Eastern Sun, 18 September 1966

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  • 25 1 EASTERN SUN Independent. National Daily SINGAPORE EDITION Estd. 1966. Vol. 1. No. 63. Sunday, September 18 1966. ☆MC (P) 1942 KDN 2309 Price 15 renU
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  • 525 1 London, Saturday, (AP) MALAYSIA'S Prime Minister Tunku Abdul Rahman warned here today that the Vietnam conflict was the main threat to peace in the world. The Tunku added "If Commonwealth nations to make the Vietnam issues clear to the world." Chiding the African nations for over-estimating the
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  • 154 1 BANGKOK, Sat. (AFP) A total of 150,000 people lost their homes and 500,000 teres of paddy crops were destroyed by the recent Mekong River floods in the provinces of Mongkhai and Chiengrai, it was officially estimated her e yesterday. Under-secretary for the Interior Thawin
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  • 123 1 NAIROBI, Sat. (AFP) lan Smith. Rhodesia's "Rebel Premier", was given only one month to capitulate, by the British ultimatum worked out at this week's Commonwealth conference, Kenya Planning Minister Tom Mboya told newsmen tonight on return here from London. If Mr. Smith fails to repeal Rhodesia's
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  • 118 1 KUCHING. Sarawak. Sat. (AFP> Sarawak's Chief Minister Stephen Kalong Ningkan with the concurrence of all members of the Supreme Council has advised Governor Tun Haji Abang Openg to dissolve the State Council and hold general elections immediately. The Minister said that the Supreme Council
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  • 38 1 BANGKOK. Sat. (AP) A high ranking Thai military officer today was reported as saying that joint Thai'Jnited States special combat units are taking part in the suppression of Communist terrorists operating in Thailand
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  • 174 1 SALISBURY, Sat. (AFP) Police are this morning hunting for the African gangs who petrol-bombed shops and a hotel on the outskirts of Salisbury last night. No arrests have yet been made. Molotov Cocktails were hurled into a block of four shops in the suburbs
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  • 238 1 PENANG, Sat. Although Indonesian confrontation has now ended, Malaysia must always be on the alert and be ready to meet her enemies and other dangers which may arise. This was emphasised by the Chief Minister. Tan Sri Wong Pow Nee, at the pas-sing-out
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  • 393 1 NEW YORK. Sat. (AFP) President Ferdinand Marcos of the Philippines, described as "most happy" over the result of his talks in Washington with President Johnson, literally "dropped in" on New York yesterday as he arrived by helicopter to start a fiveday round of social functions
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  • 227 1 BOMBAY, India. Sat.— A vast gold-smuggling racket has been uncovered by police with the arrest this week of some top members of Bombay's hign society. One of India's leading racehorse owners, a prominent jeweller and a woman were among 15 people held following the
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  • 60 1 HONGKONG. Sat. (AFP) More than 200 Chinese fishermen from mainland China have escaped to Hong Kong "to avoid the Red Guards" the Hongkong English paper "Tiger Standard" reported today. The fishermen, many of them with wives and families, claimed that they "had been terrorised by
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  • 95 2 Scientist weds secretary KUALA LUMPUR, Sat. Photo shows Mr. Andrew Ng Chee Kong B.Sc. (Hons), third son of Mr. Mrs. Ng Swee Woon of K.L. and Miss Rina Tan Slew Yon p. youngest daughter of Madam Goh Poh Eng also of K.L. who were married in London recently. The bridegroom
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  • 308 2 KUCHINO, Sat. (AP) —Sarawak Chief Minister Dato Stephen Kalong Ningkan last night in a statement said he deeply deplored and was very unhappy to hear that the Federal Government had declared a State of Emergency in Sarawak. He said there was no reason for
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  • 138 2 Kuala Lumpur. Sat.—Dato Philip Kuok Hock Khee, Malaysia's Ambassador-de-singnate to Netherlands, said today that he expected a "very exciting and challenging" time ahead. Dato Philip was speaking to newsmen before he left for The Hague to take up his new appointment. He said: "My first
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  • 592 2 SINGAPORE, Sat. Twelve readers of the Eastern Sun here are among the 20 winners of Quiz Contest No. 6. The other winners are from Kedah 3; Selangor 2; Malacca 1; Trengganu 1; and Perak 1. The twenty winners will share the $3,000 prize. Each
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  • 178 2 Classmates win $3,000/contest SINGAPORE, Sat.-T„ classmates arc among tht lucky twenty winners k the Eastern Sun's. Quiz Contest No: 6 The two students are Ong Ker Seng. 18, and Walter Tang, 17, both to the Pre University Om (medicine) class at the Victoria School here. Walter, was extremely happy when
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  • 1587 2  -  By BENEDICT SANDIN KUCHING, Sarawak Sat. This year three Gawai Antu feasts were held In the Sarlbas District and one In the Kalaka. Of the three In the Sarlbas, one was held by Temenggong Ngelambong anak Llbu and his people at Sekundong In the Paku
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  • 216 3 SINGAPORE, Sat. The Joseph Enrika International Productions, producers of the Frank Sinatra Jr. and the Tommy Dorsey Orchestra show to be staged at the Rational Theatre at 8 p.m. on Tuesday. Sept. 20, are taking no chances about the Junior's safety while he
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  • 110 3 SINGAPORE, Sat. A Japanese Youth Goodwill Mission to South East Asia is scheduled to arrive in Singapore at the end of this month. The mission consists of 13 members and is led by Mr. K. Kasahara. They will sail into Singapore on the Royal Interocean
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  • 49 3 SINGAPORE, Sat. In Government Gazette notification released today, the Assistant Registrar of Societies, Mr. Woo* Hung Khim, has asked the Singapore Education Society for proof of its existence within three months. The Gazette also announced that the Ponggol Boys' Club has ceased to exist.
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  • 101 3 SINGAPORE, Sat Six Labour and Conservative Members of the British Parliament today called on the Deputy Premier, Dr. Toh Chin Chye, at City Hall. The visiting parliamentary delegation is led by Mr. J. McCann of the British Labour Party. The conference between Dr. Toh
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  • 96 3 SINGAPORE, Sat. The Singapore Government is now inviting tenders for the printing and supply of 15,000 multi-colour wall calendars of Singapore for 1967. This also includes the supply of 12,000 brown envelopes for the purpose of mailing these calendars abroad. The calendar will carry six
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  • 67 3 SINGAPORE, Sat. The Cambodian Travelling Exhibition at the Victoria Memorial Hall will be extended for another day till Monday, Sept. 19. This is due to the big crowd draw during the last one week since the exhibition was opened by the Vice-President of the Council of Ministers.
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  • 395 3 *tALA LUMPUR, Sat •-Malaysia's 12th. Judge. Mr. Justice Pawan Ahmad bin Ibrahim Rashid. today faye hi s solemn pledge to nphold the Constitution and toe role of law. Speaking after he was ceremonially elevated to the Bench, Mr. Justice Pawan Ahmad told the
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  • 387 3 President Yusof on task of nation-building SINGAPORE, Sat. The President of Singapore, Enche Yusof bin Ishak, tonight spoke about the "results and repercussions" arising out of the task of nation building. The President said: "Na-tion-building by our people, including professional groups and social
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  • 42 3 SINGAPORE. Sat. —Motorists continued to be "reckless' on the road inspite of the current island-wide Safety First campaign. In the last 24 hours, police recorded a total of 100 traffic accidents of which one was fatal and another serious.
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  • 223 3 SINGAPORE GOODS SINGAPORE, Sat. Britain will adopt an opendoor policy towards manufactured goods coming from developing countries, including Singapore. This was stated by Mr. Douglas Jay, President of the Board of Trade and a member of the British Cabinet, to newsmen at the airport
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  • 141 3 KUALA LUMPUR, Sat. "Malaysian armed forces will attend the two-day celebration of Indonesian Armed Forces Day on Oct. 5 and 6," said Air Vice Marshal Leo Wattimena. Marshal Leo was speaking to newsmen at the airport before leaving for home with 14
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  • 170 3 SINGAPORE. Sat. The Singapore Premier, Mr. Lee Kuan Yew, has been credited to have a "quick brain", comparable with that of the British Prime Minister, Mr. Harold Wilson. The comparison was made in a paragraph which appeared in the London Evening Standard on Thursday
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  • 160 3 SINGAPORE. Sat The Kreta Ayer Children's Centre held a variety concert at its premises this afternoon to mark an end to the Third Parents' Day tor Social Welfare Children Centres and Creches. Among those present was the Minister for Culture and Social Affairs,
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  • 59 3 SINGAPORE. Sat. A Government Gazette notification today announced the promotion of Dr. Tan Kwang Hoh as Senior Paedriatrics Specialist with effect from Sept. 1. Dr. Tan was a paediatrics specialist prior to his promotion. Two dental surgeons, Mr. Wong Hee Deong and Mr. Tan Yok Lin, were promoted as
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  • 131 3 SINGAPORE. Sat. Mr. Ong Leong Boon, a fourth year medical student has been elected President of the University of Singapore Students' Union. Before his election as President. by the new Students' Council. Mr. Ong was Welfare Secretary of the old Council. The Executive
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  • 51 3 MALACCA. Sat. The State Government has helped nine Malays, including two women, to jointly purchase a 50-acre rubber estate at Ayer Pa~ bas. The purchasers today received loans totalling $75,006. which is 75 percent of the purchase price. The State Government had earlier cranted 36 similar loans totalling
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  • 158 3 SINGAPORE, Sat. The use of photography in class* rooms can hasten and increase the understanding of students of ail ages. This is proved by the increased use of motion pictures, projection of colour slides in the classroom and pictures in text books. This
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  • 254 3 SINGAPORE, Sat. Programmes featured by Television Singapura were praised and attacked by a reader of the Eastern Sun today, signing himself as "A. M. Kluang". In his letter to the Editor, "A.M. Kluang" said: "Being a frequent visitor to Singapore, I am delighted to
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  • 117 3 SINGAPORE, Sat The Royal Navy frigate. Loch Fada, has taken aboard seven crew members of .the ore carrier, August Moon, from the USN aircraft carrier, Oriskany, after an air-sea rescue operation, which involved British, American, Japanese, and Australian ships. A Royal
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  • 64 3 SINGAPORE, Sat Electricity will be turned off in the following areas on 23.9.66 between 9 a.m. and 6.30 p.m.: Neil Road (between Craig Road and Tanjong Pagar Road), Teck Lim Road, Kreta Ayer and Craig Road. Water will be cut off from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. on
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  • 68 3 SINGAPORE, Sat. Fifteen cadets from the Pasir Pajang School Cadet Corps will carry out a Section Attack and Defence Demonstration at the Pasir Panjang Secondary School Field on Monday from 3 6 p.m. and on Sept. 20 from 9.30 11 a.m. The Police Secretary, Mr.
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  • 86 3 SINGAPORE, Sat. An unidentified aged woman fell off a moving bus yesterday morning and died four hours later in the General Hospital. According to the Police, the woman is about 65 years old, live feet tall, and has a fair complexion. Police said the bus
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  • 111 3 SINGAPORE, Sat. Kodak (Malaya) Ltd. has presented to the Adult Education Board one Kodak Rapid Colour Processor Model 16K for use in the Board's colour photography classes. The equipment, costing about $4,100 is being made on the occasion of the 50th Anniversary celebrations of Kodak.
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  • 159 3 KUALA LUMPUR, Sat. The 500 employees of the National Electricity Board have called off their picketing after receiving a promise from the management to evolve a "fair and equitable" pay scheme for them. This assurance was contained in a joint statement issued this afternoon by
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  • 81 4 They are (from left): Mr. Cheng Chih Chens, director of Prima Flour Mills Ltd., Singapore; Mr. Robert Ang. director, Khong Guan Flour Milling Limited. Singapore; Mr. P.
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  • 61 4 IPOH, Sat. A dog's bite on a P.W.D. water meter reader cost the dog's owner. Quah Ching Kow $2O in fine in the Magistrate's Court here today. Mr. Quah was also ordered to give a further $2O as compensation to the victim, Noordin bin Darus, who was bitten
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  • 148 4 MALACCA, Sat. The Malacca State Government is determined to increase food production here next year. To ensure thl« the Government will Itself grow maize and padl on 1.000 acres of private sawah—the Chief Minister Enche Abdul Ohafar bin Baba disclosed this yesterday when he launched
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  • 56 4 KUALA LUMPUR. Satin the Eastern Sun article headed "Planning the future of Kuala Lumpur" on Sept. 15. It was stated that Mr. Ooh Hock Guan has "worked for two years with the Commission of Low Cost Housing In Malaya". The correct one should be "The Housing Commission
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  • 859 4  -  By Madeliene Nathan SINGAPORE, Sat. "Ye Gods! What will you women take to next?" growled the stocky, rugged, chief flying instructor to the robust, career-cum housewife beside him as she swung into the twoseater Cessna 150 for another solo spin
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  • 259 4 Kuala Lumpur, Sat. The Alliance Government came under flre today for its insistence on a "Made in Kuala Lumpur" Sarawak Chief Minister. The attack came from the chairman of Democratic Action Party, Dr. Chen Man Hin in an article published in the
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  • 281 4 IPOH Sat. The Perak State Assembly this morning unanimously passed two Bills and two motions. In moving the Bill seeking the Asembly s approval for a sum of $1,995,892/- out of the consolidated fund for additional payment for the state public services for 1966, the
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  • 71 4 KAJANG, Sat. School authorities in Kajang area have asked parents and guardians of children registered for admission to primary schools in 1967 to note that they must come to the school now to confirm acceptance. They are reminded that the last day for them to
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  • 85 4 KAJANG, Sat. A violin class for teachers of the Kajang Primary English School II has been formed. The class Is under the charge of Mr. Loh Pak, headmaster of the school, who, Incidentally, Is also the Instructor of this violin class. This is the first time such
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  • 138 4 MALACCA, Sat. The Stale Government of Malacca has set aside $2 million to enable the people to buy property. Under this scheme, loans as much as 75 Der cent of the cost of the property, would be given to the people and the repayment would be
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  • 110 4 SINGAPORE. Sat. —Mr. E. F. Joseph, one of twenty winners from last week's Eastern Sun Quit Contest writes enthusiastically from Tampin: "In my opinion, your competition is very interesting and stimulating. It acts as a refresher course for me." A teacher and a very persevering one
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  • 84 4 IPOH Sat.—Two Police Constables on beat duty in Kuala Kurau, a fishing village, caught a burglar while he was ransacking a house on the main road recently. The attention of the two policemen was drawn by the front door of a shophouse b«mg left a jar. They
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  • 230 4 KUALA LUMPUR. Sat.— Two fishermen were robbed of about $10,066 worth of fishing craft and equipment by armed pirates at the one-fathom bank near Pulau Ketam in the Straits of Malacca on Thursday night. The two cases of piracy took place within one hour of
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  • 94 4 KUALA LUMPUR, Sat.— More than 5,000 people have attended the 9th National Art Exhibition, currently showing at the National Art gallery here. The Exhibition which was opened, by the Minister of Finance. Mr. Tan Siew Sin, on Aug. 5. had attracted an attendance of 5,276
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  • 22 4 KUALA LUMPUR Sat:—Enche Junid bin Haji Abdul Rahim. who has been appointed Secretary to the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting.
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  • Page 4 Miscellaneous
    • 703 4 What's on in todays Radio and Television TV MALAYSIA CHANNEL 5 Kuala Lumpur and Penang; 6 Ipoh and Malacca; 3 and 10 Johore Bataru; 4 Taiping; 7 Batu Pahat: 9 Kluang. P.M. 3.00 Opening Annct.; 3.01 Our National Language Lesson; 3.16 Masters Golf Tournament; 4.46 Cartoon Classics; 4.51 Close Down.
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  • 136 5 SINGAPORE, Sat. Singapore Police today launched an island-wide manhunt for eight thugs who killed a 14-year-old unemployed youth yesterday. The youth, Samsudin bin Dawi. of Nassim Road, was cycling home when he was suddenly pounced by the mob, armed with iron bars and razor-sharp kniveg. The
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  • 144 5 Jek opens mil. school SINGAPORE, Sat. The Minister for Labour, Mr. Jek Yuen Thong, this evening declared open the new million-dollar New Town Secondary School at Queenstown the 68th school to be open by the PAP Government. In his speech, Mr. Jek pointed out that the integration of pupils and
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  • 153 5 SINGAPORE, Sat.— The Royal Singapore Yacht Club, acclaimed as one of the best equipped sailing and rowing and power boating centres in South-East Asia, opened a new floating filling station for powerboat enthusiasts. The floating filling station, built at a cost of 127.000, was developed and constructed
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  • 426 5 SINGAPORE, Sat. The University of Singapore may soon have its own separate teaching hospital,- including a Dental School in the near future. This was envisaged by the Minister of Health, Mr. Yong Nyuk Lin, when he spoke at a dinner celebrating the
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  • 69 5 MALACCA, Sat. Men in the rural areas here are shying away from adult education classes. As a result, about 60 percent of those attending the classes now are women. This is because the men feel ashamed when they And that their children or grandchildren are more knowledgeable. The
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  • 52 5 SINGAPORE. Sat—From Monday, military installations in the Republic will use electric sirens to signal the beginning and end of working hours for employees. The sirens will also be used at stores, workshops, etc. at these installations as fire alarms. The public are advised not to
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  • 94 5 SINGAPORE, Sat. The University of Singapore Law Society will stage a mock murder trial during the last week of November. All the roles in the trial ranging from the accused to the defence and prosecution will be filled by law fttu- dents. The scene of the "murder"
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  • 110 5 SINGAPORE, Sat. The Department of Extramural Studies of the University of Singapore will conduct a course on the "Monetary system in Singapore and Malaysia" in November. The course deals with the "implications" of separate currencies to be issued by the Singapore and' Malaysian Governments in June next
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  • 62 5 SINGAPORE. Sat.— The Kong Wai Siu Free Hospital and the Thong Chai Medical Instiution yesterday received cheques totalling $3,914 at a press conference at G.H. Cafe. The presentation was made by Messrs. Kwan Loong Co., Ltd. and the money represented the total proceeds from the Hsi Shih
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  • 81 5 IPOH, Sat.— To Smoke' won the day in a popular voting contest organised by Shaw Bros, here from Sept. 1 to 15.. 'To Smoke' polled 3,278 votes while 'Not To Smoke' managed with 3.144 votes an almost neck to neck finish of 134 votes difference. Mr. Teoh Kim
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  • 44 5 SINGAPORE, Sat. The Republic's Prime Minister, Mr. Ler Kuan Yew, meeting the Conservative opposition leader, Mr. Edward Heath, at the latter's flat in London on Wednesday. Also in the picture is Mr. A. P. Rajah, Singapore's High Commissioner in London.
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  • 752 5 SINGAPORE, Sat. The Republic has the potential of being developed into a great tourist centre comparable to Hongkong or Hawaii. Mr. E.W. Barker, Minister for Law and National Development. said this today at a luncheon meeting to launch "Miss Tourism Singapura" for
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  • 70 5 MUAR. Sat. Madam Khoo Geok Khim. the w Muar widow** with her pathetic children, seen receiving $lOO from the President of Muar Rotary Club, Mr D. P. Pereira. Th e cash donation came from the Rotary Club of Singapore West. Madam Khoo. an 80 cents-a-day rubber
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  • 250 5 SINGAPORE, Sat. Man needs the strength of a religious faith if he is to And meaning in life and be useful to his fellowmen. It is therefore necessary that every man must have a vital religious faith. This call came from Mr.
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  • 63 5 PENANG, Sat—A young woman, Marion J. Joy, who parked her car in Tanjong Bungah recently, was shocked when she returned from the R.A.A.F. Club to find $l5O cash and personal belongings, valued at $250, contained in her handbag, missing. One of the locked doors of her car had
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  • 126 5 IPOH. Sat. A Bill, enacting an additional expenditure of $2,355,892 for the year was unanimously passed at the State Legislative meeting here today. The Mentri Besar. Dato Ahmad bin Said, said the appropriation of the sum of $1,955,892 was urgently required to meet the necessary increased
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  • 124 5 MALACCA. Sat.—A black week precedes the Road Safety Week here which begins on Monday. Yesterday, Malacca Police registered the fourth road fatality for the week when a 53-year-old pedestrian. Wong Ah Hoi. was killed following a collision with a motorcycle at Batu Berendam. The
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  • 246 5 KUALA LUMPUR. Sat. The Director of Tourism, Malaysia. Enche Osman Siru, disclosed today that his Department was drawing up a programme to support International Tourist Year next year. The slogan "Tourism Passport to Peace" will be used widely in 1967. Speaking at the inaugural meeting of the
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  • Page 5 Miscellaneous
    • 81 5 STORE DIARY 19 a.m. to 8p.m. Victoria Memorial Hall. Empress Place: Travelling Exhibition of Cambodia. 8 p.m. National Theatre, Tank Road: Miss Singapore Beauty Contest. TIME AND TIDE Jenang: 2.28 a.m. (8.8 ft.), 2.42 p.m. (8.2 ft.). Port Swettenham: 7.54 a.m. (15.3 ft.), 8.09 p.m. < l4 "•>• Port Dickson:
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  • WORLD NEWS
    • 293 6  -  STUDENTS CLASH WITH POLICE By LANCE BELVILLE ftIO DE JANEIRO, Sat. (UPI) New anti-govern T ment student demonstrations resulted in dozens of persons jailed here yesterday. In Belo Horizonte, students clashed briefly with police. Using tear gas and swinging nightsticks, police in the interior city quickly broke up
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    • 160 6 DJIBOUTI, Sat. (UPI)— Officials said yesterday that five Africans were killed on Wednesday and Thursday in clashes between security forces and rioting African youths. Unofficial sources claimed the toll was high as 21 were killed. The informants said the African population carried off the street most
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    • 166 6 WASHINGTON, Sat. (AP) A French designed missile which might be used against Communist junks and gunboats in Vietnam is being studied for possible production in the United States, Pentagon sources said yesterday. The Defence Department said officially, however, that no decision had been made to procure the AS-12
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    • 111 6 WASHINGTON. Sat. CAP) President Johnson yesterday proclaimed Oct. 9 as Leif Erikson Day in honour of the Viking explorer credited by some scholars with the discovery of America. Johnson, in his proclamation, did not get involved as to whether Erikson or Columbus made the discovery. But
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    • 476 6  -  By William N. Oatis TTNITED NATIONS, Sat. K (AP) The Soviet Union and Hungary will soon, make voluntary contributions to ease the United Nations peacekeeping det ic 11, Eastern European sources said last night. Hungarian Foreign Minister Janos Peter and Soviet Foreign Minister
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    • 72 6 S» P Ami» N: durinz drawi Sf sl l ows astronaut Richard F. Gordon Jr. astride darted about snap* hniriin on J. u u s Gordon wiped the Gemini windshields, Sena ho }Mng a gun which acts as space mechanic. He goes to
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    • 217 6 llflAMl. Sat. (AP)—About 25 Cuban demonstrators were arrested last night as fighting broke out between police and the Cubans during a demonstration protesting detention of four Guerrillas in Nassau. Witnesses said the fighting began when a small band of demonstrators tried to push past a police
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    • 193 6 TOKYO, Sat. (AP) Soviet-Japanese negotiations to develop natural fas in Russian-held Northern Sakhalin for long-term supply to Japan, have opened here. Participating In the talks are L.A. Shushpanov. VicePresident of the Soviet and Oil Product Export Corporation, and Japanese officials of Marubeni lida Trading Co.
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    • 333 6 MOSCOW Sat. (LPI) Pravda, in a doublebarrelled attack, yesterday denounced Communist China's "cultural revolution' and the rampaging mobs of teenaged Red Guards enforcing it. The denunciation came in a commentary signed by Ideologist Sergei Kovalev and a dispatch from the papers Peking correspondent. Kovalev
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    • 79 6 MANILA. Sat. (UPI) Four Filipino farmers, including a father and his two sons, have been sentenced to life imprisonment for the robbery-slaying of a widow and her two daughters last year. Convicted of robbery in hand with multiple homicide were Brlgildo Vlllarta, 51, his
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    • 103 6 DACCA, Sat. (AP). Nearly 50,000 Dersons have been evacuated by firemen and police by boat and car from this city, flooded by 42 hours of continual rain. The bodies of a woman and a child were recovered from one swamped home. Half of the city
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    • 94 6 WEST BERLIN. Sat. Two East German couples and four-year-old boy pictured in West Berlin recently after smashing their way to freedom from East Berlin in aa armoured bulldozer. Both women, aged 18 and 26. are expecting babies. The boy is the son of the 26-year-old
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    • 631 6 LONDON, Sat. Hong Kong can look forward to an increase in twoway trade with Britain following important business talks in London this week. This was reported by Sir Sik-Nin Chau, the chairman of the Hong Kong Trade Development Council, who wound up an
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    • 99 7 WALLOPS ISLAND, Sat. (UPI) Scientists failed for the 10th time yesterday to launch a rocket to put colourful clouds In space over the eastern United 6tates. Natural clouds hovering overhead caused the 10th cancellation in as many days. The launch was reicheduled this evening. The shot was
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    • 122 7 LONDON, Sat.—A mixture of expressions on faces of delegates to the current Commonwealth Premiers' Conference as they leave the morning session at Marlborough House recently. Singapore Premier Lee Kuan Yew (holding paper) is anxiously looking for his car. More than two-thirds of the Commonwealth Nations united behind
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    • 66 7 MOSCOW. Sat. (AP) American diplomat Donald R. Lesh left the Soviet Union yesterday after the Kremlin ordered him out in an apparent retaliation for the expulsion of a Soviet diplomat from Washington. Mr. Lesh, 34, a Second Secretary in the U.S. Embassy's political section, was told
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    • 58 7 MURUROA ISLANDS, Sat. This four-way combo shows the cloud made up t>7 the nuclear blast set off by the French In this area on Sept. 11. Top, from left shows the cloud starting; lower left to right shows the cloud slowly raising and bending under the wind.
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    • 440 7  -  Bv PATRICK KILLEN WASHINGTON, Sat. (LPI) Philippine President Ferdinand E. Marcos said yesterday he believed last Sunday's successful election in South Vietnam were the "turning point" in the democratic development of that war-torn land. During a question and answer period after a National
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    • 550 7  -  By Robert G. Hoig a>IAHA, Sat. (UPI) John (Fritz) Johnson, Omaha Television personality, revealed last year to be a lonji-missing Ohio salesman who had been declared legally dead, died of cancer yesterday. His secret died with him. The "dead ringer" with fantastic double life,
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    • 84 7 LONDON, Sat. Major General Tan Sri Walter Colyear Walker is pictured (left) shaking hands with Malaysian Premier Tunku Abdul Rahman when the former received a Malaysian knighthood—the Panglima Mangku Negara (Honorary —at the Malaysian High Commission here on Sept. 14. The Major
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    • 221 7 CAPE KENNEDY. Sat. (AP) Grinning from ear to ear, the Gemini 11 astronauts came back here yesterday and thanked the launch crew for the perfect liftoff that enabled them to achieve their remarkable, record-breaking space flight. Navy Commander Charles (Pete) Conrad Jr. and Navy Lieutenant Commander
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    • 84 7 CAPE KENNEDY, Sat.— The protective nose cone of a United States Air Force Titan 3-c rocket falls away exposing eight military communications satellites stacked atop the rocket in this artist's impression. The eight satellites, combined with seven already in orbit, were scheduled to form the Defence
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  • 383 8 A Malaysian Trade Mission will soon be leaving for Moscow to find new markets for our rubber, tin and timber. A rubber mission had been to the Iron Curtain countries before. As an industrial and military nation Soviet Russia needs the raw materials from Malaysia. Whether we
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  • 389 8 fTHE road safety campaigns have become blase and the slogans fall on deaf ears because the public treat them as cliches. While the National Safety First Council is doing its best to educate the drivers of vehicles of all types in road manners, the drivers themselves could not
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  • 2280 8 Indonesia-key to S.E.A.'s future KUALA LUMPUR, SATURDAY The Prime Minister, Tunku Abdul Rahman, has appealed to the Free World to help Indonesia in its economic recovery. The Tunku made the appeal during a discussion on the world situation at the Commonwealth Prime
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  • Commercial and industrial
    • 427 9 SINGAPORE, Sat. Xnverstors and punters alike had a good week, says the weekly report of a stockbrokers firm. Investors welcomed cheaper offerings and punters, who seemed to have temporarily forsaken the totalizator windows of the Turf Club aggressively sold shares at ever-decreasing prices. "Of all the
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    • 43 9 SINGAPORE, Sat. The Association of Banks in Malaysia made the following changes in its rates to merchants today:— Selling T.T./O.D. ready: Deutsche Marks 129-1/8; Belgian Francs 1615; French Francs 159-5/8; Italian Lire *****; Danish Kroner 224. Other exchange rates rewain unchanged.
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    • 282 9 LONDON, Sat. (UPI) Malaysian Minister of Commerce and Industry Dr. Lim Swee Aun warned yesterday that his nation cannot continue its high rate of tin production unless the "floor price" is raised under the international tin agreement Dr. Lim, in a statement of
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    • 134 9 TOKYO, Sat. (Kyodo) Japan Air Lines is actively planning to open services to Central and South America by the next Mexican Olympic Games to be held in 1968. JAL officials are all eager to carry the Japanese Olympic delegation to Mexico aboard planes flying
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    • 53 9 NEW YORK, Sat. (UPI)— Rubber futures closed ten points lower across the board on no sales yesterday. Offers were: Nov. 22.20 22.80 Jan. 22.40 22.90 March 22.40 22.90 May 22.40 22.90 July 22.40 22.90 Sept. 22.40 22.90 Locally, No. 1 RSS was quoted at 22-3/8 cents a pound,
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    • 151 9 SINGAPORE The following ships are txpected to be in port today:— Godowns Vessels 1/2 Hong Kong Delegate 1/4 Mentor 5 Singapore Mara 6/7 Thorscape 10/11 Oceania Mara 13/14 Neder Rijn 18 Nara Jl/22 Elizan Mara 23/24 Hugo Kollata] 25/26 Halldor 27/28 Ceylon Mara 29/30 State of Madras 33/34
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    • 226 9 SINGAPORE, Sat. Two P and O cargo ships, the 8,199-ton Salsette and Salmara, are to be transferred to the Eastern and Australian Steamship Co. Ltd., a P and O group subsidiary company. The ships, both built in 1956, will replace E and A's war-built Nelore
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    • 96 9 LONDON, Sat. (AFP) Britain's balance of payments position improved by £3l million in the second quarters of this year, the Treasury announced here. The balance cf payments deficit was £53 million compared to £B4 million in the first quarter. The overall deficit for the first
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    • 83 9 LA PAZ, Bolivia, Sat. (AP) Bolivia requested formally yesterday a suspension of U.S. sales of tin strategic reserves. Foreign Minister Alberto Crespo Gutirrez handed the official request to U.S. Ambassador Douglas Henderson, after a joint meeting with the Ministers of Mines, Economy and Finance, and
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    • 67 9 MONTREAL, Sat.—(UPD —Mr. Knut Hammarskjold, Director-General of the International Air Transport Association (lATA), left yesterday on a visit to headquarters of several Far Eastern airlines. Mr. Hammarskjold plans to visit Tokyo, Hongkong Bangkok, Jakarta and Manila. In addition to conferring with the managements of Japan
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    • 323 9 SINGAPORE, Sat Industrials were generally quiet and steady. Prices were maintaining yesterday's level; but turnover was small. Tins were slightly better with interest widespread. Business in and reported to the Singapore and Kuala Lumpur trading rooms of the Stock Exchange today with the number of shares traded
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    • 99 9 WASHINGTON, Sat. (AFP) Sharply rising imports of finished cotton products was the main subject of discussion at this week's meeting of USDA's cotton Advisory Committee. The committee set up an export-import sub-committee charged with investigating the reasons behind "how the Japanese import our raw cotton,
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    • 33 9 MANILA. Sat (UPI) Most Asian governments are losing out to private firms in the recruitment of skilled workers because of low government wages, according to Philippine Education Secretary Carlos P. Romulo.
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    • 44 9 NAIROBI, Sat. (AFP) Kenya banks began issuing new currency notes bearing the head of President Xenyatta. Bank notes of five, ten, twenty and fifty and hundred shillings came into circulation soon after opening by President Kenyatta of the Central Bank of Kenya.
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    • 16 9 SINGAPORE, Sat. The tin price for today was $604-7/8 per picul, down 1/8. i
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    • 22 9 WASHINGTON. Sat.(AP) —The U.S. Government sold 15 long tons of Grade B surplus stockpile tin yesterday at U551.5225 a pound.
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    • STOCK EXCHANGE-MALAYSIA, S'PORE
      • 202 9 B S Boustead 1.48 1.52 C.T.S. Ords 47/9 Chemical Co 1.35 1.36 Cola Storage 2.69 2.73 Dunlop 2.21 •7 E. Smelting 3.94 Esso Ords 2.78 United Holdings CCR 1.83 Fitzpatricks 1.55 F. N. Ords. CDCB 3.46 3.48 Gammon CD 1.87 1.88 Georgetown 1.15 G E. Life 62.50 Guinness 2.11
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      • 34 9 Central Prop 76$ City Dev. 34 .34 Faber Union 48 Island Pen 42 .44 K. L. Prop 79 .84 San Holdings 26$ .27 Sel. Prop 1.22 S'pore Land 54 .55 Town City 77
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      • 119 9 Aokam 3.70 Austral Amal. CD 20/3 23/3 Austral Malay CDXR 32/6 Ayer Hltam 20/6 20/10* Berjuntal 32/32/6 Gopeng 33/1* 34/Hong Kong 35/Idris Hyd 13/6 14/3 K'pong Lanjut 22/9 23/Kamunting 18/18/7* Kent 7/10 8/7 Killinghall 39/- Kinta Kellas 38/Kramat 10/3 12/Kuala Kampar 24/24/4 J Kuchai 1.85 Lai ut 10/10$ Lingui
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      • 34 9 Anglo-Asian XD 1/1 1/2 Anglo Oriental 3/4* 3/7 Bk S'bawang XD 5/3 5/8 Cicely 2/6 Craigielea 1/2 1/4 Golden Hope 4/9 K L KeDone 2/Kulim 1/7 1/8 Strs Rubber 1/11 Taiping 2/8
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      • 45 9 Ayer Hitam 1.30 Batu Lintang 1.71 Kempas 1.85 1.93 Kepong Plant 1.98 Kluang Ord. 1.60 1.76 Kuala Sidim 1.64 Mentakab 1.60 New Scudai 4.10 4.50 New Serendah 2.26 Riverview 2/5 Sel. Coconut 2.85 3.00 Sungei Bagan 1.58 Siincpi Tiikancr 1.03 United Malacca 1.80
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      • 28 9 First Malayan 2.11 2.21 Second Malayan 1.49 1.59 Third Malayan 1.10 1.21 Malaysian Commerce .86 .97 Mai. Savings Fund XD 1.26 1.36 Sterling Commodity 3/10 4/5
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    • AIR MOVEMENTS – SINGAPORE, KUALA LUMPUR
      • 148 9 TIME airline FROM 8.20 a m. 8.50 a.m. 10.55 a.m. 10.30 a.m. 2.45 p.m. 3.30 p.m. 5.00 p.m. 5.30 p.m. 5.45 p.m. 6.30 p.m. 7.25 p.m. 8.15 p.m. 7.55 p.m. 8.05 p.m. 8.15 pjn. ML 091 JAL 712 MAL 005 MAL 451 MAL 043 VN 646 MAL
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      • 163 9 TIME 7.00 a.m. 7.31 a.m. 8.00 a.m. 8.30 a.m. 8.45 a.m. 9.00 ajn. FLIGHT ML 002 MAL 654 Thai 402 MAL 614 PAA 842 CPA 974 TO Malacca. Kuala Lumpur, Ipoh, Penang. Jesselton, Hongkong. K. Lumpur, Bangkok. Saigon. Hongkong. Saigon, Guam, Honolulu, Los Angles, San Francisco. Kuala
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      • 110 9 TIME AIRLINE FKOM 825 a.m. MAL (ML 002) Singapore. Malacca. 8.50 a.m. Thai (TG 402) Singapore. 9.15 a.m. MAL (ML 005) Penang, Ipoh. 9.40 a.m. Cathay (CX 974) Singapore. 10.05 a.m. MAL (ML 042) Singapore. 12.30 p.m. MAL (ML 512) Singapore. 12.35 p.m. MAL (ML 008)
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      • 115 9 TIME AIRLINE TO 7.15 a.m. MAL (ML 019) Singapore. Ipon, Penang. 8.45 a.m. MAL (ML 002) 9.25 a.m. Thai (TG 402) Bangkok (Saigon). 9.30 a.m. MAL (ML 005) Malacca, Sinapore. 10.05 a.m. Cathay (CX 974) Hongkong, Manila. 10.20 a.m. MAL (ML 042) Kota Bahru. 12.50 p.m.
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    • 115 9 WASHINGTON, Sat (AP) French purchases of U.S. gold soared to their highest level in more than a year during the second quarter of this year, the U.S. Treasury Department reported. A quarterly report on sales and purchases of gold showed that, had it not been for France,
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    • 121 9 SINGAPORE, Sat. Singapore Chinese Pro* duce Exchange noon prices today were: Previous Today'! Sellers Sellers Coconut oil (FOB) Bulk Sept 43.00 43.00 Coconut oil (IX)B) Drums Sept. TtT TtT 44.00 44.50 Sugar (Java) ex-godown Nutmegs 110s 25.50 475.00 26.00 475.00 Nutmegs B W 250.00 250.00 Garbled Lampong Black Pepper
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  • POPPING AROUND with PLATTER PETE
    • 373 10 SINGAPORE, Sat. VICTOR WOO of Singapore had no love for the guitar. At first, that is. Now he is the lead guitarist of The Trailers. Lead guitarist? Yes siree! Victor IS The Trailers' lead guitarist. And The Trailers are, of course, one of the leading
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    • Article, Illustration
      462 10 Singapore, Sat. Pete Quaife of the Kinks, who has been unable to play with the group since he sustained injuries in a road accident nearly three months ago, may now permanently leave the group. He is now holidaying In Copenhagen, where reports suggest that he will not return
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    • 342 10 Singapore, Sat. LOS BRAVOS I Don't Care/Don't Be Left Out In The Cold (Decca). This is the new one by that "Black is Black" group. Quite different from their first hit, this is more tuneful, and not so vigorous and pounding. With girl chorus chanting behind the Gene Pitney-styled
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    • 333 10 Singapore, Saturday. ONCE upon a time, there was a girl named Goldie Zelkowitz. She went to work every day at a very humdrum job as a secretary for an im-port-export firm. Goldie was a pretty girl, and she liked rhythm. But that job in the
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    • 849 10 Hi there. As predicted, the Beatles Stones election was a keenly fought tussle. There were times when they were neck to neck. But the Beatles manage to edge in by II votes in the end. The final results were: BEATLES: 157; STONES: 146. For this week, the
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  • Page 10 Advertisements
    • 40 10 PLATTER PETE'S POP POLL 18.9.66 CANDIDATES: (A) Elvis Presley (B) Cliff Richard Mark an X against your choice NAME: ADDRESS: Send your votes to: Platter Pete's Pop Poll, c/o Eastern Sun, 23-B Cantonment Road, Singapore 2. NOT LATER THAN 22.9.66
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  • Page 10 Miscellaneous
    • 157 10 TOP 0 AMERICA'S TOP TEN (By courtesy of Billboard) 1. You Can't Hurry Love Supremes (Motown). 2. Yellow Submarine... Beatles (Capitol). 3. Sunshine Superman ...Donovan (Epic). 4. Cherish ...Association (Valiant). 5. Bus Stop Hollies (Imperial). 6. See You In September ...Happenings (B. T. Puppy). 7. Land Of 1000 Dances Wilson
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  • THE NEW FILMS
    • 155 11  - 'Blue and Black' cuts short 'Boo-hoo-hoo' stuff By T.S.O. Kuala Lumpur, Sat. Part two of "Blue and Black" Mandarin in Shawscope and colour opens with the bombing of Pearl Harbour. Hong Kong has fallen. And Chungking* is isolated. Tou take up the tale of tbe lovers again. Kuan Shan is
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    • 274 11  - 'The Greatest Story Ever Told' A MUST for ALL -By l TAI SING ONN THE George Stevens production of "THE GREATEST STORY EVER TOLD" is truly a magnificent film a heartwarming cinematic experience. This United Artists release in Cinerama lasts 225 minutes but you get so taken up with the
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    • 486 11 Hiss-n-Bliss of marriage Audrey, Albert way PARIS Sat. Apart from the obvious physical charms of all the fascinating locations into which their producer-director Stanley Donen has taken them, Audrey Hepburn and Albert Finney are two stars grateful for the sheer normalcy of their work- ing conditions. "I never imagined that
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    • 61 11 Three of the feminine stars who appear with James Garner in MGM's "Woman Without A Face** have show business backgrounds. Jean Simmons' grandfather was a music hall performer in England. Suzanne Pleshette is the daughter of Gene Pleshette, executive director with the American Broadcasting Company. Angela
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    • 264 11  -  By MERVYN NICHOLAS SINGAPORE, Sat The film, "Seven Golden Men," is not a spy sago which we see so frequently nowdays. It is a straight forward story about seven desperate men who staged a mass bank robbery only to find that their
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  • Page 11 Advertisements
    • 116 11 Eastern Son CtfiSSIFIEBS INTEREST EVERYBOOV four m$ SUNDAY BUFFET LUNCH 12 noon to 3 p.m. Lunch-time thrill A Sumptious display of delicacies expertly prepared and every one a tempting and delicious dish. $9 per head $5 ea. for children. C^iKTEJKUNIINM!^ NOW SHOWING KING'S JUBILEE 1.15. 3.30. I! 1.39, 3.30 1.99,
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  • Page 11 Miscellaneous
    • 183 11 asm ORGANISATION KIODEON Phone 21-116 L\ST DAYS! 11, 2.3®. 11.50. $2 50 $4.00 No Fre« List CASH BOOKINGS ONLY 44 The AGONY And The ECSTASY- (Foil Charlton Heston Re* Harriaon 70 MM Color by Deluxe School Children Concession •1.50 to any seat daily at ll a in 2.30 6 p.m.
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    • 250 11 CAPITOL Phone ***** lttfc BIG DAY! 11 am. 1.45 4.00, 6.30 30 pm Gregory-Pec It Sophia Loren is "ARABESQUE" Panavision Color (UI-SBI Tonight Midnight "LOVE IN SPRING" Mandarin in Scope Color Today tam Morning Show "Whirlwind Rambler" Mandarin LIDO Phone *****| m ***** REX-SKY ***** m NOW SHOWING 0 11am,
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  • WOMEN'S PAGE
    • 266 12 SINGAPORE, Sat. Its here, the new National electric hair dryer Model MH 3, encased in a deluxe style hand bag in an attractive two tone colours or either biege and blue or biege and pink. Its extremely quite. National motor promises the utmost convenience in
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    • 68 12 TOKO KOZAKURA, at 47, looks as young as a woman in her 20's. Often referred to as "Japan's Liz Taylor/' Kozakura attributes her beauty and health to the twin techniques—a controlled diet and beauty exercises which sh e has been practicing for over 15 years. Here, Kozakura demonstrates
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    • 342 12 KUALA LUMPUR, Sot. DO YOU spend half your dates in the powder-room! It has become seemingly obvious that these rooms are meeting place for gossipers. Of course, it is necessary to drop in and renew your power and lipstick. But you don't have to
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    • 252 12 SINGAPORE, Sal. Miss Patricia Manyam (my ajje is my secret) has entered the Mobil Princess competition to be held at the Ocean Park Hotel on October 1. For Miss Manyam, who is secretary to the Planning and Supply Manager of Mobil Oil (M) Ltd, this is the first
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    • 498 12  -  By PENNY GAY SINGAPORE, Sat. —T© women, the lingerie story is mainly a matter of fabrir. No woman hat ever pretended she wants hifjh fashion next to tht skin. She wants underwear which is pretty and f©. minine, but practical as well. Most
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  • Page 12 Advertisements
    • 4 12 BE ATTRACTIVE BON KORETS
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  • Page 12 Miscellaneous
    • 433 12 Stars 'OACL I CAPRICORN Dec. 23-Jan. 20 A TIME for relaxation. Think of old friends who have been helpful to you in the past. They may need your help now. A helping hand now will go a long way. Jan. 21-Feb. 19 VOUR jealous temA perament may get you into
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  • 382 13  -  Scores as he just misses at 14 ft By John Clarke SINGAPORE. Sat Singapore's medal nrospect at the forthcoming Asian Games in Bangkok, polevauiter, Mabmood Mansoor, failed in his first big bid to conquer the 14-foot mark, at Dover Road track this evening. A week ago, Mahmood a
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  • 455 13  -  By Albert Johnson SINGAPORE, Sot. Seven new players are among the squad of 25 footballers who have been named by the Football Association of Singapore to undergo a months' intensive training in preparation for the forth-coming Asian Games to be held at Bangkok in
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  • 100 13 KUALA LUMPUR. Sat Indian hockey coach, V. V. will fly in next Saturday to take charge of the Malaysian squad which is entering its second jnd final phase of training ior the Fifth Asian Games Bangkok in December. T Naidu who was exJ*cted to arrive
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  • 70 13 Hamburg Sat <afp> will challenger Olli Maeki Eur °P«an light champion Willi title S uii e ™P an 7' *°r the •n Oct PalaC ftrst became cham*h« category last Dec. A 1 n beat Spain's Juan °r points. He sucwh™y defended the title Pior knockmg-out the
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  • 104 13 BRIDGEHAMPTON, New York. Sat. (AP> John Surtees of England, the favourite, took his Chevrolet-powered Lola over the 2.85-mile Brid?ehampton course in an unofficial 109 miles per hour yesterday in practice runs for the Bridgehampton Grand Prix. His chief competitiors. Bruce McLaren and Chris Amon,
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  • 560 13 SINGAPORE, Sat. Four new records were created at the 7th Annual inter-district swimming championships held at the Chinese Swimming Club in Amber Road today. Results of the meet are as follows: 50 m Breast Stroke Girls "B" 1. Ester Tan (K); 2. Lee Jean
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  • 1361 13  -  BY: CHAN KAM YAU. SEREMBAN, Sat. Ton Aik Huong qualified for the quarter finals today in the men's singles in the second day's play of the Third Malaysian Open Badminton Championships when he disposed of Somsook of Thailand in straight sets of
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  • 188 13 KUALA LUMPUR, Sat. Malaysia will strongly bid for the honour of staging the Seventh Asian Games in Kuala Lumpur in 1974. The executive committee of the Olympic Council of Malaysia was told this today by its President, Tun Abdul Razak, at the council's meeting
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  • 82 13 KUALA LUMPUR, Sat.— Selangor Services, strong contenders for the Senior League Rugby competition now in progress are now leading in the senior league division after playing two successful games and achieving a total of four points. Selangor Club and the University of Malaya tie
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  • 68 13 AUSTIN. Texas, Sat. (UPI) Texas Boxing Commissioner Charles H. King Jr. disclosed yesterday that Texas has withdrawn from tbe World Boxing Association because of 'this muddled situation in heavyweight boxing'' and the corporate laws of another state. "We withdrew a couple of weeks ago," Mr.
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  • 56 14 The Eastern Sun Bowling team taking part in the Singapore National Bowling Championships which entered its ninth day yesterday. Do Baker, second from left is at present lying third in Men's Open singles event. Members in picture (left to right): Paul Hamond; Do Baker, Joe Morley, Tony
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  • 195 14 MANILA, Sat. (AFP) Thailand's bantamweight champion Ponchai Poppraincham floored the Philippines Rudy Villagonza twice in the ninth round last night to gain a 10-round unanimous decision at the Rizal Coliseum here before a crowd of 7,000. But Ponchais compatriot, Charnchai Thairath, in
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  • 110 14 ROME, Sat. (AFP) Italian Football Federation President Giuseppe Pasqquale will take over duties as manager and selector of the national team for the time being, it was agreed here yesterday. The Federation's special committee decided this move yesterday following Thursday's sacking of the Fabbri
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  • 711 14 SINGAPORE, Sat All eye will be focussed on the Masters' event at Jackie's Bowl, Orchard Road, tomorrow when 48 top men and women bowler battle it out for top honours. The Masters' event highlights the Singapore National Bowling Championships which began last Friday.
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  • 154 14 JOHANNESBURG, Sat. (AFP) White South African fighter Willie Ludick could fight American Negro Curtis Cokes for the W.B.A. version of the world welterweight crown "somewhere in Africa", Dave Levin, South African match-maker said here yesterday. Liven had cabled American fight arranger Dewey Fragetta asking him
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  • 60 14 ROME, Sat. (AFP)—The Italian ban on the importation of foreign footballers has been prolonged until June 30, 1971. The Italian Football Federation's executive committee decided this here today. The present ban was supposed to have lasted until April 30, 1967But foreign players already engaged by
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  • 98 14 LONDON, Sat. (AFP) The British Boxing Board of Control announced last night that it will not officially recognise the world welterweight title fight in Dallas (Texas) on Nov. 7 between Britain's Brian Curvis and Curtis Cokes of the United States. The World Boxing Association,
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  • 250 14 WATKINS GLEN, New York Sat. (AP) The total purse for the grand prix of the United States to be run here on October 2 will be $307,200 the largest in the history of international road racing, according to race promoters. Twenty drivers from
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  • 167 14 THORPE BAY, (Essex) Sat. (AFP) "Lady Helmsman", British defender of the International Catamaran Trophy had to retire with a damaged main beam for the second successive race against America here yesterday afternoon. Up to the half way mark she had displayed superior all-round qualities
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  • 172 14 PORTLAND, Oregon, Sat. (AP) Bob Goalby charged ahead in the Portland Open- golf tournament yesterday, firing his second straight 67 for a one-stroke lead after 36 holes. Close behind in the $150,000 dollar tournament was Pete Brown, one of four first-round leaders. Brown followed his
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  • 152 14 SEOUL. Sat. (AFP) The South Korean delegation to the fifth Asian Games will be composed of 187 athletes in 14 events and 43 officials, the preparation committee for the Asian Games said today. The members will go into an intensive two-month training Oct. 1,
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  • 170 14 MIAMI, Florida, Sat. (UPI) Heavyweight champion Cassius Clay cleared himself with a Miami judge yesterday by coming up with an acceptable plan for paying $300,000 alimony to his ex-wife Sonji over the next 16 years. Circuit judge Mr. Harold Spaet, who had
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  • 383 14 WIGAN (Lancashire) Sat. (AFP) —Results in the international swimming match between Britain and Sweden at Wigan last night are as follows: Men's 440 yds. Freestyle:— I. Von Hoist (Sweden) 4 mins. 28.5 sees; 2, L. Eriksson (Sweden) 4 mins. 31.6 sees; 3. J. Thurley (GB)
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  • 125 14 TOKYO, Sat. (AP) A splinter group of Japanese athletes plans to enter the games of The New Emerging Forces (GANEFO) in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, from Nov. 25 Dec. 6. Its participation, however, has not been sanctioned by any of the Japanese amateur sports organisations
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  • 27 14 RANGOON, Sat. (AFP) A Cambodian soccer team arrived here yesterday for four goodwill matches during a two-week tour. There are 22 players on the squad.
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  • 190 14 FORT WORTH. Texai, Sat. (AP) —Ham Richardson struck a blow fo r the United States yesterday, upsetting fourth seeded Ronni§ Barnes of Brazil to prevent a foreign sweep in the quar-ter-finals of the Colonial National Invitation Tennis tournament. Richardson conquered th® colourful Brazilian in a fierce
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  • FIRST DAY S'GOR – RACES
    • 1788 15 Up and coming galloper is well-treated on the weights THE GOING is VERY GOOD KUALA LUMPUR, Sun. Boydolo, an up and coming youngster, should chalk up another win in tha seven furlongs ract for Class 3, Div. 1 performers (Race 5) at Kuala Lumpur this afternoon, opening
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    • 1372 15 Today's Best: Rubber Estate II Baydalo Tufton 111 RACE It NORM U CLAM 3, DIY. r 7 FURS. 1.00 P.M 1 372 Public Fund 4y 9.00 Madam Stable Sullivan Pnintr 8 1 191 5 7.13 4 709 5 6 Rubber Estate U Beau Matin ti Chen
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    • 137 15 WINDSOR LAD GOLDEN SUN ADELINE Race L R. ESTATE II The Archer Top Power R. ESTATE II* The Archer Bern Matin II P. FUND* R. Estate II Beau Matin 11 BMC L RABBIT TEAR Toro Milkman TORO Teknah Sir Merit MILKMAN Tofo Rabbit Year Race 1 BG23SMB 1 IB
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    • 120 15 LINDRICK, England, Sat. (UPI) Christy O'Connor, 41-year-old Irish Ryder Cupper, shot a 70 in the second round of the £5.800 Dunlop Masters Golf Tournament on Friday to hold a one-stroke lead over Neil Coles of Britain. O'Connor, two-time winner of the tournament, stood at 138
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    • 130 15 MCALLEN, Texas, Sat. (AP) —The United States won three out of four matches in the Davis Cup preview series on Friday, taking one out of two here and winning both matches at Midland, Texas. Charles Pasarell of the U.S. beat Fred Stolle of Australia 6-4, 6-4 while
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    • 60 15 WEMBLEY, England, Sat. (UPI) Australia's Lew Hoad beat Mike Davies. Great Britain, 6-3, 6-0 to win the third place in the London Professional Indoor Lawn Tennis Championships at the Empire Pool here on Friday night. Hoad, a former Wimbledon champion, gave a powerful display of
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    • 37 15 LONDON. Sat. (UPI)— Friday night's U.K. League football results: THIRD DIVISION Workington 6. Swansea 3, FOURTH DIVISION Barrow 1, Chester 1. Crewe 1, Bradford 3. Trammere 1. Halifax d York 4, Notts Couiity I.
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