Singapore Herald, 17 September 1970

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    14 1 THE SINGAPORE Herald No. 50 Singapore Thursday September 17, 1970 MC(P) 2207 15 CENTS
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    Lock icon Brunei freedom date: Nov. 30
    390 1 Brunei freedom date: Nov. 30 TIME RUNNING OUT -SULTAN js WANTS BRITISH^ TO REMAIN BUT... BRUNEI TOWN, Wed. Brunei is scheduled to gain independence unwillingly and by default on Nov. 30, it was revealed today. Britain's two-year-old notice of her intention to end her 1968 agreement with Brunei expires at
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    Lock icon 11 new bus services approved
    566 1 11 new bus services approved THE Government has approved 11 new bus services which will make use of at least 204 additional new buses by the end of this year. Buses already run on two of these routes. Seven more services will be started by the end of next month
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    Lock icon Ghost alive!
    180 1 Ghost alive! A "GHOST" thenght to be hanntlng an nnoccnpied bnngalow m Owen Road showed np at the honse In the flesh yesterday very mnch alive. The Japanese tt, who calm herself Mrs. Jim and lives m Vie Chn Kang Rood, i iplshwid that she had Hved hi the honse
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    Lock icon SUPPORT FOR PEKING
    21 1 JAKARTA, Wed. Indonesia supports the entry of Peking into the United Nations, Foreign Minister Adam Malik said today.
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    Lock icon THEN CAME FOUR TO ARREST HOST AT COCKTAIL PARTY...
    196 1 THE cocktail party on Tuesday to mark the opening of a new company was going smoothly with the usual clink of glasses and murmured exchange of pleasantries. A line of hosts stood at the doorway, surrounded by baskets of flowers from
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    Lock icon Hussein gets tough
    297 1 r— ARMY TAKES OVER TO AVERT CIVIL WAR AMMAN, Wed. A royalist military regime dominated by tough field marshal took power m Jordan today and imposed martial law to put an end to the threat of civil war. But the crisis m this country of two million
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    Lock icon Her husband was told: 'I can't live without your wife'
    60 1 RECEPTIONIST Tessie Celine Gregory (seen above with her daughter was married to a teacher. The High Conrt heard yesterday hew eae of her colleagues told her husband that he emM not live without her. He was ordered to pay $2,ttt
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    Lock icon Painful for Aussies, Rippon warns
    79 1 SYDNEY, Wed. —Britain's dentry into the European Common Market would be painful for Australia, Mr Geoffrey Rippon, Britain's chief Common Market negotiator, said today. It was important for Australia to get the "longest transitional period to ease the pain of the immediate effects." Mr. Rippon,
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    Lock icon Death of Singapore girl found in coma in Malacca hotel
    209 1 Death of Singapore girl found in coma in Malacca hotel MALACCA, Wed. A 16-year-old Singapore girl died m the Malacca General Hospital last night, two hours after she was found unconscious m a hotel room, a police spokesman said today. The girl gave her name as Judy Tan, of Amoy
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    Lock icon IN BRIEF
    70 1 AMMAN, Wed. The Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine, which had been ezpeled after the blowing up of the three hijacked airline** last Saturday, was today accepted back into the Central Committee of Palestinian Resistance. Paris: Pakistani Air Force ordered 30 Mirage-5 jetfifhters from Marcel Dassault aircraft
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  • Through Australian Eyes
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      Lock icon BRUCE GRANT
      66 2 BRUCE GRANT of the Melbourne Age is one of Australia's most influential public affairs commentators. On this page are excerpts of two articles he filed when he stopped m Singapore and Kuala Lumpur last week m the course of a world tour. As the tie with Australia is among Singapore's
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      Lock icon Allies in Lusaka and 'forward defence' policy
      798 2 Allies in Lusaka and 'forward defence' policy KUALA LUMPUR: It is worth noting that the two countries of SouthEast Asia to which Australia is most deeply committed, Malaysia and Singapore, both attended the non-aligned conference at Lusaka, Zambia. While non-alignment has proved over 15 years to be an imprecise and
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    Lock icon MCA: A FIGHT FOR SURVIVAL
    616 2 By Singapore Herald Staff Writer KUALA LUMPUR: The Malaysian Chinese Association is striving to make the most of what it realises may be its last chance to avert political demise. Severely chastised by the voters hi last year's general election (it lost 14 of its
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    Lock icon STATESMAN ATTACK 'A STRAW IN THE BREEZE'
    526 2 STATESMAN ATTACK 'A STRAW IN THE BREEZE SINGAPORE: The attack on Mr. Lee Km Yew by the ladian newspaper the Statesman daring the Singapore Prime Minister's recent visit to Delhi is a straw ia mm unfavourable breeze. No doubt, some of the venom was the product of Indian polities, especially
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  • Thursday, September 17, 1970 THE SINGAPORE HERALD
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      Lock icon Brunei resists independence
      484 2 UNLESS the British Government changes its mind, Brunei will have independence thrust upon it on Nov. 90. The Labour Government gave notice m 1968 that it wished to pull out of the 1959 agreement, and so far there has been no indication that the Conservatives will reverse
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    Lock icon LOCAL ARTISTS CAN'T AFFORD TO GET PSYCHEDELIC
    155 3 LOCAL ARTISTS CAN'T AFFORD TO GET PSYCHEDELIC SINGAPOEE ANS are problem-orieated realists who wiU rather face the hard facts than nm away from them and their art should reflect this. Mr. E.W. Barker, MhwJln of Law aad National Developmeat saM this yesterday at the opeatuf of Kam Kee Yoa«*s art
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    Lock icon OFFICE HOURS
    23 3 1 love my Itsy-bitsy Honey-boo.* There, I said it for you, and thank goodness no one is around to hear me."
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  • BETTER THAN BEING A HIPPY, SAYS ELIZABETH
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      Lock icon The Comex way to world harmony
      599 3 WHAT'S a nice girl like Elizabeth Bingley, 20, doing m Singapore, 10,000 miles away from home? She came overland from England because she believes m international peace m case you miss the message of the frangipani flower m her hair. She also wears a
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      Lock icon Airport plea: Co-operate while work is in progress
      92 3 THE DIRECTOR of Civil Aviation has asked all passengers and users of the Pay a Lebar airport for their co-operation to follow the necessary arrangements on the use of the passenger terminal building during the next 12 months. Work on the extension
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      Lock icon Malaysia-Guyana telex link
      39 3 KUALA LUMPUR, Wed. TJhe Ministry of Works, Posts and Telecommunications today announced the extension of Telex service to Guyana. The minimum charge for three minutes is $46.20, and $15.40 will be charged for each additional minute.
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    Lock icon Some people are on Nature's side
    753 4 Some people are on Nature's side THE FIGHT TO PRESERVE THE BEAUTY OF THE WILD GOES ON GET AWAY FROM THE RUSH AND BUSTLE GO BUSH MOST animals only kill when they are hungry or endangered, except that most dangerous of all animals Man. Man bears the dubious distinction of
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    Lock icon ONCE A WEEK PILL? YOU CAN ALSO HAVE JABS HERE
    199 4 ONCE A WEEK PILL? YOU CAN ALSO HAVE JABS HERE MANY Singapore women have been taking an anti-fertility injection which works on the same principle as a pill which its French makers claim need only be taken once a week. University of Singapore doctors at the Kandang Kerbau Maternity Hospital
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    Lock icon Four fined $1,750 for having ganja
    81 4 Four fined $1 ,750 for having ganja FOUR unemployed men were fined a total of $1,750 by the Ninth Magistrate Giam Chin Toon yesterday for possession of^anja. Toh Chwee Chua, 32, was fined $1,000 for having a pound, while M.K. Embi, 20, who had eight kartoos was fined $500. M.S.
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    Lock icon NOC MEETS TODAY TO DISCUSS THREAT ON BORDER
    201 4 NOC MEETS TODAY TO DISCUSS THREAT ON BORDER KUaCa LUMPUR, Wed. The question of stepping up sea patrols between Malaysia aid Thailand to check Communist movements will be discussed at the National Operations Conncil meeting tomorrow, the Minister of Home Affairs, Tnn (Dr.) Ismail bin Dato Abdul Rahman, said tonight.
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    Lock icon $2,000 snatch after powder thrown into man's face
    84 4 A MAN threw powder into the face of a 17-year-old office boy and snatched a briefcase containing $2,000 from him m McCallum Street on Monday morning. Poon Swee Leng, of Ngo Hong Heng Company m Hong Kong Street had just cashed a
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    Lock icon Coffee and tea drinkers pay that extra 5 cents
    178 5 Coffee and tea drinkers pay that extra 5 cents COFFEE and tea drinkers paid that extra five cents for their larger cups of drink without a murmur when the increase took effect yesterday. According to a spokesman of the Kheng Keow Coffee Merchants Restaurant and Bar Owners' Association, the customers
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    Lock icon Malaysia's Agricultural University
    59 5 Malaysia's Agricultural University KUALA LUMPUR, Wed. A special planning committee to act up the Agricultural University here will he announced shortly. Agriculture and Co-opera-tives Minister, Tan Sri Haji Ghaxali Jawi said the committee would comprise prominent educationists and officials from bis ministry. The Minister said aid would he sought from
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    Lock icon MINISTER'S VISIT
    24 5 THE MINISTER for Social Affairs, Inche Othman Wok, will tour Mt. Senai Estate, off Holland Grove Road, on Sunday at 9.00 a.m.
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    Lock icon Ambulance pool now for better service
    214 5 DIAL 91 1-888 IN CASE OF EMERGENCY THE ambulance service has been reorganised and the result is a better service. A Health Ministry statement said yesterday that the scheme put into effect two changes. They are: The pooling of hospital ambulances so that more
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    Lock icon Piping a VIP visitor aboard the Arakan
    79 5 THE Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Defence for the Army, Mr. Lan Gilmour, is piped aboard the tank landing-craft Arakan at Tanjong Berla yer yesterday morning. Mr. Gilmour is visiting British Army units m Singapore and Malaysia. Welcoming Mr. Gilmour is Major Michael
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    Lock icon TUN TAN LEAVES FOR MEETINGS ON HIGH FINANCE
    171 5 KUALA LUMPUR, Wed. Minister with Special Functions, Tv Tan Slew Sin, left here yesterday to attend a series of meetings m Cyprus, Denmark and Britain. Tun Tan will attend the Commonwealth Finance Minister's conference In Nicosia and the meeting of the World
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    Lock icon Children's Day in Malaysia: Presents for the sick and rallies
    150 5 KUALA LUMPUR, Wed. Universal Children's Day with the theme "The Role of Education m Child Care" this year will be celebrated throughout Malaysia on Oct. 3. This was announced today by the President of the Malaysian Council for Child Welfare,
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    Lock icon Poly Buddhist Society forum
    41 5 THE POLYTECHNIC Buddhist Society will hold a' public forum on "Religion and Man" at the Mam Lecture Theatre on Tuesday at. 4.30 p.m. The speakers are: Father Nicholas, Mr. George G. Thomson and Yen. Ananda Mangala ODD
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    Lock icon Indons jailed for illegal entry
    39 5 FOUR Indonesians who entered Singapore illegally were jailed for a year each by Ninth Magistrate Giam Chin Toon, yesterday. They were Arshad Bakar, 30, Yusof Daud, 25, Atar Sualiman, 37, and Kasim Bachok, 21.
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    Lock icon Conformists in a city state
    143 5 SINGAPOREANS are couformlsts and have to be because they live In a city state, according to Mr. George Thompson, Deputy Secretary m the Foreign Ministry. In a talk to Shell employees yesterday, Mr. Thomson said because of the nature of their society. Singaporeans see each
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    Lock icon Busmen accept $23,000 in full settlement
    170 5 Busmen accept $23,000 in full settlement ONE HUNDBED ami fifty employees of Katoag-Bedok Bas Service Ltd. have accepted the management's offer of $23,ttt In fall settlement of their claims for PAyvidH 9i pf^ptr iiiM for pahtte holidays, rest days and overtime work. The decision) was taken oa Taeoday kt a
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    Lock icon Penang ferry passenger lost overboard
    67 5 PENANG, Wed. An unidentified person was reported to have fallen overboard from a ferry yesterday, a police spokesman said today. The Pulau Langkawi was halfway across the channel to Butterworth when the alarm was raised. The ferry stopped, but the person could not be found.
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    Lock icon PASTY FOR COMEX
    23 5 THE PEOPLE'S Association is holding a reception for the 42 members of the Comes 4 expedition at its headquarters today.
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    Lock icon Stricter measures for industrial safety
    131 5 THE Labour Ministry is taking steps to prevent industrial accidents. New regulations to replace some outdated ones m the Factories Ordinance have been drafted. A Labour Ministry spokesman said yesterday the draft had been referred to the National Trades Union Congress, the Ministry of National
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  • CABLE WORLD WIDE
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      Lock icon Nixon wants an overhaul of aid hand-out
      230 6 Nixon wants an overhaul of aid hand-out WASHINGTON, Wed. President Nixon called for an overhaul of the U.S. foreign aid system, including creation of a new security assistance programme to help reduce the American military presence abroad. In sending his long-awaited reform plan to Congress Mr. Nixon proposed also to
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      Lock icon IMELDA AT LONDON PARTY
      58 6 radlopkoto. MRS Imelda Marcos, wife of the Philippine President, greets actor Join Mills at a reception m the Philippine Embassy ia Lmhlob. Mrs Marcos is m London to enrol her son m college. She has been invited by Mrs Nixon, wife of the U.S. President, to
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      Lock icon General Assembly opens its 25th session
      373 6 UNITED NATIONS, Wed. The General Assembly opened its milestone 25th session yesterday amid increasing demands that the powers collaborate more closeby on the Middle East and other pressing problems. The opening meeting was devoted to the formalities of electing Norwegian delegate Edvard Hambro president
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      Lock icon PEOPLE IN THE NEWS: EDVARD HAMBRO
      188 6 PEOPLE IN THE NEWS: EDVARD HAMBRO NORWAY'S Edvard Hambro, unopposed for the presidency of the 25th session of the General Assembly, is a second generation diplomat whose experience goes back to the League of Nations. When he took the chair at Tuesday afternoon's opening meeting of the three-month session, he
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      Lock icon THE PICK OF Punch
      21 6 "I suppose yon meant well, daddy, but yon sever gave me things I really needed, like poverty."
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      Lock icon RESCUED: TWO MEN AND GIRL LOST AT SEA FOR 2 MONTHS
      318 6 HONOLULU, Wed. Two men and a woman, adrift for two months aboard their 42 ft. sailing sloop and near death, were rescued 422 miles north-west of Honolulu on Monday by the U.S. Navy refrigerator ship USS Niagara Falls. Julian
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      Lock icon NEWSPAPERS SEIZED
      19 6 SAIGON, Wed. Five daily newspapers, including two which are pro-government, were seized today for press law infringements-
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      Lock icon HELICOPTER LOSSES
      19 6 SAIGON, Wed. The US command reported today the loss of five American helicopters to communist ground fire.
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      Lock icon THE EX-MAHARAJAHS TAKE THEIR CASE TO THE SUPREME COURT
      639 6  - THE EX-MAHARAJAHS TAKE THEIR CASE TO THE SUPREME COURT SUDHAKAR BHAT By Herald Correspondent m New Delhi THE CONTROVERSY over the privy purses of the former princes (maharajahs) of India has gone to the Supreme A bill to amend the constitution requires a dear two-thirds majority m each house of
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    Lock icon Russians going to Jakarta to revive projects
    193 7 JAKARTA, Wed. A team of Russian experts is due here later this month to inspect two abandoned Soviet aid projects, a Foreign Ministry spokesman said today. The visit of the team, comprising five or six men, will mark the resumption of Soviet aid
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    Lock icon SUBMARINES DEAL
    21 7 NEW DELHI, Wed. China has agreed to sell a certain number of submarines to Pakistan, the newpaper Patriot indicated.
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    Lock icon S. AFRICA READY FOR PEACE PACT WITH ALL
    349 7 CAPE TOWN, Wed. South African Prime Minister John Vorster told Parliament yesterday he was prepared to enter into a non-aggression pact with any African state. This would apply whether the state was "an immediate neighbour of South Africa or is situated further
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    Lock icon NIXON MAY PAY A VISIT TO YUGOSLAVIA TOO
    204 7 WASHINGTON, Wed. PresMeat Nixoa, plaaalag his third major overseas tear, ■aaeaaffd yesterday that he will go to Italy, Spala aad Brttala. Other ceaatrles aoUMy Commaaist Yageslavla may be added later. The Presldeat who will be accompaaied by Mrs. Nixon wIU leave Washington
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    Lock icon No. 1 Huk is arrested without a shot fired
    382 7 MANILA, Wed. Troops flushed one of the Philippines' most notorious Huk rebel leaders from a tunnel m central Luzon at dawn today and captured him without firing a shot. Seizure of Faustino Del Mundo, known as Commander Sumukmg, ended years of
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    Lock icon Short change for Hong Kong's sportsmen
    902 7  - Short change for Hong Kong's sportsmen BOB HAWKINS PROVIDING MORE OPEN SPACE FOR A CROWDED METROPOLIS From m Hongkong PLANS just announced for an indoor stadium to be incoporated m a new railway terminal building at Hunghom reflect the minute scale of the Hongkong Government's thinking on the need for
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    Lock icon US moving toward fortified cities
    217 7  -  STEPHEN BARBER By m Washington VIOLENCE is increasing so alarmingly m America that the nation is moving towards fortified residential compounds and inner cities that could be sealed off by police after dark, according to an American Government report. The report, drawn up by a
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      1463 8 I 1 I /I \l\ KEY FOR EASY REFERENCE: The shipping schedules I I I jkl >w beginning on this page are given in four parts for _dfcit I 1 '1 X^^-irtTf .■■■■V. ships westbound, eastbound, southbound and coastal. m J 1 l\ A||ranf%||l Each entry gives the following information:
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    Lock icon THE BALTIC EXCHANGE
    170 9 LONDON. Wed. Extremel\ quiet chartering conditions were evident today with limited business mainly confined to the sugar section. A vessel was secured for 14,000 tons o I sugar from the Philippines to the U.S. Ailantic/Gulf at U5&13.50 fio (free m and out) for Scpt/Oct. Small sugar cargoes
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    Lock icon Ships in port
    224 9 THE PORT OF SINGAPORE AUTHORITY HAS MADE THESE BERTHING ARRANGEMENTS FOR SEPT. 17. OUT: Al Kadisiah 3/4, Mayasan Maru 6/7. Hoegh Pride 38/39, Nausicaa 45, President Taylor 46, Capraia 44, Timber Transport I (barge) E.W. Jetty. IN: Medola 22 (after Margo). Timber Transport I (barge) E.W. Jetty,
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    Lock icon TOKYO STOCK EXCHANGE
    327 10 (Cloaing paid prices m yen. with.previous day's m brackets) The market yesterday eased m quiet post-holiday trading. Losses were fairly sharp as buying support weakened shortly after the opening. Dredging firms, constructions, high-priced electric appliances, including Sony, and some cameras fell right from the outset. Marine insurances
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    677 10 (Closing buyer /seller prices m Australian cents) A sharp bout of profittaking reduced early gains among mining shares yesterday. Most issues closed well below the best after what appeared to be one of the most active trading sessions for some time. Kathleen Investments again stole the limelight,
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    Lock icon Australia financially sick, says Labour man
    305 10 Mineral exports were probably saving Australia from currency devaluation, Labour's Shadow Minister for Primary Industry, Or. Rex Patterson, said. Speaking on a television programme. Dr. Patterson said the Federal Budget starkly revealed the serious economic deterioration m rural Australia. "Not since the depression 40
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  • ECONOMIC AFFAIRS 1
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      Lock icon HK's anxieties over UK's entry into EEC
      442 10 HONGKONG, Wed. A request that Britain ask the Common Market countries for partial tariff exemptions for some Hongkong goods is one of the emergency proposals formulated by manufacturers here following yesterday's shock news that it was not likely Hongkong would succeed m obtaining
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      Lock icon GATT report on world trade
      321 10 GENEVA, Wed. -World exports are experiencing their biggest boom since the Korean War, but soaring prices caused by inflation are a significant factor, the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) reported. "The outlook for the latter part of 1970 and early 1971 will be
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      54 10 GEMINI CHIT FUND CORPORATION will have its general office at the People's Park Complex from Saturday. The office will include the sales and operations departments. The opening ceremony by Mr. S.F.T.B. Lever, general manager of the Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation, on Saturday evening will be followed
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      Lock icon Taiwan
      184 10 TAIPEI, Wed. Taiwan's economic growth is expected to exceed eight per cent this year, judging from the performance of the first half, an official report said According to the report, production of many agricultural crops showed a decline m the JanuaryJune period particularly bananas and sugarcane. •However, the first
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      18 10 Hongkong, Wed. All Hongkong markets are closed today, the day following the Chinese Mid. Autumn festival.
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      Lock icon Malaysian trade team to Europe
      109 10 Malaysian trade team to Europe KUALA LUMPUR, Wed. -A 11 -man mission left for Europe today to sell more Malaysian products there. It is led by Mr Teo Tiang Seng, chairman of Pineapple Cannery of Malaya, the Government cannery m Johore. Mr Teo said the team would try to establish
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      Lock icon Computer designed boilers
      164 10 Computer designed boilers COMPUTER designed boilers are to be introduced into the Singapore market. "After two and a half years of computer design and laboratory experiments, 14 were selected out of a total of 28,000 designs," said Mr D.H. Dodge (below), marketing manager of boilder division of American Standard. Mr
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      Lock icon GM strike: No early settlement
      160 10 GM strike: No early settlement WASHINGTON, Wed. The United Auto Workers Union (UAW) strike against general motors entered its second day today with little hope of a rapid settlement. Spokesmen for both sides said talks would not begin until next Tuesday as strikers continued to man picket lines around 14)
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      745 10 PERFUMES KUALA LUMPUR, Wed. A local company was launched here today to compete for a slice of the growing market for perfumes and colognes. The company. Perfumes of Malaysia, is a joint venture by Malaysian, Singapore and American interests. Malaysians own 60 per cent of the capital, company
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      Lock icon Goodyear plant
      55 10 KUALA LUMPUR, Wed. Goodyear is building a $50 million tyre factory m the Congo, the managing director of Goodyear Malaysia, Mr. M.T. Laughlin, said here recently. Mr. Laughlin said the plant m the Congolese capital of Kinshasa would begin production m 1973 and initially produce about 184,000 passenger
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      Lock icon FOREIGN EXCHANGE RATES
      176 10 SINGAPORE-MALAYSIA Merchant rates today, fixed by the Association of Banks m Malaysia-Singapore. Local dollars ocr unit of foreign currency. ••LONDON Yesterday'! noon buying/selling rates, quoted to one sterling unit: Netherlands 8.M60/AO United SUtet 2.3862/64 Switzerland 10.2680/7 SO Canada 2.4160/75 Belgium illLAl/S Canada Cross 98.71/78 France 13.1786/826 West
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  • ECONOMIC AFFAIRS 2
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      Lock icon Esso's profit declines
      228 11 ESSO Standard Malaya made a net profit of $2,380,052 hi the first six months of this year a drop of almost 57 per cent compared with that made hi the same period last year. The chairman, Mr C.B. Seitz, said "This sharp decline was due primarily to
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      Lock icon QUESTION ON EUPOC AFFAIR
      87 11 QUESTION ON EUPOC AFFAIR THE "Eapec affair** is te be raised hi the next sitting of Parliament. The Member for Delta, Mr. Yee Chee Kok, will ask the Finance Minister whether he pUas to Set up a facttindiag committee to look into the Enpoc affair; and latiodoce new measures to
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      1516 11 STOCK EXCHANGE OF MALAYSIA AND SINGAPORE KEY Closing buyers' and teller*' prices are followed by the business dona. Figuref In brackets denote traded lota m I,ooo's. When the price U not foUowed by a figure m, brackets. It means only a static lot of 1.000 shares was
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      64 11 (Managers' prices for Sept. 17) B. S. ASIA UNIT TRUSTS MaL Invt. Fund 1.20 1.26 MaL Progress Pond 1.00 1.06 CHARTERED UNIT TRUSTS Singapore Growth Fund 1.02 1.07 SINGAPORE UNIT TRUSTS Second Singapore 1.77 Third Singapore 1.18 The Commerce Ind. Fund .96 1.01 The Saving Fund .97 1.02
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      183 11 CANBERRA, Wed. Prime Minister John Gorton will leave sick bed tomorrow for possible action against a foreign company believed to be making a bid to control the world's richest uranium field m Northern Australian Territory. Deputy Prime Minister John McEwen told the
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      41 11 ODD GEORGETOWN DISPENSARY'S interim report for the half year to July 31, showed an unaudited pre-tax profit of $63,000. The brief report added that the directors were confident that this profit margin will be maintained for the remainder of the year.
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      174 11 RTZ results LONDON, Wed. Group sales revenue of Rio Tinto-Zinc for the half-year to June 30, 1970, was £217.1 million (compared with £157.6 million m the same period last year). Operating profit of the group was £42 million (£30.3 million), income from investments £2.1 million (£1.9 million) and interest receivable
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      753 11 SINGAPORE RUBBER RUBBER 51% ceats a lb. (up five-eighths cent). Most quarters had discounted the strike by the United Auto Workers' Union against General Motors. Therefore, there was very little selling on the strike news. October yesterday opened at 51% cents traded and then moved to 51% cents on
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    414 11 (Paid prices at 1100 EOT. In U.S. dollar*. DOW JONES CLOSING AVERAGES NEW YORK, Tues. (Changes m bracket*): Industrials 750.55 (-6.57); Transportation 137.13 (-2.43); Utilities 107.43 (-0.99); Composite stocks 236.71 (-2.60); Bonds 66.15 (+0.04). Stocks wen still on the A.nalysts noted little selling downside after an
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    509 11 (Clocing middle pricca) FINANCIAL TIMES CLOSING INDICES LONDON, Tues. (Changes m brackets): Industrials 339.0 (+0.4); Tins 60.79 (Unch); Rubbers 140.78 (-0.46); Oils 259.39 (+2.35). The market moved ahead m quiet trading yesterday. Selective buying of leaders on hopes of early government action m the current economic situation
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    199 11 AMSTERDAM Internationals were firmer yesterday on optimism on the Dutch budget announced on Tuesday, and despite Wall Street easiness. Akzo, Hoogovens, Philips, Unilever and Royal Dutch were firm, but off the top due to profit-taking. Local industrials were mainly firmer, with Heineken and Van Der Grinten very firm.
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    298 12 Israelis reject terms for hostages release BERNE, Wed. Israel has rejected the latest conditions set by the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine for the release of the remaining hijack hostages. Informed sources said that latest reports from Amman showed the situation there to be deteriorating and was causing
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    122 12 YARMOUTH (Isle of Wight) Wed. A 59-year-old woman sailed a 32 ft. yacht through the English Channel for 12 hours with her husband lying dead beside her. Mrs. Helena Prigmore's ordeal began during a voyage from the Channel Islands to England. Her husband Thomas,
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    67 12 TENG Nian Seng of Ganges Avenue was fined Si so and had his car confiscated yesterday for using it as a public service vehicle without a valid licence. Prosecutor Insp. Mandy Goh told die second traffic court that Teng was caught with four passengers m his car
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    16 12 JAKARTA, Wed. More than 21,000 persons throughout East Java are now practicing birth control.
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    216 12 POPULAR Taiwan Him actress, Miss Chen Chen, 21, played hide-and-seek yesterday with a large turnout of her fans at the Singapore International airport before she finally managed to elude them through a check-in counter. The fans who made it
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    123 12 MOSCOW, Wed. Mr. Lee Kuan Yew met Soviet First Deputy Premier Dmitri Polyahsky this morning for the second time. Mr. Polyansky greeted him on his arrival here last night (above). Tass, the Official Soviet News Agency, gave no indication what was discussed at the Kremlin
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    24 12 NEW DELHI, Wed. President Girl will pay state visits to the Soviet Union and Bulgaria from Sept. 21 to Oct. 4.
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    184 12  - A NOTE OF PROMISE FOR GREATER THINGS TO COME NG POH CHUEN TOH CHEE HUNG'S piano recital at the Singapore Conference Hall last night demonstrated that yet another local talent is on her way to being a concert pianist. In a short programme, she played works by Haydn, Chopin, Scriabin,
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    23 12 JAKARTA, Wed. Surabaya police have broken up a pirate gang that preyed oo sailing vessels m the Straits of Madura.
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    466 12 A call to punish those who damage library books THERE it was. The typical example. Page 128 facing Page 139. Somewhere along the "twilight zone" of the borrowing public, 10 pages had disappeared. I sat down and reflected. Readers? Or Rogues? Let's be frank. Libraries are public privileges. Readers who
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      Lock icon Standing orders ignored by sentry who was shot dead
      387 13 TWO NATIONAL Servicemen defied standing orders m the Third Singapore Infantry Regiment camp m Bedok on May 21 and it resulted m one being shot dead. Major Royston Jerome Desker, Commanding Officer of the camp was giving evidence yesterday at the
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      30 13 THE FINALS of the 16th annual first aid competition organised by the St. John Ambulance Brigade will be held at the Beach Road head quarters on Sunday.
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      111 13 $27,000 AWARD FOR LOSS OF A FINGER A LABOURER whelest his left middle flager while mlhu hi the Chye iiaa Haat sawmill was awarded $27 t *M damages by Mr. Jastice D'Cttta la the High Camrt yesterday. liag Cheag Eag, M, was wfcmg ea Dec. 12, lM7 t whea a
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      72 13 KUALA TRENGGANU, Wed.: The commanding officer of the 12th Battalion, Territorial Army, at Seberang Takir here, Lt.-Col. Sabaruddin bin Sulaiman, has been appointed aide-de-camp to the Yang di-Pertuan Agong-elect. CoL Sabaruddin, 38, will leave for Kuala Lumpur tomorrow to take up his appointment on
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      285 13 A RENT collector told a court yesterday that a colleague approached him eight times m 37 days and took away a total of $7,586 of their employer's money. Syed Ahmad Mohammed Alkaff, 58, who worked for Alkaff Co. at the
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      559 13 Teacher granted divorce and $2,000 damages COURT TOLD OF CLERK WHO COULD NOT LIVE WITHOUT ANOTHER MAN'S WIFE A PRIVATE investigator trailed a woman to Kallang Park one night and saw her m the arms of a man m a car. Yip Peng Yin told the High Court that he
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      108 13 SUNGEI PATANI, Wed. A *5-year-old bomoh claimed here today that he had married 77 times. Inche Ahmad bin Haji Said, of Kamnong Bata X, told Beraama that he first got married at the age of If. He took bis 77th wife, Che Tlntah binte
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      28 13 THE PARLIAMENTARY Secretary to the Minister for Education, Inche Mohd. Ghasali, will address the Tamil Muslim Union assembly at the Victoria Memorial Hall on Sunday.
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      31 13 A farewell dinner for delegates of the Air Transport Course now being held at the Singapore Hilton will be given by the Asian Institute of Management on Sept. 21.
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      76 13 A THIEF AND MAN LYING ON THE PADANG AT 1 2.20 a.m. A MAN wu lytaf «a Hk graaa af tha Mug Ciaaiagal Drive at afcaat lipimiM IS-yaar-•MOsMaa HaJI Akmad raBBMf ftWftJ% ft CMVt fll rtalwtwj iacliritl— a iiivlaf llceace aid a Talwaaesc Ualverslty certificate ««t« BlMiac. A BflflapC^ CCDC'Cf
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      110 13 Wood chip factory to be set up near Malacca MALACCA, Wed. A wood chip factory is to be set up at Telok Mas, six miles south of here. Hie $1 million factory is a Malaysia-Japanese joint venture. This was disclosed here today by Inche Abdul Karim Bashir spokesman and legal
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      175 13 KUALA LUMPUR, Wed. An assistant manager of a bank and the former branch manager of another bank and the proprietor of a barber shop, who have been charged with abetting a clerk m a $207,630 Treasury fraud case, were allowed bail of $20,000
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      152 13 5 traffic offences: maker fined $200 A JOSS-stick maker was fined a total of $200 yesterday for committing five traffic offences on Aug. 15, 1908. Insp. Mandy Goh, prosecuting, told the court that Chia Teo Hua of Mohammed Sultan Road was stopped after he went against a traffic signal at
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      78 13 nmnm national dat l i^r SPECIAL DRAW LAST 2 DRAWS TO WIN BIG FORTUNES TODAY'S DRAW NO: 74/70 (t7-9-70) Will be held at Singapore Wonderland Amusement Park at 7.45 p.m. IST GROUP: $170,000 TO WINNERS WITH 5 NUMBERS CORRECT THE OTHER GROUP PRIZES REMAIN THE SAME PLUS FREE ENTRY FOR
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    578 14 AN ACRE of land, an investment of less than $2,000, a month's work and bingo! one mushrooming business. And it really is mushrooming for the Boeys, who have managed to produce a $400 crop after only a month. Boey's Mushroom Farm m Changi
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    107 14 The bogus postman who asked for $10 A 26-YEAR-OLD unemployed man was fined $200 yesterday for cheating the manager of the Orchid Inn Hotel of $10 by impersonating a postman on Tuesday. Senior Inspector Chia Cheng Poh, prosecuting, told the Ninth Magistrate that Ahmad bin Sanawi, dressed as a postman,
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    96 14 Fined both the boss and man he employed AN INDONESIAN and his Singaporean employer were fined $200 each yesterday by Ninth Magistrate Giam Chin Toon. Sjarif Harahap, 24, admitted working as a labourer at the Kallang Stadium while on a visit pass, which was valid from July 7 to Sept.
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    34 14 JAFFAR Yusof of Gagak Selari Barat was fined $15 by Eighth Magistrate Tan Chin Tlong yesterday for throwing a piece of paper into a drain m Mackenzie Road on May 10. 1
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    238 14 Crusader praises the good conduct of Singapore's youth AN AMERICAN whose religious crusades against the moral decadence of modern society can be heard daily over 300 radio stations around the world has given Singapore's youth high marks for good conduct. Mr. Herbert W. Armstrong, well-known commenUtor of "The World Tomorrow"
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    149 14 A LABOURER who was chased out of his home by bis wife was yesterday ordered to pay her $30 a month maintainance. Abdullah bin Ahmad of Redhill Road told Magistrate Mr. Chandra Mohan that his wife assaulted him and chased him out of
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    219 15 MANDARIN plays have a better following than their Englishlanguage counterparts and rank as probably the best made-in-Singa-pore productions. Tonight's play, Planning for Tomorrow, (Channel Five at 10.lt) features some of Singapore's most talented actors and actresses. The play dwells on the problems experienced by three
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      109 15 fi m^^ Rife «.< A RUMPUS RPA Model V9 P19 Includes I -Band MW Radio m M m The slim.trim record player plays anywhere -indoors D/\ff"frofol A on built-in 115/230 Vott AC line cord or outdoors rUl Id U I C on six D batteries Plastic cabinet in Blue Bell
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      1256 15 I "B^fcsF lid fy ar :■:■<: 3.00 p.m. General Hospital Starring John 3.00 Tarian2 Malaysia Cultural Dances :$S Bernadino and Emily McLaughhn. 3.29 B'Wana Don Jungle-la Documentary SS 3.20 Another Song Another Melody (English) 3.54 Riverboat "The Fight Back" $i$ 335 It's Happening In Singapore (Chinese) 4.42 H.R. Pufnstuf Childrens
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      92 15 TELEVISION 1.30 pm Radio Singapore, Radio Malaysia, BEBS (From 6.30 pm Channel 5 Radio Australia). 7 pm Channel 10 *-30 pm BFBS (From BBC), 9pm Channel 5 5°0 R Malaysia. Radio 1 1 .50 Channel 5 Singapore (in brief) 6.00 Radio Singapore (in brief) RADIO 6 30 Radi0 Malaysia, BFBS
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    640 16 New hunt: for Nessy NEW YORK, Another expedition set eat yesterday for Lack Ness this one armed with an infrared camera m search of 'Nessy', the elusive monster that has been called everything from a prehistoric leftover to a drunkard's hallucination. "The Loch Ness monster is no longer a myth
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    186 16 That's a whale of a sound.. THE voice of the Blue Whale, the largest known living animal, carries 100 ■sites under water and hits a pitch of Middle C on the musical scale, according to U.S. Navy scientists at San Diego, California. The scientists, who made a six-week study of
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    534 16 By Penny Pence THERE'S still a place m Hollywood for the Frankensteins and Draculas of yesteryear films, but it's not a very formidable place. It's a crowded three-room library of memorabilia housed m an ageing home m downtown Los Angeles. And it goes under
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    97 16 A aew type of aaitovisaal wait for staieato at tfcelr homes have heea developed by Hitachi, Ltd., a leadiag Japaaese maker, aad Gakasha Keakymsha, we of the leadiag pablishers of stadeat books aad magaziaes, ia Tokyo. According to the maker, the aew prodact featares a combiaatioß of a coloar
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      218 17 THE ataMsphere of old Scotlaad b comlag to a total restaaraat with the latrodactloa of bagpipe ■Mk played by three boaaie lassies la tartaa oatttts. The girls Captaia Pl—, 22, Effle, 2t, aad Shaaah, 18, are eathwiastlc bagpipers. They pat hi mere thaa aa War's
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      134 17 BUSINESSMEN from the airline, export and travel companies Met over cocktails at the Polynesian Room, Ming Conrt, to celebrate X.P.M. (Far East) Pte. Ltd's iaaagnration of Its air cargo services. X.P.M. will act as brokerage agents far anyone who wishes to ase its air cargo services. The M»Mgi«g Director, Mr.
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      267 17 THE young people of Singapore, according to Mr. Devan Nair, NTUC Secretary general, behave as though the turmoil and upheaval going on m other parts of Asia was "a thousand light years away." The United Nations Association apparently disagrees, because the series of debates it
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      85 17 It will be "Cottee, tea or milk?" on some MSA flights next month, while TWA passengers m America will get a pleasant surprise when they see their The double-takes will be caused by the exchange programme between the two airlines, under which two MSA hostesses will work m
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      156 17 BLONDIE By Chic Young PSP* °*W I JJIi-LLlll tl V^ WEU AFTER 2 jn33^J[l '||lf YOUCAMT ARGUE JT* I CXDNT3OTMER f I >OUVEWOR.N THEM ONCE J WITH LOGIC (TO IRON MXJR PAJAMAS, WMY V THEY LOOK UKE "^a-^7 LlkE TWAT T TODAY DEAR > ""^nf^ NOT? i M^U'VE SLEPT IN
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      149 17 THE DIARY 8.30 am— B pm: Exhibition of books for young people at National Library (foyer). 9.39 am— 7 pm: Art exhibition by Mr. (am Kee Yong at Conference Hall, Shenton Way. It am 6 pm Exhibition of paintings by Mr. Chieu Shuey Fook at Meyer Gallery, Raffles Place. It
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    831 18 Put a little life in your coffee Serendipity JANETTE CHAN reports IT ALL started 35 years ago when Magnolia opened the first coffee house m Orchard Road a high-class shirt-and-tie affair where customers sat sipping tea. When the war began m 1941 business came to a stand-still. But m October
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      88 18 Starscof IiH^HMRSKaSn I I wtiSm J #FFF B^^a^^^^^^^^^^^^B^^^^^B^^^H B BJ ■■^^^^a^bb^^ Y M Mcd to be very TWi c# Jj alert to av«M «fllc-ltie« fP^ 1 11^ with ■rigbbaaH or co- tw Oi: workers. Meatal ■ee«'« d trwtratioß caa cause accidents Te acckleaU force are dl coßtrol. gE^B EH It
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    115 19 JAPANESE girls are quick to adopt the latest m fashion. When the longer skirts were introduced m Paris and London they appeared on Tokyo streets before you could translate "midi" into Japanese. Now they are a daily sight on the Ginza as these pictures
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    477 19 Symbols of our society Di 1 1,(1 boil I STATUS symbols are not limited only to older people (Adele Koh, Herald, Sept. 12) Even among the young people of Singapore there is a whole system of status operating. It is very important m certain groups to be seen with the
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      223 19 ABO TODAY'S Changes -everyday i m p roveiI ,ent m the V V^ BIRTHDAY JSf^eT f^.^ CiUI-SLS^ BBD [^P^M I^BSMLW [^BMI I^MiMl y O SiiloJ?r day A poor day to transact A sense of defiance J^'JCS^-S frlClldB i ca.U#a U «■•■««•> or might canse yon to C f'f 86 y
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      362 20 Why discriminate against the specials I REFER to the statement issued by a police spokesman (S.H. Sept 12.) that the services rendered by the Volunteers Special Constables have always been "recognised" and that they have never been regarded as "thirdclass" policemen. If this is the case, why are they not
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      321 20  -  GOH KUAN MENG WITH reference to the letters appearing m S.H. on the subject of Chinese adopting Western names, I understand that Chinese names are the second shortest m the world, next only to Burmese names. A Chinese name comprises a one-word surname which
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      237 20  - I'll wear what I like, at work LIM BOON TAT INDIVIDUAL freedom is being jeopardised m the department where I work. My immediate superior has told me I am not properly dressed. He said the objection was from the Minister. I should not, he said, wear a "Manila Shirt*' without
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      188 20  - SILICOSIS: A SIMPLE WAY TO STOP IT HENRY L. PAU YOUR pathetic story of the recent death of a quarry worker from silicosis gives one quite a shock. At this late date the Singapore Government has still not enacted regulations to enforce the supply of protective equipment to, and its
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      78 20 ODD Your article about "Silicosis" (S.H. Sept. 14) is a timely warning to all of us, especially the authorities. Our housing estate, the Mayflower Gardens, is situated m a lush vicinity with trees and shrubs all round, and it is about a mile away from tiie nearest highway. It is
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      122 20  - POLLUTED This factory has hundreds of lorry-loads of premix, ground granite and earth running up and down. The result: Fine dust and pungent gas envelope the whole estate. Worst of all, some of these lorries speed through the housing estate thus causing serious air and noise pollution. On either side
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      125 20  -  K.K.GOH MAY I express some views on the subject of Asians adopting Western names. While Dan Chow wrote fairly intelligently on the matter of different tastes m this regard, one can easily see his arguments going to pot when referring to people with names like Elvis
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      293 20 I READ with great interest "Sad Spectator" letter lamenting the pathetic state of affairs m the evening Secondary Classes. I was once closely associated with the Literacy and Language Classes now called the Language Studies classes. I am still watching the "progress" (if I
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      69 20  - Hippies have long hair. Secret Society gangsters have tattoos. Both have their peculiar slang language, and both pay scant heed to the law. "Hippies" or "SS" call a rotten egg by whatever name and it will smell just as bad. Will the defenders of "longhaired culture" defend me if, because
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      75 20  -  CHEONG KWAI LIEW THIS is in reply to 'Resident's letter (S.H. Sept. 3). It is regretted that the Queenstown Branch Library is unable to extend its opening hours at present due to its limited staff. However, we hope to extend the hours of service in keeping
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      149 20  - LET'S HAVE A SMILE WHEN YOU SERVE US, GIRLS I HAD, on many occasions, the pleasure of bringing tourists shopping, and the displeasure of experiencing discourtesy from our salesgirls. Our salesgirls are usually sullen, sometimes rude and very seldom polite. From my observation, they smile only when the customer looks
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      48 20  -  MOHAMED ISMAIL MANY National Library books either have pages torn off or are inscribed with vulgar words. This is what is inscribed m one non-fiction book: "Fraud, Fascist, Murderer." Could the authorities please erase these words inscribed by irresponsible readers. Stirling Road, 3
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      116 20 Spare a thought for the poor Principals Much has been said on the plight of teachers. They often blame Principals of schools for their mistakes. Perhaps the public is not aware that although Principal! of schools are appointed by the PSC, they actually have very little authority in their own
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      69 20 I REFER TO the letter from Mr. Philip Lee (S.H. Sept. 10) regarding his inability to purchase the recent National Day Commemorative Stamps at Post Offices. A limited supply of the National Day Stamps is still available at the Philatelic Bureau Counter, G.P.O. Singapore, and Mr. Lee is
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      455 20 B CHANCES TO GIVE YOUR CHILD A UNIVERSITY EDUCATION MOTHER BURSARIES SINGAPORE ESSAY W^^| Herald Essay Compe- AAiirrAT f i 1 g titions will be at three S| L,(JN Itb I L** M S levels for Pre-Univer- =>t aai innsi bbbW-^bl sity students, for Secon- M UUUrUN m^ m dary
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    333 21 she keeps hubby happy "MY mother warned me. She said that when Billy got angry he might just scalp me/* said Schow Wei Andre about her marriage to Billy That was a year ago. The couple celebrated their first wedding anniversary
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    468 21 EVER since the enormous success of Johnny Cash, prison singers and prison songs have enjoyed a tremendous surge of popularity. But David Allan Coe has more firsthand knowledge about prison than most of his fellow performers; he's spent the better part of h|s 27 years there. Those
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    801 21 Voight is back-with sane student violence I owing m dance steps LITTLE sisters always wait to get late the act. New, after six years of traiaiag, 12-year-old Bhavaai Vadivale has flaaUy Made the team which has wei her I sisters, Vasaatha aad Kala, faaw ea stage aad televf si«a. She
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      218 23 Nasib II clocks fastest time in workout on soft track KUALA LUMPUR, Wed. Pisang Mas impressed m a 3f gallop m 40 2/5 from a standing start on a soft track here this morning. The Landau gelding who is m peak form was ridden by Peter Moran. Nasib II (Hamid)
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      1336 23 A TOTAL of 277 horses— sl from Class 1, 96 from Class 2 and 130 from Class 4— have been entered for the Singapore Turf Club (Gold Cup) meeting to be run on Sept 26 and 27, and Oct 3rd and 4th. CLASS 1 (9 For 11F and
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      57 23 SINGAPORE'S national master Tan Lian Ann scored his most spectacular victory when he beat international grandmaster Vlaftimi Hort of Czechoslovakia at the Chess Olympics m Seigen, West Germany recently. Lian Ann managed to out manoeuvre Hort, who is rated among the top
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      229 23 FIVE LOSE WORLD LIFTING TITLES COLUMBUS, OWo, Wed. Five competitors In the World Welgatllftiag champloaships were stripped of their medals yesterday, charged by meet officials with taking stimulants. Of the first three finishers In the bantamweight aad flyweight competltloa oaly baatamwelght champioa Mohammad Nassiri of Iras was cleared of the
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      40 23 NEW YORK, Wed. Former world heavyweight champion Floyd Patterson, on the come-back trail again after a two-year lay-off, knocked out fellow American Charlie Green m the 10th and final round of a Madison Square garden bout last night.
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      301 23 Dismay and humour over Gretel's II Cup defeat NEWPORT, Rhode Island Wed. The American yacht Intrepid beat the Australian challenger Gretel II by five minutes 52 seconds m the first race for the America's Cup here yesterday. The Australians lost a good three minutes when they had to pick up
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      220 23 LONDON, Wed. Lancashire drew with Surrey at The Oval at the close of the English County Cricket Championship yesterday but was unable to beat out Glamorgan for second place. The men from the North, who have already won the Gillette Cup and the John Player
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        144 23 7 nations in Putra Cup golf tourney in HK HONGKONG, Wed. Seven Asian countries have accepted Hongkong's invitation to participate in the 1970 Southeast Asia Amateur Golf team championship for the Putra Cup at the Royal Hongkong Golf Club, Fanling, from October 14 to 17. Singapore, Malaysia, the Philippines, Burma,
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        147 23 LOS ANGELES, President Justiniano N. MonUno of the World Boxing Council, en route home to Manila, yesterday hailed "at a major step in international boxing" the new membership of the North American Boxing Federation in the WBC. "The Federation," said Montano, "represents 70 per cent of boxing activities in North
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      51 23 SWIMMING: Secondary Schools National championships (3rd day (Barker Road at 2.30 p.m.) HOCKEY: SWHA league: SRC vs Schools (SRC padang at 5.15 p.m.) DAVY JONES By Sam Leff BpSfwt. I'M HEAPING IN FOR HELP {JBB L^ --Ijgp^:*^ JHErL^"^ J^PmVk 1 BK^?!^HP^^^^^^^H^flßS^B MARCO I l^i^ -4^aiTThf^B t^^^^^^l I lvi A& I^l
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    608 24 Pat sets new free style mark in schools swim gala PATRICIA Chan of Methodist Girls' School smashed a six-year-old record on the second day of the Singappre Combined Secondary Schools annual swimming championships at Agnlo Chinese School pool, Barker Road, yesterday. Patricia, who represented Singapore m the recent Commonwealth Games
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    379 24 SINGAPORE'S track stars are m for a shock their qualifying marks for the Asian Games m Bangkok have been raised. Last month, the Singapore Amateur Athletic Association recommended the third placing of the 1966 Asian Games as the qualifying standard to the Singapore Olympic
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    127 24 TWO penalties converted by stand-off Malice and a splendid try by Britten pte SCC 2nd XV a deserving 9-0 win over HMS Triumph m a friendly ***** match on the padang yesterday. dab opened the scoring m the second minute when Malice converted a penalty.
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    179 24 CEYLON'S Davis Cap players Bernard Plato and Seaaka Knmara delighted the crowd with a scintillating brand of tennis on the Singapore Cricket Club conrt yesterday. Against a scratch combination of Amir Leow and Wilfred Wee the visitors raa off easy C--3,
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    303 24 Easy victory for Ah Seng in quarterfinal match DEFENDING champion Yeo Ah Seng gave a polished display beating Richard Chee 15--8, 15-4 to enter national badminton singles semifinals at GAillemard Road last night. Yeo meets fancied Wee Kin who eliminated junior champion Ong Tiong Khiam 18-16, 15-3. Thomas Cup player
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