The Straits Times, 23 August 1971

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  • 24 1 AVERAGE DAILY CERTIFIED SALE EXCEEDS 200,000 THe Straits Times The National Newspaper Estd. 1845 MONDAY. AUGUST 23, 1971 20 CENTS M.C. (P) No. 2507
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  • 416 1 Threeman junta grabs power Bolivia I A PAZ, Sun. A three-man Junta of Army colonels Hugo Banzer, Andres Selich and Florentino Mendieta today seized power in Bolivia. The last loyalist troops backing lettwlng President Juan Torres surrendered to rightist rebel army units surrounding them in the Bolivian capital after fierce
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  • 38 1 SINGAPORE. Sun. The numbers picked In today's Toto draw No J6 71 were: 9. 15, 17, 38 and 47. The additional number was 45. In the circles diaw. the numbers picked were 15, 24 and 28.
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  • 301 1 Blaze guts 30 shops Changi Road fire damage estimated at $600,000 By N.G. KUTTY: Singapore, Sunday FIRE this morning destroyed 30 shophouses beside Changi market in Changi Road, causing damage estimated at $600,000. A long row of shops adjoining the gutted ones were saved by two fire engines from Geylang
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  • 347 1 K. LUMPUR. Sun. rE first trade mission from Peking flew in here this evening for a six-day visit. At the airport to greet them were Tenrku Razaleigh, chairman of Pernas (the State trading corporation), Dato S.O.K. Ibaidulla. president of the United Chambers
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  • 879 1 Threat to China if S-E Asia is hostile: Raja SINGAPORE, Sun FOKEIGN Minister Mr. S. Ka.jaratnani said tonight thai China was likely to l)e more concerned with winning the friendship of the overwhelmingly nonChinese South east Asia than the overseas Chinese. This was so because a hostile South-east Asia could
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  • 52 1 A Singapore reader has won the $10,000 prize in the Straits Times Word Puzzle Contest F". He is Mr. Albert Seah, of 350K. Block 145. Lorong 2, Toa Payoh. Singapore 12. He submitted a solution which the adjudication committee had held the most meritorious. Winning entry is in
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    • 30 1 LA PAZ Bolivia). Sun. —Bolivia's leftist President Juan Torres has asked for asylum in the Papal nunciate here, a church spokesman said today. Reuter. (See this pace)
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  • WORLD NEWS THE STRAITS TIMES FOREIGN NEWS SERVICE
    • 145 2 Indon army chief 'Red ties' charge IAKARTA, Sun. An army commander and two-thirds of his battalion have been arrested and dismissed for alleged secret communist ties, Antara reported today. Quoting L i e u t. G e n. Achmad Taher, military commander for Sumatra, the agency said the battalion commander
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    • 120 2 UELGKADE. Sun. A medieval church in Southern Yugoslavia will have to be reconsecrated because an actor stripped naked during a play at a recent festival there, a Press report said here. The report, in the leading Belgrade daily Poll tika, said that officials of
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    • 270 2 Leaders hail Belfast probe decision BELFAST. Sunday CIVIL rights leaders in the troubled province of Northern Ireland yesterday welcomed a British Government decision to hold an official inquiry into allegations of brutality by British troops guarding men detained there under new emergency powers. Among the allegations to be investigated is
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    • 44 2 Police hunt for arms LONDON, Sun. More than 50 Scotland Yard detectives raided several houses and oftices in London yesterday, seizing tircarms. explosives and document. s believed to belong to the so-called Angry Brigade. Four men and two women were held (or questioning. AP.
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    • 40 2 HONOLULU. Sun. Tne biggest names in American a. id Japanese industrial and financial circles met behind closed doors yesterday at p secluded hotel in a conference expected '.o give top priority to President Nixon's new economic policies. UPI.
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    • 164 2 —RESTRAIN INDIA, PAKISTAN TELLS RUSSIA RAWALPINDI, Sun. Pakistan has asked the Soviet Union to restrain India from giving support to rebels in East Pakistan as proof of the Soviet contention that the Indo-Soviet treaty is designed to keep peace in the subcontinent. Foreign Office sources said. The request was made
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    • 137 2 Ne Win gives go-ahead to new law for Burma- RANGOON. Sun. Prime IX Minister General Ne Win has given the goahead for writing a constitution to replace the one suspended since he took power nine years ago. He issued an order yesterday to the powerful revolutionary council, his Cabinet and
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    • 470 2 INDIRA GETS TOUGH WITH PRESS OWNED BY TYCOONS NEW DELHI. Sun THE Government plans to introduce legislalation designed to break up what it regards as the "monopoly Press" owned by business magnates. A draft Bill which has already been drawn up aims to give employees greater say in running the
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  • WORLD NEWS 2
    • 229 3 Six killed in big breakout at San Quentin jail I OS ANGUS, Sun. Three prisoners, including one of the famous Soli-dad brother*, and three guards were killed in an attempted breakout from the maximum security wing of San ijucntin jail yesterday. George Jackson, 29, one of three Negroes known as
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    • 37 3 BANGKOK. Sun. Three I children were drowned and 12.000 people fled their homes i in north-eastern Thailand when waters from the Mekong River overflowed its banks after heaw monsoon r:nns. provincial sources said today. Reuter.
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    • 30 3 ROMME. Sun. Ants, mosquitoa and rats havr laid miv<" (o Rome in the sweltering August heat and newspapers have called for radical measures tc check the peatt.
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    • 393 3 CAIRO, Sunday. PRESIDENT Anwar Sadat returned to Egypt last night after talks with Sudanese leader General Ja'afar El Nimeiry which were largely understood to concern relations with the Soviet Union. The Egyptian president had flown Into Knartoum earlier in the day
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    • 208 3 A SINGLE SILENT PROTEST TO MARK INVASION PRAGUE, Sun. With one poignant exception Prague citizens yesterday ignored the third anniversary of the Warsaw Pact invasion of their country as most people escaped to the countryside for the weekend. Poiifv were checking cars entering the city centre. But most of the
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    • 29 3 VENICE. Sun. Forty nims from 20 nations are to be shown at the 32nd annual Venice Film Festival, which runs from Au(?. 25 to Sept. 6. AP.
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    • 90 3 THE HAGUE, Sun. An art patron has bequeathed to this city his entire collection of works worth 20m guilders (£2.3 m) by contemporary Dutch painter Pieter Cornelis Mondriaan. a spokesman announced on Friday. In addition to 104 paintings and drawings which the
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    • 276 4 BONN, Sunday DUSSIA has made important concessions to the West on Berlin according to i.he terms of a new four-power draft agreement on the divided city disclosed by well-i nformed sources here last iA?ht. The Ambassadors of the tour powers responsible for Berlin
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    • 301 4 'Have-nots' to plan strategy for Unctad talks GENEVA, Sun. Ministers of the developing countries of Asia, Africa and Latin America will meet in Lima in October to draw up a common platform for the third United Nations C3nference on Trade and Development (Unctad III) in Santiago next year. The developing
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    • 251 4 JAPAN ENVOYS FOR TALKS ON S. AMERICA TOKYO. Sunday IMPLICATIONS for Japan of political and nationalistic trends sweeping South and Central America dominate the discussions of Japanese envoys from the area meeting here this week. The meeting from Aug. 25 to 28 is the 19th regular consultation between Ambassadors from
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    • 528 4 crisis: French plan gets IMF go-ahead TWO-TIER SYSTEM REPLY TO NIXON WASHINGTON, Sun THE International Monetary Fund (IMF) has approved France's decision to introduce a two-tier foreign exchange system tomorrow as its reply to the dollar crisis. Financial sources said the approval, announced iast night after a meeting of the
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    • 30 4 HONG KONG. Sun More Uv.m "0000 people haw fur reliel for iotKi due to Typhoon Rose, the worst natur.il d;>a.ster here in a decade, thr Government said toduv
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    • 106 4 CTOCKHOLM, Sun. Sweden's next monarch will lose much of Ihe authority entrusted to the present king, 88--year-old Gustaf VI Adolf, according to a draft constitution bill published here. Under recommendations by a Parliamentary committee which drafted the bill, there will be no changes
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  • 413 5 Tempers flare as crowds jam the causeway SINGAPORE, Sunday ]yj.\ LA YSIA'S week-old immigration control system was put to its liist severe test this morning by the Sunday picnic crowd. And fur many Causeway commuters, tempers rose with the rising morning temperature. Hundreds of holidaymakers, in buses and cars, jammed
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  • 157 5 SINGAPORE, Sunday TWENTY-TWO American and Continental tou- rists today criticised the Government for the "extremely high" passenger service charge which they had to pay before leaving the country. The tourists nine Americans, four Germans, three Britons and two Dutch, Canadians and Australians voiced their feelings
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  • 92 5 'Protest at N-test' call PENANG. Sun.— State Assemblyman Mr. Yeap Ohim Guan canea on tne Maca\Man Government to ciay to protest sirmuiy against France's* recent j detonation of a nuciear cevice in tne South Pacific. "Tnis testing of aanyerouj> nuciear cevices in the backyaru of otner people j is hipniy
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  • 24 5 SINGAPORE. Sun. The Tanglln Technical Secondary School band will perform at the Botnnlc Gardens next Sunday from 5.30 p.m. to 6.30 p.m.
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  • 199 5 CPA offer of free trips to those born Sept 24 1946 CINGAPORE. Sun. If you are born on Sept. 24, 1946 you may win a free air ticket from Singapore or Malaysia to any two cities where Cathay Pacific Airways operates. The airline Is offering free air trips to anyone
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  • 60 5 SINGAPORE. Sun Two armed men robbed national serviceman Chin Nghal Hong, 20. and his (rlend of photographic equipment worth more than $1,000 In Stamford Road yesterday. The p;nr were waiting at a bus stop when the two men one armed with a dagger surprised them.
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    • 56 5 Bugs Bunny By Ralph Heimdahl LOOK, Kit} THIS IS J) /j /"oNCE UPONJ A TIME A HANJPSQME PRINCE J Vw S/4-L.Yf y I OH, /t/J'l WHO LIVEP ON MARS JUMPEP INTO HIS I v r I AUL It/Arj SPACE SHIP AND HEADED FOR THE PLANET I \RIGHTiy WjgS ig V^tx
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  • 670 6 SINGAPORE, Sun MALAYSIA is a fint-nitc country which, given i>olitical stability, is likely to develop "very well economical I y," says an economics professor in a paper just published. Prof. Lim Chong Yah. Associate Professor ot Economics, and Dean of the Faculty 01
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  • 351 6 Ready-to-cook poultry: Prejudice in Singapore CINGAPORE, Sun.— A senior Government primary production officer believes that loral housewives are still prejudiced against buying ready-to-cook broiler poultry. Dr. N.H. Nair. of the Pig and Poultry Research and Training Institute at Sembawang, said this at the annual conference of the Association of Veterinary,
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  • 122 6 KUALA LUMPUR, Sun. Tun Abdul Razak today pledged that the Alliance would do its best to meet the people's wishes following its victory in the Batu Rakit state byelection. The Prime Minister said the victory of the Alliance candidate showed "the great confidence and trust
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  • 66 6 SINGAPORE, Sun.— The Asian Women's Welfare Association will stage a cooking demonstration at the Imperial Hotel next Thursday at 10.30 a.m. The hotel's chef will show the following menu: Shrimp Cocktail Romanov, Chicken Ooulash with German Dumplings, Rum Omelette and Irish Co See. Tickets
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  • 403 7 SINGAPORE, Sunday SINGAPORE'S "quack doctors* 1 or those farmers who use. drugs indiscriminately t<> treal their "sick" animals and poultry were yesterday warned: Your patients, humans, :ind even the country's economy may sufferVeterinary surgeon. Dr. Tan Hwa Luck, present ing a
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  • 225 7 WOMAN WHO FELL FROM A FERRIS WHEEL SUES SINGAPORE. Sun. A mm her. who feu 1 off a Ferris wneel car wnh iier bab> at an amusement park 16 montns ago, is taking court action against me New Worid Pie. Liu.. owner* of tne park. Mrs. Low Kia Seng, wife
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  • 96 7 CINGAPORE, Sun— A timber merchant was yesterday cleared of a charge of offering a $500 bribe to a Port Authority engineer. The Third District Judge. Mr. K. T. Alexander, acquitting Lai 800 Sai. 22, remarked: "There would be a lot of violence done to my
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  • 98 7 SINGAPORE, Sun— Miss Low Yin Meng, (above), 16, has been missing from home since Aug. 14 after a scolding from her father for returning late from a party. Her brother, Mr. Low Keng Chow, said today: "She left a letter saying that she was going
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  • 42 7 SINGAPORE, Sun. The incidence of mosquito breeding decreased only very slightly last week with a 2.9 per cent incidence compared to three per cent the previous week Out of 1.257 houses Inspected. 36 were found to be breeding mosquitoes.
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  • 135 7 Penang hit by heavy rain, floods PENANG, Sun. A heavy rainstorm swept Penang island yesterday and early this morning, causing power failures, damage to telephone lines and floods in several low-lying areas. Fifty-four people in the Caunter Hall area were evacuated last night from rising flood waters. They were temporarily
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  • 31 7 SINGAPORE. Sun Slong Keng Tan SI Association and the Yacht ing World General Purpose 14' Sailing Dinghy Class Association cSineapore branch) have ceased to exist under the Societies Act.
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  • Page 7 Miscellaneous
    • 300 7 Straits Times Crossworc i AC'KOSS 6. Girl to be in a singular 1. Dad. on strike, takes her record i7i. name with the rest of the 7. The line's descendants, retrappings (13i. cently screened (7. Bi. 8 Spoken in a death rattle 10. 19. When its always spring 0 <
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  • 231 8 "Clean and green' drive can help solve water problem CINGAPORE, Sun. The Government's "clean, green and pol-lution-free" campaigns could help solve the island's water shortage problem, Education Minister Mr. Lim Kim San said last night. Mr. Llm. who is also PUB chairman, said: "We have estimated that If we can
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  • 62 8 Get-together of Muslim converts SINGAPORE, Sun. About 200 Muslim converts today attended a get-together party at the All-Malaya Muslim Missionary Society In Lorong 12. Oeylang. Inche Abdullah Musa. acting secretary of the society, said the party was held to "Integrate the convert*. Into the Muslim community." It was also to
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  • 51 8 SINOAPORE, Sun. The Singapore Mercantile Co-opera-tive Thrift and Loan Society Ltd. will organise a southern Islands picnic cruise (or Its members en Sept. 5. The boat, Slnga Manls, will leave CUflord Pier at 9.45 a.m. Pee Is $7 for adults and $5 for children under
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  • 255 8 SINGAPORE. Sun. pOPS and classics co- exist quite happily in the life of teenager Dorothy Wang. Last night, the 16-year-old schoolgirl from Katong Convent, who earlier this year won first prize in the senior section of the piano competition organised by the
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  • 111 8 SINGAPORE, Sun.— Mr. Seah Mm Kok, Ml' for Bukit Ho Swee. warned youngsters today that their lives would be ruined if they took to drug taking and hippism. Speaking at the sixth National Day celebrations of the constituency at Bukit Ho Swee community centre,
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  • 281 8 26 Scouts back after facing typhoons in Japan and HK CINGAPORE, Sun. A 26-member Singapore Scout Association contingent trooped home yesterday after going through typhoons and rain storms in Japan and Hong Kong. "But the boys found it an interesting experience, if also a harrowing one, in facing a climatic
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  • 31 8 KUALA LUMPUR. Sun. The Tederal capital may get Its city status just In time to send Us mayoi to an International conference of municipalities In Hawaii this year.
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    • 206 8 Ml*' ft Onp tit, l.#. lluntlin f HERE COMES TH' MUST BE THAT ..jQET THIS OVER yvvv^ 1 LOOKS LIKE BAD I MAIL, SARSE.' J REPORT FROM T'KINS SU2 ON TW NEWS FOR BOTH OF I L£M WE BEEN DOUBLE,^ US, OOP/ I m£^ If \V WATTING FOR!/ PRIVATE!/^ YEZZIR!
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  • 184 9 SINGAPORE, Sun. The Government is not in the habit of acquiring land and re-settling the people merely to Incur hardship. Mr. N. Govindasamy. MP for Telok Blar.gah. speaking at a National Day dinner In his constituency, said Singapore was striving to be the
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  • 155 9 SINGAPORE. Sun. The concept of metrication is gaining ground in Singapore, witn more people discussing the subject, says the Singapore Metrication Board. Reporting this in Its latest bulletin, the board says that witn freer aiscussions, many misconceptions wnich come to light will be cleared up. A
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  • 183 9  -  K.S. SIDHU By •pHIS crowd may A find it amusing but not the uniformed men with guns. The soldiers were taking part in a three-day police-military exercise to test their combat readiness in any disturbance. But on Saturday night, shortly before this picture was
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  • 34 9 SINGAPORE. Sun. The combined band of Sang Nila Utama Secondary School and Monk's Hill Secondary School will play at the Botanic Gardens on Sept. 5 from 5.30 pm. to 6 3o p.m.
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  • 48 9 KUALA LUMPUR, Bun. The Evangelical Lutheran Church is looking forward to building an institute for vocational training so that unemployed youths can be trained as skilled or semi-skilled workers. ThU was disclosed by their bLshop. the Rt. Rev. Bertll Envall. at an interview here today.
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  • 18 9 SINCAPORE. Sun. The Chinese YMCA adult department will conduct a 12-sesslon beauty course Iron) Sept. 1.
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  • 206 9 SINGAPORE. Sun. Police are anxious to contact Mr. K. G. Veeriah (above). 35, who they believe can assist them in their investigations into the theft of $37,000 worth of diamonds. Police said any information on the whereabouts of Mr. Veeriah. alias Tarflque, may be
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  • 224 9 S'pore need not fear when the British leave, says Dr. Chiang CINGAPORE, Sun. Singapore need not have fears over its defence and economic growth when the British withdraw towards the end of this year, its High Commissioner to Malaysia, Dr. Chiang Hai Ding, said tonight. Dr. Chiang, who is also
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  • 270 10 SINGAPORE. Sun— A labourer, Quek Lam Seng. 34. who died of burns at Outram Hospital late yesterday left seven young children and a widow who is expectinr their eighth child. The widow. Madam Tan Ah Kng. 32, was a picture of despair today as
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  • 302 10 Top conductor praises Youth Orchestra SINGAPORE, Sun. The Singapore Youth Orchestra has been praised by Hungarian conductor, Mr. Janos Sandor. Commenting on his experience as the orchestra's guest conductor at the recent International Festival of Youth Orchestras in Lausanne. Switzerland, he said: "One of the most exciting things for me
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  • 74 10 200 take part in the Big Walk SINGAPORE, Sun— About 200 men and women took part in a big walk organised by the MacPherson community centre today. T. Tharumarajoo, 22, emerged champion in the men's senior open section completing 10.9 mile— walk (17.4 kilometres) in 1 hr. 44 min. 50secs.
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  • 104 10 CJINOAPORE. Sun. Two O men were charged In a magistrate's court yesterday in connection with obscene films. Wong Keow Chat. 25, unemployed, was accused of screening a reel of obscene film. He was also charged with having four reels of such films. The
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  • 146 11 SINGAPORE. Sun rI'RTEEN monthold Vi-ii Jia Shyant is more than just a champion baby. He's a sort of "champ of champs" really. For like him. all the 158 babies ranted against him had been first-prize winners in their respective sections in baby contests held in 53
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  • 344 11 Pharmacy trade's success 'depends on quality' SINGAPORE, Sunday THE Minister of x State for Finance, Mr. Tang See Chilli, today called on the pharmaceutical industry in Singapore lo redouble its .efforts to ensure high ethical and quality standards. Speaking at a seminar on additives in food, drugs and cosmetics at
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  • 421 11 Health Ministry L committee to plan hawker centres CINGAPORE, Sun. 43 The Health Ministry has set up a Hawker Centres Development Committee to execute its policy of resiting all registered hawkers into clean and hygienic surroundings. The committee will be responsible for the coordination, planning and development of markets and
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  • 90 11 SINGAPORE, Sun— The Prime Minister, Mr. Lee Kuan Yew, was among the residents in the River Valley district who attended the constituency's National Day celebrations last night. At River Valley community centre, where the celebrations were held, Mr. Lee, accompanied by Mrs. Lee, joined
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    • 490 12 The new spirit and drive of the Malaysian Chinese Association was much in evidence throughout the proceedings of the party's General Assembly, proof of the renewed strength of the Alliance partnership and of the MCA's recovery from the numbing shock of 19C9. The Prime Minister's tribute to
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    • 259 12 Ni -idler a little bit of bad football nor a great deal of bad weather the worst of it n si -rved for the final match dimmed the appeal and prestige <>f the Merdeka fcotball tournament. Burma ■in- champions for the third time, winning with an agonising
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    • 222 12 American regret over General Duong Van "Big" Minh's withdrawal from the South Vietnamese Presidential election and the Supreme Court's reversal of its disqualification of Vice President Nguyen Cao Ky"s candidature, are strong induations that Washington is determined to see that the election is not reduced to
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  • 557 12 Halting drug flow in S.E. Asia —but for how long? BY HENRY KAMM: BANGKOK pORMIDABLE obstacles confront the United 1 States in its efforts to halt the flow of heroin lo its troops in Vietnam and to prevent SouthEast Asian heroin from moving into the American market to fill the
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    • 139 12 1- LEFT Kuala Lumpur lor liatu G a j a h on August 3 by train at 850 a.m.. I just managed to board the train. I was holding a third class ticket and found that I had boarded the first class coach. For
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    • 264 12 r PHE immigration law requires an applicant for an international passport to be sponsored by a Division One officer or a person of equal status. This is rather harsh on those on the lower rungs of life. Most of these ceoDle have no influential friends. Borne
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    • 74 12 DECENTLY a friend of mine went to the Fejabat Post Besar. Malacca, to cash a moneyorder. To his surprise me assistant replied "No money, no money" without any reason. A fortnight ago I too tried to cash a money order, and was likewise sent away, because of no money. The
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    • 170 12 dropped in at the Segamat Land Office on three occasions within a period of less than six months sometime ago to settle some land matters. On each visit I found seated behind the same table three different Assistant District Officers within that short space
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  • 1476 12  -  P.C. SHIVADAS By I Kuala Lumpur Relieving pangs of land hunger in Malaysia TOP officials of the Federal Land Development Authority are pleased with the seminar held here for schemes managers and planning staff. The first since the FLDAs inception 13 years ago the seminar was a long
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    • 504 12 An you gaining the recognition thot is due to you, ana winnina that promotion tot a bcttei lob with an increased income? O> •ou sell yout plons "tic" tdeos to management? Or do v»u belong J Do -ou jossess the 'magic ot enthusiosm' that I"■ nn| more money? 9 Move
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  • Business Times
    • 928 13  - Forex markets to open in Europe BLAIR JOHNSON By p()KKI(jN exchange markets open today with the exception of Switzerland, Malaysia and Singapore. Adopting a wait and see attitude is the best action at the present time and several local hankers have been advising clients to put off urgent foreign exchange
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    • 184 13 A BATCH of new generation calculators has arrived on the scene from America. Made by Computer Design Corporation these office calculators (pictured above) think like computers. The secret Inside the machines, which are no bigger than most calculators currently on the market, lies in the wafer thin
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    • 575 13  -  HENRY CHANG By IN terms of trade. 1 the Nixon package itseJf is not expected to adversely affect Malaysia in any serious way. The 10 per cent U.S. import surcharge leaves Malaysia's main exports untouched, while it could be said that the
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    • CITY TALK
      • 212 13 I'LL say this for local American banks they know how to play fair. All last week when bank officers dealing in foreign exchange could have been excused for not knowing what day of the week it was they continued to change currency and travellers cheques for clients and
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    • 659 13 Sime Darby terms for Seafield Ami. CIME DARBY'S adJ visers, N. M. Rothschild Sons are sending Seafield shareholders the formal offer documents in respect of Sime Darby's SI 10 million bid for their shares which values the lOp shares at 55p each, against 44p before the bid was announced. Now
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  • Page 13 Advertisements
    • 107 13 Tfil Hall -marked 18 carat yellow gold The ST. DUPONT collection of fine jewelry butane lighters, reflecting almost a century of superb craftsmanship, offers the ultimate accessory for both men and women. The sixteen models of the standard S.T. DUPONT collection in 20 micron gold. 30 micron silver plate and
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    • 200 13 INSIDE Far East countries set parr in fond product inn: M.il.i>-U for two tra.'.i- fairs in Kastern Europe: Hone Konc law to protect investors; Management column (iiratrr nerd for management information; People in business. Pace 14. Business Times Portfolio; Weekly share analysis; other rlo-inc prices: Commoditirs; Oversias market reports; local
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  • 806 14  -  AUSTIN MORAIS By pAM East countries including Malaysia led the developing countries in gains in per capita food production in 1970. Their total agricultural production increased 4 per cent and food output rose ."> per cent. Per person this represented /ains of
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  • 180 14 Hong Kong law to protect the investors IJONG KONG: The Gov- ernment is drafting a law to protect investors in the colony and considering setting up a Securities Adivsory Board to control local stock exchanges. A government announcement on this was made after the Company Law Revision Committee, officially appointed
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  • 343 14  - Malaysia for two trade fairs in Eastern Europe ANTHONY NG By II A LAYS I A will take part in two international trade fairs in Eastern Europe Bulgaria and Yugoslavia next month. This will be her first appearance in any exhibition in the East European bloc. The trade fairs are
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  • 541 14  - MANAGEMENT Greater need for management information GEORGIE LEE \f UCH to the lament *'*of many a practitioner of manage, ment science, information on management and related fields is not usually as readiiy forthcoming as he would like. Expressing a similar sentiment is Mr. A B Sim. a lecturer in the
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  • 126 14 PEOPLE IN BUSINESS Mr. Ang Swee Tong has been promoted to sales promotion manager of American International Assurance. He is in charge of the company's training and sales programmes in Malaysia and 1 Singapore. Mr. Wong Yew Keong, a district manager, and Mr. Ooi Wah Guan, an agency supervisor, have
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  • Page 14 Advertisements
    • 443 14 Money talks in the Far East. Our offices can help you learn the language. If you have business in the rich markets of the Pacific Basin, Marine Midland's representatives are ready to help you get oriented. With expert advice on local currency or Asian dollar financing. Facts on local taxes,
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  • TIMES CITY DESK
    • 935 15 Ah a S 7 iCP t: rea ers the Business Times publishes weekly a The year's highs and lows are followed by the weeks movements in price and turnover with calculated dividend yield* and .:nngs ratios INDUSTRIALS NOTES: Closing nrice means the nnce at which the last
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    • 1145 15 Till iiillnuiiiK is a list of revised quotations for counters not included in the above analysis fur the week up to Friday August 20 with price movements based on a comparison of last MIM on August 13 and August 20 shown in brackets. H. 2.02 2.48 2.30
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    • 32 15 RUBBER TIN (per kilo (perplcul) Aug. 16. 101.75 cts. $628.25 17. 99.50 cts. $627.87 4 18. 98.75 CU. $627.50 19. 98.50 CU. $624.00 20. 98.75 cts. $623.75 2^^^^^^^s625 .62 i
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    • 121 15 The fallowing company meetings are due: Tractors Malaysia Bhd. Aug. 24. 12 noon. 54 Jalan Ampang. Kuala Lumpur. Alexandra Brickworks Ltd.: Aug. 26. 12 noon. "Chow House." 4th Flooi, Nos. 140 142 Robinson Road. Singapore. Faber I'nion Ltd.: Aug. 28. 9.00 a.m., Hibiscus Room. Shangri-La Hotel. Singapore. Goodwood
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    • 60 15 'THESE indication rates were quoted on the Asian dollar market on Saturday. The rates ere for deposits of U5525.000 and above. 1 mth 8 7 to 9 2 mths 8 to B%'; 3 mths 8 to 8-'h'> 6 mths 7s to 8 1 r <> 'J mths 7'
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    • 51 15 su.s. su.s. London 43.30 43.30 Beirut 43.60 43.60 Hontrkong NA NA Zurich 41.208 43.2.'.8 43.408 43.45S Paris 42.2S 41.02 Spore 111 44. H5 44.70 t spore (2) 161.10 167.50 ill Kxport price in non-sterlinn areis In U.S. dollars per ounce. (2) Local dealers prices in Singapore dollars per
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    • 33 15 On the frt-t- txchan^e market tn Hong XonK on Saturday the US. dollar was unquoted for T.T. and '> for ciik. Sterlinn was unquoted and ant tatl of KOid at 323.
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    • 34 15 In London on Friday the nrlcrr of Malayan 5 per cent CIF IK N Kuroj>can portu In bulk, MtrlmK p<t lonx ton Jan. Feb. was quoted at IK 11 1^ sellers (unchanged)
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    • 287 15 SHARE prices took quite a tumble last week leaving the portfolio well below its best. Prices will get worse before we see any improvement so the team is stuck with its present portfolio until buying interest picks up again. Though most of the stocks in the portfolio
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    • 54 15 rpilE week's total delayed tran- sactions in the trading rooms of the Stock Exchange followed by the percentage in brackets. Aug. 16. 496.000 (22 12 percent). 17. 688.000 (29.87 percent). 18. 762.000 (26.41 percent). 19. 640.000 (26.22 per cent). 20. 746,000 (28.18 per cent) The week's total was
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    • 71 15 FINANCIAL TIMES TIN Friday 72.74 Thursday 72.86 Week ago 72.15 RIBBERS Friday 217.84 Thursday 218.86 Week ago 227 95 OILS Friday 337.02 Thursday 240.57 Week ago 358.48 INDISTRIALS Friday 409.4 Thursday 405.1 Week ago 412.6 DOW JONES AVERAGE INDISTRIALS Friday 880.91 Thursday 880.77 Week ago 856.02 LONDON DOLLAR PREMIIM
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    • 241 15 YEW YORK. Fri—The marA^ ket finished the day slightly hicher after recovering some early losses. The Stanpoors Industrials were up 0.19 near the close. Advances outnumbered declines 715 to 634. Volume was the lightest this week, at 11.88 million shares Caution ahead of foreign currency market opening Monday,
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    • 35 15 London copper prlcet on Friday (prrvioun In bracketa): wirehar Spot buyer (431. .10 ((447 001 feller £452.00 < (447.00): Three Month! buyer (461. 50 ((457.00). »dler (482.00 1(45T50). Market Ihii: Steady. S«lt»t ..425 MM,
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    • 105 15 rIE Singapore Rubber Brokers Association has released the following information in respect of business transacted in S.M.R. for the week ending August 20. All differentials are in terms of the corresponding RSS 1 position in cents per Kilogramme. SMR SCV September One ton Pallets 4.25 to 4.75 cents
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    • 57 15 •Industrials 11.1t.1v Properties tTim: t$ rubbers: Attf. 16 ***** 79.45 137.49 97.18 110.12 Auk. 17 182.03 78.86 136.60 97.12 120.14 Auf. 18 Auj.. 19 A lit. 21 182.25 181.20 179.W 78.94 78.71 78.21 135.64 135.40 133.11 97.18 97.05 96.8' 120.00 119.89 119.6! •Dec 30, 196 C 100
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    • 272 15 JJRICES came off on a 1 broad front on the Stock Exchange of Malaysia and Singapore l.i-t week. In the continued absence of bearish developments, market observers were still attributing the downtrend to an overbought market unwinding itself. Stoo-loss selling added to the widespread losses recorded. President Nixon's
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    • 123 15 I 111 following list of storks gives the t-n most dealt in last week. The IM gives the turnover in thousands of units, closing prices on Friday and high and low for 1970 and 1971. I i- I -I I i imc-ti.n Haw Par Brothers I inn
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    • 316 15 THE Singapore Ma--1 laysian Rubber market was temporarily hamstrung by President Nixon's actions to save the ailing U.S. economy reports brokers Green Collier. Throughout Monday the market apeared boyant. Press releases, reflecting the possibilities of good offtake by the Chinese Peoples Republic in view of the
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    • 308 15 PRESIDENT Nixon's economic measures to check Inflation and unemployment In America had the effect of bringing tht Singapore produce market to a near standstill last week. With all foreign dealings suspended (except Japan) both at home and abroad, dealers generally found themselves operating under a cloud of uncertainty.
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    • 292 15 LONDON: President Nixon's economy measures made lor a cautious week on the London exchange last week. Initially widespread marking down was the order oi the day and American interest iMUCt such as BSR. Bats. Rank. British Leyland and Distillers were forced lower. However towards the close of
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  • Page 15 Advertisements
    • 245 15 /rC3\ SIME DARBY Ijjfegjj SINGAPORE LIMITED 1. DRAUGHTSMAN Civi! Engineering Division. Singapore O'izen. Overseas School Ccitificatc minimi, m Grade 11. At least 3-4 years' working experience with reasonable standard of draughtsmanship. Duties include keeping progress of piling contracts and assisting in preparation of piling layout. 2. ACCOUNTS CLERK (male) Refiigcrotion
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    • 1795 16 pMMHHipHVW (van houteni I M J ;uNFIDEHTIAL SECRETARY CHOCOLATE PRODUCTS (MALAYSIA) Wish U) employ a Confidential Secretary (Male or Female) in Butterworth. Qualifications: Applicants must be able to read, write and translate accurately Bahasa Malaysia The< must also have a high standard of understanding of English The applicant chosen will
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    • 1035 16 3Z2S&7SSSS3S& MINISTB LSvsT NSPOBT Permohonan2 ada-lah rii-pela-wa daripada ra'ayat Negeri Johor TENDER NOTICE den atau Warga Negara Malaysia i un'ok memenohi jawatan benkuv Tenders are invited for the supJawatan mi nda-lah tetap tetapi p|y and delivery of two (2) "Airtldek berpenchen. pon RcvtU( Dry Cnemical p^ I I'LMBANTU PENILAI: Tinders
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    • 923 16 LEMBAGA PELABOHAN M THE HIGH COURT IN SWETTENHAM MALAYA AT KUALA T«na,r. mntol Iran C.vll mMt o< Qloßl Engineering Contractors who are ENTERPRISE (M) SND registered with the Port Swetwn- BHD. ham Authority for renewing and the Matter or the commaintainance work on rail tracks panics Act. 1965. at South
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  • 928 17 KUALA LUMPUR, Sun. jMih i,uuu-stron« MCA general assembly today adopted a bold 14--point "plan of action" to stive as the party's objectives and guidelines for the future. The two-day assembly, which started yesterday, also accepted the MCA manifesto, titled •Unity— Chinese Unity
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  • 50 17 SINGAPORE. Sun. The head of the University of Singapore's Health Service, Dr. 7/.hur Hussaln N. Kadlr. has been made a Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh. Dr. Kadlr was the first Asian Singaporean to pass the MRCP (Edln i examlnaUon in May Hit
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  • 93 17 SINGAPORE. Sun. Yesterday's water consumption figure was not available from the PI B today because of the illness of its supervisor of service reservoirs. A I*l It spokesman said the supervisor in charge of releasing information on Sundays was under medical observation in
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  • 224 17 SINGAPORE. Sun— There are plans to clear some burial grounds on some southern offshore islands in Singapore for national development projects. These cemeteries, on State land on three southern islands. Pulau Ayer Merlimau, Pulau Bukom Kechil and Pulau Brani have been closed for further burials. The
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  • 90 17 TRAPPED DRIVER FREED BY FIREMEN SINGAPORE, Sun. For 20 agonising minutes yesterday firemen prised and pulled to free the truck driver. The trapped driver. Mr. Lim Vow Wan. 40. of Rukit Bahru, Malacca, was finally freed, but was rushed to Outram Hospital with extensive injuries on the lower half of
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  • 65 17 KUALA LUMPUR. Sun I The Malaysian Ambassadordesignate to Japan. Raja Aznam bin Raja Hajl Ahmad, left today lor Tokyo to take up his new post with a pledge to further promote goodwill between the two countries. He told newsmen before leaving from Subang airport that
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  • Page 17 Miscellaneous
    • 779 17 On your TV and Radio 3DO P.M. Opening and General Hos- 7.65 Community concert Dy the pital People's Association (Repeat) S.M P.M. Programme Summary 1.11 Programme Summary 3.20 Ind.an Classical dance featui- JJ* ews h and N k m D reel (Chinese! f c Pok 2 High Chaparral mi Pumthavathi"
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  • 181 18 The youth who hugged an engineer in street SINGAPORE, Sun. A shipyard engineer discovered his wallet missing soon after he pushed away a youth who tried to solicit him for "immoral purposes," a magistrate heard yesterday. The youth. Lai Nai Pak, 25, admitted stealing the wallet containing $27, a Singapore
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  • 65 18 Thieves break in while owner is out SINGAPORE, Sun Thieves broke Into the home of Mr. Patadla Jayantilal Lalji. 47, In Amber Road yesterday and escaped with $140 and Jewellery worth $1,470. Police said that Mr. Laljl locked up his house and left (or the airport at 1230 p.m. with
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  • 343 18 CPF assets likely to top $l,ooom by December SINGAPORE. Sun. The assets of the Central Provident Fund are expected to exceed Sl.OOO million by the end of this year, according to the board's report for 1970 published yesterday. Total contributions credited to members during the year is likely to exceed
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  • 179 18 SINGAPORE. Sun. Mrs >3 Becky Holt, who until recently was secretary of the Singapore Tourist Promotion Board, is suing the board for alleged wrongful termination of ncr employment contract on June 8. She is seeking damages for loss of salary for a year, ending on June
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  • Page 18 Miscellaneous
    • 1131 18 STRAITS TIMES WORD PUZZLE 'F» The winning entry THE $10,000- i 2 3 prize for Straits r—^m 1— ■■■IH zle I" was won by: rr-^^^B 1 L, ~^~~^~BBfc Mr. Albert Seah. 2 I |L AN El 2 VO T E Si 2 I I H A Wl 350K, Block 145,
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  • Letters to the Editor
    • 168 19 JTC flats-, and that privilege for civil servants I'NPER existing financial regulations, a "confirmed civil servant" buying a Housing Board flat has the special privilege of not having to pay downpayment, and the interest chargeable is only six per cent per annum instead of 6' 4 per cent as applicable
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    • 42 19 THE authorities have said that the Lorong Kerepek (Mandai) neighbourhood would be supplied with electricity in late July or early August. Nothing seems to have happened yet. We students are still struggling through our lessons by candlelight. FRUSTRATED Sll DENT. Singapore 25.
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    • 367 19 when 'potential' police officers don't make it rOMMENTING on DSP Evan Yeo's remark (S.T., July TA) that one of the causes for resignation from the police force is "lack of future," I very strongly agree that this is one Of the main causes for the spate of resignations by members
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    • 146 19 MY son. a policeman, successfully completed the one year inspector's course at the Police Academy and passed all his prescribed examinations. Recently he went for an interview for promotion to inspector conducted by the PSC but I was shocked when the result was released. He was one of the eight
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    • 229 19 What about Ngee Ann accountancy graduates? IT was good to hear from the Education Minister. Mr. Llm Kim San. that the Singapore Society of Accountants had agreed to recognise Nantahs Bachelor oi Commerce (Accountancy) degree: As a graduate of the Accountancy Department of Ngee Ann College under the old curricular
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    • 97 19 IF "pirate" taxis can be eliminated, I see no reason why jaga-kereta touts should be allowed to thrive. On several occasions I had the misfortune to park my car at the parking lots near the eatingstalls opposite the Singapore Polytechnic. My car was scratched and the jaga-kcreta touts abused me
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    • 86 19 THE Australian basketball team from the West Adelaide Club, in a match against Sahakan of Thailand, behaved most unsportingly towards the two umpires from Cambodia. The leader of the team, instead of making a formal protest, displayed a wad of notes in front of one of the Cambodian umpires. Sir,
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    • 84 19 ALL the three posts of Higher Clerical Officer in the Registry of Titles and Deeds have been left vacant since they were created four years ago. This has brought a situation where newlyappointed clerical assistants are acting for all the vacant posts due to too many transfers
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    • 115 19 Suddenly the lunch-box exploded -to bits- YOU never know when an accident will take place these days. I have been taking my lunch with me to work for some time. My lunch-box <s something li*e a flask for-eign-made and beautifully designed. I was finishing my last few' grains of rice
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    • 124 19 ON Aug. 10 (time: 1.20 p.m.i I phoned the Alexandra post office to make an inquiry. When a girl at the other end answered the call, I asked; "Some time ago, I sent an aerogramme with a 30 cent inslead of a 35 cent stamp. May I know if it
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    • 146 19 HOTEL MALAYSIA SlNGAPOß^^tf^j fejj^ J J| Tanglln Circus Tel 647 Ml TONIGHT EVERY k NIGHT 9pm -3am |j f^y Mk plus HEATHER ft THE THUNDERBIRDS Happy news for your children I discover /T|nf^mpL# 1 Here's gaiety and fun. ~m^ Xi^>^ V_s~\S Bena and his merry vl^ /x^x\ friends are six
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  • Straits Times Book Page
    • 304 20  - The horrors and degradation of a junkie GRAHAM LORD By SPEED by William Burroughs Jr. (Olympia 25p). rpWENTY years ago. in X Mexico, the American writer William Burroughs shot his wife dead with a bullet between the eyes. Acquitted of manslaughter, he went on to write weird books about drug
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    • 891 20  -  C. P. SNOW By ADMIRAL Morison A is a splendid figure. He is now 84 years old. He is not a professional sailor, but all his life he has been a real one: there appears to be no part of the east
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    • 368 20  - A guide for aquarists on marine life— JAN KAROL By TROPICAL MAR INK AQl ARIA by R.A Risely (Allen and t'nwin I4W). THERE isn't a 'natural system" of keeping marine fish in the house or even at the bottom of the garden, although Mr. Risely sub-titles his excellent book "the
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    • 197 20 i^*f w /sBB£y\ (on the rocks) HP*! Ijr Give her Martini... smooth, gentle ■■ilak v^vitil 7^ Martini Vermouth. PAX 1 In X Wgfr*''' Share Martini W ia B »=»v on tne rocks; B-3HR£^r3« i cool, clear, tinkling. ***> ■P* ill B Or with Your t m H orange, pineapple, THE
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    • 13 20 THE EUROPEAN DISCOVERY OF AMERICA by Samuel Eliof Morison (Oxford University Press £6)
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    • 28 20 Fibreglass? Ask us. We are now. in Malaysia. Wb know! Fibreglass is our first name. Jf Ik FIBREGLASSPILKINGTON IM) SDN BHD J&= F IBREGLASS PILKINGTON (S) PTE LTD
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    • 2006 21 EXPRESS SERVICES TO EUROPE P. Sham Penan S.ngaoore LOADING FOI: SONCKHLA |i Pt/24 Stpt 12/13 Aag 25/21 Hamburg/Bremen. Adam, R'dam, 2nd tall Sept 1/11 A'werp, Oslo, C'burg, Malmo, C hagen. Aarhus. ISMARA Stpt 11/11 Sept 17. 11 H'burg. B'men. R'dam Adam. A'werp, G'burg, C'hagen, Aarhus. Oslo. SIENA Sept 25/21 Sept
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    • 1136 22 H|U 1 '—>-* KAWASAKI KISEN KAISHA LTD. j Wast Au«r«lla/Slng«pore/J«p«n S«rvle« fremantli Spore Kee'unp Yoku-chi/t-agoifa Y^haTa Kobe Bergiaa Mam II Aaf 4 Sell 7 Sept tl Sept tSScpt .1 Sept tccept.il urge far Kate, Ouka. Nagaya, Yeteaaaa KAWASAKI KINKAI KISEN KAISHA LTD. i JAPAN, H. KONG, STRAITS SERVICE Sails Japan
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    • 498 25  - Vigilantes' Wee is new judo champ GODFREY ROBERT By HE TURNS TABLES ON QUEK WEE TECK KIM avenged his 1969 defeat by Quek Ser Hong when he won the Open title of the Singapore Amateur Judo Association at its national championships at the Singapore badminton hall. Wee, of Vigilante Corps,
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    • 498 26 Jacklin wins Benson in playoff ONDON. Sun. Tony Jacklin thrilled one of the biggest rrowds of the British season by winning the Benson and Hedges £12,000 golf tournament in York yesterday after a suddendoath playoff against fellow Briton Peter Butler. In his first British PGA event of the season. Jacklin
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    • 2613 26  - Jerantut wins top sprint in tight finish EPSOM JEEP By Hat-trick for Dawkins JERANTUT. with Rod Hawkins riding a terrific finish, beat three outsiders, Marusa, Yes Dear IV and Ya Ya in a blanket finish in the Class 1, Div. 1, 6 f race at Ipoh yesterday. Jerantut was the
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    • 167 26 Clarke's 2-mile world record beaten CDINBURGH. Sun. L Emile Puttemaus. 24--year-oid Belgian runner, shattered Australian Ron Clarke's three year old world record for two miles at the Highland Games here yesterday with a tumor 8:17.8. 1.3 sec. oil Clarke's mark. Futtemans blazed away from the rest ol the field at
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    • 134 26 'ToKVO. Sun. Tin 1 .incil ol the As;.m Gjuinastics Federation yi I tci huld the iecotui chanipioQsiiips iii India in 1973. lue council also decided the meeting here to name the hampionahip* as v. ond Acian youth gymnastic* championships. Loi N.ith Kburana, tecretary "I
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    • 91 26 pARACAS (Venezuela i. Sun. Venezuela's world lujljteight boxing champiun Vicente Paul Rundon i. hla title with an unanimous Points decision over U.S. challenijer Eddie Jones here. The decision was greeted with loud boning from tors supporting the plucky American, who krpt up a fa.-. pace over the
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    • 444 26 NEW YORK, Sun VIRGINIA Wade rescued Britain on the opening day of the Wightman Cup tennis match by defeating Julie Hcldman of the United States 7-5. 7-5 in Cleveland yesterday. Her victory was critical after Winnie Shaw cf Scotland had fallen 6-0, 6-4 to
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    • 76 26 NEW YORK. Sun. Results of major league b H.iaivA played yesterday: American l.rucue: Detroit 7 Milwaukee 2; Cleveland 9 4: Oakland 4 Bcwstun 1 more 4 Minnesota 1 City 8 Washington 5: Caliiurnia 2 New York 1 1 13 mnsi. National League: Cinunn.i'.i 6 Pitt.sbursh 3: Houston
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    • 494 27  -  JOE DORAI By MALAYSIA, who finished fifth in the recently concluded Merdeka soccer tournament, expert to be first winners of the I'esta Sukan international soccer hanipionship which begins at lalan Resar stadium tonight. They expect to do this with a team of fresh players. Malaysian
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    • 261 27 Padang clubs are held in Kiwi Cup THE Padang clubs and Balestier clubs played a lacklustre draw in their annuaj Kiwi Cup cricket clash at SCC yesterday. Final scores: Padang 195-8 dec: Balestier 136-8. Padang clubs started disastrously, losing the first two wickets for nine runs. But they recovered splendidly
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    • 178 27 Phua and Liau for World Cup golf PROFESSIONALS Phua Thin Klay and Awin Liau will represent Sin Rapore at the 19tn Wend Cup cnampionsmp at Paim Beacn. Fiorma, from Nov. 11 -14. SO A secretary Low Kee Pow said: "Tne two goifers were selected after mx trial* heid at Island
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    • 82 27 MERLIONS WIN SHAW CUP SINGAPORE Merllons won the Shaw Cup when they beat Royal Pahang Club 6'/ 2 to one in their second polo match at Thomson Road yesterday. The Merllons. who were given a 2' 2 goals handicap, won the first match on Friday by T\' 2 goals to
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    • 115 27 Indon girl wins two Asian titles JAKARTA. Sun. Indonesia's Nara Sudjana and Indra Gunawan won the Asian badminton championships men's doubles title when they beat compatriots Tatat and Tjuntjun 15-8. 12-15. 15-11 in the final here last night. The finals of the women's doubles and mixed doubles were also All-Indonesia
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    • 48 27 UNIVERSITY of Singapore won »he Tengku Chancellor challenge trophy when they beat University of Malaysia by Si to 4} in their annual golf match at SICC new course yesterday. Dr. Yeoh Ohlm Seng and Cheong Thlam Slew returned the best net score of 69.
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    • 24 27 STEPHEN CHANO won the Keppel Club captain's prize with a net 59 at Buklt Chermln yesterday. Runner-up wu Ken Toft with 64.
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    • 273 27 Wrestling fans to get a rare treat CINGAPORE wrestling faps are in for a rare treat on Aug. 26 and 27 when two of the world's leading women wrestlers, Ton! Rose and Sandy Parker of the United States, will demonstrate in "self defence" bouts at Gay World stadium. The two
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    • 884 27  - Asian stars give S'pore tennis its biggest boost ERNEST FRIDA By CINGAPORE tennis gets its big boost from today when the stars from 16 Asian countries begin battle for honours in the first Asian amateur invitation championships on the SCC padang. The Singapore organisers are aiming to make it a
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    • 35 27 SOCCER PesU Sukan TENNIS Asian Invitation knockout Tournament: Slnga- Championships (Padang 9 a.m.). pore v Malaysia ($.30 p.m.); TABLE-TENNIS National Indonesia v India (7.30 pm i— Open Championships (Wlnstedt Jalan Besar stadium. Rd 7 p.m.).
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  • 198 28 LORRY WHEELS RIPPED OFF IN NEE SOON TRIPLE CRASH SINGAPORE. Sun. A British Serviceman was seriously injured in a triple crash at Nee Soon this morning. The crash involved a car, lorry and a motor-rycle at the 9} mile, Sembawanr Road, shortly after 8 a.m. Police identified the injured man
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  • 58 28 BEIRUT, Sun. The largest of the Palestinian guerilla groups. El Fatah, is going underground in Lebanon and Jordan. A spokesman said today that all offices in the two countries would close in line with a decision taken by El Fatah's leadership to adopt a
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  • 49 28 CAIRO, Sun. Ninety-one people. Including former VicePresident Aly Sabry and seven former government ministers, were formally charged with high treason today. The Indictment* accused them of plotting an abortive coup against the regime of President Anwar Sadat In May. They will face trial on Wednesday.
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  • 24 28 LONTXW, Sun. Britain has Increased Its cash offer to Malta for keeping a naval base on the Mediterranean Island, sources said today.
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  • 159 28 MANILA, Sunday TWE Philippine Government today said that the 1 bomb explosion which killed eight people and injured more than 90 at a political rally here last night was a communist plot. Four members of the (communist) New People's Army had Infiltrated Into
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  • 26 28 SYDNEY. Sun. Australian two major domestic airlines have announced fare Increases. Ansett and Trans-Australia Airlines fares will go up six-and-a-half per cent from tomorrow.
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  • 454 28 Bunker has asked me to run: Ky SAIGON, Sunday VICE-PRESIDENT Nguyen Cao Kv said today that U.SAmbassador Ellsworth Blinker had urged him to run in the Oct. 11 presidential election and that he would announce his decision within the next 48 hours. Mr. Bunker was reported to have played a
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  • 65 28 JERUSALEM. Sun. Israel devalued Its pound by 20 per cent today In a move aimed at protecting Its economy In the current International monetary crisis. The new rate of exchange 4.20 Israeli pounds to one US. dollar compared with the old rate of 3.50 was announced
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  • 204 28 HK ferry on way to S'pore may have sunk off Vietnam CINGAPORE, Sun. A Hong Kong ferry en route to Singapore is missing and may have sunk off the South Vietnam coast with two Britons and seven Chinese on board, according to a representative of the Singapore firm in Hong
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  • 42 28 BRISBANE. Sun. The Soviet Union Is willing to withdraw Us fleets from the Indian and Mediterranean oceans If Western countries would do the same. Dr Yuri Ilyln the Second Secretary of the Soviet Embassy in Canberra, said today. Reuter.
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