Singapore Herald, 10 September 1970

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  • 14 1 THE SINGAPORE herald No. 44 Singapore Thursday September 10. 1970 MC(P) 2207 15 CENTS
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  • 63 1 THE REASONS FOR THIS HIJACK No. SSINCESUNDA THE reason for the hijack of the BOAC VC-10 jetliner appears to be an attempt to turn on pressure on the British Government to give m to the guerillas' demand for the release of 24-year-old girl guerilla Leila Khaled who was detained m
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  • 552 1 Guerillas seize a BOAC VC-10 THREE Arab airports Cairo, Amman and Beirat were closed to air traffic last night, and the control towers warned all pUies flytag m the region to keep away, apparently to prevent the landing of any hijacked plane. BEIRUT, Wed. Palestinian guerillas today hijacked their fifth
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  • 23 1 CARACAS, Wed. Ten students were injured and 50 others arrested when undergraduates demonstrated against a recent law which reduced university autonomy.
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  • 230 1 Two hurt as car plunges 200ft down Mt. Faber slope TWO MEN, both from Kinta, Perak, were injured one seriously when their car plunged out of control over me f^c a nic nM on the way down Mount Faber yesterday evening and landed about 200 feet on a slope on
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  • 75 1 SAIGON, Wed. VicePresident Nguyen Cao Ky said today he was going on a private visit to the United States "whether President Nixon likes it or not," two Saigon dailies reported. The vice-president, whose proposed visit had created problems, is reported to have told the
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  • 33 1 THE drivers of a MercedesBenz and a Rover 2000TC were injured after their cars collided head-on at the junction of IrweD Bank Road and River 'Road just after mid-night.
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  • IN BRIEF
    • 55 1 HANOI, Wed.— Chinese residents m North Vietnam are "increasingly present on the fighting fronts" of the country, it was revealed here today. Observers said it was the first time that public emphasis has been placed on the role played by the 300,000 Chinese m the
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    • 35 1 TOKYO, Wed.— Prime Minister Eisaku Sato today practically declared his intention to seek a fourth term as president of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party a post always held by the Prime Minister. AFP
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    • 18 1 BANGKOK, Wed. Thailand is seeking US$75O million assistance for its third five-year plan beginning 1972. AP
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  • 96 1 JOHORE BAHRU, Wed. Johore Police said today that several youths with "heatle" haircut, detained m the lockup here, have had their hair art. A police spokesman said that the action takes was parely from the point of view of "cleanliness and health/*
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  • 143 1 Senior RTS man sacked after CPIB probe A SENIOR member of the Chinese programme section of Radio and Television Singapore has been sacked after an inquiry by the Corrupt Practices Investigation Bureau. He was given 24 hours' notice, according to informed sources. Another senior officer of the same section has
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  • 40 1 JAKARTA, Wed. A new oil strike off East Sumatra is producing 4,000 barrels of crude oil. daily, the strike being made by a consortium of the Indonesian state-owned oil company Pertamina and the Independent IndonesiaAmerican Petroleum Company. AFP
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  • 34 1 LONDON: BOAC VC-It hijacked by Palestinian guerillas landed safely la North Jordan at the Zarka, revolutionary airport of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine today, Foreign Office sources said here. AFP
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  • 147 1 MAN PAYS $1,000 FOR SINGAPORE AIRPORT BOMB SCARE WILLIAM Heary Gm4'i "bomb scare" at the airport •a Taesday algbt cost bin $l,Mt la the Nlath Magistrate's Coart yesterday. Good, is\ admitted havtag falsely Informed Joha E Harper of Qaatas that there was a bosab oa board Qaatas flight QF744, aad
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  • 62 1 BANGKOK, Wed. Thailand has officially asked the United States to increase significantly its programme of military assistance to the country to compensate for the progressive withdrawal of U.S. forces. The U.S. is withdrawing 9,000 men from Thailand and Prime Minister Thanom Kittikachorn said he had
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  • 51 1 BANGKOK, Wed.— The United States is considering withdrawing its Thai-based B--525, Thai Prime Minister Thanom Kittikachorn, said today. The U.S. mission here would not comment on the statement but it comet m the wake of yesterday's American decision to withdraw 9,000 men from the country.
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  • 26 1 OTTAWA, Wed. Canadian External Affairs Ministry spokesman today described as "pure speculation" Tokyo reports that Canada will establish diplomatic relations with China m mid-October.
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  • Page 1 Miscellaneous

  • 476 2  - Parable of the bawling babe Graham Sage WHILE staying with some friends over the weekend, I was woken up m the middle of the night by the strangest of cacophonies. The baby had decided to give vent to its unmusical talent and entertain the entire household, and no doubt all
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  • 685 2  - Urban growth: Warning from afar FRANCIS WONG BY 4 NO-ON E yet knows why cities develop and change the way they do. Until the basic factors that shape urban growth a/id development are known, public officials will be groping m the dark for solutions to the multitude of social and
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  • Viewpoint
    • 210 2 I appreciate Hsueh Tien Jung's letter (S.H. Sept. 8) on 'name changers' because it contains a certain amount of truth. However, there are few points which he seems to have overlooked. Names like "Ricky Nelson Urn" and "Elvis Presley Tan" may have some Western connotations. But
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    • 146 2 "Penguine" (S.H. Sept. 7) is rather harsh m his criticism of the school he mentioned. Among other things he complains of the frequent change of relief teachers affecting his daughter's exam results, and accuses the school of lax discipline. The writer's statement concerning the lack of discipline
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  • 593 2 Thursday. September 10, 1970 THE SINGAPORE HERALD Now that hijacking has reached epidemic proportions it is time to demand that measures be taken to stem this flagrant contravention of national and international law. Hi-jacking has its political as well as its legal significance. It can be said
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  • 348 3 SINGAPORE may have a new Opposition party by the end of the decade a party that will come from the present young generation of graduates. This was the prediction made by Mr. G.G. Thomson, Deputy Secretary to the Foreign Ministry, when
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  • 354 3  - Accidents in factories and small man factor SMALL MEN A RISK IN USE OF IMPORTED MACHINERY BY IMPORTED machinery, especially those from Western countries, could be one of the reasons for the present high rate of industrial accidents m Singapore. This was suggested by Miss Lee Ai Tee, an industrial
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  • 163 3 TRANQUILLITY PULAU SENTOSA, Isle of Tranquillity, is the new name chosen for Blakang Mati from hundreds of entries submitted to the Tourist Promotion Board. With this peaceful name, the storm over renaming the "Back Island of the Dead" is expected to die, too. The
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  • 175 3 $1 MIL. SALES AT INDIAN TRADE SHOW The two-week Indian Trade and Industrial Exhibition, which ended yesterday, has sold $1 million worth of goods. They were machine tools, electric appliances, steel safes and furniture, shellac, automobile parts, handicraft, ultra-sonic equipment, and other manufactured articles. Disclosing thin yesterday, Mr. KJS. Luthra,
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  • 89 3 Diesel fumes not as harmful as petrol fumes KUALA LUMPUR, Wed. Contrary to public belief, exhaust fumes from dlesel engines are not as harmful as fumes from petrol engines, the president of the Technical Association of Malay, Mr. J.C. Mehra, said today. Mr. Mehra, who is a mechanical engineer, told
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  • 120 3 FEWER families sought aid from the Social Welfare Department last year because of fuller employment. This was disclosed by the annual report for 1969 of the Social Welfare Department. The public assistance section of the department spent $4.6 million on an average of 400
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  • 57 3 FROM DOCTOR TO LAWYER AT 71 A 71-YEAE-OLD retired Bar yerter*ay. Dr. Bajeaa^er Singh Grewal gradutoi li 1W ud wu ta {•overajßest set vice far BMat ef hit wartta** life. He ala* ipeat several yean hi private practice hi lahre livee other lawyers, lAm Aaa H«e, Caaa Nyara Hal The
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  • 152 3 Outraged modesty charge: Artist cleared REPEATED exclamations of "Glory Hallelujah" came from painter Yap Ngau Pau In the Third District Courtroom yesterday when he was acquitted of attempting to outrage the modesty of an 11--year-old schoolgirl m a church bus. Yap of Geylang Road was alleged to have unzipped Miss
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  • 83 4 A POLICE supervisee escaped yesterday shortly after he was admitted to a surgical ward m the Outram Road General Hospital with head injuries. Mazali bin Ahmad, 34, was escorted to hospital by a constable from the Central Police Station. He was clad m the
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  • 45 4 MALINEE Peris, a 'Ceylooese pianist, will perform on Monday at the Wlsma Theatre at 8 p.m. She will play Bach, Chopin, Uart, De-Fala, Ravel and Lennox-Berkley. Tickets at lit, $7.M, $5 and $2.50 can he obtained at Donald Moore Galleries.
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  • 77 4 A MERCHANT, Ong Hong Kuan, of Braddell Road, who was found guilty of dangerous driving, was fined $400 and disqualified from driving class three vehicles for a month. The traffic court was told that Ong was driving along Clemenceau Avenue on Feb. 18 this year when
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  • 328 4 MOST OF the ganja hauls made by the Singapore Customs this year were from small Indonesian coastal vessels, a Customs Superintendent, Mr. Lim Kee Siong, said yesterday. Mr. Lim was speaking on smuggling at an International Women's Club meeting m the YWCA
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  • 102 4 A SHOPKEEPER, Tan Cboon Eng, 56, was injured when this lorry ran out of control into his stationary shop m Upper Serangoon Road yesterday after knocking down two motor-cycles parked m front of it. Tan was hit mi the back and left elbow
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  • 140 4 A FACTORY HEALTH PROBLEM AND WRONG ATTITUDE FACTORY supervisors should take more interest m the health of their workers, said Dr. Poon Wai Ou, President of the Society of Occupational Health, at a Rotary Club luncheon yesterday. He said the "nothing's wrong and nobody's sick" attitude of most supervisors was
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  • 65 4 THE United Nations Association of Singapore will celebrate the 25th anniversary of the United Nations with an "essay competition" at the TTC, Paterson Road, at 2 p.m. on Saturday. Sixth form students from the four language streams will take part The topics are "Role of UN m
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  • 42 4 POLICE are looking for a man who is believed to have been injured m a gang fight m St. Francis Road, off Serangoon Road at 8.30 p.m. on Tuesday. Police said that blood stains were found at the scene.
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  • 304 4 Getting oil drilling gear to isolated places GETTING heavy equipment to isolated and remote areas is one of the many logistics problems that face the oil drilling industry. The Blue Sea Line ship Trefusis, now m Singapore, is playing its part m overcoming one of these problems. It has been
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  • 212 4 THE Tourist Promotion Board believes that there might even be a shortage of hotel rooms by 1975. Mr. Raymon Huang, the Board's head of marketing, said this yesterday. He said a projected "substantial surplus" of rooms m the next two
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  • 118 4 KUALA LUMPUR, Wed. The National Goodwill Council hopes to organise by next year 4,000 National Solidarity Classes m which 100,000 people would be taught Bahasa Malaysia. The Deputy Chairman of the Council, Mr. Lee Siok Yew, told reporters today that the Council was now
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  • 74 4 Two Malaysians complete 6-month technical course in Japan .^o,.M^^«-^: traiaiag coarse la Jaaaa. fro» the Malacca aad Ipah braaches of Borveo Matan, eampleisd the cavae this sHiSi? 2 After receiving basic ta»t™ctfaa t ia the Jaaaaeae Uiifiage; they staged varl— aspects f mtm safjarsLS warkahaaa ia Malacca aaal techikal stiff
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  • 221 5 Muslim Religious Council collects $840,000 in tithes THE Muslim Religious Council has collected about $840,000 m Fitrah (tithe), a yearly personal tax imposed on Muslims, m the past two years. The council was established m August 1968 under the Muslim Religious Council Act INS to administer Islamic affairs m the
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  • 112 5 KUALA LUMPUR, Wed. The National Goodwill Council today released its blueprint to foster racial harmony m Malaysia. The deputy chairman of the Council, Mr. Lee Siok Yew told a Press conference today that 5,000 copies of the Blue Book would be distributed
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  • 82 5 MR. ANWAR SIRAJ has been elected president of the University of Singapore Students' Union for this year. Other officials elected are: vice-president, Mr. Yap Chor Kian; gen. secretary, Mr. David Ho; financial secretary, Mr. Liew Chee Keon; publications secretary, Mr. Urn Hong Nian; social secretary, Mr. Sim
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  • 401 5 MEMBERS of an Indian trade delegation were told yesterday to buy more Singapore goods to help bridge the trade gap between the two countries. Mr. K.C. Tan, Vice-President of the Chinese Chamber of Commerce, told the visiting 64--member Bihar State trade
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  • 174 5 KUCHING, Wed. The Royal Malaysian Air Force wfll need 200 more pilots over die next five years to meet future requirements and replace expatriate staff. About SO plots are required immediately to meet current needs, the Chief of Air Staff, Air Commondore
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  • 445 5 Three up— now a $70m. plan for fourth refinery under study FINANCE Minister Hon Sid Sen disclosed yesterday that the Shell group of companies m Singapore was "seriously considering" investing another $70 million m a fourth oil refinery at Pulau Bukom. Mr. Hon, who was speaking at the opening of
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  • CABLE WORLD WIDE
    • 196 6 JAKARTA, Wed.— lndonesian armed forces would buy no moie warplanes or military equipment from the Soviet Union, the Chief of the Air Force Operational Command, Air Vice-Marshal Slamet said yesterday. PAST experience with the Soviets had been so bad that "we will
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    • 127 6 CANING FOR 11 WHO OPPOSED DAUGHTERS' MARRIAGE ANZIBAR, Wei. Eterea peaple «f Persia* tke peeafte's eeart acre to •ac year's imptii—eat tad 14 mites ef tke cue tack for •••••las tke arriage «f tkeir AM were fMnd gmUty «f eeatraTealag a ltfi pakUe pfccafr stated tkat tke accased kad refined
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    • 24 6 HONGKONG, Wed. Former Cambodian head of state Prince Norodom Sihanouk today called on nonaligned nations to recognise his government-in-exile "promptly and officially".
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    • 159 6 NEW YORK, Wed.— The group of Western nations m the U.N. have so far failed to reach agreement on candidatecountries to replace Spain and Finland who vacate their seats as non-permanent members of the Security Council at the end of the year. Three
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    • 776 6 CAPT CD. Woods (seated left) ases a loudhailer to aaswer lewsmei'i qaestfoas dartag a press coafereace spoasored by tie Popalar Frost for the liberation of Paiestiae, which hijacked Woods's TWA > Boelag-7t7 aad the Swissair DC-8 la hachgroaad. Woods and 2f captives told lewiiei
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    • 77 6 THE PICK OF pft I— 111 C-Ji ri_JlM_^_y_> i i^^^ L^Sm \t I I TO Oirro TtLBCIIAII SYNMCATK -_s2a <-4HpT PUNCH I! i^^ |h U ma y -»duitrial effluent to you lad but it's pohch 111 c M i—H. L-^fy^N eW CadiUaC Md a h6ated Bwimmill6 P OOl to me/t
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  • 367 7 15 Viet regiments ready to advance on coastal lowlands SAIGON, Wed. North Vietnamese and Vietcong forces have stepped up their attacks m the northern sector of South Vietnam, and the commander of the sector said up to 15 North Vietnamese regiments are waiting for a chance to advance into the
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  • 46 7 HONGKONG, Wed. Prince Norodom Sihanouk, ifpsiei Cambodian Head of State, has categorically denied as a fabrication a U.S. Central Intelligence Agency report that he had appealed to Cambodians to co operate with North Vietnamese Communists m Cambodia, Radio Peking said today.
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  • 402 7 13 Panthers go on trial on conspiracy charges NEW YORK, Wed. After seven months of preliminary arguments, 13 Black Panthers went on trial yesterday on charges of conspiring to murder policemen and blow up police stations, department stores and railways. But discord between the judge and the defence continued. "You
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  • 332 7  - Bonn is asked to pay more to keep US troops PETER SCHMITT By In Bowi WASHINGTON has been pressing Bonn for substantially higher payments towards the cost of keeping 220,000 American troops m West Germany. Washington is reported to have insisted on direct cash contributions from West Germany m addition
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  • 28 7 PARIS, Wed. Pro-Lon Nol Cambodians today attacked the Paris office of Prince Sihanouk's government-in-exile, (FUNK) but police dispersed tnem before they could do any damage.
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  • 23 7 CALCUTTA, Wed.— Officials have begun to inoculate the 10,000 people who Uve m the city amid fears of a cholera epidemic.
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  • 465 7 They feared he would stir up the mobs THAT AUSSIE BAN ON DICK GREGORY By Herald Special Correspondent m Canberra THE Australian Government has gone all law and order conscious. This to what to behind Its ban on American Negro entertainer Dick Gregory. Gregory was due to visit Australia to
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  • 372 7 BACKGROUND TO THE FOREIGN NEWS China launches new drive to promote small industries HONGKONG, Wed. China has launched a new drive for nationwide construction of small industries to boost its national economy and war preparations, according to Radio Peking. An article broadcast over the radio emphasised the virtues of medium
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  • 576 7 THE FUNNY MAN WHO KEPT HIS COOL BUT LOST HIS HUMOUR torn Mb Lateia AU right. While there is aU this hoo-haa about Dick Gregory, let us consider what kind of a man he really is. This is especially important because on this occasion the Federal Government is trying to
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    • 1365 8 I I I 1 KEY FOR EASY REFERENCE: The shipping schedules X I I rm >v beginning on this page are given in four parts for ■yH***"^*/ 1 N^ jvf*-h ships westbound, eastbound, southbound and coastal. ~J&* ft- Li l\ J rt>f^»J» IfBv Each entry gives the following information: NAME
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  • 143 9 Honkong container port: Exploratory talks in Tokyo HONGKONG, Wed. Exploratory talks have been held m Tokyo on the possibility of a Japanese consortium joining two other groups of companies m constructing berths at Hongkong's container port of Kwai Chung. The Japanese consortium is headed by Oyama Line. The Tokyo discussions
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  • 31 9 MANSFIELD Co. Pte. Ltd. has moved to Phoenix Building at 11, Palmer Road. A reception will be held m the company's Tower Room at 7.30 p.m. on Sept. IS.
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  • 181 9 LONDON, Wed. Chartering was slightly more active with grain shippers arranging a wheat cargo from the U.S. Gulf to Lisbon at U559.75 fd (free discharge) for Sept. and a barley cargo from three ports, River Plate, to Weser at US$7.5O fio (free m and out) with Sept/
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    • 194 9 SCINDIA (Sr) LIMES I ■■■H PACIFIC NORTH WEST SERVICE m——M Loading For: LOS ANGELES, SAN DIEGO. SAN FRANCISCO, TACOMA. VANCOUVER B.C. Penang p s ham Singapore i Angeles ■JALARATNA" 29/30 Sept 1 '2 Oct 3 5 Ocl 6 NOv ■•JALARASMMI" 29/30 Oct Oct 31 1 No* 2/4 Nov 6 0«
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    • 1089 9 Westbound continued TQIfUP f* kJ I I Sept 28/30 Colombo. Aden. Jeddah. SSA/SSA V ISHVA MAHIMA Sept30/Oct3 Rangoon. Calcutta. SCI/JS VESSEL A Sept 20 B.^.^cr.. Kuwait. B'raln. WEST BREEZE InPt/Septll N.York, B'more, Char.eston. «wo.i, u*mm. KL/GB N.Orleans, Houston Galveston. DL/CA VIENNE Sept IS L'don, Havre, H'burg, R'dam, A'werp, D'kirk. MM/MM
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    • 125 9 Ships in port THE PORT OF SINGAPORE AUTHORITY HAS MADE THESE BERTHING ARRANGEMENTS FOR SEPT. 10. OUT: Nikkou Maru 6/7, Chuwa Maru 10/11, Telemachus 13/14, Siena 15/16, Reiho Maru 22, Yosei Maru 40/41, Peisander 42/43, Tiefuas 45, Kapitan Visiobokov 46, Tamuraeverett 47. IN: Fernbrook 47 (after Tamuraeverett), Broriver 46 (after
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    • 116 9 Karingo. Kota Pandjang, KoU Selatan, Kien Fu, Maria G. GeorgJix, Oceana, M.H. Thamrin. Madhumati, Pacific Reserve Fidelity. Reliance Integrity Atlantic Endeavour, Petrel, Kentrikon, Chevalier Paul D62. Ananias, Nancy Dee, Serov, Union Pacific Suprina, Golden Summer, Jaladhir, Galini, Faye B.. Giant Lee. Ussurijsk, Eastern Dragon, Aud Presthus. Paudzka. Jaramac XXV. WESTERN
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  • 326 10 Prices continued to advance yesterday on sustained buying interest. Constructions, department stores, petroleums and real estates forged ahead. Taisei Construction. Sanko Steamship, Show a Oil and Mitsui Real Estate led the advance. Communication equipments and high-priced electric appliances were mixed after meeting late pro-fit-taking. The average rose
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  • 641 10 Mining shares continued to move indecisively yesterday. The closing tone was mixed. Industrials were weak although there was selected support among oils. Industrial turnover was swelled by a sale of more than two million shares m Wynyard Holdings. On the mining posts, Queensland Mines and Mary Kathleen
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  • 215 10 Prices held steady yesterday after drifting lower earlier m the session. Trading continued quiet and the day's turnover slipped to |8.l« million. compared with $9.36 million on Tuesday. Wharves and Docks were active but little changed on balance. Kowloon motor bus improved again to close at $42-75.
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  • 159 10 TOKYO, Wed. The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has deposited some of its funds m Japanese banks for the first time a total of U552.22 million m free yea, Kyodo news service said. Kyodo, quoting Japanese banking sources, said the deposits are m the Bank of
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  • ECONOMIC AFFAIRS 1
    • 413 10  -  ALLAN CHAN BY WILL Starlite Ceramic Industry become another "Eupoc"? I don't think so. The facts and figures presented to me yesterday by Starlite's managing director, Mr. Sterling Wong, and staff suggest that, if anything, the company is poised for a long period of vigorous trading.
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    • 1212 10 THE hazards of diversification encountered by rubber plantations were described m the Financial Times on Saturday. Stewart Dalby said m an article that palm oil apart, rubber companies' attempts to diversify have so far been singularly unsuccessful. The Guthrie Corporation, the world's largest natural rubber producer,
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    • 166 10 TOKYO, Wed. Japan's Natural Resources Association announced that a seabed mining team, operating m the South Pacific, has collected manganese ore on a commercial scale for the first time m the world. The association said a telegram from the seabed mining boat, No. 2 Chiyoda
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    • 86 10 ERIC WHITE ASSOCIATES now has the largest spread of branch operations of any public relations consultancy group m the world, the company's joint managing director Mr A.H.H. Myers said recently. He was speaking at the opening of a new office m Christchurch, New Zealand. The Australian firm
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    • 269 10 SINGAPORE— MALAYSIA Merchant rates today, fixed by the Association of n»i»ir f in Malaysia-Singapore. Local dollars per unit of foreign currency. HONGKONG (Rates m Hongkong dollars, for Sept. 9). On New York TT 6.1125 On New York DD 6.***** Gold (99% fineness, per tael; 281.50 Note Rates:
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  • ECONOMIC AFFAIRS 2
    • 578 11 Negara HOTEL NEGARA made an unaudited profit of $318,395 before tax m the first six months of this year. This profit is double that made m the second half of last year. But one must take into account that only $108,000 has been charged for depreciation m the
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    • 105 11 MALAYSIAN MEETING ON RUBBER KUALA LUMPUR, Wed. The Government may call an emergency meeting tomorrow to discuss the low price of rubber which fell today to 49-% cents a pound, Commerce and Industry Minister Mohamed Khir Johari said. Inche Khir told the Singapore Herald this evening that the meeting would
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    • 1502 11 STOCK EXCHANGE OF MALAYSIA AND SINGAPORE KEY Closing buyers' awl sellers' prices at* followed by the business doiw. Figures, m brackets denote traded lota m I.ooo'*. When the price is not foUowed by a figure m brackets, it means only a single lot off 1.000 shares was
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    • 79 11 (Managers' prices for Sept. 10) ASIA UNIT TRUSTS MaL Invt Fund 1.17 1.22 MaL Progress Fund 1.00 1.05 CHARTERED UNIT TRUSTS Singapore Growth Fund 1.02 1.07 SINGAPORE UNIT TRUSTS Second Singapore 1.78 Third iv lit SUgapOn X-l f s. The Commerce Ind. Fund .96 1.01 The Saving Fund
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    • 96 11 PEOPLE in business Ml PATEICK TAN, commercial officer of the British High Commission, leaves tomorrow for a tour of duty m Britain. Mr Tan, who will be away for seven weeks, will visit export promotion organisations and British manufacturers to discuss export performance and problems and market prospects. MR HIDEO
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  • COMMODITIES
    • 382 11 RUBBER 4t-l/S ceats a ,Ib. (down oae ceat) Light long liquidation of September paper met poor buying response yesterday. Hence, first business was transacted at 50-1/8 cents, down a quarter cent from opening indications. October widened to 1-1/4 cents premium over September. Physicals turnover was poor. There was
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    • 65 11 (Yesterday's official buyer/seller prices, m pence perlb). Tone: Quiet, terminal sellers reserved; ClF's Sept 17% 17%, Oct 17% 17-15/16. Nov. 18 I8V4; Spot 18-5/8 19; Settlements Oct 18-15/16 19-3/16, Nov. 19-5/16 19%. Dec. 19-9/16 19-7/8 Oct/Dec. 19-5/16 19%, Jan/March 19-7/8 20, April/June 20% 20%, July/Sept. 20-7/16 20-11/16, Oct/Dec.
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    • 57 11 TIN $C54.C2K a picnl (np $1.82 V&). The Straits tin price appreciated $1.62% to $654.62% a picul yesterday m Penang, following an overnight rise of £1 a ton m London. Tonnage was estimated up 10 tons to 285 tons. Buying support was from Japan and the United States.
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    • 29 11 (Closing buyer /seller prices for Sept. 9, m sterling per metric ton). Tone: Barely steady; Spot 1509 1510; 3-month 1513 1514; Settlement 1512; Total turnover 380 tons.
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    • 156 11 (Yesterday's 1.30 p.m. prices, m sterling per long ton, unless otehrwise stated). COPRA (U.S. doUaxs per long ton): Philippine Sept. 203 to 200 paid; Philippine/Indonesian Sept. 202, Oct 202%, Nov. 203%, Dec 205%. all resellers. COCONUT OIL: Straits Sept/ Oct. 133 resellers; Malayan Sept/ Oct. 141 resellers; Philippines
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    • 45 11 (Yesterday's closing prices, m U.S. dollars per ounce). Singapore (1) 37.975, (2) 143.50; Hongkong 38.28; Beirut 86.45; London 36.25; Zurich 36.208 36.305. Paris Delayed. Note: (1) Export price to non-sterling areas m U.S. dollars. (2) Local dealers' price bt Singapore dollars per taeL
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  • 335 11 The market yesterday turned lower after 76 minutes of trading weakness m blue chips leading the pause. The Dow Jones industrials ware off more than three points, and SUnpoors industrials off nine Advancing issue* were k>iin« their edge over decline*, leading 606 to 456 altar an
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  • 26 11 NEW YORK. Tues. (Changes m brackets): Industrials 773.14 (+1.99); Transportation 138.15 (+0.50); Utilities 110.24 (-0.03); Composite Stocks 242.40 (+0.56); Bonds 64.79 (+0.15).
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  • 531 11 The market was firm but off the top yesterday. Selective buying of leaders following the late rally overnight on Wall Street pushed prices forward but some reaction from the highest levels was seen after mid-session on lack of follow-through. Current economic problems caused some uncertainty and kept
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  • 21 11 LONDON, Tues. (Changes m bracket*): Industrial* 587.6 (-0.7); Tins 60.31 (Unch); Rubbers 140.86 (-0.29); Oik 272.98 (+1.48).
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  • 172 11 AMSTERDAM The market yesterday continued weaker as labour unrest m Holland continued. Most internationals were down, except Royal Dutch which was very steady on some local demand totowards the close. Leading banks were lower but most investment funds were slightly higher. ••PARIS The market was dull yesterday. Electricak
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  • 365 12 Poser in court: What ceremonies make a Chinese marriage? WHAT ceremonies constitute a valid marriage according to Chinese rites? That was the poser at yesterday's trial m the Second District Court of seaman Tan Hoo What, 29, of Prince Charles Crescent. Tan denied he falsely declared at the Registry of
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  • 152 12 THE Supreme Court yesterday dismissed an appeal against sentence by Tan Ah Bah, 27, who faced a concurrent sentence of two years' jail plus $8,000 fine and two years' jail plus $7,000 for possession of opium and morphine. Mr. Tan Chor Yong, who appeared for Tan,
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  • 396 12 Top men for the ups and clowns of your blood supply THEY are both top specialists, both anaesthetists, both Londoners. They flew into Singapore yesterday together but they have one big difference. Dr. Hale Enderby lowers the patient's blood pressure during operations, but Dr. John Beard raises it. The reason
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  • 453 12 SINGAPORE is looking into the feasibility of setting up an Air Academy, Communications Minister Yong Nyuk Lin disclosed last night. He said this was the Government's "supporting role" for its national airline- Malaysia-Singapore Airlines. "No matter what a national airline can do,
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  • 189 12  - Lively songs by S'pore Musical Society choir NG POH CHUEN LILIAN Choo conducted the Singapore Musical Society Choir for the first time m a concert of R. Vaughan Williams' cantata "Pilgrim's Journey" and folk songs at the Singapore Conference Hall last night. In "Drinking Song", an opening carol, the 15-strong
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  • 200 12 12 strokes for two cut by half on appeal SENTENCE of 12 strokes of the rotan on Ng Van Guan, 23 and Ng Ah Kiat, 24, was reduced to six by the Chief Justice yesterday. Both Van Guan and Ah Kiat who were sentenced six years jail and 12 strokes
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  • 33 12 VIENTIANE, Wed. Laotian Government's chief peace talks delegation has proposed a meeting with the Pathet Lao representative m Vientiane instead of at the already agreed upon site of Khang Khay. AFP
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  • 352 12 Hussein gives full power to Army chief to restore order AMMAN, Wed. Jordanian Army Chief of Staff, Gen. Mashour Hadissa, announced today he had assumed full powers under King Hussein and ordered an immediate ceasefire. In a statement broadcast over Amman Radio, he said he had taken over "all powers"
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  • 38 12 SAIGON, Wed. President Nguyen Van Thieu today presided over a six-hour meeting of over 500 provincial and municipal councillors, m what was believed to be the opening shot m his bid for reelection next year. AFP
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  • 367 12 LUSAKA ROUND-UP LUSAKA, Wed. President Suharto of Indonesia today warned the Third Non-Aligned Summit Conference here against condemning any bloc or country. President Suharto said that the non-aligned nations had not come to Lusaka "to condemn a bloc or country." He also warned that it would
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  • 24 12 TAIPEH, Wed. Taiwan's death toll i B the wake of Typhoon Fran Rose this morning rose to 86, with several hundreds homeless.
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  • THE SINGAPORE herald Section II
    • Article, Illustration
      235 13 A LONG, LONG WAIT TO FLY ON THE CHEAP KUALA LUMPUR, Wed. More than 300 passengers of charter flights to London are stranded here because of a six-day strike m Oslo, a travel agency spokesman said here today. Most of the passengers are Malaysian students studying m Britain. "The
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    • 78 13 TME First Laiy, Pmi •f the Ami W»«ei'» flrst iuk yeateraay si a ie* party at the riatdeace of Mrs. ■hatla, wife of the ladlaa The party was attended by Meatally Retarded, wha ai^ j a aiF sass «»^a*tf*tad kv Ac aaiaciaHaa Stagap«r« Islma4
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    • 62 13 Avoiding a dog costs motorist $1 50 A SCHOOL tuckshop vendor, Leong Kum Tho of Strathmore Avenue, was fined $150 m the traffic court yesterday for inconsiderate driving. She was driving along Commonwealth Avenue on Dec. 2 last year when she swerved to the wrong side of the road to
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    • 31 13 QUEK Swee Hee of Gagak Selari Barat was fined $160 m the traffic court yesterday for using his car as a public service vehicle without a valid licence.
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    • 279 13 KUALA LUMPUR, Wed. Singapore will be asked to participate m next year's Commonwealth Expedition between London and Singapore. The leader of COMEX IV this year's expedition Colonel Lionel Gregory, said that such expeditions were a must to keep the spirit of the Commonwealth
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    • 61 13 NEO Bsaa Hack, alias liag Slag Mia of Hsat Klam Road was fllaed a total af fMW yesterday for comialtttag 27 traffic ofleaces aetweea ltft aad IMS. Neo aaswered If charges la the First Traffic Magistrate** coart, It hi the seeaad aad oae la the
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    • 168 13 HAPPINESS IS GETTING THE HOUSEWORK DONE AGAIN HAPPINESS fer Singapore's first kidney transplant patient, Mrs. Dereea Tan, Is being able to go about her daily work at home. She received her new kidney two months age and spends her time these days cooking, keeping her flat clean and washing (plus
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    • 155 13 THE CAPTAIN and a cook on board the Indonesian vessel Singaradja were jailed yesterday by the Ninth Magistrate for possession of ganja and dutiable goods on Tuesday. Skipper Daulat Lumbar Tobing, 30, who pleaded guilty to having 26 lb. of ganja and 384
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    • 59 13 LIM Chye Huat, 20 who was hit m the neck by a stray bulet from a marine police inspector's revolver last Sunday, died yesterday. The inspector was unloading his revolver when the accident occurred. Lim, a friend of the inspector, was sent to Outram
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    • 265 13 WOMAN BURIED ALIVE INQUIRY: INSPECTOR TESTIFIES A FARMER who Is tentatively charged with the murder of hi* neighbour's wife took a police officer to the spot where her body was buried and showed him where the woman's belongings could be found, a court heard yesterday. Inspector Puvanendram told a preliminary
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    • 75 13 JOHORE BAHRU, *Wed. The new $400,000 seaside recreation park here is expected to be completed by the middle of next year. A Government spokesman said the park m Jalan Tasek Utara will have a picnic ground, a zoo, a flower garden and a boating
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    • 157 13 1»t Pri.. MERCEDES Imi M 0 bid Mm MORRIS 1100S (D«f d on tht l»l dl».tt) (W— M»«l»«»««^l«») TWO TWO The nrhne for An* \s^ The wrime for An* CATHAY PACIFIC m> CATHAY PACIFIC mJickjti to Japan plu* Tleh»»a to Taiwan fkm JH $2,« M pock»f •xpmill p«ctot lymn (b.»4
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  • 687 14 Seletar Estate residents form a vigilante corps AFTER A SPATE OF BURGLARIES... THE residents of Seletar Hills Estate, off Yio Chu Kang Road, are organising a vigilante corps after a spate of burglaries m the area. In recent weeks, six houses m the estate have been broken into and the
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  • 86 14 AN UNEMPLOYED man who pleaded guilty m the Seventh Magistrate's Court yesterday to retaining a stolen motor-cycle was jailed for three years. Police prosecutor Snr. Inspector Vernon Aeria told Magistrate Tin Teow Yeow that Tan Kok Mvi, 23, was arrested on Jan. 27 for
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  • 157 14 TAXIDRIVER Hoh Yn Leng was fined $35 m the traffic court yesterday for refusing to let his taxi oat for ■Ire without reasonable excuse. Corporal Pritara Singh of the Central Police Station toM the court that he stopped a taxi along Clemenceau Avenue
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  • 67 14 KANDASAMY RAJOO, 42, unemployed, was jailed for two weeks yesterday for accepting 20 cents from the driver of a car which he had watched during his absence. The traffic court was told that Rajoo committed the offence at Hoi How Road at 9 p.m. on Tuesday. He
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  • 17 14 KUALA LUMPUR, Wed. More than 00,000 teachers here will celebrate Teachers' Day on Oct. 24.
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  • 86 14 KUALA LUMPUR, Wed U.S. Ambassador Jack W. Lydman recently presented 25 braille watches to Ton Puan Zainon Mute Hussein, chairman of the Flower Day Organising Committee of the Malayan Association for the Blind. The watches, 15 ladles' and It men's models, were donated by the
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  • 328 14 $300 fine for hurting customer in his bar MAGISTRATE Tan Chin Tiong yesterday fined a bar manager $300, or one month's jail, for causing hurt to a customer who later died of a heart attack. At an earlier hearing, the Eighth Magistrate's Court was told that sub-contractor Ng Eng Aun,
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  • 185 14 Muslim converts: Most of them are Chinese ONE hundred and fiftythree people here have been converted to Islam since the Muslim Religious Council took over this function from the All-Malays Society m February. Most of the converts are Chinese. This was disclosed by Titan Haji Ibrahim Osman, chairman of the
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  • 89 14 Suicide of man with a bad liver WANG Soo Plow, 54, who had a liver ailment jumped to his death from the fourth floor of a block of flats m Jalan Merpati on Aug. 27, a coroner's court was told yesterday. Probationary Inspector Pee lian Seng told the inquiry that
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  • 123 14 SONG WRITERS here are being given a chance to take part m die Tokyo International Popular Song Festival for the first time. The Yamaha Foundation for Music Education m Japan has invited Singapore song writers to enter a competition for the Festival If the
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  • 308 15 Asianway gets us in focus DRAMA FOR THE BOLD ONES A YOUNG girl lies sick with a mysterious ailment. Unless it can be diagnosed she will die. Three doctors are called m and become involved m a desperate race against the clock to identify the disease. That's the scene for
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    • 1169 15 ■BQAaY Ml 1 fy ar JPJWJB l^ff 3.00 p.m. General Hospital 6.00 p.m. Woody Woodpecker 3.20 Another Song Another Melody (Tamil, 630 Assignment Underwater "Swamplight Repeat) Underwater action series, featuring father--3.40 It's Happening m Singapore (Chinese) and-daughter team. Starring: Bill Williams, 4.00 House wivei Matinee "Eight Beauties" Diane Mountford. Part
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    • 92 15 TELEVISION 6.30 pm Channel 5 7 pm Channel 1 0 9 pm Channel 5 11.55 Channel 5 RADIO 630 am BFBS (From BBC) 7.00 Radio Singapore, Radio Malaysia. 7.30 BFBS (From BBC) 8.00 Radio Singapore, Radio Malaysia. 1.30 pm Radio Singapore, Radio Malaysia. BEBS (From Radio Australia). 4.30 pm BFBS
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  • DRAFTED!
    • 210 16  -  JENNY LEW THE PACO de Lncio troupe, now appearing at a local nightclub, will lose a very important person within the next few days. Jose Perez Pradas, 21, the sole classic aad flemeaco guitarist la the shew, has beea coascripted aad Mist retara to
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    • 175 16 THE Blackfire set the Supper Club ablaze with their soulful sound, and their actions were full of verve. The duo Joe Munoz, 23, and Carlton Errol, 24, is a real live wire act. From the moment they came on stage, they sent everyone's hands-a-clapping, feet-a
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    • 192 16 Double act singing from the sisters TWO young sisters, who discovered they shared the same interests, decided to team np when they left school and become professional singers. That was two years ago. Today, Da-nee, 2t and Dantee, It, are striking out and going places. The girls from Taiwan even
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    • 311 16 IPENS CATIAY TIMIIMW! S| Life Is Full Of Temptations I NOW YOU CAN ENJOY ALL OF THEM! J I hi tm W^^^^~ BBBr 1 Bm BBfe. .^BbT i^ A* I I I bbV jbi > t bbbUbbbt 9 I lal /*iS am* I I BBBB^W *^BBHbI BBBBBBWI-^mBBBk. B BBBf '^^r'''''-
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    • 90 16 r— If ll^^MiteSsJiiffe ™B| i ;U-R^>I; ORCHARD spore f|| i i— j |*/±^y±\ij j NOW SHOWING 11 am, 1.15, X3O, 7.15*. 9^o pm. SEE CHINA'S MODERN INDUSTRIES AIITHFMTIPI SEE NATIONAL DAY PARADE ENTIRELY NEW! SEE MARCH F RE GUARDS 3 YEARS IN THE MAKING 15,000 MILES OF TRAVEL DIA MOND
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  • town talk
    • 106 17 MRS. Cecilia Scow, the only woman manager of a major Singapore hotel, is resigning to spend more time with her family. "Managing the Ladyhill was a challenging job, but my family comes first, particularly until my six-year-old daughter starts going to school," she says. Mrs. Scow,
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    • 129 17 WOOFERS AND TWEETERS... WOOFERS and tweeters* sound like the name of a children's puppet show. But they're part of Mr. Raymond Cooke's business. Mr. Cooke, managing director of Kef Electronics (England) said at a press conference that his company had invented new hi-fi loudspeakers which produced voices "as naturally as
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    • 343 17 ROUND THE WORLD —FOR NOTHING! A FRENCH bnsinessmaa, BUaotti Sylvain, 33, right, is m Singapore after havlag travelled half-way roaad the world without paying a cent. He won a contest organised hy a pen company m France. His prize is a trip to Tahiti. Bljaoni owns two stationery shops m
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    • 57 17 FOUR delegates front the Singapore Coaacll «f Serial Service will attend the 151k lateraattoaal Ccafereace Social Welfare to be heU la Maalla from Sept. to 12. Hey are Mrs. Taag See Calm, Mr. S.T. Baal, Mr. K.V. Veloo, aad Mr. Freddie Yla. The conference is Meaalal aad It
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    • 75 17 ACCORDING to the Government Gazette, "FEMALE workmen" at an electrical plant have been exempted from some of the provisions of the Employment Act We understand they are also exempted from National Service. Another item says that the public convenience at the corner of Cluny Road and Taman
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    • 127 17 FOR those who enjoy good food and a fabulous view m air-conditioned comfort, the new Mount Faber restaurant is just the place. It is on top of Mount Faber and commands a panoramic view of the city on one side and the wide harbour
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    • 151 17 *j| t^tKJ*99w \M %S |%l Oysters, oil lamps and US (fl For a tete-a-tete or a%J |m|l ee^ Frosty beer, antique business gambit. Before *#V |%l pewter and US Beef. Fine lunch or for a nightcap %fl wines, wooden beams L*J after supper. The Club Bar *_4 anc^ US Beef.
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    • 278 17 THE TIDES High Tides: Today: 6.17 am 5.8 ft. 4.22 pm 7.4 ft. Tomorrow: 8.46 am 6.4 ft. 6.10 pm 7.3 ft. THE DIARY Beo Cresent; dementi Road; Commonwealth Avenue; Jalan Eunos; Kallang Estate; MacPherson Road; Lorong Chuan and St Michael's Market/Courtyard. 8 pm: Variety show at National Theatre by
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  • 922 18  - Y all the girls feel at home SHIRLEY MANASSEH BY I EXPECTED a group of prim little ladies tackling embroidery m the loungeroom. Instead I saw a mini-dressed teenager playing "carom" with her boyfriend; another girl with a cassette recorder snapping her fingers to "Sugar Sugar" and four more girls
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  • 255 19 Spencer, the guitarist, has an electric problem SERENCITYY SPENCER GOH is a guitarist with a problem. His intricate playing is not appreciated m most of Singapore's nightclubs, and unless he exchanges his hollow guitar for an electric one, he may stay out of work forever. Pity. Becaase listeaiag aad watching
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  • 63 19 GREECE Is heat aaewa far Its aacleat caJtaxe. Bat here we preseat —methiag which has hleaded the preseat with the past. Oar haaisaaie Greeks are shtwlag His aad Her area- tieas hasei aa their eesatry's ■atltaal rrtiiTti They are far ereaiaf wear mmA racesttjr
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    • 1045 19 ©ftfiDfCMfinnr [^iLIIOIIIIvJIJJJuIrc I FELT I could not let today go by without commending your Serendipity page (September 3). WHAT a magnificent reprodacttoa of a photograph takea almost aa years ago of the teeaagers of yesteryear aad the grandmothers of today. Even more commendable la the story behind It all. 1
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  • Page 19 Miscellaneous
    • 343 19 HlTCfflnEßßnn! romTlSHSHnflnl ■^■ftM«M|EI [TOjnQntmHß ft "S?!?^S wAJSmTZJi ft ft tone facts; there has tfcoBe 7%,, dall J J 13^ environment. Much of ft ft deception all week. te not to be ft S f^^lffftffnl believed. ft I HnnirVluinFfV [xj22BSQB| rrriifivta.ffmffi inspiration tnrougu I JL HuuWMBIB religious or artistic I«^ B3j±a!fla±al
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  • 701 20 VIEWPOINT THE Prime Minister has a lot of responsibilities. He also has a great deal of authority and many privileges. The labourer has hardly any authority or privilege. But then he also has very little responsibility. The point is that responsibilities, authority and privileges
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  • 109 20 JALAN Bahar (which connects Jurong Road to Chua Chu Kang Rd.) is one of the major hgways m Singapore. The shortest route for residents m Jurong Town and Nanyang University to get to the Chua Chu Kang Christian cemetery or Lim Chu Kang seaside is
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  • 380 20 "OMBUDSMAN", whose letter on School Advisory Committees was published m your paper dated Sept. 4, is obviously a frustrated member of the teaching profession who may have legitimate grouses or grievances to air m public. But his cynical criticisms and generalisations cannot be left unanswered. Firstly, let
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  • 202 20 I refer to the letter by "R.K.L. Tan" (S.H. Sept. 7) about policeman's 'quip. The primary functions of the Traffic Police are to control, direct and regulate traffic as well as to reduce road hazards for all road users. To this end, traffic policemen are assigned to
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  • 135 20 HARD HEADS WHO EXPLOIT THEIR STAFF SENIOR assistants of certain Singapore Government Primary Schools are being exploited by principals who delegate practically all their duties to us, and deprive us of our hard-earned holidays. I am referring to a few principals who habitually take "leave" during school vacations and "request"
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  • 71 20 THE Government has stated that our schools have a responsibility m helping our children to develop proper habits and attitudes. These include proper oral hygiene such as brushing of teeth after meals and avoiding sweet and sticky foods between meals. However, I notice that nearly all schools m
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  • 343 20 Artificial limbs are too expensive One would have thought that the recent increase m out-patient charges from $1.50 to $2.00 would at least cover the cost of artificial appliances, obtained from die Limb Centre (Outram Rd G.H.) on the recommendation of a Orthopaedic surgeon. However, this does not seem to
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  • 85 20 I HAVE tried to get a National Day Stamp at many Post Offices but up to now I have been unable to see even the colour and the design of the stamp. Most of the post offices told me that they did not have the stamp m stock.
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  • 76 20 EVERY TIME I visit a barber-shop for a haircut and a shave, I develop boils on my neck and face. Should not barber-shops be inspected regularly by Health Inspectors, as m the case of coffee-shops, to ensure the cleanliness of equipment and towels used on customers? Barbers should
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    • 429 20 B CHANCES TO GIVE YOUR CHILD A UNIVERSITY EDUCATION MOTHER BURSARIES SINGAPORE M ESSAY H Herald Essay Compe- rkniiTrOT A titions wUI te at three g CONTEST 1 4J levels for Pre-Univer- |3 aai inAii sW^al sity students, for Secon- M 00 UPON dary Four students and rHT fc fe
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    • 403 20 TWINSET CROSSWORD 19 I i i a^ ACEOBS DOWN M__ 1 As the captive goddess 4 There was no need to say it! provides diversion (8) <•> 2 Was I a non-Westerner m (8) It will remain so unless you this area? (4) solve this clus (7) 3 It's impossible
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  • 792 21 WHAT do you fancy for lunch? Poached Scottish salmon m aspic, nasi goreng, grilled sirloin steak topped with mushrooms or Indian curry with spices? In the Cosmopolitan restaurant you can dine m the Spanish Room, the Bavarian Room, the Moorish Room, the Chan-Grffl-Lah, or the
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  • 279 21 Tip your hunger 'see-saw' And if that left you ravenous A CHEMICAL seesaw la the krata controls appetite fir feed, at least la rats, acctdlag to a psychologist. la fc—^, a similar bat mere complex Biechaalsai may rale haager paags, feed iatake aad satiety the feellB« sf havlag eatea raoagh,
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  • 500 21  - DRUGS AND THE GI JAY SHARBUTT By THE use of drags including sack "hard" narcotics as heroin by U.S. soldiers hi Soajth Vietnam is increasing. But the extent of the rise is unknown, claim military sources m Saigon. the Increase fa^y among yeauger Gl's from IS U 25 was "significant"
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  • 338 21 .WORK on the transplant of human embryos is "proceeding," according to testtube baby specialist Dr. Patrick Steptoe. Earlier this year, Steptoe announced that it might be possible within a year to produce a baby conceived outside the body. He revealed that Sylvia Allen, 34, who was childless after
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  • 200 21 A physics laboratory m Silver Spring, Maryland, is developing a device that ultimately may create a small car that runs on electricity without batteries. The applied physics laboratory of Johns Hopkins University says it is evaluating the device a quiet, no-polluting, high-energy flywheel, originated by
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  • 92 21 kings over the years. It attracts more than one million visitors every year. No-one can estimate the current value of Prado art. The Prado has paintlags by Babtas, 77 by Goya, 24 by El Greco, 42 by Titian, It by Eaphael, and hundreds more by Rembrandt,
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    • 660 22 For our Classjfied DuuLLLL fele-Ad Services APPLICATIONS ARC INVITED from Singapore crazana for the post of Assistant Warehouseman. Senior Cambridge or its equivalent. Ability to type, read and write English. Previous experience an advantage but not essential. Apply to Personnel Manager. Veneer Products Limited. 25. Jalan Terusan, Jurong. Spore 22.
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    • 516 22 DISTINCT IS Poole Road Single stony bungalow. Ana 7.000 sq.fL $85,000/- District 16 Parbury Avenue Double storey terrace house 4 bedrooma. Mosaic throughout $55,000/- To view call Mtae Alice Tan *****. MAKI YOUR INVESTMENT sound and profitable through Real Estate m United States. Good returns ftInstant redemption. For details wrlta
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    • 370 22 APTOINTMENTS (tsso) MATERIALS DIVISION has a vacancy m MATERIALS MANAGEMENT Successful applicant will coordinate and supervise the procurement of a wide range of materials for Esso affiliates m the S.E. A. area. Applicants should be university graduates, preferably m engineering and should be Singapore citizens. They should have 3 to
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    • 167 22 A NEW HAIR DRESSING SALOON FOR MEN with The Feminine Touch OPENS TODAY AIR-CONDITIONED COMFORT JAPANESE ELECTRIC ARMCHAIR MASSAGE FACIAL AND BODY MASSAGE FINGERNAIL MANICURE LATEST IN HAIR STYLING ALL THESE FROM THE MOST ATTRACTIVE HAIRDRESSERS IN TOWN. PEARL HAIR DRESSING SALOON 149-150, PEOPLE'S PARK COMPLEX, (Ground Floor) Singapore-1 IF
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  • 681 23 U.S. OPEN CHAMPIONSHIPS FOREST HILLS, New York, Wed. American professional Dennis Ralston accomplished the major upset to date m the U.S. open tennis championships here yesterday by ousting men's singles title holder and Number One seed Rod Layer m a tense
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  • 241 23 BARCELONA, Wed. Two world records, three European re cords and a score of National r ecords was the bounty on the fourth day of the European Swimming Championships here today. The world records were an East German affair, with Roland Matthes breaking his
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  • 77 23 LONDON, Wed. Mark Rowe, one of Britains hopes for at least a European boxing, title, yesterday lost his British middleweight crown when he was stopped m four rounds by Bunny Sterling, a Jamaican immigrant. > Sterling, the first "foreigner" to box for a
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  • 174 23 The Ministry of Social Affairs (Sports Division) will be organising Swimming Courses for non-swimmers at the Van Kit, Farrer Park and River Valley Swimming Pools. Both adults, as well as children from 7 years of age upwards, will be eligible to apply to join
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  • 79 23 LONDON, Wed.— Leeds United, top of the English First Division and unbeaten this season, crashed out of the English League Cup yesterday when they were beaten 1-0 by Sheffield United of the Second Division. Tony Currie scored the vital goal m the 58th minute
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  • 55 23 Bristol 2 Newcastle 1 Derby 3 Halifax 1 Ipswich O Arsenal O Queens's park 4 Cardiff O Rotberham O Bristol City O Sheffield 1 Leeds united O Swindon 4 Watford 2 West Bromwich 3 Chariton 1 Luton 3 Workington 0 Manfield O Liverpool O Oldham 2 Middlesbrough 4 DivisleaFew
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    • 221 23 KUALA LUMPUR, Wed. Jasbo who won first time out and second to Stable Currency m his next start m the Committee Gup at Penang m July is m peak form. The going was heavy. With Nazudi astride, the Red Jester gelding worked on
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    • 244 23 Progency by Wilkes generally takes all going m its strides as indicated by two recent winners Nonpariel and Rembrandt. Sigar Daddy is by the same sire. Out of Serikit, this Australian gelding was on board eight times. He won only once (5f m 1:0.2) Wheraside
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    • 158 23 KUALA LUMPUR, Wed. Malaysia and Singapore will Jointly host the ia-day ninth Altai R a c 1 g Conference from Sept. 18. The first five days will be held at the Dewan Tnnkn Abdul Rahman. The estimated a amber of 44t Jockeys, HorseOwners
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    • 102 23 ST. CATHARINES, Ontario, Wed. West Germany led all the way to win the final m the coxed fours event at the Third World Rowing championships. East Germany was a boat length back m second and Norway was a dose third. New Zealand, Argentina and Russia,
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  • 376 23 Easy 12-6 win for SCC in rugby friendly SINGAPORE Cricket Club 'A' scored a convicing 12-6 victory over the All-Blacks m a friendly rugby match on the padang yesterday. The winners got tneir points from four unconverted tries to two tries. The Blacks were no match for the bigger built
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  • 149 23 Norway beat Singapore SIEGEN, West Germany, Wed. Results from the unfinished first and second round matches, plus the third round, m the Chess "OLYMPIAD" yesterday. ROUND 1: Group 4: Philippines 4 Guernsey 0, ROUND 2: Group 1: Peru 2.5 Greece 1.5, Group 2: Canada 3 Luxembourg 1, ROUND S: Group
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  • Page 23 Miscellaneous

  • 594 24 The Sng brothers, Tong Chye, Tong Beng and Tong Hoe of AngloChinese School shone m the City District Primary Schools annual swimming meet at River Valley Road yesterday. A total of 14 records were rewritten. Sng Tong Beng bettered his own times
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  • 324 24 THOMAS Cup player Wee Kin was m sparkling form when he eliminated Andrew Sim from the singles m the national championships at Guillemard Road last night. Wee Kin won 15-11, 15-4 and has established himself as an early favourite for the title. Tew Ghee will
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  • 180 24 PSC trounce Police 16-1 in waterpolo league match PUBLIC Swimming Club's first team trounced Police Sports Association by 16 goals to one m the Sasa 'B division league waterpolo match at the Van Kit Swimming pool yesterday. Yesterday's victory put PSC on top of the league table with an unbeaten
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  • 490 24  - A decision on second and third platings by S'pore AA R. NATHAN ASIAN GAMES QUALIFYING TIMES SWIMMERS who want a berth m the Singapore team for the Asian Games m Bangkok later this year will have to turn m times which would have won bronze medals at the 1966 Games,
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  • 171 24 Mystery sponsor brings Santos team to Hongkong HONGKONG, Wed. The unexpected appearance of a mystery sponsor has made tt possible for the Hongkong Football Association to accept an offer from the famous Brazilian Santos team to play a series of games m Hongkong for the sum of U. 5.535,000. 535,
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  • 230 24 DUBLIN, Wed. Kip Keino of Kenya won the mile event m a slow time of 4:05. at an international track meet m Dublin last night m cold, showery weather Keino, the Olympic 1,500--metre gold medalist, was followed home by F. Murphy of Ireland, m
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  • 231 24 SINGAPORE Recreation Club and Khalsa Association shared honours m the Singapore Hockey Association under-23 knockout competition when they played to a scoreless draw on the SRC padang yesterday. The replay is on Sept. 16 at the same venue. The standard of hockey produced by both
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  • 62 24 TAIPEI, Wed. Taiwan's National Shooting Association has decided to send an 11-mem-ber team to take part m the 40th world shooting championships to be held at phoenix, Arizona, from Oct. 14-26, a spokesman of the association said today. The spokesman said Taiwan's top marksman Wu Tao Yuan, who
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  • 621 24 Grace wins top gala honours Eleven-year-old Grace Fung of St. Hilda's Girls' School won top honours at the Geylang District Primary Schools swimming carnival held at Amber Road yesterday. She was awarded the beet performance trophy for docking the best times In the girls 'A* division. Her time of 1:22.5
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  • 134 24 Malaysia in Olympic soccer tournament ZURICH, Wed. Europe with 24 countries entered, topped the list for the preliminary rounds of the 1f72 Munich Olympics soccer tournament. European countries: Albania, Austria, Bulgaria, Den mark, England, Finland, France, East Germany, West Germany, Greece, Holland, Iceland, Eire, Italy, Luxemburg, Malta, Holland, Poland, Rumania,
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