Singapore Herald, 25 February 1971

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  • 15 1 THE SINGAPORE herald No. 185 Singapore Thursday. February 25, 1971 MC(P) No. 2525 15 CENTS
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  • 51 1 OTTAWA, Wed. Withdrawal of Nigeria from the eight-nation Commonwealth committee is likely to •cattle the committee before It can eves meet, Informed sources here said. Canada Is a member of the committee, and Mr. Arnold Smith of Canada, Commonwealth Secretary General, is still trying to arrange the committee's first
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  • 390 1 Arms: Gowon first to act NIGERIA QUITS EIGHT-NATION STUDY GROUP LAGOS, Wed. Nigeria has pulled out from the special eight-nation study group set up at the Singapore Commonwealth Conference to examine proposed British arms sales to South Africa. Nigeria's military ruler Maj.-Gen. Yakubu Gowon announced the withdrawal last night. Soon
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  • 80 1 KUALA LUMPUR, Wed. The leader of the People's Progressive Party, Dato S.P. Seenivasagam, today blamed Selangor Umno for the May 13 racial riots of IMS. He was speaking on the second day of the Parliamentary debate on the Constitutional Amendment BUI.
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  • 335 1 WASHINGTON, Wed. President Nixon will make a half-hour address to the nation of the radio at 11 a.m. on his foreign policy message iroine to Congress tomorrow. SAIGON, Wed. Two South Vietnamese bases inside Laos were reported under sharp attack late today in a
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  • 31 1 BANGKOK, Wed. A Royal Thai Air Force twin-engine T--28 fighter exploded in mid-air and crashed during a training flight north of Bangkok airport on Monday, killing the pilot.
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  • IN BRIEF
    • 72 1 CARDIFF, Wales, Wed. Stewart Prosser jumped from his truck when he saw a bank being robbed, grabbed a shotgun from one robber, tripped up the other and came back to find a parking ticket on his truck. A judge awarded the 61-year-old truck driver
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    • 31 1 HONGKONG: One of the top members of the North Vietnamese Government who had been reported dead, Troung Chinh, is alive and active, according to the Radio Hanoi broadcast monitored here. AP
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    • 27 1 TOKYO: Student-supported farmers opposing forcible takeover of their land for the new Tokyo international airport today used children as shields and caused the requisitioning officials to withdrawn.
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    • 28 1 HONGKONG: Hongkong will have a record surplus of at least HK$5OB million for the 1970/1971 financial year, Financial Secretary Sir John Cowperthwaite announced in his budget speech today.
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  • 287 1 r-FANS COME EARLY, PLANE DELAYED, THEN... MORE THAN 500 fans waited up to four hours in vain at the airport last night for the arrival of Mr. Wang Yu, of Shaw Brothers' One-Armed Swordsman fame. Some of them had turned up at the airport before
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  • 285 1 Noise and smoke control group in KL KUALA LUMPUR, Wed. A committee has been formed at the Ministry of Health to recommend measures for the control of noise and smoke from motor vehicles through legislation and an anti-smoke campaign. The Minister of Health, Tan Sri Haji Sardon bin Haji Jubir,
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  • 193 1 CROCODILE SHIRTS MAKER LOSES TRADEMARK ACTION TOKYO, Wed. The Osaka District Court has turned down a claim by the* Singapore Crocodile shirts maker thai a Japanese importer of the French Lacoste shirts had violated the trademark law. Li Seng Ming Co. of Singapore which claimed the right to the trademark
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  • 132 1 JAKARTA, Wed. American Ambassador Mr. Francis Galbraith flew over the Straits of Sunda off the western tip of Java today and dropped a wreath of roses in remembrance of some 760 sailors who died in the World War Two sinking of the U.S.S. Houston. The Houston,*
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  • 572 2  -  R.W. APPLE OH! WHAT A BORING WAR... By Washington THE great non-invasion of Laos, unlike the great non-invasion of Cambodia, has produced astonishingly little protest from those who have long since concluded that the whole South East Asian adventure is mad. The campuses, we
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  • Viewpoint
    • 160 2 WASHING EATING UTENSILS IN THE LAVATORY WE read with increasing frequency about the outbreak of epidemics in the Republic. It appears these were largely spread through water and food. Is it not therefore surprising to find in a modern airconditioned building in the prestigious district of Orchard Road, eating utensils
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    • 107 2 I HOPE it isn't too late to thank and praise your report on Rosalyn Tureck's Piano recital at the Victoria Theatre a few weeks ago. Your reporter gave an excellent and an interesting report and knew what, he/she was talking about! The criticisms were fair and justifiable and musicians I
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    • 57 2 I HOLD a season ticket for the Have lock Road Car Park but on a number of occasions have been unable to find a parking space. I have had to park my car at the nearby areas and pay again. Will the Car Parks Division refund my money if I
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    • 182 2 A PLAN TO TEACH MALAYS TO CHANGE I REFER to the letter by "Interested Muslim" (S.H. Feb. 18). The points he put forward are relevant in any effort at socio-economic upliftment of the Singapore Malays. The Central Council of Malay Cultural Organisations, since* its inception 20 months ago, has been
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    • 256 2 Please account for these 'service charges' MY SON is a houseman in one of the hospitals here. He is paid $650/- per month and regrets now that he did not become a politician. From his pay of $650/- the following deductions are made: $35.00 Service Charges 7.00 Water 7.00 Electricity
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    • 235 2 MY daughter enrolled at the Ngee Ann Technical College in January 1969 for a Company Secretaryship course. As stated in the prospectus then, there was, and still Is, a dire need for such personnel in the Republic since every limited company requires a company secretary. I
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    • 122 2 WE are very grateful to the Government for providing the new carriageway New Bridge Road II to relieve congestion and speed up traffic in that area. But since parking along the side of this new road is forbidden, then, hawking along this new throughway should
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    • 40 2 SOME time ago, I read in your paper a report about the revision of the salary scheme for the Police Force. What about revising the salary scheme of postmen too? They are also doing an important job. POSTMAN Singapore It
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    • 594 2 I REFER to the letter (S.H. Feb 18) by "Interested Muslim." Some of the thoughts expressed by him are real but I think he has somewhat missed the point if he thinks that the Sufi teachings inhibited or caused the negative attitude of the Malays towards
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  • THE SINGAPORE HERALD
    • 449 2 When collision courses are unavoidable MALAYSIAN Government policies have always been founded on compromise dictated by the need to maintain a delicate balance between its major racial groups. Under, pressure from extremist groups, some desperate expedients have been resorted to, and it has not always been possible to claim, with
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  • 318 3 THE Botanic Gardens will give a prize to anyone who can find "a more practical and humane way" than shooting to get rid of monkeys in the Gardens. The Government issued a statement on the subject yesterday. It said that trapping and drugging had
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  • 128 3 A FIVE-year-old boy, Tan Kwan Yeow, was killed and his cousin, Wan Shem Lam, six, injured when they fell from the second floor of a Housing and Development Board flat in Kim Keat Avenue on Tuesday when several lourve-type panes on a
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  • 292 3 100 MORE SECRET SOCIETY MEMBERS ADDED TO CID LIST THE names of 100 secret society members have bee* added to the files of the Criminal Investigation Department in Robinson Road following a series of police raids in the past 48 hours. Of 40 gangsters picked up in Toa Payoh and
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  • 369 3 Still a little dazed, but full of happy memories... THE 14 DANCERS who flew back from Perth on Monday night were still in a real tizzie when approached by our reporter yesterday, but full of the things they had seen and done during the 15 days of the Festival of
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  • 186 3 Husband badly burnt as a stove explodes PLUMBER Whyce James Sydney, alias Zainal, 23, was burnt on the body and both arms when a kerosene stove exploded while he was boiling some water in the kitchen of his house in Bukit Theresa yesterday afternoon. His wife, Che Faridah, 19, said:
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  • 181 3 KUALA LUMPUR, Wed. The crime rate, which had been increasing steadily fell sharply after the race riots in May, 1969, according to a Government report released yesterday. The number of murders rose from 161 in 1968 to 286 in 1969 (which includes May
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  • 47 3 GUTHRIE Waugh (Singapore) Pte. Ltd. presented gifts to residents of the Woodlands Home for the Aged on Tuesday as part of the company's 150th anniversary celebrations. The company is presenting gifts to all 800 residents of the Republic's three welfare homes. n n n
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  • 31 3 KUCHING, Wed. Marine police boats have been sent to investigate reports that eight foreign trawlers have intruded into Malaysian territorial waters off the c ast of the First Division.
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  • 169 3 AN EIGHT-MAN team of Russian shipping experts arrived in Singapore yesterday to see what facilities local shipyards have for the repair of Soviet ships. The team is led by Mr. G. Melnikov, vice-president of Sudoimport, a leading Russian import-export firm. The firm
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  • 95 3 GARDENER Osman bin All, accused of murdering two people in Leedon Plark last November, was committed on Tuesday to stand trial in the High Court at the end of a fiveday preliminary inquiry. Osman, 31, is alleged to have strangled to death cook Tan
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    • 107 3 See how the AUSTRALIANS beat the heat Summers are hot in Australia. Temperatures often pass 100 F. The Australians beat the heat with some of the most efficient refrigeration and air-conditioning equipment made anywhere. We've gone through the range available and selected the items most suited for Singapore conditions. If
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  • 331 4  - The haunted house on the hill PETER ONG PAINTER SEES HIS BRUSHES DANCING IN THE AIR By SO you don't believe in ghosts? Then what do you make of this strange story... About a month ago, workmen were sent to Keppel House, a large isolated bunga low on Keppel Hill
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  • 126 4 A LABOURER was fined $250, or three weeks' jail, for stealing 25 katis of prawns worth $50 from a prawn pond. Senin bin Omar, of Jalan Kampong Tengah, committed the offence at the pond in Lorong Halus on Feb. 16 in the company
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  • 38 4 JERANTUT, Wed. Flood victims were today urged by the Mentri Besar of Ahang, Tan Sri Haji Yahya bin Mohamed Seh, to find ways to rehabilitate themselves instead of merely relying on the Government.
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  • 192 4 BEFORE BANONE LAST RIDE HOME THREE motor-cyclists were disqualified yesterday but were allowed to take their machines home from the court. The magistrate, who convicted them of racing their machines dangerously along Mount bat ten Road at about midnight on Oct. 31 last year, gave them until 4 p.m. to
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  • 161 4 KUALA LUMPUR, Wed. There has been an increase of smuggling between Singapore and Malaysia last year according to an official report here. The main bulk of it is in the form of smuggling of con^ sumer goods from Singapore to the mainland and of iron-ore
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  • 198 4 KUALA LUMPUR, Wed. The Government plans to set up shops for Malay businessmen in commercial areas that are predominantly occupied by Chinese businessmen. The Minister of National and Rural Development, Inche Abdul Ghafar Baba said today the move was aimed at strengthening co-operation
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  • 263 4 ARROGANCE, small-mindedness and indifference should never be allowed to develop in Singapore, SAFTI officers at the Advanced Training School were told yesterday. Professor Syed Hussein Alatas, Head of Singapore University's Malay Department, told them that "these are inefficient and wasteful products of the
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  • 165 4 THE Rotary Club of Kuala Lumpur is offering scholarships for technical training and post-graduate study in any country for one year in 1972/73. The technical scholarship is open to persons between 21 and 35 years old who have been employed for at least
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  • 2807 4 MALAYSIAN PARLIAMENT DEBATE KUALA LUMPUR, Wed. In the second day's debate on the Constitutional Amendment Bill in Parliament today, the leader of the People's Progressive Party, Dato S.P. Seenivasagam, placed the responsibility of the May 13 riots squarely on Selangor Umno and said the Bill could
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  • 427 5 A BUSINESSMAN yesterday applied to the High Court to order a housing development company to convey a "good title deed" for a $100,000 property at Thomson Ridge he had agreed to buy last year. Mr. T.M. Yap, counsel
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  • 173 5 FIVE ON GRAFT CHARGES TO BE TRIED JOINTLY JUDGE TAN Hoay Djin ruled yesterday that five men facing corruption charges will be tried jointly. The Second District voiced his decision after a two-day hearing of arguments for and against the joint trial, put forward respectively by the prosecution and defence.
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  • 94 5 AN appeal against the payment of $10,250 damages by a lorry driver who was alleged to have knocked down a watchman three years ago was allowed yesterday. On Oct. 7 last year, the High Court awarded N. Ramasamy $10,250 damages for injuries sustained in a road
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  • 209 5 NCR to hold convention here next year THE National Cash Register convention for next year will be held In Singapore. Mr. F.G. Rothwell, managing director of NCR Singapore and Malaysia and area supervisor for Southeast Asia, announced this on his return from this year's convention in Manila. The convention, which
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  • 184 5 A PROBATIONARY inspector had his loaded revolver stolen while he was "engrossed" with a girl in a public park. He had placed it near her handbag and realised it was missing when they were about to leave, a magistrates' court was told. Kesavan
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  • 72 5 KUALA LUMPUR, Wed. Almost 2.000 people were arrested or detained by security forces in Malaysia last year for "Communist or other anti-national" activities. The number of operations against subversive elements increased from 389 in 1969 to 430 last year. ODD YONG'S DATE MINISTER of Communications,
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  • 367 5  -  HUEN PENG KONG KATONG-GEYLANG RESIDENTS AGREE WITH SPUR... By THE MPs for Paya Lebar and Changi are supporting a suggestion to divert development at Paya Lebar airport and make Changi the main civilian air transport centre. The proposal also has the support of many residents
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  • 72 5 PRESIDENT Sheares planting a tree at Jurong Hill yesterday at the end of his three-day tour of the industrial estate. Before planting the tree, Dr. Sheares visited a shipyard, a motor assembly plant and a plywood factory. The President was accompanied by the Minister
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  • 217 5 S'pore -Malaysia annual ads bill: $150 million ABOUT $150 million is being spent annually on advertising in Singapore and Malaysia, it was disclosed by the Advertising Manager of Dunlop Malaysia, Mr. James Peter Chin, here last night. Mr. Chin, who was speaking at the closing of the three-day seminar on
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  • 163 5 KUALA LUMPUR, Wed. The Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka (Institute of Language and Literature), formed in 1959 to develop the National Language, is expected this year to complete a national atlas it has been working on since 19«3. The i»7l Budget Report released
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    • 69 5 BEETLE BAILEY By Mort Walker MONE^TL^ WHEN I TMINK OF THE PROBLEMS 7 I G0E&& SO. TWO MY WIFE SAVSV eEN <£* AL •*>•' YOU FACE YET WHEN SOMBOHB I AAORG Of TME SAME, EDO\E F I DONT LISTEN Z A MAN WALKS IN TME DOOR, DONT YOU V S
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  • 147 6 MALAYSIA GAMBLES ON BUMPER PAY-OUTS FROM CASINOS KUALA LUMPUR, Wed. The Government is drawing up legislation under which casinos will be allowed to operate. The 1971 expenditure budget report said revenue from casinos, for which several applications had been received, was expected to be substantial. The treasury is now studying
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  • 98 6 KUALA LUMPUR, Wed. A Sabah State Assemblyman, Mr. Peter Mojuntin, said today it was meaningless for the United Sabah National Organisation to expel him because he was forming a new political party. In a statement, Mr. Mojuntin said: "I ceased to be a member
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  • 252 6 KUALA LUMPUR, Wed. Malaysia has allocated a 56 per cent increase in the budget for running its three universities for this year up by $15.7 million from $3.8 million last year. The total student enrolment of the University of Malaya, Penang University and the
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  • 78 6 Industrialists from Taiwan looking for joint ventures PENANG, Wed. A group of 10 Taiwanese industrialists is in Malaysia to explore the possibilities of establishing joint ventures with local businessmen. The industrialists arrived here today after a three-day stay in Kuala Lumpur where they had talks with members of chambers of
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  • 59 6 A MALAYSIAN welder. Fan Chee Hong, 25, was found dead at the bottom of an uncompleted lift well at the Mandarin Hotel in Orchard yesterday. He had been working on the 12th floor of the hotel when he fell This is the second death fall
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  • 327 6 FROM SERANGOON GARDEN ESTATE Nos. 101A, 102, 102A TODAY'S map shows three more services to be operated by the Singapore Traction Company (colourgreen) when the reorganised transport system is introduced on April 11. SERVICE No. 101A Serangoon Garden EstateNew Bridge Road/Neil Road; Serangoon Garden Way, Yio Chu Kang Road, Upper
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  • 209 6 KUALA LUMPUR, Wed. Hospital facilities are not expanding fast enough to cope with demands and the ratio of hospital beds to population has fallen from 2.09 to 1.76 beds per 1,000 people in the past 15 years. This was stated in the 1971 Expenditure Budget
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  • 67 6 THE Singapore Cardiac Society and the Singapore National Heart Association will hold a joint annual dinner at the Golden Phoenix Restaurant, Hotel Equatorial tomorrow at 7.30 p.m. The Minister for Health, Mr. Chua Sian Chin, will speak. ODD RUINED PADI KUALA TRENGGANU, Wed. About 4,700 acres
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  • Article, Illustration
    23 6 "My common sense told me not to marry him— that and the fact that he didn't show up for the wedding."
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  • 143 6 KUALA LUMPUR, Wed. The Democratic Action Party today condemned Britain's decision to sell helicopters to South Africa and called on Malaysia to withdraw from the eightnation Commonwealth group set up to study security in the Indian Ocean. "The British Conservative Government has committed
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  • 102 6 CLEANER Rohani bin Radin Kasrani was fined $800 yesterday for stealing a wallet containing Thai and Korean and local currency equivalent to $66.70, from the cabin of an MSA plane parked at Singapore International Airport on Tuesday. Prosecutor Sr. Insp. M. Almadass told
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  • 91 7 NEW YORK, Wed. A girl who lost her arms after she touched an electrical transformer in May, 1968. will receive U551, 350,000 in what her lawyer called the larges. such out-of court settlement in the United States. The girl, Laura Falconer,
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  • 234 7 HANOI, Wed. Defence Minister Vo Nguyen Giap said last night that the Communist "victories** in Southern Laos "constitute a severe warning to the American imperialists" against any further escalation of the war. At the same time, he said that the concentration of American
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  • 155 7 POSTAL CHIEF SEES NO PROSPECT IN MEETING LONDON, Wed. Post Office Corporation chairman Bill Kyi and said today he saw no prospect of meeting postal strike leader Tom Jackson today. After a meeting with Employment and Productivity Secretary Robert Carr, Mr. Kyi and said he was looking at the whole
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  • 78 7 Tornado death toll 90 JACKSON, Wed. The death toll from the series of tornadoes which ravaged the Mississippi delta at the beginning of this week stood at 90, according to official figures released here last night. \bout 600 people were injured, .escue teams were still combing the ruins of shattered
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  • 139 7 SAIGON, Wed. When an American unit brushed with a Communist force of unknown size they came up with an unexpected bonus I'SM.IN and one million Vietnamese piastres in cash. The U.S. troops reported capturing the money after a small combat action about 7t miles north-east
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  • 349 7 r. r. r. r. CALCUTTA, Wed. Prime Minister Indira Gandhi said yesterday that she was against the Idea of placing West Seagal uder army rale to combat the growing i aw lessaess la the state. Addressing a Press conference at Pataa, 3t* mile Northwest
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  • 244 7 TRIPOLI, Libya, Wed. The four Arab countries who deliver oil to Mediterranean ports threatened today to cut off the oil supply if Libyan demands for higher revenues are not met. Libya has been selected to begin talks with the oil companies, and the
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  • 108 7 VIENTIANE, WED. One of the 119 U.S. military attaches officially in Laos, Lt. Charles Engle, 26, of Indiana, was killed last Saturday when his Cessna observation plane crashed on landing 12 miles north of Vientiane, an informed source said today. He was alone in
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  • 61 7 MANILA, Wed. Five men in a jeep gunned down two private security guards at the Voice of America compound in central Luzon the third such incident in a year at the site, police said today. The attack came late last night. Both men were killed instantly
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  • 209 7 PHU BAI, Vietnam, Wed. A young U.S. airman, Dennis M. Fujii told yesterday of his four days of helping South Vietnamese troops to defend two patrol bases in Laos. He said he called in American air strikes on the surrounding Communist soldiers because the Vietnamese were depending
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  • 179 7 Calley: Order to kill was not mine FORT BENNING, Georgia, Wed. Lieutenant William Calley, on trial here for murder in connection with the My Lai massacre, today testified he had killed civiians in the Vietnamese village on March 16, 1968, but added: "It was not my order, it was the
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  • 41 7 PRAGUE, Wed. Fred Eidlin, an American national sentenced to four years in jail last December for subversive activities, has been ordered expelled from Czechoslovakia and will be leaving this country for the United States today, it was announced here.
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  • 193 7 RIO DE JANEIRO, Wed— A total of 176 people died of accidents, murder or suicide in Rio De Janeiro and Sao Paulo from the beginning of the carnival last Saturday until its end yesterday. In Rio alone, 81 people died. Rio hospitals admitted 5,143 people
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  • 310 8 SAIGON, Wed. Former Senator Nguyen Gia Hien, chairman of the pro-Governmental Great Forces Union Party, today said generals would now call for an attack on North Vietnam to avenge the death of Gen. Do Cao Tri, head of the Saigon military region. "The generals
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  • 83 8 LONDON, Wed The legal marathon of former Indian shipping magnate Hayanti Dharma Teja is nearing its end with the opening of his appeal to the House of Lords today against an order extraditing him to India. Mr. Teja, 47, is wanted to stand trial in India
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  • 73 8 TAIPEI, ed. The Nationalist Chinese Government reiterated today that this country has the sovereign right over the Tiao Yu Tai (Senkaku) islets, a spokesman of the Foreign Ministry said. Nationalist China claims the Senaku as part of her continental shelf right, while Japan claims them
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  • 168 8 GEORGETOWN, Guyana, Wed. Prime Minister Forbes Burnham yesterday officially announced to a cheering crowd his plans to nationalise the Demerare Bauxite Company (Demba) a wholly-owned subsidiary of Alcan (Aluminum Company of Canada). Addressing a crowd on Republic Day Anniversary, he said legislation will be introduced
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  • 189 8 NEW YORK, Wed. A standing dispute between two ideological factions touched off a fight in New York's Chinatown yesterday in which seven youths were stabbed and one youth was arrested, police reported. The incident allegedly stemmed from differences between pro and anti-Peking groups, police
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  • 508 8 Christians escape terror island v w MANILA, Wed. The Red Cross said today that 10,000 'terror-stricken Christians" had been evacuated from six small towns on Mindanao Island where national police sent helicopters and mortars to fight what they call a Muslim separatist army. A band of 100 men in black
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  • 141 8 Armoured police bulldoze through barriers REGGIO Calabria, Wed. Massive police forces with bulletproof vests and armoured cars today smashed for a second time through barricades blocking the way into two diehard strongholds of this town in rebellion. Police columns bulldozed through barriers of burned out cars on two bridges leading
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  • 319 8 LONDON, Wed. One of Britain's Great Train Robbers will soon be released on parole after serving only half of a 14--year jail sentence for his part in the Ss2l million crime. The Home Office said yesterday that Roger Cordrey, 47, is expected to leave
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  • 396 8 BANGKOK, Wed.-Henry Ford II arrived in Thailand yesterday to promote the idea of a cheap people's car that would replace the water buffalo. But he found instead that people wanted to talk to him about traffic, auto pollution, Ralph Nader the price and tractors.
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  • 143 8 LONDON, Wed. Sotheby's, the London auctioneers, will demonstrate their professional versatility on March 4 by auctioning an egg big enough to make 72 omelettes. The mammoth egg, however, is in no state to serve as an ingredient for any dish. It was
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  • 40 8 TOKYO, Wed. A Soviet ship named after the late Pre sidenf Ho Chi Minh of North Vietnam has made its first arri val at Haiphong and received a warm welcome, Hanoi's Vietnam news agencv rvisiAi said today. AP
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  • 985 9  -  MAX SUICH BACKGROUND TO THE FOREIGN NEWS From in TOKYO MRS Hiroko Kawabata, a trim and cheerful 28-year-old mother of fw o consulted her family doctor in suburban Tokyo recently because she thought she was pregnant. On a second visit to the clinic a
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  • 424 9  -  FINN PERSON BY in STOCKHOLM KEY union strikes and Government lockouts have* hit the Swedish welfare state at its very heart. You cannot get divorced in Sweden and it is impossible to get married except in church or unless the bride is pregnant. Nearly 700,000
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  • 601 9  - The golden road that leads to Dubai JOHN BULLOCH By MORE than 250 tons of gold was brought into the bustling Persian Gulf city-State of Dubai last year, almost 20 per cent of all free- world gold production. It came in perfectly legally, ordered and paid for by respectable merchants,
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  • 275 9 Making sure of a place in Heaven ALLAHABAD The best way to insure a place in heaven, according to Hindu belief, is to come to this northern Indian city and bathe in the sacred Ganges River. The holy dip, however, can be taken only once every six years or so
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  • 209 10 KUALA LUMPUR, Wed. A tractor driver, Mr. Teoh Kim Seng, 38, told a preliminary inquiry here today that Mr. Robert K.T. Lee, son of former Finance Minister Tun Sir H.S. Lee, was kicked several times by two police officers in a bar here
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  • 54 10 BRUSSELS, Wed. Switzerland, Europe's No. 1 neutral country has begun exploratory talks for a "special link" with the European Economic Community Executive Commission. Switzerland is seeking a special link with the EEC which will allow it •participation" in future industrial and research policy, authoritative Swiss sou
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  • 200 10 A MORE AGGRESSIVE SELLING EFFORT BY BRITISH NEEDED LONDON, Wed. A more aggressive selling effort is needed in Singapore by British exporters if the ground lost to Japanese and American competition over the past five years is to be regained. Mr. G.F. FinUyson, Britain's Commercial Counsellor in Singapore, expressed this
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  • 70 10 BANGKOK, Wed. Thailand, which has 1 been ruled under martial law for more than a decade, is in the process of lifting it, at least partially. The Thai Cabinet yesterday ordered the Defence Ministry to consider modifications to allow for the enforcement of martial law
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  • 113 10 JA tARTA, Wed. The Indonesian Government has banned ragging in universities and other higher educational institutions. The ban by the Minister of Education followed an incident in Surabaja, East Java, last week in which 19 newly enrolled students were seriously injured by caustic soda thrown
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  • 328 10  - Success for Sheela: All in her stars JENNY LEW FIRST BIG BREAK CAME ON TV. By SHEELA Munro, 30, has it made and it was all in her stars. It was stated in a forecast of her entire life that she would get her big break as a singer in
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  • 389 10 KUALA LUMPUR, Wed. The Pan Malayan Islamic Party today suspended the party membership of its MP for Parit, Inche Hashim Gera, temporarily. Announcing the suspension at 'a Press conference at Parliament House today, the acting president of PMIP, Dato Asri Haji Muda, said
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  • THE SINGAPORE herald Section II
    • 320 11 THE public has an almost ingrained distrust of the sales pitch, Mr. Peter Bostock, manager of Grant Public Relations, Singapore and Malaysia, said yesterday. Speaking to some 60 delegates attending the last day of the three-day seminar on advertising and marketing
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    • 291 11 THE next stage of Singapore's manufacturing development is to produce new and sophisticated industrial equipment for export. This was stated yesterday by Mr. Michael Yeo of Yeo Hiap Seng Ltd. at a seminar on advertising and marketing, held at the MSA Theatrette.
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    • 66 11 MR. BERNARD J. Freed of the American Internal Revenue Service, will visit Singapore next week to assist American taxpayers here in preparing their tax returns. He will speak on income tax assistance at 9 a.m. on March I and again at 1.30 p.m. on Mar
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    • 116 11 RETIRED WARDER ACCUSED OF $1,053 FRAUD A retired prison warder was charged yesterday with cheating the Director of Social Welfare of $1,053 in public assistance paid to him for 13 months. Abdullah bin Abdul Latiff, 68, is alleged to have collected a monthly allowance of $81 from the Social Welfare
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    • 75 11 ACQUITTAL FOR SIN-SEH AND WIFE A CHINESE physician and his wife were acquitted yesterday of assaulting a former employee after, a doctor testified that no injuries were visible on examination of the complainant after the alleged assault. The complainant, 18-year-old Neo Tin and her mother Tan Kee, had alleged that
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    • 68 11 NEW CHINESE COMMERCE CHAMBER OFFICIALS THE Chinese Chamber of Commerce Management Committee will tomorrow elect 15 officials. They will be one president, two vice-presidents, six chairmen and six vice-chairmen for the sub-committees. The office-bearers will be picked from the 55 members who were recently elected from the seven community groups
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    • 182 11 KALLANG Community Centres recreation fund has got off to a good star* another five companies have donated a total of 1,000. I2 700 fUnd W sUnds at The companies are: Tai Cheong Motor Co. ($300); Sin J-neong Containers Ltd. ($200); Messrs. Koh Mong Seng
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    • 145 11 AND THE CLOCKS STOPPED, NEVER TO GO AGAIN... LEE Kenfg Boon didn't mind being caught sleeping on the job. It was the rude awakening which bothered him. When he dozed off yesterday in his Jalan Besar watch shop, it wasn't an alarm clock which woke him, but a van in
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    • 259 11 Teachers plan integrated modern union THE Singapore Teachers' Union may abolish its five sections in an effort to modernise. This is one of the proposed changes which will be discussed at a three-day Modernisation Seminar which begins on Saturday. The five branches of the STU, the Headmasters, Graduate, Normal-trained, Certificate-trained
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    • 97 11 SINGAPORE is one of the 23 countries participating in a conference on communications satellite operations in the Pacific and Indian Ocean regions which opened in Taipeh yesterday. Delegates will discuss operational planning for this year up to 1973; satellite contingency; transition of service from Intelsat
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    • 41 11 KUALA LUMPUR, Wed. Dr. Ooi Kee Saik, vice-chair-man of the Penang Branch of the DAP has filed an application in the High Court here for the admission of Sir Dingle Foot Q.C. to defend him on a sedition charge.
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    • 207 11 Watch dea le rs may le vel prices WATCH dealers are studying the possibility of standardising prices. The honorary president of the Singapore Clock and Watch Trade Association, Mr. Lim Peng Boon, said yesterday that this would enable retailers to have a reasonable profit and provide a better service to
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    • 113 11 CINEMAS/P.g« 12 ECONOMIC AFFAIRyp.g.« 13/16 L.V.NG/fV/TOWN TALK/P.g« l4 /l5 SM.PP.NG/P.g.. 17/18 SPORT/P.g., 19/20 y/^. 4 -M tre Nightclub B^^L V i ■K^ ByPJ eSjSiC l" «»^B iV ■HBVBHVVHAiBfIi^M^^By^BVjBfI «9V BB^^4 1 IA V Bw/ /^HB I fl B4j 1 I H^BT '^^B^BJPTWTnMVVPBfeWCrSS'RHB^B^PSBBHHBW #^SBr '^1 m Bv <r "^^flCiQßßiLi^P'BßW B^ l
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  • 221 12 NTUC affiliated unions have a duty to take out insurance policies under the INCOME scheme, a union leader said yesterday. Mr. K.T. Samuel a liaison officer and chairman of the sales promotion committee of INCOME said: "It is the fundamental duty of
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  • 127 12 A TWO-DAY seminar on Human Rights and Development will be held at Trinity Theological College on Mt. Sophia this weekend in an attempt at making religion relevant to society. Organised by the Institute for study of Religions and Society, the seminar is a
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  • 361 12 Jurong offer of $5,000 worth of scholarships RESIDENTS' ASSOCIATION WILL AID YOUNGSTERS JURONG Town Residents' Association hopes to award scholarships worth a total of $5,000 to the residents this year. The association's chairman, Dr. Chau Sik Ting, said yesterday: "This wiH be our major project for this year. We have
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  • 155 12 ONE of Britain's most eminent neuro-surgeons left Singapore yesterday after talks with the Health Ministry on the development of neuro-surgery one of the five specialities to be given top priority in the Government's plan to upgrade the medical services. Mr. J.F. Shaw, consultant
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  • Page 12 Advertisements
    • 299 12 jJCN CATHAY ORGANISATION W\ M_ j I WELCOMES l£iJ~j .^i^l^l^BßnW^ .^n^n^n^n^hv 1 MR. MR. MISS J JL- WANG YU RAYMOND CHOW MIAO KERHSIU J j t PRODUCER STARS OF GOLDEN HARVEST'S J 4 "ZATCHCHI AND THE ROVING SWORDSMAN." J "THE INVINCIBLE EIGHT* > VY VHYYTYTYVYyVVVVI Slvens >eiji v f c
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    • 152 12 The CRIMSON featuring Carmel Chayne plus The X-PERIMENTS FirstDrink: $5 Dress. Informal V*** MING COURT HOTEL Tel. *****3 METROPOLE/HOLLYWOOD/VENUS TODAY 330 m9n _^u.»...-- 7-».»o With English Jil^WEDDlffGGowiif^ Ch bt! V"' I Ja Itffl£*' I PU wV^fti^P CHAN POH CHOO NANCY SIET In Cantonese Colorscope AnrilA -V-^^l^ mm^i 10 30 11
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    • 118 12 8.39 am 8 pm: An exhibition, Man in Space, at the foyer of the National Library, Stamford Road. 19 am 9 pm: Exhibition of New Zealand art and pottery a t the National Library Lecture hall. 3 It pm: Japanese industrial exposition at Kallang Park. 4 pm— 8 pm: Display
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    • 218 13 Electronics TAIPFH, Wed. Singapore's electronics industry will eventually overtake that of Taiwan to become the largest electronics centre in Asia, outside Japan, industrial circles predicted today. They pointed out that despite a late start, Singapore's electronics Industry was being developed by leaps and
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    • 73 13 WASHINGTON, Wed. The House Ways and Means committee has approved a two-year extension of the interest equalisation tax, a special levy designed to bolster the United States balance of payments. The tax, due to expire on March 31 unless extended by Congress, discourages excessive
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    • 271 13 SINGAPORE-MALAYSIA Merchant rates fixed yesterday by the Association of Banks in Malaysia-Singapore. Local dollars per unit of foreign currency. HONGKONG (Rates in Hongkong dollars, for Feb. 24). On New York TT 6.0175 South Vietnam (per On New York DD 6.01 1.000 piastres) 16.85 Gold (99% fineness. Sterling
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    • 253 13 F N to close its Thai plant FRASER AND NEAVE has decided to suspend operations of its Bangkok subsidiary "due to continued adverse trading conditions for the soft drink industry in Thailand." The suspension will take effect from April l or as soon after that date as possible. The company
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    • 136 13 BANGKOK, Wed. American Ambassador Leonard Unger has indicated the United States will meet rubber producing countries next month to discuss a halt to sales of stockpile rubber, Thai Foreign Minister Thanat Khoman said today. (American stockpile sales have been suspended since last September
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    • 47 13 OTTAWA, Wed. The Bank of Canada lowered its discount rate from 5.75 to 5.25 per cent, effective today. It was the second cut by the Central Bank within nine days. The previous reduction, on Feb. 15, was from six per cent. AFP
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    • 45 13 (Yesterday's closing prices, in U.S. dollars per ounce). Singapore (1) 40.34, (2) 151.50: Hongkong 40.37; Beirut 39.10; London 38.75; Zurich 38.758, 38.855; Paris 39.08. Note: (1) Export price to non-sterling areas in U.S. dollars. (2) Local dealers' price in Singapore dollars, per tael.
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    • 27 13 (Closing buyer/seller prices for Feb. 24, in sterling per metric ton). Tone: Quiet; Spot 1451 1453; 3-month 1450 1451; Settlement 1455; Total turnover 635 tons.
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    • 225 13 NEW YORK, Wed. Atlantic Richfield, announced what it described as a ''significant 1 oil find in the petro-leum-rich Prudhoe Bay area of the Alaskan North Slope. The company said the new fine was 25 miles (40 km) west of the original Prudhoe Bay
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    • COMPANY NEWS
      • 199 13 LONDON, Wed. New Broken Hill Consolidated reported unaudited group, before royalty and taxation but after providing depreciation, for the year to Dec. 31, 1970, totalled £7,300,000 (£7,276,000 for 1969). Depreciation was £452,000 (£430,000). Mining royalty payable to the New South Wales Government was £2,343,000 (£2,221,000) and provision for
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      • 288 13 LOU 'ON, Wed. Combined pre-tax profit of Unilever Ltd and NV for 1970 was £156 million (£161.9 million in 1969), with combined sales to third parties at £2,870 million (£2,512 million). Tax was £76.1 million (£76.3 million). Combined consolidated profit totalled £76.9 million (£81.6 million). Combined fourth quarter consolidated
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      • 96 13 MitsubishiChrysler TOKYO, Wed. Mitsubishi Motors and Chrysler have reached agreement in principle on the American company's share participation in a planned joint venture. Mr. Yuji Sato, president of Mitsubishi Motors, told reporters Chrysler's share would be limited to 15 per cent this year, 25 per cent next year and 35
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      • 26 13 TASEK CEMENT will pay an interim dividend of 10 per cent on April 12 to its preference shareholders on the register on Macch 26.
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    • 601 13 The market was narrowly mixed in very quiet trading yesterday. There was a little cautious optimism on the latest round of talks on the postal dispute but the continuation of the Ford stoppage was a dampening factor. The slight overnight rally on Wall Street aided sentiment. Towards
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    • 23 13 LONDON, Tues. (Changes in bracket*): Industrials 327.8 (-1.6): Ti is 64.92 (+0.07); Rubbers 169.16 (-1-0.00); Oils 280 77 (-2.2A).
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    • 353 13 Stock prices moved' higher in early_ active trading yesterday S tarn poors industrial average gained 1 6 cents and advancing issues led those on the downside by two-to-one. Volume topped one million Atlantic Richfield. depraved recently on report* that the Alaikan pipeline's development would be delayed.
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    • 26 13 NEW YORK, Tues. (Changes in brackets): Industrials 870.00 (+1.02); Transportation 193.75 (+1.51); Utilities 122.06 (-0.70); Composite stocks 287.66 (+0.53); Bonds 71.08 (-0.02).
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    • 183 13 O AMSTERDAM The market was firmer yesterday. Internationals opened quietly mixed, but rose throughout the day to close firm, led by Unilever. Local industrials were again quietly mixed with P.ols, Van Gelder Paper and Heineken firmer. O PARIS The market yesterday was steadier with scattered gains. Cie Bancaire
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    • 263 13 I ADVERTISEMENTS ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. ANNIVERSARIES. AN NOUNCEMENTS. BIRTHS. CLUB ACTIVITIES. CON DOLENCES. DEATHS. ENGAGEMENTS, FUNERAL. GREET INGS. IN MEMORIAM. MARRIAGES. MISSING. PERSONAL. REQUIEMS REUNIONS Minimum $4/ for 10 words, each additional word 40cts. All other clautfi«d advertisement. Minimum $2/ for 10 word*, each additional word 20ct*. BOX SERVICE CHARGE $1.00 FEMALE
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  • 233 14 Are you members of any gangs or cliques? I was, in Primary School. Six of us from the same class got together and styled ourselves after Enid Blyton's Secret Seven group. We were also pledged to solve all mysteries. The only difference was that we called ourselves the
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  • 105 14 Yuri's on a goose chase! Living Guy NO CHILD'S play this four-year-old Yuri Wong is not keeping imaginary Rod Indians away. Ho is concentrating his j gazo on and getting ready his aim at "those posky geese" devouring Mum's bast gladioli. Our Uving Guy for this week, named after the
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  • Junior Living
    • Article, Illustration
      141 14 Dear Editor, I am writing to you again, because you asked me to tell more about my club. Well, I am going to tell you all about it. Firstly, I chose the name "Protesters," because it sounds good to hear and "Protesters" means that it Protests against Satan which is
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    • Article, Illustration
      103 14 Dear Editor, It gives me a great pleasure to write to you again. I, as a regular reader and writer would like to make some suggestions. Firstly, I hope you will allow us to design the heading of Junior Living Secondly, I hope you will spare a corner of Junior
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    • 66 14 Dear Editor, Here are some riddles. Riddle: What did one toe say to the other toe? Answer: There's a heel following us. Riddle: What weighs more? A full moon or a quarter moon? Answer: A full moon is lighter. Riddle: What goes up a chimney down, but won't go down
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    • 171 14 Dear Editor, Thank you for the stamp prize. I. really liked it. I woftder how you knew I was a stamp collector. Here are some more jokes and riddles for you and the readers to enjoy. Jokes John: Come quick Mr. Policeman! Policeman: Why? John: A man has been fighting
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    • 80 14 Riddles: Riddle: Why are lumps of sugar like horses? Answer: The more you like them the faster they go. Riddle: What is the best butter in the world? Answer: A goat. Riddle: What goes all the way from Singapore to Kuala Lumpur without moving? Answer: The railroad tracks. Riddle: What
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    • 96 14 Dear Editor, I am a new writer to Junior Living. I have some jokes and riddles and I hope the readers will enjoy them. What do 36 inces make in Scotland? Answer: One Scotland Yard. What is a blooming nuisance? Answer: A Weed. What goes ha-ha-ha crash? Answer: A man
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    • 56 14 Dear Editor, Here are some riddles for you and the readers Why do tall people get more sleep than short people? Ans: Because they are longer in bed. What is the best way to get fresh hard boiled eggs? Ans: To keep your hens in a Hot House Penny, Au
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    • 75 14 Street, Dear Editor; This is the first time I write to you. Here are some jokes for you and the readers. A man was sadly watching his house on fire... Neighbour: "Why aren't you throwing water on your house?" Man: I can't afford it. My water bill is already too
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    • 166 14 Dear Editor, Every morning, my school begins by singing the National Anthem. Then, we go to our classes and our study for the day follows. At 10.40 a.m. is Recess for all. I often go with my friend, Angelina, and my sister, Annie. I usually bring sandwiches and drinks with-
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    • 230 14 Dear Editor, Here are some jokes and riddles which I hope you would like. Teacher: Mark, if you had four dollars in one pocket and twenty-five cents in the other, what would you have? Mark: I would have the wrong pants. Bob: Why did you laugh up your sleeve? Tom:
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    • Article, Illustration
      116 14 We like your suggestions very much, Henry. As you can see, we are using your heading this week. You are quite welcome to ask any questions you like. I only hope I shall be able to answer them! One warning though I will NOT do your homework for yon! Ed.
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  • Page 14 Miscellaneous
    • 83 14 8 CAN YOU TRUST your eyes? There are six differences in details between the top and bottom panels above. How quickly can you point* out what these differences are? Answers below. jo|i«uiB si opuqwduivq g Jdn^ius 8| ageing > jajjoqe si 9\% B,u«uiB9ivc Z Jd>joqs si j|«q i,u«uiBdi«B Z auissiuj
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    • 295 15  - Why I'm not going places A. K. LEE By DID you ever have childish dreams, like wanting to visit America knowing very well that your dad who's just a clerk could never save enough even for a trip to the Johore zoo? I had. When I was a teenager (not
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    • 68 15 Infant care course INFANT care and child development is the next course 2 t0 De started by the ExtraS mural Studies Department next S Friday at 7.30 p.m. at the S Brunnel Hawes Lecture S Theatre, in Outram Road S General Hospital. Dr. Freda M. Paul, a senior IS lecturer
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    • 162 15 Qounl Mottb THE Indonesian Ambassador to Singapore, Mr. Soenarso, held a cocktail reception for 16 Indonesian journalists at the Wisma Indonesia on Tuesday evening. The journalists are on a tour of South-East Asian countries to study city development in these countries and see how their development pro-
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  • Page 15 Miscellaneous
    • 943 15 3IIIIIIIIIIHIII liiliiliiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiimiiiiiiiiiiiiiii S m E 3.00 General Hospital 325 Another Song Another Melody f°° <>P«ning And Programme iT Repeat) Summary i s&^bw in singapor ~"w«* 1. 3.55 Housewives Matinee "The I^tT*", 7 J Beach (Part 2of a Hokkien Film) J-JJJ* J r h r ls T <>m Jones S snn
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    • 449 15 Star view IT IS only fair, to have a variety show for the En-glish-speaking viewers, but what we saw last week, was not exactly exciting. It was only the very first programme so perhaps that's why it didn't live up to expectation. I think a few more artistes on the
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    • 490 15 I Starscope 4r? P*nSS93E3H rrfISQCDiHI FTvUSSHH* #V 4b J Self-control now is Finish rather than begin scattered S EmDhf sis* t nn C essential. Emotions run projects. Plenty of resure. home carfe™ sfeis ta£e\i high, deep Don't play Hold off on initiating tat^S^i JIST K?v l! t fe7u e r
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  • 201 16 MANILA, Wed. -Asian Development Bank president Takeshi Watanabe today called on aid-giving countries to stop ''penalising" recipient nations in their drive toward industrialisation. In a speech to the 24-nation Colombo Plan ministerial conference, fell Watanabe appealed to the advanced countries to aid the developing countries
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  • RUBBER/TIN/COCONUT/PEPPER
    • 264 16 RUBBER 101.25 cents per kilo (up 0.25 cent). Opening indications yesterday were on par with Tuesday's closing level of 101.00 and 103.25 cents per kilo buyers for March and April 1 RSS respectively. The market then fluctuated narrowly around this level until trade and commission house buying finally
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    • 50 16 KUALA L U MPUR Commodity followed by value, with rate of duty in brackets, for Feb. 25 to March 2. RUBBER: 46-1/4 cents a lb. (1-7/8 cents, total 7-3/8 cents). CHOPRA: 5578 a ton (557.80). PALM OIL: 5640 a ton (»48). PALM KERNELS. S3BB fl a ton (538.875).
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    • 64 16 (Yesterday's official buyer/seller prices, in new p. 'nee per kilo). Tone. Steady; ClF's March 15.1 15.3, April 15 4 15.6; Spot 16.0 16.2: Settlements Apri 16.3 16.5, May 16.5 i6.6. June 16.7 16.9, April/June 16.5 16.6, July /Sept. 17.0 17.1, Oet/Dec. 17.5 17.7, Jan/March 18.0 18.1, April/June 18.3
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    • 96 16 TIN $632 a picul (up $1.50). On a reduced turnover, the Straits tin price y esterday improved by SI. SO to $632 a picul despite a drop of £3 a ton in the overnight London metal price. With buying support mainly from the United States and Europe, the
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    • 108 16 (Yesterday'* 1.30 p.m. prices, in sterling per long ton, unless otherwise stated). COPRA (U.S. dollars per long ton): Philippine/Indonesian March 214, April and May both 213. 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
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    • 39 16 PEPPER (2.00 p.m. prices, in sterling per long ton). Tone: Steadier; Sarawak white spot 445.0, afloat 425.0, Feb/March 427.5, March/April 425.0, July/Aug. 410.0; Sarawak black spot 425.0. afloat 400.0, Feb/March 400.0, July/Aug. 35 7.5; Malabar Feb/March 535.0.
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  • 1520 16 In slow exchanges, prices in the Stock Exchange yesterday moved narrowly both ways but ended the day with a slight upward bias. The bulk of activity was again in the industrial section which experienced alternating bouts of buying and selling and chalked up 28 gains, 22 losses
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  • 13 16 Singapore Malaysia Feb. 23 653.41 431.14 Feb. 24 652.89 430.31
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  • 79 16 (Managers' prices for Feb. 25) B. S. ASIA UNIT TRUSTS Mai. Invt. Fund 1.28 1.33 Mai. Progress Fund 1.06 l.llxd CHARTERED UNIT TRUSTS Singapore Growth Fund 1.08 1.13 SINGAPORE UNIT TRUSTS Third Singapore 1.30 The Commerce Ind. Fund 1.05 1.10 The Saving B# S Fund 1.12 1.17 Singapore
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  • 184 16 LONDON, Wed.- Very quiet conditions were evident at the opening today but grain shippers covered a cargo from the U.S. North Pacific to South Korea at USSB.7S fd (free discharged) for April. A meals/pellets cargo was fixed from Chicago to, the Netherlands at USSS.9O fio (free in
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  • 350 16 The market closed easier yesterday after early buying interest failed to attract follow-through Initially, selective interest was revived in constructions on anticipation of good business results. These included Nissan and Aoki Prices levelled off later < (Closing paid prices in yen. wi Akai Electric 380 (390) Asahi
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  • 560 16 Mining shares finished the day on an irregular note after a hesitant start yesterday. There were afew scattered rises in a market weakened by lack of interest. The heavyweights closed mixed. Peko rose 20 cents to SI 1.10, MIM seven cents to 53.4S and BH South two
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  • 280 16 The market extended Tuesday s late rally to close on a firm note yesterday although gains were mostly marginal. General Bottling led the uptrend with 25-cent gain on balance. The counter traded 20,500 units at 57.65 to 57.95 but closed at 87.90. Star Ferry had sales at
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  • Page 16 Miscellaneous
    • 272 16 SHIPS IN PORT THE PORT OF SINGAPORE AUTHORITY HAS MADE 'THESE BERTHING ARRANGEMENTS FOR FEBRUARY, 25. OUT: Molochansk 3/4; Yamaki Maru 38/39; Ujamaa 10/11; Rajah Brooke 20 west; Stentor 35/36; Esso Orion (tanker) 42/43; Glenroy 45; King Bird 22. IN: Eastern Anna 25/26; Kovdor (after Nocoline Maersk) 27/28; Viola (after
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  • Page 17 Advertisements
    • 656 17 ORIENT LINES LTD. V> INCORPORATED IN TMC HtPUHLIC OF SIMGAfOWE) ICB BUILDING. 2 SHENTON WAY SINGAPORE 1. TEL *****3-7 U.K. EUROPE SERVICE LOADING FOR LONDON, H'BURG. R'DAM, HAVRE, Slngap«r« P.lh.m PMMltf ARRIVES NEPTUNE AMETHYST 26 Keb/1 Mar 2/3 Mar 4/5 Mar l don 1/4. H'burg 8/4. Rdam 11/4. Havre 14/4
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    • 1120 17 I I I V| EY F0R E ASY REFERENCE. The shipping schedules I I 7\J oeginning on this page are given in four parts for tjm*\ I 'I shlps west bound. eastbound. southbound and r-^^iW^ai^ SHIPPING aT" W 11' e ne abbrev| ated/name of agent(s) ••"'t^Wmt^M V CA7FTT1F I SS^t
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    • 577 18 •gT MALAYSIAN INTERNATIONAL Jj H SHIPPING CORPORATION BERHAD H No 101 Jin Ampang, Kuala I umpur M H The National Shipping Line of Malaysia FAR EAST/EUROPE SERVICE SlMipin r s h.m fMtm Arrtvaa: BUNGA MELOR 27 Fe*/2 Mar j/ft Mar Mar Havre 2/4. London 4/4 MfcMrg 10/4. M dam 12/4,
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  • Page 18 Miscellaneous
    • 795 18 QO| r^^l infl lncl din 9 ships sailing out of Singapore for Far I— dOlk^vyUI MXJi East ports to the north-east. AAM TY Mar 15/18 M^. VEGA Mar 26/31 Japan. Pusan. Bangkok. KSC/OL ALCOS MASTER Apr 19/22 Osaka, Yokohama, Vancouver B.C. Jeddah. AOL/ASC M.S. TAI POOS HAN Mar 12/13 Penang
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    512 19  -  CAVALIER By BEST TEN TO FOLLOW FAMILLE VERTE SAXONY MARUSA HOLE IN ONE INDIAN PATROL CLEVER ANDY PANMORAY EVEN SAY MAJESTIC HOUR GLEN LARMONIC Has strong chance of opening winning account Hole In One IPOH, Wed. Hole In One shaped like a winner on a yielding track here
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  • 139 19 WINCHESTER, Massachusetts Wed. Billie Jean King, the long-time queen of U.S. women's tennis, renews her current duel with Francoise Durr of France in ,the LS| 1 2,5 00 national indoor championships starting today and continuing through Sunday at the Winchester Indoor Lawn Tennis Centre.
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  • 181 19 NEW YORK, Wed. J. C. Snead, winner of the weather plagued US$llO,OOO Tucson Open golf tournament, vaulted into the Professional Golfers Association top 10 money winnings and exemption-point standings, while Tom Shaw and Miller Barber retained their leads, the PGA said yesterday. Snead, p
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  • 27 19 NEW YORK, Wed. Hongkong, Indonesia and New Zealand are to receive the Clay-Frazier heavyweight title fight next month on closed circuit television, it was learned here. AFP
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  • 390 19 TOKYO, Wed. World taxing Association featherweight champion Shozo Saijo of Japan declared here that he will flatten his opponent, Frankie Crawford of the United States in a title match scheduled for this Sunday. Saijo is meeting Crawford for the second time in the world title
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  • 320 19 Ibrox disaster victims died of suffocationCoroner's Jury GLASGOW, Scotland, Wed. The inquiry held yesterday into the Ibrox Park disaster in which 66 people were killed in a gigantic crush of soccer fans, called for expert examination of methods used to channel crowds out of Britain's football grounds. A jury of
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  • Page 19 Miscellaneous
    • 121 19 SOCCER: City Dist. Schools C'ships: "A" Div. Catholic High Sch. vs Beatty Sec. (3.45 p.m.); RI vs SJI (5.00 p.m.); "C" Div. RI vs Rangoon Road Sec. (8)00 a.m.); First Toa Payoh Sec. vs Beatty Sec. (9.15 a.m.) (all matches at RI); "C" Div. Monk's Hill Sec. vs SJI (Monk's
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    • 384 19 7^ IHb B|Ha EEHsaaßa ACROSS DOWN I. Overusing it will make you 2. Potential offspring of English dizzy (11) horse? (3) 3. Train one in a little 9. No men will follow it for a technology (5) name (3) 4. Form of calcium (secretly look up put in adhesive (6)
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  • 775 20  -  JASBIR SINGH JAPAN TOP THE LIST FOR THE first time American golfers will be playing in the Asian golf circuit wjiich opens today with the Philippines Open at Manila. This annual tournament with U*****,300 to be won draws top professionals and amateurs from all over
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  • 116 20 MONTFORT Secondary School thrashed St. Andrew's School 11-1 in the Serangoon District soccer tournament at Woodsville, yesterday. Half-time score was 6-0. Scorers were: Chua Yiow Seng (3), Tommy Ong (2), Beneddict Lek (2) and Jacob Chacko (4). Han Lok Fong replied for Saints. In a
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    170 20 ST. JOSEPHS Institution defeated Raffles INstitution 2-0 in the City District "B" Division soccer tournament at Bras Basah Road yesterday. Josephians shot into the lead in the 10th minute with Clarence Baptista beating Aljuhar with a rising shot. Striker Clarence found the net again nine minutes after the
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