Singapore Herald, 16 February 1971

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  • 15 1 THE SINGAPORE herald No. 177 Singapore Tuesday, February 16, 1971 MC(P) No. 2525 15 CENTS
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  • 423 1 American attack on Long Cheng 'was no accident' RADIO Peking reported several big rallies throughout China protesting against the South Vietnamese invasion of Laos VIENTIANE, Mon. American fighter bombers deliberately bombed the secret ClAsupported Long Cheng base m Laos to prevent sophisticated electronic equipment from falling into North Vietnamese hands,
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  • 77 1 AMMAN. Mob. A new wave of shooting broke oat today la the northern suburbs of Amman, between the royal palace and the International airport. There were no casualties reported, however. Isolated shots were also heard m the Marqua quarter, scene of bitter street fighting last Thursday
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  • 1660 1 Saving time and money BETTER BUS SERVICES FROM APRIL 11 ALL THE BUS ROUTES See Page 18 MORE EFFICIENT bus services to be introduced on April 11 will enable passengers to reach their destinations without changing buses or at most make one change, saving time and money. This is one
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  • 100 1 MANILA, Mon.— The Philippines is inviting South Vietnam and Cambodia as guests to the forthcoming Ministerial meeting of the Association of South-East Asian Nations (Asean) next March 12-13, Foreign Secretary Carlos P. Romulo said today. Mr Romulo said he was extending the invitation
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  • 63 1 SUNGEI PATANI, Mon. Malaysian and Thai security forces killed 13 Communist terrorists and captured three m operations on both sides of the border m the past three months. Three other Communists surrendered and two Communist terrorist camps were captured, according to a joint statement issued
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  • Article, Illustration
    45 1 PLANE HITS CAR radlophoto A LIGHT plane crashed into a disabled car while making an emergency landing on a freeway near Vallejo, California. The two fliers m the plane and the driver of the car were slightly injured. Both plane and car were damaged. AP
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  • 174 1 LONDON, Mon. Leaders of Britain's 203,000 postal workers met the management today amid rising hopes of an end to the 27-day strike. There was an undercurrent of feeling for a compromise after the Union of Postal Workers (UPW) offered to return to work
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  • IN BRIEF
    • 32 1 LONDON, Mon. Expectant mothers and patients recovering from brain surgery were evacuated from London's biggest teaching hospital last night after the third fire m the building m a month. AP
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    • 27 1 aaa DAMASCUS: Syria and Tunisia have decided to resume diplomatic relations which were broken off six years ago, a communique announced here and m Tunis today. AFP
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    • 27 1 aaa CARACAS: A strike by Texaco Company offshore rig workers m Lake Maracaibo is threatening to spread to other companies across Venezuela, it was reported today. aaa
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    • 18 1 RANGOON: General Ne Win, Chairman of Burma's Revolutionary Council, will visit Nepal this month, the Foreign Office announced.
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  • 378 1 NATIONAL SECURITY COUNCIL TO REPLACE THE NOC KUALA LUMPUR, Mon. A National Security Council will be set up to replace the National Operations Council after Parliament reconvenes next week. Making the announcement today, the Prime Minister, Tun Abdul Razak, said that security committees at state and district levels would also
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  • Page 1 Miscellaneous

  • Viewpoint
    • 599 2 THE University of Singapore is, as universities go, a highly centralised organisation. Virtually all power rests with and virtually all decisions are made by two men, namely the Vice-Chancellor Toh Chin Chye and his Deputy Reginald Quahe, both working closely together. They are assisted by
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    • 392 2 NJC does not have the best students AS an N.J.C. student who did the 1970 Cambridge H.S.C., "Fair Play's" letter was of great interest to me. One or two points puzzle me though. For example, early in h<69 when the College opened, it was said that the students would be
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    • 283 2 DONT INTERFERE IN AFFAIRS OF OUR COUNTRY A demonstration by a group of "students" calling themselves "Malaysians for a Democratic Society" was staged at the Singapore High Commission m London on Jan. 24. Banners were waved, slogans were shouted and an effigy was burnt. Our country was portrayed as a
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    • 234 2 Give the shift workers a better deal It is interesting to note that somebody has pointed out that something be done to help shift workers to adjust themselves to the mental health problems created by shift work. Professor Phoon Wai On's can for more social facilities to help shift workers
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    • 38 2 I APPRECIATE what "Citizen" (S.H. Feb. 11) has brought out that Indians have only one holiday a year, while the other races have two. As Thaipusam is a Hindu festival, it should be a holiday. OBSERVER Singapore 14
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    • 191 2 People Are Funny RTS provides one interesting and popular item every Saturday night "People Are Funny". During this programme, one can study the peculiarity and eccentricity of people all over the world. There are many funny people m Singapore too. Last Saturday night, two friends both about 40 years old
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    • 417 2 PUBLIC HAS RIGHT TO KNOW VARSITY PROBLEMS I AM keenly disappointed with the attitude adopted towards the public by some of the academicians in the University of Singapore. In his report to the Academic Staff Association, Professor Puccetti disclosed many controversial but vitally important issues concerning the University of Singapore.
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    • 623 2 WHY does anyone want to use the descriptive term "national" for a university? If there is only one university, its use is unnecessary. If there are more than one, its use makes invidious distinctions between them and is politically unwise. Dr. John A. MacDougall makes the
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  • 439 2 THE crucial question facing India's voters is not so much which party to elect but whether the successful party will have the power to carry out its stated policies. There is little doubt that they will elect Mrs. Indira Gandhi to form the
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  • 196 3 AEB and tourist board to hold courtesy courses THE Tourist Promotion Board and the Adult Education Board are to begin a series of courses on courtesy soon. The first course scheduled to start on March 1 will be aimed at training the personnel stationed at the Republic's entry points. The
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  • 45 3 THE following southern islands have been gazetted as firing grounds for use by military personnel: Pulau Pawai, Pulau Berkas, parts of Pulau Senang, Pulau Semakau, Pulau Sakeng and Pulau Sudong. The whole area has been declared "Southern Islands Live Firing Range."
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  • 262 3 THE Prophet Muhammad's Birthday Memorial Scholarship Fund Board has allocated $25,000 for educational bursaries and grants this year. Hie bursaries and grants are open to students studying ln Secondary schools or institutions of higher learning m Singapore or abroad. Hie sum Is
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  • 428 3 AN EARLIER START KINDERGARTEN AT FOUR-PLUS FOR A BILINGUAL SOCIETY... ADMISSION to kinder garten classes at fourplus and then to primary schools at the age of five, instead of six. This is Mr. Lee Kuan Yew's plan to get children more bilingually effective as early as possible. The Prime Minister
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  • 174 3 INCHE Rahim Ishak, Minister of State (Foreign Affairs), will open a meeting of national information representatives of United Nations agencies at the Singapore Conference Hall at 10.30 a.m. today. The Director of the UN's Centre for Social and economic Information, Mr. W. Gibson Parker, said yesterday
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  • 172 3 Play-and-learn teaching aids on display at TTC NEW teaching methods will not meet with success unless parents understand their significance, Rev. T.R. Doraisamy, Principal of the Teachers' Training College, said yesterday. He was speaking at the opening of an exhibition of Mathematics, Science and Technical Studies at the TTC. The
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  • 525 3 Dilemma of defining the 'dead' for transplants WHEN is a potential organ donor "dead" so that doctors can remove a vital organ for transplantation purposes? This is a problem which now confronts local doctors with the advent of kidney transplantation m Singapore. It is understood that the Health Ministry committee
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  • 291 4 A rare sort of woman in this region... MRS. BARBARA Paprocka (above) is a woman of a species rarely found m this area she is an electronics engineer on board a ship. But m Poland where she comes from, women m such responsible (and once male-dominated) positions are not at
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  • 336 4 IT COSTS NO MORE THAN $5 A YEAR IN PREMIUMS IF YOUR child meets with an accident to and from school, you can get compensation from insurance companies. And it costs as little as $1 to $5 m annual premiums. At least two schools
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  • 251 4  -  HERBERT FERNANDEZ By MRS. Irena Ryneak's idea of heaven is running a town called Hel. In fact she loves the place so much she even took a trip to Japan on board the vessel Hel. Mrs. Ryneak explained that she is the
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  • 116 4 HUNGARY'S first ambassador to Singapore, Dr. Peter Kos, is concurrently accredited to five other countries India, Cambodia, Nepal, Burma and Ceylon. His appointment follows the establishment of diplomatic relations between Singapore and the Hungarian People's Republic m August last year. Dr. Kos will continue to
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  • 21 4 'SEE, I DlONt MEAN TO JERK XXJR PIPE OU7TA >OUfc /VKXJTH I WASTRyiN' TO LASSO >OUR WHOI& HBAD
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  • 51 4 FOUR men armed with knives held up Lok Keng Chye, 28, at 16th mile Jurong Road home and robbed him of $800 cash and valuables worth $180 on Sunday. The robbers tied Lok and his brothers, ransacked their home for 30 minutes, then ran
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  • 226 6 Nil Women's Lib. this— the lune promastes political Conscionsncss ANYONE who has not heard of the League of Women Voters may get the impression that it has something to do with the Worn-en's Liberation Movement. But, ss Miss Karen H oust en Smith, 30, explained to some 30 members of
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  • 121 6 THE Alumni Association Medical Centre m College Road has been renovated and the Singapore Medical Association's headquarters m the centre has also been extended. The $10,000 SMA extension was officially opened last Saturday by Dr. Ho Guan Urn, the director of Medical Services.
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  • 85 6 Inconsiderate driving: Two fined TWO men were fined yesterday a total of $330 for inconsiderate driving. Lim Khee Hong, of Lorong Dangai, was fined $180 for colliding with a motor-cycle when he made a right turn into an unnamed road m Pasir Panjang Road on Aug. 1 last year. Mohd.
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  • 527 6 HECTOR FINDS A WIFEAND COURT AGREES TO SPEED DIVORCE HECTOR De Luca wanted one thing before he retired from work a wife. So the ••-year-old bachelor set off on a holiday-cum-wife-hunt. And it landed him here. After two weeks the Australian storeman met 47--year-old Ong Saw Bee. It was love
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  • 75 6 SALESMAN JAILED FOR ARMED ROBBERY SALESMAN Tan Leong Huat, 21, was sentenced to 18 months' jail yesterday when he pleaded guilty to armed robbery on May 22, 1969. A similar charge against him was taken into consideration by Second District Judge Tan Hoay Djin m passing sentence. Sr. Insp. J.
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  • 298 6 OIL COMPANIES AWAITING FULL DETAILS PRICES of petroleum products are likely to go up m Singapore and Malaysia, but a decision will not be taken by oil companies here until details of an oil agreement signed m Teheran on Sunday have been studied. The five-year agreement
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  • 172 6 THE High Court yesterday granted a decree nisi to a typist, S. Selvaraj, on the ground of his wife's adultery. Selvaraj married Sulochana Palanisamy m India on July 14, 1957. After giving birth to a daughter m India, she arrived m
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  • 275 6 RIDDLE OF A SENTRY'S DEATH POLICE are assisting officials of the Defence Ministry m investigating the death of army private Tan Khoon Teng, 21, who was found dead with a gunshot wound at the Jalan Teck Whye Camp at Pasir Panjang on Sunday night. Pte. Tan's eldest brother Swee Lee,
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  • 457 6 'Mediocrity, divided ranks, inertia the STU has it all...' A MEDIOCRE and divided leadership has contributed to the disunity of the Singapore Teachers' Union, a pamphlet prepared for the union's forthcoming modernisation seminar claims. The pamphlet, entitled "Soul Searching," will be presented during the Feb. 27 to March 1 seminar
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  • 81 6 NATIONAL serviceman Richard Ho Chee Kiong who told a magistrate yesterday that he normally took ganja to pass the time during confinement m camp was fined $250. Ho, 19, of Namly Place, had five rolls of ganja when customs officers arrested him on
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  • 233 6 TAXI driver Khoo Seng Soon, 54, summoned by a police officer to answer two charges, was given an absolute discharge m the Ninth Magistrates' Court yesterday. The magistrate, Mr. Chew Mci Kwang, agreed with the defendant's counsel, Mr. Amarjit Singh, that
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  • 162 6 A RESTAURANT captain yesterday accused a draughtsman of having committed adultery with his wife and sued him for $6,000 damages. He also sued for divorce on the ground of adultery. Tan Liang Wah who married Lee Peng Wah according to Chinese rites m 1956
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  • 59 6 THE CHAIRMAN of the Metrication Board, Mr. Baey Lian Peck, returned yesterday from a month- long tour of America, Britain and Japan and said he had learnt useful lessons to help implement the metrication programme In Singapore. He said he had "compared notes"
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  • 161 6 PENANG, Mon. The Penang branch of the International Chamber of Commerce has expressed concern at the increasing number of total losses of cargo for which shipping lines and the port authorities will not accept responsibility. "Port security remains a problem to many merchants/ 4 the
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  • Page 6 Miscellaneous
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  • town talk
    • 239 7 KLJKLDKLD HONGKONG: Hongkong and Hollywood will join hands m making, a film aboard the luxury liner Queen Elizabeth as she sails from Capetown to this colony on her maiden voyage for her new owner next month. Hongkong's shipping magnate, multi-million-aire Mr C.Y. Tung,
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    • 78 7 MORE than 100 people packed the Lido Theatre lobby last night to queue up for autographs of Hollywood actress Barbara Werle. Miss Werle, star of the film "Krakatoa, East of Java," is m Singapore to publicise the film and to take part m a singing engagement
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    • 249 7  -  JULIAN LAUW CHRISTINE Hui, 21, Hongkong's representative to the "Queen of the Pacific" contest to be held m Melbourne, Australia, flew into Singapore last night for a one-day stay. Christine, a fashion model, was picked for the contest by an American
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    • 235 7  - Envoy to show part of his art collection JENNY LEW By MR. HAROLD H. Francis, the New Zealand, (N.Z.) High Commissioner to Singapore, can boast of a gallery of paintings by N.Z. artists. He is an art enthusiast and has been collecting paintings by well-known N.Z. artists over the past
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    • 147 7 B JI QNDIE By Chic Young >-* YOU'RE TWENTY I £7 ITS MV NEW WEALTH I I WELL, I HAVE AN IDEA I I I WHY DON'T YOU -LX JSS_mT SS !J-^^ A PROOQAM-I WA3 OUT < FOR YOUR NEXT r JjJ j OS (STdOWN^TO TWS^ RETURNING PROM I JO6GINGAQOUNDTHE
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    • 551 7 9 am 5 pm: One-man 7.3i pm: Extra -Mural art show by Ismail Muda studies department at the National Library, courses on Stamford Road. 1) The Structure of i.3t am 4 pm: Safety Music at the Arts Lecture first campaign with Theatre, University of exhibition and safe cycling Singapore, rally
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  • ECONOMIC AFFAIRS
    • 158 8 BANGKOK. Mob. The Thai Sugar Producer's Association and sugar caae planters want to quit the International Sugar Organisation (1.5.0.) to prevent a collapse of local market prices. They will officially request the Ministry of Industry to ask the Government to resign from 1.5.0. immediately.
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    • 148 8 LEWIS PEAT ENTERS CHEMICALS FIELD LEWIS PEAT (Rubber) eaters the engineering equipment and rubber chemicals fields with the appointment of Dr. Alan Watson as full-time consultant. Dr. Watson, who yesterday joined the company, a subsidiary of Lewis Peat, will act la mk advisory capacity to the group's customers throughout the
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    • 45 8 (Yesterday's closing prices, m U.S. dollars per ounce). Singapore (1) 40.40, (2) 151.70; Hongkong 40.52; Beirut 39.30; London 38.95; Zurich 38.908, 39.055; Paris 39.09. Note: (1) Export price to non-sterling areas m U.S. dollars (2) Local dealers' price m Singapore dollars, per tael.
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    • 27 8 (Closing buyer/seller prices for Feb. 15, m sterling per metric ton). Tone: Steady, Spot 1438 1440; 3-month 1436 1437; Settlement 1438; Total turnover 290 tons.
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    • 541 8 Teheran pact 'will cost importers US$10,000m' LONDON, Hon.— The oil agreement, signed m Teheran yesterday, will cost importing countries about US$lO,OOO million over the coming five years, sources close to the oil industry said. Britain alone would see between US$2OO million and US$4OO million added to its annual oil imports
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    • 212 8 Pertamina wants 90 cents more from Japan JAKARTA, Mon. The director of Indonesia's state-owned oil corporation Pert ami na, General Ibnu Sutowo, is expected m Tokyo on Wednesday for talks with Japanese oil companies on an increase of Indonesian crude oil prices, the official Antara news agency reported. The report
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    • 125 8 HONGKONG (Rates m Hongkong dollars, 1 On New York TT 6.***** On New York DD 6.***** Gold (99% fineness, tmA) 293.625 Note Rates China (per 100 renminbi) 180.00 India (per 100 «upeee> 48.50 Indonesia (per 10,000 new rupiahs) 154.00 Japan (per 10,000 *•*> 159.25 Philippine (per 100
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    • 213 8 PEOPLE in business Mr GEORGE ONG BENG CHYE was recently promoted head of marine accounting of the Esso Group of companies m Singapore. Mr Ong, an accountancy graduate of the Perth Technical College, joined the company m 1968 as a group head m marine accounting. He became acting head of
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  • 531 8 The market closed slightly firmed ye&terday although the hammering of another broking firm around mid-session induced fresh uncertainty and prices came off the top. Towards the close, the Financial Times index was up 1.4 at 323.3. Quiet conditions enabled the switch to decimalised trading to take place
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  • 274 8 AMSTERDAM Internationals filmed yesterday, led by Royal Dutch v. Philips finished unchanged, while plantations and shippings ended mixed. Most insurances were higher led by Am f as. Gistbrocades featured m mixed local industrials with a sharp decline. OCE Van Der Grin ten eased. Firm spots were Heineken and
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  • 568 8 Camel Plywood changes name to Spore Eidai CAMEL PLYWOOD has been renamed Singapore Eidai Corporation following a resolution passed at an extra-ordinary meeting of the company on Feb. 10. Last December, Eidai Industries Inc., Japan's largest plywood and woodwork organisation, bought over 51 per cent of Camel's equity.
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  • 180 9 DLJKL;JKE JAKARTA, Mon. Indonesia has rejected a call by major world coffee producing countries to cut down its quota of coffee export, the Agriculture Ministry announced. The Rio De Janeiro declaration early this month called for the reduction of export quota of coffee m
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  • 460 9 STOCK EXCHANGE OF MALAYSIA AND SINGAPORE A SCRAMBLE to buy Gammon shares was the main feature of trading yesterday m the Stock Exchange which was otherwise relatively subdued. The rush was sparked off by a company announcement after trading last Friday that it was holding talks with
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  • 13 9 FRASER'S INDUSTRAL INDICES Singapore Malaysia Feb. 12 653.92 425.05 Feb. 15 652.40 425.53
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  • 1161 9 KEY Closing buyers' and tellers' prices are foUowed by the business done. Figurei m brackets denote traded lots m I.ooo's. When the price is not foUowed by a figure m brackets, it means only a single lot of 1.000 shares was traded at that price. The last figures show the
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  • 76 9 (Managers' prices for Feb. 16) B. S. ASIA UNIT TRUSTS Mai. lnvt. Fund 1.29 1-94 Mai. Progress Fund 1.06 l.llxd CHARTERED UNIT TRUSTS Singapore Growth Fund 1.08 1.13 SINGAPORE UNIT TRUSTS Third Singapore 1.29 The Commerce Ind. Fund 1.05 1.10 B. S. The Saving Fund 1.12 1.17 Singapore
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  • RUBBER/TIN/COCONUT/PFPPFR
    • 317 9 RUBBER March 182.88 ceats per kilo Yesterday was the first day of trading since the market closed on Wednesday for the official changeover to the metric system. As was expected, morning dealings were extremely light with the majority of traders refraining from participating m the proceedings until they
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    • 103 9 LONDON PRODUCE (Yesterday's 1.30 p.m. prices, m sterling per long ton, unless otherwise stated). COPRA (U.S. dollars per long ton): Philippine/Indonesian March 222, April 223, May 224, all resellers. COCONUT OIL: Straits Feb/March 147.00 seller, Malayan Feb/March 165.00: Philippine (U.S. dollars per long ton) Feb/March 312 seller, Ceylon Feb/March 171.00
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    • 37 9 PEPPER (Yesterday's 2.00 p.m. sellers' prices, m sterling per long ton). Tone: Steady; Sarawak white spot 412.5, afloat 400.0 Feb/March 402.5, March/April 400.0; Sarawak black spot 4 10.0, afloat 392.5, Feb/March 380.0; Malabar Feb/March 510.0.
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    • 63 9 (Yesterday's official buyer/seller prices, m new pence per kUo). Tone: Quiet: ClF's March 15.2 15.4, April 15.4 15.6; Spot 15.6 15.8: Settlements March 15.7 15.9, April 16.0 16.2. May 16.3 16.4, April/June 16.3 16.4, July /Sept. 16.8 17.0, Oct /Dec. 17.4 17.6, Jan/March 17.7 17.9, April/June 18.0 18.2,
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    • 58 9 TIN $823 a pi cul (down 12 cents). The Straits tin price yesterday edged down by 12)4 cents to $623 a picul on an official offering of 268 tons, up 50 tons on Saturday's. The main buyers m Penang were Japan and the United States and the tone
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    • 110 9 TOKYO, Mon. Ishikawajima Harima Heavy Industries, Japan's top shipbuilder, plans to construct another mammoth dock, capable of building a 1,000,000-ton vessel, m Chita city, near Nagoya, Central Japan. The dock is expected to be completed by Feb. 1973. IHI said, however, the new dock will be used m
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  • 273 9 THE PORT OF SINGAPORE AUTHORITY HAS MADE THESE BERTHING ARRANGEMENTS FOR FEBRUARY, 16. Out; Tagaytay 6/8; Hano Maru 8/9; Centaur 13/14; Bellatrix 15/16; Labuan Hadji 20 east; Kimanis 20 east; Katong 21 Zuiho Maru 29/30; Neptune Beryl 40/41; Hisho Maru 44; Willemskerk 44; Iwaki Maru 46; Ever
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  • 359 9 Prices closed mixed yesterday after moderate activity. The morning session ruled steady and gains ranged over a broad front. Electrical appliances, led by Sony, Matsushita Electric and Mitsumi Electric, saw some good buying interest. Constructions and real estates were also m good demand. During the afternoon, profit-taking
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  • 611 9 The mining market picked up a little steam towards the close of trading yesterday after a very quiet day's trading. Volume remained low. Southland jumped 26 cents to 83.12 before profit-taking brought it back to 2 .92 Poseidon remained unchanged at $36, while Tasminex and International Mining
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  • 238 9 The market was cautious yesterday with prices generally drifting downwards. Harbour Centre Development, listed for the first time, started off at $7.55 and improved to $7.60 before easing to close at $7.45. Lands came back $2 to $107, possibly due to uncertainty about details of the rights
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  • 179 9 LONDON, Mon. -The market opened the week on a quiet note and with the holiday m New York, little improvement was anticipated. During the weekend recess, however, two vessels were booked for wheat from West Australia to Alexandria at £7.00 for March. A cargo of grain from
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  • 284 10 PEKING, Mon. The Union Jack was hoisted anew over the "British Office" here this morning. John Denson, the Charge D'Affaires, and his aides re-installed themselves over the weekend m the building which was set on fire by demonstrators m August,
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  • 115 10 FORMER journalist Bharat Raj, 34, rushed to Johore Bahru to claim an alibi m a traffic case. Yesterday, he was fined a total of $140 for riding a motorcycle without "L" plates, for having no insurance cover and for falling to
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  • 259 10 MORE profits should be ploughed back into Jurong Shipyard to prepare for the new decade of giant oil tankers ranging up to 500,000 tons that will pass through Singapore. This is stated by Mr. Low Guan Onn, Deputy General Manager and Financial
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  • 200 10 Smooth stuff from The Hollies THE Hollies' hit town last night with a performance as smooth as the hair cream they're plugging. Their performance at the National Theatre made up for a Press conference which flopped when they arrived at Paya Lebar earlier m the day. A mainly teenage audience
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  • 67 10 LONDON, Mon. British film director Seth Holt, who specialised m thrillers, died yesterday. The 47-year-old Holt was an actor before he turned to the production side first as a film editor and then director. Among the films he edited were The Lavender Hill Mob, Kind Hearts
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  • 107 10 FORGED FIFTIES: CUSTOMS OFFICERS TESTIFY AN Assistant Superintendent of Customs told a preliminary Inquiry yesterday of the day he boarded the Hoi Wong and found m a hatch materials for printing counterfeit Malaysian $50 notes. Mr. Joseph Yeo Keat Seng was testifying at the trial of Tan Bee Seng, 23,
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  • 110 10 UNION de Transports Aerieas (UTA French Airlines) has introduced a weekly all-cargo jet service from Paris to Los Angeles via Singapore. Its first flight was inaugurated last month. Described as the world's longest cargo flight, the DCB cargo jet which carries about 18 tons of
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  • 30 10 WASHINGTON, Mon. The United Steelworkers Union struck operations of three large can-manufacturing companies across the nation early today after marathon contract negotiations were broken off.
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  • 215 10 SLIMMING DOWN ON THE FARM IT's no fun being a fatty. So tubby little (or, rather, big) schoolgirls are going to learn how to stay slim. There'll be apples FROM the teacher at a special summer school being set up by the Inner London Education Authority." It
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  • THE SINGAPORE herald Section II
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      • 352 11 LONDON, Mon. Britain reluctantly yielded one of its most treasured traditions today, abandoning part of its 1,200-year-old money system for a streamlined decimal coinage. But the switch puzzled many peopk*. Sales slowed down m many stores as wary shoppers paused to convert the prices
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      • 78 11 NAIROBI, Mon. Britain's Prince Charles, on the second week of his Kenya visit, yesterday rode a horse called Christine Keeler on to the polo field and scored three goals to help his side to a 8-4 V* win, despite a wrist injury. The prince sustained
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      • 299 11 Concorde grounded LONDON, Mon. The British-French Concorde supersonic airliner has been grounded until mid-March because of engine trouble, its chief British test pilot said today. Mr Brian Trubshaw told a news conference that m a recent flight a small part of one of the aircraft's engines went -flying off" and
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        63 11 UNITED NATIONS, Wed. Turkey asked the U.N. General Assembly yesterday to recommend the extension of the Middle East ceasefire "with all the unanimity uit- ran muster." AP REGGIO Calabria: Firebombs blaze m the street on Sunday after police and demonstrators clash again. A recent decision of the National
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      • 154 11 UMTAA, Ranskei, South Africa, Mon. At least 28 African tribesmen were killed during the weekend m fights over grazing rights. The fighting broke out on Friday night between 600 members of two tribes m Pondoland, near Lusikisiki, north east of Umtata. Of the 28 tribesmen
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      • 73 11 BRUSSELS, Mon. Belgian Science Minister Theo Lefevre, chairman of the European Space Conference, yesterday questioned the future of U.S.European space co-operation The U.S. attitude has changed, he told newsmen at Brussels airport. ."The Americans are making so many conditions for supplying launchers that I asked
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      • 138 11 NEW YORK, Mon. The Western Allies have submitted to the Soviet Union a compromise formula under which the two sides would make reciprocal concessions on West Berlin, the New York times reported today. Quotirfg sources m Bonn and Washington, the paper affirmed that
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      • 359 11 JERUSALEM, Mon. The Israeli Cabinet is rejecting the peace proposals offered by UN mediator Gunnar Jarring, according to reliable sources here today. The Egyptian Government, however, replied 'positively" o Mr. Jarring, the authoritative Cairo newspaper Al Ahram reported. The newspaper gave no details of
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      • 97 11 BONN, Mon. West German authorities raided the homes of suspected members of a right-wing extremist group yesterday, seizing weapons and ammunition and taking ll persons into custody, Bonn police reported. The raids, m Bonn and Duesseldorf, uncovered 13 rifles, nine pistols, knives and a large
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      • 30 11 LOS ANGELES, Mon. British actress Rachel Roberts has filed suit for divorce from actor Rex Harrison, whom she married m March 1967 m Italy, court records show. AP
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      • 244 11 Youths attack police with firebombs REGGIO CALABRIA, Mon. Insurgents attacked police with firebombs, rocks and lead pellets yesterday m dramatic rejection of a Government plan to settle the Calabria crisis. Police fired tear gas at 300 youths marching illegally m this troubled southern city where the Rome Government has banned
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      • 155 11 DJIBOUTI, Afars and Issas, Mon. This East African port at the mouth of the Red Sea takes on new strategic importance as the West considers ways to counter an apprehended build-up of the Soviet Naval fleet m the Indian Ocean. Authorities of the port, which
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      • 33 11 ROTTERDAM, Mon. Seven tugs succeeded m refloating the British supertanker Ard Taraig yesterday after it ran aground earlier m the day m the North Sea near the Hook of Holland. AFP
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      • 188 12 Industrial unrest continues in Poland WARSAW, Mon. The official Polish news agency PAP last night indirectly confirmed industrial unrest m several Polish textile plants by announcing that a high-powered Party delegation went to Lodz to discuss the actual situation of crews. Earlier, sources reported that seven factories m Lodz m
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      • 389 12 Oil: New hope for peace TEHERAN, Mon. Lord Strathalmond, right, negotiator for the oil companies, shakes hands with Jamshid Amuzegar, Iran Finance Minister and chief negotiator for the Gulf oil states, after a new agreement was signed yesterday. TEHERAN, Mon. Saudi Arabia and Iraq are scheduled to join Algeria and
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      • 323 12 Mrs Gandhi outshouts hostile mob at polls rally NEW DELHI, Mon. Prime Minister Indira Gandhi had the last word with the hostile proTel engana crowd that hurled slippers and stones towards her dais to disrupt her election meeting m Hyderabad, capital of the state of Andhra Pradesh, yesterday: As a
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      • 122 12 FARMINGTON, New Mexico, Mon. Lincoln O'Brien, publisher of the Farmington Daily Times, says he has suspended publication temporarily of the "Li'l Abner" cartoon strip because of the "Anti-Semitic nature" of the current episode. In the space where the cartoon by AL Capp norma Dy runs, the
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      • 47 12 CALCUTTA, Mon. Over 30 labourers, including women were buried alive near the steel town of Ranchl m the eastern state of Bihar on Saturday. Hie accident occurred when earth caved m while victims were digging m connection with an irriff ation nmiM>t AFP
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      • 121 12 FOUND: THE MUMMIES OF A MILLION FALCONS CAIRO, Mon. British Egyptologist Walter Emery and five Egyptian experts have discovered a network of galleries filled with one million urns containing the mummies of sacred falcons. The site is on the Sakkarah Perimetre near Cairo, about a mile north-east of the famous
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      • 192 12 NAIROBI, Mou. MaJ.-Gen. Idl Amm, who seised power m Uganda Jan. 23, plans a major clean-up, he said yesterday. Under microscopic investigation by Gen. Amln, who rules by decree, will be the former Government as well as the M *rmy, air force, statutory bodies and private
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      • 191 12 SAIGON/ Mon. A U.S. Air Force colonel being court-martialed oa drug charges was quo k' yesterday as saying n thought smoking marijuana was a good thing because it helped close the generation gap with his men. Tie testimony came as the prosecution
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      • 120 12 HK police find a cache of explosives HONGKONG, Mon. Police were trying today to trace owners of a cache of explosives which Chinese Newspapers claimed belonged to Taiwan agents for use m "a country bordering Hongkong." Police seized the explosives, which included two mortar bombs, 11 tins of high-power plastic
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      • 59 12 ZENICA, Yugoslavia, Mon. Two men have been arrested m connection with the tragedy m which 34 people died when a diesei train caught fire inside the Vranduk tunnel near here yesterday. An investigating judge ordered the arrest of Alojz Sedlacek, a locksmith, and Drago Milosevic
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      • 151 12 MOSCOW, Mon. Soviet authorities have granted exit visas to five Soviet Jews who campaigned actively for permission to emigrate to Israel, Jewish sources reported yesterday. The families of the five also obtained visas, the sources said. Among the five is Yosif Kazakov, an electrical
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      • 63 12 MILAN, Mon. Divorce forces already triumphant m their battle to introduce divorce m this Roman Catholic land formed a new group yesterday to attack the ItalyVatican Concordat. The aim of the group, members said, is to work for the abrogation of the Concordat, signed m 1929,
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      • 112 12 LONDON, Mon. Irish labourer Dennis McLaughlin Is leading the life of Riley giving Marion Brando elocution lessons. T%e actor is perfecting a lush Irish brogue for his part m The Nlghtcomber, his first film for two years. He asked Dennis, 38, to lay aside his pick and shovel
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      • 33 12 RAWALPINDI, Mon. The main doors of the United States Information Centre here were damaged early yesterday m what appeared to be an abortive bid to set the building on fire. AP
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      • 317 12 Bachelor peasants fight off would-be wives CAMERANO, Casasco, Italy, Mon. The bachelor peasants of this Italian village couldn't keep the local girls down on the farm so they advertised for more. Now they're fighting them off. "We are healthy, robust boys, and we have nice houses with all the comforts."
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      • 82 12 MANILA, Mon. A U.S. Embassy spokesman denied today Chinese claims that the U.S. is reinforcing its military bases m the Philippines but said he could "neither confirm nor deny" charges the bases harbour nuclear weapons. Peking's official Hsinhua news agency had broadcast claims that the
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      • 64 12 TOKYO, Mon. The Government intends to grant amnesty to Japanese, including Okinawans, on the occasion of Okinawa's return to Japanese rule m 1072, English daily Yomiuri reported today. The plan stems from the Government's intention to relieve Okinawans from punishment given under the U.S. law, especially those
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      • 51 12 HONOLULU, Mon. Cambodian Premier Lon Nol passed a satisfactory night at the Tripler Military Hospital near Honolulu, a hospital spokesman said here today. Gen. Lon Nol arrived at the hospital on Saturday from Phnom Penh after suffering a thrombosis last week which partially paralysed him
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    • 822 13 1 I 1 \l\ £5 Y F 0R EASY REFERENCE. The shipping schedules I I Yvl N. Beginning on this page are given in four parts for _dlafci I l\ X m+ sh 'P s westbound, eastbound. southbound and ,-*V. J h fittfDilfW^ iJXXf '«P Ch entry gives the f
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    • 726 14 FdCthni infl including ships sailing out of Singapore for Far L.QOIUV/UI 9\aA East ports to the north-east A. AMITY Mar 15/18 Bangkok. Osaka. Yokohama. M 3 ALTAI R Feb 20/25 Japan. Pusan. KSC/OL West Coast U.S.A. AOL/ASC *w*-> ALASKA MARU m Pt/Feb 16 Hongkong, Japan. MOSK/LEO 1C h M.S. TAIPOOSHAN
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  • 241 15 Sugar firms waxing fat off people: Chee Khoon KUAH LUMPUR, Mon. Dr. Tan Che a Khoon, leader of the Opposition Girakan, said here today that there was no justification for the Government to allow the two sugar companies to raise their wholesale price of sugar from $550 to $625 a
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  • 92 15 Rehearsals for the Big Day in KL KUALA LUMPUR, Mon. The Prime Minister, Tun Abdul Razak, today witnessed the hour-long rehearsal for installing the fifth Yang diPertuan Agong at the Dewan Tunku Abdul Rahman. The Minister of Culture, Youth and Sports, Dato Hamzah bin Dato Abu Sama, who is also
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  • 590 15  - A boy who finds girls in a class of their own PHILIP LIM By STUDENT Lawrence Michael stands out among his classmates he's the only boy. And that's the way it's been since he enrolled into a class of giggling girls last June. For 18-year-old Lawrence found that taking a
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  • 60 15 LABOURER Lee Sian Teck was sentenced yesterday to 18 months' jail to be followed by a year's police supervision for theft of 12 packets of cigarettes, nine boxes of matches and a tin of milk from a coffee stall m Cairnhill Road on Sunday. Lee, 42,
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  • 41 15 NATIONAL serviceman Ong Sui Watt, 19, a member of the Vigilante Corps attached to Thomson Road Secondary School was jailed for two months yesterday for being absent from training from Sept. 25 1969 to Jan. 29 this year.
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  • 224 15 Malaysian farmers get Sin. subsidy to buy machines MALACCA, Mob. A $1 million plan to subsidise farmers' associations ia Ike purchase flf mechanical farming equipment was announced here today by the Minister of National and Rural Development, Inche Abdul Ghafar Ma Baba. Those associations which are considered healthy and properly
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  • 101 15 KUALA LUMPUR, Mon. A medicine shop owner, Leong Soo Chai, 44, was granted a divorce by the High Court today on the grounds that his 22-year-old bride deserted him a month after marriage. Mr. Justice Raja Azlan Shah, m granting him the
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  • 59 15 TANG Buan Un, 26, was fined $500 yesterday or three months' jail, for making a false police report against Ho Cheng on Aug. 25, 1968. The Second District Court was told that when Ho was put on trial for housebreaking on May 11 last year,
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    15 15 Ti say the girls noticed my ring! Three of them recognised it at once!"
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  • 129 15 Malaysia plans to reshuffle trade envoys KUALA LUMPUR, Mon. A reshuffle of trade commissioners m Malaysia's embassies is imminent. The Minister of Commerce and Industry, Inche Mohamed Khir Johari, said here today that ll recently recruited assistant trade commissioners would also be posted abroad during the next four months after
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  • 147 15 JAKARTA, Mon. Dr. Bernhard Dahm, a German sociologist, has arrived here to conduct research and comparative study on the revolutionary movements m Indonesia and those of South-East Asian countries, including Burma, the Philippines and Vietnam, according to a report released here
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  • 53 15 KUALA LUMPUR, Mon. The Minister of Education, Inche Hussein Onn, said today that the Central Government had allocated $4 million for aid to schools and pupils affected by the recent floods. Of this amount, $1.5 million had already been paid out to schoolchildren m eight states
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  • 152 15 THE badge of the RAF's 230 Squadron defied Japanese Occupation forces during the last war. It stayed on the wall of RAF Seletar's Officers' Mess until yesterday. Now, 30 years on, the badge is down. It is to be returned to the
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  • 79 15 KUALA LUMPUR, Mon. The visiting Commander-in-Chief of United States Forces m the Pacific, Admiral John S. McCain, today laid a wreath at the cenotaph here. Admiral McCain arrived here on Saturday for a threeday goodwill visit to Malaysia. Later, he paid a courtesy call on
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  • 36 15 KOH Chin Et, of Jurong Road, was fined $100 yesterday for driving his lorry carelessly and colliding into the rear of a stationary lorry m Chua Chu Kang Rload on Oct. 3 last year.
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  • 277 15  - Portisch in top form Herld Knight DLKJL;KLE GRANDMASTER Lajos Portisch of Hungary was m top form when he won the 1971 Karlis Lidums International Tournament m Adelaide. He went through the tournament with 9 wins, 4 draws and no losses. His nearest rivals, Grandmasters Lot ha r Sch mid. F.
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  • 498 16 JANETTE CHAN'S (Pfflrofiirodiomr IMilnlffilM I Miss Dolly Soh, 22, Final year Science undergrad They are becoming increasingly important. See what emphasis is attached to music and literature m schools. It is good, if not essential, to be acquainted with some aspects of the Fine
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  • 984 16 PREJUDICE is a sickness that can be as glaring as racial war or as subtle as a first impression. In our multi-racial society, it would seem that we have conquered our racial prejudices. But how conscious are you of your reactions to certain people or situations? r
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      447 16 PRESENTING THREE FABULOUS DESIGNS IT'S a new dawn m the wonderful world of fashion. A proclamation on length has finally been issued as the spring collections pass into history. For daywear, just below the knee is suitable. For evening, anything goes. And for Mini wearers, slip into a
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  • 416 17 Wandering Star... SI LL LAS SWITCHED bCHOOLS ELEVEN 1 IMF.S, YET MU S STILL NEAR 1 HE TOP OF HER FORM HERE'S one girl who'll leave you giddy whirl m eight years Stella Bryden, 13, has changed schools eleven times, attending nine different ones m six different countries. Stella began
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  • 1262 18 From April 11— your bus services guide FROM April 11, you can count on more efficient bus services m Singapore. Cut out this list of bus service numbers for future reference: c 30 BUS SERVICES allocated to the UNITED BUS COMPANY (PTE.) LTD. Designated colour Yellow. Northern Group. 92 Paya
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  • 70 18 Exhibition: Bookings close on Feb. 28 ABOUT 100 British companies are expected to participate m Britain's biggest ever industrial exhibition to be held here from Oct. 18 10. These exhibits are expected to cover an area of over 30,000 sq. ft. Bookings for space close on Feb. 28. Firms wishing
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  • 206 18 TEN more Malay teachers, six men and four women, left Singapore for Brunei yesterday on twoyear teaching contracts. A first batch of 10 left for Brunei m June 1009. All have since renewed their contracts. All the bi-lingual teachers will be posted to
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  • 71 18 ENGINE TROUBLE DELAYS FLIGHT A MALAYSIA-SINGAPORE Airlines 8737 flight to Kuching was delayed for seven hours 30 minutes here yesterday due to engine trouble. Eighty passengers, who arrived at the Paya Lebar airport for the 10.15 a.m. flight, were told that it would be delayed till 5.30 p.m. The aircraft
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  • 179 18 Terror of the Luftwaffe takes to the air— in Singapore! THE MOST feared machine m the air during World War II the Spitfire is flying again, and from a Singapore airfield, too. But no Luftwaffe pilot would be scared of this one, for it is only a radio-con-trolled model with
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  • RAGING HERALD
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      173 19 SINGAPORE, Mon. Kuala Lumpur trainer George West had one of his best meetings when he saddled seven winners ($33,400 m stake money) at the Penang meeting which ended yesterday. He started the ball rolling on the first day when he sent out Mannum Miss (Johnny Rao) a shock
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    • 199 19 In top form, saddling seven winners and came with a lastfurlong dash to win drawing away from Amber Lass. On Bracken, Nelson had to ride with hands and heels to beat Majestic Hour m a thrilling finish. He was seen at his best on Espionage. Hopelessly positioned at the half
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    • 55 19 SPANISH SOCCER RESULTS MADRID, Mon. Results m yesterday's 22nd round of the Spanish major league soccer championship: Zaragoza 3 SabadeUl Gijon 4 Seville 0; Barcelona 0 Real Madrid l; Malaga 0 Valencia 1; Atletico De Bilbao 2 Elche 0; Real Sociedad of San Sebastian 1 Granada 1; Celta of Vigo
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    • 629 19 PALM SPRINGS, California, Mon. Veteran Arnold Palmer yesterday won the first prize m the Bob Hope Desert Golf Classic with a super 22-foot putt m a one-hole sudden death playoff. It was Palmer's first tournament victory m 14 months and netted him the.
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      824 19 For Singapore Pro- Am meeting WEIGHTS for this Miss Skeeter (14 lbs. Bright Sky 8.12 Sweepstake (10 lbs. weekend Pro-Am Penalty) Motion Picture IV 8.12 Penalty) meeting at Bukit Zorba (9 lbs. Balkan Bambino Tamerross Timah. Feb. 20 and 21. Penalty) H 811 Lovely Day Cl. 4 Div.
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    • 42 19 Arnold Palmer, 67-71-66-68-70-342; Ray Floyd, 68-71-66-70-67-342; Bert Yancey, 69-69-71-66-71-346; Billy Casper, 71-68-68-71-70-348; Jim Wiechers, 70-70-64-73-72-349; Bob Roaburg, 69-70-71-67-72-349. John Miller, 71-71-71-66-81-350; Charles Coody 70-71-69-71-360: Marty Fleck man, 66-77-69-70-69-361; Tom Shaw, 72-71-70-68-71-868; Bob Murphy, 70-68-73-69-78-362; Al Mengert, 71-72-70-68-71-35?; George Hixon 68-70-74-69-71-852.
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    • 399 19 TWINSET CROSSWORD i W2 W$ Wa R p I p i3~^|i^^^^ I^l II 19 ll ~^^_^_J WK Bl 22 II BRB *E_m_mamm ACROSS DOWN 4. Emphasize one's natural dia- 1. Little angel made of papier le °t (0) mache and rubber (6) 8. One of those poor persons who 2.
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    • 31 19 DAVY JONES By Sam Leff --A 1 1 v m^ yft a _^_--tt--\ f T Vw I V >_E raSII T, HuS r H OH -A» >qbi «k-W /l L_______^^K, _^_^_W
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  • SPORTS WORLD
    • 327 20 UNDER-23 HOCKEY A SHORT corner decided yesterday's Singapore Hockey Association Under-23 quarter-final match on the Padang yesterday. Singapore Recreation Club beat defending champions Singapore Combined Schools, m the third minute of "dead play" after both the teams were tied at one-all despite ten minutes of extra
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    • 134 20 Shooting display by Chinese High in schools soccer CHINESE High School turned m a polished display of marksmanship when they trounced Dunearn Secondary School 13-0 m the Bukit Timah Schools soccer championships at Farrer Park yesterday. From the kickoff Chinese High showed their shooting form and scored as they willed
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    • 371 20 ASIA'S top bowlers will receive bigger and better prizes m the 1971 Cathay Pacific-Brunswick Far East Bowling Championship. Cathay Pacific and Brunswick, the sponsors this year, have also arranged for the national champions of the 10 competing nations to spend eight expenses paid
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    • 212 20 DALI's 45th minute goal earned Sembawang Shipyard a place m the semi-finals when they edged Khalsa Association }*oin the Singapore Hockey Association Under-23 knockout tournament at Serangoon Road yesterday. Both teams had even opportunities early m the first quarter of the game. Steadily gaining
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    • 509 20 A SPLENDID hat-trick by inside-left Vernon Lim earned Guthrie Waugh "B" a 3-1 win over Singapore Hilton m a vital Singapore Business Houses Football Division 3B league match at Farrer Park yesterday. Unbeaten Guthrie Waugh now head the league table with eight
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    • 228 20 DUNEARN Secondary School scored an upset 3-2 victory over favourites Anglo Chinese School m the Bukit Timah District 4 B' division badminton championships yesterday. Tan Chin Bee and Tan Keng Guan put Dunearn two-up with victories m the singles matches. Chin Bee beat Wong
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    • 345 20 Gonzales back on ranking list after 20 years CLEARWATER, Florida, Mon. The name of Pancho Gonzales is- back on the list of United States Lawn Tennis Association rankings for the first time m more than 20 years. Gonzales is ranked sixth on the list, which for the first time includes
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    • 486 20 SINGAPORE Chinese Girls School won the City District "C" Division badminton title when they beat Bukit Ho Swee 3-2 m the final at Bukit Ho Swee School Hall. Bukit Ho Swee looked set for victory when they led 2-1 after the three
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    • 89 20 RUGBY: Police /Military vs 41st Sqn. IRNZIR (Thomson Road 5.15 p.m.). SOCCER: City District Schools C'ships: "B" Div. RI vs Beatty Sec. (Rl 5.00 p.m.); "C" Div. RI vs SJI (RI 8.00 a.m.); 1st Toa Payoh Sec. vs Bukit Ho Swee Sec. (RI 9.15 a.m.); Monk's Hill Sec. vs Beatty
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