Singapore Herald, 8 April 1971

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  • 15 1 THE SINGAPORE herald No. 221 Singapore Thursday, April 8, 1971 MC(P) NO. 2525 15 CENTS
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  • 204 1 NAGOYA, Wed. China has invited the United States team at the 3lst World Table Tennis Championships m Nagoya to visit -China for "friendly" matches, Mr. Rufford Harrison, leader of the is. team, said today. Mr. Harrison said Mr Sung Chung, secretarygeneral of the Chinese
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  • 308 1 NEW DELHI, Wed. The Indian Prime Minister/ Mrs. Indira Gandhi, said today that if the East Pakistan independence movement did not succeed, it might well pass into more extreme hands. In an interview with ANS Special Correspondent Suman Dubey, she said there were no plan for
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  • 494 1 Malaysia to close Taipeh mission ANOTHER STEP IN MOVE TO BEFRIEND PEKING KUALA LUMPUR, Wed. Malaysia will close its consulate m Taipeh soon m line with its bid for diplomatic relations with Peking. The move has yet to officially announced, but is presaged by the decision to open a trade
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  • 368 1 MORE THAN 200 employees of Hotel Malaysia walked off their jobs yesterday after they alleged that the management had reduced their share of tips from customers. The walk-out began shortly before 5 p.m. when the workers, all members of the Food, Drinks and Allied
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  • 185 1 HONGKONG, Wed. Bottoms are tops with the colony's legislators. And the bare fact is, bosoms are pretty popular too. For the Legislative Council today decided that topless and bottomless waitresses can carry on serving m the bars and nightclubs which spawned them. There are only
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  • 237 1 CEYLON: PLANE, ARMOUR USED AGAINST REBELS COLOMBO, Wed. Police and military today closed m on several units of the insurgent "Che Guevara" guerillas and by nightfall claimed to be m general control of the situation m Ceylon. An Air Force plane bombed terrorists barricading a bridge 40 miles north of
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  • 43 1 WASHINGTON, Wed.— A U.S. State Department spokesman said today the United States would view with favour a reciprocal visit to this country by an athletic team from China m exchange for the visit of an American table tennis team this weekend AP
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  • 158 1 WASHINGTON, Wed. A new and probably faster pace of troop withdrawals from Vietnam will be announced by President Nixon tonight m a speech he has said "will give some indication as to the end" of America's longest war. The President secluded himself with staff
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  • 61 1 HAMBURG, Wed. Horst Schenk, from Hanover, thinks he has a claim to being West Germany's youngest grandfather he is only 29. He had a daughter at the age of 14. The daughter, Hildegarde, who apparently has m: herited her father's precocious talents, has just given
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  • 310 1 GOVERNMENT is allowing the import of 14,000 tons of duty-free cement into Singapore to o ircome the present shortage m the building industry. The first load of between 200 and 300 tons is expected to reach here from West Malaysia on Monday, pending negotiations
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  • 103 1 LONDON, Wed. The Foreign Office disclosed today that high British and Soviet officials have had secret talks m London on the Middle East situation including problems of implementing big power guarantees to underpin any Arab-Israel settlement. An unannounced one-day conference last Friday brought together British and
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    • 96 1 GRAND PRIX special a preview m pages 15-19; more news and pictures m page 22. NO cut m social welfare spending Page 3 BETHLEHEM Steel set to cash m on the boom Page 4 RMN may keep its Woodlands base Page 5 CALLEY case prosecutor slams Nixon for interfering Page
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  • 596 2 THE South Vietnamese invasion of Laos has become the focal point of Saigon politics. Last week President Nguyen Van Thieu flew 75 newsmen to Dong Ha m northernmost Quang Tri Province for a field Press conference. There he called Operation Lam Son 719-eodename for the
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  • 873 2 An Asian Investment Centre? TO BOOST REGIONAL CO-OPERATION... A STUDY of the role of foreign private investment m developing countries of Asia has suggested the establishment of an agency to promote regional co-operation on investment policies and problems. The study was undertaken by the United Nations Economic Commission for Asia
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  • 379 2 Viewpoint WE agree entirely with the writer of "Just Waiting for Death" that "there is still enough love, concern, compassion and responsibility left m all Singaporeans to make an all-out effort to improve the place." It was towards this end that an ad hoc committee
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  • 33 2 All letters to Viewpoint must be signed and carry the writer's address. If correspondents wish to have their names withheld, they may use a pen name, but their letters must still be signed.
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  • 438 2 OUR ruling party has sincerely regretted the absence of a constructive opposition. In no society is there a perfect Government but Singapore has been most fortunate. Our Government stands on its record m: Housing Education. Medical services Social welfare Economic expansion and industrialisation Urban renewal
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  • THE SINGAPORE HERALD
    • 506 2 Keeping more ears to the ground ONE of the more persuasive arguments against having decisions made only at the top of any organisation, without benefit of consultation with others lower down m the pecking order, is the simple reminder that the Charge of the Light Brigade was ordered by a
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  • 15 2 C It7o TORONTO TELEGRAM 4YNDICATE "This is Abererombie of Market Trends."
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  • 343 3 THE Ministry of Social Affairs denied yesterday that it was its policy to cut down expenditure on welfare services. A Ministry statement said the policy has always been and still is, to assist all families who are m need of social welfare assistance. In
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  • 228 3 TEN teachers are setting their sights high during the forthcoming school vacation. They aim to scale the 7,174-feet Gunong Tahan, West Malaysia's highest peak. Five of them, at least, are no strangers to the sport. Only last December, the five, all camp, instructors, successfully made it
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  • 170 3 A JAPANESE firm of contractors, Ohbayashi-Gumi Ltd., has won the contract for the construction of the 50--storey Development Bank of Singapore bulding m Shenton Way, according to an informed source. The source said the Japanese contractors would start work on the superstructure
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  • 73 3 JOURNALIST Lim Nyu Siang, 35, alias Lim Yeqw Siang, was granted a divorce by the High Court yesterday on the grounds of his reporter wife's adultery. The suit was not contested. The couple (she is Madam Lee Sou Keng) had married m November 1964. It was stated
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  • 147 3 $2 mil. orders in three months THE Singapore branch of the Engineering Export Promotion Council of India has received orders, worth more than $2 million, for machinery from local businessmen during the past three months. This was disclosed yesterday by Mr. S.K. Khasnavis, its resident foreign officer. He said the
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  • 229 3 THE Hokkien Huay Kuan will donate three student dormitories to Nanyang University, which is m the midst of an expansion programme. The decision was taken at a meeting of its executives on Tuesday after a proposal by Mr. Tan Lark Sye, chairman of
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  • 172 3 Students call for dialogue in varsity SINGAPORE University students have called for a dialogue among the administration, staff and students to solve campus problems and to close the communication gap. The Singapore Undergrad, organ of the University's Students' Union, said: "Whatever the current controversy on the university may mean to
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  • 194 3 STUDENT REPORTER 'INSULTED' AT TOH PRESS CONFERENCE A CORRESPONDENT of the Singapore Undergrade official organ of the Singapore University Students' Union, was treated insultingly when he attended a Press conference given by ViceChancellor Dr Ton Chin Chye m February, the newsletter complains m an editorial. Under the heading Another Ef
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    • 39 3 BEETLE BAILEY By Mort Walker U*** v 6\vbmb TrilS Pier/ y k_ I em,2 i>4oU6rtT eeeTU;/ \f*fi eoov <Z. Tii M' 6 IV I 'TWAfA6OOO eer or jflfr Vjw^on >Jj|i^ h2tm&* V reA5 N/ fcv-"-------J .■•■:■:■::■:■:->: &■:■:■>>.■*?* S ll I I
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  • 313 4 ANOTHER shipbuilding giant is all set to supply the needs of the expanding offshore oil industry m South-East Asia. Bethlehem Singapore Shipyard at Sembawang will soon be building small craft such as barges and boats for the off-shore oil industry.
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  • 137 4 THE visiting Mayor of Melbourne, Councillor E. Best yesterday praised Singapore students m Australia for their good behaviour. He said that they fit very well into the social life of Australia and had never proved a problem to the authorities there. Mr. Best and his wife,
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  • 183 4 SINGAPORE Queen, a locally-built speed boat was put on trial off Jurong yesterday. And the verdict by world speed boat racer, Bob Conn, was: ''I'm highly impressed." Bob took the boat for a ten-minute run. Later, he said: "I will try to beat the present
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  • 94 4 AFTER the recent spate of freak $10 notes turning up m Singapore, a freak $50 note has made its appearance. Mr Roshantara Kumar, a hospital attendant at the Outram Road General Hospital found his deformed note m his last month" s pay packet. Part
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  • 44 4 THE three escapees of the Bedok Reformative Training Centre Lim Han Ti, 20; Mohamed Masser bin Amin, 18; Hussen bin Hassan, 19 aTe still at large. Police have been hunting for them since they disappeared from the camp on Monday night.
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  • 349 4 SINGAPORE University student leaders should stress the need for services m future programmes, not talk of political power. This advice is from Dr. Joseph Tamney, lecturer m sociology at the university. In an article "A tradition of apathy" published m the Singapore Undergrad, the students' union
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  • 144 4 HOW would you like to attend a ball at $5,000 per couple? That is the amount some people have paid as "admission" to the Eastern Ball on Saturday at the Hilton's Grand Ballroom. It's m aid of the Association for the Blind. Mrs Scow Peck Leng, chairman
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  • 15 4 LAFF A DAY "The head of the family isn't here. This is the foot speaking."
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  • 362 4 CPIB man: I got unwilling man to talk AN OFFICER of the Corrupt Practices Investiga tion Bureau told a court yesterday how he persuaded an unwilling ex-Government ship surveyor, now on a corruption charge, .to give a signed statement. CPIB's special investigator r Koh Hung Meng was testifying against Laurence'
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  • 160 4 PREPARATIONS are under way for NTUC's programme of games and fun for May Day. About 30,000 tickets to the Wonderland Amusement Park which is the venue for a May Day carnival have been bought at five cents each by the NTUC. These are to be distributed
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  • 86 4 SINGAPORE'S external trade for the first two months of this year rose by about $140 million to $2,842.8 million as compared to the same period last year. Exports were $773.4 million while imports came to $1,269.4 million for the first two months of this year compared to last
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  • 117 4 SINGAPORE teachers' unions will send representatives to the World Confederation of Organisations of the Teaching Profession (Asian Region) Conference to be held m New Delhi, India, from April 27 to May 4. The Malay Teachers' Union is expected to send its secretary general, Inche
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  • 291 5 KUALA LUMPUR, Wed. The Democratic Action Party said today that the high percentage of failures m the Malaysian Certificate of Education examinations was because of the compulsory Bahasa Malaysia paper. The party's secretary general, Mr. Lim Kit Siang, pointed out that failing
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  • 55 5 A MOTOR-cyclist Guidin Singh, 18, of Block 82, Commonwealth Close, was killed on the spot when he was hit by a car after falling from his machine m Holland Road on Tuesday Tuaku Ahmad (m dark shirt) is shown how a frogman's suit is put on
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  • 100 5 Perak State Assembly reconvenes IPOH, Wed. All 18 Opposition members of the Perak State Legislative Assembly today took their oath of office m Bahasa Malaysia. Twenty of the 22 Alliance members also took their oath m Bahasa Malaysia but the other two Mr. Yeoh Eng Chai (Lekir) and Mr. Thean
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  • 89 5 PENANG, Wed. Mara is considering holding courses m business studies for university graduates who are interested m this field, the Minister of National and Rural Development, Inche Ghafar Baba, said today. Inche Ghafar, who is also chairman of Mara, disclosed this at the Bayan
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  • 219 5 RMN may keep its base at Woodlands THE Malaysian Government may retain K.D. Malaya m Singapore even after the naval headquarters is moved to Malaysia. This was stated by the Malayrflan Deputy Defence Minister, Tunku Ahmad Rithaudeen, when he visited the Royal Malaysian Navy complex at Naval Base yesterday. Asked
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  • Article, Illustration
    875 6 THE little ones must be eager to know the results of the colouring competition, so here they are. Rodney Teo (aged 6) of 25-C Wan Tho Avenue wins our book prize for the best picture. Rodney used water colours to produce a fine picture m lovely tones of
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  • 1825 6 children talking talking So Ali told him about the greedy minister. The king was very angry with his minister and punished him and sent him to prison. He rewarded the fisherman well and made him the new minister. Everybody lived happily from that day onwards. I hope you will like
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    • 1441 6 HnMIIIIIIIIIIMIMIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIMIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIiUV I and RADIO I |>iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiimiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii j^ mmmm^^ IT is traditional for TV I 2 r^^i^l T Singapore to insert a 2 1 J PJIPHHUBB IcBHBI Midnight Movie on the eve 2 2 |V^ M^QKNSFiI^IJiaMj "*c ■»7?MjnTaßr!j of any Public holiday, but 2 2 done it by cheating us of
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  • 157 7 WITH the fantastic explosion of colour and design, for "grown-up" girls, the minors get full marks m the midi competition. These are variations on a simple peasant shift m gay cotton prints which are taken Squared-necked, the bodice bursts with rich geometric designs which follow
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  • 231 8 Heath comes up tops in Bonn talks BONN, Wed. British Prime Minister Edward Heath wouad up his visit to West Germany today having achieved his two major aims m talks with the Bonn Administratioa oa the Common Market and European security. According to British sources here, Mr Heath aimed to
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  • 190 8 MANILA, Wed. At least eight people were killed m the southern Cotabato Province of Mindanao as violence continued among Muslims, Christians and tribesmen, the Manila Times reported today. The newspaper quoting National Police sources said the separate incidents on Monday was the offshoot of
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  • 111 8 It's a mad, mad,world EPSOM, England, wed. Every day is Easter egg day for Rita Freeland. She doesn't need to paint her eggs for the traditional holiday. Her hens lay them coloured all the year round. Hen Blanche produced bright blue ones and hen Freckles lays bright green. "They look
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  • 360 8 Calley case lawyer slams Nixon for interfering WASHINGTON, Wed. The man who prosecuted Lt. William Calley has protested to President Nixon at his interference m the case. Capt. Aubrey Daniel has written to Mr. Nixon saying that his intervention "jn the midst of public clamour" has damaged the system of
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  • 119 8 A hat fit for the Queen Living EXTRA! THESE days, it seems t all the nice girls love asailor. Or at least his het. Which is why th«s Easter bonnet, with a'l those butterflies upon it, has a distinctly salty air. And soon it may be getting even more airs
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  • 183 8 SCIENTOLOGY CHURCH SUES BRITISH DIPLOMATS WASHINGTON, Wed. Lord Cromer, British Ambassador to the United States, and his First Secretary for Information have been named m a US$2.2 million libel suit by the Church of Scientology. The Church announced yesterday the filing of the suit against Lord Cromer and Brian Crowe
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  • 238 8 SEOUL, Wed. Riot police fired tear gas shells today to drive back students who threw rocks m the second day of university demonstrations against a new Government military training programme. It was not known if there were any casualties m the clash which involved 200 riot police
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  • 302 8 PM: We can liquidate the Amman guerillas BEIRUT, Wed. Jordanian Premier Wasfi Tall said today that Palestinians had been ordered to leave Amman because "the capital must cease to be a fortified camp for tne guerillas. In an interview with the Beirut daily paper Le Jour, Mr. Tall said: "We
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  • 92 8 LONDON, Wed. The British Government last night pledged to root out Irish Republican terrorism m Northern Ireland and promised that social reform will be pushed through "vigorously and effectively." Lord Balniel, Minister of State for Defence, told the House of Commons 9,400 British troops
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  • 191 8 JAKARTA, Wed. A member of the Indonesian Board of Film Censors warned Attorney-General Sugih Arto today that he would be violating the rule of law if he revokes an import licence of a film importer. "The Attorney-General has no right to revoke the
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  • 267 9 New battles as Vietnam protests mount SAIGON, Wed. Military spokesmen today reported fighting m two sectors of South Vietnam and m Cambodia, as well as continued aerial bombing m South and North Laos. Communist gunners meanwhile shelled four American positions overnight wounding a reported 15 Americans. Fourteen South Vietnamese positions
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  • 184 9 STOCKHOLM, Wed. Yugoslav Ambassador Vladimir Rolotiv was shot and badly wounded this morning when two gunmen, believed to be croats, succeeded m entering the embassy. A 58-year-old woman employee, Mrs. Mlra Stempihar, was also badly wounded, and a third person, Embassy Secretary Miodrag Vukadinovlc, slightly
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  • 154 9 Two more murder charges against Manson LOS ANGELES, Wed. Condemned killer Charles Manson and two of his clan members were arraigned yesterday on murder charges m the slaying of a musician. Manson and another follower also entered pleas to murder charges m the disappearance of a ranch hand. A judge
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  • 120 9 ROME, Wed. Eleven million workers more than half the nations labour force were on strike today at the call of their unions to protest against changes brought by the Government to an agreement with the unions on low-cost housing and living conditions m the cities. The
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  • 140 9 Police hold 200 Reds in Bali JAKARTA, Wed. Security authorities have arrested 200 underground Communists m Buleleng, Bali, the Daily Merdeka reported today. Merdeka, quoting the Governor of Bali, Mr. Sukarmen, said the Communists have stepped up their activities m burning homes and terrorising villagef of Buleleng. Mr. Sukarmen indicated
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  • 228 9 OTTAWA, Wed. Canada should assume a leadership role m the organisation of a massive reconstruction and development plan for south East Asia, the Senate Foreign Affairs Committee was. told yesterday. Dr Berjamin Higgins, project olrector at the Economic Development Research Centre of the University of
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  • 492 9 The city has been torn apart by mass murder rape arson CALCUTTA The city of Chittagong has been torn apart by artillery fire, looting and mass murder, rape, arson and looting. The Pakistani army has embarked on a programme of genocide and troops are moving
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  • 412 9 THE STREETS WERE LITTERED WITH BODIES' The engineer said that he had made three attempts to return to his house, about a mile away, to collect his belongings but he had been turned back at the point of a gun. "I had to leave with the clothes on my back
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  • 217 9 REPORT FROM THE LONDON TIMES "When the real trouble started at about 4 a.m. on Friday morning the bodies were piled 40 or 50 high at Finlay's Hall, one of the main residential areas." The engineer said that he was able to take daily walks up the road to friends'
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  • 206 9 'I DIDN'T KNOW PEOPLE COULD BE SO BESTIAL' "When I peeped through the window again they were looting. Typewriters, clothes and a radio were being thrown out of the window. When they caught us looking they would point guns at the window, he added. The engineer said that the trouble
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  • 215 9 'THEY KILLED THE ANIMALS, THEN THE PUNJABIS' The evacuees, many of whom are without baggage and money were whisked off the boat and driven to the British mission m the city. A reception committee of British residents have given them shelter m their homes m Calcutta. Both British and American
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  • 364 10 ONOMK AFFAIRS 1 LONDON, Wed. It would be imprudent not to raise prices if inflation continues at its present rate but no major increases are planned m the near future, Unilever Ltd. chairman E.G. Woodroofe told a Press conference. He said he thought profit margins
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  • 443 10 HONGKONG, Wed. Exports of Hongkongmade products to the European Economic Community continued to improve last year. With a value of HK51,419 million, these exports were up 30 per cent. At this rate of growth they could well exceed those to the United Kingdom m
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  • 405 10 KUALA LUMPUR, Wed. Malaysia is seeking a loan from the Asian Development Bank to finance the construction of a $32 million port m Johore, Deputy Finance Minister Inche Ali Ahmad said at a Press conference here today. The port, to be situated
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  • 272 10 SINGAPORE-MALAYSIA Merchant rates fixed yesterday by the Association of Banks m Malaysia-Singapore. Local dollars per unit of foreign currency. HONGKONG (Rates m Hongkong dollars, for April 7) On New York TT 6.***** On New York DD 6.01 Gold (99% fineness, pertael) 290.125 Note Rates: China (per 100
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  • 83 10 Bank Negara statement of liabilities and assets as at close of business on March 31, (m dollars): LIABILITIES Capital 40,000,000 General reserve 60,518,461 Malaysian currency m circulation 1,081,065 476 Deposits: Banks 188^001 Malaysian Government 495 ggg 923 Others 237]094i905 Allocation of special drawing rights 125,210 371 Other
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  • 138 10 $765,000 for jute planting in Indonesia OSAKA, Wed. -The Overseas Economic Co-operation Fund has decided to lend U5*t255,000 to a joint firm to be established m Indonesia by four small Japanese fibre companies to raise jute m the suburb of Surabaya. The four companies are Teikoku Sangyo, Dainichi Sent (Fiber),
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  • 433 10 M A A MALAYSIAN AMERICAN ASSURANCE reported a loss of $78,974 for the year ended December 1970. The loss, however, was after providing for full taxation of $100,205 and write-off m share issue expenses of $73,900. M.A.A. made a public share offer of 1.6 million SI units, at
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  • 607 10 The market shaded towards the close yesterday as buyers held off ahead of the Easter holiday and a few profit-takers moved m. The rrespective statements by Philips Lamps and P and O Chairmen also had a dampening effect latterly. Towards the close, the Financial Times index was
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  • 380 10 The stock market yesterday scored good gains m early active trading, extending Tuesday's advance. Stanpoors industrial average added about 30 cents and the Dow Jones industrials gained nearly two points. Advances led declines by two-to-one and volume was 1.5 million shares after nearly 30 minutes into
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  • 202 10 AMSTERDAM Most internationals were firm yesterday, led by Unilever following its annual report. Royal Dutch and Hoogovens were firm m sympathy. Towards the close Philips moved down and wiped out an opening gain. Akzo was neglected, while KLM airlines was very firm. Plantations were virtually unchanged and shippings
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  • RUBBER/TIN/COCONUT/PEPPER
    • 547 11 RUBRER 1 86.5a cents per kilo (down 0.25 cent). Prices rose one cent at the opening yesterday after initial indications of 106 and 107 cents per kilo buyers for April and May 1 RSS respectively following disappointing overnight London advices. Fresh buying interest m the May position held
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    • 103 11 Yesterday's 1.30 pjn. prices, in. sterling per long ton, unless otherwise stated). COPRA (U.S. dollars per long ton): Philippine/Indonesian April, May and June all 207, resellers. COCONUT OIL: Straits April 142 quoted; Malayan Unq; Philippine (U.S. dollars per long ton) May /June 294 seller; Ceylon April/May 160 seller;
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    • 50 11 PEPPER (Yesterday's 2.00 p.m. sellers' price, in shining* per cwt): Tone: Quiet; Sarawak white spot 435.0, afloat 420.0, March/April 420.0, April /May 410.0, May /June 405.0, July /Aug. 397.5; Sarawak black spot 420.0 nominal, afloat 400.0, March /April 390.0, April/May 375.0/380.0, July /Aug. 340.0; Malabar March /April 560.0.
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  • 231 11 BERNE, Wed. Switzerland has drawn up a Bill to grant developing countries gradual elimination of import tariffs on a series of industrial and agricultural products over a period of four years. The measure now goes before the Swiss parliament where its acceptance
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  • 1780 11 Closing Prices /business done STOCK EXCHANGE OF MALAYSIA AND SINGAPORE FRASER'S INDUSTRIAL INDICES KEY Closing buyers' and sellers' prices are followed by the business done. Figures, m brackets denote traded lots m I.OOO's. When the price is not followed by a figure m brackets, it means only a single lot
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  • 81 11 (Managers' prices for April 8) B. S. ASIA UNIT TRUSTS Mai. Invt. Fund 1.29 1.34 Mai. Progress Fund 1.07 1.12 CHARTERED UNIT TRUSTS Singapore Growth Fund 1.10 1.15 SINGAPORE UNIT TRUSTS Third Singapore 1 24xd The Commerce Ind. Fund 1.06 1.11 B. S. The Saving Fund 1.10 1.15xd
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  • 581 11 The mining market closed on a dismal note m moderate trading yesterday despite a late run by two speculatives, Mallina and Conwest. Oil shares were generally static while industrials managed to record some rises. Buyers pushed Mallina 47 cents up to 95 cents before bringing it down
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  • 292 11 Share values took on a markedly firmer trend on fresh support m late trading yesterday. Turnover, however, was still on the low side at $7.33 million. Hongkong Land was active and closed $2 higher at 104. The rights rose m sympathy to $24, up $3. Banks attracted
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  • 363 11 The market was firm m active trading yesterday on continued demand, reflecting hopes of a bank rate cut and reports that Japan's foreign exchange reserves were likely to top US$6,OOO million this month. Gains were registered m all sections and among issues to advance were Sony, Alps
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  • 186 11 LONDON, Wed. Grain shippers covered a cargo of 19,750 tons from the Gt. Lakes and St. Lawrence to Antwerp/Hamburg range at U*****,000 fio (free m and out) for April/May and a cargo of rye and rapeseed from Thunder Bay to Stavanger at US$9 fd (fee discharge) for
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  • 246 12 200,000 diabetics in Malaysia told: 'Don't see quacks' KUALA LUMPUR, Wed. About 200,000 people m Malaysia suffer from diabetes or its compirations. Health Minister, Tan Sri Sardon Haji Jubir, said here today. Launching World Health Day, the Minister said that this year's theme A useful life despite diabetes was appropriate
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  • 239 12 10,000 flock to book exhibition THE First Singapore International Book Fair at the Seaview Hotel which ended yesterday attracted 10,000 visitors. Mr. Donald Moore, chairman of the six-day fair said: "It was a greater success than we expected. "There will be, I believe, no more nonsense about Singapore's credibility as
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  • 310 12 FOR the past three months, Ahmat bin Jumat had stalked the Bukit Timah area. His victims were young schoolgirls. But his activities ended on March 30 when the law caught up with him. In a magistrates' court yesterday, Ahmat, 24, unemployed, pleaded guilty
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    • 278 12  -  A. K. LEE By "IRMA La Douce" means "Irma the Sweet," but don't be deceived by the title. Irma is a very wicked woman. She's been a Prohibited Immigrant for years. Irma is a prostitute. For eight or nine years she's been travelling the world
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    • 161 12  -  Naucy Wong's fiotiai Afotu JAPANESE flower arrangement enthusiasts, Mrs Linda Lok Bok Lim and Mrs. Lim Kirn Seng, were conferred the rare award of Comon (Advisor) at a lunch held on Tuesday by the Singapore Sogetsu Association at the Malaysia Hotel The presentation was made
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    • 170 12 MEMBERS of Junior Chamber International and their friends packed the Hilton Hotel ballroom and Spot Spot discotheque on Sunday for receptions by delegations to the JCI annual conference. Cathay Pacific Airways and Hongkong Jaycees were joint hosts at a reception suitably called 'Hongkong Nite." The
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    • 594 12 Starscope ■■■m nm->nuu>n>*—n_a_ l^#^lMii!ajp<Tl IJll'tfilHrWl |£ygjjgg39| They say actions It's not usually a very If you have any pet speak louder than good thing to slack off scheme or idea that words, but sometimes, what you're doing just needs the co-operation refraining from taking because there's no real of other
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  • THE SINGAPORE herald 'Section II
    • 237 13 Irenes the name, beauty is her game... IDEAL TRAVELLING COMPANION CONTFST WIN A TRIPTT^^NDOr^ORTWO^^^^ •CUT OUT- For some people there is only one airline BOAC THE cosmetic business is a natural attraction for this natural beauty. Twenty-two-year old Irene Ong is a beauty consultant which involves giving professional advice to
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    • 325 13 (1) Every day from April 5 to April 17 (except Sunday) we will publish two pictures of oue of our Herald models. (2) Clip out the smaller picture and keep it. (3) On April 19 we will publish au entry form. Paste six of the pictures you have
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    • 208 13 Left to die, but he lived to tell tale A PASSER-BY who walked into a gang fight m Tiong Bahru one night was stabbed 10 times and left for dead. But when the combatants fled, he managed to stagger out bleeding to the road. A taxi took him to hospital
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    • 329 13 Swimming club to get land for pool THE Government has agreed to let the Chinese Swimming Club have about four acres of reclaimed land for a new swimming pool complex. Mr. Fong Pin Chee, a vicepresident of the club, said that land negotiations with the Government had been completed, but
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    • 183 13 BLOOD TEST NEGATIVE: PATERNITY SUIT IS DISMISSED MADAM Teoh Guay Kee, 25, took her husband Ng Kee Heng to court yesterday claiming that he was the father of her third daughter, but failed to prove it m a blood test. Magistrate Chiam Boon Keng dismissed the application. Mr^J. Lim of
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    • 38 13 PERUNAL s/o Dosamy was fined $200 yesterday m a magistrates' court for his 10th offence disorderly behaviour m public. He was arrested by police who found him shouting m Beach Road on Tuesday.
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  • 114 14 Hair is the news again! LONG -haired youths will be barred from using community centres. Organising secretaries have been instructed by the People's Association Director to "refuse all forms of service to people with long, dirty and scruffy hair." "It has been observed," said the director, "that long, dirty and
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  • 204 14 TYPHOID OUTBREAK IS OVER THE typhoid outbreak which began m Geylang Serai m January is officially over. Seventy-six people contracted^ the disease before it was brought under control. A Health Ministry statement said yesterday that three typhoid carriers were traced during the systematic screening of more than 600 hawkers and
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  • 59 14 KUALA LUMPUR, Wed. More abattoirs are to be built m the country m the near future to cope with the demand for more meat, the DirectorGeneral of verterinary services, Tan Sri Johari Daud, said today. He added that the building of the $6 million abattoir at
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  • 101 14 EX-SHAW MAN NONEE SEN TO MAKE FILMS Mr. Nonce Sen, formerly of the Shaw Organisation, announced yesterday that he was entering the international film -making business. Three books being considered for filming are Howard Simpson's To A Silent Valley (the fall of Dienbienphu), An Assignment for a Mercenary (civil war
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  • 72 14 YMCAs from Singapore, Kuala Lumpur, Penang and Ipoh will be holding a two-day sports festival m Ipoh this weekend. Defending champions, the Chinese YMCA and the YMCA at (Orchard Rd., will together field about 80 participants m badminton, billiard, table tennis, tennis and volleyball. The
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  • 121 14 THE YMCA of Singapore will hold a His and Hers fashion show called Rainbow m Disguise at the Peacock Room of the Ming Court Hotel on May 15 and 16 at 4 p.m. The Young Adults Group is organising the show m
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    • 581 14 93SESS ORGANISATION OPENS TODAY MO FREE LIST DUC TO FILM'S LENGTH 4 SHOWS Note Times: 11, 2.30. 6.30. 9.15 OUR EASTER BLOCKBUSTER Jack Lemmon. Shirley Mac Lame "IRMA LA DOUCE (UA) m PANAVISION TECHNICOLOR CAPITOL LIDO-REX SKr-ROXY SATURDAY AT MIDNIGHT Plus SUNDAY MORNING SHOW Oavid Chiang "Singing Killer" (A SHAW
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  • 951 15  -  ALLAN CHAN By THE 6TH Singapore Grand Prix has attracted record entries all round and the main formula race promises to be a real battle royaL For the first time, all entries for the main race of this major event m
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    • 427 15 EM BETTER than ever for the spectators. Who and what to watch for m the main motor-cycle race Page 16. LOCAL TALENT: It's anybody's race and giant killers have a chance Page 17. THE CIRCUIT: A test for man and machine Page 18 and 19. MORE GRAND PRIX and pictures
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  • 40 16 THE two Indonesian k riders were well up among the leaders 1^ when they came to IV grief coming out of the Circus Hairpin last W year. WORDS: PICTURES LEE CHIU SAN M. YUSOOF
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  • 937 16 THIS year the motorcycle Grand Prix race promises to be better than ever for spectators. The race could go to any of half a dozen top riders who have the machinery and the experience to set up some very fast lap times. The absence of works riders
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    • 322 16 performance, stereo. seat covers. OQqV&S Q/ itt rO#Hfl KINGLY TEL 299 MSB ACCESSORIES LJZSfIIHI (PTE.) LTD. 293, SELEGIE ROAD, SINGAPORE, 7. V^SSSfc. Drive Smoothly Drive Safely GT Wheels HlHßaw HHbw _j- /Am L^^Hf <* SSm mmm^AmW ■HHflßßßaaflH HHHT ~~—**mo*> mm mmWW 9r jHHHI HHH. WP mw i y i Am\
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    565 17  -  WATCH FOR THE GIANT KILLERS By LEE CHIU SAN LOCAL riders are not lacking m talent, but they seldom have the chance to develop that talent because there is no permanent circuit m Singapore and most of them cannot afford to take their machines up to Batu Tiga
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  • 363 18 PADDOCK PITS SIGNAL PITS PEAK BEND fdm,,c,c,n THE LONG LOOP One of the most deceptive bends on the circuit. Really a double one that straightens out and then leads to another. Exits from the second bend can be hairy as the
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    • 211 18 H^t^^^^HHi Bafll Bafll at TaaßßßaV ...-re*' '9 HHaaaaaaaflß A\ aw J ._flal HHfIHHfIHH JL V~ af" _f*j hht^B h>il- Yashica Super 800 Electro has all the 'pro' features La-Ba-BflfltM V ««a_»-_B you need for theatre-quality home movies. 7.5 mm to 60mm, 8X power zoom lens lets you fill your screen
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  • 799 19 will look in the rear view mirror. Saloons and tourers By ALLAN CHAN ALWAYS a crowd pleaser and the mainstay of local motor racing, the saloons and tourers race will again provide thrills and spills galore with more cars than Singaporeans have ever seen m any one race. Fifty-three saloons,
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  • 182 19 From Page 15 finish, and Hengky Iriawan of Indonesia is a good bet to finish. He has just returned from Europe, after reducing his bank account by an estimated $70,000 which he expended on a Palliser WDP 4 and a works-prepared Opel Commodore for the saloons and
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    • 329 19 HEALTH CARE WORLDWIDE [SAFE DRIVING TIPKeep Murine m your car use it regularly to ease the strain of eyes tired from road glare, traffic, dust and wind. WHEN YOUR EYES DRIVE YOU CRAZY Stop for Murine «^-^SS^C^ I J ust two drops |5^ brighten, cleanse m\mnt' vmm and soothe travel
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    • 807 20 LL I V JJ EY F OR EASY REFERENCE. The shipping schedules 11/ N y beginning on this page are given m four parts for 1 X v^— r^V/ ships westbound, eastbound, southbound and *-> nt~ m A T^-A^ammmmW AT* flf flf flf flffliflPflfflT flavW afl»% coastal. Each entry g,ves
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    • 388 21 JP f MALAYsIT^NTtRNaTnON^ J| SHIPPING CORPORATION BERHAD kM H No. 30E Jin. Ampang, Kuala Lumpur. AH The National Shipping Line of Malaysia FAR EAST/EUROPE SERVICE "■■■MM tmmm Na»| Afrkaaa: BUNOA RATA. In Port Havre 29/4. London 1/5 Hamburg 6/5 R'dam 8/5 Antwerp 11/s'Braman 13/5 BUNOA ORKID. 3/5 Jun 6/9 Jun
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    • 650 21 tciSTDOI infl ,nc,udln 9 s"' 08 sailing out of Singapore for Far 1 '^1 East ports to the north-east. ALEMANNIA H HHBHnBB ****»»*BflH>flßßmmmflßßmflflm^ Keelung, Kaohslung, mummmm Manila, Hongkong. HLL/AFT MSALT A ,R Apr 23/26 Japan, Pusan. Bangkok. KSC/OL ANDRZEj«;t 0 c M.S.MUKHO |n R Pusan KSC/OL aimdrzej STRUG Apr. 15/18
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    • 305 21 SHIPS IN PORT THE PORT OF Kota Makmur, SINGAPORE AUTHO- Madhumati, Yu Hung, RITY HAS MADE THESE Kadina, Lilia, Kota Naga, BERTHING ARRANGE- KJias, Kota Naga, Permina MENTS FOR APRIL, 8. Samudra VI, Mactra, Tong OUT- Tocansa 3/4 Sing, Karingo, Ton fr Hwa, .wTo I fli£ v Wisskerke, Swift Dragon,
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  • 245 22 THE Alec Mildren Racing Team from Australia, one of the strong contenders for Grand Prix laurels, at the scrutlneeriag at Hotel Malaysia car park yesterday. Heading the team is Australian Formula 2 champion, Max Stewart who will race m the Alec Mildren- Alfa Romeo specially designed for
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  • 325 22 Indonesian ace Henky can upset m main event THOUSANDS will make their way to Upper Thomson Road this morning to watch some of the finest racing drivers and riders vicing for honours at the Singapore Grand Prix 1971. Former world champion racing driver Jack Brabham
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  • 126 22 8.30 a.m.: Arrival of Guests: 8.45 a.m.: Arrival of Minister for Social Affairs, Arrival of other Ministers; 8.50 a.m.: Police/Military Bands m position facing President's dias; 9.00 a.m.: Arrival of President and First Lady, Fanfare by the Police Band, President mounts dais, National Anthem, Presentation of
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  • 430 22 KONG Siow Kee, 17, of Hua Vi Middle School scored an upset win over favourite Elias Mussa (Geylang Serai Vocational Institute) to win the schools' national singles badminton championship at the Singapore Badminton Stadium yesterday. Kong won 16-18, 18-13, After losing the first set
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  • 279 22  - King and pawn ending IN king and pawn versus king endings, a pawn can only be promoted from queening, the opposing king must not allow the other king to reach the seventh rank. In the first diagram, when the pawn is m front of the king, and whether white or
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  • Page 22 Miscellaneous
    • 262 22 PROGRAMME OF EVENTS TODAY Practice periods: 08.30 a.m. Motorcycles Classes 1, 2 and 3. 09.15 a.m. Clubman Cars Heat 1. 10.00 a.m. Clubman Cars Heat 2. 10.45 a.m. Motorcycles Classes 4, 5 and 6. 11.30 a.m. G.P. Cars First batch. 12.15 a.m. G.P. Cars Second batch. 02.00 p.m. G.P. Motorcycles
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    • 53 22 MOTORING: Singapore yard (SRC, 5.15 p.m.) Grand Prix (Upper Thorn- BADMINTON: Schools' son Road Circuit 10.00 National C'ships. am.) NETBALL: SWNA HOCKEY: SHA Under- Asian League (F&N F 23 vs SCC (SCC, 5.15 Park, 4.30 p.m. 6 p.m.) p.m.); SHA League Div. 2 GOLF: Memorial Cup SRC vs Sembawang Ship-
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  • RACING HERALD
    • 500 23 Precious Momentos, a classy performer IPOH, Wed. Bukit Timah trainer Jack Spencer has introduced another smart sprinter m Precious Momentos among his new batch of horses. A four-year-old English gelding by Faberge 11, Precious Momentos outsprinted a bright class two division one field over 7f at Kuala Lumpur on Sunday.
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    • 202 23 JOE BUGNER NAMED FIGHTER OF THE MONTH NEW YORK, Wed. England's Joe Bugner, who outpointed defender Henry Cooper and won the British and European heavyweight championships,was named Fighter of the Month by Ring magazine yesterday. In addition Bugner, previously unranked, was given the No. 7 spot among the heavyweight challengers.
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    • 179 23 On the track this morning, Lt. General did an impressive workout m the company of stablemate Collusion on a good track here this morning. With a riding boy astride, he finished half a length m front of Collusion who was ridden by Nawari Ali over
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    • 157 23 t -rounder Mushtaq excluded from Pakistan's Test team LONDON, Wed. Mushtaq Mohammed, Northamptonshire's Pakistani all-rounder, was not surprised that he had been left out of Pakis tan's Test team to tour England this summer because he could not come to financial terms with his Board of Control "I thought they'd
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      273 23 BOMBAY, Wed. No goal was scored m the first leg semi-final match of the Gold Cup Hockey tournament here between visiting Sikh Union of Kenya and Indian Defence Services here today. The winners will be decided on goal average of matches m both the legs. Sikh Union had a matching
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    • 133 23 AUGUSTA, Georgia, Wed. Tony Jacklin of Britain said yesterday that he was discarding the driver with which he won the 1969 British Open and 1970 U.S. Open Championship for the Maters, Golf tournament, starting here tomorrow. "I have a new driver with a super-stiff shaft which I will use this
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    • 104 23 LUSAKA, Zambia, Wed. Tlie Supreme Council for Sport m Africa ended its meeting here yesterday without calling for an African boycott of the 1972 Olympics m Munich if Rhodesia takes part. Abraham Ordia, president of the Council, told newsmen after the meeting that he recommended African countries to attend the
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    • 91 23 MELBOURNE, Wed. The 30,000 strong Amalgamated Engineering Union today came out m opposition to the allwhite South Africa cricket tour of Australia this year. The Union called on the Australian Council of Trade Unions to boycott the tour, a move that would seriously jeopardise the visit. Already Bob Hawke, the
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    • 60 23 NEW YORK, Wed. Billie Jean King is the leading money winner on the women's pro tennis tour, according to the weekly statistics released yesterday. Mrs. King has won U5527,750 m the tour 'sponsored by Virginia Slims. Rosemary Casals has won U5523,200. She is followed by Ann Haydon Jones of England
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    • 62 23 TOKYO Wed. The Japan Amateur Boxing Association said today that it will send eight teenage boxers to the second Asian junior boxing championship m Seoul on April 20-25. The boxers, all under 19, will fly to South Korea on April 18, the Association said. In the first championship held m
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  • Page 23 Miscellaneous
    • 53 23 DAVY JONES By Sam Left 'IMAGINE T^r^X Jbbbbbß> '.-A^ftv 1 I GIVE TOn7"^P"b7fi 0 L/INU I'LL BET THEY'RE N THEY MUST GU^S FROM SUCH 1 aflß* eirriiSl I^^A >TO SAVE ME. I NOT PALS OUT OF 8E... IT CAN'T GROSES fflS" \W3 j^ s^^ U^^ R y^ P J^vl CA
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    • 477 23 TWINSET CROSSWORD "iziziziigH" ESMzaaaasa ACROSS DOWN I. With having endless neck with 2. Pupil is numberone, we hear suitor! (11) (3) 9. A shade that shouts at you? 3. Pipes, oriental, found among (3) the communists (5) 10. Are topless after somehow 4 lt appear to be real silver m
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  • 795 24 WORLD TABLE TENNIS CHAMPIONSHIPS HUI CHING ONLY TRIPLE CHAMP IN TEN-DAY TOURNAMENT NAGOYA, Japan, Wed. Sweden's 18-year-old lad, Stellan Bengtsson won the men's singles and brought back the St. Bride Trophy to Europe from Asia for the first time m 18 years at the 31st World
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  • 352 24 GUTHRIE Waugh 'B breezed their way to the final with a 4-1 victory over the Malaysia-Singapore Airlines *C m the Singapore Business Houses Football League and cup division three match at Jalan Besar Stadium yesterday. They will now meet Ming Court, the other finalist, on April
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  • 124 24 MEN'S SINGLES Quarter-Finals: Dragutin Surbek (Yugoslavia) beat Milan Orlowski (Czechoslovakia) 19--21, 21-12, 21-15, 21-19. Shigeo Itoh (Japan) beat Li Fu Jung (China) 17-21, 21-12, 21-16, 21-12. Stellan Bengtsson (Sweden) beat Jaroslav Kunz (Czechoslovakia) 21-14, 21-19, 21-17. Hsi En Ting (China) beat Tibor Klampar (Hungary; 23--21, 21-17, 14-21,
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  • 111 24 A leading soccer club from Selangor, the VOC Sports Club, will play two friendly matches here during the weekend. They open their tour with a match tomorrow against the Port Authority Recreation at Bukit Chermin and on Saturday the visitors will take on the Joyful Indians for the
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  • 484 24 BRIDEG E T O W N Wed. A gallant unbeaten century by twenty-one year-old Bom bay University student Sunil Gavaskar enabled India to hold out for a draw m the Fourth Test against West Indies at the Kensington Oval here yesterday. At the close,
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  • 86 24 India 2nd inns. A. Mankad c Shepherd b Ali 8; S, Gavaskar not out 117; A. Wadekar c Lloyd b Sobers 17; G.R. Vishwanath c Shepherd b Sobers 0; M.L. Jaisimha Ibw Dowe 17; D.N. Sardesai c Fredericks 6 Shepherd 24; E.D. Solkar not out 10; Extras: 28; Total:
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  • 60 24 The Singapore Cricket Club selection will play a charity soccer match against the locally enlisted personnel of the British Army on Friday April 16 at the Padang. Band of the 32 Regiment RCT will be m attendance. The charity is m aid of the locally enlisted personnel who
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  • 378 24  - Abdul Karim named S'pore skipper for Under-23 meet JASBIR SINGH ASIAN ALL-Star and Singapore Indian Association centre half, Abdul Karim, 25, has been named Singapore skipper for the Malaysian Hockey Federation Under-23 competition at Seremban from April 15 to 17. Eight states, including Singapore, will vie for the Aziz Durairatnam
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  • 189 24 D'Cruz goal decides hockey match A FORTY-SECOND minute goal by left-wing Joseph D'Cruz earned the Jansenites a 1-0 victory over the Ceylon Sports Club m the Singapore Hockey Association division one league match at Balestier Road yesterday. Fielding a depleted side the Ceylonese did extremely well m holding their tough
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  • 69 24 Lee Kok Yuen was the outstanding athlete m the Rangoon Road Primary School Athletic at the school ground yesterday. Lee won the high jump and triple jump m the Boys open division. Lim Meng Thim took Girls' senior title by bagging three golds and a silver.
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