Eastern Sun, 27 February 1967

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  • 25 1 EASTERN SUN Independent National Daily SINGAPORE EDITION Estd. 1966. Vol. 1 No. 218 Monday, February 27 1967. MC (P) 2251 KDN 2660 Price 15 cents
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  • 118 1 JAKARTA, Sun. (AFP) President Sukarno's decision to transfer all his executive powers to General Suharto last Monday was "his own idea" and was not due to "other approaches", it was officially announced Here yesterday. Antara news agency quoting the official announcement said that the Commanders
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  • 132 1 HONG KONG. Sun. (Reuter» The Public Security B srpau in Peking was investigating a report from Chairran Mao Tse-Tung that his was "bugged" with a microphone connected to a tape recorder, according to the local English-language newspaper. Star, today. The paper, quoting its "own
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  • 43 1 COIMBATORE. Southern India. Sun. (Reuter) An e.ephant which ran amok being led in a temple procession near Ottapalayam, 60 miles from here, k.lied three people, tore down power poles and caused other damage yesterday. Police later shot it dead-
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  • 481 1  -  Now Tunku gets invitation to go to Singapore for... By Ken Stanley TAN AH RATA, SUN. THE Malaysian Prime Minister, Tunku Abdul Rahman, has been invited to go down to Singapore for "a round of golf" with the Singapore Ministers. The invitation was extended to him by the
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  • 75 1 TOKYO. Sun (AP). A ten-man economic survey mission left here today (Lufthansa 649) for Bangkok to begin a month-long tour of Southeast Asian nations. The team, organised by the Foreign Ministry, will visit Thailand. Malaysia. Singapore, Hong Kong and Nationalist China. The group is led by
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  • 59 1 LONDON, Sun. Malaysian High Commissioner to Britain, Tan Sri Syed She h Shahabudin (centre) signs an agreement on outer space in London on Feb. 21. Also seen a+ the signing are Deputy High Commissioner for Malaysia Mr. Lim Taik Choon and Miss Polak, Head of the Treaty
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  • 56 1 ADEN. Sun. (Reuter) A former Aden Minister, Mr. Mohammed Hasson, was shot dead by unknown gunmen here today. Mr. Hasson was Minister for Local Government in the Cabinet of Abdul Qawee Mackawee ousted by the British Government in September, 1965. after what was described as a
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  • 270 1 SAIGON, Sun. (Reuter) American ships today shelled railway targets in North Vietnam for the first time, a U.S. military spokesman said here. A U.S. military statement said Seventh Fleet ships in the Gulf of Tonkin would now be used to supplement air
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  • 544 1 NEW DELHI, Sun. (Reuter) India's ruling Congress Party scraped to an overall majority in general election returns today hut its former strength has been whittled away. Prime Minister Mrs. Indira Gandhis Party was declared winner of its 262 nd seat in the 521-seat Parliament today,
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  • 107 2 fPOH, Sun Training on first aid and home nursing in the kampongs and in the various housing estates could be undertaken if the State Government would give a grant to the St. John Ambulance Association. This was stated by Dr. A. W. E. Moreira, at
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  • 115 2 Rembau. Sun. Estate workers in Renr.bau district, today, bought $6,000 worth of shares in the National Land Finance Co-operative Society at a meeting held at Batu Hampar Estate near here. Tan Sn V. T. Sambanthan. the Chairman of the National Land Finance Cooperative Society, addressing the
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  • 942 2 IPOH, Sun.—The Mentri Besar, Perak, Dato Ahmad bin Said, received further donations for the Perak Flood Relief Fund: Tham Kwai Chin. JP., Bagan Serai $200.00: Ng Peng Tee. Kuala Kurau *****; Tan Leong Kooi, Bagan Serai 100.00; Teoh Chin Khoay, Bagan Serai 100.00; Tan Cheong Hill. Kuala
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  • 290 2 GEREMBAN, Sun. The Mentri Besar of Negri Bembilan, Dato Dr. Mohamed Said bin Mohamed, has refuted a recent allegation made by the Chairman of the DAP Seremban Branch, Dr. Seevaratnam. of the inefficiency and mismanagement of the Seremban Town Council since the Negri Sembilan State
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  • 397 2 KUALA LUMPUR, Sun. —The National Union of Plantation Workers Is prepared to draft legislation to stop the sub-division of estates in this country free of charge, said its Secretary-General, Mr. P. P. Narayanan at a press conference at Union House in Petaling
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  • 154 2 KUALA LUMPUR, Sun. Thousands of members of the National Union of Plantation workers today attended a mammoth rally to protest against the subdivision of estates at NUPW House in Petaling Jaya. The workers carrying placards in Malay. Chinese. English and Tamil packed the compound, calling for
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  • 161 3 f/"LUANG, Sun. More than 3,000 soldiers took part in a Viet-cong-type guerilla warfare exercise in the Kahang are a near here. The weeklon? exercise called "Palu Clar" will end tomorrow. It was launched by the 4th Malaysian Infantry Brigade. Three major fighting battalions the
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  • 30 3 IPOH, SUN. —The Central Welfare Council, District Branch, Ipoh, will hold its annual meeting at the Young Men's Christian Association here at 2 p.m. on March 11.
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  • 312 3 KUALA LUMPUR, Sun. Australia will stage an industrial display here in April. The last such Australian event in this country a general industries display in Kuala Lumpur in 1965 was so successful that it was decided to arrange another and more specialised
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  • Article, Illustration
    55 3 PENANG, Sun. The Sungei l T dang/Tanjong Berembang Bunding Scheme costing $420,000 was officially launched by Chief Minister, Penang, Tan Sri Wong Pow Nee, at Sungei Udang, Province VVellesley South, recently. Picture shows the Chief Minister, Penang, Tan Sri Wong Pow Nee, starting off the machine 22 Ruston Bvtrus for
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  • 99 3 KUALA LUMPUR Sat. The following candidates were successful In the Chartered Institute of Secretaries, London, examinations held in Kuala Lumpur in December. 1966. INTERMEDIATE Kok Kong Sang, Lim Chi Teong, Abdul Aziz b. Mohamed, Che Siti Ngaliah bt. Rawal and Wan Nasir b. Hj. Wan Daud. Final
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  • 329 3 KUALA LUMPUR, Sun. The Royal Malaysian Navy recruiting team will be touring various states in West Malaysia from March 6 to 24 to select young men for service in the various branches of the Royal Navy. Candidates must be Malaysian Citizens and 18 years of
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  • 216 3 JESSELTON, Sun. The Minister for Sabah Affairs and Civil Defence, Tun Datu Mustapha bin Datu Harun issued the following statement today. •'A UPI agency report suggested that Tun (Dr.) Ismail was eased out of the Malaysian Cabinet In order to ease tensions created by
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  • 32 3 KUALA LUMfUR, Sun. Professor Ungku Abdul Aziz, Dean, Faculty of Economics and Administration will leave for Tokyo tomorrow to attend the second International Conference on Industrial Relations.
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  • 109 3 I P O H, Sun. The Minister of Sarawak Affairs. Tan Sri Temenggong Jugah today posed with a bevy of beauties from the Alishan Ail-Girl Revue at Golden Jubilee here this afternoon. The minister was with some friends at their luncheon, when the girls came
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  • 102 3 KAMPAR. Sun. A gang of 50 labourers today cleared the railway tracks between Tapah Road and Bidor where the southbound train Jumped the line yesterday. The derailment, in which one of the coaches of the cargo train travelling from Ipoh to Kuala Lumpur was involved, happened between
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  • 692 4 SINGAPORE, Sun. The Deputy Prime Minister, Dr. Toh Chin Chye, last night said that the people of newly-independent Singapore should gear themselves to the construction of the country so that economic progress could be achieved. "This is the new task that faces us,"
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  • 26 4 SINGAPORE, Sun. Thieves broke Into the Far Eastern Cable Co., in Jurong yesterday and took away copper wires valued at $5,000.
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  • 42 4 SINGAPORE. Sun. The Director of Posts, Mr. Bala Subramaniam. will present a trophy to the "Best Kept Past OfPce" at a special ceremony at. the Mails Section. General Post Office. Fullerton Building, on Tuesday at 2.30 p.m.
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  • 34 4 SINGAPORE. Sun. The wife of the President of the Republic. Puan Noor Aishah. will attend the 92nd birthday dinner of the YWCA in Outram Road at 7.30 p.m. on Saturday, March 4.
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  • 205 4 SINGAPORE. Sun.— Delegates from the Young Men's Christian Associations in Singapore and Malavsia are now attending the 7th Asian YM.C.A. leaders conference held at the University of Melbourne in Australia. The theme of the conference is "The problem of living in a world
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  • 232 4 SINGAPORE, Sun. The new People's Action Party's Member of Parliament for Tampines, Dr. Chew Chin Han, said today that he would help to improve the living standard in the rural areas. He gave this assurance when he visited areas in the
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  • 287 4 SINGAPORE, Sun. A "reddish sun" hovering over Singapore this afternoon aroused the curiosity of Eastern Sun readers. At one stage, between p.m. and 5 p.m., one could see onlv a "reddish globe" in the sky. As a result, many mistook the 'sun to be "an early
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  • 122 4 SINGAPORE, Sun. A "good Samaritan" helped a wounded taxi-driver to the General Hospital last night but the man was already dead on arrival. A police spokesman disclosed this to the Press this morning. The good Samaritan, Mr. Yeo Jin Chee, later told the Police that
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  • 91 4 SINGAPORE. Sun. Mr. Rene Retornaz. former deputy manager of the Federation of Watch Manufacturers of Switzerland, has been promoted to manager. Mr. Retornaz was In Singapore last year to study the Swiss watch market and to meet local Swiss watch importers. He Joined the Bwlss watch manufacturers
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  • Page 4 Miscellaneous
    • 65 4 S'pore Diary 3 p.m. to 7.00 Victoria Memorial Hall: Exhibition The Truth About Cancer." <30 p.m. Free film shows by the Ministry of Culture: Kampong Bulim. Jalan Sena off Chua Chu Kang Road; Kampong Somervllle Estate. Farrer Road; Changi Village Market, Open Space; and Tai Keon School, Lorong Tai Seng.
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  • WORLD NEWS 1
    • 179 5 BANGKOK, Sun. (Reuter The technical cooperation and research committee of Association of South-East Asia (ASA) has decided at the meeting which ended here last Thursday to set up a research centre in Malaysia. Doctor Gregorio Y. Zara, lesder of the Philippines delegation, who told this
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    • 78 5 AMMAN. Sun. (Reuter) Fewer newspapers will be pjblished in Jordan as a result of government moves to raise the standard of the press, Information Minister Abdel-Hamid Sharaf said here today. Several press establishments would be merged in the interests of greater technical and financial efficiency, the
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    • 127 5 CANBERRA, Australia, Sun. (Reuter) A record number of people left Australia for good during the three-month period ended last September, according to official statistic issued here. The figures showed that the net gain from immigration during the period was the lowest for three years, and the number
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    • 191 5 LONDON, Sun. (Reuter). Rumours in continental newspapers about a rift in the marriage of Princess Margaret and Lord Snowdon made headlines in two British Sunday newspapers today. Noting the rumours the mass circulation newspaper The People said: "it is high time the record was put
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    • 143 5 NEW YORK, Sun. (AP).— Mrs. Jacqueline Kennedy may visit South-east Asia in the autumn or next spring but has no plans to go there in the near future, a spokesman at her office here said. Asked about reports the widow of the late President
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    • 63 5 WELL, if its your size you can collect it, free. Most probably the biggest shoe in the world, which six shoe makers made in 1925 to mark the 600th anniversary of Dobeln, has a 6-foot lone sole and took them 750 hours to complete. The boot is a great attraction
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    • 122 5 WEST BERLIN, Sun. (Reuter) The East German State Security Service yesterday claimed to have proof of operations by the American Central Intelligence Agency (CTA) at West Berlin Free Universi- ty. according to the East German News Agency ADN. ADN said "The criminal activities of
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    • 218 5 To get £12.7 m. less subsidy for the Rhine Army BONN, Sun. (Reuter). West Germany saifc day it will probably fall 140 million marks (about £12,700,000 sterling) short in fulfilling its current commitment to help relieve the foreign exchange cost of British troops
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    • 195 5 WASHINGTON, Sun. (Reuter) Defence Secretary Robert McNamara. replying to British Prime Minister Harold Wilson's complaint about the brain drain to the United States, has given this advice: "Brains on the whole are like hearts they go where they are appreciated." Mr. McNamara, who spoke at Milsaos
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    • 78 5 STUTTGART, West Ger* ir.any, Sun. (Reuter). —Daim-ler-Benz will Introduce a new 2.5 litre Mercedes with a top speed of between 190 and 200 kilometres per hour (120-125 mph) at next month's Geneva Motor Show. the company announced here. The company said the new model called the 250
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    • 404 5 711 LONDON, Sun. (Reuter). Prime Minister Wilson faces one of his biggest personal tests this week when he steps in to deal with a growing trade union revolt against plans for long-term wage controls. i The outcome of the confrontation, political observers believe, will be
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    • 69 5 TOKYO, Sun. (AP)—U.S. Ambassador, Mr. Arthur Goldberg arrived here yesterday on the first stop of a five-nation Asian tour to explore United Nations problems of particular interest in East Asia. The visit of Asian capitals by Mr. Goldberg, who is permanent U.S. representative to the United Nations.
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    • 226 5 BIRMINGHAM, England, Sun. (Reuter), A bolt of lightning flashed into a soccer pitch here yesterday injuring four players, one critically. Three were taken to hospital and a fourth treated in the dressing room. A hospital spokesman said the heart of one of the players, 23-year-old Tommy
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    • 173 5 ABERFAN, Wales, Sun. (Reuter) Undertakers who handled the bodies of 144 victims of a disaster here last autumn will not be paid until they explain why they charged for 27 more coffins than there were burials. Council treasurer Mr. Joseph Crossland at nearby Merthyr Tydfil
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    • 196 6 UN budget: UNITED NATIONS, New York, Sun. (Reuter).— Ninety per cent of the costs of running the United Nations is met by fewer than one-quarter of its 122 state members, chief of them the United States. An official budget reveals that 26 countries
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    • 83 6 MANILA, Sun. (AFP) A roving commentator for the large-circulation newspaper "Manila Times" said today the continuing IndoPakistan feud "may cause these two nations to lose their only really important battle-the struggle against poverty, famine and despair". Recalling the Indo-Pakis-tan border war in 1965. Mr. Soliven
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    • 90 6 SYDNEY Sun. (Reuter) A diver's attempt to break an Australian endurance record was ruined when a young man sat down at Sydney's Lidcobe swimming centre yesterday. He had accidentally Placed his chair on 21-year-old Ron Hanson's air hose. Hanson was attempting to break his Australian underwater
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    • 86 6 LEICESTER, England. Sun. (AP). —Lance Corporal John Sinclair, of Leicester, last night abandoned his attempt to beat his own world non-stop walking record of 123 miles. He covered 9ft miles. 1,071 yards in 22 hours. 48 minutes at Bruntmgthorpe airfield. Leicestershire, starting late on Friday. He planned
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    • 282 6 VATICAN CITY. Sun. (Reuter) The Vatican newspaper today attacked widespread immorality and called for the setting up in each country of a ministry for moral health. In a commentary entitled "a free society without morals." the Osservatore Romano said modern youth was exposed to a great
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    • 105 6 THE Danish beatniks who call themselves "Provo's'* follow their newly wed 'bridal couple' in a procession down the main Copenhagen street, as the bride and the groom wearing: long paper caps says hello to a youngster belonging to their clan. The Danish Provo were married at a wedding
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    • 243 6 LYNN (Massachusetts), Sun. (AFP.) Albert De Salvo, the "Boston Strangler," who claims to have killed 13 women and raped 1.000 others, was recaptured yesterday. He offered no resistance when police came to a shop where he had been recognised by the owner. De Salvo, who was wearing
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    • 296 6 N-confab: BONN, Sun. (AP). Foreign Minister Willy Brandt said yesterday that the Bonn government must see exactly what the treaty to stop the spread of nuclear weapons looks like before it can say whether West Germany will sign. But he said he is convinced West Germany
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    • 108 6 VATICAN City, Sun. (Reuter) The Roman Catholic Church today removed a restriction on marriages between Latin-rite (Western) Catholics and Orthodox Christians. A decree Issued by the Vatican said that in future such marriages performed by an Orthodox priest would be considered valid, but for the Catholic
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    • 163 6 WASHINGTON, Sun. (Reuter) An electrical fault was blamed today as the most likely source of the flash fire that killed three Apollo astronauts at Cape Kennedy last month. But the National Aeronautics and SDaoe Administration releasing a third interim report on the disaster, said the
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    • 160 6 AMSTERDAM. Sun. (Reu- Indonesia has decided to stimulate its economic recovery by giving free rein" to foreign companies wanting to set up their own plants in the country, Dutch ship building tycoon, Mr. Cornells Verolme said here last night. He arrived yesterday from Jakarta after
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    • 295 6 HONG KONG, Sun. (Reutcr) The Peking People's Daily today carried a warning to Maoist sup. porters against backsliding into a frame of mind that hankers after motor cycles, telephones and like material riches. "An evil wind of coun-ter-revolutionary economism has risen within our revolutionaries," said the
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    • 62 6 JAKARTA, Sun. (UPI).— The state-owned Garuda Indonesian Airways is expected to innaugurate flights between Medan. North Sumatra and Kuala Lumpur in early April, the official news Agency Antara reported today. Garuda Director B. Simon said these flights were originally scheduled to start in March, but
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    • 48 6 HONG KONG, Sun. (Reuter) The number of births in Hong Kong showed another substantial drop in 1966, for the sixth successive year. The 1966 total gives a birthrate of 24.9 per 1,000 of the population, compared with 27.9 in 1965, and 37.1 in i960.
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    • 185 6 SAN JOSE. California, Sun. (UPI> A small electric auiomobile has been put together by a Pennsylvania utilities firm "to prove that an electric auto is not a dream of the future." Mr. W.E. Sturm. Vice President of West Penn Power Co. of Greensburg, Pennsylvania, told
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    • 190 6 CANNES. France. Sun. (UPI). —French Actress Martine Carol, plagued by troubles in life and death, will be buried here for the third time on Tuesday. Her fourth and last hus. band, London businessman Mike Eland was awaited here to arrange the burial ceremonies. Mr. Eland
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    • 140 6 CHICAGO, Sun. (UPI) The National Council of Churches representatives say moves are underway to integrate the medical services of Protestant and Catholic missions throughout the world. Roman Catholic and Protestant Missionary Health Services already have been co-ordinated n Malawi, according to e council president. Dr.
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    • 58 6 CANBERRA. Sun.. (UPJ[> Australia is sending s«u tons of seed potatoes to ce lon to help Ceylon a J self-sufficiency in by 1970, External AnairMinister Paul Hasluck announced yesterday. The Australia gift, valueat $53,000 Australian i=> being made under the Colombo Plan. It is enough
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    • 29 6 MINNEAPOLIS, Minnesota, Sun. (AP).—A team of surgeons at the Universit> of Minnesota hospitals has performed what may a been *he world* first success fui pancreas transplant.
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  • Books
    • 473 7 PENGUIN GUIDE TO BARGAIN RECORDS (Penguin. 449 pp.) at 15s is a real bonanza for music lovers. You have three admirable guides. They are: 1. Edward Greenfield, He has been Record Critic of the Guardian since 1954, and from 1964 Music Critic too.
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    • 491 7  -  <ReuiW d h j£3*q r »o books—CHANCE AMD HABIT by Arnold J. (Oxford. 240 pp. 26s not) and THE POLITICS OF THE THIRD WORLD (Oxford. 1 and both with the the world. In CHANGE AND HABIT Dr. Toy n bee seeks guidance for
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    • 431 7 Two novels in brief First, there's LET NOON BE FAIR (Longmans. 416 pp. 28s net) Williard Motley's last novel and to me his best and bawdiest. Setting is an unspoilt Mexican seaside village an obscure, undis- covered Eden. And then alas It was turned into a garish neon-lit
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    • 108 7 SELECTED SPEECHES by J. V. Morais running into over 400 pages will be published in Malaysia soon. It contains nearly 90 speeches covering a wide range of topics including fundamental rights, politics, education, history, philosophy, academic freedom, religion, trade unionism and humour. The speakers include statesmen, Parliamentarians, educationists,
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    • 183 7 fPHE new edition of the Chambers's Encyclopaedia. the only major encyclopaedia planned, produced and printed in Britain, has 15 volumes. 14,500 pages and more than 4.000 illustrations. The new edition has been described as "undeniably a product or superb scholarship and the most up-to-date encyclopaedia
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  • 367 8 IN AN immigrant society like that of Singapore, not many citizens feel so deeply attached to the Republic as to be willing to give their lives in its defence. Even those living in it for generations are not imbued with any national spirit. That is why the
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  • 341 8 rpHOUGH the Congress Party has won a majority in the National Assembly, it still has to f a Prime Minister who can handle India's duplicated problems with firmness, courage and imagination. This party has given the impression to the world outside India that it has been
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  • 2123 8  -  and your rote as custodian of worke rights The following is an address to Probationary Junior Assistant Commissioners at the P. P. N. Students* Hostel in Petaling Jaya recently. -By: P. P. NARAYANAN, Vice President, International Confederation of Free Trade Union, Asian Regional Organisation. FOU MUST consider
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  • 598 8  -  By: JOE McGOWAN IN this despatch, Joe McGowan Jr., Associated Press Bureau Chief in New Delhi, analyses the deep setbacks suffered by the Ruling Congress Party in India's elections. DELHI, Sun. (AP) A disunited opposition has ended 20 years of unchallenged Congress Party
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  • COMMERCIAL & INDUSRTRIAL
    • 1460 9 SINGAPORE, Sun. CjOME uncertainty was evinced in mid-week as members of more speculative counters came off a few points, but 'Blue-Chips' remained steady, says a brokers firm in their weekly market report. "The double tax agreement Singapore United Kingdom has
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    • 271 9 SINGAPORE, Sun. —A unique water screen, composed of thousands of needle-like water jets, will produce a new dimension in projected images at the Canadian Kodak pavilion at Expo 67—Canada's first World's Fair —to be held in Montreal April 28 to October 27. A
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    • 143 9 SINGAPORE, Sun. Mr. Don Fredericks is the first Singaporean to be promoted as Line Station foreman in the Engineering Department of Qantas Airways here. Mr. Fredericks, a ir.ember of the initial Qantas apprentice engineers training scheme for Singapore, was recently promoted to the key position here as
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    • 122 9 LIVERPOOL. Sun. (UPI). Sweden's Eriksberg shipyard has signed a contract worth more than £3 mil. (US$B.4 million) for two 22,500 ton tankers for a company in the Cunard group. The Swedish tender was the best of 11 from European and Japanese yard both on cost and
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    • 99 9 LISBON, Sun. (Reuter) Portugal has decided to grant concession® for oil exploration in its oversets territories of PrtnciDe and St. Thome, in the Gulf of Guinea off the West African Coast. According to a government decree published here yesterday, the Ministry of Overseas Affairs has been
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    • 333 9 NEW YORK, Sun. (AP).—While sales of American made cars continue to lag, makers of foreign cars are confident their U.S. sales will be better than ever, the Wall Street Journal has reported. Assessing the 1967 auto pie and the way it
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    • 190 9 LONDON, Sun. (Reuter) World tea experts who have been meeting here since Monday to review the future of their industry are believed to be near agreement on a unified policy. The experts, representing tea-consuming and producing nations affiliated to the U.N. Food
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    • 107 9 GENEVA, Sun. (Reuter)— A wide range of international shipping problems will be examined by a 45-nation group of experts that began a regular two-week session here today. A major point on the agenda deals with establishment of national and regional machinery for consultations and negotiations
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    • 119 9 TOKYO, Sun. (UPI) An Ohio Trade Mission headed by Gov. James A. Rhodes will arrive here next week on the first leg of a journey to promote two-way trade in Asia. The Ohio Trade Mission will arrive in Japan for a one-week stay on
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    • 211 9 SINGAPORE. Sun. Three staff members of Japan Airlines in Singapore are back after an intensive supervisory and managerial training course in Tokyo. The three are Mr. John Palmstrom, Flight Operations Manager. Mr. Wilson T.M. Lim, Assistant Sales Manager and Mr. Johnny Y.N.
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    • 79 9 GENEVA, Sun. (Reuter) The establishment of national and regional consultation schemes for shipowners and their customers was recommended to governments here today by a 45-nation group of shipping experts. The aim would be to help less developed countries in expanding their trade through closer
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    • 897 9 ARRIVALS IN SINGAPORE Time 12.03 a.m. Airline MSA 029 from K.L. Time 8.35 a.m. Airline ML 019 from Kuala Lumpur. Time 9.30 a.m. Airline ML 121 from Kuala Lumpur. Time 10.30 a.m. Airline ML 431 from Kuching. Time 10.35 a.m. Airline ML 005 from Penang. Ipoh,
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  • PHOTOGRAPHIC
    • 793 10  -  Most advanced exposure By John Kam S'pore, Sun.— The trend these days for the shutterbug -in-the-street is towards smaller and lighter cameras which can give excellent results. One such camera is the Olympus Pen FT which has a design most original and unique different from all
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    • 657 11 HOW KODAK'S QUALITY CONTROL SYSTE By Eastern Sun reporter Singapore, Sun.— With the rapid development in the field of photography, the modern trend is to switch from black-and-white to colour as evidenced by its increasing popularity, even in Singapore. In the more advanced countries
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    • 300 11 SINGAPORE, Sun. The Yashica J-7 opens a sure-fire way to extend the picturetaking scope for all camera enthusiasts. Versatility in performance and convenience in use these are the keynotes of this ruggedly built exciting new camera. Those who have used the Yashica
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    • 466 12 OUR chances of survival to a ripe old age is very slim nowadays. This is so because of the excessive use of nuclear weapons by the major world powers. The continual production of such a weapon endangers our life. Our lives depend
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    • 198 12 fFODAY'S youths are the A nation's future leaders. Inis may present a rosy picture but to what extent does the present generation guarantee us of their efficiency? How can we comtemplate that they would not set the future topsyturvey? Generally, modern youths regard freedom as a
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    • 321 12 AFTER passing my Senior Middle Three Examination a few years ago, I had to discontinue my education. My parents were poor and I was forced to seek a job to help tlie family. I made several attempts to join the government service, but I was
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    • 549 12 THE word "homework" is very familiar with students. Most of them detest homework given to them but some like it. Then should homework be abolished? Some students live quite a distance from their school. Usually, they arrive home very late after school. This makes them
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    • 293 12 IT was four in the morning when we were ordered to get ready for an offensive against the enemy. At 4.30 a.m., the general alert was sounded and everyone was to fall-in to be airlifted to Burma Tim, Jim, Malowaski and I were listed in the
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    • 331 12 TIME diminishes with speed. It is quite obvious that the keynote of our world as it stands today is speed. We are thus rendered much more spare time and this constitutes leisure. Just compare a man of today and a man of yesterday. Pictures in our
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    • 392 12 T CAN still remember the A day when my father took me to one of the oldest and biggest primary schools in Singapore. That was my first day at school. I was nervous as my lather dragged me into the school. I telt a little relieved
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    • 315 13 CHARM of reading lies in the literary pursuit of what can be termed as sometimes elusive but obtainable a load of general knowledge. In a survey I found that most readers have been robbed of a chance to fully go through a book
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    • 242 13 THERE are many ways in which people in general regard beauty. To some, it plays a great part in life; that is, beauty makes life more colourful and pleasant. To others, beauty is seen in personality; the good qualities of a person rather than
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    • 464 13 TO BE literate' means to be able to read and write correctly, and it is an essential of civilised life, being the basis of almost all intellectual occupation. Reading, is therefore, one of the first things children learn to do in school,
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    • 443 13 COUNTRIES all over the world now attach great importance to scientific education. This kind of education engenders many benefits, such as the raising standard of living, enjoying good quality commodities at low cost, prolongation of the expectancy of life and the like. The
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    • 307 13 the fifteen years of my existence in life have enabled me to notice the virtues and many weaknesses in man. I cannot present myself as an experienced person because I am well aware that my knowledge is limited. All I
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    • 386 13 SCHOOL children welcome the beginning of schools holidays with a happy face and Joy. There is nothing like the thought of holidays. Their arms are always flung wide to receive the three terminal holidays they get per year. This works out to about three
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  • 361 14 CHICAGO, Sun. (UPI). The Amateur Athletic Union yesterday threw recognition of Jim Ryun's record-setting half-mile run last year back to the U.S. Track and Field Federation, announcing the decision only minutes after Ryun received the Sulivan Award. Ryun, a 19-year-old Kansas University Sophomore,
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  • 75 14 EDINBURGH, Sun. (AFP) Ireland caused a major rugby upset when they beat this season's so far unbeaten Scotland by five points (goal) to three (penalty) in their five-nations Rugb v Union International at Murrayfield here yesterday. There was no score at halftime. Front row
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    • 2145 14 LONDON, Sun. (Reuter) M a nchester United, smarting from their shock elimination from the FA Cup last week, bounced back to form today by taking the lead in the English first division. A week ago, their supporters were stunned by the 2-1
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    • 120 14 DUBLIN, Sun. (Reuter) Irish steeplechaser Fort Leney was made favourite for the Cheltenham Gold Cup after a brilliant victory in the 3,000 Leopardstown 'chase here yesterday. Giving weight to all his rivals, he led for almost the whole of the three miles trip to score the
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    • 22 14 LONDON, Sun. (Reuter) Shrewsbury Town beat Swindon 3-1 last night in an English third division soccer match played at Shrewsbury.
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  • 338 14 SEREMBAN, Sun. The Combined Services hare named a strong all-round team for their annual cricket match against the N.S. Civilians for the Goh Eng Thye trophy to be played here on March 4 5 on the N.S. padang. The Servicemen are the holders
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  • 54 14 MELBOURNE, Sun. (Reuter) A crowd of 35,000 saw Scotland's Jim Clark drive his Lotus to victory in the Sandown International Cup and clinch the Tasman championship here today. The 101-mile (162-kilo-metre) race saw Australia's Jack Brabham, British driver Jackie Stewart and Denis Hulme (New Zealand)
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  • 183 14 Adelaide, Sun. (Reuter) French girls Christine Caron and Claude Mandonnaud both completed "doubles" by winning titles on the last day of the Australian Swimming Championships nere. Miss Caron equalled the Australian all-comers' record in winning the women's 110 yards backstroke in one minute 10.2 second.
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  • 64 14 AUCKLAND, Australia, Sun. (AP) Dennis Ralston of the United States and Fred Stolle, Australia, had victories in the singles matches professional tennis tournament at Wellington yesterday. Ralston defeated Rod Laver, Australia, 6-1, 5-7, 6-2 and Stolle defeated Pancho Gonzales. United States, 6-5. 4-6, 6-0.
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  • 227 14 WIMBLEDON, London Sun. (Reuter)—Lee Kin Tat of Singapore last night won the men's singles title of the Surrey Open Badminton Championships here when he beat Alan Parsons of South Africa 15-8. 15-11. in the final. Lee Kin Tat, who was defending champion,
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  • 149 14 IPOH, Sun. The Perak Stadium will have its own pavilion, costing $400,000, the president of the Perak Amateur Football Association, Mr. Teoh Chye Hin. said at its 22nd annual meeting at the Ipoh Club here today. He said the State Government at its recent budget
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  • 2458 15 Satellite ($99), Bucentaur ($62) spring upsets Penang race results By WINDSOR LAD PENANG, Sun. Jockey Des Coleman was in top riding form, landing a hattrick at Penang this afternoon, opening day of the Penang Turf Club's Spring Meeting, Coleman scored on Pic- r ture House II
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  • 163 15 MOSCOW. Sun. (UPI) Soviet coaches are Ignoring public criticism of the crisis in Soviet athletics, a leading newspaper said yesterday The newspaper. Komsorr.olskaya Pravda. said the coaches are refusing to answer Press attacks on poor Soviet showings recently in ice hockey. speedskating, soccer and gymnastics.
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  • 41 15 TOKYO, Sun. (AFP) The All New Zealand University rugby selection today trounced Waseda University team 38-0 in their flr3t match of the Soodwill match series in a P an At half time the visitors led 11-0.
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  • 27 15 IPOH, Sun.—A hattrick by Karathu, inside left gave Perak a 3-0 victory over Penang in a F.A.M. Cup replay at the Stadium hare tonight
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  • 105 15 MANILA, Sun. (AP)—Bill McPhail, vice-president of sports for the Columbia Broadcasting System (CBS) made a one—day trip to Manila today to discuss U S television soccer coverage with Ken Macker, Manila publisher who was recently elected commissioner of the National Professional Soccer league.
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  • 91 15 PORT ELIZABETH. South Africa. Sun. <Reuter)—The first hour's play tomorrow In the Fifth and Final Test match between Bouth Africa and Australia here could have a vital bearing on the result of the match. After South Africa, who lead 2-1 In the series, had dismissed Australia
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  • 756 15 LONDON, Sun. (AFP) —The brilliant, incisive running of teenage centre Claude Dourthe and the pitiless kicking of veteran fly half Guy Camberabero gave France their first five-nations Rugby Union win by 16-12 in twelve years over England at Twickenham yes-
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  • 134 15 SYDNEY. Sun (Reuter)— Former Australian and Canadian Rugby Union international Colin Smee, 31, died today in Port Moresby. Papua, after suffering a snake or spider bite. Smee was bitten yesterday while helping clear a sports field, his brother Ray said in a telephone
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  • 114 15 MANILA. Sun. (UPI) Peter Thomson. Australian goifine great, said today he regretted he could not play in either tne Singapore or Malaysian Opens. "Singapore and Kuala Lumpur are two of my favourite spots but I regret that important business calls me home," Thomson
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  • 77 15 LONDON. Sun (Reuter) Results of rugby league matches played yesterda> were: Rugby League Cup Second Round Barrow 8. Liverpool City 4. Batley 0, Swinton 22. Donraster 4, Dewsbury 10Featherstone Rovers 11, Wake field Trinity 7. Hull Kingston Rovers 9, Castlefora 9. Oldham 4, Leeds 13. Wigan
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  • 249 15 CHICAGO, Sun. (Reuter) Sixteen United States cities will bid for the right to stage the 1976 Olympic Summer and Winter Ganr.es it was disclosed here today. Mr Newbold Black, chairman of the Games and Sites Sub-Committee of the U.S. Olympic
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  • 176 15 Record gate in World Cup soccer Rous LONDON. Sun. (Reuter). Final receipts for the World Cup soccer tournament in England last July totalled £2.047.615 a record —it was announced here yesterday. The aggregate attendance of 1.614.617 was also a record for the competition. The figures were announced by Sir Stanley
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  • 754 16  -  HE TAKES 10 WICKETS FOR 51 By R. V. Lingam SINGAPORE, Sun. Young Ashok Monkad, son of the former Indian Test cricket star, Vinoo Mankad, blasted the Singapore side with his fine bowling today to give the touring Cricket Club of India a well deserved
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  • 55 16 This man is Finnish hypnotiser, O.E. Hakasalo alias Oliver Hawk, who has promised to knock down the heavy weight world boxing champion Cassius Clay in some seconds without touching him. Clay is expected to visit Finland in summer and Hawk is trying to have a match arranged
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  • 206 16 JOHANNESBURG. Suil. (AFP) The Californian Negro champion boxer Don Johnson, who is now in Johannesburg. told the "Sunday Express" yesterday that "actually the beautiful thing about your apartheid is that black people know exactly what they can do. Back home it can often be embarrassing when
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  • 154 16 SINGAPORE, Sun. Singapore cleared the hurdle In the quarter-flnal of the FAM Cud tie when they trounced Commonwealth Armed Forces 10-0 at Jalan Besar Stadium tonight. Singapore will now meet the winner of the Malaysian Armed Forces versus Singapore Joint Services dash
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  • 512 16 KUALA LUMPUR, Sun. Seeded player A. Rahman Bakar, was the only one to reach the semi-finals in the men's singles of the Selangor Lawn Tennis Championships played at the Selangor Club courts here today. Owing to a heavy downpour which flooded the five courts,
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  • 144 16 TAMPA. Florida. Sun. (UPI) Top-seeded Cliff Drysdale of South Africa recovered from a bad first set yesterday to defeat Yugoslavia's Nicolai Pilic in the semi-finals of the Dixie International Tennis tournament. In the other semi-final match, second-seeded Istvan Guiyas of Hungary defeated Zeljko Franulovic,
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  • 72 16 KUALA LUMPUR, Sun. The Selangor Jets Sports Club plans to hold an athletic meet soon, the club's newly elected president, Mr. B. J. Kleiman, announced at the club's annual meeting here today. The date and venue for the meet have however not been finalised. Haji
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  • 1111 16  -  By DON C. BECKER MANILA, Sun. (UPI) Hsu Sheng San, a 25-year-old amateur from Nationalist China, blazed out of nowhere with a sensational five-uder-par 67 today to become the second play-for-fun-golfer to capture the rich Philippine Open. Hsu played almost
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  • 291 16 SINGAPORE, Sun. The tournament committee of the Asian Football Confederation has approved Indonesia's move to Host the pre-Olympic football tournament this year. The vice-president of AFC, Mr. Soh Ghee Soon, told Sunsport: "Indonesia had earlier requested permission from the Confederation to play
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  • 21 16 COLOMBO. Sun. (Reuter) India beat Ceylon 5-0 in their Asian Zone Davis Cup tie here, which ended yesterday.
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