The Straits Times, 10 February 1972

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    24 1 AVERAGE DAILY CERTIFIED SALE EXCEEDS 200,000 The National Newspaper The Straits Times Estd 1845 THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 10, 1972 20 CENTS M.C. (P) No. 3776
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    Taiwan: Nixon surprise
    588 1 Taiwan: Nixon surprise Two sides urged to settle problems WASHINGTON, Wednesday PRESIDENT Nixon today urged China and Taiwan to settle their problems between themselves, without any outside interference. This reversal of America's Taiwan policy over the past 23 years was spelled out in President Nixon's third annual "state of the
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    Lock icon Killer cold
    40 1 NEW DELHI. Wed. At least 13 people, most of them pavement dwellers, have died of exposure In a cold wave that has gripped the plains of northern India over the last four days, according to official information. Reuter.
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    Lock icon Five-power pact will give strength to SE-A
    123 1 Five-power pact will give strength to SE-A WASHINGTON, Wed. President Nixon said today that the five-power defence agreement for Singapore and Malaysia gives strength to the South-east Asian region. The arrangement, he said, "facilitates continuing stability in that area." It also "symbolises the feasibility of a broad regional approach among
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    Britain acts to meet crisis
    107 1 Britain acts to meet crisis T ONDON, Wed. The Government today armed itself with sweeping emergency powers, including the right to impose electricity blackouts and use troops, to conserve fuel supplies, dwindling in a nationwide coal miners' strike now in its fifth week. Most of Britain's 148 power stations are
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    Lock icon 'Disruption Day'
    23 1 BELFAST. Wed. Roman Catholics across Ulster today launched their "Day of Disruption" to protest against six months' Internment without trial. UPI
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    Lock icon Russia's first
    20 1 MOSCOW. Wed. The Boviet Union Is building Its first supertanker at a Crimean shipyard. Tass reported today. Reuter.
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    Viets hit bases
    137 1 SAIGON, Wed pOMMUNIST troops in a daring show of strength shelled and attacked 19 U.S. and South Vietnamese bases today, killing or wound ing nearly 60 civilians and soldiers, Including 10 American servicemen. M i 1 1 1 ai j spokesmen said the communists hit three of
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    Lock icon Queen in Thailand
    350 1 TOUGHEST EVER SECURITY PRECAUTIONS TAKEN FOR BRITISH ROYAL VISIT SATTAHIP (Thailand), Wednesday QUEEN Elizabeth landed at this huge airbase and port complex today, protected by the toughest security precautions ever given a visiting Head of State. I Two helicopters hovered over the airbase as the sleek RAF
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    38 pages today
    31 1 38 pages today YOl'R Straits rimes today is 3N paces in two sections. Make sure you eet your 12pp preprinted section with its series of articles on theme of "Buy Singapore."
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    Go home, demos shout at Suharto
    141 1 Go home, demos shout at Suharto SYDNEY. Wed. President Suharto faced the most hostile demonstration of his four-day Australian tour today when about 200 demonstrators chanted "Go home, butcher" as he was being welcomed at the Town Hall tonight. Two police officers drag ged d young girl dr jeans and
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    Lock icon Diet boycott
    29 1 TOKYO. Wed The Japanese Parliament < Diet > was completely deadlocked today when Opposition parties boycotted all committees, in a row over the Kovernment'.s »>ew defence budget plan. Rejter
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      Lock icon 34 SUSPECTS CAPTURED
      35 1 COLOMBO. Wed—Ceylonese security forces hare captured 34 suspected insurgents, including two rebel leaders. In jungles in the northwestern and north central provinces, the Ministry of Defence and Kxternal Affairs said today —Reuter
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    A 'sitting target' for Russian spy system
    1112 3  - A 'sitting target' for Russian spy system HARRY MILLER and < CHIN CHENG MEI Counsel tells of 10 lonely years before Abdoolcader met Soviet agent i— n LONDON. Wednesday PENANG*born Sirioj Abdoolcader, jailed for three years yesterday for conspiring with Russian spies in Britain, had been a "sitting target" for
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    Down to 110 m gallons
    55 3 OINGAPORE, Wed— Water 3 consumption in Singapore yesterday fell by 1.7 million gallons to 110.3 million gallons compared to Monday's 112 million gallons. Rainfall was recorded hi the three catchment areas for the first time In four days. Peirce Reservoir recorded 1.33 inches, SeleUr 1.22
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    Judge: You got yourself embroiled with your eyes open
    355 3 Judge: You got yourself embroiled with your eyes open that after he had got married he had sought to cut himself loose from the organisation into which he had voluntarily entered. "But for these factors I should have felt bound to pass a longer sentence of imprisonment from that which
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    Gun case man freed after paying —fine
    138 4 Gun case man freed after paying fine- SINGAPORE. Wed. Greff William Lott. an American, was today freed from prison after he bad paid S«,000 in fines for having firearms. This mornlnr Lott, 28. was escorted by prison officers to the Maristrates' Court in South Bridge Road where he paid the
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    New job for Craig
    60 4 SINGAPORE. Wed. Mr. David Craig, former managing director of Malaysia-Singapore Airlines, has been appointed 'part time business consultant" to BOAC's management services in London. Mr. Craig joined MSA in May 1969. and ceased to be managing director of the airline in July last year. Before that
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    Called to make his defence
    69 4 SINGAPORE. Wed. Musician Sadhi bin Ali. 20, charged with having carnal relations with a schoolgirl under 16 years in a Nassim Road house last Sept 12. was called to make his defence in the Fourth District Court today. The trial. conducted In camera, is expected
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    Row over bonus at container complex settled
    345 4 Row over bonus at container complex settled SINGAPORE, Wed AN industrial dispute involving more than 250 daily-nitod workers of the civil engineering firm Taylor Woodrow -Dillingham was resolved this afternoon, seven hours after the workers downed tools over bonus and other issues. The work stoppage, which began at about 7.30
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    First Lady to attend show
    49 4 SINGAPORE, Wed. The First Lady. Mrs. Sheares. will attend the Rotary Club West's variety show at the National Theatre tomorrow night. She will also attend the Red Cross old people's annual Chinese New Year tea-party at Red Cross House in Penang Lane on Friday
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    Arts Review TV show
    74 4 SINOAPORE. Wed. RTS will telecast a new monthly series called Arts Review beginning tomorrow at 6.55 p.m. over Channel 5. The programme will be repeated on Feb. 27 at 6.15 p.m. on Channel 8. The first programme will Include 10-year-old artist Calvin Sim who will show
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    Politicians-Kireaten civil servants: Union
    123 5 PoliticiansKireaten civil servants: Union IPOH. Wed. Government servants in some small towns in Perak have been threatened with transfers or "other unpleasant action" it they do not meet the demands of certain politicians. This allegation was made here today by the Perak branch secretary of the Amalgamated Union of Employees
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    Man to die forj kidnapping
    52 5 ALOR STAR Wed —A Tha. tapper. Idrls bin Mat 32. was sentenred to death today after being found guilty of kidnapping. His victim was Oon Kirn Chuan. 30, a driver. The offence was committed at Kampont: Cherok Chepak, near the Thai border, on March IS
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    Mail delivery '
    26 5 Mail delivery SINGAPORE. Wed. There will be no delivery ol mall on Feb 15— Chinese New Year's Day. Miiil. however, will be delivered on Feb. 16.
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    Big rush for medical care schemes
    316 5 Big rush for medical care schemes Many pick the cheapest plan at $19 a year SINGAPORE, Wednesday THERE has been "overwhelming response" to Singapore's find private health insurance schemes started a week ago. To date, about 16 companies with a total of 3,000 employees have already signed up for the
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    Milk for Pak refugees
    49 5 SINGAPORE. Wed The Lions Club of Singapore (Host) has donated two tons of fullcream milk worth $5,000 to tiie Refugees Relief Action for Pakistani refugees. The milk will be flown by Air India on Friday to Uie Indian Red Cross Society In Calcutta lor distribution.
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    LIGHTNING KILLS SISTERS
    69 5 LIGHTNING KILLS SISTERS I POH, Wed.— Two sisters returning home from .school on a bicycle were killed by lightning in the mining village of Malim Nawar, 23 miles south of here, yesterday. They are Rohayah binte Abdul Aziz, 12, and her younger sister, Azizah, 10. A schoolboy. Choonic Lap Mun,
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    Police find passport of missing Briton
    282 5 Police find passport of missing Briton- pENANG, Wed. Po- lice have found the passport of missing Eng 1 i s hman John Granville Proby, 25. A police spokesman said today: "We found it after forcing open one of the two suitcases he left in his hotel room in Chulia Street.
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    How to draw with pastels
    44 5 SINGAPORE. Wed. The Adult Education Board will conduct a 16- week course in pastel drawing at its Mountbatten centre from Feb 27. Fee for the course to be held every Sunday from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. Is $30.
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    Didn't stop: $40
    40 5 SINGAPORE. Wed. Motorist Quek Seng Bin. of Redhill Road, was fined $40 today for failing 10 stop at a Halt' sign at the junction of Lorong Bengkok and Persiaran Kehllng at 10.20 am on July 18. 1969.
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    Concert date
    27 5 SINGAPORE Wed. Indonesian singer MM Eunice Sltcmpul will perform at the Cultural Centre on Feb. 25 In a concert presented by the Singapore Muiical Society.
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    $5m tussle holds up work on Brunei's water project
    136 5 $5m tussle holds up work on Brunei's water project BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN, Wed. Money is the reason why Brunei's water project has come to a standstill the contractors have asked the Government to cough up some $5 million more. And the Government has said "no." The whole project costs $30
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    Flower power display
    71 5 SINGAPORE, Wed. Two hundred teachers of the art of flower arrangement will fly in from Japan for an exhibition and demonstrations to raise funds for St. Andrew's Mission Hospital. The group will be led by the headmaster of tbe Ikenobo School of Ikebana, Mr. Senei Ikenobo. The
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    Only 280, not 500 says Education Ministry
    219 6 Only 280, not 500 says Education Ministry SINGAPORE. Wed. The Education Ministry said today, that only 280 Malay stream students and rot 500 had applied for admission to this year's Pre-University 1 classes. Of the 280, 144 were admitted although only 97 had qualified for entrance with an aggregate of
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    'Reduce dust nuisance' call to workers
    83 6 'Reduce dust nuisance' call to workers SINGAPORE. Wed— The Factory Inspectorate has told workers at the building site of the proposed Hong Leong 41-storey office and shopping block In Raffles Quay to reduce the dust nuisance. The- dust, caused by the demolition of some old shophouses to make way for
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    Dean will look into grievances of 370 honours course students
    139 6 SINGAPORE. Wed PROF. Llm Chong Yah. Dean of the Arts and Social Sciences Faculty at the University of Singapore, has assured about 370 finalyear faculty students that he will look Into their grievances concerning their honours course. Commenting on two
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    A peep hole ends hunt for wire thief
    235 6  -  GERRY OE SILVA By SINGAPORE. Wed. It took an all night vigil and a specially drilled peep hole to nab the elusive copper wire thief of Henderson Road area. Queenstown police had been hunting the youth for the past five months for
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    AUSSIES TO PRESENT 1,500 DOLLS AT ISTANA
    107 6 AUSSIES TO PRESENT 1,500 DOLLS AT ISTANA SINGAPORE. Wed The wife of the Australian High Commissioner here. Mrs. N.F. Parkinson, will present about 1.500 dolls to the First Lady. Mrs. B.H. Sheare.s. at the Istana tomorrow a* 11 a.m. Mrs. Parkinson will make the presentation on behalf of members of
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    Tax Bill passed
    40 6 KUALA LUMPUR. Wed. The Income Tax (Amendment) Bill was passed without debate in Parliament today. The Bill seeks to reduce the rate of tax on interest earned by foreigners from 40 per cent to 15 per cent
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    Seminar at 'Y'
    22 6 SINOAPORE. Wed. The Chinese YMCA will conduct a seminar on Human Relations Development at the Tam;lin Centre from t-.m>.rrow.
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    Millionaire Wee Thiam Siew dies at 81
    219 6 Millionaire Wee Thiam Siew dies at 81 SINGAPORE, Wed. Millionaire industrialist Mr. Wee Thlani Siew died here yesterday. He was 81. Mr. Wee was chalrm. n of Lion City Hotel. Ban Leong Ltd.. and Wee Thhmi Slew Co. Ltd. Born into a bu family in Singapore in 1894. he began
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    Two men fall to death in an hour
    69 6 Two men fall to death in an hour SINGAPORE. Wed— Two old men fell to their deaths within an hour of each other early today. Chen Hon. 73. was found at the foot of Block 110 in Gaiiak Selari Burat. in Redhill at 5.30 am About an hour later, the
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    150,000 visitors
    23 6 SINGAPORE. Wed. More than 150.000 people visited Uetan. the first Japanese department store in Singapore, in its iir.st week of operation.
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    Youth admits factory theft
    43 6 SINGAPORE Wed. Labcuicr Suli Llai Kuiu. 17 admitted Healing an rleritic drill woii'i 515 1 »iom an aluminium factory in Ni Jurone. bttv 1 and Oct. 21 yast yeir Sentence »a postponed to March 1. penrtrnx j probation repoit.
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    Where death lurks only a few yards from the safety of an overhead bridge
    190 7 'rHE risk* are needless. An overhead bridge and safetyIs only yards away. But dally pedestrians like the one in the picture prefer to weave through the heavy traffic and vault the railings than climb the bridges
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    Robber who escaped didn't get far
    119 7 CINGAPORE, Wed. Two youths robbed a man and then fled with a policeman hot on their heels. But the 'reedom of one of them. Neo Chwee Chui. was shnrt-livpd when he dropped his identity card during a brief struggle with the constable. Today, Neo.
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    $3,000 raid
    37 7 SINGAPORE. Wed. Three vi tnh.s broke into jlhe home of Mr and Mrs. Soo itai Chung in Upper East Coast Hoad early today and escaped in a taxi with cash and valuables totalling $3 000
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    New Bills
    30 7 SINGAPORE. Wed. The Government will introduce the Science Council of Singapore i Amendment Bill and the Controlled Premises (Special Provisions) (Amendment) Bill at the next sitting of Parliament.
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    Sports car still not claimed
    60 7 SINGAPORE. Wed. Nobody has come forward to claim the abandoned MOA sportscar now at the Maxwell Road Traffic police station. Police, who last week gave the owner a fortnight to collect the car. today extended It to a fortnight from yesterday. If it is still
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    Four youths on theft charge
    70 7 SINGAPORE. Wed. Pour youths were charged In a magistrate's court today for house breaking and stealing goods and valuables from several houses In Katong from Dec 13 last year to Feb. 2. They are Yahya bin Talib. 15. Riduan bin ShariH. 16. Sulalman bin Abdul
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    Ravi Shanker to play here
    37 7 SINGAPORE. Wed. Wellknown sitar player Ravi Shankar will perform at the Shangri-La Hotel on Peb. 28. Tickets of $3 to $16 can be obtained at the Cold Storage or by ringing *****0
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    Club dinner
    31 7 SINOAPCRE Wed. The V s Men's Club of Singapore (Beta Chapter) will hold iv 13th anniversary dinner and dance at Hotel Equatorial on Feb 26 at 730 p m
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    Wife tells judge of the girls who came along...
    222 7 Wife tells judge of the girls who came along SINGAPORE, Wednesday THKY were to Ik.* family outings, but others came along besides herself, her husband and their child. The others were young girls invited by her husband, said office secretary Mrs. Catherine Chia, 38. "He would spend all his time
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    Five years' jail for attempted rape
    79 7 Five years' jail for attempted rape SINGAPORE Wed. A trlsha rider was today Jailed for five years by the High Court for attemptIng to rape a nine-year-old schoolgirl in a disused building at Katong Park last May 29. Ibrahim bin Anffln. 51. pleaded guilty only after the girl had testified
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    Advertising bill expected to go up by 10pc
    98 7 Advertising bill expected to go up by 10pc SINGAPORE, Wed. Advertising expenditure on all forms of media in Singapore and Malaysia last year is expected to be 10 per cent more than 1970s figure of $212.--400.000. According to the Advertisers' Association, sales promotion alone accounted for $95 million In 1970
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    Four called to the Bar
    48 7 SINGAPORE. Wed. Pour new lawyers were called to the Bar today by Mr. Justice Tan Ah Tah in the High Court. They are Messrs. Chew Mcl Kwang, Nathan Isaac. Letmg Yam Kwan. all of Singapore, and Mr. Tan Hock Kirn of Johore Bahru.
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    A tea party
    32 8 SINGAPORE. Wed. The Allan Women's Welfare Association will hold a tea party at the Singapore Hilton tomorrow at 3.30 pm There will be a demonstration of dining table decoration.
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    Literacy level here 20pc above Asian average
    273 8 Literacy level here 20pc above Asian average- CINGAPORE, Wed.— The literacy level among adults in Singapore and Malaysia is about 20 per cent higher than the Asian average. This is shown in the latest literacy figures for Singapore and West Malaysia reported in the 1971 SRM (Survey Research Malaysia) Media
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    INCREASE S'PORE MISSION IN UN SAYS DON
    266 8 INCREASE S'PORE MISSION IN UN SAYS DON SINGAPORE, Wednesday SINGAPORE should increase the size of its United Nations' mission and attach an economic division to it, a University of Singapore lecturer said last night. "The UN is probably the most important mission for our country because it is one of
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    Air pollution controls a must within six months
    424 8 SINGAPORE, Wed. THIL Prime Minister's Office today reminded owners of trade and industrial premises which emit air impurities such as dust, black smoke, chemicals, and other atmospheric pollutants that they should install control equipment within six months. The six-month period of grace
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    Ten jailed for illegal entry
    75 8 SINGAPORE. Wed. Ten Indonesian Illegal immigrants were each jailed for two weeks today by a magistrate's court for entering Singapore without a pass or permit on Feb. 4. They are Adam bin Kramah. 17. All bin Awang. 19, All bin Azman. 16. Hannib bin Ja1i1.23.
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    10 th tax pact signed
    48 8 SINGAPORE. Wed. Singapore today signed an avoidance of double taxation convention with Belgium the 10th to be concluded by the Republic. The convention provides for the "avoidance of double taxation and prevention of fiscal evasion with respect to taxes on Income and capital."
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    Dato Asri named Opposition leader in Dewan Raayat
    284 8 Dato Asri named Opposition leader in Dewan Raayat KUALA LUMPUR, Wednesday ISLAMIC Party (PAS) president Dato Haji Mohamed Asri bin Haji Muda has been nominated leader of the Opposition in Parliament for this year. i Dato S.P. Seenlvasagam. president of the PPP. is to be deputy leader. This was decided
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    More opt for technical education
    86 8 SINGAPORE. WedThere has been a switch in preference from academic to technical education among secondary students here. According to the Technical Education Department's annual report for April 1970 March 1971. this U reflected in the 1971 enrolment when 65 per cent tor 17.875) of the
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    Have you lost this I-card?
    68 8 SINGAPORE. Wed Pupils of Peck Beah Primary School In Peck Seah Street have found a blue Identity card belonging to Au Yeong Kam Thung (No. *****11) and a bunch of four keys wilh a brass tag with 23C inscribed on It. The owners can claim
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    Batik painting course
    45 8 Batik painting course SINGAPORE. Wed. The Adult Education Board will conduct a IC-week course on batik painting at tv Mountbatten Centre from Feb. 27. The Pee U $30. Application forms are available at the board offices at the Cultural Centre or at 126 Calrnhlll Road.
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    Woman granted judgment for $20,000
    80 8 Woman granted judgment for $20,000 SINGAPORE. Wed—Madam Wong Soon Fong of Carmen Terrace has been granted judgment for $20,000 in an uncontested suit against Mln Ngal Knitting Factory (Singapore) Pte. Ltd. Her claim was based on two cheques which were given by the defendants and which were later dishonoured, said
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    WHAT A PALMIST TOLD GIRL ABOUT BIRTH AND DEATH
    274 8 WHAT A PALMIST TOLD GIRL ABOUT BIRTH AND DEATH SINGAPORE, Wed. Two weeks before a hairdresser took an overdose of sir* pills, she was told by a palmist that sht would die an unnatural death. a coroner heard today Pang Slew Eng. 23. bt lleved in fortune-tt said her boyfriend.
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      230 8 Straits Times Crossword ACKOBB i 25 The sluggard 1* In bed. 1 Teak eunbotrd far Itn Leo revealed (4. 4). <*ndhl P Sd c^eaJieV Jp» *>*-« >" Somethln, to do with T^L^'lSJf^'ZL™^ repainting (10). (7, t) Don't allow the doctor a 10 S** 11 of Injury to non-ttrlker round (4).
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    So popular, these local grown mushrooms
    168 9 So popular, these local grown mushrooms SINGAPORE, Wednesday SINGAPORE has been producing mushrooms for the past six months and they are proving more popular than the imported variety, a Primary Production Department spokesman said today. Clarifying a Straits Times report on the University of Singapore Botany Department's research project on
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    S'pore mail parcels to China go via HK
    107 9 SINGAPORE, Wed. All China-bound surface and air mall parcels from Singapore will go via Hong Kong, a Postal Services Department spokesman said today. The introduction of the parcel post service to China, starting on Feb. 21. Is part of the department's normal
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    Lock icon Waiting her turn patiently...
    98 9 UER face, creased by the "years, show only expectancy. Age had taught her patience. With 360 other needy old people, she waited yesterday morning at the Kreta Ayer People's Theatre for Chinese New Year gifts. They waited 90 minutes for gifts of rice, sugar, condensed milk
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    First China ship for cargo sails in tomorrow
    141 9 First China ship for cargo sails in tomorrow SINGAPORE, Wed. The first Chinese cargo vessel to provide regular services between Singapore and E urope will sail in on Friday at 8 a.m.. four days late. The Vlrpasar originally scheduled to arrive here on Feb. 7 was delayed by bad weather
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    A course on occupational safety
    74 9 A course on occupational safety SINGAPORE. Wed— The National Productivity Centre will organise a training course In occupational safety and health from Feb. 21 to March 8. The programme Is designed to focus the attention of both management and labour on the need for implementing safety and health precautions In
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    Festival party at c-centre
    52 9 SXNOAPORE. Wed. The women's sub-committee of Jalan Terteram community centre Is organising a Chinese New Year party on March 4 at 8 p.rr at St. Francis Olrls' School. The programme includes dancing and a fashion show. Tickets at $2 per person arc available at the centre,
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    UNF meeting
    22 9 SINOAPORE, Wed. The United National Front will hold Its second anniversary meeting at the Victoria Memorial Hall on March 19.
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    Bid for flat, so boyfriend 'hurried9 her into marriage
    254 9 Bid for flat, so boyfriend 'hurried 9 her into marriage SINGAPORE. Wed. A typist told the High Court today that her boyfriend '•hurried" her into marriage, then refused persistently to ilve with her. Madam Lum Sel How said Yeo En& Heng, of Jalan Bukit Ho Sweo. married her "in a
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    Cheques theft: Two held
    36 9 KUANTAN. Wed Police have detained two men for questioning In connection with the thtft of nine cheques totalling MB.OOO from the Pah.v. Treasury The cheques were stolen In the course of posting
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      RAISING THE WIND
      590 10 The sales tax bill, approved by Parliament after animated debate, is the most important Malaysian financial measure for many years. Not for what it is, a modest single stage tax on all imported and Malaysian manufactured goods not specifically exempted, but for what it may become. Tun
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      GLIMPSE INTO FUTURE
      268 10 Technological societies living in Buckminster Fuller's geodesic domes or Alvin Toffler's machine cities shatter the imagination. Malaysia may not be in imminent danger of suffering the "future shock", the trauma man may have to undergo if he is psychologically unprepared for what the future holds for him.
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      A TOURIST HAVEN
      148 10 Tourism is a rough, tough and competitive business. Breaking into tourism substantially is thus a formidable task. So Singapore has reason to be pleased with the estimate that 70,000 tourists from Japan will call this year, double the number last year. Japan's affluent have plans to spend
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    ON THE MARCH AGAIN
    1607 10 ON THE MARCH AGAIN Guy de Jonquieres looks at U.S. defence spending WASHINGTON There was a time when many Americans, disillusioned with the U.S. involvement in Vietnam, consoled themselves with the belief that the end of the war would usher in a new era of heightened prosperity. The fashionable view
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    JAPAN GETS BITTEN BY THE TRAVEL BUG
    575 10  -  SADAO IWASHITA By JOKYO. Japan today is caught up in a foreign travel boom without precedent in the country's history. But it's a mixed blessing. The tidal wave of prosperity that has rolled over the country since 1969 has turned a nation of
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    Lock icon Chinese opera— Broadway style
    334 10  -  Siu Pak Yau By UONG KONG The traditional Cantonese opera is out and the Mandarin musical is in Broadway-style. Miss Rebecca Pan. a well-known international singer, has scheduled her Mandarin-language musical "Pal Nlang Nlang" (Madame White) for next month to test its popularity In Hong Kong.
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      Lock icon Space bomb test by Russia claim
      288 11 WASHINGTON, Wednesday. yHE Soviet Union may be testing a space bomb, according to a detailed study of the Russian space programme by experts at the Library of Congress. The conclusion Is based in part on debris from a Soviet satellite that fell in the
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      Lock icon Waldheim pledges tougher action by UN
      202 11 Waldheim pledges tougher action by UN |\EW YORK. Wed. UN 1 Secretary General Kurt Waldhetm today pledged to speed up action by the UN In crisis sltuat'.ons to restore world confidence In the political abilities of the organisation. He said In an interview that he would not hesitate to use
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      Lock icon 12 kiUed
      35 11 ANKARA. Wed. Twelve people were killed and 18 Injured near the Black Sea town of Sincp today when a bus plunged nvir a cliff while attempting to negotiate a hill, police reported. Reuter.
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      Lock icon Murder of mother, infant: Hitchhikers quizzed
      265 11 I ONDON. Wed. Police Questioned two lonehaired hitch-hikers following the discovery yesterday of the horribly mutilated bodies of a woman and her infant son. A widespread search had been initiated for two "hippie types" and two young men were picked up in Plymouth, Southwest
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      Lock icon Frost contract
      31 11 NEW YORK. Wed. British TV personality David Frost today announced he had signed a US$l million contract for a .second season o( his weekly half-hour U.S. comedy programme. Reuter.
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      Lock icon A sad finale
      31 11 SACRAMENTO (California). Wed A 35-year-old mother who admitted stealing US$4,OOO to pay (or an abortion for her son's girl friend has been Jailed (or (our months here. Reuter.
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      Lock icon Ceylon too bans the hippies
      167 11 COLOMBO, Wednesday. THE Government has banned hippies from entering Ceylon because they might be carriers of both opium and smallpox. Officials reported an influx of hundreds of hippies in recent months, most of them coming frcm India and living in cheap lodging houses. After Immigration
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      Lock icon Filipino girls in 'fake marriage racket'
      128 11 |L|ANILA. Wed. More ITI than 3.000 Filipino girls may have contracted bogus marriages with American citizens to facilitate their entry Into the VS., a congressional committee spokesman said today. He said an agent of the Philippine criminal investigation Service (CIS) gave the figure during
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      Lock icon ULTIMATUM ON MALTA: NOW DENIAL BY LORD C
      147 11 ULTIMATUM ON MALTA: NOW DENIAL BY LORD C ONDON, Wed. De- fence Secretary Lord Carrlngton returned from Rome last night and denied handing Malta's Prime Minister Dom Mintoff an ultimatum over the use of military bases on the Mcdi t c r ranean island. He said he and Mr. Joseph
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      Lock icon Holyoake still there after reshuffle
      239 12 Holyoake still there after reshuffle WELLINGTON, Wed. Former Prime Minister Sir Keith Holyoake has been retained as Foreign Minister in a major Cabinet reshuffle. Prime Minister Mr John Marshall announced today. Mr. Holyoake, however, ranks 10th In the new 18--member Cabinet. Political observe" *»w this as a pointer to his
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      Lock icon £10,000 – demand by bomb threat man
      105 12 £10,000 demand by bomb threat man ONDON, Wed. A phone caller who demanded £10,000 ransom with the threat of exploding a bomb If it was not paid disrupted work at London's second biggest airport yesterday. Police and army bomb disposal experts were rush- ed to Oatwick Airport after a man
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      The Irvings have their say in book probe
      324 12 The Irvings have their say in book probe NEW YORK, Wednesday. AUTHOR Clifford Irving and his wife Edith testified separately before a Federal Grand Jury investigating the possibility of fraud in connection with Irving's purported "autobiography" of eccentric miilionaire Howard Hughes. I— Attorney Maurice Nessen refused to let his clients
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      28 12 HONO KONG. Wed. Hong Kcng experienced its coldest night (or five years when the temperature dipped to 39 degrees P. near sea level last night. Reuter
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      Lock icon DEATH BY FIRING SQUAD FOR RAPIST
      118 12 RANGKOK. Wed. A 21-year-old man accused of the rape and murder of a 10-year-oM girl was executed by firing squad at dawn today. Field Marshal Thanom Klttlkachorn. chairman of the ruling National Executive Council ordered the execution last night. The execution announcement broadcast over
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      Lock icon Showdown imminent over Rhodesia detentions
      190 12 Showdown imminent over Rhodesia detentions SALISBURY, Wed. Lord Pearce visited detained former Rhodesia n Premier Garfield Todd in Jail yesterday amid signs of an approaching showdown between his commission and the lan Smith Government. Lord Pearce, chairman of the commission testing Rhodesian opinion on the independence settlement terms with Britain,
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      Lock icon PEKING GETS TWO SOVIET JETS
      182 12 WASHINGTON. Wednesday. pHINA has recently received from the Soviet Union two long-range Jet passenger planes that will help Peking begin operations this year of Its first European air service, the U.S. State Department said today. Officials said that the four-engine Ilyushln 62s I arrived In
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      Lock icon NOW MISS WORLD GETS A FIRM NO
      160 13 NOW MISS WORLD GETS A FIRM NO LONDON, Wed. Miss World, 22-year-old Brazilian Lucia Petterle, has been refused a new agreement with the London organisers of the international beauty contest and may lose over C 30.000 as a result. Miss Ptttorlr (above). who flew home to Rio de Janeiro 10
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      Lock icon Big troop build-up by India charge
      365 13 Big troop build-up by India charge ISLAMABAD. Wed QNE of President Bhutto's aides charged that India has moved fresh troops into Kashmir and elsewhere along the West Pakistan border and was making threatening naval movements. The aide, Mr. Qhulam Mustafa Jatoi, Minister for Political Atl airs, Communications and Natural Resources.
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      Lock icon Home at lastthe 'tramp with the stick'
      219 13 Home at lastthe 'tramp with the stick' I ONDON, Wed. Charlie Chaplin, who made a fortune by making the world laugh, yesterday went back to the streets where he grew up in poverty but could hardly recognise the area. "It is all very strange," he said as he sat in
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      Lock icon Faulkner warns of 'a long bloody struggle'
      377 13 BELFAST. Wednesday pRIME MINISTER Brain Faulkner launched a bitter attack yesterday on the Irish Government and said that "a long and bloody struggle," would take place if the Roman Catholic mine rity pressed for a united Ireland. Mr. Faulkner's major speech In the
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      126 13 Let Taiwan newsmen stay in UN appeal ]\EW YORK. Wed. _UN secretary general Dr. Kurt Waldhelm was urged, by the top news executives yesterday to reverie a Dec. i 17 order expelling two Taiwan news correspondents. Editors, publishers and broadcasters joined in a letter asking Dr. Waldhelm to meet with
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    • CHIEF PRICE CHANGES
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        Rises
        59 14 J. Watifh $3 58 -30 Roxy El $3.80 +30 M G Hold. 13.30 +.24 Hume (F.E.) $3.56 +.12 Alcan $199 +.10 Kempas $2 35 +.10 S. Dredce $530 +.10 Sanyo $1.45 +.09 M. Bank $2.55 +.09 Hume Pref. $3.12 +.08 I. and R. G. $0.97 +.07 Gen tine $2
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        Falls
        27 14 Bkt Semb S. M Ind Veneer Prod Steamers Me»a Chcm P. M. C. $5.70 $1.46 $1.77 $2.53 $0.93 $1.97 —.05 —.04 —.04 —.04 .03 J —.03
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        Most active stocks
        22 14 Most active stocks Merlin (M) 550.000 M. Bank 315.000 Public Bank 213,000 Haw P-«r 140,000 Total Turnover 3.04 M Delayed Percentage 31.93
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        INDICES
        35 14 Feb. 8 Feb. 9 IndtsirUls: 208.32 208.95 Hoteb: 71.88 72.07 Properties: 144.14 143.97 t Tins: 99.25 99.41 S rubbers: 129.91 130.58 Dec. 30. 1966 100 Dec. 31, 1968 I*o t Dec. 29, 1962 100
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      Price levels remain steady
      233 14 4 LTHOI'GH the market x\ appeared generally to 1..- holding back a little, prirr levels held steady on the Stock Exchange of Malaysia and Singapore yesterday. In the absence of any selling pressure. analysts considered the general sentiment fairly good, particularly because of the Chinese New
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      CLOSING PRICES
      1052 14 810 AND OFFER PRICIS OFFICIALLY LISTED AT THI CLOSE OF BUSINESS IN THE SINCAPOPE ROOMS OF THE STOCK EXCMANCE WITH PRICE MOVEMENTS IN BRACKETS YESTEROAV WERE UNIT TRUST (Asia Unit Trutlt (Manattrs' Prices lit Ftb. 10) Mai. Invest Fund 1.63 1.68 Mai. Hto* fund ISA i« Malaysia r'rruru>
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      BUSINESS DONE
      1366 14 BUSINESS In and reported to D the Singapore and Kuala Lumpur trading rooms of the Stock Exchange yesterday with the number of shares traded shown In brackets In lots of 1.000 unless otherwise specified. INDUSTRIALS Ajinomoto (1) 1.95. (1) 1.96. Alcan il) 188. (1) 189, (1) 1.91. ill
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      Exchange rates
      198 14 THE Association of Banks in Malaysia-Singapore announced these best agreed merchant rates as at FVh a Loral dollar* to one unit of Foreign Currency of Foreign Currency Sterling Pound Australian Dollar Canadian Dollar New Zealand Dollar US. Dollar Local dollar* to 1M unlU of Foreign Current-) Belgian Francs
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      Profits at Alcan climb again
      469 14 PROFITS are on the climb again at Alcan Malaysia. A setback at the first half has been shrugged off, and the company staged an impressive full time advance Shareholders have good reason to be pleased for they will get their promised maiden dividend. A tax-exempt
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        Tin price climbs
        198 14 'piIK Strait* tin price In Penang yesterday crept up another $2 to. $(>1!) per picul on vi official offering down 12 tons to 239 tons. The tone of the local market was very steady with falrlv good support at all levels, especially from the United Kingdom. LONDON:
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        GAZETTED PRICES
        75 14 TMIK Malaysian Minister of Financr has nxed these rates for eaJoulatinf Customs dutirs for the period from Feb. 10 to 16. Rubier 40-, cents a lb. Copra *41fi.00 a ton Palm Oil $634.06 a ton Palm Kernel $235.25 a ton The rate* of duties payable arc: Rubber IS,
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        CLOSING PRICES
        21 14 FEB. 9. RI'BBER: 88.00 cents (up 0.50 i-cnti TIN: 5619 (up S2). Official offering 239 tons (down 12 tons).
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        PRODUCE
        108 14 /'HINESE PRODUCE EXCMANCE V SINGAPORE NOON CLOSING PRICES PER PICUL YESTERDAY CMSflul Oil: bulk til Mate*, drum $43 sellers. Ctora: Mixed loose UK Cont. $24 B. Papawr: Muntok AST A white fob. 100 NLW $1974 seller*. Sarawak white f.o.b. »6T NLW ***** sellers. Sarawak special black f.o.b. Ml NLW
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        Gold markets
        50 14 (1) Export price In non-sterling areas In U.S. dollars per ounce. <2) Local dealers price In Singapore dollars per tael. *o.». xndon 45.10 Iflrut 45.40 longkonic 49.06 :r I, l-i... H 45.308 t V\» 47.94 ''pore Mi 49.128 •US 47 575 47.90 4<M« 47.5U8 47 HOS 47.61 48.55
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        Copper prices
        34 14 Lorwiofl copper prices on Tuatday (previous in brackets Wlrebar Spot buyer {424.00 (1422.00) seller {424. 50 (£422.301. Three Months buyer £430.30 <£42V50> seller £431.00 (£429.00) Marks* tana: Very steady. Salac 2.875 tons.
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        PALM OIL
        33 14 Ii London on Tueaday palm oil price* of Malayan 3 per cent CIX UK/N European ports In bulk sterllnK per long too Keb. 'March wii quoted at UK £77 Mlleri (unchanged
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        RUBBER MOVES UP
        372 14 BETTER than expected London advices prompted some speculative buying shortly after an unchanged opening In the rubber market yesterday brought about a gain of half a cent. SMRs were lightly traded for March otherwise physicals were quiet. Lower Singapore stocks for December by some 12.000 tons released
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      Another big advance at Hongkong Bank
      259 14 rjTHE directors of the I Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation announce that the bank's net profit. Including dividends from subsidiaries, for the year ended December 1971. rose to HK5133.784,802 from $114,210,607 in 1970. It is proposed to make a transfer of $10 million to
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      HIGHLIGHT
      117 14 SI'NGKI TIKANCi Rubber It has been announced that Coyne Investment Management has arranged to place 18 million $1 per shares in Sungei Tukang Rubber. These shares comprise three large individual holdings and have been placed so that no one person or corporation owns more than 10 per cent of
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        MELBOURNE
        300 14 MELBOURNE. Wed. Apart IT frcm a few weak spots, leaciing mining and Industrial shares Improved In moderate trading on the Melbourne Stock Exchange today. Oils were little chanced In relatively quiet tradIng. The CRA Group moved ahead strongly. CRA gained 20 cents at Ass 50. Bougainville was 12 rents
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        NEW YORK
        220 14 XJEW YORK, Tues Selected glamour and blue chip stocks showed signs of recovery but on balance the stock market finished mixed In moderately active trading. While analysts Rererally were optimistic about the long term market outlook, the latest news developments caused little reason for celebration. Today'i elomnic pricen
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        Australian funds
        34 14 (As at Krh. •"und of Aunt, merlin* AW Fund of Aunt MS Dollar) a*2 (As at Keb. Real Estate Kund of Au.«t. AIT iKrom Feb. 1 to Property Bond of AuM. ASI
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        Asian dollar
        78 14 •pHESE rates were quoted m the Asian dollar marke yesterday. The rates are foi deposits of U5525,000 an< above. 1 mlh A t r, a 1 I I IO 1 It 2 mths 4 5 8 to 4 13 If 3 mths 4 3 8 to 4 15
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        Indices
        107 14 FINANCIAL TIMES TINS Tuesday 86.43 Monday 86 72 Week ago 86 62 BIBBERS Tuesday 289 95 Monday 288 63 Week ago 293 04 OILS Tuesday 298 81 Monday 295 17 Week ago 300 55 INDUSTRIALS Tuesday 490 8 Monday 485 3 Week ago 491 0 DOW JONES AVERAGE INDUSTRIALS
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        HONG KONG
        239 14 TJONG KONG. Wed The 11 excellent results announced yesterday by the HK S Bank final clvldend HK$3 50 and bonus Issue one for 10 did not meet the deserts they deserved as prices on both registers eaied slightly The London register closed at $236. |6 down and the
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    WIDOW WITH BURDEN OF RUNNING TOUGH JOB'
    237 15 WIDOW WITH BURDEN OF RUNNING TOUGH JOB' SINGAPORE, Wed.— About the last thing Mrs. Nguyen Van Tuoi, 43 (above), expected when her husband died was to have the family publishint firm "thrust on my shoulders." Today, seven months after Mr. Tuoi's death from cancer of the liver, and experience in
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    Short story writing contest in Malay
    78 15 Short story writing contest in Malay SINGAPORE. Wed. The National Book Development Council is inviting entries for Its Malay short story writing competition to celebrate International Book Year 1972. The competition is open to all Singaporeans and permanent residents of Singapore who are 17 and above. Three prises, totalling $220.
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    Metric talk
    29 15 SINOAPORE. Wed. Mr. Chim How Yee of the Metrication Board will speak on "Metrication In Slngapoie" al the National Library's meeting room on Friday at 3 p.m
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    'Fernandez should have got gold medal'
    1036 15 He saved $390,000 for the MSA, says counsel SINGAPORE, Wednesday FORMER MSA secretary Gerald Fernandez ought to have been given a gold medal for saving MSA $390,000 but instead he was sent to Jail, lawyer Mr. David Marshall said in the High Court today.
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    Demonstration for severance pay
    115 15 CINOAPORE, Wed.— About *J 100 former Singapore Traction Company employees today demonstrated outside the Labour Ministry at Haveloclc Road for sixweeks' severance pay. Inside the Ministry, former STC officials and NTUC representatives talked with the company's receiver, Mr. Jackson Lee of Peat. Marwlck and Mitchell. The
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    29 road deaths last month
    74 15 29 road deaths last month SINGAPORE. Wed. There were 29 road deaths last month five frwer than the satnr month last year. Killed were 13 pedestrians, five motor cyclists, four drivers, four car passengers, two lorry passengers and a cyclist. I'he number of accidents rose to 3.131 last month compared
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    Wanted man nabbed
    60 15 SINOAPORE. Wed. Police last night arrested a man wmited in connection with the murder of a Shanghai seaman in Maude Road last November Detectives fmm KandutiK Kerbau police station detained him at the junct.on o| Kitchener Road and Seraneoon Road, not far from where the seaman. Chen
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    Copper theft
    27 15 SINGAPORE. WVd. Copper equipment worth 54.200 was stolen from ;-.ie rig Nola Tree on* Pulau Suraya. a Jurong onshore island, la&t Monday, police said todHy.
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      819 15 ON YOUR TVAND RADIO JM P.M. Opening and Where the K 35 What Others Say (Chinese) Heart Is 3.21 Narr, Isamyarkal featuring IH Arts Re¥ie S. Mamckarr (Repeat) N'."s in Chinese US Its Happening in Singapore 7M Oat Music Makers (Chinese! (Chinese-Repeat) us Route 66-Suppose I Said i 3.55 Housewives
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      831 16  -  PATRICIA LEWIS by COMING SOON, THE NEW THREE-BEDROOMED PLASTIC HOME FOR $8,000 WHEN a University of Wash ington professor recently accepted ;i post in Florida, he look his three bed roomed house with him in the back of a pick-up truck. A day after
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      GIVE FOOD A FRUITY FLAVOUR
      474 16 INSTEAD of stick- ing to the same old dishes for the New Year season, try these unusual recipes. I am sure the family will enjoy them. GRAPEFRUIT GLAZED ROAST DUCKLING: You need 2 ready-to-cook ducklings (4J to 5 lbs. each), 1 cup fresh grapefruit sections,
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      348 16 BLACK on its own does look dressy. And white, just by itself, does look smart for sure. But combine the two and what have you got? An overall effect that i> gay and starting. The two outfits shown here
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      832 18 ORIENT LINES LTD. (incorporated in the republic of Singapore) tt ICB BUILDING. 2 SHENTON WAY. SINGAPORE 1. TEL: *****3 7 U.K. EUROPE SIRVICE LOADING FOR LONDON. H'BURG. R'DAM, HAVRE Singapore P Kiang Penang NEPTUNE TOPAI la Ptrt 11 13 FH Bi tuo 93, London 13 3. Havrt 19 3. R'Oim
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      800 19 THI PORT Of (INOAPORI AUTHO RITY ANNOUNCtO THI FOLLOW ING HIRTHINC ARRANCEMtNTt FOR FIBMUARV 10. OUT: Ilrnhop* 5, Jn*nlcf 1314. I umuu 13 I*. Yanufuku Maru 2S/2S iirorivrr 2»/30. Martha, Btkka 3S M. nriman *f*>rak 44. schirkrrk 4S. at hoiinl »»mb«w»n« Tort Berth 2. IN: Maehaon 13/14. llcmnoß 15/ie. Kmlnxau
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      846 19 MALAYSIAN INTERNATIONAL SHIPPING CORPN. BHD. In xipomt to th« demand* of tnippar* in Sioqopor. ond Maloriio M.I.S.C. ha* grtot plcoiur. in onnouncinfl Hia introduction o» a ipacialiaed timber carrier m.v. "MARITIMI STAR" tchtduled to load at Singapore: 12 16 272 Tanjong Moni: 18 21 .2.72 P. »#ettenham: 23 27.2.72 Penang:
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      646 19 ■aaa aiaaaaakaaaaaaaaaaaaaaßaiaiaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaßai^aaaaaaaaaaiaaaßaaaaaßanaaaaai TENDER NOTICE CONSTRUCTION St ERECTION OF MTJLTI-STOREY STTEKLWORK FOR PEOPLE'S PARK CENTRE ON HA. PARCELS 36 37 AT EU TONG SEN STREET HAVELOCK ROAD FOR M/ 8. PEIGUAN DEVELOPMENT iPTE) LTD Tenders are Invited from Steelwork Specialist firms for the supply of all necessary tools, labour for the
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      624 19 THE BANK OF EAST ASIA, LIMITED ANNOUNCEMENT The Directors of The Bank of East Asia. Limited announce that, subject to audit, the pront of ihe Bank fur the year ended 31st December 1971 after makuiK transfers to credit of inner reserves, out Of which provision has been made for diminution
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  • Obituary
    Deaths
    51 20 GRANT LOUISE nee Leembrutcgen peacefully on 9 2 72. beloved wife of Brian and Mother of Owen. Patrick and s<..n Deeply regretted Funeral private No flowers by reEDWARD ANTHONY SAMV. father Of Lourdes Samy passed away 9.2.72. Corteite leaves our Lady of Lourdes at 2.30 p m. on 10
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    110 20 Kunx thanks relatives and friends for their kind assistance, condolences, wreaths, scrolls, attendances, donatlona and uae of cars during their recent bereavement Grateful thanks to The Sodality of St. Joseph for their pithily prayers and services Thanks also to the doctors and rursea who attended on and did their
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      649 20 CIXUAt ADVItTISIMIWTS AMMOUWCIMIWT/rtMOWAL lni PHONE C.M.S. TEL: *****1 mm Mal.y.la *nl,: M SEC* a ...4J. ltT»ll t Malaysia »Mf. M minimum VM tor li #*»»ti. ■Sl Hit*. JfralniW M*V- 1* it *or4l. Sinispsn snd Maiayil* S 7» ctn|t »lng»p4>r* (jhJ Malaysia: •I.t* WE* lIUI /or n~e* /or I* Announcement* FOR
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      758 20 SECURITY GUARDS WANTED Imme diately. Male Singaporeans 21 to 32 yeara old Prepared to do shift duties, able to read write English Police/service experiences. Intelligent, have aptitude for security work. Apply to personnel tfflcer Box A 4545 BT. Free training, uniform and usual benefits given. APPLICANTS replying to Box numbers
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      863 20 WELL ESTABLISHED COMPANY require* men/women to fill In various vacancies Apply with personnel photograph to Mr. Edwin Chan. OS/117-8. Golden Mile Shopping Centra. Beach Road. S pore 7. Closing date: 14/2/72. ARE YOU satisfied with your present employment and earnings? If you ■re matured enough and can make declalona write
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      846 20 WANTED STENOGRAPHER with two yeara experlerce. Balary commensurate with experience Apply BOX A 4584 B.T. PART-TIME INCOME for ladles working houra 7 pm. to 11.30 p m Dally pay $10 $20. Apply ITB. Tlverton Lane. Tel: 37*224/5 Spore. ARE YOU LOOKING for a rewarding •ale* career with good money and
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      956 20 OIST. IS SiKlap 2-storey 4 bedroomed semidetached. 2 bathrooms Available from 13 2 72. Rent $320. Contact Woodland Company *****8 Spore. BBLLIAH SECURITIES (Real Estate Division) offer fully furnished semidetached house Ban Quan Park. Available Ist April. Rental $900 pm. Enquiries Tel. B'por* *****7. LUXURIOUSLY FURNISHEO ROOM with aircon bathroom
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      1027 20 SBLETAR HILLS Phase 11 Bookings now open Bring your family to see the three Show Houses thia weekend Open Saturdays A Sundays only 1 00 p m.-6 30 p m. BookIng* can be made at our Booking office. 9ms Yio Chu Kang Road on weekdays and at the Show House
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      996 20 SINGAPORE ESTATE REALTY providea legal advisor valuer for cot. su'tatlon Alao wanted all typea of properties Higher offer on caah special term* and condition* acceptable Tel. *****1 Spore LARGE ACRES of vacant land for houaing development. Send plana and price to Melka Contractors Co 16. Tannery Lane Spore 13 or
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      721 20 LEARN AT HOME A Pass Examina lions Singapore correapondence School offers Home Study Couraea (Typewriting. Shorthand. Bockkeep Ing. Correapondei.ee. Secretarial Duties) Write for detalla. P.O. Box 3164 BOOKKEEPING: New sessions start ing February Classes Mornint: Afternoon Evening Register early Ra)a'a College. Raffles Place (*****). Raja'a Collet. 21il> Chant i Road
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    MPs urge Govt to make all out drive on drugs
    491 21 MPs urge Govt to make all out drive on drugs MALAYSIAN PARLIAMENT KUALA Ll'MPl'R. 1Y Wed. The Government was today urged to spare no effort in its light against drug abuse before the problem assumed ala r m ing proportions. Several MPs drew the Government's attention to the fact that
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    BAKAR HITS AT GOVT'S GAMBLING TAX BILL
    148 21 Government was A asked to explain how it reconciled its values of morality with its efforts to raise $10 million In revenue from the gambling tax. Senator Haji Abu Bakar Hamzah of Parti Islam said he found no justification for the Bill which
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      616 21 MV-S«4«IBHH|p|HHB|BBBBHHHBKB| (Cont. from Page 20) Lot AFRICAN OPIIY PARROT large reward offered Tel. *****3 Spore Wow hlro USIO RIFRioiRATORS Tarlous brands for sale, rental from flO/upwards pm. Contact Malaysia I'nion Refrigeration And Alrcondl tioning Company 23/23. 84. boo Btreel. Tel: *****8 3702« 1. RtrmcgRATORS. air conditioners and furniture for hire
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      595 21 Travel and tours MAM HO TRAVEL SERVICE Limited Tour Malaya Seven Days SfllO/-. air-condltloned Bua SSI33/-. lieparture Every Suastajr. Monday. C Highlands Four Days 8(70/-. Kvery Wednesday. Bangkok Cblengmal Fourteen Days ii*3lo/-. 16 2 72 3 372. 19 3 72 by air Beven Days K5633, 16/2/72. 19/2/72. 8/3-72 Chinese New
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      545 21 SPICIAL CMIHIIe NIW VIA*) tours Malaya 7 days ins/--17/2/72. 13/2/72 1145 (alr-oondl-tioi.ed bus) 15 2 72 Penang/Ipob 3 days 4 nights (70. Cameron Highlands/lpoh 2 days 3 nights Jso 14/2/72 8.00 p m Bangkok, ctiengmal B— days by air (6SO/. IS t 72 Osley Travel 10-B President Building *****/ *****
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      1023 21 84.510 IBTB F CAPRI 1600 CTI one owner, c Insurance n tyres, v/ tood condition. (S'pure) *****. 90* 1 pprr Strengooa Road. 10.00— 1 00 It 7« m 'OPIO CAPHI 1600 GTL Excellent roolnlon (7.000 0.n.0. Radio Cartridge. Caaaette Stereo. Owner leaving Must wll Tel M 6646 S'pure WMITB •OKD
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      167 21 Shopping guide JEWELLERY nukes the most appreciated Klft. Latest ranee at Tin Sinn Ooldsmltha Pte.. Ltd.. 215-217. South Brldite Road. Spore. LATEST I*7l DECORATIVE LAMP Flttins from Oermany. Holland. Italy. Australia at very Special prices now till CHINESE NIW VIA*. MARINE REPRESENTATION COMPANY Black X, Ns: SBT, Bendemeer ajesd, Tel:
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      206 21 WHETHER YOU NEIO the services of our lady barbers or lady escorts' 1 Please Call at Merigold' 6. Dublin Road. Til. 3T4172. *****0. *****7. S'porc Hairdreuin* Oept. Open on Sund.iy. 13th Frb '72 U.S. AWARD WINNING TECHNICAL F.ducatlonal Writer wi'l free-lance hoth In K L and Singapore Aviation, mrdical and
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      636 21 CONDOLENCE The Board of Directors, Management, The Staff Workers of PLASBON (M) PTE LTD. Extend their deepest sympathy to the family of the late MADAM TAN KU LUAN, Mother of our chairman MR. PAUL LIM HONG SAY ACKNOWLEDGEMENT The family of the late Miss GfMldine Tan BM BM wish to
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      355 21 NOT I i In Hie muttrr The Co-operative Boclrtl A (Cap. .86. 197 D editlcm, and In the mutter of The Singapore TneUon I Employee-Co-operative Thrift and Loan •v limited iin Llquldaliom PurMiant to Section 4> ,1) it>. of the Co-operative Societies Ait (Csp 186. 1970 edition) DOttos I hereb>
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      Singapore" doesn't need the archaic image of Mercury
      156 22 Singapore" doesn't need the archaic image of Mercury IT was perhaps not such a bright idea to call our new airline Mercury Singapore Airlines. First, it has caused considerable resentment among our neighbours. Second, none of the world's major airlines have fanciful names such as that which we have given
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      54 22 rSAVE heartburn. Mercury Singapore Airlines might consider making a goodwill payment to Malaysia Airline System for the use of the initials M.S.A. In return, MAS might consider using the old initials MAL to avoid confusion arising from the use of the same three initials, albeit In a different order. HENRY
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      53 22 EVERY year during the Chinese New Year road sweepers go from house to house asking for "ang pows." We can do nothing but give them a red packet each when they call. I wonder if what these men are doing Is legal. Would the authority concerned care to comment? HDB
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      97 22 ABOUT six months ago, national servicemen and residents volunteered to metal a certain stretch of Cheng San Road. Mr. L.P. Rodrlgo. M.P. for Serangoon Garden, started off this "gotong-royong" project and stated It would be completed In six days Months have passed and the road has still not been metalled.
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      86 22 1 REFER to the letter (ST., Feb. 4) by Mr. K. Goplnadhan about Thalpusam. So he "was disgusted" was he with the kavadicarrlers imitating the dance movements of the Lord Muruga May I ask Mr. Goplnadhan whether he has ever seen Our I-ord dancing? Or will he show the devotees
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      Why instant secretaries —fall down— on their jobs
      242 22 Why instant secretaries fall down— on their jobs LETTEKS U the Editor will not b« considered for publication ■Bleu they have the wrlteri names and addresses. Include a pMndonyix: If jf.a do not want J WAS most amused to read H.R. Meyer's letter on "Instant Secretaries" (S.T. Feb. 4). These
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        That attack on the hospital emergency unit 'sweeping and unwarranted'
        282 22 That attack on the hospital emergency unit 'sweeping and unwarranted' I REFER to a letter entitled "I pray I am never an accident case" (ST., Feb. 7). It Is rather surprising that your correspondent ■■Horrified" should have made such sweeping and unwarranted criticism of the Emergency Unit Outram Hospital just
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        230 22 I REFER to the letter by "Disgusted" (ST., Feb. 2). The writer and her friend called at the Reference Counter on Jan. 24 between 1 p.m. and 2 p.m.. when it was usually very busy and asked for books on economics. The librarian on duty pointed out the Economics Section
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        81 22 rE Land Office would like to thank "Con cerned Neighbour" <S.T. Feb. 5) for drawing our attention to the construe tlon of an unauthorised house on state land on the west side of Happy Avenue Central. However, "Concerned Neighbour" Is assured that we were in fact aware of this unauthorised
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        44 22 I REFER to the letter headlined "A period that kills time at school" by "Angry Mother" <ST Jan. 28). The complaint will be looked Into if "Angry Mother" can provide us with the name of the school. NG CHANG WANG. for Permanent Secretary. (Education).
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        116 22 PLEASE refer to the letter by "SOS" headlined "Why do Oovt. hospital bills come months late" (ST. Jan. 27). The heavy work-load has resulted in cumulative backlog of bills at T.R.O.H. As from January 1972. a team of clerical stafT has been employed to clear the backlog. Although the work
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        181 22 I REFER to the letter by Dr. Goh Ewe Hong of the Singapore Association for the Deaf regarding the open education policy I am afraid Dr. Goh has misunderstood our purpose of mentioning the "open education programme" in my earlier letter. We have never Implied or Indicated that this pro
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        109 22 '"yiCTORIAN" (ST. Jan. 15) can be assured that every possible attempt has been made to accommodate all the Sec. 4 classes in the morning. However, it is In the Interests of the pupils that the three sec. 4 classes be held in the afternoon as the teachers trained to teach
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      715 22 HICH CALIBRE SALESMEN An INTERNAt lONAL ORGANISATION wiu; MUM in 48 countries 1* expanding Its operations in Singapore a>.w is in need ut pn- >t t- suk-smen wth managerial ability, to sell worldrenowned brand of industrial /commercial maintenance chemu..: IHF MEN WE NEED MUST BE WILLINO TO ACCEPT THE CHAU
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      623 22 LEMBAGA PADI SABAH VACANCIES Applications arc invited from Malaysian Citizens preferably of Sabah origin lor tie following posta:<A> COMMERCIAL MANAGER BASIC SALAKY SCALE: gUMI 30 .J* «J on qualifications and experience. QUALIFICATIONS: A recognized university degree in Business Administration. Commerce or Economics and not less than 5 years of relevant
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      35 22 Bugs Bunny By Ralph Heimdahl (i WIN.. A <=^~N I I VVINW •JUST A MINUTE I AINT MAKIN' ONE MOVE, V I BEFORE VA START -m UNTIL VA PUT YER ANOTHER GAME, Lj^^ POOCH OUTSIPEj/
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      Lock icon 'Stay out' call to Taiwanese to save Yomiuri
      392 23 \IANILA, Wed Asian golf circuit co- ordinator Leonardo "Skip" Guinto said today he would ask Taiwanese golfers to withdraw from the Yomiuri Open in an effort to save the Tokyo tournament this year. Alternatively, said Mr. Guinto, he would ask the Japan
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      Kiwis follow on 295 runs behind Jamaica
      282 23 Kiwis follow on 295 runs behind Jamaica KINGSTON, Wed. The New Zealand cricketers face an uphill fight to avoid defeat in their match against Jamaica here after being forced to follow on 295 runs behind yesterday. They lost eight first Innings wickets for 48 runs between lunch and tea and
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      Lock icon For better hockey: Rule change certain
      155 23 LONDON. Wed. The newly-constituted International Hockey Rules Board have givon their support to a change to two.-man offside In the kimt. A statement Issued after the Board's Inaugural meeting here at the weekend said: "The Board considered the proposal from the International Hockey Federation
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      Lock icon US to see Evonne
      106 23 NEW YORK, Wed. Wimbledoi champion Evonne Ooolagong of Australia will make her American debut In t'.ext mont Vs Maureen Connolly si'vltatton tournament in Dallas. Texas A spokesman for Virginia BUM, sponsors jf the tournament, announced Evonn»"s participation yesterday He Utd '.hat 17-year-old Ameriian Chris l vert
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      Layer leads pro-race
      133 23 |)ALLAS Texas). Wed Rod I J -ivcr of Australia has taken '-"-point lead in the World hampionshlp of Tennis competition with a win last week M Richmond. Virginia. He has 61 pclnts by winning •ur of ten tournaments and 36 names against seven losses. layer bent Cliff
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      BONAVENA AND HIS BULL 'RAID' -A BANK
      264 23 BONAVENA AND HIS BULL 'RAID' -A BANK- IV EW YORK. Wed. The day after Oscar Bonavena arrived here for his fight with Floyd Patterson, the publicity people at Madison Square Garden had him on the streets of New York dragging a 1.800-lb bull across Madison Avenue. Bonavena and the white
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      Affection worth a flutter on Sunday
      317 23  - Affection worth a flutter on Sunday EPSOM JEEP By showed good form in a workout at Ipoh yesterday morning. Ridden by Wadi Ahmad, the English gelding by Romulus strode out stylishly over 3f in 36 4 ssec. The going was good after rain on Tuesday afternoon. Affection is still a
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      Lock icon Middlesbro KO Millwall
      285 23 I ONDON, Wed. Middlesbrough earned the right to meet Manchester United in the fifth round of the English FA Cup with a well-drilled 2-1 win over Miilwall in their fourth round replay last night. Only resolute defence by Miilwall prevented them going down by a bigger margin.
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      A first for NZ women
      63 23 MELBOURNE. Wed New Zealand's women cricketers beat Australia for the first time In 37 years when they won the four-day Test by 143 runs at St. Kilda ye.-tcrday. Australia had won seven and drawn nine of the previous 16 Tests played between the two countries
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      Onchum, Arda join Singapore Open
      425 24  -  E. FRIDA By WORLD CUP golfers Sukree Onchum of Thailand and Ben Arda of the Philippines are among the latest entries for the $60,--000 Singapore Open Golf Championship at the SICC New course from Mar. 2 to 5. Onchum took the golf world by surprise
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      Dali winner
      31 24 A GOAL by centreforward Dali in the 10th minute enabled Sembawang Shipyard to beat favourites SAPSA "B" by 1-0 in their SHA Under-23 knockout hockey match at Sembawang yesterday.
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      HK trip looks 'certain' now for JJ
      343 24 HK trip looks 'certain' now for JJ TEBSEN and Jessen, who beat Rheem Hume 3-1 J to enter the final of the SBHFL League Division Three championship at Farrer Park yesterday, are only a match away from an all-expenses paid one week holiday trip to Hong Kong, reports JOE DORAI.
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      212 24 SINGAPORE Cricket Club have arranged a Chinese New Year treat for soccer fans two matches against Hong Kong Football Club on Tuesday and Wednesday on the padang. The Hong Kong club are reputed to be a strong combination, being presently in second place
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      199 24 MAN WILL BE A PROBLEM THIS TIME Now lha: the rirctlon of best Sportsman and Sportswoman Is near, allow me to sajr something. Everybody will undoubtedly arree that Patricia ChM should be selected the bent Sportswoman of the year. She more than deserves the award. However, the Man's award will
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      Tan Khoon Hong is first named for annual awards
      323 24 Tan Khoon Hong is first named for annual awards SINGAPORE'S n# W '•rage" of table tennis Tan Khoon Honp, who defeated a ranking China player during the Afro-Asian tournament in Peking last year, has been nominated by STTA for the Sportsman of the Year award, reports JOE DORAI. Khoon Hong.
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      525 25 THOUSANDS CHEER BANNED STAR 'Second fiddle' Dianne strikes g01d... SAPPORO, Wed FiIANNE HOLUM, a glri who seemed destined to play only a supporting role at the 11th Winter Olympics here, burst into skating stardom today with the first American gold medal of the Games. The 20-year-old student skated faster than
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      154 25 SAPPORO BANS FRANCE'S FAMOSE SAPPORO. Wed. The Council of the International Ski Federation has suspended French Alpine skier Annie Famose for broadcasting for a French radio station during the current Winter Olympics here, it was announced today. The Council paid It was also Investigating the case of a second French
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      Lategoals give SJI second place
      220 25 Lategoals give SJI second place TWO late goals by strikers Balaram and Keith Kleinman gave St. Joseph's Institution a 2-0 win over hard fighting Singapore Vocational Institute in the City District Schools' 'A' division soccer championship at Bras Basah Road yesterday. The win assured SJI of second placing in the
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      Guillemard hattrick
      71 25 OUILLEMARD Integrated School chalked up a splendid hattrick. winning the Junior boys, and junior and senior girls titles in the Oeylang District Primary Schools badminton final at SBA hall yesterday. Their junior boys beat Haig Road School 5-0. and their Junior girls beat Mountbatten Govt Chinese School 5-0.
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      Malaysia to tour India and Ceylon
      294 25 Malaysia to tour India and Ceylon KUALA LUMPUR. Wed.— A Malaysian tour of India and Ceylon In April will be the highlight of a busy cricket season this year. A team of 15 players to be picked by the Malaysian Cricket Association shortly, will play four 2 day matches in
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      Joo Avenue double
      55 25 JOO AVENUE scored a double when they won the Junior boys and girls titles in the McNair District Primary Schools badminton tournament. Results: Seniors Boys: Champions Pei Chun School; Runners-up Beatty. Oirls: Champions Poi Ching; Run-ners-up Wah Mm. Juniors Boys: Champions Joo Avenue. Runners-up: Cambridge: Oirls: Champions
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      Rouge Autumn
      45 25 HAYDOCK PARK. Wed. Rouge Autumn, owned by Mr. B. Jenks. won the Haydock Park National Trial Stakes Handicap Chase run over three and half miles here today. Mrs. J. Denings The Otter was second, with Mr. B. Platt's Jarcot third of four runners.
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      Exhibition to raise funds for a trip
      125 25 SINGAPORE SoftbalL-As-sociation's national team will play an exhibition match against the "Industrial Easy Pitch All-star" team to raise funds for their Manila trip at 4 p.m. on Sunday. Hot-dogs and souvenirs will be sold during the i game at the American I School
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      676 23 TECHNICAL TRAINEES (Laboratory) SHELL have a number of vacancies for Technical Trainees in their Laboratory in Pulau Bukom. Applicants should: be Singapore Citizens possess a full Higher School Certificate or a School Certificate with good credits in Science subjects especially in Chemistry be willing to do shift work. Successful candidates
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      858 23 PI BLIC ITH.ITIF.S BOARD. SIN(.APORL TEXDFRS FIN AN (F PIPARTMEXT: (Cash Section. Room No. 113 A. Ist Floor. City Hall) 1 1 1 Supply, delivery and Installation cf nine <9> receipting machines equipped with automatic guillotine for direct receipting system Tender deposit $600 Close at 215 p-m 0B 24 172
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      1255 24 CHANGE OF ADDRESS Please be informed that with immediate effect our office will be located at:YEO SHIPPING TPADING, sth FLOOR, HWA-LI BUILDING, JALAN AMPANG, KUALA LUMPUR. TELEPHONE NO: *****4 *****8 NOTICE Notice is hereby given that Mr. Soon Yong Lam has resigned on his own accord from our company as
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      618 24 NOTICE TO: CHEW KOK CHOOI A complaint has been made agalrut you under the Advocates Sz Solicitors Ordinance. 1947 and •m Oroer has now also been made by the High Court In Kuala Lumpur that this Notice be published in the Daily Telegraph In Lonoon and In the Straits Times
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      22 24 FINEST IN FASHION LOWEST IN PRICE FIRST IN QUALITY FIRST IN DESIGN [)W ni "Inline 354/j JxvILIULI UUviicJ/ViLJ siH6iPon[ 7 shoe co.
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      100 24 RUGBY SRU league Dlv Two: SCC Tankards v B Coy 1 RN2TR (padang 5.15 p.m.). SOCCER SGSFL Dlv. 1 Police v Sp. Constabulary (Thomson Rd.i; Dlv. 2 Marines v Port Authority 'A' (Buklt Chermlm; STU v Woodbridge (Farrer Paik); Div. 3 Pharmaceutical v PUB; X.X.M. Hosp. v Survey Dept; Club
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      171 25 and geta dean wash with HITACHI Just 2 little buttons on the remarkable Hitachi PP-571E /^^b^^__ PF~S7IE enables you to save water. Choose your water level y /*^^!^^^*'****i^ fc^ little water for a few clothes, a little more for a heap. I Yes, laundering with the Hitachi Fully Automatic ■il^^/
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    'Lay off our 20 wards' plea by the Front
    169 26 'Lay off our 20 wards' plea by the Front SINGAPORE, Wed. The Peoples Front appealed today to other political parties not to compete in 20 con s t i tuencies, for which it will field candidates, to "avoid splitting anti PAP votes." A party statement said: -We will contest at
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    Cargo vessel rams pier
    48 26 SINGAPORE. Wed Port workers jumped (or safety when the 4.000-ton cargo vessel Salemi rammed into the pier at Teluk Ayer Basin this morning. The vessel had arrived Irom Klang to unload cargo when the /nishap occurred. It was slightly damaged. Ho one was injured.
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    26 26 BANGKOK. Wed. Thai forces clearing communistInfiltrated hills in northern Thailand have killed 11 guerillas in fierce clashes, provincial police sources said today. Reuter.
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    Group to study 'imperfection' of rubber mart
    200 26 Group to study 'imperfection' of rubber mart KUALA LUMPUR, Wednesday A DETAILED study would be carried out on the present "^niperfectic/i" of the rubber market and other factors affecting the low rubber price. The expert group on rubber, which ended its threeday meeting here today, concluded that the market situation,
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    'New look' uniform for our postmen
    99 26 SINGAPORE'S postmen will discard their topis and khaki bush jat ket uniform- from March 1. They will don restyled new uniforms as part of the reorganisation and modernisation of the Postal Department. Made of light tetoron material, the uniform will consist of a light
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    41 26 SAN FRANCISCO. Wed. A tentative agreement to end the West Coast dock strike was announced here on the 124 th day of a stoppage that paralysed .shipping in 24 ports and cost the U.S. an estimated US$2,OOO million. Reuter.
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    26 26 CAIRO. Wed. Egypt will work out a new strategy against Israel in the next few days, the semi-official Al Ahram newspaper said today. UPI.
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    Woman with a jail record she's proud of
    387 26 By TAN WEE LIAN SINGAPORE, Wed. There's probably no other woman who is as proud of her Jail record as Mrs. S. Muthu. She has been in and out of Indian jails so often she can't quite remember whether it's nine or
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    40 26 MANILA. Wed —A prolonged rainfall brought down a torrent of mud, sand and rocks from Mayon volcano and buried some 365 acres of rlcenelds in Albay province south-east of here, according to local press reports today. Reuter.
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    20 26 MOSCOW. Wed. Premier Sheikh Mujlbur Rahman, will visit Moscow early next month. Tass news agency announced today. Reuter
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    466 26 LONDON. Wrd. Thr «(ock markrtt rimed steady to ftrmer today, awaltIng the outcome of the coal miner* pay talk* At' 3 p.m. the Financial Times Index up 0.9 at 491.7. nrrrhams reacted to late overnight gains which lollowrd the lapse ol in bid for Claxo. Most other leader,
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      269 26 LOOK! NO HANDS! SPEAK-r-PHONE Telephone Amplifier Speaker FULLY TRANSISTORIZED REQUIRES NO CONNECTION TO TELEPHONE BATTERY OPERATED NOTHINC TO INSTALL Now for the first time it is possible to carry on two-way conversation without holding the phone. Leaves both hands free to take notes or do other work. Permits many people
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      17 1 Business Times Buy Singapore feature COMMERCIAL AND FINANCIAL SECTION OF THE STRAITS TIMES THURSDAY FEBRUARY 10. 1972
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      Lock icon Manufacturers are Singapore economy's 'glamour boys'
      1879 1  - Manufacturers are Singapore economy's 'glamour boys' GEORGIE LEE By INDICATORS OF INDUSTRIAL EXPANSION All manufacturing establishments (employing 10 or more people) I N I) USTRIAL- ISATION Sin gapore's logical tincture for her bask economic ills Iws stimulated much growth mid launched her onto an exciting pa Hi to modernisation ever
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        67 1 INSIDE Now banks look on industry as new frontier for expansion. Page 2. It pays to study the consumers behaviour. Page 4. Tell the world about our delicious savouries. Page 5. It's up the ladder for Singapore's electronics industry. Page 6. Singapore car assemblers battle to ward off Japanese challenge.
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        100 1 T^ IF THE EMPHASIS L is on QUALITY. ..J WE INVITE YOU TO EXAMINE OUR PRODUCTS, COMPARE THEM WITH OTHERSTHEN MAKE YOUR CHOICE. W wfto vla. *%>" fKf Lw \T^ U v aS%»3F Guaranteed Pure 10(h Containing both Highly Polyunsatiirated Highly Nutritious Groundnut Oil Sunflowerseed Oil And ...For those Containing
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      Lock icon Now banks look on industries as new frontier for expansion
      1314 2  -  SOH TIANC KENO By AMY 10 years ago, Singapore industries were treated like stepchildren by banks and financial institutions. By and large, they were neglected. On the other hand, commerce and trade were treated as favourite sons, getting exclusive attention
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        95 2 POWER STARTS IWITH £xtfte Chloride Batteries S.E.Asia Pte. Ltd. 106 Neythal Road, Jurong Town. Tel *****4. Malaysia Er Brunei i The Borneo Company (M) Sdn. Bhd. B^b ■■in l 2 B _i ii Leading Manufacturer in Polypropylene Polyethylene Bags, Sheets, Films, Gussetted Bag Shopping Handbag. Also Available in Multi-Colour Printing.
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        42 2 I FILTERS OIL* AIR* FUEL I I 0 manufacturers of: K AUTO OIL FUEL FILTER ELEMENTS. fff AIR CLEANERS H FOR TRACTOR, j* MARINE INDUSTRIAL ENGINES. I For Trade Enquiries: ■NEW ISLAND AUTOMOTIVE CO.IPTEUTD I 40KALLANG PLACE. SINGAPORE 12.TEL *****6 *****6 W
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      An exciting market potential for our cosmetics
      1324 3  -  KUK MAY SPORE PERFUME FACTORY AT BUKIT TIMAH By gKA N I) acceptance appears to be the keystone t<» success in the mar keting of consumer products. This is particularly true in pharniaceu ticals, toiletries, and specially in cosmetic liiu-s. It is unhappily
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      1194 4  -  GEORGIA LEE Experiential knowledge can be unreliable By WITH the advent of mass production, the flood of Innumerable competitive products around the world has sparked off considerable interest in research into consumer purchasing behaviour to assist producers in penetrating markets effectively. This Is
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        147 4 THE GIANT and THE FIRST IN JURONG erected by celbuil dings PTE. LIMITED This Giant is standing on 3.04 Acres of land with a single span of 218 feet. A challenge— successfully erected the pride of celDLJilciincis 29 Tanglin Halt Close W^ i 5* PTE.LIMITED Singapore 3. UNITED INDUSTRIAL CORPORATION
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        213 4 on the best J possible terms! #Aj\\ FINANCE SERVICE FOR Jj^PS USEO CARS OR COMMERCIAL VEHICLES U JJ .7 Select your purchase with the assistance o* Wi l\ T* the AAS/CCS hire purchase scheme which I, »_V i offers you a preferential interest rate ■\J Tiw' HarirTr s\ Cars trucks
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      TELLING THE WORLD OF OUR DELICIOUS SAVOURIES
      515 5  -  CHAN BONG SOO By yyiTII Singapore's cosmopolitan heritage has come an almost endless variety of cuisines and Singaporeans can consider themselves more fortunate than most people in beam able to choose from the varied eating delights of many races. That variety is the
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      Coffee sales top list
      448 5 In other words, at the end of 1969 there were 210 food manufacturing and processing establishments employing 8.146 workers and turning out $400 million worth of products for that year. Sales for that year fell Just short of $400 million. Breakdown figures indicate that the biggest
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      Lock icon Groundnut oil production
      103 5 Groundnut oil production APRODICTION process of groundnut oil at the 55 -acre Jurong factory of Kdible Products, the manufacturing parent company of its belter known marketing subsidiary. Kwang Joo Seng. The company has grown enormously since it started as a family concern more than half a century ago. It shifted
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      It's up the ladder for S'pore electronics
      803 6  - It's up the ladder for S'pore electronics 808 NG By PURRENT front runner in Singapore's industrial growth league is the electronics industry. A relative newcomer to the industrial landscape, the industry has recorded a progress not far short of phenomenal not only in terms of the numbers of factories being
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      A domestic success, furniture-making industry has vast export potential
      712 6  - A domestic success, furniture-making industry has vast export potential MOK SIN PIN By SINGAPORE'S furniture making industry is more advanced than most Asian countries. Singapore craftsmanship, in design and construction, is of a high standard and comparable to that of any developed country. One sees these days, furniture of highly
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        286 6 6 'Buy Singapore Buy Quality" X^k Locally and internationally, the (9llr/ 5.1.5.1. R. mark is respected as \^IUK£/ an authority in quality. <(P*i We are therefore proud to serve 2^F] r Singaporeans with our paints that measure up to 5.1.5.1. R. *>- specifications. MP""^ Member of the prestigious J Transocean
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        87 6 We make rubber products for all kinds of uses. We make hoses of all kinds, to suck, deliver or blow anything you want, water, gas, steam, acid or oil. We also make industrial mouldings, seals, rubber feet, unit soles, swim fins, car parts, mud flaps, etc. Our goods can take
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      Lock icon SHOPPING TRAFFIC Need for specialists in the art of wooing customers
      955 7  - SHOPPING TRAFFIC Need for specialists in the art of wooing customers GEORGIE LEE By ASK any local manufacturer about marketing ;iiul it will be odds on that he contuses it with salesmanship or vaguely ;iss<kuU's it with advertising. This statement by a local marketing manager epitomises the sad state of
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        243 7 RADIATOR! Oil COOICRf Here, in Singapore, and for the first time an automotive spare parts factory programmed to manufacture over one thousand types of quality radiators and oil coolers lor American, British. Continental and Japanese automobiles, earth-movers, construction und material handling machines, marine and stationary engines. Backed by a decade
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      ONE MORE FOR THE ROAD... S'pore car assemblers battle to ward off Japanese challenge
      1059 8  - ONE MORE FOR THE ROAD... S'pore car assemblers battle to ward off Japanese challenge 808 NG I By I N t, A V 0 It K'S motor assembly industry is not one of the country's runaway success stories. Normally tight lipped motor men at Bukit Timah and .lurong will be
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        249 8 Up-to-Date Laminated Leaf Spring Strong and Reliable for all vehicle* TESTED AND AWARDED QUALITY CERTIFICATE SINGAPORE INSTITUTE STANDARDS AND INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH simu»o«c ihtcmmtkmm. omoamuatkm rom iT»mwmomTW NUMBER DATE Of ISSUE DATE OF EXPIRY 0S» IST DECEMBER 1971 "1 3QTH SEPTEMBER 1972~] Certificate <Blfis is to certtfg that (I) ROAD VEHICLE
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      SISIR aims for consistent quality level
      1027 9  -  AUSTIN MORAIS By QUALITY control and quality consciousness has been very much in the public eye because of the efforts of the Singapore Institute of Standards and Industrial Res c a rch (SISIR). SISIR introduced quality certificates to be awarded to companies lor products
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        321 9 RECIPIENTS OF SISIR QUALITY CERTIFICATES FOOD INDUSTRY Products Premier Milk Sweetened condensed milk Malaysia Dairy Sweetened condensed milk Cold Storage Sweetened condensed milk Food Specialities Spore Sweetened condensed milk Khong Ouan Flour Wheat flour WOOD AND CORK International Wood Prod. Plywood types 1 2 Starlight Timber Prod. Plywood types 1
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        72 9 i 2S Wen SfiP brown X V mJI SiPy l^>v mt J^^^m H^ I J k <^M ■If^^^^B i v jfe jQk y^^H aim a Ji E Oft rv& <™i*&QtimmTS Jt SmmP^. m, 'mm 1 J /U >}>yf^r^T WttotLWkt-WmWk f^Am^LW^f^ jmtAm^L^m^^^ |P!^^ M^mwt^^ I j^K^^^t^ .^m^m^r' l^^^^^L^^ mmi^mmf *rm% itf^S^SmßmAA^mml^
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      834 10  - 'Giants' with the 'Built in Singapore' tag AUSTIN MORAIS By \yiTHIN the last five years Singapore Ikis become the most important ship repair centre east of Suez and west of Japan. With the completion of the first 15,000 dwt Freedom vessel before National Day this year, Singapore is making a
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      TOP PRIORITY TO DEVELOP METAL, ENGINEERING INDUSTRY
      589 10 THE metal and engineering industry is allotted considerable priority in Singapore's industrial development today. Broadly, the industrial grouping covers varied ftcti v ltles in the manufacture of basic metals, metal products including machinery and the repairing and servicing of KUCh. As at the
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        166 10 [The same people who make carpets for royalty and heads of states can make carpets for you too. Here in Singapore. why 1 ihly II A f /"vJVGr I J A note of imprest you can hdv.i ul your own design n.itl, spi.i i.illy lor you by us Jo. I
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        225 10 i>i>liii< (ivc J Jib, Selangor Pewter, ths brand name tor quality pewter is individually handcrafiwl by master craftsmen Irom 97% Straits refined tin and guaranteed by the "P«»vt»mv»k«r at the- Anvil it.ido mjik Functional as thoy ara de< the. beauty ol quality pewter ntvir dates. Always insist on Selanqor P«wt»r
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      Building industry now uses more S'pore products
      844 11  - Building industry now uses more S'pore products ♦VOX SIN PIN. Reports by OINGAPORES build- ing industry has in recent years become more national conscious and is using a larger content of locally manufactured materials. The boom ;n the industry generated the development of a number of new industries and also
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      Textile industry — a baby growiny up fast
      390 11 Textile industry a baby growiny up fast fARMENT manu- facturlng has all along been an important contributor to Singapore's economic growth. It is the leading manufactured item in the Republic's infant textile industry and one of its major export items. The fast-growing Industry has tremendous foreign exchange earning potential. Despite
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        212 11 A magnificent cookery book for only $12/EXCLUSIVE to readers of NEW NATION Full details in tomorrow's issue This book was printed entirely in Singapore by Times Printers Sdn Bhd B€fl> suggest savings Postage costs. Time and labour costs. Significant items in company expenditure. B P will show yoo how these
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        303 11 SINGAPORE MOULDINGS PRIVATE LIMITED Manufacturer of High Grade RAMIN MOULDINGS Air Dried and Kiln Dried PICTURE FRAME WALL PANELLING LAMELLAS FLOORING PLANED ALL ROUND DOOR JAMBS 'DIV' MOULDINGS FURNITURE COMPONENTS Correspondence Address:- Registered Office:P.0.80X 48 BUKIT PAN JANG 12TH FLOOR MSA BUILDING KRANJI INDUSTRIAL ESTATE 77, ROBINSON ROAD, SINGAPORE- 23
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