Singapore Herald, 23 October 1970

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  • 14 1 THE SINGAPORE herald No. 81 Singapore Friday, October 23, 1970 MC(P) 2207 15 CENTS
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  • 300 1 NEW DELHI, Thurs. Someone forgot to wake up U.S. Ambassador Kenneth Keating at 5.15 a.m. on Tuesday and IndoAmerican relations appear to have suffered another setback as a result. Mr. Keating had wanted to go to Delhi's airport at Palam an eight minute drive
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  • IN BRIEF
    • 67 1 MOSCOW. Thurs. John Dornberg, Moscow correspondent for Newsweek was* today ordered to leave the Soviet Union for participating m "anti-Soviet provocation," notably distribution of pamphlets, Tass news agency announced today. ODD PABIS: The North Vietnamese and provisional Revolutional Government delegates both repeated their "categorical" rejection of
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  • 44 1 NEW ROLE FOR THIS 1840 BIG GUN IT was a big gun m its day, oat it was a failure m war. Now this i»4a carronade is going to the Sentosa gum museum for the tourists to look at. See story m page 12
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  • 247 1 MOSCOW, Thurs. A small American military plane with two U.S. generals aboard has landed safely m Soviet Armenia, north of the area m Turkey over which it disappeared yesterday, Tass news agency yesterday. The U-8 plane (a military version of the Beechcraft
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  • 322 1 It s war on Toa Payoh gangs MINISTER'S PLEDGE TO CLEAN UP 'CHICAGO OF SINGAPORE' HOME Affairs Minister Prof. Wong Lin Ken said last night that the Government would clean up Toa Payoh the Chicago of Singapore. He told community leaders at the estate's community centre that More policemen and
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  • 90 1 A MAN died yesterday after fames gashed from the bonnet of his stalled car. Inche Mohammed Tahlr buSelamat died la Thomson Road General Hospital after collapsing In Jalan Toa Payoh. Sudden stop Inche Tahlr, 41, a PUB foreman of Seletar Hills, was driving
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  • 48 1 The traffic police and the Registry of Motor Vehicles will launch a drive within the next few days against motor-cycles with exceptionally high handle bars. Motorcycles with high handle bars are said to be difficult to control and a danger to other road users.
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  • 122 1 KUALA LUMPUR, Thurs. Malaysia's new non-aligned foreign polcy will not affect moves to set up a joint fivepower defence arrangement for the Malaysian-Singapore region, Prime Minister Tun Abdul Razak said today. "We are seeking a new defence arrangement with the other four powers
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  • 219 1 Second language: NOW an overall review A N OVERALL review of the curriculum m primary schools is being carried out by the Education Ministry. This was disclosed yesterday m a circular to principals of all Government and aided primary schools by Mr. Kwan Sai Kheong, the ministry's Permanent Secretary. From
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  • 54 1 MANILA, Thurs. At lost 985 p«opl« died and 306 are missing and feared dead m two powerful Pacific typhoons Joan and Kate that hit the Philippines m the past ten days, the National Red Cross said Thursday. Damage to property and crops was out at 433 million
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    • 104 1 AN INDONESIAN organisation WAS invited to the Singapore preparatory meeting of the International Rubber Association, the Rubber Association of Singapore said yesterday. The RAS statement and the questions it leaves unanswered. See Page 17. LATE EDITION ROUND-UP BEIRUT. Thurs. Jordanian tanks and field artillery bombarded guerilla-held villages m North Jordan
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  • Viewpoint
    • 519 2 I READ with interest and not a little amusement Dr. Leonard Cohen's proposal for a 'Non-stop Varsity' (S.H. Oct. 20). If a university were a factory no doubt it would be wasteful to let it remain idle half the year. ODD But Dr. Cohen is
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    • 360 2 MR. P. RAMASAMY, a spokesman for the AUPE, wrote at great length (S.H. Oct. 19) m reply to our letter. But we are not impressed by what he said. It is no use saying, "The present freeze on Clerical Officers vacancies imposed by the
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    • 398 2 Call-up: Plea by wife— and others MY husband, who graduated m 1970 and was born before 1949, was called up m July for full time National Service. He was selected for full time training m a Combat Unit which demands that he spend much time away from home. Further be
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    • 231 2 Are we supposed to park on the roof? MISS P.H. Lim, the Public Relations Officer of the Housing and Development Board, has the cheek to request motorists to make use of all available car-spaces within housing estates. Come, come, which motorist would park his vehicle m a prohibited area, next
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    • 354 2 CHILDREN'S DAY? OR PANTS WETTING DAY? WE are a group of teachers who feel that the Children's Day celebrations m Singapore left much to be desired. There were no formal celebrations m individual schools. Regional Rallies were organised, but only certain classes from each school were allowed to participate. ODD
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    • 795 2 QUIT IF YOU WISH- BUT DON'T COME CRYING BACK "CHAN AND THE DOGS" (S.H. Oct. 21) are m such a hurry to bark at the NTUC, that they don't even get elementary facts right. Their allegation that "the technicians had to break away from the NTUC m order to negotiate"
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    • 455 2 DESPITE half a decade of extraordinarily rapid economic progress, crime has probably not decreased m Singapore and may have increased. This statement will not find corroboration m the statistics for armed robbery, housebreaking, burglary, kidnapping and the other overt acts of violence against persons
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  • 143 3 IN THE Industrial Arbitration Court yesterday, the company's advocate, Mr. John Davies, referred to a Singapore Herald report yesterday and said he had NOT forecast that Hotel Malaysia was expecting its business to fall within the next few years. He said he quoted the hotel's
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  • 386 3 'Hotel can meet fluctuations' THE UNION CASE HOTEL Malaysia is well secured to meet any fluctuations m the hotel business caused by increased competition m the next few years, a union advocate told the Industrial Arbitration Court yesterday. Mr. Chue Shui Hoong was arguing the Food, Drinks and Allied Workers'
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  • 672 3 CPF rate: IAC dismisses Ford company application THE Industrial Arbitration Court President, Mr. Tan Boon Chiang, ruled yesterday that any party aggrieved by a referee's decision should seek remedy by way of an appeal. He then dismissed an applcation by the Ford Motor Company of Malaysia for an interpretation of
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  • 82 3 THIS IS the plane, a Hawker Siddeley 748, which has been ordered by Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah of Brunei. The turboprop aircraft can be used as a V.I.P. transport, a passenger plane or as an air freighter. The Sultan's plane will be operated by the
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  • 125 3 THEIR glances were casual and the young faces hardly betrayed any flicker of interest. And the few schoolchildren who walked up to look at the posters lost interest quickly and sauntered away. The exhibition of books, posters and pamphlets m the foyer
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  • 79 3 GEMAS, Than. Eight goods wagons of a trail ob the east coast Jlne jumped the rails at the eighth mile Gemas-Bahau track m southern Negri Sembilan early this* morning. The train, which was travelling from Gemas to Kuala Krai, continued Its jouraey half aa hoar later,
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  • 373 4 National Service problems 'Don't be over critical'— Sha'ari SINGAPORE will have 100,000 National Servicemen by 1975, Inche Sha'ari Tadin, Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Culture, said yesterday at a send-off ceremony for 70 National Servicemen at the Kaki Bukit Community Centre. He said that as National Service was something
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  • 125 4 A YOUTH who told a district judge he had failed to register for an identity card due to "sheer ignorance of the law" was yesterday given an absolute discharge When labourer, Lim Hock Lye, 17, was searched m Jalan Membina Barat on Oct.
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  • 44 4 FIFTY-EIGHT people were fined a total of $3,435 m the Traffic Court yesterday for overloading their lorries. Thirty-one lorry drivers and 27 owners admitted overloading their vehicles with earth, iron, cement, rubber, rice and commodities. The fines ranged from $25 to $120.
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  • 466 4 RADIO TALK ON SINGAPORE'S DEVELOPMENT DURING THE 70s SINGAPORE'S development m the seventies must not only deal decisively with the fundamental problem of the static land supply, but must also respect certain priorities m using this land, according to Mr. Chua Peng Chye, the
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  • 71 4 Cashier gets pepper in face loses $2,000 CASHIER Son Huey Kee, 35, of Lye Hnat and Co. was robbed of $2,tM after one of his two assailants threw a packet of pepper at his fape m Robinson Road yesterday. He was walking up a staircase leading to his office when
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  • 58 4 SOCIAL Affairs Minister Othman Wok will be patron at a social and dance, organised by the staff of his ministry, at the Victoria Memorial Hall at 8 p.m. on Oct. 28. Sponsored by Borden Company, the dance is m aid of the Sports Promotion
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  • 49 4 THE Australian Army will buy 40 buses shortly to cater for the ever increasing number of its personnel coming to Singapore. They have advertised m the local newspapers asking for tenders and one motor firm has already shown interest m the deal.
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  • 332 4 KUALA LUMPUR, Thurs. The main problems facing the Singapore Government Officers' Co-operatives Housing Society are finance and getting a good contractor, its honorary secretary, Mr. S. Nadarajah, said here today. He said this m a paper on "problems arising out of development of
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  • 267 4 Steps prevent air pollution must be taken now, be says THE Commissioner of Public Health, Dr. Chew Pin Kee, said last night that air pollution is not a serious problem m Singapore, but steps should be taken now to prevent it from becoming one. He said that if it got
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  • 130 4 UNLICENSED RIDE ON 'BORROWED' SCOOTER COSTS $225 A MAN WHO 'borrowed' his neighbour's seller without petrtari— ud then rod« It without a bceace was fl»ed $22$ the First Traffic Court yesterday. Sittullngam Chockallngani of Iflndsi stead was caught rldiag the scooter beloaglag to Abdul Rahlm SaJlmla oa Juae 22 this
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  • 98 4 KUALA LUMPUR, Thurs. The Yang di-Pertuan Agong said today that the very close relationship Malaysia has with Japan would be further strengthened. He was speaking at a ceremony at the Istana Negara here at which the new Japanese Ambassador to Malaysia, Mr. Shigeru
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  • 65 4 MR. NG Fook Kah, of the Examinations Section of the Education Ministry, will talk on "General Paper" at No. 68, Block 3, Upper Aljunied Lane on next Tuesday at 7.15 p.m. All children m the Aljunied constituency who are taking the Higher School Certificate examination this
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  • 401 5 The St. Francis way to keep Singapore clean CLEANEST GARDEN CONTEST IN SCHOOL THE 385 students of St. Francis Girls' School have caught the spirit of the "Keep Singapore Clean and Pollution-Free" campaign with their own competition for the cleanest garden m their school. They and their 15 1 teachers
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  • 63 5 KUALA LUMPUR, Thurs. The Malayan Medical Association has suggested that doctors from Singapore and Malaysia meet to formulate a common professional code of ethics. Its president, Dr. Keshmahinder Singh said ethical problems facing doctors from both countries were related and
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  • 62 5 He said the MMA had formed an ethical committee and it was looking forward to discussions with their Singapore counterparts. His association would write to the Singapore Medical Association as soon as possible setting out its proposals. Malaysian doctors were keen to modify the country's medical professional ethics,
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  • 74 5 ABDULLAH bin Omar of Taman Jurong was fined $150 yesterday and disqualified from riding class two vehicles for a month for dangerous driving. The traffic court was told that Abdulah rode a scooter along North Bouna Vista Road on April 18 this year when he
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  • 33 5 PEH Mid of Tampines Road was fined $30 yesterday for failing to obey signs and signals displayed m a parking place m Upper Circular Road on March 28 last year.
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  • 261 5 KUALA LUMPUR, Thurs. Prime Minister Tun Abdul Razak called on South-East Asian countries today to pool their resources to prevent a population explosion m the region. He said the challenge of population growth was, related with the social, economic and demographic policies factors which
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  • 213 5 A CARPENTER tentatively charged with the murder of one of his workmates at the Hotel Merlin construction site m April yesterday pleaded guilty to an amended charge of voluntarily causing hurt. Carpenter Chua Hoi Nang, 21, of Redhill Lane, was sentenced by Fourth District
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  • 214 5 Man who skipped call-up training says: My wife was pregnant A PAINTER who had failed to turn up for national service training since September 1967 was jailed for a day and fined $500 by a magistrate yesterday. Liew Ah Seng, 22, of Jalan Buldt Ho Swee, was charged a week
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  • 147 6 KUALA LUMPUft, Thirs. The Baugeßieit of Raleigh Cycles (M), BM. here has agreed to re-employ 7t sacked workers who staged a sit-down protest against the retrenchm«t of 12 of their colleagues. The workers, dismissed last week, were gives ap to 5.M p.m.
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  • 79 6 TWO national servicemen were charged m a magistrate's court yesterday with armed robbery m Farrer Park on Tuesday. Chin Kong Foo and Lim Hock Li were alleged to have robbed a watch and $25 from Mr. Ivan Ng Chew Hua and a purse containing $5
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  • 223 6 New KL to Kuching telephone system opens on Saturday KUCHING, Thurs. The Governor, Tun Tuanku Haji Bujang, will speak to the Prime Minister, Tun Abdul Razak, m Kuala Lumpur, via the troposcatter circuit to mark its opening on Saturday. Tun Tuanku Haji Bujang will inaugurate the troposcatter link by unveiling
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  • 41 6 THE M.P. for Geylang Serai, Inche Rah mat Kenap will leave for Mecca on pilgrimage at the end of December. The Geylang Serai Citizens' Consultative Committee will hold a dinner m his honour before he leaves.
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  • 112 6 THERE WILL be bo mail delivery on Deepavali Day, Oct. 29. The General Post Office will opea from 9 a.m. to bom while other post offices will operate from 9 a.m. to 19.39 a.m. except tea which will remain closed. They are
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  • 259 6 A cooler time now for children in Tampines Home CHILDREN at the Tampines Home for Retarded Children will be able to cool off m the midday heat now, thanks to the firemen of RAF Seletar. Cpl. James Kerr, SAC Roger BeU and Cpl. H. Brooks, all from the Fire Section,
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  • 218 6 BRITISH PETROLEUM Is to invest $l,Mt,#M to prepare Its PayaL c b a r International airport depot office for fuelling the jumbo jets— the first of which Is die here by the end of next year. Already being installed are the hydrant
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  • 169 6 Schoolwork won't guarantee a top job: Education chief PENANG, Thurs. Parents were told yesterday to discard the belief that their children could get highly-paid jobs after school education. The call was made by the Chief Education Officer, Mr Tan Teik Beng, at the graduation and prize-giving day of the Phor
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  • 67 6 MADAM Goh Lay Kuan locked her bedroom door when she went to bed but she left the window open. Next morning $30 had vanished. Madam Goh, 31 of Lorong Gambil, left her handbag containing a door key on a table near
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  • 56 6 KUALA LUMPUR, Thurs Pakistan's Minister of Information and National Affairs, General Sher Ali, arrived here today for a short visit. He told reporters on arrival that he would be discussing the arrangements for the forthcoming Islamic Foreign Ministers' Conference m Karachi with the pro-tern secretary-general of
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  • 178 6 Ten years of foreign investment nets $1,350 m ABOUT $i; 350 million m foreign capital has been invested m Singapore during the last decade. The number of factories set up has also increased from 500 m 1959 to more than 1,700. According to a Government source yesterday, many of the
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  • 63 6 TELEVISION Singapore will be starting a second course on Your Garden and You" today will be telecast on all four languages. Tbe first programme m this ■TV wUI be potting pUnts. The other topics m the and demonstrations include: indoor plants the Propagation of plants,
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  • 478 7  - Beethoven-the inspired composer NG POH CHUEN WHO knows how Beethoven, the great composer, felt during his last illness? We know heswallowedas many as 75 bottles of medicine m one month of his last illness. He must have suffered the treatment as much as the illness! Beethoven was a man of
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  • 191 7 ABOUT 40 students of the Sennett Road Secondary School, are learning to play the violin, viola or cello for a token fee of just a dollar a month. The students are the first m any Government school to take advantage of a programme
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  • 465 7  -  THE BAND Stage Fright (Capitol Stereo 5W425) You've heard of the bridging of the Generation Gap. The Band has other things on their mind the bridging of the past and the present. Their music revels deep m the country, and awakes memories of old
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    • 377 7 I Starscope You're a glutton for Has it ever occurred to work today with you that you may nave< unbounded energy and a "<Men P«wers that Ue* knack for tackling right tasks at right time. developed? There's an Keep a keen eye on the tm ?3*« re of excltl fluancial
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    • 203 7 9 am 7 pm One man an Avenue) and West Coast ttoad exhibition by Mr. Wee Kong 8V4 m.s. Chai at the National Library. 7 .3t pm Teochew opera by See It a.m. Costumes of the Hup Company from Hongkong Nation" at 23, Rjdout Road ft the National Theatre^ (Residence
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  • 165 8 CAIRO, Thurs. Egyptian President, Anwar Sadat, has issued a decree naming the country's new Premier, Mahmoud Fawzi, as the President's diplomatic adviser, it was announced here last night. Mr. Fawzi, who was named as Premier on Tuesday, held the same post m the late
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  • 31 8 ROME, Thurs. Ethiopian Emperor Haile Selassie is expected to visit Rome around November 5, a reliable source said today. But there has been no official announcement of a date.
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  • 368 8 MONTREAL, Thurs. Police early today released about 20 people detained since last Friday under the "war measures" decreed following the double Quebec kidnapping. Their release was announced by a police spokesman who added that it would not be possible until later today to give exact
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  • 294 8 BANGKOK, Thurs. Former Burmese Premier UNu- who reportedly left Bangkok recently to lead a revolutionary movement m Burma will have to seek new permission to re-enter Thailand for political asylum. In a press interview, Thai Foreign Minister Thanat Khoman said today that Thai
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  • 216 8 Economy slump hits Nixon's party WASHINGTON, Thurs. With only a fortnight to go before Congressional elections, President Nixon's Republican Party received two blows today with the release of government statistics showing a sharp rise m the cost of living and a fall m orders for capital goods. The Labour Department
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  • 225 8 SAIGON, Thurs. President Nguyen Van Thieu will discuss measures to cope with an eventual ceasefire, at a big meeting of military commanders and provincial authorities tomorrow and Saturday, a well informed Vietnamese source disclosed today. The meeting will group the Government m full, commanders of military
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  • 219 8 UNITED NATIONS, Thurs. Japanese Prime Minister Eisaku Sato said last night he would visit Moscow whenever opportunity presented itself to discuss with Soviet leaders, the problem of northern territories held by the Russians. Speaking to newsmen at Waldorf Towers, Premier Sato admitted the
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  • 37 8 TOKYO, Thurs. The Foreign Ministry said today that Indo-China would be among the subjects discussed at regular working-level consultations to be held here with Australian officials at the end of this month. AP
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  • 22 8 MELBOURNE, Thurs. A bomb ripped apart a section of the Yugoslav consulate general yesterday, also damaging nearby homes.
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  • 265 8 MOGHAYER (Jordan), Thurs. Three battalions of Palestinian guerillas about 1,800 men have croseed into Jordan from Syria and taken up positions near this frontier village, the Jordanian Army said today. Brigadier Atta Gasib, who commands Jordanian forces m the north, said the advance was
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  • 127 8 HUNT ON FOR BLONDE CUBAN SPY JOHANNESBURG, Than. A 2f~year-old South African bloade was la hiding yesterday following reports that she spied for Cuba while working at the South African Embassy m Washington. Johannesburg newspapers said the girt, Jennifer Miles, had connections with the two Cuban diplomats at the United
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  • 57 8 JAKARTA, Thurs. About 600 Japanese fishing boats have violated Indonesian territorial waters m the Arafura Sea off the West Irian province of New Guinea, the armed forces daily newspaper said today. The paper, quoting the military governor of the Moluccas, said some Australian ships have also been
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  • 56 8 CHERRY HILL, New Jersey, Thurs. A fir* which swept through the stable area of New Jersey racetrack last night killed at least 21 thoroughbred horses, track officials said. Police said the number of dead animals could be as high as 40. It was the second killer fire
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  • 159 8 MANILA, Thurs. The Philippine Foreign Office today asked the American Embassy here to delay the departure of the outgoing commander of the American dark Air Base, CoL Averil Hoi man, m view of a contempt of count case pending against him. Col. Holman
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  • 501 11 UNITED NATIONS, Thurs. French Foreign Minister Maurice Schumann yesterday called for a new security council debate on the Middle East crisis, authoritative sources reported here. Mr. Schumann told a meeting of Foreign Ministers of Security Council member countries that the moment was right for
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  • 341 11 UNITED NATIONS, Thurs. Soviet Foreign Minister Andrei Gromyko declared yesterday that a Big Four agreement on Berlin is possible. In a speech to the silver anniversary session of the U.N. General Assembly, he declared: "At present, representatives of the Four Powers are negotiating on
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  • 215 11 MONTEVIDEO, Uruguay, Tkars. A Senator was slightly iajured yesterday ia a sword dael held with a Cabiaet Mlaister with whom he had argued over the Gtvrnmeit's moaetary policies. Seaator Maaael Mora Flares, 5», was woaaded ta his right arm by Julio M. Saagaiaetti, Miaister
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  • 209 11 OSLO, Thurs. The Nobel Peace Prize was becoming "a trivial, provincial event without significance," the liberal newspaper Dagbladet said here today. Commenting on yesterday's award to Dr. Norman Ernest Borlaug, it said that the Norwegian Storting (Parliament) Committee had once again chosen the path of least
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  • 163 11 TOKYO, Thurs. An estimated 2,000 militant student demonstrators overturned three cars and set two off them on fire m a Tokyo street lane last night. Riot police immediately intervened to disperse the students, firing tear gas grenades. The radicals hurled rocks and stones against police who
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    • 196 11 LOS ANGELES, Thurs. Charles Manson, his shaggy beard shaved off, was led into court yesterday and identified as the man who called at Sharon Tate's estate one evening five months before the actress and four others were slain. "That's him, that's Charles
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    • 254 11 PARIS, Thurs. President Pompidou has told President Kaunda of Zambia that he has personally forbidden the renewal of contracts to supply South Africa with weapons which might be used against guerilla movements, official sources said here today. The sources said President Pompidou told
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    • 67 11 VIETIANE, Thurs. A Laotian government platoonsized patrol fell into a Pathet Lao ambush of Tuesday near the Royal capital of Luang Prabang m northern Laos and suffered moderate casualties, informed sources said last night. The sources said the ambush took place about 15 miles north-east of Luang
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    • 33 11 TOKYO, Thurs. Japanese Government committee said yesterday it has decided to seek U.S. technological assistance m developing new rockets for launching Japan's first practical satellites m or after 1975.
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    • 168 11 LONDON, Thurs. Britain's 23-day-old sanitation strike, which has dirtied rivers and littered city streets with rubbish has spread to Buckingham Palace, the Houses of Parliament and No. 10 Downing Street. South Wesminster dustmen joined the walkout of municipal workers who do dirty jobs, swelling
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    • 66 11 ROME, Thurs. Customs officers at Rome airport yesterday seized 176 lbs. of hashish worth an estimated US$lOO,OOO when a Liberian diplomat arrived to collect four suitcases. The diplomat, 32-year-old Third Secretary at the Liberian Embassy here, went free because of his diplomatic immunity, but a
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    • 111 11 TOKYO, Than. —Italy Is very likely to aaaoaaee Its recognition of People's China within this month, or In early November at the latest, the mass circulation Asahl reported today. The Asahl, citing Government sources, said that the two Governments have already reached a basic agreement,
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  • 351 12  - IN A WEEK'S TIME... A full Tory defence review in Commons BO REECE By BRITAIN'S Defence Secretary, Lord Carrington, will give a full defence review m the House of Commons early next week. This was revealed yesterday by lieut.-Gen. Sir Peter Hunt, whose term as Commander of the Far East
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  • 203 12 Sentosa gets that 1840 big gun from British Army AN 184t Carroaade was added to the Sestet* Gua Maaeui collection yesterday. The cans* gift from the British Army, wffl he housed temporarily at the Jnreag Towa Corporatioa Site Office, oa Seat—, oatil the maseam Is ready. U. Gea. Sir Peter
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  • 86 12 WASHINGTON, Thurs. The U.S. Air Force is sending a giant C-5A transport plane to Thailand m connection with a SEATO exercise, the air force said last night. It said the C-SA, biggest transport plane m the world, wll take part m a static display at Don
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  • 210 12 A night of innocent fun for young and old at the Vic IN EVERY adult there is a child waiting for a chance to be let out, they say. And so, delightfully, "Tales from Many Lands" presented at the Victoria Theatre last night by the Theatre World Association and produced
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  • 134 12 MURDER BID ON CHILE'S ARMED FORCES NUMBER 1 SANTIAGO, Than. An assassination attempt here today left Chile's Armed Forces Commander-in-chief General Rene Schneider seriously wounded. The assassination attempt was made as Gen. Schneider was driving to the Defence Ministry. He was struck hy several bullets and rushed to the military
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  • 246 12 SIX PAINTINGS BY 8 ARTISTS IN FINALS OF MSA CONTEST A LONE ENTRY from Malaysia (lower left) stands among five other paintings of Singaporean origin m the last stages of a mural competition sponsored by Malaysia -Singapore Airlines. The six oil sketches were selected from 137 others at an exhibition
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  • 85 12 HONGKONG, Thurs. The Hongkong newspaper "Star" said today Peking has ordered Chin Peng, Communist guerilla leader operating on the Malaysia-Thailand border, to treble his forces and promised him supplies of weapons and ammunition. The Australian published tabloid, quoting its own "exclusive China sources,"
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  • 113 12 From Page 1 amount, up to $500 a month. Payment stops when construction is completed. Gang boundaries were marked up late last year. Noisy hooligans roam the corridors of the high-rise flats late at night and many a late night worker returning home has been waylaid. Recently,
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  • 91 12 BEIRUT, Thurs. Police disclosed today that it foiled an attempt to assassinate Lebanese Prime Minister Saeb Sal am last Monday. A police statement said the would-be assassin, named as Yousef Anani, 22, a Lebanese, was caught m front of the Prime Minister's bouse
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  • 316 12 Mother with the 'miracle' baby All a f raid JAKARTA, Thurs. Indonesia's leading medical experts discovered that a woman who claimed to be 18 months pregnant with a "miracle" foetus that many people heard recite passages from the Koran had been carrying on a hoax that fooled the nations first
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  • 457 12 NEARLY a million dollars has been paid out m workmen's compensation m the first eight months of this year an increase of 71 per cent over the sum paid out m the first eight months of last year. This was stated yesterday by
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  • THE SINGAPORE herald
    • 8 13 THE SINGAPORE herald Friday, Oct. 23, 1970 1
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    • Section II
      • 263 13 Going, going, gone! For $216,000, Eupoc penthouse EUPOC'S City Towers penthouse m Bukit Timah Road went under the hammer for $215,00t to a doctor yesterday. The company's other property at €3 Sunset View m dementi Park was withdrawn when the bid reached $210,0*0 with no takers. It is understood that
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      • 331 13 MGR hands over $8,900 rally cheque to Minister THE MINISTER for Social Affairs, Inche Othman Wok, received a cheque for $8,937 yesterday for the promotion of sports m the Republic, from wellknown Indian actorproducer M.G. Ramachandran. The money was part of the total gate collections of $19,860 from Jalan Besar
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      • 225 13 AN unemployed man who became suspicious of his wife's behaviour was found dead hanging from a pipeline on the eighth floor of a block of flats on Oct. 9, a coroner's inquiry was told yesterday. The body of Somasundrum Joseph, 44, of Block 58, Circuit
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      • 166 13 FIRST HOTEL TALKS TEAM DUE ON SUNDAY THE first group of about 30 delegates to the inaugural South-East Asian Convention of Hoteliers and Restaurateurs is due here on Sunday. They will be met by a committee from the Hotels and Restaurants Association, which is hosting the convention on Oct. 28
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      • 45 13 A YOUTH denied m court yesterday he had a bearing scraper, without lawful purpose m Jurong Road on Oct. 5. Yeo Hock Leong, 19, unemployed, also denied having dishonestly retained a stolen watch. The case was postponed and bail was allowed,
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      • 220 13 THE Singapore branch of the Institute of Work Study Practitioners elected Mr. Lim Boon Tong as its chairman for 1970/71 at its recent annual meeting. The institute is a branch of the British organisation of the same name. The local institute
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      • 324 13 KUALA LUMPUR, Thur. Insp. Lim Chooi Tong, accused of murdering a businessman, said m his defence today that his service revolver went off accidentally during a struggle. Insp. Lim, 36, alleged to have murdered Lim Kirn Kiat, 51, at Bukit Bintang car
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      • 316 13 Petroleum, tobacco and liquor bring in 74 pc of revenue SINGAPORE Customs collected an overall revenue of $238,531,620 last year an increase of $25,852,209 or 12.16 per cent mor£ than 1968. The Customs annual report for 1989, published yesterday, attributes the increase to "buoyant economic conditions here hi 1989 and
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      • 36 13 HOONG Kian Meng of Temple Street was fined $30 m the traffic court yesterday for causing unnecessary obstruction by parking his car abreast of another vehicle m Smith Street on Feb. X last year.
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      • 145 13 AT YOUR CINEMAS/Pag* 14 4» TV/Page 15 MOTORING/Pages 16 A 21 ECONOMIC AFFAIRS SHIPPING PULL-OUT /Pages 17 20 SPORT/Pages 23 4 24. I Deep down it's good Blh ™W"B^M^Bs^tfT Whether you 're B^L^^B going skin-diving, swimming m fact, ft-\ anytime you need a really /*V H waterproof watch. I m
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    • Page 13 Miscellaneous
    • 334 14 THE LOW-INCOME, ILLITERATES WHO OPPOSE FAMILY PUNNING KUALA LUMPUR, Thurs. The Singapore Government had to reverse some of its policies, such as public housing to encourage family planning, Health Minister Mr. Chua Si an Chin said here today. For instance, couples w th a
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    • 136 14 MR. CHAN Ctaee Seng, Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Social Affairs receiving a gift of Chinese books from the chairman of the Siau Cheng San School for the Art of Self-defence, Mr. Tan Boon Tiang yesterday. This was the first time
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    • 368 14 A BEAUTICIAN told the High Court yesterday how her husband had sent her back to live with her mother and then taken another woman to live with him three months later. Mary Toh Eng Neo, 21, told the court that her husband Benjamin
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    • 69 14 TAXI-driver Lai Chien Kang, 38, was fined $2,000 or one year's jail yesterday after he pleaded guilty to assisting m running an illegal public lottery on Aug. 2. Police raided Lai's flat m Lorong 3 Toa Payoh, and found schedules showing that $1,219 worth of illegal
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    • 306 14 LAWYERS m Singapore have denounced the press treatment of divorce cases m recent weeks as "cruel" and "unnecessary". The reaction of lawyers interviewed yesterday was unanimous the Press should be barred from divorce proceedings. They were replying to a letter by a
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      • 210 14 History called it "The Night Of The Long Knives'.' It was an orgy of the damned. I 1 1 II I n^^fl nV!9 muH I II M V M ■Bmwjn^^BmWP^V^^nl libl^/ u^mWnVnr nT mmnm^^iShkßm?wfl opens today! Mm out to film-s length nHnwnwnwn^n^nwnwnwnu ONLY 4 SHOWS DAILY mkml NOTI MMKB TIMCS
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      • 198 15 Car owners: if you've a Prigiking air-conditioner you'll want this: a2MkjL, jflft^-^BBR^W^ j" B_^ jl ii i —hub T >N|W^ MMa|Hr^ B^ aH^ W-»^ J m»>^ 00 It's an automatic relay switch and it's just about the greatest jr little thing that's ever happened to a car fitted with a
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        • 796 16 Formula for a dream... SPECIFICATION ENGINE: 2,994 cc; cast iron V 6. Compression ratio 8.9:1. Maximum power 140 bhp (gross) at 4,750 rpm, 129 bhp (net). Maximum torque 182 lb. ft. (gross) at 3,000 rpm (173 lb. ft. net). PERFORMANCE: Maximum speed 125 mph. O to 60 mph m 8.5
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        • 723 16 THE POWER INSIDE YOUR ENGINE BACK TO BASICS: Part 2 LAST WEEK, we read that there are a number of cylinders and pistons m an internal combustion engine. To facilitate this week's study of the principles and workings of this engine, we remove a single cylinder with its piston and
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    • Economic Affairs/Shipping.
      • 596 17 Indonesia was invited to that rubber meeting, says RAS AN Indonesian organisation WAS invited to the Singapore preparatory meeting of the International Rubber Association (IRA), the Rubber Association of Singapore (RAS) said yesterday. But as the Indonesian organisation was not present at the meeting, it could not be appointed to
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      • 386 17 The market fluctuated quite widely during the week to Oct. 22, first falling by some 1-1/2 cents, then recovering most of the loss before losing ground again reported HOLIDAY, CUTLER BATH. The sensitivity of the present market was demonstrated by the fact that these fluctuations were unaccompanied
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      • 272 17 SINGAPORE-MALAYSIA Merchant rmtea fixed yesterday by the Association of Banks m Malaysia-Singapore. Local dollars per unit of foreign currency. SELLING BUYING T.T./O.D. T.T. O.D. Sterling Pound 7.3725 7.3400 7.3275 Australian Dollar 3.44 7-6 3.4050 3.3850 f^M«H»w Dollar New Zealand Dollar 3.4575 3.4100 3.3800 South Arabian Dinar 7.3900
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      • 247 17 Japan to cut duty on imports from developing nations TOKYO, Thurs. The Japanese Government today decided to cut the tariffs on 57 items of industrial goods, including cotton fabrics, electronic computer parts and toys, from developing nations under its tariffs preference programme. The government, however, designated crude oil, plywood, silk
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      • 112 17 Hot strip mill for S. Korea TOKYO, Thurs. Eight Mitsubishi group companies have received an order from South Korea for a hot strip mill worth an estimated US$36 million, Mitsubishi Shoji Kaisha, one of the companies, said. Mitsubishi officials said the hot strip mill, capable of processing 632,000 metric tons
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      • 343 17 HONGKONG, Thurs. The Hongkong Shippers' Council has expressed concern about the substantial rate increase which the Far Eastern Freight Conference last week announced would be imposed soon. At an emergency meeting on Tuesday, the council noted that the local representative of the conference was unable
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      • Company news
        • 71 17 GUINNESS MALAYSIA'S group profits for the year ended August amounted to $4.2 million after the deduction of $1.6 million This companies with the previous year's profits of $3.5 million. The company also announced a tax exempt final dividend of 20 per cent, making the total for the year an
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        • 56 17 KAMUNTING TIN has announced a capital return of 2s. per share on Dec. 8 to shareholders on the register on Nov. 5. The company had also declared a final dividend of 25 per cent (Is. 3d. per share) to make the total distribution 35 per cent compared to 30
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        • 29 17 SAN HOLDINGS will pay a five per cent dividend, for the year ended March, on Feb. 28 next year to shareholders on the register on Dec. 31.
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        • 99 17 TOKYO, Thure. Hitachi said it planned to start production of PAL-system colour television sets early next year for export to West European countries including Britain. Under an agreement reached with West Germany's AEG-Tele-funken earlier this month, Hitachi can make 100,000 PAL system colour television sets annually without paying royalties.
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        • 120 17 LONDON, Thurs. Shareholders, approval is being sought for the acquisition by Rosehaugh Rubber of the whole issued share capital of Leicester and Stafford Properties. Because the nature of the company's principal investment will have changed as a result of this acquisition, the directors have made arrangements whereby shareholders not
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        • 89 17 TOKYO, Thurs. Daiwa Securities said today it was establishing a joint venture m Hongkong •to expand its dealer-bro-ker-underwriter business to the whole of Southeast Asia. The new firm, "Daiwa Securities International (H.K.) Ltd.", will be capitalised at HKSS,OOO,OOO. It will be 65 per cent owned by Daiwa, IS
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        • 83 17 TOKYO, Thurs. The Finance Ministry today approved a plan for Mitsubishi Shoji Kaisha to float USSIS million of convertible debentures m Belgium. The 1 5- year convertible debentures, bearing 7.S per cent will be issued by the Japanese trade firm at par through public placement, the ministry said. The
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      • 367 17 Stocks moved slightly half point. lower m early moderate Declining issues held about trading yesterday. The a three-to-two lead over the Stan poors industrial avenge gainers. Volume just topped gave up six cents and the Dow one million shares about half Jones industrials lost about a
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      • 566 17 The market moved narrowly yesterday with no decisive trend being established. UK operators appeared to be holding off, ahead of the government spending cuts due to be announced next Tuesday, while the absence of a definite overnight lead from New York also had an effect on performance.
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      • 225 17 AMSTERDAM Most internationals were lower yesterday. Royal Dutch rose, while Hoogovens finished unchanged. Van Ommeren, again very firm and active on mainly foreign demand, led shippings higher. Bijenkorf hardened, but Heineken and Lucas Bob were weak. Main banks were up. PARIS The market was resistant m lively dealings
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    • 84 18 KEY FOR EASY REFERENCE: The shipping schedules beginning on this page are given m four parts for ships westbound, eastbound, southbound and coastal. Each entry gives the following information: NAME OF SHIP, date of arrival /departure, ports of call, name of line abbreviated/name of agent(s) abbreviated. At the
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      • 845 18 (rWCQWroiUTEDWTM6«gPUIUCOrMNCAW)WC) ICB BUILDING. 2 SHCNTQN WAY SINGAPORE 1. TEL *****3-7. U.K. -EUROPE SERVICE LOAOING FOR LONDON.H'BIffiG, R'DAM, HAVRE, AWERP.BREM. P Sham Penang AMHVES NEPTUNE ZIRCON <:/ Nov/ I Dec Dec 6/7 Dec L'donj/l, Hl>urgB/1 R'dam 11/1 Havre 14/1 NEPTUNE AQUAMARINE 2/6 Jan 7 Jan 8 Jan L don 4/2 Hburg
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      • 1469 18 1 A/an#-\4U\^M ir^aT^ Including ALL ships bound for the Americas, e.g. Coast ports of North, Central or South America yy^WJU^Ljl IvJ sh| P s sailin 9 east out of Singapore to Pacific and through the Panama Canal to the Gulf ports, etc. AJAX34(S) Oct 25/27 L'pool, G'gow via C.T..? L.P.
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    • 263 19 WASHINGTON, Thurs. President Nixon signed a US$2.7 billion authorisation bill yesterday to help the maritime industry achieve the prediction that the U.S. merchant fleet will regain its rank as the world's largest. "This measure," Mr. Nixon said at a White House Ceremony, "will make American shipping first m
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    • 286 19 THE PORT OF SINGAPORE AUTHORITY HAS MADE THESE BERTHING ARRANGEMENTS FOR OCT. 23. OUT: Dolius 6/7, Reliance Fraternity 8/9, Lica Maersk 15/16, Riau II 21 east, Glenorchy 31/32, Hartvig Maersk 3S/36, Port Melbourne 42/43, Katong 20 west. IN: Hartvig Maersk 35/36, Georgi Sava Rakovsky 31/32 (after Glenorchy),
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      • 1187 19 t» JJQfrNAI IFl^i Including ships sailing out of Singapore for Far I— ClOlkJvyUl IVJ East ports to the north-east. ANDES MARU Nov 10/U Hongkong. Japan. MOSK/MSS KERGUELEN Nov 4 Hongkong. Japan. K'lung. CMCR/MM ANNA TAYLOR Oct 27/30 S.igon. SSV/BA ARISTArn nc KEE YUEN SLS TDY Los Angeles (Nov 20), San
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      • 293 19 SCINDIA (ST) LINES I ■■H PACIFIC NORTH WEST SERVICE mm—M Loading For: LOS ANGELES, SAN OIEGO, SAN FRANCISCO. VANCOUVER B.C. TACOMA. Penang p Sham itingapbrr L Angelo JALAOHAMTA Z/i Nov 4/b Nov 6/8 Nov On IST CLASS SALOON PASSENGER ACCOMMODATION AVAILABLE U.S. ATLANTC GULF SERVICE LOADING FOR: NEW YORK, CHARLESTON.
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    • 470 20 LONDON, Thurs. The decision of the International Tin Council (ITC) to raise the tin agreement price range wll encourage fresh investment m the tin mining industries of the developing countries, West European delegates said. The ITC ended a threeday meeting yesterday and decided to raise
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    • 1601 20 STOCK EXCHANGE OF MALAYSIA AND SINGAPORE KEY Closing buyers' and stUen' prices arc followed by the business done. Figures, m brackets denote traded lots m I.ooo'*. When the price is not followed by a figure m brackets, it means only a single lot of 1,000 shares was
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    • 80 20 (Managers' prices for Oct. 23) B. S. ASIA UNIT TRUSTS Mai. Invt. Fund 1.18 1.23zd Mai. Progress Fund 1.02 1.07 CHARTERED UNIT TRUSTS Singapore Growth Fund 1.05 1.10 < SINGAPORE UNIT TRUSTS Second Singapore 1.86 1 Third 2 Singapore 1.18xd i The Commerce Ind. Fund .99 1.04 The
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    • COMMODITIES
      • 270 20 RUBBER 48-3/8 ceats a lb.(down one-eighth cent). With little encouragement from overseas markets after Wednesday's small rise, prices fluctuated narrowly either side of yesterday morning's opening levels of 48-1/4 cents and 50-1/8 cents for RSS 1 November and December m very thin trading. The only bright spot of
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      • 61 20 (Yesterday's official buyer/seller prices, m pence perlb). Tone: Neglected; ClF's Nov. 17 17-3/16, Dec. 17-5/16 17-9/16; Spot 1814 18%; Settlements Nov. 18-5/16 18%, Dec. 18-5/8 18-13/16. Jan. 18-15/16 19-1/8, Jan/March 1914 19-3/8, April/June 20 20-3/16, July /Sept. 20% 2044, Oct/Dec. 2044 21, Jan/March 21 2114, April /June 21-1/8
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      • 60 20 TIN $O3 a picnj (down $2). The Straits tin price yesterday eased by S2 a picul to 5663 on an estimated tonnage of 250 down 15 tons on Wednesday's. The London overnight, price was also lower, by £3 a ton. was evenly spread among buyers and at the
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      • 64 20 Chinese re-enter copper market LONDON, Thurs. Mainland China re-entered the slumping copper market by buying several thousand tons m the last 24 hours, London metal merchants said today. Chinese buying gave a cautious note of optimism to the market yesterday but dealers warned that short-term prices could remain around the
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      • 155 20 (Yesterday's 1.30 p.m. prices, m sterling per long ton, unless otherwise stated). COPRA (U.S. dollars per long ton): Philippine/ Indonesian Oct. 220, Nov. 222, Dec. 223, Jan. 224, all resellers. COCONUT OIL: Straits Oct/Nov. 144 sellers; Malayan Nov/Dec. 157 Nominal; Philippine (U.S. dollars per long ton) Dec/Jan. 334
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    • 201 20 LONDON, Thurs. Fairly active conditions were evident at the opening today although rates were showing an occasional easier tendency. Grain cargoes have been booked from the U.S. Gulf to the Netherlands at US$B.4O fio (free m and out) for Nov. and from Bale Comeau to Hull at
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    • 334 20 The market opened steady yesterday, following a statement by the governor of the Bank of Japan suggesting a bank rate cut. Sentiment was also helped by the government's White Paper on defence. However. late sporadic selling gave the market a (Closing paid prices m yen, w jagged
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    • 704 20 Mining shares advanced sharply yesterday as buyers re-entered the market. International found strong support all day following the latest drilling results from Trough Wells, closing $1.30 higher at $4.30. The options rose $1.25 to $3.80. One of the weak spots was Poseidon, which shed $2 at $80
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    • 216 20 The market closed steady after a day of narrow price movements m featureless trading yesterday. Interest was thin but spread over a wide section. The day's turnover at 3 5.71 million was slightly higher on Wednesday's pace. Nan Fung, was a weak spot under continued selling pressure
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    • MOTOR CYCLING
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      • 1709 21 Could you stand the pace? HI WHERE THE ACTION IS YOU ARE walking through a deserted piece of countryside, and suddenly you hear the roar of engines, getting closer and closer. The roar becomes a deafening shriek, the grass and bushes wave, rock and part as a motorcycle leaps into
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      • 29 21 If you're really determined Neither rain nor sun and heat nor gloom of night can stop Looi Beng Hoe when he is determined to win on his Bridgestone 90.
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      • 81 21 DRAWN BY JOHN ROBINSON Corrosion of battery terminals causes decay and bad electrical contact. Remove terminals by tapping them from side to side don't lever them upwards. Thoroughly dean the battery parts and the terminals with a dry cloth. Replace these firmly and coat
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      • 532 22 NOTICE FAR EASTERN FREIGHT CONFERENCE SABAH, BRUNEI AND SARAWAK FREIGHT CONFERENCE FAR EAST/GULF OF ADEN AND RED SEA PORTS CONFERENCE REVISION OF FREIGHT RATES On 12th October the member Lines of the Far Eastern Freight Conference and its associated Conferences announced that m view of the mounting scale of operating
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    • RACING HERALD
      • 315 23 IPOH, Thurs. Sugar Daddy a four-year-old Wilkes gelding, caught the eye again m a workout with stablemate Purple Gem at Ipoh yesterday morning. Ridden by Luke Kang, Sugar Daddy matched strides with Purple Gem (Lim) over 3f m 37-1/5 on a good track. It was
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      • 179 23 HARRISBURG, Pennsylvania, Thurs. West Germany's powerful Equestrian team made it five victories m a row yesterday by winning the International Fault and Out event at the 25th Pennsylvania National horse show. Lutz Merkel, one of only two German riders competing, won the event
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      • 370 23 PHOENIX (Arizona), Thurs. The Soviet Union increased their lead m the medals table of the World Shooting Championships here by taking four gold, two silver and two bronze on the fourth day of the championships with over nearly one thousand competitors from 51 countries
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      • 350 23 LENA, East Germany, Thurs. Carl Zeiss lena defeated Sporting Lisbon of Portugal 2-1 yesterday afternoon m the first leg of the second round for the European Cup Winners Cup. The Game was scoreless at halftime. Results of yesterday's European Inter-club Football competitions: European Fairs
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      • 183 23 SEOUL, Thurs. South Korea will send a 173-member contingent to the Sixth Asian Games m Bangkok. According to the final selection made by the Korean Athletic Association, the Korean team comprises 132 athletes participating m the events except yachting and hockey. Twenty-seven
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      • 376 23 BRITISH Army's gift of a boxing ring is a shot m the arm for aspiring boxers m the Pasir Parnjang constituency. The ring and its permanent shelter at the Pasir Panjang Community Centre was presented on Wednesday by the men
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      • 35 23 DAVY JONES By Sam Left I SAT OUT YOU SURE DIP [i H-HOPE V HOLY TOLEDO/ I '[■■■■^^W^ THE STORM IN J-i-f I THE RIGHT THIMG, [SO, PAL.'JI I CLEAN FORGOT W^^Br I x p
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      • 374 23 TWINSET CROSSWORD ACBOSS DOWN 4. Noisy dispute when a scarf is ruined (6) 1. Choice of unusual drink (6) 8. Venture to offer a quiet 2. Make things easier to prevent summary (7) (4) 10. Not m fact very small (7) 3. Junior officer comes from 11. Force one Member
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    • 320 24 MSA'S PESTA SUKAN TRAFFIC emerged champions m the inter-ser-vices soccer tournament held m conjunction with the Malaysia-Singapore Airlines Pesta Sukan week yesterday. In the final held yesterday at the Airport ground Traffic defeated Pax Services by five penalties to four, after the match had ended m
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    • 157 24 Forces win PoliceMilitary badminton SINGAPORE Armed Forces trounced Vigilante Corps 5-0 to win the Police /Military interteam championship at the Singapore Badminton Stadium last night. Youth champion Ng Chor Yau, playing first singles was too good for Kamaruddin Lee whom he thrashed 15-1, 15-2 m just under ten minutes. Another
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    • 92 24 HONGKONG, Thurs. -Hongkong has named a team for the forthcoming Asian 'Women's Basketball Tournament to be held m Kuala Lumpur. Chairman of the Hongkong Basketball, Association Ching Man-Gee said the team is composed of 12 players and four officials. Mr. Chan said the delegation had
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    • 333 24 Oba is fourth Japanese to win world title TOKYO, Thurs.-Japan's Masao Oba knocked out World Boxing Association (WBA) flyweight champion Berkrerk Chartvanchai of Thailand with hard left and rights to the champion's face m the 13th round of a IS round title match, here tonight. OBA smashed Berkrerk to the
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    • 127 24 Teachers win intervarsity cagers tourney TEACHERS Training College swept aside the strong challenge by Polytechnic to win the Intervarsity basketball competition at People's Association last night. The teachers won 67-51. Teachers forged ahead to a commanding 16-5 lead m the first ten minutes of play but five minutes later Poly
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    • 88 24 Next world amateur golf at Buenos Aires NEW YORK, Thurs. The next World Amateur Golf Championships will be held m Buenos Aires m October, 1970 the organising body announced here today. The men's event for the Eisenhower Trophy will be played at the Jockey Club, while the women's matches will
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    • 274 24 SINGAPORE Recreation Club handed out a 4-0 drubbing to Ceylon Sports Club m the Singapore Women Hockey Association league match on the Padang yesterday. Though playing with only ten players, the Recs still managed to dictate play They had the Ceylonese pinned
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    • 167 24 Bows and arrows versus pistol meet on Sunday ARCHERY Association of Singapore has selected four archers and two reserves for the joint Archery versus Pistol demonstration shoot. The Archery Association representatives are Loi Ah Chiang, Laurence Lim, Andy Leong, and Bill Wee. Reserves: Seng Bak Chia and Jim Fowler. This
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    • 292 24 ASTON Recreation Club defeated Chinese Association 3-0 m the Singapore Billiards Association Senior Inter-Club Medley League Championship at the Indian Association, Balestier Road. Aston's Loo Yap Long (ARC) gave a sparkling performance m his four-ball game against Koh Cheng Mob. The match started very tamely as
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    • 467 24 Aussies beat Kiwis 47-11 in Rugby WIGAN, England, Thurs. Australia swept to a 47-11 victory over New Zealand before a crowd of 10,000 m the first match of the fifth World Rugby League series. Australia led New Zealand 17-9 at halftime and soared away m the second half to destroy
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