Eastern Sun, 20 January 1967

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  • 24 1 EASTERN SUN Independent National Daily SINGAPORE EDITION Estd. 1966. Vol. 1 No. 183 Friday, January 20 1967. MC(P) 2251 KDN 2660 Price 15 cent*
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  • 142 1 JAKARTA, Thurs. (AP). Former Vice-President Mohammad Hatta said the ate sin ever committed b> the Indonesian people was resident Sukarno's tea h;n-; of unity with the Communists, the official news «S p ncy Antara said today. Mr Hatta. speaking in Suratra. blamed the previous government under
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  • 929 1  -  '.sllsm. FROM NEW TURNOVER TAX IS REPEALED SURTAX ON IMPORTS INTO PG. By LIM THOW BOON KUALA LUMPUR, THURS. THE MINISTER OF FINANCE, Mr. Tan Siew Sin, foday announced broad-based tax changes, ranging from the introduction of a Development Tax to a 30-cent duty on per pound
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  • 205 1 KUALA LUMPUR. Thurs. After the deluge in the last few weeks, the States of Perak. Kelantan. Trengganu and Pahang, have in the last couple of days been enjoying a much welcomed splash of continuous sunshine. Except for low-lying areas scattered here and there in
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  • 30 1 CANBERRA, Thars. External Affairs Minister Mr. Paul Hasluck announced in a statement today that the Australian Government had fiven A $25,000 (M--$84.00) for flood relief in Malaysia.
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  • 332 1 KUALA LUMPUR. Thi Tax increases are as It lows: A five percent Development Tax on income derived from any trade, business. profession or vocation and also rent from the leting of properties; A minimum Development Tax of $5OO per annum in the case of a
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  • 4937 2  -  But Central Govt's overall budgetary deficit remains at a high level The Budget Speech by Mr. Tan Siew Sin, Minister of Finance BY BEN D'CUNHA,LIM THOW BOON IN o lengthy review of Malaysia's economic and fiscal policies, both at home and abroad, Mr. Tan Siew Sin,
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  • PARLIAMENT IN SESSION
    • 150 3 Kl ALA LUMPUR, Thurs. The Central Government lent $31,879,350 to statutory bodies and co-ope-rative societies in 1966. This included a sum of $15 million to the Malaysian Industrial Development Finan e Limited. Apart from this oan, which was free of interest, the
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    • 183 3 KUALA LUMPUR, Thurs. The Prime Minister. Tunku Abdul Rahman told Parliament this morning that Malaysia would take all necessary sanctions against Rhodesia in line with the United Nations decision to bring the Smith regime to its knees. Replying to an oral question by Dr. Tan Chee
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    • 169 3 KUALA LUMPUR. Thurs. Increased protection has been given to hard soap in bars or tablets, paper and paperboard. various types of paper products, cement, marble, aluminium slugs, certain types of cables and batek. This was announced In Parliament today by the Parliamentary Secreatry to the
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    • 652 3 Anti-LBJ men were Labour Party members Tun Ismail KUALA LUMPUR, Thurs. Illegal demonstrations against the visit of U.S. President Johnson occurred in eight towns other than Kuala Lumpur. Disclosing this today to Parliament, the Minister of Home Affairs, Tun Dr. Ismail said that most of the demonstrators were either Labour
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    • 284 3 KUALA LUMPUR, Thurs. The Prime Minister Tunku Abdul Rahman told Parliament this morning that Malaysia would only be too pleased to establish diplomatic relations with Russia if the Soviet Union wanted it. Replying to an oral question by Mr. C. V.
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    • 25 3 MR. Tan Siew Sin. Minister of Finance, Malaysia, is seen on his way to Parliament House to deliver his Budget speech.
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  • WORLD NEWS
    • 507 5 New plots by anti-Mao groups fTOKYO, Thurs. (AP, UP I) The son of A Communist China's President Liu ShaoChi was arrested today as a "rotten element/' who allegedly had contact with a foreign country, a Japanese report from Peking said. The Peking based correspondent of the Japan
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    • 193 5 Ml OSCOW. Thurs. (AP) Soviet news commentators. for the first time, blamed Communist China for the military takeover in Indonesia in October, 1965. They said the Chinese and Western intelligence services together had provoked the military takeover and dilution of President Sukarno's powers. The
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    • 63 5 QAN QUENTIN, California, Thurs. (UPI) Two thousand inmates massed into two racially menacing mobs in the main yard at San Quentin prison yesterday, with Negroes on one side and White prisoners at the other. Squads of guards moved into the yard quickly. "We're getting this under control,"
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    • 232 5 T ONDON. Thurs. (UPI) .Defence Secretary Mr. j* n, s Healey said yesteri ay Plan s to bring home at ast 10.000 British serviceApril f r m tlle ar y Healey. answering as the House of °mmon» met again only nIUL hours after
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    • 50 5 SHANGHAI, Thurs. The caption to this recent rodiophoto from Shanghai says ChineseCommunist Chinese children are singing and dancing in the street "in praise of Communist Party Chairman Mao Tse-Tung." This picture is believed to have come from on Official Communist Chinese source United Pr ess International Photo.
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    • 116 5 CHICAGO, Thurs. (UPI) Most prison governors have no Idea of the extent of sexual abuse, brutality and torture in their Jails and would be "shocked and sickened" if they did. Mr. Eugene Zemens said yesterday. "Arkansas does not have a monopoly in prison horror." said
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    • 107 5 UNITED NATIONS. Thurs. (UPl)—Secretary General U Thant is planning two trips to Asia, one in April and one in June, but they will not include Vietnam, a U.N. spokesman said yesterday. The spokesman emphasised that plans for these trips were "tentative." In addition. U Thant
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    • 307 5 HAMBURG, GERMANY, Thursday, (UPI) EUROPEAN nuns who became pregnant after being raped by Congolese soldiers in July, 1960, were allowed by their Roman Catholic Church superiors to undergo abortions, the biweekly m a g a zi n e "Deutsches Panorama** reported today. "The Catholic Church and
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    • 218 5 WASHINGTON, Thurg. (A P Pentagon sources said yesterday the United States is continuing bombing of Vietnam at approximately its earlier pace and has no plans to halt the raids. These sources provided figures showing that the number of attacks In recent weeks has changed
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    • 811 5 XTEW YORK, Thurs. (AP). In Portland Oregon, the mayor blew his top when a shoe shine girl shed hers. New York City has appealed to the governor for a state law against topless waitresses in traverns. Topless entertainers have established a bridgehead in San Francisco's "Chinatown," normally
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    • 258 6 WASHINGTON, Thurs. (AP). U.S. Senator Henry M. Jackson, Democrat-Wash-ington, said yesterday that China may be able to launch a satellite into orbit within a year. Jackson, chairman of the senate Military Applications Subcommittee, said in an interview the attempt might be made primarily for
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    • 142 6 WASHINGTON. Thurs. (AP) The first plane load of arms the United States agreed to send to bolster King Hussein arrived in Amman yesterday. U.B. officials said. They declined to say what was aboard the two Cl3O transport planes. The United States agreed last month to
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    • 76 6 'Authentic representative of Christ' Pope VATICAN CITY. Thurs. (AP) Pooe Paul VI said yesterday he was aware that the Roman Catholic papacy was a major barrier to the achievement of Christian unity. But he appealed to non-Catholic Christians of the world not to fear the Pooe. whom h* described as
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    • 58 6 BONN, Thurs. West German Chancellor Kurt Georg Kiesinger (centre), who arrived in Paris on January 13th for talks stressed on closer relations with France. The West German Chancellor (centre) here talks with French Premier Georges Pompdou (right) while French Minister of Agriculture Edgar Faarc listens, during the French Foreign Office
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    • 185 6 BONN, Germany, Thurs. (AP). Chancellor Kurt Georg Kiesinger said yesterday that the Germany and France conld co-operate despite their different views on relations with the United States and Britain. Reporting to the Bundestag on his trip to Paris last week, Kiesinger said he and Pres.
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    • 60 6 BONN, Thurs. (AFP) H. Richard Stuecklen, former West German Post and Telecommunications Minister, was yesterday unanimously elected president of the Christian Social Union (CSU) the Christian Democrat Party's (CDITs) Bavarian wing H. Stuecklen, holder of the position in 1953 and 1957, succeeds Finance Minister H. Franz-Josef Strauss.
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    • 186 6 NEW YORK, Thurs. (AP)—Oliver Foot, 20-year-old son of Lord Caradon. Britain's permanent representative to the United Nations, was nursing a fractured nose yesterday, but otherwise Tb okay", he said. The fracture was the result of an early Sunday morning encounter with three men who accosted him,
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    • 221 6 WASHINGTON, Thurs. (AFP) The Soviet Union leads the world as a merchant marine power with the United States now in third place, the president of the Shipbuilders Council of America, Mr. Edwin Hood, said here yesterday. Mr. Hood told the maritime section of the
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    • 219 6 WASHINGTON, Thurs. (AFP) The National Aeronautics and Bpace Administration (NASA) has been studying a project for a giant, atom-powered military plane for several years, actively but discreetly. it was learned officially here yesterday. These studies were going on in collaboration with the Atomic Energy Commission
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    • 303 6 HAVANA, Thurs. (AP). A book by a pro-Com-munist French philosophy professor projects the theme that a Fidel Castro type revolution is possible in any Latin American country and calls for accelera- tion of guerrilla warfare. Written by Regis Debray and published here
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    • 210 6 LOS ANGELES, California, Thurs. (AP). Actress Dorothy Malone, star of television's "Peyton Place," starred In her own personal drama yesterday as she was convicted of contempt of court and threatened with a jail sentence. The 41-year-old actress was ordered to give her 6-year-old
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    • 110 6 LONDON, Thurs. (AFP) Scotland Yard detectives were today investigating a theory that a young Londoner, who died in a fall from a church steeple, might have been trying to fly under the influence of the hallucinatory drug LSD. Leslie Wilson, a 20-year-old mason, was found
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    • 77 6 WELLINGTON, New Zealand. Thurs. (AP) An explosion in one of New Zealand's largest governmentowned coal mines, on Tuesday trapped an unknown number of men underground near the town of Greymouth. A rescue operation was mounted to try to save them. The mine, known as the
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    • 162 6 WASHINGTON. Thar. (AP) U.S. inS cated yesterday they still have hopes of persuadine the British government not to give its guarantee to a US$23 million credit -o Cuba for building of a fer tiliser plant. "Our policy on Cuba u
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    • 191 6 WASHINGTON. Thuri (AFP) The White House yesterday announced the resignation' of Secretary of Commerce Mr. John Connor and the appointment of his assistant, Mr. Alexander Trowbridge, to take h:s place temporarily. Mr. J. Herbert Holiomsn was named to act as t ndersecretary of Commerce, (up to
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    • 131 6 DAMASCUS, Syria, Thurj (AP) Jordan clairriea yesterday that Jgypt"J[j trained saboteurs had d* ordered to dynamite l s a -v most sacred shrine in holy city of Mecca, >a A™ 1 The saboteurs' target the Kaaba, the black stone which is the centre of Islam, said
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    • 125 6 VATICAN CITY, Thurs. (AP) A Vatican publication yesterday expressed worry over a reference to birth control In President Johnson's State of the Union message. The Vatican weekly L'Osservatore Delia Domenica, in an editorial written by its director. Federico Allesandrini. said Mr. Johnson's remarks cannot be
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    • 81 6 LONDON, Thurs. (AFP) Defence Minister Denis Healey told the House of Commons yesterday that the government had ordered an urgent inquiry into the discovery of confidential documents about rockets left in a Chislehurst (Kent) public park. Some of the documents were believed to contain information about
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    • 77 6 OTTAWA, Thurs. (AFP) Premier Lester Pearson told the House of Commons today that his government had no intention of banning the export of weapons to the United States because of the Vietnam war. Replying to a question, he said: "It is not our policy to
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    • 388 7 Don't force Asians to be Communist or anti Red US over-reached its responsibility' COPENHAGEN, Thurs. (AP). Asian countries should not be pressured into becoming either Communist or anti-Communist, Danish Prime Minister Mr. Jens Otto Krag said last night. "We would like a peaceful settlement in Vietnam, but this peace should
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    • 326 7 NEW YORK. Thurs. (AP). Look Magazine yesterday announced it has filed suit against Stern Magazine to prevent unauthorised use of the original text of the William Manchester's book on President Kennedy's death and that the suit will be heard at 10 am local time in
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    • 92 7 CANNES. France, Thurs. (AP) Sixty top-drawer bankers and industrialists from Europe, North America and Japan begin a four-day session here today on how to improve capital markets, both national and international. The conference was organised jointly by the Atlantic Institute and the Industry Advisory Committee (BIAC)
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    • 130 7 WASHINGTON. Thurs. (AFP> The United States Government has asked American banks not to honour cheques from the Canadian Friends Service Committee that could be used to pay for medical supplies going to North Vietnam, well informed treasury sources said here yesterday. The request
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    • 102 7 DAKAR. Senegal. Thurs. (AFP) —Hundreds of thousands of people in the tropical regions of Africa are victims of an insidious disease transmitted by gnats which often causes total blindness, a group of eye doctors told a medical conference here yesterday. They said that in villages
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    • 91 7 ROME, Thurs. Mr. Harold Wilson is greeted by his Italian counterpart Mr. Aldo Moro, right, on his arrival in Rome on Sunday night (top block) while the US Ambassador to Saigon Mr. Henry Cabot Lodge, right, saw the Italian Foreign Minister Mr. Amintore Fanfani, also
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    • 180 7 WASHINGTON, Thurs. (AP). —The U.S. government will begin next summer a "Reverse Peace Corps" exchange programme in which persons from foreign countries will go to work in the United States. The pilot programme involving about 100 persons at a cost to the U.S.
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    • 132 7 DETROIT, Michigan. Thurs. (AP) Chrysler Corp. has recalled more than 18.000 of Its 1967 model cars because it said some 4.700 of them may have possible mechanical defects. A company spokesman said, the defects could affect brakes and electrical systems* in the autos. The
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    • 65 7 PERTH, Australia, Thurs. (UPI» Residents of Exmouth, 700 miles North oi here, were bracing today for Cyclone Elsie, expected to hit (at 1200 GMT) with winds exceeding 100 m.p.h. The 1.000 persons living at Exmouth. built to house American and Australian workmen building a new U.S.
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    • 94 7 WELLINGTON. New Zealand, Thurs. (AP) International history was made in New Zealand today as New Zealand and Japan opened their first diplomatic talks. The two day conference ends tomorrow. The New Zealand delegation is led by acting Secretary of the External Affairs Department Mr. Llyod G.
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    • 47 7 BANGKOK. Thurs. (AP) The severest cold wave in 12 years has hit Bangkok this week, the meteorological department reported today. A low temperature of 55.2 degrees Fahrenheit was registered from Monday up to Wednesday. In 1955 the mercury dropped to 49.9 Fahrenheit.
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    • 284 7 US world leader in crime: WASHINGTON, Thurs. (AP). The National Crime Commissions report next month reportedly will say there is three times more crime committed in the United States than the police are notified officially. The US leads the world in crimes
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    • 86 7 NEW DELHI, India. Thurs. (AP) The Indian government yesterday rejected the latest Communist Chinese protest about alleged border intrusions by Indian troops. It said the charges were "a bundle of lies." The Chinese Foreign Ministry delivered a note to the Indian Embassy in Peking on Monday
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    • 308 7 MANILA. Thurs. (UPI). There is growing concern in the Philippines over the hundreds of highly trained medical personnel who go overseas each year seeking more money. Senator RodolAo Ganzon, leader of a budding campaign to halt the so called "Brain drain," has pledged a solution,
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  • 435 8 MALAYSIA'S 1967 Budget faces a deficit of nearly $144 million. The estimated revenue is $1,685,000,000, while the expenditure is in the region of $1,829,000,000. To make up for this deficit, a development tax of 5 per cent will be imposed on income from trade, business, vocation, profession, and
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  • 327 8 AS if there are not enough crises in Vietnam or elsewhere in the world, the South Vietnamese Premier, Air Vice-Marshal Nguyen Kao Ky, knowing that his visit to Australia is not welcomed by certain sections of the people, has insisted on going there. And now he
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  • 1064 8  -  THAILAND, one of the United States' staunchest allies in Southeast Asia, is fighting a Communist insurgent movement that some observers fear could embroil the country in a Vietnam-type conflict. Fred Hoffman, military affairs writer for the Associated Press, went to Thailand to survey
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  • 489 8  -  By: AROLD DIBBLE Thurs. (UPI) The chormed political life of Indonesian President Sukarno appears to have run its course. The target date for Pres. Sukarno's ouster had been March 1 1, the first anniversary of the "new order" assumption of power by army strongmen, General
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  • COMMERCIAL & INDUSRTRIAL
    • 294 9 Rubber down cent SINGAPORE, Thurs. February first grade rubber b vers fob- closed at 5 m Singapore and Kuala t mpur today at 59| cents «Jr lb., down cent previous f oS e. The tone wa s dull. Opening quotations were marked down in sympathy vth London advices and thereafter
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    • 38 9 NEW YORK, Thurs. (AP) The Dow Jones spot commodity price index advanced 0 14 to 138.03. The Dow Jones commodity futures index closed 135-31 up 0.57. open high Index 135.03 135.31 low close Index 135.03 135.31
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    • 60 9 NEW YORK, Thurs. (AP) Dow Jones stock averages mr J °P en hi h f Industrials 845.71 853.34 fl Railroads 223.60 225.44 J? Utilities 139.41 140.56 w stocks 302.91 305.53 low close change 30 Industrials 839.14 847.49 up 3.84 20 Railroads lB 222 16 224.02 up 0.34 Utilities
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    • 41 9 SINGAPORE. Thur s Swissair's Board has placed •"order on December 14, r for a third Fokker Friendship. It is due delivery in spring of The F-27 will be operated by Balair on Swiss omestic and on European tra-short routes.
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    • 17 9 Thurs. ii* tin P nc e for today was 3 4 Per picul, up 50
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    • 256 9  -  By ARTHUR L. GAVSHON LONDON. Thurs. (AP). Finance Ministers of five key western nations including the United States have arranged special talks on their money and credit policies near London on Saturday, the British Treasury has announced. The conference. Initiated by Britain's Chancellor
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    • 97 9 SINGAPORE, Thurs. Swissair has supplied 44.2 million ton-kilometres in November 1966, 12 per cent more than in the parallel month of 1965. Total tkms sold amounted to 21 million or also 12 per cent more. The average load factor or scheduled services came to 47.8 per
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    • 52 9 SINGAPORE, Thurs. The Association of Banks in Malaysia today made the following changes in its rates to merchants: NEW YORK: Buying T.T. 32-11/16: Airmail O.D. 3213/16; 90d/st. 33-5/16 credit bills; 33-9/16 trade bills. SELLING T.T./O.D. ready were: New York 32-7 16; Holland Guilders 117$; Italian Lire *****; Belgian
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    • 118 9 SINGAPORE. Thurs. The E.A.C. Lines' newest cargoliner, m.s. Iran y a". is now loading for Europe on her maiden voyage. In all the ports of call on her maiden voyage to the Far East, the "Aranya" has attracted considerable interest due to her many outstanding
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    • 48 9 NEW YORK. Thurs. (UPI) Rubber futures yesterday closed unchanged to 15 points lower, sales none. Mar 67 22.65 2265 May 22.25 22.80 July 22.40 22.90 Sept 22.40 22.90 Nov 22.40 22.90 Jan 68 22.40 22.90 The No. 1 RSS was quoted at 22 cents, unchanged.
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    • 22 9 NEW YORK Thurs. (AP) Rubber standard futures closed quiet. No sales. Spot No. 1 ribbed smolced sheets 21 7/Bn. n-nominal.
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    • 99 9 NEW YORK. Thurs. (AP) The Bank of Tokyo Trust Company opened its third office here yesterday in the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel with a ceremony attended by more than 150 bank officials, city dignitaries and Japanese diplomats. The ribbon cutting was performed by Mr. Yasuhiko Nara, Japanese Consul General.
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    • 71 9 LONDON. Thurs. (UPI) London rubber market closed quiet with spot 18-5/16 18-9/16. Settlement House: Feb. 18-7/16 18-9/16 March 18-5/8 18-11/16 April 18-13/16 18-15/16 April/June 19-1/16 19-1/8 July/Sept 19-3/8 19-7/16 Oct/Dec 19-9/16 19-5/8 Jan/March 19-3/4 19-7/8 April/June 19-15/16 20 July/Sept 19-15/16 20-1/16 Oct/Dec 20 20-1/8 Jan/March 20-1/8 20-1/4
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    • 114 9 PARIS. Thurs. (UPI) Air France, which calls itself the world's largest airline. has said it made a profit of 105 million francs $2l million in 1966, ending in the black for a 9econd straight year. The financial statement for 1966 said total revenue was 2.08 billion
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    • 40 9 WASHINGTON, Thurs. (AP) The United States government sold 30 long tons of tin from surplus stockpiles yesterday, 10 tons of grade A at U.S- $1.5425 a pound and 20 tons of grade B at U.S. $1.5275 a pound.
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    • 175 9 N 'EW YORK. Thurs. (UPI) Steel orders in January a ve dropped 10 per cent r om their December level, Iron Ag e Magazine reported. Heavy consumer durables anrf ets in particular cars appliances, are lagging "even conservative lrna tes H for January, the fvs,
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    • 777 9 SINGAPORE, Thurs. Business in the trading rooms of the Stock Exchange was fairly active with few equities showing gains at the start. Buying centred mainly on Gammon, Chemical. C Sugar Esso and Matsushita. Perhaps the investors may have full confident over the Malaysian Budget.
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    • 35 9 NEW YORK. Thurs. (AP) Standard and poor's 500 stock index: net close change 425 Industrials 91.46 up .66 20 Railroads 45.17 up .05 55 Utilities 70.70 up .07 500 Stocks 85.79 up .55
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    • 23 9 HONG KONG. Thurs. (UPI). Money quotations: HK55.7175/5.73 per US dollar for cash HK515.99 per pound sterling HK5266.25 per tael gold.
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    • 463 9 INDUSTRIAL B. S. Boustead \D 1.5? 1.53 Central sugar 1.47 1.48 Chemical Co. i.:o 1.71 Cold Storage S.OH Dunlop XR 2.36 2.37 K. Smelting 4.02 4.06 Ksm Ords S.*t 3.28 Esso Prrf 1.06 Fit zpatrlcks 1.50 1 -V> F. X X. Ords 3.60 (•amnion 1.43 1.44 Georgetown
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    • 49 9 (Managers prices) First Malayan XD 2.15 2.2S Second Malayan XD 1JS 1.03 Third Malayan 1.10 1.21 Matay«ian Commerce JS .90 Mai. Saving* Fund 1.31 1.41 Sterling Commodity 1/10 4/5 First Hong Kong .99 1.00* Second Hong Kong .69 .73* Malaysian Investment Fund .90 1.00 <*Hont Rone Currency)
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    • 114 9 SINGAPORE. Thurv Slncapore Chinese Produce Exchange noon prim »oda> were. Buyera Sellert Coconut oil (FOB) Bulk 45.00 Coconut oil FOR > Drums 47.50 Loo*e Copra Mixed Dec./Jan. *7.75 Sugar (Java) rxiodown 24.50 Nutmegs 110s 465.00 Nutmegs B it- W 220.00 Garbled Lampong Black Pepper (K)B) mmrn 112.50 Pepper Black
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    • 28 9 LONDON, Thurs. (UPI)— Tin was steady. Turnover 230 tons. Spot buyers 1200 sellers 1201 business 1200. 3-months buyers 1201| sellers 1202 business 1202. Settlement 1201.
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    • 26 9 LONDON. Thurs. (UPI). Rubber market opened quiet with No. 1 RCC spot 18-3/16 18-7/16. No. 1 RSS COF basis port* Feb. 17-13/16 17-15/16.
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    • 151 9 SINGAPORE. ThursThe following ships are expected in port today: Godowns Vessels 1/2 Kapitan Kosko 3/4 Bakuriani 5 Sileitta 6/7 Golden Spring 8/9 Balchikha 10/11 Jenekkr&icky 13/14 Eastern Muse 23/24 Kimanis 25/26 Wakamatsu Maru 31/32 Priam 33/34 Loveen 35/36 Tjitarum 38/39 Benvenue 42/43 Alvina 44 Crna Gora 45 Straat
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    • 724 9 ARRIVALS IN SINGAPORE Time 8.35 a.m. Airline MSA 019 from Kuala Lumpur. Time a.m. Airline JL *l2 from Jakarta. Time 9.30 a.m. Airline MAS 121 from kuala Lumpur. Time 10.30 a.m. Airline ML 451 from kuchlng. Time 10.53 a.m. Airline MSA 005 from Penan*, lpoh. Kuala
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  • 3923 10  -  KUALA LUMPUR, THURS: By Ben D'Cunha, Lim Thow Boon THE Finance Minister, Mr. Tan Siew Sin in introducing his 1967 Budget told Parliament that while Government expenditure was rising progressively, export earnings from rubber were tumbling down as a result of steadily falling prices.
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  • 1547 11  -  By LIM MENG KEE SINGAPORE, Thurs. Four men, two of them bank officials, were today charged in the First Criminal District Court with cheating Lee Wah Bank Limited of about $1.2 millionThey faced 48 counts of cheating 42 relating to the cheating
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  • 24 11 SINGAPORE, Thurs. Singapore Traffic Police recorded 76 road accidents, of which six were serious, during the past 24 hours in the Republic.
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  • 698 11 SINGAPORE, Thurs. The Federal Court of Appeal today set aside the convictions and sentences of two former detective police constables, Ismail bin Jalil and Ayob bin Sarip. In passing judgment the President of the Appeal Court, Singapore's Chief Justice, Mr. Justice Wee Chong Jin, said:
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  • 471 11  -  By H.M.S. Sutan SINGAPORE, Thurs. The three British defence services the Royal Navy, Royal Marines and the Royal Air Force—this morning, staged a joint demonstration to show the capabilities and techniques of the Navy's new assault ship, the "H.M.S. Fearless." The 12,000-ton ship, during the
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  • 185 11 SINGAPORE, Thur».—The Oriental Emporium Ltd. in Raffles Place here, opened about a month ago, has proved so popular with their customers that it has been found necessary to expand. From today, business will be extended to the first floor in addition to the ground
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  • 91 11 SINGAPORE, Tbtir*. A couple having a stroll at Commonwealth Avenue were approached by-; two thugs and robbed ol $335 in cash and personal property last night The couple. Mr. and -Mrs. Toh Ah Choy. of Brock Hampton Road, tqld the Police that at 9.02 p.m. they were
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  • NEWS FROM GERMANY
    • 912 12 BONN, (INB). Thursday rFHE Federal Republic of Germany has a new government. For the first time in 17 years the two big parties CDU/CSU (Christian Democratic Union/Christian Social Union) and the SPD (Social Democratic Party) have come together in a big coalition "for the time
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    • 390 12 BONN, Thurs. The Federal Republic of Germany today holds the fourth top place among the donor countries of the world which are fighting against hunger, disease and economic underdevelopment. She has given more than 30 billion German marks In her effective contributions for that
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    • 337 12 BONN (DaD) Thurs The number of electronic computers in the Federal Republic of Germany continues to trow More than 2,600 have been installed in business and trative offices that enable *n immense amount of human work, power to be saved. i It has therefore become the
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    • 441 12 STUTTGART (DaD), Thurs. For seven long years "Hannibal", criticised and attacked by many, lay in ambush before the gates of Stuttgart, the capital of the German state of Baden-Wurttemberg. A short while ago, the Ministry of the Interior finally opened the gates in
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    • 151 12 BERLIN, (DaD), Thurs The former German capital of Berlin recently inaugurated a new winter tourist season with an attractive "Hospitality Check Book", called "Strollers' Pass" for short. Variety THe Strollers' Pass offers Berlin travellers a variety of ways to make their stay as pleasant as possible and includes
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  • EASTERN SUN FEATURE
    • 1130 13 REINCARNATIQNFACT OR FICTION HAVE you ever been somewhere new and instinctively felt you'd been there before? Could this, reincarnation, be the answer? Beatrix Hepburn now lives in England and speaks perfect English. Yet she has never had a lesson in the language and could speak
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    • 1133 13 mfll I 4. Suppose A and B are members. Suppose D is the difference between A and B. In that case, would D plus A equal B, If B is greater than A? (Answer YES or NO). 5. The sum of A plus B equals 116. A Is 3 less
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    • 331 13 Mk QKuA M is A ('.ALA J 728 7 Sow Show ing: IJI, 4, J.i# "THE TRAP" Pk -coi£l 0 Rita Tushingham Oliver Reed A Rank Organisation Picture mi CATHAY Today At 11 a.m.. I.3ft. 4. «.M. ft SO WALT DISNEY Prunu The LEGEND of Young DICK TURPI,N David Wrston
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  • 407 14 BUENOS AIRES, Thurs. (AP) European drivers here for the Argentine Formula Three car racing season tried out their cars at the Municipal Autodrome yesterday and pronounced it grand. After heavy rains the last few days, it was overcast yesterday morning, but sunny
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  • 105 14 PEBBLE BEACH. California. Thurs. (AP) Jack Nicklaus dulled the monster image of the new Spyglass Hill Golf Course yesterday with a two-under-par 70, warming up for Bing Crosby's US$lO4,OOO tournament starting today. Nicklaus won a U.S $5 bet from singer Crosby, who wagered
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  • 290 14 EL PASO, Texas, Thurs. (UPI). Teese (Goose) Tatum, the world-renowned clown of the Harlem Globetrotters, collapsed at his home yesterday and died a few minutes later in hospital. A spokesman at Providence Hospital said the long-armed Negro enter-tainer-athlete was admitted at 10 am. and died
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  • 206 14 MEXICO CITY, Thurs. (UPI) If Mitsunori Seki of Japan wins the world featherweight boxing title from Vicente Saldivar here on Jan. 29, it will be by a knockout within 10 rounds, it was agreed yesterday by experts who have watched both
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  • 85 14 LONDON, Thurs. The hockey association have given official recognition to indoor hockey, and development of the game is to be included in their objects. A sub-committee is to be set up to explore the possibility of increasing support in Britain for this form of the game.
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  • 216 14 LONDON. Thurs. (AFP) Keith Miller, former Australian Test cricketer turned journalist, feels Friday's Test match between South Africa and Australia in Durban "could be the toughest Test since the body-line bust-up between Australia and England 34 years ago." Writing in today's "Daily Express."
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  • 168 14 WASHINGTON, Thurs. (UPI) Arrangements are being made to telecast live from Menico City to Japan the world featherweight championship on Jan. 29 between Mitsunori Seki of Japan and Vicente Saldivar of Mexico, officials of the Communications Satellite Corporation (Comsat) said yesterday. One official said
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  • 238 14 LONDON, Thurs. (AFP). —West Bromwich Albion, third from bottom of the first division, sprung the second league Cup surprise in two days when they thrashed West Ham United 4-0 in their semi-final first-leg at West Bromwich last night. This was the Londoners heaviest defeat of
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  • 180 14 NEW YORK. Thurs. (UPI) Righthander Bob Shaw, one of baseball's longest holdouts last season, agreed to terms for the 1967 season with the New York Mets yesterday, when he settled for an estimated US. $47,500. Shaw, 33, came to the Mets from San
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  • 188 14 LONDON, Thurs. (AFP) A knife-like uppercut by little-known American Lloyd Marshall yesterday put an end for the time being of British lightweight champion Maurice Cullen's hopes for a world title crack. The spot on blow by Marshall knocked out the British champion in the
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    • 846 14 PUBLIC APPOINTMENTS LEMBAGA LETRIK NEGARA TANAH MELAYU VACANCY FOR HOSPITAL ASSISTANT APPLICATIONS are invited from suitably qualified Federal Citizens, up to the age of 30 years for appointment as Hospital Assistant. Candidates must have attained a reasonable standard of education and must be in possession of a Grade 111 Hospital
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    • 178 14 NOTICE THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT INTEGRATION ORDINANCE, 1963 (No. 18 of 1963) DECLARATION UNDER SECTION 20 WHEREAS (I) The streets known as:1. Shelford Road from Donearn Road to Lots 457 and 644 Mukiln 17 2. Reserve Road off Tanjong Katong Road (leading to Dunman English Primary School) Mukim 25 3. Mar
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  • 1580 15 Race l: Horses cu ISS 4. Dlv. 4—6 Furlongs. 2.00 PJ4. Tvg7 Jolly Master Q 2 V>0 Tani Mieu* i <v»rt Cbiaramella 4 918 Thebet II t, 0R0 Bthagia II K itftt All Smile* 7. 007 Bakap (1. OM> Jnnkrr IV 9 *90 Victory II
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  • 584 15  -  By Windsor Lad SINGAPORE, Thurs. Picture House 11, o newcomer under trainer Colin Tulloh, showed galloping ability when matched with Convair (Nawari) in a testing 3f trial on a soft track at Bukit Timah this morning. They raced neck and neck all
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  • 20 15 MONTEVIDEO, Thurs. (ATP) Chile beat Venezuela 2-0 last night in a South American International Championship football match bare.
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  • 232 15 LONDON, Thurs. —Karehza Smith, the sixteen-year-old London schoolgirl who reached the women's final in the English championships last week (January 7) has been promoted from number eight to number three in the English table tennis rankings (women) behind Mary Wright, the champion and
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  • 108 15 LONDON. Thurs. Thert In considerable opposition among the English counties to the changes proposed by the MCC Clark Committee in the structure of the championship. Evidence of this Is contained In the full list of amendments to the Clark Committee's proposals. Both Derbyshire and Hampshire
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  • 275 16 SINGAPORE, Thurs. The Football Referees' Association of Singapore is 'happy' over the proposed move of the Football Association of Singapore to "open the door" for its delegate to be represented in the FAS Council. Sunsport reported that moves were underway to
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  • 237 16 SEREMBAN. Thurs. About 30 teams are expected to participate in the first ever N.S. club six-a-side hockey carnival to be held here next month. A feature of this carnival is to invite teams from various districts. Government departments, commercial firms and military
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  • 235 16 HOUSTON, Texas. Thurs. (tJ PI) Heavyweight champion Cassius Clay said yesterday he was glad Ernie Terrell had enough confidence to think he could knock him out in their Feb. 6 title fight in the Astrodome. Terrell, the World Boxing Association champion,
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  • 282 16 SINGAPORE. Thurs. A silver tray from all members of the R.A.F. Singapore ReffTees Association has been presented to Sergeant Brian Thetford of R.A.F. Changi in appreciation of his service as secretary of the association over the past two years. Sgt. Thwtford. whose illness put
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  • 267 16 MANILA. Thurs. (AP) Top professional and amateur golfers from Australia. Europe, America. Asia and Africa will meet here next month for the 1967 Philippine Open Golf Championship which will also serve as the first leg of the sixth Far East circuit. Officials of the
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  • 135 16 SEREMBAN. Thurs. The annual hockey match between N.S. Ceylonese Youth Federation and T.P.C.A. for the "Thavayo Memorial Trophy" will be played here on Sunday T.P.C.A. who won the trophy last year, will have to be at their best to beat the Negri league
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  • 421 16 Multi-million complex will be a 'Mecca' for games SINGAPORE, Thurs. The completion of the proposed multi-million-dollar national sports complex sometime in 1969/70 will mark a new road in the "pilgrimage of sports development" in the Republic.. The gigantic sports "palace" a milestone in the promotion
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  • 365 16 SEREMBAN, Thurs. The lack of response by affiliates of the N.S. Hockey Association which has hardly 24 hours to go before, the close of entries for the league competition, is causing "grave concern" to officials of the association. Mr. N. Balasubramaniam, secretary
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  • 228 16 PEN AN G. Thurs. Penang's skipper, Teh Kew San. playing in top form, upset Malaysian No. 2, Yew Cheng Hoe of Selangor, 15-4, 15-7 in the interzone ties of the Foong Seong Cup badminton tournament, at the Han Chiang High School Indoor Stadium
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  • 75 16 BANGKOK. Thurs. (UPI). World Boxing Association flyweight champion Horacio Accavallo may meet Thailand's Puntip Kaeowsuriya in a non-»title match here in the near future. Thai promoter Nab Pongpaeow disclosed here. Parnassu has accepted in principle but final terms are to be worked after the Acca-vallo-Tanabe fight
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  • Page 16 Miscellaneous
    • 56 16 TIME AND TIDE Penang: 5.38 a.m. (5.3 ft); 8.02 p.m. (5.9 ft) Port Swettenham: 5.21 am. (7.4 ft); 11-21 nl (10.7 ft) y m m Port Dickson: 12.17 a.m. (7-1 ft.); 12.19 p.m Singapore: 4.52 a.m. (7.9 ft); 5.48 p.m. (••*> Sedili Kechil: 3.31 a.m. (7.1 ft); 5.30 p.m (5.9
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