The Straits Times, 22 February 1974

Microfilm: NL7782
Total Pages: 26
1 26 The Straits Times
Page thumbnail Page 1
  • Title Section
    Masthead
    21 1 TOTAL DAILY CERTIFIED SALE EXCEEDS 250,000 The Straits Times Estd. 1845 FINAL EDITION FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 22, 1974 25 CENTS M.C.(P) 21/74
    21 words
  • Article
    Lock icon DROP IN OIL BIDDING
    413 1 DROP IN OIL BIDDING Tenders 'well below posted price 5 So Kuwait calls new auction KUWAIT, Thursday KUWAIT said today it would disregard bids made here a week ago for 85 million barrels of its oil, and ask international companies concerned to take part in a fresh "auction" bidding no
    Reuter  -  413 words
  • Article
    Lock icon Congress lawyers: Nixon can be sacked
    181 1 Congress lawyers: Nixon can be sacked WASHINGTON, Thurs. Congressional lawyers argued today that President Nixon could be removed from office on his Watergate record without his necessarily having violated criminal law. The lawyers of the House of Representative Judiciary Committee said In a report that he could be impeached If
    Reuter  -  181 words
  • Article
    Lock icon 'I'll quit' threat by Kissinger
    61 1 WASHINOTON. Thurx Secretary of Bute Henry A. Klwlnger has told iome con K re»»ion«l leader., he »"uld quit hi* poit if th* House should vote for impeachment against President Nuon, the Washington StarNrws said today. The report said Dr Kls»m«er said he could not effectively
    UPI  -  61 words
  • Article
    lito advised to rest
    40 1 BELGRADE TTiuri. Yugcruv Prudent -j^ ,j rtatlng on dorter* advice following ttrenuous tour of the Indian sul>-cont|. nent last month and Uiks »ith Mexican President Luis Echeverrla here last week, a government source said today R*uler.
    40 words
  • Article, Illustration
    Dayan won't join Golda's new govt
    326 1 Dayan won't join Golda's new govt TEL AVIV, Thun. Israeli Defence Minister Moshe Dayan will not serve In the new minority government announced last night by Pr.me Minister GoI d a Melr, usually re'hb'e sources said here today. His withdrawal would make Mrs. Meir's efforts to form a government even
    326 words
  • Article
    Lock icon 40 killed in crash
    62 1 NEW DFLHI. Thurs. At least 40 people were reported killed and 30 Injured In a train crash in North India today. Officials said bodies were still being removed from the debris of an express passenger train that crashed into a goods train near the town of
    Reuter  -  62 words
  • Article
    Lock icon Inflation hits them too
    59 1 PARIS. Thura. The staff of the Organisation of Economic Co-operaUon and Development (OBCD), which advise 24 nations on Inflation, staged a 34-hour strike yesterday because of their own Inflation problems. A spokesman for the employees said the strikers were demanding a new pension system because the
    UPI  -  59 words
  • Article
    Lock icon '$10mil more' demand
    39 1 HILLSBOROUOH (California), Thurs. The Symbionese Liberation Army has sent another communique to the parent* of kidnapped Patricia Hearst demanding another US*t million (Stmlllioni ransom, reporters at the family home ware told today. UPI (Sec Page 4).
    UPI  -  39 words
  • Article
    Lock icon S'porean jailed
    33 1 JAKARTA. Thur». A Singapore businessman Neo Thiam Chjre. 44. was today jailed for t'.ree yean on charges of possessing 741 fake Indonesian 1.000 ruptah note* at Jakarta airport lajt year. Reuter
    Reuter  -  33 words
  • Article
    Lock icon Railway blast
    30 1 LUSAKA. Thurs Saboteurs destroyed a section of the railway line between Zambia and Rhodesia. 100 miles southwest of Lusaka. with a bcnub. a police spokesman said today. UPI.
    UPI  -  30 words
  • Article, Illustration
    Lock icon Soccer star accused of theft from Miss World
    354 1 Soccer star accused of theft from Miss World BEST SPENDS NIGHT IN POLICE CELL LONDON, Thuri COCCER star George J Best was today charged with burglary aud theft of a fur-coat from Miss World, American Marjorie Wallace, police said. He was due to appear In London's Marylebone court later today.
    Reuter  -  354 words
  • Article
    Lock icon Eight killed
    40 1 MANILA. Thun. Eight people were killed and four others Injured today «hen a paiaanan bus In which they were tiding p unged Into a river embankment In Mlnalabac. :n Camarlnej Sur Province. 170 miles southeast of hare. AP.
    AP  -  40 words
  • Article
    Lock icon Peak level
    31 1 TOKYO. Thurs The Interest rate on business loan* provided by major commercial banks in January hit the highest level In 15s yean, the Bank of Japan announced today UPI.
    UPI  -  31 words
  • Article
    Lock icon In Lahore
    27 1 LAHORE. Thur»— Egyptian President Anwar Sadat and Libyan President Oaddafl arrived here today aboard an Egyptian Airlines plane to attend the Islamic summit conference. Reuttr.
    Reuter  -  27 words
  • Article
    Lock icon Extremists out to topple Govt: Sudomo
    188 1 JAKARTA, Thurs. NO N communist extremists are waging psycholoeical warfare "with the eventual aim of toppling the Government." Admiral Sudomo. Chief-of-Staff of the powerful Peace Restoration Command (Kopkamtlb). who said this at a Press conference today, added that the extremists were spreading false rumours
    Reuter  -  188 words
  • Article
    Double holein one
    77 1 HONGKONG, Thun. Two golfers achieved the hole-in-one feat in the Hongkong Open today. Australian teenager Colin Arnold scored the day's first ac* when he sank his tee shot with a four iron on the 191-yard par-3 fifteenth bole. Then Burma's No. 1 golfer U Mya Aye Won
    77 words
  • Article
    Lock icon STORE SHIP DISABLED
    123 1 PORTSMOUTH (Virginia), Thursday THE Singapore-registered tanker Damon was disabled and flooding yesterday In the Atlantic about 170 miles east of Norfolk, Virginia, but tr:ere was no immediate danger to the ship's 37 crew men. A Coast Guard spokesman said a pump had been dropped to the 550--loot
    UPI  -  123 words
  • Article
    Lock icon Syrian terms for return of PoWs
    351 1 Syrian terms for return of PoWs BEIRUT, Thursday §YRIA will repatriate all Israeli prison-ers-of-war if 170,000 Syrians driven out of thf Golan Heights in I .)<>7 and last year arc allowed to return, a Beirut news- paper said today. The Syrian terms were spelled out by Syrian President Asaad in
    AP  -  351 words
  • Article
    Lock icon Peak price for gold
    55 1 PRIS, Thurs— The price of gold rose to an all-time high of US$l6O (SHOO) an ounce on the Paris market today. LONDON price also soared to a new record Of U*****.50 <Ss37B) at the bullion market's morning price-fixing session. In deals after the fixing, it touched
    Reuter  -  55 words
  • Article
    Lock icon Gun duel at petrol kiosk
    44 1 NEW YORK. Thurs. A service station operator and an Irate motori.i. exchanged gunfire last nlgnt while at least 25 other motoilsts waited In line to buy petrol The optrator was shot dead and the other man was wounded. UPI.
    UPI  -  44 words
  • Article
    Lock icon Bomb death
    32 1 BELFAST. Thura. A bomb today blasted a Catho-lic-owned tavern In Belfast's New Lodge Road area, kiln* an 83-year-old man and s«.lously Injuring a woman trapped In an upstairs room. —Reuter.
    Reuter  -  32 words
  • Article
    Search for player
    50 1 LONDON, Thurs.— Welsh police have launched a search for a Rumanian rugby player reported missing by the Rutnan.an rugby club Parul Constanta at the end of Its tour In the Swansea area. Oeorge Caralan. 25. waa last seen leaving a dance In Port Talbot early on Monday—UPl.
    50 words
  • LATEST
    • Article
      Lock icon Best faces 2 charges
      68 1 SEE THIS PAGE LONDON, Thun. Scotland Yard disclosed later that Best faced two charges. The first was that between Feb. 18 and 19 he entered Miss Wallace's apartment in London as a trespasser, stole a fur coat, a passport, a cheque book and other Items belonging
      AP  -  68 words
    • Article
      Lock icon Dollar slumps
      18 1 LONDON, Thun. The value of the IB dollar slumped sharply almost everywhere In trading today. UPI.
      UPI  -  18 words
  • Page 1 Advertisements
    • Advertisement
      Page 1 Advertisements Column 1
      121 1 See our Exclusive Range of EXQUISITE JEWELLERY qracetully hand finished br M«ttercr«fnmen from Sri Lanka. Visit us before you make your next purchase and compare our prices and quality. 6.C.DE SUVA BROS. MANUFACTURING JEWELLERS. 3 RAFFLES PLACE, SINGAPORE 1. TELEPHONE: *****/***** I ht < >ldt if and Most trusted Jewellers
      121 words
    • Advertisement
      Page 1 Advertisements Column 2
      80 1 PRICES UP IN THE TUCKSHOPS, TOO Paga 8 WHITE House locs being investigated by FBI 3 THE last Israeli troops cross Sues Canal for home 4 MAP of the Orchard Road Orchard Boulevard one-way system 5 CREATE your own methods, teachers told 7 THE doctors' dilemma 9 SHORTWEIGHT loaves still
      80 words
    • Advertisement
      Page 1 Advertisements Column 3
      68 1 nbermain RegtstrreJ Trad* Mark iJt| HAS 24 BRANCHES M IN SINGAPORE TO QQP SERVE YOO BETTER WITH THE MOST NUMBER OF BANKING SERVICES! CURRENT ACCOUNT SAVINGS ACCOUNT CASH DISPENSER 24 HOUR SERVICE DRIVE-IN BANK PAYROLL PUB SAFE DEPOSIT NIGHT SAFE GIFT CHEQUE QUICK DEPOSIT OVERSEAS UNION BANK LTD. HEAO OFFICE:
      68 words
Page thumbnail Page 2
  • Straits Times World News
    • Article
      Lock icon FISH-BOAT CAPTAIN ADMITS SPYING' CLAIM
      154 2 FISH-BOAT CAPTAIN ADMITS SPYING' CLAIM HONGKONG. Thurs The North Korean central news agency said today the captatn of a captured South Korean vessel had con fessed that he was sent on a spy mission into North Korean waters on Feb. 15. Capt Pak Jong Ju of the South Korean ship.
      Reuter  -  154 words
    • Article
      Lock icon HATEM CONTINUES BID FOR YEN CREDITS
      141 2 rpOKYO. Thurs- Egyp- X tian Deputy Prime Minister Momanned Abdul Hatem continued his efforts today to persuade Japan to grant his country US$l,OOO million (512.500 million) in credits for development projects. He held talks with leaders of the powerful Business Federation of Economic Organisations
      Reuter  -  141 words
    • Article
      Lock icon New US dialogue with Latin America
      202 2 New US dialogue with Latin America MEXICO CITY, Thurs. —US Secretary of Btate. Dr Henry Kissinger, opens a "new dialogue' with Latin America today so Informal that secretaries *nd tape recorders are barred from the conference room. Both sides hope that the I n f o r m al atmosphere
      Reuter  -  202 words
    • Article
      Lock icon France opts out of oil meeting
      87 2 France opts out of oil meeting PARIB, Thurs— France will not attend a meeting in Washington next Monday and Tuesday to prepare a conference between petroleum producing and consuming countries, Foreign Minister Michel Jotert said today. The United States has Invited the 13 nations attending the energy conference earlier this
      AP  -  87 words
    • Article
      Lock icon Hijack: Pilot who fled plane may be charged
      169 2 Hijack: Pilot who fled plane may be charged SAIGON, Thurs. Air Vietnam officials said today they were consider, nj charging the airline's chief pilot with abandoning his plane and passengers during the last minutes of a h. jacking yesterday Senior pilot Duong Van Em, 45. leaped from the cockpit door
      AP; UPI  -  169 words
    • Article
      Lock icon Quest for the biggest egg
      75 2 NE.V YORK. Ihurs. O/ganlsers I f the Central .V;'ine Egg 'estiva', at Plttsfteld. Maine, sa yesterday they are contacting heads of ■tail and agrlcdlture ministers around the world to And thr largest (fl Lust year the I'itlval .'earched for the worlds largest frying pan. Now.
      Reuter  -  75 words
    • Article
      Lock icon Rebels warn of shelling
      57 2 PHNOM PENH ThUTS. Rebel leaflets yesterday urged people In the southern and southwestern sections of Phnom Penh to leave their homes and warned that 200 shells would be fired Into the areas "In the near future. police sources said The leaflet singled out the rea of
      AP  -  57 words
    • Article
      Lock icon 400-year link broken
      58 2 lONDON. Thurs B*. An«llc«n Church haRedded to mvke Its n«t Break with Parliament after a «00-ye.r history which has linked Church and State under the leadership of the monarchy The Oeneral Synod of the Church of England, after nine years dlseuslon. passed a rerolutlon yesterday seeking freedom
      Reuter  -  58 words
    • Article
      Lock icon Japan opposed to gold revaluation
      373 2 rKYO. Thurs.-Japan Is concerned over the possibility of the Common Market nations revaluing gold for settlement among themselves, Japanese monetary officials said today. They were referring to the decision of EEC finance ministers earlier this week to authorise a study on ways of revaluing gold
      Reuter  -  373 words
    • Article, Illustration
      Lock icon Eyes on Liberals as polls go into top gear
      380 2 LONDON, Thursday JJHITAIN'S general election campaign lo lay moved into to.) gear with only one week to go before voters decide who wi I govern Britain for the next five years. A fresh excitement came to the hustings following public opinion
      Reuter  -  380 words
    • Article
      Ted to miners: Nation won't stand It
      149 2 Ted to miners: Nation won't stand It MANCHESTER. Thurs Prime Minister Edward Heath last night told Britain's striking coalmlners that the country will no longer stand for old-style, free-for-all wage battles. In an election address to Conservative Party workers. Mr. Heath said his Government had launched a "mighty social experiment"
      149 words
    • Article
      ISLAMIC SUMMIT: 'NO WEDDINGS' APPEAL
      68 2 LAHORE, Thurs. The Lahore Govern.nent appealed to its unmarried citizens yesterday to stay single during the three-day Islamic summit conference beginning tomorrow The city fathers told residents of Lahore not to hold marriages and parties until Feb. 25, the day after the summit ends. Lahore
      68 words
    • Article
      Lock icon Our homes razed by Thai troops, villagers tell rally
      222 2 BANGKOK. Thurs. Thousands o: people held a rally in a downtown Bangkok park last night to hear more than 40 villagers from northeast Thailand describe how government troop.-, allegedly destroyed their homes. The rally was organised by students and other activists.
      UPI  -  222 words
    • Article
      Lock icon Evidence on a tablet
      73 2 PEKINO. Thurs Chinese naturalists on the disputed Paracei archipelago have unearthed a tablet which records a Chinese pre--sence on the South China Sea Islands over "0 years ago. according lo press reports here. The tsblet bears an Inscrlptkn commemorating a Chinese Inspection tour of the ParacfU
      Reuter  -  73 words
  • Page 2 Advertisements
    • Advertisement
      Page 2 Advertisements Column 1
      143 2 We'll have you riding a cable car hours ahead of the rest Hours faster from S>ngapore to island stopovers in the Philippines. So San Francisco than any other airline. much we want you to see and do. Lakes. ..-^-j^""" >nly airline flying the direct Mountains. Volcanoes. Beaches. On JL" mid-Pacific
      143 words
    • Advertisement
      Page 2 Advertisements Column 2
      146 2 s^sm A I Try the black comb test B yoy use a dandruff shampoo on TUESDAY; but dandrui^s back on THURSIIAr maybe what you've got isnt ordinary dandruff. Ask your doctor. Flaking, scaling and itching could be early signs of eczema, sebo. rhea or psoriasis which is why ordinary dandruff
      146 words
Page thumbnail Page 3
  • WORLD NEWS TWO
    • Briefs
      • Article
        Untitled
        24 3 HONGKONG. Thurs. A Hongkong Government committee has recommended that smoking be banned in lifts and suggested that people voluntarily refrain from smoking in cinemas.
        24 words
      • Article
        Untitled
        22 3 PARIS: France had an overall balance of pay- ments deficit during the third quarter of 1973 of 5.M« million francs (552,485 million).
        22 words
      • Article
        Untitled
        30 3 MELBOURNE: Environmental opposition to the Anglo-French Concorde supersonic aircraft may cause British Airways to use Melbourne as Its Australian terminus in 1976, thp airlines' chairman, Mr David Ntcolson, said loin.
        30 words
      • Article
        Untitled
        31 3 BRIDGETOWN: Barbados ha* established diplomatic relations with Bangladesh. ATHENS: Greece's mili-tary-backed Government says more arrests are expected In connection with a plot to overthrow the regime and establish a communist dictatorship.
        31 words
      • Article
        Death penalty
        24 3 RANGOON: The Burmese Revolutionary Go\ernment yesterday .ntroduced the death penalty for the most extreme cases of processing, sellinc. importing or exporting drugs.
        24 words
      • Article
        Untitled
        29 3 MOSCOW: After six days without food. three i re de termlned yesterday t<> continue a hunger strike in protest of the Government's refu.-al t» let them emigrate t<. Israel.
        29 words
      • Article
        Untitled
        18 3 INITfcD NATIONS: The I N tpecial committee on apartheid called yesterday for aid to South African "liberation movements."
        18 words
      • Article
        Hostages freed
        32 3 SAN JUAN Prisoners at San Juan dbtri-t jail released 14 hostages. Including six MWMMn. early today but con tinued to hold a prison official in an effort In win reforms.
        32 words
      • Article
        Untitled
        20 3 KATMANDU: An eightmember Japaiu-sr mountain climbing team plans to climb thr 23.683 ft. Ann.ipurn.i south peak without oxygen this spring.
        20 words
      • Article
        Untitled
        19 3 WASHINGTON: Deputy Secretary of State Ken neth Ru>h will leave on Saturday for a tour of South «\..>t A>ia
        19 words
      • Article
        Lock icon Untitled
        21 3 LONDON: Britain's aerospace exports last Ml were worth over V.">oo million (552.800 million) —25 per cent more than in 1972— Agencies
        Agencies  -  21 words
    • Article
      Lock icon 'White House logs probe by FBI' report
      366 3 LOS ANGELES, Thursday TIIK FBI is investigating the possible alteration of White House documents, which reportedly had material cat off with scissors before being given to the special Watergate prosecutor, the Los Angeles Times reported today. The FBI was asked to investigate by
      The Times; UPI  -  366 words
    • Article, Illustration
      Solz upset by 'childish' reports by the Press
      342 3 Solz upset by 'childish' reports by the Press IRRESPONSIBLE, SAYS AUTHOR ZURICH. Thurs. BANISHED Soviet writer Alexander Solzhenitsyn yesterday accused the Western Press of 'irresponsibility" and "childishness" and said they invented events that never happened in reporting his activities here. In a typewritten signed statement which he handed to reporters
      342 words
    • Article
      Lock icon 2 PICKPOCKETS HURT BY WALLET BOMB
      72 3 PARIS. Thurs. I Five pickpockets stole a man's wallet yesterday, but it blew up. injuring two of them. Police said -t man telephoned the hospital where the two were taken and said he placed an explosive device in his wallet "because I'm sick and
      AP  -  72 words
    • Article
      Lock icon Sellers: I never 'shot' Liza in nude
      117 3 Sellers: I never 'shot' Liza in nude CAPE TOWN. Thurs. Actor Peter Sellers has dented taking nude pictures of singer Liza Mlnnelll during their short engagement last year. Hollywood columnist Marvene Jones wrote In the Hollywood Reporter that MU s MinneUi, daughter of the late Judy Garland was trying to
      Reuter  -  117 words
    • Article
      Lock icon Tung to buy two more
      77 3 HONGKONG. Thurs.— The C.Y. Tung group which bought the Queen Elizabeth and the American cruise ships President Wilson and President Cleveland. negotiating for two more US-owned luxury liners. A company spokesman said yesterday representatives o' the C V Tung maritime group are negotiating In New
      UPI  -  77 words
    • Article
      Lock icon Manila's yes
      22 3 MANILA. Thurs. The Philippines has accepted the nomination of Ambassador Klos Vlsessurakarn a* the next Thai ambassador to Manila. AP.
      AP  -  22 words
    • Article
      Lock icon Taiwan pact
      24 3 TAIPEH. Thurs Taiwan and Saudi Arabia have signed an agreement to step up technical and agricultural cooperation between the two countries. UPI.
      UPI  -  24 words
  • Page 3 Advertisements
    • Advertisement
      Page 3 Advertisements Column 1
      10 3 NEW! tgww V-Jk:^. BRIDGE STONE i^vl&§£^. D "102 Be v
      10 words
    • Advertisement
      Page 3 Advertisements Column 2
      423 3 RICE Best quality Genuine Thai 100<c per kati 1.10 CORN OIL GOLDEN DROP Calloi Size 10.40 COfFEE MAXWELL HOUSE (ln,t w t) 10 i 5.90 SUGAR sis sup«rfin« siv 1.80 (OffEE-MATE carnation usa n i 1.30 BUY SOUP CAMPBELL'S Chickei Noodle 10? oz 60 SINGAPORE MADE u.h.t. chocolate milk mm
      423 words
Page thumbnail Page 4
  • WORLD NEWS THREE
    • Article
      Lock icon Jordan's call
      23 4 TAIPEH. Thuri— A Jordanian trade mlulon here hai urged the Taiwan Government to encourage 1U Industrialist* to Invest In Jordan Reuter.
      Reuter  -  23 words
    • Article, Illustration
      Lock icon Last Israeli troops cross Canal for home
      383 4 Last Israeli troops cross Canal for home WEST BANK (Suez Canal). Thursday THK last of the Israeli troops who stormed across the Suez 1 (anal in the 1 .)7M Middle East war crossed the waterway in tanks and trucks today to wind Up a 129-day occupation of the canal's West
      UPI  -  383 words
    • Article
      Lock icon UN TOLD: IRAN BORDER TROOPS ON ALERT
      197 4 UN TOLD: IRAN BORDER TROOPS ON ALERT UNITED NAT lONS, Thurs. Iraq accused Iran yesterday of further escalating the military confrontation alung Its frontier as the Security Council reconvened to discuss thr .order dispute. In a letter to Ambassador Louis di Gulringaud "t France, council presiuent for February Iraqi Ambassador
      AP; UPI  -  197 words
    • Article
      Lock icon Thai children's village
      53 4 BANGKOK. Thure— Queen Ranbtl Barn!, widow of the Ute King ProachaUpok. yesterday ooened the tint Save Our Souls (SOS) children's vlUasp In Thailand The 80S vintage In Samut Prakan Province. 30 miles (36 km) east of Bangkok, consists of 1 1 family houses, one kindergarten and one
      Reuter  -  53 words
    • Article
      Growing challenge of the Russian Navy
      219 4 Growing challenge of the Russian Navy WASHINGTON. Thurs. —The Chief of the American Navy said today that Russian ships were now able to "deter or thwart" the movement of US warships on some seas. Adm Elmo Zumwalt told the Senate Armed Services Committee that "the balance between the two navies
      219 words
    • Article
      Lock icon Radar not for US use
      78 4 Radar not for US use BANGKOK. Thurs. A radar installation on top of a mountain in northwestern Thailand will be under ih. control and will not be used by the I'nited States. Air Marshal Usa Chatyanam. Assistant Chief of Staff for Operations, said the radar rtatlon now being constructed on
      UPI  -  78 words
    • Article
      Lock icon 'PRAYING NUN' MAKES OFF WITH $20,000
      132 4 ST. THOMAS. Virgin Islands >. Thurs. A woman dressed as a nun made on" on Tuesday with US$B,OOO (S$20.000) In cash and Jewellery placed In a paper bag "for Jesus to take care of." the Catholic parish here reported yesterday. Miss Eunice Francis reported
      UPI  -  132 words
    • Article
      Lock icon Hearst kidnap: Offers of aid pour in
      224 4 Hearst kidnap: Offers of aid pour in SAN FRANCISCO. Thurs. Hundreds of people here have swamped newspaper chief Randolph Hearst with offers to help distribute vast quantities ol lStod to the poor of California to get the release ol his kidnapped daughter Patricia. 19. She has beer, held for two
      Reuter  -  224 words
    • Article
      Lock icon Kidnap that never was
      74 4 Kidnap that never was COLOMBO. Thur>— Cmdr Ralph 3eger Jr. naval attache at the Arr.encin Embassy, told police today his 6-yt.T-old son had been kidnappei. setting off a mas-snr search throughout Sri Lanka Colombo newspapers held up their editions to print the news and oolice rushed extra officers to the
      UPI  -  74 words
    • Article
      Lock icon The day a giant meteor gave US a near miss
      205 4 LONDON. Thurs. A meteor packing as much energy as the atomic bomb which destroyed Hiroshima only narrowly missed tr>e United States 18 months ago, American scientists reported today. Described as "extraordinarily large and brilliant." It was seen by many observers
      Reuter  -  205 words
  • Page 4 Advertisements
    • Advertisement
      Page 4 Advertisements Column 1
      699 4 Anchor Beer NAME-THE-GAR CONTEST RESULTS VOLKSWAGEN 1200 DE LUXE WINNERS Miss Doreen Tan Siew Gek Mr. Teh Thean Hock Miss Lai Keng Choo 12 Metropole Drive 27 Hoover Park. Hose Road P.O. Box No 1977 SINGAPORE 16 Telok Anson. Perak S?t «a?av^.a WEST MALAYSIA EAST MALAYSIA ANCHOR TRANSISTOR RADIO WINNERS
      699 words
Page thumbnail Page 5
  • Article
    Air-sea rescue service started by Mindef
    235 5 Air-sea rescue service started by Mindef THE Ministry of Defence has started Singapore s own air sea rescue service to covtr the region around the Republic. The service Is operated by helicopters of Slnga pr.re Air Defence Command's i2C Helicopter Squadron, the Icngerraage Skyvan.-. of I^l Squadron and ships of
    235 words
  • Article
    Dinner guest
    41 5 The Political Secretary to tne Prime Minister and M P for Whampoa. Dr Augustine Hll. Tan. will be the guest of honour at the Whampoa Constituency Sports' Association's dinner and dance at the Island Ballroom. ShangriLa Hotel tomorrow itlpm
    41 words
  • Article, Illustration
    Orchard Boulevard-Orchard Road system from Sunday
    735 5  - Orchard BoulevardOrchard Road system from Sunday CKIA PCTEIK By 4 SECTION of A Orchard Road will become completely one way at 11 a.m. on Sunday when Orchard Boulevard is officially opened to take one-way traffic from the city. The stretch of Orchard Road from the junction of Paterson. Scotts and
    735 words
  • Article
    That 40c-a-day collection and where it goes...
    316 5 That 40c-a-day collection and where it goes THK Singapore Industrial Labour Orgßnisation said yesterday that welfare programmes organised by SILO were beneficial" to me 9,70() bus workers it represents. A SILO official was commenting on a letter to the Straits Times in which the writer criticised the union for collecting
    316 words
  • Article
    A TIME CAPSULE FOR 2001 AD
    117 5 A TIME CAPSULE FOR 2001 AD THE Minister for Finance, Mr. Hon Sui Sen. will officiate at the burial of a time capsule at Jurong Town Hall, Jalan Bahru Utara, on Saturday morning. The capsule. 18 In. (45.72 cm) in internal diameter, and 4 ft. (123 m) In length, is
    117 words
  • Article
    Concert by violinist
    44 5 SINGAPORE S concert violinist. Miss Vivien Ooh. win play Concerto No 1 by Max Bruch. accompanied by the Ooh Soon Ttoe Orchestra. at Victoria Theatre next Tuesday at 8.30 pm. Mls& Ooh recently returned from a round the world study tour.
    44 words
  • Article
    Souvenir for temple
    57 5 THE Parliamentary Secretary (National Development! Mr Ho Cheng Choon. will present a souvenir to Slang Urn Stan 81 Chinese Temple In Kirn Keat Road on the opening of Its newly completed garden on Feb 28 at 4.30 pm Mr. Runme Shaw, chairman of the Singapore Tourist Promotion
    57 words
  • Article
    Ceramic fair at Robina
    46 5 ROBINA Department Store will hold a ceramic fair on the fifth floor (Furnishing Department) from tomorrow to F>b 2* Highlights of the fair lncl io> displays of antique pieces from Finland. a demonstration on pottery making and a Ceramic Fair '74 contest.
    46 words
  • Article
    Prep classes
    28 5 THE Adult Education Board will conduct cUaies for students preparing for the Ministry ot Education Qualifying Test at Raffles Olrla 1 Primary School Fee Is $18
    28 words
  • Page 5 Advertisements
    • Advertisement
      Page 5 Advertisements Column 1
      136 5 COURAGE \l I CONFIDENCE JL^J LEADERSHIP 10 *ays the Dale Carnegie Course kelps men and women: po.*e »nO c" SptJh SMSO IsM yourself j'-a your idetl Bf al your bcsl »'tf> any group Remember njmei Thmk and »p»a> on your leet Control fear »ni oorry Be a better converuticnai<st oe»eiop
      136 words
    • Advertisement
      Page 5 Advertisements Column 2
      291 5 I J I 45-STOREY BUILDING c rijt^i /^^^^'l! Jii"''-- HONG LEONG BUILDING is conveniently f\ Jm\ fcfc^^H a^'"'"'* I located in one of Singapore's prime sites bounded jJm v by Shenton Way, Robinson Road, Cross Street jA Mfc and Tele 9 ra P n Street. with a total land area
      291 words
  • Page 5 Miscellaneous
    • Miscellaneous
      Page 5 Miscellaneous Column 1
      284 5 Straits Times Crossword ACROSS sister that sums It up 9 Film star appears alone (8). in TV variety (9). 7 State has one Arm making 10 Yeats Involved in causing cloth (6). rtalng? (5). 8 Animal buyer and seller? 11 Artist Is to carry back (4). the vessel (7). 14
      284 words
Page thumbnail Page 6
  • Article
    'Save our scarce resources' call by Sheares
    238 6 'Save our scarce resources' call by Sheares PRESIDENT Sheares, the Ct: lef Scout, today called on 21.000 Scouts and Guides here to make a "conscious attempt' to conserve Singapore's scarce resources. In his message to mark Scout-Ouldp Day today. President Sheares said that unless this "conscious attempt" to conserve was
    238 words
  • Article
    Morphine in a hut
    36 6 TAY Kwee Klat 41. was fined $600 yesterday for having gramme of morphine powder In a hut In Yto Chu Kane Road on Wednesday He pleaded guilty. He had three previous conviction'
    36 words
  • Article
    Hold-up in car
    67 6 FOUR robbers, armed with daggers, held up a couple In a car parked along South Bouna Vista Road yesterday morning and robbed them of ca^h and jewellery totalling 52.250 Teh Kok Thye. 27. a Journalist, told police that he was with his girlfriend. Diana, 18, when they
    67 words
  • Article, Illustration
    JOY SHOWS THE WAY TO RELAX YOGA STYLE
    171 6 rE audience waa not surprised when 44--year-old Mrs. Joy Mclntosh said thr>t she felt "most relaxed" in this pose. For with 17 years of daily yoga exercise, any pose of the art would come eas.lv to her. "1 took to yoga 1
    171 words
  • Article
    Balloting for 468 stalls
    63 6 THE Minister for Communications and MP for Oevlang West. Mr. Yong Nyuk Lin. will officiate at the balloting of 468 stalls In two newly completed markets hawker centres at Kalian: Basin Estate today at 2 30 p ni The ceremony will be held at the ear
    63 words
  • Article
    84 accidents
    10 6 THERE were 84 accidents, one serious on Wednesday.
    10 words
  • Article
    Couple chase four robbers in car
    138 6 A MALAYSIAN iub contractor Chan Fook Cnal. and his girl lriend chased lour armca robb ers In their car after they were robbed of cash and jewellery to tailing $275 at Katong Park on Wednesday night. But they lost the robb ers who were
    138 words
  • Page 6 Advertisements
    • Advertisement
      Page 6 Advertisements Column 1
      263 6 ■Mil ROLL- ON I |1 deodorant I AWTIPERSPIRANT 1 m^X 9 vv\\\\not J^ 7 THE STRAITS TIMES f, l IjitftTA^ Fears of J I^i^mß^ big J 1 V^aV^^g»Mr M^L^L^L^L^L^K^^K^^S^a*»w oi r"' v(ir lllCll Ivl A\tu<V^ VI^VJ fill ..-A" 11 errand m Ml ■Hi I I m Tt^^i tc« Y* s
      263 words
  • Page 6 Miscellaneous
    • Miscellaneous
      Page 6 Miscellaneous Column 1
      274 6 Bringing Up Father By Bm Kavanagh tfc Hal Camp To>- 1 TmOU(3«t \CI IT SOUNDED T I'M NOT EVEN WV SOOONESS Ikß^- VseRE -ME LIKE >OUR < "^V A JBlondla By Chic Young MX rxTue«S EVFPVtmimG S OKAY DAG WOOD BUT K I I AMVBOPV WMO CA* -> (I m
      274 words
Page thumbnail Page 7
  • Article, Illustration
    Boh Ling is too young to know the tragic truth
    148 7 THRKI. YI.\R OLD Tan Boh Ling does not rculi^r how lucky she is to be alive. Twelve days ago, she was in the arms of her mother. Ng Goh Mui. 25. along I'pper Paya Lroar Road when a van hit
    148 words
  • Article
    Farmers protest against fodder price hikes
    202 7 LIVESTOCK farmers were yesterday up in arms over last Saturday's decision by a member of the Stockfeed Manufacturers' Association to Jack up the prices of pig and poultry feed. They protested that the new hikes had come when the demand for their pigs and
    202 words
  • Article
    GATE LEFT OPEN, AND ROBBERS WALK IN
    111 7 GATE LEFT OPEN, AND ROBBERS WALK IN |X)UR robbers armed r with daggers held up a family in their terrace house in Thomson Road on Wednesday and escaped with cash and Jewellery totalling $3,705. The robbers surprised Mr Qufk Kla Kwang. 22, and his family while they were watching television
    111 words
  • Article
    Bitter pill
    28 7 GOH Hocn Pook. 21. was fined $750 yesterday for consuming pills containing methaqualone at Peninsula Shopping Centre ,n Colertutn Street on Jan 1 He pleaded guilty.
    28 words
  • Article
    My baby seized from me says wife
    507 7 My baby seized from me says wife A SINGAPORE father, studying in London, "snatched" his infant son from his wife soon after their arrival by plane to rejoin him in Britain, Mi. Justice Chua heard yesterday. "This incident at London airport eraDarrassed me highly. I was being completely ignored in
    507 words
  • Article
    Create your own methods, Dr Wong tells teachers
    229 7 Create your own methods, Dr Wong tells teachers rpHE director of the Institute of Education, 1 Dr. Ruth Wong, has stressed the need for teachers to create, develop and cultivate their own teaching methods. The essence of teaching, she said, lay In the methods which comprised not only the techniques
    229 words
  • Article
    Asean mobile art and photo show for S'pore next week
    115 7 Asean mobile art and photo show for S'pore next week rE Asean mobile art and photographic exhibition, recently held in Kuala Lumpur, will move to Singapore next week. The 25 day exhibition comprises 75 paintings by major artists from Indonesia. Thailand. Malaysia, the Philippines and Singapore. each country contributing is
    115 words
  • Article
    Engineering design
    50 7 THE University of Singapore's Department of Extramural Studies will hold a 25-lecture course on Introduction to Engineering Design at the Poljtechnlc, Room 8217. from March 4 at 7.30 p m The class will be held on Mondays and Thursdays and Is limited to 30 people Pee is $80
    50 words
  • Article
    Cargo service to North Europe
    151 7 rE Singapore National Slippers' Council plans to extend its services to North Kuropean ports with Chinese vessels. The council's executive secretary. Mr. Lim Sok Chek. said yesterday: "We have received a cable from our principals asking- us to extend our service to Copenhagen. Helsinki. Gothenburg
    151 words
  • Page 7 Advertisements
    • Advertisement
      Page 7 Advertisements Column 1
      83 7 naruda j mPindonesian airways NOW! COMMUTE TO JAKARTA IN BIG DC-8 i COMFORT! I Four convenient flights I THREE TIMES DAILY BY DC-8 I departing Singapore every: 1 100 HOURS FLIGHT GA 983 1600 HOURS FLIGHT GA 981 I 2045 HOURS- FLIGHT GA 9BS I ONCE DAILY BY DC-9 departing
      83 words
    • Advertisement
      Page 7 Advertisements Column 2
      398 7 2S™ $1 5 5 FRESHLY GROUMD *2 10 frllLlX ncr can MIMTFn RFFF per lb REAL FRESH 32 «i.94i im mmvtu Dttr {Wu PINEAPPLE SLICED 95/ CHOCOLATE LOLLIPOP 40^ DELMONTE 29 oz (822 X per can NIKONIKO eath INSTANT PUDDING J J CLEANSER J2? WHITE WINGS 85 1 /Vr POW
      398 words
Page thumbnail Page 8
  • Article
    Prices also up in school canteens
    386 8 INFLATION has affected even the school tuckshops. Prices of food in most school canteens have gone up, particularly since January. A Straits Times check showed that in most cases, prices have gone up by as much as 50 to 100 per cent Unlike the
    386 words
  • Article
    DIVORCE FOR WIFE NOT GIVEN A HOME
    214 8 DIVORCE FOR WIFE NOT GIVEN A HOME A HOUSEWIFE, who told the High Court yesterday that her husband made no attempts to set up a home for them after their wedding In December 1966. was granted a divorce on the ground of desertion. Asst. Director T. T. Dural of the
    214 words
  • Article
    Hawkers' records to go into computer
    136 8 Hawkers' records to go into computer T<HE Ministry of the Environment (Hawkers Branch) will computerise the records of all licensed hawkers from March 1. A Ministry statement said yesterday that the exercise would be carried out In stages. SPecl*! registration centres Mil be eet up at various markets, hawker centres,
    136 words
  • Article
    68pc passes in GCE 'A' level exams
    90 8 PASSES In the Chinese stream of the Singapore OCE 'A' level examination last year totalled 68 per cent according to the Ministry of Education. Passes in the Commerce examinations were 77 per cent. According to the results announced yesterday. 3.201 candidates out of
    90 words
  • Article
    Next-of-kin sought
    35 8 POLICE yesterday appealed to the next-of-kin of Mr L*e Ah Heng. 61. of Whampoa Road, who died In Outram Hospital on Tuesday. to contact them Im mediately Lee was warded on Jan. 28.
    35 words
  • Article
    Lottery fine
    24 8 OW Bin Chong. 39. was fined |150 by a magistrate's court yesterday for buying Illegal chap-Jl-kee lottery stakes in Sembawang on Tuesday.
    24 words
  • Article
    Toto draw numbers
    36 8 THE numbers picked In ye»terday» loto draw No. 14/74 were 43. 7. M. 23 and 5 The addluonal number was in the three circle* rtraw, the number* drawn were 37. 2 and 11
    36 words
  • Article
    Faulty Changi Point phone repaired
    156 8 A FAULTY public telephone at Changi Point, near the "Tree of Death", 1s now back in operation, a Singapore Telephone Board spokesman said yesterday. The Board said on checking it was discovered that the telephone's handset was missing and its internal wiring had been severed
    156 words
  • Article
    Customs seize cigs in boat: Two held
    138 8 Customs seize cigs in boat: Two held TWO men In a sampan were detained hy Customs officers in the sea off Kranji yesterday morning. Sixty cartons of cigarettes, believed to be from Johore, were seised. Duty on the clcarettes. 1.200 sticks weiKhin*about 30 lb. amounted to about 5430. Two men
    138 words
  • Article
    Stole $450 from crewmate
    87 8 Stole $450 from crewmate SEAMAN Shakir Kandasamy, 23. was jailed for four months yesterday for stealing $450 belonging to a colleague. Persutom Baxwan on board a motor launch on Feb. 17. Shakir and Persutom were members of the crew of the motor-launch. Al Talbl anchored off Kallang Basin They went
    87 words
  • Article
    Wife: I was driven out of home
    212 8 Wife: I was driven out of home A HOSPITAL attendant told the High court yesterday that her husband drove her out of the house six years ago threatening to kill her and their three children If she did not leave. Kwek Scow Oek, who married Chua Chin Chuan in December
    212 words
  • Article
    $2,800 fine on gamblers
    31 8 TWENTYFIVE men and four women were lu.ed $2 800 yesterday (or Rambling in public and in common gaming houses last Wednf Jay aiid Thursday. They pleaded guilty.
    31 words
  • Page 8 Advertisements
    • Advertisement
      Page 8 Advertisements Column 1
      240 8 yAW.V.V.V.V.V.'.V.V.V.V.V.ViV.W.'ASSV. g^^^a'J:n'j:oiT! J ifJMVjSS NOW SHOWINC! C*!t.l, THE DEVILS /"> JN MATE** f :4JI; ji- JURONG DRIVE IN CINEMA CATHAY ,j| it Simultaneous Midnight Tomorrow! *s j: SPAIN WILL NEVER BE THE SAME AGAIN! j! Set How The Craiy Boys Turn It Upside Down J With Laughter! i CMISTUN F(CNN(I
      240 words
    • Advertisement
      Page 8 Advertisements Column 2
      155 8 i ANHHataVUMaMRS orchid hoM Johor Baru Two congenial Bars, a first-rate Restaurant, a blissfully cool and beautiful indoor Courtyard, fully airconditioned rooms furnished to perfection and genuinely friendly service. F iref lower Bar Rama Rama Bar The Courtyard Biiek Anggerek Restauxant TUESDAY SATURDAYS: Special braised Oxtail for Lunch ANYTIME: We
      155 words
    • Advertisement
      Page 8 Advertisements Column 3
      143 8 ■V S SWaV -A*aVS fleW ■<■>■ ■<■ Op«ns T»morrow AT LIDO Philip Marlowe The greatest of all 'Private j "Eye' characters created by Raymond Chandler. f "Nothing 0^ I says goodbye fl^T^ii j like a bullet.".. Y^ Jj ELLIOTT KASTNEfi p A ROBERT ALTMAN Film H^Sv' Euiott Goijid i Goodbye
      143 words
    • Advertisement
      Page 8 Advertisements Column 4
      332 8 •I GOLDEN *****66 NM6 CHUN utffl NOW SHOWING NO FREE LIST CASH BOOKINGS ONLY' •♦GOLDEN at 11.00 am. 1.30. 4.00. 6.45. 9.3oP™;* KONG CHIAN at 11.00 am. 1.30. 3.30. 7.15. 9.30 pm. SUNDAY Extra morning shows at 9.00 a.m. at Both Theatres. ACROBATICS OF A NEW GENERATION FASCINATING MARTIAL ART
      332 words
    • Advertisement
      Page 8 Advertisements Column 5
      760 8 'i i& CATHAY i pi'u».::«i'i.!i Jfll I*: i->| NOW SHOWING S 2 Shows 700a9 30 pm THE DEVIL S MATE Vtnd K I ColorSccp* English Subs S JUHONO DRIVE IN CINEMA t > CATHAY 1 Tomorrow at Midrng" Christian Fachnaf presents J LES CHARLOTS IN a* I THE CRAZY BOYS
      760 words
Page thumbnail Page 9
  • Article
    The doctors' dilemma on penicillin injections
    607 9 A SINGAPORE medical practitioner, Dr. G.O. Home, has called for the introduction of mom procedure so that the question of whether to give or not to give a penicillin injection cou 1 (I Ik- lifted above the level of a "doctor's dilemma." Writing In
    607 words
  • Article, Illustration
    'I'm okay' says Thye Hoe hurt in school lab explosion
    298 9 THE bandages are 'till on. but the smile is back. For, schoolboy Chua Thye Hoe, 14, of Upper Thomson Road School, who was injured in the right eye in an explosion at the school laboratory on Feb. 13, is n
    298 words
  • Article
    Students unions' five questions
    219 9 CTUDENTS unions yesterday posed five questions about the Communications Ministry's explanation for the 10-cent increase In bus fares. A Joint statement by the Nanyang University, Ngee Ann Technical College, Singapore Polytechnic and University of Singapore students unions asked: WHETHER the Communications Ministry has considered the "economic
    219 words
  • Article
    Denial of club food theft
    47 9 OOH Ngee Pong. 63. pleaded not guilty yesterday to a charge of stealing 1124 worth of fresh food and fruits belonging to TangUn Club In Stevens Road last Oct 26 He will be tried on April 17 Ball of $1,000 was offered.
    47 words
  • Article
    Recital by cellist and pianist
    55 9 Recital by cellist and pianist CELLIST Sylvia OohLuse and pianist Klnuyo Engelbrecht will present a sonata recital at the Cultural Centre on March 7 at 8.30 p.m. THE programme Include* works by Schumann. Prokofiev. Beethoven and Mann. Ticket* from |2 to flO •re available at CX. Tang. Cold Storage or
    55 words
  • Article
    Wife who went out dancing with boy friends
    277 9 Wife who went out dancing with boy friends A CLERK'S wife told him A she wanted freedom when he objected to her going dancing the whole nlKht with several boyfriends Just a month after their registry wedding, the High Court heard yesterday. Leong Ming Kuen, who married Qua Lee Eng
    277 words
  • Article
    SIA CUTS DOWN USE OF JP4 FUEL
    126 9 SIA CUTS DOWN USE OF JP4 FUEL SINGAPORE Airlines has cut down the use ot JP4 luel as Ta.peh has lately been able to meet the airline's requirements (or regular tuel. An SIA spokesman said the need (or JP4 fuel, said to be poten tlally more explosive than regular (uel.
    126 words
  • Article
    Smoking ban in buses from March 1
    142 9 Smoking ban in buses from March 1 SMOKING in public buses and all vehicles operating under Scheme B of the Supplementary Public Transport Service Mill be banned from March 1. A Ministry of Communications statement •aid yesterday that a person found smoking in a public bus may be arrested without
    142 words
  • Article
    The long, long queues for cable car rides
    124 9 The long, long queues for cable car rides rpHE cable car project, X Inaugurated last week, has met with "encouraging response," according to the manager of Singapore Cable Car (Pte) Ltd., Mr. Lee Seng Jwak yesterday. He said the cars had attracted long queues of curious visitors, especially over the
    124 words
  • Article
    Youth stole a bird for contest
    56 9 Youth stole a bird for contest A TEENAGE painter told a magistrate yesterday that he stole a bird and Its cage for a competition. Raiall tan Mohamed All. 16. admitted stealing the property worth SlO belonging to Selamat bin Banno flenter.ee was postponed to March 14 pending a proba'lon report.
    56 words
  • Article
    LAWYERS' VISIT PASSES EXPIRE
    106 9 HPHREE foreign lawyers who worked as consultants here are said to have closed their offices The three Mr. Christopher King, a British national, Mr. Robert Fabrikant and Mr. Thomas Woodhouse. both Americans held oneyear professional visit passes which expired on Feb. 14, Feb. 19 and Jan
    106 words
  • Article
    Two in one
    43 9 TWO local artists. Mr. Tay Boon Ptn and Mr. Koh Sla Yong wIU hold a joint art exhibition at the Chinese Chamber of Commerce exhibition room from Feb. 26 to March 3 from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. each day.
    43 words
  • Page 9 Advertisements
    • Advertisement
      Page 9 Advertisements Column 1
      200 9 (U run a mile in 30 seconds for the stewed frog and steamed chicken at the Stadium Restaurant! Stadium I P^^jS Restaurant Wkffxv National Stadium, \j Kallang Park, Singapore. For reservations call 467-755 makes everything better every time! Newly Open! SIAM 1 ROOM xgl I he only one of its
      200 words
    • Advertisement
      Page 9 Advertisements Column 2
      379 9 DONAIP MOORE Attttctiwt ALIRIO DM2 "There may be better guitoritn than ALIRIO DIAZ but they are probably on some far diiton! planet." DAILY TELEGRAPH Spore Development Bank Auditor. u-n TOMORROW 8.15 pm JUDGMENT AT NUREMBERG "An unforgettable evening. Remarkable, magnificent film. Fla«leu from beginning to end. CARY GRANT Development Bank
      379 words
    • Advertisement
      Page 9 Advertisements Column 3
      9 9 I I r, H 1 Lydia Mk2 il Vrml
      9 words
    • Advertisement
      Page 9 Advertisements Column 4
      128 9 It's a grunewald chicken! ON ReFLGCTKDN OFTH€F^ST 5O YEARS OFS6RVICGIN MALAYSIA SINGAPORE SKF (BALL ROLLS* BEARINGS) ISPROUDTOSAYSINGAPORE SKK SOUTH t AST ASIA (PTE) LTD GULORCLEJURON& SINGAPORE 22 TEL&HONE: *****2 K LUMPUR SKF" MALAYSIA SON BHD 432. 2 y, MSJALANIPOH KUALA LUMPUR. MALAYS'. T^tePHONe ***** 684^45 I sl.a!*«tiYidajf(fcto*uai*jT22) USUAL NOW JACKET
      128 words
Page thumbnail Page 10
  • Article
    K-MAGIC AGAIN?
    434 10 LIOPES lor renewed momentum in the search for Middle East peace again turn on US Secretary of State Dr. Henry Kissingers talent as "honest broker." Dr. Kissinger's three earlier visits to the region in November and December last year and last month were like electric impulses. They sparked
    434 words
  • Article
    MISPLACED SYMPATHY
    135 10 WAR, however barbaric, must be fought by the rules— or so idealists say. A hundred and fifteen nations are meeting in Geneva to update the 1949 conventions of war. They will examine draft proposals which provide for civilian members of Internal resistance movements the same rights as regular
    135 words
  • Article
    Lock icon Bitgrupas and dzhazz on the kokteil round
    712 10  -  HEDRICK SMITH: By MOSCOW THE defenders of the purity of the Russian language have a new bone to pick w.th the Pentagon. It is responsible, one leading lingu-ist-diplomat lamented, for helping to insinuate corrupting "termlny" into the Russian mother tongue. Take, for example,
    NYT  -  712 words
  • Article
    Reaching out for the majority
    1530 10  - Reaching out for the majority TAN WANG JOO THE GROWTH OF CONSUMER MOVEMENTS By Secoid in a three-part report TMIK fust consumer organisation pron c r. 1) ;i ns k Statens Hows hoklnihgsrad (Da ni sh Government Home Economics Council), was established in Denmark in l!Ki.") and was government sponsored.
    1,530 words
  • LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
    • Letter
      Charges slapped on bill without warning
      205 10 Charges slapped on bill without warning I USE low pressure 1 gas for cooking and the other day a fresh cylinder of gas was delivered to my home. On the delivery order the price had increased and written there were the words "Surcharge (T. 5.)." Wondering what this was all
      205 words
    • Letter
      Untitled
      107 10 YOUR editorial headed "Hell-rider Menace" (ST. Feb. 1&) appears to imply that bell-riders are only confined to motorcyclists. Motorists are no exception and these constltuU- a number of our youths today who have their cars modified for the purpose of racing on public roads. Such pleasure-seekinK motorists should be heavily
      107 words
    • Letter
      Untitled
      70 10 f N VIEW of the recent 1 .school lab bla.-t l suggest that all students attending laboratory, woodwork and metal work Instruction should wear protective glasses or goggles. Tnosc already wearing corrective len.ses can pui on their own flUbei These goggles can be bought by students or the schools. Those
      70 words
    • GOVT REPLIES
      • Letter
        THOSE SEX NOVELS
        73 10 I REFER to your report (ST. Feb. 6) which said that five Malay sex novels may be banned. Tne said novels were deemed to be morally objectionable by the Controller of Undeslr able Publications and were detained in March 1972. This Ministry would appreciate any Information regarding
        73 words
      • Letter
        Untitled
        86 10 I REFER to the letter by "A mother and a career woman" (ST. Feb. 12). If her qualification entitles her to be admitted as a member of any of the professional bodies regulated by law. e.g. the Law Society of Singapore, the Singapore Societv of Accountants, etc. she wl'l be
        86 words
      • Letter
        Untitled
        34 10 PLEASE refer to the letter by P.K. Hogan IST. Feb. 4). The Car Parks Division Is taking action against cars and lorries which park abreast stationary cars in the parking lots in Middle Road.
        34 words
      • Letter
        Untitled
        45 10 PLEASE refer to the letter by "Tan Teed Whatt" (ST. Jan. 23 1. The feasibility of providing pedestrian crossIng facilities along the referred stretch of River Valley Road Is being looked Into by the PWD. YEONG KIM KLK, Public Relations Officer. Ministry of National Development.
        45 words
  • Page 10 Advertisements
    • Advertisement
      Page 10 Advertisements Column 1
      7 10 Olivetti LOGOS 250 the electronic printing calculator
      7 words
    • Advertisement
      Page 10 Advertisements Column 2
      190 10 Tomorrow: How effective is CASE? Citroen Winner of coveted International Awards! AERODYNAMIC GS shape computer designed to calculate minimum drag. The GS shape has about half the wind resistance of the average car giving more effortless speed and reduced fuel consumption. Safety features surpass rating of American Standards. I TREMENDOUS!
      190 words
Page thumbnail Page 11
  • Article
    The race hots up to tap precious oil from the sea
    810 11  - The race hots up to tap precious oil from the sea SOH TMANG KENG By VAST riches locked radar the sea iikiv provide one of the key sources of world energy in the future. The seabed blankets 70 per cent of the earth's surface. It abounds In oil. natural gas,
    810 words
  • Article
    Vast deposits beneath the East China sea
    804 11 rpOKYO: Beneath 1 the East China sea. in a vast arc stretching along China's coast from Korea and Japan to Taiwan, the Philippines and Vietnam, geological surveys indicate there may be enormous deposits of oil as much, some oilmen indicate, as in the
    804 words
  • Article
    Merlin S'pore improves
    531 11 IN ITS first complete year of operation as a hotel, Hotel Merlin Singapore has managed to turn in a surplus be cause of a considerable rise in occupancy rates. This achl c v c m ent, however, was not translated Into the d and I accounts, for
    531 words
  • Article, Illustration
    Reuter offers 'instant rates' service for the money market
    320 11 Reuter offers 'instant rates' service for the money market FiANCIAL executives in Singapore. Tokyo and Hongkong will soon be able to receive foreign exchange and deposit rates from leading financial centres on television terminals through the Reuter Monitor (left), a new computerised service. Over 140 leading banks, discount houses and
    320 words
  • Page 11 Advertisements
    • Advertisement
      Page 11 Advertisements Column 1
      380 11 TOP EXECUTIVE SUCCESS how to achieve it... how to hold it... TODAY... is for YOU the younger executive This forceful, fast-reading new Guide exposes the dynamic strategies seldom openly discussed and almost unknown to the younger man who needs them most. Now you can learn: how to create and project
      380 words
    • Advertisement
      Page 11 Advertisements Column 2
      332 11 1 Eft Plan your trip on time Several refreshing constructional units, tuilding stones f«Tts tperk in favour of of automation, special manufacture attending the "bi .mess Spring 74" installations for etectrotechnical in Hanover. The Hanover Fair products, installation material, domestic is an international exchange of appliances, electric lighting, phonographic information.
      332 words
Page thumbnail Page 12
  • MANAGEMENT
    • Article, Illustration
      Mini-computers a boon in world of small business
      515 12 Mini- computers a boon in world of small business rpHE mini-computer ■1 age has arrived in the world of the small business in South-east Asia, particularly in Singapore where local suppliers such as Plessey Singapore has established a ready market for these machines. Computers, not so many years ago exclusive
      515 words
    • Article
      S'pore misses title in Interport Management Game
      426 12  -  TAN LIAN CHOO By A MIKI'NDERSTANDINd x\ over the interpretation of one of the rules led Singapore to finish rur ner-up in the Interport Management Game held in Hongkong recently. The Mindef team winner of the third National Management Game in Singapore which
      426 words
    • Article, Illustration
      Lock icon Architect Chow climbs ladder of success
      278 12  -  MOK SIN PIN By A SINGAPORE archi- tect, Mr. Chow Kwok Chuen, has made a name tohimself in his profession in the United States. A former student of the Anglo-Chinese School here, 31-year-old Mr. Chow Is now a member of the renowned Skidmore, Owings
      CHRISTOPHER LOH  -  278 words
    • Article
      PEOPLE IN BUSINESS
      257 12 Mr. Bernard Charles Owens has tendered his resignation as chairman and director of Imperial Securities International, according to an announcement by the secretary, Mr. C.T. Thomas. The company also said that Mr. David William Evans has been appointed additional director and Mr. John Kenaston becomes alte.nate director
      257 words
  • Page 12 Advertisements
    • Advertisement
      Page 12 Advertisements Column 1
      528 12 OnlyTmhas the 'Evin Seat It's one of TWA's unique Ambas- kind of service you like. As for food, only sador Service* features in Economy. TWA's Ambassador Service offers you That means if nobody's sitting next to a choice of 3 International meals in you, you can fold down the middle
      528 words
    • Advertisement
      Page 12 Advertisements Column 2
      189 12 only M.S.PATRIS takes you to AUSTRALIA NEW ZEALAND with these LOW PRICE FARES (all prices in Singapore dollars) Fremantle $SQ? Melbourne $773 Sydney §803 Wellington $951 Direct from Singapore to the above ports. Calls at Adelaide on return trip. Air-conditioned cabins 40 cv.ft. of free hold space for every passenger,
      189 words
Page thumbnail Page 13
  • TIMES CITY DESK
    • CHIEF PRICE CHANGES
      • Article
        Rises
        71 13 Rrkoh f 5 00 +.70 Aieaa f 3.90 .40 Cm Pt t 370 t 20 BjunUu $14 80 +.30 M. Bank 6.80 +.10 8. Baata t 2 &0 06 KL-Krpont t 2 13 +.06 I.M. Works »3 88 -r 04 I. K.G. t 128 +.03 I nilitr 1.6S +.03
        71 words
      • Article
        Fills
        28 13 S.H. hmn t 2.00 —.10 E.NX. 403 —.10 B. lUwat f ISO .0* 8. Way i.«» —.06 P. PIW. 1 82 —08 p Bta »a v —M
        28 words
      • Article
        Most active stocks
        23 13 Inriirapt Loan 105,000 K L. Kepong 68.000 Harlmau 52,000 Haw Par 49.000 Total Turnover: 1 1M Total Vatae: $2.6 M
        23 words
      • Article
        INDICES
        59 13 Feb. 2* Fefc. 22 Industrials: Z7*.6Z Z«*.IZ 6 Finances: 481.4* 410.97 1 Hotfls: 193.40 152.8» froprrtics: Z45.91 Z44.N t Tins: 113.M 114*1 t t Rubbers: 361.66 MIJS O(B.l 2J7.45 ZM.94 S.t.S. Ind.: 272.1Z Z7Z.*2 Dec 3*. IK4 1M c Dec. 31. IM* IN Dec. U, IM2 1M t Dee.
        59 words
    • Article
      CLOSING PRICES
      1683 13 THX teat transacted we at Urn ctoae »f buatnem in the Slock Exchange of Singapore yesterday compared »uh the yesterday's price* thriller with 1973 74 higu and tm Adjusted for all new MM. 14 20 630 K«pon< 14.20 214 1.82 KU Km 2.12 06 t.W 3. 10 K.
      1,683 words
    • Article
      Dull and thin trading
      339 13 ACTIVITY was conA siderably reduced on the Stock Exchange of Singapore yesterday with trading very thinly spread out among those stocks which still had open positions. New deals continued to be scarce as there was nothing on the news front to stimulate interest. Tin stocks. which
      339 words
    • Article
      BUSINESS DONE (SINGAPORE)
      1394 13 ID and f ler prices officially listed and business In and reported to the Slock Exchange of Singapore yesterday »ilh the number of sbares traded fOiown In bracket-, in tot* of 1.000 units unless ot.wrwise ipeclfied. INDUSTRIALS M V 2 588 2.645). A.P.I. il 188 1.198) (1)
      1,394 words
    • Article
      KUALA LUMPUR
      1367 13 n ID and offer prices of flcUlly li.vied and businew in «nd reported to the Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange mterday with the number of shares traded shown in trackets In lots of 1,000 units unless otherwise specified IMUSTRIALS Acma I2.40B). ■V .Tape (1 30S) (1) 1.30. (1) Ajinomoto
      1,367 words
    • Article
      Equally listless market in KL
      297 13 Equally listless market in KL rIE Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange became dull and quiet again yesterday with share prices showing little change either way. After the brief excitement provided by tin shares earlier this week, interest was again lacking. Prices retreated across a broad front, with tradIng selective and generally
      297 words
    • Article
      Foreign news
      147 13 NATIONAL Westminster Bank of the UK announces pre-tax profit of £189.177.000 (£121.--418.000) for 1973. Earnings per share: Basic *****p (39.712p). fully diluted 50.598 p. Final dividend is 3.***** P. making the total equivalent to 10 *****p (10.125p). Freehold properties other than certain major sites in the course of
      147 words
    • COMMODITIES
      • Article
        CLOSING PRICES Rubber. Feb. 21.
        28 13 CLOSING PRICES Rubber. Feb. 21. Singapore: 235.00 cts (down B.N ets). Malaysia: 234.50 cts (down 6.50 cts). Tin: $1,155.75 (up $1025). Official offering 292 tons (up 80 tons).
        28 words
      • Article
        PRODUCE PRICES
        97 13 'HINESE PRODUCE IXCMANCE. v SINCAPONI NOON CLOSING miClt PI« PICUL VISTERDAY Cxenut OH: bulk SI3O nominal drum )1U nominal. Cspra: M »td (loose) UK/Cont. SO nominal. Peppsr Muntok ASTA white fob. MM "-LW $3221 sellers. Sarawak while fob. W; NLW (310 seller*. Sarawak special black fob. M<t NLW
        97 words
      • Article
        Another new tin high at $1,155!
        192 13 Another new tin high at $1,155! riE Straits Un price contr. lfd Its upsurge for the seventh consecutive trading day with another rife of $10.25 to a new high of $1,155.75 per picul in Penang yesterday on an official offering up 80 tons to 292 tons. LONDON: Wednesday tin reached
        192 words
      • Article
        Gold markets
        54 13 WMSnatday TuMtfay US* lilt Melbourne (1) 100.M 100.93 London 154. 00 I4»5O Beirut 151 2S 14V.0U Hongkong 147.34 146.30 Zurich 14».5<>H Mi.txil' ISl.s'* IW.OOf Parl> |M 29 131. Wl Spore <2) 151.23 150.50 Export |ir rr« in non-strrllnK to f 8. dollars per ounce. (1) Auilral.in dollars per
        54 words
      • Article
        Copper prices
        35 13 London copper prices on Wednesday i previous in braikrl.i. Wireoar Spot buyer (lOISOO (IWilto) seller CIOIS.UO ((9MOU): Three months buyer 1W7.00 U97V.00) seller fMH.OO U'.'Hl' I Market tent: Firm. Sales: 6.1 23 tuns.
        35 words
      • Article
        Asian currency unit
        253 13 ASIAN currency depoelt lates as at cJcse on Thuisday. Feb. 21: US DOLLARS OFFER BID 7 days 811 16 89 16 1 mtti 8 J 4 8 5 8 2 mths 8 3 4 8 5 8 3 mths 8 3 4 8 5 8 6 mths
        253 words
      • Article
        Sharp setback in rubber
        596 13 riPENINO levels in the vr Singapore rubber market yesterday were marked down 2.50 cents following lower than expected London advices. The market later continued its recent down trend, sllppinK to 238 00 cents mr March RSS One on stale bull liquidation in aulet conditions. The morning
        596 words
      • Article
        SMR BUSINESS
        98 13 JJAILY SMR prices Issued at noon yesterday: March April (CmrrentMth) Forward Mth I MR L'.LJt. Bayer* Seller* Buyer* Seller* icenUperkjcl (cenUperhc) SMR SCV (1 ton pallet) 260 00 :'63 00/1 360 00 263 00N SMR 5L (1 ton pallet) 250 00 253 CON 260.00 253 00N SMR 5
        98 words
    • Article
      Foreign exchange
      75 13 PROM a weaker opening of $2 4700— 52.4750 against the previous closing of $2 4820— U 4840. the US dollar firmed ye&terday to $2.4770— $2 4785 In moderal* trading in the early session of the Singapore forex mar- ket. In later sessions the dollar slackened marginally to $2.4750—
      75 words
    • Article
      NOMINAL RATES
      188 13 The following are the nominal average closii Interby bants to "heir cus.omer*. Currencies Nominal rates Smithsonian quoted yesterday (crots.) parity chance US dollar 2 4750 2 4770 2 8196 —13 22 Sterling pound 5 6845 5.6845 7 3469 —2263 Hongkong dollar 48 85 48 90 50.51 —3 2*
      188 words
    • OVERSEAS MARKETS
      • Article
        HONGKONG
        239 13 UCNOKONO, Thurs Share prices dropped further In Increased tradlriK on the stock exchange today The Hang Seng Index was down 12.05 points to 407 20. Hongkong Bank eased to HKS27 30 on its Local regUter and tell to $26 30 un iU London register. Turnover on th* four exchanges
        239 words
      • Article
        TOKYO
        176 13 TOKYO, Thurs. Prices on 1 the Tokyo Stock Exchange closed sharply lower with the Dow Jones average dipping below the 4.500 level The Dow was down by 38 35 to close at *****0. while the New index lost 1.86 to 324.22. Total volume was 170 million shares. Today's closing
        176 words
      • Article
        ZURICH
        123 13 7URICH, Wed— There was £J no leature on the stock exchange today to stimulate the Interest of Investors. Stocks were weaker. Bonds wert traded lower. The Credit Sul&se Index tumbled 3.0 points to 240.5. Closing prurn in Swiss francs »tth the difference on the previous session's prices P. I
        123 words
      • Article
        AMSTERDAM
        122 13 A MSTERDAM. Wed f Stocks weakened under the lead of Rryul Dutch. Hoogoveiir and Unilever In Dutch Internationals. Declines in locals were headed by shippings Bute loans weakened. Clo»in* prim In Dulrn imldf» w i the difference ou the pte vhhu triilon prlcca: Akzo Kon. HoOKOveu 51. 10 •3.30
        122 words
      • Article
        MELBOURNE
        329 13 MELBOURNE, Thurs The Melbourne sloe*, market closed on a generally firm note in quiet trading activity today. Mlnln. shares were In the forel:ont of the rally. Golds showed the way wltn C'en'ril Norseman and GMK shmply higher while Peko Wallaend recorded a good rise to A.6 30 Po-x-idon Improved
        329 words
      • Article
        NEW YORK
        237 13 ■ajTEW YORK. Wed -Stocks 1 staged a substantial rally although trading was dull. The Dow Jones Industrials closed up 11.50 to 831.04 and the broader-based New York Stock Exchange index added 0.66 to 4994 Advances led declines 885 to 489. and volume was 11.67 million shares against yesterday's
        237 words
      • Article
        Indices
        91 13 TINS Wednesday 103.93 'luesday 104 96 Week ago 94 23 RIBBSRB Wednesday 437.77 'l ueaday 426.58 Week ago 404.50 OILB Wednesday 259 89 Tuesday 258 89 Week ago 365.76 INDUSTRIAL* Wednesday 318.7 Tuesday 3112 Week ago 309 6 DOW JONES AVERAGE INDUSTRIALS Wednesday 831.04 Tuesday 819 54 Week ago
        91 words
Page thumbnail Page 14
  • Page 14 Advertisements
    • Advertisement
      Page 14 Advertisements Column 1
      605 14 FSJI THE MARITIME COMMAND W^^^yM (Singapore s Navy) are looking for dedicated and hardworking young men to become SEAMAN GUNNERS SEAMAN COMMUNICATORS SEAMAN RADAR PLOTTERS SEAMAN DIVERS You must have passed Secondary II or LCE A have good eyesight not be colour blind be physically fit be between 16' >
      605 words
    • Advertisement
      Page 14 Advertisements Column 2
      527 14 GROUP ACCOUNTANT A weil-established and reputable Group of Companies is seeking the service of a GROUP ACCOUNTANT This is a senior appointment and the successful applicant should (a) Be a Malaysian Citizen; (b) Possess a recognised accounting qualification: (c) Have about 5 years of experience working in commerce or industry.
      527 words
    • Advertisement
      Page 14 Advertisements Column 3
      1180 14 SINGAPORE POLYTECHNIC SCHOOL OF INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY Applications are invited from suitably qualified parsons for the post of Lecturer Assistant Lacturar in Marine Engineering Duties The successful applicants will be required to teach in Technician Diploma courses conduct laboratory, practical and tutorial classes and assist with the development of the courses
      1,180 words
    • Advertisement
      Page 14 Advertisements Column 4
      457 14 r JTC TENDER NOTICE Tenders are invited from Registered Contractors of the Jurong Town Corporation for the following projects: A CONSTRUCTION OK KOL'R (4) BLOCKS OK 14-STOREY (SUPERSTRUCTURE) LOW COST FLATS (BLOCKS NO 10. 11, 12 13) IN KAMPONG I W IKBAN, Jl ROM. TOWN H K.IBII m Building Unlimited
      457 words
Page thumbnail Page 15
  • Article
    Woman who ran tontines jailed for a year
    211 15 Woman who ran tontines jailed for a year A 31 -YEAR-OLD housewife was jailed for a year by the Second Dintrlct Court yesterday fur operating Illegal tontines Llm Lye Huay. a mother of five, pleaded guilty to four charges under the Chit Fund Act. 1972. between Oct 14. 1972 and
    211 words
  • Article
    Annual meet
    22 15 ST Andrew's Old Bovi' Association will hold It* annual meeting at St Andrew's House on March 2. at 2.30 pm
    22 words
  • Article
    $6,000 award to cyclist hit by bus
    203 15 $6,000 award to cyclist hit by bus 4 CYCLIST, who was knocked down by a bus belonging to Associated Bus Service (Pte) Ltd.. was awarded $6,000 damages by the High Court yesterday. The court heard that Chng Thlam Chuan. a painter, was cycling along East Coast Road oti Oct. 18.
    203 words
  • Article
    Talk on copper wiring
    38 15 THE Central Adult Section of Lit National Library will hold a talk on copper wiring by Mrs. Dolly Slnha In the library's meeting room on Feb 27 at 10 30 am. Admission v free.
    38 words
  • Article
    NEWSMAN GIVEN FIVE DAYS TO LEAVE
    121 15 NEWSMAN GIVEN FIVE DAYS TO LEAVE A FREELANCE Journalist. Michael Morrow, has ueen told to leave Singapore within five days. Mr. Morrow, whe writes for. among other publications, the Par Eastern Economic Review in Hongkong confirmed yesterday that he received the order in the morning. He tdded: "I have received
    121 words
  • Article
    Taxi driver fined $140
    54 15 TAXI river Urn B»k Bock of Tlong Bahru Road was fined $120 by a magistrate's court yesterday for not conforming to traffic lights at the Junction of Kitchener Road and Jalan Besar on May 25 last year. He was fined another $20 for not wearing his
    54 words
  • Article, Illustration
    Zoo expert examines log damaged by escaped hippo
    289 15 Zoo expert examines log damaged by escaped hippo 4 USTRALIAN xoo consultant Mr. Ronald Strahan examining a timber log yesterday which was damaged by the escaped hippopotamus at the Singapore Zoolog.cal Gardens. Mr. Strahan, who was making his first sencral inspection of the security aspect of the zoo. seemed concerned
    289 words
  • Article
    Shortweight loaves coming from some bakeries
    361 15  - Shortweight loaves coming from some bakeries NGIAM TONG HAI By |§OME bakeries arc still selling short weight bread, a Straits Times check showed yesterday. The number was, however, fewer than last month when a similar check was made. Three of the 11 medium and large loaves bought from six areas,
    361 words
  • Article
    TKD at New World
    54 15 THE Singapore TaekwonDo Academy Is conducting new morning and evening classes for beginners at Its gym at the New World Amusement Park in Srrangoon Road. Classes are held on Tuesdays and Fridays, at 10 a.m. and 7 p.m. Enrolment may be made at the gym during
    54 words
  • Article
    Proportion of Britain's trade
    101 15 Proportion of Britain's trade THE British High Commissioner said that it was possible the proportion of Br 1 1 a 1 n's tra^e w*.;:i me Com monwealth might fall a bit though overall volume would continue to increase. The word "proportion" was omitted advertently from the Rial paragraph of Wednesday's
    101 words
  • Article
    Month's jail for snatch thief
    70 15 Month's jail for snatch thief LABOURER Krlshnasamy Kanagasabal. 21. was Jailed for a month yesterday for stealing a gold chain and pendant together worth $130 from a hourewlfe. He admitted snatching tb* chain from Ong Ocok Mot while she was walking along Lorong 34. Oeylang on Feb Madam Ong was
    70 words
  • Article
    Postal agency
    14 15 FRANKEL Postal Agencr will operate from 48 Slglap Drive from March 1.
    14 words
  • Article
    Music at park
    17 15 THE Police Band will perform at Macßltchle Reservoir Park on Sunday at 30 pm
    17 words
  • Page 15 Advertisements
    • Advertisement
      Page 15 Advertisements Column 1
      81 15 The first overhead shopping centre with revolving restaurant CHANGE ALLEY AERIAL PLAZA M aMff^V SBfr^nLT^rr I Enquiries. Km W|J t»Vl Jf »fc 3 I Room 12. CHANGE ALLEY AERIAL PLAZA,! Quay, Singapore I. Phone *****. 'M SNIZ! Got a cold? Get qukk relief! f&VA 02. size MENTHOLATUM SOOTHING.COOLING HEAUNG BALM
      81 words
    • Advertisement
      Page 15 Advertisements Column 2
      281 15 rarkier^ lrt:ernational^/| \f a proud possession, a magnificent gift •Slimm«t ball pen ever made b\ Parker the writing mMrumer that combines good look* and Raa4w perli>rmarKe. 'Crafted in five fmnhes. UK Gold on Sterling Silter. UK Gold Fill. 22K Gold Eledroplate. Solid Sterling Stiver and Brushed Stainless Steel Each perfectly
      281 words
  • Page 15 Miscellaneous
    • Miscellaneous
      Page 15 Miscellaneous Column 1
      24 15 H ATI R consumption on WrdncMiay was 115.1 million sallons (523.000 cubic mrtrrsi, 0.7 million ku lions (3.000 cubic metres) less than on Tuesday.
      24 words
    • Miscellaneous
      Page 15 Miscellaneous Column 2
      1046 15 TV SINGAPORE (51 TV MALAYSIA (3) 2 f\() W Opemni and For the Tumpuan Minggu (Malay repeat) ;J.l/y Famil, (Chinese) 3.M IM News and Newsreel (Malay)' 7 (\f\ «l Summary 3 53 Mar, Cahaya 1.44 Thnllseekers 711 Oiary of Events (Chinese) JJS love 7.» Sports Parade. O.UU Melukis JJ4 Potret
      1,046 words
Page thumbnail Page 16
  • Page 16 Advertisements
    • Advertisement
      Page 16 Advertisements Column 1
      3748 16 I 1 [sincnpoHt mEPHonE bopbdJ TENDER NOTICE 1 Tenders are invited for the supply of: ItnderNo. IM 5 74<X> Manhole Hrurm-s A ours. Local type. Drposil >2(NI losing Dale: 22nd March 1974 lcnder\o.Pl/6/74<Xl MM bp, Mild Steel Sta> Vtire 7/11 SNA (faltaniseid. M ton Qualil). Deposit: S2IMI losm K Date:
      3,748 words
    • Advertisement
      Page 16 Advertisements Column 2
      640 16 (,O\rRNMrNI Or IMr Hrr"l BIK l» sIM.APORr THr MX Al (.ONrRNMrNI INIM.RAIION A( I i( ap. 210 EOfflOM. 1970. DM I ARAIION I NIUR SM lION 27 Whereas: I) The streets known as:--1 Ardmorc Park ipti from Aaderton Road lo lots 12 27* 12 29 IS 2 Dra.tcott l)n>« ipli
      640 words
    • Advertisement
      Page 16 Advertisements Column 3
      632 16 II Nlir R M>R IHr RM.I I XX I II (MM, 111 Ml SI I'Kr NIK (Ol Rl HI II I) INC. \NI)H)R I"' R< HXSr Ol 11X11 1 Vt \s| l-xi'r R rROM |S| XI'HII 1974 >.. MSI M NX( II IWS Tenders will be received at the Registry.
      632 words
Page thumbnail Page 17
  • Page 17 Advertisements
    • Advertisement
      Page 17 Advertisements Column 1
      1374 17 COHAINEISNIP SEKICE Tl CORTINENI HON«WC EXPRESS ,X 35 u rn .I.M'IBI IOTII! IMM NFH amT IT Mi nZ «f!«H lIT Imm I Mar lAar IMr IMr Hk »WlK»»lt II Bar 11 Mm lAm lAm lAm lA, CIT» at IMtHU aMM NMM II Aar II Am II Im 14 Aa tttMla
      1,374 words
    • Advertisement
      Page 17 Advertisements Column 2
      1124 17 BLUE SEA LINE To US. East Coast* Gulf Ports f Paaatf P at lam, S pmi laajM* tar- > PMTISIIiM Mar II Mm II smin mm It Mm il Cristobal. Krptoa. piTiKiw Mm n Mm li mm a Miami iacksontillt. PMMtINIM AM 4 Aj, I gj^ CMfieSlOfl. Houston. AfMts MANOIEII
      1,124 words
    • Advertisement
      Page 17 Advertisements Column 3
      1047 17 Tl EWOE M bur| tTn.ll B'oan Span P. Miau Scan loiir.a fr*Ki v K IIONCIONt EXPtESS FH I AM 11 AM II AM 14 A|t M(IMU«NE EIPIESS IBMr M Ik 7T Mar n Mar linifOOl UT 4MM imm lA|t 1 nr M tar 11 Ma< KMLNN UT II Hi, II
      1,047 words
    • Advertisement
      Page 17 Advertisements Column 4
      1109 17 FULLY CONTAINERIZtD SERVICE TO EUROPE UMMf S'po-. ft* '"Hit? .UfT 'I". *<>«<"**■ >»««*»■ |f siianiu mm it Bash. Hamotirj, Bremtti, Bremtikater, NIUIITB iiiimi Si Aarlws. Cop«irU(en, Gotlnnbu'l. M.lmo*. m M Stockaolii. Oslo, Helsinki, United KinidOT FULLY CONTAINERIZED SERVICt FROM EUKOft »M HIM: M^Tt tIIFT 'it". A <nSte ta A "'^>
      1,109 words
    • Advertisement
      Page 17 Advertisements Column 5
      859 17 Si*)f*a«f« *****4; P. K.l.n, 4341 Xl 27J11; P.nana *****. THE BANK LINE LTD. IMB Ft* I S ArtNU PINIIIM m.>,1,,i. It^o. E A S AI'.CM PKr i-| S PM! lIT Tatar IMMM S At. n Mill P Wll-I S Ci" II 71 Mm FMM .IST A SIVTN AFBICI. FM lIKIM
      859 words
Page thumbnail Page 18
  • Page 18 Advertisements
    • Advertisement
      Page 18 Advertisements Column 1
      1185 18 KAWASAKI KiSEN KAISHA LTD. j KAWASAKI KIMAI RISEN KAISHA 111. JAPAN H lONS. STMITS S£WICL Maaa Naaawf S port P MUaj smaaa Miau M tat Japan Arabian Cull Sarvlca S.itfaaot FM CNIU-A-,,, I- Cj^-j™,^ raa mwrriaHllr. Japan South Alriaa Wast Africa Sarvlaa S."P»)t rat: I MBNttNIMA MAN It Mar Caartaara.
      1,185 words
    • Advertisement
      Page 18 Advertisements Column 2
      931 18 BEAUTY LINES fTA Uj FM: I C T REiUTT LOTUS rt Part ?7 fa* Tractors lor Indonesia. SM.F lANREI H fit H Frt lakarii IST lENTAP 21 Fat Frt Upan lEAHTT LILT Frt 24 Frt labutn L C T KAtTV IMI» 27 Frt 3 Mar Tractor lor Indonesia. HANTT iANIA
      931 words
    • Advertisement
      Page 18 Advertisements Column 3
      976 18 U.K. IUKOfI SIHVICI LOADING FOR LONDON. ROTTERDAM. HAMBURG S.nfiport Ktiaaf •aaaat Arrnat I'TUNI IMIIAia 111 MaT 11/14 Mar IS Mar LMon 74. I ura ttl KlflUtl TOTAI nil Mr It I Ma» 1/ IMm I.Wao 7». Bjaaj UM (I* 17 t. LOMOII X t ARRIVALS FROM SOUTH WEST EUROPEAN PORTS
      976 words
    • Advertisement
      Page 18 Advertisements Column 4
      816 18 aaaaa»ta»»»»»»»a fXPRtSS SERVICE TO LONDON LIVFRPOOL CONTINENT POUTS ■"•-■-I laaa.ai far I lIWU MILATI Ua UM JI 1 Mar 14 It rrt i pool 3 It Hnrt 4 I. Mas 74 H M«(* 11(11 14 II aar DM Aar I pool 16 i. It H«.rr 7i 5 HHhic 79 5
      816 words
    • Advertisement
      Page 18 Advertisements Column 5
      875 18 'PHI PORT OP lIMCAPORf C*aitai aartht K«> I'Tijin No. AUTHOIITT AMHOUNCfD 4 No. Barm Ha. l..an Na. I TNI rOLLOWIHC BIRTHIMO Pooloon .nd ac <«al Hartr. arrahcimihti por pib. n OUT tin l-mnyo H 3 N~ K»» OUT: Bronvrr i mxlamhanim >n.un( R]. (Lan H 3 Iwpa Rakll Ib II
      875 words
Page thumbnail Page 19
  • Page 19 Advertisements
    • Advertisement
      Page 19 Advertisements Column 1
      528 19 BANK NEGARA MALAYSIA Permorvanan-permohonan adalah dlpelawa darlpada Warianegara Malaysia untuk memenuhl jawatan-jawaun yang bertkut dl dalam perkhldjnatan Bank Negara Malaysia A JAWATAN 1. PEG A WAI KAWALAN KEBELAMATAN Taßfta Gajt Bcrath: (230 xl 5 360/376 x36 600. Tiura»: Menjalankan Penel {Control letrlk bagl twrbagai-bagal alat krarlamatan dan juga tugastugas meronda.
      528 words
    • Advertisement
      Page 19 Advertisements Column 2
      716 19 LOtl MALAYSIA BERHAD TECHNICAL ASSISTANT Application are rrtvitod from suitable Bumiputra of considerable maturity and experience to frit the above vacancies Candidates must pessees any of the following qualifications 1) Diploma in Automobile Engineering or Mecnenicel Engineering 2) Must have served a recognised Engineering Apprenticeship or have had practical experience
      716 words
    • Advertisement
      Page 19 Advertisements Column 3
      667 19 GEE) ARTICLED CLERKS We are offering ambitious young men who are thinking of Accountancy as a career, arttcleshlp of up to four years with our firm. We offer good training facilities both by lectures and the job training. Those Interested must be of Malaysian citizens and must possess a minimum
      667 words
    • Advertisement
      Page 19 Advertisements Column 4
      314 19 OFFICE ASSISTANT VACANCY A Holding Company requires an Office Assistant with knowledge of Imports. Catering. General and Personnel Management. The right candidate must be able to handle correspondence Independently In English. Knowledge of Bahasa Malaysia will be an advantage. Salary will be commensurate with experience but In any case will
      314 words
Page thumbnail Page 20
  • Article
    1 Announcements
    165 20 ACNE. PIMPLES OPEN PORES are the.v your problems' 1 Then consult Louise Klerk, medically trained beauty therapist with 25 years tropical experience at Hotel Slngapura. telephone *****3 i S pore I HAIR LOSSItI Flair s London qualified trlchologtst for consultation on your hair It scalp problems •For men
    165 words
  • Article
    3 Religious Announcements
    55 20 3 Religious Announcements THE CHURCH OF JESUS Christ of Latter-day Saints Open house on Saturday 23 2 74 from 3 7 8 m 253. Buklt Tlmah Road 'pore All are welcome Light refreshments available HANDY K.J.V. BIBLES, suitable for Sunday School use. now available at Bethesda Book Centre. Block 126.
    55 words
  • Article
    4 Overseas Leave
    36 20 HOLIDAY IN BRITAIN motoring at provincial rates Latest type Ford and other makes for self-drive hire Free delivery airports and docks Very attractive nttes W Jones Sons. Lennox Street. Bognor Regis. Sussex. England
    36 words
  • Obituary
    17 Deaths
    100 20 MRS LOW PENG BOON nee Mdm Peck Llan Teng. 63. departed i\ 2 74 leaving husband, daughter Janie sor-ln-iaw Kwan Fook Ngah and grandson Wei-Yung Cortege leaving 118 Branksome Road. S port- 15 at 30 d m on Saturday 23 2 74 for Mount Vernon No wreaths please
    100 words
  • Article
    21 Acknowledgements
    68 20 THE FAMILY OF THE late Mrs TJong Kwet Llong (nee Llm Eng -Llan) '"hank Doctors and Nurses of Alexandra Hospital for their devotee, care friends and relatives SSor donations and condolence *feiessa*es during their recent bereavement •MRS P.M HUBBALL wishes to "Hunk .i I who so kindly rrade
    68 words
  • Page 20 Advertisements
    • Advertisement
      Page 20 Advertisements Column 1
      375 20 classified ads TAN: To Thlan Soo and Uly a son on 20 2 74 brothers to Boon Leng and Le Yen Thanks to Obstetrician and Nurses of Oleneagles Hospital AS OF FEBRUARY MARTIN LEE Jveng Kong and Pain Agnes )Murugasi>n wish to announce the iissolvement of their engagement I m)
      375 words
    • Advertisement
      Page 20 Advertisements Column 2
      774 20 FEMALE OFFICE CLERK vmth Senior Cambridge Certificate and Typing experience required by textile factory Only those staying around Queenstown and Tlong Bahru need Apply Free transport provided Please apply with recent photograph to 17 Klan Teck Road. Jurong. Spore 22 HOUSING a DEVELOPMENT BOAPX Applications are Invited from MALE Singapore
      774 words
    • Advertisement
      Page 20 Advertisements Column 3
      805 20 PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS REOUIRE:- i1 1 Audit Assistants (2) Bookkeepers (3i Telephone Operators Applications stating full particulars to be addressed to 0.P.0 Box 3471 Spore Wanted JUNIOR STENOGRAPHER Preferably holder of Cambridge School Certificate Grade II (minimum) and have at last 2 yean experience as shorthand lyplst Age 20-25 Ab»m» eppMcaMon
      805 words
    • Advertisement
      Page 20 Advertisements Column 4
      707 20 OUTOOOR SALESMEN WOMEN I experience an advantage but not essential Write giving details and salary required S T Box A ***** Spore V'ANTED 2 OIRLS knowledge English. Chinese and Typing for (.oln shop Initial salary $150 p.m. Apply S T Box A ***** Spore. si) T— hnlaal SURVEY SERVICES (S)
      707 words
    • Advertisement
      Page 20 Advertisements Column 5
      925 20 ENOLISH COUPLE, one child require Immediately a Chinese liveIn cook, general amah Excellent reference essential Tel: *****4 Oood salary for right person BABYSITTER REOUIREO from 10 a m 7 p m Must speak English to watch 2 children aged 4 and 3 plus some washing Tel ***** ext 93 WANTED
      925 words
    • Advertisement
      Page 20 Advertisements Column 6
      708 20 ONE ELECTRICAL FOREMAN at least 5 years experience and 1 Office Boy. 20 years and above Secondary education Apply ST. Box A ***** Spore. I.A.C. (SINGAPORE) PTE LTD. invite* applications from suitable Singapore Citizens for the position of MICROFILM OPERATOR Holders of Cambridge Certificate or Its equivalent and preferably with
      708 words
    • Advertisement
      Page 20 Advertisements Column 7
      760 20 (1) TYPISTS RECEPTIONISTS 18 years above Salary commensurate with experience, ability and personality (2) SALESMEN Must have scooWr and motorcar driving ileence to execute delivery on product orders Salary $180 above plus commission, and Initiative bonus DRIVER for company manager Phone Mkado *****27/ 25M422 S-pore UIC D*»«lopment Pto LM requires
      760 words
    • Advertisement
      Page 20 Advertisements Column 8
      892 20 Road near American School 5 bedrooms, study. 4 bathrooms, living/ dining areas, kitchen, servant s amenities, covered patio, carporch. available March Principals only "el *****5 Spore DISTRICT 28 fully furnished 3 bedroomed semi-detached house at Seletar Hills Drive available Ist March rent $400 principals only Telephone *****2 Mr Wee SPLIT-LEVEL
      892 words
    • Advertisement
      Page 20 Advertisements Column 9
      838 20 MAISONETTE FLATS TO LET 258. 25C and 25D. Stevens Drive Fully furnished consisting lounge/ dining, kitchen, servant's room, cloak room downstairs. 3 bedrooms (2 alrcondllloned). 2 bathrooms upstairs Few minutes drive from Orchard Road Shopping Complexes. Hotels. Supermarkets, etc Quiet, select locality In dlst 10 Covered carpark provided Also available
      838 words
    • Advertisement
      Page 20 Advertisements Column 10
      903 20 URGENTLY REOUIRE another 30--houses for Japanese engineers and Industralists In all districts Contact *****0 Spore MENO HOUSING AGENT requires' accommodations furnished I unfurnished any district rentals for. local foreign clients Spore *****49 HDB 2/3 ROOMS flat required urgently Phone Lily «!M29 6—B p.m or weekends WORKING COUPLE requires furnished room
      903 words
Page thumbnail Page 21
  • Page 21 Advertisements
    • Advertisement
      Page 21 Advertisements Column 1
      721 21 SEMI OETACHEO. SINGLE STOREY IBEDROOMEO mgl Road East I ■••rriiiid land ap- «> sq ft with title ibove $100,000 Tel rnlngs SELETAR HILLS well kept slngle-i-deurhed partly furmm mosaic. 3782 sq ft I>l ***** FLATS-MANIAC 1 Cevenafh Houee 11th floor 2 leonie Towers Ith floor Orange HoeaMa 7th floor -000-«
      721 words
    • Advertisement
      Page 21 Advertisements Column 2
      817 21 2ND FLOOR. TANJONG PAGAR ROAD New building to le 1 Principals only Phone ***** office hours NEWLY RENOVATEO IST FLOOR T?nt at Telok Ayer Singapore telephone JFFICE ROOM AVAILABLE IMMEDIATELY about 200 sq ft Rent at $170 p m Ring ***** Spore OFFICE PREMISES FOR SALE only CM 000 Please
      817 words
    • Advertisement
      Page 21 Advertisements Column 3
      719 21 PHVA (S) TRAVEL, 026 Oolden Theatre Beach Road Tel *****32. *****7* Bkk Chlengmai 14 Days AC Coach $360/ 10/24/3 Air $620/- Sunday Haadyai Songkhla 7 Days $130'MODERN BUDGET TOURS SUN/ MON (a) Haadyal/ Songkhlt Deluxe Tours SI4S/- ibi West M su 7 days 3 meals $14$/TUES. Paiigkor Cameron Highlands Penang
      719 words
    • Advertisement
      Page 21 Advertisements Column 4
      770 21 HOLIDAY TOUR IB PARDEDE HOTELS GROUP 6 days inclusive tour to MEDAN t LAKE TOBA SS4OS/- ONLY Departure every Monday For enquiries/ bookings conuct Sole Agent: PAN ORIENT TRAVEL CO.. 471. River VeHey Roed. Spore 10. Tai *****7. LLOYD HOUSE HOTEL alrcondltloned rooms, wall to wall carpeting, telephone, private bathrooms,
      770 words
    • Advertisement
      Page 21 Advertisements Column 5
      833 21 INTERIOR DESIGN DIPLOMA. Comprehensive correspondence tuition leads lo interior design diploma recognised for membership of professional body Full colour prospectus sent by airmail on receipt of 25p British Posul Order from Dept STP Rhodec International. BC'M Rhodec London WCI. England MAKE A FRIEND IN AMERICA If you have an Interest
      833 words
    • Advertisement
      Page 21 Advertisements Column 6
      854 21 I SAFETY DRIVING INSTITUTION Guaranteed course 20 hours $100.- Hourly $5/-. 8 Bernam Street. Singapore ***** 1970 MAZDA IJOO $5.11 1949 Ford Escort Super $3,950/- 1968 Mazda S'W FBOO $3,300/- 1967 Vauxhall Viva $2,600/- 1966 Mazda 800 $2 900 Flat 850 Coupe 53. 200 Austin Mini 850 $2 300 1965
      854 words
    • Advertisement
      Page 21 Advertisements Column 7
      964 21 FOR SALE 1971 VARIANT 1600 L Sutlonwagon Immaculate condition Tax till August 30.000 miles done 587.000 ono Please conuct Wong tel *****8 of.'lee hours otherwise ***** LATE 19SS TRIUMPH 1100 35 m p g Cheap sale $1650 31 Block IS. Bendemeer Road. Spore 12 '09 MINI 1000 with many accessories
      964 words
    • Advertisement
      Page 21 Advertisements Column 8
      762 21 ROSES available throughout the week Conuct Princess Flower Shop. 251 Orchard Road. Spore Tel *****4 37H288 *****1 FOR 81 SS/- DOWN, you can now own a complete Pioneer EIOOOA stereo system as well as a Toshiba KT4O3D Upedeck For a demonstration, conuct SOUTH ASIA. 351 Victoria Street. Spore MAKE YOUR
      762 words
    • Advertisement
      Page 21 Advertisements Column 9
      1089 21 PRESTIGE ELECTRICAL COMPANY, specialize in repairing all brands of alrconditloners refrigerators, washing machines, cookers and other appliances Conuct Tel *****1 ***** Spore SPECIALIST IN RENTAL. REPAIRS. H P and sales of Alrcondmoners (all brands) Also refrigerators Enquiries conucl Cathay Airconditioning Co Ttl *****6 Spore WE SELL AND SERVICE:- ThermoHvgrograp'i' Theodolites.
      1,089 words
Page thumbnail Page 22
  • Page 22 Advertisements
    • Advertisement
      Page 22 Advertisements Column 1
      697 22 ESSEX ASIA LIMITED (Subsidiary of Schering Corporation USA) Requires A MANAGER, MARKETING RESEARCH Location: Hong Kong The Company: Essex Asia is a subsidiary of Schering Corporation (USA) a leading worldwide pharmaceutical company which has expanding operations throughout the Asia Pacific area. The Hong Kong office is the Regional Headquarters for
      697 words
    • Advertisement
      Page 22 Advertisements Column 2
      663 22 SCHERING CORPORATION (U.S.A.) Requires A MANAGER, SOURCING, LOGISTICS AND DISTRIBUTION The Company: Schering Corporation (USA) is a leading worldwide pharmaceutical company which has expanding operations throughout the Asia/Pacific area. The Hong Kong office is the Regional Headquarters for the Company's activities in this area. The Position: This is a new
      663 words
    • Advertisement
      Page 22 Advertisements Column 3
      759 22 l^gJS**N UMVERSITI MALAYA \&i'9titj KURSUS DIPLOMA A, SAINS KOMPUTER \Tffi/ TAHUN AKADEMIK 1974/75 Permohonan-permohonan adalah dlpelawa daripada calun-calun yang ingln menglkutl kursus Diploma Sains Komputer bagl tahun akademlk 1074/75. Untuk tlmbangkan masuk. calun-calun mestllah memenuhl keperluan-keperluan berlkut: a) Mestilah mempunyal ljazah darl Unlvers.tl Malaya atau laln-lain Universltl yang dlakul oleh
      759 words
    • Advertisement
      Page 22 Advertisements Column 4
      919 22 FOR SALE COMPANY WINDING UP HAS FOR QUICK DISPOSAL SCIENTIFIC AND MEDICAL INSTRUMENTS. PLEASE RING *****1/2 FOR FURTHER DETAILS. THE PERAK RIVER HYDRO- ELECTRIC POWER COMPANY LIMITED. FOR SALE One 6000 KW English Electric Turbo Alternator comprising 7500 KVA Alternator and Rotor (copper weight approx: 4.5 tons) Condenser (brass tubing
      919 words
Page thumbnail Page 23
  • ACROSS THE CAUSEWAY
    • Article
      Teargas used to subdue seminude woman
      235 23 Teargas used to subdue seminude woman I{UALA LUMPUR, Thurs. Folice spiayed teargas on a semi-nude woman in Lebch Foch here during lunchtime today Hundreds of curious onlooker- watched as the police bundled her lntr. a putrol car. Several people who had cllmbtd an uncom pleted eight storey building nearby cheered.
      235 words
    • Article
      Mentri alerts penghulus
      54 23 IPOH. Thurs Penghulus tn Per»k have Men uked to watch out tor gangs who Mnuggle out rice and other essential food Items from the state. "Prices are higher In neighbouring countries, and smugglers are taking advantage of the situation, thereby creating a shortage In the state." the
      54 words
    • Article
      WATER RATIONING
      56 23 JOHORE BARU, Thurs. Water rationing has been Imposed in the drought-hit Latu Pahat district. From yesterday, piped water was available only 10 hours a day from 5 a.m. to 10 am, and 5 pm. to 10 p.m. People living in kampungs where wells have dried up are being
      56 words
    • Article, Illustration
      Dr Saw a bankrupt by his own doing' rules High Court
      488 23 KUALA LUMPUR, Thurs pORMER millionaire Dr. Saw Hock ChIMII was declared a bankrupt by his own doing ;md there was no miscarriage of justice, the High Court ruled today. It dismissed an application by Dr. Saw to annul an
      488 words
    • Article
      Rubber: Asean and Japan to co-operate more closely
      283 23 Rubber: Asean and Japan to co-operate more closely KUALA LUMPUR, Thursday THE Asean-Japan forum on synthetic rubber ended today with "prospects of closer and more meaningful co-operation" between the two sides. Siyslas Asean sec--general Yus o f Ariff said: "The frank exchange of views and Information between the two delegations
      283 words
    • Article
      MANAGER DIES OF GUNSHOT WOUND
      99 23 MANAGER DIES OF GUNSHOT WOUND KUALA LL'MPUR. Thurs. Production manager Lam Sai Hong. 36. wbo was staot by a gunman in his Petaling Jaya home early on Tuesday morning, died in Assunta Hospital this morning. Mr. Lam of China Engineering Co.. was shot at s»t about 430 a.m. moments after
      99 words
    • Article
      Till up and run' petrol gang
      93 23 Till up and run' petrol gang PETALINO JAVA, Thurs.— Police today warned petrol pump operators to beware of a gang of "flll-up-and-run" thieves who ask for their car tank to be topped up and then drive off without paying. Two petrol kiosks have made renorts to the police In the
      93 words
    • Article
      The baju kurung rule: Some like it, some don't
      258 23 The baju kurung rule: Some like it, some don't IT UAL A LUMPUR. Thurs. There was mixed reaction today to the new ruling that Muslim schoolgirls from Form Four wear baju kurung to schools. Those who welcomed It said the ruling was a boost to Islamic culture whereas those who
      258 words
    • Article
      Taib tells of oil find by Esso off east coast
      211 23 Taib tells of oil find by Esso off east coast KUALA LUMPUR, Thursday nRIMARY Industries Minister Datuk Hajl Taib Mahmud announced today another oil find off the East Coast and, at the same time, dispelled rumours that an increase in the petrol price is imminent. The discovery was made by
      211 words
    • Article
      MCA blast at 'Chong Eu regime'
      92 23 PNANO, Thurs. The Penang MCA said yesterday the people of Penang were not satisfied with the administration of the "Llm Chong Eu regime." "This is not a figment of the Imagination but a reality," the party's State Liaison Committee said In a statement. The
      92 words
    • Article
      Off to summit
      19 23 KUALA LUMPUR. Thurs Tun Abdul Raiak left today for Lahore to Attend the Islamic summit conference.
      19 words
    • Article
      PLANS FOR RUBBER 'NIGHT MARKET'
      157 23 PLANS FOR RUBBER 'NIGHT MARKET' KUALA Ll'MPl'R. Thurs. The Malaysian Rubber Exchange plans to open a "night market" for traders In London and European countries. It is examining the possibilities of extending the closing time to t p.m. (1330 GMT). At present the exchange opens at 9.30 a.m. and closes
      157 words
    • Article
      Life term for manslaughter
      56 23 IPOH. Thurs— Cattle owner Jernall Singh. 23. today was sentenced to life Imprisonment, and cowherd R Kumarasamy. 23. to 10 years' Jail for manslaughter They were found guilty after a 22-day trial of subbing to death of Dhana Paul Naldu. 22, a car driver, on March
      56 words
  • Page 23 Advertisements
    • Advertisement
      Page 23 Advertisements Column 1
      269 23 ■L' fr-w«< jr *1 Statue of Christ, Corrc vada. Now P&O gives you a chance to see Brazil on your way to Southampton P&O's new itinerary for 1975 Seawing holidays when you wish, on the airline you choose, includes once-in-a-lifetime adventures In new That's the Seawing package, and exciting ports!
      269 words
    • Advertisement
      Page 23 Advertisements Column 2
      175 23 UHIUIISmS^^^ TZ I GOULDIiSW soothes coughs and relieves colds MMM and feverish ness «ith no !P^| stomach upsets \W^ jjjjj L I ANOTHER INTERNATIONAL 113 JI i J PRODUCT FROM ■B| 7^9 Thinking of selling your Mercedes-Benz? 4 Gallon us first Well give you the best price for the car
      175 words
Page thumbnail Page 24
  • TIMESPORT
    • Article
      SELANGOR GET BIG GUNS READY FOR NEGRI SEMBILAN
      272 24 KUALA LUMPUR, Thurs. Malaysia Cup holders Selangor, jolted by Malacca in a 1-1 draw at Malacca last Sunday, are getting their big guns ready to meet Negri Sembilan at TPCA Stadium, here on Sunday. Master- schemer and skipper M. Chandran and goalkeeper
      272 words
    • Article
      Lock icon World top athletic pros for Tokyo meet
      105 24 rKYO. Thurs. The first professional Track and Field competition to be held outside the United States will be staged here on April S and 7, Japanese promoters said today. They said the athletes competing in the U5533,000 (about $82,500) mtetlng, Include sprinters Bob
      Reuter  -  105 words
    • Article
      Hampshire celebrate with soccer fiesta
      146 24 Hampshire celebrate with soccer fiesta TTAMPSHIRE Sports Club 11 will stage a two-day soccer "ftesta" at the National Stadium tomorrow and Sunday to celebrate their third anniversary. Hampshire will field three of their teams seniors, youths and women in the fiesta They are one of ths five clubs In Singapore
      146 words
    • Article, Illustration
      AUSTRALIA'S PLUS 3 POLO PLAYER IN STORE 'A' TEAM
      282 24  - AUSTRALIA'S PLUS 3 POLO PLAYER IN STORE 'A' TEAM DENNIS CHIA By AUSTRALIA'S plus- three roving polo player, Peter Walker. 34. will be a guest player in the Malayan Polo Association's annual three-day tournament beginning at Thomson Road today. On his way home after a three-month playing tour of Mexico.
      282 words
    • Article
      Maba will set tough standard for Games
      122 24 Maba will set tough standard for Games VI- ALA LUMPUR, TilUrs. JV Malaysian Amateur Boxing Association will set tough standards for selection to the Asian Games In Teneran In September. The main trials will be the Malaysian Open championship, In Kuala Lumpur on Jane 21-13. According to a MABA spokesman,
      122 words
    • Article
      GOLDMORLN LOOKS READY ON WORKOUT
      512 24 (JOLDMORIN, a handsome four-year-old Irish-bred grey, looks ready after a couple of runs and may be worth a flutter against the form horses in the Class 3 Div. 3 7f race at Penang tomorrow. With apprentice Man so r Affandi astride, Goldmorin showed up in
      512 words
    • Article
      Probe by MAAU
      87 24 ITUALA LUMPUR. Thurs Malaysian AAU has appointed a study committee to review performances of athletes since 1965 covering 18 major meets. The committee's main task will be to nnd. out why standards have fluctuated during this period when faculties and training techniques have improved The committee will
      87 words
    • Article
      Karate classes
      26 24 THE Zlon Shltor-yu dojo at Kirn Seng Road, will be organising karate beginners class*- in March Those Interests should contact Kong Wing ttel. *****,.
      26 words
    • Article
      Sunday's order of running
      748 24 RACE ONE 2.00 CLASS DIV. 4— F: 1 Progressive (14) 9.00; 2 Muhibah (2) 8.13; 3 Bendlga (9) 8 13. 4 Loch Lolnea (1) 1.11; 5 MolUn Gold (8) 8 11. 0 Samuel (9) 8 10. 7 Adventuress (7) 8.09; 8 Phab (4) 8.07; 9 Shaaato
      748 words
    • Article
      Penang card
      678 24 RACL 1 2.M CLASS OIV. I— «F FOR APPRENTICES ONLY 1 Cliffander t.M Munihrn t 2 HaUnli Commando 813 Wan S Pace Boy 8.12 Djulklfly 4 Fd t.ll Ycap 1 S HiUm ManU II B.l* ArUßn S C MoJlkit 1. 11 Lam 11 7 M»"Ja 8.07 Kwor 10
      678 words
    • Article, Illustration
      S'pore player for All-England
      358 25  -  TEOH ENG TATT By SINGAPORE Kadminton \-MH'iation's Management committee have decided to send a player or 1 two, if they can get the money by Saturday, to compete in this year's AllEngland championships in London from March 20 to 23. SBA secretary Hamzah Mohammed said: "SBA
      358 words
    • Article
      Loh will not compete in karate-do meet
      328 25  - Loh will not compete in karate-do meet PETER SIOW By ASIAN Pacific silver medallist Loh Kong A Wing will not compete in the inaugural National karate-do knockout championships on March 9 at the Gay World stadium. Kong Wing, of the Singapore Karate Association, blamed his shift duties for keeping him
      328 words
    • Article
      STKDA enter world class team
      285 25 rE Singapore Tae Kwon Do Association are going all out to win honours in the first Sl'»gapore tae kwon do national championships on March 1 and 2 at the Gay World stadium, reports Peter Slow. And with nve World class exponents Roger Tham Pal Foong.
      285 words
    • Article
      Easy win
      8 25 S«h H^ n S r Inchcape
      8 words
    • Article, Illustration
      Paks ready to regain Olympic crown
      317 25  - Paks ready to regain Olympic crown GODFREY ROBERT By DAKISTAN are ready to regain the Olympic hockey title which they lost to West Germany in Munich two years ago The confidence was expressed by the Pakistan team manaeer Mr. Arshad Chaudr.ri, who is on his way home after the Christchurch
      317 words
    • Article
      Singapore happy with rugby date
      263 25 Singapore happy with rugby date SINGAPORE will clash with Malaysia in the annual rugby international at home on Nov. 9— five days before the A~i.ni Rugby champ.unship in Colombo. Singapore RV officials are happy with the date fixed by their Malaysian counterparts, as they hope for a morale boosting win
      263 words
    • Article
      Three-way tie for lead in Hong Kong Open
      290 25 HONG KONO. Thurs.— Burma's U Mya Aye. Taiwan's Lv Liang Huan and Japan's Kellchl Hoshlno tied for the lead at even par 70 on the first day of the Hong Kong Open, the second leg of the Asian Oolf circuit. For the
      290 words
    • Article
      Lock icon MCC open Aussie tour on Oct. 31
      114 25 MCC open Aussie tour on Oct. 31 MELBOURNE, Thurs. England. In their bid to retain the Ashes, will play six Test matches against Australia during the MCC's tour here later this year. In the tour itinerary announced today the M(T will open their Australian camn a 1 g n against
      Reuter  -  114 words
    • Article
      Lock icon England pin their hopes on Amiss
      481 25 England pin their hopes on Amiss KINGSTON, Thurs. England's cricketers 1Y were peeved last night over two decisions by West Indian umpire Cortex Jordan but It was their own recklessness that plunged them to disaster in the Second Test here. And there can be no dispute that their position is
      Reuter  -  481 words
    • Article
      SCOREBOARD
      188 25 England Ist. Inns 353 Hrst Indies lit. Innv (434 loi 4 overnight): R.C. Frederick* b Old 94 L.G. Rowe Ibw b Willis 120 A.I. Kallicharran c Denne&s b Old 93 C.H. Lloyd b Jamrson 49 R.B. Kanhal Willis b Orelg 39 G.S. Sobers c Willis b Oreig 17 Bli
      188 words
    • Article
      Indonesia's soccer champions to play here
      294 25  - Indonesia's soccer champions to play here JOE DORAI By OERSIJIA. the In- doneslan national Pesta Sukan soccer champions, and Yoinuri Club of Jppan, the national DlviDivision Two champions, will play two matches each at Jalan Besar Stadium next week. The Indonesian team, which toured Australia recently, will meet a Singapore
      294 words
    • Article
      Refs beat Police
      42 25 SINGAPORE Referees trounced Traffic Police 6-2 in a friendly soccer match at Thomson Koad yesterday Referees, who led 3-1 at half-time. scored through Chandra i2>. Robert Lee. Sebastian Yap. Rama KrUhnan and Shehab while Salmi (2) netted for Police.
      42 words
    • Article
      SGSFL team to tour Medan in May
      176 25  - SGSFL team to tour Medan in May A. JOHNSON By SINGAPORE Government Services Football League team will make a 10-day tour of Medan from May 4—13. SGSFL secretary K. C. Lim said the tour was arranged during the visit of Medan soccer officials to Singapore last year. He said the
      176 words
    • Article
      Today's Rolex Masters
      123 25 T»HE DRAW for the first round of this year's Rolex Masters gclf tournament over the Buklt course today: Flr»t Tee: 8 am. Oavln Llau (A). Mohd. Tahlr: 8.07 L. Nonls i A). Alvln Llau. 8.14 T. Mavanna (A). Phua Thin Kiay. Shfctnurl Sedek; 821 W Bosley (A).
      123 words
  • Page 24 Advertisements
    • Advertisement
      Page 24 Advertisements Column 1
      459 24 Who will win the Rolex Masters this year? Come and see the top local The red seal you can see in amateur and professional players the photograph below is your vie for the trophy today, at the proof that the superb accuracy Bukit location of the Singapore to* f of
      459 words
Page thumbnail Page 25
  • Page 25 Advertisements
    • Advertisement
      Page 25 Advertisements Column 1
      19 25 IN(.I.AM) 294-7 LATEST: England 294-7 at lunch (Amiss not out 162 Old not out 4 I'nderwuod 12 Knott 6).
      19 words
    • Advertisement
      Page 25 Advertisements Column 2
      438 25 The Masport Movac A completely new concept 1 Choic* of *n§mm two '•>iab*i<tv-P'ov*n *ngin«t to cftoota from 2 Maw quick loch harof Nothin9 to un«crvwtu«l tnap tha catcti on hancflt 3 Safaty to«c a tatty oaOactoi Hap 'o> pvttctiy ta'f >w^ Supat touaji •<« p.oo< nylon takrc iitrtw totaiiv taw
      438 words
  • Page 25 Miscellaneous
    • Miscellaneous
      Page 25 Miscellaneous Column 1
      58 25 POLO Milayan Ptolo CC; Marble SATU: TBA v Association 1 annual tour- Bakat Bam (all mitcht* at natnent (Thonuon Road Ffcrrer Park 5.16 p.m > 3 pm I. BBHFL DIV. 1: Hong Kong GOLF Rolex Majters Bank v Outhrle Waugh (OI1I(Buklt course am) man Brks 6.16); Div 3: SOCCER: PHendlle*
      58 words
Page thumbnail Page 26
  • Article, Illustration
    UGLY MOMENT FOR HOSTAGES
    100 26 'PHIS moment of j terror for four j women hostages as their hooded captor gestures threateningly with a longbladed knife took place yesterday in a gun shop in Nagoya, Japan. For two of the women, their ordral began on a train when the 32-year-old man srixed
    100 words
  • Article
    Lock icon Oil takeover in Venezuela
    41 26 CARACAS. Thurs Th« ruling Social Christian Party yesterday ?ald It would Introduce a bill for nationalisation of Venezuela's oil Industry within two weeks. The Venezuelan oil fields are the single largest source of U.S. oil import*. UPI.
    UPI  -  41 words
  • Article
    Lock icon Up again in Italy
    32 26 ROME Thurs. The Italian Government announced steep petrol price increase* yesterday for the third time In six months, but eased the ban on Sunday and holiday driving. AP.
    AP  -  32 words
  • Article
    Lock icon Ammo probe
    36 26 PHNOM PENH, Thurs. The chief of Cambodia's military Intelligence service said today his department was Investigating reports that government officials sold tnree truckloads of 105 mm artillery rounds to communist rebels last month. UPI.
    UPI  -  36 words
  • Article
    Lock icon PLO in Karachi
    32 26 CAIRO. Thurs The Palestine Liberation Organisation (PLOi. which repre•enta all the major guerilla groups, will <oor open an office in Karachi, the Middle Bast news agency said yesterday. UPI.
    UPI  -  32 words
  • Article
    Lock icon Still trying
    42 26 ST. GEORGES (Grenada) Thurs.— Prime Minister Eric Oalry yesterday rejected the idea of calling a state of emergency aa he continued trying to break a general strike which has crippled this new ly Independent Caribbean nation for six weeks. UPI.
    UPI  -  42 words
  • Article
    Lock icon THE DAY MINISTER'S COPTER LANDED IN CEMETERY
    125 26 THE DAY MINISTER'S COPTER LANDED IN CEMETERY NEW DELHI, Thurs. A helicopter carrying Indian Defence Minister Jagjivan Ram to a campaign rally landed by mistake in a graveyard, the Press Trust of p India reported today. Congress Party candidate Shankar Temwarl. on whose behalf Mr. Ram was to speak at
    UPI  -  125 words
  • Article
    Lock icon Bomb plant, rockets found in Ulster swoop
    310 26 Bomb plant, rockets found in Ulster swoop DUBLIN, Thursday DOLJCE in the Irish Republic have un- covered a bomb factory and a big cache of rockets in an isolated farmhouse near the border with Northern Ireland. The find followed a tip-off earlier this week Helicopters and troops supported the police
    Reuter  -  310 words
  • Article
    Lock icon Arafat: Hussein's denial
    101 26 Arafat: Hussein's denial AMMAN, Thurs.—Jordan today denied that King Hussein had offered Palestinian commando leader Yasser Arafat the post of the King's deputy or Premier in return for his co-operation. Mr. Arafat, chairman of the Palestine Liberation Organisation (PLO), said in Kuwait last night that the offer was made through
    Reuter  -  101 words
  • Article
    Hero Kosygin
    33 26 MOSCOW. Thurs. The Soviet Unlp.i today awarded Prime Minister Alexel Kosygln the title of Hero of Socialist Labour for the second time In his career In honour of his 70th birthday.
    33 words
  • Article
    LONDON STOCKS
    467 26 TONDON. Thurt. Ttw •lock market el xed Arm In modem* trading today with moat laauea quoted around or HiKhtly btkm their hithe.t Ai 3pm Financial nmn index wu up 3 at 322 t. Final figure! from ICI helped t > :oiuolidate earlier calna amooc induitri.n which had extended
    467 words
  • Article
    Lock icon Troops stall attack on Jolo rebels to save hostages
    177 26 Troops stall attack on Jolo rebels to save hostages JOLO (Philippines), Thursday GOVERNMENT troops surround the main Muslim rebel force on Jolo island but cannot mount a f ullscale attack because the insurgents are holding hostages, priests a?d nuns possibly among them, military sources said last night. The sources said
    UPI  -  177 words
  • Article
    2 billion up
    28 26 TOKYO. Thurs. Twoway trade between Chink I and Japan topped the 3 b<< I lion dollar mark (or the 1 Urst time In 1973 —UPT
    28 words
  • Article
    Lock icon Indira's appeal for peace spurned
    297 26 Indira's appeal for peace spurned NEW DELHI. Thurs pHi.ML Minister Indira Gandhi's appeal for peace in Gujarat went unheeded yesterday as rampaging mobs clashed with police in Ahmedabad, the state capital, in actions that left one person dead and 20 others injured. Indian Press reports said police opened fire on
    Reuter; UPI  -  297 words
  • Article
    Lock icon PM bugged
    25 26 BRUSSELS. Thurs. TWO telephone bulging devices have been discovered In the offices of Belgian Prime Mlii.-ter Edmond Lebanon. Le Peuple repotted today. Reuter.
    Reuter  -  25 words
  • Article
    Lock icon Riots: 778 freed
    74 26 JAKARTA. Thurs. A total of 778 people arrested for Involvement In the twoday riots last month, have been Ireed while 42 otherv mostly Intellectuals, are still being Jetalned under charges of subversion, the Chief of Staff of the Security Agency (Kopkamtlb> Admiral 3udomo. said today. Adm Sudomo
    AP  -  74 words
  • Article
    Lock icon Missing editor kidnapped?
    43 26 ATLANTA. Thurs. Th« Atlanta Constitution Mid toetajr that 1U editor. Mr. Reg Murphy "Is missing and apparently haa been kidnapped." Mrs. Murphy, contacted at her home, said: "He Is missing under suspicious circumstances, but I don't know anything elae UPI.
    UPI  -  43 words
  • Page 26 Advertisements
    • Advertisement
      Page 26 Advertisements Column 1
      60 26 W M QOM6O with ooe cooract (tesk-tcp machine Or*, punch. Two bind. That's ail it talus to bind raports, presentations, and all rypss of bookltti with our improved Combo. The new design is as modern as anything in your office. Anyone can produc* bound pmom that are more colorful and
      60 words
    • Advertisement
      Page 26 Advertisements Column 2
      387 26 kaJ I A A I ill II I \£g I a^JL^^aT W »l J 1 1' 1 1 tf^' HAVIEI Family friends you and De Witt's family of world-famous medicines The name De Witt sis famous throughout the world for A trusted family medicines For quality, effectiveness and ill fast,
      387 words
  • Page 26 Miscellaneous