Singapore Herald, 18 November 1970

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  • 10 1 THE SINGAPORE herald No. 103 Singapor^ednesday^!ovembeMrT977"""^^ MC(P) 2207 15 CENTS
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  • 943 1  - Knock at hideout by police drama HAROLD SOH PETER ONG FREED KIDNAP VICTIM'S STORY By and POLICE hunting for "Ice Box King" Tan Han Seng actually knocked at the door of the kidnappers' hideout on Sunday while the millionaire lay huddled m a room, gagged and blindfolded and with a
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  • 587 1 Japan should set up plants in S'pore says Lee TOKYO, Tues. Mr. Lee Kuan Yew today suggested that Japan establish manufacturing plants m countries such as Singapore to beat the acute labour shortage m this country. Mr. Lee also made it clear that South-East Asian countries, including Singapore, were interested
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  • 449 1  -  NGIAM TONG HAI By WORKERS who have no Singapore blue identity cards (for noncitizen permanent residents) and who hold only short visit visas can now be recruited m groups by building contractors. The Government has given this permission to building contractors m
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  • 132 1 JAKARTA, Tues. The remains of a Singapore-based helicopter pilot who disappeared m a flight over Borneo last June have been found m the jungle, police announced here today. Clarence McLain, 36, who worked for National Air Charter, a sister firm to National Utility
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  • 202 1 Roof Givt caiteen caves in AN ASSISTANT canteen manager and his cook escaped serious injury yesterday when part of the canteen on the sth floor of Fullerton Building caved m. Mr. Ho Tat Sin, 28 and his cook, Mr. Lim Thou Seng, 40, ran out of the canteen just before
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  • IN BRIEF
    • 53 1 From bad to worse TOKYO, Tues. In an experiment to ease rush hour traffic, Tokyo police allocated exclusive lanes for buses yesterday and created traffic jams. While buses successfully whizzed past to destinations, private cars were forced into single lanes creating traffic jams which occasionally stretched half a mile. The
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    • 27 1 DQD TOKYO: Japan neither has taken nor will adopt a policy of two Chinas, Japanese foreign Minister Kiichi Aichi said today m a Diet (Parliament) committee meeting.
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    • 39 1 ODD WASHINGTON: Senator Edward Kennedy, denying reports attributed to President Nixon that he would receive and accept the Democratic presidential nomination m 1972, said fellow Senator Edmund S. Muskie of Maine was far and away the front runner. AP
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    • 22 1 ODD JAKARTA: The Board of the Indonesian Muslim Party (Parmusi) today rejected a chairman appointed against its wishes by President Suharto. AFP
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  • 199 1 LUNA 17 PUTS VEHICLE ON THE MOON MOSCOW, Tues. The Soviet moon probe Luna 17 today landed a self-propelled vehicle and a French laser system on the moon, Tass announced. Luna 17 made a soft landing on the moon's surface m the area of the Sea of Rains at *4«t
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  • Page 1 Miscellaneous

  • 1451 2  - What South Africa wants -by J. Vorster DOUGLAS BROWN Q and A with apostle of apartheid i By Capetown BALTHAZAR JOHANNES VORSTER received me last week m his Pretoria office behind a splendid new desk made of teak from South- West Africa which the Minister of Public Works had presented
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  • 492 2 J THE SINGAPORE HERALD Wednesday, November 18, 1970. THE shortage of skilled and semi-skilled construction labour lately has grown quite desperate. Contractors with obligations to developers have been moved to employ unauthorised immigrant labour m order to fulfil their contracts. Many have been taken to court
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  • 476 2  -  SEAH CHIANG NEE KUALA LUMPUR: For the past 14 years, the Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka (Institute of Language and Literature) has been m charge of the challenging task of developing Malaysia's National Language. During that period, it has coined new words and
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    • 204 2 Our one-stop flight toibkyoean mean fun m the Philippines Leave Singapore with PAL on Monday morning PAL/70-6E and our one-stop service will have you m Tokyo the same evening. Or leave on Wednesday morning, spend a leisurely night m Manila, and we get you to Tokyo on Thursday evening. Whether
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    • 98 2 What's For Breakfast? Five different fruits, two kinds of nuts, rose bips. three cereals, skimmed milk and wheat germ WOW! all at one sitting that's a marvellous healthy mealtime idea. But its not always practical. So eat. LUTIN MUESLI FOR BREAKFAST which contains all the above ingredients. Just add milk
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  • 169 3 Singapore art works to hang Down Under PAINTINGS by Singapore artists will be displayed alongside others from Asian countries In Australia's new National Gallery to be built m Canberra. Two of the Singapore artists are Messrs. Cheong Soo Pleng and Thomas Yeo. "Contemplation" appears above with Mr. James Mollison, an
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  • 106 3 BATU GAJAH, Tues.— The magistrate's court here today postponed for the second time the hearing of the case against an ex-detainee and former Party Rakyat secretarygeneral, Tajuddin Kahar, charged with two offences under the Internal Security Act. The case will now be heard
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  • 141 3 PENANG, Tues The Partai Sosialis Rakyat Malaya, Penang Division, today criticised the "arbitrary and callous" manner m which the State Government was trying to evict eight farmers m Sungei Kluang, about 11 miles from Georgetown. The eight farmers, who were occupying Government land,
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  • 241 3 GOVERNMENT has turned down many applications for Malaysian workers to meet the current acute labour shortage m the textile industry, according to Mr. Richard Lee, managing director of Great Malaysia Textile (Pte.) Ltd. He said there had also been instances where some factories had
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  • 424 3  - The boy who is kept alive by batteries PHILLIP LIM HOLE-IN-THE-HEART THAHIL RELIES ON A PACEMAKER Story: Pictures:' 'SUNNY BAY THE life of 17-year-old Thahil Singh is virtually dependent on batteries. An electronic device, called a pacemaker, is attached to his heart by two electrode wires. Electrical impulses keep his
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  • 105 3 THE top floor and roof of a three-storey house m Watten Estate, off Dunearn Road, was gutted by fire at dawn yesterday. Colombo Plan expert Mr. John Hore, his wife, two children, his aged parents and two maidservants escaped unhurt. The fire started shortly after
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  • 99 3 The future of the Vigilante Corps MR L.P. RODRIGO, Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Home Affairs, will make an important announcement on the future role of the Vigilante Corps tonight, a police press release said yesterday. He will make the announcement at the Corps' first Open Judo Championships at
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  • 191 4 FIRST RTS ENTRY WINS IN A 55NATION CONTEST RTS has won the Jury's Prize m the Japan Prize Contest 1970 with its entry, the fifth talk m the "Ouroceanic neighbours" series, produced by Mr. Ananda Perera. The talk entitled "South-East Asia" was written and presented by Dr. Lee Yong Leng,
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  • 116 4 KL target: 128 new doctors every year from 4 73 KUALA LUMPUR, Tues. One hundred and twenty-eight doctors are expected to pass out yeany from the Medical Centre of the University Hospital beginning from 1973. This was stated today by the Dean of the Faculty of Medicine, University of Malaya,
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  • 147 4 RELIEF supplies worth $148,000 will be flown from Singapore to cyclone-ravaged East Pakistan at the end of this week. The supplies, consisting of blankets, clothings, powdered and condensed milk, and multi-vitamins, will be airlifted to Dacca by a Hercules aircraft from the 48
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  • 92 4 TRAFFIC jams caused by traffic turning right are a regular occurrence m busy Orchard Road. But improvements are being carried out by the Public Works Department to the road, and situations like the one above should soon be a thing of the
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  • 123 4 KUALA LUMPUR, Tues. The Yang di-Pertuan Agong appealed tonight for equality and understanding among all as required by the teachings of Islam. This teaching was m keeping fitted with the Government policy of having goodwill campaigns among the people, said the young King,
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  • 382 4 PRIVILEGE FOR GPs IN PROHIBITED AREAS PRIVATE practitioners should be allowed to park their cars m prohibited parking areas on emergency visits to their patients, Mr. Y.W. Chan, Secretary of the Automobile Association, said m a letter to the Sept. Oct. Singapore Medical Association Newsletter.
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  • 167 4 Biology centre's difficulty in getting scientists... THE Regional Centre for Tro pica! Biology m Indonesia is having difficulty getting scientists from the Seameo countries. This was disclosed by Dr. W. Soegeng Reksodihardjo (above), acting Assistant Director of the centre, m an interview yesterday. Dr. Soegeng, who is attending the fourth
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  • 58 4 THE chairman of the Jurong Town Corporation, Mr. Woon Wah Siang, wfll speak on "The Challenge of Industralisation" at the New Lecture Theatre No. 4, University of Singapore, on Nov. 26 at 7.30 p.m. The talk is organised jointly by the Department of Econo
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  • 229 4 APPEAL FOR ON-THE-JOB TRAINING IN ENGINEERING THE Dean of the University of Singapore's Engineering Faculty, Dr. K.K. Chin has called for greater co-operation from the industrial sector to train engineering students. Dr. Chin explained yesterday that it would not cost firms very much to offer "sandwich" courses to engineering students.
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  • 97 4 THE dispute over a productivity incentive scheme between the Sugar Industry of Singapore and the Pioneer Industries Employees Union continued to be heard m camera m the Industrial Arbitration Court yesterday. The two experts from the National Productivity Centre Mr. Loo Peng Shuen and Mr. Ow
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  • 153 4 ANOTHER 192 units of two-room improved flats will be sold under the Housing and Development Board's "Home Ownership for the People" scheme. They have a floor area of 490 sq. ft. or 45 sq. ft. more than that of the existing
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  • 127 4 KUALA LUMPUR, Tues. Former Prime Minister Tunku Abdul Rahman hopes to persuade Muslim nations to set up a Central Relief Fund to aid one another m times of disaster. A spokesman of the Islamic Secretariat said today the Tunku, who is
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  • 191 4 LONDON, Tues. The Financial Times said today the possibility of tension between Singapore's Chinese majority and the minority Malays is vastly diminished by the nations general prosperity. The authoritative business dfcily added m a special supplement on Singapore's development: "Prosperity would appear to
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  • 35 4 ANG PUAH CHAM of Jurong Road was fined $40 m the Ffrst Traffic Court yesterday for driving m a careless manner m Jalan Ahmad Ibrahim on March 4 and colliding with a lorry.
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    • 41 4 BEETLE BAILEY D hrn r^^^^^^^ By Mort Walker O#,A/O.' I\® I'LL NEVER BE ABLE TO I I -UL^ £ftJ3££ /£&iJflM SARSE SAID J( COVER IT IN TIME.' ME'LL KILL .j^y M woulp be I V me// wmat'll i oo^/ oops<\ J
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  • 36 5 Millionaire Tan Han Seng ruefully examines welts and bruises on his ribs and stomach where his abductors kicked him as he struggled with them at the gate of his home.
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  • Article, Illustration
    83 5 POLICE believe that these two men may be able to help them m their investigations into the kidnapping of Mr. Tan. They are (at left) Lee Kap Yew, 30, and Lee Hok Lam, 27, who is also known as Ah Lam and Ah Leng. Both are Hokkien.
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  • 132 5 Motor complex work starts here next month WORK on the building of 269 units of standard-type motor workshops will begin next month on this levelled site off the 5*4 mile, Upper Thomson Road. In addition, three 12-storey blocks of flats, consisting of 500 units, will also be built for the
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  • 108 5 THE NTUC Co-operative Transport Service (Comfort) will bold a ballot for driven for Its 2tt minibuses at Victoria Memorial Hall today at 2.3t p.m. More than 32* people who registered earlier this year with the NTUC are expected to attend the balloting. Those who do
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  • 291 5 THE Boys' Brigade, long regarded as a Christian non-violent organisation, is shedding its soft image. Arms drill begins for the bigger boys m blue m January. The call to arms but only to be enjoyed as a sport is In response to
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  • 122 5 ALL seven Indonesians m a speedboat believed to be illegal immigrants dived into the sea when they were intercepted by Singapore Marine Police off St. John's Island at about 4.30 p.m. yesterday. Four of them were picked up by the police. The remaining three are missing and
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    • 150 5 On his way back from San Francisco, Alvin Lee took it easy. On a beach m Honolulu. |fc/*j|||di Coming back from San Taking m the sun on Honolulu's "li^kl2?^^^^ Fran c'sco, Alvin Lee took golden beaches, and living the night the easy wav out And |jfe m Hon 9 Kon
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  • 796 6 Malay for all courses: Ungku Aziz spells it out I KUALA LUMPUR, Tues. The University of Malaya will ultimately adopt Malay as the medium of instruction m all faculties, but English will not be completely eradicated. This was stated today by the University's ViceChancellor, Prof. Ungku Aziz m a major
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  • 229 6 Back to shoes for MSA men after Minister's appeal KUALA LUMPUR, Tues. It's back to wearing shoes from tomorrow for the 500 Malaysia-Singapore Airlines' employees m West Malaysia. This followed a meeting here today between representatives of the employees' union and the acting Minister of Labour, Mr. Lee San Choon.
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  • Article, Illustration
    22 6 "Stop arguing over who was here first, or neither of you will be presentable enough to apply for the job."
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  • 250 6 NEW MUSLIM SECT ENCOURAGES MIXED PRAYER MEETINGS IPOH, Tues. A new Muslim sect believed to have a strong appeal among youths m the Krian District of North Perak is causing concern to religious officials here. Among the teachings of this new order is that they should pray only once a
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  • 373 6 KUALA LUMPUR, Tues. The Government today announced new salary scales and conditions of service recommended by the Suffian Commission for more than 100,000 Divisions One to Three officers m West Malaysia. Details of the new scales and conditions are contained m a
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  • 326 6 Seminar calls fir stiller laws to stop electronic satiratien KUALA LUMPUR, Tues. Malaysia today called for joint efforts to combat "electronic pollution" caused by mischief-making radio waves as a result of overcrowding radio frequencies. The Minister of Information and Culture, Dato Hamzah, told an international conference that the increasing number
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  • 267 6 TAIPEH, Tues. Four airlines of the International Air Transport Association will cut the fare for group tours from Tokyo to South-East Asia by as much as 40 per cent from April next year, according to travel sources. The large-scale slash would
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  • 23 6 JOHN Haggarty of Cairnhill Road was fined $100 yesterday for driving at 60-65 m.p.h. m Admiralty Road West on Oct. 3.
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  • town talk
    • 756 7  -  A.K. LEE By THE reporter rushed across the mezzanine of the hotel avoiding the short, welldressed gentleman m his path. The man stared at the reporter as though trying, to recognise him. Realising he was being watched, the reporter smiled, said a quick "Hello"
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    • 78 7 A PUBLIC lecture on the functions of company directors and their proper responsibilities to the public and shareholders will be held at 8 p.m. tomorrow m the New Lecture Theatre No. 4, University of Singapore. The lecture on the financial and accounting responsibilities of company directors will
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    • 26 7 THE President of Rotary International, Mr. William E. Walk Jr. and his wife will arrive here on Dec. 2 for a three-day visit.
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    • 291 7  - The 'bomb' with the figure and laughs JENNY LEW By THIS "bomb" (above) not only explodes with sensuality m her skimpy, backless fish-net gown but she causes her audience to erupt m laughter and applause. For Ana Bristol's gown does not conceal her curves and figure only, it also belies
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    • 9 7 *DONY HM XXJ'U STEP ON HIM
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  • VIEWPOINT
    • 236 8 IF YOU DON'T WANT TO QUEUE, PAY AT THE P.O. "IDEALIST" has pointed out (SH. Oct. 13) that there is only one counter to serve a long queue m the payment of road tax. Behind this counter, however, there are four clerks attending to four persons at the same time.
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    • 92 8 I REFER to the complaint made by Quek Swee Keng (S.H.Oct. 28) on behalf of his cousin, whose pass m the written Highway Code test was withdrawn. If the writer's cousin had already obtained a pass m the written Highway Code test, he need not have undergone a further test,
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    • 108 8 BLACKMARKETEERS sell tickets m the lobby of the Hoover Theatre at Balestier Road right m front of the management staff, yet nothing is done. Is the management afraid of "Big Brother" (age about 35— 40 years) and his half a dozen boys? ODD Notices at the ticket booths clearly state
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    • 734 8 Keeping Islam up with the times THE decision made by the Muslim Religious Council m Singapore to have the date for Hari Raya Puasa fixed on Dec. 1 if the moon is not sighted on Nov. 30 is inconceivable and totally devoid of careful consideration. It will not only face
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    • 279 8 It's progress that counts, not the street names I REFER to the views of Mr. K. Yik on Singapore as a non- Asian state (S.H. Nov. 11). First of all let me point out that the low output of work m the field of literature and the fine arts m
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    • 721 8 "IF there is any shortcoming m our educational system, all are to be blamed and not only the Ministry. I hope that when Mr. Lim Kirn San said those words, he did include himself and his colleagues. I do sincerely believe that our administrators
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    • 136 8 BOTTLES IN THE CORNERS OF CITY HALL I ENTIRELY agree with P.T. Kwok (S.H. Nov. 11) that drunkenness is worse than inefficiency. Inefficiency can be condoned, but drunkeness cannot. Before demolition of the buildings m the Colombo Court area (to make way for a carpark which is now under construction),
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    • 61 8 WITH reference to the letter by "Noise-Polluted" (S.H. N0v. 12) complaining of excessive noise emitted by a loudspeaker m the Hong Lim Community Centre whilst broadcasting Rediffusion programmes, r 'NoJse-Polluted" may be pleased to learn that the staff m charge of the Centre concerned nave been instructed to tone down
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    • 43 8 v C itTO TORONTO TtLEGHAH IVNDICATr H I PUNCH flLk. PUNCH 4^k H^^il f em, tonno nuciw iynmur Uf fl PUNCH I "Don't be silly M» 'That'i where the Commiei have the edge on m x YXj *tS^ ««a*&V I i^ 1 I
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  • 539 9 The world steps in to help the victims EARLY on Friday a cyclone raced across one of the earth's most thickly populated areas. East Pakistan. It left behind half a million homeless and possibly just as many killed. Already there are 93,000 known to be dead m what is likely
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  • 700 9 Even from the air, you can still catch the smell of death REPORTER Arnold Zeitlin yesterday flew over over the disaster area and he could smell death even from his plane. Here's what he saw. The devastation is virtually complete m the southern half of this battered island which took
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  • CABLE WORLD WIDE
    • 244 9 Manson is told he can't defend himself LOS ANGELES, Tues. The State of California rested its case yesterday at the start of the 23rd week of the Sharon Tate murder trial, and Charles Manson arose and demanded to be allowed to represent himself for the rest of the trial. "I
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    • 123 9 LONDON, Tues. The Secretary-General of the South-East Asia Treaty Organisation (SEATO) began a series of consultations here aimed at pinpointing the British Conservative Government's military policies m South-East Asia. Lt. Gen. Jesus Vargas opened the talks of after arriving from Paris with
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    • 79 9 TOKYO, Tues. Desposed Cambodian leader Prince Norodom Sihanouk, accompanied by his wife, son and aunt, left Peking yesterday aboard a special plane for a tour of northwestern China, Peking's New China News Agency said. ODD UNITED NATIONS, Tues. Twelve uncommitted member countries of the Geneva Disarmament Conference
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    • 107 9 ARCADIA, Tues. Police here today uuouced finding a 13-year-old girl with a mental age of 12 to 18 months and still wearing napkins. The 7»-year-old father Clark Wiley and his st-year-oM wife Ireae have been detained. They kept her Indoors since birth.
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    • 234 9 WASHINGTON, Tues. A special U.S. Senate subcommittee opened a new probe of GI drug abuse today that will include a hard look at one of the most abused intoxicants of all alcohol. Sen. Harold Hughes, lowa Democrat, said m a hearing-opening statement the over-all drug
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    • 86 9 SAN SALVADOR, Tues. Guatemalan Foreign Minister Roberto Garcia apologised personally yesterday to El Salvador president Fidel Sanchez Hernandez for the Guatemalan Air Force attack on Sunday on a fleet of Salvadorian fishing boats. One fisherman was killed, one disappeared and 15 were injured when the aircraft machine-gunned the
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    • 203 9 UNITED NATIONS, Tues. The United States feels China should submit an official request to the Security Council for admission to the United Nations, the American Delegation spokesman told newsmen who questioned him yesterday. China should apply to the Security Council as a i
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    • 255 9 VIENTIANE, Tues. Chances for holding the long expected talks between Laotian Government and pro-Communist plenipotentiaries a first step towards restoring peace m the country grew today following a meeting last night between Premier Souvanna Phouma and a special envoy of the Neo Lao Haksat.
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    • 93 9 HONGKONG, Tues. At least 20 wound-be illegal immigrants were -feared drowned as the snakeboat smuggling them from Macao to Hongkong sprang a leak before reaching here. The police m Macao, a Portuguese enclave 40 miles west of Hongkong, were apprehensive that the snakeboat, a
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    • 72 9 HONGKONG, Tues. The Royal Interocean Line's Straat Fremantle rescued the whole crew of 15 from the Taiwan fishing vessel Huang Get Shing 210 miles south of Hongkong this morning. A signal sent by the Master of the RIL vessel said the 16.74-ton Kaoshiung-registered fishing
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    • 277 10 JERUSALEM, Tues. Prime Minister golda Meir indicated that Israel would settle for less than a total rollback of Egyptian missiles m the Suez Canal zone as a condition for rejoining peace talks with Cairo. "But I am still convinced that without this struggle (for
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    • 268 10 Jordan Army in big clash with guerillas AMMAN, Tues. Eight persons were killed and 45 wounded m fighting yesterday between Jordanians and Palestinians at Irbid, north of Amman, an officer of the Arab Committee supervising the Government-commando agreement said last night. In Beirut, an El Fatah spokesman put the casualties
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    • 98 10 LONDON, Tues. British Labour M.P. Paul Rose yesterday launched a new appeal on behalf of 76-year-old Rudolf Hess, who has been held m Berlin's Spandau Prison since the 1945-46 Nuremberg war crimes trials. Mr. Rose urged the Minister-in-charge of European Affairs, Mr Geoffrey Rippon, to
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    • 36 10 POLICE PIGS TOLEDO, Ohio, Tues. A children's book illustrated with animals dressed as people has been removed from Toledo Public School libraries because a police protested against a drawing that shows pigs dressed as policemen. AP
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    • 37 10 1,500 m. p.h. AIRLINER MOSCOW, Tues. The TU--144, the Soviet entry m the race to develop a supersonic transport for commercial use, hit a speed of 1,509.7 m.p.h. m a recent test flight. Tass reported yesterday. AP
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    • 236 10 TEL AVIV, Tues. The Jerusalem Post said this morning that "It appears partly correct" that deputy Prime Minister Ylgal Allon and King Hussein of Jordan met secretly this month. Yesterday, a spokesman for Mr. Allan denied the report, which first appeared In Time magailne. The government today
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    • 457 10 BEIRUT, Tues. Syria's strongman Gen. Hafez al -Assad last night formally announced the ouster of President Nureddin Attasi's Marxist Government and pledged to bring Syria as a fourth partner into a projected federation of the United Arab Republic, Libya and Sudan, Damascus Radio reported. The
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    • 170 10 Apartheid will fail, says Heath LONDON, Tues. Prime Minister Edward Heath declared last night his Government believed the South African system of separate racial development was detestable, damaging and "doomed to inevitable failure." But he told the annual Lord Mayor of London's banquet that Britain and South Africa have a
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    • 213 10 MY LAI:: JURY FOR CALLEY 'S TERIAL SELECTED FOR! r BENNING, Georgia, Toes.— Jury selection for the court martial of U.S. Army Lt. Wll liam L. Calley Jr., charged with murder m the alleged My Lai massacre, was completed yesterday as the defence and prosecution agreed two final jurors. Hie
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    • 174 10 New Cambodia push by Saigon troops SAIGON, Tues. A 4,500-man South Vietnamese task force spearheaded by an armed column drove into the north-eastern tip of Cambodia bordering Laos for the first time m six months. Initial reports said contact was light with only five North Vietnamese soldiers killed and no
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    • 119 10 CAIRO, Tues, Premier Mahmoud Fawzi has formed his new Government m a ministerial restructure designed to meet his ideas of attack on political and economic problems, the daily Al Gumhuria reported today. Mr. Fawzi's former Government dated to Oct. 20, when he was designated
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  • 327 11 A butt of Stalin outside the Lenin Mausoleum m Moscow's Red Square. LONDON: Was Joseph Stalin a double agent serving both the Czar and the Bolsheviks during the Russian revolution? H. Montgomery Hyde, a former member of the British Parliament and a historian who specialises
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  • 783 11 BACKGROUND TO THE FOREIGN NEWS RAGGED corpses of apparent "freedom swimmers" have begun to appear on Hongkong beaches m alarming numbers. The possibility of a new purge m southern China is examined by ROBERT HAWKINS. HONGKONG: Bodies are being washed up on Hongkong beaches near the
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  • 417 11  -  DAVID BURKE By NEW YORK: The possibility that Japan will become estranged from the western trading community and that As'ia's developing countries will fail to enter this community poses the most serious future threat to Asian stability, says Edwin Reischauer, former U.S. Ambassador to Japan.
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  • 752 11 Urdu isn 't Greek to them NORMAN RILEY on 'basic Hindustani 1 as spoken by British policemen FOR want of a better description, "basic Hindustani" is the name given to a language which 60 North Midlands policemen, from probationers up to the rank of chief inspector, are learning m their
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  • 137 12 KUALA LUMPUR, Tact. Malaysia will shortly make formal approaches to the Big Powers to guarantee tie neutrality of So«tk-East Asia. This was disclosed here today by Tan Sri Zalton Ibrahim, Malaysian Amhaisadar to Moscow who retained here today to take up his new
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  • 40 12 A MOTOR-CYCLIST Chew Keng Meng, 33, of Van Kit Village, was admitted to Outram Road General Hospital late last night with serious head injuries after his machine was involved m a collision with a bus m Changi Road.
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  • 68 12 NORFOLK, Virginia, Tues. A 20-year-old army enlisted man shot himself to death early yesterday after levelling a fulsillade of rifle shots at police who converged on an apartment where he had held a young couple captive. Authorities said Staff Sgt. Joseph James O'brien Jr. of Norfolk, formerly
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  • 233 12 Officials study Asean joint venture prospects KUALA LUMPUR, Tues. Officials of the Association of South-East Asian Nations today studied the possibility of setting up major industries on a joint fivenation venture basis. This was one of the main topics of discussion at the twoday meeting of the Asean advisory committee
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  • 400 12  -  SEAH CHIANG NEE From KUALA LUMPUR, Tues. The Malaylanguage Utusan Melayu has criticised organisers of the recent Asian Women's Basketball Tournament here as being "Unmalaysian" because they failed to stage it m the national language. Because almost every aspect of the tournament was held m
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    • 308 12 t you're now looking at a Prigiking installed by George Lee Motors (Pte) Ltd It's a concealed unit. When we're through installing it, that's about all you get to see of it. It's so cleverly hidden away, you'll know it's there only when you switch it on. Then you experience
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  • THE SINGAPORE herald Section II
    • 274 13 CHILDREN WHO ARE SENT ABROAD: 'IT'S NOT TO DODGE CALL-UP' PROFESSIONAL people are sending their children abroad, not because they want them to evade National Service, but because they are dissatisfied with the present education system here. Veritas, a columnist m the latestst Singapore Medical Association Newsletter, said that even
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    • 91 13 ESSO Standard Singapore Pte Ltd. held a cocktail party on Monday at the Pagoda Pool, Ming Court, for the Public Affairs Vice-President of Standard Oil Company (New Jersey), Mr. CO. Peyton. Mr. Peyton is on a tour of the company's public affairs operations
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    • 245 13 THE accident rate among Singapore Armed Forces vehicles has dropped by twothirds since Defence Minister Dr. Goh Keng S wee's announcement m Parliament two weeks ago that traffic offences involving army drivers would now be tried by military authorities. Until then, the rate used
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    • 164 13 Miss Ying Ying is a singer with a difference. She makes money out of writing as well. Twenty-one year old Ying .Ying started writing during her school days and is a free-lance writer for the Chinese papers m Hongkong where she
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    • 719 13 Mimi admits: Yes, I still love Hiroshi very much... MIMI Wong Weng Siu, 31, bar girl and dance hostess, denied yesterday m the High Court that she had attempted to strike Chieko Watanabe, daughter of the Japanese woman she is alleged to have murdered. Mimi, who is on trial together
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    • 37 13 SEE Cheng Hare, 23, of Ruby Lane, was admitted to Thomson Road Hospital with head injuries when two motor- cycles collided at Serangoon Road last night. His condition was described as "not serious."
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    • 176 13 Towkay hit in mouth over a money squabble AN Indonesian businessman, Kwee Sioe Sang, 50, pleaded guilty m the Third District Court yesterday to an amended charge of punching another businessman over a money squabble. Wee Yok Hui, 43, of a trading company m Raffles Place, told the court that
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    • 43 13 BONN, Tjies. Tan Sri Philip Kuok Hock Khee, the Malaysian ambassador to Bonn, today presented his credentials to West German President, Gustav Heinemann. He succeeds Haji Abdul Khalid bin Awang Osman who served as ambassador from January 1966.
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    • 64 13 11 H B¥/ *^i *f*..*'*'l* -j? .■> ■^^L 11 V bf '''I'-ffr* "''^iffistf^M a\ l\ IIVJ Br Jbl BPr ■1 B^k .^^^^^V^V 1 1 VJ P- ftP^v^^J^^ 3^ J i)BV k C> B^ieH Br^ PORTRAIT OP THE BEAUTY AS A GREAT SINGER The frankly flirtatious, essentially feminine f antabulous 'MISS
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  • 227 14 Taxi driver who turned down fares fined $70 A TAXI DRIVES who Made his passengers wait for It mlautes before refusing to take them to their destination was flaed $71 In a traffic court yesterday. Mr. Taa la Sin, prosecuting for the Registry of Vehicles, told the court that Urn
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  • 174 14 Grandma's death by fire: Murder verdict A 66-year-old woman died of severe burns three days after she dragged her grandson out of the burning bedroom of their home m Jalan Terigu at 4 a.m. on May 2 last year. Madam Sim Guat's clothes were on fire as she dragged 16-year-old
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  • 74 14 PENANG, Tues. Penang's Chief Minister Dr. Lim Chong Eu, said today his government had set aside a 24-acre site to be developed as a new urban centre for George Town. The area is bounded by Penang Road, Prangin Road, Maxwell Road, MacNair Street and
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  • 318 14 Teaching with stamps stimulates the young minds For instance, Miss Son Yoke Lans experiment with stamps as teaching aids to make history, geography and science interesting has proved a great success. Miss Soh has several stamp albums. The stamps are grouped according to the time of issue or the subject
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  • 53 14 JOHORE BAHRU, Tues. The Johore Government has set up 174 flood relief centres to deal with flood victims, the Mentri Besar, Dato Haji Othman Sa'at, announced here today. He also said that warning lights and signboards would be put up at strategic places to inform motorists of
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  • 197 14 WIDELY travelled German pantomimist Rolf Scharre used his art yesterday to demonstrate to about 50 children from the Retarded Children's Centre at Pasir Panjang how much fun a water fight can be without water. He had the children joining him on
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  • 166 14 RADIO Officer Wong Kai Ming, of Neptune Orient Lines, was seated on a bench with a girl friend one night last month when they were interrupted by four youths, one of whom flashed a dagger. The incident occurred at about
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  • 98 14 A MAN who harboured a nephew from Indonesia to enable him to go to a primary school was given a conditional discharge yesterday. *m h Hen <* Joo Chiat Mace, admitted m a magistrate's court that Ng Kheong Kok, v, had entered
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    • 250 14 CONDUCTOR FACES FORGED BUS TICKETS CHARGE A BUS conductor was tickets and 60 10-cent tickets at charged m a magfctrate*! the Paya Lebar bus station court yesterday with office m Yio Chu Kang Road, possession of forged bus tickets on Nov. 4. He was allowed bail and the Tan Kirn
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    • 583 14 1 NOW SHOWINO NO FREE LIST j 11 a.m., 1.45. 4.00. 6.30 4 9.15 p.m. WANG VU 'Tha CHINESE BOXER" 1 (A SHAW PRODUCTION) 1 Mandarin m SHAWSCOPE. COLOR I I NCXT CHANGE! JOHN WAYNE "CHISUM" I Pa na vision A Technicolor (WB) i a V*J B JTE ia J
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  • 259 15  -  FLORENCE CHONG RIFLEMAN, starring Chuck Connors as Lucas McCain and nine-year-old Johnny Crawford as his son, Mark, hasn't any special qualities. Frankly, there's nothing excitingly or refreshingly new or what one may call "substantial" m it. The plot for each episode hardly differs from
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  • Page 15 Miscellaneous
    • 880 15 "■■■iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii.iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiimiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiniiiii =iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii I ii llllllllllllll|||||||||||||||||||||||||||M 3.00 Housewives Matinee "Time To 5.50 Opening And Programme Summary Repent" (Pt. 1 Cantonese) 5.55 Fasting Break Announcement ?*55 he Fami| y (Chinese) 6.00 News (Malay) 4.20 A Diary Of Events In Singapore This 6.18 Pok Amai2 Week (Chinese) 5.05 cUJil 01 Ur UV6S 651
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    • 66 15 TELEVISION Radio Malaysia. BFBS (From fe n t^mmmmt k. Radio Australia). RADIO brief) a*n ccdc ,r- 6- 30 Radio Malaysia. BFBS ?*2 b f S (Fr m BBC) <F«»»n BBC > 7.00 Radio Singapore. Radio 7.00 Radio Singapore Malaysia 8.30 BFBS (From BBC) 7.30 BFBS (From BBC) 9.30 Radio Singapore.
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  • 158 16 THE Janette Chan story, otherwise known as "the agony and the ecstacy," has come to a happy ending. After one painstaking month of dieting and a regular exercise programme at the Amy Wee Health Centre, Janette has trimmed off 12 pounds and lost
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  • Article, Illustration
    4 16 The "Juliet" look.
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  • 278 16 Beauty Q A Q: I would like to slim my waist, thighs, calves and tummy. Please tell me how much it will cost and how long it will take. A: The only price for a good figure is discipline and some sore muscles! To begin, trim your diet down to
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  • 137 16 "I don't care if she does deny it, I still think she's had her face lifted." elements. Use soothing eyedrops to help relax the muscles. If this condition persists along with itching or soreness, consult an ophthalmologist. Q: lam a very heavy smoker, and my teeth are always stained from
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    63 16 with self, the w< glow" and c youth hair I shinin the ri] choos* the m life, shows long I The Jean's Road, delici Shishe tion a1 perse femini sweet I fresh 1 catche white frame soph is "tight with a nape c lacefr< of flitt love v leghor
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    • 79 16 /^^HH^ INVITfITION\ 1 from 1 I V Mrs Gmy ((4i I I A ew Philosophy of beauty I Jk > by I I f Dr.N.G.Payot I wf^ Po I f»fw s^» v^^ll Name Age.. I Address City m m FREE consultations Yes I I No I 1 I SUITS* DRESSES
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  • 292 17  -  JACKIE McCORD Pictures Si OUR beauty life begins with feeling good about yourself, knowing who you are, loving the way you look. But that "inner glow" can only come with time and care. Your skin must exude youth and health. Long,
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  • 305 17 NOW goes to your head DESIGNER'S MESSAGE: No natter what, the hair stylists still prefer short hair, but to get the wind-blown, casual look the young set love, they have created a short look with "shaggy" touches the effect is made by cutting up into the hair at the same
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    • 547 17 1 V®^^ 0 Got any grouses? Air tr praises? Record them here i ?"Vh ss.-2-sy s irsKSrs Bridge Road, Singapor S Park Com P lex New CHEERS ne^^cSS? Tfin and all the other clrats must bl af ld Fu ™shings, Tanglin Road, the wrlHo d£ ar llogn g the m
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  • Economic Affairs/Shipping
    • 427 18  - Sarawak forest inventory on schedule S.C. CHAN ZSFGFCHGKJL From Kuching. A FOREST inventory covering three-and-a-half million acres is being carried out m Sarawak. It is being done by the Food and Agriculture O rganisation (FAO) and the Malaysian Government at a cost of 11 million. The Malaysian Government pays 52
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    • 269 18 SINGAPORE-MALAYSIA Merchant rates fixed yesterday by the Association of Banks m Malaysia-Singapore. Local dollars per unit of foreign currency. (Rates m Hongkong dollars, for Nov. 17). On New York TT 6.0875 On New York DD 6.***** Gold (99% fineness. per tael) 290.375 Note Rates: China (per 100
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    • 172 18 STUDY TO REOPEN THE SUEZ TOKYO, Tues. PenU Ocean Construction of Japan said today it has agreed to make a study on the feasibility of reopening and enlarging the Suez Canal on behalf of the Suez Canal Authority, an agency of the United Arab Republic. Mr. Tetsutaro Mizuno, Peuta's president,
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    • 295 18 UNITED NATIONS, Tues. A United Nations aid programme to developing countries, totalling US$l,OOO million a year by 1975 double current spending was predicted by Paul G. Hoffman, administrator of the U.N. Development Programme (UNDP). In a statement before the general assembly's economic committee,
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    • 45 18 (Yesterday's closing prices, m U.S. dollars per ounce). Singapore (1) 39.225, (2) 148.75; Hongkong 39.65; Beirut 38.00; London 37.625; Zurich 37.608 37.805; .Paris 37.94. Note: (1) Export price to non-sterling areas m U.S. dollars. (2) Local dealers' price m Singapore dollars per taeL
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    • 28 18 (Closing buyer /seller prices for Nov. 17, m sterling per metric ton). Tone: Steady; Spot 1519 1520; 3-month 1518 1519; Settlement 1523; Total turnover 390 tons.
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    • COMPANY NEWS
      • 155 18 ELECTRICAL AND ALLIED INDUSTRIES yesterday announced that its production and sales of refrigerators and airconditioners were at "a high level" m the half year ended September. The brief announcement added that these activities showed a "considerable improvement" over those m the same period m the previous financial
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      • 170 18 SELANGOR PROPERTIES experienced a quiet year ended October which reflected the general property situation m West Malaysia. In an interim report, chairman Dato T.K. Wen said that while sales of individual sites and houses were somewhat slow, the building and leasing of the commercial office building at Damansara
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      • 41 18 KUALA LUMPUR INDUSTRIES announced that it had acquired all the paid-up capital of $2.5 million of Kuala Lumpur Holdings on Oct. 30. Kuala Lumpur Holdings was incorporated on May 22, 1964 with an authorised capital of $25 million.
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      • 141 18 Leaseo Pergamon LONDON, Tues. Leasco Data Processing Equipment has dropped its bid for Pergamon Press. A joint announcement by Leasco, Pergamon and institutional shareholders states. "The boards of Leasco and Pergamon said that following discussion with the representatives of certain institutional shareholders of Pergamon, Leasco will not proceed with a
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      • 73 18 LONDON, Tues. Brook Street Bureau said it has acquired Central Secretarial Services for £110,000. This will be paid m three equal annual instalments to 50 per cent m Brook Street ordinary shares and 50 per cent cash. As part of the first instalment, Brook Street will issue 11,734
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      • 151 18 LONDON, Tues. International Investors Group (IIG), an offshore investment fund, moved to Rome lock, stock and barrel earlier this month, only 18 months after arriving m London with great fanfare. lIG president Jerome D. Hoffman, reported yesterday to be established m the Italian capital, left senior
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      • 109 18 PARIS, Tues. A new four-language business monthly magazine, with the title 'Vision', was launched here today. Sold by subscription only to managerial executives, the magazine published m English, German, French and Italian hopes to achieve a circulation of 100,000 copies. It will deal with economic problems from a
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      • 51 18 MANILA, Tues. An eight-man team from the Asian Development Bank will visit Northern Sumatra to study measures to boost agricultural production there. A bank spokesman said the team will make recommendations to improve the flood control system and irrigation and drainage facilities m the Wampu- Serangan river basins-
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      • 47 18 FRANKFURT, Tues. The Central Bank Council decided today to reduce the West German discount rate from 7 to 6.5 per cent. It also decided to reduce the Lombard rate at which banks can borrow against securities to 8 per cent AP from 9 per cent.
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      • 270 18 PEOPLE IN Bussiness Mr tt.M. HICKS, Jr., Kodak motion picture expert, who arrives m Singapore on Friday, will give a talk to movie cameramen, advertising agencies, television officials and motion picture producers. The talk will be held m the AA Theatrette at 5.00 p.m. on Friday. Mr Hicks, motion picture
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    • 635 18 The market staged a technical rally yesterday although trading remained depressed. Press comment on the October trade surplus, the coal miners' partial return to work and the steadier conditions on Wall Street prompted a slight recovery after recent weakness. Towards the close, the Financial Times index was
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    • 366 18 Stocks continued to press ahead after an hour of moderate trading yesterday. The Stanpoors industrial average was up 43 cents, while the Dow Jones industrials advanced about four points. Upside issues held a better than three-to-two lead over the losers and volume topped three million shares.
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    • 177 18 AMSTERDAM Internationals closed firm yesterday, but off the top, partly on higher Wall Street expectations and led by Royal Dutch, -which rose on foreign demand. Akzo advanced ahead of the after hours figures release. Philips met bargain hunting. Unilever, Hoogovens and KLM were also higher. Shippings were mixed.
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    • 705 19 ORIENT UNES LTD HNCOW»K)»UTEOrNTH€WCPUeLICOySIWGArcmC) ICB BUILDING 2 SHENTQN WAV SINGAPQWC 1 TEL *****3-7 U.K. -EUROPE SERVICE LOADING FOR LONDON,H'BUfIG, ROAM, HAVRE, S.n 8 p0 P Sham P*,^ aj,a»v€S NCrTUNt 2INCOM */S O«c o. t Ldonj/I. M burg 1 R'dam 11/1 Havrt 14/1 NiPTUNE AQUAMANINC 9/13 J.n 14 1& j. n
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    • 1369 19 M-l V N. KEY FOR EASY REFERENCE: The shipping schedules t I /> x. a beginning on this page «re given m four parts for J^^ t,a>- c jl sh »ps westbound, eastbound, southbound and coastal. 7 1 hL. BttfßßffMa^ Each entr y 9' ves the following information: NAME OF
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  • 188 20 LONDON, Tues. An unprecedented 25 per cent surcharge on all freight loading m the Port of London is to be imposed by the two shipping conferences handling cargo to India and Pakistan., The two conferences are the India-Pakistan Conference and the U.K. -Ceylon Eastbound Conference, which includes all
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    • 340 20 SCINDIA LINES ■M PACIFIC NORTH WEST SERVICE Loading For LOS ANGELES, SAN OIEGO. SAN FRANCISCO. VANCOUVER B.C. TACOMA. Penanq p Sham Singapore I Angeles JALAKIRTI <!*/.»u Nov I^^ |j ec j/;> De c 4 Jan IST CLASS SALOON PASSENGER ACCOMMODATION AVAILABLE U.S. ATLANTC GULF SERVICE LOADING fOR NIW YORK, CHARLESTON.
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  • Page 20 Miscellaneous
    • 1166 20 t aSTDOUnn L ocludin 0 sh 'PS filing out of Singapore for Far East ports to the north-east ALEMANNIA Dec 16 Kaohsiung HLL/AFT Y TAYLOR In Pt/Nov 20 Saigon. SSV/BA ANNA TAYLOR Dec 2/6 Saigon, Quinhon SSV/BA JURATA Nov 28/29 Bangkok (Dec 2/5). ARISTAGELOS rwi/j Hongkong (Dec 10/13). 1/2 Japan
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    • 308 20 Ships m port THE PORT OF SINGAPORE EASTERN ROADS: Uelbros AUTHORITY HAS MADE THESE Mt. Makiling, Yoshinosan Maru BERTHING ARRANGEMENTS Golden Moon, Washington Mail, FOR NOVEMBER 18. Luven Karavelou, Straat Hongkong, OUT: Sumber Tunas II 1; Iwate Eastern Pearl, Tarantell, Neptune Maru 13/14; Auby 21 west; Sletter Taurus, Lingayang Gulf,
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  • 233 21 KUCHING, Tue«. Bumlputra participation m commerce and industry m Sabah is gradually picking up, Sabah's former Finance Minister, Dato Mohamed Harris, Salleh, said yesterday. Dato Harris, who is now a prominent industrialist, added that Bumiputras were proving that they could be successful businessmen. There
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  • 84 21 HONGKONG, Tues. A diamond exchange might be set up m Hongkong. Diamond merchants, who are considering this possibility, said yesterday that Hongkong was an ideal pi ace because of its growing import and reexport trade m precious jewellery. Hongkong was also conveniently located for foreign buyers, particularly
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  • 25 21 LAGOS, Tues. The World Bank has extended a credit of N£9,000,000 ($54,000) to the Nigerian Government to rebuild roads destroyed during the Biafran War. AFP
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  • 1449 21 STOCK EXCHANGE OF MALAYSIA AND SINGAPORE 1.000% Wb« «^Prt«l.«otfallaw«dby«flgi«.i aIWM M t^H« M «.o^«rt^Wlotoflooo*M^^^ I THE listing of United Motor Works was the feature of an otherwise listless and easier share market yesterday. The new counter's turnover of 810,000 unite accounted for almost a third of the
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  • 78 21 (Managers' prices for Nov. 18) B. S. ASIA UNIT TRUSTS Mai. Invt. Fund 1.17 1.22xd Mai. Progre» 1.02 1.07 CHARTERED UNIT TRUSTS Singapore Growth Fund .98 1.03xd SINGAPORE UNIT TRUSTS Second Singapore 1.84 Third Singaqpre 1.16 B. S. The Commerce Ind. Fund .95 l.OOzd The Saving Fuß <*
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  • 52 21 TIN *C 5» a picul (up |1.75). The Straits tin price continued on its uptrend yesterday and put on $1.75 to $659 a picul on an offering estimated five tons less at 285 tons. Main inquirers were reported from Japan and Europe and the market ruled a very
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  • 82 21 LONDON, Tues. Primary tin world production m July totalled 15,100 metric tons as against consumption of 15,300 metric tons, according to statistics issued by the International .Tin Council. Comparative figures for July 1969 were 14,900 long tons and 15,000 long tons respectively. World stocks of tin concentrates at
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  • 119 21 JAKARTA, Tues. Four thousand tons of rice shipped from Thailand to Pontianak m West Borneo has been partially destroyed by insects but the Indonesian Government has not decided whether to file a claim against the Bangkok shipper, the daily paper Indonesian Raya reported. The paper,
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  • 63 21 (Yesterday's official buyer/seller prices, m pence perlb). Tone: Steady quiet; ClF's Dec. 17-7/8 18, Jan. 18*4 buyer 18K nominal seller; Spot 18% 19; Settlements Dec. 18-7/8 19, Jan. 19-3/16 19-3/8, Feb. 19V4 19-5/8, Jan/March 19V4 19-5/8, April/June 20-3/8 20-7/16, July /Sept. 21 21-1/8, Oct/Dec. 21-3/16 21-3/8, Jan/March 21-7/16
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  • RUBBER/TIN/COCONUT/PEPPER
    • 279 21 RUBBER 51 cents a lb. (up a quarter cent.) The market yesterday experienced another day of quiet cautious trading. Lower overseas advices caused a little selling at the opening which saw prices eased fractionally from the initial level of 51--3/8 cents for December 1 RSS. Thereafter, spasmodic buying
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    • 156 21 (Yesterday's 1.30 p.m. prices, m sterling per long ton, unless otherwise stated). COPRA (U.S. dollars per long ton): Philippine/Indonesian Nov. and Dee. both 236, Jan. 237, all resellers. COCONUT OIL: Straits Nov/Dec. 152 quoted; Malayan March 166 sellers; Philippine (U.S. dollars per long ton) Dec/Jan. 350 sellers; Jan.
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    • 178 21 LONDON, Tues. Grain shippers have covered from the U.S. Gulf to Taiwan at USS 15.000 fd (free discharge) for Nov/Dec. and from the U.S. Gulf to St. Naizaire at US$B.lO fio (free m and out) for Dec. Two cargoes of coal have been fixed from Hampton Roads
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    • 415 21 Prices were easier yesterday, after meagre early buying gave way to sporadic selling m the afternoon. Major losers were Matsushita Electric, National Cash Register, Toyo Toki, Banyu The stock average declined 22.79 yen at 2,075.66 yen. Pharmaceuticals, Sony, Caipis. Nippon Optical and Fuji Photo Film. However, Nippon
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    • 725 21 Selected mining shares continued to advance m relatively quiet trading yesterday, although many stocks were still out of favour, including Poseidon, which fell $1 to sell at $60. Oils too were quiet, but generally firm, with a few small fluctuations m more speculative issues. Industrials were mixed.
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    • 145 21 v JI!L7 arke L yWt I rdB y vnt rose to lso before easing Hotels closed at $9 15 after chalked up further.gains. Lands were traded at Si oo ncor Miramar and Among these were Lands, initiaU y Md fi™ed later to Z?Z™ opoUtun were al8 Telephones,
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    • 615 22 APPOINTMENTS For the construction of its Refinery extensions Shell have vacancies m Pulau Bukom for English speaking: (a) Civil Supervisors (b) Civil Foremen Singapore citizens or permanent residents m Singapore are invited to apply. Qualification Experience: For (a) Singapore Polytechnic Diploma m Civil Engineering, Kuala Lumpur Technical College Diploma m
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  • 852 23  -  CAVALIER RACINE IEWIB BY MOVIE HOUSE V, who scored a smart double at the last meeting here is m peak form. With Lyle Harbridge astride, the Fair's Fair gelding sprinted stylishly over 3f m 37 on a good track at
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  • 700 23 THE Stipendiary's report on the races held last weekend at Kuala Lumpur. State of the track was heavy on both days. SATURDAY RACE ONE: The field was tight at the sandcrossing, Pacific W. Liew) became unbalanced and bumped Kota Tiaggi 11 (Miller) onto Splendid Investment (C.
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  • 100 23 Newcomers Alwftn and Pros* Mary went together over »f in 41. Alwtn is a four-year-old Port Vista gelding out of Little Empress. He was unplaced m his four starts as a two and a three-year-old. Proad Mary, an Australian mare by Hunter's Sight out of Toastee, failed m her
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  • 459 23 Frazier can't afford to let Foster win DETROIT, Michigan, Tues. With the prospects of a mid ti -million dollar purse for meeting Cassius Clay, World Heavyweight Boxing Champion Joe Frazier cannot afford to let Bob Foster become the first world middleweight champion to take the allcategory title tomorrow. The two
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  • 161 23 TAIPEI, Tues. -Taiwan is planning to expand its contingent to the Asian Games by adding four more athletes to its some 100-member strong delegation, it was learned here The Minister of Education had earlier approved 85 athletes to participate m the. Bangkok Games
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  • 149 23 ALAN Puan (Chinese SC) and Teo Slew San (Aston RC) won the first round of the Singapore Billiards Association Senior Four Ball Championship held at the Aston Recreation Club Alan Puan (CSC) beat his clubmate Richard Yap m a fast scoring match very comfortably
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  • 177 23 MANILA, Tues.-The World Boxing Council has sanctioned proposed fight between American Mando Rammos and Ken Buchanan of Scotland as a championship bout for the. vacant world lightweight crown, it was learned here In approving the fight, however, the world boxing body decreed that
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  • 187 23 Kallstrom sweeps into lead In RAC rally GLASGOW, Scotland, Tues. Harry Kallstrom of Sweden, driving an Italian Lancia Fulvia, swept into the lead m the Royal Automobile Club's rally of the forests today. Scotland's first taste of real winter cut the field of 196 starters by half. With the gruelling
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  • Page 23 Miscellaneous
    • 435 23 TWINSET CROSSWORD ACROSS DOWN 4. Catchphrase m a form of i Become a sailor on a journey slang there's nothing m it (6) o f discovery, we hear (4,2,3) 8. There's a personal with riotous 2 Tall tree by the sound of it, m town that's self governed (7) California
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  • 349 24 4 newcomers in Aussies team against England FIRST TEST MATCH LONDON, Tues: Arrangements are being made to rush Bob Willis, the Surrey fast bowler, to Australia to replace Alan Ward of Derbyshire, who is returning home, m the MCC touring team. Twenty-one-year old Willis, with very little experience m first
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  • 321 24 THE starting times for the social match between Ayer Keroh Country Club and the Keppel Club will be played at Bukit Chermin on Saturday, Not. 21, starting at 1.30 p.m. IST TEE: 1.30 Loh Heng Km (17), Teoh Khoon Keah (13); vs
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  • 93 24 HONGKONG, Tues. Hongkong's swimming team for next month's Asian Games m Bangkok wfll be one of the youngest it has selected to compete outside of the colony. However, leading the team will be the colony's Commonwealth and Olympic Games representative, Ronnie Wong Man-chiu. Other
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  • 279 24 PARIS, Tues. Frenchman Rene Rogue last night successfully defended his European light-welterweight boxing title against Roger Zami of Guadeloupe. Rogue won on points after a tough, hard-hitting 15--round battle. From the beginning, Zami was the aggressor, and during the first five rounds he brought the
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  • 71 24 KUALA LUMPUR, Tues.-Selangor and Perak won their respective matches m the boys* section m the first day of the three-day Malaysian schools inter-state under- 11 mini-basketball championship at the Chin Woo Stadium here today. Selangor edged Kdantan 25-24 while Perak beat Malacca 53-52.
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  • 509 24 BANGKOK, Tues. Defending champions South Korea meet Malaysia and last year's runners- up Indonesia take on Thailand, the host, m the King's Cup soccer semi-finals here tomorrow night. Indonesia, winners of the tournament m 1968, the inaugural year, went down to South Korea
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  • 299 24 SINGAPORE Yachting Association yesterday named the Republic*! representatives for the Sixth Asian Games at Bangkok. The team includes school teacher. Tan Eng Huat wh o is attending an Outward Bound School training course m New Zealand. Eng Huat's inclusion m made possible
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  • 95 24 CAPETOWN, Tues.-Bobby Charlton, Manchester United forward and England's top capped soccer player has been signed up by Capetown City for two months next season. Announcing this today, Mr. Lan Taylor President of the Western Province Football Association said he had received
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  • 146 24 LONDON, Tues. John Alexander (19) of Australia scored a shock win over Dutch professional Tom Okker m the British International Indoor tennis championships at Wembkley. Results are as follows: Men's singles, round one...J. Alexander (Aus) beat T. Okker (Hoi) 6-2, 9-8; D. Ralston (USA) beat C. Graebner (USA) 6-8, 6-1,
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