Singapore Herald, 6 March 1971

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    15 1 THE SINGAPORE herald No. 193 Singapore Saturday, March 6, 1971 MC(P) No. 2525 15 CENTS
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    41 1 SAIGON, Fri. South Vietnamese troops airdropped today for a big assault on Sepone, a major Communist base on the Ho Chi Minh trail, were hit by rockets of a new type which American sources said were launched from trucks. AFP
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    Lock icon 'Take Peking warning seriously'— Han Suyin
    232 1 'Take Peking warning ser iousl y'— Han Suyin PARIS, Fri. Novelist Han Suyln, who has had close and frequent contacts with Peking's leaders, said here last night that China's warning about the possibility of an intervention by Chinese volunteers m Indo-China should be taken seriously. She said the Chinese warning,
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    Lock icon A twoprong drive to help the poor
    597 1 A twoprong drive to help the poor I KUALA LUMPUR, Fri. Malaysia must work to eradicate poverty among its people without racial distinction, and restriction of public debate on sensitive issues, will apply both to the Malays and non-Malays alike, the Minister with Special Functions and Information, Tan Sri Ghazali
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    Lock icon Hanoi gets ready for attack
    186 1 Hanoi gets ready for attack HANOI, Fri. Hanoi is preparing for battle. In every section of the city, and usually outside factories, the people's militia are training for day and night fighting. On various flat roofs, young boys and girls are learning to operate the new heavy anti-aircraft machine-guns that
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    Lock icon FULL H. S. C. FOR 1,684
    211 1 FULL H. S. C. FOR 1,684 THE Ministry of Education announced yesterday that of the 2,u0 candidates who sat for last year's Cambridge Higher School Certificate examination, 1,684 obtained full certificates. Of these, 1,334 were school candidates, 178 from the Adult Education Board and 172 private candidates. The percentage of
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    Lock icon Trudeau weds his 'steady'
    290 1 NORTH VANCOUVER (British Columbia) Fri. Pierre Trudeau, Canada's "playboy" Premier, married 22-year-old Margaret Sinclair here today. The 51-year-old Liberal Prime Minister ceased to be one of the world's most eligible bachelors in a quiet Roman Catholic church. The bride— his usual escort on official occasions is
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  • IN BRIEF
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      42 1 KUALA LUMPUR, Fri. Television Malaysia's Network One (Channel 3) will telecast a one-hour pre-fight documentary film at 8.10 p.m. on Monday on the eve of the world heavyweight title fight between Cassius Clay and Joe Frazier m New York. ODD
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      38 1 LONDON, Fri. Women should avoid aspirin and certain indigestion pills during the early stages of pregnancy they may lead to deformities m the unborn child, said a report published today m the authoritative British Medical Journal.
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    Lock icon WASPS SALE: MALAYSIA PULLS OUT, TOO
    283 1 KUALA LUMPUR, Fri. Malaysia today announced that It would withdraw from the Commonwealth eightnation group study formed recently to study the security of the Indian Ocean because of Britain's decision to sell Wasp helicopters to South Africa. A statement issued by the Foreign Affairs
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    46 1 JOHORE BHARU, Fri. A goods train jumped the rails near Rengam station, about 13 miles from Kluang, at 2 a.m. today. No casualties were reported, but the morning mail train scheduled to leave Johore Bharu at 7.40 a.m. was delayed for two hours.
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      48 1 fUri 'BURIED ALIVE' case verdict Page 3. POSTMEN back at work before the big vote Page 10 MINDEF acts to upgrade army driving Page 13 TWO senior surgeons to resign Page 14 YEO Hiap Seng Del Monte joint venture Page 16 See Pages 6, 7, 8, 9 15
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      163 1 NIXON: WE MAY HIT THE NORTH —Page 11 HOUSE OF TANG I fe? BARGAIN COUNTER (2nd Floor) SPECIAL OFFER g X GENTS €$9 fCataliner Swimming trunks Usual $19.50 Now $14.50 fcjjd Mufflers from 65 cts. upwards jcA* Pyjamas (cotton) from $3.50 upwards g —5 1 e/^m- Nighties (Assorted colours) $4.00
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    Lock icon Brighter prospects for peaceful Mid-East settlement
    1100 2  - Brighter prospects for peaceful Mid -East settlement CLARE HOLLINGWORTH By EGYPT'S offer to recognise Israel as a state, and permit Israeli ships through the reopened Suez Canal as part of a peace settlement, has now been accepted, albeit conditionally, by the Tel Aviv Government. In a letter addressed to the
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  • THE SINGAPORE HERALD
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      412 2 majority to implement his six-point policy of regional autonomy for the east. The current problems are essentially derived from the shift m the centre of political power brought about by the elections. Confident of becoming Pakistan's next Prime Minister, Sheikh Mujibur has so far displayed no interest
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      Lock icon WHY SOME PEOPLE PREFER TO KEEP QUIET
      180 2 WHY SOME PEOPLE PREFER TO KEEP QUIET unh, or the most distressing features of the intellectual life m Singapore is the well nigh impossibility for anyone to engage himself m a public controversy without running the risk of being drenched m a stinking torrent of name calling and abuse. The
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      360 2 MR. GWEE YEE HEAN 's suggestion about "generous provision of upgrading courses, preferably part-time and extending over a reasonable period to avoid cramming" (S.H. March 1) both surprises and amuses me. Perhaps a recounting of the following two incidents which happened one
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      Lock icon SO NEAR AND YET SO FAR APART
      260 2 SO NEAR AND YET SO FAR APART IF YOU are a HDB flat tenant, chances are that you still do not know your neighbour Yet he lives hardly six inches (15.5 cm) away from you. You may sometimes hear him moving about his flat but you seldom see him simply
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      161 2 I WENT for an interview for the post of Technical Storeman at the Central Manpower Base on Jan. 14, 1971. In that interview I was asked if I would be willing to wear a uniform I said, "yes." I was given a form which stated that I
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      34 2 ROBINSONS otter the Most Comprehensive Range of CmmttX^ks CHLDRENS SHOES "^mi n_r INTOWN _p_af J **^nr mw V Att^'mmm S^ cftSri iff ROBI XS( )X S FEET IM OUR HANDS <_— raffles place s#*gapore 1
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    320 3 Expert on Tamil studies: $42,000 waste TAMIL education is "dying a natural death" m Singapore schools because of inexperienced inspectorate staff at the Education Ministry and the lack of support from school principals. This was stated by Mr.X. Govindaswamy, a Colombo Plan expert from India sent to improve the condition
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    Lock icon BOEING 707 MSA FLEET NOW FOUR UP
    164 3 M ALA YSIA— Singapore Airlines' fourth Boeing 707— bought second-hand from an American domestic airline— arrived here yesterday after a five-day journey from Dallas, Texas. An MSA spokesman said: "With tl.e addition of this aircraft, together with another one which will arrive next
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    120 3 NOT W THISr IN YESTERDAY'S first of two articles by Florence Chong on the special needs of handicapped children and problem students, the slow learners, the emphasis throughout the article was on what SPECIAL schools can do for them. In a careless moment, a headline writer gave the unfortunate impression
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    360 3 Maximum hurt sentence for farmer 'MURDER NOT PROVED BEYOND REASONABLE DOUBT' THE High Court ruled yesterday that the charge of murder against Ng Hock Lee, 33, had not been proved beyond a reasonable doubt and sentenced him instead to three years' jail for voluntarily causing hurt to Madam Kuek Ngak
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    Lock icon $25,000 robbery: Fourth arrest
    94 3 AiNUTMHiK man wanted m connection with the robbery of a strong box containing $25,000 m cash and jewellery from Dr. Chee Phui Hung's house m Swettenham Road on Tuesday has been arrested. Detectives had arrested three others on Wednesday 36 hours after the robbery and recovered
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    188 3 New Datsun with front wheel drive AGENTS for the new Datsun 100A, Tan Chong Sons Motor Co. held a press conference yesterday to introduce the car. Its manufacturer, Nissan Motors, has scored a first with tnis Datsun as it is the first transverse-engined front wheel drive saloon from Japan. The
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    43 3 THE results of the3/71 Singapore Sweep published yesterday gave No. *****63 as one of the 25 numbers which won Gift Prizes of $3,000 each. We have now been informed by Singapore Pools (Pte.) Ltd. that the number should have read *****68.
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    39 3 AN exhibition of industrial designs from Germany was opened yesterday at Baharuddin Vocational Institute, Stirling Road, Queenstown, by the German Ambassador, Dr. Wilhelm Loer. It will be open daily from 10 a.m. 8 p.m. until next Friday.
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      81 3 You can be sure of SQUARE DEAL That is our assurance when you do business with us. Whether you are securing a loan from us or opening an account, we treat you as a good bank should. Fairly and Squarely. And fully backed by the ROCK- like solidness and safety
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      26 3 a v I___. ___nn____________A ____________n___B __k ___________________l Am ___________________n IBM WORLD TRADE CORPORATION Business Machines Exhibition at the Malaysia Room Singapore Hilton Hotel between 10a.rn.and 7p.m.
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    Lock icon Ghazali's swipe at British. newsmen
    400 4 Ghazali's swipe at British. newsmen 'LOOK AT EVENTS IN BRITAIN TODAY' KUALA LUMPUR, Fri. Malaysia's new Information Minister, Tan Sri Ghazali Shafie took a swipe today at British journalists and their present-day democratic concepts. He said these British journalists, with their "holier than thou" attitude, had been guilty of partisan
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    492 4 Kadir: I will be fair and just to everyone ALSO IN THE MALAYSIAN SENATE KUALA LUMPUR, Fri. The Attorney General, Tan Sri Kadir Yusof today gave the assurance that he would apply the law banning public discussion on sensitive issues without fear or favour. Presenting the Constitution (Amendment) Bill m
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    Lock icon MALAYSIA NEEDS ONLY THREE PARTIES SAYS SENATOR
    100 4 KUALA LUMPUR, Fri. Senator Amaluddin Darus of the Pan-Malayan Islamic Party today called on the Government to reduce the number of political parties m Malaysia to three the Alliance, the PMIP and a Socialist party. The call came during a Senate debate on
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    109 4 KUALA LUMPUR, Fri. Deputy Prime Minister Tun Ismail, today stressed the importance of co-ordination between the Federal and State Governments to achieve the country's new economic goals. He said m a meeting of the National Finance Council at Parliament House that the
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      73 4 ARC HIE By Bob Montana r ~-< AHM£SAm\mTS\ I SHE HAS THE < AAISS HAGGLY) SHE CAN V SNIFFLES J SHOULDN'T J TEACH AS V^_ BE IN y< WELL AS SCHOOL I ANY OF THE JmMM MmZ V YOUNG ONES/ I AM _#~^_~_k. AAISS HAGGLY, _^^^^^^^"^^^^l CLl_/~ti II t"» y
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    82 5 ■THE Soviet Union greets all the efforts for non-alignment and neutralisation of SouthEast Asia if they are directed towards all the countries equally. by the vice-chairman of the Soviet Afro-Asian People's Solidarity Organisation Committee, Mr. V.L. Kudryavtsev, on arrival m Kuala Lumpur this week for a five-day visit. At
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    Lock icon Boy drowns showing off under water
    188 5 SCHOOLBOY Chua Liang Huat, 16, was drowned while demonstrating his underwater swimming skill to his classmates at the Jurong Town swimming pool on Feb. 16, a Coroner's inquiry heard yesterday. Ng Cheow Lim, 14, a student of Toh Tuck Secondary School, said that he
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    Lock icon The pillow threat
    260 5 IT'S dangerous to place a pillow over your child's chest when you put him to sleep. A slight displacement of it by accident, especially if it covers the face, can suffocate your child. This danger was pointed out yesterday by Dr. Chao Tzee Cheng, the assistant pathologist
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    282 5 East German trade talks in two months TRADE talks between Singapore and East Germany are expected to begin within the next two months. According to East German sources, negotiations will take about a month and they see no difficulty m concluding a bilateral trade agreement. They said they did not
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    Lock icon Labourer fled when he saw policemen
    126 5 A LABOURER, who was at a coffee stall with other youths, threw away a cardboard box he held and fled when four police constables approached. The box contained six pairs of new shoes. As he was chased, a bundle fell out of his pocket
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    20237 6 THE KEY THE figure 4 after a name denotes that the candidate has been awarded a full Higher School Certificate. The figure 5 is for the award of a G.C.E. NATIONAL JUNIOR COLLEGE Abdul Hakim B. Mohd,* Yassin S, Abdul Kassim B. Abdul Sathar S, Abdul Rahim B.
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    598 6 NATIONAL Junior College has topped the Higher School Certificate examinations with 81.6 per cent of its students obtaining full certificates. The students are the first batch of "graduates" of the College, which was set up m 1969 as a step to improve the quality of
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      591 7 J^^ The Principal. Director of Studies and p^H| f^T_& thc iutorial sta ff extend their wannest _B\ $f .^JiSyis^-rt congratulations to M. C. Collegians V _li^ |—J£____B throughout Malaysia. Singapore and t4i_MV^^ ./fl_i_r_k. I jrtfll Brunei who were successful m the sffi^^y^>__P_tfl! V -v S^Ejrjh HIGHER SCHOOL CERTIFICATE (Estoblished 1959)
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      109 8 BECOME ONE OF THE NEW PROFESSIONALS STAMFORD CENTRE can provide you the opportunity through the following job-oriented courses to meet the skilled manpower needs of industry and commerce Full-time (day) Part-time (evening) courses beginning April and May "71 Private Secretaryship Executive Secretaryship Company Secretaryship Accountancy Approved courses for ACCA/ICWA Exams.
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      112 8 ■^siveV M COURSES m City School of Commerce offers an intensive course of study for the Higher School Certificate Exam. Enrol now for full time (day) or evening classes. Up-to-date training and laboratory facilities. Expert guidance from a faculty of specialists and graduate teachers assure you of the most comprehensive
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    393 10 Colonel Castle's sexy war... HE WON THE BATTLE OVER A BROTHEL IN THE U.S. ARMY HQ IN VIETNAM WASHINGTON, Fri. An Army Colonel told a panel of Senators today of his hilarious running battle to prevent a persistent and lovely Asian dragon lady from setting up a brothel ln the
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    Lock icon POSTMEN BACK AT WORK BEFORE THE BIG VOTE
    159 10 LONDON, Fri. Britain's 200, postmen began balloting on their leaders' call to end their seven-week strike. In a mood of frustration, hundreds of strikers were going back already without waiting for the results of the vote, expected on Sunday night. Most of
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    Lock icon All-night campus siege: Two dead
    279 10 2. ANKARA, Fri. An all night seige of the Middle East Technical College by security police sparked by reports that leftist commandos and four kidnapped American servicemen were on the campus left two dead and more than 20 wounded today. A battalion of gendarmes moved
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  • CHESS...
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      124 10 THE Singapore Chess Club's Annual Vaux Tournament starts today at the Y.M.C.A., Orchard Road at 3.30 p.m. Thirtyseven entries were received. In Class I, Oey Liang Hien, Choong Liong On, Andrew Ee, Wong Ngiam Yee, Mok Kwong Yue, Seet Cheng Bok and Tay Kheng Hong will
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      Lock icon SCF 3rd round draw
      136 10 3RD round draw for the SCF Annual Tournament at 7 p.m. tonight at Cairnhfll Community Centre is as follows (first mentioned having white): Mathew Gwee Lee Kam Fai; Benedict Lim Eddy Seah; Bobby Chia Leong Chee Weng; Norman Lim Thomas Choo; Anthony Goh Stig Lundgren; Lim
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      Lock icon Easy win for Petrosjan
      78 10 Easy win for Petrosjan FORMER World Champion, Soviet Grandmaster Tigran Petrosjan had an easy win (m 8 moves) over International Master Ree ot Holland m the 1971 Wijk Aan Zee Tournament. Petrosjan. wifh the white pieces, played the Wing Game, and caught his opponent by surprise m the opening. Ree
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    Lock icon Hanoi: We killed 5,000 invaders
    371 10 TOKYO, Fri. North Vietnam's Premier Pham Van Dong said today Laotian and Vietnamese Communists have wiped out more than 5,000 enemy troops, including nearly 1,000 Americans, m 20 days oi fighting m Vietnam and Southern Laos. Speaking to the seventh session of North Vietnam's National
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    Lock icon Row over Soviet-South Africa trade
    105 10 GENEVA, Fri. Mrs. Rita Hauser, United States delegate at the U.N. Human Rights Commission meeting here, today accused the Soviet Union of quietly trading withi ..South Africa. The Soviet delegate, kMr. Nicolai Tarassov, immediately denied the allegations. Mrs. Hauser said South African foreign trade statistics
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    Lock icon Japan-China talks 'very friendly'
    210 10 HONGKONG, Fri. Mr Auchiro Fujiyama, leader of the Japan Dietmen's delegation on normalisation of relations with China, said on arrival from Peking today that his talks with Chinese Premier Chou En-Lai had been useful m paving the way for better ties between the two countries. Mr.
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    66 10 LOS ANGELES, Fri. Charles Manson, long-haired through most of the Sharon Tate murder trial, showed up yesterday looking nearly bald. His curly black locks had been trimmed to a uniform length of about one-eighth of an inch with an electric clippers. His beard, however, remained
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  • THE WORLD IN BRIEF
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      199 10 BERLIN, Fri. Communist East Germany today accepted a West Berlin offer to begin talks on such things as Easter Wall-passes for the first time m five years. A West Berlin City Hall statement said the office of East German Premier Willi Stoph replied
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      13 10 ODD MONTEVIDEO: The U.S. embassy reported that the condition of kidnap heart victim
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      12 10 Claude L. Fly continues stationary and without appearance of any complications. ODD
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      33 10 TOKYO: A four-man advance party for a Chinese delegation to the World Table Tennis Championships m Nagoya, between March 28April 7, has been granted permission to enter Japan, the Justice Ministry said. ODD
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      36 10 TOKYO: A Peking broadcast said the Romanian Bank of Foreign Trade and the Bank of China have signed protocols on the procedures of settlement m executing a loan agreement between the Romanian and Chinese Governments. ODD
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      24 10 LONDON: Sotheby's auctioned off an egg for Ss7,3€o. It came from the Aepyornis, a bird which became extinct m Madagascar 1.000 years ago. DOQ
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      46 10 BOGOTA:, Colombia: A nation-wide university student strike was started protesting Mr. President Pastrana's policies. The strike was called as the administration prepared further strict measures to cope with the present unrest. New clashes with police occurred m the capital leaving injured civilians m the streets. ODD
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      32 10 BONN: A flying instructor and his pupil were killed near Bremen m the second FIO4G Starfighter crash m two days. It was the 131 st of the jets West Germany has lost.
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    Lock icon Leftist clash injures seven Paris police
    130 11 PARIS, Fri. A troop of 4041 young Leftists 1 some armed with iron bars and paving stones, injured seven policemen m a raid last night on police quarters m the plush Pare Monceau area of the Right Bank. The raid occurred as other police
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    247 11 DACCA, Pakistan, Fri. Sheikh Mujibur Rahman Head of the East Pakistan-based Awami League, said yesterday he is willing to share power with West Pakistan leader Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto m an effort to keep Pakistan together. The leader of the majority party m the postponed
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    381 11 Nixon: We may hit the North WASHINGTON, Fri. President Nixon is unwilling to rule out the possibility of a South Vietnamese invasion of North Vietnam with U.S. air support. During a televised Press conference last night he said: "No such plan has ever been suggested by President Thieu to us.
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    Lock icon Indon students protest against alleged Muslim killings
    128 11 Indon students protest against alleged Muslim killings JAKARTA, Fri. About 20 Muslim youths today staged a demonstration m front of the North Vietnam Embassy and the Vietcong representation m Jakarta, m protest against the alleged intention of Hanoi and the Vietcong to kill Muslim leaders m South Vietnam. PRESS REPORT
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    Lock icon TAIWAN WORRIED THAT U.S. MIGHT RECOGNISE PEKING
    172 11 WASHINGTON, Fri. The United States assured Taiwan yesterday that reference to the Peoples' Republic of China m President Nixon's state of the world report does not mean de facto recognition of the Peking regime. The assurance came m a 75-minute meeting between Taiwan
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    Lock icon Four die in Brazil stadium panic
    151 11 Four die in Brazil stadium panic SALVADOR, Brazil, Fri. Four people were reported killed, last night and nearly 1,500 injured after a fight and wild rush broke out m the grandstands of a soccer stadium m this north-eastern Brazilian city. President Emilio G. Medici had attended the game to inaugurate
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    41 11 CHRISTIANSTED, St. Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands: Hundreds of West Indian aliens marched on the Christians. cd Government house after a day of protest against the deportation of fellow islanders, by U.S. Immigration officials, who had overstayed or entered without a permit.
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    38 11 HONGKONG: American Methodist missionary Milo Thornberry, deported from Taiwan, will be reassigned, Bifshop Otto Nail said. Because of Thornberry' s knowledge of Chinese people and customs he hopes the missionary will be sent somewhere where there are Chinese.
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    172 11 3,000 IN AIRPORT DEMO NARITA, Japan, Fri. More than 100 students and farmers were arrested, and several others were injured m a violent clash between 3,000 police and about 1,000-strong allied groups of farmers and students opposing the construction of the airport m Narita, 18 miles north-east of Tokyo, this
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    34 11 TOKYO: China's newspapers and radio said nothing on the launching of its second space satellite into orbit around the earth more than 20 hours after it was disclosed by the U.S. defence department. ODD
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    32 11 SOLEDAD, California: A guard died of stab wounds inflicted by a convict at Soledad prison. The guard was the third killed by convicts at the prison m little more than a year.
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    99 11 SAN JOSE, (Costa Rica), Fri. In a lightning-fast raid police rescued kidnapped millionaire Patrocinio Arrieta and arrested four of the kidnappers. Detained were four university students, reportedly members of a subversive group called Central American Revolutionary Movement, police said. They were identified as Gerardo Rodriguez, Juver Chavez,
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    373 12 HERALD COMMUNITY SERVICE A SEVEN-man Bus Services Licensing Authority (BSLA) has been formed to work for a more efficient public bus service m Singapore. The authority will also supervise the massive rerouting and re- allocation of bus services for the four new bus companies scheduled
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    Lock icon HELLO, NEW WAY TO SPEND A PENNY IN THE LOO
    126 12 "Instead, we got an attractive beige model In the downstairs bathroom." In a telephone conversation with the Associated Press her line was busy on the first call she requested that her name not appear. "IM really be m hot water
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    Lock icon Important to update medical skills, says the President
    260 12 PRESIDENT Sheares last night suggested two ways by which obstetricians and gynaecologists m Singapore could ensure the maintenance of their present high standards. Speaking at the annual dinner of the Obstetrical and Gynaecological Society at the Singapore Hilton, President Sheares who, until
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    550 12 Five-in-one map today I TODAY'S map shows five services to be operated by the Associated Bus Services (colour red) when the reorganised transport system is introduced on April 11. Service No. 13A Bedok Road/Upper Changi Road Commonwealth Avenue/North Buona Vista Road: Bedok Road, Upper East Coast Road, East Coast Road,
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      292 13 INSTRUCTORS TO BE TRAINED FROM REGULAR SOLDIERS, NOT NATIONAL SERVICEMEN THE Defence Ministry has stopped the appointment of National Servicemen as driving instructors m the Singapore Armed Forces. Only regular soldiers will be trained as driving instructors. A Mindef statement said j yesterday that the
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      113 13 SINGAPORE MAN DIES IN PILGRIM SHIP PENANG, Fri. A Singaporean, Tuan Haji Syed Hassan Al-Kaf, was among nine people who died on board the pilgrim ship Kuala Lumpur during its return voyage from Jeddah. Syed Hassan, purser of the ship died of a heart attack m the course of the
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      66 13 ULU SELANGOR, Fri. Malays should not leave a great deal of property to their children without giving them education, the Sultan of Selangor said today. This would not benefit their children, he said when opening a new mosque here. "We should give as good
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      177 13 BARMAN CALLED BOGUS POLICE MAN'S BLUFF A MAN walked into a bar, identified himself as a police officer, checked and signed the licence of the bar. He was not a police officer but he was then under the influence of alcohol, a magistrates' court was told yesterday S. Raiasinehe, 38.
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      41 13 A 25- YEAR-OLD man was charged m a magistrates' court yesterday with possession of a .22 Sentinel •revolver, a .32 Llama automatic pistol and 52 rounds of ammunition at No. 8 Anguilla Street on Feb. 12.
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      33 13 BRITISH military personnel will conduct an exercise on the western part of Pualau Tekong from 7 p.m. on Tuesday to 6 a.m. on Wednesday. Blanks will be used during the exercise.
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      86 13 Page is torn from Fanfare by order The Ministry of Culture has ordered the removal of a page of the latest edition of Fanfare magazine because it contains the words of a banned pop song, Proud Mary. The song, which was a hit m Singapore and other countries, was banned
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      125 13 AIR WE GO AGAINANOTHER SHAGGY DOG STORY YES, folks it's another tale of a dog. Guess that makes us wags, but really we're just suckers for furry stories. Or should that be shaggy dog stories? But we reckon we've an excuse for this one. Well, how many times have YOU
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      174 13 Jetro fair ends: 3,000 inquiries received MORE than 3,000 trade inquiries, from local businessmen for various Japanese various products, have been received by the Japan Industrial Exposition, which ended at Kallang Park last night, according to Mr. K. Tomuro, general manager of the exposition. He said about 200,000 people had
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      151 13 THE Community Study Centre plans to hold a series of seminars this year on problems of community living m Housing and Development Board estates. Those who are interested to attend are asked to contact the Director, the Rev. James Wong of St.
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      69 13 The Minister of State for Finance, Mr. Tang See Chim, will open a week-long seminar on "Corporate Planning" for 30 executives m the private sector, at the Ming Court Hotel on Monday. The seminar, sponsored jointly by the National Productivity Centre and the Singapore Institute of Management,
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      103 13 THE driver of a mini-bus licensed to carry schoolchildren pleaded not guilty m a magistrates' court yesterday to a charge of pirating the vehicle. Quek Hian Chew of Lorong 2, Toa Payoh, was alleged to have committed the offence m Keppel Road on Sept. 28
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      472 13 I i I if, 4 I play by the Stage Club at Malay dance; 2 pm: _^^M the Cultural Centre, Children's session ■■■■■■■■■■■^—■■i Canning Rise. (dancing); 5.30 pm TODAY 10 am 8 pm: Bmm cine English drama session 8.30 am 8 pm- equipment exhibition at and 7.30 pm Folk dancing.
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    212 14 You can now hire NTUC mini-buses at weekends THE public can now hire NTUC-COMFORT minibuses for excursions during the weekends or on public holidays. Bookings can be made by telephone (***** ext. 212) from 9 a.m. 4.30 p.m. Mondays to Fridays. The hire rates are $6 an hour or 50
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    132 14 THE Singapore University Students' Union will set up a 26-man committee to examine the relevance of the university's education for its 3,800 students. An appeal for committee members went out from Union House yesterday. "It is time," wrote union president Anwar D. Siraj
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    41 14 MR. WILLIAM S.W. Lim is not the chairman of the Singapore Planning and Urban Research Group, as reported m the Herald on March 4. He was SPUR chairman from 1966-68. The present chairman is Mr. Tay Keng Soon.
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    335 14 Two senior surgeons to resign THE Government will be losing the services of two senior surgeons this month one working m munui one wonung m plastlC Surgery and the Other m paediatric surgery. Under the Government's plan to develop medical specialisation m Singapore, plastic surgery and paediatrie surgery are two
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    170 14 NANYANG University has obtained a grant of $49,000 for biology studies from the Australian Government under the Australian Asian Universities' Co-operation Scheme. The Australian High Commissioner, Mr. N.F. Parkinson handed the cheque to Mr. Lv Yaw, Deputy Vice-Chancellor of Nanyang University yesterday.
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    465 15  - Action galore but less gone when two swordsmen team up Tan May Lin jsd;lfjlasjdlfkjd rqwerwereweererrwerwe EJ ZATOICHI and the Roving Swordsman delivers up the appropriate amount of fighting, ambushes, and skirmishes expected of Chinese sword-fighting films with one exception. We see less of the sadistic tortures, the minute details of
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      237 15 N.I.T TRAVEL offers (a)WEEKLY ECONOMY FLIGHTS TO EUROPE/LONDON/U.S.A. RETURN. (b)SPECIAL LOW AIR/COACH TOURS LONDON EUROPE tailored to your convenience and budget. 105 $1,925/- 6 countries/9 cities (15 days Europe) 106 $2,000/- 6 countries/11 cities (18 days Europe) 107 $2,060/- 6 countries/13 cities (19 days Europe) 108 $2,150/- 6 countries/14 cities
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      369 16 Yeo Hiap Seng joins forces with Del Monte F( ONOMIC AFFAIRS FOITFD BY ARiJN SF INK U TTUV AN YEO HIAP SENG has reached agreement with Del Monte International of the United States for a joint venture to produce at Yeo Hiap Seng's factories certain products under the labels of
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      304 16 SINGAPORE EIDAI, formerly known as Camel Plywood, incurred a loss of 8588,932 for the year ended June 1970, compared to profits amounting to $52,303 for the previous year. After providing 516,960 for tax on non-pioneer income and 167,857 for expenditure related to the previous year, and
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      142 16 HONGKONG, Fri. Hongkong Telephone Company plans to offer shareholders a one-for-one bonus issue and a rights issue of one- for- five shares at HK$2O each, the company announced. The bonus and rights issue will add HK$234 million to the company's working capital to meet its expansion programmes. The
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      114 16 S'pore-made Huntley Palmer biscuits? Huntley Palmer biscuits may soon be manufactured under licence m Singapore and Malaysia. Export director Richard J. Palmer, who is m Singapore, will be having talks with the company's agents, Sime Darby, and interested parties. "We are now looking into the possibility of having our products
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      101 16 J P Coats factory in Prai KUALA LUMPUR, Fri.l A British firm, J P. Coats, plans to build a $10 million sewing thread factory at Prai industrial estate. The factory is expected to be m full production next year and will employ 250 workers, Coats director WA. Bidgood said. The
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      181 16 LONDON, Fri. Financial sources said the announcement of merger talks between Whitbread and Co. and Brickwoods Ltd., while it is not a surprise m view of Whitbread's 32 per cent holding m Brickwoods, does not make much sense for whitbread except m terms of national coverage. Brickwoods has
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      33 16 LONDON, Fri. The Press Association said Ford unions rejected an offer of an average wage increase of £4.10 a week 14.2 per cent for 50,000 workers on strike. Reuter
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      47 16 (Yesterday's closing prices, m U.S./dollars per ounce). Singapore (1) 40.30 (2) 151. 50; Hongkong 40.10 Beirut 39.10 London 38.75; Zurich 38.75 B, 38.85 S; Paris delayed. Note: (1) Export price to non-sterling areas m U.S. dollars. (2) Local dealers' price m Singapore dollars per taeL
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      27 16 (Closing buyer/seller prices for March 5, m sterling per metric ton). Tone: Steady; Spot 1447 1449; 3-month 1449 1450; Settlement 1448; Total turnover 375 tons.
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      284 16 SINGAPORE-MALAYSIA Merchant rates fixed yesterday by the Association of Banks in Malaysia-Singapore. Local dollars per unit of foreign currency. (Rates m Hongkong dollars, for March 5). On New York TT 6.02 On New York DD 6.***** Gold (99% fineness, per ta el) 290.375 Note Rates: China (per
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      195 16 Esso plant in Libya to resume operations TRIPOLI, Fri. Esso has agreed to a 65 per cent price increase for Libyan natural gas and its giant liquefaction plant at Marsa El Brega is to resume operations after a nine-month shutdown, the Libyan news agency reported. The agency, quoting Petroleum Minister
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    591 16 The market closed steady > yesterday but the undertone remained uncertain. A leading National Economic Institute's review on the UK economy and the Ford workers' rejection of the latest pay offer were counterbalanced by the overnight rise on Wall Street. Towards the close, the Financial Times index
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    297 16 (Paid prices at 1 100 EST, m U.S. dollars.) Mar. 5 Mar. 4 Alcan 22-3/4 22-3/4 A Chem 27-5/8 27-5/8 Alcoa 63-3/8 63-1/4 A Cyan 35-1/8 35.1/4 AMF 31 30.7/8 A Metal 33-7/8 33-1/4 A Motor 7-3/8 7-1/8 A Photo 13-5/8 12-1/2 ATT 48-7/8 48 5/8
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    41 16 Market report was not received at time of going to Press. DOW JONES CLOSING AVERAGES «Q^^, Y a °a^^^ ThUrS (Chan *es in brackets): Industrials »yi.d6 (+8.97); Transportation 200.00 (+2.52); Utilities 122 03 (+0.45); Composite stocks 294.14 (+2.86): Bonds 70.86 (-0.10).
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    264 16 AMSTERDAM International closed irregular yesterday. Akzo and Royal Dutch gained ground. Hoogovens fell following a sharp decline m results. Shippings and plantations were narrowly mixed. Local industrials were generally higher with rises m Heineken and Albert Heijn. Insurances were weak again, except Nationale Nederland! Algemene Bank Nederland firmed
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      885 16 Z/'W ADVERTISEMIWT» Personal (Marriages. Births, Engagements, Deaths, etc.) Minimum $4/- for 10 words, each additional word 40cts. All other classifications: Minimum $2/- for 10 words, each additional word 20cts. BOX SERVICE CHARGE $1.00 ENGLISH LANGUAGE TUITION By Lond. Hons. Graduate. All levels (inc. Conversational English.) Also other subjects. 384A. East
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    499 17 MALAYSIA/SINGAPORE RUBBER RUBBER I7.M cents per kilo (down i.2$ ce«t). The fairly sharp overnight drop in London prices was reflected in the opening here yesterday. First business traded was in March 1 rss at 96 75 cents per kilo, down 0.50 from Thursday's close. The market then made
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    370 17 Prices finished marginally lower yesterday m very quiet trading as operators adopted a wait-and-see attitude. Electric home appliances eased on a Washington ruling that Japanese television sets were being dumped m the United States. Housing related issues I were selectively bought but eased towards the close on
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    103 17 (Yesterday's 1.30 p.m. prices, m sterling per long ton, unless otherwise stated). COPRA (V.S. dollars per long ton): Philippine/Indonesian April and May 208 Vi both resellers. COCONUT OIL: Straits March/April 140 seller; Malayan March/April 160 seller; Philippine (U.S. dollars per long ton) March/April 295 seller Cont; Ceylon March/
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    1723 17 STOCK EXCHANGE OF MALAYSIA AND SINGAPORE FRASERS INDUSTRIAL INDICES I •KEY Clean, buyers' and aeUers* prices are foUowed by the business done. Figures m brackets denote traded lots m 1 1,000 s. When the price is not fouowed by a figure m brackets, it means oniy a
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    47 17 PEPPER (Yesterday's 2.00 p.m. sellers' prices, m sterling per long ton) Tone: Steady; Sarawak white spot 430.0 afloat 415.0 nominal, March/April and April/May both 402.5, July/ Aug. 385.0; Sarawak black spot 420.0 nominal, afloat 395.0, March/April 380.0, July/ Aug. 340.0; Malabar March/April 530.0 a"a a«
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    67 17 (Yesterday's official buyer /seller prices, m new pence per kilo). Tone: Uncertain; ClF's March 14.4 14.6, April 14.7 14.9; Spot 15.2 15.4; Settlements April 15.4 15.6, May 15.6 16.8, June 15.8 16.0, April/June 15.6 15.8, July/Sept. 16.3 16.5, Oct/Dec. 16.9 17,0, Jan/March 17.4 17.6, April/June 18.0 18.2, July/Sept.
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    38 17 TIN $628 a picul (down 62' 2 cents). The Straits tin price dropped again yesterday by 62^ cents to $628 a picul on an offering officially given as 233 tons, up seven tons on Thursday's turnover.
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    79 17 (Managers' prices (or March 8) B. S. ASIA UNIT TRUSTS Mai. Invt. Fund 1.29 1.34 Mai. Progress Fund 1.07 1.12 CHARTERED UNIT TRUSTS Singapore Growth Fund 1.09 1.14 SINGAPORE UNIT TRUSTS Third Singapore 1.31 The Commerce Ind. Fund. 1.06 1.11 B. S. The Saving F-nd 1.08 1.13xd Singapore
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    536 17 Mining issues, among them leading speculative miners, eased from the day's high points m late trading yesterday. Oils finished generally firm though industrials showed some weak patches. IMC closed at 48 cents, a gain of nine cents for the day, after peaking at 54 cents, following more
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    272 17 The market dropped sharply early yesterday after consideration had been given to Hongkong Telephones' intention to raise a large amount of money by means of a rights issue. Prices steadied about mid-day but trading remained listless up to the close of the day. Telephones with 77,700 shares
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    201 17 ■B________________________| LONDON, Fri. Chartering was less active today with business mainly confined to grain and sugar cargoes. Heavy grain shippers paid US$5.OO free discharge for a cargo from the U.S. Gulf to SantaMarta or Cartagena m March and US$6.B5 (fd) free discharge for a vessel from the
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      310 17 SHIPS IN PORT THE PORT OF SINGAPORE AUTHORITY HAS MADE THESE BERTHING ARRANGEMENTS FOR MARCH, 6. OUT: Tricolor 3/4; Lloyd Bakke 6/7; Lica Maersk 8/9; Toyu Maru 13/14; Giang Ann 20 east; Trang 21 west; Edgar Andre 23/24; Millerovo 31/32; Neptune Jade 38/39; Jeparit 40/41; Rajula 42/43; Kungsholm 44/45; Centaur
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    1020 18  - Half a job is better than none GERALDINE HENG iiil HIE BY '-But when all's been said and done. Half a loaf is better than none/* That's how the trusty old proverb goes. And if you substitute "job" for the word "loaf, you 11 come up with just what this
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    368 18 TOP FORM HELLO TEENS, We've been communicating with each other on this page for a few months now and I must say that on our side, at any rate, It's been an (exhUtrattng time! We've really enjoyed getting to know yon through yonr letters, your compositions and poems and your
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    619 18 GNU 1 i 1 Q. I AM a 17 year old girl a waiting the Senior Cambridge examinations results. I have no experience in dress-making and designing (fashion arts), but I am very interested in taking up these two courses. I am thinking of
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    657 18 The wh e boy o stares n_ ?rsonal file I I AM a student of 18 taking a Pre-U course at a private school. Here I met a very nice-looking fellow. Although we do not know each other, we keep staring at each other and he has the habit of
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      2289 19 Your complete weekend r/uide Hll E I 55 J^lHßygfflfliH r~l wgmmmm _C!T^_WnHf7TVII i k^&gS" The Asteroid i-oo oi— Ml W B 1.30 Farmer's Daughter ___TsZ_i__ w.tH n«r._ "Turkish Delight f'?_ I* 6, rla Singapore Chris King; S.OO Saturday Star; ZZ M 3.24 "Walls Of JeriCho" 9.15 Sportscope; 9.30 News; 9.40
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      663 20 H bor bertnx§@ SAILINGS TO E. CANADA, U.S. ATLANTIC mmmm aanmm M.v«r« H rm*. mmm* wmamt •ONMYVIL-I Mar f/f A^ »9 A»» 24 rtRNLANO Mar 16 Mar 20/21 Mar 22 Ma, May «> May t I__l___L^.\ r p l A_f i Nar 23/24- 4_ May Ma, 2* May 1* BBOK»»ILLt
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      1119 20 Ill \/l KEY F R EASY REFERENCE The shipping schedules I"^H VI >v beginning on this page are given in four parts for X fc I I^M >v A ships westbound, eastbound, southbound and J^^^^~^/ m M coastal. Each entry gives the following information: 7 1 i -/in I 4,
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      517 21 a MALAYSIAN INTERNATIONAL SHIPPING CORPORATION BERHAD No. 30E Jin. Ampang. Kuala Lumpur. The National Shipping Line of Malaysia FAR EAST/EUROPE SERVICE Singapore M'ham Penang Arrrvo. BUNGA MELOR Poft 7/8 Mar Havra 2/4. ttmaon 4/4. H-ftorg 10/4. H dam 12/4. A' warp 14/4, Braman 17/4. BUNGA RAYA 25/28 Mar 29/1 Apr
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      971 21 I— CIQrr^Ol inPl lncl din fl *n«ps sailing out of Singapore for Far fc»CAOll^\/UI l\Jk East ports to the north-east ANNABAKKE Marll/13 P. S'ham. Penang. Hongkong. M.S. TAIPOOSHAN Mar 12/13 P«nang (Mar 14/16) Japan, Vacouv«r. KNUT/SB Singapore (Mar 17/18). ANNA TAYLOR in R/Mar 10 Quinhon. Oanang, Cam Hon kon <
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    742 22 MIAMI BEACH, Fri.— Muhammad Ali says he's glad Las Vegas bookies made Joe Frazier. the 7-5 choice m Monday night's heavyweight championship fight. "I'll win so easy somebody'll say it was fixed," chanted Ali. "When you're the big underdog and then whup (whip)
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    833 22  - Fraser Hill to win the 3.00 CAVALIER RACING HERALD BY IPOH, Fri. Now that Fraser Hill II is back m form, he can be followed with confidence m race two here tomorrow. The John's Court gelding was an easy winner last week. Smartly into his stride, he led the field
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    1031 22 1 ***** SKIP ALONG 7 (Net) 9.00 Bougoure (2) 2 ***** DUST FURY 10 (Mews) 8.13 (SF) Paul Rajoo (1) 3 ***** PHALZ 5 (Henry) 8.11 Daniels Dawkins (8) 4 0408 KING POT 3 (Wong Son) 8.09 Spencer Wadi (15) 5 ***** COUP DE MAIN 7 (Breukelen Ho)
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    197 23 IPOH Z^ IPOH, Fri. Bethesda, with a riding boy astride, did a winning gallop on a good track here this morning. If he runs up to this track form, he is worth backing m race seven on Sunday. Gara (A. Ismail) also impressed when he strode
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      908 23 IPOH, Fri Gambalan II looks all set to score his maiden win by annexing the Class Two Div. Four 6f event m race six here on Sunday. The Better Boy gelding showed a glimpse of his old form, when he came from the rear to
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      880 23 1 ***** CONQUEST 4 (Rose) 9.00 Mansor PK Leong (1) 2 ***** CAMARO 8 (CMA) 8.13 Welt Moran (8) 3 ***** COURT'S GIFT 6 (Puchong) 8.09 (F) Leong Ariffin (5) 4 ***** GRANDEUR OF SARAWAK 5 (HT Wee) 8.08 (SF) Allan Coleman (8) 5 ***** CHAH KWAY TEOW
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    1454 24  -  JASBIR SINGH SAM NATHAN ASIAN GOLF CIRCUIT and THE SCORES JAPANESE and Taiwanese golfers dominated the second day of the Singapore Open golf championship at the Bukit Course yesterday. Takaaki Kono (Japan) took over the lead after 36 holes of play with a
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    330 24 AIR NEW Zealand will send a four-man team for Singapore Grand Prix laurels at the Sembawang circuit from April 8-11. Heading the team is defending champion and twotime winner Graeme Lawrence for the GP cars. He will be accompanied by the New
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    67 24 A HAT -TRICK by Smith helped Royal Army to beat Hotel Singapura 4-1 m a Division One FAS league match at Jalan Besar Stadium yesterday. Marge scored Army's last goal while Mahat Ambu netted for Hoteliers. In another match, Guthrie Waugh Recreation Club defeated Royal Navy Wanderers
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    16 24 SAN SALVADOR, Fri. The Soviet Union national soccer team defeated San Salvador's Olympic preselection 1-0 here.
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    161 24 METAL BOX Recreation Club defeated Malaysia-Singa-pore Airlines 3-2 to finish second m the Singapore Business Houses Division Two football league tournament at Geylang Stadium yesterday. Despite the soggy ground, Metal Jox got into their stride with a second minute goal through George Lim. Airlines
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    560 24 Royal Navy in sevens quarterfinals 63 SQUADRON Tengah qualified for the Singapore Cricket Club seven-a-side rugby quarterfinals when they defeated Royal Air Force Tengah 15-10 (three goals to two goals) on the Padang yesterday. In the other matches Tankards 'A' produced a sparkling display of running and passing in extra
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      198 24 i B_i___ TODAY GOLF: Spore Open C'ships (Bukit Course), i RUGBY: SCC seven-a-side semi-finals and final (Padang, l 4.30 p.m.): Far East Army i Cup final Ist Bn. RNZIR (Spore) vs Ist Bn Royal Welsh Fusiliers (HK) (Nee Soon, 5 p.m.) SOCCER: FAS Div. l Fathul Karib vs Darul Afiah
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