The Straits Times, 16 July 1959

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    19 1 AVFRACF DAILY CEBTIF-tED SALE EXCEEDS 80,000 The Straits Times. i Estd. 1845. THURSDAY, JULY 16, 1959 M. 15 CENTS.
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    ALLIANCE: THREE UP
    999 1 STATE-BY-STATE REPORT in PAGE fc FULL LIST OF CANDIDATES in PAGE 9J PMIP springs 58-candidate nomination day surprise 255 in fight for remaining 101 seats in poll By STRAITS TIMES REPORTERS Kuala Lumpur, Wed. THE Alliance Party was returned unopposed in three constituencies today when nominations for
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    24 MORE QUIT MCA —FIVE JOIN POLLS
    313 1 Kuala Lumpur, Wednesday. FOUR more officials of the Malayan Chinese Association throughout the country have resigned from the party. At least nve top MCA officials are contesting the parliamentary election as independents. They include Mr. Too Joon Hing. Mr. Tan Suan Kok. Mr.
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    Lock icon — Brunei:— New charter ready soon
    66 1 Brunei: New charter ready soon BRUNEI TOWN. Wed. Penglran Yusuff, the State Information Officer, said today that Brunei's new constitution which would give the colony greater self-govern-ment was nearing completion and might be enforced next month. Only a few minor details had to be settled before the constitution was made
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    New Chinese characters
    32 1 HONGKONG. Wed— China today introduced a new group of 92 simplified characters designed to make it easier for people learning to read. So far 517 characters have been simplified.
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    Algeria ambush
    25 1 ALGIERS. Wed.— A French army unit was ambushed by Algerian rebels near the Moroccan border and lost la men killed and 10 wounded
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    Michiko expecting a baby
    88 1 TOKYO. Wed. The Imperial Palace today said that Crown Princess Michlko. 24. is expecting a baby. The news set off a wave of rejoicing. She married Crown Prince Akihlto on April 10 in a match that broke 2.600 years of tradition by bringing a commoner to
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    4-TONGUE DEBATE GETS UNDER WAY
    175 1 SINGAPORE, Wednesday. MULTI-LINGUALISM was used for the first time in the Legislative Assembly debates today. Speeches made in English the majority were translated simultaneously into Malay, Mandarin and Tamil. English translations of speeches in Malay and Mandarin were halting. The translaters* task was made difficult
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    Public inquiry
    34 1 WASHINGTON, Wed.— The Civil Aeronautics Board has ordered a public inquiry into the chaos caused by curious crowds at Idlewild airport on Saturday when a Jet airliner was making an emergency landing.
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    6,000 th circuit
    18 1 MOSCOW. Wed. Russia s Sputnik 111 has completed Its 6,000 th circuit of the earth.
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    Sir Henry to take leave
    54 1 KUALA LUMPUR. Wed. The Federation Minister of Finance. Sir Henry Hau-shik Lee, Is expected to go on two weeks' medical leave on Friday. It Is understood that he has written to the Prime Minister, Dato Abdul Razak bin Hussein, asking for the leave which he
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    'Aided' factory
    18 1 JAKARTA. Wed. Indonesia will build a light arms factory with West German assistance, the army announced.
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    Turned back
    27 1 ROME. Wed. A "slight heart disturbance" forced the Imam of Yemen to return to Rome one hour after his chartered plane took off for Yemen.
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    Detainee foiled in swim for freedom
    170 1 SINGAPORE, Wed. When an illegal immigrant was being taken to board the vessel Hoi Wong today to be repatriated, he broke loose from his two escorts at East Wharf Pier, and dived into the sea. A powerfully built man. Tong Ling Tong, swam against
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    Four Bills with urgent tags to be moved
    418 2 RENT CONTROL LAW TO BE AMENDED SINGAPORE, Wednesday. A CONTROL of Rent (Amendment) Bill, to suspend temporarily the rights of landlords to obtain recovery of their premises on certain grounds, was presented to the Legislative Assembly today. The Bill, tabled by the
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    Course ends
    31 2 PENANG. Wed.-The Chief Minister. Dato Wong Pow Nee, will clo^e the five-day civics course for Province Wellesley new villagers at the Lo Pan Hong In Love Lane this Friday.
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    Dollar decision won't boost U.S. cars
    180 2 gINGAPORE, Wed.-The relaxation of restrictions on direct Imports from dollar area countries Is not expected to lead to a rise in the sales of American cars. Mr. R. M. Arblaster. sales manager of a leading motor firm, told the Straits Tines today that the
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    HIT-AND-RUN DEATH CRASH DRIVER JAILED 4 MONTHS
    213 2 HIT-AND-RUN DEATH CRASH DRIVER JAILED 4 MONTHS TAIPING. Wednesday. A PLANTER, P. Moors, 26, was jailed for four A months here on Monday for causing the death 'of a cyclist. Moors, assistant manager of Taiplng Rubber Plantations, was also fined $50 for driving a Land Rover in a negligent manner
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    BOACS NEW S-E ASIA SALES CHIEF
    101 2 BOACS NEW S-E ASIA SALES CHIEF Mr. Gordon Davidson (above). BOAC's manager, Bombay, has been appointed sales manager. SouthCast Asia for the corporation, in succession to Mr. Donald Erskine Crum. who Is taking up the post of sales manager, India. Mr. Davidson. 38. has been in Bombay for two years.
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    Retrial is ordered
    53 2 SINGAPORE. Wed. Mr. Justice Buttrose today discharged a jury halfway through a case In the Assizes and ordered a retrial because a prosecution witness gave a piece of inadmissible evidence. Sim Choi Hood was charged with being in unlawful possession of a -38 revolver in Changi Road
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    Expert visits hospital
    37 2 BATU GAJAH. Wed. Sir Harry Wunderly. World Health Organisation consultant on tuberculosis, today visited the T.B. ward of the General Hospital here. Yesterday he visited the Perak Antl-Tuberculosls Association's rehabilitation settlement at Batu Gajah.
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    Lock icon NO DIVORCE YET FOR EX-MALAYAN
    152 2 LONDON. Wednesday. A DIVORCE commissioner yesterday refused to grant a divorce and £5,000 to a man living in Hong Kong without hearing his evidence in person. Commissioner Sir Reginald Sharpe adjourned the case so that the husband. Mr. Frank Edgar Norman Wills. of the British
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    Assembly date
    28 2 KUALA TRENGGANU. Wed —The first sitting of the Trengganu Legislative Assembly will be held on July 27 at Istana Mazlah here. The Sultan will address it.
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    Clerk is jailed for fraud
    80 2 Clerk is jailed for fraud [SINGAPORE, Wed— A cleric, who misappropriated $29,705 in 12 months, was jailed today for a year. Ng Hong Yap. 36. a bachelor, had pleaded guilty to misappropriating the money while employed by General Amusement Ltd., at King's Theatre between June 25 last year and June
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    4,397 x-rayed in SATA drive
    50 2 BINGAPORE. Wed.— A total of 4,397 people in Tanjong Pagar were x-rayed up to yesterday In the SATA mass x-ray campaign which started on July 1. Of them 88 were found to be in need of treatment and have been admitted to tht SATA clinic.
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    New bridge
    37 2 KUALA TRENGGANU. Wed. —The Minister of Works. Posts and Telecommunications, Inche Sardon bin Hail I Jubir. will declare open tne I bridge across the Besult ri- ver. 65 miles north of here I on Saturday.
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    SIX-DAY SCHOOL WEEK A PROBLEM FOR 800
    122 2 SINGAPORE. Wed. The Seventh Day Advrntist Mission in Singapore will send a delegation to see the Minister for Education, Mr. Yong Nyuk Lin. about the six. day school week. Ml:, if. C. Currle. president of the Seventh Day Ad\ent. ist Union of South
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    12 more are detained
    44 2 SINGAPORE. Wed Police last night detained 12 thugs in their drive against secret society men. So far 68 gangsters have been held since the swoop began on Saturday. All the detained men art at the CID headquarters In Robinson Road.
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    New bridge will cut travelling
    52 2 BATU PAHAT. Wed— Tht Tongkang Becha Brldg« across the Slmpang Kanan River, four miles from here, was opened by Hajl Hassan bin Haji Yunos. Mentri Besar of Johore. yesterday. Motorists travelling from here to Muar can now use the new highway and bypass the Batu
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    MIDNIGHT: U.S. STEEL INDUSTRY COMES TO HALT
    391 3 MIDNIGHT: U.S. STEEL INDUSTRY COMES TO HALT 500,000 STRIKE DESPITE IKE'S 'TALK' PLEAS J^EWYORK. Wed -The giant L nited States steel industry closed down at midnight alter 18 weeks of fruitless negotiations and several unsuccessful appeals from President Eisenhower for a solution to the union-ma-nagement deadlock. The natlon-w i d
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    Lock icon PRINCESS IS SPANKED FOR SOAKING PASSERS-BY
    105 3 PRINCESS IS SPANKED FOR SOAKING PASSERS-BY LONDON. Wed.— Passers-by In elegant Jermyn Street. Piccadilly, yesterday were soaked and a princess received a spanklne. Policemen pinpointed the second floor flat from which the water was coming and discovered that the tenant was Princess Alexandra of Zululand and Swaziland. A telephone call
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    Lock icon U.S. AIRMEN GROUNDED
    104 3 LONDON. Wed. United States airmen at High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire, are reported to have beer, ordered to .stay away for a month from a nearby camp where members of the Women's Royal Air Force are housed. The reason, say Press reports, is that on Independence Day "carloads" of
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    Nasser blames West for Reds' growth
    203 3 j NEW YORK, Wednesday. PRESIDENT Nasser of the United Arab Republic 1 said yesterday that the Western countries must take the major responsibility for the growth of Communism in the Middle East. He said in an article in Life Magazine: "By supporting undesirable leaders
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    Lock icon 27 die in floods
    63 3 TOKYO, Wed. Police said this morning 27 people were dead. 52 Jnjared, and 24 others missing as a result of torrential rain which fell over southern Japan on Monday iuid! Tuesday. About 153.700 people were affected one way >r another by the floods. A total of
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    Lock icon Colour bar club president resigns
    156 3 Colour bar club president resigns NEW YORK, Wed. Mr. Wilfred Burgland. president of the We4t Side Tennis Club, has resigned following a nation-wide furore over the exclusion from membership of the son of Dr. Ralph Bunche. Negro under-secretary of the United Nations. Mr. Burgland had been quoted by Dr. Bunche
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    FILIPINO INQUIRY ACCUSES AIR GIRL
    193 3 MANILA. Wednesday A PHILIPPINES congressional fact-finding comA mittee today accused former airline stewardess Catherine Cheuk of withholding information on the activities of an international smuggling syndicate. Col. Jose Lukban. director of the National Bureau of Investigation, had said last week at the opening of the
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    Lock icon Gromykohas not budged on Berlin
    96 3 Gromykohas not budged on Berlin QENEVA, Wed.— The United States said last night it could not find "one inch of progress" in Russia's policy statement on Berlin and Germany made at the resumed East-West conference on Monday. Mr. Andrew Berdlng, the American spokesman, told reporters that the remarks of Mr.
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    Lock icon BODIES IN PORT: 'CONFESSION' BY CARPENTER
    345 3 BODIES IN PORT: 'CONFESSION' BY CARPENTER SYDNEY, Wednesday. 4 CHINESE carpenter of the liner Taiyuan has admitted having put the bodies of two dead Chinese into Sydney harbour, a police witness told a court here today. A detective said the carpenter, Wang Shu Chen, wept as he told him he
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    Lock icon Red wants proof from God
    124 3 Red wants proof from God LONDON. Wed.-A Moscow radio commentator, Mikhail Krutlk. gave a talk on the radio's home service today In which he asked why Ood does not perform "at least one" miracle to prove his existence. He said: "All the miracles of religion either never occurred at all
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    Staff side: We won't negotiate unless...
    319 4 gINGAPORE, Wed The newlyelected staff side of the Singapore Civil Service Joint Council said today that it would not negotiate with the official side until principles of collective bargaining were "unequivocally recognised by the Government." A resolution passed by the staff side at its
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    2,OOO WELL SET FOR THIS EXAM
    130 4 2,OOO WELL SET FOR THIS EXAM SINGAPORE, Wed. More than 2,000 candidates are expected to sit for the Government Senior Middle 111 Examination this year, to be held from November 9 to 13. A spokesman for the Ministry of Education today said about 1,800 Senior Middle 111 pupils in Government
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    IGOR AND ILSE TO PLAY WITH SINGAPORE ORCHESTRA
    148 4 IGOR AND ILSE TO PLAY WITH SINGAPORE ORCHESTRA SINGAPORE. Wed. A pianist and a. violinist, who are touring outside Europe for the first time, are looking forward to piaying with the multiracial Singapore Symphony Orchestra. Miss Use Von Alpenheim. the pianist, and Igor Ozim, the violinist, are scheduled to give
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    Scholarship
    33 4 JOHORE BAHRU. Wed. Miss Kuok Oon Kirn. a staff member at the Convent here, has been awarded a SinoBrltlsh scholarship to take a, year's course at Bristol on teaching of the blind.
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    BIGGER POLICE FORCE?—NO MONEY NOW
    211 4 BIGGER POLICE FORCE?— NO MONEY NOW SINGAPORE, Wednesday. TiHE Singapore Police Force is not likely to expand x beyond its present authorised strength in the immediate future in spite of an increasing incidence of crime, the Straits Times understands, because of lack of funds. The Commissioner. Mr. A. EG. Blades
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    Lock icon BAN ON COPRA LIFTED
    70 4 JAKARTA, Wed. The Ministry of Trade and the Ministry for Economic Stabilisation announced that the ban on copra exports to Singapore had been lifted. The ban will come off from July 20, the announcement said. Copra exports will now be on a 50-50 basis. This means
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    Union president
    34 4 SINGAPORE. Wed.— lnche Mohamed Salleh bin Buang has been elected new president of the Bata Employees' Union. The vice-president is Mr. M. 8. Dawood and the secretary is Mr. Chong Weng Yip.
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    National Carbon win 5-0 to enter final pool
    420 4 SINGAPORE, Wed. National Carbon entered the final pool of the Singapore Business Houses F.A. League and Cup competition when they beat Mercantile Bank 5-0 to finish champions of Group "A" at Farrer Park today. On the adjacent Held Chartered Bank. who finished
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    DAMAGES AND A 'FALSE BELIEF'
    234 4 DAMAGES AND A 'FALSE BELIEF' SINGAPORE, Wed. Insurance company managers today stressed that liability for damages existed even if the police did not prosecute after minor traffic accidents. Mr. A. J. Robinson, manager of a leading motor Insurance company, told the Straits Times that insurance companies should resolve their own
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    MARIA FORMS OWN FILM COMPANY
    77 4 MARIA FORMS OWN FILM COMPANY SINGAPORE, Wed. Popular Malay film actress, Maria Menado. has formed her own film company. She herself will star in the company's first production. 'Korban Fitnah*. which will be filmed in six months' time. To co-star with Maria is Sukarno M. Noor, an Indonesian actor. Two
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    Talk on Christ
    32 4 SINGAPORE. Wed. Dr. Howard Guinness, an Australian rector, will give a talk entitled. "Taking Christ Seriously" at the University of Malaya Oei Tlong Ham Hall at 8.30 p.m. tomorrow.
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      214 4 I I Singapore diary... THE NEW »< K\K SHIFTERS: culture 1030 a.m. Malay for beglnRehearsal for 'Martha' at 8 p.m. at nere 5.30 pm.; Chinese cooking Y.M.C.A. 6.15 pjn. Y MCA Body building, weight CHINESE YJM.C.A.: Table tenllftlug 4p.m.- Judo practice for nl« »ajn.; body building, weight juniors 4.45 p.m.;
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    Pledge by Lee: PAP Govt. Will not pursue any vendettas
    1458 5 RAJAH: BILL MAKES MINISTER POLICEMAN, JUDGE, JURY AND EXECUTIONER SINGAPORE, Wednesday THE PAP Government is not pursuing "any petty vendettas", the Prime Minister, Mr. Lee Kuan Yew, told the Legislative Assembly today during the debate on a Bill empowering the
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    MALAY DEPARTMENT FOR NANYANG?
    162 5 MALAY DEPARTMENT FOR NANYANG? SINGAPORE, Wed.Nanyang University i& considering the possitMlity of setting up a Department of Malay Studies offering a fouryear degree course This was disclosed by Dr. Chang Tien-tse, Dean of the College of Arts, In an exclusive interview with the Straits Times today. Recently, following a request
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    'Plastic' surgeon fined
    76 5 KUCHING Wed A man who claimed to be a plastic surgeon was last week fined $2,000 in the Sibu District Court for an offence under the Medical Registration Ordinance. Kirn Ec Tack, of Hon« Kong, had Inserted an advertisement in a local new«- iper stating he had
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    'Finished? Your prestige is higher now'—Dr. Urn told
    317 5 'Finished? Your prestige is higher now'— Dr. Urn told IPOH. Wed. THE Minister for x Health. Mr. V. T. Sambanthan. today gave a moral boost to the politically ailing MCA President, Dr. Lim Chong Eu. At Sun gel Slput where he put in his candidacy for the federal election today,
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    Tengku files papers early at Kuala Kedah
    2798 6 2. BHBHHBBBBBMHMHHHMBB^^HHHiHHHll^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^M THE ALLIANCE NATIONAL LEADER THEN GOES ON TOUR OF OTHER NOMINATION CENTRES F KEDAH, the national Alliance leader and former Prime Minister, Tengku Abdul Rahman, was an early arrival at the Kuala Kedah nomination centre. The Tengku left his Merdeka House
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    One-time colleagues—now opponents
    35 6 One-time colleagues— now opponents ALLIANCE WOMAN candidate for the Setapak constituency in Selangor, Che Aisha Ghani, chatting with an opponent in the parliamentary election, Inche Ahmad Boestamam. chairman of the Socialist Front.— Straits Times picture.
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    ROUNDHEAD GENERAL ENDED UP AS GREAT NAVAL HERO
    1372 7 FIFTEEN Spanish galleons laden with the silver of Mexico lay peacefully at anchor under the guns of Santa Cruz, on the island of Teneriffe, one April day in 1657. Suddenly the calm of dawn was shattered by a thunderous cannonade. i| Sailing
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    REQUIEM
    28 8 It Wtrdt tit (Minimum). REQUIKM HIGH MASS (or the laic Mr. Timothy Pereira at 6.30 a.m. on IS-7-59 at the Church of Our Lady of Lourdea. (Singapore >
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    ANNOUNCEMENTS
    266 8 U WtmM tU (Minluiuii). MULCHAMDeT BAL* LAST 3 Days. Prases Gowns Prices .slashed. HARHOWS LTD Inexpenslr*. Cotton learning Dresses. Guaranteed Washable. 7, Orchard Road. Spore 9. ON VERY HOT days, when the air la close and sticky, 4711 "Ice Bin de Cologne" is a wonderfu. cooler. BARBECUES ARE FUN!
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    The Straits Times Thursday, July 16. 1959 A Fateful Election
    697 8 The Straits Times Thursday, July 16. 1959 A Fateful Election The Alliance was unopposed in three constituencies when nominations closed yesterday for next mortth's parliamentary elections. Elsewhere its 101 other representatives will be engaged in battle by 115 candidates put forward by five parties and by 29 independents. The gift
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    New Powers
    405 8 The Singapore Legislative Assembly has enacted a bill that empowers the Finance Minister to recover misappropriated money directly from civil servants. Final judgement on the act must depend on how It is used, and this alone is something of a weakness. It can be argued, as Mr. A.
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    More Police
    191 8 The Singapore Commissioner of Police does well in his annual report for 1958 to speak of "the people and their police". Civic consciousness in Singapore is lacking, says Mr. Blades, but at least his use of the phrase guarantees that the police for their part understand their relationship
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    JAKARTA
    743 8 This is the leisurely city where everyone is so contemptuous of haste that everything is tangled in a hopeless morass of red tape By A SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT JAKARTA, W«dn««day— OFFICIALS in Jakarta recently produced a long-awaited new edition of the telephone directory by simply reprinting pages of the old
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      The long, long wait for an SIT flat
      208 8 I AM an applicant for an 1 S.I.T. flat. For the past four years I have been waiting my turn. I was told that when the flats In St Michael's Road were ready, I stood a good chance of getting one. I
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      WANTED: A BUS SERVICE
      72 8 JUDGING by the frequent overcrowding of outstatlon buses and the constant stopping within the town limits to collect and discbarge short-distance travellers. It is about time an internal bus service was Introduced here. I suggest that if the present organisation catering for the needs of bus-travel-lers
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      536 8 BY THE BRIDGE OF HEAVEN, ALL THE FUN OF THE FAIR PEKING, Wednesday. ALL the fun of a Chinese fair still flourishes in Peking's Bridge of Heaven district, once the haunt of beggars, pickpockets, prostitutes and hooligans. These undesirables, however, have long since vanished, though acrobats, musicians, jugglers and storytellers
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    607 8 HE MAY BE IN EXILE 5,000 ■ILES AWAY BUT HIS IS THE HAND BEHIND THE UNEASY PEACE IN THE ARGENTINE BUENOS AIRES, Wednesday. AN uneasy peace reigns in Argentina and will continue to do, so long as Juan Domingo Peron, the ousted dictator, is alive and maintains an active
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    1843 9 ALLIANCE 104; PMIP 58; SOCIALIST FRONT 37; PPP 19; NEGARA 9; OTHERS 29 Following is the full list of candidates contesting the Federal general election. (Key to abbreviations: All Alliance; PMIP- Pan-Malayan Islamic Party; S.F.-Socialist Front; Negara-Party Negara; PPP— Peoples Progressive Party; Mai-Malayan Party; Ind-Independent).
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    205 9 KUALA LUMPUR, Wed.— Tuan Byed Nasir Ismail, 37, heaved a sigh when his dilemma ended today. For weeks be did not know whether to carry on as Director of the Language and Literature Agency. iDewan Bahasa dan Pustaka) or resign to contest the parliamentary
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    645 10 Green Magic for tired morales and wardrobes THE FRESHEST COLOUR IN THE WORLD COMES TO THE RESCUE f)UR summer is full fledged and everything is beginning to take on a glazed, unreal look in the staggering heat. No matter what we wear, we always seem to appear saggy around the
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    282 10 EVERYONE takes a lot of liquids in hot weather, but will a heavily liquid summer diet make you gain weight? Well, that is unlikely, because your thirst is a great regulator. A person usually drinks what she needs. People very seldom over drink. In the
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      288 10 Straits Times Crossword ACROSS the open (7). lin wind crew peers about to 7He U not entitled to name a ensure a clear course (4-6 S>. dance (5, 2. 8 Quite taken with a neigh- 9 Father still get* a short hour's best suit (7). quarter. What a suck for
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    RUBBER GAINS, TIN DOWN AS U.S. STEEL STRIKE STARTS
    644 12 RUBBER GAINS, TIN DOWN AS U.S. STEEL STRIKE STARTS By Our Market Correspondent THE price of rubber in Singapore yesterday continued to rise, despite the announcement that 500,000 workers in the American steel industry are now on strike. It appears that the initial announcement that a strike was threatening was
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    OFFICIAL PRICES
    30 12 SINGAPORE, JULY 15. RUBBER: 98', cents per lb. (up three-eighths of a cent). TIN: $398.37 'j per picul (down $1). Estimated unofficial offering 160 tons (up 20 tons).
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    145 12 MELBOURNE. Wed. INVESTMENT shares continued to be firm on the Stock Exchange here today. Trading was quieter and there were no outstanding moves. Myer rose Is. to close at 28s. 3d. Base metals and the oils remained steady and Commonwealth bonds held a firm tone on a quiet
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    S'PORE SHIPPING
    258 12 Ships lying alongside the Singapore Harbour Board wharves or expected today: Caotlefelic 1-2. Seiko Maru 4-5, Orestes 6A, President Monroe 6-7, Mississippi Lloyd 8-9, Van Neck 10-11, Segamat 12, Eastern Maid 13-14. Straat Johore 15-16. Svolder 18. Hlkone Maru 19, Serdang N.Wall 2. Perak N.Wall 3. Tronoh N.Wall
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    PRODUCE PRICES
    111 12 Singapore Chinese Produce Exchange noon prices per plcul yesterday were Copra: quiet: UK/Continent July August shipments $35 buyers. $36 sellers. Coconut oil: quiet; bulk $57 sellers, drum $59.- sellers. Pepper: quiet; no business was reported done, Muntok white $135. Sarawak $134, special Sarawak black $79, garbled Lampong black
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    21 12 Malayan Share Market: July 15 July 14 Industrials: 89.82 90.16 Tins: 104.26 105.01 Rubbers: 133.51 133.47 Jan.. 1 1958=100
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    BROKERS' REPORT
    560 12 The Malayan Share Brokers' Association reported yesterday "Industrials were quiet, tins were easier and rubbers Irregular. The turnover was fair. Singapore and Federation brokers reported the following business up to 3.30 p.m.: Industrials: Fit zpat ticks $1.03; Fraser and Neave ords $1,314 (O), $1.31 and $1.31 "i; Gammon
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    RUBBER PRICES
    152 12 August first grade rubber buyers f.o.b. closed in Singapore yesterday at 98 'i cents per lb., up three-eighths of a cent on Tuesday's closing price. The closing tone was quiet. Closing- prices in cents per lb., yesterday were: OFFICIAL: Int. 1 R.S.S. Spot f.ob. buyers 98';, sellers 98
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    87 12 The Malayan Exchange Banks' Association made the following changes In its rates to merchants yesterday (all rates to $100): Canada: buying airmail T.T. 31 5/8. O.D. 31 3/4. 90 d/st 32 1/8 credit bills, 32 3/16 trade bills. Selling T.T. or O.D. ready: Canada 31 5/16; Belgian Francs
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      887 12 PUBLIC APjPOINTMjENTS APPLICATIONS are Invited from Federal Cltiiens for the post of a Temporary Social Welfare Assistant. Salary scale:— Cadet (Men) $137. 50 x 7.50--152.60/175.00 x 7.50 205/224 X 14 336/352 x 14 442. Candidates must have attained their 17th but not their 35th birthday and must have passed the
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      1274 12 NOTICE FEDERATION OF MAUYA HOUSING TRUST HOUSES FOR SALE KENNY HILL ESTATE The attractive and contemporarily designed hillside residences known as 29 Girdle Road and 19 Kenny Hill Road. Both houses command excellent panoramic views of the surrounding countryside. No. 29 GIRDLE ROAD comprises large lounge and shade balcony, two
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      616 13 TENDERS P.W.D. TENDER NOTICE TENDERS will be received from Class 'E' and above registered Contractors at the Office of the State Engineer, Perak, Ipoh, up to 3.00 p.m of the 23rd July, 1959, for the Construction of a Kathi's Quarters and Court at Orik, Upper Perak. Pull particulars are obtainable
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      462 13 BjTOWJ.I'UWUIUI^I (ConUa«ed trom Pajr 81 SITUATIONS VACANT It Word* Si Min.)— Box St ct: BBttm i REPLANTINO CONDUCTOR for Central Perak Estate. Only I highly recommended Grade II Staff, aged about 35 will be considered. Apply Box A 839 S.T.. Ipoh. INSURANCE Excellent eppertunity In Koala Lumpur (or Energetic Chinese
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      869 13 I SITUATIONS VACANT tt Word* Si (Mim.)— Box St ct*. txtrm LADY CONFIDENTIAL Secretaries. Stenographers, Junlor/Exei cutlve Position?: Produce Clerk: Indian M Cleric: 10 Chinese Salesgirls City Bnployment 748 Robinson Road. Spore *****. SITUATIONS WANTED tt Word* tt (.Him.)— Box is eU. txtrm LOCAL BORN passed Senior Cambridge seeks position
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      805 13 j HOUSES ft LAND FOR SALE to Words Si (Him.}— Box St els. txtrm ORCHARD ROAD. behind Champion Motors. 256,000 sq. ft elevated land, freehold. Apply Credit Fonder 25 Meyer Chambers (Spore). THREE BEDROOMS SEMIDETACHED Bungalow, fully furnished for sale with vacant possession. Owner leaving Singapore soon. Kindly write Box
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      598 13 DOGS, PETS, ETC. 20 Word, Si (Mim.)— Box it ct*. txtrm ONE BEAUTIFUL MALE and one female golden cocker Spaniel two months old Ist Class Pedigree. 99, Cavenagh Road. Singapore. VEHICLE WANTED to Words Si (Mm.) Box it ct: txtra SMALL CAR any model (1951--1958> preferably M Minor. Austin. Hillman,
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      363 13 FOR SALE tt Word* Si Mm.) Box it ctt. txtra ONE ARISTO continuous (rubber) sheeting battery. Good condition. Write Box A 5490 S.T. Spore. ONE UPRIGHT MOUTRIE piano for sale. Good condition. Contact (B'pore), *****, 8 ajn.— 6 p.m. SALE! SALE! SALE! 3 "Pop" Records for only one dollar at
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      435 13 FOR SALE 10 War** Si (Mim.)— Box St ctt. txtrm 7UNDAPP M CYCLE (Similar 8.M.W.)/Stelb Sports S/C.ir. WUI Separate. Zenith Batt. /Mains Radio. Details 8B Cliff Road Nee Soon, or Spore 2415 Ext. 166 or 154. NEW QUALITY PIANOS— "Renn", "Squlrelongson", "Kuhla'' —very competitive Prices. Only available Sole Agents Singapore
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    Happy Melody to carry 9.0
    206 14  -  EPSOM JEEP By Penang. Wed. HENIGAN DESERVES PRAISE FOR HIS IMAGINATIVE HANDICAPPING BRILLIANT Happy Melody, as expected,, w ill carry topweight in the Yang di-Periuan Agong Gold Cup race over six furlongs at Kuala Lumpur on Sunday, Aug. 23. Mr. M. J. Henigan, the handicapper.
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    Johore XI
    39 14 SEGAMAT, Wed The Johore XI to meet Negri in a M.C.A. League match here this weekend: G. Joseph. T. Jayatilaka. de Sllva, Keedwell. Rahman Wahid. W. Joseph. Osman Kadlr. Hashlm. Ang Boon Swec. Rajakulasingam and Kirn Kew.
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    143 14 KINGS CUP WEIGHTS Happy Melody 9.N Distinr 8.12 Marigold B.l* Monitor 8.09 Downing Street 8.07 Aberdeen 8.06 Black Gold 801 Satoro 8.01 Your Highness II 800 Good Wind 7.12 Milayan Scholar 7.12 High Sovereign 7.11 Forest Beau II 7.10 Sun of Burma 7.10 Hopeful Blur 7.08 Holiday Time 7.07 Eight
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    618 14 SINGAPORE, Wednesday. SIX records were broken, including one which bettered the Singapore AAA and national marks, on the first day of the Singapore Combined Schools athletics championships at Jalan Besar Stadium today. The Singapore A.A.A. and national records for the long jump were t>eaten by
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    108 14 PENANG, Wed. Schoolboy Tan Song Kean caused an upsei in the men's singles quarteriinais of the Penang tennis championships when he beat seeded Leong Slew Weng 6-3. 6-3 today. Men's singles: (quarter-final) Tan Song Kean bt Leong Slew Weng 6-3, 6-3. Men's doubles: (quarter-final) D. Jeffery and
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    894 14 Sti^'^j^jljLijJiLJiiiitl^'j B" pENANG. Wed.—A total of 179 horses will race at the Penang Turf Club's August Bank* Holiday meeting here on July 25, 29 and Aug. 2. The entries comprise 23 In Class 1, 94 in Class 4 and 57 in Class 5. Entries
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    Holstein hits 70 runs in 52 mins
    296 14 Holstein hits 70 runs in 52 mins If UANTAN. Wed. Rain saved Pahang from defeat in their one-day cricket match against Emu Club cricket team from New South Wales here today. Final scores: Pahang— S3 and 102. Emu— lB4-4 declared. Highlight of the day was a fast 70 runs in
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    137 14 S.TNGAPORE. Wed. The vlsit--1 ing Australian women golfers were beaten by Singapore's leading men players In their two foursome matches at the Royal Singapore Golf Club today. Pat Borthwlck and Marg^re'. Masters lost to Joe Hutcheson and Peter Masson three and two; Mardl Malr and Alma Cobley
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      534 14 SAVES TIME! SAVES MONEY! The Uimanal 'Jeep' cut» costs becaus* it doe* to many jobs better and faster. The extra traction of its 4-wheel drive take* it through mud, tand or soft carth up steep grade* in all kinds of weather. For highway travel, it shift* easily into conventional 2-whecl
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      63 14 SINGAPORE: Athletics— Singapore Combined Schools championships, Jalan Besar Stadium (3 p.m. i. Tennis— Singapore championships. YMCA and Tanglln 13.30 p.m.). Soccer Dlv. 3A. Seletar v Maxwell. Farrer Park; Indian Youngsters v Seletar Young Indians: Dlv. 3B, Arsenal v STB. Geylang: friendly, RAF Seletar v Darul Aflah. Hockey friendly SRC v
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    1554 15 SINGAPORE, Wednesday THE wisdom of scrapping the city council was questioned today by Opposition members during a lively three-hour debate in the Legislative Assembly. On four occasions the Speaker had to call the House to order. Three times
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    5 more policemen leave
    50 15 SINGAPORE. Wed.— Five more expatriate officers have left the Singapore police force under the Malayanisation scheme. They are: Deputy Superintendent* M. J. C. Haines. J. Liddle and A. G. Julian, P. S. Leatbart. and L. Godfrey. Nearly all these positions have been filled by local officers.
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    Central selling body will end pine industry crisis
    367 16 BOARD CHAIRMAN PUTS PROPOSAL TO INQUIRY COMMISSION SINGAPORE. Wed. 'J'HE chairman ot the Malayan Pineapple Industries Board, Mr. J. A. Buehler, today told the Commission of Inquiry into the pineapple industry that the setting up of a central selling organisation would solve
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    DEATH
    32 16 MKsi. V. IHILLAIA..IPALAM beloved Mother of Messrs. T. Selvaretnam. Malayan Railway and Thangaretnam of Life Insurance Corporation of India at 52 Travers Roud. K.L. on 15th July and cremated same day.
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    298 16 THE MCA MEN: I ACCEPT NO RESPONSIBILITY- DR. LIM pENANG. Wed. The president of the Malayan Chi■l nese Association, Dr. Lim ('hong Eu, said tot ty he would not accept any responsibility for the choice of MCA candidates for the Federal election. "I have not seen the list of Alliance
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    15 in 'goddess' contest
    56 16 SINGAPORE, Wed. Fifteen pretty girls tonight qualified for the final of the 'Goddess 01 Love" contest to be held tomorrow night at the Capitol Theatre. Winner of the first prize will be awarded a round trip to Japan on board a luxury iiner with possible visits
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    Power failure in estate
    36 16 SINGAPORE, Wed. A six-hour blackout hit the Frankel Estate area here today. Lights were restored soon alter 10 p.m. The blackout is believed to have been caused by a faulty underground wire.
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    Flood havoc
    16 16 SRINAGAR, Wed. More than 800.000 people have been made destitute by floods in Kashmir.
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    Student and jumbo in Alpine expedition
    177 16 Student and jumbo in Alpine expedition f ONDON, Wed. At first light on Monday, a young Singapore Chinese divinity student will set out from the French village ot Montmelian as a member of small expedition with an unusual objective. They seek to establish the route Hannibal and his elephants took
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    YONG: NEW PARTY BY FORMER MCA MEN UNLIKELY
    343 16 YONG: NEW PARTY BY FORMER MCA MEN UNLIKELY I^UALA LUMPUR, Wed. A former top man of the MCA. Mr. Yong Pung How. said today it was unlikely that a party on the lines of the Singapore People's Action Party would be formed in the Federation. He was commenting on reports
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    LONDON STOCKS
    287 16 LONDON, Wed.— lt was a day of erratic movements In London stock markets today and after glvln? promise of a return to firm conditions, the move petered out and by the close much of the ground was lost. Closing middle prices of selected stocks not Including stamp duty
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    PROBE MEN TO VISIT GOVT. QUARTERS
    190 16 KUALA LUMPUR, Wednesday. VI EMBERS of a commission of inquiry will visit ■L" quarters of Government daily paid employees 1 tomorrow. The commission, headed by Mr. Justice Smith, is probing the living and working conditions of Government daily-rated staff in the Federation. They will
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    Soccer hattrick by Sivapathan
    50 16 SINGAPORE, Wed.— A hattrick by Sivapathan helped P.W.D. to beat Prisons 7-0 In the first round of the 8.0.5. F.A. junior knockout competition at Kallang today. Atan Samad (2) and Kemat (2) scored the other goals. In another match at Thomson Road. Police beat Customs, 3-1.
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    52 16 SINGAPORE, Wed. Mr. Wahib Wahab, Indonesia's "newly-appointed Religious Affairs Minister, arrived here today on his way home after making a tour of the Middle East. A former Army commander in East Java during the last World War, he was the army-civil affairs Liaison Minister in Premier
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      190 16 Dismissal for Indonesian naval chief —a job abroad JAKARTA, Wednesday. VICE-ADMIRAL Subiakto, the Indonesian Naval Chief of Staff, is to be dismissed and given a consular job abroad. The dismissal was announced by President Soekarno today when he swore in another 43 members of his "Guided Democracy" cabinet. The announcement
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        34 16 SYDNEY: Rescuers striving to reach two miners entombed more than 5.001 feet underground at the south mine at Broken Hill, 699 miles west of Sydney, but they fear that the two men are dead
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        25 16 ISRAEL: Mr. David Ben Gurion, who resigned as Israeli Prime Minister 10 days ago, agreed today to form a new government it was officially announced.
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        23 16 BAGHDAD: Premier Abdul Karii.i Kassem said last night free parliamentary elections will be held within one year and political parties re-established by January.
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      96 16 LONDON. Wed.— Close of play scores In today's cricket matches were: EDGBASTON: Scotland 262 (R. Chlsholm 76, M. Denness 84) versus Warwickshire. HOVE: India 180 (C. Borde 50. J. Ghorpade 44. A. James five for Cot. Sussex 195 for two (L. Lenham 43
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