Singapore Herald, 5 February 1971

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  • 15 1 The Singapore herald No. 168 Singapore Friday, February 5, 1971 MC(P) No. 2525 15 CENTS
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  • 633 1 Rolls-Royce Rolls-Royce in a tail-spin LONDON, Thurs. The British Government announced today it was taking over part of the assets of Rolls-Royce in order to enable the company to maintain Its essential activities. The announcement was made In the House of Commons by Mr Frederick Corfleld, Minister for Aviation Supply,
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  • 625 1 Quake rocks Singapore WASHINGTON, Thus. The national earthquake centre in nearby Rockville, Maryland, reported today that a major earthquake occurred at 1533GMT (about 11. §3 pm. Singapore Time) off the west coast of Sumatra. The earthquake was about 450 miles south-west of Singapore and had a magnitude of approximately 7.2
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  • 258 1 SPACE CENTRE, Houston. Thurs. Apollo 14 is now in moon orbit and its crew ready for a moon landing tomorrow. A troublesome battery on the lunar lander was checked and found okay, and Mission Control told the astronauts: "It looks good." Alan Shepard and Edgar
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  • 439 1 30,000 mass along Laos border KHE SANH THE BASE FOR THE BIG PUSH LATEST 1 VIENTIANE, Thurs. Overland penetration of South Vietnamese forces into Laos Is reported to have begun today westward across the border tea Miles west of Khe Sanh. Unconfirmed reports said reception ■■Its were dropped Inside Laos
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  • IN BRIEF
    • 58 1 BEIRUT, Thurs. President Anwar Sadat of Egypt said today his country would extend the ceasefire on the Suez Canal for 30 days up to March 7. He added that Israel would have to effect a partial withdrawal of its forces from the Suez Canal during this period as
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    • 35 1 ODD NOUAKCHOTT: Mauritanian President Moktar Ould Daddah yesterday praised France's decision to "revise" its arms sale policy to South Africa in remarks made as French President Georges Pompido" his 11-day West African tour here. AFP
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    • 27 1 ODD TAIPEH: A 10-kilowatt atomic reactor designed and built by Chinese scientists and engineers became operational last Tuesday, the AtOIT 1 Riurov PnnnKll mm m todav AFP
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    • 26 1 DD BANGKOK: Thai Premier Thanom Kittikachorn wiU make official visits to Britain Switzerland and West German v in m» v it was announced here today. AFP
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    • 30 1 ODD CM^^V^ aVCrage Ufe S P ftn fOr Chinese in Taiwan was 65.1 for men and 70 8 for women in lorn th* f n A ~< A uu;.. today. AFP
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  • 124 1 'UK legally bound to sell arms to South Africa' LONDON, Thurs. The British Government has a legal obligation to supply South Africa with a certain number of helicopters for maritime use, according to a White Paper published here today. The paper was by Sir Peter Rawlinson (Attorney General! nd Sir
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  • 682 2  -  FRANCIS WONG BY "TAKE us to the bird park," said the boys. I pleaded weariness. Anyway, we'd all seen scores of pictures of the place, photographed from every possible angle. It was my experience that snapshots were often more impressive than the real
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  • Friday, February 5, 1971. THE SINGAPORE HERALD
    • 583 2 THERE was talk early last month of higher petroleum prices in Singapore. Oil companies confirmed that they were considering a hike, pointing out that increased operating costs, especially higher tankerage rates, had already brought price adjustments in Europe, America. The blow has still to fall in
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  • 915 2  -  DR. JOHN A. MACDOUGALL By IT would be both mischievous and erroneous to argue that the concept of a "national university" is a meaningless one which has become the political bane of young nation-builders. More tenable is the argument that the meanings
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  • 2367 2 CRITERIA FOR A NATIONAL UNIVERSITY EXPATRIATE CONTRIBUTION TO DISCUSSION university must come from local sources, whether public or private and preferably both. A national university cannot allow itself to be financed mainly from abroad because of the likely correlate of foreign control, direct or subtle, over a certain range of
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  • 373 3 EIGHT children were among 19 passengers injured yesterday when a Singapore Traction Company bus skidded and landed on its side along Lorong 6, Toa Payoh. All of them were taken in several ambulances to the Thomson Road General Hospital and treated as outpatients.
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  • 233 3 PAP POLICY NOW IS TO RECRUIT YOUTHS— TANG i tin, present policy oi the People's Action! Party is to attract more young and capable people into the party, its acting organising secretary, Mr. Tang See Chim, said last night He said: "Unless the youths are involved in political, economic and
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  • 133 3 WEST Malaysian, Lee Kap Yew, 3t was charged in the First Magistrate's Court yesterday with kidnapping millionaire Tan Han Seng on Nov. 12 last year. Lee, 3t f ks alleged to have kidnapped Mr. Tan, 48, a director of Asia Commercial Banking Corporation Ltd. from
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  • 124 3 KUALA LUMPUR, Thurs. About 120 students who will be leaving for various courses of studies overseas will attend an orientation course at the First Residential College, University of Malaya, on Feb. 9. The course, which will be opened by the Assistant Minister of National and
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    • 74 3 ARCHIE By Bob Montana x EVER] AAAAA' J LIKE HE WE WERE JLtRY aOINGj >rir rw »«y SWALLOWED BOTH OUT /V-i OUT WlTrfl |m* F 7 A SICK I WITH COLDS !J \G\ R.LS |P| CZr^ LLY G° AT -1 NOSE AND JOH\ 1 **N r&OB j THROAT EACH J
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  • 370 4 'Prejudice against blue-collar education is being overcome' TECHNICAL and industrial education are slowly overcoming a deeplyrooted preference for "academic" education in Singapore, the Minister of Education, Mr. Lim Kim San, said on Wednesday. Addressing the Fifth Commonwealth Education Conference in Canberra the Australian federal capital Mr Lim said: "Basically, we
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  • 470 4 Prof: Medical School most be ungraded and here's how MEDICAL education in Singapore must be upgraded, Prof. John Beck of McGill University, Ontario, said yesterday. He suggested that: MORE GOVERNMENT FUNDS be allocated to provide better research facilities in order to attract and hold top quality academic staff; and A
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  • 647 4 We won't be cowed: Opposition DEMOCRACY AND THAT WARNING KUALA LUMPUR, Thurs. Prime Minister Tun Abdul Razak was criticised by Opposition parties today for his warning that unless the Constitution Amendment Bill was passed there would be no return to par liamentary democracy. Gerakan Secretary-General Dr. Tan Chee Khoon expressed
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  • 251 4 KUALA LUMPUR, Thurs. Tun Abdul Razak (above) said today there was no reason for undue worry that the Government might fail to secure the required two-thirds majority vote in Parliament for its proposed amendments to the Constitution. On paper, the
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  • 37 4 KUALA LUMPUR, Thurs. A cultural show in aid of the flood victims will be staged by the Armed Forces Signal Regiment at the Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka here on Feb. 12, at 8 p.m.
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  • 266 4 IPOH, Thurs. Umno is to set up a political and economic bureau at its headquarters in Kuala Lumpur to serve as a "factory of ideas" for the party, Tun Abdul Razak announced today. He added that this was necessary to enable the party to
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  • 120 4 A FOURTEENTH member has been elected unopposed to the new 55--man management committee of the Chinese Chamber of Commerce for 1971/1972. He is Mr. Chong Moong Seng >f the Thai Poo group. The others are one each from the Mel and Hainanese groups
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    • 36 4 BEETLE BAILEY By Mort Walker 7 WMO CARES 7 RIGHT.' THE WAV I E%C£PT TMAT I'M A sAefi c IflMBL'ACtf FEEL IS, WE'EE LIEUTENANT BROTHER tam X>v Ahi VOd B i- ALL e*°T>lE£S ANP YOU'RE A
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  • 217 5 nit uuiiuing nas not oeen occupied because the union still owes the contractors about $250,000, he said. About a year ago the 58-man executive committee of the union resigned after the Corrupt Practices Investigation Bureau conducted an investigation into its affairs. POLICE are
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  • 146 5 BUS IN RAVINE: DRIVER BLAMES IT ON GHOSTS A FORMER Green Bus driver pat the blame on ghosts yesterday for driving a has Into a ravine. Qwek Cheng Gaan of Jurong Road, who was charged la a traffic court with dangerous driving, said the ninth mile stone of Bukit Tlmah
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  • 237 5 HDB chalks up a new record 14,251 FLATS AND SHOPS BUILT LAST YEAR THE Housing and Development Board completed 14,251 flats and shops last year the highest figure recorded in its 11-year history. The majority were one-room improved flats (5,352) and three-room flats (5,379) intended for sale. These flats are
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  • 221 5 $1,000 fine for bus conductor who punched a policeman AN STC BUS conductor was convicted yesterday of causing grievous hurt when he punched a policeman and fractured his nose. Vakil Shah Mustan, 44, was sentenced by the Fourth District Court to one day's jafl, and fined $1,000 or another four
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  • 461 5 Federal Paper shares case: A merchant's o rder to buy... A MERCHANT agreed in the High Court yesterday that he instructed the stockbroking firm of Lyall and Evatt to buy shares of a suspended counter. Tay Choo Wah, who is being sued by Fraser and Company, another firm of stockbrokers,
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  • 79 5 A MEMORIAL service for civilian victims of the Japanese Occupation will be conducted at the Beach Road memorial at 10 a.m. on Feb. 15. The Chinese Chamber of Commerce has invited representatives of the other three chambers Malay, Indian and International Chambers to attend
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  • Page 5 Miscellaneous
    • 271 5 9Tj|p5QQpQ Today offers you full You love variety in your Get in touch with old scope for the exercise of act i v i tie s but friends whom you 1 mental agility in writing, concentration along a haven't heard from in a 1 talking, and all kinds of special
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  • 293 6 STU: If only we dynamic leaders... THE PRESENT position of the Singapore Teachers' Union would have been very different if it had been a strong and united body led by dynamic and dedicated leaders that's the union's view. The statement comes from a pamphlet prepared for the three-day STU seminar
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  • 366 6  - No jobs for the blind bosses prejudiced HUEN PENG KONG By MANY employers are still reluctant to offer jobs to trained blind workers even though it has been proved that they are as competent, if not better, than normal people. The many letters the Singapore Association for the Blind has
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  • 237 6 AUSTRALIAN SOLDIERS WEED OUT A PICTURE PUZZLE DOWN Milder the long Eass, Australian soldiers ve uncovered a mystery. The artillery men have come across a mosaic reproduction of their Corps* emblem. The mosaic, oval In shape and about the size of a cartwheel, was found this week ob the soldiers*
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  • 191 6 SINGAPORE'S cost of living remained practically static for last year according to the latest official figures. According to its Monthly Digest of Statistics for January, the consumer price index for the first 11 months of the year fell from 111.8 for January to 111.4
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  • Page 6 Miscellaneous
    • 21 6 DENNIS THE MENACE 'NiAFGARZTS COUSIN GOT AAARRlfcO, AND THIS IS THE PIO8 OF IA/BDDIM' CAKB 1M S'ROSEO TO DREW ON M
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    • 209 6 8 a.m. 8 p.m.: Exhibition of books by Charles Dickens at the foyer of the National Library, Stamford Road. 9 a.m. 6 p.m.: Exhibition of Japanese art and craft at the lecture hall of the National LibraryIt a.m.: Demonstration and lecture on "The Modern Approach to Oil Painting*' by Mrs.
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  • 483 7  -  Mary Lee -By 1 lit works oi five local artists will be shown at the Five Star Gallery which opens here today. The, art gallery is a converted portion of Donald Moore Galleries in Liat Towers, Orchard Road. It will display the works of Yusman
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  • 161 7 CLASSICAL music enthusiasts last week watched the curtain rise on two magnificent concerts by foreign artistes. The first wave of 1971 performances will be carried over once more next Wednesday night, when French pianist Raffi Petrossian will perform at the Victoria Theatre. The 45-year-old pianist
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  • 698 7  -  AMAR JEET BLOOD, Sweat and Tears is no image of gloom; nor is it a cheap gimmick. It's a big nine-member U.S. jazz-rock group with a big band sound. BST is unique. Not because its concept is altogether new but because it has
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  • VIEWPOINT
    • 394 8  - Let's discuss that reoort ROLAND PUCCETTI WITH regard to the comments of Kesatuan Akademis leaders on my annual report (S.H. Feb. 4), allow me to make the following observations. Their letter contains 23 sentences, of which 15 are directed at me personally and only eight relevant to the report itself.
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    • 160 8  - TUCKSHOP VENDORS EXPLOITING SCHOOL CHILDREN FAIR-MINDED CITIZEN I WISH to protest at the way some tuckshop vendors are exploiting school children. While waiting at the tuckshop of a school in Stevens Road on Jan. 25 for my son to be dismissed, I ordered a cup of coffee (with milk) and
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    • 181 8  - MESSRS. DAVID MARSHALL Singapore 11 WE REFER to your report (S.H. Feb. 4) that Mr David Marshall has made an application for ad hoc admission into the Malaysian Bar to appear in a case in Johore Bahru. Mr. Marshall has made no such application. However, a Malaysian solicitor has preferred
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    • 394 8  - WHAT HAS BECOME OF THOSE BRAVE STUDENTS? ANTI-REVISIONISM 1 READ with interest your new section "Top form" (Jan. 26). Two points stand out for comment viz the poor response of the business community to support our students' commendable efforts to help the less fortunate and sufferings and HSF's contention that
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    • 242 8 WAITING SEVEN YEARS FOR A DECISION I AM one of the several teachers like "Frustrated Teacher" who joined service prior to May 1, 1958 and have yet to be put into the correct salary scale. Ours is a straightforward case. Mr. M.V. Jayakody of the STU was only trying to
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    • 33 8 All letters to Viewpoint must be signed and carry the writer's address. Iff correspondents wish to have their names withheld, they may use a pen name, but their letters must still be signed.
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    • 120 8  - NO NOTICE, BUT I HAD TO PAY MANABOLEH ON Saturday (Jan. 31), I went to one of the District Offices to pay my property tax for the first half of this year. The time was only 12.10 p.m. but to my surprise I found the collector's office closed. On inquiry
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    • 580 8 CRACKER-FIRING is a symbol of happiness. It is a custom to fire crackers to welcome in the New Year in Singapore for more than five decades. The almost complete ban of the firing of crackers has made this New Year the most-Un-Happy New Year. I have
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    • 352 8 A costly blunder SINGAPORE'S Choong 16 nc4: bc4: Liong On was most 17 qc4: Qb6 unlucky when he lost to is qc2 Ba6 Australia's Grade A 19 Bb2 RfcB player, P. Johnson in the 20 Qdi Bb2: Karlis Lidums Inter- 21 Rb2: Nes national Tournament held 22 Rd2 Nc4 recently
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  • 416 9 More trouble ahead, warns union chief MANCHESTER, Thurs. Britain's top union leader has forecast a wave of strikes that will make the coming months one of the bleakest periods in this country's history. Mr. Victor Feather, head of the Trades Union Congress (TUC), foresaw more than 11 million days of
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  • 344 9 Manila strike violence: 11 killed MANILA, Thurs. A university student was killed today when pillbox bomb exploded on his head, bringing to eleven the number of dead in continuing disturbances caused by the partial transport strike. The police said the other itudents fleeing from police nen were also injured by
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  • 239 9 MANILA Thurs. The campus of the University of the Philippines has become the bastion of Filipino student activism and assumed the appearance of a beleaguered fort, barricaded all around, and manned by 1,500 youths armed to the teeth with Molotov bombs. Situated 9 miles
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  • 403 9 EGYPT GIVES JARRING ANOTHER 30 DAYS T*■ n is "vy- 1:= n; CAIRO, Thurs. Egyptian officials disclosed yesterday they have reached a decision regarding a possible extension of the Middle East ceasefire. Reliable sources said on Wednesday night that Egypt is willing to give U.N. mediator Gunnar Jarring 38 more
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  • 222 9 GUINEA CALLS FOR GEN. AMIN'S OVFRTHROW ABIDJAN, Thurs. President Sekou Toure of Guinea today called on all African Heads of State to help restore ousted President Milton Obote to power in Uganda. The news of the President's message was reported by Radio Conakry monitored here. NYERERE PRAISED The message spoke
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  • 220 9 Four arrested after giant hashish haul NEW YORK, Thurs. Narcotics agents have seized the largest shipment of hashish ever confiscated by the police in the United States and arrested alleged members of a major drug-smuggling ring. U.S. Attorney Edward Neaher told a Federal court here that the agents found 600
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  • 216 9 Model girl's mystery fortune is no small beer TORONTO, Thurs. A 26-year-old model was yesterday preparing to fly home to West Germany to discover the identity of a benefactor who may have left her US$5OO,OOO. Caroline Hackmann was located on Tuesday after her agent in Germany asked for help from
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  • 136 9 WASHINGTON, Thurs. The U.S. Government reports that a preliminary study by unidentified doctor suggests an oral extract of marijuana "may be a useful agent for the management" of people dying from cancer. "The beneficial effects of marijuana demonstrated over a short period of time were stimulation
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  • 48 10 BLAST THAT ROCKED TWO NATIONS PAKISTAN: Wrecked Fokker blazes on the tarmac at Lahore airport after the explosion. INDIA*. Delhi Students ripmnnctrato Kv *Ka PoLicfon US«k Hijackers Mohammed Hashem, 20, (left) and Ashrai Qureshi, 21, in the cockpit of the plane a few hours before it was destroyed.
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  • 188 10 RESCUE WORKERS HUNT FOR BODIES BRUNSWICK, Georgia, Thurs. An explosion and fire devastated a munitions plant crowded with workers in a remote section of southern Georgia yesterday. Police said 16 bodies had been recovered from the wreckage of the Thiokol Chemical Co. plant, but
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  • 186 10 Now a peace plan Korea WASHINGTON, Thurs. Opposition party candidate Kim Dae Jung said last night if he is elected president of South Korea this spring he will call on the United States, Japan, China and the Soviet Union to jointly guarantee the preservation of peace in the Korean Peninsula.
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  • 128 10 Late, late show is very, very sexy OSAKA, Thurs. When the late, late show ends on television, viewers in some districts of Osaka have discovered it pays to keep their sets on they get to see sexy movies. The sexy movies, police reported today, originate from a hotel which caters
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  • 397 10 INDIA BANS ALL PAKISTANI FLIGHTS OVER ITS TERRITORY NEW DELHI, Thurs. India today imposed a total ban on all Pakistani aircraft flights over India, following the burning on Tuesday of a hijacked Indian Airlines plane at Lahore. The announcement of the baa coincided with clashes between students and employees of
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  • 59 10 HONGKONG, Thurs. Six drug addicts who fled from an isolated rehabilitation centre here last October by stealing a boat and then drifted into Chinese waters were each fined 200 Hongkong dollars. They were jailed by the Communists from Oct. 4, 1970 to Jan. 25, 1971 for violating Chinese
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  • 56 10  - CALLEY 'NORMAL' WASHINGTON, Thurs. A brain wave test administered to U.S. Army Lt. William Calley at Walter Reed Army Medical Centre here proved normal, Westinghouse Broadcasting said. The electroen cephelogram test was one of several neurological tests administered to Calley, who is charged with killing at least 102 South Vietnamese
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  • 285 10 Belfast erupts again in violence BELFAST, Thurs. At least four British soldiers were wounded, one of them seriously, when demonstrators used automatic arms in a night of violence thai equalled the worst moments of the past 18 months of troubles in Northern Ireland. About 40 demonstrators had been detained by
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  • 259 10 tA 1 ANIAKU, Italy, rhurs.— An explosion rocked the seat of the Calabrian Regional Government today in this city that is bitterly •esented by rival Reggio Calabria. Catanzaro, half Reggio's ;ize, was named capital of the egion last spring. The blast shook
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  • 129 10 RIO DE JANEIRO, Ttaurs. A football team trainer was beaten to death by spectators during a match in the small town of Itarana in the Braxilian state of Espirito Santo. Ladislan Pereira, trainer of the visiting team Ferroviaria for two weeks, was attacked when he
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  • 35 10 BONN, Thurs. The fifth round of government talks aimed at improving ties between East and West Germany ended after six hours with delegations agreeing to meet again on Feb. 17 in East Berlin.
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  • 24 10  - PHILIP FLIES IN TRENTON, Ontario, Thurs. Prince Philip arrived at the Canadian forces base near here for an overnight stay en route for Panama.
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  • 1373 11 Gen. Amin's race against time BACKGROUND TO THE FOREIGN NEWS ■*rc uuLvm m Nairobi examines the prospects of Obote's successor in Uganda MR HEATH does not have to look far for the immediate consequences in Africa of the Commonwealth Conference. The ring of hardline African States that was pressing on
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  • 730 11  -  MICHAEL RICHARDSON in CANBERRA By AUSTRALIA has a love-hate relationship with South Africa which illustrates very aptly how one nation can say nasty things about another at one level and yet enjoy friendly and lucrative exchanges at other levels. This ambivalence was underlined last week
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  • 173 11 •1 mm a ix, TBars. Computer deciphering of the eight manuscripts several centuries older than the famous dead sea scrolls revealed that a Philistine language lived slde-by-slde with Hebrew la ancient Palestine, according to The Jordanian Antiquities Department. Five of the manuscripts bear writings la ink on
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  • 847 11 IT'S ENOUGH to make you wonder if any service is essential. In recent months, successive strikes have taught the British to live with LincoUected garbage and to cook by candlelight. Thanks to a national postal strike, they are now surviving without benefit of bills >r
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  • 444 12 GROUPS of University 3f Singapore students interviewed yesterday generally agree with Prof. Roland Puccetti' s report about getting less attention from the academic staff. A cross-section of the undergrads interviewed showed concern over the disparity in the staff-student 'ratio and felt there was an urgent
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  • 228 12 *****66 wins $400,000 Sweep prize TICKET No. *****66 won the first prize of $400,000 in the Singapore Sweep No. 2/71 drawn yesterday. The second prize of $150,000 went to ticket No. *****14 and the third prize ($75,000) to ticket No. *****58. The other winning tickets are: JACKPOT NUMBERS (slt,Mt each):
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  • 240 12 SINGER ON CRUTCHES CROONS FOR CRIPPLED CHILDREN HENRY Low has walked with crutches all bis life. It doesn't bother him and it didn't bother 7M handicapped children who were treated to a Chinese New Year party by the Goodwood Group of hotels la the Golden Lotas restaurant yesterday. la fact,
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  • 368 12 MINISTER for Science and Technology Dr. Toh Chin Chye says a possible solution to Singapore's "crying shortage of skilled manpower" would be to introduce a system where full-time employment 'alternated with full-time study. Writing in the latest edition of Suara Universiti, Dr. Toh
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  • 90 12 JAKARTA, Thurs. Prime Minister of the West German state of Bremen, Mr Hans Koschnick, left here this morning for Medan to visit several tobacco estates and tourist resorts in the area. Mr. Koschnick told a Press conference yesterday that he saw many possibilities" for European
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  • 36 12 Marianne stays single LONDON, Thurs. Marianne Faithful's bethrothal to Lord Rossmore is over, the 24-year old actress' mother said. M iss Faithfull now has no intention of marrying the Irish peer, said her mother. Baroness Erisso.
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  • 39 12  - SHIP FREED TAKAMATSU, Thurs. A Panamania freighter, which ran aground in the Japan Inland Sea, freed herself yesterday and sustained only minor damage. The 8,345-ton freighter, Vanlene, cracked its hull slightly but none of its 40 crewmen was injured.
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    • 88 12 ff Of course I fly BOAC to London. Who else has 11 services v a week?" For some people there is only one airline. Only BOAC offers you eleven flights a week to London from Singapore. By VCIO or 707. Day or night services. Direct with no change of plane.
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  • 350 13 MADAM LOH Teck Hong, 52, has not missed one day's work in the last 10 years, and her record of punctuality in all that time is also flawless. In recognition of her devotion and loyalty, her employers Union Carbide
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  • 332 13 MSA to go ahead with build-up despite split RECRUITMENT OF PILOTS CONTINUING, TOO MALAYSIA-Singa-pore Airlines will go ahead with its expansion plans costing more than $31 million, despite the proposed split, a spokesman for the airline said yesterday. The airline proposes to: INSTAL a $23 million push-button computer system; EXPAND
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  • 148 13 A month's sack notice not enough: Judge KUALA LUMPUR, Thurs. A judge today held that one month was insufficient notice for an employer to terminate the services of a long-service worker. Mr. Justice Abdul Ha mid allowed a claim for damages by an estate conductor, J.P. Benedict, 51, who had
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  • 448 13 A DETECTIVE on his way to work one night ran into a robbery and shot dead a robber who was about to stab his victim. Det. Koh Thian Soo, of Queenstown police station, told a coroner's inquiry yesterday into the death of
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  • 227 13 THE Botanic Gardens will have a sundial garden and an orchid display shed by June. The sundial garden will be built around the present sundial standing at the base of the flower clock. Work has begun and the ground has been cleared for planting.
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  • 114 13 MANSFIELD and Company is taking over two agencies British India Steam Navigation and P O Lines of London from Islay Kerr tram April. Islay Kerr, one of Singapore's oldest skipping agents. Is closing oa March 31. It was established in IS4«. Mansfield and Company
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  • 81 13 A course on structure of mysic A COURSE on the structure of music will be conducted by Mr. Simplidus Cheong on Feb. 16 at 7.30 p.m. in the Arts Lecture Theatre, University of Singapore. Mr. Cheong, a musicologist and composer, is a producer of music programmes at RTS. The ten-lecture
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  • 89 13 AN employer was fined a total of $1,600 in a magistrates' court yesterday for failing to make Central Provident Fund contributions. Mok Cheok Wai, managing partner of Mok Co. of Geylang. was charged with 32 counts of not paying the CPF
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  • 164 13 11 will now be music lessons without a piano for nearly 2,000 students in the Raffles Institution For their piano was destroyed in a fire which broke out in the school hall early yesterday. The fire, caused by a short circuit, also destroyed the
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  • Page 13 Advertisements
    • 66 13 ECONOMIC AFFAIRS/ Pages 14/15 SHIPPI HQ/P mgm* 16/17 MOTORING/TV/ Pages 18/19 FORM GUIDE/Pages 20-22 SPORT/ Page* 23-24 I AMIR SONS (Estd. 1921) > 276, Orchard Road, Singapore, 9. J Direct Importers > Of Carpets Rugs I I Specialists In Handmade: PERSIAN 1 j PAKISTANI I I TURKOMAN BOKHARAS I Also
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    • 116 13 IN LAST night's Toto draw No. 8/71, the nunbers picked were 5, 48,4,3,3s. The additional nnmber was 8. la the circles draw the numbers were 21, 45 aad 28. TODAY: S.13 a.m. (8.1 ft.); 8.22 p.m. (8.8 ft) TOMORROW: 8.3S p.m. (7.8 ft.); 18.18 p.m. (7.4 ft.). BLONDIE By Chic
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  • 479 14 The stock market dosed weak yesterday. The suspension of the Rolls Royce quotation and subsequent appointment of a receiver, the withdrawal of the Mineral Securities report and the disclosure of a sharp loss plus the decision by OPEC members to legislate for unilateral price fixing, all contributed
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  • COMPANY NEWS
    • 91 14 NASHVILLE, Tennessee, Tkurs. A marine insurance firm, Ingram, Armistead, Wallace, lac., announced It has opened an AsianPacific regional office la Singapore. "The company said the decision to set np a second regional office resalted front the outstanding success of the first office,
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    • 94 14 Decimalisation: London Exchange to close for 3 days LONDON, Thurs. The London Stock Exchange and banks will remain closed from February It until February 15 In preparation for the changeover to a decimal currency. From Feb. 15, the United Kingdom will be changing over to a decimal currency (pounds ami
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    • 66 14 13 Sydney stocks suspended SYDNEY, Thurs. -The Sydney Stock Exchange today suspended trading in shares of Cudgen, Consolidated Rutile, Aberfoyle, Robe River, Ardlethan, Golden Plateau NL Petroleum Securities, Pexa oil, A mad and Paringa. The exchange has also suspended Cleveland Tin and Oil Investments. All companies are associated with Mineral
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    • 43 14 NEW YORK, Thurs.-First National City Corporation announced that it has recently acquired the international management consulting firm of Cresap, McCormick and Paget Inc. The new FNCB subsidiary will retain its present name and will continue to be operated by its present management.
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    • 47 14 LONDON, Thurs.-Attock Oil said bankers acting for a prospective bidder have advised it has not been found possible to overcome difficulties, and the bid for the company is off. Mention of a possible bid was made in a circular from Attock last October.- 0 Reuter
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    • 162 14 The stock exchange has announced that from Feb. 15, stocks will be quoted In the following form: Gilt-edged, debentures sod other fixed Interest securities now dealt In on a "per cent** basis (e.g. S--3/4 per cent Funding lfW/tl quoted EM-5/8) will continue to be dealt in pounds and fractions
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    • 222 14 JAKARTA, Thurs. Haas Koschnlck, president of the West German Upper House and Mayor of the city state of Bremen, has said he expects German Investments and trade with Indonesia to rival that of Japan la the coming years. Japan Is second to the United
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    • 107 14 LONDON, Thurs. A British trade mission, representing manufacturers of men's clothing, is visiting Japan and Hongkong to establish stronger commercial links. The mission, led by Mr. Derek P. Rose, managing director of bonsoir, Europe's largest pyjama manufacturer, left London yesterday for Tokyo. Members of
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    • 67 14 NEW YORK, Thurs -Pan American World Airways, Inc. reported a preliminary loss of U5548.03 million for 1970. The airlines said the net loss was equal to USSI.37 a share and compared with a net loss of U5525. 89 million, or 75 U.S. cents a share, in 1969. A
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    • 211 14 ALCAN MALAYSIA'S pre-tax profits fell 13.6 per cent to 1680,308 in 1970, compared to the previous year. On account of investment tax credit available on the company's extrusion press expansion project, the provision for tax was only $80,939. Net profits stood at $599,369. The sale of aluminium sheet and
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    • 46 14 (Yesterday's closing prices, in U.S. dollars per ounce). Singapore (1) 40.475, (2) 152.00.; Hongkong 40.74; Beirut Delayed; London 38.46; Zurich 38.408, 38. 605. Paris 38.80 Note: (1) Export price to non-sterling areas in U.S. dollars. (2) Local dealers price in Singapoe dollars, per tael.
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    • 27 14 (Closing buyer/seller prices for Feb. 4, in sterling per metric ton). Tone: Steady: Spot 1435 1437; 3-month 1438 1439; Settlement 1436; Total turnover 655 tons.
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    • 501 14 (Review for the period January 21 to February 4). The market dropped under October's 1970 low of 46-7/8 cents to the lowest point since February 1968, when it touched 46-1/2 for current month on Wednesday this week, reported HOLIDAY, CUTLER ft BATH. The period was a difficult
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  • 415 14 The stock market continued mixed in active trading yesterday. Stanpoor's industrial average slipped 12 cents but advances held a five-to-four lead over declines. Volume was 2.5 million shares after 45 minutes of trading. International oils eased reflecting concern over the next move by Persian Gulf states
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  • 271 14 O 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 7.4040 7.3715 7.3600 Australian Dollar 3.4625 3.4200 3.4000 Canadian Dollar New Zealand Dollar 3.4725 3.4225 3.3925 South Arabian Dinar 7.4200
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  • 276 14 AMSTERDAM Fokker Aircraft lost 2.20 guilders yesterday on the news that Rols Royce is in financial difficulties and has requested a receiver. Internationals were generally dull in quiet dealings. Royal .Dutch were exceptionally higher on small local demand. Leading banks were mixed and insurances mainly easier with investment
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    • 447 14 I ADVERTISEMENTS ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. ANNIVERSARIES. AN NOUNCEMENTS. BIRTHS. CLUB ACTIVITIES. CON DOLENCES. DEATHS. ENGAGEMENTS, FUNERAL. GREET INGS. IN MEMORIAM. MARRIAGES. MISSING. PERSONAL. P.P.C. REQUIEMS REUNIONS. Minimum $4/- for 10 words, each additional word 40cts All other classified advertisements: Minimum $2/- for 10 words, each additional word 20cts. BOX SERVICE CHARGE .00
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  • 102 15 luinuo.V Thurs. The Soviet Union has signed the fourth International Tin Agreement (IT A) and for the first time become a member of the International Tin Council (ITC), the Foreign Office said today. Signing took place last week, a Foreign Office spokesman said. The Soviet
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  • 346 15 iiic niarKci ciosea steady yesterday with the stock average finishing 3.61 yen higher at 2. 1 JJ.J4tyML Selective interest was spread over automobiles, housing related issues, constructions and trading houses. Gains, however, were shaded later on profit-taking. (Closing paid prices in yen, w Akai Electric 382 (382)
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  • RUBBER/TIN/COCONUT/PEPPER
    • 460 15 RUBBER February 47 cents a lb. (up a quarter cent); March 47-7/8 (Unchanged). Opening business yesterday was recorded in March 1 RSS at 47-1/2 cents, three-eighths cent lower than Wednesday's closing leveL Shortcovering and some new buying at this low level steadied prices in thin quiet dealings until
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    • 153 15 (Yesterday's 1.30 p.m. prices, in sterling per long ton, unless otherwise stated). COPRA {U.S. dollars per long ton): Philippine/Indonesian March 219 reseller, 220, 219, 218, all paids; April 2 20Vi reseller. 220Va, 220, 219, 2l9Va all paids; lay 221 reseller. COCONUT OIL: Straits Unq; Malayan Feb/March 171V» quoted;
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    • 36 15 Thurs. »raKisian win import MO metric tons of rice, rth about 22,700,000 rupees, from China, under a barter agreement signed in Islamabad today. In return, Pakistan will export jute, jute bass, and cotton yarn. AFP
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    • 69 15 STRAITS TIN TIN $625 a picul A fairly steady Straits tin market yesterday recorded the slight fall of 1 1 a picul in the metal price which was $625. The overnight quotation iii London was easier by 1 a ton. The official offering was 64 tons lower at 195 tons
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    • 60 15 (Yesterday's official buyer/seller prices, in pence per lb). Tone: Slightly easier; ClF's Feb. 16-13/16 17, March, 16-15/16 17-1/8; Spot 17-3/8 17-5/8; Settlements March 17-5/8 17-7/8, April 17-15/16 18-3/16, May 18-1/4 18-7/16. April/June 18-1/4 18-7/16. July/Sept. 18-15/16 19-1/16. Oct/Dec. 19-5/8 19-11/16. Jan/March 20 20-1/8 April/June 20-1/4 20-7/16 July/Sept. 20-1/2
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  • 747 15 Mining shares retreated rapidly yesterday in the wake of the revised Miaeral Securities report, released shortly after trading opened. Stocks in any way associated with the 13 companies suspended were hardest hit, but a general gloom settled over most issues and price cuts were evident, almost without
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  • 1281 15 Singapore Malaysia Feb. 3 661.01 429.64 Feb. 4 657.86 427.29 KEY Closing buyers* and sellers' prices are followed by the business done. Figure! in brackets denote traded lots in I I.ooo's. When the price is not followed by a figure in brackets, it means only a single
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  • 255 15 THE PORT OF SINGAPORE AUTHORITY HAS MADE THESE BERTHING ARRANGEMENTS FOR FEBRUARY. 5. OUT: Sletter 21 east; Samego 20 east; Petaling 21 west; Malaysia 42/43; Pando Strait 44. IN: Petko R. Slavejnov 3/4; Rajah Brooke 22; Tagalog 40/41; Straat Johore (i) 31/32; Straat Johore (ii), 25/26; CecUlie
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  • 252 15 Textiles eased yesterday on profit-taking following Wednesday s gains. Winsor fell 50 cents and Nanyang Mills was 40 cents lower while Nan Fung and Textile Alliance declined 20 cents each. Industrials were steady in quiet activity. Jardines advanced 25 cents, while Hu tchison-Boag gained IS cents to
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  • 449 15 STOCK EXCHANGE OF MALAYSIA AND SINGAPORE SELLING pressure yesterday was at its strongest so far this week in the share market and prices came tumbling down on a broad front. Most of the action was seen in the industrial section which recorded 60 falls and only two
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  • 74 15 (Managers' prices for Feb. 5) B. s. ASIA UNIT TRUSTS Mai. Invt. Fund 1.29 1.34 Fund O****% chartpd^ 105 11Ox«* CHARTERED UNIT TRUSTS cT*TZ SlNrJpo^ 108 113 SINGAPORE UNIT TRUSTS *nird Tn??^" 1M The commerce Ind. Fund 1.06 l.n B> S. The Saving Fund 1.13 1.18 Singapore Progress
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  • 174 15 LONDON, Thurs. Grrain shippers fixed a :argo from the U.S. Gulf to Antwerp, Rotterdam or Amsterdam at U554.75 fio (free in and out) for February, and paid U5513. 75 for a cargo from he U.S. Gulf to Bandar Abbas for prompt loading ind US$l3.OO for another was
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    • 750 16 P.HEPTOHE ORIENT LINES LTD (W^COWPOIUTtD IN THt WtPUSt-IC Of SINGAPOWC) ICB BmLDtNG 2 SHENTON WAV S»NCAPQRC V TEL 9«3633-7 U.K. EUfIOPE SERVICE LOADING FOR LONDON, H'BURG. R'DAM, HAVRE, ■a«ga»f P.f/ham Penang A««IVIS >ICPTUNC AMUR 6/S Feb Mbura 8/3. R'dim 11/J Havre U/i, L don 18/3 NCPTUNC AMCTNYST 25 Feb 1
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    • 1152 16 I I I /I /I KEY FOR EASY REFERENCE. The shipping schedules I"* 1 y N. beginning on this page are given in four parts for X^ I /V N. A ships westbound, eastbound. southbound and J^^ f i .I coastal. Each entry gives the following information: tm. m -i_
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  • Page 17 Advertisements
    • 581 17 A MALAYSIAN INTERNATIONAL SHIPPING CORPORATION BERHAD No. 30E Jin. Ampang, Kuala Lumpur. The National Shipping Line of Malaysia FAR EAST/EUROPE SERVICE ■l««a»wa Mlua Ha— g An**** BUNGA MELOR 27 Fab/2 Mar 3/6 Mar I* MM Havra 2/4. La«*a» 4/4. Hfcurg 10/4. Rdtffl 12/4. A wtp 14/4. Br«m«n 17/4. BUNGA RAY
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  • Page 17 Miscellaneous
    • 1023 17 C35^thOl inH L" 01^ 1110 shlps mn O out of Singapore for Far > —V*wlkJv^m IVJ East ports to the north-east ALASKA MARU Feb 13/14 Hongkong. Japan. MOSK/LEC TsT^^^™^^^^™^^^""™ 1 ALCOS MASTER Apr 19/22 o«Jc. VoKoh«n.. M.S. TAIPOOSHAN Feb6/7 (Feb 8/10), jeddah aol/asc S'pore (Feb 1J/12). Jedd h AOL/ASC H'kong
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  • DRIVE
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      918 18 Get in to gear a td/iwtiiiHiMii oi tne internal combustion engine is hat it develops power only at relatively high speeds and a neans, therefore, has to be provided to allow the engine to urn last while the vehicle is moving slowly. To fulfill this function, a gearbox containing shafts
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    • 722 18  - All systems sporty with the Subaru John robinson ORAWNBY IT's "all systems go" with the Sports version of the Subaru FF-1 which was tested a couple of weeks ago. Sharing the same body, but with a more powerful engine, the FF-l Sports is an extremely agile machine, responsive to every
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    • 262 18 Just right in the roug UNKNOWN MOTOCROSS used to be a field wi Europeans maintained uneha supremacy. That was before Yamai along with their DT-1. The DT-l was one of the first off the road competition machines to come out of Japan, and was a hit in America where rought
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    • Article, Illustration
      850 19  -  LEE CHIU SAN By (3 downward cl lever I was c Accelerati not as fast bikes, but i enough for the torque i impressive chugging i missing a slopes which combat soldi twice befon The engk maximum rpm, rathe Japanese m, is one reas< torque. Gil The speed
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    • 56 18 Accessories Of The I Best Quality c For>The I cMotoringEnthusiasts! Steering Wheel Side Mirror DEALING IN ALL KINOS OF AUTOMOTIVE SPARE PARTS AND ACCESSORIES WITH FIXING. IMPORTERS b EXPORTERS A&%h *t *S I TLtabuif Ce., I NO. 28. KERBAU ROAD. S'PORE 8. I P.O. Box 47 Owen Road Post Of
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    • 1552 19 VJnnißn^S innnnnnnnvvnnnnnm V f M ajaj RADIO I lIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIHIIIHI THERE'S Midnight Z On Extra on Channel 8 tonight Z f The Story of Esther Z iHHnmVHHHnnI I i nvSIMVPHrfPLM Costello, starring Joan Z KHZF-lwfwiaWH L A nIH^MJIJIdI Crawford, Rossano Brazzi. Z njananananananananananj Heather Sears, Lee Pater 3.00 p.m. Opening and
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  • THE SINGAPORE herald
    • 3 1 THE SINGAPORE herald
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    • FORM GUIDE
      • 5516 1 t. ***** DEMORE (Tory Ranger) 4A 9.00 (d2 9) a Maharani/Paul Thangavetu (14) 9/16 Pg29/8 d2c6 8.5s 71; 1:31.2; 1V4, l'/« Thangavelu. 5/16 Pgl9/7 dlc6 8.2g 8'/?f; 1:51; Nk, Vs, V* Cheam. 8/14 P912/7 dlc6 8.3y 71; 1:29.6; 5, hd, >/ 2 Cheam. 2. ***** CARAMOOR (Diablerets) 8A i.10
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        5601 3 1. ***** COO COO BIRD (Winchester) 6A 9.00 (dd+16) Polynesia/Ahmad Kang (11) 9/15 Spl7/1 dlc5 7.12g 6f; 1:13.8; 4, lib, 1 Lee. 2/13 Sp9/1 d3c5 9.0y 6f; 1. Collusion 8.11. 3. Armada 8.6 1:16; 9, 1, 2 Kang. I 10/11 Pg26/12 d2c5 9.0y 6f; 1:16.2; 3. 2, 1 Nawari.
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      • 187 24 Pw3Hdlrr~>2 HOCKEY: SHA Under-23: Police vs Khalsa (Thomson Road- 5.15 p.m.) BADMINTON: City District Championships (Bukit Ho Swee Sec. Sch. 8.30 a.m. 2.15 p.m.): "B" Div. Boys Ist Toa Payoh Sec. vs Beatty Sec; Bukit Ho Swee vs SJI; RI vs Monk's Hill Sec; "C" Div. Boys Ist Toa Payoh
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  • RACING HERALD
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      46 23 aoom Korean women work oat at the Olympic Ice rink in Sapporo, capital city of Japan's northernmost Island of Hokkaido, yesterday, while the North Korean opponents watch in the background. They are participating In the Sapporo International Winter Sports week starting Sunday to Feb. 14. radiophoto).
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    • 156 23 MELBOURNE, Thurs. South African Rugby Union players face anything but a rosy path, when they tour Australia middle of this year. A nti-apartheid demonstrators who have been active in tennis courts in Perth, Melbourne and Sydney in recent tournaments directing their
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    • 239 23 PENANG, Thurs. Coo Coo Bird showed improved form, when he strode out faultlessly over 3f in 37-4/5 on good going here this morning He was ridden by Luke Kang. If he runs up to his track form, he should be a safe bet in
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    • 91 23 Laver scores eighth straight win INGLEWOOD, California, Thurs.-Australia's Rod Laver overpowered an old nemesis, Roger Taylor of England, in straight sets last night for his eighth consecutive US$lO,OOO victory in the tennis Champions Classic. The red-haired lefthander used crisp backhand passing shots and well-placed lobs to dispose to Taylor, who
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    • 175 23 CAPE TOWN, Thurs. The British ketch Ocean Spirit, skippered by Robin Knox-Johnston yesterday regained her lead in the 3,600 nautical miles Cape to Rio yachting race. Ocean Spirit who held an early lead in the race which started from Cape
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    • 285 23 ELEVEN new horses have been classified by the Malayan Racing Association in their latest amended list. NEW CLASSIFICATIONS: Class Two TREVISANA 4 br a g by Gigantic Astress. SOUTHERN FRANCE (1. El Tempo) 5 a g by Sostenuto El Geisha. FOREX (1. Polly's Robe) 4 b
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    • 88 23 Ninety yachtsmen for South American race PUERTO AZUL, Venezuela, Thurs. Ninety yachtsmen from 16 countries have confirmed their participation in the second world championship regatta for Sunfish class sailers and the fourth South American championship of the same specialty. The regattas will take place in waters off Puerto Azul, some
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    • 108 23 Laver's only anxious moment came in the second set, when two service breaks put him down 2-5. He broke back in the ninth game and evened the set at 5-5, then fought back from 1-4 down in the 12-point tie- breaker game. A crowd of 8,367 watched at
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    • 124 23 She was followed by the Canadian ketch Gray beard, a constant challenger for the lead in the early days of the race which is expected to finish at Rio De Janeiro at the end of this month. Latest report from the Brazilian Navy indicated that the British ketch
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    • 487 23 (15) Jimmy Teo (14); 2.30 Tay Chong Yew (9) K.C. Gilson (9) L. Nonis (13); 2.36 B.T. Wee (17) James Loh (15) Charles Wong (11); 2.42 S.T. Pledger (9) Paul Chen (15) D.F. Noble (17); 2.48 R. de Souza (15) C. Ami (17) J. Camping (13). 10TH
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    • 114 23 ZURICH, Switzerland, Thurs. Russians Irina Rodnina and Alexei Ulanov last night won their third straight European pairs figure skating title, stressing their favourite role to repeat the triple triumph in the world championships in Lyon, France, later this month. Unperturbed by a fall after an
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    • 75 23 MELBOURNE, Thurs. Australian Test cricket captain Bill Lawry was dropped from the next Australian team to play the seventh Test in Sydney next week. Three other players, John Gleeson and Alan Thompson, both of Victoria, and Ashley Mallet of South Australia, were also dropped.
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    • 35 23 Prince Michael of Kent and other members of the British Bobsleigh team stopped over briefly in Hongkong yesterday enroute to Tokyo for pre-Olympic trials to be held in Japan this month. AP AP
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    • 19 23 Thurs. England beat Malta 1-0 in the first leg of their European Nations Cup tie here yesterday AFP
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    • 17 23 DW JONES^^ By Sam Left rvus? lower OU *^SE^ \oh Xif^L^i^ C>ISCUSS TAKE 6REATER I* K 4,
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    • 494 23 Rh*^ i i bs^R^h 1 25 ik LEIiBXTRTIi73niSITIH ACEOSS DOWN I. Hates tie? perhaps stop mo- i. Very hot weather for a orementarily to change it then! (8) liminary round (4) 4. An innocent man of letters? 2. I join the Royal Air Force as 4) complete reversal of expedition
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  • 469 24 Officials of the club are also trying to arrange a series of driving tests throughout the year, but have not yet finalised arrangements. The full programme: Feb. 20-21: Gap Hill Climb. Feb. 28: New Nation Autocross. March 13-14: March Hare Rally.
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  • 214 24 CEYLON Sports Club beat Singapore Polytechnic 2-0 in a Singapore Hockey Association Under-23 tournament at Balestier Road yesterday. The Ceylonese will meet Armed Forces in the quarter-finals the date of which has not yet been decided. The Ceylonese attacked from the bully off.
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  • 300 24 41 SQUADRON Royal New Zealand Regiment staved off a determined challenge by Singapore Cricket Club Nomads before winning the friendly rugger match by 1 3 points to 1 1 on the padang yesterday. Kiwis earned their points from two goals and
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  • 294 24 Six more events in Seap Games including swimming? KUALA LUMPUR, Thurs. -Olympic Council of Malaysia has tentatively agreed to include swimming in the South East Asia Peninsular Games to be held here from Dec. 1118. This was decided by the OCM's Executive Committee at a meeting at Stadium Negara today.
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  • 150 24 CHINA TO SEND BIG TEAM FOR WORLD TT TOURNEY TOKYO, Thors. China will send an ele-ven-member team for the 3lst World Table Tennis Championships opening In Nagoya, central Japan, on March 28, the Japan Table Tennis Association (JTTA) announced here today. It v 111 be the first time In six
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  • 155 24 ARMY narrowed the gap to just one point behind the leaders, the Royal Navy, on the second of the three-day annual Far East inter-services regatta at Naval Base yesterday. With fine victories in the YWGP 14 and the Firefly classes, the soldiers
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  • 186 24 Chang is Taiwan's chief delegate at Sunday's meeting TAIPEI, Thurs. The National Table Tennis Association of Taiwan has decided to send Peter T.P. Chang and its delegates to the extraordinary meeting of the Asian Table Tennis Federation in Singapore on Sunday it was disclosed today. Mr. Chang, who has been
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    53 24 Pares B.G. Thanabal lands a right to the jaw of S/Sgt. Hobson (95 Commandos) in a special bout at the Pare vs Police friendly match at Bukit Chermin last night. Referee Bulat bin Ismail awarded the match to Thanabal in the second round to save Hojbson from further punishment. Picture
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  • 242 24 rASIK Panjang District badminton tournament ties for today from 8.30 a.m. The venues— "A" boys at Outram Secondary, "B" boys at Tiong Bahru Secondary, Queensway Secondary and Queenstown Technical. Matches for the "A" girls win be played at Kim Seng Technical School; the "B" girls
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  • 147 24 PORT Authority Recreation Club beat Police Academy 5-3 in a friendly boxing match at Bukit Chermin last night. PARC not only registered a convincing win but also won the Best Boxer award through Mock tar Y usran, who beat S. Mornie on a TKO. RESULTS Port Authority
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  • 32 24 GOALS by Yvonne Lesslar and Lau Peck Neo gave Singapore Recreation Club a 2-0 win over Ceylon Sports Club in an Singapore Women's Hockey Association league match at the Padang yesterday.
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  • 30 24 Thurs. inaia has decided to bid for holding the third Asian shooting championship in this country in 1975, the National Rifle Association of India announced last night. AFP
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  • 23 24 an cvcniy -contested hockey friendly, Singapore Cricket Club were held to a scoreless draw by Khalsa Association on the padang yesterday.
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