Singapore Herald, 10 March 1971

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  • 15 1 THE SINGAPORE Herald No. 196 Singapore Wednesday, March 10, 1971 MC(P) No. 2525 15 CENTS
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  • 453 1 'Gorton must go' move UNFIT TO HOLD OFFICE' CHARGE CANBERRA, Tues. Former Defence Minister Malcolm Fraser charged m the Australian Parliament today that Prime Minister John Gorton was not fit to hold office. The leader of the Opposition, Mr. Gough Whitlam of the Labour Party, later announced he would file
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  • 32 1 TOKYO, Tues. Soviet Foreign Minister Andrei Gromyko has expressed a desire to visit Japan at an appropriate time this year, propriate time this year, m informed sources said today. AP
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  • IN BRIEF
    • 171 1 CAIRO, Tues. The Egyptian Government still hopes that the United States get Israel to withdraw from the territories occupied m the 1967 war, according to officials m Cairo. They say President Sadat let the Suez Canal ceasefire expire to keep his
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  • 316 1 Neutral S-E Asia: China must be in UN first— Razak KUALA LUMPUR, Tues. China must get a seat m the United Nations before Malaysia's proposal for the neutralisation of SouthEast Asia can ever hope to succeed, Prime Minister, Tun Abdul Razak told the House of Representatives here today. He said
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  • 35 1 TOKYO, Tues. SanrakuOcean Co. of Japan said today it has agreed with Hiram Walker-Gooderham and Worts Ltd. of Canada on a sales tieup to boost the sales of Hiram's whisky m Japan. AP
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  • 189 1 MANILA, Tues. A visiting U.S. businessman has proposed to develop the Philippine economy through gambling and with guarantees of one hundred per cent money back to any loser. The businessman, Las Vegas hotelier Ronald J. Shlpstad, says his novel concept of gambling
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  • 1182 1 Feet of Clay Superman image takes a knock THE BIG FIGHT DAN MCALINDEN of England handed Rahaman Ali, Muhammad Ali's brother, the first defeat of a seven-bout pro career by scoring a majority decision m a six-rounder on the Ali- Joe Frazier card. MADISON Square Garden officials said two spectators
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  • 154 1 BANGKOK, Tues. Twelve terrorists were killed and many others wounded by air and mortar attacks against a terrorist camp believed to be the largest m Southern Thailand, officials reported here today. Some 300 Government ground forces were closing m on the
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  • BRITISH GOVERNMENT'S IMMIGRATION BILL
    • 1938 2 ■DI P A X NANDY m London analyses the controversial Bill and concludes its passage will bring Britain into line with the trend developing all over the advanced industrial world of filling essential manpower needs by creating a 20th Century form of indentured labour.
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  • 611 2 Wednesday, March 10, 1971 THE SINGAPORE HERALD Terms for MidEast peace THE Middle East impasse has entered a new and delicate phase with the United Arab Republic's refusal to extend the ceasefire for a third time and with U Thant's charge that Israel has been responsible for the deadlock m
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  • Viewpoint
    • 325 2 'YAMASHITA A TRUE GENTLEMAN' I READ with great interest what Mr. D.E.S. Chelliah wrote about the late field marshal, Yamashita, the "Tiger of Malaya and conqueror of Singapore. Being a Swiss, my family might not have suffered at the hands of the Japanese as others m Singapore during the time
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    • 81 2 I REFER to your article headed "THe 'frozen-up' office workers** (S.H. March t). I feel a word of clarification Is needed, because although 50 per cent of the people are complaining, the rest say they are working efficiently at that temperature. Therefore,
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    • 107 2 WHAT'S FOB BREAKFAST? LUTIN MUESLI Five different fruits, two kinds of nuts, rose bips three cereals, skimmed milk and wheat germ WOW! all at one sitting that's a marvellous healthy mealtime idea. But Its not always practical. So oat. LUTIN MUESLI FOR BREAKFAST which contains all the above ingredients. Just
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  • 276 3 Found after big hunt: One typhoid carrier AFTER checking more than 400 hawkers and food handlers m Geylang Serai, the Health Ministry has successfully tracked down one typhoid carrier. The Ministry announced this last night as the number of typhoid cases m the area rose to 74, since the outbreak
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  • 362 3 POWERED hand tools are rapidly replacing manual tools m a number of furniture and machine shops and the newer industries manufacturing plastics and foam rubber m Singapore. Mr. D. Klemme, general manager of Diesel Electric (M) Pte. Ltd., said this when announcing a
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  • 447 3 CRASH, BANG. WALLOP! WHAT A MIGHTY PUNCH-UP THE Joe FrazierMuhammed Ali clash brought business to a standstill m many parts of Singapore yesterday as people crowded round TV sets to watch the fight on Channels 3 and 10. In Chinatown dozens of shopkeepers abandoned their shops as fight time drew
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    • 172 3 A New Experience.... 6 DC Bs a week to Djakarta Thai International now offer a big-jet service from Singapore to Djakarta. But not just run-of-the-mill DC B's. We've taken some of the seats out to give everyone a few more vital inches of legroom. And every flight has seven hostesses
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  • 169 4 MALACCA CHOICE LIKELY BY U.S. TYRE MAKERS MALACCA, Tues. Goodyear Tyre and Rubber Company of America is keen to set up its proposed $42 million Malaysian plant m Malacca, the Minister of National and Rural Development, Inche Ghafar bin Baba, said here todayThe company has already made a preliminary feasibility
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  • 36 4 KUALA LUMPUR, Tues. The Prime Minister, Tun Abdul Razak, will celebrate his 49th birthday quietly at home with his family on Thursday. STAFF Sgt Zainal Abidin, the accused, being escorted by a uniformed officer.
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  • 640 4 The Samurai spirit of a dead soldier INQUIRY INTO SENTRY'S DEATH AT JALAN TECK WHYE CAMP THE Japanese characters "I maintain the spirit of the Samurai" were written on the mirror of a national serviceman who died of a gunshot wound m his chest, the coroner's court was told yesterday.
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  • 207 4 Other places for underground car parks— AA PUBLIC parks and gardens at Fort Canning and Tiong Bahru and even the domain of the Railway Station m Keppel Road could be converted into underground car parks, such as the one planned under the grounds of St. Andrew's Cathedral. So says the
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  • 450 4 Housewife, 19, tells of rape in hotel 'SURRENDER UNCONDITIONALLY' ORDER A 19-YEAR-OLD housewife told the High Court yesterday that three hours after a police sergeant had found her with a man m a boarding house at Mountbatten Road, he threatened her and then raped her. The woman, referred to as
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  • 132 4 MALAYSIAN police seized four copies of the book "Singapore: Too little, too late" at Johore end of the Causeway and returned them to the publishers In Singapore yesterday. No reason was given. Mr. Donald Moore, the publisher, said: "We have been sending copies
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  • MALAYSIAN PARLIAMENT
    • 165 4 KUALA LUMPUR, Tues. Prime Minister Tun Abdul Razak told Parliament today that the friendship treaty with Indonesia did not include provision for defence assistance. He said the Malaysian Government was not considering a defence arrangement with Indonesia for the time being. Tun
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    • 126 4 Constitution Bill now goes before King for Royal Assent KUALA LUMPUR, Tues. The Dewan Negara (Senate) today passed the Constitution (Amendment) Bill to place certain sensitive issues beyond the realm of public discussion. All the 46 Senators voted In favour of the BUI after a twoday debate that will In
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    • 86 4 KUALA LUMPUR, Tues. The House of Representatives today paid tribute to former Prime Minister, Tunku Abdul Rahman, for his "distinguished and selfless service* to the country and people. The House was unanimous m adopting a motion moved by Prime Minister, Tun Abdul Razak, to
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    • 52 4 KUALA LUMPUR, Tues. The Minister for Commerce and. Industry, Inche Mohd. Khir Johari, said the Government had no intention of preventing non-citizens from owning or leasing land m West Malaysia. The Minister said this m reply to an oral question by the PMIP m the Dewan
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    • 229 4 No force of law for Rukunegara KUALA LUMPUR, Tues. The Government has no intention of having the Rukunegara (national ideology) ratified by Parliament or incorporating it m the Constitution, the Prime Minister, Tun Abdul Razak, told the House of Representatives today. "The main idea is that the Rukunegara should be
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    • 41 4 PENANG, Tues. A resolution calling on the Malaysian Association of Youth Clubs to allow all its state chairmen to sit on the association's executive committee will be tabled at the MAYC's Penang Branch general meeting here on March 23.
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  • 885 5 Lee on PAPs main task ahead THE crucial problem facing the People's Action Party today is not winning elections but providing for the continuity of effective leadership, Mr. Lee Kuan Yew said on Sunday. The Prime Minister said that all the progress and development Singapore had made could so easily
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  • 203 5 The $8 taxi rides for five miles HORSE racing fans are complaining of overcharging by taxi drivers at the Bukit Timah course. They said drivers charge as much as $8 for a distance of about five miles and $2 per head for "pick-up passengers." Drivers are also known to have
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  • 110 5 KUALA LUMPUR, Tues. Prime Minister, Tun -Abdul Razak, said today that the Government's efforts to instil goodwill among the various races will show results m five to 10 years. Tun Razak, who was replying to an oral question m the House of Representatives,
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  • 43 5 KUALA LUMPUR, Tues. The Yang di-Pertuan Agong was today presented with a lacquer painting, a gift from President Nguyen Van Thieu of South Vietnam. The gift is m honour of his installation as the fifth Yang di-Pertuan Agong.
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  • 144 5 A FOUR-STOREY extension, costing I3SMM, will be built at the Governmentaided Catholic High School m Queen Street. Its Principal, Brother Joseph, said yesterday that a fund-raising campaign has been launched by holding variety shows and social functions. When completed, the ground floor of the
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  • 205 5 KUCHING, Tues. Sarawak handicraft and curios are to go on sale m world markets, the chairman of Souvenirs of the Orient Company, Mrs. Christina Stone, said here today. The company has signed agreements with three local manufacturers for supplies and established preliminary
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  • 148 6 WORK NOW ON PHASE TWO OF EAST MALAYSIA PORTS KOTA KINABALU, Tues. Work on the second phase of the $73 million Kota Kinabalu and Sandakan ports project will be completed by November. Mr. Leonard Schiffman, vice-president of King and Gavaris, the American consulting engineering firm, said this today. The firm
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  • 68 6 Man with 'tikam-board' detained PENANG, Tues. A shop assistant at Tanjong Bungah near here was detained by police for operating a "tikamboard" over the weekend. A police spokesman said today that the operating of the "tikam-board" was causing the police some concern as it affects schoolboys. He said that the
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  • 41 6 PENANG, Tues. The second cargo liner of Malaysia's national shipping line, the 14,500-ton Bunga Melor, is now at Butterworth to take on cargo for her maiden voyage to Europe. She arrived from Port Swettenham at noon yesterday.
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  • 897 6 inone map today TODAY'S map shows seven services to be operated by two bus companies Singapore Traction Company (colour green) and the Amalgamated Bus Company (colour royal blue) when the reorganised transport system is introduced on April 11. STC Service No. 130 Balestier Road (near Thomson Road) Tanjong Pagar Road/Anson
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  • Viewpoint
    • 410 6 Hangover from a colonial heritage MY CONGRATULATIONS to Dr. Toh for speaking up against Singaporeans' obsession with "Eurocentric values" and on the need to decolonise our intellectuals m the University. By and large, Singaporeans M M M are a bunch of imitators, m and out of the University. After more
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    • 333 6 AFTER we have left school and entered the adult world, the only fellow human being we are expected to stand up for at public functions is the President as the symbolic head of the nation. This is only right and proper, since m a
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    • 232 6 SINCE the PAP took office m 1959, public inconvenience m both Government and quasi Government departments has been greatly reduced. Typical examples are the easy payment of PUB bills and the allocation of HDB flats. I note with regret, however, that one particular department is defeating
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  • CABLE WORLD WIDE
    • 146 7 MY LAI CASE: MEDINA TO FACE COURT MARTIAL WASHINGTON, Tues. The U.S. Army yesterday ordered Capt. Ernest L. Medina courtmartialled for allegedly murdering not less than 100 Vietnamese civilians "with machine-guns, rifles and other weapons" at My Lai m 1968. 1 Capt. Medina could face the death penalty, the Army
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    • 125 7 'Give Saigon a free hand' Rogers WASHINGTON, Tues— The United States should not attempt to dictate South Vietnam's battle strategy m their efforts to defeat the North Vietnamese, Secretary of State William P. Rogers said yesterday. "There's no reason, when the South Vietnamese are as strong as they are, why
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    • 107 7 It's a mad, mad, world MIAMI, Tues. A 16--year-old boy boarded a National Airlines jet at Mobile, Alabama, presented the stewardess a pistol instead of a jacket, and forced the crew to fly him to Miami, where he surrendered peacefully. Thomas Marston was charged with aircraft piracy and held by
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    • 142 7 MIAMI, Tues. The Fidel Castro regime claimed yesterday it had wiped out or captured two bands of exile invaders who infiltrated the island last year and were said to be still operating m the mountains. Six of the infiltrators were killed m action and 10 were
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    • 65 7 WASHINGTON, Tues. It's promising to be quite an evening at the White House on March IS with increasing signs that President and Mrs. Nixon plan to announce their daughter Tricia's engagement that night to Edward Cox. Reported on the guest list besides Cox, a Harvard law student,
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    • 530 7 Hanoi base falls under pressure SOUTHERN LAOS, Tues. South Vietnamese marines today captured an important North Vietnamese supply base on a jungled hilltop m Southern Laos after three days of fierce fighting, including hand-to-hand combat, m which at least 312 Communist soldiers were killed. The capture of Supply Base 41
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    • 155 7 Report on nunrunning scandal VATICAN CITY, Tues. The Vatican has completed a detailed report on the practices of recruiting Indian nuns to work m European convents, informed sources said yesterday. The report, now before Pope Paul VI, took more than eight months to compile. Its contents were not publicly known,
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    • 101 7 MONTREAL, Tues. A statement read m court yesterday, attributed by police to Paul Rose, said Quebec Labour Minister Pierre Laporte was executed last Oct. 17 by Rose, his brother Jacques and Francis Simard. "All three of us were present when Mr. Laporte was executed," the statement said.
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    • 423 7 PARIS, Tues. Chinese Premier Chou En-Lai said during his weekend visit to Hanoi that "the Chinese people are resolutely supporting the war of resistance of the Vietnamese people against American aggression... until total victory." Chou's statement was reported by the North Vietnamese delegation to
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  • 265 8 ANKARA, Tues. Four US airmen released last night after being kidnapped four days previously by Turkish leftist extremists said early today they were well-treated by their captors. The four, Staff Sergeant Jimmie Sexton and airmen First Class Larry J. Heavner, James J. Gholson
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  • 172 8 Rival factions clash in Belfast BELFAST, Tues. A gun battle between rival factions of the outlawed Irish Republican Army spread through the Roman Catholic Falls Road area of Belfast today with one man known dead and two wounded, security officials reported. A burst of automatic fire late last night signalled
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  • 33 8 OTTAWA, Tues. Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau brought his 22-year-old bride back to Ottawa today and carried her over the threshold of the big stone official residence that now is her home-
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  • 473 8 Dacca judges revolt against Yahya DACCA, East Pakistan, Tues. East Pakistani judges, from the region's Chief Justice down, yesterday refused to swear m Lt. Gen. Tikka Khan, President Agha Mohammed Yahya Khan's new choice for military governor, as the de facto Awami League regime ©f Sheikh Mujibur Rahman tried to
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  • 178 8 CHINA MAY SEND TROOPS MALIK JAKARTA, Tues. Foreign Minister Adam Malik warned here last night that the South Vietnamese thrust into Laos backed by American air support might provoke People's China into sending her troops to Indo-China. In an interview with three Indonesian journalists, telecast by the Indonesian television last
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  • 86 8 Clark to defend Berrigan CAMBRIDGE, (Massachusetts), Tues. Former U.S. Attorney General Ramsey Clark and three other attorneys have joined the defence team of the Rev. Philip Berrigan and five others charged with plotting to kidnap Presidential Assistant Henry Kissinger, one of the lawyers disclosed last night. New York lawyer Leonard
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  • 184 8  -  Herald Knight CHESS.. .by TIMMAN (Netherlands) won the Masters Group of the 1971 Wijk Aan Zee Tournament, ahead of Hartoch (Netherlands) and International Master Adorjan (Hungary). Sixteen players from Europe took part m the singleround league. In the following game, Timman played a beautiful game
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  • 146 8 MATHEW Gwee won his fourth round game against Benedict Lim to take the lead m the 1971 SCF Annual Tournament. Right on his heels are Norman Lim, Stig Lundgren, Richard Seah and Benedict Lim, all one point behind. With four rounds more to go, it
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  • 183 8 HOLLYWOOD, Tues. Harold Lloyd, whose portrayals of a bumbling, bespectacled youth m Impossible situations made him one of the great comics of silent films and early talkies, died yesterday, aged 77. The cause of death was not immediately announced. He underwent kidney surgery m July
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  • 219 8 Vorster's police arrest nine after rioting PORT ELIZABETH, South Africa, Tues. Police have arrested nine people following last night's clash m Gel vandale coloured (mixed race) township near here which saw 10 people shot, Divisional Police Commissioner Brigadier A.L. dv Pisanie stated today. He denied that police entered homes during
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  • 140 8 Britain loses another newspaper LONDON, Toes. Two big British morning newspapers, the Daily Mail and the Daily Sketch, are to merge by the end of May. The new paper will be called the Daily Mali. Mr. Vere Harmsworth, the new Chairman of Associated Newspapers and the son of former chief
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  • 89 8 WASHINGTON, Tues. A State Department spokesman said yesterday that Russia's reported deployment of big new intercontinental nuclear missiles is an "important development" for U.S strategic interests and a factor m the next round of arms limitations talks with Russia. State Department press officer Robert J.
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  • 160 8 LONDON, Tues. An unknown number of seamen were injured, some of them seriously burned, after an explosion and fierce fire aboard a 66,000-ton British tanker off the Northwestern tip of Spain early today. A Lloyd's Shipping spokesman said here that the explosion aboard the tanker, the Ocean
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  • BACKGROUND TO THE FOREIGN NEWS
    • 607 9  - HANOI BUILDS NEW TRAIL SIMON DRING By m VIENTIANE HANOI appears to be building a major infiltration route about 60 miles west of the present Ho Chi Nfinh Trail and well out of the reach of the South Vietnamese thrust into Laos. Communist engineers using tractors, road graders and mechanical
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    • 376 9 Powell hits Migration Bill LONDON, Tues. Enoch Powell, leading political spokesman of the "keep-Britain-white" school, yesterday attacked the Government's Common wealth Immigration Bill as likely to create "a swarm of difficulties." Powell, Conservative M.P. for Wolverhampton, told the House of Commons during the Bill's second reading that "anomalies will arise
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    • 1310 9  - Gierek must win back the workers ANTHONY By SYLVESTER "GIEREK? Only time will show whether we can trust him. We have been disillusioned too often m the past," said one of a group of workmen I talked to outside Poland's largest shipyard at Gdansk. It was the day after a
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    • 179 9 LONDON, Tues. The Rolls-Royce company yesterday announced a big lay-off of workers as the British and United States Governments tried to work out the future of the controversial RB-211 jet engine. Rupert Nicholson, the accountant named to unravel bankrupted Rolls-Royce's financial affairs, said
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  • Page 9 Miscellaneous
    • 349 9 EEHEDISBI ACROSS DOWN 1. Pray differently after the 2. Exclamation of greeting to medical treatment (7) royalty when taking a long 5. Kind of mark (5) walk? (6) 8. Slip^and slide like a southern he Sf'bSih^^d liar Jrname'nts B^) 6 CirCUUr publicly exhibits his skill ornaments (8) for each previous
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  • 348 10 FORTY-FIVE punishing minutes for these two pieces of paper! These two cheques for US$ 2,500,000 each show the rewards Muhammad Ali and Joe Frazier will get from their fight the richest purse m sports history. Actually, they are only samples. The real cheques
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  • 409 10 SINGAPORE'S demand for semi -finished steel products is expected to top 800,000 tons m the next three or four years, the Minister for Science and Technology, Dr. Toh Chin Chye, said yesterday. He was speaking at the inaugural meeting
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  • 204 10 BANGKOK, Tues. Deputy Foreign Minister Sanga Kittikachorn said yesterday he favoured Indonesian Foreign Minister Adam Malik's suggestion for North Vietnam's participation in the foreign ministers' conference of Asean (Association of South-East Asian Nations) in Manila on Friday. The proposal, the
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  • 222 10 From Page 2 whom the beneficiaries of their labour are not prepared to pay any social costs and who have no rights. That these workers will be white as well as coloured makes no difference. (In Germany where the system has been m operation since
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  • 248 10 Bosses welcome Govt's 'make-up pay' plan EMPLOYERS have generally welcomed the Government's offer to reimburse them for allowing employees to do their annual training exercises m the armed forces and for running apprenticeship schemes m skills critically needed m Singapore. In Monday's Budget session m Parliament, the Finance Minister, Mr.
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  • 208 10 FIRST LADY OPENS NEW $550,000 CLEMENTI HOME FOR CHILDREN THE First Lady, Mrs. Sheares, opened the Children's Aid Society's new $550,000 home m Clement! Road yesterday. The home, built from public donations, can accommodate more than 50 children, between three and 13 years. They are physically healthy children but come
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  • 86 10 NEW DELHI, Tues. The Indian Customs have revised its baggage checking procedures at Indian airports m an effort to offset complaints of discrimination m checking. The new moves win a i so reduce the present delay m clearing passengers. From now on, a
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  • THE SINGAPORE Herald Section II
    • 162 11 S'pore crew to clear Java harbour FORTY members of the staff of a local engineering firm will leave on March 23 to help clear the Xjilatjap harbour m Southern Java for passage of 40,000-ton Japanese ore carriers. The engineering crew, consisting of 30 Singaporeans, eight Malaysians and two Australians, will
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    • 578 11 YOU CAN COMPARE WITH THE REST: EXPERT SINGAPORE'S ship repairing facilities are becoming well known all over the world, Mr. Gerard Bourceau, manager of the Marine Department of Bureau Veritas, the world's oldest shins' classification society, said on Monday. Foreign shipowners feel that local workmanship
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    • 199 11 Still a place for conventional shipping CONVENTIONAL shipping will still play an important role m spite of developments m container transport, according to Mr. David McElwaine newly appointed general manager of Mansfield's Shipping Division. "Though container ships wilj be carrying an ever increasing volume of cargo which moves by sea,
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    • 117 11 TWO MPs, Haji Mohammad Ariff Suradi of Kampong Kembangan and Mr. Ch'ng Jit Koon of Tiong Bahru, leave for Britain on Sunday on a Commonwealth Parliamentary Association study tour. The study tour, which is sponsored annually by the association, will include
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    • 393 11 Judge points out the loopholes in Toto system MR. JUSTICE, D.C.D'Cotte said yesterday there were loopholes" m the system under which bets for Toto were placed. He said he would make observations about this at the close of the case m which a labourer, Ng Soo Yuen, is suing the
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    • 44 11 MR. BILL Edwards, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer's International Publicity Director, will arrive today on a familiarisation tour of the Far East. He will be accompanied by Mr. Arthur Herskovitz, MG\Ts Regional Director, and Mr Mike Pritchett, MGM's, publicity supervisor for the Far East.
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    • 137 11 NIMRODS FOR TENGAH ARE No. 1 SUBMARINE CHASERS THE RAF's Nimrod maritime reconnaisance aircraft which will be operating m Singapore at the end of this year, has won the Fincastle trophy m a competition against aircraft from three others Commonwealth countries. Ail the aircraft m the competition had the task
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    • 63 11 SINGAPORE Armed Forces personnel will hold exercises m two training areas this week. From 6 p.m. tomorrow until 5 p.m. on Friday an exercise will be held m the TampinesChangi area. Another exercise will be held m the Mandai forest reserve between 8 a.m. next
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    • 29 11 A MAN, Chean Len Yew, 38, of Lorong 29, Geylang, was found, dead m the toilet of a coffee shop m Upper Serangoon Road on Sunday.
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  • 245 12 THE proposed second junior college to be built at Whitley Road may have to be resited. The Whitley Road location opposite the Police Academy, it is understood, has been found unsuitable because of inadequate provision for sewerage outlets. However, the plans, though shelved, "have
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  • 105 12 RECLAMATION of 1,300 acres of swamp east of Jurong River is almost completed. The work, which began m 1968, is part of the Phase 111 development of Jurong. Lorry-loads of soil are brought to the site daily from the Tanjong Gul, Tuas and Lok yang
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  • 192 12 Bus lines show their true colours BUS companies plying routes m the north, west and eastern parts of the island have begun painting their buses m new colours for easy recognition. The United Bus Company, one of the three firms formed out of the amalgamation of 10 Chinese bus companies,
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  • 319 12 SELF-STUDY WAY TO PROFESSIONAL QUALIFICATIONS MR LIM Boon Tong, 30, a management and financial consultant is a living proof that a working man with no tertiary education can still achieve academic success m a short time while working full time.
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  • 168 12 LEADING architects and engineers m Singapore will attend a three-day conference on Environmental Control to be held at the Polytechnic from July 1. The conference is jointly sponsored by the Singapore University and Polytechnic and aims at drawing the attention of architects, engineers and other environmental
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  • 87 12 THE Finance Minister, Mr. Hon Sui Sen, will declare open the factory at Rollei Singapore Pte. Ltd. m Alexandra Road on March 20 at 5 p.m. Dr. Heinrich Peesel, chairman and chief executive Rollei-Werke Franke and Heidecke of Braunschweig (West Germany) will also
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  • 110 12 $2 mjlljon drop in revenue from liquor and tobacco GOVERNMENT revenue from liquor and tobacco for the first two months of this year fell by nearly $2 million, compared with the same period last year. According to figures released by the Customs and Excise Department yesterday it collected $11.9 million
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  • 141 12 PEOPLE'S PARK-TYPE COMPLEX TO GO UP IN JALAN BESAR THE Government plans to build another People's Park-type complex at Jalan Besar because of the success of the original one m New Bridge Road. T c nders for the construction of this complex on the site of the former sheep abattoir
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  • 342 12 ANOTHER FLOTTA LAURO SHIP ON S'PORE SAILINGS THE largest Italian steamship company, Flotta Lauro, Lines, is to introduce another vessel m May on its Italy-East Asia service calling at Singapore. Capt. G. Menna, a spokesman for the shipping line, said at a news conference yesterday: "There has been a steady
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  • OVERSEAS COMPANY NEWS
    • 106 13 LONDON, Tues. A spokesman for Shell Chemicals (U.K.) told Reuter a U.K. Press report that Shell is almost certain to drop its £200 million chemical investment project at Carrington, North West England, is "ill-informed speculation." The re-evaluation of the project, announced m January, is by no means complete and
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    • 113 13 LONDON, Tues. British Petroleum said it will charter the US$l62 million semi-submersible drilling platform Sedco "X" from the South Eastern Drilling Company under a long contract. The unit will be constructed by the Levingston Ship Building Company of Orange, Texas, and is scheduled for completion m late 1972. BP
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    • 229 13 TOKYO, Tues. Abu Dhabi Oil of Japan says it will drill ten oil wells, beginning m June, m the Persian Gulf off the Sheikdom of Abu Dhabi. Abu Dhabi Oil was formed m January 1968 by three Japanese companies Daikyo Oil, Maruzen Oil and Nippon Mining to develop
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    • 68 13 LONDON, Tues. Seafield Amalgamated Rubber will pay a final dividend of 20 per cent for the year to Sept. 30, 1970, making a total of 35 per cent, (against 29-1/6 per cent on the old capital). Group trading profit was £2,335,000 (£1,713,000). Pretax profit was £1,594,000 (£1,385,000) after
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    • 48 13 HONGKONG, Tues. The directors of Whelock Marden and Company announced an interim dividend of 30 cents per share, for the year ending March 31, 1971. The company paid a similar interim for the previous year. The current interim dividend is payable on May 11, 1971. Reuter
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    • 107 13 Higher US capital spending estimate WASHINGTON, Tues. A projected pickup m American business spending and sales has raised Nixon Administration hopes that it can achieve its optimistic economic goals for this year. The U.S. Commerce Department and the Securities and Exchange Commission said yesterday that business spending for new plant
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  • 271 13 SINGAPORE-MALAYSIA Merchant rates fixed yesterday by the Association of Banks m Malaysia-Singapore. Local dollars per unit of foreign currency. HONGKONG (Rates m Hongkong dollars, for March 9). On New York TT 6.0150 South Vietnam (per On New York DO 6.***** 1 .000 piastres) 16.90 Gold (99% fineness.
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  • 746 13  - Baey Lian Peck gets out of National Ind ARUN SENKUTTUVAN f ONOMK Af f- AIHS EDITED BY THE Baey family has sold out its controlling interest m National Industries of Singapore Ltd. Mr Baey Lian Peck resigned as managing director on July 7 last year. On the same day, his
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  • 353 13 THE offer by United Industrial Corporation of four million $1 units at 50 cents premium each has received poor response from small investors, broker sources say. The sources say this may be because of the premium asked for, and also because the money to be
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  • 271 13 TOKYO, Tues. Japan considers it is no longer necessary to continue the Government -level textile negotiations with the United States after yesterday's declaration of unilateral export restraint by the Japanese textile industry, a Government statement said today. The Government-level talks, which have been
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  • 606 13 The market closed firm m mmm al trading yesterday. Dealers reported that the rise was mainly technical but that the decision of workers at a J. Lucas factory not to support the national engineering strike against the Industrial Relations bill and the current strength of Wall Street
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  • 98 13 JAKARTA, Tues. The United States and Japan are leading the investment parade m Indonesia with 53 projects each out of a total of 335 projects from 22 countries, State Secretary Alamsjah said. Speaking to a group of ambassadors, Alamsjah said total foreign investment
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  • 39 13 Jan. exports down $46 million Singapore's exports for January this year totalled $274.8 million a drop of $46.2 million on the same month last year. Imports rose by $9.2 million to $649.5 million, according to official statistics released yesterday.
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  • 47 13 (Yesterday's closing prices, m U.S. dollars per ounce) Singapore (1) 40.34, (2) 151.5O: Hongkong 40.16: Beirut 39.15; London 38.81; Zurich 38.80 B, 38.9 OS. 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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  • 28 13 (Closing buyer/seller prices tor March 9, m sterling per metric ton). Tone: Very steady; Spot 1461 1462: 3-month 1462 1463: Settlement 1458: Total turnover 645 tons.
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  • 361 13 Stock prices turned up following a mixed opening yesterday, as trading became more active. Advances led declines by tour- to -three. Turnover was about 1.5 million and pushed the tape two minutes late briefly. Market averages were little changed. (Paid prices at 1 100 EST, m
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  • 203 13 AMSTERDAM The market was easier yesterday. Most internationals lost some ground m limited dealings. Hoogovens and KLM were, however, slightly up. Shippings were led lower by Van Ommeren. Most plantations eased. Banks were mostly steady, and Algemene Bank Nederland firmed again. Most local industrials remained within narrow limits.
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  • Page 13 Advertisements
    • 206 13 'I ADVERTISEMENTS Personal (Marriages. Births. Engagements. Deaths, etc.) Minimum $4/ tor 10 words, each additional word 40cts. All other classifications: Minimum $2/ for 10 words, each additional word 20cts. BOX SERVICE CHARGE .OO FOR LATEST DESIGN Call Ideal Furniture Company. 19. Upper Cross Street. Ideal home needs ideal furniture. Tel.
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  • Article, Illustration
    122 14 1 3fr Living^) LOVELY, romantic folk fashions. The look earthy sensuality tempered with feminine softness. These are the quiet ones, passive and alluring. The fashions are from The Staircase, a new boutique on Orchard Road. Our model, Judy Koh, is a lady of fashion, romance and elegance. Mexican
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  • 774 14 TIM Sum our array of spicy and saucy tit-bits for your consumption. If you have some to share, write m to Tim Sum Singapore Herald, P.O. Box 692 or call us at *****, Ext. 110. Father Urn, Mother Lim and Baby Lim were late for church last Sunday.
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  • 627 14 Basic rules to cure a skin problem Q. I am 14 and have pimples all over my face. I use many different face creams, but have been unable to find a remedy. What can I do? What is hormone change, by the way? A. It is not uncommon
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    • 34 14 I SUITS 'DRESSES I I BATIKS. SAREES. IMPORTED FABRICS 24 HOURS SERVICE I H SATISFACTION GUARANTEED H I KtA I *2 2 JOHN LITTLE'S I H T^T SHOPPING CENTRE. RAFFLES PLACE SINGAPORE-1. TEL: 7*51?-70WO
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  • town talk
    • 536 15  -  A.K. LEE KIM ILSUNG By THE blue and white re-paint jobs done on the police patrol cars make them look like something straight out of an American television series. However, the cars on television always seem to be m first class working order unlike the one
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    • 310 15  -  JENNY LEW By "GET your gear off baby!" And that was exactly what Karmen Christie (left) did, m front of a few hundred people m a Sydney nightclub. "And they all loved it," says Karmen, a 38-24-38 topless singer. But it has not been
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  • Page 15 Miscellaneous
    • 798 15 RADIO iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiHiiiiiiHiinnnniniimiiminnnHi »"i?° P m ousewiv M «tinee 5.00 p.m. Opening And ProUnexpected Fortune" (Part lof a gramme Summary Cantonese film) 505 Pok Amai2 children's ProIH 118 F lly Cninese gramme 4.10 A Diary Of Events In Singapore This Week (Chinese) 538 Tne Archie Show (Cartoon) 4.15 Days Of Our
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    • 403 15 Star view THIS evening "Rifleman" Lucas McCain (Chuck Connors) goes to the rescue of a young couple. The youngsters travelling on a wagon train, intend to be married m irtah. But the old-fashioned wagon master insists that they get married right away at North Fork. A celebration is held during
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    • 126 15 ARCHIE B Y Bob Montana E f YOU MEAN aY NO/ f A STEREOSCOPE IS^B /yEAH 77M<ir J I^,,^' L STETHOSCOPE /IT/? VSCO&F I. THAT'S A SOMETHING YOU LOOK V WHAT THE **^,"u\ _-f. ..SO THE \IS A THING 7*WS WHATys7if^f^- THROLKbH AND SEE. PUTS V^ S SUBMARINE LTHAT YOU
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    • 145 15 It am— B pm: Display of German products at the Baharuddin Vocational Institute, Stirling Road. 10.30 am: First lecture m the series, How to Use the Library, at the Staff Train ing Room, National Library, Stamford Road. 5.30—6.30 p.m.: YWCA's folk singing session at their hostel at Fort Canning Road.
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  • 1510 16 STOCK EXCHANGE OF MALAYSIA AND SINGAPORE FRASERS INDUSTRIAL INDICES io£)£ wJ^S^i 7 «f-U«NPrto.. M .followlbyth.b«-ne«don.. Figu». m bucket, denote traded IoU m followed by i figure m bracket., it means only a rin*le lot of 1.000 share, was traded at that price. The last Cure, show the
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  • 307 16 LAGOS, Tues. A three-day meeting of the International Tin Council, starting here today, j s expected to hear a case by Nigeria for higher .prices for its tin m the world market. The agenda still has not been revealed, but tin council
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  • 78 16 (Managers' prices for March 10) B. S. ASIA UNIT TRUSTS Mai. Invt. Fund 1.30 1.35 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 1.07 1.12 The Saving s> Fun <* 1.09 1.14xd Singapore
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  • RUBBER/TIN/COCONUT/PEPPER
    • 244 16 RUBBER t7.M cents per kilo (up t.25 cent). The morning session was very quiet yesterday with prices holding at 0.50 cent per kilo above Monday's close throughout the session. Trading practically came to a standstill from 11 a.m. to 12.50 p.m., with the majority of dealers showing more
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    • 61 16 (Yesterday's official buyer/seller prices, m new pence per kilo). Tone: Quiet; ClF's March 14.4 14.6, April 14.6 14.9; Spot 15.2 15.4; Settlements April 15.4 15.6, May 15.6 15.8, June 15.8 16.0, April/June 15.6 15.7, July /Sept. 16.3 16.4, Oct/Dec. 16.8 16.9, Jan/March 17.3 17.5, April/June 17.9 18.1, July/Sept.
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    • 69 16 TIN $633.75 a picul (up $1.1214). The Straits tin price maintained its uptrend and picked upsl.\2Vi yesterday to $633.75 a picul on an offering officially given as 286 tons, up 31 tons on Monday's turnover. The London overnight price jumped a good £10 to £1,459 a ton. The
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    • 106 16 (Yesterday's 1.30 p.m. prices, m sterling per long ton, unless otherwise stated). COPRA (U.S. dollars per long ton): Philippine/Indonesian April 208 May 209. both resellers. COCONUT OIL: Straits March/April 140 seller; Malayan March /April 160 seller; Philippine (U.S. dollars per long ton) March/ April 300 seller. June/July 297
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    • 47 16 PEPPER (Yesterday's 2.00 p.m. sellers' prices, m sterling per long ton). Tone: Quiet; Sarawak white spot 430.0, afloat 415.0 nominal, March /April and April/May both 402.5, July/ Aug. 390.0; Sarawak black spot 420.0 nominal, afloat 395.0, March/April 382.5, July/ Aug. 345.0, Malabar March/ April 520.0.
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  • 588 16 Mining shares closed on a strong note yesterday, although m some leading cases prm fit-taking had its effect. Kathleen Investments lost 40 cents m late trading to sell at $10, while Queensland Mines was steady at £24.50. IMC was one cent up at 54 cents after 56
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  • 246 16 Prices eased yesterday and most issues came back on Monday's closing level. Trading was quiet and total turnover value was marginally lower at $6.03 million, compared with' 86.25 million on Monday. Lands (cum rights) eased $1 to 998. Banks local also eased $1 to Si 6o while
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  • 345 16 Initial gains were prepared by profit-taking near the close yesterday. Selective buying interest was noted early m constructions .nd insurances and gainers included Okumura Gumi, Oaki, Nitsui. Maeda and Kajima. Yuasa Battery, Dowa Mining, Tokyo Can and Tokyo (Closing paid prices m yen, w Akai Electric 370
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  • 184 16 LONDON, Tues. Grain shippers covered a cargo from Albany to Yugoslavia at US$7.4O flo (free m and out) for March but this section otherwise was quiet Business developed m the sugar section from the Philippines to the U.S Atlantic or the Gulf at US$lO flo for May
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  • Page 16 Miscellaneous
    • 312 16 SHIPS IN PflBT THE PORT OF SINGAPORE AUTHORITY HAS MADE THESE BERTHING ARRANGEMENTS FOR MARCH, 10. OUT: Hyoyo Maru 5; Golden Summer 8/9; Benarkle *8; Tapah 20 west; Chenab 38/39; Holstenstein 44; Rajula 45; Thomas Maersk 46; Let Wibeke 22; IN: Benalbanach (after Golden Summer) 10/11; Klias (i) 21; Klias
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  • SHIPPING GAZETTE
    • 951 17 Including ALL ships bound for the Americas, e.g. Coast nnrtc nf N«r*h r««fr*i o a ships sailing east ou« of Singapore to Paci& a^ttgi, ?he N p O anLa ce c n anli to'.hf G^f ports'etc AGENTS and TELEPHONE NUMBERS APL American President Lines ***** AUS Austasia Line 7JI3J
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    • 601 17 D borberOfeg SAILINGS TO E. CANADA, U.S. ATLANTIC mmmm P.r h ..-n m H lmk H fotk rm#r# fe v ;n n l y a v n l o l£ £.Vir 10 TARANTEL M. 18/20 v Ai Mar 24 May y«, M BRONXV.LLE Z"I /24 Z m., 20 2t Z
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  • 447 18 Including ships sailing out of Singapore for Far East ports to the north-east. ANNA BAKKE Mar 11/13 P. S'ham, Penang. Hongkong. Japan, Vancouver. KNUT/SB anna taylor SLS tdy Quinhon, Danang. Cam Ranh Bay. SSV/BA BARBER MANGAN Mar 18/20 Vancouver B.C. (Apr 12), Seattle (Apr ll), Tacoma (Apr 20). BBL/HC
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  • 275 18 Including ships calling at Malaysian and Indonesian ports. Al IRV SLS TDY B.S.Begawan. SSC/SSC BUGO Pt/Mar. 12 Djakarta PL/PL CHERRY BAGUS In R/Mar 13 Kuching. lJS/] s CHERRY LAJU ,n R/Mar 12 Djajapura, Biak. LS/LS DARPO EMPAT Mar 18/20 Pekan Baru/Dumai. S «/S. DARPO LIMA Mar 16/18 Pangkal Balam.
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  • 190 18 Mainly ships bound for Australia and New Zealand. AUSTRALASIA Mar 11/13 P. S'ham (Mar 14), Singapore (Mar 15), Fremantle (Mar 22). AUS/AUS AUSTRALASIA Apr 1/3 P. S'ham (Apr 4). Singapore (Apr 5), Fremantle (Apr 12). AUS/AUS BRORIVER Apr30/May2 Adelaide, Melbourne, Sydney. SSL/TC BROWIND Mar 25/27 Adelaide. Melbourne, Sydney. SSL/TC
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    • 417 18 •P MALAYSIAN INTERNATIONAL Mm SHIPPING CORPORATION BERHAD No M)> Jin Ampann, Kuala Lumpur A B rhe National Shipping Line of Malaysia FAR EAST/EUROPE SERVICE ■•■^e^^^'* •■••^•W f^B>foalliS AfftVMaK BUNGA RAY A 25/28 Mar 2 »/l A»r 2/3 Apr Havre 2a/4. Lodnon 30/4 Hamburg 6/5 R'dam a/s Antwerp 10/5 Bremen 13/
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  • RACING HERALD
    • 872 19 NEWCOMER Intellectual did a winning gallop m the company of stablemate Tioman II at Bukit Timah yesterday morning. The Danieltrained pair sprinted stylishly over 3f m 36 on good going. Intellectual (late Billum Boy) is by Billum out of Half Day and is owned by
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    • 215 19 Anglican Nanyang score easy 3-0 victories ANGLICAN High School scored a 3-0 win over Hai Sing Girls High School m the "C" Division Girls of the National Volleyball Championships for secondary schools yesterday. The championships are being held at the Chinese High and Dunearn High Schools. In another match, Nanyang
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    • 1099 19 The King partners David Graham in Pro-am tournament KUALA LUMPUR, Tues. The Yang di-Pertuan Agong will start the Malaysian Open golf championship when he tees off with David Graham of Australia m the Pro-am tournament at 8 a.m. tomorrow. The Sultan of Selangor and Guy Wolstenholme will be next, followed
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    • 416 19 KUALA LUMPUR, Tues. Defending champion Ben Arda of the Philippines must improve his putting if he aspires to be among the contenders for the Malaysian Open golf title. The championship opens here on Thursday at the Royal Selangor Golf Club
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  • SPORTS WORLD
    • 163 20 Ohba to defend WBA title next month TOKYO, Tues. World Boxing Association flyweight Champion Masao Ohba of Japan has started sparring for his title defence against Venezuela's Betulio Gonzalez m Tokyo on April 1. It will be Ohba's first defence of his title he took from Thailand's Berkrek Chatvonchai on
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    • 44 20 LONDON, Tues. The results of yesterday's English League games: Division Three: Preston 2 Bury 0; Rochdale 0 Tranmere 0. Division Four: Barrow 1 Scunthorpe 2; Brentford 3 Crewe Alexandra 1 Cambridge 1 Chester 1; Colchester 2 Darlington 0; York City 2 Peterborough 1. AFP
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    • 44 20 G LASGOW, Tues. Glasgow's two great footballing rivals, Rangers and Celtic may meet m the final of the Scottish F.A. Cup. In yesterday's semi-final draw, Rangers were drawn against Hibernian (match to be played on March 31) and Celtic against Airdrie (April 3). AFP
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    • 183 20 MIAMI, Tues. Jesse Caryle Snead, an American, fought off mounting pressure and scored his second victory m three weeks when he shot a final round 69 and captured the US$3O,OOO first prize m the Doral Eastern Open Golf tournament yesterday. The 29-year-old nephew of golfing great Sam Snead, who didn't
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  • 2857 20 Frazier's left hook... The big fight: Round by round thrills radio picture HOW THEY SQUARED UP... JOE FRAZIER. 27, the champion, weighed m at 205 i/ 2 lb. Height sft. lli£in. Reach 73Vfein. MUHAMMAD ALI (formerly Cassius Clay), 29, weighed m at 215 Ib. Height 6ft. 3in. Reach 80 m.
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  • 435 20 Tanglin Tech scrape through shuttle tourney TANGLIN Technical Secondary School defeated Geylang Serai Vocational Institute 3-2 m the Boys' 'A' division schools national badminton championships at National Junior College yesterday In another match, Raffles Institution beat Swiss Cottage Secondary 5-0. St. Margaret's Secondary also chalked up a 5-0 win over
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  • 195 20 OCEAN Sports Club played constructive soccer to edge Singapore Cricket Club 2-1 m a friendly encounter on the Padang yesterday. Centre-forward Keith Kleinman played an inspiring game for Ocean and struck up a smooth combination with Aloysius Low and Teo Cheok Peng to harass the Club's defence.
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  • Page 20 Miscellaneous
    • 77 20 SOCCER: SGSFL: Div. 1 STB vs Police (Thomson Road, 5.15 p.m.); PARC vs SAFSA (Bukit Chermin, 5.15 p.m.). SBHFL: Div. 1 (L C) Guthrie Waugh "A" vs MSA "A", Spore Pools vs NAAFI (both matches at J. Besar, 5.15 p.m. 6.15 p.m.); Div. 2 (L C) Sime Darby vs HK
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