The Straits Times, 14 February 1960

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  • 14 1 THE SUNDAY TIMES m Mob"** No. 1277 SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 14, 1960 i 20 CENTS
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  • 284 1 EDUCATION GROUSES USTED IN 4-PAGE MEMO C NGAPORE, Sot -Mem- bers of the Singapore Teochers' Union will discuss ot a meeting tomorrow o memorandum coll ing upon the Government to adopt a new approach to its education programme at a meeting tcgromme The memorandum was submitted by two former aerreUries
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  • 48 1 SINGAPORE. Sat A motor-cyclist. Ong Chang Khan. 28. died tonight when he crashed into a telephone post in Paya Lebar Road. His companion, who rode the pillion, was Injured. He wa> admitted to the General Ha-pital where his condition was said to be serious.
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  • 1324 1 Allowances to be paid for work in adult classes SINGAPORE. Saturday. THE Minister for Education, Mr. Yong Nyuk Lin, announced in the Legislative Assembly today that the 3.000 teachers who taught adult literacy classes in the "extra half session" plan introduced this year would be
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  • 1482 1 CORRUPTION: PLEDGE TO WIPE IT OUT ON6: LOOK AT POSTWAR ASIA SINGAPORE. Saturday. THE Minister for Home Affairs. Mr. Ong Pang Boon, said today that the Government would do everything in its power to eradicate bribery and corruption so as to make the public service second to none in ability,
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  • 458 1 Memoirs?— not by me says Tedder FORMER DEPUTY SUPREMO HERE TO BOOST CAR SALES By BOON YOON CHIANG SINGAPORE. Sat. I ORD TEDDER said today he would not write any memoirs of World War Two when he served under Ceneral Eisenhower as Deputy Supreme Commander of the Allied forces. He
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  • 158 1 J\K \RTA. MU— The Sovi«t Premier. Mr. Nik i t a Khrushchev, is expected to have seven days of talks with President Sukarno on the island of Bali, and in and around Jakarta at the «*nd of this month A skeleton programme of Mr. Khrushchev's forthcoming tour
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  • 460 1 France explodes A-bomb GHANA FREEZES FRENCH ASSETS See Page 7 PARIS. Saturday. PRANCE successfully exploded her first atomic bomb of plutonium today from the top of a 300-foot steel tower in the heart of the Sahara *t 6 a.m. GMT 1 .30 p.m. Malayan). One minute after the French blast
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  • 1732 2  -  CAPTAIN S.H. DENNIS j A FOJMCEH BRITISH NAVAL ATTACHE CONCLUDES THE STORY OF HIS INVOLVEMENT IN THE DANGEROUS INTRIGUES OF SIAM'S STRONGMEN By They cancelled my visa and ordered: Get out in 48 hrs. IHAVE had my Mr share of heartbreak since 1 came to
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  • 407 3 MODERN father, who id a great stacn of boox^ on child psychology, took out hi> cigarette cane and lit up a cigarette. that his year-old son was ob> him the lather decided to takt th. lirs; .step towards n the lad :ng. son," uragingly. holding out
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  • 1708 3  - Gangsters of the square ring MAURICE SMITH The most explosive boxing exposure ever to be published By British s|K)ils writer who flew lo New York to investigate the- sordid background of the- figlit Rame Hun. I BTCmPPWTTYTTTBI WAS warned not to write this story. The exact message, side-mouthed to me
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  • 425 4 Xl \l.\ 1.1 MPI K Sat. The rnme Minuter. Trngku Abdul Rahman to night opened the Japan Trade lair at thr hinwmt Auditorium and expressed the hose that all «ountrie«. in South l^tkt Asia would lift tnelr emrrem-y reejtrk--t*MH to Make trading He saul
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  • 76 4 Firemen fight 35-hr, blaze in Penang PEN.\NG. Sat— Thirty-two weary firemen reported back at their stations at 7.15 am. today after battling a forgest fire at Paya Teruboj hills, six miles from the city, for nearly 35 hours. The blaze started at 7 p.m. on Thursday and was only put
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  • 45 4 KUALA LUMPUR. Sat. Two boys were killed in two road accidents yesterday. In both cases they were knocked down by motor vehicles. The victims were Ching Fook Kaw iB>. and Nor Samsu Kamal bin Idris. 9.
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  • 323 4 LIBEL BY SINGAPORE EDITOR AND SIX OTHERS SINGAPORE, Saturday. A FORMER Singapore Assemblyman, Mr. Lim Cher Kheng, was awarded total damages of $13,000 in the High Court here today for libel in an action he brought against Tan Pek Ping, the editor of Sin Lit
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  • 70 4 PENANG. Sat. -A Penang millionaire. Mr. Choong Lye Hock. grandfather of the badminton-playing brothers. Eddy and David, died in his MacAllster Road home here last night. He was 82. The late Mr. Choong had been unwell for the past two days as the result of a
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  • 34 4 KUALA LUMPUR. Sat. The Minister for Industrial Development in Western Australia. Mr. C. W. Court. I will ajrlve on Monday to make a survey of industrial and trading conditions here. I
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  • 109 4 KUALA LUMPUR, Sat. The former president of the Malayan Chinese Association. Dr. Llm Chong Eu. will not stand for re-election as head of the organisation In March. Dr. Llm conveyed his decision In a recent letter to the central working committee of
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  • 175 4 $100,000 sugar case TWO BROTHERS DENY CHARGES KUALA LUMPUR, Sat. Two brothers, appeared in the Sessions Court here today one accused of cheating a firm of over $100. 000 worth of sugar and the other of dishonestly receiving stolen cheques belonging to the firm. The brothers. Cheah Yew Fatt. 33.
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  • 114 4 MUAR. Sat.— Muar town is all set to welcome the Sultan and Sultanah of Johore on the first leg of their Coronation state tour when they arrive here at 9.30 p.m. tomorrow. A crowd of 10.000 people, mostly from the outlying kampongs. Is expected to
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  • 197 4 SINGAPORE. Sat. Three, youths were today committed in the Ninth Magia- < trate's Court to stand trial at the next Assizes on a Joint charge of armed robbery. Each was allowed ball of $5,000 In one surety They were Yong Ah Chew. Ong Choon Poh
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  • 195 4 Magistrate orders arrest of officer CINGAPORE, Sat Th« Fifth Magistrate, Mr. N. A D'Rozano, today issued a warrant for the arreit of a Federal Customs Revenue Officer, Syed Mohsin bin Abu Bokar, who failed to turn up in court to answer a charge against him. Syi-d Mohsin was to have
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  • 68 4 SINGAPORE, Sat. The Pan-Paciflc South East Asian Women's Association will be holding a one-day convention tomorrow at the Thai Consulate at Orchard Road. A two-hour discussion on "Role of the Home Maker" will bogin at 10 am. with Mrs. Scow Peck Leug in the chair. From
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  • 255 5 CINGAPORE, Sot. One hundred and twentyfive employees of the Generc* Electric Co. (M) Ltd here went on strike ot noon todoy They include clerks, apprentice* senior and junior mechanics, nwhln-r operatan. SMNkBtptTS. salesmen. telephone operators, peona, i drivers and labourers. The strikers belong
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  • 21 5 \PORE. Sat General Sir Richard Hull. C-in-C. Farell. will begin a five-day official visit to Cambodia on M'»r;(!.iv
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  • 532 5 ATTRACTIVE INTEREST RATES FOR DEPOSITS OF $50,000 OR MORE IN THE TREASURY QINCAPORE Sat. Private investors with $50,000 or more can invest in Treasury Deposit Receipts at "attractive rates of interest" for periods of two to five years. This is provided for in o Bill
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  • 315 5 KUALA LUMPUR, Saturday. JyIAJOR changes have been recommended tor the Currency Agreement covering tl>e Federation, Singapore, Brunei, Sorawak and North Borneo This was announced today f at the end of v week long j ence on currency matter* affectinc the^e territories ttUenaec by delegate, iron
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  • 37 5 JOHORE BAHRU. Sat. Mr. A. Victor. 54. a former chief price inspector of the Price Control Department here, died at the General Hospital today. He will be buried at the Protestant cemetery tomorrow.
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  • 29 5 SINGAPORE, Sat The Prime Minister. Mr. Lee Kuan Yew. will make a special broadcast at 9.10 p.m. tomd row to inaugurate Radio Si\ gapore s shortwave service.
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  • 71 5 A runaway buffalo shot dead PENANG, Sal. A 500- Ib black buffalo whirh eM-aped from the city abattoir in Cecil Street her* caused near panic to traffic and pedestrians as it chanced down streets this morning. A police radio patrol searching for the animal saw it in the sea. It
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  • 261 5 Opened— Home for girls in 'danger' CINGAPORE, Sat.— Che Noor Aisha, wife of the Yang di-Pertuan Negara, today opened the first Muslim Women's Welfare Home for "women and girls whose morals have been endangered." And she said the education and training that would be given in the home was aimed
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  • 54 5 i Che Noor Aisha unveils a plaque to commemorate I her opening of the first Muslim Women s Welfare florae yesterday. Watching her is the Minister for labour and Law. Mr. K M. Bryne. In the background is the Minister for Health. Incbe Ahmad
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  • 160 5 FIRM MEETS 3 CLAIMS PUT UP BY WORKERS SINGAPORE. Sat The Singapore Cold Storage Co. has reached an agreement with its workers on their claims for overtime pay, laundry charges and fringe allowance. The Singapore Industrial Workers Union which represents the workers. In a statement today expressed its "sincere appreciation
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  • 117 5 Film on our friend, the policeman SINGAPORE. Sat.— A short film, to show that the policeman is a friend will be made by the Government, the Minister for Culture. Mr. S. ftajaratnam. said today. Last Tuesday an Assemblyman. Mr. One Chans Sam, suggested during a visit to the Orchard Koad
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  • 13 5 SINGAPORE. Sat. The National Theatre Fund reached $375,853.97 tod ax
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  • 86 6 V 4 TODAY The Lucy Huang Page pretests two real cool a»n fr, strictly and very obrioush for the caalr \t of rats. From Parts (see below) t— ri French modH Hrlenr Julius In "hok-af tight* mad mate hint top. It is a creation in Helanca
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  • 882 6 Baring the truth —about the men in our lives EVERY MALE A LADY KILLER: FACT OR FICTION? IF you should ask a man, any man, whether he thought he was attractive to girls, he would in all probability try and change the subject rather than five an affirmative answer. That
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  • 601 7 'NO COMMENT' SAYS SOVIET PRIME MINISTER IN INDIA ACCRA, Saturday. HR. Kwjme Nkrumah, the Prime Minister, announced today that assets of all French firms in Chana would be frozen as from today "until such time as the effects on the population of Chana of
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  • 529 7 CHINATOWN SCHOOLBOY NOW LEADING ARTIST IN ASIA By WEE KIM WEE CORTY year sago Lee Man Fong had his first art lessons in a Chinese school in Chinatown, Singapore. Today he has established himself as one of the leading artists of South East Asia. In Jakarta, where he is now
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  • Page 7 Miscellaneous

  • 1270 8 SINGAPORE, Saturday. The Opposition's principal objections to controversial clauses are overruled THE Legislative As sembly today passed on a voice vote the controversial Industrial Relations Bill which had been debated a total of eight and a half hours over a three-day sitting. The Bill provides for
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  • 777 9  - HIS JOB: TO MAKE THAT LANGUAGE TARGET Felix Abisheganaden By CANDOUR would neatly sum up Tuan Syed Nasir bin Ismail, director of the Malay Language and Literature Agency, but there is more to the man and his works than that. He is intensely outspoken on the subject of the national
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  • 470 9 90OC H^PHJHpHHQHBHtHj^^BB^SW^JVWH DUSUN (Kota Tinggi), Friday, Feb. b. fjURING the Chinese New Year holidays, a Javanese mother called at the Dusun, accompanied by two married daughters each with a husband and baby, one unmarried daughter, and two or three children. The Tuan
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  • 180 9 LONDON. Sat It la not the man ai the top who .suffers most illness, says a report just issued by the British Medical Association The report is the result of an investigation by the Department of Public Health and Social Medicine at the Usher
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  • 91 9 LONDON. Sat. Detectives at Dover are using a new police car. Its rear window carries the sign "Running In." To make it WATERPROOF |> amd dirt. duet aaaj Ik too. /A^Sfc Kokx iiiNe«leJ.lM« m&i. ■)>"• acre*-«"<»wa wMfSW uit.i. it Ff?J v M -l\l JBF Specially Jitteel Kack aad
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    • 190 9 Here's a happy home! »m> mil on on h« links that t>md v tojreth* I t h#» terrier, who t he lamily think is t he world* wondOn his pedir'*«. Frisky is (lev nh«d as F'*l Feindale. but voumr Harry was only thre* wheutne arrived, and all he could manage
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  • 36 10 •a »a*aa) tM fHiaiaiaw) rtaar O«a ■aaatva B*C MaaaaM I r»iaaaua» far aaa aafia)a>l# at RaaVtßhaaM at Of 9f WHQB| 1 Baa IM». aha Ma« Ta laaM Vataai I laaV. ro. aas 1313 a aara
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  • THE SUNDAY TIMES
    • 246 10 LLfcS nan six years ago the Petalmg Jaya Authority invited applications for industrial sites in the new satellite town. Today it hardly knows where to find land to ■atisfy those who want to I build factories. Good news Or is it bad news? It Is good news
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    • 215 10 ALL-OUT war wul soon be started on the two moot crippling diseases in Malaya malaria and tuberculosis. They are crippling not because they are certain killers but because they debilitate their sufferers to such a degree that they cannot play their full role in the
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  • 89 10  - NO LONGER A BURDEN TO SOCIETY THEY NOW EARN THEIR KEEP JEFFREY FRANCIS A rubber tapper at work. A common tight on rubber estates. But what holds the interest of the Sultan of Pahang and party is that 28-year-old Hamid bin Khatib Bakar is blind. He was showing the visitors
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  • 1599 10 Malaya's blind go back to the land in the Garden of Hope SKILFULLY Ike hkhi rittved Lhc bark of the robber Iree with a tapping knife. The white hik\ oozed out ;nul Bowed into a small earthenware cup. He emptied the cup into ;i pail nnd carried it to a
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  • 170 10 AND FROM LONDON COMES THIS STORY I ONDON Saf— The Post office clerk looked positively startled when 36--year-old Jim Anderson walked up and asked for a television licence. And neighbours could hardly believe their eyes when they saw the aerial going up on his bungalow in
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  • 1028 11 S-WOAPORE Sat The Mlnutry ol LuutaUun today announced that 293 candidates have passed the Cambridge Higher School Certificate Examinations set la»t year Science Stream RAHIJ- IN-1111 lION (WU\ I\iii William Allan: Bbagwant •inch o Dalip Slngii; Burbanuddii) A Vasenwala. Cham Tao Soon. Cnan Keok Tong.
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  • 89 11 THE Yang di-Perruan Negarj (seared, third from left) and Che Norisha (Mated, extreme right) at the opening of the 1 1 th Singapore International Salon and 1960 Photo Fair of the Photographic Society of Singapore, at the Victoria Memorial Hall on Friday. Seated with them
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  • 292 11 Govt.'s move correct, say Services union leaders WORKERS HAIL EXCLUSION FROM INDUSTRIAL BILL SINGAPORE. Saturday. THREE Unions of the Armed Services today hailed the Government's decision to exclude the 40,000 civilian employees from the provisions of the Industrial Relations Bill, as a correct move. This support came from the Air
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  • 77 11 HONOUR ROLE FOR MODEL SINGAPORE model Miss Priscilla de Souia will act as personal assistant to the Sultanah of Johore during the two-day Johore Coronation Grand Prix starting next Saturday. She was elected "Miss SupershHl l»«0" at the Art Ball in Singapore last December. Misa de Souza yesterday chose two
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  • 186 11 I^LALA LUMPUR. Bat. Japanese experts are prepared to helD M*laya set up cottage industries to build up the jountrv's economy. the Sunday Times was told today The director of the Japan Export Trade Promotion Agency. Mr Kiyoshi Kimura. -aid Japan was ready to contribute
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  • 91 11 MOTORIST ALLEGES DELIBERATE 'CATCHING' SINGAPORE. Sat John Noel Hay. a hockey coach, criticised the traffic police in court today for what he alleged to be deliberate "catching" of motorists for parking offences by not placing a "No Parking" sign at Flnlayson Green. Hay. who conducted his own defence, was fined
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  • 31 11 SINGAPORE. Sat.— The tin price In Singapore today continued Its rise gaining a further 374 cents to $391 75 per plcul. The estimated offering of 200 tons was unchanged.
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  • 33 11 Singapore Copra Association noon price* per plcul on Saturday: fair merchantable Bombay mixed copra: February $42 {Nominal). Singapore Caeanut Oil Miller* Association: bulk $63 sellers, drum 866 sellers. Tone was quiet.
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  • 54 11 SINGAPORE. Sat. Two top officials of the British Army flew in this morning on inspection tours of Army camps in the Island. They are Major-General S. Moore- Coulson. Director ol Army Education «t the War Office. and Major General H. M. Campbell. Paymaster-in-Chief and
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  • Page 11 Miscellaneous
    • 90 11 HIGH TIDES TODAY > Singapore 12 10 ajn. (•ft 7lni U. 3» pjn. i»ft 71n); Port Dlekson 7.42 a.m. <9ft> 7.67 pjn. (9ft 21m; Port Swetvenham 658 am 1 13 ft 21n) 7.24 p.m. (13ft •In); Penang 124 a.m. t«lt 41n) 1 5« pm. C7ft 61n). TOMORROW: Singapore 12 37
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    • 195 11 H3H SINGAPORE POLII I BAND performance in the Botanic Q«rdeiis 5 to 6 p.m. CALVARY BAPTIST < HI Xi II <48 Wan Tho Avenue i English services. Sunday School 9 45 a.m.; morning worship 11 a.m training union 5 p.m.; evening worship p.m (HINFSE YMCA .South Pten: Prl V Club
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  • 294 12 Trwn you will •nioy th« es»e«m ond resp^t o» yoxjt 'r^nds o» w«M oa mcraaaad oppoctufwtias for promotKjr. to It K now positbhi for Anon student otrfo.n rhc h^V-pnzed AustroUon occountoncy ck-g" .}h nomnotiom conducted >o Singapore. Malovo and Hong Kong c A E Ambitious persons
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  • 45 12 THE WINNER yHE winner of this week's top prize of $30 is "Mother's Little Helper" (right), submitted by Lee Yang Chong. of 32 Larut Road, Penang. Mr. Lee used a Rolleiflex camera and Kodak V.P. film. Setting: Ml. 1 250 second.
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  • 40 12 The second prize T*HE second prize of 1 $20 goes to "Barbara" (right), submitted by Loke Kum Chew, of 200 South Bridge Road, Singapore 1. Mr. Loke used a Leica camera and llford film. Setting. f 4. 1 60 second.
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  • 117 12 HOW TO ENTER FOR CONTEST ADDRESS your entries: Picture Contest, The Sunday Times, Times House, River Volley Road, Singapore 9. Namr and address of sender, with title of picture and details of equipment used and exposure, must be written on the back of every print submitted. The required details should
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  • 75 12 rLS week's runner-up prizes of $10 each go to "Wheels and Cables (top), submitted by Llm Kok Ohee. and "Long Way Up" (above), submitted oy Mah Ngan Sang. Mr. Lim, of 65 Carll.viRoad. Singapore 8. used a Rollelflex camera and Kodak V.P. 120 film. Setting, with red
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  • 262 13 JULIE LONDON'S latest album, a Liberty stereo J pressing called "Your Number, Please." (LST 7130 also on mono LRP 3130), takes top rating among this week's pops recordThe sound engineers have done a marvellous job. When the volume 1* set right. Miss London to
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  • 838 13  -  DOUG LACKERSTEEN METRONOME pv By LONDON ON THE*; .im.iii....i.iiiim..im. .ii.mi RECORD* iimiiiiiiiimiiiiiiiiiiiiiitiiiiinii THE SHARP WIND cutting along Colet Cardens. West Kensington, knifed my innards. The doorway of the Royal Ballet School (formerly Sadlers Wells) offered no protection, and there were still ten minutes
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    • 220 13 ■Vshaw: Jfnon. 2M!4 j TOO I »M. N SUwT *MM f\ 1 HMO MYnOLD GAZEBO fei m TODAY I^Tj3w 4, I -lIVCISIIE PAViLION Mono-. CO. O« ur, Seaciol COLOR Hrm O >», I' -lu- |pkon«Jo3oo bj LAST lAYS! Vt NOW! SI 9 fJ»» i T o4«> 1)0 4M• 1 S
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    • 429 13 OUtANHATION I "GQS2I TEL: ItfH MCwSbOWIR''. hy^'GoLi ath ,B Tomorrow On Sto«c At JO Ml "Mf Ccliath CootMt ImK BJ TODAY a BJ GALLANT PATRIOT -CQEHi »»oa-JOp, pj tel: J3400 Now Showinß! B I" PAX PANDER I MbSERHI > A CATHAY KERIS IB t> £r»Qli«fi SuW :iv 9 air M
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  • 804 14 IN THE STRESS OF MONEY- MAKING WATCH 3 HABITS A WORD WITH THE DOCTOR von t eat too much or too quickly A LOT of directors and business big-wigs have been warned by doctors of the dangers of being successful. It would almost seem as though these big men of
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  • 736 14 Why I decided to reveal my story- Dennis Naj Pridi and his wife Irave Claridges Hotrl in I ondiin to lunch with Kins Geogre VI and thr Queen at Buckingham Palace on Dee. 21 1946. ft From Page 2 callou* impertinence. I think that that letter from a public servant
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  • 722 15 Would YOU let your child drink THIS? A SYRUP FROM U.S. AIMED AT ENDING THESE JABS By A SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT From LONDON IN sun soaked Florida next month 500.000 people will fake a sip of cherry syrup. .and perhaps help to win mankind's biggest battle against the scourge of polio.
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  • 886 15  -  RAYMOND THOMAS BF^WBWHj :W®%&- BfPI |l****| At i\^A I*J f A_i KBrnMrnHdHMml BMmmM BY THE most interesting letter in lost week's heavy mail came from Mr. D. A. Peckhorn, of the Police Training School, Ulu Longat. He writes: "I appreciate that you have a
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    • 1438 16 TAKE MY BOY OUT OF TUA T i -xr re X I |c*6E "-E^ C<- I I 7 7s ?ZC" SE va s. C"O Ptl' J CAGE' *-0 TC ~-s< >0u "tsO^ aU J SCt a 4.^ *-E s\ 7G£'S '-E?E 7»E fl/(5 PROFITS >Sx t"T <H ARE 7 eMFEZOR.
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  • 762 19 DROP US A LINE AT THE SUNDAY TIMES, SINGAPORE 9 INCONSIDERATE PEOPLE MAKE THIS A VERY NOISY WORLD AT NIGHT lul f neighbour'^ c wm ens keep me awake from dawn till its time to get up At work I am so tired I often fall
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  • 121 19 I HAVE become the mistress of a man much older than myself. He refuses to marry me. a s he has nre children. However, he sayg he loves nn and claims that I am his legal wife. He Is very jealous, wont let
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  • 899 19 JANE LEES HUMAN CASEBOOK: ADVICE FOR THE TROUBLED kJY father has three wives, of whom my mother is the legal one. Each time he took another wife I did not tell my mother as she is very jealous. Now she has a grudge against me. and
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    • 315 19 (7BOBBY, YOUVE BEEN NOTHING BUTA^ BAD BREATH. 1 BOBBY LOOK^^ TROUBLE-MAKER EVER SINCE YOUR BROTHER^ I AT ME! EXACTLY WHAT WO J K AND I STOPPED QOIHG OUT TOGETHER.' MP\x YOUR BROTHER SAY! NOW YOU'RE GOING TO /f^ f^T^r^ VW TELL ME WHY! j\ "iJPv*^. f WELL, HE SAJD /T^r
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    • 252 19 ;JVliother knows best! When it comes to DISTINCTIVE MEALS She serves CAMPBELL'S CREAM of MUSHROOM SOUP A most delicious soup made with tender, selected mushrooms, rich cream and a delicate seasoning. And, like all Campbell's soups, it is condensed for double value. Mother simply adds an equal amount of water
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  • 317 20 This estate car is fine for the town too ROAD TESTING THE MEW CARS FOR a heavy-duty vehicle, the new Vanguard Estate Car has very handsome lines the result of restyling to combine the best of British and continental lines. I say "heavy-duty" because the well-tried two-litre engine packs enough
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  • 319 20 BONN, Sat. West Germany's new speeded-up $4,000,000,000 autobahn programme, which will have 1,900 miles of dou-ble-track motorways in operation by next year, is six months ahead of schedule, according to a spokesman of the Bonn Transport Ministry. Twin-lane motorways are being finished in West
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  • 365 20 TONDON, Sat.— Tottenham. Hotspurs, English Div. One leaders and Cup favourites, went down in the day's bi«est shock by 2-1 to lowly Leicester City here today. Spurs, however, maintained their three points lead as Burnley, their closest rivals, had their match at Birmingham City postponed
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  • 37 20 SINGAPORE. Sat— A nattriclt b» Maniam helpeo Ceylon Sports Club to beat RAF. Tengah 5-0 in the first round of the S.H.A senior knockout competition ai 1 Tengah today. Sunciallngam scored the other two goali
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  • 18 20 KUALA LUMPUR. S:u.—Singapore Police beat Federation Police 4-1 In their annual tennis I series here today.
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  • 31 20 CLOSE-UP OF THE TAIL THIS is a rear view of the Vanguard Estate Car. It shows how the rear window and tail fate open like the jaws of an alliga. tor.
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    • 116 20 CROSSWORD SOLUTION ACROSS: 1. Sedate, 6. Dragon DOWN: 1. Sparse. 2. Detect. 3.. 11. Exonerate, 12, Asi-rs. 14. Axe. 4. Tort. S. Ensue. 6, Drake. Agents. 16. Roe. 17. Tucks 19 7 Rags. 8, Ate. 9. Gender. 10, Dot 20. Such. 22. Ere 23, Met I Nestle. 13. Soundless. 15
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  • 959 21  -  NORMAN SIEBEL THE NEWS IS FULL OF GOOD READING AND INFORMATION By Kuala Lumpur, Sat TENCKU ABDUL RAHMAN has worked to a slogan in helping to raise the Football Association of Malaya from the $1 000 weakling it was when he became president in 1950
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  • 277 21 SINGAPORE, Saturday ASIAN and Empire Games gold medallist Tan Howe Liang tonight achieved his best total poundage of 880- tb at the Senior National weightlifting championships, but as a middleweight. Howe Liang, who was to have attempted to beat the world records in the
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  • 7 21 IN THE BIG WALK
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  • 10 21 Entries close Friday FORM AND RULES IN TOMORROWS FREE PRESS
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  • 110 21 OINGAPOHE bal Pemuda Ba- v. can w tested the Malays Junior League soccer championship from Sells Jaya ulien they beat them 2-0 at Jalan Besar today There was no score in 'ne hrst half. Bazurl and Batri scoied for th« winners. Results of Iriendly nidt'hes pla\eu
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  • 30 21 SINGAPORE. Sat. The Sf exhibition by Peter iMiison and Kel Nagle at th<- Ruyal Island Club tomorrow will begin at 2.15 p.m. and not at 3 p.m.
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  • 33 21 HAARLEM. Holland. Lee Kin Tat, of Singapore beat R. Tanis Holland) 15-2 15-9 to reach the second round of the men's singles In the Dutch badminton championships here today —Reuter.
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  • 128 21 OINOAPORE. Sat— O. M. Oarty led the qualifiers in the Clifford Cup competition of the RoyaJ Slnirapore Oolf Club with a net*. 69 at Slme Road today. He also won the "B" division medal. The first round draw for the Cup Is: L E. Lake I B
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  • 18 21 TWICKENHAM, Sat —England beat Ireland 8-5 In the Rugby Vi lon International here today Reuter.
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  • 324 21 Kiwis are sevens champs JINGAPORE, Sat —The Kiwis from No. 75 Squadron, R.N.Z.A.F, brushed aside the strong challenge by RAF. Changi by 20 points (four goals) to eight (goal and try) to win this year's S.C.C. seven-o-side rugby championship on the padang today. The Kiwis, who fielded three Joint Services
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  • 136 21 CINGAPOP.E. Sat.- Rom i Pa- hang Polo Club will meet defending champions Singapore Warriors In the final of the Malayan Polo tournament lor the MacOougal Cup at 430 p.m. on Monday. Singapore Warriors beat Singapore Polo Club 3-1 to enter th< final, and Royal Pahang
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  • 66 21 PHILADELPHIA. Sat. John Thoma&. the American high jumper, cleared seven feet exactly but Jailed three times when the bar as raised a further two inches, at an Indoor athletics meeilng here last night. Twice in the past fortnight Thomas has achieved 7ft ISm the world*
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  • 33 21 SEREMBAN. Sat— The 2nd Battalion. New Zealand Regiment have qualified to meet the Singapore ione champions In the inter-zone semifinal of the FARELF Cup rugger competition in Singapore on Wednesday.
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  • 290 21  - A CEYLON SURPRISE FOR RACING FANS MOK SIM PIN By SINGAPORE. Sat Singapore Motor Club officials and Malayan riders had a big surprise today I when they went to welcome the Ceylon motor cycling team for next week Shell--1 spnnM£-ed Johore Coronation Grand Prix. Of the seven Ceylon representativeN entered
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  • 1120 22 BUKIT TIM AH AND KINGS MISSION FORM A GOOD DOUBLE TOD AY Another good day for Hobbs- Franklin partnership EPSOM JEEP S best bets are Power First, Bukit Timah and Kings Mission. CALL BOY S double is Kaboo and King s Mission. THE GOING is GOOD. RACING with EPSOM JEEP
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  • 1575 22 BUKIT TIMAH THIRD DAY RACE 1 1. 1$: (CLASS 1. DIV. 4)6 FURS. 1 ***** Dimple* <CB tki Tjoa. a 813 West 8 2 4) Enjoyment 111 iBhaw St > Spencer. 3 8.12 Moon 7 3 ***** Mtroll i Yorktov n SL) Allan. 4 8 11 (S». < hidwick M
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  • 172 22 PSOM JEEP CALL BOY POINTEB Bace 1 KSTROLL IMPRESS Tobanco Tobasco Daiku Dark Duet IMIKl >- Roc Tobavo 2.15. R4CC I'OUKR FIBST MY GOODNESS Mnr.Mitr II Powrr Firat I Ml I. l< i, h4i d littlr Richard POWT.R FIRST My (ioodnrM I Irrlmustrt t.43. Ka.r 3 DO PR! lIOICB
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  • 133 22 ]LtELBOURNE. Sat.— Thirty-five thousand people stood to give former chamDlon, Tulloeh, an emotional ovation after the horse ran first in an exhibition race at Moonee Valley racecourse today. Tulloeh was in Melbourne for the first time in almost two years to take his first bit .sten
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  • 67 22 SYDNEY. Sat— Olympic gold medallist. Betty Cuthbert. broke her own New South Wales 100 metres record for the second time In a month at the Sydney sport* ground today. Betty clocked 11 ssec in beating Gloria Cooke by two yards with her Olympic rival. Marlene Mat
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  • 49 22 LOS ANGELES, Sat. Th« powerful Southern California swimming team, led by Australian Jon Henrtcks. defeated Stanford 64-31 in a match here yesterday Henrlclcs won the 100-yard freestyle in 50.35ec., and tied for first In the 50-yard event with teammate Tom Reddlngton in 23aec
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    • 190 22 r HORSE THROWS WORLD i CHAMPION IN RACE I ARCADIA. California Sal m\ »nk« World champion j«i -ki-> lajfjlji »hu h.is ridden Johnny Longdrn sufTrrnt .1 tlnnun frat-turr in his ri.;ht aiiklr rt\ uir.i^h Qarca in Ihr when he was thrown h\ t ln Itl r.n aj n.iui.i \int.» Ins
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  • 711 1 DKKSIDENT Ngo Dinh Diem was born on Jim 3. 1901 in Hue. capital of the former Vietnam Kingdom, the third son of the late Ngo Dinh Kha, Minister and Counsellor of Emperor Thanh Thai. Mr Kha wm a modern ttion
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  • 276 1 Situated on the eastern flank of the lndo Chinese peninsula. Vietnam is bordered to th«- north by China, to the *est by Laos and Cambodia, and to the east and south by the part of thr Pa< iti> IK* an called the hina Sea I>»->piti years of
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  • 507 1 THE Republic of Vietnam maintains friendly relations with all the nations of the free world. In October 1957, Saigon, the capital, was the seat for the ninth Colombo conference, in which 21 countries took part to seek solutions for the economic development
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  • 204 1 What the Press says on Diem Diem, well-known and respected through his land, has become the authentic symbol of nationalism Diem impressed me deeply by his grasp of the problems, not only of his own country but of Asia as a whole. He remains, of course. an unflinching foe of
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  • 286 1 LEADER SYMBOLISES THE TRUE SPRIT OF VIETNAM Message by Mr. TRAN KIM PHUONG, Charge d'Affaires for Vietnam in Malaya and Consul for Vietnam in Singapore. f\S the occasion of the state visit of His Ex- cellency Ngo Dinh Diem, President of the Rep u lie of Vietnam, it gives me
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  • 1116 1 k LTHOUGH Free Viet- nam was not a signatory of the Geneva Agreements of July 22 1954. this date has been a very important milestone in the history of the Vietnamese people. If the Geneva Agreement, signed at this time by the
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  • 1568 2 Solving all the varied social problems ON THE day in June, 19f>4. when he arrived in Saigon to take office as President, N g o Dinh Diem spoke of his Government's aim to achieve a real social revitahsation of the country. The Presiden
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  • 1324 2  -  MRS TRAN KIM PHUONG. By wife of the Vietnamese Charge d'Affairet THE VIETNAM woman, like most women in Asia, has a predilection for 1 family life but society in Vietnam and particularly man in that society, has made this prediction for domestic occupation
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    • 130 2 Greetings to I President Ngo Dinh Diem I from Singapore Merchants Yak Seng Hong An Kee. Southseas Corporation Ltd., 7 Hong Kong Street. 14-A. South Canal Road. Kwong Leun Seng Hing Kee Mvi Tai Co Medical Hall. 35 Upper Crcular Road 213 New Bridge Road Swee Huat fir Co.. Ltd..
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  • 352 3 IN the past, education in Vietnam was based essentially on the study of humanities. Teaching In almost every village was done by private scholars. Literature, history, and philosophy formed the basic programme aiminK at the formation of "wise gentlemen", coniMtered as the supreme
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  • 624 3 THE PRINCIPLE Of democratic government in Vietnam is derived from various Western sources adapted after consideration of many existing Asian constitutions to local conditions. Part and parcel of the Constitution is the Bill of Human Rights. The best way to condense the Constitution Is by
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  • 549 3 Music has an old tradition of its own TRADITIONAL Viet- namese music, although influenced in many places by Chinese music, has a strong and independent tradition of its own. One of the most colourrul aspects of their music are the special bands, still found in remote parts of
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  • 183 3 The majority belong to Buddhist religion -pilK MAJORITY of the subjects of President Diem, a Roman Catholic, are Buddhists In Vietnam there are several variants of the doctrine due to the sources from whirh thr religion was introduced or to the ■uperimposition of certain principle* suih as Confucianism. The (treat
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  • 315 3 The strict divisions of theatre —old and the new THERE is a stn I division in Vietnamese theatre between the 'hat boi" or classical theatre and the modern 'Ml luong" which originated in South Vietnam abou f 1920. The classical theatre 1* essentially tragic. and steeped In the great dra-
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    • 31 3 MESSAGERIES MARITIMES Serves V^ Vietnam jd^^^^X and the World SOUTHERN CO., (MALAYA) LTD. ASIA INSURANCE BUILDING, 9th, Floor-Room No. 9-E, Finloyson Green, Singapore 1. P.O. lei Tel. Not. ***** 2305 *****
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    • 49 3 STE dgj IBf Q^^jkWi DENIS -Q mlit y Rice Millers suppliers of FKtKtS VIETNAMESE LONG GRAIN RICE and preparers of the renowned PARBOILED RICE the only rice capable of being stored for long periods without deterioration. Sole Agents:— A. CLOUET CO. (S) LTD. 33 Woll.ch Street, Singapore. Tel: *****-7.
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  • 369 5 Facts and figures behind a country's economy I) It I culture comprises three-fifths of all agricultural activity, practiced in the two large plains of Vietnam the delta of the Red River in the North, and the valley of the Mekong River in the South as well
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  • 238 5 PLANNED: A DAM FOR POWER textile mills and distilleries Vietnam has also sugar refineries. paper and textile industries and some chemical Industries i oxygen, acetylene, carbon dioxide. absorbent carbon&i. which about >atlsfy the local demand. Traditional handicraft Industries are carried on by specialised artisans In the cities, and also in
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  • 629 5 THE HUNTER'S PARADISE EXTENDS EVEN TO GATES OF SAIGON VIETNAM has considerable hun- ting country which is among the most beautiful in Asia and one of the richest game countries in the world. it is remarkable for the variety of Us animal life, and is not unknown to huntsmen. The
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  • 225 5 Vietnam struggles back to normalcy A REBELLIOUS French colony only a few years ago. then for months a battlefield for Communist guerillas and the private armies of the religious sects, now 12 million Vietnamese, including a million refugees from Communist tyranny in the northern half of the truncated country, are
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  • 339 5 PRESIDENT Ngo Dinh Diem has an impressive record of of progressive leadership of his country. He has been for nearly six years at the helm, serving first as Premier then as President and in that time he has overcome seemingly insurmountable obstacles to put his country
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  • 313 5 War showed strategic importance T\HE strategic importance of Vietnam ts fully demonstrated during the second world war. In trie rttMtlir* -<r">inst .T*tr»ii tho Chungking Government of Nationalist China was substantially aided by Allied supplies funnelled through the Vietnamese harbour of Haiphong and from there by rail across the valley Ol
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  • 124 5 CONTRASTS FASCINATE TOURISTS yiETNAM has lung been reuarded as one of the world's most fascinating tourist attrat tions. The treat rti.^rsitT of its landscapes and its people,' the contrast between its ancient historic ruins and its modem urban centres, the variety of its climate and its flora. captivate the tourist
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    • 29 5 Greetings to the President of The Republic of Vietnam from SIN GUAN HUAT FISHING INDUSTRY COMPANY c 3 leach Lone, Singapore. Tel: ***** Store:— Tonjong Rhu, Singapore. Tel: *****
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    • 47 5 Air Vietnam has regular flights from SAIGON to Welcome pAR|S "board I t SJSS., HONGKONG A I R PNOMPENH VIENTIANE Air Vietnam's fleet of modern air liners include luxurious DC. 6B for long distance big aircraft comfort, Skymasters on medium range flights and Dakotas on interior routes.
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    • 54 5 1909 /y£\ La Societe d' Oxygene et d' Acetylene d' Extreme Orient (The Far East Oxygen Acetylene Co.) HAS BEEN ESTABLISHED IN VIETNAM FOR 51 YEARS AND HAS CONTRIBUTED 6REATLY TO THE COUNTRY'S INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT by supplying Industrial and Medical gases. Oxy-acerylene welding equipment. Arc and argon welding equipment. Metal-spraying
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