      Lock icon Let us see films in peace
      148 2 Smoking and shouts are now a familiar occurences in cinemas. The big No Smoking sign does not mean anything at all to the smokers, whilst the misbehaved who shout simply disregard other sitting beside them. These things are annoying and intolerable and deprive others
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      150 2 Why are taxi drivers so rude? It is difficult to meet a wellmannered taxi driver on Singapore's roads. Taxi drivers are fond of embarassing their patrons with rude and unfriendly remarks. It is a strange situation when a fare-paying customer has to suffer all sorts of insults as though he
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      Lock icon TRAINEES INSTEAD OF RELIEF TEACHERS
      369 2 The time has come to end the most damaging aspect of education in Singapore the system of relief teaching. Unless constructive steps are taken now, the consequences of the system of relief teaching would become serious. Relief teachers are daily rated, and have no knowledge
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      Lock icon Pity the under-dog in the SAF
      104 2 I enjoyed reading your series on the Singapore Army very much. I have a number of friends in the SAF doing fulltime national service and they have told me there are officers who bully and brow beat their subordinates as a matter of routine.
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      185 2 Part 3 in our series on social integration will be published on Monday. Congratulations to MAYFAIR DEPARTMENT STORE ON THEIR OPENING from SENG CHEONG CO., PTE. LTD. 9 MIRANDA flSas^S^l The world's finest system camera with unique through the lens metering at full aperture with any type of lenses Precise
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    Lock icon SHE GETS BEST OF THREE WORLDS
    225 3 SHE GETS BEST OF THREE WORLDS MRS. SALLY MOSEp, 47, has the best of three worlds. She works behind a desk most of her time but she can sal off in a ship in summer and fly to the sunny, warm weather of the Caribbeans in the cold wintry months.
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    Lock icon Ex-Party Rakyat boss now an editor In Kuching
    146 3 Ex-Party Rakyat boss now an editor In Kuching KUCHING, Fri. Veteran politician, journalist and novelist, Inche Ahmad Boestamam, has been appointed the editor-in-chief of Utusan Sarawak, the oldest and only Malay paper in the State. Inche Boestamam, 50, former leader of Party Rakyat, is now president of Party Marhaen. The
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    Lock icon N-Day sea carnival Free show
    70 3 THE Port of Singapore Authority's National Day Sea Carnival to be held tomorrow at Telok Ayer Basin from 3 p.m. will be open to the public free. Entry will be by Gates Two and Three of Telok Ayer Basin and spectators will have a covered
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    Lock icon Increase in revenue
    55 3 Increase in revenue THE Government collected a total revenue of $33,377,000 on liquor for the first seven months of this year an Increase of $5,916,000 over the same period last year. The gross cumulative revenue on petroluem for the same period was $41,007,000 (up $5,803,000); tobacco $30,007,000 (up $3,008,000) and
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    Lock icon NO FIRST PRIZES IN SONG WRITING CONTEST
    169 3 THERE were no first prize winners in RTS National Day Song Writing Contest though entries were received from India, Cambodia, South Vietnam and East and West Malaysia. In the English section, Merguerite Beebee of Singapore with "A Call to Youth," won the .second
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    Lock icon Boat for sale at school fair
    65 3 THE Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Mr. L.P. Rodrlgo, stopped to examine this canoe, built by the Serangoon Gardens Technical School students, which was for sale at the school's fun fair and exhibition yesterday. Mr. Rodrigo opened the fair, which was
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    Lock icon ELECTRICITY FOR ALL BY 1973,SAYS GOH
    215 3 ELECTRICITY FOR ALL BY 1973, SAYS GOH ALMOST every home in the country will have electricity within the next three years. Chairman of Public Utilities Board Dr. Ong Swee Law announced this last night when he spoke at the official opening of the $216 million Jurong Power Station. The plan
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    Lock icon Prize-winning watches on show
    66 3 A COLLECTION of some of the world's most expensive watches will be put on display in Singapore for ten days from Aug. 11. They will include the De Beers prize-winning bracelet studded with 700 diamonds, and the 16-diamond ladies watch valued at more than $100,000. The
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    Lock icon 21 Indons jailed
    49 3 NINETEEN Indonesians who came to Singapore illegally by sampan on Thursday were jailed for a month each by the Ninth Magistrate yesterday. Two others who were ordered to leave the Republic early this year had returned without permits on Wednesday, were jailed for four months each.
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    27 3 THE closing date for entries to the "Win A' Beetle" contest, sponsored by Champion Motors and the Singapore Herald, has been extended to Aug. 21.
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    Lock icon The day the other woman called
    136 3 STENOGRAPHER Julie Tan Jo© Long told the High Court yesterday that a woman came to her office one day in March last year to to tell her she was having an affair with her husband. The woman, Goh Swee Caooa, also told Tan that
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    Lock icon Rising demand for top class medical service
    474 3 THEY WANT COMFORT IN SICKNESS THERE is a growing demand here for a more personalised and elegant form of medical service, said Mr. Earl Lu, a consultant surgeon, when he spoke yesterday on Private Practice at a forum on Medicine in Singapore. The
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    73 3 Police plea for help POUCE are anxious to contact liew Ai Ho (above), who they believe cam help In their investigations Into the receit burning of two STC bases in New Bridge Road. Uew is a Cantoaese, aged 2t. His last known address was given as 84, Desker Road. Anyone
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    Lock icon First aid in Jurong
    47 3 THE St. John Ambulance Association, Jurong branch, is organising a first aid course for factory workers. Anyone interested in the course, to be held every Tuesday from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. at the Jurong Town sub-centre should contact the secretary, tel. *****3.
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    33 3 KUALA LUMPUR, Fri. The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Dato CM. Yusof, was admitted to the General Hosital here yesterday for a check-up, a spokesman of the hosital said today.
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    Lock icon Dance hostess gets divorce
    100 3 A DANCE hostess who was frequently beaten up by her husband, a former police sergeant, was granted a divorce by the High Court yesterday on the ground of cruelty. Margaret Wong May Lin alias Wong Ah Yat, 29, of Anderson Crescent said that her marriage had
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    Lock icon GOOD CHEER
    21 3 Mr. Tan Hung Tong was elected President of the Toast masters' Club of Singapore at its annual general meeting.
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    Lock icon Stamps to show us as active, dynamic people
    288 3 Stamps to show us as active, dynamic people LCfcAL ARTISTS designing commemorative stamps have been encouraged to show Singapore as an active and dynamic people, a society of progress. This can be expressed in the feeling of "What you can do, we can always try to do better." The Minister
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    28 3 KUALA LUMPUR, Fri. police found 240 packets of morphine on a man In Jalan Chow Kit here yesterday following a tip-off, a police spokesman said today.
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      41 3 BEETLE BAI LEY By Mort Walker L L s JJL CO?f iwm^w^\ n TZ~] IWONPER f 22, MOW A\ANy MEN \JW& c*w MAvB MAD 7MRR J r\ :< I u%\ changed ey /fosS|\ i*~~ 3 A TWO- LETTER jA^ X/gp* C~\ r~r
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    Lock icon More Malay text books for pure science students next year
    140 4 KOTA KINABALU, Fri. The shortage of Bahasa Malaysia science text books for upper secondary students will be greatly eased by next year when the Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka publishes 12 new books for pure science students. The acting Director of
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    54 4 JOHORE BAHRU, Fri.— Johore's Menteri Besar Dato Othman Sa'at said today a scholarship fund is to be set up to send youths abroad for technical training. He said the youths, to be sent to Germany and Japan, will provide the skilled reservoir for factories and government
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    Lock icon DAVID TALKS HIS WAY TO THE TOP — AND $100
    125 4 DAVID TALKS HIS WAY TO THE TOP AND $100 DAVID Wong Chaeng Foot of the Angle-Chinese School won the lint prise of $1M I* the National Day Oratorical Contest, 'organized by RTS for secondary low and preunfversity students. Mervyu G. Fernando of St. Joseph's Institution and Cerise Urn Hsiao Ins
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    60 4 Quality control workshop A WORKSHOP on modern quality control techniques will be conducted by the SubCommittee for Continuing Education, University of Singapore on Aug. 4. It will consist of five sessions, covering evolutionary operation, statistical quality control, cumulative sum charts and the computer. The fee for the course, conducted by
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    Lock icon New YMCA of 17 storeys awaiting Govt approval
    84 4 New YMCA of 17 storeys awaiting Govt approval THE YMCA plans to replace its present «1-year-old building in Orchard Road with a $3 million 17-storey building. The plan is before the Government for approval. The new building will have faculties for shopping, banking, parking, indoor sports and other club activities,
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    Lock icon Judge: You've made a foolish mistake
    502 4 WILSON GETS CONDITIONAL DISCHARGE SECURITY chief Linfield Wilson was given a year's conditional discharge by a district court judge yesterday for having arms and ammunition without a licence on July 20. Wilson, who is managing director of Securitas Private Limited, was originally charged with
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    Lock icon Woman found dead
    61 4 A WOMAN was found dead at the bottom of a block of flats near her home on Thursday night. Leong Ah Man, 32, of Block 61, Taman Jurong was believed to have fallen from the tenth floor where a pair of black slippers were found. Police have
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    Lock icon $120 fine after collision
    39 4 KANG Yew Ngee was fined $120 by a traffic magistrate yesterday. His car collided with a motor-cycle on Dec. 27 last year, as he* was turning out of a lane opposite the Holy Innocents Church.
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    Lock icon Appeal to abolish bridge tolls
    100 4 JOHORE BAHRU, Fri. The Johore Government wants the toll charges at the Batu Pahat and Muar bridges abolished to promote industrialisation. The Mentri Besar, Dato Haji Othman Sa'at, said today that the matter would be discussed with the Central Government shortly. He said that even
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      163 4 THE DIARY TODAY t a.m.: Baby show at Sims Avenue Community Centre, Lorong 31, Geylang. It a.m.— s p.m.: Exhibition of Books about Singapore, National library. It. a.m.— s p.m.: Exhibition of traditional Chinese paintings, Chinese Chamber of Commerce, Hill Street. It a.m.— B p.m.: National stamp exhibition, Victoria Mrmorial
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      153 4 Youth Organization, Cultural Centre, Canning Rise. TOMORROW t.3t a.m.— it p.m.: National Theatre Club (first floor): 9.30 a.m. Oriental and folk dance; 10 a.m. Children's session; 3 p.m. Malay dance; 6 p.m. English Drama and 8.30 Folk dance. 11 a.m.— 4.3t p.m.: Chinese YMCA, Palmer Road: 11 p.m. Social dancing
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    63 5 THE United Nations Association of Singapore is organising an essay competition and a debate for Higher School Certificate and upper secondary school students in September and October to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the UN. During October, the Association will also hold a mock UN General Assembly,
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    Lock icon BOSSES' GIFT
    27 5 THE National Employers' Council has donated $450 to buy gifts for residents of the Toa Pay oh Girls' Home and the Muslim Women's Welfare Home.
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    Lock icon Pc gets a year for $10 bribe
    186 5 A POLICE constable was jailed for a year yesterday for accepting a $10 bribe from a shop assistant at the Woodlands Police Post on April 25. Deputy Public Prosecutor P.O. Ram told the court that P.C. Hazaran bin Abdul Rahman, 22, took the
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    Lock icon False food powder: Six months
    60 5 False food powder: Six months DISTRICT Judge Dallp Singh called a shop proprietor "a cheat" yesterday and jailed him for six months. Churn Fong, 41, admitted baying 7t2 tins bearing the trade mark "Hen Chu VeTsin Gourmet Powder** and filling them with powder he made. His shop, however, was raided
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    Lock icon Razak chides teachers for coming south
    201 5 KUANTAN, Fri: Deputy Prime Ministers Tub Abdul Razak chided Malaysian teachers who are looking for work in Singapore. He said they should realise that Malaysia is also short of teachers and they should serve in their own country. Ton Razak, who arrived here today
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      20 5 THE TIDES Today 1.48 a.m. 8.1 ft, 2.18 p.m. 8 ft. Tomorrow 2.27 a.m. 7.6 ft, 2.47 p.m. 7.9 ft.
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    Lock icon Double honour for cadet unit
    216 6 POLICE CADETS at Willow Road Secondary School created history when they won both the Cheam Kim Seang trophy for .22 revolver shooting and the Blades Challenge trophy for shooting and drill. This is the first time a boys' unit has won both trophies in the
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    Lock icon Jobs? Look to the skies
    207 6  -  JENNY LEW By YOUNG Singaporeans are looking to j the skies these days for well-paid jobs. 1 Each time Malaysia-Singapore Airlines advertises for pilots, stewards, stewardesses and navigators, thousands apply. There are now 44 local pilots in the airline 14 are captains. And more local
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    Lock icon Marriage lasted 28 days...
    116 6 Marriage lasted 28 days... AN oil company clerk told the High Court yesterday that her 38-day marriage to Wong Yew Lum, 36, of Kingswear Avenue was miserable and unhappy. Helen, formerly Ho Moi Kian, 27, told Mr. Justice D. C. D'Cotta that she married Wong on September 16,1966 but afterwards
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    Lock icon And one that lasted 28 years
    70 6 DOMESTIC servant, Tan Leong Eng, who married 28 years ago, was granted a decree nisi by the High Court yesterday. Mr. Justice D.C. D'Cotta allowed her petition on the grounds that her husband Tay Hee Lye deserted her after a quarrel in January 1967.
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    Lock icon GHAZALI: END WORK BIAS
    151 6 COMMUNAL barriers can only be torn down if people of all races work side by side in various occupations and find how much they have in common. Inche Ghazali Ismail, Parliamentary Secretary to the Education Ministry said this yesterday at Outram Road Secondary School's speech day.
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    Lock icon Manners! Teachers learn to aid premiers
    144 6 TEACHERS will be going back to "school" next month for lessons in protocol. A team of 70 have been recruited as liason officers for the Commonwealth Prime Ministers' Conference here in January. A spokesman for the organising committee said yesterday that the teachers would
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    22 6 A MAN snatched a purse containing $60 from Jean Linga, 19, when she was walking along Holland Road on Thursday.
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    Lock icon On parade—the nation's future
    244 7 On parade— the nation's future SCHOOLS yesterday celebrated National Day with parades of uniformed groups, school bands, games and exhibitions. In his National Day message to all pupils, Education Minister Ong Pang Boob said: "Whether we have anything to celebrate on National Day 1980 and thereafter depends on the school
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    Lock icon Our men in KL find it's all go
    259 7 Our men in KL find it's all go WHEN Singapore became a republic its first foreign mission was in Kuala Lumpur. Today it's our busiest. The staff of 12 which formed our political representation in the Malaysian capital before 1965 has now swollen to 15. But they are still overworked.
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    Lock icon Airport watch for travelling con-man
    241 7 AIRPORT detectives are keeping a look-out for a globetrotting con-man who has made two stop-overs at Paya Lebar Airport in the past six weeks with several thousand pieces of fake jades. A security officer searched the airport on Tuesday after a tip-off, but the con-man
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    Lock icon A young wife's wedding shock
    162 7 A YOUNG WIFE told a High Court judge yesterday of the shock she had after her wedding. For her husband told her to return "to her father's house," and later refused to make love to her for two years. Raju Anthony Mary, 22, of Newton
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      373 7 ABREAT TIME ÜBJiniiE 930 Ho— snow features "THC ROVITAS" Ove and Rita Laursen present a delicious smorgasbord of an act. A rollicking rib-tickling show! Cantonese cuisine Tim Sum Call Stella *****1, Hotel Malaysia. proudly presents the Udo BROADWAY RCVUE featuring VELVET RCVELL "The Perfect Body" Splendid Choreography! Shimmering costumes! Dazzling
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      136 8 Champion Motors in conjunction with the Sngapore Herald present the "win a Beeae concesC" Entry fams are auailabb fnom the VW girls who are touring Singapore, Champion Motors and the Singapore Herald. -JP* Right now there are girls driving the most hipped U P Beetles this island has ever seen.
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      130 8 It's Competition time for the children HI KIDS! It's holiday •me and we hope you are •laving a good time swimming and reading and helping around the house. At Serendipity we are working very hard and •nvying you madly. We've thought up tome competitions for you with six book prizes
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      107 8 Deena wraps up in an Indian rug DEENA spotted some striped handwoven rugs at HANDLOOMS (John Little's Shopping Centre) and saw their possibilities at once. The rugs costing $8.50 each come in fast colours and are not too thick to be sewn by an ordinary sewing-machine. Deena made a skirt
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      213 8 BR CHILDREN AGED iHT AND BELOW fcraw a picture of fjfeeoa* or something yon K or like. nV j»*m h* liTaar \m 9Q Caal a^a7 a^Paaaa^^aßWE faW family, your pet, «Mr favoarite character a* television, yonr iwaarite food or a place •M like to visit. Ift* picture can
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      345 8 Saturday barg ain counter IF Y 0 1 shopping aloni Street pop ii New India Eir (a few door* Chotirmall's) have a wide r costume jev from Germany for half pi Earrings, bang rings, as w wallets and ci cases are from Keep the kiddies durlMg their school with a
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      247 9  -  Florence Chong By THIS WEEK Serendipity takes a trip to Katong to make some mind-blowing discoveries. Down at Lau's Arcadia we found several boutiques, all proving in their own way that there's lots of designing talent everywhere in Singapore. Mix 'n' Match is one of these. They
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      281 9 ART teacher Mrs. Phyllis Lim told us about her class of giddy girls. When she asked them one day to draw self-portraits, half the class asked Who of Mrs. T. Ramachandran of Pierce Road writes: "I read in Serendipity an excerpt from a boy's essay about his mother.
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      281 9 i lIIIIMMI Ml > I Th dynamism of Singapore revealed so l^iUMil^llXJ adequately in it's National Day Celebrations is captured brilliantly in these records ■•L^%# b 4 released by Decca «^^-51|l I I f"^% The P rtde of endeaveur and more achievements mhO%J to come the satisfaction of comradeship, f\
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      299 10 f IRIS, Fri.— Mr. David 0n e, the new chief U.S. 4M gate, was greeted by a few age of communist critfri m yesterday as he ■Me his bow at the Viet Mi peace talks with a km keyed call for modera flat in
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      310 10 CBW WASHINGTON, Fri. The United States has secretly prepared for decades to fight a war using chemicals and germs that kill man, his animals and crops. The secrecy shrouding the nation's chemical, biological warfare (CBW) programme fostered a horror-type reaction among
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      122 10 THE ODD BOX MIAMI, Frl. Ai Eastern Airlines DC-8 with \H people aboard los power in all four engines over southern California on Jnly 2», after descending f regained power and landed safely. All fow engines wen dead again on the same airliner three days later just after landing a
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      159 10 MOSCOW, Fri. West German Foreign Minister Walter Scheel today initialled a treaty that for the first time gives West German sanction to the postwar borders of Eastern Europe. Mr. Scheel and Soviet Foreign Minister Andrei Gromyko agreed on the treaty text late last night
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      41 10 THE HAGUE, Fri. The Dutch Communist Party today warned that if President Suharto is received by Parliament during his visit next month, the party wDI launch a parliamentary attack against the Jakarta Government and Dutch support for it. AFP
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      183 10 THANOM FIGHTS PRESSURE TO RESHUFFLE HIS CABINET BANGKOK, Fri.— Thai Prime Minister Marshal Thanom Kittikachorn is resisting strong pressure by dissident members of his ruling United Thai People's Party to reorganise his Cabinet, it was reported today. Informed sources said the Prime Minister has expressed full confidence in his government
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      36 10 NEW DELHI, Fri. About 60 right wing MPs today staged a walk-out for the second day running over government failure to prevent Soviet maps from showing part of India as Chinese territory AFP
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      15 10 ABIDJAN, Fri.— Ivory Coast celebrated the 10th anniversary of its independence today. AFP
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      127 11 LOS ANGELES, Fri. Lockheed Aircraft Corp. has announced development of a new fighter-plane which it said would outmanoeuvre all known fighters in the world, including the Soviet MiG2l. Mr. Clarence Johnson, Lockheed senior vice-president and designer of the World War Two P3B
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      304 11 Viets send more into Cambodia battle zones PHNOM PENH, Fri Cambodian and Vietcong forces remained deadlocked in several key battles and there were reports today that Vietcong reinforcements were moving in. Fighting at the crossroads town of Skoun stretched into a full week with Cambodian forces still unable tc dislodge
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      62 11 DACCA, East Pakistan, Fri. The disastrous flood situation in the Dacca area continues to worsen as health officials declared the city's water unsafe and warned people to take all precautions against typhoid and cholera. Camps have been set up in Dacca to house the 30,000 people left homeless
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      84 11 TRENTON, NEW JERSEY, Fri. Prison-educated author Edgar A. Smith, who has been on death row for 13 years, lost his latest bid for freedom yesterday. U.S. District Court Court Judge James A. Barlow denied an appeal by Smith to overturn his conviction. Smith contended his
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      150 11 MONTEVIDEO, Fri. Uruguayan President Jorge Pacheco Areco announced last night that his government would not negotiate with leftist urban guerillas who have demanded the release of all political prisoners in exchange for two kidnapped foreign officials. Tupamaros National Liberation Movement has set a midnight Friday deadline
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      379 11 I did not kill anyone but I feel responsible says Linda SHARON TATE MURDER TRIAL LOS ANGELES, Fri. Chief prosecution witness Linda Kasabian broke down sobbing at the Manson trial yesterday when Charles Manson's defence lawyer showed her a colour photograph of actress Sharon Tate's blood-covered body. Miss Kasabian, who
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      66 11 WASHINGTON, Fri. The United States may protest to Russia over the actions of a Communist spy ship at the scene of Monday's firing of a Poseidon submarine missile off Cape Kennedy. The Russian tracking ship, Khariton Lattev, cut close across the bow of the
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      34 11 HONGKONG, Fri. Aged American Bishop James Walsh, freed by China on July 10 after 12 years in a Shanghai prison, is expected to fly to Rome for a meeting with Pope Paul*
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      237 11 MADRID, Fri. The United States gave Spain US$2.3 billion during the past 15 years to permit American military bases in Spain, Enropa Press Agency said last night. Of the total, about $509 million went for military aid from 1553-IMB and
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      394 11 GH GFH GFH RADIO SINGAPORE CM am Good morning; 9.91 Let's Go With Music; 7.M News; 7.19 Breakfast Bulletin; 7.39 Let's Go With Music; B.M News; 8.19 Let's Go With Music; 9.M Calling ail Hospitals; 19.M Portia Faces Life; 19.15 Music While You Work; 11.99 Programme Summary; 11.93 School Bands;
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      390 11 GFH GFHGF Light Bright; 9.M Close CM pm Prog. Summary; C95 Sunset Serenade; 6.30 News; 9.45 Intermezzo; 7.M Chamber Music; 7.45 Interlude; B.M News; 8.15 Mandarin Pops; 8.45 Ring Up The Curtain; 9.39 Recital; 19.39 Music Rouqd About; II.M Close RADIO MALAYSIA 9.99 a.m. Opening Announcement; C92 Morning Melodies; C45
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    385 12 Mining shares fell sharply on the Sydney Stock Exchange yesterday after opening on a promising note. The decision to abandon for the time being the Wingellina nickel project in Western Australia had a depressing effect on afternoon trading. Gold and Minerals Exploration, which holds an interest in
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    329 12 The market extended Thursday's late decline in quiet dealings yesterday. A few issues, however, closed above the day's lows on small selective interest in the afternoon. High priced issues, including Matsushita Electric, and Pharmaceuticals eased on profit-taking. Constructions and dredgings were also lower. The stock exchange
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    152 12 The market was firm yesterday on a turnover valued at $12.9 million. Recent favourites were in demand but some selling later clipped the early gains. Lands closed at the day's high of $98%, while Wharves and Docks finished below their best in active trading. (Closing buyer/seller prices
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    200 12 STORE-MALAYSIA The Association of Banks in Malaysia-Singapore made these changes in its merchant rates yesterday. The following rates are quoted to the equivalent of 100 units of foreign currency. SELLING TT or OD Danish Kroner 8 41.8875; Deutsche Marks 8 85.6225; French Francs 9 56.2950; Japanese Yen 8
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      244 12 DETROIT, Fri.— General Motors will manufacture 400,000 "Vega 2300" mini-cars during the first year of production, the world's largest corporation said today as it unveiled its pint-sized answer to stiff competition from Western European and Japanese imports. "Vega 2300", which is about the size of West
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      98 12 Marcos' amnesty MANILA, Fri. Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos announced a tax amnesty plan last night giving individuals with hidden incomes a six-month grace period within which to declare them without facing criminal liability. The novel idea is aimed at liberalising credit and flushing out hidden wealth which could otherwise be
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      606 12 WINTER FALL OF RUBBER STOCKS AND PRICES LONDON, Fri. The decline in natural rubber prices on the London market since the beginning of the year, with current levels around their lowest since May 1968, coincides with the continuing upsurge in the consumption of synthetic material at the expense of natural.
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      353 12 Jal :i: -> NOTICE NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that I, HAN PAI YUAN of No. 323. River Valley Road, Singapore, have applied for a First Class Beer House licence in respect of premises No. 44 Mount Faber Road. Singapore 4 (MOUNT FABER RESTAURANT) and that this application will be heard
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      131 13 Penn Central lost US$ l 23m. PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania, Fri. The giant Penn Central, whose debtridden railroad is the biggest in America and now trying to reorganize under the bankruptcy laws, disclosed yesterday it lost US$l23 million in the first half of this year, compared to a U5526.4 million profit in
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      16 13 ODD MALAYA GENERAL has declared an interim dividend of four per cent payable on August 27.
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      336 13 Starlite— a cloud on the horizon By Our Market Correspondent THE past three months have seen a speculation spree on new issues and market observers have been skeptical on whether the market is about to turn. Trading has been quiet throughout for most counters but the majority has held very
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      33 13 TOKYO, Fri.— The Asian Productivity Congress (APC) is scheduled to open its fourday session from Aug. 18 at Tokyo's Prince Hotel with the expected attendance of 290 delegates and observer's from 14 member-countries.
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      75 13 JAPANESE EQUIPMENT PLANT IN INDONESIA JAKARTA, Fri. The Government has agreed to the establishment of an IndonesiaJapan joint venture company to produce heavy manufacturing equipment in Indonesia. The new company, known as P.T. Sakai Sakti is a joint venture undertaking between P.T. Trl Usaka Bhakti, P.T. Waga Bexi and the
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      1368 13 The Stock Exchange yesterday opened on a quiet note and business was routine. However, the afternoon saw renewed buying interest which brought the market to a very steady dose. Trading volume was reduced to 2.85 million from Thursday's 3.12 million units. Statute Ceramics repeated Thursday's strong climb
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      77 13 (Managers' price* for Aug. 11) S. ASIA UNIT TRUSTS MaL Invt. Fund 1.15 1.20 MaL Progress Fund 1.00 1.05 CHARTERED UNIT TRUSTS Singapore Growth Fund 1.03 1.08 SINGAPORE UNIT TRUSTS Second Singapore 1.78xd Third Singapore 1.18 S. The Commerce Ind. Fund .96 1.01 The Saving Fund 1.02 1.07
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    116 13 PEOPLE in business MR. LEE SIEW NGUG, director of Central Design, has left for Europe and London to study the latest marketing and advertising trends in the West. Central Design, formed in 1969, has handled several advertising campaigns, including the Golden Mile Shopping Centre and the Mitsubishi Colt Galant. The
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    809 13 SINGAPORE RUBBER RUBBER 51- cents a Ib. (up three-eighths cent). Every week for seven weeks a new recent low has been* traded. This week (ended Aug. 7) was no exception, said GREEN COLLIER. During morning trading on Monday a new low of 50% cents was transacted for RSS 1
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    252 13 The market was steady after two hours of trading yesterday. Volume was light with some 3.4 million shares. Advances and declines were about even. The Dow Jones industrial average eraaed an early decline of more than one point and was up about half a point. The
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    436 13 Government bonds were firm yesterday. The new Treasury tap stocks were taken as an indication that interest rates may be on the downturn and gains of up to a quarter point were seen at the long end of the market. Other dates also advanced although stocks with
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    278 13 AMSTERDAM Internationals closed mixed yesterday in quiet trading. Royal Dutch was firm, Unilever eased, AKZO was barely steady and Hoogovens and Philips were well maintained. Plantations eased and shippings were narrowly mixed. KLM Airlines firmed. In the local industrial sector, Gistbrocades, Lucas Bols and Centrale Suiker were very
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    349 14 Tan Wee Sing (seniors) and Lee Eng Jeng (juniors) emerged individual champions in the Tanjong Katong Secondary Technical School swimming meet at Chinese Swimming Club yesterday. The highlight was the interschool 4xsOm freestyle relay which went to St. Patricks' by a touch from Raffles and Thomson
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    670 14 Eleven new records! Top honours and five wins go to Anita Ede ELEVEN records were broken in the combined quadrangular schools swimming carnival at Chinese Swimming Club yesterday. The participants were St. Anthony's Convent, Convent of the Holy Infant Jesus, St. Joseph's Institution and Chinese High School. Fifteen-year-old Anita Ede
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    69 14 SINGAPORE under-23 squad snatched a 1-0 victory against Malaysia's under-23 in the Pesta Sukan soccer match at Jalan Besar stadium yesterday. Singapore got their winning goal in the 2lst minute through right winger R. Krishnan, who cooly tapped the ball into the net off a Kim
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    440 14 Taiwanese share the points with Burma KUALA LUMPUR, Fri.— Taiwan played a sparkling game to hold strong contender Burma to a 1-1 draw in a group 4 A' match of the 13th Merdeka anniversary soccer tournament before a 25,000 crowd at Merdeka stadium here tonight. Both the goals were scored
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    110 14 Malaysia will host next big shoot MALAYSIA will host the next South-East Asia shooting championships in December 1971. The President of the SouthEast Asia Shooting Association, Mr. Fung Lok Nam of Singapore, called the committee meeting yesterday to discuss the hosting of the next SEAS A championships. Mr. Fung said
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    461 14 20-year-old Thai banker hero in South -East Asian shoot meet TWENTY-YEAR-OLD Vichit Chiewvey of Thailand captured another gold medal on the seventh day of the 10-day South-East Asia Shootinc Association's third annual championships held at the Mount Vernon Range, here, yesterday. Vichit, a banker, created a major upset when he
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      102 14 NOTICE NOTICE OF DISSOLUTION OF PARTNERSHIP NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that with effect from the 18th day of July, 1970, the partnership firm of CITIZEN BOOK CENTRE of No. 294 Block 21, Lorong 7, Toa Payoh, Singapore 12, is dissolved to the extent that Mr. Cheng Tiang Kok of No.
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      57 14 FSDFSDF FGDFG FHG BOWLING: 2nd International championships (Jackies' Bowl. Orchard 10.15 a.m.) CHESS: 6th open championships (Polytechnic, 6.30 p.m.); CRICKET: Knock-out semi-finals (2 p.m.). FOOTBALL (men): Primary Schools Winners w runners-up (Jalan Besar, 5.30p.m.). CHESS (Chinese): Masters open championships (Hong Lim Park, 6 p.m.); FOOTBALL (women): Singapore v Malacca (Jalan
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      63 14 championships (Bukit and island Courses); NETBALL: Knock-out championships F N and Farrer Park grounds, 4.30 p.m.). POLO: "Shaw Cup" match (Thomson Road, 5 p.m.); SEPAKTAKRAW: Open championships (New World Amusement Park, 7.30 p.m.); SHOOTING: Rapid Fire (Mount Vernon, 9 a.m.) and Clay Pi— on (Rifle Range, 9 a.m.). SPEARFISHING: Open
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    500 15 IPOH. Fri. Another all-comers record was shattered this morning the second day of the 48th Malaysian Amateur Athletic Association championships at Stadium Perak bringing the total so far to three all-comers records and two national marks. In the first final this morning, Singapore's Gan
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    111 15 FAVOURITES QUALIFY FOR FINAL FAVOURITES Kee Bee Kim and H. M. Harvey entered the final of the Singapore Ladies Open Golf championship yeste^ day with convincing victorie* in the Semi-finals at the Singapore Island Country Club, Thomson Road yesterday. Bee Kim beat K. L. Ong 3 and 2 while Harvey
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    47 15 KUALA LUMPUR, Fri. The University of Malaya today thrashed Singapore University in three events in the 12th beinnial intervarsity games here. In badminton, the Malaysians defeated Singapore 5-0 in both the men's and women's events. Malaysia also easily beat Singapore 5-0 at hockey.
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      569 15 SINGAPORE'S motto in the Pesta Sukan is to play to win and learn from losses to do better next time, said Minister for Social Affairs Inche Othman Wok in his speech at the opening ceremony at Jalan Besar stadium yesterday. "It is
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      348 15 National Day golf STARTING times for the Keppel Club's National Day ball sweeps on Aug. 10: 7.45 a.m. Joseph Yeo (19) Stephen Chang (21) Heng Nam Whatt (23); 7.51 Lee Joh Ming (17) Loh Heng Kee (20) Teoh Khoon Keah (13); 7.57 D. Mitchell (14) Wee Keng Chi (24) S.
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    151 16 $10.8 million antipollution programme for Tokyo TOKYO, Fri. The Tokyo Metropolitan Assembly today convened a five-day extraordinary session to discuss a 1,300 million Yen ($lO.B million) programme to combat pollution in the world's largest city. The session is the first of its kind ever convened by the Assembly and followed
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    59 16 TOKYO, Fri Toyota Motor Co. is to recall more than 885,000 cars and vans in Japan and the United States because of accelerator and brake defects. The company is investigating the situation in export markets other than the U.S. The affected models
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    44 16 HONGKONG, Fri. A bolt of lightning struck the Hongkong Government's medium wave radio transmitting station this afternoon, knocking its English service off the air for almost two and a half hours. Serious damage to equipment was caused, but no one was hurt. AFP
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    34 16 Park opposite Istana WORK on the public park in front of the Istana in Orchard Road began yesterday. It was planned "to break the monotony of concrete in the area," according to an official.
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    32 16 MONTEVIDEO, Fri. A second American citizen, Dr. Claude Fly, adviser to the Uruguayan Agriculture Ministry, was kidnapped here today by Tupamaros urban guerillas. See Page 11: No deal, says Uruguay
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    37 16 JAKARTA, Fri.— A leading communist, identified as Mashadi who is believed to have been close to Indonesian communist party chairman D.N. Aidit before the abortive 1965 coup, was arrested this week in Central Java. AP
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    104 16 JAKARTA, Fri. Some 2S,tM civil servants will be retired from government services on July 1 next year in the first step to streamline Indonesia's over-staffed civil service. They constitute five per cent of Indonesia's SM,Mv civil servants aid are the first batch
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    148 16 HEART disease has become Singapore's top killer, a heart specialist warned yesterday. Dr Albert ST. W«e told Rotary Club members yesterday that "the incidence of death through such diseases (of the heart and circulatory system) is rising, overtaking even cancer." About 500 people are taken
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    330 16 KUALA LUMPUR, Fri. The leader of the visiting Palestine commando goodwill mission, Mr. Abu Gassan said here he felt his mission would be welcome in Singapore. He claimed the Al-Fatah organisation was fighting for the restoration of freedom and liberty. He declined to disclose whether
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    25 16 WASHINGTON, Fri.—Legislation for a special congressional committee to oversee the activities of the CIA and other intelligence agencies was introduced yesterday AP
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    74 16 BOGOTA, (Colombia), Fri. Mr Misael Pastrana Borrero was to become President of Colombia today as troops watched for trouble from followers of former dictator Gustavo Rojas Pinilla, who claim he was defeated by rigged balloting. "The nation has been under a state of siege form of
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    24 16 BERNE, Ffri. The Defence Ministry today denied that the British HawkerSiddeley Company had offered to sell 150 modernised Hunter planes to Switzerland.
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    27 16 Multi-coloured Hoodlights play on a dazzling pattern of cascading jets of water at the PUB reservoir in Bnklt Tim ah Road.
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    147 16 PARIS, Fri. AN 18-year-old boy who lost two legs and an arm saving the life of an unknown girl has been awarded one of France's highest decorations. Daniel Sfrotato was crossing a railway line one night last February when he saw a girl standing with
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    104 16 SYDNEY. Fri— Within 36 hours of having flown here, a 46-year-old Congolese diplomat was on his way back home by plane today ;is a deportee. His immediate return was ordered following seizure of 40lb. of hashish soon after his arrival yesterday. The haul was valued
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    33 16 CHINA- YEMEN TALKS PEKING, Fri— Prime Minister Chou En-lai continued his talks with Mr. Salem Robaya AH, chairman of the Presidential Committee of the Republic of Southern Yemen, New China News Agency reported.
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    33 16 RbME, Fri. The Foreign Ministry, in a diplomatic reshuffle made public here today, has appointed Mr. Roberto de Cardona, 60, now Consul-General in Buenos Aires, as Ambassador to Singapore. AFP
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      553 16 X-UNIVERSAL, group 'A' and Kampong Bugis Community Centre, group 'B\ both head their respective groups with unbeaten records as the Singapore Table Tennis Association junior inter-club league reached its half way mark. In the league tournament matches played at the Monk's Hill Secondary
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      149 16 WE'VE all heard of Hyde Park Corner. It's a spot in London where people who want to air a grievance or proselytise a cause ANY grievance and ANY cause leap on a soap box and hold forth. The Singapore Herald is setting up a miniHyde Park Corner for Singaporeans in
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      11 1 THE SINGAPORE herald FOR FIRST DAY Ipoh, Saturday, Aug 8, 1970
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      4524 1  - Glory of Sarawak gets vote CAVALIER SELECTIONS By COMBINED CARD AND FORM GUIDE FOR SATDRDAY KEY THIS combined race card and form guide gives the following information: The first line reads from left: Number of horse, last five runs, name of horse; (sire) age and origin (e.g. 4A for 4
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      741 4 3. 0J«03 DELVILLE (Sir Delvlll.) 7A t. 09 4 DUvilla/Paul (-7)Kwon 9 (1) 3/16 Sp2o/6 d2c6 8.5g 61; 1. Cameron Highlands 7.7, 2. Sirwin 7.6 1:15.8; Vz. Ik, 1 Johnson. 15/17 Spl3/6 d2c6 8.3g 9f; 1:42.4; 5, 1, dh Kwong.
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      379 4 IPOH, Thurs. Three Aces with apprentice Chris Leong in the saddle, did a stylish sprint on a good track here this morning. The Biarritz gelding has improved tremendously since its debut in Penang last month and is a "must follow" at this meeting.
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