Singapore Herald, 19 February 1971

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  • 16 1 Bm BK^^ wm J| No. 180 Singapore Friday, February 19, 1971 MC(P) No. 2525 15 CENTS
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  • 464 1 A joint venture cheap Model T in the works JAKARTA, Thurs. Mr. Henry Ford 11, chairman of the Ford Motor Company, arrived here today to begin a tour to sell to the leaders of seven Asian countries a co-operative project to produce a modern Model T Ford for the developing
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  • 90 1 POLICE led by Asst. Supt. Adam Malik, o/c Narcotics Branch of the CID, seized 85 tablets with "MX" markings and a large quantity of drugs listed as "poison" under the Poisons Ordinance when they raided a Chinese medicine shop at Outram Park Shopping Complex
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  • 175 1 Anzuk needs: A list for S 'pore BRITAIN, Australia and New Zealand have presented Singapore with a list of bases and other requirements for the Anzuk forces which the Singapore Government has agreed should be stationed here. Informed sources said yesterday that these proposals were being considered by the Govern
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  • 161 1 I won't speculate on what South Vietnam may decide to do with regard to a possible incursion into North Vietnam in order to defend their national security. If I found that the enemy was stepping up his activity through infiltration in a way that would threaten our remaining forces...
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  • 445 1 THE Health Ministry plans to overhaul the medical service and make Singapore one of the world's top medical centres within five years. It will be done by: Immediate development of neurosurgerv. heart and chest surgery, plastic surgery and nephrology (kidney treatment). Drawing up a
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  • 257 1 KUALA LUMPUR, Thurs. The seven Opposition party members from the (■erakan will boycott parliamentary business for a few days when it reconvenes on Feb. 20. This is in protest against the rejection of questions and motions submitted in English by the party to
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  • 75 1 CANBERRA, Thurs Suggestions that Australia should devalue its currency were ridiculed today by Federal Treasurer Leslie H Bury. Devaluation has been proposed by rural producers to neip them increase export sales. However, when Mr. Bury was asked in the House of Represent -*'/es
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  • 226 1 SMOKERS MAKE LOUSY LOVERS SAYS RCP LONDON, Thurs. Smokers make lousy lovers, says Britain's Royal College of Physicians. The college is worried because it believes smokers ignore grim statistics about deaths from lung cancer. But it hopes that fears of sexual inferiority through smoking may help nicotine addicts to give
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  • 141 1 KUCHING, Thurs. Communist terrorists killed two members of the Malaysian security forces and wounded seven others in an ambush in the Snngei Sarikei area in Sarawak's Third Division on Tuesday. The li member patrol, although outnumbered, fought back and wounded two
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  • 48 1 THE DRIVER'S compart ment of a Singapore Traction Company bus was gutted by fire at the junction of North Buona Vista Road and Commonwealth Avenue yesterday afternoon. No one was injured. The fire was put out by a fire engine from Alexandra Fire Station.
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  • 33 1 MRS. Lilian Jane Sheares, mother of the President, died yesterday at her home at 9, Holt Road. She was 91. The cortege leaves for Bidadari Cemetery at 4 p.m. today.
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  • 150 1 OLD HARLOW, England, Thurs. A middle-aged bandit was laughed all the way out of the bank yesterday. Cashier Teresa Dellar took one look at tne man with the gun and got an uncontrollable fit of the giggles. "Put all the money you've got
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    • 10 1 WEATHER outlook for Singapore from a.m. to noon today: Fair.
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    • 9 1 Highlights from President Nixon's Press conference. (See page 13).
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    • 49 1 W. ~^B M^M UV Robinson's guarantee their range of necklaces, rings, brooches and pendants created from cultured pearls. Every single pearl has been hand-picked by their expert pearl buyer whose knowledge and experience guarantee you matchless value for your money. Iff ROBINSON'S |M .JEWELLERY DEPT. RAFFLES PLACE. SINGAPORE 1.
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  • 298 2 From A Special Correspondent CANBERRA: What has gone wrong in one of the world's most highlyplanned capital cities? This is the question puzzling Australians shocked by the deaths of seven people in a recent flood in Canberra. All seven were in cars driving along a major
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  • 466 2 CANBERRA: The strangest "smuggling" operation ever carried out in Australia has led to a crisis in relations between the country's biggest trade union, the Government, major graziers and airlines. The cargo? Valuable merino rams, the world's best wool producers. For 41 years Australia, jealous
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  • 1346 2  - The not-so-new sexual morality NIRAD C. CHAUDHURI HISTORICAL PARALLELS TO THE PERMISSIVE SOCIETY 3 "AS IF there was anything new under the sun!" is my impulsive comment on the current preaching about sex. It is preaching. One can no longer be wittily bawdy, one must be solemn, priggish, ponderous, almost
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  • 423 2 RELATIONS with Indonesia are one of Singapore's more important foreign policy considerations. The general political and economic ambiance has improved enormously since the end of Confrontation though problems and potential problems, of course, remain. Foremost among the positive developments during the past five years has been the
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    • 55 2 JULES FEIFFER IM MtfT A MAL£ IM A MAM. VOURf I UAVZ HUB UPS UfiSß BOTH VOMS OF CHAUMJIST PI6. A (aJOMAU- HAVSHAIO6 UFS THE SAMf CPR3K&VS' II SVS7EM. \&w eom t spent we au wwe THe ear what i cmr uwc^rswp miv qo i me to Illfcx^ /llh>^\ V/Kc^i
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  • 346 3 lAC UPHOLDS MANAGEMENT'S RIGHT THE Industrial Arbitration Court yesterday upheld a company's right to determine the amount of bonus to be paid to its employees. This right of the employer was conferred by the Employment Act of 1968, ruled the court referee, Mr. N. Ganesan. He
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  • 286 3 Association to seek mandate for cemetery land talks THE Fong Yun Thai Association has decided to seek a mandate from its members to negotiate with the Port of Singapore, Authority, which is seeking the association's cemetery land for its proposed 180-acre inland container depot. The decision was taken at a
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  • 290 3 ONE of Asia's largest engineering companies, Chiyoda Chemical Engineering and Construction Co. Ltd. is to open an office in Singapore next month, to handle projects in SouthEast Asia. The Jurong office will be the first subsidiary company of Chiyoda outside Japan and
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  • 356 3 Typhoid: Eleven more cases in Geylang Serai ELEVEN MORE cases of typhoid in Geylang Serai have been confirmed, bringing the total number so far to 61. Health sources said this figure of confirmed cases was recorded on Monday and the Health Ministry was still checking the area for possible carriers.
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  • 137 3 KUALA LUMPUR, Thurs. A four-man French medical team of specialists will arrive here on Sunday to advise the Government on the setting up of a dental school in Malaysia. The French cultural attache here, Mr. G. Francillon, said today the team is led by Prof. Claude
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    • 114 3 another worldwide consignment The world is our trading ground, too. The Bills of Exchange in our bank plays an important part in facilitating that tran- sactions. We cater for trade between j^iC+^T nations and encourage our local imM I I porters and exporters in so doing. FAR EASTERN RANK LTD.
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    • 41 3 BEETLE BAILEY B V Mort Walker >^~~~ "N^V-^/ A N Z MAPE i I VOU Y AM T*4AT'& MOW I ff 7 |B 5^ SKJORtfa: V" DID YOU I Av^e^OFir. ASKED )<rtMffaavB*m*Y DID -1 J siel you v ol_y q_j|>__^ aiaf IT?
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  • 168 4 OIL companies have formed a committee to study problems that may arise from a changeover ro the metric system. The committee was formed about a month ago at the request of the Government, informed sources said yesterday. Among other things, the committee
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  • 123 4 'Extend scheme to cover r Japanese investments too' executive A JAPANESE businessman has described Singapore's investment guarantee scheme for Britain as a good idea and hopes that this scheme can be extended to cover Japanese investments here. Mr. M. Miyachi, director of Bridgestone Tyres, said: "I think most Japanese businessmen
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  • 60 4 THE annual lecture of the Royal Asiatic Society, Malaysian branch, will be delivered by Dr. Sharom Ahmat, Singapore University history lecturer, at the National Museum's lecture hall on Feb. 28 at 5 p.m. He will speak on "The case for the study of Kedah histories: The
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  • 388 4 An open verdict on man who was burnt to death THE State Coroner, Mr. Liew Ngik Kee, recorded an open verdict yesterday on taxi driver Tan Siew Pheng (above) who was found burnt to death while tied to a tree stump on a dirt track off Ponggol Road on the
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  • 273 4 POLICE said yesterday they had not carried out any anti-vice raids on all-girl hostels in Taman Jurong, where it has been reported that some female factory workers are involved in prostitution. According to an English newspaper (not the Herald) yesterday, personallyintroduced customers enter
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  • 277 4 GREEN BUS COMPANY AND DRIVER SUED FIVE widows whose husbands died of injuries after a road accident five years ago sued the Green Bus Company Limited and its driver yesterday for $500,000 damages in the High Court. On Sept. 21, 1965 the company's bus collided
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  • 119 4 A W9MAN who was driven out of her home in 1966 by her husband found out two weeks later that another woman had moved into the house. Maid-servant Tan Yit Meng of Anderson Crescent, also discovered that the other woman, Chan
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  • 84 4 BICYCLE THIEF JAILED AN Indonesian illegal immigrant was jailed for nine months in a district court yesterday for breaking into a house in Dunbar Walk on Jan. 12 and stealing $565 in cash and valuables. Aziz bin Osman, 19, was arrested at 4.10 a.m. on the same day by two
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  • 100 4  -  MR. R.P. MISRA (above), Assistant Manager of Air India in Singapore, leaves the Republic on Monday on promotion as Manager for Mauritius; Air India announced yesterday. Mr. Misra, who joined Air India In ISC2, served In Jam shed pur and Calcutta before coming
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  • 72 4 MOTORCYCLIST Lim Hong Thye of Emerald Hill Road was fined $150 for committing four traffic offences in Thomson Road on July 7 last year. Lim, a provisional driving licence holder, was fined $40 for not obeying a police officer's instructions; $25 for not having
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  • 169 4 TEXTILE merchant Udhiran Vashumal, 55, of Haig Road, who was accused of outraging the modesty of a nine- yearold schoolgirl, was acquitted by a magistrate's court yesterday. The magistrate, Mr. Leong Keng Thai, acquitted him because the evidence given in camera by the girl yesterday
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  • 265 4  -  MARY LEE By THE Singapore International School is facing a hitch in its plans to fill 40 teaching vacancies because of the British postal strike. Applications for the, vacancies are lying undelivered in British post offices and advertisements from Singapore cannot be placed in
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  • 69 4 Luxury liner with 1,000 tourists due tomorrow ABOUT 1,100 Australian tourists will arrive here tomorrow in the 28,000-ton liner Oronsay. About 120 passengers will disembark here. The rest will leave on Sunday for Southampton, England via Hongkong, Japan, the west coast of America and Panama. Among those in transit will
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  • Page 4 Miscellaneous
    • 109 4 BLOND By Chjc Young rST^^B^ \Z£i fSfPSAS S^SS™^"'! R llf 1'^MENT.ON ,T] I \\\\m HE WELCOMES I'VE EVER BEEN r— fi «S SBEASV f V. '4 CRITICISM j* SERVED.' K O jp 4 A^ v r^^? 1 r^k ARCH,E By Bob Montana P'SPo* f ACTUALLY, HE GAVe\ HeYthAT'S EASY?! OH,
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  • 145 5 Top Esso men arrive for refinery opening MR. R.E. Anderson (above) executive vicepresident of ESSO Eastern Inc., New York arrived yesterday to attend the official opening of the company's *2tt million refinery on Pnlan Ayer Cha wan today. He was accompanied by Mr. M.E.J. O'Loughlin, director and vicepresident and Mr.
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  • 35 5 IPOH, Thurs. A 12-year-old boy died at the Batu Gajah District Hospital yesterday after he was involved in an accident with a lorry at a tin mine in Tronoh, 15 miles from here.
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  • 194 5 THE Singapore Government Officers Cooperative Housing Society Ltd. has denied a newspaper report (not the Herald) that its officers had been picked up by the Corrupt Practices Investigation Bureau for questioning. "No official of the society was picked up from their homes for quizzing by
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  • 105 5 KUALA LUMPUR, Thurs. A youth who escaped from police custody on Dec. 18 last year was shot today on the right leg and the left side of his body by a police constable. lie was attempting to rnn away after being challenged by
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  • 79 5 COMMUNITY leaders in all 58 constituencies will be making study tours of the Ministries of Defence and Home Affairs. The tours are intended to improve co-operation between the public and police, according to a Radio Singapore report. Yesterday, 24 community leaders from Ulu Pandan, led by
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  • 435 5  -  TAN MAY LIN COMPULSORY SHIFTS, DISTANCE FROM TOWN, NOISE, COTTON FLUFF... By TEXTILE firms in Jurong are still facing a high staff turn- over problem. One such factory, Singapore Textiles Industries Ltd, loses 50 workers out of its work force of 900 every
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  • 122 5 NARROWING the Generation Gap? The answer's in the pool. Here's "grandad" Mr. George Lew, 53 and 10--year-old Phillip Cave both learning skin-diving for the first time. They are among 15 people who have joined an 8-session skin-diving course for beginners organised by
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  • 205 6 THE first British merchant vessel to have a low cost satellite navigation system, which allows its position to be known at all times, will call at Singapore next month. Prometheus, a Blue Funnel vessel, left Merseyside last Monday on a voyage to Japan.
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  • 251 6 BOY Scouts are always prepared for October. That's when the air literally buzzes with their activities. The scouts exchange greetings, entertain each other with national campfire songs and the Chief Scout relays messages to scouts all over the world through Jamboree-on-the-Air. i Using amateur radios that
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  • 98 6 CATHAY Keris Film Production Ltd. was fined $400 yesterday for failing to submit audited accounts to the Income Tax Department for 1968. The court was told that Cathay Keris had failed to submit income returns within 21 days from March 30 last year.
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  • 101 6 A WIFE'S CINEMA HABIT BREAKS UP MARRIAGE PARKING attendant Chew Teck Chiang, of Seah Street, was granted a divorce by the Chief Justice yesterday on the grounds, of desertion. He married Han Juat Hua on July 23, 1966 at the Registry and they have no children. Chew said six months
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  • 325 6 A YOUNG and promising local group the Exquisites which was formed one and a half years ago, cut their first disc on Saturday. The disc, which is to be released under the Libra label in a month's time, was recorded at Life
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  • 525 6 ACCIDENTS involving skin burns in Singapore can be expected to rise with the present rapid pace of industrialisation and urbanisation, said a visiting British plastic surgeon yesterday. Mr. T.L. Barclay, consultant plastic surgeon in Bradford, England, is a pioneer of the open skin-graft
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    • 42 6 IN yesterday's Toto draw N0.13/71, the limbers picked were: t, 4»' L 41, 5. The additional number was 34. Circles draw: 2t, 4C, 31. TODAY: 3.30 am (8.4 ft.); 5.10 pm (C.l ft.) TOMORROW: 4.22 am (8.0 ft.); 8.45 pm (€.2 ft.)
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    • 609 6 4\h POPULAR DAVI 11 a.m.. 1.30. 4.00. 6.30 A 9.19 p.m. Metro-Gold wyn Mayer t "THAT'S THE WAY IT IS" Elvis Presley Color P'vision LAST DAYS! (NO Free List) Dally 3 Shows 2.30, 9.49 A 9.00 "TORA" Starts 2.90. 6.09 A 9.20 (Suns. A Hols Extra Show 11 a.m.) Adm.
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  • 300 7 THE wood-wind instrument, flute, is often associated with sprightly and light classical pieces, and pro vides some of the most delicate notes in music. It is also a popular instrument with amplified "rock" quartets today, although in this case it is used for musical effect more than
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  • 1184 7  - Q AND A WITH THE HOLLIES AMAR JEET By THOSE of you who managed to see the Hollies' "live" shows at the National Theatre may consider yourselves fortunate. But those who missed the shows take heart. EMI has just released their latest album "'Confessions of the Mind" and we present
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  • 224 7  - A game of mixed doubles MARY LEE By MOTHERS-IN-LAW used to prevail as objects of laughter in situation comedies about marriage. However as the sacred institution of marriage gradually loses its sanctity today, mothers-in-law have become obsolete. Playwrights have turned to the marriage situation itself for not only is there
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  • 193 7 Fill Society to scpoor picture on Coltoral Revolution A UNIQUE film on China, shot during the Cultural Revolution, will be the supporting feature in the Film Society's programme on Sunday. "The Red Sons" was made by two Australians—Roger Whittaker and Herald foreign editor Bob Reece— during a trip to China
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  • Page 7 Miscellaneous
    • 126 7 9 am 5 pm: Science and Mathematics exhibition at the Teachers' Training College, Patterson Road. 9.30 am 4 pm: Safety first campaign with exhibition and safe cycling rally at the Girl Guides' Association. 5.30 pm: Opening of art ex hibition by Mr. Hauw Sing Kong at the Chinese Chamber of
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  • DRIVE
    • 238 8 Grace, Space, Pace... IF THERE is one car that doesn't need a name badge, it's the latest addition to the Jaguar marque the excellent XJ6. Four years of development have resulted in one of the finest products ever turned out by the British motor industry. Many of the features of
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    • 744 8 A used XJ6 in Britain can fetch up to £1,000 more than a new one! The unit I tested was a 2.8 litre with automatic transmission and locally fitted with air conditioning. This 2,792 c.c. unit is a new capacity in the XK engine range and has
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      280 8 A MISTRE& afford to kee what Suzuki AlOO M--rk attractive, 1 economical. The A lOO rang around for about now, and has a popular. The Mark 111 I in the series, fes evolutionary chi the earlier modelf It is a 100 c.c. i single, with a foui box and
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  • Page 8 Miscellaneous
    • 71 8 i Test your acci First Features 1 f masks your vision ,s tricky. Try approach.ng tether «Tot^SiTSS ST^ITS! C L OSe th3n V ur Start two lengthS an object as shown and see how close you can then see how ace. r^ P Jf thrOU9h nght angles forward or back
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  • 6 9  -  LEE CHIU SAN By
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  • 625 9 SSS you can eep. That's d calls its •k 111 fast and inge has been >ut three years i always been II is the latest featuring only changes over ids. c. rotary valve 'our speed geared in a pressed features an ith three inlet t machine from Suzuki
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  • 575 9 seen in local racing. Of course, David Au's partner Robert Choo, sharing the same car, cannot be discounted. He consistently clocked just above 50 seconds at the last meeting. SHARE It is understood that Singapore's glamour lady driver, Anne Wong, is a late entrant
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    • 1408 9 BBS i RADIO rH 1 iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiniiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii THK; M of the Plalns man" is replacing "A Man S m m Called Shenandoah." It is S 1 JoHHBHHHHH I r set soinewnat lr the same ZI J/^FaT I J g^O^^T^^^^in period the later part of ij^nmimi o the 19th Century ;e Michael
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    • 40 9 ost anything Ml collapsible n the "mobile recesses, poces are found entre console ard ing carried *•> that the ttably one of exports a > status symmuch more ice curacy o *«et w,d er gthS away at Vou wish with one go.
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  • 1324 10  - MERGER OF GULF STATES: THE ISSUES INVULVED JOHN BULLOCH unity vital tor peace in Gulf By SHARJAH THE sprawling base which has been home to thousands of British Servicemen over the past years is beginning to look forlorn. The sense of bustle and activity which marked it in the past
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  • VIEWPOINT
    • 142 10 BEWARE OF THESE CHIT FUNDS I AM writing this because I want the public to be aware of what is going on in some chit funds here. About a month ago I wrote to the Registrar of Companies and to various police divisions about a particular chit fund company. As
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    • 132 10 Please let us serve the nation IT IS an irony that while the police are finding difficulty in recruiting sufficient personnel they reject permanent residents like myself who want to join because we are non-citi-zens. Where is the logic when we are expected to do national service and are frequently
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    • 97 10 I LIVE at the Naval Base and work in the city. Every morning I have to leave home one-and-a-half-hours earlier in order to reach my office on time. I wonder if the new bus services, which will be introduced on April 11, will cover my area. At present these services
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    • 43 10 THE Government publicly promised to provide electricity to 48 houses, at Track 23, 9V6 m.s. Yio Chu Kang Road in early January. It is now February and we are still in the dark. Would the authority concerned, please explain. KELVIN LIM Singapore 28
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    • 47 10 WE would very much like to start a dialogue with Dr. MacDougall on the university and some of its problems. But before we do this we would like to ask him to answer one very basic question first: Is he going or staying? K. TAN Singapore It
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    • 33 10 All totters to Viewpoint must bo signed and carry the writer's address. If correspondents wish to have their names withhold, they may use a pon name, but their letters must still bo signed.
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    • 652 10 What Ton Clause' means I BELIEVE it has been insufficiently noted in the Press exactly what Dr. Ton Chin Chye was implying about the University of Singapore's right to dismiss in his recent Press conference and what this portends for the future of academic freedom in the University. Dr. Toh
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    • 607 10 WHAT is a "Hippy"? Two years ago, after leaving my home and work in a small town near London, I started meeting these infamous people. From Paris, through North Africa and India, -to Singapore, I've found a vast world of other people living their lives... places
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    • 234 10 Fine win it is by [in ii£ii s Matanovic i ?^ißS*i GRANDMASTER ?f^^?«» «L Aleksandar Matanovic 4 S Si A Hf (Yugoslavia) played a fine 3H^ JS^ HGT HI fi' attacking game against tSi iVllkxStt Australia's D. Hamilton in the 1971 Karlis Lidums In 1 jp til ternational Tournament in
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  • 229 11 SNAP tO have talks with others in Opposition KUALA LUMPUR, Thurs. Nine Sarawak National Party MPs arrived here today for Kuching to discuss the proposed amendments to the Constitution with the DAP, PPP and probably the Gerakan leaders. SNAP'S chairman, Dato Stephen Kalong Ningkan, said they would also discuss the
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  • 78 11 A SWEEPER, Sng Swee Lam, 42, was jailed for 12 months yesterday for having 78 lb. 7 oz. of ganja on board a sampan in the Eastern Roads on Jan. 2. A bumboat man, Ler Chwee Thor, charged with the same offence, was
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  • 297 11 IPOH, Thurs.— Finance Minister Tun Tan Siew Sin said today the Chinese would be politically ineffective unless enough of them were prepared to get off the fence and make a political commitment to this country. He added that unless the
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  • 85 11 IPOH, Thurs. Tub Tan Slew Sin, will announce the set-up of a "reorganised and streamlined Malaysian Chinese Association in the first week of March. The reorganisation Is to give the party a ''more dynamic Image" Tun Tan said today. Tun Tan, who is also Minister of Finance,
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  • 789 11 TOMORROW will be a historic day for Malaysia. The nation's fifth King (Yang di-Pertuan Agong) will be Installed and Malaysia's Parliament reconvened after 21 months of emergency rule. KUALA LUMPUR Malaysia's fifth Constitutional Monarch will receive his instrument of office in a solemn and
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  • 368 11 AIM: 'A MORE EQUITABLE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT' KUALA LUMPUR, Thurs. Malaysia's new economic policy is aimed at giving the Malays an opportunity to own capital and operate industrial enterprises, Commerce and Industry Minister, Inche Mohamed Khir Johari, said here today. Explaining Malaysia's
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  • 171 11 MOVE TO KEEP MALAYSIA'S HISTORICAL LANDMARKS MALACCA, Thurs. Brunei has been invited to attend a three-day meeting to be held in Kuala Lumpur next month to discuss the preservation of historical buildings and relics. It will also discuss the prevention of antiques being indiscriminately taken out of the country. Sabah
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  • 56 11 GHANAIAN Deputy Minister of Rural Development and Social Welfare, Mr. Sebastian Oppon, will arrive here tonight for a four-day visit. He will visit the Jurong Town Corporation and the Housing and Development Board and pay a courtesy call on Mr. E.W. Barker, Minister for Law and
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  • 166 11 KUALA LUMPUR, Thurs. The Minister of Labour, Tan Sri V. Manickavasagam, said today the Government was in the process of setting up a network of technical training coordinators in the country to solve the problem of unemployment, especially in the rural areas. Speaking
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  • 132 12 MAP shows the route of the Toa Payoh Coleman Street Loop Service No. 141A, to be run by the Singapore Traction Company (colour green) with the introduction of the reorganised public transport system on April 11. The route: Lorong 1, Lorong 4, Lorong 5,
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  • 53 12 THE Uni versity of Singapore Society will hold a week-long Drama Festival beginning on March 21. Among those taking part in the festival will be the Sen Warna, an Indian drama group, Changi Theatre Club, Rowcroft Theatre Club, the University of Singapore Drama Society and the University
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  • 554 12 The following candidates have passed the Final Professional Part I Examination for the degrees of Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery in Pathology and Social Medicine Public Health: Miss Anne Bong, Raphael Chan Kok Chin, Miss Lucy Chan, Miss Chan Nang Fong, Miss Magdalene
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  • 49 12 PENANG, Thurs. Officials from Malaysia and Thailand met here today for discussions on how to facilitate road transport between the two countries. The three-day meeting was a continuation of the Second International Road Transport Conference held between Malaysia and Thailand'at Song knla on Monday and Tuesday.
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  • 166 12 KUALA LUMPUR, Thnrs. Malaysia Is expected to sign an economic agreement with Holland soon to promote greater co-operation between the two countries. Announcing this at a Press conference here, the Minister of Commerce and Industry, Inche Khlr Joharl, said that negotiations between officials
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  • Page 12 Miscellaneous
    • 288 12 "..u-vucaruumneaiin). KeK ree Beng, Lau Ing Piu, 9TarSvOp6 *l lilUWWPuuuuul I— uWMuuuuuuuuuumi i— i^_ **\TZ*mm*4 iHPBHiM EAlggWfH [Tn/ISEEWI Be on the alert to A Your **•«>*«"« is learn all you can today A day of ■ftf-re^*»- pretty good and is like- Any decision you from the people you 22L. liirS
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  • 421 13 Nixon tells Hanoi: Time is running out' MA MORE PEACE ltf€% LIM|T 0N W4% USE OF CONCESSIONS I^W AIR STRIKES WU N-BOMB THE BIG TEST FOR NIXON PAGE 15 WASHINGTON, Thursday PRESIDENT NIXON today warned Hanoi leaders that their time is running out if they really want to negotiate peace
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  • 39 13 A cigarette, and a little peace, for these South Vietnamese soldiers. They were injured while fighting in Laos. Now they are back in their homeland waiting for a helicopter to take them to hospital. ZSFLKL;FJGL;K;LG'JK
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  • 280 13 BELO HORIZONTE, Thurs. For the first time in three years, the controversial Bishop Dom Helder Camara spoke to the Brazilian Press in what looks like a challenge by the Catholic Church to th'e country's military-dominated Government. The Archbishop of Olinda and Recife said the struggle in
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  • 178 13 JOHANNESBURG, Thurs. The Rev, Colin Davison, an Anglican priest ordered to be deported after being refused re-entry to South Africa from Swaziland, leaves here for England on Feb. 25 three days before the Government deadline. Mr. Davison, who decided against contesting the expulsion,
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  • 162 13 PHNOM PENH, Thurs. The Cambodian Governor of Pursat Province has been trapped and killed by a group of pro-Communist Cambodians belonging to the Red Khmer organisation who were pretending to surrender, military sources in Phnom Penh said today. The sources said that
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  • 37 13 CANBERRA: Development Minister Reginald Swartz says the Government has abolished limitations on the export of uranium. He told the House of Representatives that discoveries in South Australia and in Northern Territory put Australia potentially among uranium producers.
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  • 87 13 WASHINGTON, Thurs. A secretary of Senator Edward Kennedy was raped in daylight yesterday. The woman aged 3S, was not identified by police who said that, as she was parking her car near the Senatorial offices, a man came up and asked her how to get to
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  • 218 13 New Ho Trail for Red supplies From FRED S. HOFFMAN WASHINGTON, Thurs. U.S. Defence Department sources say the North Vietnamese may be switching their main supply shipments through Laos to a route west of the primary Ho Chi Minh Trail now under ground attack by South Vietnamese troops. They said
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  • 38 13 PARIS, Thurs. Hundreds gh school students marched through the streets here yesterday in support of 18--year-old student Gilles Guiot who was jailed for allegedly hitting a policeman during a demonstration last week.
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  • 260 13 Trial of drug babies starts despite offers TOKYO, Thurs. The first trial of the five-year-old Thalidomide babies case opened today in the Tokyo District Court, despite offers of the Japanese Government and a pharmaceutical company to settle the case out of court. Out of the entire plaintiff group of 26
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  • 89 13 ROME, Thurs. Police charged 28 prostitutes with endangering the safety of citizens by making bonfires in city streets to fight the cold of Roman nights. The women were taken into custody after they were found warming up next to big bonfires they had built in suburban streets.
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  • 288 14 POSTAL STRIKE MAY GO ON INTO MARCH LONDON, Thurs. Promises of loans from other unions today raised the prospect that Britain's mail strike, now in its fifth week, might continue into March. The Union of Postal Workers UPW Is broke and unable to give its 2f3,tM members strike pay
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  • 637 14 Senate is told of huge bribes racket WASHINGTON, Thurs. A Chinese-born American was today accused of operating a huge beer and slot machines racket by bribing army officials in Vietnam. William J. Crum, 52, so ingratiated himself with U.S. officials in Vietnam an army brigadier general once awarded him a
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  • 264 14 Footprints of giant beast baffle villagers COLVILLE, (Washington), Thurs. Even the skeptics now wonder if the elusive ape-like Sasquatch lurks in their midst. To local believers, fresh reports on Tuesday of the giant animal's presence simply confirm what they claim to have known all along: That the creature known variously
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  • 147 14 DOUGLAS, (Isle of Man), Thurs. Legislators of the Irish Sea Island launched a campaign yesterday to provide the M,— inhabitants with their own private army because "we have no one to turn to la time of an emergency Call for establishing a Manx militia
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  • 37 14 CASINO SWINDLE MONTEVIDEO, Thurs— The Ministry of Tourism has ordered an investigation into a re ported swindling operation with marked playing cards at state-run gambling casinos at the beach resorts of Atlantida and Punt a Del Este.
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  • 197 14 Tupamaros may free kidnapped consul 'soon' MONTEVIDEO, Thurs. Brazilian Consul Aloysio Dias should, in theory, be released by the Tupamaros kidnappers at any time from Sunday onwards, Parliamentary sources said today. The Tupamaros said in their last communique that he would be freed when the Government's suspension of individual liberties
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  • 223 14 ILLEGAL: A MOVE TO 'DEPORT CHINESE' MANILA, Thurs. A brewing Philippine move to deport all overstaying Chinese refugees who came from China will "violate" a past agreement between Taipeh and Manila, a Taiwan Embassy official said today. The official, Counsellor for Political Affairs Ho Sing-Jen, said however that this was
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  • 153 14 Drinks on the house at the alcoholics' home HIGHLAND, California, Thurs. At Patton State Hospital there are alcoholics who report to the bar each day for drinking practice. They are being treated by two researchers testing a theory of alcoholism that contradicts most current thinking and therapy. Many experts believe
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  • 135 14 BELFAST, Thurs. Nine people, including a woman and a five-year-old girl, were injured today when a time bomb exploded in a public house at Holywood, a village near Belfast. Six of the victims were inside the bar and the others were passing by. All
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  • 953 15 Peking puts the heat on Sato BACKGROUND TO THE FOREIGN NEWS From ROSEMARY RIGHTER in HONGKONG MOUNTING pressures in Tokyo for the normalisation of relations with China have been ignored so far by Japanese policymakers, yet there is increasing evidence that Premier Eisaku Sato's most formidable challenger is Chairman Mao
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  • 977 15  -  PETER By COLE -ADAMS in LONDON BRITAIN is in an economic mess. The collapse of Rolls-Royce, coming on top of the worst period of industrial unrest since 1926, has left the nation demoralised. It is getting precious little sympathy from that stern physician
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  • 751 15 From BRUCE GRANT IF the operation in Laos succeeds, Mr. Nixon will be able to withdraw another large batch of troops from Vietnam next May. This is the word from Washington. By the end of April Mr. Nixon will have withdrawn about 280,000 troops, or
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  • 854 16  - The rocKhard people of an island with granite in its veins NELLY KOE THEY WORK HOLIDAYS AND ALL BECAUSE THEY LIKE IT By MORE THAN half the families living on Pulau Bukom have one thing in common someone in the family works in a granite quarry. Granite runs deep in
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  • 214 16 ON PARADE GO RAF's SPECIAL POLICE AND THEIR DOGS THE Royal Air Force Police Auxiliaries celebrated their 25th anniversary with a parade at RAF Changi's parade ground yesterday. One hundred and twenty members of the 360-strong force came from the various camps in Malaysia and Singapore to take part in
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  • 119 16 KUALA LUMPUR, Thurs. Prime Minister Tun Abdul Razak briefed the Conference of Rulers today on Malaysia's foreign policy towards China. The Yang di-Pertuan Agong attended the meeting. The two-day conference at the Istana Negara was chaired by the Sultan of Selangor. Tun Razak
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  • 51 16 BRITISH army driver, Eng Chee Hoe, 52, collapsed and died while driving an army van along Telok Blancah Road yesterday. It is believed that he had a heart attack. The van which was heading for Ayer Rajah Camp went off the road. No one was
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  • 194 16 LONDON, Thnrs. A Sikh family living Id London has been refused permission to cast the ashes of their mother Into the Thames River. The decision was made by the Thames Conservancy, which wanted to stop the practice from becoming a habit. The same
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  • 101 16 TWO men on separate charges of having firearms were remanded in the Central Police Station by a magistrates' court yesterday. Tan Tat Boon, 23, and Peh Bok Kee, 28, were accused of having a .38 Smith and Wesson revolver at a shop in Upper Bukit Timah
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  • THE SINGAPORE herald Section II
    • 25 17 ESSO REFINERY OPENING SUPPLEMENT/Pages 19-25 ECONOMIC AFFAIRS/Pages 26/27 SHIPPING/Pages 28/29 FORM GUIDE/ Page 30 SPORT/Pages 31/32 THE SINGAPORE herald Section II Friday. Feb. 19, 1971
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    • 228 17 THE five most outstanding students in the Chinese primary and secondary schools for 1970 will be picked in a contest organised by a local newspaper and two teachers' union. The organisers are Nanyang Siang Pau, Chinese School Teachers' Union and Chinese
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    • 679 17 ROLLEI the West German camera firm is to invest about $82 million in its two Singapore factories over the next three years. They are the Rollei Singapore (Pte) Ltd., which has begun production and the German Optical (Pte) Ltd., which will start production
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    • 332 17 Why people of Chinatown do not want to move out OLD FOLK FEAR BROKEN FRIENDSHIPS CHINATOWN'S old folk fear being moved from their crumbling homes. They think the Government's urban renewal policy will destroy the close relationships they have built up with friends over the vears. So says the first
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    • 79 17 Nearly 1,400 candidates about 56.5 per cent of the total passed the Government Higher School Certificate Chinese Examination last year. The National Junior College obtained the highest percentage of passes with over 93 per cent. Government secondary schools scored 81 per cent passes.
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    • 140 17 THE gang believed to be involved in the slaying last month of deaf mute Teo Ah Cheng in Airport Road is now behind bars. In a predawn raid earlier this week, a police party raided a row of huts in Jalan Serai, off Airport Road, and picked
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    • 147 17 WOODLANDS police have moved into a modern station beside the Causeway check-point. Their old office will be demolished. The new building, standing on a slope just* above the railway line, also houses the imports section of the Customs and Immigration Departments. The export
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    • 48 17 KUALA LUMPUR, Thurs. The Yang di-Pertuan Agong today spent more than one hour at the Dewan Tunku Abdul Rahman here to witness the final dress rehearsal of his installation ceremony on Satur day. He was accompanied by the Prime Minister, Tun Abdul Razak.
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    • 344 17 MOST of the 1,000 Malay youths who have registered for employment with the Employment Research Committee of the Central Council of Malay Cultural Organisations are school drop-outs. This is disclosed by the latest CCMCO bulletin. It says: "It is a matter of concern to the council
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    • 381 18 Baffles Mall: AA may petition the Govt THE Automobile Association of Singapore is considering joint action with Raffles Place businessmen to press the Government to review the pedestrian mall scheme which came into force on Dec. 28. The association chairman, Mr. Milton Tan, said this yesterday after failing to get
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    • 67 18 SIXTEE N-yea rold Mimi Amat (above) is one of 34 girls who will vie for the title of Sepak Takraw Fashion Queen to be staged at the National Theatre on March 6 at 7.30 p.m. The Singapore Amateur Sepak Takraw Association is organising
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    • 138 18 WORKERS and schoolchildren living in Qneenstown went without morning coffee and baths when the taps in nearly 1.000 Housing Board flats ran dry yesterday. Instead, the children were made to drink heated evaporated milk and packed off to school. Many men were
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    • 418 18 KUALA LUMPUR, Thurs. When a gold smuggler tried to deliver some bullion he found police waiting for him. And today Wong Tiew Seng, S3, a Singaporean was fined $30,000 or two years jail by the Sessions Court here for possessing
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    • 152 18 LONDON, Thurs. Fresh pineapples from Malaysia will now compete on the British market with those from South Africa. For the first time, a refri gerated container load of these fruits has been shipped to Liverpool from Singapore by ship. The shipping company, Blue Funnel, said today
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    • 47 18 TWO films on ecology and industrial uses of radioactive substances will be shown at 8 p.m. today at the Pathology Lecture Theatre, Outram Road General Hospital. The Society of Occupational Medicine is sponsoring the screening, which will be open to the public.
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    • 206 18 A REAL LUAU FOR A LATE N.Z. DAY NEW ZEALAND is the land of the Maoris, so what more appropriate way to celebrate New Zealand Day than with a Maori Concert Party? And that was just how the Wives Club of the Ist Battalion, Royal New Zealand Infantry Regiment at
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    • 26 18 ISLAND IN THE SUN IPOH, Thurs.— The Perak State Development Corporation is negotiating with a local company to develop Pulau Pangkor Laut into a tourist attraction.
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    • 144 18 'Penang Kia' gets five years' in prison A MAN WHO admitted robbing people at gunpoint twice in the same week to the tune of $40,900 was jailed for five years by a district court yesterday. Armed with revolvers, Lee Kap Yew and an accomplice held up Harjinder Singh Takhar chief
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    • 86 18 TWO PART-TIME national servicemen, Ranggasamy P. Murugaiah of Jalan Basong and Kang Kok Siong of Club Street, were each sentenced to two months' jail by a magistrates' court yesterday for failing to attend Vigilante Corps training. Snr. Insp. Chia Cheng Poh, prosecuting, told
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    • 141 18 POLICE have rounded up a group of youths, believed to be involved in a "pot" smoking ring, in a housing estate in the Upper Serangoon area. It is understood that the police had been keeping watch on the youths, whose ages range from 14
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    • 50 18 Profit planning course THE Singapore Institute of Management will hold a course on "Profit Planning" for managers who have significant responsibilities from March 2 at the Chinese YMCA. The four-morning course will be held from 9.30 a.m. to 12.30 p.m. Fee is $100 for SIM members and $120 for nonmembers.
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    • 1198 19 The $200 million decision after afldiio up Singapore's pluses ESSO REFINERY OPENING SUPPLEMENT Q THE CLEAR waters around Pulau Ayer Chawan, a mile offshore from the Jurong industrial complex, throw back a new reflection these days. Out in the water the outlines of towers, tanks and loading piers shimmer and
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    • 316 19 HE m TINKERS of all ages build model ships and model airplanes. Scale models are also put to practical use by architects and city planners, by designers of stage sets, spacecraft, and other products of art and technology. Among the most complicated examples of industrial model building are scaled-down
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    • 648 20 anew way to teach skills... l^^hbf^Tw^H |3 9 1 vl 3 *^^^^> *J *J i^ 1 1 1^ i?^^t^TTT^T^^^^^^^^^^^T^^B^^^w THE training of engineers and technicians was a major challenge. Here is a group of trainees being shown around the plant. Preparation of the training manuals alone took six months. THE
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    • 533 21 Thorough training in and out of classrooms ESSO REFINERY OPENING SUPPLEMENT Q operations department completed eight operating manuals covering the refinery processes and jobs. They also completed three training manuals covering four major mechanical maintenance areas instrumentation, electrical, machinery and metals. Also developed was a basic training classroom manual which
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    • 308 22 l*jW*aNagKlalr¥Mi]^^ The refinery model made by the contractor proved to be an excellent training aid for familiarisation with the refinery equipment and hardware as well as a source of tracing lines from flow diagrams especially during the early construction stage. A second extremely effective aid
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    • 345 23 DIRECT ACCESS FROM MAIN CHANNEL ESSO REFINERY OPENING SUPPLEMENT THE Esso terminal at Pulau Ayer Chawan is free of the difficult counter-currents and narrow channels which restrict some bunkering locations in the port of Singapore. Directly accessible from the main shipping channel, Pulau Ayer Chawan permits berthing at any time
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    • 522 24 ESSO REFINERY OPENING SUPPLEMENT Q Willi IP. JIB MR. Wm. J. Wiseman, Genera] Manager of the Esso Singapore Group of Companies, holds a degree in Chemical Engineering from John Hopkins University. He started his career In the oil Industry with the Esso Baltimore Refinery where
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    • 320 24 Essi'sYonth and Industry Project THE TRAINING of people is a way of life in Esso. Its worldwide interest in education is reflected in some of its local activities. One of the educational projects the Esso Youth Industry Project was launched in October 1970 for upper secondary science students to be
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      446 25 Mars ahoy! SSO REFINERY A WATER vapour measuring detector, invented by an Esso Research and Engineering Company scientist, will be part of a Viking lander spacecraft that is scheduled to land on Mars in 1975. The detector has passed the U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration's tests for inclusion in
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    • Page 32 Miscellaneous
      • 287 32 SOCCER: S'pore Govt. Services League: Div. 1 Police vs Vigilante Corps (Police Academy 5.15 p.m.); City District Schools Cships: "A" Div. Balestier Hill Int. Sec. vs SJI (Monk's Hill 3.46 p.m.); RI vs S'pore Voc. Inst. (Monk's Hill 5.00 p.m.); "C" Div. Rangoon Road Sec. vs Bukit Ho Swee Sec.
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    • 233 21 CONGRATULATIONS BEST WISHES j ESSO SINGAPORE GHIP IF COMPANIES On the occasion of the official opening of j their Refinery at Pulau Ayer Chawan j b Y I THE HONOURABLE MINISTER FOR FINANCE J MR. HON SUI SEN J J Importers Exporters of Automobile Parts, J J Engineering Spares, Marine
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    • 124 22 CONGRATULATIONS BEST WISHES I to i I on the official opening of their Refinery on Pulau Ayer Chawan from i SANTA FE-POMEROY SERVICES, INC. Engineering and Construction subsidiary of Santa Fe International Corporation Contractors for The Marine Facilities on Pulau Ayer Chawan Refinery, including Products Pier, Submarine Pipe Lines and
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    • 255 23 I BIS J08... SMALL J08... I I electronic and pneumatic I I process control equipment I I PXW p^BB I Singapore Group of Gomoanies I I Pulau Ayer Gbawan refinery I I installed by I n^B^B^BH B^B^Bj e A M VX^B^B^B^B^B^B^B^B^B^B^B^B^B^BB B^B^B^H P^BJ |^^^^CT^ !^F^B»'^*"|l||Bi^B|B^BPn^Bß*^ B^PP^^ BH n^^^H '"^B ?pu»
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    • 174 24 Our Heartiest Congratulations on the Completion of ESSCs Refiner y! We hope and believe the new ESSO refinery will contribute to the economic and industrial development of Singapore. Also we, JSL and IHI, will continue our best efforts in contributing to the success of the Republic of Singapore. IHI Ishikawajima-Harima
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    • 103 24 Heartiest Wishes to On the official opening of their Refinery at Pulau Ayer Chawan By The Honourable Minister For Finance Mr. Hon Sui Sen BEE LOH PHOTO SUPPLIERS 47, Bras Basah Road, Singapore HEARTIEST CONGRATULATIONS and VERY BEST WISHES ESSO STORE GROUP OF COMPANIES on the occasion of the official
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    • 122 25 WITH BEST COMPLIMENTS CSwU on the official opening of their Refinery at Pulau Ayer Chawan from WAH HONG CO. (PTE) LTD. 78 Robinson Road, Singapore 1. Tel: *****/***** SHIP-CHANDLERS Fresh Dry Provisions, Deck Engine Stores, Bonded Stores. Lifesaving Appliances Lifeboat Equipment. All types of Marine Hardwares. AGENTS/STOCKIST "W«tt*x" Marine Distress
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    • 185 25 KHENG CHEONG CO PTE LTD congratulates ESSO SINGAPORE GROUP OF COMPANIES on the occasion of the official opening of their CHAWAN REFINERY SINGAPORE'S rW\ SPECIALISED STOCKISTS stß^ROttv)^ AND SUPPLIERS TO %oOST^\ THE PETROLEUM INDUSTRY s\NCt^JIN SOUTH EAST ASIA API Linepipe Gr. A B rJHl^^ Sch 20, 30, 40, 80 160
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  • 572 26 Two nominee firms Frasers Nominees and United Overseas Bank Nominees have called on the directors of Gammon South East Asia to convene an extraordinary general meeting to replace seven of the nine members of the board. Frasers Nominees is acting on behalf of the
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  • 283 26  -  A R I N SENKUTTUVAN XCNNBMB,N,N.,N. VENEER PRODUCTS, through it wholly owned subsidiary Trengganu Forest Products has acquired another 35,000-acre forest concession in West Malaysia. This concession brings Veneer's total Malaysian timber holdings to about 250 million board feet. (One board foot equals 8
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  • 156 26 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 7.3475
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  • 428 26 The short period of trading was a slow one as the market gradually got into its stride with operators feeling their way into the new decimal/kilo procedure. The trend continued downwards in the absence of any worthwhile fresh offtake, whilst the week-end announcement by the G.S.A. that
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  • 589 26 The market closed easier in quiet trading yesterday, discouraged by the ICI results, the highest unemployment figures since 1963 and the continuing deadlock in the postal dispute. Another factor cited by some dealers was the machine tool industries statistics. At 1445, the Financial Times index was down
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  • 368 26 Stock prices eased in earl; moderate trading yesterday Standard and Poors industria average backed down 14 cent and the Dow Jones industrial: f dropped more than a point. Declining issues led the 1 gainers by three-to-two and s volume topped one million i shares after about
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  • 221 26 AMSTERDAM Internationals declined yesterday, but KLM rose slightly. In mixed local industrials, Brederode was very firm, and Gist-Brocades lower. Most insurances were up, while investment funds also rose. In banks, Algemene Bank Nederland was firmer, while plantations were mixed and shippings steady. PARIS The strike of bourse messengers
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    • 264 26 CLASSIFIED REDIFFUSION T.V. RENTALS. H.P. OR CASH We have a complete range of models and prices at our SHOWROOMS: 182 Clemenceau Avenue 233 People s Park Complex. l»t Fl. 149 Joo Chiat Road 359 Block 101 Corporation Drive Jurong Town. Also Kuala Lumpur, Petaling Jaya. Ipoh. Penang Butterworth REDIFFUSION REPAIRS
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  • 161 27 ki ddm i«i.z» cents per kilo (down 0.2S ceat). The apparent lack of overseas interest at the opening of business yesterday caused some long liquidation in extremely thin conditions and March HSS was traded down to 100 75 cents per kilo before shortcovering appeared to hold prices. The
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  • 499 27 STOCK EXCHANGE OF MALAYSIA AND SINGAPORE Another round of active speculative buying brought share prices to higher territory in the Stock Exchange yesterday. Although there was profit-taking towards the close, which cut deep into some earlier gains, upside issues had a five-to-one lead over falls. Industrials which
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  • 13 27 FRASER INDUSTRIAL INDICES Singapore Malaysia Feb. 17 654.17 427.59 Feb. 18 658.28 429.86
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  • 257 27 R.A.S. and M.R.E. closing pncei in cents p«r kilo. Buyer Seller Int. 1 R.S.S. prompt f.o.b. 100.25 101. 25N Int. 1 R.S.S. March 101.25 101.75 Int. 1 R.S.S. April 103.50 104.00 Int. 2 R.S.S. 99.75 101.00N UK/Cont. 98.75 99.75N Int. 3 R.S.S. 98.00 98.25N UK/Cont. 96.50 97.50N Int.
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  • 106 27 JAKARTA, Thurs. Indonesian Trade Minister Sumitro Djojohadikusumo suggested today that any planned United States disposal of stockpile rubber should be postponed, at least, until July this year. Indonesia had already suggested to the United States not to release stockpile rubber. "However, if the United States should
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  • 295 27 THE PORT OF SINGAPORE AUTHORITY HAS MADE THESE BERTHING ARRANGEMENTS FOR FEBRUARY, 19. OUT: State of Bihar 8/9; Laertes 15/16; Petal ing 20 east; Auby 21 west; Trang 21 east; Tjimanuk 23; Nichiryu Mara 24/25; Shoryu Mam 26; Super Dragon 27/28; Kuching 29/30; Madhumati 33/34; Yoshinosan Maru
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  • 118 27 (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 218, April 21 8 1 2 May 219, all resellers. COCONUT OIL: Straits Feb/March 147.00 seller; Malayan Feb/March 165.00 seller; Philippine (U.S. dollars per long ton) Feb/March 310
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  • 38 27 PEPPER (Yesterday's 2.00 p.m. sellers' prices, in sterling per long ton). Tone: Steadier; Sarawak white spot 420.0 Nominal, afloat 410.0, Feb/March 410.0, March/April 402.5; Sarawak black spot 425.0 Nominal, afloat 390.0, Feb/March 385.0, Malabar Feb/March 510.0.
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  • 192 27 LONDON, Thurs. Grain shippers covered cargoes from the US Gulf to Valencia at US$5 fio (free in and out) for February/March and from the US Gulf to St. Nazaire at US$5.5O fio for March. A cargo from the US Gulf to Casablanca paid US$5. 75 fd (free
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  • 341 27 Conditions were very active throughout yesterday and the market closed firm with gains noted on a broad front. Selective buying interest was spread over a fairly wide range of stocks, and housing related issues, pharmaceuticals and automobiles attracted good support. (C;osing paid prices in yen, w Akai
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  • 578 27 Mining shares staged a minor retreat towards the close of trading yesterday while oils and industrials ended the day on a very irregular note. Poseidon led the downturn among the speculatives with a $3 loss at $38, followed by Southland which lost 28 cents at $2.70. Queensland
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  • 270 27 Prices held steady yesterday though there were a few easier spots following Wednesday's good gains. Lands continued in demand with 19,173 shares turned over but closed unchanged at $109. Banks attracted fair interest, with the Local SI higher at $185. The London registers was unchanged at $165.
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  • 385 31 CINEMA VII did the fastest workout on a yielding track at Bukit Timah yesterday morning With LylC Harbridge astride, he beat stablemate Wisdom (E. Chan) by half a length over 3f in 37. Wlsaom Prpego (Podmore) also impressed in a workout with .Musion (Nawari). The pair
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  • 471 31 THE YAP sisters Ai Tin and Ai Suan showed their prowess with convincing victories in their matches at the Singapore Amateur Table Tennis Association inte.r-team girls championships at the Eagle Engineering Hall, Kallang. The sisters put the Schools in a commanding position in the league.
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  • 236 31 Rod Laver continues winning streak in Champions Classic NEW YORK, Thurs. Rod Laver continued his victory streak through the US$2lO,OOO tennis Champions Classic last night, whipping American Dennis Ralston 3-6, 61, 6-4, 6-3. The victory was the 10th straight US$lO,OOO winner take all triumph for the hard-driving Laver. The 32-year-old
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  • 61 31 MACON, Georgia, Thurs. Rumania's Hie Nastase, a Davis Cup star, was seeded No. 1 among non-American players for next week's U5525,000 Macon International tennis tournament hertf Zeljko Franulovic of Yugoslavia, was seeded second among the non- Americans. The tournament begins next Thursday with 32 singles players and 16 doubles teams,
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  • SPORT WORLD
    • 146 31 Koreans for Nagoya table tennis tourney TOKYO, Thurs. North Korea officially submitted its entry to participate in the 31st world table tennis championships to be held in Nagoya, Southwest of Tokyo, on March 27 April 7, the Japan Table Tennis Association (JTTA) reported. A JTTA spokesman said North Korea's entry
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    • 121 31 ROME, Thurs. The Italian Boxing Federation opened an official inquiry yesterday into the European bantamweight boxing fight between Franco Zurlo of Italy and Alan Rudkin of Britain in London on Tuesday. In a statement, it said that the investigation was sparked by the statements made by Zurlo at the end
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    • 81 31 NEW YORK, Thurs. Thailand became the 26th country to sign up for television rights to the Muhammad Ali-Joe Frazier heavyweight title fight here on March 8. Another 10 nations are negotiating with Fight of Champions, Inc., Chartwell Artists, Ltd., announced. Chartwell is handling the ancillary rights. In Thailand and 22
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    • 75 31 LONDON, Thurs. Results of last night's British soccer games: English Cup fifth round: Manchester City 1 Arsenal 2. English Cup-fifth round, replay: Oxford 1 Leicester 3 (after extra time); Leicester at home to Arsenal in quarterfinals. English League Division 1: Chelsea 2 Nottingham Forest 0; Derby l Crystal Palace 0;
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    • 50 31 LOS ANGELES, Thurs. Lightweight boxer Ruben Navarro (US) will defend his North American championships in a 12 round bout against Jimmy Robertson (US), here on Mar. 18, promoters at the Olympic auditorium said. Navarro lost a 15-round unanimous decision last Friday to world lightweight champion Ken Buchanan of Scotland. AP
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  • 654 32 BIG DAY FOR NEW TOWN SCHOOL NEW BADMINTON CHAMPS NEW TOWN Secondary School won the Pasir Panjang District "B" boys badminton championship with a 5-0 win over Gan Eng Seng in the concluding stages yesterday. Pasir Panjang Secondary finished second with a 4-1 victory over Kim Seng Technical. Crescent Girls
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  • 165 32 Over 100 foreign entries for Thai Open BANGKOK, Thurs. More than 100 foreign pro fessional golfers are expected to enter the seventh Thailand Open Golf championship, part of the Asian Golf Circuit, here next month, Thai officials said yesterday. The officials said the Thai Open Golf Committee so far had
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  • 440 32 NATIONAL Junior College and Raffles Institution easily qualified for. the City District "A" Division badminton championship final without being extended. The Collegians trounced Balestier Hill Technical School 5-0 and Raffles handed out a 4-1 thrashing to St. Joseph's Institution in the semi-finals at National
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  • 185 32 FAVOURITES Singapore Cricket Club trounced Singapore Recreation Gub 5-1 in the Singapore Women's Hockey Association League match at the Padang yesterday. SCC's all-round superiority had the Recs at sixes and sevens throughout. Recs defenders, however, played a great game when they checked
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  • 68 32 LEAGUE leaders Borneo Group beat Esso Group 3-1 in the Business Houses bowling league. In another match, William Jack's Sports Club defeated Kodak Group 4-0 and British Petroleum edged Bridgestone 3-1. Borneo Group head the league table with 31.5 points followed by William Jack's SC with 28.8 and
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  • 294 32 IN A game of mixed chances, Singapore Youth Selection chalked up an impressive 4-2 victory over Far East champions Royal Air Force, Changi, in a soccer friendly at Jalan Besar last night. Singapore owed their victory to sound defensive play. Skipper Mathew
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  • 406 32 COMBINED Schools 'IP scored an upset 3-2 win over the senior team in the Singapore Table Tennis Association inter-team youth competition (girls) at the Eagle Engineering Sports Gub last night. Schools 'A', the favourites for the title played listlessly without their star player Yap Ai Suanin the
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  • 614 32 ASIAN Games silver medallist Elaine Sng and Mark Chan stole the show on the first day of the Singapore Amateur Swimming Association tenth junior single age group swimming meet at Tanjong Rhu yesterday. Between them they set up four of the eight new
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