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Title Section14 1971-01-05 1 THE SINGAPORE herald M.C(P) No. 2525 15 CENTS 142 Singapore Tuesday, January 5, 197114 words
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Article, Illustration300 1971-01-05 1 the mediator starts Asian tour today Trudeau OTTAWA, Mon. Canadian Prime Minister Pierre Elliot Trudeau leaves tomorrow on a 24--day Asian trip which will see him attempt to play the role of mediator between Britain and the Commonwealth countries who oppose arms sales to South Africa. Mr. Trudeau, whose GovernmentAFP; AP - 300 words
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Article41 1971-01-05 1 BOCHUM (West Germany), Mon. The Bochum Observatory announced today it had received signals from the Soviet moon vehicle Lunokhod 1 between 8.15 p.m. and 8.21 p.m. It was the first radio contact with the lunar vehicle since Dec. 22.41 words
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Article25 1971-01-05 1 TAIPEH, Mon. A total of 1,125 people took their own life in Taiwan during 1970, according to a police report today.25 words
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368 1971-01-05 1 MR. TAY Seow Huah, the acting Permanent Secretary (Home Affairs) has been awarded an Eisenhower Exchange Fellowship and will be leaving for a six to eight-month study tour of the United States in February. Founded in 1953 to honour former U.S. President Elsenhower, the368 words
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483 1971-01-05 1 Swoop on Barisan hit-run plotters' AT LEAST 12 members of the Barisan Sosialis and other left-wing groups were detained in Singapore yesterday morning, according to Barisan chairman Dr. Lee Siew Choh. He said last night that the 12, including one woman, were arrested in their homes in the early hours483 words
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138 1971-01-05 1 TEL AVIV, Mm. Singapore waste to bay Gabriel sarface-to-sarface missiles from Israel. The Tel Aviv Press today carried a report by an American weekly affirming that Israeli authorities were considering Singapore's request. The Gabriel missile system forms the basic armament of the Israeli Navy's fast138 words
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Article202 1971-01-05 1 At airport first SINGAPORE Telephone Board engineers have come ■p with a prototype pushbutton telephone which will make Its debut In selected pnbUc call-booths soon. The first public call-booths to be fitted with these phones will be at Paya Lebar Airport. Bat It may be some time202 words
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Article, Illustration439 1971-01-05 1 Britain likely to control jungle school till later BRITAIN will probably maintain control of the Jungle Warfare Training School at Kota Tinggi until later this year. It had been planned earlier to hand over the base to the Malaysian Government in April on the understanding that it would be re-organised439 words
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Article33 1971-01-05 1 NEW DELHI, Mon. India will go to the polls to elect a new Lower House of Parliament between Feb. 26 and March 4, it was announced today. See page 10.33 words
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693 1971-01-05 1 KUALA LUMPUR, Mon. West Malaysia is bracing itself for one of the worst floods in its history. Five more people were drowned in the raging flood waters which has hit eight states. The death toll is now 26 and more than 46,000693 words
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Advertisement90 1971-01-05 1 ■IsamnmnnnnnmmmniH $200,000 111 haul from curio hjl I store Page _l_ .J_L J ♦oo I ImmmfcmVmlsnmVml their comfort MALAYA- on first day WAT A Steel is Page 4. out of the red TOURISM Could it have co-operation done better? pledge Page Page 17. 6. Olivetti system 77, an Introduction to90 words
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Miscellaneous15 1971-01-05 1 WEATHER forecast for Singapore from C a.m. to noon today: Occasional slight to moderate rain.15 words
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Article, Illustration3982 1971-01-05 2 K.S. Karoi - K.S. Karoi -By BENEATH the flat surface of society in Russia, as presented by Pravda. a rich and complex life abounds but it totally lacks any means of expression or communication. We are not a 'one-dimensional' society, as Westerners believe; on the contrary we are a fragmented3,982 words
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Article161 1971-01-05 2 PEOPLE ARE FUNNY ANIMALS I HAVE often wondered why Christian preachers from a country like the United States of America (full of sex-vices, drug addiction, murders, violence, adultery, divorces etc., etc.) come to a happy, peaceful and contented Singapore to tell them how to live happily and find their way161 words
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229 1971-01-05 2 MOTORISTS VERY OFTEN DON'T EXPLAIN OFFENCES I REFER to the article "Strange things about our Traffic Cops" written by 'Victim' (S.H. Dec. 28). The power to compound traffic offences is given by Section 79 of the Road Traffic Ordinance No. 26/61 which states inter alia that: "Any police officer not229 words
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296 1971-01-05 2 Dam will force thousands out of homes I REFER to an article about the Cabora Bassa Dam project in Mozambique, entitled "Drop-outs won't halt Africa's super dam" (S.H. Jan. 2). I feel that I must protest against the complete lack of objectivity on }he part of your correspondent. No mention296 words
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164 1971-01-05 2 REPORT BAD CONDUCT OF CUSTOMS MEN I REFER to the final paragraph of the letter by "Pro Airlines" (S.H. Dec. 30) headed "Airport cops should be thankful for work". It is said the Customs Officers join policemen in playing cards in the Transit Lounge "especially at night" at the Paya164 words
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Article97 1971-01-05 2 PERMIT me to reply to the letter by "A Fellow Academic" in the Herald of Dec. 29. On Dec. 23 I replied to the letter by "An Academic". Students and staff are at liberty to discuss and agree with themselves what they wish concerning the University and as97 words
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Article498 1971-01-05 2 The drive to catch the rain SINGAPORE used just over 100 million gallons of water a day at the beginning of last year. About 42 million gallons were consumed in homes, 21 million gallons by industry and the rest by the Government, the statutory boards and the armed forces Up498 words
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Article352 1971-01-05 2 MAY I comment upon the gazetting of the Singapore Port Regulations 1970, which replaces the previous Port Rules of 1957, which facilitated marine crime for the past 13 years. The Herald is the only publication which recognised the major portent of the new Rules where352 words
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Advertisement74 1971-01-05 2 I w££O!lmammJlip mil Si Add tha axtra luxury and comfort to your f home with quality carp«t» and rugt from all M^itf'jU ovar tha world. Coma and inapact a vary HSI wida range of stock at Slngapora's laading »H CaVp*t Plsnn#rst WWF^M CARPETS Kij| FURNISHINGS 37, TANGLIN ROAD, SPORE 10.74 words
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Article, Illustration329 1971-01-05 3 $200,000 HAUL FROM CURIO STORE GANG GRAB CHINESE ANTIQUES IN RAID ON ARTS AND CRAFTS CENTRE HOW the thieves got in they sawed off two padlocks here. ABOUT 200 Chinese curios and antiques, worth about $200,000, were stolen from the Wing On Cheung Art and Craft Company's shopping centre in329 words
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192 1971-01-05 3 THE Public Utilities Board plans to cut down the number of meter readings in a bid to save money. A PUB statement said the number of meters, currently totalling 850,000, was increasing at the rate of 10 per cent a year.192 words
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Article56 1971-01-05 3 LER Chwee Thor, 43, and Sng Swee Lam alias Lim Swee Lam, 42, denied having 83 lb. of ganja valued at $3,000 on board their sampan on Saturday in the Eastern Roads. Their case was fixed for hearing on Feb. 18 and bail of $5,000 each56 words
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Article, Illustration123 1971-01-05 3 RESISTING MANAGER HIT WITH PISTOL BY ROBBER LEE TENG HONG, 38, manager of the Quek Hong Seng Honor and cigarette shop in Victoria Street, was hit on the head with a pistol butt yesterday by one of three robbers who got away with more than $l.Ht. The three robbers, two123 words
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209 1971-01-05 3 GOLDSMITH Chng Peng Pow, 64, has been greeting customers entering his Hill Street shop with a cheerful "Good morning" in Chinese for the past 40 years. But for the first time yesterday, three early customers turned out to be robbers. Mr. Chng,209 words
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Article, Illustration399 1971-01-05 4 'EFFORTS DUPLICATED, REALISM LACKING, REGIONALISM RAMPANT' ECAFE meetings have been reduced to nothing more than academic exercises, according to Dr. Augustine H.H. Tan, lecturer in Economics at the University of Singapore. At an interview yesterday. Dr. Tan blamed this on the "undue399 words
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Article69 1971-01-05 4 MAN FACES MURDER CHARGE TAN Kok Ping, 22, was charged in the First Magistrate's Court yesterday with murdering Tan Tian Soo while being a member of an unlawful assembly. He was alleged to have committed the offence on Dec. 23 at a house in Lorong 6, Geylang. The case will69 words
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120 1971-01-05 4 AN SAF PRIVATE who waited three yean before he could plead gull ty to a charge of taceaslderate drlvtag was flaed $25f hi a magistrate's court yesterday. Mohammed Ariffla bin Yahla of Pachltaa Lima appeared la court after the settlemeat of a civil claim120 words
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Article, Illustration231 1971-01-05 4 400 MISS THE COMFORT ON THE FIRST DAY YESTERDAY was the first day the COMFORT minibuses began operating Its lew service. Bat because 11 drivers did not turn op, about 4M schoolchildrea were left stranded at home. A statement from the Natloaal Trades Ualoa Congress (NTUC) said that disciplinary action231 words
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166 1971-01-05 4 THE MINISTRY of Home Affairs yesterday denied charges by two American Negroes of racial discrimination in Singapore. Mr. John Watson, 31, area manager of an American firm In Bangkok, said that when he arrived from Indonesia on Saturday, immigration officials detached him from166 words
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143 1971-01-05 4 THE 23 CREWMEN who were rescaed from the Slagapore freighter Joy Taylor whea It saak la the Soatk Chlaa Sea last Taesday, are expected to be flowa to Slagapore today. A spokosmaa for the Joy Taylor's owaers, British Aslasj SUppiag143 words
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Article71 1971-01-05 4 A MAN who had 11 previous convictions for disorderly behaviour and another five for damaging police lock-ups pleaded guilty in a magistrate's court yesterday to two similar fresh charges. Noordln Mohammed Ibrahim committed his latest offences on Saturday in the lock-up of the Port71 words
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201 1971-01-05 4 HOUSEWIFE BURNED TO DEATH AFTER COOKER BLAST HOUSEWIFE Madam Lim Slew Caaaa, 42, was baraed to death after a pressure cooker with a badly corroded bottom exploded her kitchea. Madam Um of Black 4i, Toa Payoh was cooklag a celebratioa meal whea the cooker blew up aad baraed §5 per201 words
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Article96 1971-01-05 4 THE SINGAPORE National Academy of Science has organised a public lecture on The Organisation of Science in China to be held at 8 p.m. today in the New Lecture Theatre No. 3, University of Singapore. Tne speaker is Dr. Wu Yuanli, Professor of Economics at96 words
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266 1971-01-05 4 TOURIST BOARD CAN NOW CONTROL ALL ORGANISED TOURS THE TOURIST Promot ion Board will have complete control of all organised tours from now on. All tour operators will have to submit their itineraries, including rales, to the Board for approval. This is the essence of the new Tourist Promotion (Licensing266 words
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Article87 1971-01-05 4 Litterbugs on the beach MOHAMMED Sadah bin Ibrahim, of Scotts Green, was fined $25 in a magistrate's court yesterday for discarding an empty beer can on the Changi Beach on Dec. 27 last year. Yang Chuan Tong. of Toa Payoh, was also fined $25 yesterday for throwing an apple core87 words
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339 1971-01-05 4 THE Kwong Wai Shiu Free Hospital in Serangoon Road is planning to throw its doors open to all. At present, only Cantonese are admitted. The Board of Directors is also looking for an expert to plan the setting339 words
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288 1971-01-05 5 Fir the busy professionals, secretariat will hell organise conferences A SECRETARIAT to organise conferences will be one of the facilities provided by the Singapore Professional Centre, to be opened soon in Block 23, Outram Park. Prof. Phoon Wai On chairman of the Centre's Board of Trustees, said this at a288 words
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Article, Illustration297 1971-01-05 5 THREE Indonesian barter traders were rescued by a Royal Air Force helicopter near Raffles Lighthouse yesterday more than 11 hours after their motor-sampan capsized in stormy seas. The survivors Karim Masud, 30; Ma'adin Mat, 28; and Haji Hashim. 40, all from Pulau Bum297 words
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Article44 1971-01-05 5 POLICE said yesterday that 22 motor-cyclists, scooterists and pillion riders had been booked for not wearing crash helmets on the road since Janl. Anyone who fails to comply with the requirement is liable to a maximum fine of $200.44 words
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613 1971-01-05 5 Review of labour unrest and a warning 2,514 MAN-DAYS LOST LAST YEAR Pilgrim ship to sail a day late because of the floods KUALA LUMPUR, Mob. The pilgrim ship Anshun, scheduled to leave Port Swetteaham ob Jan. It for Penang enroute to Mecca will bow leave one day later because613 words
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Article, Illustration176 1971-01-05 5 400-year-old painting on show in S'pore A 400-YEAR r OLD Chinese figurine painting by the famous artist Chen Lou Lien alias "Chen Hung Shou" of Ming Dynasty is among a collection of Chinese traditional paintings and calligraphy at the Exhibition Hall of the Chinese Chamber of Commerce. The multi-coloured painting176 words
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144 1971-01-05 5 MALAYSIA Singapore Airlines are providing extra flights to the East Coast from today because floods have closed several major roads from Koala Lumpur to Kuantan, Pahang. An Airlines spokesman disclosed yesterday that a special flight wfll: DEPART Singapore CM a.m.,144 words
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Article79 1971-01-05 5 CHOO Ching Ling was fined $500 yesterday for manufacturing brown sugar (jaggery) without a licence in Lorong 29, Geylang, on Sunday. He admitted the charge and told a magistrate: "I have been doing this for the past 30 years." ODD PRIZE GIVING MRS. Jek Yeun Thong,79 words
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Miscellaneous38 1971-01-05 5 LAFF A DAY I LI" '^fl IV^ -X^» V& K«« F M i am S r »4 K «l«. l« 1970 V.rM right. i 'Til be glad when we're married and I don't have to take you out."38 words
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219 1971-01-05 6 Petition-by relatives to free detainees without conditions KUCHING, Mon. Relatives of political detainees belonging to the Sarawak United People's Party have sent a petition to party leaders urging them to keep their promise by setting free detainees unconditionally. One of the SUPP election pledges was to release the 500--odd detainees219 words
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145 1971-01-05 6 KUALA LUMPUR, Mon. The Democratic Action Pa*ty today called on the Government to hold Kuala Lumpur municipal elections so that the people could decide who should run it. Its organising secretary, Mr. Lee Lam Thye, said that the population of the Federal145 words
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115 1971-01-05 6 KUALA LUMPUR, Mon. Tunku Abdul Rahman has chosen a 50-room palace belonging to King FeLsal of Saudi Arabia as the office for the Islamic Secretariat. A telegram from the Secretariat in Jeddah, received by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs here today added that the115 words
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Article34 1971-01-05 6 ROTA KINABALU, Mon The Sabah Government will set up 132 more health subcentres in the State under the Second Malaysia Plan, the •ctlM Health M Water, Dato GhanT Gikmg. said here loday.34 words
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600 1971-01-05 6 HAPPY New Year? The patient in the sick bed smiled wanly This is no way to begin a new year, from a hospital bed. Yet how many of us who are healthy and going about our business ever stop to ponder that no new year600 words
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176 1971-01-05 6 Kalimantan Reds taking orders from Peking' JAKARTA, Mon. Documents captured from Communist guerillas in West Kalimantan show they are being directed from Peking says West Kalimantan commander Brigadier general Sumadi. In a statement to the official Antara news agency, the general said the documents, many written in Chinese and carryingAP - 176 words
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Article25 1971-01-05 6 KUALA LUMPUR, Mon Deputy Prime Minister Tun Dr. Ismail will brief a 29--meraber delegation from the National Defence Institute of Indonesia here tomorrow.25 words
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Article, Illustration310 1971-01-05 6 KUALA LUMPUR, Mon. The SecretaryGeneral of the Gerakan Ra'ayat Malaysia, Dr. Tan Chee Khoon, today called on the Australian Immigration Department to reconsider its decision to ask three Asian doctors to leave Australia before completing their post-graduate training. "It would do310 words
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246 1971-01-05 6 Bringing States in line with the new economic policy PENANG, Mon. The Central Government* was studying ways to coordinate the efforts of State development corporations to achieve the objectives of the new economic development policy. The Assistant Minister in the Prime Minister's Department, Inche Taib Mahmud, told a Press conferenceBernama - 246 words
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117 1971-01-05 6 MALAYSIAN GOVT PLANS GROUSES BUREAU KUALA LUMPUR, Mob. The Government Is considering setting up a centre to deal with complaints from the public against its departments. The Attorney-General Tan Sri Kadlr Yusof said here today the complaints received so far are against some civil servants and the Inefficiency of certain117 words
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243 1971-01-05 6 Tourism: Johore prepared to co-operate with Singapore JOHORE BAHRU, Mon. The Johore Government is willing to co-operate with tourist operators in Singapore for mutual benefit, the chairman of the Johore Tourist Promotion Board, Inche Mohamed Yassin bin Dato Abdul Rahman, said today. Inche Yassin, who is also the chairman ofBERNAMA - 243 words
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105 1971-01-05 6 LUMUT, Mob. The ■reside at of the Perak MIC, Dato V. Poaaasaay PlllaL said today that the geaerosiry of the Malays had eaabled the ißdiaas hi Malaysia to he better off thaa their brothers la other coaatries. Addressing aboat 3tt MIC braach officials105 words
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236 1971-01-05 6 KUALA LUMPUR, Mon. The Academic Staff Association of the University of Malaya, today attributed the recent spate of resignations to "unsatisfactory conditions of service and the failure of university authorities to get the revised staff service agreement honoured." In a statement,236 words
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104 1971-01-05 6 KUCHING. Mon. Sarawak's Chief Minister, Dato Rahman Ya'akub. announced today that several hundred acres of land at Pending, four miles from here, would be turned into an industrial estate. He told reporters on his return from Kuala Lumpur today that $2.5 million had beenBernama - 104 words
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Article46 1971-01-05 6 DRIVER Senin Pendek, 20, admitted in a district court yesterday that he had broken Into Amcol Electrical Industries Ltd. last Tuesday night and stolen $5,000 worth of brass strips. Sentence was postponed pending probation and reformative training centre reports on Jan. 23.46 words
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Article46 1971-01-05 6 A LIONS Club luncheon will beheld in the Viking Room of Goodwood Park Hotel at 12.45 p.m. tomorrow. Mr. Don F,H. Sinclair, the awector of Fraser And Co. (ttei, has been invited to speak on "What's Wrong With World Share Markets?46 words
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Miscellaneous27 1971-01-05 6 "^3l u L K,ing Feature* Syndicate, Inc., 1970. World righu reserved. "Won't you ever learn that you can't treat everyone the way you treat your office employees27 words
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Article, Illustration41 1971-01-05 7 a DEFENCE Minister A Dr. Goh Keng M Swee and VIP M guests at the M opening of the W Jurong Bird Park on Sunday. In the background is a 100 ft. man-made 1 waterfall.41 words
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Article, Illustration431 1971-01-05 7 NOW YOU CAN BECOME A FRIEND OF THE BIRDS —iSRi—-""^! m I I_■ liIII 1 I i I 9 L__ ari_ __^JU_k Rain, rain go away, or else that awful smell will stay! STILL on the subject of rubbish And pollution of one sort and another, I hear that the431 words
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Article61 1971-01-05 7 CHUA Slew Urn, 21, denied retaining a stolen Vauxhaul Viva belonging to Sng Tian Lai on Dec. 12 In Tampines Road. The case was fixed for hearing on March 3 and was allowed bail of $2,000. COURSE FOR TEACHERS KUALA LUMPUR, Mon. Education Minister Hussein Onn61 words
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Article180 1971-01-05 7 IS pm: Opening of an art exhibition by Mr. Yan Sook Leong at the Gallery of Fine Arts, Raffles Place (first floor). pm: Carnival trade^fair 1970 at Great World Amusement Park, Kim Seng Road. 7 nut: Night bazaars at Gufllemard Road (between Lorong 18 Geylang and Tanjong Katong)180 words
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Article43 1971-01-05 7 IDRIS Mohammed Aroff, 17, denied in the First Magistrate's Court yesterday of having possessed 19 kartoos of ganja on Sunday at Sembawang Road. Magistrate F. Remedies allowed bail of $500 and trial was fixed for hearing on March 2.43 words
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114 1971-01-05 7 BUSINESSMAN Ang Hon Nam, 32, was fined $6,000, or 18 months' jail, when he pleaded guilty to helping in carrying on an illegal public lottery on July 13 last year. He was also bound over in the sum of $5,000 not to commit114 words
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Miscellaneous110 1971-01-05 7 BLONDIE By Chic Young ,1 -WATCH, DAISY I ["IF" 1 [Uf StUUii TUB I :iM C ISM-T THAT SWEETS y** I'UL- TEACH YOU A > SHE QPOLK3MT VOU T MOW TO BALANCE S£ sJ£2" WHERE'S S>— 1 A BONE > J > dWkTT ON VDUR j it is -GOING J110 words
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Article566 1971-01-05 8 I f mji VIEWPOINT DR. M.A. NAWAWI (S.H. Dec. 30) has advised Malays that, "Leaders of minority groups must clearly realise the need to seek means and ways to maximise political power and to create political unity." I am not in agreement with his views.566 words
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Article116 1971-01-05 8 I UNDERSTAND that buses are required to stop at points where passengers wish to get down but I am not aware whether bus-drivers can be penalised when they ignore this regulation. I was travelling on a STC bus No. 20 on Dec. 28 I pressed the116 words
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Article448 1971-01-05 8 RAIN CAN'T FLOOD LIFT PITS I WISH to explain to "Justice" (S.H. Dec. 29) that water which flows through the gap between the landing floor door and the car door when it rains or when the staircases and verandahs are being washed, cannot cause flooding as alleged. Firstly, in all448 words
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Article, Illustration130 1971-01-05 8 CHIEF Joseph Leabua Jonathan, 54, rose from a mine worker to become leader of Lesotho. He worked for three years Im the diamond mines of South Africa after completing his education la a mission school la his homeland, then known as BasutoUnd. He entered politics la 1952 and130 words
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Article, Illustration422 1971-01-05 8 C-fl GUIDE TO THE COMMONWEALTH CONFERENCE Wi 1 LESOTHO is completely surrounded by South Africa and its economy is dependent to a large degree on the white supremacist republic. Some 20 per cent of Lesotho's one million people work in diamond mines or on farms in South Africa.422 words
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Article, Illustration410 1971-01-05 8 MALAWI, with one of the densest populations in Africa, (4.3 million) has yet to develop a sustaining economy. Some 100,000 Malawian men work in the copper mines of neighbouring Zambia or on farms of South Africa. Remittance of their earnings provides a major source of Malawi's income and410 words
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Article, Illustration97 1971-01-05 8 BorgOlivier DR. G. Borg Olivier, Si, was educated at Lyceum and the Royal University of Malta. He eatered the Cornell of Goverameat la IS3S. Eight years later he became a member of the Legislative Assembly. la list, he was appointed Mlaister of Works aad Recoastractioa aad also Mlalster of Edacatioa.97 words
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Article, Illustration286 1971-01-05 8 MALTA won fame in World War Two as Britain's "unsinkable aircraft carrier" and its entire population was' awarded the George Cross for heroism under sustained and merciless German bombing. Today, the Mediterranean island is fighting off the effects of Britain's troop withdrawals and naval phaseout with a programme286 words
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Article, Illustration248 1971-01-05 8 DR. HASTINGS Kamuzu Banda, 65, is one of Africa's most controversial leaders. Called the "odd man out" because of his attitude towards South Africa, he was once known to remark that "to see the Head of State of South Africa In my country makes my life Born In248 words
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Miscellaneous263 1971-01-05 8 Cordovil beats Garcia PORTUGAL'S Jf S M^Ml champion, Cordovil, 8 m^MJmWm played a brilliant game iULSViitfll when he beat Cuba's Inter- t *m national Master Garcia. 6 Cordovil, with the white 5 B 1 pieces, adopted the 1 OftHft If Sicilian, and castled on the 3 §gg n»re imm***^^ queenside263 words
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329 1971-01-05 9 French opinion divided on big reshuffle PARIS, Mod. French political observers were divided today on the scope of the Government reshuffle expected to be carried out at the end of the week by President Georges Pompidou and Premier Jacques ChabanDelmas. The reshuffle has become necessary as a result of the329 words
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Article65 1971-01-05 9 AMMAN, Mon. The Jordanian Economy Ministry and the Union of Chambers of Commerce have agreed to establish an Arab-British Chamber of Commerce to promote trade between Britain and the Arab countries, the Al Difaa newspaper said today. The Arab Economic Committee approved the creation of65 words
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Article190 1971-01-05 9 NAGOYA, Central Japan, Mon The discovery of a new comet by an amateur Japanese astronomer of Aichi Prefecture, Central Japan, has' just been confirmed. Mr. Nobuhisa Kojima, 37, a junior high school science teacher of Isshlkl Town, near Nagoya City, Aichi, at dawn on Dec. 28AFP - 190 words
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Article187 1971-01-05 9 NEW YORK, Mob. A aaotorcade of fit cars drove 7 to tae Glea Cove ptgaerty tae Soviet UN Mbstoa aad 4 t ost paoseagers speat a slleat 15 aalaates to protest the receat Leatagrad trial. At the head of the deaaoastratloa was a coffla ■ymboUsiag the187 words
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385 1971-01-05 9 DACCA, Mob. Pakistan's new civilian toaslluiaoa will be framed ob the basis of fall autonomy for the nation's five provinces, the Awaml Lea e le«der, Sheikh Majlbw Rahman, told a The Central Government haaed hi Islamabad la West Pakistaa woald be oaly responsible forAP; AFP - 385 words
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Article, Illustration388 1971-01-05 9 Mendoza: I hit the Pope twice MANILA, Mon. Bolivian painter Benjamin Mendoza said today he remembers seeing the eyes of the Pope when he lunged at him with a knife, "and I saw 80 per cent lies in his eyes and only 20 per cent kindness." The 35-year-old foiled assassin388 words
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149 1971-01-05 9 WEAPONS SEIZED AFTER PRISON CLASHES MANILA, Mon.— Guards at the National Prison confiscated more than 250 improvised weapons from inmates' cells as an uneasy peace settled over the riotbattered compound today, the Prisons Director reported. "Today, everything is normal and very peaceful, but the situation is unpredictable," Director Alejo Santos149 words
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Article61 1971-01-05 9 TIBERIAS, Israel, Mon. Arab guerillas infiltrating from Syria held up at gunpoint a U.N. observation post on the occupied Golan Heights and made off with the post's transmitter, documents and flashlight, the Israelis said today. The two U.N. observers in the post, on Israel's sideAP - 61 words
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Article237 1971-01-05 9 SAIGON, Mon. U.S. B-52 bombers attacked North Vietnamese positions in South Vietnam today for the first time in a month after American Intelligence detected a new build-up in the northwestern part of the country bordering Laos and the Demilitarised Zone. A half dozen of the237 words
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91 1971-01-05 9 MAHON, (Balearic Islands), Mon. There was still no trace last night of a French plane carrying an Algerian soccer team missing over the Mediterranean for three days, Spanish air authorities reported. Spanish rescue planes and Algerian ships were still searching for the aircraft.AP - 91 words
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Article, Illustration46 1971-01-05 9 JERUSALEM, Mon. The heel bows of a man crucified about 2.000 years ago. Israeli archaeologists say they are the first evidence of a crucifixion to be found. The complete skeleton showing the unmistakable signs of nails in the wrists and ankles was found in Catacombs here.46 words
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153 1971-01-05 9 Aussies: Hanoi PoWs badly treated CANBERRA, Mon. The Australian Government today accused North Vietnam of treating prisoners off war inhumanely. Foreign Affairs Minister William McMahon said prisoners were inadequately fed, inadequately housed, were not allowed sufficient exercise and were denied proper medical care. Supporting South Vietnam's proposal to repatriate aAFP - 153 words
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Article182 1971-01-05 9 Burma marks its 23rd year RANGOON, Mon. Burma today celebrated the 23rd anniversary of its independence, with nation-wide exhibitions, sports events, fireworks displays, multicoloured illuminations, musical variety programmes and film shows. The Government newspaper Working People's Daily said in an editorial: "Twenty-three years of independence has taught us that winningAFP - 182 words
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123 1971-01-05 9 New Russian missile tests puzzle US NEW YORK, Mon. American defence analysts are reported mystified by Russian tests of a new naval missile with a potential range of more than 5,000 miles. This was reported yesterday by Newsweek magazine, which said the new weapon has almost doubled the range ofAP - 123 words
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Article90 1971-01-05 9 Incorruptible judge is detained ATHENS, Mon. Christos Sartzetakis, the examining magistrate in the Lambrakis murder case, is now being held in solitary confinement at the military police's "special interrogation and investigating centre," it was learned here today. Mr. Sartzetakis was arrested in Salonika last month but no official reason for90 words
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45 1971-01-05 9 ÜBON (Eastern Thailand), Mon. Teu people were killed and four others seriously injured when their van collided with a ten- wheel-truck near here last night. The truck driver fled the scene and was still at large, police reported. AFPAFP - 45 words
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353 1971-01-05 10 NEW DELHI, Mon. Three major Indian political parties buried their ideological differences yesterday and formed an alliance that will oppose Prime Minister Indira Gandhi's ruing Congress party in the coming parliamentary elections. Despite their divergent economic ana political philosophies, the parties said theyAP - 353 words
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154 1971-01-05 10 BEIRUT, Mon. The Fatah Palestinian Guerilla Organisation yesterday announced it will close its four offices in Palestinian refugee camps in Lebanon. Fatah will also withdraw arms from its guerillas in Lebanon and start a closer cooperation between the guerillas and the Lebanese authorities,154 words
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Article108 1971-01-05 10 OBERAMMERGAU, MM. The next performance of the Oberammergan passion P»«y, n ltM, wffl follow the M«f script as the If7t prodnctlon, despite claims Sat g-W tert art. la a 112-pagf report published here today, the orfanlsers of the play rejected the charges against the 35t-year-old text.108 words
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Article, Illustration625 1971-01-05 10 LONDON, Monday GOVERNMENT experts were today probing the Ibrox soccer stadium disaster while pressure mounted for a complete overhaul of safety at British football grounds. Calls for legislation that could force expensive remodelling of stadiums posed a financial threat to soccer dabs, most of whom625 words
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Article216 1971-01-05 10 MANILA, Mon. Philippine News Service (PNS) said today 2,507 persons were killed and 2,130 wounded by violence in this island nation last year and noted this was more than U.S. battle casualties in the 1898 Spanish-American War. The news agency said more than 1,000 persons wereAP - 216 words
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Article86 1971-01-05 10 NEW YORK, Mon. Newsweek said yesterday: "West Germany is quietly clamping down on arms sales to Greece and Portugal. The official Bonn policy is that it is still delivering arms to its fellow Nato members with the usual 'third country ultimate disposition' proviso. "The joke isAP - 86 words
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Article, Illustration259 1971-01-05 10 PRESIDENT MARCOS GETS ARMY'S BACKING MANILA, Mob. Top ranking Philippine Army officials have re-iterated their support for the Government of President Marcos and promised to meet the communist insurgency in the country, the Manila Times reported today. The newspaper said the officers made the assurance hi the wake of subversive259 words
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Article110 1971-01-05 10 Mother of Martine detained SAIGON, Mon. The mother of Martine Bokassa, the illegitimate daughter formally recognised by Centrafrican President JeanBedel Bokassa, has been held by Saigon Police since yesterday while her papers are authenticated, according to Press reports here today. Martine flew out to Bangui to join her father, Gen.AFP - 110 words
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194 1971-01-05 10 LONDON, Mon. The Daily Express reported today that Britain has agreed to supply Iran with £20 million worth of Chieftain tanks, a weapon the Government has refused to sell to Israel and Libya. Defence writer Chapman Pincher said the tanks are intended toAP - 194 words
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Article, Illustration206 1971-01-05 10 Agnew 'is by no means a fool' NEW YORK, Mon. Commentator Walter Lippmann, 81, says that U.S. Vice President Spiro Agnew is "by no means a fool" but that Mr. Agnew showed in the 1970 election campaign that he does not obey the manners "upon which the American system of206 words
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67 1971-01-05 10 HYDEN (Kentucky), Mon. Government inspectors said yesterday an explosion that killed 38 miners started from a blasting operation inside the mine and was spread by coal dust. However, the statement did not further pinpoint the cause or attempt to fix any blame forAP - 67 words
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Article55 1971-01-05 10 JAKARTA, Mon. Twentythree Thai seamen who spent two months in jail in the North Sumatran city of Medan for violating Indonesian territorial waters have been released and sent back to Bangkok. The official Antara News Agency said an Indonesian immigration office spokesman said all their belongings55 words
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Article, Illustration1072 1971-01-05 11 PETER COLE ADAMS, London correspondent of the Melbourne Age, sums up last year's European scene. ON the European stage 1970 was a year of momentous beginnings and notable exits. Charles de Gaulle bowed out in the grand manner. Wladyslaw Gomulka was booed off stage.1,072 words
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Article329 1971-01-05 11 DAVID DAVIES - DAVID DAVIES By THE NATIONAL People's Congress, which will meet in Peking this year, is China's highest legislative body. The session is two years overdue for the N.P.C. last met in January 1965 and the Congress constitutionally serves a four-year term. Rumours of an impending sessionAFP - 329 words
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Article940 1971-01-05 11 R.W. APPLE - Ready, steady go— for 1972 R.W.APPLE By THERE HAS BEEN a lot of talk around Washington in the last five years or so about shortening the American presidential campaign, but things seem to be going in precisely the opposite direction. Here we are. barely recovered from the mid-term elections, and940 words
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Article, Illustration365 1971-01-05 11 THROUGH the centuries hundreds of rocks from pebbles to halfton boulders have slid mysteriously across a large dry lake in Death Valley, California. Now a geologist says the answer may be the wind and a little water. The sliding rocks mystery hasAP - 365 words
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Article, Illustration206 1971-01-05 12 PARIS, Mob. Despite one of the most Siberian winters in recent years, some Paris fashion mentors are pushing shorts so skimpy they would turn heads at sunbasked summer resorts. It is far from a ground swell fashion trend yet, but there206 words
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132 1971-01-05 12 HONGKONG, Mon.-A multi- mil lion-dollar fire has gutted Stage II of the Hongkong Electric Company's generating station on an island south of Hongkong. The blaze which broke out late last night continued into the early hours of today, plunging several districts on Hongkong islandAFP - 132 words
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292 1971-01-05 12 A YOUTH who took part in robbing a girl of a gold chain on Saturday night, tried to escape by swimming across the canal in Bukit Timah Road to Dunearn Road. Lim Kin Hin, 15, was spotted t *>us stop minutes after292 words
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Article41 1971-01-05 12 TOKYO, Mon. A record 16,785 persons died in traffic accidents in Japan in 1970 the National Police Agency reported today. The figure was 506 more than the previous record set in 1969, the Agency said. APAP - 41 words
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207 1971-01-05 12 AUSSIE GOVT'S REASONS WHY DOCTORS CAN'T STAY CANBERRA, Mob. The Australian Government has refused requests by three Asian doctors Dr. Vug Hueb Shing and Dr. Chang Knag Sun from Hongkong and Dr. Vong Leng Choi from Malaysia to remain in Australia. Immigration Minister Phillip R. Lynch said he was aware207 words
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Article57 1971-01-05 12 DETROIT, Mon. A drivein window installed last August at a funeral home has become the principal viewing method for friends and relatives of the deceased, according to Frank Givens, owner of the establishment. Givens said 50 to 100 people have driven into the canopied horseshoe- drivewayAP - 57 words
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Advertisement68 1971-01-05 12 "BOAC fly to Rome,Zurich and Frankfurt as well V as London" For some people there is only one airline. From Singapore we fly to Rome 4 times a week, Zurich 3 times a week, Frankfurt once a week and London 11 times a week. IQiifr Fly to Europe by BOAC.68 words
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Advertisement342 1971-01-05 12 O SINGAPORE IHy ARMED FORCES OPPORTUNITIES FOR PERMANENT CAREERS Opportunities for permanent careers in the Singapore Armed Forces are now available. Vacancies exist in the: Infantry and Support Arms; Technical Services; Maritime Command; Air Defence Command, and Other Services. 2. Terms of Service. Either permanent regular service until retirement or342 words
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Title Section9 1971-01-05 13 THE SINGAPORE herald Section II Tuesday, Jan. 5, 19719 words
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410 1971-01-05 13 Order and unity within first before teacher unions merger TEACHERS' unions in Singapore will have to settle their internal problems before they can amalgamate, officials of the three main unions said yesterday. The three unions the Singapore Teachers' Union, the Chinese Teachers' Union and the Malay Teachers' Union have agreed410 words
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Article, Illustration616 1971-01-05 13 DEVELOPING THE PUPIL'S INQUIRING MIND IS AIM OF NEW SYLLABUSES THIS YEAR'S Primary One and Two syllabuses place emphasis on developing the child's ability to learn rather than on teaching facts. The syllabuses, which were distributed to all primary school principals last week, outline at616 words
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253 1971-01-05 13 THE Government denied categorically yesterday that it had ordered contractors to stop work during the conference of Commonwealth Heads of Government, opening on Jan. 14. DENIAL NO. 1 came from the Ministry of National Development, which is responsible for public works. It said253 words
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Article, Illustration93 1971-01-05 13 TEARS FOR SOUVENIRS OF DAY ONE AT SCHOOL TEARS for souvenirs.. .of her first day at school. This young lady doesn't believe schooldays are going to be her happiest. In fact there weren't many dry eyes in the lines of "freshers" who queued outside their classrooms at Pearl Bank School93 words
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146 1971-01-05 13 SIX men appeared in a magistrate's court yesterday charged with the armed gang robbery of nearly $25,000 in cash and property from three service stations in Jalan Ahmad Ibrahim, Upper Bukit Timah Road and East Coast Road. Lim Kim San, 24, Tan Chor146 words
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179 1971-01-05 13 AUSSIES KEEN ON TEACHER EXCHANGE WITH SINGAPORE AUSTRALIAN teachers are keen to start a teacher exchange programme with Singapore and other Asian countries. The exchange scheme was proposed by the Singapore delegation to the convention of the International Federation of Free Teachers' Union (Asian-Australian Region) held in Kuala Lumpur recently.179 words
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105 1971-01-05 13 A NATIONAL Serviceman was said by the prosecution to have done a disservice to his country by robbing a family of $2,100 in cash ana property on Dec. 26. Ong Oon Hua, 20, pleaded guilty yesterday to armed robbery in Jalan Minyak and District105 words
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Advertisement92 1971-01-05 13 _^l^j^^^^^ m J_Pi^m W B 19 »ERENPIPITY/P»««» 16 /21 ECONOMIC AFFAIKS/ SHIPPING PULL-OUT/P»i- 17 -20 BPORT/P«f« 23 /24 sHL I^ Bt is* tyr w A new beauty and health discovery to give your -SMfe skin new life, new glow, 9^H| new vigour and new beauty. Wrinkles, pimples, rough skin and92 words
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Miscellaneous17 1971-01-05 13 TODAY: 4.37 a.m. (8.4 ft.); 5.t8 p.m. (7.C ft.) TOMORROW: 5.26 a.m. (8.2 ft.); 7.03 (7.1 ft.)17 words
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Article129 1971-01-05 14 TWO PEDESTRIANS a woman and a young girl died in hospital after they were involved in road accidents on Sunday. Madam Tan Cheng Neo, of Lorong 7, Toa Payoh, was walking along Lorong 40, (jeylang Road, when a motorcycle proceeding towards Geylang Road129 words
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97 1971-01-05 14 A SHIP'S cook who Imported 22C Ib of sausages as a Chinese New Year present for some friends In Hongkong was tailed for a day by the First District Court yesterday for not having a special Import licence. Koh Liang Aw, 49, admitted97 words
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410 1971-01-05 14 STB headquarters likely to be demolished SKYSCRAPER TO MEET COMMUNICATIONS BOOM THE Singapore Telephone Board is reaching for the sky and will demolish its nine-year-old headquarters to do it. It is to build a new "home" in the Orchard Road area to cope with rapid expansion. The board has obtained410 words
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265 1971-01-05 14 Woman dies after illegal abortion A MOTHER of six died of septicaemia due to an illegal abortion on Dec. 22, a coroner was told yesterday. i Madam Chew Slew Kian, 40, complained that she had been bleeding for six days when she went to the Kandang Kerbau Maternity Hospital on265 words
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124 1971-01-05 14 Indonesia's film industry pioneer dies JAKARTA, Mon. Hadji Usmar Ismail, director of the Indonesian National Film Company and the father of the nation's film industry, died at his home at the weekend after a cerebral haemorrhage. He was 49. Ismail, whose film career began in 1946 with the production ofAP - 124 words
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Article70 1971-01-05 14 DANIEL Teoh Foh Sen, of Margaret Drive, was fined $150 by a traffic court yesterday for riding his motor-cycle dangerously and colliding with another motor-cycle in Upper Jurong Road on July 7 last year. ODD IMFINE AMAT bin Kassim of Alexandra Road was fined $90 for riding his70 words
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Article, Illustration48 1971-01-05 14 COMMUNICATIONS Minister Yong Nyuk Lin (left) presents a token to former Postmaster-General Mr. M. Bala Subramanion who retired from the postal service at the weekend. Twenty-four other officers also received tokens. All of them have retired or are retiring from the service.48 words
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Article71 1971-01-05 14 AN 1 1 -year-old boy died of a swollen brain six days after he fell from a cherry tree in Lorong 29, Geylang, a coroner was told yesterday. Heng Yeow Ming, a pupil of Mattar East Primary School, was up in the tree with two71 words
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Article, Illustration306 1971-01-05 14 f. t SINGAPORE is still deficient in its knowledge of financial analysis and planning techniques, Mr. P.Y. Hwang, acting Director of the Economic Development Board (above) said yesterday. Mr. Hwang was speaking at the opening of the Workshop on Financial Analysis and306 words
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Advertisement191 1971-01-05 14 OPENS CATHAY THURSDAY! The Hunter Turned Fox And The Pack He Was After I Tried To Tear His Mmd To Shreds. I I Or did they 7 .^^^^^Ufl I I __An nvh^ni '^n^^^^^3r^ VJ V JmK I COLUMttA PICTURES Presents DAVID HEMMINGS I I GAYLEHUNNICUTT. fSgl I I HBUHHUII llr191 words
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Advertisement615 1971-01-05 14 I fl^L^Biß^Bl^B^B^B^^^^B^B^i^L^Ra^B^RaVLip T^\^' I P^B I I B^^^^Hfc S gVB^B^B^BUa B oJI LAST 2 DAYS! NO FREE LIST 11 a.m.. 145, 4.00, 6.30 ft 9.15 I J Fang Yin. Ung Yun. Yu Wei I I "THE IRON BUDDHA" I (A SHAW PRODUCTION) I I J Mandarin in SHAWSCOPE. COLOR I615 words
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Miscellaneous17 1971-01-05 14 DENNIS THE MENACE U had a pretty good my. Ate. Wilson t)IDNT CATCM MB 7H&£ WAtBS>« T17 words
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Article, Illustration557 1971-01-05 16 Presenting ...our ton two fashion designers for 1970 1970 HAS been an award winning year \for two young SERENDIPITY Fashion designers. Jimmy Tan, a 19-year old national serviceman and Philip Choy a student who recently celebrated his 16th birthday, have demonstrated their natural talents by submitting some of the most557 words
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527 1971-01-05 17 Thais criticise US rice sales to Asia BANGKOK, Mon -Thailand today attacked the United States for selling large amounts of American rice to countries which constitute traditional markets for Thai rice, and warned it would take further measures" if the sales were not halted. A communique, from the Ministry of527 words
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Article257 1971-01-05 17 SINGAPORE-MALAYSIA Merchant rates yesterday fixed 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 7.3500 7.3375 Australian Dollar 3.4500 3.4100 3.3900 Canadian Dollar New Zealand Dollar 3.4600 3.4125 3.3825 South Arabian Dinar 7.4000 7.3275257 words
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226 1971-01-05 17 Weintraub suggests tax on management to check inflation LONDON, MM. An Americas professor suggested today that the best way to fight inflation Is by a lew tax bosteess management. He Named Inflation on managements which give way to unrealistic wage demands from labour and the* paas oa the added costs226 words
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103 1971-01-05 17 LONDON, Mon. Reserves of gold and convertible currency backing the pound sterling rose in December for the fourth straight month, the British Treasury announced today. Total reserves on the last day of 1970 stood at £1,178 million, the highest level since devaluation in 1967. The103 words
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Article128 1971-01-05 17 WASHINGTON, Mon. President Nixon has signed a proclamation imposing import quotas for the first time on four types of dairy products mat have been entering the country from abroad in increasing quantities. The items are cheeses with low butterfat content, chocolate crumbs used in flavouring128 words
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303 1971-01-05 17 Malayawata out of red: Could it have done better? MALA YAWATA STEEL has got out of the red. It made profits amounting to $538,500 in the six months ended September 1970, compared with a loss of $591,600 incurred in the same period in the previous year. But one wonders whether303 words
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Article582 1971-01-05 17 TAIPEI, Mon. Nationalist China's economic development in the coming decade wfll shift emphasis to heavy industry, farm mechanisation and the modernisation of infrastructure, a spokesman of the Council for International Economic co-operation and Development (CIECD) said. The country cannot rely too much on the labourintensive582 words
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Article, Illustration168 1971-01-05 17 PEOPLE in business Mr. TIAW EE MENG, has been promoted marketing executive of Integrity Corporation. Mr EATAN TATA has been appointed assistant food and beverage manager of Imperial Hotel. He held the same position at the Hotel Oberoi Intercontinental in New Delhi. MrOng Mr ONG ENG ANN, Goodyear sales representative168 words
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Article45 1971-01-05 17 (Yesterday's closing prices, in U.S. dollars per ounce). Singapore (1) 38.925, (2) 147.25; Hongkong 39.23; Beirut 37.95; London 37.44; Zurich 37.358 37.505; Paris 37.76. Note: (1) Export price to non-sterling areas in U.S. dollars. (2) Local dealers' price in Singapore dollars, per tael.45 words
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Article28 1971-01-05 17 (Closing buyer/seller prices for Jan. 4, in sterling per metric ton). Tone: Very steady; Spot 1444 1447; 3-month 1449 1450; Settlement 1442; Total turnover 280 tons.28 words
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Article539 1971-01-05 17 The market moved sharply lower in quiet trading yesterday. Continued concern in industry over cost inflation prompted small selling, while an almost complete lack of buyers accentuated the falls. Towards the close, the Financial Times index was five points down at 335.6. Rank Org. led industrials downside.539 words
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Article350 1971-01-05 17 The stock market yesterday moved lower in moderate volume after 30 minute of trading. Stanpoors industrials were off 56 cents, and Dow Jones industrials off more than five points. Advancing issues were running even with declines, however. Volume totalled nearly two million shares. Analysts blamed the350 words
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Article302 1971-01-05 17 AMSTERDAM Internationals mixed yesterday with Akzo and Unilever up, but Philips, Royal Dutch and KLM easier. Hoogovens rose. In plantations. Deli was firmer, as was Scheepvaart Unie in shippings. Banks closed higher, investment funds mostly well maintained and insurances mixed. Local industrials were mixed, with Fokker firm on302 words
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Advertisement610 1971-01-05 18 ibJEPTUNE ORIENT UNES IIO. _Vl *»«ttOW>OWATtOINTHtWgmucOftWGAfOWt) 1\ tCB BUILDING 2 SHENTON WAV SINGAPORE 1 TEL *****3-7 U.K. EUROPE SERVICE LOADING FOR LONDON, H'BURG, R'DAM, HAVRE, P^'ham Pmmm ARRIVES Ni TUNf u £!.°?"i.V a/9J 10/11 8/2. Hamburg 12/2 Havra 14/2. Adam 19/2 NCPTU« AMKR 23/27 J.n 28/31 Jan 1/2 Fab 4/3.610 words
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Miscellaneous1227 1971-01-05 18 I I I \J >v KEY F °R EASY REFERENCE. The shipping schedules I I I /v N. beginning on this page are given in four parts for yfkmt I 9 X «_^_-*rf l *-i- shlps we$tb ound. eastbound, southbound and eL_ J tL>^_____i_llll___t _T1 iii coastal. Each entry gives1,227 words
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Advertisement656 1971-01-05 19 ALCOS OVERSEAS LINE TO CAPE-TOWN DURBAN MOMBASA JEPDAH Singapore Port S'nam Alcos Venture 10/15 Feb 16/18 Feb. Alcos Pioneer 16/21 Mar 14/15 Mar Alcos Trader 10/15 Apr 16/18 Apr Alcos Partner 12/17 May 18/19 May TO: OSAKA YOKOHAMA VANCOUVER B.C. JEDPAH Alcos Victory 20/23 Feb 18/19 Feb Alcos Ranger 18/21656 words
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Miscellaneous1052 1971-01-05 19 pQQtrV^I in_H nc,udinfl shl P» sal,ln 0 «>ut of Singapore for Far •CIOLL./W'LII IvJ East ports to the northeast ACHILLES 36 (S) Jan 15/15 Hongkong. Kobe. Y'hama. BF/MC M.S. TAIPOOSHAN Jan 8/9 Hongkong (Jan 13/16|. SC/SC ALCOS MASTER Apr 19/22 Osaka, Yokohama, M.S. TAIPOOSHAN Jan 20/21 Penang (Jan 22/24). Vancouver1,052 words
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Article85 1971-01-05 20 KUALA SIDIM RUBBER will pay a dividend of five per cent on Jan. 25 to shareholders on the register on Jan. 15. The company paid a total of 20 per cent In the previous year. ODD EMPAT NOMBOR EKOR will pay a second Interim dividend of 20 per85 words
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Article1879 1971-01-05 20 STOCK EXCHANGE OF MALAYSIA ANO SINGAPORE THE Stock Exchange began the New Year yesterday with renewed vigour as Press reports forecast a much improved market this year. The day's total turnover passed the two-million-unit mark to 2,254,000 with the industrial section contributing Just over two million units.1,879 words
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Article590 1971-01-05 20 MALAYSIA/SINGAPORE RUBBER RUBBER Sf-3/8 cents a ID. (sip 1% cents). The first day of trading yesterday after the New Year holiday saw fairly active conditions prevail with the majority of interest being shown in nearby paper ones. Opening business was traded hi January l RSS at 49-1/2 cents, threeeighths590 words
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Article323 1971-01-05 20 THE PORT Ol*\ SINGAPORE AUTHORITY HAS MADE THESE BERTHING ARRANGEMENTS FOR JANUARY, 5. OUT: Vishva Tej 8/9; Astrid Bakke 8/9; Scudai 20 west; Petaling 20 east; Koyo Maru 22; Barguzin 29/30; Radnorshire 31/32; Letitia Lykes 35/36; Naza 38/39; Sinoa 42/43; State of Madras 44; Japan 45; Taisei323 words
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Article77 1971-01-05 20 (Managers' prices for Jan. 5) B. S. ASIA UNIT TRUSTS Mai. Invt. Fund 1.19 1.24 MaL Progress Fund 1.06 I.H CHARTERED UNIT TRUSTS Singapore Growth Fund 1.02 1.07 SINGAPORE UNIT TRUSTS Third Singapore 1.23 The Commerce B s Ind. Fund 1.00 1.05 The Saving Fund 1.04 1.09 Singapore77 words
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Article721 1971-01-05 20 Selected mining shares made worthwhile gains yesterday, although heavy profit-taking became evident towards the close. Oils traded erratically and industrials were firm. A prime target for the profit takers was Theseus, which sold up to t1.20 before falling back to 95 cents in the afternoon session, a721 words
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Article220 1971-01-05 20 The market began the New Jardines and Gammons Allfeds, Metals and Loans also Year on a cheerful note. were strong, while Banks, registered good gains Trading was brisk Lands and Lights were steady. Turnover for the dav yesterday after the holiday increased to 812.74 mfllion a recess220 words
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Article352 1971-01-05 20 The market ruled steady in post-h oli day trading yesterday. Trading was thin. Most issues made small advances but Matsushita Electric was a strong gainer on active support, partly on foreign account. Sentiment was helped by reports of increased sales of colour television sets to Europe and352 words
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Article178 1971-01-05 20 LONDON, Mon. The market opened on a quiet note today, following New Year celebrations, but Indian Government brokers have completed current grain requirements py confirming a tanker from the U.S. North Pacific to Bombay or Kwidla at 102/6 fd (free discharge) for Jan. Two dry cargo vessels178 words
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Article, Illustration267 1971-01-05 21 Shirley Says: Jeers to you mascle maniacs you're aothiag bat a biiach off beefy show-offs and I bet yon spend all year time flexing your limbs hi front of a mirror. Evea if yoa bothered to take a girl oat, it's very likely that your267 words
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Article, Illustration142 1971-01-05 21 "I suppose it would be nice to have muscles, but too much all over the body looks rather ugly. I'd like to exercise just enough to improve my physique and stamina." "If I had time, I'd take* up body-building myself. It's good and healthy and I142 words
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Article581 1971-01-05 21 HOW DOES one distinguish between love and physical attraction? I am 24 years old and still confused. Can a man love a girl if he only desires her physically her pretty looks, her fairness and her shape? Is one year too short to "fall in581 words
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Advertisement267 1971-01-05 22 C LE R K-OF- WORKS For Offices/ Flats/Godowns Complex. Immediate engagement for period Of 2 years. Uinimum experience 6 years. Singapore Citizen. Apply to G.P.O. Box 1263. S'pore. with fun particulars, age, qualifications 4 experience. CLERKS Of WORKS required for large building projects in Singapore Please apply stating age. eipenencc267 words
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Advertisement329 1971-01-05 22 I r Mlftffilvikflilßßl or our Classified lyiMiOFr jWjjj*j_Tgle-Ads Service ttIFTEO CLAIRVOYANTS and Crystal Reader are available 12 OO noon 3.00 p.m. and 7.00 P -m. 10.30 p.m. •wrftaf at Raffles Village. Cuscaden Road. Appointment Telephone *****6 or *****2. HAVE YOU PLANS? Bring them to Motion Smith 13 Battery Road, who329 words
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Advertisement295 1971-01-05 22 LAUNDRY PROBLEM? For hotels. restaurants, shipping. 4 theatres, contact California Modern Laundry. 169. MacPherson Read. Singapore 13 Tel: *****3. REQUIRE PHOTO-COPY? Bring your documents to Guan Chua 4 Company 137 Albert Street. S'pore 7. Phone *****. WHAT'S NEXT BEST TO BOATING is reading about it in "Watersports". the seagoing bimonthly295 words
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Advertisement361 1971-01-05 22 BE6INNERS SHORTHAND, bookkeeping, commercial correspondence, principle of account. L.C.C. Intermediate and higher, shorthand speed 50 150. Regent Commercial Institute. 668. East Coast Road (Wonderland 2nd Floor) S'pore. *****0. DIPLOMA IN INTERIOR DESISN by correspondence course Diploma recognised by institute of Professional Designers for Associate Membership. Those already qualified in certain361 words
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Advertisement276 1971-01-05 22 LATEST TWODOOR FROSTFREE Refrigerator G.E. Hotpomt Philips G.E.C. Acma available at Marden General Services Telephone *****/*****0 82. Orchard Road. Singapore. REMEMBER: If it's great fashion, it's at VANITY! Our Christmas collection comprise everything from glamorous Jumpsuits to con-versation-piece Loungers. Entirely now batch! 32 Raffles Place. HAUSLEITER OFFSET PROCESS CHEMICALS, Felix-Bottcher276 words
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Advertisement364 1971-01-05 22 WOODEN A STEEL Office Equipments Steel-Shelving Safe Typewriter. Cash-register Recordcabinets. Adding. Calculating A Photo Copy Machines. Contact our showroom 88 Cross Street. Tel. *****7. *****, *****8. FOR YOUR FISHERY REQUISITES such as:- Hooks. Nets Twines. Floats and Sinkers. Manila. Nylon. Polyethylene. Polypropylene. Sisal and Coir Ropes. Ring *****. Sin Hup364 words
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Advertisement285 1971-01-05 22 BALLROOM DANClNG— lndividual coaching 2.00 p.m. 7.30 p.m. Weekdays. Socials— Tuesdays. Thursdays. Sundays. Tal. *****. Coilicks (aircondiUonad studio). 1958. New Bridge Road. ENGLISH. Elementary Mathematics. Additional Mathematics A Science by experienced teacher. Tel. *****0 between 10 am A 7 pm. TUITION AT YOUR HOME. Primary classes Evenings Monday Friday. Send285 words
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Article, Illustration370 1971-01-05 23 AMERICAN BIG FIGHT REFEREE UNDER FIRE TOKYO, Mon- Japanese sportswriters generally agreed that yesterday's World Boxing Council (WBC) title match between junior lightweight champion Yoshiaki Numata of Japan and Rene Barrientos of the Philippines was dull. A major sports daily, the Sankei Sports, however, questioned the scoring of American referee370 words
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Article62 1971-01-05 23 Standard Badminton Party prize winners: Men's Singles "A" Champion: AbdulGhani bin A. Aziz. Runners-up: Buang Manaf. Men's Doubles "A* Champions: Abdul Ghani S. Mohammad. Runners-up: All Ibrahim Hashim Fardi. Men's Singles "B": Champion: S. Hussein. Runners-up: Kamsani Taslan. Men's Doubles "B" champions: S. Hussein A Kamal Ismail. Kunners-up:62 words
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Article603 1971-01-05 23 THE LATEST classification list issued by the Malayan Racing Association on Dec. 31 1910. PROMOTIONS: (Total 8) From Cl 2 to Cl 1: E urodoll ar S table Currency Setia 11, Kam pong Melayu, Sir Knight. From Cl. S to Cl. 4: Lucius Quintus. From Cl.603 words
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Article977 1971-01-05 23 For Singapore Q meeting «*nJIMMW\ WEIGHTS for Duke dom 111 811 IS'ST T eU T Wingedfoot weekend, Jan. 9 and Marksman 8.09 Coronation Kitt 8.09 SATURDAY Dragonboat II 8.09 CL 3 Div. 3 6F Panmoray 8.08 Rickshaw Lass 9.00 Phalz 808 Fiery Dragon 9.00 Antelami 8.06 Bukit Bendera977 words
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Article197 1971-01-05 23 TOPEKA, Kansas, Mon. American athlete Jim Ryun, world record holder for the 880 yards, mile and 1,500 metres, plans to return to competition this year after 18 months in retirement. iyun said his goal is the 1972 Olympic gold medal in the 1 ,500 metres, an197 words
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Article167 1971-01-05 23 LONDON, Mon. Hopes that Alan Ward, the Derbyshire fast bowler, would be fit enough to return to Australia were quickly dashed. At midday, Billy Griffith, the MCC secretary, received a telephone call from David Clark, the manager in Australia, asking him if he could167 words
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Article81 1971-01-05 23 SAN FRANCISCO (California), Mon.-The Dallas Cowboys will meet the Baltimore Colts in the 1971 Super Bowl game at Miami on Jan. 17 to decide the American football world championship. The Cowboys with a fantastic tunning of rookie halfback Duane Thomas defeated the San Francisco Rovers81 words
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Miscellaneous363 1971-01-05 23 TWINSET CROSSWORD ACROSS DOWN 1. Child's mother eating hat for 2. Made amends for one having wise old Buddhist! (7) to study the wrong way round 5. A thong breaks on recoil (S) (6) 8. A dull fellow put up with drill 3. It's a terrible crime to be at363 words
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Article554 1971-01-05 24 Filipino may fight Numata again JAPAN, Mon. After failing to regain the World Boxing Council junior lightweight title from Japan* Yoshiaki Numata, Filipino lene Barrientos said last night he might hang up his gloves. "I have to discuss this with my wife and think it over. I don't know yet,"AP - 554 words
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174 1971-01-05 24 LONDON, Mon. South Africa, thrown out of last year's Davis Cup tennis competition because of their racial policies, will be included in the draw for the European Zone for this year's tournament when it is made in London on Jan. 15. Their entry wasAFP - 174 words
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Article118 1971-01-05 24 FA Cup fourth round draw LONDON, Mon. -The draw for the fourth round of the English FA. Cup: Portsmouth v Yeovil or Arsenal; Crystal Palace or Chelsea v Manchester City; Rochdale or Coventry v Barnet or Colchester; Everton v Manchester United or Middlesbrough; York v Southampton or Bristol City; Liverpool118 words
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Article94 1971-01-05 24 Leading league goal scorers LONDON, Mon- Leading goal scorers in English League soccer yesterday. Division One-Martin Olivers (Tottenham), 18 goals; Anthony Brown (West Bromwich), 15; Raymond Kennedy (Arsenal), 13; Robert Gould (Wolverhampton), 13; and Colin Bell (Manchester City), 13. Division Two Malcolm Mac Donald (Luton), 20; John Hickton (Middlesbrough), 19;AP - 94 words
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Article55 1971-01-05 24 PORT of Singapore Authority Recreation Club defeated Hongkong and ShangHai Bank by six goals to three in a friendly soccer match played at Bukit Chermin, yesterday. The Portmen led 4-0 at half time. Scorers: Arfl Sitan (3). P. Suppiah (2) and Ibrahim Haron for PARC and55 words
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102 1971-01-05 24 SINGAPORE National Olympic Council has received ten applications for the advertised secretary-general job. Among the applications are three holding honorary secretary posts in the various sports bodies. They are Maurice Nicholas (athletics), Woon Sui Kut (swimming), and S. Yogarajah (hockey). Mr. Nicholas is the102 words
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102 1971-01-05 24 SINGAPORE Amateur Athletic Association will not be sending a team for the Indian open athletic championships later this month because of insufficient funds. Most of the Association's fund& had been expended on the recent Asian Games last month. "The chances of raisins money102 words
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Article, Illustration601 1971-01-05 24 ■r. T" 1 8 fficial Poster will be used to publicise the Olympic sailing competitions in w Is J! ss ed by the Or B"»»sing Committee for the Games of the XX. Olympiad Munich 1972. Kiel, with almost 270,000 inhabitants, is the capital of601 words
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180 1971-01-05 24 MIAMI BEACH, Mon. The United States, on the strength of straight set singles victories by Harold Solomon and Brian Gottfried captured its second straight Sunshine Junior Cup matches title yesterday over South Africa. Solomon, two-time Orange Bowl junior tennis tournament champion, was too steadyAP - 180 words
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Article26 1971-01-05 24 STOCKHOLM, Mon.— J a p a nese skier Matsuhashi Takahasi finished 16th yesterday in the third Lion cross- country ski race over 15 kilometres near here.26 words
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Article62 1971-01-05 24 SALZBURG, Mon.-Kenyi Suzuki of Japan placed 1 lth in a field of 120 entrants at a Slalom race near Schwarzach, Salzburg Province, yesterday. Only 17 skiers reached the classification stage. All others fell or were disqualified by gate faults. The event was won by Swedish Slalom specialist Sven Mikaelson inAP - 62 words
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Article74 1971-01-05 24 CALCUTTA, Mon.-The World Champion Japanese table tennis team beat India 5-1 in Gauhati yesterday in the second match of their tour of India. Japan won their first match 5-0 last week. Results (Japanese first): T. Nishi beat Depak Vedera 21/9 21/18; Konodo beat G Jaganrath 21/14, 21/10; M. Kono beatAFP - 74 words
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Article77 1971-01-05 24 MANILA, Mon.— Ranking Japanese boxer Tomaoka Shohei will meet Philippine bantamweight champion AlbertoJangaJay in a ten-round fight on Jan. 29 at Manila's Rizal Coliseum, it was announced here. Featured in the same card is Japan's junior lightweight Junji Itonaga who will face No. 3 Filipino juniorlight weight Rey Bautista inAFP - 77 words
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Miscellaneous9 1971-01-05 24 Frst Features Unfortunotely wasn't a bunker when he started!9 words
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