Singapore Herald, 8 December 1970

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    15 1 THE SINGAPORE Herald aaßaßßßaa^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^iaaHßßi^aM^^B^^aH^B^Haa^^Bßßaßßßaaaaaaßaaßßßaaßßßßßßaaßaaaaaßßaaaßaaaaßßßßßßßßßaaa^Ba^aßaaßaßa^^^H^HH^Ki^MaMi^a* No. 119 Singapore Tuesday. December 8, 1970 MC(P) 2207 g CENTS
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    Lock icon Gunmen abduct Swiss envoy on way home
    236 1 RIO DE JANEIRO, Mon. Mr. Giovanni Enrico Bucher, the Swiss Ambassador was kidnapped here today after a gunfight in which a Brazilian security guard was wounded. The 57-year-old Ambassador was driving from his home to the Swiss Embassy when the road was blocked
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    Lock icon Britain in crisis as workers defy Heath
    194 1 Britain in crisis as workers defy Heath LONDON, Mon. Prime Minister Edward Heath and his Conservative Cabinet today appeared to be headed for the trial of strength with the trade unions which has been looming since the Labour Party's electoral defeat last June. In a climate of growing conflict which
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    Lock icon SOVIET CONGRESS
    24 1 MOSCOW, Mon. The 24th Congress of the Soviet Communist Party will convene on March 30 next year, Tass news agency announced. AFP
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    Lock icon Mimi and husband to hang
    1253 1  -  ELENGOVAN TWO JUDGES a DELIBERATE FOR AN HOURjTHEN^. By BAR girl and dance hostess Mimi Wong Weng Sui, 31, was sentenced to death by the High Court yesterday for the murder of her lover's wife, Mrs. Ayako Watanabe. This is the first time that a
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    Lock icon Definitely NO Indon military aid for her Asian neighbours
    238 1 JAKARTA, Mon. Foreign Minister Adam Malik contradicted the Deputy Commander of the Indonesian Armed Forces today by playing down statements the general made last week concerning Indonesian assistance to its Asian neighbours in the event of attacks upon them. Malik said
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    Lock icon Army training for elections
    65 1 JAKARTA, Mon -^Joint combat exercises by the Indonesian Army beginning tomorrow will be aimed at making next July's general elections a success, a senior Army general said here today. Lt. Gen. Kamal Idris, the Sulawesi Defense commander, said the eight-day manoeuvres would show the armed forces'
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      Lock icon 'LBJ to run again' report
      80 1 'LBJ to run again' report BALTIMORE, Mon. Former President Johnson will stand as a Democrat candidate in the 1972 presidential elections if Mr. Nixon's popularity drops further, according to Mr Johnson's younger brother Samuel in an interview in today's Baltimore American News. Mr. Samuel Johnson, now in the John Hopkins
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      33 1 DDD WASHINGTON: Secretary of State William Rogers says the United States is considering a month-long Vietnam truce over the coming holidays in hopes it will lead to a permanent end of fighting. AP
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      23 1 ODD KINSHASA: Congolese President Joseph Mobutu dismissed 11 ministers and four deputy ministers today in the biggest Cabinet reshuffle of his five-year-old presidency.
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    Lock icon TRIAL OFF FOR DAY
    29 1 BURGOS, Mon. Today's session of the trial of 16 Basque Nationalists was cancelled officially because the only jurist on the military tribunal was ill. AFP
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    Lock icon Protest to New Delhi over 300 slain Pakistanis
    199 1 KARACHI, Mon. Several thousand Indians attacked East Pakistani residents in the Cooch Behar border enclave 250 miles north of Calcutta on Saturday, wounding a number of people and looting and burning their houses, official sources said today. The reported attack, said to
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    Lock icon TROOPS OUT TO KEEP EYE ON VOTERS
    83 1 KARACHI, Man. Pakistanis voted today in their first general election. Police used batons to disperse fighting mobs shortly after the palls opened at a "women's only" station In the crowded Karachi slum area of Lyari. This was the first report of violence In
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    Lock icon Two bombs thrown at Soviet ship in Fremantle
    177 1 PERTH, Mon. Two bombs were hurled on to the afterdeck of the Russian freighter Novgorod at Victoria Quay, Fremantle, early today causing slight damage to the deck. Two young men are believed to have thrown the two charges, each consisting of a
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    Lock icon Results of Thai campaign against guerillas 'poor'
    199 1 Results of Thai campaign against guerillas 'poor' BANGKOK, Mon. Thai forces killed 17 bandits and guerillas and arrested 432 suspects in their massive drive to suppress banditry and terrorism in Southern Thailand during the period Nov. 15-30, it was reported today. Police said there had been 12 clashes between government
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    Lock icon Journalist is freed by Communists
    99 1 PHNOM PENH, Cambodia, Mon. Communists released Korean television photographer, Joseph Lee, yesterday after holding him captive in the northern fighting zone for more than a week. A military spokesman said today Lee had made his way to Cambodian units in the Skoun area about 50
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    Lock icon The Left in a world of change
    2718 2  - The Left in a world of change John Kenneth Galbraith A WESTERN DILEMMA: EARLY WARNING SIGNAL FOR SINGAPORE 7 By Environmental damage: Technical fault? Or inherent in system? KEYNESIAN economics at a deadend. WAGE-PRICE control a 'must'. IMPLICATIONS for the 'old' left. STIRRINGS among the young on the whole question
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    Lock icon Alliance: A big reform—or tinkering ?
    677 2 Alliance: A big reform— or tinkering r/^n Tuesday, December 8. 1970 L)J*r THE SINGAPORE HERALD THE race riots in May last year marked a watershed in Malaysian politics. It brought to the surface all the problems which had previously been glossed over or dissembled, and it broadcast the inadequacy of
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    Lock icon Singapore invited to take part in Perth Festival
    440 3 Singapore invited to take part in Perth Festival SINGAPORE has been invited for the first time to send a cultural troupe for special performances at the 19th Festival of Perth a five-week-long fair of performing and visual arts of "extremely high standard" to be held in February. Mr. John Birman.
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    Lock icon IAC 'yes' to a name change
    73 3 IAC 'yes' to a name change THE Industrial Arbitration Court yesterday granted an application to change the name of a party in an agreement Union Carbide Singapore Pte. Ltd. and Metals Ores Pte. Ltd. Hourly-Rated Employees Agreement of 1969. The workers, formerly represented by the Singapore Manual and Mercantile Workers'
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    Lock icon Two sections of National Library plan seasonal activities
    89 3 THE Children's and Group Services' sections of the National Library have organised additional activities for members for this month. Arrangements have been made by the Group Services for Miss Amy Koh to show how Christmas decorations and ornaments including fancy hats, tree
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    Lock icon Shipyards grab six reclaimed sites
    264 3 Shipyards grab six reclaimed sites DREDGING CARRIED OUT UNDER $7.5 MIL CDC LOAN ANOTHER six large shipyards are to be built in Jurong by the end of next year. They will be built on a 250-acre site for a mile alongside a channel called Gul, now being dredged. Dredging is
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    Lock icon How to breed our mosquitoes out of existence
    430 3 How to breed our mosquitoes out of existence GOVERNMENT TURNS TO GENETIC METHODS OF CONTROL PUT ONE LondonFreetown male and one local male in with 20 local virgin females for 24 hours. Then see which haa managed to inseminate more females. This is one of the experiments the Vector Control
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    Lock icon Jurong could teach Aussles some lessons
    142 3 Jurong could teach Aussles some lessons SUCCESS town Jurong could teach Australia a few lessons. So says Douglas Clark, Tasmania's Minister for Industrial Development. He is here at the head of a six-man government trade mission. Yesterday he said Tasmania could well learn something from the structure of Jurong Town
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    Lock icon Snatch thief gets $500 gold chain
    71 3 HOUSEWIFE Saobah bte Othman, 46, of Lorong Abu Talib, lost her gold chain valued at $500 to a snatch-thief at the junction of Hillside Drive and Upper Serangoon Road on Sunday. Saobah was walking along with her daughter at about 11 a.m. when the
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    Lock icon Why Englisheducated keep aloof
    735 4 COMMUNITY SERVICE YES, BUT NOT IN CENTRES ENGLISH EDUCATED professional men shun working in community centre committees because they believe this would be interpreted as involvement in party politics. Other younger professional men are put off by Chinese edu cated shopkeepers and merchants who dominate the
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    Lock icon TYRES FOR USE AS SHIP'S FENDERS GO UP IN FLAMES AT TANJONG RHU SLIPWAY
    94 4 TYRES FOR USE AS SHIP'S FENDERS GO UP IN FLAMES AT TANJONG RHU SLIPWAY SIX OLD aircraft tyres, which were to be used as fender guards for a ship, caught fire early yesterday. A fire engine from the Geylang Fire Station, put out the flames in about 45 minutes. The
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    Lock icon Jail for VC – plea for leniency rejected
    233 4 Jail for VC plea for leniency rejected A VIGILANTE Corps national serviceman, who admitted a snatch theft, made an unsuccessful plea yesterday for leniency, and was jailed for six months. Ninth Magistrate E.C. Foenander told Chia Kee Boey, 19, that he could not see how he should be lenient to
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    Lock icon Hon to open Jurong pier
    65 4 FINANCE Minister Hon Sui Sen, will open the Jurong Town Pier at Jalan Pabrik on Dec. 18 at 5 p.m. The pier will serve workers to and from their place of work in the Southern Islands. It was built at a cost of $600,000. Facilities
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    Lock icon Detainee who hurt defenceless student begs: Don't cane me
    328 4 A CRIMINAL law detainee convicted of causing grievous hurt to a university student yesterday begged a judge to give him a long jail term rather than impose a canning. Chan Huat Seng, 25, also asked to be transferred from the criminal
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    Lock icon Airline instals telecoms equipment
    67 4 Airline instals telecoms equipment LUFTHANSA German Airlines recently installed $15,000 worth of telecommunication equipment at its Paya Lebar airport office to co-ordinate its ground handling system. According to its station manager, Mr. F. Gesper, it has proved a great help in the co-ordinating work and communications during aircraft arrivals and
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    Lock icon FOUND HANGING
    26 4 HAWKER Tan Lee Peng, 70, was found hanging from a beam in his room in Grange Road yesterday. Police do not suspect foul play.
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    Lock icon Hotel singer found unconscious in Outram Park flat
    124 4 SINGER Koh Lee Lian (above) was admitted to the Outram Road General Hospital after she was found unconscious in her Outram Park flat last Week. She is recovering, but is still unable to take solid food. Her maidservant, Ah Moy, said that
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    Lock icon ON BBC SERVICE—SIR GERALD REMEMBERS...
    151 4 ON BBC SERVICE SIR GERALD REMEMBERS... THE BBC's World Service is to broadcast Field Marshal Sir Gerald Tempter's of memoirs of some of the outstanding world events in which he has taken part including the Malayan Emergency. The programme, I Remember, can be heard In Singapore at 11.45 p.m. on
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    Lock icon Unions back NTUC in call for bonus law change
    204 4 TWO TRADE unions today came out in full support of the National Trades Union Congress in calling for an amendment to the law covering bonus payments to employees. They were the Singapore National Union of Journalists and the Singapore Manual and
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    Lock icon 'OPERATION COWBOY'
    24 4 TAIPING, Mon. About 40 cows have been rounded up by the Taiping Town Council since it launched its "Operation Round-up" last month.
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    Lock icon SUNDAY SAFE DRIVING TEST OVER 25 MILES
    118 5 SUNDAY SAFE DRIVING TEST OVER 25 MILES THE National Safety Flrat Council will organise a safe driving rally on Dec. 29, a Sunday, atartlng from Empress Place. The competition la open to all car drivers aad the entry fee Is $2. Entries cloae on Thursday. The competitors will drive over
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    Lock icon Data from satellites for 9 out of 10 Asian forecasters
    172 5 NINE OUT of ten Asian countries are now getting weather forecasts from data transmitted by weather satellites, according to Prof. Colin S. Ramage of the University of Hawaii. Prof. Ramage is directing the current seminar on "Synoptic Analysis and Forecasting
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    Lock icon 120 entries for best filling station competition
    85 5 The Singapore Tourist Promotion Board has received about 120 entries for the "Most Attractive Service and Filling Station" competition. Entries were closed last Saturday. The contest was launched on Nov. 16 as part of the "Keep Singapore clean and Green campaign. Judging will
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    Lock icon CARELESS DRIVING
    31 5 LEE Yeow Song, of Siglap Valley, was fined $50 in a traffic court yesterday for careless driving on March 31, when he collided with another car in Nicoll Highway.
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    Lock icon How the Brownies learn through their games
    158 5 THE Brownies can be taught important lessons for character development by means of stimulating games. This is the emphasis in an exhibition of Brownie teaching apparatus being held daily at the Girl Guide Hoyse from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. until Friday. Mrs.
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    Lock icon Aid pact with Canada
    43 5 SINGAPORE and Canada will sign .an agreement providing technical assistance and equipment for the Bukit Merah Vocational Institute at 10 a.m. today. The signing will take place in the conference room, 7th floor, Ministry of Education, Kay Siang Road.
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    Lock icon Home again... Queen Anne of the race tracks
    265 5 SINGAPORE'S first lady of the race track came home yesterday by air. And 21-year-old Anne Wong pledged to carry on driving if dad will let her. For since she took to highspeed motoring in the Spring, her father, Mr P.H Wong has
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    Lock icon FRESHER FLOWERS FOR AIRPORT WELCOME
    153 5 FRESHER FLOWERS FOR AIRPORT WELCOME WHAT BETTER way to welcome your guest on arrival at the airport than with a fresh bouquet of orchids? And now they are available at the Coronation Flower Shop right at the airport, along with roses. carnations, chrysanthemums and potted plants (the latter not recommended
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    Lock icon DAP censure bid if NOC acts on the Budget
    371 5 KUALA LUMPUR, Mon. The 1971 Budget will be announced on Dec. 22, instead of Dec. 18, as originally planned. The Secretary-General of the Treasury, Tan Sri Mohamed Sharif f, said today that Dec. 22 would be more convenient, as the Treasury
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    Lock icon Jobless man willing to make restituition
    123 5 AN UNEMPLOYED man who spent $45 entrusted to him by a friend told a court yesterday that he was willing to make restitution. Ahmad Radan, 27, admitted misappropriating $45 belonging to Mohammed Salim bin Haji Idris on Oct. 23. Senior Inspector Chia Cheng Poh
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    Lock icon MINISTER TO OPEN SEMINAR ON MANAGERS
    101 5 MINISTER TO OPEN SEMINAR ON MANAGERS THE development of manaferial skills to meet ingapore's needs will be discussed at a seminar at Hotel Equatorial on Dec. 19. The Second National Seminar the first was held last year will highlight: THE problem of developing sufficient numbers of managers of Juality to
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    Lock icon Talk on coming R.I. elections
    44 5 MR. Muhammad Soebchan, Vice-Chairman of the Supreme People's Congress of the Republic of Indonesia, is giving a talk on "The coming elections in Indonesia" at seminar room of the Institute of South-east Asian Studies at 10.30 a.m. on Friday.
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    Lock icon Customs collect $37 million more...
    74 5 Customs collect $37 million more... REVENUE collected by the Customs in the past 11 months totalled $254,803,000 an increase of $37,605,000 over the same period last year. Biggest revenue-earner was petroleum which yielded $67,786,000 up $9,098,000 as compared with the same period last year. Other record revenue producing items were
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    Lock icon Man with blue films fined $500
    53 5 ONG CHWEE IM, 24, was lined $500 yesterday for having three reels of blue films in Jalan Hong Keng on Sunday. The Ninth Magistrate's Court was told that police raided a house at 2.55 a.m. and found Ong with the films. Ong had a
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      312 5 W /X r~: __i- aa^M This is the large 18-carat gold nib of the new Sblikan The new large Pelikan Nib of 18-carat gold lends wings to the writing hand. It glides smoothly and flexibly over the paper. Its stabilising edges prevent troublesome splaying of the point. The large gold
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    Lock icon Railway to spend nearly $157 mil. in next five years
    154 6 KUALA LUMPUR, Mon. The Malayan Railway is to spend about $156.9 million under the Second Malaysia Plan 1971-75 to improve its services. The money will be used for the purchase of new coaches, dieselisation of locomotives and improvement of railway
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    Lock icon Joint venture will employ 2,000 people
    85 6 Joint venture will employ 2,000 people BESUT, Mon. A joint Malaysian-German company, Ranggo Metal Company Ber had, will provide employment to 2,000 people when it begins operations in Trengganu soon. The District Officer of Besut, HaJi Karim Khalid, said today the company would set up an ice factory, a fish
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    Lock icon ALLIANCE GETS ONE MORE VOTE IN SELANGOR ASSEMBLY
    221 6 KUALA LUMPUR, Man. The Alliance increased Ita majority In the Selangor State Assembly when the sole Independent member, Mr. Lira Tuan Slong, Joined the ruling party, It was revealed today. The ruling party nows holds if seats to 12 by the combined
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    Lock icon JAPANESE COURSE
    33 6 THE Learning for Living Department of the Chinese YMCA will be conducting a course in conversational Japanese for beginners on Friday at 6.30 p.m. The instructor will be Mr. Alfred Thong.
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    Lock icon Labour data earns praise of Ecafe
    144 6 KUALA LUMPUR, Mon. An Ecafe report has praised Singapore for her compilation of labour statistics which is done half-yearly and covers all listed establishments. The report, "Labour Statistics in countries of Asia and the Far East" was S resented to the Tenth Asian tatisticians'
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    Lock icon Youths hold up contractor
    54 6 IPOH, Mon. Three masked youths armed with daggers and a screwdriver robbed a mining contractor and his family of cash and jewellery amounting to $1,510, near here, last night. A police spokesman said today that the robbery occurred at about 9 p.m. in Mr. Ng Yee
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    Lock icon Landslide shock for the Smiths
    106 6 KUALA LUMPUR, Mon. Staying in a house overlooking Jalan Kenny Tinggi offers a commanding view of lowland beauty. But, as one resident, Mr. M.D. Smith found out today, it can be frightfully dangerous as well. His wife, one-month-old son and mother had a narrow escape
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    Lock icon $130 fine and ban for driving dad's car
    134 6 $130 fine and ban for driving dad's car AN 18-year-old student who drove her father's car without knowing that she was not covered by insurance and then got involved in an accident was fined $130 in a traffic court yesterday. Ho Jee Khim, of Yan Kit Village, admitted having driven
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    Lock icon Musical cheer for 350
    50 6 ABOUT 350 handicapped and underprivileged children will attend a concert of Christmas symphonies and carols by the Singapore Chamber Ensemble Orchestra and Choir led by Mr. Paul Abisheganaden at St. Andrew's Cathedral on Thursday at 6.30 p.m. It is organised by the Singapore Rotary Club West.
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    Lock icon NCC meets to discuss amendments to Constitution
    308 6 NCC meets to discuss amendments to Constitution KUALA LUMPUR, Mon. The National Consultative Council today began three-day discussions to include certain provisions in the Constitution regarding sensitive issues. The constitutional amendment is to prevent public discussion on national language, special position of the Malays and other natives, the Sultans and
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    Lock icon Social security in five towns early next year
    193 6 JOHORE BAHRU, Mon. The first phase of Malaysia's social security scheme will be introduced in five major towns early next year, Labour Minister Tan Sri V- Manickavasagam said here today. The pilot project, in Kuala Lumpur, Petaling Jaya, Penang, Ipoh and Johore
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    Lock icon Jail for man with pliers on his bicycle
    98 6 AN unemployed man, Mohd. Amin Jantan, 23, was sentenced yesterday by a magistrate to three months' jail, with effect from Nov. 27, the day of his remand, for possession of a housebreaking tool. Prosecutor Sr. Insp. M. Amaladass told the Tenth Magistrate's
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      28 6 Umt K«ai»r.» SyaJicat*. lat 1970. Vl/arU riajM aaaaaaaA "Yes. it is an unusual way to carry my purse, but it ALWAYS gets me a seat on the bus."
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      Lock icon Life is not what it used to be
      371 7  -  A.K. LEE By A ROVING spy just in from Phnom Penh tells me that one of the town's characters is a Singaporean who's been putting up the cinema posters there for the last 15 years or so. But the nightlife of Phnom
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      Lock icon Put astrology to social use call
      472 7  -  FLORENCE CHONG By ASTROLOGY and palmistry should be elevated to a branch of science and used for social purposes such as crime detection and medical diagnosis. Mr. Dadi Balsara, 34 (above), a "destiny scientist", said that the studies of these subjects could be used
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      Lock icon TENG TONG THE TIM SUM MAN
      254 7  - TENG TONG THE TIM SUM MAN JENNY LEW By MEET Mr. Teng Tong, J the tim sum expert from Hongkong who is here to > delight your palate. J Mr. Teng Tong, who has 1 been dabbling with specialised equipment used in preparing J tim sum for the last 13
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      Lock icon Courses for 1972 LCC examination
      78 7 Courses for 1972 LCC examination NEW CLASSES in Bookkeeping and Shorthand for beginners will start on Jan. 12 to prepare students for the 1972 L.C.C. (Intermediate) examination. They will be held at the Adult Education Board's annexe, 9, Fort Canning Road, Singapore 6. All those wishing to join the courses
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      Lock icon Dinner-dance at YMCA
      47 7 THE Young Adults' Group will hold a Christmas buffet and dance on Boxing Day at the YMCA Pavilion, Bras Basah Road at 7.30 p.m. Admission tickets at $4 for members and $5 for nonmembers are now available at the YMCA Office, "A" Orchard Road.
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      Lock icon Pacific Theatre opens tomorrow
      49 7 THE new Pacific Theatre in the New World Amusement Park opens tomorrow. It was built at a cost of $300,000 and is air-conditioned. The seating capacity exceeds 700. It will screen Mandarin films at four shows daily. Admission rates are 50 cents, $1 and $1.50.
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      81 7 BLONDIE By Chic Young I n pnpa. I W TMANK V! I liT 1 you two F-*H| I /^(O) C GESUNDHFIT VOU *S HAVE A WONDERFUL o V^ \^^J V-^relationshjpT-^ ARCHIE By Bob Montana BETTY, THIS J SHE HAS A CLOSET Jl TOLD HER OH. s|o^mL J FRIEND OF I
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    Lock icon Jordan troops retake Jerash – Radio Amman
    199 8 Jordan troops retake Jerash Radio Amman AMMAN, Mon. Jordanian Arm troops today reoccupied the Security Forces Headquarters at Jerash 20 miles north of Amman after Palestinians killed five security agents and wounded or captured others in clashes yesterday and today, a government statement broadcast over Radio Amman said. The Jordanian
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    Lock icon Ship sinks in Panama Canal
    74 8 PANAMA, Mon. A Taiwanese freighter, en route from Texas with cotton and rice, rammed a bank and partially sank yesterday in the Panama Canal. One-way traffic was put into effect in the waterway, but no severe delays were reported. There were no casualties. The 7,643-ton
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    27 8 SANTIAGO, Mon. The government of Marxist President Salvador Allende has announced the appointment of Nobel Prize-winning poet Pablo Neruda as Chile's new ambassador to France.
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      Lock icon Brandt signs border treaty
      366 8 Brandt signs border treaty WARSAW, Mon. West Germany today officially recognised Poland's Western border for 21 years the most overstrained line in Europe and source of bitter dispute between both nations. At a ceremony in Warsaw's Radziwill Palace, West German Chancellor Willy Brandt and Polish Prime Minister Joset Cyrankiewicz ended
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      Lock icon COMMUNISTS ATTACK INCREASE IN DIVORCES
      101 8 ROME, Mon. The Italian Communist Party attacked today the increase in divorces because it weakened the family, in an article by deputy party secretary Enrico Berlinguer in the party journal L'Unita. "The fundamental question is to save the family," he wrote. The party's position aligns
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      Lock icon W. Irianese surrender
      65 8 JAKARTA, Mon. About 1,000 inhabitants of Wulu in the central highland of Bokondini, West Irian, have surrendered themselves at the local police post, the Governmentcontrolled news agency Antara reported today. Reports from Bokondini said that they had earlier been roaming in their jungle hideouts in the central
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      Lock icon 'Burn, baby, burn'—then fire strikes
      448 10 'Burn, baby, burn'— then fire strikes LINDEN, New Jersey, Mon. Less than two hours after an anonymous tip-off, fire ripped through one of the biggest oil refineries in America yesterday. A phone caller told police: "The refinery is gonna burn, baby, burn." Soon afterwards mighty explosions blasted the Esso oil
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      Lock icon Volcano shakes in S-W Manila
      78 10 MANILA, Mon. The Mayon Volcano, 200 miles southwest of Manila, was reported yesterday to be in a state of "harmonious but continuous tremors." A Commission on Volcanology (COMVOL) official said a seismograph had registered a series of tremors since early yesterday. Meanwhile, a series of
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      187 10 MANILA, Mon. Thousands of Filipino hippies invaded a town known traditionally as a place for worship, and staged an unprecedented festival of drugs and sex, causing the arrest of 17 young 1 revellers. Lasting throughout the night of Saturday and Sunday, the so-called "Rockfest" attracted
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      116 10 LUCKNOW (India), Mon. The Congress Party in opposition to Prime Minister Mrs. Indira Gandhi's ruling Congress decided here yesterday to seek electoral alliances with ''other democratic forces" in the country in a combined effort to unseat her Government in the 1972 general elections.
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      60 10 PEARL HABOUR, Mon. The 29th anniversary of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbour will be observed quietly here today No ceremony is scheduled, but representatives of several Pearl Harbour Veterans Associations will place wreaths at the USS Arizona memorial. The memorial is normally closed on
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      167 10 The birthday cake with a dash of 'pot' POOLE, England, Mon. Mrs. Lesley Greco wanted to have her cake and smoke it too. So she baked some marijuana Inside. "It was just a lark, a bit of fun," for her 2lst birthday party, the attractive newlywed blonde recalled yesterday. "I
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      108 10 Mother of miracle baby re-arrested JAKARTA, Mon. Mrs. Tjut Zahara, mother of the socalled miracle foetus, was rearrested by South Borneo police over the weekend and is being brought to Jakarta under strict security guard, informed sources said today. The 22-year-old woman, who fooled millions of Indonesians including most of
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      24 10 WASHINGTON, Mon. The White House Christmas tree was blown down yesterday afternoon by wind gusts clocked at 54 miles per hour.
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      136 10 TOKYO, Mon.— Peking's official periodical "China Reconstructs" says in its December issue, received in Tokyo today, that China has "an army of one million peasants' doctors." The Chinese call the hurriedly trained medical personnel among its 500 million peasants "barefoot doctors," because many of them are active
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      229 10 Britain throws out three 'Red spies' LONDON, Mon. A British newspaper reported today that three senior Russian trade officials had been expelled from Britain for spying. The Foreign Office declined to confirm or deny the report and there was no comment from either the Soviet Embassy or the Soviet Trade
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      193 10 LONDON, Mon.— British diplomat James Cross, re-uni-ted with his family after a twomonth ordeal as a hostage of Quebec extremists, spent a quiet day at the country residence of Sir Alec DouglasHome, the British Foreign Secretary. Meanwhile, in Montreal. Quebec provincial police
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      96 10 PARIS, Mon. Word arrived from the French Press Agency today that a dozen members of the American Student Association have been in Hanoi since last Friday. A spokesman for a group in Paris, identified only as David Eng, said the group would remain two weeks in
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      30 10 MANILA, Mon. The Government of Thailand is donating 100 tons of rice to victims of Typhoon Patsy which hit the Philippines last month, the Foreign Office announced today.
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      179 10 God saved me from sharks' WAIMEA, Hawaii, Mon. A fisherman dumped into the sea said his prayers were answered when a flock of birds chased away two giant sharks that had brushed his legs several times. Valentin Limotac, 58, of Honolulu, one of eight crewmen thrown into the ocean when
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      64 10 20,000 visit de Gaulle's tomb COLOMBEY-LES-DEUX-EGLISES, Mon. Gen Charles de Gaulle's grave was visited by an estimated 20,000 Pe° pl t yesterday, a month after his death. Private cars and buses carrying entire delegations descended upon this tiny village in Eastern France His widow, Mme. Yvonne de Gaulle, accompanied by
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      282 10 DANANG, Vietnam, Mon. The U.S. 101st Airbourne Division is checking on civilian correspondents to determine if they are "favourable or unfavourable to the military," informed sources reported yesterday. Major Edward Smith, a Division spokesman, denied that the 101st was trying to black-list correspondents visiting its units,
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    216 8 ability JAKARTA, Mon. The Indonesian Armed Forces will launch a 10-day joint combat exercises from tomorrow to test its ability to keep law and order for the forthcoming general election, it was announced here today. Lieut. Gen. Tjakaradipura, Commander of the National" Strategic Command and
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    92 8 JERUSALEM, Mon. Transport Minister Shimon Peres said yesterday that "most grave inefficiency" was the direct cause of a runway a crash between a Boeing 707 and an Israeli military Strato cruiser at Lydda airport last Monday. He told the Cabinet that three civilian and military
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    30 8 MOSCOW, Mon. Mrs. Katerina Furtzeva, Soviet Minister of Culture, has received the Order of Lenin on the occasion of her 60th birthday, Tasa news agency reported today
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    334 8 HOLLYWOOD, Mon.— Dorothy Lamour says you can call her a prude If you want to, but she doesn't think much of today's sexy movies. "What we did was sex, hut It waa clean sex," she says. Mlaa Lamour, a still shapely brunette, ran a sarong ragged
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    267 8 TEL AVIV, Mon. A leading Israeli politician spelled out yesterday for the first time publicly Israel's conditions for a return to indirect peace talks under U.N. envoy Gunnar Jarring. Mr. Yitzhak Rafael, Head of the National Religious Party, key coalition partner in Prime
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    291 8 Lost: One infantry battalion PHNOM PENH, Mon. The Cambodian High Command said today it had suddenly lost radio contact with an infantry battalion fighting for its life against a regiment-sized Vietnamese Communist force 30 miles north-west of the capital. The High Command spokesman, Lieut. Col Am Rong said the battalion
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    303 8 Power battle as big millionaire riddle grows LAS VEGAS, Nevada, Mon. Rival factions in the empire of ailing billionaire Howard Hughes are struggling for control of his big stake in Nevada gambling and possibly his entire industrial and financial complex. Amid reports that Hughes has gone to the Bahamas, sheriff's
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    33 8 CHILPANCINGO, (Mexico), Mon. Five policemen died and one was wounded after their patrol was ambushed by drug traffickers on Saturday in the state of Guerrero, it was officially announced here today.
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    167 8 LONDON, Mon. Beethoven was beaten by liquor, a British psychiatrist suggested today. The German composer, who died 143 years ago after turning out nine symphonies and a whole string of other works, would have written even more if he had stayed away from the bottle,
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    217 8 CANBERRA, Mon. The Australian scientist who was murdered in a Hongkong hotel last week was about to be divorced by his wife for adultery with a Melbourne University tutor. This was disclosed in Perth, Western Australia, by the widow of the dead scientist, Dr. Donald
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    654 9 Peking's UN advance: Anli Chiang men flex their muscles BACKGROUND TO THE FOREIGN NEWS UNITED NATIONS, Mon. Peking's surge forward in the running battle for a UN seat has given a boost to a militant organisation dedicated to the overthrow of Chiang Kaishek's regime. "There is only one China, which
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    560 9 $1,000 million contracts at stoke for Greek shipping giants ATHENS, Mon. Greek Government contracts totalling close to US$l,OOO million with two Greek shipping magnates reach a crucial stage this week. Mr. Aristotle Onassis must decide by Friday whether to go ahead with his $600 million industrial agreement by depositing a
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    337 9 I TOOK my family for a walk by the esplanade the other day and came upon the cenotaph for the dead of the First World War. I would like to know why we have not removed this relic of the colonial days from
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    371 9 Won from the sea for Industry or recreation? THE Herald picture of the land won from the sea between Katong and Bedok was a scene of utter barrenness of the reclaimed acres. Since trees don't grow to their beautiful full size overnight, isn't this the time now to start planting
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    526 9 SELF- DEBASEMENT VERSUS SELF-CRITICISM IT SEEMS that Veritas just simply cannot stand on his own feet, even in a debate. Thus he has to invoke the speech of the acting Prime Minister to show that he is in good company and therefore must be right. It never occurred to poor
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    345 9 Pang draws with Czech Master fgCHESS...by Herald KnjghtH SINGAPORE'S Junior Champion 1969, Pang Kwok Leong, adopted the Sicilian Defence against Czechoslovakia's Master Smejkal. Pang played the Closed Variation with restraint instead of attacking vigorously with pawns on Kingside. Smejkal seized the opportunity and exchanged off his Queen for two Rooks.
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    1326 11 BACKGROUND TO THE FOREIGN NEWS EVERY official report from South Thailand indicates that Muslim dissidents are growing in strength and influence, and many fear that they are linking up with the Malayan Communist Party. The situation, Thai officials believe, calls for military action. Extra police and
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    550 11  -  ROY MACARTNEY From in Washington AUSTRALIA received some of its worst publicity for years* when Pope Paul's address at the Randwick Mass was interpreted as an attack on Australia's immigration policy. The report received great prominence on American television and radio stations. The interpretation apparently
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    395 11  -  FRED COLEMAN in London BRITAIN'S tiny Communist Party is back in the political limelight for the first time in years, exploiting anger in the trade unions over Government attempts to curb strikes. A major test of the party's muscle comes today when it is urging
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    96 12 Something's cooking ot the Hyatt THE uncompleted Hyatt Hotel la Scotts Road was cooking up a feaat last night aa the staff prepared for a "hard hat" lunch and cocktail party on the construction site today. Cooka and tbeir assistants were getting the food ready while scullery maids waahed glasses.
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    198 12 THE Public Utilities Board's rural electrification scheme for Tua Peh Kong Kow Village, off Yio Chu Rang Road, was opened by the MP for Nee Soon, Mr. Ong Soo Chuan, at the village community centre last night. It was also the community
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    28 12 KUALA LUMPUR, Mon. A lorry driver, Chong Fatt, 23, was sentenced today to nine months' jail for extorting $200 from the director of a plywood factory.
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    222 12 'WOMEN OF THE WORLD UNITE AND STRIKE' NEW YORK, Mon. A leader of the women's liberation movement ln the United States called laat night for a strike of women around the world for equal righto with men. Mrs. Betty Friedan said: "We women muat unite and in about a year
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    309 12 Residents protest over a factory's fumes RESIDENTS in Leicester Road, off Woodsville, are up in arms against a factory in the neighbourhood which is omitting irritating fumes. The factory which is actually a dilapidated house converted manufactures plastic corrugated sneets. It is directly behind St. Andrew's School and is situated
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    79 12 Killer disease baffles doctors ALGIERS, Mon. A mysterious epidemic has killed more than 40 children in a village in Algeria's southern El Bayed region during the past few weeks. The daily La Republique said some families have lost up to three children in the epidemic which the area's doctors mainly
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    211 12 ELECTRIC POWER CHANGES PATTERN OF OUR LIVES SINGAPORE'S electricity sales in 1969 increased by 14 per cent over the previous year, said the Minister for Science and Technology, Dr. Toh Chin Chye. Dr. Toh fndicated that by 1973, production capacity would be increased by another 360 megawatts bringing the total
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      9 13 THE SINGAPORE Herald Section II Tuesday, Dec. 8, 1970
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      Lock icon Nurses salary cuts: Union makes appeal
      431 13 INCREASED RATES CONDEMNED AS 'UNFAIR' THE AMALGAMATED Union of Public Employees has asked the .Government to stop charging student nurses living in hostels for water, electricity and power. It also asked the Government to reduce its charges for staff nurses and Sisters living in
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      219 13 GOOD CATCH, THEN SEAMAN'S DEATH TURNS JOY TO SORROW THEY had had a good catch, but the joys of a fishing crew turned to sorrow last week when one of their shipmates died after freeing the vessel's fouled anchor in the Indian Ocean. Yesterday the body of fisherman Tan Tai
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      104 13 THE Singapore Armed Forces will conduct a military exercise over the eastern sector of the island from 6 p.m. tomorrow to 6 p.m. on Thursday. The exercise area will include Bedok, Tanah Merah, Pasir Ris Loyang and Tampines. Blanks and thunderflashes will be used.
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      55 13 LIM Ah Mee, of Race Course Road, was fined a total of $145 yesterday for committing four traffic offences four years ago. He admitted stopping his car in front of two bus-stops on two different occasions in 1966. He also failed to give signals and
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      10 13 The National Defence Fund now stands at $9,034,309.25.
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      160 13 BOILERMAKER Govindasamy Alwar is used to drinking a lot. For 18 years he's downed $1.30 worth of toddy a night. But according to his wife he still gets drunk. And when he's drunk he beats her. It's one of his habits, Tada Letchmi, 22,
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      28 13 MINISTER of State for Foreign Affairs Rahim Ishak wfll officiate at the opening of the Singapore Scout Katong District Association headquarters at 4.30 p.m. on Saturday.
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      Lock icon Man in court: Police took $15 from me
      117 13 ANOTHER complaint about police officers taking money from the pockets of people arrested for gambling was heard in a magistrate's court yesterday. Ten days ago the same court was told that an arresting officer had taken money and personal belongings of two
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      199 13 THE SEIZURE of another 84 gallons of samsu by the Customs yesterday has caused the firice of "moonshine" to go up n the blackmarket. According to a Customs source, a gallon of illegal liquor used to cost $6.50 a few months ago. Now it costs between
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      207 13 SUCH A PLEASANT SURPRISE FOR THREE EARLY BIRDS AT THE NEW INDOOR CAR PARK THE first three motorists to use the multistorey car park in the Overseas Union Shopping Centre at Collyer Quay received a pleasant surprise from the management yesterday. The car park was opened to the public at
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      122 13 UPHOLSTERY maker Loh Yong Chuang set fire to himself on Nov. 22 and before he died two days later he told his 22-year-old son that he "did not know what he was doing," a coroner's inquiry was told yesterday. Mr.
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      93 13 THE POSTAL Services Department staff will hold a buffet in honour of 25 colleagues, who have retired or will retire by next month, at St. John Ambulance HeadSuarters in Beach Road on an. 3 next year. Among them will be the Postmaster-General, Mr. If.
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      168 13 Private firms adopt 14 traffic islands ABOUT 10 private firms have adopted 14 traffic islands and circuses near their premises to maintain and beautify them as part of the garden city campaign. Some of these firms are responsible for both the landscaping and maintenance of these projects while others have
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      Lock icon The man with a forged I.card
      49 13 IN THE First District Court yesterday an Indonesian admitted possessing a forged identity card and entered Singapore illegally on Sunday. Awi Aman, 35, of Kampong Duku, Boy an, Indonesia, was jailed for six months on each charge. The sentences are to run concurrently.
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      Lock icon Dr Thio and Prof Kiang to go into business
      231 13 Dr Thio and Prof Kiang to go into business A SPOKESMAN for the University of Singapore confirmed yesterday that Dr. (Mrs.) Thio Su Mien, Dean of the Law Faculty, and Prof. Kiang Ai Kim, Dean of the Science Faculty, will be leaving the University to go into business by next
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      20 13 TODAY: 0.46 am (8.0 ft.); 7.18 pm (7.7 ft.), TOMORROW: 7.36 am (8.3 ft.); 8.43 pm (8.0 ft.)
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      Lock icon TWO FINED $500 EACH FOR GAMING HOUSE OFFENCE
      80 13 TWO MEN who admitted gambling in a "common gaming house" on Saturday, were each given the maximum fine of $500, or three months' jail, by Ninth Magistra-e E.C. Foenander yesterday. Ow Ee Meng, 42 and Lee Eng Lay, 41, had ten similar
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      209 14 SINGAPORE is short of seamen. More foreign shipownersare breaking to the Republic for crews but aren't having much success. So now the training ship Singapore is to be extended to a shore establishment and its capacity increases from 125 to
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      248 14 GOVT CANTEENS: CLEAN, CHEAP, BUT FOOD COULD BE IMPROVED PEOPLE WHO eat in government department canteens are satisfied with the standard of hygiene and the price of the food, although most of them feel the quality of the food could be improved. According to the latest issue of the Singapore
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      77 14 THIEVES broke into a house in Farleigh Avenue and got away with $85 and about $785 worth of valuables on Sunday. The owner of the house. Hou Ke Hua, 47, discovered the theft when he woke up at about 6 a.m. The missing valuables
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      70 14 Drowning verdict: Misadventure LABOURER Ang Gek Khoon, 32. was drowned when he fell off a platform in East Lagoon on Nov. 24, a coroner was told yesterday. Ang fell when he was trying to pull the hose of a com-pression-machine out of the water. Foreman Koh Llan Khim said Ang,
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      Lock icon Making it easier for the women at Changi Prison
      206 14 Making it easier for the women at Changi Prison LIFE will be more comfortable for the inmates of the Female Prison at Changi when an extension is added to the present building, Mr. Yeow Koon Poh, Director of Prisons, said. The Government ia calling for tenders to build the extension.
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      65 14 MACHANG. Mon. A 21--year-old dumb woman, Rahmah binte Che Ya, has been reported missing from her home in Kampong Awah, six miles from here, since last Wednesday. Her father, said today that his daughter left their home in the morning to celebrate the Hari Raya in
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      713 16 I KNOW a man who is of a different race from mine. He is about twice my age (I'm 24), and though he has never told me, I believe he is married. Although our conversations have never been personal, I think I have fallen in love with him.
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      766 16  -  FLORENCE CHONG By FINAL TERM holidays give you a fantastic bird-out-of-the-cage feeling. But your enthusiasm will soon fly away if you have nothing purposeful to do. Here's a suggestion that will put interesting friends and exciting activities your way join the National Theatre Club! All you need
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      472 16 TAKE TREN FASHION AWARD ES A LOOK AT THE LATEST ND-THE 'NEW ELEGANCE' S3ffl MEfE IN RETROSPECT, 1970 witness in fashion. For men, long hair be a statement of politics. The rr phrased the spirit and elan of I choice up to her. But with all the controversy ai look,"
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      361 17 QUESTION: What country would you like to live in? IRENE YEO, 21, office-worker: "My one wish is to go to Hongkong because I always hear so much about it.. .but I don't think I will be lucky enough to be able to make the trip." Shirley Manasseh says. My
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        38 17 THE LITTLE WOMAN ~^rr»r-V2rtVr»J Kiß Fc ,u n»-*aaa, int.. 1970. WaM *£m yajaj "You can stop worrying about where to spend our vacation we've already spent it on the phone bill, the car payment, the mortgage i I
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        526 18 The American scene NEW YORK, Mon. There won't be any supertankers in United States ports in the near future, and even a 100,000-tonner is not likely. The difficulty is the depth of present channels —35 to 45 feet into the major harbours. Tankers of more than
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        270 18 SINGAPORE-MALAYSIA Merchant rates fixed yesterday by the Association of Banks in Malaysia-Singapore. Local dollars per unit of foreign currency. SELLING BUYING T.T./O.D. T.T. O.D. Sterling Pound 7.3825 7.3600 7.3375 Australian DoUar 3.4500 3.4100 3.3900 Canadian DoUar New Zealand DoUar 3.4600 3.4125 3.3825 South Arabian Dinar 7.4000 7.3275
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        166 18 PEOPLE in business Three University of Singapore graduates have been appointed to executive positions in the shipping division of Mansfield. Mr TAN HOCK CHLAN, an Arts graduate, is attached to the ship handling section of the Ocean Shipping division. Mr lan joined Mansfield as a regional assistant in May this
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        42 18 (Yesterday's closing prices, in U.S. dollars per ounce). Singapore (1) 39.09, (2) 148.25; Hongkong 39.33; Beirut 37.75; London 37.40; Zurich 37.358 37.455; Paris 37.82. Note: (1) Export price to non-sterling areas in U.S. dollars. (2) Local dealers' price per tael.
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        27 18 (Closing buyer/seller prices for Dec. 7, in sterling per metric ton). Tone: Steady; Spot 1481 1483; 3-month 1474 1475; Settlement 1480; Total turnover 420 tons.
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        419 18 Cunard Cory may link with Mitsui LONDON, Mon. Cunard and Wm. Cory are exploring with Mitsui OSK Lines, of Japan, the possibility of creating and operating a single fleet of giant tankers and bulk carriers. A joint company, Interbulk, is being formed to make feasibility studies to see if a
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        125 18 Ford seeks approval for joint venture SEOUL, Mon. Ford Motor and Hyundai Motor today applied for South Korean Government approval of a joint venture, with a paid-up capital of US$lB million, to produce automobiles locally. A Hyundai spokesman said the two companies signed an agreement in Detroit last week to
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          473 18 MAA: First Malaysian insurance company to seek listing MALAYSIAN American Assurance can be expected to achieve more favourable results than would normally be obtained by new insurance companies as it is backed by the giant AIA. The company published its prospectus in Malaysia yesterday offering 1.6 million of its four
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          157 18 PMC recovers PAN MALAYSIA CEMENT WORKS made unaudited net profits totalling $450,000 in the six months ended September compared to $43,000 made in the first half of the previous financial year. The company's main income of 8367,500 was the final dividend of 3V_ per cent received from Associated Pan Malaysia
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          71 18 LONDON, Mon. Imperial Chemical Industries Ltd and J Henry Schroder Wagg confirmed arrangements have been completed for a placing of £40 million of unsecured loan stock, 1991/96, with a 10-3/4 per. cent coupon. Issuing price is 98 per cent, payable as to £20 per cent on acceptance, as
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          86 18 LONDON, Mon. Bekoh Holdings will not pay a final dividend for the year to June 30. An interim of 1 0 cents per share was paid last May. Group profit was £162,617 (against £124,503 for the previous year) before tax of £50,539 (£61,488) and minority interests of £56,146
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          48 18 HONGKONG, Mon. Hyatt International has signed an agreement with Odner Hotel under which the latter wfll repesent the Hongkong and Singapore Hyatt hotels in Japan. Odner Hotel will also handle reservations and sales promotion for Hyatt International, which operates more than 60 hotels in the United States.
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      622 18 The market drifted lower in quiet trading yesterday. Expectations that ICI would announce a 10-3/4 per cent £40 million unsecured loan stock after the market's official close and indications that cost inflation was still rising were the main depressants. The pre-weekend strength of Wall Street had little
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      352 18 Stocks were mixed in early active trading yesterday. The NYSE tape was one minute late. Standard and Poors industrial average was off ten cents but the Dow Jones industrial average was up fractionally and upside issues led declines by a five-to-three margin. Volume topped one million
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      231 18 AMSTERDAM Industrials firmed yesterday, led by Royal Dutch and KLM. Hoogovens eased. Local industrials were quietly steady. State loans were firm on foreign and domestic demand. Shippings advanced, plantations mixed, and banks down. Investment funds closed steady and insurances mixed. PARIS The market moved quietly irregular yesterday. Dealers
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        298 20 Ships in port THE PORT OF EASTERN ROADS: SINGAPORE AUTHORITY American Delta, Sumber Tunas HAS MADE THESE I, Samut Songkhramo, Shinsei BERTHING ARRANGE- Maru 5, Neptune Taurus, A the! MENTS FOR DECEMBER 8. Regent, Sumber Tunas 111, OUT: Busuanga 1/2; Mirto Oceanic Champion, Oriental 10/11; Bow Rogn 15/16; Auby Trader,
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        97 21 TOKYO, Mon. Japanese foreign exchange banks will raise their interest rate on three and four-month import usance bills by 0.125 per cent, effective tomorrow. Nisuikai, a liaison council of foreign exchange banks, said today the decision to raise the rate was reached at a council meeting
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        68 21 WASHINGTON, Mon. United States Congressmen have complained that foreign shipyards are getting too much American business. The "Buy American" law under which more than SO per cent of the work under a defence contract must be in the United States came under fire at a House sea power
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        198 21 CANBERRA, Mon. Erection of high tariff barriers by developed countries such as the United States and European Common Market members was causing serious problems for developing nations, Indonesian Trade Minister Sumitro Djojohadikusumo said today. In an address to the National Press Club Dr Sumitro warned: "The
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        95 21 Bangkok to KL by bus BANGKOK, Mon.— Malaysia and Thailand will jointly set up two companies to operate a bus service between the two countries. This followed an agreement reached in Kuala Lumpur on December 2, sources said today. Malaysia will hold a 75 per cent interest in Ahit (Malaysia)
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        26 21 BERJUNTAI TIN DREDGING will pay an interim dividend of 40 per cent on next Jan. 13 to shareholders on the register on Dec. 23.
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      1474 21 STOCK EXCHANGE OF MALAYSIA AND SINGAPORE KEY Closing buyers' and sellers' prices are foUowed by the business done. Figure, in brackets denote traded lots in I.OOO's. When the price is not foUowed by a figure in brackets, it means only a single lot of 1.000 shares was
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      79 21 (Managers' prices for Dec. 8) B. S. ASIA UNIT TRUSTS Mai. Invt. Fund 1.17 1.22 Mai. Progress Fund 1.02 1.07 CHARTERED UNIT TRUSTS Singapore Growth Fund .98 1.03xd SINGAPORE UNIT TRUSTS Second Singapore 1.87 Third Singapore 1.17 B. S. The Commerce Ind. Fund .95 l.OOxd The Saving Fund
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        315 21 52-3/8 cents a lb. (down I*4 cents). First business in December 1 RSS yesterday was struck at 52-3/4 cents, seven-eighths cent lower than Friday's close. Prices for the balance of the morning moved narrowly either side of the opening in thin quiet trading. The circulating December tenders,
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        69 21 (Yesterday's official buyer /seller prices, in pence per lb). Tone: Slightly steadier; ClF's Dec. 18-9/16 18-13/16, Jan. 18-11/16 18-15/16, Feb. 19 buyer 19-1/4 nominal seller; Spot 19-1/2 19-7/8: Settlements Jan. 19-3/4 19-1/2, Feb. 20 20-3/16, March 20-3/8 20-5/8, Jan/March 20 20-3/16, April/June 20-7/8 21, July /Sept. 21-5/16 21-1/2.
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        49 21 TIN $641 a picul (Down $1.12%). Straits tin was transacted at $641 a picul yesterday, down $1.12 on an estimated offering of 290 tons, unchanged on Saturday's turnover. The main buyers in Penang were from Europe and Japan and the market closed on a barely steady note.
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        72 21 TAIPEI, Mon. The Nationalist Chinese Government has formulated a series of measures to narrow a widening gap in SinoJapanese trade, the Cabinet said. In a reply to the Legislative Yuan (Parliament), the Cabinet said one measure is to negotiate a removal of "discriminatory" pratices imposed
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        160 21 (Yesterday's 1.30 p.m. prices, in sterling per long ton, unless otherwise stated). COPRA (U.S. dollars per long ton): Philippine /Indonesian Dec. 230, Jan. 231, Feb. 232, all resellers. March 231 resellers and 231 paid. COCONUT OIL: Straits Dec/Jan. 153 quoted; Malayan March 166 sellers; Philippine (U.S. dollars per
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      343 21 Prices opened easier yesterday but the lower levels later brought out small buying support which helped to steady the market on the decline. Trading was quiet. Electric appliances continued to lose ground on U.S. dumping charges. Mitsumi electric, Matsushita, Sony, Alps and Pioneer Electric were main losers.
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      632 21 Mining shares fell back after a firm start yesterday to close on a generally weak note. Oils were dull and industrials irregular. Kathleen Investments was a firm exception, closing 85 cents higher at its best level of $16 after active trading all day. Queensland Mines was marginally
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      261 21 Slater Walker Securities yesterday was the feature in an active market which closed firm. The counter was officially listed, changing hands at $24.50 and $24.80 on a volume of 50,000 units. Slater recently placed 50,000 ordinary shares at $24 per unit. Banks advanced $3 to close at
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      157 21 LONDON, Mon. Grain shippers fixed cargoes from the U.S. Gulf to Japan at US$9.OO fd (free discharge) and from the U.S. North of Hatteras (USNH) to Mersey at 62/6 fd, also for Dec. Grain cargoes were covered from USNH to Poland at US$7.5O fd for Dec. and
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      313 23 Garrett wins Coral Springs golf tourney RflS°r^rJ PRI h N( l S Florida Mon American Bill Garrett, who had never even come close to winning before, shot a two-under-par 69 yesterday and won the U5525,000 first prize in the Coral Springs open golf tournament. Garrett, a giant of a man
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      85 23 Two residents of the circuit who took top honours among the motorcyclists at the Rothmans Sprint on the Thomson Circuit on Sunday. Gerry Looi (125) clocked the best time of the day and broke the lOOcc record. He also won the 125 and the unlimited class events astride his Yamaha.
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      249 23 Chartchai tipped to win within ten rounds BANGKOK, Mon. Defending champion Chartchai Chionoi of Thailand and challenger Erbite Salavarria of the Philippines this morning tipped an identical 111.25 pounds for their world flyweight championships fight at the Army Stadium. Both made the weight on the first try and got applause
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      757 23 Allan Hooi wins Masters title in Asian bowling BANGKOK, Mon. The Philippines emerge champion at the Fifth Asian Bowling tournament which ended here, yesterday, with a total of 28 points and edging out Thailand, which had 26. Third was Japan with 24 and Guam, fourth, with IS points. Malaysia's Allan
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      500 23 NEW YORK, Mon. Muhammad Ali takes another step in his bid for a showdown with heavyweight champion Joe Frazier when he meets tough Oscar Bonavena tonight in his first New York fight since 1967. Frazier is scheduled to sing tonight with
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      216 24 BANGKOK, Mon. Iran will stage the Seventh Asian Games at Teheran in 1974. A member of the Iranian contingent to the Sixth Asian Games opening here on December 9 said: "We will be very proud and pleased to stage the 1974 Games in
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      145 24 RTS will be covering the Asian Games at Bangkok for two weeks with nightly halfhour reports on radio and television. Starting tomorrow (Dec. 9) on Channel 8, the report in English wUI be telecast at or after ta p.m. daUy except on Saturday (Dec. 12)
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      280 24 BANGKOK, Mon. Malaysia played with grit and determination to hold world hockey champions Pakistan to a 1-1 draw in an international hockey match on the Krirk College ground today. The M ala ysians displa y ed superb brand of hockey and every player deserved credit
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      752 24 Oscar State demands WWLF rules for weightlifting ASIAN GAMES PREVIEW BANGKOK, Mon. Mr. Oscar State, British secretary of the World Weightlifting Federation will demand that the Sixth Asian Games weightlifting contest be held according to the international federation's rules when he meets the Games officials here tomorrow Mr. State, here
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      573 24 THE FIRST two games will have an important bearing on the Singapore hockey team at the Sixth Asian Games at Bangkok commencing tomorrow. Unfortunately the draw has put Singapore in the same group with defending champions India with Malaysia, Ceylon and Indonesia
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      371 24 Experts tip Israel to cagers title BANGKOK, Mon. -Israel and South Vietnam will open the Asian Games basketball competition on Thursday. Singapore play Japan in another match. Israel meet Singapore, another easy opponent, on Saturday for a virtual second triumph, then swing into its first difficult game of the three-day
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      135 24 LEAGUE leaders Singapore Cricket Club proved too good for Combined Schools "B" whom they defeated by seven goals to nil in a friendly hockey match on the padang yesterday. Though beaten, the schoolgirls were not disgraced as they were up against a team that bore the stamp
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      169 24 MELBOURNE, Mon. Two girls who won the Federation Tennis Cup for Australia in West Germany, earlier this year, have been dropped by the selectors for the Cup defence in Perth, Western Australia, at the end of this month. The team selected, consists top world
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      117 24 NAGOYA, Japan, Mon. Akinori, Nakayama of Japan emerged victorious, in the men's combined exercise competition in an international gymnastic meeting as he collected 57.85 points for six events. Nakayama earned 9.70 points for floor exercise, 9.50 for pommelled horse, 9.75 for flying ring, 9.40 for long horse, 9.70 for parallel
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      214 24 2-0 win for Schools in league A SPIRITED second half rally gave Combined Schools a 2-0 victory over Singapore Recreation Club in the Singapore Women's Hockey Association league match on the padang yesterday. Schools, who are still unbeaten in their two league outings, will now meet league leaders the Singapore
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