Singapore Herald, 17 March 1971

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  • 15 1 THE SINGAPORE herald No. 202 Singapore Wednesday, March 17, 1971 MC<P) No. 2J2.) 1.) CENTS
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  • 318 1 Peace terms: Golda clarifies main points JERUSALEM, Tues. Israeli Pri me Minister Mrs. Golda Meir clarified today the peace proposals published m The Ti mes of London which provoked a motion of censure from the right wing Gahal Nationalist Party. Mrs. Meir said that during the interview "I drew no
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  • IN BRIEF
    • 56 1 LONDON, Tues. Bebe Daniels, singing star of "Rio Rita" and scores of other Holly wood movies died today. She was 70. She had been ill for two years. She had lived m London with her husband, Ben Lyon, since World War 11, when they starred through
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    • 34 1 DDD HAVANA: Two American citizens who made a forced landing m Cuba while flying 220 pounds of marijuana from Jamaica to the U.S. have been sentenced to four years imprisonment and a $300 fine.
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    • 20 1 DDD COLOMBO: Former Premier W. Dahanavake failed m a bid to turn Ceylon into an independent republic outside the Commonwealth.
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  • 32 1 VIENNA, Tues.— The atmosphere at today's first working session of the fourth round of Soviet-American Strategic Arms Limitations Talks was "cordial," according to sources close to the American delegation.
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  • 254 1 DACCA, Tues. President Yahya Khan and East Pakistan's rebellious leader, Awami League Chief Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, began talks today m the President's House here to solve the constitutional crisis. The President spent the night inside the walled compound while street barricades kept Sheikh Mujibur's
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  • 89 1 CAIRO Tues.— General Hafez El Assad, the newly elected Syrian Head of State, today announced that Syrian and Egyptian armed forces had been placed under a single command, Mena Middle East News Agency reported from Damascus. General Assad was also quoted as saying that
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  • 589 1 Green light for bus loans THE Government will help bus companies obtain loans up to a total of about $24 million to buy 600 new, larger buses over the next two years. From Jan. l, next year all new buses must have a minimum carrying capacity of 75 passengers, co
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  • 197 1 Marcos denies personal interest in Sabah dispute MANILA, Tues. The Foreign Office today "most emphatically" denied a charge that President Ferdinand Marcos had a "personal share" m the Philippine territorial claim to Malaysian Sabah. Replying to the accusation made by Opposition Liberal Party Senator Benigno Aquino Jr., the Foreign Office
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  • 136 1 THE Government has stopped the registration of new chit fund companies for the time being, Parliament was told yesterday. It is now studying chit fund legislation m Ceylon, India and Taiwan with a view of introducing similar legislation to control the activities of
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  • 278 1 Pet stag kills man, 62 FACTORY worker Sow Keng Tiong, 62, was gored to death by a pet stag yesterday. Mr. Sow, who fed poultry at Sin Heng Chan Feedmill Factory's experimental farm m Hill View Avenue, Bukit Timah, was found by a workmate with a deep wound m his
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  • 105 1 GRIK, Tues. Ariffin bin Ya'acob. 17, was killed today by a wild elephant m the jungle near Kampong Lala, 15 miles from here. Ariffin and his father had gone into the jungle to wash for tin with dulangs. Ariffin's fa the/, Inche Ya'acob bin
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    • 73 1 r-EH-i CASINOS to attract tourists Page 3 DDD WHO DROVE crash car? Six took the secret to their graves Page 4 DDD NO AMMO, so Saigon troops withdraw Page 7 DDD NO ALL-ROUND increases m pay review for teachers Page 10 DDD THE 'KEEP Singapore Green' mistakes Page 10 DDD
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  • 696 2 r/^-i Wednesday. March 17, 1971 L>^A THE SINGAPORE HERALD PRESIDENT NIXON's rejection of the Japanese textile industry's offer to exercise voluntary controls on its exports to the United States is bad news for world trade m general as well as for the parties directly concerned. The
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  • 1389 2  - The East Pakistan bid for independence FRANCIS HOPE By WHEN a political bomb goes off, the world wonders why peace endured so long. East Pakistan, like Northern Ireland, has been an anomaly for years. But it was a quiet anomaly Now it seems surprising, even miraculous, that it ever post
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  • 344 2 A green city? Yes, but not at the expense of security RECENTLY a circular from the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister was sent to the commercial sector exhorting property owners to grow creepers and shrubs m their perimeter fences and even dig up the concrete ground anchor to facilitate
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  • 232 2 I REFER to the letter by "Interested Muslim" (S.H. March 13). Interested Muslim said: "because of prejudice, jealousy and spite, some of us have been prevented from doing what we can to help." The Central Council of Malay Cultural Organisations m its effort to carry out
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  • 220 2 Viewpoint I 'REFER to the article headed "Century of Thai King's Jumbo" (S.H. March 15). It appears to me that you have slightly altered history m referring to King Chulalongkorn and as the king who was "immortalised" m the book "Anna and the King of Siam,"
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  • 189 3 LOCAL FIRM STARTS A REFERENCE LIBRARY ON FOOD AND DRINKS A LIBRARY of educational and reference books on food aad drinks has been started by Food and Beverage (Pte) Ltd. The library initially has 43 books and many periodicals covering subjects ranging from hotel management and cooking to wine appreciation
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  • 200 3 Why S'pore is good base for big companies INTERNATIONAL companies can find many advantages m setting up manufacturing bases m Singapore to gain a foothold m the region. This is especially so m cases where products are of a bulky nature, the Minister of State for Finance, Mr. Tang See
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  • 117 3 THE Government paid out more than $88,999 In accident claims arising from $25 accidents involving its vehicles m the financial year ending March 31 this year. Another 224 cases were settled out of court, while a further 28 were still pending. Law Minister
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  • 173 3 One for the books Mr. Tan Guan Heng, 34, runs a successful retail and wholesale book business at the Singapore Council of Social Service building m Penang Lane. He holds a B.A. degree m Economics and like every successful businessmen, he tries to keep himself fit by having regular exercises
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  • 97 3 When he became blind m 1967. Mr. Tan left for the Rehabilitation Centre for the Blind m Forquay m Southwest England on a six months course. On his return his business improved and last year Mr. Tan moved his shop to Penang Lane. Mr.
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  • 51 3 THREE men, armed with knives, broke into a house m Meyer Road, off Tanjong Katong, early yesterday morning and escaped with $5,400 m cash and jewellery. They took away two watches valued at $2,400, jewellery worth $2,600 and $400 from Madam Wong Chui Lam, who was
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  • 164 3 CASINOS TO BOOST TOURISM: BILL PASSED KUAL4 LUMPUR, Tues. Parliament today passed the Common Gaming Houses (Amendment) Bill which empowers the Minister of Finance to issue licences for the setting up of casinos m Malaysia. Five PMIP members spoke against the Bill which they described as "not m line with
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  • 139 3 Machinery can solve manpower shortage SINGAPORE'S skilled manpower shortage can be solved if more sophisticated and modern machinery is used m factories. This was said yesterday by Mr. A. Habara, leader of a tenman Japan Metal Forming Machinery investigation team before leaving for Malaysia after a five-day visit. Mr. Habara
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  • Page 3 Miscellaneous
    • 208 3 SS m J P- m An ex- Village; Dunman Road hibition on "Teaching Aids (between Haig Road and on Metric System" at the Tanjong Katong Road); auditorium of the Tea- Hocksan Estate; Tanglin chers' Training College, (between Hotel Malaysia Patterson Road. and Education Ministry); 19.39 a.m.: Second lecture Queensway/Stirling Road;
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  • 94 4 PENANG born Charlie See, Hollywood-based photographer, was m Singapore last night looking for a girl. He wants her to represent Singapore at the Miss Young International contest m Tokyo from July 26 to Aug. 2. The girl to be chosen must be between 17
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  • 154 4 THREE men, wanted m connection with the armed hold-up of a Tanjong Katong Road provision shop three days ago are now behind bars thanks to a tip-off by a public-spirited citizen. Police also seized a loaded 0.35 pistol, believed to have been used m the 1
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  • 416 4 Family planning not just a woman's problem HUSBANDS SHOULD SHARE THE BURDEN, SAYS IPPF OFFICIAL MEN should take part m family planning instead of leaving the responsibility entirely to women. Mrs Frances Dennis, Director of Information for the International Headquarters of the International Planned Parenthood Federation, said this yesterday. Mrs
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  • 180 4 HERE'S good news for those Geylang Serai housewives who were recently duped by a woman confidence-trickster into parting with jewellery worth $14,999. Police have recovered most of the goods and want the victims to contact Inspector Kalpanath Singh of the (11) at
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  • 67 4 KUALA LUMPUR, Tues Malaysia is soon to have a $40 million second tyre plant on a joint venture basis, the Minister of Commerce and In dustry, Inche Mohamed Khir Johari said here today. He said that negotiations with the interested parties were going on and
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  • 53 4 Typhoid: No new cases NO new typhoid cases has been reported m the Geylang Serai area since the finding of a carrier on March 10, sources close to the Health Ministry said yesterday. The disease was first reported on Jan. 15. The total number of confirmed cases m the area
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  • 190 4 Abortion drug tests being run PROSTAGLANDINS, a new drug which has been used to induce abortions is also being used m experiments to correct male infertility. Prof. S.M. Karim, world authority on prostaglandins, said this m a talk to doctors, nurses and medical students at the Kandang Kerbau Hospital Lecture
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  • 272 4 KUALA LUMPUR, Tues. Parliament today gave its approval for the bottling and canning of toddy for domestic consumption and export. The Finance Minister, Tun Tan Siew Sin, introduced a Bill to enable the Royal Customs and Excise to exercise control over
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  • 572 4 Who drove crash car? Six took the secret to their graves THE police had not been able to establish who was the driver of the Toyota car that was involved m a collision with a Tay Koh Vat bus at the I*l th mile. Sembawang Road on the second day
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  • 56 4 MR. Goh Leng Inn, father of Defence Minister Dr. Goh Keng Swee, died on Monday after a long illness and was buried yesterday at Bidadari. He was 84. Among those at the funeral were President Sheares, Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew, Education Minister Lim Kirn San
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  • 110 6 KUALA LUMPUR, Tues. Two Squadrons of fast patrol boats equipped with missiles will arrive from France this year for the Royal Malaysian Navy, the Deputy Minister of Defence, Tengkn Ahmad Rithauddeen, said here today. "We are not only expanding the navy but also the army
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  • 510 6 KUALA LUMPUR, Tues. Sir Dingle Foot, QC, was today granted ad hoc admission by the High Court here to act as defence counsel for the deputy chairman of the Penang branch of the Democratic Action Party, Dr. Ooi Kee Saik, on a sedition charge.
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  • 222 6 IS. U ALA LUMPUR, Tues. The King today presented credentials to the Malaysian Ambassador-designate to the Soviet Union, Tengku Ngah Mohamed bin Tengku Sri Akar. The ceremony was held at the Istana Negara. The new ambassador replaces Tan Sri Zaiton Ibrahim, who is now the Secre-tary-General of
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  • 89 6 KUALA LUMPUR, Tues. Sixty-eight Hongkong film stars and singers yf[\\ arrive next week to give several performances m aid of the .National Disaster Fund. They are from the Great Wall Movie Company and the Foong Foong Film Company, Their trip here is organised
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  • 224 6 Three-in-one map today Bridge Road, South Bridge Road, Upper Circular Road, New Bridge Road, River Valley Road, Delta Road, Alexandra Road, Tanglin Road, Margaret Drive, Queensway, round Queen's Circus, Queensway, Holland Road, North Buona Vista Road and Commonwealth Avenue. Return via Commonwealth Avenue, North Buona Vista Road, Holland Road, Queensway
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  • 166 6 KUALA LUMPUR, Tues. Prime Minister, Tun Abdul Razak told Parliament today that although Britain had been informed of Malaysia's intention to have relations with Peking m pursuit of her concept of a neutralised South-East Asia, she did not need Britain's views on it. Tun Razak,
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  • 283 7 CORDOBA, (Argentina) Tues. Ponce early today Cordoba was under control aad that the last labour demonstrators had been routed. Meanwhile, the heads of the three armed services met last night to study the crisis ia Cordoba the nations second largest city but there was no
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  • 157 7 WHITE HOUSE TOAST FOR TRICIA WASHINGTON, Tues— lt's a big day for the Irish and Pat Nixon at the White House on Tuesday. But it's an even bigger day for Tricia Nixon. Along with celebrating the first lady's 59th birthday and St. Patrick's Day at an evening party. President and
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  • 330 7 No ammo, so Saigon troops withdraw RABAI L, New Guinea, Tues. Members of the New Gulaeaa Natives Association battle with riot police here over the control of a cocoa fermentary oa the Gaselle peninsula. The natives, armed with fire bombs, claimed the cocoa plant was taken from them by the
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  • 70 7 months of experiments with an ever-changing system of oneway streets, pedestrian island, bus and taxi priority lanes, and a sweeping ban on down town parking. Things had been bad, too, m the narrow streets back Ib Caesar's time bat be solved it by
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  • 103 7 It's a mad, mad, worLd BANGKOK, Tues. He is only 25, but experienced enough to know that the safest place to commit robbery is the police department. Samchai Suksamran thought he had perfected this technique after he had "walked off with seven typewriters from the Metropolitan Police Commission and the
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  • 223 7 LONDON, Tues. Thirty Labour Members of Parliament, stung by Henry Ford's criticism of British industrial strife and inferior quality of product, demanded* today that the Ford factories be nationalised. They also proposed a widespread inquiry into the whole question of foreign investment m Britain. VAST
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  • 119 7 BILBAO (Spain) Tues. Police announced yesterday they had smashed the headquarters of E.T.A., the underground Basque organisation, m Bilbao, and arrested 40 people. Police sources said some of those arrested "were connected" with the kidnapping last December of West Germany's Honorary Consul m San Sebastian,
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  • 140 7 AIRLINES HAVE A JUMBO HEADACHE WASHINGTON, Tues. The jumbo jet, once heralded as the airlines's dream, has become a very large economic headache for the already financially pressed industry. Though more people are travelling by plane, the increase m air traffic hasn't kept pace with the space available on the
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    208 8 BANK RAIDERS FREE AFTER POLICE ORGANISE THEIR GETAWAY TOULOUSE, Mon. Three gangsters, each pushing hostages m front of them, walk out of a local bank and drive to freedom after one of the most daring robberies m French history. For the gang's getaway was organised by the police! Earlier
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  • 192 8 LONDON, lues. A new row is brewing among the Beatles, with Paul McCartney's American wife, Linda, smack m the middle of it. Mrs. McCartney is billed as co-author of Paul's record Another Day, currently top of the British hit parade. That- makes her, m Paul's view,
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  • 195 8 CAIRO, Tues. Deputy Premier Mahmoud Rlad last night criticised the United States for "giving us vague promises, asking us to wait and be patient" while Israeli leaders continue "daily expansionist statements." "Despite all the exchanges we have had with the
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  • 188 8  -  Herald Knight hh AN INTERESTING game was played between Richard Seah and Stig Lundgren m the fifth round of the 1971 SCF Annual Tournament. Lundgren, with the white pieces, played an irregular opening. Seah adopted a normal line, and castled kingside early m the game. Lundgren
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  • 374 8 My Lai: 'Calley shot them' 5 2*l I*« h r FORT BENNING, Georgia, Tues. The U.S. Government called it an undisputed fact yesterday that Lt. William L. Calley Jr. shot unresisting men, women, children and babies during the so-called My Lai massacre three years ago. The prosecutor, Capt. Aubrey Daniel,
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  • 208 8 JAKARTA, Tues. The United States and Indonesia today agreed on the re-sche-dulling of Indonesian debts totalling about U*****.6 million including interest incurred during the regime of former President Sukarno. An agreement to this effect was signed ut the Foreign Ministry today by
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  • 82 8 CORDOBA, Argentina, Tues. One person was killed and scores injured as violence broke out again last night m Argentina's car-making centre of Cordoba during a 1 4-hour anti-Government general strike. Police reportedly ran out of tear gas and there were indications that the Argentina military
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  • 203 8 ANKARA, Tues. Turkish President Cevdet Sunay said yesterday the threats of a military takeover which toppled Prime Minister Suleyman Demirel was legally justified and saved the country from a dark crisis. President Sunay, m a speech on the state radio, called for an end to political bickering
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  • 236 8 BRUSSELS, Tues. Common Market Foreign Ministers failed yesterday on ihe eve of a new round of membership negotiations with Britain to come up with anything new which might help break the deadlock into which the talks to expand the European Economic Community have moved. Today
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  • 203 8 Sale of missiles: Thomson expresses concern LONDON, Tues. Opposition Defence spokesman George Thomson has written to Conservative Defence Secretary Lord Carrington expressing concern at reports of the possible sale to South Africa of British anti-aircraft missiles, despite the IN embargo on weapons sales to the Republic. Mr. Thomson said that
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  • 158 8 NEW YORK, Tues. A troupe of anti -war performers who were refused permission by the Army to stage their show at Fort Bragg, North Carolina, said yesterday it would file suit against the U.S. defence department this week. The performers, including actress Jane Fonda
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  • 74 8 LONDON, Tues. Britain's Conservative Government narrowly avoided defeat last night during a vote on an amendment to the controversial Industrial Relations Bill. The Government eventually mustered a majority of two votes after a Conservative member spoke for 40 minutes to enable his colleagues to return
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  • 426 9 When in Rome, have a scotch! ROME, Italian authorities are concerned about a sharp rise m alcoholic consumption m this land with a tradition of moderate drinking habits. Italians have always consumed wine with their meals, and perhaps a glass or two more around a card game at night. But
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  • 557 9 BACKGROUND TO THE FOREIGiTneWS Peking wants Indian Ocean port, and Ceylon is ideal WASHINGTON, Tues. United States intelligence sources say China is trying to lease port facilities m Ceylon, which could give Peking a strategic toehold m the Indian Ocean. The Chinese want access to the port
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  • 558 9 OAKLAND, California, Mon. The Black Panther party is facing another crisis a bitter and important one revolving around ideology,, tactics and what direction the party should take. The crisis surfaced two weeks ago and has underlined differences between the party's domestic wing, headed by Huey P.
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  • 282 10 MP calls for tougher safety measures THE MP for Katong, Mr. J.F. Conceicao, yesterday called for vigorous measures m the promotion of industrial safety because of the soaring industrial accidents rate. He said: "With the growth of industrial activity, greater concern must be expressed for industrial safety, and vigorous measures
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  • 28 10 MR. Aziz Mustajab was elected chairman of the Translators Branch of the Amalgamated Union of Public Employees for 1971/72 at its recent annual general meeting.
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  • 218 10 ENCOUNTER IN SPORE: HIJACKERS ARE FREE TOKYO, Tues.— National police said today they are studying reports that two Japanese tourists recently met m Singapore t wo of the nine Japanese radical students who hijacked a Japan Airlines jetliner to North Korea last April. Officers said Toshio Okunio Okuno, 66, and
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  • 183 10 BRITISH actor James Fox, 31, Hew into Singapore unannounced yesterday on a special twoday mission—talking to the Christian community. The six-foot tall, blond-haired actor who played the role of a wealthy and lazy master m "The Servant" his first major film was met by
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  • 61 10 KUALA LUMPUR, Tues. The Sultan of Selangor, today pledged that his Government would correct the imbalance existing between the urban and rural areas so that "all my people will share the present progress. in the state which is only enjoyed by certain categories of my people." He made
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  • 157 10 DISTANCE RUNNING MAY PREVENT DEATH FROM CANCER NEW DELHI, Tues.— Long distance running can prevent death from cancer, says German doctor Ernest van Aaken m an essay m the German Tribune. The doctor arrived at this finding while testing the late Nobel Laureate Otto Warburg's theory that respiratory damage is
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  • 129 10 KL Govt to review television programmes KUALA LUMPUR, Tues. The Minister with Special Functions and Minister of Information and Broadcasting, Tan Sri Ghazali Shafie, told Parliament today that Television Malaysia programmes were being reviewed and that the possibility of having broadcasts m Bahasa Malaysia only was being studied. Tan Sri
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  • 521 10 CORRECTIVE ACTION TAKEN, HOUSE TOLD THE Government admitted yesterday that a number of mistakes had been made m its efforts to "Keep Singapore Green." As a result, National Development Minister E W Barker, told Parliament the Government had issued a list of "do's" and "don'ts" to contractors
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  • 191 10 KUALA LUMPUR, Tues.— Parliament today passed without debate a Bill requiring insurance companies to gradually hold more of their assets m Government securities and other authorised Malaysian assets. The Finance Minister, Tun Tan Siew Sin, m moving the Insurance (Amendment) Bill, said this would
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  • 550 10 No overall increase in pay review for teachers RECOMMENDATIONS to review salary scales for teachers have been sent to the Treasury, Education Minister Lim Kirn San disclosed yesterday. Mr. Lim told Parliament that these recommendations were still confidential, but hinted that the Government did not have all-round salary increases m
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  • 221 10 Slogan chanting women ordered out of court TEN women appeared m a court yesterday morning wearing white gowns painted with slogans protesting against the detention of political detainees. Fifth Magistrate Tan Chin Tiong promptly ordered them out for being "improperly attired," and the case was adjourned to the afternoon. Earlier,
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  • THE SINGAPORE herald Section II
    • 145 11 COLLISIONS between ships will be greatly reduced if a new system now being tested proves successful. Scanservice has installed the system on its ship, m.s. Taimyr, owned by Wilh. Wilhelmsen, Oslo, one of the three Scandinavian owners of
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    • 242 11 KAMPONG Kapor's MP, Mr. Yeo Toon Chia, will ask Finance Minister Mr. Hon Sid Sen if he intends to set up a committee to investigate rising food prices. He will ask the question m Parliament on March 23. Mr. Yeo says this is to
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    • 30 11 K. BALAKRISHNAN of Ceylon Road was fined $15 yesterday for parking his tar m a parking lot reserved for ambulances at Outram Road General Hospital last April 4.
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    • 444 11 FORMER probationary Inspector Amanur Rahman, 25, was convicted of rape and sentenced to seven years' jail by the High Court yesterday. Amanur was found guilty of raping a 19--year-old girl m Yong Nam Hotel three hours after he had found her with
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    • 163 11 THE Singapore Employers' Federation said yesterday it would not comment on certain accusations made against bank employers by the Singapore Bank Employees' Union against banks as negotiations were still going on. On Monday, the union accused bank employers of trying to "blackmail" its members into
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    • 209 11 MRT study to start in Jan. 1972 A DETAILED study into proposals for a mass rapid transit system for Singapore is expected to start next January, Communications Minister Yong Nyuk Lin said yesterday. He said the study would take about 15 to 18 months. He told Parliament that the Government
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    • 59 11 THE Minister lor Law and National Development, Mr. E.W. Barker told Parliament yesterday that work would begin on a new bus bay m Tiong Bahru Road between Seng Poh Road and Jalan Mem bin a m May. He was replying to a question by
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    • 377 11 Intruder died in fall from flat A MAN fell to his death after being discovered m the second-floor flat of a dumb spinster. Tan Koon San, 53, tried to flee when he was found m the Stirling Road flat by the woman's mother. Yesterday, Madam Mak Geok Ching, told a
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  • 118 12 WORLD population could reach nearly 8,000 million more than double the present number if fertility does not decline by 1985, according to the latest projections of the United Nations Population Division. The largest addition during the next 30 years to the end of the
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  • 236 12 Cooking's not something you can sniff at PEOPLE here are beginning to regard cooking as a profession not to be sneered at, Mr. Reinhard Steffen, (above) executive chef at the Singapore Hilton, said yesterday. He said that the profession has begun to acquire a more reputable status since the establishment
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  • 138 12 Pedestrian death toll: 152 in a year A TOTAL of 38,139 accidents were reported to the Traffic Police for the year ending Jan. 31, 1971, Parliament was told yesterday. Of this number, 152 pedestrians were killed and 1,053 seriously injured Home Affairs Minister Dr. Wong Lin Ken gave these figures
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  • 460 12 INTENSE COMPETITION FOR BETTER GRADES STUDENTS today are exposed to far greater emotional hazards than their predecessors, according to Dr. Z.N. Kadri, of Singapore University's Health Service. Writing m the latest issue of the Kesatuan Akademis Universiti Singapura Newsletter, Dr. Kadri lists seven
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  • 70 12 LEARNER motor-cyclist Ngo San Lai of Nam San Village was fined a total of $140 yesterday for committing four traffic offences m Nicoll Highway on Sept. 28 last year. He was fined $50 for making a "U" turn across the double white line and colliding with a
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  • 55 12 SALESMAN Richard Heng charged with cheating Sterling Drug Store m Lorong Telok of $17,773 pleaded not guilty m a magistrates' court yesterday. Heng, 37, who is alleged to have committed the offence between last Aug. 17 and Nov. 3 was allowed bail of $5,000. The case
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  • 135 12 FOUR men alleged to be members of an armed gang who robbed Lee Chay Co. m North Bridge Road on Jan. 7 of $94,883 worth of watches were committed yesterday to stand trial m the High Court. Ho Su Kong, 25, Yau Kirn Poh, 25, Lim Ah
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  • 110 12 TWO Nanyang Siang Pau journalists left for a four month course at the International Institute for Journalism m Berlin yesterday. Air. Lee Wee Kirn and Mr. Chang Wing Ching are the first Singaporeans to be invited to such a course. They will work together
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  • 152 13 Kam Ngan stocks turnover HONGKONG, Tues. The Kam Ngan Stock Exchange Hongkong's third stock exchange house grabbed 26 per cent of total turnover m the colony's three exchanges m its first day of operation yesterday. The turnover at the new exchange reached HK54.73 million, while the total volume was HK$lB
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  • 114 13 LONDON, Tues. Malaysia Rubber announced a final dividend of not less than 32-1/2 per cent, as forecast, for 1970 to make a total of 40 per cent (1969 total was 50 per cent) Net income will be substantially lower due to a lower rubber price, it said. Holders'
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  • 73 13 LONDON, Tues. A spokesman for Tube Investments told Reuter the company would shortly be raising 60 million Swiss francs on the Swiss capital market to repay temporary borrowings m Switzerland and North America. He said the coupon rate would He said the coupon rate would be 6-3/4 per cent
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  • 438 13 SAN FRANCISCO, Tues. Americans are becoming impatient with the pace of Japan's trade liberalisation efforts, Bank of America's chief economist said. "The recent unfortunate rise m protection m the united States, m large measure, is the result of many other countries including
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  • 100 13 TOKYO, Tues. PentaOcean Construction of Japan says it will begin negotiations soon with the United Arab Republic to participate m the proposed enlargement of the Suez Canal. Penta officials said the firm has been engaged since late 1970 m an enlargement feasibility study at
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  • 81 13 would replace the existing short-term indebtedness with longer term financing. Tube Investments, he added, had no further plans to raise funds on the international capital market at present. The last foreign borrower on the Swiss capital market, American Brands, obtained funds with a 6^ per cent coupon. The
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  • 81 13 LONDON, Tues. Pataling Rubber Estates announced a final dividend of 17% per cent making a total of 37% per cent for the year ended October 31, 1970, (total of 35 per cent for the previous year). The dividend is to be paid on May 14. Profit was £1,204,739
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  • 99 13 British Ley land LONDON, Tues. British Leyland Motor said it will appoint a property manager to assess the company's total property situation, control future action to optimise the return on investment and exploit the potential of the property portfolio, which originally cost over £100 million. B.L.M.C. has already announced a
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  • 120 13 TOKYO, Tues. Toyo Kogyo says it is expecting gross sales for the six months to April 30 to rise eight per cent to about 124,000 million yen, compared with 114,976 million yen m the previous term ended October 31 last year. The company attributed the gain chiefly to
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  • 222 13 TONGKAH HARBOUR TIN DREDGING made profits amounting to $650,000 m the half year ended December 1970. This compares with the $251,839 made m the whole of the previous financial year. The previous year's profits were cut by the expenditure of $1,040,010 for channel excavation and ladder replacement for
    Reuter  -  222 words
  • 38 13 JAKARTA, Tues. Mr. David Rockefeller, chairman of the Chase ji* 9*hattan Bank, arrived m Jakarta yesterday for a five-day visit to Indonesia. Mr. Rockefeller is scheduled to meet President Suharto and other national leaders. AP
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  • 271 13 HONGKONG (Rates m Honghong dollars, for March 16). On New York TT 6.***** South Vietnam (per On New York DD 6.0150 1,000 piastres) 16.90 Gold (99% fineness. Sterling (per Per tael) 291.375 pound) 14.51 Note Rate*: Singapore (per China (per 100 doUars) 195.80 100 renminbi) 180.00 Malaysia
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  • 574 13 The .larket closed easier yesterday, with prices drifting lower on lack of interest. Conditions continued very quiet ahead of the budget. The overnight uptrend on Wall Street was offset by anxiety about the general economic situation, with many operators apprehensive over Thursday's national engineering strike against the
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  • 312 13 BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN, Tues.— The Brunei Government and oil companies here will soon hold talks which will result m more revenue for the sultanate. The Government had already notified the companies that it would like future agreements to be m line with the
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  • 154 13 KUCHING, Tues. The Sarawak State Government is to tell a Japanese company that if it is not interested m coal mining m Silantek, 87 miles from here, the Government will turn to other interested parties. This was stated here today by Deputy Chief Minister Stephen
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  • 45 13 (Yesterday's closing prices, m U.S. dollars per ounce). Singapore (1) 40.55; (2) 152.25; Hongkong 40.23; Beirut 39.25; London 38.90; Zurich 38.958, 39.055; Paris 39.22. 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 13 (Closing buyer/seller prices for March 16, m sterling per metric ton). Tone: Steady; Spot 1471 1473; 3-month 1475 1477; Settlement 1473; Total turnover 480 tons.
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  • 359 13 The stock market surged ahead m heavy early trading yesterday with gains taking a commanding 749 to 319 lead over losses. The Dow Jones industrials spurted almost 5.5 points after 25 minutes of trading. The stanpoor industrials were up 35 cents. (Paid prices at 1100 EST,
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  • 234 13 AMSTERDAM The market was firmer yesterday, with internationals higher on balance, led by Philips which met sbortcovering and demand from abroad. KLM advanced with Wall Street. Shippings rose led by Van Ommeren m anticipation of favourable annual figures. Most plantations were fractionally up. Local industrials were quietly mixed.
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  • Article, Illustration
    150 14 ALAGU Tamil for the kind of beauty that smiles, allures, demands attention possessed by Susie Ratnam. With hair blowing gently m the breeze and eyes that speak volumes, she models clothes fashioned from lovely Indian fabrics. Washable and colour fast, these lovely young prints can be styles to suit
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    102 14 takes a look at anew line m belts BELT NEWS! Prettiest belt of the summer, seen m Cannes. A long, long, long chain wrapped and wrapped and wrapped around the waist! Sometimes tightly, sometimes hanging loosely m a "waist necklace" effect. They also mix different chains for a richer
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  • 646 14 Q. I'd like to try a midi. but I'm short and have the wrong curves. I don't want to look like a frump, so, what do you suggest? A: Try a midi skirt with a high rise waistband. Wear a knitted body shirt or sweater to give you
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    441 14 I've just been reading a travel magazine sent me by one of Singapore's P.R. boys, out to win my friendship and influence me. In it there's this gem: "Ah Too, he say, I not understand why hotel walls he are so thin when you want to sleep and
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  • Page 14 Miscellaneous
    • 25 14 CHARM JCE <3ROOMIkJ<3 POISE m POSTURESOCIAL 6RACE6 \NE\oHTPERSOKIALrrvOEVELOPfv,?^ X RECMJCTtON -C K»»« r««t u Synax.t*. Uc 1970. World ..«Ki. .cor.v, "Can I enroll my husband?"
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    • 28 14 THE BETTER. HALF By Bob Barnes Mm»«p^M«MBMMM« B^ m saaHßaai BSSaaaaSSSH MM^m«m____ "You got a choice. You can chance parking if yourself, or you can^hance ME parking it.^
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    • 359 15  - Want to stay healthy? Then don't keep fit A.k.LEE By I'VE long been of the opinion that the quickest way to endanger one's health is to get fit. The number of injuries, ailments and general unpleasantnesses which I've suffered m the pursuit of health and sport have forced me to
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    • 169 15 "THE Going Thing," an eight-piece pop band from Australia, is m Singapore to woo our local youths after a successful swing m England. The group, which arrived here on Monday, will perform at Hotel Malaysia's Supper Club until March 29. "The Going Thing" comprising five
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    • 1354 15 and star RADIO r]rir I lIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIHI I NEVER had any good reason to doubt the accuracy of the synopses I of programmes which I Z UUBiaaM am very grateful to get Z lOba^B^B^B^Bf^B^an T 1 from RTS. JoßPFffflil^BV L J°al But Sunday I had a mmm**,**! M*IAMMUAkL^m^ WMmmmaMmmd mHlfAK\n^\\\K m
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  • 218 16 TOKYO, Tues China has rejected a Japanese proposal for settling Japan-China trade on a Chinese renminbi currently basis, it was revealed here today. Managing director Ichizo Kimura of the Western Japan headquarters of the Pro-Peking Association for the Promotion of International Trade told the Press
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  • 51 16 SEOUL, Tues. South Korea will receive 200,000 tons of rice valued at US$35 million from the United States under the development loan agreement concluded here today. This brings to 400,000 tons the total amount of rice South Korea will import from the U.S. this year.
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  • 455 16 STOCK EXCHANGE OF MALAYSIA AND SINGAPORE In continued quiet trading yesterday, prices m the Stock Exchange closed steady m the industrial section after a rather uncertain start. Prices m other section held barely steady. The day's transactions totalled 1.373,000 of which industrials accounted for 1,174,000, properties 94,000
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  • 803 16 ACMA 1.38/1.40; 1.38; Unch. ALCAN 1.42/1.44. ALLIED 2.75/2.85. AJINOMOTO 1.905. BEN 1.22/1.26; 1.23, 1.23 D; Unch. BE R JAY A 1.20/1.21; 1.20 (17); +.01. BORNEO 1.92/1.94; 1.93 (7); Unch. BOUSTEAO 1.998. B M TRUST 1.208. C SUGARS 2.208; 2.19 (8), 2.18 (6). 2.20 (2), 2.21. 2.20 D. 2.21 (11)
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  • 14 16 Singapore Malaysia Mar. 15 655.86 433. )3 Mar. 16 656.93 431.38
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  • 72 16 AMBASSADOR .8 1 /.8 3; .79-1/2, .80 (16), .31 (5), .81-1/2, .81 D; .01 V 2. MALAYSIA 1.08 B; 1.08; -.01. NEGARA 1.05/1.10. SPURA 1.40/1.45. IMPERIAL .625; .62 (5). .60 (2). .63 (2) D, .62-1/2 D; -wO2. KINGS .568; .49; -.31. MERLI (M) .64-1/2/.63-1/2; .64, .65 (5); Unch. M
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  • 80 16 The Saving B s Fun d 1.08 1.13xd Singapore Progress Fund .99 1.04xd (Managers' prices for March 16) Sterling Commodity (In new pence) 25 ONGKONG UNIT TRUSTS (In Hongkong dollars) First Hongkong 2.35 2.43 Second Hongkong 1.60 1.67 (Managers' prices for March 17) B. S. ASIA UNIT TRUSTS
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  • 30 16 AUSTRAL EN .80S; .30 (3) .79; -.01. C O PALM .85-1 '2B; .85 (5). .86; +.01. N5 ,P 1.25 1.28. THOLECH .82/.83; .82 (5); Unch. U PLANT 1.93/1.95.
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  • 79 16 BANDAR AY .4 4/. 45; .45-1/2 (4), .45 (11); -.O'/j. S'.iMß ..,'D 2.94/2.96; 2.96; -.02. C PROPS .70/. 70-1/2; .70 (2); Unch. CITY EV -37/.37-1/2; .37 (6). .37-1/2 (18); ♦.0V J FABER V .91S. I REALTY .60/.62; .60 (8); -.01. ISL IOTEL -22-1/2/.33-1/2. ISL PEN .84/85. X L INDUS
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  • 81 16 A AMAL 1.00/1.15; 1.15. 1.10; -.10. A HITAM 82p B. BERJUNTAI 13.00/13.20; 13.10; Unch. LANJUT 2.50/2.38; 2.58, 2.60; +.05. KESANG 1.158. KRAMAT 3.0450 X :;ampar 2.60/2.80. KUCHAI .90/1.10. LARUT 2.608. LINGUI .955. L PERAK 1.50/1.60; 1.52 (2); +.02. PAHANG CON 47p B. PETALING 3.348. RAHMAN HYD 2.50/2.60. SEL DREDG
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  • 47 16 A ..'OLEK 1.30 B; 1.60 (2); Unch. B KATIL 1.408. OUNLOP EST 1.31/1.33; 1.33 (3), 1.32 (6); -.01. GLENEALY 1.288. K| -."AS 1.50/1.51; 1.52, 1.5 1 (ll); unch. KEPONG 2.00/2.10. KLUANG ORD 1.30/1.34. NY ALAS I*4o N SERENDAH 1.408. TEMERLOH 1.988. ULU i-.ENUT 2.25 B.
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  • 252 16 Xl HHI X 104.75 cents per kilo (up two cents). Overseas udvi c c I followed Monday s fourcent rise and the market yesterday opened with first business done for April at 106.25 cents per kilo, 1.25 cents higher than the high recorded m after hours trading on
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  • 63 16 TIN $646.25 a picul (up $2.62*4). The Straits tin price gained another $2.62*4 yesterday to $646.25 a picul on an offering officially given as 285 tons, up a ton on Monday's turnover. The London overnight price also improved considerably by £8 a ton to £1,475. With enquiries mainly
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  • 302 16 THE PORT OF SINGAPORE AUTHORITY has mad T s E BERTHING ARRANGEMENTS FOR MARCH. 17. OUT: Alexey Tolstoy 8/9; Vishva Vikram 15/16; Perlis 20 east; Petahng 21 west; Protesilaus 33/34; Kvotai Maru 35/36; Neptune Zircon 42/43: Froma 27/28. IN: Koushin Maru (after Nagato Maru) 23/24. Penrod 18;
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  • 22 16 BEKOH 14 p S. BKT PANJONG !>n B. CLEA 10P S. G HOPE 34 u S. X L KEPONG I«Ju2op
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  • 66 16 (Yesterday's official buyer/seller prices, m new pence per kilo). Tone: Easier and uncertain; ClF's April 15.20 15.50, May 15.50 15.80; Spot 1 5.85 16.10; Settlements April 16.00 1H.20. May 16.20 16. 40, .June 16.40 16.60, April /June 16.20 16.40, July/Sept. 16.80 17.00, Oct/Dec. 17.30 17. 50, Jan/March 17.70
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  • 110 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, May and June all 208» 2 resellers. COCONUT OIL: Straits March/ April 139 reseller: Malayan March/April 159 quoted; Philippine (U.S. dollars per long ton) March/ April 297
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  • 47 16 PKPPKR (Yesterday's 2.00 p.m. sellers* prices, m sterling per long ton). Tone Stead\ quiet; Sarawak v hite spot 430.0. afloat 4 15.0, March/April 4 12.50, April/June 407,5, July /Aug. 397.50; Sarawak black spot 4 20.0 nominal, afloat 395.0. March/April 385.0. .luly/Aug. 352.50: Malabar March/April 520.0.
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  • 378 16 the market opened steady yesterday, encouraged by a sharp upturn v New York and surged ahcac as selective buying interest spread over v broad front. Trading was brisk m the afternoon and tile stock average rose 17.6 1 yen to close at 2. .120.01 yen. Matsushita X
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  • 571 16 All three sectors of the Sydney Slock Market yesterday showed signs of weakening at the close alter a day of irregular trading. However, there were several bright spots among selected issues. Speculative mining issues were mixed. Antimony Nickel jumped ten cents to 5(1 cents, while I losl
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  • 297 16 The market extended Monday's late advance m early trading yesterday. The afternoon session saw sellers predominating which dampened enthusiasm somewhat but the market closed steady with narrow changes. Hongkong land remained unchanged at $s>s but the rights improved to finish the day at $15. Banks were steady,
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  • 176 16 LONDON, Tues. Grain cargoes have been fixed from the Northern Range to the Netherlands at U554.35 fio (free m and out) for March and from St. Lawrence to Basrah at U5512.75 fd (free discharge) for April /May. A converted tanker has been fixed for grain from the
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    • 1185 17 |~L| \l KEY FOR EASY REFERENCE. The shipping schedules 11/ h X beginning on this page are given m four parts for a^f** 1 X sh,ps westbound, eastbound, southbound and -T*^" B ?i mmm^ m^ A iy^ZmmmWmlm\\W CUfHHffkl/^ M o »ur al nr a c Ch enUy g,VeS the fo,,ow|
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    • 423 18 mmm MALAYSIAN INTERNATIONAL gmm SHIPPING CORPORATION BERHAD Ma \«i 1 1 i \iii|\nu' Ku.il.i —A he National Shipping Line of Malays..) FAR EAST/EUROPE SERVICE lifii.aa,. Han panani BUNGA RATA 21 2 1 Mar 2* U MAN J J **.■< Apr Ma»rr 2* 4. 100 non JO. 4 Hamburg b ■>
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    • 730 18 P" iQ QTmOI infl ,nc, u din 9 ships sailing out of Singapore for Far East ports to the north-east mumanumwmmnMMMMmmmum mwmmm^ ANNA TAYLOR Ma. 30/ Api 4 Saigon. SSV/BA M s MUKHO Mar 29/31 Pusan. KSC/OL ASTR.DBAKKfc" M«y 11/11 K. Sham, Penang Honqkono Japan. Vancouver. KNUT/SB MSTAIP °OSHAN In
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    • 341 19 Speechmaker does rousing gallop S E CHMAKER trai ner Mansor Matban's Derby hope, did a sparkling gallop on good going at Bukit 'nmah yesterday. Apprentice Rafi Maswa trotted him one round the sand track and switched him to the No 2 track where he cracked 36 4/5 for 3f. He
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    • 160 19 NEW YORK, Tues. Australia's Rod Layer returned here yesterday for the final phases of the $210,000 Tennis Champions Classic and said that adjusting to new conditions would be the biggest factor m his attempt to complete a 13 match sweep. We have travelled 38,000 miles
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    • 316 19 GEORGETOWN, Tues. Guyana led the Indian cricket tourists by 326 runs with four second innings wickets m hand at the end of the third day's play m their match here yesterday. Guyana had made 206 for six at stumps, thanks to steady batting by Kallicharan (55)
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  • 303 19 CYCLING ACE KILLED BY WOMAN MOTORIST BELGIUM, Tues. A woman motorist crashed into the leading pack of a cycling race here yesterday. World professional road champion JeanPierre Monsere, 22, of Belgium, was killed. Police said the accident took place m Sint Pieters Lille after 71 kilometres of a local race
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  • 532 19 COPENHAGEN, Tues. World champion Rudy Hartono of Indonesia last night breezed through the opening rounds of the Danish Open Badminton Championships that attracted nearly 80 players from 12 countries for a rehearsal for next week's All-England tournament m London. Hartono, top seeded along with Japan's
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  • 178 19 Player, Kono get Masters invite AUGUSTA, Georgia, Tues.Takaaki Kono of Japan, a gallery favourite m two previous appearances, and South African Gary Player, the 1961 champion, were among IS foreign players invited to compete m the 1971 Masters golf tournament. Kono, who played one entertaining round with colourful Sammy Snead
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  • Page 19 Miscellaneous
    • 55 19 DAVY JONES By Sam Left I i r iT'D Bfc BETTER IF WE JUST BE CAPcFUL NOT T HMM.- I THINK SHE'D HAP A FULL CREW '•^^^^^■1 TO DAMAGE THIS GREAT GlADLV GIVE UP HER DUSS LOWERY BLISSfy PIECE OF HltiTORV^^UFE FOR THIS WRECK.' was pin- m^^ot^^ v LS 9^"
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    • 531 19 SOCCER: SBHFL Div. 1 MSA "A" vs Spore Pools (J. Besar, 5.15 p.m.); Div. 2 Hk Sh Bk vs MSA "B" (Geylang Stadium 5.15 p.m.); Sime Darby vs Borneo Group (F. Park, 5.15 p.m.); Metal Box vs Cold Storage (Balestier, 5.15 p.m.). SGSFL Div. 2A Police "A" vs Postal Services
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  • 856 20  - BIG RACE A RECORD BREAKER ALREADY SCOTT GORMLEY SINGAPORE Grand Prix is already breaking records and the racing doesn't start for another three weeks. Organisers have been snowed under with entries for the event, which promises to be the most thrilling and glamorous ever staged m its ten-year history at
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  • 296 20 THERE will be more grandstands for the 1971 Singapore Grand Prix since there are more and better entries for the main motorcar and motorcycle events at the Sembawang circuit from April 8 to 11. The National Sports Promotion Board has decided to
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  • 369 20 CENTRE-forward Harjinder Singh was the top scorer m the 5-2 win for the Indian Association "B". He alone netted three goals to enable his side to beat last year's runners- up. Police Sports Association "C", m the Singapore Hockey Association League Division Three match it
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  • 887 20  -  RON SIVA TOP contenders Katong Convent defeated fancied Convent of the Holy Infant Jesus 3-2 to move into the semi-finals of the Schools' national badminton B* division championships at Toh Tuck Secondary School yesterday. In the semi-finals today, Katong Convent will meet Pasir Panjang while Raffles
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  • 178 20 THE Singapore National Olympic Council will support a worldwide move by the 40-member countries of Flv^. the controlling body, to have Tenpin bowling included m the 1976 Olympics m Montreal. This move was initiated by the Canadian Tenpin Federation and the American Bowling Congress. Countries participating m the
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  • 475 20 Chivers proves he's worth his price LONDON, Tues. It took Martin Chivers a long time to prove he's worth U.S. $300,000. Now he's knocking on the door of the England soccer team and is being tipped by some critics as Britain's Player of the Year. The tall Tottenham Hotspur striker
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  • 117 20 Mrs. K.L. Ong (nett 138) took a second round lead m the McDonald Trophy tournament at the Singapore Island Country Club, Island Course, yesterday. Mrs. A.M. Gilson was a close second on 139. The third round will be played next Tuesday. RESULTS: Mrs. K.L.
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