Singapore Herald, 13 March 1971

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  • 15 1 THE SINGAPORE herald No. 199 Singapore Saturday, March 13, 1971 MC(P) No. 2325 15 CENTS
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  • 320 1 Changi plan for Anzuk hospital BETTER LOCATION IS ONE OF THE REASONS CHANGI Hospital is likely to be retained by the British to care for the Australian, New Zealand and British (Anzuk) forces and their families, but the British Military Hospital at Alexandra will definitely be handed over to Singapore.
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  • 116 1 ANKARA, Fri. Turkish Prime Minister Soleyman Demirel quit today after the armed forces threatened a takeover. Mr. Demirel's conservative Justice Party Government resigned after Turkey's four top commanders demanded a new Government strong and respected enough to halt anarchy and carry oat basic
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  • IN BRIEF
    • 26 1 AIR AGREEMENT Fri. Belgium and Indonesia signed an air agreement today, permitting Sabena and Garuda Airlines to exchange landing rights m Brussels and Jakarta. ODD
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    • 40 1 The two-year-old Vietnam peace talks Sit a new low of non-negotiation yesterday as all the Vietnamese chief delegates stayed away from the weekly session leaving U.S. Ambassador David Bruce the long top ranking diplomat at the conference table. DDD
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    • 26 1 The U.S. Command today announced the loss of six more helicopters over Laos and the Khe Sanh Base area of North western South Vietnam. AFP
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    • 17 1 President Anwar Sadat sent messages today to France and Britain, the Egyptian paper Al Ahram reported.
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  • 229 1 CANBERRA, Fri. Australia's new Prime Minister, William McMahon, on his first day at his desk is announced the abolition of the Prime Minister's department m its present form. This is the first of a series of major administrative changes removing senior officials like former
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  • 56 1 JAKARTA, Fri. Indonesia will present the Dutch Government on Monday with one of its World War Two vintage B--25 bombers as a gift, to Prince Berhard. When the Prince visited Indonesia last March, he mentioned he would like to have one of the planes for an
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  • 31 1 POLICE arrested 20 pirate taxi drivers m an island-wide campaign last night. The drivers were released they were booked at Traffic Police Headquarters m Maxwell Road.
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  • 71 1 CANBERRA, Fri. Former Prime Minister John Gorton said tonight he had been subjected to personal attacks of a kind never before experienced by a person m paMlc life. Mr. Gorton said m an interview: "They even said I raped an African diplomat's wife
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  • 381 1 A twothirds majority likely for Indira NEW DELHI, Fri. Prime Minister Indira Ganghi's Congress Party, already victorious m the national Parliamentary elections, made a strong showing today m early returns from West Bengal state where it hoped to prevent military Marxist Communists from re-gaining power. With results announced for 94
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  • 32 1 SUPERINTENDENT of Police J.C. Cooke had been appointed acting Assistant Commissioner of Police. Until recently, he was First Secretary at the Singapore High Commission m Kuala Lumpur.
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  • 341 1  -  RAZAK BY KUALA LUMPUR, Fri. Malaysia recognises the Peking regime as the de facto and de jure Government, Prime Minister Tun Abdul Razak told Parliament today. He added that Malaysia did not advocate a Two-China policy but felt that the 11 million Taiwanese should be left to decide their
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  • 510 1 Asean Foreign Ministers approve 119 Development Decade projects SINGAPORE'S ANSWER TO THE PESSIMISTS: PAGE 4 MANILA, Fri. The five Association of South-East Asian foreign ministers approved today a set of 119 projects many of them already m operation designed to bring their five countries closer together economically and socially. They
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  • 51 1 MANILA, Fri. Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos last night assured visiting Malaysian Deputy Premier Tun (Dr.) Ismail the Philippines had not sent any secret agents to infiltrate disputed Sabah. Government sources said the assurance was given when Tun Ismail called on the President shortly after arrival last night.
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  • 598 2 The de facto Govt in East Pakistan From ARNOLD ZEITLIN m DACCA IN A REVERSE coup d'etat unique since power takeovers became a way of life m the developing world, the Awami League has seized civil power m East Pakistan. The Pakistan Army controls its own lines and Dacca airport,
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  • 405 2 THE VOICE OF THE PEOPLE AT DACCA airport, LEON HOWELL talked with four East Pakistanis a jute salesman, a policeman, a Customs officer and a guard. I asked some questions about the hartal and the massive demonstrations. The jute salesman said. "Our people have had enough. We elected an Assembly
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  • 820 2 Censorship and sensitivity to changing public opinion AFTER 12 YEARS, GOODBYE MR. SCISSORS FILM-MAKERS all over the world will have to cope with a new fact of life m Britain from this summer. The British film censor is retiring. Mr. John Trevelyan, at the age of 68, has decided that
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  • 578 2 MRS INDIRA Gandhi now has a chance to form a Government that can really govern. Latest results give her Congress Party 297 of the 518 contested seats (the Lower House has three nominated Members). The forecast is that she may well end up
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    • 36 2 I THE PICK OF Runch I x J L 5 N EGG l fe>>w FARMS I Pi I "The Time motion study people did a great job, but you find the odd troublemaker wherever you go."
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  • 671 3  - No room at the top for home-grown executives PHILLIP LIM EXPATRIATES RUN FOREIGN FIRMS By SOME multi-national corporations are still not training Singaporeans to fill their highest posts, according to a Nanyang University lecturer, Mr. Tan I-Tjhih. "In certain companies set up by foreign investors, the highest post open to
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  • 247 3 The need to maintain climate for investment THERE is no lack of investment capital for Singapore but every effort must be made to maintain the present favourable climate of industrial growth. Mr. J.J. Healy, a United Nations' International Labour Organisation expert m general management attached to the National Productivity Centre
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  • 171 3 ALL STUDIES IN ALL VARSITIES TO BE IN BAHASA FROM 1983 KUALA LUMPUR, Fri. All courses, including science and mathematics, m all universities m the country will be conducted m Bahasa Malaysia from 1983, the Minister of Education, Inche Hussein bin Onn, told the Dewan Raayat today. He added that
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  • 134 3 MEMBERS of the Sakura Maru Youth Goodwill Mission were invited by Culture Minister Jek Yeun Thong last night to "see Singapore as it is." "We don't want to paint a rosy picture and let you go away with a wrong impression
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  • 102 3 SINGAPORE needs an estimated i,so§ to 2,§ti managers every year for the next few years m the public, commercial, and manufacturing sectors. Mr. Lim Chew Swee, the director of the Singapore Institute of Management (SIM) gave this projection yesterday. v He said this was based
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  • 538 3 Japan and Asia— by goodwill team's leader JAPAN has exerted more influence m Singapore than perhaps any other country m Asia, provoking feelings of post-war bitterness, admiration, suspicion, envy and respect. Mr. Ichiji Hayashibe, leader of the visiting Sakura Maru Youth Goodwill Cruise touched on some of these points m
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  • 1429 4 Asean: A S'pore answer to pessimists NO GREAT LEAP FORWARD, BUT A SERIES OF SMALL STEPS WHEN Asean was inaugurated nearly four years ago, there were the professional pessimists who prophesied the Asean would go the way of previous attempts at regional co-operation m South-East Asia. But fortunately, it has
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  • 382 4 THE MP for Thomson, Mr. Ang Nam Piau will ask Finance Minister Hon Sui Sen "if he will take steps to curb increases m the prices of daily necessities" during the Budget debate m Parliament next week. He will also ask Mr.
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  • 207 4 THE Kesatuan Akademis, Universiti Singapura has set up a sub-committee to study the need for a student counselling service m the university. Members of the Kesatuan have been invited to give suggestions and views on the subject. The need for a student counselling service
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    • 35 4 BEETLE BAILEY By Mort Walker A DON'T WELL, BEFOfcE >t?U WELL., DID Tf4ATfe Uf? TI6MT, i^^ U6ED TO IT, YOU FINP OUT X^^*N AJi/de^k:. Lr^w I P uzz Vba&>: v\ lBJI& see WMo wmo-,om-om/ /nP^l
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  • 494 5 THEFT OF $11,000 TEXTILES On three occasions this year, delivery clerk Tan Bing Hong, 25, was able to steal $11,000 worth of textiles from Port of Singapore Authority godowns and get past police checkpoints without any trouble. His method of fooling
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  • 187 5 Metric men plan to put you in the picture THE Metrication Board is planning to set up its own information unit. This is part of a long-term plan to educate the public on the need for and the use of the metric system. Keeping the public fully informed on things
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  • 144 5 TWO committes have been formed to select entries for the March Art Exhibition to be held at the Victoria Memorial Hall from next Friday to March 29. One committee comprising Mr. Lvi Kang (chairman), Madam Li Ying Chen and Messrs. Cheong Soo-pieng,
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  • 78 5 THE HAGUE, Fri. Malaysia will establish its first trade office m Western Europe m Holland, Sidney J. Van Den Bergh, chairman of the Netherlands Council for Trade Promotion, said today. Mr. Van Den Bergh and a 25--man Dutch economic mission have returned from a 10-day visit
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  • 99 5 Chemistry as a career guidebook for students A BOOKLET to guide and encourage students to take up chemistry as a career has been published by the Guidance and Placement Unit, Technical Education Department, Ministry of Education. The booklet, entitled "Looking to Chemistry for a Career," is prepared by the Singapore
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  • 200 5 55-MAN TRADE MISSION DUE FROM CANADA A 55 MAN Canadian trade mission will arrive m Singapore on March 21 for a threeday visit. It is being organised by the Vancouver Board of Trade and will be led by Mr. William Hamilton, former Canadian Cabinet Minister and Postmas-ter-General. The mission is
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  • 45 5 ADMIRAL S.M. Nanda, Indian Navy Chief of Staff, flew m yesterday with his wife for a two-day private visit. Adm. Nanda is on his way home after a nine-day official visit to Indonesia He leaves for home on Sunday.
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  • 328 5 FORMER pirate taxi drivers who have undergone training at the Public Service Vehicles Training School can become members of the National Trades Union Congress* transport co-operative COMFORT, and buy their own taxis through it. This was disclosed yesterday by Mr. Phua
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  • 129 5 POLICE seized a .22 rifle and 27 rounds of ammunition m a magazine from a Land Rover, shortly after two British tourists had driven the vehicle oat of the Port of Singapore Authority wharf area earlier this week. A police party trailed the
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  • 194 5 Russian joint shipping ventures SOVIET shipping companies are following a new trend of forming joint ventures m other countries, Soviet shipping representative, Mr. V.V. Makarov, said yesterday. This was all m the interest of his country's pursuit of a peaceful policy of expansion of trade with others, he said. Mr.
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  • Page 5 Miscellaneous
    • 34 5 GERMAN COURSES THE Chinese YMCA will hold courses m conversational German for beginners every Tuesday from March 16 and every Friday from March 19. Each session will begin from 7.30 p.m. to 9 p.m.
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  • 607 6 Doctor's home robbery: Five jailed DISMISSED DRIVER PLANNED IT ALL... A DRIVER who was dismissed by a doctor returned with friends to rob his former employer of $5,000 and $25,000 worth of jewellery. «c provided his friends with the layout of the house and information as to where the family
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  • 188 6 Hawaii Centre seeks S'pore aid in birth control research THE Population Institute at the East- West Centre In Hawaii Is interested In getting Singapore's aid m research on family planning and population control. This was stated by Dr. R. Lyle Webster (above), Director of the East-West Communication Institute and representative
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  • 419 6 Bus routes: Five -in -one map today TODAY'S map shows five services to be operated by the Associated Bus Services (colour red) when the reorganised transporter system is introduced on April 11. Service No. 2 Changi Point Commonwealth Avenue/North Buona Vista Road: Upper Changi Road, Changi Road, Geylang Road, Kallang
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  • 360 6 PLEAS for help were ignored by spectators when two schoolboys drowned m separpte incidents last month, a coroner's court was told yesterday. Tan Ah Chuan, nine, lost his life m a Outram Road canal, and Kok Ngee Fah. 10, was drowned
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  • 91 6 MR. Lim Chor Pee has been elected the president of the Oxford and Cambridge Society of Singapore for this year. Other newly-elected officials include Mr. J.W. Cashin, vicepresident (for Oxford); Mr. J.W. Clements, vice-president (for Cambridge); Dr. Mah Guan Kong, secretary; and Dr. Charles
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  • 239 7 Malaysia gets in gear for the big Pata meeting PENANG, Fri. A special advisory council is being set up to coordinate the planning and preparation for the 1972 Pacific Area Travel Association Conference and Workshop m Kuala Lumpur, the Minister of Commerce and Industry, Inche Mohamed Khir Johari, said here
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  • 59 7 THE Chief Justice, Mr. Wee Chong Jin, yesterday granted leave to four detainees to apply for a writ of habeas corpus. The detainees are Wee Toon Lip— brother of the Minister of State for Defence, Mr. Wee Toon Boon, Chua Wee Puan, Goh Chin Mln and Peh
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  • 122 7 KUALA LUMPUR, Fri. Singapore will be one of the seven Seamec (South East Asia Ministers of Education Council) countries taking part m a six-day seminar for senior national administrators of member countries here. Other countries attending the seminar, beginning on March 17, are Malaysia, Thailand,
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  • 68 7 KUALA LUMPUR Fri. The National Institute of Scientific and Industrial Research will provide industries m Malaysia with the required technology, expertise and knowhow, the Minister of Technology, Research and Local Government, Dato Ong Kee Hui, said here earlier today. He said the main object of
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  • 11 7 LAFF A DAY "NOW will you take off that ridiculous outfit?"
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  • 333 7 'OPPOSITION RIGHTS DENIED' KUALA LUMPUR, Fri. a second Opposition party boycotted the proceedings of Parliament today m protest against not being given sufficient opportunity to take part m the debate on the Royal Address. When the House resumed today 17 Opposition MPs- 13
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  • 156 7 KUALA LUMPUR Fri. The situation m the Middle East is "quite dangerous and may explode any moment now," the Second Secretary (Information and Culture) of the United Arab Republic Embassy here, Mr. Essam el- Din Ha was, said yesterday. 4 'That is why we want
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  • 33 7 AN unemployed man, Wu Hwa Chlu, 39, was fined $500 yesterday when he admitted stealing nine bundles of iron grill frames from Goldhill Plaza worksite m Newton Road last Wednesday.
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  • 202 7 'Defence plan does not commit KL to any bloc' KUALA LUMPUR, Fri. Prime Minister, Tun Abdul Razak told the House of Representatives today that Malaysia's participation m the fivepower defence arrangement did not m any way commit her to any particular bloc. He stressed that Singapore and Malaysia would play
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  • 100 7 KUALA LUMPUR, Fri. The Minister of Welfare Service, Tan Sri Fatimah binte Haji Hashim, today received 2,500 lbs. of tea worth $7,000 from the Government of Ceylon for flood victims. The donation was handed over by the First Secretary of the Ceylon High Commission
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  • 89 7 KUALA LUMPUR, Fri.— The Malayan Railway Administration suffered a net operating loss of $t.5 million In IM7 compared with $5.7 million for the previous year. The working expenses Increased from |71.2 million In lttf to |74.7 million In IM7 doe mainly to Increases la special
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  • 102 7 KUALA LUMPUR, Fri. The Minister of Commerce and Industry, Inche Mohamed Khir Johari, will make a one-week visit to Saudi Arabia and Kuwait soon. His visit to these two countries is to explore possibilities of trade with them and to determine the progress
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  • 169 7 Five bids for a chemical factory KUALA LUMPUR, Fri. The Government has received five applications to set up a jointventure petro-chemical plant m Malaysia, the Minister of Commerce and Industry Inche Mohamed Khir Johari, disclosed today. He said investment m such a plant would be around $80 million. Inche Khir
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  • 182 7 KUALA LUMPUR. Fri. The president of the Malay Hawkers and Petty Traders Association of Selangor, Tengku Muhiyuddin bin Tengku Sulaiman, was today fined $30 by the magistrate's court here for using threatening words to an officer of the Municipal Enforcement Unit. The Magistrate,
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  • 156 8 ROYAL Air Force air traffic controllers at Paya Lebar Airport have been awarded another two gold commendation certificates for their very high standard of efficiency. The personnel manning the Joint Air Traffic Control Centre now have a total of eight gold certificates and two bronze the
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  • 296 8 THE Singapore Medical Association will examine the management, economics and common problems of private practice at its Third National Medical Convention to be held from March 20 to 28. According to SMA President Dr. Arthur Lim, this theme was chosen to balance
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  • 297 8 THE Ministry of Health is planning to spend $2.2 million this year to improve facilities at several hospitals. At Outram Road General Hospital, there are plans to construct a building to centralise the kitchens and the sterile supply department. The present kitchens are housed
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  • 34 8 THE Adult Education Board will conduct three courses on accounting, economics and business statistics on March 23, to prepare students sitting the Section I Association of Certified and Corporate Accounts (London) examination.
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  • 298 8 Elections: UNF plans for a pact with other parties THE United National Front is planning to have an electoral understanding with other political parties m the next general election. Its secretary-general, Mr. R. Vetrivelu, said yesterday that he had already met officials of the newly registered National Party of Singapore
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  • 517 8  - Yamashita did the Asians a great service CHI A KOK LIM Viewpoint MM 1 —.....mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmAmmmmmmmmmmmmmm IN the parks m Shanghai before the Second World War, one could, I believe, see notices which used to state "DOGS AND CHINAMEN NOT ALLOWED IN." This was a manifestation of the White man's belief
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  • 101 8  - IF QUALITY CONTROL IS SO POOR... C. LEONG I BOUGHT a new G.T. car m early January and much to my despair I found many examples of shoddy workmanship: Rusty areas under the carpet. A portion of engine compartment unpainted. Nicked paintwork on door and boot edges. Uneven exterior paintwork.
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  • 114 8 ON Jan. 22, a letter by Mr. Steven Ho Kin Hin, said that the MacPherson Citizen's Consultative Committee and the Block Representatives had offered constructive suggestions. On Feb. 3 a letter by Mr. Ho said that the' names and addresses of representatives of Block 27, Circuit Road had been already
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  • 456 8 I REFER to the letter of "Kampong Muslim" (S.H. Feb. 25). In essence there is no difference between "Kampong Muslim*' and myself. We both agree that there is need for a change of attitude. What he would like to change is the escapist attitude, which he
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  • 161 8 I REFER to the views of the Colombo Plan Tamil "expert" under the heading "Expert on Tamil Studies: $42,000 waste" (S.H. March 6). Can the Indian High Commission m Singapore throw light on the following, please: Was Mr. Govindasamy, a graduate teacher sent to
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  • 299 9 ISRAELIS VIOLATED ARABS' RIGHTS: CHARGE GENEVA, Fri. Soviet delegate Nikolai Tarasov yesterday used the debate on violations of human rights m occupied Mid-East territories at the U.N. Human Rights Committee here to launch a blistering attack on Israel, describing it as the "agent of world imperialism and reaction/ He said
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  • 75 9 COLOMBO, Fri. Three youths were killed and three others seriously injured today when Molotov cocktails they were making exploded m a Jungle hat about 5* miles from the capital. Troops were called oat last Snnday by Prime Minister Mrs. Slrimavo Baadaraaaike to help police
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  • 54 9 NEW DELHI, Fri. With the bulk of India's election results m. Prime Minister Mrs Indira Gandhi has good reason to smile. Her Congress party already has an absolute majority. She is pictured here wearing a garland of flowers given to her by her supporters
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  • 125 9 SAN FRANCISCO, Fri. Directors of the Golden Gate Bridge have approved installing a second deck on the majestic span but it won't alter the familiar appearance of the 34 year -old suspension. The second deck is part of a US$33l million long-range transit plan approved
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  • 151 9 MISSILE SINKS CRIPPLED OIL TANKER CAPETOWN, Fri. The crippled Liberlan tanker Wafra sank this morning some 2tt miles off the South African coast after being twice attacked by air to ground missiles and once by depth charges. The tanker sank, taking with her about 48,— tons of oil still m
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  • 270 9 TRIPOLI, Fri. Libya was last night reported to be stepping up pressure on the major oil companies and to be considering the next move if the current talks broke down. The Libyan News Agency said that Vice-Premier Abdessalam Jallud was considering calling a co-ordinating meeting with
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  • 307 9 New anti-graft law may bring Suharto trouble JAKARTA, Fri. The Indonesian Parliament today ratified the Anti-Corruption Bill after seven months of prolonged debates involving more than 30 sessions. Under the new anti-Corruption law those found guilty of corruption are liable to life imprisonment, or 2t years jail as well as
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  • 349 9 SAIGON, Fri. North Vietnamese troops operating m Laos were aware of an impending South Vietnamese drive into southern Laos as far back as last October, it was disclosed today. And Communists units had moved towards their positions m Laos on Feb. 2,
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  • 102 9 SANTIAGO, Chile Fri. -At least 17 people were killed and 53 others injured after a driverless train jumped off the tracks and crashed into a river bed m northern Chile yesterday. The accident occurred shortly after a special four-car train stopped at Vicuna station
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  • 48 9 WASHINGTON: The U.S. Navy issued a 54 million dollar contract to the British Aviation Ministry for Harrier Vertical Takeoff jet fighters for the Marine Corps. The Harrier, produced by Britain's Hawker Siddeley Aviation Ltd., is the only plane built m a foreign country for the U.S. armed forces.
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  • 161 9 ANNAPOLIS, Maryland, Fri. Is Spiro Agnew a hippy? One man who thinks he has become one is Republican State legislator Vernon Boozer (sic). He is insisting that the bearded, long-haired man on a poster m a county delegation room is really
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  • 117 9 French air strike continues PARIS, Fri.— Flight crew of the three French airlines overwhelmingly rejected today management proposals to end a dispute over wages and working conditions which has resulted m the grounding of the companies' 158 aircraft since Feb. 22. A union communique said the proposals were unacceptable as
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  • 274 9 Britain 'to send more troops to Belfast' BELFAST, Fri. Britain is ready to send up to 4,000 more troops to Northern Ireland m expectation of an escalated terrorist campaign by the outlawed Irish Republican Army, political sources said today. Reinforcement!, for the current garrison of 8,250 men will be joined
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  • 94 9 WASHINGTON, Fri. The Defence Department reported the departure of three Soviet ships from Cuba but said a submarine tender remained behind. The four vessels arrived m the Caribbean last month on a series of port calls and visits to Cuba. When the vessels arrived last month,
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  • 288 9 TOKYO, Fri. A group of young Japanese Maoists planned to attack Prime Minister Eisaku Sato at his official residence and proAmerican parliamentarians at the Diet building m Central Tokyo, police said today. Police said they seized maps and other evidence m surprise raids last night
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  • 113 10 Kowloon shops complex hit by fire HONGKONG, Fri. Fire raged for eight hours la one of the best known hotH shopping complexes la the heart of Hongkong's Kowloon district, causing damage estimated at In the ensuing pandemonium, 12 people were overcome by smoke aad 18i rescued by firemen. Sixty-foar people
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  • 20 10 CAIRO: British archaeologist Walter Emery died after being m a coma for two days following a stroke. He was 68.
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  • CHESS
    • 425 10 THE Singapore Chess Club's Annual Vaux Tournament started with two upsets m the Class I event. Sect Cheng Bok scored a surprise win over Andrew Ec (a member of the National Team, and the 1970 Festival of Sports champion.) Wong Ngiam Yee held Choong Liong On to
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    • 91 10 The sth Round draw for the SCF Annual Tournament at 7 p.m. tonight at Cairnhill Community Centre is as follows (First mentioned having white): Norman Lim Mathew Gwee; stig Lundgren Richard Seah; Leong Ngai Weng Benedict Lim; Eddy Seah David Tan; Bobby Chia Koh Keng Choong;
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    • 52 10 The annual registration of School Chess Clubs and members is now on. Regis tration forms for enrolment or renewal of membership can be obtained from Mr. Giam Choo Kwee, Chairman, Junior Clubs, Singapore Chess Federation. P.O. Box. 190, Killiney Road P. 0., Singapore 9. Registration closes on
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  • 204 10 KARACHI, Fri. Air Marshal Asghar Khaa, former chief of the Pakistani Air Force, said yesterday something most be done quickly to save Pakistan from disintegration because time is running ont. He said he believed that only about five or six days are left
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  • CABLE WORLD WIDE
    • 119 10 MONTEVIDEO, Fri. While police searched for the Tupamaros' latest kidnap, victim, four armed women yesterday robbed 2lt ladies' wigs, from a hairdresser's shop only five blocks from police headquarters. Police believe the women were members of the Tupamaros guerilla band and took the
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    • 124 10 FORT McPherson (Georgia), Fri. A veteran combat officer said yesterday he is bringing formal charges against two U.S. Army commanders he accuses of covering up incidents of murder and torture of Vietnamese civilians. Lt. Col. Anthony Herbert said m an interview he will swear
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    • 72 10 LAPAZ, Bolivia, Fri. More than 100 elderly Bolivian veterans are staging a hunger strike to try to persuade to all who fought m the bloody Chaco war with Paraguay nearly 40 years ago. The striking veterans, all of them more than 60 years of age and
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    • 284 10 No oil yet from Asian waters WASHINGTON, Fri. The U.S. State Department says offshore areas of South East Asia are considered promising for oil development but it declines to speculate on the total potential. It also has told Chairman William Fulbright of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, that while some
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    • 105 10 MONTREAL, Fri. Paul Rose, accused here of murdering Quebec Labour Minister Pierre Laporte last Oct. 17, was yesterday expelled from the court after calling the judge, Marcel Nichols, a "hypocrite." Twenty-seven-year-old Rose, a teacher, was expelled from the court early In his trial. which began on
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    • 127 10 TAIPEI, Fri. The Mayor of Kaohsiung, a major city m Sooth Taiwan, is seeking a wife who can speak English. Ability to speak English is one of the qualifications set forth m a marriage proposal for the prospective wife of the 74-year-old Mayor, Yang
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    • 28 10 PARIS: The French state tobacco monopoly is to put a new cigarette on the market, the "Francaise Menthol Filtre" the first cigarette to combine menthol with black tobacco.
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      • 53 10 says Aussie Premier Also up for early review are relationships between the Commonwealth and State Governments. Away from the home-front, McMahon is deeply concerned about problems close to Australia's frontiers. He is expected to pay the closest attention to the situation in the Far East or, in Australian terms, the
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    • 227 10 MOSCOW, Fri. A top Soviet official told Jewish demonstrators yesterday they would be barred from emigrating to Israel if they were "fit enough to fight the Arabs' 1 or held important jobs here, Jewish sources reported. All others m a group of 87 sit-in
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    • 185 10 KAMPALA, Fri. Excited Buganda tribesmen drove m decorated cars round the Ugandan capital yesterday spreading word that their former Kabaka (king) was still alive. The Kabaka, Sir Edward Mutesa King Freddi, who was first President of Uganda died m exile m London m 1969. A trail of
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  • 977 11  - Past the point of no return DAVID LOSHAK From m DACCA JINNAH'S concept of a nation dedicated to Islam fathered out of India's independence, born of the tumult of partition, brought hobbling by a generation of inept politicians and blinkered generals to a stunted half-maturity is dead. Only meagre pickings,
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  • 1078 11  -  CHARLES SNYDER INTRASIA NEWS SERVICE BACKGROUND TO THE FOREIGN NEWS From m HONGKONG MORE than four years ago Chinese Prime Minister Chou En-lal reportedly told the United States via the French Foreign Ministry that Peking would intervene directly if America invaded North Vietnam. Last
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  • Page 11 Miscellaneous
    • 474 11 Hn IH ■JH BB^ F^ ACROSS DOWN 4. Compels the troops (6) 1. Epic prose rewritten leads to 8. Rally round for example, m a better view (9) kingly style (7) 2. It's intriguing to put one's 9. It comes before a fall! mo A n «y o**}*?* m s
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  • 186 12 LONDON, Frl. Mr. Enoch Powell, the Conservative lawmaker who wants a complete ban on nonWhite Immigration Into Britain, has been appointed to a House of Commons Committee to examine a new law to clamp down on immigration. Mr. Powell Is one of
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  • 32 12 CHIANG Yee Cheong of Havelock Road was fined $10 for carrying a child on the patrol tank of his motorcycle m New Market Road on Aug. 22, 1969.
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  • 527 12 Sweet and sour at the old Vic SPURIOUS and authentic music and committed and flaccid playing jostled together uncomfortably m last night's Victoria Theatre recital by violinist Adele Auriol and her pianist husband Bernard Fauchet. The piano playing was throughout of the highest standard and M Fauchet produced unbelievably subtle
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  • 122 12 NJC student Shoba to dance on stage MISS Shoba Shankar, 17, (above) a Preuniversity student at the National Junior College, will perform two dances at a cultural show organised by the Gujarati Association at the Victoria Theatre tomorrow. Shoba, youngest daughter of Dr. and Mrs. E.A. Shankar, comes from a
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  • 255 12 Sit-down strike over chocolate factory dispute ABOUT 120 workers of Allied Chocolate Industries Ltd. at Tanglin Halt were on a brief "sitdown strike yesterday as union officials met the management over a labour dispute. The workers are members of the Pioneer Industries Employees Union, whose secretary, Mr. Phey Yew Kok,
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  • 137 12 KUALA LUMPUR, Frl. Finance Minister, Ton Tan ,Siew Sin today dismissed the I prospects of the Bank of China being allowed to operate m Malaysia. m a written reply to a question by Mr. Goh Hock Guan of the Democratic Action Party m the
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  • 37 12 VATICAN CITY: The Vatican has forbidden expriests from performing any kind of priestly duty saying mass, hearing confession or even preaching. The only exception is m the case of a deathbed confession with no other priests available.
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  • 57 12 MANILA, Fri. Opposition Sen. Benigno Aquino Jr. today said that 15,000 Filipinos have been "kicked out" of Sabah since the outbreak of the Corrigedor scandal here m 1968. In a speech at the Senate, Sen. Aquino said the 20,000 other Filipinos still living m that East Malaysian
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  • 281 12 HOTEL Malaysia's 600 employees have been awarded a five per cent increase m their basic pay half of what they had demanded The award was announced yesterday by the Industrial Arbitration Court. Hearing of the dispute between the company and its employees
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  • 137 12 BRUSSELS, Fri. A vibrating brassiere is one of the off-beat inventions at the Brussels 20th International Show of Inventions which opened today. Instead of the usual textile cops, the buzzing bra has metal structures which spiral around the breasts and fasten at
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  • 91 12 LONDON. Fri. Gossip columnist reported today that Princess Margaret dined out m Soho this week with an old friend who is divorced. The_ Princess has just returned from a vacation m Barbados with her husband, Lord Snowdon. He is m New York for photographic assignments, and
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  • 145 12 A MAN walked into a police station one day and reported 'hat an inspector had raped his irlfriend, the High Court was old yesterday. Assistant Superintendant H. L. Miranda, who was testifying m the trial of exprobationary inspector Amanur Rahman, 23, charged with
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  • 323 12 TOKYO, Fri. A young Japanese couple today came up with what may be another world first a nude bed-in wedding. "Our marriage is the clean charm of love, Mr. Michio Yoshizawa, the 24-year-old bridegroom, explained to Pressmen who elbowed each other for better positions at a double bed into
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  • Page 12 Advertisements
    • 322 12 A GNAT TIM LIES INSTORE ■OB YOU BALLET MAX LOISEAUX (loy so) Spectacular show! Modern Ballet by provocative French females! Sheer romance unveiled before you. Showtime* 10 p.m. A 12.30 a.m. Music by Fred Ramos and Los Mamlenos plus the Fishermen. Call Mei-Ling *****2 for reservations. 164/170 Clemenceau Avenue. Come,
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  • THE SINGAPORE herald Section II
    • 237 13 Police seek 'Mary Tan,' swindler IF A "Mary Tan" knocks on your door and you don't know her call the police. The woman is wanted m connection with a series of cheating cases involving the sale of cloth to housewives m the Holland Road area. Her method is to call
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    • 61 13 KUALA LUMPUR, Fri. The Federal Land Development Authority plans to open up 250,000 acres of land under the Second Malaysia Plan beginning this year. The Minister of National and i^*} D e vel °pment, Inche Abdul Ghafar bin Baba, added during the debate on the Royal
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    • 99 13 HOTEL Royal m Newton Road will open for business on Sept. 1 this year and not on Sept. 1 it 72 as reported m the Herald yesterday Its staff will be required to report for duty m July this year for an intensive training
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    • 33 13 PENANG, Fri. Five Malaysian coastal minesweepers called here today after completing an operational exercise outside Penang waters. They are the K.D. Jerai, K.D. Kinabalu, K.D. Tahan, K.D. Brinchang and K.D. Mahamiru.
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    • 326 13  - A MUSIC DEPT AT SINGAPORE UNIVERSITY BY MID -1972 FLORENCE CHONG By A DEPARTMENT of Music will be set up by the middle of next year at the Singapore University, according to reliable sources. It is understood that the formation of the department is basically to help graduates m the
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    • 708 13 Judge: Plug loopholes in Toto system $210,000 JACKPOT CLAIM DISMISSED MR. JUSTICE D.C.D 'Cotta yesterday dismissed a $210,518 Toto jackpot prize claim by a labourer against Singapore Pools (Pte.) Ltd. and criticised the Toto system. He advised the company to plug the loopholes m the system through which Toto bets
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    • 250 13 CASES of death and injury among motor-cyclists and pillionriders have been reduced by more than half with the enactment of the crash helmet law on Jan. 1 according to traffic figures released yesterday. j lif In the first two months of
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    • 140 13 'WE NEED HELP' GANG HELP THEMSELVES FROM GALLANT MOTORIST THE driving instructor didn't hesitate when he saw three worried-looking men pointing under the bonnet of their car. He thought he might be able to help, so he stopped. And that's when his gallantry act turned sour. For one of the
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    • 226 13 MSA break can improve S'poreMalaysia ties KUALA LUMPUR, Fri. The Minister of Transport, Dato Ghani Gilong, today told Parliament that he believed the proposed MSA split could be regarded as a step towards improving relations between Singapore and Malaysia. The Minister was replying to the Member for Batu, Dx. Tan
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    • 67 13 CINEMAS/P«ge 14 ECONOMIC AFFAIRS/PagM 16/17 TOP FORM/TV/Pag«s 18/19 SHIPPING/Pages 20/21 SPORT/P«g«« 22-24 j[y]hEriFhsfe village \dtJ 3-A. CUSCADEN ROAD, SINGAPORE 10. TEL: *****2 j VBy Or t UIML n tv-^li t NH I r^ Htfc^^^J j3 Now for the result vL^^h^V^^ LJ«i I A HONG LEONG FRANCE LTD. 1 I X
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  • 130 14 JURONO Town Corporation has offered some of its executive flats m Jurong Park for sale to Singapore University staff. However, applications by the university staff will be considered only after demands from those working m Jurong have been satisfied. Mr. Tham Seong Chee oi
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  • 78 14 DOWN IN THE KITCHEN SOMEONE IS STIRRING SOMETHING'S cooking at the Mandarin Hotel but no-one will be able to eat It. For six young men have swapped their schoolbooks for saucepans and are learning to pamper your palate. And between now and May, executive chef Peter Gehrmann will be teaching
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  • 350 14  - Biggest shipyard job starts in July HERBERT FERNANDEZ By WORK on the 14,800-ton Freedom vessel the biggest shipbuilding job m Singapore so far will begin m July. Inche R.A. Hassan, labour officer of the new Jurong Shipbuilders Pte. Ltd., said this m an interview yesterday. The biggest ship now under
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  • 56 14 THREE Indonesians, Sukantor Zainal, 18, Abudin Mastar, 23, and Nazir Mastar, 26, were each jailed for two months by a magistrates' court yesterday for illegal entry into Singapore last Wednesday. A fourth man, Thomas Widji Limadjaja, 24, was fined $300 for remaining here after his
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  • 357 14 SAFETY awareness among workers is necessary to stop further industrial accidents which would lower morale and lead to lower productivity, said Mr. Roch Goh, a Ministry of Labour training officer last night. He was speaking on the second day of a two-day lecture on
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  • 66 14 Body of man found in Kallang River A BODY of an unidentified man was found yesterday afternoon floating m the Kallang River, behind the People's. Association. The middle-aged man was wearing a white shirt and a pair of black pants. Police said he was of medium built and about 5
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  • 75 14 THE Junior Section of the National Library will hold a Chinese film show on March 19 at 3 p.m. Two films will be shown: The Key to Progress and The Antagonising World. The first film will explain the importance of trade and the role
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  • 38 14 THE Communications Minister, Mr. Yong Nyuk Lin, will be guest-of-honour at a reunion dinner and dance organised by the Singapore University Students' Union and the Singapore University Society at the Hotel Equatorial at 7 tonight.
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  • 156 14 Trooping the Colour: Roads to be closed SEVERAL roads and car parks m the city will be closed to traffic tomorrow from 3 p.m. to 8 p.m. during the Trooping the Colour parade by 1 SIR Battalion on the Padang. They are: Robinson Road (between Cross Street and Cecil Street),
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  • Page 14 Advertisements
    • 285 14 YESTERDAY, THEY WERE BIG VPITV MimUIPUT I DECENT PEOPLE LETTING J~U I V MIUNIbHT 1 THEIR ENVIRONMENT DIE. TONIGHT! NOW, THEY ARE KILLING ODEON I CATHAY I -TO KEEP THEMSELVES ALIVE SPORE 1. IPQH I K LUMPUR I A FAMILY RUNS FOrOTMbV^HMB| J ITS LIFE. ..BUT THEReKLJVJ •Ihl H J
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  • ENTERTAINMENT
    • 528 15  - ATHOL'S GOT A GOOD THING GOING JENNY LEW By IT was hard work and ambition which brought success to Athol Guy and the Seekers, one of the top groups m Australia. But after four years of success, Athol, 31, and one of the co-founders of the group, gives it all
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    • 596 15 THE NEW FILMS BY WALTER SEOW TRAVIS McGee is the epitome of the dream figure I have long wished to be an indolent layabout, unattached and well off enough to be his own boss. He has a penchant for fast women and
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    • 98 15 B^^E^^ By Chic Young y THANK VOUANO T THEN WHY BUY NEW ONES?! lIP THIS THINQ )l|| THOSE APS BEAUTIFUL. YE BEEN ADMIPING LET'S JUST TRADE CATCHES ON -r«^->w <»wv- SHOeS YOU'RE WEAPIN© 4 V E ONSS >H V < s—~J- J l'U_ SE OUT w^^_^^_^^- I v/°^ MAVE N
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    • 593 15 TODAY TOMORROW 2.30 p.m.: Folk dance at 11 a.m.— 7.30 p.m.: At the the V.M.C.A., Orchard National Theatre Club, Road. first floor, National 3—lo p.m.: At the Na- Theatre: 11 a.m. Childtional Theatre Club, first -ren's session (singing) and floor, National Theatre: 3 oriental dancing; 3 p.m.: p.m.: Theory music
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  • 621 16 The market closed firm yesterday, reflecting the overnight rise on Wall Street and reconsideration of Thursday's February UK trade figures. Press comment on the prospects of a reflationary UK budget and uncertainty ahead of next Thursday's national engineerings strike against the Industrial Relations Bill induced caution, however,
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  • 419 16 ECONOMIC AFFAIRS 1 fDlTEDHY AHUN Sf NKUTTUVAN WASHINGTON, Fri. President Nixon says the Japanese textile industry's programme to voluntarily restrain exports to the United States for three years "will not result m an acceptable solution" to the U.S. In a statement yesterday, the President
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  • 46 16 (Yesterday's closing prices, m U..S. dollars per ounce). Singapore (1) 40.55, (2) 152.35; Hongkong 40.46; eirut 39.40: London 39.04; Zurich 39.05 8, 39.205; Paris 39.30, 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 12, m sterling per etric ton). Tone. Steady: Spot 1464 1465; 3-month 1467 1468; Settlement 1464; Total turnover 610 tons..
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  • 228 16 HONGKONG, Fri. Hongkong's third exchange will begin trading on Monday. The exchange known as Kam Ngan (Gold Bullion) Stock Exchange was set up by members of the Hongkong Gold and Silver Exchange. The assistant secretary of the exchange told Reuter that his exchange plans
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  • 124 16 'Satisfactory' bids for Minsec's offer SYDNEY, Fri. The official liquidator of Mineral Securities Australia, Mr. J.H. Jamison, said he has received some satisfactory bids for the company's shareholdings m Queensland Mines and Kathleen Investments, but not for the whole parcel. Mr. Jamison said the matter will be considered further. He
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  • 317 16 GENERAL LUMBER HOLDINGS had an unfavourable year ended September 1970 and incurred trading losses amounting to 558.841. compared with after-tax profits of $327,000 m the previous year. Chairman Dato Chan Peng Hong attributed the losses to "sharp declines'" m overseas markets for lumber and lumber products, coupled with
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  • 277 16 SINGAPORE-MALAYSIA erchant rates fixed yesterday by the Association of Ranks m Malaysia-Singapore. Local dollars per unit of foreign currency. HONGKONG (Rates m Hongkong dollars, for March 12) On New ,'ork TT 6.0175 On New York DD 6.***** Gold (99% fineness. per tael) 292.875 Note RatesChina (per 100
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  • 382 16 Stock prices eased but moves were narrow m early active trading yesterday. Stan poors Industrial average gave up 10 cents, Advances trailed declines by less than 100. Volume was about 1.3 million shares. (Paid prices at 1100 EST. m U.S. dollars.) DOVi jONES CLOSING AVERAGES NEW
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  • 213 16 AMSTERDAM Internationals weakened yesterday. Plantations were higher. Most shipping lost some ground. Insurances eased, except Amev which extended Thursday's rise. Banks retreated and investment funds were narrowly mixed. In mixed local industrials, Heineken eased after its recent upward trend. Oce Van Der Grinten was another weak spot. PARIS
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  • Page 16 Advertisements
    • 383 16 I ADVERTISEMENTS Personal (Marriages. Births, Engagements, Deaths, etc.) Mtmmum $4/ for 10 words, each additional word 40c ts All other classifications: Minimum $2/ for 10 words, each additional word 20cts. BOX SERVICE CHARGE $100 NAVE YOU PLANS? Bring them to FOR LATEST DESIGN Call Ideal Motion Smith 13 Battery Road.
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    • 283 16 l^i Vh^ I i \jf mm \a# SABAH, BRUNEI AND SARAWAK FREIGHT CONFERENCE SAWN TIMBER RATES OF FREIGHT The member Lines of the S.B.S.F.C. wish to refer to their announcements on 12th and 23rd October and 4th December 1970 with regard to a general increase m freight rates to Europe
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  • RUBBER/TIN/COCONUT/PEPPER/PALM OIL
    • 463 17 RUBBER IM.7S cents per Ulo (up i.s« cento). The market eased slightly at the opening yesterday on heavy stocks figures and prices were marked down 0.25 cent per kilo from the overnight level. April l RSS was quoted at 99.00 cents per kilo a buyer. West Malaysia production
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    • 97 17 Differentials are m terms of RSS 1 for the corresponding month, m cents per kilo. (For the week ended March 12). SMR SCV March (1-ton pallet) 11 cents premium sellers. SMR 5L March (1-ton pallet) 11 cents premium sellers. SMR 5 March (1-ton pallet) one cent premium nominal,
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    • 61 17 (Yesterday's official buyer/seller prices, m new pence per kilo). Tone: Mainly nominal ClF's April 14.80 15.00, May 15.10 15.30; Spot 15.35 15.55; Settlements April 15.50 15.70, May 15.70 15.90, .Tune 15.90 16.10, April/June 15.70 15.90, July/Sepu. 16.50, 16.60, Oct/Dec. 16.90 17.00, Jan/March 17.40 17.50, April/June 17.90 18.10, July/Sept.
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    • 54 17 TIN $839.56 a picul (up $1.75 On a reduced turnover of 235 tons, down 46 tons, the Straits tin price continued to climb higher and by $1.75 yesterday to $639.50 a picul. Moderate buying support m Penang was received from Europe and Japan and the market closed on
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    • 105 17 (Yesterday's 1.30 p.m. prices, m sterling per lons ton, unless otherwise stated). COPRA (U.S. dollars per long ton): Philippine /Indonesian April and May both 212 resellers. COCONUT OIL: Straits March/April 140 seller; Malayan March/April 160 seller; Philippine (U.S. dollars per long ton) March/April 297 seller; Ceylon March/April 165
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    • 43 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, March/April 410.0, April/Mdy 407.5, July/ Aug. 392.5; Sarawak black spot 420.0 nominal, afloat 395.0, arch/April 385.0, July/ Aug. 340.0; Malabar March/April 520.0.
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  • 313 17 THE PORT OF SINGAPORE AUTHORITY HAS MADE THESE BERTHING ARRANGEMENTS FOR MARCH, 13. OUT: Bakuriani 3/4; Benalbanach 10/1 It Bunga Raya 15/16; Pulau Tiga (barge) 19 west; Wing Lee (barge) 19 east; Ohkawa Maru 22; Ramoneverett 25/26; Yuko Maru 29/30; Romo Maersk 33/34; Texaco Bahrain (tanker) 37/39;
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  • 516 17 STOCK EXCHANGE OF MALAYSIA AND SINGAPORE THERE was no pick-up m activity on the Stock Exchange yesterday and price erosions continued as buyers again held off, forcing sellers to mark down their asking quotes. Although the majority of counters participated m the downtrend, a few managed to
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  • 1137 17 INDUSTRIALS ACMA 1.37/1.39; 1.38 (2); Unch. ALCAN 1.43/1.44; 1.43 (7); Unch. ALLIED 2.81/2.84; 2.83 (2); -.02. AJI OMOTO 1.80/1.90. BEN 1.22/1.24; 1.24 (4), 1 .23, 1 .24 (2) D; -.03. BERJAYA 1.22/1.23; 1.22 (2); -.01. BORNEO 1.93/1.94; 1.93 (7); .01. B M TRUST 1.208. BOUSTEAD 1.98/2.02. C
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  • 78 17 (Managers' prices for March 15) B. S. ASIA UNIT TRUSTS Mai. Invt. Fund 1.29 1.34 Mai. Progress Fund 1.06 1.11 CHARTERED UNIT TRUSTS Singapore Growth Fund 1.09 1.14 SINGAPORE UNIT TRUSTS Third Singapore 1.30 The Commerce Ind. Fund 1.06 1.11 The Saving Fund 1.08 1.1 3xd Singapore Progress
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  • 347 17 The market was steady yesterday with marginal gains noted m several counters. Trading was fairly active as selective buying was spread over a broad front. Matsushita Electric Industries gained ground on reports of higher colour television exports to the United States. This encouraged other electric appliances such
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  • 597 17 Leading mining shares finished markedly weaker m late trading yesterday, while oils were very firm and industrials were mixed. Uraniums lost most heavily. Queensland mines at $23 suffered a 32 slump and Kathleen Investments was 90 cents down at $10 on results of Minsec tender. Heavyweights closed
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  • 274 17 Prices were fractionally easier m dull trading yesterday and the day's turnover value contracted to $5.62 million. Hongkong land fell quite sharply to $94.50, down $4 on balance, while the rights had first time dealings at $15 to $15.60 before closing at $146.00. Banks were very quiet,
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  • 138 17 LONDON, Fri. The market opened on a quiet note today but coal shippers have covered a cargo from Hampton Roads to Bristol Channel at U554.55 fd (free discharge) for March-April. A grain cargo has been fixed from the River Plate to Taiwan at US$l2 fd for April.
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  • 60 18 Or just one more way to cover up but still show a 1e0... A NEW look for boots with buckles and straps all the way from foot to knee. Unlike this young lady, you'd wear them, of course, with the new hot pants or the Minis
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  • 1086 18 MONEY m the pocket for Service with a Smile that sums up the Hotel and Catering Industry. Provided of course, you are prepared to "work hard when other people are enjoying their leisure," m the words of Lorna Chong, who at 21 is Chief Receptionist at Hotel
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  • 679 18 eyes of aquarius MANY of us who read this page were growing up m the fifties and sixties and oh, what a wonderful time it was to be young! Suddenly it seemed as if the world revolved around us, and m a way it did. Those were the years of
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  • TOP FORM
    • 276 18 The exams are over... drop-outs m o are there, not through their but because ev< so stacked agaii One can't hel that the top were overwh from proft families, the c lawyers, doctoi sity dons and editors. Success seei correlated vet with one's fan ground and ulth are the childre
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  • 1124 18  - Friend of a friend Marty Links By ES I feß^^f 111 B>^ J I b^^« I lAM nearly 19. I have been going out with a J married man for two months. One day he introI duced me to his friend. I this friend was too shy to X look
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  • Page 19 Miscellaneous
    • 9 19 "There seems to be a recession in boys, too!"
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  • SHIPPING GAZETTE
    • 752 20 Including ALL ships bound for the Americas, e.g. Coast ports of North, Central or South America ships sailing east out of Singapore to Pacific and through the Panama Canal to the Gulf ports, etc ALASKA MARU Apr 14/16 P. Sham, Durban, L. Marques, C'town, P.Elizabeth, E. London. MOSK/LEO BACHOKIRO
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    • 297 20 JCi iCJSST'iwI^!?! "?rr;:::::::::; ?^2J BEN Ben Lin. Steams ***** BSC Buteing Shipping Co ***** BA British Asian *****3 CFS CF Sharp A Co. <M) Pte. Ltd *****/7 EAC Eaat Asiatic Co. Ltd ***** HC **«>.«.* ***** IK Islay Kmt Co. (Pte) Ltd ***** Interas.a shipping Agency
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    • 506 21 Including ships sailing out of Singapore for Far East ports to the north-east ANNA BAKKE In Pt/Mar 14 P.S'ham. Penang, Hongkong, Japan, Vancouver. KNUT/SB ANNA TAYLOR Mar 30/ Apr 4 Saigon. SSV/BA BARBER MANGAN Mar 19/21 Seattle (Apr 13). Vancouver B.C. (Apr 14). Tacoma (Apr 22). BBl_/HC BENGKALIS SLS
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    • 322 21 Including ships calling at Malaysian and Indonesian ports. A VESSEL Mar 20/22 West Irian LK/LK AMPERA IV m Pt/Mar 15 Singkawang. PL/PL BLIGO In Pt/Mar 15 Djakarta. PL/PL CHERRY CHEPAT Mar 15/17 Sibu, Sarikei. LS/LS CHERRY BAGUS SLS TDY Kuching. LS/LS DARPO EMPAT Mar 18/20 Pekan Baru/Dumai. SI/SI DARPO
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    • 188 21 Mainly ships bound for Australia and New Zealand. AUSTRALASIA In Pt Singapore (Mar 15), Fremantle (Mar 22). AUS/AUS AUSTRALASIA Apr 1/3 P. Sham (Apr 4), Singapore (Apr 5), Fremantle (Apr 12). AUS/AUS BRORIVER Apr3o/May2 Adelaide, Melbourne, Sydney. SSL/TC BROWIND Mar 25/27 Adelaide, Melbourne, Sydney. SSL/TC GOLDENSUMMER In Pt Penang
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    • 741 20 SAILINGS TO F. CANADA, U.S. ATLANTIC •toßepore Mta« M-V*rk Imim N'FoM rnwi Uj«Unl rtMNLANO Mat 13 Mar 11/ iI ftUr 24 •<•» 5 KI«»llM«»»i TAMANTEL Umtii/2S *ati>>/2+ May b Mi, v y.7 Ml| la •RONJIVILLt Apr b// Mey 22 >M«y 2/ FtMHUTI Apr S/10 Apr Apr IV Jun 1 Jun
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  • Page 21 Advertisements
    • 517 21 JSF MALAYSIAN INTERNATIONAL Mm SHIPPING CORPORATION BERHAD No. <0K Jin. Ampang, Kuala Lumpur. AH The National Shipping Line of Malaysia FAR EAST/EUROPE SERVICE UnfKH. P.t'Kam Nmki Art*** BUNGA RAYA 25/2* Mar 29/1 Apr 2/3 Apr Havra 28/4. Lodnon 30/4 Hamburg 6/5 R'dam 8/b Antwerp 10/5 Bremen 13/5 EUROPE/FAR EAST SERVICE
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  • RACING HERALD
    • 1210 22 SINGAPORE, Fri. Plump on Jangan Lupa m the class four division three mile event (Race Nine) here tomorrow. After a tuned-up race, the Sagacity gelding showed up when he went down by a head to Alwin over 6f at Kuala Lumpur m January. He has improved
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  • 585 24  -  JASBIR SINGH SAM NATHAN MALAYSIAN OPEN SECOND DAY and KUALA LUMPUR, Fri. Japanese World Cup player Takaaki Kono shot into the lead on the second day of the Malaysian Open Golf Championships here today with a six-under-par 66 one stroke ahead of his nearest opponent
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  • 832 24 133 T. Kono (J) 67,66 (34-32). 134 G. Marsh (A) 68, 66 (32-34). 135 Hsieh Yung Yo (T) 68, 67 (35-32). 136 Lv Liang Huan T) 67, 69 (36-33). 137 Hsieh Mm Nan (T) 67, 70 (3 6-34); S. Uchida (J) 68, 69 (34-35). 138 Ben Arda (P)
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  • 165 24 NATIONAL Junior College beat Yock Eng High 3-0 m the "A" girls schools national volleyball championships yesterday. In the other matches Hua Vi beat American School 3-1; Nanyang High defeated Hai Sing 3-1 and Nan Hua edged Chung Cheng High 3-0. 'A' Girls: NJC
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  • 456 24  - It's sayonara with whopping 8-0 victory for Japanese LIM TIONG WAH IT's sayonara (goodbye) with an 8-0 win. Tenri University hockey team outplayed Singapore Armed Forces Sports Association (SAFSA) m the second friendly match at the Padang yesterday Currently on an East Asian goodwill tour, the Tenrites whipped the Singapore
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  • 274 24 Elaine sets another swim record INTERNATIONAL Elaine Sng continued her record-breaking feats when she bettered her own 100 m butterfly stroke time at the Singapore Swimming Club third age group meet yesterday. Elaine slashed nine-tenths of a second off her previous best clocking 1:18.7. Nine records were bettered on the
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  • Russian champs for World table tennis
    • 107 24 Fit The Soviet Union has named a strong women's table tennis team to defend its World Championship title at Nagoya, Japan, from March 28 to April 7. World doubles champions Zoya Ruunova, 24, and Svetlana Grinberg, 26, are members of the team and will be defending their double's title
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    • 57 24 Fri. Ilie Nastase of Romania, who last week won the U.S. indoor championship, is top money winner on the seven-tournament U.S. Indoor Winter Tennis Circuit. He won |33,250. In second place is American Clark Grebner with $30,675. Also m the first ten are Frankovic of Yugoslavia, il 5,975
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    • 24 24 Fri. Imra Feldi of Hungary set a new world weightlifting record for the featherweight press today when he hoisted 137 kgs(3o2 Ib). AFP
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  • 573 24 ST. PATRICK'S School scored a 4-1 win over Queensway Secondary m the preliminary round of the Schools C division national badminton championships, at Bukit Ho Swee yesterday. Anglo Chinese School scored a convincing 4-1 win over Victoria School and Bukit Ho Swee Secondary edged St.
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    • 128 24 GOLF: Malaysian Open (XL); SRC vs Schools (Padang, 5 p.m.); "A" Medal Stableford (Island); Div. RAF Changi vs Armed "B" Medal Stroke (Bukit); "C" Forces "B" (Changi, 5 p.m.); Div. 3 Medal Stroke (Keppel). Woodbridge Hospt. vs Armed SOCCER: FAS Div. 1 Forces "C" (YCK sp. v). Vigilante Corp vs
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