Singapore Herald, 2 March 1971

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  • 14 1 THE SINGAPORE herald No. IH9 Singapore Tuesday, March 2, 1971 iMC(P) No. 2525 IaCEiNTS
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  • 355 1 ACADEMIC decolonisation is necessary if Singapore University is to help solve the problems of human and economic development confronting the Republic, said Minister for Science and Technology Dr. Toh Chin Chye last night. He said that a distinguished professor who
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  • 253 1 RINGLET (Cameron Highlands), Mon. Frogmen of the Royal Malaysian Navy based at Woodlands, Singapore, were called m today to recover the bodies of the family of seven who drowned when their car plunged into the lake behind Sultan Abu Bakar Dam on Saturday evening.
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  • 54 1 VIENTIANE, Mon. North Vietnamese forces have knocked out a guerilla base supported by the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) north of the Plain of Jars, Western military sources disclosed today. They said a North Vietnamese force of unknown size overran Phu Cum, 134 miles north-east of Vientiane, scattering several
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  • 413 1 Airlift to war zone SAIGON, Mon. American transport planes flew hundreds of South Vietnamese reinforcements to the Northern front today and the United States sent additional helicopters to the war zone to aid the air and ground drive m Laos The developments came as the drive to cut North Vietnam's
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  • 347 1 EAST Germany's Foreign Minister Dr. Otto arrived here last night to discuss the resumption of negotiations for a trade agreement. Talks were first started m Singapore m October 1967 but were suspended m November when the two sides failed to
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  • 65 1 WASHINGTON, Mon. A powerful bomb blasted part of the U.S. Senate wing of the Capitol early today but caused no injuries. Damage was extensive. Police, army and FBI investi gators were seeking clues to the identity of the male caller who warned the Capitol switchboard: "The
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  • 202 1 SYDNEY, Australia, Mon. A fed-up farmer has made a unilateral declaration of independence. Len Casley owns 18,411 acres m Western Australia. The dozen or so people who live there, mostly members of his family, are refusing to pay income tax or at
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  • 75 1 TOKYO: State Minister Yasuhiro Nakasone, Director of the Defence Agency, said m the Diet today that Japan must retain napalm bombs for the defence of the country ODD NEW DELHI: Seven workers were killed and 17 others seriously injured yesterday when a boiler gas chamber of a sugar
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  • 255 1 SCHOOLBOY Philip Ang, 16, left home on Saturday evening for a cross-country run at MacRitchie Reservoir, and failed to return. The police mounted an all-day search the following day without finding any trace of him. Philip's elder brother, Andrew, enlisted the
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  • 265 1 LONDON, Mon.— Nearly three million engineering workers ceased work today for 24 hours, paralysing the motor industry, newspapers and shipbuilding. Some of the men were protesting against the Government's Industrial Relations Bill, but a high proportion were not members of the engineering trade
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    • 87 1 WEATHER outlook for Singapore from 6 a.m. to noon today: Isolated showers. DEBTORS LEDGER -i STATEMENT 1 CREDITORS 1 LEDGER HBB H L___J oliwetti i 1 system GENERAL LEDGER /^^^■■r~~'''MH^ accounts M m cost/ A A EXPENDITURE f MM WAM W ANALYSIS f^^m f^^m I for accuracy, sales I roliabiiity,
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  • 38 2 Intellectual decolonisation is harder to achieve than formal decolonisation but academic decolonisation is a prerequisite if this university is to contribute meaningfully and purposefully towards the solution of the problems of human and economic development confronting Singapore.
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  • 1799 2 University must play a part in nation-building MjH^Tfjl El KBwsn^Bj^MlT^Tsi^BlJijiMlKTHwrwiß THE 1960's have been a decade m which doubt and uncertainties have been expressed on the purpose of a university. Both m developing countries which seek to maximise the utilisation of their intellectual potential and m developed countries which have
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  • 100 2 Change form of penance AS A young modern Hindu man, I think it is good to do penance on Thaipusam day. However, the customary form of showing one's penance should be changed and up-dated. Self-mortification, such as poking sharp objects into one's body, is not compatible with this Jet Age.
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  • 110 2 TRAFFIC JAM AT BUKIT TIMAH TRAFFIC coming into and going out of Hill View Road at its junction with Bukit Timah Road 9 l 4 m.s., has grown steadily m recent times. For residents of Princess Elizabeth and Hill View Estates and numerous industrial establishments m the area, Hill View
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  • 242 2 I APPLAUD the recent Government decision to discourage hippyism m Singapore m their directive to civil servants to delay serving or refuse to serve people with long hair. That it should have taken the Government so long to do so surprises me for
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  • 76 2 THE residents of Lorong Handalan, off Upper Thomson Road, have been left out from privileges enjoyed by residents of other kamoongs. Our street is not lit. There is no drainage system and The road is bad. After a shower, Lorong Handalan not only becomes muddy causing great
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  • 444 2 Teachers set a new course THE three-day seminar of the Singapore Teachers Union which ended yesterday has drawn attention to the multifarious problems of that rather unhappy profession. It has also made several recommendations which, when implemented, should solve some of the problems and enable teachers to play their proper
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  • 108 2 A REPLY THAT NEVER CAME I RESPONDED to a Government advertisement for Trainee Technicians m the Singapore Armed Forces on Dec. 22, '70 and received a reply dated Dec. 28 telling me to wait for an aptitude test and interview. I enquired through the telephone on Jan. 25, 71 and
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  • 387 3 SEARCH FOR CARRIERS GOES ON THE Ministry of Health yesterday advised residents m Gey lang Serai scene of the current typhoid outbreak to keep their lavatories m good condition and to prevent their children from defecating into the earth drains. A Ministry statement yesterday
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  • 309 3 'Ensure equal pay for women' call after a survey esta-te, which has more than 9,000 flats. Out of the 400 women, 234 were jobless, 99 working and 67 partially employed. The report also says that the education standard of woman residents m the estate was not high and they often
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  • 62 3 TWO motorists were fined a total of $160 yesterday for speeding. Tan Bak Swee of Persiaran Kelilfng was fined $85 for driving a car at 60 mph m Nicoll Highway on March 2, 1968. G. Thomas of Worthing Road was fined $75 for driving a Land
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  • 11 3 LAFF A DAY "Psst don't wake him. He needs the exercise."
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  • 172 3 Rescue -when every minute counts... VERSATILE things, these helicopters. And when it comes to a matter of life and death, they can make all the difference. Take yesterday for instances. A mock car accident was set op by Helicopter Services (Pte) Ltd at Seletar airfield. Two girls Veronica Sin and
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  • 72 3 Crown Agents director due tomorrow THE Director of Finance of the Crown Agents for Oversea Governments and Adminis trations, Mr. A.C. Challis, will arrive here tomorrow for a sixday visit. During his stay, Mr. Challis will visit Singapore International Merchant Bankers Ltd., of which the Ccown Agents are shareholders. He
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    • 206 3 OUR PILOTS GET YOU AIRBORNE, OUR PURSERS TAKE YOU TO SUBLIME HEIGHTS. When the takeoff roar settles to a Specifically, he's m charge of all murmuring hum, you'll hear different passenger services aboard the aircraft, sounds. The tinkle of silver against^^^From lighting and heating arrangechina.Wine pouring into crys- ments to
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  • 985 4 That Bill: Gerakan to give its full backing THE CONSTITUTIONAL (AMENDMENT) BILL DEBATE KUALA LUMPUR, Mon. A third Opposition party the Gerakan today threw m their full support for the proposed constitutional amendments to prevent "free speech" on sensitive issues. The surprise announcement m the Dewan Raayat today was made
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  • 582 4 CHE Maimoon was a charming lady. Whenever she called at the clinic she had a ready smile for everyone. She had come up again for an antenatal check-up her fifth child m five years and she was only 21 years old. I shook my head, and she smiled
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  • 149 4 'Promote national unity through Islam' says MP KUALA LUMPUR, Mon. A PMIP Member of Parliament today urged the Government to promote national unity through the conversion of non-Muslims to Islam. Haji Abdul Wahab bin Yunus, from Dungun, made the proposal during tbe debate on the Constitutional Amendment BUI. He said
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  • 79 4 KUALA LUMPUR, Mon. Malaysia is continuing her efforts to get the United States to sign the fourth international tin agreement. Industry and Commerce Minister, Inche Mohamed Khir Johari said this today vtfhen commenting to reporters on a recent report that Russia had agreed to sign
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  • 195 4 SINGAPORE should explore the possibility of exporting woollen products to East European countries where there is a vast market potential, according to MP for Bras Basah, Mr. Ho See Beng. Mr. Ho, who was opening the new premises of the Singapore Garment
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  • 261 5 THE first courtesy course organised by the Adult Education Board and the Tourist Promotion Board began at the Cultural Centre last night. Mr. G.G. Thomson gave a talk on "Why courtesy is necessary m your job" to the 4t participants, all of
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  • 100 5 FOUR youths, two armed with revolvers and the others with knives, held up a shop proprietor. Tan It Tee, 48, and robbed him of $350 and four cartons of cigarettes worth $45 m Market Street on Sunday. Tan and his wife were about to close
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  • 277 5 Smoking ads can now be torn down by the Govt THE Government now has the power to enter anywhere to remove or obliterate smoking advertisements. Under the Prohibition on Advertisements Relating to Smoking Regulations 1971, which were gazetted yesterday, the Ministry of Culture will first serve on the owner or
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  • 67 5 SEE Ban Hock, 16, pleaded guilty to a charge of outraging the modesty of an 1 1 -year-old girl m Loke Yew Street last Saturday. He told Magistrate George Sandosham that he could not control himself when he grabbed the girl. Mr. Sandosham postponed
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  • 124 5 MR. DENIS Cosmas D'Cotta (above) has been re-appointed a Judge of the Supreme Court for a further twoyear term. A Gazette notification yesterday said that m exercise of the powers conferred by clause (2) of Article 528 of the Constitution, the President, "acting
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  • 277 5 THE NTUC has appealed to the Government to amend the Employment Act, 1969, so that workers m essential services can be paid overtime m lieu of accumulated days off. In a letter to the Minister of Finance, Mr. N. Govindasamy, the NTUC
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  • 122 5 ANOTHER transport service for passengers was started at Paya Lebar Airport yesterday with the introduction of airconditioned buses. The 24-hour service is known as the Singapore Airport Limousine (Luxury and Air-conditioned Bus) Service. A minimum of four 25--seater buses are being provided by the
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  • 140 5 JURONG Shipyard started yesterday on the biggest ship repair job ever undertaken m Singapore. Mr. Low Guan Onn, deputy general manager and financial manager of the shipyard, said that repairs on the Thyella, a 62,840-ton ore oil bulk carrier would cost more than $7 million
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  • 313 5 MR. NG Long Kee, a past vice-chairman and treasurer of Queenstown Citizenship Consultative Committee, was awarded the Public Service Star m 1968. On Dec. 27, 1969, he tried to help a man who had been arrested on a charge of assisting
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  • 266 6 HANDSOME GIFT FROM BRITISH ARMY Some students from the National Junior College putting up a demonstration of Eskimo rolls.. THE proposed Singapore Canoe Federation will be able to have a good start with 10 fibreglass canoes donated by the British Armed Forces. Mr. Alec
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  • 118 6 THE commander-designate of Australia's force m South Vietnam, Maj. Gen. D.B. Dunstan, CBE, called yesterday on Brig. F. White! aw who has recently taken over command of the Australian force m Singapore. After visiting Tyersall Park m the morning, Maj. Gen. Dunstan had lunch
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  • Article, Illustration
    22 6 "Sometimes I wish I had stayed to face an audit of my books rather than try to flee the country."
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  • 438 6 Five-in-one map today TODAY'S map shows five services to be operated by three bus companies Associated Bus Service (red), Singapore Traction Company (green) and the Amalgamated Bus Company (royal blue) when the reorganised transport system is introduced on April 11. ASSOCIATED BUS SERVICE Service No. 31 Changi Road (near Siglap
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  • 61 6 MR. VICTOR Doggett has been elected president of the Singapore Music Teachers' Association for 1971. Other officials are: Vice-pre-sident, Mr. Choo Hwee Lim; se cretary, Miss Edna Chia Kirn Choo; treasurer, Miss Maria Chen; and committee members. Miss Janet Antonio, Mrs Dorothy Theresa Ng, Miss Seah
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  • 269 7 CABLE WORLD Pakistan Assembly halted KARACHI, Mon. Presiuent Agha Mohammed Yahya Khan today ordered the postponement of Pakistan's National Assembly scheduled to start writing on Wednesday the country's constitution. In a statement broadcast to the country after he had delayed his departure to East Pakistan for the opening session, the
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  • 90 7 Americans smoke more despite ad ban DURHAM, North Carolina: Mon. U.S. cigarette manufacturers say they're doing all right despite anti-smoking campaigns and a Government ban on television and radio advertising. In 1970 the number of cigarettes produced m the United States increased 17.4 billion to 575 billion. Also, the figure
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  • 158 7 VADUZ (Liechtenstein), Mon. The men of little Liechtenstein kept up the barriers yesterday against women's lib, deciding by 80 ballots not to give women the vote. In a nationwide referendum, male burghers of the world's smallest hereditary monarchy decided by 1,897
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  • 152 7 LONDON, Mon. Italian film director Luchino Visconti believes Greta Gar bo would be ideal for a role m his next film but he said m an interview today that he has yet to ask if she is willing. Visconti arrived on Friday night for the
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  • 83 7 NEW YORK, Mon. King Hussein of Jordan and Israeli Deputy Premier Yigal Allon met m a parked car on the Israeli Jordanian border four months ago to work out a solution to the Jordan Valley problem, the U.S. magazine Time reports m its current issue. The
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  • 254 7 Jewish sit-in forces pledge by Moscow MOSCOW, Mon. A group of Soviet Jews staged a sit-in at the Supreme Soviet Building last week and won a promise from the Government to make a major policy decision on the Jewish question, reliable sources said yesterday. Actions such as the sit-ins are
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  • 36 7 PRAGUE, Mon. The trial of 19 people charged with membership of an illegal Trotskyist group opened here today but was immediately adjourned until March 8 after the principal accused queried the court's jurisdiction.
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  • 174 7 CAIRO, M on. -Egypt reiterated last night that it considered Israel's reply to U.N. mediator Gunnar Jarring a flat and categorical rejection of Ambassador Jarring's proposals on withdrawal." A statement to this effect was issued by the Egyptian Government's official spokesman after Cairo received a copy
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  • 73 7 COLUMBUS, Georgia, Morr.-U.S. Army Chief of Staff, Gen. William C. Westmoreland, has recommended demoting Brigadier General George H. Young Jr. to colonel for allegedly failing to investigate the My Lai massacre, the Columbus Enquirer reported m its editions today. The newspaper, said Gen. Westmoreland made
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  • 130 7 MANILA, Mon. Seven people were shot dead over the weekend, bringing to 58 the number of people killed by the Blackshirts, group m remote Mindanao Island, Southern Philippines. Four other men, including a Qovernment trooper, were injured m the raid conducted by the Blackshirts, so called because
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  • 290 7 HANOI, Mon. Two South Vietnamese prisoners captured m fighting on Slope 500 of Route Nine m Laos said today that U.S. planes "dropped napalm on the position to burn everything," after some South Vietnamese surrendered. "We heard cries for help from people who
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  • 279 8 'Lockheed must give a lot to save RR engine LONDON, Mon. The Lockheed Aircraft corporation will have to make "a considerable contribution" if it wants to save the Rolls-Royce RB2U jet engine for itsTristar airbus, British Defence Secretary, Lord Carrington, said yesterday. Lord Carrington, the Minister m charge of trying
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  • 42 8 WASHINGTON, Mon. U.S. Secretary of Labour James Hodgson said yesterday the United States' unemployment problems have shown signs of easing. The unemployment rate that hit six per cent dropped m January two-tenths of a per cent, Hodgson noted.
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  • 94 8 Oil slick from lost tanker CAPE TOWN, South Africa, Mon. The 49,000-ton Liberian tanker Wafra sank m shallow water six miles off Cape Agulhas, sending out an oil slick about five miles long. One crewman was reported killed and one missing. A spokesman for the ship's agents m Cape Town
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  • 52 8 WASHINGTON, Mon. U.S. Senator Hubert Humphrey said yesterday if he had been elected President m 1968 all American troops would now be out of Vietnam. He also indicated the United States should decline to provide air support for South Vietnamese forces when American withdrawal
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  • 47 8 TURIN, Mon. Police were spending a good deal of time today looking for coffee 24 tons of it. The coffee, and a semitrailer truck on which it was loaded, were stolen on Friday night. The coffee reportedly is valued at U5543,200. AP
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  • 43 8 OSLO, Mon. Prime Minister Per Bortem's four-party government met last night for the third time m two days to discuss the consequences of the Prime Minister's leak of a confidential document on Norway's negotiations with the Common Market.
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  • 202 8 MILAN, Mon. Mrs. Guglielma Sciffo, 22, yesterday gave herself up to the police after burning to death her two children, Concetta, four, and Angeloone. The distraught woman, who lived with her two children m a cellar, told police that she had acted out of despair, since
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  • 444 8 Belfast bombs kill British soldier BELFAST, Northern Ireland, Mon. A British military policeman was burned to death and a 16--year-old Belfast youth cut down by an army bullet early today as new violence gripped this troubled province. The soldier the third killed here m a month died when a hail
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  • 502 8 Drought horror wracks Brazil THE body of Jordanian politician Qadri Touqan, wrapped m Jordanian and Palestinian flags, is taken across a hostile border to burial m Nablus, m Irae I i-held Jordan, yesterday. Touqan, 61, Jordan's former Foreign Minister and one of the country's most influential men, died m Beirut
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  • 222 8 LONDON, Mon. British maritime authorities tonight called for talks on the security of shipping m the English channel, where another ship sank the night before last and where at least 39 people have drowned m the last few weeks. Search for survivors of the latest
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  • Page 8 Miscellaneous
    • 310 8 Fine win by schoolboy Benedict «[t~~ -> m SCHOOLBOY Benedict Lim had a fine win against 3 *r\ his opponent, Mark Loh, m the first round of the 1971 £2 X ft SCF Tournament. 1 g C^ F| dh Benedict, with the white a b ;f pieces, adopted the Giuoco
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  • 1060 9 Has U Nu's revolution started jfsljflsf From JOHN LANGWORTHY, m Bangkok. U NU's revolutionary plot to regain control of Burma after nine years of imprisonment and self-imposed exile may finally be coming to fruition. While U Nu was flitting back and forth between Thailand and Burma during the last few
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  • 1017 9  -  ANTHONY MANN By WHAT is the continued French presence m Africa? Is it a form of neocolonialism designed to extract everything possible from the former French colonies before it is too late? Or a beneficient helping hand for infant States, an essential element of
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  • 646 9  -  JOHN BULLOCH By THE barren islands m the Persian Gulf, until now inhabited only by small and changing communities of fishermen, are suddenly finding themselves the centre of attention. Makeshift buildings are going up and desperate efforts are being made to persuade people from the Ara
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  • 261 10 Singapore Teachers Union to scrap all its branches THE Singapore Teachers' Union has agreed to abolish its five branches and adopt a new system for the election of Central Councillors. In a statement issued after a Special Delegates' Conference, the STU said: "The branch system (Headmasters, Graduate, Normal-trained, Certificate-trained and
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  • 654 10 RECOMMENDATIONS BY STU'S MODERNISATION SEMINAR THE three-day Singapore Teachers' Union modernisation seminar has recommended that an Educational Advisory Council comprising representatives from the public and private sectors be set up to advise on education programmes. The seminar, which ended yesterday, also recommended that an
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  • 313 10 Russians tour Sembawang Shipyard DODPARKING FINE LOH Jin Hai of Malabar Street was fined $30 yesterday for parking a car on the footpath m Kitchener Road on Nov. 11, 1967. EIGHT visiting Soviet shipping experts spent two hours yesterday touring Sembawang Shipyard to study what facilities it could offer for
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  • 94 10 EDUCATION should aim at producing not just craftsmen and engineers, but should make all students seekers after truth, the Minister of State for Finance, Mr. Tan See Chim, said yesterday at the Founder's Day celebrations at the Anglo-Chinese School. "It should mould
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  • 148 10 MALAYSIA SEEKS SPECIAL COMMON MARKET TREATMENT KUALA LUMPUR, Mon. Malaysia is seeking preferential treat ment m the European Economic Community so that its exports to the EEC member countries will receive no less favourable terms than those enjoyed by members. The Minister of Commerce and Industry, Inche Mohamed Khir Johari
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  • 60 10 A LABORATORY attendant, V. Vetrivelu, was granted a decree nisi by the High Court yesterday on the ground <5f his wife's adultery. He and K.A. Parwathy Ammal were married according to Hindu rites m 1959. She became unfaithful to him m the beginning of 1966 and
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  • 333 10 Ford: Asian Govts keen on new 'Model T' proposal MANILA, Mon. Henry Ford II said today that Governments were "very enthusiastic" over his plan to make cars m Asian countries using parts made m a number of Asian factories. "Hopefully we can dissociate ourselves from that long, long supply line
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  • 120 10 KUALA LUMPUR, Mon. The dispute between the Railway Administration and its workers' union over compulsory retirement notices served on 16 workers has been resolved. The president of the Railway men's Union of Malaya, Inche Yahya AH, said tonight that the union had agreed on terms
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  • 139 10 THE Recreation Club of Bridgestone Singapore organised a one-and-a-half-hour martial arts demonstration yesterday for its workers after which over 20 of them signed up to learn these arts of self-defence. Five instructors from the Martial Art Institute demonstrated their skills m tat-kwon-do, Chinese
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    • 68 10 "BOAC fly to Rome, Zurich and Frankfurt as well ft For some people there is only one airline. From Singapore we fly to Rome 4 times a week, Zurich 3 times a week, Frankfurt once a week and London 11 times a week. HilAlT Fly to Europe by BO AC.
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  • 22 11 Tuesday, March 2. 1971 CINEMAS/P.g. 12 ECONOMIC AFFAIRS/Pag« 13/16 TOP FORM/TV/TOWN TALK/P.g., 14/15 SHIPPING/P.g.. 17/18 SPORT/P.g.. 19/20
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  • 63 11 Chemistry speech contest THE Minister of State for Education, Dr. Lee Chiaw Meng, will declare open the finals of the Chemistry Speech Contest at the Victoria Theatre on March. 18. The contest is jointly organised by the Singapore National Institute of Chemistry and the Royal Institute of Chemistry (Singapore Section)
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  • 254 11 A HAZARDOUS GAME OF HIDE AND SEEK PIRATE taxi driving is becoming an increasingly hazardous occupation but many pirates are still operating despite police efforts. Pirates can still be found plying between Chinatown and Queensway, and one office worker said: "It's no problem
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  • 172 11 A TELEPHONE operator told the High Court yesterday that four years after she married a telegraphist, she was declared a bankrupt because she had to stand surety for his promissory notes from money-lenders. Madam Coral Ann Ranasinghe, of Airport Road, said that her
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  • 205 11 Lottery in aid of locally enlisted men's fund SINGAPOREANS have been very generous m helping the Locally Enlisted Personnel's Benevolent Fund, said Major Peter Jacobs, organiser of the fund yesterday. It was set up to help locally enlisted personnel who will be left behind after the British -r Forces withdraw.
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  • 100 11 JA'AMAT bin Kiduan parked his bicycle outside the Sultan Mosque m North Bridge Road at 5.40 a.m. last Friday and went m for prayers. His prayers over 15 minutes later, he missed his bicycle. Two days later, on Sunday, he saw a man
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  • 77 11 A DOMESTIC servant told the High Court yesterday that three months after she married her Thai husband, Phoot Inthachoto, m Aug. 1961, he left her. Madam Kwan Bee Choo tried to inform her husband that she was taking divorce proceedings against him last year
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  • 246 11 GET A WHIFF OF THE ORIENT ON THE MSA SCENTS FLIGHTS PICTURE: Mrs. Christina Stone presenting a bottle of Taipan (No. 1 Man) to Mr. David Craig, managing director of MSA. Beside them are two salesgirls m their new uniforms Kathleen Kasi and Joyce Ang. MSA international flights from Singapore
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  • 202 11 SIX robbers who raked m $2,046 m the past six months were convicted m a district court yesterday. Tan Siew Tong, 24, Lim Chee Kiang, 22, and Ng Ah Kow, 27, were jailed for 30 months. Sentences .on Ng Wai Leong, 19,
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  • 240 11 A RESIDENTIAL course to enable marketing executives to upgrade the effectiveness of marketing management will be held at the University ofpSingapore fr.om March 15 to April 11. It is organised by the Bata Far East Regional Office (Bata Fero) m association with
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  • 228 12 S'pore buys more goods from Canada SINGAPORE bought a total of $33 million worth of goods from Canada last year 50 per cent more than m 1969. The acting High Commissioner of Canada, Mr. Milton B. Blackwood, said m an interview yesterday that among the things which Singapore bought were
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  • 106 12 ANTHONISAMY Muthusamy, 30, a father of two, was fined $250 yesterday for outraging the modesty of his neighbour's wife. Senior Insp. Chia Cheng Poh, prosecuting, told magistrate George Sandosham that Isnah binte Mustari, 34, was m bed with her husband m their
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  • 21 12 "/VUgsaret said ioo was a little gigl like her ONce. But i MAoe mbr takb it sack r
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  • 142 12 A WELDER, whose right leg was shortened by one and a quarter inches after an accident involving a Singapore Armed Forces Land Rover, was awarded $44,522 m damages yesterday by the High Court. Soh Su Ho, 24, of Mandai Road, was riding his
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  • 53 12 THE Botanic Gardens, scene of last week's monkey shooting, will be open on Wednesdays from 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. and from 6 a.m. to 10 p.m. on other days. A statement issued yesterday by the authorities said the arrangement will apply "until further notice." No
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  • 499 12  -  PHILLIP LIM By MAN'S URGE TO SATISFY HIGHER LEVELS OF NEEDS IN the eagerness to develop industrial programmes m Singapore, there is a tendency to bypass the individual and to deny him the opportunities to satisfy needs other than physiological ones. Mr
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    • 52 12 V^GRAND PREMIKE MAR. 3/ Fiesta Five LAST NIGHT 7 METROPOLE/HOLLYWOOD/VENUS today 1.00-3.30 7.00*9.30 IN MANDARIN AMfcAj^^^^^ f, COLORSCOPE SlT^Vk^ '^I\m« >^Bk w.th English Iv-lallif CSMvKV 1» A Chinese Subtitles &SM&^O f Tl|K lUiv^* 81./5 Starring WHIW W ~»>1M1 HOWE SEOW Tl «^^^^i^^^ B^^WBHBi F»nt«»tic Suparnatufal f« a t» of the
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    • 486 12 f#OEEE7 b^^EHZ2KZblb^El£E23^3 LAST DAY No Free List CASH BOOKINGS ONLY! MB O«*a to Film's Length WTE REVISED TlllES 10.45. 1.30. 4.15. 6.45, 9 30 NO INCRCASC IN PIttCES! ■I T^rf* SUP CINERAMA "KRAKATOA. East Of Java" Maximilian Schell. Diane Baker Barbara Werle— Technicolor (SB) TOMORROW ONLY "THE EUNUCH' Ji (A
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  • 835 13 SYDNEY Mon. Mineral Securities Australia was wound up m the Equity Court today by Mr J ust ice Street who appointed Mr J.H. Jamison, a resident partner of the accounting firm of Cooper Bros and Co., as official liquidator. The court was told that Mineral Securities
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  • 172 13 PEOPLE in business M. RICHARD 11. 1.. CHOO, has been appointed food and beverage controller of the Singapore Hilton. Mr. Choo has worked for leading local hotels, the Imperial Hotel m Vienna, and the Hotel Astoria m Lucerne, Switzerland. Mr Lum Mr DAVID LI M CHIN WE.NG, a trainee executive
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  • 274 13 SINGAPORE-MALAYSIA Merchant rates fixed yesterday by the Association of Banks m Mala y sia- 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 QoUar 3.4625 3.4200 3.4000 Canadian Dollar New Zealand Dollar 3.4725 3.4225 3.3925 South Arabian
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  • 577 13 The market closed flat yesterday. Dealers reported small steady selling met a dearth of buyers and towards the close, the Financial Times index was off ei::ht points at 310.1, the lowest level since February 1967. Yesterday's national engineering strike against the Industrial Relation Bill, the continuation of
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  • 351 13 The stock market drifted lower m early active trading yesterday,. Standard and Poors 1 (Paid prices at 1 100 K< Mar. 1 Feb. 26 Alcan 22 22-1/4 A Chem 28 28-3/4 Alcoa 64-3/8 64-1/2 A Cyan 35-1/8 34-5/8 AMF 30' 2 30-3/8 A Metal 33-5/8 33-7/8
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  • 298 13 AMSTERDAM Most internationals eased yesterday, led by Philips. Royal Dutch and Hoogovens rose slightly. Plantations and shippings were narrowly mixed. Local industrials were mixed. Gist-Brocades firmed slightly but Van Der Grinten eased. Insurances retreated, but banks were well maintained. Most investment funds closed fractionally higher. PARIS The market
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    • 624 13 ADVERTISEMENTS Personal (Marriages, Births, Engagements, Deaths, etc.) Minimum %A/- tor 10 words, each additional word 40cts. All other classifications: Minimum $2/ lor 10 words, each additional word 20cts. BOX SERVICE CHARGE SI 00 IMPROVE your HOMES with smooth silent strong SWISH wU^^^Bft^|i3|l^A^B u t lin railing systems from UK f
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    • 292 13 Textiles TOKYO, Mon. Teijin and Marubeni-Iida. both of Japan, will form a joint company with two Hongkong textile manufacturers to make knitted fabric in the British colony, Teijin said. The two Hongkong firms are Nangyang Cotton Mill and Hongkong Carpet. The joint company will be capitalised at US$1.5 million, and
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  • TOP FORM
    • 149 14 Twice -a- week the page that's written by you TOP FORM is for students and recent school leavers. This is the page for reports on school and youth activities, for interviews with interesting young people, for accounts of teen fads and fashions. This is where you give your views and
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    • 861 14 Woodstock? It's out of this world... "FIVE! Four! Three! Two! One! Ignition... and Pluto here we come." The voice of Dr. Robinson Crusoe, F.R.1.C., D.U.M.8.0., came through loud and clear at Who stum Control Centre. At last, after twenty years of furious planning and preparation, the good old doctor is
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    • 652 14 JACK LEONG "OH, TO be young again! To be part of that happy, carefree world of school, parties and dating." How many times have you heard remarks like this from your parents or other oldsters? They can certainly paint a rosy picture of your life, never allowing for
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    • 79 14 FORTY three students from Queensway Secondary School paid Top Form a visit recently. The photo shows our artist Morgan explaining to the students the job of an artist m a newspaper. The visit was organised by the school's careers club and the Career Master Mr Yeo Chin Aik,
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    • 153 14  -  CHRIS SLOAN A far-fetched idea by I WAS thinking the other day, that if the future inhabitants of earth developed a "time travelling device", they might have sent something or some one back m time. perhaps it passed unnoticed m our past or perhaps we will
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    • 412 14 IN "Gab-about" last week ("Sex before marriage?") I disagree with Top Form that pre marital sex can be "an enriching experience if the two people involved hold each other m mutual respect and affection." If two people really love and respect each other, they will try and maintain
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    • 124 14 CHILDREN PLAYING: DUSTY ROAD: by Carol Duke By WEE GAIK EAN Tha| #Bg a- dug|y hag began Children playing la sunshine The rustling leaves will cover Deceive themselves Oh, the wind It blows oar That day will always hold dreams away Safe and lively brightness. And yoa have
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    • 296 14 The dress makes a comeback' A GREAT sin of omission has been committed for the last few years. The dress that classic of the fashion world has been shuffled aside and replaced by skirts, pants and tunics. But there is a renaissance m fashion today, and the dress reigns supreme.
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  • 531 15  -  A.K. LEE LAST week I made some observations about the way dreams of world travel seem to fade within our island cocoon, and I'm glad to note that I stood on at least one nonparochial nerve. So today Til turn the column over to another Lee Mr. S.J.
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  • 90 15 TO THE FOUR CORNERS OF THE EARTH They stand atop Mount Faber pointing to the four corners of the Earth and indicating m the best modern fashion how far away other cities are m both miles and kilometers. The signs, which carry national symbols as well as distances, were installed
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    189 15 8.30 am 8 pm Exhibition, Man m Space, at the foyer of the National Library, Stamford Road. 9 am 6 pm: Exhibition of New Zealand art and pottery at the National Library lecture hall 3 10 pm: Japanese industrial exposition at Kallang Park. 7 pm: Night bazaars at
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  • 127 15 DAVID LEAN FILM NOMINATED FOR 10 AWARDS LONDON: David Lean's film Ryan's Daughter has received 10 British Film Academy Award nominations for best film, best director, best actress, best supporting actor, best supporting actress, best cinematography, best editing, best costume designing, best art direction and best soundtrack. The people involved
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    • 80 15 BLONCHE By Chic Young O W V t^r> *\v& /^icanVstandpeople^ f *J _r^ i > j^XxC A\V/W^ LOOKING OVER MY SMOULDER V I •^C\s .^VV V-^r w| -">-e 1 work.' j ARCHIE By Bob Montana MT SAYS THE STUDENTS' THIS LETTER 1 \fo^ I s~ kTHE STUDENTS 1 I HANDWRITING
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  • 223 16 TOKYO, Mon Three major Japanese electronic makers-Sony, Matsushita Electric Industrial and Sanyo said they have obtained approval from the Governments of South Vietnam and Japan to produce radios and television sets m South Vietnam. The three electronic manufacturers had submitted plans to form joint
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  • 1471 16 STOCK EXCHANGE OF MALAYSIA ANO SINGAPORE QUIETLY steady conditions ruled m the Stock Exchange yesterday as speculative interest was generally at a low ebb. This was reflected m the day's low total turnover of 1,494,500 units. Industrials, which finished with 31 gainers, 22 losers and 23 maintainers,
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  • 601 16 MALAYSIA/SINGAPORE RUBBER RUBBER 98.50 cents per kilo (down 1.25 cents). First business done yesterday was at 99.50 cents per kilo for March 1 RSS, 0.25 cent lower than Friday's close. Prices then eased further on long liquidation of the March paper position. Yesterday was the first day for registration
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  • 345 16 THE PORT OF SINGAPORE, AUTHORITY HAS MADE THESE BERTHING ARRANGEMENTS FOR MARCH 2. OUT: Golden Dragon No. 1 5. W. Jetty; UFA Orangeleaf (tanker) 1/2; Bunga Melor 3/4; Bogota 6/7; Achilles 15/16; Johneverett 18; Kobe Maru 20; Samapta I 22; Kyokko Maru 25/26; Congo Maru 25/2 6;
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  • 173 16 LONDON, Mon. Extremely quiet chartering conditions prevailed throughout the dry cargo market today, although details became available of a fair number of grain bookings fixed over the weekend. Heavy grain operators took two vessels from the U.S. Gulf to Kaoshiung at US$9.5O fd (free discharge) for February/March
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  • 283 16 The market closed active at the start with steady yesterday on small constructions, dredgings, selective demand m insurance firms and some afternoon trading. low priced issues m The stock average demand, managed a 5 69 yen gain to close at 2.256.05, with Towards the close, total turnover
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  • 558 16 Magellan kept the opening price of 70 cents. Heavyweights led a Greenbushes Tin was Magellan kept the opening weakening trend in late also firm, up one cent at 23 price of 70 cents trading among mining cents on the increased ore Petrocarb chanced shares yesterday treatment figures.
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  • 287 16 Interest was at a very pany announced, after phones were unchaneed at low level yesterday and hours, details of its rights $53. the day's turnover value issue. It proposed a one- In industrials Wheewas the smallest for for-five rights issue to locks was also unchaneed several months.
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  • 88 17 Tuesday, March 2, 1971 ?«inn? R EA M REFERENCE The shipping schedules beg.nning on th.s page are given m four parts for cM^| W 5t E OUn d eastbound southbound and NAME OF^H.P ?t gJV followin 8 information: rail n? SH P V date of arr.val/departure. ports of
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  • Page 17 Advertisements
    • 1046 17 IAtoCrKAI ll^*<N Including ALL ships bound for the Americas, e.g. Coast nnrtc n f NArth r>o«*r^i c a V TOOIDOUnCI sh.ps sailing east out of Singapore to Paci& gnd?hgffh t^theo"^ porTs^etc. ALASKA MARU Apr 14/16 P. Sham. Durban, L.Marques, I Ctown, P. Elizabeth, I ORIENTAL QUEEN Apr 10/12 Penang (Apr
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    • 495 17 111 borberOfes SAILINGS TO E. CANADA, t.S. ATLANTIC tingapor* P.Sh.-» Panang N.Twk »o,ton N'F*4k hM M«*tr.al SUNNYVILLE Mar 6 9 Apr 9 2i T4B*w A Tr? Mar l^/.a Mar 20/2 1 Mar i 2 Ma» Ma, o M, M mSSSStu Sri; /w z v s:j 6 FORTNK.HTLY IXPRESS SERVICE TO
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  • Page 18 Advertisements
    • 509 18 J MALAYSIAN INTERNATIONAL SHIPPING CORPORATION BERHAD I No. 30K Jin. Ampang. Kuala Lumpur. Ji The National Shipping Line of Malaysia FAR EAST/EUROPE SERVICE tlw»«»»r« M'htm Arrives: BUNGA MELOR Gdn i/4 3/b Mar 1/SMar H S yr« 2/4. londM 4/4 Htturg 10/4. m j, n li/V. A w«rp 14/4. Br*m«n 17/4
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    • 926 18 inri lncludin 9 s hi PS sailing out of Singapore for Far I^l East ports to the north-east. fINNfIBfIKKE Marii/i3 •yr^2s* M KNUT/SB ZZZZZZ Lnnatav L or M.V. ~.O~*c« V kOhama Ranhßay SSV/BA M.S.VEGA Mar 26/31 Japan, Pusan. Bangkok. KSC/OL I BARBER MANGAN Mar 14/16 Vancouver B.C. (Apr 1 2)
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  • 395 19 l E^ l° RK Mon Assure is building for the hKht-Muhammad Ali is taking faster than ever while Jot- Frazier is hardly talking at all Frazier says that he is saving his talking for Ali when they meet, a scheduled 15-round title
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  • 738 19 RACE WEIGHTS FOR IPOH MEETING RACE WEIGHTS for Grand Task 8.12 Sky Charger 8.02 Raj Kumar 8 09 this weekend racing at Loch Louies 8.09 Raub 8.02 Sokitomi 8.09 Ipoh: Nowrooz 8.09 Checkmate 7.13 Phar Pal s!o9 SATURDAY Agression 8.06 Better Luck 7.08 Gambalan II 8.08 Cl. 5 Div. 1
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  • 527 19 Bougoure fined $1,000 for misconduct STIPENDIARY Steward's report on the weekend races at Ipoh. SATURDAY RACE ONE: C. Leong when questioned stated that LEGAL ENTRY threw its head m the air at the start and could not ppt into stride. RACE TWO: T.S. Chiam was reprimanded and told that he
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  • 326 19 IN THE latest amendment list issued by the Malayan Racing Association, there were thirteen new classifications, sixteen relegations and one promotion. Four horses from Class Six were deleted. ODD .PROMOTION: From Class Four to Class Three TWIN HAPPINESS. DEMOTIONS: From Class Four to Class Five MASTERMIND,
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  • Page 19 Miscellaneous

  • 467 20 SEVEN-ASIDE TOURNAMENT DEFENDING champions Royal Air Force Changi "B" fielding six Malaya Cup players easily cleared the opening match of the Singapore Cricket Club seven-aside rugby tournament on the Padang yesterday The champions thrashed Johore Bahru United by 19 points (two goals and three
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  • 424 20 GUTHRIE Waugh "B" kept their unbeaten record beating Singapore Tobacco Company 3-0 at Geylang Stadium yesterday to qualify for the Singapore Business Houses Division Three Football league final. Guthries asserted supremacy from the start. The forwards combined effectively and good work by Patrick Ng and Ahmad
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  • 418 20 SEAP games bronze medallist Lee Tai Tong ran a splendid race to capture the 1 2th Annual Katong District cross-country 'A' girls title at Macßitchie Reservior yesterday. Tai Jong running for Changkat Changi Secondary School covered the 2.2 mile course m 16 mm. 8 sec.
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  • 637 20 Nicklaus achieves is second grand slam PALM BEACH, Florida, Mon. Jack Nicklaus sank a pressure-packed birdie putt on the 17th hole yesterday and completed his double sweep of all the world's major golf titles with a victory m the PGA national championship. Nicklaus, U.S., who almost squandered a fourstroke lead,
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  • 275 20 BRUSSELS, Mon. Malaysian players annexed three titles m the Belgian international badminton championships which concluded here today. Punch Gunalan defeated Piet Ridderl Holland) 15-9, 15-9 for the singles title; Ng Boon Bee and Punch Gunalan beat Lee Kok Pheng and Lim Shook
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  • 330 20 Second women's world soccer in Aug MEXICO CITY, Mon. -Five European teams and Mexico will compete m the second women's world football championships to be held here from Aug. 8-29 m the Aztec Stadium. The teams to represent Europe will be decided by an eliminating round, to be played during
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  • 151 20 SINGAPORE Billiards Association plans to popularise this sport m the Republic particularly among the younger generation,. The association is having discussions with the National Sports Promotion Board on it. "One of the main topics is to provide billiards at all community centres. The association has
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  • Page 20 Miscellaneous
    • 31 20 Print.d and published by Th. Si««opor. H.rold ltd.. P.opl.'. Pork Compl... 3rd Floor. N.w Br.dg. tood. P.O. 80. 692 Sin 9 opor. 1 T.I ***** Mono 9 in 9 Oir.ctor: J.j.Hohn.
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    • 33 20 HMp^b^Pv^bAA^h^^b v/ SOCCER City Dist. Schools C'ships. "A" Div.-Balestier Hill Int. Sec. Sch. vs Spore Voc. Inst. (RI, 3.45 p.m.); RI vs BeattySec (RI, 5.00 p.m.). RUGBY: SCC seven-a-side tournament (Padang 5.15 p.m.)
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