Eastern Sun, 17 February 1967

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  • Title Section
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    24 1 Eastern Sun Independent National Daily SINGAPORE EDITION Estd. 1966. Vol. 1 No. 208 Friday, February 17 1967. MC(P) 2251 KDN 2660 Price 15 cents
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  • Article
    Lock icon EXPENSIVE US SUCCESS
    487 1 Bitter fighting in 311 guerrillas killed SAIGON, THURSDAY (REUTER) GOVERNMENT the year's biggest effectively wiped out a Vietcong battalion in the Mekong Delta, killing 317 guerrillas in two days of bitter fighting, namese military said here today. But the Vietcong made it an expensive success, shooting down
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    Lock icon Floods hit Johore
    185 1 JOHORE BAHRU, Thurs. More than 800 people including scores of children were evacuated from Segamat, Kota Tinggi and Mersing in Johore as the flood situation in the State deteriorated further to- day. Officials said there was no sign of the situation improving for at least the next
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    Lock icon Pesta Kampong dance...
    34 1 A \oung couple demonstrating the Pesta Kampong folk dance, that highlighted the Cultural Show at the closing ceremony of the National Solidarity tteek at IVlerdeka Stadium Kuala Lumpur on Wednesday night.
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    Lock icon Hanoi ready for talks but...
    154 1 TOKYO, Thurs. (AP) Hanoi indicated today it was still ready to talk peace with the United States but demanded that the Americans first 'put an immediate end' to their bombings of North Vietnam. An article in the North Vietnamese official newspaper, 'Nhan Dan.' also hinted
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    Lock icon Razak calls for use of our timber
    327 1 KUALA LUMPUR, Thurs.—The Deputy Minister, Tun Abdul Razak. said because of the nation's financial stringency the Government could not allocate as much money as needed by the States in the implementation of development projects. State development officers. he added, in close coordination with
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    Lock icon Suharto for President
    54 1 JAKARTA. Thurs. A move has been launched to name military strongman General Suharto as acting President of Indonesia when Congress takes action against President Sukarno. In the wake of the raging political conflict here, new incidents of violence were reported m Jogjakarta, Central Java, between supporters and
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    Lock icon Premier Chung warns of Reds' tactics
    515 1 SAIGON, Thurs. (AFP) South Korean Prime Minister Chung II Kwon said today he did not think unconditional suspension of bombing of North Vietnam was an essential element for peace in Vietnam. He was speaking during his three-day official visit to Vietnam where South Korean
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  • Article
    Lock icon I was told not to be afraid—witness
    1192 5 WHEN 'PLOT' WAS EXPOSED SINGAPORE, Thurs. A District court was told today that when the "plot" to cheat Lee Wah Bank had been exposed, two 0 f the four accused engaged a lawyer to "fight" the bank because they thought the General Manager
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    Lock icon S'pore UMNO asks Govt. to clarify stand
    168 5 SINGAPORE, Thurs. The Singapore United Malays National Organi*ation yesterday called the Government to clarify its stand on a statement made by one °f its Ministers of State, cr iticising "the Rulers of a friendlv neighbouring country.'' This call was made by tfte Chairman
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    Lock icon Kim San to open 'Tancho' factory today
    165 5 SINGAPORE, Thurs. The Minister of Finance, Mr. Lim Kim San, will open the Tancho Corporation Ltd.'s factory here tomorrow at 5 p.m. Mr H. Nishimura, the President, Messrs. Tancho Co. Ltd-, Osaka, Japan, has also arrived here for the official opening. In a
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    Lock icon BOAC OPENS 26th BRANCH OFFICE
    159 5 SINGAPORE, Thurs. The British Overseas Airways Corporation today opened its 26th branch office in this region in Orchard Road here as part of its worldwide expansion programme. This new branch office is solely run by the BOAC. Another BOAC sales department in Raffles Place Is
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    Lock icon OPEN CHALLENGES TO SINGAPOREANS
    393 5 SINGAPORE, Thurs. Want to earn some "easy'* cash? Two German circus entertainers have put a challenge to Singaporeans to verify their strength and skill. If the entertainers are out-pulled or out-witted they are willing to part with their money. The challenge comes from Mr. Marcovec Yean,
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    Lock icon UAR Islamic leader clarifies birth control statement
    198 5 SINGAPORE, Thurs. The leader of the fourman United Arab Republic Islamic delegation, Mr. Mohamed Tawfik Oweda, today denied press reports which quoted him as saying that the Koran approved birth control. I He pointed out that what the Koran said was "wealth and
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    Lock icon GAMMONS TO RETRENCH 20 WORKERS
    112 5 SINGAPORE, Thurs. About 20 employees of Gammons Ltd., the construction firm, are in the course of being laid off "because business is not so good." Confirming this today. Mr. Bates, the Managing Director here, told the Eastern Sun that the retrenchment notices were served to
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    Lock icon $6,000 award to photographer
    115 5 SINGAPORE, Thurs. A photographer, Lee Hun Beng, 38, was today awarded $6,000 in the High Court for injuries sustained in an accident that occurred two-and-a-half years ago. He suffered multiple injuries. Because of the injuries he has pains in his right shoulder on cold days and
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  • WORLD NEWS
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      Lock icon More CIA student infiltration revealed
      484 6 WASHINGTON, Thurs. (CPI). —The Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), under Are for subsidising the nations largest college student organisation, was reported yesterday to have also been slipping cash to three youth groups two of them foreign based. The Washington Evening Star said that besides the National
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      Lock icon 'Oldest Buddhist printed scroll found'
      231 6 NEW YORK. Thurs. (Reuter) Korean scholars have found a Buddhist scroll which may be the oldest printed text yet discovered, a Columbia University professor said here today. Dr. Gari Ledyard, an assistant professor of Korean at the University, said the scroll, found last October in
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      Lock icon Steinbeck in Laos for a week
      86 6 VIENTIANE. Laos, Thurs. (AFP) Nobel-prize winnning writer John Steinbeck, who arrived here from Bangkok, has decided to stay in Laos for one week to finish his reports on wartime South-East Asia. Mr. Steinbeck is writing a series of Articles for the Long Island, New
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      Lock icon IMAGINE THAT...
      134 6 COLUMBIA. South Carolina. Thurs. (Reuter) A religious sect here wants to ban photographs on state driving licences on the grounds that they are graven images "condemned in the Bible." The Mennonlties were conscientiously and religiously opposed to the display of a licence photograph because it would "engender pride
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      Lock icon ADEN, Thurs. — A British soldier keeps his rifle ready while patrolling the streets following further anti- British outbreaks of violence. Armoured car moves along the street to back up the foot soldiers.
      34 6 ADEN, Thurs. A British soldier keeps his rifle ready while patrolling the streets following further anti- British outbreaks of violence. Armoured car moves along the street to back up the foot soldiers. —UPI photo.
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      Lock icon 'Two Gl prisoners released'
      157 6 TOKYO. Thurs. (UPI) Hanoi radio today said two American prisoners of war were released by the Vietcong on Feb. 7 as a New Year's gesture. The soldiers were Private Charles Earle, 24. of Maine and Corporal 8. Wormacki, 22, of Virginia, a broadcast monitored here said.
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      Lock icon Actor Ruman dies at 82
      84 6 BAN DIEGO, California. Thurs. (AFP) American film actor Sig Ruman. 82, died of a heart attack at his home near here on Tuesday evening. Mr. Ruman, who specialised in playing comic characters with German accents. acted in more than 130 films with such stars as
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      Lock icon Bill to place civilians with Forces under martial control
      457 6  -  By BRYCE MILLER SAIGON, Thurs. (UPI). —The American Mission yesterday triggered a raging international controversy with an admission after two days of denials that it is rewriting rules and regulations that will bring U.S. civilians and third country nationals in Vietnam
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      Lock icon French A-bomb on parachute
      149 6 PARIS. Thurs. (AFP) Beginning this summer the French nuclear striking force will be equipped with low-altitude atomic bombs to be dropped by parachute. Col. Roger Rhemter. Chief of Staff of French Strategic Air Forces told newsmen today. The journalists were touring the headquarters of the French
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      Lock icon Thai C-in-C in Seoul
      46 6 SEOUL, Thurs. (Reuter) Lieut-Gen. Thuenchai Kosinanonth. Deputy Chief of Staff of the Thai Army, arrived in Seoul for a sixday visit yesterday. During his stay, Gen. Thuenchai will meet leaders of the Korean Army and the United Nations Command and government officials.
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      Lock icon Mixed-crew ship is diverted
      165 6 WASHINGTON, Thurs. (UPI) The U.S. missile tracking ship Sword Knot, with 11 Negroes among its 67-member crew, has been diverted from the port of Durban, South Africa, the Defence Department announced yesterday. The vessel, which had been waiting off Durban since last week for U.S. clearance
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      Lock icon Nepal royal tour
      62 6 THE HAGUE, Thurs. (Reuter) King Maharajadhiraja Mahendra Bir Bikram Shah Deva of Nepal and his queen will pay a three day state visit to Holland starting on April 25, the Dutch Foreign Ministry announced today. The announcement said the Royal couple had accepted the invitation by Queen
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      Lock icon TO ATTEND CENTENARY OF HIGH COURT
      65 6 TUNIS, Thurs. (AFP) Tunisian Minister of Justice Mongi Slim left here for Karachi yesterday where he will attend a meeting to mark the 100 th anniversary of the founding of the Pakistani High Court. He will later visit Malaysia and India where he will
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      Lock icon DINAH SHORE GREETS TIGER IN CAGE
      213 6 MOSCOW, Thurs. ftJPT* American singer Dinah Shore walked into a ueJrl cage in Minsk and Sii out unscathed In Minsk to do a ta» vision show of the i o V a i circus Miss Shore, acco£ panied by the tinS trainer and an
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      Lock icon $100m blaze at pulp factory
      54 6 PRINCE RUPERT. British. Columbia, Thurs. (Reiiter) Fire-fighters used dynamite to choke off a hug®' dock blaze that thread a $lOO million pulp production plant near this thern coastal city yesterte?. The fire destroyed v 3,000-foot long wooden loading wharf and warehouse! before being brought und«r
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      Lock icon 17 children hurt in bakery blast
      50 6 MAITLAND, Austral* Thurs. (Reuter) Sever* teen small children watching a demonstration on ho* to light an oven wer« burned here yesterday when the big bakery oven ploded. The children, aged about 10, were taken to hosptfa* An oil leak is blamed for the blast.
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      Lock icon Year of the Goat for Don Juans
      481 6 SAIGON, Thurs. (UPI). —This should be a year for Don Juans and possibly a year for peace, according to the Vietnamese calendar. The year of the Horse, which was ushered out on Feb. 8 saw an intensification of the war, price rises and
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      Lock icon P.I.-Soviets to hold trade talks over weekend
      423 7 BANGKOK, Thurs. (AFP). The Philippines sn d the Soviet Union will hold exploratory talks here th j S weekend on the question of establishing trade relations between the two countries, it was learned here today. The talks are to be led by the
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      Lock icon Party (D-66) surprises in Dutch polls
      191 7 TftZ HAGUE, Thurs. (Re *er) Final results in tear's Dutch general elector showed severe setbacks two main parties Catholics and the Socia.'rs a nd a sensational advance for the new "D 66" Fartv with its policy of electoral rerorm. The Catholics lost eight of
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      Lock icon Bomb blast at Tokyo Airport
      135 7 TOKYO. Thurs. '(UPIV Two men were critically injured late last night when an explosion ripped through a restroom at Tokyo International Airport. An employee of comestic airlines and another man identified as Hiroshi Honda. 22, were in the rest room when the explosion occurred. Both
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      Lock icon Crown of Holy Roman Empire
      35 7 VIENNA, Thurs. Yugoslav President Tito and wife. Jovanka admire the Crown of the Holy Roman Empire at Vienna's chamber of treasures here on Tuesday. L T PI Photo. UPI Photo.
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      Lock icon Bob Hope answers 'Pentagon Clown' charges
      282 7 MIAMI BEACH, Florida Thurs. (UPI) Bob Hope, amused by Soviet charges that he is a "Pentagon clown" and "salesman for aggression", said yesterday, "I may not eal cavier for three or four hours". The Soviet newspaper Izvestia accused Mr. Hope of publicising a dirty
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      Lock icon WAR RELICS STOLEN
      33 7 KANSAS CITY, Thurs. (Reuter) A telephone that once belonged to Germany's Marshal Von Hindenbrg was stolen from the Liberty Memorial Museum here yesterday together with other First World War relics.
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      Lock icon 'War on hunger is being lost'
      280 7 Sullen grim future: NEW YORK, Thurs. (UPI). Agriculture Secretary Mr. Orville L. Freeman warned yesterday that the world is losing its war against hunger and faces disaster unless it can reverse present trends. Freeman, in a speech prepared for delivery to the Overseas Press
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      Lock icon No coverage for mock LBJ trial
      77 7 NEW YORK. Thurs. (AFP) —American's two major television networks "National Broadcasting Company" and "Columbia Broadcasting System" yesterday turned down invitations to send camera teams to Hanoi to cover "War crimes trials" there. The trials are being organised by the international war crimes tribunal formed
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      Lock icon Pop singer injured in V'nam blast
      131 7 SYDNEY, Thurs. (Reuter) —English-bom Sydney t>op singer Jamie Mahar has been injured i n a landmine explosion in Vietnam. A convoy in which he was travelling hit the landmine on a jungle road near the American airbase at Bien Hoa and Mahar was flung
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      Lock icon Long long way to EEC
      97 7 WELLINGTON, Thurs (Reuter) Britain's Commonwealth Secretary Herbert Bowden. said today it would be "a very long time" before Britain joined the Common Market. Mr. Bowden had been asked at a news conference here when he thought Britain would join the Common Market, if current negotiations
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      Lock icon Mrs. JFK to remarry?
      129 7 NEW YORK. Thurs. (UPI) Mrs. Lewis Rutherfurd "evidently has exercised her female prerogative to change her mind" in comments on the possibility that her half-sister, Mrs. John F. Kennedy, might remarry, a correspondent said yesterday. Mrs. Rutherfurd was quoted in a London newspaper as saying Mrs.
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      Lock icon TREASURY BID TO KEEP $$ INVESTMENT AT HOME
      304 7 TREASURY BID TO KEEP INVESTMENT AT HOME WASHINGTON, Thurs. (UPI). The administration asked Congress yesterday to double the tax rate Americans pay on foreign securities, to help block the flow of dollars overseas. Mr. Frederick L. Deming, Under Secretary of the Treasury, told the House Ways and Means Committee that
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      Lock icon The "Tea Princess"
      120 7 HAMBURG, Thurs. The newest German "Tea Princess" Gudrun Asendorf was recently weighed in tea in Hamburg. Then Hamburg's Senator Ernest u eiss donated the 120 oounds of finest Indian and Ceylon tea leaves to the city* homes for the aged. The small ceremony, attended by leading tea
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      Lock icon India begins polling week
      210 7 NEW DELHI. Thurs. (UPD Half the voters in the world's largest democracy cast their ballots yesterday in India's fourth general election. The polling was marred by several violent Incidents. But a government spokesman said more than 50 per cent of the voters cast ballots in an
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      Lock icon FISH CATCHES BOAT
      95 7 KAGOSHIMA, Japan, Thurs. (UPI) A fiant school of fish caught a 79ton fishing boat and 30 crewmen yesterday. The men of the Shotoku Maru fishing boat had visions of plenty of yen as their net bulged with what must have been a record catch. When it seemed
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      Lock icon Limit on Chinese schools
      106 7 MANILA. Thurs. (Reuter) The Philippine'* Department of Education has restricted the operation of Chinese schools in the country. Secretary of education Mr. Carlos P. Romulo has ordered the director of private schools not to accept applications for new Chinese schools. He also prohibited the existing Chinese
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  • Page 6 Miscellaneous
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    Lock icon ACCOUNTANTS AND DOCTORS
    828 8 THE Government and an Alliance MP. expressed different views about accountants in this country. According to Mr. Tan Toh Hong, local accountants are handicapped by competition from the biff and influential foreign Arms owned by foreign accountants. They get the business of the big local and foreign
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    Lock icon The growth of co-operative movement in Malaysia
    1053 8  -  By: G. S. DASS CI NCI its modest introduction in 1922, to meet the credit needs of wage earners, fishermen end formers, the co-operative movement of Molaysia has grown to such an extent it now embraces savings and-loans, housing, agricultural credit, marketing, consumer
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    Lock icon Congress Part assured of overall power but...
    751 8  -  India's general elections by: PETER JACKSON TNDI A S ruling Congress Party is assured of continuing in overall power for another five years after the current general elections. But it is likely to lose control of some of the 17 states whose assemblies
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  • COMMERCIAL & INDUSTRIAL
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      Lock icon Airline officials in NY to discuss rise in air traffic
      270 9 NEW YORK, Thurs. (UPJ).--A group of 10 International airline officials arrived from Tokyo yesterday to discuss an wicrease in air traffic from the orient to the United States and Europe. Travelling in the group are representatives of 10 international airlines
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      Lock icon BANK RATES
      47 9 SINGAPORE. Thurs.—The Association of Banks in Malaysia today made the following changes in its rates to merchants: Canada: Buying T.T. 35|; Airmail O.D. 355; 90 d/st. 36} credit bills; 36-3/16 trade bills. Selling T.T./O.D. ready were: Canada 35; Belgian Francs 1611; Norwegian Kroner 232 J.
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      Lock icon Hong Kong quotations
      25 9 HONG KONG. Thurs. fUPI) —Money Quotations: HK55.7325 5.745 per U.S. dollar for cash. HK$ 15.99 per pound sterling. HK5264.50 per tael gold.
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      Lock icon Industrials fractionally better on quiet trading
      823 9 •y our market reporter SINGAPORE, Thurs. Industrials were again fractionally better on quiet trading. Both Malayan Collieries and Sim Lim were heading on an upward trend as was the case yesterday. Of these, Malayan Collie ries inched up another 8 cents with transaction taking
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      Lock icon C'wealth Secretary on tour
      90 9 LONDON, Thurs. Britain's Commonwealth secretary, Mr. Herbert Bowden has left London on a tour to Fiji, New Zealand. Australia, Malaysia. Singapore and Hong Kong. He is scheduled to return to London on March 8. It will be the first time that Mr. Bowden has visited these
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      Lock icon Stockpile tin
      43 9 WASHINGTON, Thurs. (AP) The United States government sold 45 long tons of tin yesterday from its surplus stockpiles, 20 tons of grade B at 1-5250 U.S. dollars a pound and 25 tons of grade C at 1.5225 U.S. dollars a pound.
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      Lock icon MART EASIER
      25 9 LONDON. Thurs. (UPI)— Rubber market opened easier with No. 1 RSS spot 17-7/16 17-5/8. No- 1 RSS CIF basis ports March 17 17$.
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      Lock icon TIN PRICE
      15 9 SINGAPORE, Thurs—The tin price for today was $603.75 per picul, up 37$ cents.
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      Lock icon 13 million passengers flown by PAL
      343 9 SINGAPORE. Thurs. On Tuesday. Philippine Air Lines flew its 13.000,000 th revenue passengers as it celebrated its 21st anniversary. As of Dec 31, 1966. the airline had flown 12,963.426 revenue passengers on domestic and international routes since it began operating on Feb. 14, 1946.
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      Lock icon No sales
      22 9 NEW YORK. Thurs. (AP) Rubber standard futures closed quiet. No sales. Spot No. 1 ribbed smoked sheets 2 IN. N—Nominal.
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      Lock icon Rubber down 1¼ cents
      307 9 SINGAPORE, Thurs. March ftrst grade rubber buyers f.o.b closed at 5 Em. in Singapore and Kuala umpur today at 56} cents per lb., down 1$ cents from previous close. The tone was easier. Opening quotations were fractionally lower and later the market lost ground on speculative
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      Lock icon Evinrude announces 115hp high performance outboard
      759 9 SYDNEY, Thurs. Outboard Marine Corporation, makers of Evinrude Outboard Motors, announced here today that it has developed a 115 h.p. high-per-formance. outboard engine that is the most powerful ever manufactured. Mr. Charles D. Strang, OMC's Director of Marine Engineering, said the new 113 h.p.
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      Lock icon STOCK EXCHANGE – MALAYSIA, S'PORE
      479 9 STOCK EXCHANGE MALAYSIA, S'PORE SINGAPORE Stock Exchange bid and offer (K officially Rated at the clone ot business. INDUSTRIAL K Boustead 1.58 1.65 C. Migar 1.85 1.86 lir<u(i al Co 1.75 1.77 Cold tterag* 3i0 3.22 Dun lop (Old) i :t© E. inciting 4 24 4.44 F*m» Orrts 3.26 3.28
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      Lock icon UNIT TRUSTS
      53 9 (Managers Prices) First Malayan XD 1.23 2.33 Second Malayan XI> 1.58 1.68 Third Ma la v an 1.1ft 1.26 The Commerce Industry Fund... .89 1.00 The Havings Fund 1.38 1.48 Malaysian Investment Fund .90 100 Sterling Commodity 4/4/7 Firtt Hon* Kong... 1.0ft 1.05* Second Hong kong .TO .74*
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      Lock icon PRODUCE
      108 9 SINGAPORE. Thur*. ftlngapore Chinese Produce Exchange noon prlres today were: Buyers Sellers Coconut otl (FOB) Hulk 45.00 Coconut ell (FOB) Drums 48.00 Loo«e Copra Mixed Fel»/Mar Sugar (Java) exgoaown 28.00 20.25 Nutmeg* 110s MM# Nutmeg* RAW 210.00 Garbled l.ampong Black Pepper (FOB) ioo oo Pepper Black Special Sarawak (FOB)
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      Lock icon SHIPPING MOVEMENTS
      169 9 SINGAPORE, Thurs. The following ships are expected in port today:— Godowns Vessels 1/2 Ibaraki Maru 3/4 Canberra Maru 5 Andrezej Strug 6'7 Yama 8/9 Streeat Lombok 10/11 Gloria Maru 13/14 Straat Fiji 15/16 Cyclops 18 Busuanga 19 Sansei Maru 21 111 Maxwell Brander 23 Kyosho Maru 24 Tjiliwong
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      Lock icon AIR MOVEMENTS – S'PORE, K. LUMPUR
      726 9 AIR MOVEMENTS S'PORE, K. LUMPUR ARRIVALS IN SINGAPORE Time 12.05 a.m. Airline MSA 029 from Kuala Lumpur. Time 8.3,% a.m. Airline MSA 019 from Kuala Lumpur. Time 8.50 a.m. Airline JL 711 from Jakarta. Time 0.30 a.m. Airllna MAS 111 from Kuala Lumpur. Time 10.30 a.m. Airllna ML 451 from
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  • BETTER THINGS IN LIFE
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      Lock icon BY THE SEA, BY THE SEA...
      575 10  -  The sweet life BY TAI SING ONN Kuala Lumpur, Thursday Nothing used to live along this stretch of coast but sandpipers and wood ticks. Then around 1900 some people who belonged to some weird religious sect called the semi-submersion redemptionists, the men with beards
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      Lock icon OLIVETTI gain world-wide popularity
      546 10 SINGAPORE, Thurs. —The phrase "Better Things In Life" need not be applied only to the home but to all fields. Yes even to offices. And what is better than a complete set of office equipment right from OLIVETTI, the largest European manufacturer of office equipment and
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      Lock icon 'NATURAL RADIANCE' GIVES SOFT COLOUR
      135 11 SINGAPORE, Thurs.— Tor many years, rouges were the only "Complexion Colouring" product of any significance. The rouge market declined as fashion dictated pale complexions. There has, however, over the past two years bee>n a steady sweep toward natural glowing beauty and a re-awakening of interest
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      Lock icon Sound recording with magnetic tapes
      755 11 SINGAPORE, Thurs. More than 30 years ago the BASF manufactured the first recording tape in the world on a olastic foil. It thus paved the way for a new technique, magnet'c tape recording. There are very few technical products that in the last ten years
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      Lock icon Join the Children's Coins Bank for security
      341 11 SINGAPORE, Thurs. —lf you want the better things in life then you need money to obtain them. And the best way of "earning'* money is to start saving from young. With this in mind, the Chung Khiaw Bank Ltd. with branches throughout Singapore,
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      Lock icon Liew sells the best pianos
      187 11 SINGAPORE, Thurs. Having a piano is having one of the better things in life and for a selection of the best a visit to LJ. Liew Piano Co. at 340, Orchard Road, will make it worthwhile. The company offers a wide range of top-quality pianos
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    6550 12 SINGAPORE, Thurs. —The following ore the 1966 Cambridge Higher iSchool Certificate 1: Examination results. The first figure after the name indicates the HSC (Full) result while the second figure in brackets indicates the G.C.E. ;<4) Indicates that the •candidate has been awarded a Higher School Certificate.
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    7154 13 KUALA LUMPUR, Thurs. —The following are the results of the Higher School Certificate examination for Selangor schools. The figure "4" marked against the candidate's name denotes a full certificate and "5" denotes a statement. St. John's Inst. Chan Kian Sang 4. Chin Y°w Kong 5.
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    2682 14 THE HIGH SCHOOL, MALACCA Abdullah b. Haron (s>, Asari b. Abdul Rahman 4, Chan Hean Hoe 4, Chan Hen Cheng 4. Chan Kok Choi 4, Chen Sheng Hua 4, Cheong Yuen Wah (5), Chin Kok Hai 4, Chua Hong Pong 4, Chua Tee Hock 4,
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      646 14 TENDER NOTICES JKR. PULAU PINANG IKLAN TAW ARAN Tawaran daripada Pemborong2 yang berdaftar diJ.K.R., di-dalam kelas "E", "D" dan "C" (KERJA2 KEPALA V) akan di-terima diPejabat pukul 3.00 petang pada 22hb. Februari, 1967, UNTOK MEMBAWA TANAH2 DAN BATU BEBAHAN DARI KEMUNCHAK PENANTI KUARI, J.K.R. KA BAHU JALAN DALAM SEBERANG PERAI.
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      539 14 government of the REPUBLIC OF SINGAPORE THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT INTEGRATION ORDINANCE, 1963 (No. 18 of 1963) NOTICE UNDER SECTION 19(2) NOTICE is hereby given, pursuant to Section 19(2) of the Local Government Integration Ordinance, 1963 that the Director of Public Works requires the execution of streetworks in respect of Jalan
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    Lock icon Clay-Folley bout on March 22 confirmed
    389 15 d«f»nd7k J hufS < R t. uter > Cassias Clay will aralX G heavywelftht title in a 15-round bout y ld Zora Folle y at Madison Square en here on March 22, It was confirmed yesterday. Folley, from Chandler, Arizona, ha s been listed
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    Lock icon $2,700 dispute: HK knows nothing...
    119 15 HONG KONG, Thurs. (AP) The Hong Kong Football Association today said it knew nothing about a dispute over 52,«00 between the Football Association of Malaysia (FAM) and the touring Swiss amateur team. Joseph Wong, secretary of the Hong Kong Football Association, sain the association had
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    Lock icon 8 teams in women's hockey carnival
    76 15 BEREMBAN, Thurs. Eight teams will take part in the Negri Sembilan women's hockey association annual hockey carnival here from tomorrow to Sunday on the N.B. padang for the Sidney Anande Cup. Teams taking part in the carnival are: Group 'A': Harimau Sport* Club 'A/
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    Lock icon Brundage cables his O.K. to France
    129 15 PARIS, Thurs (Reuter) Mr. Avery Brundage, American president of the International Olympic Committee (IOC), yesterday agreed that the French Olympic Committee could co-opt two Government officials. Mr. Brundage, an opponent of Government interference in sport, told the French Committee of his decision in a
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    Lock icon Rapid of Vienna win 1-0
    45 15 VIENNA. Thurs. (Reuter) Rapid of Vienna beat Bayearn Munich 1-0 in their first leg European Cup Winners Cup quarter-final match here last night after a goalless first half. Inside-right Starek scored the winning goal in the 47th minute. Attendance: 45.000.
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    Lock icon Picture above shows a Mini Cooper 'S' driven by winners of the 1967 Monte Carlo Rally — Ranno Aaltonen and Henry Liddon.
    177 15 Picture above shows a Mini Cooper 'S' driven by winners of th e 1967 Monte Carlo Rally Ranno Aaltonen and Henry Liddon. SINGAPORE, Thurs. Once again, the British Motor Corporation (Australia) Pty. Ltd. and their sole distributors in Singapore, Messrs. Borneo Motors Ltd., are sponsoring the entry of a top
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    Lock icon 'Iron man' Chua for trip Down Under next month
    287 15 SINGAPORE, Thurs. Singapore's "iron man'* bantamweight Chua Phung Kim. will hp on "show" to Australian weightllfting fans when he embarks on the first leg of his trip to "down under" early next month. I The Republic's strongman who captured a silver
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    Lock icon Riessen outplays Drysdale in two sets
    399 15 SALISBURY, Maryland, Thurs. (UPI) Marty Riessen. Ron Holmberg and Bob Lutz upset the top three seeded foreign players yesterday to fain the quarter-final round of the 64th U.S. Indoor Tennis Championships. I Riessen, the sixth ranked player in the United States from Evanston, Illinois,
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    Lock icon Little activity on soft track
    128 15  -  By I Windsor Lad KUALA LUMPUR, Thurs. There was little activity on the track here this morning. Only a handful of horses were out at useful work. Balkan Challenger, a Tunku's Gold Cup candidate, was out for pace work and ran the last 3f in
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    Lock icon Harada will fight PI champ on April 4
    244 15 TOKYO, Thurs. (UPI) World bantamweight champion Fighting Harada will meet Philippine bantamweight titleholder Tiny Palacio in a non-title ID round bout. April 4 in Fukuoka, Kyushu, Japan's southernmost island, Harada's manager announced today. Manager Takeshi Sasazaki said the match was arranged with
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    Lock icon Jack Rodgers wins by a knockout
    77 15 MCKEESPORT, Pennsylvania. Thurs (UPI) Undefeated light heavyweight Jack Rodgers of Uniontown, Pennsylvania, stopped Ray Vega in the seventh round last night for his 21st consecutive victory. Referee Buck McTiernan signalled an end to the bout when the bell sounded starting the seventh round. Vega,
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    105 15 SINGAPORE. Thurs. T were elected v c- .arers at the flrsi C JUiidl meeting of the Singapore Amateur Weightlifting Federation held yesterday. Standing Committee: Chairman Mr. B. 6. Rodrigues; Hon Secretary Mr. Goh Tiang Seong; Hon. Asst. Srcretary Mr. Charles D. Pereira; Hon. Tropsu er
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    105 15 SEREMBAN. Thurs. Malaysia has been invited to participate in the Indonesian National Athletic Championship meet to be held at Jakarta in October. The M.A.A.U. received the invitation from Maj. Gen. Dr. Abdul Aziz Salleh. the president of the Indonesian AAA. yesterday. Mr. John Kanagaratnam. secretary
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    Lock icon Barnsley win 3-1
    28 15 LONDON, Thurs. (Reuter) Results of football matches played last night were: English Division four. Bradford 1 Barnsley 3. Friendly Stoke City 2 Glasgow Hangars L
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    921 15 PENANG. Thurs. A total of 221 entries, comprising lasses 3. 4 and 6 horses have entered for the Penan* Turf Club s Spring Meeting on Feb. 26, March 1 and 5. The following are the entries:— CLASH 8 Ist run 2nd run 6f or
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    Lock icon Suspension of star footballer upheld
    131 15 SAO PAULO, Thurs. (Reutfcr) A derision by Corinthians Soever Club to suspend the contract of Garrincha. Brazilian star of three World Cup series, was upheld here last night by the loral football federation disciplinary committee. The club announced last month that Garrineha's contract had been
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    75 15 SINGAPORE. Thuni The Singapore Turf Club will hold its March (Dertor) Meeting on Marelrll. 11 It and 19 at Buklt Tlmah Classes 1, S and I borsss are being eatered for ae4 the feature raeet will t* the Singapore Dertr for CUse 1. Dlv. 1 horses o*er
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    Lock icon Preparations for S pore Grand Prix underway
    234 16 SINGAPORE, Thurs. The Grand Prix Committee has announced that preliminary work was now underway in preparation for the forthcoming 1967 Singapore Grand Prix to be held during the Easter holidays from March 25 to 27. The big attraction would be held at Upper
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    Lock icon US golfer to hold clinics in Malaysia
    210 16 KUALA LUMPUR. Thurs. Top-notch U.S. golf professional Paul Harney begins the Malaysian leg of his Asian tour with a clinic tomorrow at the Johore Bahru Royal Golf Club and then will visit Kuala Lumpur, Malacca and Penang. Harney was twice champion in the
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    Lock icon Aussies in exciting 6-wicket win in NZ
    211 16 DUNEDIN, New Zealand, Thurs. (Reuter) An Australian Cricket XI today gained an exciting six-wic--kets victory over Otago intne opening match of their New Zealand tour. Set to score 90 in 45 minutes to win the two-day Australians nit off the runs in only
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    Lock icon FIFA will recognise only one US soccer body—Rous
    438 16 LONDON. Thurs. (AP) President Sir Stanley Rous said yesterday the world soccer federation (FIFA) would recognise only one American soccer body the United States football Association (USFA). The new National Professional League which is scheduled to kick off with ten teams in
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    Lock icon Hailwood will go in for two classes
    107 16 LONDON. Thurs, (AFP) Mike Hailwood. world champion, 250 and 350 c.c. motor cycles class, wants to concentrate this year on the 500 and 250 c.c. world titles, according to today's "Daily Mirror.'* Hailwood. just back from a two month holiday in South Africa,
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    Lock icon It's true-French rugby fans are unsporting
    243 16 It's trueFrench rugby fans are unsporting PARIS. Thurs. (Reuter) Mr. Marcel Batigne. president of the French Rugby Federation, yesterday defended the behaviour of the French team during last Saturdays 20-14 victory over Australia but admitted the crowd had been unsporting. Australian captain John Thornett's criticism of the French tactics and
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    Lock icon Clay's draft: Latest
    60 16 HOUSTON, Texas, Thurs. fUPI) The Harris County Selective Service Appeals Board yesterday acted on heavyweight champion Cassius Clay's appeal ot his 1A draft status, but would not reveal its decision. The decision will be announced through Clay's local Draft Board in Louisville, Kentucky, according to a spokesman
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    Lock icon Ferry shows his old, old magic...
    844 16 KUALA LUMPUR, Thurs. Veteran champion Ferry Sonneville showed tonight in the first match of the evening that he had lost none of his "magic" which enabled him to win the Malayan Open singles champion- ship in 1955. He clearly outplayed his vounger opponent Tan
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    101 16 MILAN. Italy, Thurs(UPl) Inter Milan defeated Real Madrid of Spain 1-0 last night in a first leg, quaterfmal match of the European Champions Cup soccer tournament. A crowd of 70,000 partisans saw the two teams play to a 0-0 tie in the first naif, but
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    180 16 HONOLULU, Thurs. (UPI) —The Hawaiian Open Golf Tournament received two shots in the arm on Tuesday when it was announced the purse of the third annual tourney will be upped to US$lOO,OOO and the added possibility that it may be telecast direct to the mainland
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    299 16 SINGAPORE, Thurs. The Everbright Body, builders' Association has agreed to "loan" a batch of 70 muscle men to be trained as weightlifters by the Singapore Amateur Weightlifting Federation. This move the first to be implemented is a follow-up to a recommendation by the
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    203 16 KUALA LUMPUR, Thurs. The first ever cricket team from India to visit Malaysia flew into Kuala Lumpur. The 12-member Cricket Club of India team which is on a Far East and Australian tour have completed their engagements in Bangkok, Hong Kong and Australia.
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    265 16 KUALA LUMPUR. Thurs. The Malayan Tobacco Company Is looking into the possibility of organising a Sepak Riga Pesta in the coming year. This will be done in conjunction with the Malaysian Sepak Raga Association. the publicity chief of the Malayan Tobacco Company. Mr. Peter
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    121 16 SINGAPORE. Thurs. Singapore Tobacco Company one of the leading tobacco firms on the island has again rallied to the aid of the Football Association of Singapore. The firm has agreed to purchase six to seven films on soccer from the BBC series entitled "match oi
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    23 16 CHITTAGONG Pakistan. Thurs. (Reuter) —The M.CJr; Under-25 team drew thetwo day match against n Governor of East Pakis'a. XI here yesterday,
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      60 16 TIME AND TIDE Penang: 4.18 a.m. (6.2 ft.);. 5.03 p.m. .(6.3 ft.) Port Swettenham: 8.44 a.m. (12.1 ft.); 9.30 p.m. (12.6 ft.). Port Dickson: 10.17 a.m. (6.6 ft.); 11.16 p.m. (7.1 ft.) Singapore: 3.05 a.m. (8.5 ft.); 3.40 p.m. (7 ft.) Sedlli Kechil: 1.52 a.m. (6.9 ft.); 3.21 p.m. (6
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